Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 30, 1920, Page 1

Within 100 Miles T of ‘Bemidji- . \ VOLUME XVIIL' NO. 106<% :fl'-a!mder’fleadqum«; Re- fuse Permission to Deal Independently . ' FACTS BROUGHT OUT AT \JOINT COMMITTEE MEET | Handle Bemidji Situation % . Three Weeks Ago At a'meeting of a committee of . -‘timber workers and business men . held\in the 3ssociation rooms Thurs- day.afternbon, with a view of discuss- “:ing the local ‘strike situation, it was ‘brought ovut, that the timber workers »+,endeavored over long ‘distance tele- ; %‘m to secure permission from the ~Rhinelander Tri-State headquarters, to:deal with the local strike situation independent of the district or national . xnion.. ' " "I 'is understood that this permis- sion was refused them, and further- more, that if they did act indépent- ;. ently’the local timber workers would Jose their charter. -~ . A - It apparently is a case of either .. abiding by the . decision of the na- < "tional body, which was to.walk out |} “May'8, or be granted an eight-hour' 'l‘hofl;ction ukeln by the lotc:l ‘u:gon 7" taken some flir'gweeks ago, at whie “.the local situation alone, said a- mam- “ber. of the iddmmittee. :Letters and o o A It 'is wunderstood that watchmen for protection: to the proj Present situation is solved and settled ag rily to all concerned. - i} An’ effort was made by the Pioneer ?"p::unhfive to_interview President »g in order to-verify this info s “tion.-but he could mot be located; in city ‘this mofning. ~“The Benjamin ‘Schaul farm in the town of Eckles has been " sold to -“iClaude and Stafford Chspman, who will “take possession in"the mnear - future. Mr. and Mrs. Schaul were, - well kriown in their locality and their - friends regret to see them leave, for . Néw York state. L “‘miles northwest of Bemidji, has been sold to George Tattersall of .Seneca, T Mr. Tattersall’s brother will ar- xive here this spring to look ‘after. the farm until next year, ‘when the ew purchaser will coms,-‘ here ‘him- melf. Both men are said-to' be ex- cellent farmers, planning to improve . Jthe farm which they have ‘just pur- > - SPELLING BEE.CONTEST “%3#neoln, Neb., April 30.—The best 3 .g‘nite" of Nebraska are here today ~. tb: display “their orthographic abili- “Ties.. ~Céuinty - supérintendents " of ! #sohools -have each-invited two con- testante—-the winner in the county] spelling conteses—one for, the writ- fen and .one for oral events today. The Lincoln Commercial club, ‘§- : sponsoring the event, offers .. ‘cash prizes to the winners. - 'WHO'S YOUR FRIEND? . This evening the first of a series f talks, under the auspices of the inesotg Sound Government associa- on, wlfi be given in this city at the rand theatre. 3. B. Edmund, four minute speak- i, er;will talk on the crganization and ' Jeadership of the Nonpartisan League - and the only reel motion picture en- Fitled “Who's Your Friend,” will be % shown in addition to the regular pro- . ‘gram, The picture deals with the " .origin of the Nonpartisan League, " andsfeatures Man Figman in "the 3 The picture is-highly esting and entertaining; Mr. Figman being supported by an-excel- at;cast. Other talks and pictures g to the Non-partisan league 4 %shown at intervals_of about T days. “The exact date to be an- o Tt later. No-extra admission charged. e | e tim. agw there: e lans to deputize 100-men:fx < m&: Wogfln union, to act-as| ety of the local industries, until the | - % *ECTION COMMITTEE . " WOMAN'S CEUB- s Inspected and Notes Made . of General Condmon b b { ; 4’ The .committee appointed by the| . ‘Women's Civic and Community club |. for the purpose of judging the im-{, provement made on the: various:ave- | nues have made a tour;of:that portion Notes were taken of ‘the var- ious parts-that-were in pad condi= tion not only:with reference to garb- age accumulation, ash pies, manure “I heaps, tin ‘cans, ‘etc., wut also the general appearance of the houses and yards. . There- are many 'ola rences that are of no use whatever except to stand as an eyesore which are not adding to- the beauty-. of the city. Many. woodpiles are reported to be scattered over the entire lots and in .'| general there is much to be done ac- ‘| cording to thé committee in this part of the city. . Particular notice was made of a number of down town vacant lots which are being used for the storage of.all manner of old broken down ve- hicles and much more unsightly junk ance as anything- possibly could; at different times and note-the: im- in position to accurately judge the avenue entitled to the prize: to be given. £ ! 