Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 27, 1920, Page 1

v Today’s world’s I?'!;-Ml’. Weather forecast, 24 hrs., Markham: Cloudy, warmer, unsettled. PALMER TODAY RAILROADBILL 10 PRESIDENT Makes Statement Which Ac- companied the Document That Passed i HIGHEXCHANGE | SENT ABROAD| U. S. Government Makes $1.57| 'On Each Pound Sterling Sent to England 45c PER MONTH = MOVE THEROC o Be Intaresting § Eia “E “E ARERS Bemidji_ Legion basketeers travel a ek i '8 W to Little Falls tomorrow and ‘take on’” the Little Falls.American Legion outfit tomorrow night at the high school dzymnnium and a fast game is assured. - oSN . " The local * team won two games from. the Morrison county bunch three weeks ago on the home- floor and it intends to “cop the bacon” again tomdrrow night. ~ Playing on the home floor, the Little Falls-bunch should. ‘make a better showing than at Bemidji. _The regular lineup for [ Little Falls will be in the game, with Tourtillot and~ Meyers playing for- wards, Grimes center, and Graham and Sims, ds. —~ 4 . Sauk Centre defeated the Little Falls Legion aggregation at Sauk Centre this week by a score of 26 to 14 after ome of Little Falls’ best _ | players was injured so bad he could not finish the game. s The local outfit has been prnci;mmfi regularly every night and althoug] .|no games have been ‘played for the past. two weeks, the boys are in top notch form and when they meet Little Falls they are confident that they are oing to win. i - & Tlfa Forestry. State Normal school of Bottineau, N. D., has A made ar- rangements to come, here to play on March 9, This team is making a trip to play Crookston, Thief. River Falls, Cass Lake and the local -team. It has not been beaten Curtis M. Johnson of Rush City : Maps Out “The’ -Road to - Happiness” in Bemidji MAKES SUGGESTIONS 2. FOR COMING YEARS BASIS OF THE CHARGE WAS FIXED IN 1900 [ REPLY ON ADmTlC NOTE IS RECEIVED Italian Papér Says Adriatic Dispute Will Finally Adjust Itself Million Persons . Sent Postal Orders Last Year to Allied Nations Feature - Number _of Progfqyn Given at Annual Banquet of Bemidji_Aufl. By Ralph F. Couch ~ = (United Press Correspondent) Washington, Feb. 27.—~An. over- charge of approximately 30 per cent now is being levied against persons | who buy U. S. Postal money orders to send money to England, France and Italy. 5 ‘The overcharge will amount to ap- proximately $5,000,000 for the pres- ent fiscal year, it was indicated today by post-office department records. This 18 borng-directly by persons who use the ‘post-office department to transmit cash abroad. By Ralph Couch (United Press Correspondent) -Washington, Feb. 27.—Attorney General Palmer today returned the Esch-Cummins railroad bill to the ‘White House with the statement that he needs no constitutional objection to its approval by the president. The president was expected to act PECTS COMPANY K | WILL BE PRESENTED " OF SIXTH INFANTRY| * TONIGHT AT GRAND Short INotice Given, to Men|Bemidji to See School Pupils : ; and Mahy Were Unable in Extravaganza; Direct- REPLY ARRIVES. ¢ axi * (By United Press) . to Answer ' ed by Miss Fibigar Washington, Feb. 27.—The.reply Recent dispatches sald it, was again in eruption. N |'HIAWATHIA'S e st ' COL. SELTON. ?Errznvnscnn‘r BUBBLES i IN JOHNSON’S ADDRESS 1 ~“There are two classes of peo- % {ple in the United States, Heroes {and zeroes.” i ¥ 1" «Bemidji has had a lot.of good | booaters, and. has a lot of good | boosters right now. Many of them | {in-past days gave their ba@t.e&qrts to the advancement-of your city; | caring mot for criticism, and it was .