Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 19, 1921, Page 1

within SF60 -ififlch o hgs the largest circulation in Northern Minnésota. .- 7 k The Ploneer 4s the oniy. dail: SmRR A ;MIDJI DAILY P i ! MINNES . HISTORIC 1. ! ' SOCKETY e et oTA Minnesota: Cloudy. uml,un%:gtl- ed tonight and Thursday.” ‘Refn or snow. in_extreme east. tonight, Somewhat colder in west. y VOLUME XVIiL. NO, 231 \ BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 19, 1921 ity STEIN THROWS HAT INTO RING FOR‘ANOTHER TERM| George Posz’ Opposes , Booth| for Election to Council. From Third Ward £ nicipal office seek- ers are now being circulated thru-] out thecity. and somo;offices are be- ing qontdsted by several cangdidates. The office of Municipal _judge:. h now :three aspjrants. . Judge: bons, who has:filed the offi last term is' again asking in ‘Wisconsin, i aaking the supj the citizens, .-Mr: Rood has ‘been dorsed by'the Labor Leagueand: his petitlon is heing freely signed: by hin friends. C. M. Asham, a Bemidji at- torney, who h#s resided in-Bemidji for geveral years, coming here from Minneapolis where he alsq pradeticed ~ law, is also a eandidate for the office. The office of city clerk is how be- ing contested ‘by the present:clerk, George Stein, who has held the: post for many years and Mrs. George Kirk, who has been-endorsed by :the. Labor’ League for thi# office, ~Tlis prom-; ises to be an ‘interesting contest: ! far Mr. Stein-has been able to-out-}- rup all other aspirants for this office and’ his friends are lining up solidly for him. A Mrs, Kirk will undoubted- 1y have the'Support of the labor vote. In'_the Third ward where David Booth was endorsed for alderman by the Labor League anather contestant has appeared.’ George Posz, a_ resi- dent ‘of Itvine avenue, has been -ask- ed by a large number of his friends to allow his name to’be placed in nomination for alderman’ of that ward. Mr. Posz 'has held county and .municipaj. offi ._pumber of times in anothers d is considered an' dble candidate to reprépent his ward. No. other }::ndidgte has’ appeared In this ward/ oL A'Sofar 8.1 kn6wil: 1o other candi- dates have Been.presgntéd: for office excepit thosé éndorsed by the Labor League whose names have beén giyen previously, although it has been riim- ored: thiat several other persons are Detngrurgel o;joln the race. BARBERS TO HOLD BALL | ./, AT ARMORY THIS EVENING —— 4 The stage is all'set for the harbers’ ball at the armory this évening, the. committee in charge announced this. forencon. The hdll has been decor- ated: for the oteasion and judgingi from the advance!sale of tickets in the contest theré will be an excep- tiohally large @tténdance. The com- mittéee assures.everyone an enjoyable time;| . Priges will:b8 awarded to.the contestants in:the ticket selling race this evening &t 1P:30 at. the hall Schuck’s drchestrd: will furmMish the music for the danting. ‘The committee wishes to thank the public for thé way the support has bech: evidenced, tHe girl contestants for theit part in making the affair a success, and ;gll -others who assisted in putting thé prédject over. VOCATIONAL TRAINING DRIVE OPENS IN STATE . S T— (By:Dnited Press) St. Paul, J&g. 19-—A campaign was started here<foday’ to secure voca- tiond] training for about 1,000 form- er sefvice mén .. in -Minnesota who. are disabled &fd entitled to tutelzge] but “have ndt applied for assistance. Thf clRmpMn p:}a;:‘llnx ‘today is to inclylg lmtv y. ue, Chisago, Antka, Washjfigton, - ‘Dakota, Rive, ‘Wabasha, and Scoft coumties. A staft of ben from. the federal board of vocatfon education is here to{- condact examinatjons and give advice to the men. ¥ ° . v LERINE WEAKENS, WORN (By United Press) Paris, Jan. 18;—Worf out by over-. work, premier Leéifné 6f Russia has been weakening, according to the Stockbolm correspondent of the Echo de Paris. - : Reports sald thal Lenine was con- fined to one of his rooms and raved of his role as great Russian leader. DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER MATCH SET FOR JULY 2 (By Uhited Press) New York, Jan. 19.