Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 7, 1921, Page 1

" evitable that the United ‘States have e s s e el . 1bj1 DAILY PIONEE INNESOTA HISTORICAL | - oty ~—Fair in_northwest, unsettled in south and west with showers tonight and Sunday. Not much change in temperature, BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1921 BRI 55c PER MONTH 4 vyt Ap- pointed Ambassador to Eng- “fand, Will'Sit With Allies ADM 4 TRATION NOT TO BE.REPRESENTED pe L — i Harding: ‘Néw:in ‘Position to Inaugurate Disarmament Plan Among Powers < b — ‘Washington, ‘Mey 7. — President Harding -accepted Friday. the invita- tion of the allied supreme council that the' United States be represented at the meetings of ‘that hody- as well:as those of the conference of ambassa- dors and the:reparation eommmp}on.; George Harvey, newly appointed ambassador. to Great Britain, will sit with the supreme council and ‘take|. part as the representative of-the - president ‘of the United States’in the deliberations” of that body. Repre- sentation./at:the conference. of am- bassadors in Paris and the reparations commission will :be_unofficial... The ambassador to France will be the ob-| server on the.former and Roland W. Boyden will sit in-an’unofficial. ca- pacity on-the latter. Decision to-accept the council’s in- vitation was reached at the regular cabinet meeting and formal announce ment of it was made at the White House. Soon afterward the text of the American reply to the invitation was made public at the state depart- me cles it ‘was ‘emphasized that the ac- tion taken did not mean the participa- tion of the ¥nited States in any proj- ect “of a world government or world league.”! - It wag’ssid that it=was inv an advisory part in the settlement the vast economi¢ and other p;‘:fi’ ’?a growing out of the world war. These ‘settlEmmente=it - was-explained,” must #ffect the United States as t est of the world. untément that the invitation had :been _accepted .came: late in’ thy day after the senate-had adjotirned. Republican;senators, -generally,..ex. pressed” thelr-approval, while Demo- ‘cratid senators gave voice to disap- proval and disappointment. ‘Repub- licang: $abk the view that the presi- dent'g repregentative would perform i e function of obtaining Denocratic senators they- were disappointed because the president had not decided to Have the government officially participate| Ln d.the deliberations- of the three odies. ¢ ‘Washington, May 7‘.-—(By R;&-’ mond Clapper) —President Harding, .having accepted. the.invitation to be; repres_snufiye‘ on the allied supreme council; the ,mihmudou' -gonference gnd the reparations commission, was’ in a position'today to inaugurate the disarmament - movement - among the powers, - e NEARLY ONE-SIXTH OF K. D. PUPILS ARE ABSENT DAILY | (By' Unitea Press) Bismatck, May 7.—Reports show that. 23,805 ont of 164,176 (children enrolled in‘thefirat 12 grades-are ab- sent daily from :scholin North Da- kota, aceoriling - to iMiss> Minnie.J. Neilson, superintendent of public ;in- struetion.- Figuring .that the state lis paying;out 45 cents per day to educate each child, ‘the loss to ‘the state thirough-absence is a most $2,- 000,000 ‘anhually. FOREST FIRES REPORTED ] NORTHWEST OF BRAINERD (By, United Press) St. Paul, May 7.—Forest fires in the Gull Lake district, northwest of Brainerd, were reported to the state forestry depargxent today. = Several fires weré/tepotted buring five ta sev- en miles: torthwest of Brainerd. Rangers were expected to keep the fires from Epreading. FARMER FINDS MATCHES IN POCKET ARE DANGEROUS i y ’.;(ny United. Prsn; Stanley. May 7.—Tom Miley, Stan- ley farmet;.is now convinced that it is dangerolls to carry anything “on the hip”—even matches. A bunch of the latter ignited while he was rid- ing a hny fhike and set fire to his clothinig which was saturgted with oil from working around machinery. He urned _before he could CARPENTIER SAILS TODAY | FOR' WORLD TITLE BOUT e United Press) LaHavzé; France, May 7.—Georges Camgnfifi:aha;vmdight champion of Europe, sailed today on the LaSavoie for the United Stdtes where he will } B meet Jhok: W July: 2. for the . world’s heayywelght championship, - - ~Inot’ qualified with- the required num- * | ber ‘of drills attended. % ceive. their discharge, according to %, ‘ormation given out by Captain D. ] b, %, ‘tive to the date when they wil ent. In the highest. administration cir-| = PRESIDENT OF CANTON - | OUTLINES HIS POLICIES All Equipment Before Dis- ‘charges Will Be Issued All ‘members of Company K, Be- midji unit of the National Guard, are to.receive payment for all drills at- tended during their enlistment and for-whieh they have not been pre- viously paid. .