| then they should have had the | floral tributes. where if you | Gutcis’ 9 “You can’t get any- don’t get after it. You can’t get electricity out of a fur hard to get ont*fhe elec “Cofiambus discovered':America in 1492, ‘and. the kaiser discovered ‘| America in 1918. ‘In that year we in Dakota yet, this, season. E. G Brown, manager' of the team, is an Legion X X X prgllsed ‘fi‘ éat delight to bring his teap to play: against an aggregation representingd a’post by that name, Efforts. are being,made_to bring the’ Ascension team of l@mnenpohs Since ‘1912 the post-office depart- ment has averaged a profit of approx- imately $1,000,000 on its foreign pos- means. the pockets of purchasers of money orders, many of them persons of snrall Business men use express} concerns, banks and ‘other private concerns for tranémitting money.- tion“at 7:30 last evening. Called out at a late hour Thui-aday at assembly, at the rooms of the Be- i Civic and Commerce associa- Many of the. members were out of the city and several othérs were unable to A musical extravaganza, “Hiwa- schools and under the direction of Miss Martha Fibigar, instructor of music. The play is made up of three acts and the entire program is featured of the allies to President Wilson’s last note on the Adriatic settlement was warded Tuesday, contained the threat to withdraw the Versailles treaty and league of nations pact from the sen- ate, if the allies persist in carrying out the Adriatic settlemen. plan, ou’ cay ey . 'Ralph Gracie, m | aa’s hide by petting its coat(qold colleie chum of. tal money transaction, reports show, %0 od,” received at the state department sijoothly.” You have to rulyagainst| |after whom tsh";m 1‘"3“ amun all of it having comé directly from|afternoon, t%fly ah"“‘i( Balf” of the tgzl;h%h‘?tdl:ge '(;ravx::]nt::ng»?s\‘::;z’: today. ¥ = - Wa med, ex members of ‘Company K were present "= | ioas ¢ the Bemlidj)i Public Wilson’s last note, which was for- o showed the world that we.were This is & fast P. 0. Swt oY v 8t| . . 0. Swells Profits. attend h, J square.” X 2 ; he| A /N Y with splendid musical numbers. A reached without acquiescence of the “The reason why the Yanks d mapy of 'lsh: mn’i:: i nflfxf; 2 drel:l‘;:m;'ft ;*;":; , The.call to assemble was made| .¢ine0 was presented Thursday att-|United States, However, he left the ! L D approximately $1.67 | after notification had been received|ernoon for the benefit of the children matter open for discussion. ok ao whipped the Huns is because the it -Gerl:nans had: beenstaught to ad- vance two ways, forward and back- on_each persons who sends the equiv- tain,_Moore that Lieut. Col. alent of one Britith pound sterling toyy, -D." on -and: -hi i ieut: 1/ England. "For a-one-pound check the S gt T e only. © There will be only one per- formance today and that will be this ITALIAN PAPER'S OPINION. i e ? eam possible. ward, while the Americans were| |of Victories over teams of mationd ot ciivecs 3487 ‘plub. B William Aurandt of St. Paul, bothf.yening. By Camillo .Clanferra ) trained to advance only onie way— | |repute; g Sonts for.the check. . The pound now of the U. S. army, would be here to| " Tne public will have an opporunity (United Press Correspondent) fi forward.” Ml g ASSES e o orth “only about §8.30 | nSpect the new companys - e|to become acquainted with the Work| Rome, ¥ab. 27.—Time will settl “When you encounter a rock on OMOL;# HOUSE PAMEN'DmT B s mald tn_the 3:80 Qnghgert:;::ge;:r :ff::vemfi::gs ::::el ghiclr‘;j:s .h‘eling dlone byl the p\_l‘pills of [1ho Adriatic dispute sln:e ‘\me:‘i}cn': 0 car or ? ] 'S em +gschools in music and a large ‘g the road, get out of your FFRAGE York financidl markets. the tctual_y count was taken of those Dggsent,|attendance ls urged. 8€|interest in European affairs is de- price in New York varies from day to, ‘day. Recently the pricés have ranged from $3.19, the lowest record in history, to $3.50. . The present rate of $4.87 charged by the post-office dedpartment was fixed in\1880. No change has been made in it since, althoygh the British ‘pound has been worth less than that since soon after August, 1914, when England entered the war. The post-office’ rates. for money orders to France and Italy also are proportionately far above the actual market value of the franc and lira. Burleson Silent. / Postmaster General Burleson has made no attempt to open negotia-] tions to alter the rate on England, on and throw it off toone side. Don’t grow] about bumping into it. { By . getting the rock.out of the road you add to the happiness of others who happen to pass.” You have done the right thing.” 