Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 16, 1921, Page 1

Strike Vote Is Being Taken Among Butchers and Meat Cutters Affected UNION. REPRESENTATIVES MEETING TO TALK STRIKE Early Vpting. Is Declared: By Leaders to- Overwhelmingly "Favor:a Strike (By. United Pross) Chicagd, ‘March’ 16.~—The: contro- versy between packers and.their em-} ployees rapidly drew towards a cli-| max today.- ‘Deyelopments were: ‘The taking of a strike vote among “butchers and-meat cutters. Meeting of representatives of all union employees of packing com- panies to consider a walk-out of all trades employed by the packers in sympathy, with the butchers and meat cutters as they strike. The cloging ‘down, of the import- ant packing companies in stock yards district in view of unsettled conditions. Arrangements for a mediation con- ference in Washington with govern- ment officials. The taking of a strike vote pro- ceeded . without adfy disturbance. Booths were erected at main gates leading to the.plants.in the yard dis- trict and the men' cast their votes as they went to ‘work. Early voting, union leaders stated, overwhelmingly favored a strike. CANNIBALS OF AFRICA STILL EATING HUMANS Missionary Claims They Now Take Care to Burn Bones and Hide All Traces of Deed v Ubltea Press) Rev. Roger S. Guptill, Methodist missionary fo the Cohgo Belge, named by the cHfnibalistic natives, “King of the Monkeys,” sailed recently from New Yotk for England en route to his mission station in,the heart of the African jungleé® Rev. Guptill re- ceived this name when with his’ wife and infiifit soh he went 11 days’ trek into the bush country north of the end .of thé Cape-to-Cairo railroad to the villagé of Kabongo, paramount chief of the Luba cannibals. Mrs. Guptill and her baby were the first white Womat and child to ven- ture into that éountry; and all along the way they were the objects of the greatest criosi by the natives, some Wil mned arrows and spears, 8 "mu infant was car- th screen wire sides, ried in a ci under -lock’ nnd key, suspended from a pole whith rédted on the shoulders of two native utflers At the cl{m.l“ f the Chief:Kabon- go, the Gubtills fived. for six-months, during which tlht the minister won many converts fl: Christianity. His church was built, by convicted can- nibals cofic emneci as a: penalty for shooting 'poisoned arrows at the chief’s soldiers Who came to investi: gate the disappearance of 18 native carriers ftom the caravan of a Bel- gian offici - Rev. Guptlll says tha natives eat others as much as formerly, but they take care to burn the bones to-pow- der which they scatter in the swanips, thus hiding all trace of their deed. Guptill was “King of the Mon- keys,” a tefm of respect for his wis- dom, the natives holding a crude form of the Ddfwinian’theory that mon- keys are witer than men. NORTH DAKOTA IMPLEMENT DEALERS PROTECTED BY BILL | (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., March 16. Dakota Implement men were success- ful in gettihg their- bill aimed at mail order houses through the legis- lature. Ptesent state laws forbid the selling by dealers of sleds with a tread less than 54 inches. Mail ord- er houses, however could ship in a narrower trgad. The new law binds the foreign as well as the home deal- er. 0SSEQ GOES ON RECORD AGAINST VOLSTEAD LAW (By United Press) Osseo, Minn., March 16.—Osseo is telling the world it favors light wine and beer as part of the village elec- tion yesterday. Voters went on re- cord against the Volstead law. The vote was 68-21. The ballots show that 17 women voted. The resolu- tion will ‘be sent to the legislature and congress to announce the vote. ;\ssoclatlon rooms Tuesday afternoon. BELTRAMI COUNTY RED_ . CROSS CHAPTER MEETS Interesting' Reports Are Heard _at Meeting Held Tuesday at Association Rooms The Southern Beltrami County Red Crosg chapter held a most interesting.