Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 2, 1919, Page 2

{ S ———— | tive Paae nmme o | GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF TODAY'S PAPER _BEM 7 VOLUME XIL.' NC. 284 BEMIDIUIS SET FORRED CROSS SEAL CAMPAIGN TO RAISE §1.00 Drive in the Business District Will Be Held Saturday i by Workers RESIDENCE DISTRICT, WILL ALSO BE COVERED D. S. Mitchell in Charge of City Sales; A. P. White Is County Director Bemidji is all set for the Red Cross Christmas Seal campaign, which is to be conducted Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The city’s quota is $1,200 and D. S. Mitchell, in charge of the city sales, and A. P. White, county sales chairman, are confident that the total will he reached. 3 The campaign in the business dis- trict will be held Saturday and the workers will be A. T. Carlson, C. L Pegelow, G. W. Harnwell, E. B. Bexj-\ man, R. H. Schumaker, Alez Sha- vitch, Rev. L. P. Warford, Dr. G. M. Palmer, D. J. Moore and E: H. Denu. The sale of stamps in the residence] district will be held Monday, Tues- day and Wednesday, those in charge to be members of the Women’s Civic and Community club, a committee meeting this afternoon to complete arrangements for the campaign, be- ing held. When the fact that deaths from tuberculosis in the United States now average 150,000 a year is taken into consideration, everyone will im- mediately realize the necessity of purchasing Red Cross Christmas seals, that the fight against it may be successfully waged. Every three minutes some man, woman or child dies from its ravages, and one-tenth of the people who die in our nation are victims of it. Yet tuberculosis is preventable and a curable disease. It is the duty of all to previde for visitation, . instruction and care of cases that must have home treat- ment, and the purchaes of a few Red Cross Seals, or Health .Bonds, will aid materially in the_work. Bemidji is expected to do its part in this campaign, and, as in the past, its quota will be oversubscribed. WOMEN ARE INTERESTED IN COMING OF SPEAKER ON SUFFRAGE TOPIC ‘Will Be Here Saturday to Talk Under Auspices of Com- munity Club Announcement that Miss Gladys ‘Harrison, of Minneapolis, will be the principal speaker at™the regular meeting of the Women’s Civic & Community club, to be held -in' the quarters of the Bemidji association in the city building at 2:30 o’clock Saturday aftérnoon, her topic to be ““Woman'’s Responsibility as a Voter,” is attracting no little interest among the women of the city, and it is cer- tain that the session will be the largest: held by the organization which is playing such a prominent part in the civic welfare of the com- munity. Miss Harrison, who was a 1914 graduate of the University of Min- nesota, later going overseas as a Red Cross canteen worker, is a member of the bureau speakers.of the League of Women Voters, recently organized. She will explain the work planned by the league, mapping the program ar- ranged for the state educational pro- gram. The Saturday meeting will be the first held in the new club rooms, and all members are asked to attend, that they may inspect the quarters, in- cluding the splendidly equipped kitchen. I. B. Olson, is chairman of the refresnment committee, and she announces that coffee and cake will be served. - All women attending the Farm Bureau meeting to be held Saturday are cordially invited to attend the Community club session, that they may hear Miss Harrison. ‘“-v;" c,al/ ’\Q)a-f';(’_ 1CcOSTS BILLIONS MORE lthe principal ’molts were presented as follows: \ P = f NECESSARY T0 PAY EXPENSES CONGRESSTOLD Secretary Glass Presents An- nual Estimate of Gov- ernment Expense TO CONDUCT AFFAIRS Siity-sixth Congress Opens Its First Regular Session;. Wilson Notified Novel tug of war at Krie, Pa., in Washington, Dec. 2.—The record billion-dollar congresses of ordinary peace times faded into the past when Secretary Glass, presenting the an- nual estimates, proposed appropria- tions of virtually $5,000,000,000 at the time opening session of congress at noon yesterday, for conducting the peace-time activities of the govern- ment-during the fiscal year, 1921. According to these figures it will cost more than five times as much to conduct the peace-time affairs of gov- ernment as it did in the year im- mediately preceding the world war. 66th Congress Opens. = ] (United Press Correspondent.) The sixty-sixth congress met in its EI Paso, Texas, Dec. 2.