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MODERN HOMES It) BEERECTED DISCUSS TOPIC Bemidji Association President Names Committee of Financiers. HOME BUILDING ASSN. WILL BE LAUNCHED ioow Rate of Interest One of Chief Features Would Relieve Shortage. Construction of a series of modern residences in Bemidji will in all pro bability (be in progress oefore the weeks of another month pass,.in con sequence of action taken at the regu- a? meeting of the Bemidji Associa tion which followed the noon-daj luncheon yesterday, the seriousness of the housing conditions in Bemidji ushering forth plans for the forma tion of a Home Building association, the organization^ which has begun. More Houses. Problem The question of providing added homes in Bemidji, the need of WbatiW ing and rooming accommodations and the shortage of summar cot tages was thoroughly discussed at the meeting. W Deputy, president of the normal school opened this import ant subject when he appealed to the members of the association and all other residents of the city to assist in -every manner possible to- care for the boys and girls who are to nru at the fall term of the state, institu tion in September. President Deputy urged that immediate action be taken in opening the homes of the city that comfortable rooms may be provided for the one hundred stu dents who are to attend the session. Met Readv Response. Mr Deputy's remarks met immed iate response, and he was assured that the united support of e^b mem bers will be granted in an effort to nrovide accommodations for the* pu pils, until the.newnOft.OOq.uoimi tory is ready for occupancy, watch will be convenient and comfortable. Houses Badly Needed. So great was the interest" mani fested that-the absolute necessity ol immediate action, not only in the opening of homes now available but in the construction of new residences, was quickly recognized and enthuias tic talks by J. P. Lahr, G. W. Harn well, George T. Baker. J. J. Opsahl Schumaker, D. S. Mitchell and Frank Koors led to the suggestion that Bemidji organize a Home Bunu inc. association for the purpose of nroviding modern and attractive resi dences at a low rate of interest. Committee Named. Given, association president, was authorized to appoint a commit tet the duties of which will be to take immediate action in the forma tion of a Home Building associatiBU. He named the following men, ami thev will hold a meeting thurw&ek at which the preliminary steps, v#* be taken and definite plans decided. Schumaker, chairman t. Baer W L. Brooks. J. LeRoy Lll- w*ll' F. S. Lycan, T. J. Burke, A. A. u-ar'field and C. M. Bacon. To Purchase Tax Title Action was taken at the meeting whereby a company of Bemidji busi ness men will be formed for the purpose of purchasing certain prop erty in the city on which the taxe^ have remained delinquent since 1U12 A representative of the com pany, which is to be incorporated, will attend the sale to be early next month and will bid in all the desired lots R. H. Sch/niaker explained the plans, which had been approved To. the carrving on of the tax title pur chases and a large number at the meeting expressed their desire to become associated with the compan All men of the city interested in the project are urged to so notify Secre tary Stanton of the Bemidji Associa tion. All Merchants Invited. Next Wednesday, an interesting special meeting of the Association will follow the noonday luncheon, and it is urged that every merchant in Bemidji, the invitation being ex tended to those who are not mem bers, attend. F. P. Mann, president of the Federated Community associa tion of North Dakota will speak and he has a message which will be of benefit and interest to every man fortunate as to hear him. DRY ACT CALLED VALID. New York. July 24.Constitution- ality of the war-time prohibition art was upheld in an opinion here by Federal Judge Thomas I. Chatfield. Brooklyn, in a test case against Ste- *l*hen A. Minery, a saloonkeeper, brought by the Liquor Dealers' as sociation of Connecticut. Judge Chat field's decision was. based on testi mony he hcr recently in New Haven where he sat in the place of Federal Judg" S. Thomas of Con necticut, BELTRAMI SETTLERS INTERESTED IN FLOOD CONTROL ORGANIZATION Adjoining County Settlers To Take Part Big Loss Has Resulted. Enormous damage from recent (loods in the northwestern part of the state has prompted the organi zation of the Red Lake river