Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 8, 1920, Page 1

/rgest circulation of any papet fi """“_ugnmo&?‘ Kiveriene: Weather forecast 24 hrs., sMarkham; ir,colder, with varjable wlndg.v, < 5 1(By-United Press): Paris, Jan. 8.—The exchange ©Of -~ formal. . ratifications, placing the treaty of Versailles in effect, will : plage.in the French foreign of- 4" o'clock ‘Saturday: afteinoon, it ‘wes annouticed officially today. ~’Only those niations which have rati- fied the treaty will take part in the ceremonies. g COUNTY AUTO OWNERS They are” Great Britain, France, | Italy, Japan, Belgium; Bolivia, Sra- PAY LAFGE PORTION. zil, Peru, Poland, Siam, Gautemela, ech-Slovakia, Uruguay -and Ger- i 2 fiz:ny. * || Approximately $16 mous Amourit of Good Starting * Points’" Roads Will Be at Discretion ™ of Local Engineers Lieut. Col. Stutz Talks on Na- tional Guard; Palmer Asks for Action " "BEMIDJI WILL BECOM PART OF 6TH REGIMENT SCHUMAKER URGES AID IN ROAD BOND SALE Association Will Assist County Board in Every Way —_— gcompiny K,- It Will Appear " on Muster Records; Full ,440; Eno 4 : "T Roads in’ Return Possibl Equipment Ready 207 ds in’ Retu e —— In addition.to the short talk dey|: : Fully confident that the people of livered by Lieutepant Colonel Stutz| :ES Bemidji would do all possible to aid 4 miLiT Ak\’ EXPERIENCE OF [} |of the Sixth régiment of the Minne.! ¢ v Y'S CAPTAIN | | : g sota national guard, at the noon-day{* GUARD COMPAN P : | uncheon of the sBemidii Civic ana < b g o & o ‘ ommerce association, he ednes- Liz;lh: c":{"s';:éz?;mm;fi;%{_ Thxrty-El‘ht-DlWl‘Cfl Granted day, Arthur.J. Donovan, reprsenta- e s s . him, Liuetenant-Colonel F. G. Stutz s : - of St. Paul, of the Sixth regiment of 7 As the prow of the battleship Virginia crossed the silt:of the new Com- | the Minnesota National Guard, ad- monwealth dry dock, at Boston, it struck a floral wreath stretched across | dressed the local business men at the ] 5 : D ‘from wall to wall, and as the huge fighting craft moved forward the chain of | noon-day luncheon of the Bemidj! as- { for the newigti;[npany vgmofmd % i Month Missed ;| thoroughly the-bemefits to be derived] Warid:* gathering place for the young men, midji, is D. J. Moore, the fight-- ; ; ! |by-all residents-of this state with the such as would be provided with the P yvonderful experience in | — passage of Amendment No. 1, cover- establishment of a guard unit here in J ing ranks of Uncle Sam. i one: In the County Clerk’s office during |ing-the Bahcock plan for:s trunk sys- the form of an armory. Three other For a period of.four an t'o 1||the year of 1919, there were 2Q7 tem of highways:in the state. . cities are waiting to get into the na- half years he Was. in the et || couples licensed to wed and Hkewite| He pointed out first of all the tional guard by forming a unit and ‘§ guard of Wisconsin, and when the united in marriage, iu comparison | necessity -of .every:-peréon knowing are watching Bemidji to see what is A war broke re-enlisted on Novem- || "0, i hles in 1918. No doubt|and understanding. just: what thel|: being done. He anounced that at the ] ber .9, 1017, and was assigned to )., " o noratively small number in|Amendment No. 1 really:ds, to decide meeting in the evening he would ex- his old Wisconsin 'dlvmon,‘No» 32, 1918 was due to the fact that during | how to vote on it when it appears on plain ;more in detail the guard and hich was immediately sent over- |14, ¢ entire year, nearly all of the|the ballot this fall. Failure to vote . 