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iWT*i VOLUME XVI. NO. 317 BEMIDJI WILL SUFFER WHEN PHONE RATES ARE DOUBLED i**' H.4& Ouftrageout Order Issued by Texas Politician to Add Burden to People ^LONfc DISTANCE SERVICE IS NEARLY, TREBLED State to File Protect to Auto cratic Mandate of Wire Executive Long distance telephone rates, promulgated by- Postmaster General A. S. Burleson, .to, become effective January 21, and announced as re "ducins^ the charges, really will mean inert&ses ranging from 100 to 300 "jier enfc oyer the prevailing rates in Minnesota,~*wiere the distance is more than thirty-two miles, accord ing to James W. Howatt, telephone supervisor for the state railroad nd warehouse commission. ~~%sr ^Bemidii "Soaked." Bemidji and vicinity wiH be "soaked" good and proper when the iw Burleson edict becomes opera tive, for the present long distance phone call to the twin cities is 65 cents and will be jumped to $1.60, & more than double, and nearly three w^fe. times as much. I State to Hie Protert. Comparison of the proposed sched ule with the prevailing rates made by Supervisor Howatt, showing the inequality of the new schedule, was placed before the commissioners. It is understood the state commission will file a protest and- make an effort to have the proposed long distance Tate schedule withdrawn. Under the new order two schedules are proposed, knojsm "a$gtto 4 tstatfon" cail"an4 "person to person^ tsaifc. The rates for the "person to person" calls are approximately 25 per oent higher than the "station, to station" calls, where a number only 1s called but the caller is not guar anteed that he will obtain connec tion with the person desired. LOGGING FIRMS ARE IN NEED OF LABOR -3P* St. Paul, Dec. 31.Lumber pro ducers of the northwest are in need of labor and they plan to increase production this winter 30 per Cent above the prewar normal production in order to meet the increased vol ume of business expected in 1919, Hugo V. Koch, state director of em ployment, states. The reconstruc tion period promises enormous busi ness for lumber producers and deal ers, it was said. Abnormal conditions and restrictions during the war greatly depleted lumber stocks throughout the country. The United States employment service in Minnesota alone needs 1,200 men, while Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan need 4,000 men, according to Mr. Koch. "This demand is being rapidly filled," said Mr. Koch. "There is more than a normal supply of labor in the building trades and these men are^ going the timber. In addt- ^hM a largintnumber of men are be ing released from munition plants who will return-to the forests." TO H0N0B DEAD HEBOES ^"P IN WALLS OF CATHEDBAL (By United Press.) New York, Dec. 3-1.Work on construction ef the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, which had been in progress about twenty-five years when it was interrupted by the war, will be resumed immediately. This cathedral, situated on Morn ingside Heights, on almost the high est ground in Manhattan, is designed by the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York to be much the largest church, edifice fh the western hemis phere, and it is estimated that at least one hundred years will be re quired for its completion. As soon as the treaty of peace is signed Bishop David H. Greer ana Dean Howard Chandler Robins will announce a plan for incorporating in the walls of the cathedral nave memorials for Americans who died in the world war. Memorial tablets of stone or metal will be placed on the walls of the nave Relatives of sol. diers who desire such memorials will contribute certain sums, and these .contributions will be used to finance a large part of the construction. Wealthy New Yorkers have con tributed vast sums for the construe C iion thus far completed, but only a felkood beginning has been made to tffward the building of the great pile. BOWLASJD-PLATT. Judge E. Harris wound up the old year by uniting in marriage Victor Rowland of Travers county Land Veda Piatt of Turtle RiveT. 