Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 5, 1920, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER NOTICE OF HEARING. State of Minnesota, State Secur- ities Commission. In the matter of the application of J. C. Hallum, A. M. Sundheim, et al., THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1920 = 2. ) FRUIT GROWERS FIGHT FROST New Idea Being Developed in Lemon and Orange Districts of South- ———————————————————————————— PR. H. A. HASS DENTIST : Offics Over Boardmsa's Drug FIRE INSURANCE REAL ESTATE REYNOLDS & WINTER ern California. il bl American Major, Serving With | Allied Forces, Cited for i Brave Actions. 'SAVED LIVES OF HUNDREDS Red Cross Report Gives a Graphic ! 8tory of Rescues During Fierce i Fighting at Russian Port : ‘in; Navember. | Washington.—A graphic account of fthe part played by Major Samuel I Johnson of Honolulu, assistant com- 'mandant of the allied forces in Viadi- i , during the revolutionary fight- in that city on November 17 and 18, has been recelved by the Red iOross headquarters here. The Red iOross report says that Major Johnson has been recommended to the All-Rus- ¢ n government for decoration with * jthe Officer’s Cross of St. George for e services he rendered to the people Vladivostok during tbe fighting. «/ As a recommendation Is considered o equivalent to bestowal, this makes e sixth award reecelved by Major “Johnson during his service in Siberia - “twith the American forces, the others iy 'being the Russian medal of St. Anne \’and Japanese, Czecho-Slovak, Itallan and Chinese decorations. | Governor M. M. Bversman of Pri- rsky province, in a letter to Major 'General W. S. Graves, commanding the ', American forces In Siberia, sald: “T cannot leave unmentioned the /fact that Major Johnson, having splen- ‘didly tulfilled his plan in guarding the town and the peaceful population, {though exposing his own life to danger rnder furlous fire, succeeded four times in getting through to the passenger {trains that were in the center of the ,fighting zone and from there brought ‘to safety officers, their families and ' <civiltans.” . Graves’ Son Praised. Major Graves, son of General Graves, iwas another officer, according to the Red Cr .ss account, who with utter fearlessness witlked Into the danger gone to ald women and children ex- iposed to fire. Major Johnson has paid itribute to the part also played by the international military police, whom he jcommanded. “I want those men to get the recog- nition due them,” he sald. *“They ren- \dered the greatest assistance, showed ‘absolute steadiness and coolness and iran the same risks.” The Red Cross account says that the international .military police and allled detachments held control of Viadivostok, enforeing ‘the policy of neutrality adopted by the allies, and that, thanks to this, Viadl- ‘vostok wns unswept by battle except in the vicinity of the raflway station. There, however, furious combat raged. “For men who entered the area of ‘fighting and the path of flying bullets _entered at deadly peril and every man ‘knew It,” says the report. “Among those saved by Major John- son and his men were General Ranan- Jovsky and family. Romaunovsky Is ychief of the Russian general's staff. ‘He was living with his family in the railway yards In his special train and® was a noncombatant. Soldiers of both sides fired upon the train. It was utterly dark hnd a storming, snowing November morning when Major John- son found ihe car and escorted the family to safety. Hide in Black Cellars. “Some of those he rescued that night were found in the railway sta- tion where the most sanguinary fight- ing took place. They had sought ref- uge in cellars, or secluded little offices, and crouched In the darkness, afrald to move, afraid to whisper. In most cases, whea the rescue party arrived, 1t took repeated calls and reassur- ances to locate the frightened, sus- picfous men &nd women, “The first rescue trip was made iabout 10 o'clock on the night of No- vember 17 and the last at 5:30 o'clock on the morning of November 18, “MaJor Johnson's cornmand of Rus- slan, for he Is a Russian born, was a big asset in this emergency work at the railway station, as it has been throughout his service in Stheria. “General Romanovsky oxpréssotl to the Red Cross representative grate- fu' appreciation for what Major John- son did. “‘T do not know how any man could go Into that hell of fire, find our train and bring us out.' he said, ‘but this man did it “He even saved the eat, Getting the party out of the train Major Johnson heard the howl of the lonely, mortally frightened cat somewhere in the dark car, it only by the lurld flashes of guns and the reflection of burning buildings. “One of the women asked them to take the cat, and the rescue party halted there in the shattered train, found the cat hiding in a mass of broken herths and took her to safety with the family.” Cut Heart Out of Patient. Omaha, Neb.—Physicians cut the heart out of Steve Zskich, an Aus- trian, then placed it back in his body. Zakich, who had shot himself, s ex- pected to live. The heart was lifted completely out . of the body, a bullet imbedded in it removed, the heart replaced In its nataral place and the Incision sewed riup. 2Zakich is now eating solid food iand 1s on the high road to recovery. ——— ATVLADIVOSTOX| ™ ™= i San Francisco.