Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 22, 1919, Page 1

. FUNDS WHICH $8,601 GOES TO STATE Ditch Tax Collections Exceed- - disttibution $232,003.26. “ tributed, one of the items showing <’per cent interest on delinquent taxes, ' making it mighty warm for boot- SETTLEMENT MONEY SHOWN {* County Auditor Complets Dis-; . tribution of Taxes Collect- "1 ed Since October. AND $41,378 TO COUNTY ed Distribution.—County Schools Get $74,766. Interesting figures concerning the March, settlement are quoted at the office of A. D.-Johnson, county audi- tor, which show that since the pre- vious settlement taxes to the amoyint of. $232, 376.67 have been callected and ‘that refunds. totaling $373.41 have been paid, thereby making the . Completed . figures ‘also show the funds into which- tire money is dis- that ditch taxes totaling $42,602.88 had been collected the March settle- men _providing for a_distribution, of $42,585.96 for ditches. Where The Money Goes. Following are the various funds into which the money of the Mgrch settlement are distributed. 3 To the state goes $8,601.86; coun- ty, $41,378.76; state rural highways, $2,535.90; ditehes, $42,585.96;..15 $7,444.55, a portion of this going to the city and one half of the balance: going to the schools and the other half to the county revenue fund; state loam, $5,560.83; city and vil- lages, $30,412.95; townships, $18,- 716.35; and to the schools, $74,- 766.00. BN Previous articles in The Pioneer have shown the apportionments of the settlement to the various village: ands townships of the county. " GIVING. BOOTLEGGERS CHASE. J. P. Brandt, special deputy In- dian agent, who formerly made his headquarters in Bemidji, has been leggers in the Sioux Falls vicinity during the past three weeks, and in consequence of his efforts twenty- four have been arrested. Selling to the Indians, there being two reserva- tions in the Sioux Falls district, is the chief occupation of the bootles- gers. Brandt is epending seyeral days in Bemidji. MILLS WILL START SAWING TOMORROW Both Bemidji mills of the Crooks- ton Lumber company will start saw- ing tomorrow morning. The crews of the plants, totaling about four hundred men are nearly filled and officials of the company expect that the mills will .ven,‘oy a long sawing . season, The night shifts will not be operat- ed for the present, and whether they will be used will depend entirely on the lumber marker during the next few weeks, the Bemidji yards being well filled in consequence of the quiet market of the winter. SHAFER. MILL CITY BANKER WILL FACE TRIAL MAY FIRST William H. Schafer, accused of taking $500,000 out of a chain of fourteen small state banks he owned, by manipulating through them pro- missory notes and commercial paper of alleged doubtful value, will face trial in Hennepin county district court May 1 on a charge of grand larceny in the first degree. By stipulation Hennepin County Attorney Nash appeared before Judge Leary in district court yesterday to name the indictment under which Schafer will be tried, so that John F. Dahl, Schafer’s attorney, may have time in which to prepare a de- fense. The Albert H. Hall case, which was set for May 5, was continued un- til after the Schafer case is closed. Mr. Hall, Minneapolis attorney, is under .indictment on charge of brib* ing a witness in the case of Meyer Fttenberg, convicted of arson when his store burned in Minneapolis sev- eral months ago. SIX CHILDREN BAPTIZED AT EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH Six children were baptized by Rev. George Backhurst, rector of St. Bartholomews Episcopal church, at the Easter day services. They were: Joyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stanton; Harlan James, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Cochran, Jr.; Wilrae Jeanne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Chichester; Dorothy Victoria, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. George Backhurst; Edwin Fuller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eduard Netzer; Majorie Donna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roman. The lenten boxes of the church school children were presented and totaled more than $50 with several remaining to be turned in. The Baster offering for the new organ fund amounted to $45. - + > Nation-wide response, it appears; has met the suggestion recently submitted to the Roosevelt permanent memorial national committee that Belleau wood, where American marines first stopped .the Germans ‘q‘nd' which_has already been renamed by the French govern- ment the Wood of the Marines, be ae- ‘quired ps an overseas wmemorinl to Colonel Roosevelt. The plan includes ' the -burial of all the soldier dead whose fapmilies wish them to remain in Frange.in the Wood of the Marines. “Samuel | Parsons, eminent landscape architect, has designed a lofty tower of uncut stone. on the top of which is a huge -eagle, representing Awmerica, with wings outstretched over a Poilu, or French soldier: mocm FOR HOME row.