Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 28, 1919, Page 1

g MAKES |0 K. RESTAURANT SCENE MAR OF-DOMESTIC FRACAS: There was a disruption in“the do- mestic affairs of the 0. K. restaurant| on South: Belrami avenue yesterday afternoon,. between Peter Billideau and “Dutch Mary”’ Thompson, who }iointly-are in charge of the estab- “lishment, and the result was that Peter appeared in the municipal court-this morning looking ‘as if' he had attempted to stop ' the -bullets from a Hun machine| gun,: while < S Mary appeared to -have attempted to of 1907 -to | cross “a- barbed - -wire -entanglement. ¥ b - Ty For some reason, a cloud ohscured thie' sunshine’ of the ‘habitant, as it ‘was admitted 'to have.done on: previ- ous oceasions; and the armistice ‘was -fdeclared off. s 1E : Peter proceeded to handle his fair partner in anything but a gentle- manly manner and her facial an- LS sKS WHY LEGISLATURE 7 .~ CAN'T LEASE GRADES e his countenance somewhat’ resembled s"'.‘ By M il found guilt; f: 1 A 5 o 3 was found guilty o fassault and fined ‘“Nfldi Believes Railroad $100 or 90 days in the county jal, of change with him went to where ———— : 1 f © Bemidjl, prime|water served. railroad to run from| Both ‘principals were already un- Baudette, in a let-{der hond to - appear fo' the next sér to The Ploneer. anent the one fif“gd 31“11"3’. for illicit sale of liquor. fHadressed to ‘him by Senator Nord ke : Reprekentative Rako, in which ’ ER]NTEND 3 opinion by the attorney NEW SUP ENT ; 4 al's office” that the project| *general’s - ofti 1 p could not be eatried out as the. gov- AT RED LAKE AGENCY _ermment ‘co) authorize the § rijet: such road; says: “uPpleagad to”note #on. Rako and The new superintendent of the ged Lake Indlzgn agency, George W.. b i Y ~4Oross, was in Bemidji yesterday en-: Nord’s letter to me as published {0 1 “poq “Lake, from Cloguet. The Pioneer (80 far I have BOt re- |y, oo oceompained by his family. y aeived a-reply direct from them) and |y, gycoeeds Walter F. Dickens, who L eepeci.allaaélnateg‘?:;t‘l lgh:‘;f ’::\fe has been superintendent at Red Lake 1nd secured help to give for the past seven years and who has the- Red ‘Lfke' hothesteaders. batter heen ‘lr?nsgerred to White Eearth us rafléroad se‘rv'lci‘aug marketf ouitzetlsf supdrintendent, Their public angwel speaks for itse ir efforts. TOWNLEY BILL WOULD e omeaioa| - KILL 200 NEWSPAPERS gislature and said it is unconstitifional assess . federal, Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 28.—With, . stateé ‘or raf d lands for drainage|North Dakota firmiy established’ as ide. of ditches. the socialistic laboratory of . the country, bosses of the Nonpartisan 3 § ie{;a\\e hvae ‘tu;nedblghelr attentl?n, a N 1 ‘thei to. theycontrol .of public sentiment in: . caf & “and miffont-hiave| the gtate P A i been ~sf>qnt, nds: ) The state senate, acting under in- drainagh 3 structions from :Townley’s -secret owners' petition * tite legislatyre - for | caucus, passed the bill which pro- power< to ledse’ohe or' more of the|vides for- the establishment.of one surplus _ ditch grades”up there for|ofticial newspaper 'in each county. publi¢ Feilroad purposes, we get yes-|Itiis estimated and freely admitted terday’s éjfl cof-fean'tt by state, fed+ by the Townleyites that at.least 200 eral ar [oci governments or -thejcountry newspapers of the state will G.- N Soo or-€. M. & St. P.|be forced out of business. P - | YANKEES COUNTER omn e hany logmtures, hove) - CONTEMTIBLE TRICK legse. tlx;gts fo‘l'»i elec{‘ric railways. y nqt»Fve this" county or B : 1o 1e: y Webb Miller. oyns e Lt fo: ledaer one of pur (United Press correspondent.) surplug“ditch grades to one of the 2 . . abol:'e 5 r?m‘;fl.”:s.’ whichever the{, With the Americans on the Rhine, iféétor showld- build. gnd Feb. 4. (By Mail.)—In handing over operate, the line petitioned for and the: heavy' artillery to the American approvéd by the- al director? authorities. under the terms of the “This winfer,’ egislature was|armistice, the Germans attempted to asked to &liv & public authority|Work a Teuton trick or.two by’ ten- to co-6perate uHder the Babcock plan | dering’ guns “of 'antiquated ~models. to _biifla-~highways and maintain |The German officers were frankly, _them as a’public need., We wish to surprised and disconcerted by the in- cotimend Babcock for his efforts and | timate knowledge of German gun .in;copghision we ‘wish to ask Hon.