3 B : +11 | armory proposition, and that it must . seas. In three: weeks, ‘Moore |} 0\ "rien were in the military serv-|on it at all is counted as a vote|National Commander D’Olier| Mcintosh Degree Team Will|, ' dec!;ded MBoE /At the: eveitine bess reached -France with his division ||7.."o, ithe U. S. and since returning to | against. ! e . siop. and‘ was hurried to. the trencheés, || iviT|(te aave made up for lost time, " Seek More Pablicity ; ‘Asserts Many Members Do the Work; B'.’l”' to ing in, three. different sectors. || cauging an increase during the Past| oy gpico: o the eaapaton, which _ Are Union Men Send Delegation The division was then pulled 11 eqr of 63 marriages. . ! ey s : 5 Vi e hd ) ¥ _|is being carried on’ a‘“present, i1s to into the crimson battle of Chateau The following list shows the num-| - =" ufticient , fund finance al: s i ‘and .. during. the terrific |)per of marriages and divorces oceur-| .o Soo ot PRl IO e TOUEG SE Organized labor and the American| The independent Order of Odd Fel- fighting Moore was wounded andl{ing during each month of the. past o ~o™ 0, -" plax %ndor the ‘more|J«€&lon are close..friends, ‘and in a|lows from McIntogh, Minn., will meet gassed, and taken to.a’ hospital. - extensive campaign prominent speak- | 1etteF just issued by Franklin D'Olier, | with the Bemidji lodge Friday even- |~ When he was teléased: fromthe || ‘Mont ; {11, be-engaged” to tFavel ‘extens. enal commander, he has the fol- | ing, as.will also members ot the sag- ‘hospital he arrived back:on Jatusr . « : 32! | ively throughoutithe entire stafe,|10V¥E¥:to say: . it .|ley lodge. ‘Plans are under way for front line with his old command bru L Node|reaching” all the residents by city| : “The members of organized labor [one of the biggest lodge gatherings and in two hotrs was orderéd into e 01| gatherings, farmers’ meetings and the|are patriotic, citizens and the mem-|€ver held in this city. 0 ‘bs 3 o A largé class of candidates will be the Soissons battl i B T bers of the American Legion are pa. 3 he took 45 German prisoners single ? ' From' figures compiléd.in ‘the: of.|triotic American citizens, who have |initiated, the team t;om Mclntosh do- handed and his fea i £ A rovement association, | Proven thelr patriotism and their loy-|ing the degree work. . to be recommenided for a commis- |{July*. . . ; that.by. mid-summer-of | alty. ' Consequently, on the purposes| The Vvisitors will arrive Friday sion as second lieutenant, which - . {11921 there will be approximately|of the American Legion, both they[noon over the Great Nm‘fhe‘:fl ““; he received. six we ks later, and £ . ¥ 1300,000 motor vehicles in-operation fand we are in accord. Many of our|Way and a delegation Tl‘_‘]{:‘ t! 91}?0;,1 was assigned to the regular army, |/ tn thig-state. -Phe proceeds realized | most loyal members are members of |lodge will m"’l‘l “’em} e ith which, he .went inte the 0 from.an increased Tate of taxution gn | organized. labor, and it is our hope ‘lk‘?flt 30 m& ;’ti)ls 0"; h:l‘;eirn atlt‘:e ‘4 Meuse-Argonne, battle, and was Décember . .. 20 27 4 th motor, vehicles, at' an average|that we may be able to copvince O‘:f'"’ ed to he.:-e'thé e ke shate eld in support ‘to ‘the «;l”!“iu'g- of M- vlv < 507 . 38t flof § ;m,;lea,- will be, uséd for the|every ex-service man who is a mem- : e‘;-‘l]won"wB y € the armistice. To’trah i o1 es ; .ranted during the] construetion an, aintenance of tz‘ per of drgadized labor that our pyr- e? tu}:“ e;e.mn a banquet will be % Lieut. Moore then went with the e divorces & /| paved main ‘and ‘arterial roads whi¢h { Poess dre the same as loyal citizens n the 2, 4. ion § year of 1919 in this country were, 1 ) oa|and that. ' X-servl, n im|served and after the regular lodge arty of ?ecm“!’“;’l“ nto Ge:“b‘;’g' fairly small proportion’fo the number] * 111, i to about 7,000 miles|and that. every s el o Mot s Sy . was ‘stationed - in-\Luxumbs ! ; e ond g g 33 4 S a L t in.Germany at that ti ngty, ) For 4 +:1bers of organized labor have proven omas Swinson, census enumera- post in Germany b i ; or the construction and mainten A : leaves for the west. tor for this district, detailed several then transferred back to.his orig- || **1 “ {1 ——— jance of the graveled cross or feeder [ thelr 10yalty and their patriotism to| ™, "0 0io1 invitation is extended to ways in which the assoclation could inal organization. He left Qer- 00.000 AUTOMOBILE TAGS |roads, which will compromise approx- the country and now appreciate their all 0dd Fellows, whether members of | he of aid in