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'vow‘nqil-: xyn; NO. 25 = e BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, JAN, 30, 1919 \Hs(mlm\ society CANADIANS FIND GERMAN AIRPLANE MADE OF TIN T0 SLEEP OVER FUNDS NEEDED D! bill protecting Minneso&s interest. in the p;opused Iedera; aig road fund 3 3 " ¥ 3 was drafted. Monday by_ Senators F. g . 3 o y g B. Kellogg and” Knute Nelson, Yo Good Prospect of _Appropria- fore submitting ‘the- Telasnre hto‘i the : 3 } § 3 tion Being Made; Purpose senate ‘a Copy was telegraphed -to| g = . : 5 . ! 5 Governor Burnquist to’ make sutp 3 . of School Uncertmn : = s that 1t meets the peculiar situation | i ¥ 3 3 § At J ’ : She VAL”ES SA‘Y ARE ONLY |in Minnesota. : Senator Kellogg dis- | B - Pl b ety . NOVEL REASONS GIVEN cussed the subject with Captain T. Be MM‘IQ Possible -| raise a’sum equal to the federal al- ’ i i RY . 4 % lotment- for -roads: ~In other -words, 5 \: y 8 3 § ¥ Salaries to $800 Each . money that is avaflable-for this year | A will. be held until next year. ar uxe next ,if necessary.. - B By W. T. Noonan. (8pecial to Pioneer.) - (Wrm.ofi or the United Press.) . interests are safeguarded,”. Senator - 3 ‘sfle flgge&,d {hat the o N 3 2 E 5 4 PR stayed at the Rex -in Baudette, wo used to think that hotels were made to sleep in, but since coming to L. burg we are convinced that hotéls are constructed to stay awake in. Between jazz orchestras in-the base- ment, political -conventions on the first floor, dances on the second flpar and a circus across the street, a guest has about as much chamnce to grab off some sleep as old Von Hindy has of winning a beauty prize. They put carpets on the floor so your feet won't make - any unoise, then they stake some chap to about eleven jazz drums and a set of sleigh bells. They ought to put thé carpets on the drums. Why they call them hofels instead of boiler factories is a puzzle we can't unravel. All of which has nothing to do with politics, but we had to get it off our chest anyway. Rockv Path for Hichway. 3 The Babeock plan for six thousand miles of hard surfaced highways, in which Beltrami, and Koochiching counties are vitally intérested, {s in some q;mger of being spiked in. - ie ears. It i8"dll due to the factithat members whoge: iiemg, towns are not on the menu prepared: by Mr. fla cock are making hollers, end unlefis harmony in large chunks is injected into the works.the bill i8.in danger of going to the political graye. yu’d The meeting held the other day was as full of kicks as Russia is of whis- kers, and it looked for a time.as if the plan would turn out to be a total loss. However, wiser counsel i a‘i vailing, and at a meeting to be fé Wednesday it is_hoped that an frm. {stice will be signed. Our old frieng Charley Carter, s buzzinig around the capitol with a bill allowing insurance companies to lend money:on unimproved land -as well as Impmved landy and if he puts it over it won't cause @fiy sorrow in Beltrami and Koochiching counties: 2 atrently entered the war in sm“ poz i.hz secret treaties ‘ar- | Kellogg said. ‘the allies, which now ‘con- legislature should . waste.no- time in ; mmu QB obstacle to a-permanent, starting’ the mecessary changes for The Canadians en route to Germnny ltumbled across nng mnfiera permanent relief and, if possible, pro-| .examinatlon proved the machine to. be made entlrely o{ metal, - There. ls every reason 0" belleve | vide an emergency: fund.: the framework of iron and steel ! e . b ‘Wilsgon nor the On the house side Représentative S¢ Neliher DRealdont, v Edyney "Anderson, C. B.. Miller and department learned of .the HE : umr:t treaties -until months - after :figifii ;vtllllazaficel:;;; i::arco ';:l;:r::xac? B[LL FQR DRA]NING U s COURT REFUSES : BARNELL R“Ns A . Rty (tala ani | The oty it s v o> RED) LAKE RIVER'TO | T0 TOUCH PHONE CASE| JONES MAY COME OUT _ The United States. distriet -court TO REPRESENT F“'TH er’ Viviani- came: here Including -present -guthorizations, PREVENT OVERFL()W s has no Jurisdictlon to.grant.an in- mer of 1917, .as|$275,000,000 is made available for 'he;ld’i ;?m. Sritish and French mis- | the different states in the next three sions, they. failed to apprise thli ga;r- ;’gng‘;‘ G}‘ggl sh?l#ls for Minnesota is| ‘g payl Jan. 30.