Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 7, 1920, Page 1

The Pioneer is the only daily wiltin 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE P \ HISTOR VOLUME XVIII. NO. 293 ) BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 7, 1920 THREE BOYS ON FOUR MEN BREAK INTO APARTMENT BUILDING CHARGE WAIVE COURT HEARING Lads Accused of Murder of Minneapolis Grocer Held for Grand Jury EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD TELLS OF SHOOTING Confession Is Obtained After Several Hours of Severe Questioning. (By United Press) Minneapolis, Dec. 7.—Three boys, accused“of complicity in the murder 6t James Borte, grocer, slain in an attempted holdup, waived prelimin- ary examination in police court today, and were held for the Hennepin county grand jury. The boys are Percy Balmes, Donald Balmes and Rouel Carlson, all under twenty years of age. From all three, J. F. Walker, chief of police, said he hal obtained a de- tailed account of the murder which showed that Percy Balmes did the shooting. The confessian was ob- tained after several hours of ques- tioning, following the first arrest which was made at 3:30 a. m. yest- erday. The Balmes brothers were the first arrested after a citizen ap- peared at police headquarters at 3 a. m and gave an account of the affair which he is reported to have obtain- ed from friends to whom the -boys had talked. The police have not re- vealed the name of their informant. Young Carlson was arrested at his home about 8 a. m. The fatal holdup was decided upon Wednesday, according to the confes- sion, when Percy Balmes went to the A. D, T. office, where Carlson was employed as a messenger, and met him. While standing at fourth st. and Marquette ave; a-short time lat- er they were joindd by Donald Bal- mes, whom Carlson had not met be- fore. Donald was married three months ago. The three weny to his home where ‘he changed hix clothes and then started out to find a store to rob. “Donald and I hadn’t been work- ing for awhile and we needed mo- ney,” Persey Balmes told Superinten- dent Walker., “On the way out to his house we talked about a holdup and decided’ that would be a good way to get some coin. Carlson said he would go in on it with us. ‘““When we left Donald’s house we walked out to Fourth ave. and Twen- ty-eighth st. before we found a store that we thought we could stick up, but there were too many people around so we didn’t try it. The next place that looked good to us was Borte's store. It looked easy. “After deciding to hold up the ace we walked around the block a couple of times to get our nerve up. Carlson stayed outside the store when Donald and I went in tq pull off the job. Donald was asking for some cigarettes when I yelled “hands up” to two women who were near the stove and Borte, who was behind the counter. Instead of 'holding up his hands, he started for me. 1 was afraid he was going to try to take my gun, so I shot at him three times before he fell.” ——Buy Christmas Seals—— CONGRESS TURNING TO LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Appropriations Bill Heads Big Program for the House of J Representatives ‘Washington, D. C., Dec. 7.—Con- gress today turned to legislative busi- ness soon after President Wilson’s message was heard. The senate is scheduled to begin their decision of the Gronna bill to regulate the meat packers, which was made unfinished business at the adjournment of the last session, five months ago. At the head of the house program was a bill which has been enacted by the house appropriations committee, which originates all money bills. This committee has been meeting for some time and will probably soon be ready for action. These bills will be the principal if not the only business of the present session. ~President-elect Harding was asked leaders to get them out of the way before March 4 so as to clear the decks for larger pieces of legislation to come up at the special session to be called soon after his inauguration. Representatives from the southwest and west are ready to present bills reviving the war finance corporation. Buy Christmas Seals—— EASTERN STAR TO HOLD MEETING THIS EVENING The Eastern Star will hold its reg- | knows of the change in eight |is asked to pass the Elec-{others in order that tHe attendence ular meeting this evening at o’clock at the Masonic temple. tion of officers wil take place. Eachlat the meeting m star is especially urged to be present. 