Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 24, 1921, Page 1

e The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota ' < VOLUME XIX. NO. 108 OPPOSITIONIS- GREAT AGAINST LOANTOROADS Railroads Now Owe United States $1,444,000,000, Says W. G. McAdoo SECURITIES INADEQUATE TO PROTECT GOVERNMENT McAdoo Writes Long Letter on Situation; Will Not Appear as Witness (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 24.—The rail- roads owe the government $1,444,- 000,000, yet it is proposed to extend to them an additional credit of $500,- 000,000, according to William G. Me- Adoo. This statement was made in a let- ter from the former secretary of the treasury and director-general of rail- roads to Senator A. O. Stanley, Dem- ocrat, of Kentucky, member of the committee investigating the railroad situation, who read it on the floor of the senate today. McAdoo declared that the “break- down of the railroads in the latter part of 1917 forced the government to take control of them January 1, 1918, in order to save the war.” He charged, briefly, that: The $500,000,000 to be loaned the railroads constitutes “added invest- ment of the taxpayers’ money,” an “added liability” and an “added tax burden.” The government will have to ac- cegt as collateral for this “securities which in many instances may not be adequate to protect the government.” President Harding must have been misled into making the statement that the United States is “moral}y and legally bound to fund” the railroads’ debt to the treasury. Democratic members of the com- mittee had sought to have McAdoo summoned as a witness, but were blocked by the majority. Stanley then-asked him to.outline his views'of the situation in a letter, which he d[d. (The letter in full will be printed in Thursday’s Pioneer). . PENNINGTON COUNTY NOW A GAME RESERVE Pennington county was on Tuesday awarded a state game rcfuge when a public hearing was held in the court house here, following the cir- culation of a petition asking that the townspeople of Rocksbury and Smi- ley be so designated by the state game and fish commission. Fifty property owners in the two townships were in favor of the game refuge as shown by the pdtition, while no one appeared to oppose thej step, according to Carlos Avery, state game and fish commissioner for Min- nesota. It is belived that practically every owner and resident of these two townships, however, is in favor of the action and will readily co-op- erate with the state depantment and local officers in the enforcement of the rules. Roseau and Polk counties have had similar protected areas for game birds, game and' centain animals and Mr. Avery stated that all of the counties in northwestern Minnesota would have them ibefore. long, simi- lar heafings have been scheduled for Kittson, Marshall and other Red River Valley districts. Prairie chickens, grouse, plieasants and probably quail will soon begin to increase quite rapidly in the two townships effected by the order of tne state commission ond it will be a pleasure to many to watch these birds as they go about unmolested from field to field and in the under- brush which is prevalent along the Red Lake niver which flows through both townships. In ithe southeastern part of the state ring neck pheasants have been placed in the refuge by the state commission and they are increasing placed in the refuges by the state quite fast. Although nat suitable for eating purposes the ring neck pheas- ant is being grown extensively in many sections of the United States and is now much prized. None have been grown in this locality, but Fred Beerbauer has sent for two and they will be here and placed on his river farm. ALL-DAY SERVICE AT MOVIL LAKE SUNDAY The Northern Union Sunday School will be hosts to a large gathering from Turtle River, Spur Ten, and the vicinity of Movil Lake at an All Day Service at the Hansen place on the west side of Movil Lake, Sunday, August 28th. The 10:30 service will consist of a Sunday School sermon and a preaching service. Speakers during the day will in- clude: Thos. F. Porte, B. D. Boyce of Bemidji, C. C. Smith and J. T. Ma- honey of Kitchie, Missionary W. S. Cummings and others. The Presbyterian quartet of Be- midji will render several of their de- lightful selections. A basket dinner will be enjoyed on the lake shore. THIRD STREET BURNED IFire gutted the unoccupied frame building located west of the Tropp- man block on Third street, about midnight last night. The building is owned by William Vickers and was used for storing the camp equipment of the Mississippi Timber Company. From the appearance of the build- ing the fire must have started in dif- ferent parts of the building as a number of places are badly charred while the ceiling and walls between are merely blackened. There was no. insurance on the building, according to the owners, the equipment of the Mississippi Timber Company, however, was in- sured. The fire marshall on his last visit to Bemidji recommended