Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 3, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME XVIL NO. 28 / A\ufim ‘That Period Is ‘Neces- sary or Whole Matter Should . . Be “Shelved at Once” - DECLARES TWENTY-ONE MONTHS INTOLERABLE McAdoo's “Successor, - Walter D. ‘Hittes, Lays Down Ulti- matum Anent Disposition R By.Rawmond Clapper. (United. Press ‘Correspondent.) Weghington, “Feb. 8.—'‘Govern- ment control must be extended for at jeast three ‘years. or be shelved at » That was.the ultimatum laid down today by Walter: D. Hines, direetor general of the railroads under- gov- ernment supervision. « .-“In any.event,”” he declared: “the ¢ present, ge_nty—one months limit on 4 governinA t operation is intolerable.” — PAN MOTOR OFFICIALS DENY ALLEGATIONS OF FEDERAL GRAND JURY Chicago, Feb. 3.—The thriteen of- ficers of 'the Pan Motor company, St. Cloud; Minn:, who were indictea >y the federal:” grand jury ~here. omn charges of conspiracy and use of the mails to defraud, are: S. 0. Pandolfo, president; George Barritt, secretary; Charles - B:: -Ladner, -vice-president, and Charles B, Schwab, treasurer, all of St. Cloud;* Directors Norman. A, Street. Chicago; George: Hardman, Chicago; H: B Wiggle, Spokane; Wash.; Ered Sghilphin, Charles Bon- nell, George Hanscom, Peter R. Thiel- man, H. C.. Ervin and Hugh Evans, all of St..Cloud." . Officers Make Statement. . St. Cloud, Feb. 3.—Officers of the Pan Motor compgny authorized. the following statement in regard to the indictments returned against its of- 3 ficers in Chicago. “The directors’ of the company deny that' any staté or federal law {* has been violated, that the affairs of . the company have been honestly and ‘efticiently - administered and that every dollar paid‘\l Aby the stockhold- LG A = ers is properly actoupted for on the books of the cp_ifg ation. “This company has a manufactur- ing plant costing: $2,000,000 and is a going congern in .active operation with nearly,four hundred employes. The plant fs, engaged on contract work for private firms and the gov- ernment ang. it has begun making the dies and pérts for its:1919 car, work on which Was:delayed becafise of the war. The capital stock of the com- pany is unimpaired and it is in ex- cellent financia).condition, having ac- counts recejyable 6 its stock of over $1,000,000 ‘in. plant investient. CROWDER WILL STICK. DESPITE ALL REPORTS By'‘Carl D, Groat. : (United Press Correspondent.) . Washington, Fehb. 3.2~Mayor Gen- eral Enoch Crowder -will be reap- pointed army: judge advocate. Intimationt"¥hat he was to be shelved were dissipated today when this was learned on reliable anthor- ity that Presidestit Wilson will again name him for ‘the post. to present By -Heary ‘Wood. (United Presi Correspondent.) Paris, Jan. I5. (By Mail.)—Al- ready seats are being reserved for the greatest show’ the world- has ever seen. Bp. Tyl ta Just when ~this show will take place no one kiows.- It may be with- in six monthsgsand:it may not be for a year, but Paris is filled with people who are putting up 100 francs now just to be sure of a'seat whenever the time comes. : The show ig;ofe of which every French scldiers and civilian h ?./dreumed of for four and ea 1t will take place the d the treaty of ‘PeAce’ dctually sign and the war réafly’ éfidéd, theé Frenc ito .. force the Germans to' retreat EMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Bemidji Boy Is Awarded | OF THE ALLIES gnch Cross| Nine : Minnesotans, “including one ‘from ‘Bemidji, figured in the'largest presentation of “war honors in -the history ‘of - the recent world conflict when fotir legion of honor. decora- tions ‘antl 248 . French war crosses were pinned-to the breasts of Ameri- can lierdes of the battle of Cam- pagne October 2 to 10. ! Corporal Thomas A. Ash of Ny- more {§ the Bemidji man named. -, The record presentation 1is’ de- seribed in a copyright cable to the Pioneer Press and Dispatch and the Chicago "Daily News by Junius B. Treaties as Hestile as Kaiser's Plans AMERICANS’ ASTONISHED, AT CLAIMS EXPOSE ‘Wood, fwho is with the American| Feeling 'of Army of Occupation. It was the vali- 5k % ‘1017 ant work of these men in the Second Aroused as Early as lel’}" division that enabled General Petain Statement of Carson twelve miles in