Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 11, 1921, Page 1

b & % Sen!imel;t"A'! inst Striking Is Reported Growing in Rail 1 and Transpiict Ranks . MINE OWNERS MAY MAK IMPORTANT CONCESSSIONS § £ g e Reported that Lloyd George Intends Calling General Election for June (By United*Press) : London, April :11. (By Ed. L. Keen)—Britain’s - threatened indus- trial reyolution was pointed to as crushed today. . Sentiment against striking was, reported .growing. in railroad “@nd “transpartation - ranke and‘there were indications: that the mine owners and: Tepresentatives of the government will make important concessfons to gain peade. The miners’ negotiations were re- opened at .11 o'clock this forenoon with Sir. Robert Horne. presiding. Premier Lloyd George’a address was not ‘made public ‘but the is said to have been conciliatory, convinced that, the government will offer an in- terest free-loan: to tide-the industries over-its difficult -period. s It was reported that the premier intends calling a general election for June.:- This report had a quieting ef- fect on labor in general.s Labor lead- ers predicted’ they ‘will’ assume con- trol of the_government. OF LAW. GETS IT HIMSELF (By. United Press) . . Minot, “N. D,,: April 11.—Louis Bamblatt, manager of the Yorkton Distributing comipany’s branch whis- ky house at Osbow Sask., @ppealed for law enforcement’and: got it.. The law, however, was ‘enforoed contrary to his request. < Bamblatt had sold a carload of whisky to American runners . and wihile -enroute home with the cash was held up ‘and’ robbed.-. He told his troubles to Canadian . authorities, who fined him $300; and . confiscated the $60,000 worth of .whisky in the ‘warehouse at" - — LEACH REFUSES To BUN | AS MAYORALTY CANDIDATE (By United Press) Minneapolis, April 11.—Minneap- olis republicans weré not sure tqday whether they would have a mayoral- ty candidate. Brigadier-general George Leach former cofiinander of the 151st field artillery, Was nomin- ated by 'the city convention Satur- day night and refused to accept. The conyention may be -reconvened - to nominate other candidates. CIVICS CLASS T0 HOLD 4 - MEETING THIS EVENING The Civics class of the League of Women Voters, under the supervision of Miss Mabel Wager, Will meet: this evening at 8 o’clock in the basement ot the Library building. ‘Roll call will be answered by clirrent event topics. All are welcome to attend. METHODIST OFFICIAL BOARD WOLL, aEET THIS EVENING _The official board of the Methodist church will hold & special business meeting in the church this evening at 7:30. A 3 Hice Smith and Julia Nelson. were united in marriage at 11 o'clock this forenoon at the Presbyterian parson- age 'by Rev. L. P. Warford. "Mr. Smith hes formerly made his home at Puposky but the couple will now live in this city. i RED WING PREPARING FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION Red Wing, April 11.—Red Wing was getting ready for a municipal election today. Delegates to muniei- pal conventions were belig chosen and conventions will ba el Wednes- day night to name or endorse candi- dates for city offices. ;The election will be held April 254 ¢ Twenty-four bables were examin- ed at the clinic held et Pubosky Sat- urday forenoon and 21 were examin- ed at the afternoon clinic at Nebish. Dr. Otto Groebner of §t. Paul exam- ined the babies and advised the mo- thers relative to the care of “thieir babies. Much interest was shown at) oboth clinics, Miss Beth MacGregor, ¢pmmunity nurse, assisted Dr. Groebndr. A sim- ilar clinic will be held -in Solway next Saturday, April 16, at the school house. Al mothefs {n that vicinity are urged to bring their l?abies for free examination. 4 D IN CONCERT APRIL 25 '[Local Glee Club Now Assures Public the Best Program . Ever Held, Here... . ‘What promises to be the best musi- cal_ entertainment ever staged by Hotne ~talent“will" be “given by the Harmonick Glee club Monday eve- ning, April 25, at the Methodist church -beginning a4t :8:30 + o’clock. The clab: has: been' practicing regu- larly for the past several months in preparation: for this event-and the entire program is now just “about completed to the satisfaction of all who_ are to take part.. No effarts will be spared to make every -member of the program as much of :a feature as possible, and.the practices between now-and- the time for ithe concert will be spent in put- ting. on' the finishing touches. More time than is usually customary has been spent on the single numbers and every pogsible personal- toueh: will ‘be perfected ‘in_ order to make the pro- ‘g;,rmh_a success in:every. detail. e program will comsist of chor- uses,” solos, - ‘quartette numbers and other musical selections which prom- ige; the Dest of entertainment. Misd Esther Young, one of Bemidji’s.tal- ented readers, will give one.reading ‘which is intended to give more vari- ety to the program of the club. Alto- gether, a miost pleasing and. enter-| taining program is assured. COLD WAVE HITS EAST AND NEW. ENGLAND STATES (By United Press) New York, April 11.