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

_ All Money To Remain In This ' Bemidji lodge of Elks which says: BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER VOLUME XVII. NO. 172 S. A WILL ERECT HEADQUARTERS INBEMIDJI IF DRIVE SUCCESS Elks Backing Campaign, That; Is Nation-Wide; Meet This Evening. $10,000 PLEDGED BY . ARMY FOR.NEW HOME City; Will Eliminate Street Soliciting. The Elks of the nation are square- ly behind the gigantic campaign for elevating the Salvation Army to its proper plane, that it may carry on its work of humanity and relief to the poor and unfortunate, and care for those in distress and in need of assistance. In this connection, the Bemidji Elks will hold a specialj meeting tonight to which every mem- ber is urged to be present, ready to take part in the big campaign soon to start to raise the Bemidji and Bel- trami quota, and for this, if success is the Bemidji result, the sum of $10,000 is assured for the érection o a permanent building in Bemidji as headquarters for the army post to facilitate matters in looking after the welfare of the unfortunate. It is also the desire of the army to eliminate the tambourine rounds in the solicitation of working funds, and further details have been writ- ten to Secretary E. H. Jerrard of the Plans are Confirmed. “This letter is to confirm our pre-| vious correspondence and to give you definite word in regard to the project of the Salvation Army as relate to thelr Home Service Fund .campaign at Bemidji. “Upon the successful completion of vour drive locajly, the < Salvation Army is pledged permanent building, either by pur- chase of erection, the sum of. .)010,- 000, . This. budget for your.local community has been approved by the provincial headquarters here (Min- neapolis) and the territorial head- quarters of the Salvation Army and is definite. “The building to be secured will be used as a headquarters for the religious and relief work of the Sal- vation Army. It is also planned to incorporate in the building lodging accommodations for the unfortinates who cannot afford to pay hotel pricgs. The success of the Salvation 'Ame in operating these lodging houses at a very minimum expense with a maximum of comfort and wholesome environment, needs no amplification. “In your guota is also included the budget for the local army corps for a twelve months’ period. This means no further general solicitation for funds. ! “Your money pledged will all stay home and additional funds yill be added thereto. The money Wwill be left on deposit in a local bank. to be expended directly from there.” The writer of the above letter is Herbert iv. Jeffrey, state campaign director. n your gity for aj STATE LABOR DOWNS RESOLUTION:TO CENTER UPON STATE INSURANCE Charges Openly Made That Politicians Are At Foot of Whole Scheme. New Ulm, July 22.—The state fed- eration of labor convention voted un- animously today against a proposal that legislative workers at the next session center their efforts on secur- ing the passage of state administra- tion of workmen’s compensation in- surance, and if necessary to sacrifice other measures. William, Mahoney said many poli- tians had approachred him with the proposition recently. Delegates im- mediately scouted the plan, declaring it was a palitical trick against labor and killed the resolution. Mahoney declared ‘“‘that it was a political scheme, designed so they can get us cornered and, then Iorce us into trading and committing our selves to every infamous measure the politicians want. We have come to the parting of the ways. We can no longer afford to do what the politi- cians want. We have committed our selves tp a labor political govern- ment. We must win the support of the thousands of unorganized work- ers. If we do that we will get state insurance and all other labor bills.” Mrs. Rena Mooney, wife of Thomas Mooney, serving life sentence in (al- itornia in connection with the big patriotic parade in which the bomb was thrown, spoke at the convention here today. . \When a call for funds was made, de}egates started throwing silver dollars )yn the stage, resulting jn a veritableggain of coins. THEODORE S. ANDREWS SLUMBERS: "A\gfi? ON: ACTIVE € ENDS Was Father of A. A. Andrews and Visiting Son at Time of Death. Deep in slumber, Theodore S. An- drews peacefully passed .into the Great Beyond at an early ‘hour this -morning, while on a.visit to his son, A.A. Andrews of 509 Bemidji ive- nue, ‘and an active business. career ended. i The,wife of the deecased had come to Bemidji to visit her son and the father had come to join the visit with: is.- wife. Much-of thestime ‘rad been spent on the farm of A. A. An- drews, four miles from Waskigh and vesterday he decided to come to Be- midji. He arrived via auto about 8 o’clock in the evening and seemed in his usual health and spirit, partaking of a substantial lunch, after which he retired. It was about 3 o'clock that the son went to the room to ascertain how he was resting and discovered his life ebbing. He dropped into slumber and passed on. Mr. Andrews was born in Wiscon- sin. For years he was in the grain business in Minneapolis. Two child- ren survive, A. A. Andrews, a lawyer of Bemidji, and Mrs. C. W. Trebel of Minneapolis. ) The body will be forwarded to- night to Osage, la., where internment will be held. PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL. Washington, July 22.