1 ! | to Oil Magnate’s Widow Are Stolen (By United Press) Chicago, Dec. 7—Federal and local officials joined today in the search for four men who last night 'broke into the apartment building where the widow of Jake Hammond, slain Oklahoma oil magnate and politician, lives, and stole a quantity of papers and letters belonging to Mrs. Ham- mond. The thieves are believed to be in- terested in suppression of their pub- lication. According to Charles Wil- lis, landlord of the apartment build- ing, the pape> wd letters were being kept by hir ‘f,;le Mrs. Hammond was in Ardm\ @Xla. P The men, h 3}, rang his door N3 % him when he let ked the house dged in a se- bell and overpoy them in. They . and found the pa) cret receptacle. Buy Christm * FARIBAULT STUL S RETURNING T0 *.100L Strikers of Yesle‘rday Protest- ing Against Board’s Action Are Returning Today Us——— (By United Press) Faribault, Dec. 7.—Most of the six hundred High school pupils who in- stigated a strike yesterday in protest against the firing of the athletic di- rector, F. W. Wolf, have returned to classes today at the request of Wolf. The board of education requested Wolf’s resignation following reports of profanity and poor sportsmanship on his part. Wolf denied the charge and the majority of the student body has returned. The board discussed the situation last night but did not announce what action it would take. Buy Christmas Seals—— HIGHWAYMEN MAKE BIG HAUL IN MINNEAPOLIS (By Uhited Press) Minneapolis, Dec. 7.—Two high- waymen attacked John Linker last night as he entered his garage and robbed him of $3,000 worth of dia- monds and some cash. The two men are believed to be the same' as .those who robbed F. A. Adams of $25 a short time afterward. Buy -Christmas Seals—— CITY COUNCIL HOLDS SHORT BUSINESS MEET Short business meeting was held by the city council last evening and a number of matters of minor im- portance disposed of. Among the most important details was the abol- ishing of the office of street com- missioner after December 15. - Wil- liam Hazen has held this office for several years. Hereafter, unless dif- ferent plans are made later, the street committee of the council will tend to the work which formerly came under this office. Thq committee appointed to select a de:lantion hospital location made a report on findings and as a result bids will be advertised for within a short time on the purchase of prop- erties suitable for such a hospital. Discussion was held concerning the curfew ordinance and it was vot- ed that the mayor and the chief of police be instructed to enforce the ordinance to the best of their ability. Buy Christmas Seals—— CURTIS WILL WRESTLE MILO ON DECEMBER 15 —_— N L. C. Curtis of this city, whom Be- midji fans know as a real artist on the mat, will wrestle Jack Milo of Minneapolis here on December 15, it is now announced. Practically all plans have been completed for the bout and it is believed that this will be the best in the wrestling game ever offered by Curtis in this city. Jack Milo is claimant of the world’s greatest undisputed Greek middleweight championship and is a boxer as well as a wrestler. Both men will be in the best of shape for the match and a real test of skill and brawn is assured to all patrons. Buy Christmas Seals—— RALPH GRACIE POST TO MEET MONDAY EVENING Due to the fact that Company K requires the use of the Bemidji Civic | and Commerce association rooms on Thursday evening for inspection by | colonel Woolnough, the regulay meet. ing of the Ralph Gracie post of the | American Legion has been postponed until Monday, December 13. At this time, however, it is ex-|] pected that several matters of import-/ ance will be announced by the spec- ial committees and an interesting meeting held. A complete report of the Armistice Day celebration is aiso slated for this session. = Every member of the post who |, eeting timel; rd along to : L i [ i be Buy Christmas rge. Py — L= FEDERATIONOF FARMERS ASKS PROTECTIONOF ' FARM PRODUCE Delegates Demand Protective Tariff on All Classes of Farm Produce CANADIAN POTATOES WORRYING PRODUCERS Sheep Producers Oppose Free Wool From Australia and Argentina Meats (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 7. (By Raymond Clapper.)