Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 4, 1919, Page 1

FEDERAL SHI ~ YARDSDELIVER FOURVESSELS; n ” "By Goyernment Fail in ONE PLANT WITH 24 :ALLOTED FAILS UTTERLY Senate Cumxfi_prc'e Committee to Broaden Investigation of Whole Matter ‘Washington, Jan." 4.—Only four ships have been .delivered by _the three great government fabricated - shipbuilding plants, Charles Piez, di- - rector -general -of :the. Emergency Fleet Corporation, sgid in testifying before the senate ‘commerce commit- tee. . Difffculties in’ eonstructing the ds and_ in obtaining material were Y::xely redponsible for the delays, the -witness sgid. .l % Three From Hog Island. Three of the ships.have come from the Hog Island yard, Mr. Piez testi- fled, and the fourth -from: the Sub- marine Boal rpfirifion plant at Port - Newark; * N. #3.57 which should ~have delivered 124 vessels by last - December 7. The Merchants’ Ship- building corporation at Bristol, Pa., ““Has not yet delivered a ship, he said, -although mder its contract 24 should compléted by December 7. nd yard .delivered. its today ‘and ‘has launched 12 othews, the comimittee was told. ' mjttee adopted a resolu- * tion by Senator Nelson of Minnesota, -extending its'investigation to include oy g of all gov- ~shipbuilding. iden Inquiry. resolution -the shipping Under . ‘board the Emergency Fleet corpora- “tion-would-be required to furnish a statement” showing the number of shipyards where ships for the govern- mient are being or are to be built or .contracted for, together with the ‘ciphcity of -the yards and the X gttm},a éontributed by the govern- “thert. for Aheir: construction, if any, and. the ratmber of ships each has ~conpleted or launched. * “The conimittee also asked for the expéndituress made from all money appfopriated by -eongress for ships _.andiwhether any _of the vessels com- pleted for the fldet corporation have B the used in’ ¢arrying ‘meh or muni- ‘tions to or from Enrope. . Questioned about the Hog Island iyard; Mr. Piez told ‘the committee ‘ that<because.of a change in the man- agement - of. the American Inter- : .‘national ‘Shipbuilding company, con- tractors on ‘the Hog Island project, ‘the fleet corporation had decided that it ‘would be unwise for the govern- ment to take over management of . the yard at this time. - Under the new arrangement,~ Matt Brush, fprmerly a vice president of the American In- i ternational Shipbuilding company and’ other changés in the executive officers have-been made. "Mr. PieziBaid he believed the gov- ernment eventually should exercise ““ftsoption on the Hog Island site and take over management of the plnnt ;" 'The Hog Island yard, the witness declared, has been the mecca for rep- resentatives bf all nations visiting the United Stutés, and generally they have expressed _admiration for it. He said the.plant eventually would become a big producer. i “]. feel most dfihncfly that it was 1 a gréat assét to have the H Island 7 _yard. in reserve, just as it iS°a_ great / “asset, to. have a large army in Te- serve,” said Mr. Piez. ", WAR AGAINST STOCK \ SALE SHARKS BEGINS Minneapolis, Jan. 4. — Publicity will be one of the principal weapons | employed by the Ninth federal re- serve bank district capital issues committee in its war on fake stock and. bond sales promoters. The committee swung into battle line having been relieved December 31 of its work of passing on appli- cations for the issuance of legitimate securities concerns, and its first broad-side comprises the distribution through banks and investment houses- of a small pamphlet calling attention to numerous stock swindl- ing schemes and warning customers of these ‘concerns against them. This will be followed by apppa]s to the edltors of papers in the Ninth district asking them to expose all swindles that may be brough to their attention, and, in geueral, to main- tain throughout the whole of 1919 a campaigm of publicity to educate the unwary “investor against fake stock schemes and tc inculcate in them a knowledge of how to invest their money In legitimate, safe en- terprises. Pramse b2 v —— Fellows are urged.: BEMIDJ1 DAILY P FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TAKE KELLIHER SOLDIER FOR MISUSE OF MALS Wearing the uniform of a soldier of the United States army, a man by the name of Kinney, residence Kel- liher, was takén into custody by Sheriff Johnson and today brought to the county jail, his detention be- ing at the request of federal author- ities in Minneapolis on the charge of fraudulent issuance of checks, the mails being used for the purpose. The matter came up last summer but Kinney joined the military and was here on .leave to- attend his brother’s funeral when placed under arrest. He will be taken to Minne- apolis by a federal officer. 