Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 17, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer is .the_ only .daily within 100 miles of Bemidjl and .hbé~lthiel Tabgest clrculation ‘i Northern 2 2 BEMIDII DAILY PI Weather: Fair to- 4 Tuesday. Increasin, Not 8o cold: Pifesday. emme west portion uufl&:’;sf / ol BEMIDJ], MINN.,.MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 17, 1921 »/ 85c PER MONTH SINN FEINLEADERS /" SOUGHT BY SOLDIERS (By Unl\ted' Press) Dublin, Jan. 17,—(By Charles Mc- Cann)~Two important Sinn Fein leadérs were the great prizes for the 1,000 British soldiers, sought today in a barricaded section of Dublin. - A room to room’canvass was made in a section made man-safe by miles. of wire entanglements. Six arrests had been made but the most sought gor men, Michael Collins, commander- in-chief, ¢ the republican army, and his a#<'%., ¢, Mulcahey, have not been "BOARDDECIDES ONFAIR DATES Plans. Mad e for Four-Day County. Fair With ‘New “ Entertainments foun % <t T % reports of a hunt on| for ‘% De Valera,” but reli- able rep 1 that officer was not. in the ei\ TWO NEW BUILDINGS 'ARE BEING PLANNED \¢ A Press) nolice station in vas heavily at- tacked by Sinn at 4 a. m. to- day. The attac, 48 forces threw bomos and fired: hundreds of shots, wtliout casualties for the most part. Police noticing the sound of the firing and the detonations of the bombs rushed to the scene of the fighting, but- when-they arrived, the S‘l‘nn Feins bad already been dispers- ed. & N LB Cork, Jan. the centre of t Program to Include Races, Airplane Flights and Novel Features \ The Beltrami County Fair board met Saturday afternoon and formu- lated plans to make Beltrami coun- ty’s fair second to none in the state for the coming year. The dates set for holding the fair are September 20- to 23 inclusive. There will be a high class program of sports and oth- er entertainment 'jncluding good horse races, aeroplane flights and the like. The entertainment will be fur- nished three afternoons. The various committees are de- voting much time to securing exhib- its in the various departments that will be a gredit to Beltrami county. There will be at least two new build- ings erected, one for livestock and the other for schools and domestic arts, with a rest room. The fair- association has worked out a plan whereby it will buy twelve: pure bred pigs and distribute them among the boys and girls of .the coun- ty. . The following year each boy.or girl that receives one.of these pigs will return two. to the association, these to be distributed to others. The same plan will 'be followed from year. to year. Puré bred livestock. bréed- are will be encouraged to make show- ings here. 3 2 srious departments are prep-rfng their part of the premium list and it is expected that this list will be ready for publication about the first of February. The premium list this year js sure to be better than ever before, T H. M. Clark, who with C. ®. Schroeder, represented the fair asso- ciation at the meeting ot county fair, meu‘ wrtt&yu"m ,-'on"hmiary 12, gavi an interesting repozt of the session. He stated ;in"nfi' filnn‘fi;»n and 4in fact the entire.country,is’ deeply in- debted to ihe mapagement of the State Fair.association. for the ‘influ- ence it is éxerting from educationsl, entertainment and financial stand- points. Notwithstanding that its as- sets reach above two and a quarter million dollara its chiét value lies in the educatfonal force it exerts. Its influence 1in,'this regard reaches not only thru Minnesota and the north- west but thruout the entire United States, Canada and European comn- tries. As an gdvertising medium, it stands high if.not the highest of all the institutions of the state. It gives the public a detajled idea of all the actual activities and products of Min- nesota .and" all' bordering states. As an entertainment it is regarded by able ,udges as the greatest ahd most far-reaching of any agricultur- al institution_in the United States. ‘What may be said about the state agricultural society is true also. of all the agricultural. sptieties of the. state on a smaller scale. g Mr. Clark described the wonder- ful buildings- erected ‘and ‘emphasiz- ed. the need of suitable buildings for the smaller fairs. The.profitable side of the society was alio:shown, ‘the profits having demonstrat® that it is a well paying institution. ‘With the plans which are being GRAND JURY INVESTIGATES ILLICIT LIQUOB TRAFFIC (By United Press) : tings, Jan. 17.