—President Wilson' has signed the new Sundry civil appropridtion bill. The origin- al bill was vetoed because it did not carry funds for vocational rehabili- tation of wounded service men. 'The new bill provides $8,000,000. POTATO GROWERS TOUR WAS BIG SUCCED W. J. Koppen, potato seed inspect- or for the state of Minnesota and member of the state potato seed cer- tification board, and E. L. Proebst- ing, also of the same line of duties, were with the potato inspecting tours held Friday, Saturday and Monday, by various farmers' organizations, and afterward stated that Beltrami county had better potatoes than are being raised in the western part of the state, northwestern part of the state and in the southern portion of the state. . They also assterted that Beltrami had the largest acreage of certified * potatoes applied for by any county in the state of Minnesota. Over two- thirds of the state certified acreage applied for is in Beltrami. The inspectors will be in Beltrami county for the next ten days and all potato growers who have not as yet applied for potato certificates shoqld lose no time in applying at the office of A. W. Aamodt, agricultural direct-| or of South Beltrami county. at ‘the court house. August 1 is the time limit set to obtain the blanks. Fish Dinner Feature. The first day of the tour was the Hines tour. the feature being the big fish dinner served at the farm home of william Hines at Blackduck lake. About 75 took part in the Hines tour and inspected potato fields until af- ter 5 o'clock. Mud, caused by rains, interfered somewhat with the going. Rain Integerefi. et Saturday was the Blackduck picnic and rain causé€d a postpénement. It S; COUNTY LEADS alsé interfered with the tour of in- spection. However fully 40 made the trip between showers and the! party was accompanied by A. G. Tolaas, who was also with the party the afternoon previous. Mr. Tolaas is chief potato inspector of the state. | Solway Last Day. ! E. A. Barker, E. H. Winter, W. L. Brooks., Harry Olin and H. M. Stan- ton went to Solway Monday where! they attended the noonday luncheon which was one of the features of the third and last potato inspection trip held in this section of the county under the direction of A. W. Aamodt, manager of the farm bureau, during the past week. Following the luncheon, interest- ing talks were given by Mr. Brooks, Mr. Barker, Mr. Aamodt and L. Jen- son of Clearbrook, the latter in ex- planation "of leaving the banking business saying, ““l have found that there is too much money in farming; and cattle raising to remain at bank- ing.” Millbach Presides. | | Peter Milbach presided at the! | meeting, being chairman of the com- ’mittee which arranged the inspection itrip. About twenty farms were vis- |ited during the morning and after- \noon, the potato crops showing !splendid progress and yields of 204 | bushels to the agre will be common, it is thought. i Solway liad a campaign against po- | tato bugs and succeeded in eradicat- ing the destructive pests to a marked BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1919 ROBINSON WILL TELL PROGRESS OF COMMUNITY MARKET PLANS Bemidji Association Noon Lunch Tomorrow Will Have Much of Interest MEETING OF BUSINESS . MEN AND FARM CLUBS| To Be Held In Bemidji Next Week, July 30; Expert Will Speak. The noonday luncheon of the Be- midji association tomorrow, promises to be interesting in many ways. W %. Robinson will make a report of the work done for the meeting July 20 of the farmers and business men of Bemidji, to discuss the project of a community market, such as are in vogue in several cities. In all probability, there will be g large attendance at the meeting. Over 1,000 letters have been sent out by Secretary Stanton to farmfers of this-vicinity while the secretaries of the farmers’ chlubs throughout the county have been notified of the date of the meeting and its purpose, and the- members are much interested. , Braden on Program. W. G. Braden of Adrian, Mich.. general manager of the communit market in that city, also organized the Stillwater, Minn.., commurit) market. He is the originator of thi- great benefit to both farmer and con- sumers in general and he will tell of the work of a community marlor, what it means to all concernad. method of conduct and every de!ail connected therewith. He will also be :pleased to answer any questions on the part of his hearers, to an- lighten any obscure phase of ‘he proposition. F. P. Mann, president of the Fed- erated Community association cf North Dakota. will also he present and speak on the communitv market, and’ there will ‘he othier We'l known speakers on the program. At the noon lunch tomorrow, the menu will include roast pork, mashed potatoes. string beans, beets, bread, butter, blueberry pie, iced tea and coffee. KAPLAN SOLVES BRICK PROBLE FOR HANDSOME NEW BUSINESS BLOCK Price Soars So He Takes Over