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S *t Jf\ M llltlA D1MI FUNDTOEQUIP AND MAINTAIN NORMAL HERE IS PROVIDED Appropriations Recommended to Legislature Total $142,- 000 for Bemidji School. SENATE TO CONSIDER DIVISION BILL SOON Senator Nord's Colonization Plan Will be Acted Upon FridaySave Sherman. By W. T. Noonan St Paul, March 25Bemidji might just as well start in to page the architect and contractor for the one hundred thousand dollar dormi tory which will decorate the scenery on the Normal school grounds, be cause the appropriation to be in herited from the state is what is pop ularly known as a "cinch When the h,ouse appropriations committee said "yes" on Thursday things began to look rosy, and now that the sen ate committee has also got on the bandwagon you can bet a battleship against a rowboat that when Ed Rako points hi3 ears towards home he will be accompanied by the appro priation The item now goes in the omnibus bill, and when an item gets that far it stays, ibecause members are afraid to assault it for the very good reason that if they do, some pet appropriation of their own is likely to have verbal confetti thrown at it As a result an armistice is al ways knitted regarding the omnibus bill appropriations, and nothing but an earthquake would jar an item out of it. So residents of the "City of Enterprise" can "pound their ears" in peace, safe in the knowledge that in another year pink pajama clad Normal girls will be staging pillow fights in fine of the most beautiful dormitories in the state. We have gathered the above facts from old timers who know the legislative game.and who know what they are talking about. The Bemidji appropriation was put through without much debate, but similar appropriations for Mankato and Winona were keenly urged, but they also escaped the shoals Another item on the appropria tion bill is an additional item of ten thousand dollars for equipment for the Bemidji Normal, and also $32,000 for conducting the school No session of the legislature seems* official without a tonnage tax riot ^Jpa nd today the fiery untamed orators are going to it with arguments pro and conbut mostly "con." The fer mented chatter won't change a single vote, 6ut that won't prevent the lads from getting the oratory off their chests, and it is likely to last long after twilight has merged Into the shadows of night Is Reported Favorably. The Beltrami county division bill moved up another'-'notch today when Senator Nord got Tt reported out of the senate committee favorably, and all indications point to the probabil ity that its passage is just around the corner Another bill of interest to north enders was introduced the other day It asks for twenty-five hundred dol lors for a monument for the thirty four victims of the forest fire of 1910 Perhaps it will pass, and then per haps it will be found inthe debris at the end of the session, but you can't blame a chap for trying, can you? Still another bill gives $192 to Dr Gorrigan, formerly of Spooner, for removing the appendix from a young girl who had run away from one of the state institutions Dough for the doughboys appears to be popular with the legislators, and bills donating them free tuit'on at colleges and the university, one hundred dollars in cash, medals, land and other recognition arp before the legislators, and some of them will be come laws The bill to kill the state immigra tion department and aim Tred Sher man for the exit is deader than a brewery, and Fred, who had been wearing his chin at half mast, is again taking an interest in life Its Annroval Expected. A lot of people thought Pit Mc Garry was aiming his toes at the moon when he asked the legislature for a hundred thousand dolars for advertising Minnesota's ten thousand lakes, but since he piloted the bill through the senate they are singing a different tune The indications are that it will also piss the house and that Pat will gain fool the wi*e ones Senator Rockne says that the only difference between Pat and Je?se James is that Jesse used a 44 while Pat uses a lot of Irish blarney Bemidji and other cities of over five thousand will see slugging con tests staged under the disguise of boxing matches if a bill before the legislature becomes a law, but in our humble opinion it is due for a fenock out when the country members get a whack at it, if it ever comes out of committee The knitterines are happy since Governor Burnquist signed the bill (Continued on pags four? .A* i HI ir iii mnni iimunHflM COUNTY AGENTS NOW HOLDING IMPORTANT CONFERENCE HERE Farm Bureau Methods Discuss- edSmut Eradication Dem onstation to Be a Feature. County agricultural agents from north-central Minnesota are holding an important conference at the court house today Today land clearing, office detail and methods whereby farm bureaus may be made to bring best results were discussed A feature of tomoriow's program will be a practical demonstration in the eradication of grain smuts The demonstration will bring to an end a state campaign which has been waged by the state agricultural de partment to eradicate smut S Cleland of the state agricultural school was, in. attendance at the meet ing today and A Tolaas will be here for tomorrow's demonstration. Agents who are in attendance at the conference