7o ‘an endeavor to acquaint the Cigigens of Bemidji with the.real ait- jp|uation in the public and High ‘school bufldtngs the school board of Bemid- ! §i- has :deemed” it:advisable to.point out some of the special problems that Plogeér . 4 'summary by the hoard for the citizens 1 ation. : Overcrowded Conditions. - Because of the overcrowdeéd condition’ of the schools ‘and znost especially of the -Jusior-and Senior board of education consider it imper- ative that additional room be pro- vided at the earliest possible timie. It is. readily conceeded that the best that can be done for the chil- dren of our city is to give them trains ,lng for real lving. , vl?x“ad!ltlonr to nsl'le ovemowdte'd condition there is not sufficlent room to give enough work in Science, Man- ual -training, Physical . Training, Home Training, Agriculture and Commercial Training. The need and demand for' training in sug¢a depart- ments are many times greater today " |than ever before. ‘The board ™ considering the advis- ability, first,: of 'an addition to the present- High school building which would -add about fifteen rooms and would- cost abgut $150,000 while the second_proposition is that of building a separate building on_the school grounds north of the Central build- ing ' on- Beltrami avenue. Such a building would house all of ‘the in-l dustrial departments before mention- tioned - and- in addition contain an auditorium and gymnasium. > The-board -of education desire an| expression of opinion from the voters which they favor before preceeding with either-—an addiiton or a separ- ate building. # +The new building on the eame iblock north of ‘the Central school 'would cost ~about $225,000 and would ‘be more complete, having both auditorium and gymnasium of good proportions. C A A ballot has been prepared to get $10025=1 the -citizens’' opinions of . the. two i yropositions. It 18 desired that the choice be expressed on the ballot and 1" <} that it-be.sent either to the Bemidjl Pioneer office, the Bemidji Senti- nel office or put in a ballot box in any of the echool bulldings where one will be placed for that purpose. The need of action to be taken immediately is most urgent and the board of education is desirous of carrying out the wishes of the ma- jority of the voters. ‘Women as well as men vote on all school matters. Look on the back page for the ballot. C. W. JEWETT COMPANY - IS AWARDED CONTRACT The C. W. Jewett .Co. has been awarded the contract to imstall a Delco- electric lighting plant at the Minnesota State Fisheries station at by. The Jewett bid was accept- ed by Carlos Avery, stite'game and fish commisisoner and the work of in- stallftion will begin as goon as pos- sible. > [BONUSBILL - Western\art of thé Clty h of the city west of Minnesota ave- ‘1 nue. which makes about-as bad an appéars The committee will inspect the city. provements made 5o that they wiil be' : ‘:"V{alker) .~—Complete soldier bonus d the methods’ tifey | ships, ade- by Bupt. nform- éom- ¢ departments of the High school,: the] The Pionear is a Member of the United l’uu——l‘.ld BEMIDJI, MINN,, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1920 £ | Democrats 'Strongly .~ Proyisions of Tax on’ « LEFFINGWELL FLAYED FORMER SERVICE MEN Says “Go to Work Like Any Self R_upecfin( Man Would Do” .'Washington, -April 30.—The ways ‘and means committes, .by strictly party vote, today favorably the soldier bonus bill to the house. 1f approved by the republican caucus (today the measure will be called in the house Monday, ' The demo- crati “strongly opposed:provisions in tln bill fo_r tax on-sales. . 3 HUGE BONUS BILL SUBMITTED. Washington, April 30 (by Herbert bill carrying increaged. taxes ‘of the next two years, and providing for cash bonus of $1.25 for each day of army or-navy service, will be sub? mitted today to full membership of for its approval. Republican mem- service men cannot be paid until the first part of next year, repub- licans decided. ; i | Bagby: showing the crowded ‘cond! hee 1 SRR tiona_and pofuting out: the handicsp] —Leff! “pervice men 16t restifing from these condftions. The|iaking bonus. application, declarin following facts ‘have ‘been présentéd|they should “go to work and support themselves a5 any self respecting manh | would do.” : T Circular letters announcing the camp