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

qciation rooms, a:ficgm n}verte‘ glec:- 3, ¥ and a permanent organization ef- | 1s Interred 'in ‘GreBnwood - dected. -The ofticers elected are as Rites OF DECEASED FRIENDS + AVIATOR FILL ARMORY Letter: From: Judge: Eli Tor- rance Shows Esteem in Which brite was paid yesté-l;- Ibértson undertaking parlors all day' Saturday and Sundey forenoon, were i esoorted to the new armory.yester- day afternoon shortly after 2 o’clock by a color guard-and a firing squad composed of former, .service men. Funeral ;seryicéa were held at 2:- . 80, atténded by oné of the largest . crowds; ‘ever assembled ;at-a similar ceremony in this eity. Former ser- vice mten dn . qniform attended the seryices in & body:and they were well’ Tepresémted. . Friends and asc- quaintances of the déceased and his family filled the armory to capacity m& npumber -were_ forced to stand inside and outside the building i while the ¢ceremonies were belng per- ! . Rev./L.P.» Warford, pastor’ 0 Nrat yterian church of Bemidji: officiated. The Presbyter- dan choir: sang several selections fit- tingly appropriate for the occasion. —A-funersl—procession; -headed- by the Amerjean colors, followed closely by the Juvenile band, the milary escort, and . ex-service men, conducted: the body_ to. Green- ‘Wwood . cemetery. where short services were_ held it%. Rev, - Warford . end ‘prayer offered. . Military rites were then actorded; tite deceased aviator and 'Taps was:sounded as a parting war hero who saerifice for- his “which Ralph Gra- &l who_knew him ‘the following. letter i Torrance of - Min- neapolis, cmnmgnqag‘;}{xfchle! f the Grand Army of Républic. ‘50 “Deat: Comitdes: 1 am sending by “%«x'pre?ni'h jaurel wreath in honor of “Lieut Gracte which I hope will reach Jyou in; time for the funeral service ‘tomorrow. 1f’,not, please place it upon the grame as a token of affec- tion frofii & soldier of the war for the . preseérvation of the union. ““Phe last time I saw Lieut. Gracie| when he called at my home on e way to the war to bid me good- bye. He was the picture of manly beauty, hopeful ~and happy—his very soul shining in his face. I knew: the risks of .war and as he waived ‘hie final salutstion, my heart felt a twinge of pain mingled with grati- tude and prido that a life so pricc-| day to Lieutenant Ralph D. Gracle, ' the i whole secret negotiation over the is= er: Fair in 3 - ing cloudiness in: north tonight and Tuesday. ‘Waridier in west and south tonight, & s ~ 55 PER MONTH ‘Officers ‘Are Elected andl Plans _‘Are ‘Made for Supper and Mee! ! e Wednesday, X fiie local Boy Scout turday evening. in the ws: president, B, D. Boyce; . first ive-president, R. O. Bagby; second vice-president, Mrs. Eduard Netger; secretary, Mrs, Thayer C. Bailey; ‘Month’s Task Is i-'ore:een By Minnesotan in Conference on Farm Bills treasurer, C. L. Mikkeleen. Eundins"c'o.o'pERA'nVE’ “MARKET committees will be appointed by the | president and will be named lp*7\| A committee -on 'tyaming % night_banquet and. program for the )\ Boy ‘Scouts were discussed. J. M. Culver ‘will preside as toastmaster at nquet in the Central school and ACT CONSIDERED AGAIN A “‘tate’s Farmers Are Urged to Tell Bureau Envoy What Laws They Favor TRt ul, "April 18.—Farmer dele- m 40 states, assembled in ‘Harnwell ‘will have charge of rogram ini the new armory in the| evening. . z .....The Boy.-Scouts -will entertain . the public’ Wednesday evening at the! armory with a number of their stunts, | several ‘short talks will be given by’ local citizens on Boy Scout work ‘and F. J. Patton of Grand Rapids, a man thoroughly trained and experienced in Boy Scout activities, will also give an address. ~ Special. miisic_for the occasion is being arranged. The high, school orchestra will play, during the banquet at the ‘school, the*'juvenile band will lead the procession fromi the school to the armory and will al- 80 play a number of selections at the armory. MANDATE ORDER (By United Press) Washington, April 18.—(By A. L. Bradford)—Japan’s firm determins- ‘tlon not to surrender island of Yap is_stated emphatically in a series of five notes between the United States and Japan made public today by the state department. The correspond- ence covering a period of nearly six months lies bare for the first time the land '6f Yap which has created one of the most serious international js- sues of the day. _The correspondence today revea! for the t. time that not only h: Japan protested against the mandate order but that it also rejects sum- marily the proposals of the United ‘n, 'D. 