Foley Plant and Starts s Operations .. When Morris Kaplan let the con- tract after he had the cost of his new two story business block estimated, the brick cost a certain price, but the soaring cost of brick has cau-<ed him to change his plans, for he is going into the brick making business himself, to secure the brick needed to complete his building. Brick has gone up to $15 per thousand, asserted Mr. Kaplan on hoard the cars at Bemidji, and that it costs $2 per thousand for haulage to the site of the new building, mak- ing a total of $17 per thousand for the material. This caused Mr. Kap- lan to secure the former Foley brick making plant and he has started it up to make the brick for his build- ing. which will require about 25/0,- 000. If his plant produces the goods he will be in position to fill orders for such. ‘HELL HOUNDS.' SENATOR BRANDS FOES OF LEAGUE (Ry United Press.) Washington, July 22.—Comparing senators who opposed the league of nations to ‘“‘hell hounds”e. and “snakes,” Senator Harrison of Mis- sippi delivered a fierce attack on them in a senate speech. Harrison dared republicans oppos- ing the league to make American withdrawal from it the issue in the 1920 campaign. “If you do,” he as- si .serted, ‘“you will hear the voice of the people. Republican hopes will be forever shattered and your bariy ignominously defeated.” NO QUORUM PRESENT. Perhaps it was the \World's Fair shows that caused an absence of al- dermen from the council meeting last night. At any rate less than a quor. um gathered and after waiting until 9:30 o’clock for others to arrive dis- persed. CONVENTION FAVORS STRIKE. New Ulm, July 22.—All but seven delegates at the convention stood to- day when asked how many favored a general strike of five days beginning Labor day to win Tom Mooney's free- dom | degree ! Mg ' filsz';l?}l'"‘; ) FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH RMAN ASSEMBLY WHICH RATIFIED TREATY GE This photograph shows the German national assembly which recently rati- fled the treaty of peace. Note the women members of the assembly. e et s e AIRSHIP CATCHES FIRE; FALLS THROUGH BIGBANK SKYLIGHT "IN CHICAGO: 11 1S DEATH TOLL < (By United Press) ! Chicago, Ill., July 22.—Eleven were dead today and twenty-six injured in Chicago’s most modern traget!y, the fall of an airship through the skylight of the lllinois Sav- ings and Trust company’s bank. “'The. 160 foot dirigible of the Goodyear Rubber company " was flying 500 feet high over the city when the pilot, J. A. Boettner, saw the gas bag on fire. He shouted to the crew to jump overboard and all but two succeeded. They were carried down with the burning bag as it crashed through the glass skylight onto the heads of about 200 workers in the counting room of the bank. Burning gasoline spurted in every direction. In a mo- ment the big room with marble pillars was a burning in- ferno. Of the nine dead in the bank most of them were pinned beneath the heavy framework of the dirigible or the glass and debris of the roof. Rivers of flaming gasoline ran over the place. Many of those who escaped jumged from the windows and were caught by the crowds that congregated. Most of t'h.osc caught in the wreckage were burned beyond recognition. Members of the airship crew who escaped, leaped with their parachutes and upon buildnigs nearby. The blimp, it is believed, caught fire from the exhaust of her rotary motors, an experiment in airship building. These pull instead of push the gas bag. The city council, in session at the time of the tragedy, ordered an investigation. AT WASKISH SATURDAY| BY OVER FIFTY HEN Assurances Given That Anoth- er Good Program Will be Presented. TR On next Saturday, July 26, there will be held a big community picnic at Waskish, under the auspices of the Waskish Farmers' club, Red Lake Farmers' club, Birch Island Farmers’ club and the Beltrami County Farm Bureau association. i The principal speaker will he A.i J. McGuire, state dairy :-\p(-ui:},l!sl. who will discusk the dairy cow and feeding. Miss Julia Newton, assistant State leader of home demonstration agents will also be preesnt and discuss prob- lems that will be of importance to the women. The request is urged that the whole family is wanted and show the | extension speakers that the settlers, So good was the Vawter chautan- Qua this season, over fifty citizens had no hesitancy in guaranteeing 'ne appearance of another Vawter ag:re- gation season It was necessary to secure forty names, each signer ap- proved by the first four signatories, they being A. T. Carlson, J. C. Mc. Ghee, J. E. Harris and W. G. Bolcom. The signers were H. 7. Mitchell, S. F. Harlocker, H. W. VanDervort, G. D. Backus, 0. J. Laqua, Patrick who are working hard to open up the! grown, N. E. Given, C. M. Landon, new territory, are red blooded and|p L, fiines, Arnold M. Johnson, §. L of the right sort. | Winslow, J. R. Veloske, Earl L. Luke, ‘_Qnin(‘y Brooks, (. 