Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 17, 1920, Page 1

\ € MEMBER UNITED PRESS ¢ The, Pioneer is & member of the United Press. Today’s world’s news today. VOLUME XVIIL NO. 43 % — % | ELE. N RETURNS AT TH. %, RKHAM TONIGHT g N o ot Electi\t\ *urns will be re- arkham hotel to- ", posted up on bulletins as'. <+ as they are brought in. \ . s public is cordially invite.. fo make the hotel lobby their headquarters. ELK CLUB ROOMS WILL RECEIVE -RETURNS, ALSO ceived at t. night and W, WILL CONTINUE TISSUPPORT OF JUGO-SLAVS sc:tement Made From White House Today in Dispute Over Fiume The Elks club will also re- ceive returns from the munic- ipal election tonight, arrange- ments having been made. They will be announced when re- ceived. COUNCIL TAKES ACTION . T0 SAVE THE BEAUTIFUL RUGGLES TRACT ON LAKE Will Ask Park Commission and Bemidji As'n to Aid & the Project “WILSON’S NOTE IMPROVES MORALE OF ADRIATICS Senate Bill Forbids Selling of ex-German Ships Until Congress Decides (By United Press.) 2 e Washington, Feb. 17.—“The Unit-| A movement has been started on #d Brites wf'"m?'fim:sfissgpg: the part of the city council to save }!m rigl OF. L tfi White House the Ruggles timber on the east side «dispute over Fiume, e of Lake Bemidji, and immediate ac- anfl%\lll?:ed todfly-ent will not with :ionb isdtot bet tatge: to uecuref this overnm - | £ ra i isavy from fl:le Ag?;tic-qgggroverf%; S reatest attractions for the cfiun’,"tfi it was stated. e withdrawal o ho come to Bemidji in th . ::he American naval forces from the 3 fi cE?leMcDO:s:]dJ}:al;l al;as;;ml::; fifl?ttl‘xc s{l}o‘!{d dmstt:: ml:v'ill‘lt:o?einx\n an an}ent ad;'(ocate of seeu‘xi'inhg this e Unite Les not in-|¢ract for park purposes and he ac- terest itself further in the situation|cepted an invitation of the council BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1920 BELTRAMI C0. | REPUBLICANS | ARECALLEDTO MEETMARCH T Primaries Held on March -5 to ¢ Elect Delegates to tlle: : State Convention 2 SIXTH DISTRICT WILL ] MEET, ST. CLOUD, MAR. 19{ . At This Convention Two Dele-| .: gates Will Be Elected to At- tend .Chicago Convention The following official call, by C. Lindquist, chairman of the state cen- tral republican committee, acting as} chairman of the Sixth congressional district, has been issued for the hold- ing of the convention at St. Cloud on Friday, March 19, at 12:30 o’clock noon, for the purpose of electing two delegates and two alternates to the republican national convention to be held in Chicago on June 8. In rela- tion to county conventions the call says: ifcan presidency fa the Arbru theater, B e e S ALDERMAN JONES KS CONSTITUENTS ‘Weather forecast, 24 hrs., Markham: ; increasing winds, warmer GONZALES ACCEPTING NOMINATION Unsettled there. JUGO-SLAVS FAVOR WILSON. By Henry Wood. (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, Feb. 17.—Jugo-Slav repre- :sentatives here today declared that the Belgrade government will stand firm in its position of refusing any settlement of the Adriatic dispute ex- «cept that advocated by President Wilson. The president’s Adriatic note has noticeably improved the Jugo- .Slav morale. et BILL FORBIDS SHIP SALE. (By United Press.) to speak on the proposition under contemplation. The council went on record as favoring the plan, to in- clude sections 2 and 11, township 146 north, range 33 west, fifth merid- ian, on motion of Alderman Bagley, after Mayor Johnson, who is a state forest surveyor, had explained that he had surveyed that land and knew the exact details. 5 - It is the intention of the council to take up the question with the park commission and the Bemidji Civic ‘and Commerce association, and make an effort to save this beautiful tract for the city of Bemidji. Harry Reynolds, chairman of the fire hazard inspection campaign, re- Washington, Feb. 17.—A bill for-| cently held in Bemidji, made a report bidding the shipping board from sell- " ing ex-German passenger and freight congress, was introduced today by Senator Jones in the senate today. The shipping board is directed to! re-condition the ships and prepare them for service without delay. to -the council and showed pictures of what conditions were. A building _ ships until authorized to do so by'ordinance is in the course of prepara- tion and state laws absolutely cover the question of safety for the busi- ness district, and the state fire mar- shal has been asked to appoint Fire It | Chief Dailey as a deputy state fire was referred to the senate commerce | marshal, which will give him power committee. NEW CHAIRMAN NAMED. t‘ (By United Press.) Washington, Feb. 17.