Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 5, 1921, Page 1

e ; 7 Tue Ploneer s the only daily within 100 miles- of Bemidji and hag the- largest -circulation :in Northern Minnesota. i « - VOLUME XVIIL NO. 246 - BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, FEB, 5, 1921 PETITIONS FOR ARECOMPLETED Candidates Have Filed With City Clerk for Election to Be Held February: 15 . ELECTICN OF MUNICIPAL JUDGE PROMISES CONTEST Attempt Made .to Disqualify Andrew Rood; Hearing to Be Held Monday With the closing of the period for filing petitions for candiates for city election, whith will be held on Febru- ary 16, the race for election has taken on more definite shape. The last of the pepitions bearing ~the. required number of signatures were filed last night with City Clerk George Btein.. Dr. A. V. Garlock stands unopposed for mayor, likewise George Stein for city clerk, Gegrge W. Rhea for city treasurer, J. L. Lahr for Alderman at large, A. M. Bagley for alderman from the First Ward, Harry Bridge- man for alderman from the Fifth ward, and C. W. Warfield for member of the park board for”tefm of one year. : Every other office will have at least two candidates and several will have three. * Present Judge J. F. Gibbons, Andrew Rood and C. M. Ascham have filed for a place on the city ticket as candidate for judge of municipal court. N. E. Given and Mrs. Nina M. Smith are contestants for election to the park board for the five-year term. C. D. Lucas and C. B. Hoyt promise to make the outcome of the election for city assessor an uncer- tainty at present. Wards Have Several. ~ In the Second ward there are three contestants’ for a seat on the city Approximately ten ihousand, dol- lars is needed to complete the amount requjred for the reconstruction of Birchmont ‘and the establishment of a summer hotel at the head of-Lake Bemidji, the finance committee of the Bemidji-Civic and Commerce associa- tion in charge of the drive for funds ennounced today following a meets ing -at noon, when_ reports showed that approximately $40,000 has al- ready been subsecribed. It is felt as a certainty that those who have as yet not been called upqn to-subscribe and those who are finan- ‘cially ‘able to assist in the project will furnish the additional amount required. The committee will- con- tinue its drive until the necessary amount has been secured. The building committee for the new hotel project in session this aft- ernoon is making final arrangements for "the construction of the hotel fbuilding. It is announced that the necessary material will be ordered at once.- Plans are to rush the struc- ture in order that it may be ready for early summer tourist trade. — b BAVARIA TO REJECT ALLIED REPARATION DEMANDS (By United Press) Munich, Bavaria, Feb. §.—Bavar ia’s president has left for Berlin to notify the German government that Bavaria has rejected the allies repara- tion demands. WHITE HOUSE FORCE HOPES TO HOLD JOBS Messenger, Engineersand Clerks in Executive Offices ~Egel Secure of Jobs (By United Press) ‘Washington, Feb. 5.—Clerks, mes- sengers and engineers in the execu- tive offices of the White House feel secure in their jobs even with the swift approach of March 4. Their total is 35, 22 of whom are clerks, nine messengers and four en- gixx‘leg;s. g V1Vhen H(}egrgey Christian, 3 ison, Tom Mohler and Tom | President-elect Harding’s secretary, gm,;‘,’;‘,’ “The Third ward has a simil- | visited the White House in December, ar situation with David Booth, B. E. he inspected the offices and great was Stafford” and. George Posz as candi- the conversational stir upon his depar- dates for'alderman, Up until theture. last few days O. P. Grambo has been | “He’s going to cut down the fexce council, those having filed being A. unopposed as.candidate for alderman |in line with the policy of economy, "' for municipal judge, from the Fourth ward, but the filing of petitions_bring out the fact that Pearl Barnell fs out for re-election. Mitempt to Die~ualif-. Developments within the last faw days indicate that there will be a! hot contest for election-of municipal ! judge. City Clerk George Stein and | ‘Andrew Rood, the latter a candidate have been ord- eréd to-appear ‘before Judge W. S.| McClenehan of the Fifteenth judicial said one. . “All the Democrats will be fired sure,” volunteered another. But later the excitement died down and old timers in the offices pointed out the fact that few changes in the personnel - are made just.because a new:president or new administration comes in. For instance, when Presi- dent Wilson first assumed control of the White House there were only three changes. Of course a new sec- retary came in and as Taft’s stenog- district at Brainerd en Monday, Feb- | ruary 7, at 11:30 a. m. to ShOWtrapher also left, Charles Swem was cause why ‘an order should not bejappointed. Warren Johnson, the iade restraining the city clerk from third new man, filled a vacancy that placing the name of Andrew Rood had existed for some time. on the official