Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 31, 1919, Page 1

. UPRINGE CEOHGE LVOFF DlRECT WATER | _ROUTE, OCEAN. TODULUTH, OF :' Pl:o,lect Complete Would Be | of Inestimable Value to : the Northwest ; —_— MlN NESOTA WOULD SHARE IN BENEFITS AFFORDED Would Ellmmate Neceulty of Breaking Bulk and Reload- ‘ ing at New York l'n"ce Greorge fivoft is chairman of i ¢he delegation that represents Russia | the conferences of the | peue dele- (Specla] to Pioneer.) Duluth, Jan. 31.—WIdé interest is being shown in the project of bring- ing the ocean to the heart of theco tinent by developing an ocean hig way from tidewater to the head "ot Lake' Superior through enlargement of the Welland canal and the canalis zation of the St.. Lawrence, by the joint efforts of Canada ~and the United States.- One of the results would be the savings of millions an- nualily to 'the wheat-growers of the northwest by cutting in -half- the treight rate on wheat’ from the head of the lakes to Liverpook ! Second Only To Panama. The project, which is second .only to that of the Panama canal in im- portance'and will give to this section the full-economic advantages of the inland seas, needs little eniargement 10 the board-minded and far-seeing business: men of the northwest. The- vision of a,natural wnterway from the Atlantic ocean, passing ‘n its gourse the greatest manufactur- ing districts and coal- flelds -An the United States and .ending in“the heart of the richest®country in the world in the production of cereals, live- jtocR; dairy products and iron ore, {s not:new, but never. before. in the orie-hundred years of peace: -have-th governments of ~Oanada and ~the Unlted States acquired that spirit of unity, which now exists:as a result| of the war just over, and ‘which now reaches the time for co-operative ef- fort in this project. By Amos Pinchot. (th.ten, for the United.Press’ *‘Weehington, "Jan. SI—Ths o - Jugo-Slavs l 52 treaties Of lS NEARING FINISH: - WILL AFFECT BEMIDJI o <o Pres- | \Vhether the anesota home ‘tlie peace table (guard and motor corps will cease to 6ing% complieatio ‘exist on February 5 or be continued l‘l’g for another slxty days.is a matter of Uotited Statgs . l Hanket meastire adopted by the com- ,misswn rescinding all of the com- nmmsxo 's . previous -orders, February ,: will'not be in effect. Be:mdjl has both a “home guard mpany and a state motor corps and he. change in the plan as sche- 1 continue in service for an- ty. days dt least, although cqmvp}m mw!%uld ce;se l;lt& ay. " Tt~ has resof:intery £for: ¥drtie ‘time” beén “knowh ‘that the According to thelsafety. commission’s would terminate .fl“! popula(ion of | its being ere long, and there being httle in' the way of service on the ‘part-of the home guards of the state interest commenced ‘to 'lag, it being| . considered that their term of-activi- | ties: was waning. However, the.state national guard s being formed, three regiments hav- ing been orgamzed in the southern part_of the state and i i that an arfillery unit o the national guard might be organized in Bemidji with Captain Hal Huffman_ as the head, he ‘having been in the U. S. A. military service and an instructor in field artillery. This matter is to receive attention. German Share 0f Foodstuffs SetByHoover New York, Jan. 31.—Under the general food program outlined by the allies, Germany will be allowed about 6,000,000 ‘bushels - of breatstuffs a month, mostly from .the United States, [if she can find" money pay | for it, according to’'a detailed state- ment of grain requirements cabled by Herbert Hoover, so Julius H. Barnes, president of the United States. Grain corporation, -and made puhlic here last night. Between now and July 4, ‘tne state- ment said, France and Italy will take 80,000,000 bushels of wheat and fiour - from the grain- corporation, while the allied governments will take also about 75,000,600 bushels of : Big Problem Not Serious. The enginéering p\-oblexg:1 to let ocean traffic fnto the Great Lakes are not serious. ‘In fact it i8 stated that the water power developed would pay the interest of the investment. It is evident, howver, that to in- ject such a revolutionizing measure in the business of the nation, will re- quire the co-operation of all. It would mean a rearrangement of railroad rates in favor of the people of the northwest. It would mean un- limited possioilities to the wheat growers of Minnesota and the north- west. It would mean