Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 13, 1921, Page 1

The rioneer is the only within 100 miles of Bemidji has the largest circulation in \l;!:m,hsm Minnesota. THE BEMIDJI DAI VOLUME XIX, NO. 72 i BEMlel, MINN,, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1921 LY PIONE 7 Unsettled ,weather and} Thursday. Probably showers Continued th, ¢ " 85¢ PER MONTH BELTRAMI WOOL GROWERS PLAN T0 POOL CLIP Wool Clip to, Be Pooled on July 26, 27 and 28, and to Be Sold July 28 COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO HAVE FULL CHARGE If Satiefactory Price Is. Not Offered, Weool Will Be Shipped Away The Beltrami County Wool Grow- ers’ association held a meeting at the Civic and Commerce aseociation rooms July 9. The meeting was called to order by-County Agent D. C. Dvor- acek at 11:30 4 m. H. M. Clark -was elected temporary chairman. He briefly outlined the local situation of wool, stating that 28,000 pounds of the 1920 and !1921 wool clip was still in the hands of the farmers of the county. He stated that while the number of sheep on the farmstin the county is somewhat I than last year, the amount of actual wool is approximately the same as last year. due to the fleeces being somewhat heavier. He also read some correspon- dence he.had with three wool firms who were anx{ous to bid on the Bel- trami county wool as soon as it was < pooled. 3 F. B, Balmer, county agent leader, was present and outlined the Nation- al Wool Warehouse & Storage com- pany plans. He stated that the price they were receiving for wool varied from 15c to 28c per pound. He also stated that the National Wool Ware- house and Storage company was ad- wvancing 10 cents per pound and charging 3% cents per pound for grading, selling and storing the ‘wool for five months. He gave figures showing that 950,000,000 pounds of wool (is on hand: in-the United States, that 250,000,000 pounds was the an- nual production and 500,000,000 pounds the anmual consumption, showiing that™ approximately = two years of consumption wool is actual- iy onhand at the present time. ~This is perhaps the main reason for low price of the.wool.. Mr. Batchelder, of the Bemid;i ;Woolen mills stated he was installing ‘some new and larger machinery which will enable him to use from 200 to 300 pounds of wool per day, but hie would not be in a position to buy all the wool in the county. The question of delegating the au- thority of selling the wool was dis- cussed at length and a committee of three was appointed with- H. M. Clark as chairman, Gilbert Peterson and B. E. Schulke, the other two members. This ccmimittee was given all power and authorily to dispose of the wool. The pian is to pool on July 26, 27 and 28 at some point to be announced later, and to e s0ld on ihe 28th at 2:00 p. m. 'f a satislactory price is not offered the committes has the authority to consign the wcol to the National Wool~ Warchouse aud Storage company of Chicago or any other firm ag they may deem best. While the meeting was attended by only about 20 wool growers, Very much interest was shown. It is re- gretted that more wool growers were not present. WINNIPEG IS BUILDING FIVE NEW INSTITUTIONS Winnipeg, Man., July 13.---Winni- peg is experiencing a great revival in school construction. At preseut five buildings to ¢)s more than $400,000 each are under-way. These will provide accomodation for approx- imate'y 2,000 ppila. IRISH TRUCE BROKEN : BY BELFAST RIOTING Belfast, Ireland, July 13.-—Irish truce was broken here today when @oting ‘took place in Bere street. Three constables and, several police were killed. Sl (By United Press) Chicago, July 13.