—A sensa- first regular session, which was eX-14;,na) story of the slaughter of 674 pected to continue until just before|csrranza soldiers of'the Ramoho Es- the presidential election next fall. pejo garrison by 1,000 Villistas, is There was a large atténdance both|giyen credit along the border, despite in the senate and house when the|geinial denials. gavels of Vice President Marshall and Vice Consul Da Sandoval of El Speaker Gilbert fell promptly at|pago after talking with the Juarez noon. - > telegraph office today emphatically In accord with an agreement |expressed his belief in the reported reached between republican and dem- | massacre. ocratic leaders before the session Two American agents, who crossed opened, the usual formality of ap-|the border, claimed it was the truth. pointing a committee to notify the _ president that congress was in ses-< sion was dispensed with because of the president’s illness. A formal communication of notification was —_— drafted and dispatched instead. (By United Press.) The greatest individual estimates Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 2.—Five for expenditures, of course, go to the | hundred business men, farmers, real army and the navy. The yearly in-|estate men and civic authorities terest on the war debt, however, is|from all parts of South Dakota met $1,017,500,000, which sum alone is|here today to decide upon a program greater than all the appropriations|of advancement for the state. for all purposes whatsoever of any].. It is the annual meeting of the peace-time congress. South Dakota Development associa- e o tion. Permanent trunk highways tor ?ndl(?tw!ls Are Justified. the state are one of the big problems All in all, the estimates justify the!before the convention which will be predictions made on the floor of con- in session for two days. Men ot na- gress during the consideration of the|tional reputation will address the war tax bills that the present gen- |gathering. eration would not see the govern- than 54.000,00.000'a vear. | GOOD PROGRAM AT NOONDAY LUNCHEON BEMIDJI ASSOCIATION The estimated appropriations for\ government depart- Next Week State Secretary of; Labor Will Be Guest - of Honor Villa Soldiers Massacre 674 ‘Garranza Men By Sam I. Freed. SOUTH DAKOTA BUSINESS TO DECIDE ACTION TODAY Legislative (congress), $9,025,- 297.25; executive (white House and government departments), $149,111,- 462.77; judicial, $1,634,190; army, $989,678,657.20; navy, $542,031,- 804.80; pensions, $215,030,000; pub- lic works, $283,921,810.17; miscel- laneous, $833,717,637.96, and foreign intercourse, $11,243,250.91. Greatest Sum Ever Asked. The total of all estimates, includ- . With a humber of propositions of exceptional importance to be brought nJI DAILY S 'BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1919 ing some comparatively minor items not included in the foregoing, is $4,- 865,410,031.62, the greatest sum ever asked of any congress when the country was not actually at war. before the members for consideration, the regular meeting of the Bemidji association, which is to follow the luncheon tomorrow, 'gives promises of being most interesting and officers —_— which i\\'o powerful steam locomotives SIGN ROSTER W NAVAL UNIT AND OTHERS WILL. ALSO Would Mean Much to City In That Armory Would Be Erected Here i Eight joined the roster roll of the new naval unit to be re-organized in Bemidji last night, at the called meeti; eld in_the Bemigji associa- tion™ quarters éinfike Ligy byild- ing, and. there are several more to hear from who have indicated that they intend to join;- including form- er members. The men who declared their inten- tion of joining are Chris Larson, Ed. Ripple, Alfred Greguson, Charles A. Raco, Earl Thurber, Ernest Bartholo- mae, Earl Riley and Clinton Crosby. When the unit reaches its quota of 48 men, report will be made to the division authorities and full equip- ment will be asked for. The unit will have armory headquarters, which will be a great recreation cen- ter and where social affairs will be held. Lieut. Barker is in hopes the Bemidji unit will again take its place in Bemidji and again assume an honored place in the community. It s a matter entirely up to the former members and those who desire to be- come a member of the new unit. CITY ENGINEER FILES RESIGNATION NOTICE Although the city council had nd quorum at its adjourned session Mon- day night, City Engineer E. Bour- geois, who also combined the duties of water superintendent, had tiled his formal resignation from the offices he has held since the present admin- | 24 = PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGETO “|FIVE BILLIONS | Weather: ‘Fofe ham. Fair and _ — URGES E PROGRAM NATION'S . L. C. Martin. (United Press Correspondent.) Washington, Dec. 2.