Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 15, 1921, Page 1

. “dafly within, 100. mile idji and has _the largest circulation in Northern Minn Remains of Licutenant Ralph . D. Gracie Will Arrive Here . Tomorrow Morning : ¥ —— LEGION MAKES FINAL - - PLANS FOR SERVICES Ex-service Men Will Serve ‘as Pall-bearers, Firing' Squad posted over the body until time for the eervices, Legion members having already volunteered to perform this tribute. : % Appropriate and fitling- services ‘will :be held gt the new armory Sun- day afternioomtat 2:30 o'clock, under Legion direction. ‘Warford, pa .the:, terian church will oftictate. Several selections: will“Bo sung by the Pres- ‘byterian choir. R 3 Pall-bearers will consist of six ficers, an honor me= military service. Three will be army men and three navy men. In addi- tion ‘to these there will be six honor- ary pall-beaters. .- The funeral will be - conducted along” miflitary lines “ofticers in the| flmflt National Guard More members of the Kiwanis club attended the meeting yesterdey noon at the Elks’ club ithan have been pre- sent at any meeting herotofore. Much ‘interest- was'shown by all members dn-the stwbjéct discussed. ' The busi- ness gession followed closely after the Tegular weekly lunclieon. . ‘The club will give dinner to the " |old‘and néw meémbers of the Bemidji National Guard company ‘in an effort | to kee®p the interest in the armory proje 4 -to show the business }\( %ution for the service al. > this dinner has need, but it is + expected , b - Né -{ Guard of- ficers from “the Twin Cities will be it on that occasion. Rev, Willam Bifliott, rector of St. m«flm?w's Episcopal church was' f'the club at luncheon and he gave® most interesting talk. Oth- or ‘épeakers were C. W. Jewett and F. 8. Lycan. Both spoke briefly con- cerning their trips to California and stated why they liked Bemidji the best of all. H. Z. Mitchell, editor of the Be- midji Sentinel, was delegated to go to’ the charter presentation at Roch- ester, which Wwill' be held today. He left last evening to represent “this club.'" The Bemidjt club will be pre- , | sented its charter within-a short time amd plans are being made for a big ere. ‘Before and - during luncheon, the <club was entertained by the Oriental Ragadours, an orchestra composed «of Victor Hannah, violin, Geraldine Reéd, piano, and Alfred Lortie, [drums. Each selection was well en- |joyed.: ¥. R. Duxbury won the at- tendance prize offered by the Sentinel Publishing company. and .all ex-service men as well as consist of ex- soldiers and one equad of ex-sailors. The color bearets.will consist of vne ex-goldier; one:ex-sillor and, one ex- e, > Floral tributes ‘have been offered by the Kiwanis ~otub, ~the . Moose lodge, the Eiks; and: it is expected that several other fraternal and civic organizations-will ‘also be represent- ed in this manneér, besides being rep- resented by «ndividusl membere at the funeral services. Local meérch- ants and business men are requested to fly their flags at half-mast Sun- day dn honot of the fallen aviator. This; reguest -will also, apply to all funerals of ex-gervice men -held in Bemidji, it dg_und A Lieutenant J:-Barl Fladeland or ah aviator from, 'the . Minnesota . Aero Squadron at Fort Snelling. may be secured to drop flowers: while the procession is enroute::to: the ' ceme- tery.. Such arrangements are being made today. Other details relative to the funeral processton will be an= nournced as soon as decided upon deli- nitely. It is -planned to have the procession fled by & local band “and this will be done i snitable arrange- ments can be made. ¢ All ex-service men who desire to}" render any spectal service in assist- ing with the arrangements or in.the mctual plans, are asked to communi- cate with the commander of the post at once. = Legion members and aH other ex-service men @re asked to meet ut the Civic:and Commerce as- gociation Tooms.at-2-o'clock Sunday afternoon. g et = 2 FOR NEW TRIAL FALS Supréxn‘e Court-Refuses Storey New Trial and He ‘Must Serve Sentence (By United Press) St. Paul, April:15.—Frank Storey, Beltrami County dry sleuth, who gum-shoed his way into the peniten- tiary, must stay there: e supreme court today refused him a new trial on the charge of perjury of which he was convicted-in 1919. 