4) that any who desired might be able| The program which will be pre- to attend the banquet. ~After the|sented this evening is as iolows: . company' was. dismissed, the visiting{ Scene 1. (1)—Introduction, Indian officers held a short business session (\War Dance: (2), chorus “By the with the officers of the company an Shores of Gitchie Gumee,” (3) recita- comvleted the inspection trip. tlon by Dora Jordan; (4) solo, “Ewa NORMAL BAsm TEAM }(,g‘;rel\i?t‘:zotli‘ysbly"‘lfilfltv«lall-lgrl?,le;:g‘::}) Wind song and dance of wild spirits; - DEFEATS BEMIDJI _HIGH GIRLS 15 T0 12 (7) chorus “At the door on summer Josephine Parker, F}rmer Star Italia said today. " Oklahoma City, ‘Okla., Feb: 27.— Passage of the resolution ratifying the Federal woman suffrage constitu- tional amendment came in the House of Representatives after mnearly six hours of debate on the question. The resolution was sent to the Sen- ate fmmediately, and was given its flrsgreading before the body recessed'. AMERICAN SPORTS AND GROWS HUSKY NO BAND MEETING. There will be no meeting of the/ Jjuvenile band Saturday on account of Bandmaster Riggs being out of the city. [ Ve i creasing constantly, theé Giornale D’ -vg # At long, prettily decorated banquet ‘tables, in the dining hall of the Mark- ham hotel; Thursday evening, a large number of members and friends of the Bemidjf Civic and Commerce .as- -sociation held its annual banquet, a vegular chicken dinner and all.the trimmniings heing’ served to-the stal- ‘wart aggregation .of Bemidji boosters, the’ comely bevy of young servers at- tending to their guests admirably. 1n close proximity, orchestraljselec. | (s?c‘:':gltl:flon by . Myrtle Elmquist; LABOR LACK Sm. i ie, DEMAND IS GREAT ) (10) solo, “Wah-wah-taysee’’ Hiawa- tha, Leuman Aldrich; (11) chorus, “Saw the Moon”; (12) “Then the Little Hiawatha.” s Scene III. (13) recitation by. Al- fred Morken; (14) solo,5Go My Son” Izagoo, Percy Riggs; (16) chorus Short..e of Help Mly Result ey (8) Ddnce of Fireflies; NoRTmeT FAR \ of High School, Netted Nine Points ¢ boted by Mrs. C. R.| Prowess in Athletics Growing|so far as can be léarned. The rate K . ; Tsl:;:o:v:reo:?t;f B:mldgl’s premier| /i younger Generati is fixed Fy a treaty, called a postal ”:“ dAl‘l’l“‘BV:“s“‘eg H";“th‘:':fl(‘w) in Reduction of Crop . ' rn, "Younger Gen on convention, entered into betweeh the i AN e Birds Hang loun m,” ’ i Girl basketeers of the Bemiddiij i ), ohligato by Joe Forester; (17) Next Season : + yiolinfats; Mrs. G. Oliver Riggs, an ‘accomplished ‘ pianist, dnd her son, | ‘Percy Riggs, a talented'performer on British and United States. postal le- partments. Under U. 8. law, the post- master-general may propose to open High schopl met defeat at the Nor-| o...o.i0n by Clifford Klein; mal. yesterday afternoon, when they (18) of Its Youth finale, (a) “Then Upon One Knee,’™ St. Feb. 27.—Scarcity of a_tenor drum, and they certainly en- —_— played,the first game of the season . 5 Paul } jivened- the-occasion and were warmly (By United Press) , | negotiations to change the rate at| e Normal aggregation. The :":01‘;8, (lll’}. Demltflet Lflhy ;lnel‘e In| o lsbor” In Minnesota and the | : any time on his own responsibility.