Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 17, 1919, Page 1

b Bl o L L BR ol Nl B2 R VOLUME XVII. NO. 117. LOUISIANA TO VISIT BEMIDII _ ONROADTOUR Will Be Member of Jefferson Highway Sociability Run Party Coming July 19. ' " TRAVEL; TO WINNIPEG “Purpose is To Bring Closer Per- sonal Acquaintance Among Communities of Route. ... Bemidjl is to have as .its guest, July 19, Governor 'R, G. Pleasant of ZLouisiang, who,will be a member of a party to make a sociability run over ithe Jefferson highway, the tour to be ..the greatest event of its kind in the history of highway promotion, The -official -party will be composed of state officials’and men of prominence in Louisiana, Owing to the-person- snel of this party, governors;ofistates through which.the Jefferson highway passes, and mayors of cities along the way, are planning to extend spe- cial courtesies to the visitors. In addition to Governor Pleasant, . Hon, Duncan Buje, highway commis- {_ sioner; ‘Mayor Martin Behrmap of ‘New Orleans; Mayor John McW. Ford ¢ .. ~0f Shreveport, form the nucleus of the - 'official delegation, which will also be made up of ‘well known personages of the state, among them being-Senator T..L. Dowling of Gloster, president of ~the Louisiana division of .the Jeffer- son highway, and R. D. Nibert of Bunkie, secretary of the Louisiana division. Many ladies will be in the party, including Mrs, Pleasant, Mrs, Buie and Mrs, Ford. In May, 1917, Hon. T. C. Norris, premier of nitoba, Canada, and Mayog F. 'H: fidson of Winnipeg, made a sociability run over the “Pine to Palm,” visiting Bemidji and meet- o ing-and mingling with the people of *. the'264 towns and cities, the nipety - wounties .andseven states along’ the = Toute, They carried official greetings from” Winnipeg and Manitoba to the _ Jefterson highway. neighbors and to -~ New ‘Orleans and = Louisiana, The . ‘people of Louisjiana had planned to make a return trip at once, but just thén the United States was plunged -fnto war and the trip was abandoned. The delay seems to have been a boon, for every indication points to the _greatest of sociability runs, The first icar-leaves New . Orleans at 9:30 olclock July 1, bound for Winnipeg, i where it will arrive July 20. : Purnose of Run. The purpose of the run is to bring - ~and enhance the growing feeling of good fellowship between the various localities that are engaged in promot- ing. the Jefterson highway. In ac- cordance with this purpose a running " schedule has been so arranged that a stop, .either of long or short dura- -tion will be made in each of the 264 community cénters on the highway. These. stops will be of from ‘three to ten minutes each, except at noon and night controls where they will be * Jopger: A speaking program Will bi in order ‘at every stop, it it is de- - sired. - ; . “ -~ That the above mentioned may bé ‘accomplished, the cars will be run at ten minute intervals, the stops being ymade on schedule, just as a train travels. ‘With the'cars running at intervals, it will be possible for each ace to have a program of from forty sixty minutes. Speakers will travel .in- the Rrst four . cars, ~which will leave at temgminute Jjntervals, iafter " which'dll ofher cdrs ga:> The'ocen- pants of ‘the”first ear, Will opén the program;-the secondscar arriving a ferlgSI‘f the m " be continued by thé party it carries; the first car proceeding on the run, Visitors in the third car will relieve those in the second car, and in.this - manner a short program will be car- ried out. Often there will be speak- ® - ing or a program in two or three dif- ferent towns at the same time, where communities are close together. -1t should be noted that this is not a Bpeed contest, or the run could be made in ten days, As it is for so- elability, it will take twenty days to run nearly 2,400 miles. The average distance will pe 115 miles a day, The longest day’s rin will be the last, petween Thief River Falls and Win- nipeg. The shortest day’s run will be ten miles, between St, Paul and # Minneapolis, The schedule has been arranged so that iime wil‘l be given to visit points of especial interest. HWANDT STORE TO NEW LOCATION - Otto J. Schwandt will move his store next week from its present lo- cation, 120 Third street, to 210 Third 4 ##street, the place formerly occupied by - T. Beandette, the tailor, nexa to the Fair Store. Mr. Schwandt has been jn business here- for the past eight -years and in his present logation for the past three years i S Page about a closer personal acquaintance- utes later, the program.wills | modate nbout 800 patlents, PLAY IS CLEVERLY PRESENTED BY HIGH Enthusiastic Audience Packs ‘Grand Theatre to See Student Actors in “Fortune'Hupm." Under the direction of Miss Sarah Mitchell, of the high school-faculty, 1919 graduates of the Bemidji edu- cational institution, cleverly present- ed “The Fortune Hunter,” by