and the various national guard units "Wl will encamp "at Fort Snelling this summer, have been sent out and one of . these "circulars ha¥ been received by Captain D. J. Mooré of the “K” company of the Sixthj Minnesota infantry national guard. Bemidji’s company will go into’ cathp from June 12 to June 26, according to ‘the present plans made by the |regimental officers, at the Snelling barracks. Preparatory drills for the local company will begin soon that all men may be whipped into shape for the summer camp. It is also expected that the equipment will be issued soon to the local men. The camp at Snmelling is to be complete in every detail, and the members of the company will receive instruction along various lines of army work. SYLTE RESIGNS POSITION . WILL GO TO CLEVELAND Mr. Geo. Blielitz, formerly local manager, but now, special agent of the Northwestern Telephone Co., of Duluth arrived yesterday to confer with Mr. 1. F. Sylte, who for che past ten months has been local manager of the company at Bemidji, but who has resigned his position and will go to Cleveland, Ohio, where he will be connected with the Willard Storage Battery Co. Mr. William Tunnell of Minneapo- lis will succeed Mr. Sylte as local manager and will arrive in about two weeks. On account of the illness of Mrs. Sylte it will be some tnme before Mr. Sylte will be able to move to his new position. e STATE FIRE MARSHAL CONDEMNS BUILDINGS St. Paul, April 30.—A fire hall, Salvation Army building and another structure in the heart of Bemidji were condemned as fire menace by the State Fire’ Marshall Nettleton, today. The above wire wes received this afternoon and’ refers to the old Ny- more Fire Hall, The Salvation Army building is the one which stands on Minnesota south of the Nangle block. This building will be removed when the new Army hall is erected this summer. The other structure referred to s mot known definitely as there were several buildings under consid- eration by the Fire Marshall’s depart- ment end the wire did not state which_was. referred to. REPRTEDBY | | At the meeting of the 8t. Phillip’s $1,664,000,000 to be' raised during} the house ways and means committee|: bers have already approved - it.| . | Bonuses and other forms of aid for % ‘begin AMERICA MAY FACE " BREAD NEXT YEAR Thptcher of University . Prophesies Five Dollar Wheat Next Year ‘-’;‘St-“?,‘l;lprfilge:;-‘-‘Unlm ‘Amer- . meets -the fast approaching. pro-. 2 cauts nreat aels vasr: Dean B, I loaf nest. year,”” Dean 1 fi!‘l‘nlmer of the. Upiversity of pota Agricultural college, . told: }.” " Thatcher: said the short: R Sl e - whash eop solved, as the wheat cro) ‘be - three-fourths - of & bflllog hels short. The question. is not what we can get out of every acre, but what production we can get out of every man available to work on ; ANNUAL MEETING Ladiea’ Aid, held last evening at the home of Mrs. J. E. Cahill, 219 Sixth street, the annual election of officers was held. ‘Mrs. Frank Patterson was chosen president, Mrs. M. L. Morse, vice-president, Mrs. T. Baudette, sec- 'rgtary, apd Mrs. L. M. Ford, treasur- ler. After a good business session, a social ‘hour with nice refreshments eted an enjoyable evening. arles B. Funk of Bemidji tect on Building » - Architects Clyde W. Kelley of Du- juth and L. C. Pinault of 8t. Cloud and: eapolis were in the city yes- e to look over the proposed site the Bemidji .armory, for which propriation ‘'of $50,000 was au- rided by the state armory a recent meeting. No definite ‘pla as as. ible, to the plans of thmte the hopes of the. local guard’ an militia compahies as well as the local ‘citizens who have been 'so”agti :securing . for Bemidji this eXcellent building. - . Architect Charles B..Funk of -this city will be designated: as” associate’ architect with, which ever- party se- cures. the construction' of the plans. Architect Moss of Rochester is ex- pected to arrive in the city in 4 few days to. look over the,site for the building and to sketch his plans be submitted to the stite board. * --~The ‘bg.er h:moul:‘xt °€ mu:ldl? spent here ‘by.the architects yes! wpn.:emliloyeya, in conferrlnsywnh_- mi' officers of the local guard and naval ‘militia companies and in making rough sketches of the plans. § (By United" Press.) HAYES FOR CHAIRMAN. Chicago, April 30.—With a view to harmony, friends of Will Hayes, chairman of the republican national committee, are preparing to launch a campaign to have him elected tem- porary. chairman of national conven- tion in June. JAPANESE SOLDIERS MURDERED (By United Press) Tokio, April 30.