Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 6, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME XVIL " MEDICAL BILL - ISSHELVED BY -~ SOLONS AFTER © WARMATTACK Storm of Protest From Osteo- paths, Chiropractors and Christian Scientists NO. 55 POSTHASTER RITCHIE RESIGNS HIS OFFICE: | ~ EXAMINATION SOON PEACE TABLE NAVAL TERMS FOR GERMANY NEARLY READY Expected to Be Pract‘icailyv Fin- ished Today by Supréme War Council Bemidji is to lose its postmaster, A. P. Ritchie having sent in his resig- nation to the government postmaster general’s department, after service of practically four years. i For some time Mr. Ritchie’s health has not been of the best and the complexities of the situation as it ex- ists up here were not conducive to his physical welfare. He 'sent in his resignation as long ago -as last Sep- tember and today received official notice that it had been accepted and that a-civil service examination would be held in Bemidji to choose his successor. The time of the examination was not mentioned and when held it will require some time to determine the successful applicant, as the proceed- ings must go the route in government channels, -~ Mnr. Ritchie owns a farim and prior to his appointment to the postmaster- ship was engaged in agricultural pur- suits. He was also at one time for severa! years the superintendent of GERMAN CABINET WON'T SUBMIT TO COERSION {* 2 #"DECLARED ATTEMPT TO 7% ' DOMINATE PROFESSION Spartacan Revolution Centers Are Isolated by Barbed Wire Entanglements " “YWould Compel Submission On Part of Children to Med- . ical Examination ' poard of health was the main object St. Paul, March 6.—The state «of attack by the opponents of the Warner county board of health bill -iat the public hearihg before the joint ‘‘committee of the sénate and house on public welfare and health. Homeopaths, osteopaths, chiroprac- tors and Christian Scientists of the state crowded the house chamber and galleries during the hearing. They were represented by Attorney Henry Deutsche of -Minneapolis before the comniittee. - : Flavs Association. ““This bill,” said Mr. Deutsche, *‘Is only one of the many that are prom- ised during this session from one school of medicine, all tending to- ward the one object—the establish- ment of a’ system of state medicine, .according to a plan of the autocratic American Medical association. This bill means, if enatted into law, that we are to turn over our children to the répresentatives. of one certain school of medicine. "The state board of health would have the right to veto of the appointments for county physician. It is all right to say that the supervisjon provided in this bill shall’ be reasonable; the German au- tocracy. had ‘nothing on the medical the Bemidji schools. He contemplates giving attention to his farm when he severes his connection with the gov- ernment. HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLUB HOLDS MEETIN The high school Science club held a most interesting meeting last eve- ning. Supt. Bolcom was the princi- pal speaker, and séveral students also gave interesting talks. His lecture was on the three states of matter. Mr. Bolcom gave the club members a few suggestions on the subjects they could take up in the future, as interesting and inexhaustible discus- sions which would: interest every member of the club: Harold Dahl also gave an interest- ing discussion on the use of crude oil and petroleum, and it's use in gasoline engines in the near future. HOUSE PASSES BILL FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE St. Paul, March 6.—The house has assed- the - Theodore Christianson ‘Tont-ef employment. « By Fred S. Ferguson. (United Press correspondent.) Paris, March 6.—The military and navy terms of the preliminary peace with Germany wére expected to be pructicaily completed at today's ses- sion of the supreme war council. “NO COERSION.” SAY HUNS. Paris, Marcl 6.