Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 10, 1919, Page 1

b ~, CHARGE BEMIDJI VICINITY G : and; wl&h’tfie'stereopticon. différent dist lea at_h A 'i'fiflfiedlnge- appeal, ' “has been launched to soO prepare the, ~..gervie of large proportions that the . district institute work. ~An organ- = e (HURCHPLAYS FIERTHEWAR *$ducational Campaign Will Be| * " First Step -of Campaign- in This District REV. BLAINE LAMBERT IN ;Home and Foreign Missionary of Eighty Millions " Object of Movement The éeitenary‘ movement, which confemplates-a home and forelgn mis- sionary fund of $80,000,000, to oe raised during the next twelve months, is the reply of.the Methodist Epis- FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF AMERICAN PEACE MISSION This is the first photograph of the American péucc mission, gates” except President Wilson, are stopping. pett to right, they are: dent Wilson, Henry White and Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. DRAINAGE VETO LAST BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, = 7 2 % \ ) N S8 oo (oW eun N erwoag & U taken in the Hotel Crillon, Paris, where the dele- Col. . M. House, Secretary Lansing, Pres!- | REPRESENTATIVE RAKO fEtnes, aistrict, copal church to the challenge of the new world reconatruction prob]emi Rev. Blaine Lambert, pastor of the Bemidji. Methodist church, is a dis- trict deputy.in this huge movement, and has bebs assigned to this vicin- ity. He wilt attend the two centen- ary traiping ‘conferences, which wll} be held:in the Fergus Falls district next- week; Monday and Tuesday, January, 1% and 14, at Crookston; +-gnd “Thursday, January - ‘Wednesday#and. ¥ %15 and 16 1tt,wadena,,by speakers * phases of the sented. ~ Then : will follow the educational campaign, that all members of the churchimay:be fally 1niorn_1ed when, the finfincfal campaign is ilaunched. Patriotic Requirements. It is the immediate patriotic re- ts, as interpreted by Metho- g e ¢ and abroad. The. tioweyer, *is not .An elaborate program ‘movement ‘will’ be pre= ~for--money. mind of the church for a sacrifictal financial campaign will .develop us JfHe. mormal expression of gratitude d faith. The organization, of con- sub-district an.dl “Jocal: chureh councils, with - their prayer aid service leagues, is beinz % with vigor and increas- Woen Sor. it is freely “inj élistic fervor. -‘p%fi‘d?&%%fiac the church’is. expécr tantly looking forward to the great- st revival in its history. 3 : eade'rs are saying: “Our Aobjec- _+{ive s to so establish the principle ofe"stewardship of .prayer, liie a.x.nl means, that the entire church will be lifted to a higher conception of the: Christian’s social and missionary responsibilities, local and general: What we seek, first of all, is not §$80,- 000,000, but a type of consecration of life that will lead uorr’nallyf toa g:ait; oportional consecration of mea g;hglt "ut an adequate world-better- .~ ment: eiterprise.” | P Ay Area Is Organized. *The Saint Paul area, covering the activities of the church in the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota, has been’ thoroughly organ- ized under the leadership of bushop Charles “Bayard Mitchell, Executive Secretary E. D. Kohlstedt and Special Secretaries 0. B. Chassell, Herbert H. Parish and Fred M. Perill A series of districttraining conferences, twenty in-all, is now being held un- der their-leadership, to train_pastors and lay leaders for local and sub- jzation of Methodist minute men 13 algn being perfected iny the interest of ‘the centenary movement, which will” culminate in a great Christian and patriotic celebration at volum- -bus, Ohio,jnext, June. The fou < .tjonal profram will be put on in all the Methofiist churches of Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota durfng ‘ the month of January. This will be » great month for the Melhodist'peo- ple of this area. ° PRISON-MADE BINDER - TWINE WILL BE CHEAPER st. Paul, Jan. 10.—Binder twine made in the state prison plant will retail during 1919 at 20 cents a pound for sisal and standard, 22 cents for - 600-foot Manila and zs;i cents for pure Manila.. Prices on ear| Jots are half a cent lower on each kind. 3 7 The state board of control fixed| the 1919 prices. The schedules range from 1 to 3 cents a pound lower than those of 1918 and from| 114-tp -5 cents a pound less than maximum prices permitted by the igtration. { fbe’ Stil waser prisen plant for 1119 -is _esti- Smated at 19,600,000 pounds. =~ On that total it was computed that the ‘board effected a saving of $365,000 “to-farmers of the state by adopti hi ca- & eeks stewardship educa s+ bombing, when government aviators SESSION AGAIN ISSUE The governor’s veto of the drain- | age appropriation last session is .0 be an -issue again this year. Senator L. A. Nord of Ipternational Falls, representing Koochiching and Bel- trami counties, is preparing to in- troduce a bill requiring