asi drainage system. J. H. Hay, assistant commissioner of the state agricultural department was present at the meeting held in Thief River Falls. The association will sponsor the first undertaking authorized by the Cliff law in 191. Du%ng the heavy rains of a few days ago, crops in West Beltrami county were flooded, roads were covered with water,. bridges- washed out and hundreds of thousands of dollars damage resulted. Townships I'd east Marshall coun ty were under water, and it is said crops along the Roseau river in Roseau county are a total loss. The settlers affected will be placed on lands where they may take care of their dairy herds and cut hay for the winter feed. TENNIS TOURNEY IS NEARING HOT FINISH The tourney of the Bemidji tennis club has reached the end of the first round and the results were as fol lows: Whitby, 6-4, 6-3 Hinkley, 6-2, 6-3 Barker, 6-2, 6-0 Brooks, 6-1, 6-1 McAninch, by defauly ,Feir, 6-3, 6-2 Pffiefer, 6-2, 6-1 Rberline, by default Thompson 6-1. 6-4 R. Riggs, by default Nellei by default Hqselton, 6-2, 6-4. In the second round-played last night, Hinkley defeated Whitby, Barker defeated Brooks, and Feir beat McAninch. Tonight P. Riggs will play Hosel tou, R. Riggs will play Ohm, .^nd-j -Graham will meet McGee. Tomorrow night Barker and Hink 'ey will oppose each other. SAYS M00NEY DIDNT RECEIVE JUSTICE Washington, July 24.Thomas J. Mooney did not receive full justice in his trial at San Francisco for al leged connection with the Prepared ness day bomb explosion, accoruing to a report by John B. Densmore, ..former. sjpepial_ag.en.t o,Jthe depart ment of justice, wHolirVestfgared the case for the government. The re port, dated November 1, 1918 wes submitted to the house in response to a resolution. "The plain truth is," the report said, "that there is nothing about the case to produce a feeling of con fidence that the dignity and majesty of the law have been upheld. "There is nowhere anything re sembling consistency, the effort be ing a patchwork of incongruous makeshift and often of desperate ex pediency." PLOT TO RESCUE HEIR TO MONTENEGRO'S THRONE (By United Press.) Triest, July 24.Reports from Agram declared today that at a re cennt meeting of the council of state. Great Britain and Italy were accused of plotting to rescue Nicholas, heir -to the Montenegrin throne. Nicholas 'was deposed during the war by pro Jugo-Slav factions. STATE PHONE1C0MPANIES WANT TO KEEP &ATES St. Paul, Minn., July 24.The Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission late next fall will begin public hearings on applications by i he Northwestern, Tri-State and other telephone companies operating in Minnesota, for authority to con tinue in effect after December 1 the higher rates inaugurated last month under war-time emergency orders of the federal director of telephone and telegrapa lines. ATTEMPT TO LOCATE DEAD SOLDIERS TRUNK City Clerk Stein today received a letter from Mrs. Hilda Gustafson, 1529 Seventieth street, Cleveland, O., in which she inquires as to the whereabouts of a trunk, in Pemidji, the trunk being the property of An drew Ostlund, drafted by the Bel trami county draft board in June, 1918. He was killed in France after being trained at Camp Grant and sent overseas. He had written to Mrs. Gustafson several times, says the letter, and told of the trunk being left in Be midji. but the address was omitted. Perhaps his trunk is in Walker, as he was there before coming to Be midji. If any one knows anything about the dead soldiers trunk that he left behind to -go to war and make the supreme sa'crifice. they should notify City Clerk Stein. ARMY AVIATOR TO TOUR A BOUNDARY (By United Press.) Washington. July 24.Col. R. F. Hartz, army air service hopped off today for Augusta. Me., on the first leg of a flight around the United States, the trip to cover 8.000 miles. BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME XVII. NO. 174 BEMIDJ1, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1919 FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH TAFT SUGGESTS INTHESEN A Blames President For Many Of Bad Features of League Covenant. EX-PRESIDENT HOPES TO UNITE DEMOCRATS Also Re|^Iicans To Defeat Any Radical Amendment Being Made. Washington, July 2 4.A plan for "interpretations" in senate accept ance of the league of nations has been suggested by Former President Taft in the hope of uniting on a middle ground enough democratic and republican