Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 21, 1920, Page 1

The Ploneer is the only daily wihtin 100 miles of Remidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota. VOLUME XVIIL NO. 305 o » MIDJI DAILY PIONEER TOPLAY PARK RAPIDS QUINT Exceptionally - Fast Game Is Assured Local Basket- Ball .Enthusiasts e ‘WISITORS HAVE FAST " . QUINT THIS SEASON Bem iji Bunch Has Three of Last Year’s Veterans fl/:'lQn_ Scrappy Team The Bemidji high school basketball team will open its schedule Wednes- day with the Park Rapids high school team at the old armory. The Hub- bard county basketeers, according to reports, have a strong quint that should. give the Blue and White tos- sers a stiff workout. Last Friday night, Park Rapids defeated the fast Wadena high school quint, 25 to 19. If their victory over the Wadena county quint can be taken as a eri- terion, the Bemidji team will have to step 5,5 @ fast pace to avoid a defeat in th8’opening game, for last year the Wadena five defeated the local tos- sers in the opening game on the Be- midji floor by the count of 23 to 18. The game is also a district game and a victory will give the Bemidji five a start in the right direction. Gridmen Report for Basketball The Bemidji squad has been hold- ing regular practice under the watch- ful eye of Coach Smith for the last two weeks, and with three regulars in the lineup prospects are unusually bright. The trio of veterans of last year are pmcticn]ly certain of win- ning berths and candidates are so closely bunched for the other two positions,.a_forward and guard, that selections of the successful ones will perhaps not be made until after the Park Rapids contest. Even then there will no doubt be changes made contintially until the best working combination ‘is found. Captain Hig- be, Stechman and Stapleton are the hold-overs from last year’s team, and a season of football training has left them in good shape for the work on the basketball floor, in which endur- ance is .one of the prime factors. Striving desperately to arrive on the list of eight regulars are Riggs, Powell, Lord, Hulett, Naylor, Walker, Mooney and “Tommy” - Simons, the first four being members of the foot- ball squad. Lord and Powell have a big advantage in weight, but the elu- sjve Riggs, whose shooting is as good as that of any man on the floor, will be hard to hold on the sidelines. He shows flashes of speed and has an un- canny ability to intercept the ball in its course down the floor. Lord May Play Guard Hovey Lord, the big tackle on Be- midji’s state gridiron champions, is making a strong bid for a guard posi- tion and has taken up the basketball art as fast 3s a duckling does swim- ming. Powell, the lanky end on the football team, is showing up well at both guard and center. “Tommy” Simons, a brother of the “famous John,” is making it hot for the veter- ans and no daubt will get a chance to show his ability before the season is: far advanced. 3 Juyenile Band Will Play Bemidji's famous juvenile band will be on hand to aid in makin}:he open- ing game a snappy one from start to finish. The band will give’ a concert before the game as well as between the halves. 5 Aitkin Bumps Little Falls The Altkin high school basket ball team gave the Little Ialls Idgh school quint an awful setback. last week when they dpofeated Little Falls on the Aitkin fidor 17 to 14. It was the first time that a Little Falls high school quint tasted defeat during the last thtee years. The first half ended 11 to 6 with Aitkin on the long end. Little Falls came bacK in the last half and scored 8 to Aitkin's 6. The Little Falls Transcript states that the Aitkih rooters showed extremely poor sportsinanship, along with a sad wanting of knowledge of the game. _Buy Christmas Seals AVIATORS ATTEMPT TO CITY COUNCIL BUYS DETENTION HOSPITAL rter Property on Mississippi Avenue Will Be Used for "Next Few Months C Following thorough discussion last evening, the city council authorized the purchase of the C. S. Carter prop- erty ab 623 Mississippi avenue, to be used during the winter months as a detention hospital. Protest to the purchase was entered late Wednesday at a special meeting through resi- dents of that section of the city, but since the council was unable to find a more suitable location at the pres- ent time, the-action was taken. —~ Agreement was made, however, that the building would be used only during the winter and for a period not to exceed three months, at the end of that period, a more suitable loca- tion will be found. Permanent prop- erty will then be secured, located far- ther from the residential section of the city. Authorization was granted to put storm sash on the windows of the rooms used by the Civic and Com- merce association, and several other minor matters were considered. E Buy Christmas Seals OUAKE AND TYPHOON WRECK ISLE OF YAP (By United Press) ‘Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 21.