Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 21, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME XVIIL. NO. 68. ( BUILDING OF RMITORY IS ' RECOMMENDED Proposed Structure for Bemidji Normal Approv'ed by Ap- propriations Body. s U LAKES BILL 10,000 HAS MANY FRIENDS Representative Rako, Home Today, Says Measure Cer- g tain of Pagsage.. . BY COMMITTEE | Establishment of a dormitory build- ing for the Bemidji Normal school at a cost of $100,000 is favored by the appropriation committee of the house of representatives, an appropriation for this amount being recommended in a report filed by the committee late yesterday afternoon. It is probable that the finance com- mittee of the senate will consider the proposed appropriation early next week and then the measure will go before a joint conference of the house appropriations and senate finance committees. A. F. Rako, Beltrami county representative in the house, ,who is in Bemidpi today, is confident " that the appropriation will be grant- ed, legislators realizing that wlthqut the dormitory the work of the Bemid- ji educational institution will be materially hampered, g Other Bills Favored. Representative Rako says that sev- eral other measures which if passed will be of much benefit to Beltrami county and northern Minnesota are being favorably considered and that passage is practically certain. He is en%husiastlc over his seed certification The bill providing an appropriation of $100,000 to be used in furthering the work of the Ten Thousand Lakes association, which passed the sen- ate with a large majority, has many friends in the house and is slated for passage, says Rako. : “tMinnesota,” says Rako, ‘‘should cash in on the great wealth in its lakes, its cool climate and its lands, through a campaign of publicity riv- aling, ultimately, the projects that have made California and Colorade household words. «With its unexcelled fishing and hunting, its canoe traies in the prim- itive woods of the north,” he said, “Minnesota has every other state acked off the boards for summer attractions. California gets a million dollars a day from its tourists. In lowa, Nebraska, Kansas and these central states to the south of us are 2,000,000 automooiles. We can tell these people what we have got if this bill passes.” AT NEW ORLEANS Bemidji lodge, number 1052 B. P. 0. Elks, near the source of the Mis- sissippi, is to be represented at New Orleans, at the mouth of the great river, when the Elks of the latter city dedicate their beautiful new ) home, just completed at a cost of $800,000. Frank S. Lycan, past exalted ruler of the Bemidji lodge, and George Kreatz, present exalted ruler, left last evening for Chicago, from which city they will go to New Orleans to attend the ceremonies, a feature of which will be initiation of ! 2,800 candidates. Mr. Lycan and Mr. . ~ ‘l‘{rentz plan to be gone a month. i i { ) (By United Pre ¥ New York, March 20.—Paving the ! way for future commercial aerial ac- s ready an air force for military needs, the Division of Military Aeronautics has arranged a training program for eollege students which will not inter- fere ith their prescribed college courses but will, at the end of three years, turn them out prepared for commercial, sport or military avia- tion duties The plan, as announced by the w department, in connecction with Exhibit at the Aeronautical Exposi- ] tion here, permits the college student to absorb the courses previonsly in- cluded in the curricula of the ground schools while working for his degree tivities and at the same time making its | The assumption of the war depart- | ‘ment is that aviators must be voung . 3 men, ar they point to the experi- ence of the war to prove their point For this reason, they say, there must be a constant stream of candidates zoing through the schools. N .a#The government's detailed plan a- <~ | ~&plained at the Aeronautic Eax- position by Colonel B. E. formerly of the Control Bo vision of Military Aeronautics. follows: “We are proceeding on sumption that aviators will more rapidly the as become superannuated than { BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1919 EL AT WORK RO Kiscre BOLSHEVIK PRISONERS AT ARCHANG U8 OFFICIAL PHOTO Most of the bolsheviki of Russia re American force in the Archangel region, are kept busy cutting JUVENILE BAND NOW ASSURED; 75 HAVE BOUGHI@_S’I‘RUMENTS Youngsters Enthusiastic; Have Another Week in Which to Join Organization. Bemidji boys are going to have a Juvenile band the equal of any in the northwest. Already 75 jnstruments nave been purchased and others of the 140 boys originally enrolled in the o{gunlzatlon are preparing to order thelr horns immediately. G. #@liver Riggs, director, an- nounced this morning that one more weelk will be given boys Who desire to join the band but who have not done $0.