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

§ ,~ BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER COUNTY QUOTA FOR VICTORY "LOAN WILL BE NO. 89. SOON REACHED sked -to Subscribe "Beltrami~ A $270,000—Workers Enthus- iastic Over Prospects. ‘WHIPPET TANK TO BE FIRST STEP IN DRIVE ;yBand and Soldiers to Partici- pate in Parade to Be Staged Thursday Afternoon. Mayor Proclaims Part Holiday For Victory Parade April 17th will be known as “Viv- tory” day in our city. This is a day set apart for stirring up enthusiasm for the victory loan drive which will begin Monday, April 21st. We have been fortunate in securing a whippet tank direct from the battle fields of France, i , This tank will be on exhibition on our streets on Thursday, the 1T7th and will be operated by the boys who handled it over in France, it will head a parade of soldiers, sailors and patriotic citizens, our band will dis- courge music for the occasion. There will be several patriotic speakers on hand and it i§ the desire of-our good people that Thursday the 17th be proclaimed ‘a Holiday for our city, therefore, I, L. F. Johnson, mayor, proclaim it as such and kindly ask all business places to be closed between 12, noon, and 3 p. m. L.”F. JOHNSON, Mayor. CITY COUNCIL Beltraini county’s quota of the vic- tory liberty loan is $270,000, which .18, $90,000 less than the $260,000 al- lotment in the fourth liberty loan. That the campaign-will be a success in Beltrami county is assured and loan workers are confident that the county will make another record for patriotic service by an early over- subscription. - ‘ W. L. -Brooks, chairman of the county loan campaign, and his lieu- tenants have practically completed the work preparatory to the actual campaigh and all materials, buttons, etc., have been shipped to the var- EXTRA SESSION OF STATE LECISLATURE HINTED BY COVERNOR Burnquist Indicates Solons Must Act on Important Measures or Face Return. Unless the house and senate of the state legislature ‘pass several of the fous community workers. Tank Here Thursdav. The whippet tank parade which is to be held Thursday will mark the / firing of thre first gun-in behalf o;lthe. ay- ' or Johnson has asked that the stores ** Bemidji and county campaign. be closed during the hours of 12 and 3 Thursday afternoon that all may There will be the enjoy the parade. tank, driven by soldiers. who served overseas, soldiers and sailors, military band apd other features. Thei government has solved the problem of floating this issue, which Secretary Glass stated will be the last of government securities_to be placed through popular subscription, by providing #.security made so at- tractive by reason of its high interest zate, its ‘convertibility, long payment iod, size and the exemptions gro- act that oversubscriptions will be reject- ed will facilitate the floating of this ded; sdid loan officials: The logn’ also, they agreed. 5 :“ Financiers in the conference pre- dicted that the victory loan bonds “tainhig par value. . {ént character of the victory bonds will bring those of- the other four lib- erty loans up to par also. The victory bonds are so attractive vestor, however, it was declared, that there is no question of the success of thq campaign. See Wave of Ovtimism. .. :In fact. the victory bonds are so desirable and the terms of the final popular war bond issue so favorable an_indication of the government's ability to.finance its war indebted- ness that. it means a wave of optim- ism. which undoubtedly will be re- flected in an early rise in the liberty bond market, business men say. s Bemidji citizens already have learned the letson of thrift as a re- sult of their extensive participation in‘war financing and savings deposits and liberty bond holdings give the community a financial reserve never . before equaled, bankers said. Farmers’ Prosperitv a Factor. _ Additional reason for confidence of the success of the campaign in the Northwest is ‘the prosperity of the * farmers, prospects of another record crop this year and the faet that the government has by act of congress a $1,000,000,000 fund which guaran- tees the farmers a wheat price of $2.26° a bushel. ] DISTRICT COURT JUDGES BUSY WITH SPRING TERMS ~Spring terms of court are keeping the three judges of this judicial district exceptionally busy. Judge . W." 8. McClennahan of Brainerd is presiding -at the Cass county" term: beinig held at Walker. ‘He will ad- journ during“the week to May 20 at which time a number of tax cases will “be taken ,up. Judge B. F. .;Wright is holding the ltasca county term at Grand Rapids and Judge C. W. Stanton is devoting his time to chambers work. The regular term _of Crow Wing county district court *Jvill convene May 6, with Judge Stanton of this city, presiding. b METHODIST SERVICES. A large audience attended- the Paim Sunday services at the Metho- dist church Sunday morning. - The choir sang ‘“Jehovah Reigns,’® Mrs. Blaine Lambert sang “The Palms,” and the pastor spoke briefly and forcefully on the naturalness and