Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 20, 1919, Page 1

BEM:[DJ 1 DAILY P10 . ¢ BEMIDJI MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 20, 1919 FIRST AMERICAN TROOPS TO ENTER GITY 0F FIUME i i -v e cfi\ < mflu‘ms. XVIL. NO. 43 SPECULATORS INLANDS WILL - ‘GET THERS [F Masiie “House Cil;]h’ for " Heavy Tax On Unimproved ldle Trhcb 00,000 APPROPRIATION T S e FOR BEMIDJI NORMAL o . TR -4 \ listration leaders today. the league and are in no hurry (Wruton SL Paul, ‘Febi Bh=—A bm “{ntro- guse will -help land 4 Koochiching effects of the shots fired by the A platoon from (‘ompuny G, Second battalion, of me rhree flundred and Tharty-semud infantry, U. 8. army, """‘“”‘“"“"”}m Terrific Gala i | Delays Arrival ||, 224 Fm b 0f President C'xicago Feb 20.—B. F. Harris, banker and farmer of Champaign, I'l, in an address at the annual meeting of the American Association 'f dicated that money was paid for as- (By -United :Pres&) 5 d| signments and promoti,ons from-the .. New . York,: < Feb. . 20.—A severe servies” 3 storm, ‘arriving here from the west; 'is sweéping the. Atlamtic and has de- of Creamery Butter Manufacturers, declared that Governor Frazier of ilayed the arrival {of eightesn .trans- /ports bearing 20,000, soldiers. North Dakota, elected by the Non-1 Bemidji basket ball fans are much Pflrflsflfl lJeague had made a deal|intorested in the games between Two with: the sogialistic faction of the|Harbors .and. Cass Lake,” which: are o i’éago Federation of Labor, which]{o he played in the latter village to. lar reference to. the naval reserve force has ‘been operating. | Wireless ; reports said -all 'ships The investigation by’ the secretary ;’:(‘l'e Je;fie&ni:hfi&‘;fia‘rt some of the navy was ordered, it was said, Robert J. Bender, United Press has now gone directly into politics” | njght, tomorrow and Saturday.: Twor “Can you imagine any thinking,|Harhors is to play “Big Bemidg" on self-respecting farmer deliberately|the armory floor Monday and Tues- becoming the tail to a kite of some|day, and should the visitors ‘‘cop,” other organization and going from[the Cass Lake series the games loro the frying-pan‘into the fire by be-|ghould be exceptionally speedy. after he had consulted with Rear Ad- miral Usher, in command of the dis-jcorrespondent, wirelessed! lf"’m trict, who is described as preferring | aboard the George Washington, bear- that any investigation that was un.|ing President Wilson back to the dertaken should be‘made by some one lUnited States, thati the president outside of the dist Tie investi. | might not arrive at Boston until Tuesday on account of the gale. coming a slave to thelr land tax| Ray (Fuzz) Johnson, former high down” asked the speaker. “I am|gchool and “Big Bemidg" star, who .gator 1s a_ member judge advocate's office”fn ‘Washing- w WELCOME FOR HARDING. RETURNED quite certain this does not appeal to|just returned from a year's service ton. No returned soldier has received a Illinois corn-belt farmers.” in France, will play forward for'Be- Speaking of I. W. W. and Bolshev-|midji and his work will delight fans ists, Mr. Harris sald, “We nded more|for he is just as fast and clever as Ole Hansonsa He killed a revolution | formerly. Hard practice is being Secretary Daniels is quotéd as fol- lows: “I have learned that arrests have been made and that one man has warmer welcome in/ Bemidji than Glenn Harding, who ;spent today in Bemidji, after spending a day with his parents at Cass;Lake upon his in the guise of a strike.” held daily and Captain Warfield iy e confident that his five will take the ELKS WILL MEET AFTER been tried by court martial. The court convicted him and he has asked arrival from over seas. Mr. Hard- ing is a member of ‘the motion pic- long end of the Two Harbors series. OOMMEBCIAL CLUB SPREAD for a review of the facts. Knowledge ture firm of Harding' & Whaléy, pro- Returned soldiers are to be‘ad- mitted to the sonday night game o free of charge. Thelr tickets will be On account of ‘ht banquet given|gecured at the Army and Navy club at the Hotel Markham tonight by | Monday. the Commercial club, the Elks will meet at 9:30 o’clock instead of at of this situation in the Third Naval the usual hour, as a number ‘of Elk« District first came to me through the will be present at'the banquet. review of another case in the judge advocate's