Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 3, 1919, Page 1

Weather: forecast 24 hrs. Mark- ham.- Storm dlrgctlon of.the wing, BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESPAYYEYENING, DEC. 3, 1919 4Sc PER MONTH ™~ this \year” urges Postmaster:A. P.|? ‘Ritchie, who today received 'a warn- Ing T ddvance: frem-reliable sources: hat ‘s serious curtailment of all rail- service is.to. & -effert gl= - 2 % s 2 i mtinue’ from . - s } : ) ity 2 e MESSAGE PLANS fitteen to'twenty days: iment may affect nearly Much of Necessary lfzi:htiou 50 per cent of the trains now run- £ ‘fning and is dye to the coal shortage; Is Pending; House Cre- ates Budget Bureau s NEW PEACE WORK FOR THE S'A_BY,fAN _'fEPS TAKEN 2' T0 PUT UNDER R.C.SEALSALE WILL BEGIN ON It means that where there are two i . B . |trains a day carrying parcel post " City Campaign Manager Hope- ‘'matter to and from certain points e @} o ‘there will be only one train during ful Thiit Sales Will Exceed: 'the squeeze. This will entail a vast - ’, amount of extra work for the rail- l-'ormer(Yeu‘ " //I'way mail clerks and for the railway - 3 mail terminal hands. 1 Chri; § ] 5 : o ‘WOMEN’S CIVIC CLUB g m.,;e’i"i‘;’cure‘i;fcfifixnn;"‘;‘éh‘i,qsgfi “TIPS” FOR SETTLERS .". i 3 IN"CUT-OVER REGIONS o nd mailed early. They should be TO CANVASS BY Wm.'?abeled “Not to be opened until =t Christmas” or something to that ef- Y 2 . g fect: The wrapping, plain address Bemidji't Quota Is s1,zoo and|and early mailing should be given i ” special attention. Should'Be Met by Gener- The sending of Christmas packages ’ ous’ Purchases Editor of Publications, Minn sota University Farm De- partment, St. Paul " ° - — . |SENATE HASN'T ACTED ON MATTER AS YET South Dakota Senator Would '3’ Empower Courts to Deal With Anarchists (By United Press.) Many Farmers From Other Parts of Country Casting - Eyes in Thu Direction {'early not only means prompt delivery but it also insures‘the safety of the Christmas - present which is always e |imperilled by congested conditions in the mails. i | oy v A buby tank was used recently to break away the wreckage cause fb terrific.explosion which destroyed a gas tank of the Acme Hydro-Oxy y, & subsidiary of Armour & Co., in Chicago, and.an adjgining lard r Red Gl;oss Christmas seals will ‘)i placed on the local market early Fri- By W. P. Kirkwood. (Editor, Office of Publication, Uni- BAY WILSONS _ . day morning, and their sale will carry a message of Christmds cheer on millions of packages mailed in the United States. The sale price is one cent per seal, and every cent, aside in the fight against tuberculosis. D. S. Mitchell, director of the Be- midji campaign, reported this after- noon that this year’s receipts promise NEW SUPERINTENDENT “OF COUNTY FARM IS from the cost of manufacture, will be' turned over by the Red Cross to aid/ J. J. McCurdy of Baudette, crop country is the fact that large versity Farm, St. Paul.) St. Paul, Dec. 3.—Many farmers in other parts of the country are cast- ing interested eyes at the fine farm lands of northern Minnesota; lands where clover, like hope in the human breast, springs eternal. The only reason why more interested farmers do ‘not move to this clover and sure MEXICO HAS NoT - CHANGED ATTITUDE IN THE JENKINS CASE Says 'Foreign Minister In An Interview With the NAMED BY THE B0 numbers of them are lacning in ex- THREE Secretary Glass Gives Estiriate in Report; Congress to ' Washington, Dec. 3.