Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 31, 1919, Page 1

“Today’s world’s news today. NO. 3 VOLUME XVIIL i) tnct Supervisor ' Swinson Gives List of Those Who Will Make Canvass “THREE MEN AND TWO ' WOMEN IN BEMIDJI ounty Will Be Covered Com- 'pletely, Even in Sparsely Settled Sections - 7The following census enumerators " “have-been appointed by District Su- _-pervisor Thomas W. Swinson for “Bemidji and Beltrami county: " Jity of Bemidji—Joseph P. Lahr, “Nellie' R. Harvey, Theo. R. Willets, Cathleen Downs, Esther F. Johnson. "4 Beltrami County. Carl S. Peterson, Kelliher. “Raymond J. Poch, Tlag. ‘Raymond W. Cross, Kelliher. ‘- 'Ole-B. Olson, Kelliher. _* Leona Gould, Bemidji. * “Hmil Peterson, Bemidji. B. A. Arneson, Arneson. Franz W. Schmidt, Baudette. Lewis J. Wetterhus, Blackduck, “‘Chas. Fleischman, Tenstrike. : “Nels J.. Nielson, Kelliher. ‘Ole-A. Sime, Solway. “Valdemar Axel Sorensor, Bemidji. i~ 0Oarl M. Wessman, Carp. = Burt L. Noble, Nebish. ‘Anton Nordwall, Saum. John R. Norris, Williams. A\ P: Hendrickson, Quiring. ’ ‘Clarence Meéland, Pinewood. ‘Fred:S. Gord, Thorholt. ‘Louis.F. Parcker, B?(;kl}uc;i : Soren F; Sorenson, Turtle Riv, Jerry C. %bm?mia_ “Harry W. Johnson, Kelliher. “Peter. Grayes, Red Lake. illa Newcomb, Hines. ‘Broest John Tucker, iPtt. ‘Carl M. Koppang, Pinewood. “Frank G. Martin, Puposky. M ‘Clarence Bush, Norden. ‘Helge Krogseng, Saum. .- 'Peter"Krogseng, Saum. ~Lloyd C. Knutson, Williams. John -M.: Larson, Bemidji." = .“James Boyd Newell, Waskish. " 'H. L. Bowen, Waskish. Dwight 6. Kellmar, Blackduck. >~ Lydia H. Knutson, Williams. ‘. Seven A. Dahlbom, Malcolm. ‘Cyrus M. Shannon, Bemidji. Mary BE. Rearick, Tenstrike. Thomas 0. Melby, Zipple. ‘Bdith "M. Workman, Redby. Arthur C. Johnson, Kelliher. Carl G. Stricker, Cass Lake. PDavid J. Wilcox, Baudette. - ‘. Qeo. McTaggart, Turtle River. Ray D. Markland, Aspelin. Paul H. Beaulieu, Red Lake. “BARKER “RESOLVES” TO GET WELL: PASSES CRISIS ~* The many friends of Earle A. “Barker will be very much pleased to ~‘1earn that he is now out of danger. He has improved greatly since Mon- 'day -and is now feeling much better sand able to eat a little. Dr. E. H. " “Marcum, who has had the case in “‘charge, states that present conditions are very 'gratifying, as Mr. Barker was in a very serious condition, the ‘most alarming phase of which was a “partial intestinal obstruction, com- prising eight or nine inches of intes- ‘+-tine; also an unusually bad appendix which had become severed and had used gangrene to set in. ‘We;are glad to report that Mr. Barker’s speedy Tecovery may now <:be hoped for. NEW YEARS ELK DANCE %" 70 BE HELD THIS EVENING ~ 7 For the accommodation' of the dancers who wish to buy lunches during the Elks New Years eve dance this evening, that privilege will be granted and lunch will be served in the club rooms. Since this is a spe- ‘cial occasion, the rooms will be open ‘for all participants during the even- ing. 3 fi‘he Van orchestra of -four pieces will furnish the music for the oc- casion of dancing the old year out and the new year in. The Elks en- tertainment committee has charge of the evening’s affair. A large attend- ‘ance is urged. LEAGUE GIVES SLEIGHRIDE. he Young ‘People’s league of the Ge"x{‘mnn Evaggelica.l Lutheran church "gave a sleighride party last evening. About thirty-five young get:yle w:;: nt and a jolly good time .‘gfiz‘;efl by all. Two sleighs took the “.part out to the Edward Laudtke farm “Zbout four miles out of the city, “~where various games, cards, dancing “and music furnished entertainment ‘antil 2 late hour, when refreshments were served. MEMBER UNITED PRESS ““"'he. Pioneer. is a member of the United ENUMERA™ORS | BELTRAMI %“0\ “DAILY PIONEER” WILL NOT BE ISSUED NEW YEAR'S That the members of the Pio- neer ' Publishing. company may have an opportunity to outline plans for their 1920 schedule, Pioneer” tomorow, New Year’s day, it being one of the four year- ly anniversaries observed by the Pioneer. The management of the Pioneer ‘company- sincerly hopes that every person in Bemidji . and Beltrami county and -vicinity will have a happy new year and one of pro- gtesiand' prosperity. B FIRE DEPARTMENT ELECTS OFFICERS FOR i Council and Others - . Are Chosen Last evening at the quarters of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce associa- |- tion in the City