the develop-| ment of manufacturing in all lines of industry but particularly those of iron and steel, their products reach- ing the world’s marks without the present competition of eastern cities with their four® hundred mile rail haul, trans-shipment and terminal charges. Would Benefit Wheat Growers. It would mean unlimitea possibili- ties to the wheat grower of Minne- sota and the northwest. An.average pre-war rate on wheat from Duluth to Liverpool was fourteen cents a bushel. An average pre-war rate from Duluth to Buffalo was two and one-half cents a bushel. With the eliminating of the mecessity of breaking bulk at Buffalo and the re- loading at New York, a.saving of at 1east six cents a bushel-could be made by shipping the wheat directly from Duluth - to Liverpool. - What this would mean to Minnesota and the northwest would be figured in mil- lions annually. S00 LINE RAILROAD CHANGES ITS SCHEDULE * Ttaly Wants. Dalmatia. The 'principal reason why. Italy ants Dth;utlu is -found in the for- g1 ‘On*the- Tta- Jittoral. o omndithelr inew € Sk ‘ber Istria, and- Article V. m Dn}}n]' Tiela of ezt i e “-R /! b 1 fl;:ot. tewart said today he 3 -tha 5 é-Adriatic is shallow and 3 ghes “s3ndY;: 1t 18 a nice place for children to; bathe, b -no. .place for ship- Bing. . The: Daln;atin coast, on the uhg harbo: Yy bnys and Nmablv;‘u.unm re- een kep‘ “in ignor- fécret lreatfiqs They s to do,so in the tre d.if they “don’t Italy can mk reignsé ‘by opposing French in other districis. othier “secret. memo- !cr the partition- etween France, and at- Versailles, _’.y ,of 1015, Italy’s 1y well be expected the elaims which Great Bri- 0 make under the the secret agreements is the ' exclusion Gearmany from 4 -trade with Another will be . an extended ere of {nfluence in ~‘MesoOpota richest oil regi “are »cx.puetei._&w demand an equal ] - participatio; ‘Great Britain in|oats: The following changes have bean the _divisio: European Turkey. L —— made in the Soo line schedule: .. All ‘of “these Agreetfients are mutual. LITTLE DAUGHTER DIES. No. 162—Morning passenger will leave at 9:50. Mrs, C. M. Minniek received a tele- No. 163—Afternoon gram yesterday from Portland, Ore.,|leave at 5:25. from Mr .and Mrs. W. H. Walker, The local way freights will run stating that their little daughter was | three times a week instead of each dead. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are|day as follows: former residents of Bemidji and well No. 187—West-bound, Tuesday, known here. Mrs. Walker was|Thursday and Saturday. formerly Miss Hazel Minnick. No. 186—East bound, Monday, T e Wednesday and Friday. DIES IN ROCHESTER. w\\';ld'? Vold, a_brother o John BEMIDJI SOLDIER HAS ©'d of Turtle River, died in Mayo's LANDED. SAYS MBSAGE hospital at Rochester on Wednesday, New York, —Jan. 31.—The trans- following an operation. The re- mains were shipped to Turtle River port Minnekapda has arrived with 2,7000 Americans. =X -“Fhey stand fall on the common . i "the powers that “7made them to idé by them. ‘SENATORS VOTE T0 DROP “"CHIPREWK INDIAN AGENCY §t. Paul, J‘an. 31 ——Members of the .genate, by a unamimous vote, passad " the resolution: introduced ‘by Senator Jotin .H Baldwin of Frazee memorial- izing congress to discontinue appro- priations for the maintenance of an Indian-agency for the Chlppewas on the ‘roud that-such an agency is un- necessary, the Indians affected being citielis, capable of supporting them- selves. The resolution, as originally drawn, contained sharp criticism-of the bureau of Indian affairs. - Objections to this phrasing caused mnm to refuge.their approval of :g: meuti::‘e ag -peferred to comm 1 Jegisiation where it ' wag = imemdzdé and the "-:m-' removéd. train will yesterday. NAT GOODWIN, MUCH MARRIED ACTOR. DIES ‘tNew York, Faii, 31-Nat C. Good- win; five times married and noted actor;~died éarly today at he age of 81 years. r. and Mrs. W. E. Dean received a wire today from their son, Edwin, who has been on the battle fronts, of France, dated at New York, telling of his safe arrival home, coming on the! above. hamed vessel. . He 13 ex- pected home soon. While in- action, Dedn was wounded several times, : Jules (,amhon is considered an espe: c‘mlly valuablé ‘member of the French pence delegation,. ns he’ has been French ambassador to both America and Germany.. His appointment was mpecl.nlh pleasing to the American delegniion: ! HISSISSIPPL AVENUE NEIGHBORS APPEAR "IN MUNICIPAL COURT . The