Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 8, 1919, Page 1

YU CAN'T GET TODAY'S 'NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS--REAI __ BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEE: """ BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 8, 1919 FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH 1 VOLUME XVIL NO. 33 |STUDENTS WILL WEAR BUTTON FOR ROOSEVELT | NO ERRORS IN ton, whichis to be worn during:the month of the colonal’s birthday an- ¢ % g niversary. : 1 - i 7 ; B, - pv1 S8 & i Principal Smith gave the high \ D 8 i , school a talk Friday afternoon, ex- y & - % @ 3 . plaining this movement, and said|. L 2 that those wishing buttons should leave their names. The buttons will (By United Press.) arrive for the school Monday, ti.e cost of the each, Paris, Feb. 8.—The supreme war council met this after- Inoon and resumed discussion of peace terms for an extension of the armistice. ;Allegation; of Henrionnet’s Counsel; Asking New Trial, For De‘fénduitj Denied [ap—— buttons being five centst’ LITTLE FALLS QUINTET COMES NEXT WEEK The high school hasket ball boys have been practicing very hard for the last week getting in trim for the big game with Little Falls which is to take place at the armory Wednes- day evening, February 12. The boys have had the city'team| practice with them for the last week. Little Falls has not been beaten in a game this season and neither has Bemidji and each is out for the victory. ¥ RED CROSS HAS EXTRA SUPPLY OF YARN: HERE’S GOOD CHANCE DECISION IS GIVEN . ON NEW LAW .POINT Applicable to Civil Matters But Not Criminal; State Is Sustained 3 By Fred S, Ferguson. (United Press Correspondent.) : ; : v Paris, Feb. 8.—The initial governing body of the league Three officers of the British alr service, but Americans by bll;eh, have. of nat}ons w“,l be an execu?ve committee of seven, one repre- been barred from landing on-thelr native shore by a pecullar ruling. - Lient, | Sentative for each of the five great powers and two for the Edward Ruffles of Brooklyn, Lieut. R.‘R. Knapp of Brooklyn and Lieut. W. L. smaller countries, it was learned from a reliable source today. Haight of Chicago arrived at ‘Boston -on the transport Melita. Because of a This agreement is said to have been contained in one’ of rullng which bars all but returning Amerlcan troops from landing, the three |the twenty-two articles of the constitutions. . Americans must return to their starting point at Brest, Another ‘agreement, understood to have been reached, is that the central powers must make full reparation for all past offenses, before being admitted to the league. In the opinion of the state supreme ‘court, in rendering its decision deny- ing a new trial for, Roland Henrion® net ,convicted and sentenced to the state penetentiary for life for the murder of Oscar Nelson, the fore- noon of November 15, 1917, in the city of Bemidji, a new point of law was passed upon, that when Henrion- net was on-the stand in his own be- half he was asked by his attorney o tell the conversation that passed be- tween himself and his victim in tne stairway. Objection Was made by the state and any alleged conversation wes excluded. ARMY-NAVY CLUBIS |ENLISTED MEN CAN- - NAME SELECTED FOR STAY IN ARMY UNTIL e f e ol S e e, MR NER SLOPIS -~ LETOROML RN appeal for a new trial, and in thela supply for domestic purposes. Any| The Army s éyliabus to the decision is found thelone desiring yarn should communi- | (he official iufi‘g ol;mt;ye g;‘;‘:iq:glltel;; Washington, Feb. 8.—I e rarsa h Two: Defendant shot e wifth lI:Irsi‘P. M. Perterson, chair- land Army and Navy committee the|tjon with Circular ‘No-_;:in ;3::1;:: Ba;‘;fi"spm i B ein thed . o té nitting committee, of name of the committee in charge of Ipartment, 1919, comanding officers and ed the person T rs. Bert Getchell, or at the lilbrarx the recreation center for all returned | wilj take steps to ins that indictment and when on the witness | betwoen the hours of 2 to 4 o'clock |soldiers and sailors. This is the de- enl‘sted e rehele apn resy stand in 1118 OW ! ajtermoon. cision of the committee in charge of | jerst & ands his counsel {o state what was said by the quarters which..are o de in the