5 Storey was hired by the Beltrami county . attorneys -to--catch bqot-leg- gers. He did. Then he failed to - show up for the trial of Joseph Thie- bault. He was arrested and forced to testify. The evidence he gave in court fail- ed to tally with that he had given the prosecutor. So Storey was convicted for perjury. ~His uppeal failed. DAKOTA RUNNER WINS TITLE (By United Press) Velva, N. D., April 15—Vern Booth ~——former flocal scliool boy has won the title of “Man 6° War”” Booth at Delaware college through his success as a runner. *‘He wWon thé open mile in 4:55 2-5 and, half -mfle in 2:16 4-5. ndoor meets, ing LE OF “MAN 0’ WAR” | The Washington Her#ld points to him as “‘one to e 'watched in com- Chicago,. April 15.—Three men were hanged here today. Sam Cand- 1nello, brains of the worst gang iw Chicago, according to police was car- vied to the scaffold unconscious. The léader of the gang lost his nerve when he was brought from the cell and Iapeed into .unconsciousness, so great was his fear, Oardinella was hanged for the Turder of Andrew Bowman, a crime for which itwo members of the ging were already hanged and two others are serving @ life sentence in jail. ‘The other two men who were hang- ed were Sam ‘Ferrera and Joseph Cosanzo. They were taken to the seaffold' previous to Cardinella. Al- though only petty pick up men in the crime underworld they held their Hexds high and maintained the pos- ture until the trap was sprung. They ‘were ‘hanged for .the murder of An- tonio Varchetto, bakery proprietor Believed that Triple ‘Alliance Leaders Favor Re-opening of Negotiations United Press) London, April -16. (By Ed. L. Keen.)—The triple alliance strike set for tonight has been called off, officials announced today. This an- nounicement followed Premier Liloyd George's statement in Commons that the striking miners had renewed or- igihal demands. 5 H ., This /was 'taken to mean at first that efforts to effect a settlement falled. The official announcement ¢amé’a short. time afterward. 1t was stated today cancellation of the general strike order was due to aut by the | and Light Wines to Be Fought in Congress % (By Tinited Press) ‘Washington, April: 15, (By Clar- —A battle to bring ght “wities ‘Wilt:be)| foughit to @ finieh in this congress, both wet and drys declared today. ‘The fight will come to a head in the ihouse as #oon 84 the tariff and taxa- ‘tion program is disposed of. Preliminaries for the clash were commenced today by drys whose Tanks were bomb shelled by a new membei trom Maryland, Representa- ‘tive Philip Hill of Baltimore who un- expected tossed in a bill to repeal the Volstead' act. Representative Volstead accepted the (Hill challenge. He is chairman of the judiciary committee that will Teport'a repeal on the bill. He made it clear that while hearing wil be full and fair every effort. will be made by him to throttle the booze bill, B DAKOTA DROUGHT AREA MAY BECOME AGRARIAN (By United Press) Williston, N. D., April 15.—The drought area in Williams county which has consistently starved out farmers: for years may become the agrarian of the Northwest through the irnigation project being put through, according to speakers at the irrigation congress here recenitly. ‘The eight thousand acres covered by the profect can support 300 farmers, it was dedlared, if the owners will limit thelr farms to 80 or 40 acres _|end divereify farming with dairying. ‘Cost . of _the operation. was kept down to $2.50 an acre, which is said to compare very favorably with sim- ilar projects elsewhere. COLONEL FRANK WHITE IS RECOMMENDED AS TREASURER \By United Press) Harding today sent to the senate for consideration the name of Colonel Frank White of Valley City, North Dakota, to be treasurer of the United the fact that Neaders of the triple|States alllance believed the miners were wrong, in refusing to. Teopen negoti- ations for settlement of their strike. 22 ESCORT TO MEET GRACIE tomorrow morning on the 4:15 International Culver at their earliést oppor- tumity. It is especially urged : by him that there be a large representation at the morning train to escort the body to the ? morgue where it will remain until time for the funeral San. day. - CHICAGO IS SCENEOF ~ ~ OLD WILD WEST TODAY (By United Press) Chicago, April 15.—The old wild ‘west broke Joose in Chicago again to- day. It brought: A revolver battle in the street be- tween Cicero State Bank officials and robbers in which one bandit was kill- ed and a policeman wounded and three robbers captured.. Robbery of two messengets of the Chicago clearing house in which four bandits escaped with $638,000 in negotiable checks. A wild chase of bandits through city by the rifle squad of the police department. Fearing @ general drive on the banks of the city by the inder-world, Chief of Police Fitzsimmons ordered all banking institutions - carefully guarded. Reserves were called oul to aid in the protection of the city's financial institutions. Battle to Bring Back Beer| ‘Washington, April 15.