Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 22, 1921, Page 1

VOLUME XI% NO: 85 . on State-Wide Scale:. e, ASSISTING GOUNTIES . fw . INADVANCING: WORK Al R T Farmers’ Roads to- Get Fi ~ Considevation, Highway : RRTALTI T P & Minnesota’s ighway development program;-to_pull: the:state out -of the; d'and-into the:front of-goodiroad A jassinig - JROM tHE [ ranks, is rapidly. according: to: al .. figures given out_ this: week by the staté hi ghv‘i:; department.. .. Road funds from- all sources and purp in Minnesota thi: eral aid-and-count » ues on trunk highways, and $12,500,- 000 of loeal tax:funds and:state aid for improvements and repairs on: 1t- | erals or féeder roads. County bond funds used, more money will be available in future years for feéder than for trunk roads, it was explain- ed. Charles M. Babcock, state highway commissioner, -with John H. Mullen, assistant commisgioner and chief highway. engineer, and other staff men; -and - with: the - co-operation..of county: road; authorities; is warking:fo spread:benefits. as-rapidly-as- possible: The highway program for this sedson is well under way, official figures show, although less than 60 days have passed since the legislature of 1921 - put.Good Roads Amendment No. I igfmfifl work:wis dox y, big developments: are the last: thirty: days. Al new: 8 ah;ivhieh Jiearly $5,000,000 of ‘state -xgnds is: to,'be; spent: and ich rge lochted in nearly 50 wide- ttered seetions of the state was ntlysgiven out.-About:$3,600,000' these are already utider contracts;. thie depirtment announced;and a-call for bids will be made soon on the re~ maining and other projects. The fact that the Babcock plan is primar to provide a good road to eyery Minnesota farm gate and not mierely automobile boulevards, is be+ ing emphasized by the present cam- paign *P r..good . federal aid legisla- tion. at’ it ‘makes available ap- proximately. $5,000;000-a° year for th less expensive though larger-syste: of feeder roads than for the héavy” traffic k routes has been: pointéd out by ‘Btate highway officials in-the movemetit in which farmers and other organizations joined later. % Farmers’ roads get first considera- tion under the Minnesota highway plan. tural state, and farmers’-roads. must. have that place.. Anything that will hinder the farmers-of:-the state -has: no part, in the program,” said the commissioner. The. same- policy will .apply-under| tlat-8 o' clock: nstruction; projects This is" primarily. an- agricul- {} Howes Great L ed in Bemidji"“from Cloquet _th Thorm t-8:30;@few hours Iater. than expected, owing to breakdown L bad roads out froin performance this:. afternoen:| egan ati 3 ololock, the ‘parade’ not ‘place uptil: 2 o'clock. . It waw, nd’ apparently. a:gaod e doors wiHl .open ‘promptly ‘evenring-at 7 o'clock for the shows to- riight.. The performance willbegin % } ¢ - Hundreds .of visitprs :from: tire eountryatid meighboring towns™ by ‘gah”to pour into ‘the city ‘and- by neon :the:etreets were-jammed, ‘o watch the parade. The streets were WHbd With' #utos Tro. the pavement | ‘at Thirteenth street to Second street] ¢ Second: ::street: to Mipliesita vethie -ahd: 1ip “Minnesota avenue:£0 ie-end: of: the pavement . o - .thils: ithoroughtare. 1::Dhie.£rclis goes:from here to’ Thief: 'River Falls’ atid the day followinsg; will show at Crookston. % CONFECTIONERY! [from - the : ‘arra; consisting. of parad AILY PIONE R s - BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDN ESDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1921 e People Plnnnin' to /Visit Nearby Townsion +.Fourth; of July. ... PUPOSIIGY"‘ ) HAVE BIG 'HREE-DAY: CLELBRATION ‘ngker, Park Rl.pidl, Kevllilvler, + Hines, - McIntosh.jand Red ... Lake to Celehrate Celebrations_on. the Fourth of July in: the vicinity of Bemidji are to _be ‘numerous: and elaborate.. . Judging y: ‘of «posters: being 'plaeed-in Beniidji:from the neighbor- [ing:towns and-villages the day will be bwell: celebrated. £ ke At Walker, theAmerican’Legion is-sponsoring :a huge demonstration, , speeches, ball mes; music and‘fireworks: = Cass ke 'is also celebrating under the +fauspices of the American Legion and tionery :store, .w for this week, has been postpotted un- [til some -time -later, since:the new fixtures planned for. thig occasion | ‘failed to arrive i time. Much of the carpenter: work has been completed and the place has been: newly decor- ated and js:now in shape for business, Nevertheless, the formal opening hag been planned and will be announced at a later date.’ BEGINNERS’ BAND WILL . PRACTICE “Diréctor G, 0. ‘that the” ‘Beginiiets’ regular practice this evening at 7_:30 in"the band rooms atthe city build- ‘ing. All members of the unit are re- ested to be on hand promptly. releasing:-funds:and.grant; Etp’_ccl’ed " Demonstration’ New York Pier Failad .. to:Materialize -, em——— . (By United Press) _ New York, June 22. (By Paul R; Mallon )---Admiral--Willllam F. St leame home today ; to the tune “‘Wearing of the: Green:” A8 the Liner Olympic swung into ‘her pler with Admiral 'Sims on boatd, ‘a little ship slipped past with a ba. laboard” playing the famous Irish &iF. ».Phe. expected-demonstration - at White Star pier by Irish sympathi ers: who'intended: to show the disape ‘proval -of their -Admiral’s - Londof}. speech . fajled ‘to materialize,. partly ‘because of & thousand' poticeman and partly because of the expedition with hich: Sims was rushed away to a otel The .admiral, who refused absb- liitedy to talk of his London ‘speech wiioh resulted in-his recall, said. he expected. to sée. the Secretary of- - War in’ "Washington tomorrow. . He wiil make the ofgictal report demanded’ at] that time. L .1 Simie was, the -first - passenger ofi arge posters announce ball games, speeches,.parades and everything that ogs with ‘a real July Fourth celebra- on. ~-Park Rapids is' preparing for huge crowds at its celebration. The sum- mer resorts in: that vicinity are-filling rapidly and every-person in the vicin- ity of that city is' planming:to spend the day there. o v Hines, :under the auspices of 'its community club, is having a real Fourth of July picnic, A large num- ber from Bemidji are planning to -at- ‘tend; - Speakers have béen:arranged {for and-a real celebrationis: prom- ised. bl y Kelliher has had posters out: an- nouncing’ her plans for a big day on the. Fourth for some 'time. :Every- thing that goes :with a' celebration is Lpromised.' Fire "< Red Lake Indians are not going to be' satisfied with a one-day celeb: tion. They have planned on:starting & three-day celebratjon on the Fourth of July ahd.will continte on the-fifth 'sixth with-similar programs. In- diah. dances; 'ball: games, lacrosse mes and patriotic. meetings will fea- i the celebration. . Lo & Fosston and! McIntosh: will'cele- brate jointly at McIntosh this year. These two towns alternate each year in their Fourth of July celebration and this year McIntosh will' do:the entertaining. A’ big time isiplanned tand a big crowd: is; anticipated. : - Puposky will :celebrate with a Fourth of July picnic and is ‘pre- paring. for a large crowd: Games of all kinds are on the program for the day and a big- community affair is ‘ahticipated. A number from Be- 'midji are planning to be there' and help celebrate. FOR “‘PEACE IN IRELAND” Belfast, Irelnad, June 22.::King George appealed for “peace in Ire- land,” in opening the first home rule parliament.today, “The- English speaking world is anxious for a settlement in Ireland,” He ‘declared. . “I pray that my word Here will be the beginning. I appeal the intent of the new law regulating{board. He and Mrs. Sims came down { 5" a]) Trish.to forget and forgive and the use’of cleats and-lugs on wheels on Minneésota highways,” Commission- er Babcock said;; to al e fears.of, threshermen. ‘Mud ho are barred’ as a rule, he explained, but the': of lugs will be permitted when neces- |- sary. 4 TREER “Neither the highway department nor the farmers want roads careless- ly torn up and _damaged, ‘and-we count on-the threshermen using good j it- to avoid it,”” he said. | trip. Militia dance be held at ‘the new: armory :Fridsy evening of thiy Week, and plan¥ are:Beéing made for an en- joyablg. infbrmal-social affair. . The general. public;#-invited and- a-good time With good music is assured. Dpt:7Vain's -six-piee been® ehigagedi:to-furnish the musi The floor in the new building is now the gang plank. at: exactly 10:15 ai m.. He was:greeted by Rear Admiral H.. T.. Hughes, of the first mational |- [division, and an) alde. He left for \Washington-on: & train-at 11 a.