hall, the Bemidji fire department held its annual meet- ing to elect officers for the coming year, Chief Charles Dailey being ap- pointed by the council, also the truck drivers. . A lunch, which was thor- oughly enjoyed, was served after the election of the following officials for |- 1920: Assistant chiet—John Doran. Secretary—A. N. Gould. Treasurer—John Goodman. L. Chemical . foreman — Paul Win- klesky. > For the relief association—R. E. Miller, president; Mike Downs, vice- president; John Falls, secretary; John Goodman, treasurer. Hose Company No. 1—Foreman, B. R. Erickson; assistant foreman, |N: B Given. Hose Company No. 2—Foreman, Mike Downs; assistant foreman, Clar- ence-Grover. ‘Chemical Company — Foreman, |- Paul Winklesky; assistant-foreman, John Falls. - > Engine ~ Engineer; - Rube- Miller; stoker, John Kline..: .. . In addition to the_ditiés of ‘A. N.1 Gould, as‘secretary of the depart- ment, he is also in charge of the fire police. The . boys were remembered by Scott Stewart of Napoleon, Ohio, who sent them a box of cigars, and by Wheelock & Son of this city, who also gave them a box of smokes. The lunch was served by C. A. Parker. BE A BOOSTER FIRST DAY OF NEW YEAR - ATTEND ‘OPEN HOUSE’ Bemidji Association Wants General Public to Make "New Year Call The Bemidji Civic and Commerce association will hold ‘“‘open house” at the club quarters in the City build- ing New Year day, between hours of 2 to 5 o’clock and it is urged that as many as possible can be pres- ent during that period and inspect the new quarters and have a sort of get-together. Ladies of the city are specially invited to make a New Year call. . ‘There will be card tables provided for those who desire to spend an hour or so and refreshments will be served. Hal Huffman is-chairman of the committee in charge of the arrange- ments and would like to see as many present as possible, and the general public is cordially invited to eall, become acquairitqd and “get closer.” BEES MEET NEW YEARS. Attent! Knights of the Maccabees: The large “get-together” of the Mac- cabees will take place on New Years night, Thursday, Januaryl, in the Moose hall at 7 o’clock. MANY WOMEN WILL TAKE ST. PAUL CENSUS (By United Press.) 8t. Paul, Dec. 31.—Figures made public today by George Sullivan, census director of the district, show that nearly one-fourth of St. Paul’s census takers this year will be women. Sullivan claims that the taking of census is not a snap. There is the general belief among foreigners, that the giving of their names to the cen- sus takers will result in greatly in- creased taxes, according to Sullivan. AGED MOTHER PASSES. Mrs. J. N. Case has returned from Watrus, Saskatchewan, where she was called two weeks ago by the serious illness of her mother, who passed away since that time and was buried at Davidson, Saskatchewan. It will be remembered by many that she visited with her daughter here for some time this summer. She was 82 years of age. GET TODAY’S there will be no issue of the “Daily || ! Chief Dailey Is Appointee of|: the BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 31, 1919 NEWS OUT OF TODAY'S PAPER - IDJI DAILY PIO Weathér forecast 24 hrs., Markham: Fair, diminishing winds. - 'What Will He Write? Central Asserts Some Died Quickly While Others Lingered for Several Weeks St. Paul, Dec. 31—Six are dead and one is blind from drinking wood alcohol near Brainerd, according to a vietim who is being treated for blindnes by Dr. Edward Boeckman, 448 Lowry building. Dr. Boeckman refuses to disclose the name of the patient, who is in St. Paul. Little hope is entertianed that the sufferer will recover his eye- sight. " According to the patient, the men all drank of the wood alcohol, and some died quickly, waile others lin- gered on for several weeks. They drank the alcohol late in the fall. * Dr. "Egil Boeckman, son of Dr. Edward * Boeckman, also ~a npoted eye specialist, *said there is prac- tically no hope of restoring the sight where blindnes is caused by urinking wood alcohol, as’#t permanently par- alizes the nerves :In the eyes. Much sickness.that is now scatter- ed in St. Paul is Jelieved by the doc- tors to have been:caused by drinking denatured alcohol. S, PARDON ASKED FOR KELLY AND SLOW IN * COUNTY JAIL SENTENCES Convicted Last September With “Big Grist for Violating Lawz | 1221 Before A. L. Dickinson, proprietor