—A conocur- rent resolution directing President Wilson to sever all relations with Mexico immediately and withdraw recognition of the Carranza govern- ment. was introduced by Senator Fall of New Mexico today. He said evidence had been obtained that will astound the world in the North County Agricultural ). Agent, Engaged to exceed those of any previous sea- el ‘ :son. He bases this opinion on' the ; interest being taken in the campaign and the advance call for seals. At two meetings of the sale com- mittees, held yesterday afternoon, plans for the campaign were com- pleted and those in charge beuevg that the $1,200 quota will be over- -subscribed. Ward Chairmen. i The members of the Women's Civic & Community club, with Mrs, H. C. Baer, president, as campaigpy chairman, have decided to begin their active work Friday.in the resi: -dential- - distriet, ' continuing -untfl Wednesday, rather than to wait un- til Monday to start their molicitation. ‘Ward chairmen are: First ward, Mrs. B. W. Lakin and Mrs. O. H. Manaugh, second ward,”Mrs. E. H. Smith; tifird ward, Mrs. E." A. Bark- er; - fifth ward, Miss ‘Skjeveland, perience in handling such lands. They are not quite certain that they | know just how to take hold. _ £ For this reason some ‘‘advice to At the session of the board of [the settler” was recently prepared by tounty. commissioners, held at the|the department of agriculture of the court house Tuesday, a superintend-|University of Minnesota. This “ad-. ent for the new county home was|vice,” based on the practical experi- chosen; J. J. McCurdy of Baudette, |ence of men in the field, first warns who will assume his duties when the|against alarm at the use of the word Hew structure is completed, which is| ‘“‘settler.”” Occupying the lands of xpected early in January. There|Northern Minnesota need not mean has been some delay in forwarding|pioneering in the old sense. It may. tiie equipment and it is the intention [mean, on the contrary—*‘“good lands to receive the immates along about|on roads near good towns, with good March. schools, in good communities; and Phe-new . superintendent is a pro-| With good neighbors.”.. . . .. gressive young man and: well known N Tfes - 2 in Bemidji,' He has been the North| Advice Boiled Down. Beltrami- county agricultural agent[ :Try to provide for from $800 -to and is familiar with farm production|$1,600 for development work after affairs, and hopes to bring the land | making the first payment on the land. upon which the home is located, to|If this can’t be done, however, and the east of Lake Bemidji, into a high|Yyou are barely making a living, atate of cultivation in the interests|mave any way. a don United Press Revamp Tax Law f- = L By George Martin. (United Press Correspondent.) Washington, Dec. 3.—Steps are bging taken today to make effective at ance some of the recommendations President Wilson' included in his re- construction message to congress. Much of the necessary legislation is already pending. The house has al- ready passed a godd bill creating a budget bureau under the presidential direction, but the senate has not acted. Senator Sterling .of -South Dakota today said he will re-introduce his bill for cumpulsory investigation and mediation of industrial disputes. Im- mediate action will be sought by Sterling on the bill empowering the criminal courts to deal with anar- chists and reds generally. By Ralph Couch. * - ' (United Press Correspondent®) Washington, Dec. 3.—A deficit of more than $3,000,000,000 will ‘show on the books of the government, June 30 next year, at the close of the current fisca] year, Secretary Glass estimated in his annual report to congress. A deficit of $1,600,000 looms for the next fiscal year. Glass estimated all figures given, estimates or forecasts of conditions which, according to knowledge now at Rand, will prevail six months and also a year and a half from now. Congress, however, will use them in revamping the tax laws as sug- gested in President Wilson's message and in cutting the appropriations. Expenditures for the current fiscal year are estimated at nearly $11,- b By Ralph H. Turner. (United Press Correspondent.) Mexico City, Dec. 3.