Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 18, 1921, Page 1

within' 100 ‘miles' of Bemidji-and.| Northern Minnesota. e _r The Pioneer is the only daily | [hns the largest circulation -in‘}. THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONE and Mexicans Are Believed to Have Suffered Loss IMMIGRATION GUARDS Nearly Dawn and Mexicans Return Shots (By United Press) fered some casualties. of -the smugglers along the river. side. phine Parker. in practice. JOHNNY. WILSON GIVEN (By United Press) Farrell)—Jol former ‘champion. (By United Press) New "York, March 18~—Johnny Wilson was awarded the decision teen rounds. Judges disagreed and son. SECOND MEETING CALLED the rehearsal for their release. Winnipeg, Man.—To put Northern Manitoba into direct communication with civilization, Dr. R. C. Wallace, commissioner for the morth country, has recommended the immediate in- .stallation of twelve wireless stations, costing $57.000, in the north. Dr. Wallace stated that there is aiready ‘built &t the Pas one big station, and ‘that another be built at Pi- he asks that BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 19zi BABY CLINIC TOMORROW dher Clinics Are Arrnn:ed for April in Various Parts of County Mothers are. especially urged to bring their babies té the baby clinic to be held at the Central school to- morow from 8:30 a. m. to 3 p. m. and at the Lincoln school in the Fifth ward from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. Dr. Otto Groedner will be in charge and his advice to the mathers relative to proper care and nourishment for the babies will be given free of charge.\ Many appointments made but still more can be made by calling Mrs. R /H. S8chumaker, phone Those who are to assist at the clinic tomorrok are Mesdames H. L. Huffman, E. H. Denu, D. L. Burgess, E. H. Marcum, Frank Koors, E. D. Boyce, W. K. Denison, I. B. Olson, S. L. Sellers, A. R. Warfield and Miss Miss Rose Olson will be in charge of the clinic at the Lincoln school. . Other clinics for babies will be held as follows: Tenstrike, April 2, 9 a. m. to 2 p. m.; Hines, April 2, 0 p. m: to 6 p. m.; Puposky 9 . m. to 2 p. m.; Nebish, April 9, 3 to 6 p. m.; Solway, April 16,9 a. m. to 6 p. m. The clinic will be held in the school houses in each in- Two Americans Are Wounded SURROUND ‘MEXICANS Soldiers Keep Up Fire Until Beth McGregor. . El Paso, Tex., March 18.—The bat- tle between ‘Mexican smugglers and United States soldiers and immigra- tion authorities across the Rio Grande was quieted down early today after a night of fighting.. Two Amer- icans were seriously wounded. . The Mexicans are believed to have suf- Heart and lung clinics will also be held in Bemidji and Kelliher. Bémidji clinic will be held March 23 at the office of Dr. Johnson & Bor- reson in the Security = State Bank ‘The Kelliher clinic will be held March 24 at the Kelliher school Dr. Greer of St. Paul will be in charge and the examinations will be given free of charge. The battle in which scores of shots were exchanged started shortly be- fore midnight, when American im- migration guards surrounded a group of Mexicans wading the river. They were believed to be smugglers of liquor or drugs. The Mexicans also fired and returned = to the Mexican side. Rifle fire was started immedi- ately from the Mexican side by aides CLARASMITHIS GIVEN FREEDOM Jury Acquits Alleged Siuyer of Hamon After Being Out rty Minutes GIBBONS WOULD MEET JOHNNY WILSON (By United Press) St. Paul, March 18.—Mike Gib- Dons, the famous phantom, today was to issue a challenge to Johnny Wil- gon, middleweight champion, who de- feated St. Paul's best at New York ST.CLOUDPLAY. IN SEMLFINALS Mankato, New Ulm, St. Cloud and Minneapolis Central in Semi-finals Today YOUNG PEOPLE TO DANCE AT MASONIC HALL SATURDAY A company: of soldiers- from the Fourth infantry was rushed to the scene from El Paso, when the Ameri- can immigration guards appealed for assistgnce.. The soldiers lept up a fire until nearly-dawn when accasion- al shots were fired from-the opposite The first of a series of semi-month- ly dancing parties for the young peo- ple of the Eastern Star, the Masons, those whose parents belong.to the PBastern Star and their friends, will 'be held Saturday night at the Ma- - ¥sonic hall from 8:30 to 11;30. Mu- will be furnished by the young he order and there will T these soclal altairs: (. 'Gibbons and O'Dowd fought a vic- ious 10 rounds here last year. 0'Dowd won the majority been lying low but keping up his f the newspaper i Gibbons: haw] 10 'charge 161 it (By United Press) Northfleld, March 18.