- This news will be wel- ecomedl by a -pumber of the members who, under the previous ruling, had All equipment is to be turned in by the members retiring before they will %, “oore, commanding officer. . y tices will be sent to each mem- %. *heir-equipment. receive their. and their check for the which. they have not -3l paid. This meeting will ¥ new armory some time Lo of next week; it is‘ex- Jaohn F. Ctamer; 45, passed away at thq St. Anthony hospital to 10:20 last night after being seriously ill for years, but had been taking care of his work at'the Bemidji Machine Works as usual... He went to the hospital at about .5:30 ‘yesterday afternoon and in less than five hours he had passed away. Heart disease is given as the cause of his death, . Arrangements have as yet not been completed for the funeral, but it is expected that ‘services will be held Tuesday. Mr. Cramer has been.in business here for a number of years and is well known. His many friends regret the untimely loss, : " . (By.United Press) -iCanjgn, China, :May:7.—Ben Yat ‘Sen, president of the Canton Chinese posed policies in an exclusive inters view with the-United Press, It was the first_interview given. *“My first move after my inaug- uration on Thursday,” he said, *“will be to-seek - foreign recogmition as & legally constftuted Parliament. My administration hopes to show the powers that T am not a rebel. By that, Shu Shin Chank, whose presi- dency 1s llegal, -is_the rebel. ““I will “abolsh military govern- ment. and Te-establish civil author- dties amd -will reduce to a mwinimum ithe army which is now considerable over 1,000,000. I will . modernize '‘China and start the building of rail- Toads. . I.will restore China’s position iby demonstrating Japan’s 21 de- ‘mands as the backbone of her policy.” SCHWANDT SALE BRINGS . -MANY SHOPPERS TODAY The closing-out sale begun today by the. 0. G. Schwandt store brought a jarge number of shoppers to the city this mgming, and Mr. Schwandt and his entire force are putting in a busy -jday. - Advertising . for the sale was conducted through The Pioneer’s ad- ‘Fvertising-and jobbing departments, 'METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL TO GIVE TO FAMINE FUND .Fhe :Methodist Sunday. school will make a special contribution Sunday ‘motning to the China famine fund, according to. Superintendent A, T. Carlson. All-will-be given an op- potruniity to give in a free-will offer- ing: to: be held: =~ = MINNEAPOLISTO VOTE . AT PRIMARIES MONDAY| {By United Press) . “Minneapolis, May..7.—Minneapolis’ city [primary elections will .be staged Monday. There has been much in- terest in the primary campaign, Brig. Gen. George Leach, endorsed by a Republican city convention, is ‘sup- ported by a large staff of world war veterans. Thomas Van Lear, former socialist mayor, who was read out of the so- cialist party at the St. Louis conven- tion, and D. B, Kested, are contest- ing for the liberal vote, while Earnest Maurer is running on a strictly so- cialist. platform for the nomination. T, H..Colwell and H. B. Rutledge are also in the-running.” The two high men in the balloting will'be nominated and will go through the city election June 18. One hundred and twenty are con- testing for aldermanic: positions and all other-city offices are to be filled. The election promises to be one of .} the most exciting in many years. FEDERATED MUSICIANS IN SESSION ALL NEXT WEEK Minneapolis, May 7—The Aider- joan Federation of Musicians nativn- @l convention will.meet here Monday. Twin City musicians are preparing a big ‘program of entertainment for vigiting delegates. They .wil be in session all week, government, today outiined his pro-{ L linist, who appears here Wednesday, “|barracks, in the hospitals, out in the arms [OTHER 1S Mot R SPLT fasnTLA. \ ‘the greatest friend you ever had. s Mather, who always shared with youthelaughter and thesilences. Mother, whose open were a haven for you and your troubles. Mother, the only one in_ all the world who ever really knew you d loved:you for. everything she knew. “Reverently we acknowledge her as life’s-sweetest influence--and we pay her tribute on Mother's Day knowing that in all the world there is no treasure like her. SOLDIER VIOLINSTTO APPEAR HEREON MAY 18 Josef Konecny, Bohemian Vio- linist, to Play Under Aus- pices of Harmonick Club Josef Konecny, the Bohwmian vio- May 18, has the double distinction of being the only artist before the Am- erican public who served first as an over-draft age volunteer in the Great War as “Buck Private,” and' then gave 90 concerts in France under the auspices of the Overseas Theater league for the American and Allied soldiers “‘over there.” Duripg his entire army enlistment Konecny had his viokin constantly with him and played for the boys under every possible condition. His| comrades-in-arms popularly “called him ‘“Joe, the Violinist.” He played for the men in camp, in the tents and open under the sky and trees to au- diences ranging from perhaps a few enthusiastic . doughboys up to 3,000 goldiers and civilians; he appeared on the rostrum of the Knights of Co- lumbus and the Y. M. 