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

. Th "Plonser {s' thstaber 6 the Unltod Today’s world’s news eoduy. DR FORTIN OF SANATORIUM PR R S 7k Tells of Advantage in Com- batting Tuberculosis in Beltrami Couhty’ : SPEAKS AT LUNCHEON Please for More Interest in Navy and Guard Beltrami, Koochiching and Hub- ‘bard counties are not taking advant- age of the wonderful opportunities -afforded them by the Lake Julia :Sanatorium to fight tuberculosis. “This, in brief, was the message ‘brought to Bemld)l Wednesday by Dr. William H. Fortin, superintend- .ent of the sanatorium, who addressed the Bemidji Association lollowing -the noon-day luncheon. Dr. Fortin gave & most able Lalk «concerning the menace of tubercu- ‘losis, expressing regret that while the sanatorium has a capacity for from 24 to 28:patients, nine yacan- _cies now exist. The doctor odtlined ‘the method by which the sanatorium is financed, calling attention to the ‘fact that for every empty bed a pub- 1ic expenditure of approximately $1,- in need of proper attention were :sent to the Lake Julia ipstltutmn, an <overflow would result. = Will Name Committee. The need of an active committée -to carry on clinics and other system- atic ‘campaigns for the eradication. of * ~tiiberculoBis “was brought 'to’ the at~ tention of the association, and fol- Jowing talks by Dr. E. A. Shannon, ‘President R. L. Given of the Bemidji Association was authorized to ap- point a committee, the duty of which will be to encourage the holding of sclinics and thorough investigations, «co-operating with the proper offi- «<cials. Over 110 Attend. Attended by more than 110 biisi- Tess men of the city, the meeting was * exceptionally . interesting, among ‘matters discussed being the serious- .mess of the coal situation, methods of proper conservation being pre- sented by G. W. Walker, M. & L agent in Bemidji. G, W. Harnwell also spoke concerning the matter. D. S. Mitchell told of plans ar- “ranged for carrying on the Bemidji Red Cross Christmas seal campaign, urging all to subscribe their quota that Bemidji may go over the top'on its allotment. * Barker Asks Cooperation. Lieut. E. A. Barker, ‘of the naval ‘militia, called upon every business man of the city to take a more ac- tive interest in the campaigns being ‘made to.secure enlistments for the national guard and naval militia. He referred to the benefits which will 'be received by Bemidji when enthusiasm among ' his . listeners, which is certain to cause a renewal of interest which will result in a drive for members for these -organi- zations, which will not slacken -until their rosters are complete. A number of other matters were also discnssed at the meeting. SENATOR NORD MAY Bemidji's lodge of Elks is plan- ning on a *“big time” gonight at the initiation ceremonies to be held in ‘the temple, for a large class is sche- _duled to be fitted with antlers in: the most approved fashion. The lodge feels highly honored by the fact that State Senator Leonard H. Nord of International Falls will be one of the candidates, and, as he represents Koochiching” county and Beltrami county in the Minnesota senate, it is believed he will be given special consideration, with all the ar- tistict accompaniment. & 300 HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMES COMMITTED IN WAR (By United Press.) ’ Paris, Dec. 4.—The list of persons responsible for war crimes, whom Germany must give up, contains more than 300 names. The peace confer- ence has not decided whether they will be tried in a group or singly. The conference today took up se- cretly the question of making effec- tive .the treaty of peace with Ger- many. Marshal Foch was present. v 'R_ailr'p‘adei's Would Have a " | BEMIDJI UNIONS FAVOR OF BEMIDJI ASSOCIAT!ON - ‘Barker Arouses Enthusiasm in‘! JA. P. Ritchie and G.. W._Campbell,’ these units are organized, arousing BE SPECIALLY HONORED Get-to-Gether of Workers and Other Interests r .PLUMB RAIL MEASURE Declare It Is Fair in General; Throw New Light On . Miners Strike held, last Sunday, the following com- mittee was appointed for the purpose of securing other labor organizations to join in a get-to-gether meeting and secure speakers to better educate their own men and the general pub- lic. - Otto Morken will represent the Brotherhood of Engineers, J. T. Davis the Brotherhood of Firemen, A. W. Ditty to represent the Brother- hood of Trainmen and Dan O’Con- nor to represent the Brotherhood of 'Conductors. The preliminary meeting, at which committees from the other labor or- ganizations will be present, has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clockin the Odd Fellows hall. Pldns will be made at this meeting 300 remains unused, while if cases]to carry out a fixed program of edu- ‘cation in order to make more clear the stand being taken by the various labor organizations. Favor Plumb Plan. In a conversation with some of the men, it was brought out that the lo- cal boys favor the Plumb plan of leg- islation, because. they: consider-it-the ‘fairest, not