—President|" SOVIETS AREFIGHTING _ EPIDEMIC OF DISEASES Recent War Has Brought Into Soviet Russia a Number of Serious Plagues — By -Patrick Quinlan, (Writtén for United. Press) New York, April 15.—Every war carries virulent diseases in its wake and ‘the recent war brought into Soviet Russia a'number of “epidemics which took root instantly, because of proper food. One epidemic came close upon the heels of another and Russia was caught in the grip of chol- era, Spanish influenza and: the ity- phus plague.. Properly speaking, the typhus epi- demdc began in the fall of 1918 and reached its climax in the spring of 1919. Overa period lasting less than ten months the total number of ty- Phus cases registered was 1,299,263, of which between eight and ten per cent ended fatally. In the cities, where the-food situation was particu- larly acute the scourage spread most rapidly and proved most disasterous. During the summer months a mark- ed decline was visible in the number of typhus cases registered with the People’s Commissariat of Health, The disease received a new lease of life in the winter months, when the Soviet army advanced into Siberia, where the scourge had taken deep hold. When the epidemic thad practically disappeared in the East, it began to crop up in ‘the South. Other epi- demics marched along side the Soviet army, such as smallpox and typhoid fever. These had' to be met, as well as typhus, and the Soviet govern- ment, with wretchedly limited means at its command, set bravely to rid the country of devastating diseases. The People’s Commissariat of Health is under the expert direction of Dr. N. H. Semashko and repre- sents a fusion of all medical services in the country. FPreviously, during the Kerensky regime, ther2 existed (Continued on Page Three) LEGION'S MEMBERSHIP DRIVE SHOWS PROGRESS Every Paid-up Member of Post Is on Active Committee to Increase Membership Twenty-five additional names have been added to the 1921 paid-up mem- bership of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion since the open- ing of the membership drive April 1. Of that number, 15 are new members. The remainder were mem- bers last year and have been enrolled again. The total membership of the post to date is 185, and it is be- lieved ‘that, wiithin the next two weeks, thiz number will be increased to at’'least 260. The drive for mem- bership will continue until June 1. ‘Three American flags have been purchased by the post for the three Iocal troops of Boy Scouts and these flags will be presented to the scout orgamfizations Wednesday, April 20. A committee has been appointed to make such arrangements for the af- fair as it gees fit. The presentation will be held in connection with a big meeting to be held by the scouts on that date. Another committee has been appointed to arrange for ipre- senting the football emblems to the 1920 high school football team which won the state hih school champion- ghip. Arrangements for the funeral ser- vices of Ralph Gracie to be held at the new armory Sunday and several other important matters were dis- cussed by the post last evening. unsanitary’conditienelind the 1ack: |train immediately. THOMESSENGER BOYS HELD UP Four Bandits Hold Up Two Clearing House Boys and Get $638,000 [ (By United Press) Chicago, April 15.—Four bandits held up two messenger boys of a Chi- cago olearim house today and escup-1 ed with $638,000 checks, The two messengers went to the clearing house offices at 9 a. m. to carry the checks to outlaying banks. The four bandits who apparently had followed them from ~ the clearing ‘house offices boarded the train fmme- diately after the messengers. When the train reached Twentieth street all four bandits pulled revolvers, two covered the five passengers and the other two covered the messengers. ‘The satchel containing the checks was snatched from the messengers’ hands. 1 The conductor entered the-car and the tbandits ordered him to stop the The brakes were applied and as the wheels of the train ground to a stcp the bandits left fhe train, jumped over a fence and hailed a passing taxi, One of the passengers attempted to follow the bandits Dut gave up the flight when one of the men emptied a revolver as he boarded an automobile. in negotiahle BIG TRADE IN BABY CHICKS Norwalk, Conn., April 15.