Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 20, 1919, Page 1

o T4 L s » Noted Well Expert Will Pre-| YOU CAN'T GET TODAY'S _ BEMIDJI DAILY PI OLUME XVII. NO. 16 ARNOLD WILL GIVE REPORT ONWATERTO. CITY TONIGHT -sent Findings After Ex- haustive Investigation GENERAL PUBLIC URGED TO ATTEND CITY COUNCIL Meeting Tonight Highly Im- portant; Guarantees Million Gallons Daily, If Needed T. Rudolph Arnold of Minneapolis, waterworks engineer, will appear.at the meeting of the city council this ‘evening and—present his report on the condition of the Bemidji water works, and members of the Commer- “ cial club and all citizens in general are urged to be present and . hear what his findings have been. Public Is Invited. Don’t be a slacker, but be there as the matter is of vital importance to all of Bemidji and the crisis in the water question:is at‘hand, with sum- mer_coming on and the new normal nearing completion. Two weeks ago Mr. Arnold came to Bemidji on his initiative after - completing the water and sewer sys- tem at Langdon, N. D. He appeared before the council and offered to make an investigation of the plant, its wells and water supply and report to the people, at not one cent of cost to them. His offer was accepted. This Looks Like It. When seen today by a representa- tive of The Pioneer and asked his findings, Mr. Arnold said he pre- ferred not to go into detail until he had first resented his report to tl council.c -~But~THe” admitted that- for $27,600 .-he: would ~install proper pumps and equipment in the wells and at the plant, furnish up to 1,- 000,000 gallons of water per 24 hours if needed, and at a cost to con- sumers-‘of not to exceed five cents per _thousand, with the cost redicul- ously small per month for operation. And he wants to see the representa- tive business men of the city at the council meeting tonight. FORD CARS WILLBE SAME PRICE. JEWETT C. W. Jwett, who:has just re- turned from Minneapolis where he nt- tended a convention ofFord car deal- ers’of .the state, reports that Fords will not be less in price next spring, the déalers having been notified to that effect. 2 This ‘notice came direct from the management of the Ford factory and all dealers are-making preparations for meeting the business on this basis. It was reported that the demand for Fords in Meéxico is something of a revealation. Shipments are being called for from dealers who might happen to have cars bn hand and the plant is being forced in work to sll ,its orders. e e BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY ‘EVENING, JAN. 20, 1919 WHERE ROOSEVELT SLEEPS HIS LAST SLEEP . This is Young’s Memorial cemetery at Oyster Bay, N. Y., where the body of Theudore Roosevelt was interred after simple services. conducted the ceremony. > Inset is a portrait of Rev. Dr. George E. Talmadge, pastor of Christ Episcopal church, who MWGHEE AND FORCE ARE MAKING TOUR OF COUNTRY SCHOOLS J. C. McGhee, county superintend- ent; C. G, Hapkey, assistant county superintendent; Miss Mabel Ander- son, home demonstrator, and possi- bly A. A. Aamodt, county agent, will visit schools in and around Pine- wood, Wiiton and Debs this week. Mr. Hankey will visit the schools north of Wilton and towards Island Lake. They will leave tomorrow and will return to Bemidji Friday. The county superintendent and his force will be out of town most of the time for some time to come, ahd any- will “find “them" in the-office- Gn- Sat- urday of each week. E y LIEUT. W'DONALD IS HOME FROM NAVY Lieut. John McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald, Sr., of Dewey avenue, returned home yester- day and is awagting his discharge from the navy. “His wife, who has been visiting in Fargo, N. D., accom- panied him to Bemidji. : . Mr. McDonald, who has been on the destroyer Murray, has been in the service since April, 1917, and left Bemidji with the Bemidji naval mi- litia, of ‘which he was ensign. BABY’S RING AND SLED AWAIT OWNERS: AT POLICE STATION There are at the police station a baby’s gold ring, bearing the initial “K” engraved on the top. It was found and left at the station and Chief Essler is desirious of finding the owner. There is also a sled, discoverad without its owner, brought to the station and awaiting its small own- er. Anyone losing the above prop- erty should call and identify it. GARRY MAKES 8t. Paul. Jan. 20.