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

~" “Tokio, 'Japan, - Feb. ' urday afternoon. The Pioneer 4s ‘the ‘only datly within '100-mfles. of Bemldit and " ‘has the “largest ciroulation in Northern: Mionesota.. . Declares He Doss Not Need Money From Wall Street ‘Loan ‘Sharks’ SIX DOLLAR MINIMUM TO REMAIN IN FORCE Entire Paytroll to Be Placed on Alternsting Periods { % Two Weeks % (By United Press) : Detroit, ‘Mich., Feb. 11, (By Rex Gleason. Copyright 1921 Dby the United Press. . Copyfighted- in Can- ada.—Henry Ford does not need any money from - 'Wall Street: #loan sharks” he declared in an exclusive interview today. - “I received orders for 67,000 automobiles:in January,"” he said. ] expect business conditions to improve.” Ford will not cut, wages. ‘The six-dollar-a-day minimum in the plant will remain in force,” he said. Twenty thousand men are now em- ployed in the Ford plant. The en- tire payroll of 43,000 men will be employed on ' an alternating: two weeks period until full capacity of production is resumed. “A good- feature of the industrial situation is that the price of steel is being ‘forced down,” Ford declared. “The motor. industry is the mainstay &t practically all enterprises and will be as long ‘as the world keeps mov- ing,” Ford said. “The world today is on. wheels and I am certain-that it will always be.the motor industry which will be called on to supply those wheels and the demand is get- {ing stronger all the time.” i This is Ford’s answer to those who are saying that the automobile in- dustry has reached the end of its rope. 342 SERIOUS SITUATION IS DECLARED BY JAP PAPER ABy: United Press) ' X 11.—Refusal of Anferi¢a to.recognize the right ot Japaniepe traops to police Viadivostok is developing & serious situation, the Tokio newspaper, Hayashi, said to- day. B ‘ BE HELD HERE TONORROW Will ‘Assist Mothers: in Care of Children With a view to assisting in provid- ing better nourishment and care to ‘the undernourished children of Be-| midjj, another elinic is to be started in the Central school tomorrow afters noon. - “This clinic will be known as a nutritional. olinic. Twenty. childron have been select- ed from those attending school, who give . evidgnce of undernourishment, and the children and their mothers will assemble at the Ceniral 's¢hool tomorrow. afternoon at two o’clock, at which time doctors will be in ‘at- tendance to aseist in the clinic. Miss Lucy Cordiner, dietitian, will be present gnd will give advice as'to the diet “most rieeded for ‘nourish- ment. This class of twenty will be examined- each Saturday afternoon at the Central =chool, re-weighed ‘and the developinent noted. Separate re- ports will be kept on each.child and at the end of the &chool term it is hoped it will be possible to present a prize to the child making the great- ést development. ‘Blue stars will be given to those who follow best the instructions given as to taking prop- er rest and red stars for ‘those best following the instruction as to food. Each morning at ten o'¢clock at the school house ‘these twenty children will be given a glas sof milk to aid in. their -nourishment. Where the parents wish,to provide the milk they may do so, where the clinic furnishes the milk it will be done from the proceeds remaining over from the Charity ball last year. : Miss Cordiner will address all mo- thers interested in nutrition and proper development of children at the Central school at three .o'clock Sat- All mothers, who can do s0, are earmestly invited to attend. thia address as Miss Cordiner has’ a messagé of value to all moth-| ers. » VICTIM OF EPILEPSY I8 DEAD FOLLOWING FIRE Northfield. Minn., Feb. 11—Samuel W .Chambers, 32 years old, who liv- ed two miles southwest of this city is dead, beiféved to be the result of suffocation ffom a fire which burned his shack Wednesday night.. He was living when carried from the burning building but died a few minutes later. He was a victim of epilepsy and ex- eitement resuiting from effort to sitb- due the flames is believed to have brought on a seizure and led to suffo- cation. He was not badly burned. A father and three sisters of the deceased live at Davenport, Towa, 0, &, "CULVERIS ELECTED HEADOF RALPH | - GRACE POST AT ANNUAL MEETING. py wol) SALES ... John M. Culyer was elected commander of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion Thursday at-one of the moat rousing and most largely attended meetings ever held by the organization. Only two candidates were nominated fg‘ this position to succeed N. E. ‘Giyen, whose term expires, the other’ candidate being Thayer C. Bailey. Both received hearty support in the balloting, Culver -winning by the narrow margin of three votes. Both men have been exceptionally active in working for the post during the past year and a half and each has innumerable friends in the organization. @n accepting the office, Culver pledged to do all in his power to benefit the organization during his