Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 7, 1920, Page 1

MEMBER UNITED PRESS The Pioneer is a member ‘of the United Today’s world’s news today. . * Press. VOLUME XVIII. NO. 8 COL. STUTZ TO | “SPEAK TONGHT ON PROBLEM ~ OFGUARDUNIT Mass Meeting of Sefiice Men and Citizens in General Must Make Decision PLACE OF MEETING IN BEMIDJI ASSN. ROOMS Three Other Cities Are Await- ing Decision on What Ac- tion Bemidji Will Take Colonel Stutz of St. Paul arrived in the city this morning and vflll ad- dress a mass meeting in the City hall tonight. He will decide whether Be- midji is to have a national guard company and he will also name the commander. tonight. It is most important that every- one interested, whether an enlisted man, whether eligible for enllshngnt or just merely interested in securing an armory for Bemidji, be present. The armory hangs in the balance. It depends entirely upon‘what is ac- complished tonight. It is up to every loyal citizen to be on hand. Armory in Balance. Three other cities are ready to come in, and all are waitnig on what Bemidji decides to do. It is up to the gathering tonight to convince Col. Stutz that we mean business. We must either “put up or shut up.” Col. Stutz will -give in detail the requirements of enlisted men, ex- plaining the duties of company mem- bers. He has just returned from In- ternationa! Fails and is in a position to tell just why -troops were called there, who called them and point out -their relation with reference to the labor troubles in that locality. Service Clause Feature. Returned service men to join the company are required to enlist for but one year, other applicants must enlist for three years. This one year clause has caused many of the service men to join the ranks. Col. Stutz will be guided in making his selection by his findings today, by a personal interview with all the returned officers, and that he will name the man tonight is almost cer- tain. s Dr. G. M. Palmer, chairman of the committee, will call the meeting to order at 8 o’clock and will preside during the session. He urges that every citizen bring someone with him tonight. Show the usual Bemidji spirit by attending yourself and pre- vent Bemidji from losing the armory. NIGHT SCHOOL OPENS TONIGHT: COMPETENT INSTRUCTORS NAMED Foreiéners Heartily Welcome to Receive Instruction; All Books Are Free Enrollment is urged by Superin- tendent of Schools R. O. Bagby, for the classes in the night school, which will be held in the High school this winter. The classes are being organ- ized and the instruction is expected to start this evening at 7:15 o’clock. Classes will be held on Monday, Tues- day and Wednesday evenings of each week, beginning at 7:15 o’clock and lasting for one and one-half hours, forty-five minutes being devoted to class work and forty-five mi.putes to supervised study each evening. The subjelts suggested and the time to be occupied by study are as follows: Business English, 1% hours. Business arithmetic, 1% hours. Bookkeeping, 2 hours. Manual training, 2 hours. Agriculture, 2% hours. Beginning classes for foreigners, both men and women, 1% hours. The text books are furnished free in all classes and credit will be given in all subjects. The available teachers for this night school course are: ' Harry Olin, Mr. Durbahn, Miss Hall, Miss Blom- berg, Miss Wager and Miss Gutzler. Those wishing to enter any of the night classes should notify the super- intendent’s office at once. RED WING SCHOOL BOARD VOTES BONUS TO TEACHERS Red Wing, Jen. 7.—In lieu of a salary increase, demanded o1 the board of education, the board voted to pay the teachers a $10v bonus at the end of the school year, Weather forecast 24 hrs., Markham; Storm brewing in direction of wind. BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 7, 1920 MINNESOTA TO BE THE: MECCA OF THOUSANDS T, JUDZ STANTON WILL " A % ¥SS GRACIE POST ~ L “JORROW EVENING \\ O{A Home Gua, Silk Servi, Local: “American Legion Members—Their Responsibilities,” is the topic.to .bg discussed by Judge C. W. Stanton tomorrow evening when he addresses the regular meeting of Ralph Gracie Post in the City building. The talk by Judge Stanton is certain to be of much interest, and in his audience will be many service men he en- couraged as soldiers when they first| - responded to the call of duty. Another prominent feature of the meeting tomorrow will be the pre- sentation to the Legion by the Home Guard of the beautiful silk flag, which was given to the Bemidji com- pany by business men of the city. There are a large number of re- turned service men who have not joined the Legion. These men are reminded that the Legion is demo- cratic from start to finish, including officers and enlisted men, without favor or discrimination; soldiers, sailors and marines, “overseas men” and those who failed to cross the ocean. It seeks to enable all to be of mutual aid to each other and of continued service to the country for which they donned their uniform. In its official expressions, thus early, it has taken a firm stand for national ideals of real value. Every returned service man is urged to attend the meeting Thurs- day evening. An excellent session will be held and there will be a buf- fet lunch. LACK OF COMFORTABLE ROOMS REASON FOR TEACHERS RESIGNING Health Impairment Compels Others to Leave Their City Positions Vill Present Its “lag to the +on - Ten Thousand Lakes Associa- tion Predicts 200,000 Will Come ESTIMATED SIX MILLIONS WERE SPENT LAST YEAR Egtensive Adpvertising in Lead- ing Magazines Responsible for Tourist Outers (Special to Pioneer) St. Paul, Jan. 7.