—Come to Min- nesota, you who love the rod and reel, who are devoted to the pack sack and- canoe, who love the great silent places and the pine woods, for Min- nesota is filled with them, and Min- nesota, during the coming year, is going to display her ‘“goods” to all who care ‘to see them, through the medium of the Ten Thousand Lakes association, organized to make Min- nesota the ‘“playgrounds of the na- tion.” It isn’t going to be a difficult ad- vertising campaign to put over; it couldn’t be, because Minnesota is all the association advertises it to be and then some. The legislature will be asked to appropriate $100,000 to advertising Minnesota’s wonderful qualities, dur- ing its present session, by Senator P. H. McGarry, Walker and others who have Minnesota’s best interests at heart. If the sum is granted. Minnesota can be put on the map of the United States in a manner that will be for- ever enduring, Senator McGarry sald. Tonic of North Woods. “It’s the summer land of ten thou- sand lakes,” the. attractive folders sent out by the association tell you. ““Come to Minnesota. Come and go motor boating and sailing over the far-and-away reaches of ‘sky-blue b 28 3 STRONG APPEAL =10 BRING VISTTORS T0 STATE water’ of these lakes of Minnesota— and to your heart’s content go fish- ing, for the bass and pike and other fighting fish that inhabit these lakes. “Come and breath deeply of the fragrant tonic breeze of Minnesota’s piney woods—and pilgrimage in the cool silence of the primeval forests of Minnesota’s ‘North country.’ “Come and make yourself ever &o comfortable at Minnesota’'s summer lodges and camps among the pines; take your hotel with you to some one of Minnesota’'s thousands of ideal camping out places. Auto Advantages. “Come by train if you prefer—bhy trains that set you down at the el- bows of fishing grounds, or better still, come in your automobile—and by automobile follow the hundreds of miles of fascinating motor highways that lead to and through the heart of the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes.” If the man in Kansas has been longing for a vacation and doesn’t know where to go, perhaps he wiil be confronted by a ‘““Come to Minnesota’’ as he opens his magazine on a hot evening. Could a combination of forces be stronger to sway the outsider toward Minnesota? The association thinks not, and of course, after he’s Spent one vacation in this state, he’ll never want to go anywhere else. he |one wishing to see them pergonally|. ‘GAINEY ALSO STARS' WHEN HAMLINE WINS In the first of the state conference championship games of colleges, Hamiine defeated Gustavas Adolphus 32 to 13 Saturday night. The Ham- line boys commenced scoring the first thing when Captain Kratz shot a basket from thé fleld, followed by a second by Dan Gainey, forward. In the account of the game the St. Paul Dispatch says ‘“Gainey also starred.” ANOTHER WIRE TIEING BOX FACTORY MACHINE cured another of the Gerrard wire tieing machines, and expects to have another in a few weeks, These ma- chines, if operated rightly, can tie as fast as four men can tie with wire by hand. 5 With these machines, an increase of the output of wire-tied bundles is over double that which was formerly put out by hand. P There is now a machine for each re-saw and the other machine, when it -arrives, will be used to tie the bundles that come from the printer. JAPANESE HAVE BIG BILL FOR VESSELS BEING SUNK (By United Press.) Tokio, Dec. 12. (By Mall.)—Jap- anese shipowners, whose ships were sunk by the Germans are consider- ing the question of compensation to be exacted from CGermany. Repre- sentatives of several of the largest concerns held a meeting at the Kobe Chamber of Commerce recéntly to discuss this question. According to statements made at the meeting, 32 Japanese ships were lost, totaling 132,384 tonms. A committee of thrge owners was chosen at the meeting to determine the cost of the ships, the amount of money they would have earned had they not been destroyed, the total of the relief funds paid out to the families of the ships’ lost crews.and the like. It is roughly estimated that the amount of compensation to be demanded from Germany will be about $100,000,000. ~Mr. Tameno- suke Ishibashi of the Suziki Shoten, Kobe, has arrived in Tokyo to fake the matter up with the department of communications. Referring to this matter, Chief Wakamiya of the merchantile marine bureau said: “It is quite proper that the owners of those ships which were victims of German lawlessness should demand compensation. It would, however, be a very difficult matter to arrive at a proper estimate of the loss caused by German barbarity. The total tonnage lost in the war on ac- count of submarine warfare is put at 13,000,000 tons, and the ship- owners in Great Britain and allied countries, whose property has suf- fered, are considering ways in which compensation is to be exacted. It will be interesting to know the way in whicn Germany will be inducad to pay such compensation.” CARL CROTHERS WILL ACT AS “PIONEER” SCHOOL REPORTER When the long account of the ac- tivities at the high school appeared in The Pioneer of Saturday, the credit for writing the story was given to Earl Cochran, when it should have been Carl Crothers. So well was the account written that Mr. Crothers has been secured to report high school and other af- fairs” for The Pioneer, and he will be allowed credit for his journalistic work in his school course. " The Bemidji Box company has se- BEMIDJI FIVE BEATS CROSBY HIGH 36 T0 21 IN DISTRICT GAME By C. S. Crothers. (High Schoo! Reporter.) Saturday evening, the Bemidji high school six played the Crosby quint on Crosby's floor and came off with the colors. Bemidji scored above Crosby by 15 points, the score being 36 to 21. . This is the second district cham- plonship game played this year and Bemidji has won both. There are only St. Cloud and Little Falls to score above and Bemidji will have the northern state victory. The lineup wag as follows: s Stéckman . ... Lee Phibbs. . . .... Nelson Simons. . .. Carhart Kenfield. 