—The Dempsey-. Carpentier match will be héld on July 2, probably etther in Canada or Eng- land, Tex Rickard, one of-the pro-|portant results on shipbuilding and| moters, told the United Press today. RicRards® also disposed of rumors| circulating early in the day that the bout bewweén Dempsey anid Carpen- tier for the heavyweight boxing chamjionship of the world had been cancelled. " 0UT BY OVERWORK| NATIONAL GUARD WOULD '| Goes'gn Record ‘as Favorin; Extension of War Risk Insuratice to Guard (By United Press) 1...'st. Paul, Jan..18.—The Minne- sota National Guard favors praposed laws to place boxing urnder control of he State Military Board of Boxing, ‘thé“guards to share the profits of all ‘Bouts. Th natiohal guard also went on {record as™favoring extension of the the-war risk insurance beneuts to na-| EXPECTED TO DECIDE ; guards, -and, asked for postal < privileges for official busi- "+ United Press) The mce also asked that the same rag ’4.-. v 'be granted enlisted specialists. . iven in the regular rulations of an in- | spector: in "t The new -state. military code \ roved and re- commended to t. Wogislature. S MR iy larmy, subjel Fargo, Jan. 19.---The First Nation. al Bank, the Ramson County Trus! compatly, the :Northwestern Tele- phoné exchange, the postoftice and-all mall,‘the Masonic-temple and Shevler drug store at Sheldon, were destroyed by fire with a:loss of $80,000. . Shel- don f{s‘a town of 400 and is in Ramson county. . .. E ) A strong id and insufficient equipnient hampered the firemen. Clara:-Frietarg, teléphons operator, stayed at her poat until nearly over- come by smoke. - 'TONIGHT FOR “PAY DAY” All members of company K are ask- ed to be present at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce assoc- ciation this evening at eight o'clock to receive their pay checks for the first half of 1920. The Eemidji com- pany. was on the pay roll list after February 10, 1920, and the payment ‘from’then until July-1, on the basis of ‘the -number of drills’ held, totals SLOLLSS. ; A number of the members who at- tendeda few drills during the.period for' .which payment is peing made | failed’ 6 qualify for pay &ince the re- quired humber of drills were not at- tendéd: by them, consequently “pay call” ‘will not be sounded for, them this evening. - These are as follows: Corporals, Myron Plummer, and Lee [LaBaw, Privates first class, Earl Cochran, David Condon, Aloy Lappen, Harold Naylor, Hans Bing; Privates Ralph W.. Brown, Earl Congdon, N. E. Given, Frank Harris, Frank Koors, . J.J. MoCurdy, Frank Mauritz, C .L. Pegelow, Ole Stortroen and Lester Warford. Thesé men are not requir- ed to report tonight. DESTRUCTION OF CITY: Nearly Thirty Fires Break Out Within Mile of City Hall Early This Morning (By United Press) Worcester, Mass., Jan. 19.—De- struction of Wiorcester was threaten- ed today by one of the most disaster- ous fires in New England’s history. Chief qf Police” Avery estimated shortly 'before noon today that the total loss would be two millions. It was sdld the conflagration was under ‘control'at 11a. m. | * “Neaily thifty fires broke out with- in a mile of the city hall shortly aft- er the ‘Knowles building, - a ten ‘dtory_6ftice structure in the heart of ‘the business: distrigt, was discovered in: flames, - ‘City and statespolice are Investi- gating reports that several of the fires are: of incendjdry origin. Oth- ers were started by flying embers. Méy people were forced from their homes. . o il (By United Press) ‘Worcester, Mass., Jan. 19.—Fire which thireatened the entire down- town section of the city was burning today, having done damage estimated by police at $2,500,000. Boston, Jan. 19._Governor Chan- ning ‘Cox sent intelligence officers to Wotoester today to investigate re- ports that at least a large number o the fires there are of incendiary orig- in. Governor Cox offered aid to Wor- cester this afternoon. _Vancouver, B. C.