—Proposed policies of the Harding administration were discus- sed today at a conference at the cap- itol between the president-elect and congressional leaders. Hardihg's time was so fully engaged that he was forced to forego a game of golf with some of the senators with whom { e had hoped to play before leav- ing' at 4:10 p. m. for his home at Marion. Inasmuch as he will not return to Washington until he comes to as- sume the presidency, Harding wishes to see some of the leading members of congress today if possible. Hard- ing said late yesterday he will not come back here this winter because of the large number of persons who will want to see him and he will have no time to see them. He will work in a secluded office, where he will in- vite those with whom he wishes to confer. Harding’s conference program be- gan yesterday with his appearance in Senate. In a talk with newspaper men later Harding said he did not want to do anything that would give the impression that he was anticipat- ing tco much by beginning now to discuss plans for his administrationa. ile made it clear as the English lan- guage could make, that he does not intend, however, to waste any time. He wants to get members of con- zress together now on the problems n which they will have (o cooperate in golving after March 4 und that he intended to Dbegin at once to build an understanding and cooperation between the two branches of the gov- ernment for which he plead himself «eparately in the senate. ——DBuy Christmas Seals: COMPANY K HELD SHORT DRILL LAST EVENING Company K members were put thru a short drill last evening in the rooms of the Bemidji Civie and Commerce assoelation following assembly at 8 o'clock. Preparations were made for the inspection Thursday night when Colonel Woolnough, commanding of- ficer of the Sixth regiment will be present. Equipment was inspected and the —_— “DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES,” LIVE MEN DO “Dead men tell no tales,” is a common remark, but that live men do tell tales is apparent to The Pioneer. Just before press time Saturday & report was made to The Pioneer that three men had been found dead in a shack near Funkley with their bodies riddled with bullets. As near as can be ascertained now, the report was a ‘“tale.” The Pioneer attempted to confirm the report yesterday, but so far has been unable to find anyone in the vicinity of I| the reported ‘“crime” who knows anything about it. It is the custom of the paper to con- fir many such reports before publication is given them, but on this occasion the report was published in good faith, since sufficient time was not allowed to verify it before going to press. (Buy Christmas Seals) ‘KNOW YOUR SCHOOLY IS SLOGAN FOR WEEK Junior School Paves Way for Higher Training edueation rought in During the last centu well industry ha: ning of an individual lines best adapted to his 2 The Junior department of the High oul aims to at least lay ibe foun- ion for vocational training. Ju- uior departments are considered ‘o be something comparatively new and better than the old way of having thirty or forty pupils under one in- structor who taught all subjects. How many have made it their duty to visit ghe department here in Be- midji and see for themselves what the school is trying to do for the boys and girls? In this department, llli{ children have a special instructor|who has been trained for his line of work, for each subject. This, df course means that the children go from one class rcom to another during the entire day. ‘They'are arranged in division one, two three, four as< five, ag.ovd- | ing to their ability to do work. Miss Hall has charge of the de- partment. Miss Hoag has charge of the eighth grade grammar cl nd aims to bring out the side of grammar. Correct us sized by means of p 1 Slatterly has charge of 1ih grade grommar and com- es. Oral and written smposition receive the most atten- « in the seventh grade. Miss Backus, instructor in rveading and in the eighth grade o=ition 2 oim- to hove her pupils appre- {ciate good reading. At present, they {i1e studying Tennyson and Robert W. Ser Composition work based upon the reading material, Mi:s Snow hus charge of the reading in the seventh grade, and has done a good deal towards directing the cutside reading of her classes thru her work in the classroom. Miss Blomberg teaches eighth grade arith- metic, and emphasizes thrift in her work. At present, they are studying Department of High! ed movement, that iy, the | CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSTODAY TALK POLICIE WITH HARDING Proposed Policies of Harding Administration Are Taken Into Consideration EPRESIDENT—ELECT TO RETURN HOME TODAY i Intends to Build at Once an Understanding Between Both Houses (By United Press) Indianapolis, Dec. 7.