—The chicken counters at the five and ten cent stoves here are doing a rushing business this year. Itsa strange lffe ‘the baby peepers sold as ‘‘merchan- 'dise”’ lead. Snatched form the ‘““brood hen’ dincubators before they reach ‘the tender age of one day, they arrive at the popular five and ten empor: iums via'the mail. Puchased by flap- pers for pets, and by housewlives for future dinners, they leave the stores chirping singly in the fur muff of a cooing young mistress or crowded tos gether in the bottom of a water pail. ‘The only grown ups of their species they ever see are not of the feathered varfety. WHEAT REA( LOWEST " PRICE IN FIVE YEARS ‘Salina, Kansas, April 15.—Wheat sold here for 95 cents a bushel yest- erday, the lowest price since 1916, Many farmers are still holding their wheat for a better price. 3 BROOK TROUT SAID TO: BE PLENTIFUL THIS YEAR (By Uhited Press) St. Paul, April 15.—Now for the wily trout! P4 Minnesota game and fish laws to- day made that lauded denizen of the pool and rapids the quarry of thous- ands of men. Minnesota s one of the few states where trout are still found in abun- dance and although they are said to be plentiful, every sportsman knows they fully earn the adjective ““wily." All the streams that flow into the Mississippl and St. Croix rivers are said to abound in trout. Many. of the streams that flow into the Minnesota river also are full of trout. In all the ndtthern country trout are said to be very plentiful. The streams that flow into Lake Superior from the'lron range are edid to be full of trout. Anglers who kniow how, should take the limit without difficulty, ac- department, BEMIDJI BOY SCOUTS MEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT Open Meeting to Be Held in Armory After Supper at Central Building Bemidji Boy Scouts will be out in full force Wednesday evening, April 20. There are three troops of scouts which total 96 boys, A six o’clock supper will be served in the Central sclool and every scout is supposed to be either guest of his father or the guest of some other male person. In other words, some Bemidji citizen is'supposed to sponsor a boy scout at this supper. If he has not a boy of his own who is a scout it is up to (him to hunt up some scout and take ‘him to the supper. The Scout Council is desirous that every Boy Scout report whether he already has a parent or other man to gponsor. for him and also wishes to know every man who is willing to have a scout for his guest. In this way it will be possible to have every Scout provided for. Migs Florence Meisch, of the home economics department, and one of| her cooking classes, will be responsi- ble for providing the meal and Miss Mabel Emmons and one of her sew- ing classes will serve the supper. At 8 o’clock in the evening, there will be an open meeting in the new armory, ut which every citizen of Be- midji, interested in-Boy Scout work, is especially invited to be present. The | Boy Scouts will present a pro- ‘gram, there will be talks on scout- ing and' a prominent Scout worker and leader from outside the city will .|address the gathering. R. O. Bagby especially desires ev~ ory man who will act @as guest to his son or other boy scout to advise him | or leave word at his office in the! Central school (building, telephone 274, AUTO OWNERS TO MEET All automobile owners of the city are urged to attend a meeting of the Bemidji Automobile club which will be held at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce associa- tion rooms on Tuesduy evcning at 8 o'clock. SECOND WAVE OF PRICE CUTTING IS PREDICTED {By “United " Pross) =~ ~ ™7 Washington, April 15. (By Ralph F. Couch.)—Drastic reduction in prices announced by Judge Gary of the United States Steel Corporation may precipitate a second country- wide wave of price cutting, it was beHeved here today. “At least cheaper steel will tend to bring down prices to consumers of scores of commodities of every day use,” said Ethelbert Stewart, govern- ment price expert, today. “COUNTY FAIR” SOCIAL AT METHODIST CHURCH TONIGHT ‘The Epworth League of the Meth- odist ‘church is holding a ‘County Fair” in the church basement this evening and a first class entertain- ment is assured the public. The so- cial affair will begin at 8 o'clock. LOVE TRIANGLE TURNS ‘ LW THER REPORT. 55c PER MONTH WAR-TIME RAL, END ON JULY 1 Workers and Employers to Draft New Set DECISION ENDS LONG DRAWN OUT DISPUT! Ruling of Board Considered as “Middle of the Road” Decision Today (By United Press) . Chicago, April 15.—War-time working agreements on_railroads of the nation come to an end July, 1. This was the realization today fol- lowing the decision of the United States Railroad Labor board in abro- gating working agreements and ord- ering workers and employers to-get together to draw up a new set which are to be presented as quickly as ‘worked out, in conference with the board. The mew agreements are to be effective July 1. 