ef- - fectiveness of definite prayer. The following children were baptazed: Kermit and Victor Johnson. Edith Lillian Harnwell. Pearl Darlene Winter, Charles Wesley Hurlocker, Jane Harriet Nelson, Glendora Mah- ler, Frances Charlotte. and Sadie Ethel Beaumont, Albertgand Joseph Korslund, Wiilis Leroy Stillmaker. C. M. Jacobson left yesterday for Sepbey, Mont., on a businass trip, the will be at a premimum and that Héte 'ig< no “question.of s théir, mafn- “They-also declared that:the excel- to the large as well as the small in- foods, Luey were important legislation now pending there is a possibility that an extra session will be called by Governor Burnquist. The reason assigned is that while the legislature has been extremely industrious in passing lo- cal bills and curative acts, many of the really big bills like those for state development and settlement have not been acted upon,, and the members say that there will not be time in which to pass them before the close of the session. The Nord bills providing ways and means for the improvement and set- tlement of state lands and the or- ganjzation of colonization companies with which the state can co-operate have passed the senate; but the house hastaken no action upon them! The senate™eonmilttée’ on draitiage has substitutéd a patchwork of amend- ments for the comprehepsive drain- aga act that was expected, and these amendments were not reported to the senate until Saturday. The Warner bill ereating a council of education is on the senate calendar. s “There dre‘other important bfllg in the sameé uncertain position, fnclud- ing the Warner-Hompe convention bill, which passed the house, but is held up in the senate, while a joint committee is trying to frame a meas- ure that will satisfy three contend- ing factions, one of which wants a state nominating convention, the ac- tion of which will be final in respect to party candidates, another wants the convention as an adjunct to the brimary merely to recommend candi- dates to the voters at the primary, and a third faction wants the pri- many retained as it is, and opposes a convention of any kind. Mean- while members are beginning to say there is no time to pass this bill either. Should these bills be left unacted upon, it is reported that Governor Burnquist will seriously consider the calling of an extra session to pass upon some of them, particularly the educational and agricultural bills. SLASHINGS REPORTS MUST BE RECORDED NOW L. F. Johnson, forest ranger, has issued a warning tc all farmers who have slashings from timber cutting on their land that unless Teports are filed with him and the slashings burned that he will take personal charge of the Situation and parties guilty of neglect. will be punished in accordance with the'law. In cén- sequence of the serious fires of last vear exceptional care is being taken by the forestry department new to see that all slashings are taken care of in proper manner., ° - In cases where the slaghings are not burned Ranger Jobnson has the right to burn. them himself, the ex- pense of so doing “being assessed against the property on which they are found. It is important that these slashings be burned- before the woods become dry, says Ranger Johnson, and that the farmers confine the fires to their own langds. 4 SCIENCE CLUB WILL HAVE _ "INTERESTING PROGRAM Tomorrow night the Experimental Science club of the Bemidji high school will hold its regular semi- monthly meeting. The program is to be the best that has“yet been given as the subject chosen for the evening is“to be scientific agriculture. The different members of the club will talk on bacteria, the adulteration of analygis of soils, and many other interesting topics along that line. All who are interested im this subject are invited te come and hear it discussed by the membérs pf the club. i Postoffice Inspectors Griggs and in Bemidfi on effieial business today. |'morrow nighf BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1919. PLANS PAVING TOGROUNDS OF STATE NORMAL City _Engineer Instructed to Have Plans and Estirnate of Cost at Next Meeting. : EXTENDS OVER TENTH AND UP DEWEY AVENUE Much Business Disposed of By Aldermen at Monday Ses- sion—Titus Resigns. Paving of Tenth street from Bel- trami avenue to Dewey avenue, and from there up Dewey to the grounds of the State Normal school, is plan- ned by the Bemidji council, and at the Monday evening sesgion E. J. Bourgeois, city engineer, was in- structed to draw plans and specifica- tions and to estimate the cost, his report to be presented at the mext meeting of the councn. This action -{of the council was prompted by a pe- tition signed by practically all of the owners along the route planned, and which was filed some time ago. Considerable business .was trans- acted by the council at the -neeting and many improvements which are much needed were discussed. i At the suggestion of Alderman A. B. Palmer the council voted to have all telephone and electric light poles moved from Beltrami and Minnesota ayenues