—President Wilson today sept to congress a mes- sage urging ap -#xtensive program of reconstructiop!'législation. His com- munication wast devoted entirely to the great problem§”confronting the - were pitted against an electric locomotive. {I‘ho former were brought to a|nation. standstill and then gradually forced backward, and the electric locomotive was declared the victor In the contest. - ' Legislation was urged to curb bol- shevism in America. Reduce livine costs. Remove greviences of labor which are causing industrial trouble, Aid the farmers to produce bigger croms. Simplify the system of taxation built up during the war. Control government expenditure by the budget system. Care for the nation’s soldiers and sailors who have left service. No Treaty Discussion. Though the president referred to the peace treaty and the league of nations, he did not discuss the treaty situation. He will do so later, ac- cording to reliable information. He will also deal with the railroad ques’ tion, he informed congress. Much of his message was devoted to the railroad problem. He urged the establishment of principles re- garding labor laid down by the league of nations. The development of forest re- sources and federal aid in building of good fpads on a _more extensive basis was ‘urged. The president suggests the estab- lishment of a tribunal before which disputes between capital and labor could be .taken for settlement. NO, COUNCIL QUORUM. Lack gf.a-.quorum at the meeting f neil ‘Monday evening was %, no; meeting was held, it being an adjgurned session from the meeting the previous week. STATE EPISCOPALANS READY FOR CAMPAIGN St. Paul, Dec. 2.—Fifteen hundred _\vnrkers and $42,000,000 are needed by tite Episcopa! ¢hurch in America, and next Sunday afternoon, in a five- hour campaign, it is expected that this goal will be reached. Minnesota has been assigned to raise $300,000, as its share of the fund. istration has been in office. Mr. Bourgeois came to the city’s engineering department from the county surveyor’s- office, where his abilities were duly recognized, as & vil engineer, and he entered the gervice of the city to perform a serv- ice that had to do with the advance- ment of Bemidji in the public im- provement line, .and his host of friends will regret his leaving the city’s most important position. COUNTY BOARD MEETS: The $1,000,000,000 estimate for|of the organization are anxious that the army includes some $85,000,000 | thé attendance be large. for the national guard. The normal The first of a series of .evening peace time estimate for the army be- | smokers is to be held a week from to- fore the war was between ten and |morrow, the speaker of the occasion fifteen millions. The $542,000,000 |to be George W. Lawson, secretary of estimate for the navy includes pro-|the Minnesota State :Federation of vision for the program of increase [Labor. Mr. Lawson is a speaker of and is comparable to an annual esti-|much ability and it is probable that nate of some fifteen millions before|his two talks in Bemidji mext week the war. The $283,000,000 public|will be heard by audiences which works estimate includes the Panama | Will fill the rooms of the Bemidji as- canal, reclamation projects, rivers|sociation in the city building. and harbor improvement, public| At noon, next week, Mr. Lawson buildings and also military works,|Will address the regular weekly arsenals and fortifications. meeting of the Bemidji association, An item of more than $391,000,- |and the evening session will be a 000 for postal services is reimburs-|Public smoker, being especially ar- able from pdstal revenues. r;mged 1flc)r members of the organiza- h e tion, who are unable to attend the Providés for Prohibition. noon-day meetings and others who + The estimates for miscellaneous ex- |are interested in civic affairs. penditures contain some tremendous| Members are urged to attend the sums. For the treasury department |meeting tomorrow. more than $247,000,000 {is asked, ASCHAM MOVES OFFICES. which goes largely to the enforce- ment of prohibition and the collec- tion of incothe,. corporation and ex- Attorney C. M. Ascham has moved cess profit taxes. his offices from the Markham build- For "the shipping board nearly|ing to a suite in the First National bank building, where he will be glad to see his clients. (Continued on Page Eight) WILL NAME FARM HEAD The board of county commission- ers