the condemning of the building as a fire hazard. Considerable kerosene was found in the building by the firemen who answered the alarm call. BARGAIN DAY DRAWS COUNEY&QHOPPERS 2 Bargain Day has ), I;'ht a large number of out of tow)y ¥ ple to Be- their special bargainy 2aned up early in the day. Far) ¢ were in town in large numbers %ng ad- vantage of the many barg, offered ‘by thé merchants. The b er ex- perienced one of the buiest 's for a long time in taking new suwscrib- tions and renewals of old ones. Other stores report simiar results. WILLIAM LILYE SELLS BUSINESS TO HENRY DAHL The soft drink business of William Lilye was purchased yesterday Dby Henry Dahl. Mr. Lilye has con- ducted his business in the Gibbon block west of the Markham hotel since moving out of the hotel build- ing some time ago. iMr. Dahl took possession of the business this morning. Mr. Lilye expects to remain in Bemidji for some time and later may go to Min- neapolis to visit his daughter who resides there. It is possible he may locate in business again there. Mr. Dahl is well known in Bemidji having been, employed for many years with the Crookston Lumber Co. here. ANOTHER BIG COAL VEIN IN ILLINOIS St. Louis, Mo., August 24---(United: Press)---Illinois, one of the largest coal producing states in the United States, is to have another mine. A five and one-half foot vein of coal was discovered at a depth of 150 feet at Carpenter, 111, and the Mt. Olive and Scranton Coal Company of St. Louis plans to open another big mine in that neighborhood. The company, i; was said, has taken op- tions on a tract of 5,000 acres. Ten or twelve other holes will be sunk soon., LMHEm HOSPITAL SHARES SELLING FREELY IN COUNTY Reverends O. P. Grambo and L. J. Jerdee combined their efforts yester- day in selling shares for the new Lutheran hospital in the territory north of Rosby and were well re- warded for their efforts having taken more than $1,000 subscriptions. To- day they are solicting the territory in tMp wsought They are meeting with splendid encourgement and success and find hearty co-operation in the project. IRISH REPLY WILL PERMIT FURTHER PARLEY Terms, Though Not Accepted, Will Not Necessitate An- other Immediate War Dublin, August 24---The charact- er of the Dail Eireann reply to the British, government peace offer will leave the door open for further ne- gotiations. The United Press corres- pondent was reliably informed today that the reply, which has been decid- ed upon, while not accepting the terms, will not mean immediate resumption of hostilities. The Sinn Fein circle has decided on its answer, and will submit it to the Dail Eireann war, it was said, will not be made, for approval. Definitte choice between peace and but the reply would insure continua- tion on the truce. RELIGIOUS MOBS TERRORIZE INDIA DISTRICT Bombay, India, August 24---Stirred by religious fanaticism armed mobs of thousands of natives are spreading fire and terror in the Malabar dist- rict. Desperat2 appeals for help has been sent out by white inhabitants. A native mob marching through several towns burned the residents and des- troyed private property. MACABEES WILL GIVE DANCE The Ladies of the Macabes will give a dance in the new armory on The proceeds of the dance degree team convention of the order in 1923, The Van Orchestra will play for the dance. LABOR DAY NIGHT SEPT. 5 the night of Labor Day, September 5. re to be used to help secure funds for the Ladies of the Macahes to send their "~ BEMIDJI, MIN VICKERS BUILDING ON | BEMIDJI GOLFERS T0 INVADE DETROIT CAMP A Large Delegation Wanted to Take Part There Saturday in Game “On to Detroit!” That’s the slo- gan of the Bemidji golfers for next Saturday. Detroit expects the .Be- midji Country club to send a big dele- gation down there and they expect to take the local boys into eamp in about the same manner as they were taken, when here last week. Every fellow who wields a driver or mashie, from the Bemidji club, is expected to go to Detroit. Arrange- ments are being made by the commit- tee to take as many players by cars as is possible. B. W. Lakin and B. F. Anderson are in charge of the ar- rangements and those who intend to go will confer a favor upon the com- mittee by notifying one of the above men so that cars may be provided. Already a large number have ex- pressed their intention of going, but every member, whether he has played one year or twenty, should make an effort to go. That Bemidji cannot bring back the “bacon” unless a good represen- tation goes, is the contention of those in charg. big festival. to entertainment and reports are that they expect to out-do all previous records. . They also expect to take Bemidji Bemidji defeated Grand Forks sev- eral weeks ago on the local links and will have to send the best players they can possibly secure as well as a large number in order to win. SPLENDID SPECIMEN OF MOGSE ON EXHIBITION One of the finests specimens of af large Bull Moose ever exhibited, is that now being exhibited by Messrs. W. H. and V. C. Garrison, in an ex- hibition hooth near the Jewett ga- rage on Beltrami avenue. This mon- strous animal was secured in the northern part of Beltrami county and is a perfect specimen of the King of America’s animal family. .