|models displayed by certain Ameri-; A ‘Rav&o‘,’»l,\ford ‘and Brown to bring out|can artillery officers. As a result a “thélr -o%n- practical jplans ‘for Red|large percentage of the big guns of- “'Lake. railroad: - development; plans fgred were rejected as of prewar de- thgt will: bring results for the land |SIgn. qvfllei’s nd ‘taxpayers." '_l‘he group of German artillery. 5 Opsahl is secretary, for the officers pgobably would be vastly in- Advancement association. terested in knowing just how the = Americans knew all about the in- ‘inbx._bTA‘ JUNIORS DANCE, rt,roaclzf‘ige:rt.)f their guns. It is a secret ; R = ‘When the Third army first entered 7. 7 (By ‘United Press.) - i Coblenz the artillery experts found a Grand Forks, -Feb. 28.—Gov. and.young. German. lieutenant. remaining 1o} 3. Frazfer will'be ‘among{behind to turn over certain .guns thé-patrons and -patronesses at the abandoned by the . German Third tborate. junior . prom -here -tonight{army. Lieutenant-Colonel Bowley. of wfthe state university. The prom of|the ordinance department engaged. thé 1920 clags will not be the dull{the young officer in-an argument . affair it promised in September, be-|over the models of guns, and insisted cause the junjor boys who were that the German mast produce an -uifising- then are. now back in large|artillery handbook ‘to ‘préve that the ' ‘numbers. 3 j guns were of recent modéli? The lieu- 3 : 5 itenant hied himself away to Berlin ONE.FRENCH PROFITEER. and returned with the handbook and AL - proved his point easily. = But the - » - handbook remained in American .+ .., (By United Press.) hands. The valuable information it aris, Feb. 10. (By_ Mail)—Ger-|contained concerning German guns _miany, planning to attack France,|was translated and studied. went to France and bought great| - Then, when the party of German stores of materials essential to wag-|artillery officers from Essen blithely ing the war. 7 showed up and tried to palm off all . isclosure of this -fact; through{their junk guns upon the American geigure of correspondence in the. of-|army, they ran into .a surprising ar- ficd - of Giraud-Jordan, a leading |ray of knowledge about gun models. French “dealer in iron and steel ma-|They “~couldn’t understand if, be- terfals, has created a sensation in pol-|cause they never had credited the jtical and”industrial circles. Americans with any great amount of This French merchant in 1912 thoroughness. completed a deal whereby the Krupps The handbook alse contained a ! laid in*%6,000 tons of iron silicium, |large amount of valuable information an ‘essential in gun forging, not avail-|about the manufacture of big guns able ini-Germany. The Krupps’ let-|and steel processes used by the Essen ters frankly state that they want the material as a reserve store on ac- » col'{_l':’t %éthph aé)pr::aclhhg war. . REPUBLICANS NAME GILLETT e Tic] en commiittee o 5 . Iron Manufacturers defends the mer- FOR SPEAKER NATIONAL HOUSE chantzwho-sold the war material to 3 Vo Germgny, saying he had a perfect| ~Washington, Feb. 28.—Represen- right 46 do 'so, but public sentiment|tative Frederick H. Gillett of Mas- igly condemns him. It is pointed |sachusetts, was nominated. on the ut that he did not take the pains to|first ballot last night -by the repub- inform the French war ministry of |lican conference as the party candi- date for speaker in the se WOMAN BADLY BEATEN atomy was serious disfigured, while; k . Plan Public a sketch of a. trench defense. He: ‘Also Same Question and not having the necessary.amount) there are plenty of bars and only}. plant. i BEMIDJI, MINN. New York, Feb. INVITATION OF 'Will Speak From Same Plats . form in New York Tuesday Night, March 4 EVE OF PRESIDENT'S v RETURN TO FRANCE{ | Former Republican President to Uphold View of Demo- cratic Incumbent (By United Press,) 28, — Willtam Howard Taft, the ~only lving éx- president, will speak with President Wilson on the subject of the league| ‘lof nations at the Metropolitan: ope: house hepe- next Tuesday night.. -H was Geowsge Washington announced today. to the senate. “Critic tutjon,” ‘Wilson ™ will i+ speak here night at ‘the* -Metropolitan houge., It i3 ex Smith wiil preside at the meeting. Tlie