—The Dakota county. grand jury called here today. was expected to take investigation of alleged ‘wide-spread traffic in moon- shine and ‘illicit liquor in South St. ‘Paul and elsewhere. i Federal agents in recent raids have made a number of arrests and several cases -are’ pending trial. Other of- fenders who pleaded guilty have been sentenced or fined. | .. The county -attorpey, charged lax- ity on the part of tHe South St. Paul city,_officials and. the gr,,nd jury is expected - to .investigate” this phase of the situation. ¢ TICKET SELTING CONTEST WILL-END TOMORROV, NIGHT The committee in charge of the contest being -staged -to sell tickets for.the Barbers' ball to be held Wed- nesday evening .at the Armory an- nounces that the contestants must turs in either their tickets or the mo- ney on or before tomorrow night at Mrs. Erwig’s-store in order that the rizés may' be awarded. The com- mittee-urges all who desire to attend to purchdse their tickets from the girl contestants before closing of the contest. Miss Catherine Sextdn still main- tains the lead in the contest with Miss Florence Kopman in second place; Miss Bernice Kirk and Miss El- len Davis are close contestants for second place also. SENATOR PENROSE WILL REPORT ON TARIFF BILL (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 17.—Senator Penrose will report from the finance sommittee on emesgency tariff bill. Penrose gave notice early today that he will move to make the bill the un- finished business of the session and will make every effort to bring the measure to immediate passage. GREEKS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS OVER TURKS Officers’ Declare it Is Hard to Restrain Men Nearing Nationalists’ Capital (By United Press) .at a cost of fifty thousand laid for the future Beltrami county fairs there is no doubt but that the agricultural exhibits wiil be worthy of our great county and if the ideas of -the president are realized it will| __be the greatest event in the county each year. SIXTY TEAMS ENTERED IN NORTHWEST BOWLING CONTEST (By Unitpgd Press) Grand Forls, Jan. 17.—Approxi- mately 60 teams are entered in the Northwest howling contest here this week. Winnipeg is sending 12 teams to. nphold the reputation of the Do- minion of Canada, Other cities rep- resented are Chicago, St. Paul, Min- neapolis, Duluth, Fargo, Aberdeen, Minot, Valley City and Jamestown. This will be the biggest thing of its kind ever held in the state. HARRIET MeCORMICK PASSES AT CHICAGO (By United Préss) Chicago, Jan: 17.—Mrs~Harriet B. Hammond McCormick, wife of Cyrus McCormick, chairman of the board of directors of the International Harv- ester company, died today. Mrs. Mc- Cormick’s husband was at her bedside when the end came. He raced to the city from New York, taking a special train part of the way. He arrived about twelve hours before hig wife’s death. i Death tesulted from complications after a gall bladder operation. She was taken to the hospital early in January and suffered a relapse Satur- @ay, when her husband was summon- ed, ’ 4~ ofticers declared today. January 17. (With the Greek army, via Smyrna).—Great troops are filled with confidence by recent sucgesses against Turkish Nationalists to cap- ture the Nationalists’ capitol at An- gora in ten days,—the general staff Officers de- clared it is difficult to restrain the men noy as they are within 150 miles of ‘Angora. One thousand Turkish .soldiers were killed Tuesday in skirmishes south of Brusa, according to state- ments from headquarters. Troop cas- ualtfes included 40 killed and 188 injured. REMEP RECORD PURCHASED 'BY MINNEAPOLIS MAN J. W. Hanrahan of Minneapolis, has purchased the Remer Record and will he on the job to get out the edi- tion this week. Mr. Hanrahan has been connected ‘with the mechanical department of the Minneapolis Jour- nal and knows the prifting business from start to finish. The town of Remer is to be con- gratulated upen having secured such a capable and wide-a-wake hustler as publiser of its newspaper. LLOYD GEORGE PASSES FIFTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY (By United Press) London, Jan. 17.—Premier Lloyd George celebrated his fifty-etghth birthday today. “‘The little wealth wizard, though the most hated and most respected statesman in Great Britain,” is setting a record with his fifteen years of continuous er- vice in_the cabinets. He has beer premier since 1916. 