are: A W Aamodt, southern Beltrami county, Mc Curdy, northern Beltrami county, E A Colquhoun, Crow Wing county, Osbv, Cass county, Mark Abbot of Koochiching county and Jewell, Itasca countv READY TO COLLECT REAL PROPERTY TAX Following a strenuous two months of collections of personal taxes the office of Earl Geil, county treasurer, is now busy with routine work which is unusually heavy for this time of the year but the staff will 'be ready to care for the collections of real property taxes which begins in May To date the treasurer's office has issued 4 451 receipts and has collect ed $310,199 22 The treasurer's re port of the March settlement has been completed and is now in the hands of the county auditor Announce ment of the new semi-annual appor tionment, which totals $230,917, will be made in about two weeks VOLUME XVII. NO. 72 BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1919 MSftti ar\d there has been no limit to the Aurces of their money supply Durire recent national irkers' nnd soldiers' meetings the bolsheviks sent greetings to irl Liebnecht (now dead) bv telegraph, which the latter printed in his paper Other papers were carrful to reprint the greetings, and the close relations be tween the Spartacus group and the Russian bolshevik Soviets was widely advertised DOUGHBOYS HAVE THEIR DANCE ON THE RHINE lu the heart of every doughboy of the A. E. F. in France there no doubt lingered a tiope that he would some day spend a "pleasant afternoon" on the banks of the Rhine in Germany. How this hope was made a fact Is shown in the above photograph of men of the Rainbow division dancing on the boat docks at Neiderbreislg. NAVAL PILOT. HEBE. SAYS ATLANTIC TRIP POSSIBLE E Lyman, recently discharged from the naval air service as quarter master, first class, and pilot, at Rock away Beach, I is in Bemidji as a guest at the home of his uncle, George French, assistant cashier of the First National bank Lyman has spent more than 300 hours in the air and has operated such famous machines as the NCI, and the N 2, two of the giant planes which are to be used in an attempt to make a trans-Atlantic flight. He has also handled the battleplane, H. A 1 Lyman is much interested in the trans-Atlantic uight attempts and is confident that the feat can be ac complished He will leave the first of the week for International Falls where he will be connected with the First National bank NEW PALACE CAFE OPEN FOR BUSINESS TONIGHT Bemidji's new cafe at 312 Minne sota avenue, the Palace, will be opened to the public at six o'clock this evening by William Abell and Adolph Billeadeau. The formal opening of the restaurant will take place at noon tomorrow when a chicken dinner will feature the menu Exceptionally clean and modern the new restaurant is certain to be popu lar and it provides Bemidji with an other attractive eating house GOPHER GRIDIRON SCHEDULE FOR 1919 SEASON ANNOUNCED Coach I. Williams of the Uni versity of Minnesota football eleven lias announced the 1919 schedule the University of Nebraska will meet the Gophers this fall for the first time in six ears the date being October 11 The schedule follows Oct 4, University of North Dakota, at Northrup field, Oct 11, University of Nebraska at Northrop field Oct 18, University of Indiana at Indian apolis, Oct 25, University of Iowa at Northrop field. Nov 1, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Nov 8, Uni versity of Illinois at Northrop field Nov 12, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor GERMANS BELIEVE RUSSIANS PLANTED SEEDS OF DISCORD By Frank Taylor (United Press correspondent Berlin. March 5 (By Mail )Ger many is wondering just how much the bolsheviks that Germany made peace with in Russia are responsible for the disorders in Germany As evidence develops the bolshevik part in the revolution comes out The bolshevik part is almost entirely con fined to the worst features of the rev olution Russian seeds of bolshevism were well planted in Berlin and other in dustrial centers by the Russian bol shevik ambassadors to Germany, headed hv loffe, one of the cleverest men the Germans have had to deal with Joffe was finally expelled by the Germans with his staff of bol shpviks It is now established that the Russian bolsheviks supplied the Liebnecht faction with money for their campaigns The Spartacus group spent money lavihlv, publish ing its paper "The Red Flag," and in arranging demonstrations They have had machine5 Spartacus demands and the revolu tion, so far as they have been able to run It, have been entirely on Russian lines They would reduce the whole country to the condition of Russia, and control it by councils of soldiers and workers Government officials claim the German government never favored bolshevism, and did not encourage it in Russia Their explanation of Germany's treaty with the bolsheviks is that the German army had to make a peace on one front or collapse, and the situation of Germany was analo gous to that of a drowning man grasping the nearest log The Germans frankly say now it would have been better to have made a general peace, but thot it thought Germany, with her discipline, was immune from bolshevism It is gen erally thought Germany was immune then, but food shortages and the low morale of her people have made