Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 14, 1920, Page 1

. MEMBER UNITED PRESS ... “The Pioneer is a member of Prems. Today’s world’s news ye < HM:-Giles, Representing Gov- [ ernment, Gives Advice on Lapsed Polkies SERVICE MEN SHOULD | FILE REINSTATEMENT | Present Form -of Insurance Good Five Years After; . Peace; Other Forms Charles H. Giles, representative of the Bureau of War Risk lnsurance .and an insurance expert’ with over thirty- years experience, who clearly .outlined the features of the War Risk Insyrance before the annual meeting of the Ralph Gracie post of the Amer- jean Legion, Thursday evening, at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and -Commerce .association, cleared up many a hazy idea that the govern- 4ment insurance was costing too much _aince the war is over, and the holders have returned t§ their civilian occu- pations. i Principal Points. TFollowing are the principal points ‘brought out by Mr. Giles in his talk which proved to be -of great interest to all who heard i To extend the time for reinstate- . ment of government insurance to} /' Juyl 1, 1920, a new ruling has been passed, that”all men who have per-|; mitted their-insurance to lapse since receiving their ' discharge from the military service of the-U..S. might take advantage of the reinstatement. After July 1, 1920, ‘the original rules Jor reinstatement will::again - apply, .. Teinstatement to be/ made. within :18 * months after discharge, unless’ the +nan has made payments on the poli- <y since his discharge. In.that case, reinstatement must be made within . ome year from the time the last pre- miwm was paid, even though this may be more than 18 months after diseharge. . “Making Application. im making application for rein- statement, men who have. been dis- <charged for over three months must . -make ‘a certificate stating that they , arein as good health and condition - as when they received their .dis-] charge, . In case application is made in less than three months after dis- <charge, no-certificate as to condition need be made.. Upon reinstatement two months premjums must be paid on the amount for which reinstated, .one premium for the month’ follow- ing that in which discharged and the other for the month in which rein- :stated. Since the original army insurance is good for only five years after peace . is 4eclared, several forms of policies ', -are being .offered into which the _present term insurance may be ron- verted. Any man who is financially able to convert his policy into one of these forms of insurance, such as . twenty-payment plan or twenty- year endowment, should do so at once and - not wait until later when, on account of the increase of his age, he will have to pay a higher rate.” For those 1 who are not able to pay the higher permium on the converted policies at present should hold to the term in- surance and then, when' the oppor- .. .iunity offers, convert it into the form which is desifed. . +"Policies Are Liberal. The¢ government policies are far -+w mmore-liberal than similar policies in . private companies. The government poligies have a cash surrender and Joaa value, which commences one -yedr after the taking .out of the policy. Comparisons show that the war risk insurance plan, in the long run, is far ‘niore expensive than the converted policies, although at the start the premiums are much higher. Instead of the increasing premium under the. term insurance, the pre- mium for the converted policies re- mains the same throughout the en- tire time of payments and the rate is figured according to the nearest Dbirthday at the time the policy is ‘converted. . Since the passage of,the Sweet bill, government insurance on converted policies, in case of death, will now ‘be paid either in a lump sum “or in- stallments as may be requested by the applicant. Unconverted service insurance is stil payable in install- ments. Should the applicant request ‘that the payments be made in a lump sum or in installments covering any iperiod of time over 36 months, the ‘beneficiary may réceive the payments over a longer feriod of time by so re- questing but not over a siorter period. Compensation Paid. Besides the insurance the govern- o, United PAVING CHEAK * THAN ROAD & An important point nection with the propos " ing improvement, that sho¥, «~be carefully considered by all tax- -payers, is that of maintenance. It has_been shown by ‘toncrete figures from the state highway department that the cost of maintaining -a mile ‘ of: paving is less than one-twentieth the cost of keepiagfup a' dirt or gravel road. City figures show that it ha scost Bemidji-an enor- mous sum of..money to keep passable the section of the pro- posed paving route running through Nymore and coming "up from ‘the Soo right-of-way. If no paving.is done, more money will have to be spent this, year on those two sections especially and 'this: money will ""have to.be paid.in one year by all of thé taxpayers. It must also be remembered .