Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 8, 1921, Page 1

/ The 'Pioneer is the- only 'daily- < within 100. miles of Bemidji and has the ~largest ‘circulation in Northern Minnesota. THE BEMIDII DAILY PIONE s d uel -~ Much colder, wind- coming fresh to strong to night. T BEMIDJI, MINN.; TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1921 §5c PER MONTH = Thayer C. Bailey to Succeed Attorney H. L. Huffman as City Attorney GEORGE STEIN RESIGNS ¢ FROM CITY CLERK’S JOB Successor to Be Appointed: at Next Regular Meeting on March 21 - Filling of appointive offices was ‘the most important matter of - busi- ness before the new city couneil in session last evening. Only a few changes were made _in the line-up. The most important of these was the election of Thayer C.:Bajley as city attorney, to succeed H. L. Huffman. The only other applicant for that of- fice, Attorney C. L. Pegelow, re- ceived five votes, ‘while Bailey re- ceived six. 8 The appointment of city engineer and water clerk was left over until the pext regular meeing. On the secofid ballot cast, W. . Hazen was re-elected to. act as strest commis- sioner..' ‘Other candidates were J. H. Wynne, James Kennedy and C. F. Caryer. . : William Gaines -was re-appointed to serve as fire truck driver in charge, and Edwin Jewett re-appointed as drive¥ and janitor. Dfi.E, M. Shannon was again elect- ed to Serve as city physician and health officer. No applicaticns were recelved for the office of city veter- inarian, Dr. D. L. Burgess holding that position’ during the past term. Likewise, no applications were re- ceived for fire chief, that position now being held by Charles S. Dailey. G. Oliver Riggs was re-appointed as punicipal band director. Appli- cations for the positions of matron of the rest room, and janitress of the dormitory. were laid on the table un- til the next meeting. Judge “I7F. Gibbon’s_ re-appoint- ment of ‘Miss idnu_de P. Hammersley as clerk of municipal court was con- firmed. No chanfes will be made i the police forc#, according to Mayor Garlock’s announcement last night. Standing committees for the year were appointed by Alderman Lahr, and folowing this the resignation of George Stein as_city clerk was read and fecepted. Mr. Stein will leave this office about March 21 to accept a Josition with the Bemidji Auto pany at an increase dsalary. ccessor will be appointed at the mext ‘tegular meeting, upon recom- / mendation of a special committee ap- / pointed to secure applications. \ Surety bonds for the elective and appointive \officers will remain the -same'this yedr as last. The council will méet in regular session every sec- ond Monday night, the next regular meeting to be held two weéks from last night. < The bid of Marshall Wells company of Duluth for furnishing four tires and four inner tubes for the fire truck was accepted, that being the lowest bid. entered. The bid covered the cost of four United States .tires and six inner tubes at a cost of $689.85. . The report of the fire chief for.the month of February and a number of communications completed the first _ session of the new council. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND HIT BY WAGE REDUCTION Union Leaders in Packing House Ifdustry Meeting to Plan Course of Action (By United Press) Chicago, March 8. (By J. E. O'Sul-, livan.)—Wages of 200,000 employees of packing companies were cut ap- proximately 1212 per cent today. The basic eight-hour day which was placed in effect during the war was abolished, The decision effects about 30,000/employees in Chicago and the remainder in the other 11 ~principal market centers, including South 8t. Paul. Notice of the reduction was given to all packing printers today. The men had not been informed of the move previously and there was com- siderable anxiety among the packers as to what the reaction would. be. Union leaders in the packing in- dustry are now meeting in Omaha to decide on their course of action. ‘There was considerable apprehension among employees that it might re- sult in a strike: EXAMINATIONS FOR RURAL SCHOOLS ARE ANNOUNCED . The first high schoal board exam- ination will be held in the rural schools of the county on March 31 and April 1, Superintendent McGhee has announced. Thé second examina- :tlionsdwizll be held May 27, 31, Jung and 2, Al operaitve marketing get together on | MISS CHAPMAN PASSES AWAY AT LITTLE FALLS | Victim of Sleeping Sickness Succumbs at Little Falls Hospital Today A message, announcing the death of Miss Esther Maria Chapman at 10 j o’clock\this forenoon was received by ! The Pioneer shortly before mnoon. ‘Miss Chapman has been in St. Gab- riel's hospital, Little Falls, for more than four weeks afflicted with sleep- ing sickness and.finally succumbed to it this morning. Her home was at Royalton where she is survived by one brother and three sisters, her parents having both died some time ago. Miss Chap- man.was the eldest of the family, be- ing 24 years of age at the time of her death. In November, 1919, she became connected with The Pioneer as so- .