Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 18, 1919, Page 1

- BEMIDJI D. VOLUME XVIL NO. 15 : —_— 6 WORLD N NAN,TELLS GERMAN OCIALIST LEADER COINTY THAT | - " LEGISLATORS MAKING 600D ervelé@nt ,Ba;ldette Region ' Publisher Will Give Local 2 Color to Beltrami CLERK.IN HOUSE DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS —Says 'Ou_r Representatives Are|: “In'Right”’; Named on Im- - | portant Committees By ‘W. T. Noonan. (Mr. Noonan® is' editor and pub- . lisher of the.Baudette Region, and is at the state eapitol during the legislative session. In writing af- fairs of interest to Beltrami for his own paper, Mr. Noonan will also “in- clude The Pioneer,: giving whatever takes place in the legislature affect- ing Beltrami.) _St. Paul, Jan. 18.—Beltrami and Koochiching ' county representatives .landed with both brogans in the se- lection of committees at the legisla- ture this ‘week. . Both Ed. Rako and ‘F. J. McPartlin grabved seats on the appropriations committee, and readers won't have to sprain their skulls in figuring that they landed| in the right spot, coming, as. they o, “from ecounities which- meed ‘appro- priations in their business. Mr. Rako, in additién to-getting his pic- ture in the paper, also grabbed posi- tions on the drainage, agriculture and -législative expense committees, while “Mac” beat- a lot of other leg- islators to places on the drainage, roads, judiciary, labor and public domain committees. “Qver in the senate, our old col- jegé chum, L} H. Nord, wasn’t sleep- ing qn the job, either—not that you «conld ‘notice! = He reached out and grabbed ithe chairmanship of the de- velopment and immigration commit- ‘tée and has also a reserved seat on the band wagon in the drainage, roads, financial and public domain <ommittees. ., . . Not Imuersonating “Rin.” From the above it will be seen -at--a-glance ‘that our trio of legisla- tors have not been giving an imita- ¢ tion of ‘Rip Van Winkle and that . Herr Karl Kautz, leader in German socialistic circles, leaving the chancel- lor's palace in Berlin after a’confers ence with Premier Ebert. GERMAN WARNING GIVEN UNITED STATES By Webb Miller (United Press Cogrespondent.) American Headquarters, Germany, Jun. 18.—“If the Rhinelanders are taken from Germany a spirit of ré- venge will be engendered, a spirit that will bring on another war," Count von Groots, governor of the Rheinish provinces, declared today to the United States. T?le wg I%)Ii]l)eE cll’z?sss’rggelg% ‘ride L which- was given last year. HIGH SCHOOL YEAR FULLOF | Grades Organize and Elect|. " Officers; Social Affairs Follow Ban ; SENIORS WILL COMPILE . ANNUAL THIS YEAR Asking Support Issuing Credit-| able Volume as Memorial . to Graduation- / By Barl Cochran. The school session this year pra{res to be one of unusual activity, -even the influenza' ban, on for seven weeks,does not seem to have affecied the support and which the students are supporting every interest. \- The class meetings have béen weil attended and the literary programs{ have shown the "best talent, which |’ The | each participating ecould give. Boosters club has given loyal sup- port at every game and even athletic have been well supported. The stu- dents have taken unusual interest in this line, so there has been a large fleld- to pick from.» Compiling Annual. .. The_seniors an annual which will- be the first since 1912, and there is a plan to have another minstrel against this year, which will .surpass the .one The high school orchestra is also another addition to the - activities of the school and under the supervision of Miss Conat, music instructor, is mak- ing. fine progress and will furnish the music for future entertainments, which are to be given by the school. The science classes ‘have organized a science club, and are going to take up the discussion of subjects which cannot be taken up in class. » Classes Organized. The high school grades have or- ganized and “elected officers for the school year.. The executives of the freshman clasg. are as follows: President—Pasha ‘Goldberg. Vice-President—Elsie Blackburn. Secretary-Treasurer — Alice Cam~ eron. this.year, aue editing|: enthusiasm with 1 Duryea War some home, Wearing decorations from ssia, Belgium snd Montenegro, Mrs. Inn Larrey Duryea, president of the Rellef. in France, Mrs. Duryea was the first American woman to cross the battle- #élds