Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 12, 1919, Page 1

OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS T GET TODAY'S NEWS ANENDMENLY . yorgrs Tomorrow Night| T RLOIVLIVE 1V - | \ TflmGWAYS : - ot Benne.t‘ o St.‘ P\a“l' fon de- / RHURN AFTER : s 4 : s 4 . | ber .of ‘the university extension de- ; : i 3 y : i | partment. and an official of the Min-| - . 3 < . e % t gue of Municipalities, will 3 i 5 ‘lérrive in ‘Bemidjl. today and at 8 B TO HELP Ve peopte of th &ty Tn tno Biko| U S CONGRESS : E - & . the people of the city in the Elko % o Mo Vit ' F AT s theatre -on. what, the proposed new > it charter ‘would . mean to a city com-{ % ¥ pared with an aldermanic govern-| - 1 2 4 ” § 3% i ment. i - : ) . < ] ¢ ‘Mr. Bennett is-an éxpert . muni- 30 i cipal p\jnblems and" yesterday “spoke APPOINTMENT COMFORTABLE 2 B RS R, TN Bxbck fo.a gieetén‘gi ot"ab&utrflr'iy» mayors| : . = | - S L ies May Start ock | of leading cities in 8t. Paul.- " ' : TYRS) 3 S Ll Counties Dby Abkt ol 34 | The volers will be called upon b Delay.in Com;’) letion of Léague |{Business Men Heartily Co-oper- 4 >+ Road and Be Repaid . - |gccide this question'at the municipal of Nations’ Constitution 1> ating; - Reit - Free; Heat & BY ‘the State ! election to-be held February 18 and Is Held Cause ¢ mg; - R o Lrge; - kea : ; i should’ hear Mr, ‘Bennett tomorrow 3 ‘Free; Lighting Free | night ~‘at the Elko. No admission will be charged, ‘as Beniidji is a‘mem- ber of ;the League of Municipalities of the state. AR 2 29 BOTTLING PLANT IS DAMAGED BY FIRE ¥ - ] Fire, 'thé origin‘of which is-a mys- By ‘W. T. Noonan.: tery, badly damaged the lntel:(:ior‘ol Written for ‘Pioneer.) the Golden West bottling works near A & ritr i3 the Union station, about 8 o’clock St. Paul, Feb. 11.—The justly. cel-||a50 evening. : ‘- ebrated ‘American. bump of -humor| mye fiaes originated in the base- 3 W-‘g “XQ' r‘clo:ied B'}‘;fi:‘:k g%‘l:’; 0:6 h':;‘: ment at the southeast corner of the ‘surfaced | 2 & ¢ tructure, wh veral of B ‘junk pile.. When the law archi- 1,”3 sutoie;' e,;?,:; %ad %‘;fif na 5‘;2 President Wilson’s return tg France *tects who work-on Capitol Hillljy tho furnace during the day and |immeditacly after adjournient of . tackled | th ‘F:l‘;i’g?;‘l‘]"‘;;";'::gflzé the cases of pop were remote from |congress, was learned today. y e pree Of | any ignition. The interior of the % amendments, h were-still epi-|puilding in the work room was badly The prestdent donte‘x}n plla;es Slteagv demicking unt few days @80. It|scorcned and one section of the floor |18 France for the Unite B the road.wasi't slated to g0 throush | us totally destroyed, while smoke |either Friday or Sunday. BOLSHEVIK REGIME. a member’s town he pramptly took|gamaged the office. Washington, Feb., 12.—A story of | Indian affairs expects to carry out|ieresting talk a¥eut the work of the a vote among, himself and attempted | ""p "\, Langdon, proprietor of the tqg sew on an amendment which made | y1ant s utterly. unable to account economic chaos, oppression and ty-|the plan recently outlined iz Wash- ranny in Russia under the -Bolshe-|inton dispatches of opening an office boys at the fromt, He told of the it plain that his home burg was not}sor tpe origin of ‘the blaze. vic rule, was unfolded. before the Et. Duluth for the handling of the|atrocities of the Huns and of life in to get the worst of it. I: t{l‘edpro- s . pesed amendments . were -tacked on . the original plan there would have B“.L WOULD HAVE senate judiciary . sub-committee atlbusiness of the Fond du Lac, Grand |the trenches. He also spoke of the ortage and Nett Lake agencies, all MORE DECORATIONS ARE' FORMER ATTACHE TELLS : DESIRED AT PRESENT OF BOLSHEVIKI RULE| LOOKS NORMAL SCHOOL . WILL GET APPROPRIATION New Normal ‘Will Not Be Rural Teachers’ School; .. 