| ciety editor, which position she oc- cupied until sickness coinpelled her to give up her work. While in Be- midji she made a wide circle of .friends. She was pregident of the Queen Esther society, vice-president of the Philathea Bible class and vice- he Epworth League go- ciety of the Methodist church. She was always very active in church work among the young people of the community. Funeral arrangements had not been learned up to tmie of going to press. president of \ BEMIDJI FARMERS' CLUB WILL MEET SATURDAY The Bemidji Farmers) club will meet at the Carr Lake school, Satur- day, March 12. A good program with land clearing as the main topic and other items of interest are assur- ed. All members and others whp may desire to become members are urged to be present. Mrs. E. K. An- lderwl and Miss Cowan will enter- tain. WHEAT MOVEMENT THROUGH FORT WILLIAM IS HEAVY Winnipeg, March 8,—Between 700 and 800 cars of grain are arriving at Fort William, Ont., daily from the west. The elevators. are rapidly fill- ing up despite a rail movement to the east. Over 1,000 cars of freight are go- ing through here daily. The rail- ways have not redyced the operating staffs materially as it is one of the busiest winters at the head of the lakes. Officials say there is no unem- ploymeng. ¢ NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS AWAIT NATIONAL ACTION (By United Press) Fargo, March 8.—Nothing will be done towards pooling of the 1921 wheat crop in North Dakota until the national officers of the various organ- izations working in the state for co- a uniform national sales agency plan, This was decided here at a meeting of the officers of the North Dakota \branches of the American Farm Bu- reau federation, the National Wheat Growers’ association and the Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ association. In the meantime no contracts will bt signed. Action will await decision of the North Dakota representatives at a national conference on the plan of the committee of 17, There will be six delegatés~from this state at the national meeting. They will be chosen at a mass meet- ing to be called by U. L. Burdick and Geo. Duis, presidents, respectively, of the North Dakota branches of the wheat growers and farm bureau. BEMIDJ HIGH PLAYS AT GRAND RAPIDS TONIGHT ‘The Bemidji high school basket ball team left this noon for Grand Rapids where it will play the Grand Rapids high school quint this eve- ning. The game will have no bear- ing on the district title, the only re- maining game which will affect the title being the third game with St. Cloud on Saturday, ‘The locals have heen practicing regularly every afternoon and are in first class shape. Local fans look for the Bemidji team to win tonight by a safe margin. 5 Definite assurance has been given the committee in charge of the Le- gion boxing nfatches to be Leld at the new armory Friday evening that a special train will be provided for International Falls on the afterncon of the fights and this train will make all regulaf stops along the line. A special committee visited that city yesterday and made final arrange- ments. with the fans there and as a result indications are that at lest 150 make use of the special trainm. International Falls™ boosters are anxious to accompany the two fight- ers from that city as well as two nine-year-old lads from Fort Francis, who will stage a short preliminary. In the words of the committee, “‘they are rearing to ge.” Tickets for the fight are on sale at Boardman’s drug store and reserved seats are being sold very rapidly. In addition to_the reserved seats, stand- ing room will be sold at the time of the fight, s l - POSSESSION OF GERMAN CITIES Occupation of Shipping Cities Is Accomplished Without Incident Today . VON SIMONS BITTER OVER ALLIED ACTION Economic Pressure To Begin Thursday When Customs (By Unitea Press) i Line Is Drawn London, March 8. — (By Ed. L. Keen)—Allied armies today invaded Germany to compel obedience to their reparation demands. The rich levy- ing and shipping cities of Dusseldorff, Duisberg'!and Ruhrort submitted to allied control at 6 2. m. when British, French and Belgian troops marched across the Rhine to assume posses- sion. ‘The occupation was accom- plished without incident, German burgomasters having been instructed by Berlin to interfere in no way. The German reparation commis- sion sternly rejected its proposals without debate when it failed to ap- prove the demands of the allies and left London at 2 p. m. today. For- eign Minister Von Simons showed some bitterness declaring that inflic- tion of penalties now would hamper fgture attempts. He had previously announced he would appeal to the league_of, nations. So far'as official statements were concerned, military action is confined to establishment of a new bridge- head at Dusseldorff, no German ports having been seized as was threaten- | ed. It is believed that economic pressure will begin Thursday when a customs line is established parallel to the: Rhine to the depths of thirty kilometers or about nineteen miles. German customs houses