Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 22, 1920, Page 1

- i Mafl% S e the_op) Wfin'—flbp@fiu ::a-z{ % ’ / VOLUME XVIII. NO. 255 - BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1920 ~= i A bobad el o o8 e lNTEkESTING SPEAKERS AT MOOSE HALL TONIGHT RARDINGS TRIP [[-zmsc INTO EAST HAS| CLINCHED HANY * BECOMINGL DUBIOUS VOTES of Amendment No. 1 Bee. Soe, : g {4:»iMarion Confident That ! g ! . Tour Was Success Hon. Harold Knutson, repre- sentative in congress from the Sixth district,' will. speak on European 'conditions this even- ° ing at the'Moose Rall in connec- tion"with a program to be made up of :several other interesting speakers. . Representative Knut- : son has Tecently.returned to his home. at St. Cloud after an ex- tended trip to Europe and his talk ‘at this time is sure to be of interest to every Bemidji resident. F Mi Anna- Severance of Crosby, organizer of women for the republican party in the _Sixth district, is included on the program. Mrs. Stella Cussins of Ro- chester,~representative of ‘the state republicgn headquarters and who nominated Mrs. Man- ley Fossen of Minneapolis to the republican national conven- tion, will answer such questions as are puzzling the voters at || Strike Orders Go Into Effect this time. The meeting was \t:lrigina“y Monday at Midnight Un- I scheduled to be held \n Dunn’s less Countermanded new building gn Third street i ~ but the’ change has been made * to better accommodate a larger attendance, consequently the Moose hall has.been secured. All yoters are urged to be pres- ent at this meeting, which begins at 8 o’clock. ', n €8s) ‘Dallas, Texas, Oct.-22:—A new out break of -terrorism by -night riders seeking to inveigle ‘cotton -grewers 1nto* refusing 'to sell cotton until the prige goes up, was opened today. The “l'eotton ‘ginat Handley, east of Fort, ‘Worth, as “destroyed 'by fire. Threats of burning other plants were, received by-owners.- ~ '~ Would Give British Parliament Complete Power in Using comes More Favorable - | Excoptionally : Inbevesting Military Forces wgram-ls :Being -Arranged;: < Elect Excutive Board: INTRODUCTION DELAYED UNTIL MONDAY SESSION % % E) = | TAKES MORE AGGRESSIVE INATOR L. H. NORD \ STAND ON LEAGUE ISSUE % PREDICTS ADOPTION 'l:?.; ‘ing Neglect to Vote “Yes’! \ Pink Ballot, Plan Will Be Carried. /i The executive board of the South- ern Beltrami County Red Cross asso- ciation meeting ‘on ~Tuesday made plans-for the annual meeting -of the ‘organization 'to: be held next Thurs- diy, ‘Oct. ‘28, In -the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Comnyerce.associ- atien. - 8 . C: L. Pegelow was elected chair- man of the Red Cross Roll Call drive and -D. S.'Mitchell, vice chairman. The drive will extend from November 11 to November 25. At the annual meeting there will be a program of especial interest to all. ‘Music “and reports of various nurses are planned. A speaker from Minneapolis will address this meet- ing as well as the meeting of-the Civic and Commerce Association next ‘Wednesday. All members of the organization ‘who- have. paid their $1 dues will be*entitled to vote to elect a new ex- Says Republicans Will Not Be Willing to Accept Pro- ', gram of I_)emocra!s + (By United Press) “Tondon, Oct. 22. (By Webb Mill- er.)—An emergency bill giving the government complete power with re- gard to using military forces for any purpose will be introduced in the British parliament lm; approval on Monday. The bill drafted to meet the {hreatened general strike of railroad workers and British miners, will also give the government power to ration and control all resolutions. The bul was saitl to have been drafted and ready for introduction but was de- layed ‘until Monday to permit re- sumption of negotiations with the striking miners as they would be opened by the expiration of the ulti- matum served on the ggvernment. The strike orders go#fnto effect on Monday at midnight unless counter- manded. ; The measure was presented Dy (By United Press) Marion, Ohio, Oct. 22. (By Ray- mond Clapper, en route with Sen- ator Harding.)