Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 23, 1921, Page 1

- of the work was given. - members dre eéspecially The Pioneer is_the oply daily within_100 “miles of Bemidji and has . the _Iargest . circulation. -in Nortliern Minnesota. VOLUME 'XVIII NO. 261 HARDING PLANS * GERMAN PEACE URGES PASSIN RESOLUTION “ (By .United Press) i St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 23.—(By Raymond 'Clapper)—A program for bringing about - separate’ J»egep . be- tween the United States and Germany has beén virtually decided updn by, President-elect’ H The. pro- gram is as follows:™ =~ 00 - Passage’ by the sénite and house of the Knox: ; Tesolution declaring by~ iés betwebn Unit- Informal ‘exchanges ed States and the allies,-and United States and Germany to adjust finan- cial'matters‘and other questions relat- ing to peagce. ek Dispatching of an. American min- ister to Berlin and acceptance of a German representative at Washing- ton ‘with restoration of thé consular service, i both countries. ' Negotiations will be conducted by Secretary of State Hughes. United Press d said that Europe is virtually marking time waiting for the Harding admin- istration to go into power before any attempt at-settlement of reparation claims and other matters is made, Any_advapee annouricement ' of what Harding intends to do ‘for the . guidance of - the ‘allies would be im- proper, at this time. Consequently, it is expeeted at present that nothing will be done to. wind up, European :la{flairs ‘until Harding enters the White| ouse.: 1 3 g PRESBYTERIAN TEA( ) <o 4BOLD-FNTERESTING MEET 1 i At the last regular meeting of the teachers of the Presbyterian Sunday school "Held at the home of Mrs. K H. Olson, a very encouraging report A They have received the sad news of the death of little Jean, the French orphan, whom they have been support{ng for some time. She was cared for by her aynt since the death of her par- , ents, her father having been killed early in the war. 1t was detided to adopt one of| Jean’s little cousins. Many inter- esting letter have been received from. the aunt. It was decided to hold a food sale Saturday afternoon in the Battle'sy hardware store. Every ' child at- tending Sunday school as well as others interested in this work are asked to bring Bomething at this time. CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSN. St. Paul, Feb. 23.—Marketing was one of the big subjects before the annual convention of the Minnesota Crop Improvement ‘association here today. A AN C. B. Browh of Flk River called the convefition to order this morn- ing. g The predent status of Mlnne}ta's agriculture was given by J. H. Hay, commissionér of agriculture, in the first address of the convention. The aftérnoon session was given over to practical duscussion of pedi- greed seed work in the state. Prof. Andrew Boss, chief of the ‘division of agronomy and farm management of University Farm reviewed the state work. Reports were received from the experimental stations. President ‘L. D. Coffman of the University of Minnesota wis to de- liver an addresd late today. . The ‘annual gééd show in connec- tion with the convention was_a big affair. Scores of trophies and prizes are_offered. The show and convention will end Friday night. NEW LUMBER CO] . ROVEMENTS The Bemid}i Lumber and Fuel company Wwhich recently purthased the local yards of the St. Hilaire Re- tail Lumber company, has been mak- ing alterations and extemsions to the office building.! There has been built an addition to the office which will be used_as a private office for the officers of the company. The ad- dition has been joined mp/ with the heating and lighting system of the main office and presents a very neat appearance, RALPH GRACIE LEGION POST TO MEET TOMORROW The Ralph Gracie post of the Anierican Legion will meet tomorrow night at the rooms:of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association in regular session, the first meeting since the election of officer), for the year.. An interesting meeting is plan- ned and the election of an sdjutant will undoubtedly ~take place. All u 1o be present, 'RALL STRIKE T0 TEST {1ate yester dispatches today from England | 5y AILY PIONE R RT, . . Weather—Fair “to* d probably = Thursday. Rising temperature. President Obregon M.eetl» \Tllmt By. Stationing Troops | ! in Railroad Offices (By United Press) Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23.—A general railroad strike threatened today to test the strength of the Obregon government. . President Ob- regon met the threat by stationing troops in the railroad offices and dispatching others to take possession of outlying stations. Much - damage has already been done to rajlroad property. Workers y tore up long stretches of the Colima road: to the west coast, scattering -ties and rails and effec- tivély stopping traffic. = | ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON VERY LARGELY ATTENDED The regular meeting of the Civic and Commerce association was large- ly attended this afternoon. Reports \were_heard from the land clearing ‘committee and the Birchmont hotel fund. ; : A short address was given by C. R. Middleton of Baydette commend- ing the work of the association and offering the full co-operation of the Baudette Board of Trade in all mat- ters in which they could \assist Be- midji in county development. CHICAGO ELECTION VICTORY . CLAIMED BY THOMPSON ~ (By United Press) Chicago, Feb. 23.