—*The Mexi- can government has not changed its attitude in the Jenkins case.” This declaration was made today by Hilario Medina, acting toreign secretary in an exclusive interview with the United Press. © “Mexico’s position is the same to- day- as stated in the recent note .o the . United States,” said Medina. {ned.the;facts then and they | ui . It is true relations are delicate but they are not critical as to'cause a.break. I do not think they are beyond the possibility of an amicable settlement. GOLDMAN WILL ouIT Taxes and tariffs, soldiers aid and repeal of war legislation is already being discussed. the dependents of Beltrami county |found in such locations. will be humanely cared for. Eighty aeres in the cut-over region In the building is speciaily de-|make a good farm for a man and an signed quarters for the superintend-|average f¥intly in which are some ent, and Mrs. McCurdy will accom-{Dboys to help, Forty acres will be principal of the Nymore school. Sex B 0, W Bills t lat 1d st e of the occupants. Farm -stock, and e the land before buying. kKx- 500,000,000,° with estimated recpjpts s to regulate col storage Business District. equipment, such as is necessary forjamine the whole tract carefully: AMERICA FoR R"m ' slightly over '$7,318,000,000. ")g';" ?““)‘é‘erz- t“"ld‘ 0'.’“3“'““5 d:he l}:fz:: The campaign in the business dis-|the new institution, will e pur-j Locate on 8 rosd and. not, too far . y A ogmm'l:ttx;erso ofn cbo:k:ehge:e sl triet; to be carried on by the men |Chased and with a modern structure | from neighbors. Good land can be lF CHA’RGB Rmovm LARGER STAFFS Oxnmm}’ uses. named: in the Daily Pioneer yester- day, will be conducf{ed Friday, spe- cial effort being made to sell health ‘bonds, which can be obtained ‘in de- St. Pa'llx‘l,' BPec. 3.—Superintende ‘ts lof the thrgdi'largest state hospi¥ale Offers to Pay Her Own Trans- for the irgAtie;;were authorized by lthe board /A caftrol on Monday to :;)I:Jnations of $5. $10, $25, $50 and pany her husband here. enough for a man with no such help. portation; Berkman receive appHéattons for positions in It should be remeinbered that this|. The acreage of the farm is 80, five|1f funds are available without cfip-| ..:n. Ordered Deported the institutiongf after January 1, "NWERSAL F“.M C0. se of | acres.being set aside for a cemetery. | Pling working capital, a farm of 160 when staffs be eniarged to com- campaign is not for the purpose of financing the work of the American Red Cross, or its chapters. It is for the purpose of financing the Nation- al Tuberculosis association, the vari- | -ous state organizations and the 1,000 or more local associations through- out the United States. Benefit To Community. Those who buy the seals are sup- porting the anti-tuberculosis work in ‘their own communities. It has been proven that tuberculosis can be sup- ! ply with the né®.law fixing an eight- Chicago, Dec. 3.—Emma Goldman . hour day for those employed. is willing to go back to Russia. ! The conference was given to/dis- “Sure, I'll go if they will drop the | cussion of details relating to compli- deportation charges and let me payance with the law. It was sald that my own expenses,” she said today. |many additional men and women Chicago followers of Emma Gold- [ hurses and attendants will be em- man and Alexander Berkman, who |Ployed under the eight-hour law and ‘have been ordered deported, chipped | Will be paid $45 a month with room, in to make up a “pot” of approxi- |board and laundry. mately $5,000 to aid in fighting the deportation. ANTHRACITE STRIKE SEEN. Springfield; 11, Dec. 3.—The min- DIRECTOR MEETS DEATH. - SOUTH AFRICAN CONGO Motion Picture Director Also Killed in Rail Wreck in Engo Forest Eighty acres of the original 160-|acres should be secured. acre farm site have been sold. Spring is the best time to move to " Several candidates for tne super- such a piece of land. This gives op- intendency filed, many from outside | Portunity to get ready for the com- point, but it was desired to secure, if | ing winter. possible, a county man fully capable Only a. small amount of stock of a business administration, and the a’“’“ld be taken to a new farm of the board of commissioners and county|Kind—from two to four good milking Auditor A. D. Anderson feel that|C¢OWSs, one team of horses, a brood they were fortunate in securing Mr. |80W, and a few chickens. McCurdy. i ¢ Potatoes and vegetables .of all PP T kinds for the home cellar, and HALGREN TAKES CHARGE plenty of feed, especially roughage, (By United Press.) for the stock for winter should be the The anarchists’ cld enemies, the police, were called upon to guard the pressed. The seals offer an opportun- ity for the widow’s mite or the rich man’s hundreds, to' ai@ in the great work. § aim of the first year’s cropping. .A pasture should be opened by clearing away brush and logs, disk- ing or working up the soil among the tellers while they counted the pro- ceeds. OF BARKER DEPARTMENT ers have not‘utilized the full stréngth of their organization, Frank Farring- * ‘Cleveland, 0., Dec. 3.