—The German cab- inet, meeting Monday with party leaders and delegates of shipowners, agreed unanimously, it is understood that Germany could not submit to co- ercion from the Entente powers, Lleither in the armistice negotiations or in the peace pourparlers proper, according to a Zurich dispatch to Le Journal. The government declared that it would decline responsibility for con- sequences if “the Entente tries to speculate on German patience.” De- matds regarding the requisition of shipping are held to be unacceptable bhecause it is said, it would definitely “paral the country's economic future Germany also will oppose the dis- missal of German crews from - ships requisitioned, it being -pointed out that this would throw 42,000 seamen - autocragy once it géts 1 power. - ill allowing~“women to vote for A press campaign has alreu(-li' lie;n Allopathic Rule. %?gsiderétial electors, by a vote of flmrtvd| against the armifllce and the “ to 24 preliminary peace negotiations. This bill would make of vur Representative E. E. Adams of = schools medical clinics, under the - domination- of the Allopathic school. It would conipel our chfldren to sub- mit to physical examination whether we wanted it or not, and saddles on the parents of children found to he in need of treatmene the entire cost of the treatment, which they may not want at all.” Representative C. H. Warner made the statement that he was not in sympathy with the bill, as, it was of- fered by request, and asked the com- mittee to recommend it for indefinite postponement, which was done. The opponents were profuse in their expressions of approval of the statements in ‘9pposition to the bill, the applause Being tumultuous when Senator Nord, for Senator Swanson, who introduced the 'Bill in the sen- ate, declared that the bill would be withdrawn in that body. METHODIST MID-WEEK. Fergus Falls attempted to amend the bill with a provision excluding from the privilege of suffrage women who cannot read, write and speak the English language, but Mr. Christian- son objected, and the bill being on the calendar, it could not be amended without unanimous consent. EMPI"VMENT SERVICE WILL BE CONTINUED New York, March 6.—The United States employment service will con- tinue to operate, despite failure of congress to pass the administration deficiency bill, Dr. Geo. W. Kirchwey, federal director of New York state, announced. e VETERAN GETS STATE JOB. St. Paul, March 6..—Walter Egan of Baudette, Minn., who recently was discharged after being wounded in Mid-week prayer service tonight at 8 at the home of C. L. Isted, 10156 Lake boulevard. Meeting in charge «of unit leaders on intercession. action, assumed a temporary position yesterday in the sttate timber de- partment under Supt. 0. H. Diercke. His mother died at Baudette while he Was overseas. GERMAN STATESMAN SAYS * COUNTRY CHANGED NATION By Frank J. Taylor (United Press correspondent.) Berlin,- Feb. 1. (By Mail.)—Ger- many will convince the world by the policy of her peace conference dele- gates as well as the governments policy that she is a changed nation, and can be dealt with as such, ac- cording to Philip Scheidemann, wide- ly known German statsman. ““We are today the only people in the world that has almost entirely demobilized and disbanded its stand- ing army—the only country that has put the idea of reduction of arma- ments into practice. Though fully conscious that this may tempt many enemy politicians to do us violence, we confidently believe that such proof of the spirit of international brotherhood will convince the world | SPARTACAN REVOLT QUIETING. By Frank J. Taylor. (United Press correspondent.) Perlin, March 6.—Despite at- tempts of the Spartacans to revive their new revolution, the government appears to have the situation well in hand. Sections of the cities where the revolutions have centered have been isolated by barbed wire en- tanglements. ISPEAKER TO OUTLINE Judge M. C. Tifft, area chairman of ! the Methodist Minute Men, including the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota, will give the ad- dress of the evening at the Centgnary conference in the Methodist church next Monday evening. There are now over 65,000 Methodist Minute Men throughout the church who ad- dress all sorts of church gatherings, movie audiences, lodges, etc., pre- senting the issues of the new day— democracy and reconstruction. The Methodist Centenary movement has a five.ycar program, proposing the | education on the stewardship of the whole life, the enrollment of the church for prayer, the enlistment of 52,000 youth for definite Christian service, of ‘“A Million Tithers in Methodism,” and the raising of $105, 000,000 for making democracy safe for the world. The ladies will serve supper at the church to the public beginning at $:30 o'clock. Special tables will be reserved for the men of the congregation and visitors for 6:30 supper, after which Judge Tifft will audress them. The evening program v :11 begin at 7:30 o’clock. The Bemidji sub-district includes the churches from International Falls to Nevis, and other adjacent towns will be invited to send delegates. It is rarely that Bemidji has an oppor- tunity to hear such a combination of “The delegation®to the peace con-|that it faces w g fc;rell:ce wl]l be truly"re.