Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 15, 1919, Page 1

L VOLUME XVIL “NO. 63 | FOURHIGHWAY | BILLS PASSED; -4 ROADWORKERS ' PAYLEGALIZED q Bill for Publicity Campaign for Good Roads Has No Appropll-iation NO STATE CENSORSHIP #” ON MOTION PICTURES Firemen Will Receive Credit for Time They Served In the Army St. Paul, Minn., March 15.—The puge ground out a grist of highway legislation on special orders after re- cess over township election day. Four bills were passed. . The bill authorizing the commis- sioner of highways to revoke state roads where county boards fail to maintaiy. them in proper condition, was passed after a vigorous debate during which attempts were made to amend the bill so that the county board should have the final word about the maintenance of the state roads, iy Another bill, passed by a vote of 90 i ts 16, in effect legalizes a practice sSinmon in counties where work on state roads is paid for py the county auditor on the records of the engineer in charge without going through the hands of the county board. This practice, followed to expedite the paying of day labor, is placed in the hanus of an assistant engineer who is made a superintendent of mainten- ance of state roads. Road Head Balary. The bill ljmiting the total amount of salaries to be'paid out for the of- fice of the commissioner of highways to $265,000 was passed, 70 to 52. The McGarry bill amending the present. statute-praviding for the ap- pointment by the commissfoner of highways by his assistant engineers, dnd providing that the counties shall pay the compensation fixed for their gervices, was passed. The last bill on the special order was fndefinitely postponed because the committee on apprapriation re- fused the necessary appropriation for maintenance. It provided for a bureau of information in the office of thé commissioner of highways to carry “on a publicity campaign for good roads. The appropriation asked wag $40,000. No Movie Censorship. There will be no state censorship of motion pictures in Minnesota for o « the next two years at least. 9 The F. H. Peterson bill, providing for a state board of motion pic ure censors, was recommmended for in- definite postponement late yesterday by the senate general legislation com- mittee. Senator Peterson, a member of the committee, led in the fight for recom- mendation of the bill for passage. s@Befdtor-F. E. Punam of Faribault made the motion for the bill’s in- definite postponement. Those voting for the recommenda- tion of the bill were: Cliff, Gilliam, Palmer, Peterson and Wold. Sena- tors Blomgren, Boylan, Conroy, Dene- gre, Gierset and Putnam voted to kill the bill. Senator J. D. Sullivan of St. Cloud, chairman of the committee, did not vote, although he had an- nounced berore the vote was taken %‘; 1 ] TONIGHT SUNDAY MATINEE and EVENING REX BEACH'S Tremendous Drama of Alaska ‘THE BRAND' A story of how men love and hate in The Land of the Midnight Sun, in grip- ping parts, by the famous author of “The Spoilers.” At the Usual Prices GRAND S Here are some of the Polish troops under General Haller who are combating the Germans on one side and the Russian bolsheviki on the other. BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1919 ’ SOME OF GENERAL HALLER'S POLISH TROOPS They were trained by the French. . BEMIDJI DAILY PIO storie® { ANTI-DRY "OVE LOSES. Bellaire, Ohlo, March 16.—A reso- lution disapproving nation-wide pro- hibition and urging that coal miners of Ohio quit work {f the nation goes dry was defeated at the session of the Ohio miners’ convention here. The convention went on record as op- posing the action of the several states in ratifying the prohibition amend- ment; condemned compulsory mili- tary training; urged that Mooney be pardoned, and indorsed the league of natiohs. : WADOO JOINS NATION LEACUE SUPPORTERS New York, March 15.—William Gibbs McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury and director-general of railroads, declared in a statement to newspaper men here that he was strongly in favor of a league of na- tions and believed that provision should be made for it in the treaty of peace. The statment was made, it was expiained, in answer to numer- ous requests for his views. When asked about the ‘railroad question, Mr. McAdoo said: “I do not care to discuss that ques- tion now, as I have been out of touch with it for some time.” WOUNDED SOLDIER ENROUTE. Elwin L. Crawford has just landed | in New York from France where he . had been in the service since July being wounded twice. He had been in the military for two years. a brother of Miss Beva Crawford of the Bemidji Pioneer office and son of M. N. Crawford of this city. He will come to Bemidji as soon as he receives his discharge DROPPED FROM RANKS (By United Presx) Washington, March 15.