—An earth- quake and typhoon have wrecked most of the buildings on the Island of Yap, according to messages reaching here today. The Island of Yap is a small point of land of the Caroline Island group which was seized from Germany early in the war by Japan. 1t was formerly the seat of the Ger- man government in the Caroline Is- lands. It is important as a cable station, being a key to the cable com- munication of the Pacific. The island has a population of 7,500 persons when the last census was taken. Its area is only 79 square miles. Buy Christmas Seals: MAYOR HODGSON EXPLAINS “THE CHRISTMAS CITY” (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec. 21.—*“The thing that- has earned the npame ‘The Christmas City’ for St. Paul is the community spirit,” Mayor L. C. Hodgson said ‘today. “Let every home take interest in their neighbors and be good fellows to the poor, and good will to every- one. Community Christmas pro- grams—the community Christmas tree helps, but to have the right spirit at Christmas one must have the year thru.” The fact that nearly every home in St. Paul follows the age old cus- tom of placing a lighter candle in the windows Chrsitmas eve is prob- ably one of the biggest factors in bringing about the name ‘The Christmas City’ he said. He urged that every city in the country take up the custom and urged every home Christmas eve. Buy Christmas Seals: N. D. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL GO TO BUENOS AIRES (By United Press) Bismarck, Dec. 21.—The state board of administration has approv- ed an appropriation of 1,600 for the exchange of students fellowship with the Buenoa Aires University. Two North Dakota students will go to ‘Argentina for the purpose of re- search and two from the latter coun- try come here to assist in teaching 1 Spanish. Buy Christmas Seals: SHEVLIN ENJOYS NEW GREAT NORTHERN DEPOT The people of Shevlin and vicinity are enjoying the new depot recently completed by the Great Northern railway to replace the old one de- stroyed by fire last summer. The new building is a well constructed and attractive structure and is large enough to ldst the Sheviin country many years. An important feature of this depot is what is wnown as the “warm room’ in winter, and the “cold room™ in summer. This is a separate struc- ture in the freight room with spe- cially constructed double walls with a large air space between. The floor and cefling ars also carefully pro- tected, making the room frost proof in winter and cool in summer. A BRE“ FUGHT Rmn- small stove is provided in cold weath- - er. h 2 et ; . (By United Press) | Minedia, N.. Y., Dec. 21.—An at- fempt was made at Mitchell Field to- day by Lieutenants Ross Kirkpatrick and Max Goodnough, mechanicians, to break the world’s endurance flight record. The army men started their flight at 7:30 a. m. in a ten-passen- ger Curtiss Eagle airplans. They hoped to remain in the air 35 hours. The presefit record is 24 hours and 10 minutes and was made in Eng- land in 1914. The aviators who were to altern- ate in driving thru a system of dual controls, planned to maintain an av- erage altitude of 2,000 feet. Should repairs be necessary they proposed to ascent to 5.000 feet and start to zlide from this height. ~———Buy Christmas Seais—— Farmers will greatly appreciate this convenience providing as it does, a safe storage for eggs, dressed poul- try, milk, cream. butter, fruits and vegetables awaiting shipment. The development of a trade between in- dividual producers and individual codsumers has always depended upon some cheap and easily reached means of storage of perishable farm products awaiting shipment. and this has now been provided at Shevlin. It will naturally follow that Shevlin farmers will take immediate and pro- fitable advantage of it. The Great Northern railway is to Ve congratulated upon its policy of thoughtful co-operation with pro- ducers and consumers alike, as evi- denced in the construction of the new depot at Shevlin. Buy Christmas Seals— N to light a candle in the window BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 21, 1920 AGREENENT T0 AID ALLIES IN PAYING DEBTS IS ADVOCATED Could Be Part of General Revision of Tariff, Says Longworth ATTACKS FREE TRADE - PROPOSALS BITTERLY Republican * Trade Program Give Allies Advantage Over Others (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 21.