term as com: mander. “He will outline his policies for. the new year at the next meeting of the post to be held on Thursday, February 24. It'was intended that an inaugural address be delivered at the annual meting by the newly elected commander, but due to the late hour at which the elections were completed the next session. ‘sist'the:Legion and its officials in “, v.one of the best in the state. his dix , it was decided to leave this over for >:C. L. Pegelow was elected to succeed D. J. Moore as viwcommandof, and »d Fraser will succeed Carroll Hill as junior vice-commander. Both pledged every way possible to male the organ- succeed Jams-D. Winter as adjutant, Thayer C. Bailey was unani- . ‘ected. His work with the Legion since the local post was organized, > - Yes him for this position and the post is sure to prosper under from that office. Rudolph Welle was elected to 'succeed. Paul Howe as 'f.'treunrer, Welle winning the election after a second balloting. Other cahdidates were Ben Johnson and ‘Paul Howe, Johnson losing in the second ballgt by one-vote. E. H. office which not been kept up in arcum will serve during the coming year as post chaplain, an the local post during the past year. Another new office was established with the election of James D. Winter as post historian. An’ executive committee of five. m embers was-élected as follows: H. L. Huffman, N. E. Given, Don Whitman, Baldwin Borreson and Albert Dannen- berg. “This committee holds a very important place in the Legion and the progress of the post depends largely upon its activities. < +. Several important ‘business projects were discussed and following & re- port from Past Commander N. E. Given on the activities and progress of the golt, during. the past year, the meeting 'he atteridance prize was won by H. L. was adjourned and lunch was served. Huffman on the eleventh name drawn. GRAPPLERS ROW OVER By Henry L. Farrell, f United Press Staff ~Correspondent New York, Feb, 11.—Jack Curley’s! ban on the “headlock hold” in wrest- ling bouts in New York has divided the ranks of the grapplers and mat fans. \ . Mostly effected by the edict of the promoter who has become practically the controller ‘of the sport in Amer- ica, of course, is the- heavyweight champion; Ed - “Strangler” - Lewis, who worked his way up and won the title by the “headlock.” Lewis claims that the prohibition of his pet hold will just about ruin him as the most lucrative matches are staged in New York and as small- er promoters in other states are fol- lowing' the lead of Curley in outlaw- ing the hold. A 2 Many fans claim the headlock is not more punishing or brutal than the “‘scissors” of the former champion, Joe Stecher, or the toe hold. Earl Caddotk, judged by, many fans the best of all the present crop of matmen, is among- the grapplers, who side with Lewis and claim that the hold is not so dangerous that it should be ruled out. Lewis: is highly wrought up ovcr Curley’s action claiming that no com- plaint was' made about the hold until he ‘won the title. Curley bases his action on the unds that the public and the press lemanded a ban on the grip after Lewis had injured several opponents. JAPANESE DIET PASSES BILL FOR DISARMAMENT -(By United Press) Tokio, Japan, Feb. 11.—The Diet |- passed a resolution for disarmament by a vote of 225 to 38. The resolu- tion had been introduced by the in- surgent wing of the opposition party. TWENTY-SIX LIVES LOST INTYPHOON IN GEORGIA (By United Press) Oconee, Ga., Feb. 11.——Twenty-six lives “were lost and more than. forty persons seriously injured when a ty- phoon struck here late yesterday. Ac- cording to/ estimates today by relief wonkers, only two of the killed were Whites. LIGHT AND POWER COMP. ' INTRODUCES MR. KILO WATT The Minnesota Electrict Light and Power company s conducting a serial story advertising campaign in order to give the users of electricity a bet- ter knowledge of the commodity, elec- tricity. 3 In today’s Ploneer appeiars the fourth chapter of the story, “Mr. Kilo Watt.” The company 1s devoting about a quarter of a page to this PRICE OF ICE CREAM IS i REDUCED IN WISCONSIN Eau Claire, Wis.,, Feb. 11.—Ice cream prices will be reduced to $1 per gallon ‘thruout Wisconsin “on March, 1, it was announced after the session here of the sectional -confer- ence of the Wisconsin Ice Cream Manufacturers’ asomiation, which was attended by ice cream makers from Fond du Lac, Madison, Reeds- burg, Superior, Rice Lake, Hudson, (c)ahkosh. Chippewa Falls and Eau laire. The preseént price of ice créam is $1.20 ‘per gallon wholesale. a4 e —————Y TODAY IN CONGRESS Senate. - Judiciary committee to continue discussion of Reed bill prohihiting foreign loans. Sub-committee of commerce con- tinues rivers and harbors’ appropri- atfon 'bill, Manufacturers committee to go on with coal hearing. House. Horse continues consideration .of the naval appropriation bill. Interstate commerce committee continues hearing on an amendment