~-Demobili- zation of the American drmy now stands at 1,400,386, the office of the chief of staff announced today. that he was opposed to the Peterson bill. Compromise Is Made. An argument based on land devel- opment legislation arose in the sen- ate yesterday when Senator Nord asked that a bill to abolish the state immigration department be with- drawn from the committee on eivil administration and placed in his committee, that on state development and immigration. Senator Nord is author of a land development bill to be placed in the hands of a commis- sion of which the immigration com- missioner will pe a member.. Sena- tor James A. Carley of Wabasha, chairman of the civil administration | committee, refused to grant Senator Nord’s request for reference of the bill. A compromise was arranged whereby the bill remained with the civil administration committee, sub- ject to discussion at the call of its ~uthor, Senator J. D. Sullivan of St Cloud. Teachers' Pensions. Representative J. M. Sluke pro- posed an amendment to the statute relating to teachers’ pensions to in- clude teachers in the state university whose major work is in the school of agriculture, in a bill introduced in the house yesterday. The amend- ment also provides that a teacher state for twenty years and has at- who has served in the schools of the| taught at least forty-five years, shall tained the age of 80 years, participate in the retirement bene.ts. Soldiers who join fire departments hereafter shall be credited with the time they served in the army, navy or marine of the United States, on their term of service credits for par- ticipation in any relief benefits pro- vided by the citfes where they are serving, if the bill introduced in the house yesterday by Representative Bert Kingsley becomes law He 18" or has fund | BUSINESS COLLEGE HEARS ADVERTISING TALK BY MANAGER| The students of the Business Col~ lege enjoyed a very interesting talk, by E. H. Denu, business manager of the Bemidji Ploneer, on the subject of ‘“Advertising,” Friday afterhoon. Mr. Denu is an exceptionally pleasing speaker and he presented his subject forcefully. ‘‘Advertising,” says Mr. Denu, “is not merely inserting a notice in your {local paper. It is telling the story of Iyour business to the public in an in- {teresting and instructive manner. A display in a publication does not (always constitute advertising. It { must be well written and it must be supplemented by the tone ‘of your { business. Courteous, tactful and ef- { ficient employees add much fo the i'good advertising of an institution.” | DANIELS SAILS TODAY. i _ Washington, March 15.—Secretary | Daniels will embark today. on. the | transoprt Leviathan Yor Europe.” - | The secretary expects to return ; about May 1. {EDUCATORS DESIRE ! HIGHER TYPE TEACHER (By United Press.) Washington, March 15.—The first public meeting of the association for the Advancement of Progressive Edu- cat 'l be lere tonight. Ll wooudistion, formed to advance a new system in education, which is based upon giving the pupil freedom to develop naturally without undue repression, is sponsored by many of the most prominent educators in the country. Dr. Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard, is honorary president. Stanwood | Cobb, of the Naval Academy, i8 exe- cutive secretary and Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of Labor, is a | member of the General Advisory com- jmittee. He will preside at the meet- ings of the association here. Besides urging the adoption of pro- | gressive methods in education, it will {be the aim of the association to {create a demand for the higher salaried type of teacher and to con- | vince the public that increased school | taxes, to support these instructors, is | justifiable. The movement to estab- lish a Federal Department of Educa- tion also will receive the endorsement of the association. WARM SUN KEEPS WALK RIVERS FLOWING Low temperature and a severe wind accompanied by rain, caused much apprehension on the part of house- holders last night, but the threatened storm soon subsided and when the sun broke this morning the streets :nd walks ran in rivers. The walks were flooded, crossings were covered with water and the street crew worked industriously to make pedestrianism as passable as possible. TOWN ELECTION RESULTS LATE BEING REPORTED Result of the election in the town {of Taylor: 1 Supervisor—R. J. Hayford, vears. Clerk—S. S. Carter. Treasurer-—James Jenson. or—H. Evans, two years. —William Collison. able-—Frank Dunn. three fic Time for Sadness. with sadness! She often raps {at my door, and while I iry not to be vm(le. I always pretend to be very busy. Just a light word o' recognition |by way o' common politeness! Then | laugh if you can, an’ do it quickly, lad, lan’ she will pass bn~~E¥thaoge. - SPOONER VOTES TO PURCHASE HOSPITAL Spooner, March /15.