Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 31, 1918, Page 1

> o | A ¢ X\Q@‘\tl TY-‘F IVE CENTS PER MONTH . LEVIATHAN BRINGS 8,500 YANKS BACK HOME| BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 31, 1918 RENCH HEAD T0 MAKE VISIT AT THE CLOSE O CONFERENCE .Sayo Allies 'Rpu.'ly to Enter 1 Conference Agreed On . | Peace Basis Z: VOLUME XVI. NO. 317 Bire - ACTION TAKEN TOWARD _ 'STRAIGHTENING THE RED At the Red River: Flood Control association meeting held at Crooks- ton Monday, evening;. J. ‘J: Opsahl of Bemidji was present and it was de- cided to appoint a committe of five, one from each of ‘the’ counties of Polk, Red La.ke.,‘Ppnuin'ggon, Clear- ater, and Beltramd, guthorized fo \ yut. - delay’ to~ obtain needed improvements, which in part covers the dredging of the Red Lake river channel trom;thgr‘lakp to ‘High Landing, with a cont,rol)lng .dam at the outlet as well: as harbor for small boats at the outlet just above the dam. Full authority to Droceed to pro- cure needed state and federal legis- lation and co-operation between pri- vate, state federal and Indian land owners was also authorfzed. Senator D. P. O'Neil’of Thief River Falls was selected as chairman of the committee and will proceed ‘at once, together with other members of com- mittee, to St. Paul to obtain needed state legislative co-operation. Rep- resentative-elect E. Al Rako was se- lected to represent Beltrami county on the committee, provided he will R | BENIDIY WILL | SUFFER WHEN | PHONE RATES TUNEDUPFOR NTIAL START |Officials of Machinery Com- . pany Here; Full Operation ' y in Another Week i Outrageous Order Issued by Texas Politician to Add Burden to People PRESIDENT IS EN ROUTE TO VISIT ITALIANS |EQUIPMENT INSTALLED; - " LARGE BUSINESS SEEN LONG DISTANCE SERVICE IS NEARLY TREBLED Operation Is Interesting; Plant Location Ideal; Public " Inspection Soon : Poles Now Control Posen and Disarm Huns; Crisis Is Expected Soon — By William Philip Simms (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, Dec. 31.—(Copyright by United Phess, 1918.)—President Poincare of France is- planning to adcept, .- each county - to provide | visit the United - States after the finances for their committeemen,|peace conference. He revealed this either by public subscription of coun-|today during an interview with the State to File Protest to Auto- cratic Mandate of Wire Z Execut'ive ‘The Bemidji - Potato Products plant, occupying the site of the for- er Bemidji brewery, presents a ne of unusual activity, the new _ Long distance telephone rates, promulgated by Postmaster General A, S. Burleson; to_become- effective Jehuary 21, and.announced as re- ducing the charges, really will mean 5 ranging from 100 to 300 ‘per cent-over the prevailing rates in Minnesota, Where the distance is - more than thirty-two miles, accord- - The Leviathun being towed to her dock by (ugs. after her first voy\ag‘ql ginee tlie’signing of the armistice. ' The Leviathan brought back 8,600 soldiers, 1 ing . * " gailors nnd . civillang, most prominent among them being Lord Decies 4nd “‘{f,’{.}“to"fl, 5,,‘8,,‘,‘:,“;‘}0, ‘!lylzlsh?e:: Maj. Gen. Gieorze A. Barnett, chlef of the United States marines, and wife.!which is expected in about a wee. : : 4 “*I'When in full running order, General Manager Kaplan will hold a receps- the United Press, in which he fore- ing to James W. Howatt, telephone supervisor ‘for the state railroad and warehouse commission.* ‘Bemidii “Soaked.” Bemidji and - vicinity will be «goaked”” good and proper when the new Burleson edict becomes opera- tive, for the present long distance phone call to the twin cities is 66 cents and will be jumped to $1.60, .. more than double, and nearly three <%, times as much. _ . State to File Protest. Comparison of the proposed sched- ule with the prevailing rates made by Supervisor Howatt, showing the inequality of the new schedule, -was placed before the commissioners. It jg understood the state commission will file a protest and make an effort to have the proposed long distance rate schedule withdrawn. - Under the new order two schedules “atation o |\ = calls. person’’ calls are approximately 25 .“per cent higher than the ‘“‘station.to station” calls, where a number only is called but the caller is not guar- anteed that he will obtain connec- tion with the person desired. LOGGING FIRMS ARE IN NEED OF LABOR St. Paul, Dec. 31.