Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 11, 1921, Page 1

- The Planeer is the only, daily withiin 100. miles 8f Bmidfil and has the largest circulation in Northern Mintiesota. : SEMIDII T MINNESOT HISTORICAL © +s ifinesdta weather: \ Fair to- i ‘ntght-and-probably on Wednesday. Rising temperature Wednesday af- ternoon. PIONEER Highways Committee B&m Work oh Method of Admin- “istering Good Roads Plan BENDIXON LAW COMES BEFORE TAX COMMITTEE Important Committees Named By hieutenant-Governor Collins Today (BY United ‘Press) St. Paul, Jan. 11,—Two house cmjn[ night, mittees tackled the two biggest prob- lems before the state legislature to- day. > The highways committee began work on _thc good roads problem and the method of administering the Bab- cock good roads amendment, calling for an annual expenditure of ten mil- lion dollars for improving highways. The tax committee at the same time began consideration of the pro- posed tonnage tax laws. The Ben- dixon law. calling for an eight per cent tax on iron ore in lieu of all other taxes, ‘came up first. Lively battles are prom, 4n both commit- tee sessions and it is likely there will be hot discussions on the gquestidns from the floor when the bills are re- ported. The senate in its session last night approved federal appointments of Governor Preus. The house .is to meet at two o'clock this afternoon after a recess t{am last Friday. Senator Ole Sangen of Dalton was appointed chairman of the state sép- ate agricultural comimittee by Lieu- tenant Governor Collins. This is a combination of four old committees and ‘consideredone -of ‘the-most-im- portant. Other important dommittee assign- ments announced by Colling gave the following chairmen: Election, Sena- tor Henry M. Benson, St. Peter; Edu- cation, Senator Joseph Jackson of St. Paul; Civil administration, Senator Arch Coleman of Minneapolis; Game and Fish, Senator George A. Turn- ham of Long Lake (re-appointed); Labor, Senator J. G. Callahan of Min- neapolis (re-appointed); Public Af- fairs, Senator C. W. Gillan of Win- dom; Re-apportionment committee, Senator N. 8. Hegens of Argyle; Tem- perance, 3 new comiittee, Senator P. 8. Gandrud, Sunberg; Towns and ICounties, Senator Gustaf Widell of Mankato (re-appointed); Workman's Compensation, Senator Paul Guilford of Minneapolis. The committee .on motor vehicles Wwas abolished. The number of com- mittees was reduced by four. OIS LAKE romm!AERONAUTS ARE | Will Be Staged Tonight at Local '_Armory A Bemidji ‘High school will play its BlG PRUB]‘EMS " gecond baskstball contest of the third ) L) athletic district schedule - tonight when it meets Cass Lake at the Ar- mory in what promises to be a fast game. Coach Greiner of Cass Lake, of the University of Valparaiso, has been preparing his aggregation for a hard battle tonight and will bring his men here confident that Bemidji will have to put up a real scrap in order to hold its ‘own. This will be Cass Last year the Cass county quint won from Bemidji at Cass Lake by a close margin and the local boys are anxious to éven the score. dent that the Bemidji school will'win tonight and maintain its big start in the district race. his' ‘men a thorough workout each afternoon in preparation for Cass Lake tofiight and Crosby Friday Albert Hanson of Fosston, former captain of the North Dakota Aggies and all state center for North Dako- ta, will referee the contest. ““The line-up tonight will be as fol- | lows: $me —Cass Lake Higbe (Capt. .Jondahl Riggs or Simo! Koeneman Stechman .. Matshall Lord .. ustin (Capt.) Powell Larson l(‘:l.oom:r PLAYS CITY _ OUINT NEXT TUESDAY Cloquet’s city basketball team will { journey to Bemidji next Tuesday to take on the local city team at the Armory, January 18, and from all re- ports received concerning the visiting quint the contest is sure to be a hard jone. Final arrangements for the game were completed this morning. It was planned that the city team travel to Crookston to play the Com- pany I team this week but suitable arrangements could not be made at this time. It is expected that the Crookston bunch will be played later on. . A’ contest is also being planned with Grand Forks and it is quite|w llkely that Bemidji will go there next week Saturday. Games for late in February and early in March are being arranged with Two Harbors and the New York Nationals, both exceptionally strong aggregations. FABULOUS SALARIES FOR MOVIE STARS HARD HIT (By United 'Press) Los Angeles, Jan. 11.