---Three billion dollars (in wages has been lost by the ‘building trades laborers in the past 12 months because of the tie-up of construction work, Daniel Crawford, Jr., of Philadelphia,told the National association of Real Estate Boards meeting here today. The ‘inflation, which he said took Dplace between the spring of 1919 and 1920, has caused the tie-up of con- struction. “Not more than 25 per cent of the $6,125,000,000 worth of building contemplated for this year will be started,” the speaker said. Later he gaid that the amount of construction to be done will depend largely upon the wage reduction now, before the building trades laborers. Josiah Kirby, president of the Vis- count company of Cleveland, said that although the commodity prices would never reach the 1914 level, a satisfactory deflation was taking piace. ‘“‘America can stand a sane Dusiness depresdion,” he said. CITIZENS’ TRAINING CAMP 1S STILL OPEN Although July 10 was the date set for final acceptances for the citi- zens’ military ‘training camp, to be held at Fort Snelling, August 1 to August 31, Seventh Area head- quarters desires that further appli- cations be received, notwithstanding. For each principal who is desig- nated to attend the camp an alter- nate, if possible, will be selected. .Both principal and alternate will be ‘notified by letter of the action taken in their cases. If there are any pending or com- pleted applications they should be sent in_this week to the Commandant, Fort Snelling, Minn., for transmittal to Fort Crook, Neb. The recent visits of regular army officers to various parts of Minne- sota show that as a result of in- creased publicity there is a wide- Lspread interest and desire to attend the camps, but owing to the short- ness of ‘thejr stay in each locality it was impossible to reach all those who wish to attend. EDUCATOR TO SPEAK AT STATE COLLEGE TONIGHT < Dr, Willlam A, McKeever of Lyons, Kansas, of the University of Kansas, wiill address the public at the campus of the State Teachers college this eve- ning at 7:30. He is a most able speaker and an experienced educator. He addressed the assembly thie fore- noon and also this afternoon. ‘The public meeting an¢ address this evening. will be held in connec- tion with the community singing. Dr. McKeever spoke a' the meeting of the ‘Bemlidjji Civiec and Commerce associa- ition this noon and his talk was well received. The public is urged to at- ‘tend the community meeting this eve- ning. HO0! HOO!! TORCHY! FREE TICKETS "N EVERYTHING O Manager G. S. Harding. off the Grand theater has announced that those persons who “possess red or titian hair” will be admitted free to night and tomorrow to the Justine Johnstone uwicture at that theater. Miss Johnstone is a ffitian-haired beauty. The announcement does not state, however, whether or not it is essen- #tial that the owner of said “red or titian haid” wear same, nor does it sayl whether or not those with the thomm" variety *Will be “admjitted ree. i - MEXICO NOW OFFERS TO ADJUST DAMAGE CLAIMS (By United Press) Mexico City, July 13.---Mexico to- day took its first step toward adjust- iing the {claims of foreign countries growing out of dainage done to life ‘and propenty (in the various revolu- tions. President Obregon issued an inwitation to foreiign ’countries to send delegations when the claims committee meets. MINNESOTA SPORTSMEN ~ TO MEET AT BRAINERD State Game Protective League Plans Big Time at Four- Day Convention The most notable meséling ever held by the Minnesota Game Pro- tective league will open at Rocky Point, near Brainerd, tomorrow. The official program. will take up two days of the meeting, tomorrow and Friday. The 16th and 17th will be given up to contests and sporting events'of vanious kinds. Rocky Pclint, which is located on ‘beautiful Gull lake, a short distance northwest of Brainerd, is one of the famous summer resorts of the state, and elaborate preparations are being made by all committees, aided by Brainerd business men, to provide for the proper comfort and entertainment of the vast number of people, who ex- pect to attend. The arrjival at Rocky Point of more than one hundred Chippewa Indians has created considerable excitement. amgng the tourists camped about Gull lake i “The Indians will execute their war dances each day during the conven- tion, and many of the braves will ‘take part in the sports,on the offiicial program, while the squaws and the papooses, and their picturesque tep- pes pitched on the edge of the lake, will add much to the appearance of the camping grounds. . The program of the first day will be given over to the addresses by Mayor F. E. Little of Brainerd, Hon- orable Carlos Avery, Minnesota Game and Fish commissioner, and President C. 