Win- chell Smith, at the Grand theatre last evening. The large theatre was filled to capacity and the audience greatly enjoyed the play for applause was generous and the many amusing in- cidents of the plot. kept every one chuckling during the.entire evening. Before the performance and be- tween the acts splendid music was provided by the high school orchestra, the program bein pared under the able direction-of Ivy Conant, in- structor of music' in' the city schools. To Miss: Conant qncll‘ the mfl .musi- or ‘¢ians belo much p or. t ufiaqu.m cal organization. . . - " The_selection - of . “The - Fortune Hunter” for the class play was a happy ‘one, for .theplot was . clever and entertaining, and the members of the class included in the cast portray- ed the characters exceptionally well. Flattering comments were heard from all sides, both as to.the selection of the play and the finished manner in which the parts were handled by the students. The work reflects credit both upon the young actors and Miss Mitchell, the coach: :* 8 A specialty, thesenior beauty chor- us; made a decided hit. The girls were Muriel McGee, Alice Minnick, Madge Trafton, Elsie Nuss, Jana -Berg, El- vira Hedman, Esther McGhee, Alice Elmquist, Gertrude . Smith, Marion Steidl. . Fixtures and clothing for the play were provided by Huffman & O’Lea- ry, City Drug Store and Gill Broth- ers. : CARRIED DYNAMITE ON PASSENGER TRAIN For having. earried 116 sticks of dynamite on a Great Northern pas- senger train. between Grand Rapids and Cass Lake, John Johnson, a Fin- lander, is now being held in the Bel- trami county jail and he faces a fine of-mot to ‘exceed $2,000 or a term In jail of not more "tham 18 ‘months, JoBnsen was arraigned defore, Judge <~ A. Simons, United States mis- gioner; nleaded guilty and was bound in-Puluth. Jchnson was first arrested by In- dian Agent W, J. Johnson, who be- lieved his prisoner to be a bootlegger, but investigation revealed the ‘dyna- mite instead of Tiquor, and the case was ‘submitted’ to United. States . At- torney Jacques. Charges were at once preferred against Johnson and his arrest: by Frapk Bradley, deputy United States marshal, followed, In default of providing bail Johnson is being held‘in the county jail. RECREATIONAL FUND 1S WELL SUPPORTED This is. tag day - for the purpose of establishing a fund with which a reereational director is to be brought to Bemidji for the months of June, July, and August, and splendid sup- port ‘is -being’ received - says workers who are covering the entire city in a most systematic manner. Members of the committee, Mrs. E. F. Netzer, Mrs. Harry Olin, Mrs. Charles Vandersluis, Mrs. E. Y. Wil- son and Mrs. T. J. Burke, are much encouraged by the support received by the city’s citizens and they are confident that the sale of tags will bring a sufficient amount to assure the bringing of an experienced play grounds director here as planned Interior of the Red 'Crosn' iiospltnl a SCHOOL GRADUATES |t ‘renows it was -snmouacet by of the North Russian republic, was 2l ed a little “Free’” communistic com- - Bheip « . pro spoke of them as “‘those Russian im- BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY. EVENING, MAY 17, 1919, RED CROSS HOSPITAL IN SIBERIA i BEMIDJI DEGREE TEAM 1 ' WILL GO TO McINTOSH J. C. McGhee, noble grand, that the Bemidji degree team of the lodge, ac- companied by a number of mémbers, will go'to Melntosh on May 27 to] - initiating of a large|-. asgsist in the class. The sesslon last evening was much enjoyed, and after the business meeting was over a supper was served, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT STRUCK KANSAS OIL (By United Press) London, (By M ail).—Nicholas Tchaikovsky, white-haired president ploughing on the Kansas prairies just 42 years ago. A At Cedar Vale, near Independen Kan.;-he and twelve fellow co - men owned. and worked two fa during 1875 to 1877, They con: migrants.” One, of the farms:is today the site of a' rich oil well. Tchaikovsky and his friends themselves began the well and discovered traces of oil. But they didn’t know what it was, - As it spoiled the water, they abandoned the hole.- . Later, Tchaiskovsky spent a year visiting “shaker” and other religious settlements in New York. He worked two years as a laborer in the Roches Ship Yards at Chester, near Phila- delphia. s His kindly eyes shining and.his| face aglow with reminiscences—that is, that small triangle of it that show- ed above his wonderful white shaggy beard—the aged president, now one of the great influences of Russija, told of those days of peace out there with his wife and baby daughter—when the Sunflower state was still young. “I broke 30 acres of sod all alone one.