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

. "'The Ploneer is' & ‘member of the Unite, Press. Today's world’s news, today.. . .GET TOD .|| - ENDORSE GOOD ROADS .+ In calling the roll ‘of the counties | of- the state, explainingthe marked benefits that will accrue to the 86 counties d¢ Minnesota in doing their share in carrying out the Babcock :|road plan, Beltrami appears in the fourth alphabetical order, with map tf Beltrami- county. - Although the Pioneer recently took the cue from the series’'and obtained the statistics, AY'S NEWS OUT.OF TODAY'S PAPER SELTRAMI 00, | REPUBLICAN | DELEGATES IN VENING, MARCH 17, 1920 iTHE CHEAPEST THING OF VALUE! : The cheapest thing of value in this town is this newspaper. ~ Three hundred and eight times in a year it ttglls you alf of the news of the town and of the farming community adjacent. Three‘hunr}retf and eight times in a year it gives you many ...columns of choice reading matter of a general nature and if a high moral tone. g Three hundred' and eight times a year it places on' your -table, through the medium of its ads, information of value relgtive to the choice variety of articles for sale by:our merchants. . THree hundred and eight times in’a'year, through:its medi- ;PIONEEGI‘!‘E" CIRCULATION t tion . of :avy N anCe:ml - ‘l&:n i A » Weather forecast; 24 hrs., Markham: Faib; fresh winds tonight, tomorrow || INRESPONSIBLE || FOR VON KAPP Two State Speakers Wil Talk ‘On Important Sibjects i el NEW ANNUAL WILL : BE- DISTRIBUTED . — RE " Session.Begins at 10 o'Clock in BTA ‘Farmers’ Institute is scheduled to ‘be held at Hines on Saturday, “March 27, that willbe of decided in- -terest to the farmers who live in that locality. Two of the best known in- . 'stitute men. in the state are:to at- “ tend the sesstons, and when such lo- ;] speakers as may be induced to “give their experience, promise is made "Ihat the sessions will be' especially “yaluable. oo ; ' ‘The special speakers from oqutside .are J. E: Eastgate, of Larimore, N. D., one of the best posted men in the northwest on the subjects of beet and sshegp - raising, -alfalfa, solk fertility and ‘farm managément,‘and B.' W. Smith of Parkers Prairie, a farmer ~who has for years specialized in the . growing of clover, pork and potatoes. “ ““These two men are thoroughly famil- C n‘porth- " “jar with farming condaiti tion could be made of speakers this institute. ¢ Potato Annual Free, The new Farmers’ Institute Anm* nual No. 32, the potato specia}—will _be distributed at.this institute. This for subject of potatoes, is one of the best ‘books ever given to Minnesota farm- ers. It would be worth while going -to the institute for-this book, if noth- ‘ing else was obtained at the sessions. ‘Sessions commence at 10 a. m. and 1:30.p. m,-sharp. Through an error posters sent out indicated 6nly an af- ‘ternoon session would be held. Re- nrember that the morning session is just as valuable to you as the after- _fioon meeting. - Everyone is welconte to attend the -institute. Men and women, boys and girls, all will get information that will be valuable to them. Everything is free. Be there. pIRiu N O BEMIDJI PAYS LARGE ~ SUM. PERSONAL TAX .~ Compilation of the amounts of tax +" .paiddin to the county treasurer dur- ing the months of January and ¥Feb- Tuary, 1920, has been completed and shows a total of $205,856.05, the greater part of which is made up -of personal property taxes. \ “Of this amount collecied from tax- payers in Beltrami county, $89,966.- . 31is credited to the tax,payers of the ‘City of Bemidji. Distribution has not been made under the March settle- ment as yet. ; | PONDEXTER ENDS TOUR: |+ CALLED TO WASHINGTON 4 i 'Pierre, S. D., March 17.—Senator ‘iMiles Poindexter, independent repub- ilican candidate for president in the Z YMarch 23 primary,swho was to have .4 {begun his speaking campaign in this state at’ Yankton, telegraphed - on ‘reaching .Buffalo he received word calling him back to Washington. , London—Rochford, HEssex, rural council is seeking permission to dis- play lfsts of names of local residents drawing the government unemploy- ment pay. Publicity will prevent abuses, it is claimed. YOURE INVITED T0 " (§OT DOG BANOUET The Junior class of the Bemiaji high school will gjve a hamburger sandwich (hot dog) lunch on Thurs- day, March 25, at’ the High school building, served by the boys of the class at 4 o’clock. 