Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 18, 1920, Page 1

L'lnu-l ‘Ei:nuh’-, tion in Northern Minnesota ~ _VOLUME XVIIL ;. NO. 199 POLISHTROOPS - BOLSHEVIKI FROMWARSA _i!gd Danger Temporarily Over, Poles Driye_ Back the Reds Five to Fifteen Miles * DANZIG CORRIDOR SAVED FROM RED ARMY e /Lolish Delegates Return From *Minsk to Warsaw to ' Discusg Peace / 2 (By United Press) London, Aug. 18.—A Russo-Polish conference was held at Miske at-Seven o'clock last evening according to un- official wireless from Moscow today. After delegates, had been examined and their credential® passed upon the meeting adjourned. ,(By United - Press) Londoh, August 18. (By Ralph Mil- ler.)—The Bolshevik re-coil from the Polish counter:attack in several sec- tions began to assume the proportions of a rout, according to the latest ad- vices from various sources today. Only stubborn _resistance at the critical point enabled the Russians to prevent the annihilation of many of their retreating defenses. The Bolsheviki have retraged their march more than ten’miles’ at some points in the vicinity of Cierchanof the Poles advapced five mllgs on a twenty mile front. - e All unofticial advices from Warsaw declare that.the Red danger is tem- > “perilling .the cities in" Poland have ! been destroyed. North of Lublin the Bolsheviki were put to rout by a sur- iprise attack. The latest communica- been driven back at the points of bayonets fifteen -miles northwest of _Warsaw, following fierce fighting. (By United Press ) " "Paris, August 18. 1:40 p. m.—The Polish- counter attack freed the Dan- zig corridor and completely disengag- ed Grandenz, it was officially an- nounced by the French foreign office today. 5 Moscow, August 18.—‘“The enemy has broken through our Hnes to thg northward,” the Russian official com- munique said today. (This evident- ly refers to the Polish claim that the Russians have oeen ejected-from ‘the Danzig corridor) ‘“‘Our renewed oftensive has resulted in the recap- . ture of the Cierchanof. To the south- =-east ‘we’ occupied Hruble and other villages.” Berlin, August 18. (By Carl Groat) —Polish delegations have returned 0 Warsaw from Minsk to discuss ms of Peace, according to news refeived here today. Nothing could be learned of the alleged terms. After )consulting with the Polish minis- ters regarding the Russian terms and receiving their proposals, representa- tives will return to Minsk in time to under take final negotiations with Bolsheviki by the end of the week. " ALBANIANS WANT . - AMERICAN OLIVES Tirpna, Albania. (By mail.) —Al- bania, where every hillside is thick with olives, wants to import its olives from America. The demand for the American product has grown up since the Americans reached the country and introduced for the first time, the bottled green olive as a table deli- cacy. . The Albanian never dreamed of preserving and eating green, olives untli the Red Cross workers lxflported a few cases of the fruit, as prepared in America, for their personal -con- sumption and invited their native friends to taste the unfamiliar dain- _tles. Up to that time the people of the country picked their olives only when ripe and black and preserved ‘them in strong brine, which robbed them of all their piquant flavor. The - _-frut was sold by weight from open vats, which stand beside the doorway of the rma'' <h= c-ers, colieciing all the’ dust raised by the passing traffic in the grimy streefs. Zhose Albanians: who have been vored with a taste of the plump reen olives imported from the Unit- ed States have unanimously declared that the brine soaked product of ‘their owf country cannot compare with the American fruit and that the Albanian market is wide open for thods. - e -, N B , _porarily; over unirtivat th& forces im- tion from Moscow said the Poles had | |The Bemidji hoys who are enjoying gregn olives preserved by modern me-| dele; ates had exchanged credentials - BEMIDJI ON-THE MAP 2]V IS AIM OF / ’,‘;.