Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 11, 1920, Page 1

s A A A .7 ATl 8 A ARSI T 2 e ot g B e ————— T ——— s b 5 - B A (15 “PIONEER’S” CIRCULATION MEMBER UNITED PRESS The Pioneer is a member of the United Press. Today’s world’s news today. VOLUME XVIII. NO. 38 LODGE OFFER - BI-PARTISAN AMENDMENTS, ~ PEACETREATY Introduced Today in the Senate by Senator; Nine Are Presented SHIPPING BOARD CREW BEMI D.J1 DAILY e GET TODAY’S NEWS OUT OF TODAY'S PAPER PIO — Central on this NE Largest circulation of any paper in North Minnesota. A g acce] guarantee. ~~—— BANDIT, ROBS FARMERS' STATE FRATL % AL EXECUTIVES PLAN EETING MARCH 9 The office e cor mittee of t A3emidji Association of Fraternal Societies met last even- ing in the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association, and form- ulated plans for furthering the work of the organization. ) It is planned that a meeting be eld on March 9, at which time a representative speaker from each of the various fraternal and social or- ganizations in the city will give a four-minute talk on his own partic- ular organization. It was also decided that an assess- ment of two cents per capita for each member of the association be levied against the lodge which the member represents. In this way tlge cost of the association will be Anothmg to ‘the members of the various organiza- tions, but will be paid by the organ- o MUTINIES; ARRESTED | izations themselves. " New Ambassador to Italy Is Recommended by Presi- dent Wilson By L. C. Martin. (United Press Correspondent.) Washington, Feb. 11. — Senator Lodge offered in the senate today nine amendments to the Lodge res- ervations on the peace treaty. The amendments are those worked out by the bi-partisan treaty conferences recently held in Senator Lodge’s offices. . They affect the preamble, with- drawal of domestic questions, Shan- tung, naming of representatives to the League of Nations, payment of the United States share of league ex- penses, disarmament, status of for- eign nations, under Article 16, and league voting power. SHIPEJNG CREW, MUTINIES.. © (By United Press:y Washington, Feb. 11.—The crew of the shipping board vessel Pough- keepsie has mutinied and has been|2 1 Bermuda by|to attend a meetixiff,c_n\e_»l{tld -in the S.|rooms of the Bem placed under arrest at the commanding officer of the U. S. Sacramento, Secretary Daniels was | Friday eve advised today. The crew was arrested at the re- quest of the American consul at Ber- muda. The men will be returned to Hampton Rhodes and delivered to the United States attorney there under an armed guard. FOUR “SUBS” REACH PORT. (By United Press) Washingtom, Feb. 11.—Four Amer- jcan submarines, after battling a heavy sea for a week, enroute from the Bermuda Islands, arrived in Hampton Roads, Virghiia, this morn- ing. One other submarine is still missing, being the N-2. vy All of the five were_ reported miss-" ing early today, and later four' of them landed. b AMBASSADOR NAMED TO ITALY. (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 11.—Robert Un- derwood Johnson of New York is to be appointed ambassador to Italy by President Wilson, the White House announced today. The nomination will go to the senate shortly. INTERESTING PROGRAM FOR POST AUXILIARY For the meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion to be held at 2:30 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, a very interesting program has been arranged and includes the following numbers: Vocal Solo—Mrs. Paul Yaple. Reading—Miss Josephine Parker. Piano Solo—Miss Mary Deputy. Singing and Dancing — Master Bobby LaBaw. Vocal Solo—Mrs. Paul Yaple. Charles H. Giles, insurance officer of the Northern Red Cross division, will also speak at this meeting. Mr. Giles is an able speaker and every- one who is a mother, sister, wife or daughter of an American Legion member of any post is urged to at- tend to hear Mr. Gile, even though no application has as yet been made for membership to the auxiliary. Miss Ida Bailey is in charge of the refreshment committee and promises to have a fine lunch for all who attend. The program is under the direction of Mrs. D. F. McCann. CHAMPION GOURMAND EATS 18 HAMBURGER SANDWICHES Rockford, Tll., Feb. 11.