Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 10, 1919, Page 1

VOLUME NO. 137 | COUNCIL WILL | HOLD SPECIAL | | MEETTOACTON : George E. Kreatz Would R/e? model Municipal Building Planned for “$13,852. PLAN CHANGE MAY PROVIDE BIG SAVING /. Ordinance Which Would Re- ‘quire License for Soft Drink Dealers Fails to Pass . Contract for the remorielln.g of the City hall, the completion of the work to provide Bemidji with an attrac- tive and convenient munitipal build- will. probably e let by the --council at a special meeting to be held during the next few days. , -Monday night’s session of the coun- ‘cil two contractors' offers to do the work were, submitted, George E. Count von Brockdorf-Rantzau and other German envoys lenv!ng the T;i- anon palace, Versailles, after the conditions of peace were read to them. 100 CHILDREN ENJOY FIRST DAY OF PLAY GROUND ACTIVITY Kitten Ball Played—Ice Cream Sale Campaign Starts to Increase Fund. . .Kreatz bidding $13,852 and Louis Lauritzen presenting a ibid of $15,- The bids were more than the BORDER CITY .TO IMPROVE ROAD LEADING TO BEMIDJI ) In an effort to arouse interest in road improvement especially on the highway which leads from the Bor- der City to Bemidji, the Commerecial club of International Falls is plan- ning a publicity nounces Davis who was in Bemidji Saturday. While } Hurburt made a study of the methods followed by the Ctvic and Commerce Association an: on his return carried many sugges- tions which he will present to the | Commercial club of his home city for consideration in the plan for reor- ganizing the club there. IMPORTANT MATTERS WILL BE DISCUSSED BY SCHOOL OFFICERS Threé Meelings ffi;ofigl;nut County are Planned by Sup- erinte'ndent_Jf. McGhee. council had ‘planned to expend in making the improvements, but is be- lieved that by’ changing the plans for the alterations the cost can ibe materially reduced. .the council postpone: For this reason & decision in the - One of the surprises of the meet- ing was the action of the council in killing an ordinance which would re- quire -all dealers in soft drinks to se- cure a city license costing $256 .a The ordinance failed of adop- tion by one vote, the ballot resulting Aldermen Garlock, Jones, Croon and ‘Barnell voted against the measume, while the votes in its favor were cast by President of the Council in Bemidji. Mr. With one hundred ° enthusiastic children in attendance the summer’s recreational activities began under the direction of V. G. McAninch at the Central school building yester- As the play ground apparatus is not ready for use, be- ing changed from the 'Beltrami avenue side of the building to Min- nesota avenue, the afternoon was de- voted to the playing of kitten ball, much interest being taken. " 'This -afterndon the recreational period* is being held at the Lincoln school, ‘and tomorrow it will be at the North school. Use of the basement of the Episco- palian church has been granted to the recreational’ committee for the holding of evening community meet- ings and entertainment and for quiet games during the days. The sale of ice cream coeupons un- der the plan promoted by Koors brothers whereby bricks of cream are sold for 50 cents, all but fifteen cents of the purchase price going into the fund to be used for secur- ing paraphernalia for Vandersluis, and Aldermen Palmer, l.sackus and Benner. Amend Wire Ordinance. amended ordinance day afternoon. The council 101 whjch requires that all wires, polls and apparatus of the telephone and electric light com- panies be remoyed from (Bemidji, Bel- < 7 trami and Minnedoid”avénues by ‘th first of September, next year, to pro- vide that the council may grant per- mission ‘to the companies to cress streets where necessity of so doing The Northwestern Tele- phone company was represented at the meeting by F. E. Lister, of Du- luth, district commercial manager, school officers of\Beltranii county are to be held during the next month by J. C. McGhee, county superintendent of schools, according to announce- The first of the F. E. Hannah, of Grand Forks dis- trict plant chief, and G. H. Bielitz, ‘The Minnesota tric Light and Power company ment just made. “#was,represented by A. J. Naylor, Be- meetings will be held at the Sunberg in the township of Spruce Grove, at which the school officers of the Grygle district will be in attendance, June 19. The second meeting will be held at Baudette June 26, the officers of the school districts in the northern section