to section 10 of the Clayton bill. Ways and means committee begins hearing on articles now on the free tarift list. Treasury officials urge building of more vaults to store government gold before public building and grounds committee. Appropriations sub-committee con- tinues hearing on fortification bill. Foreign affairs committee contin- ues_hearing on resumption of ‘trade with' Russia. story and it eets forth in a most in- teresting way the meaning of the electrical terms used to measure elec- tricity. The company desires that all users familiarize themseives with the read- ing of their own meters and the keep- ing tab on how to ecomomize in its use. i SPECIAL M00SE MEETING ON SATURDAY EVEMING A special meeting of the Moose lodge will be held Saturday night at 7:30 for the purpose of balloting on candidates for initiation. It is de- sired that all who have applications for candidates who intend to be init- fated next Tuesday have the applica- tions presented Saturday night. v - Farmers in Vicinity of Bagley Realize Big Returns From " Sale 'of Wood . (Speclal to Ploneer) " 'Bagley, Feb. 11.—One hundred and Bfty-four car10ads of pulp wood have been shipped outof Bagley so far this seamon and it 18 estimated that at least that mumber of car loads are in Dpiles along the railroad right of way, and from five'toiseven car loads are being hauled in daily by the farmers. The price of pulp on board the cars s $14 per cord and the car averages sixteen cords each making a valiie of $224 per car. A low estimate of the ‘number‘of cars witich will be shipped out'of this station'this season is plac- ed at 7,000, ‘which, at $14 per cord, birings thé total receipts frbm this source to $88;000. Over 12,000 cords of soft- and hard wood are in piles in the wood yards adjoining the right of way. The average pricc per cord of cord wood this scason is $6. This means $72,000 revenue received from cordwood or a:total for pulp and cord ‘Wwood of $170,000. "From thege figures it may easily be Been that “the farmer, who has a source of income; mot only in the summer and fall from his grain and stock, but'a soyrce of revenue he can draw-upon during the winter as well, is doubly betterdfl than the one-crop farmer. .. This, undoubtedly, is one reason. why the ‘conditlon of farmers i1 this timbered ountry is never one of total failure, 1If the season is such a3 to make hfs-grain crops or his hay crop light ‘there is the added In- come from his timber acreage which will help in a lafge measure to make up for thé lack glsdwhere. WISEWOOD MENTIONED AS SECRETARY OF WAR (By United Press) St. ;Augustine, ¥la., Feb. 11. (By Raymond. Clapper. possible ap- pointee for secretary of war appeared nere today in the pereon of ‘Henry A. Wisewood ‘of Néw York, an advo- cate of adequate priparedness. Wire- wood 'arrived on $he" hteela of Sen- tor Wadaworth New_ ¥brk. who jwent ‘Gver the’ army situntlon with Harding yesterday. 0DD FELLOWS WILL HOLD IMPORTANT BUSINESS MEET The local lodge of the Independent order-of Odd Fellows will initiate a class tonight at the Odd Fellows’ hall. ~After the|regular session a lunch and smoker will he given. Considerable business comes up for discussion at. the regular eession, which will -include the disposition of some property. All Odd Fellows are requested to be present as this 1s considered one of the most import- ant meetings. of the year. HUSBAND SLAYS WIFE. BROTHER AND HIMSELF . ‘Spokane, Wash., Feb. 11—Jealousy, according to the police, prompted El- mer Harding, aged 30, yesterday to kill his brother, Carl Harding, his own wife, and himself. Harding shot his. brother and his wife and then killed himself at a hotel when the former emerged from a room to which his wife had denied him entrance. The shooting followed: closely recital by Elmer Harding to George Taylor, a roomer at the hotel, of an account of what he declared had been his wrongs at his brother’s hands. Time to Change the Bait IDJI DAILY PIONE BEMIDJL, MINN, FRIDAY EVENING, FEB, 11, 1521 FORNER KAISER DECLARES GERMANS LOST WAR THROUGH LACK OF FAITH In Only Interview With Wilhelm IL Since Crossing Border Into Holland, Former Ruler Lays Blame for Downfall on His Own People . Berlin, Germany: Feb. 11.—I am daries into Holland, tained are given below. . said: to themselves. fear for ourgelves. fact that America had joined -hands The betrayal of ‘Germany signifi Von Gontaid, the court marshal. “How does your majesty hold it low?” I asked immediately. ing the war the social democrats took spiritually spoiled. He returned to wasn’t a soldier any more. He then often succeeded.” of the German people signified their forever?” “Nobody knows that,” the Kaiser said. . “Only Almighty God can help and for.the near future I do not ex- pect much. The world looks darker every day. It was never so far re- moved from peace as mnow. The whole world has denied God—not only my people have denied their God. “For twenty-six difficult years I alone led the fight to keep peace, then the sword of peace was struck out of my hand-by my best friends. 