—Shannon, a little town near here, has a couple of real gourmands. But Claude Whit- more is the champion. On a bet he ate eighteen hamburger sandwiches in one sitting washed down with four cups of coffee. Daniel Robin- son, his contestant, with only ten. URTIS DEFEATS DEITZ TWO STRAIGHT FALLS L. C. Curtis of Bemidji was judged winner by two falls in succession in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling bout with “Bun” Deitz of Grand Forks at the” Armory laét evening. Curtis won the first fall in 21 minutes with a ‘body scissors hold, and the second fall in 9 minutes with practically the scrap but was no match for Cm:tis. In a preliminary, Frank Smith of Minneapolis and Clarence Curtis, son of L. C. Curtis, put on a very good exhibition. Curtis won thig match in 20 minutes. Smith is 22 years pf age and weighs 140 .péunds - while weighing only 120. - Curtis is only 16 and mych light:t;r, \CAME PROTECTION l could get away l " CLUB MEETS FRIDAY| Ry o igghe- w7 o Bemidfi ¢ <Bat come interested in the formation of Game Protection League, are urged @4i; asacciation on ningat: - § -Qfeleck; whén officers and plahs for the operation of the new organization will be se- lected. Much can be accomplished by such’ 5 - Fe ik et ge and a boy of four years taking a a league and it is planned to carry on | a0 in"Chaplin Air Line planes. a very active camfpaign for game pro- tection and preservation, while ay, onp4mother, eighty years old, who complete program of sports for the summer will be arranged. “ e ———— EVERYBODY WILL HELP IN PAVING The point in connection with :he' proposed bond jssue for paving. ‘nearly three miles o_f streets through the city, that is >f most interest, is that cover- ing the cost toreach individual taxpayer. The cost to those >wning property along the payv- ing routes will be taken up in detail during the week. There will be a general tax of about $30,000 that will have to be paid by the taxpayers as a whole. This is the amount that is used in paving street in- tersections and the portions qf streets leading past public. buildings and non-taxable prop- erty. p The assessed valuation of Bemidji this year indicates that without a doubt the assessed caluation next year, when the iax would be taken into consid- eration, will be three million jollars. With thirty thousand jollars to raise, the tax would then be one cent on each dollar >f assessed valuation. In other words, every taxpayer by ascer- taining the amount of his valua- tion can easily figure the tax to be paid to defray the expense of paving the street intersec- tions. A man with a house and lot assessed at $1,000 would pay but $10 and _this could be spread over fifteen years if desired. The amounts thatbhave.:een iven are those to be pal GASE THERE IS NO REFUND FROM THE STATE. If the Babcock Law, ‘Amendment No. 1, does pass this amount would be materially reduced so that she tax would be less than one -ent for every dollar of assessed raluation. To the taxpayer not on the route of the paving the cost will be so small as to hardly be no- ticeable and it is safe to assume that the expenditure of §185,- 000 in the city would bring to pach taxpayer, no matter what his business, more direct re- turns than the amount of his Zeneral tax. _____————__'—_—__ - BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 11, 1920 { “When ‘Mother’ makes up her mind SEEDS FOR EUROPE'S R Charles Lithrop. Pack, president of the American Forestry association (right with flag in-hand) displaying posters showing itemized list of 83,000,000 € _seeds being sent by that organization to France Belgium -and Great Britain. same hold. Deitz put up a good hard! . mpe seeds are shown piled on Bostou conimon iawuiting shipment. MRS. M’CUAIG'S MOTHER. 80 YEARS OLD. TAKES AIR TRIP IN PLANE lCalmly Enters Gock Pit and Tells Overseas Flier to “Shove Off” ‘. . 4 The following is an extract from a newspaper published on the western coast: . “One of the most interesting little occurrences -of - modern days’ took place yesterday when visitors at the Chapline airdrome were treated to the sight of a woman eighty years of “Mrs. S. Sinclair of Bemidji, Minn., is wintering with her daughter, Mrs. William McCuaig, at Venice, made up her mind to see California from the air. And in the words of her family, to do something, she does it.” “She had heard others tell of the glorious view from the mountains to the sea that can only be seen in all its beauty of coloring from a plane. So on Tuesday her daughter and cth- er relatives piled into the car and went to the flying field. Men at the field say that never in their experi- ence have they seen anyone so abso- lutely unaffected and showing no nervousness. .She climbed into the cockpit with an alertness that would grace a debutante and told Pilot Dieys,s, an overseas flier; to ‘“‘shove “Following her trip over the city, mountains and hollywood, Young Melvin Uhl of Los Angeles, who was with the party, climbed into his place and also sailed through the sky for a quarter of an hour. E “Mrs. Sinclair said that she never had enjoyed anything so before and said that to have lived through civil war days and have seen the first days of the railroad and the automobile, and then to have completed the cycle by flying, surely was a wonderful record for a human to go through. As nothing but the most conserva- tive, straight flying, with no stunts, is alowed at the Chaplin field, she now hopes to be a frequent visitor.” ALIEN SERVICE MEN ARE MADE CITIZENS Naturalization hearings were held today at the Court House by R. K. Doe, naturalization examiner, from Duluth. Besides the hearings under the regular manner of petitioning a large number of former service men received a hearing and also naturali- zation papers today. The hearings continued all day. Tomorrow the first jury case comes up at 9 o’clock. This term of court has on its calendar 50 civil cases and 9 criminal cases. MECHANICS MEETING. (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., Feb. 11.