Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 9, 1920, Page 1

‘'MEMBER UNITED PRESS The Pioneer is a member of the United Press. Today’s world’s news today. it i e 1 BEMIDJI DAL BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1920 COUNTY BOARDS VOLUME XVII} NO. 61 T % FEDERAL COURT JUDGE PO.INSP ‘JJ\RS SCORES INFRACTIONS _ OF VOLSTEAD LAWS RECOVER $w. ' , . OF YOisTED! Were in Pouch on Train En Route From Bemidji to Sheriff Johnson of Beltrami county is going to have as guests three boot- Morris of the federal court in Duluth to serve thirty days. The Duluth News Tribune gives the account as follows: ; ‘“Twenty years from now the ille- gal sale of liquor will be looked upon Minneap olis not only as a violation of the law, but i the people of this country will con- sider it as great a -disgrace as steal- PACKAGE OF DIAMONDS ing,” Judge Page Morris told John Beaton, Robert Blossingham and Ter- rence Lennon, as he sentenced them to 30-days terms in the Beltrami county -jail. They are the first to be sentenced in this division of United States district court for alleged vio- lation of the Volstad prohibition act, and pleaded guilty to having sold liquor at Ranier, near the iBterna- tional boundary line. , “Now I don’t want you men to go back and tell your friends that you got off easy,” Judge Morris told the delen&nnts as they ‘were lined up be- fore the bench. “For I give you fair warning that the laws of this coun- try are going to be. obeyed, and ‘the next man who is found guilty of sell- ing liquor is going to get a jolt that he will remember.” 8 DR. DANNENBERG HAS " TAKEN OVER PARTNER'S INTERESTS IN FIRM Lunde Will Locate Office Out Waest; Patronage Has Grown IS STILL MISSING Mail Employe Misplaces Pack- age; Thrown Out as Waste; Found and Hidden Minneapolis, March 9.—Postoffice jnspectors have announced the recov- ery of at least $9,000 worth of Lib- erty bonds, checks and securities, re- cently lost from a mail pouch on a Northern Pacific train en route from Bemidji to Minneapolis, and address- i ed to the Federal Reserve bank, the Northwestern National bank, the TFirst and Security National bank and the Minneapolis Trust company. Most of the bonds were recovered when inspectors uncovered a cache in a patch of woods in Midway where $1,800 in Liberty bonds were found. ‘This find, made by the postoffice in- spegtors, led to the arrest of Mike {. Spanyir and Mike Bolak, a track fore- wan and laborer employed by the Narthern Pacific. railroad. Spanyir t. in the:Ramsey county jail; but ‘Bolak was released. Dismonds Still Missing. : Still” missing, however, is a valu- able. package of diamonds consigned to a Minneapolis’ jeweler. Postoffice Jnapectors h;ve not been successful in reeavering thig loes. < - . There gx stil] to:be rocovered $200 Dr. A. Dannenbetg has purchased the interests of Dr. Lunde, in what, 'hap beep fnown as-the firm 6f Lunde & 'Dentienbérg, chiropractors, and has ! onds. o G assumed full charge'of the business, -Authorities who-have ‘been” work-|which"is being conducted in offices ing pecretly on thé case for the last fover the First National bank of this 30 days assert that the bonds origin-{ éity. i Pt s i “ally ‘were lost. -An investigation| . Dr. Lunde Jeft Bemidji last October shewed that a railway mail employee|for an extended trip throughout the .am the Northern Pacific’s_ incoming | west, and has decided to locate there. ‘Bemidji train operated over the Min- In Oectober, 1915, Dr. Dannenberg mnesota & International railroad, put|opened offices in this city and car- a large package of the registereu|ried on a successful business until| patkages by mistake in-a waste paper | September, 1917, when he answered ‘bag that hung on the side of the car |the call to enter the world war, at alongside the registered.mail pouch. {which time he sold his interests to Dr. “The mail employee was exonorated. Lunde, who carried on the business until December, 1918. After having The B:fiq{;ulflglz v g;l::fi?hg the | received his honorable discharg as a waste paper and- other refuse swept lieutenant he took a post graduate out of the cars. was transpogted to|CcoUrse at the Palmer School of Chiro- the Midway and thrown in a dump practic