—Mankato, St. Cloud, New Ulm and Minneapolis Central high schools were semi-finals of the state high school basket ball tournament here today. The final game will be played to- The Bemidj1 high school girls’ bas- Ardmore, Okla., March_18. ket ball team has disbanded and no Carl Victor Littl mbre games will be played by that or- ganization this season, it has been announced. by the co=ch, Miss Jose- (B ~—The scandal of the southwest had been aired today and Clara Smith Hamon was a free He has informed Wilson he will meet him anywhere within the next sixty or ninety days. Mike Collins of Minneapolis is the prométer for the first bid for the bout. make public his offer. Clara, who for the last week has faced trial for murdering Jake L. Hamon, millionaire, republican na- tional committeeman, was acquitted by the jury late yesterday on the sec- ond ballot after it had deliberated 40 The immediate outcome of her acquittal will be a suit for a por- tion of the Hamon millions. the trial her attorneys said several times that such a suit would be start- ed when the client was set free. Attorneys are As the games now stand with the Normal school girls’ team, each has one game to their credit, the Normal girls winning the first by a narrow margin and losing the second by sev- eral points. Miss Parker announces that these two teams were not play- 4ing for the city championship as was the opinion of some fans. A third game was planned, however, by both schools, but satisfactory arrange- ments were not made for such a game while the high school team was still Post May Sponsor Wrestling . Match to Be Staged By Curtis and Parcaut St. Cloud, and Minneapolis Cen- tral go to the floor about noon. Man- kato antl New Ulm are to follow. BIG BOOSTER CHORUS AT METHODIST SERVICES New -Ulm defeated night, 23-21, Sandstone defeated Arl- ington 28-21, White~Bear 23-19, in a game that went five minutes over time. Other scores: St. Cloud 37—Buf- falo 20, Mankato 20—Worthington 6, New Ulm 23—Hibbing 21, Minne- 31—Sandstone 22, Hibbing 27—Red Wing 20, New Ulm 30—Fosston 25, Minneapolis Central 24—Faribault 20. ‘Tonight will pe a big night for the Methodist church. Prof. Rueckert has been training a big ‘“‘booster” chorus for several aft- ernoons and this chorus, consisting hundred and voices, will have charge of the mu- The service will be one Dr. Zentz will ‘A most interesting meeting was held by the Ralph Gracie post of the american Legion last evening at the and Commerce rooms and several matters of import- ance to the post were taken up. A report was made by the chair- man of the boxing committee and the results of the show are very gratify- ing to the local post. A special com- mittee was appointed to consider hav- ing charge of the wrestling match between L. C. Curtis of Bemidji and Ralph Parcaut of Royal, Iowa, who are to meet here April 8. the post will have charge of this match will. be determined shortly. Plans for the membership drive will be completed for the next meet- ing and every member will be given a part to do in putting the plans over. In view of the number of entertain- ments the Legion is now staging, the dramatic work, which was planned some timé ago, will be postponed un- til early fall, when the post will stage a number of plays. Support of the Boy Scout move- ment in Bemidji was pledged and the post is to purchase’a flag for each local troop, as an incentive for the boys to do their best in the Scout not ready to an- nounce the exact nature of the suit or the sum involved. Clara today had not determined just what she will do after she starts on a new lease of life. fers to go into the movies, to write books and magazine articles and do many other things. with her attorneys today on an offer of Sl,OOQ a week for 52 weeks from one movie concern. Sharpless of the World’s Purity league has been here all during the trial to induce Clara to join the league and consecrate her life to evangelism. “Of course, I can’t say what I am going to do yet,” Clara said, “but I am not going to accept the 100 pro- posals of marriage that have poured in on me during the trial.” UNEMPLOYED VETERANS ESTIMATED AT 400.000 Survey of National Situation Is Prepared for Official Legion Publication apolis « Central for boys and girls. speak on ‘“The Power of the Home.” Services have been held Rueckert in the afternoon during the week for the jumior boys and girls and large numbers have been attend- ing each meeting and enjoying the enthusiast.c booster programs. PARK BOARD ASKS FOR BIDS FOR BATH HOUSE Sealed bids for the erection of the proposed bath house Point will be received by the Park Board up until 8 o’clock p. m. on the next regular meeting Bids are to be submitted in accordance with the plans and speci- 0DD FELLOWS HOLD SUPPER AND MEETING THIS EVENING DECISION OVER 0'DOWD She is conferring New York, March 18.