'Idea Nipped 3 Returned Soldiers Form Special Committee in Charge of Activities Agitators in America Fail to Tell Truth in Speeches $ This 1s the gun that, it is claimed, fired the last shot of the world war. It is an American heavy fleld. plece, and the boys who handled it named 1%, “Calamity Jane.” k . SEVERAL CHANGES IN CHIPPEWA AGENCIES By Robert J. Bender. - (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, Feb. 12.—Delay in- com- pletion of the constitution of the league of nations may mnecessitate Guess that" Army and Navy club, the recreation center for returned soldiers and ‘sailors;-is going to be'a great credit to the city of Bemidji and play an important role in-the work for which It was established, a occupying ag it does the former lbca~ tion of the Penney -store on Third street, ‘ideally adapted for the club headquarters. 3y . The store is spagfous, *of“fine ap- perance with tile fidor, theated: by furnace and ‘well' lighted. Bemidji business men have rallied to support and several private families have been generous i properly furnishing the quarters. Here's Co-operation. The lighting and fixtures were furnished gratis by the Minnesota Power and Light company and cur- rent is also being donated. The city is furnishing the wood for the furn- eon today. ace, Baker's. jewelry has donated a A. P. Ritchie, chairman of the nor- | PI2nO; Barker has contributed a Vie mal school committee, made a report | go tor e SLC CF ’dalkp Huffman of the committee’s trip to Minne-| 2oy cnro'}y szo;itrnuiuted'n Woavily apolis and stated that the normal upholstered davenport, the Northern RITCHIE SEES FAVOR FOR NORMAL DORMITORY John A Montgomery ‘of Minne- RESULT OF INSPECTION] son B dme) Cloguet, Feb. 12.—The bureau of |line trenches for a year, gave an in- thi oft of the state trea- : *igh = the beginning of its inguiry into Bol- [ 4 § ;“h';y“,;b"t: u:e ‘2},‘,-:‘?{‘ ":e thing WORKERS OWN HOMES shevik, 1. W. W, and-other propa-|within Minnesota. William War- :ee ing one 2as when going over the bersbe “to t 8 ganda in the United States. The wit- fock, the Indian agent at Turtle °‘;'i talked i ;’tl.QmA ‘*"fifi. h S‘{’:w*nbwjtands By L. €. Martin ness was Dr. William C. Huntington, f Mountain, N. D., will probably be- e talked at the commeci#l lunch- = “; ¢hance. of- escaping, the rash . e : former commercial attache of thelcome the agent for all three reserva- ; t‘ imernidments that surely would (United Press Corresondentp.) American embassy in Petrograd, who | tions with offices at Duluth. = a4 G Washington, Feb. 12.—Senator |related his experiences before being George W. Cross, .superintendent b BN & e Kgnyon ;)df Iowa tod::ly introduced a{eompelled by intolerabllle conditions}df the Fond gr“educ rz;eruflon, has bill providing for study and report 10|to leave Russia last fall. been transfe to the Reéd Lake ‘|congress by January 1, 1920, on a| Prof. Samuel N. Harper of thefagency, succeeding Walter F. Dick- | board 'gfl"‘:"d their action of 18st| Naiional bank has. helped. with sev- i plan to enahlesevery-American-work-{niversity- et 10, an.student; offons, Who in turn, has been tranaferrofi | YERT A0 ¥° ed ;" recommend appro-fovq) heayy brass, cuspidores, Mrs. A. résfdents o Brt6 oWn his Home. .« ' - - |Russian affaitd, also was before thefto'the White Earth agency. R A it at Bemidii Ip. “Whito 'has” oRRRA eotstbrrie - :gglafiisregfes:zgti?:r:t l}x{a:lés’l;efi the armory committee and stated {‘e:‘:;: (mem;u;'lg?rnmalbe::llgt‘e"‘hew’ilc‘l‘xb- the American press,. but declared 'n?;::r;‘:tz: d’fu :l::&geneml g%v; eviry out’ cost V t of ng an appropria- % . $ the verdict. . E‘(:Eth:y;;g\ had been a failure in tion for an armory 15 Bemia,s, P! ‘Pennants have been donated for- Bolshevikism Bobs Up. Only a small part of the hearing E. 