Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 25, 1921, Page 1

S 4 L The Plonser is the only daily withla 400- milos-ot’ Demiaii-and has .the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota. VOLUME XVIII, NO. 236 Minnesota Weather: Unsettled topight and Wednesday,'Probably. snow in southeast portion tonight. Not much change in temperature. BEMIDJI, MINN,, TUESDAY“ EVENING, JAN. 25, 1921 _ ~ $5c PER MONTH AGRICULTURAL STATIONURGED FORNORTHEAST Bill to Establish New School at Duluth SENATOR NOLAN WOULD BAR PETTY CRIMINALS Inmates of Minnesota Public Institutions to Cqntinue to Eat “Oleo” ~ (By United Press) _ St. Paul, Jan. 26.—Senator C. K. Fowler wants the superintendent of schools in Minneapolis to receive $4,- 000 more salary. He offered a bill providing for that increase today. Establishment of a University agri- cultural experiment station at Duluth is also provided in a bill introduced by Senator C. E. Adams of Duluth. No appropriations were made in the matters. (By United Press) $t. Pauly-Jan. 25.—Petty women criminals are to be barred from the women’s reformatory at ‘Shakopee, if Senator W. I. Nolan has his way. He offered a bill in the senate today providing that some convicted of fel- ony or gross misdemeanor are the only ones to be committed there. Those convicted of lesser offenses are + to be sent to jails and work houses, the measure stipulates. 1 (By United Press) Sa. Paul, Jan. 25.—Senator A. C. Gooding of Rochester, today -intro- duced 2 bill into the senate to “take care of the boys.” The senate measure provides that election judges shall receive 656 cents and hour instead of 50 cents an hour for their election services. f ~— (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan, 26.—Inmates of Min- ngsota public institutions will con- tinue to eat/*oleo.” The senate com- mittée on general reports today over ruled Senator.Johnson’s bill request- ing that butter be fed the inmates of state institutioud. 2 PROMOTERS OF BOXING - RECEIVE MEAGRE, RETURNS New York, Jan. 25.—Promoters who go into the boxing game with ideas of getting rich quick are blow- ing bubbles ,according to John 8. Smith, chairman of the New Jersey State boxing commission. “Outside of boxing circles it is thé common belief that promoters are making huge sums of money under the high prices that have prevailed during the past year, but it is not so,” he says. “The commission knows it to be a fact that very few jromoters in New Jersey found themselves rich when they figured up their winnings at the end of 1920. What big money was made in the ring went to the boxers who never take a chance. “One big club in New Jersey lost $15,000 and none of the clubs earned a very big margin on their invest- ment, “There is no money in the big fights. The promoters who made mo- ney in New Jersey last year were the little fellowa who staged small bouts in small arenas regularly. Several of these ‘little’ promoters staged bouts weekly and made from $100 to $200 on each. It waswit big money in the modern interpretation of the yet no dates have been set. WOMEN VOTERS DISCUSS COMING CITY ELECTION Interesting Discussion Held on Points Pertaining to City Government The League of Women Voters held an ‘especially interesting ‘meeting last evening in the Civic and Commerce association rooms. There was a good sized attendance with every ward in the city represented. The evening was taken up ih review of city govern- ment and discussion of the coming city election. J. P. Lahr, eandidate for alderman at large, was present and answered a great many questions on both top- 1cs. He also brought out the a Election.”, danger of people who supported very _indifferent after election and loosing faith in the activities of that candidate. The financial report of the league was also read in connection with the business meeting. This report show- ed that the quota to be raised by Southern Beltrami county, amounting to $32.50, has not been raised as yet. The league feels that these meet- ings are very profitable, if from no other standpoint than from the in- enthused over these meetings. “COURT OF KING COLE” 'MAKES DECIDED HIT Loc:l Talent Assures Musical Play of, High Class for Second Time Tonight Old King Cele and King Cole's Court put over what is easily termed lthe best: honfe talent musical play ever ‘produced in this city when the Harmonick club _presented _‘“The Court of King Cole” at the Grand theatre last evening. Although an ‘objection might be raised on several minor points the whole production showed remarkable talent, training and _management. Each and every character from the king’s fiddlers to the king himself was admirably portrayed. Elaborate costumes added greatly in producing ‘the desired ef- fects. E ) Mrs. Harriet Purdy Smith, of Chi- cago, who has devoted a month’s time {n preparing local talent for the play, is to be complimented in the way she handled the entire produc- tion. ‘With over one hundred persons in the ‘cast performing on a