senators to defeat any radical amendment of the covenant and in the eila" obtain its ratification. The suggestion has been received with earnest consideration by the group of republicans who favor the league idea and who already are at work on a definite program of inter oretive reservations which they de t-lare they have reason to believe will be accepted by the administration. The administration leaders, however, unwilling to concede that an" reser vations will be necessary, still insist they will have the votes when the time comes to ratify the covenant as it is. Believe Wilson Will Accept. So con&dent acafch^rlea^uerepute^ jeans oi the sut$jss of their plan lhat some of them believe President: Wilson will publicly accept it to smooth the way to acceptance of the league. Some republican senators, who have seen with the impression that Mr. Wilson might not be ad verse to such interpretations as would leave the league fabric unim paired. Thay say, however, that this impression is not based on any direct statement of the president. Mr. Taft's suggestion, which creat ed a sensation in the senate because of his well-known advocacy of rati fication, was embodied in two letters .tttWiflH. HaysrthtfTepublican na tional chairman, copies of which reached some republican senators. They touched upon many features of the treaty controversy and empha sized the former president's belief that only by acceptance of some res ervations could the treaty be ratified. Six Interpretation Proposals. Six. specific interpretation pro posals are outlined which Mr. Taft Rays he is convinced will meet the objections of a large group of repub licans who favor the league. He counts 45 democratic senators as sup porting the president in the treaty fight and says that should three re publicans be committed to vote against material amendments no such proposals could receive a senate ma jority. K. K. ROE OIL INSPECTOR. GIVEN BROADER HELD: STATED SALARY FIXED Recognition for Good Work During First Term For Department. When .K. Roe, deputy oil in spector of Beltrami county, received official notification of his re-appoint ment today his territory was largely extended, and instead of a fee basis his salary set at $1,500 per year, with from $250 to $500 allowed for expenses, depending on the size of the district. The following tank stations are located in the district: Bemidji, Blackduck, Bagley, Clearbrook, Foss ton. Mcintosh and Ersklne. Mr. Roe's duties will take hiin through south Beltrami county and the northern part of Clearwater. He is ordered to report July 28, at the chemistry building. University of Minnesota, for three days instruc tion. Mr. Roe has served one term of two years as inspector in Beltrami and liis re-appointment ties comes as recognition of duties well performed. "AG." BILL IS PASSED. Washington. July 24.The senate passed the $34,000,000 agricultural appropriation bill, which recently was vetoed by President Wilson be cause of the rider for repeal of the daylight saving law. No effort to restore the rider was made in the senate. GERMANS TO RAISE BIG SUM FOR RELIEF (By United Press.) New York, July 24.A campaign will be launched soon by German Americans to raise $35,000,000 for the relief of war sufferers in Germany and German-Austria, according to a decision reached at a meeting here last night, attended by 600 citizens of German ancestry BAND CONCERT TONIGHT LIBRARY PARK. AFTER WHICH PAVEMENT DANCE Band Will Furnish Music For Dancing No Charge 1 For Public. The Bemidii military band, direct ed by Band Master Riggs, will play it- weekly concert tonight in Library nark.lafter which the band will play for ah open air pavement dance at the intersection of Bemidji avenue uid Third street. This will be un der the auspices of the recreation eommittee of the Woman's Civic as sociation and there will be absolute ly no charge for dancing. Bartd program at park: March"Sons of Uncle Sam," McCoy. Selection"Fiddlers Three,"John- ston.,*., March"From the West,"Woods. Overture"Encouragement" Boet tger. March"Our National Honor," Brooks. Spanish Internezzo"Pearl of the Pyrenees," Frank. March"Pozieres," Lithgow. "The Star Spangled Banner." RAIL BODY TO KEEP REGULATORY POWERS St. Paul, iv.inn.. July 2 4. -The Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission probably will retain reg ulatory powers over railroads, ex*- cept for those relating to consolida tion of lines and to