to-the alleys and the matter was referred to City Attormey Hal- lan L. Huffman. The city engineer was instructed to estimate the cost of piling the sink hole in the Nymore pavement near the Crookston Lumber company barn, and to repave, and also to estimate the cost of improving the road at Twelfth street and Beltrami avenue, where the pavement ends. The esti- mate of the ¢ity engineer that it would cost the city $496 to cons struct a sewer from’second-street, a distance of 190 feet, to where it could be connected with a line to the Koors Brothers plant was accepted and the engineer was in structed to draw plans and specifications for the work. ) . Titus Quits Job, The resigination>of Roy K. Titus, as assistant driver of the fire truck, was.accepted.and. Ed. Jewett was ap- pointed to flll the vacancy. Titus asked to be rellieved from his duties because of another position which had been offered him, S. T. Stewart, représenting the fire department, asked that Mrs. A. Rob- inson be again hired as janitress of the firemen’s dormitory in the city hall, and the request was readily granted. Several other matters per- taining to the fire department were brought up and referred to the fire committee. Bridee Matter Returns. The aldermen seemed startled when City Clerk Stein read a bill from the Illinois Steel-Bridge com- pany in which $4,685.50 is claimed for extra piling and cement used in the construction of the new cement arch bridge on the Nymore road. Louncil -members had supposed the bridge to be entirely paid for. The bridge company also entered a claim for $787.31 for intérest on warrants and estimates. The bills were re- ferred to the city attorney amd city engineer, At the suggestion of Street Com- missioner Hazen the council decided not to Sell the old street sweeper as it ‘will be of use here. Cass Lake wa‘l_ted‘to purchase the sweeper. Applications for licenses of the following - were approved: Jonas Erickson, jfitney, Tom Smart, dray and Edward Anderson, second hand store. The bonds of Edward Ander- son, William Dougherty, second hand dealer, and W. G. Klein, city asses- sor, were approved. The council voted to transfer the cigarette licengse of P. E. Welch to Oscar Erwig, City Attorney Huffman ruling that such action would be legal. Much Water Lost. In view of the evident loss of much water each quarter the council voted to reqzire every user of city water to secure meters, and ey are giving 20 days in which to comply with the order. A report of Clerk Bourgeois showed that of the 17,698,600 gal- lons of water pumped by the city dur- ing the last quarter hut 7,968,000 is paid for, approximately 10,000,000 gallons being not accounted for. A petition of eight property hold- ers requested that Twelfth street he- tween Park and Norton avenues be graded was referred to Street Com- missioner Hazen. The city clerk was authorized to order tarvia for use in patching the pavement, the cost not to exceed $100. - PASSION WEEK SERVICE. Rev. Blaine Lambert,pastor of the Methodist church, will speak tonight on “The Expert Aid of thé Holy Spirit.” This is fellowship of inter- cession night and all who signed the prayer pledges are earnestly urged to be present; all others cordially in- vited. Cottage prayer meetings to- Services at & ¢, m. “HOME MAKERS WEEK - SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED Annbuncement of the schiedule to be followed in holding the “Home- Makers' ‘wéek throughout the south- ern part of Beltrami county, has been announced by A. W. Aamodt, agriculturist. The institutes are to start with a meeting at the Presby- terian church in Quiring on April 23; April 24 in the City hall Kelli- her; April 25, City hall, Blackduck; April 26, consolidated school, Black- duck; April 28, First Lutheran church, Hines; April 29, chapel, Turtle River and April 30 in the con. solidated school at Debs. Matters pertaining to the house- hold, family needs, food -and general welfare will be taken up at the in- stitutes and there will be three women speakers from the extension division of the state agricultural de- partment, one being Miss Mabel An- derson. The meetings are being ar- ranged for the women of the com- munities in which the institutes are to be held. : WOMEN' VICTORY - LOAN CAMPAIGN TO BE MOST THOROUGH Work Outlined at Meeting to Be Held in Commercial Club Rooms Friday. Determined to repeat in the Victory loan campaign their successes of the previous drives, women of Beltrami county are planning to take an ac- tive part in the new sale. ‘White, who had charge of the wo- nien’s bond subscriptions in the pre- vious sales returned to Bemidji this morning and at once began work on the new campaign. At a meeting to be held in the Commercial club rooms at 3:30 o’clock Friday afternogn plans for the campaign will be outlined by W. L. Brooks, county campaign chairman, and methods to be followed by the women in their drive will be dis- cussed, Chairmen have been named to have charge of the varfous wards and they will be supported by