will be seized and a tax of 0 per cent levied on all German goods. The presence of American troops at the Colbenz bridge-head complicated the situation somewha|. If the Americans are per- mitted to co-operate with the allies, the customs line will include their territory. However, should the Unit- ed States grder the Americans not to participate, the customs line will be drawn west of the pridge-head. k In exacting the penalties, the alliés feared there might be protests from the German radicals. They were en- couraged in this belief by the Ger- man delégation which elaborated in- structions to Berlin to sec that any such outbursts be repressed. The fact that the Germans in the ocecupied territory received the in- vaders quietly tended to calm any such interference, however, Paris, March 8.—The French war office announced officially that the German city of Dusseldorff was oc- cupied at 6 a. m. today. Paris, March 8.—The occupation of Ruhrort was accomplished with- out incident, the French war office announced this afternoon. An allied fleet is anchored off the coast. Gen- eral Simons commands the forces in Dusseldorff and General Monther the trcops at Ruhrort, it was said. The army of occupation, it was an- nounced, consists of infantry, caval- ry, tanks and motor machine guns. LAND CLEARING FUND NOT YET SUFFICIENT 1 have been out of town, hence the subscription list of the Bel- trami County Land Clearing as- sociation hag been neglected. The - following are mew ‘sub- scribers: Bemidji Shoe Store .$ 5.00 Naylor Electric Co...... 10.00 Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co........ 100.00 Bemidji Lumber & Fuel ..... . 25.00 R. J: Boardman. 15.00 Dr. Dannenberg 5.00 A. S. Gilbert 15.00 Dr. ‘Shannon 10.00 Palace Meat A. J. Doran 20.00 J. E. Harris . 5.00 J. C. Penney Co. . 100.00 Bemidji Hardware Co..... 100.00 Peoples Co-operative Co., by B. E. Koble. A .00 D. S. Mitchell ... O’Leary-Bowser In addition to- the list given above, ‘we received three sub- seription “blanks filled out, ome for $50, one for $20 and one for $5, with no name signed. Look over the list and if your name does not appear in to- day’s list you are the fellow who didn’t sign your listing blank. Call me at telephone 88, and give me your name and I will agree not to tell on you. We mailed out subscription blanks to a large number who should be in on this list that have failed to respond. We would be pleased to receive re- sponse from them so that we can either put them on the list or check them off. There is a lot of work connected with a proposition of this lind. Two minutes of your time in reply- ing may save a half hour of ours looking you up. May we ask the courtesy of a reply from those that received the letter? We know you intend to sub- scribe but are just neglecting it. Let's get it done and get the agony over with. -, The subscription lists are still at the various banks. We still . need more to put us over the top. Come in and sign up. . By F. R. DUXBURY, \ Chairman of Finance Committee. HAPPY AND CONTENTED ON HUNDRED-SIXTH BIRTHDAY ABy United Press) ‘West: Chester, Pa., March 8.—At- tributing her long and active life to plenty: of hard work and an appetite which has never failed, Mrs. Julia Ann Walter is busily engaged today in knitting washrags for her friends and relativés who will ‘call tomorrow and spend ‘a portion of the day in proper- ly ce]etrating the 106th anniversary | of her birth. Mrs. Walter is the old-| est woman born (Pa.) county. Except for her hearing, which is badly impaired, Mrs. Walter’s facul- ties are unimpaired. She reads news- papers and letters every day without glasses and spends much of her time knitting and sewing. She remembers very distinetly the visit in 1824 of General Lafayette to the scene of the battle of the Brandywine in which he was wounded. During the late | war Mrs. Walter did a large amount of sewing for the Red Cross of which she is a member. Mrs. Walter insists on drinking cof- fee with each meal, and has a particu-; lar fondness for boiled ham and cab-, bage. She eats cake, ice cream and| in Chester REBEL TROOPS. REPULSEREDS ATPETROGRAD Drcary Winter Region Around Petrograd Resounds Today With Heavy Firing PETROGRAD REPORTED UNDER REBEL CONTROL Harding and Cabinet Meeting in Conference on Reports of Russ Situation (By United Press) Helsingfors, Finland, March §.— Red troops headed by Chinese mis- sionaries attempted to stem a'rebel march on Petrograd late yesterday but were repulsed by heavy fire from battleships. The dreary winter re- gion nhoult Petrograd resounded to- day with the neavy firing. The most severe bombardment occurred bes tween Petrograd and the island fort- resses of” Kronstadt. Firing between these twd places began last night aft- er the breaking of negotiations, the nature of which is obscure. One re- port stafed that Soviet authorities remaining in Petrograd have sug- gested negotiations, the sailors of Kronstadt agreeing, The Soviet lead- ers were. said to have broken the truce by artillery fire. (By United Press) London, March 8.