—A\ shippent of steel plates has arived at a)‘y« ific port from China which may h: im- metal industries of the west coast in general. These plates were manufac- tufed in.a Chinese factory. The Chi- fiese product is 1a7d down on the coast about $5.00 cheaper per ton than the-Pittsburgh eteel, -including duty. AR KR " THREATENED BY FIRE Will Leave Tomorrow Night for Florida for More Than Month’s Vacation UPON CABINET THERE To Travel as Private Citizen to Florida and Asks that Route Be Secret (By United Press) Marion, Ohio, Jan. 19.—President- .elect Harding turned today from the task of conferring with ‘‘best minds” and began cleaning up personal af- fairs previous to leaving tomorrow night for Florida. where-he will take a five week’s vacation, + Hayding welcomed the oprortun- ity of boarding Senator Frelinghuys- ‘er’s house boat, theé St. August, on Saturyay for a cruise of ten'days or two weeks down theée Indian River along Florida’s east coast. 1t s ex- pected his cabinet will be decided upon here. “Mrs, Hardi) after- the cfuise is finished. x;'g will join the pa’uty» In the {meantime she will go to New York ie ity to buy clothes for, her White House wardrobe. | Harding asked that the route of his trip be kept secret as he wishes to travel as a private citizen. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MEN AT WASHINGTON . (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan, 19.—A detinite pro- gram that will assure restoration of Mississippi river freight barge traf- fic on a large scale within the next few years was the aim of scores of business men of the Mississippi valley meeting in Washington today. St. Paul and Minneapolis business interests as well as the interests of other northwest merchants and ship- perg:were représented at. the meeting. The plan is to ask congress for lib- eral legislation that will enable barge line operators to place new and ade- quaté equipment in operation on the Missiesippi. Shipment of coal and ! graln' by water can be done profitably jat lower freight rates than railroads now charge, it is contended. AGRICULTURAL DELEGATES INSPECT WOOL WAREHOUSE (J[;y United Press) Fargo, n 19.—Delegates to the various agsicultural conventions here this week went to the wool warehouse thid\ afternoon to inspect the build- ing and receive instructions on wool grading. Methods of fleece tying, packing, and marking wood sacks will be explained. To“date over 1,300 growers have shipped 756,000 to the state wool pool expected to be completed early in February. TFOKY0 WOMEN TO OPEN ANTI-LIQUOR CRUSADE Tonyo, Jan. 19.—Beginning an anti-liquor crusade, 3,000 women are awaiting the opening of parliament next Thursday to urge curtailmgnt of traffic, it, was announced today. H i |:'Bemidji High school's basketball tearm, unhampered by the destruc- {im-, of the-seheol byilding, will meet he fast iBrainerd gpint at that city ion Friday night and one of the big- gest tests of_the diftrict schedule is expected. Brainerd{has not yet lost a \district game.and] neither hag Be- midL. One aggreggtion will surely be.eliminated from playing at North- field to defend: the {listrict title and contend for state title honors. Regular practice” is being held leach afternoon under the direction of Coach J. W. Smith and the “hus- kies” are in the best of trim to take on any team in the state. Another victory for Bemidji,is looked for on Friday night. FIFTY MILLION DQLLAR ‘ St. Paul, Jan. 19,—Distovery of iron ore, said to bejvalued at more than $50,000,800, onl two eighty-acre pieces of land that| sold for aboft $2,000 in 1900, has Been made by the Northern Pacific raifroad on a tract it owns in Northern/ Minnesota. Litigation has beeh started aga the railroad:to compdl the road to pay off some 53.@0?,000- worth of bonds before it. appites any money it re- ceives from this lately discovered ore properties on anything else. ‘The, purchase of the St. Paul Duluth railroad by the Northern P:% cific railroad in ‘1900 is turning oul to be.a bonanza instéad of a poor in- vestment as it was,supposed to be twenty years ago, road officials said yesterday. N “Phe_Northern Pacific paid $10,- 000,000 for the St. Paul & Duluth railroad and $4,000,000 for its land grants and received about 40,000 acres. i ~ It was learned Tuesday the rail- road acquired in the deal two pieces of land of 80 acres each in Hibbing as $50,000,000 for thd two properties, which are known wow to contain more than 25,000,000 tons of iron ore. - AGED LUMBERMAN DIES AT PARK RAPIDS HOME Park Rapids, Jan. 19.