'C:, to urge passage of lawg vital ‘to agriculture, face a task that may require an entire month, ., g Victor E, Anderson, treasurer of Y ' the Minnesota Farm Bureau federa- tion, -and ‘Minndsota’s representative on the national farm legislative com- mittee, in his report to the state or- ganization headquarters’ here, said that an unbroken series of confer- ences with administration leaders has been arranged. : “Many states are anxious to know the details of how Minnesota has been paving the way in legislation many other matters of importance to agriculture,”. Mr. Anderson said. “We bave been considering finance, .in- cluding the federal reserve and fed- eral land bank systems, -and rural credits, We have also considered co- operative marketing problems, = and have had several specialists from the ‘department of agriculture before us. 1 ‘have also seen Congressman Vol- gtead about the Capper-Volstead act, legalizing co-operative markyiing en- terprises on a large scale. “This act *Subcommittees of the farm bureau delegation have been appointed to make a special study of finance and taxation before -a definite policy is -|1did before congress, Mr. Anderson saider e on. which the committee i8 to tell congress the *|stantl of 1,500,000 farm bureau mem- bers include tariff protection for farm crops, tramsportation, . immigration, packer cofitrol, and establishment of the propdsed nitrate plant at Mus- sel ‘fioalm sota faymers who have definite ideas on national. legislation communicate with the committee while it is in Washingtoh, = Farm bureau leaders hope, he 8aid, that by co-operation with the heads of government depart- ments and congressional leaders, the delegation can work out-a program of agricultural legislation that will ‘be accepted by congress. Stg_tea that “even if Yap should be assigned under a mandate to Japan, all other nations should have free and unhampered accesses to the island for less was resdy for the supreme gacri- fice. ¥ o4 “Bemidji can take a solemn pride in her matchless hero, and in.all her sohs who fell in the late war. Material gain and losses are as dust in the halance, compared with the noble’ deeds and supreme sacrifices of such heroic souls. : “May 'Gracie's epirit move your * lives with irresistible power and an exaltation almost divine. b ‘“Fraternally yours, % “ELI MORRANCE.” "~ PROTEST WAGE RULING Representatives of Big Four Demand Unlimited Time to Present Case (By United Press) Chicago, April 18.—Protests were voiced today by 28 labor organiza- tions against the alleged ruling through the United States railroad labor board on the petition by roads for reduction in wages. 3 Representatives of the big four brotherhoow, shop crafts and un- skilled. laborers charged that in many instances the railroads had made a wholesale eifort to bring about a wage ecoufevence with em- ployed but had goae dires to the railroad board with- an application for decreases. The union demanded unlimited time to present the case. LUCILLE COOPER PASSES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Lucille Margaret, twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Cooper, passed away flast evening about 7 o'clock, after an iliness of 13 weeks, three weeks of which were gpent in St. Anthony’s hospital Death came as a result of complica- tions following a paralytic stroke., She was &t her home at the time of death. -Funeral arrangements _have not yet been deéelded apon bul will be announced later, ;l]\e 'landing and ‘operation = of ca- Jen.”? <5 ) The last Japanese note to the Unit- ed .States in the correspondence is as almost sarcastic in. tone. The last note of the resies the United States mandate note, was : handed to the Japanese foreign office on April 5. The-American note, backing the cor- respondence made public, is under- stood to have been sent not only to | Japan. but all the other principal al- lied ‘powers. SERVICES AT NYMORE .. CONGREGATIONAL_CHURCH Illustrated songs and a lecture on “The’ Otherwise Man” will feature gervices to be held at the Congrega- tiona} church of Nymore this evening at 8 o’clock. Rev. Packer will be in tharge of the gervices. ‘The public iis invited to attend. ok ELECTRIC LINE DEPENDS * ON CROPS THIS SEASON Mandan, N. D., April 18:—An elec- tric freight and passenger line may be ‘comstructed next year between Manning, Mandan and Freda, if this Bection gets a big crop mext fall. A very successful baby clinic was held Saturday afiernoon zt Solwaye| at which time there were 4% bables examined. Tt was conducted by Dr. Otto Groebner, baby specialist of St. Paul, who has conducted the other five clinics ‘held in the county, with Miss Jennie Mostu, Bemidji school nurse, Miss Beth MacGregor, Red Cross nurse, and Miss Jessie Aiken, teacher in Bemidjl schools, as assist- ants. The publicity of the meeting and success of the clinic as far as attend- ance was concerned, was due largely to the untiring efforts of Mrs. Earl Grinolds and Mrs. Smith of Solway. At moon, dinmer was eerved to a large crowd, at which the mothers and the babes, the doctor and his as- sistants, were guests, dated February 26 and is regardediCeiVéd at the state capital [TASCA STATE PARK IS ENDANGERED BY FIRES (By United Press) 8t. Paul, April 18.