small stage, the arrangements were well worked out. While perhaps the Humpty Dump- ties (Raymond Hanngh and Arnold Harris) ‘were most heartily received of all; each of the important charac- ters of Lhe cast were well taken care of, Mrs. Broadhurst as Bo-peep ad- mirably disposing of what might be termegd the leading female part. An- drew Rood as King ‘Cole also drew very fayorable response from the au-: dience, Nearly every number of the three acts was. given an encore and in all a two and a half hour performance was staged. A five piece orchestra furnished music before and during the performance; and ‘Raymond Nel- son at the pifino accompanied the mu- sical numbers. A second présentation of this play ‘will ‘be made this evening at eight o’clock when it is expected that an even larger attendancé than last eve- ning will be present. The show must beseen and heard in order to be ap- preciated and in putting on such a performance, the Harmonick club has offered Bemidji theatregoers a rare treat. CITY BASKETBALL TEAM W¥= PLAY THIEF RIVER The city basketball tcam will trav- el to Thief River Falls Friday after- noon to take an the eity team there in what promises to be an exception- ally fast contest, in vView of the fact that Thief River Falls gave Bemidji a hard run last year, winning the game on the Thief River floor and losing by a fair margin here. Regular practice is being held each evening in preparation for the con- test and local supporters look forward to a- Bemidji victory. Other games out of town are being arranged with Crookston: and Grand Forks but as yet no tates have been set. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS BREAK RECORD IN 1920 Exports Show Big Increase Over Imports During Past Month_ ports in any calendar year are shown in a statement today released by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Com- merce. 3 Exports in 1920 were $8,228,000,- 000 against $7,920,000,000 in 1919, an increase of 4 per cent in the last year and three and one-third times the exports in the ' calendar year 1913. Exports in December, 1920, The largest exports, as well as im- ECONOMISTNOW SEES LOW TIDE Claims Danger ;f Industrial Depression Has Now Been Passed Safely PREDICTS SLOW RETURN TO NORMAL CONDITIONS Does Not Look for Complete State of Employment for l Several Months (By United Press) New York, Jan 25. (By Harold Jacobs.)—‘“The danger point in the industrial_depression has been safely passed and conditions may be expect- ed to be relieved soon,” George Rob- ertson, vice-president of the National City bank and noted economist de- clared in an interview today. “The worst of the industrial erisis was ¢ver before January 1. Prior to .that time there was a general feel- ing of uncertainty. The best in-| formed did not know how much worse,, conditions were going to be. Theré! was also an almost total curtailment of buying by retailers. “\While keeping in mind the fact that we are now on the road to nor- mal industrial conditions it would be unwise to assume that our factor- jes would be at full employment in| a short time. 1In fagt, 1 hardly look for a full state of employment in general until the industrial world has been on the mend for months,” said Mr. ‘Roberts. FIRE DESTROYS ENTIRE CITY-BUSINESS BLOCK (By United Press) Athens, Ga., Jan. 25.—Fire which destroyed an entire city block in a downtown business section was plac- ea under control early today with property loss estimated at more\than | one million. No lives were lost. The fire department of Athens, after put- ting the fire under control, put in speclal train from Atlanta. Explosion of gasoline drums in the Joseph building caused the fire. Fan- ned by a breeze, the flames spread rapidly from Wall ‘street to South Broadway. JAIL DELIVERY SENT GOVERNOR TO PRISON Bhanghai, Jan. 26.—After many vears of service as governor of the Kiangsu Provincial Military Prison, on the outskirts of Shanghai. Hno their efforts policing the ‘ruins.. A labor” were.in -opesa compatiy of fire fighters was sent by ROMANCE OF ADVENTURE WILL BEGIN TOMORROW “Webst¢p—Man’s Man"” will be printed'in The Pionper, the opening . _installment appearing in Wednesday's issue and con- ! ‘tinuing each day until completed. This romance of revolution and adventure is written by Peter B. Kyne, eminent California writer, who has won an independent and assured place among American fiction writers. ~Milliohs have read “Cappy Ricks,” “The Long Chance” and “The Valley of the ¢ Giants,” written by Mr. Kyne. In a later story, ,“Webster— Man's Man,” his principal char- acters are Americans, but the most stirring incidents occur in one of those sleep-on-the-surface but fiery-underneath revolution- ary Central America countries. Readers of The Pioneer will have the pleasure of following this story as a serial from day to day. SLAVERY STILL ISSUE N BRITISH EMPIRE By Russell Browning, (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Jan. 25.