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

. - VOLUME XIL FIRE MARSHAL - FORFIRERISKS _Address Large Meeing of In- MEMBER UNITED PRESS The Pioneer is a member of the United ‘Press. Today's world’s news today. / NO. 250 AND DEPUTIE) LOOK AT CITY terested Businessmen at Civic Rooms | “DON'T, GET OUTSIDE FIRE CHIEF,” NETTLETON Reports Wretched Condition of Many Basements and Issues Warning «gince I've been here, have heard of. :me differences between the city ofticials and the fire department, and .,among others the suggestion that an ioutside fire.chief be-secured to head the department. That would be the .Wyong thing to do for trouble v’vould be:started and the men wouldn't co- operate with him. It would take & long time for the department to get .into -working shape again. © . “More-apparatus is needed. :A pumper is needed. I hope you won'’t have use for more apparatus, but in .cage it is needed you ehould have it. ™41 hope. you can show results to jower your imsurance rates. They are not justified now, but the insur- “ance companies are justified in rais- - ing them. “I assure you that the state fire marshal’s office will be glagd ‘to co-operate with you on eyery oc« -casion.” Fire Marshal’s Words. : " 8o stated George H. Nettletork ‘Reld in ‘the'Bemidji assoei ""ters Tuesday " ".an inspection 1 ur poka cities. to r. igé¥eral inspectors ahd’ Jeading o 2::19 of state fire prevertion -organi- _izations, and among them were W. O. "y Ohamberlain of the Fire Prevention ssociation, W. H. Shimmel, of the ?nnew . \Conservation and Fire e Ye*-—#.'?n association, and Mr. Law, + president e the.Minnesota Conserva- " .tion"and Fii Prevention associa- < tion. - : . The meeting was called to order by R. L. Given, preside f the Bemidji i association, who i who acted as chairman of the meet- ing, and the}k}; speaker was State " Fire Marshat Nettleton, who said in part: , / Observe Every Day. "Méke every day, not only today, firg‘protection day. We are respon- le, every one of us, not merely the ate fire marshal.. There is some- thing all must do. ! ““Carefulness in the home is neces- “Wgary. Keep your homes in good or- ler. Today I found basements in the gtares of the city filled with rubbish And, [,;'nsh, every one of the base- ;ments’ a good start for a fire. I asked tthem to clean up their places. In such eases 75 to 80 per cent of fires Jaré chised by carelessness. You look -tomorrow. Clean your rubbish up. ~Don’t throw ashes in wooden boxes 7 jor barréls. Look over your heating > 'pipes {6 see if they are near the floor ..-and the floor rafters. If they are, be -sure to put fire proof protection on the ceiling over the pipes. Also look . "to your. electric wiring and see that ¢ % 4mo - wires’ ‘are <om -Tusty mnails and -around iron pipes. The protection ‘of your city rests on the city officials ‘and fire department. Your fire de- * ‘partment ‘is not properly equipped. + It should have what is needed to , 'work to the best advantage.” ! He thén continued on the proposi- tion of getting a chief from outside 1he city. Chamberlain Talks Schools. ‘W. 0. Chamberlain, the grand old man of fire prevention activities for twenty years, inspected the schools ‘of the city Tuesday and gave a report of what he discovered. “You have only one building in the city of Bemidy1 that is fire proof,” he asserted and then referred to the mnew state normal school, commenced Mr. Chamberlain after his introduc- | tion by Chairman Law, who in the introduction stated he accompanied | Mr. Chamberlain and asserted Be- midji had splendid schools, teachers and pupils. “l once spoke to a city’s schools, and while I was passing along a street I noticed two boys in an alley. ‘One of the boys had started a little ‘bonfire and the other one said, “you <an’t have any fires. That man told -us in school that we mustn't do it.” The offender blurted out “Tell him to go to hell,”” laughingly comment- «d the speaker. Comvliments Schools. oduced mr. Law, | If certain pre- | ‘cagtions are not taken they might in | to the mines. £ dire conflagration. EMIDJ1 BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY thitig in the city is in ruins, 50,000 inhabitants have returned and once more taka i (By United Press.)’ Lohdon, Oct. 22.