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W(% T3 ufAv* BIGCAMPAIGN OFWORLDWIDE CHURCHWORK GIVENIMPETUS Program of Sub-District Cen tenary Conference Held in Methodist Church DR. CRAIG DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS Duties of Citizenship Sounded by Fergus Falls Speaker How Church is Judged The program of the sub-district centenary conference of the Metho dist church, held in the church Mon day afternoon and" evening, was "some program" if permission is granted to state it this way. Not one minute from the time the hands of the clock pointed to 5:30 until late in the night, was there a breathing spell. It %as one thing after another and each seemed better than the proceeding one. The church was well filled, the Ladies Aid mem bers serving supper from 5:30 until about 8 o'clock. The large majority who dined at the church remained to hear the entire program Kevnote Address. Dr. C. Craig made the keynote address and outlined present condi tions as they are here and in other countries. "The world is ripe for action and expects the church to. act." h said, "and every member will join in theagain grand procession sooner or later He compared the present centen ary drive w|th tfye great world war and said that the church must get ready to carry otat its grfcat plan. Dr. G. H. EeoU of Fergus Palls gave a splendid talk on "Steward- vividly the duties of an American'1" citizen, wjhether he be church mem ber or nof.'He said, "the church is expected to do more for the world than it ever did before, but the peo ple must be educated to their patrio tic duty. It's just as much a patrio tic act to get ''out and prepare tue church for this great work, as it. was for minute mento get out on warh.ive work. "The blind can't lead the blind, so it is our duty to make people see the need of the great work ahead. It is a great thing to master truth, but it is a greater thing for truth to mas ter man." How Church Is Judeed. Judge C. M. Tifft spoke of the lay man and the church. He said that the church was judged by its pro duction. "Its a big job the church has un dertaken," he said, "but not too big for its members. Men must come olf the pinacle of selfishness and look upon the centenary movement as one in which he considers it a privelege to enlist. It is more than a duty, it's a privelege. We must prepare for this drive by educating the people the same as we had to in the great world struggle. It is not churcn numbers alone we need, but everv right thinking citizen, and what's more we are getting them." (Continued on Page Sir) BEMIDJI HAMLINE STUDENTS ARE MAKING GOOD RECORD Bemidji students at Hamline uni-.a double foul was called. Gray, versity are certainly taking a promin- Carleton guard, was taken out for ent part in the life of the seat of personal fouls and was succeeded by learning, for during the basket ball season Dan Gainey has starred for the team, as practically every ac count of games has chronicled. The last game of the season was played Saturday night with the champion Carletons and while it was rough Carleton won by only two points The St. Paul Pioneer Press gives the fol lowing account in part "Hamline university lost its last game of their season to the cham pionship Carleton college five, 18 to 16, in a hot game on the Hamline floor last night. Carleton led deci sively during the first half and the score at the end of this period was 16 to 4 in its favor. Hamline began to tighten its play in the second half and the contest became unusually ex citing for the galleries Roach Han son and Gainey starred for Hamline, while Godfrey and Street were the "***tar performers on the visitors. Burns played excellently at guard for fHamline. 'Cloon and Cawles staged their lit Je battle shortlv before the end of le'halfV 'virile there were four min utes left to play. Both Cowles and Cloon went back into the game, btjt VOLUME XVIL NO. 59 BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1919 MINNESOTA FARES WELL IN ROAD AID St Paul, March 11.Minnesota will receive $7,500,000 federal aid for road building, porportionately more than any other state in theletter union, United States Senator Prank Kellogg told members of the leg islature. Senator Kellogg made short ad- diesseB to both the house and senate touching briefly on the advantages of the bill keeping the wheat price reg ulated and appropriating money for road building, but dwelling mostly in his talks on his pleasure at being in Minnesota. "In the last two years,' said Sena tor Kellogg, "I have been in Minne sota less than a month. Duties at Washington have kept me absent from the state I have the honor to represent longer than I should have desired I am gratified at the oppor- urtloir. "Minnesota is a state with greatw resources than nearly