her more susceptible At present Ger man's gratest problem is the class of people to whom nothing could be worse than the present situation in which they live The German foreign office has been zealoiiR in pointing out thot it never encouraged bolshevism Es pecially is this true of the Bern lega tion Charges have been frequently made that the Bern legation con ceived the idea of bolshevism, fed it to a group of Russians In Switzer land and shipped them back to Russia during the war to sap the strength of the Russian armies. It is claimed the Germans sent Lenine back to lead his countrymen *'P S*' Tp) t** 1W|^*.T* 5 k***, BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEEft SOLDIERS BANOUET DATE IS CHANGED: GIVEN APRIL THIRD Large Number of Guests Makes Necessary Change At tend in Uniform. Bemidji's banquet in honor of re turned soldieis will be given at the Markham hotel on the evening of April 3, instead of March 31, as was first planned On account of the seating capacity only sailors, soldiers, marines and Y. A men will be guestB at the banquet It had been planned to give each the privilege of inviting a friend but the committee in charge did not realize at first the large number of men who have returned from seivlce All men are urged to attend in uni form. After the banquet a dance will h given at the armoiy to which all relatives and mends 6f The returned men are welcome Eighty-eight have already signed up and more names are coming in each day MASONS MEETING TONIGHT. There will bo a meeting of the Masons in the Masonic hall this even ing There will be work in the third degree and lunch will follow the cere monies UNIVERSITY ADDS NEW DEPARTMENT St Paul, March 26 So gieat hap the need for education and Ameri canization becomo that the Univer sity of Minnesota has enlarged a cor respondence study department under the general extension division "It was once thought that to gain knowledge in any systematic manner one must put himpelf under the direct personal supervision of a teacher" says the University depart ment. "Many Htill think this and some give up all effort to self im provement If thev rannot attend schools It is to meet just such needs as theirs that the correspondence sec tion of the university has been devel oped The work at present includes pre paratory and college grade courses and vocational courses in business and engineering subjects The pre paratory courses are of high school grade The college courses enable one to work for credit toward a de gree from the University As many as half the credits required may be earned in this way Students who seek university credit must ITe able to satisfy the entrance requirements of the university but if credit is not desired one may register for these courses Many of them are of gen eral value dealing as they do with economics history, political science, sociology and other subjects of pres ent interest The vocational courses are practical in their nature and make constant application of the principles they teach These as well as the other type of courses will be Increased in number and scope as the demand grows COUNT KAR0LYI IS REPORTED KILLED (By United Press London, March1, 26 New agency dispatch from Prague today said that reports had been received there that Count Karolvl, former head of the Hungarian government, has been as sassinated PLAN FOR FINANCING RAILROADS ARRANGED (By United Press Washington. March 26 Plans for financing railroads under federal con trol until congress makes an appro priation have been agreed upon Wealthy relatives sometimes en able a man to deal in futures IMKtv i" A IE PEACE WITH SETTLEMENT OF DETAILS LATER DELEGATES PLAN (By United Press) Paris, March 26.Immediate peace along broad lines, with settlement of details afterward through the league of nations, was being urged today by many delegates who have been galvanized into action by the westward spread of Bol- shevism. The next step, it points out, would be to furnish concrete support of the new or enlarged nations of Europe whose security the Allies are honor bound to maintain. The belief was expressed that expeditionary forces would not be necessary or advisable. SIMS ON ALL-STATE TEAM. One player from the Bemidji dls ti ict won a place on the all-state basket ball quint tournament select ed at the Carleton tournament last week, being Sims, of Little Falls, who was placed at guard Other members the mythical team are Maimer if Albert Lea, the title winners, Rah Ja, of Chisholm, forwards, Thune, Al bert Lea, center and Shaperlo, New Ulm, guard C0UMBE VISITS BEMIDJI. S Combe manager of the Oxo gen Products company, recently lormed at Thief River Falls for the uianufacturc of an auxiliaiy fuel, known as Oxo, was in Bemidji today While heie he completed a contract whereby boxes for shipping Oxo, which is packed In cans, 12 to a crate, will be provided bv the Bemidji Box company Coumbe was formerly connected with the First National bank at Thief River Falls MILITARY BAND CONCEST AT GRAND THIS EVENING Splendid Program Arranged Subscribers Admitted on Payment of Tax. With a splendid program arranged the Bemidji Military band will offer its first concert since O Ollvei Riggs became its leadei, at the Grand this evening The concert will be given in con nection with