—Lumber pro- ducers of the northwest are in need ‘of labor and they plan to increase ax production this winter 30 per cent ty' above the prewar mormal production in order to meet the increased vol- ume of business expected in 1919, Hugo V. Koch, state director of em- ployment, states. The reconstruc- tion period promises enormous busi- ness for lumber producers and deal- ers, it was eaid. Abnormal conditions and restrictions during the war greatly = depleted lumber - stocks throughout the country. 4 The United States employment service in Minnesota alone needs 1,200 men, while Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of ~Michigan need 4,000 men, according to Mr. Koch. “This demand is being rapidly % filled,” said Mr. Koch. “There is ¥ . more than a normal supply of labor in the building trades and these men are going into the timber. In addi- “4ion: a large number of men are be- ing released from munition plants who will return-te the forests.” TO HONOR DEAD HEROES IN WALLS OF CATHEDRAL L (By United Press.) . New ~York, -Dec. 31.—~Work. on construetion ef the Cathedral of -St. John the Divine, which had been-in progress about - twenty-five years when it was interrupted by the war, will be resumed immediately. This cathedral, situated on Morn- ingside Heights, on almost the high- est ground in Manhattan, is designed by the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York to be much the largest church, edifice In the western hemis- phere, and it is estimated that at # Jeast one hundred years will be re- quired for its completion. As soon as the treaty of peace is eigned Bishop David H. Greer and Dean Howard Chandler Robins will announce a plan for incorporating in the walls of the cathedral nave memorials for Americans who died in the world war. Memorial tablets of stone or metal will be placed on the walls of the nave. Relatives of sol- diers who desire such memorials will ceontribute certain | .contributions will be used to finance | a large part of the comnstruction. ‘Wealthy New Yorkers have con- tributed vast sums for the construc- r” « tion thus far completed, but only a £ood beginning has been made to- TA’{' ward the building of the great pile. o ROWLAND-PLATT. Judge J. E. Harris wound up. the old year by uniting in marriage and Veda Platt of Turtle River. ty board under the Cliff law of 1917, It is stated there are:several year’s work before the committee. DEHNEL TAKEN TO of the St. Paul Joseph Wessel. Instrugtions to this ney General:T..,W.iGregory. agreed at his trial under:t age act last October. ,Dggahg the trial | e aspio ddration of the war were issyed. Senator Knute - Nelso; Minneapolis last October. $10,000 bonds. Dehnel ‘was at one time the pub- 4 newspaper in Bemidji lisher of a and is known to many here. VAN LEAR OUT MONDAY. Minneapolis, Dec. 31.—There will be nineteen new faces in the Min- neapolis city and county offices after the first of next year, due to the recent election. The first Monday in January is the Mayor Thomas Van Lear will then give his farewell Mayor- elect J. E. Meyers, it is expected, will- present his inaugural address the same day the new council or- day of the changes. message to the city council. ganizes. NO TEA, NO PEACE. (By United Press.) London, Dec. 14. (By Mail—Great colony—between 400 ‘and 900 strong—at the peace conference, is going to have home British cooking, cooked from British food by British cooks at the govern- Britain’s official ment’s expense. The fanous British tea hour falls in a period during which French food restrictions forbid ° the serving of milk. Alarmed at the-prospect of “no tea,” several prospegtive -dele- gates appealed to the British food ministry to see if ‘“something couldn’t be done.” The result was it was discovered that owing to high prices in Paris, the government could save about 50 per cent by providing the food itself, cooking it and serving it indepen- dently of Parisian caterers, in the three hotels requisitioned by the French governments for the British staffs, ¢ The army and navy canteen board will have charge. SWEDISH PASTOR ILL: - NO SERVICES TOMORROW There will be no services in the Swedish Lutheran church tomorrow, sums, and these|gon account of the pastor’s illmess. VOTE CONTEST OUSTED. Pipestone, Deé. 30.—Because it is claimed that C: F. Norwood, Non- partisan candidate for state senator for this distriet, was too late in serv- ing notice of contest upon Floyd Lindsley, Judge L. 8. Nelson in the district court has thrown out the contest proceedings, and Norwood is Victor Rowland of Travers countylthus unable to secure a recount o the ballbts. 