the entmeration 15 erder many in April last - year, sailed ]|300. D g | iMately 21,800 miles of the system,|responeibilities as citizens, .and We |y, "Bomigji lodge or not. All 0dd|iq Five Bemla)l a square el e (s | from Brest on the George Wash- WILL BE ISSUED THIS YEAR | the local county and township levies | therefore hope it will be not 10ng|maiowe in’ the city are cordially in- census taking. Members of th |- togton; “landed-May 5; ook his . ‘ YAIL he.used, ‘where formerly only 20 :):éo‘l;emt::gair;::ma:gve members of | vited to bé present and partake in clation can gt‘urn in fos l?lm grns.sl;: K % . n . P - 2 g::‘::?r’nd :lv(::ed’is:}?::getg Ju?:amslt st PaélBnynn!t:d l:?:::; hondred ?:;a::nth:‘1;,220‘3233,"“:{ cofi:?; There are many returned service|th® fes“"mes"—___ ss‘:‘;';l‘i‘(;‘l:yagf :::or':;?‘c;:!i‘g:ic l:,'t hM. ‘1919. it thousand automobile tags will be is-|and township ‘roads, the remaining "l‘lenlf“ Bemldjlhwho have not.ljoiinig believe 'hasyheen overlooked by t:{a B b seved St mopth | suodSeio 1o o T yar k| 8 sen of e ey e o 7| 25, o, fae e o LAKE MICHIGAN SHIP - 125y e i A sta ays. nder the sab-|* 2 oo ;fFWhmb v:e;%::lt!}:‘heeé;c:;t opinionlxflof Sectetary-of Btate; 2 cock plan, svhichy is in other words|in the City building and they will BAmING lcE BARRIER Would Carry Slips. lines’ of T ranteny .|| Schmant. the figures on file in|the Amendment No. 1, all the local | Pe afforded opportunity to join. It was voted by the association : Acoording fo et ;gtl ftice more |levies for state roads will be returned p _The meeting this evening will be OFF MUSKEGO PORT e B atis ?t s were | to the county or townships to be used exceptionally interesting. Judge C. than. $1,000,000 worth of tag W. Stanton will speak and the silk ORGANIZED LABOR AND ~ |ODD FELLOWS WILL - ‘AMERICAN LEGION INITIATE LARGE CLASS -~ ARE CLOSE FRIENDS ON FRIDAY EVENING Palmer Asks Action. = Dr. G. M. Palmer, chairman of the recruiting campaign, briefly stated the facts, demanding immediate ac- tion on the matter. : Earle A. Barker was reported to be improving nicely by a brother mem- ber of the association, who announe- ed that Mr. Barker .wished to be re- membered to the méeting and was in the condition to meet visitors. Bond Issue Explained. The county bond issue and sale was explained thoroughly by R. H. Schu- makeér of the First National bahk and he asked that the assosiation get be- hind the county commissioners to aid them in sale of bonds. Chairman Len- non of the county commissioners also stated facts concerning the bond issue and the action being taken by the board for the sale of the bonds. A committee was appointed to assist t:fi county board in every way pos- sible. [ for the aid of tihte project. These slips to be carried by the enumerators that the secretary have slips printed Lietit: Colonel Stutz of the Sixth, than. $1.00" on the local roads.: Minnesota National Guard regiment y g standard given to tne home guard by in thelir rounds and, when coufronted came’to’Bemid)i Wednesday to ascer- Ann_ounce{r.xent was:}fi;;fifl: ;2:: Needed Roads First. the citizens of Bemidji will be pre-| Coast Guards Helpless by |by a problem which would undoubt- tain what the status of the proposed |the price of license nu; Although the points wheére the new |gented to the Ralph Gracie Post. edly take considerable time to un- w@l be $2 as opposed to $3.50 last|roa4g are to be started will be left to Gt Ce o Slush Ice; Fighting for season. the discretion of the county board of A A A A A A A AR A A A engitneersa_it is;lssuired that thetrualdlz:_ LEGAL PROBLEMS DECIDED Clear Water colodql had recommended D. J. Moore trouble starts, to PREVENT trouble | most needing the ‘improvement w: IN SOLDIERS BONUS LAW for the captaincy, and the _co:ppainy from starting, and preserve the law,” be;:gi%rzzrglaisfl;fs%\dinnea s seli will ‘be immediately Org‘?mzfd’ 0| he declared.. He paid tribute to the Paul and Duluth, will P er 2 spected and equipment issued. Home Giard of the etate-dul;fnthhe 17:1? c:r?t - “me '-0:;‘1 :f:yo:vx; otr 3 o Captain, Tom i nded. war and’ commended The ngvgo ::pfilfiofl)n-llfe g:cdommend- Swinson. . , vehicles. .Of the cars valued. above B $3,500, 73 per cent are owned in ed to the war department for confir- Co-operation Needed. . |these cities. mation was an overseas fighter and “We need the cooperation of the Including both; the paved and in the thickest on theMl‘_i.ench Igllé people of the state. Th?stixth reBgi- graveled ,?l,ds, 1,745 mm;s of this battlés. Inquiry as to Moore on the|nment is a splendid organization. Be-|gystem of highways, will be within P 3 » Ni o part of Col. Stutz brought to him the| ;idji - will be Company £ Of the|Beltrami: county. During the first | an, coMect a honus in the case of 2| Muskegon, Mich,, Jan. 8.—Caught | N factsof the service of the new ¢ap-|eleven companies of the Sixth. It|year of the increased motor tax, it i8] oos passed but before filing a peti- |10 & gigantic ice fleld, six miles off tain jand -which was .an important|ghould be organized immediately, for | figured that this county will pay in, tion Muskegon in Lake Michigan, the pas- Zactor, in his being récommended.” " |the “inspector’ is soon ‘to make the|toward the buflding fund, approxi- hése Solitiony were: Elvenrag te | sODEET and freight steamer Petosky, SERVICE m SHOU.LD . #4 P Fault 3 rounds of tne state and would come mately $163,440 and will realize in | equit of Deveral sucn casos appearing | With a score of passengers and a crew Bemidii Not At Fault. , ° .14 "5omia5i and swear in the company |return $2,825,000%¢ paving. of forty-two abroad is battng ice Coldnel Stutz went to bat ‘the first . 000% 0" SPEAm before ‘the board. equipment to be issued im- today in an effort to reach the open ining and explained that it was no and order equipm Inspection of System. . ) All service men are urged to he , and result in the building - A~~~ | water ten miles from shore.’ fault:of Bemidji that the company 3“::'9;;‘::), for their recreation,| The inspection of the trunk system - - The vessel neared this port yeete:- : “ v ” LTS. ||day from Milwaukee but was caught # PIQN.EER GETS RESUI in the lce. Finding is impossible to present at the American Legion meet. company for Bemidji might be anq when’ he lett at midnight, Bepidji practically had its company and' the ravel, the enumerator would simply fill out the slip with as muck .nfor- mation as possible and turn it in to | the secretary, who, with the other members of the association, would ald in completing the da‘a on the - (By Uniteds Press) (By United Press) o . St. Paul, Jan. 8.—The bonus ap- c M:skfii?étenM“lg:”Pe'z::ky &as ’I,;{lli party concerned. lieatlon of a man who dies before| s o%VY Following the business session r ding to| tV° miles from shore at noon today, Arthur J. Do M : it is allowed is nullified accor 113; Lo having forced her way through five thr Nll’lr . m}wl'ianl, representative of an“(t)plnion by Attorn;y Gengra 4. [miles of slush ice after being trapped | eo i 'H:fs"“‘x Igilwgyllmgrovement Hilton to the state bonus board. late yesterday. She is expected to|association, explained in detail the In another opinion the attorney reach port late this afternoon. Babcock plan for a good roads sys- general holds that only the widow tem, otlferwise known as Amendment had fiot been organided but-that the| Ot 85 SRR L 0 &7, center for|Will be under state and federal regimental officials had been so fully z‘ts:imunity activities. authorities. 5 . ing of the Kalph Gracie post to be- occupied, that they- had.neglected ™" to begin {s-to begin.” - In order to finance a more ex- make this port the ships officer turn- tully to cooperate until now, and that T AT A . . tensive campaign.that all m .. "In:a recent issue of The Pioneer ||eg back toward Milwaukee but the g:llgl;lj‘ilsng::&filgo::na!thfhgocofis ‘l,lffltl}:: . was what was to be done, . Facts At International. to realize the need for the pa: there’ appeared one want ad stat- ||ice closed about her and she was y t a man was wanted to ||trapped. 