the regular show, the -.cieen feature to be "A Desert Woo- ing," In which Knid Bennett, a Para mount star, appeals The musical piogram will take place between the fliHt and socond shows and will last 15 minutes All subscribers to the hand will be admitted to the concert upon payment of the war tax The following program Is an nounced by Director Riggs 1 March"U S Field Artillery" Sousa 2 Spanish Intermezzo"Pearl of Pyrenees" Frank 3 Selection"Going Up"Ilirsch 4 One step"Cleopatra" Ticrney 5 Overture"From Dawn to Twilight" Bennet 6 Reverie"Romance of a Rose" O'Connor 7. March"Washington Grays" Grafulla "Star Spangled Banner" REED. HELD AS FORGER BOUND TO GRAND JURY Marion Reed, held in the county jail on a charge of forgery, was ar raigned In municipal court for pre liminary hearing this morning and was bound over to the next term of district court by Judge John Gib bons Reed is accused of forging a $26 92 check Homer Baer, president of the Security State bank, and George W Rhea, assistant cashier of the Northern National bank, testify ing as expert witnesses, told the court that the writing on the check is Identical with that of the defendant NEW CITY ENGINEER TO TAKE OFFICE APRIL FIRST E Bourgeois, who on Monday evfning was named to be citv en gineer at a special meeting of the council, will assume his new duties next Tuesday Eckstrom, who has held the office of superintendent of the water department, will com plete his work Monday at which time his duties will be combined with those of the city engineer Bourgeois will rerelve a salary of $3,000 a vear Following the regular noon lunch eon at the Commercial club today, in teresting talks were given by Dr Palmer and Ed Dean Who have recently returned from overseas serv ice and by A O Wedge, Jr of Min neapolis but formerly of this city **f /^*T" FO--Y IVE TO if/* CENTS PER MONTH SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO CONTINUE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB PLAN Its Importance Appreciated and Agriculturist Olin Will Direct Activities. Co-operutlon to the fullest possible extent with tho state and federal ag ricultural departments in the promo tion of Boys' and Girls' club work In the city and county is the aim of the Boniidjl board of education which at lis Tuesday evening meeting voted to accept the proposition submitted wheiebv the government will provide $300 to assist in carrying out the plan with success Under this arrangement Harry Olin, high school agriculturalist, will have charge of the club work and and will be known as club leader. In the mornings he will conduct his reg ular school classes and afternoons, Saturdays and the summer months he will devptp classes and afternoons, and Girls' clubs His work outside of the Bemidji school district will be carried on with the assistance of J. McOhee, county superintendent of schools, and Agent A. W Aamodt A Erlckson, state club loader, is quite certain that further financial assistance will be received from the government for the work here ,The transportation of pupils from the Nymoro district to the high and central school buildings was another proposition dl&tussed at the meeting Tuesday night The method now fol lowed |B not at all satisfactory and tho advisability of providing motor bus to bo operated by the school, is being considered A Molander and Dr T. Tuomy, board members, were appointed as a committee to in vestigate the matter and they will re port at the next meeting of the board The new plan would provide for the hauling of students direct from one school building to the others HALOREN RESIGNS AS LOCAL GAMBLE-ROBINSON MANAGER Forest Halgren, who for five years has been manager of the Gam ble-Roblnson-Bemidji company, has resigned his position and has severed his connections with the company here Until a new manager is named A Ridgway, Jr of the Minneapolis office of the Gamble-Robinson com pany will have charge of Bemidji wholesale house Halgren has not announced his future plans ADMIT INTRODUCTION OF BOOZE. WILL PLEAD GUILTY John Hulverson and Charles Tour veniun, who were arrested Sunday morning by Indian Agents W Johnson and Charles Benson as they were returning from Plummer with 11 quarts of whiskey, admitted their guilt when arraigned before Judge S Simons, United States commis sioner, on charges of having Illegally Introduced intoxicating liquors into Indian territory They will be taken to Minneapolis where they will plead guilty to the charge in federal court. should indictments be returned against them Eight other violators of liquor laws will also be taken to Minneapolis next Tuesday where they will answer federal court charges Deputy Marshall Frank Bradley will be assisted in taking the men, several of them criminals of lengthy records, by special deputy marshals Eugene Berman, Eckstrum and Forest Halgren SIXTY-SEVEN CANADIANS WIN VICTORIA CROSS Winnipeg. March 26Winnipeg men won ten of the 67 Canadian dec orations with the Victoria Cross the greatest of all British war hon ors Of these ten men only five re main alive Two were killed in ac tion two died from wounds on the battlefield while a fifth after re covering from dangerous wounds came back to Canada and died from. Influenza pneumonia at the general hospital here 4 ii 4 ^**M _u iflMMfr