-| :meeting at the Civic and.Commerce Mrs. A. Lord gave a report for the home service committee. J. P. Lahr, chdirman of the civilian relief com- mittee,. reported a good many loans had been made to eX-service men, some of the loans had been returned. Several families have been helped fi- nancially through periods of sick- ness. Miss Beth McGregor, Red Cross nurse, ‘gave an interesting report of her work throughout the surround- -ing country. She has arranged for several clinics to be held next month, has made many home calls, and last week vaccinated 83 children at Ten- strike. ‘The executive board pledged co-op- eration. and some help financially to ‘the recreation ‘board. They are plan- ning to get a social worker here next. month, andythe executive board will pay $26 per month toward her sal- ary. It was voted that $200 be trans- ferred to the civilian relief fund. MOOSE LODGE SURPRISED BY MEMBERS OF LEGION The women of the Mcoseheart Le- gion surprised the memimrs of the Moose lodge at the close of their lodge seasion last evening by appearing in uniform with St. Patrick’s day dec- orations and giving a program, after which they served delightful refresh- ments. A most enjoyable evening was spent. Installation of the new officers of the Moose lodge was held at the reg- ular business session after initiation had been conferred on a class. From the numbers present it was quite evi- dent that the hall has become entire- ly inadequate to take care of this growing loige and sentiment’ among the members is strong for obtaining a new home for the order. DAUGHERTY WOULD HAVE - GOS8 AS HIS ASSISTANT .. (By United Press) - ‘Washington, March 16. —Auorney- General Daugherty today requested of: President Harding the nppolnt- ment of Guy D. Goss of Wisconsin as assistant attorney-general. LENINE SEES ONLY TWO FORMS OF GOVERNMENT (By United Pres: S Paris, March 16.—Only two kinds of government arge possible in Rus- sia—Soviet or ~ Czaristic—Nikolai Lenine declared in an interview printed today. ‘‘Some fools believe a consistent assembly would ' be suc- cessful,” he said. ‘““The revolution in.the Petrograd district is a case of foolish discontent backed by capital- itst of the world but it will fail.” UNIVERSITY FARM SCHOOL TO GRADUATE BIG CLASS About 130 students from almost every county in Minnesota will be graduated from the Central School of Agriculture at University Farm on Wednesday, March 30. Rev. Roy L. Smith "of Minneapolis will give the address. President L. D. Coffman of the Universiay will present the di- lomas. Other commencement week eatures will be: class exercises, Wed- nesday evening, March 23; reception to graduating class by President and Mrs. Coffman and Dean and Mrs. R. W. Thatcher, March 26; com- mencement - sermon, Rev. John A. Earl, president of D¥s Moines Uni- versity, Sunday, March 27; class play, Monday evening, March 28; alumni gay. ‘Tuesday, March 29. ¥ g PRESTON FUNERAL TO BE HELD TOMORROW Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon for Eugene Pres- ton, who passed away at a Washing- ton hospital Saturday. The body is to arrive here«tonight. Following a short service at the Preston home at 12 o’clock the remains will be taken to the Becida town hall where the usual services will be held. Rev. L. P. Warford will officiate. Interment will be made in the Becida cemetery beside the father Eugene Preston, Sr. - The deceased took part in the re- cent war and the services will be of a military nature under the direction of Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion. Services at the Becida hall will be held at 2 o’clock. TAKES WASH TUB FOR POND FOR ALLIGATORS. WIFE SAYS (By United Pre her only washtub for a pond to keep his alligators in,” Mrs. Allen Brown- ley charged in a suit for divorce from her animal training husband.- Cruel and inhuman treatment was alleged. Cooyrich) STANDARD-BRED POULTRY| WEEK SET IN MINNESOTA The weel: of April 4 to 9 has been set apart by the University of Min- nesota college of agriculture as stand- ard-bred poultry week. This period has been chosen for a number(of rea- sons. It is as late in the season as is practical to secure eggs for hatching purposes of the larger breeds, as Rocks, Reds, Wyandottes and Or- phingtons. It is the earliest date at which it is practical to secure breeds. Eggs purchased during this week al- 80, day-old chicks may be ordered for immediate or future delivery as may be desired. The observance of standard-bred poultry -week is urged to increase the number