Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 12, 1920, Page 1

BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOV. 12, 1920 4 gsmidji Celebration Due Largely to Local Sup- ' p'onvu‘:d g;-Sel;i‘iee Men EVENING CARNIVAL WITH . DANCE. PROVES SUCCESS Mbm Event of Boxing' Mntcl.n . Causes Only Dissatisfied: Pe t Expression of Day : :B?hi@ji‘n Armistice Day celebra- tion may well be termed a success, and, for- this: local people and the Ralph Gracle post of the American on are largely responsible. The " Aumber of out of town visitors fell| tsr’ below ‘expectations although tmall delegations - attended = from nearly every neighboring town and city. The condition of the weather -—w3a4- undoubtedly the only holdback oa the attendance. : N -The entire program was carried out_as planned and with the excep- tion of the boxing match between 'srmer Lodge and Dick Franklin epth eyent was & feature. Perhaps the biggest jollification event was the rnival and dance in the evening at the. armory where everyone appeared to have a “reall time. ,One of the most_ enthusiastic pa- rades ever held in- this city opened tgg‘ day’s celebration with fine spirit and from, then on everyone entered dh event with “pép”. The foptball game which started soon after dinner tupsished exdsntional entertajnment tor. sttendance. The contest H . favarably to all local fans &l whistle announced the 3 atehes soot followed, ‘aymory, and with the excep- 4he main evert ?wem Dick. [ {nneapolis, w ich termin- ated in “‘Little fight and much argu- ih 1#es than one round of figliing, each bout was a ddie Smith . vs. “K. O. Shedow” thrnished - curtain raising amjisement’ preparatory to the Pet- erson. ys. Rabern three-round bout which termindted in an apparent de- claion, for Petérson. Both fougl gemply till the last gong but Peter- sgn-showed his siperiority in speed ahd:wind thru the entire second and third round. o - Thomas, (Tommy) Tibbetts K-L. asure ‘club boxer, ' of Bemidji, showed repl scrap from' the start of his seheduled six-round bout with Gene Dwyer él Hibbing and in ap- proximately.one and a half minutes ‘won the bout with apparent ease_Al- thaugh this bout terminated soomer thay was expected everyone ap- parently s satisfied that Tibbetts wag: the better man. ' Guiiner Joe Quinn of Minneapolis and Ted O'Reilly of Marble, went il full extent of the sclieduled six- round bout. Aithough O’Reilly show- al'ability to take a hard ‘beating, fnn showed far bette wkill: ¥nd ease in fighting. Puuhhi meft which undoubtedly would have pra¥ed a knockout for the majority of iters was taken with a laugh by) O'Rellly. mmnlpz at 6 o’clock, supper was ‘séryed to 'approximately three hun- .fifty ex-service men and women é Ahe rooms of the Bemidji Clvic and merce association by the Wo- ep's Auxiliary. A smoker followed. $'A% 9 o'clock the armory was the ofi¢, of the celebrating in every res- %fit From the time the doors open- . uptil the wind-up early this morn- — i Tpep’ ‘was evident at all times. hoset who. did not care to dance Quud.plenty of entertainment at the ciralyal’ which proved to be one of the bést ever held in Bemidji. ¥ It is-a certainty that, if every city ih the United States as large or larg- er than Bemidji celebrated in the same proportion as this city did, Armguee Day was well observed. MINNESOTA PROFESSOR BELIEVES IN SPIRITS ; (By United Press.) Minneapolis, ‘Nov.. 12.—Physicicts will be able fo establish communica- tion: with spirit world, according to Professdr Zenley of the physics department of the University of Min- neseta. “ Zenley said he had given mich, consideration to the theories of communication with the spirit world from the standpoint of science rather than:by spiritual methods. an _amplifier of miraculous m&. which has recently been in- , the physicists are experiment-} ing ‘with electrons and atoms on the theéory - that the mind which is said| to coftain the ?anz it of the human h% 'annwl off_electrons and con- tint et e to do.s0 aftex death. / 55c PER MONTH | v.!\Glflll Clerk of Court Again Candidate for Re-Election to Old Position " (By United Press.) St. Paul, Nov. 12.—W. 1. Nolap, |speaker of the last house of repre- sentatives, today was slated for the same job in the next legislature by members of the legislature (from all parts of the state here today to talk things over. Nolan is understood to have filt_y- and is expected to pick' up enough from the Twin Cities and Duluth to make. up the sixty-six yotes necessary for his- election. George Nordlin, of “St. Paul, and Oscar Swenson, of Nicollet, are also candidates for the speakepship. Oscar |. Axneson, veteran clerk of court, is a candidate for re-election and is un- derstood to have seventy-seven votes lined up, ten more than needed. Henry Robel, Mankato, sargeant-at- arms in the last house, is again can- didate for that office. SUPREME, COURT RULES AGAINST DAMAGE SUIT (By United Press) St. Paul, Nov. 12.