—Dr. Joseph Armstrong of Los Angeles, Calif., ton, president ‘6 the Tllinois Miners, said in a statement in which he de. business manager of an exploring expedition, launched by the Smith- sonian Institute and the Universal Friday is the day on which Be- midji will hold its principal cam- paign. Workers are to call on you and there will be a_ lot of "satisfac- tion felt by every individual who purchases liberally. = - An important addition has been made to the musical department by the Barkér Drug and jewelry store, Forest Halgren having been engaged to take full charge of the sales end of the Victrola and Edison lines, also other similar lines carried by the store, and Mr. Halgren will devote much of his time to increasing the sales of these popular home favorites. clared that “there is a likelihood that should {ffe bituminous. miners find themselves/ hard pressed in this case the anthtacite miners may de- cide to come tb' their aid.” TWO KELLIHER BUSINESS " HOUSES DESTROYED stumps, and sowing a little clover, timothy and blue grass seed. If enough land is open and a mar- ket is near a small fleld of potatoes should be put in. : It isn’t necessary to wait until |- stumps are removed to put in a crop, Often the brush can be cut and burned,and good crops obtained EARLY DEPORTATION >--0F 68 REDS FORECAST Washington, Dec. 3.—Sixty-eight , members of the Russian Work- -g# union, arrested in recent raids of e department of justice, will be de- ported very soon, Chairman Albert Film company in South Africa, and William Stowell, motion picture di- rector, were killed in a railroad wreck in the Engo Forest, Belgian Congo, according to a cablegram to- day from Edward M. Thierry, News- paper Enterprize association corres- pondent, who was badly injured. Several others were seriously in- MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN IS REDFIELD’S SUCCESSOR (By United Press.) Washington, Dec. 3.—Joshua Wil-: congressman from lis Alexander, Missouri, has been selected by Presi- dent Wilson as secretary of commerce to .succeed Redfield, resigned. BRIOUETTE INDUSTRY WILL BE DEVELOPED (By United Press.) Scranton, N. D., Dec. 3.—Several million dollars will be spent in de- veloping the briquette industry here, according to Charles A. Johnson, president of the Johnson Fuel com- pany, which recently opened a plant here. The company has an option on one hundred million tons of coal in addition to their own holdings at Scranton. " Transmission lines will be built as far south as Loom, S. D., and west to Marmath, this state. HILDRETH NOMINATED N. D. FEDERAL ATTORNEY Washington, Dec. 3.—Melvin A. Hildreth, Fargo, N. D., was nominat- ed today by President Wilson, fed- eral district attorney for North Da- kota. known young business men of Be- middi, and fully capabvie In every re- spect in'an executive business capa- city and Mr. Barker feels that he has made-a valuable addition to his busi- ness corps. CITY WILL REMOVE drinking water improves its value as such has no inducement for Spring- fielders. the expenditure of $150,000 for a plant to remove the iron. fathers take the position that ‘‘de- ironed”” water not only is better for drinking purposes but reduces the de- preciation of all equipment. WHARVES AND VESSELS wharves of the Canton Lumber com- | is'still uncompletea and the province pany, the steamer Governor McLane | has lost large sums through this fact. and five other vessels were destroyed | Completion of the buildings has ne- by fire which broke out shortly after | cessitated expenditure of nearly $4,- 3 o’clock this morning. among the stumps—especiauy hay and pasture crops. By the adoption of such a system the cut-over farm can be made to yield a living while being brought to full development. NOTED COMPTROLLER RESIGNS POSITION (By United Press.) ‘Winnipeg, Dec. 3.