+ that if the Babcock law passes a .part .of the maintenance, charge on the two routes will be paid by the state, which agrees .. to keep all state roads in re- pairs. > _Sentiment in the city is rap- idly crystallizing in favor of the bond issuey The work of the speakers a?the théatres has been productive of splendid re- sults and on Sunday another | ;.,,,m, EER'S” CIRCULATION st circulation of any paper in Not Central 'Minngsota~~a = I on' this gua ) rising orth BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 14, 1920 ' Weather forecast, 24 hrs., Markham: No_change.. 45c PER,MONTH BEM]D.“ HIGH | it 'FIGURES IN A ROMANCE 0F THE.WAR WASH[NGTO—NTS_ || AND FOSSTON | Mg | AMATED OVER PLAY SECOND| SEC LANSINGS | TIME TONIGHT| | RESIGNATION Asked by President to Leave Cabinet; Congress May Probe Differences Locals Defeated in First Garhe, Played in:the “Museum | of Plumbing” . = THAT’S WHAT FOSSTON CALLS ITS BASKET HALL MAY AFFECT LEAGUE OF NATION’S BATTLE ch Smith’s “Hounds” Strain- ing at the Leash; Large Crowd Assured gressmen Avoid Talking for Publication F In whatdpromises to be one of the.’ : g — astest and hardest fought games of By United the season, the Bemidji High school Washirfgtzn mFt‘Zb Pl'le:S-) Official . g . — basket ball quint will play the fast Fosston High school '~ team at the Armory this evening. A good idea of the strength of the Fosston aggre- gation can be obtained by glancing Washington today was apparently bewildered by the sudden resigna- tion of Secretary of State Robert Lansing, at the request of President Washington Officials and Con- talk will be made to the mem- bers of the Labor league, who are now seeing that the passage of the bond issue will be of great benefit to them as it will give work to a large.number of men, will bring in hundreds of new tourists and create a favor-. able impression that will mean more- business for Bemidji. The cost is low enough that no hardship will be worked on over the record for that team this season. It is the only undefeated team in that district, having defeated the strong Ada High outfit at Foss- ton last week by a‘score of 32 to 24, tae Ada quint in turn having defeated the Crookston bunch by a count of 23 to 15. The locals defeated the Crookston team here earlier in the season by a score of 15 to 14. When Fosston Won. A month ago Fosston defeated Be- " Bmily. Knowles of England and her baby, whose father is Perley ‘Spiker of Baltimore. “He mét Emily while in the army and a romance developed. But l’cr;es' Is married, and when he confessed all to his wife, she urged Enily_to.come to Americn and make her home with them: However, Perley's brother, Guy, decided he wanted Emily for his wite, so they have just been married. | i e TRAVEL EXPENSES - - LATEST MOTOR TYPES .| Wilson, who charged his ranking cab- inet officer with trying to assume presidential perogatives. i Talk of a congressional investiga- tion ,at which the full story of the differences between Lansing and the pye.sident would be aired, the possi- bility of the resignation affecting the League of Nations battle in the sen- ate, and the possibility of the resigna- tion of other .cabinet officers, were some of the things discussed in private. anyone, while the fact that the assessments will be spread over fiftegn’years is an added argu- ment to the man along the midji gt Fosston in the “Museum of Plumbing,” otherwise known as-the “Cracker Box,” or “Gymnasium.” Gymnasium is the nickname it has MAY BE COLLECTED BY SUPERINTENDENTS Administration officials and con- gressmen avoided any utterance for public consumption, however. DISPLAYED IN DETROI (By United Press.) royte. itizens are urged to talk the bond issue to their neighbors and to report arguments that brought up against it so that they can be answered in this: space on Monday. ELECTION ON TODAY FOR CONGRESSMAN (By United Press.) 