ballots as a candidate | Tt is reported about the offices that for the office of municipal judge at|Swem “will leave the White House the general election to be held Feb-|with Wilson to assist him in hi: i ruary 15, and that respondent An-'j, o assist him in his writ drew Rood, be held to be, ineligible and disqualified for said office. The order for hearing was made by Judge McClenéhan upon motion of C. M Ascham, attorney for relator, pro se. | Ascham holds that Andrew Rood has failed to file in the office of the: city clerk: his affidavit as required by Section 360 Revised, or General Statute of Minnesota for 1913, and that he is disqualified ‘and ineligible, as a candidate for failure to file said affidavit, and that he is not an at- torney at law, admitted ‘to practice law, that he is a layman, and is not a graduate of any law school of recog- nized standing and has no certificate of beig learned in the law. \_ gs. The president has always shown great favor for Swem and his need for a stenographer upon his return to civil life'and the proposed writings is apparent. Other than Secretary Tu- multy and Swem, none of the em- ployees have definitely stated their “post-inauguration plans have to do ‘with a new position. It is an interesting fact that two of the 32 employees are women. With the full enfranchisement of women it is possible they will demand fuller representation in the president’s of- ces. Miss Maude Rogers and Miss Margaret Riorden are the only clerks of their sex officially appointed to the offices now. 1If they want more fem- The outcome of the situation is be-|inine company, they haven’t yet ad- ing watched with interest by those |mitted it. i who are agcquainted with ‘the facts pertaining to it. Whether or not Mr. Rood’s name will’appear on the offi- cial ballots, will be determineu by the outcome of the hearing at Brainerd Monday before Judge McClenehan. 5 ‘Fudees and Polls. The following judges of election and polling places have been desig- nated by the city council for the city election: First ward, F. 8. Arnold, W. C. Klein, J. J. Conger, Miller’s store; Second ward, Gertrude Bailey, A. Lord, A. O. Hoganson, City build- ing; Thitd ward, Anna Andrews, C. B. Hoyt, P. M. Dicaire, Carver’s store; Fourth ward, Mrs. E. McTag- gert, J. A. Cline, A. J. Naylor, Abra- ham’s building; Fifth ward, William Dougherty, P. Wold, C. W. Clark, _.Dougherty’s store. LABOR LEAGUE MEETING 18 POSTPONED FOR WEEK The meeting of the Bemidji Labor League which was to have been held tomorrow afternoon has been post- poned until a week from tomorrow, Secretary Cassidy announced today. The place and exact time for the meeting will be announced later. FORMER EMPEROR WILL RETURN TO HUNGARY (By United Press) Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 5.—The former emperor Karl plans to re- turn to Hungary in the spring, what- ever the consequences may be, it was learned today. FOREIGN NEGOTIATIONS SUSPENDED BY TREASURY Houston Would Leave Succes- sor Free to Enter Own Plans on American Loans — (By United Press) Washington, Feb. b5.—Secretary Houston, in a letter to Senator Lodge read in the senate today, announced that the treasury department has sus- pended negotiations with foreign gov- LLOYD GEORGE SAVSCERMANY ' Advises Germany t'o Pay Debt as Fixed By Allies and Ndt Repeat Folly DECLARES TREATY MUST DRAW GERMAN RESPECT States-that Allies Will Not Tol- erate Any Attempt to Evade Indemnity h (By United Press) Birmingham, Eng., Feb. 5.—'‘Ger- many must pay the war indemnity. She must disarm.” These were de- clarations 6f Premier Lloyd George in a speech here today. “1 will advise Germany to“accept !the $65,000,000,000 war reparation ‘and not allow herself to be mislead . by passion and repeat the folly of 1914, he said. - “Germany must respect two condi- tions—the first of which is disarma- ment,” he added. “Germany maust abide by the treaty to bring about the restoration of neighborliness amongi| nations. Germany still has too many armed men and too much war mater- {als,” the Premier declared. ‘‘The allies have decided that Germany must comply with the treaty of Ver- sailles, especially as regards disarma- |_ ment.” “Foreign Minister Yon Simons, has a right to present afternate propos- als to the reparation pfn but if they are a mere attempt at -evasion the allies will not tolerate them,” he said. “The burden imposed on Germ- any is not too extravagant. The prayments for the reparation for the | first two years are not equal to the pension bill written in France. It is not a question of imposing economic | slavery upon the German workers but somebody must pay.” “If she is not prosperous, she can not pay. If she is prosperous, she can pay and must. Once the Germ- ans get, their minds off the war on to peace, they will become prosper- ous again.” TRADE UNIONS CHARGE PLOTS BY EMPLOYERS (By United Press) Chicago, Feb 5. Delegtaes from ev- ery trade union in Chicago are to hold a mass meeting here tomorrow to discuss means of combatting what