—The -Me- chanics Mutual Benefit association of North Dakota is holding a two days’ convention in the Moose hall. This is the fourteenth annua: convention. l | | i B e e S S, L2 P L SRS 11 i L i Sl Pl the enemies of Uncle Sam. SCT. JONES CONTINUES _T0'0BTAIN RECRUITS The’ Bemidji .réeruiting office, in charge of Sergeant Jomes, has been active the past few days and some of thé enlisted men are going to see some’of this great world, and will be in stjtion in possessions’of the Unift- ed Stgtes. . - s efer Tsaacson of Bemidji, went shreg. years and was assigned 1§t infantry at Camp Grant. Marion Schief of Clearbrook has edlisted for three years and will re- port to the Hawaiian Islands. . William T. Kyjuk is from Devils Lake, N. D., and, he enlisted for three ivears with the tanks. Albert Larson of Racine, Wis., en- listed in-the signal corps-and he, also decided upon a three year term. Iver M. Lindgren _of Washburn, Wis., and Ed Soyring of Richwood, Minn., enlisted here in the chemical warfare seérvice. This branch works on the effects of gas on mask wear- ers, to determine what is good for They en- listed for'a year and will make their first stop at Jeflerson barracks. CHARTER DAY TODAY. (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 11.—Charter Day at the University of Minnesota was ob- cerved to day :by a convocation of students and faculty. George W. Vincent, president emeritus of the ¢chool. and mow head of the Rocke- feller foundafion, delivered the chief address. g CASS LAKE: DEFEATS LOCAL LEGION TEAM Handicapped greatly by not hav- ing the original five players to work together in the game last night, the local American oegion basketeers met defeat at Cass Lake by a score of 23 to 10. Even with the line-up which played the team made a splen- did showing against the fast Cass Lake aggregation. The five that played last night have not played to- gether before and onme man has not had any great amount of practice this year, having taken part in no games so far this season. Several of the original Legion team were unable to journey to Cass Lake since the trip interfered with their employment, and it was very ciose to train time before enough players were gathered together to make the trip. Plummer and Achenbach played forwards, Phibbs center, and Bailey and Opsahl guards. BACK FROM BUYING TRIP. Alex Schavitch returned this morn- ing from a buying trip on which he has been gone about thirty days. His trip took in Chicago, Cleveland and the Twin Cities. Mr. Shavitch states that he found all lines of merchandise very high. POSTMASTER RETURNS FROM STATE MEETING Postmaster A. P. Ritchie returned this morning from St. Paul, where he attended the armual convention of the Tri-State Postmasters asso@iation on February 9 and 10. y\{eutllgr forecast, 24 hrs., Markhan Fair, brisk winds which will diminish INVAULT; N 45¢ PER ;lbliTH /EFORESTAION EMPLOY—E—S—BR—IVEN ROBBER SURRENDERS AND GIVES UP HIS GUN One of the most audacious bank robberies in Northern Minnesota was that which occured at noon today when a ysun'x man, probably 22 years old, entered the Farmers State bank on Third street and at. the point of- a 38 calibre blued steel revolver ordered two of the eni’ployes‘»té :emter the vault. With hands aloft they obeyed the command, *the employes being B. L. Jolf\mson,._, assistant cashier, and- Mjib';fiilii;n Elmquist, bookkeeper, who were alone at that time, the former having been with the bank but a few Sweeping up handfulls of Dbills from the counter and cash drawer, the young bandit stuffed his pockets with $1,080 and darted out the door. Ritchie Enters Bank. Postmaster A. P. Ritchie was just entering the Farmers' Lank and past him rushed-the fleeing robber. The two frightened employes stammered out that the bank had been robbed and Ritchie immediately went into action and followed the path tuken by -the young gunman, which led around. George Baker’s corner, south past rDalton’s, into the alley at the rearof the Dalton block, where he crouched béhind z' pile of wood. An excited crowd quickly gath- ered, among them K. J. Willits, and the search commenced, the where- abouts of the hunted culprit was quickly discovered and he stood up approached Willits and handed over his weapon, saying. ‘‘Here, take my gun and money."” “Shoot Me.” He Sobs. He was taken back to the bhank and his pockets emptied of the stolen bank money and then the prisoner broke down and cried. “Shoot me,” he cried to Willits. “What will my father say.” Asked what his name was he re- fused to tell. ‘He stated he had been working in a lumber camp and was no stranger to Bemidji, that he didn’t live here, and that he had a brother in a high school and had committed the robbery to help his father take care of his brother in school. 