Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 19, 1920, Page 1

\ N BARKERURGES Steps Taken to FormHolm ,:ally dropped from the board and the - pear before the students of the Be- - J. P. Lahr. _ ation of a'Home. Building Corporation - and a committee, with R. H. Schu- ~ S. Mitchell, chairman; Rev. ~chairman; L. B. Wilson, E, N. French, | New Board Decides t‘oMut on Tuesday Noon!of Each Week : ' PUPILS TO BE WARNED OF DANGERS OF LAKES| Building Corporation for Bemidji 4 Proposed activities for the’ consid- eration of the Bemidji Civic and «Commerce association were classified by the board of directors at the meet~ ing held Thursday noon and will brought before the attention of the association in order of importance, and when once brought up at the meetings of the association will be disposed of before new business is -taken up. The new board will meet Tuesday noon of each week, that all possible may be done to further the interests of Bemidji. The by-laws are to be amended to provide that any. director .abeent from three consecutive meet- ings of the board shall be automatic- vacancy filled by a vote of the di- rectors. T ‘Warning for Pllpfll-.‘ G.-W. Harnwell was named to ap- midji public-schools to call atiention to the dangers of Lake Bemidji and Lake' Irving “during the spring * breaking- up in" ‘spring: be |settlement. of Minnesota’s cut over state date in April or early in May. methods of clearing stumps and un- Stage College of Agriculture. kxgnne'se.nt.s the_Association in this ef- fort. = W R “PIONEER” CLASSIFIED ; FINDS WANTED RELATIVES The following ad was run in The Pioneer classified columns by Thomas Bailey, chief of police: “WANTED — To know the whereabouts. of Thomas B. Miller and Miles ' Miller. This information is wanted by Thomas B. Miller, Jr., . son, and his sister at Car- bindale. City, Pa., 214 Pou- " derly: St. 10d2-25" This.morning Mr. Bailey advised that Miles Miller had been located near Verndale and that Thomas B. Miller was believed to be located near Little Fork. It matters not what the task may be, a want ad usually does the businese. Twin City Associations. and Railroads Will Campaign Six Weeks St. Paul, March 19.—To encourage lands, arrangements have been ap- proved by the board of directors of the St. Paul Association for a six week’s tour by a special land-clearing demonstration train in thé north the best Settlers will be shown derbrush. The St. Paul Association. Minne- apolis Civic and Commerce associa- tion and the Great Northern, North- ern Pacific and Soo railroads are co- operating, amd it is expected that Duluth will also aid. The train will be in charge of the *’“If we make a success of the dem- onstration this spring, it will be nec- essary for the state to conduct simi- lar - déemonstrations; in -the future,” saidi E: G. ‘Quamme, president of the Federal Farm Loan bank, and who “We have conducted land clearing Warnings' against -school _children Ldefnons’tratlon tours in Wiseonsin for «catching rides on rigs or autoniobile trocks will also be issued ‘at.this:time. iThe co-operation of the school author- jties has been extended. - B Home Campaign. Steps were taken toward the form- maker as chairman, was- appointed to look up and repott conditions, Appointed by President Barker and |’ ‘ endorsed by the board of directors, the following committees have been | named for the year: . Committees Named. Executive . Committee — Earle A.! Barker, J. LeRoy Elwell, Homer C. Baer, H. M. Stanton. o Committée --on Finance — W. L. Brooks, chairman; J. LeRoy Elwell, W. N. Bowser, Monte Greenblat, C. W. Waifield. b Committee on Membezshil}——?eang Philippi, E: H. Denu, E. B. Berman,‘ W. B. Erwin. b \ Committee on Publicity —H. E. Reynolds, chairman; R. A. Hannah,! G..W. Harnwell, A. A. Richardson, 1. B. Olson, Oliver Riggs, Victor Vin-( cent, A. T. Carlson. Committee on Agriculture—Chas. Carter, chairman; County Agent, Clarence Nielson, E. H. Winter, John Wilcox, I. E. Sylte, A. A. Andrews, High School Agriculturist. ‘ Committee on Industrial Develop- ment—George T. Baker, E. E. Mc- Donald, John Claffy, A. M. Bagley, Committee on Trade—R. L. Given, ! “G. D. Backus, Arthur Danuser, C. A. | Huffman, C. G. Grinager, George Stephen, F. G. Troppman. Committee on Charities — Secret «committee. Commitfee on Civic Affairs—G. M. Palmer, chairman; C. L. Isted, R. O. Bagby, M. W. Deputy, Morris Kaplan, five years,” said Frank McCabe, im- migration agent of the Omaha, im- road, “and I believe that it has done more to develop properly the cut-over region of Northern Wisconsin thap any other single agent.” MORRIS IS CONVINCED OF HALLETT'S ABILITY Joe Morris, local promoter, while “trying out” C.. E. Hallett Thursday forenoon, was thrown over that in- dividual’s shoulder and the sudden stop. which occurred when Morris hit the floor, broke his shoulder. Dr. E. W. Johnson was ealled to set the shoulder back-in place. Morris states that he is confident that Hallet is a match for L. C. Cur- tis whom he meets at the Grand the- atre on March 23.° 30.000 -BONUS CLAIMS X ARE EXPECTED IN N. D Bismarck, N. D., - March- 19.—A total of 30,000 claims for soldier bonus benefits is anticipated by Ad- jutant General Fraser. Payment of bonuses started this month and it is expected that 1,600 will be "paid off before the end of this month. The grand total, when all are filed, will likely reach $13,000,000. BEMIDJI INSURANCE ON HOMES RAISED Insurance rates for Bemidji homes and private rooming and boarding houses have taken a jump, according to H. E. Reynolds of the Reynolds & Winter firm. He states that rates on buildings went up two cents per hundred, and on, contents eight cents per hundred. ‘E. D. Boyce, G. W. Campbell. Committee on Traffic and High- ways—Roy Dahlberg, chairman; F. S. Lycan, A. D. Johnson, S. D..Snyder, John Gilbertson, J. L. George, E. J. Bourgeois, G. A. Walker, Wm. Len- non. Committee on Inter-Community Relations—W. Z. Robinson, chair- man; H. Z. Mitchell, E. H. Denu, H. L. Huffman, G. D. Backus, C. L. Pegelow, G. M. Torrance. Two new committees were suggest- .ed, the membership to be as follows: Jobbers’ Committee—Frank Koors, .chairman; T. J. Burke, F. W. Lang- don, B. F. Anderson, J. K. Given, * A. T. Davidson, M. F. Willson. Entertainment Committee—Thayer :C. Bailey, chairman—G. S. Harding, E. H. Jerrard. 5 MARRIAGE LICENSES Licenses to marry were granted -yesterday by Clerk of Court F. W. Rhoda to Alfred E. Shipman of Park Rapids and Luella Benson of Black- duck. - Licénses today are Gilbert L. ‘| This applies only on above mention- Slight advances have also individual business ed class. been made on blocks.” DISTRICT CONFERENCES BEING HELD TODAY St. Paul, March 19.—District con- terences of republican leaders were in gession in every congressional district of the state today. Delegates’ to the state convention, which meets here ‘tomorrow, were receiving final in- structions. - Intense interest in the 'presidential situation was manifest. SUNDAY SERVICES A . PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .Sunday morning at the Presbyter- jan church at 11 o’clock the pastor will speak on the subject, “The Mar- gin of Service,” (Luke 17:10). In the evening at 8 o’clock the sermon will be on the theme “The Shadow of the Almighty,” (Psalm 91:1). Sunday school will meet at 10 a. Swenson and Ruth E. Newcomb of Hines, Henry Staburg and Heen Deftrich of Redby. m., and Christian Endeavor at 7 p. m. All are most cordially welcome. GET TODAY'S NEWS 0UT BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1920 ing certain of new cabinet posts i8] one of Washington’s which is now flourishing as promoters of the many presidential booms now rolling along discover that there are so few of these plumbs to distribute among so many heavyweight contrib- utors. gress has added only six cabinet jobs to the four originally established, it is not likely that all of the dibzen or so suggested portfolios will be creat- ed in the near future, though it is possible-that one or two may be add- quently suggested are those of Secre- tary of Aviation, Secretary of For- eign Trade and Merchant Marine and Secretary of Education. 