—Last rites were conducted by the Masons here Tuesday afternoon for Thomas, J. Nary, 81, one of the pioneer lumber- men of Northern Minnesota, Civil ‘War veteran, having served in the Second Wisconsin ca¥alry, member of the Loyal Legion and thirty-second. degree ‘Mason, who died suddenly Sunday about 2 p. m. while sitting i&) his chair at his home. Besides his ife, he is survived, by one son, Thomas. Business practically sus- pended here during the funeral. Bur- ial was in Greenwood. Mr. Nary re- tired: from active lumber operations a few years ago after acquiring a competemce, having been engaged in the business in Minnesota about forty years. He enlisted as a lieutenant in Company L, Second Wisconsin caval- ry in February, 1862, and served till the end of the war, then returned to the lumber business. ~ LEGION ENTE.RS NEW YEAR WITH DOUBLE MEMBERSHIP Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 19.—The American Legion entered the year 1921 with twice as many members and 3,417 more posts than it had Jan.{ 1, 1920, according to official records at national headquarters here .In even greater ratio was the gain of the Women’s Auxiliary, which started the year with fifty units and 5,000 mem- bers and finished with 1,695 units and a total of approximately 200,000 members, FREEZING RAIN and that it has been offered as much |~ ——— —~ . Communications Northwest Are Disturbed Today By Sleet WIRES GOING DOWN IN ALL DIRECTIONS|bill drawn by Rep ORE FIELD IS DISCOVERED | gjeet Breaks . Trolley Wire at Seven Coners, St. Paul, and H{lh Traffic (By United Press) Minneapolis, Jan. 19.—Freezing rain and sleet disturbed telephone and-telegraph communications thru- out the northwest today. Officials of the Bell interests said the sleet storm struck this vicinity about six 4. nf. today and one by one the wires are going down in all di- rections. ,The heaviest storm appears to be between Minneapolis and Eau Claire, Wis., and, communication with Chicago via this route is rapidly tail- ing. The sleet is not heavy enough to pull down poles, telephone officials said. : Western Union and Postal Tele- graph officinls said service had not heen hampered but traffic would be halted should the storm continue. - \ (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 19.—The sleet broke a trolly wire at Seven Corners here early today and tied up street car traffic in all directions. The trolly wire was broken in thrée places. One end struck an au- tomobile and singed one side. There were no injuries. A cordon of police was drawn to escort pedestrians and vehicles back from the lire district. ARMENIAN GIRLS SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES Fresno, Cal, Jan.| 19.—Startling revelations of a veritable marriage block operated in ¥Fresno from which Deautiful Armenian girls, brought into the United States illegally, were sold to the highest bidder have heen made here by United States Immigra- tion Commissioner George Moore. The Armenian practice of bringing yonung girls to Fresno was brought to light with the arrest of seven of the victims, Harootian Selvian, promin- entsand influential Armenian ranch- er of Lone Star, was taken into cust- ody late Monday. Detalled information on the Eirl “bride market” was made public by Commissioner Moore. One case, in which a young Armenian inspected girls held tor sale and paid a deposi on one who pleased him, was typieal of many cases in which girls were made iage sluves, according to the comm STORDAHL-ERICKSON Martin Stordahl and Miss Lela Erickson of \Ilendrum were united in marriage at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the office of the judge of probate, Judge Harris performing the ceremony. Witnesses were Rognar Wathne and Ed Peterson of Fargo. GA-(HO 00000 SHUT Throughout || | will speak in place of President J. R. 55c PER MONTH ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS B RS Representative Eaton Presents Bill to Form Board of Five Members (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 19.