}presentatlve chanzed Germasy,ne and entirely “th s{muk«ltrh ek : of the '!ft“ (i;arn_mny. says Scheide- “We hope that the ideals of hu- s C‘Jp‘l?”'vnw "'" :""}"' seem the mann, will include none of the|manity may now retake their right-| ) TOPEr respons » such an oppor- men who are responsible for the tunity frightful cataclysm of the last four yearg, nor anv who were otherwise contaminated by the practices of the ful place also beyond our frontiers. We fail to understand why the block- ade of starvation, enacted against the German people for the last four TORNADO TAKES LIFE old system. years, is still maintained, and we WN “It is necessary for us to purge the|learn with much gratification that lN ALABAMA To atmosphere of our own house. Hav-| America is endeavoring to have it R ing suffered enough from the old sys-| lifted. (Iy T'nited Press.) tem which brought us to the very ““‘Another thing near to our hearts Birmin hom. Ala.. March 6.-— edge of perdition. we hope that not-|is the return of prisoners of war.|Three Alabama towns were badly withstanding the heavy burdens|{German troops formerly in Turkey|damaged, four lives were lost, five which peace will lay upon /sour|are a particularly pitiful ecase. |:njured and two missing, is the toll shoulders, we shall come out of this war as purified and better men and enter the society of free nations on a footing of equality. “The foreign policy which we are resolved ‘to ‘pursue ‘will be based ex- clusively upon pacifism and the league of natigns, We social demo- crats have always been champions of thege ideals, during the long years when we were suppressed. We are glad finally to have a chance to put them into practice AR SR b Strong bolshevik bands prevent them from returning to Germany overland. and are systematically robbing them and trying to get possession of their| arms and ammunition for purposes of anarchy and destruction. We still hope the Entente will permit these soidiers to return to Germany by sea before they fall victims to the brut- alities of the bolsheviks. Meanwhile 1 can say we are confident Britizh of the tornado which swept that sec- tion late vesterday. The fatalities occured at Eufaula. ACTOR LOSES WIFE. White Plains, N. Y., March 6.—A final decree of divorce in favor of Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, wife of the mntion picture actor, was signed by State Supreme Court Justice Young pert commanders will not let our men die of starvation " womay as The papers mentioned an unknowa co-respondentr : BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1919 BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEK ANARCHIST MEETING PLACE IN MOSCOW Entraiice (o one of the big halls in Moscow where the anarchists hold their meetings. The inscription over the doors 1s “Peace and Brotherhood of the People.” = (By United Press.) St. Paul, March 6.—Scores of re- publicans from throughout the north- west were arriving in the twin cities today for the big rally tomorrow. Will H. Hays, chairman of the Re- publican National committee, will ar- rive early tomorrow morning to ad- dress a luncheon in Minneapolis at noon and & bhanguet in St. Paul at night. He will leave for Chicago to- merrow night after the banquet. Senator Knute Nelson and Senator F.. B. Kellog of Minnesota will also address the banquet. GIVEN AGAIN HEADS CITY PARK COMMISSION The park board has organized for! the coming year, and elected the fol- lowing oificers: ~President—N. E. Given. Vice pres.—Joe Bisiair. Treasurer—George Rhea (city treasurer) hoard treasurer by law. Secretary—H. C. Baer. Superintendent of Shannon. It is the intent to engage a care taker for the Diamond Point city park, same as in former years, the care taker to be clothed with police powers as a protective measure. It is also contemplated to again clean up the lake front in an attractive manner, similiar to the work done last year. ¢ NORTH DAKOTA PARTS FACING ICE FAMINE parks—Dr. (By United Press.) ! Devils Lake, N. D., March 6.