announcement. . was officers of the League to En Peace. LIEUT. DENISON RETURNS. Lieut. W. K. Denison, been in military service for the past eight months, has returned to ‘Be- midji .from a &outhern camp. Before entering the military Lieut, Denison was a practicing vet- erinarian in Bemidji and was also one of the owners of the City Livery. Dr. D. L. Burgess has been in charge of his business -here while he has been in service. Before his business and professional duties Lieut. Denison will énjoy a vacation. ANOTHER INFLUENZ! SIEGE NEXT WINTER. PREDICTED L) ON EVE OF SAILING. By Robert' J. Bender. - = (United Press Correspondentd) ‘Washington, = Feb. . 28.—Président Wilson will safl for France on: the next Wednes- DETRACTS FROM WASHINGTON, ‘Washington, Feb. 28.—"President Wilson’s league of nations covenant calls the American peoplc away from Washington doctrines to the base of fi wed _that 5,098 shares had been Lodge, { s0ld, representing $50,960, of which roximately $48,000 had been id_in; with about $5,000 owing-the pany. There are 300 stoc , showing the wide-gpread interest Trotsky,” declared Senator republican leader, today in a speech ¥a ism of the -proposed cons Lodge =aid, ‘“however does not extend to all_plans for a leaguey made, by who# hay resuming | accepted thé invitations today, Taft tlcket.mésmant i ~rMbw' WII.I.EI.EC'I' DlRECTORS : ¢ f:TOMORROW-FOR_'ENOON Several of the leading stockholders of the Potato Products Manufactur- ing company met Thursday afternoon ‘day, after he speaks in New York}in the Commercial club quarters and the evening before, it was officially | discussed the affairs of the concern, plefiminary to the annual election of eboard of directors tomorrow fore= noon. ‘The meeting was purely in- 1 force training a letter to Representative Fess of ease and its cure. G. 0. P. PROGRESSIVES 10 DISCUSS PRESIDENCY (By United Press.) o Washington, Feb, 28.<—Progressive | fast, republicans will meet in a few days {espec to consider who they will back for 1920, Senator Kenyon of Iowa announced today. LIEUT. SHAVITCH HOME. the presidency in itch Bros. clothing turned from Washington, D. C., where he received his honorable dis- charge from military duty. - th is:A - casual survey o fthe affairs a sales manager. panes have suffered, crashed. in_as FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 28, 1919 - GENERAL MARCH DECORATED BY FiA Gen, P mal. in‘the. proposition. WILL KEEP By Frank J. Taylor. has” re- f or water: wiso ave.badly ¢ holes, not Vi her souvenirs o In some blocks scarcely a pane is left without from one to & hundred He was | holes in it, though rarely was & win- stationed at Chicago for five montis | dow broken so badly it had to be and for the past two months his]boarded up. duties have been at New Orleans, whicl place he left February ... NAVAL BILL REPORTED. Washington, Feb. 28.—The naval wi appropriation bill, carrying $900,000,000, was favorably report- Jed to the senate, WILSON ASKED TO CALL EXTRA SESSION MARCH 5 Washingtony Feb. 28. — Presideirt [stone struct 2 c 2 Wilson. was asked to call'an ‘extra|ance. It is practically impossible to geagion of congress March 5, in a]remove these poc! resolution offered .to the senste by |serious- enough the. pre 3 iy s £y 1Senator‘)el"‘rsucc of 'Mjnrylnnd. repub- | struction. e h kne Tmany. next hou ican. mocratic objection prevent- was mam?#“a 1%1‘;‘ WAL, "?“*nféeprexe tatfoas - T it s Ced 4mmediate consideration. tourists. 105t s B { | | — | i eyton‘C. Match, chief of staff, U. 8. army, wearing the decopation £ grand officer of the Leglop of Honor, which was awarded him by General laxglet of the French embassy, representing Premier Clemenceau of France, ueral Collardet und Secretary Baker are in the picture. ! OTATO PRODUCTS CO. old- ié lifting,;of the: war ban has jed a change in plans, and pro- 3 essiveness is.to .be the keynote, New York; Feb. 28— President!Manager Kaplan has announced that Tuesday | he can‘no longer act in that capacity opera fand one of 'the tasks of the new direc- ccted that Governor | gopate will be the selecting of 8 man- ager and it is the intention to engage It was also assert- ad that other mills of similiar pattern were being built and it also de- veloped that. large sausage manufac- turers had the war ban on them. This will 'soon- be lifted and again afford a heavy market. Tests here by experts show- that the flour is excellent for bread bak- ing and also makes fine cake. lines can also be developed and as &he business progresses this will be one. BERLIN " SCARS OF BATTLE Other (United Press correspondent.) Berlin, Feb. 1. (By Mail.)