'C. A. huts, and at Fitzgerald, Ga., even playing from a baggage truck at the repot. when his company was moved south. He now comes to play for Bemidji under. the auspices of the Harmonick Glee -club. Miss Mary Tris, brilliant Ameri- can pianiste, accompanied Mr. Kone- cny ag associate artist on his over- geas tour, and did her share towarids | cheering up the home-sick boys. - ERICKSON HOTEL HAS CHANGED OWNERSHIP Clayton - and Olson brothers have putchased the Erickson hotel through T. Baudette of the Northern Minne- sota Real Estate exchange. It is re- ported that the consideration was $8,000. f Fidostean IBYSCZKO THROWS LEWIS - AND WINS CHAMPIONSHIP | | (By United Press) New York, May 7.—Stanislaus Zbyszko of Poland, 46 years old, the| veteran of more than a hundred ring! skirmishes, is the new heavyweight champion of the world. Before a thousand spectators, threw Strangler Lewis last night in one of the shortest champion matches on_record. With a necklock, Zbyszko downed the champion after 23 minutes and 17 seconds of battle.. “WHY PICK ON US” Here’s what some of the mer- chants and business men think about the present situation in the United States, and the following are some of their suggestions on how the pres- ent situation may be remedied: “The woods are full of amateur economists. who claim that prices of clothing, underwear, hosiery, shirts, sweaters, overalls, sleeping-wear, etc., | will shortly return to pre-war levels. | “Will they? Yes, they sure will— : “When hard coal is back to $9 per on. 2 “When railroad fares are back to 2 cents per mile. 3 “When house rent is back to §25 | per month. “When gasoline is back to 10 cents per gallon. “When telephones are back to $1| per month, When a square meal is bacl: to a quarter. “When labor is back to $2 a day. “When gas is back to 90 cents. “When shaves are back to 10 cents. | “When the freight rate from New York (now $1,84) is back to 97 cents. | “When street car fares are back to| a nickel. “When money is back to 5 per cent. “When cooks are back to $5 per week. ’ “When hair = cuts are back to a| quarter. “When movies are back to a nickel. | “YWhen a car-wash is back to a| dollar. | “When ice cream is back to a dime. | “When a doctor’s call is back to two bucks. When a newspaper is back to a| penny. | .. “For. the love of Mike, why expect | the manufacturer, wholesaler and re- | tailer of clothing and furnishings to| go the route alone? Why expect us and no one else to go back to pre-war| prices? | “Beg pardon; we forgot the farm- er. He, too, is getting it hard. | “Why pick on us? ! “Aren’t we Americans ‘all in on| this proposition, together? ~ Haven't| we got to work it out together? Well, then, haven’t we, the manufacturers, | wholesalers and retailers of clothing | and furnishings gone much faster and | much farther than the average in re-| | COMMITTEE VOTES IN FAVOR OF PACKER BILL Debate Continues in Senate on Young Emergency Bill; Vote to Be Taken Wednesday 7 (By United Press) Washington, May 7.—The senate agricultural committee today voted to report favorably the bill by Senator Norris of Nebraska, republican, for federal regulation of the packing in- dustry. Senate Debate continues on Young emer- gency bill; vote to be taken Wednes- day at 8 p. m. b Interstate commerce committee considers in subcommittee the resolu- { tion by Senator Frelinghuysen to re- duce freight rates on coal ‘during the i next few months. . House Hearings on Scott’s seamen’s bill before the merchant marine commit- tee. e Agricultural committee continues hearing on packer control legislation. X WEATHER BUREAU OHIEF DISCREDITS “BAINMAKER” (By United Press) Bottineau, May 7.—!‘Rainmaker” Hatfield cannot (produce artificial rain, according to B. F. Marvin, chief of the United States weather bureau who attributes any of Hat- field's so-called success in this line to a happy coincident with the whims of nature. Hatfleld is under contract to pro- duce rain: this summer in Alberta and Bottineau county farmers fwere about to ask hiim, for a contract. It is mlleged he induced rain in Califor- nia, ) COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE ON FLIGHT TO CHICAGO (By United Press) Mineola, N. Y., May 7.