of the county being in attend- The meeting for the southern section of the county will be held in Berhidji July 17. not definite, and may be changed, says Superintendent McGhee. Matters of importance and much interest are to be taken up at the meetings among the subjects to be compulsory educa- midji manager. The ordinance was read for the second time. Ordinance No. 102, which author- izes the issue of $50,000 city bonds for use in improvitg and .extending the water works system, was read for the second time, no amendment be- “No. 153, provid- ing for the building of cement side- walks five feet wide and four inches thick on Fourteenth street from Ir- vine to the North side school, and No. 154 which will entitle drivers of motor cars to secure single day jitney licenses for one dollar, the oc- ions to be on days when the reg- . ular jitney drivers cannqt meet the transportation demand, were adopt- .ed. ground work, started yesterday, the girls reporting that the following persons purchased coupons: E. A. Barker, White, Mrs.*J. T .Davis, Mrs. E. W. Johnson, Mrs. C. M. Bacon, Mrs. A. Two resolutions, Anthony hospital, These dates are Mrs. W. G. Bolcom, Mrs. C. L. Isted, Mrs. B. W. Lakin, Mrs. B. F. Ander- son, Mrs. J. T. Gibbons, Rev. Geo. Backhurst, Mrs. Quincy Brooks, Mrs. Mrs. John Miller, A. Warfield, St. Mary O’Grady, Louis Beroud, Foucault, Mrs. English, Mrs. A. W. Ditty, Mrs. A. B. Cunningham, Mrs. W. A. Masten, W. E. Durbahn, Fred discussed being: tion, salary of teachers, teachers, board of teachers, state aid, duties of school officers pay, of school officers election of school transportation and school taxes. Meetings of the school officers are held annually, each officer who at- tends being paid five cents a mile for transportation in going to and from the meeting and three dollars a day for his time. Mrs, ' Clarence Secure Cement Contract.. The contract was building cement crossings and curbs awarded to Goodipan & Loitved, the ibid being 12 cents a square foet for| sidewalks, 40 cents a lepial foot for curb lines, 18 cents a square foot for alley crosgings and 18 cents a sguare foot for street, crossings. <A petition of property owners re- Morten Moe, Mrs. E. L. Wood, Mrs. J.'W. Murray, Mrs. A. A. Richardson, Mrs. A. M. Johnson, Mrs. Philip Gill, Mrs.*Emma Powell, Mrs. L. F. John- Christianson, Mrs. C. A. Huffman, Mrs. Geo. J. Row, Mrs. S. H. Roberts, Ellen Crothers, i Grimoldby, C. 0. Moon, O. J. Ritchey, Olive Whaley, Dave Gill, Mrs. L. A. Ward. BEMIDJI WILL HAVE " CIRCUS JULY THIRD Bemidji is go’ng to have a circus as a preliminary to its Fourth of Ralph Dannettell, F.. E. Mauritz, F. A R, BIG ATTENDANCE PREDICTED BY ST. CLOUD PRESIDENT . C. Brown, president of the St. Cloud stute mormal schonl, while in Bemidji cn his way to Oklee where he delivered the commencement ad- dress, conferred with M. W. Deputy, of the Bemidn b school, an old acquaintance being renewed by the two educators. [resi- dent Brown predicts that the Be- midji normal will be a popular and well * attended school that the summer teachers’ training course will attract an dnrollment of at. least one hundred students. ROE IS NOT CANDIDATE FOR RETURN TO BOARD K. K. Roe., who for nine years has given splendid service to the com- munity as a member of the board of education. and who.during the past year has been clerk of the'board, has announced that he will not be a can- didate for re-election at the school officers’ election to be held the last Saturday in July. “I have been a board for nine vears,’” said Mr. Roe this morning,” and I feel that I have fulfilled my obligation as a 1loyal citizen of the city during that period and that a new member should be named to my seat.” one time a member of the city coun- J. E. Harris, guesting that Woodland avenue and the lower part’of an alley in block six -of Carson’s addition be vacated was referred to City Attorney Huff- man, City Engineer Bourgeois and the street and walks committee. The action is sought by the Bemidji Po- tato Products company that the land may be used for the erection of ware- 4 compnuléation "";‘t;h:o.fif,ztfi July celebration. advance agent for the Waiter Main circus, was in the city today and completed arrangements for the appearance of the big show, with its parade in Bemidji July 3. announcing the features of the circus are being placed on hill boards of Be- midji and vicinity by A. T. Whee- Board of Health offerin ate with the city in a t! spection of all milk used