Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 22, 1920, Page 2

s * OPPOSITIONT) |} 'l'hs eu the ¢ 41!“ ey Weather—Showers tonight, ‘cooler | ' in west portion. ‘Saf a t ¢ cloudy; cpoler in so ‘ portions. it e VOLUME XVIIL. NO. 255" va BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, A OCTOBER 22, 1920 R EAES Paltas, Texas, Oct.'22.—A new out break of -terrorism by -night riders | sedking to inveigle ‘cotton 'growers B efusing ‘tosell cotton until'the il price: goes up, was opened ‘today. The ‘dotton ‘gin"at Handley, east of Fort, ‘Worth, - was destroyed ‘by fire. of Amendment No. 1 Bs.. comes More Favorable r'E_x&eptipnal‘ly‘ Interesting Pro- gyam:les:Being :Arranged;: .Elect Executive Board: The executive board of the South- ern Beltrami County Red Cross asso- ciation meeting ou ~Tuesday made plans-for the annual meeting of the ‘orgatiization ‘to be:held next Thurs- day, Oct. ‘28, in -the 'rooms of the Beémidji Civic and Commyerce.associ- ation; =~ - 5l ing Neglect to Vote “Yes' \ Pink Ballot, Plan Will. - Be Carried. /! 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 91 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. A All members of the organization 'who - have. paid their $1 dues will be‘entitled to vote to elect a new-ex- A %_ .ing that scattered opposition; is fast disappearing as the proposi- ‘tion 1is correctly understood, ‘Senator L: H. Nord, secretary of the volun- tary campaign organization,-is pre- idicting the adoption of 'Guod‘Rotds :‘Amendment No. 1. ; " ° “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 whether .Amendment No. 1will be passed’to allow automobiles and trucks to pay. part of the expense,” said “Senator; :Nord. /Jecutive board for the coming year. From Where Money Comes. [rrhis board has control of all money “Good Roads Amendment No. 1l'land ‘affairs of the Southern Beltrami .will furnish $10,000,000 & year of |County ‘organization. It is especi- additional road money without in-lally urged that there be a large at- _creases in road taxes or big issues oftendance on this occasion that dhe !/ bonds, which otherwise will be neces- | work of the Red Cross in this coun- ‘sary. Motor vehicle licenses will|ty may be carried on as successfully yield more-than $6,300,000, and the {as before. ;full allotment of federal aid will be PR S S S ,obtainable. That money will'be used cums B“S m MAN * "ATTEMPTED TO BRIBE to mafrtain and improve the 7,000 Hodgson Says Offer of $5,000 \mile trunk highway system: It 'will i permit, "englneers state, the proper Was Made Provided He Withdraw Name {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 ftlmt gravel_rsurta'clng is too expen- sive. ¢ “N Counties-Towns Gain More. “Colinty. and town roads benefit to |the, same’or. a greater extent under the propoeed )5@31 saild 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- endiment No. 1, the counties and towns will ‘be supplied with more than $16,000,000 of current funds— ‘all state ald and tax revenue—to use on local roads alone. Because of the | lighter traffic on the local roads, that (big sum will make possible the rapid rmanent improvement of all roads left in the counties and towns. “Under the.new plan more than R $25,000,000 kwl.ll l‘lfi provided svery SENATOR REED WILL year for work on Minnesota roads on i 2 ‘the bass of present road taxes, and | STUMP FOR THOMPSON the full federal and state and oppro- tionments. It is generally appreci- \ (By United Press) ated that greater sums must be spent «Chicago, Oct. 22.—Senator James ‘on the roads and it is.just as plain |A. Reed, democrat of Missouri, will that'if Amendment No. 1 is defeated, | take the stump in Wisconsin in sup- road taxes must be raised and bonds|port of James Thompson, anti-lea- fssued and charged against the land | gue candidate for the senate, accord- —to the regular taxpayers. <, |ing to a telegram received at repub- lican headquarters here today. Auto Owners Offer Helv. Srem e TR “While the -average tax payer is|no0K COUNTY JURY opposed to Nigher taxation for roads, the automobile and truck owners are /RESUMES BALL PROBE (By United Press) = willing to pay higher license fees if the proceeds are spent on the °roads. They ‘are.satisfied that their savings| Chicago, Oct. 22.—The Cook coun- on .car depreciation and upkeep, espe- |ty grand jury was expected to re- cially on gasoline and tires, will re-lsume its investigation of crooked baseball here today. Several gamb- lers and baseball players were sched- turn them cash gains every year be- ,sides assuring comfortable, all-year uled to be here. Further indictments were expected next week. going. -Phe man who votes “‘no” on Amendment No. 1, says in effect -to TUBERCULOSIS KILLS thie motor vehicle owners: “Keep your ‘money -and we .will pay more Tuberculosis killed more Minneso- tans last year than any other dis- rcad - taxes and struggle along.” case or even dccidents, officials of (By United Press) St. Paul, Oct. 22.