Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 25, 1919, Page 1

! | \ ] . | ; ; : MIWNESOTA ' - l HISTORICAL | i SOCIETY YOU CAN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF Y {;OLUME XVIIL.: NO. 21 i e . ARTHUR 1. BALFOUR S - STERDAY'S PAPERS--READ THE PIONEER DJI DAILY PIONEER ey : e —— ot FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH MONTENEGRO KING CLAINS || EQUALRIGHTS ~ FOR COUNTRY Granted Self Determina- tion Same as Others o BEMIDJI, MINN,, SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 25, 1919 BEMIDJT WINS | INBASKETBALL [P Pl " GRANDRAPIDS| éhonl Stars in Basket Shoot- “ing; Steckman Close Sec- ond, Erwin Referees Better Service to City; i tion Freely Signed LOCALS BEGIN SCORING 5 MINUTES AFTER START Large Crowd Sees Coach Smitht’avllgote'ces‘l)flve An- | DECLARES SERBIA USING FORCE FOR ANNEXATION \Vgfihifi and Troops Attack Rhea, Stein, Lahr Again Enter . Orpoto, Center of Revolt; for Re-election; Aldermen other Nail in Dist. Title _ Being Endorsed .. Threat to Shoot Heard ~ z s < - # - ] (By: Ted Sexton.) 5 eTh'e pr:ver.bial political pqtt{i; com- oty A By William Philip Sl mencing to simmer and spon ous-~ ‘ 3 (United Press Correspondent.) The Bemidji high school basket | bal team defeated the Grand Rapids Parls, Jan. 25.—Nicholas, ruler of Montenegro, believes his little nation should enjoy the same right of self determinatioh as the larger coun- ly - petitions have - come in hfix ! ; last night at the armory by aj = = - o ° : limelight, being circulated in behall g::re %sg 24 %o 9. 'The game had pro-| ' Arthuf J. Balfour, British. minister of candidates to be voted for at the ‘about five minutes When | of forelgn affalrs, is one of the leading f comin, munsicipnl election; to bo-held} . ¢ % e T a SR -~ - The magnificence of the palace of Versajlles, where the pence treaty will Simons looped two baskets in rapid | members of the peace delegation o Febru: 18 g S S S ) F : rro nfl%oeulon. “Buck” Steckman netted [ hig country. e i _{. Prominent among the petitions i8] ?‘éed' Tuaye b Ssed from n.{ls.,:lew Wthq Mt st Klreeis :{,i:: .thfle ::pransed oonfi::lnlc:;zgfig < the- next. . Blmons_shot jAnother jou TR LM L e B = TR the apbiléation of this priniple “Buck’”’ made theiext palr, - sluis, who is a candidate for -alder- . ; é oz In an interview with the United man-at-large, which carries with_it ARM LABOR 'l'0 BE ALUES WANT AMER]CA . | Press, Nicholas declared’ that Serbia is attempting to forcibly annex Mon- tenegro, rather than join with her in the formation of & new Slav state. OPORTQ UNDER BOMBARDMENT. Madrid, Jan. 26.—Several war- ships have bombarded Oporto, where the monarchist revolt 18 centered, ac- cording to frontier advices. Food is reported very scarce there. Paiva - Concebo, leader of the non-anarch- ists, is reported to have threatened to gshoot all officials who refuse to obey the royalist provisional government. ‘ MARCHING ON OPORTO. Lisbon, 'Jan. 25.—Monarchists forces are marching upon, Qporto to " attack that city, the center of the government revolution. & hooked in the seventh. Simons rung iy . in the eighth. " - Mm DMANDS ‘Y' the presidency of the city council. He 1 " "Re made the first point for| < . cqune a Sl il st e L ONITICS BE SPRCIRC e e o Y s SIORT THSSUMNER, . T0 SHARE WAR COSTS row. 'orest, the le s 2 £ ear, and it is doubtful if there is Hed a fild shot. . A persomal Was| .., ,..... 7.0 95 pr John R xbe'tter posted citizen on municipal SAYS FEDERA‘[‘ EMPLoYE Paris, Jan. 26.—Although no . s 35::1'&323 os;mfigfést'flzfi Mott has renewed his demands that|affairs than is Mayor Vandersluis. | . formal proposal has been made sev- g:l;sool:‘a:v T e O o eet hait | gritlcs name definite acts and dates The office of mayor in Bémidji is a i Pm(x}}y.! Hngfied I‘;"es*‘~¥ R eral feelers have been put out in the ended with the score 16 to 3. their acousations against the Y. M. Ic";"“l":‘i’lr jo%a nHe has 5 nge of .tht‘; beishorter than las'z_ye:: l:n&;':.xty direction of President Wilson by Simons made two baskets in the b Spea lnnvg btelmrel the le)elhggig:, me‘::é of city ot(;‘icz:;nothgr tahggo?l:e lMtters” and boys go to the fields, ac- | French officials looking to American nexdt half gndkotpsa;l:lldm"}‘l}e ?:éerfil:: fald: T%no ey Mo A Mott | police- department, - The. president of | cording to authorities here today. assent to the ldea of dividing the cost 1:13 ed la, oa: esteckman.