office. No knowledge of; the state of affairs existing had be-; fore that time come to the attention' prietors of the Elko and Grand, and of Admiral Usher, or, if it had, would'} his reception on the part of his host of friends attested the spirit of the greeting. Harding left Bemidji with the tenth engineers, forestry -division, with which the twentieth forestry certainly have begun an 1nvestiga- regiment was amalgated in France, COMMERCIAL CLUB tion imediately on his own initiative. BANOUET TONIGHT He approved our course in sending a making the largest regiment ‘in the world ‘armies. He wears three special investigator to his district and he is just as anxious as any one else that the entire case be sifted o the bottom.” stripes for eighteen months, service in France and is/getting used to his civilian cluthes."which now; fit him like the skin on'a sausage after his BIG NEWS INTERESTS - 58.000 MINNESOTANS, 2 \long! servlce for {Upncle Sam.: He ex- pems\go be in Bsmid:l and gain re- we \ | 8 / turn forms have been mailed at the St. Paul postoffice by the intermal \ revenue collector. The forms are those to be used by individuals with incomes of $5,000 a’yedr' or less. They were mailed to all those per- song in the state who were obliged to make income tax returnis last year. —= |shoulder and may not have to Clemenceau was a man named born at Creil. quarter of Paris. Lhe honest-to- ng, settler boost eveloping the country. will; g t. %8 ‘happy as a dry fish if the Bill vbut everybody: else’Will b6 satisfled: The “bill doesn’f’ eingle tax label, but -in- m: cipe Tesemblas “Thers was a nice“l{tle row In the house the otl;er day ‘when a bill al- lowing Chirppract! “be placed on the same stapdard reguhu- med- ical - sharps ¥'w aducd. Oppo- nqngu:ot the bill conten the c,hjropmtl« fl(fl ti‘tfng woul there = prom a Russian. He is fair with long TWO HARBORS QUINT COMING: TWO GAMES & i e New York, Feb. 20.—Arrests on charges of bribery and graft in the personnel of the Third Naval Dis- trict have been made following an investigation ordered by Secretary Daniels, the New York Evening Post ‘gays, The Post guotes Secretary Daniels as saying that the ‘‘investigation in- t a system of Bonck Some “Joker: mxldcp inheriting & normal school approprlntlon Bemidji may. have a new capitol in the “City of Enter- prise,” it a bill ‘introduced by Repre- muuve Charlie Bouck goes through. All he asks {s that Minnesota be di- vided and what is now Northern Minnesota be made into"a new state to be known:as Lincoln. Charles is no piker and the southern boundary of his new state comes right down to the back door of the Twin Cities. There isn’t & greater joker in either hemeésphere than the same Mr. Bouck - ahd his bill added much to the merri- ment of the life i’ he big bungalow on Capitol HIlL Tonnage Tax. The annual. t due to disturb the f the legis- lators in'a few dan, and while it may get by in thi House and the _vote may be close. in the senate it is the opinfon of th p;on the inside that the bill wjll o) ote ibe stored away for two yéars; e a home for aged spiders. Would. Benefit-Settlers, If a billintroduced by Senator Bessette 13 cooked, into a law the homesteaders of the northern coun- ties ought to be able to get old Hard Times by the ears with a downhill pull. It provides that counties muy start revolving fuuds and clear land for - the settler. Twenty -acres.on a forty .or. forty acres on a quarter section may be cleared, but the total cost- in- ot o exceed two thousand dollars. In most- cases the home. steader himself will be awarded the contract to clear his own land and it would be up to him to do'the work as cheaply as possible, as the cost would be asgessed against the land the same as the present ditch, liens. The bill aims to keep the homesteader on the land from the time he files, POULTRY CLASS INCREASES. The attendence at the public night school agricultural class has increas- ed wonderfully, Harry Olin is pre- senting a very interesting line of study. He hasg given some valuable lectures on poultry and every person attending is taking a great interest in the work. NEARING ACOUTTTED: SOCIETY HELD GUILTY New York, Feb. 20.