-—The Washington, Feb. 28—Recurrence |store windows of Berlin are among next winter of the influenza epidemic | the oddest evidences of the fighting which caused thousands of deaths |of the revolution. during the past five fmonths, is pre-{there has been fighting, the window dicted by Rear Admiral W. C. Brais- iu ted, surgeon general of the navy, in|different. : In towns along the front window Ohio, urging an appropriation - be|panes were no more after the violent made by congress for research work | hombardments of both armies; to determine the cause.of the, dis- Everywhere, where t Berlin is in Paris and other cities they were badly the result of bombing raids, but Berlin’s panes merely have holes in them. . : { As machinegun bullets flew in every direction, they pierced the win- dows with sharp round holes less than an inch in diameter, around each of which is a flaky fringe. they did not crack the glass, ially the thick plate glass win- dows. In one single pane on Jersualem- strasse you can count more than three hundred holes in the plate glass pane of a shoe store. 1 plate of glass is not cracked, and it'10:30 Saturday morning, and Mr. _Lieut. Fred A. Shavitch of Shav-]is solid, but it will not keep out wind Babcock left last night. Coming so As yet the In most cases, the shop- keepers swept out the fragments of glass, and the holes in the windows serve as an additional attraction to prospective customers. Considering the cost of plate glass ndows, and the lack of necessity o abouty peplacing plates damaged merely by holes bored in them, it is likely Ber- lin storekeepers will tolerate and point with pride to their evidences of the revolution for years to come. Fronts of the modern buildings along the principal streets of fighting ipped with spattered deep, but giving the pocked appear- ks, and they are not to -warrant recon- Berlin p;obablyl vzjll ke{ep, T ; t e Egvo nlon ,‘y)”rcommunlcatlnn being airplanes, . | f|able, STANDARD OIL MANAGER ard Oil company, which position he has held for the past two years. He hds purchased an interest in the C. W. Jewett company, which concern operates garages at both Interna- tional Falls and Bemidji. Mr. Bal- loh will have charge of the Inter- national Falls garage and automo- bile agency, and will leave to assume his new duties March*8. * STANTON TO WASHINGTON. Judge Stanton leaves tonight for Washington to visit Lieut. and Mps. Sanhorn, the lieutenant having been transferred from Fort Oglethorpe. to Washington. ONE KILLED. FOURTEEN (By United Press.) Minneapolis, Feb. 28.—One man was killed and fourteen injured in a wreck on the Minneapolis and St Louis raflroad at Norwood, Minn. today. e DICKENS TO WHITE EARTH. . Walter F. Dickens and family passed through ' Bemidji today en Toute to White Earth where he will assume his duties as superintendent of"the White Earth Indian reserva- tion. He has been superintendent of the Red Lake resefyation but has been transferred, to White Earth. His successor, “George Cross of Cloquet, was in the city yesterday en route to Red Lake to assume nis \dune& CANADIAN - FARMERS DON'T .. WANT GRAIN PRICE SET e (By United Press)) . Winnipeg, Feb. 28.—Ninety thous sand farmers have placed themselves on record at their annual meeting agninst the government fixing the price of grains for the next crop. This will play the farmer at an dd- vantage when they ask the govern ment to take off the duties on U. 8. agricultural implements and other necessities for the farmer at the coming session of the Canadian par- liament. . BABCOCK LEAVES FOR ~ - St. Paul, Feb, 28.