Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 19, 1921, Page 1

The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the ‘largest circulation in Northern Minnesota VOLUME XIX. NO. 104 BELTRAMI AVE. SITE CARRIES BY 8 VOTES Out of Tectal of 1,817 Votes, 950 Are Cast in Favor of New Site SCHOOL BOARD HOLDS SESSION AFTER VOTING Architect Broomhall Expected Tomorrow to Stake Out New Site “In what was the far largest vote polled on any of the previous schoc” elections held to select a site for the new high school, Bemidji citizens last night indicated the last proposed site as their choice by a majority of 83 votes. Out of a total of 1819 votes polled, 950 were cast for the Bel- trami avenue site, 867 against the sight and 2 votes void. In as much as the school board, at a meeting held a short time ago, pass- ed a resolution that in the event of the Beltrami avenue site carrying it wobuld immediately proceed to erect the new building upon that site, and in as much as the contract has been let for the construction of the build- ing it is expected that workmen will at once start clearing the site and excavating. The size of the vote indicates the interest which aroused in the contest. Much personal work is reported to have been done by beth sides and up to the time of the closing of the polls both sides were claiming a victory. The new site contains approximate- ly 6% acres and will extend from ‘Minnesota avenue as a western bound- ary, to Beltrami avenue as an east- ern boundary and ‘from Fifteenth avenue to the Fair Grqunds property. In laying out the avenues of traffic to the \Fair Grounds plans had al- ready been discussed by the Fair managemert to make Minnesota av- enue the main entrance. This would enhance the appearance of the build- ing, Minnesota avenue being the, de- signated route of the Babcock system north through -Bemidji as far as fif- teenth street-and-thence.along Fif- teenth street to Irvine avenue. This will eventually mean two paved streets reaching the grounds. The building -of the grand stand in the Fair grounds, but two blocks distant from the school site, which will seat 2000, and the possibilities of a football field and' baseball dia- mond in connection therewith, will make the site an ideal one from an athletic standpoint as well as from the standpoint of surroundings and general location. The pavement of Beltrami avenue is but two blocks «distant from the site and the water and sewer are already at Fifteenth street. After the result of the election was announced last night the .school board went into session for the pur- pose of making final arrangemntes for the starting of building operations Architect Bromhall is expected to arrive in Bemidji this evening or tomorrow morning to stake out the greunds preparatory to starting operations. BLAZE IN WEBBER COTTAGE CALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT Tire, thought to have started from combustion in the Webber cottage, at LaMoure called the firemen out at 10:30 a. m. today. Chemicals and water carried in buckets extinguished the blazel after about $400 or $500 damage had been done to the build- ing. The fire started under the stair- way and had gained considerable headway hefore the fire department arrived. There was no one in -the house at the time. M. & L. BALL TEAM READY FOR LAPORTE SUNDAY Sunday afternoon at the ball park the M. & I. bascball team will meet the fast Laporte team for the second time this scason and hope to defeat them by a sufficient margin so that there will be no doubt about the last game, played with them here August 7, as being a lucky win by the La- porters. Local followers of baseball, who saw the game on August 7, will doubt, the ability of the local team to give the Laporte boys the drubbing they hope for, as Laporte has an excep- tional team this season. The M. & I. “freight pushers,” not “bushers,” have been defeated only once this season and that was admin- jstered by Laporte, so a great cor test is looked ror Sunday when ~thew two teams meet again. Local followers of baseball are urged to patrenize the game Sunday, as the boys have maintained a team all through the season without ask- ing for any donations whatever, play- ing merely_for the love of the sport and to keepr Bemidji on-the baseball map. A U1 . PEACE TERMS T00 SEVERE SAYS GERMANY Worth Government Will Be Overthrown If It Agrees to Terms Asked v (By United Press) Berlin, Aug. 19.—The Worth gov- ernment will be overthrown if it signs the peace treaty proposed by the United States, according to au- thoritative information given the United Press today. Negotiations over the treaty are in progress with Loring Dressler and Chancellor Worth, with the latter taking the stand that no party in Germany will support his ministry if he agrees to America’s terms as they stand. h Simultanegusly with Germany’s in- sistence that the terms of the Amer- ican peace treaty are too high, comes the charge that they are too much “French colored.” This is attributed to the American Legion. . Germany’s position has strength- d by the recent interview with nk A. Vanderlip, American finan- % in which he is credited with say- %, {The German situation is such t%e “e cannot fulfill the treaty of v ‘es.” In some quarters here Va.