—With his speaking campaign closed except for four days of stumping in Ohio, Senator Warren G. Harding was on his way back to ‘Marion today confident that his ef-| ) B RITYITI 'R B/ WRT forts while away from the t‘ront[_BANDlTS TAKE porch have clinched thousands of - doubtful votes. : BYGARA MAN Twenty states, several on the hord-‘ Elmer Porter Today Is Idol erland of the democratic south, have been visited by the republican nom- of Bedford, Ohio, for His. Heroism Ay *_ .ing that scattered oppositio: is fast disappearing as the propo;'}i* tion is correctly understood, ‘Senator Lz H. Nord, secretary of the volun- ‘tary campaign organization,is pre- idicting the adoption of Good:Roads ‘Amendment No. 1. ! i «“Minnesota taxpayers realize that ‘the roads must be kept passable, whichever plan is adoptéd, and that “the big question first on the pink bal ‘lot November 2 is simply Wwhether Amendment No. 1will be passed allow automobiles and trucks to pay: {part of the expense,” said “Senator; :Nord. = 2| ecutive board for the coming year. From Where Money Comes. | rnjs board has control of all movey “Good Roads Amendment No. 1}and ‘affairs of the Southern Beltrami .will furnish $10,000,000 a~ year (of|County organizatien. It is especi- additional road money without ln- ally urged that there be a large at- Ccreases in road taxes or big issues tendance on this occasion thatdhe bonds, which otherwise will be neces-| work of the Red Cross in this coun- sary. Motor vehicle licenses willlty may be carried on as successfully yield more than $6,300,000, and thelas before. ‘full allotment of federal aid will be inee. 5 As the campaign draws toward the eleventh hour Senator Harding is taking a more aggressive stand on the league issue. In all of his speak- ing recently he has denounced the treaty deadlock which he says would result from the election of Governor Cox. a5 Harding stated in his speeches at (By United Press.) ;obtainable. That money will'be used P ) \to maintain and improve the 7,000 CI.AIMS BUS BS MAN Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y., that the|, Bedford, 0., Oct. 22.—Elmer Por- n mile trunk highway system. It 'will A P republican party has been unwill- er, garage man, was the idol of the Home Secretary Shrott. The gov- X little town today and the hero of afernment’s movement followed the ing to accept the democratic program because it not only is un-American and unwise, but because it is wholly impossible of fulfillment and simply tends to keep the- American.people in a ferment of useless controversy. Harding appeared somewhaf tired today as a result of steady travelling. A recent.cold left him with a ,slight cough. B announcement of a call for a general meeting of the Trades Unfon Con- gress to consider what should be done to secure settlement' of the miner's demands. The Congress will meet next Wednesday. Taken in connection with the an- nouncement of the Transportation Workers yesterday, the failure to re- sume immediate negotiations with the miners will “array the govern- ment against the working classes.” The congresg will present demands from all the labor unions. Prior to the call the parliamentary commit- tee of the congress served notice on the government that negotiations with the miners must be resumed be- fore midnight today if the meeting would be held. i The fact that the ultimatum was permitted to expire was taken as an indication that the more radical ele- ment has obtained control of the committee. bloody battle with six bandits who robbed a bank here yesterday. Porter killed one of the bandits and wound- ed one other. Twd he captured, one of the latter being George Losteiner, known as one of the “hardest in the country”” Two of the bandits are still at liberty today. The six men entered the Bedford bank and ordered the customers and employees to lie down on the floor. They looted the vault of more than $5,300. The alarm was given and the bandits started for the street. Porter seized an automatic and lying on the floor of his garage across the street from the bank, fired at the first man who appeared. The man, running forward to his automobile, staggered and dropped. Porter then fired at the second bandit, wounding him. Thé remaining bandits then .sent a hail of bullets into the garage. © With the aid of Harry Stone, armed with a revolver, two of the remainder were captured and held until the citizens of the town came to their assistance. MAC SWINEY PROTESTING AGAINST FORCED FEEDING " ATTEMPTED TO BRIBE Hodgson Says Offer of $5,000 Was Made Provided He .Withdraw Name <permit,"_englfieera state, the proper !maintenance ‘first of ‘every mile, and .dlso each year the graveling of 400 ‘miles and the hard-surfacing of 200 ‘miles -on which traffic is so heavy ithat gravel surfacing ‘is too expen- sive. 4 N Counties-Towns Gain More. “County and town roads benefit to |the same’ of . a gredter extent ynder the proposed plan,” said Senator Nord. “They have:less than\ $17,- 000,000 this year, exclusive of bond receipts, and the biggest part is be- ~ ing spent’on main roads. Under Am- endment No. 1, the counties towns will ‘be aupplied with more than $16,000,000 of current funds— ‘all state aid and tax revenue—to use on local roads alone. Because of the \::ghter traffic on the local roads, that (By United Press) St. Paul, Oct. 22.