7, 3 drivé a motor bus and act as truant It {s impossible. for the coast guards Officer, while another was asking ||to reach her because of slush ice. Un- for a_janitor for one of the city ||less the wind changes, clearing the school buildings. Both were local |!ice, passengers and crew may suffer wants, placed by Superintendent ||from exposure, lack of fuel and food. Bagby of the Bemidji public STATE FAIR NET PROFIT schools. 2 On Saturday morning, soon after LAST YEAR WAS $49.379 St. Paul, Jan. ¥.—The net profit reaching his office, Superintendent Bagby‘was consulted by four men, each of whom wanted the job as ;'eu:rned by the’glg;igsota stad:e fatir janitor. ast year was i , according to g ? Twelve _applicants early the ||the annual report.of the Minnesota BEMIDJI BOY ‘ENLISTS. same da: wnrln)ted the job as bus State Agricultural society. Canova G. Howell of Bemidji has dri nid traant officer, four T. H. Canfield, secretary and gen-|enlisted in the ordinarce corps of the ] . I:te in the a. eral manager of the fair, said despite| United States jand "left ' Wednesday more applying v th;tn!rhe-Pioryl'eer the war and other adverse conditions |night’ for Je;l{rson _barracks. Ser- ing. Besides the talk to be delivered by Julge C. W. Stanton, there will be several other interesting features, in- cluding a report from Manager Fra-- ser on the activities of the basketball team and a number of athletic con- - tests. i The Bemidji Home Guard company will present its silk American flag to - the local post of the legion at this time. A bufret lunch will be served. In -speaking about’ the ‘national [, ' He' alo referred to the presence of [ Amendment No. 1, a campaign s now guard; he declared the time was NOW |the guard at International Falls and |on ‘throughout the entire state to for the states to organize, to be in|emphatically declared that the.saeriff | raise $100,000 for this purpose. The position to preserve the:government|of Koochiching county made the re-|quota for Beltrami county is $3,600, and its institutions from the insid-]qyuest for guard members for the pre-of which the city of Bemidjl is to ious propaganda of the Russfan soviet {gervation of order, which was grant-|rafse $700. ; Communists, radicals from foreign|ed, and there were not signs of dis-{ With the cooperation of the local shores and disloyal aliens, bent onfcord, the company-members staying|merchants and business men, Mr. the intent of attemping to destroy the|in barracks and behaved itself in a|Donovan hopes to put Bemidji’s 5 American form of government, in|qguiet-manner, not being calle;i upott [ quota “‘over.the top. every detail. to do any guarding nor exercise any - . : ™ Status of Guard. authority, . the. speaker asserting. it| FIUME AGREEMENT REACHED. 5 anjza. | ¥as 2 precautionary measure 10 pre- . Col. Stutz said the guard org: ing | vent any lawless action on the YPart (By United Press) ' tion® was not to “start somsth;l_g, of commniunists and_ radicals. London, Jan. -8.—Premier 'Lloyd that law prevented the governor rl(‘:m Several returned service mon |George and Premfer Nitti have reach- ordering out companies unless ot e: signed the roster and took the oath |ed an agreement for a settlement of authorities failed to act in emergent| .~ o 1ership and an active cam-|the Fiume qtiestion, it was reported cases; but that the request must come | ..on"wog commenced. today. The agreament will be sub- from *local authorities if they deem|""ny G ' palmer, chairman of the |mitted to Premier. Clemenceau when ¢+ it a mecessity. tecrulting “comnrittee of ‘the “guard -the ‘ailled leaders meet in Paris late company, presided. today. . Again we sa; durin (i g the past three years the total|geant Baks the locdl recruiting want ads' bring results. net profits during that period aggre-|station enlistefl the nsw soldier fory gated $344,829. three years. W] i “The presence of a guarfl should be deemed advisable, before actual . 4 - L] G i S | | | ' - SR PSSR R S 4 | ' ) o Jagad + | | | | | | | | —t | | | | | o | | —