4 INTERNMENT CAMP Paul F. Dehnel, formerly publisher and Minneapolis American, a weekly, will be taken to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., Wwithin a few days by United States Marshal effect were received by the marshal from Attor- Dehnel has been in the Hennepin county Jjail eyer since g.jury dis- 1t was discovered el was an-alien enemy and ordérs’ for his internment for: . .the :James A, Peterson, candidate for the United States senate to succeed “the last election, was indicted at the same time as Dehnel under the espionage act on account of signed articles published-in the St. Paul and Minne- apolis American, and convicted, at He was sentenced to four years’ imprison- ment and afterward took an .appeal to the supreme court which may be heard January 6. He is at liberty on cast that France, the United States and their allies in.general will enter the peace conference already agreed on the basis for peace. WILSON GOING TO ITALY. London, Dec. 31.—President Wil- son has left London on his return to France, Late tomorrow he will leave Paris for Italy and return to Paris early next week. TO PROTECT KAISERIN. Berlin, Dec. 31.—A league for safeguarding the life and freedom of the former kaiserin has been formed under the suspices of the Tages Zeitung. < y “POLES CONTROL POSEN. London, Dec. 31.—Polish forces now control Posen and.have execut- ed -several German .officers, disarm: | fig “many others.’ Gommunication with Berlin has been ‘cut. SIX MONTHS TO DECIDE. <+ . By Bdwin-G.-Hullinger I = London, Dec. 31.—"The coming six months will decide whéther the Polish question = will .. be ' settled peacefully - or bloodily,” - Edward Shortt, chief secretary for Ireland, today told the United Press. BIG BOMBING PLANES FOR BUSSES. DRAYAGE (By United Press.) London, Dec. 16. (By Mail.)—The large bombing machine, which was America’s specialty in aircraft pro- duction during war, is the type from which the general purpose commer- cial aerial truck will be evolved, ac- cording to Englishmen who have been active in the work of the Royal Air Force. The light, fast, ‘‘unstable’” ma- chine, favorite of the Royal Air Force, was excellent for fighting, but its development in peace is:likely to be more for sport than for commerce, stitdents of the air believe. Already the United States navy has a flying machine that seats more passengers than almost any surface street car, and designers on both sides of the Atlantic are busy with plang for air busses. Danger of travel through the air in peace times is considered negligible already, and statesmen and royal personages have not hesitated to trust themselves to wings-rather than to waves in cross. ing the English channel even during war. Increase of carrying capacity and decrease in the size of the fleld need- ed for starting and landing are im- portant projects now occupying at- tention of inventors. FEB.1ISLIMTSET | FOR RED CROSS WORK To meet present needs, all Bemidji Red Cross work should be finished and handed in not later than Feb- ruary 1, after which no further ai. lotments of either garments or knitted -articles will be received by the chapter. This is the advice given to the various chapters of the state. Every member of the South Beltrami coun- ty chapter should feel obligated to complete the work started, that un- finished articles may not be returned to neadquarters unfinished. TOWNLEY FREED FROM DEBT BY U. 8. COURT Fargo, N. D., Dec. 31.—A. C. Townley, president of the Nonpar- tisan league, was discharged from bankruptey by Judge C. F. Amidon of the United States district court. The order frees Mr. Townley from obligations aggregating nearly $80,-! 000, against which he balanced as-! setz of less than $500. PORTUGAL WAS TRUE TO HER OLD ALLIANCE | ASSUME DUTIES NEXT - "WITH GREAT BRITAIN . (By United Press.) " Londen, Dec. 16. (By Mail.)—The oldest existing alliance in the world was demonstrated during the war on the Western front. It is the British-Portuguese com- pact, which dates from early in the ]’ fourteenth century. 2 It only, of all the scores of leagues of nations and ententes which have bound the varfous parts of Europe more or less closely in varying com- binatignsF has withstood the erosion of - cepturies and -changing condi- tions, P ¥ Whi the / original..