—A cold wave which started Saturday in ‘the east culminated -today in a snow storm driven by cold winds: . The snow cov- ered a‘wide area ranging from the west “throughout’ New England states. ~ The snow .was ta_be follow- ed by icy winds, according -to the weather bureau Trees which were beginning to:leaf, early gardens and flowers: were -threatened by, frost. . FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FREDERICK WEBER TODAY Funeral services were held this forenoon &t 9-o'clock at St. Phil- lip’s church for Frederick Weber, 18- year-old son of Mr., and Mrs. Joseph Weber of Grant Valley, who passed awpy after a month’s illness from spinal ingitis. CONFESSES.T0 MURDER (By Unlted Press)’ | Buffalo, N. Y., April 11.—One of ‘the most elaborate attempts at sui- cide in pcilice history was to be form- ally cencluded with the arraignment of Roy Harris who says his confes- sion to_the murder of Joseph.Elwell was made so ‘that the state might electrocute him. - ‘Harris will- be brought to court on a charge of sus- pected murder and the charge on which: he was-originally arrested by guthorities of St. Catherines, Ontario, will also be dropped, dispatches from thal city stated. Harris’ repudiation 6f his confes- sion. was made yesterday to Bu‘lzlo and New York police. He said he had disgraced his family and caused endless misery to his wife aad :kLild; and he hoped to end his life in the electric chair. /F;;.;ral Servwen to Be Held nt Potsdam Where Empress Reigned. 30 Years (By United Press) Doorn, Holland, April 11.—The ‘former empress of Germany, Augusta Victorla, died here at 6 a. m. Warn- ed py-the long illness of the Kaiser, members of the family were present when death occurred. The former empress ' was .a victim .of heart trouble. . Her illness was aggrevated by the worries of the world war and the Kaiser's flight into HolMand in ithe fall of 1918. ‘The funeral will be held at Pots- dam where the empress reigned for |- +thirty years. The body wiil be tak- en there Wednesday after services fiere. Omly members of the family will attend the ceremonies in the castle here. It is not decided yet as to whether the kaiser will accom- pany the remmins to Potsdam. It would be the first visit since 1918. The rest of the family may go. Born in exile, Princess Victoria, of Schies- wig-Holstein, died an expatriate at the age of 63. (By United Press) Berlin, April 11. (By Carl D. Groat.) —Neither former Kaiser Wil- helm nor the crown prince will be permitted to attend the funeral of the former Kaiserin 3t Potsdam, it was apnounced today. SCHOOL BOARD TO HOLD MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT The board of education of the Be- midji public schools will hold its reg- ular business meeting Tuesday eve- ning at 8 o’clock in the Central school building. Copyrighny BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1921 : Fair in south, iner ?’%chud- ness in nporth portion. y Warmer in.south and in; northwest tonight. SRR R e SEVERAL INPROVEMENTS As a guarantee against interrup- tion in service to its patrons, the Be- midji Gas company has completed installing a new gas pressure tank which will act as a reservoir for the storage of surplus gas. A new oil tank has also been added to the equipment thus doubling the oil storage capacity and providing a safeguard against delay in transpor- tation. An additional boiler has also been installed. J. L George, manager of the com- pany, states that on June .1 the dis- count to be given on bills will be 25 cents per thousand cubic feet instead of 10 cents per thousand cubic feet as given at present. A large number of new service; connections will also be made ag.soon as the frost is out of the ground sufficiently to permit digging. - i ARCHBISHOP MUNDELEIN . ' 7, MAY SUCCEED GiBBONS (By United Press) Rome, Italy, April 11.—Archbish- op George N. Mundelein of Chicago was. looked upon today as a possible successor to the late Cardinal Gib- !)ons. It was stated authoritatively in the vatican that the new cardinal willbe selected from a list of six American archbishops, among these was Archbighop Dowling of St. Paul. STATE LAND SALE TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY The April sale of school and other state lands will be held in the oftice of the county auditor of Beltrami ‘county. (Bemidji, on Wednesday, April 13, at 10 o’clock. Certain unsold state lands and also those state lands which have reverted to the state by reason of the non-pay- ment of interest will be -offered for sale at this time.. The local sale will be under the direction of S. C. Bailey, ;‘:presentlnug R. P. Chase, state aud~ o, BENZ WILL ADDRESS ASSOCIATION WEDNESDAY At the Wednesday noon luncheon of the Civic and Commerce associa- tion, F. Benz; agricultural agent of the Northern Pacific railway, will ad- dress the members on agricultural de- velopmient, - Mr. Benz has given ad- dresses before the association on pre- vious occasions and always has an encouraging and helpful message. MODERN WOODMEN TO MEE.'I“TUESDAY EVENING The modern Woodmen of America will hold their regular meeting Tues- day evening at 8 o'clock at the I. 0. O. F. hall. After the business ses- sion a social time will be enjoyed and lunch: will be served. CANBY YOUTH ESCORTS - SELF TO PRISON TERM (By United Press) Stillwater, April 11.