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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
EMIGRATION lSN0W TTALYS ..
i most VITAL WAR PROBLEM

who already had emigrated to foreign
countries. These responded to re-
markable degree, and have gone to
swell tie number of men within
Italy's borders who with the, close OF
the war may desire to emigrate,
While the final basis on which
Italian and other foreign emigration
to the United States probably will not
be established until long time after
the war, Italy in the meantime is ask
ing for two concessions on behalf OF
her emigrating workingmen.
The first of these IS that all 1tal-
ians who returned :J Italy from the
United States in response to ltaly's s
call to the colors be allowed to return
without restriction or discrimination
of any sort, except for sanitary rea-
sons.
The second concession Italy desires
at once is that the present clause in
the American emigration law, forbid
ding entrance of any emigrant who
comes under a labor contract, be set
aside provided the contract is one
that has been approved in advance
either by the American Federation OF
labor or by the state employment
agencies of the various states.
With these two concessions Italy
feels that she can tide over the diff
cult situation that will attend the de-
mobilization of her millions OF sons,
until such a time as more complete
emigration basis can be established
with taa United States.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
DITCH PROJECT ).
ITO BE INVESTIGATED
BY CIVIC ASSOCIATION

The Beltrami County Civic asso-
citation held meeting yesterday
afternoon and discussed, among other
things, the reported attempt to re-
2vive the construction of what is
known as Ditch. No. ST, in Beltrami
county.
There are 140 miles of ditch"pro-
posed for the present construction,
and 62 miles for future consideration
ON this ditch. The estimated cost for
the present contemplated work Is
about 100000. ..r ..." ...fa
The matter was referred to u COM
mittee to investigate and make a re-
port to. the association at meeting
sto&He held next week - - Sr.
-tfOther. topics discussed. were the
matter of taxes for. 1918, the rate of
which is 101 mills, or over ten cents
on the dollar. &s xE*e +
Another subject brought up was
that of a suitable water supply for
Bemidji. r. ~ +,
These questions We're also referred
to- comnlitteesFto investigate and re-
port. i sS.s5Sr q
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
TWENTY-THREE TONGUES
AT PEACE CONFERENCE

Paris, Dec. 6. - Translators in
twenty-three languages, including
Chinese, Arabic, Turkish and some
not even so well known, have been
called for by Brigadier General Will
Equipment eari me- ~o of f. the American peace
delegates. The number required is
indicative Of the diversity Of the
races and countries having interests
before the peace congress, either
through participation in the war or
by reason Of treaties or other rela-
tions. .r..>-.. g.-
The full list Of languages COM
prises French, Italian, Greek, Japan
ese, Spanish, Montenegrin, Nor
wegian, German, Hungarian, Turkish,
Chinese, Portuguese, POLISH; Swedish,
Persian, Russian, Serbian, Armenian,
Czech, Rumanian, Danish and Arabic
This with English makes the quota
twenty-four.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
BY Henry Wood
tunited Press Correspondent

Omitted Press Correspondent?
Rome, Nov. 10. (By Mail with
the close of the war, one of the most
vital and important questions Italy
Will have ito settle is that of imigra-
zion. ~>~ -.
The basis on which this will be ad-
iusted between the United States and
italy already is receiving the most
careful study and attention by the
highest emigration and labor authorl-
ties of the two countries. a&
Despite the heavy losses Italy has
suffered during the war. she VII!
rneyertheless n finish the great EURO
mean conflict with something OF
surplus Of male citizens, who hereto
fore have constituted her greatest ex-
portation to- foreign countries. This
is due to a number of reasors.
With the outbreak of the war IN
1q14. Italy. to be prepared for any
emergency, Immediately forbade de-
.parture for foreign countries oil any
Of her sons OF military age. This re-
striction ever since has been in force
with the result that Italy has within
her borders the hundreds OF thou
sands of men who, but for the war
would have emigrated during ths
past four years.
In addition, with Italy's entrance
into the war, she called to the color:
hundreds of thousands of other son!
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
BLACKDUCK ENGINEER H.
EXPRESSES OPINION
OF. WATER PROBLEM