—Carrying five passengers, the Ansaldo, a com- mercial type of airplane. limousine, ducing prices and making readjust- (started from Hazelhurst field for Chi- ments? We'll say we have! “We're ahead, we and the farmer the veteran! __’way ahead of the procession. Now let the barbers and the movie houses, |’ and the Standard Oil, and the soft drink parlors, and the landlords, and cago at 6:30 a, m.. A letter from Mayor Hyland to Mayor Thompson was sent by the plane. The passengers included Ralph Dig- gins, president of the concern wh plans to operate planes between Chi- 2 the hotels and the restaurants, and|cago, Minneapolis, St. Louis and De- the draymen, and the bankers cut|troit. their prices and cateh up with us.” Jessie Bradley, Chicago avia- trix, was also a passenger; MERCHANTS T0 BANQUET. AT ASSOCIATION MONDAY Merchants of Bemidji Urged to Attend Meeting to Plan on “Bargain Day” ‘The trade committee of the Civic and Commerce association will ban- quet at the association rooms Monday evening at 6 o’clock. All merchants of the city are cordially invited to participate. The program committee, consisting of E. H. Denu, John Culver and:C. A. Huffman, has arranged for no special speakers for the meeting Monday night, but a general discussion of the ‘“‘Bargain Day” for May 21 will be tal:an up in detail and indications are that the plan will be launched in a big way. p The program committee has a line on a number of splendid speakers for future meetings and if plans material ize there will be several rousing gath- erings in which clerks as well as pro- prietors will be asked to participate. It is the plan of Chairman A. T. Carlson to open a question box of some nature for the purpose of solv- ing problems confronting. the. various merchants from day to day. This may become a regular monthly fea- ture of the program. - / » THOROUGHBREDS MEET FOR CKY DERBY (By United Press) Louisville, Ky., May 7.—Fifteen three-year-olds, the pick of America’s best in thoroughbreds, were ready for the position this afternoon, the 47th Kentucky derby at Churchill Downs. The greatest and most notable crowd in history was pouring in on ev- ery train to attend this American turf classic which has outlived the English derby and famous French grand prix of Paris. Fair weather and promises or a fast track made joyful the hearts of thousands of horse lovers who gathered here from every big city in the United States. CZECHO-SLOVAKIA ADDS FUEL T0 CONFLAGRATION (By United Press) Berlin, May was today reported to have added fuel to the international conflagra- lon now raging in Upper Silesia. A Vienna dispatch stater that Czecho Slovakian troops ip great forces, crossed the Upper Sllesian frontier making the fifth nation involved in the struggle anising out of the re- cent plebiscite, (By United Press) Paris, May 7.—The council, of am- bassadors meeting here today in- structyxd the allfed commiisison in Upper Silesia to inform the people that nothing will influence them to partytion that district. In accord- ance with the recent plebiscite, the commission was instructed to issue a proclamatiion to this effect and to make clear the allled ultimatum on present disoYders. Marshal Foch at- tended the .conference of ambassa- dors. PAL MOORE OUTPOINTS JOE LYNCH FOR TITLE (By United Press) Louisville, Ky., May 7.—Pal Moore outpointed Joe Lynch, bantamweight champion, in a fast 12-round bout here staged on the eve of the Ken- tucky derby. Lynch won the final round in a whirlwind when he realized he was being beaten, He made a game effort to come back. The fight was the 16th meeting of the two men. Two of the meetings had been won by Moore on a referee’s decision. The champion was outscored and out- fought all the way. HUNGRY CHILDREN STORM CITY HALL AT RACINE (By United Press) Racine, Wis., May 7.—Begging for food hundreds of children stormed the city hall late Friday afternoon when the Personal Workers Rescue Missfon found their funds exhausted and they were forced to deny bread to the hundreds who have ben ap- pearing here daily. Hungry and dis- appointed they marched to the city ‘hall to plead for relief. The city treasurer sent the waifs to a local charfty institution. Officials are considering steps to relieve the sit- uation today. It is contended how- ever, that the demonstration was in- duced by the action of the Rescue Mission. STATE FAIR WILL NOT BE OPEN ON SUNDAY HEREAFTER St. Paul, May 7.