-fodmal - pro+ tective alliance ‘between ‘the two countries was not signed until the|, - +first part of the fourteenth century, ‘| British and: Portuguese troops acted together in an informal entente as early as 1148, in the expulsion- of the Moors from Portugal. A British fleet, carrying crusaders to Palestine, happened to put in at a Portuguese port while the king of Portugal was trying to dislodge the Moors from Lishon. He asked the British {if they didn’t want to co- operate in the common cause against Islam. The entente was successful. Portugal had a rather unique part to play in the European war. ‘When the war began in August, 1914, Portugal, true to her treaty, inquired of England what military assistance was needed. England re- plied- none. in- France, ‘but requested Portugal to send troops to Africa. So during the first period of the war Portugal, by an odd turn of in- ternational law occupied the dual position of an official neutral in Bu- rope and an official belligerent in Africa. German ships were putting in freely the ports of Portugal, while in Africa~Portuguese and German troops were shooting each other. In 1916 England asked her ancient ally for a broader activity. . Portu- gal immediately seized all German vessels in her harbors and began sending troops to the Western front. This brought a declaration of war from Germany. By placing her forces under Brit- ish command, Portugal was the first European nation voluntarily to hand over command of her army to an- other nation, and she thereby became the first practical exponent of the great conception of allied unity of command, Portugal kept several divisions on the West front, a small navy in the Mediterranean, scattered detach- ments in Africa, and seamen fighting on scores of American and British armed merchant ships. ST. CLOUD INDORSES ROADS. | 8t. Cloud, Dec. 31.— The Com- mercial club of S8t. Cloud, at its regular meeting, indorsed measures providing for co-operation in estab- lishing a system of national, state and county_highways. NO PAPER TOMORROW: FIRST OF YEAR 1919 Following its annual custom, The Pioneer will not be issued tomorrow, that the employes of the publishing company may have ample opportunity to make new resolutions. The day is New Year and the time when all mankind resolves to make changes in his daily conduct with the big idea of improving his ethics in certain direction. The Pioneer wishes all its many friends a most happy and prosperous year in 1919. ¥ COUNTY OFFICIALS TO WEEK. NOT NEW YEAR'S .- The Ploneer seemingly endeavored to hasten the induction of recently elected county officials into office ahead of time, when it said the new officlals would take their seats New Year's day. What it should have said next Monday, January 6. The board of county commission- ers -will meet in Bemidji next Mon- day and take up the matter of ap- jproving the bonds of the new offi- cialy, after which the new officers will. take their oath. COMMUNITY HOUSE In a letter from Secretary Lamson of the Marshfield chamber of-.com- merce, he says he had noted the achieyoments of the Bemidji Com- mercial club the past year and called attentionm to a general move- ment now in vogue, that of estab- lishing what is known as a Commun- ity house. This is a structure or permanent quarters for meetings . of clvicy or- ganizations, such as commefcial clubs, rest room and meeting plgce for all civic improvement clubs, ‘the building to be in the nature pf,§ memorial to the boys in the service. It also mentioned the surroundings as a designated place for farmerg to hitch their teams when in the eity on business, FAREWELL PARTY. Members of the Ladies Aid coclety of the Presbyterian church and other friends, twenty-five in number, surprised Mrs. A. Flatner last even- ing, at the home of Rev. and Mrs. L..P. Warford. The evening was passed in conversation and lunch was served. Mrs. Flatner was pre< gented with a pretty remembrance gift by those present. Mrs. Flatner and daughter, Lillian, will leave to, morrow morning for their new home in Morris, Minn. Mrs. Flatner has been a member of the Presbyterian Ladies Aid and active in church work, and will be greatly missed, TELEGRAPHERS GET RAISE, ‘Washington, Dec. 31.— Railroad telegraphers and station agents have been given a further wage increase by Director General McAdoo, rectro- active to October 1. i STATE NATIONAL GUARD WILL LOSE ITS STATUS. SECRETARY WAR ORDER Washington, Dec. 31.