1 tf A ACTION TAKEN TOWARD STRAIGHTENING THE RED .LAKE RIVER CHANNEL At the Red River ^lood Control association meeting held at Crooks ton Monday evening, J. J. Opsahl of Bemidji was present and 4t was de cided to appoint a cotomitte of five, one from each of th?,' counties of Polk, Red Lake, Pennington, Clear water, and Beltrami, iuttioriBed to proceed without delay, Jto obtain needed improvements, whUch In part covers the dredging of the Red Lake river channel from the lake to High Landing, with a controlling dam at the outlet as well W harbor for small boats at the outlet just above the dam. Full authority to proceed to pro cure needed state and federal legis lation and co-operation between pri vate, state .federal and Indian land owners was also authorized. Senator D. P. O'Neil'of Thief River Falls was selected as chairman of the committee and will proceed at once, together with other members of com mittee, to St. Paul to obtain needed state legislative co-operation. Rep resentative-elect B. A: ftako was se lected to represent Beltrami county on the committee, provided he will accept, each county to provide finances for their committeemen, either by public subscription of coun ty board under the Cliff law of 1917. It is stated there are- several year's work before the committee DEHNEL TAKEN TO INTERNMENT CAMP Paul F. Dehnel, formerly publisher of the St. Paul and Minneapolis American, a weekly, will be taken to Fort Oglethorpe, Qa., within a few days y United States Marshal Joseph "\yessel. Instructions to this effect were received i the marshal from Attor ney General-^T. p.?Oregory. Dehnel has been in the Hennepin county Jail eyer sin** fa^11*? 3* ?iB agreed at his trial under-Tflle aspion age act last October. $4 During the trial w** discovert thatpehnel was ***Haft enemy and orders' for his internment for the duration of the war .were issued. James A. Peterson, candidate for the United States senaje to succeed Senator Knute Nelson* the last election, was Indicted at the same time as Dehnel under the espionage act on account of signed articles published in the St. Paul and Minne apolis American, and convicted at Minneapolis last October. He was sentenced to four years' imprison ment and afterward took an appeal to the supreme court which may be heard January 6. He is at liberty on 110,000 bonds. Dehnel was at one time the pubr Usher of a newspaper in Bemidji and is known to many here. VAN LEAB OUT MONDAY. Minneapolis, Dec. 31.There will be nineteen new faces in the Min neapolis city and county offices after the first of next year, due to the recent election The first Monday in January is the day of the changes. Mayor Thomas Van Lear will then give his farewell message to the city council. Mayor elect J. B. Meyers, it is expected, will present his inaugural address the same day the new council or ganizes. NO TEA. NO PEACE. (By United Press.) London, Dec. 14. (By MailGreat Britain's official colonybetween 400 and 900 strongat the peace conference. Is going to have home British cooking, cooked from British food by British cooks at the govern ment's expense. The famous British tea hour falls in a period during which French food restrictions forbid the serving of milk. Alarmed at theprospect of "no tea," several prospective dele gates appealed to the British food ministry to see if "something couldn't be done." The result was it was discovered that owing to high prices In Paris, the government could save about 60 per cent by providing the food itself, cooking it and serving it indepen dently of Parisian caterers, In the three hotels requisitioned by the French governments for the British staffs. The army and navy canteen board will have charge. SWEDISH PASTOB ILL: NO SEBVICES T0M0BBOW There will be no services in the Swedish Lutheran church tomorrow, on account of the pastor's illness. VOTE CONTEST OUSTED Prpestone, Dec". 30Because it Is claimed that CJ Norwood, Non partisan candidate for state senator for this district, was too late in serv ing notice of contest upon Floyd LIndsley, Judge S. Nelson in the district court has thrown out the contest proceedings, and Norwood is thus unable to secure a recount of the ballots. YoilCAN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OU OF TOTER0ArS PAPERS-READ'THE Says Allies Read? to Enter Conference Agreed On Peace Basis PRESIDENT IS EN ROUTE TO VISIT ITALIANS Poles Now Control Posen and Disarm Hunsj Crisis Is Expected Soon By William Philip Simms (United Press Correspondent.) Paris, Dec. 31.