Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 27, 1919, Page 1

=S VowuMmE XVIL NO. 22 EMDJI = \ DAILY PION] BEMlD}I. MINN., MONDAY' EVENING, JAN. 27, 1919 * NORTH STATE EDITORS WILL | HoDSUMMER | MEETINGHERE lelern Edlloml Asaoclahon Decides on Bemidji for the Next Meeting 'ANNUAL SESSIONS CLOSE VERITY NEW PRESIDENT Local kepmlenta\ive “Voices “Appreclation of Wadena, g lu Splendld People - Bemidjl was selected as the place for the midsummer meeting of the Northern : Minnesota Editorial asso- ciation, June 28 and 29, ‘at the final session of the mldwmter meeting in Wadena, Saturday. The next winter meeting will take place at St. Cloud, where the association was invited by |- Alvah Eastman; editor of the St. Cloud Journal-Press. Detroit, Minn,, was suggested as the place for the summer meeting of 1920. At the closing session H. M. Wheel- - ock, Fergus ‘Falls; -H, T. Phillips, Mabnomen, and C. T. Kelly, Men- ahga, were elected to the executive committee of the association. Officers elected were: - President, W. A. Verity, Wadena, publisher of the Journal; vice-president,’ H. Z. 11, ~ Bemidji; * secretary-treas- G. (Doc) Rutledge, Minne- Mitchell, editor of the Bemxdjl Wegkly Sentmel and E H. Dequ, ‘business: manager of the Pioneer Publishing company, were present at the.meeting and the latter is' loud in voicing his appreciation ‘of ‘the eeorded “the" visiting | members of the Fourth Estate by the people of Wadena and the committee in charge. He stated nothing was too for the newspaper men and that seldom had the association mem- bers:equalled the splendld time when they met to ‘“‘talk shop.” - Mr.: Verity directed the affiars of ) the meting,.ably assisted by the pro- gresaive women, who served a splen- feast, :and the Commercial club co-operated heartily in making the meeting the success that it was. Better Road Resolution. “To the retiring president, George & E. Ericson, publisher of the Northern News, Spooner, the association ex- tends its thanks, while to the faith- ful;. hqrdwox‘king, consistent secre- tary,i“Doc" gufle e, the members renew their eXpressiohs of apprecia- tion. “This assoclatlon, havmg always favoted more and better roads for the" state of Minnesota, heartily ap- proves of the Babcock road plan, providing for the submission of a constitutional amendment for the is- suance and sale of bonds, the pro- ceds to be used for the construction of. a vast trunk system and heartily pledges its support. “Realizing the possibilities to be derived from the tourist industry and the. 1m¥et\ls that would be given to the settlement of our northern couu- try and approving the effofts of the Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota as- sociatio! ohtain publicity in other states, we bespeak hearty support for the bill of Sepator P. H.rMcGarry; now before the legislature, urging an 'appropmtion of $100,000 for a two years tourist advertising campaign ‘to __ continue the effective work already started. “We believe in the passage of legis- lation that will provide for returning sailors and soldiers and for replaced industrial workers an opportunity to secure land at a reasonable rate, on reasonable terms-and under condi- tions that will tend towards commun- ity building rather than isolation. We believe that suitable plans supervised by such an organization as the Fed- eral Loan bank would be beneficial to the returning fighters as well as to the state. We also believe that the extension of industries into the smaller cities of the state should be encouraged, so as to more evenly _ distribute the employment of labor. " “The association feels justified in indorsing the proposed soil survey of the state; liberal appropriations for the maintenance of the state institu- tions; action of the house of repre- sentatives in memorilizing congress to submit a woman suffrage amend- ment to the states; the manufacture in the state of raw materials pro- duced in the state; more adequate forest fire protection; grading and certification of potatoes; increased facilities. for the handling of live stock exhibits at the state fair grounds; taxation of mineral reserva- tions, and federal aid for the educa- tion of foreigners. Loan Aid Pledged. “We view with interest the prepa- rations being made for the fifth Lib- erty loan and pledge to A. R. Rogers of the Ninth federal district our # world will be signed. $27500 IS ALLOTED . BELTRAMI BY STATE FOR ROADS-BRIDGES County Auditor A: D. Johnson has received word that the allotment for Beltrami county by the state high- way association for roads and bridges is $27,500. The entire state allot- ment is $1,980,000. Just what disposmon will be made of the fund allowed Beltrami is as yet not definite. ALLIED FORCES RETIRE - ~ SLIGHTLY IN'RUSSIA (By United Press.) London, sJan.* 27.