—Bolsheviki sol- diers aided by one thousand Koreans and five hundred Chinese massacred two hundred and seventy- Japanese | solider and old regime Russians in at- tacks on Japanese consulate at Niko- laisk, war office announced. Jap- nn‘eu women were outraged, reports said. POWER BILL REPORTED TO SENATE 30.—Water- Washington, April ‘power bill as agreed to by the house and senate conference was reported to eenate today. 3 \ MEXICAN REBELS TAKE LARGE CITY San Antonio, Tex., April 30.—The railroad between Mexico City and Guadalajara has been cut and Za- mora,. the ‘decond largest city in the state of Mithoacan, was captured by revolutionists, reported. 'POLES TAKE 10,000 REDS Berlin, April 30.—Polish troops have pierced the Bolsheviki front and taken ten thousand prisoners, dispat- clies-from Warsaw stated. ENOX PEACE RESOLUTION 0. K. Washington, April 30.—The senate foreign relations committee today or- dered a favorable report on Knox peace resolution. Wire Service—Today’s World News Today g‘:’M’ o¥s’ at 8 banquet.. “I would not |, | bé surpriseq t«rs;le .'W‘.helt at'$5 or 36 | from the trip here, but pre- ve: in | Weather forecast 24 hours MuAMRM - Storm brewing in direction 0 CROOKSTONMILL OSESATOP.M. Notices Posted: at Ten o’Clock . BEMIDA BOY SCOUTS " Boys Are Organizing Troop No. 1 of Bemidji — Preliminary meetings have been held each Monday evening for the past:several months in the basement of ithe First Baptist church of Be- midfi-to tormulate plans for the com- plete:- organization of a (Boy, Scout troop here and a great amount has been_accomplished "glong this line. Approximately 35 boys have been signed up for meihership and a charter has. been "applied for. It is expected that the charter will ar- rive soon nfeking it then possible to complete’ the ' organization. This troop will be known as Troop No. 1 of-Bemidji and will be under the leadership of. J§. C. Hinkley as Scout Master, with H. W. Dabold as assist- ant scout master. At a meeting held recently a troop committee of four members was ‘ap~ pointed to be in charge of the scout weork. It will be responsible for a meeting place &nd will also make ar- rangements for one or two weeks of summer camping in this vicinity that the boys may get out where they are able to study woodcraft, forestry and the like. ; A full-troop consists of about’ 32 members and after that number has been enrolled here there is a possi-|P! bility of a second troop. - In order to obtain. membership the applicant must be at least 12'years.of age and from_thit up: to..18 or 19 years old. 1It:fs requited that the scout master be east ¢21 years of age .and the saistant. be-at least 18, and Ameri- , citizéns.. e number of tents have beeii prom- the troop for ijs usé during the and all are 15ed symmer encampment | showing keen interest in the prospec- tive: trip,- which. will include hikés, drills and edncational - fpatures’ 'to teach the youths the value of ‘the ‘great gutdoors. s At present the meetgxgs are being held in the basement of the Bapiiit ¢hurch ‘every Monday eveinng, but with the approach of suring it is planned to®do more work out: of doors where the boys may realize a more thorough training. FERRELL FARM SELLS ) FOR $28,000 TODAY A deal was completely tlosed to- day whereby the Howard A. Ferrell farm of 560 acres at Farley was sold to George McGaffigan and George W. McGaffigan, father and son, of Niagara, N. D.. Mr. McGaftigan and gon were in Bemidji today to close the deal en route to Farley with their household goods and farming ma- chinery. They will take possession at once. This farm has one of - the most modern sets of buildings in the entire northwest part of this state. The large and spacious barn is fully equipped to care for a large dairy herd while separate buildings provide housing space for poultry, hogs and other stock. This farm also has a first class silo and root cellar. The house is one of the best farm resi- dences near here and together with the other buildings makes a most suit- able residence spot. SOCCER TITLE AT STAKE St. Louis, April 30.