—Clarence Hines had a ‘hard time getting into prison but today he started ‘serving a three-year sentence and was satis- fied. - The warden refused to see him when he arrived from Canby Sunday with committent papers—unaccom- panied. He was convicted of man- slaughter, - his automobile having killed Ingram Thorson, Nearly everyone in Canby believed it was an_unavoidable accident but he was cohivicted and went to pris- on “on his own.” The warden de- TWO THOUSAND. WOMEN AT NATIONAL MEETING Recommendations for Federal and State Legislation Made By Women (By United Press) Cleveland, Ohio, April 11.—Two thousand women from practically ev- ery state in the union were here to- day: for the opening of the second an- nual: convention = of the National League of Women Voters. This is the first convention to be held since the women were enfranchised. The session started today with committee caucuses and will continue through Saturday, April 16, . Recommenda- tions. for federal and. state legisla- tion; which. will-be madé#y standing: ccmmittees, 4ncluded : ‘Argument of a measure guarding motherhood -and the children of America by urging congress to pass the Sheppard-Towner bill for federal aid for maternity and infant care. To stop the profiteering. now going on. in the necessities of life by estab- lishing laboratories, milk depots and other terminal facilities. Making the oath of allegiance to the United States for each citizen na- tive and foreign born a qualification for yoting. ¢ The. three. racommendations will be written as special laws which the national league will submit to con- gress and which state and local leagues will present to their districts. (By TUnited Press) Cleveland, O., April 11.—A play from the pen of a Minnesota woman is going to be one of the big feat- ures of the convention of the National League of Women Voters, which met here today. Murs. C. B. Chorpenning of Winona Normal school, writer of* several plays, is the author of the comedy skit, “Lulu Won't. .Do” which the Minnesota delegation plans to pre- sent during the convention. Delegations from practically every state in the unjon were here for the opening sessions. The convention will continue all week. g . BEMIDJI TENNIS CLUB WILL MEET WEDNESDAY The Bemidji Tennis club will meet Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock in the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association and all mem- bers and all others who are inter- ested in any way are especially urged to be present. Plans for the coming playing sea- son will be discussed, and it is ex- pected that the membership of the club will be greatly increased this year. The club intends to make the present season the “best ever.” MUNICIPAL COURT Whether from “moonshine” or the real stuff was not = degided before Judge Gibbons this morning, but two erstwhile. citizens of Bemidji admit- ted they were drunk Saturday night and drew fines imposed by His Honor. One was fined $5 and the other $10. The $5 man didn’t have the ready cash but promised to get it at once. The other produced his $10 from an envelope full of cash. Two other robust looking speci- mens charged with being drunk en- tered a plea of not guilty and their; case will be decided next Friday morning at 10 o’clock. Seventy-five Erheféenby-Calt e BUILDING ACTIVITIES ARE BEGUN AT LAVINIA Building activitiés hive ¢othmenced at Lavinia and the east side of Lake Bemidji. Tams Bixby is building a large addition to his present summer home at Lavinia. Mr. Koons is erect- ing a house south of Lavinia on the lake shore and Mrs. H. O. Rosaaen of Minneapolis is_building some addi- tional buildings on her property at Lavinia, | Dr. H. A. Northrup. is erecting a cottage on Long lake to be used for a summer dwelling. Eugene: Munhall and John Schultz 'are each building homes in the Shev- lin addition, south of Nymore, A general buildin, activity has started and the ability of the build- ing material supply firms will be tax- ed this summer if all the buildings at present cantemplated are erected. flisiosnn 4 von toos ity “SHOW YOUR TEETH” IS REQUEST IN NORTH DAKOTA (By United Press) B Bismarck, N. D,, April 11.—"Show Your Teeth”. No one was offended at this demand in North Dakota today. A campaign was launched at the re- quest of the government to thwart dental decay, particularly among children who are apt to be careless about their teeth, A special committee was appointed by. the governor in working to make the movement a success. The plan is to have teeth of every clild in the state examined this week. BEMIDJI MERCHANTS TO ‘HOLD MEETING TONIGHT Local merchants and: tradesmen of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce assoclation will hold a get~ to- gether meeting this evening at the aseociation rooms. . Supper will be served at 6:30 and immediately aft- er, an open digcussion will be held at |, which time all merchants or others who are interested In trade matters will talk over various problems rela~ tive to tradd relations and conditions. It is understood that anyone who is interested in trade