—Home Egonomy Ex- perts to Be Speakers. Complete plans for the Home Mak- ers’ week which is to start tomorrow have been completed, and the speak- ers will be Miss May Secrest, Mrs. Lucy Cordiner and Creelman, all home economics ex- perts of the extension division of the Minnesota farm school. The meetings start tomorrow at the Quiring Presbyterian church and the speakers will be Miss Secrest and Mrs. Coe. At the Kelliher City hall Thursday the same speakers will be on the program. At Blackduck Fri- day _:md at Solway Saturday, the speakers will be Mrs. Coe and Miss Cordiner. The meetings next week are to be held at Hines, Turtle River and Debs, the speakers being Mrs. Coe, Miss Cordiner and Miss Creel- man. The meetings will be held at 10 o’clock in the morning and 1:15 in the afternoon. These meetings are to be held for the wives of farm- ers or those who may De in charge of the farm household, and the meet- ings are being conducted under the auspices of the South Beltrami Coun- ty Farm Bureau, as-a part of.a cam- paign to improve -the farm home. This is the first series of meetings of this nature to be held in Minnesota, and the result will be watched with interest. A. W. Aamodt agricultural agent for the southern part of Bel- trami county, is the person who con- ceived the idea of special institute meetings for women, and through the farm bureau, he is putting his idea into effect. At the Debs meéting next Wednes- day there will also be an interesting program for the men, Mr. Aamodt be- ing one of the'speakers, as will W. V. Gousseff, animal husbandry instruct- or at the Crookston Experimental station. VICTORY LOAN MEET 3 AT HINES FRIDAY There will be a Victory loan rally at Hines Friday evening, and it is expected that the meeting will. be largely attended. Lieutenant Clar- ence Foucault, of Bemidji, will be one of the speakers. AMERICA'S RICHEST GIRL MARRIED TODAY (By United Pr‘ess.) New York, April 22.—Miss Mar- garet Carnegie, the richest girl in America, today became the bride of Ensign Roswell Miller, United States navy. The wedding occurred at the New York home of Mr. and Mrs. An- drew Carnegie and was attended by searcely more than a score of im- mediate relatives. . NEBISH MAN ENLISTS. Glenn A. Porter, of Nebish, left last evening for Jefferson Barracks, having been enlisted for overseas duty by Sergeant R. V. Bass, the Be- midji recruiting officer. BEEN COMPLETED Will Start at Quiring Tomor- Miss Josephine IDJI DAT BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY FARMERS OF BENIDI CLUB ated in Two. Committees, May Be Brought Here o ORGANIZER BRADEN WILL BE ASKED TO COME HERE Other Clubs of Beltrami Coun- ty Will be Asked to Investi- gate Feasibility of Plan. Establishment in Bemidii of a Cammunity Market, under the plans of W. (. Braden of Adrian, M.ch., who has successfully operated simil- ar enterprises in that city and at Stillwater, Minnesota, is enthusias- ticall endorsed by the Bemidji Township Farmers' club and other asked to give consideration to the proposition. There are but two community markets in the United States, those ‘mentioned aoove, and both of these were organized by Mr. Braden, who will be invited to come to Bemidji and personally explain the advant. ‘ages of the plan. . b The Community Market is a tri- angle of benefits as it includes the tarmer, the business man and the consunier. % 29, “We know - with good selling methods,” says Mr. Braden in a let- ter, ‘“we can make money for the farmer on everything that he sells to us, our business being so managed that we eliminate the broker and the commission man. It is a market where the community’s products can be sold profitably. Murket at All Times. “The prime object of . the Com- munity Market is to have a place at all_times. for any and.all’products ithat a farmer may see fit to dispose of and at the same time offer him a reasonable market price. Its next object in a business way, is to draw in the products to the towns to which they should come and promote the encouragement of the large pro- duction which goes far to building up a community, in that all farm products which are sold'in a com- munity tend to bring more money into it.” Establishing of ‘the Community Market would mean the providing of a wholesale clearing house for the surplus products of the community. It would in no manner interfere with business of the merchants, but