0DD FELLOWS INSTALL: M'GHEE NOBLE GRAND The Odd Fellows :installed their officers Friday evening for the ensu- ing six months. R. L. Given, who i8 district deputy grand marshal, had charge of the work. The following were installed: J. C. McGhee, noble grand; C. J. Win- ter, vice grand; C. B. Grande, sec- retary; P. L. Hines, recording secre- tary, and George Rhea, treasurer. The elective ufficers made their appointments as follows: E. H. Denu, R. 8. N. G.; J. C. Courtney, L. 8. N. G.; L. Larson, W.; D. D. Miller, C.; ‘G. W. Harnwell, Ch.; A. Anderson, R. 8. 8.; 0. J. Laqua, L. 8. 8.; Richard VanArnum, R. V. G.; A. W. Stott, L. 8. V. G.; C. E. giley, I. G., and Thomas Mohler, . G. The lodge will have work in the initiatory degree next Friday night and-all members gand: “visiting Odd - “ih- attend- ance. A banquet will"be served after the session. INVESTIGATION OF U. S. WIRE PROGRAM URGED Washington, Jan. 4.—An exhaus- tive investigation by the senate com- mittee on interstate commerce of the entire subject of telephone, telegraph and cable communication was pro- posed by Senator Frank B. Kellogg, who intfoduced a resolution for that purpose. Explaining the resolition in @ speech to the senate, Senator Kellogg advocated prompt extension of cables between this country and South American republics, as well as other foreign countries, to stimulate their trade, also the manufacture of cables in this country, and said that he may propose constructive legisla- tion upon the matter at a later date. “I think the time has come for some real constructive ' legislation upon the questionof our transporta- tion facilities by rail-and by watel as well as telephone and telegraph,” said Senator Kellogg. SHEEP RAISING TO BE STIMULATED IN STATE Minneapolis, Jan. 4.—Renewed efforts to make Minnesota better known as a sheep raising state will be made at the annual meeting of sheepmen at Grand Rapids, January 16 and 16. To hasten this move- ment, J. J. Opsahl of Bemidji will ting the formation in the state of urge the passage of an act permit- township livestock loan associations to operate under the supervision of the state banking department, these associations to deal largely in buy- ing and selling sheep and in sheep securities. MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE RATIFIES DRY MEASURE Lansing, Mich., Jan. 4—The Mich- igan legislature has ratified the amendment of the United States con- stitution providing for a dry nation. Both houses adopted the resolution without debate. Michigan is the sixteenth state to ratify the prohibition amendment to the federal constitugion. Twenty- more states must -take like action to adopt the amendment as proposed by congress. The first four states to ratify were southern commonwealths and nearly half of sixteen adopting states are south of the Ohio river. Only five states west of the Missis- sippi river have ‘taken action, while Michigan makes the fourth state north of the Ohig east of the Mis- sissippi. Those states which have ratified since Virginia first acted on January 13, 1918, are: Virginia. Kentucky, Mississippi. South Carolina, North Dakota, Maryland, Montana, Ariz- ona, Delaware, Texas, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida and Michigan. FORMER “PIONEER” E]_JITOR IS NOW MANAGER OF STATE BANK According to a Minneapolis new- paper, H. J. Dane, former cashier of the Twin City State bank, has be- come the manager of the Merriam Park State bank. He severed his connection with the Twin City bank to enter the army sixteen months ago. At one time Mr. Dane was edi- tor of The Pioneer. PINEW00OD COUPLE WEDS. Migs Grace Spencer and Fred El. liott, both of Pinewood, were married at noon today, Judge J. B. Harris BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1919 BALKANS MUST ADJUST THER DIFFERENCES, SAYS WILSON| & Expected to Clarify Tense Sit- uation; Declares Italy Must Help HUN MACHINE GUNS MOW DOWN CHILDREN { Demand Raised That Mexiéo& Pay Americans’ Claims and Stand, Rebuked By Robert J. Bender. (United Press Correspondent.) Rome, Jan. 4.—President Wilson's strategy in going heart of the Balkan situation was widely discusged today. It is expected to clarify the rela- tion of Italy and the mnew Slavic states, which has been somewhat tense. The president’s statement was that the Balkan people's Slavi differences must be adjusted and that’ Italy must join in promoting a strong Slavic nation. - HUNS SLAY CHILDREN. Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 4.—Several’ children parading at Posen in honor of Ignace Paderewiski were killed when Germans fired upon them with machine guns. GERMANS DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKIL Copenhagen, Jan. 4. — German troops defeated invading Polish forces in battles at Lissa and Nakel, according to Berlin dispatches. MEXICO PAY. DEMANDED: © Washington, Jan. 4.—Make Mex- fco pay, was the demand raised here today, the demand being that Mexico pay the claims of Americans and that the state department take the attitude of rebuking Mexico for vir- tually siding with Germany during the war. NORWAY HAS POT OF GOLD FOR PRESIDENT (By United Press.) Christiana, Norway, Dec. 10. (By Majl.)—While President Wilson is yisiting in Europe, he should run up here and get his gold medal and his $36,000, Scandiavians say. The awarding of the Nobel peace prize to President Wilson in Chris- tiana in due form would give the Norwegian government great plea- sure. Besides, one of the conditions of the award is that the recipient come to Christiana and deliver an address on- peace. Right now, cus- todians of the Nobel fund are said to hold, would be the best time of all for President Wilson to deliver an address on peace. When President Roosevelt was awarded the prize the condition re- lating to the address in Christiana wasg waived on account of the presi- dent’s duties in Washington. But in Wilson's case it is believed the commission in charge of awarding the prize would consider that the president could find time while on his European trip to step up here and receive the medal and the $36,« 000 in person. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Swedish scientist, left a fortune of $8,000,- 000, interest on which he stipulated should be expended each year in pro- viding awards for the five persons contributing most valuable work in advancing medicine, physics, ideal- istic literature, chemistry, and the promotion of peace. Elihu Root and Theodore Roosevelt are the Ameri- cans who have won the peace prize. Not all of the five prizes are awarded every year, because trustees of the fund spend so much of the income for administrative purposes that there is not enough left to provide prizes of suitable size. However, the Scandinavians are of opinion that §36,000 and a gold medal ought to be sufficient induce- ment to bring the president north during his stay in Europe. FORMER BEMIDJI BOY ON STRANDED VESSEL “Jimmie’ Malone, at one time a reporter on The Pioneer, who went from here to Grand Forks as a re- porter on the Herald, is wireless operator on the hospitai vessel Northern Pacific, which went aground New Year's day on the shoals of Fire Island, off the Atlantic coast. The ship was loaded with re- turning wounded soldiers who are now being taken off “Jim"” had some difficulty in get- ting into the service owing to a crippled finger but managed to squeeze Into the radio service and made good straight to the d - PRESIDENT WILSON IN PARIS N PUB, IRE ALLEGED CHARGE OF - GRAFT IN NORMAL - LOCATION STARTS SUIT| Thief River Falls, Jan. 4.—A suit was filed in the district court this week wherein State Senator D. P. O'Neill demands damages in the sum of $10,000 from the Swan Johnson, a farmer residing near St. Hilaire. The complaint alleges that some time during the late campaign de- fendant made assertions derogatory to plaintifi’s character and that he has thereby been injured to the ex-! tent, of the damages demanded. The complaint alleges that John- son made a statment before others wherein be claimed that in the year 1913 Senator “O'Neill accepted the sum of $5,000 from the business men of Thief River Falls for use in secur- ing the location of a nmormal school in the city. Johnson further stated, | accordng to the complaint, that O’Neill also accepted the 'sum of $8,000 from Bemidji interests to be used in securing the same school for that city. The case will come up for trial at the January term. E. M. Stanton is; attorney for plantiff and Theo. Quale for defendant. POLAND NEEDS HELP. London, De¢. 16. (By Mail.)