d:partmentmq;);::x:;i' :ll;:ltramtz war decedent. immediately preceding -the g’ = foriner location of Tha bl ¢ shooting; a ruling sustaining an ob- IEA ”I" n of the Penney store|charge any soldier who can not se. jection to the question held.not error GUE CONSTI ON on Third street. cure_ civil employment. It will be The headquarters have been con. since the character or relevancy of ! made clear to every soldier that in the evidence was not disclosed. VIRTUALLY CQMPLETE nected up with steam. and theé work|plage of being discharged as he would When the order was issued for Red Cross chapters to cease knitting, the Red Cross chapter of Bemidji had a generous supply on hand and much of this is now in possession of the chapter. | b It is desired to dispose of the yarn LEAGUE COMMISSION HOLDS SPECIAL MEETING. Paris, Feb. 8.—The league of nations commission held a special meeting at 10:30 o’clock this morning, in an effort to speed the draft of the constitution. It was officially announced that a substantial agreement was reached on the chief points discussed at last night’s meeting, but that the commission had decided to refer certain changes to sub-committeés. Owing to the amount of work in connection with the league that is still incomplete, President Wilson probably will defer sailing for home until February 16 or 17. . FOUR NORTHWEST STATES lBAGLEY LIQUOR CASE DISCUSS NEW LEAGUE| - AFFIRMED BY COURT Minneapolis, Feb. 8.—Delegates In a decision h"nnded down bi' the from each of the four ‘““le“};“!“(““‘ supreme court, Minneapolis Brewing nesota, North Dakota, South Dakota} ...y appelant, vs Village of Bag- and Montana—have begun to re- rapondA to the call for the nort..ern [ley, the judgement is gffirmed for congress of the league of nations to|the following reason: be held in Minneapolis, February 12|’ The provisions of the statutes of and 13. this state relative to licensing the . (Bpecial, to The Pioneer.) v . \ of house cleaning_is now being done. | he normally w o i ¢ Soal of Decision. By Uit rssny. - .| A2 So0n as Drosttanl. une Tuniiure | ailon he may remain 1 the mill Continuing the syllabus- sayi P Tob. & et and equipment: will be ‘instelled: = Ltary” gervice upen- his- 'own’ written Paragraph Three; It is doubtful| “&uis Wed ~—The league of na-| The Christian Endeavor soclety of | request until such time as he can se- whether Section 8378 G. 8. 1913, pro- th"“ ctim_\mlttee virtaally completed | the Presbyterian church {s among the| cure employment. hibiting evidence of conversations : e entire conslutution at this morn-|firs to become interested and has of-| The fact that he requests to re- with deceased or insane persons, by 11‘3“5 session, it is announced ‘offi-| fered to subscribe for two magazines. | main in the army temporarily, does a party or person interested in the| © HII Yd i s Principal Smith of the high school is|nof in any way operate to compél him result of the action, has any proper Bare “gl was necessary, OWingjanother who is taking hold, and to!lto remain in the service for a long application to critical prosecutions. |t0 591"9“31 changes and ‘will ‘delay |his. students addressed a plea for|{ period of time against his will Whether it does apply, quaere? completion until the middle of next|magazines and other things that R i R e 3 k, however. The next meetiq Paragraph Four: The evidence week, r. 1 8| would add to the enjoyment of the does mot bring the case within the| Will be at 10:30 o'clock next Mon-|patrons of the Army and Navy club, NEw STEPS lN FORD Robert J. Gamble, Sioux Falls,|sale of intoxicating liquors by the and the students can be relied upon 8. D.; Frank 8. Lusk, Missoula,|qifferent municipasities thereof have first degree - of manslaughter and day morning. 1 to be boosters, and A. G. Burr, ..ugby, N. D, have f, force or effect fn the territory cov- Those unable to bring their dona- CONTET CONS]DERED reported to E. J. Couper, congress|gred by and mc“*fl in the tteu{y be- the, request of defendant to submit SERGT. ROSE RETURNS. the question to the jury. — Paragraph Five: The record pres- First Sergt. Harry Rose, who there was no, error in the refusal of ‘ions to the club quarters may have chairman, that the invitation lists cf | awen the fede: government and hem brought when the club makes Washington, Feb. 8.