—Calls for ad- ditional forest fire fighters were re- 3 today from the ranger at Itasca State park. Telbphone calls said that 20 men were fighting the fires which were heining in the park on three sides. T called for double that amount of fire fighters. ¢ and |* has ‘been re-introduced in congress.” | r. Anderson urged that Minne-| 4 14 7 Repreésentative | of - 'California ‘League Appeaxs Before - * House Committee & (By United Press) Washington, April- 18.—Absolute exclusion-of all Japanese immigra- tion and withholding . of . American citizenship’ from all members of the yellow race was urged to the house immigration ccmmittee today by B §. McClatchy, publisher of the Sac- ramento Bee, répresenting the Jap- anege Exlusion ILeague of California. He told ‘the ‘commi‘tee there is very grave danger to-this country unless ‘steps -are takeyu. iie protest- ed against ‘naturi:iv.sl - Jaor bofag stewards on the ships'and in case of «call mugt be traitors to Japan if thav remain loyal to the Uniled. States. " MEETING AT CHICAGD (By Unitel Presd) St. Paul, ‘April {18.—Irish sympa- thizers of the nortbwest were in Chi- cago; today. boos Ireland’s cause. i Scores; of Jeading Irishmen . of Minnesota and the.Dakotas joined {n a big delegation of Twin City sympa- thigers here Sunday night and left ifor the Windy City to espouse recog- nition of ithe Irish republic by the United States ‘government. Thousands from eyery section of the country were attending the Chi- cago. conclsve of 8ons;of Erin, AT Game Warden John Cline reports that there are a number of wviola- tions of the fishing laws relative to fpearing, Mhe seetion of the fish laws regarding taking fish by spear- ing with ‘the ald of artificial lights states only carp, dogfish, redhorse, sheepshead, -catfish, suckers, eslpout, garfish, bullheads,” whitefish .and buffalofish may M@ taken 4n this manner, betweenzApril 20 and June Consequent]y, ‘it is illegal to take pickerel by epedring and the ga.ue warden urges that ‘there be no viola- tions of the rets Bird houses, which were constret- ed. by the local Boy Scouts to he cold in order to purchase scouting equip- ment and which have been on dis- ‘play at the Given Hardware store since early last weak, will be judged Declares that They ‘Should Be Regulated and Controled By Government FAVORS LAWS TO APPLY TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS States that ‘End Soux.llt By Union M_eml “Disaster and Destruction” (By United Press) New 'York, April 18.—Labor unions shnuld.be regulated and con- troled by the government to prevent disaster and escape destruction, Judge Albert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation de- clared in a statement to the stock- holders made public here today. “It seems to me that the natural, as in the necessary result of the con- templated progress of labor union would be to secure control of stock, then of general management of busi- ness, then of capital and finally of government,” he said.” He urged the passage of laws to “‘apply to all eco- nomic organizations, groups or bodies exceeding certain specified numbers and amounts” and added that both organized capital and labor should be placed under these laws. Gary declared that the “natural and certain. effects of labor unionism are eg:pressed by three others—efficiency, high cost—and be it remembered, he said “that in the end the general pub- lic must pay for unnecessary and unreasonable ‘cost of production. It is primarily and fundamentally in- terested in the assistance and conduct Neighbors - Find “ Body Near Stump Which Contained Fatal Blast Word was received Saturday morn- ing by M. E. Ibertson of the acci- dental death of a man, who appar- ently had been the victim of a dyna- mite explosion in the Lake Alice country. Upon arriving at the scene of the accident, Mr. Ibertson found the unfortunate man to be Levi B. Jennings, 67 years of age, and ex- amination of the remains disclosed the fact that he had been dead a week or more. Mr. Jennings liyed alone on his farm near Lake Alice and had