- The horns of the animal. are perfect in their symmetry. The Garrisons plan on exhibiting the animal all over the country and incidentally advertising it as an animal secured near Bemidji which will give much publicity to the sporting and game world of the hunter’s opportunity in Beltrami county for big game. While many in Bemidji have un- doubtly seen Moose before, it is very rare than an opportunity is pre- sented to see such a splendid spcimen of the lordly animal. After exhibit- today and tonight the animal will he taken to other localities. TYPHOONS CAUSE DEATH AND WRECK ON CHINA COAST (By United Press) Shangahi, China, August 24--Fears that a death list running as high @ ten thousand has resulted from t phoons around Ningpoo on the coast of the Yangtse river, was expressed by relief workers today. All munications with the distri been severed. Two Kuropean steam- ers ‘were reported driven aground on the Shangahi bar, and several hundred: junks were swamped. tidal wave was reported to have fol- lowed the typhoons at Ningpoo. On Stember 10 and 11, Bemidji | \va® b will journey to Grand Forks, wherei arrangements are being made for a|ijon, was taken today by the MeNary Grand Forks has al-|yi) "to broaden the powers of the| ways gone the “limit” when it comes vy golfers into camp on their own links. ! the MINNESOTA CIETY - WEATHEP, REPORT Minnesota—Generally fair to- night and Thursday, not much change in temperature. N., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1921 . CONGRESS TRIES “4Ste" i Bats chte T0 CLEAN UP sesse | and Gonvick Are on the - FORRECESS ~ some Ponsford Indians Manager Caskey of the M. & L | . b ball team rranging for three {Recess Scheduled for Tonight or four games before the season closes N . It expects to line Blackduck for Will Mean Pushing and expects to line up 1ckd « |2 game here Sunday, August 28. The Bills Through I Ponsford Indians will play here Sun- |day, September 4 and he is trying to ! make arrangments with Gonvick for la game on Labor Day, September 5 [when the local ball team expects to {BEER BILL GIVES | mits. BOYS' AND GIRLS’ CAUF CLUB CONTEST s engaged in in states of Minnesota Wis- . North and South kota, . Michigan, Hlinois, Indiana and Missouri will ha n opportunity at the National Dair how to he held on, the Minnesota Fair Grounds Oc- tober 8th to 15th, to demonstrate what they have accomplished for bet- ter dairying by entering the county unit competition for prizes of $100 for each of the five rec: ed breeds Holstein, Jersey, ern- B and Brown Sw the fi time the Nati how ha alf Club s put up a pr work, and it is expected that a great deal of enthusiasm will be envinced by the boys and girls of these s A banner will be given to the club leader whose ate wins the | “Phe boys who player (his year have and demonsirated (hat” good base ball | can be=enjoyed here without enlisting outside talent, as has been done in the st, adding to the cost of each [game and netfng the local club [only a deficit ag the end of the sea- . {son, Washinglon, Augus |71t is contemplated to start the sea- ll(".l“" fluunchml a s“]‘!((l {60 Tot u: |son earlier next ycar the team to be drive for a recess, scheduied " 0% frinanced on the same bha night. There was enoush legislation | jone this season, which was pending to keep “}{‘.l‘”‘, e "l‘ Sel l'_‘l‘l“ | pealing to the sport lovers to p |u]|'_l,\\n \wlcelm lon‘px (1\“:(“‘“"‘ d ize the games, no other donations which a day or two ago threatened |y iyo regeived. \to prevent the recess all tozether, c tically abandoned until af- returns a month henee. | FARM BUREAU MEETING as house block to v | vl HELD AT AUGUST BECKER'S Shipping, Disarmament War Finance Corporation Bills Must Be Passed cong Its place, i meeting of the Farm held at August Becker's 21, Members pr Al The reg Finance Corporation to aid| |farmers. Republican leaders ol (I | House have served noctice th must be passed before vi - A IStrong efforts will be made to reac ! 5, Bernard |{he agreement during the day. Final|landgren, M. Rigg, S A. Paquin, Letion was expected on the de “fl,(.yi\\ es Wright and Roy Monteith. appropriation bill, providing $200,000 | lovely lunch was served by the ladi {for the disarmament confercnce and |1t was decied that the next mee |$48,500,000 for the Shipping Board. | SR ey Lo | Burean w 5 August it Sun ng [will be held at Wes Wright's the 3rd Sunday in September, |PRES. HALL, STiATE FED. OF | PR T LaBok, ere ror weex MAN MAKES GOOD MONEY * : COLLECTING TAX INTEREST Mr. E. G. Hall, president of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor, | arrived in Bemidji today and will Williston, v McGuine N. D., August 2 of ! attend the regulay ‘meeting of the Attorney Central Labor Union, to be held at|[county charges tha man named William MeClifford has resurrected {Moose hall Friday evening, where he “'“1{15“10{3!1‘ \]\Yr‘-:friex?t-‘“:fdmt%'q],e.