'I never wished for war. By this time we had reached the bridge of the castle. Von Gontaid hindly nudged me and I accompanjed the kaiser to the door of the castle. Here the kaiser toak my hand “and said: “Tell your father I'am pleased to make his son’s acquaintance.” IN DISTRICT COURT Case of Newman vs. Bogart ,a case of assault, verdict rendered for ‘de- fendant. Case of Irene Young vs. F. G. Troppman, a case of diversion, action dismissed. Case of E. J. Walton vs, P. Edd a case of suit for commission on sale of land. Case completed and sent to Jury. WHISKY THIEVES MAKE HAUL AT LITTLE FALLS Little Falls, Minn, Feb. 11.— Whisky thieves sometime during the last two weeks looted the home of Barny Berton of several hundred dol- lars worth of Blue Mibbhon whisky, fireams, and other trinkets. Mr. and Mrs. Berton ‘are in California. The robbery was discovered by Harold Berton, a son. “Does that mean the death sentence® (By Henrick Petermeyer, United Press Correspondent) Copyright, 1921, by the United Press.. Copyrighted through- out United States, Canada and South America. :All rights reserved. Re-cabling and re-publication prohibited. able to make public for the first time the only interview with Kaiser Wilhelm since he crossed the German boun- The circumstances under which the interview was ob- In answer to a question as to why Germany lost the war, the Kaiser “We would never have lost the war if my people had remained true I always assert with Martin Luther, that, if the world were full of devils ready to swallow us up, we still would succeed if we did not ‘We had already overcome hunger and need, despite the with our eternal enemy Britain. ed her downfall as a nation, and God scourges the whole world—all evil revenges itself here on earth.” Through the good offices of Count Von Oldenburg-Bentincke, I was invited to Amerongen to be presented personally to the Kaiser by General possible that his people has fallen so The Kaiser sudden stopped and threw his cigarette out of his left hand and said harshly: “My people have betrayed its God and me. Already dur- care of that. They are chiefly guilty. “!’;very German soldier, who, during the war, returned home to his wife and children on a short leave, was systematically worked on. That is to say, work under false influences and he started to work on his comrades and It was at this point that the Kaiser made the remark that the betrayal death’ sentence, as quoted above. GREAT BRITAIN IS NOW AFTER GREEK OIL LANDS (By United Press) Athens, Feb. 11.—Discovery of valuable oil bearing deposits in vari- |ous parts of Thrace and around Epir- us has injected new difficulties in the political situation of the Levant. England and France are both en- deavoring to secure concessions which will greatly strengthen thejr/strategi- cal naval pogition and a¥ the same time make Greece virtually economi- cally dependent upon them. According " to "authoritative infor- mation from Americans who have been investigating the situation in the Levant and Near East, the United States is virtually blocked so far as oil holdings are concerned. France, England, Holland and Italy have ‘“cornered” every known “prospect” in Mesopotamia, Rumania, Turkey and the Black Sea region. \ Thus far, foreign capitalists have not completely cormered the Greel prospects, chiefly because of their “unknown quality.” Propositions for the flotation of a loan to Greece, made by British financiers the pasp few days, are reported to specify conces- sions in oil should, the discoveries prove of commercial value. That Greece will favor British in- terests is a foregone conclusion, DAUGHTER WILLED $1 i TO BUY HANG NOOSE Salem, Mass., Feb. 11.—Under the will of John .erne filed here, one daughter {8 to ‘“receive $1 to pur- chase a rope to hang herself.,” The will alleged the daughter caused ‘‘ar- rest of her father for the suke of a worthless husband.” REVIVAL MEETINGS AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH The First Baptist church will begin special revival meetings next Sunday with A, Lee Aldrich of Minneapolis as evangelist. The campaign will be continued for a period of three weecks from Feb. 13 to March 6 inclusive, services being held every evening, ex- cept Saturday evening, at 8:00 o’clock. Aldrich fs well known In Minne- sota and adjacent states where he has been engaged in evangelistic work since 1914. He has conducted nine campaigns in Minneapolis and St. Paul alone, and holds the record of slx consecutive union tabernacle campaigns in the city of Minneapolis, a record unequalled by any other evangelist in any other city in Am- erica. | Concerning the character of his work a recent issue of “Church and Behool,” a magazine published by the Northwestern Bible and Mission- ary Trafning school has this com- ment, “A. Lee Aldrich is rapidly mak- ing a national name as an