Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 23, 1920, Page 1

Qlinie: Gad r The -Pioneer: is the only daily wihtin. 100 miles of Bemidji and has - the, fir‘en circulation in Northern {nnesota. A . VOLUME XVIIL NO. 307 BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 23, 1920 BEMIDJI WINS. . FIRST BASKET CBLL S High School Romps Away From Park Rapids :Qllin_t for ¢ 571010 Count’ [ GRAY PLAYS STELLAR GAME FOR VISITORS " Higbe, Powell “and Stechman Score Tie With Seven Field Baskets Playing scrappy, basketball, inter- spersed with flashes of ‘brilliancy, the Bemidji high school defeated the Park Rapids hign school quint at the old Armory last night by, the score of 57 # 10. Bemidji outclassed their opponeiits in every department of the game and showed flashes of unusual early season genmwbrk. ghe contest » being marked by fast play and good guanding. The Blue and White play-| ers showed considerable speed and drive, and with Captain Higbe, Stechman and Powell dropping the sphere thru the nets from all angles, the game was never in doubt. How- ever, Park Rapids presented a nicely bulanced and scrappy aggregation. . The counters made by the Hub- bardl county quint were from long range, their lighter weight prevent- ing them from smashing thru .the rugged defense set -up. by Coach Smith's” fighting quint. Bemidji, principally because of superior gpeed | and power, was able to carry the sphere well under their own basket for short, easy shots., Despite the ‘good showing made in an oyening game, there was ragged playing and wild shooting at times. # A number of comparatively easy shots. were missed at short range and the ball was fumbled frequently. Tie for Point Honors. s * Captain Highe; Stechman and Pow: ell Wete the high scorers'for Bemidji with seven field: baskets each.* Gray, center 'of-the visiting team was easily the star of Park Rapids. He counted three baskets tfrom the floor, which were all the baskets counted from the floor by his team. His floor work was a big factor in keeping the Bemidji score from being higher. Higbe’s record of seven out of nine free throw attempts was a « ' feature of the game, while the best Gunn of Park Rapids could do was to get four out of twelve. = Both fives played intact in the first half, but in the second period, Coach Smith of Bemidji sent in many sub- stitutes. Powell switching from cen- ter to running guard in Stapleton’s place, while Stechman moved for- ward to center and Naylor took . Stechman’s place at forward. Later in the second period Riggs took Nay- lor’s place at forward, and: proved te be one of the cleverest' men on the fioor handling the sphere. A “good sized ¢rowd was on hand for the opening gameé and the juve- nile band playe¢ a number of selec- tions, entertajning the crowd while waiting for Park Rapids to arrive. The BemIdji second and third teams put up a scrappy contest early in the evening. 7 Although a large number of fouls were called on both teams, the play was clean thruout and the offenses consisted mostly of holding caused W overanxiousness. Bemidji— Higbe, 1f .*.... Stechman rf & c. Powell, ¢ & rg Lord, I8 . +on Stapleton, rg Riggs, rf . ... Naylor, rf . .. ] | comtbmiiy |ecovues Totals . . . .. Park Rapids— Gunn, If . Mass, rf . Gray, ¢ . . Batchelor, lg Nygaard, rg . o g o P w| cowooW |coconmul ccccooan ol mmmemgal monwoor 3 1 0 1 [ 0 Totals ~ .. 4 Referee—Dan_Gainey, Hamline. ——Buy Christmas Seals—— 0DD FELLOW ENCAMPMENT CHARTER 1S STILL OPEN Work was ‘giyen in the Patriar- chial {figs {)f{:he Bemidji 1O.0.F. Encamfin ast night, which was intended to close the enrollment of charter members of the order. Since there were a few applicants ‘who could not be present, it was decided to hold a special meeting next Wed- nesday -evening, December 29, when this work Will again be given. All 0dd Fellows who wishi to become charter members should make appli- cation and appear at the I. 0. O. F. hall on that date. Probably, after the next meeting, the degree fees will be increased from $2 to $5. Buy Christmas Seals—— x timan for the Marshall<Wells :| were visiting. A pistol was found be- 0.H MANNAUGH FOUND DEAD IN:-DULUTH HOME Believed He Took Own Life During Temporary Mind Dis-rrmgément BILL 70 FORM CONSTABULARY IN MINNESOTA Such Body Would Be Made Up. of 75 Under Public Safety Control 0. H. Mannaugh, traveling sales- hard- ware company, was found dead in his roem at the home of Mrs. A, McClel- lan, Duluth, where the Mannaughs side the body and It is belleved that during atemporary period of mental derangement, he took his own life. The incident ‘happened Wednesday afternoon, about five o'clock. Mr. Mannaugh is well and favor- ably known in this ‘section of the state, having been a resident of Be- midji for the past six or seven years, and considered one of the most popu- lar salesmen in the territory. He had been suffefing with rheum- atism for the past few months and of late his condition has ‘been more or less serious. Although apparently strong and healthy in appearance, his ner~ " were pretty well shattered. WOULD SERVE IN ALL | CALAMITIES IN STATE Full Power to Detect Crime and Arrest Criminals Wherever Found Mrs, innaugh has been in Be- tendink %' some business matters in N " midji sk g the first of the week, in (By United Press) St. Paul, Decy 23.