—The Supreme ‘court today ruled against Mrs. Chris- ‘tina C. Brown, of Marquette,. Mich., who sued the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railroad for $35,000 follow- ing the death of her husband in an accident in" February, 1919. The court upheld the St. Louis county court’s decision in favor of the cam- pany. - S FIFTY THOUSAND LICENSES 8 ARE'ISSUED FOR DEER \ St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 12.—Fifty thousand hunters are expected to go into Northern Minnesota after deer and moosefiext month. This will establish a new record for the state, according to Carlos Avery, state game gnd fish commis- sioner, who stated today that more than 50,000 licenses had been sent to county auditors in Minnesota, as ‘compared to a total of 33,000 a year ago, and orders for new licenses still are being received. ( /i, . By United Press.) 43 k; N-D.; Nov. 12.—Decem- ber 8 has been set by the state rail- road and warehouse commission for hearing on applications of railroads ppealing in the state to increase their intrastate rate on freight, passenger, ‘):fllé and cream, and excess baggage affic. EIGHTEEN ARE INJURED WHEN RAIL BREAKS (By United Press) ' Bloomington, Texas, Nowv. 12.— Eighteen person were reported injur- ed when a passenger train on the St. Louis, Brownsville and Texas rail- |road, ran into a broken rail en route to Brownsville from Bloomington to- day. Some of the cars were derailed. QUESTION ARISES OVER WHITE EARTH INDIANS (By United Press) Duluth, Nov. 12.—How many of the Indians on the White Earth Res- ervation are full blooded? This was the question put to Judge Page Mor- ris at the opening of the Federal Court session today when the govern- ment submitted the role of the entire population of the reservation. The qlestion arose out of the sell- ing ou thousands of acres of land by Indians not half-breeds. resulting in over 1,600 suits. It was charged that full bloods on the reservation sold land, claiming to be half-blooded. Afterwards they asked the govern- ment to recover their property, as- eerting they were full-blooded and did not know that they could not sell land as half-bloods could. DEPUTY SPRAINS ANKLE IN FALL FROM LADDER M. W. Deputy had the misfortune to severely sprain his ankle yesterday afternoon while putting storm sash on his residence. .\ ladder‘on which he was standing slipped out from the bottom causing him to fail. ‘ ARMENIA AND TURKEY AGREE UPON ARMISTICE | (By United Press) London, Nov. 12.—Hostilities be- tweemr Armenia and Turkey, have ceased, Armenian reports said togay. |\ An armistice was agreed upon Thes- day. i IRISH HOME RULE BILL GOES THROUGH HOUSE (By United Press) London, Nov. 12.—The Irish home rule bill, agitated for more than a decade, went through the house of Lords for approval today. The ac- tion came on a third reading last night, | BE-HEARD DECEMBER 8| * OVER MLLION .. sand Drawing Unemploy- ment Government Pay MILD WINTER HOLDS L OFF MUCH SUFFERING France Has About Two Hun dred Thousand Unemployed | ‘and Others Likewise (By United Press) London, Nov. 12, er.)—Strikers and unemployed busi- ness men here were reported at 1,- 500,000. Bxact figures were available today but the British min- ister put the number as approximate- 1y 1,600,000. Conservatively it was| estimated in Great Britaip that thére are 200,000 men drawin, ment pay from the government of' Great Britain. . Thus far there has been no suffer- ing as the winter has been mild and ' slow in coming but<{here is worry over the prospects for the winter. ol i The government has urged unions | Arneson, Land Clearing and its Rela- enty. to admit unskilled labor into their|tion to Immigration; Hon. Muilding | Hinshaw, The Value of Peat, Daniel trades and the government plans to E. Weigle, Co-operation Between City were still at work along the shore employ such in the construction of and Country: Prof. G. Selvig, Agri- here today searching for traces of 1t is estimated that 400,- cultural Problems in Northern Min- the missing plane. They are keeping | nesota; Bentley P. Neft, Lakes to the in wireless touch with the short sta- ranks, especially in the buildings. Q00 of these men are receiving gov- (By Webb Mill- the Northern ment Association to be held at Du- of ajrplanes was to continue their luth on \Wednesday, not | the meeting at the Commercial CI rooms promises to