—The game that will decide the soccer champion- ship of the United States will be played here on May 9, acco:ding to a telegram received by the St. Louis Soccer league from officials of the United States Football associa- tion in New York. .The opposing teams for the title will be the Ben Millers of St. Louis and the Fore River eleven of Quincy, Mass. . HELGA RURAL TEL: 0. " CONNECT WITH BENIDA The Helga Township Rural, Tele-| phone company’s lines were connected up with the Bemidji Exchange yes- terday. This line will connect about twenty farmers from the southern portion of Bemidji township and, the northern part of Helga township with Bemidji and will give them long distance connection as well. ", The company was organized last £all and commenced construction of the line, then completing it = this spring. There are two lines in the service. This will give the commun- ity through which the lines run a first class service which has been badly needed. This Morning in the Mills and Yards WILL RESUME OPERATION WHEN CONDITIONS PERMIT to Insure Maximum . 5 e . The Crookston lumber mills shut down all departments at 6 o’clock this afternoon,. according to placards posted throughout the yards and city. E. H. Dea of Minneapolis is in the city in connection with the ;etion taken by the company at this ime. } In making its decision the Crook- ston Lumber company .concluded to close today, because of it being the last of the month. This will permit them to wind up their books amd records at the close of the month. On another page of this issue ap- pears a full page ad, which contstins the announgement or notice of clos- ing in detail. The notice. statés that pay checks will be ready Saturday, May 1st, after five o'clock in' the afternoon. Operation of. the plant will be re- sumed in the different departments just as rapidly as employees indicate their willingness to co-operate with the management in carrying out their rogram as outlined in Mareh, before the sawmill started. g The ‘'wage scale, of which nothing but . expressions 'of satisfaction have been heard, will be the same as. it has been the past be changed during the. ; no matter what adverse conditions may arise, should the mill, ‘rfesume operations. ®ig This is the first stfike ' this :com- pany has had in the past twenty- seven years, according to officials, .and in reaching its decision to'close, .the company does so without vindie- tiveness or retaliation in any form, but on the contrary seeks the hearty | co-operation of the good citizens of +Bemidji and employees. The mills at Fort Francis will con- tinue to operate on the ten-hour o, shop basis, being run just as it for the past ten years. The company has great faith in the ultimate good judgment and loy- alty of the men, the notice states, and considers the class of workers employed to have no superiors in the Northern Pine field. It .was also pointed out by officials that many of the men were not in favor of the strike, but that their action at this late date was controlled from without its own ranks and that there was little they could do but obey the mandate of the larger bodies at this time. The most kindly feeling prevails toward the former employees, but states in its notice that the seasonal character of a lumbering manufactur- ing operation in Minnesota, where & seven months season is the outside limit, remains the same, owing to cli- matic . conditions, for which none of those concerned are responsible. PRETTY GIRL' CONTEST - -:-FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS In connection with the pretty girl picture series, which is now being conducted by the Duluth News Tri- bune, & pretty girl contest, in which all girls of the Bemidji High school will be given an opportunity to par- ticipate, will be held in this' city. Any person, accorling to the plan, may nominate their favorite and when thénominations have been made pictures will be taken of the nomi- nees. It is also planned that these pictures will be shown on the screen of one of the local theatres and the audience will be-the judge. WILLIAMS GIVES FOOTBALL ' SQUAD DAILY TRYOUT Minneapolis, April 30.—Dr. H. L. Williams {s running his Minnesita football players through their last week of spring practice this. 'week. He has had his proteges out twice weekly for the past three months and this week he has called a prac- tice for every afternoon. There have been on an average of 50 men out for all the practices held thus far. Mar- tineau, Eckburg, Weblen, McClin- Dart are comingHh;ErflHthaR7T,g8 tock, Roos, Larsen, Dart are among the mest promising of the candidates who have run thru their paces this spring ror,«WI;l | | stonth"and will not * cLaury and . e