'C. Hildebrand, of the Crow Wing Game and Fish Protective club. The evening will be given over to reports of "officers, motion picture views of scenes of Minnedota, and addresses by offiictals of various Minnesota clubs. Thie feature of the two days’ program will be an address by, Honorable J. Lawyer, United States Game Warden of Washington, D. C. The hotels and cottages will be thrown open to the visitors = and thousands of tents and sleeping para- phernalia are being provided by the cemmittee in case the hotel agccomo- daflons prove inadequate, 1crete. RED CROSS IS DOING aosssoonc JAPANHOLDING BACK REPLYTO Red Cross Community Nurse Reports on Work Done in Past Five Months The work of the Red Cross since the war is very much along the line ; Favorable Attitude Toward of public health, the prevention of disease being considered of greater PLAYING TOURNAMENT Eight Mn‘!cl'les Arranged for First Round; Prize Offered Winner in Finals HARDING'S BID Eyght matches for the first round of iie annual tournament of the Be- midji Tennis club are to be played off before Monday night. The second rcund matches are to be played oft Principle of Disarmament importance than curing it. | Remains Unchanged {5 x‘th;vecell:b Ig: gfi:fln"z‘afg{fi;"sgg’ At a Red Cross conference of pub-| . land the winner of the finals will be lic health nurses held at the univer- sity from June 13 to 17,-and at which4 peltrami county was represented by its three public health nurses, Misses Jennie Mostu, Linnea Anderson and | Beth MacGregor, special stress was placed on tuberculosis, its prevention and cure. It was especially urged that ptaients affected be removed to a sanatarium, for a time at least, where they may learn to care for themselves properly and protect ors. i 2 | ‘elpful and instructive lectures given on nutrition, child wel-| ablems, work with the pre- 4, and communicable dis- % 8 Miss Zeth MacGregor, the Red Cross community nurse, gives the following report of work done in the past five months: Nursing visits, 65; infant welfare, | 64; pre-natal, 11; tuberculosis, 38; [social service, 55; attendahice at clinics, 11, At the nine baby clinics held in Beltrami county, 237 babies and young children were examined, and 99 people at the’two chest clinics, and as a result and due to the fol- low-up' visits, many have received the surgical or medical care advised. All the clinflcs were given wunder the |auspices of the county public health association and were financed by the sale of Christmas seals. i In rural communities and vil- lages not provided with doctors, 233 school children were vaccinated for the ‘cost of the vaccine only. S Thirteen dependent and neglected .children were taken to the statel school at Owatonna and the chil- dren’s home in St. Paul, three crip- pled children to Phalen park hospi- tal and one to the university hospital for surgical care. Anyefamily in Southern Beltrami county having lmembers requiring medical atten- tion is urged to confer with the nurse and some practicpl aid will be given. It is-an injustice for parents to allow- their children to suffer from physical defects when the services of the health department may be had for the asking. Communities may be of service to a-nurse by reporting any crippled .children, reporting cases. of tuber- culosis or suspects, reporting any poor_family that may not be able to have defects corrected, reporting any health problem in community which she might help, helping .ad- vertise clinics and urging people to consult the specialists who conduct .them, and by putting a health pro- gram into every society or -organi- zation in your community. BRANDON OIL COMPANY BUILDING NEW PLANT children ‘or other} given a suitable prize. Those losing (in the first round of play will com- pete for the consolation prize. Much interest is being taken by the membership of the c¢lub in the tour- nament despite the hot weather and indications are that this year's tour- nament wiill be the best ever staged here. All match players are required {to have a referee and one may be |secured by notitying Paul Howe. Those who are scheduled to play off the first round are Hines and Crothers, Denu and Hoselton, Brown and Conger, Johnson and Aschau Abell and Lord. Bagby and Fel Wirth and Berglund, Smith and Giv- en. I The schedule for the second round has been arranged as follows: Higbie vs. Hines or Crothers, Barker vs. Diediiich, McGee vs. Henderson, Bu- dahl vs. Bartholomae, Balk vs. Denu or Hoselton, Wilson vs. Brown or Conger, Murphy vs. Johnson or As- cham, Graham vs. Simons, Danuser vs. Abell or Lord, Olander vs Bagby or Feir, Riggs vs. Wirth or Berglund, Bleichner Greguson, Sylvester vs. Noen, Dajl vs. Howe, Plummer vs. Welle, and Condon vs. Smith or Giv- en. LEAGUE OF NATIONS MAY DEFER ACTION Lloyd George Opposed as Head of British Delegation to Washington Conference (By United Press) Tokio, July 13. (By Harry W. Kin- ney.)