Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 28, 1919, Page 1

“& id prm— T S LY ‘a,{is still undeveloped. “likely that the state will be divided i : ! | BENIDIT PLANS STATE TOURNEY FOR GRIDIRON MEN Dr. J. W. Diedrich Devises Pro- gram Which Is Approved by Minnesota Coach. DECIDING GAME TO BE PLAYED AT NORTHROP ries of Eliminations Will De- termine Annual High School Football Championship. Pr. J. W, Diedrich of Bemidji, who in 1914 starred at quarterback on the University of Minnesota eleven, has devised a plan’ whereby the state high school football championship will be settled annually on Northrup field, University: of Minnesota, start- ing next fall. The plan as suggested by Dr. Diedrich has been approved by Dr, H. L. Williams, football coach at Minnesota university, and Dr. L. J. Cooke, manager of athletics, and the tourney would be held under the au- spices of a state gridiron organiza- tion to be perfected by athletic au- thorities at the university. Invitations will -begrsent to all su- perintendents of ‘schoolsin the state to come into the:fopfball:league and consider their teamg:entered in the race, Dr. Cooke has @announced. s, The machinery of the organization It is thought into eight sections, although this number has not yet been decided up- on. Three wegks before the date set for the championship game each of the eight distrjgts, if there are that number, must have determined their champions, Dr, Williams Sugeests Nov. 14, ‘Preliminary -finals the following week will elimfnate foyp teams and semi-fingls tde next wegek will nar- row the fleld fo two. ‘Then .the championship game will be played on Northrup fleld. It is planned to.play the game on. a Fri- day, Dr. Williams.holding out for November 14. This'date is-generally considered as heing'too early to per- mit the preliminariés being run off, and will probably be advanced. Dr. Williams wishes to'have the game scheduled for a day when the Gopher |’ squad can-be-on-hand, the November 14 date having favor with him be- cause it falla*in the week in which the Gophers are idle before the Michi- gan game. 2 Dr. Williams will put up a fine trophy to go to the state champions. i Visitors to Be Feated. ‘While the visiting teams of the ~*~ finals are in the Twin Cities they will be the guests of the fraternities, just as visiting athletes to the North- western Interscholastics are now each spring. ':After: the game they will be banqueted- by dhesathletic as- sociation. All Twin %‘lties high school superintengdents, ~¢oaches and football squads will.-be invited to this dinner also, whether- in the finals or not. It is considered likely that the or- ganization of the league will coincide closely with the state high school ‘athletic association, the same board of control and officers administering the affairs and regulations as con- trol basket ball and other sports. In each section, a committee will have charge of the championship race. ' This will for the first time intro- duce a system in Minnesota whereby the state championship can be deter- mined among the many high schools claiming it. Heretofore there have been various teams in different parts of the state asserting their right to the honor, but without means to prove it. te Bemidii After Title. Dr. Diedrich is ohe of the state’s official football referees and he is en- thusiastle over the plan. Coach Smith and the Bemidji gridiron stars are much irterested and already ' are planning t6 make a strong bid for the state title. 15,000 MEN ARRIVED FROM OVERSEAS DUTY (By United Press.) New York, April 28.—More than 15,000 officers, enlisted men, doctors and nurses arrived on six transports. The ships were the Freedom, Minne- American, Lalorraine sota, Texan, and Puethle. . The transport Pretoria with 2,126 men of the Rainbow division reached Boston today. Brigadier General William Fassett, commander of the first army corps, was on board. Mrs. H. B. Brookins, formerly of Bemidji, but now of Minneapolis, ar- rived in Bemidji this morning and is a guest at the home of her brother, J. A. Parmelee. Mr. Brookins is now Minneapolis manager for the Wright, Barrett and Stilwell paper company. During his residence in Bemidji he local commercial manager for the ivorthwestern Telephone company. Pretty good -plan t(; look up and order the*machinery repairs soon War shortages still econtinue [ o Ay S'I‘AR BOHEMIAN OG HAS HISTORY JOANIS LAUDS » G “Czecho-Slovak,” little Bohemian dog presented to General Cardona, who then commanded the Italian army, by an Austrlan deserter. General Car- dona gave him to H. L. Booth of St Paul, Minn., a “Y” worker, who has