7 Richmond, Mo., Feb. 14,—J. L. illigan, democrat, opposed John E. rost, republican, in today’s election in the Third congressional district to ‘succeed Joshua W. Alexander, now secretary of commerce in President Wilson’s cabinet. ’ Political experts awaited the out- come with interest, particularly be- cause of the republican’s attack on the League of Nations throughout the district, classed as rock-ribbed democratic. r. NEW NOTE FORWARDED "BY ALLIES T0 HOLLAND g (By United Press.) London, Feb. 14.—The- council of premiers has completed and dis- patched to Germany and Holland new notes on the demand for German war guilty and extradition of the former kaiser, it was learned semi- officially today. The notes were com- pleted late yesterday. BEMIDJI. LABOR LEAGUE MEETS SUNDAY AF TERNOON At the meeting of the Bemidji Labor league in the Moose hall at 3 o’elock Sunday afternoon, the ques- tion of the proposed paving will be brought up fer' discussion. A local speaker is also expected to make talk-in favor of the improve- mgnt being advocated for Bemidji. discharged service man is entitled to an examination at the expense of the government in case he is suffering from any disability through the service. Compensation runs from $8 to $200 per month, according to the percentage of disabiilty. Application should be made in writing to the U. 8. Public Health Service, 744 Lowry Building, St. Paul. Better Service Promised. Better service is promised by the | insurance Bureau'since now the of- fice is becoming better regulated and more accustomed to the work, and bas a better standard of assistants than during the war, when it was al- most impossible to obtain experienc- ed help in this line. When the war risk insurance was first begun, the insurance bureau found itself the largest insurance company in the United * States overnight, and with the great flood of work,which fol- lowed was literally swamped. Mr. Giles was well received by his hearers and the information which he imparted to the Legion members was of great interest, especially to ment pays compensation to all men who were disabled through sickness or injury resulting from their mili- tary service.during the war. Every . night’s game. this noon with a large delegation of followers and Bemidji does not in- tend to be outnumbered at the game this' evening in the number of sup- porters. One of the largest crowds of the season will no doubt be pres- ent to witness the battle. up a trifle since the Brainerd game and the change seems to work to better advantage for Bemidji. will be at left forward in place of St.apleton, who has been switched to Higbe’s guard position. CIVIL CASES DECIDED jery and the amount is to cover the wages; of Radi as a farm hand for Fred Brinkman and M. E. Brinkman was decided in favor of the defend- been given by the Fosstonians. The game resulted in a 51 to 25 victory for Fosston. ' Bemidji players and followers ailke are straining at the leash for another chance at the Fosston five. Coach Smith’s'tossers have been improving rapidly and have defeated Walker, Crookston, Mechanic Arts and Brain- erd since losing to Coach Hughitt’s quint froni Fosston. Big Crowd Expected. Ye‘sterday afternoon a big mass meeting was held at the High school assembly room in preparation for to- The Fosstons arrived Coach Smith-has changed his line- Higbe AND TWO DIVORCES GRANTED BY COURT Jury Gives l:':; ‘Hand $600 Due; Paid $2 for Six Years’ Work Civil cases already ‘decided at the present term of court include the case of August A. Radi vg, Lucy Redel in a suit for wages. Th® dam- ages were assessed at $600 by the a period of nearly six years. During this time he claims that he received only $2 to pay for his work. v The matter of Adolph Klein vs. ant, and the case of E. J. Willits vs. A. B. Hazen was also decided for the defrevl:dant., < ! o divorces were granted yester- day by Judge Stantogr in his y(:lmm- bers to Elias ‘Anderson \vs. Anna Helena Anderson. of Spooner, and Paul Gruszecki, aged 50, vs. Malanka Gruszecki, aged 41, of the town of Zippel. % b FOUR-MINUTE MEN- SPEAK AGAIN TONIGHT On the proposition to connect the Babcock routes with paving