—That a promin- ent St. Paul business man has offer- [/ ed him $5,000 to withdraw, from the race for governor, Mayor L. C. Hodg- son told democratic leaders today. In addition to $5,000 in cash Hodgson said the man offered to see that he got an appointment on the State Board of Control, if J. A. O. Preus was elected. Hodgson refused to divulge the name of the man he said approached him. He_ said there were no wit- nesses. (By United Press) Beresford,”S. D., Oct. 22.—One claimant of the reward offered by Senator Warren G. Harding to any- one poipsing out inconsistencies in his attitude on the league of nations, appedred today in George R. Lunn, mayor of Schnectady, N. Y., telegram to Senator Harding. Lunn after citing alleged proofs of inconsistencies~ asked for the re- ward to any one proving that the republican candiuate said that “eith- er Elihu Root or Senator Hiram Johnson correctly gives his position.” \big sum will make possible the rapid ermanent improvement of all roads left in the counties and towns. “Under the. new plan more than $25,000,000 will be provided every year for work on Minnesota roads on the bass of present road taxes, and |» the full federal and state and oppro- tionments. It is generally appreci- ated that greater sums must be spent on the roads and it is just as plain that'if Amendment No. 1 is defeated, road taxes must be raised and bonds issued and charged against the land —to the regular taxpayers. ” Auto Owners Offer Help. “While the average tax payer is opposed to Nigher taxation for roads, the automobile and truck owners are willing to pay higher license fées if the proceeds are spent on the“roads. They ‘are -satisfied that their savings on .car depréclation and upkeep, espe- cially on gasoline and tires, will re- turn them cash gains every year be- . sides assuring comfortable, all-year going. -The man who votes “‘no” on Amendment No. 1, says in effect to i the motor vehicle owners: ‘“Keep ) ’/// //// // /1 TS Y T /_////// your money and we .will pay more A ! U rcad taxes and struggle along.” TUBERCULOSIS Klus el ‘€= N //// TN Citisens ta:!dng that s;and arei_;ew. AN \\ > ////// the senator, ed, and do not uider-| ;' 'l'w \ i < 5 Z . stand the proposed plan, having list- om i 0 THOUSAND W~ // ened to ‘misrepresentations. They are under. false impressions that Amerid-| Tuberculosis killed more Minneso- menf No. 1°'will mean wholesale pav-[tans last year than any other dis- ing of state roads, big bond issues to|case or even dccidents, officials of be paid off by taxes oh land, and so|the South Beltrami County Public forth, while; the contrary is true, as|Health association announced today, in urging the citizens of this county to give enthusiastic' support to the /1920 Christmas Seal Sale that suffi- . made.plain in the foregoing. clent funds be provided to continue Faots Easy to Get. “As for the bond feature,” con- unabated the fight against this dé\d- ly disease. tinued Senator Nord, ‘“Amendment No. 1 limits the amoufit "of road bnnd’ to '$10,000,000 a year and a Last year, 24,874 people died from total’ of $75,000,000 outstanding at|all causes in Minnesota and of thes any one time. But a law authorizing|2,244—nearly one out of every ten eounty commissioners-to issue a total |were killed by tuberculosis, accord- .of more than $20,000,000 of road|ing to the State Board of Health. bonds without a vote of the people|Facts:-about disease ate being gath- will be of no .effect after the day|ered and supplied the Minnesota, Amendment-No. 1 takes force, if it is|Public ‘Health agsociation by the ,adopted. So it cannot be said that|state health board to aid the Christ- the proposed plan is backed by a|mas Seal sale. The _goal of the 1920 Christmas Seal Sale in Minnesota is a fund of . scheme to float a big bond issue. at least $250,000. This means that “All these features were carefully . considered by the legislature of 1919 twenty-five million Christmas Seals, of their equivalent in Health Bonds, with the result that the members be- came convineced that no better plan ;could be framed and voted almost{must be bought by public-spirited unanimously to present Amendment |citizens in every community in the No. 1 to the voters. The legislative |state to supply the money necessary . endorsement in itself should influ-{to carry on the fight to stamp out .ence the average citizen to support the deadly “White Plague” and save the proposed plan if he is unable to|the lives of the thousands of men, | obtain detailed information. Every|women “and children who are sacri- community now has residents well-[ficed to it needlessly every year, of- informed on the plan, however, and |ficidls o fthe South Beltrami County they ‘are explaining away every ob- Public Health Association empha- jection offered.” sized. . SENATOR REED WILL E ~ STUMP FOR THOMPSON (By United Press) Marion, Ohio, Oct. 22. (By Ray- mond Clapper.)