in Bemif_ljl ..l was referred to the health commit- The bond of City Engineer Bourgeois was approved. was granted to the Moose lodge to stage a carnival in Bemidji June 1 and believes Board of Review: President of the Council Vander- FOURTH DISTRICT ELECTION WILL BE HELD JULY FIRST Special election to fill the Fourth district vacancy on the Minnesota delegation in congress caused by the recent death of Representative Carl C. VanDyke will take place July 1, the date fixed for a special charter election in St. Paul. Positive announcement to that ef- fect was made by Governor Burn- quist who added that the proctama- tion calling Fourth district will be issued about announced that the board of re- nclude Mayor L. F. e following aldermen: first ward, , second ward, Palmer;: third ward, ward, Croon and fifth ward, Jones. The board will meet just as soon as the books of W. G. Klein, city as- sessor are completed, which will be within the next few days. f{ayor Johnson announced that he member of the devised a plan whereby the oute of the heavy jitney traffic in he busines district will be changed, the object being to lessen dangers now encountered by pedestrians. the - election Mr. Roe was at June 12, becaise of the statute pro- vision that the election must. take days of the Enjoyment is the sweet satisfac- tion of knowing that your income is|place within twenty more thain you can possibly spend. The term of R. L. Given salsn ex- proclamation date, pires this year. _BEMIDJI DAILY PION ~ GERMAN ENVOYS AFTER GETTING TERMS FUNERAL OF MRS. BAILEY 'WILL BE HELD TOMORROW Funeral services for the late Mrs. H. 'W. Bailey will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’'clock, at the home, and at the family lot in Greenwood cemetery, Rev. Lester P. Warford |officiating. The relatives have ar- rived : with the .exception of Omar Bailey, a son, of Yakima, Wash., who will arrive in the city.at 2 o’clock in the morning. - Mrs. -Bailey,” who died very sud- denly @&t. her home Sunday had for more than twenty years made her home in Bemidji and was loved and respected by all. iho knew her. For more than ejghteen years she was president .of the G. A."R. Circle of this city, which she helped establish, |Put resigned on ngeount of her fail- ing health. "Sheé was 80 years old. 10WA MOTORISTS WILL Bemidii is to be- visited by a so- ciability run’ party, the trip_being brompted’ by officials of the Iowa ‘Park: -highway and the mississippi -] River iScenic highway, next week, The:party, made up of Iowa people, .Joined by about 25 St. Paul ;will leave Des Moines June 17, at 6¢a-an., and will follow the Towa Parks highway to Spirit Lake, Iowa, thencé "to Itasca '‘park and Bemidji, retuning to Des Moines by way of the *Mississippl ‘River Scenic high- wayito Minneapolis, St. Paul and Me. Gregor," lowa, and the Towa Parks hi ay to Waterleo, Marshaltown, Newton, Colfax and Des Moines. It is planned to have the entire tour, of approximately 1,300 miles take twelve days, which will allow ample time to enjoy the beautiful scenery and also including a half day -at Cass Lake on Saturday after- noon, June 21, and on the following Tuesday in St. Paul and Minne- apolis. 3 REGULAR C. C. A. LUNCHEON . WILL BE SERVED TOMORROW Announcement was made today that the regular Wednesday noon luncheon of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association will be held tomprrow. Following the luncheon a ntimber of Important subjects are to be brought up for consideration, and; a large attendance is urged. ELKS TO HOLD STATE MEET IN ST. PAUL NEXT WEEK % g to-send a large delegation to the an- nual state convention which is to be held in St. Paul June, 19 and 20. the fifteenth annual state convention of Elks in Minnesota. g By Lowell Mellett (1Inited Press Correspondent.) Pa: ing. A ‘““The causes of the present open de- flance of the British,”’ the soldier writes, “are many and varied, and on the whole do not reflect any great credit on the present administration of the country by the English. When England first entered the country, some 37 years ago, as the result of a decision by the Great Powers, Egypt was on the verge of bankruptcy as the result of extravagance and mis- rule by Turkey. “‘One of the greatest causes of dis- satisfaction in Egypt is the system of ‘capitulations.” These are laws by which the subjects of European powers are not subject to the ordin- ary laws of Egypt. When a foreign- er commits a crime he can only be tried with