through the city of Bemidji, which will be voted on at the municipal election on February 17, four-minute men will speak again at ‘the various theatres this evening and outline the necessity of the bond issue at ‘this time. G. W. Harnwell will appear at the Elko tonight and at the Rex Mon- day evening. tonight and speak at the Grand on Monday. r ‘W. Z. Robinson will explain the those who have either allowed their:merits of the proposed paving at the insurance to lapse or have not as yet' converted their policies into anotheri form: Grand theatre tonight, and on Mon- day night will, give the Elko audien- ces detailed information. County( School Head Entitled to Such, Decision of Dis- trict Court Thief .Rver Falls, Minn., Feb. 14. —The long drawn out controyersy to decide ‘whether or not a county su- perintendent of schools is entitled to his ‘traveling expenses whetr/ifls du- ties call him to outlying disfricts of his jurisdiction was decided in:favor of the superintendent by Judgé: An- drew The court holds that such compensa- tion is allowable and that the super- intendent has a right to collect. While the case is one which all'l the county superintendents in the state are interested, it was ibrought originally by George M. Gundersin to compel” the commissioners of nington. county te pay his expeunses; while attending to his duties away from home. The commissioners main-| tained khat this cost was covered by the salary received by the official and-that they were not justified in making any further allowance. Pen- LABOR LEAGUE WILL 7~ HEAR VETERANS' AIMS W. G. Hedenberg of Hallock, Minn., will talk on the aims and pur- poses of the World War Veterans, an ex-soldier movement which has resulted since the demobilization of the service inen began, at the regular monthly meeting of the Bemidji Labor league to be held in the Moose |, hall on Sunday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. 4 Several matters of importance will be discussed at that time and among the important.issues will be the pav- ing bond proposition. All members are urged to be in attendance. - WRESTLERS TO MEET AT GRAND THEATRE What promises to be the biggest event of its kind ever staged in Be- midji is scheduled as an attraction for those who admire muscle and brawn when scientifically applied, when L. C. Curtis of Bemidjl will meet Dan Larkin of St. Paul in'a return match .at the Grand' theatre Thursday, February 26. Both men are well known in this city, having met here before, when Curtis won two straight falls. Lar- kin at that time was unfortunate im having a nearly disabled right arm from two boils which appeared short- 1y before the date set for the bout, but which did not deter him in his determination” to” fulfill the engage- ment. Now that. he is again'in the pink of conditiol;, it is rumofed that several of his admirers from ‘St. Paul will be present to “substantially” back their favorite. Ringside seats have been arranged for, as the spacious stage at the W. L. Brooks will be at the Rex|Grand theatre has ample room for the bout, besides accomodating a number who wish to see close up. Every seat in the house will be re- served and the tickets will be on sale ten days in advance at the Grand theatre. Mail orders will. be filled in the order received. Grindeland "in distriet court. | Detroit, Feb. 14.—Detroit was to introduce to the world of motordom here today several new makes of motor cars, at ‘the annual automobile show. These cars, expected on the market for some time, were delayed by strikes and labor unrest. They were show. ¥ Practically double the space used in former years was made available for this year’s.show, and likewise double the effort to make it a suc- cess has been put forth, according to officials. NEW TAX SECRETARY. (By United Press.) % 2 St. Paul, Feb. 14—N. A. Nelson, Stillwatgr, will take over the duties of secretary of the state.tax commis- sion Monday. He recénkly resigned as auditor of Washington county and withdrew as a candidate for secretary of state in the coming primaries.. MAYORS -UNANIMOUS - FOR IMPROVEMENTS St. Paul, Feb. 14.