—In view of | their respective states are completed. | the Chippewa Indians in 1855. ents no reversible error, the evi_flence taught last year in the Blackduck ] he collection with a motor truck. negotiations toward a compromise The northern congress s the The treaty and the various stipula- fully supports-the verdict of murder |schools, was in Bemidji today- and - | plan-for proceeding with the Ford-|fourth in a series of nine regional tious Lliernoyt’ are paramount nmli, su- in the second degree and defendant’s | made The Pioneer a call after a long Newberry Michigan senatorial elec- tings being held by the league term of service in the military. He HIGH SCHOOL ORCHEST‘RA tion con{est, Chgnlrma‘ilnaz\lfiez Po?xch to enfor y i perior to state laws within that fop- motion for a new trial was promptly to enforce peace. Willlam Howard % Pt : by the sale of intoxis denied. : has been named as principal of the erene of the senate privileges and|Taft, Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, Dr. r‘lwry, and there Solway school. "He was in station ENTERTA]NS JUNIORS elections committee ptormulgly e = A cating liquors therein has at all timey nounced in the senate that he would Order affirmed. ; nry Van Dyke, Mr. Frank P. The opinion then goes on to re- in Chicago as mechanical instructor {{IZIM’;, Prof. Ge{)rge Grafton Wilson, Blncfi':‘l:e ldutc thereof been expressly view the case in detail. It narrates|and has just returned from service. ot press his resolution proposing an | Mr. Edward A. Filene, Mr. Herbert |PrOMited. the stories of witnesses whose testi- | His home is near St. Paul. immediate Investigation, but would | S. Houston, Mr. Philip North Moore, | Money voluntarily pald to local mony described the causes: which led e consider further hteps which give|Dr. Charles R. Brown, Mr. Henry municipal authorities, without mis- promise of satisfyinz hoth sides, Morgenthau will arrive in Minne- take of fact, for a license to sell such PEEE SET apolis February 12 te conduct the liguors in that territory can not be six sessions of the congress. A few |recovered back by the person by speakers will be added to the pr,J_,wl\om the payment was made, or by gram from amongst those qualified his assignee, upon the happening of in the states participating in the|#N adverse local option election. In the absence of statute otherwise congress. providing the munieipal authorities in such case have no authority to or- KLEIN ANNOUNCB FOR der a repayment of the license fee upon the occurence of sucu election T“E c”' ASSBSORSH]P or otherwise, and an attempt to do s0_is null and void. . “Section 3150, subdivision 2, G. S. 1913, has no application to license !1- The high school orchestra enter- tained the junior department yester- day afternoon with a program con- sisting of six selections, appreciated very much by the students. THe orchestra this year is making BACK FROM GREAT LAKES. g fine progress under the supervision heavy in the fighting between the|of Miss' Conant, music instructor of Norman Kittleson returned Tnurs- leads to ‘the conclusion that the Spartacans and government troops|the Bemidji schools. - day from the Great Lakes training shooting of Nelson was the rational in Bremen yesterday, it is reported| The members are: Miss Verna|station, where he has been stationed and intentional act of the defendant, today. Dell Barker, Pascha Goldberg, Loufs |since he enlisted about eight montas though, perhaps, not premeditated, R T Brown ‘and Harold Dahal, first vio-|a80. He was in the aviation depart- st i o 0 one o T | PAN MIOTOR COMPANY |1, s b, e, g v of i 1 tion was shown; nor facts rendering e applicable the crime of manslaughter E. Durbahn, cellos; Golden Soper and | BILL WOULD-MAKE DRY in the first degree. And unless error GIVEN lNDoRSEMENT Paul Soper, cornets; Roland Letford, 3 i in flute; Alfred Peterson, clarinet; |’ ZONE AROUND INDIANS Charles Vandersluis, tennor drum, was committed at the trial, t(} the substantial prejudice of the defend- v Bobasr 2 St. Cloud, Feb. §.—At a meeting |, ; 31js5 Gwendolyn Medland, piano.