only to themselves, but to the public in general. They ad- mit that it is not a perfect piece of legislation, but that it :can be s0 modified: and amended that it will work to the best interests of all con- cer%: ey state the Plumb Plan does not mean an increase in wages to the men in general, as is the opinion of many, but that it will tend to reduce the cost of traffic rates, yhich, they claim, differs from either the Esch or Cummins bills. Rail Men Sincere. They are sincere in their demands of congress to retain the railroads under government control for at least two years, that the people may have sufficient time to study the problem and approach it from the angle of the public welfare. The ,demands made by the miners for a six-hour day and a five day week was also emphasized by the members of the local organizatiois at the Civic and Commerce associa- tion’ quarters Wednesday. The dis- cussion took place, directly after the regular noon day luncheon. . New View of Miners. “The miners are not demanding a six-hour day and a five day week,” said one of the men, “but their de- mand is that they be given at least this much time to work each week. During the war the average time put in by the miners was twenty-two hours a week, which was not enough to keep them ‘going. “The mine operators simply laid the men off when they had accumu- lated enough coal to keep up ship- ments and then put them back to work when the supply had been shipped out. These facts are just coming out and, when the people learn all the facts they wil llook upon the laboring demands from a differ- ent angle.” The members 6f the local organi- zations are utterly opposed to “Red Flaggers” and bolshevik sym- pathizers, and appear to be absolute- ly sincere in doing the things that are for the public good. NO. DAKOTA RATIFIES BALLOT FOR WOMEN Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 4.—North Dakota has become the twentieth state in the union to ratify the wom- an’s suffrage amendment when the house approved the suffrage resolu- tion already passed by the senate, 102 to 6. A copy ofthe joint resolution will be certified to Washington at once. The vote ended the battle for votes for women in this state which began in 1885 when the territorial legisla- ture adopted Dakota’s first suffrage amendment, which was vetoed by ‘Governor Pierce. BUST OF IBSEN. Valley City, N. D., Dec. 4.—Paul Fjelde, alumnus of Valley City nor- mal, is making a bust of Ibsen for presentation to the state university at Grand Forks. Fjelde’s father and Ibsen were personal friends. v S SR = - 'BEMIDJI, MINN,, THURSDAY-EVENING, DEC. 4, 1919 At a meeting of the railway men, | i | i I Italian warships now .under the command and (ontml of Capt. (;abnelo: d’Annunzio, “dictator” of Flume. The ships’ officers and crews joined with the Italian troops occupying the disputed city hl placing themselves under *he guidance of the poet- nvlator. MUCH HUNTED BANDIT SHOT DOWN IN CABIN BY WYOMING SHERIFF Outlaw Broke Prison and Robbed Train; Wrote “Kidding” Notes Douglas, Wyo., Dec. 4.—Two score more years of prison life, possibly death in the electric chair, confront- ed William Carlisle, train bandit, as he lay in Douglas hospital with a bullet- holein his .chest;while armed guards hovered-in-the baskground of- hospital nurses to prevent escape. Carlisle was shot down in a cabin Tuesday by Sheriff A. S. Koach ' of Whiteland as the bandit, cornered, reached for an automatic pistol to give battle. The posse had trailed Carlisle since Sunday morning through a bitter blizzard. The outlaw who had eluded pur- suit since his escape from the state prison at Rawlins on November :15 and subsequent robpery of the Los Angeles limited train near Medicine Boéw November 18, was strapped to a pack horse for the descent of Lara- mie peak, eighteen miles southwest of here, then bundled into an auto- mobile and rushed to this city. Just what disposition will be made of him has not been determined. He was serving a life sentence which had been commuted to twenty-five from fifty years when he escaped. In the meantime a new crime, for which death is the possible penalty has been committed by 'the outlaw. Carlisle will not die from his wound. He lived clean, has a strong physique and has more than a fight- ing chance to beat death, his physi- cians say. ‘I don’t blame you for shooting,” was the only statement the wounded outlaw had to make. A~~~ HOLIDAY SUGGESTIONS. By George H. Nettleton. (State Fire Marshal.) Do not take foolish risks. Try to have a good time, but a6 not endanger life and property in doing so. Remember safety first. Do not use lighted candles on Christmas trees; get. the electric +'kind, carefully wired. If candles are used, permit eld- ers only to light them and see that they are not in close proximity to anything inflammable. Keep all matches away from thé children. Fire proof all flimsy decorations it possible and do not use cotton batting for snow effects or tissue paper for decorative purposes un- der any conditions. For