—The British parliamentary cupboard has many \skeletons. Although aged and musty and sometimes robed in such modern disguises as “native compulsory act,” or ‘“communal seryices regulation,” the bones of the slavery question are frequently annoyingly rattled in the ears of government officials. Some Englishmen are startled from time to time by the pronouncement cian that the institution of slavery of- ficially exists in some parts of the British empire. Compulsory native labor for work- ing European farms and plantations §n Kenya colony i8 at present engag- some , tion which included the Archbishop of jecti Canterbury and Lord Salisbury, and presented with a memorandum, pressing the opinion that any attempt to deal with the labor situation in | East Africa by recourses to compul-' sion will end in economic and ad- ministrative disaster. It is suggested that a royal com-| mission be appointed to inquire into imperial policy in districts where en- forced labor is lawful. Replying to a question recently in the house of commons, Lt.-Col. Amery, under-secretary for the col- onies, stated that ordinances provid- ing for “short periods of compulsory ion._in Ceylon, Cyprus, Oominica, Fiji, Gold Coast, Kenya, East Africa Protectorate, Montserrat, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda Protectorate and Zanzibar. STATE DEPARTMENT OPPOSES GRANTING SUB-SOIL RATES Washington, Jan. 25.—Injunction against granting sub-soil rates on land owned by Americans has been made to the Mexican government by the state department, it was learned today. Yin ting today occupies a cell there. He is under sentence of three years incarceration for embezzlement of prison funds. fhe former governor of the prison was caught in his perculations in a most peculiar manner. 'FARM PRODUCTS SHOW DECREASE IN PAST YEAR 25.—Ameri ‘Washington, Jan. Last August |farm products are valued at §19, g there was a jail delivery at the prison {000,000, the bureau of crop estimates ‘Widespread search for the fugitives fugitives was found. But documents 1ight. and wore than 200 convicts escaped. [announced today. Many of them are still at liberty. |less than the preceeding year. This is $5,105,000 Among the declines noted were was begun and a rumor was circu- |corn, which is $662,000; cotton lint latad that the governor was involved. [and seed, $1,300,000; wheat, $854,- His home was searched. None of the [000; tobacco, $248,000. Ten crops gained in value, such as showing his embezzlement came to|oranges, sugar beets, cabbage and cow peas. BEMIDJI HIGH PLAYS o - Bl B P Local Basketball Fans Assured Fast Game From Polk The fast-traveling _Bemidji high basketball team, which has yet to res Over|taste defeat dufing the present sea- son, on Saturday night meet wl}flt is perhaps one of the strongest high school quints in Northern Minnesota, when it plays Crookston at the old Armory at 8 o’clock. The Bemidji boys refuse to con- RUMANIA \TAK!NG cede the victory to [Crookston, and EVERY PRECAUTION |are determined to ¥ a gallunt ef- fort to win fr visitors, with at least faj~ wts of realizing their hope’ &8 year Bemidji de- to| feated ‘fi\ county quint on the local > . one of the hardest for &\ .es ever witnessed on a lo- y ., by the score of 16 to 15. ston reversed the tables on Be- ! iiwi in their return engagement at (By United Press) Crookston by a safe margin. New York, Jan. 25. (Copyrighied | Saturday night the locals will en- 1921 by United Press, by Edwin Hul- | deavor to win by a larger margin than linger.)—France expects a new war{last year, but it will be safe to pre- 'this spring. Armies totaling betweenqdict that only the hardest kind of _two und three millions will be thrown { playing will be able to* do it . The against each other in war between |Red River Valley school ’ms always the Bolsheviks and Russians on the|turned out a fast quint and this year one hand and the Roum?nians &nd |js no exception to the rule. The Foreign Office Dec Two Million Will Enter Into Fighting — Bolsheviks and Russians Line Up Against Poles and .Rumanians » Poles on the other, according to fhelgane will, however, have no bearing French office and experts close to the i, the third district, for Crookston is Quay D'Orsay. B 1t was told me before 1 left Paris not in the Bemidji basketball district. A win, however, will place the local that Rumania was taking every mili-\cop 001" toam in the foremost rank tary precaution. General Pilsudski is expected in Paris as soon ds his jof a prominent churchman or politi- hcalth permits him to compile re- ports of the French nationdl staff. Pcland is lacking in brains but her man power \ill reach out over a million, while Aumania’s total can be covered by 600,000. Leaders ase up- holding Trotsky in the belief that ing the attention of Lord Milner, who France would put one million in the | Bemidji has been approached by a deputa- field without asking the political ob-}8t. Cloud ves of the Bolsheviki project to|Brainerd . reclaim property thruout the ex- 'and “the Caucasus, including