that all ap- propriation -bills be: passed upon by the governor within ten days before the close pf«fl)q ‘gession, thus giving the legislature a chance to pass them cver the yetoes. ? To Honor MeGarry, Senator - Patrick H. McGarry of Walker 'is said to be slated for the chairmanship of the senate commit- tee ont public highways. . This chajr- manship will be one of the most im- portant this session and has been’ much- coveted. » 4 S R EATH STALKS FOOTSTEP OF HOSPITAL PATIENT AS HE LEAVES INSTITUTION When Morris Iverson of Tenstrike emerged from the hospital yesterday afternoon and headed for the busi- ness district; death stalked his foot- steps. -and overtook him ere he had reached his unknown destination. . Upon reaching the front of the Jewett garage, he entered. Mr, Jewett noticed him from ‘his office and, opening the door ,inquired .if somethihg was wanted, asking nim to step into the office. The reply was a request of the stranger to call a doctor whom he named and an &t~ tempt was made to locate him. Sitting in a chair, the man’s face tock on a changed expression. He gaspeg in attempting to gain breath. Camely he sat and battled on with the grip of death, clutching his throat., He said he had been in the Iiospital for three weeks and felt better.® He left and started out. In- formation gleaned was to the effect he had met an accident in the woods. The man’s life was ebbing and Mr. Jewett called a jitney. In the office at the time was Alex Doran and they helped him to the car. Bravely he attempted to walk unaided, and on his return his life ebbed. Relatives have ‘heen notified and will arrive today. BERLIN EXPERIENCES HORROR OF BOMBING (By United Press.) Copenhagen, Jan. 10.—Berlin last experieuced the horrors of night at attacked the Silesian railway station with bombs Wednesday night. Sixty-five persons were killed and many wounded. TUG AND FERRYMEN REFUSE TO ACCEPT 48 HOUR ARMISTICE v (By United Press.) New York, Jan. 10.—Tug and fer-} rymen ‘oday‘ refused to accept a forty-eight hour’-armistice on their strike, which has tied up New York harbors. The matter has been re- ferred to Président Wilson at Paris. DIEDRICH GETS “FLU” ~ WHILE VISITING RELATIVES DR. While visiting relatives at Little Falls, Dr. J. W. Diedrich suffered an attagk of the Spanish “flu” and it may be some time before he will be able to return to Bemidji and resume his practice. MONTENEGRO REVOLTS: EXPELS 29 ,JUGO‘-SL‘AVG FROM COUNTRY ((By United Press.) Rome,; Jan. 10.—Montenegrans re- volted January 3 and expelled Jugo- the prices announced instead of government maximums. Siavs {rom that country. EarleABarker, IsName Heard !sidering previous sessions.” In connection with casual remflrka! neard around the city, on the quess) tidn of the coming municipal .elec tion, that of a candidate for mayor seems to be a mooted problem, a can<| didate upon whom all ‘could unite, and the name that seems to loom most- prominently is Lieut. Earle A, p * HAS NO POWER-QVER s R d e _Lieut. Barker expects soon to se- cure his léave from the United States navy, now that the armistice has been signed, and return to Bemidji and again resume his business inter- ests. . He led the fifth Minnesota naval division from Bemidji the day after the first call of the government for the first line defense, and was ns- signed to the battleship Massachu- gsetts as executive officer, the big battle craft being one of the power- ful line of sea fighters guarding the Atlantic coast. When Lieut, Barker answered the call he was president of the Commer- cial club, head of the Merchants’ as- sociation, exalted ruler of the Elks and occupies a high plane in the business and civic affairs of Bemidji. BEMIDJI MIGHT SECURE DE-HYDRATING. FACTORY St. ‘Paul is to be the headquarters of a $1,000,000 food de-hydrating company, with subsidiary factories in a dozen Minnesota cities, it is an- nounced. Here might be a chance for Bemidji to secure one of the branch plants. The St. Paul plant, which is to be enlarged, has been in operation for months, and was engaged in dehy- drating coffee, cocoa, milk and other foodstuffs, for the government when the war ended, it was disclosed. Organization of the augmented en- terprise is being handled through the Daggett & MacLachlan corporation, the holding company, which controls the various processes to be used by the subsidiary companies. Attorney T. C. Daggett and J. C. MacLachlan, St. Paul inventor, head the corpora- tion. One outside factory is being built 'at Ddwning, Wis.,, and another soon will be started at New Ulm, The St. Paul factory at 161 South Robert street, originally was the location ( the General Dry Milk and Creamery company, which hds been taken over by the new corporation. WEEK’S ILLNESS FATAL. Gwendelyn Hansgon, nine years of age, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hanson, died this morning from complications following the Spanish influenza,- after being sick about a week. The funeral arrangements will be made today. WILSON REBUFFED. Washington, Jan. 10.