-m; GIRL SCOUTS BROUGHT TO Due to the genercsity of the Peo- ple’s. Oil company, the Girl Scouts, who-are-enjoying a-week of camp and drilling at Lake Movil, were brought to” the" city this: forenoon ‘on. the: oil sfiy’s track &nd - were dri bout the city on a “sightseein; The girls were brought here Xpre for. the circus- psrade--and e¥e “Yack to camp. after the parade: was-over, Just -before tle parade they were treated to: ive cream, cookies and oranges by their .’ CITY FOR’STREET PARADE | L I hope-there will be thé same cere- monies in‘the south of Ireland.” . |#*Fellowship ' FIRST 30.DAY SHOWING UNDER BABCOCK PLAN Thiee million dollars' a year mairtenanee force organized. More than 1,000 patrolmen and 26: fleéts. of “trucks' and tractors on the job on trunk routes. Three million dollars of early state improvements ordered. Con- tracts let for $2,000,000 of new ¢oristruction and others 'to be awarded in the near future. Four:million five hundred thou- sand 'dollars of state-caunty- proj- ects. approved. - Trunk highway improvements with county bond funds launched under state re- imbursement guaranty. Local road authorities, relieved of | expensive burden of trunk highway improvements and re- pairs, helped with program of $12,600,000 betterments on lat- eral or feeder roads. ANNUAL FARM BUREAU PICNIC HERE FRIDAY All Farmers Are Welcome and|. Urged to Attend; Business . Men Also Invited All farmers are not only welcome but are urged to attend the annual farm bureau picnic which will be held Friday, June 24, at the.fair grounds. An invitation has.also been extended to the business men of the county through the various business men’s organizations. It is intended that this be a gen- eral get-together occasion for the cul- tivation of spirit of closer co-opera- tion ;among farmers and business men;: for: -the welfare of Beltrami countyw: . It will be an opportunity for the making of new acquaintances, and the rénewal of old ones, and the de- velopment of a finer fellowship gen- erally resulting in stronger commu-| nity:spirit and pride, and inspiration to:make Beltrami: county, indeed, the “bright spot” ~ofNorthern Minne- FIVE THOUSAND BAPTISTS MEEFING AT DES MOIN LBy Unitea Press) Des Moines, lowa, June 22.<-More than 5,000 delegates and visitors from -various Northern Baptist ‘ghurches . ithroughout the country ‘were on hand in this city for the ‘opening session of the Northern Bap- tist Convention, which will be in ses- qlon in: Des Mpines (until June 28. ‘Among. the foreign representatives were those: from Burma, Assam, In- dia, Bast'China, South China, West China; Africa and Japan, the Philip- pines and Central America. Mayor H. H. Barton of Des Maines, greeted: . the vieitors, and Governor Kendall welcomed them to the state. President Ernest L. Tustin, the pre- wident of the Northern Baptist Con- vention, made response. @ddress was made by Rev C. N. Ar- ‘buckle, pastor of the First Baptist church, Newton Centre, Mass.,, on in Christ.” Reports The chief |, were made by the executive commit- tee.and: the finance committee. ++The afternoon and evening sessions Will Be Considered at Big - London Conference JAPANESE PROBLEM TO BE:DELICATE AFFAIR Defense By Land, Sea and Air Will Also Be Taken Up for Discussion By ALFRED J. WEST (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Juhe 22, —Discussion of. vital importance to the British em- pire and of intense interest to the world in. general were commenced here today at the first post-war con-|, ference of empire