—The fact that me- chanical science may, and indeed, must, play a great part in the future of agriculture is beginning to be rec- ognized throughout the world. We are stimulating crops by the disper- slon of electricity in the soil and in the afr about the growing crops; we are saving valuable fruit by systematic spraying and gassing. Probably, however, the most remark- able application of sclentific method and apparatus to the preservation of a crop from atmospheric condition likely to be injurfous which has yet been seen Is represented by the or- ganizations which have been formed in the lemon and orange districts of southern California. One such serves a lemon area of 4,000 acres. The aim is to prevent injury to the crops by frost, the means employed being oll heating pots, which are practically gi- gantic ofl lamps. A frost may arrive suddenly and at- tack a particular, and often a very Iimited, part, usually, of course, In the early morning, the coldest hour being everywhere just before the dawn. In order to give the necessary warning to the orchard owners to turn out and light up their heaters a complete sys- tem of patrol has been organized, some hundreds of thermometers have been fixed in suitable positions all over the area, and 500 telephones in- stalled. The patrol goes out on mo- tor bicycles or in cars and systemat- fcally inspects the thermometers. As soon as the temperature reaches a dangerous point the patrolman who finds it rushes off to the nearest tele phone and gives the word. The owner of the part where the danger has been found is roused and will usually, with his family, turn out and light up the heaters by means of hand lamps with long spouts, much like ollcans. The oll as it escapes from the end of the spout is lit and provides the means by which the heaters are fired. PARIS BIRTH RATE STILL LOW Hope That It Would Increase After War's End Has Not as Yet Been Fulfilled. Paris.—Traditlons that the birth rate of a country always increases after a war have proved fallacious, in this city at least. Statistics of the prefecture of police show the rate Is still sinking. The number of births in Paris in recent months has been higher than ever, but this I$ due to the fact that the popu- lation of Paris hus been augmented by 600,000 persons’ during the last year. T'he number of births per thousand of population, the vital test, Is lower at present than it was before the out- break of the war in 1914, In the dark year of 1870, 57,000 births were registered in Paris, or 31 per thousand. The next year there were 37,000, or 24 per thousand. In 1872 births numbered 56,000, or 30 per thousand. In 1883 the high record of 63,000 was reached. Froin that time until 1913 the rate declined until it reached 17 per thousand. In 1913 the population of the city was 2,900,000, During the war the number of births decreased, there bheing 30,000 in 1915 and 28,000 in 1916, which equaled the number a century before when the +city’s population was 700,000, Poorer quarters of the city show a higher percentage than sections conm- talning the homes of the wealthier eltizens. Z s, RROO o e % Pants and Picket Fence % Proved Robber's Undoing 0'1 —_— ::: Pittsburgh.—If it hadn't been :o: for his pants and a picket fence % Willlam Hurley probabl, g % wouldn't be In the Allegheny po- :.‘ lice station facing a charge of q ] highway robbery. As Mrs. Mu- :.: tilda Briceland stepped from a »:- street car In St. Luke’s square :0' Hurley got off too, and just as.the ’¢ car moved away Mrs. Briceland's »y burse, containing $500, was % snatched from her hand. Sev- eral civilians and one policeman .:. chased Hurley. ] He had a good start, however, %e und would have outdistanced :d‘ his pursuers If his trousers e :,: hadn't caught on an iron picket % fence in an alley. The money N was recovered. DOGS ON GUARD AT LOUVRE Extra Watch Is Kept on France’s Palaces Since Fire at Com- piegne. Paris.—The recent fire In the old royal palace at Complegne has caused the department of fine arts to take precautions against further fires or thefts in France's state palaces. Locks are being placed on the doors of the Compiegne palace, and offices where official documents have been filed since the war began have been ordered removed. Reservoirs and tanks have been built on heights near the Versailles palaces to guard against fire. New precautions against robbery have been taken at the Louvre since the recent theft of a necklace. The interior courts will be kept lighted continuously and the guards will carry powerfal lamps, enabling every corner to be searched. Dogs will accompany the guards in their tours of inspection. L i P ) il ||||u CLEAR SNOW FROM HIGHWAYS Motortrucks Given Passageway for Carrying Coal and Various Other Supplies. In an effort to keep all lines of sup- ply open for uninterrupted traffic dur- Ing the winter months, and to thus aid in minimizing the discomforts of the public, an appeal is going out to high- Yays uuthorltlgs throughout the coun- try where snowfall Is heavy, to keep the roads clear of snow, * Cmphasls {s placed upon the fact that the transportation of coal