* At that time the enroll- ment will be elosed and he is anxious that the boys act at once in order that none will be disappointed. Banks of Bemidji are co-operating with parents of boys who are pur- chasing instruments, short time loans being made is being used to ad- vantage and is aiding. materially in the promotion of the enterprise. Director higgs announces that a meeting of the band boys will be held Monday, the following schedule be- ing followed: clarinet players at 4 o'clock; saxophone players 4:30; cornet players 5; slide trombones 7; baritones, bass and drum players at 7:30 and altos at 8. He is anxious that every boy be present at the designated hour. BEMIDJI BOY TO LEAD HAMLINE VARSITY QUINT Daniel Gainey, of this city and a graduate of the Bemidji high school, hag* been, elected captain of the Ham- line university basket ball five. Gainey is a sophomore. Although he has not completed two years at Hamline, he has earned three “H's” in athletics. He played basket ball at guard and forward much of the time on the 1918 varsity five and won a letter. In the fall of 1918 he made the football team, in which he played at end and this winter he was a regular guard on the basket ball team. He won letters for both tnese activities. ides b?ng an aihlete, Gainey is prominent in other college activities. ear he is business manager of acle, a weekly newspaper, and Maga, Th;» a semi-annual literary npublication. Last year he edited The Oracle. J COMMERCIAL AERIAL ACTIVITIES i FOR FUTURE NOW BEING PLANNED any other kind of officer, so that it is imperative that the supply ,of trained personnel be kept up. Inl view of the strength of the air serv- jce at the ceseation of hostilities and in view of the depreciation among our reserve officers of not less than ten per cent a year, it is estimated that we must draw about 1.000 pilots 850 airplane and balloon observers, and 100 engineer officers every year “In order mot to take the better part of a year of a man's time to train him as a pilot or observer, the machinery of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps was chosen as most likely to bring about desired results. “In outline the plan is to give (hel cquivalent of the work formerly done in the ground schools exclusive of military practice-—that s, air- planes, engines, gunnery, nav gation and maps, infantry ad artillery co- operation. and signalling-—at the and universities during the/ ve fiyving and mili- the six weeks northern camps at le will be done “Everything poss to cultivate a high esprit de corps among the candidates by general lectures on the achievements of Air Service and by the fostering of sports and games as a part of the curricu- jum."” flying | .KRAMER OPENS MACHINE SHOP Machinest of Long Exverience Enters Business in Bemidii. J. F, Kramer, an expert machinest, and who for 33 years has been in the business, has opened a machine shop in the rear of the Letford garage, and will open for business today. The new shop will be known as the Be- midji Machine shop. The most mod- ern equipment obtainable has been {installed, and Mr. Kramer will not only take care of ordinary work, but will also specialize on difficult worsx. Previous to coming to Bemidji, Mr, Kramed waus associated with the big niachine shop of Gutherie & Com- pany, at St. Paul, GLASS APPEALS T0 PATRIOTISM FOR NEW LOAN Secretary Says It is Impossible to Float Note Issue on Com- mercial Basis. Minneapolis, March 21.—Appeal- ing confidently to the patriotism of the American people to a make a suc- cess of the coming Victory Loan, Sec- retary of the Tieasury Carter Glass in two speeches in the Twin Cities to- day declared the loan could not be floated on a strictly commercial basis. The people have ample resources, he declared, from the $11,000,000,- 000 trade balance of the last three years, high war wages and the thrift engendered by the war and its sav- ings cumpaigns. “We are not going to approach the last liberty loan in a strictly com- mercial spirit,”” said Mr. Glass last night at the close of & {wo-day Better Business convention of the northwest organized by the Minnesota advertis- ing clubs, *“We are not going to float it strictly on a commercial basis. It is impossible to do it. A little #ought .will teach tne wis- est among the financiers of the coun- try that it is impossible to float, purely for investment purposes, a loan of five or six billion dollars. We have got to appeal to the patriotism of the Amer n people and it will not be done in vain. “The government is still expending two billion dollars a month for the honorable commitments of the coun- try. 1 know that tae appeal of the American government to the Ameri- can people will meet a response of which the nation will be proud.” Secretary Glass and Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield met several liberty loan selling organiza- tions of the Ninth federal reserve dis- trict today, explaining new details of the coming loan. COULDN'T FIND GIRL Marine Returning From the War Took Her Picture Long Ago. A handsome young man in a ma- rine uniformm jumped from an east- bound passenger train as it pulled up to the station at Seymour, Ind., and with a quick step walked up and down the platform, glancing hurriedly at each girl he met. His half-eager and half-anxious expression attracted the atiention of & newspaper reporter, who offered assistance. The marine explalned he was a pas- sepger on a troop traln through Sey- mour 18 months ngo. While the en- gine was roaling he stepped to the station platform nnd was soon con- versing with an attractive young wom- an. They agreed to write, but in the excitement both forgot to give the oth- er the name and address. After the marine boarded the train he whipped his eamera from his pocket and got He carried the picture and was try- give her name and nddress. His search | was in vain and he bonrded the train knowing that his last chance to see | the girl had goue again. ‘I he faster a man’s gait the sooner { misfortune overtakes him — fuse 1o work, but those shown in th* photograph, being prisoners captured by the up wood for fuel. FATAL DRIVE OF HUNS BEGAN ONE YEAR AGO TODAY Prospective Shows that Hin- denburg’s Gamble Was Fun- damentally Wrong. By J. W, T. Masot: (Written for the United Pre New York, March 21.