---The Japanese foreign office, in an interview today, stated that the favorable attitude of Japan's govern- ment toward the principle of disarm- ament, already announced several times| by Baron Uchida, remains un- changed. “The government, however is not yet ready ito state its final stand re- garding the Harding proposal. The Japanese press, the Conmumer- olal organizations and the public dn general are favoralile to Japan's en- tranee into the conference, but politi- cal leaders are rather indefinite in their, answqr until’certsin just what the scope of the conference is to be. (Bv United Press) | Paris, July 13. (By Webb L. Mill- er.)---A. motion to defer all action by the League of Nations regarding disarmament until after the Washing- ton conference will be made by The ex-empress August having French delegates as soon as the [heard her husband mentioning the N speeches:which enlightened the whole BEMIDJI TO MAKEBID | League's disarmament committee | “mailed fist” and the “shining arm- world hgs made up her mind to make F()R 'l‘wo Co"vm'l‘loNs Eunglish silversmith to make 2 |age of that “mailed fist” of solid sil- “MAILED FIST” OF KAISER IS OFFERED FOR SALE (By United Press) Berlin, July 13.---The mailed fist of the German ex-emperor is offered for sale in Berlin. (Continued on Page 6) owr” repeatedly during his famous Willy an® extraordinary birthday pre- |ver. The dron fist arrived in good time Game Prdtective Lquue and}und Augusta placed it on the break- R e e % fast table of the kaiwrs If was ex- Bar Association Will Be |pédiated somewhat speedily into the . . . corner by .the receiver who for some Invited Here in 1922 reason did not seem to e pleased with the present. From here it was quietly picked up by the Bmpress and sold later to a man who'is in posses- sion of it today. Since he is a good patriot---and a business man---he is trying to sell it, preferably to an Am- erican. \ At the regular meeting of the hoard ofy directors of the Civie and Com- merce association, held Tuesday in the association rooms, delegates were named to the sixth annual conven- tion of the Minnesota Game Protec- tive league which is being held-near Brainerd on the shores of Gull Lake, July 14, 15, 16 and 17. The dele- gates named were those members of the Trout club and others who were planning to attend. Frem among the delegates one was to be chosen taoi themselves to present an linvitation WINNIPEG THREATENS TO SUE RAILWAY COMPANY ‘Winnipeg, Man July 13.---Suit against the Canadian Nafffonal Rail- ways for $173,000 is threatened by the City of Winnipeg. The malin ap- proach from St. Boniface to the city proper crosses the Canadian National i \ (By United Press) Brandon, Man., July 13.---Con- gtruction work on the new plant for the Imperial Oil company to cost $300,000 commenced this week. All buildings will be of reinforced con- Ahbout ‘50 men are employed and the construction is expected to be completed in October. ‘to the league to hold its 1922 'meet- yards. ' The railway company pro- ing in Bemiddi. poses to alter the landscape where Upon the suggeston of Attorney B.|the street crosses and a part of its E. MeDonald, the directors of the as- | plan is a level eros ing in addition to charges which the city claims will sociatlion also went on record to ex- tend an invitation to the Bar Associa- tion of Minnesota to hold its annual convention and outing in Bemidji adversely effect property values there, An injunction against the level cross- ing will be brought in courts and re- next year. The invitation isto be ex-[imbursement for the property loss tended, by one of the delegates from will be sought. The city will de- Bemidji who will attend the 1921 {mand the construction of a proper subway without an, adjacent level meeting which is to be held at Du-] luth. cros4ing. EE, THAT WILL BEA wuw MISTER BROWN L T/ fr— IN ALLEGED JUGGLING (By United Press) Springfleld, I11., July 13.