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

The'Ploneer is- the only dally’ -p-within 100 miles of Bemidji and has ‘the -largest_-circulation in Northern C'¥nnesota. - . ST in Senate . . ARMY BILL IS BEING ‘ . , CONSIDERED TODAY Borah Announces Infention to Amend Navy Bi!l and Call Disarmament Meet (By United Press) iWashington, (Feb. 26.(By - Ralph Turner.)—The last big fight of this congressional session, involving w- erica’s future preparations for P as well as foreign policies, was about to start in the senate-today. ‘The cause for the battle lay in. the army and navy appropriation bills. Consideration of the army bill be- gan today. Opposition to the bill came from two sources: . Senators who are demanding finan- cial retrenchment pointed out that an army bill. of $362,000,000 and a navy bill of "$490,000,000 misses widely the mark of economy. The other senators, led by. Senator Borah, declared that.-.world’ con- ditions demand a step toward dis- armament. N This group has announced that it will insist on' a showdown on the disarmagment question. apserting that the world would doubt Amgriea’s willingness to disarm if the two ap- their present state. Senator Borah served mnotice today that he would mave to suspend -t}n rules that he might ‘amend the naval bill ‘with .a call for a disarmament conference. As a result of the fight, which leaders say they will wage to the end, one of the appropriation bills may fail to pass this session of con- gress. NORTH STAR TRAIL TO BE . MARKED AND IMPROVED (By United Pressy ' Minot, Feb. 25—Plans for marking jmproving:the. Norgh- Star.tratl. weré made at the’ anmual meeting here- when M. Lyness of Fessenden as chosen president. Finances will e .solicited from communities bene- fl!et. \ ‘The -North (Star Trail, formerly known as the Green Trail, follows the Soo line from Fairmont to Por- tal. A Canadiap trail organization will extend the route to Fernie, B. C. and efforts will also be made to connect the North Star with a road to the Twin Citles. " U. 5. COMMISSIONER FROM ALASKA VISITING BEMIDJT ( Dr. Fred M. Spiers of Ochotsgacha- gaunte, Alaska, United Stites Com- missioner from that-district, is vis- iting in the city today. Mr. Spiers has spent the past few months in the United States, fthis lbeing his first trip to this country in about twenty years. He is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knopke while in the city. LINNEA SOCIETY TO HOLD SPECIAL PROGRAM SUNDAY A special program has beed ar- ranged for the concert to be .lield at the Bethel Lutheran church-Sun- day evening at 8 o’clock, and the at- ' tendance of evesy member of, the congregation is urged. The concert g will be held for the benefit of the ' Linnea society which iE presenting a plano to the church at this meeting. PIPESTONE MAN TO BE \ SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR 8t, Paul, Feb. 25—Seaford B. Duea of Pipestone is conferring with ‘Governor Preus today. It is likely he § will accept the job as private secre- tary to Governor Preus. His ap- pointment was announced last night following the resignation of A. H. Turrittin. . Foreign Office Declares There Is No Fear that U. S. Will Make Such Attempt N k. United Press; Paris, Il{eBb? 25. (By John )B Gandt) —Fear that the United States will seite the French Antilles was reviv- ed here today by Senator Berranger. Befranger, who represents the An- tilles in the French senate, declared that the islands would be essential to \/ America if the Monroe Doctrine is in- i corporated. Berrenger's warning was taken to tfie foreign office and an official of that -department said they had no féar that the United States would at- tempt to take ovpr the islands, = propriation bills were to be passed in | J; PUBLIC WEDDING WILL ~ |- FEATURE ELK CARNIVAL Varied Features Arranged.for Second Evening ‘of Three- |. "Day Entertainment Bemidji Elks opened a three-day carnival at the armory last evening .and from all indications the first of the three evenipgs wad a decided success in every way. While a large number of those present passed the madjority of, the evening in dancing to a four-pie¢e orchestra, with “Dot” Van at the piano, those who did not dgnce_were kept busy by the Elks and their “fair’ assistants. Feat- ures of various kinds were provided and the minstrel show, under “the tutelage of Miss Miniile Bailey, prav- ed to be ore of the main eveny .Tonight’s program calls fo\' % public wedding ceremony and m\ interest is centered upon this even since the names of the parties con cerned have not.been announced pub-\ lcly:" Gifts of all kinds will be showered upon the bridal couple after “the knot is tied.” New features are planned for to- night and tomorrow night and the indicatione are that there will be an exceptionglly large attendance on both occastons. YOUNGEST FATHEE HAS BEEN FOUND IN DENVER (By United Press) Denver, ¥eb. 25.