'L. Bennett, secretary of the]decoration and two large artificial Now that the kaiser has beat it|was devoted.to Bolshevik propaganda League of Municipalities of Minne- &m"@ "d,d '{“ the d”"‘i‘“"’;’,‘:"m' for the land where they make carpet}in this country, Df. Huntington sotn,dga;e ? brief outline of the pro- h:vl:a} begliudl:fimzzvu;:me: :vz g-:m slippers out of board fences, the ad-|raid the Bolshevik leadeérs constantly E,‘,’“ f 1{ oF ‘flor Bemidji and point: supplied and wh»;t is wanted are vocates of Bolshevism and several|endeavored to spread. their doctrine| ¥ ¥ out its advantages over other nowa ¥ Jat zines, al other “isms” in this state are getting | through other countries and that he|time he visited all of the reserva-(forms of government. o ,”‘W s N ©, MAFREING, 8580 tions in -question. , musieal reco g “fresh” again, and unless we miss|had seen a few evidences of these of- S TSR TS h o H i Passage of in Indian appropriation forls in the United States. He men: [, Passage of in Indian approvriation| NEARLY 10,000 TROOPS tion, the contributors to retain pos- Tfie bill comes up in the senate | on. Thursday and in the house on|our guess they are about to step on their own chins. ~Just toss an eye at|tioned an article by premier wenine cpened the. ‘way -for’ the changes of the Bolshevik government, recent-| 74 "y )1 become effective with lit” ARRIVE ON TRANSPORT session -of what they might loan. A (By United Press.) typewriter is also needed either a ‘riday, ‘and whil eral fiery, un- 5 bl Ton it L this notice which appears this week tle delay. Hoboken, N. J., Feb. 12.—Nearly Remington, L. C. Smith, Woodstock Al long:distance talkers will as- $ 't:‘llng(fn ithoverbal bullets it is in theh“American Blgs?ev‘;&'{" a|ly published in “The Liberator’” an X ich ‘was start. nne- d - 9; sheet whicl as starte n e- | American magazine and several ar: It is anticipated that Supt. J. H. Hinton of the White Earth agency, will be transferred to another posi-|19 000 troops were unloaded from |°F Underwood preferred. tion in the service. the big transport Leavithan here to-| The working committee in charge o S Miiinesota ‘are: ’Deer River to Big Falls, Bagley to Red Lake Falls, and Fergus-Falls to Moorbead. "Another amendment added to the _ . bill provides that counties may start work. op' routes at once, and the . state will refund them the .money later, . Under. _this provision Com- migsioner Martin Widsten of War- road, who is in St. Paul, states that he will lay plans at once for a good gravel road from Roosevelt to War- road. mit- Mr. Opsahl’s railroad plans, and i£J, J. will just stay inside his shoes for a few days more he will be given The changes are in line with rec- ommendatfons recently made to Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian affairs, in an exhaustive report by E. B. Linnen, chief inspector of the Indian gervice. Inspector Linnen’s investi- gations resulted from the charges made at the Chippewa council meet- ing early in 1918 and covered the whole summer period, during which What are nlbo wanted are .pen- nants and pictures for wall-decora- 1y to ge h' a life sized ma- lkely to g ;& apolis six week ago: ticles in the New York Times written * - Jority. ; Several bills to--give land to the | “Revolution Is In the Air; Attend tne|by Arthur R. Ransom, an English { writer, who heé described as a sym- - soldiers- ‘have heen infroduced and| Monster Mass Meeting at St. Paul ‘while only one will become law there| Auditoriuin Sunday, Feb. 9th, pathizer with the Bolshvik regime. will ‘be mo bad news for Beltrami or Subject: ‘Hands Off Russia;’ Dr. Huntington said he had at- day. The soldfers were mostly]of the club is composed of returned Speakers Max Eastman and tended the recent meetinig in Wash- | NIGHT SCHOOL ADJOURNED colored men but there were some |soldiers from both camp and over Isaax Mc Bride.” Now, honestly, what are you go- ing to do with “birds” like that? An excursion to Russia, with one way tickets for the excursionists, ap- pears to be the only answer. Early in the session the nonpartisan league lads- promised several ' surprises, §K:¥chlching /countles, ‘tegardless of swhitl h bill survives, It ought to add ington which prompted the sena.e to THIS EVENING: BASKETBALL northwestern troops aboard. seas service, and are in position to O{der thhe presen]: inqu;]ry. and d(el- tal&e good care of the returl::ed com- clared that speakers who were ad- REV. LAMBERT IS ATTENDING |rades and look well after thelr com- the “T There will be no session of night > vertised to give e ruth about school this evening, owing to the fact FEDERATED CHURCH MEETINGS ‘l;;l;rt:;n{’x;hnlxp‘nplrlt of community and . ‘greatly to the:'development of tue 4 ‘northern garden. spats. For Normal Dormitory. . From, this diStance it looks as if * ‘Bemjdji' is @bout as nervous as a plate of jelly on a wobbly table re- garding . an . appropriation for the = normal school, but we think there is little occasion to get ,overheated un- Russla dwtr“th' the schools were dismassed in honor Lieut. Tom Swinson {s chairman of of Lincoln’s birth anniversary and Rev. Blaine Lambert, pastor of the| 110 committee, and he is ably -as- that a most important basket ball|Methodist church, has gone to Min- sisted by Hnr’nld White, Herbert game is scheduled tonight. neapolis to attend the meeting offwarfield, Elbridge Lord, Earl Thur- claimed to be up their sleeves, but PERFECT ORGAMZAT[ON the district Centenary commission of |} Noi 2 d it looks as if they were referring OVERSEAS MEN HONOR T. B. |the denomination. He will also at~ G‘:'v"an orman Kittleson and Nat der. the collar over the prospects only to their elbow, as the boys wio 5 tend a meeting of the interchurch Other Minz ta citles are provid 0 -|are steered by Townley seldom raise| Potato growers of Beltrami county world plan for reconstruction in Aiesoia CLLies PIOVICe It is trus that through a mistake it|i; o, f in either 1 | . ed Ko this the b Coblenz, Feb. 12.—Memorial serv- torel h ing just such service and Bemiddji was not included in the budget sub- the rlvoimles“n Al ove or anger in |are determine L}O e ackth © ban-|ices for Theodore Roosevelt were orelgn countries should be one of the best in the mitted by the governor, but the error theleglsintive 8 i ner. potato Be% on bl:) léozo ernm :‘i held Sunday by American army of RETs - |state. | /can be healed, and at this stage it The Reason Why. ::s %ae’ ;l;;hwa:fi,o; gemg ,g:em%’;m occupation. d’rhe order for the haer;- BEMIDJI-LITTLE FALLS R —— looks as if will be. Appropriations L Slices received at the various head- TEAM: EAD TTLE are great things, especially when cla.“uigre‘:lsedfo:o p:':]:‘&el:b:h’;nfiwlx: ::sg‘::‘l’aa?;m"‘;‘ s(;ee[-lr.fiz:wrg;‘:::;: quarters was that such services 8 READY F(_m' BA NATURA”ZA“ON DAY i . A G 0 - : ; 'ml‘lal}i "'Z p{:tc u:‘:::’ l:.;h:,:’ dM:v eR:]:g were surprised when the movement|ing the state, was present. . .s'l;g;x;lderheprl;::gm:: ?