‘k at|Whereby he is making a substantial Bemidji's Labor Day celebration but]™5 = o ipeq that MeClitford s he regretted, saying that he was to| .o trdcl cith iReh K at Superiar gathat day. signing contracts with township |speak a e hoards-qo collect tax-interest and pen- T e alties for their sub-divisions on 25 per cent commision. an existing, but alleged ignored law, {MRS. TORRANCE TAKES | SECOND GOLF PRIZE| The law of 1911 rcquires that such 1 penalties shall be o ed @ In the ladics medal score golf tour- i by L ooy ppart e [N nament, which was won, by N McGuiness declared that probably Dona Lycan, there were two pr not a county in the state has ever ob- {offered by B. A. Barker, the secondisepyed the law, and said that the |one being won by Mrs. Graham money in Williams county has been | Torrance, who gave the winner alyged to take care of school and coun- close battle for the _honors. CThelty warrants, thereby lowering the prize was also a box of toilet articles. [{ax Jevy. e maintains that it ——e— would be costly to make a distribu- tion of this money among the town- ships. HARBING SAYS GERMAN TREATY READY T0 SIGN | Washington, August 24---A treaty |of peace with Germany will be signed isoon, President llarding announced at the White House today. The treaty has been completed, and was ENGINEER KILLED WHEN TRAIN GOES THRU BRIDGE (ty United irand Juetion Engineer Dougl Press) Col., August 24--- Armstrong, ol submitted to the Republican mem-|Grand Juction, was instantly killed I hers of the Senate IForeign Committee |and twenty-five passengers injured, when the Denver & Rio Grande West- senger train No. 1 went thru at the White House this morning. It I\vas learned that the treaty will be a formal peacd between dhe United . ten miles cast of here at States and Germany. 1t provides for | © M. today. A hospital train definite resumption of peace time|left here for the scene of the wreek. ! According to reports reaching here, the wreek was vd when the train struck a bridge, the supports of which had been washed away in a cloud burst earlier in the morning. between the two countries, present, with 1l und- is con- relatjons and indicates that at (he excepion of some commerc lerstanding, no other treaty templated. to the San Francisco MOTHER, THIS 15 LIKE BEFORE greatest number of prizes. SPECIAL TRAFFIC MEN MEET WITH CO-OPERATION the sepcial For the most p deputies of the sheri office as- signedi to traffic wark, are mecting with the co-operation of the public and are experiencing little opposi- tion to their requests for observation of traffic rules on the country road So the work of the deputies b been confined to pointing out to tic rule violators the necessity ing the rules and calling at- tention to the violations. No bull- dozing methods are employed nor are the officers finding reason for em- ploying severe measures so far. The matter of slowing down when meeting other automobiles and giving half the 1, the displaying of 1921 license tags, and the using of proper lens on the light arc matters on which the officers ave confining their attention largely. Some people have been found who have no license tags nor have they made application for v, intending to keep their car in storage during the summer. These people are suppos- ed to report such ownership of cars to the o so that they may be properly ed in personal proper- ty where they do not pay a state tax. 7 is a matter that close attention being given to by the secretary of state's of! 3 ANNUAL CONVENTION OF B. P. 0. E. AT ST. CLOUD St.. Cloud, Minn., August 24---St. Cloud was host to a host of Elks to- day. They came from every section of the state to the annual convention of Minne a B. PO, K, which will be in session here three d Delegations in special from the north and south. Tonight the opening sesion of the conven- tion will be held at the Benton Coun- ty Fair Ground, Lientenant-Govern- or Louis L. Collins was to be one of the chief speake cars came PRESIDENT'S POLICY ON WAR PRISONERS EXPECTED (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 24.—A definite statement of policy by President | ding on Lugene V. Debs, Soci: leader, and others in prison during the war for the espionage act, was believed near today. Friends of Debs today believed Harding would take action following the signing of the peace treaty, which now appears emi- nent. AMERICAN BALLOON EXPLODES WHILE FLYING Two Out of Crew of 52 Men Are Saved By Parachute, Remainder Killed (By United Press) London, Aug. 24.