|- Thirsty souls living within fifty The secorid violins are not very [.miles of Indian reservations in Min- ant, the verdict of the jury mustf ., “}."gt Cloud Commercial club, stamfse: i Jrdsatrelt pROToURoR] resolutions were adopted indorsing well supported and it is asked that |nesota will take little pleasure in the any one that can play the violin to|repeal of the public safety commis- thereon by the trial court affirmed. 5 We come then directly to a considera- ,fi:tgfigsgp‘;:g .})I{etcl:';]:sc?tty theAlt)tl:::' tion of -the rulings of which defend- a lengthy preamble reciting .the pro- come and practice with the orches- [sion orders if a bill introduced bhy tra. Senators James Cummings of East Grand Forks and F. H. Peterson of ent complains.” gross and financial soundness of the RHoDE ISLAND TURNS Moorhead becomes a law. The Cum- mings-Peterson bill would forbid the Three Errors Allezed. company and denouncing “the unfair Then follows the assignments of |and sinister means that have been distribution or sale of intoxicating 4 DOWN PROH[BmoN liquor within fifty miles of any In- i dian reservation. up to the shooting, including the al- leged “eternal triangle” and goes on to say: Shooting Was Intertional. “Qur examination of the evidence HUNS FIGHT: HEAVY LOSS. - (By United Press.) Berlin, Feb. 8.—Casualties were W. C. Klein has announced that :;s::l!ofmmt: ctll:; Lar.cenégl;d;:i‘tycgs_ legally granted in the Indian terri- testing the election with J. P. Lahr, | 0¥ referred to. who served during the past year and This is the first time such an ac- is again a candidate for the ‘offica. |tion has been taen before the supreme Mr. Klein was for a number of years court. Judge Stanton made a similar an employe of the county auditor's ruling in the case of the ousted salon office and his petition has been freely | keepers of Bemldji attempting to ov- signed. tain $4,000 refund of licenses from The Fifth ward has a candidate for | the city, but the judge allowed an alderman, H. R. Jones having his injunction restraining the council petition out to be placed in nomina- from refunding the unexpected M- tion. Alderman Smith, it i8 under-|censes, and there the matter rested. stood, will not seek re-election, owing | The ddecision of the supreme court to i1l health of both himself and wife. | confirms the ruling of Judge Stanton. In Alderman Smith, the fifth sent its —_— first duly elected representative toj the Bemidji cx:luncll tw"‘o years a[g:) BlG STRIKE slil II,EI), and he has made a good representa- tive for the entire city, being presi- SAYS SEAI “ E MAYoR dent pro tem of the councill; dHe would have had no opposition had he y again consented to announce for re-| - 1“}\"1(1"“:91 ]’ge“% ;ou;d fli. the vacancy of the Kifth broken, Mayor Hanson announced L this morning. Municipal street cars had begun to run again on schedule, MAJORITY SOCIALIST HEAD he said, and plans were under way OF CONSTITUTION REGIME| to start cars to Puget Sound. He stated he would not ask the (By United Press.) government to declare martial law Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 8.—Ed-|unless it appeared violence might re- ward David, a majority socialist, was | sult from resumption of business. elected president of the German con- stituent government by the national assembly at Weimar. Herr Fehren- bach, former vice president of the reichstag; Conrad Haetssman and Dietrich were elected vice presidents. 8peak Up, Then. Sald the facetious feller, “You've all heard that old wheeze about hear- fng Pike Speak, but did any of you ever hear Jack and the Beans Talk? error in three instances. employed by enemies. to: check the First: Whether the court erred in | growth and development of this great not permitting defendant to give evi- enterprise,” the resolutions say: dence in conversation had by him “Now therefore, be it resolved by . with Nelson immediately preceding|the members of the Commercial club Providence, R. 1., Feb. 8.