—(By Henry hnny Wilson may not be the champion, but he is still holding the middleweight title. After a 15- round fight in Madison Square Gar- den last night _judges disagreed, and referee Johnny McAlvory declared that this champion is better than the 0dd Fellows will enjoy an oyster supper this evening which will be served at 6:30 in the dining room of thelr lodge rooms. are requested to be on hand for the supper and for the business session of the lodge afterward. UNIDENTIFIED MAN IS KILLED IN GUN FIG! All 0dd Fellows over Mike O’'Dowd at the end of fif- g - fications prepared by Charles B. Police Officers Kill Man After F;mk, architect, Bemidji, and copies o the referees awarded the fight to Wil- cases, 2 the plans and specifications are Three-hour Chase; Detective lon fiie with Secretary N. E. Given. Contractors desirous of bidding on The attendance price was drawn Is Badly Wounded by Herbert Warfield, but, since he this work are urged to make their was not present, the prize was not, bids as soon as possible that all may *be in for the next board meeting, and that work on the bath house may the meeting mnext Thursday evening, prize has been set at $4. (By United Press) n Chicago, March 18.—An unidenti-|bé begun at soon as possible. TO ORGANIZE GIRL BAND A meeting of all those who are in- terested in joining a saxaphone band for girls will be held in the band rooms tonight at 7:30, it is an- nounced-by Director Riggs. If a suf- ficient number are present and desire to start such a band, Mr. Riggs will make arrangements to start it but enough must demonstrate their inten- tions tonight if one is to be started. _ The rehearsal of the consolidated band will be held Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. This rehearsal will be given to the instruction in technique and other very essential points in the New York, March 18.—From a “peak” of more than half a million jobless ex-service men in the United States shortly after the first of the year, the unemployment situation af- fecting veterans of world war ap- pears to have taken a turn for the better, according to a survey of the national situation made by the Am- erican Legion by the organization’s officlal publication, Legion Weekly. fied man was killed and a detective wounded in a three-hour gun fight| TWO MEN HELD ON CHARGE between the man and police officers here early today. The battle started when the two detectives shot the downtown corner at 4 a. m. ed when the gunman, making a last stand on the back porch of a home on the west side, held the police at bay until shot three times and life Victoria, B. C.—Forty million dol- lars will have been spent on the con- struciion work of the Pacific Great Eastern railway by the province by the end of March next year, when the line is expected to be in operation to Prince George, according to the state- ment made by Premier Oliver, in the TOGGERY SHOP IS SOLD T0 FORMER PROPRIETOR Fraser and Messelt, formerly pro- prietors of the Toggery Shop at 209 Third street, have sold the establish- . Erickson, who former- 1y owned and operated the same on Mr. Erickson took possession today, and he will con- tinue to operate the shop as hereto- OF ROBBERY LAST NIGHT a|_ On the charge of having robbed Joseph Chaske of $25 late yesterday afternoon, Frank Berry and George Reed are being tried in municipal court this afternoon. BAUBETTE YOUTH WINS IN SPEAKING CONTEST ‘Thomas Tracy of Baudette, county, won the first prize for ex- temporaneous speaking at a contest given for pupils of the school of ag- riculture, Uhiversity Farm, St. Paul. There were four cash prizes, all paid under the terms of the will of the late Caleb Dorr, a Minneapolis pio- Young Tracy was awarded The Central school of agri- culture at University Farm has.grad- uated more than 2,500 young men and women, nearly all of whom have returned to the farms to winm success as farmers .or homemakers. Students of this school must be 17 years old must have finished eighth grade studies, had six months experi- ence in practical farm work. Adults who have not finished the work of the eighth grade are permitted to | enter fhe school but capnot be grad-|is his restlessness and nomadic ten- nant. Based on ‘“‘the best information obtainable” the number of unemployed veterans on March 1 was placed at 400,000, with “‘promise of further improvement.” A chain of employment agencies operated by the Legion in every state has done much to relieve the situa- tion in varfous ways, according to The Legion has en- couraged a movement from cities to the farm, and has insisted that work- ers who left their jobs to go to war should enjoy seniority right on par with those of military age who stay- When_Detectives James Mix and Walter Berendt halted the stranger he pulled two guns and started