Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 4, 1919, Page 1

MEMBER UNITED PRESS The ‘Pioneer is a member of the United Press. ' Today's world’s news today. VOLUME XIL MINNEAPOLIS SPORTS PACE SEES BENDI | " CONTROVERSY|| Claims One Exists With Crook- ston Team; Such Is Not Known Here NO. 261 REPORT IS CROOKSTON i OFFERED TO FORFEIT : ‘YUKON ALBATROSS’ AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE. SAYS POSTMASTER PURDY Minneapolis, Nov. 4. — Providing| Identity Made Known, When ‘the semifinals in the state high school % football tournament can be played “Old Bill’ Myers Is Asked His Opinion Pt i Bemidji Refused to Accept Not Won; Hibbing Has Its District Title on November 15 and the finals on November 22, the Minneapolis Cen- tral eleven is willing to tackle any opponents the University of Minne-| Postmaster Edward A. Purdy of sota niay pick in the playoff for the| Minneapolis discovered a story run state title. Central has the Minne-|in the Daily News of that city, which apolis title cinched, and after its|mentioned the name of “William L. final game with West next Thursday,| Morgan’ ‘as the possessor of the first Coach Mitchell’s boys will be ready| Yukon Albatross ever in Minnesota, to take on any of the section winners|seen by Postmaster Purdy. if the schedule don’t provide for In a communication to the Pioneer, play after November 22. Mr. Purdy says the name was a mis- . print, fo rthe person in question was Concede Central Title. “William L. Myers, none other than university e NS The authorities in|“Old . Bill” Myers who lived in Be- charge of the meet have conceded to[midji so many years and is now the Central the lead in St. Paul as well[iproprietor of Long Point, Turtle as Minneapolis, so that the Red and|Lake, Minnesota.” Blue athletes are already down to The newspaper clipping under date their semifinal contest.. The situation | Of October 27, enclosed by Mr. Purdy, in St. Paul was unsettled until Fri-|&ives the account in which the name day, but the defeat Humboldt ad- of William L. Myers should have istered to St. Paul Central gives|been used. It is as follows: - «Mechanics the undisputed léad, and| “Thefivst “Yukon Albatross” ever “g#’ the ““Trainors” were beaten by}2¢8R ip, Minnesota has been dircov- Minneapolis 'South in easy fashion, ;{levtrbl);kzostm“m Purdy at Turtle while Central in turn beat South, the| ™,/ & men in charge of the meet havel ... A;cc:tmpa:lledpby;lDr.IF.M;v. Jew- awarded the title of the two city| i Postmaster Purdy left Minneapo. séetions to Central. lis for the Mekonok club -hunting lodge, near the continental divide, Six District Teams. early last week, returning yesterday. . “The state has been divided into ‘While hunting ducks the party saw sgight sections for the selection of & flockof large birds diving for their P A b < food in the lake, and later saw them district champions, six outside of the| iy tne evening roosting in the trees. R 0 ‘city divisions. In the Southeast|The combination was too much for d Southwest sections the _winners| the hunters to solve, so the local or- are already selected, Red Wing hav-| njthologist of the district, William L. +ing ‘the lead..in .the former, while| Morgan, was called to a conference. ‘Worthingtop “copped” in the latter.| «Mr. Morgan, who has traveled ex- “The plan n=w is to have these two|tensively through Alaska and has t_e.ams meet next Saturday and the[lived in Northern Minnesota for ‘winner. of that game play Central| many years, is considered an author- in the semifinals the following week.|ity on the fowl family. He immed- KTy o iately named the bird under discus- o .Hlbbm' Is Chm"of" sion the “Yukon albatross,” and said { . ... Hibbing already has the title sewed| that it was the first time in his know- up ‘in the Northeastern district and|ledge that it had been seen in Min- they will play either Bemidji or|nesota. y ) Crookston, who lead in the North-| “The party had great success, re- i west district, next week if the{turning with all the ducks that the b Bemidji-Crookston controversy can|law allows. When the party arrived ! be settled. at the lodge seven ducks were found ! In the two central sections Nor-|that had flown down the chimney, i "man Kingsley, who is handling the|and, according to Mr. Purdy, if it »meet for the university, is having|had not been for the necessity of a +} i greatest difficulty. Little Falls,|fire, the party could have done all its | E ar and Montevideo are all un-|hunting right in the lodge { defeated, and none of them got:to- b gether Saturday. It is hoped that e Sevunon st ve o BOLCOM RETURNS TO ond on November 11, Armistice day. cLoSE ms AFFAIRS i If this can be done, the section win- Supt. Bolcom of the public schools ner will be ready for the semifinals £ in which they will meet the winner ¥ in the two northern sections on No-|arrived in Bemidji this morning to <% vember 15. finish his work. after accompanying £ it lal his family to Rochester, where he - s a3 will soon assume his duties as su- No Controversy Here. perintendent of the schools at that Bemidji has no controversy with|Place. o i Crookston. ‘She called up on the| Newspaper feports sent from Be- long distance phone and asked if{Mmidji to outside papers contain the Crookston didn’t intend to come.