of standard-bred flocks on the 180,000 farms in Minnesota. officers of each paultry asso- cnfiun in the state of Minnesota are ed to issue a proclamation to be lished in the various newspapers e county, calling attention to thll standard-bred poultry week, and asking for co-operation in this cam- paij for standard-bred - stock on each farm in the state. The county agents and home dem- onstration agents of each farm bu- reau are urged to co-operate in mak- ing this week a success in their re- spective counties. County club leaders are requested to co-operate in the observance of standard-bred poultry week, and urge the boys and girls to enroll in the state poultry contest, and to se- ‘cure sittings of eggs of standard-bred stock that will enable them to qualify in the state poultry contest. The breeders of poultry in Minne- sota have an opportunity tc render a splendid service to the cause of bet- ter poultry by advertising reduced prices on eggs, stock and chicks for this standard-bred poultry week. With the co-operation of the pub- lic press, it is believed that the ob- servance of this standard-bred poul- try week may become an lmportant factor in advancing the poultry in- dustry of Minnesota. NEW SPRING STYLES TO SOUND DOOM OF “SLOUCHES” ‘Wellesley, Mass.. wiarch 16 'De- butanie slouches,” and letter S” fig- ures are doomed with the arrival orl the mew Spring styles, is the view | expressed by tie department of hy- giene at Wellesley College. “Today, looser garments, introduc- ‘ed on the wave of popularity for sport clotines, will allow the girls a chance to stand up straight, letting .the shoulders™carry the bulk of the weight,” says Miss Mary S. Haagen- sen, instructor of gymnastics, in an interview. “Wider participation in outdoor ex- ercises s proving beneficial to young ladies carriages,” she believes. N. D. STOCKHOLDERS MUST BE GIVEN SIXTY DAYS NOTICE Bismark, N. D., March 16.—Sixty days notice must be given to stock- holders of a corporation for a meet- ing called to increase or decrease amount of capital stock, according to a new law passed by the session just closed, effective July 1. AMBASSADOR JUSSERAND CONFERS WITH HARDING (By United Press) \Washington, March 16. (By Ray- mond Clapper.)—The first direct at- tempt by an emissary of a foreign government to bring a problem con- nected with American-European rela- tions immediately to the attention of ‘President Harding appeared today in a visit of the Frénch Ambassador Jusserand to the White House. down her testimony in rebuttal to- Jusserand’s appointment to call, it was learned, was arranged by the state department at the ambassdor’s request, THAT BABY GIRL HAMON LETTERS ARE ROLED 0UT Ruling. Made By Judge Cham- pion Is Severe Blow to De- fense in Murder Trial (By United Press) Ardmore, Okla., Courthouse, March (By Carl Victor Little.)—Love lePters written by Jake Hamon to his protegee, Clara Smith Hamon, were ruled inadmissible. as evidence in Clara's trial for Marder here today. Judge Tom Champion said the last introduced by the defense were not competent as evidence. The ruling is a blow to the defensive case. Clara looked much relieved when she entered the courtroom today aft- er her trying ordeal on the witness stand yesterday, accompanied by J nie Sharpless, an _ evangelist, who prayed with her during the morning before court opened. Clara’s expres- sion was more complacent and she laughed as she chatted with *“Wild Bill” McLean. . A news reporter was the first witness to testify. He told of an interview with Clara in Mexico. (By United Press), The court closed its case after hearing testimony by a few witnesses during the morning. The court was recessed until 3 o’clock to give the attorneys an opportunity to prepare their closing arguments to the jury and to let the judge give his instruc- tions. Prosecutor Freeling said he would not ask the death penalty in his cl ing statement. He feels he has a better chance to get conviction if he asks a lighter penalty. The case probably will be given the jury late tonight or tomorrow. Attorneys for- Clara declared she defended herself by the story she told the jury—\hat she was her own wit- ness. Efforts by the state to break day failed. 