snow effects use mineral wool. If there are any .open gas jets see that they are protected and that there are no drafts while the tree is lighted. Have a fire extlnguisher of some sort handy. Remove all Christmas trees within two or three days. Some persons allow them to remain un- til New Years. This is wrong. There is nothing more inflammable than dry Christmas greens. Fire once started in a room dec- orated for Christmas is likely to spread with terrible swiftness. Every year the papers tell of many homes destroyed and many people burned to death as the re- sult of Christmas fires. | —— | DEER SEASON ENDS ‘New Mexico Senator Is TOMORROW NIGHT: DAY SHORTEST OF SEASON Trappinx Season Opens This Week; Furs Bring High Prices, Say Dealers (By United Press.) St. Paul, Dec. 4.—Hunting season in the north woods was practically ended today. Big game will be pro- tected for another eleven months af- ter tomorrow night. The last days of the shooting are always the short- gfiuse most of the hunters hayve bag; their ‘game “and are anxious| to-get through the cordon. of -watch- ful game wardens before the season ends. Anyone caught with a deer or 4 moose after today will come under suspicion at once. Thousands ‘ot deer have been killed during the season and many moose were secured by the more hardy woodsmen. Baggage and express cars have been overloaded with deer dur- ing the last two weeks, as hunters came back from their trips. All re- ported deer plentiful, but some Te- turned minus their prizes. While all admitted there were plenty . there, some were forced to admit they were not good enough huntsmen to get them. The season was marked by the small number of casualties. Hunters were using greater caution, it is be- lieved, and thus conserving human life through a falling off in the num- ber of adcidents. The fisher, mink, muskrat and marten season opened this week and backwoodsmen are expected to devote much of their Lime this winter to trapping. Furs are more valuable this winter than ever before, and fur buyers report a greater demand than ever before in history. EXPLOSIVE ELEMENTS WERE IN EVIDENCE ~ TODAY ABOUT MEXICO Ex- pected to Make Good His Promise By Sam I. Freed. (United Press Correspondent.) El Paso, Texas, Dec. 4.—There were explosive elements in the Mexi- can situation today. Factors press- ing onward to the real crisis be- tween the nations were: First—Senator = Fall’'s investiga- tion of Mexico’s relations with this country. Fall is expected to make good hgs promise to “astound the world” with evidence gathered. Second—Enormous shipments of arms an. ammunition reported plan- ned in Spain for the Carranza :ov. ernment. Third~—The Jenkins case. Fourth—More Americacs are in Mexico than any time since President Taft’s first warning to Americans to leave that country. The border today rang with ru- Weatfier’ Fair and ‘%‘I der. | BY TONIGHT | lorecast 24 hrs. Markham 45c PER MONTH [OVERTHETOP WlLSON AGAIN WATCHFULLY : “Cold Water Boys” Fail in At- tempts to Discredit Lieut. Tom Swinson orncm ENDORSED BY,: BEMIDJI Assocm‘i‘mN Answer By a Group qf'Re‘- turned Service Soldiers, Emphatic il “Qver the Top” by midnight. That’s the slogan of the men :be- hind Captain’ Wand the local guard compaiiy: ¥ Wonder what the reason can be for this sudden out- burst ‘of .enthusiasm of the boys from every walk in life? This may be it: Efforts by the “water bottle boys’ to organize a second company have apparently proved futile. Now, it is understood, they will throw their : “heavy artillery” in the direction of Captain Swinson. They don’t like him and won’t stand for him. He won’t be appointed if they can help it. That’s the line of attack now. Well, let's see. “Greater” Than Association. A committee of fourteen men, tried and true, chosen from the best Be- midji has to offer, has endorsed him unanimously. Then, at a meeting of the bhiggest gatherlng of Bemidji business men and citizens ever held in the Civic and Commerce associa- tion quarters, Mr. Swinson was UN- ANIMOUSLY endorsed. The recom- mendation of the committee was met with loud applause and everybody bwent- on- record to get-behind Mr. Swinson and the work of.organiza- tion. “Crab Artists” Out. ; A few, just a mere handful, have dropped behind the real pushers, and are now completely lost in:the drive. It j§ hoped they will catch up with®the procession soon. Wonder if delegates weren’t sent to./hpad- pointment of Captain.Swinson would sure make the whole Co) tee and Civic and Commerce asf tion look ) jolish, after having''gone on ‘record/Ali NIMOUSLY in choos- ing Mr. §y The “po g that be will not ignore sué endorsement. They will certainly‘eonsider the wishes of the people. That's a safe bet. Well, what do the boys think of it. Just this. They're disgusted with such “baby’” work. They sure are. Here’s The Answer. At a gathering of about twenty boys, who heard about the move now under way by the ‘“cold water” ar- tists, several burst out in rage. “It's a darn shame,” exclaimed one. “I'm ‘golng to enlist right away" yelled another. “‘Let's all do it,” cried a third, and off they went looking for Captnln Swinson, That’s the spirit they are showing. They can stand for a lot, these re- turned setvige men, but they do de- test anything that savors of unpatri- otic sportsmanship. Now the slogan is, ‘“Let’s all join the ranks. Use me where you can captain, I'm willing to fill in any place.” quarters alréady, to head off - thfnb- Believes Within Next Few Weeks People Will De-’ mand Its Passage EXPECT EVENTS WILL CONVINCE THE PUBLIC iJnited States Has Men and Warships Ready If Mexi- ! can Affair Demands 1 By Hugh Bailee. (United Press Correspondent.) Washington, Dec. 4.