|Statement that a suctessor has been The reply was that, it is declared,|hamed to Mr. Bolcom, but no elec- Crookston was willing to forfeit the|ton of a superintendent has heen game, not having had any practice made by the school board, and no for a week. Bemidji’s answer was contract. hashbeiin signed, according to the effect that its team didn’t wang| ¢ Doard author e, to secure a game in that manner and would decline but play it, if Crook- FARGO COURT OPENS. ston would, to determine the best (By United Press.) Fargo, N. D.,, Nov. 4—A term of 1 ( team. f But whether the deep snow that|gistrict court opened here todey has fallen up here will permit the s with Judge C. M. Cooley of Grand game to be played is a matter of| porks presiding. Forty jurors were conjecture. "Ijhe snow has also pre-| orqered to report today. vented Bemidji’'s team practicing. \ MRS. ERWIN EXPRESSES SINCERE APPRECIATION As it is quite impossible for me to see the many kind people, who did so much toward my success in the recent Pioneer subscription campaign, to thank them person- ally, I take this opportunity of ex- pressing my appreciation through the columns of the Pioneer. 1 prize very highly the friends and acquaintances 1 have made, and feel most grateful to those | BILL PROPOSES SUGAR CONTROL DURING 1920 Washington, Nov. 4—The bill pro- posing continued federal control of sugar during 1920 was reported to| the senate and placed on the calen- dar with a view fo early action. { In a majority report, Senator Mc-| Nary, republican, Oregon, author of the bill and chairman of the S;e]nate‘ Agriculture subcommittee which in- vsstigated the sugar shortage, de-| ;{a‘gzeml;y:l}ges:ngosz“i&?n have clared “a serious situation will en- MRS. W. B, ERWIN. sue” if the sugar equalization board’s P s control over sugar is discontinued. BEMlDJl, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1919 DESPITE DEEP SNOW WORKERS | OF RED CROSS | CALLING ROLL| Nearly 400 Enroll Names On _-' Local Chapter’s Register e First Day of Drive EVERY MEMBERSHIP IS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE _‘1 Valient Women Are Braving|.) Elements to Promote Memberships Despite a driving snow, the work- ers for the Third roll call of the Red Cross chapter bent to their patriotic duty Monday and by night approxi: mately 400 had again enrolled iz bt A their names as members for the com- : & Undermood ing year. The membership campaign will close on Armistice Day, and it is confidentally expected that the lo- cal chapter will make an excellent showing for the home service work of the Red Cross. Re-enlistment in the ranks of the Red Cross is desired, as an expres- sion of appreciation of what the Red Cross did in the war and as a vote of confidence in this great society’s relief work.’ The disagreeable weather prevents a general canvass thus far, but places have been designated where all may renmew memberships and those who have not been members may become such. It costs only a dol- lar for a year's membership and this small sum seems a very simple mat- ter. Roosevelt, Jr. GOGD PROGRAM AT ASSOCIATION LUNCH WHEN MURRAY SPEAKS Secretary Stanton Will Report Results of Convention of Secretaries On the program of the noom}n,y Enrollent Places. luncheon of the Bemidji association Memberships ‘imay be obtainéd at 'il R W“‘m?\b:;:;.:gg‘:m“c?tgg the postoffice, Boardman'’s drug stote, A ;nerl e 'Flrst' ciation, which 18 City Drug store, Barkers' drug and 11 known “in Minnesott; where it Jewelry “o.i.e‘f Mlarkham hot:l :ndl in ;’:d its origin. A musical program Nymore. e large manufacturing 2 industries of Bemidi will do their | Will be Eiven in eounection With share and so will the business inter-| 4. .. "% 1)) be along the line of com- ests of the city. The American Le- munity spirit . fi:‘,’.f,‘ ge}’,“i‘,‘,?‘f :l):: :va;:'ka s‘,lt h&:‘ ;‘:& There will be other matters of im- Cross in camps and on the €leld of portance to come before the organi- battle. zation. President Wilson, head of the H. Mayne Stanton, secretary of the American Red Cross, and Governor Bemidji association, returned yester- (By United Press.) New York, Nov. 4.— Whether women ‘shall have equal rights with men in’all the functions of member- ship in the Presbyterian church in the.U. S.-A., is to be determined by a canvass of the Presbyterians of the country. Three questions are to be decided: Whether women shall be ordained to the eldership. ] Whether women shall be ordained BIG CHURCH REOPENS. (By United Press.) Winona, Minn., Nov. 4.