co-ordination of intra- and inter-state rates, when congress finally adopts new rail laws and ends federal control of railroads. This is in accord with the general belief among members of congress. Henry C. Flannery assistant attor ney general, said on his return from an official business trip to Washing ton. "The constant and tremendous deficits in the guaranteed return to the railroads under government oneration." said Mr. Flannery, "makes the railroad problem a mat ter of first importance. Both *vvnehes of congress are industrious- *v seeking a solution and more than thirty distinct plans, ranging from eovernment ownership to substan tially the old form of private opera tion have been submitted." WORMS DESTROY CROPS. (By United Press.) Valley City. July 24.Agricultur- ists are studying the strange action of the worms which threatened to destroy the hemp fields in Barnes county. It was feared at one time that the entire crop would be eaten, but when apprehension was at its greatest height the pests disappeared as suddenly as they came. STANDARD OIL STARTS NONPARTY LEAGUE FIGHT St. Paul. July 24.- Application for a temporary injunction against state officials of North Dakota was sought in United States district court here by the Standard Oil company of In diana. The company asked that the state be restrained from collecting a tax of from to a cent to 1 cent per gallon on gasoline sold in North Dakota. OIL PLANT EXPLODES. (By United Press.) & BEAUTIFUL GENEVA, CAPITAL OF THE WORLD 'he piotlamntion aUBpunCiUg the sell i lion ..f (inc\ us tin- scat of i*h- League of Notions is being rend before the palace of Jubilee In Geneva. The Council of state and the state officials are in attcmhince. Bayonne, N. J.. July 24Follow- ing an explosion early today, fire broke out in the huge plant of an oil company here. All Bayonne fire fightlnj apparatus was rushed to tbe4ter se4o a4 were~i_ tJie_jjii scene and several injured were taken to^the hospitals. Some, it was said, were badly burned while others has broken boneR ARMY LOSSES IN RUSSIA TOTAL 307 Washington, July 24. -Casualties among the American troops in Rus sia to date total 307 dead, 304 wounded and prisoners, oi whom 14 are listed as "released." and one died while a prisoner. Final report on the Archangel expedition, now of ficially closed, show total deaths tr have been 189, wounded 3... and missing in action 28. The Vladivo stok forces from August 13, litis to July 8 1919, and reported -ssuu ouou pun papunoAV il 'pil ing. Bodies of all those who died ii IUissiaMvill be removed to a cemetery in France, the war department an nounced, as will the bodies of IIIOM soldiery who died in Germany avd Luxemburg. AMERICAN LEGION TO HEARR00SEVELT By United Press.) Minneapolis, July 24.Minne- sota's American Legion will meet during the Minnesota state fair September 3 and 4According latest arrangements for the stall convention. Harrison Fuller, state chairman and other officials found it advisabh to hold the convention during the state fair in order to secure tin greatest attendance. The state fail begins Labor Day. The state organization }vil In completed before the national cui.v, vent ion of the American Legion be held in Minneapolis November 1" 1 I and 12. Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt wii' speak lit the state convention. ARCTIC COUNTRY MAY BE STOCK PRODUCING (By United Press.) Winnipeg, July 24.What are the potentialities of arctic and sub-arctic Canada for grazing and food pro ducing country? A commission composed by .1. Rutherford, Dominion Railways 1 S. McLean, Toronto J. 13. Harkin dominion park commissioner, and Viljahlniur Stefansson has been ap pointed by the government to an swer this question. The explorer, Stefansson, recent!) advised the government that, the po: sibilities of developing this counti Into a great meat producing area, particularly, were great. Thousandi of caribou and musk-ox are to 1c found in the region and with conser vation and care could be made ton far toward reducing food prices in not onLy Canada but (he stales and foreign countries. The caribou aic practically identical with reindeer Stefansson pointed out. He declared the musk-ox i.s practically indistin guishable from beef. The musk-oj. herds would also produce Krer\l amounts of wool, he said. RADICALS LOSE WHEN LABOR ELECTS OFFICERS Nw Ulm, Minn., July 24.Prebl- lent E. G. Hall of Minneapolis, and Secretary George W. Lawson of Ht. Paul were unanimously re-elected at the closing session of the annual convention of the Minnesota Federa tion of Labor. Rochester was chosen for the 1920 convention, defeating Mankato." 