Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 9, 1920, Page 1

NO. 270 Faii tonight and Wed- treh’ colder. A€o ast. Rising BEM!D;H,/ MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 9, 1920 55¢ PER' MONTH VOLUME XVIIL erkoting Director of Potato Exchange Says $274,000 * . 'Saved This Year ONE-FOURTH OF CROP HANDLED COLLECTIVELY S}nlgment Issied Today Claims Independent Buyers Were .| Opportunity Is 6Eered Every- .|'Fourth Bed Cross Roll Call commit- -{quet, the Red Cross was on~t i Forced to Pay More , 7 (By United Press) , St. Paul, Nov. 9.—Minnesota po- tato growers who shipped their pro- ducts thru cooperative associations and the Minnesota Potato Exchange, saved $274,000, according to the . atate department of agrigculture. Hugh J. Hughes, marketing dirlc- tor of the department said today that only about one-fourth of the Minne- sota potato crop ‘was handled thru the cooperative associations. On this basis had the entire crop in Minner sota been shipped thru the associa- tions, - the saving would have been $1,096,000. - The statement issued today by the agricultural ‘department said the co- operative associations are paying an . average of 9.3 cents per hundred weight more for potatoes than other associations. ‘It was also pointed out that when independent buyers met competition . with co-operative asso- ciations, they paid much higher prices than where there was no co< operative organizations. This is the first year that the co- operative marketing of potatoes has been tested and it has been very suc- cessful, Hughes said. . HOLD MONTHLY MEETING ke S .iMembers ‘of the Beltrami county boétd of commissioners assembled this_ tognoon %t the court house for the’ regular: monthly meeting to at- teud: to routine business matters and nall amount of special work. 7.{The state has asked for data from the various counties on the jamount b mofiey - expended on roads which ‘Wil ‘be affected thru the passage of Awmeéndment No. 1 and this informa- ton will' beé compiled at this time.. Approximately = $30,000 has heen spent by this county on these roads de the plan was proposed and the unty will be reimbursed by the gte for this amount which may be expended on roads which will not be aftected by the Babcock plan. .71t is planned to offer for sale at the Décember meeting ‘of the board road ouds which were passed upon some ‘#fimeago. County Auditor Johnson tports that the market for bonds is fi ming much better than it was en: the bonds were offered for sale der -the original plan. HARDING THROWS ASIDE | \ s (By United Press.) - “Point Isabel, Tex., Nov. 9 (by Ray- ‘ mond Clapper).—Throwing aside the | restraints of public life, President- eléct- Warren G. Harding got into a \ pnft shirt and baggy trousers today ‘any. went out into the bay to fish - tarpoon. The chief ambition on i is “trip fizu‘ ‘to land one of the | fndnster ; & feat said to be the %fll of every angler’s pride down his afternoon the Hardings shift- ! edl-as best they could. Last night the one train running from Brownsville, jumped the track with their baggage ” car and they were much inconven- e jenced but.no one here would do any- thing until_daylight. Senator Harding said today he re- | called having seen a cable from Elihu [ “Root during the summer in which he y urged ‘that the league covenant be mudified in accordance with the large i reservations rather than thrown out entirely. To scrap the league, Root argued, would bring chaos and loss ak the result of the war. CONFERENCE OF BUSINESS ;" MEN HAS BEEN POSTPONED 5 9% 8t. Paul, Nov. .—Postponement ; of the conference of mnorthwestern d business men for the restoration of transportation on the Missjssippi, was announced today. A conference Will be held November 16 and 17 in Minneapolis under the auspices of the Mississippi River Waterways as- sociation . formed in Minneapolis September 22 at a meeting of the , Commercial and Civic organizations on the Mississippi river. RED CROSS ROLL CALL BEGINS ARMISTICE DAY TROOPSRUSHED TOYUCATANTO STOP FACTIONS \6!1; in This Vicinity to Be- " “come Helpful Member Every citizen in the southern part of Beltrami county is to have a change to obtain a ‘membership in the Red Cross this'year and the campaign which is being conducted by the tee is. a thorough one. \ Beltrami county and the northern part of Minnesota are especially in- debted to the Red Cross and it will take a long time to repay this great American organization for the work accomplished: here. In 1910 when Baudette and Spoon- er were'wiped off the map by a forest Hundred F ifty-élght Lives Lost in Battles Between Liberals - and' Socialists GENERAL STRIKE IN fire that swept the north~ 'art of > the country the Red Croxg s the MEXIC,O IS PRESSED first organization to bring % €. In L 1918, when northeastern 19, ota 'was swept by.fires that (7 such places as Moose Lake a ¥ € v 3 % G of Complicity in Fights The work at Fergus Falls fol, . ¥ the cyclone which destroyed tha ’ n Yuc_atan was also a commendable act ot Red Cross. Thousands ~ef dol (By United Press) have been spent in northern Min\ . sota by the American Red Cross al Mexico City, Nov. 9. (By Ralph hundred fifty- > Turner.)