—Only four votes were cast here against issuing $8,000 in bonds to buy a hospital. The caucus ticket was elected as fol- lows: President, E. T. Eide; trustee three years, Berger Lundstrom; clerk, Agtbur Tanem; treasurer, Gust Erickson; agsessor two years, Nels P, Olson; justice of the peace for two years, C. L. Tedlund; for constable, for one year, Arvid Lundin; for two years, Anton Netland. PUTNAM-MOEN DRY BILL PASSES HOUSEl St. Paul, March 15.—The house spent more than two hours in debat- } ing the question as to whether beer containing 2 per cent of acohol, is intoxicating, before it passed the Putnam-Moen bill, providing means for the enforcement of the national prohibition constitutional amend- ment. ’ <Repreeentative J. B. ‘Pattison of St. Cloud introd'iced the amendment, declaring at the same time that liquors will be brewed in spite of pro- hibition and that it is better to legalize a reasonable percentige of alcohol than to fight the illicit still. Representatives Ralph J. Parker, Leavitt Corning, Theodore Christian- son and others opposed the amend- ment, which was favored by Repre- sentatives Hugh Leonard and O. E. Hammer. Representative Leonard declared that without the amendment, the farmers’ barley market would be de- stroved. Representative L. O. Teigen, a farmer, declared he could make more money feeding his barley to hogs than by selling it to brewers. INCOME TAX IS COMING WITH RUSH Washington, March 15.—About four million persons and business concerns are expected to file income or profits tax returns before tonight and to pay the first 25 per cent instal- ment of tax, which probably will ag- gregate between $800,000,000 and $1,000,000,000. BAUDETTE INSTITUTE. Baudette, Minn., March 15.—A Farmers’ institute will be held here on March 31 and County Agent Me- Curdy announces that A. J. McGuire of the State “L” will talk on “Dairy and General Farm Practices”; C. E. Brown of Crookston on ‘‘Poultry”; A. W. Aamodt of Bemidji on ‘‘Pota- toes”; Dr. Hall of the Public Health association and some espeaker from the State “U” will talk on farm bureau work. HOME SERVICE GLAD TO ASSIST SOLDIERS The home service section of the American Red Cross announces that a revenue act approval February 24, authorizes a bonus of sixty dollars, payable to all persons who have served in the military or naval forces and have been discharged since April 6, 1917 All discharged men who are en- titled to this amount should write to the zone finance office, Lemon build- ing, Washington, D. C., enclosing certilicate of discharge, a copy of the order of release or papers bearing the endorsement of final payment. A statement of all military service dur- ing the war, place and date of report- ) ing at first station and the address to which the check should be sent are also required. All papers will be re. turned with check. The local home service committee will be glad to aid any soldier in writing for his bonus. Home Service Bection. Room 17, Northern National bank Buflding, -Bemidi \ 5\)\:'\‘3“ i FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH - GERMANY ACCEPTS 'ABLIED ECONOMIC EMAND; COTTIN MUST DIE SOON (By United Press.) Paris, March 15.—The Intransigeant said today the United States negotiations at Brussels have been concluded and that the Germans signed the allies economic demands. NEW IDEA IN LEAGUE TERMS. By Carl D. Groat. (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, March 15.—President Wilson today was expected to urge the inclusion, in the league of nations, of the preliminary peace treaty with Germany. It is understood he believes that such a course not only is possible but advisable. CLEMENCEAU ATTACKER WILL DIE SOON. Paris, March 15.—Emile Cottin, the radical who attempted to assassinate Premier Clemenceau a few days ago, while the latter was entering his coupe from his residence for the peace conference, will probably be executed within the next fifteen days. COPIES OF TREATIES FOUND. | FOSSTON HIGH PLAYS Vancouver, B. C., March 15.—— Copies of secret (reaties between China and Japan, which may be thote reported stolen from Chinese dele- gates to the peace conference as they passed through Japan have been dis- covered by the police here during an { investigation of the Chinese national- {ist society. Discovery of the documents was made known today by Malcolm Reid, jominion police agent, in testimony at the trial of Chen Sheu Yen, an al- leged member of that organization, sn a charge of being a member of an unlawful society. RETURN OF SOLDIERS " WILL BOOM SPORTS By Tom Lewis. (Sports Editor United Press.) New York, March 16.