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VOLUME XVll. NO. 30 \ \ot\“’ e 'GITY OF ROME’S GIFT TO MRS. WILSON FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER _MONTH‘ IPEACEPARLEY” | S | FACDNG MOST HOUSEAFTER; R || COMPLEXTASK - AMENDNENTS RS SRR (] ANENTLEACE Mflltary Committee; Labor Saw. lmproper Usage 1 j Method of Enforcmg Decum- Is Problem, Opinion Seems ' to'Be Divided '’ TYLER PICTURES SHOW. SCOPE OF’WORK DONE: |Air Squadron Will Be® Added‘ to Corpa, Motorcyclea Also Included . SOME WOULD DISARM; ; ARMED POLICE SUGGESTED. . German Peace Commissioner Protests Confiscation of Hun Colonies By Frad> 8. Ferguson. (United Press Correspondent.) .. , Paris, Feb, 5.—The pemcé del After i‘atormy public hearing on’f the motor corps biil, house’file” No.{* 717, at 'which opponents warned of |’ trouble in case of its passage, the b dat 5 ng tode the moRt™: it ot g.;’,;'f.fiuffa‘;:p:imflg?&igt;a;fif ‘ This beautiful plece of art work, representing the fostering of Romulus d?fl?:nv{: 5 D‘:&e,fis 13‘,0{‘-:5' in u:t v ntl abstat by Sty of New e mended it to pass ih ‘amended form, and Remus by the wolf, was the gift of the city of Rume to Mrs. Wilson. ereation of & league of nations, the “‘Q 1 ly tor on netion - of lwin m\u of Hd afd the uncertainty. of Bemidji’s fOTfie lW"h l“fihwh ;flm 11938“0 W"l { ewelry store M g one of thel motor corps was seemingly settled. make its decislons effective. = ‘ m 4 'street, Just east of Beltrami :rluwt\\:n:mrlm\l and ‘decorated men of The new bill has nothing to say mLsoN “RGB SOUTH’S SPECIAL ELBCT!oN/ FOR Opinion seemed to be divided as’ < Avetiie which will befltwd up for its | the Seventy-hinth division. - He has{about strikes, riots or labor. troubles to whetlrer this force shall be: mohl~ i o 3 been awarded the Distinguished Serv-|of any kind except constructively. DEMOCRATS To VOTE WATER BOND lssuE or physical. Many planks have bésh . purposes. ice ‘Cross and -Croix de Guerre and|It provides that “in addition to the submitted ranging from complete . »“‘l ot ?’ ‘0"1:0":‘:;;{‘8":::“35 cited In army orders, besides being|Purposes for which other military FOR S“FFRAGE MONDAY AHER C“'Y CAMPMGN ?’l;(:‘l!(t)ilog“ofngml;?;zzg ttn'?fl?trhr lfi_:l:a bl rhly complimen units of the national guard are called : i e their head- k,fig & Eugx;)l R tf:; “"e;:"":’;l‘:fl d‘?& t;:; it shall be subject to call by the gov- : naval police under a single "dome<.;. uarters while in ‘the eity. Many of times, ernor for the purpose of affording aid (By United Press.) At a special date fo be set after the | mander. y e goldiers now home have no :e“‘ Y 4 and relief to communities striken by | ® washington, Feb. 5 —President | regular municipal election, Bemidjl ————— : e tral place whete they may me:n their |- ~ | fire, flood, storms, or other calamities; | Wilson has cabled a number of south- | Will be called.upon to vote for a $50,- ; PROTESTS. . . fellow goidiers and “talk shop” or and for patrolling, extinguishing and |ern 'democratic legislators, urging | 000 bond issue for the installation . f HUN OFFICIAL PRO visit. . SAFETY ION’S preventing fires, and for rescue work | them' to vote for the federal suffrage | new Wwater pumps, other improve- Basel, Feb. b5.—Speaking h“‘”“ . nde rettlon. 2 in emergencies. In addition, the ad- |resolution when it is called up next !ments to the plant, reinforcing water the Colonial society at Berlin Ma- R M : jutant general is authorized to ap-} Monda, (pipes and doing other work, accord- |thias Krzberger, one of the Germah Ths headdquarters are to be fitted : y. 4 and what will be neeled at once}. point patrolmen and such assistants ing to the recommendation of the|armistice gpmmissioners, —protested up uu,. chairs, . includin as he may deem necessary for the joint committee of the council and |against Germany being deprived of s 4 & St. Paul, Feb. 5.