—The youngest father has been found in Denver. He is Otto E. Jelovah, three years old. ‘When a birth record was filed here recently, the father’s age was given as three. Investigation showed the father had three other children and that he was a member of the Jeho- vaites, a religious cult. 4 He told authorities that he did not begin to live until three years ago when the joined theé sect. ‘The baby’s name is Otto Jehovah, r. ¥ W N\ "The sentor Otto refused ‘to divulge how old he was when he joined the Jehovaites. , CARUSO WILL SAIL FOR i ITA%Y SOMETIME IN MARCH (By United Press) New York, Feb. 25.—Enrico Caruso wfll sail for Italy in March, his phy- sicians announced yesterday. NONPARTISAN RECALL - DECIDED UPON TODAY v, Townley Declares Indepen- dents Will Not Be Able to Put Over Plan This Year (By United Press) PFargo, N. D., Feb. 256.—A recall of certain nonpartisan state officers ‘was determined upon this morning at 3 o'clock after the joint commit- tee taking up the matter had been in seclusion all day yesterday and all night, according to an announce- ment coming out, from the office of ‘Theodore Nelson, secretary of the In- dependent Voters’ association.' 1 Committees were appointed to con- sult~with independent members of the legislature and determine a plan for canvassinglthe voters. Minneapolis, Feb. 25.—There will be no recall of North Dakota state officials this year, A. C.\Townley de- clared in an exclusive interview to- day. , Independents who opposed. the Nonpartisan League administration will not be able to get enough dig- natures to initlate an election, he stated. Townley, who has been president of the league since its organization six years ago; denied that there had been any split between himself and the high officials in North Dakota. “There is no intention of dropping any part of the industrial program in North Dakota, including the state owned and operated bank, milfs and elevators,” he declared. (Special to Pioneer) Bagley, [Feb. 25.—A fast clean game of basket ball was played here last night between the Fosston Am- erican Legion team and the Bagley Legion team at the Bagley high school gymmnasium. The score was 5 to 17 in favor of Bagley. Only four fouls were called during the game. The line-up for Bagley ¢on- sisted of Olson, Peterson, Larson Da- vids and Martine; while Fosston’s team consisted of Movold, Larson, Fiffe, 'Granntm, Vib and Vovold, (substitute). . Summary; Field baskets—Olson 2, ‘Peterson 5, Movold 4, Larson 2, Mo- vold 2. Free throws—Peterson 3 out of 4, Movold, 1 out of 2. Referee, G. B. Courtney, umpire R. M. Kaiser. LITERTARY SOCIETY WILL PLAY BASKET BALL SATURDAY The first annual basket ball game between the .two Normal school lit- erary societies will be played Batur- day afternoon at 4 o'clock im the Normal gymnasium. ‘There will be an admission charge of fifteen cents and the publie is in- vited, (Copyright). Broad shouldered men are.in style again—Fashion Note. BRAINERD HIGH - PLAYS TONIGHT High School Girls to Play Bagley Girls Before Brainerd Game Bemidji and Brainerd high school quints will clash on the bashetball court for the second time this season at 8:15 o’clock tonight at the old ar- mory. While Brainerd is out of the dictrict race as far as the district championship is concerned, inmeat is running high as the instituti®ns are old-time rivals. Braigerd high has been® playiug - spasmodic* ball dway | .when on its own floor from home, b t that is hard to de- has been a_quin! feat. Bemidji earlier in the“Season on the latter’s floor by a 7-point margin, and Coach Opdahl’s men are determined to re- turn home with a victory and conse- quently ruin Bemidji’s position it now. holds with St. Cloud for the dis-: trict title. Bemidji, having been defeated at St. Cloud last Friday after six straight district victories, must win tonight if Coach Smith’s men are to be consid- ered in the running for the district championship with the' Saints. Coach Smith’s men are confident that they will turn the trick and on respective ratings, the locals will enter the con- test strongly favored. Cauldwell to Officiate H. P. Cauldwell, former Wabash college football and basketball star, athletic director of the Crosby high £chool, has been selected as the neu- tral official by Coach Smith, principal of the Bemidji school, and M. B. Scherich, principal of the Brainerd school, to officiate tonighk’s game. \Coach Smith chased his team through a busy hour last night and was more gratified than ever when he -tooted the “time"” whistle. Every member of the team agreed that it was the best practice yet and think the Brainerd five will crumble before them -as easily as the industritus frosh quint did last night. / 1 Preliminary Game ~ A fast preliminary game will be played between the Bemidji high school girls’ team and the Bagley high school coeds. Bagléy has al- ways boasted of one of the fastest feminine basketball quints in this part of the state and this year is no ex- ception