—That a promin- 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 hiln. He_ said there were no wit- nesses. Citigens taking that stand are few, the senator,added, and do not umider- . stand the proposed plan, having list- ened to ‘misrepresentations. They are undar. false impressions that Amerid- ment No. 1 will mean ‘wholesale pav- ing of state roads, big bond issues to be paid oft by taxes oh land, and so forth, while; the contrary is true, as . made.plain in the foregoing. Facts Easy to Get. “As for the bond feature,” con- tinued Senator Nord, ‘“Amendment No. 1 limits the amoufit "of road bondg to '$10,000,000 a year and a total’ of $765,000,000 outstanding at . any one time. But a law authorizing eounty commissioners-to issue a total ,of more than $20,000,000 of road bonds without a vote of the people will :be of no .effect after the day Amendment-No. 1 takes force, if it is ,adopted. So it cannot be said that the proposed plan is backed by a scheme to float a big bond issue. “All these features were carefuily . considered by the legislature of 1919 with the result that the members be- came convineed that no better plan ~could be framed and voted almost -unanimously to present Amendment ‘No. 1 to the voters. The legislative . endorsement in itself should influ- ,ence the average citizen to support the proposed plan if he is unable to | obtain detailed information. ~Every . community now has residents well- ;informed on the plan, however, and . they ‘are explaining away every ob- Jjection offered.” Health association announced today, in urging the citizens of this county to give enthusiasti¢ support to the 1920 Christmas Seal Sale that suffi- clent funds be provided to continue unabated the fight against this de\d- ly disease. Last year, 24,874 people died from all causes in Minnesota and of thes 2,244—nearly one out of every ten were killed by tuberculosis, accord- ing to the State Board of Health. Facts - about disease ate being gath- ered and supplied the Minnesota, Public ‘Health agsociation by the state health board to aid the Christ- mas Seal sale. The goal .of the 1920 Christmas Seal Sale in Minnesota is a fund of at least $250,000. This means that twenty-five million Christmas Seals, of their equivalent in Health Bonds, must be bought by public-spirited citizens in every community in the state to supply the money necessary to carry on the fight to stamp out the deadly “White Plague” and save the lives of the thousands of men, women “and children who are sacri- ficed to it needlessly every year, of- cidls 0 fthe South Beltrami County ‘b‘llh: ‘Health Association empha- sized. ent St. Paul business man has offer- |/ HARDING'S TRIP INTO EAST HAS ‘CLINCHED MANY DUBIOUS VOTES Nominee Is on Way Back to ‘Marion Confident That T . Tour Was Success TAKES MORE AGGRESSIVE ,TAND ON LEAGUE ISSUE Says Republicans Will Not Be Willing. to Accept Pro- +. gram of l?emocnts (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- forts while away from the front porch have clinched thousands of doubtful votes. 5 Twenty states, several on the bord- erland of the democratic south, have been visited by the republican nom- inee. 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 deadTock which he says would result from the election of Governor Cox. Harding stated in his speec‘lfes at Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y., that the republican party has been unwill- 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. 2 (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, appeared today in George R. Lunn, mayor of Schnectady, N. Y., in a 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.” (By United Press) Marion, Ohio, Oct. 22. (By Ray- mond Clapper.)—Senator Warren G. Rarding was back on his front porch today for a week!s 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 ecénomic poli- cies. N the South Beltrami County Public| TH OO RN/ 7/ 7 AaSt N Y ke Yl N \wa’-}fz W ~— INTERESTING SPEAKERS AT MOOSE HALL TONIGHT “‘Hon.-Harold Knutson, repre- sentative in congress from the Sixth district, will speak on European ‘conditions this even- ‘ing at the'Moose hall in connec- tion'with a program to be made up of :several other interesting speakers. . Representative Knut- son has recently.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. Miss 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 this time. The meeting was originall, scheduled to be held th lg)unn')s: new building gn Third street but the change has been made to better accommodate a larger attendance, consequently the Moose hall hag . been secured. All yvoters are urged to be pres- ent at this meeting, which begins at 8 o’clock. 1 of Bedford, Ohio, for His. Heroism (By United Press.) Bedford, O., Oct. 2. ed one other. country.” 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 The alarm was given and the bandits started for the street. automatic and lying on the floor of his garage across the street from the bank, fired at the The .man, running forward to his automobile, Porter then fired at the second bandit, wounding Thé remaining bandits then .seht a hail of bullets into the garage. - With the aid of Harry Stone, armed with a revolver, two of the remainder until the citizens of the town came to their $5,300. Porter seized an first man who appeared. staggered and dropped. him, were captured and held assistance. MAC SWINEY PROTESTING (By United Press) London, Oct . 22.