—Victory yester- day in the municipal elections is claimed by followers of Mayor ompson over his oppoments. An $8,000,000 wond issue to operate the street railway service was approved. Sixteen aldermen, followers of Thompson, were elected, and four ’ others, opponents were chosen. HARD TIME PIE SOCIAL AT CARR LAKE SCHOOL A hard time pie social will be held .|t the Carr ‘Lake school house Fri- day evening at 8 o’clock By the teach- ers. G. O. Riggs, Bemidji, will ‘be ‘present to discuss the orgahization of a community band and all those in- terested are urged to be present to talk the matter over with him at that . | time. ARMY APPROPRIATION " BILL GOES TO SENATE (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 23.—The army appropriation bill, carrying' $31,- 600,694 more than allowed by the house, was reported by the military affairs committee to the senate. At the same time the senate sub- committee considering the naval bill was about to finish its work. - GEORGE T. BAKER COMPANY MAKES MUSICAL CANVASS The firm of George T. Baker and company has launched a thorough musical canvass of the city, three young ladies being engaged im-the work of >gathering the desired in< formation. 5 The canvass embodies the gather- ing of names, addresses, kind of mu- sical imstrument, it any, together with other information to be used later by the company. The canvass- ers are Miss Tina McLean and Mrs. B. Conroy of Grand Forks and Mrs. M. Downs of this city.. FIRE DEPARTMENT HOLDS "REGULAR MONTHLY Ml;l:'l' Council, _City -Officials and ‘Wives Enjoy Sumptuous Supper and Social~ Members of the Bemidji Fire de- partment, the city —vouncil, city of- ficials, and their wives met last eve- ning at the rooms of the Civic and Commeree association and at 6:30 enjoyed a regular “feed”. Talks by several of the city officidls and those newly elected were very much en- joyed following the sumptuous sup- per. Among those who spoke were Mayor-elect A. V. Garlock, Alder- man-at-Large-elect J. P. Lahr, Judge J. F. Gibbons, Alderman-elect B. E. Stafford, and Mayor L. F. Johnson. The meeting then adjourned and nearily all went to “the basketball game. Following the game, the fire department met in regular monthly session. It was decided to elect a lo- cal doctor /as department physician and hereatter all applicants will be given a rigid examination before De- {ing admitted. Five new members | were Taken into the department as | follows: Ralph B. Lycan, H. G. Brit- ton, George Kusba, Bert McTaggart and Archie H. Reed. Other plans for {the department weré discussed and a very jprofitable meeting was held, priliia 9 YL / = h { 0 /fr'd Mf/{/[é////dl’// Excelsior Meets First Defeat of Season, 19 to 18—Second G_nne Hgn Tou\iabt Both teams playing a whirlwind game from start to finish, the Bemidji City basket ball quint defeated the Excelsior City team -at the}armory | last’ evening by a score of 1 the.lagt second of play- would have tied the score for Excelsior but the | ball failed to pass through the net.f By far, last night’s game was thei i best and fastest contest seen on the local floor this season and ranks high with any game ever played here. Ex- ceptionally clever team work was shown by both sides and fans are today undecided as to what the out- come of tonight’s battle will be. The game last night belonged to neither side until after the attempt of Ex- celsior to net the free throw at the end of the game. The score at the end of the first half was 11 to 10 in favor of the locals, both sides -having netted five fleld baskets each, and Bemidji hav- ing scored on one free throw. The locals started the scoring and for a time had a fair Jead over their op- powents, this lead, however, being {,‘nfien down hefore the end of the alf. At the start of the second period, BExcelsior took the lead and then for several minutes the score wavered back and forth with only a margin of one to three points at any {fime. Bxcelsior netted four field baskets in this half and Bemidji three, he lo- cals’ other'two points being jscored on free throws. Excelsior missed its one attempt at a free throw, while Pulmmer for Bemidji metted three out of five. The contest marked the first de- feat of the season for the downstate aggregation, Excelsior having won fom many of the best teams in the Twin Cities by a comfortable mar- n. The work of Phibbs and Plummer for the locals, as forwards, proved a real treat, while Simons, center, played his usual bang-up game. Gra- ham and Cameron time and again broke up plays which seemed certain to net counters for Excelsior. Their work at the guard positions was com- mendable. Christnak netted the highest number of counts for the vis- itors, with