to the rule, so a real fast con- test is predicted. The girls’ game will start at 7:30 o’clock sharp. - Basketfall fans are requested to start for the scene of tonight’s games defeated Brainerd |- NiSTe e — DOES ANY ONE KNOW v OF JOHN J. LYNCH? Théfollowing letter has been received by Postmaster Ritchie and turned over to the Pioneer. Anyone -knowing the where- abouts of Mr. Lynch may notify The Pioneer and the informa- tion will be forwarded. “I have this day addressed a letter to John J. Lynch to your city. . He left }Qrg for the lum- ber ®amps last October and I ‘have not heard of him to date. His ‘mother in Ireland has an ~advertisement in the Irish World, a New York paper, for him _requesting anybody who . knows of him to give her some iformation. I have written her gnd told her all I knew about him, If by chance you knowksome men of the'lumber camps you might inquive of them to have Lynch write me, or turn this letter over to your chief of police. He may find out through the lumbermen what camp he is in. Hoping you will try to have the letter I addréss- ed to him either delivered or fprwarded to- him.” Yours truly, P. McLoughlin, Grand Forks, N. D. ® . ® AMERICAN MOVIE HOLDS FIRST PLACE IN FRANCE By John O’Brien, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, Feb. 25.—Americans who re- member the infant days .of the mov- ing picture industry at'home, when every bar-keeper and street car con- .ductor had a scenario all worked out and everybody with a couple of thou- i'sand dollars to risk was willing to take a’ chance on the embryo author’s brain child, are watching with interest a similar period of development in the | film industry in France. Although the “movies” were born he)‘e, they are still swaddling clothes. ‘After more than twenty years, the cinema has not reached the stage of development represented by the mo- vies of the United States of twelve or fifteen years og. Here in the very home of the “silent drama,” 756 (Continued on Page 6) STATE HAS INDIAN FUND BUT NO INDIAN CLAIMER . (By United Press) § Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 25.—When real early if they desire a good seat, | Bridgeport was founded, and a few for it is safe to say that the attend-|hundred souls settled ance will, in all likelihood, surpass that which witnessed the Bemidji-St. Cloud game a few weeks ago. The line-up of the Bemidji quint and Brainerd quints as announced by Coach Smith and Coach Opdahl, re- spectively, follows: Bemidji Brainerd Higbe, Capt. Erickson Simons ... .. Welch Stechman . Lagerquist Lord .. 2 . Thoe Powell . T . Sheflo HOOVER AND WALLACE DEFINITELY SELECTED (By United Press) St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 25. (By Raymond Clapper.)—President-elect Harding today announced that Her- bert Hoover had been appointed sec- retary of commerce and Henry Wal- lace, of Iowa, secretary of agricul- ture in his cabinet, around the mouth of the ‘Pequonnock river, a tribe of friendly Indians lived on Golden Hill, now the center of this city of 150,000 and occupled by the county court house. That was not %0 long 4go, not earlier than 1790. Gradually the Indians became unable to support themselves. In 1802, the general assembly of Connecticut ap- propriated the income of $5,000 to .eare for them, and appointed gn In- dian agent to administer the fund. By later legislation, the fund and the position connected with it passed to the clerk of the superior court of Fairfield county, and today Fred W. Tracy, clerk of the court, has $38.12 which still remaing to relieve needy Indians. Clerk Tracy was not aware of his trust until the other day, when in_examining some old files, he dis- covered an ancient bank book. ‘The last survivor of the tribe of In- dians to receive aid was Willlam Sherman, an individual of 300 pounds and more, who passed to his happy hunting grounds in 1885. No trace of living survivors can be found. CHICAGO FLYER HELD UP TODAY Four Men Armed With Rifles Rop Mail Car on Fast Chicago Train (By United Press) East Quincy, 1l eb. 25.. men armed with es held up the “Hummer,” crack Chicago and Alton flyer, heré early today and robbed the mail car of registered letters and packages. Postal authoritics loss at $1265,000. Authorities say it may run higher. _Early reports were that most of the loss was cur- rency consigned by a bank in Kan- sas City to a ‘Chicago bank. The train was en route fronp Kan- sas City to ‘Chicago. Conductor Longwell and Engineer Donahue told postal authorities .today an attempt was made to hold up the train two woeks ago at ‘Louisiana, Mo., but that the train crew fought off the bandits. estimated the SCHOOLS OFFERED ARBOR DAY TREES The Cloquet Forest Experiment station gives schools within the state an opportunity to secure twenty-five evergreen trees for Arbor Day plant- ing. A sum of 35 cents must ac- icompany the request to pay (o_t: t})e cost of digging, packing and Thail- ing. Schools procuring evergreens under this offer are required to re- port on the condition of the trees. Send_all requests with remittances to the superintendent of Forest Ex- Deriment station, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn., by April 1. No re- quests received after April 1 can be filled and” only one shipment to a school, This offer holds only to schools. CARUSO CELEBRATES HIS ° FORTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY eb. —Enrico Ca- ruso ' celebrated his forty-eighth birthday today by showing favorable improvement. He recelved hundreds of messages of comgratulation from all parts of the world. SOUTH DAKOTA PASSES LAW TO TEACH ENGLISH Pierre, S. D., Feb, 25.