and joined Dr. Lunde in a provided for that purpose. Here a partnership business. track laborer, Mike Bolak, is said to| 0 discussing the change Dr. Dan- have found the package and to have | ReBDers said: : turned it over to the foreman, Mike The business has grown rapidly in Spanyir. Bolak is said-to have given Bemidji, a swell as throughou_t the the authorifies $800 worth of bonds | COURtry i general, so that today -and Spanyir, just before being placed chiropractors lead the worid in the in jail, led the authorities. to the |drugless profession, both in school cache in Midway where the $1,800 attendance and practitioners at large. worth of bonds were found. It will be my aim to give the work Three thousand dollars worth of |mY best in the local field.” ; Public Service corporation bonds o; f |TLLNESS DECREASES the Citizens Light, Heat and Power company of Canby and addressed to AUXILIARY ATTENDANCE the Minneapolis Trust company, were also recovared, according to J. L. Root, manager of the trust company’s ‘bond department. Other individual ‘bonds consigned to bond houses in Minneapolis were found. The Minneapolis Trust company Tecovered the securities after a Min- neapolis insurance company had Tmade good the loss, the officials hav- ing believed the bonds were stolen. FRATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS -.. MEET TOMORROW NIGHT The Bemidji Association of Fra- ‘terhal Societies will meet at the Tooms of the Bemidji Civic and Com- merce association ‘tomorrow evening -at 8 o’clock. Members of various fraternal and social orders in the city will be present and each organization -will be represented by a four-minute speaker who will talk concerning his or her own organization. A very interesting session is plan- ned and it.is urged that there be al. ‘large attendance. EXAMINATION FOR P. 0. EMPLOYES MARCH 13 J. M. Shoemaker. secretary of the Civil Service Board. announces an oven competitive examination under the rules of the U. S. Civil Service Commission for the position of clerk (male or female) and carried in the postoffice at Bemidji, to be held Sat- -urday, March 13, commencing at 9 o’clock. The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Am- erican Legion post held tHeir regular meeting at the Civic and Commerce rooms last evening. Owing to sick- ness, there was a rather small atten- dance, but the ladies are looking for- ward to a larger membership and a much larger attendance at their next meeting. A good business meeting was held at the session, and plans are being made for the future. INTERESTING PROGRAM AT LUNCH TONORROW Members of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association and others in- terested in the work of the organiza- tion are urged to be present at the regular meeting of the association following the noon-day luncheon to- mOrrow. . State Auditor J. A. O. Preus will be present to address the meeting. He has a very interesting talk and there should be a large attendance to hear him. In addition to this reature there will also be several other matters of importance to be brought before the attention of the association. An in- viting luncheon has been arranged for the noon hour. DR. NORTHROP LETS CONTRACT FOR TWO SUMMER COTTAGES Dr. H. A. Northrop has let the con- tracts for the erection of two sum- leggers, sentenced by Judge Page|' GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF TOl OF STATE WILL HEAR BABCOCK. LAW EXPLAINED 430 Cofimiuioners of State) Will Gather in St. Paul " on'March 23 SESSION AIMS TO CLEAR Success of Ratification Declared to Hinge on Thorough Un- derstanding by Voters' St. Paul, March 9.—Four hundred thirty county commissiqners. five from each of the eighty-six counties in Minnesota—and the county audit- ors of the state are to be invited to come to St. Paul and Minneapolis March 23 and 24 to hear Amendment Na. 1, or the Babcock highway law, disgussed. Expenses of the visitors are to be p_ai'd out of a fund of $12,000 raised for.that. purpose, a committee rep- Tesenting the St. Paul Association and the Minneapolis Civic and Com- merce association having raised the amount independent of the Minnesota Highway Improvement associaupn campaign. §. P. A. Arranging Meeting. completed by the St. Paul Associ- ation committee and other interested good roads boosters, and invitations will-go to the county commissioners and -auditors in a few days. The purpose of the two-day cop- ference is not to burden the visitors with sheer propaganda, but-to fa- miliarize them with_ the 'provisiosst of th - ed amendm whtich Wil ‘be’ submitted ‘to the voters.