—A bill to create a state constabulary under the super- intendence of public safety has been completed and will be presented at the opening of the state legislature in January. The department of public safety, the bill provided, shall have full pow- ‘ler to detect crime and arrest &imin- als wherever found. The bill pro- vides for organization of a state con- stabulary with peace officers thruout the state. The body would he called on to serve in case of fire, flood, storm and othrer calamities. In event the state militia is present and in charge, the public safety department’s duties should not conflict, the bill says. Representative Guy Dilley of St. Paul, is the author of the bill. A des- perate fight on the bill is looked for. It provides for seventy-five members at first. connectiy 2evith their home on Lake Boulevara $.'he has been the guest of Mr. and, B. F. Anderson. Mr. and ' Mrs. k fi, . Lakin accompanied her to Duluy g\ls noon and will at- tend the funy . which will be held in that city i 1y ‘afternoon. Buy C. . ‘mas Seals—-— (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec. 23.—About eight men were arrested in raids on alleged gambling houses and booze joints and held up for arraignment in the municipal court in.South St. Paul to- day. Four proprietors were held un- der bail while practically all others ‘were released after signing affidavits. All South St. Paul was aroused ‘when "the raids began shortly before midnight. By the_request . of the county attorney, Minneapolis detec- tives assisted in the raids conducted without the knowledge of the chief of police or other South St. Paul munici- 'pal authorities. * Charges of laxity were made against the chief of police and Mayor Baker. ’ Buy Christmas Seals—— UNION SUNDAY SCHOOLS ARRANGE HOLIDAY PROGRAMS - Twenty ““of-the - Union:--Sunday schools under the care of Missionary W. S. Cummings are making prepara- tions for communfty entertainments during the holiday season. Several schools\will have outside speakers in addition to their local talent; some will have all day sessions with a big dinner_ for the entire neighborhood as well as a program, and all are planning the usual tree and gifts. ‘The Union unday schools at Boot- leg lake, Pine Grove and Edgewood are arranging songfeéts next week with special speaker and a lunch at each place. Kitichi is planning a watch night service New Year's eve with music, a Bible study by Mr. Cummings, and an hour of lunch and fellowship. ——Buy Christmas Seals—— MRS. SCOTT FALLS AND ! SUFFERS SEVERE SPRAIN Mrs. S. W. Scott sustained a very eevere injury to her limbs when sfe accidently fell down the cellar stair- way in her home last Tuesday morn- ing. Medical attention disclosed a very severe sprain of the left knee. Mr. and Mrs. Scott were making pre- parations to go to Minneapolis for the holidays on the day of the acci- dent. She will be confined to her bed for some time, it is reported today. ——Buy. Christmas Seals—— CHILBREN IN EUROPE WATCH YANKEE SANTA American Red Cross and Other Relief Organizations Are Doing Work (By United Press) ‘London, Dec. 23 (By Charles Mc- Cann.) —European children wistfully eyed the Christmas display in Amer: ica today. A Yankee Santa Clause was doing his best to make it a real Christmas but his visit to two million meant he was limited to practical presents. Warm flannels and special foods replaced the walking doll and other splendid gifts of pre-war days. The territory to be covered by the Yankee Santa Claus extended over most of Europe—the starvation areas: He heard the plea for help in twenty different lariguages. The chief agent will be the Ameri- can Red Cross and organizations for the relief of destitute children, head- ed by Herbert Hoover. In Austria 40.000 war orphans were to be treated to special Toods and given- warm clothes to replace the thin garments. Thrueut Austria portions were arranged“for 300,000 children who otherwise will have no remembrance whatever. Germany's »v0,000 destitute chil- dren were to be provided with deli- cacies such as they have not seen in years. In Poland this year Santa Claus encountered some of the most des- perate cases and there 907,000 chil- dren eagerly awaits his arrival. Buy Christmas Seals—— (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec. 23.-—A bill desig- nating that the boards of trade shall be public markets under the supervi- sion of the state law, will be submit- ted to the opening session of the state legislature by the committee on mar- kets, headed by Representative Wilk- inson. Buy Christmas Seals HARDING DENIES REPORT +-20FSECRETARY APPOINTMENT (By United PressT Marion, Dec. 22. (By Raymond Clapper.)