0. Moon, Rev. { George Backhurst, D. 8. Mitchell, C. Jacobson, F. L. Smith, H. J. BAUDmE FAIR ls ;é‘)ill‘ln. G. l}uker. \\'/‘ !i. Backus. .. B. ASSURED THIS YEAR ©riti. 5" Sridon " % | Haarklau, L. E. Taber, Ray Hunn:nh: (Baudette Region.) |J. L. George, A. B. Palmer, George There will be a fair in Baudette |W. Rhea, 0. G. Schwandt G. W. in September. This was assured|Harnwell, Lycan & Co., D. J. Moore, when the board of .county commis-!E. B. Berman, John A. Dalton, F. T. sioners appropriated $500 for the Beaver, R. J. Boardman. E. M. purpose of defraying part of the ex- |Sathre. K. J. Willits, Earl '(:ml, penses of the prize money. jP‘letcher Grimoldby., W. Z. Robinson, The proposition has been hanging:.l. W. Smith, G.']‘L Carson, P. H. fire for some time awaiting ..e ac- Mintey and Martin Dunn. tion of the board, and its favorable! A very high class list of talent is consideration settles it. Commission- | promised for next season. er Imsdahl, County Agent McCurdy | e and J. U. Williams presented the case | ASK MARTIAL LAW. and are to he congratulated on their| g success. The date of the fair will; be fixed at a meeting of the directors to be held soon. | tion asking the president to proclaim It is expected that the premium & martial law in the District of Colum- list for the fafr will be issued next y‘hia because of continued race riots weelk. (By United Press.) Washington, July 22.—A resolu- lwas introduced in thé house today | NORRIS NOT TO SEE PRESIDENT; . LET WILSON TELL” HE AVERS Nebraska Senator Who At- tacked Shantung Advises People Be Informed. SENATORS NOT IMPRESSED WITH TREATY FEATURE “Time for Secrecy Passed” De- clares Solon; Recalls Wil- son’s Statement. Washington, July 22.-—Senator Norris of Nebraska. whose speech in the senate last week attacking the Shuntung settlement in the German neace treaty set the whole nation to ‘alking, refused to wecept President Wilson's invitation to call at the White House to discuss the agree- ments by which Japan given the German concessions in the Chinese peninsula IExecept to say he would not o 10 ‘he White House, Senator Norris ‘maintained silence on the subject Sunday. It is understood. howcver, hat he does not wish to get inferma- ion about Shantung, or any other i nre of the treaty for that matter, vhich must he held confidential Those who go to the White House for he individual conferences with the sresident are honor hound to guard he soerets he gives them. Mress Wilsan To Sneak Ous “1 ot him tell the American people he reqisons why we should adopt this hine without change.” Senator Nor- “is declared Saturday in disenssing with o friend the president's attitude m Shantung., Holding to his view, he Nebraska senator, it is felt, could wot v well accept an invitation to ret confidentinl information from the Mrevident 3 Several republican senators advis- 'd eSnator Norris to go to the Waite Youse.. It devetoped Bunday that he “olked the subject over with them Saturday, following receipt of the White Tlouse invitation. Senators Wall New and Spencer of Missouri were among-those consulted by Sen- ‘tor Norris. They urged him to see ‘he vresident and suggested that he shonld tell My, Wilson af the eut-et o the interview that bhe would not recept informatjon in confidence. Lear»e None is Convinced. Senator Norris, before making his lecision, inquired us to the impres- ion made by the president on other sepublican sengtors, who called at he wWhite Hougp 14#t week, with his dhantung explanation.’ He was as- ured it is said, that none con- sinced that the settlement was justi- fied So far as is known Senator Norris s the first supporter of the league of wtions covenant who has declined he invitation to call at the White House. It is very unusual for a sen- itor to refuse lo answer the presi- fent's summons Senator Borah of Idaho led the vay so far as the peace treaty is con. erned when last February he de- :lined to attend the famous league of nations dinner at the White House. His sole reason was that hy zo0ing to the dinner he would be ‘orced to keép from the public in- ‘ormation obtained about the league, and he wished to be free to say what Ye pleased when he pleased. J Time for Secrecv Passed. “The -time for secrecy in diplo- nacy has passed,” Senator Norris said recently in senate debate He nointed out that the president him- telf has declared this to be &4 new 'ra in which the people should know swvervthing, The senator explained that he is willing to go that far with the presi- »d Senator Norris to go to the White ot bhack up and resort to the old wder in diplomacy when it is more convenient to serve his needs. BOY FILCHES JITNEY BUS RIDE: JUMPS OFF: RUN OVER Leaping from the side of a jitney bus when it slowed down, Blair Stil- les, azed 11 years, was thrown .be- neath a rear wheel which ran over his chest. The aceident occured Monday afternoon and George Coch- ran conveyed the unconscious lad to the office of Dr. E. W. Johnson, where he recovered his senses. The lad doesn’t seem to have suf- fered any undue effects but was warned to stay in bed today to await any developments, HOUSE ENDORSES NATIONAL DRY ACT (By United Press.) Washington, July 22.--The house today gave final approved to the na- tional prohibition act providing for the enforcement of both war time and national constitutional prohibi- tion N—— s S 1 [ |