In writing letter to- The Pioneer,
in connection with Il business mat
ter, M. y. Stoner, president OF the
Blackduck Electric and Telephone
company, has the following to say
concerning the water problem Of
Bemidji: "a
81 note that you are going to,3try
q new water supply. s%NfE
&f "Am surprised to note that every
one seems to take 1t for granted that
a new supply Is needed and that you
are all ready to throw away sup
ply that at least nine towns Of your
size ont of ten who have filtering
plants would gladly throw away for
the chance to get good artesian water
like, you now have, and l am quite
confident that you will be with the
majority after you have spent your
money and used lake water filtered
in any manner whatsoever.
= 'I have not read in your paper
where the city has ever made test
worth mentioning to ASCERTAIN wheth-
er or not you can get sufficient water
out Of the wells you now have, be-
fore condemning them. II test was
Indue, Wuuid US llluSh iAtCA CStVu Att
the write up II you can send me the
paper. The mere fact that your
pumps cannot get the water Is no
reason whatever for condemning the
wells.
=" 1--WE are pumping as much as
5000 gallons per minute out Of some
of the mines on the Guyana range
when, If they would let the water
come to the surface and then stick
pump in on the surface and draw
the water down twenty to twenty
five feet at most, as you are doing,
we would not have to pump over
one hundred gallon per minute. Ex-
actly the same natural laws apply
in your case. If you pump your
wells down one hundred feet you will
find a vast difference in the flow.
This can easily be done either by air
or by deep well centrifugal pumps.
We are furnishing approximately
1000 horse power Of electric current
to motors driving mine pumps where
the motor is on top and the pump Is
at bottom of mine and Of similar de-
sign to the type of pump used for
such conditions as yours. We find
that they give good satisfaction and
are efficient. ~
Zone of the members of the firm
who make them Is now on the range
aid ] believe would be glad to run
up and look your situation over "
you are interested"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE
FUNDS TO SECURE
new BAND LEADER

G. Oliver Riggs of Crookston, who
has an enviable reputation as band
director, arrived in Bemidji yester-
day, and last evening held band re-
hearsal in the Commercial club
rooms. The 'twenty-first home guard
battalion band, backed by the Com
mercial club, will start a campaign
this week to raise funds with which
to employ Mr.. Riggs, P. r. Peterson,
the bands former director, having
resigned. - ~. :.e s.Ag
If engaged, Mr.. Riggs plans to Or
ganize juvenile band also. Mr..
Riggs, who has been band director in
Crookston for several years, has a
juvenile band there consisting Of
about eighty-five pieces, of which he
is justly proud.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
NOLAN TO BE NEXT
SPEAKER OF HOUSE

St. Paul, Dec. 6.---William l. Nolan
of Minneapolis will be speaker of the
House ! of Representatives in the
coming session of the Minnesota leg
islature.
All the forces. opposed to Bolshe-
vism and radical socitlism as es-
poused by Townley's Nonpartisan
league have concentrated on the Mln- Min
neapolis man, insuring his elections,
Enough strength to make certain
his selection as; presiding officer of
the lower branch Of the law-making
body. was pledged to Representative
Nolan at caucus of house members
held at the St. Francis hotel St. Paul.
More than ninety members are now
signed up. It takes sixty-six Ito
elect. n; '.ss%a'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
WOMAN'S PART FOR
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Is IMPORTANT TOPIC
Especial to The Pioneer.) }

.s Brainerd, Dec. 6.--The important
part woman plays in the development
of Northern Minnesota, her influence
in encouraging those who must clear
the land and exert the physical ef-
fort necessary to prepare home and
the importance Of the community
idea, whereby settlers are grouped
as much as possible, will be ably dis
cussed at the coming convention
of the Northern Minnesota Develop
ment association at Grand Rapids on
January Is and 16 by one who knows
whereof she speaks.
The program committee has been
fortunate in securing the services of
Miss Mary Elizabeth Stilwell, county
home demonstration agent for St.
Louis county, to give a paper on this
important subject.
Mss Stilwell is graduate of St..
Lawrence university and the New
York State School-of agriculture and
did graduate work at Columbia uni
versity She was brought up on an
Arizona ranch, spent five years in
rural northern New York, put in a
few years teaching home economics,
and then took up the study Of social
factors affecting home life, especially
in rural communities. After the
United States entered the war, she
entered the federal service as home
demonstration agent. On coming to
Minnesota, she was assigned to the
northeastern district, and last Janu-
ary became home demonstrator agent
for st. Louis county.
At recent conference of the COM
mittee on land for returned soldiers,
held at Duluth, this subject was free
ly discussed and it was the concensus
Of opinion that the community idea
and the part woman takes in the de-
velopment of home, were subjects
not thus far given the important
recognition they deserve. Secretary
Fred r. Lincoln of Bra:ncrl, who at
tended this conference, at once got
in touch with Miss Stilwell and ar
ranged for her paper on the pro-
gram. v.
4 > This should bring out large num-
Der of settlers and their wives, as
Miss Stilwell, from personal expert
ence, is we'll qualified to present the
subject in an attractive and interest
inig manner.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
BEMIDJ 'Y' GIRLS
ADOPT FRENCH ORPHAN