-—Reports that Senator Knox, acting as spokesman for Pre- sident-elect Harding,. has induced Charleg Evans Hughes to become Sec- retary of State, were characterized as holiday fiction writing by Harding yesterday. : (By United Press) Washington, Deec. 23.—Charles Evans Hughes has received a condi- tional offer to become Secretary of State in the Harding cabinet and is considering it, it was learned on the highest authority yesterday. Buy Christmas Seals- YEOMAN LODGE WILL NOT MEET TONIGHT A. D. Johnson, foreman of the Yeo- man lodge, announces that there will Ve no meeting of the order this even- ing, due to the nearness of the holi- days. The next meeting will be neld two weeks from tonight as scheduled. Buy Christmas Seals il LOCAL BUSINESS MEN s IMINNESOTA MAY Bemidji and Kelliher Retail " Lumber Yards to Change Hands January 1 A Dbusiness deal of special interest will be copsummated this week when the Kelliller and ‘Bemidji yards of the St. Hilaire Retail Lumber .com- pany will become the property of Be- midji business men, B. W. Lakin and C. L. Isted of the Crookston Lumber company will take possession of the yards January first. E. R. Evans, who has been superin- tendent of plant No. 2 of the Crook- ston Lumber company here for sev- eral years, will also be interested in the Bemidji yard and will act as local manager. No change is announced ‘in the management of the Kelliher yards where Chauncy Easton is man- ager. 2 § M. L. Matson, thegresent manager at Bemidij, has n@ made definite plans for the tuturefbut will remain in the city for an §niletinite period winding up the affafi's of the former owners. The business at Bemidli will be known as the Bemidji Lumber and Fuel company. and the Kelliher yards will do business under the name of the Kelliher Lumber and Fuel company. : : Buy Christmas Seals—— FREE VAUDEVILLE FOR CHILDREN ON FRIDAY The Harding-Whaley company has announced that on Friday atternoon, December 24, at the Grand theatre all children between the ages of six and twelve years (both years in- cluded) will be admitted free to the vaudeville performance at 2:30 p. m. providing they comply with two stip- ulations. They must positively be of the age specified and they must have the wrjtten consent of their parents. ‘This! written consent of the par- ents will admit the:children without payment of war tax or admission of any kind. Buy ,Christmas Seals—— FUNERAL SERVICE FOR | ARTHUR FOSTER YESTERDAY The funeral of Arthur E. Foster, son of Captai Foster, was held on Wednesday at 2:30 from M. E. Ibert- son’s undertaking'parlors. Rev. L. P. Warford conducted the funeral service. The deceased. who lived at 101 Mississippi avenue S., was 59 years of age at the time of death. ~e—Buy Christaus Seals. — RALPH GRACIE 20ST MEETS THIS EVENING The Ralph Gracie post of the Am- erican Legion will meet in regular session this evening at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- sociation beginning at eight o’clock. All members are especially urged fo present. Committee reports wil be heard and a number of important matters will be discussed. ! ——Buy Christmas Seals—— WHITE MAN IS LYNCHED ON CHARGE OF MURDER (By United Press) Fort Worth, T s, Dec. —Tom Vickery, a whiteman held on charge of murdering J. (. Couch, a police- man Monday night, was taken from the jail here shortly after midnight by a mob and hanged. After the body was suspended in mjd dir, sev- eral shots were fired into his body and the mob dispersed. The lynch- ing was staged about a mile from the courthiouse. ,vu‘uy Christmas Seals—— AID WISCONSIN INFIGHT OVER RAILROAD RATE . Attorney-General Hilton Will Probably File Answer to Restraining Order HAILED AS OPENING OF BIG COURT SCRAP Case Brings Up Question of State’s Rights and May Go to Supreme Court (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec. 23.—Minnesota will probably join Wisconsin in a big legal fight on the ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission holding rail- road rates intra-state must conform to inter-state. The first move of At- torney-General Hilton will probably be to file an answer to the restraining order issued by sudge Wilbur Booth in federal court late yesterday, pre- venting the state railroad and ware- house commission and -attorney-gen- eral from enforcing the two-cent max- imum passenger fare rate. v This injunction was served almost at the hour the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the railvoads to put into eect a 20 per cent increase in passenger and baggage rates. The attorney-general hailed the de- velopment as the beginning of a long and bitter court fight. The case will be carried to the United States su- preme court to determine whether the interstate commerce ruling super- es