shoot- ing. One bullet struck Mix, serious- ly wounding him. Berendt kept up a running fight with the stranger un- til the gunman was traced on the porch of a home occupied by Mrs. Annie Sutherland, an aged woman. Complete proper execution of music. Director Riggs states this is one of the most important features of band music and is very necessary. Boys who are working and who find it necessary to be excused may make arrangements with the director at the beginning of Legion officials. Fourth street. ice. JAPAN HARD HIT WITH NUMBER OF BANKRUPTS Mr. Fraser's plans are as yet in- definite, although he will remain ir Bemidji. Mr. Messelt has never been connected directly with the store and he will continue his work at the George T. Baker store. " Ex-service men have suffered more in proportion to their numbers than other workers, according to the Le- gion’s survey, because of the opera- tion of senfority rules and efficiency Nearly a year is required for the returned veteran to get back to his old stride in indusiry, accord- ing to the testimony of large em- Another thing that has handicapped. the ex-soldier Tokio, March 18.—Judicial officers of Japan are appalled at the great number of bankruptcy cases which took place as a result of the great financial slump which struck empire in March and which lasted Mr. Erickson has conducted this throughout the year. have been compiled for the first ten months of 1920 only, it is shown that during that period no less than 1,420 bankruptcies took place, while as the .duting the end of shop here for about five years, prior While figures to going to California last fall, and his many friends will welcome his re- walk-out. cal battle. now being circulated. June 165. methods of defense. threatened to initiate a recall of all Independent office holders at Bis- marck. Independents at their state conm- vention are expected to adopt a plat- form and campaign program. are already circulating petitions for a vote on some initiated: laws. Nonpaninn are expected to re- taliate with initiation of laws which will strengthen their industrial pro- gram and further their control of state institutions, if passed. The fight will be one of the most bitter in the history of North Dakota politics, in the belief of seasoned pol- iticians here, RETAIL FOOD PRICES DECLINE NINE PER CENT (BY United Pross) ‘Washingtoh, March bor announced today. GIANTS LOOK BEST IN NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE Only Three Clubs at This Date Appear to Be in First Class for Race that won the 1920 honors, but while he has stood pat on his team, other managers have been adding strength during the off season. Picking winners on the diamond is just about as dependable as picking them on the turf—a hit once in a while s a good average. The same Uncle Wilbert Robinson probably was thinking of this re- cently when he said: “You go ahead and dope out the pennant race, I prefer to play for it."" However, in fifty per cent of the baseball runs true to Last year the National League race went against the dope but the Ameri- Icizm League followed it almost to a ne. The Natlonal League, of course, can be divided into two groups—con- tenders and non-contenders. Only three clubs at this early date appear to be in the first olass— Brooklyn, NEw York and Pittsburgh. Of that trio New York looks to.be best with the Pirates second and the Robins third. The Giants ought to win the pen- If Goldie Rapp makes good for the infield and McGraw is able to land a more reliable inficlder than (Continued on Page 8) COMPLETE SURRENDER OF REBELS REPORTED (By United Press) Helsingfors, Finland, March 18.— surrender of the Russian Revolutionists at Krondstadt was re- ported here today. They surrendered following a heavy assault by Bolshe- viki troops who marched out over the Koslovski, Czarist general, who headed the revolt was repotred have crossed to the Finnish coast, with 1,800 soldfers. UNOFFICIAL RETURNS IN FAVOR OF STRIKING (By United Press) Chicago, March 18.—Unofficial re- turns today indicated that the packers employees and stockyard workers had voted overwhelmingly in favor of a Union leaders said the of- ER INDEPENDENTS MOBILIZE FOR: PRECINCT CAUCUSES Delegates Are Being Chosen to Attend District Convention to Be Held March 23 - (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., March 18.