any other state in the union Its farms, its mines and its industries put it in the front ranks, but the greatest resource of all is in the sterling patriotic qual ity of its citizenship, as proved by their stand in the great crisis we just been through HOOVER WILL ALSO RESIGN NEXT JULY Paris, March 11 That, Herbert Hoover, tho American food adminis trator, and lately appointed director general of the interallied relief or ganization, it. to cease his relief work in the summer was indicated in a statement issued by Mr Hoover con cerning the wheat situation He in timated that a majority of his co workers also would return to private life Speaking of various problems con nected with the wheat situation, Mr Hoover said they would need to be solved by some one else, "because neither myself, nor most of the men in the food administration #will be able to continue in the service for the government after next July "We also must earn a living," Mr Hoover said Kitzman "Hamline was only four join ts be hind when Gainey, left guard, got the ball on the tip-off near the cen ter of the floor, and, without even a dribble, made about the prettiest basket of the game from the center of the floor. Hanson, Hamline for ward, made a free throw. One more foul throw bv Cowles of Carleton put Carleton two points in the lead again, where the final score stood." The Pioneer Press also speaks of the Hamline semi-annual literary publication, known as the Maga which has just appeared for the first time this year and says: War time condition* are reflected in the fact that with one exception the business managerthe entire edi torial staff of the paper are women. Daniel Gainey is the business man ager. Miss Corrine Carlson of Bemidji is also one of the star basket ball play ers of the Hamline co-eds and has also been chosen athletic editor of the Liner, .in athletic all-university publication issued every two years. She ranks high in literature and also in other athletic sports pflgp^^I'lg'^^PiP^f YOU CANT GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS-READ THE PIONEER BEMIDJ1 DAILY PI0NT2ER SOLDIERS OF THE RUSSIAN REDARMY IN MOSCOW Tills photograph, oue of the first of its kind to reach this country, shows th# Red arm} soldiers marching .doiig side the "common people" in the streets of Moscow. The scene is near the Kremlin. BEMIDJI BOY WRITES FROM CITY INfRANCE Dudley Lane, a Bemidji boy, Head quarter's troop, Fourth division, A E. F., has written The Pioneer a dated, Bad Bertrich, Germany, February 22, and says in part: "I received your paper from a friend in your city and certainly did enjoy reading It. "I am enjoying good health. Was wounded at Cuisix, France, in theft. Arrogone /Forest drive. I got a letter from Claude Bailey and he is all right and enjoying the best of health. I wish you a year of great success and prosperity WOMEN TO ORGANIZE CIVIC CLUB: MEETING WILL BE HELD 15TH A meeting for the purpose of or ganizing a Woman's County Civic club will be held in the Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Peter Olsen of Clo quet will address the meeting and all women of this community are urged to attend. Mrs Olsen is well known in Min nesota and is considered one of the. best women platform speakers in the northwest. (It is a pity the men of this locality will not be permitted to hear her. Editor's note.) Her mes sage is worth while and women who have the opportunity to welcome her message will doubtless be greatly benefited. This meeting was decided upon at the final meeting of the committees of the Council of National Defense. A drive for membership has been launched and already more than 100 have decided to join Jhe ranks, with the names still coming in. This county should have 500 mem bers from the start and indications are that sooner or later this number will be reached At the Saturday meeting officers will be elected and committees ap pointed and the work for the year outlined along civic improvement work SHIPYARDS REOPEN Seattle, Wash March though today is the time set for re opening tho shipyards of Tacoma, Aberdeen and Seattle, following the calling off of the strike of metal ttrades workers which began January 21, shipyard owners at conference estimated it would be several weeks before the yards were again in full swing. Rains and other weather con ditions and lack of usage, it was said, will necessitate a large amount of re pairs to machinery in the yards MIDDLETON APPOINTED ON COUNTY COMMITTEE Judge Stanton, as committee man of the Americanization committee re cently created by Minnesota State Bar association has been authorized to make appointments of county committeemen of the various coun ties the 15th judicial district and has named for Beltrami Co. E. E.men McDonald, Thayer C. Bailey, H. L. Huffman