Beser-|Crosby {abia, Lithuania, ‘parts of Poland. DEVELOPMENT CONGRESS WILL MEET AT ST. PAUL The Tri-State Development Con- gress which includes the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, begins its session at the St. Paul ho- tel, Wednesday, January 26, and will hold forth two days. A program of unusual interest has been prepared and a large attendance is expected. Governor J. A. O. Preus will de- liver the opening address. The toples for discussion will include Rultal Cred Great Lakes Waterways | Utilization of Salvage \WVar Explo- sives; Extension of Federal Regula- ttons of Rivers and Highways Re- garding Drainage Improvements and zation; The Service Man in Col- on jon; Land ¢ ification; Bu- reaur of Information rvice to In- ¢oming Settlers: Development of Tourist Business; Land Clearing Work; Community Planning; Neces- sity of Supplementary Drainage and Financing Drainage Enterprises. Noted men from the three states will deliver addresses on the various subjeets and indications are that much good will come from the ideas to be advanced. LIBRARY RESUMES FORMER SCHEDULE FOR OPENING today, the Ilibrary will open at one o'clock following the noon recess, instead of at two o'clock as has been done for the past week. Commeneing ————— amounted to $720,000,000 against! $677,000,000 in November, 1920, and $681,000,000 in December, 1919. Imports.in 1920 amounfed to $5,- 279,000,000 against $3,904,000,000 in 1919, an increase of 35 per cent over 1919 and ‘hearly three times the imports in the calendar year 1913, the last year before the war.| Imports amounted to $266,000,000 in December, 1920, compared with $321,000,000 in November and $381,- 000,000 in Décember, 1919. The excess of exports over imports amounted to $454,000,000 in De- cember - and $2,949,000,000 in the calendar year 1920, compared with an excess of $301,000,000 in Decem- ber and $4,016,000,000 in the cal- ender year'1919. The excess of e: ports has averaged around $3,000, :1000,000 .in the calendar years 1916, 11917, 1918 and 1920, this amount {having been exceeded by one billion ! dollars in the year 1919. | Imports of gold amounted to $429,- 1$368,000,000 in 1919. Silver imports in 1920 were $88,- . candidate before election becoming 000,000 compared with $89,000,000 in 1919 and silver exports $114,000,- IOOO in 1920 against 239,010,000 in 19 | BUSINESS SECTION WIPED (By United Press) Danville, Ill., Jan. 25.—The busi- ness section of Danville was completr[ i1y wiped out by fire today as the re-: |sult of the explosion of a gasoline terest shown, as all women are much ! tank. The casualities have not been | reported yet. - OUT BY FIRE EARLY TODAY! . He also made a_short tally on 000,000 in 1920 against $77,000,000 ‘_‘Tne Importance of Everylgady B.e-“n 1919, ‘while exports of gold were ' ing l}zamted in the Coming City $322,000,000 in 1920 compared with | i |(Copsright) Letonia. Estonia and | [ittle Falls of Minnesota high school fives, and only the capacity of the old Armory will limit the number of supporters who will witness the game, one of the greatest attractions of the Bemidji team’s 1921 schedule. Third District Standings. . P. W. L. Pect. .4 4 0 1000 1 1 0 1.000 4 3 1 .50 Baltic | Cass Lake . 2 1 1 .500 4 2 2 3 1 2 Aitkin 31 2 Staples ... 3 0 3 .000 Park Rapi 2 0 2 .000 “WHAT SHALL 1 EAT?" WORRIES Cl.JSTOMERS (By United Press) Philadelphia, Jan. 26.—The -ma- jority of the great American people work, sleep, and particularly eat in indecision, according to the manager of a lunchroom located in the finan- cial district here. He figures that at the end of the present year he will” have handed over his counters one million lunch- es. But he deplores the fact that many of his patrons obstruct the way for other customers by taking on an average of a “minute and a half” to decide what they want to eat. WORKMAN INSURANCE IS STILL IN DOUBT PREMIER'S END MAY COME THRU PRICE OF LOAF Italian Premier Faces Most Bitter Fight Over Raise in Bread Prices ¢ GIOLITTI UPHOLDING PROGRAM OF INCREASE Opening of Parliament to Be Attended By Very Stormy Session Tomorrow (By United Press) Rome, Jan. 25.—Premier Giollitti is preparing to meet the hardest and most critical fight of his career when parilament reopens on January 26. The fight will be based on his up- holding the program for increasing the price of bread, the question which caused the downfall of Former Pre- mier Nittj Despite Giolitti's success in solving the sovidt upheaveal in Italy, the Ad- riatic ‘question and Fiume, it is ac- knowledged generally that it will re- quire all his prestige and parliamen- tary ability to tide him over the fight which will be waged on him by soci- alists fighting the hill to increase bread prices. Final preparations for the fight be- gan when Giolitti returned to Rome and held the first of what is planned to be a series of daily meetings of the cabinet. Meanwhile Socialists already have circularized their 150 membars of parliament, notifying them that the Socialists