'SOUTH ST. PAUL PACKER EMPLOYEES VOTE STRIKE, Four Packers Decide Not to Reduce Wages and Men Will Stay on Job (By United Press) St. Paul, March 16.—The big five packers’ employees at South St. Paul are voting about 12-1 in favor of a strike in view of arbitrary wage re- duction announced by the packers, according to Joseph P. McCoy, secre- tary-treasurer of the local union. He said the local strike vote will be completed by tomorrow. Four packers here decided not to reduce wages and their employees will remain on the job, it was said. NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE MAKES GAME LAW CHANGES (By United Press) Bismarsk, N. D., March 16.—North Dakota sportsmen will have to study the session laws of 1921. Several laws regulating hunting were pass- ed. The bag limit of wild geese is reduced from 15 to 8 birds a day, and hunting is limited from one-half hour before sun rise to sun set. Deer may be hunted from Novem- ber 21 to 30 each year without spe- cial license. Non-residents are ex- cluded. Cloted season is established on muskrats until January, 1924, ZHBLLO - HELLD - THIS MISTER STORK 2-5AY HOW ABOUT ‘BLVE EYES, GOLDEN -HAIR— | ORDERED BARBER TELLS WHY HE ~ SHOULD BE CITY HEAD (By United Press) Aurora, Ill., March 16.—If diversi- ty of vocation and avocation, if ex- cellence in that which he has at- tempted mean anything in this old world of smiles and tears, then Wil- son A. Groshans, barber, checker champion, eugenics expert and mas- ter scientist, will be the next mayor of Aurora. Four aspire to the executive office —the present mayor, Charles A. Townsend; colonel Charles Greene, commanding officer of the 129th in- fantry, Thirty-third Division; Fred B. Streeter and Groshans. Groshans hesitated to add politics to his long list of accom| ahments, but upon the insistence of his fnends he announced his candidacy, and in a statement entitled “Who Is This Man' Groshans and What Has He Ever Done?” he tells why Aurora should name him mayor. Briefly he admits he is: One of the world’s most foremost exponents of the brain game, check- €ers. Discoverer of the cause of bald- ness, after failure of the scientific world in centuries of effort. Publisher of a monograph on con- verting non-laying hens into layers. Writer of more original sclence than any man in the state. Lecturer in Chicago on heredity and eugenics. Expert on laws of stock breeding and the fallacy and purpose of the popular evolutionary theory. Profound student of nature, caus- ing him to shrink from the rabble. (Reason he is not well known.) Owner of his own home, taxpayer, favors civic betterment, a friend of lnhor, though not an enemy to capi- Although a bxu'ber, experiments with cats, dogs, pigeons, rats, chicke ens and canaries. Member-of the Kane county board of supervisors and the Amecrican Genetic association. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY.. TO MAKE MINERAL SURVEY Winnipeg, Man., March 16.-—The most important mining developments in British Columbia in the new ycar were forecast in an announcement by Hon. William Sloan that the Can- adian ‘Pacific railway will immedi- ately begin a thorough survey of 2,- 000000 acres of mineral lands which it owns on Vancouver Island. The work will be carried on under the di- rection of the management of the Trail, B. C., smelter, which is owned by the C. P. R. In the view of the minister of mines this examination will’ be the forerunner of the establishment of a smelter by the C. P. R. on Vancouver Island, and the work s to be done this year, The survey will occupy a big staff through several seasons. The C. P. R. took over the lands years ago from the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway owned by the Duns- muirs, who originally got the title from the federal gbvernment by way of subsidy for the building of the railway. BRITISH AND RUSSIANS FAVOR TRADE AGREEMENT . (By United Press) ain today favored a trade agreement. The document marked the first of commercial relations with an allied power. Russia made her concessions, the mos? noted of which is an agree- ment to seize Bolsheviki forces out- side of Russia, Negotiations over the trade agree- ment i8 extended over the greater part of the year, Great Britain de- manding release of all prisoners held by Russia as well as renunciation of Soviet property. Farm Bureau Calls on Counties to Join Nation-wide: Relief Project at Once - St. Paul, March 16.