they term ‘“‘the throwing out of em- ployment of thousands of men by employers who ‘wish to smash trade- unionism.” g Labor in the middle west chirges that the legions of unemployed thru out the country are vicfims of manu- facturers who lay. off Rheir men so that they may crush the unions and force men to take less pay. “This is a crisis in the labor move- ment,” Robert M. Buck, one of the leaders of the liberal union officials in the middlewest said today. “La- bor is prepared to answer the chal- lenge of capital and fight.” The meeting tomorrow is to be a clearing house for ideas on how to succesgfully combat the alleged con- HUSTPAY DEBT BEGINNERS MUST BE REGISTERED MONDAY Supeérintendent R. 0. Bagby announces that all children de- eiring to begin school with the opening of the second semester on Monday must register Mon- day or they will not be admit- ted to school. No beginners will be taken in any of the schools after that date, he adds. Those applying {nter than Monday will be too ate. 'm&w REFUSED BONUS CLAIMS T0 BE GIVEN HEARING WILSON VETOES 'RESOLUTION T0 | Not Justify Reduction in Size of Army !CALLS ATTENTION TO ACTION LAST SUMMER Payment of Remaining Claims Brigadier Mitchell Says U. S. Is to Be Resumed at Once, Board Officials Announce , (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 5.—Eight thousand ! service men whose claims have been refused by the state soldiers’ bonus board will be given a hearing, the bonus board decided today. The board decided to begin payment of the remaining bonus claims at once following authorization and sale of $4,500,000 additional certificates of indebtedness. The formal acceptance of the bid of a New York bank for the issue was written today. There .are 25,000 elaims out and State Treasurer Rines expects the board will be able to pay about 1,600 claims daily. The reviewing of the 8,000 claims that were turned down will start as soon as possible. Most of the re- fusals were based on technicalities. NEW RESTAURANT WILL . OPEN HERE ON TUESDAY # Martin Everson and E. L. Patter- son have leased the building at 112 Third strcet and will open a modern restaurant for ladies and gentlemen in these quarters. The building is being remodeled Unable to Prevent an Aerial Attack (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 5.—President Wilson today vetoed the resolution fixing the size of the army at 175,000. The president said conditions in the United States and the world at large did not justify the reduction and called attention to the fact that con- gress last summer fixed the size of the army at 280,000. A proper army or- ganization tan not be maintained with the number of men provided in the resolution, the president said. (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 5.—The United States would be unable to prevent an aerial attack on this country by Eng- land, Brigadier General Mitchell, as- sistant chief of the army air service, told the naval affairs committee tod- day. He nsed this us ar argumen’. for need of an offensive aerial control. Mitchell advocated construction of naval planes by which every sea fleet will control the air wherever it goes. (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 5.—A force of dirigibles to operate at an altitude of NEW YORK PROPOSES TAX ON COMMERCIAL SPORTS By Henry L. Farrell, (United States Staff Correspondent) New York, Feb. 5.—Highly com- "mgycialized sports in New York will jbe forced to pay a hardsome toll to- ward the maintenance of state gov- ernment by the new administration, according to the belief in political cir- cles here. i _ Governor Miller has announced the intention of calling sport writers of the state together for a conference on the advisability of putting all profes- sional sports in the state under one head and levying a substantial per- centage of the receipts to help pay the.expenses of government. From other circles it is learned that while the boxing law will not be fun- damentally changed, amendments will be adopted to change its governing body, reduce to commercial feature of the sport and increase the state taxes from 5 o 15 per cent. One of the assemblymen recently announced that he would introduce a bill making five dollars the top price of a boxing show. Canon Chase, Brooklyn clergyman, who led the first against the passage of the Walker bill at the last session of the legislature, also served notice on the governor that he would renew his efforts at this session with a cam- paign to repeal the boxing bill and the Sunday baseball bill. The three metropolitan major league baseball teams made close to (Continued on Page 6) VAST SUMS GOING INTO HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION During Coming Year, State of Pennsylvania Hopes to Surpass Old Record (By United Press) Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 5,—With the record of having built in two years 666 miles of 18-foot roadway of dur-, able nature, the Pennsylvania state highway department is completing six