—Demands for protective tariffs governing.farm products from peanuts to wool were made by delegates to the conference of the American Farm Bureau federa- tion, in session here today. President J. R. Howard declared that sentiment from all sections of the country was solidly behind a tariff program, thouxh, at the present, the farmer has been regarded as a'free- trader and their demands are not radical. Howard said, “All we want is equality in tariff legislation as it i protects the industrial and agricultu- ral.” “Canadian shipments of potatoes are worrying American farmers. Canadian farmers can place potatoes on the Detroit markets cheaper, be- cause of free rates, than can Amer- ican producers in that city,” Howard said. “Sheep producers are vigorously opposing free wool from Australia and meats from Argentina, proclaim- ing that extension of the sheep in- dustry in the United States is threat- ened as a result of this competition.” ~——'Buy Christmas Seals—— """ NEW MEN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS BEING ORGANIZED A Sunday school el for men, which will be known as the Men's class has been organized by the men vof the Methodist church. The first | meeting of this class will be held | next Sunday during the regular Sun- I day school period, 12:00 o'clock noon. Doctor G. 11. Zentz has been urged to teach this el and has accepted the Invitation. great many have | signitied of joining i the he take arge and indications are that the enrollment will rapidly increase. Buy Christmas Sex BOOTLEG LAKE SUNDAV A their intention class on condition that SCHOOL MEETS TOMORROW The l!nmIm:‘_l;_n;\'_-filxn(lny school will meet Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the yotleg Lake school men urged to be in first ckiss condi- [banking, the use of savin ceounts, | house. Al are cordially invited to tion for inspection Thu v and the interest on Liberty bonds.|come and receive a religious educ: member of the company is required {Miss Larson teach the seventh | tion. \W. S, Cummings, Union Sun- to be present for inspection, announc- | grade arithmeti Drill in fractions, [dny school missiona and Rev. ed Captain. D. J. Moore at drill last |decimals, percentage, practical pro- i Kamphenkel, pastor of St. Paul's night. Equipment must be in good |fit and 1 nd drills for ced and chureh of Bemidji, will conduet the shape also, he added. given in this grade. services. Buy Chrisimas Seals (Cuminu?d on Page 6) —~ Buy Christmas Seals—— | ! | i | =S\ W 7 // // MAY PRESENT PROPOSAL FOR SINN FEIN PEACE Indications Are that Fighting Will Continue Until Hour of Armistice (By Unitéd Press) London, Dec. 7. (By Webb Miller.) —Arthur Henderson, bearer of truce flag, hoped to present Sinn Fein peace proposals to the British govern- ment today. Henderson came direct from Ireland, where he had talked with Sinn Fein leaders and other im- portant figures with regard to peace terms. A most flat declaration that truce impending, was made by author- itics on winter fighting, but the at- mosphere w; arer than in month: At the same time there were indi- cations that the fighting will con- tinue to the hour of the armistice if it comes. The government continued its raids and arrests. Sinn Fein ter- rorists continued their campaign in ambush. = Buy Christmas Seals—— MILK PRODUCERS WILL MEET HERE ON FRIDAY Discussion of Recently Passed Milk Ordinance Will Be Taken Up A meeting of farmers producing milk for the city of Bemidji will be held at the Civic and Commerce asso- ciation rooms on Friday, Dec. 10, at 2 p. m. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the recently passed milk ordinance, the matter of supplying a uniformly high quality product at a uniform price. County Agens Dvoracek reports on the meeting as follows: The average cost of production and its relation to selling price might be discussed. The value of milk as a food is not realized by many house- wives, with the result that they object to pay what they consider a high price for it and cut down on its use. A campaign in co-operation with the National Dairy council could do much in educating the public in the value of milk products and make their use more general. A central clarifying and bottling plant, and a single de- livery.- system. shoukl reecive ntten- tion. These and other related topics. will receive attention. The city dairy inspector and representatives of the Community club have been asked to attend this meeting. Every farmer producing milk for, sale in Bemidji, or interested in this matter, is urged to be present. ———Buy Christmas Seals WORK IS RESUMED ON CITY LIGHTING SYSTEM With the arrvival of half of the poles to be used in the street lighting | tem in - Bemidji, work has been resumed by the Naylor Eleetric com- Vpany and if the weather continues to remain open indications are that the white w: will be completed with- in a short time. Trenches have been cut along the streets which are included in the ~ystem and the bases for the poles have been completed for some times As the poles, which have already ar- rived, are being taken from the depot they are heing put in place today, the first poles being erceted on lower Beltrami avenue near the Union de- pot. The remainder of the posts are en- route, it is said, and also the cable. The contractors are very anxious to complete the system as 500N as pos- sible and the wotk will be rushed. Buy Christmas Sealsg—— COMPENSATION CHECKS IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS DAY Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 7.