—The state public | protection of life and property.* T AYERS FO0T BILLS business men of the city: her colonies, according to a dispatch The bonds are to run for a period | recelved hore from the German capi- safety commission held a meeting at| The new bill provides that the mo- € Jthe capitol and, in compliahce vilh tor corps shall consist of not more F.OR TRANS[ENT SICK of 25 years and bear 5 1-2 per cent|tal. He Is reported to have said: {2 resoluti ? 5 than four regiments, with 16 com- ¥ Al interest, and be numbered from one “If we no longer have troops of ” on adopted by the state sen- | panies to the regiment, each company 5WILL BE lNVBTlGATED to fifty, interest to be paid semi-an-|arms we have our rights. < The allieq ate, extended the Hfe of its liquor |to consist -of 62 enlisted men and } nually on the first of September and |are seeking to ‘mgfifle the will ot traffic - regulations .and ilitary [three commisioned officers. first of March. stronger natiopsiwithout taking’ lnto oldiers mng N!BM-BI' and} orders, until Saturday, Feb. 15. " Air Sruadr n ° Added. The city council is going to go| The ordinance providing for the|account the rights of Germany. . - i1l be fu!‘ninh!d for em- Continuance of the state fishing s afterr a certain feature .that seems |issuance of the bonds was read the “‘Depriving .Germany of all her. Jagbry offort will: befand. marketing. ‘enterprise, started hi? new bill.also adds an-airplane pro, t-in the ecity and that is the |{second.time-at the adjourned meet: | colonies would-gontustrk deadly germ: - - i '3 “Fhoma; warm- wels| undey # warstime-érder of thé state | S4U2dron tobe attached'to the miotor| paving- bills incurred by caring for | ing of the council Tuesday night, and | for the league of nations ‘even Wafore * ; and spirit of helpfulness. public safety commission, was recom- | COFPS for administrative purposes. | enormous expense to the taxpayers “f | when the system fs in proper condi- [that league is horn. We understand., in attendance |mended by Carlos Avery, state game TI:“’ flying squadron will comsist of | {ransients who come to Bemidji ail- | tion a sinking fund will be provided |it has been proppsed to internatiohak . fand fish commissioner, in a report of | & rlo;e officers and 30 enlisted men tofnz many of them dying and buried [ out of the earnings to take care of | ize German colpnies. We ought to . Wa Chiue 3 operations to date. The statement Tac "“'p“‘“g-d Two motor cyeles also | ¢ t1e expense of the city tax payers. | the payment of the improvements. categorically repel such & propoat-. . AR Liout shows ‘that $132,262 worth of fish | 2ave been added to each motor com-| " A4 the meeting of the council Tues- —— tion, . ' Présidept Wilson's program ' i gbfdl £ Mayl e handled by the state at a net | PaBy. The motorcycles were not pro-{ 4,y night one case was brought to gives @ermany pn invielable right W, r uirned L Y-} profit of $33,231 and a capital out- | Yided in the original bill. ~The ap-|itght, iaat of a baby who came here YEAR’S FOREST FIRES her colonial teryitorles.” ] g et r«:le:nei anfl:‘f;, :ay of gntly $1,000. The legislature Es%pr;?;ivoifie:is l;"i‘;f:?ggg;%’lnbffiootg with its parents tronl; Margie. The ' Lord Sl *|is urged to-authorize continuance of ' 2 arents were ill and both died. Tue w END ARD MEETIN G l.fl! hey hope to receive hearty co-|he fishing undher proper safeguards|?160,000, of which $125,000 is for gabe it is said, was taken to the D0 HEA DAMAGE ATT BO L R petation of all citizgns. and also the turning of profits into |URiforms and equipment. poor house, wuere it was sick and Dr. P. A. WN“ k/Rapids, § \yone haying anything to help{the game and fish fund, subject to| Amended Bill Recommended was ordered into the custody of a| St. Paul, Feb. 6.