be exceptionally \Vednesday morning with a crew of interesting. The session will be ed to order by ad. P. Silliman of Hib- nesday atternoon It was riding the bing, due to the absence of K. E. Mc- waves twelve miles off unemploy- | Dofnald ofAthis city, who is now in'wis, | be appoited as usual. CHISHOL PLI The Iolld%:ng letter, received ‘BOYS WELL SED WITH CITY by The Pionieer for publication, shows that ghe boys from Chis- holm. were ;well satisfied with the/ treatmemt accorded them while in this city to play the local High school football: team: “In behalf of the team, I wish to. thank the people of Bemidji for their kindness and consid- eration shown us during our stay in theiw town. We are more_than satisfied and take this method to express our ap- preciation. - \Leo Hepala, Chis- holm, Minn.” 'NORTH BOOSTERS MEET AT DULUTH WEDNESDAY | Interesting - Program of Talks Arranged for Annual Meet- ing of N. M. D. A. According to the program already larranged for the annual meeting of Minnesota Develo] November 1 C alifornia. After the usual addresses of wel- survived was abandoned by experi-- ome and reply, and the annual re- enced seamen today. ort of the secretary, committees will would have been impossible for a Addresses ur-’plane to have stayed above the water anged are as follow: Hon. Jam ull- three aboard. Henry H. ter lest night. NA HARDING’S PLANS FOR " DAY ARE UNDECIDED Search Along Shores of Lake Michigan _ (By United Press.) Point Isabel, Tex., Nov. 12 (by Raymond Clapper). — A whistling “northern” blowing across the bay kept President-Elect Warren G. Harding off the water today., Early this morning he was waiting on the weather before deciding whether to go to Brownsville for golf or to lounge around the cottage. The brisk gale which blew across the bay made the water too rough for the small boats used in tarpon fishing." Unofficially the -members of the party were receiving welcome from the Mexican side of the border that rivalled that given by Americans. Just across the border the historic town of Matamoras, where Maximilian held his well known court, has been visited by the party. The hospitality extended the party throughout the places they have visited has been ‘ex- ceptional. REVENUE CUTTER AND _SUB-CHASER AT WORK Hope Abandoned That Any . of Crew Survived Last Night’s Storm . ; INDICTED ON CHAR OF MURDERING WIFE (By United Press) L Great Lakes, 111., Nov, 12—\ fleet, 7, search today for a missing Great b/ Lakes navy plame which left heré - (By United Press) St. Paul, Nov. 12.—Joseph Tles- kalt, of South St. Paul, was indicted on o charge of tirst de { the Dakota County Grand Jupy at Hastings late yesterday, of his wife, Catharine, last July, and whose body was found in a swamp near there two months later. COMPLETE RETURNS GIVE FRAZER LEAD OF 4.655 When last seen Wed- Sheboygan, b Hope that any of the crew have They safd it €S in the whirling snow storm in a sev- nile wind which raked the was A revenue cutter and a sub chaser i Nov. 12.--With un- received from every nn T Grand For ofticial retnr precinet in the state, Governor | J. Frazler's majority over J. I ernment rations. ) |Ocean; W. B. Getchell. Pittsburgh tjon. O'Conrnor in last week's clection is Strikes have been reported in Ger- Plus; Hon. R. W. Hitchcock, Ton- The plane wus commanded by En- many but much of the unrest is said bage Tax; Hon. P. H. McGarry, High- gign K, M. Clark of Peoria, 1. Clark rte unofficial count give and Hon. W. T. is a son of a New York manuluctur- ; O'Conmnor 112 to be involuntary. France has about | Ways Everywhere 200,000 unemployed and similar con-!CoX, The Status of Forestry. ditions are reported in Italy, Austria| and Central Eutope, but conditions!¢an be completed by holding an even- talke a course for a reservi 'ing session on Wednesday and if this the nuval training lis done it is believed thal the city of < Duluth will be largely represented. ADDITIONAL PROTECTION “Jmtcction of officers ana members of the executive committee will be the last order of business in the evening. | Secretary M. N. Koll of (‘ass Lake, states that in the opiuion of the ex-| ¢ ’ ecutive committee this meeting willj quist yesterday. authorized additional|be *‘the tite to:take stock on the pre- vious accomplishments of the Associ-' ation and continue to blaze the way.! of progress in Northern Minnesota, bureau or- d com- merciul dlubs are expected to be fully represented at this meeting. one interested in the development of Northern Minnesota is welcome to at- tend. are sald not to be bad there. - FOR MUSKRATS ORDERED Orders issued by Governor Burn- qrotection for the muskrat in thie state of Minnesota and are as fol- lows: - “AVhereas, the Game and Cothmissioner of Minnesota has in- vestigated the necessity of providing additional protection for muskrats and has furnished me witn the re- sults of such investigation. 