rulings of state utilities com- sion as to the rates intra-state. The case brings up the question of state’s rights. Railroads are required to file nve days' notice to the public when increasing rvates. In Minneso- ta the roads already are charging the ee-cent passenger rates under the Ssch-Cummins rates. ~—Buy Christmas Sealg—— BEMIDJI LABOR LEAGUE T0 MEET NEXT SUNDAY The Bemidji Labor Lengue will meet in the Moose hall on Sunday afternoon, December 26, at 2 p. m. for the purpose of electing officers for the.ensuing year. This is a most important meeting and every member is expected to be present at this time. Buy Christmas Seals—— PUBLIC SKATING RINK BEING FLOODED TODAY The skating rink. heing construet- ed for the use of the public in con- nection with the Red (ross recrea- tional hoard’s outdoor sports pro- gram this winter, is now nearly com- pleted and will be ready for the Christ ers. Boys from the sehools o heen working for the past two days putting the rink in chape and today the cleared space on the lake was flooded. Therink is located at. the foot ol Tenth street on Lake Boulevard. / ——Buy Christmas Seals A Couple of Wiseacres 85c PER MONTH YOUNG WOMAN REPORTS HAVING BEEN ROBBED Two Men Take $194 From Miss Warrington on Way.to City, Is ‘Report. A ‘report has gained circulation today to the effect that a young wo- man by the name of Anna Warring- ton, who home iy near Bootleg lake and who has been employed on the Meilicke farm, two miles west of Be- midji, for the past ten months, was rabbed yesterday morning of $194 which she was bringing into the eity to deposit in a bank. Miss Warrington, according to the reports, has been saving her wages during the summer and has contem- plated going to business college this winter. She had received her final settlement yesterday and had left on foot for Bemidji. As she was passing along the road thru a stretch where swamp borders both sides, she was accosted by two men who demanded and took her money from her, it is reported. She came on to the city and stop- ped at the S. \W. Scott residence where she reported the robbery. She had no money with her at that time. The police department. when ask- ed, stated that robbery had not been reported. Miss Warrington returned to her home with her father yester- day afternoon and could not be reached this morning iu an endeavor to verify the reports. Buy Christmas Seals—— FORMER NONPARTISAN LEADER ENTERS APPEAL * (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec. 23.—Arthur Le- Sueur, former leader in the Nonpar- tisan league, today appealed to the government and legislature of North Dakota to take the state owned in- dustries out of politics.. Le Sueur is a St. Paul attorney. He charged that bills were drawn “to keep the banks and industries tied to polities for the sake of political success.” ."" LeSueur said"he was em- ployed as attorney for the league and that he and Professor W. G. Royland were asked to draw bills covering the industrial program. When these bills were submitted to league officials, he said, objections were brought forth and other bills based upon exactly the opposite pol- icy were drawn by William Lemke, vice president of the league, and re- cently elected attorney-general of Nqsth Dakota, e “I was unalterably opposed to the new policy,” LeSueur said in an ex- clugjve interview. ———Buy Christmas Seals UNIVERSITY BUYS HIGH PRESSURE FOR EXPERIMENTS (By United Press) Madison, Wis., Dec Scientists kuow thut tremendous heat and great pressure exerted upon rocks and min- erals in the bowels of the eurth cun flatten great boulders out like pan- cakes or reduce them to dust. A machine that will possibly per- form these seemingly impossible things betfore the human eye has heen obtained by the University of Wiscon- sin for experimental purposes. It is now being installed in the geology department at the University. 1t will exert a pressure of 400,000 pounds i being arranged so that rocks, metals and minerals may be heated to extreme temperatures at the same tme pressure is being ap- plied. Buy Christmas Seals — GOVERNMENT IS FACING BIG REVENUE OUESTION Houston Declares U. S. Will Be Hard Hit to Meet Obligations (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 23.