—By_a vote of 5 to 3, the house rules committee refused to report a rule giving ptivi- leged status to the bill appropriating the $100,000,000 requested by Presi- dent Wilson for European relief work. . , JUSTICE FOR FARMERS. _ Washingtd®, Jan. 10. — Senator CGronna of North Dakota, republican, in an address to the senate, trged the fulfillment of the government- guaranteed price for wheat in 1919 and asked that thé farmer be dealt with justly. | are preparing the complaint. OPTIMISTIC OVER SESSION , A short letter received from Rep- resentative Rako to The Pioneer states that he “is still in the land of the living’’ and ‘“‘feeling fine.” He the organization of the without a hitch, which, he house states, ‘‘ls saying a great deal con- He also says he believes Speaker Nolan to be a good- choice. Mr. Rako is also enthusiastic over “the best bunch of men the people ever sent to St. Paul,” and expresses his opinion that they will work in better harmony than ever before. He sends this regards to all his friends. STATE CLAIMS BURLESON RATES FOR TELEPHONES St. Paul; Jan. 10.—Actions to en- join any increases in Minnesota tele- phone rates on orders by Postmaster General A, 8. Burleson, as federal di- rector of telephones and- telegraph, or otherwise, will be started by the states late this week or early next week. in the United States district court., The announcement wasg made by Commissioner Fred W. Putnam, in charge of telephone matters in the state railroad and warehouse com- mission. It followed a series of con- ferences between members of the commission and the state legal de- partment, Separate applications for restrain- ing orders directed to Director Burle- son in both instances, and to the Northwestern Telephone Exchange company in one instance, and to the Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph company in the other, will be made respectively in the federal court in Minneapolis and in 8t. Paul. Although the state railroad and warehouse commission is the moving factor in the projected proceedings, the actions will be brought in the name of the state by Clifford L. Hil- ton as attorney gemeral. Henry C. Flannery and James E. Markham, as- sistant attorneys general, the former assigned to the railroad commission, The action will be based upbn the contentions, first, that state rights of intrastate telephone rate regulaiion are paramount, and, secondly, if sueh powers are superceded by those of the federal government, that congress has not delegated such authority to the postmaster general, and comse- quently that in the absence of state authority any advances in rates would be uniawful. %! KOOCHICHING C0. SUES ON DITCH BOND DEAL County Auditor A. D. Johngon and J. L. George, ex-county auditor, left yesterday for Brainerd where they will act as witness in the case of County of Koochiching vs. Lenine & Co., bankers. The case is brought to recover what is claimed to be, an overcharge of commission in negotiating a sale of $189,006 worth of Koochiching county ditch bonds. REPORT PRESIDENT WILL NAME CATHOLIC ENVOY Rome, Jan. 10.—The United States probably will appoint a representa- tive to the holy see as a result of the méeting between President Wil- son and the pope, according to 2 report in Catholie eircles today. SENATE ADJOURNS. (By United Press.) Washington, Jan. 10.—The senate lias adjourned until next Monday, UNITED STATESNOT PLANNING TO SEND ‘TROOPSTOBERLIN; (By United Press.) W askington, Jan. 10.—The United States government has no intention at present of sending American troops into Beérlin, said a high official authority today. . EBERT GOVERNMENT HAS SLIGHT ADVANTAGE. London, Jan. 10.—The fighting in Berlin, for control of the government machinery, is turning decidedly in favor of Chancellor Ebert, according to the latest advice reaching:Lon- don today. . G oo Government forces were reported to have captured prac- tically all public buildings. Martial law has been proclaimed and reinforcements are pouring in to clinch the apparent victory over the Spartacanese. E 3 INFLUENZA TAKES HEAVY ITALIAN TOLL. Rome, Jan. 10.—Ten thousand deaths up to the present timeé from the influenza epidemic, according to a report by Monsignor Montigue Armieri. 6. 0. P. LEADERS ARE ™ MEETING IN CHICA g Chicago, Jan. 10.