Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 13, 1919, Page 1

{ \1 v 0 MEMBER UNITED PRESS ‘The Pioneer is a member of the United Press. Today’s world’s news today. STATE GUARD IS CALLED T0 BORDER CITY IN ~ SUDDEN ORDER kA’n'ive in Bemidji at Early Hour This Morning and Get Breakfast _ADJUTANT GENERAL ACCOMPANIES MEN Reported That Trouble Has Broken Out in Backus- " Brooks Operations (By United Press.) International Falls, Dec. 13.— “There has been no rioting here and none is expected, as a result of the walkout of fifty trainmen on the Min- nesota, Dakota & Western railroad, serving the International _Lumber company mills and paper mills, offi- .cials said today. Minmeapolis interests, controlling .the property, are understood to have requested state troops be sent here, fearing an outbreak of a lumber and paper workers walkout in sympathy. Adjutant General Rhinow and a company of guardsmen arrived this morning at 9 o’clock. Railroad officials planned to oper- ate the railroad with strike breakers, the strikers being members of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin- eers. (International vice presidents of both orders are here directing the strike. K The lumber mill was forced to close in twenty-four hours unless the .strike is broken. Under command of Captain Carter; ‘the St._ Cloud company of the Fifth Minnesota infantry arrived .in Be- midji early this morning and the train held until the company could hastily get breakfast and leave for International Falls, where it had been reported trouble had started in the Backus & Brooks logging opera- tions. The company was ordered out last evening and little time was wasted in boarding the train for the Border City. Adjutant General Rhinow -was with the men. and three of his aides were with him, being Lieutenant Kaye, Captain Frankel and Captain Archer. Major Brady, also a state military officer, was with the adjut- ant general’s staff. It is reported that a strike of log- -gers was pulled off yesterday and that the men on a log railroad, owned by the Backus-Brooks company, had made a demand for increased wages. This, it is stated, was denied and they quit work. It was feared that the trouble would spread and the ad- jutant general’s office was notified. LIVE STOCK PAVILION PROPOSED BY BREEDERS Possibilities for a live-stock sales pavilion will be thoroughly discussed at the meeting of the Beltrami Coun~ ty Live-Stock Breeders Ass’n. which will be held at the county court house January 6. The session is be- ing called by Nels Willet of Frohn, Ipresident of the association. There will be several promineut speakers for the occasion, men who are in a position to offer sound ad- vice to all who care to attend. The association is working in conjunction with the Farm Bureau. This will be a most interesting meeting and a large attendence is urged. BOLSHEVIK ARMY IS REPORTED DEFEATED (By United Press.) London, Dec. 13.—Messages today report that the bolsheviki.have been :again defeated driven from Kieff and General Deniken is reported advanc- ing eastward. i DELIVERING MAIL IN CANADA HARD TASK (By United Press.) Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 13.—The Royal Northwest Mounted Police mail expedition will leave Dawson City in the last week of December for Fort McPherson, Rampart house, and Hershel Island with dog teams. The entire journey one way is approxi- mately 1,000 miles. However, it will be accomplished in relays. The first will be from Dawson to Fort McPher- son, 500 miles one way. The second will come from Rampart House to meet the Dawson mail, later return- ing to Rampart and on to Herschel Is- land. ——— e —— ' Y EVPS PAame v “ 4 ‘? wouua TITLE SEAL QUOT A ]S () o7 ‘Worth Winchester Macomber, seven- ty-two years of age, who claims the title of wood-sawing “champion.” Mr. Macomber sawed two and one-half cords of wood in one day recently, be- side walking to and from his work, & distance of several miles. “When I was twenty-one years old I sawed three feet of pine in 29 minutes; that’s a foot short of a cord,” said Mr. Macomber. N. D. EXTRA SESSION ENDS IN FIST FIGHT BETWEEN OFFICIALS State Auditor and Senator A Clash in Hallway of Capital Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 13.—Offi~ cials and employees of the state of North Dakota are rubbing their eyes today and wondering where they are at after the extra session blizzard. The legislature adjourned after 16 days of work and after passing a big grist of bills aimed at state depart- ments that are “in bad” with the Nonpartisan league, but no one can tell the status of those bills. It is up to the courts now to unravel the tangle. All of the contested bills failed to get a two-thirds vote in the lower house. Under the new state consti- tution, this defers operation of the bills until July 1, unless a referen- dum vote is called on them before that time. But the league majority in the two houses passed a bill aim- ing to set aside the constitution, de- claring all bills effective within 10 days after adjournment, on the ground that an extra session is not covered by the