in. stead would be a henefit. SLOA REQV'¥STS HEARING. John Sloa was arrested late yes- terday afternoc by Frank Bradley, deputy United States marshal, on a charge of conducting a retail liquor business without first having paid the revenue tax required by law. He was arraigned before Judge Hiram A. Simons, United States commissioner, and demanded a preliminary hearing, April 29 peing the date set. was fixed at §1,000. WILTON TO HAVE FIRST Wilton will have its first eighth grade graduating exercises ahurs- day evening when diplomas will be presented to four students who have completed the work . The students are: Claire Kognlien and Hardin Ballang- rud. W. G. Bolcom, superintendent of the Bemidji public schools, and J. C. McGhee, county superintendent of schools, will be on tHe program. The program will include: Song, ‘“Vacation”; Class History; song, “Salute to the Flag”; presentation of certificates; song. ‘‘Daisy, Blue- bird’’; address, W. G. Bolcom; pre- sentation of diplomas, J. C. McGee; song, ‘‘America.” The flower of the class is the white carnation and the class color i green and white. 'MINNESOTA HAD LUMBER PRODUCTION GAIN LAST YEAR Less lumber was cut in the United States in 1918 than in the preceding year, according to a report of the United States Forest service from 731 mills, each of which cut more than 5,000,000 of lumber in each of the past two years. Minnesota, with an increase in the yearly cut of 7 per cent, is one of six states to show 'a -gain. Montana made an equal gain, and Arizona was the only state to show a greater per- centage of gain, that state bheing 9 per cent in excess of the 1917 cut. The largest cut was in the state of | 3,226,169,000 Ore- Washington , where feet of lumber was produced. gon was second and Louisiana was | third in the gross cut. Minnesota’'s cut was 418,751,000 feet. The total production reported for the past year was 32,760,000,000 foat, against 33,192,911,000 feet in 1917. farmers’ clubs of the county will bel Bail | GRADUATING PROGRAM Alice Rognlien, Olga Grytbak,{ EVENING, APRIL 22, 1919 Townships Clear Top In Victory . Loan Campaign ‘'BEMIDJI TOWNSHIP GOES OVER. Among the first of Beltrami coun- ty's townships to go over the top in the Victory loan campaign was Be- midji, and it is still going, say the enthusiastic workers of tuat enter- prising community. Herman Fen- (Ske reported the Bemidji township over subscription to District Chair- man Hufiman this morning. IS FIRST TO REPORT. First to report as having-oveérsub- ibed their-Vietory loan quota is the township of Frohn, announced €. A. Huffman, district campaign chairman, this morning. Gus Berg, one of the drive workers of the hustling Frohn farmers, reported that. $3,550 had been subscribed, the township quota being bnt $2,700. Mdge subscriptions are to come, says Berg. DISTRICT SURE TO . EXCEED LOAN OUOTA Minneapolis, April 22.—Ninth dis- trict Vlctory loan headquarters here was swamped today under the flood of telegrams from all sections of the district reporting progress. Early indications are that the Ninth dis- trict. will again lead all others in gabscribing the quota asked to “‘fin- ish the job.” About 12 per cent of the 286 counties have reported overs subscriptions, but are still working to make every possible sale. Treas- ury “officials today formally credited J.the ‘Ninth district with having the Airst town_over the top in the United States, being South St. Paul, with a quota of $350,000. Chairman Rogers said this afternoon. “Don’t worry about selling too many victory notes, an oversubserip- tion will bring additional credit to your community ana this district. The possession of Vietory notes will })e a future benefit to any commun- ty. ITALY WITHDRAWS i (By Uhited Press.) - Paris, April 22.—Premier Orlando absented himself from the morning session of the Big Four. In view of the fact that both Orlando and attend the meeting of that body yes- drawn from the conference. Japanese and Chinese representa- tives presented their rivil territorial claims at the afternoon session. Premier Orlando. was again absent from the meeting, apparentiy clinch- ing the belief that the Italians have’ withdrawn from the peace confer- ence, pending definite action on the Adriatic question. i (By United Press.) Tokyo, March 20. (By Mail.)