—Senator Warren G. Harding was back on his front porch today for a weeks breathing spell before plunging into the eleventh # hour tour of Ohio. He spent the day cleaning up his mail and resting. Senator Edge of New Jersey, was the only visitor of note scheduled. He recently return- ed from Europe where he has studied the financial conditions and his con- ference with the republican candi- date was to deal with economic poli- cies, COX CONSIDERS COUNTER MOVEMENT AGAINST ROOT \ (By United Press) «Chicago, Oct. 22.—Senator James A. Reed, democrat of Missouri, will take the stump in Wisconsin in sup- port of James Thompson, anti-lea- gue candidate for the senate, accord- ing to a telegram received at repub- lican headquarters here today. (By United Press) Philadelphia, Oct. 22. (By Herb- ert Walker en route with Governor Cox.)—~Governor Cox beginning his first invasion of New JeJrsey today, was considering counter movements against what he believed i8 an elev- enth hour attempt of Elihu Root backed by Senator Harding, to stem the tide he says has swept his candi- dacy. (By United Press) London, Oct . 22.—Violently ill, Terrence MacSwiney today was al- ternately baffled in his weakness and violent in his delirium. Delir- iously protesting against feeding, to Which he was subjected when he be- came worse, he began his 71st day of fasting. COOK COUNTY JURY /RESUMES BALL PROBE (By United Press) - ‘Chicago, Oct. 22.—The Cook coun- ty grand jury was expected to re- sume its investigation of crooked baseball here today. Several gamb- lers and baseball players were sched- uled to be here. Further indictments were expected next week. —_——————————— SIK BANK OFFICIALS " FACE JAIL SENTENCE (By United Press) Chicago, Oct. 22.—Six officials of the Copsumers’ Bank of Chicago, charged with using the mails to de- fraud, today faced jail sentences of seven years each. They were found guilty on fourteen counts by the jury last night. The officials were alleg- ed to have defrauded persons thru- out the country of $500,000. 4 ARRANGEMENTS FOR BABY CLINIC ARE COMPLETED Automobiles Will Be at North School at 10 o'Clock to Carry Mothers The Woman’s Community and Civic club has completed arrange- ments for the baby clinic to be held tomorrow at the Central and Lin- coln school buildings. Every mother is invited to bring fier children, up to the age of six, to the clinic for free examination. Ex- aminations will be conducted all day at the Central building and in the afternoon at the Lincoln building. Busses and automobiles will be at the North school to transport moth- ers to the Central building at 10 o'clock. Dr. N. O. Pierce. who was the phy- gician in charge at the previous clinie, will be the examinjng physi- cian. Another physician will assist Those who have not made appoint- ments are urged to do so if possible, although those who do not make ap- pointments for examination will re- ceive the same service as the others. Making appointments will ,however, do away with tedious waiting. The women of the city assisting in the clinic are Mesdames H. Huff- man, Spooner, Tuomy, K. H. Olson, Marcum, Boardman, Sellers, Youn- gren, McGee, Boyce, E. W. Johnson, Koors, Denu, Feir, Rhea, Carisch, G Bridgeman, MecGaflin, Trimble, and Miss Olsen. Mrs. “R. H. Schumaker has charge of the arrangements. STATE SUPREME COURT QUASHES INDICTMENTS Upholds Belief That Indict- ments Against Mortgage Company Are lllegal (By United Press) St. Paul, Oct. 22.—Indictments rendered by the Henuepin County Grand Jury against five former of- fices of the Commonwealth Mortgage Co. were quashed by the decision of ho supreme cdurt today. The February grand jury had not asked for information regarding the refusal to turn over $250,000 in se- turities to the company, but appoint- ed a committee to appear before the succeeding grand jury with the in- formation. The supreme court upheld the con- tention that the indictments were il- legal but the law provided that n one but members of the grand jury may participate in the sittings. The ‘Weather—Showers tc .in west' portion. Saf cloudy; cooler in. south an portions. b/ ek Visits Bemidji While on Tour - of Sixth District for Electioneering RECENTLY RETURNS FROM TRAVEL THROUGH EUROPE ' ’ Representative Has Secured Passage of Several Acts to Aid District Harold Knutson, congressman for the sixth congressional district of Minnesota and who has just return- ed tor several months visit in Eu- rope, is making a tour of his district and arrived in the city late last evening. Mr. Knutson has served in the six< ty-fifth and sixty sixth congress and is now a candlidate for sixty-seventh congress. One of the projects to which he has