—A reci procal trade agreement to the allies to aid them in payment of more than twelve billions to the United States government and also interest in this country, was advocated in the house today by representatives Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, member of the ways and’'means committee. Such an agreement he said could be a part of the general revision of tariff laws, which he said could be made high enough to raise $350.- 000,000 more than the present con- cession or about $700,000,000. The republican trade program gives the allies advantage over other nations in the American markets in exchange for similar econcessions granted the United States. Attacking free trade proposals, Longworth said: “l do not think it quite respectable for a debtor coun- try to disregard their debts henor- ably contracted and not to be paid in full. But if it should eventually be that the only possible way to col- lect these debts would Ve to surrend- er to nations of the world the home markets of America, ‘1 sinuld say. let us sacrifice every rent owed rather than sacrifice cur Independ- ence.” “President Wilson's propesal that we take down the bhars against -the world in order to enable some na- tions of Kurope to dispose of millions of dollars worth of goods is against the record of the American people.” Buy Christmas Seals—— SOUTHERN MINNESOTA REPORTS HEAVY SNOW St. Paul, Dec. 21.—A heavy snow, the first here this winter, began to tell on the railroad schedules and communication lines before noon. In southern Minnesota where the tem- perature is only slightly below fréez- ing, frost was weighing down tele- phone and telegraph wires. In some places in Northern Iowa heavy sleet was reported. Snow around Albert Lea and Austin and near the Iowa line was causing diffi- culty for railroads. Buy Christmas Seals- BUSINESS COLLEGE TO ENTERTAIN STUDENTS This evening the faculty of the Be- midji Business College will enter- tain the students at a Christmas din- ner at the Markham hotel. The school will close tomorrow for the holiday recess, re-opening Jan- uary 6. HOVEY LORD Stalwart left tackle of the Be- High school . gridiron eleven, who is cat for a position on the basketball aquint this vear. BUYS WHISKEY. THEN ARRESTS SMUGGLERS (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec. 21.-—Paul D. Keller, prohibition enforcement agent, gave his personai check of $500 to pur- chase whisky smuggled.irom Canada and captured the leaders of alleged whisky ring. An agent in c()nfldengu with the smuggler proposal, gave $250 in cagh together with Keller: $500 paid for seved cases of whisky. They met Keller dn an antomobile and after the trajfSicifon was completed, Keller drew a gun and ordered them to proceed to the federal building. Three were tawen then, four others were taken later and flve more are sought. Buy Christmas Seals: A AAAA “GOOD FELLOWS" RAISE CHRISTMAS TREE FUND Contributions are being re- ceived by J. L. George at the of- fice of the Bemidji Gas com- pany for a Christmas tree fund, and a number of Bemidji's “good fellows” have also done their bit. It is hoped that a large amount will be raised for the Civic and Commerce asso- ciation fund, since it can all be used to good advantage. Those who wish to make Christmas more happy for the kiddies and make the Christmas tree fund swell are urged to send their check to Mr. George or Jdeave their donation at the Gas company office as soon as possible. Sealg—— ——Buy Christmas SPEEDY RELIEF FOR PRODUCERS ISAPPARENTLY FACING DEFEAT| Leaders in Both Houses Must Find Way Out of Tangle Over Decision BILL WILL COME TO DEBATE ON WEDNESDAY Measure Creates Great Clamor Among Those Not Included Under Embargo (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 21.—(By L. C. Martin)—Emergency tariff legisldt- tion in this session of congress seem- ed doomed to defeat unless Republi- can leaders of the house and senate can discover a way out of the tangle into which a decision to pass an em- bargo tariff bill as a relief measure for farmers has lead them. The bill will come to the debate ‘Wednesday, assailed by producers and manufacturers whom it does not pro- tect, facing opposition from both Re- publicans and Democrats in the house and senate, and also certain of veto by President Wilson if it should Congressional opponents of the bill declared it would leave farmers and manufucturers free to charge as much as they could get because there would be no foreign competition in the com- modities. The measure also has cre ated a great clamor among manufac- turers whose goods are not included under the bill. = Buy Chrisumas Seals: ,BRAINERD KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HOME BURNED Brainerd, Dec. 21.