-for: popylar ratification next fall. < Atthe conference of state highway engineers *held ‘recently at the old}which. the locals outclasséd thefr op- Capitol. it .was pointed out in.the course of the discussion that a.com-: prehensive understapding of - the 'amendment was not general among county officials throughout the state. In virtually all localities where the amendment has been thoroughly ex- plained sentiment favors the ratifis cation, but the need of an intensive educational -campaign was empha- sized. : The couty officials will meet one day in St. Paul and one day in Min- neapolis, . and persons familiar with explain the law and answer a.l ques- tions - pertaining to it. Later the countv engineers and surveyors will have the amendment explained to them. BAKER ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF CITY Bids Will Be Asked for Three Drinking Fountains in Public Places Park Board commissioners met last night in the City council chambers at the City building and discussed plans for the coming year. Ofticers were elected as follows: President, George T. Baker. Vice president, Joseph Bisiar. Secretary, N. E. Given. Treasurer, George Rhea. The propositipn of caring for and beautifying lawns and parking spaces about the city was discussed. It was decided to advertise for bids for three drinking fountains, one for the Li- brary park, one for the St. Anthony Ralph Gracie Memorial park near the hospital park, and the third for the State Normal school. RETAIL CLERKS JOIN LABOR FEDERATION A local union, to be known as the Retail Clerks and Salesladies Union, was organized Monday night at the open meeting held at the Odd Fellow hall for that purpose. This local is affiliated with and a member of the American Federation of Labor. Or- ganization was in charge of E. H. Hall, president of the state federation of labor. Plans for the conference are being | the provisions of the amendment will | PARK COMMISSION! Applications for this examination must be made on the prescrioed form which can be obtained from S. A. Cutter. in charge of the money or- der department, at the Bemidji post- office. Applications shou.. be filed at dhoe. On therday of examination each {Pflicant will be reqiired to subimit t0 the examiner a photograph of him or herself, taken within the past two years. mer cottages on Birchmont road, on|. two large half acre tracts, near Twenty-Sixth street. The cottages will be on the same plan as the one he occupies in the summer, a short distance to the north, and both have Temporary officers appointed until been rented. the next session are as follows: Presi- This will add te that locality as a|dent, Clarence K. Foucault; vice pre- summer outing district, with a full{sident, J. F. Mooney; secretary,-treas- view of Lake Bemidji from a steep urer, W. H. Kerr; recording secre- blufr. ' tary, Agnes'Reinarz. have signified their intention of join- ing at the next meeting, to be held on Monday evening, March 22. The local already has a member-| ship of 20 and approximately 25 more | a 1wood & f |estry’ assoclation of Washington. A~ N. D. STATE FORESTRY NORMAL LAST NIGHT " “the Visitors in Second ;Sll‘b& tte “Tocal | American Legion asket 1 quint from:the Forestry State Normal at Bottineau, N: D.,. in a contest in ponents by a kcore of 48 to 10, the Bemidji High school fivé will “také on” the visitors tonigl T the sec- ond game of .the seri 14 Right from the start in/Jast night's contest Bemidji showed its superior- ity over tlie Dakota bunch and piled up a count of 13 before the visitors managed to cage a basket, the only scoring done by the quint in the first 'half of play. Bemidji totalléd 26 points for the first period. .. Second Like First. After the second period began Be- midji continued to pile up the count {until it reached 37, then the Bottin- |eau outfit