224 and 148. Delegates who have been classed in the radical faction had planned to nominate candidates in opposition to the old officers, but they changed their minds earlier in the day, when a test of strength showed they had lost ground since Tuesday's spectau- The conservatives won every test of strength. Minneapolis delegates submitted a resolution endorsing the One Big Union Fdea It was ueaten. 1 'J^W. CHINA NOT TO ACCEPT PEACE TREATY WITH SHANTUNG LOST So Asserts Peace Delegates Who Arrive in Washing ton for Conference. STATES JAP PROMISES "EMPTY" OF MEANING Desire to Secure Modification of Treaty to Prevent Japan's Retention. Washington, Julyl 24.Dr. Chao 'hn Wu, one of the Chinese delegates the peuce conference, arrived in Washington to discuss the Chantung settlement with senators and offi- -i ils. Reiterating that China plan ied lo submit the Shantung question to the league of nations immediately upon its formation, Dr. Wu paid a 'ribute to the American mission to the peice conference declaring that the Chinese delegation deeply appre ciated the work the mission had done on behalf of China. "China," said Dr. Wu, "will not sii the peace treaty because she wants (o be free to take whatever u-tion may be necessary in the fu ture The league of nations un doubtedly will offer the best avenue to approach the situation." Jno Promise "Empty.'* .lapjni's promises in regard to shantung were described by Dr. Wu is being "empty" of any real mean ing. "Japan promises to restore politi- -'1 rights,' he said. 'In China that Tre-uis nothing. Look at South Man churin. There the Japanese have nl economic rights, but everybody known the Japanese are in complete control economically, politically and 'vcrj oilier way. Generous Offer. true thai the Japanese cx niussed their wllHngnesB to give up i hiree part of thjp 190 square miles in Kl-io Chan, but they made sure lhat they retained Tsingtau with its 'lo-] 5 and fortifications. The rest or the ground in Kiao chau was no to them. The best thing on it is a b'ithing beach. "This is China's case in brief. Ja inn has something to which she is not entitled and the possession is bound to result in difficulties." T. H. Hau and H. K. Kung, other Chinese delegates to the peace con ference, who have been here several diys, were presented to Acting Sec retary Phillips at the state depart ment by Counsellor Kwal of the ("Inese legation. China's purpose, the delegates de clined In stateqient, is to secure some modification of the German nee treaty that will prevent tb rw tutio of Shantung by Japan. PLANS ARE DELAYED FOR NEW DORMITORY STATE NORMAL SCHOOL A. P. White Going to St. Paul To Hasten Work For Fall Opening The reason why the new ?10O,0OO il'irinltory for the Uemidji normal has ret assumed a tangible shape is piveu-by the state architect, who says tli last legislature allowed so much hicational construction, the office h,-s been swamped with work. ThN was the information given to A P. While of Bemidji, member of t' state normal board, and when asked how far along the plans for t'"o new dormitory were, was in formed about 60 per cent. That was imetime ago and, he fully expected t: plans would be ready about the Hist of July. He hopes they will be roidy about August 1 and is going t. St Paul next week to hasten the plans Bids for the work must fake two weeks to be advertised and if fall stiidenf.H arc taken proper care of there will have to be rush work on new structure. OPSAHL GETS INOUIRY FOR STOCK PASTURAGE .1 II Hay, state grazing commis sioner. St. Paul, who is at (he head of the movement to secure pasturage for starving cattle and sheep of Mon tana, last night wired J. J. Opsahl. asking what he had to offer in the way of pasturage. It fpcms that three Montana stock men wanted to bring to Minnesota a large number of cattle and sheep, hence the inquiry. The men who want"d the grazing land are William Cerard of Great Falls, an extensive horse and cattle raiser W. E. Barn ard of Carterville, and Richard A. Bean of demons, all in Montana. Mr. Opsahl wired a reply that he ould furnish the required pasturage near the Soo, Great Northern or Northern Pacific, easy of access to shipping and frep of all cost for the year 1010 f'TP-B TA