‘had Az {ntithately than any other man, and the -council appoints the committees Very few soldiers who have been | of this war equally among the United 0RE00, N- ODY and presides over the sessions, having | inythe army long enough to receive | gigtes, Great Britain and France, and ; | Kenfleld || know there is a mere handful of 8 A sonal. Opsahl had one and o' |things to criticize compared to'the|# vote when necessary and is active &2y kind of training are willing 0|, rportionate share to ltaly and had one and atechnical. W. Ander- B : s ; n $% son had three personals and Powell ;fl;fi gfi'&f”fi&i (&é}ogd:rx:;z%: g‘e th‘i in the deliberations.” i bia/cakw:;; dfi;mg érag?axggh toMtlll:: kg ; oy F ' o - Carlson Seeks Mayoralty. . .. nesota. director of the U. 8. employ- In other words, irrespective of the and Forest had one each. Simons S fossed 4n- two free throws. Lee rolled| W Il name specific-acts and dates| A 1 Carlson is again a candidate | ment service. Thus the war is bring- | damage doné by Germany, which wiil in a free one. A larse crowd saw the Whew things opiticizud Ware done, for mayor and has his petition in cir-|ing about'a glganstlé “turnover’’ i;f he exgbudied i);n a lnrgi’ indemnity, game. The: Lineup: : . culation to place him on the ticket.|labor. : an -effort is being made to distribute . Bemidil ... Grand R’“‘!d% H()USE CQHEEKS 0“ ‘| Mr. Carlson is a well known merchant| girenuous éfforts dre being made | the ~¢ost of the war preparations Steckman . rL...... L 60 LAV LM WA AL AN X and‘when he made the race two years iy labor leaders and ‘manufactures | Mong:the allies. . It has beon. sug- R o iy S, //Ops R0 .. Andersoniiriie HUGE lFAMlNE’ BM ago came within about ninety Votes| in the larger citles.of the states to |Sosted to Mr. Wilson that Amerlca UT . Wl : 3 of his successful opponent, Mayor | prevent further labor turnover dut- outht to'pay lier share, including the UE .‘s NSO_NIS 3 " HOME: SERVICE ENDS ReRoux and Powell| Vandersluis. He will be a candidate|ing the present unsettled period;: au«| cost-during the perjod.from the open-|. "k“:"d'-',r FHREN W Aiderson . (BY United Press.) at the coming election and will make|thorities said. ’ : ng of the European war itself, and | Cogkran, Trallom i B reat.” Chivlaty .dWashlngton, Jan. 25.—The house [an active campaign. .. The outlook for farm. labor, to aid | Priorto ourown participation. 1 today conferred upon the $100,000,-| = George Rhea is again in the race|; spring planting'is none too brigh ! " Liétt.” “Toit” " Biwingot arrived —— home. last night from Cam Green, Charlotte, N. C. and is glad to get home, now that peace has come and there is no chance of .goins over. At one time he was in command of Sumanary: Bemidji field baskets, T 1 4 3 } e P A Simane B Beckeant$, Opsahl 4, fre| S0 gifamine” bl pased by A0 co O e which office he has | they assert: Efforts are being made | BLACKDUCK SOLDIER WOUNDED. “throws, Simons 4. Grand Rapids:|y."on;roved Monday. and the nuge] tio e g6 years to the satisfac-| {5 replace men in vocations which | gEVFRELY. SAYS CASUALTIES field baskets, Forest' 1, Lee 1, Ander-| . "voted ¥ & ;?:is:rn:iosl g}:’;ergleg“‘;lfic-m %‘: Se they formerly followed or in which s . c ;?ol:'e};i f{ee tr‘:‘;?g‘z’el‘e%;it]::%‘:’;‘;;: Following the disposition of this | sired. His record is of the highest ana ;l;xenyyh;\:;ktfeen efticiently trained fu | - & oo0ioh of ‘Blackduck has been 3 ” i measure, the national congress Wwill| his being assistant cashier of ‘the] > Vo sheds “wounded severely,” according to thel (o b oe solored troops and had casualty lists just aunounced in|y .0 "0 qeved to Newport News, the ttmel _ggfix:gr and scorekeeper, Prin-| ..o up domestic unemployment. Northern National bank makes him ; p :cpn 3 S in position to prsuptly accommodate BEM[D.