bended much of his ef- forts has been the Red Lake drain- ague proposition, which is a move- ment to lower' the level of Red Lake 50 as to make it possible to drain the large ditches into the lake instead water from the lake backing up every spring and flooding the ditched area. Assurances have been received from congress thru Mr. Knutson that this project will be carried thru. This of course would depend on the attitude :{of the next congress toward the pro- position and also would depend large- ly on whether Mr. Knutson, who has sponsored the project he returned to congress. Those who have been in touch with the work so far if re- elected would be able to go ahead at once with the project. On the other hand if they are not returned it would require considerable time for new men to get in as close touclWwith the matter. Secures Appropriation. Mr. Knutson also secured an ap- propriation of $105,000 for - the building of a highway across the forest reserve at Cass Lake. It {s espected that the entire roadway will he, completed and hard-surfaced in the very near future. Although arriving late last even- ing Mr. Knutson was immediately in- terviéwed by several residents on the matter of obstructing the flow of water in the Mississippl river above Lake Trving caused by sand bars and refuse. The result of these obstrucs tions is the flooding of meadows ad- jacent to the river. Mr. Knutson gave assurance that these sandbars would be cleaned out and also any other obstacles preventing the flow olof the water, Conditions In Europe. In the opinion fo the congressman Hennepin county court was ordered | . .. haitions of Europe, particular- to quash the indictments. RECEPTION FOR DR. ZENTZ AND FAMILY THIS EVENING All members and friends of the Methodist Episcopal church are most cordlally invited to the reception to be giyen this evening at the home of G. W. Harnwell, for , newly appointed pas- chureh, and his fam- The Methodist Ladies’ Ald has charge of the affair and this organ- ization Is making plans for a rous- ing welcome to the new church lead- er. yone i8 urged to attend and become acquainied with the pastor and his family. * JURY RESUMES PROBE INTO DENTON MURDER (By United Press) Los Angeles, Oct. 22.—The probe into the supposed murder of Jacob Denton, mining capitalist, whose body was found in his home, was re- sumed by the grand jury today. Mrs. R. C. Peet, formerly tenant in the house in which Denton’s hody was found, was-to be questioned. She will be asked regarding the report that Denton quarreled with a *Span- :inh woman’ shortly before the mur- er. A. R. BURKS WILL BE SENTENCED TOMORROW (By United Press) Duluth, Oct. 22.—Liable to a fine of $10,000 or two years in prison or both, A. R. Burns, of Port Arthur, will be sentenced tomorrow for vio- lating liquor laws ST. PAUL'S “B SQUARE” CLUB MEETS TONIGHT The “B Square” club of the St. Paul's Evangelical church will be held in the basement of the church tonight at 7:30 p. m. After the business session a bas- ketball practice will be held. All the members of the club are urged to be present. ly Germany, will not recover from the result of the war for a long time. Germany is forced by the terms of the treaty to turn over to France a large tonnage of coal which pre- vents that country from using the conl in its own industries. As a result the industries are.lying idle in Germany. Tranec is recovering in her indus- tries to a certain extent, said Mr. Knutson, but her mining industry is erippled by labor troubles. The productiveness of the soil and the in- tensity with which it is cultivated will take care of the needs of the country in the agricultural line to & large extent. The farms are small hut cultivated well. These were the impressions recelved by Mr. Knutson as the traveled alone thru the devas- tated portion of tue country. COSTELLO CLAIMS ACTION BEGAN AT WASHINGTON (By United Press) London, Oct, 22.—E. J. Costello, managing editor of the Federated Press Service, ordered deported from England, claimed today that the ac- tion against him was begun at Wash- ington. BANKERS DEMAND REPEAL . OF SUR-TAX REVISION (By United Press) “Whshington, Oct. 22.—Immediate . repeal of excess profits passed in re- vision of sur-tax rates were demand- ed in a resolution adopted at the close of the session of the American Bankers’ Association convention to- day. BELIEVES PRICE REDUCTION IS HEALTHFUL CONDITION (By United Press) New York, Oct. 22.—Further an- nouncement of steel prices must be made, E. H. Gary of the United States Steel Co., told the American Iron and Steel Institute here today. Gary said he considered voluntary reductions in selling prices and de- creases in order in certain lines of the industry as healthful conditions.