constitution. i Petitions Are Circulated. Today petitions are in circulation for a referendum vote on this bill, and petitions will be filed with the required 7,000 names before the 10 days are up. The league expects to get court rulings that this particular bill cannot be tied up by the referen- dum, banking on William Lemke’s influence to hold Judge J. E. Robin- son of the supreme court in line with the other league jurists on the supreme bench. Should the court sustain this act, ! operation of the bills passed will cripple work of the state officials who are fighting the league, and there| will be a general upsetting of condi- tions at the state capitol. But after the excitement of yesterday the fu- ture seems tame for North Dakotans. After the legislature had adopted a wordy resolution demanding resig- nation of Attorney General William Langer, the senate sent a committee to State Auditor Carl Kositzky de- manding that he issue warrants for the mileage and per diem of the members. Resisting service of the resolution, Kositzky battled with Senator A. A. Liederbach of Kildeer in the hall and then locked himself in his office. The commitfee reported and' the senate then demanded Mr. Kositzky's pres- ence before that body. He came ac- companied by Frank E. Packard, as- sistant attorney gemeral, but Mr. Jackard was promptly ejected. ANOTHER CHIMNEY FIRE CALLS DEPARTMENT A fire was reported at the home of 0. L. Stokke, at 610 First street, and the call turned in at 1 o’clock today. The fire truck was hastened to the scene but tne assistance of the de- partment was not needed. It was merely one of the numerous chimney D. S. MITCHELL GREATLY Woman’s Civic Club’s Efforts isome officials here. BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDA OVERTHETOP IN BEMIDITS XMAS DRI $1,200, Amount Scheduled for|’ . This City; Went to $1,300 and $1,500 Is Seen PLEASED AT RESPONSE Result in Raising $600 In Canvass Its quota set at $1,200 in the Red Cross Christmas seal campaign, enthusias- tic workers were not content until the total had reached more than $1,- 300, and it now seems probable that the amount will exceed $1,500. Approximately $600 has been soli- cited by the members of the Women’s Civic & Community club -who can- vassed the residential district of the city. This is a most excellent show- ing and is the consequence of a sys- tematic and well conducted cam- paign. The wards were placed in charge of individual campaign direc- tors and then sub-divided into block district with a captain in:charge of each. In addition the women's club voted: to purchase & $25 health bond. -“It seems. probable that Bemidji purshases -of Red Cross seals will total $1,500,” said D. 8. Mitche]l, di- rector of the Bemidji campaign, this morning. “This is a splendid’ show- ing und every worker is entitled to credit for the interest and enthusiasm ‘evidenced." Those who have not purchased Christmas seals. are :reminded.:that the Bemidji drug stores have them for sale. . PAN MOTOR COMPANY 'BEING REORGANIZED St. Cloud, Minn.,, Dec. 13.—Reor- ganization of the Pan Motor company of St. Cloud was effected at a meet- ing of directors here yesterday. Sam- uel C. Pandolfo, president of the company, who recently was convicted in Chicago of using the mails to de- fraud, resigned as president and di- rector. | Three Chicago men also resigned from the directorate. They are James H. McQuerry, Norman A. Street, and J. George Heidman. It was announced that the affairs of the company will témporarily be directed by the executive committee of the board of directors, headed by C. E. Ladner of St. Cloud, vice-presi- dent of the company. the board of directors will be filled by St. Cloud men, it was stated. MINNESOTA SHOULD HELP FLOOD CONTROL (By United Press.) Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 13.—The North Dakota flood control plans can- not go forward without the co-opera- tion of Minnesota is the claim of that no matter what is done on ti will be of no avail if the Minnesota waters are not controlled. The North Dakota flood control commission which has an appropria- tion of $33,000 with which to work, state that they so far have received no response from an invitation sent to the Minnesota special legislative session for a joinf meeting of repre- sentatives from both states. The annual loss from floods in both states is estimated at several million. GERMANS DECIDE TO SIGN PROTOCOL (By United Press.) Paris, Dec. 13.—Le Matin today declared the Germans have officially decided to sign the protocol to the peace treaty, although they will en- deavor to obtain further concessions up to the minute of signing. GOPHERS TO BATTLE ST. THOMAS TONIGHT (By United Press.) Minneapolis, Dec. 13.