evangelist. !Yet in his comparative youth, he is conducting more and larger taber- nacle meetings than almost any evan- gelist in America, Billy Sunday ex- cepted. Aldrich’s name in Minnesota is well nigh a household word. Few of its larger towns but he has pro- foundly moved with his messages while in Minneapolis and 8t. Paul he has accomplished thru the taber- nacle meetings what no other evan- gelist has ever dared to undertake in the entire history of the twin cities.” He has just closed a four weeks campaign in the First Baptist church of Minneapolis, where remarkable re- sults have been achieved. The local church is fortunate in securing the services of this great preacher and evangelist. He will preach in both the morning service at 11:30 and the evening service at 8:00 next Sun- day. e e e ! ‘Minnésdta Weather: Generally {r fonight and Saturday, except rain’in" south and’northeast to- - night. Somewhat colder in west. 55c PER MONTH RAILWAYSPLAN TOEMPLOYEES Owners Will Present Problems to Employees Themselves, It Is Announced WILL CENTER EFFORTS UPON WAGE QUESTIPN Labor Board Is Expected to Make Decision on First Case Today (By United Press) Chicago, Feb. 11.—Railroad own- ers will carry their fight to force re« duction in wages of unskilled rail- road laborers to the employees them- selves, it was announced here today. Failing to obtain satisfaction from the United States Railroad Labor Board- of which it had asked imme- diate abrogation of the national working agreement, the railroads now plan to center their efforts on the wage question. According to pians, the roads will proceed individually to seek a confer: ence with unskilled employees over the wage reduction. The labor board today was expected to make its de- cision in the first case involving wage cuts, M SERVICE MAN FOUND LIVING IN STRAWPILE Grafton, N. D., Feb. 11.—His body covered only by rags, Fred Chounard, 26, who served 14 months overseas in the World War, was found living in a hole dug in a strawpile on thg St. Andrew farm near here. His brothor says the former goldier was mentally sound when he entered service and was apparently sane when mustered out, but that about a year ago he de- veloped eccentricities. Chounard has caten food prepared by his mother and left in u box in a stable. During' the winter he lived in bis strawpile dugout, showing the greatest aversion for human society, even members of his onw family. RED RIVER VALLEY MEN DISCUSS RURAL CREDIT President of Federal Land Bank Declares Farmers De- serve Liberal Credit Crookston, Minn., Feb, 11.——There is no one in the world whose earn- ing power is more certain than the farmer, E. G. Quame, presiednt of the St. Paul Federal Land bank told farmer, E. G. Quame, president of the River valley here today. For this reason ,he said, if no oth- er, the farmers deserves liberal cred- it. “But thero is one . danger,” ho warned. ““Wo don’t want to give the farmer too much credit. In some placeg the farmers have been spoiled with too much credit., They never will catch up until conditions are changed. Their money is always spent before thoy earn it. They nev- er have a margin—Iinterest eats it up and someone else i3 operating on the margin the farmer should have.” Quamme addressed the convention on the subject of farm credits. Hun- dreds of farmers of the northwest are here for the annual midwinter livestock and agricultural shows and the “short course’ 'ii farming and home economics at the northwest school of agriculture. “The farmer needs both long term and short term credit,”” Quamme told the convention. “Long term credit is required to take care of his capital investment to cover the cost of land and equipment; short term credit is seasonably required to take care of seed, feed, labor, operating expenses, cte. There is, therefore a clear line of division between short term and long term credit to farmers. “Long term or capital investment credit should be extended over a long period of time, repayable on the am- ortization plan with a low rate of in- terest; short term credit should bef available at all times according t the needs of the farmer and the rate of interest would be such as it usual- 1y pald by business generally. This classification of credit would apply to agriculture generally - ‘'where ‘thbé farming community is established. “In the newer sections where pio- neering must be done, another form of credit must be considered which does not come strictly under either one of the two classifications. The pioneer farmer must receive special consideration and assistance during the finitial period until he has had time to firmly establish himself on the farm. As he-has very little se- curity to offer in the initial stage of his operations, the credit he re- ceives must be more or less of a per- sonal nature and while the credit will be extended on & short time ba- sis, it really takes on the character of a combination of both short and long time credit,”