—The legislature today was to hear a bill that would ]centm!lze all state departments for & supervision of public property and resources, highways, mines, drainage, lands and forests, immigration and the state game and fish department. This would combine under a boari of five m&mbers, each having direct charge of his bureau according to a esentative L. K. Eaton ‘of Minneapolis. One commis- sioner would have supervision over highways, another over drainage, a third over forest lands and immigra- tion, and the fourth and fitth over mines,_and fish. Each commissioner wouud receive $5,000 a year and would be appoint- ed by the government, he proposed. BIG INCREASE SHOWN IN NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES Michigan, the center of automobile manufacturing, leads all other states in the nortlt central division in the increase of registered motor vehicles in 1920 according to a report just is- sued. The state shows an increase from 296,378 to 412,275 or forty per cent over 1919. Missouri stands sec- ond with twenty-nine per cent, Wis- consin next with twenty-seven and one-half per cent, and Minnesota fourth with twenty-four and six- tenths per cent., At the close of the year 1919, Min- nesota had 269,743 registered auto- and at the close of 1920 had Hlinois leads in total num- ber for the past vear with 569,127 and lowa is second with 442,200, North Dakota has the lowest numb- er of cars, 90,840, and also shows the smallest crease over the pre- ceding year. South Dakota is sec- ond lowest in number of cars with 122,020 for 1920. 1In the ten states covered in the report, an increase from 57.476 to 3,166,709 shows a twenty-three and four-tenths per cent ghin during the past year. FIREMAN'S DANCE T0 BE UNIQUE SOCIAL AFFAIR One of the most enjoyable social affairs of the season is being planned by the local fire department to be held at the armory on Wednesday, January 26, when the public will he invited to attend a masquerade hall staged for the purpose of raising an entertainment fund for the firemen’s convention to be held here in 1923, Prizes will be offered for the hest dressed lady, the best dressed gentle- man, the most comically dressed ludy and the most comieally dressed gen- tleman. No one will be allowed on the dancing floor without costume he- fore 11 o'clock, according to the pre- sent plans. Many other features are being planned by the committee in charge. Schuck's orchestra has been en- gaged for the occasion and a good time s assured everyone. C0-OPERATIVE EXCHANGE HAS SUCCESSFUL YEAR Speakers of Note Address Equity Exchange Meeting on Topics of Wide Interest (By United Press) Targo, Jan. 19.—J. N. Anderson, St. Paul, F. B. Wood, Deering, N. D.. and Justice Bergh, Hendron, Minn., were unanimously re-elected direct- ors of the Equity Cooperative change this morning. The finan- cinl statement was also read and showed the past year to be the hest in the history of the organization The directors, were empowered to pay the 1920 dividends as they saw fit. Dividends heretofore have been paid from tlie profits. Magnus Peterson, Minneapolis leg- islator, addressed the meeting this morning, after enrolling their effarts for the coming year. J. E. Kelly of Flandrau, S, D., was appointed chairman of thé resoln- tions committee to report this after- noon. The organiz North Dakc tion meeting of the Livestock Shippers as- sociation will be held hefe today. This afternoon the Improved Seed Gfowers association held its annual | department are maiptained at the BEMIDJI HIGH - PUPILS RESUME STUDIES TODAY Only Two School : Days Are Lost on Account of School Fire SCHOOL BOARD AND FACULTY SHOW SPEED Regular Routine Is Resumed in Halls and Rooms in Downtown District Comedy mingled with tragedy this morning when the Junior and Senior departments of the High school as- sembled