—Congre- gational churches of the Southeast- ern Minnesota association sent rep- resentatives to Winona today for the annual conclave. The event will mark the re-opening of the big Congrega- tional church here. The convention will ‘'end tomorrow. ple of Mfnnmesota rally to the cause tended the annual convention of the of humanity and it is believed the National association of Commercial South Beltrami County chapter and Organization Secretaries. The ses- its auxiliaries will make & good |sion was the fourteenth held by the ever held, 300 representatives from 42 states, Canada and Cuba being in attendance. Minnesota was represented by ten . ceptionally high character, provl:g ’ en Shall Have|invaluable to the secretaries who Whetl?er wm _ will take advantage of the sugges- Equal Rights in Church, tions offered to better meet the prob- Is Question day accoplishing for the city or town in which they are located. an engineering plan to prevent re- to the ministry of the church. currence of last spring’s flood when Whether women shall have the|the water from the James river, fol- same rights as men in the sessions,|lowing the spring thaw, w as only a to the general assembly of the Pres- adjoining farms. byterian church by-three presbyteries| rno gtate commission will install and were referred to a special com-|, garape to determine the amount mittee on official relations of women.| .4 velocity of the water passing City; Rev. William L. Barrett, Belle-| gtytsman county will determine o H y fontaine, Ohio; John T. Manson, New | whether the project shall be carried Haven, Conn.; Rush Taggart, New|out. York City. ance with the action of the last as- sembly. Rev. W. H. Roberts, of Philadelphia, stated clerk of the gen- eral assembly, is' ex-officio clerk of consensus from the men and women of the church and the general argu- ment pro and con. It has instructed Dr. Work to report on Bible deliver- showing at the close of the campaign. [ nation’s commercial secretaries and secretaries, several of whom occu- lems confronted in their home com- (By United Press.) presbyteries, synods and assemblies|few inches below the business section This committee consists of: ReV. 8.{ yamestown. Having lear-ed this re- The committee was appointed by the committee. ances on the subject. garding women’s places in the Burnquist are asking that the peo.|day from Indianapolis, where he at- the most important and beneficial ASS MEMBERS TO CANv gram. The addresses were of an ex- benefits their organizations are every state flood commission is working out These questions were propounded | was sustained in the outskirts and on City; Rev. Edgar W. Work, New York{ gstimates will be made and then the Presbyterian church, in accord- Dr. Young the task of obtaining the assemble the facts as to the usages|are now nending. while Taggart is to 1 — — — was generally acknowledged to be PRESBYTERIANS WILL pied conspicuous places on the pro- munities and increase the number of Jamestown, N, D., Nov. 4.—The of the church. of the town and a big property loss Hall Young, chairman, New York|gervoirs and other protection. Cost Dr. John Willis Baer, moderator of The committee has delegated to It has requested Dr. Barl'étt tolchurch which have been decided or iof other churches. look up Presbyterian law and equity Manson is to report on cases re- in the case. ive Page KING ALBERT AT ROOSEVELT'S GRAVE King Albert of Belgium carrying a large wreath which he placed on the grave of Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. North Weather: Markham Hotei: and warmer; unsettled. He is accompanied by Theodore WGHEE INSPECTS 19 NORTH COUNTY SCHOOLS: NURSE ALSO ON TRIP County School Head Leaves to Attend Conference in St. Paul J. C. McGhee, county superintend- ent of schools, and Miss Mae Mac- Gregor, county nurse, returned Sun- day evening from the morth end of the county where they visited nine- teen schools during the past week. While on this trip they attended the organization of the Beltrami county public health association, which was held at Spooner Tuesday. Saturday, November 1, Mr. Mc- Ghee conducted a teachers’ meeting at Baudette. On account of bad roads not many teachers were pres- ent, but those who were, voted un- animously in favor of a meeting to be held at Willlams, December 5. The third meeting will be held No- vember 22, in the Central school building at Bemidji. Superintendent McGhee left last evening for St. Paul to attend a Min- nesota county superintendents’ con- ference and also the state education association. STRIKERS SURRENDER TO CHEAP COAL OFFER Chicago, Nov. 4.—Officials of the United States Steel corporation at Gary, Ind., claimed that many men who have been on strike for six weeks would return to work during the day because of a promise to sup- ply them with coal for personal use at cost. Owing to the strike of soft coal miners, stocks in Gary commercial yards have diminished, while the steel corporation has a large supply. DATE FOR PEACE TREATY VOTE FAILS IN THE SENATE (By United Press.) ‘Washington, Nov. 4.