—Inde- pendents of North Dakota were mob- ilizing today for another big politi- Precinct caucuses were under way at which delegates are being chosen to attend district conventions. March 23. District conventions will name delegates to a state convention to be held in Devils Lake March 30 and 31. The state convention is expected to nominate candidates for state offices affected by the proposed recall refer- endum. Practically all Nonpartisan league office holders at Bismarck are{’ made subject to redall in petitions tioners secure enough signatures an election must be called, and it is proposed that the election shall be Nonpartisan league members are expected to hold a state convention within a short time to determine on food prices dereased an average of nine per.cent for February compared wilh Juhwary, ~the depavijrent o Ta= By Henry L. Farrell. (United Press Correspondent) New York, March 18.—Since 1913, when Jawn J. McGraw copped his third pennant in a row, no National League manager has headed a winner twice consecutively. Uncle Wilbert Robinson can do a lot of things with ball players, but there is not enough around his Brook-; lyn club to justify the belief that he will break the precedent, True, he has the same club, man for man, excepting Rube Marquard, a7 T A & SR ‘Wieather: Cloudy and unsettled tonight and Saturday. Somewhat warmer in East tonight. Colder Saturday in West and South. 55c PER MONTH STATE TOSEEK FINAL VERDICT ON PHONE RATE Will Appeal to U. S..Supreme/ Court for Final Decision ' Within Few Days STATE WOULD SET ASIDE’ YESTERDAY’S INJUNCTION Jacobsen Declares State Is En- titled . to Decision in Highest Court \ (By United Press) St. Paul, March 18.—The state of Minnesota will appeal to the United States supreme court for a final de- cision as to intra-state telephone rates. The action, it is expected, will be taken within a few days. Efforts will be made by the state to set aside an injuction granted yesterday by Judge Booth in_federal district court in Minneapolis giving the Tri-State and Northwestern Telephone companies an injunction restraining the state from halting the advance of some rates. The rate increase of approximately 22 per cent in St. Paul and 11 9-10 per cent in Minneapolis, as granted by Judge Booth would be retroactive to yesterday. 0. P. B. Jacobsen, speaking for the railroad and warehouse commission, which originally refused the first ap- peal of the companies for increased rates, today said he had no comment to make on the Booth decision. “Qnly,” he said, “to state it in my \opinion, that Minnesota is entitled to a decision from the highest court in the land. #Thon-the people. are to-tel-wheth- er the state legislature shall make the lays for the state—such as creation of “the state railrond and ‘warehouse commission.” Victoria, British Columblia.—One thousand and thirteen plants engaged in the lumber industriy in the pfov- ince of British Columbia_during the year 1420 employed 25,797 persons with wages totaling $31,474,673, ac- cording to statistics compiled by the provincjal Department of Industries. The average daily wage of pay in sawmille was $4.42; in logging op- lerations $5.25 ;in planing mills and woodworking plants $3.46, GRAIN GROWERS TO HOLD CONFERENCE AT CHICAGO (By United Press) Chlcago, March 18.—Representa- tives of the principal grain growing states will meet here April 6 to con- sider the American Farm Bureau fed- eration’s co-operative gra.n market- ing plan. State meetings will select delegates to the Chicago gathering. Farm bu- reau members will bo invited to at- tend. The “improved graln marketing plan” creates a ‘“national sales agency” controlled by the member- ship. The agency will control term- inals, warehouses, export, finances and service departments and is or- ganized on an non-stock, non-profit basis. 1ts purpose Is to shorten the road from consumer to producer and eliminates charges the farmer be- lieves excessive. SHEET METAL WORKS TO OPEN HERE NEXT WEEK ““Bemidjl is to have another new in- dustry which will specialize in work heretofore carried on by other con- cerns as a side line. The Bemidji Sheet 'Metal Whorks, of which Roy Lawrence and Louls Couture are pro- prietors, will open for business next week at 118 Third street. These two men have come to Bemidjl from Su- perior, Wis., where they have been in this line of business for ten years. The firm plans to do sheet metal cornice work, sky . lights, gutters, eaves troughing cgnstruction, ventil- ating system installation, copper- work and placing steel ceilings and siding. Messrs. Lawrence and Couture have the reputation of being expert mechanics and have decided to make Bemidji their permanent place of business. SURPRISE PARTY A most pleasant surprise party was given in_honor of Mrs, Fred Ham- mond. The evening was spent " in cards and speaking. Mrs. Hammond was presented a beautiful cut glass bowl. A bouquet of American Beau- ty roses adorned the center of the table when lunch was served. Those prefent. were Mesdames Hammond, Blackburn, Moody; ‘Burnstahl, Paul- son, Jmsonbbunllp. Strand, Hart= man, e, G g MeAllister, M ntie oy e