—J. Gogdon Steele, who ‘“‘wrecked” the capitol building for the government, has re- signed as comptroller-general of the province to accept a position in New York City. . Steele was appointed by Hon. Ed- ward Brown, treasurer to investigate the capitol building “scandal” and his investigation resulted in the jail- ing of the Roblin government, then in control. - 8ir Rodman Roblin, former premier, is now operating a garage on a back street of Winnipeg. BURN IN BALT[M()RE ‘The Steele investigation disclosed the theft of large sums in the build- ing of the $5,000,000 capitol through faulty foundations and upper walls. 3.—Two | As a result of the battle the capitol Johnson of the house immigation committee, which just has completed an investigation of conditions at El- 1is Island, said. “The - committee Saturday and Monday personally examined all the Russiane and found them selfcon- fessed anarchists,” Johnson said. “These radicals, our investigation showed, formed the unfon in 1914 with the express purpose of over- throwning the government of the United States and setting up in its iplace a form of the Russian soviet.” Mr. Halgren is one of the best IRON FROM ITS WATER Dec. 3.—The Springfield, hitherto accepted theory that iron inj 1., SENATE QRDERS PROBE * INTO MICHIGAN ELECTION (By United Press.) ‘Washington, Dec. 3.—The senate today ordered immediate investiga- tion of the Ford-Newberry senatorial election in Michigan in 1918. ‘TRUTH’ EDITOR GRABBED BY U. S. AUTHORITIES (By United Press.) Duluth, Dec. 3.—*Jack” Carney, editor of “Truth,” was arrested by United States authorities today charged with publishing articles at- tempting to obstruct enlistments dur- ing the war. The city commission is considering The city . (By United Press.) Baltimore, Md., Deec. 000,000 additional. i There was a fire at Kelliher, gbout 8 o'clotk Monday morning, which to- tally destroyed .the building dtenpied by the E. J. Cain pool room sxid'bar- ber shop, and another buildfn'g’éc- cupied as a Chinese restaurant, The loss ig part}glly covered by ipgur- ance. . A Sheftield, Eflt’xfi‘.LWrecked in'g col- lision a beé}' ‘wagon flooded Y& mall street. omen and childrgn; ‘With bottles and jars scrambled tp seéure the flowing tide, § LW.W.ST i Iy CAVEMAN Chisholm, Déc. 3.—Much I. W. W. literature had been shipped to the Mesaba range from Bueet, Mont., ac- cording to local authorities who have received tips that the ‘“Wobblies” were attempting a general walkout late last July, but that the plan fafl- ed when they became aware their ac- tions were being closely watched. At the Stevenson location, near Keewatin deputy sheriffs, have un- covered a large amount of the litera- ture hidden in an attic of a building formerly occupied as a Finnish board- ing house. - It is now owned by Aus- trians, but they said they did not know the literature was in the house. jured. FIVE MORE ENLIST IN NAVAL MILITIA Earl Riley, a former member of the Bemidji naval unit, on Tuesday night recruited five new members for the naval militia company, he hav- ing got a line on Charles McDougal, Max Boyce, Allan J. Doran, and Francis R. Stapleton. Each one of the new men are 18 years old. It is up to the young stalwarts of Bemidji to enlist either in the na- tional guard or the navy unit to in- sure the new armory, or it might tike a year to get it. It will be a big asset to the city as a recreation cen- te rfor the members and a center for activities for public gatherings that will do things to advance the com- munity and the units. MASONS ELECT TONIGHT. The annual election of the officers of the Masonic lodge will be held in the Masonic Temple tonight at 8 o’clock. All members of the lodge are urged to be present.