—Violently Terrence MacSwiney today ternately baffled in and violent in his delirium. of fasting. - = BANDITS TAKEN BYGARAGE MAN Elmer Porter Today Is Idol —Elmer Por- ter, garage man, was the idol of the little town today and the hero of a bloody battle with six bandits who robbed a bank here yesterday. Porter killed one of the bandits and wound- Two he captured, one of the latter being George Losteiner, known as one of the “hardest in the Two of the bandits are . AGAINST FORCED FEEDING i1, was al- his weakness Delir- iously protesting against feeding, to Which he was subjected when he be- came worse, he began his 71st day EchfiucmTL NEETINTENDED STRIKENORDAY Would Give British Parliament Complete Power in Using Military Forces INTRODUCTION DELAYED UNTIL MONDAY SESSION Strike Orders Go Into Effect Monday at Midnight Un- less Countermanded + (By United Press) ondon, 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 for approval on Monday. The bill drafted to meet the threatened general strike of railroad workers and British miners, will also give the government power to ration and control all resolutions. The bl was said 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#nto effect on Monday at midnight unless counter- manded. L The measure was presented Dy Home Secretary Shrott. The gov- ernment’s movement followed the announcement of a call for a general meeting of the Trades Union 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 congresp 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- forc midnight today if the meeting would be held. . The fact that the ultimatum was permitted to expire was taken as an indlcation that the more radical ele- ment has obtained control of the committee. COX CONSIDERS COUNTER MOVEMENT AGAINST ROOT (By United Press) Philadelphia, Oct. 22. (By Herb- ert Walker en route with Governor Cox.)—Governor Cox beginning his first invasion of New Jelrsey today, was considering counter movements against what he believed i8 an elev- enth hour attempt of lihu Root backed by Senator Harding, to stem the tide he says has swept his candi- dacy. W AN y SIX 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. f ARRANGEMENTS FOR BABY Automobiles Will Be at North School at 10 o'Clock to Carry Mothers Visits Bemidji While on Tour - of Sixth District for Electioneering RECENTLY RETURNS FROM TRAVEL THROUGH EUROPE The Woman's Community and f > Civic club has completed arrange- ments for the baby clinic to be held | Representative Has Secured 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. Bx- 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- sician in charge at the previous clinie, will be the examinjng physi- clan. Another physician Wwill 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, | ooyrge would depend on the attitude Koors, Df““- “f_'r Rhen, Carisch, G.14¢ tne next congress toward the pro- Bridgeman, MC("U}'“" Trimble, and [, 41ion and also would depend large- Miss Olsen. Mrs. “R. 1. Schumaker ||y oy whether Mr. Knutson, who has has charge of the arrangements. sponsored the project he returned to STATE SUPREME COURT |toueh witn the work so.far if rer QUASHES INDICTMENTS Passage of Several Acts to Aid District Harold Knutson, congressman for the sixth congressional district of Minnesota and who has just return-~ ed for several months visit in Eu- rope, is making a tour of his distriet and arrived in the city late last evening. Mr. Knutson has served in the six« ty-fiftth and sixty sixth congress and is now a candidate for sixty-seventh congress. One of the projects to which he has bended much of his ef- / forts has peen the Red Lake drain- £ ague proposition, which is a move- ment to lower! the level of Red Lake s0 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 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 touclifwith Upholds Belief That Indict-|the matter. ments Against Mortgage Secures Appropriation. ! Mr. Knutson also secured an ap- Company Are lllegal 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 be, 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 Mississippi 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 fof the water. Conditions In Europe. In the opinion fo the congressman the conditions of Burope, particular- 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 coal in its own industries. As a result the industries are.lying idle in Germany. anec i8 recovering in her indus- tries to a certain extent, said Mr. Knutson, but her mining industry is crippled by labor troubles. The productiveness of the soil and the in- tensity with which it is cultivated will take caro of the needs of the country in the agricultural line to a large extent. The farms are small but cultivated well. These were the impressfons recelved by Mr. Knutson as the traveled alone thru the devas- tated portion of tne country. (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 céurt today. The February grand jury had not asked for information regarding the refusal to turh over $260,000 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 no one but members of the grand jury may participate in the sittings. The Hennepin county court was ordered 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 given this evening at the home of Mr .and Mrs. G. W. Harnwell, for Dr. G. H. Zentz, newly appointed pas- tor of the local church, and his fam- ily. 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. Everyone is urged to attend and become acquainged 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 body was found, was-to be questioned. She will be asked regarding the report 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 that Denton quarreled with a “Span-| . OF SUR-TAX REVISION ish woman” shortly before the mur- der. (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- A. R. BURNS WILL BE SENTENCED TOMORROW (By United Press) Duluth, Oct. 22.—Liable to a fine of $10,000 or two years in prison or|day. both, A. R. Burns, of Port Arthur, R will be sentenced tomorrow for vio-| BELIEVES PRICE REDUCTION 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. 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 Tron 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.