premiers presided over by Premier Lloyd George. ‘Among those in attendance are Arthur Meighen, premier of Canada; W. M. Hughes, premier of Australia; W. F. Massey, premier of New Zea- land; Gen. Jan C. Smuts, premier. of South Africa; Richard Squires, pre- mier of Newfoundland; and the In- dian representatives are:.Secretary for India, E. S. Montagu, His High- ness the Maharajah of Cotch (one of the princes of ern. India), and Srimvasa Sastri. In addition to Pre- mier Smuts, South Africa is repre- sented by Minister Agriculture Sir Thomas Smartt and Minister of De- fence Col. H. Mentz. There {8 an unusually heavy pro- gram, the chief' subjects of which are as follows: : The renewal of the Anglo-Japanese treaty. Relation of the Dominions to Im- perial foreign policy. ~ - Relation of the empire as to external affairs. - Preparations for a future Imperial | conference to consider the consti- tutional relations of the, empire. : . The relations of thé-United Kihg- dom with Japan will he a subject of some ‘delicacy, when the question of the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese treaty comes up, Australia talks freely. of the’ Japanese' ménace as England used to talk-of the Berman menace. She thinks that Japan took advantage of the pre-occupations of Europe - to consolidate her own posi- tion, and the acquisition by - that power of the possessions of Germany in the North Pacific has made her a nearer neighbor. Canada has her own Japanese, problem on the Pacific coast: which will be. expounded by Premier Meighen. The claim of the: Dominions to “an ndequate voice in foreign policy and in‘foreign relations” is: likely to be: (Continued on Page 6) .n whole were given over to the golden jubilee.|: |* anmiversary of the Woman’s Ameri- can Baptist Forejgn Mission Society. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY ERECTS NEW ADVERTISING SIGN The J. C. Panney company is erect- ing a new electric sign over the front of! their building. The sign is four by fifteen feet and is in keeping with the: color scheme of the store front. The work is being done by the Bemidji Electric company. % — ““{By Drifted Press) Minneapolis, June 22.—Existing grain grading standards probably will be the chief topic of discussion at the fourth .annual convention of the Tri- State Grain Growers' association which opened here today. The: bat- tle to' restore Minnesota grain grades igi to be carried to . congress again next. week. FROM AL INDICATIONS' IT LO0KS LIKE T GOIN’ To BE A PURTY WARM gemnerous hosts; H.. A. Farréll and R, | Ji K Th Kaliher. 13 in fine condition, and with the new |: screens.on the ~windows anduthe| breeze from.off the.lake,-it.is éxpect- ed that this dénce willibe-very enjdy- able. Theispcionsifioor of thie at- mory building -provides ampleécroom for a large attendance.. It has been decided to make this dance a popul priced alfdir, the samé e in the city.. . The pi | uséd toward a fund for equipping and keeping up the armory, since no other funds are available for this purpose. DAMAGE NEAR DETROIT Detroft, Mich., June 22.---A ¢lou urst which swept over Detroit yes- terday caused several thousands of h of y Ldgp .r Hurlington, Englind, Jude 22 (By, Lloyd = Allen.)---America back the intérnfitionak -polo cup’ by: deteating the ;Buglish téam in - the| 4 4 “r,,éfimn score’ was 10 to 6. 5 ) By . winning!the two games with.a. record score. of 11-4 and defeating ‘the Englishi:agaln this afternoon: the series is ended.. : Athird ganr - mecessary under the cup rule. — Lo ‘White Bear, June 22.---Wilkiam A, Kobesha grappled with - & Hold-up man who accostet him here -last shot in, the fled: wmu?m ere were. 35 girls in| Here for Three Mvont-hsr’ Stay WELL,WELE, WERE 507 GLap T SEE You . Flood Warning Sent to'People in Eowlands of Galveston;. 6-Foot Rise in Tide (By United Press) Houston, Texas, June 22.—Rag-, ing winds and' sheets of rain swept the Texas coast today, tearing trees from their roots and doing much property damage. 