the sanction of his own government and only before a mixed tribunal composed mostly of his own nationals. England has promised they shall cease during the present year. “When England entered Egypt it was with three announced objects— First, to restore the financial status of the country, second to abolish cap- itulations and, third, to educate the Egyptians to a point where they could govern themselves. In the first two they have succeeded. Egypt is in good financial condition and it is promised capitulations shall end soon. But in the third object, fail- ure has been the result. E “England introduced a system of secondary education of a secular character on Western lines, without considering the Egyptians are an Oriental people. A system of educa- tion totally separated from the Mo- hammedan faith brought about a state of resentment. “Then a lot of Englishmen were imported to take fat government jobs, regardless of their fitness, leaving|m only minor jobs to the Egyptians. The Egyptians are divided into, two classes: the Effendi, or educated FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH ILLINOIS S FIRST STATE IN UMON 10 WOMEN VOTE (By United Press) June 10.—Illinois is the first state in the union to ratify the Federal suffrage amendment passed by Both houses of the Illinois legislature adopted the resolution within half an hour. ASK FOR REPEAL OF DAYLIGHT LAW ) Atl‘antic'C‘ity, June 10—By a vote of 180 to 150 the Am- erican Federation of Labor, in convention here, decided today to urge the repeal of daylight savings law. : REPORT NOW BEFORE COUNCIL Paris, June 10.—Reports of the various Allied commissions regarding German counter proposals were before_the Big Four today. Some of the reports, it was learned, are ready to be in- corporated into the allied reply which is expected to be sub- mitted Friday, while others will result in further discussion. Among these are the questions of a fixed sum for reparations and early admission of Germany into the League of Nations. RATIFY- - GIVI Springfield, IlI,, VST BEWIJISOON Congress. last week. EXAMINATION FOR RURAL CARRIER OPEN TO WOMEN is announced by States civil service commission that an examination will be held in Be- midji July 12 to fill the postion of rural mail carrier on the mewly es. tablished route No. 4. The examina- tion will be open only to citizens who are actually domiciled in the territory covered by the route, and who meet with certain other require- Women who are not married and the wiveg of soldiers or sail- ors serving in the world wor will be permitted to take the examina- MUCH INTEREST TAKEN IN BEMIDJI NORMAL’S COURSE FOR TEACHERS President Deputy Confident School Will Be Attended by More Than 100 Students. With the opening of the Bemidji Normal ‘school's summer teachers’ training course less than two weeks distant, much interest is heing tak- en In this rection or the state by those who contemplate enrolling. M. W. Deputy, president, is much en- couraged by thé number of requests for information he is receiving from teachers who plan.to.attend and he, is confident that-more than one hun- P dred will benefit by the course. A list of Bémidji folks who are to provide rooms and board for students has been printed and is being sent to all prospective students, by Presi- Deputy. The list gives the nume of the person having a room for rent, the number_of students who he accommodated; telephone number, uddwfi and price of the MOTHER IS DEAD. E. E. Powell other of Mrs. J. W. Clair of this 'ity; ‘died at her home' yesterday af- Mrs. Clair and little son, were called to Anoka some time ago by the 1illness of Mrs. Powell and Mr. Clair joined them there several days ago. Clair is makeup Headed by Exalted Ruler George|' E. Kreatz, Bemidji Elks are planning, Some’ of the events planned for the convention are a parade, of all the delegates, a sightseeing tour by au- tomobile and dance. This will be man on the Bemidji Pioneer, and he expects to return to Bemidji to resume his work Friday. WlLSON’S;'OURTEEN POINTS ARE FAVORED BY EGYPTIANS by those inte' summer term has also been provided by My. Deputy. The faculty for the term has prac- tically been completed and at a meet- ing of the state normal school board to be held in St. Paul next Tuesday it is expected that the appointments will be approved. The meeting will be attended by A. P. White, the Be- midji member of the normal school board and by President Deputy. Much of the equipment for the normal