and LtsPeglow of Bemidji and C. R. Middletoto of Baudette. The purpose of the State Bar as sociation in having a state wide or ganization on Americanization has as its aim and object that the bar of the state generally exercises its best efforts toward inducement of all non citizens to become citizens and to in stil patriotism and real Americanism in the minds of the people generally. BOARD MEETS TONIGHT. The board of education will meet this evening, at which time the con tracts will be issued the teachers to be re-employed wwvnffi '^fl^fjf^ IMPORTANT POSTS COME TO THIS STATE Washington, March 11Minne- sota's eight representatives will hold prominent committee assignments in the Sixty-sixth house As decided upon, by the commit tee on committees, they wlH Tia\e places as follows $dnb Anderson, First district, agriculture, Franklin E. 'Ellsworth, Second district, inter state and foreign commerce, Charles Davis, Thiid district, Appropria tions foreign affairs, Walter Newton, Fifth district, Harold Knut son, Sixth district probably immi gration and pensions Andrew Volstead, Seventh district, chairman of judiciary, Halvor Steeuerson, Ninth district, chairman of postoffi ces and post roads, Thomas Schall, Tenth district has been named to con tinue on the rules committee, in the place"given him two yearB ago by the Mr Knutson also is prominently mentioned as republican "whip" If given that position he will hold no comittee assignment In taking a place on foreign affaira Knutson probably will have to give up his assignments on immigration and naturalization and peaxsions CABINET PIPE ORGAN FOR EPISCOPAL CHURCH A cabinet pipe organ has been pur chased by the members of tlie Episco pal church, which will bo Installed this week It is a Goodman organ The pipes are gold painted and give a very efteetive appearance The case of walnut and will match the d...rk fiiiit.il ot the church interior O.i Friday, Miss Con.mt, mubical in stiuctor of the Bemidji public schools, and the choir will give a te cital at the Lenten service at 7 30 o'clock in the evening All ar,eeral heartily welcome A silver offering will be taken John Smith, the oldest living In dian who, for many years, has made Al-ihis home in Cass Lake, is now In Walker for a few weeks, the guest oi his adopted son, Thos E Smith John Smith is now about 118 years of age and was born near Pokegama Lake He has been the happy hubby of seven wives in his time but was never a father It has been 20 years now since his last wife left him for the happy hunting grounds and John was left to make his weary way alone but he is happv He lives much in the past, dreaming of many battles won and some lost and of the big councils that sat long before the white man even commenced to en roach upon the hunting grounds of his red brothers This aged Indian, with his adopted son as an escort, will leave here In about three weeks to make an ex tended tour in the east, giving exhib itions In public and displaying to the wondering world what the oldest man among the many can do. He is certainly a wonderful old gentleman and as bright mentally as most young RAKO PREPARES BILL AFFECTING DRAINAGE Among the latest bills to be intro duced in the state house is that of Representative Rako of Beltrami county, which comes under the head of drainage. The measure requires approval of voters to authorize issuance and sale of drainage bonds In any county which has bonded indebtedness on ac count of county and judicial ditches equal and greater than 25 per cent of the assessed valuation fHWN Ac MAIL SEIZURE SHOWS REDS PLAN OVERTHROW 1 INDIAN 117 YEARS OLD WILL TOUR EAST STATES Washington, March 11Mall matters seized since the signing of the armistice has disclosed that the I W W anarchists, radical social ists and others are "perfecting an amalgamation" which has for Its ob ject the overthrow of the American government through a "bloody revo lution" and the establishment of a Bolshevik republic, according to a memorandum sent to tho senate pro 1 pagandn committer, by Solicitor Gen Lamar of the postofflce depart ment The memorandum was made public by the committee, and Chairman Overman said It would be read Into the records today GERMAN PAPER BLAMES WORKERS FOR CONDITIONS 1 Zurich, Switzerland, March 11 The Volksstlmme, the organ of the majority socialists in Frankfort, takes Issue with the majority of the German newspapers that the allied powers are all to blame for the suf ferings of Germany The newspaper ossertR that if econlmlc difficulties are not overcome and if the working class does not I stop destroying the resources at itsSaturday I disposal Germany's condition will I be "reduced to nothingness In a few months ..Mtoift'^y STRIKE ENDS IN CENTRAL GERMAN*/ Zurich, March 11.The strike is ended' in