%’ o is credited with being Pres. -,a Harding’s “Colonel House.” HELLE NOT LOST IN Hu.D00 MOUNTAINS (By United Press) Cheyenne, Wy., August 19—-Tjr. Edmond Heller, famous explorer, is not lost in the Hoodoo mountains, Yellowstone National Park, Superin- itendent 'Albrecht sajd today. A} brecht said that Dr. Heller had been in parts of the park since Tuesday, and had talked to'employees. The message that Dr. Heller was lost was found tied to a leg of a carrier pig- eon, which was addressed to Dan Singer, Dr. Heller’s friend. 1 CURFEW WHISTLE WILL BE HEARD AT 9 P. M. EACH EVENING Many citizens were unable to und- erstand why the whistle of the elect- ric light iplant blew so persistently last night. It was the curfew being revived and it will continue to blow each evening in the future at that time. Steam has not been kept up at the plant of the light company during the summer and the whistie could not therefore be blown. As every person undoubtedly-knows when the curfew blows Hoys and giris are supposed to be ‘home, or if on the i;h‘eet, with thefr parenis or a guard- an. . JURORS SELECTED FOR SEPTEMBER COURT List of Men for Grand 'and Petit Jury Has Been Selected The jurors who will e asked to perform jury duty at the fall term of court have heen selected and are announced. The fall term of court will open on September 13. The following are the names of the jurors chosen: Grand Jurors W. iF. Zauche, Baudette; Albert Rendelin, Spooner; August Elmquist, Bemidji; Hans Christianson Williams Henry T. Olson, Williams; Christ H. Lee, Shooks; Ed Dessert, Keliher; W. A. Prostman, Waskish; A. E. Rako, Bemidji; Hugo Hense, Bemidji; Christ Myrold, Grygla; John Claffy, Bemidji; T. J. Vattendahl, Bemidji; Petec P. Peterson, Solway; Hrick Sundberg, Grygla; ‘C. C. Carter, Ten- strike; R. R. Risckford, Kelliher; A. A. ‘Warfield, Bemidji; Martin Olson, Roosevelt; Leonard R. Myhre, Wil- ton; Herman Fenske, Bemidji; N. C. (Hamiton, Roosevevt; Albayt Rags- musson, Pitt. ¢ Petit Jurors E. N. Baker, Graceton; John Knut- son, Stanley; H. R. Jones, Bemidji; G. M. Ursett, Blackduck; Richard O. berg, Nebish; William Bain, Baudette Philip Brevik, Hackett; George M. Moore, Saum; E. M. Sathre, Bemidji; L. F. Johnson, Bemidji; James Tlus- toe, Graceten; Sam Ness, Fourtowns; R. A. Olson, Bemidji; Clyde Erring, Puposky; Ole Jaccbson, Witon; Char- les Wildpian, Kelliher; W. M. Everts, Bemidji; Frank Marcus, Jr., Nebish; ‘T. D. McVey, Winner; Christ Rogers, Stanley; Emery Bliver, IJag; J. J. Opsahl, Bemidji; F. W. Langdon, Be- midji; Ole Ness, ‘Blackduck: Audor Sylte, Pitt; Oscar Flatner, Baudette; Juliu Rousch, Spooner; Oscar Pot- ner, Saum; Guy O'Brien, Backduck; A. T. Davidson, Bemidji. ANGRY MOB DEMANDS SURRENDER OF PRISONERS (By United Press) Barnstable, Mass., Aug. 19.—A crowd of angry citizens, armed with axes, crcwbars and sledge hammers, mzzched to the county jail today and demanded the handing over of three men, whom they intended to lynch for an alleged brutal attack on Miss Helen Butler and her escort. The ANOTHER WOMAN IN OBENCHAIN CASE FOUND Defense Builds Its Hopes on Finding Kennedy Had “Another Woman KENNEDY’S PAST LIFE IS INVESTIGATED| Obenchain Maintains Kennedy Was Shot By Man Defense of Home in | (By United Press) | Los Angeles, Aug. 19.—The d fense in the Kennedy murder mys-| tery are contenting that John Belton | Kennedy was shot by relatives of an-| other woman he is alleged to have| wronged, it was learned today. Obenchain, divorced husband of Mad-| defend her jointly with Arthur C.| Burch in connection with the crime, ! let it be known. that he is staking ev- | erything on this theory of the unwrit-| ten law. Obenchain sent out a_squad of in- vestigators to uncover Kennedy's life in the last four years. Evidence has been uncovered to prove that Ken- nedy, while making love to Mada- | lynne, carried on an affair with one other woman and possibly more. Obenchain also is said to have lo- cated witnesses to help prove that Kennedy was shot by a man, who lay waiting at a bungalow to get him and protect a home. The defense the- ory is that this unknown man seeing Madalynne on a midnight visit to the bungalow mistook her for his own wife or sister, and acted instantly on a supposed evidence. MAIL CLERK EXAMINATION The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open com- petition for railway mail clerk on September 17, 1921, at various places in the states of illinois, lowa, Michi- gan, Minnesota, Montana and South %) otaj.