miles is an outstanding feature ! and newkitchen. and. dining room of the avlation program which army | plans for the 1921 construction sea- 58c PER MONTH BEMIDJI HIGH DOWNS SAINTS INHOT BATTLE Locals Defeat Stiffest Rival In Third District By Score of 17 to 13 BEMIDJI'S CHANCES FOR DISTRICT TITLE BRIGHT High School Girls Win Over Normalites With Score Very One-sided Before the largest crowd that ever witnessed a scholastic game in the i eity, Coach Smith’s Bemidji High school basketball quint last night de- feated Coach Schropp’s St. Cloud Techpical High school quint by the close score of 17 to 13. With four veterans of last year's quint holding regular positions and the fifth such a man as Ernst, quarterback of the football team, the Schropp line-up presented a heavy and well balanced team. The game was a thriller from start to finish, which kept the crowd that packed the armory, ‘on edge from whistle to whistle. Last night’s game started a bit slow with both tenms very cautious not to give the other an easy oppor- tunity to slip by for close-in shots. The first score was counted by Moe of the Saints on a technical foul on Bemidji. Higbe soon after tied the score on a personal foul on Siminski. Moe then caged the first fleld basket from long range putting his team two points to the good. The Saints scored another point on a foul mak- ing the score 4 to 1 in their favor. Powell and Stechman soon followed with a field basket each making the count 6 to 4 in Bemidji's favor. From then on the Saints trailed for the entire game, but so closely that the game belonged to neither side ' equipment will be installed. ‘They expect to be ready for business Tues- day, February 8. Meals and short orders will features in this new dining empor- jum, which will be open day and night. e these quarters.\, NORTHWEST AUTOMOBILE - SHOW OPENED THIS MORNING Minneapolis, Feb. 5.—The north- west's biggest automobile and trac- tor show opened here today—with 12,000,000 people living in the twin cities trade district invited. A million dollars worth of auto- mobiles, parts and equipment will ve shown -during the exposition which is staged in the big North- west Terminal building. C. B. 0. C. CLUB DEFEATS ~ RED LAKE BASKET QUINT The Bemidii C .B. 0. C. club de- feated the Red Lake Indians at the ruory this morning in a return basketball game by the score of 16 to 8. The first game played at Red Lake recently resulted in a victory for the Indians. The Bemidji line-up consisted of forwards, Palmer Peter- son and Dan McLaughlin; center, spiracy of employers to break up unions. QH-HO-A-AH m_60INGTO ernments on the subject of American | loans. He said he wanted to leave his suc-| cessor free to enter negotiations with- | out being bound by commitments. No ! official proposals binding the United States or foreign governments on the} loan question rave been received, Houston said. HARMONICK GLEE CLUB | WILL MEET TOMORROW Everyone who is a member of the Harmonick Glee club is earnestly requested to meet at the A. A. Lord residence Sunday afternoon at 3! o’clock sharp, when work will be be- | gun upon a program for a concert to! be given in the very near future.| 1t is especially urged that each mem- ber make. it a point-to be present| promptly at three o'clock so. that those who may have other appoint- ments will not be inconvenienced. Phil Downs; guards, Richard Cahill and Manuel LaFleur, captain. be The owners invite the gen- eral public to come in and inspect air officials are now urging upon Conguess as a sibstitute for continu- ance of huge expenditures for battle- iehips, Brigadier General William Mitchell of the air service informed the United States today. LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET MONDAY EVENING The regular meeting of the Wo- men's Auxiliary of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion will be held Monday evening at eight o’clock tin the Civic and Commerce associa- ! tion rooms. Reports from the following com- mittees will befgiven: committee on sick and disabled soldiers; commit- tee on entertainment, committee on membership. The Auxillary extends an invita- tion to all those eligible to member- ship to come to the meeting on Mon- day. ‘The wives, mothers, daughters d sisters of all men and women who were in the military or naval service of the United States at any time between April 6, 1917 and No- vember 11, 1918, and who died in the line of duty or after honorable dis- charge and prior to November 11, 1920, are eligible to membership. The hostesses for the evening are Mrs. C. R. Sanborn, Mrs. A. E. Feir and Mrs. Lee LaBaw. Refresh- ments will be served, and a social hour is planned. The End of A Perfect Day PuT IN A ' GTRENUOUS DAY I 0L BED (ERTAINY LOOKS GOOD TOME To-NIGHT son. During the coming year the de- ! partment hopes to beat the record Iset by itself in 1920, when 413.7 miles of durable thoroughfare were put own. "The 666 miles of road built in 1919 and 1920 by the state of Pennsyl- vania,consisted of