been in Italy over a year. He and the dog arrived in America recently. BASEBALL FANS OF BEMIDJI T0 HOLD MEETING TUESDAY Plans for Placing Team in Field This Year Will Be Made Tomorrow Night. Bemidji baseball enthusiasts will hold a meeting in the Commercial club . rooms - tomorrow ecvening at eight o’clock for the purpose of or- ganizing an association and complet- ing plans for the placing of a strong nine in the field this summer. Baseball fans here are more en- thusiastic regarding the organiza- tion. of a feam than they have been for many yefrs, and 4“semi-profes- slonal team, which will compare fav- orably with any similar organization {n the entire Northwest, is being ad- vocated. Several cities throughout Northern Minnesota are organizing semi-pro- fessional teams, and local fans hope to prepare a schedule which will have several games each week of the sed. son. During past years, baseball games played at 6:30 in the evening have been popular, and it is believed that they will be more popular than ever on account of the daylight sav- ing plan. The matter of securing a suitable place to play will not hinder the plans in the least, as the Athletie Baseball park is in good condition and with a small sum spent for re- pairs will be in excellent shape for games. This will mean that practi- cally all of the money raised for the benefit of the tean can be spent in se- curing professional players. FISH RAILROAD CAR IS ONLY ITEM KNIFED An item of $40,000 for another raflroad car for the use of the state game and fish department was the only appropriation voted by the 1919 legislature that was vetoed by Gov- ernor Burnquist. Signing all other appropriation- carrying bills, providing nearly $31,- 000,000 for state purposes during the coming biennium, the governor said that conditions are different than two yvears ago when he used the prun- ing knife to effect wartime economies and retrenchments. “Two years ago many items were cut, mainly on account of the war,” sald Governor Burnquist. ‘“Now the war is over. This i8 a good time to build. Returning soldiers Will be provided with employment and re- construction problems will be easier of solution. Besides, many new buildings are needed at state insti- tutions and many old structures are greatly in need of repairs and altera- tions. For these considerations, ap- propriations for huilding projects have been. approved.” Two house billa were vetoed dur- ing the last hour because the subject matter of both was covered by other bills passed and signed. These were House Files Nos. 681 and 706, relat- ing, respectively, to tuition charged non-resident high school pupils and to taxation of fire insurance. With the fish car item these were the “‘pocket vetoes,” and those during the session were of bills designating a state song and prohibiting the use of olemargarine as a substitute for table butter in state institutions. SERGEANT KREATZ RETURNS. Sergeant Clayton Kreatz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ceorge Kreatz, who has been in military service since 1917, returned to Bemidji yesterday morn- ing, having received his honorable discharge at Fort Snelling. Kreatz has been in England but did not get Ito France BLOOMERS FOR . 1achoo], giving the specifications and WORK INSHOPS .- . Bemidji Alderman Says Their Patriotism Not Surpassed by. Doughboys or Nurses. THEIR EFFORTS SHOULD BE MORE APPRECIATED . ' |Asks They Be Permitted to Re- tain Positions. — Wonderful - Service Given Is Cited. Lack of appreciation given to the American girls who through patriot- Success of ism and love of country stepped into shops and factories to replace men needed for Uncle Sam’s military forces is deplored by Isadore Joanis, a member of the Bemidji council and Foreman for the ‘Bemidji Box com- pany. He has written an article for:|sout! the “K-L News,” the official publica- tion of the Kenfield-Lamereaux. in. terests, in which he says that the fac-’ tory girl is entitled to just as much Cross. « “It appeals to.