‘After Armyi' Recruits ‘4\oing to Get Them; ‘Out Advantages 3 3 & Hex‘m1 ?!anson, recruiting offi- cer, is é < #*to put Bemidji on the map agalu-irom the standpoint of army recruiting he says. Bemidji used to have a national reputation for army and navy recruits but of late she has somewhat taken a back seat. Swanson says he Is going after recruits and he is going to get them. Many parents spemd a long time deciding what school they are going to send their son to after he leaves tf®e high sehool. There is the matter of expenses connected with the ad- vanced education of a boy, the tui- tion, the boarding costs, gtc. There all have to be paid for by the boy who goes to the university or college before he gets his education. The army vocational training does away with this expense. In fact the boy gets the.education and is boarded ang “paid for his time while he is getting the education. Swanson puts it foreibly and tersely below. $30.00 to $134.00 Plus .You gudesed it right—that is the Army pay and it is only fair to be frank and tell you that there are more young men in the service today that are on the shorter end of the balance sheet but each and every one of the enlisted men are even up on the plus. It’s an even bet that all of ‘you yaderstand that those figures be- hind the dollar sign means the monthly pay of the enlisted person- nel of the Army. Tt is also an even bet-that the majority of prospective applicants for Army service in and around Bemidji and their parents (Continued on Page 6) ‘HARD BOILED GOBS. Coal,” Swabbing the Deck,” “Sweeping Her Down,” Their Pastimes (By Specigl Correspondent) ' _ August 16. (On Board the Battle- ship Essex) Harbor Springs, Mich.— a trip on the Essex under the com- mand of Lieutenant Earle A. Barker are having the time of'their young lives. = Every day but one has been a per- fect. day thus far and during this special stormy session a large per- centage of the “sailors” took to their hammocks or were engaged in “feed- ing the fish” from some upper deck. - The local boys have ehtered into the work w’ithh"pep and energy and are now considered as hard boiled gobs as ever sailed the seas. They do their work according to orders, and do it with promptness sand’ dis- patch. |\ B Stips have been made thus far at the ‘‘Soo”, Chicago, Spring Harbors 'and Milwaukee. -Several other stops will be made before returning to port at Daluth. Swabing th¥® deck, polishing brass, stokiag coal, on watch, drills, inspec- tion. sweeping her down fore. and aft about eight times a day, are amorg the day’s.routine." Where 2all the dirt and sand comes from is more than\can be solved, so somr one volunteered the information that ‘perhaps the big fish scoop the sand from the sea bottom and blow it irto the air. ; * Grtting into hammocks is another “art{"” which the boys have learned to do v-ithout falling overboard. The first few nights one or two of the timi*l ones slept on deck rather than take anothgr try at entering their ham:nocks without # flop on the hard floor. \ - Ir:lications are that the sailors will retu-n to Bemidji the latter part of the t-eek a much Wiser lot than when they left for the tmép. CHI"DREN TO REPORT AT SCHO00L 1:30 P. M. WED. SEPT. 1 St verintendent R. O. Bagby wishes to riike this announcement with re- gard to the opeming of the public scho~1s on Wednesday, September 1. All rupils are raquired to be at their resprctive .buildinss at 1:30 o’clock ,Wed-esday afterngon, at which-time they ‘will be given/their assignments, text books and all necessary inform- atior. Pupils will not be required at the cchool building before that time. RUSS-POLISH ARMISTICE | " NEGOTIATIONS OPENED| Loeudon, August 18.—Russo-Polish | armi=tice negotiations opened in Mins % at seven o’clock last night, ac- cording to unofficial wireless receiv- ed from Moscow today. After the adjo- rnq:ent was taken until' today. \ Yoo v TREASTR LEGIONCAUSES A COMMOTION, the convention. cepted. - i i { i ;”) : ~ N MAYVOTEINN SELECTION 0 Delegates From Duluth and Northern Part of State Oppose Twin Cities WANT TREASURER SELECTED BY ASSEMBLY ~ Officers and ' Next ]Meeking Place to Be Selected This Afternoon " (By United Press) August 18.—Twin city delegates to the Minnesota conven- tion of the American Legion clashed with Duluth and Northern delegates over the method of selecting a treas- urer for the organization today. ’J;he constitution was being read in pro- viding for the selection of a treasurer by the executive committee. Geil of Duluth, acting in behalf of Eighth congressional moved an amendment to the effect that tiie treasurer-be elected \by the Geil demandedy call and was supported by the north- ern delegations. ~ About two thirds of the roll call was completed when Geil moved that the chair’s ruling be ac- Officers and the city for the next convention will be selected late this afternoon. Duluth, It was. BOYS SAY THEY ARE NOW lUNlON COMMITTEES MEET THIS EVENING TO.