| ontest was hard fought throughout Hf‘;w::h":.n i (e) “But the Heart of | oy west 18 beginning to cause some L . applauded for their splendid program. Thayer C. Bailey trose and expregsed his . opinion that the assemblage should gite a vote'of thanks to the musical artists-and’in an instant the diners were on their-feet in hearty Tecognition. ¢ : : Barker Heartily Greeted. - ... Before "the “serving commenced, ‘ Barle A. Barker, wended his_careful sy into the banquet setting and was Fi‘aeted with a storm of applause. It awas the first time since his confine- ment that he had participated with is brothers and they sincerely appre- ” (Continued on Page Bight) CURTIS WINS SECOND - MATCH WITH LARKIN ¢ One of the cleanest and most inter-’ - esting wrestling bouts took place at 4the Grand theatre last evening when Dan_ Larkin of St. Paul met L. C. Curtis’ of .Bemidji in .their second match, Curtis getting the two falls, ahd after a grueling contest. The first time these middleweights met ‘was a few weeks ago, when Larkin was handicapped with an in- fected arm, and he gamely tackled his victorious opponent a second time. Fifty minutes elapsed before. Curtis was' able to pin the points that gave him the first fall. It wis a remark- able struggle of activity between the pair and held the audience in close attention. ! . i 'The second bout lasted about nine minutes, when Curtis obtained the second fall, he seeming to be in better trim for the struggle. 'W. G. English referreed the con- d and was: fair in_every ‘detail - both contestants . received ‘equal anproval of - the spectators, Curtis for his victory and Larkin for his gameness and spirit of faitness. New York, Fep. 27.—Baseball, rugby and track field sports have gone into Palestine with the: British army. Tales of the growihg. prowess of the Jews in’athletics and.the exten- _|sion of activities to all branches- of .| sport were brought back here hy Mor: ris Rivlin, who served. in the Pales- tine campaign under General Allenby with Company, D, 39th Battalion, Royal Fusileers of the Jewish Legion.| 4 More .than 10,000 youths, he de- clared Have been enrolled in ‘‘The ‘Maccabeans,” an- athletic' organiza- tion designed, to pattern sports after the American model. A picked rugby team of the organization recently de- feated a team of expert British sol- diers. ] Baseball, introduced by the Ameri- can legionnaires is growing in favor, Rivlin says, and track sports are booming to such an.extent that a miniature olympic is being planned for a flational sports day to be set late in the summer. 3 e To further boost interest, American instructors. with American ideas of athletics are to be sént to\the Hebrew University at Jerusalem whjch s to be opened soon by the Zionist Organi- zation of America: : ODD FELLOWS LODGE 70 INITIATE TONIGHT The regular'weekly meeting; of the Bemidji lodge, I. O. O. F., will be held this evening -when a number of candidates will be ushered into the third. degree of 0dd Fellowship. Edward C. A. Jqhnson, former mayor ‘of Virginia, will be.present, as well as an officer from the Grand Lodge who will have charge of’ the degree work. . A attendance is- urged to make this session a_“regular” . one. There is évery reason why Eng- 1and, France and Italy should wish to alter the rate, officials said here to- day, although it ne doubt would be a blow to British pride to take such (Continued on Page Eight) HENRIONNET FREED FROM STILLWATER Roland Henrionnet has! been re- leased from the state penitentiary at Stillwater, according to reliable in- formation. received today. His release is believed to be on parole. % ' While in the Twin Cities at the Minnesota Hardware Dealers’ associa- tion convention, N. E. Given of this city saw Henrionnet on the street and was talking to him. Word was received here a few days ago that he had been released but no official report of the release has as yet been received by the local authorities. THREE SINN FEINERS KILLED IN ATTACK ' (By United Press.) Dublin, Feb, 27.