-the writer,’” Mr. Joanis, ““‘that the girls who at th courage to don a suit of khaki bloom- brother, sweetheart or husband at the wheels of industry and farming are not getting their share of credit for the noble sacrifices they have made. If one stops and considers fhe problem thoroughly the factoryette and farmerette are entitled to. be ranked with the Red Cross nurse or|being held at Hines, the speakers be- even the Sammy they replaced in the realm of industry. ‘“Women have proven themselves equal to men in the fight fors}iberty and are entitled to all that is by men. We men know and Yealize this fact, though some of us do not like to admit it. Yet in many in- stances the woman who is doing a man’s work in-shops and factories is more or less looked dowm upon by 'some who have: done less noble work and who have not sacrificed nearly so much for their country. Have Shown Ability. “I say shame to the man or woman that will criticise the girl that wears the uniform of industrial work. Our women have shown their ability in many ways, but there are none who loom up brighter than the Red Cross nurse or the girl with calloused and browned hands that are the proof of her American courage and patriotism, and yet the latter is little mentioned or thought of. this most is the returned soldier-—he knows well that the Red Cross nurse helped care for him when he was in- jured and maimed by the Hun and that the girl in the factory backed him while on the firing line with ma- terial that won for us liberty, demo- cracy and peace. i Boueht Libertv Bonds “What would we have done with- out the help of these American blood- ed vvomen? In the wkiter's opinion the American women, Bas come into her own and we men ghoyulgd;take off our hats to the women {n’ industrial overalls whether she be tilling the soil or turning the wheels of indus- try. They discarded their silks and fancy dresses and put on the bloomers and told their brothers, sweethearts and husbands to go whip the Ger- mans while they remained at home and presided over the machines. ‘“Now that the women made such a sacrifice does it seem just that they should be retired from their work? Most of these women have bought Liberty bonds of all five issues. They should be given a chance to work and pay for them, but if we drive them into the house to scrub floors and wash dishes they will be unable to hold their bonds, for house maids are not paid a sufficlent wage. So what is she going to do One thing we know—that a good American soldier would -not be guilty eof taking-a women's job away. courteous and appreciative of the women fin industrial overalls.’ PILOTS AWAIT START OF ATLANTIC FLIGHT (By United Press.) “Bu. Johns, N. F., April 28.—Both transatlantic aviators here today were eagerly awaiting reports on weather conditions off the coast. Con- ditions here were ideal for starting the ocean flight and pilots and navi- gators were on the grounds early. SEEDING UNDER WAY. workers. { the lead in encouraging its employes ! »@arden books and posters of the to plant gardens. 8t. Paul, April 28.—S8eeding|National War Garden Commission| Employes of manufacturing con- throughout the state is under way, according to agricultural experts here today. The chilly snap of last week did not deter fleld and garden operations it was stated. Prof. Audrew Boss of the Univer- sity of Minnesota farm school said high lands all over the state are dry enough for seeding and that there is a plentiful supply of seed except clover. <Clover seed is high in price this year . BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER®" BEMIDJI, MlNN;, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1919 k FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH KAISER’S SURRENDER ANDTRIL - ~uruSED IN ARTICLES BEFORE PEACE CONFERENCE (By United Press) Washington, April 28.—The Allies will ask the surrender of the ex-Kaiser Wilhelm for trial 4s to his responsibility for the world war in a proposed article to be considered at the plenary session of the peace council this afternoon, it was an- | counctr, mEETS ToNIGHT: PAVING TO BE DISCUSSED There will be a regular mesting of the Bemidit council in the city hall this qyening. - it is expected that the sessiqn will be'short as there is little business ‘to bé- disposed of. E. J. JBourgeois, city, engineer, will report ,ont‘tkga matter of paving Tenth street ([from | Beltrami avenue to Dewey avenue, and up Dewey to the Normal C. E. Brown of Elk River, who was recently named by Governor Burn- quist as one of the members of the newly created state board for seed potato inspection and certification, ‘was in Bemidji yesterday, Mr. Brown is spending several days in this sec- tion of the state on matters pertain- ing to federal farm loans. SECTION OF FARM glory and credit as thé boys who fought in the trenches or the nurses: who so bravely served-with the Red: SAYE: start of the war had the heart and) ers and step into the place of her, erved | The one who realizes Let us be more BUREAU PLANNED BY “Home Makers” Week Responsible—Meet- { ing To Be Held Here. By Fred S. Paris, April 28.