- spring,” he said. “We went to Cedar Vale from New York. There were thirteen of us, both men and wo- men. e owned everything‘in_ com- mon—Iland, horses, cattle, imple- ments. “Now . there is a rich oil well in our front yard. I remember when we dug that well. About 20 to 30 feet down we reached a layer of queer- smelling clay: We didn’t know what it was. The water was no good, of course, 80 we didn’t finish the hole. Now I know what we struck was oil.” Of the situation in Russia, he said: “Within. two months after Petro- grad and Moscow are captured, ord- er -conld be restored .comvleulybh over to'the next term of _Mera! court|Russia and a - constituent - assembly elected representing ali: Russia. “The Bolsheviks are simply a vigor- ous minority who by virtue of their control of the food supply and mili- tary dictatorship are .able to prevail over. the unarmed majority. Once the food control. is wrested ‘from them, their influence is gone. Bolshevism is not a new political philosophy which has saturated the minds of the Russi- an people. The bulk of the Russian people would be very glad;to rid themselves of it, if they had the means. 3 : “Petrograd could be taken in less than two months if the Allies sent be- tween 10,000 and 20,000 additional troops to North Russia. i ¥ The capture of Moscow: would re- quijre an enveloping operation on a guch larger scale for which from two to three hundred thousand addi- tional troops should be sent,” Tchaikovsky predicted that unless checked militarily, Bolshevism will certainly spread over all of south- ern Europe. “Whether it will reach England and France, I don’t know. Perhaps not.” On a piece of paper he penciled a rough map of North Russia, embrac- ing the provinces of Archangel, Vait- ka, Olonetz, Youroslavl, and Kos- troma, a total population of about 12,000,000. Of this, only Archangel (525,000 inhabitants) remains in the provisional government’s control. The Bolsheviks have occupied the other provinces. ) . t Tleunie_n. Siberin. It was established tol:, Czechs and Russlans and can accom- board for about 40 has b ‘m1dji should BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE 5 MORE ROOMS MUST BE PROVIDED T0 CARE FOR NORMAL SCHOOL GIRLS Appeal Made That Women of * City May Open Their Homes to Summer School Students An appeal to women of Bemidji is made today by the committee which _{is “compiling a directory of homes in the city which will be opened to 1100 . girls who are to attend the teacher’s training ‘school, held here June 28.to August 1. Evéry house- wife who can possibly spare a room for six weeks is urgently requested to rent it that the students may be aceommodated. Mrs. . Earle A. Barker, chairman of the committee, announces that rooms sufficient to accommodate 60 girls have been promised, and that een secur- ed. In several instances the girls will be permitted to do light house- keeping. - oviding of rooms and board for the -students is a. matter which Be- give ample“considerar tion. The normal school is now a real- ity and it is deserving of this sup- port which is ‘80 necessary to its suc- cess. - With the completion of the dor- mitory “this difficulty will be over- come,- but until that time it.is the duty otv;;ll to aid in every way pos- sible. omen desiring to assist are requested to so notify Mrs.. Barker, giving the number of rooms avail- able and the price asked for rental. JOHN WESLEY HOME The home of John Wesley, Four- teenth street and Dalton avenue, burned to the ground this morning, at about 7 o’clock. The fire depart- ment made two runs, the first call registered Beltrami and Fourteenth street, and when the right call came in the building was too far gone to be saved. The house was a two story building and the loss is believed to be between $2,000 and $3,000. The fire started between the walls and is thought to have been caused by an overheated stove. Mr. Wesley had been painting and repairing the house the ast week, and getting it ready for his family, which will move here from Canada next week. :‘ Hig L ¢ N topg T eay o Te, ALLIED TEADERS CONSIDER PLANTO INCLUDE GERMANY N NATION LEAGUE By Lowell Mellett = ‘ ... (Copyright 1919 By United Press) . Paris, May 17.—Germany’s inclysion in the League of Na- tions appeared visibly nearer today when it became known that the Allied leaders were considering her membership in the in- ;ernational Labor Bureau, which is an important part of the eague. COMPLETE COUNTER PROPOSALS TOMORROW . Berlin, May 17.—Counter proposals to the Peace Treaty will probably be completed Sunday, it was learned today. Un- der regulation§ governing the negotiatjons, the Germans have until May 22 to discuss the terms. : WINNIPEG SITUATION IS SERIOUS. . Winnipeg, May 17.