of the Park hotel and notary public, application has been made to the state pardon boardfor pardon from serving their sentences in the county jail of James Kelly and John Slow, for having conducted a gambling and liquor selling joint in the hotel build- ing. = Copies of the application have been received by the county authorities from L. W. Scott, clerk of the pardon board. Both accused were convicted in big grist run through the district court mill last September. Slow was found guilty by a jury on a charge of ulling liquor in the Park hotel building an for keeping a gambling outfit. For the gambling offense he was fined $200 and costs, sent to the county jail for six months and assessed the costs of $116. He has paid the fine and costs. Kelly got the same dose, and both NE: YEARS. POSTAL - HOURS SCHEDULE Postmaster Ritchie ‘announces that there will be one delivery in the forenoon by the city mail-carriers on New Year's day . The general de- livery window will be open from 10 o'clock until 11 o’clock tomorrow morning. There will be no rural deliveries. SHERIFF JOHNSON RECEIVES LETTER FROM HIS BROTHER Now Setting Up Tractors for Italian Government; Is Land Owner Here A very interesting letter has been received by Sheriff Andrew Johnson from his brother, Nelse, who is in Rome, Italy, employed by the Emer- son-Grattingham Tractor company, which has an assembling plant in Minneapolis. Nelse has charge of the setting up and operating of tractors for the Italian government in the vicinity of Rome. Until re- cently, he has been aided by the italian soldiers, who operated the tractors under government hire, but ‘at.present inexperienced civilians are Telping him and he states that it ? a hard proposition to keep the md- ‘chines in repair for them. In his letter, he cites several in- stances of strikes and radical move- ments among the laboring class of that vicinity. He also tells of several socialist parades which he has wit- nessed. He is a land-owner in Beltrami county, his brother looking after his interests while he is away, and he states that he wants to keep his hold- ings as he may decide to make his home here later on. COMPETERT NORMAL PRESIDENT RESIGNS 1 (By United Press.) Mayville, N. D., Dec. 31.—The res- ignation . of Thomas A. Hillyer as president of the Mayville state nor- mal handed to the state hoard of administration last August becomes effective today. Hillyer's administration was com- mended by the board who declared his economical management made possible the erection of the new $75,- 000 dormitory. He was head of the normal twelve years. AN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANAPAAPPAL are now doing their sentences, on both charges. Slow, it is stated in the application for pardon, wants to go to Sou.h Dakota and put in a potato crop, while the excuse given for Kelly is that he is the sole support of hi sister. . LIVESTOCK BREEDERS T0 ELECT THEIR OFFICERS ANNUAL MEETING JAN. 6 Prominent Stock Men Will Be On Program; Sales Pavilion Topic County Agent A. W. Aamodt is notifying members of the Beltrami County Livestock Breeders' associa- tion to attend the livestock breeders’ meeting at the court house in Be- midji on Tuesday, January 6, one of the chief features to be discussed be- ing the proposition of erecting a live- stock sales pavilion. ¥ ‘The session will be called to order by President Nels Willett at 10:30 o’clockin the morning and the second session will start at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon. o Prominent speakers on livestock and breeding will be present and speak to the farmers and breeders. It is desired to know what breed the farmers are mostly interested in, and they should express themselves on this point, and the building of a sales pavilion would be a good thing for those who have stock to sell. A board of directors will also be elected which, in turn, will elect officers for the coming year. CANDIDATES MUST DECLARE SELVES. SAY LEAGUE SENATORS Determined to Make An Issue of 1920; Looks Like Political Stunt By L. C. Martin. ’ (United Press Correspondent.) ‘Washington, Dec. 31.