-—Minnesota’s basketball five will battle St. Thomas basket shooters ehre tonight in what is expected to be the most interest- ing local game of the season. St. fires of which Bemidji is having its share. Thomas and the university are hot basketball rivals. Once more, and as had beem pre- | dicted, Bemidji has made good. Vacancies on || They contend’ § west side of the Red River, the work]| Y fE"ENING, DEC. 13, 1919 MAY BE KING OF HUNGARY Exdjusive photograph, just received in America, showing Prince Franz Jo- seph Otto, eldest son of ex-Emperor Carl of Austria, who Is suggested by the monarchist faction in Hungary as king of that nation. The youngster was born on November 20, 1912, and has been staying with his exiled parents In thelr castle in Switzerland. WIND BLOWS PAPER: SCARES FARM TEAM: SMASHES AUTO BUS One: of: the Pair ‘Badly Hurt “ When Pole Goes Through . Top of Motor ) Becoming frightenéd at a piece of | paper blown about by the wind, a team of horses bélonging to Barney - Sandin, a farmer living near Nary, broke . loose and staged a runaway, which resulted in one of the horses being ‘seriously injured. The team had been tied in front of the fur company on Beltrami avenue yesterday afternoon and Mr. Sandin had left'them there while he was at- atending to business elsewhere. When the team became frightened it broke the halter and started up Beltrami avenue at a rapid gait. At the corner of Beltrami and Fourth street they collided with an aute-bus owned by the Enterprise Auto Co., which was standing at the side of the street un- occupied. The pole of the sleigh to which the team was hitched broke through the rear of the cab and went through the top, causing considerable damage to the car. The off -horse hit the rear of the car squarely with its shoulder, causing serious injury to the animal. The team was caught and t..en taken to the City Livery stables, where the injured horse was placed under the care of Dr. Denison. Mr. Sandin was obliged to procure a horse from the stable to drive home, as the horse was found to be badly hurt. For- tunately only the one horse was in- ed. L Z¥William McCuaig, who was fuling the radiator of the auto fortunately stepped aside just before the team colleded with it. The can which he was holding in his hand at the time was damaged, but he himself was not harmed. COAL BAN LIFTED AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT St. Paul, Dec. 13.—A. W . Tren- holm, of the regional coal committee, announced today that the fuel restric- tions of the Northwest region will be lifted at midnight tonight. PR rapidly as the railroads can handle the coal. , CHIMNEY FIRE. Last ‘evening, about 7 o’clock, a Distribution will become normal as ‘ Central | on this Weather: forecast 24 hrs. Markham: Clear tonight and _colder. COUNTESS TAKES HER INVALID DOUGHBOY TO N. D. RANCH HOME Acted as Nurse When He Was Gassed; Wedding Was Result | (By United Press.) Dickinson, N. D., Dec. 13.—An- other war romance, “stran@er than fiction,” came to light here when Countess Marie von Schellschmidt, of French and English nobility, pur- chased a 4,000 acre ranch near Me- dora, a village in the western part of the state, made famous by the fact that it is near the Dakota ranch of the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt. To this farm the countess is bring- ing her invalid husband, an Ameri- can doughboy of German descent, who before being called to the colors was employed on a tarm near here. The countess and Robert A. Schell- schmidt were married last July in Billings, Mont. They met on the Ar- gonne battlefleld when the countess, member of the Napoleon Grey Capes, administered first aid to the uncon- scious gassed private. She visited him later in the hdgpital and upon learning that his namé was the same as that of her first husband, a Ger- man baron, conducted an investiga- tion that proved the patient to be a cousin of the baron. Both went their way; the soldier back to battle and the nurse to her ministrations of mercy. In her work she was sent to America a year ago to work in Wyoming during the in- fluenza epidemic. In Cheyenne they met again when the soldier received his honorable discharge and they were married. e SOLWAY FARMERS MEET TO DISCUSS WAREHOUSE Members of the Solway Farmers’ club will hold a meeting Sunday, De- cember 14. This is planned to be a very interesting session, as the pro- position of building a warehouse for the storage of potatoes will be brought up and discussed. WOULD FIGHT DEMPSEY. Paris, Dec. 13.—Georges Carpen- tier has issued a challenge to Jack Dempsey for a bout for the heavy- weight championship of the world. SCHUMAKER TREASURER OF SCOTTISH RITE CLASS R. H. Schumaker, cashier of the First National bank of this city, was honored by being made treasurer of the 1919 class of the Scottish Rite Masons, which took degrees in Min- neapolis. class of over 400, which was repre- sented by more than twenty from Bemidji. Mr. Schumaker remained in Min- neapolis to attend the Shrine degree work, as did also a number of the Masonic fraternity. THREE INSTITUTES FOR FARMERS TO BE HELD IN BELTRAMI COUNTY Hines, Kelliher, Solway Are Selected; Short Course at Blackduck For the benefit of the farmers throughout this section of the coun- try there wil be held during the months of January, February and March three farmers institutes and one farmers’ short course. The institutes will be held at Hines, Kelliher and Solway and the short course at Blackduck. A course of instruction covering from three to five days is to be given under the short course, while the in- stitutes will be for one day only when important topics will be plain- ly discussed and a number of lectures given. /COAL SETTLEM i VEXES OPERATORS Washington, Dec. 13.