has arrived and the school grounds are beginning to present an appearance of much activity. The grounds are being improved and ce- ment -walks are being placed. Work of placing cement walks up Doud avenue to the normal school from Tenth street will begin immediately under the supervision of E. J. Bour- geois, city engineer. SEASON'S FIRST OPEN AIR CONCERT THURSDAY Bemmidji's ‘Military band, now rec- ognized as one of the leading musical organizations of the state, will play its first open air concert of the sea- son at the park Thursday evening, announces Oliver Riggs, director. A splendid program has been prepared for the concert, which will last an hour, beginning at 8 o’clock sharp. FREE TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC TO BE HELD AT PARK RAPIDS class, and the Fellaheen, or peasants. The greatest ambition of the Effendi is to obtain a“job in the civil service or become a lawyer. tians flocked to the schools and equip themselves for handling the' greater part of the government work. How- ever, they find these jobs are mostly reserved for Englishmen, more capable than themselves. ‘“‘Consequently there class of educated unemployed. Out of this class was born the Nationalist fifteen years ago. were gained through the nasural ob- jection of a Mohammedan to being ruled by a Christian. ““Another cause for trouble is the close alliance of many families with They view' the hreaking up of Turkey with dismay as the breaking up of their religion. ‘8o much for the wealthier class. wholly uneducated and living to thiemselves on little bits of land, have for the most part ob- tained real bemnefits from British rule; irrigation, abolition of forced labor. 1fmitation of eonscription, protection from Bedouine marauders, etc. They lave been apparently grateful and Hence it is difficult to account for their attitude. “Thelr greatest complaint seems to be due to army requisitions. complaint is general that stock and crops have been taken and not paid The method generally followed as for the British to demand from the headman of-the village a certain number of donkeys, corn or other The headman would then take them from the villagers and hand them over to the military au- thorities who would pay for them in There was no supervision to see that the money was distributed innumerable cases the money was never paid over to the The Fellaheen then were told by their headman that the ““These things gave great oppor- British had not paid him. tunities for political agitation. of the demands is that the British evacuate Egypt at once. British _never will do, for two rea- First, the Suez canal is neces- sary for the maintenance of com- munication between the parts of the empire; second. much English capi- tal is sunk in Egyptian cotton. ““‘British policy is now one of con- ciliation, but it will time to ‘regain the good will of the The present trouble is far more serious than generall ciated and it is a question which way it will result.” (By Mail.)—How seriously Egyptians are protesting British rule and some of the reasons therefor are revealed in a letter received today from a British soldier stationed in Egypt. Inasmuch as the Egyptians are urging Wilson's declarations in behalf of the rights of small nations in support of their contention that the British protectorate assumed in December, 1914, should cease now that hostilities have ended, Ameri- cans may find the situation interest- Young Egyp- ‘The Fellaheen, commodities. children and adults who are suspect- ed of having tuberculosis, or who are living with persons having the dis- ease, a free clinic is to be held at Park Rapids June 23 beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. The clinic is to be conducted by Hubbard county phy- sicians and the county health nurse, and it will be continued for re-exam- ination from time to time on dataes which will be determined later. " RETURNS FROM FRANCE. Consequently in actual owners. George T. Greer, of Debs, who left Bemidji with a number of Bemidji draft men in June 1918, returned to the city Monday night, on his way to - Debs where he will visit his parents before continning to North Dakota where he will be employed. Greer went overseas in September and land- ed on his return at Jersey City on May 28, his discharge being grdanted June 1. He was taken ill soon after his arrival in Franee atid &id not reach the front. take a long rm to be filled out £*to’ attend. the A blanig the - purpose of examining