—One t lives were lost to date in fight- g between socialists and liberals in the state of Yuecatan. The gov- ernment has rushed 600 troops to quell the fighting. The socialists at- tacked Miridia, the capitol, Motul and Tekato. The socialist fighters are crudely organized and poorly out- fitted. They are said to have rushed to the attack crying “Vive la Repub- lica Soviet.” . fh connection with the socialist up- rising agitation for a general strike in ‘Mexico was pressed by commun- ist socialists, and government offici- als today admitted the strike situa- tion is serious. A meetiig called to- day was for the purpose of getting all workers in the Federal district, including Mexico City, to vote against the general strike. ' Vera Cruz workers, who went out recently in two gangs, were suspect- @d of alleged complicity in the fight. They refused an armistice and Com- munist officials promised them full support. - « e BEMIDJI ASSOCIATION ing victims of catastrophies and be sides this a large amount of money has been spent in fighting disease. The Red Cross is-now inaugurat- l?tg jts fourth membership campaign, or roll call and every citizen will have an opportunity to help in this work. A special effort is to be made Armistice Day to secure memberships and in the city of Bemidji stations will be found in public places where subscriptions may be made. A thorough advertising campaign has been launched by the publicity committee and supplies have been sen{ to the villages thruout the southern part of the county that all persons may have an opportumity to help the Red Cross in its mission of merey. DE LEUIL TO HAVE CHARGE OF BRANCH SALESROOMS J. A. DeLeuil, district manager for the Overland and Willys Knight cars, returned from a trip to Minneapolis, Duluth and branch offices Sunday and reports that the Bemidji offices will supervise sales in Northern Minnesota with branch salesrooms at Kelliher, Mizpah, Northome, Blackduck, Cass Lake, Solway and Laporte. Arrangements are now being made by Mr. DeLeuil for a complete sales and seryice station at each of the above cities, and he will be in charge, with headquarters at Bemidji. \.He is delighted with future pros- pects and states that the new Over- land Four and Willys Knight 1921 models are now ready for delivery. No change is being made in the models with the exception of improv- ing some of the finer details. DIVISIONAL TEACHERS - 70 HOLD MEETING HERE The menu for the Wednesday luncheon of the Bemidji associatiqn will be especially attractive. The meat will be donated tojthe associa- tion by Swift & Cggmpany and will be Cloverland lamb. s An address will be given by Mr. Modeer, of Swift & Co., on demand and supply of produce. Mrs. Sanborn will give a report on the convention of National Associa- tion of Commercial Secretaries, which she attended at Chicago a couple of weeks ago. Js a special order of business the regular association meeting will be turned over to the County Agricul- tural association of which H. M. Clark is' president and Charles Schroeder, secretary, and every indi- vidual who has contributed anything to the Fair association is a member. The Civic and Commerce association will support the Agricultural associa- tion in every way that is possible and plans to make it a greater factor in the community than ever before. By the new constitution adopted at the state teachers’ meeting in St. it is planned to have a number of branch. divisions. Cities where branch division meetings are now held are 'St. Paul, Minneapolis, Winona, Man- kato, Moorhead, St. Cleud and Du- luth. Steps were taken at the St. Paul state meeting to organize a division in Bemidji’s section of the state to be known as the North Cen- tral division. A committee was appointed to ar- range the first program. M. W. FROM FIGHTING Vera Cruz Workers Suspected | ror Governor: TO LUNCH TOMORROW [ or i weei o i eims witn Canvassing: Board Completes I “Two-Day Grim! in Checking Over Election Returns / The official canvassing._board of Beltrami county completed its work Monday night after a two day grind in checking