been out in a field blowing stumps. It is thought he was tamping in a charge of dynamite when it exploded, strik- ing him in the face and about the arms and hands. He was thrown about 20 feet from the stump by the force of the explosion and when found was in a terribly lacerated and torn con- dition, Mr. Ibertson embalmed the body and - left it there at the time. Arrangements were made to have it brought to Bemidji today. The'body was found by Mr, Mor- gan and another neighbor, who had missed Mr. Jennings for several days. It 'was thought at first that Jennings had gone to Duluth as he had told neighbors he intended to do. Noth- ing was. thought of his nonappear- ance about the farm until' it was found he had not gone away and search was then made, resulting in finding his body. Mr. Jennings’ family live at Polk City, Towa, and he is survived by his wife, two sons and at least one daugh- ter. Full details of the family could not be learned today. The body will be shipped to Polk City where the remains will be interred. 3 GREAT BRITAIN TRADE SUFFERS of labor unijons. . “The end sought by labor union, that at least to which thejr efforts tend, means disaster and destruction. It-is noticeable that often‘tifmés they seek to 'control political and openly as a.voice advocating ‘the election or defeat or .even the president of the United States, that they oppose or fa- vor legislation or diverse kinds. They would regulate police departments, worse than anything else, they would dominate, the supreme court of the United States, our citadel of defense to personal service itself.” this evening and prize winners will be -picked. The souwses which me judged to be winners of ithe various prizés will be displayed for the last day tomorrow. Much competition was shown by the boys in building these houses for various kinds of birds and the prizes BOOTLEGGER’S ESCAPE Valley City, N. D. April 18.—A offered by the ilocal merchants and |fractured wrist halted the escape of business men will ‘be awarded at the|C. J. Harris, alleged whisky runner, ‘meeting of the Civic and Commerce {from Omaha, Neb., who attempted agsociation a week from Wednesday,|to flee from Sheriff Larson and a The names of the prize-winners, |company of deputies when they ar- however will be announced prior to|rested his brother, Willlam Harrls, that time, probably tomorrow. and Frank Smith, the latter of Sioux s —— City, Iowa. BEMIDJI NAVAL UNIT l:[i‘?; trio were dr(‘;lng %v'vc;( cars in W 26 cases 0 whisky were MEETS THIS EVENING |found. C. J. Harris was in the sec- | - AlIl members of the Fifth division, |ond car and, when the sherifi’s posse Naval Militia and: Naval Reserve|appeared in the road and held up force, are notified to meet tonight at|theé first automobile, he attempted to the new armory at 7:30, according|get mway. He made a sharp turn to orders issued by R. B. Lycan, com-|but was shot in the wrist and halted mander. after a chase of a mile and a half. Hundreds of Small Business Houses Unable to Keep Up With Prices (By United Press) London, April 18, (By Ed. L. Keen.)—Appalled at the creeping paralysis that is slowly crippling her industries, Great Britain iosl some of its wvoice over the calling off of the triple alliance strike. Hundreds of small business places closed their doors today unable to continue with- out the increased supplies of coal. The expense of meeting vhe situa- tion and the tethering of thousands of unemployed continued unabated. ‘To cut the cost somewhat the great food distribution centers were dis- banded and parks again opened to the public. . Recruiting of defense forces con- tinued. With the miners still on strike and radicais in allied organi- zations dissatisfied with cancellation of the strike order, the government plans on putting on a surprise at- tack. The newly vecruited forces donned government kihaki for the first time last night. MOOSE LODGE WILL HOLD FEATURE MEETING TUESDAY Phe Loyal Order of Moose will hold their regular meeting Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at the Moose hall. All members are requestcd to be present, as speclal features have been planned for the meeting. L is reported that a member of the lodge will be married with *imposing” ceremonies. ‘ FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVES TOO LATE TO STOP LOSS (By United Press) Gwinner, N. D., April 18.—The Oakes fire department, summoned here early this morning, arrived on a special train but too late to check a $175,000 fire which destroyed the hotel, the Thompson Lumber yard, hardware store and Prairie Press printing plant. The losses are parl- tially covered by insurance. GRAND m MAY HAVE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE (By United Press) St. Paul, April 18.