matters is in- vited to attend the meeting, although personal invitations were sent to only the merchant members of the psso- olation. It is especlally urged that there be i large attendance. ——— PETTY BURGLARS VISIT HUFFMAN & 0'LEARY’S STORE By throwing a stone through the rear window of the Huffman & 0’Leary furniture store and thus per- mitting the unlocking of the window, thieves gained entrance last night. As on previous occasions, the petty burglars evidently were after nothing but money as only a few pennies are missing so far as could be discovered. The damage to property in practi- cally every case {8 more than the amount of woney taken. WERTH BOY IS STRUCK BY AUTO' AND INJURED Julius Werth, the nine-year-old son of William J. Werth, 723 Elev- enth street, was painfully injured yesterday afternoon.about 6 o’clock, when he was hit by an automobile and thrown beneath the car, on the pavement on Beltrami avenue in front of the Catholic church. It is thought he was hit by a car from behind as he was riding down the pavement in a toaster wagon. He suffered a sprained ankle and wrist and was badly bruised about the face and body. He was taken to St. An- thony’s hospital where, K he was ex- clined to admit him until he had ' dollars was demanded as bond for amined and his injuries at that time verified his story, i one and $25 from the other. were not thought to be'serious, | ON BUILDING OF HOMES Building -Labor Situation May MH‘L S]‘AR y Be Well Adjusted Within Next Few Weeks Encouraging reports continue - to ‘come in from all sections of the coun- try: relative-to the increase in home building, says the Amercan Lumber- man, of Chicago. In practically every Bection of the couniry negotiations are under way whereby it is sought to reduce wages of bullding laborers from the peak. Generally, where re- ductions have been made building is largely stimulated and it would seem that in two or three weeks the build- |~ ing labor situation should be well ad- justed in practically all parts of . the country. Production of lumber continues upon a restricted basis and while ord- ers placed are not up to normal, nev- evtheless they exceed actual produc- tion, taking the country as a whole. Shipments are coming forward promptly and mills are taking care of. rush orders in good shape. The de- mand is such that the volume of grades suitable for building shipped exceeds the volume produced and con- sequently it is becoming difficult to place orders which dre badly mixed or which call for items in the most demand. This condition is particu- larly noticeable in the southern pine territory and as a consequence east- ern buyers are turning to the pur- chase of Douglas fir in spite of the very high freights which must be paid to get it into central western markets. In the matter of prices there has been some tendency to firm up those for the lower grades, particulanly in southern pine. Here and there may be noted a trend to reduce the prices of the better grades and this is due not so much to lack of demand as to a veadjustment -of the spread in values between the different grades. In normal times a wool suit is worth 50 much more than a cotton suit and thus the best grade of lumber is worth so much more than a lower grade when conditions are mormal. When the heayy demand for lumber arrived, however, the natural spread in price between grades was disrupt- ed by the fact that certain grades were in much greater demand than clhers and as a consequence prices for the grades in most demand njounted much faster than those for the other grades. The natural epread in prices is now dn process of adjustment, a fact which must be taken into congideration in any study of present market conditions. FRANK BARRY RELEASED ON HIS G0OD BEHAVIOR Frank Berry, 17, who with Alfred Martinson, was arrested for steal- ing two horses near Kelliber pleaded guilty before Judge C. W. Stanton, Saturday afternoon. In view of the age of the offender, and of the cir- cumstances connected with the case, Judge Stanton sentenced him to an indeterminate period in the stato re- formatory at St. Cloud. The sentence was suspended on condition that Bar- ry report to the county attorney each 30 days and appear befcro court at the beginning of the September term when ~ the court will determine whether the suspension shall be per- manejt or otherwise. ‘The other ,boy, Alfred Martinson, 19, has not yet appeared before Judge Stanton. He is at present bound over to the grand jury to ap- pear at the September term of court. LEO SIMENSON PASSES AWAY AT MINNEAPOLIS Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrpw: American Le- gion Will Have Charge Leo R. Simenson, aged 28 years, passed away at the Thomas hospi- tal, Minneapolis, Saturday., He en- listed in the naval militia in Be- midji previous to the war, and when the Bemidji boys received the “call” he went with them. He made nine trips across, and while in service con- tracted pleuro-pneumonia, from which he never rcgained his normal health. Part of the time since the war he has spent in the sanitorium at Walk- er, and three months ago went to the Thomas hospital in Minneapolis, where