—An ,‘wml’,rm., junction against. collection .of. :he There is:some talk about L. I. ernment Of the. existence o e 16 Gonaiess atiots the mensares tion of $100,000 was asked in a bill|uew long ' distance -telephone ra tess, Johnson making the race for mayor treaties—for the reason thfiare w:;tsl an as reported. there will be availabls introduced by Senator Leonard Nord ordered : into--effect: by Postm‘{\a ;.Br of- the- city, and many of his friends understanding between , the- British, this year for Minnesota on the dollax" of International Falls, James Cum- General A, S. Burleson; Judge :A. B. believe he can be elected. It was “French, Italian and Russian govern- )’ Joliar basis $2.273.828:11, Of |ing of East Grand Forks and Nels) ¢ In Mr, Johnson who has served the city ments that’they should be kept.under t(l)zli. 88;:‘; ;41 S Rete Hegnes of Argyle, for further drain-|The restraining order -against the|uq hoad of the city council and not .eover. + T St enta: made il 19%‘“;:58 % | ing of the Red Lake River to relieves| rate in Indiana-was dissolved. Mr. Wheelock as reported. : q Smug Here. = DT A mane. i > 1818-and |10 Giorfiow from Red Lake, whichy The action of Judge Anderson, Jt| " mpe petition of Pearl Barnell Texts Smugeled. Here. 1919, .In 1920 Minnesota’s share j diction i J . is beliéved, puts the jurisdiction in|,jqerman from the fourth, is being 1 “I?"i:ge;%:?esw‘:s' Yglmnu?z'{strl 3524,:99,471.61 sale : {the Minnesota case .back into the|circulated for his re-nomination. e u“n I.Ila.:un.r?s 1518y Thg‘;ena'te committee has a report C ds ° hands of the state courts. .- %\ldetrgnun an{;nell has mx]xdc m:l; Z ¢ our a good representative an :j;::i%gee ltlha’tm:fos'.gdmiges Mghz;oflz%: budget submitted by the county com- u S PROHIB“‘“)N lN should have no opposition. with federal aid and uzal aneement Hiissioners to a figure below the pros There ate ‘rumblings of another d 389,- oet;ds from a . two mill county ta: 1 gm:didl:;j lort;lxe“c;lmncn prenldenoy. - by mtn"’ mder. the terms-of & Bill iftroduceds - ‘ 2 A ut nothing tangible, .. 54 by Senator George Turnham of Min- x i 3 "7 The ~most-iikely candidate - for tlon d thi - .”q‘:::::{a pre'ls taboo flee::‘alm 57’]‘.4 5‘2.? t ustar in Min neapolis. . Washlngton Jan, “30 Batlflcth alderman from the fifth is H. R. “have been placed on them. o e LR Ensployment .o Usputn highway | tion of the prohibition smendment. 16 Jones of Hast Bemidji. ag.Aldorinen i engineers by the state highway com- | the federal constitution has beén pro:| Smith declines to submit his candi- ufi’g&".&"&:n;fimfig ffigc STANT()N HOME FRoM missioner was authorized in a-bill claeimeed formally by Frank L. Polk,|dacy again. The voters of the fifth, it efr duty to put the secret introduced by Senator: -Pntrick Me- | acting secrotary of state. The proc- is believed would make no mistake in ‘oo the Congressional SmVICE IN MAR[NES Garry of Walker. lamation s dated today; but legal au-|sending Mr. Jones to the council. but they contended either Y v i S thorities of the department say rati-| Fourteen petitiond, all filled out, ~¢hat’ it was “impossible’ or “un- Bidt e R - . RAKO INTRODUCES BILL > fl!fi,t,oni“{:s ::gnap?%hgd wh%r‘: m: xgx;ngézd with the city clerk this " It is not believed that arlan ayne Stanton, son -o WE BJ LAKE thirty-sixth s ated favorably ol . b 'gw‘:nm:;g&y a score of semators and|Judge C. W, Stanton of this city re- TO LOY RED January 16, and that dnder the'terms h read .the. secret|turned this morning from Quantico, of the amendment itself becomes ef- fongraumen Fon fective one year from that date. NEw HUN REP UBuC ties in their entirety. Va., having been honorably dis- Representative Rako of Beltrami charged from military service. Quan- | county is very much on the job at the| The ‘proclamation was sighed by Mr. Polk at exactly 11:20 o'clock SAYS DISPATCH TODAY yesterday in the presence of Senator e Seid Not Binding. tico is the. largést post exchange in |State capitol, for he has introduced " v Representatives of allied countries|tyo marines. = Before entéring the|a bill calling for an appropriation of “hlvo been quoted as saying there are military Mr.’ Stanton was editor and | $100,000 towards the cost of drainage | Sheppard of Texas, author' ‘0f - the By Frank J. T -ng_binding secret treaties, but onlyl,ne of ‘the publishers of the Bemidji|for Red Lake, to prevent the over-|amendment resolution; Former Secre- y Frank J. Taylor. formal memoranda. The British-|geniine] and sold his interest to enter | flow of nearby lands. tary of State Bryan, Representative (United Press Correspondent.) nh~!talm;n-Rulean treaty, how-| phe service. —_——— Randall of California, Prohibitionist| Berne, Jan. 30.—A northwest Ger- plange which had been deserted. Close wings and fuselage were made of tin with : , is_by no:means.an ‘“informal et ] : ber of the house, and officials or | man republic has been declared by ; mmornndl.” <Dn.the contrary, it is UN]TED STATES MAY fi,‘:,mAenru Saloon league of America, |Brunswick soldiers and sailors, say Rako Boosts Salaries., H niract sealed and deliv-| - FORMER: RESIDENT DIES. 2 the W. C. T. U: 4nd other anti-saloon dispatches received here today. A bill raising the salaries of.the Agil 26 1915, and eori | Bemiatt triends win e HALT RUSS SUPPORT | orzanizations: e commissioners of Beltrami county to "to as the “London s - will regret 't Mr. Polk used several pens in. affix- HOME FROM CONVENTION. elght hundred dollars has been {ntrp- Pact - . lsarnhot thes deatl.h otWMrs. Corwin D. o~ Smith at -Seattle, ash., formerly Great . Britain, Camon for Framee, |y iqiop,- Hubbard, daughter of Mr. meggtyon?T;:.d 35}:?5‘:,)19 United . Imperial for Italy and Benckendorf £ . 4 for Russia. It is the contract setting and: Mrs. Willldm Hubbard of this|gistes threatens to withdraw its ity. Death was caused by pneu- 6rth ‘the price to be paid for Italy € A support from the Russian republic énfn’l“lnx the war “with all the forces g"m’:"h- ‘,?xlilof‘f'“gh a']J “t“kh Ufb th; factions, unless they at once indorse DAILE u. e leaves a husband | presijent Wilson’s plans for ending . ‘at. hef comau The treaty- has € 1 “ glxteen articles, “which provide for ';g:" ?’lddnughtér, Charlotte, four|pysgjan strife through a meeting. ast ‘territorial concessions to he 4 3:2:;:’?;:[:0 nder the -imminent HIGH“SCHWL CO-EDS " . nent”. ’\ha ‘o doubt used 1benmme. 1{ ’ that time, it was generally assumed e that Italy’s lntervel';tiog wo;xold bring MEET AK.ELEY FRIDAY a quick:.and favorable decision. - F 54 E Raises Two Conflicts, By C. 8. Crothers. . . :friegehtbg;:ca:agn tf\lfiss‘i):sci;?f nav:;u: to Baker's jewelry 3“’"% Frld;ny oveu | thousand people were in Hibbing the This treaty is the source of at least (High school reporter.) near Nineth street, yesterday, which :‘;fi- t"%‘&'i"{ép%hgt 7bu;n::s0:e éston day (z?mpnnyt B, hlxzimmfle‘d artiliery two seemingly irreconcilable conflicysl, - The girls team will hold its first had a bolsheviki riot looking like a wlllr be held, -The ‘busiress ooncems Wz:nbel:re. of whic s son was a a5 1o the peace settlement, which |basket ball game Friday evening of | meeting of a sewing circle. Vitally every officer. 4 mAlar g e have sprung up since Wilson arrived'| this week, the opposing team being( Two of tl}f combatants started o 35 - 1 |at the, Lf.e,'?;:.l;,mz ;f,‘{d“mi and both in Buvope. _First, as to the question | Akeley. fast year the girls played |upon three others and won fn handy WOE TO BOOTLEGGER. IS father and son participated, the whether ' the settlement shall pro-|Akeley and the Akeley girls carried | fashion, one of the trio being' con- fo r Ci war veteran, vide for a league of nations, or for|off-the vigtory.. This year the home |siderably battered about the face, AIM OF-NEW DRY BI'LL %D;?lf!l nx:nsto:xnbfl:i!bemgrprovlded m?, continuance of the old “balance of |[team does not intend to be beaten.|While another received punishment, s 5 { ’ - 3 t. Paul, Jan, 30.