sub-com- Mrs, A. P. mittees to be announced later. The ward chairmen are: First ward—Mrs. D, L. Stanton and Mrs. B. W. Lakin. Second ward-—Mrs. Lee A. LaBaw and Mrs, Harry Koors. - - Third ward—Mrs, Earle A. Barker and Mrs. K. H. Olson. Fourth ward—Mrs. Mec- Cready. = Fifth ward—Miss Claire Nangle. Friday evening Mrs. Eduard Net. zer will give four minute talks in be- half of the loan in each of the Be- midji theatres. Kate HOSKINS AGAIN NAMED TO HEAD COMMUNITY COMMITTEE A. W. Hoskins was re-elected chairman of the Frohn Community Committee of the Farm Bureau at the meeting held at the Nels Willits Fairview farm, and Julian Zelleman was named to be secretary. A most enthusiastic meeting was held and under the leadership of A. W. Aamodt, agriculturalist, an in- teresting discussion was held as to the proper methods to follow in gaining control of the obnoxious weed situation. Leaders for the various farm pro- jects were named as follows: Peter Narum, crops; J. E. Swenson, pest control; Nels Willits, live stock and Gust Berg, marketing. istorical Society « FORTY-FIVE CENTS.PER MONTH “BE PRESENTED GERMANY APRIL25, 1S OUTLOOK TODAY By Fred S. Ferguson ) (United Press Correspondent) Paris, April 16.—The peace program was authoritatively outlined to the United Press today as follows: The treaty will be handed to the Germans not later than April 256. If the Germans have plenary powers it will be signed almost imme- diately, otherwise it will first be submitted to the German gov- ernment at Weimar. i — Separate treaties will be presented to Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria within a few days after the Germans arrive at Ver- sailles. As soon as all treaties are signed a period of 20 to 80 days will be permitted for ratification by the allied govern- ments. When two thirds of the governments have ratified the treaties they become effective. President Wilson is expected to call a special session of Congress for this purpose not later than June 1. GERMANS THINK CONFERENCE IN THEIR FAVOR. Berlin, April 15.—The Germans are becoming more and more imbued with the idea that although they have lost the war they are winning in the peace conference, - This is largely a development of the past month. Two months ago the Ger- mans were ready to accept any peace the Allies might impose but now the people are becoming independent to the extent of cockiness. DRIVE FOR FUND SUCCESS IS WORD RECEIVED BY LEMKE Revd L. J. Lemke, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran chureh, who is a member of the Missour! Synod of the United States, has been advised that the campalgn for $3,000,000 in liberty bonds with which to establish a foundation for a permanent en- dowment fund to care for incapa- citated pastors, professors, teachers or their widows au@ drphans, is ‘e great success. The campaign coh- flicts in no way with the sale of vic- tory loan notes as no more contribu- tions will be made until after the campaign. The plan i{s endorsed by the publicity bureau of the treasury department as holding the bonds in trust until maturity assists in stablizing the -securities by with- drawing them from the market; by advooating the donation of bonds, al- ready purchased the availability of cash savings 18 not Interfered with and by investing cash donations tp the fund in the victory loan, contri- bl;)tlions to this great cause are pos- sible. TWO MORE ENLIST. Overseas duty is proving attrac- tive and Sergeant R. V. Bass, Bemidjl recruiting officer, today enlisted two more men for service in. France. They are Donald R. Newton, of Be- midfi, a lad of 19, and Volley C. Mayhew, 21, of Livingston, Mont. They will be sent to Minneapolis and from there to Jefferson Barracks where they will be trained for over- geas service. —————————————————————— WEAKNESS IN NEW MAP OF EUROPE SEEN BY GERMANY S ———————————————— ——————————————— By Frank J. Taylor (United Press correspondent.) Berlin, March 8. (By Mail.)—In the irregular.boundaries that will form the new republic, many Ger- mans foresee a source of continuous trouble sand weakness, The German's opinion of the small neighbor, or any neighbor at all, has changed considerably, as the result of the war. Where Germany used to see a big ficld, for not only commer- cial but also political activity in small neighbors, she now sees trouble. The littier nation has be- come a danger, largely because the Entente espouses the rights of small nations to exist. Germans subscribe to the doctrine of peoples having the right ta decide their sovercignty. In it they foresee both losses and gains. If carried out as Germans expect, the gains will probably be greater than the losses in population. From a strategical point of view, Germany loses, accord- ing to the views of her leaders, since the new republic will have a bound- ary that will be almost impossible to defend in cas® of a new war with any kind of conlition against her. Probably 3 been an import- ant factor in the weakening of the militaiiste [0 Germany., Nobody in the whole conntry would