—8cott Near- ing, one time professor in the Uni. versity of Pennsylvania and Toledo university, and a socialist candidare fn this city the last congressfonal campalgn; was acquitted of seéditious writings by a federal jury here. The American Socialist society, co- defendant, was found guilty on both counts in the indictment. The jury was given the case and returning its verdict after donbernllm; approxi- mately 29 hours, The Indictments . were based on publication by the Rand Book Store, operated by the American Sociallst BIG JUNE CONVENTION. Bralnerd Feb. 20.—The summer convention) and annual outing of the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation will be held at Cass Lake on am:e“ l:«v)::ngheg:)ms;‘m l:vg;:hrl:g Postoffice employes had to struggle | Friday and Saturday, June 20 and society, of .Nearing’s pamphlet, “The eliminate hard times from the home-| Wit the burden, but the big mass| 21. Great Madness,” fn which he dis- steaders’ life and enable him to hur- @f mail matter was soon disposed of cussed militarigm. by the distributors, P. W. Thorne, specially in charge of income tax probldts at the col- lector's office, held & .drill for ..e fleld to aid the public in making re- turns. A dozen deputy collectors at- tended the class. The men will be sent out soon te different parts of the state to give advice and assistance where it is° most needed. ’ BLACKDUCK SOLDIER MISSING IN ACTION In tlie overseas casualty lists, pub- lished today, appears the name of Arthur L. Grundmyer, Blackduck, SHORT TERM NOTES | BEING CONSIDERED Washington, Feb. 20.—Short term notes, maturing in from one to five years, would be offered in the forth- coming Victory Liberty Loan cam- paign, instead of long term notes, un- der a tentative agreement reached oy the house ways and means committee to fix the terms of the loan by legis- lation rather than to give to Secre- tary Glass wide discretionary powers to determine them, as he had asked. EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE CLUB dle a lot of the troubles that now confront him, ' It wor’t be of much hmeflt to the lazy lads who work on, the Mexican plan (a little to-day and less tomorrow) but it would be a godsend to the homebuilders. who sre in the north country to carve out ‘homes for themselves and-fam- ilies. i The lack of means to. clear land. has beet an awful thump to settlérs, and this bill gives them an opportunity to overcome nmany of the troubles that are now . in' their paihs. A bill eomewhat similar was -enacted two. years ago but it had many -f8ults which this bill corrects. Rako’s Good Bill. Ed. Rako’s bill to create a fund ITASCA COUNTY BOOZE PEDDLER BROUGHT HERE Indian Agent W. J. Johnson te- turned today from Grand Raplds, an Austrian named Joe Widoljok being in his custody, the latter being held to the federal grand jury at Duluth, July term, before Judge Simons for introducting lguor into forbidden | territory . The prisoner had a big six-cylin- der ecar which carried thirty-one quarts of booze when he was nabbad by the ltasca rounty gheriff neaf Calumet. F. W. MURPHY The Commercial club and invited guests will be signally honored this evening when the orgafhization holds its annual banquet &t the Markbam hotel, for the speaker of the evening will be Hon. F. W. Murphy of St Paul, president of the ~Minnesota | State Fair association and a man widely known throughout the state. Mr. Murphy is a speaker of note and a most interesting personage and for the certification of seed potato®s|yfinn who is “missing in action.” DISCUSSES TOPIC OF RADIUM will be wel d b 1 prrlhaaniey PR SR, A I iy gut of the state 1s able '0|fe had previously been reported as cenlauimweolc'omh;uine);mn mael;lgeol plr)f" MRS. ROOSEVELT WITH SON walk without a crutch and is likely|.wounded severely.” The Experimental Science club of | oity i VISITS GB.AVE Q'Um to be anmong those present when the; ppig report appears uuder theline Bemlidji, high school held an- city. lawgrare: counted at the end of the|y.a0ing “Corrections.” other very interesting meeting last Program. Paris, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Théodore session. The bill aims to restore to Minnesota - “spuds” . the fair name they onece posséssed and which was lost . beca certain farmers per- sisted In-shipping, a shoddy prodnct s to the southérn m has been Ik good demarwd %? Jur BEMIDJI SOLDIER REPORTED WOUNDED DEGREE UNENOWN ~Accordi.ng to. the c;\,sual.