—Bonar Law an- nounced in the house this afternoon that all prepartions had been made for thi trial of the former kaiser of Germ ny POULTRY ASSOCIATION T0 ANNUAL ELECTK The B%RIr‘Pmi County Poultry’ as- sociation will meet Thursday even- ing at 7:30 o’clock in the high school building, to elect officers and discuss plans, for the coming year. All who grested are invited to attend this: meeting. state fire marshal, at a mass‘ meeting 2 don't know tha- 1 Tén's' teachers, and -another thing don’t believe schools should be built get out in case of a fire: The teachers are giving their lives for the future of the nation. They are’ illy paid. Would any of you do their work? No you wouldn’t. Thé board couldn’t hire you to do their work. _-The teachers are care takers of your child- ren. All there is to do is do your { duty.” Shimmel Follows. W. R. Shimmel next spoke. ‘““You don’t make serious efforts to prevent fires' except for eprsonal | reasons, he said. ‘“Roosevelt was the jfirst man to start the campaign for preservation of the nations resour- ces,” he said, “the waste of millions of feet of timber was a crime,” he continued. g “There has been no.excuse for the immense waste and the same applies It is stated that every yehr there are from $280,000,000 to $365,000,000 wasted, which would mean considerable for every young man, and it takes a young man years to accumulate $1,000 of his own af- ter he starts. If every man would devote five per cent of his time and figure fire prevention, there would be little loss. The fire loss in Europe has been exceeded here for ten years. There is.only about 10 per cent of the timber left in the country. I tell you we can’t get along much longer. A few years ago lumber sold for. $10 to $12 per thousand and today is sell- ing at from $55 to $60 per thousand. We burn up $3.50 worth of Europe’s 33 cente. The difference between America and Europe is $100. The loss to Minnesota: last year amounted to $6 a head for the population of the state. Everything is taxed for fire losses and the property owners pay the tax. .. _Question Unanswered. “I can’t solve the capitalists nor reduction ‘of ‘hours by the labor unions. If any one can tell me that in the last five years shorter hours and higher wages haveincreased pro- duction, I'd like to hear them say so. Can any one here tell me? I'm not taking sides in the matter, merely asking and the middle class is going to have a hard time to live. When wages are raised 50 cents, products are raised $1. “We've got to do something. If a man shoots your hog it is your loss. If he starts a fire and burns your house, what do you get? Laws for this should be severe. They have drastic laws in Canada. “In China, a banker steals money from the bank and he is caught, they cut his head off. That’s why China hasn’'t had a bank shortage in 300 years. The man who starts the fires and burns others property should be taken accordingly.” Mr. Shimmel] then spoke on care- lessness in basements resulting in starting of fires, and asserted that basements should be kept clean and free from ail chances of fire as no one who works in the store stays in the basement all day, and that there are Mr. Chamberlain paid a high com- few fire proof basements. GET TODAY’S 80. the ‘chilliren have-to be drilled to] ) uiX e ONCE; :SELLS CHICKENS “Stop my ad,” called up P. E. Welch this morning. *I sold my chickens.” Mr. Welch ordered an ad run once and that did the business.. Pioneer wants bring buyer and geller together. Try them. v RESERVATIONS MUST BE ACCEPTED BY REST OF By Raymond Clapper. (United . Press Correppondent.) Washington, Oct. 322.—Reserya- tions to the peace treaty would -have to be accepted by the other allied powers, the senate foreign relations committee ddclared today. e The vote came early in the special mééting' of the committee called to begin drafting the resolution of rati- fication, Lo L It was predicted at the White House that action of the committee J reopening of negotia- the committee approved the Lodge| reservation regarding withdrawal from the league Artical Ten, the mandates of which should be accept- ed only with the approval of congress, having Jjurisdiction over domestic questions and the Monroe Doctrine. The vote stood 11 to 6 on most of the reservations and 10 t 7 on others. WILSON PASSES BEST NIGHT SINCE ILLNESS (By United Press.) Washington, Oct. 22.—The presi~ dent had one of the best nights since his ilness commenced. ‘PIONEER’ CIRCULATION DELIVERS THE GOODS A. W. Bartlett, who recently sold the Fairview farm on the shores of Bass Lake and his household and farm belongings at public auction, became enthusiastic about the results obtained through advertising in The Pioneer. “I could have sold several times as much if I had it,” said Mr. Bart- lett, when asked: if his sale was a suc- cess. Mr. Bartlett used the columns of The Pioneer exclusively and stat- ed that it was the best medium for advertising he had ever used. With the present circulation of The Pioneer, advertisers using its columns are guaranteed results. It has the largest city circulation and the largest town and country circu- lation of any paper in North Central Minnesota. The daily is 90 per cent city and village circulation and the Weekly is 90 per cent country circulation. It is the paper which goes into the home and which is read by every member of the family. Advertisers are assured also that practically 95 per cent of both the Daily and Weekly goes into the im- mediate trade zone for Bemidji mer- chants. Hundreds of new names have been added to both lists and they are still coming in at a rapid clip. In the present profit sharing campaign there are thirty seven con- testants producing new business. If advertisers will just stop and think, they will begin to realize what it lmeans‘to the paper and to them. Irish Problem, Coal Problem " and National Expenditures vacation, and the opposing parties lined up for a strenuous fall session. occupants -of the government ‘“Front ‘E::qg of members who were chiefly - National 'NEWS OUT OF TODAY'S PAPER ¥ Are Questions ¢ (By United Press.) * London, Oct. 22.