—The Pea. Wamen of the rural districts of the rn part of Beltrami county are planning the formation of a section of the Farm Bureau. The proposi- tion is one of the results of the vised text. ing with such success in the varfous communities of the county. Much {nterest has- been aroused ,among the women and they have de- cided that an auxiliary to the Farm :Bureau, the chief purpose of which would bé home development, should be formed. . : t According to present plans a big meeting will soon be held in Bemidji at which the Women's Section of the Farm Bureau will be formed. Offi- .cers will be named and a definite pro- gram of activities outlinea. Today ‘the *“Home Makers” week meeting is England as the first secretary Italy and Japan. conference to adopt it.although The French have greater military guaranteec. ing Miss Josephine Creelman, Mrs. Coe and Miss Lucy Cordiner. Tomor- row a meeting will be held at Turtle River and the last one will be held at Debs Wednesday, being for both men and women. TENNIS PLAYERS ~ NAME OFFICERS AND . W. T. Cox, state forester, has been A. L. Barker Elected President appointed state surveyor general of of Net Enthusiasts. Courts logs 'and lumber, pursuant to an act to Be Improved. of the 1919 legislature. The ap- =% pointment was announced Saturday A. L. Barker was elected president in Governor J. A. A. Burnquist’'s of- and John Hedges was named sccre- Rome, April 28.—The Ital moned to meet at two o’clock mier Orlando’s presentation of peace conference. COX MADE SURVEYOR OF LOGS AND LUMBER fice. The new law places the scaling tary-treasurer of the Bemidji Tennis | of state timber and the control of pri- flubhatcan entll;xsliaslug meeuu% held vate timber in the forest esrvice. It n the Commercial club rooms Satur- ine 5| - day night. Plans were completed i in line with a plan the governor whereby the three courts of the club|8°U8ht to put into operation nearly will be improved, new nets and tapes two years ago, but was prevented to secured and a campaign for member- | S0Me extent by old laws. Mr. Cox announced that M. J. Thornton will ships inaugurated. continue as chief deputy. Assistants The present membership of the at | will include, also, H. G. Weber, Du- club totals 35, and it {8 expected that luth, and A. D. Cook, Minneapolis, this number will be Increased ma- ! A terially. The dues for the year were and forest rangers will be made fixed at five dollars. _ deputies. At a meeting of the club to be held Thursday evening plans for a tourna- ment will be completed. Proyisions were made at the Satur- day meeting whereby teachers in the Bemidji schools and normal students may use the courts of the club if certain rules and regulations govern- ing their play are adhered to. Dr. D. L. Stanton left this after- All who contemplate joining the|noon for Crookston where he will at- club are asked to so notify President |[tend the annual convention of the Barker. Ninth District Dental assoclation. Ted Winebrenner left last evening for his home in San Fernando, Calif., on the 11 o’clock trajn. He was called to ‘Bemidji by_the illness of his father, James Winebrenner, who died shortly after his arrival here. VICTORY GARDEN DRIVE ON FROM COAST TO COAST (By United Press.) helping themselves in this way, and Washington, April 28.—At Rock |among others {n that section who are . co-operating with the National War Island, I, the munition packers,| o ‘i Commission are the American seven thousand of them at the gov- Steel and Wire company, Union Mal- ernment arsenal are making victory |leable Iron company, also Root and gardens now under the direction of | Van Dervoort at East Moline; Spring- A. D. Hermann, the industrial secre- | fleld Commercial assoclation; Bes- tary. At Davenport, Ia., a drive for |semer Park Women's club; Holly- industrial gardens is under way and wood Citizens association; Board of H. E. Goodenow, the industrial secre- | Education, Monmouth; and public tary of the Y. M. C. A., has called a|8chools at Harvey; Galesburg, For- big mass meeting of all industries for , the garden committee of the last of April. the war civics committee, o Bast St. L r home food uis; war camp community service p,og,hc‘z,g,ig’ffi? g;",‘;.""'y” ever saw is|at Rockford; Woman’s club, Newton, on,” said P. §. Ridsdale, the secretary |1, W. H. Davis, professor of agri- of the National War Garden Commis- culture, Towa State Teachers college, sion today. “Industry from coast to Cedar Falls; W. H. Brindley, superin- coast sees the ‘food F. O. B. the kitch-| tendent ~of school gardens, Fort en door’ is the greatest stabilizer the Dodge, Iowa, the Y. M. C. A. country has at this time and every A big garden campaign is under where the furrows of freedom are be- | way at Schenectady, N. Y., where