— Something must be done for Poland according to Poles in London. Sit-} uated between revolutionary Ger- many and revolutionary Russia, the newly freed people of Poland are in a precarious situation. While it Is claimed the country has suffered greater devastation through the war than any other country, it has been impossible for the outside world to send aid, neither Germany nor Rus- sia offering a satisfactory channel. Nofv that the port of Danzig is open relief can be sent by sea direct. When Russia, Austria and Ger- many finally ceased fighting back and forth across Poland they had laid waste approximately 110,000 square miles, equal to the combined areas of New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. In the Austrian zone of occupation alone more than 200,000 buildings were destroyed, notwithstanding the occupied coun- try was chiefly agricultural. Live- | stock worth $40,000,000 was carried off in the first two years. In the German zone 37 per cent of all the horses were taken; ;in the Austrian zone, 68 per cent. The result is that prices now are practically prohibitive. A farmer wishing to cultivate his land must pay fifteen times the pre-war price for a horse. In Cracow the price of bread is thirty times the pre-war price and the same {s true of fats. Heretofore funds collected for Po- lish relief have been utilized in help- ing Poles outside their own country. Now that a way has been op&ned, London Poles are seeking to enlist the world’s help in order that Poland may not be caught in either the maelstrom to the east of her or in that threatening on the west. WHAT EVERY WOMEN ’_ VOTER OUGHT TO KNOW! London, Dec. 17. (By Mail)—Now that women have power to vote, their menfolks, on the strength of hundreds of year’s start in the study of polities, are giving them lots of | good advice. Among their valuable| hints are the following: Beware of Bawlsheviks! borrow anybody's sealskin the point of the pistol. Never vote for a candidate who parts his hair in the middle. He is| obviously unable to take one side or | the other. If your candidate asks you to give him a mandate, ask him: “What zbout a womandate?” I fyou attend a political meeting ag a heckler, heckle the speaker the same way as you would your hus- They'll | coat at| i Président Wilson and President Polncare are here seen driving through the thronged streets of Paris to the house of Princg Murat. band. That'll get him al} tied up OF YESTERDAY’'S PAPERS--READ X ao° W {4 § Underwood §. SAFETY BOARD WILL Minnesota’s and Beltrami county’s public safety commission will remain in office and all its orders will con- tinue in force until the commission expires by law, members of the com- mission predicted. The law, unless changed by the new legislature, ter- minates the commissioner’'s au- thority three months after a treaty of peace is signed. Forces hostile to the safety com- mission, and especially to its orders restricting the lquor traffic, are ex- pected to make a fight in the legis- lature for repeal of the law, or, fail- ing in thdt, for an amendment cur- tailing its powers. Hxpressions from members, however, are- safd to give good assurance the commission will not be disturbed. REGULAR PLANE TRIPS LONDON TO PARIS. SOON London, Dec. 17. (By Mail.)-— Londoners expect to see airplane carryalls making regular passenger runs to Paris and London before spring. Two concerns are rushing prepar- ations in competition for the honor of inaugurating passenger alr serv- ice to France. They are the Hand- ley-Page Co., and the Aircraft Travel and Transport Co., Ltd. Within a few days after the sign. ing of the armistice announcements came from both companies of plans for cross-channel trips. Within a few hours, hundreds of persons had booked passage. Fares are quoted $560 and $76, one way. Present plans permit the carrying of hand baggage only-by passengers. Later, promoters announce, facilities will be prepared by which passengers may check trunks. Both companies plan to use gigan- tic bombing type planes capable, they promise, of transporting pas- sengers in electrically-heated cabins. The Handley-Page Co. recently sent a bomber to Paris with twenty passengers. Lunch was” served be- fore the return. The round trip was completed between breakfast and dinner. The inauguration of regular Lon. don-Paris service is dependent on re- laxation of the British and French passport regulations. Civilian trav- el between the two countries still is practically prohibited. Commercialization of the airplane is expected to come rapidly in Eng- land and on the continet. Thou- sands of army aviators are avallable as pilots and teachers. Predictions are many that the family plane of well-to-do persons soon will be in use POPE WARMLY GREETS WILSON: PRIVATE CHAT IN THE THRONE ROOM (By United Press.) Rome, Jan. 4.