over the returns of 94 election precinets. The board is com- prised of A. D. Johnson, county audi- tor; Edward Paulson, vice-chairman of the board of county commission- ers; E. L. Oberg of Blackduck, and Kennth Meclver. i The official count shows that there were §,100 yotes. cast on November 2nd in this coynty, the following be- \ ing th ‘eat f each can- - P acl e Sumning for officer " ““""| JUDGE ANDERSON FLAYS ATTORNEY-GEN. PALMER Sought as Result of ‘Changes in Plan For president: Harding 4,518, J. M. * W. W. Cox 117, Debs kins 98 . Cox 1,427, 1,215, Wat- Special Attorneys Declare That Palmer’s Instruction “Take Heart Out of Case” Preus 3,948, Hodzgson 492, stead 3,311, Samson 130. For Lieutenant-Governor: Collins, 4,031, McDonald 665, Hub- bell 95, Mallon 2,544, Friedman 255. For Secretary of State: Holm 3,999, Anderson 2,384, Bur- master 586, Copeland §9, Hirt 421. For_ State Treasurer: Rines 4,015, Wagner 2,405, Lued- ers 532, Phelps 473. For Attorney General: i Hilton 4,111, McOuat 518, Sullivan 2,846. For Railroad missioner: Jacobson 4,003, Mackenzie Robinson 612, May 492, For Justice of Supreme Court: Dibell 3,285, Siegel 3,205. For Congress: Knutson 5.016, Lindberg 2,611. For State Legislature: Rako 3,982, Weber 2,793, For District Judge: Wright 4,805. Ship- (By United Press) / Indianapolis, Nov. 9.—Former in- dictments in the case with the’ coal miners’ strike of a year ago, were ex- pected to be sought here &8 a re- sult of changes in the government’'s plans for prosecuting 12§ coal min- ers and operators on charges of con- spiring to violate the Lever law, it wus learned today. Attorney General Palmer’s instruc- tions to hi§ aides were that the acts committed previous to the strike in- junction proceedings in November, 1919, were not to be used as evidence in the trial resulting yesterday in the proceedings being continued to January 10 at the request of the gov- ernment. Frederick Van Nuys, Unit- 2,210, For Probate Judge: led States altorney, and L. Ert Slack, Harris 3,746, Skinvik 3,261. special aseistant to Van Nuys, de- clared that Palmer’s instructions For County Commissioners: Tmsdahl 864, Norris 771. “took the heart out of the case,” and Lenuen 535, Sandberg 486. Ellis 709, that they were unable to proceed Benson 518. with it until Palmer had re-arrang- d SEAL ed ihe plans. - RECREATIONAL DIRECTOR. Judge Anderson In granting the gentinuation, flayed Palmer, saying TO VISIT BEMIDJI AGAIN Miss Alice Barrows, recreational director of the Regd C(ross, who spent some time in Bemidji and vicinity in- vestigating recreational conditions that the attorney had come “‘strange- 1y near to compounding felony.” GLEE CLUBS TO STAGE OPERETTA NEXT WEEK Under the direction of Miss Esther Young, head of the English depart- ment of the Bemidji High school, and Miss Martha Fibigar, supervisor of music in the local public schools, an operetta entitled “‘Sylvia’” will be presented by the Girls' and Boys' Glee clubs at the Grand theatre on Wednesday, November 17. The cast of characters and the choruses are holding regular practices in prepara- tion for the production and it is assured that this opesetta will well worth the hearty support of all Bemidji people. her a recrentibnaPworker as was out- lined at her previous visit here. This worker will remain here for the pur- pose of working out plans and estab- lishing a recreational centre especi- ally for Nymore and surrounding dis- trict. A meeting of the recreational com- mittee named during Miss Barrows’ last visit in DBemidji will be called Friday for.consultation Hl}lVlANl:T SOCIETY ASKS MARRIAGE LAW CHANGE (Dy United Press) “The cast of characters is as fol- St. Paul, Nov. 8.—Swains andlows: maids who seek hasty wedlock today [Sir Bertram De Lacey.....ccoo0e faced the ire of the Minnesota State Robert Naylor Humane society. Resolutions asking | Prince Tobbytum. .Victor Jahr the legislature to pattern Minne-|William .. ... ..John Cahill sota’s marriage laws after those of | Robin .. ... Victor Hannah Wisconsin were adopted at a state|Sylvia . .....Mabel Croon meeting. Bet sy e arguerite Donovan The sociely would force applicants| Arabella . .. . Agnes Skinvik ta register five days before the mar-| Araminta . _Vera Packard riage license could® be granted and|Polly . ..... .Ellen Crothers would require both parties to appear |Molly . ...... Alma Flmquist before the officials for close scrutiny. | Dolly . .. . .Elsie Shannon Deputy, president of the Bemidji Normal, was appointed chairman, and R. O. Bagby, superintendent of the Bemidji public schools, was appoint- ed as secretary. The first meeting of the division will bé held some tinte in February in this city, and_probably at the Normal school. Efforts will be made to secure the membership of all teachers in this division. number of interesting speakers are planned for the opening program. 