—After July 1 public and parochial schools will be required to teach only in the Eng- lish language under a bill passed by the house of legislature. The vote was 64 to 33, NEGRO CONFESSES TODAY TO KILLING NEGRESS St. Paul, Feb. 26.—Thomas Dick- son, negro, today signed a confession that he killed two negresses, Mrs. Alberts Williams and Rose Brown. The killing occurred Tuesday. PROSECUTION IS HEARD INROBERT MILLER CASE Prosecution in the case of the State vs. Robert Miller has absorbed the time since the trial,opened, examin- ing witnesses for the state. The larger part of the state's witnesses have been on the stand. The testi- mony of Nicholas 8iminovik, the state’s main witness in the trial of George Miller, has not yet -been heard, It is expected that the prose- cution will complete its examination Jtonight or early tomorrow, RESTORATION OF STATE GRAIN GRADES SOUGHT State Farm_ Bureau President Declares Farming Must Be /' Made Profitable_ (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 25.—Making farm- ing so profitable and the farm home so attractive that farmers’ families will live on full equality with city folks is the only way in which the dangerous shifting of population from the farm to the city can be stemmed, L. E. Potter, president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau federa- tion, told the annual convention of the Minnesota Crop improvement as- sociation today. d “‘American farmers to the number of nearly 2,000,000 have realized that only ifled action can achieve that result,” he said. "They have created the American Farm Bureau federation with branches in all but two of the 48 states to unite all agri- culturhl interests to improve farm life. That is why the Minnesota Farm Bureau federation, one of 46 state organizations, 18 fighting for the marketing bill now before the leg- islature; assisting in the development of co-operative marketing and help- ing the two national committees now working to put into operation a marketing system that will give grain growers and livestock produc- ers a voice in the sale of their pro- ducts.” Y Restoration of Minnesota. graln grades and recognition of dockage at its actual value in fixing the price of wheat are two objects sought by the farmers of the state through the federation, Potter said. Payment for dockage can be assured Minne- sota wheat growers under existing laws if the joint resolution now be- fore the legislature, restoring Minne- sota grades in place of the present federal grades is passed, he said. COREY WINS ANCHORAGE KENNEL CLUB DOG DERBY (By United Press) Sitka, Alaska, Feb. 26.—Bi11 Corey, driving a seven-dog team, won the Anchorage Kennel club dog derby Wednesday, finishing six minutes and forty seconds ahead of Thomas McRae. Lieutenant Hovey was third and Mrs. Nellle Neil, mail carrier, fourth. LOCAL LEGION TO PUT . ON MEMBERSHIP -DRIVE Adjourned Meeting Will Be Held Next Thursday to Complete Plans Ralph Gracle post of the American Legion held a short but enthusiastic meeting at the Civic und Commerce associatioR rooms last evening and discussed plans for immediate action relative to a thorough drive for ad- ditional members. T he paid-up membership for 1921 is now in the neighborhood of 150 and it is be- lleved * that at least two hundred fifty more names can be added through a systematic drive. ‘For this purpose and for other im- portant reasons the meeting was ad- Journed last evening to meet again next Thursday night when it is hop- ed that practically every member will be present. The boxing committee was author- ized to purchase five hundred foiding chairs for the legion boxing match on March 11, these chairs to be turn- ed over, to the armory board later at cost. An adjutant has not as yet elected to take ‘the plaée of Thayer Bailey who declined the election, but this appointment will undoubtedly be made at the next meeting. BEMIDJI BOWLERS WILL G0 TO DULUTH TONIGHT The Bemidji bowling team leaves tonight for Dulutl, where it wil) take part in the Northern Bowling tour- nament now being held there. Some of the hest teams in the Northwest are competing at the tournment and should Bemlidji break into the money column, the locals wilil have to be going strong. Saturday evening Bemidji takes the alleys in the five-man events and on Sunday afternoon will take part in the doubles and singles. Thoso who are making the trip to represent Bemidji are Oscar Sievert, Andy An- derson, Harold Kerr, Vern Crowell, Barney Popp and Sd Ebert SENATE BILL TO INCREASE * FUND FOR CATTLE BARN (By United Press) St. Paul, Weh. 256.