3 : post is heing widely favored.throu h-| - - women -and school teachers through- out the country as-offering a-chance for a ‘woman of national reputation to enter the presidential, cabinet. And 8 ! in view of the tremendous politic: CAMP AT FORT team from.its ranks. This matter is|Hotel Adlon‘and fired upon the crowd { power .of. women “yoters from now on to be brought up for decision at the|there. Heavy firing was also heard 3 next meeting of the Ralph Gracie post {at the Brandenburg gate. Only at- many congressmen.and senators-have already decided that as soon as this demand grows loud enough, they will have. to bow to it,.reluctant as they are to see a woman invade the sacred circle. - i that have been proposed officially or unofficially or at least discussed in the cloak rooms of congress or over rooms” to which Franklin K. Lane re- states in vocational training. supervise operation of the raflroads of mail service, and promote the aviation 3 F TODAY'S PAPER IONEER'S” st circulation Weather forecast, 24 hrs. Markhaw; . Cloudy and warmer: unsettled. ' ' 45c PER MONTH = —— ~MAIL PLANE EEN, PARIS “: COBLENZ | WORKMEN AND REBELS (LA WHEN TROOPS | LEAVE BERLIN Marine: Brigade, Backbone of Revolution, Use Guns on Civilian Populace Presidential Boom Promotm Discover Few. Plums : for Disposal - NEW JOBS PROPOSED FOR BIG CONTRIBUTORS | FIRE UPON CROWDS AT THE LEADING HOTEL Several Foreign Delegates Had Headquarters There; Ebert Is Expected Today By Carl D. Groat. ¢United Press Correspondence) Berlin, March 19.—Violent fight- Fiying frotn the American headquarters in Parls to thaf at Coblens, with /| N8 between crowds of workmen and mall will be'the task of this American plane. An American crew i8 to guide lt.f von Kapp soldlers marked the evacua- A~ ~~su~|tion, of the capital by insurrectory !B EBALL TALK HAS oo i g o BEGUN “‘S ROUNDS were wounded in the vicinity of the FOR ORGANIZED TEAM Hotel Adlon, as the Erbardt Marine brigade, backbone of the revolution. Ny Secretarys Galore Have'Bun" 1 " Suggested by the i Prime .Boosters By' Raymond Clapper - ° (United Press Correspondent). Washington, March 19.—Suggest- indoor sports ' “PIONEER” GETS BOY; BOY SELLS HOUSE AND SECURES PRIZE OFFERED But in view of the fact that Con- ists military power, evacuated Wil- helmstrasse. ; o - Order was restored by the safet. Civic Association Pledges Its|police, supporting the Evert govern}: ment. - As the marine brigade retreated, large crowds in Unter den Linden hooted it and there was some shoot- ‘ Ing. Safety police, who followed the } Baseball talk began to go the|marines down the street, were forced i 1s will be soon formu- | to shoot up the street to clear a pas- | sage. | The Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- Safety police also marched down " soclation has urged that the city have | another street and another group of a team this year and has pledged its|marines appeared, and for three or support to an American Legion nine|four minutes shooting was general. if the local post decides to organize a Other marines appeared before the Through The Pioneer want col- umn, E. J. Willits advertised for booster boys and offered a round trip ticket to St. Paul to the boy who brought him a purchaser. Dell Ward is the first one to win this prize, and expects to go next week. - The house at 820 Minnesota ay- enue was sold to Thomas Ward, as a result' of the sales plan put into action by E. J. Willits. TA GUARD ( Support to American | ! Legion Players i | ! New Jobs Provosed. The new cabinet jobs more fre- rounds and plan lated for a team to represent this city. The er on Thursday, March 25, at which|tempts against the lives of foreigngrs time, it is believed, an ex-service or-|occurred when the mob attempted to ganization will be formed. rush the Hotel Adlon, headquarters It the city is to be represente of various”foreign delegations. | The a semi-professional. team, action injbt. mob was repulsed by guards.’ begin at once, to secure a few ' good’}'\ Forty persons were reported killed players from outside to strengthen | at ‘Charlottenberg, when the revolu- local material, before all of the goud|tionary troops fired into an Indepen- salaried players have been hirod, ¢)se- ) dent socialist meetihg there. Some where. - i ‘tPoops are reported to have marched Little Falls appears to be in favor fon to Spandau, where several work- of hiring a few players this year and |men were killed in clashes. * running a short playing season ‘ify|’." President Ebert is expected to re- preference to a longer season with {turn to the city today. }?