—Three Sinn Fein- ers were killed and eight wounded in an unsuccessful four-hour attack ‘upon the police barracks at Timo- league, early yesterday. REPORTS OF A GOLD STRIKE | SEND HORDS OF SEEKERS apprehension even though the season is not far progressed. s Unless there is greater response to the demands for help on the farms, there is danger of materially reduced production next season,” with subse- quent increases in the cost of farm products, it 18 asserted. High cost of farm .machinery, equipment and supplies also is a vex- ing problem for the farmer to solve.. The Pederal bureau of crop estimates is alarmed at the gituation in virtual- 1y all sections of the country. For some time the U. S. Employ- ment service in St. Paul has been striving in vain to supply a demand for farm labor in Minesota, Wiscon- sin, Montana and the- Dakotas. Jobs now are waliting for tifty men, according’ to those in charge of the bureau, and the situation is expected’ to become far more acute as the sea- son progresses. Minnesota farmers are offering from $560 to $75 a month for farm laborers, with board. lodging and aundry “thrown in.” They are not - getting the hell A few days ago- farm help could be employed on a. basis of $30 to $40 a month, with board and lodging. The bureau has farm jobs listed that will pay married couples up to $110 a month, with everything furs nished. f ; ¥ Even beginners, inexperienced in o farm work, are in demand. BOLSHEVIK START ANOTHER MASSACRE (By United Press.) i _Christiana, Norway, Feb. 27.— Refugees arriving from the Mar- mansk district ‘ today - claimed that the bolshevik have startéd a massacre of non-bolshevik ‘population near (By United Press.) Bainville, Mont., Feb. 27.—Reports of a gold strike by a homesteader, twelve miles west of Schoby, sent men and boys scurring into the ‘tioothills of . the Wood mountains to- ay. - and - very well played for the first|™ g "o gnhild Moe will be the ac- encounter staged by either of thel. ., nist for the first and second begz:plg]’nt:e;alg::cz? 8::5}':‘;;; accompanist for the third act. team is a veteran at the game, having GU ARD INSPECHON fore entering the State Normal, and 3 e through her ability to cage the ball, Dms Pm'r Mmc she netted 9 points for the Normal ; ! For the High school, Lorrainelyqoideq to postpone the meeting K"“:lz secured 10 of the 12 pointsfgcpeduled for the Ralph Gracle post scored. of the American Legion, to have been High school witnessed the contest in|o4 account of the ins; pection of the ftl:ro enl?e:(:mi t'-° , pull their team|Ngtional Guard company and:the an- ugl victory. nual banquét of the Bemidji associa- 4 e nce a large number of the Vivian Apderson..lf..Avis-Cameron |y perg expresesd @ desire to attend Pearl Tanner. ... .Olga Bkinvick| ““rpe yginess, which was to have gdl‘ ln“% o Ig 'Lfflrfl'x"%‘ Romans |peen taken up, will be brought up at ernice Kirk rf; Arvilla Anderson rg.|tye pext regular session on March 1; Brown, 2; Kreatz, 4; Kirk, 1. hold & “reg o A i gular session’ with enter- KF;?:E -;hwws—l’arker, 3 out of 4;|tginment of some kind, besiues a Teatz, &, . lunch. mal. Timekeeper—Miss Zelia Paquin. Washington, Feb. 27.—The senate today adopted the. Underwood bill to { 2 wia“hgxr;fcfz’:‘:li‘ni?':g 'tfi‘e‘"si;‘i Canada regarding the modification on tember term of district court during wood pulp and print paper. hanging . ‘fire at thé court house. Nearly.the whole day was spent in ADDRESS-STATE EDITORS selecting jurors yesterday and today| Judge C. W. Stanton left for.Min- neapolis last night to attend the tered the evidence against the de- fendant. ociation, which is/being held in It is expected. that the case willl that city. He is one of the speakers teams, and the High achool girls Were | 045 5nq Miss Vera Cutter will be the played on the High school/team be- outfit. At a late hour last evening it was Quite & number of rooters from theipe g ot the Bemidji association rooms. Lineup of Teams, tion at the Markham, as well as the Lorraine Kreatz ., eorgla Browh | ;¢ of the other events. . Field baskets—Parker, 3; Cameron, |1 a¢ which time it is planned to Referee—-Miss Mary Deputy, Nor- - RESOLUTION- ASKS = SELECTION OF JURY create a commission to negotiate with the trial ‘the liquor cases, is still JUDGE STANTON WILL County Attorney G. M. Torrance en- meeting of the Minnesota Editorial "occupy the remainder of the week. for' the session.