- Only bora fide residents “of He above named states will be ad- mitted to this examination. Persons desiring to take this ex- amination can obtain additional in- formation by consul{ing the an- nouncement posted on the Bulletin Board in the post office or by con- ferring with Sam ‘Cutter in the Money Order Division of the post office at Bemidji, Minn. Application {should, be-made on Form 304, which may be cbtained by writing the United States Civil Ser- vice Commission at Washington, D. C., the District Secretary of -the U. S. Civil Service Commission, St. Paul, Minn., or S. A. Cutter at Bemidji, Minnesota. PACIFIC AFFAIRS TO BE | DISCUSSED AT CONFERENCE Washington, August 19---Lloyd Geo- ge's statement to the House of Com- mons that settlement of the pacific affairs must proceed at the disarma- ment conference, found aglreement here teday. This government con- siders such a settlement in the forth- coming disarmament conference very desirable, it was explained here today |is a long one. ‘thc Ralph | P: alynne Obenchain, who came here to| ... IN BEMIDJI SEPTEMBER 17 IDJI DAILY P BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1921 HANKINS CRIMINAL RECORD IS LONG ONE ‘Bandit, Killed By Policeman in | Spectacular Fight, an COld Iowa “Badman” (By United Press) Minneapolis, Aug. 19.—Henry Hankins, the men who held up a | motor bus on Washington avenue un- der the Milwaukee viaduct recently, and who has been the “king” ear-ring bandit, was shot dead in Minneapolis by Patrolman A. W. Averbeck, after the bandit made his get-away from three detectives. The tale of Hankins’ criminal life He was known as the Iowa “bad man” and has had little |trouble in keeping this reputation. Thirteen shots were fired in the running gun battle that ended in the -illing of the bandit, but only one other person was wounded. Louis Yaeger, 2870 Holms avenue, a pedes- trian, réceived a flesh wound in his arm. A woman was knocked down by fleeing man and it was first re- ported she had been shot by him, but she was unhurt and did not give her |name. 8 Patrolman Averbeck was taking a ,nk at the fountain in front of the ¢ building when he heard the He ran across the street and 1 the opposite sidewalk just as Hankins got there. Hankins was looking back firing at his pursuers, but swung around in time to meet Averbeck face to face, with his pistol ipointing straight at the policeman. d sho struck up the other-s right with such force that Hankins wheeled about Averbeck fired. One bullet passed through his body, entering between |the shoulder blades, ~ and Hankins |dropped. He was shot four times. {He died a few minutes later in the General hospital ambulance. He had |fired five shots. “This is the answer police are giv- ing bandits who have been operats ling in Minneapolis,” Chief of Policg ;A. C. Jensen said. today. 'ROAD WORK IN FULL SWING SAYS BABCOCK Paving, 'Grading and Gravel Surfacing Throughout State Satisfactory Average progress on new construc- tion, paving and® gravel projects, scattered in about 7 tions of the state was declared s factory this week by Commis Babcoek. Many projects will be completed in advance of contract time he said. Maintenance operationss are also up to the expectations of the :depart- ment, it was officially announced 'and steadily inere: 1g results will come. Con;inued d: weather and unusually heavy tourist fiec com- bined to make effective maintenance difficult of Iate. The patrolmen con- tinue the fight to keep their sections smooth, however, and by buying standard equipment and in other ways show their determination to win. Many patrolmen now are trim- ming weeds at roadsides to add to the attractiveness and safety of the high- ways. Official markers, yellow stars with the trunk route number and back- ground in black, are being placed and it is expected that the work will be well advanced before traffic starts to move to the Minnesota State Fair. sec tis- Bfi””\flll‘ demonstrators were about to storm the jail when the guards fired volleys into the air. The crowd fell back. / LS et s rulft,fi)‘!" Q’J""’Mifi’“ « S T bt st )‘/ weer rbfp, VY] o 14! ey st L With his left hand the policeman || surfacing | joner | IONEER R ENGLANDHAS GONE LINIT SAYS PREMIER Lloyd George and Curzon Told Commons, Lords No More Concessions Possible IRISH PREPARING FOR RENEWED WAR Sinn Fein Parliament Discuss Counter-Proposals and Draft Reply . London, Aug. 19. — (By Ed L. Keen)—Premier Lloyd Georg: the house of commons, and Marquis Cur- zon, in the house of lords, today told the British parliament that the gov- ernment had gone the limit in its_of fers to Ireland. 1 “The government has gone to the extreme limit in its concession to Ire- {land,” Marquis Curzon declared. The British foreign minister con- {tinued: “The only possible criticism |of the terms is that they are too gen- | erous. | “We have offered all that is pos- |sible without compromising the safe- Ity of the realm and the sovereignity |of the erown.” | While Curzon was telling the house |of lords that the government had |gone its extreme limit in its offer, | Lloyd George reported to the com- moners, “that the government has al- (ready said all it has to say in its let- \ter to DeValera.” The premier warned an anxious {house that there was great danger of misrepresentation and misunderstand- jing in the present stage of the Irish Inegotiations. % | ».