-— Americans just arrived from Seoul | have brought copies of a manifesto published there March 1, proclaim- ing the independence of the former kingdom of Korea. Publication of the manifesto, which expresses great bitterness against Japan, has been i prohibited to the newspapers in To- kyo by the home office authorities. This proclamatfon urged Japan to grant independence to Korea for Japan's sake as well as for that of Korea and as a step to make certain the peace of the Orient. Such a move on the part of Japan, says the mani- festo, would forever remove the smouldering doubts of the 400,000,- 000 people in China and would show Japan forth as the true ‘‘Protector of the East.” The uprisings, in connection with which the first manifesto was pub- lished in the former Korean capital, have spread to all parts of the penin- sula, and the latest reports are that they are still growing worse and there is little hope for an early re- storation of order. The disturbances started in con- nection with the preliminary cere- monies of the funeral of the Grand Prince Yi, former Emperor of Korea, who died January 21. Though little reverence was shown the Grand Prince while he lived, after his death a rumor spread over the coun- try which made him at once a na- tional hero. According to the story, the-aged prince did not die of apop- lexy but of poison which he took in order that his death’ might forestall the wedding of his son to one of the Imperial Princesses of Japan, for it is a custom among the Koreans that a son may not marry for three years after his father’s death. The Grand Prince’'s death occurred just four days before the imperial wedding was to take place in Tokyo, where the bridegroom-to-be had already ar- rived with his suite. Though the .riots in Seoul and elsewhere have been minimized by the Minister of Communications, Mr. | Noda, who went to Korea to repre- | sent the Japanese government at the royal funeral, they have been serious enough to lad to several deaths at | various places and to numerous ar-| LY PIO . FQRTY-FIVE‘ CENTS PER MONTH |, BEMID:-=+= ¢ 10 ! O .a-sic.,e‘y‘ X . Foreign Minister Sonnine failed to{. terday afternoon §t was assumed that | the Italians have t8mporarily with-1 the Rockne political convention bill POISON STORY OF PRINCE’S DEATH SIGNALLED RISING | rests. According to some of the To- {kyo papers, several American mis-| i 'MEETQUOTA FIRST DAY; $50,000 MUST _ BEPLEDGEDTODAY Bemidji failed to subscrfbe its"duota of the Victory Loan the opening day of the campaign, and if the cit nymbered among the most'loyal and patriotic of the country pledges totaling $50,000 must be made before the campaign headquarters in the City Hall close at nine o’clock this evening. Many persons have hot subscribed for their allotments. but-if those who, have not ‘will attend to the matter TODAY, Bemidji will go: sliding over-the top'in splendid manner beforc the sun goes down topight.. . their to that of any community WOMEN'S CIVIC CLUB MEETING THIS EVENING All members of the Women's Com- munity and Civic club are urged to attend a meeting of the organization to be held in the high school build- ing this evening at eight o’clock. Several matters of importance are to be discussed and reports of the «ciyic, school, protective and baby clinic committees will be read. Plans FRoM CONFERENCEifor the clean-up campaign, Apml 26 to May 3, will be discussed. 'ROCKNE BILL I8 PASSED BY SENATE (By United Press.) S8t. Paul, Minn., April 22.-—The state senate today passed 41 to 26 for primary recommendation. CLUB LUNCHEON TOMORROW. . R. L. Given, président of the Com- mercial club, announced this after- noon that the regular Wednesday noon-day luncheon will be held to- morrow. A short business session will follow the luncheon. slonaries have been arrested and are under secret examination being sus- pected of having instigated the Korean uprisings. Japanese officials Korean riots were started by the Chun-do Kyu cult (Teachings of Heavenly Ways), whose adherents, they say, have long been trying to obtain independence from Japdn. Followers of this cult are variously reported to number from 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 Koreans. The manifesto published in Seoul called upon the people to refrain from all violence, and a sort of pas- sive resistance to Japanese authority has marked all the demonstrations. Korean youths and girls are refusing to attend the schools, and among the arredts have been several students of the Government Higher Girls’ Schaol. The Koreans are entirely without arms, and American wit- nesses of the Seoul demonstrations say that the crowds were not '‘dan- gerous except when goaded to. vio- lence. ¢ The Koreaifs say, according’ to re- ports, that the manifesto of March 1 will be followed by others. Thirty- three prominent men of Seoul signed the proclamation, including members of the Chun-do syu, Buddhists, Con- fucianists, Protestants and Roman Catholics. All of these who could. be. found were at once arrested: along with other Korean leaders. * An American business man 'who has just returned to Tokyo ,from