met today in its regular monthly session and among the things to come up will be the selection of a home, now in the course of construc- tion on the county farm. It is expected that the blue prints As an indication of the trend of the church, $28,000,000 of the bud- get has been allotted to the general boards, which have under their jur- isdiction missfons, religious educa- tlon, social service, Seamen’s Tinsti- tute, Brotherhood of St. Andrew and Girls’ Friendly society. The remain- der, $14,000,000, is to be distributed to the various diocesses for their gen- eral work. Next Sunday afternoon the parish- es will be divided into groups and each family visited to obtain contri- butions of money and service. HONOR STUDENTS OF SECOND H. S, PERIOD The following are the homorary superintendent for the new county [giandings attained by high school students for the second six-week per- iod of the semester: Senfors—Rita LaPoint 96.2, Caro- of the profiles of the proposed county|jyn Campbell 41.7, Edith Smith 91. road improvements will have been Juniors—.dp Newman 94, Pearl completed by the time the board{phinbs 93.3, Dorothy Wilson 93. holds its January meeting, and after Sophomoreg#é—Claudia ' Erickson their approval by the state commis-|g94.8 " Ruth Campbell 94.6, Francis sion bonds to commence and finish|ginelair 93.5. the work will be offered for sale. It is also expected that operations of pjorence Attridge 92.8, commence | Cargon 92.6. CARRANZA'S REPLY road improvement will early in the spring. STATE HEALTH CONFERENCE POSTPONED UNTIL DEC. 9 (By United Press.) St. Paul, Dec. 2.—The ‘‘sanitary” conference called by the state board of health to meet here today was|Carranza of Mexico is expected to re. County | ply by the end of the week to Ameri- health officers from every county in|ca’s last note requesting that Jenkins postponed until December 9. the state will be here then to attend the meeting. Freshmen—Bertram Wilson 93.8, Margaret EXPECTED THIS WEEK (By United Press.) Washington, Dec. 2.—President be released. pected. Another refusal is ex- . “PIONEER’S” I Northrgé’entrcal Minn .rs4 Mark- —— e . - 45c PER MONTH CTGRESS [0 SETTLE TROUBLES: " WOULDCURB “REDS” o NEARLY SIXTY NOWENROLLED BEMIDJT UNIT OF NAT. GUARD Young Men Responding Im Splendid Manner; Near- ing “Over the Top” o NEW ARMORY SEEMS "y, TOPIC OF THE HOUR Will Be Headquarters for All Members With Plenty of Recreation e Another day or two and the na- tional guard unit for Bemidji will be “Over the Top” in fine shape. The boys are responding in splendid man- ner and Captain Swinson is highly elated over the showing thus far made. Nearly sixty names have been se- cured on the enlistment blanks thus far and members of the committee advise that they have dozens of promises and that they have received numeroys requests for blanks in the country and nelghboring towns. . Looks Like Winner. s It looks like a big winner as far as the local company is concerned, and after the sixty-five names have been secured the boys will meet and take«~up the matter of effecting or~ Armory Is Topic. L The new armory seems to be the topic of conversation in many gather- ings and the boys are anxious to have a place in which they can meet, whether it is for recreation, drill, games, a plunge or shower bath or just to while the time reading or playing cards, chess, checkers or something. It will be the real ‘““hang out” for the boys and those who are not members ofthe organization which made this beautiful home possible, will be more than anxious to become one on the waiting list, is the general prediction of those al- ready in the lineup. INDUSTRIAL LIFE IS BEING STILLED (By United Press.) Chicago, Dec. 2.—Industrial life of the Middle West was slowly but sure- ly being stilled today by the coal shortage. Renewal of the war time restriction on coal consumption was effective today. No coal will be distributed to in- dustries which are not necessary to the well being of the public. STATE FOOD BOARD BOOSTING PRODUCTS (By United Press.) St. Paul, Dec. 2.—The state dairy and food department today was co- operating with carriers of the state to put Minnesota canned products ahead of all other states. Two score canning firms from all sections of the state were represent- ed in the annual conventfon of the Minnesota State Canners’ association. Chemical experts were here to dis- cuss means of improving products. One of the big problems is to elim- inate discoloration of canned corn through a chemical processs. ganization details. LW SRS e i