—Parliament re- bled today after a two months nestioners were busy éarly and the had.a lively time at the fitefested in the result of the govern- ment’s ~ “economy campaign,” the rth ' Ruselan .war and Premier oyd Geotge's Irish trade apd-labor \Tile 1rish-question.was:on-the list AN early government. statement, 0¥d George having promised a new home rule ‘bill' this. sessfon, and in any pvéit -some- action: must be tak- en soot, otherwise the 1914 bill be. comes & law stX months after the con~ clusion " of, ce. Definite action with reference to the coal industry is also impefitive, and a fresh state- ment the Cabinets trade policy is due. - 3 - . 0 expénditure qiiestiond weré éxpected to bring Chancéllot of the Exchequer Austén Chamberlpin into the limelight; members being the much-vaunted government econ- omics had only resulted in an annual saving of from $75,000,000 to $126,- 000,000, which on a daily expendi- OUESTIONERS BUSY | 0% - Weather—Hatel, # it oreasing winds;. PRESIDENT WARNS - CONFERENCE THA - COMMONGROUN - BE AGREED UPON ‘ By Ralph Couch. i (Unied Press Correspondent.) - Washington, Oct. 22.—President Wilson: today warned the national industrial conference it must find some eommon igraund-on an agreement,. in a letter read te the conferemce by Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior. “PIONEER’S” CIRCULATION Largest circulation of any paper ia North Central Minnesota. \ = 45¢c PER MONTH Following the reading of the letter a motien to send to the president the assurance of the ‘onferemce that it would atay on the job, brought an'objection from President Gompers of the labor group. He asked permission for this group to withdraw from the conference and an adjournment was taken for a half heur. . The president’s letter in part said: “I am advised by your chairman that you have come to a sitwation which appears to threaten the life of your conference and I am presumed to address a word of very solemn appeal to you as Americans. "““The public expects not less than that you shall stay to- ‘gether until the way is found leading\to that end or until it is - revealed that the men who work ana American industry are so set upon dive efforts at co-operation are doomed to failure. appeal that with a full comprehension of the almost incom- the men who manage ent paths that all ¥ renew my parable importance of your task to this and to other peaples and with full faith in the high patriotism and good faith of each other you push your task to a’happy conclusion MISS DEAN BECOMES " BRIDE OF LIEUTENANT IN PRETTY HOME SERVICE Both Principals Prominent. and . Well : ‘to. Reside . in fD'es Moines, lowa . T l’nfl;'ringe of Miss Pauline Vel- gean(daughter of Mr. and Mrs. “Dean of 1211 Lake boulevard, Moines, Iowa, took place. Tuesday evenjng at the home ‘of the bride’s 1 _The ceremony was per- formed at 8 o'clock, Rev. L. P. War- ford,. pastor of the Presbyterian chiureh, officiating in the presence of sixty~ muests, - {ficluding ~ relatives. Master Dick Gibson tiid Johtt Dean The', administration believes |snensy -over unofticial reporis that[usherd, the latter being a brother of the bride. The bride descevided the stalrway alone as the notes of the wedding march reverberated through the Dean ture of $10,000,000 in excess of re-!home, preceeded by her sister, Miss venue was held to be inadequate.”™ Alice Dean, and was met by the ush- Speaker J. W. Lowther took the|ers holding the ends of pink ribboi chair in the house of commons atfstreamers through which she pro- 2:45 p. m. SIX FATALLY BURNED BY OIL TANK VAPO (By United Press.) Baltimore, Md., Oct. 22.—Six men were perhaps fatally injured by the and carried tea roses. explosion of oil vapors aboard a tank steamer here today. A dozen others are badly burned. ATTACKING FORCES AWAIT NEW TROO London, Oct. 22.—General Yuden- iteh has halted his advance on Petro- grad to await reinforcements before attempting to enter the city, says a dispatch from Helsingfors today. ANOTHER R. C. ANNUAL, Little Falls, Minn., Oct. 22.