——;A bill “with [ him and one other veteran, the only . powet” plan, whi¢h has proven so|There "have been several candidates and the third scraimbled two dozen tooth 1n 1t sufficient sharp nng two out of the 20,000 people in at- * gertile 'a war-breeder. And, second, |ont for practice and there is pleuty eggs she was carrying at the time. it 2l s rong to deter bootleggers, blind|tendance. as to whether Italy or the neleugo- of Iina:efla: t& Dk;kl from. . . % . p'igogegs and other v,o,atfri or prohi-| In going to France, Mr. Cheney, Slav -nation shall control Dalmatia il yfi“ e gtrds gauéest:ere ml) JOHNSON. FEDERAL OFFICER bition laws from attempting to evade|Jr., stated sixtecen of the soldiers on and the eastern coast of the Adriatic.)very well supported an e girls RETURNS FROM MILITARY DUTY | the prohibition -amendment to the|board his ship were burled at sea, History seemingly prolves that{ generally went in debt on a game. . constitution, and ‘to kesp the staté|all victims of the Spanish “flu.” In whenever a group of hations gets dry is now being framed and prob:|returning, not a man was lost. together with the purpose of massing STR.IKB BolSHEVIK ls W. J. Johnson, who was, until he ably will be - introducéd in' both —_— suclk & preponderance of force that entered military service, a federal|yronones” of the legislature mext BY ILLNESS the rest of the world will be cowed LABOR LEADERS VIEW Indian officer, has arrived in Be-|yeek CAI‘I‘ED_____ 3 into peace, the result has been the midji, having received his honorable| " “wrhe federal amendment” having| Mrs. E. G. McTaggart left yester- exact ODPO'!’]!;? FO;' “113““"’“09:1“1“ discharge at Camp Dodge, where hepo.n aqopted, it is up to the states|day for Yernigton, Nev., having been ASRY,: unices Biamatoks L (By United Press.) has been in station. He expects L0}, ‘engct legislation for its enforce: | cailed there by the serious illness of “Germany, Austria an y °{e’3e London, Jan. 30.—General strikes | 2ssume his federal duties after a rest.| mont within their own - borders,” |her mother. the Triple Alliance, whicl‘lx e tiny | throughout Great Britain and Ireland [ Mrs. Johnson accompanied him home| 5334 pr. George B. Safford of the S el ‘conibiiatioy of power dopIA N8| are. Bolshevikistic, Frank Smith,|from Des Moines. Anti-Saloon league. Central Europe frofl} 11991 e 01 British labor leader, stated today o S g : OHIO REPUB”CANS -the Mediterranean. In 18 ance | 1o United Press. SECRBT ARY B Am To PEACE CONFERENCE AGAIN and Russia formed a-dual alliance CKLES HUN WLONXES START HARD[NG BOOM ‘as a counter-balance. Later, by the TA addition of Great Britain, this grew g,y g3 and the Balkan’s, its Suez P AR!S IN FBRUARY By Frank 8. Ferguson. i) duced by Mr. Rako. It provides for a flat salary without mileage, the same as the present arrangement fn Koochiching county. Our statement last week that 'a bill had been introduced raising the salaries of the treasurers of Eelg'nml and Kochiching counties wag. g8 wrong 28 a two-foot yard stick. .The bill provides merely for nddiqo funds for clerk-hire. Bemidij Normal “Alive. ” The Bemid)i normal school appro- priation is undoubtedly occupying a space inside the ekulls of the ma: jority of you, and permit us to say that nobody is going to sleep om the job down here, and that there fis every prospect of the appropriation coming rattling along at the proper time. As far as local committees are concerned, go ahead and appoint all you like. They won't do a bit of harm—as long as you keep them at home. After you are down hefe a few weeks you don’t have to be a cousin of Sherlock Holmes to dfs- cover that the best way to “spill the beans” is to send a local committee down to muddle up things., Whether the legislature will take any actign on the. recommendation of the edu- cational departmept that the sglxool be used for training teachers for rural schools only, is hard_to pre- dict. ing his signafure. and presented them to Senator. .Sheppard, Mr. Rev. George Backhurst returned Bryan, Representatlva Rnndnll and | this morning from St. Cloud where others, he attended the Episcopal conven- tion. Rev. Backhurst was one of the IMPORTANT CALL TO speakers at this meetlng—.