of the Somme, Argonne and Ar- ..Shg.returned. to. this country. to stimulate the interest of the organ- ization’s 72 branches throughout the United States in “the greatly increased need of the Impoverished French peo- ple.” YOUTHS UNWITTINGLY STAGE BOXING SHOW: * POLICE ON THE SCENE Five youngsters, with athletie pro- pensities, unwittingly attempted to stage boxing bouts last night in a store basement on Third street, but the police interfered when the bouts started and the five principals were ordered to report to the municipal court this morning. They responded and the hearing was deferred until this afternoon. France, 4 YoU CAN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS--READ THE PIONEE : N P I ;cfl‘ goote™ p o | ¥ TC)R ! L : “\sl@" = 4 “ ’ ! ] . A BEMIDJI, MINN., SAfURDAY{ EVENING, JAN. 18, 1919 ATIONS MEET FOR PEAC {HONORED BY FOUR NATIONS has party, which was to have been held next Monday night, has been post- poned indefinitely, on account of the illness of the teacher of the class. tHey have gotton away to a flying :start, ' They have managed to get Contfnued on “Pagg. Four) The freshmen gave a strictly freshman party Saturday evening, January 11, at the Elks hall. The party began with a program which was given by some of the members of the class. Alice Cameron sang “Smiles” and “I’'m Sorry I Made You Cry”; reading’by Pasha Goldber; piano solo by Gwendolyn Medland; violin solo by Louis Brown, selections by Boys’ glee club; “Kattie' by Irene Powell. The rest of the evening was spent in dancing and games, the music be- hlng mr'?:‘fhednby members of the class. e party was chaperone lnd{im sMal:lelMiV;Vaser, clasls) advl‘:elx,-’;, ss Sara) chell, Miss Myers and plained to the boys what their of- Ngl&se,Saqd:&l‘-fl fiaunch.cogs{lfing»ot fense meant, and after giving them fi“ s, sarv dc ;s. cake‘nend Choco-| 5 jittle fatherly advice expressed the wa: seb ek #bout-11-0'elock and{nimself as favoring a place where { e pa]‘g O] eé utp fl, 12+ Nothing the youth -of Bemidji could meet for appened except- that' Ralph Moberg proper and healthrul exercise. The :%:Tlll)le: his for the first tinge in.quite| case was then dismissed by Mr. The lads meant no harm, but in their zealousness sold tickets for 10 cents apiece. This fact violated the statutes, as no permit was secured from the state boxing commission, making it a misdemeanor. The lads are all school boys, of good parentage, blessed with red blood and rugged physique and, looking the incident squarely in the face, it is again a reminder that one of Bemidji's great needs is a Y. M. C. A. building, where the youth®f the city can get rid of their pent up steam. At the hearing held this after- noon, Judge Fisk, city attorney, ex- | FRENCHBORDER TOWNHAS | MOST SPASMODIC EXISTENCE everywhere, for want of rooms. The night it is opened there .are Tooms everywhere; bare-of occupants. ‘The hiotel keepers live for and by the closing ‘of the frontier, This;‘peculiar French system has had“the “desired “efféct,” agcording to oftictalsy 'of < discouraging: travel to i (By.: United . Press.): ‘Bellgarde, Swiss Border, Dec. 18. i1« +{ By Mail.)—Bellgarde is thé city of 3 watchful waiting. often anyone compliments -this little § . group of houses and a railroad be- 2l =" " tween ~ mountain peaks straddling ¥ the ravine of the Rhone by calling it a city. Switzerland, though:it has done. no- i Fisk. Bellgarde is ‘the last stop. in|thimg 'to' keep. guestionables from Sovhomore Class- Officers. : .Frafi¢e on_the way to Switzerland, |crossing. Frequently it has meant President-—John Koors . ’s GIGANTIC 3 and everyone going either way is|serious delays-in important business| -Vice-President——Lorraine Kreatz. BURLFSON when officials- have been held up. Once the frontier remained tight for more than twenty-five days. —There was - suffering. among the watchful waiters, many of whom had the best of reasons for passing at once. But Tit made no difference at Bellgarde. Finally, the mysterious word came from a certain French headquarters, and pent-up Bellgarde wag relieved of its ill-humored population. Boundary lines and frontier seems to be Bellgarde’s Nemesis. Within itself, the little town has a frontier. You go down to one end of crooked, steep Main street, or whatever it is called, and buy yourself 2 cake of | “the _frontier, and no .reason--for tchocolate” where they