‘emt:;lrg ‘l’fm:g; b The high school basket ball team IN Dlsmlcll- COUR ‘wwng “‘: eatn bound for home at | Eradually took on weight, but the| The session was presided over bylgiates indulged in only light practice last : T Chéts on the train bound fo reason has finally oozed through our|A. W. Aamodt, county agricultural : night and is in fine trim for the the end of the session he will havel b . g3 A eh S he principal di N At army headquarters, the serv-|,ame tonight. Basket shooting and ‘the appropriation tucked away in one | thinKing appar A s soon as|agent and the principal discussion};.e wag conducted in the church of|gjgna) ¢ Today was naturalization day in of his {nside pockets, night flops down on twin cities|of the forenoon was the constitution| iy, royal palace, where formerly the :hgna w?rk conltitusted the work for the district court and Judge Wright No “R ral”' School, tge cial:larets be d“ .t bloom, and iffand bylaws. = members of the German royal family an.; e:::nxég‘; %‘;‘c:nymg'iht:g‘ ;fl“:r'z gave to ten candidates their coveted . [ 31} 0ol the sight.of h‘}u} reds of young girls The first consi eration of the po- worshiped when temporarly residing recelving minor fnjuries on theyeve citizenship of the United States, the e Regarding the proposal of a form- inhaling highballs wouldn’t drive the|tato growers’ is the perfection of the| iy are. Chaplains Esterbrook and|of the cructal =y nationalities represented being Cana- .er state superintendent to sidetrack |average chap to be a cold water ad-|association, to be followed by other{yegories were in charge. Coach Hall B‘l Little Falls wii|dian, Great Britain, Norway and the “Bémidji institution to a rural vocate we don’'t know what would.|movements of vital import to agri- aen;l the ‘sante t° Ol taB“ Vst Sweden, every applicant having the school ‘academy, we may say that his | After watching conditions down here|culture in the county. that defeated s'i"éfifl n‘,w :m lg appearance of being a good citizen. little scheme~is more than likely to|for a month we are not surprised e WHEAT GUARANTEE WILL Little Falls nas te“ r’es'entedo the] The srand jury reported, and not run %fl the track, as very few 0}1’{ the lt)l;::pegh%fls]gg;‘n fg’;‘;l:gtc‘:"h’; pf:fl:}}‘!; WILL BRING BODIES HOME, district at the statep tournament | 47, Indictment was re!urnad.l members are in favor of it. ow- % Tiin i The petit jury will be called to- ever It won't do a bit of harm to|fist hard enough for him to take the| Washington, Feb. 12.—Plans for HOLD UNT]L ocr. 31. 1919 ;-IW‘% W'lll“fi Bemidji and St. Cloud mormwpmorn:}:]gyax\d the civil calen- manufacture some noise on the sub- | count. dAs l«(mg has the ‘I;uslness ls bringing home the bodies of all offi- —_— ave each repregented the district. {4, il be on. ject just to show the lads down here compose perhaps ecomposed | cers, sailors and marines now buriad Washington, Feb. 12.—The house g b oo that you are alive. With an even would be the better word) of soon foreign soil are being worked out | agriculture committee has approved NO FARM IMPLEMENT CUT. PAUL NEWTON DIES. break Bemidji can stake Minnesota|many dealers who ‘insist on hitting|by the navy department and the|an amendment to the government — to the best normal school in the state | below the belt it was tall time to|actual work will be undertaken with- | guarantee wheat price bill making| Chicago, Feb. 12.—Farm imple-| Paul Newton, a brother of A. C. in less than a decade, and a littie |Page the epitaph department. Items|in the next few*months. the measure effective until October [ments and vehicles will not be cheap- | Newton of this city, dfed yesterday i;Il‘he wishes ott re}au:as.t hri;lvever. 