—The gov- ernment will be hard hit to find enough revenue in the next few years to keep its activi running and meet maturing obligations, Secretary of Treasury Houston told the senute finance committee today. “If new tax burdens are assumed, the situa- tion will become doubly serious,” he said. Houston was asked to present and analyze the financial situation with reference to the proposals to pay sol- diers’ bonuses of between one and two billions of dollars. He put be- fore the committee with the aid of a few figures graphic pictures of just what the treasury faces between now and the end of 1923. In 1923, he said, $800,000,000 of war savings certificates and - $4,250,000,000 of Victory notes and bonds mature and must be either gefunded or paid. In addition, the cost of running the gov- ernment myst be met and the float- ing indebtedness amounting to $2,- 300,000,000. “In brief,” said Houston, “We have to take care of $7,500,000,000 of obli- gations within the next two years, in addition to financing the ordinary ac-|q tivities of the country. At the same time some sources of revenue are gradually drying up, noticeably the income and profits taxes. We will approach 1923 with a deficit of at least $1,500,000,000 at the present rate, he said. Buy Christmas Seals——= « NEWPLANSTO Bankers, Business Men gnfl Farmers Looking Toward Legislature SENTIMENT FAVORS RIGID LEGISLATION Numerous Suggestions for State Legislature Are Received in Weekly Review i St. Paul, Dec. 23.—Minnesoty bankers, business men and farmers in every county are expectihg the 1921 state legislature to take swikt, ag- gressive action to reduce crime, It possible, and to revise old statutes and enact new laws that will dbring about a more satisfactory method af marketing farm products. 2 During the past week, Tle Merch- ants National Bank of Saint Paul sent a questionnaire to bankers thru- out the state which asked: “What legislation do you und representative farmers, business men, city and county officinls believe should be éa- acted at the 1921 session of the state legislature- A—For the benetit of the entire state or u considerable por- tion. B-—-For the benefit of your county. C-—Regarding agriculture, business and civic affairs?"” . It was noticeable from the replies that farmers are as keenly interested in the proposed law providing for capital punishment as city business men seem to be. The tonnage tax, us usual, had proponents and opponents. Profiteers were flayed. Good roads measures were heartily indorsed. Sev- eryl bankers remarked rather caustic- ully that the legislature might profit- ably employ its entire session to elim- inating *‘dead” statutes and muking ‘“‘diseased’ ones healthy. The soldier bonus was touched upon—and the service men seemingly have a ma- jovity of the state bankers behind them, although (rleqdly bankers were inclined to Warn these soldiers ‘ind suilors thut the act of one spendthrift who hys wasted his bonus is likely te receive more attention than the ef- fort of @ hundred careful service men to conserve their allowances. A lurge majority of the bankers agreed that farmers must look te congress for effective legislatipn and it was pointed out that thinking farmers and cattlemen hold to the sume view. One reason oftered waus that uniform federal laws will help the entire agricultural industry, whereas farm laws enacted in Minme- sotu might injure farmers in an ad- Joining stute, and vice versa. Flood- ing of the American market with Ca- nadiun wheat, Austrulian and New Zealand grain, meat, wool and hides, was unanimously condemned. Bank- ers urged the enactment of legisla- tion to put grain exchanges and spec- ulators out of business und to have a government board arbitrarily fix the price of wheat, other grains and pos- sibly meat. Bankers thruont emphasized the Iron Range hostility toward any sort of tonnage tax. One banker made this statement: “The tonnage tax measure should be killed for all time. Pussage of the tonnage tax will ln- jure the entire state. Killing of the tonn tax will prolong the pros- perity of this country for many years. P e of such a tax may lead to a division of the state.” The banker making the statement 1fves at Ely, * Vigorous disenssion of the capital punishment measire was rather sur- prisi Papers in small towns and cities bhave not glven much space to the proposed legislation thus far but it wus evident from the statement of a number of kers that public sen- timent in their districts strongly fa- vor the el sort of legislation to combat vice and erime. Already, it was stated, men and women are urging their represen- tutives and senators to stand behind any sune measure that is intended to reduce murder, robbery and the as- saulting of women. Capital punish- ment for the latter offense was suf- gested in one or two instances. Not a single questionnaire contained an argument opposing capital punis] ment for murder. A few of the bankers threw in-— apparently for good measure—a sug- gestion that an effart be made to - “climinate graft frohk some police de- (Continued :op Page €)1 ' ..} TWO THOUSAND KILLED IN KANSU EARTHOUAKE (By United Press) Shanghai, China, Dec. 23.—Two thousand lives were lost in an earth- quake in the isolated province of Kansu, according to reports here to- The shocks were still continu- ing according to the last reports. T!ta town of Pengliang. with several sur- rounding villuges, was reportéd wrecked Rescne work was carried on under great difficulties because’ 6t the isolation of the province and its extreme ruggedness. —— Buy Chrisimas Sealg— i, 5 i o4