-—All Bolsheviki commisigoners in Petrograd have been killed or taken prisoners by the revolutionaries, according to foreign office advices today. Dispatches from Helsingfors confirmed reports that all 'Petrograd, the fortresses of St. Peter and Paul were in rebel hands. (By United Press) Washington, March 8.—President Tarding and his, cabinet went into session hero shortly after 11:00 to- day. Vice-President Coolidge was among the early arrivals and joined :}ne conference on_the Russiay situa- on. Russian revolutionaries, according to Scandinavian reports today, have strengthencd their hold on Petrograd and the surrounding territory. ‘Red -troops sent to the region to meet an expedition of 37,000 sailors and workers from Kronstadt were re- ported to have been driven back by heavy shelling from the naval fort- ress and captured battleships. One of the magnetic Moscow orators, Gregory Zinovieff, has «gone to the front to holster the throng but it is believed his task is hopeless. The loyalty of the garrisons out- side of Petrograd is questioned. They were still fighting today but because of the fog it could not be determined which section’they were supporting. 1t is believed they ure in rebel hands. The revolutionaries were reported to have killed or captured every Bolshevik commission in Petrograd. COUNTY CHILD WELFARE BOARD ELECTS OFFICERS At the meeting of the Beltrami county child welfare board yesterday J. C.'GceGhee, county superintendent of schools, was elacted chairman, and Mrs. R. H. Schumaker was clected pie of all kinds. secretary. | BUSINESS STUDENTS ARE ADDRESSED BY DR, ZENTZ Students at Bemidji Business College Given Sound Advice and Entertainment Dr. €. H. Zentz, pastor of the !Methodist Episcopal church, lectured to the students of the Bemidji Busi- ness college Monday morning at 11 o'clock. He was accompanied by Rev. F. E. Rueckert of Osman, Il Rev. Rueckert is in charge of the mu- suical part of the evangelical fervices now being held in the M. E. church. Before Dr. Zentz' address Rev. Rueck- ert sang, “When Old Aunt Lynde Sings,” and “My First Love,” and at the close, “The Little Brown Owl.” Rev. lueckert has a strong, rich voice of well-controlled power and of exceeding cleagness. ‘The subject chosen by Dr. Zentz' was “How to attain the best results in life, or how to make a success.” “Every normal person,” said Dr. Zentz, “‘wants to make a success in life. I have known a large number ‘of individuals who have made a suc- cess in life, and I have also known a larger number who have not. Thé man who makes a success, by many, is called a genius. A genius is a man who has outstanding ability in his work. The ancient Celts said that genius had three elements; first, the gift of the gods, second, the times and conditions to suit, third, man’s exertions. The first is the natural ability and power with which men are gifted; the second takes the times to bring ouf the real worth; the third, the one most likely to be wanting, is man's exertions. By man’s exertions 1 mean a disposition to work hard. 'Most of us are lazy and do not wanut to work unless we have to. \When Thomas Carlyle was asked the sccret of genius he answer- ed, ‘The power of taking infinite pains with anything of worth”.” He cited as illustrations the suc- cesses of Sir William Van Horn and of Presidents Garfield and Lincold, talso Jesus story of the parable of the talents. He told how Warren G. Harding worked his way up from a printing office to the highest office in the United States, to which he was inaugurated president M In closing, Dr. Zentz said, * who are anxious to excel there is only one way and that is by hard work. Be careful and exact. ‘The slothfulservant in the parable of the talents was condemned, not because he failed, but because did not try. Taithfulness will always be reward- ed.” T00 BUSY MOTORING TO FIND TIME FOR SPORTS . (By United Press) T*resno, Cal., March 8.—This city of 50,000 souls enjoys the reputation of having less sports and more auto- mobiles $han any other city of its size in the United States. It is probably the only city of this size in the coun- try with no*baseball team and no baseball park. & “Fresno is dead as a door nail so far as sports go,” said the sport writer of a local newspaper, ‘“and some of us blame the autos for it.” Tresno’s sports consist of one bowl- ing alley, two basketball teams and some playgrounds. The high school tries Its hand at football in the fall. “Every janitor and every street sweeper owns his own car,” said the sport writer, “and he spends his spare time riding in it. You have to hunt for blocks before you can park on a downtown street. Fresno just doesn’t even have a city golf course.” ! But Fresno prides itself on its play- grounds, which arc declared to be the best in the state. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR LEONARD H. NORD TODAY The funeral of the late State Sen- ator Leonard 11. Nord of Internation- al Falls was held today at 11 o’clock in Minneapolis. The senate adjourn- ed until 2 o‘clock, while the house adjourned until Wednesday. Repre- sentatives of both houses attended the funeral. CURTIS LEAVES FOR PALM BEACH FOR TWO0 MATCHES .. C. Curtis, Bemidji's mat artist, left last night for Palm Beach, Flor- ida, where he will have two wrest- ling matches before his mateh in Be- midji on March 29 when will meet Ralph Parcaut, middleweight cham- pion of the world, MISKE SCORES KNOCK- OUT OVER FARMER LODGE (By United Press) St. Paul,” March 8.—Champion Jack Dempsey absorbed a lot of gore pulling Farmer Lodge's 225 pounds off of Billy Miske’s shoulder last night. During the four rounds the former stood up. Miske slammed him through the ropes in the fourth and the farmer stayed down for the count. Dempsey had a hard job in his first experience as referee, but he liked it. St. Paul, March 8.—Gunner Joe Quinn did not fight last night. It was called off because Tommy Com- iskey was ten pounds over-weight and the boxing commission refused to allow the fight to go on. Billy Miske of St. Paul defeated Farmer Lodge in a four round bout. Eddie Debeau fought a 10-round draw with Johnny Noye. ECONOMY TOBE WATCHWORD OF NEW OFFICERS A. V. Garlock Takes Office of Mayor; Urges Economy and Efficiency as Well PLANS FOR BUILDING OF “BETTER BEMIDJI” Favors Increase in Salaries of Councilmen, Improvement of Resort Facilities Advocating and insisting upon an administration of economy. and effi- ciency, Dr. A. V. Garlock last night took the office of mayor of Bemidji, following the adjournment of the old city council and the roll call of the new members. He succeeds L. F. Johnson, who has served in that ca- pacity for the past two years. Mayor Garlock suggested a num- ber of measures which he proposes to see worked out this year for the building of a bigger and better city. He urged that the council lend its support and co-operation to the Civic and Commerce association, which is now rated as the fifth organization of its lind in the state. In view of the high rate of taxa- tion, he advocated that expenditures be cut to the minimum in all depart- ments of the city with the exception of the high school construction. For this he approved of a first-class insti- tution in every respect, suitable for the community’s needs for many years to come. He urged that such steps be taken to push a campaign for added housing quarters, declar- ; ling that from three to four hundred more families would come to Bemidji in the near future if the city could offer buitable housing faciliti He advocated that Bemidji be made the metropolis of summer re- sorts, urging further improvements for Diamond Point and the selection of the. stite park here. In'order to keep the city proper in neat appear- ance at all times he suggested that steps be taken to prevent paths being made across lawns and boulevards and added that the park board should instruct the children through the pub- lic schools relative to taking more civie pride in the improvement of the city. He favored an increase in salaries for the council members, and asked the support of the council at all times in carryinF on a campaign of effi- ciency and economy in city affairs. J. P. Lahr, alderman-at-large, and president of the council, speaking in behalf of the city “dads,” assured the mayor of the council’s support, stat- ing that his plan calls for a similar program. C. W. Vandersluis, retiring alder- man-at-large, spoke briefly before turning over his duties to Mr. Lahr, and extended his thanks to the coun- cil for the co-operation shown him during the past two years which he has served in that capacity. Ex-Mayor Johnson made a short talk concerning his administration during the past two years, and also concerning the early days in this sec- tion of the state before Bemidji was founded. The office was then turn- ed over to the new mayor, and the new council immediately went into session with all members prescat. FORTY-SEVEN ACCEPTED AS NAVAL RESERVISTS Nine More Applicants to Be Examined This Week for Bemidji Company That Bemidji is to have a fully en-~ listed naval militia company is now definitely assured. 65 is the number required, and already 47 have been examintd and accepted. Five others were disqualified. There are still nine applicants to be examined this week, and it is expected that the re- quired quota will be reachtd from this number. The examinations were conducted Saturday and Sunday under the di- rection of Examining Surgeon Mc- Comb of Duluth. Lieutenant Earle A. Barker is well pleased with the propospects for an exceptionally able company, and the boys are looking forward to several trips on their “‘gea-legs” during their period of en- listment. FIRST CLASS COMEDY IS ASSURED FOR THURSDAY A comedy entertainment of high class is assured the public Thursday afternoon and evening when members of the local high school will present “The Hoodooed Coon,” matinee and evening. The matinee will be staged at three o’clock at an admission price of 25 cents for children and 50 cents for adults, while the evening per- formance will begin at 8:15 with an admission of 50 cents and 75 cents. ~