—Fire early to- day destroyed the K. of C. home build- ing with a loss of at least $8,000. An overheated furnace was believed to have been the cause. ——Buy Christmag Seals—— MRS. JOHN ROLPH DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS Mrs. Maynona Rolph, wife of John Rolph.of Nymore, passed away at her home at 5 lust evening at the age of 36 She had been ill for the past two weeks. Funeral services will be held at the .Methodist church Thurs after- noon at 2:30 o'clock. Dr. G. H. Zentz officiating. Interment will be made in Greenwood, under the direction of M. . Ihertson, funeral director. Close relatives of the deceased are the husband, John Rolph, five chil- dren, Willis Nye of Bemidji, father, Mrs. George Hoffman of Bremerton, Washington, mother, Mrs. Leo Pop- penberg and Mrs. Thomas Ward, of Bemidji, sisters, Hen Nye of Mar- tin, Minn., and Irvin Nye, brothers. The Willis Nye family are old re dents in this city, Mr. Nye being one of the pioneers in this section of the state. Buy Christmas Senls-—— veurs SAN SIS TR SENATOR POINDEXTER CONFERS WITH HARDING Rumbles of Disappointment in Labor Ranks Begin to Reach Marion Marion, Dec. 21. (By Raymond Clapper.)—Rumbles of disappoint- ment in the labor ranks over the ac- tion of the republican senate in rush- ing thru the Poindexter anti-strike bill recently, are beginning to reach here. Some of the house spokesmen de- scribed the senate’s action in harsh words and want Senator Harding to use his intluence against aliowing the measure to get any further. The sit- uation made the arrival of Senator Poindexter to introduce the anti- strike measure more significant. Poin- dexter also is interested in scrapping the League of Nations. Harding is expected to outline to him a rough plan for his association of nations and his world couit. Buy Christmas Seals- URGES MINISTERS TO RETAIN THEIR OFFICES * (By United Press) Athens, Dec. 21.—Premier Rhallis who sumbitted the resignation of the cek cabinet to King Constantine is urging ministers to retain their of- fices until the convention of parlia- ment. ——Buy Christmas Seals—~ DEATH TAKES PIONEER RESIDENT YESTERDAY Alvin Martin Crowell, 79 years and three months, passed away yesterday morning at 2:15 o’clock. Death was caused by heart trouble. Mr. Crowell had lived in Bemidji for the past eighteen years, the greater part of which he spent at law. He served a four-year term as judge of municipal court, preceding Judge Gibbons. He gave up his practice four years ago, and since that time has spent his time with his family entirely. Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock from the residence at 413 Mis ippi ave- nue. Rev. George W. Kehoe, pastor of the t Baptist church, will of- ficiate. Interment will be made in Greenwood cemetery, under the di- rection of the Huffman & O’Leary un- dertaking parlors. | The deceased leaves to mourn his loss, in addition to a host of friends and acquaintances, his wife, Nellie '15.; four daughters, Mrs. Thomas Newton, Mrs. Thomas Kerrick, Miss Nellie Crowell, of Bemidji, and Mr: James Holliday of International Fall three step-daughters, Mrs. Bert Kirt- land of Backus, Mrs. Avis Gyer and Mrs. Will LaMonte of Bemidji; two sons, Roy and Oliver of this city, and five brothers including Howard, of Devils Lake, N. D., who is here for the funeral, and George and Alvin of Nevis. ~———Buy Christmas Seals—— FIRE LAST NIGHT MAKES “MINNEAPOLIS TEA PARTY" Dee. 21.--Boston's tea party was nothing compared with the tea party of firemen last night when fire gutted the National Com- pany's tea store with a loss of $15,- 000. - Buy Christmas Seals - BOWLING LEAGUE WILL MEET AGAIN TONIGHT The four teams of the Bemidji Hbwling league will meet again: this cvening at the Crawford alleys for the sccond series of games since the four-tewm league was formed. The Oilers will roll against Koor Bros. and the Quick Printers against the Pio- neers. Al members of the teams are urged to be on hand at 8 o'clock. — Buy Christmas Seals —— BANDITS SNATCH FURS FROM BACKS OF WOMEN (By United P Chicugo, Deel 21 ¥ started snatehing fur backs of Chicago women, according 1o polie 5, and many women [ old onst” now leave their expensive furs and wraps home at night, wearing garments of ordin- ary textures, “IMlve hundred Asnatched from the b of women last year,” said 1. ¢ enburg, sec- retary of the Associated Fur Indus- tries. “From present indications the record will be equalea this winter.” Greenburg, whose organization was formed Lo protect fur merchants and manufactur from burglary, 3 that furs ued at $500,000 were stolen here during the last year, He alleged the furithieves have the backing of a powerful fur thieves *that has “fences” inall large Minneapolis, 55 ) ndits have uts from the couts were e reports show that ten fur have been robbed recently of store $70,000 worth of furs and that many women and girls have had their (15 stolen from their backs at the point of revolvers Greenburg said that fur-snatehers and bandits get only 15 per cent of the value of the coats from the ‘fences” thrn whom they deal. He aid the “mastermind” of the “fur thieves trust’ ‘directs the places to be robhed and gets most of the pro- ceeds. e “fur {rust,” according to Greenburgz, zuarantees iegal aid in case a fur bandit is apprehended. ~———Buy Christmas Seals—— eF F'dirtonig! and Wednesday, ax{'e‘b’!"lnow i extreme east.. Colder tomorrow. Cold wave in east and south. 