Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 23, 1920, Page 1

. MEMBER UNITED PRESS The Pioneer is a member of the Press. Tuday’s world’s news today. United % £ % VOLUME XVIIl. NO. 48 STATE HEALTH |PRE>.. 'BOARD SENDS " UNDERTAKERS INSTRUCTIONS| CALL Orders Are Stringent and Local Health Officers Should Post Quarantines PRECAUTIONS BEING TAKEN IN EPIDEMIC Funerals Must Be Private and None Allowed in Churches; Details of Order ’ ’ i ived Local undertakers have receive inst:uctions from the state board of health, for conducting funprals of those who have died from influenza neumonia. : orx\}’ot only are the -orders stringent ‘but the local health officers are re- quired to post consp\cuqusly upon the entrance to the premises, where influenza or pneumonia are iour_:d_ to exist, warning notices quarantining ‘the premises. 3 2 Fgllowin'g are the regulations is- sued by the state board regm:dmg the disposal of the dead and private funerals: Only licensed embalmers shall be permitted to take charge of the re- mains of those who died of any com- municable disease. Such remains shall be properly disintected_and en- closed in a tightly sealed coffin which shall not thereafter be opened. Funerals Private. The funeral shall be strictly private _when the dead has been due to small- pox, scarlet fever, dipht'hgng, epi- demic gerebro-spinal meningitis, epi- demic anterior poliomyeélitisyepidemic influenza, or other dangerous com- municable diseases. ' A private funeral allows the pres- .ence of the immediate family and -requires the exclusion from the house or premises where such death occured of all persons not resident in the -tenement with the deceased, and al- ready exposed to the disease, except the embalmer and his necessary as- .sistants and a minister of religion who-shall be present only when the .embalmer in charge of the case is also present, and who shall be directed by ‘said embalmer as to: the precautions to be taken. Provided, that the total -number of persons. present at any :such funeral shall not exceed fifteen, exclusive of the minister, the em- “balmer and the embalmer’s necessary -assistants. ’ No Church Services. Private funerals cannot be held from churches. Neither the funeral party nor the body may be taken to the church. Attendance at the inter- ment is limited to those enumerated above. The dead body of any human being must not remain unburied for a longer period than four days with- out permission from the local health officer, unless it is to be shipped, in which event shipment muyst begin within this time. When death is due to any comrunicable disease the body must not remain unburied more than 24 hours unless prepared for ship- ment, as provided for under the regu- lations governing the transportation of the dead. XENFIELD MOTOR AGENCY £ RECETVES CARLOAD A carload of Oldsmobiles arrived in the city last week for the Kenne.u Kenfleld agency, which will be dis- tributed to purchasers in tanis local- jty. The shipment includes a pace maker, touring car and truck. WILSON MAY CABLE ADRIATIC NOTE TONIGHT (By United Press) ‘Washington, Feb. 23.—The Pres- Sdent’s latest reply to the allied note on the Adriatic settlement may be ready for transmission to Europe by cable tonight, White House officials said today. . BIKE RACE TO THRILL CHICAGO. Chicago. Feb. 23.—A stranger ar- rived -in Chicago today. A six-day bike race, new-’to Chicago, opened here with many of the New York entries at the starting line. Phil Elwell, manager of the race, said sixteen teams were ready to start. Among the well known speedsters +waiting the gun were: Eddie Madden and Alf Goulet, winning team of the New York race, John J. Staehle, Peter Droback, Joe Congrove, Wil- liam Keller, Tom Grinn, William Eager, Gus Lang, George Chapman, James Cobert, William Weimar and Charles Piercey. gy === AT OF RIVER SCENIC HIGHWAY ASSN. Seeking to Interest Bemidji in Becoming North Terminal of New Orleans Route ENTHUSIASTIC OVER THIS PART OF STATE Other - Live Minnesota Cities Are Lending Co-operation in Project Along Mississippi . Truman Pierson, president of the Mississippi River Scenic Highway As- sociation, spent Sunday in Bemidji in an effort to interest the Bemidji Civ- il and Commerce association and citi- zens in making Bemidji the terminal of the highway which begins at New Orleans and extends north intoeMin- nesota. Mr. Pierson is much enthused over extending the north terminal to this city and is anxious that Bemidji or- ganize an association to help bring this about. Cass Lake, Walker, Lit- tle Falls and Brainerd have already taken steps to co-operate and the matter will be taken up at the As- sociation luncheon Wednesday noon. Leaders of Promotion Hand in hand with the develop- ment of the Mississippi Valley Asso- ciation Waterways Association, is praogeeding the valley highway devel- opment, under the direction of the Mississippi River Scenic Highway As- sociation, an organization visioned by the late W. F. Coan of Clinton, 'lowa, and more recently nrought to life by such men as W. H. Harley, secretary 6f -the- Memphis~ Chamber of Commerce; W. H. Holsteen of Bur- lington, Iowa; Thomas A. Scherer of Quincy, Illinois; A. E. Nissen of Iowa City; Captain H. B. Watkin, of Wi- {nona, Minnesota; George H. Mc- Adams of Quincy, Illinois, and E. G. Fairfield, Muscatine, Iowa. These men and more like them gave new life and pep to this great highway that wul extend from Lake Itasca, above St. Paul, to New Or- leans, closely following all way the banks of the great Father of ‘Waters, traversing the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa,, Illinois, Missouri ! Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. Bemidii to New Orleans . If the association of Bemidji will organize a Scenic committee and se- cure from 100 to 125 members, indi- cations are that the north terminal will doubtless be the headquarters for the northern division, which ex- tends north from Dubuque, lowa. It will mean another big highway tap- ping this north country and every sign post erected from Bemidji to New Orleans will designate the num- ber of miles to both Bemidj and New Orleans. UNMARRIED BOWLERS " DEFEAT OPPONENTS Responding to a challenge issued by thé unmarried bowling team last week, five veteran bowlers gathered }at the Crawford alleys Sunday after- noon and met defeat in a three game contest by a total of 253 points. The unmarried men have been bowling stronger every week and proved too much for the picked team which ac- cepted the challenge. “The challenging outfit broke the 200 mark four times while the op- ponents scored 196 as the highest. Barney Ropp rolled up a score of 204 in the second game, while “Bill” Berrigan walked away with the high count in every gane with an average of 216 pins, his highest score b;ing 2217. Married Men .. 1st 2nd 3rd Archie Naugle ....... 160 127 153 Bert Barker ... ."144 176 189 Barney Erickson . 176 188 169 Ralph Grover 152 196 E. N. Ebert .. 121 180 Total Grand total . Unmarried Men 1st * 2nd 3rd Barney Popp ... 178 204 164 Frank Hubert . . 165 165 478 Andy Lee . Wm. Lappen Wm. Berrigan . Total .. Grand total TO ASSUME JOB TOD2Y AS KOOCHICHING SHERIFF Minneapolis, Feb. 23.—John P. Wall of Minneapolis left for Interna- tional Falls Sunday night an dassum- ed his new duties as tempora ysher- iff of Koochiching county. S SUNDAY | erflmna\ | i BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1920 Weather forecast 24 hrs., Markham: Storm brewing in direction of wind. GOBS IN ITALY SIGHTSEEING IN VENETIAN TAXI Sallors frum\the U. S. S. Pittsburgh seeing the sights of Venice frow a gondola. TICKETS ARE-SELLING RAPIDLY FOR ANNUAL BEMIDJI ASSN. BANOUET Members Should Secure Theirs Immediately to Insure Their Seats H. M. Stanton, secretary of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce asso- ciation, reports that the sale of the tickets for the annual banquet of the organization has been very rapid, and that anyone desiring to secure a ticket should do so at once before they are sold out. Covers will be laid for about 150 or 175 members of the association, since no more than that number can be accommodated at the Markham. Tickets may be se*] cured from Mr. Stanton at $1.50 each. The feature of the banquet will be the address by Curtis ~Johnson of Rush City, who is known throughout the northwest as one of the most prominent after-dinner speakers in the state. He has spoken before many meetings of merchants and business men and everyone who has heard him talk says that he is a “wizard of words.” He addressed the meeting of the Minnesota Retail Hardware association at St. Paul last week. Several local business men have heard him - speak at business meetings and are pleased that he has been secured for the annual banquet. ELEVEN RECRUITS IS LAST WEEKS RECORD The recruiting station at Bemidji acrepted eleven men last week for the United Staies army. Their names and where from were as follows: Harvey Beauregard and Walter Beauregard of East Grapd Forks, also William T. Kyjuk, Devils Lake, N. D, for three years in the tank corps. William Shakopee, Onnime, Minn., Fred Clark, Naytahwaush, Minn., Pe- tar Isacson, Bemidji, and Pat Kor- rell, Bemidji, for three years in the infantry at Camp Grant, I1l. Joseph Cobenaus and Paul Beaulieau, Red Lake, Minn.,, for three years, also Richard Eichstadt, Bemidji, for one year, field artillery, Camp Grant, Il Marion Schief, Sterns county, went for three years in the coast artillery, Hawaiian Islands. BOSTON DOCTORS INDORSE UNIVERSAL TRAINING (International News Service) Boston, Feb. 23.