7 BAPTIST LADIES’ AID TO BE ENTERTAINED TOMORROW The Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist] church will be entertained on Wed- nesday afternoon by Mrs. Joe Titus, Mrs. J. Miller and Mrs. Dawson. Ev- ery one is invited. HOME DEMONSTRATIONS TO BEGIN ON THURSDAY For the benefit of the housewives home demonstrations are befng held this week in the vicinity of Bemidji beginning on Thursday - afternoon. Miss Lucy Cordiner, nutrition special- jst of the University Farm at St. Paul, will be in charge of the meet- ings. A general invitation has been extended to all to be in attendarce. The first of the series of demon- strations will be held on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at the C. C. Dick- ens home at Puposky. The seccnd meeting will be at the Hines school house at 7:30 that evening. On Fri- day afternoon at 1:30 a demonstra- tion will be held at the community hall in the township of Ndrthern, an¢ at 7:30 that evening at the school house in Turtle River. The Satur- day meeting will be held at 1:30 at the Carr Lake schoolhouse. Black Diamonds MAJOR LEAGUERS AFTER MINOR LEAGUE SUPPORT Both Factions Are Sure to Make Confessions in Order LABOR FIGHTS REDUCTION OF WAGEWTTHOUT LIVING COSTS to Secure Support (By United Press.) New York, Nov. 9 (by Henry Far- rel) .—After roosting for years in the peanut gallery of baseball, the Minor league finds itself ushered with pomp to the back seats with the prima donas singing to them, with the American league on the rock and with the secession of New York, Chi- cago and Boston and with a new twelve-club league in the incubator. The Minors find themselves in the particularly pleasing position of de- manding, “Come, see me.” The field managers of both factions are rushing to Kansas City from Chi- cago, where the little fellows started their annual , meeting today. Both factions aré sure to make confession to the Minors in a desire to get their support. Instead of seizing them by choking hands ardund the throat after the fashion of the past, the American Federation of Labor Meeting at Washington Will Formulate Plans TO FIGHT REDUCTION OF LIVING STANDARDS Economic Expert Says Reduc- tion Does Not Yet Warrant Any Wage Decreases Major league faetions are bol their backs and asking, good.” Barring the decision of the courts in the league battle that Dan John- son threatens to start to get posses- sion of “Babe” Ruth, Eddy Collins, Ray Schalk, Harry Hooper, Dicky Kerr and other stars, the Minors hold the faction that will swing the bal- ance one way or the other. (By United Press) Chicago, Nov. 9.—gMajor league baseball was divided against itself to- day following attempts to get togeth- er on plans for reorganization of the ajor league. Sixteen clubs repre- sented in the meetings here took ac- tion to form new alignments., Eight clubs which formerly made up the old Major league and three bolting American league clubs adopt- ed a -plan proposed by A. D. Lasker, for government of baseball by a civil- jan commission of three, offering the chair to Judge Landis of the United States district court of hicago, at a calary of $50,000 a year and, a seven year contrac nd planned 'to form one new twelve-clube league. One new club will have to be added to complete the schedule, placing the new club at leveland or Detroit. John Heydler, who remained as president of the now National league organiza- tion, said the club would be placed in a city now unoccupied by a Minor league club. Judge Landis took the office of the chairman of the com- mission under advisement, FIFTEEN INJURED IN GASOLINE EXPLOSION Galveston, Texas, Nox. 9.—Fi’teen men were injured, eight serjously, in a gasoline explosion on the docks here today. SUB-CHASER SEARCHES FOR BOOZE SMUGGLERS Ashland, Wis, Nov. 9.