4 f The wind at its extreme veloeity was 75 miles an hour, and swept northwestward from the mouth of the Rio Grand river. The howling winds with tidal wa-| " ters were reported from Brownsville first, after the whole coast had been warned by..radio. messages .of the coming storm. * The gale swept the Tadre and Drazas islands off shore and hun- dreds of vacationists fled to the main- land for safety. A flood warning was sent. to the people in, the:lowlands of Galveston where the United States weather bureau reported a six-foot rise in the tide. The city is nine feet_above the low tide so ne pre- cautiornis’ were .taken within the sea: ‘wall proper. ] The rain falling in sheets drenched the_ island city. Many ships off the coast are in ‘the merey of the sea, it-was feared. - Galveston, Texas, June 22.—The oil tanker, William A.- Roheny, was at the mercy of the heavy sea this] morning and a8 S' O S message from' Locke was picked up at a radio sta- tion here, | The message said: *‘Blowing east- erly gale. east. Have lost propeller. 94 miles west of Galveston. Drifting west. Heavy winds at sea. . Need help at once.” : The ship is a 10,000, ton tanker belonging to the Mexican Petroleum comporation. . (By United Press) ‘Wiashington, June 22.---A break in the gale sweeping the southern coast will-not, come: for - 24 hours ,the. weather bureau said today. SIX AMERICAN CREWS . MEET.ON HUDSON RIVER Cornell Is Considered Dark May Upset Dope (By United Press) Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 22.--- Six of America’s greatest crews met on. ithe )Hudson River late today to decide the intercollegiate rowing champlonship, The world’s champfon Navy eight, the: undefeated Columbfa crew, Cali- fornia, the dark horse.from the Pa-|, ‘cific Coast, ICornell, Syracuse and Pennsylvania will furnish what is ex- pected to be the. closest and hardest’ fought race in History. P The race will ibe over a three-mile course and the program will' include three feature events, the freshman race, the junior. varsity and the var- sity races. ‘Water conditions permitting the freshmen willl start at 5:30 o'clock, the junior crews will race ati 6:00 ‘and the classic events for the varsity shells will be started at 7:00 o'clock. Columbia, with an undéfeated slate and (a crew that is known to have ability“at three miles, is considered! the favorite, although the Navy: has a, big service, following. The mide| ishipmen are known as a wonderful short distance crew, but their ability over the long route i8 not certaine California is considered the dark Jhorse and the one that may upset the dope. Regardless of the defeat suf- fered by the Pgcific.Coast crew in the mile and three quarter race. with Primceton, the experts think favor- ably of the strength and power of the Blue and Gold crew in a long race. Cornell is figured to have a chance. Decause the Ithacans have been prim- ed especially for this race. Syracuse and Pennsylvania are not figured to |give the others much opposition. The race this year marks the re- turn of the. classic to the old battle grounds on the Hudson. t year }the. championships were dectded on ‘Lake Cayuga at Ithaca. Thousands of spectators and un- dengraduates of the six universities wiM witness the race. All tickets for the observation trains that, will fol- low the crews were sold weeks ago and the banks or the river will fur- nish places for thousands of énthus- | MRS, ORTHWEIN RELATES HOW SHE' SHOT ZEIGLER : By United Press).i . ! Chicago, June 22—Mrs. Cora Orth- wein [told the jury today how she shot and killed Herbert Zeigler. The woman resumed the witness stand in her own defense to free herself from the charge of murder. p 4 “Herb was fin a dirunken frenzy. That is the reéason I left him at the cabaret aften he had thrown a glass of water in my face. I knew Herb when he was crazed with liquor. He had struck{ me many times in that condition. In those timeés he was not the man I loved, he was an ani- 'mal. Late that night he entered my room. I knew he was ng to kil me. T reached for a ravolver and shot him' to save myself. o x ———1 ‘High sea running from S it 5558 Farm Bureau Rafenml& Shows Producers Are Solia" 5 for New. Laws x 5 ab ¥ 1 FREIGHT RATES CHOKE PUBLIC, BALLOTS.SHOW, e { Farmers’ Vote Ollpom Sales Profits Tax _ St.” Paul, June 22.