are expected to adopt ob- structionist tacties, similar to those employed in the United States con- gress. This method was first put to use in parlinment here lagt Decemb- er. Since the war,ltaly, like other al- lied countries, has been buying wheat and selling to the public at less than cost for the purpose of preventing bread prices from hecoming prohibit- ive. By selling bakers at a price of 100 lire per quintal, wheat that cost 300 lire, the government has been able to maintain a retail price . for bread at a live per cilo. This program costs Italy 6,000, 000,000 lire per annuam and con- stitutes half the annual budget defi~ cit.. Giolitti's bill, providing for in- creasing the price of bread to 1 lire, thirty, per cilo was prepared by Food Minister Soleri. It would add 2,000, 000,000 lire to the wheat purchasing fund and the remaining 4,000,000 lire loss would be wiped out by taxes, principally a fifty lire tax on the country's annual production of 45,- 000,000 hectolitries. The Socialists are opposing hoth the increase in the price of bfead as well as increasing taxation, insisting Committee of Both Houses| i, tne present hréad peices come ex- Disagree as to Method of Handling (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 25.—Final settle- ment of the question of ‘administer- ing. workmen’s compensation insur- ance in Minnesota was believed to be as much in doubt today as ever. Committees of hoth house and sen- ate, appointed at the last session of he legi ure to 'study workmen's compen ion measures, disagreed us to the method of handling insurance, and majority and minority reperts have been prepared, by'both commit- tees. g Majority reports are expected to recelve the full support of Republican majorities in both houses and the re- ports will advoecate the adoption of the Wisconsin and Pennaylvania plans of state regulation of casually ingurance busine done by private compani & Minority reports, however, contend that the state should maintain a fund from which payment would be made; This would pul private casualty com- panies out of business, e pt those that deal in lines of insurance othcr than workmen's compensation. The minority report in the house is back- ed by J. McGrath, while Senators Boylan, Virginia, and J. 8. Jackson, form the minority on the senate com- mittes, Everyone agrees, however, on prac- tically all other features of proposed legislation. Both recommend the creation of a state commission of three members to direct all work- men's compensation payments. The commission could be a permanent body with headquarters at the state capitol, ea€h member receiving $4,- 500 a year. FIRE DEPARTMENT HOLDS MASQUE DANCE TOMORROW The Bemidji fire department will hold a masquerade dance at the Ar- {mory tomorrow evening with prizes |to be given away to the best and {most comically dressed ladies and gents. ‘“‘Shucks” orchestra has been |engaged to furnish music for the oc- | casion, which promises to be one of the best social affairs in the history io{ the department. Proceeds will be used toward an entertainment fund to provide a suit- |able program for the firemen’s con- vention to be held here in 1923, that thre money necessary to main- clusively from capitalists and war profiteers. It appeared certain today that the opening of parlinment will be attend- ed by stormy scenes, possibly eclips< ing those disturbances of the Decem- ber fon. \ JAPANEST BEAUTIES TO ATTEND SILK EXHIBITION Tokio, Japan, Jan. 26.—The Utited s States will this year have an oppor- tunity to enjoy the sight of a trio of Japanesé beanties, as such a set of graces is to be sent to the Silk Industrinl Exhibition to be held there The girls have been selected from among (he employees of the silk fac- tories thruout the Empire. Beauty wag, however, not the only point con- sidered by the judges, who also took into consideration health, intelligence and skill in displaying silks. ! TWO BILLS INTRODUCED TO MAKE COURT PRIVATE Would Make Testimony Enter- ed in Bigamy and Adultery Trials Private (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 25.—Administering’ of testimony by either husband or wife in bigamy and adultery trials in private i8 provided for in a bill of- fered to the senate today by Sena- tor C. E. Adams. Because of objec- tions of descendants 6f husband and wife “that such testimony be barred from public court,” the bill stipulates. St. Paul, Jan. 25—Court room cur- fosity seekers in cases involved in things of an intimate nature would be barred if a Dill oftered the sen- ate today by Senator Paul Guilford, of Minneapolis, is passed. This rul- ing requires that no woman be al- lowed to take part in a case unless she be a newspaper writer. ®RESBYTERIAN LADIES’ AID MEETS TOMORROW The Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. A. Lord 903 Beltrami avenue. Hostesses' will be Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Loranger and Mrs. Lepper. A cordial invitation is ex- tended to all to'be present. ——