—Requests of National guard organizationd now overseas to be mustered out on ‘their return to this country instead of dis. charged, so their National guard character may be immediately re- sumed instead of returning to their civilian status, will not be grantedl by Secretary of War Baker, it was| authoritatively declared at the. war department, § The recent ruling of the judge ad- vocate general declaring that Na- tional guard troops now in the fed. eral service will revert to their eivi- lHan status upon their discharge has been adopted by the general staff as an irrevocable decision with refer- ence to the former troops. 1t is known that many of the forces now with Pershing’s army, upon their return home, will desire to im-~ mediately revert to their mnational guard status instead of being ‘dis- charged and becoming plain citizens. Many organizations notwithStanding that in some cases only a small por- tion of their original personnel re- mains, have been organized for many yedrs and have become historical. " "SIIGGESTED IN BEMIDJI tion for the Bemidji public for im- spection of the new industry, which {8 ‘believed will become one of the city's most important business insti- tutions. .The plant is ideal in every respect. It consists of tne large brick build- tng which is one of the most sub- stantial in the city. Not a change had to be made in its layout for the new industry, and it has a storage capacity of forty cars of potatoes. The machinery has all arrived-and is so installed that the capacity can easily ' be doubled. ; * Experts Are Here. Ofticials of the Potato Machinery Manufacturing company of Minnea- polis- are here superintending the machinery in its adjustment. F. H. Douthitt, president of the machinery company, is personally in’- charge, the machinery being from the Johm B. Aat company of Baltimore, Md. With ‘him is Carl Feldhugen, Who repreésents the mach(lne}:yAcompany algo, and he was the mil stalled the first potato flour ‘plant in the United States, at Idaho Falls, Idaho. There aré now about eight of these plants in the country. Mr. Douthitt is also the secretary ot the Potato Association of America, L Wagon To Sack. From the siding built by the Red Lake railroad, or from the wagon of the farmers, the potatoes are un- Ipaded into conveyors, sorted as to 2?% as they travel to their bins, usted enroute. From the bin they ‘hay be carried by machinery to the huge washer where they are cleaned thoroughly, every particle of dirt be- ing removed. Again they take up their journey to the big cooker . where they are made into a fine pulp and run out on a large cylinder termed the flaker, which discharges jnto an endless driver contrivance, which conveys the flake on and up to the flour mill where it is made into flour, sent to the sacker, alk fine flour dust being drawn away en- voute, and deposited in a special re- ceptical, Continuous Process. It 1s one continuous process from the unloading to the sack all ready for shipment and is intensely inter- esting, There is a large quanitity of po- tatoes ready for turning into flour. The potato flour has many sources of patronage, one of them being large manufacturers of sausage, which use the potato flour for sau- fes also perfer the potato flour. Large quantities are used in homes throughout the country and as the plant gets under full swing potato chips will be made. There are sev- eral other lines the plant is capable of producing and these will receive attention later. Several finquries have been and are being received with reference to shipments and the outlook for success seems roseate. DOCTORS HOLD MEET. Crookston, Dec. 31.—The quarter- ly meeting of the Red River Valley Medical society was held in this city. On account of so much illness, many doctors could not leave home to at- tend. The present influenza epidemie was the main feature of the discus- sions. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: President, Dr, F. M. Dryden; vice-president, Dr. Ed. Braturd; secretary and treasurer, Dr. A. H. Kahala. ALL WANT HIGHWAY. St. Paul, Dec. 31.—Representative R. W. Hitchcock, who is writing a weekly letter to the Hibbing Daily Tribune, of which he is editor, is authority for the statement that over eighty members of the house have asked the speaker-elect to place them on the roads and bridges committee, which will handle bills relating to- good roads, and that twelve members want to be chairman. e Who In- ., sage stock, while large paste factor- -