he died. His brother Sidney and sister, Mrs. Mae Simenson Stohl, were with him. He leaves a wife and son, besides his mother, Mrs. E. Simenson, brother Sidney and two sisters, Mrs. George Stohl and Miss Helen Simenson. The funeral will be held at the Baptist church Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. The American Legion will have charge. Sidney Simenson accom- panied the remains to Bemidji Sun- day morning, and they were taken to the Ibertson undertaking parlors. All members of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion ‘are urged to communicate at once with the adjutant or the commander if they will be able to attend the fu- neral tomorrow. It is desired that as large a number of the ex-service men as possible signify tleir inten- tion to attend, Pallbearers and a firing squad will be made up of ex- service men who wore well "ac- quainted with the deceased, VAST PROCRAM Camplefe Revision of . Import Laws and Taxes Two of Many Big Tasks SOLDIER BONUS BILL ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM Harding’s Program:- May Be Put Through as It Stands If. Republicans Favor It (BY’ United Press) ‘Washington, April 11,—(By L. C. Martin)—The “tariff congress” 'got under way at noon today. Called in- to special session by President Har- ding, "the congressmen .and senators elected . last: November . hurried through the formalities of their opep- ing. Adoption of rules, the sweating in of members, appointment of-com- mittee members already decided upon and the selection of a committee:to wait on President Harding occasioned but a few minutes in the house. The senate having already gone thrn.ngh many of these formalities spent éven a briefer time in session. » Tomorrow the consideration of tar- iff. matters, which leaders decided to make the first business of the ses- sion, will begin. (By United Pross) Washington, April 11.—Several hundred bills were introduced in the house today. The emergency tariff bill was intraduced by Representa- tive Young of North Dalota and car- ried the same protective rates: on wheat, wool, meat and other agricul- tural products as the measure of the lagt session, - Representative Good of Iowa. pre- sented the budget bill, a reform fa- vored by the administration. Other measures introduced < or ready for introduction were: _The immigration bill and a sol- diers’ bonus bill introduced by Repre- sentative Fordney. Authorizing reorganization of the government departments to be under- taken. after a special congressional :pmmxttee concludes jts investiga- i0m. Authorizing a transportation = in- vestigation by a senate committee to produce revision of the transporta- tion act. Consolidation of soldiers’ relief agencigs as recommended to Presi- dent Harding by the Dawes bill. Army and navy appropriation bills which were caught in the closing hours of the last session, Washington, April 11.—The “Ta- riff Congress,” as the special session of the 67th congress is being called here, met today in response to the summons of President Harding. As the name indicates, it is ex- pected to devote much of its time to tariff devision, both temporary and permanent. Along with that is to 8o tax revision, and in addition, a third big legislative task which may be undertaken is the enactment of a soldier bonus bill, Many other domestic issuer are to come before the session, which, many members expect, will be so crowded with important business that it will merge into the regular sesslon next December. The two houses met to- day under unusually favorable aus- pices for the majority papty. Pres- ident Harding's program, expected to be outlined in a message to the two houses today or tomorrow, can be put through intact if it meets with the approval of all republicans in con- gress, for they have a clear working margin of 100 in the house and 22 in the senate, enough. to render the democratic minority helpless, 5 Under vigorous leadership, how- over, particularly .in .the senate, where Oscar Underwood 18 in _the saddle, the democrats. plan to make themselves. felt. Their afnounced. program {8 not purely obstructive; it is more nearly a program of con- structive criticism, with a view to making a record upon which they can go to the country in the congree- sional eclections of 1922, in an ef- fort to regain control of congress, or at least reduce the margift of repub- lican control. Here is how the program lines up in advance of Harding’'s message, which, it is expected, will 1imit the legislative agenda to the most im- (Continued on Page 6) RALPH GRACIE POST T0 MEET THURSDAY NIGHT Considerable progress ‘has alread: been made in the membership drive being staged by the Ralph Gracie post of the American lon and & report of the progress to date will be made at the regular m be eeting held Thursday night at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce assoclation. Plans are being made for an ex- ceptionally interesting meeting and it is urged that all members be pre- sent. A number of important mat- ters are to be brought up at.this time and several entertaining feat- ures are being planned for, the ses- sion. 55c PER MONTH - ¢ {