Central Ger- many, but a state of seige has again been-proclaimed in Dussel- dorff and WHesia. BEMIDJI BOOSTERS ARE GUESTS OF BLACKDUCK Good fellowship reigned at the meeting of the Blackduck Commer cial club, hold in Blackduck Monday evening, at which President Robin son of tho Bemidji Commercial club and Mitchell were present A E. Whitfcing of the Blackduck 'live wires" presided and called upon Mr Robinson for a speech, which was along the line of co-operation on the part of Bemidji business men with whatever was for the best interests of fno villages, towHs and Mariner* o* Beltrami county i The meeting was held In the vil lage hall and an excellent supper was servedtyythe members of the domes i tic science girls of the public schools "We Ought to attend more of these iffairs." said Mr Robinson in com menting on the success of the meet ing and the warm reception of hlm I self and Mr Mitchell. PARENTS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC OVERBAND ORGANIZATION From every appearance at the city hall last evening, the parents of iheton juvenile band boys are as enthuastlc over the proposed organization of the Bemidji boys* band as are the Ju venile members themselves, and there Is no question but that the band will be speedily put together by Director Riggs, leader of the Be midji battalion band It was the heart-to-heart talk on the part of Director Rlggs that ce mented the friendship and co-opera tion of the parents, of which there were nearly 150 present He went Into details and what ho had to say was heartily accepted, for Director Rlggs Is no stranger to Bemidji, hav ing been director of the famous Crookston band and also was the or- *mm irt FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH GERMANY WILL BE REDUCED INPOWER LESSTHANNEAREST NEIGHBOR, REPORT By Fred S. Ferguson. (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, March 11.With the military terms adopted and rapid progress being made toward the completion of other provisions, it was learned today that the preliminary peace treaty may be ready to present to the Germans by March 20. From the greatest war maker in the world, Germany will be reduced to a military status lower than that of her smallest neighbor. She will be impotent even before little Switzerland. The conscription system will be knocked out by a twelve-year enlistment requirement for the army which, it is understood, will be reduced to 100,000 men. bOClfcTY C. ELECTS DIRECTORS AT MEETING TONIGHT The annual election of the board of directors and officials of the Com mercial club will be held uis eveniug at the club headquarters and all members in good standing should bo present, as the meeting will be one of utmost Importance. The organization hs planning to de velop into a dotnftJfJ'nJty club and greatly broaden it* Jnoope- of activi ties, and also broaden its membership and take into its activities the in terests of the entire pity. DEBS HIS PRISON f&i m SENTENCEMft 1 1 Washington, March ll.-The su preme court has sustained the con viction of Eugene Debs, socialist leader, found guilty of violating the espionage act throught statements made in a speech at Canton, Ohio, last June, and sentenced to ten yearB' Imprisonment. In deciding the Case the court in effect upheld the constitutionality ot the so-called enlistmeat notion of the espionage act of 1917 The opinion of the court wa un animous ORDER TO SHOOT IS ISSUED IN BERLIN (By United Press Bashe, March 11.War Minister Nbske Issued a proclamation Sunday declaring that any one seen carrying arms except trovernment troops would be shot Immediately, said a Berlin dispatch today This is the result of three Sparta cans being shot by government troops and In retaliation the Sparta cans killed three soldiers LOGGING CAMP FOREMAN IS INJURED WHILE AT WORK Harry Taylor, foreman of the log ging camp of the Bemidji Manufac turing company at spur 15, near Pu posky, is at the hospital suffering from a badly smashed foot and other Injuries received at the camp last His condition is not serious and It is expected he will recover satis factorily ganizer of the equally famed Crooks juvenile band and Is a successful business man as well. That the organization meets with hearty approval of the right sort was evidenced by the presence of Superin tendent Bolcom of the public schools, who heartily urged the success of the band Postmaster Ritchie also spoke and so did Peterson, former director of the battalion band, who has two talented sons in tho juvenile band. In his address to the parents. Director Rlggs emphasized the neces sity of oll practice for the boys and all members will soon be equipped with Instruments assigned them If there are any In doubt about securing them Mr. Rlggs is prepared to help them at wholesale figure* ~*ps