W. Louden ranking next. next, A repilition of last night’s game is ,a;nured Bemidji fans tonight and the indications are that there will be a packed audience. The game to- night is -scheduled for eight o’clock and it is urged that those, wishing to see a brand of basket ball that 18 second to mone, be there on time. The' line-up for last ‘night’s game was as follows: —Excelsior rf . Christnak ..1f .... R. Louden . € .....W. Louden .. T8 E. Gillespie G.Graham.. ..lg..... L. Hutton Field basket; Bemidji—Phibbs 3, Plummer 3, Simons 2; Excelsior— Christnak 4; R. Louden 2; W. Lou- den 3. Free throws:Plummer, three out five; Christnak, none out of one. Réferee: John M. Culver, Bemidji. REVIVAL MEETINGS CONTINUED AT BAPTIST CHURCH TONIGHT Evangelist A. Lee Aldrich has re- turned to the city and will preach at the Baptist church this evening, it is reported, at 7:30 o’clock. Meet- ings will be held every evening throughout ~the week. The public is invited to attend. — to 18. | b ‘A free throw from a foul called in| " PENALTK TO BE ADDED ' TO TAX 'ON MARCH 1 b i “Pay your personal property taxes béfore the last of this month. A penalty will be added if you do mnot pay up by Febru- ary 28, which is“hext Monday. “Yes, and don’t wait until the it day to do.it,” said the jovial letcher. “Tell them to start right in now, so that we ‘slaves’ in this office won’t have to work until the ‘wee’ hours.” Apparently’ Mr. Grimoldby < prefers to burn no midnight candles. It ig algo evident that the entire forde including Coun- ty Treasurer Geil will appre- caite your paying your taxes i right now. i HUMORIST ON LYCEUM NUMBER HERE TONIGHT Strickland W. Gillilan is to speak at the Methodist church tonight on the last number of the Lyceum course being held by thg ‘Woman’s Study club. He is recognized nationally as one of the foremost humorists of the day and this opportunity is offered Bemidji people to hear him at a small admission price. Mr: Gillilan is the author of “Off Agin, on Agin, Gone Agin, Finnigin,” which he wrote at Richmond, Ind., early in 1889. He does newspaper features for various papers, besides magazine work. He is not a lecturer with writing as a side line, but a newspaper man who lectures as a side line. A large attendance is look- ed for this evening. WILSON MAY CONSIDER ORDER AFFECTING DEBS| Washington, Feb. 3.—Depart- ment of justice orders to hold Eu- gene V. Debs incommunicado at the Atlanta penitentiary will be called to the attention of President Wilson, it wag announced today at the White House. At the same time, White House of- ficials denied any respomsibility for the order and stated that they had known nothing about it until they had read of it in the newspapers. SELECTION OF JURORS HINDERS MILLER TRIAL Only mMne jurors have as yet been selected to serve on the Robert Miller case, which is now in course in dis- trict court here. At the time of ad- journment of coyrt last evening, only six jurors had been selected. A special venire was issued, calling for forty mew jurors and those are he- ing examined tddzy. Three have al- ready been selected from this num- ber and it is thought that the re- mainder will be secured within a short time. Robert Miller is to be tried on the charge of murder in the first degree as charged in the indictment return- ed by the grand jury. His brother, George, who is alleged to have done the actual shooting of Alfred Fenton, has bagn freed from the charge made against him. ST. PAUL HOCKEY TEAM WINS SECOND OF SERIES Duluth, Feb. 23._The St. Paul hockey team broke even with the Duluth American Legion hockey team jn the second of the two-game series here last night by a score of 3 to 2. ‘Action on Affairs Affecting United States Is Halted By League Council (By United Press) Paris, France, Feb. 23. (By Hen- ry Wood)—The League of Nation’s i council today stopped work on mat- 4 ters affecting the United States, pend- ing the inauguration of the new presi- dent, having received the American i protest against the awarding of the Il Mesopotamian mandate to ! Britain. The council decided to await | Great the decision of the _allied supreme s council. . l The allied council of London al- ready has indicated it will take no faction on American affairs until Harding becomes president. Secretary of State Colby’s proiest lagainst the Yap-Mesopotamia man- idates was printed in the various lan- guages and left with the delegates. 1t consisted of eight printed pages, in- cluding copies of correspondence with Great Britain, and contained articles t9lo long to be read before the coun- cil. | Members of the council indicated 'that nothing eould be done with the Isle of Yap, a mandate having been | approved. of last December without any protest by the United States. The only possibility of changiny it 'would be the discovery that the island was not “one of the former German islands north of the equator.” If | this ig faulty, the United States might yet be accommodated. PRESBYTERIAN MISSION ""SOCIETY MET YESTERDAY A very largely attended meeting {of the Women's Missionary society of {17 Presbyterian church was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. J. Conger. An interesting program was given, after which Mrs. H. A. Northrup had charge of the social hour which was in a way sug- gestive of Washington's birthday. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs, F. Hitch- cock, president; Mrs. R. A. Olson, vice-president; Mrs. J. H. Koors, vice-president; Mrs. A. H. Harris, secretary; Mrs. J. F. Essler, secre- tary of literature; Mrs. H. a. North- rup, treasurer. Mrs. C. E. Battles and Mrs. L. P. Warford were ap- | pointed to the program committee, Mrs. K. H. Olson, Mrs. Given-Mc- Ghee and Mrs. George Row, soclal committee; Mrs. A. A. Warfield, or- ganist; Mrs, Budge, chorister. A special collection for the starv- ing children of China was taken. De- licious refreshments were served by the hostess, Mrs. Conger, ST. THOMAS BEATS ST. JOHNS AND HAMLINE “U” WINS (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 23—The 8t. Thomas basketball quintette blasted the hopes of St. Johns last night by de- feating the visitors by a count of 24 to 7. Hamline university continu- ed towhrd fhe conference champion- ship by defeating St. Olaf by a score of 28 to 15. HUFFMAN & O'LEARY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT STORE Huffman & O'Leary's furniture store is making decided improve- ments in the in%erior of the bulid- is being constructed along the south to be re-decorated, - 'HOOVER IS THRUST INTO LIMELIGHT- OF POLITICS Decision Is Expected T(;nighi, but It Is Believed that He -May Decline New York, Feb. 23. (By Harold | Jacobs.) —Herbert Hoover was today the enfgma of American politics. The ! former food administrator found {himself thrust intg the limelight as ithe foremost in tHe political arena with the sole exception of Harding himself. It came as the result of the uncertainty surrounded by his atti- tude of accepting the proffer of the portfolio as secretary of commerce in |the Harding cabinet. His decision is expected before night. As the result of a telephone com- munication with the president-elect late last evening, it may be stated that Hoover does not want the cab- ;nst position or any other political ob. INFANT BOY COMES TO /| DEATH BY SUFFOCATION | A coroner’s inquest was held Tst night relative to the death of the newly-born baby discovered in a critical condition at the old Kaplan apartments last Friday = afternoonm, and the jury returned the verdict that the infant ‘hadi_come to his death by suffocation. The mother of the' baby, Josephine Jourdan, is con- (fined to the St. Anthony hospital, where she was taken soon after the discovery was made Friday. A physician was called immediate- ly after the affair was reported to the housekeeper and he attempted to save the life of the child, which he found™ concealed under clothing on tho floor. He, in turn, soon called another physician and together they worked to save the child’s life but their efforts proved useless. Attempts tvom made to supply air to the hild’s lungs in order to start nat- ural respiration, but the child died during the dttempts, ADDITIONAL SVBSCRIBERS TO CLEARING FUND LISTED Additional subgeribers to the land clearing fynd being instigated by the Southern Beltrami County land clearing association, whose names have npt been published heretofore are as follows: Drs. Marcum & Me- } Adory, -$10; Fair Store, $26; 0. J! |Laqua, $16; A. T® Carlson, $25; !Churles Carter, Bemidji, $76; and Charles Carter, Hines, $26; G. O. Riggs, $10; Bemidji Creamery, $25; A. D. Johnson, $6; and Smith Lum- ber company, $25. {POLICE SEARCH RUINS . FOR FIRE PERPETRATORS (By United Press) Minneapolis, Feb. 23.—The Ice covered ruins of the Paper Supply company today arc being searched for bodies. Police believe the fire which destroyed the plant was caused by a charge of nitro-glycerine that wrecked a small safe in the ofiice. The explosion probably injured the perpetrators and they hope to find traces of the bodies. ST. PAUL RESTAURANT PRICES SHOWING SLUMP (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 23.—Restaurant prices slumped twenty to thirty per cent here in the last three weeks, restaurant managers announced to- day. New prices are in effect on all varieties of cooked foods. According to George Alverdes, restaurant owner, angl Walter Pea- cock, hotel manager, the pre-war table d'hote, i now priced at $1 and $1.25 in thY leading hotels. Small restaurants are offering lunches from 26 cents to 75 cents. NEW ORDER TO AFFECT SEVEN HUNDRED BANKS State Bank Examiner Expected to Order Banks-to Build Up Their Reserve (By Ugited Press) Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 23.