the ing turned for the thousands of General Electric company is taking have been put into all the public|cerns throughout New England, as schools in Chicago through the co-|in other parts of the country, are go- operation of Dudley Grant Hays, and |ing in strong for victory gardening the Y. M. C. A. has 150 acres of in-| this year. Marion G. Fish of the dustrial gardens under way. The In-} Women's Municipal League of Boston dustrial department of the Y. M. {L,which did such good work during the C. A. at the Great Lakes navy station| war, reports that the home gardeners near Chicago has just opened up a|are active in that region again this garden campaign at the Detroit Ship|year. The New England branch of Building company’s plant at Wyan-{the Women’'s National Farm and dotte, Mich. Employes of the Pull-;Garden association, is co-operating man company at Puliman, 111, are {loyally in the victory garden drive. WOMEN OF COUNTRY nounced at the state department today. REVISED LEAGUE COVENANT ADOPTED Ferguson '(United Press Representative) ce conference met in plenary session at three o’clock this afternoon. President Woodrow Wilson in addressing the conference explained the amendments to the League of Nations covenant. He did not read the re- The covenant is entirely changed in language but contains the same principals of the original constitution. 4 . The revised covenant of the League was adopted by the Home Malers” week .which is meet-|plenary session at 5:17 o‘clock. As adopted the covenant includ- ed President Wilson’s motion nominating Sir Eric Drummond of geéneral and naming Belgium Greece and Brazil and Spain for representation in.the league council together with the United States, Great Britain, France, Vi.scount Chinda, representing Japan was sched‘uled to speak in favor of the racial equality amendment, asking the the league commission refused to include it in the new constitution. included two new amendments for VlTALlAN_ PARLIAMENT MEETS ian parliament has begen sum- this afternoon. Italy's future course will depend on the action taken by that body after pre- the program followed at the THREE GOLD STARS ON CHURCH WAR FLAG; FIFTY WERE IN SERVICE Impressive Demobilization Ceremonies Held By Preshy- terian Congregation Sunday. An impressive demebilization serv. fce was held at thes Presbyterian church last evening when twenty-ane silver bars were placed acr the stars of the servige flag of the church, indicating that twenty-one of the members of the ghurch have returned home. There are fifty stars on the serv- fce flag, including twg red crosses representing Miss May O. MacGregor, who has returned, and Miss Mec- Cloud, who also went as a Red Cross nudse. There are three gold stars, those who made the supreme sacri- fice being Ralph Gracie, Earl Mc- Iver and Floyd Gordon Olson. Kd- ward Boyd read the names and Miss Mable Brooks placed the bars across the stars, Miss ‘Brooks and Mr. Boyd representing the young people's so- ciety of the church, which is the custodian of the service flag. After the demobilization service, Miss May O. MacGregor, who has re- cently returned from France where she went as a Red Cross nurse, told of her many experiences while in the service. Miss MacGregor, who is a daughter of Mrs. Mary MacGregor of this city, is a graduate nurse of Mayo's hospital at Rochester, Minn. She went to France with the Mayo unit and was in the service for nine months. She became a member of the Mobile hospital which saw active service In Bellean wood, on the Chateau Thierry front, where the Germans were badly whipped. The nurses pitched their tents on the field and stayed on the job and braved the rain of shot and shell. 8o many soldiers were wounded and needed help, the nurses had no time to think of their own danger. They all figured that none of the German shells had their names uapon them. Miss MacGregor also saw active serv- ice at Argonne and several other im- portant battle fronts. She stated that when the news of the signing of the armistice reached the soldiers, the shock of the good news was so great many died from joy. The choir gave several beautiful selections and Rev. L. P. Warford gave a short address. TROPPMAN BUYING POTATOES FOR CAMPS F. G. Troppman, Bemidji mer- chant, has contracted to supply po- tatoes for three of the government's large military camps. He will ship potatoes to Camp Grant at Rockford, llinois: Jefferson Barracks, St Louis, Mo., and Camp Sherman Troppman is offering from five to ten cents above the market price for potatoes in order that he may secure a sufficient number for immediate shipment e e it O