8 . Anderson Opsahl.......... | s Young This was a good fast game and Be- midji did fine work, even though they were off their own. floor. Crosby seems to -have as many basket ball fang as Bemidji, because there was a large crowd at the game. DULUTH THREE LINKS START ACTIVE WORK FOR STATE CONVENTION Bemidji Odd Fellows will be much interested in learning that already Duluth is making extensive prepara- tions for the big state meeting of Odd Fellows to be held in that city next June. Duluth is expecting a large num- ber of delegates and visitors, who will attend from throughout the state. The Duluth grand lodge committee has the plans in hand and comprises five representatives from each of the five Duluth lodges. MEDICS WILL DISCUSS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS (By United Press.) Mankato, Jan. 20.—Medical men of southern Minnesota will discuss purely technical matters here tonight at the opening sessfon of their an- nual convention. Such subjects as “Refractive Needs in Children”” and ‘‘Acute Mastoiditis” were to follow a banquet. The “scientific program’ opens Tuesday morning. Then many sub- jects are to be taken up incuding Dr. A. C. Broders discussion of ‘‘Basel Cell Epithelioma.” He comes from Rochester. The remainder of the program for Tuesday will be equally unintelligible, to the laymen. FUNERAL IS HELD. The funeral of Conrad Engelson, who died at Lake Julia sanatorium Friday from tuberculosis, was held this afternoon at four o'clock,-from Ibertson’s undertaking parlors, Rev. L. P. Warford of the Presbyterian church officiating. BROTHER ELECTS. (By United Press.) Fargo, Jan. 20.—The Fargo union of the Brotherhood of Railway clerks elected permanent officers at their second meeting Sunday. The union, will affiliate with the Fargo Trades and Labor assembly, con- sists of the clerical employes of the three roads operating out of this city. The National Brotherhood will affili- ate with the American federation of Labor. Comforting Thought. You may fail to shine in the opinion of others, both in your conversation and actlons, from being superior as well gs faferior to them .stand he was alive. 0O 1oy \ 8¢ Ao et 4INNESOTA HISTOR 20, M= SOC0 NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY’S PAPERS--READ THE PIONEER MEER FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH London, Jan. 20.—The HEAD OF GERMAN GOVERNMENTISIN - FAVOROFWILSONS 'FOURTEEN TERMS - (By United Press.) Bulgarian cabinet has re- signed, says a Sofia dispatch today. EBERT ACCEPTS WILSON’S PROGRAM. By Frank J. Taylor. (United Press Correspondent.) Berlin, Jan. 18.—(Copyrighted by United Press, 1919.)— Chancellor Ebert of the German government told the United Press today that Germany will do everything to comply with peace conditions, based upon President Wilson’s fourteen points, but that if the allies make further demands he will not take the responsibility of signing the peace terms. BAUDETTE SOLDIER RELEASED FROM GERMAN PRISON CAMP In the list of casualties and reports of American soldiers, General Per- shing’s 1ist contains the name ot Jake Valure of Baudette, ‘‘returned to France,” from having been released from a German military camp. ) HAS NEW POSITION Miss Julia Simons, daughter of Judge and Mrs. H. A. Simons, has ac- cepted a clerical position In tha Northwestern Telephone company’s ?‘mce, and commenced her duties to- ay. CHAPLAIN WHO BURIED BEMIDJ} SOLDIER IN : FRANCE WRITES PARENTS Some time ago report reached.the parents of Private H. Fickstadt to the effect that he had been killed in action in France. Soon thereafter they received a letter from him and concluded him alive. A wrong date in a telegram gave them to under- Now comes a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Eick- stadt, written by Arthur W. Moulton, chaplain of the Red Cross, on active gervice, telling of the supreme sacri- fice made by the Bemidji soldier.. It is addressed to the mother of the soldier and is as follows: “You have learned about the sick- ness and death of your son, Private H. Eickstadt, from the war depart- ment. WIill you permit me to write :](: you a little more at length about m, ‘“He was brought into our hospital suffering from wounds received on the fleld of battle and lingered for a few days