-PLAN .. ... LABOR DAY CELEBRATION The various committees which hav been appointed from the unions will meet with the Central Labor union of the city tonight in Christenson hall, Nymore, together with the Rail- road Brotherhoods, for the purpose of completing arrangements for Labor Day celebration. - N. P. FREIGHT HOUSE AND PARGO LBR. CO BURN IN FARGO THIS P. M. (By United Press) Fargo, August 18.—A bad fire this afternoon burned the Northern Pa- cific railroad warehouse and @t two o’clock was burning in the yards of the Fargo Lumber Co. A strong wind added to the danger and the Moor- head firemen at that time were work- ing with the/Fargo department. WEATHER REPORT Minnesota weather: Generally fair tonight and Thursday, except unset- tled in.southwest portion. Thomas district, S — - t { i [} PIONEER The Piokeer is & Mamber of the United Press—Leased Wire Service—Today's World News Today 7, ~BEMIDJI, MINN,, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG. 18, 1920 [ OV, ELECTION - Ponzi Agent - EROF | Surrenders to - Gov't Officer i (By United Press) Boston, .ug. 18.—Another import- ant arrest was made in the Pomzi “get-rich-quick’” fnvestigation, when Henry P. H. Neilson of Cambridge one of Ponzi’s agents swrrendered hjmself to officers. ) A'warrant charging him with lar- ceny of $500 was served. Neilson’s arrest-is considered next in impart- ance to that of Ponzi\himself. It is reported that' Neilson made hugé profits, acting as agent «for Ponezi and that he was paid large commitsions for his part in the pro- gram. - AMERICA CONTINUES O WIN IN-OLYMPICS (By United Press) Ant\ erp, August 18. (B’Hent)' Farrell.) —America won two of the three ] reliminury ‘trials in-“the 3,000 meter : teeple chase which opened to- day’s cvents in the Olympic games. In the tirst trial M. DeChahney of the Millrose Athletic association of New York, was first and Ambrosine, of Sweden, was second. G. Kllsane, of Finland, was third. The time was ten minjte 5, twenty three seconds. P. Flyun, of the Paulista A. C. of New York, won first in the second trial, Hedva:l, of Sweden, was second, and R, B. Wilson of the Kansas State Agricu’tural college was third. Tha time W is ten minutes, thirty-six sec- onds. Hodge, of England, captured the third trial. Matson, of Sweden, | was_se cond and A. L. Huelsenbeck, of New York, was third. LOCAL LAND MEN TO BANOUET TWIN CITY a roll akiag Tour of Northern Min- nesota; Will Return Home Next Sunday pa Twin city real estate men are ex- pected to arrive in Bewmidji from Vir- ginia, Thursday afternoon, and will be the guests of the Beltrami county Real Fstate board at a seven o’clock dinner at the Markham hotel Thurs- day evening. The party will include C. P. Abbott of St. Paul, S. S. Thorpe and Charles N. Chadboyrn of Minneapolis and Herbert U. Nelson, C. E. Southwick and E. J. O'Brien, members of the state ¢ssociulion. They left Minneapolis Monday mornirg and will visit Duluth, Vir- ginia. Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Elk River, Brainerd, Detroit, Moorhead, Fergus Falls, Glenwood and then re- turn (o Minneapolis, arriving there Sunday, August 22. 4 A number of Beinidji busines men have been invited to attend the dinner party. EX-SERVICE MEN Medal are urged to call at the local REAL ESTATE MEN FAIR ELECTRICAL ' SHOULD APPLY AT LEGISLATURE G R MDA () TENNESSE Field Clerk Humphries Likely to Be Moved From Bemidji in Near Future As there is a probability that Army Field Clerk Humphries, who is handl- ing the distribution af Victory Med- 3ls for Beltrami county, will be sem. te ‘another part of the state on the same duty about the first of Septemb- er, all ex-soldiers who have not yet made application for their Victory recruiting station and have tleir ap- lication prepared. If men who can- not call will write in, forms for.ap- plication will be sent them by return main. For the benefit of those men who are at work during the week and are not able to call at the recruiting of- fice during the week, the recruiting station will be open to them from 9 a. m. to 11 a. m., each Sunday morning, and Field Clerk Humphries will prepare their applications then. At prezent no great length of time elapses between the time a man sub- mits his application and thé” time he receives his Medal. .All ex-service men are urged to apply at once, ILLINOIS MINERS LOOK FOR DECISIVE ACTION (By United Press) * Cleveland, August 18.