the great Campagne By Amos Pinchot. ten for the United Press.) battle, Drove Miles Ahead of Flanks. ° In that engagement, writes Mr. Wood, thé Second division which was attached to the French army ad- vanced- in the first hours of ‘the fight- ing three and a half miles ahead of the French right and two miles ahead of the French left, captured Blanc Mont and held the exposed position. The presentation to the men was made on’‘the heights of Vallender, overlooking the Rhine, on the kaiser’s birthday. Major General John A. Le- jeune of the U. 8. Marines made the presentations. Four officers received the red ribbon and rosette of cheva- lier of the Legion of Honor; nineteen received the red and green ribbon with palm of the Croix de Guerre and seventy-five with the star. Twenty- seven non-commissioned officers and enlisted men received the cross with palm or star. KENNEDY RESIGNS NORTH CHAPTER PRESIDENCY John A. Kennedy of Baudette hag resigned his office as president of the North - Beltrami. County Red Cross (Writ treaties formulated by the allies fore America entered the war wo to world security as were, the ‘plan of the Hohenzollerns themselves ™ " European lberals argue sailles womd go down in history linked with that of Brest-Litovsk. abandonment of the secret treaties. ‘Americans Astonished. ticians in the victorious countries. away -Germany's colonies; .depriying chapier, owing to press of persppal hustness pffatrga: e AT In resigning, Mr. Kennedy urges the chapter to continue its alertness in, conserving the interests of the re. turning soldiers. 5 The retiring president has done ex- cellent work during the war and the chapter has been loyal in its ¢ operation, insuring its splendid suc- cess., NORTH DAKOTA TOWN PLANNING FOR FOURTH (By United Press.) New Rockford, N. D., Feb. - Already New Rockford is planning the biggest Foéurth of July celebra- tion in the history of the town for next July, It will combine a peace celebration and honor to the boys re- turned from the war. There will be none of the old fashioned noise, fire works or carnival spirit but a patrio- tic parade will be staged and a pa- geant with allegorical and historical features. - A community basket pienic, games and open air motion pictures are planned. MILLS BROTHERS LAND. Wilbur and Dewey Mills have ar- rived at Newport News, from France, according to a telegram received by their father, George S. Mills. They belong to the Tenth engineers and [her.. of - her “West Rhine provinces, stripping her of potash, coal and ore, destroying her foreign commerce, and then saddling on her, in this crip- pled’ state, a maminoth indemnity, they will not be guaranteeing peace but, on the contrary, forcing Ger- many into offensive alliances with other nations which may become as serious a menace to peace as was the German empire before Its defeat. Carson’s Speech. This feeling of apprehension was aroused as early as the summer of 1917, when Sir Edward Carson, ;peaking as a member of the British cabinet, said that peace was impos- sible until “the allies have driven Germany back of the Rhine and an- nexed her territory from Cologne, Coblenz, Mainz and Mannheim to Belgium, Luxembourg, Lorraine and Alsace.” - Since then this imperialis- tic policy has grown more and more definite, especially since Clemenceau, Orlando, Sonnino and Pichon openly favored it. On the other hand a Brit- ish leader voiced the attitude of both British and French liberals: toward this policy when he said: “Non- German Europe is not going to spend the remainder of the duration of this planet sitting on Germany’s head. A head with the brains of 60,000,000 people on it takes more sitting >n than we shall have time for.” Secret Memorandum, Carson's statment, just quoted, is taken from a secret memorandum entered into just two years ago. The have been in France for the past enghteen months. Their brother,|Rhine boundary he mentions ac- Lieut. Frank Mills, is now in Ger-|curately follows that agreed to in the many. secret note of the Russian foreign minister to the French ambassador, This under date of Feb. 1, 1917, note says: in part, as follows: “The boundaries will be extended at least to the limits of the former principality of Lorriane, and will be fixed under the direction of the