(Copyright by United Phess, 1918.)President Poincare of France is planning to visit the United States after the peace conference. He revealed this .today during an interview with the the United Press, in which lie fore cast that France, the United States and their allies in general will enter the peace conferenpe already agreed on the basis for peace. WILSON GOING TO ITALY. London, Dec. 31.President Wil son has left London on his return to France. Late tomorrow he will leave Paris for Italy and return to Paris early next week. TO PROTECT SAISEBLN. Berlin, Dec. 31.A league for safeguarding the life and freedom of the former kaiserin has been -formed under the auspices of the Tages Zeitung., /pbS CONTBOL POSEN. London, pec. 31.Polish forceB now control Posea aad^haarfr execut ed several German officers* disarm*, tag many other*. Communication with Berlin has been cut. SIX JtONTfcS TO DECIDE^ i By Edwin ~G.~tfiilllnger London, Dec. 31."Tho. coming Six months will decide whether the Polish question Will be settled peacefully or bloodilyr" Edward flhortt, chief secretary for Ireland, today told the "United Press. BIG BOMBING PLANES FOR BOSSES. DRAYAGE (By United Press London, Dec. 16. (By Mail )The large bombing machine, which was America's specialty in aircraft pro duction during war, is the type from which the general purpose commer cial aerial truck will be evolved, ac cording to Englishmen who have been active in the work of the Royal Air Force. The light, fast, "unstable" ma chine, favorite of the Royal Air Force, was excellent for fighting, but its development in peace i likely to be more for sport than for commerce, students of the air believe. Already the United States navy has a flying machine that seats more passengers than almost any surface street car, and designers on both sides of the Atlantic are busy with plans for air busses. Danger of travel through the air in peace times is considered negligible already, and statesmen and royal personages have not hesitated to trust themselves to wings-rather than to waves in cross ing the English channel even during war. Increase of carrying capacity and decrease in the size of the field need ed for starting and landing are im portant projects now occupying at tention of inventors. FEB. 1 IS LIMIT SET FOR RED CROSS WORK To meet present needs, all Bemidji Red Cross work should be finished and handed in not later than Feb ruary 1, after which no further al lotments of either garments or knitted-articles will be received by the chapter. This Is the advice given to the various chapters of the state. Every member of the South Beltrami coun ty chapter should feel obligated to complete the work started, that un finished articles may not be returned to headquarters unfinished. TOWNLEY FREED FB0M DEBT BY U. S. COUBT Fargo, N. D., Dec 31.A. C. Townley, president of the Nonpar tisan league, was discharged from bankruptcy by Judge C. F. Amidon of the United States district court. The order frees Mr. Townley from obligations aggregating nearly $80,- 000, against which he balanced as sets of less than $500. ^_* jtfjT "Hn ssssas BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 31, 1918 FRENCH HEAD TO MAKE VISIT AT THE CLOSE OFCOREN CE i &&& &jj&jm PORTUGAL WAS TRUE TO HER OLD ALLIANCE WITH GREAT BRITAIN 5 (By United Press.) London, Dec. 16. (By Mail.)The oldest existing alliance in the world was demonstrated during the war on the Western front. It is the British-Portuguese com pact, which dates from early in the fourteenth century. It only, of all the scores of leagues of nations and ententes which have bound the various parts of Europe more or less closely in varying com binati$n*f has withstood the erosion of centuries and changing condi tions, 'ie* WbtA'-tbft original fotoal ro teotrve alliance between the two countries was not signed until the( first part of the fourteenth century, British and Portuguese troops acted together in an informal entente as early as 1148, in the expulsion of the Moors from Portugal! A British fleet, carrying crusaders to Palestine, happened to put in at a Portuguese port while the king of Portugal was trying to dislodge the Moors from Lisbon. He asked the British if they didn't want to co -operate in the common cause against Islam The entente was successful. Portugal had a rather unique part to play in the European war. When the war began in August, 1914, Portugal, true to her treaty, inquired of England what military assistance was needed. England re plied- none in iFrance, but requested Portugal to send troops to Africa. So during the first period of the war Portugal, by an odd turn of in ternational law occupied the dual position of an official neutral in Eu rope and an