5 Students, teachers and the gen- eral public are all cordially invited to take part in the “feed,” as the pro- ceeds will be used to assist the ex- penses for the Junior-Senior “prom”, which will be given sometime in May. Here’s a good chance to get in on _the hamburgers and help along a -*gooa cause, for the Junior boys have been “live ones” during their high school years, and want to do the hon- ors right to the Seniors. ral " citizens are favored by the Babcock the 113 miles of hard surfaced high- ‘ern: Minnesota, and no better selec-|~ 256 pige book dovoted-entirely Yo the -~ i | Incomplete Returns Show Him| 1 that Wood had the lead in Minnesota. and published them, yet it feels that reitération should he made and quot- ing the St. Paul Dispatch, is herewith given, with all its details: Beltrami county and its 19,337 plan for a 7,000 mile trunk hishway z "amb ae. system, otherwise known as Amend-| . to fll‘ District meat No, 1. 3 I, e The' allotment of hards surfaced roads in the system for Beltrami county'is 113 miles. At the estimat- ed. cost of congtruction of $30,000 a mile there will be $3,390,000 spent here. There are 1,129 automobiles regist- ered from this county, and at an av-|- erage license fee of $18 a car a year, there will be a revenue of $20,322 yearly to the state road fund. Figures compiled by government statisticians are to the effect that there is a saving of 2 cents a mile for every mile a motor vehicle is op- erated over hard surfaced roads. ‘If these 1,129 cars are run only 1,000 miles a year over this boulevard sys- tem, there will lie a saving each year of $22,680. 3 j There are 1,745 miles of road laid out in Beltrami county. Deducting PROMINENT MEMBERS Charles Hayden of Blackduck Seems to Be Favored for Chicago, June 8 The Bel county republican convention convaned at 2 o’clock this afternoon” at the'county court house, pursuant to the ‘primaries held to select delegates Monday night. Coun- ty Chairman Thomas Ervin was desig- nated as ' chairman and William F. Zauche of Baudette was named secretary. \ \ . Between 50 and 60 delegates were present from the county, and will take part in selecting delegates to the district convention to be held in St. Cloud, MlQh 19. Among those pres- ent, well kpown for their republican aickiviies, were E. L. O'Berg, Charles Hayden and T. A. Cross of Black- duck, and Commissioner’ Lornon and M. L. Matson of Kelliher, and W. F. ‘way there will be 1,631 miles of coun- try road that will be graded and grav- eled and maintained out of the coun- ty road and bridge fund without in- creasing the rate of¢<xation one pen- ny. ° L ‘To sum up: .Bel get a free gift of 11 vard, have 1,632 mile R e ’&count‘y’ will gées of boule- “oo0d teeder roads ‘afid save money . ving a proval to ‘Amendment slv af ql:e Zauche of Baudette, as well ay others »gavemsbg:r elections. k- : from throughout the county. Delegates to Dill/riet. For the district convention{to be held in Sts Cloud, eleven delegates will be chosen this afternoon., The state and district convefitions '|'will name, delegates to” the national republican’ convention to be held in Chicago, June' 8, and the state con- vetion of Minnesota will also nom- inate- twelve presidential selectors to represent this state, according to law. Hayder to Natignal. This congressioual district, the Sixth, will also elect delegates to the national convention in_Chicago, and among the most prominent candidates are Charles Hayden of Blackduck, Ira Bouck of Royalton and C. H. Warner MINNESOTA SWEPT " INTO WOOD COLUMN _ ' Far in Lead; Johnson Runs Second St. Paul, March 17—Minnesota was swept into the Leonard Wood column in the presidential preference primary of the republican primary. On the basis of incomplete returns, | of Aitkin. 5 it was practically a certainty early| - 2 . today that General Wood will have HOUSE VOTES FOOD RELIEF Minnesota’s twenty-four delegates to the G. O. P. convention at Chicago on June 8. In the country districts and smaller towns.and cities Wood received a vote larger than the total of his three or four opponents. In Ramsey county the result will be close. In Hennepin county it likely will be still closer. But victory is determined on the basis of delegates elected' and it is prob- able@Wood will have control of both the Ramsey and Hennepin county conventions. - Result Not Unexpected. The result-was not unexpected. It has been apparent for some weeks Washington, March 17—Food re- lief for Europe was, assured when the House passed:overwhelmingly a bill permitting the United States Grain ‘corporation to sell 5,000,000 barrels of sofe wheat flour on long term cred- its to Poland, Austria and Armenia. “The vote was 283 to 12. MAHONEY-HODGSON IN RACE FOR MAYOR (By United Press) St. Paul, March 17.