4 “Now, Therefore, I, J. A. A. Burn- quist, governor of the state of Min- nesota, pprsuant to authority vested in me by Section 134-of Chapter 400, | p Session Laws of Minnesota, for the}p year of 1919, do hereby find that the species of wild animals knqwn as muskrat is in danger of undue deple- tion or extinction and that additional rectrictions are necessary for the proper protection of the same, and “I do hereby order that on and after December 1st, 1920, no musk-(p rat shall be taken, killed or had in possession in any “humber at place in the State of Minnesota. This order shall remain in.force and effect until the close of the 1921 regular|p: session of the legislature of the State of Minnesota, unless sooner revoked | p or modified.” WELL, ILL TELL WHY | fE A MILD WINTER— TAKE- MIND FR INSTANCE. , TAINT LAST YEARS ‘AN THERE ED Fish | ganiza any [lines in the Bemidji schools. cast of characters and the choruses|topsy was held was that death re- are holding regular practice in pre- sulted from un electric shock, but which | gome physicis promises to be worthy of hearty sup- spark from the machine would not The operetta will be staged at |Kkill him, and that it the Grand theatre. ‘It is expected that the progra Ceunty Dboards, farm ons, farmers’ clubs, a kver, TICKETS FOR OPERETTA ARE PLACED ON SALE to he the Seat sale for resented on November tne operetta 17 by wish to reserve seats for this pro- e their uction are urged to purcha tickets there. This operetta is planuned in order to give parents and other Bemidji' the work heing accomplished along music 'arm. The eople a better knowledge of aration for the production ort. _. indicat(ons of a Mild INK IT5 GOIN’ THi> BEARD OF NEAR AS HEAVY AS WOMEN'S SKIRTS- SHORT me? /- ures may be slightly ch the officiul count. but are that there wi rence either w | figures became availuble when reports were reeeiv- the last three missing pre- cinets, two in Mountrail and one in Renille county. er, but was employed at Peorin. He|'l M was using his two weeks vacation to offfcer at ation here. STRANGE DEATH COMES TO DENTAL PATIENT (By United Press) Newark, N. JI. Nov. 12.—Physi- ecians and speclalists here tbday were muc hinterested in the strange death of Cassimer llg, of Roseville, . )., who expired from an electric shock while having an X-ruy photo- the 1 he no chances areat difl The fin BOARDMAN, BREAKS INTO (By United Press) St. Paul, Nov. 12.-—Smelling escap- ing gas. Patrolman | dmun broke graph taken of his Leeth. Iacts of |iNto u house on Indiuna avenue wnd 7 'the death as given today by found four ocenpant unconsclous y- Sihe from conl gas. All are expected 1o were as follows: | llg was suffering from septic poisoning. He went to Dr. J. Baker for an X-ray photo- graph. While the doctor was in .a side room Tlg law down on the oper- ating table. Ernesty Hurd, an electrician and son-in-law of Dr. Baker, went behind a screen with the doctor to switch on recover, IS ROBBED ON WAY TQ SECURE MARRIAGE LICENSE (By, United Press) Pl Nov. 1. On the way to v, Mareus Olson St. U a marriage | oys' und girls’ glee clubs of the the current. Hurd safd as be was High school began today at the switching on the current he heard a | VA% held up by two men in broady Boardman drug store. Those who strange fluttering sound and immedi- daylight near the derick hotel ately entered the operating room and |ere and robbed of found g lying there unconscious. The theory expounded was that a |spark had flown from the machine and ris him or that I had touched some pare of the pparatue with his SINN FEIN STRIKERS " HAVE ABANDONED FAST (By United Press) Dublin, Nov. 12 ~The remaining Sinn Feln strikers in the prison at Cork today abandoned their fast, ac- ecording to dispatches received today from authoritive sources. This was the 95th day of their hunger strike. The other nine of the strikers have died while on their strike. TELLER ADMITS VTHAT HE ENGINEERED BANK ROBBERY The decision refiched when an su- that a s disputed would only burn him severely. N Winter ou 1L, Nov. 12.- Admission that ngincered the whole thing him: was made cording to county 4 cis J v, 21, teller of the Nations City Kk of Ottawa, who gave him self up yesterday following Wednes- day’s robbery of the bank. Most of the $45,000 taken has been recover- ed. «; found at the housc of ] Corwin, four miles south of Utica, 111, Into which he staggered qufe yesterday foot sore and weary. dent Charles P. Taylor of the bank in which ¢ arrival of Shepiff €. 