“,S SECOND TEAM Washington.. The young man 8|y, o embarkation, when he was NAVAL M_AN RETURNS. those desiring. Private Arthur L. Grundmeler. ordered to Camp Green to drill other — . <D GERMANY: PLEASE REMIT. i L Sedlkinlon 5 8 J. P. Lahr, wi> is' completing his PLAYS WALKER TONIGHT e £ = colored troops. He had his men £ (By United Press.) . Earl Thurber, who has been in|first term as ass_csor, is also a can- ready for over seas duty a second _ Melhourne, Australia, Dec. 22. (By naval service since April, 1917, is d}date for re-eleztion. 'Mr. Lahr has time when the armistice was signed. Mail )—Germany is easily able to|home, having received his honorable | given a good acc.unt of his office and By C. 8. Crothers. He is looking well and says he had to the allies an indemnity of|discharge from the service. He has is generally believed to be the right (High School Reporter.) [ ] a great time while in service for man for the office. This position is The high school second team plays Uncle Sam, although in the Spanish« been stationed on the battleship Kansas, and has made several trips across the Atlantic. oy $60,000,000,000, it has been estimat- ed by Commonwealth Statistician one which requires knowledge of the| Walker's. first team on ‘Walker floor American war he was in the Puilip- (] ] realty values of the city and tact and | tonight.” The second team has done pines with the United States forces. judgment, and these Mr. Lahr pos- 300(}1‘ worl‘: h:?v p{l&:ctl%lnz anhd texpecu]: Ig y ls s ek to show the Walker boys what a rea 3 SEATING OF BERGER IS sesses. George Stein, for several years city|game is. There is some good ma- clerk, is now the possessor of needed ('3";;::, tS(:n Il;;fkh;s!'l’{;‘nlm? Jear i“n"lg nr a ft u f ficials PROTBTED lN THE HOUSE Knibbs of Australia. How D Y0l] LlKE TO LIVE lN records, supplied by the city, and which have caused several marked i‘;‘:‘: X]“Eg"g“ fia}’é’i mv:‘c";:zr;"m handed added duties in the keeping|Nylor r- f.; Thomas Simons, 1 f.; O aiscoals g e 3 £ ¥ d ited the raise in|ROY Stapleton, C.; Harvey Washburn, | atger o BeONSin 4y & MAmMIOr — of records and merite e raise in| "o ."yohy “Koors, 1. g.; Roy Trafton The classification and records of | the house came in a statement from salary, small as it was, by the city| 1.’ PRt b | {he Beltrami county draft board are| Representative Gillett of Massa- o A A . + sub. Mr. Durbahn, manual training council. He is again a candidate and | (oacner, accompanied the team to|One 0. the most complete in .ue|chusetts, candidate for speaker in the l}.:-ls many friends are. strongly “for” | \alker and assures that he will take | state.” next congress, . b good care of the boys. So expressed Capt. H. J. Murphy,| Gillett said that the refusal to seat Aldermen for Re-election. Little Falls played St. Cloud last |state draft board inspector, and a Berger should be the very first act of Alderman A. M. Bagley is again a|evening and ran up quite a score o [ member of Adjutant General Rhi-|the next house, because Berger was - Qost of Living. candidate from the First ward, and |them; 30 to 17 in Little Fall¢’ favor, | now's staff, last night, after an in- f"‘}.{'rd K\l”}‘g of charges of dlfllflylfl;‘y'- | ? thar irices for{Plentiful and city broke, So mutton should be returned.’ He has given |This shows that if the Bemidji boys!spection of the draft board in the i hel eyidense convinces me of e I'.;_lsfllleg?dh 2 Wtaf‘P:: o do.