—Allied forces, including - America’s, have retired slightly to better their positions be- fore the Bolsheviki advance on the Shonkhurst front, says -an ~official communique today. heartiest co-operation in conducting a campaign of education. “No resolutions would be complete without a renewal of our belief in the principles of Americanism, an!as- sertion of our unlimited faith in the ideals that are wrapped up in the folds of Old Glory, and our pledge of hearty support and fealty to the government in carrying out the pro- gram of freedom and progress, which has been “since 1776 committed to, this country’s hands. We protest vig- | orously against the propoganda of bolsneyism, I. W. Wism, socialism and red flagism tpat has risen in our midst, and pledge our further support in spreading the warning of its pro- gress and instilling into the minds of our readers that America should be a place for Americans, and that those not in sympathy with American ideals should be returned to the coun- try from which they came.’ |FURE BRED LIVESTOCK AT CROOKSTON AUCTION: That Red River Valley live stock breeders are looking after the future welfare of the live stock industry in this section has more than manifest- ad itself this past week, according-to W. V. Gousseff, secretary of the Red Rivery Valley Live Stock association. Many of the prominent breeders of beef and dairy cattle, sheep and} swine are selecting some of the good individuals from their herds and are sending them to the live stock show at Crookston, where February 12, 159 head will be oflered at publc]. fadctiow. - e Such an opportunlty does not often present itself and farmersin- terested in purchasing- some good stock should avail themselves of this splendid opportunity. Some of the men offering the stock are taking breeding animals from their herds, simply to assure huyers that good stock will be sold and to sow the seed in this section which when harvested will mean dollars to the fortunate purchasers of stock at the first an- nual winter sale held in Crookston, February 12, in cnnnectlon with the already tamous farm-crops and live stock shuw BRITAIN AND IRELAND SHIPYARDS TIED UP (By .United Press.) s London, Jan.. 27.. —Nation-wide shipbuildihg strikes are under way today in Great Britain and Ireland. Other industries are also tied up with sympathetw strikes. SETTLER FOUND DEAD, Baudette, Jan. 27.—8. P. Peterson who resided 12 miles south of -Bau- dette was found dead by his son, Al- bert, who lives on a nearby claim. Heart trouble was given as the cause of death. (By United Press) Mainz, Jan. 3. (By Mail.)—Manna from on high is the only staple com- parable to the icé cream which was assembled in a place "which had neither ice nor ice cream compon- ents, all for a wounded American sol- dier whose fevered mind dwelt con- tinuously on that favorite throat cooling dish of his native land. A’ young woman' canteen worker of the Y. M. C. A. wrought the miracle with the aid of the wounded sol- dier’s buddies, after the boy had con- fided that he had only one wish in the world, for a dish of old-fashionad vanilla ice cream. He was in the emergency ward of an obscure hos- pital, far from city comforts such as freezers or ice, and he admitted “I guess I'm a nut, but I lay awake nights thinking how good it would taste. I know I can’t get it up here.” The Y. M. C. A. canteen woman knew he couldn’t, too, as she turned away. Condensed milk she had in her canteen$and sugar she could get from- the army commissary, but there wasn’t any ice, and there weren’t any eggs. She tried te put fhe thought away from her in the rush of work back at her canteen, but the young soldier’s wistful face lingered before her. “Think it will freeze tonight, boys?"” she asked some of the Yanks who came into the canteen. S8he told them the story of the boy who want- WOUNDED YANKEE WANTEDICE CREAM AND HOW HE GOT IT ! ed just one thing, a plate.of old- fashioned, home-made ice “eream *I think.I'l1 put some water outside to- night, and see if it will freeze, though that won’t be much good without eggs for the cream,” she finished. “That will be all right, we'll tend to the eggs, half a dozen of the doughboys assured her. And they did. Two of them walked over 20 miles that night from one village to another, making almost house-to- house canvass for eggs, and coming back tired but triumphant with them at dawn. It had been a crisp, winter night, and the water that the Y. M. C. A. worker had put outside had frozen solid in its bucket. She made a rich custard, and the boys froze it for her by turning a smaller bucket around inside a larger one full of cracked ice. Then she carried it to the boy in the emergency ward. He lay rather paler and quieter than he had been the day before, but his smile was just as quick. “Ice-cream? No!” -he said.” Don’t wake me up, I'm dreaming.” e touldn’t eat a great deal of it, after all, only a few spoonfuls, but | it seemed to satisfy