—Party leaders from nearly every state arrived here yesterday to attend the meeting of the republican national ‘ committee, to be held today. The session will be in the nature of a political love feast at which the republican victory U208 congressional eélectiohs - lasf Novemper will be canvassed, afd plans for the 1920 presidential cam- paign discusged. -Practically every state will be represented by the na- tional commitieeman or his proxy. E. H. WINTER IS HONORED BY STATE LAND OWNERS. DEALERS Need for a definite land policy In Minnesota which may be brought .about by legislative action in the creation of a state department of agriculture which would license land operators was the foremost subject conisdered by real estate owners and dealers of the state who opened a convention yesterday at the Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis. E. H. Winter of Bemidjl was ap- pointed a member of the nominating committee. ROOSEVELT LEAVES HALF MILLION TO HIS WIFE (By United Press. New York, Jan, 10.—Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt left a $500,000 estate to his wife. DIERICKS OF BAUDETTEE STATE TIMBER HEAD St. Paul, Jan, 10.—Otto H. Diercks of Baudette has taken the oath as superintendent of state timber, vice Oscar Arneson, St. Paul, who re- signed to become chief clerk of the house of representatives and later io superintend manufacture and sales of a portable power saw which he has patented. Mr. Diercks has been on the staff of State Auditor J. A. O. Preus for two years as assistant to Supt. Arne- gon, He is a practical timber and lumber man of wide experience and ed for his office. especially qua FEDERAL DAM RESIDENT DIES AT HOSPITAL: BODY TQ DETROIT Mrs. Belle Warren of Federal Dam, who was brought to the local hos- pital, died last night and the body was prepared at Ibertson's funeral parlors for shipnient to Detroit, Minn. The father, John Dare of Detroit, came to Bemidji upon receipt’of the news and accompanied the remains to Detroit for interment. BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL MEETS ST. CLOUD FIVE THIS EVENING The Bemidji high school basket ball team_will meet the 8t. Cloud quintet this evening at the Armory and a good gante is looked forward to. Aecording to the Journal-Press of St. Cloud the athletes of that city have practiced hard and are in fine condition. The game is the first in the dis- trict championship series and the 8t. |Cloud fans feel confident of winning. [DRY FIGHT IS COMING IN STATE LEGISLATURE 8t. Paul, Jan. 10.—Ratification ot the propoged national prohibition amendment will not be accomplishod-, in the Minnesota legislature without a struggle, senators and house mem- { bers declargd. ™ z 4 ‘ Scores of conferénces, ofticial and ] otherwise, in lobbies and hotef rooms, : gave ample.4ndications of ‘the sentl~ [ ... ment held by the legislators on pros~ pective bills. i Vo The-fact that the natfonal amend- ment was to be-operative only unttl peace s formally declared and thb belief that the peace treaty will be pigned at least soon after July 1, . 1919, the date for the enforcement of the amendment, is one of the argu- ments legiglators were using in’ justi- fication of their opposition to the: ratification. v sAlready a dnze‘sauondmeiu. de- gigned to gjter th& present primary election lay, are~im . Dis~ satisfaction” with” the present law- seems to be almost unanimous among. the legislators, but just how the pres- ent law s to be amended is the gsubject of a dozen totally different plans, I’ The equal suffrage amendment will also be one of the first bills' intro- duced, but tough sledding is also pre- dicted for that measure after it gets into the committee. “EVERY-DAY PRAYERS.” “Every-Day Prayers” or “Prayer as Dominant Desire” will be the theme of Rev. A. M. Whitby at the union week-of-prayer service at the Meth- odist church tonight at 8 o'¢lock. “You will be interested in ‘the sub- ject, you will enjoy the meeting, and you will_be joining in preparedness for the mew day that is upon us,” says Rev. Blaine Lambert. PAN MOTOR PRESIDENT SUES FOR ONE MILLION Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 10—A million- dollar libel guit naming as defend- ants eixty-three banks in this state, constituting the membership of the Arizona Bankers' association, hag been filed in United States court by Semuel C. Pandolfo of Minnesota. | The basis of the complaint is the publication of a letter from an un- named person in Texas. The letter, it is explained, was of such a nature to cast reflections on the integrity of the plaintiff and to injure his per- sonal standing. § ' CHEAPER SHO™ IN SIGHT. St. Louis, Jan. 10.—A decreage in the retail price of shoes i8 in gight, according to Frank C. Rand of this city, president of the International Shoe company, who addressed the 3 National Retailers’ association in con- vention here. “Prices eventually will seek a low- er level,” he said. “This, of course, will not come immediately, but I pre- dict it is not so very far off. The decrease will come in about the same time and manner as the increase aid.” WIND OVERTURNS BUSSES. During Wednesday's wind” storm both busses conveying pupils to the Carr Lake school were overturned by the wind, and the teams ran away. e Both rigs were somewhat damaged and a large plate glass window was blown in but none of the pupils wers injured Ry