—The State Fair will not be open on Sunday hereafter. Action to that effect was taken at the May meeting of the Board of Man- agers of the State Agricultural soci- ety heldj at the Fair Grounds yester- day. A hearing of business and profes- dional men was to have taken place before the board at 2 p. m. When they arrived they were informed that favorable action. already had been +aken in harmony with the advice of the legistature, ' 7.~~Czecho-Slavakia, OBJECTIONSTO ULTHATON AR LOUBLY VOICED Strong German Political Ele« ments Serve Notice They Will Not Accept Ultimatum MAKES FORMING OF CABINET. DIFFICULT Chancellor Fehrenbach on May 12 Must Resign or Act for Germany on Terms Berlin, May 7. (By Carl D. Groat.) —Strong. political elements in Ger- many served notice today that they will not acceptithe allied reparations ultimatum, Leaders of the demo- cratic and Volksparty declared that they would oppose any attempt to abide by the new terms. . This attitude apparently being known to other political .. organiza- tions will add to the difficulty of forming a cabinet to repress the Feh- renbach ministry., The. eccentrists as well as the majority of the inde- pendent socialists are adopting the view that they don’t want to become responsible for cabinet memhers who 'for years to come will be blamed for signing the reparations ultimatum. Government officials hoped the atti- tude ¢f political leaders might be of- fered readily and by May 12 when the ultimatum expires it might be suffiiciently changed in sentiment to permit signing the terms. On that date it will fall upon Chancellor Feh- renbach angd his associates to decide their resignition or to act for Gers many in accepting the ultimatum. They are responsible for all govern- ment action until their successors are named. BEMIDJI FARMERS' CLUB MEETS THIS AFTERNOON The Bemidjl Farmers’ club held a meeting at the Carr Lake school house today. A dinner was served at noon at which the, teachers wero hostesses, and in the afternoon - a program of farm topics was given, and farm toplcs discussed. WOMEN'S STUDY CLUB TO MEET MONDAY AFTERNOON The regular meeting of the Wo- man’s Study club will be held Mon- day afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. F. S. Arnold, 802 Beltrami ave- nue. Blection of officers will take place at this time, and it us urged that there be a layge attendance. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS 4 SERVING LUNCH TODAY The “‘Sunshine” <¢lass of young ladies of the Methodist Sunday school are serving a cafeteria lunch. to the public ,in the basement of the church, from 5 to 7 o'clock this evening. Mrs. F. Trafton, teacher of the class, is superintending the lunch, and iL‘ promifses to be first:class. PARENT-TEACHER CLUB NOW BEING ORGANIZED The parent-teacher meeting held at theBemidji State Teachers College Friday afternooil 'was very £1ccess- {ul, and there was a large atleadance of mothers, the assembly room being well filled. - A temporary organiza- tion ‘was effected ,and it was decided ‘to hold another meeting in tw» weeks at which time the constitution will be read and officers clected, MISKE AND BRENNAN MEET AT ST. PAUL MONDAY NIGHT (By United Press) St. Paul, May 7.—Billy Miske and Big Bill Brennan are scheduled to meet at the St. Paul auditorium here Monday night, May 9, in a ten-round bout. ” Jack Reddy, proftioter, is manager of Miske. Miske ad Brennan have each met defeat at the hands of Cham- pion Jack Dempsey and both are anxious for a return match.” The winner of the bout Monday night probably will get & chance if Demp- sey retains the crown after his bout with Georges Carpentier July 2. Kid Norfolk and Clem Johnson, ne- gro heavyweights, are slated to go ten rounds on the same card. MYSTERY IS UNVEILED AT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL Winnipeg, May. 7.—The city fath- ers of St. Boniface, French-Canadian suburb of Winnipeg, deplored the lack of interest in the city council meetings, Accordingly- they- adver- tised . that a performance would . be given at the city hall of “The Unveil- ed Mystery.” The practical hoax had the desired effect and the city council chamber was crowded with an expect- ant throng. When Alderman J. A, Marion explained that the public gen- erally considered civic affairs to_be clad with mystery and that the meets ing was called for the purpose of ens lightening the taxpayers, the matter was -taken in good spititiand all res mained until the close of the sessiom