—Minnesota will be one of the greatest playgrounds, if not the greatest, in the United States next year. Information just collected justifies the Ten Thousand Lakes of Minne- sota association in making the pre- diction that more than 200,000 tour- ists will visit the state next summer. This last summer nearly 100,000 from outside the borders of the state vacationed at the 250 Minnesota summer resorts. There were 14,987 motor parties among them, each par- ty averaging four persons. Besides the motorists there were nearly as many who entered the state by rail. Kach person stayed on an average of 10 days. Ivan A. Coppe, secretary, Ten Thousand Lakes association, esti- mates that $6,000,000 was spent in Minnesota this year by tourists. His estimate is based on figures obtained from proprietors of summer resorts. Ten Million Next Year. Mr. Coppe predicts that more than $10,000,000 will be spent in the state next year by tourists. He has obtained the names of every person who visited a resort this year from outside Minnesota. Each visitor will be invited to return next summer. The large tourist travel this year is concrete evidence of the results of an advertising campaign, as prior to 1918 practically no organized ef- fort was made to capitalize one of Minnesota’s greatest assets—its ad- vantages and attractions for sum- mer-time recreation. This year travel was three times greatér than it was in 1918. ¥ Slogan Adonted. “Sell America to Americans and Sell the Americans to America” is the slogan adopted at the recent con- ference of Northwest Tourist asso- ciation secretaries held in St. Paul. The conference, which was attended by representatives of travel associa- tions in Michigan, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, British Columbia, California and Ontario, resulted in the formation of a permanent organ- ization, to be known as the American Travel Development association, to encourage travel in America through an educational campaign setting forth the vast resources, scenic at- tractions, advantages and possibili- ties, and urging Americans to ‘“See America First,”” before traveling abroad. The perfection of this na- tional organization and the inaugu- ration of a definite campaign will take place at a meeting to be called in February. State Advantages. Considerable emphasis was la.d to the necssity for informing Americans of the inconveniences to be encount- ered in traveling abroad, the lack of accommodations and food, and call- ing attention to the advantages of fered for travel in the United States. Resolutions urging the government to create a permanent department of publicity to disseminate informa- tion on American attractions and re- sources, larger appropriations for de- velopment of the national forests and parks, better transportation service, were adopted. “The value of American travel to Europe before the war was not less than $600,000,000 per anuum, at the prices people had to pay in those days.”” Mr. Coppe said. ‘The same volume of travel now would be worth at least double that amount. Travel is one of the great- est assets of all foriegn countries, and is looked upon as of the utmost importance. Americans have just begun to recognize its value, and every effort should be made to keep this money, as far as possible, in this country.” SHOES TO BE $5 HIGHER. (By United Press) Cincinnati, Jan. 7.—Plug up the keyholes and turn on the gas. Shoes next spring will average $5 a pair higher, according to J. J. Kalten- brun. former president of the Na- tional Shoe Travelers’ Association, which closed its annual convention here today. Increased cost of pro- duction will cause the rise, according tn Kaltenbrun. Copyright, Uadermeod & Hadarwaod Maurice Maeterlinck, the famous Belgian poet and dramatist, and his young wife photographed on their arrival iIn New York to attend the premiere of his opera “Blue Bird.” BRAINERD FARMER MAKES FINE DISPLAY AT CHICAGO SHOW Potatoes and Corn Grown in Mirzesota Amazes the Illinois Farmers e —— Miners Ratify Strike Plan Adjustment (By United Press) Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 7.—The Unit- ed Mine Workers today ratified the plan under which the recent coal strike was ended, by a vote of 1,639 to 221. (By United Press) Brainerd, Jan. 7.