—Efforts to set the time of vote on the peace treaty failed in the senate. Proposals by Senator Lodge fer the vote No- vember 12 were opposed by Senator Hitchcock and the proposal. for a vote this week was rejected by Sena- tor Lodge. This action leaves the treaty dis- cussion in {ts previous indefinite stage. COAL SHIPMENTS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED BY SHIP BOARD (By United Press.) Washington, Nov.. 4.—Shipping operations have been temporarily suspended by the shipping board on account of the coal strike. With the exception of twenty-five ships al- ready partly loaded cargoes of coal will not leave the country. JAPAN RATIFICATION REPORT IS UNTRUE (By United Press.) Tokio, Nov. 4.—Japan has not as yet ratified the treaty of 'Versailles. The emperor’s ratification was post- poned after newspapers had an- nounced it was an accomplished fact. Promulgation of the treaty was ex- pected after the cabinet met this week. “PIONEER’S” CIRCULA! Largest circulation “gf Cloudy P —— aulo‘ 15 PREPARING - Aahid Central Minnesota 45¢ PER MONTH jce! W”“ atll, . TOGIVEMINERS FINANCIAL AID Strike Benefits of Coal Miners Tied Up by Restraining . Court Decree SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING FOR LACK OF FUEL Leaders Make Light of Reporfi That Strike Is Beginning to Disintregrate i By Ralph Couch. (United Prese Correspondent.) Washington, Nov. 4.—Confidential reports received at the White House are encouraging, is the belief among government officlals that the strik- ing coal miners are looking forward with more favor upon President Wil- son’s offer of arbitration. Reiteration of the arbitration of- fer by Secretary Tumulty and Attor- ney General Palmer is believed to have had good psychological effect. It was stated at the White House that the government was ready to gtart arbitration the minute the miners and operators give the work of acceptance. LEWIS BREAKS SILENCE. By J. L. O'Sullivan. (United Press Correspondent.) Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 4.—John T. Lewis, aoting president of the United Mine Workers, today broke his silence for the first time since the strike of bituminous coal min- ers was called Friday night. His statement, 18 believed signifi- cent in view of the,mauy reports for quick ending of the strike in circu- lation here and in Washington. “The machinery of the joint sys- tem of bargaining in the mining in- dustry is intact. It would be a sim- ple matter for the government and coal operator tp again set it in mo- tion to negotiate a wage agreement,” said Lewis. ) By Ralph Couch. (United Press Correspondent.) Washington, Nov. 4.—Organized labor throughout the country is pre- paring to extend financial susten- ance to the 430,000 coal miners whose strike benefit is tied up by the temporary reatraining order of Judge Anderson at Indianaoplis, Ind., ac- cording to information received by labor leaders here. Reports of plans to help the miners are beginning to arrive coin- cidently with reports indicating that schools and factories are beginning to feel the pinch of the strike and are closing down for lack of fuel. “Every union man in the country will do his share to prevent the miners being atarved into surrender,” said L. E. Bheppard, president o1 the Order of Railwgy Conductors. Leaders made light of reports that the strike was beginning to disintre- grate. Tonnage being mined by union men {8 but 8 small per centage of the demands of the country, labor chiefs are claiming. One local uniom let the leadery know that it brought a carload of potatoes and placed it at the disposa} of union iners. SENATOR OFFERS RESOLUTION. By Raymond Clapper. (United Press Correspondent.) ‘Washington, Nov. 4.—A commis- sion of three members to attempt a settlement of the coal strike is called for in a resolution introduced by Sen- ator Kenyon, ¢chairman of the senate labor commission, today. The chafr- man of the senate commission would be empowered to use all lawful means ‘“to bring the miners and ope’i‘r:mrs into agreement.” e memhers would be appoint by the president. b " DUCKS. GEESE CROWD LAKE MINNETONKA (By Unfted Press.) St. Paul, Nov. 4.—Ducks an. geese are so tick on Lake Minnetonka, near Minneapoljs, they are interfer- ing with ngvigation. It is a game preserve afid, résidents complained to officials today, asking for relief. BEMIDJI RETURNED SOLDIER LISTED A8 “BREST CASUAL” On the transport America, whi docked in New York on October Zc!? was listed Private O. Jnobberi of Be- midji. He is given in the list ag a “Brest casual.” _E. L. T. Olson, also a private, is given as being from Gemmell and he also is listed as a “Brest casual.” { t |