—The huge American ZR-2 was wrecked by an explosion near Hull today. Only two men were known to have been saved. The two jumped from the blazing bag in a parachute and came down safely. The machine was nearing the end of a trial flight. Go- ing up late yesterday, the great ma- chine worked perfectly. The explo- sion took place over Hull at 5:45 p. m. today, shortly after signaling it was going to make a speed test. The ruge gas bag cxploded, the dirigible broke in two and plunged into the river, a wreck. The erew aboard was said to number 52 men, including 21 Americans. KIWANIS CLUB WILL BE ENTERTAINED BY “PEP MAN" The “Pep Man” will entertain the Kiwanis club at their noon luncheon Thursday and.will give three charact- er readings for the henefit of those present. ert, Naylor will be chair- man of this week’s meeting for the eleetric dealers who have the ar- ranging of the program. A 100 per cent attendance is look- ed for at this mecting. WOMAN RURNED TO DEATH WHEN HOME TAKES FIRE (By United Preas) Crookston, August 24---Sparks from a bon fire set fire to the home of Mrs. Stella Hamilton, 50. She was burn- ed to death. She lived alone, 55c PER MONTH CROPFORECAST BY BANK IS8M MILLION BU. Federal Reserve Bank Esti- mates 1921 Crop in Ninth District at Above Figure FIGURES ARE COLORED SAYS PRESS REPORT (RN The Crop Figure Is Too Large, According to State Dept. of Agriculture | Minneapolis, Minn., August 24--- A crop of $00,000,000 bushels of all grains worth at the September fu- tures price of the Minneapolis market $600,000,Q00 is estimaaed for the ninth reserve district by the Minne- apolis Federal Reserve bank in a tatement issued here. The total owed the federal reser bank by member banks in the distriet, ac- cording to the last weekly statement, is $82,000,000, and because of the huge crop income it was said at the bank that liquidation generally in the district must be large. “A grain production survey em- bracing detailed reports of approxi- mately 1.000 banks representing all the producing counties of import- ance in the ninth federal reserve dist- rict indicates a larger production of corn and spring’ wheat than a year ago, and an increased production of rye and flax, with a reduced yield of and potatves,” the re- oats, barley survey indicates somewhat larger yields than the department of agriculture estimates of Aug. 1, due possibly to the fact that threshing has shown a somewhat better produc- tion in some arv than prior esti- mates indieated, he production in- dicated for the ninth district is as follows: Reserve bank estimate 1921 crop, August 22: In thousand bushels: e Production. . 1921 1920 Spring wheat. ....146,410 137,760 Corn .... 302,040 244,369 Oats .. .228,010 278,374 Rye . 23,714 22,700 Barley . el 62,666 76,046 Potatoes . Lev. 35,880 49,099 “Winter wheat has not been in- cluded in these estimates for the rea- son that the returns on this erop are not sufficiently complete. The pro- bable production is approximately 6,000,000 bushels, not a sufficient amount, to be a very important fa or in wheat production for the dist- riet. “The qaulity of the wheat as indi- cated by these reports is better than a year ago. Corn production is con- siderably larger and prospects are for a very cxcellent quality.” (By United Press) St. Paul, Aug. 24.—Prediction of an cight hundred million bushel grain crop in the northwest this year by the Ninth District Federal Reserve bank was unwarranted and colored, the State Department of Agriculture, the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation and other farm experts declared to- day. The erop report was “colored by a desire for scttlement of outstanding debts,” the statement declared. “Gen- eral liquidation from agricultural dis- tricts this fall is utterly impossible,” it is said. “Reports on threshing made August 1 by the United States Department of Agriculture was too high rather than too low.” The time has come for the north- west to face the situation squarely, and to realize that further extension of credit, not general liquidation is the only possible course. If attempts are made to force general liquidation the agricultural interests of _ the northwgst, will be seriously cramped, “I believe that the public is en< titled to facts as they have been gathe ered by the State Department of Aga riculture and the county farm bu- reaus,” said N. J. Holmberg, statq Commissioner of Agriculture. MANDAN CUTS SALARIES OF CITY OFFICIALS Mandan, N. D., August 24---Tha cost of the city administration in Mandan will be reduced $150 a montly by ason of wage cuts recently ord< ered in the salaries of city officialgy WORKING ON FARMS ~ *' CURES SHELL-SHOCK ‘Winnipeg, Man., August 24 (Unit< ed Press)---Figures from a survey gathered here indicate that country life was the best cure for shell-shock. The percentage of shell-shocked soldiers on the land, who have coms pletely recovered, was far greater than that among those who stayed in cities. The Canadian government has put 25500 soldicrs on the land and sisted them to equip their farms with stock, buildings and farm; machinery. Though many of these soldiers werd suffering from wounds and other ef4 feets of the war, the average soldian farmer today is in rud health ag well as sound finance, i l HISTORICAL