take the responsibility for being militaristic under such unfaVorable ecircum- stances. This, added to the general amntipathy for militarism, has led Germang to view their relatiohs with their neighbors in a more defensive 1ight, asd one which brings fears and apprehensions to German hearts. The Polish question ig the most immediate and dangerous problem the Germans face at present. The Poles flamed by nswborn patriotisi, |- and inspired with perhaps avercon- fidence by the support they expect from the Entente, became aggres- sive and began a march toward Ber- lin. As they began their invasion, the Poles were in the right. The province of Posen, outside of the city itself, is largely Polish, especial- ly the eastern portion. The peasants are mostly Polish, and the better classes are largely German. The ma- jority of the populaflon undoubtedly is Polish, which would be the de- ciding factor. But the Polish troops did not stop with districts where the majority was Polish. ' They continued, and be- gan a campaign to occupy all regions in which any Poles could be found, which included a large part of east- ern Prussia proper. The Poles were finally stopped by the armistice com- mission, but their display of vigor and thelr desire for revenge from the Germans who have ruled the region for a half century, has given the German government a ncw source of permanent worry. If Poland keeps the territory she now occupies, it will almost double the length of the east- ern Prussian frontier, which stretch- es them in two long arms, one along the Baltic coast, and the other down toward the east, which is bounded on the other side by the Czecho-Slo- vaks, who equal the Poles in their feeling and aggressiveness against tbe Germans. If the Austrian Germans join the republic, they will constitute another long and larger arm around Vienna, extending out from Bavaria, which the republic must defend. The length of this boundary, if it is es- tablished along the borders of Bo- hemia, will be around two thousand kilometers. At the nearest point, the f {Continued on Pags Ste) RETURNED NURSE WILL BE LUNCHEON GUEST Miss Mae MacGregor, who has just returned from France where an a Red Cross nurse she won citations for bravery of the battle flelds, will: be a2 guest of the Commercial elub at its noon-day luncheon to- mMorrow. At the regular busi. ness session of the club which is to follow the luncheon Miss Mac- Gregor will relate’ @ few of ‘her ex- peériences while attending to ‘the wounded. s AUTO ACOIDENTS YESTERDAY. Two automobile accidents, in which the occupants narrowly es- caped serious injury, took :place in Bemidji last evening. While driving to Nymore Andrew Johngon, sheriff of Beltraml cownty,. .attempted pass another and in doing so hjp machine struck'one of the lurge of the M{nnesota-Blectrie Light Power brepking: the pple ontirely off, and shoving it alhonlg\vo feet. But little durmige v~ done to the car, although the volc was one ‘of the 45 foot types used to carry the 16,000 volt wires from the power plant at the dam to the Bemidjf plant. The other accident took place at the corner of Seventh street and Bemidji avenue, the right wheéls of the Louis 8trowbridge auto heing torn off completely when the driver struck the curb in attempting to turn the corner while passing an- other car. MUST HAVE PERMSSION. The -order of several months ago that no parcels could be sent to American galdiers in France, has not been withdrawn, announces Albert Worth, assistat Bemidji postmaster. Many requests concerning the order are being recefved at the postoffice. The order provides that permission from the commanding officer must be secured before packages can be sent to soldiers overseas. DR. G. M. PALMER TO LOCATE IN MILL CITY Dr. G. M. Palmer, who for twdlve years has been a practicing dentist in Bemidji, who recently returned from overseas where he served 88 a Y. M. C. A. secretary in England and France for more than nine months, will leave for Minneapolis in abott two weeks where he will open dental offices. Dr. Palmer plans to special- ize in children's dentistry. Dr. Palmer has been prominent in Be- midji social and business circles and gave splendid service as a member of the board of education before en- tering the Y. M. C. A. service. His departure from Bemidji will be much regretted. Mrs. Palmer and daugh- ters will remain in Bemidji until after the first of June, their depart- ure being postponed that the girls may complete the school year here. DISTRICT DEPUTY COMI E. H. Jerrard, secretary of the Be- midji Elks lodge, announced today that D. D. McEachin of Hibbing, dis- trict deputy grand exalted ruler, will visit Bemidji Thursday. He will at- tend the meeting Thursday night, holding his annual inspection. All Elks are urged to attend. In returning the decorations loaned for the military ball for the army and savy boys, a flag with the letters “T. W. B.” was missing. Will the party who kngws anything about the whereabouts of the flag kindly notify Mrs. Koors, telephona 670