him completely. “It tastes just like that I used to freeze for mother on Sundays,” e said. ‘““Maybe you wouldn't mind writing a letter to mother for me? Tell her—Oh, v-ell just tell her I had | some ice-cream.” CHANCE FOR BREEDERS| WHERE THE WORLD PEACE TREATY WILL BE SIGNED In this beautiful palace of Versailles, just outslde of Paris,"the treaty that is exp.cted to bring peace to all the NEARLY TWO MILLION ¢ AMERICANS HOME IN SIX MONTHS.” MARCH (By United Press.) Washington, Jamn. 27,—Within six onths, all of America’s soldiers now n Frauce, 1,800,000, will have been ‘returned to the Unlted States, ex- ¢apt those left for allied joint polic- lng, General March today announced. WALKER'S CELEBRATION WAS LITTLE PREMATURE o ‘Walker sclicol officials were stronw in comment when, after the basket- ball game Saturday night at Walker, they discovered that instead of the first team of he Bemidji high school having™ played it was the second team, which Walker whipped to the tune of 54 to 9. Bemidji’'s regulars had played the night before-and defeated the Grand Rapids team for the district title race, and it is said the management decided to send the second team on account of cramped floor space in Walker. It is said the game was played on the third floor of the old high school in a hall deciedly short of regulation. W. E. Durbahn ac- companied-the team. CERTIFIED POTATO SEED LAW FAVORED IN STATE T 8t. Paul, Jan. 27.—“The move to make Minnesota the greatest potato geed source is gathering headway,” said Representative Elias Nordgrer of Sunrise, ‘“‘and there are prospects for legislative action this season. The committee of house members infor- mally appointed to look into certifipd seed laws of other states is going into the matter thoroughly and hopes to have definite informationn on which to base a bill to guarantee the quality and condition of seed potatoes to buy- ers next week. — | 750 MILLIONS ASKED T0 RUN RAILROADS Washington, Jan. 27.—The rail- road administration needs $750,000,~ 000 more for its revolving fund to supplement the $500,000,000 origin- ally provided and now practlcslly ex- hausted. In preparing this estimate for congress, Director General Hines explained that $196,000,000 of the sum represents loss to tbe govern- ment incurred in operation last year, and the remainder representing ad- vances to railroad companies, to be repaid eventually with interest. Congress will be asked immediately to appropriate this amount which Mr. Hines declared would be neces- sary resardless of whether the rail- roads were returned to private man- agement within a few months or re- tained longer, The director general estimated that $368,193,000 would be required this year to finance capital enter- prises, such as improvements and purchase of cars and locomotives, which raflroad companies are not able to finance without borrowing from the government. This figure also includes $12,840,- 000 for contemplated expenditures on inland waterways and $20,000,000 to finance a reorganization of the Bos- ton & Maine. BENTALL IS ORDERED TO BEGIN SENTENCE FEB. 2 Minneapolis, Jan. 27.—J, 0. Ben- tall, onetime socialist candidate for governor, convicted of obstructing the draft, has been served notice io deliver himself to the authorities February 2, to begin a term of one year in the Crow Wing county jail. R r { Isto, 4 ¥ L Mty l’\soo GERMAN COLONIES CHIEF SUBJECT OF PEACE CONFERENCE UNDER DISCUSSION By Lowell (United Press C Mellette. hy orrespondent.) Paris, Jan. 27.—The league of nations was the chief sub- ject under consideration by the The supreme war council o’clock this morning and it is disposition of the German colonies and other territorial ques-* tions. peace delegates today. opened its session at 10:30 understood to be considering President Wilson and Colonel House are the American members of the commission thereon. SPATRACAN RIOTS HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED. Berlin, Jan. 27.—Spartacan riots in Hamburg have been suppressed. Czech forces captured Odeberg, following a bloody fight with Polish troops. BEMIDJI HAMLINE BASKETBALL STAR FIGURES IN PICTURE In today's issue of the St. Raul Dis- patch, the spirts page devoted con- siderable space to cuts of the Ham- line university baskeball team, and a lengthy account of the game Satur- day night, wherein Hamline defeated thelgt. Thomas college cadets by 36 to . One of the photos is that of Dan Gainey of Bemidji, a member of the regulars, amd of him the account says “Roach, Kratz and Gainey starred for Hamline.” The account also says that Gainey was. removed:from tha.game for per- sonel;fouls and disputing decisions of the referce. Gainey also figured in the scoring. PINE RIVER BUSINESS BLOCK IS DESTROYED|' One entire business block in the Village ot Pine River was wiped off. the map early Saturday morning by a fire, which started in the