4 NORTHWEST GALE AIDS FIRE IN DESTRUCTION OF SCHOOL BUILDING Building, Equipment Valued © at Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Dollars i Fanned by a northwest gale, fire to- tally destroyed the Bemidji High school building early Sunday morn- ing. The first alarm was given about 4:30-a. m. and in a very short time the building was a furnace. The origin of the fire is doubtful, although it is thought -to have been cauted by a short circuit in electric wires in the! north end of the engine room. It was at this point that fire ‘was first seen. The building is a total loss as well as the entire equipment. There was a large safe cabinet, in which the school books of account and: record were kept, which has not been exam- ined as yet and it is not known wheth- | er these are intact or not. ° The firemen were kept busy plying streams of water on the row of houses on the east side of America avenue owing to the extreme heat and the | large cinders which came from the fire and it was with diffi- culty these buildings were saved. So great was the heat that hose lying about 80 feet from the building was badlf burned. The building, the cut of which is shown here, was a three-story structure. It was built eleven years ago dollars including. the equipment, Much addi- tional equipment has been placed in the school since that time and many changes made in the in- terior. | In Mgrch, 1920, it was concluded- that there was not sufficient ' insurance on the buildings as war- ranted by “the “incredsed* 23 value due to advance in bml([mg costs. The school board at that time had an appraisal made of the value of all school property by an appraisal company and proportionate insur- ance was then placed on the various school buildings. The result was that | the High school building carried $86,- | 360 insurance and the contents ofl same $15,160. This insurance is 80 ‘per cent of the appraised valuation of the property. The total insurance to be realized in the event of the building and contents being consid- ered a total loss will be $101,5620. This sum is distributed over practical- i 1y all the insurance agencies in the city and represents.a large number of companies who are carrying the risks. b 1 The walls of the structure are still standing with the exception of the south wall which fell during the fire. Watchmen were put on the premises "owing to the danger from the stand- ing walls. No portion of the build- fng is in a condition to be used again except the brick and possibly \some radiation. e —t- H. S, DEPARTMENTS TO ASSEMBLE WEDNESDAY The seventh grade of the Ju- nior department 'of the High school will meét for assembly at the usual time the Baptist church and theeighth grade will meet for assembly at the same time in the Methodist church. The High sclool- departments will meet for' assembly each morning in the Elko theatre and for recitation and study rooms will uge four rooms of the pub- lic library,. the council and band rcoms of ‘the city hall and the Moose hall. ! The rear room of the Crookston reading rooms will be used by the manual trai ing department jfor mechanical drawing. * 3 The date for the commencing of the Senior High school has also been - get for Wednesday morning at 8:20 a. m. BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL Totally Destroved By Fire Early Sun- day Mornjing. BOTTINEAU ATHLETIC ASS’N. HOLDS TOURNAEIENT TODAY (By United Press) Bottineau, N. D., Jan. 17.—An ath- letic tournament is being held here today under the direction of the Bot- tineau Athletic association. Basket- ball, volley ball, boxing, wrestling, in- door baseball and horizontal bars are among the contests, A CHAIRS WANTED Superintendent R. 0. Bagby is sauty in need of some chairs. Fclding chairs, house chairs or any kind of chairs except rock- ers. <~/ Those having chairs to offer to the schooig will please notify the Health Department at the Central school building. Tele- m;uhc 149-J. Indeterminate Sentence SCHOOL BOARD GIVEN USE OF PRACTICALLY EVERY HALL IN CITY Arrangements Are Being Made for New Text Books n\:d Other Equipment The school board held a special emergenéy meeting yesterday after- !noon to make plans for carrying on the school work and any other such plans as werc necessary to secure buildings. Practically all halls and some of the large rooms, as well as the theatres of the city, were imme- diately offered to the school boaxd for use .in whatever way the members saw fit to use them. The Moose hall, Oddfellows hall, Masonic hall, Civic and Commerce association rpoms, city council, band rooms, new “Armory, Methodist and Baptist churches, the basement of the Catholic church, Croolston reading rooms, Presbyteri- an church, public library rooms, the Elks' lodge rooms, and the Elko and Grand theatres for day use were all offered and from these will be selected the most suitable for assembly and recitation purposes. Arrangements will be made at once for new text books and school furni- ture it being the intention of the board to purchass be used in the new school when it is built. Messrs. Molander and Tuomy were selected as an in- surance adjusting com- mittee and other umem- bers of the board were as- signed-the duty of secur- ing rooms and equipment. The school board ex- pressed its high apprecia- institutions in it was felt that with such co-operation the work of the school, | although hampered, would be taken up with very little loss of time. While the loss of the building and the consequent upsetting of the regu- lar instruction