began to find themselves for a few minutes and netted two bas- kets in short order but Bemidji con- tinued to hold the long lead establish- ed from the start of the game, until the final whistle found the score 48 to 10. ° The local team had not played at home for over a month and in last inight’s game showed that all of the | players were still in first class con- | dition. The lineup for the first half of the game put up a fine scrappy sclentific game showing remarkably good teamwork and basket shooting. In the second period Opsahl and Bai- ley were substituted for Graham and Eerrigan, while Berrigan went to cen- ter field, relieving Fred Phibbs. With ! this line up the scoring continued as strong as ever until the latter part of {the half when' the locals “played’” with the visitors at times and worked |out some excellent team plays. Long Trip Handicap. The Bottineau bunch was handi- capped somewhat by the long trip to this city and appeared to tire easily. After a thorough rest.up, the visitors will be back in the game tonight against the High school team and it is epected that a very close contest will be staged. A mass meeting was held at the High school this afternoon in preparation for the contest, It is urged that there be a large attend- ance tonight when the two institu- tions of learning clash in a contest which promises to be worthy of hearty support. Lineup—Summary. The lineup and summary of last night’s game was a follows: Bemidji (48) B F P Plummer, rf .......... Frank Phibbs, If Fred Phibbs, c . . Berrigan, rg (¢) .. G. Graham, 1g . .. C. Bailey, (rg) .. Opsahl, (1g) Free throws missed— 2. Forestry State Normal (10) F 0 ooccococoeH 4 0 0 ] 0 0 0 B P T RUOYLTE i ciarnasisivo fusiva swe 2 0 0 1 Gorder, if ........ 0 0 1 McKenzee, ¢ 0 0 1 Ruelle, rg ............ 0 1 1 Stewart, Ig ........... 0 0 1 Williams (¢) 0 0 0 Free throws missed—5. Reteree—Dr. J. W. Diedrich, Min- ésota, JAY'S PAPER Weather forecast 24 hrs. Markham-— Unsettled. Inereasing winds, warmer. The tree shown above is so old that no living mhabitant of Jerusalem .can even recall having heard of its youth. n ibeen a tradition about Jerusalem that the Turkish empire would last as loug ias this tree stood. When the trunk began to crack an iron band was put around it which the people at once sald was “Germuny sustaining the sick )ree.” The tree hus been entered in the Hall of Fame of the American For- POST TEAM SWAMPS FRANK DEWEY HELD Bemidji High School Will Play | Charged With Arson in Setting aggregation: won: over theltie next term.-of district court, as & | KFor many generations there has A s et e i T OVER TO GRAND JURY AT NEXT COURT TERM l:'intquQolHeWu " _Bound over to the grand Jufy at result of the hearing held Monday af- ternoon before Judge J. F. Gibbons of the municipal court, Frank Dewsy, charged with arson, connected with the fire of February 9 at the Great Norghern hotel building, was re-con. fined to the county jail. Bonds in this case could not be 'set by the municipal judge since it is. be- yond his jurisdiction in a case involv- ing such a charge. Application’for bail must be made to the district court. Charles Dailey, chief of the fire testimony and he testified as t¥, ‘{t,he detalls known to him both at the ‘ e of the fire and at the investigation. Robert Martin and L. V. Conley, deputy state fire marshalls, who made the inyestigation prior to the arrest of Dewey, testified at the hearing as to the conditions found at the build- ing and as to the conversation with Dewey at that time. Testimony was entered by several others who were connected in various ways with the happenings preceding the fire. FOUR COUNTIES ARE APPFALING FOR HELP TO OBTAIN CROP SEED Farmers in Flooded Northern Minnesota Districts Ask “PIONEER’S” CIRCULATION La Nox‘fhr‘f:'Centml A ,faé'on this partment, was the first to be called it Aid From State St. Paul, March 9.