—While ac- cepting the government’s proposal for “PIONEER’S” CIRCULATION Largest circulation of any paper in North' Mr. Schumaker was chosen from a |, Minnesota. Advertising accepted guarantee. 45c PER MONTH ALLIES DECIDE TO LET RUSSIA ADJUST ITS§ OWN AFFAIRS Reach Definite Decision im Conference Being Held In London “BIG 3” NOT ADVERSE TO U. S. SENATE CHANGES Feel That It Can Be Arranged Owing to America’s Part - In the War o : LT o By Ed L. Keen. (United Press Correspondent.) London, Dec. 13.—Allied repre- sentatives in conference here have definitely decided to let Russia settle its own difficulties, it was learned authoritively today. The conference, in which Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Scialoia and American Ambassador Davis partici- pated, is said to have determined not to deal with the bolsheviki and at the same time to refuse further aid to General Denkin and Admiral Kol- chak, anti-bolsheviki leaders. The outstanding result of the con- ference of the “Big Three' yesterday is that Great Britain, France and Italy are showing an inclination to accept ‘‘reasonable’” reservations to the peace treaty by the American senate, according to an opinion in British official circles. One official said that as a price for America’s aid, he believed the allies are prepared to swallow most of Lne senate’s reserva- tions, providing it can be arranged. LABOR T0 UNDERTAKE CHANGED POLICIES (By United Press.) Washington, Dec. 13.—Reorgani- zation of labor was undertaken today at the series of conferences, now be- ing held under the direction of Presi- dent Samuel Gompers of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor. Farmers and leaders of all big units and four railroad brotherhoods are on hand. The conference will make public statement of its attitude on present industrial issues, one official said. BACK TO THE MINES, REFRAIN OF DIGGERS The ])roml‘aed response to the or- der of officials of the United Mine Workers of America to union strikers to go back to work was strongly evi- dent in reports sent in from various unionized bituminous coal fields of the country. These reports sum- marized by states tollow: 1llinois—Practically all miners at work. Indiana.--Twenty miners at work. expected Monday. Texas.—Seventy-five per cent nor- mal output. Pennsylvania.-—Thirty per normal output in union mines. Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma.— Practically all miners nack. Ohio.—Miners returning siderable numbers. Mlcblgnn.—l‘RemnnmI(m of opera- tions general. In West Virginia there were some holdout owing to a local controversy over the ‘“checkoff” system, which operators abolished when the miners struck. DULUTH DESTINED TO BE BIG STEEL CENTER Duluth, Dec. 13—Expenditures running up into the millions of dol- lars for industrial plants are fore- ghadowed in important purchases of real estate and blocks of acreage con- summated by the Minnesota Steel per cent of Normal production cent in con- chimney fire was reported at the resi- | the settlement of the bituminous coal dence of Oliver Gordhamer at 1200 |strike, mine operators of the central Dewey avenue. The fire department | Pennsylvania district declared in a was called out and stood by at thelgtgtement that the “settlement is no scene of the reported fire. No damage | gettlement at all of the principles at resulted from the fire. Istake in the controversy’” and that “it NO REPLY MADE TO down, - which, 1n our. opiion, s BOLSHEVIK PEACE NOTE hound to come.” The method proposed for settling (By United Press.) Copenhagen, Dec. 12.—American, the strike by Fuel Administrator British, French and Italian ministers Garfield, the statement said, ‘‘was in- terfered with by government officials here were reported to have returned peace notes of Boris Litvin, bolshevik who knew little of the situation” envoy, without reply. with the result that the ‘“‘operators and public have been delivered into the hands of the United Mine Work- ers of America.” company and the Duluth Corrugating & Roofing company, has announced. Properties taken over by the Min- nesota Steel company include a block of twenty acres in the Spirit Lake First division, bought from C. E. Lovett and associates and a tract of eighty acres covering the northerly half of Morgan Park First division. Deals are also pending for the taking over of 80 acres in the southerly half of that division and of another block of property to be used in widening the yardage of the Spirit Lake Trans- fer railway in order to afford addi- tional switching facilities. The picking up of this additional property was in the way of prepara- tion to push through the erection of a wire and nail and a rod mill and the doubling of the unit of dwellings at Morgan Park, to entail an aggre- gate expenditure of $5,000,000, as outlined some time ago. S L=