—O. E. Loftus, state bank examiner, today was expected to issue orders for more than seven hundred banks im North Dakota to build up their re- serve within thirty days to amounts required by law. Enforcement of the order is expected to close from a third to a half of the banks in the étate, i3 estimated. A new law provides thaf the state banking board may impose fines on banks that do not comply with the orders. The board is composed of a non-partisan majority. Fines of $100 to $500 are provided for this. This may enable some of the banks to remain open by payment of the fine. YEOMAN LODGE TO HOLD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT 85c PER MONTH STATEFARMERS THRIVED BEST IN MINNESOT Despite Disappointment Over Prices Many Minnesotans Make Fair Showing SEVERAL NEW MODERN CREAMERIES PLANNED Dairy Products Have Aided in Overcoming Losses in Grain Crops St. Paul, Feb. 23.—Despite their' disappointment over the prices ob- tained for grain, wool, and cattle this winter, a great many Minnesota. farmers have come'to the conclu- sion that agriculjure fared better in Minnesota during the past six months than it did in any wstate in .the Union. Statistics obtained during the past week by The Merchants Na- tional Bank of St. Paul confirmed this belief in severay ways. One; of the most interesting dis- closures is the fact that a number of farmers who came to Minnesota from lowa, Illinois and other states where lund is much more expensive, declared that they made as much from dairying, grain, and cattle on thelr Jfinnesota farms as they would have made on their former proper- ties and that their investment and overhead expenses were cut consid- erably. In addition to a large number of creamery reports collected last week, The Merchants Natfonal Bank ob- tained reports of a score or more cat- tle and hop auctions. Although it generally was admitted that tight money conditions have been felt quite sharply, it was pointed out that purchases were numerous and that the average price per animal was considerably higher than the av- erage paid earlier in the winter. Some of the data regarding the creamery industry, follows: The Freeborn creamery paid $87,770 to its patrong. The Waseca creamery took in $294,000 last year or near)y $1,000 for every working day and paid an average of 71 cents for but- ter fat. More than $127,000 was paid out by the Randall creamery. The Olivia reamery and Produce as- soclation paid $76,000 to its patrons for butter, eggs and poultry. About 7,000 pounds of butter was the in- creased output of the Bellechester creamery last year. The Hutchinson creamery reported a 30 per coent in- crease in business, or a total income of $265,000. The 1917 business was $50,000. Seven patrons of the Clare- mont, Dodge county creamery, re- celved more than $2,000 during 1920 and total Dbusiness amounted to v127,000. New Prague's creamery made 369,000 pounds of butter. The Ricelapd, Freeborn county, plant did a business of $135,000. The Mos- tow co-operative creamery did a $71,000 business on total expenses of $4,669. Pelican Rapids creamery took in $410,000 and shipped near- ly a half million pounds of butter. Forest City creamery sold $90,000 worth of butter. Mankato’s cream- ery which made 798,000 pounds of butter in 1903, sold over 453,000 pounds last year and realized $270,- 000. The Kingston creamery report showed a business of $140,000. These are but a few of the long list of creamery statistics. The pa- trons were paid {n cash and several million dollars was disbursed throughout the state. Modern cream- eries are to be erected at Kenyon, Parkers Prairie, Faribault and oth- er cities and villages. The Fergus Falls plant will cost $100,000. Many farmers have admitted that their dairy profits helped considerably to overcome their grain losses and not a few county agents have pointed out that the total returns per acre in Minnesota—compared " with the value of the property involved—un- doubtedly would show a higher aver- age than any other Western state could record. East Grand Forks' $350,000 high school has bheen completed. Sibley county has disposed of $55,000 in bonds for ditch improvements. Fair- mont received $178,000 for its city paving bonds, Martin county won first prize at an Iowa corn show. Another grain firm has Jocated at Fairmont, making a total of three. The Fairmont Gas Engine and Rail- way Motor Car company did a $760,- 000 business last year or a quarter of a milllon increase over 1919. Mar- tin county banks will pay over $20,~ 000 in personal property taxes. Wi« nona county taxes this year will go over the million dollar mark for the first time. The Bemidj! Commercial club aggressively 18 boosting for a state park on Lake Bemidji. Forty thousand dollars was spent for im- provements in the village of North- rup last year. Chaska may build a modern city hall. Despite a return to two cent postage, the Northfield postoffice showed an increase in business over 1919 and the money order total jumped from $67,000 to $80,000. £ Enlargement of the Red Wing high school gymnasium is planned. The Yeoman lodge will meet in! The Lafayette Shipping association ing. A display balcony for furniture regular session tomorrow evening at /the Odd Fellows’ hall side of the store and the walls are ' All Yeoman are especially requested; at 8 o’clock. to be present. did a $300,000 business last year and $215,000 was réalized by the Hanska Shipping association. New (Continued on Page 6)