—William Ma- honey, labor candidate, received the majority nomination for mayor in the city primary, final returns show. Mayor Hodgson was also nominated, and GilWert Gutterson was eliminat- ed’ . Mahoney received 10,903 votes and Hodgson 8,995. Gutterson got 8,382. I0WA WRESTLER. ISSUES CHALENGE TO CURTIS " Henry Kollin of Harlan, Iowa, has fssued a challenge to wrestle C. L. Curtis or any other man who can make 158 pounds ringside. In his let- ter he states that he has been try- ing for'the past two months to secure ‘a match with Curtis of Bemidji and declares that he is willing to take him on, terms to be, winner takes all. He suggests a date for the match to be March 23. Promoters who are - |interested will be able to get in touch with Mr. Kollin at the above address. LEGION ASKS NAMES OF FALLEN HEROES Post adjutants of the various Am- erican Leglon ' posts throughout the 'state of Minnesota have been request- ed to send in to the department head- |auarters as accurately as list as pos- sible of the hero dead who went into the military service from this vicin- ity. This was shown by polls conducted by. the Pioneer Press and Dispatch. The trénd of sentiment toward Wood was unmistakable. Over the state the result will show Wood first by a big majority, John- son second, Hoover third and Lowden fourth. In St. Paul,and Minneapolis, the same order is maintained, with the result more close. /* Apportionment of delegates. in the| county tonventions was fixed by the republican state central committee as one delegate for every twenty- votes cast for Governor Burnquist two years ago. -In St. Paul, Wood carried' the Seventh/ and Eleventh wards. The Seventh ward has 110 delegates and the Eleventh 91. In Minneapolis, Wood carried the Eighth and Thirteenth wards, each of which has a large number of delegates. WITNESSES WANT MORE PAY London, March, 17.—Witnesses in courts.of law are the latest section of the community to complain of under- payment. - 4 The attention of the Home Office is to be drawn to the matter. At present the maximum sum Witnesses gan draw is $1.40 a day. Farm loborers are only entitled to 70 cents a aay while clerks are allowed $1. ! TWENTY-THREE KILLED l" GRMAN REv m‘T To aid the post adjutants in com- Y ’ piling this list, persons knowing of :|gervice men who went from this vicin- ity and paid the extreme sacrifice, or relatives of the fallen heroes are urg- ed to send the names in to the adjut- ant of the nearest post of the Ameri- can Legion. For the compilation of the list from the vicinity of Bemidji, names should be sent to the adjutant of the Halph Gracie post, No. 14, Be- midji. (By United Press) Paris, March 17.—Twenty-three persons have been killed: and many i wounded in clashes betweep soldiers and citizens at Halgen, West Phalis, dispatches said today. _The fighting occurred when sold- jers arrived to occupy the city. Mu- nich dispatches describe the situation there as critical. SESSIONTODAY, Meeting at . Court House tof|# -OF PARTY ARE PRESENT ‘wm, you learn something new, munity which you did not kn ‘benefit the home people. for an entire year. - It does all of these things, and A . than two cents each time it makes its daily visit to you—or $5.00 = Do ‘you know of anything in this community of greater.or *"even equal value 'at less expense? g THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Telephones 922-923 i l ut yotir home town and com- before. P _~_ Three hundred and eight times in a year it raises its voice _in behalf -of the home c‘cfinn_mnity and of those things ‘wl‘:i‘:fif ) Ty vmorq, and yet it costs less 5 \ 3 POV SOLVING PROBLEM " OF MUTUAL INTEREST| Programs by Pupils Are Large- ly Attended by Parents; Benefit Schools Several teachers in Beltrami coun- ty rural sehools are solving~the prob- lem of school entertainments and in many cases have been most success- ful, such entertainments or social af- fairs having created among the pu- pils, and the parents as well, a better interest in the school work. At the school in District No. 127, at Pitt, an interesting program was given on February 27 under the di- rection. of the pupils entirely. Mrs. Nellie O.' Brevik, teacher ‘at that school, appointed a committee con- s{ating of; three pupils to arrange for the program and all work was done by’ this “committee. The program, which- consisted of thirty nun:lbers, inclugdjme recitations. songs and ex- ercisls, was’much" efl@yedfi&y’n Tarse number of parents, who were pleas- ed with the work-being done by the pupils. . 