--Officials of two big Chicago packing companies are testifying before the Sangamon county grand jury imn an investiga- tion into the alleged juggling of $10,- 000,000 of state funds by high offi- cials. ! The grand jury is proving the charge that Governor Small and Lieu- tenant QGovernor Sterling misused state funds while Sterling was state treasurer. W. W. Sherman, asdistant treasur- er of Swify & Co., and Fred W. Cro- well, treasurer of Armour & Co., were called before the investigators to pre- sent the company’s side of the trans- action whereby the packers obtained the huge fund. The main question to which Sher- man and Crowell will testify is the amount of interest which the con- cerns paid on the money and to whoia it was paid. The state is supposed to have received 2 per cent for the money while the companies paid 8% per cent. The grand jury will have to de- side whether or not the persons or finms, who got the additionsl 6% per cent, violated the statutes. INFANT DEATH RATE IS LOWEST IN WEST (By United Press) New York, July 13.—It is safer to be born in the West than in the East. The report of the American Child Hygiene association for 1920 lists cities of over 10,000 population ac- cording to the number of infant deaths per thousand of population. Seattle, Wash., is first among cities of over 250,000 with 56, Portland, Ore., following with 60 and San Fran- cisco, Cal,, next with 62. Among citites between 100,000 and 250,000, Houston, Tex., is safest for babies, with 37, then Spokane, Wash., with 71, and Oakland, Cal., with 72. The West holds its supremacy as the region of healthy babies with the three cities in the 50,000 to 100,000 class which_have the lowest infant death rate, ull situated on the Pa- cific coast. Tacoma, Wash., comes first with 87, Berkeley, Cal., next with 45, and Sun Diego, Cal., with 52. Horace Greeley was said to have advised, “Go west, young man, go west.” He might change it now to an address to newlyweds.. GRS e STATE LAND SALE IS + BEING HELD HERE TODAY State land sales opened here this morning at 10 a. m. These lands are included in Beltrami county and are extensive. A land sale was held at Walker July 8, at Koochiching county, In- ternational Falls, July 11. ‘These land sales will be conducted under the supervision of the stute audjtor by S. C. Bailey, of this city. A number of sales are listed for the near future which include Roseau county at Roseau, July 25; Itasca j county, Grand Rapids, July 18. NEW BUDGET DIRECTOR ALREADY HAS BOOMLET Name of “Hell - and - Maria” Dawes Being Mentioned as Presidential Timber 4 C. Martin (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, July 13.--“The July sun iis not hot here. Bul (it I3 never too hot to discourage political hope- fuls from setting out little political boomlets, in the hope that the ard- ent rays will help give them a sturdy growth. Such a boomlet has been planted with the quadrenmninl exhibition of hand-raised hooms some four years hence in mind. Right now it is a spindling tenuous plant but its plant- erg ard tenderly caring for it and have great hopes. “Hell-and-Maria Dawes’ for Presi- dent {s the name of the hoomlet. Hell- and-Maria, you'll remember, {8 di- rector of the budget, otherwise known as ‘business manager of the govern- ment. ‘He's been told to make Uncle Sam economical, to keep congress from going on appropriation sprees, and the federal departments from act- ing like drunken sallors with their pockets full of gold. You'll remember, too, how ‘“Hell- and-Maria” got his sobriquet. He coined jt himself when in testifying about war conditions before a con- gressional committee, he used guage more pungent than elegant Now that he's gonelinto action on bud get he will make himself the biggest figure in the country (in a few years, and will be the logical man for the 1. 