reinforced con- The maintenance division of the state highway department of Pennsylvania entirely resurfaced 377 miles of ma- (cadam road. Its surface treatments { covered 1,600 miles of macadam. During the four years beginning with 1919 Pennsylvania will have ap- proximately $150,000,000 available | for road work. A portion of this is federal aid. Bonds will be sold total- ing $50,000,000. The state appropria- tions make up about $20,000,000. Re- ceipts from automobile license fees !during these four years will reach 30,000,000. Various counties of | Pennsylvania have issued bonds and made loans to a total of approximate- ly $34,000,000. Several counties in addition to those mentioned plan very heavy loans for the coming season. During 1921 it is expected that Pennsylvania receipts from automo I bile license fees will total $9,000, 1000. All receipts from this source are devoted to the maintenance of roads on the state highway system, which comprises 10,235 miles. Penn- sylvania has learned that macadam does not stand up under modern traffic methods. Pennsylvania, there- fore, is putting its money into durable highways. Governor Sproul and State High- way Commissioner Sadler have intro- duced a new thought in road building. They refuse to permit the use of bond issue money for a type of road the ife of which is shorter than the life of the bond. Short-lived roads, they say, should be built from current reve- nues. Pennsylvania’s $50,000,000 in bonds is to be put into roads which will still be in existence after the ma- turity of the bonds. DRY ADMINISTRATION PREDICTED FOR HARDING Those Acquainted With Situa- tion Agree There Will Be No Tilting of Lid (By Untted Press) until the final whistle. Defensive Plav Good. The visitors were unable at any time during the game to break thru the defense taught his men by Coach Smith. { Couch Schropp’s team, for practically The same can he said of crete base, brich and sheet asphalt.| all the scoring of both teams were made from fairly long shots. The de- fensive playing of both teams was superior to the offensive attack, Weak on Free Throws. Moe of the visitors was decidedly weak on shots from the 15-foot mark. Out of 18 chances he scored but 7 times while Higbe of Bemidji scored 7 out of ten opportunities. Manv Rule Infractions. The game was marred by numers ous fouls which gave both teams many opportunities to add to their totals, most of the fouls being tech- 'nicalities. At the end of the first half Bemidji led by a score of 7 to 1 _._The summary follows: “Bemidji— Higbe, 11 . i Stmons, rf . .. Stechman, ¢ .. Lord, Ig . Powell, rg . . ... ] =) IR wl Total o covvinannenn 8t. Clond— Zierten, 1f . ... Siminski, rf Moe, ¢ Barrett, Dahl, Ig . . Ernst, rg ok - | s=5 u[ ceomme'T v-l mrrce'® al coonoen w| ocoea el ccmnnon © Total . . ..... Referce: Hollands, Minnesota. High School Girls Win. - The high school girls basketball team played the Normal school girls in the second of their three game se- rles for the city championship last night in the opening contest and defeated the pedagogues by the over- whelming score of 22 to 6. The stu- dents whitewashed the teachers in ! the first half 12 to 0. The game was exciting despite the one sidedness of the score and was hard fought all the way thru. In the first game between these two teams two weeks ago the Normal ites won out 5 to 3 and the complete reversal of form on the part of the High school quint was a surprise even to its most staunch followers. To pick any individual star on the high school quint would be an injus- University of Fort Pierce, Fla., Feb. b5.—(By Raymond Clapper)—A dry regime under the Harding administration was predicted today by those close to President-elect Harding. All agreed that there would be no tilting of the lid so far as the Volstead act remains unchanged, and some be- | lieved he might even insist on a more TYPOGRAP'};-;;:LT %nomcm ! I rigid enforcement of the law than is The Intefnational Typhographical tice for the entire team played to- | gether as a unit and it is plaln to see this was responsible for the high reore piled up against the Normal five, EFORE ~— AND go FORTH AND S0 ON prevailing now. Harding’s position, according to his Union, Local No. 843, met last even- ing in the Moose hall and elected of- friends, is that the law must be en- ficers for the coming year. The fol- forced. | Commissioner Kramer, in charge of lowing elected took office upon elec- tion for the period of one year: Pre- prohibition, is expected to resign shortly after the Harding administra- sident, Paul Sanford; vice-president, Gunner Olson; secretary-treasurer, tion comes into power. Nothing re- garding his successor has come from President-elect Harding and it is like- H. L. Cummings; sergeant-at-arms, ly Harding will consult the preference Adolph Bradford. The executive {of the secretary of the treasury un-|board elected is as follows: Gunner | der whose department the prohibition Olson, Andrew Rood and M W, enforcement officers work. Pierce.