to resumeé their studies in improvised study and recitation rooms following the loss of the’ High school building by fire early Sunday morning, Although only two school days have elapsed since the fire, the school board and faculty executives already have the situation well under control and within a few days, with the aid of every resident of Bemidji, every pupil and every teacher, studies will ‘again be a matter of rowtine. The Junior department assembled, with the Seventh grade students housed in the Baptist church and the Eighth grade students at the Method- ist church. The High school assem- bled at the Elko theatre and from there went to the various class rooms for: recitations. The commercial department, under the direction of Miss Mabel Wager, has been moved from the basement of the Methodist-church, where it has been located since early in the school vear due to lack of rooms at the High school building, to the Presbyterian church where classes are now being held. Headquarters for the High school Moose hall, under tie direction of Trof. J. W. Smith, and from there the various classes are supervised. Superinténdent R. 0. Bagby's office is now located in the Central school building on the first flnor at the west:, end of the hall. His telephone num- \ ber is 274, the same as before. The High school principal can be reached &d‘ at the Moose hall by telephone, num- ber 62, and the Junior department, under the supervision of Miss Ethelyn Hall, has phone number 269-J, also the same as before, A large number of the books, order- ed since the fire, Have already arrived and were distributed to the students , today. A sufficient number of chairs for today were provided and the arrival tomorrow of an additional one hundred—seats will be provided for all. Three classes of the Senior depart- ment are being held in the library by Miss Glessner, Miss Olson and Mrs. Pflughoeft; two in the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association rooms, by Miss Nealy and Miss Birdsell; two in the Moosc hall, by Principal Smith and Miss Young, and one at the Crookston Lumber company reading rooms by H. A. Pflughoeft, agricul- tural instrg#ctor. If s planned to open manual training classes at the reading rooms next weck and, if so, Mr. Pflughoeft’s classes will be trans- ferred to the library. Science class- es under the direction of J. A, Elson are still being held in the Swedish Lutheran church as heretéfore. - ST. THOMA® AND MACALESTER TO STAGE ANNUAL TONIGHT (By Unfted Press) St. Paul, Jan. 19.—8t. Thomas col- lege and Macalester basketball teams are scheduled to stage their annual battle on Macalester floor tonight. Concordia college is playing Carleton at Northfield. MOORHEAD VOTING ON [ GAS FR//NCHISE CHANGE (By United Press) Moorhead, Jan 19.—Moorhead is today voting on a proposed amend: ment to the gas franchise granting the Light, Heat and Power company expiring August, 1922, The company has applied for an increase in rates. MOOREHEAD NORMAL AND FARGO COLLEGE MEET TONIGHT meeting ahd John Bracken, president of the Manitoba agricultural colleg schefuiled to talk on ‘“The €ana- association.” J. W. Caverdale, secretary of the American Farm Bureau Federatjon | Howard who was unable to be pre- |sent. - FIRE CAUSES HEAVY LOSSES IN MINNEAPOLIS (By United Press) Minnéapolis, January 19.—Fire last night partly destroyed a Lake Street business structure owned by John Engquizt, with damage to stock and fixtiires of five tenant farmers, estimated at $37,000. Several fire- men were;overcome by smoke. * (By United Press) Fargo, Jan. 19.-—Moorehead Nor- mal and Forgo college basketball teams play here tonight. JAPAN WAITS FOR U.S. TO LEAD DISARMAMENT (By United Press) London, Jan. 19 (By Russell Brown- ing.) apan is waiting for Great Britain or the United States to take the lead in disarmament, Baron Hay- ashi,. Jananese ambasador, indicated in an interview today. i The baron expregsed pleasure that his suggestion for a round table of business men to discuss the problems, seems-to have been well taken by the United States,