—An ice crop failure has been threatned fn some parts of the state owing to the unusually mild winter. The Great Northern railway com- pany has been forced to abandon the Sweotwater lake, twelve miles north of here, as an ice source, both because of .the unfavora'le ice production weather and the tact that successive dry years and :anua! jcs cutting in the past is perciptibly drying up the lake. ANOTHER SOLDIER IS HOME FROM OVERSEA George Klungness will arrive in the city this evening on the 6 o’clock train, having received his honorable discharge after eighteen months of service. He has just returned from overseas. Before joining the military, Mr. Klungness was employed with the Crookston Lumber company and will resume his former position. PAST WEATHER TOUGH ON GERMS. INSECTS (By United Press.) Minneapolis, March 6.—There are two kinds of bugs—germs and in- sects. The University of Minnesota ix in- terested in both. Scientific departments of the uni- versity have concluded that what's good for some is bad for the others— referring to this winter's weather average. While alternating thaws @nd freezes of the winter helped bread germs, such ag influenza, the weather succeeded in accomplishing som2 good for mankind. The gcod accom-| plished is the wholesale killing of | insects damaging trees and crops. | Tree insects of all kinds found it hard to resist the fluctuating degre=s of temperature, while ground bur-| rowers were literally frozen to death for lack of cover. Of course, professors agree there are exceptions to all rules and all signs sometimes fail. They are not so optimistic as to believe that there FOSSTON HIGH PLAYS wott’'t be a good crop of all kinds of - -+ pastiferous bugs, anyway. 3 BEMIDJI SATURDAY The fast Fosston high school basket ball team will play the Be- midji high school quint on the local floor Saturday night in what promises to be another exhibition similar to the Little Falls game. Fosston will rep- resent the first high school athletic district at the state tournament to be held at Carleton college the last of March. Coach Schroeder’s quint ‘Thas not been defeated this season and Bemidji will have to travel at a fast ¢lip to defeat or hold the Fosston aggregation down to a close score. Fosston has represented the first ath- letic district at the state tournament every year but one and will again contest for the state title by having defeated Crookston by an overwhelm- ling score Monday night at Crookston. Although the game has no bearing whatever as far as any district title is concerned the game will no doubt be one of the hardest fought this sea- son and worth going miles to witness. Francis Stadsvold of Fosston, who was captain of the 1917 University of Minnesota team and who was twice selected as an all western for- ward, will act as one of the officials. Stadsvold was considered one of the fastest forwards ever turned out by the gopher school and acknowledged one of the cleverest dribblers ever seen in the Big Ten. CANADIANS NEED NOT FEAR U. S. WHEAT PRICE (By United Press.) St. Paul, March 6.—Canadian fears for the United States $2.26 wheat price guarantee are unfounded, ac- cording to E. Q. Quamme, president of the St. Paul Federal Land bank, today. Mr. Quamme said the United States government will be able to sell its entire wheat crop at $2.26 or more a bushel if it wishes. It can make a big profit if it wishes, he said. He pointed out that the United States consumption of wheat leaves little surplus in normal times and that this surplus will be readily sold to European countries. He asserted that all wheat producing countries will not have enough surplus to meet the demand of European countries. “Even if Europe is able to buy Argentine, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and all other surpluses for $1.50 a bushel,” said Mr. Quamme, “Europe will not have enough wheat and she will have to appeal to the United States for her surplus. She will haye to pay the price and she wil be willing to pay double the guaranteed price of $2.26 a bushel to get it. “There is no possibility of the gov- ernment losing money on the wheat crop. Men who are saying the gov- ernment stands to lose a billion dol- lars on the guaranteed price do not know what they are talking about. The price if based on the law of sup- ply and demand probably will be above the guaranteed price. At any rate the wheat growers who sacrificed his profits during the war while hun- dreds of other producers were rolling in wealth is entitled to all he can get for his crop this year and if the gov- ernment keeps faith with the wheat growers it must . protect him this year.” GOVERNMENT WILL HOLD ROAD CONTROL e Washington, March 6.