Lillistrom confectionery store in the middle of the block, The following buildings were among those destroyed: Leaf Block, an old land mark; Wefer’'s land of- fice, Peters’ meat market, Hillis- gtrom’s confectionery, E. 8. Holman building, the G. H. Bell building, which housed the dance hall, and the 0dd Fellows hall. The loss amount- ed to about $25,000. STATE CLEARS $22.273 THROUGH SALE OF FISH 8t. Paul, Jan. 27, -Andrew E. Fritz, state public examiner, has recommgnded that $22,273, a cash surplus from sale of rough flsh by the state game and fish commission, be turned into the state treasury by Car- los Avery, state game and flsh com- missioner. The fish were taken from lakes under state supervision and sold practically at cost, under orders of the State Public Safety commission to reduce the cost of living. There is no law to cover the situation, the public examiner says, and he asks legislation to make disposal of the funds. JOHNSON OF BAUDETTE AGAIN NAMED AS DEPUTY CORONER County Coroner McKee has ap- pointed Frank E. Johnsen- of Bau- dette as deputy coroner for that por- tion of the county. Mr. Johnson has had considerable experience in this office, having served until the previous adminlis- tration to Mr. McKee. NORTH COUNTY FARM BUREAU MEETS JAN. 29 (Baudette Region.) The first annual meeting of the North Beltrami County Farm bureau ! will be held a{ Williams on January 29, in the school house. Assistant County Agent Leader S. B. Cleland of Minnesota will present the ‘“Problems of the County Agent Work.” Mr. McColl from the Crook- ston experiment statfon will discuss the potato: question. The county agents report for the past year will be presented. Local speakers will discuss different phases of the work, the members of the executive board will have a chance to give their ideas of the work to be done next year and it is hoped that our county agent leader, Mr. Balmer, will be present. The reports of the officers for the MINNESOTA SOLONS 4 TAKE HARD WALLOP AT INDIAN SERVICE Washington, Jan. 27—Members of the Minnesota delegation, led hy. C. B. Miller, “did things” to the Indian appropriation bill before it finally went through the house. They. suc- ceeded, in eliminating .the item of $166,000 for the support and eivili- zation of the Chippewas of Minne- sota, which comes from the. tribual.- fund, and which the Indians. i Wan ;jant Jargely for the pay. service throughout the state. An appropriation of $10,000 was placed in the bill, to pay the ex-- penses of the Chippewa counctl, i spite of the opposition of the Indian bureau. Representative Miller also killed a ‘Joker” in the bill requiring that the rolls of Indians on .all reservations should be closed immediately. The preparation of Thig roll has been in progress in Minnegeta several years, and ‘attempts hai Jbeen: made - to strike the namesfof the Beaulieu family and several other families from it. On motion of the Duluth representative the bill was amended 80 that the mandatory immediate - closing of tribal rolls should not ap- ply to Minnesota, where the- work {s being done under special legislation by a committee ‘appointed by Judse Page Morris, NAVAL CAPTAIN ASKS RESERVE COMPENSATION St. Paul, for the Minnesota naval reserve from the time it was called to service in April, 1917, in addition to what it has received from the government. The request, sent to Adjutant Gen- eral Rhinow, may appear in the form of a bill. DECLAMATORY CONTEST FOR STATE TITLE SOON Preliminaries will soon be held to select the contestants who will repre- sent Bemidji’s schools in the district declamatory contest, to be held in the high school on February 21. Two, a boy and girl, from each of the high school grades will be the initial participants, and representatives from the schools at Hawley, Menohmen, Josston and Park Rapids will also be ** contestants. The winners of this district. title will go to Crookston to take part in the semi-finals, the winners of which \-;:.ll take part in the state champion- €Nl p. Miss Mitchell, English teacher in: the high school, will coach the local . entrants. PLAGUE FAST WANING IN BEMIDJI SCHOOLS Report today from Superintendent Bolecom of the Bemidji public schools are greatly encouragmg, so far as the influenza epidemic is concerned, conditions being greatly improved. Last week in the East Bemidji school, with sixty-one pupils on the school roster, the attendance for the week was 100 per cent, truly a re- markable showing. The schools came through the epi- demic in splendid condition and the school authorities are entitled to hearty . commendation for their past year will be given and the offi- cers will be elected. 9 promptness in checking the direfu} plague at the outset. ayment:of. salarisg of "employees in v.hd Todtan. Jan. 27.—Capt. Guy A. ° Eaton of Duluth has asked for legis- - lation granting state compensation >