official belligerent in Africa. German ships were putting in freely the ports of Portugal, while in Africa Portuguese and German troops were shooting each other. In 1016 England asked her ancient ally for a broader activity. Portu gal immediately seized all German vessels in her harbors and began sending troops to the Western front. This brought a declaration of war from Germany. By placing her forces under Brit ish command, Portugal was the first European nation voluntarily to hand over command of her army to an other nation, and she thereby became the first practical exponent of the great conception of allied unity of command. Portugal kept several divisions on the West front, a small navy in the Mediterranean, scattered detach ments in Africa, and seamen fighting on scores of American and British armed merchant ships. ST. CLOUD INDORSES ROADS. St. Cloud, Dec. 31. Th Com mercial club of St. Cloud, at its regular meeting, indorsed measures providing for co-operation in estab lishing a system of national, state and county, highways. NO PAPER TOMORROW: FIRST OF YEAR 1919 Following it* annual cuatom, The Pioneer wrti! not be issued tomorrow, that the employes of the publishing company may have ample opportunity to make new resolutions. The day is New Year and the time when all mankind resolves to make changes in his daily conduct with the big idea of improving bis ethics in certain direction. The Pioneer wishes all its many friends a most happy and prosperous year in 1919. Mm M-\J-L. -P" LEVIATHAN BRINGS 8,600 YANKS QACK HOME The-^jLftvtttlhiin being towed to her dock by tugs, after her first voyttg* sih'e nfsnlnR of the armistice. T2he Leviathan brought back 8,500 soldiers, sitflori imtl rivUiJui, most prominent among them being Lord Decies ^n Maj. Gen. Ornrgr A. Barwft, chief of the United States marines, and Wife. The Pioneer seemingly endeavored to .hasten the induction of recently elected county officials into office ahead of time, when it said the new officials would take their seats New Year's day. What it should have said next Monday, January 6. The board of county commission ers will meet in Bemidji next Mon day and take up the matter of ap proving the bonds of the new offi cials, after which the new officers will take their oath. COMMUNITY HOUSE SUGGESTED^ BEMIDJI In a letter from Secretary Lamson of the Marsh field chamber of com merce, he says he had noted the achievements of the Bemidji Com mercial club the past year and called attention to a general move ment now in vogue, that of estab lishing what is known as a Commun ity house. This is a structure or permanent quarters tor meetings of clvic^ or ganisations, such as commercial clubs, rest room and meeting place for all civic improvement clubs,Jthe building to be in the nature jpC.ft, memorial to the boys in the service. It also mentioned the surroundings as a designated place for farmers to hitch their teams when in the ity on business. FAREWELL PARTY. Members of the Ladies Aid cociety of the Presbyterian church and other friends, twenty-five in numbed surprised Mrs. A. Plainer last even ing, at the home of Rev. and Mrs. L. P. Warford. The evening w,as passed in conversation and lunfcb was served. Mrs. Flatner was pre sented with a pretty remembrance gift by those present. Mrs. Flatner and daughter, Lillian, will leave .^o, morrow morning for their new home in Morris, Minn. Mrs. Flatner,,has been a member of the Presbyterian Ladies Aid and active in church work, and will be greatly missed, TELEGRAPHERS GET BABE. Washington, Dec. 31.Railroad telegraphers and station agents have been given a further wage increase by Director General McAdoo, rectro active to October 1. t- STATE NATIONAL GUARD WILL LOSE ITS STATUS. SECRETARY WAR ORDER Washington, Dec 31.Reojuests of National guard organizations now overseas to be mustered out on ^thelr return to this country instead of dis charged, so their National guard character may be immediately .re- sumed instead of returning to their civilian status, will not be granted by Secretary of War Baker, it was authoritatively declared at th.waT department i The recent ruling of the judge ad vocate general declaring fhafc. Na tional guard troops now in the fed eral service will revert to their vi lian status upon their discharge has been adopted by the general staff as an irrevocable decisfon with refer ence to the former troops It is known that many of the forces now