during which we did every- thing we could for him. I cannot tell you exactly the nature of his wounds but I believe he was badly hurt in the head. He died on the 21st of November and was buried on the 23rd. “I visited him during his sickness and went with him to the end. It was my privilege to officiate at his funeral and it will comfort you to know that he received every atten- tion and care. He was buried with all military honors in the British cemetery of Terlinethun, néar Bou- logne. It is a beautiful spot over- looking the sea and as time goes on, will be still more beautiful. “Over your son’s grave stands a cross, on which his name is written so that his grave will always be easy to identify. At the service the Amer- ican Red Cross placed a bouquet of flowers upon his casket and you will recefve a letter from the representa- tive of that organization. “I am full of sympathy for you in your loss and if there is anything more that I can do for you or tell you I shall be most glad if you will met me know. Your sofi {8 not lost to you forever. He has marched on to claim his perfect reward from the Giver of victory and will be restored to you in the great future one of these days. That jg the faith we need and I am sure that the mothers of our land possess it. “I wish I could help you more."” SURPRISED BY FRIENDS. Mrs. E. J. Willits, residing on the Nymore farm home, who has bheen ill for the past few days, was happily surprised Saturday by an un- expected call of Mrs. Doucher, Mrs. Webster and Mrs. Tibbetts, the un- bidden visitors spending the after- noon. Mrs. Willits served. BROTHER IS HOME. Peter Bergman is in receipt of a message from his brother, Andrew, saying that he has arrived in New York from France. He has been in the service for over a year and is a mec¢hanie: OUTRAGEOUS PHONE RATE INCREASE GOES INTO EFFECT TONIGHT - — Tonight at midnight, the new tele- bhone toll rates, established by Post- master General Burleson, the auto- cratic controller of the wire facilities of the nation, under the *“war” au- thority granted President Wilson by a democratic cougress, will become effective, and it will mean that Be- midji patrons of the toll wiu get sonked to a fare-you-well, as will also the rest of the state and the entire nation. Just what it {s going to cost Be- midji users of long distance.is a matter as yet undetermined for Man- ager Bielitz of the lacal office ltas not.. . However, . . recelved the new rate list. he has received orders from the chief government “expert” to put the new rates into effect, and the financial end is expected on any train. The new order will work a hard- ship on the people of the state and is a “war"” order, now that peace is come, Person-to-person calls are 26 per cent higher than station-to-station and appointment and nessenger serv- ice are 50 per cen€ghigher. From Bemidji to Minneapalis or 8t. Paul now, the rate s 66 cents. It will be raised over 100 per cent, and in sev. eral instances the rate will be in- creased in the state from 100 to 300 per cent. When the new rates come they will be announced. FOOD ADMINISTRATION NO BENEFIT IN MEAT, EXPERT TELLS SENATORS Washington, Jan. 20.—Food ad- ministration regulations neither reg- ulated profits of the meat packers nor benefited the public or the con- sumers, Stuart Chase, and expert ac- countant employed by the federal trade commission, told the senate ag- riculture committee in presenting figures to show that profits of the five big packing concerns had doubled and trebled during the war. _Mr. Chase, who was testifying at hearings on the Kendrick bill provid- ing for government supervisfon of the meat industry, said no one knows accurately what the packers’ earn- ings are because their methods of bookkeeping have the effect of cov- ering up their profits. He declared, however, that examination by the commission of the books of Armour & Co., Morris & Co., Swift & Co., Wilson & Co. and the Cudahy com- fmny showed their aggregate profits n 1912 were $18,715,000 and in 1917 $95,639,000. Based on capital stock, Mr. Chase said, Morris & Co’s profits in 1917 were 267.7 per cent and that on the same basis Armour & Co’s profits in 1916 were 114.2 per cent. HENKE QUITS SAFETY POST. St. Paul, Jan. 20.— Charles W. Henke, publicity director for the state public safety commission during the past eighteen months, today fillod his resignation, effective February 1. He has established a newspaper ot Dassel. The public safety commission prob. ably will abolish the office of pub- licity director. B.ESIG_NES BANK POSITION Mrs. Thayer C. Bailey has resigned her position at the First National bank and left yesterday for Crooks- ton where she will visit at her par- ents home for same time. Her mother, Mrs. N. P. Stone, was called to Tuscon, Ariz, on account of the iliness of her sister’'s husband, and expects to spend the remainder of the winter there oy