—The attitude of the administration today, with re- gard to the peace treaty, is that of “‘watchful waliting.” Believeing that a great popular demand for ratification will come from the country within a few weeks, President Wilson is keeping hands off the present situation, waiting for this urge to materialize. The president refrained from di- rectly mentioning the treaty in his message to congress, it is believed, with the idea that further argument was useless. ' The need for it, friends of the administration predict, will steadily = become more apparent. They are looking for events to con- vince people that the treaty is de- sirable. READY FOR MEXICO. (By United Press.} Washington, Dec. 4.—The United States has 25,000 men and two crui- sers within easy striking distance of Mexico, ready to go into action, should hostilitiés follow the threat- ened severance of diplomatic rela- tions, it was learned today at the war and navy 8epartments. Reports that naval reserves had ‘been ordered to prepare for duty were denied at the navy department. BEMIDJI WOMEN ARE MUCH INTERESTED IN ADDRESS SATURDAY Minnenpplit Speaker Will Tell of Their Responsibility as New Voters L] ‘“Women’'s Responsibility as a Vot- er,” has been selected by Miss Gladys Harrison of Minneapolis, for her subject of discussion when she ad- dresses the members of the Bemidji Women’s Community and Civic club Saturlday afternoon. The topic be- ing one of exceptional importance to every woman at this time, has aroused much -interest and it is ex- pected that the rooms of the Bemidji association in the city building will be completely filled when the meet- ing is called to order at 2:30 o’clock. Miss Harrison, a graduiate of the University of Minnesota, and who re- cently returned from overseas, where she served as a Red Cross canteen worker, is an active member of the ‘‘League of Women Voters,” recently organized, and is one of its bureau .| of speakers. NO NOTIFICATION THAT GERMANY WONT SIGN (By United Press.) Paris, Dec. 4.—The peace confer- ence has received no notification from Kurt Von Lerener, German rep- resentative, ‘that Germany will re- fuse to 8ign the pedce prgtocol, it was stated authoratively today. Report wa® circulated by mrtnln news agencies yesterday, that Ger- many had decided not to sign ine protocol. e REVISION OF REVENUE LAWS IS UNSETTLED (By United Press.) mors, following the introduction of Washington, Dec. 4.—A new con- Senator Fall’s resolution in congress |test between the democratic adminis- to sever diplomatic relations with|tration and the republican congress Mexico. Fall is senator from New [over the revision of revenue laws was Mexico. apparently approaching today. Both administration and congressional ENDEAVOR MEETING. leaders agree that there must be a The Intermediate Christian En-|revision to meet the record peace deavor of the Presbyterian church |time expenditures, but the agreement will meet to-morrow evening at the |ends there. home of Miss Mary Warfleld, 623 Secretary Glass wants the revision Third street. All members are urged |to start-at once. Republican leaders to be present as there will be matters |say it will not be done at this ses- of importance discussed. sion of cons‘reu. It will be the object of Miss Har- rison to fully discuss the purposes of the leggue, outlining the manner by which every woman may become an intelligent voter. Otner matters of importance are to be discussed at the meeting and every one of the 218 members, and those who contemplate affiliating with the organization, are urged to attend. The club is now the largest associa- tion of its kind in northern Minne- gota, and has gained wide prominence by its activeness in civic and child welfare. At the close of the session coffee and cake will be served, the refresh- ment committee compr(slng Mrs. L B. Olson, chirman, Mrs. A. E. Elli- son and Mrs. Osmund Johnson, who are to be assisted by Mrs. Hallan L. Huffman, Mrs. W. Z. Robinson, Mrs. H. M. Stanton and Miss Ella Parker of the program committee. VICTORY BUTTONS FOR FORMER GOPHER SAILORS Minneapolis, Dec. 4.—Victory but- tons for mers who served in the navy during the war, have been received here for distribution to Northwest former sailors. The buttons may be obtained by sending discharge papers to the naval recruiting station at 408 Second avenue south, Minneapolis.