Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 6, 1919, Page 1

TSI, YN S——— { Y0U CAN'T GET TODAY'S-NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAV'S ~:PERS.-READ THE _BE Historieal Socte ‘rk ‘ \ e : DJ1I DAILY PIONEER % BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1919 e 00SEVELT DIES SUDDENLY; EARLY HOU ‘CARRIES ON' WHILE DEEP IN SLUMBER; CLOTONARTERYIS FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER - FRENCH LADS RETURN FROM GERMAN BONDAGE AIT ACTION. N APPROVAL S8 * e e ' Commissioners Meet Tomorrow to Pass on Bonds; McGhee Takes Up Reins STEWART TURNS OVER KEYS TO HIS SUCCESSOR Cbunty Officials and Employes :Entertain Retiring Officials; George Fetes Staff “Pending the approval of their ~bonds by the board of county com- missioners, which will meet tomor- row, newly. .elected..county. officers " .rested today. on the eve of their con- “firmation.. YR s 3. C. McGhee was around the office of county superintendent of. schools today. He will not take up his offi- cial duties until seated. The new faces in the court house are those of Mr. McGhee; A. D. John- son, acounty auditor, while. H. N. MeKee will be the new. coroner. Fellowshiv Evidenced. On Saturday afternoon, ip the offiged: of the. county commissioners, eounty officlals and employes of the' _court homge tendered.a banquet to “ihe retiring auditor, J. L. George, and the retiring county superintend- ent: of schools, W. B. Stewart. _ Judge Harpis of. the probate court presided and. responses to toasts were . made by Mr. George; A. D. Johnson, auditor-elect; * Mr.~ Stewart; F. W. Rhoda, county clerk, re-elected, and ¥. M. Sathre, president of the ab- strhct -company. Judge Harris also spoke briefly.: George Host to Force. “"Retiring Auditor George was host to “his office force at dinner at the Markham Sunday evening, his guests péing Mrs. BéHé Penley, Miss Julia Nielson, 'Miss- Lucile.Steidl, K. K. Roe, H. W. Alsop and Fletcher Grim- oldby, the latter 4 member of the staff to the county treasurer’s office. SERGEANT FEIR RESUMES HIS FORMER BANK POSITION TODAY Held prisoner by thé German invaders and compelled under threat dt:fievére pudlshment to Iabor unceasingly for four years in the rear of the enemy lines, these French lads, released under the terms of the armistice, are returning to their homes in France.: Thelr belongings, piled high on a wagon which they commandeered, have been pulled for miles. NIGHT SCHOOL WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL . Night school will begin this even- ing- in _fhe Bemidji high school building, commencing at 7:30 and continuing until 9 o'clock. Classes will be given- in business English, business arithmetic, manual train- ing, mechanical drawing and poultry. Miss Hall will be teacher in Eng- lish, Mr. Gutzler will be instructor in arithmetic, Mr. Durbohn in me- chanical drawing and manual train- ing, and Mr. Olin in poultry. The aim is to interest and instruct people outside the school and there is no age limit. = “We will take them up to 100 years,” said Superinténdent Bolcom this morning, will include most of the people in Bemidji.” Anyone wishing to join should not delay, but should staX right in at the beginning. CREEL DENIES ANY “and I Dbelieve that | HOME GUARD WILL DRILL TOMORROW NIGHT The members of the home guard will meet tomorrow night and Cap- tain Stewart urges all members to be present. There will be matters of much interest to be discussd, af- fecting the future of the organiza- tion in conmnection with the plan to enter the federal service of the new state guard. All returned soldiers and sailors are cordially invited to be present and take part in the drill and co- operate with the-guard members. FOR N. M. D. A. MEETING AT GRAND RAPIDS TWO DAYS (Special to The Pioneer.) Grand Rapids, Jan. 6.