31, 1919, instei:;i of Dt:]c:dmber 31,|er in the immediate or early future, |at his home in Bemidji. He was 58 w govern not only as to e re-|1919, as originally provided. “On the contrary,” said Secretary|vears old and was born in Winni- E. W. McCullough of the National|peg. He leaves a son who has been ‘campaign to let the legislators in of interest to the northern part of turn of the bodies, but also as to in the army for the past three years . on the secret would not be out of |the state are rather scarce but next the way. week things are liable to pick up. their financial disposition. Those|ypacToR AND GASOLINE Implement and Vehicle asociation. e 3 = RS ] Fire Protection Bill. Fireworks” Looked For. brought home either will be sent for- y ‘It s the opinion of the officers of |and who was crippled while in the The proposal to do away with the We had to take a taxi the other|ward for private interment or burial COURSE AT CROOKSTON our association that present price|service. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. levels cannot be substantially re- duced without serfous or even disastr- ous losses to the manufacturers until the stocks of raw materials which they bought and contracted for at war time prices are worked up and marketed. “The report recently sent out from Pittsbourgh abput cheaper farm im- plements was entirly mistaken. At a special meeting of plow and tillage implement makers held there on Feb- in the Arlington or some other na- tional cemetery as the relatives may decide. The department’s announcement expressed a preference for bringing home all bodies. It was pointed out that as a result of the careful prepa- ration made at the outbreak of war night, and have been wondering ever since why Baker didn't end the state forestry department and have each township handle its own fire \ protection is on the menu, a bill hav- | war long ago by iniroducing that | ing been introduced with that end in terrible weapon, the taximeter into view. Frankly we think that such|the trenches. | a plan would be about as useful as We are looking for great oratorical | a Ford with ail the mileage extract-|efforts from Messrs. Nord and Mec- ed. “Just take an astigmatic peep at|Partlin this- week. Mrs. Nord and the manner in which township|Mrs. McPartlin are down to watch|it had been possible to return the % boards handle the propesition of cut- the proceedings, and the boys will|bodies of hundreds of those who died z ting noxious weeds and you will get naturally want to ‘“show off.” overseas. In the case of marines and as-mean idea_of how much fire protection “Doc.” Cook is still here, but his|naval detatchments serving with "f the ettiersiwould.get under the-pro- |notth pole-weather “has -absconded;|the armyy hawever, this was. not posdrk: dasv; - Messts. . Nord, ‘Rako..and | much to.the relief of everybody but|pogsible and instead & careful sys- McPartlin. got the attorney-general]tlie ice-dealers;, who may have to|teémiof permanent marking of graves into a corner the other day to sub-'send up morth for their supply. was maintained. (Special to The Pioneer.) Crookston, Feb. 12.—A four weeks short course for tractor and gasoline engine operators will be offered at the Northwest School of Agri~ulture, beginning Monday, February 17. At the same time there will be a special course for stock herdsmen which will specialize in the care of feeding of live stock of all kinds. This will be conducted under the direction of Pro- fessor W. V. Gousseff and a number |ruary 5 standardizations of vareltieh of trained herdsmen who will come| was discussed 2s a means of economy, in to discuss special phases of the!but nothing was said about present work. or future prices.” CANADIAN VETERAN LEAVES. Pete Bucher of Canada, who has béen visiting his brother, Sam Bucher, for the past four days, left yesterday for Brooks, where he will visit before going to Red Lake Falls. Mr. Bucher has been in the Canadian army for the past three years, be- longing to the company kpown at the Black Devils. He was wouunded three times while in the servicean lost a leg and an arm. He will're< turn to Canada after his visit.