—The Universal Military Training bill now before Congress was formally indorsed by over 4,000 doctors, all members of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Massachusetts Homoepathic So- ciety, when the societies’ joint com- mittee on State and national legisla- tion sent to the Massachusetts Repre- sentatives in Washington telegrams announcing their action. INCOME TAX OFFICER ARRIVES IN BEMIDII ‘“Pay your income tax,’” says I. A. Johnson, of Minneapolis, federal in- ternal revenue collector, who arrived in Bemidji today to spend a week, and will have office headquarters in the federal building (postoffice), during the week days, between the hours -of Y o’clock in the forenoon and 5 in the afternoon, and if any income tax payer is uncertain as to what is expected from him they should consult Mr. Johnson. An unmarried man with an in- come of at least $1,000 per year, and a married man with an income of at least $2,000 per year, are included in’ the income tax list, and all income over these sums are also assessed. POl s Son e, PP S Sl B Sl ol SO e SOOI . . .| LR e RO S SO FIFTH REGT. GUARD FEDERAL AGENTS GOING COMPANY DISBANDS| TO IRON RIVER, MICH. St. Paul, Feb. 23.—Major Harry L. Brady, United States, property and disbursilig officer for Minnesota, has gone to. Virginia to muster out K company, Fifth infantry, Minnesota National Guard. The company prop- erty will be transferred to a newly organized company at Bemidji, which will succeed to the designation. Lack of armory facilities at Virginia and lack of attendance by members re- sulted in the end of the company there. . Beniidji's company is designated K, but it isn’t a member of the Kifth regiment, but the Sixth regiment, and doesn’t succeed the Virginia company. ¢ i LEGION POST WILL STAGE ELSIE JANIS . AT-GRAND NEXT WEEK Was Heroine of Battle Fields in France; Brought’,ll\oy to Americans Elsie Janis will be filmed in “A Regular Girl” at the Grand theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, March 3 and 4, under the auspices of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion. Miss Janis is known to every one, who was in uniform or out, for her work in cheering the boys while ovey- seas. The story picturizes a “regular’ girl who after returning from duty overseas is not content to live the idle life as a society butterfly, con- sequently disguises herselt and gets back among the boys to assist them in finding much-needed jobs. Al- though she was handicapped by lack of funds, she organizes and puts over a circus which proves to be a world- beater and likewise a money maker. During these circus scenes, Elsie, famous on two continents as a com- medienne, a mimic and a fun-maker, displays her remarkable talent as an entertainer as well as an all-round regular girl. Each member of the local Legion post has been sent a number of tick- ets to sell for this attraction and ev- ery one, who is accosted by one of the members and asked to purchase tic- kets, is urged to see that the whole family has an opportunity to attend the production. SAFETY FIRST FILM SHOWN THIS EVENING It would be of interest and also much value to employees of manu- facturing industries and other lines of work, where accidents might pos- sibly be met, to attend the Rex the- atre tonight and hear representatives of the safety engineering department of the Employers Liability Insurance company, with a state branch in Min- nesota. E The program will be featured by a motion picture story, captioned “The Awakening.” It is a love story and given to illustrate the point at issue, and there will also be seen thrilling stories of factory life, presented by screen flashes of the new kind. Free tickets have been distributed in all shops. Every shopman is en- titled to one. BRITISH LEAGUE BOOSTERS " WANT TO ADMIT U. §. (By_ United Press) London, Feb. 23.—British league of nations enthusiasts have reached the point where they want to admit the United States to the league-of nations on the principal of “all bene- fits and no risks,” the Morning oPst said today. ON WILD GOOSE CHASE “Prohi” Officer Tries to Arrest Three Brothers for Making Home Grape Wine (By United Press) Iron River, Mich., Feb, 28.—.u. S. McDonough, county attorney, today wired Attorney General Palmer de- manding a full and complete investi- gation of what he termed “fake stor- ies regarding the prohibition revolt in Iroun County.” He offered aid to authorized gov- ernment agents and declared that Grove had no credentials. (By United Press.) Iron River, Mich., Feb. 23.—Iron River was sitting, figuratively, today on the brink of a prospective. pro- hibition war, but was mighty peace- ful. Prohibition agents from Chi- cago will leave there tonight for Iron River with orders to “clean up” Iron county, it was stated today. Jesse Allen, deputy sheriff of Iron River, said today there had been no violation of the Volstad law in Iron county. His statement was reiterated,) by Sheriff Albert Wilson at Crystal Falls. Both said they prevented Leo J. Groves, prohibition agent, ar- resting three brothers of the Scalucci family, because Grove had a warrant. The brothers have eleven kegs ol grape wine stored for their own use, they claim and were not violating law. Allen said Grove was trying to put something over, he being informed that federal agents were attempting to secure warrants for the arrest of county officials who interfered with Groves’ attempt to arrest the Scalucci brothers. Allen said he understood they would be unable to get warrants. Sheriff Wilson said there would be no trouble at Iron River and that there would be no gun-play. COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT TO CANVASS BALLOTS The city council meets in special session this evening to canvass the votes at the municipal election on February 17. This will be the last meeting of the present aldermanic body. The newly elected aldermen will take their seats next regular ses- sion. Several other matters are ex- pected to be taken up but the bulk of the worw will be taken care of at the next regular meeting next Monyy night. VIRGINIA WILL HOLD VOTE ON SUFFRAGE Richmond, Va., Feb. 22.