“wlil prtleed plgyer;. “Mémy ](])f th.lue —— k| 'alls’ former baseball stars have sig- U. 5. AGRICULTURAL HEAD WILL ATTEND N.M.D.A. | nified their intention to return to that city, provided a team is formed, and the Morrison county fans are go- ing out to get a first class bunch. 1ronton is also laying its plans for a winning team this season and is be- Attorney E. E. McDonald returned this morning from Washington, where he met Congressman Carss of en able to|Duluth and both called upon E. T. d |Merideth of Iowa, the new secretary y |of agriculture, and extended him an Must Be Approved by the Central Department of the Army The lollo.wh{g éablz'xet positions Minneapolis, March 19.—The Min- nesota National guard summer camp will be held at Fort Snelling June | 12.27, if the Central department of the army approves a recommendation ‘made by the state military board. As the federal appropriation for the pay of National Guardsmen expires July 1, the chief of the militia bureau of the War department recently sug- gested that National Guard summer encampments be held prior to that date, it possible, and that details be arranged through the department commanders of the regular army. If the First Minnesota neld artil- lery holds its encampment at Fort Snelling this year, the gunmners will have no opportunity to use the how- itzers with which the regiment re- cently was equipped, in fleld firing. There is no artillery range at Fort Snelling, and the nearest artillery ranges are at Camp Robinson, near Sparta, Wis., and Camp Dodge, lowa. The military board has voted to erect an armory at Morris, accepting offers of financial assistance from the citizens ‘of that community. The Morris National Guard company un- til recently was on strike duty at In- ternational Falls. BUREAU DIRECTORS teacups in the Washington ‘‘drawing ferredwhen he retired from the cab- inet recently:. - ) Secretarv of Education. Secretary of Education: To pro- mote -public instruction, wipe out iliteracy, educate - aliens, and. aid Secretary of Transportation: To the country, proposed chiefly in con- nection with government ownership or operation. Secretary of Merchant Marine: To combine all government activity re- lating to foreign trade and shipping, develop. an American merchant ma- rine, supervise ocean freight rates, adminigter steamship regulations and assemble activities pertaining to ocean. traffic now in cHarge of the Treasury, Commerce, Labor and State Departments. Secretary of Aviation: To co-ord inate aviation activities of the army, navy and post office department air industry as a preparedness measure. Secretary of Public Works: To combine all activities relating to riv- ers and harbors, public buildings, road building, and development of public lands, waterpower sites and mineral resources now scattered be- In recognition of St. Patrick’s day, ginning to get into the game of or- ganization. Bemidji has always be put up a strong baseball outfit an there is apparently, no reason wh this city should mot {be well repre-|invitation to be present at the sum- sented this season by an American |mer meeting of the Northern Minne- Leglon team, but if such a nine is or- sota Development Association to e ganized It must meet with better sup- |held in Bemidji June 18 anu 19. port than that received by the local| The secretary was much interested 4 Legion basketball aggregation, which when told of the association an.. ..8 has found itself at a financial loss at | Purpose and gave assurance ..... he the close of the season. would go to Bemidji at the appointed th}:le, }Ilf he possibly could and from | LEGUEE what he said Mr. McDonald is practi- E ‘ IS8 - HOSTESS cally certain he will be here. 4 AT ST. PATRICK’S PARTY| Meredith is recognized as one of the ““big’” men of the cabinet and he is also a member of the federal bank a number of Bemidji’s young ladies, |System board. He is editor and own- with Miss Edessa Leguee as hostess, | €T of the “Successful Farmer,” at Des enjoyed a dinner party at the Mark- Moines, lowa, and has a slogan “Use ham on Tuesday evening: at 6:30 the department of agriculture and let it help you.” tween the Treasury, War and Inter- o’clock. ior Departments. ELEC[ AGENT SATURDAY Green and white decorations suit- ——— i Secretary of Science and Invention: able for the occasion adorned the To “promote scientific research, de- “festal board” in the center of which FIRST WINNERS OF velop industrial chemistry and sci- Directors of the Beltrami County |gtood a candelabrum with green can- ence as Germany did in the dyestuffs|Farm Bureau will meet at the Court | jjeg and shades. STATE BASKEI' TOURNH and chemical industries, search for|House tomorrow afternoon to select a After dinner the guests were en- new implements of warfare, encour-|county agent to fill the vacancy caus~ ertajned at a theatre party at the e age individual inventors and scient- ed by the resignation of A. W.