French government. At the same time strategic demands must wve DRIVE FROM MINNEAPOLIS. Ray ‘Olson and John Garlock, the latter a brother of Dr. A. V. Garlock, have returned from a- trip‘to Minne- apolis, driving a new car purchased by Mr. Olson: 'They state they found the.roads in good condition with the excepticn of about five milés in one SELLING SEATS FOR WORLD'S BIG SHOW: SIGNING OF PEACE [ —— regiments will dome to Piris from|1,000 francs taken into consideration so as to in- clude within the French territory the whole of the industrial iron basin of Lorraine and the whole of the in- dustrial basin of the Valley of the Saar. “The territory on the left bank of thie Rhine not included fn ‘the com- position of French territory shall form an autonomous and neutral gov- ernment, and shall be occupied by French armies until such time as the enemy governments completely ful- fill all the conditions and guarantees mentioned in the treaty of peace.” Further Provisions. In addition to the aemands just mentioned, secret memoranda pro- vide that England and Italy are to have extensions of territory along the Red Sea, France a large coast strip of Syria, England Bagdad and the ports of Harpha and Akka, France a share of Asiatic Turkey, to be de- stretch. = = the front and, marching under the Arch of Triumph, will sweep down the Champs Elysees to the Place de la Concorde. The French government has ap- puinted a commission to study the plans and details for this great day. The FFrench people know enogh of vast military pi ants to know what they cannot take place in an hour. And nust eat while he waits. fined by future agreement. The cen- So ing ¥renchmen are al-|tral powers are to.lose the Trentino, ng at 100 francs a plate, | Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Tran- ready z sylvania, Bohemia and Galicia; Bul- garia is to confirm the Dobrudja to Roumania. 1 have already spoken of s whilerowaiting andsee|the exclusion of German- trade- in yw when'it begins. When the|China, which is a deadening blow to fixed—well,"thie price may be!German commerce, and of England's seizure of the oil fields {n southern dinner) at the scores s along the Champs Ely- they will be able to take OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS--READ THE PIONEER BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 3, 1919 " GRASPING TF | Noted Political Wiriter Asserts Washington, Feb. 3.—The secret: if carried out, comstitute & pesace! settlement as grasping and ag. h,ot&l: At such a settlement were consummated at the peace table, the name of Ver- They say that—not for the sake 0f Germany. but for the safety of the allies and the United States—the people should aid in averting such a catastrophe by calling for prompt Americans who have taken at face value the statements of foreign goy- ernments, to the effect that the war's sole objects were democracy and per- manent peace, have been astonished at many of the territorial and trade elaims which are being made by poli- Students of international relations are amazed that these politicians 4o not seem to realize that by taking FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH THINES BUREAUZ. MEMBERSWIL FORMPOTAT) ASSH SKTDAY EQUITABLE FARMERS HOLD INTERESTING MEET S8 Kelliher Potato Growers AN Contemplating Warehouse; By-Laws Are Adopted 4 County Agent A, W, Aamodt will go to the state university tonight to. attend a conference of farm bureau members and county agents, the object of the meeting being to dis- cuss concerted action for the coming season. " Upon his return, the latter part of the week, he will attend the meeting of all farm bureau members at Hines Saturday, the meeting to be held in the consolidated school to complete the organization of the community committee. It is expected that 8. B. Cleland, St. Palu, assiktast ' county leader of the state, will he ‘present. At noon the Hines Boosters will serve dinner and in the afternoon a discussion of potato marketing, proper varieties and seed plots will be discussed, to terminate with the or- ganization of the Hines Potatp Growers’ association, At 5 o'clock in the evening a hot lunch will be served preparatory te departure of the members and visi- tors for their homes. Frohn Farmers Meet. The Equitable