—T'wo solid trainloads of corn will be the gift of Minnesota farmers to the starving women and children of Europe and Asia, if an appeal sent out by the Minnesota Farm Beau federation is answered. Assured of free railroad transpor- tation for every carload of grain do- nated to save the lives of starving women and children abroad, the fed- | eration appealed to the 45 leading ' corn producing counties of the state to load 60 to 70 cars for carly ship- ment. The corn relief movement in Minnesota is a part of a nation-wide campaign begun by the American Farm Bureau federation. The first of 3,500,000 bushels alreacdy pledged is on the way to the sea coast. A single county in Illinois has loaded 16 cars. The Minnesota corn counties were urged to set ‘“‘corn relief” days, when all farmers will haul corn to a cen- tral railroad point, and load it on cars bearing “Farmers’ Gift Corn” banners, and the name of the county. “Children are dying by hundreds and thousandA in famine stricken re- gions,” says the appeal. “They aren't your children; they aren’t Minnesota children, but they are children and they are dying. Corn means life to them, and to hundreds of thousands of men and women doomed to die unless help comes. The railroad brotherhoods have donated their time to haul the corn; the railroads have offered cars and engines free. Now it is up to the farmers.” FATHER'S NIGHT TONIGHT AT METHODIST SERVICES Tonight, at the Methodist chureh, the pastor will take for hi:. subject, ““Who is Who In Hell.” This is to be father's might and, as last night, it is requested that those whose fa- thers are living wear a rod flower or a ribbon and where the futher hus passed away, a white flower or rib- bon will be worn in honcr of his memory. Prof. Rueckert nHl sing “There Were Ninety and Nine.’ ELKS TO HOLD PARTY FOR MEMBERS.TOMORROW The Bemidji lodge of Elks Ml] hold a dancing and card party for thz members and their lady friends at the club rooms tomorrow night. The ladies are planning a lunch and an enjoyable time is assured. The reg- ular weekly meeting of the lodge will be held prior to the social affair IRISH MUSICAL PLAY AT THE GRAND TONIGHT Under the direction of Miss Edith Glasgow and Mrs. John Claily, local talent will stage an Irish mueical play at the Grand theater tonight and tomorrow night, the proceeds to) g0 to the Catholic parochial school fund. ‘The performance each night will begin at 8:16 and last approxi- mately two hours. During this two hours, a program of varied nature is to be given and | will fnclude solos, quartet numbers, dances and a number of other feat- ures. Indications arve that this will be one of the best entertaininents of its nature ever staged in Bemidji. FORMF™ BANK TELLER IS HELD UNDER HEAVY BOND (By United Press) Fargo, March 16.—Frank ieaton, former teller in the Scandinavian- American .»ank here, now cinsed by order of the state bank examiner, is under $20,000 bonds to answer in district court for charges of embez- 2ling $9,000. The arrest wes made last night and preliminary etamina- tion waived. Officlals charge that the allaged of- fense covers a perfod of years. Mr. Heaton resigned as teller of the bank about a month before it closed. PICTURES OF BEMIDJI: YOUNG LADIES SUNDAY In next Sunday’s issue of the Min- neapolis Tribune there will appear a full page of pictures of Bemidji young, ladies. This will be the fea- ture ¢f the rotogravure section of this popular Twin City daily news- paper. The pictures were reproduced from photographs taken at the Hakkerup Studios of this city and are consld- ered one of the finest products yet printed by the Tribune. Brwig's news stand, McCready’s news stand and the Markham hotel news stands have all ordered an ex- tra supply of Sunday Tribuncs, but indications are that these will be sold out before the papers actually arrive. The news stands will be uble to secure extra copies up to Thursday of this week, and those desiring