—The A thes shootingwh T e of tthie city Otbls‘él (il!:)utd, in rlegular Rhode Island senate killed the|L.F. JOHNSON ANNOUNCES econd: ether the court erred, | meeting assembled, that we reiterate |amenddment ratifying the prohibi- refusing to submit to the jury the|and reassert our comvictions in re-]tory amendment tg tge Iedal?al con- HIS MAYORALTY CANDIDACY question of manslaughter in the first | spect to the integrity and ability cf{stitution on a rollcall vote, 25 to 12. degree. the officers and directors of the Pan |It is the third successive federal Third: Whether there was error in | Motor company, that we emphatically | amendment which the state has re- the exclusion of certain evidence|express our unquailfied approval of | fused to ratify, the other two having tendered by defendant, the nature their executive and administrative{been the 16th, or income tax ameni- and character of which will be stated | acts in the building up of the plant|ment, in 1910, and the 17th, provid- in its order.” and property of that great.company,|ing for the election of United States; A brief history of the principles is|and that we unanimously stand be-|senators by the people. then given, followed by an exhdustive :flnd the officers and members of the bt b i description of the crime, including hoard of directors of the company, | CANADIAN R IAN! the incidents at the sanatorium, par-|{ whom we know .to be men of the AD! ANN%ERSFSSSI&.; TOD.EY duties for nearly & year as mayor ticipated in by the nurse, Henrionnet | highest personal standing and char- when Mayor Parker was out of the and the latter’s wife, which in heated | acter, in the attack that has been (By United Press.) city on business. repartee resulted in slips of tongue|launched against them. We further| wyipnipeg, Feb. 8.—The annual Mr. Johnson has just returned that involved Mrs. Henrionnet with |declare our unqualified belief in their | session of Rotarians of western Can- from attending a state convention of Nelson. The trip to Bemidji was|ability and success, when the facts|,qa embracing the prairie division Lnresters and forest rangers, he.. at are made known, to secure at the|oe Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al- St. Paul. hands of any court a complete and berta, will open here Sunday. Be- covered, the movements of the defend- absolute vindication.” sides the business features of the SENATORS MAY voTE ant were given from the time the e gathering there will Be receptions, alighted from the train up to the LANDS FROM FRANCE. dances and concerts. The event will ON SUFFRAGE MONDAY time the purchase of the revolver and —— be the gayest since the opening of on up to the actual shooting. First “Error” Ruling. : As to the first elaim of error, the Emory DeRushia has returned to|the war for the Rotarians of the west. decision states that “no exception was | the United States from France, after | One big question to be settled is what| - Washington, Feb. 8.—The suffrage taken to the rulimg at that time, and 18 months in the service. He is a|form the Rotarian memorial gift in|amendment probably will be voted on no offer ;yag.made, to show the sub- member of the Tenth engineers. Mr.{honor of the returnéd soldiers wiil|in the senate Monday, according to ject matter.of conversation,.or the|DeRushia exepcts to return to Be-|be. Erection of -a building for some indications. The snffragists stili ap- e e "I midji as soon ad he has received his|laudable-se will- probably be ae-|panrently lack one vote of the num- (Continued on Page Four) honorable dischéarge. cepted. B ber necessary to win. L. F. Johnson {8 annuoncing his candidacy for mayor of the city, to be voted for at the municipal elec- tion February 18. Mr. Johnson is a forest ranger and at one time represented the First ward two years in the council, and two years as president of the council, during which time he performed the STEALS RIFLE: 30 DAYS. After the burglary at the Batt.es hardware store several weeks ago, in which some rifles were stolen, John Suckert took one of the guns from the house in which they had been hidden, later returning the weapon. Yesterday he pleaded guilty to steal- ing the rifle, before Judge Stanton, and was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. - ; The Bemidji schools have also . 5 - entered into the nation-wide cam- o s o i : i : 4 9 | paign for memorializing the death of | = - Bty Sh s ] o - - ’ - - Col. Theodore Roosevelt. The symbol . ’ J S AYS TRIBUNAL of this movement is a memorial but=|. : Lioh A \ ¥y ’ b > — SE—