—The tnmg&l’ “gixteen Points” are sweeping. the state in the farm bureau refs ‘Minnesota - farmers are K ‘gress:this week ‘just what: they ballots: taken. in more than L. township caucuses called by the A Tesota Farm_ Bureau federation. ‘ery caucus voted on 16 national lz islative questions. now. pending; congress. Ineomplete returns from 64 coun- ties show farmers virtually a unit.in their demand for immediate reduc- tion of freight rates, On the basis of partial returns, officers of the fed- eration said; the voting indicates'that of products, now held from the ket by- High freight rates; if ra iffs were cut. i < In_the first nine counties, which sent.in firial returns from every to: ; ship, 6,667 producers answered “ye when asked” whether lower fisfiq‘: rates would enable them-to ship muel larger quantities ‘of farm. prodi 'Qf the 5,778 farmers. who,voted i these nine: counties, o1 11 said they had not found present railroad Em a grave handicap in marketing crops. B Tabulations' of early ~'retubnas at state farm’ bureau federation head~ quarters showed: That the farmers of the state are voting 10 to. 1 against the enactment | of a gerieral sales tax. 3 They dre vdting 20 to 1 in favor of contintting the excess profits hih‘ 3 They are voting 50 to 1 in'favor of construction of farm to market roads prior to the building of transcaxti- ner;tfll highways under federal con- trol. 2 % They favor:the immediate comple- 'tion of the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes ‘waterway: by a majority mnninxu,,! high as 200 to 1. s If .the votes so far tabulated are representative of the sentimentiiof the farmers of the state, the-produc- ers line up as follows on other ques- ‘tions_included in the “Farimers’~Six- teen Points”; % For laws prohibiting short _selling of farm products, 175,466; opp id, Rt Bck e 'or federal regulation of ‘packers, 170,403; opposed, 8,075, i) For a constitutional amendth forbidding the issuance of 1X-6X+ empt securities, 154; opposed, 24,118: For passage of a tiuth-in-fabric law, compelling merchants" to ‘label their goods plainly with the namé ‘and quantity of the kind of material used in cloth, 177,354; opposed, 1,372 For laws guaranteeing the furmm the right of collective bargainin marketing thein - products,- 177,108, opposed, 1,372. 4 For establishment of a SE’0,000,W government export corporation to nance the sale of American ' crops abroad, 155,300; opposed;: 23,178 For increasing the limit:-on farm land bank loans from . $10,000 $25,000, 147,430; opposed, 31.04 i For a law empowering the federal reserve board . to - give . priority to (Continued on Page § UNIERSITY ALUMNIT0 * Thé Bemidji neighborhood, Tnclud- ing all of Beltrami . county, Cass county, Hubbard county and Clear- ‘water. county,-will organize itself in- to. a local University- of Minnes club- Friday eveniing. The Goph! alumni will meet for this oc ‘at Hotel Markham. at 7 o'clock. W J. W\ Diedrich. of this city, a mem- ‘ber of the class of 1915, is handling the details of organjzation. B. B. Plerce, secretary of thé Gen- ‘eral Alumni‘association and registran at the University, will be presenty and as a part of the affair the umie versity cup for last year’s hiigh schood = championship football team will ba = pregented to the Bemidji boys. .. . Plans are being made for a Joliy, good time and it 18 expected that a permanent organization will. -ba forthcoming soon. Alumni from jredrs ily .every section of these four coums ties are lexpected to be present o ithis. occasion. 1 Minot, N. D., June 22.---Th ing” of a traveling man for $127, day, resulted |in a.reformatory tence for Ray.Christianson -and': var Ellefson who have been sent.: the Mandan reformatory: until thi are 21 years of age. Young.EIl ! 'was on parole from that’imstituf