—Grand Rapids may secure a branch agricultural schol as part of the University of Minnesota extension . program. Sen- {ator P. H. McGarry today introduced a bill providing for an apropriation of $135,000 for such a school. It is referred to the senate finance com- mittee, (By United Press) St. Paul, April 18.—Senator P. H. McGarry today introduced a bill {in the legislature providing that coun- ties may ‘sell highway improvement bonds below par. The bill was re- ferred te the judiciary committee, momas PEARERS SHOW FALLEOF LAYD CLEARING HERE Nearly 300 Farmers, Business Men and Women Attend Saturday Luncheon LAND CLEARERS GET FIRST LOT DYNAMITE President of Land Clearing Association Shows Faith in Developmenijt Nearly 300 farmers, business men and women were guests of the Be- midji Civic and Commerce association &t a noon luncheon Saturday, where was exhibited a feeling of co-opera- tion and friendliness of the warmest H. W. Byerly, immigration, agent for the Northern,- Pacific Railway company, presented sonie intaresting facts concerning Northern Minnesota |and the state at large, in an address to the gathering. In part he said: “The valuation of the state s two billion dolars, of which farm crops represent annual- 1y $400,000,000. The value of Minne- sota livestock is $230,000,000 and of the dairy industry $166,000,000. “‘The state of Minnesota has 6,000 manufacturing industries, produces 60 per cent of the iron ore of the world, leads in co-operative enter- prises, has the largest flour and pa- per- mills in the world and still has 15,000,000 acres. of undeveloped tamds. What an empire we are and what our future possibilities may be cannot be estimated.” J. 8. Jones of the State Farm Bu- reau, pointed out the need. of co-op- eration between farm and city and covered the work béing done by the state and mnational farm bureaun as- soclations, ““The farm buneau,” said Mr. Jones, “{s belng built from the unit upward and not from the governing body downward. Sixty-five counties of the state are already organized and the campaign in Beitram! county will be launched soon, when we expect to add 1,000 members. “The purpoge of the farm bureau {s to encourage the growing of added crops anid the proper marketing of them. The committee of 17 will start work on this great problem April 18. They have been gathering facts and figures for some time and have spent sonie $50,000 thus far in this work. “In the national associatiom, the equity, the grain dealers union, the farmers’ union and other leading or- ganizations have all been united. This 1s not a class organization, but it is working at all times for the best in- terest of all the people. “We hope before long to report that the majority of farmers in the istate are members of this great work- ing Dbody. “I believe the farmers should ad- vertise their products the same as the merchants do. In Californlia this has worked out fine-and proven a big success. They have increased the sale of prunes and raieins through advertising and also have secured bet- ter prices. In this community the potato could be advertised. to great advantage, by raising four or five va- rieties only and then telling the world about them.” D. C. Dvoracek, county agent, pre- sided at the meeting and gave somo splendid advice with regard to .co- operation, “There ate only three cows per farmer in Beltrami county,” (Continued oh ?lxe 6) FRANCE ISSUES ORDERS. FOR ADDITIONA_L TROOPS Believed'that France Prepares to Advance if Germany Fails to Pay May 1 (By Uhitéd Press) Lille, France, April’ 18.—Orders recalling the classes of 1918 and 191(9 to the colors were raceived here to- day. The orders also ealled for a re- mobilization of the firdt army corps. The orders reported are believed to be part of France’s preparation for the advance into the Ruhr valley if Germany fails to meet. the terms of the Versailles maty’lg May.1, Mar- shall Foch and government officials are known to hiéve completed plans to cail into Germany a baliff to col- lect their dues, (By United Press) Paris, April' 18.—The French war depantment today denied that it had called the 1918 and 1919 classes to the colors. Lplypbgya b o HOUR OF SUNDAY SCHOOL AT B0OT LEG LAKE CHANGED Mrs. E. L. Warrington, secretary of the Boot Leg Lake Union. Sun- day school, annoutices that the hour ot meeting has been changed from 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon to 10 o'clock in the - forenoon. Services hereafter will be held according t@ the new schedule,