8S¢ PER MONTH TERCENTENARY OF MAYFLOWER CELEBRATEDAT PLYMOUTHROCK Hundreds of Descendants De Honor to Ancestors in Massachusetts k- PROMINENT MEN AND WOMEN ARE PRESENT Story of Pilgrim Landing Is Retold on His oric Spot This Afternoon it (By United Press) Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 21.—Three hundred years ago today in the bit- ter cold of a northern winter, a lit- tle band of intrepid men and women seeking freedom of religious thought and action disembarked from their staunch little vessel,{ihe Mayflower, and started the first settlement in the wilds of what is now Massachusetts. ‘The three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims was celebrated here today almost on the very spot on which the first settler set foot. Ceremonies commémorating the wus carried out in the sha- dow of historic Plymouth Rock. Alundreds of direct descendants of the Pilgrims were here to do homnor to their ancestors The ceremonies were staged in 0Old (olony theatre, in which were assembled scores of prominent wmen und women of the nution and repre- sentatives of foreign countries. Among those who took part in the ceremonies were (alvin Coolidge, vice-president-elec Sir Aucklund Geddes, Ambassador from Great Brit- ain: Ggneral Robert Gieorges Nivelle, representing France, and many oth- ers. Louis K. Liggett, who presided at meeting, presented Vive-President- elect Calvin Coolidge, who in a brief address paid a tribute to the work of the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commis- slon, which arranged the celebratfon, and spoke on the landing of the Pil- grims Senator Heury Cabot Lodge, a Pil- escendant, made the principal of the celebration on the “Pilgrims of Plymouth.” He painted w vivid pleture of the lunding of the little band of settlers in a wild and unknown country in whien they were beset by many dangers in their ef- fo to establish homes. Outlining their reasons for seeking homes in an unknown country, Senator Lodge de- seribed their trials in the years in which they sought to gain a living rrom the virgin soil. He told of their mode of governing themselves and of their struggle against the Indians. Following Senatowr Lodge’s address, the audience, led by Rev. A. B. Whit- ney of the First (hureh of Plymouth, knelt in prayer'for several minutes. Plans now under way to beautify Plymouth harbor, removing unsight- ly wharves and waterfront property and making it a natural park in the center of which will stand the weath- -beaten Plymouth Rock. were ex- plained to the uudience. The decorations in the theatre were reminiscent of the early 8 of Massachusetts and the Pilgrim set- tlement, and the ushers, members of the Boston Womens' club, were dress- s Pligrim muidens. After a luncheon the vistors and distingnished guests were taken (o the historic scenes in old Plymouth, where they heard again the story of the landing of the Pilgrims. Buy Christmas Seals —— THREE KITLED AND SEVEN WOUNDED AT FERRERA Rome, Dec. 21.--Three men were killed and seven wounded ir a battle with socialists and nationalists at Perrel cording to information re- ceived from Bologne today. The trouble was reported to have been started when an attack was made on socialist deputy Niccolai. — Buy Christmas Seals WHEAT ASSOCIATION HAS EVenT"ED NEW MEMBERS llgin, N. I, Dec. 21.—J. M. Wil- <on, organizer for the National Wheat, Growers' association, complet- ed here to u successful tour of the western part of the state. He organized at New Liepsig yesterday and at Fort River Saturday. REPORTS OF BIGGEST BATTLE CONFLICTING Dublin. Dec. higgeset battle thus far fought in the Sinn Fein uprising, which occurred at Mulli Binahone on Saturday night, were still fragmentary and confiict- ing today At least ten Sinn Feiners were killed and thirty wounded or captured. while British casualties varied from eight killed and many wonnded to but one seriously wound- ed and one slightly. Ambulances were still on the way fo the scene of last night which is located in an isolated mountainous district of Tipperary and has been the Sinn Fein stronghold. Buy Christmas Seals— : 21.- -Reports of the