-—-Germany’s irretrievable defeat in the world wae began one year ago today when the army of the Hohenzollerns started their major offensive along the West tront, and outran their supply of man power, A year's perspective of von Hin- denburg's gamble shows with in- Jawitable clearness that the German stratogy was fundamentally wrong, and by no possibility could have won the war. When the kaiser's armies started for the channel ports, 12 months ago., they deliberately set forth to reduce their own strength, at a time when America’s millions were speeding overseas to reinforce the allies. Never in the history of warfare has a greater mistake than this been committed. Had the Germans reached the channel they would at most have succeeded in prolonging the war for a few months. They couldn’t have defeated the American armies by the channel drive, because the American armies were not there. And with the American armies in be- ing, any success of von Hindenburg could have remained only a tempor- ary affair. B What von Hindenburg did by his March oftensive was to carry his | battlefront so far from Germany that he could not get back. Von Hinden- burg was defeated in France, some- what after the basic manner of Napo- leon’s defeat in Russia. Napoleon rushed too far into the enemy’s country, and so did von Hindenburg. The changes in methods of warfare during the intervening century made a trespass of a mile as dangerous to von Hindenburg as a 20-mile trespass to Napoleon. A Gamblers Passion. Why von Hindenburg attempted his futile advance is a matter that concerns Germany's insane war men- tality. The persistent error of the German military leaders throughout the war was their refusal to remain inactive. They had a gambler’'s pas- sion for the initiative. This may be fruitful when the odds are not heavily in the enemy's favor. But it becomes suicidal when continued in the face of such oddd as America’s en- trance into the war gave to the allies. Von Hindenburg's essential lack of genuis was demonstrgled by his re- fusal to enter upon complete de- fensive immediately it became appar- ent, as it did last winter, that the United States intended pouring into Europe as many million troops as were needed to win the war. Had von Hindenburg held fast to his original Western frent, he would have had between a milllon and a million and a half more men at his disposal than wcre finally left when the American oiensive began. The resuit would have been greatly in- creased allied losses, and upon Ger- man’s ultimate surrender, a much larger salvage of German man power than now exists. But von Hinden- burg played for no middle course. The Germans had been taught to think only in terms of victory, and with that gone they had no ability to compromise their losses. Arrog- Ance without moderating influences, foffensive without versatility talents in defense-—-these they had in large measure. But vision and an ung standing of the minds of men were far from them, and at no other time were so fatally absent us a year | today. a snapshot af the girl on the platform. | ing to find her or someone who could | BOWLERS START-PLAYY i Winona, Minn., March | Southern Minnesota-Wisconsin Bowl {ing tournamet will open here ton ght !with a large number of teams from I hoth states competing. The tourney ' takes place of the Northern Bowling congress which v ! luth 21 The | BEMIDJI DAILY PI | { | worthy LR e oty 30 & ey T —— | MINNESOT FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH GERMANY’SREFUSAL - TOACCEPT TERMS OF TREATY CONSIDERED A NEW POSSIBILITY Paris, March 21.—British officials are today considering the possibility that Germany may refuse to accept the terms of the preliminary peace treaty, it was learned from authoritative sources. These officials believe that there is real danger that the enemy will throw up their heads and say “do what you will.” Just what the peace delegates are planning to do in such a contingency could not be ascertained. GERMANY WILL DOMINATE EAST. Warsaw, March 21.—Germany will dominate the east, economically and politicall and thus prepare for another as- sault on the world’s peace unless Poland is sufficiently strength- ened to resist penetration, premier Paderewski declared in an interview today. He says that Germany has not yet acknowl- edged defeat on the eastern front. . HEARING IN FORGERY CASE CONTINUED TO WEDNESDAY In municipal court this morning tha preliminary hearing in the case of state against Marion Reed, charged with forgery, was continued unti Wednesday. It is claimed that Ree forged tiirco checks amounting to approximately $25. The complaint was drawn by Homer £'. Baer of the Security State bank. Judge Gibbons imposed a fine of $20 or 15 days in jall on George Wilson, a stranget, for drunkenness. BAND CONCERT. FIRST UNDER NEW LEADER, TO BE GIVEN WEDNESDAY Bemidji’'s military band will ap- pear in concert at the Grand theatre next Wednesday night, providing its first entertainment of