—State Forester|, ‘A 'p ' mone of Not Aid. 4,;: y ng this work should notify the |its appropriation. . - Immediately after adjournment of |nures. The nurse sent in a bill for | W. T. Cox, in his annual report made} jar00n"of Margie M. Clatk ittee. members or bring it to | “The exploitation of our waters for | the hearing the committee went into|$185 which the city paid. The babe | Public, showed that forest fires Infgnq W . Canjpbel gm.m at- peadduarters. private gain and the marketing of all | executive session. It recommended|is still in charge of the nurse and|Minnesota last year caused nearly| onqeq’ tlie ho rd ‘meeting of thé s the fish in eastern markets can be|that the bill pass as amended and oe |the president of the city council was|$30,000,000 damage. There were|j.xe Jylia natorium terday . avolded.” Commissioner Avery as-| referred to the ccommittee on appro-|instructed to see where Bemidji is|525 fires, of which 126 took place| orning in the (:ommifey “elgb . - g serted. '~ “‘Unrestrained commercial | priations. responsible for such expense of keep- | during the five days period beginning | .,omg, Fshlntg ?lways has resulted in drain- ——— ing the baby, and what can be done uogtm::r 1“2,'mfigfi': the greatest dam- ng of the‘waters and has all but ex- |’ to place the youngster in some state|2ge was . terminated Lake Superior whitefish SENATE ORDERS PRoBE institution. The report estimates that the Oc- CA"LE DEALERS wm st anid La:(e (;f the Woods sturgeon. The OF ANTI AMERCANISM Another thing ailong this line is ;Oll)lt;l'dfirteost lln ‘;.‘l‘l:] lgoost; L»lz)ketre‘gzign prices to the public can be controlled =, the sending to Bemidji of people who | cause al damage of abou )" ER tative Frank: iner' of Minneapous gnddtlhe use of the fish can be con- ) are sick and the city has heen footing ‘4’2‘;-000' sThe 1918 fires swept 770,- FED .»‘A[‘ SEr Pmc!s ned largely to Minnesota so that our big bills as a resu!’. In some in- acres. tmaster General Burleson, | >¥1 people may receive ghe benefit.” ve:vu;:lmfit%?’ gg‘b;hsé;;k%wlee%lvng‘}‘l,l- stances the tax paycrs of this eity R Washington, Feb. 5.—A’ govern- —_— > » 4. W. W.lhave paid the funeral expenses and | CHILDREN’S NATIONAL HEALTH |ment operated monopoly of the meat 4ntroduted .a‘resolution ‘in the legis- aking President Wilson to re- eitelephone interests 2 and other propaganda was ordered trisst,” anaccuses | LIFTLE OF INTEREST BEFORE | unanimously by the senate after two | 118 2150 1e golng (o he probed. CAMPAIGN OPENS SUNDAY | industry was adyocated by livestook to ‘gouge the public | BOARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS | hours of tempestuous discussion in According to discussion for some sk producers before the senate agricul- ; a . A feb. 5.—] m of & fair wage In the TWIN| mpe regular monthly meeting of ";g“'“‘:m‘x’ v plotting to over-| overa] thousands of dollars, and-the .l,flg},ty}’i,fl,;nl %ngwx:;éu; :;?,lé%tg of satistying both the producer and the board of county commissioners, throw the American government bY | ijmg jg near when some one is going neat “Momsey” to keep up with pro-|the consumer and preventing the - ' which went into session Tuesday will | Violence. | to speak out loud, unless it is reme- | geny now. cattle business from being destroyed. ! end tonight. - The senate judiciary sub-commit-| 504"t 15 asserted. a, Al George Armstrong, a cattle man v ' -, Th / tee, which for more than a year has 3 The national health campaign for ere was little of interest to come ; youngsters will start next Sunday to|Fort Worth, Tex., recommended to - before the board, the usual routine |Peen investigating pro-German and vV T T ontioue fifteen weeks ~ Minnesota | the senate commitiee that legislation being gome through with. brewers’ propaganda, wis authorized