The beyy Of young athletically in
clined ladies, known as the "Bemidji
"Y's," have adopted a French orphan
and hereafter the young French cou-
sin will Shave the backing of the
Bemidji organization.
with the opening Of the schools
the organization commenced its reg
ular meetings but the "flu" ban
caused a cessation until the reopen
ing. Now the meetings are held reg
ularly and athletic drills are held In
the Presbyterian church basement,
directed by Rev. L. P. Warford.
There are twenty-one members and
two more will be taken in a week
from next Monday night. Drill
nights are on Mondays.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
DAIRYMEN'S OFFICIAL
HERE: PERFECTlNG
CONVENTION PLANS

Leonard Houske of Halstad, >secre-
tary of the Red River Valley Dairy
mems association. is spending several
days in Bemidji, getting things in
readiness for the convention to be
held here December IL and IL. This
is the first time in the history of
the association that a convention has
been held outside of the Red River
valley. -a
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
NEW EQUIPMENT INSTALLED
y' i IN THE BEMIDJI SCHOOLS

i The manual training room Of the
Bemidji high school has installed a
new jointer and planer. which great
iy adds to the equipment of that
department. r.,
Five new medicine cabinets We're
also received this week, and one will
be placed in each school building to
be used by the school nurse. They
contain all the first aid remedies Of.
regular hospital cabinet. =,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
GIVEN SAYS HOME. u

Mrs. N. E. Given received a card
from her husband yesterday from
New York, saying: II am back to
the good, old U. S. A"
The card did not state when he ex-
poets to return to Bemidji, but Mrs
Given expects to receive another mes
sage in a day or two advising when
he will arrive.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
PEACE DISCUSSIONS =. -.
TO COMMENCE dec. II
BY William Phillip Simms

EUIILtU TtSS NUII tbpUHUtIIt'J
Paris, Dec. 6.-Preliminary peace
discussions. according to present plans,
will begin in Paris. December IT.
with President Wilson participating.
They are expected to continue for
nearly month.
The formal peace congress-, with
the Germans represented, probably
will start January Is. }'
1t is estimated the treaty will be
signed either in April or May, /
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD
DISsOLVES ON JANUARY l

Washington, Dec. 6.-President
Wilson has accepted the resignation
of Bernard NJ Baruch as chairman Of
the War Industries board. effective
January /, and has agreed that the
War Industries board cease to exist
as a government agency on that
dafa
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
TWO AWAITING SENTENCE.

Mike Anderson of Baudette.
charged with violation Of the liquor
laws, was found guilty in district
court, and is awaiting sentence.
Ingval Sands. also of Baudette.
found guilty of violating the liquor
laws, is also awaiting sentence. 49,
An unsavory case now on Is that
of charges on the part of a girl
against her stepfather.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
SON SERIOUSLY ILL.

Mr.. Nuss received message today
stating that his son, Leslie, who is
i'm the military service, being station
ed at Vancouver, is very i'll from the
Spanish influenza, and is not expected
10 recover. He will leave at oncesfor
his soH's bedside. :.a5 @fSf$
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
SLIPPER BIG SUCCESS.

The men of the First Scandinavian
Lutheran church are greatly pleased
over the success Of their annual sup
per. which was held in the church
basement last Wednesday. They wish
to express their appreciation to the
general public for it's patronage.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
CREAMERY REDECORATED.