—Full steam ahead with city improvements; let not the present prices be a cause for delay! Forty mayors from as many Min- nesota cities and towns, agreed on this distum at the second annual con- vention of the mayors of Minnesota at The Saint Paul. Stillwater Not Delnyinfi. Mayor J. R. Kollinor, Stillwater, presided at the debate on the sub- ject, *‘Should. cities delay improve- ments because of high prices,” and he was not backward in saying that Stillwater was not delaying. “ We have got everything in the way of a commission that St. Paul has,” said Mr. Kollinor. “Every time St. Paul appoints a new com- mission, the mayor of Stillwater ap- points the same kind of a commis- sion. Some of them are not doing much, but we have got them.” George W. Frankburg, Fergus Falls, said that in the work of pav- ing, it is wise not to let the con- tractors know what kind of a paving the council has-decided to have. All the different contractors would bid against each other and the cost price would be lowered in that way. 1 es Low Bids. Maggr Pfigtligls‘g{f ' Paul, agreed with Mr. Frankburgjzbut said that unfortunately the ch&#ter of St. Paul obliged the City council to designate the special kind of paving it wanted installed. Mayor Hodgson described. the system adopted in St. Paul and said that the city was practically a competitor of the contractors on every job and the result had been that the contractors put in more reasonable bids. Mayor George Hirsh, Austin, who led the discussion, took the position that high prices should cause no de- lay in making improvements. M. N. Bergheim, uittle Fails, strongly recommended going ahead with improvements, if reasonable bids could be secured. Other speakers who took much the same view were Mayors John Street, Northfield, L. F. Johnson, Bemidji, and S. B. Duea, Pipestone. completed too late for the New York | It was pointed out today that Wil- son, by condemning holding of cab- inet meetings during his illness, ‘wou]d disavow responsibility for injunction proceedings against the coal strikers, a policy which has been widely condemned by labor. (By United Press.) | Washington, "Feb. 14. — Further disclosures were believed imminent today in the controversy between President Wilson and Robert Lans- ing, which resulted in Lansing’s resig- nation as secretary'of state. Although Wilson’s announced rea- son for acceptance of Lansing’s resignation was that he had called and presided over cabinet meetings out authorfzation of the presi- ‘dept, prolonged friction over the con- duct of foreign affairs led up to the final clash, according to correspond- ence made public. The full story of the long con- tinued conflict between the president and Lansing is expected to come to light during the next few days. Frank Polk, under-secretary of state, today took up Lansing’s work and all foreign governments were officially notified of Lansing’s resignation. Reported differences between the president and Lansing, during peace negotiations in Paris, were recalled and it was remembered that Polk was substituted. More recently, the Mexican situa- tion caused friction, it ‘was stated. Lansing’s notes to Mexico some time ago became more and more beligerent until the president took a hand. Ob- servers pointed out subsequently that Lansing discontinued cabinet mee ings. 5 WHOLESALE JAIL DELIVERY IS AVERTED BY WARDEN (International News Service.) Rawlins, Wyo., Feb. 14.—A whole- sale jail delivery that would have turned “Vanishing Bill” Carlisle, famous train robber, loose with other notorious inmates of the Wyoming state prison, was averted when W. H. Brine, acting warden of the peni- tentiary, discovered an ingenious skeleton kep in the cell of one of the prisoners. With steel and tin the convict had manufactured a contriv- ance that would open every cell in the jail. London.—Food Controller G. H. Roberts is responsible for this: Hear- ing a friend call his wife by the unusual name—Pegasia, he asked the Teason. “Feminine of Pegasus. Pegasus was an immortal horse, my wife’s an eternal nag.” ANYONE KNOW WHERE THESE PERSONS ARE? Communication- has been received by the city police department from Thomas B. Miller, Jr., and his sister of Carbondale City, Pa., asking that. efforts be made by that department tto locate their father, 'Thomas B. Miller, and their uncle, Miles Miller. Anyone knowing the whereabouts -of either or both of the -above named men .will kindly communicate with the police department of the city of Bemidji or with the children at 214 Ponderley strget, Carbondale City, Pa. ¢ J X '\ l \