—President ‘Frank Harrington, representing the Illinois miiners, _predicted a show- down asfsoon as the miners and coal operators meet in what was expected to he the final argument on the ques- tion of wage increases here today. The representatives of both sides weré understood to favor having pre- sident Wilson take'a hand in the mat- ter if an adjustment is not made by tonight. SHOW TO DAZZLE “Let Electricity Do Your Work!” This is the slogan which is to be used by the Twin City Electrical Dealers’ association in arousing inter- est in the_big exhibit at the Minne- sota state fair, September 4 to 11. A big electric sign presenting the slogan will be placed in full length of the pbuilding in which the exhibit is to be housed. Every known con- venience run by electricity will be shown, for farm and city use. Elec- tric washing machines, mangles, wringers, irons, toasters, ranges, lights, foot warmers, curling ironms, vacuum cleaners, ice cream freezers, reading lafmps and other like inven- tions ‘will interest both the city and country woman., There will be much of special in- terest to the farmer and his wife. Farm power plants are being bought by hundreds in the northwest, where ever it is impossible to get {runk line power. These units are proving to be wonderful time, money and labor savers. | SAY,CAN'T WE 00 SOMETHING TO BLOCK THOSE GUYS? TEE HEE! /| THIS 15 SO SWEET ONE YOU ARE THE APPLE oF MY EYE! 0! FAIR LADY 1 ADORE YoU! s > the commiss holds. r——— PASSESWOMAN SUFFRAGESH- Nineteenth Amen;lment toU. S. Constitution Is Now Rati- fied by 36 States v WOMAN'’S FIGHT STARTED IN 1865 NOW VICTORY Susan B. Anthony the Most Prominent in Fight for Women’s Votes A Nashville, .\ugnst\ 18.—The suf- fragists, wearing their yell.ow badges, started a great demonstration imme- diately after the vote was announced. Speaker Walker, who voted against ratification, changed his vote to favor ratification. This was done in order to give him the right to vote for a new consideration of the resolution. The reconsideration motion must be made within two days. Walker's change of vote made a total of 50 to 46. The vote in the house came when an attempt to table resolution had been made. Speaker Walker moved to table the vote. On this the vote was 48 to 48, and .the house went igto £n uproarihecause the decision was tied. A second roll call also tied. Then the speaker announced that the vote could not be taken on the original resolution providing for ratification. ‘When order had been restored the clerk began to call the roll ‘slowly and the onlookers held their breath. The vote was announc- ed as 49 for suffrage and 47 against. The house was in confusion when Walker said, ‘I change my vote.” This made the result 50 in favor of suffrage and 46 against it. Walker ing his vote #has gained two days during which a re-consideratipn may be had. The anti-suffragists immedi- ately will begin working for getting a recopsideration @&nd will attempt (Continued-on Page.8) ASSOCIATION HEARS OF WORK OF WOMAN'S CLUB Mrd. Baer Gives Report of Work Bein;;bone by Club;” Asks Co-operation ( At the regular noonday meeting of the Bemidji Association today an in- teresting report of the activities of the Women’s Civic and Community Club, was.given by Mrs. H. C. Baer. The “amount of work wmccomplished by the Women’s organization was a revelation to nfany of the members of the association and the most surpris- ing thing about the report was the amount of money it took to accompr lish the work. The club had but a mall amount of money at its dispos- al and was thérefore compelled to do the work themselves rather than hire <ome one to do it. Co-operation was asked by Mrs. Baer on behalf of the women [rom the Bemidji association in matters where the two organiza- icus could well work together. Annotncement was made by H. Z. Mitchell of ‘the fact that it was de- ired that as,many as possible from Bemidji would arrange to meet the delegation of Bemidji business men and others who are to tour the nortk- is an anti-ratificationist but chang-. ern end of the county on their return - at Washkish on Thursday, 26th. A picnic dinner is being provided there nd the run from Washkish to Be- midji could be made after the meet- ing to he held there. Reference was also made to the work to be done on the roau east of the lake by voluntary donations of money ‘or work. Thomas Roycraft is to be incharge of the work. Sub- scriptions are desired at once for the work from those who have offered to donate towards the work. INTERSTATE FREIGHT INCREASES TO HOLD Washington, August 18.—Increas- ed raifroad rates will be brought o effect despite the refusal ' of Stdte agencies to raise intra-state- rates to the same level .as the inter-state rates, the inter-state commerce com- mission officials said today. State action must not be allowed to inter- fere 'with rehabilitation of the roads, P