Koors Bros. creamery has been re-
decorated and many improvements
added A new modern 5000 paster-
uizer has been installed, which Is a
great improvement to that depart
ment
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
ALLIES OCCUPY BERLIN?

Copenhagen, Dec. The Deutche
Zeitung publishes an alleged Ameri-
can wireless, declaring that American
and allied troops will occupy Berlin
professionally to police the city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
EXPENSES DEMANDED.

London, Dec. 6.-The French ar
mistice commission has dispatched g
aote to Berlin, demanding payment 81
occupation expenses, incurred by the
allied armies to date. says Central
News dispatch from Amsterdam.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
YANKEES lAlR!lE; |!
CLOSING UPON
4. sg5@ -. u. 5s5s -.
RHINE; MARCH. H.
OF Three h Rel DAYS Y|'S''
France Demands That Ger
many Pay Occupation Ex-
penses Of Allies sR
.sWIRELESS" SAYS ALLIES
" WILL OCCUPY BERLIN
Revolution Breaks in Ukraine;
Peruvian Cabinet Re- ~
signs in Body }.a
BY Webb Miller

>s Omitted Press Correspondent
With the Americans in Prussia,
Dec. 6.-The left wing of the second
division is within three days march
OF the Rhine. 80 IS,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
REVOLT IN UKRAINE.

London, Dec. 6.-According 70 a
dispatch from Constantinople, revolu-
tien has broken out in Ukraine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-06
PERUVIAN. CABINET QUITS. !

Lima, Peru, Dec. 6.-The Peruvian
cabinet has resigned. Anse1mo Buar-,
reto iras been asked to form a new
ministry ~. - s. $3Etsag,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-05
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(Wy1|!5;S;5iII;S;;;;!!lM!tSl 5 M.!s;;,e?x,0gl
SsrS Ht0EksnoHf ND DIRECTOR S
H.t.Otano6h.O. DIRECTOR

Civilization and the war department
played a rather grim joke on man
who recently came before one of the
draft examination boards The fellow
was a Stacker, willing to lie and
cheat to escape military service. He
claimed so many aches and pains that
he aroused suspicion of taking his
sickness. One of the most common
errors that leads to detection of ma
lignerers is their over-emphasizing
the symptoms of the disease they are
initiating.
All in all, the man was so much a
gutter" that he earned the contempt
of the members of the local examining
board. Before it got through with
him, every member was determined
that this man, above all, should be re-
quired to serve his country Inasmuch
as there are not many young chaps
who do not show a fine manly spirit
at their examinations and pride in be-
ing declared fit, the Stacker is a
picked man to pick on
The case went to the Medical Advis-
Dry Board which is made up of doc
tors who are among the very best
specialists in diagnosis. One of the
members of the local board went to
the trouble of putting the chairman
Of the Medical Advisory Board on
guard against being taken in by the
fellows faxed up symptoms. The
whining story of his exaggerated and
misplaced aches and pains was repeat
ed. These might have suggested every
disease condition from brain abscess
to hOusemaid's knee, except one
consumption. And yet, when the ply
sicians went over his chest, they found
unmistakable evidences of tuberculo-
sis in both lungs.
The man himself had never sus-
pected it. His body was we'll develop
ed, weight entirely normal The Their
mOIreter, however, showed fever and
the A-Ray examination of the chest
confirmed the findings of the ply
slcians regular examination. The
man was in far greater danger of dy-
ing from consumption before the war
is over than is the soldier from bull
lets. This discovery of unsupported
tuberculosis is but one of a long list
that is being compiled in every section
of the state.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-05
Greatest in the World.

The New York Connecting Railway
bridge, which is better known as the
He'll Gate bridge, with its three miles
of elevated apprOa ches, constitutes one
of the greatest engineering projects of
the world, overshadowed only by its
importance as a trade route and public
utility for passenger and freight traf-
f1c.
1t is the worlds heaviest bridge, of
steel arch construction, accommodate
ing four tracks. 1t is ready to bear the
live load of II tons per linear foot
while sustaining % tons of structure
per linear foot. 1t is calculated that
this live load may be likened to the
weight of 45 of the biggest and heav-
lest of modern locomotives in motion
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-05
CONTROL YOUR OWN KITCHEN
Ringing Message Addressed to the
Women Of American by One Of
Their Best-knoWn Writer'S