—In re- sponse to the request of national of- ficers of the American Legion, a spe- cial effort is being made by the Bu- reau of War Risk Insurance to see that every ex-service man entitled to compensation during December gets his check before the 15th of the month, in order that he may have it for Christmas. The War Risk Insurance bureau of- ficials have announced that they have succeeded in so perfecting their ma- chinery of operation that the long de- lays hitherto attending the sending out of checks to the 210,000 disabled ex-service men drawing monthly com- pensation will in the future be done away with. - — Buy Christmas Seals—— COUNTY BONDS WILL BE UP FOR SALE TOMORROW will be placed on sale tomorrow dur- irg the regular monthly session of the board of county and it is expected that a market will be forthcoming. Since the bonds of this county were offered for sale sev- eral months ago the bond market has beeome more firm and the demand for road bonds is now much better than it was at that time. The bonds offered by this county are of ten year maturity at six per cent interest. The hoard met this morning in! regular session to dispose of routine | commissioners | {shown themselves in |life and affording a most effective | business preparatory to the sale of bonds tomorrow. 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These two ways he said are “““Pirst, by offering the est within our own borders of the will and power of democracy to make and enforce laws which are unquestion- ably just and which are equal in all administrations. “Second, by standing by right and justice toward individual nations.” The president declared that ‘“‘the display of an immediate disposition on the part of congress to remedy all injustice and evil that may have our natlonal method of putting to rest the forces of tyranny which are playing so dis- asterous a part in the fortunes of free people in more than one part of the world.” Wilson did not make mention of the peace treaty or the League of Nations in his message but submitted the following means of carrying out the aims of which he spoke: “The fmmediate passage of the budget bill; strictest economy in government appropriation; immediate revision of the tax laws; adequate provision for disabled soldiers and sailors; a gov- ernment loan to Armenia; granting of independence to the Philippines. In addition the president resump- tion made in a previous message urg- ing encouragement for the manufac- ture of dye stuffs and related chemi- cals, Laws controlling cold storage and demanding federal license for all cor- porations engaged in interstate com- merce, were suggested to make re- ductions in the cost of living. ———-Buy Christmas Seals QUEEN ESTHER CIRCLE MEETS TOMORROW NIGHT The Queen Esther Circle will hold their regular monthly meeting at the home of Miss Vera Cutter 1111 Bei- trami avenue, on Wednesday even- ing. There is important business to come up and the meeting has been set for an earlier date than was or- iginally planned. All members are urged to make a special effort to at- tend this meeting. -———Buy Christmas Seals—— ARGENTINA WINDS UP LEAGUE AFFAIRS TODAY Delegation Will Leave for Home the Latter Part of This Week . (By United Press) Geneva, Dec. 7. — (By Henry Wood)—Argentina’s delegation to the League of Nations assembly wound up its affairs today. The members, headed by Honorio Puer- rydon, will leave for home the latter part of the week. The assembly, meangime, proceeds with its tasks as if nothing had occurred. The organization showed its deter- mination to reject Argentina’s amend- ments for the time being, but referred them to the committee to be reported on at the next session. The only amendment to the cove- nant to receive attention at this ses- ! sion took the form of a set of pro- posals determining relations between the council and the assembly. These gave the assembly power to assume the decision of the council and pro- vided for reports from the council to the assembly. Buy Christmas Seals—— The “Win One” Bible class of the Methodist church held its regular monthly business meeting in the basement of the church Monday eve- ning. ——Buy Christmas Sedls——: I