have lots of choosing any certain time. _Thereyit in stores. Then try to bring that are N0 suspicious characters to avoid, | cake of chocolate back to your hotel. becauge evéryone in Bellgarde is al- The sentry in the box in the mid- lowed . to grab his baggage and claii- |dle of the block by the bridge over bér on the -train for Geneva.. No|the raging Rhone rapids stops you. one ‘Khows just who opens the border | You can’t import choeolate. to -the or why-—qa mysterious order comes)other province without permission. from - -somewhere, -and those ~who|Your end of the block is in -one have been willing to “stick-around |province and the chocolate end is-in and wait'~ are allowed to proceed todanother. That explains why there stopped” here; to be examined. ''The point was probably picked ' because you can get out in no way except by railroad, unless you climb Alpine mountain peaks coyered with snow. Bellgarde .is. an ideal jumping -off point,” e g Your papers are examined,--and your baggage, and you are informed that the frontier is closed. It has béen closed since the war began, ex- cept for a few hours at a’time, or sometimes a day or so, when the frontier is suddenly opened on a-few hours, notice; ~ Then: is the time to rush agross.’ “I° . 2 ] There i3 no_set time for opening Secretary-Treasurer—Philip Denu. The sophomore class gave a party Friday evening, January 3, at the Masonic hall. The evening was spent in games and dancing, the music being furnished .by Alice’ Minnick and members of the class. The chap- erons were Miss Sarah’ Mitchell; Miss Cora Heligh and J. W. Smith. Lunch consisting of ice cream and wafers was-served and the party- dispersed at 12 o'clock. Junior Class Affairs. The officers of the junior class are: President—Earl- Cochran: Secretary-Treasurer—Evelyn Kirk. The junior class has given two jitney lunches and have made good on both. z The jitney Iunches consist of sandwiches and pie, furnished by the members of the class. The pies Were cut into six pieces and sold for five cents, while the sandwiches are also sold for five cents each, and it was from the nick name “jitney” that the lunches got their name. The luncues PHONE_INCREASE IN EFFECT JANUARY 21 Unless the unexpected happens by midnight on January 21, the people of Bemidji and the state of Minne- sota will be “soaked” good and pro- per by Postmaster General Burle- on’s order increasing the long dis- tance telephone rates from one hun- dred to three hundred per cent on all calls to the twin cities and else- where and otherwise adding the bur- den of expense upon the people of the state. It is nation wide in scope and shows merely another of the demo- cratic administration’s propaganda stunts in burdening the patriots of the nation. Manager Bielitz of the Bemidji office of the Northwestern Telephone company received the order today and announced it would be obeyed. A huge storm of protest has been oy FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MO STAGEALL SETFOR PERSONAGES; KING OF ARABIA ADDED - By William Phillip Simms. (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, Jan. 18.—*“You hold in your hands the future of the world,” President Poincare of France today de- clared in addressing the opening of the world peace conference here. Germany, he said, willed to rule by iron and per- ished by iron. Welcoming the delegates, he thanked the nations for choosing Paris for the conference. Renewing the +~ Thistory of the war he dwelt especially upon the course ¢ pursued by the United States. He recommended establishing a league of nations. —_——— - (By United Press.) : Paris, Jan. 18.—Twenty-six nations of the world this after- noon at 3 o’clock bent to the gigantic task of working out a peace plan which are calculated to bring peace and prosprity to all peoples of the world, and be permanent. The conference wag called a half hour later than originally scheduled, and instead of twenty-five nations represented there were twenty- six, the king of Hedjaz in Arabia being admitted to a seat: at the peace table. , ) " GERMAN PEACE DELEGATES ARE NAMED. Munich, Jan. 18.—German delegates to the peace confer- ence will be Prince Lichnowski, Count von Brockdorff Rantzau, Karl Kaulzski and Count Arco, newspapers state today. ELABORATE DETAILS FOR THE CONFERENCE. Paris, Jan. 18.