—The day of fabulous salaries for movie stars, ex- paid directors and executives is at an end, the chiefs of the great Los An- geles Film company agreed today. The last few months has ceen a grad- ual change in the movie business as in other lines, due to the general ~ess releases of productions by over- -\!hgrt program given, ] y business depression. . MARRIAGES HOLD SAME As a result the movie chiefs have RATIO FOR TWO YEARS |decided that during 1921: Fewer (By United 'Press) Fargo, Jan. 11.—Marriages and divorces in Casa: county maintained the same ratio in 1920 to‘each other as in 1919, according to statistics from county court. Eighty-nine di- vorces were granted in 1920 as against 243 marriages; while in 1919 the record stood 213 marriages and 85 divorces. ADVISES CALLINGOF ARMAMENT MEETIN Disfavors Cessation of Ship Building Already Granted By U. S. Congress (By United 'Press) . ‘Washington, Jan. 11. (By Ralph H. ‘Turner.)—Secretary of the Navy Daniels before the house naval af- fairs committee today advised Presi dent-elect Harding to call a confer- ence of all nations for the conclu- sion of an agreement on disarmament. “Harding should strive for such an agreement,” Daniels said, “if the United States is not at once to be- come a member of the League of Na- tions.” . “Until that conference is well as- sured of a world" disarmament,” he zaid, “let there be no cessation in building ships already authorized by congress.’ * TOBOGGAN SLIDES OK LAKE READY FOR USE C. N. Shannon, who is in charge of the skating rink and the present toboggan $hides cared for under the direction of the recreational board of the Red Cross, announces that there are three or four slides between Eighth and Niuth streets on Lake Boulevard ready for use at any time. These slides, it is planned, will be Kept available for use until the per- manent 8lide is- erected. 7 g stars will twinkle. Fewer produc- -|tions will be released. Salaries of Boreen favorites will not be so large. Thousands of cinema actors uave beer thrown out of work. There has been a wholesale slashing of wages of ‘those retained. -Decreases in atendance at moving picture houses has been one of the big causes of the upheaval. Marshal Neilan, producer and head of his own organization, expressed the opinion that the situation is oniy temporary. “While it is to be regretted from the viewpoint of the players, it is a healthy condition for the industry as a whole,” he said. MOONSHINERS SUFFER BIG RAID IN SQUTH ST. PAUL (By United 'Press) St. Paul, Jan. 11.—Four men, five stills, two hundred gallons of moon- shine whisky and a large quantity of mash was the haul of federal prohi- bition agents in South St. Paul late yesterday. \ The raids came following reports of extensive selling of moonshine whisky in the stock yards district. EQUITABLE CLUB WOMEN TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT ‘The women of the Equitable Farm- ers’ club of Frohn will-give an enter- tainment for the young folks on Fri- day night at the R. O. Roberts home. A good time is assured and all are cordially invited. . MURDERED FOR WINNIN AND THROWN TO SHARKS (By United ‘Press) Havanna, Cuba, Jan. 11.—Murder- ed for his roulette winnings, Walter Shannon, steamer ticket agent, was cast into the sea where his body was partly consumed by sharks, according to identification today. Identification was made of one leg and a shoe retrieved from the waters. Shannon formerly lived at St. Louis and was ticket seller there for the Peninsular & Occidental steamship line, Lalee’s first district game this season. * Coach Smith of the locals is confi-\‘ Lieutenari: R He has been giving : BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, JAN, 11, 1921 85¢ PER MONTH NEAR MATTICE | ON RETURN T0 SAFETY TODAY Whereabouts of Long Missing A’gnen Is Disclosed By | ‘¢, Indian Runner ' _DESCRIPTION *%a/‘ -XENT BY LETTER CRRNEN ) Describes i Wanderiny 'i,.n'i Distress in Frozen North (By United Press) Mattice, Ont., Jan. 11. (By James R. Kelly}.—"All's well. Overjoyed at the prospects of speedy return.” { This was the first word from the American balloonists, Lieutenants Kloor, Hinton and Farrell, since they left Moose Factory. It was delivered !here by Earl Trowse, one of the three” ' Indian runners, who brought the first word that the Americans had arrived at Skunk Island, twenty miles from here, on_their trip from Moose Fac- tory to Mattice. g SAILOR BUD FRISK Who will meet L. C. Curtis at the Armory tomorrow night for two out of three falls. Frisk has a long str_ing of victories. S S—— PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS Sixty-four boys are now enrolled Crowley, La., Jan. 11. (Copyrighted 1921 by United Press).