Seoul gave the following description of the imperial funeral: “The funeral of the late Grand Prince was a memorable sight, hut the most impressive thing about it was the great crowds of Koreans who thronged the city. We were told that there were at least 100,000 Korean farmers in the city for the day, all of whom had walked,.in, some from great distances. VAL “l1 went over the road betwéen Seoul and Kimkokri, where _the Grand Prince was buried, the day be- fore the Koreans passed over it, and 1 saw 50,000 Koreans all dressed in white, from children of 4 years.to old men of 70, rebunilding the:road along its entire length of -fhirty miles. All these worked as voltm- teers, to show their last respect for their former emperor. It was a great tribute to his memory. say that the Pl Al D DR B PR el s B e e e e e e e s e g e i e g is to be Volunteers are wanted—the citizens of the city who have not pledged support to. the Victory loan are urgently requested to do so now, befére it is necessary for-a committee of returned soldi%rs to wait upon them to ascertain why they have not given elp to the floating of;’this loan, which in reality is nothing more than an endorsement/ofithe wonderful accomplishments of the American boys “over'there.” Bemidji has no slackerg,'its record in the great war is equal y N \the United States, but there will be a blot on its history if it fails to subscribe its loan quota. Its quota can, and should, be oversubscribed today. When the campaign headquarters in‘the' City Hall close at'nine o’clock this evening every allotment fialf\d should have been cared for. A. E. Feir, cashier of the Security ‘| State bank, Mrs. J. M. Murphy, and ‘W. L. Brooks, county chairman, have been in charge of the loan head quarters today, caring for subserip tions of the four banks. C. D, Lucas, representing the Crookston Lumber company, has attended to the sub scriptions . of employes and nearly $10,000 *as been subscribed. ‘%__Avpeals Presented, Members of the board of review, which comprises Judge C. W. Stan. ton, T. J. Burke and C. L. Isted, have considered several appeals presented by men and’ women who felt that their allotments were too high. In every instance where the claimu were substantiated the allotment's were reduced or cancelled, it being the effort of the board to make the allotments as fair as possible. All persons who believe thelr allotments are too high are urged to visit mem- bers of the board, present their casc and they will be permitted to sub- seribe for bonds to the amount of which they are finantially capable The government payment plan is proving very popular and in most in- stances it is being taken advantage of, although many are paying for their subseriptions in cash. ‘1.1e loan headquarters will bhe open until nine o'clock this evening, and all who have not subscribed are requested to offer their pledge. Don’t a wait for the follow-up committee. NO BAND REHEARSAL WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING In consequence of the Victory loan {]cndqunrters in the City hall being continued to include this evening there will be no band rehearsal to- night, announced Oliver Riggs, di- rector, this afternoon. The Thurs-e day reheasal will be held as usual. The Juvenile band medting whieh was to have been held tomorrow night has been postponed until Fri- day night. . DOG RACE HERO WHO VISITED BEMIDJI IS KILLED IN FLIGHT Lieutenant Hartman Loses Life in Airplane Accident Abroad ~About to be Discharged. Lieutenant Fred 8. Hartman, hero of the Winnipeg to St. Paul dog races two years ago, and who visited Bemidji soon after he established his wonderful record for endurance, was killed in an airplane accident at Toul, France, April 7. Lieutenant Hartman was g mem- ber of the Three Hundred an3 Fifty- fourth aero squadron of the Second army. He had just returned from a two weeks’ leave of absence and ex- pected to be released from service April 15. He would have been 29 April 15. He enlisted in November, 1917, and went overseas in October, 1918. It was Lieutenant Hartman's in- domitable courage and persistence displayed in his wonderful race against experienced dog men that won him national fame in February, 1917. With the temperature 30 de- grees below zero and shy one dog, which was kiljed in a fight, he nev- ertheless stutk grimly in the race and pressed his rivals until the last. He lost the race, getting a purse only of $50, but his fame brought him lucrative theatrical engagements, which more than made up the money he needed to take his course in chemistry at the Massachusetts in- stitute of Technology, which was the object he was racing for. He was attending the school when he en- l]ls&cd. | —— d e S P