*The Irish mind is always full of | sp.spicion,” he said. after the prime minister’s me at, the speaker declared that the hotse of commons was adjourncd un- [til October 18. i1 si 1 < M Ioh Re- publcan & s today preparing for . neweds:* waré, while the Dail | Biréann was reported to have reject- ed the British peace terms and to be ‘dis('ussing counter-proposals | Members of the Sinn Fein parlia- ‘ment who will discuss the counter- proposals individually over the week lend, will meet Monday in a secret ses- |sion to draft the Dail's reply and |make a public announcement on | Tuesday, it was believed. | Meanwhile the Sinn Fein army {is making ready for the worst. The /two hundred troops on guard today I hardly fitted the description of “mur- | de and cut-throa on the con- itmry, they appe: clear-eyed, | Dublin, Ave i | rood natured lads of the Irish type, taking their work extremely se- |rious, and enforcing orders much tmore vigorously than professional [soldiers. PACKING BUSINESS IS | GETTING BACK TO NORMAL | Chicago, 11I., Aug. 19.—The meat packing business, one of the largest industries in the country, is rapidly ‘getting back to a normal basis in I practically every line, according to | Themas E. Wilson of Chicago, re- {cently clected president of the Asso- {ciation of American Meat Packers. C. F. GRINAGER STARTS ‘56c PER MONTH REMCDELING BUILDING Will Make Minnesota Ave. Store, Recently Purchased, into Fine Store Block Workmen started this morning to remodel the building lately occupied by Owen McElroy, butcher, on Min- nesota avenue between Third and Tourth streets. The building is now owned by C. F. Grinager, and it is his intention to make the building into a first-class grocery store with living apartments on the second story. The building is 26x50 feet, two stories high. It is Mr. Grinager's plan to square up the front of the building and make the entrance to the store in the center. The stairs will be torn off from the north side of the building bordering on the alley and new stairs will be erected on the south side. A modern front will be built on Minnesota avenue and glass windows along the alley as well. The build- ing will be stuccoed and given a fine exterior Mr. Grinager expects to move his grocery stock into his new location about, the middle of September. CONGRESS JAMMED; MAY DEFER RECESS (By United Dress) Washington, Aug. 19.—Congress today was in a jam that threatened to prevent the month’s recess, sched- uled to start August 20. Several of the objections in the way of the re- cess are: The Longworth bill extending the dye embargo with the senate’s amend- ment extending the emergeney tariff bill. The deficiency bill, carrying $48,- 500,000 for the shipping board and $200,000 for the expenses for the disarmament conference, to which Scnator Harrison offered an amend- ment to put the senate on record. The anti-Medicinal Beer bill. The trouble over these bills rests in the senate. The MeNary” bill to aid farmers through the war finance corporation seems likely to pass the house and be sent to the president for his sig- nature. The tax bill has clear sailing. Before recess Harding wants: The tax revision bill passed in the house and sent to the finance committee for consideration during recess; the rail- road release bill passed by both houses, and the McNary farm aid bill passed by both hou GCCUPANTS OF CAR HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Drive Too Close to Edge of Embankment and Turn 3 Over on Side What might have been a more ser- ious accident, occured Thursday af- ternoon on the Birchmont road at the turn up the hill by the golf grounds, when Charles Plummer, William Lilly and Leon Jewett were driving out to- wards Turtle River in Mr. Plummer’s car. As the, arted to turn up the hill anoth r eame down the grade and in turning’ out to meet the in- coming car the Plummer car was driven too far out on the side of the embankment which g way and caused the car (o turn over on its side throwing the oceupants in a heap. All three men were more or less hurt. Mr. Plummer heing cut on the leg and eye and his arm wrenched painfully. ATHLETICS WILL BE POPULAR IN CITY THIS FALL There is to be plenty of excitement in athletic cireles this fall from the present appearances. The Naval Militia and Company K. are planning on going into basketball, foothall and indoor baseball as well as other athletic sports. At the last meeting of the National Guard the matler of foothall and basketball teams was discussed with the memblers and the opinion of the company was that teams should he organized and start pratice, Games will be arranged hetween the local teams and ‘teams from outside and interesting contests are looked for. OWEN McE_LROY