Min- neapoljis Tribunes Sunday are urged to telephone their orders in to one of the above stands before Thursday evening. Just who will appear in this fea- ture page is not certain, as Mr. Hak- kerup sent in a quantity of photo- graphs, from which the Tribune has made its selections, no definite choice being made by the photographer. ' TWO TRAINS OF CORN' ASKED FOR STARVING c REPORT \Veather ‘l." and warmer - tonight, cloudy. Thursday 55¢ PER MON'H'I JELECTIONBILL - PASSES SENATE, GOES TOHOUSE Further Amendment in House Is Expected; Nonpartisans Show Opposition . PARTY INDORSEMENTS TO APPEAR ON BALLOT Other Legislation Proposed Would Make Nonpartisan a Recognized Party (By United Press) St. Paul, March 16.—The elections reform bill passed in the senate yes- terday probably will be further am- ended in the house, it was said today. As it stands the bill provides that party indorsement of candidates for all offices for legislature, judiclary or ‘county, indorsed by conventions shall be so designated on the ballots. The bill was amended striking out provisions for convention nomina- tions of legislative, judiciary and county officers. Nonpartisans are expected to op- pose bitterly indorsement idea and may probably take it into courts if passed. Other legislation proposed would make a recognized party of the league. ANNUAL HAM AND EGG SUPPER ON MARCH 29 The Presbyterian men’s annual ham and egg supper has been set for Tuesday evening, March 29, and the men of the church are already mak- ing plans for a big “feed.” RALPH PARCAUT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE Claimant of World’s Middle. weight Wrestling Title Does Stunts; to Meet s:urtu Ralph Parcaut, who won the A. E. F. middleweight and light-heavy- weight titles and who later won the light-heavyweight title in the Inter- Allied games and since his return from the army has annexed the pro- fessional honor of middleweight champion of the world, is an excep- tional athlete. He runs 100 yards in 10 2-56 sec- onds, does the runming broad jump around 20 feet, performs many strong man stunts, such as bending heavy iron bars over his shoulders with the assistance of four men at cach end, takes heavy irons and holds them in his teeth while two men bend them to the floor. He offers to bet there is no man in the world who can hold his ‘neck against the wall after first giving him the hold; he takes a heavy oak stick and puts n; across his throat while laying down and allows one man to stand on each end of this stick and holds their weight on his throat without choking him; he also allows a five- -pagsenger car run over him without injury. He has an 8-inch oxpunsion and takes 8 leather belts, one on top of the ouler, and breaks them with this expansion and muscle contraction. He can walk a city square on his hands and turns hand springs with ease. He has a most wonderful bridge, for one of his stunts is to bridge with his head and neck and al- low four men to get on top of him holding his shoulders about 5 inches from the mat during the perform- ance. Wrestling has always been his fa- vorite sport and pastime, for, in this game, he can bring all his muscular development into play and his mar- velous speed keeps him out of his adversary’s dangerous holds as well as keeping them continually on the defensive. He started wrestling when he was only 15 years of age, and the first bout he ever had was with “Willy the Wonder” of Kansas City, who had agreed to win over any man in the world in 156 minutes or forfeit $100. Parcaut, although weighing only 140 pounds, took this 195-pound wrestler on and when it was over, “Willy the Wonder” was out $100, Since then his career has been marked with many victories and no man within 10 pounds of his weight (Continued on Page 6) RAILROAD EXECUTIVES ' * BRAND CHARGES FALSE (By nned Pre-s Chicago, March 16.. —-Rallroad 23 ecutives here branded as absolutely false charges by labor leaders that wages of railroad employees are arbi- trarily fixed by a small clique of of- ficers. The denial was also made to the union class that some railroads oppose abrogation of the. national agreements but the influential rail- roads were able to torce the issue.