—The $300,000 cattle barn at the staté fair grounds ip going to cost $400,000. A sen- te bill introduced today would vote $100,000 additional to complete the structure. JOCK MALONE MEETING SOLDIER BARTFIELP TONIGHT Minneapolis, Feb. 25.—Boxing fans were slated for a real treat to- night with Soldier Bartfield and Jock Malone scheduled to meet in a ten- round hout at the armory. Minnesota: " Clgudy ght, and probably snow flurries wnwth- turday; generally fair_but ewhat colder, Stroeng winds: rw | B8 PER MONTH HARDINGBACKS PROPOSALS T0 . SAVE FORESTS President-elect Is Heartily in Favor of Legislation Affect- ing Forests FOREST ASSOCIATION IN ANNUAL MEETING ‘President Pack Declares Ac, tion Must Be Used for Pas- sage of Snell Bill (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 25.—Greater strides toward a national forest policy were made in 1920 than ever before, Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Forestry association, today told the members at the open- ing of the annual meeting of the or- ganization at the Willard Hotel. Pack tTalled attention to the fact that President-elect Harding is heartily in favor of forest legisla- tion and quoted this message from the incoming president: “It is perfectly practicable and feasible to provide for a new growth - of timber and an imperative duty to improve our forest protection. I can think of no forward look in relation to the good fortunes of America which does not contemplate a forest policy which will assure’ us the es- sentlal in the lumber line for all our constructive activities.” * The Snell Forest bill has been In- troduced in. congress, Pack pointed out, and behind this measure was the united approval, he said, of not only the American Forestry associa- tion but every business interested, such as the American Newspaper Publishers association and hundreds of wood using industries and the United States Forest service. “With the coming of a new con- gress, said Pack, “‘we are at the puint where something constructive can be done in the perpetuation and preser- vation of the forests, one ot lhe na- tion’sgreatest natural resources. Con- servation has been quite a buzuboo in times past, but the call of war apaN e resourens-has awakened the nation to the fact that the Awmeri- can [Forestry agsoclation has ot been calling ‘wolf’ in the wilderness-just for the fun of it. ‘lhe fact of the matter Is if we do not get something done there will be nothing but the wilderness in which to call ‘wolf’ and then it will be too lat>. “Waste must be stopped. Our for- ests are being used »r destroyeq by fire four limes faster than we are re- producing them. We must put the idle land to work. We must have forest erops coming along every year Just as we have corn and wheat crops The great encouraging mnote comes from the man who will take next week the highest office in the gift of the Amerlcan people. He is 2 newspgper publisher and knows all about the big phase, of the high cost of forest products—the pulpwood that goes into the making of news print. You can be assured, from his message 1 have just read you he is with us in thie great question and on {he fact that he is with us the country is to be congratulated.” Some of Lhdse atending the meet- ing are, Dr. Henry S. Drinker, late- Iy resigned from the presidency of Lehigh; Hon. P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education, Henry 8. Graves, former United States Forester, Chester W. Lyman, vice-president, International Paper Co, of New York, E. A. Sterling, Ad- dison D. Pratt and Standish Chard of New York city, Prof. “H. H. Chapman of Yale University, and W. R. Brown, forest commissioner of New Hamp- shire. U. S. HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW RHINE ARMY (By United Press) Paris, France, Feb. 25.—The Unit- ed States yesterday informed-Belgium that she has decided to withdraw her troops from the Rhine. France has expected this move and has arranged for troops to replace the Americans. LEGISLATURE TO ATTEMPT ELECTION LAW REVISION Bill. Would Bring Nonpartisan League Under Head of Political Party (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 25.—An effort to amend the present election laws so that the National Nonpartisan League will come under the head of politics and be governed according- ly will be made during the present legislative session. Senate and house committees have agreed to draft laws providing for county and state political conventions to draft platforms and indorse can- didates. These steps were decided upon at a conference of all leading republicans last ni'ght. ‘