with Pershing's army, upoi, their return home, will desire to im mediately revert to their national guard status instead of being dis charged and becoming plain citizens. Many organizations notwithstanding that in some cases only a small por tion of their original personnel re mains, have been organized for many years and have become historical. veJ 1' Hi II III i| Y- OFFICIALS TO ASSUME DUTIES NEXT WEEK. NOT NEW YEAR'S 1* 'r**ffl* tlAIUttl FV**f.ih*wn xo^RTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH 53= 3 3B POTATO FLOUR' PLANT BEING TMDUPF OR INITIAL START Officials of Machinery Coo* Kpany Here Full Operation in Another Week EQUIPMENT INSTALLED LARGE BUSINESS SEEN Operation Is Interesting Plant Location Ideal Public Inspection Soon The Bemidji Potato Products plant, occupying the site of the for^ !e* Berajdfi brewery, presents a ne of unusual activity, the new lpment being "tuned up" nre rfctory to its opening for business, which is expected in about a weesv When in full running order. General Manager Kaplan will hold a recepF Uon for the Bemidji public for in spection of te new Industry, which is believed will become one of the city's most important business insti tutions. .The plant is ideal in every respect. It consists of tne large brick build ing which is one of the most sub stantial in the city. Not a change had to be made in its layout for the new industry, and it has a storage capacity of forty cars of potatoes. The machinery has all arrived and is so installed that the capacity can easily be doubled. Experts Art Here. Officials of the Potato Machinery Manufacturing company of Minnea polis are here superintending the machinery in its adjustment. F. H. Douthitt, president of the machinery company, is personally in charge, the machinery being from the John B. Aut company of Baltimore, Md. With fnQtt is Carl Feldhusen, w4# represents the machinery company also, and he was the' manVwho in stalled the first potato flour plant in the United States, at Idaho Falls, Idaho. There are now about eight of these plants in the country. Mr. Douthitt is also the secretary of the Potato Association of America. Waeon To Sack. From the siding built by the Red Lake railroad, or from the wagon of the farmers, the potatoes are un- JAaded into conveyors, sorted as to Size as they travel to their bins, dustedeenroute From may carried by machinerbinotheyteth the huge washer where they are cleaned thoroughly, every particle of dirt be ing removed. Again they take up their journey to the big cooker where they are made into a fine pulp and run out on a large cylinder termed the (laker, which discharges into an endless driver contrivance, which conveys the flake on and up to the flour mill where it is made into flour, sent to the sacker, all fine flour dust being drawn away en toute, and deposited in a special re ceptical. Continuous Process. It is one continuous process from the unloading to the sack all ready for shipment and is intensely inter esting. There is a large quanitity of po tatoes ready for turning into flour. The potato flour has many sources of patronage, one of them being large manufacturers of sausage, which use the potato flour for sau sage stock, while large paste factor ies also perfer the potato flour. Large quantities are used in homes throughout the country and as the plant gets under full swing potato chips will be made. There are sev eral other lines the plant is capabla of producing and these will receive* attention later. Several inquries have been and are being received with reference to shipments and the outlook for success seems roseate. DOCTORS HOLD MEET. Crookston, Dec. 31.The quarter ly meeting of the Red River Valley Medical society was held in this city. On account of so much illness, many doctors could not leave home to at tend The present influenza epidemic was the main feature of the discus sions. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: President, Dr. F. Dryden vioe-preaident, Dr Ed Braturd, secretary and treasurer. Dr. A. Kahala ALL WA1TT HIGHWAY. St Paul, Dec. 31Representative R. W Hitchcock, who ia writing a weekly letter to the Ribbing Daily Tribune, of which he is editor, IB authority fdr the statement that over eighty members of the house have asked the speaker-elect to place them on the roads and bridges committee, which will handle bills relating to good roads, and that twelve members want to be chairman. YS *s