classes was deplored it was felt that the finances will not be seriously impaired owing_to the foresight of the board last year when a general appraisal was made of the chool property and adequate insur- s placed to cover as large a per- age of the value of the property it was possible to secure. With the one hundred thousands dollars to be reccived from insurance and the two hundred and thirty-five thou- | sand dollars of bonds, which have been voted for a new school, which bonds will be taken up by the state this fall, it will make available for the new school a sum of three hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars and ern school,” which will be large enough to tale care of the present enrollment nnd sufficient for the reg- ular increase in enrollment for a num- ber of years to come. ‘|of_the passing of Dr. L. A. _tion of the spontaneous generosity of the various offering their halls and rooms. for <the uge of the board and | this should construct and equip a mod- \ The citizens of Bemidji. and the community at large were indeed sad- dened Sunday morning whed. news Ward, beecame known about ejght o'cloc - -Dr, Ward was a well known physk, cian {n this part of #he county, hav- ing practiced successfully in Bemid- i for the past twenty-two,years, and during this-time he imns been of great service {0 those about him. He was always active in civic and commun- ity affairs and held a place in these circles hard to re-ill. ‘HiS kindness and gentle manuer won for him the respect of all who knew him. Shortly before Thanksgiving time, Dr. Ward became seriously ill and was taken“to the Rochester hospital. where he was under expert medical care for a number of weeks. About the first of the vear he was brought back to his farm; home, a short dis- tance east of the city. There he pass- ed the last two weeks of his life with his family and friends. He leaves his wife, one daughter, Louise, and one son, William, both of whom make their hom@ lere. Funeral services will be held from the Presbyterian church tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. L. P. Warford . ofticiating. The remains will lie at the church between the hours of one and two o'clock, to al- low those wishjng: to, to view them. Interment will ‘be made. at Green- wood cemetery. Arrangements are being made by M. E. Ibertson, funer- al director. DECLAMATORY CONTEST AT METHODIST CHURCH The Senior class declamatory con- test in the High school, will be held in the auditorium of the ‘Methodist church this evening. instead of at the High school auditorium as was plan- ned. The contest will take place at 7:80 o'clock and the numbers will be as follows: “Lion and the Mouse!' Lorraine Kreatz; “Strong Heart,” desks and séats that maYiye; Neuman; “Bobby Shaftoc,” Elsie {Shannon; “The Swan Song.” Ragn- hild Moe; “La Cigarette,” Thelma Bowers; “The Man in the Shadow,” Dorothy Wilson; and “How the La Rue Stakes were Lost,” by Lucille Jamieson. 1t is not expected that the change in place and circumstances under which the contest will be put on to- night will interfere with the interest shown in this work and friends of the school are most cordially invited to attend, f “MADE IN FARGO" GOODS AT HOME PRODUCTS SHOW (By United Press) Fargo, Jan. 17.—*“Made in Fargo” is the only trademark which admits exhibits’ at the home products show here Jan. 17-21. Thirty-six firms have exhibits covering a 20,000-foot space on the second floor of the Ad- vance Rumely building. CURLING SHARKS TO MEET AT DULUTH THIS WEEK (By-United Press) Duluth, Jan. 17.—Curling sharks of the United States and Canada will play here this week in the 28th annual Northwestern bonspiel at the Duluth Curling club. Six open events are slated. VOCATIONAL TRAINING . SQUAD TO VISIT CITY Disabled Ex-Service Men Are Assured Proper Attention in District Drive Good news for disabled ex-service en who are hindered by their dis- ability from returning to their pre- war occupation was received today by the American Legion post, the Red Cross and other co-operating agencies in the work of aiding former service men. This news was sent out by the district office of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, located at Min- neapolis. The duy of this board it to re-train disabled ex-service'men, who according to the law, are entitled to such training at the hands of the United States government. Announcement was made that on Jan. 19 a state wide campaign is to be opened which will continue from that time on for approximately seven weeks or until the entire state is cov- ered. A group of experienced men will tour the state, stopping at some of the important centers throughout the state to consult with all those who desire to push rapidly forward any claim they may have for attention ifrom the Federal Board for