~~The ‘stage | is set and plans about completed for the annual meeting of the Northern Minnesota Development association, which opens in this eity January 15 for two days. A large number of potato exhibits have arrived and are being stored under the,supervision of Otto I. Bergh of the experiment sta- tion and D. B. Jewell, county agent. ST. CLOUD OLL C0. IS CONSOLIDATED WITH NORTHWESTERN (0. The consolidation of the St. Cloud Oil company of 8t. Cloud and the Northwestern Ofl .company -of Su- perior, Wis., has been negotiated, the change taking effect today. The combination of these two companies, both well established in northern Minnesota, will make one of the strongest independent ofl companies operating in the north- west. Mr. McKenzie, president of the Northwestern, and Mr. Hogan, of Superior, together with Mr. .Combs of ‘the St. Cloud company, have been in Bemidji for the past two days checking up the local plant. The new organization will be known as the Northwestern Oil com- pany with headquarters at Superior. E. H. Jerrard, manager of the Be- midji office, will continue with the new company in that capacity. It is the intention of the company to make improvements in the Bemidji plant early in the spring. New ter- ritory will be added, and the busi- ness from this point greatly ex- Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 6 former president of the United the colonel alive: ‘DOCTOR’S VERDI (By United Press.) .—Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, States, died this morning in his sleep, the hour being 4:15 o’clock. The end came in his home at Sagamore Hill and there was no one present in his room except his valet when death entered. A blood clot o was the direct cause of his demise. : The following statement was made to the United Press by Dr. G. W. Fraller of Oyster Bay, physician who last saw ° “Colonel Roosevelt retired at 12 o’clock last night feeling much better. At 4 :15 o’clock this morning he simply ceased to breath. Death was probably caused by a pulmonary embolism.” Pulmonary embolism, Dr. Fraller explained, is a blood clot in one of the arteries of the lungs. The funeral will be held Wednesday from Christ Episcopal church, Oyster Bay, and Dr. George Talmadge will officiate. Interment will be in Young’s Memorial cemetery, near the Oyster Bay home of the Roosevelts. : At the time of the death of the colonel, the only persons in the house were his wife and stood the sudden shock bravely. servants. Mrs. Roosevelt with- WHITE HOUSE FLAG IS FLUNG HALF MAST. : Washington, Jan. 6.—The flag on the White House was ordered hung at half mast as soon as the news of Colonel Roosevelt’s death was received at Washington. issued by Secretary Tumulty. The order was NEWS IS CABLED TO PRESIDENT WILSON. Washington, Jan. 6.—President Wilson was notified of Roosevelt’s death by cable and ment later. he is expected toycablera state- \ COLONEL ROOSEVELT HAD EVENTFUL CAREER i Theodore Roosevelt had a most active and interesting career, and was one of the most noted person- ages in the nation. His characteris- colonel of the first volunteer cavalry, known as ‘“Roosevelt’s Rough Rid- ers.” e and his men took part in the Cuban fighting and at San Juan Hill his men were saved from an- n his heart suiifig‘i,xfi"#i° e:a:;l:)sigsl‘: ;«;diz’sl:et: CABLE CENSORSHIP N I;X‘he c(uxxvttlention vtzinl meet a'n: m? panded. tics were unique and he was an un-| nihflation In the storming of that = d ner J rmory, with a seating capacity o = B - y y | famous hill with its bullet aw: - ant cashier of:: the Security State e 800, and the exhibits will be advan- usual figure as president of the| famots il with e Liflot 5%opt aur- bank, he having finished “his m lnrj& Paris, Jan. 6.—George Creel,|tageously arranged there. The judg- MANY BRmsH woMm United States, beloved by millions stormed that hefght, dying li eriin- ::rvicei‘gergltfi;f:irdwjtnt;:b';‘sk"fl ;| chatrman of the committee on public|ing of potatoes will take place on and cordially disliked by those Wholgon with their blood, wresting the tary. while employe > information, commenting -before his|the 14th, that the judges may make d his forceful views, and ag-|crown from th hol with the signing:of the armistice Was| joparture for Rome on' reports in|their announcements on the opening WILL KE‘EP WAR JOBS t::g:;evem; e W the comer of | Weyler, “the )ll:ulc;:,e:i."mwhgen:l?dl released from duty and allowed to return to enter. business again. congress and the American press of governmental control over the cable day, which will be “potato day” at the convention, as the program for (By United Press.) the famous phrase, “'Speak softly and carry a big stick.” been sent from Spain to defend the sinking of the Maine, s transmission of press dispatches,|that day is devoted largely to the London, Dec. 14. (By Mail.)