-—One of the }"nost interesting and significant fea- tures In connection with the return of the American fighting man is his keen interest in clean sports of every { conceivable kind. Sport-lovers see in i this an unprecedented boon in sport. ing events throughout the United States and Canada. Huge transports, arriving in New York Harbor almost daily, are bring- | ing back countless thousands of { American soldiers and practically ievery one of these is an out-an-out | sport booster. The reason is not far | to seek . These men have been living i an athletic 1ife such as few of themn { had ever dreamed of living, and now li that they have got a flying start they iare eager to keep up the good work. { “These men will go in strong for | hoxing, wrestling, baseball, football and all kindred sports,” sald Licuten- ant-Colonel Malcolm Andruss, who | has just returned from Europe. !"Furlhermorfl, the men will want | their favorite sports iegalized and 1 {am inclined to believe that they will {demand Sunday baseball. They % fought on Sunday, without complaint !'and they will want to know why they cannot witness a game on Sunday if | they go desire.” { Al sports will boom, the speaker { dded, but he predicted that baseball | tn particular will enjoy a tremendous { impetus when the fighting men get home. | LITERARY PROGRAM | HICH SCHOOL. MONDA { The high school will give another i Iiterary program, Monday afternoon, i this program to be one of the best that has been presented this year. Aside from the numbers, there is also to be second publication of the high school news paper. This fssue will appear later in The Ploneer. “SOLUTION OF SOCTAL PROBLEMS” I8 TOPIC (By United Press.) 8t. Paul, March 16.—A social pro- gram for churches to aid in establish- ing right environment for returning soldiers and sailors will be outlined here next week by Prof. G. F. Kent, professor of Biblical literature, Yale university. He will lecture in the Twin Cities for ten days in “The Christian Solution of Modern Bocial Problems” Prof. Kent will start his | series of lectures tomorrow 8eek to Retain Youthfulnese. As T approve a youth that has some- { thing of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that hus something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but never can be so in mind.—Clcero. BEMIDJI FIVE TONIGHT Accompanied by a large number of enthusiastic basket ball fans the Fosston quint, champions of the First district, arrived in Bemld)i this noon, confident of victory in the game to be played with the Bemidji high gchool aggregation at the armory ‘this evening. Fosston, fresh from a series of vic- tories which place them as contend- ers for the state high school basket ball championghip, will participate in the Carleton tournament next week and the players will endeavor to win tonight's encounter by & sub- stantlal margin. The fact thlt Be- midjl 18 not in the same district does not lessen Fosston’s determination to secure victory, but, instead, is re- garded as opportunity to strengthen their already brillfant record. LANDS IN NEW YORK. Mr. and Mrs::Willlam Lily are in receipt of a second message from their son, Sergegiit Charley Barwise, saying that he has landed in New York from France and will return home as soon as he receives his dis- charge. Mr. Barwise has been in the service elghteen months, six of which he spent in France. The first mes. sage was a cablegram saying he was enroute to the U. 8. A. LEAGUE OF NATIONS PART OF PEACE TREATY (By United Press.) New York, March 16.—The plenary council at aPris has definite- ly decided that the league of nations is to be a part of the peace treaty, Joseph Tumulty, secretary to Presi- dent Wilson announced today. He declared the president had so cabled ihim BELIEVED CITY ATTRACTION WILL 800N WEAR OFF ‘ (By United Press.) St. Paul, March 16.—United States employment service officials believe the attraction of ‘‘city life” for re- !turned soldiers and saflors who, be. | fore the war, were farmers will wear off ghortly. During the wintér months few men from the service applied for or ac- cepted farm work. With the prospect of an early spring interest in farm work i8 ‘‘picking up,” officials said. It is believed scores of men, service men, who gought city jobs upon their return wili go to the country where hundreds of offers await them. Just now, however, there still are more than two score applications on file from farmers who are willing to pay good money and house an ex- perfonced farm hand and his family. RO DOUBLE INCOME. (By United Press.) Winnipeg, March 15.—United | States citizens living in Canada will not have to pay a double income tax under the new revenuo law. There {s a clause eliminating the present order making it compulsery for some Americans living in the Dominion to pay 25 and in some cases 35 per cent of their income in taxes of various | kinds. An American living in Canada will have to make a full state- ment of his resources to the United States treasury department, no mat- ter where they may be or where or how derived