— Senators who are determined to make the league of nations an issue in the next campaign are ready to demand that candidates now in the race for the republican presidential nomination declare themselves immediately, it wag learned tod&f‘ Letters have.been prepared to be sent to all candidates who have not yet taken a definite stand. These include Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois and Mayor General Leon- ard Wood. Lowden will be quizzed first. Senator Johnson of California and Poindexter of Washington are irreconcilable foes of the league and have made their positions clear. WO00D ACCEPTS SOUTH DAKOTA. (By United Press.) Pierre, S. D., Dec. 1.— General Leonard Wood today filed his ac- ceptance as the republican majority candidate for the presidential nom.- ination. Midnight i3 the deadline for filings. “PIONEER’S” CIRCULA' Largest circulation of any paper in North on’ this guarantee. ' Minnesota. Advertising accepted 45¢c PER MONTH JENKINS STORY OF ABDUCTION PROVES FALSE AS REPORTED Flatly Charged With Supply- ing Mexican Rebels With Arms and Ammunition OFFICIAL SOURCES STATE ' JENKINS BANDIT FRIEND Investigation by Official Au- \ thorities Bring Out Facts of the Affair - i [ By .ialph Turner. (United Press Correspondent.) Mexico City, Dec. 31.—William O. Jenkins, American consular agent to Mexico, whose alleged arrest on charges of collusion with his bandit abductors led to strained relations with the United States, is now ac- cused of supplying Mexican rebels with arms and ammunition, it was learned from official sources today. The governor of Puebla has re- ported to this department that his investigation would prove that Jen- kins was in town of Harta Marta, Hanbernanbe and Amianbe in com- pany whh Cordova, a bandit leader, during his period of presumed abduc- tion, said Aguerre Berlarga, minister of gubernation. Witnesses have sustained the charges that Jenkins was not in com- ,pany with the rebels as a prisoner. 1t is proven, therefore, that asser- tions he made to the contrary are false, Jenkins declared today the state- ment indicates that the “authorities are manipulating this case to suft their own purposes as they have done before.” A ! RECORDS FOR ST. PAU. RAIL TICKETS SMASHED (By United Press.) St..Paul, Dec. 31—All high records for railroad ticket sales in this city will be smashed to bits this year, according to Carl Stone, general pas- senger agent of the Great Northern and chairman of the St. Paul p.assen~ " ger service committee. Since November 1, the aggregate sales at the consolidated ticket office have passed all former marks by more than $100,000. e Advance sales of berths and state rooms for California and Florida travel are unusually heavy. No berths on any of these trains are available until the midd.e of Janu~ ary and all state rooms have been sold until the second week in Febru- ary. LOT COMMISSIONERS ADJOURN TO JANUARY 18 At a meeting held by the three cmmissioners, A. P. Ritchie, J. P. Lahr and James L. George, who were appointed by District Court Judge C. W. Stanton, to meet this morning at 10 o’clock to hear evidence regard- ing the value of the two lots, in the east hal fof block 6, Third Addition to eBmidji, owned by W. B. Stewart of this city, it was decided that the meeting be adjourned until 10 a. m. January 12. A. P. Ritchie was ap-~ pointed chairman and J. P. Lahr secretary of the commission. City Attorney Hallen L. Huffman is representing the park board, while Attorney G. W. Campbell represents Stewart’s interests. NEW YORK PHYSICIAN COMES TO JOIN MARCUM Dr. J. R, McAdory of New York City today arrived in Bemidji and became associated with Dr.- E. H. Marcum in the latter’s practice of the medical and surgical profession. Mrs. McAdory accompanied her hus- band to Bemidji. In about two weeks the entire new second story of the Barker Drug and Jewelry store will be ready for oc- cupancy and in this elaborate suite Dr. Marcum will have his offices, complete and attractive in every de- tail. Dr. McAdory is from the Poly- clinic hospital of New York City angd a physician and surgeon of rare ability. REINDEER COMPANY GRANTED CONCESSION 5,3 Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 31.— The North American ‘Reindeer company has been granted a concession of gov- ernment land comprising 75,000 square miles north of the Churchilk {lver for caribou and reindeer graz- ng. The company has a capital of $750,000 and will pay $192,000 a year to the government for use of the land. This tract is 48,000,000 acres in extent and the rental rate is two-fifths of a cent per acre. |