Margaret Deland, the well-knOwn
Companion:
"Thls is a brave world just now,
and it shames us TO admit, even to
ourselves, how we hate to face some
domestic guns; we hate to ask about
leftover dropped eggs and still more
do we funk the going back to the
good sense Of mothers and grand
mothers, and do our own ordering ,
There is, however, one thing that
would help US poor hOuSekeeperS
immensely, namely, a community eff
fort IF groups Of wOmen-the wOm-
ems clubs, the women Of a parish the
women of street-would get together,
and pledge each other their moral sup
port, the domestic situation would be
immensely helped; we would cease to
be bullied by our kitchens. Once let
Mary realize that not only Mrs. A. is
mean and Mrs. B. 'SnOOps around in
the refrigerator and Mrs. G. gives
We calldown about yer potato par
ings,' but that the whole alphabet Of
hOusekeepers will not permit waste,
Mary. too, and all her kind, will fin
ally fall into line.
you know the fable of the old man
and his sons and the sticks? The
single stick was easily broken. The
single housekeeper is easily cowed
The fagot is unbreakable! If we wOm-
en-, all together, insist upon a moral
social, economical course, our kitchens
will join u.s.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-05
COUNTRYS DEBT TO CRIMINAL
Notorious French SWindIer RESPONSE.
Bile for Development of Most Fa-
nous Fighting Airplane.

The most successful fighting air.
plane in the world today is without
question the Spad. It was. of course,
the mount of the late Captain Guyne-
mer who, 1t will be remembered, ac-
counted for SO machines before being
shot down last September just behind
the German front line. The most pro-
hcient pilots in the Lafayette esca-
drtlle also use this machine
The history of the Spad is curious.
1t owes its origin to Armand Deeper
dussin, a former silk Merchant Of Ly-
ons, who amassed large fortune by
a series of Swinding operations. In
1910 he proceeded to sink most of his
gains into aviation. establishing a huge
flying field and factory near Reims
and engaging brilliant young en-
gineer named Bechereau. The result
was that the Deperdussin mOnOplanes
acquired an international fame win
ming the Gordon Bennett cup at Chi
cagO in 1912 and at Reims in 1913
the latter event at the rate of 124.5
miles an hour. This speed was made
possible largely by the mOnOcOque con-
struction of the fuselage, greatly supe-
r1or to the rectangular body section
then In vogue on other machines.
After the arrest of Deperdussin
some time before the war the directors
Of the firm retained Bechereau as de-
signer and changed the name to Spad
(Societe pour Aeroplanes Deperdus-
SIM. This was again changed quite
recently to "Societe pour rAviation ct
ses Derives keeping the same initials
as before. Deperdussins trial finally
took place a few months back and a
merely nominal sentence was imposed
on account of the great services to the
cause Of French aviation rendered by
the defendant
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-05
New Weapons Always Condemned.

New weapons have always reused
the ire Of the old-fashioned soldier.
just as Germany's introduction of
deadly weapons has in this war. says
the Boston Post. The introduction of
bronze spearheads must have scandal
lied some old fiintwielding warrior
and King ArchimaduS regarded the
use of the catapult as the grave of true
bravery.
Bayard considered that no true man
should use a frearm. and even Mar
shall SAKE did not altogether approve
of it, and thought the old-fashioned
style of man-tO-man fighting superior
But in the long run it is the man
that wins, not his weapon. Laurence
Oliphant, the great traveller, said that
III future wars the side would win
which showed the most determination
to get to grips with the enemy.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-05
Legal Notice
First pub. Friday, April 5-4t

First pub. Friday, April 5-4t
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
Court, Jefferson County-In Probate
In the matter of the estate Of Louis
Mueller, late Of the city Of Watertown,
in said county, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at a
term Of the county court, to be held
in and for said county at the
city hall in the city of Watertown in
said county, on the 1st day Of May,
A. D. 1918, at the opening Of court on
that day or as soon thereafter as the
same can be heard, the following mat
tiers will be heard and considered:
The application of Fred w Gamm,
to admit 10 probate the last will and
testament of Louis Mueller, deceased,
and for the appointment of himself as
executor thereof
Dated this 28th day of March, A. d.
1918. By the Court.
R. B. Kirkland,
County Judge
c. r. Blumenfeld Attorney.