STOCK COMPANY TO alone hopes t et :}57'400 s:}s\gt)l be enacted control of the entire in- plé, and who w 1l permit the exerclse by the senate resolution, to conduct -~ ! a P i hild in the 1 s ustry and permit it to be fix the | o addrased to e prosd dhe wow nauiry. - The commitiee| ERECT NEW LAUNDRY | S5t Swvavas Wit e siven tor | prices of livetock, meat and labor the performance of daily. health|He said both producers and consum- 1t is addréssed the president of PREAMBLE AND 'l'wo will begin work, probably next. Fri- he congress the United States and t gre day, Chairman Overman announced A stock company, having for its |chores. The chores couched as x| e had just grievances against thé and the senate of the United States,” after an executive meeting of the 3 snd says the reqiests are made “in ARTICLES ARE DRAWN'commmee to consider procedure said | object the erection of a mew brick | Piedge follows: r};x:::nt‘:ylz;:r:nar:‘ll xh;z:fily g:xn':t = the new investigation wculd cover a order that the public may no longer builuing in which will be installed I washed my hands before each continued agitation. = be inconvenienced by poor telephone (By United Press.) wide range, and wouid continue in-|equipment for a modern laundry, is |meal today. ‘service and forced to pay for service| parig Feb. 5.—The special com-|definitely probably even after con-|in the process of formation, and bids I washed not only my face but my , % k and I cleaned my fin- by mittee which is drawing up ‘the con- | sress adjourns. fair to be consummated. ears and neci w “I I' KE 3 N" AN “ o stitution . for the leagus of nations,| Semator Weeks of Massachusetts,| The plans for a brick structure to | ger nairs today. 0 MA l l i day to keep fingers, pen- agreed provisionably last nizht to the | republican, declared that the Ameri- | occupy ground space 50 X 120 feet 1 tried today preamble and two )l,)f the :rlmles, it |can people did not, understand that|with a boiler of 80 H. P. The pro- cils and everything that might be RESERVA“ON BoNE _DRY ; Mr. Bnrlem,li characterized as an 3 merve as the serv- ant of democracy,” ahd wants a man appointed ix' l;&swmce ‘who has some realization of. ights of the peo- it does not receive and justice done to the telephone workers of tne Twin Citien.”. was officially announced today. the real purpose behind the propa-|perty upon which the structure is unclean out of my mouth and nose. ; e il nd ganda was the overthrow of their|to be locate}:i will {mt aroumli $10,- mlhd;:te'g; 3&'2&% :(;:thegr t‘;efg:: (By United Press.) 7 PALMQUIST RISES FROM zovernment, and that until they un-]000 and the eqyipment will cost|® € St. Paul, ¥eb. 5.—Senators Cum- derstand, 1t could not be stamped|About $8,000, modern in every detail, |2nd drank mo te, coffee nor other|mings of Polk county and Senafor “Several soldféra. with homes nesr MESSENGER TO OPERATOR | ¢ involving an outlay estimated at |injurious drinks today. Petegrson of Clay cmfnty today “{n: © - 20,000. I brushed by teeth thoroughly in & $ Tl(l)e new laundry will have specjal | the morning and in the evening to- :;?)‘li;:s‘l:f(?\ga ;’!(lilryivn/;::: %fin?ltlz;ox;l?:s facilities for doing family washings|9ay. : around Red Lake Indian reservation. and a specialty will be the washing I took ten or more slow deep of flannels, breaths of fresh air today. WAR BOUGHT SCKOOL. —: I played outdoors or with windows ALL[ED CRUISERS w-ILL opened more than thirty minutes to- (By United Press.) day. London, Jan. 18. (By Mall.)