the kind under the direction of G. Oliver Riggs, its new director. The theatre manage- ment and the band are cooperating in the entertainment for that evening and in addition to the concert, the the regular picture program will be given. The concert will be given af- ter the first show and will last for 45 minutes. All who have subseribed to the band fund will be given compli- mentary tickets, and will be admitted upon payment of war tax, according to the government regulation. HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS PLAY THIS EVENING Having won most victories in the preliminary games of the high school tournament, the senior and sopho- more girls will compete in the finals tonight. The girls are competing for the silver loving cup being given by the Barker Jewlery store to the tenm which ean win it two successive years. This is the second year the tourna- ment has taken place and with each vear the interest has grown, till the girls athletics are becoming as well supperted as that of boys. In addition to the game to be played there will be stunts by the fyarious teams, a parade ot all the teams, music will be furnished, and the feature of the evening will be a dance given by little Gladys Cool The parents are urged to attend this annual affair of the high school. BANOUET DONATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW Discharged soldiers who have re- turned to their Bemidjli homes are enthusjastic concerning plans be- ing made to provide a banquet in thelr honor at the Markbam hotel, March 31. A la number of soldiers planning to attend the affair have left their names at the Army and Navy club Patrotic citizens of the city who wish to aid in promoting the banquet are urged to make their donations at once, either leaving their money at the Northern National bank or mail- ing it to Mrs. A. Lord and Mrs. A. A. Warfield The proposition is one entitled to support and everyone should assist in making it an affair of the greal purpose for whieh it is given NEW ULM AND ALBERT | LEAPLAY FOR TITLE (By United Press.) Northfield, March 21 Minne | sota’s hirh school basket ball champ fonship for this year rests between | New Uhin and Albert Lea this after called off at Du-|and Albert Lea .the favorite, noon. New Ulm won its place in the finals by defeating Ch im 26 to 23 by 23 te 19 victory over Little Falls i il.\,‘)u BAILEY RESUMES PRACTICE OF LAW Attorney Thayer Bailey, who im- mediately following the entrance of the United States into the world war gave up his Jaw practice in Bemidji that he might enter army service, and who returned recently, announced to- day that he has re-opened his office in the Netzer block. Bailey entered the first officers Training Camp at Fort Snelling in May 1917 and in August of the same year was awarded a second lieuten- ant's commission, He was immedi- ately assigned to duty at Camp Dodge where he remained. for two months before being sent to Camp Johnston, Fia., for four months and Camp Bowle, Texas where he served for a perfod of four months just pre- vious to his embarkation for foreign service, and at which time he was promoted to first lfcutenant. Lieutenant Balley was first sent to the American rest camp at South- ampton, England, and from there to the British rest camp at Cherbourg, and for a short time was stationed in Paris. le also served at Glevres, France, the largest general military supply depot in the world, and at Tours, France, where he was a mem- ber of the board of officers for ex- amination of candidates for commis- sions in the quurtermaster corps. He received his honorable dis- charge at Camp Dix, N. J. on January 25 of this year. ARRIVES IN NEW YORK Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brinkham are in receipt of a message stating that their nephew, George Chisholm, who has been in the service “over there™ landed in New York and will 18 soon return to Bemidji. McGUIRE VISITS BEMIDIL. A. J. McGuire one time superin- tendent of the state experimental farm at Grand Rapids, and now doing extension work for the Minnesota Agricultural school, was in Bemidjh today enroute to Solway where he speaks at the farmers institute BILL GIVING WOMEN RIGHT TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT PASSED (By United Press.) St. Paul. March 21.—The Minne- sota senate todav passed the bill giv- ing women the right to vote at presi- dential elections. The measure was approved several davs ago by the house and it now ~ces to Governor Burnauist for sienature. Monarch Feared Death. Versailles is a little more than 14 mlles from Paris. Its palace was bullt by Louis XIV. This king of brilllant personnlity and compelling magnetism had a pualace at St. € rin, n favorite gummer residence of his ancestors, but Louls Quatorze disliked it beeause from ft< windows he could see the tower of St. Denis, a chureh in which slept In vaults nnd mauscleums the royalty of France. Lonis wns enjoying the full richness of life and he hated to be reminded that the time wonld come when inexornble Atropos would snip the thrend of his life. And yet it i Interesting to note in b nnee- tion that when the ¢ actually enme fiee to face with death he remarked, “It is not so hard to die as 1 thanght it would he” Start a few gladiolus forms in a herry box or pot of soil. They can set out when danger of frost is st und will come iato flower eariy. |