—A. Peterson, a farmer near Brainerd, had one of the fin xAibits of potatoes and corn at the International Livestock show in Chicago, according to a letter received by him from Fred D. Sher- man, commissioner of immigration. Sherman regarded I’eterson’s prod- ucts as some of the finest examples of potatoes and corn that he had the privilege of-displaying, he declared in the letter. The potatoes attracted an unusual amount of attention Sher- man said, and people could hardly believe that they were grown in cut- over lands of northern Minnesota, which in their virgin state sold at $20 to $25 an acre. Sherman wrote: *‘The favorable impression created by the white and yellow dent corn that yocu sent us was also remarkable. We used the white and yellow corn with the husks on largely for decorative purposes, hanging it in bunches of five at var- ious spaces on the booth wall, and when I explained to visitors that this corn was grown in the Crowing county, which is geographically in the center of Minesota, they were much surprised as it is the prevail- ing opinion among Illirois people that only southern Minnesota coun- ties can grow corn successfully.” AMERICAN LEGION HAS 50.000 MEMBERS IN STATE: 417 POSTS State Headquarters Is Reach- ing for 100 Per Cent of Service Men Since the Christmas recess in the public schools in Bemidji, there have been several changes In the teaching force, part of which are due to the lack of pleasant and comfortable rooms in which the teachers may stay while not engaged in their school work. Miss Ielah Aiken, who taught in the North building, has left on ac- count of poor health. Her place is being filled by Miss Beatrice Scott of Winona. Miss Mary Scary and Miss Klla M. Nelson, both of the Junior depart- ment, are leaving soon. The vacan- cies have not been filled as yet. Miss Valdina Skjevelund, who was princi- pal of the Lincoln school, found it necessary to resign on account of her health and Miss Boulger of North- field is taking her place at present. Mrs. Letford, also of the Lincoln building, gave up her work before Christmas and her position is being filled by Miss Mathilda Hokanson of St. Cloua. C. P. Springer, who was the teach- er of mathematics in the high school, has left for Michigan to become principal of a high school there. Rev. L. P. Warford of the Presbyterian church is taking his position for the present. All of these teachers, except Miss Aiken and Mrs. Letford, were ex- pected to return after the holidays and the fact that they did not return has caused the board of education considerable work in replacing them. A driver for the new auto-bus will be decided upon soon. Changes have ibeen made in janitors in both the Central school and the Lincoln school. PENNSYLVANIA'S BASIC LAWS BEING REVISED (By United Press) Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 7.—The first attemtp at revising or amending the present Pennsylvania state constitu- tion in its entirety since its drafting in 1873 is now underway. A body of twenty-five prominent statesmen, farmers, constitutional experts, stud- ents, forestry and country boundary line experts have been given the task. The body, the Commission on Constitutional Amendment and Re- vision, was appointed by Gov. Wil- liam C. Sproul under an act of the last state legislature. Many attempts have been made before the legislative bodies to ob- tain amendments but this is the first time a body of men has sat to go over the organic laws of the state in their entirety, to study, them and make such revisions and amend- ments as they see fit, to be recom- mended to the legislature of 1921. Should such amendments and revi- sions be accepted by the legislature, the question of a constitutional con- vention will be put to the people at the 1921 elections and if accepted, the legislature of 1923 will authors ize the convention, WARRANT OF ARREST OUT FOR ‘AMBASSADOR’ (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 7.--A warrant for the deportation of Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled “Soviet am- bassador to the United States” has been issued, the department of justice admitted today. The warrant will be served as soon as Martens can be found. CASS LAKE BASKET GAMES ARE CANCELLED: LOCALS ALL EMPLOYED Impossible to Leave Their Posi- tions; Park Rapids Comes January 22 At a late hour last night it was decided by the manager of the bas- ketball quintette of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion that the two games with Cass Lake, scheduled for tonight at Cass Lake and tomorrow night at Bemidji, would have to be cancelled, since it was found that it would be impos- ble for the players to leave their employment to go to Cass Lake this noon, in time for tonight's game. Consequently the return game to be iplayed here tomorrow night was also cancelled. The Park Rapids aggregation will be here for a game on [hursday, January 22. Excelsior will piay a series with the local legion team on January 28, 29 and 30, all three games to be played in this city. The championship of the northwest was won by the Excelsior quint in the 1918-1919 playing season, so this series promises to be exceptionally interesting. On February 7, the Grand Rapids Y. M. C. A. team will be here and for February 12, the Thief River TFalls quint has been St. Paul, Jan. 7.