—‘'‘God was WwiTH us and saved us from death aft- er three days of hell and misery,” Lieutenant Lewis Kloor declared in a letter to his parents here, in which ‘he described the wanderings and dis- tress of the American balloonists in the frozen Canadian wilderness. asking for an opportunity to become The letter written by Kloor at Boy Scouts. This makes two full Moose Factory, Ont., on December 21, troops. was obtained exclusively by the Unit- The teachers of the public schools ed Press today. In it Kloor told a ~nd Normal school voted yesterday to clear and vivid story of the hardships organize a local unit ~nd fo anili- he had been thru since the aviators ate with the National Bducational as- disappeared over the icy waters of | scciation. John Elson was eiected North Ontario. !secretary. 'The membership in the Kloor describes how their balloon, N. E. A. is $2 a year. A ch rter will after leaving Rockaway, was struck be secured and a representative by a storm and swept rapidly north- elected to attend the legislative meet- ward over fields, lakes and forest cov- ing'of the association at Des Moines, ered with snow and ice. When they in July. landed the airmen did not know Mr. Deputy, president of the Nor- ere they were. He wrote thatlp,) gehool, outlined briefly the sec- thelr food was exhausted. They had tional meeting of the North Central 10 charts, only compasses... d‘a\'yesn:;g Educational association to he held in ; 5 9 hell and misery.” he stated at the Bemidji, February 17, 18, and 19. close of his letter. A i > NONPARTISANS SELECTING TURTLE RIVER FARM CLUB MET-SATURDAY ‘The Turtle River Farmers’ club met at Turtle River last Saturday with, about forty persons present. Mrs.' Charles Blakeley, Mrs. George Keiser, and Mrs. Frank Rohrer were in charge of the lunch, following which the meeting was called to order and (By United ‘Press) Bismarck, Jan. 11.—Nonpartisan league members ‘were holding county conventions today to select delegates to the state convention of the.league to be held at Bismarck, January 14. The convention call was issued by President Townley, G. B. Wood and William Aemke, the executive com- mittee. Misses Evelyn Larkin and Anna Blakely sang two duets, followed by a tecitation by Gordon Odell and an- other by Harold Renico. Evelyn ' Larkin also sang the Marseilles hymn in French. Three new members were added to the club and plans were made for the' next meeting to be held on Saturday,' Feb, 5, at the Turtle River chapel. Bi Mrs. Peter Larkin, Mrs. Frank Lati- mer and Mrs. Henry Sandes will have charge of the lunch, and Miss Edna Keiser and Miss Evelyn Larkin will have charge of the program. Every- one is invited to attend. COMMERCIAL CLUB FAVORS TAX TO ADVERTISE CITY (By United 'Press) marck, Jan. 11—The local com- mercial club has gone on record as favoring a tax to raise funds for mu- nicipal advertising purposes. Anoth- er suggestion was made that cities could levy such a tax and pool the re- ceipts to fight unjust rates. BUSINESS MEN **5oko Wavok o conx “ HEET T0 OPEN OFFENSIVE ON * (LOSED SHOPS Will Oppose Plan of Railway Brotherhoods for Board of Labor Adjustment FEAR THAT BOARD PLAN WILL SPREAD TO OTHERS Immigration Problems Are to Be Aired While Talking Open Shop Plans (By United 'Press) Chicago, Jan. 11.—Big business of the nation will tomorrow launch its fight on the closed shop and the plan of the railroad brotherhoods for es- tablishment of a board of labor ad- justment under the transportation act of congresa. Organized labor all over the coun- try was watching developments as the national conference of state man- ufacturers associations gathered here for the -purpose of *“protesting the demands of the rallway brother- hoods.” : William Butterworth, vice-presid- ent of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and president of the national conference, has invited ‘he following big employers to ad- dress the convention: Charles Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel Co.; Elbert H. Gary, head of the United States Steel Corporation; Dwight W. Morrow of J. P. Morgan and Co.; F. A. Seiberling. Goodycar Tire and Rubber Co.; Charles Pie formerly of the Emergency Fleet cor- noration: and