4 As a result of a rag-ball social, which was held at the Shilling hall at Shilling' last month for the benefit of the Birch Grove school district, No. 22, the teacher, Mrs. Rosa Marcoe, if able to send in a Teport that she has purchased for the school a number of chairs, a set of library hooks and several other articles needed by the school, -all to be paid for from the proceeds of the social. Such school affairs tend to,create a spirit of democracy among the par- 'ents, pupils and the teacher and should be urged in all schools. ' POULTRY OWNERS SHOULD HEAR EXPERT TOMORROW All persons interested in poultry and poultry raising, including the members of the Beltrami County Poultry association, are especially urged to be present at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- sociation on Thursday evening. at 7:20 o’clock when N. E. Chapman, extension poultry specialist from the University farm, will give an inter- esting and profitable * talk on all phases of poultry culture. Mr. Chapman will gladly answer all questions regarding hatching, bhrooding and feeding chickens, and everyone who has anything to asx is especially invited to do so at this time. . London—Sir Ernest Paget qualified as Britain’s chief “spug’ when he sent as a wedding present to College Leader, Newmarket racehorse trainer, a trugkload of hay. INCOME TAX NUST ! WAIT THE YEAR 1922 o By United Press) ) Washington, March 17.—Federal ificome taxeg cannot be reduced until after 1922, said Secretary of the Treasury Houston today to the housé ways and means committee. BROOM: MAKERS HAVE Chicago, March 17.--The broom, in spite of the many modern household devices, still hold’s it's own. Broom manufacturers from all parts of the country are here today to make plans for increasing broom corn production and reducing the price of the handy cleaner. f‘As long as the annual consump- tion of any commodity exceeds the production there can be little likeli- hood of lower prices,” H. R. Welso, Lincoln, Neb., spokesman for the as- sociation said. ‘“This is the problem ‘broom manufacturers are face to face with. Something must be done at this meeting to alter these conditions.” “This year’s broom crop was over- estimated and now reports show the yield barely sufficient to keep the 'manufacturer going.” A D VN SCHOOL TEACHERS |HIGH SCHOOL HEADS NOT PAID ENOUGH TO MEET EXPENSES 148 of 162 Pl:i”x;cipnln Answer- ing “U” Questions Spend More Than They Earn \ St. Paul, March 17.—Out of 162 Minnesota state High school prinei- pals, the expense of 148 exceeds their incomes. The average deficit amount to $175 per year. These figures are taken from the questionnaires sent out by the University of Minnesota to all state teachers. ‘The principals say their expenses run as follows: The lowest is $620 for one year and the highest so far amounts to $2,600. The lowest sal- ary so far reported for a high school principal is $660 for the year and the highest is $2,100 for the same period.. These questionnaires apply only to cities and towns outgide the Twin Cittewand Duludh, &« "7 Only five of the principals are teaching for the remuneration in the profession they say. In answer to the question, *Why are you a teacher?” One woman prin- cipal replied, “Men have failed me.”: In reply to the same inquiry another said: “I am teaching because of Faith, Hope and Charity—tfaith in the pub- lic, hopen in the future, and charity for the taxpayers.” One married wo- man teacher said that of $990 per year salary she was sending $80 a month home to her wounded soldier; husband. ey Concerning the distributin | of their salaries, the principals averaged as follows: Rent; $60 per iyear; clothing, $250; board, $250; doctor and dentist, $25; church and charity, $256; recreation, $50; laundry, $25; insurance and pensions, $35; neces- sary travel, $55; professional {im- :Egvement, $25; and mfscellaneous, ALL MINNESOTA CHECKS WILL GO ON PAR LIST —_— Minneapolis, March 17.