NOT McELROY BROS. BUYS BUILDING Announcement, s made in the Ploneer that McElroy Brothers had purchased the block on Third street owned by William Black, The arti- cle should have sl vl that Owen mcElrgy had purchased the building as there is no firm by the name of McElroy Brothers. Mr. McElroy has already moved to his new location. Washington, August 19---The desk of Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes today was flooded with in- formal applications from scores of brewers to permit the manufacturer for use in medicine. Mean- e the house and senate conferees re deadlocked on the anti-medicin- al beer bill without any hopes of a quick getting together. ROADSREFUSE DEMANDS MADE BY BIG FIVE Say Public’s Interest for Rate Reduction Must Be First ' | Consideration s ey i FARMER BEARING MORE THAN SHARE OF LOAD If Present Conditions Continue Farm Production Will Be | Materially Cut —— Chicago, Aug. 19.—The demands of the “Big Five” Railway Brother- hoods to wipe out the recent wage cut, withdraw all further requests for wage decreases and cancel all de- mands for elimination of time-and-a- half over-time in train and yard serv- ice, were refused today by the west- ern railroads on the grounds that these demands disregard the public’s interest in cconomical operation and resultant lower freight and passen- ger rates. The decision followed a two-day conference between the executives ot the Brotherhoods and a'committee representing the western carriers and composed of A. W. Trenholm, vice- president of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha; B. B. Greer, vice-president of the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul; W. T. Tyler, vice- president of the Northern Pacific; G. D. Waid, vice-president and general manager of the Southern Pacific, and E. K. Calvin, vice-president of the Union Pacific system. In declining the Brotherhoods’ de- mand for the withdrawal of all re- quests for the climination of time- and-one-half for over-time in train and yard service, the committee said: “Here again, the railroads, with a proper regard for the public interest and their affairs, cannot give the as- surance sought. This committee real- izes that many railvroads have certain rules in their schedules which are not in keeping with the rulings and prin- ciples Jnid down by the railroad board and cannot bind themselves to refrain from asking relief from such burden- some and expensive conditions where they exist.” Washington, Aug. 19.—Railroads must share with the farmers and others the burden of the present eco- ituation by reducing freight Secretary Wallace said today ¢ the interstate commerce com- ission, which is investigating rates on grain and hay. High freight rates have stopped Juction, he said, adding that if the nt situation continued, produe= tion from the farms would be re- duced materially. “We cannot afford to let our agri~ culture be destroyed,” he said. “In attempting to relieve the distress « the farmers we are dealing with great economic forees. All our peo- ple ought to share the burden of the present depression.” The farmer is bearing more than his share of the economic load, he said, because the purchasing power of farm products is below the aver~ age of other commodities. He pre- sented figures to show that in Towa the purchasing power of oats was 48 per cent of what it was from 190 to 1914, al Reductions in freight rates on the commodities under investigation, es- pecially on hay, he said, would be re- flec! in a larger volume of traffic (Continued on Page 8) SOLDIERS' BONUS BOARD OF REVIEW HERE AUG. 26 Attention is again drawn to the fact that the soldiers’ bonus board of review will hold a session here in bemidji on August 26, and any men who have any claims whatever about their state bonus will do well to be here and appear before the gente~ they have a just claim, there is no doubt it will be adjusted to the entire catisfaction of the claimant. This hoard has heen appointed for the ben- efit of the ex-service men, not for, the henefit of the state. It is to hold sessions in each county so that men! who have claims may be interviewed' personally with a view to giving them what they ask. It has beem given power to settle all claims and to cut out all red tape. nomic rates As stated in the notice to-tite-ad« > . jutang of the local post of the Ameri~ can Legion, It i8 not necessary for a man to appear in person but it 14 to his advantage to do so as quite frequently his case has been helped by a personal appearance.’ A number of men have sent in their names and number of their claim to the local adjutant who will forward them to the board in time for them to get all the datd from the bonus hoard and bring them to Be= midji, when they come next Friday., Any men who know other ex-ser- vice men who have claims still un- settled are urged to tell them of the visit h of the board of review and have them come in and present their p— claims. T pash