0. P. nomination one of these days, after Warren G. Harding has no further usc for said momination. Dawes, they'll tell you, I8 a com- posite of Billy Sunday and T. R., in action. He's full of pep, vim and vi- gor. He loves plain talk, and is with- al a two-fisted chap when he meets opposition. He'll talk back to con- gressmen, senators, cabinet members and presidenty without regard for consequences, when he thinks they need talking back to. He is anj up- and-coming person who should be watched, for he's going to land some- where, his earnest bocsters say. R Py R IRVINE AVENUE SITE LOSES BY SHALL HARGIN Proposed Irvine Avenue Site for High School Loses By | Majority of 27 & o SITUATION IS LEFT IN UNCERTAIN CONDITION Sentiment of Voters Seems ta Be in Favor of Change of | Site, However £ By a smaller vote than that om the Bixby avenue site the proposed Irvine avenue site for the new high school was defeated in Tuesday's special election. A total vote of 1,031 was cast, 502 of which were in fa- vor of the Irvine avenue site, and 529 against the site. In the vote of last week, there were 705 votes agdinst the Bixby avenue site and 544 in favor of it. From these fig- ured it will be seen that there were actually 42 votes more cast for the Bixby avenue site than for the Ir- vine avenue site, The result of the vote leaves the situation in an uncertain condition. In as much as these elections were petitioned! for by the citizens and did not originate with the school board, any further action regarding the site will also, in all probability, have to originate from the same source, The sentiment; of the citizens, if the vote is any criterion is in favor of a change of location, but the desig- nation of the location seems to be about as far away as before the elec- tions. A petition was filed, after the re- sult of the voting last night was an- nounced, requesting the school board to designate, select and acquire a suitable and adequate school eite. Just what legal standing this peti- tion has seems to be doubtful and legal advice will have to be obtained on it by the school board before any action will be taken. The bids for the conmstruction of tho new school were opened yester- day and all bids were too high. The contractors were given until one o'clock this afternoon to make alter- nate bids and at the time of going to press the new bids had not been open- ed but it was the opinfion of members of the board that all bids will be re- jected at this time, as the site of the building is uncertain and the bids are expected to be much too high. FLOUR PRICES RAISED $1.10 PER BARREL TODAY According to dnformation received Dby local dealers, flour on the Minne- apolis market has been increased in price by $1.10 w barrel over yester- day’'s quotation of $10 per barrel. It is reported that the price was raised on account of the reports of rust do~ ing much damage to the wheat crop. BRITISH EMBARGO ON CATTLE MAY BE KILLED (By United Press) Winnipeg, Man., June 13.---A. be- YJief that the British embargo ow Cas nadian cattle will be removed almost immediately was voiced by a party of prominent dairymen and stockbreed- ors from the British Isles who arrived in Winnipeg this week. MANITOBA MEDICAL COLLEGE . TO ERECT BIG ADDITION \ (By United Press) Winnipeg, Man., July 13.---Tendera are heing called for and must be sub- mitted by July 14 for the comstruc- tlon of a,$250,000 addition to the Manitoba Medical college. The build- ing must be ready for occupancy as lecture theater and laboratories by December, BOMBING TESTS BEING HELD OFF NEWPORT NEWS J (By United Press) Aboard the U, 8. 8. Henderson, off Newport News, Va., July 13.---A new test for the “navy that flies” was get- ting under way today. G-102, one of the destroyers in the Kaiser's navy, lies just within sight, awaiting an attack of army bombers from Langley, fleld. The destroyer is the largest craft yet used fin. any of the”tests, when actual bombs are hurled at it, as they. will be this afternoon. In addition, the aireraft will have to operate farther from its base than ever hefore. A total of 90 bombs wilk be hurled at the destroyer. If this fails to sink her, she wiill be under gunfire Friday. American destroyers will] try to sink two other German ' boats with gun fire next Monday, and, Wednesday comes the climax to the bombing tests when the cruisen Frankfurt, and the battleship, Oit Freisland, wilkbe targets of Amerix can air raiders. S S 4 | | - i |