1t was Hhater discovered that his name is C. Sherman and it is believed that his father is a farmer. He regis- tered at the Vicker’s hotel on Jan- uary 28 and has been there several times since. £ Willits and Deputy Sheriff Shea escorted him to-the county jail, the prisoner crying all the way. Well Appearing. He was well dressed, appeared to be well educated, was of good facial apearance, except that he hung his head low with cap closely drawn, and wore a mackinaw. He offered no resistance in his walk to the jail. According to Ted Malloy,-some fel- low from out of town raised the boy’s cap and looked at him and remarked; | “That’s the kid who held up a_pokey game at Mizpah Sunday night ur\l%' got $400.”" ' At the time of the robbery, Cashier Elwell was out of the city, and Les- ter Achenbach, one of the bank clerks, was at dinner. THIEF RIVER WILL - BACK TEAM THURSDAY Thief River Falls basketball fans are ‘certainly making a fine showing in the way they are backing up their American Legion basketball team this year. For the contest with the local Legion aggregation on Thurs- days. o MINNESOTA MAYORS OPEN SESSION TODAY (By United Press) St. Paul. Feb. 11.—Minnesota mayors are keeping up with the times. - Aerial mail service was one of the main subjects to come before the annual meeting of the Associa- tion of Minnesota Mayors convening here today. Plans for establishing aerial mail routes in the northwest and creating municipal landing flelds were to be digcussed. William Howard Taft was to speak to the mayors today. sounding the ymbals of Americanism and econ- the national elections this’ year. ™ Mayor L. C. Hodgsofi welcomed the convention here. Gov. Burnquist was scheduled to appear but illness made it impossible. ¥ The mayors will attend a theatre party tonight and tomorrow Mayor J. E. Meyers of Minneapolis will en- tertain ‘the visitots at a banquet. More than 100 mayors trom the lead- ing cities of the state ure here for the meeting. TAFT SPEAKS TODAY. Minneapolis, Feb. 11.—IFormer President William Howard Taft was scheduled to address a mass meeting at the Auditorium here tonight. “Americanism’ will be his subject. He will speak under the auspices of the Northwest Warriorsh committee on Americanization. Taft- will not discuss political questions. “PRODUCTION PLUS.” TOPIC. Duluth, Feb. 11.—“Production Plus” was the topic of conversation at the convention of the Associated Advertising Clubg of Minnesota here today. Nearly a bundred advertis- ing men of the Twin Cities, and dele- gations from practically every muni- cipality in the state, were here. The convention will ¢lose tomorrow. K.-OF C: WILL OBSERVE ' Knights of Columbus will observe: Linceln day by holding an open meet- ing at the Moose hall tomorrow even- ing at 8:30 o'clock. A program has been arranged and includes®an ad- dress by James J: Quigley of St.-Paul, state officer of the Knights.of Colum=’ bus. He is a _very able speaker -and has been heard in this city before when he delivered an address at the Elks’ Memorial services two years ago. da Besides the speaker there’will be several instrumental and vocal selec- tions given. Following the program a light lunch will be served. Every one is invited to attend. ' day evening at the Armory here, they have made arrangements for a special train over the Soo line to leave that city at 5:45 p. m. They are coming here contemplating a good fast game in return for the game played by the same teams at that city a short time ago, and are planning on an excep- tionally pleasant trip and entertain- ment while here. The union orchestra is giving a dance in the Armory after the game as a special entertainment for the visitors and it is urged that the local fans also do their bit. All members of the American Legign from Thief River Falls are especially invited to attend the annual meeting of the Ralph Gracie post at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce associa- tion following tne game. PEACE REIGNS IN THE (By United Press) Chicago, Feb. 11.—Peace reigned in the American baseball league to- day, following the annual meeting of club owners which ended at 2 o’clock this morning. A resolution ending the president difficulties and making it practically impossible for similar troubles to again arise, was unani- mously adopted. All litigation instituted by the New York club against President Ban Johnson,. will be dropped. Carl Mays will be reinstated as a member of the New York club and as a result New York will get third place and third prize money from last year. ~ SR omics as the outstandingfeatures ?i LINCOLN DAY TOMORROW i