—C. M. Babeock, state highway commissioner, has been summoned by telegraph to Washington for a conference with Secretary of Agrieulture - David F. Houston in regard to Minnesota's portion of the $200,000,000 appro- priated by congress to aid in the construction of state highways. The conference will. be held. at Minnesota’s portion of the federal aid, to be apportioned next year, will be: $5,680,000, provided bills to be introduced next week are passed, au- thorizing countles to go ahead with the construction of their portions of the state trunk line highways, with the assurance that they will be re- imbursed when the state highway constitutional amendment is adopted and the federal aid becomes avail- There is no doubt, it is said by members. of the legislature, that these hills will be passed or that the counties will do their portion of the work. WEIMAR ISOLATED EXCEPT BY PLANE (By United Press.) . Berlin, Feb. 28—The German gov- ernment was practically lsolated in Weimar today, the oniy mreans of JOINS ‘JEWETT FORCES G. Ballou has resigned his posi- tipn as local manager of the Stand- . ROADS’ CONPERENCE|""77'52 5.e"ca b ¥ g, m——— “gnort’’ that instantly complexion of the ‘offic Mr. Marcum could see DDAIm=-—yp ROOMS BEGINS plcture’ of the temple. club fading to a gray bleach and he ex- 4 Mesting of Antlered Tribe " Last Evening.. . . ENTHUSIASM AROUSED OVER BIG IMPROVEMENT Committe;; to(”_B,oi "in' Charge Are Degignated; Members Rally to:Proposition At @ meeting of thé Elks, about & week ~ago, the ‘subject under dis- cussion - was the feasing of the unm- finished = ‘club | - guarters handsome Elk temple for office pur- poses, in the course of which Wal- ter Marcum, an ardent member of the antlered tribe, uttered a loud of. ‘the presséd himself * vigorously. Other . young ‘members espoused his' view and a regular barrages of opinijons were fired. They stoutly held to the original puppose: of the spaclous quarters, left untouched since the instanter. In two. days bership to high building wag completed and the re- sult was a general verdict “go to it.”" Mr. Marcum, J. A. Parmalee and Barney Erickson were named a com- mittee to aspoertain what ‘could Ye done and they ‘‘stepped on’ the.job they had aver $3,- , and at-the special meeti! - i fy TR N Committees were designated to take charge of the work. The: trus. tees were included, they being W N. Bowser, Qene Berman. and- J. L. Georgs. The bullding commitiee is also a ‘factor: in the plan,’consieting of (Charles ' W. Vanderaluis, subscribed from members, 000 and had gtirred '!g“e entire mem- 4’ k tast night it.wag de-. cided. to ;begin operations next Mo~ exaitad (ruler; T. C. Bailey, Frank 8. Lycan," to which was .. Gu. Halgren. ~ A committee of W. F. Marcum, F. G.. and J. A . Parmelee was- Bugo-draft rules . and bylaws fowvg pleted and equipped ''as A. W. Amodt, South every requirement .fnd. {n an ats tractive manner, of which not only the_pew club, and the quarters WiIT" be- coms-. to e o} * IN POTATO GROWING Beltgami county agrieultural ageit, annoypces the results of the ho)"’n and girls’ corn growing contest Belfgami county, and they are as follows: who completed and girls’ corn contest e the boys’ for 1918. Walter L. Frost won third prize in the northern section in the state con- test, receiving a prize of. §10. Roger Wright won._fifth prize, receiving $7 in cash, Miss Esther Ghee won Al in cash. Iter Frost feceived first prize, which ‘amounted to $10 or $6 in cash and $6 in War Savings Stamps. Roger Wright re- ceived second prize; which amounted: to $7 or $3.75 in ¢ash dnd $3.75 in War Savings Stamps. War Savings Stamps. = - At the Bemidji show, W, received third %rize for; Dent ¢orn, which amou feceived third prize, which amounted to $5 or $2.50 in cash and $2.60 in McGhee ter Frost s ‘Yellow to $1.50 in merchandise. - Roget' Wright re- ceived second prize on - his Yellow Flint corn, ‘which enti roll of -roofing paper valued at $3. Miss McGhee received. first prize for him to a her Yellow Dent corn, for:which she receivéd a sweater valued at $6. compensation for the time Commerce has taken the and shopmen have indicated a jngness ‘to “donate - théir labor, Thete is no doubt but that these eople enjoyed their work not only or the pleasure that they received in watching the corn grow and get- ting results, but from the fact that after they had gone to the trouble of exhibiting their ,proddet at the various shows, ‘they. received a fair put- in, Frost totaled $21.50; Wright $17.- 50, and Miss McGhee $165. MEMORIAL FOR BRAINERD. , (By United Press.) Brainerd, - Feb. 28.—Brainerd probably wili erect a -méniorial’ arch or a memorial building here in honor of her war heroes, The Chamber of Initiative