—The Vir- ginia state senate voted, 28 to 11, to refer the question of ratification of the federal woman suffrage amend- ment to the voters at a general refer- endum. COMPROMISE RAIL BILL PASSES HOUSE Washington, Feb. 23.—The com- promise Esch-Cummins railroad bill was dpproved late Saturday by the House, which adopted the confer- ence report after four hours of de- bate. The House adopted the conference report by a vote of 249 to 150. Adoption of the conference report came after the House had defeated, 228 to 171, a motion to recommit. Chairman Esch of the interstate com- merce committee, in favor of the fight on the floor, then called for the pre- vious question and there was a buzz in the chamber as the voting began. EER’S” CIRCULATION circulation of any paper in North innesota. Advertising accepted guarantee. : 45c PER MONTH = FARM BUREAU INHUBBARD 0. STARTS UPON 10 PROGRAM Holds Annual Farm Bureau Meeting Elects Officers and Unit Directors ENGAGE NEW COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT | This Live Wire Bureau Has Paid Membership of 316 and More Coming The annual meeting of the Hub- bard county farm bureau was held at Park Rapids Friday, February 20th, with seventy-five members present, and the meeting was marked with enthusiasm, for it was a celebration of the resumption of active wWork again, after a lapse of four and one- half months, following the resigna- tion of County Agent C. B. Campbell, last October. The new county agent, A. C. O’Banion, was present and discussed the work to be carried on during the coming season. - Cleland was Speaker. “Farm Bureau Work in Northern Minnesota” was discussed by S. B. Cleland of the State University Farm, St. Paul, during which he described specially the plan of opeartion of the new Minnesota Potato Exchange. In compliance with the require- ment of the board of county commis- sioners, that 300 members be secured for the coming year to secure the necessary county appropriation, Sec- retary . . Bonham reported a tatal paid up membership of 316 members, and that a number more were to come in, 5 ks i 1920 Officers Elected. The officers of the Farm Bureau, elected for the coming year are as follows: ) President—Charles Andress, Ake- ey. First Vice President—{(George Pet- rie, Park Rapids. Second Vice President—Ed. Hines, Park Rapids. Thira Vice President—Louis Han- son, Becidia. Secretary-Treasurer—F. F., Bon- ham, Park Rapids. . Unit Representatives. Those representing the various units of the farm bureaus are: County commissioners—J. w. Jackson, Park Rapids. Farmers’ Clubs-—Joseph Nixon, Nevis. Schools—J. B. Cotant, La Porte. Hubbard County Fair Assn.—Olf- ver Halverson, Nevis. Shell Prairie Agricultural Assn.— Michael Nygaard, Park dapids. Crop Improvement—Howard Ben- ham, Hubbard. Livestock Breeders and Shipping Assn.—Edward Bell, Akeley. Creameries—Henry LeBonte, Hub- bard. Commercial Park Rapdis. Becker County McGrain, Ponsford. Four townships of Becker county belong to the Hubbard County Farm Bureau, on account of not being able to reach their own farm bureau of- fice in Detroit, Minn. New Agent Experienced. The new county agent, Mr. O'Ban- ion, comes to his new position from Clay county, Minnesota, where he has been county agent for the past three years, and is recognized among other county agents of the state as an authority on potato growing, through his work in Clay county. He has been successful in his promotion of dairy interests and organization along that line, and has also taken on interest in the general welfare of the farmers of that county. TWO PREMIERS AGREE ON TRADE WITH SOVIET clubs—FKred Long, District—William By Ed. L. Keen (United Press Correspondent) London, Feb. 23.—Premiers —ioyd George of England and Nitti of Italy have agreed to complete resumption of commercial relations with Russia, but will have no diplomatic dealings with the soviet guvernment, it was reported today, just before resump- tion of the conference council of pre- miers. These two premiers feel that com- mercial relations should be resumed at once, because of the European economic situation, it is reported. If the soviet government demonstrates its ability to survive, diplomatic rela- tions-must inevitably follow resump- tion of commerce. It is believea that Premier Millerand, representing France, will accept the proposition, it is understood. al e