— He was mustered out with his reg- e FOUR MORE SOLDIERS said: discussion of seed, cultivation, grad- | \vanted: Work for 500,000 women.| The dead statesman was born In|iment at Montauk Point in 1898. ARE HOME FROM CAMP e Thc‘i. bfl]):wc;:‘tg:::gf 1%!;; sieslv:: ing and marketing of potatoes. The number of women who will | New York City on October 27, 1858, Elected Vice-President. ST = q S IRy be thrown out of work by the ending |, 5 sntered Haivird i- 4 o0 _| They are unable to handle all the is im- |80 in 1876 entered Harvarc unl In November, 1900, he was. elected J. E. Whelen of Island Lake, Her business which is coming their way.” PAN MOTOR COMPANY ?xlgifill:eed.w“;{bfu:wx:nzo agl’::lea: :ilts mTl- versity, graduating in 1880. Fol-|vice-president with President Wil- man Falk of _Saum and George Lang- rack and Osgar Swenson, both of Bemidji, returned: - from: military gervice this morning, having been honorably discharged. Mr. Whelen.has been at Ft. Casey, Mr. Creel said he was engaged in closing the offices in “Europe of the committee on public information and winding up its affairs. ‘“When that work is done 1 am CASE IS THROWN OUT Fergus Falls, Jan. 6.—Judge Page Morris, in United States district lion extra women have been em- ployed in the United Kingdom since July, 1914, but the number of killed and disabled men amounts to about one million. Therefore there remain lowing his graduation he studied law and was elected to the New York legislature in 1881, - re-elected in 1882 and 1883. In 1884 he was named a delegate to the state con- liam B. McKinley and when the martyred president met his fate at the hands of an assassin’s: bullet, Roosevelt succeeded to the presi- déncy, September 14, 1901, Roosevelt was elected president - th latter at Cam through. That wlll, be about the e he 500,000 women workers who will belvention and the same year to the 3 2 - , C. -~ ie ne; ection. en Taft came e Motor company of St. Cloud, and| Their displacement will come gra Western Rancher. up for re-election the party eplit BEMIDJI SAILOR HAS " THRILLING EXPERIENCE Continuously . using the water pumps for three. days and three nights to keep:-his ship from sinking before he could:reach port was the unusual experience of Lieut. William J. McDonald of Bemidji, who is sta- tioned on the U:..S. S. Murray, which was badly damaged when it ran on a reef off the Scottish coast some time ago. ° In a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McDonald .of this city, Lieut. McDonald told of his ex- perience and also said this ship is now in dry deck ‘at Liverpool, Eng- land, where it is being repaired. ‘ Lieut. McDonald left here in April, 1917, with the Bemidji di- vision of the Minnesota naval militia as an ensign, and has been steadily IMPORTANT WORK BY MASONS TOMORROW NIGHT At the meeting of the Masons Wednesday evening, there will be important work, that of the master’s degree, and all Masons soujourning in Bemidji and members of the fra- ternity are cordially invited to be present. It will be & big meeting and lunch will be served after the ceremonies. LAST OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS ARE LANDED Fire Island, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Weary sailors manning the stranded trans- port Northern Pacifiic, who shared with coast guards and the crews of rescue ships in the unparalleled task John Barrett, secretary of the com- pany, on indictments charging them with using the mails to defraud in connection with the development of the Pan Motor company. Alfred Jaques, United States dis- trict attorney, asked dismissal of the case, on refusal of the court to con- tinue the case until February 15, that the government might obtain additional evidence necessary for the government’s case. R. B. Brower, counsel represent- ing the motor company officials, in his argument declared that an ad- of the case hard- ditional continuance would work an unnecessary ship on the motor company. The indictment was brought after investigation into the manner in which the sale of stock was conduct- ed Government representatives {told the court that they had not suf- ficient time to investigate the books of the company and obtain witnesses, PLANS NEAR COMPLETION dually and they will not be thrown on the labor market