‘y,. Srem Frauce to th vAr de] Music by “The Three Syncopators.”” Selection-~Or¢hestra. Vocal Selection—Male Quartette. Remarks-~Hon. Judge C W. Stan- ton. L. Vocal Sola—-C Jscobscn Address—F. MearphY. 2 Entertaimers; Al Jostar and Chartes (3:0) evening in the high school assembly, The subject of radium was discussed. Theodore Willits. gave 4 very in- teresting talk{on the. history of rad. ium apd how it has chlnged ldoas of chemistfy. i ficip Lieut.-Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jt,, visited the grave of Lient Quentitk Roosevelt near Fere-en-Tardenois) .| and placed, 'flgwers- on the simple! ‘|mionument “which miarks her on’s Atast regting place; tocality. 4 The man said his home w. The police, however, papers he possesses belong to him and are inclined to think him Roosevelt, accompained by hcir #0M, |. “FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONT WILSON T0 SPEAK T0 THE AMERICAN | PEOPLE ONLEAGUE, NOT THE SENATORS By L. C. : (United Press Correspondent.) Washington, Feb. 20.—President Wilson and nqt the sen- ate will speak the words that will decide the American people for or against the league of nations, is the opinion of admin- .Martin, They refused to worry over the attacks on the draft of to reply to Senator Poindexter. PREMIER CLEMENCEAU IS RESTING EASY. Paris, Feb. 20. —-Premler Clemenceau of France, chairman of the peace conference, is resting easy and' no ‘serious after would-be assassin will develop, it is believed. The bullet lodged near the 8pine in the right be removed. It was learned at the city hall that the assailant of Premier Emile Cottin, 25 years old, and 8 in the Montrous«. ‘do ‘not believe the light hair and is tall of stature. OCEAN T0 OCEAN TRAIL PROJECTED TO RUN THROUGH BEMIDJI “One of e Mot ‘Slgéntic highway undertakings is ta be known as the Roosevelt trail, to run from Portland, Me., to Portland, Qre., and as a pre- liminary to laupching the movement nino wvities from four statcs were represented at.a meeting just held in Duluth, of which J. L. Gfeorge of . .., Bemidjl was one. The road which is to set a new mark-in scenic advantages and a new standard as a continental high- way is the T Roaseveit high- way—the. ro ‘whieh, - though pro- posed but a seamt six weeks ago, has been brought to the attention of practicajly every citizen in practi- cally every town in the northern part of the United .States. Duluth the Hub. Mainly becauge of the active work that Duluth’'s good roads udvocates have accomplished, but partly be, cause of its geographical situation, Duluth wlll be the hub of activities on the ngw highway. The road will follow mparatively close to the northern ‘boundary of the country from’ coast to coast. Croesing Lake Michigan at St. Ig- nace, thence westerly through North- ern peninsuli by way of Escanaba, Iron Mountain and Hurley to Ash- land, Wis., the trail leads on to Su- perior and Duluth, From Duluth- the trail proceeds westerly by way of Grdnd Rapids, Cass Lake, Bemidji, Crookston and into North Dakota at €@rand Forks. Thence by way of Devils Lake and Minot to Buford, and on westward. At the initinl meeting 1t was sug- gested that the Ten Thousand Lakes assoctation inelude mention of this project i fts advertising of the state as a recreation center WARNINGER'S BUFF ROCKS WIN HEAVILY IN CROOKSTON SHOW At the big poultry show held in Crookston, Dr. Warninger of Be- midji won heavily with his Buff Rocks, according to word received today, He entered 28 birds and in the cock class won first, second and third. Hens scored high for first, second, third, fourth and fifth, while pullets captured first, second, third, fourth and fifth. He also had the highest géoring cock ‘of the show. f *He expects the championghip and the prize for the best and largest display, as well as several specials. -John Patterson of Beinidji had his famous egg laying Whiie Leghorns on display and won first, gécond, third, and fifth oh hené, and first and .~ fifth on pullets. Miss Phibbs had a nice ‘display of single. comb Rhode Islands and Bart Stafford showed rome nice. rose combed Rhodé Is- ands, EAST PRUSSIA STILL,_ (By Unltad Press) Wamw dters ig.east’ xus&u arpstill beating old itperidl standard, ¢f the i slon here. FLIES OLD STANDARD Fgh. .20 —Germae ,scl~. tary, The grave is.be=|publican fidg, according to_xennr’:rs' ing ténded by the lnhlblt.ants of the}from fugitives ‘to the Amierioan’ uie-. i