|may be bought for 25 cents a pound. good- service as a representative of |expect to win over Little Falls thoy | court house. ‘““The people of thig|disloyalty and I beliheve the country food: prevailed ‘here b"h‘i’" oW 1| The sheep-producing rural. folk find |his ward and has been chairman of | will have to put up a better game | county are to be congratulated on generally approves t‘e Verldlc! of the Tiyered . the first smashing o T D O e thots wholo. flocks | the streets and walks committee, a than they did last night against|the showing of its darft hoard,” he jury and I think his guilt is suffi- his ‘Hunnish surprise attack UDOR|y, pyy5hoes for the family, so they | member ‘of the water and light com-|Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids continued. “Mr. Simons has given the ;::g,:nugonyg?g;e'ftmtl?fl?l:g‘udnll!y hine that noted neutral, Abel. It must bej o o ojeq"anq feast on mutton from | mittee, and has worked hard for the | boys had it all over the locals on |board a 8ood administration and that ! young lady (Miss Klein) is about the great quanities, .and almost every city dweller has his own feathered flock, so chickens may be had in the market for 80 cents each, and eggs (By United Press.) Teheran, Persia, Jan. 2. (By Mail.) —_This old town claims the distinc- ented the High tion of haying inven =" |for 65 cents a dozen. Sheep, too, are true, for there is no other way of ex- r paining the butter. * Butter that|ioverea’lor (s age and power 10 be e o O o] 5 Jest 1 over saw in the office of a| STARTS BOOK PURGE MOV™ ave B . ;. 4 ’ —— mus eatert by the proliterait. procinct, is chairman of the important| ANOTHER SOLDIER HOME. |botrd. Shews wonder, The s om| St Paul, Jan. 25.—State cSnator § “pestid Gustav Widell of Mankato has start- ed a movement which may result ‘n» an investigation and a change im many of the text books other tham somebody’s cellar back in those days of the beginning of things, is selling tere now for $1.25 per pound. It gnatnc‘e committtee, c%m let;ng his ; e i scarcely ideal here, and this always|first two-year term, and s always a Charles Knox, a brother of Mrs. would not exactly pass muster out iu | has been given as the chief reason (gr “sticker” for having things done[H. H. Bolster of this city, arrived in “0‘]‘ ll’lnhdl ‘h"“;‘:’_ “{; due :{gs‘;‘ G‘"x" Tooratad vateletly fresh.” the high cost of living, .Tho war, of | right, or he's going to 0w the Bamidj]. this week, having been dia- i 9" GourieelenioXs a Persia,” is selling | course, has furnished another good | reagon. e is also & member of the|charged from military cuty. e Rasj =Lz, . . those on foreign languages used im nf!&?’& {,"’,,‘,‘:Z,f“yet so!:e stores, bg reason, and the Persian peddler has nqd:tmg committee, the salary com- |been stationed in Florida part of thef I don’t know wh’e'n the d\;ltgea of the publie schools of tfi Etate. o ans of mystic figuring, manage to| been as ready as the American butch-{ mittee and chairman of the purchas-{time and the rest of the time in |the board will cease,” added the cap-| ™ gapator Widell, who is a member e Bersian bread for 20 cents a|°r With that patriotic slogan. “I’s|ing committee. Texas. He received his discharge atftain. of the school board in Mankato, has pound. Coal sells for "§50 a ton,|on account of the war, you know.”|' In the Third ward, Alderman Phil- Camp Dodge. Another brother,| “The ‘conversation drifted to Be-|had the economic text books of Scott A | though it is a local product, being The Persian, too, shares with his|lippi has practically retired, after a Jesse, is stationed at Camp Dodge and | midji’s proposed armory and Captain | Nearing banished from the schools transported from mines only 50 or|American brethren that pailful and|long term of faithful and efficient| V28 given a furiough to accompany|Murphy was given the details of | ynder the jurisdiction of his board om 75 miles away. Donkeys turnish the | embarassing hesitancy to change|service. His health is not good and his brother as far as Minneapolis.