—The annual meeting of the Morrison county Red Cross society was held here today. Dr. N. Leonard was the principal speaker at the afternoon meeting. Miss Lucille Halliday of Minneapolis led in the community singing. DISTRICT COURT CLERK RECEIVES 800 BLANKS The district clerk at the court house has received another allot- ment of returned soldiers bonus ap- plications and has a supply of 300 ap- plications now on hana and will be pleased to distribute all to those who wish to call or send for them. GRIP RETURNED THROUGH “PIONEER” CLASSIFIED AD. W. H. Wikel of Thief River Falls, lost an aligator leather bag on the highway leading into Be- midji. He advertised in The Pio- neer and as a result the bag was | returned to him by Mrs. A. Clavin, who saw the ad in The Pioneer. Pioneer want ads are result ceeded to the appointed place where the ceremony was held. She wore a bridal c¢ostume of white chiffon silk, "\ | Colonial boquet of toses and astors. Miss Alice Dean was attired in a white net and Mary Owen Doyan wore pink silk, both carrying roses. Mrs. Dean, mother of the bride, wore a dress of grey cliffon over gray silk During the processional, Mrs. Riggs played Le Secret d’ Amour, by Klein. The recessional was a Ma- zurka by Kirkman, and the Romance sans Partotes by Von Goens. The house was artistically decor- ated with fanciful autumn trim- mings. The weddings gifts were specially beautiful and included the groom’s gift to his bride which was a platinum diamond and pearl set brooch. They left last evening for their home in Des Moines, lowa, after the congratulations and the serving of the wedding supper. The bride is one of the most prom- inent young ladies of Bemidji, widely known for her social standing and activities during the period of the war, gshe being specially active in Red Cross work. Mr. Liebsle was at the time of the outbreak of the war, engaged in the architectual contract- ing business, the firm being Geib & Liebsle, Bemidji. Geib became a captain and went overseas and Mr. Liebsle became a first lfeutenant in the United States army. Neither again returned to Bemidji, in a busi- ness way. BRITISH SINK TWO BOLSHEVIK WARSHIPS (By United Press.) London, Oct. 22.—Two bolshevik destroyers were sunk by the British in Kaporia Bay yesterday, the ad- miralty announced today. WILSON SIGNS BILLS. + (By United Press.) Washington, Oct 22.—President producers. Try them. Wilson today signed several bills, it | was learned at the White House: ., DELEGATES MAKE NEW START. .r Washington, /Oct:” 22.—Delegates are today paring to make a com- to the pntt:}lv?l industrial conference D pletely ne new etart in_the problem.qs wbrkl9g ,out the-"code that wilr- bring“world_wide peace betyween. the workers ‘and operatoys, At yester- day’s “gession, (elggates werp told that N oF 1 N il 16N workers on p. wtrike or threaten- ed strike_in_two balo ifidustries. The: chanhges- séwm sHiaht .emphasized,” of averting the threat- ened strike of $00,000 coal miners’ for addition, the 500,000 members of" the Big Faur railway “hratherhood, ' Roy Walter Liebsle of Des and 800,000 rallway shopmen are | demands for_wage adjustments, be- ginning_November 1." : Nearly oné million workers in mis- cellaneous trades are now on strike throughout. the countgy, it was stat- ed on the basis of government re- ports. . The seriousness of the situa- tion may be emphasized in the letter of President Wilson written yester- day. 3 [a8 FATHER OF VICTIM OF HUN AR BATTLE @ > MEETS A COMPANION Ralph Gracie Shot Down Over. North Sea; Buried in German Lines Daniel Gracie returned Tuesday from Minneapolis, where he met Lieutenant George T. Wise, who was in the flying squadron with Ralph Gracie over seas. Lieutenant Wise stated that Ralph met s death about two miles out in the North Sea and that his body was recovered and burfed be- hind the German lines in Belgium. The report states that he was buried a. day after his death, which indi- cates that hig body was immediately recovered aftgr falling into the sea. According to Lieutenant Wise, Ralph Gracie was one of the best, if not the best flyer in the squadron. He was loud in hig praise for the Be- midji boy. SCHROEDER’S MILK DRIVER HELD UP AND ROBBED Clifford Gaines was held up about three miles from town on his way to W. G. Schroeder’s farm, and was robbed of his watch and $1.11. This occurred about 12:30 o’clock today. The robber dragged the young man from his seat on the wagon down to the ground, kicking and otherwise: abusing him. After getting the young man down he took his watch and money from him. The sheriff's office has been notified ahd they are now on the lookout for the accused. Gaines describes the robber as be- ing dressed in a black hat, red shirt, blue coat and high laced leather boots. Around his hat was a belt studded with brass dots. He also wore a belt around his waist, stud- ded with brass dots. Gainea drives the milk delivery wagon for Mr. Schroeder. may. n{\.[eae,.mfl- -~ preparing to resume, pressing their [ | | { i |