municipal court room -present- ed a scene somewhat akin to a meet- ing of suffragetts this morning, when the Mississippi - Avenue Neighbor- bood club assembled to settle the welghty question over the ownership of a frying pan, with an array of legx{l talent the calibre of City At- torgey Fisk and E. E. McDonald, and the.penco conference at Paris never had'a knottier problem to solve. Ad- journment was taken until next Thursday forenoon at 10 o'clock. fiis fs the result of the affair that red 'on Mississippi avenue, near Nifu& street, . in -which / feminine; neighbors met in an endeavor to gettle the possession’ of the kitchen utengil in dispute. Two of the parti- cipants sallied.forth in a flank move- ment upon four others, one of whom beat' a- hasty retreat. Letting loose a. barrage of well directed clenched hands ‘the two -aggrieved ladies just: paturally cleaned up their adver- saries and one of them appeared with a heavily handaged face in court. Arrests followed and the affair got into the court. Those who saw it sald there was some artistic hand decorating done, during which vigorous opinions were expressed. MISS ANDERSON HIGHLY PRAISES INDIAN SCHOOL AT RED'LAKE AGENCY Miss Mabel Anderson, federal home demonstration agent and A. A. Aamodt, county agent, visited the Red Lake school yesterday and both praised the work done in the govern- ment school. Miss Anderson states that work done in bread making by the Indian girls is wonderful, and their ‘palefaced sisters will have to “go some” to-get ahead of them. They also attended the Indian coun- ¢il and both Miss Anderson and Mr. Aamodt spoke, their addresses being interpreted to the Indians. Miss -Anderson will leave this-even- ing for St. Paul, having been trans- ferred. She came to Bemidji ten months ago and has done splendid work -in this community, covering Beltrami. Clearwater, Hubbard, Cass and Koochiching counties. Part of the time Miss Anderson spent in the northern part of the state in the fire devasted district at Moose Lake. She has aided in a great extent in the boys’ and girls’ club work and has conducted numerous canning demon- strations in an effort to encourage food conservation. Miss Anderson will visit in 8t. Paul for some time before entering upon' her new duties. TOWN OF NORTHERN MEETS NEXT WEDNESDAY A community meeting will be held at ‘the town hall in the town of Northern next week Wednesday. Several good speakers are expected, among them J. C. McGhee, county superintendent of schools and Harry Olin, agricultural director of the Be- midji schools. Dinner will be served for all and after the serving the principal topic of discussion will be “spuds.” A large crowd is looked for. HOME FROM SERVICE. Frank Thome, formerly of this city and a brother of Mrs. George Kiung- ness of Bemidji, has returned to his home in Chippewa Fall§ recerfly from France, where he was a mem=- ber of the 125th fleld artillery. He expects to pay Bemidjf a visit soon. \c\Y i, NEADS KEEP SPARK FROM PEACE MEETING POWDER By Fred S. (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, Jan. 31.—The next great issue to be nttled by the peace congress is developed today that preliminary steps toward- con-’ summation of this vital principal is expected to be taken up some time this afternoon. By William Phillip Simmas. (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, Jan. 31.—Difficulties are piling hi(h as the pom Ferguson.’ self determination and it bureau continues its sittings today. W ith national interests clashing on all sides over- hrritorhp questions only, level heads and steady hands are keeping the spark from droppma into the powder keg on which the world is sitting. In view of the belligerent spirit now rampant; it w‘o pointed out that a league of nations is now as mdupmflalo ab. an armor plated incubator for the new born babe over whosé™ . head the new nations, and some of the old, are carelessly juggling battle axes. NEW 'PHONE RATES NOT - TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT Although the federal court at In- Alanapolis has dismissed the case in which states asked for an injuction tmaster Burleson from w schedule of telephpne ‘oll rates, the new schedule will not be put in eftect in Minnesota, accord- ing to members of the state railroad and warehouse commission, who have returned from Indianapolis. “They explained that the o.d sche- dule Iz being continued in the state under a restraining order issued re- cently by the Ramsey county district court. The Minnesota restraining order is the first one issued in any state and Minnesota is the only state in which the new olng distance rates are not in effect, they pointed out. LETTER FROM RHINE. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McManus, Sr,, of Dewey avenue received a letter from their son, Frank, Jr.,-this morn- ing, dated Sinzig, on the Rhine, Ger- many, January 6. Mr, McManus is a member of the 167th regiment, Rainbow division. He says he is en- joying life and has stood inspection. He also says he had not heard from home for two weeks and was getting anxious, and states further that chances are the Rainbow division will possibly be sent home soon to the good old U. 8. A. JOHNSON'S PETITION FOR MAYOR CIRCULATED There will be opposition to A, T. Carlson in the mayoralty race, for the petition of L. F. Johnson is being circutated as a candidate for the office. Mr. Johnson holds the position as forest ranger and is attending a state convention in the twin cities. Friends, however, are sponsoring his petition. FEDERAL FUEL CONTROL AT AN END. ANNOUNCED The office of the regional fuel ad- ministration closed ip Minneapolis today, an order recently being issued to remove the set price and zone re- strictions on bituminous coal by H. A. Garfield, fuel administrator of the government, A similar order affacting anthra- cite coal is expected to be issued late this afternoon at Washington. Thus ends the government fuel control. HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS QUINT PLAYS AKELEY THIS EVENING By C. S. Crothers. (High school reporter.) The high school girls basket ball team will play its first game tonight with the Akeley girls. Every mem- ber of the team has been out to hard practice and is in fine trim. TPhe line up for the game tonight is: Madge Trafton, rf; Elsie Shan- non, If; Loraine Kreatz, ¢; Elsie Nuss rg: Eu.la Rudy, lg; Avis Cameron, sull; Four of these girls played on laat vears team ‘PIONEER” RECEIVES CARD FROM THE mm The Ploneer (s in, rocelpt of 8 panorama, poutn oard from Du Lane, headquarters troop, mn vigion, A. E. F. Dudley is now. many,- after having been: jn’ for almost a year. His aivikion ¥The Fighting Fourth” is’ now: occupying the town of Bad Bertrich, He says 16 has seen-deveral of The, Ploneers while “over thére,!”’ Thc post card shows a pandramh of “the town they occupy. LATE EASTER MAY - DELAY;EOAN DRIVE Washington, l#. 31.—~Becaype the Lenten season this yoar does IM end until April 20, ‘the ‘treasury considering postponing: the opén| g‘ of the next Liberty 'loan’ trom April 6, as tentatively’ fl'xung to April 21. A decision has reached. Bankers argq urging the trensury to make -the interest rate on the next loan 4% or 5 per c¢ént, but officlals are {nclined to keep it lower {f pos~ sible. They' rely strongly on the pas triotic impulses of small bond bugets to “bring the boys home" and finish the job.” These phrases probably will be adopted as campaign slogans. “WAR" EXPENSES SHOWING - NO SIGN OF DECREASING Washington, Jan. 31.—Although nearly three months have pasted since the signing of- the armistice, the American government's war ex. penses show no signs of decreasing n;atarlally except in. .loans to Qho allies. AMERICAN RED CROSS HELP FOREST FIRE VICTIMS - Washington, Jan. 31.—Appro~ priation of $126,000 for relief work in connection with the Minnesota forest fires of last fall was announced by the American Red Cross. i The fund, together with $970,00Q rajsed by the Minnesota fire reliet commission, will be used largely, in building temporary houses and in giving farmers in the fire swept re- gion ald in the form of cattle, seed and, agricultural implements. SENATOR BORAH SCORES WILSON’S COLONIES PLAN - Washington, Jan. 31.—Vigorous opposition to plans reportad from Paris for the internationalization. of former German colonies was voiced in the senate by Senator Borah of Idaho, republican. The speaker said he was in favor ol the United States assum- ing any “obligation to control, gov- ern, or be responsible for any part of the German possessions.” LEAVES FOR CONFERENCE. A. M. Whitby, pastor of the Bap- tist chureh left this morning for Du- 7uth, where he :ill attend a confer- ence regarding the Vlctory campai; The drive .aims .to .raise ;so«f‘cfi for missions and reconstruction w by March 31, 1919, and includes a the Northern Baptist interests. 7 3