| what Bemidji had done two years|the ground, first, that the author has transport. It is not known what the suddenly to, “On account of peace, |he has gone west for a visit to re- He expects to receive nis discharge|ago before the outbreak of the war,| heen arrested for disloyalty, and, sec- o118 used for. Perhaps it is burned | you know,” and compromises by say- | cuperate. His successor’is not cer- some time during the winter. how the city had authorized $8,000|ond, that the books are socialistic in 1n the temples instead of incense, as|ing nothing except that it is terrible | tain, but the Third can be relied upon = bonds, -prominent citizens had pur-|their teachings. there is nothing too good for the|about the bolsheviki and the dry|to send a capable representative to HOSELTON RETURNS. chased a site on the lake shore and| [n view of the fact that the Bol- zood old Persian God. weather. the council. He was chairman of the| Hoselt tafied . Th given the deed to the state, only tO|ghevists are spreading their propa- Sugar brings §1 per pound, f0| Eyerything is carrled long _dis-|poor committee and looked well after| g L foon Catny Sfprliat Lot the state aid, believed promised | ganda everywhere, and especially are taffy pulling parties are not much in- ; the welfare of the unfortunates of | 1o),Svenng from UEmD ead, having|at that time, go astray. He Was|trying to reach the school childrem. Y DI g D! tances on donkeybalk or by camel. ve’ s of | roceived his honorable discharge and | mueh surprised at the citation and Widel tends that th An automobile in the streets of Te- | Bemidji. hag restimed his duties as druggist|asked for details, which were forth- Senator Widell contends that there heran attracts as much attention as Should Re-elect Barnell. at Barker’s. ;mingnr Hi pfl-m:‘;”g o take the should be a thorough investtgatulm would a. camel train operating on| In the Fourth, Pearl Barnell com- . 7 of the text books used in the schools. a New York or Chicago elevated line. | pletes the unexpiréd term of former dulged in. Fairly good: coffee may be matter up with General Rhinow and INTERESTIN Persia once produced almost us|Alderman Hazen. He has made 2 G INTEREST. Transportation facilities are ber is justly entitled to congratula- He astonished the council and every- ‘bought for $1.80 a pound, and tea for 1.65. Flm;;d from ngrope,dfroxl-n which real br may be made, is g e g i uo:{). l.yFItsbe(i::uhim.pmp fetor of the an inexcusable rf ‘ . i, n, riet fig’:}, l:n;:v&‘:?dhrai:gsnannhmg the | many Persian rugs as Hoboken, N. J., good_representative for the Fourth bydy.’ else in his first year by “bag-|Markham, where the interview be. (By United Press.) merchant can get, many sales at $1|but the war almost swept away the and used good judgment in_conserv-{ging”’-the entire street fund for im-{tween a representative of The| Sidney, N. 8. W, Jan. 2. (By and more per cake being made to|markets for these luxuries. Hence|ing the affairs of the city. He is en-|proving an almost impassable stretch| Ploneer and the captain took place,| Mail.)—Interest on Australia’s war ~Zoreisners who imagine they have to|the problem of unemployment has titled to re-election by the voters of|of main road which ran past Nymore. | also took a hand and confirmed the | debt will amount to $100,000,000 an- kave soap. - A fairly good- pair of entered into the simple life of Te-|the Fourth. He is chairman of the|He has been an ardent booster for|statements of The Pioneer represen-|nually, according to announcement shoes may be had for $25. heran. Crops were bad last season.|license committee, a member of the|the Fifth ward and the entire city|tative and told of the difficulties en-|made by G. 8. Beeby, minister for It still is possible to exist pretty Americans; including the mission-{poor committee and of the printing|and is a member of the finapce com-| countered in securing the site, about |labor and industry of New South .eheaply if one has no objection to a aries, have been active in distribut-jcommittee. mittee, water and light, chairman of | two or three vears being necessary,| Wales. Of this sum $265,000,000 wiil cunstant diet of chicken and eggs. |ing relief, by means of funds collect-{ Alderman J. W. Smith of the Fifth|the printing committee and member | also adding that the deed was turned | be interest on debt incurred in re- Chickens arée producéd locally injed in America. ward is also completing his first term. of the poor committee. over to the state. patriation of Australian soldiers. a4 S S | | Iy . . - - | { e i S i o