many oti:ers. “Rcquiescence in the railway brotherhood’s plan of a national CONVENTION DELEGATES | hoard of adjustment would mean the opening wedge for 38 bars gaining and the c branches of industry, according to Butterworth. Railway executives are opposing the plan of the brotherhoods, But- terworth said, because “it would jmean the nationalization of rail- roads under the demonation of lahor unions, and the destruction of disci- pline, efficiency and loyalty.” Manufacturers are meeting be- cause they fear the national adjust- ment board plan, if established in the railroads, would spread to other industries. Full discussion of the open shop plan is to be had at the conference, officials said. The immigration prob- lem, which has proved vexing to Am- erican manufacturers, is to be aired. CATHERINE SEXTON LEADS IN TICKET SELLING RACE Miss Catherine Sexton has secured che lead -in the contest to rell tickets for the Barbers’ ball to be held on Wednesday, January 19, at the Arm- ory. Competition is very keen, how- ever, with Miss Bernice Kirk and Misg Ellen Davis running closd for second place to date. Florence Kop- man i« next. Each young lady has sold a large number of tickets and the outcome is very undecided. _ Hounded State Department Rules lhal’ O’Callaghan Should Be Sent From U. S. (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 11.—Acting Sec- retary Davis today acked Secretary of Labor Wilson to deport Donal! O'Callaghan, lord-mayor of Cork, de- | claring that the state department could not waive the transportation. reguiations in the case. . O’Callaghan came to Newport News, as a stowaway in violation of the! United States laws. Secretary Wilson | parcled hing on his own recognizdnce, | but the state department which en-| forces passport regulations ruled he! should be deported. 8T. PAUL'S CHURCH HOLD§ | ANNUAL BUSINESS MEET The members of St. Paul's German ; Fvongelical church held their annual | business meeting at the church on Sunday, January 2. Favorable re- ports on the year's work were made by members of the church couneil, | howine progressive results for the! year 1920. | After reading the constitution and receiving new members, the m]ln\v-" ing officers were elected to the church council: President, Carl Golz; | secretary, Herman Eichstadt; trens- nrer. Adolph Klein. J. Malakowskl 'nd George Posz were elected as eld- ers. An auditing committee consist- ing of Frank Grimm, G. A. Gehrke and R. W. Koehn approved the re-. ports as satisfactory. Financial statements and more de- | tailed inforymation will be mailed to the members at a later date. SOLWAY FARMFRS’ CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING The Solway Farmers' club held its nnual meeting on Saturday after- noon at Solway apd officers for the coming year were elected as follows: B. Tweeten, president; Martin Soren- son, vice president; Martin Dille, sec- retary; and Joseph Hallum, treasur- er. . After the election of officers, Mr. Tweelen and Adolph Gustafson ex- ed he wimyHEt purposes of the ‘arm bureaun and much interest was manifekted by all. It was declded to gecure, if possible, a farmers' insti- tute for Solway, and also a land clearing demounstration for next sum- mer. The Solway club will be repre- ted by an exhibit of farm products at the county fair next fall, as a re- sult of action taken Salurday. Nels Bye was appointed to look aft- er this project and, as he is a_great hooster, a very fine exhibit is looked for. LEGION HOLDS SOCIAL Natices are being sent to all mem- bers of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion urging them to be present at the joint social session to be held Thursday evening at .the rooms of the Bemidji Civie and Com- nesce association beginning at cight o'clock The Women's Auxiliary and the ladies who ted in making the Armistico D1y cclehration a success as well as Bemidji High school foot hall team ave to he the guests of hon- or. A splendid program of music and other entertainment is planned and indications are that there will he large attendance. lungh will be served. and every member of the Le- gion is asked to be present. CURTIS AND FRISK TO MEET HERE TOMORROW T.. . Curtis, Bemidji's mat artist, will meet Sailor Bnd Frisk at the Armory tomorrow night in what promises to be one of the best wrest- lifg matches ever staged here. Since defeating Jack Milo here a few weeks ago. Curtia is confident that no man of his weight will throw him. Both men are said to be in the best of condition and it is expecled that Curtis will show exceptional ability agalnst the former navy wrestler from Minneapolis, who claims he needs an adding machine to count his victories. The preliminary matches which promises to be worthy of a large at- tendance will begin at &:30 and Charles Lainen and William King will Tie seen in action again. Ladies aa well as men are urged 1o be pre- sent All are sured of a good clean match TELEPHONE COMPANY OPENS SALE OF BONDS (By United Press) Minneapolis, n. 11.