|Grand, after which refreshments were Red Wing, New Ulm and Stillwater { ists, administer patent laws. Aamodt. According to present plans|gerved at McCready’s and a very en- High school basketball quints were : the first winners in the state inter- — an expert agriculturist will be secur- ed to direct thé activities in this section of the country. He must also pe an expert in stock and dairy cat- ated soon by the bureau and ery tle. A membership drive will be instig- effort 'will be made to increase the pumber to include every farmer in the vicinity. joyable hour spent in dancing. The guests included Misses aoro- thy Nangle, Josephine Parker, Lattie| French, Emma Klein, Ruby jLeet, Elizabeth . Johnson'y, Hazel Laqua, Louise McCurdy ucille Young, Mrs. R. C. Norcross and Mrs. J. M. Murphy. ke [ scholastic tourney which began at ‘Northfield yesterday. Little Falls met defeat “right off the bat’” at the hands of Red Wing by a score of 22 to 10 and conse- quently the third athletic district of”~ which Bemidji is a member is out of ™ ° the running. The winners of that match played Stillwater yesterday -afternoon but the outcome has not -.- .been reported here. At the start of the Red Wing-Lit- THEIR I‘mAL CHAR tle Falls contest both teams showed their nervousness and micsed Local No. 529 of the Retail Clerks|good chances to score in thé and Salesladies Union has received its | period of play. The first field basket charter for which application was|was made by Red Wing after about made at the last meeting at which |seven minutes of play and even them time the local was organized. Little Falls could not get started. The - The next regular meeting will be|first half ended with a score of 11 to held on Monday evening, March 22,/0 against the Morrison county outfit. at the Odd Fellows hall. Permanent In a fourth game early yesterday ofticers will be elected for the coming afternoon,* Faribault easily defeated yéar. Many social features such as|Fergus Falls by a count of 32 to 9. picnics, dances, and excursions are|Faribault has a team that looks likely ) being planned for the summer|to make a real struggle for the cham- months. pionship. ~ Munitions Secretary. Secretary of Munitions: To be de- voted: entirely to the job of supplying the army and navy with all ordinance equipment, and supplies with the par- ticular job of keeping the nation pre- pared to switch its entire industrial organization to production of war ma- terials in event of war, leaving tHe war and navy departments free to concentrate on the actual job of fight- ing. %ecratary of Public Welfare: To combine the activities of the public health service, study diseases and epi- demics, administer laws relating to dangerous industries, enforce all leg- islation regarding sanitation, protec- tion of women and children in indus- try, and steer aliens to the path to- ward American citizenship. Secretary of Intelligence Secretary of National Intelligence: To combine the burdens of secret ser- vice now maintained by the Depart- meiit ‘of Justice, the Treasury, War and Navy Departments, to obtain data N of any nature desired by any govern- ment agency, report daily conditions the world over regarding political, economic, trade and military condi- tions. > : Many of these groposals of course are scarcely given serious considera- tion by any considerable number in congress and several overlap or al- most duplicate entirely existing agen- cies. The fact that they are put forth means little except that many people are thinking out loud as to how the government can be made of more ser- viee tp the public or more economical and-logical in its organization.