—The gov- ernment has determined to retain control of the railroads despite fail- ure of congress to provide funds for the railroad administration and to have the roads finance themselves for the next few months through private loans on the open market or through advances by the war finance corpora- tion FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH ARGONNE HERO ARRIVES HOME FROM BLOODY BATTLE FIELD i |Edwin F. Dean Returns After Hard Service With Persh- ing’'s First Forces RECEIVED SHELL WOUNDS AT ARGONNE FOREST Was Member Field Artillery and Proud of Fact He Ranks as Private The first Bemidji soldier to taste the shell fire of the Huns and return to his home, is Edwin F. Dean, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dean of Lake boulevard, who has returned home, arriving last night on the 6:05 train, to be met at the depot in the zero cold by the Twenty-first home guard battalion band and a big crowd of friends and citizens in general. The parents and sisters of the returning battle scarred veteran, were also in the throng. Storm Of Greeting. A storm of hearty greeting was the lot of the home coming khaki clad soldier and he was taken into the car of C. W. Warfleld and conveyed up Beltrami avenue, escorted by the band and followed by the crowd. Dean is a private and proud of {t. He carries no insignia of rank, yet he wears the sfripes and insignia of hard service. He was a member of the First division of the Fifth field artillery, which went with General Pershing's forces twenty-two months ago to the battle lines of France. Shot 4t Afgonne. It was at thé'world famous battle of the Argonne forest that Dean re- ceived his wounds. It was during the. terrible hail of shell-that a Hun shetl landed near him and he was struck in a hip and the knee of the other leg. Previous to that mishap he had participated in many flerce engage- ments and escaped unscathed. He has served his service and re- celved his honorable discharge and is truly glad to again be at home and among friends. MANY SEEK THE MISSING. (By United Press.) London, Feb..20. (By Mail.)—For- tune tellers ar ng a harvest at clandestine meetings of relatives of men still missing as & result of the war. Police are. waging against the clairvoyants, Advertisments seeking information of missing soldiers total hundreds daily. MANY CZECHS ARE MARTIRS IN WAR By Frank J. Taylor. (United Press correspondent.) Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, Feb. 5. (By Malil.)—The ‘passive resist- ance,” as the war time opposition of the Czecho-Slovak people to the old Austrian-Hungarian government s called, wag an exceedingly effective means of fighting the Hapsburgs, s after-the-war revelations show. Though the Czecho-Slovaks were suppressed too completely to revolt with force until toward the end of the war, they refused to fight for Aus- tria. Thousands escaped and joined the Russian, Italian, and French armles, and against these countrymen the conscripted Cezcho-Slovaks re- fused to fight. They were drafted into the army, and in many cases sent to the front. At the first opportunity they sur. rendered in groups. From Prague an organized system of arranging sur- render was conducted. Representa- tives were sent out to show soldiers at the front how to surrender in groups without being killed. In a military way the ‘‘passive re- sistance’ of the Czcho-Slovaks was 16 digastrous to the Austrian army as the enemies’ fire, according to offi- cers who had to deal with the Czecho- Slovaks. The Czechs demoralized any unit they were attached to, and had to be guarded continually. Hundreds of Czechs refused to an- swer the Hapsburg call to service, and hid in cellars and in small towns or in the country year in and year out. From time to time they were ahle to organize resistance for lack of, supplies Within tne Czecho-Slovak area the people refused to subscribe to Aus- trian loans, and hid their money, gold and silver, until they could use it for the new republic. When the Ger- mans and Austrians demanded food, the Czechs hid it. They refused to work in factories used for war ma- terial manufacture, and deliberately destroyed war machinery, to help the allies. Thousands were imprisoned or killed for pro-ally efforts. There are thousands of martyrs of Czecho-8lo- vak, ‘passive resistance a campaign