3 The decision ended a long drawn out fight hetween employees amd railroad managements. Three months ago W. W. Attebury, vice president of the Pennsylvanla railrond and spokesman for the roads, asked that the working agreement be abrogated. Employees literally fought the appli- * cation. ‘The ruling of the board is con- sidered as a ‘“‘middle of the road de- cision.” Attebury's application was favored by a mew set of rules which were drawn up. The management declared that the railroads will cost them close.to $300,000 a year. Part of the decision is a victory for employees. The board went on record as favoring the making of :|rules for theofticials of the railroad. 0DD FELLOWS HOLD SUPPER AND MEETING THIS EVENING "The Hemtdji lodgo of Odd Fellows (Will hold a supper this evening at 7 o'clock and the committee dn charge announces that an excellent menu has been arranged. All mem- bers are urged to be present. Fol- lowing the supper a business session will be held. HARVEY AND HERRICK APPOINTMENTS FAVORED ‘Washington, April 156.—Confirma- tion of Governor George Harvey as United States ambassador to London and Myron T. Herrick to Paris, was recommended today by the senate foreign relations committee. LITTLE FALLS GIRL BELIEVED' SLEEPING SICKNESS VICTIM Superior, Wis., April 15.—*Whero is Helen Longley?” asked Professor INTO PARALLELOGRAM Argue About Possession and Wife Leaves (By United Press) Grand Island, Neb., April 16.—An- other love triangle became a parallel- ogram today when Lwo husbands of the same pretty woman mobilized and are on the way east to catch a love bandit. This came when the hus- bands returned home to the flat und found this note from Frances Smith Yates McCracken, “Dear Roy and Guy: I am leaving with George McDonald and going east to be happy. Roy, the war left you crippled. Guy, you haven't got & job. < I love George.” Frances married Roy Yates before the war. He went to France and was reported killed, then she married Guy McCracken. After a while Roy came Himping home from war and denied he was dead. While Roy and Guy cording to the state’ game ‘and fish Z were arguing about the possession of Frances she left with McDonald, a railroader, from Chicago. A A A A A A A AN STUDENTS AT MACALESTER MOURN TODAY FOR GRACIE (By United Press) St. Paul, April 15.—Students of Macalester college mourned today as the body of their form- er comrade, Lieutenant Ralph D. Gracie, was brought to the Union Station from Flander: Twenty-two other soldiers’ bodies were brought in at the same time. Major Ray Miller of the Minnesota Observation Squadron circled over the train Two Husbands of Same Woman | C. J. Rollesson in psye¢hology in the normal school here yest ¥, { “She’s sleeping and we cannot awaken her,” replied one of the girl's hums. Professor Rollesson attempted to awaken the girl and she was removed to the hospital. She was said to be the victim of sleeping 8ickness, Her home is at Little Falls; Minn, AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO CALLED TO CONFERENCE (By United Press) Washington, April 16.—~George T. Summerlind, in charge of the Ameri- can embassy in Mexico City, has been ordered to Washington for consylta- tion with Secretary of State Hughes, il was announced at the state depart- ment today. The conferences with Summerlind will be the first important step in the framing of a definite Mexican poiicy by the Harding administration. DINNER WILL BE SERVED T0 FARMERS TOMORROW Trade Committee of -Associa- tion Plans Instructive Pro- gram After Dinner Here Tomorrow has been designed as the day when the first three carloads of dynamite ordered under the lamd clearing program will. be distrib- uted and since it is belieyed that several hundred farmers will be in the city, the trade committee of the Civic and Commerce association: has arranged for a free dinner to be served @t noon at the assoelation rooms. All farmers in the vicimity of Bemidji are urged to attend. Following the dinner, & number of interesting speakers will talk on subjects pertaining to land clearing, and the farm bureau will be discuss- ed by J. S. Jones, representing the in his airplane, as it pulled into the station, dropping flowers. The St. Paul Civic and Com- merce association placed # wreaths on every casket state federation. H. W, Byerly and J.‘'W. Hay are to be the other speak- ers on the program. An interesting @nd instructive session is assured and all farmers are urged to attend and also to bring 'their families and friends.