Farmers' club meet- ing at the Alfrgd Rodig home in the town of Frolin, waa attended by about. - tweniy-five, during which potato mer- keting, organization, seed plota-and : certification . were discussed. A bounteous dinner was served. - The next meeting of this club will be held at the Graff home and’ the topic will be whether it is morg:pro- fitablé to have garden for the farm home only, or produce garden gyops for comniercial purposeés, Meeting At Kelliher. Members of the farm bureau of the . vicinity of Kelliher are -eontempjat. ing the erection of a potato ware- house, the question being discussed Friday at a meeting held in the Kelli- her hall, In the after: meetr ing of the Kellil Potate apd Pro- duce Shipping association was held and a constitution and bylaws were adopted. A decision was reached to hold meetings every. third Saturday each month, A community committee was or- ganized and projects discussed for the coming year. County -Agent Aamiodt was present and so was 8. B. Cleland, assistant gounty agent leader for the northeastern portion of the state. Mr. Cleland ‘gave a talk on farm bureau work and also the duties of the county agent. Silver Lake Agtive. Other communities in this part of the state are also active, for the Silver Lake Farmers’ club of Cass Lake will meet” hereafter the first Sunday of each month. On February 8 the club will give a dance and sup- per at the Buck Lake school house and everybody is invited. On March 2, the club will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albin Carl- son. The secretary of the Silver Lake Farmers' club is Oscar Hauglum. TOWNLEY'S OUESTION IS ANSWERED BY LEAGUE (By United Press.) 8t. Paul, Feb. 3.—The national committee of the Nonartispan league announced today that A. C. Townley - had been re-elected as president by a vote of 98,301 to 978 in thirteen states. ! Sallors of ‘the crew of the U. 8. S. Mercurius nt New York loading the vesgel ;with supplies fov the hundreds of starving and destitute Armenlans COUNTY BOARD WILL CONVENE TOMORROW The board of county commissioners will hold its regular monthly meet- ing at the court house tomorrow, the first monthly session under the new regulations. Heretofore, the board has met whenever it deemed necos- sary and no advance notice was given. Hereafter the board will meet regularly the first Tuesday In each month, which should be remem- bered by all interested. Until the matter of a central coun- ty poor farm is consummated the commissioners of t..e various county districts are in charge of the care of the unfortunates. Bids will soon be opened for.care of the poor until tne necessary permanent facilities are af- forded. BEMIDJI BOYS LAND WITH 10TH ENGINEERS Mr. and Mrs. D. Gainey are in re- ‘ceipt of a telegram from their son, Corporal Jack Gainey, stating that he has arived at Newport News, from France, Corporal Gainey has been - in France for the past eighteen months, and Is a member of the Tenth en- geneers, company A. He stated Charles Gould was with him. They will go to camp Stewart, Va., from Newport News, and expect to be dis- charged soon, when they will return home. LITTLE FALLS PLAYS FEB. 12. Little Falls will play the Bemidji high school basket ball team on Wednesday evening, Feb. 12 instead of Friday evening as announced. NORTH COUNTY FARM BUREAU’S FIRST ANNUAL The first annual meeting of the North Beltrami county farm bureau, held at Williams, was attended by about one hundred and the delegates and visitors were welcomed by John R. Norris. The spirit of the meet- ing was a more determined effort to- ward development of agriculture this season. Officers elected were: President—Jasper Clark liams. First vice president—H. B, Ims- dahl, Pitt. Second vice president—J. L. Wil- liams, Baudette. Secretary-treasurer—J. U. liams, Baudette. Executive clubs—George Butler, Williams. Farm Loan Stone, Williams. County commissioners—H. B. Ims- G. HOG DOESN'T SEE HIS SHADOW: SPRING t"“ an obscure recess, & small ball of fur slightly shivered vesterday, as the sun reached its height. There was a slow unwind- ing, another slight shiver and a lazy strétch, accompanied by an opening of tiny eyes and a lazy yawn. G. Hog was awake. “}‘\'onder how the weather is,” he mussd, ag he brushed the long sleep fromy