—The future is dark and the situation is precarious, declared Mayor Gray this morning when the third day of the strike found the city more completely tied up than ever. - . The strikers showed no indication of relenting, the 30,000 union laborers, clerks and mechanics declaring that they will not return to work until all the demands of union labor are met. Mayor Gray wired the Ottawa goVernment that labor minister, Senator Robertson, must come to Winnipeg at once. Bread Iipe and milk lines are growing and there is. no act_ual sufl“e{mg except among imfams requiring fresh milk. Strike committees are caring for urgencies as rapidly as possible. 4TS PER MONTH INSPECTION TOUR George; C. Seales Inspecting Projects on Which Govern- (By United Press) Ponta Del uada Azores, May 17.— The seaplane NC-4 made a successful landing at Horta in the Azores at 9:26, New York time, this morning. Horta {s 160 mileg from the American base, The NC-1 and NC-8 were fol- 'BURNED TO GROUND| lowing closely, - SCHAFER CO AND PLEADS GUILTY! promotcyr, charged by the state with having diverted $600,000 from his fourteen state banks and two mort- gage companies he controlled, plead- ed guilty yesterday before Judge W, C. Leary in Hennepin county district court, The state had nearly completed its case and with (he evidence going against the defendant strongly, the change of plea to guilty was made by Schafer’s attorney, John F, Dahl, His plea was on an {ndictment that men- tioned the Hamel State bank, one of the fourteen institutions with which Shafer was connected. Sentence will he passed May 31, Judge Leary did not raise the prispn- er's bail, which had previously been set at $50,000. Schafer is at liberty on $650,000 bafl bond. The crime of which he plended guilty i8 punishable by a sentence of from one to ten years in the penitentiary. Through his counse] Schafer an- nounced that before sentence i8 pass- ed he will disclbse what became of more than $700,000 he is alleged to have obtained by his business influ- ences. ment Aid Will Be Given. George C. Scales, senior highway engineer of the United States Public Roads Bureau, and who is in charge of Federal road work in Minnesota, is making a tour of inspection over roads in this part of the state which are to secure portions of the govern- ment $5,000,000 aid to be distributed among the counties of the state. Ac- companied by RoysBliler, of Bemidji district, highwag: . r; and O wald Lind 8nndli' g B’:}J "&nct neers of Red Lake:snd 'Poni:' coun- ties, respectively, Mr. Secales-resched Bemidji last:evening. .Fodny Mr. Scales is inspecting the faderal aid road between omidfi and Cass Lake. Beltrami county has been alloted $90,000 federal road aid this year, and this amount may be added to should some counties in the state fail to take advantage of the govern- ment’s plah of giving aid. Each coun- ty is required to match the amount awarded to it by the government for use on road improvement and con- struction. Engineer Scales has completed in- spection of federal aid highways in the counties of Marshall, Mahnomen, Polk, Pennington and Red Lake, and he will tour several projects under the supervision of District Engineer Bliler before returning to his Min- neapolis headquarters. According to Mr. Scales contracts for the construction of 17 miles of - ———————————""—"S=! cement roads have been let, and con- DECORATING A being decorated with the Distinguished a Yankee tank which twinbled into the merged, returned and rescued him: YANKEE HERO tracts for the building of 93 more miles in several counties will be plac- ed this {ear. Mr. Scales says that practically all counties of the state are mapping plans for extensive road improvements. He says that the Bab- cock system of trunk highways; which will be provided for by the amend- ment to be placed before the voters next fall, is meeting general approv- al and is confident that it will be adopted. Before federal aid will be given a county, the roads to be benefited must be inspected I‘){ Mr. Scales and his ap- proval secured. MAIL MAY NOW BE SENT BY AIR. SAYS RITCHIE A. P. Ritchie, Bemidji postmaster, announces that mail is now being ac- Capt. Harry H. Bemmes, one of the heroes of the St. Mihlel salient drive, The captain, after escaping through the turret door, found that his driver higd heen unable to get out. Captain Semmwes, under machine gun fire, cepted for the air service which has been established®between Chicago and Cleveland. Aeroplanes will . leave daily from each terminal at 9:30 a. m., and make the trip in approximate- ly 2 hours and 30 minutes. Letters from Cleveland ‘will be ad- {vanced in delivery approximately six- teen hours, and letters from New York State, New York city and the New England States will be advanced in delivery six hours. The use of the Special Delivery stamp on letters will still insure greater expedition of let- ters at points of delivery. Bervice Cross. He was the skipper of Patrons who desire letters trans- Rupt de Mad and was completely sub- |porte by air service should put aero- lane stamps or Ordinary Postage tamps at the rate of six cents per ounce on their letters which also must be marked in a conspicuons manner