—Captain Truesdale of the “Cutter Cook,” to- day called the story of a whiskey chasing boat on Lake Superior a “writer's dream.” He said his boat was built as a submarine chaser dur- ing the war but never left the Great Lakes and now is under the treasury department in the coast guard ser- vice. £ The “Cutter’ has been plying in waters about the heads of the lakes several weeks investigatings rumors of whiskey smugglers visiting the ports, but has found none. Truesdale sald he had had no run- ning fights with whiskey smugglers and that his boat earried no guns Captain Truesdale said the United Press story to the effect that the boat had been used in assisting federal prohibition agents in getting them to protect the Heads of the Lakes from raids, was correct. FARMERS' CLUB HOLDS MEETING NEXT SATURDAY On Saturday, November 13, the Bemidji Township Farmers’ club will hold their regular meecting at the Carr Lake school. A chicken dinner will be served and a large attendance is looked for. Miss Cordiner, state nutrition specialist, will give the see- ond of her series of talks. The ladfes of the Frohn Farmers’ clnb and the Det Farming club will be in attendance al<o to hear Miss Cordiner. Dr. G. H. Zentz, pas- . of the Methodist Episcopal . will speak on the subject Thanksgivin A cordial welcome is extended to all who can attend this meeting. RALPH GRACIE POST T0 Al members of the American Legion are especially urged to be pre- sent a! the meeting of (he Ralph Gracie post to be held this evening at sight o'clock. , Several matters of importanee to every member are to be taken up at this time and special ~ommittees will be appointed to as- ervice men in this city on Armistice Day. Although this is not a heen held on Armistice Day. sion of interest to all assured. WPbing “What can we do for you?”’ “Nothing is too HOLD MEETING TONIGHT ist in entertaining the visiting ex- regular meeting night for the organization it has heen called as such since the next regular meeting was to have A ses- members is (By United Press) Washington, Nov. 9. (By Ralph Cauch.)——Laborers fighting against any attempts to reduce wages faster than the cost of living goes down will formulate plans at the meeting of the American Federation of Labor here Thursday. Frank Morrison, secretary of the federation said today. “Laborers will fight any attempt to reduce living standards,” Morri- son said. ‘“‘Labor leadefs here be- lieve that big employers are combin- ing to cut wages and establish open shop. The conditions of laboring men at the present have not been cut far enough to warraht wage reduc- tions.” Jett Lauck, economic expert, today declared that the price reductions have been too slight to justify any reduction in wages. BOLSHEV;KI HOPE FOR REVOLUTION DIMINISHES (By United Press) London, Nov. 9.—Bolshevik hope of a world revolution is diminishing almost to the vanishing point, Paul Miliaukofs, former leader of the ca- det party in Russia, said in an inter- view with the United Press,today. He refused to predict when the Lenine- Trotsky regime would collapse. BEMIDJI TRADE DINNER “T0 BE HELD DECEMBER 4 Annual Event Suspended Dur- ing War Will Be Resumed by Bemidji Association The trades committce of the Be- n}l(lji Civic and Commerce associa- tion met yesterday to formulate plans for the annual mmunity dinner for all farmers, within the Bemidji trade zone, and their families. This has hitherto been an annual event except during the war period when it was suspended. ‘'he annual event this year will be held on December 4 at the Associa- tion rooms and under the direction of the Association, assisted by the domestic science classes of the Be- midji schools who will work under the direction of Miss Florence Meisch, lomestic nce instructor. A matince party will be held this vear as in years past, each visitor being presented a free ticket to the local sHow houses for the afternoon. Approximately two hundred farmers and their families are expected to at- tend in addition to the ldcal mer- chants and business men. The committee in charge of the affair is composed of R. L. Given, chairman, F. G. Troppman, A. Dan- B. Wilson, E. N. French, Backus, C. A. Huffman and . F. Grinager. NORMAL SCHOOL WI CLOSE ARMISTICE DAY President M. W. Depuly of ihe Be- midji State Normal school announces that that institution wril observe Armistice Day with a short program at 9:30 in the forenoon, after which the school will be adjourned for the parade and the remainder of the celebration. The program will include talks by men students of the school who were in the service at the time of the arm- istice. F. P. Wirth, instructor at the who was also in the service at time, will be one of the speak- ers. ‘The Ralph Gracie post of the Am- erican Legion has also arranged for a speaker from that organization Lo 1ddress the pupils and faculty of the school at this program. LEGION AUXILIARY HOLDS SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT A special meeting of the Auxiliary of the American Legion will be held tonight in the council rooms at eight o'clock for the purpose of electing a delegate to the Legion Auxiliary convention to be held in Minneapolis November 18 and 19. It is urged that all members be present at the meeting.