—An appeal from four northern Minnesota coun- ties for state aid in purchasing seed grain for spring planting has been referred by the state relief board to Assistant Attorney General C. Louis Weeks for legal opinions. The farmers in districts affected by last spring’s floods asked for ap- proximately $50,000 to purchase seed. The need of haste was impres- sed on the board as the seed grain could not be hauled by the farmers from a control distributing point aft- er the snow has thawed. The counties asking relief are Pennington, sarshall, Beltrami and Koochiching where crops were vir- tually ruined last year in large areas because drainage systems were inade- quate to carry off flood waters. PLUMBERS AND FITTERS ORGANIZING LOCAL A local of plumbers, Steam-fitters, Gas-fitters and Helpers was organized ast night at the Odd Fellows' hall, prior to the organization of the Retail Clerks and Salegladies Union. R..J. Rusgell was appointed tem- porary secretary until the next meet- ing, which will be set soon. At that time the charter for the union will have been prepared and further steps toward completing the organization will be made. s e Y Vil st circulation of any* paper in Minnesgta. °Advertising Sali Pasha Heads the Move- ment, It Is Said, But Si- uation Not Clear UNITED STATES EXPERTS DIAGNOSE SITUATION Say Allies Should Take Am Aggressive Stand in Their Turk Relations .(By United Press) . London, March 9.-.—A new govern- ment, headed by Sali Pasha, has been formed in Constantinople, dispatches today said. The new cabinet includes most of the members of the preceed- ing government. The exact situation in the Turkish capital today was not clear. Latest reports indicate that Constantinople is under martial law in control of British troops. ALLIES MUST SHOW AGGRESSIVE. (By United Press) Washington, Morch 9.—‘The Allies must take an uggressive stant in tehir relations with the Turks in the Constantinople area and make & considerable show of military strength If sporadic clashes between the allies and Turk forces are to.be avoided,” military experts said to- day. Extensive warfare between the al- lies and ‘Turks is considered improb- able. .The attitude of the Turks be- tween European troops in Turkey has becomex_‘lncireasl gly, hostile. . TITUS DOESN'T WANT THE JOB (Bw United Press) .. - Washington, March 9—"—',"‘The Allies tus has askeg the rPesident Wilson that his nomination ‘ag-a member of the shipping board be withdrawh, the White House announced today. HEALTH OFFICER SAYS ¢FLL GETTING SCARCE Dr. E. A. Shannon has announced that the influenza epidemic is nearly a thing of the past as regards this community, but measles is becoming more prevalent in the city. No cases of influenza have heen reported for several days and it is believed that the siege is nearly over. As a precaution against the spread of measles, public gatherings will still ibe restricted to some extent, in that children will not be allowed to at- tend in most instances. In this way the ban on public gatherings has been lifted to a certain extent but all parties in charge of such gather- ings must strictly abide by the rules. PRESBYTERIAN LADIES AID MEETS TOMORROW The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyterian church will hold their regular meet- ing in the basement of the church to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Lunch will be served by Mrs. A. Lord Mrs. C. G. Hankey, Mrs. J. W. Smith and Mrs. H. A. Northrop. CARPENTER SPEAKS T CROOKSTON MEN TONIGHT E. L. Carpenter, vice president of the Crookston Lumber Co., and E. H. Dea, general mill superintendent for the same company, arrived in the city yesterday from Minneapolis. Mr. Carpenter will address the em- ployes of the Crookston Lumber Co. at the reading room this evening. PUBLIC EXAMINERS COMPLETE AUDIT Representatives from the public ex- aminer’s office at St. Paul completed the examination and anditing of the hooks in the offices of the county aud- itor, county treasurer, and judge of probate yesterdav. The examiners were Charles Foster, 8. [.. Carroll, A. I.. Bergstrom and A. J. Cook. Beltrami counly has an enormous delinquent tax list as compared with other counties in the state and con- sequently the system used for keeping the records is somewhat different. than that used by other county offici— als. Nevertheless, upon completion of the examination the representa- tives stated that they were well pleased with the manner in which the records were being kept. The com- pleted report will be sent to each of- fice later. " -t