at once, for one third of the increase in women'’s labor consists of dilutees. Until the men come back they will remain at their jobs. In the meantime many new spheres have sprung up for women. They will continue making tools and machinery, they will be employed in subsidiary ship-building industries, they will do their share in the chemi- cal trades; and also there are two quite new branches of work open to women of the United Kingdom-—the manufacture of pianos and toys, both of which industries are being wrest- ed from the hands of the Hun. The outlook for women is cheer- ful. CONTRACTORS NEARING FINISH ON NORMAL From 1884 to 1886, Roosevelt was a rancher in the west and was one of the typical western types. In 1886 he was nominated for mayor of New York City. He was appointed a member of the United States civil service commission in 1889 and in 1895 was made president of the New York police board. In April of the year 1897, Roose- velt was made assistant secretary of the navy and in 1898, the time of the Spanish-American war, was ap- pointed lieutenant colonel of the first volunteer cavalry, and prowmoted to when Roosevelt sought to boss the job. In the famous Chicago national republican convention Roosevelt was unable to stem the trend, toward Howard Taft, who received the nom- ination. Roosevelt led his followers from the Coliseum and held a rump convention, choosing the name Pro- gressive Party. It became kyown as the “Bull Moose'" party. He was the despair of politicians, a home loving husband and father and a great friend of the children ot every hand. WARNING: KEEP OFF PRIVATE PROPERTY This might serve as a warning to those who are in the habit of cutting When the park board undertook to | preserve the public 1awns and park- |ings it posted signs, but they met their fate at the hands of vandals, and many have been utterly de- stroyed. promoted now, being first lieutenant. | of sending safely ashore through the |{many of whom live on the Pacific ! corners across lawns of private In addition to this he has seen sev-|breakers 2,500 well and wounded |coast. eral months of foreign service and|soldiers, climbed into their ham- e — Plumbers are now engaged in in- yflr'dfl and parkings, for many com.- | GREAT L ES 0 COMMONETTES’ HAT. stalling the plumbing fictures in the | plaints have come tn to the police| AK "IN' holds an executive position on the U. 8. 8. Murray. HUMANE OFFICER RESIGNS. Duluth; Jan. 6.—R. D. McKercher, former Duluth chief of police, has resigned as executive agent of the state soclety for-the prevention of mocks free, for the first time in four| days, of anxiety over the safety of the army veterans homeward bound from Europe. The last of the troops aboard have gone over the side. Twenty soliders so seriously wounded that it carry them on stretchers down a stairway that was swung over the| was necessary to; London, Dec. 17. (By Mail.)—An enterprising firm of hatters is intro- |ducing a distinctive hat for women to wear in parliament. It is similar i to the bishop’s hat in shape, but ifilightly lower in the -crown and wider in the brim new normal school and will have their task completed. A pipe covering crew has arrived and will proceed to encase the pipes in ashestos to prevent damage and freezing. Sheet metal workmen are busily engaged in installing pipes for ven- soon and action is to be taken if the de- structive practice is not abated. The packing of icy paths across yards damages the grass and makes a clearly discernable path when gpring comes, and is unsightly and a damage to property. A few steps ex- tra would save others' property and those who have complained have Herbert Warfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Warfield, has been electgd captain of the fifteenth regiment basket ball team of the Great Lakes. The men on the team have been | picked from 6,000 and are all college Cruelty to Animals, after service|transport's side made up the final It is an open question whether | tillating. e o since December 1. with offices at St.| contingent of passengers to leave the | women will have to take off their { The {nstallation of raldation 1s | been notified to secure names of the|Players, with the exception . of Mr. > hats in the house of ¢commons nearing completion. tresspassers, Warfield S— Paul, vagsel