—With the re- ceipt of an application for a charter from a post at Little Sauk, the num- ber of posts in the American Legion in Minnesota reached a total of 417, representing a membership off ap- proximately 50,000. Sounding a call for 100 per cent organization, a bulletin sent out by state headquarters of the Legion to- day says: “A year after the end of the Civil war there wasn’t a single G. A. R. post in the United States, but one vear after the signing of the Armis- tice there were thousands of Ameri- can Legion posts in the United States and 360 in the Department of Min- nesota. Now, at the beginning of 1920, there are 6,666 organized posts in the United tSates, with more than a million members, and 417 posts in Minnesota. Let's see Minnesota blaze the trail toward 100 per cent organization.” Minnesota had 112,000 men in service, eligible for membership in the American Legion. Before the next natfonal convention it is ex- pected that a majority of these men will haye heen enrolled, These games have all been decided upon, so the local fans are certain to be given many exceptional oppor- tunities to witness real basketball palying this winter, since there are also many other stiff games being scheduled for the near future. ANOTHER CHIMNEY FIRE. A fire alarm was turned in last evening at 7:16 o’clock from Amer- ica avenue and sixth street, a burn- ing chimney causing the alarm. The department hurried to the Scene but the fire was extinguished before it No damage resulted. reached there. “PIONEER’S” CIRCULATION Largest circulation Central Minnesota. on this guarantee. BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE paper in North accepted 45¢ PER MONTH | BELGIAN POET AND Youna WIFE ARRVE \PEACE TREATY WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON LAST OF WEEK French Senaorial Election to Begin - Sunday; New Cabinet as Result NEW PROBLEMS MUST AWAIT THE RESULTS Germany Protests Trial of Hun Officers Who Sunk Scappa Flow Fleet (By United Press) Paris, Jan. 7.—The present peace conference will come to an end with an exchange of ratifications making the Versailles treaty effective either Saturday or Monday, it was learned today. Owing to the fact the French sena- torial elections begin Sunday, ter- minating with the resignation of tae cabinet and the forming of a new one on January 18, France will in- timate to the allies that is is impos- sible for the present government to undertake any additional peace mproblems, which will be left to the new cabinet cannot be decided before that date. Hence all remaining prob- lems will be left to the new confer- ence. The first problem to come beiore the new conference, it was under- stood, will be the Fiume situation. Next, it will probably work out the Hungarian and Turkish peace settle- ments. GERMANY PROTESTS AGAIN. Paris, Jan. 7.—Germany has sent a note to the peace conference ob- Jjectihg to the proposed trial of Teu- ton officers, who scuttled the in- terned fleet in Scapa Flow, by the allied tribunal, it was learned today. ‘The Germans also renewed objec- tions to giving up five light cruisers. NORTHWESTERN RETAIL LUMBER DEALERS TO MEET IN KINNEAPOLIS Bemidji and County Will Be Well lmunted; Low- den Will Speak Bemidji and Beltrami county mem- bers of the Northwestern Lumber- men’s association will be well repre- sented at the thirtieth annual conven- tion of the Northwestern Lumber- men’s associagtion, which will be held in Minneapolis, January 20, 21 and 22, the general headquarters being located in the West Hotel. The association recruits its mem- bership from retail building material dealers located in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota. Approximately 2,000 delegates will be in attendance. All sessions are open to the public and will deal with questions of the day and with con- structive educational matters along the lines of modern merchandising. The officers of the association are, Frank J. Ward, president, Clinton, Iowa; I. R. Goodridge, vice-president, Minneapolis; C. E. English, treasurer, Minneapolis. The general arrange- ments are in the hands of Adolph Pfund of Minneapolis, who is secre- tary of the organization. One of the principal addresses will be delivered by Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois. Governor Low- den has given his state a remarkably efficient business administration and has in recent months become an out- standing national figure through his pronounced stand for true Ameri- canism. He will address the conven- tion on current national problems. Another important address will be delivered by Harry H. Merrick, presi- dent of the Great Lakes Trust com- pany of Chicago; also president of the Chicago Association of Commerce, and president of the Mississippi Val- ley Development association, which latter organization is actively en- gaded in activities which will de- velop the resources of the entire Mijs- sn%rppi Valley, creating greater north ard south business between the Great Lakes and the Gulf. The subject of Mr. Merrick’s address will be “Busi- ness Problems.” His address will be of peculiar importance to the entire northwest. NATIONAL BANKS CALLED FOR STATEMENT ENDING DEC. 31 ‘Washington, Jan. 7.—The comp- troller of currency today called for a statement of the condition of na- tional banks at the close of business December 81, ’ §