—Rear Ad- mirfal Benson, retired, will be the new .chairman of the United States ship- ping board, it was announced today i . at the White House. LIGHT VOTE IS CAST "IN TODAY'S ELECTION Today was municipal election*and « full ticket is being chosen, for the various official positions from the mayor down. The vote appeared to be lmuslmlly| light but will increase in volume after the supper hour tonight. The polls close at 9 o’clock. i | THREE STILLWATER PLAYERS ILL: GAMES CANCELLED On account of the illness of three of the players on the Stillwater bas- ketball team, the series of three Zames which were scheduled to be played with the American Legion | ‘quintette of the Raiph Gracie post has been cancelled. | Manager Fraser announces that as| yet no games have been arranged for this week for the local Legion team. to enforce the state laws. The session was mnot long, and adjourned until next Monday night to canvass the ballots of the municipal ! election. SCHOOL TEACHERS TO DINE NEXT THURSDAY There will be a dinner for the pub- lic school teachers and about forty or fifty others, who make reservations early enough to secure tickets, on Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association. Tickets may be secured from H. M. Stanton, secre- tary of the Bemidji association, at 50 cents each. A program, including several toasts, has been arranged for the occasion and it is expected that all who attend will have an exception- ally fine time. * After 8 o’clock those who were un- able to attend the dinner are urged to be present and have a general good time with the gathering. There will be a musical program and several short talks. A large attendance is urged for this get-acquainted session which will follow the dinner. DEMOCRATIC FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSESSED “FLU” VACATION ENDS. (By Unijted Press) . Grand Forks, Feb. 17.—Classes were resumed today at the University where the students have been obliged 10 take a “flu”’ vacation of two weeks. DEWEY ARRESTED ON ARSON CHARGE TODAY Frank St. Paul, Feb. 17.—Reaction oppos- ing assessments againts salaries of Federal officeholders for expenses of- the Minnesota Democratic association had much to do with the overthrow of the Fred Lynch forces in that asso- ciation, it was disclosed here. Charges that members of the asso- ciation, in Federal jobs, have been charged 3 per cent of their salaries flew thick and fast in Democratic circles yesterday. They were heard Dewey, owner of the Great|at the recent session of Minnesota Northern hotel building, was arrested postmasters at The Saint Paul. shortly before noon today on the charge of arson connected with the fire of suspicious origin at that hotel a few days ago. Following a thorough investiga- tion by two representatives of the state fire marshal’s office, a warrant was sworn out for the arrest of Dewey today and Deputy Sheriff George Shea made the arrest just ‘before noon. Dewey will be arraigned tonight at 8 o'clock before Judge Gibbons. Whatever the outcome of the ar- raignment, the case will not be, tried until the next term of district court, since the grand jury has already com- pleted its work for this session. These charges are denied by offi- cers of the association. Levy of assessments for political purposes against any civil service em- ploye is in violation of the Federal law, as is soliciting of any such sub- scription. A. P. Ritchie, postmaster at Be- midji, is said to have told friends in St. Paul that he paid $87.50 to the association, having been told this was in lieu of all other contributions. Then he was asked later what he would give to the Democratic na- tional committee. Other Democratic officeholders are alleged to have made similar state- ments. v — County Meets March 17. County conventions shall be held in each county of this district on Wednesday, the 17th day of March, 1920, at an hour on, said day and at] a place to be designated and fixed by the chairman of the republican county committee in each of said counties. All primaries for the elec- tion of delegates to said county con- ventions shall be held sn Monday, the 16th day of March, 1920, be- tween the hours of 7:30 o’clock p. m. and 8:30 o’clock p. m., or as the chairman of the cointy committee may designate, between the hours of 7 o’clock and 9 o’clock p. m., in the various election districts or precincts of said counties and at the regular polling places in said election dis- tricts or precincts. The representation to said district convention and to said county con- ventions shall be based upon the vote for the republican candidate for gov- ernor at the general election in the year 1918. Each county shall be en- titled to elect to said district conven- tion five delegates at large and one delegate for each two hundred fifty voters or major fraction thereof so cast for said republican candidate for governor. o The republican state central com- mittee has recommended that each election district or precinct have one delegate for every twenty votes so cast for republican candidate for governor or major fraction thereof in said county conventions; provided, however, that every election district or precinct shall have at least one delegate to such county convention. State Furnishes Ballots. Said state central committee will furnish presidential preferential bal- lots for use in the several election districts or precincts with the names of the avowed republican candidates for presidential .nominations printed thereon, and blank spaces for mark- ing and writing so arranged that ence for the presidential nomination. And the clerk of each election dis- trict or precinct is directed by said republican state central committee, in making his report upon the creden- each voter may express his prefer- tials of delegates, to include therein a statement of the presidential pref- erence in his election district or pre- cinet, if any such preference shall have been expressed by the electors thereof, and the secretary of each county convention shall report with the credentials of the delegates elected to the district convention a statement of the presidential prefer- ence expressed by the electors of his county. These reports shall accom- pany the credentials of delegates to the county and district conventions and shall be instructions to said dele- gates to support candidates for dele- gates to the national convention fav- orable to the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the pre- cinct and in the county. In accordance with the above men- tioned apportionment, the several counties of this district shall be en- titled to the following number of delegates to said district convention: ARIGN -0l maninn is 1D Beltrami 11 Benton . 