— OFFICERS OF BEMIDJL |V M A e sox MOTQR CORPS FR“)AY George Cheney returned yesterday from Hibbing, where he went to see All non-commissioned « officers /of | hig gon, Ed. Cheney, who has just re- the Bemidji motor corps are ordered | turned from ‘‘over there.” Twenty NEIGHBORHOOD DIFFERENCE CAUSE OF EXCITEMENT A disagreement among feminine Cause For Eve Sprain. . It is not often that one gets-an opportunity to sprain an eye -at the same time on two of -the:iworld's greatest artists, but wé enjoyed it the other night in the lobby.of the St. Francis when Dr.-Cook -and A. . G. Townley were sitting just oppesite us. . The lad who. discovered the into the Triple Entente. These alli-{o /o1 \aagin Jev. AL fon | north pole and the gent who has been g to East Africa, Persia, (United Press Correspondent.) Cleveland, Jan. 30.—Introduction p ances were fertile .and resuited in t t rren G.|steering North Dakota by the ears vy India and China, is the keynote not {By United Press.) Paris, Jan. 30.—The peace bureau |of United States Senator Wa B thi 1ast Lo vedrs were itting renewed discussion of the German |Harding of Ohfo as “the next repub- Baiz:'s;v;',‘.’“'cfi,‘,’;;‘ge°{,§'j;y“,’1' g;’“;: colonial problem ~this morning. |lican candidate for President of the ruar: France and Italy are reported today |United States,” threw the annual T to have followed the British lead in|McKinley day banquet here into a modifying their -expansionist ambi-|demonstration which lasted for sev- know not. (_),ne thing we were thank- AUTO BOOM SEEN. tion. eral minutes. ful to “Doc” for was that he didn't ‘| Turning to the senator, who wasl :rrlng tl:ie notrtthhnoge altrl:?rl with him Chicago, Jan. 30.—Leaders of the PRAYER MEETIN! the principal speaker, Toastmaster J,|to crowd ouw e beautiful summery industrygin addressing the National 6 TONIGHT. . J. Sullivan continued: weather we have been enjoying. Automobile Dealers’ association ex- The Methodist prayer meeting will “I believe the Ohio delegation to Many . Excess Bills. - Pressed the belfef that-the automo-| be held tonight in the home of A:P.|the next republican national conven- Althaugh the sessfon: {s ‘only hEBb’ bile business- was entering tha great- Carlson, with R-v. M A Soper con- tion will present and help nominate est boom {n its history. ducting: you for president.” TR (Contlnued on page fou_:) g only of European military strategy Must Be Abrogated. but of the trade routes to the whole Notwithstanding this, if the atti-|of the east. Thus, the premiers of tude of Clemenceau, and Orlando and | the allied nations cannot fail to take even Lloyd George at times seems to|issue with Mr. Wilson’s League of call for another alliance to esfablish| Nations plan when by a signed and another “balance of power,” the fact|sealed contract they are pledged to fs not altogether surprising for Ar-|maintain a balance of power in the ticle 8 of the treaty of April 26, 1915, great strategic district of the Medi- pledges the allies to preserve “‘the|terranean. baldnce of power in the Mediter-| - In other words, the secrét treaty ramean ses; -with -its - Gibraiter; its|of 1915 must be abrogated before-a openings lnlo the Adratic and the real League of Nations is possible. side by side, but whether ““Doc’” em- braced the opportunity to inhale a course in Mr. Townley’s methods we 0N Washington, Jan, 80._-An amend| g %3 ' e : BY THE NORMAL meént to. the postoffice ropriation : G i X D e 3 : i ‘INFORMAL MEMORANDA’ | §:*Y" \ilson, who- is head. of ths OPPOSING BABCOCK ROAD 2t Good Roadsl bureau of the .depart-|. . it ment of agriculture, 5 y : - 3k Must Bq Abrozated Before 1As firlep&renz the aumanv:lu":;eni'i wizll Soxp bt} N i % \ Rako Introduces Bill Raising “| glve nnesota -an opportunity: 0| v r b . gt Real League of Nations Can_ change its taxing laws so-that it can | | s ; Beltrami Commissioners Washington, Jan. 30.—The United We will see-t0 it that Minnesota’s i ‘ ; S Pl A T e