-—Sale of millions of doliars worth of western Bell Telephone ecom- nany first mort inking fund gold tonds with int t at the rate of seven per cent has begun, it n- ounced today by Minneapolis in- vestment bankers. The issue, dated February 1, 1921, and due Febraary 1, 1941, is the first mortgage on the entire property of tic company excepting its property in North Dakota. CAMPAIGN PLAN ONBOLSHEVIES BEING MADEBY RUSS LEADERS Kerensky Declares Russia Must Be Saved From Looting By American Capitalists | CALLS ANTI-BOLSHEVIKS TO RALLY AGAINST LENINE ! Confidently Believes His Plans Will Surprise World When Force Is Revealed (By United Press) Paris. January ti. (Ry Hullinger. C hted United Press.)— ed from being lootes American capitalis Kerensky declared todav slve interview. With t the former premier ca antl-Bolsheviks to rally with him and hurl Lenine and Trotsky out of pow- er. Edward 1921 by Voraeions Alexandor exelu- The United Preas correspondent was recelved In & hotel room which was’litered with charts and maps re sembling an army headp was in conference with « vilk military leaders and “Foreign capigalicts long term grants in Rua Soviet government nre pic pockets of a prostrate natior or ensky oxclaimed. turriie ment from his task of phono anti-bolshevik campaign e expressed confilen military plane he s w1 prise the world when th: i ovee is revealed, hinting thit he i the backing of powerful governnents As he talked Kerencky wna frequently interrupted by messengers and tele- phone calls. His headquarters had a hum of activity. Keren<kv himse!f :pponred. cheerfyl apd, optimistio. .. “Rut the Soviet regime may sur- vive yot.” he sald, ‘‘becouse it must be given a chance to organize before making full surrender. But our plan will go thru. One of out first steps will he the re-establiching of a great that wint Russia. We musg have barlk the ter- ritories taken from Rvarin as a re- 11t of the war. United tes capit- alists should beware entering 2 com- bine with the Soviet and the United States should avoid negotiating treat- ies with them. All theee nerecments will be swept from the hoard when the Bolsheviks are turned out “When we return to power perhaps weo will grant some concessions in ex- change for help from America but we will never sign grants so domaging to Russian interests as fo offer con- ressions to Ameriean capitalists rep- resented by Washington D. Vander-, slip. AGRICULTURAL SOCTETY TO SELECT NEW BOARD MEMBERS St. Paul, Jan. 11.--The ctate arri. enltural society was expected to en- dorse a new memher of the etare fofr hoard todoy, to smeceed Mike Tolm who regigned to ~ the office of secretary of state 10t week Several men from the Ninth dist- rict aro in tho Meld for the job BOLSHEVISM IS FAST SPREADING IN PERSIA British Frontier Guards Have Been Ordered to Withdraw, Dispatches Declare London, Jan. 11.—Bolshevism is spreading over Persia so raplidly that British frontier guards have been ordered to withdraw and all British women, and children have been ord- ered out of Teheran, according to dispatches here today. Cabinet ministers and former cab- inet ministers of Persia in extraord- inary council have agreed to Russian proposals for Sovietizing Persia, the report said. All delegations to the Shah court were expecteu to with- draw from Teheran in the spring, ac- cording to the report. PLARS BEING MADE FOR SIMPLE INAUGURATION e Washington, Jan. 11.—Pldns were being made today for a simple inaug- uration of President-elect Harding, H. J. McLean, chairman of the inaug- uration committee announced that all plans for the big celebration have been abandoned at Harding's request. IMPLEMENT DEALERS ARE MEETING IN MINNEAPOLIS (By United Press) Minneapolis, Jan. 11.—Implement dealcrs of the state were meeting at the West hotel today to discuss agri- cultural problems and general busi- ness conditions, affecting their busi- ness. They will be in session three days.