his eyes. “Guess I'll hop out and ‘take a-look-around.” iting -the action to the thought h erged from his winter lair, and slowly looked about. It was snow- ing slightly, the sky was overcast, and not a shadow was visible. “Ha! Ha!"” ejaculated Mr. G, Hog. “Going to have little more winter. I'll stay out and K get ready for spring,” and he proceeded to hunt np his first meal since going into winter guarters. Tradition saith spring weather is on the road, due to arrive soon. AMERICA FIRST TO CONDUCT CAMPAIGN FOR TRUE CITIZENSHIP The America First association, a Minnesota organization which did splendid work during the trying times of the war in instilling patriot- ism and loyalty, is going to ‘‘carry on” now that peace lias come, W. Z. Robinson of Bemid;! | c'ag one of the vice presidents. The constitution has been rev.sed and its purposes given as follows: *“To defend our: fundamental law, in peace as in war, and to familiarize both old and young with the ideals of our fathers, and perpetuate and se- cure to our children and humanity that safe and enlighténed liberty and progressive justice, without which lite is ‘tolerablé but to slaves.” It was decided to conduct a vigor- ous statewide campaign of American- ization - and patriotic education through co-operation with the state, county and’ district school officers, patriotic’ mass meetings, Fourth of July celebrations under America First auspices and through operation of a patriotic speakers’ bureau. One of the most important resolu- tions adopted set forth as a primary object of the America First associa- tion “to provide genuine American- ization and to forestall in America all kinds of foreignism,” and declared further that ‘“every school, churcn, society or class either of citizens or aliens that causes or permits young Tucked away ;Wil- wil- association—J. R. Americans to grow up in ignorance, |dahl, Pitt. The referendum was on Townley’s or half ignorance, of our language, B B:'lmt?egs men—. R. Middleton, |sole proposition, whether he was audette. literature and national ideals, is an enemy of free government and shall not be permitted to continue such crimes against Loerty.” wanted to continue s head of the league or not. ‘ ENTIRE COY FAMILY RECOVERS FROM SEVERE “FLU” ATTACK The family of Dr. J. L. Coy of the town of Liberty has recovered from the Spanish epidemic, the entire fam- ily ,including the parents and chil- dren, being afflicted. The household was stricken about the same time and the attention of neighbors were attracted who looked well after the afflicted family, and Dr. Coy says he and the family are truly gratefufl. RUSS SOLDIERS REVOLT: USE MACHINE GUNS (By United Press.) - * London, Feb. 3.—Unconfirmed Pet+ rograd dispatches say that soldiecs have revolted with considerable ma- chine gun fighting In the streets there. Livestock interests—P. L. Soren- son, Dutchie. Crops—Frank Peterson, Pitt. Schools—Albert Chilgren, liams. BRITAIN'S STRIKE HAS TINGE OF BOLSHEVISM By Edwin Hullinger. London, Feb.: 3.—(Copyright by United Press, 1919)—"The present strikes in Great Britain are the first steps to socialism of all industries and establishment of revolutionary ocmmittees, like those in Russia,” declared William Z. Watson, a mem- ber of the shop stewards’ administra- tive council today MASONIC CHAPTER TONIGHT. The Masonic chapter meets tonight {n the Masonic temple at 8 o’clock. Petitions to pass upon and important work to do. All chapter members are urged to be pregent. wil- —_—————————————— Mesopotamia. The secret treaties do not make definite disposition of the German African colonies, a domain twice as large as all the rest of the German empire, but there has been very complete understanding tween the allies that England should keep them. Inasmuch as, according to the Manchester Guardian, it is proposed {0 extract from Germany an indem- nity of $12,000,000,000, the above quotes section of this note implies that France will occupy the German left bank provinces for an indefinite period, and probably forever, thus undoubtedly creating in the German mind the same feeling of wrong that the seizure of Alsace-Lorraine pro- duced amorfg the French.” “T¢ would gimply amount to movipg “revanche” from one bank of the Rhine to the other. e~ | S P |