and other fuel is more important in win- ter than in summer, and that it is equally as Important to keep rural Road Cleared for Passage of Motor- trucks. e e mail routes and main market roads free from snow a8 it Is to keep rail- road tracks clear. Officials connected with highway work anticipate a prompt response to this appeal. They report a decided Increase in the intexest of the public on this matter of prompt removal of snow from highways, not only to meet the necessity of keeping all sources of supply and communication in ef- fective operatlon, but as a means of protecting the public’s investment In coads. If there were- little ar no demand for traffic during snow weather, high- way authorities state the cost of snow removal would be justified. Suow melting on the roadbeds tends to soft- en the subgrade and loosens the base under the wearing surface. Evi- dences of thesc damages may be seen after heavy snows in the late winter and early spring. When snow is not removed on trunk highways, traffic gradually breaks its way through when thaw begins. 'me“ trafic will create one or two sets of, ruts or tracks. The constant track-| ing in the same rut produces disas-' trous results to the road surface, mak-i tnj repaivs difficult and expensive, ' See the Point? Saild the observing feller, “Newspa- pers cannot be gullty of prevarication as long as they get proof of everything they say.”—Indianapolis Star. Subscribe tor the Pioneer. ANNOUNCEMENT. Miss Nellie Hinkiey will held a spring opening Thursday and Friday afternoon of this week from 2:00 to 5:00, at her dressmaking parlor, 701 America ave., at which time there will be a display of samples of the very latest in fabrics for the spring and summer frocks. The ladies of Bemidji are especially invited to call at this time and inspect the line. 1d4 POLITICAL ADVERTISING. (Inserted by W. C. Klein, in his own behalf, To ve pald for at the rate of 10 cents per line.) To the Voters: Having filed as a candidate for re- election as City Assessor, I take this means of asking the support of the voters at the election to be held February 17, 1920. During the past year I assessed the personal property in the city, and endeavored to do so impartially and without prejudice. This year real estate is to be assessed and the experience 1 have gained during the past year would prove valuable in the work to be done the coming year. The same care taken with the personal assessment would be shown the coming year. I trust that my work has merited your con- tinued support and that I may re- ceive it. 15d2-16 WM. C. KLEIN. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT. (Inserted by T. J. Welsh in his own behalf. To be paid for at the rate of 10 cents a line.) To the voters of the Sixth District: 1 herewith announce my candidacy for congress from the Sixth Congres- sional district on the National Labor Party ticket. 6d2-4 T. J. Welsh. for certificate authorizing Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Pu- posky, to transact’ business in that name at Puposky, Minn. Whereas, an application has been made, pursuant to Chapter 86, G. L. Minn. 1919, for a certificate author- izing the persons above named to op- erate a State Bank at the place and in the name above mentioned. Now, therefore, pursuant to the statute in such case made and pro- vided, notice is hereby given that a hearing on said application will be held before the State Securities Com- mission on February 23rd, 1920, at 9:30 o’clock a. m., at the offices of the commission, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota, at which time and place the commission will' consider the application and hear the appli- cants and such witnesses as may ap- pear in favor of or against the grant- ing of the application of said proposed bank. Objections to the granting of the application shall be in writing and shall be signed by the objectors and shall specify the grounds on which the objections are based and be filed with the commission prior to the time of the hearing. A copy thereof shall be served on one of the applicants at least three days prior to the date of the hearing. Dated January 29th, 1920. STATE SECURITES COMMISSION, By Chas. J. Andre, Executive Officer. 2d23-24 (Commission Seal) POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. (Inserted by L. F. Johnson in his own behalf and to be paid at the rate ollzen cents per line.) Announcement. 1 hereby announce myself a 'candf- date for re-election for the office of Mayor. of “Bemidii. I ‘understand that it has been reported that I had withdrawn, but I wish to assure the voters of ‘this city that I am out to win and will stay in the race to the finish. Yoyr support at the polls is earn- estly solicited, and I feel certain that the citizens of this city will be satis- fled with my administration the com- ing year, should I be elected. 124 2-16 L. F. Johnson, Mayor. Entertain Only Friends 212 Beltrami Avenue Phone 144 Mothers OOD ICE CREAM is the \J ideal diet for the growing child. Itis Oh!sodelicious and so much more healthful than heavy foods and pastries. KOORS ICE CREAM Store. Phone 447 Know SUPREME the long run. means luxurious economy. 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