— Pope Benedict greeted President Wilson with out- stretched arms and the reception was extremely cordial. The pope clasped both of Wilson's hands and shook them warmly. After the greeting they held a pri- vate conference in the throne room. M’ADOO URGES NOT TO RETURN RAILROADS —— Warning Washington, Jan. 4. | against tWe'évils bf unrestricted com- petition, Secretary McAdoo, con- tréller of the railroads under the war regime, today urged congress not to throw the rallroads back to the many owners uncontrolled. He said the rallroads must be kept out | of politics. > P 9 4 : f _I-c»\ éof .Lq E v FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH ‘PORK,” SAYS | CONGRESSMAN- . L | Wisconsin = Solon Assails Bi THE OF PROPOSED WATERWAY BIL Appropriation for Préjeéts * In the South f MILLIONS ARE INCLUDE® - FOR DOUBTFUL PURPOSRS Stated Items Couldn’t Pass If ~ Not in “Omnibus” Form, = : South Defends Washington, Jan. 4.—Assailing proposed new . waterway projects as pork barrel measures not in keeping with any scientific wgterway devel- opment program, Representative James A. Frear of Wikconsin led a fight on the floor gf the house against other annual rivers and har- bors appropriation bill. Representa- tive John H. Small of North Carolina chairman of the committee, was the chief defender of the bill, which carries total appropriationg of. $27 000,000, including ahout $8,000,000; for new projects. “Pork Laden,” Says Frear. “The pending bill contains over one hundred old projects and adds’ seventy new, a few of which are im- material, sevéral good and many which are disclosed by the engineers’ reports to be neither necessary nor of value,” said Mr. Frear. *“This bill never could pass congress but for the fact that it contains so many projects which bring votes. . 5 “How far, would the bankrupt Chesapeake - and Deleware thirteen nhile, item of.. $3,000,000 in. & $20, 000,000 . future ject get-without an_omnibus bill. How.:far would a $600,000 appropriation in the bill for the indefensible upper Cumberland canalization $4,500,000 scheme get without an omnibus bill to pull it through? A Urges Budget System. “This weakness in our legislative system is . engouraged by a loosa financial policy. Every country af importance in the: world exceptiog - our own has gdoptéd te budget sys- tem. (RN N TN N “The . .enginedri.;presented ' estic 88 ice)of i!h .mates prior ti 973,000 for the maintenance of al waterway projects during the coming fiscal year and of $7,647,600 for new improvements, which with ‘the bal- ance on hand and the lump sum for emergencies cover all.that the en- gineers ask at this tim# Small Defense Bill. Representative Small declared that Mr. Frear was® not “intellectually’ honest” in his critism of the bi “It {s unfalr, unjust to the com- mittee and the house,” he said. “I the framing of this bill, the presf= dent, the secretary of war, the chief of engineers, and many others were consulted.” FRENCH GIRLS’ THANKS - IS FROM THEIR HEARTS (By United Press.) Paris, Dec. 16. (By Mail.)—A big "~ Y. M. C. A. truck was floundering through the mud of a country roag in France. Heavily loaded, wjth. wood, the vehicle wag harely able fo - - navigate through the morass bit it slowed down still more to avotd hit- ting some cattle grazing besidé the way. Three little girls, whose aver- age age probably was 12 years, were | tending the few bony cows: -As:the truck lumbered past, -ong of the girls handed the Red Triangle secre- * tary a small package.. The,Y. M. C. A. man and the ihree soldiers of the wood detajl waved adfeux' to their small friends and.went:on. Opening the package, the secre- tary found some nuts and a letter, the whole evidently carefully pre- pared to be given to the first- Ameri- - cans the children encountered. Here is a translation of the letter: “Dear American Soldlers: By this letter we wish to thank you Yor the patriotism you have shown in coming to defend the sotl of France, and leaving your wives, ;your chil- dren, and your parents. It is thanks to you soldiers of America that France is not boche. We thank you greatly dear soldiers of America? the children of France will not for- get you. “Yond, Nait, Henriette.” Next day, Leon L. Rice, thé Y. M. C. A. worker who had received the packet, went back over the same road, hoping to find the girls and tell them how much he appreciated o their sentimént and the nuts. But he never has haen&nl’)le_lo get trace of them. 'They eévidently had no particular reciplent in mind when they wrote the touching little letter, but stmply took this means of thank- ing any Americans in uniform they might meet ¢