9 Cass .. 10 Crow Wing 11 Hubbard ... 8 Morrison ... 11 Sherburne . 9 Stearns 16 Todd ... 12 Wadena 8 Women Can Act. All duly -qualified electors, male and female, who are members of the republican party, ot who believe in TO VOTE FOR PAVING Benefitted by Such An Improvement Alderman Jones of the Fifth ward Gen. Pablo Gonzales nccepting the Democratic. nomination for the Mex- Mexico City. A A A A A e MINNESOTA TO HOLD STATE LAND SALE IN BELTRAMI THIS YEAR Says That Nymore Would Be| About 100,000 Acres to Be Offered in Nine Counties - During 1920 St. Paul, Feb. 17.—One hundred is a boester for the paving proposi- |thousand. acres of state land in Nor- tion and he wants every voter in the Fifth $sigast a ballpt in favor of the paving,’ giving as his reason: To the Voters of Fifth Ward: trunk lines of the State” Highway association. For the past few years Nymore has been attempting to get some pavement and one of the routes will run through Nymore from Cass Lake, connecting with the paving be- tween Bemidji and Nymore, which would give to this ward what has always been desired and badly need- ed. I hope this improvement for our community will be carried. H. R. JONES, Alderman Fifth Ward. The foregoing is an honest opinion from Mr. Jones and he asked The Pioneer to give it space, which is gladly granted. MEMBERS URGED TO ATTEND LUNCHEON With a number of matters of excep- tional importance to be brought up for discussion, the business meeting which is to follow the noon-day lun- cheon of the Bemidji Association to- mogrow promises to be of much in- terBst. A proposition of vital importance to every resident of Bemidji is to be considered and officers of the Asso- ciation are anxious that there be a full attendance at the meeting that satisfactory action may be taken. A splendid menu has been arranged for the luncheon and as many mem- bers as possible are urged to be in attendance. A A A A A A A A A A AN, its principles and desire to affiliate with said party by supporting its can- didates in the coming election, are invited to participate in the primaries anfl conventions provided for in this call. We declare it to be a fair test of an elector’s right to participate in|to 1 am asking my friends. of the|Koochiching, Lake, Ros d St. Fifth ward to vote for the paving to| Louis lcco:m%ies, e T be laid in Nymore to conmect the: thern Minnesota will be appraised during 1920 and offered for sale. The state still owns approximately 1,900,000 acres of land, largely in Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Cook, Itasca, Section 5204, General Statutes 1913, provides that a maximum of 100,000 acres can be sold during any one year. Because of the statutory limitation on the wages of cruisers, a very small acreage of state lands was ap- praised during 1919. At the special session oi the legislature, last fall, this wage restriction of the law was removed and during this year State Auditor J. A. O. Preus ms to ap- praise the maximum of 100,000 acres. The appraising in each county will be based upon the proportion which the state lands in that county bear to the total acreage of state owned lands in the state. Each year here are numerous re- quests for the appraisal of certain designated lands in certain counties. It has been the policy of the state auditor’s office to comply with these requests so far as possible and the applications of actual settlers who desire to purchase state lands lying adjacent to their farms can and will be given the most careful attention. The lands to be appraised will also be chosen within those areas which Largest ci Central Mi are contiguous to railroads and most easily put under cultivation by pros- pective settlers. Sold at Public Auction . The lands will be sold at public auction at the county court house as provided by law. The minimum price will be $5 per acre and will increase in accordance with the estimates of the state appraisers. Two appraisers are selected, one by the state auditor and one by the governor. Under the terms of sale, 15 per cent is paid down at the time of the auction and the balance any time within forty years, interest running at 4 per cent. The original report of the apprais- er showing the c¢haracter ot the land offered is filed at the state auditor’s office in St. Paul and is always open inspection of those interested. such primaries and conventions to|Copies of these reports will be placed compel such elector, if his right to|on file with the county auditors of vote is questioned, to declare upon|the counties in which