=— I was in bed ten hours or more last Crookaton were, mentioned in today’s Violence in seeking government re. ccagualty list. . Among- those men-| Andrew Palmquist, who has been | forms was deplored by Sanator Borah ~tiomed as woundul. degree undeter- | agsisting at the Northwestern Tele- |of Idaho, republican, as unnecessary mined were: ‘Carl. C. Hendrickson, | graph office nere, has accepted a|because of the power held in the Karistad, Blmer C. Suther, Cass Lake | position as operator for the same|American ballot. He urged that sen- :;;:J::ptoggg: i’gsfififiififim F:E‘.Se co“mlplxmy h; Grand Forks, N. D., and | ators, after congress adjourns, “go on wi eave for that place tomorrow i - Axel R. Johnson, Kennedy; Ralph|commence his du“gs, pgow. it;xe;'"rostrum and preagh. Ameridal R:“McPhee, Grand Forks, and Florian Mr, Palmquist is a.youn: y . g, ener- Many civilians who have been in- Dean, Bfegz:gld %%r&zm:vfigp:;:s S;‘:_:- getic man and while carrying mes- WIRE SAYS “LAND PROTECT HUN SUPPLIES night and kept my window open. . ternod in Austria re “arrtvibg tn , o ) - | sages for the company here learned 4 o L up. and..8 P! London. viously reported as missing has been | the work as operator. According to a message received by (By United Press.) ::;mtifi?ett t:ngmeascll?wx:ze;ngr tgwa‘l:ggg While they have many tales to tell returned to duty.—Crookston Daily Times. , SCIENCE GLUB ‘WILL HOLD BEGULAR MEE™NG | S T T his parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. Meclver, of their hardships, they say they BAND PRACTICE AND CHUGGING |Claude McIver has returned from RADIATOR BALLS CITY CLERK | “over there.” The recently reorganized Bemidji| VISITING KU‘RSE ENDS WORK. band, under the ieadership of Q. Berlin, Feb. 5.—Four British and ’ |at its regular time. éfi:eflclan cx’ulaemt hage};nte;ed n:e I tried today to keep neat and m«zre-inggt ‘:lu (l;)zglnya;;entefia? tvl;::: suflver, énroate amburg 10| ,peerful constantly and to be helpful A A protect steamers loaded with food-|¢ " ipers. allowed to continue their occupations stuffs. = in Vienna, others being sent to coun- 1 took a full bath each day of the try villages. Only those who were y C.:8. Crothers. . Oliver Riggs,'held a rehearsal Tues.| The visiting nurse, employed the LECTURES AT AKELEY week that 18 checked (X). destitute were interned in prison (High s6hool reporter.) day night and showed much profi-|past several months by the Red i camps. The Experimental Science club of | ciency. Practice was held during the|Cross chapter, has been released, her| Rev Blaine Lambert, pastor of the ITASCA COUNTY DEPUTY COMES At the village of Karistein civil- the Bemidji high ‘school will hold its|session of the council, and when a|term ending Tuesday night. Methodist church of this city gave| WITH PRISONER FOR HEARING | ians of all nationalities who were in- a lecture in the M. E. church at Ake- terned organized a “university”— commenced to chug under a head of In Both SenBes, ley last evening. Rev. Lambert is Jéss Harry of Grand Rapide,|any man teaching any subject he steam, while Clerk Stein wa$ read- y n sub-chairman of the centenary move- | deputy sheriff of Itasca county was knew well. Here they were able to ing the Minutes of the four nights’| When we see a man on the opposite | ont in the Methodist chureh and|in Bemidji today, bringing a prisoner |study motor-engineering-and torpedo meeting -1ast> week; he read to a ca-|side of the street Who owes us.a dol-|{g out in.the fnterést of this work. |for hearing in chambers by Judge|construction, and. they -also:had 'an dence between a one step and a bofl-|lar we wish he'd come nmn,—Boqton He will speak at Walker tonight and]Stanton. The accused is facing 2|excellent opportunity’ for learning’ Transeript. will returd ‘to Bemidjl tomorrow. serious offense. various languages 3 -regular meetingt tonight in the high | radiator in the council chamber school assembly ‘room. A very in- teresting progfam is-to be given on wRadium, its uges. and: how it has changed ideas 1t chemistry. - The meeting starts 53t - 7:30..and- every member is urg‘% ba present. w7 ¢r 'shop fox trot.