—Within a month, the Minneapolis Federal Re- serve bank will be able to announce that it will collect checks drawn on all Minnesota banks. The significance of the step will be that merchants and other in Minneapolis who deposit Minnesota checks in the Minneapolis banks for collection will not be re- quired to pay exchange. There will be made, however a small charge for the collection of the check to cover the interest on the amount of the check while it is in float. || RESIGNING JoB | WORKMEN ARMED TO ! responsible for ‘the decision of Dr. Jay 45c PER MONTH ; GOOD REASON Threats , Made ; to Establish Soviet 'Republic and CARRY OUT THE THREAT Make Demand Upon Revolu- tionists to Get Out; Allies Not Worrying ' t'- By Ed. L. Kren (United Press Correspondent) London, March 17.—The German revolution, headed by Dr. Wolfgang von Kapp, was today believed near its end. Dispatches said von Kapp, faced with growing opposition on all sides and deserted by many supporters, had tendered his resignation. There was every indication that the action of the dictators was barely in time to avert widespread civil strife. Scores of lives have been sao- rificed and hundreds of persons wounded. ! From 400 to 500 persons were kill- ed in Kiel when a cruiser bombarded the city, according to dispatches from Kiel to the Morning Post. THe cruis- er opened fire when anti-Kapp groups staged a demonstration, tue dispatch said. (By "United Press) Paris, March. 17.—Threats of an \immediate establishment of a soviet republjc #nd an:gttack on Berlin, was Wolfgang von Kapp--and General Leuttwitz to resign as head of the revolutionary goverpment, according to Berlin dispatches received via Frankfort. The decision of the counter revolu- tionist leaders to resign uncondition- ally followed an ultimatum delivered by Deputies: Cohn and Daumig. The ultimatum declared that um- less both resigned and withdrew, the Leuttwitz troops by 9 o’clock Tuesday night, \y.orkmen would proclaim a soviet republic and attack the city. Workmen in districts of Weissen- see, Reinichendorff and Spandau were veported fully armed and ready to carry out the threat of their deputies. ATTEMPT TO SEE KAISER (By United Press) The Hague, March 17—Several, prominent Gerwmans arrived in auto- mobiles at Amerongon yesterday for a visit 'with the former kaiser, but were not admitted, despite repeated attempts, it was reported today. RHINE FORCES SUFFICIENT (By United Press) Mayence, March 17.— Marshal Foch and allied commanders have de- cided that the allied forces now along the Rhine are sufficient to meet any emergency caused by the German revolution. Foch has returned teo Paris. ) i NONPARTISANS BEATEN it IN BISMARCK VOTING (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., March 17.—For- Within a few days the Minneapolis Federal Reserve bank will issue lists of all the banks in the Wisconsin por- tion of the Ninth Federal reserve dis- trict from which it will-collect checks at par. Minnesota is the last state in the Northern half of the country which is not on the Federal Reserve system’s par list. Almost half of the banks of Minnesota still insist on making a charge for exchange. In the whole district they are 49 banks which are refusing to pay the check without making a charge and the Federal Re- serve bank is collecting from these banks through agents who present :he checks for payment at the coun- er. : SIMS URGES NAVAL CONTROL BY AN ALLY (By United Press ‘Washington, March 17.—Rear Ad- miral Sims today urged that the en- tire control over - naval _operations during the war be turned over to one of the allies. The others to put their resources at this nation’s disposal, he disclosed before the senate naval af- fairs committeé today. The navy de- partment declined to ‘take this view, he said. ad ces opposed to the Non-.partisan lea- gue, took Bismarck in . yesterday's primary, favoring Gunder Olson as national committeeman. Hiram Johnson was overwhelmingly endors- ed. No county precincts reporting. AMERICAN LEGION HAS OVER MILLION Indianapolis, March 17.—The ~ erican Leglon has a meniberslu:’:f more than 1,000,000, in 8,574 posts in all sections of the country, it was announced at Legion headquarters here todgy. New York léads with 891 posts, and Illinois has 553, Pen- sylvania 511, Iowa 462, Minnesota, 448, Ohio 382, Missouri 291, Mlehi: gglzx 271, Indiana 270, sMassacusetts. NO SERVICE HELD AT CATHOLIC CHURCH TONIGHT - Owing to the St. Patrick’s play at the Grand theatre tonight at 8 o'clock, there will be no services at St. Philip’s church. This announce- ment was made by Rev. Father £hil- lippe today.