Voca- tional Education. This announcement states that this squad of men will be in Bemidji on Jan. 31, and that any man who be- lieves himeelf to be entitled to re- training at the hands of this board may have his case decided upon, and if he is eligible, be placed in train- ing at once, if he so desires. Local people, who received the an- nouncement, declared it marked one of the most important steps taken by the Federal Board for Vocational Education in handling its job of re- training ‘soldiers, sailors, marines or members of the Nurse corps, whose disabilities incurred in or traceable to the service, prevents them from carrying on successfully in their old employment. It was also declared to be another step toward the cutting (Continued on Page 6) CONGRESS WILL | L * EXTRASESSION Representative Fordney Says Harding Will Call Meeting in April PRESIDENT-ELECT STILL AT WORK ON CABINET Probabilities Are that Final Appointments Will Be Made During Vacation (By United Press} \Washington, Jan. 17.—Presidenti- elect Harding will call an extra ses- siofi of the new congress on April 14, \Bepresentative Fordney, Michi- gan,' chairman of the ways and means committee, said today. PYr(lncy has just returned from Marion where he discussed the time of the extra session with the presi- dentrelect. Because of their relations, thd!revlslon of tariffs and revenue laws are two. of the most important duties confronting the new admin- istration. Several members of congress, il is known, advised the president-elect not to call his extra session for at least two months after the inaugura- tion as.it would take at least that long to eftect the change from demo- cratic to republican in the govern- ment departments. 2 It was also pointed out that the session £hould be deferred until after the Easter holidays. (By Unjged Press) Marion, Olio, Jan. 17.—President- elect Harding was struggling gamely, today, with the difficult task of set- tling his édbinet in the hope of fin~ {shing his job before he left for a rest late this week. But his hope showed little prospect of being realized for Harding hay been at work. building his cabinet since he returned to Ma- vion early in December and he still appears to be feeling for the final decision. Harding had wanted to complete Iie cabinet gnd dismise the whole situation from his mind during his vacation in Florida, but it now ap- pears that he might have to com- plete his work at the same time. Callers scheduled today included Will Hayes, Indiana, a visit from the postmaster general, and ex-gover- nor Frank Lowden of lllinois, who may receive the commission for the treasury portfolio. EXAMINATION FOR OFFICE OF NYMORE POSTOFFICE The United States Civil Service commission has announced an exam- ination to be held here on February 12 as a result of which it is expected to make certification to fill a con- templated vacancy in the position of fourth-class postmaster at Nymore and other vacancies as they may oc- cur at that office, unless it shall be decided in the interests of ..c¢ ser- vice to fill any vacancy by reinstate- ment. The compensation of the post- master at this office was $811—for the last fiscal year. Applicants must have reached their twenty-first\ birthday on the date of the examination, with the exception that in a state where women are de- clared by statute to be at full age tor all’ purposes at eighteen yeurs, women eighteen years of age on the date of the examination will be ad- mitted. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the post office for which the examination is an- nounced. The examination is open to all citizens of the United States who can comply with the requirements. Appliction blanks, Form 1753, and full information concerning the re- quirements of the examination can be secured from the postmaster at the place of vacancy or from the United States Civil Service commission, Washington, D. C. Applications should be properly exeucted and filed with the commis- glon at Washington, D. C., at the earliest practical date. SHAWN ESTABLISHES SCHOOL OF DANCING AT ST. PAUL (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 17.—A branch of the Dennis Shawn School of Dancing of California was established here to- day under the personal direction of Ted Shawn, co-founder with Ruth St. Denhis, of the noted school at Los Angeles. AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT 1S STILL FUNCTIONING (By United Press) Vienna, Jan. 17.—The ‘Austrian government still functioned today following the ending of the strike of postal workers, which led to the hope that further activities could be gtaved off until the allied supreme council meets to determine what fi- nancial aid could be given the coun- try. Postal workers returned to work to await definite settlement, only aft- er gserious rioting. jL