the land is oath his claims to republicanism, to|located and will also beggpen for pub- compel him publicly to pledge himself | lic inspection. i to support the principles.of the repub- The tracts to be appraised during lican party and its candidates at said | the coming season and which will go coming election. By legislative to make up the great area of new enactment of the|land that will be offered”to the public 1919 legislature, women are given|in 1920 will be on sale beginning the full right to participaté in the primaries and conventions'. herein mentioned. The republican party re- joices in this new privilege extended to women. We, therefore, urge ac- tive participation by all qualified women voters. All the provisions of Sections 362 i to 370 inclusive, G. S. 1913, and all other provisions of the statate so far as pertinent are hereby made applic- able to the holding and conducting of said primaries and conventions. Said convention will be called to with the fall sale In October. Any suggestions, requests for ap- praisals or sale of state lands in this locality, or ideas relative to the se- lection and sale of tracts in this vicinity will be gladly received by Mr. Preus at his-office in the capitol n St. Paul. NORTH DAKOTA G. 0. P. IS NAMING DELEGATES (By United Press) Bismarck, Feb. 17.—Republicans orded by Hon. Frank M. Eddy of|of North Dakota are holding their Sauk Center, Stearns county, Min-|state convention today to make re- nesota. commendations for state delegates to By order of the republican state|the national convention and presiden- central committee of the state of|tial electors to be chosen in the March Minnesota. 17 primaries. 45¢ PER MONTH SHOULD OFFER COMPROMISEIN - PEACETREATY Lodge Asked Privately to Con; sider Change in Article 10 of Treaty SO DEMOCRATS WILL DEEM IT ACCEPTABLE Democratic Leader Anxious te Bring Treaty Situation to Early Climax — Ll By George Martin (United Press Correspondent) Washington, Feb. 17. — Senator Hitchcock, democratic leader, has notified Senator Lodge that he con- siders the present effort to ratify the peace treaty hopeless, unless the re- publicans will accept one of the democratic proposals for a compro- mise on Article X, or will offer some compromise of their own, which the democratic senators can accept, it was learned today. Hitchcock took this means of bringing the treaty situation to an early climax, as forecast yesterday by the United Press. He went to Lodge privately, in- stead of making a statement in open senate, as he had planned. Lodge replied that for the present he would not intertere to stop debate. RAIL DIRECTOR RESIGNS. Washington, Feb. 17.—Hale Hol- den, railroad director of the Central Western states, has resigned, Direc- tor General Hines announced today. R. H. Aishton, regional director of the northwest, will assume Holden’s authority until March 1, when the roads return to their owners. Hines telegraphed all regional di- rectors today, thanking them for their cooperation. GRAYSON ANSWERS CALL. Washington, Feb. 17.--Dr. Cary Grayson, the president’s private phy- in, arrived at the White Iouse about 11 o’clock last night in one of the White House automobiles and spent the remainder of the night there, it was learned this morning. This gave rise to reports that Wil- son's conditlon was worse. Shortly before 10 o'clock this morning, however, the White House stated there was no truth in the re- ports of the president being worse, that he was up, shaving and talking to Dr. Grayson. IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED ON ARMORY City Attorney Hallan Huffman re- turned this morning from St. Paul where he interviewed Adjutant Gen- earl Rhinow, who is a member of the State Armory Board. He stated that the board was to meet sometime this week to take action on the Armory gituation throughout the state. Long Prairic has filed its application for the appropriation and is standing by, also, to go ahead with the project. Moorhead has filed its application by the time the board meets and has a deposit to the state treasurer of $10,000 cash. Bemidji must get busy at once on this proposition not to be snowed under by either Moorhead or Long Prairie. Bemidji’s application for the National Guard appropriation has been file¢ with the required cash deposit in evidence of good faith but, unless further action is taken at once to straighten out the tangle which the proposition seems to be in, a de- lay cannot be avoided. CRIMINAL COURT CALENDAR TAKEN UP P PR Court was adjourned on Monday afternoon since no more civil cases were in readiness for hearing. The criminal calendar was begun this morning, the first case being that of Arthur O. Rinehardt, charged with assault upon Sam Lee of Blackduck. At noon today the required num. ber of jurors had not been selected and it was expected that the case would take practically the entire day and possibly longer. The Sherman case on bank robbery will follow the Rinehartd case. MOOSE WILL MEET TONIGHT. The lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose, Bemidji lodge, will meet to- night in regular session, instead of Wednesday night, as the every two- weeks Wednesday night sessions have been changed to the two weeks Tues- day nights. There will be initiation ceremonies tonight. REPUBLICANS .