8. Ayer, he was brought to Ottawa and made his re- ported confes<ion. the Merifr said, arey denied, knowledge of the disappearance of He had $2 in his $4.000 of the loot. pocket. Authorities said a charge of burglary probably wonld be placed against Carey today. It was first thought that Carey had been locked in vanlt by robbers and .. ediesday night strenuous ef- forts were made to open the vault door. Final with the air of two local gar: uployes who melted off the door with torches entrance was gained to the vault to find it empty. A search was begun at once for Ca- rey SUSTAINS DEEP WOUND ON HEAD FROM FALL Randall, the four-year-old son of S. M. Sellers, fell this morning and sustained a deep wound on his head -~ requiring medical attention. Tt is 5 " s thought the wound is not serious. e e o ot e + e phsr o i Ot Mooty il bt “lof the game at times HOUSE T0 AID OCCUPANTS|: Following a telephone eall 1o Presi-|¢ suid he would await the| ® BEMIDI GRID STARSDEFEAT IN COLD GAME Despite Snow and Cold Weath- er Locals' Take Chisholm High Into Their Camp STONE-WALL DEFENSE FEATURES EXHIBITION Drop Kick for Visitors Makes First Scoring of Season Against L6cals Scored against for the first time this season but still undefeated, the Bemidji High school football eleven emerged from the battle with the Chisholm High aggregation yesterday afternoon a 6 to 3 vic An ex- ceptional drop Kick by Johnson of Chisholm performed from the 40-yard ‘|line addeds enthusiasm to the contest in the third quarter. Bemidji’s scor- ing was made in the second quarter, when after a series of line bucks and smashes over half the length of the field, Brooks carried the oval over. Brooks failed to kick goal, one of the few instances this season when he was unsuccessful. Numbed by the cold and playing on a field sprinkled with snow, both teams performed admirable work, al- though the ball was kept on Bemidji's end the majority of the time. The locals. accomplished approximately 320 yards in gains while the visiting eleven gained only about ninety yards all told. Fumbles slackened the speed nd kept the Bemidji scoring much lower than it undoubtedly would have been under more favorable cliniatic conditions. Only slight gains were registered by the hisholm team wien attempts were made to break the Bemidji line, while ‘Bemidji time and again broke through for ¢xceptionally long runs. Quarters were cut to twelve and half minutes because of the cold. ing funs attended the game and all’ were apparently satisfied thut Be- midji has the better eleven. A clean and clever contest played throughout and only a® v few - gtances of “roughing it” were. notice- able. Pautainen, center on the Chis- holm team, was severely injured and taken out of play. His condition to- duy bas not been reported. Although it was reported after ¢he game that a leg was broken, it is believed that such is not the case, a bad sprain being the only injury. The exceptional work of Olson, Stapleton and Bréoks of the locals was evident at all times, Every mem- ber of the team performed admirably and no weak spots were noticeable at any time. The officials of the game were as follows: “Curly” Movold, Fosston (North Dakota Aggies), referee; Sid- ney Stadsvold, Fosston (U. of M.), umpire, and Farle Bailey, head- linesman. The lineup was as follows: Bemidji. Chisholm. Stechman le ... Vagts Lord It R. Maturi Denu Ig Hill MceDougal ¢ ... Pautainen Koors g \ Hudy Boyce . rt: A. Maturi Powel re ... Johnson Higbe qb. Rahja Olson P 1h Bergerson Stapleton rh . Grosso Brooks, Gapt fh Bach, Capt. Substitutions: Chisholm, Tarani for Hudy, G for Pautainen BEMIDJI BOWLERS HOLD ORGANIZATION MEET TONIGHT orge for Tarani, Tarani Bemidjl bowlers who are interest- el In organizing teams for the winter months are urged to attend a meet- the Crawford Alleys tonight ) o'clock. ans will be discussed and ar- ients made to effect a Bemidji 4 Bemidjt business firis have ilready been organized and it 18 hop- ed that the meeting tonight will com- plete the organizations, MILL PRICE OF FLOUR DECLINES SINCE JUNE (By United Press.) & Minneapolis, Nov. 12. — Cessation of flour buying throughout the coun- try and abroad has kept Minneapolis millsc working less than one half ca- s of flour have declihed per barrel since June, the Northwestern Miller pointed out. Prices today are approximately $9.30 to $9.60 on familiar patents, f. o. b. Minneapolis, compared with $15.10 to $15.20 last June, the peak in milling history. e e oo bl ER o i A large number of local and visit- = League, Téams représenting S [ i o A AN ? i