—The big stage was all set for the opening of the peace conference this afternoon at 3 o'clo%k, and-fitting ceremony marked the eventful occasion. The idelegates in- clude a distinguished array of leading public figures from every section of the civilized globe and the personnel of the gathering embraces one of the most notable gatherings of statesmen the world ever has seen. With the delegates installed around the conference table, Premier Clemenceau of France entered with' 'an escort of premiers and took the chair of presiding officer. BOLSHEVIKI OFFERS PEACE THROUGHOUT WORLD. Copenhagen, Jan. 18.—Boris Litvinoff has sent President Wilson a note saying the Bolsheviki wants peace and are will- ing to cease world propaganda if the allies cease hostilities, declares the Socialist Demokraten. SEMESTER PROMOTION PLAN ~ OPENS IN SCHOOLS MONDAY o who have the ability to advance . more rapldly than others. It is said by Superintendent Bolcom the pur-. : pose of the schools is to educate pupils, not to see how long they mny attend school and it is asserted the new plan will be an incentive to work to advance. : Records show that in one of the fifth grades a pupil had remained four years, while in the fifth grade a pupil had been three years. The pupil that does not advance gets dis- couraged and is practically worth- less, being a weight on the others. Mr. Bolcom says the plan enables the schools to do what should have been done long ago. He holds that individuality should be recognized as to merit and not by class nor mass. Another point in fillustration, is that should a child at the opening of the fall term not have attained the age of six years, but would soon thereafter, instead of being obliged to awalt next year's fall term could start into school in the middle of the year's school then bn, taking advantage of the opportunity to those niot so inclined. enter when six years old and not The system is to advanceé students|wait until seven. ———————————————————————————————————————————— “UNCLE JOE” CANNON WILL HOME FROM SERVICE. Peter Calfield who has been In the PRESIDE AT MEMORIAL service for the past six months re- On Monday there will be intro- duced into the Bemidji schools the system of semester promotions, whereby pupils up to the junior de- partment may, if sufficiently quali- fied, be promoted one grade ahead at the end of the semesters. For instance, if in the first grade a pupll is apt and learns its lessons rapidly, it will be aavanced to the grade height at the end of the first semester. Those not so apt must remain the full year, and, if slipping, will be given the opportunity of making up the work in which they may be below standard. This program, then, on up to the junior department, the idea being to allow the studious pupils to ad- vance as they warrant and not be kept back by others of little inclina- tion to work and -who are not at- tentive to teir studies. The present plan is in vogue in many cities of the state, and will be elaborated to include the junior department and the high school. It is held unfair to those who work hard and are cap- able of going on to be held back Switzerland. is no chocolate in your end. You|Are served after school and the pro-|raised in various states, including| Washington, Jan. 18.—Represen- - ‘Bellgarde is alternately filled to|can-stand there and-eat the choco- ceeds are clear profit. Minnesota, and the order of Burle-|tative Cannon of Nlinois, former|turned to Bemidji Thursday evening. speaker, was named by Speaker|yrom here he went to Remer, where son is being fought as another self arrogated violation of the rights of the people by the administration continuing to exercise its “war” power, after the war is over: late in front of the sentry, and then pass to your hotel—but you can't Senior Class Executives. President—Avis Cameron. Vice-President—Theodore Willits, — e e #>~ tHe brim ‘With people and emptied to the hotel keepers and a few towns- people..: The night before the fron-jcarry it in your hand. tier opens there are people beforé That’'s Bellgrade and the French sleeping in the’statfon; frr cars, andlhoundary. (Continued on page four) Clark to preside at the joint mem- orial services for Theodore Roose- velt, to be held by the senmate and house on February 9. his family has been visiting. He will bring his family to Bemidji the first of the week. 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