Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 27, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern ‘Minnesota A = VOLUME XIX. NO. 136 BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 27, 1921 innesota Weather — Fair to- night and Wednesday; cooler to- night. 55c PER MONTH BEMIDJTHOLDS FIFTHBARCAY DAYTOMORROW Leading Merchants Offering Spécial Inducements for Sheppers Tomorrow JAER, THEATRE TICKETS FOR OUT-OF-TOWN BUYERS ! o s » Lecal Purchasers Also ‘Urged to Take Adventage cf This, Special Bargain Day & Bemidji’s fifth Market Day will be held tomorrow, and a large number of the merchants have clubbed togethcjr in offering special bargains for this occasion. By looking over the ad- vertisements inserted by these. mer- chants in Monday’s daily and in last week’s issue of the Bemidji We‘ekly Pioneer and The Bemidji Sentinel, the prospective buyer may see h'ow ‘these merchants are trying to bring the buik of the trade from the sur- rounding territory to this city, mak- ing this the logical trading center for this section of the state. They are also desirous.of having local shoppers take advantage of the bargains of- tered on these Market Days. Besides offering spgcial induce- ments in the buying line, the mer- chants haye ‘gone farther and are of- fering free entertainment, w}uc}x will consist of a feature motion picture at the Rex theatre. All the stores whose advertisements appeared on the two-page announcément have been provided with ticketc which Fhey wiil be giad to pass out to their custo- mers. These tickets entitle the holder to see the feature picture at the Rex free of all charges tomorrow. The iheatry is providing a continuous show, which will start at 1 o’clock. Owing to the limited seating capacity of the theatre, the free tickets.will be given only ‘to farmers and out of town customers. _ Each Market Day has proved to .*bereven better than the one before. ~Pricés have dropped - considerable since the first Market Day was in- augurated and now they have reached a’low level. No eity of any size has been ahead of Bemidji in quoting the lowest prices, as soon as the market dropped. Bemidji merchants who are partici- pating in the Market Day idea are desirous that the farmers who have produce to sell bring it to Bemidji at this time and make this city their trading center. Those who come by train can- easily save their railroad fare on the purchases they make from the special inducements offered. AVERY HOLDS HEARINGS FOR GAME REFUGES HERE Carlos Avery, state game and fish commissioner, was in Bemidji Monday | and held a hearing at the court house for enlarging the game refuge in the towns of Northern and Turtle River. In the afternoon he held a hearing at the Shumer school house on game refuge for several townships. Today he is holding a hearing on the same subject at Kelliher for four townships north of Red Lake. He'ex- pected to leave this evening for his home at St. Paul. WOULD HAVE LAW TO PROTECT PRAIRIE CHICKENS (By United Press) Regina, Sask., Sept. 27.—A cam- peign for a law to prohibit all kill- ing of prairie chickens in Saskatche- wan for five years has been launched by the farmers of the province. They declare the birds are worth their weight in gold as destroyers of grass- hoppers and other insect pests. The present law that protects prairie chickens provides an open season of two weeks. During this brief period, guns of sportsmen are cracking all over the prairie every day and the destruction is enormous. REX THEATRE ALTERED FOR VAUDEVILLE ACTS During the past week, alterations have been under way at the Rex theatre on Third street during which time a stage has been constructed 25%30 feet, with a 16-foot stage - opening, which will make it possible to show up-to-date vaudeville. A special stage curtain, together with suitable stage scenery, is being install- ed and all will be completed in time to start.the first vaudeville performance Thursday of this week. The theatre is also being thoroughly renovated and decorated on the interior. The program of the theatre each Thursday and Friday will contain vaudeville acts as well as a regular film program. A four-piece orches- tra will play during the show. | MUSIC LOVERS ASSURED - FINE CONCERT FRIDAY Halvorson-Fisher Compahy and .Harmonick Quartet to Stage Real ‘Entertainment s An excellent evening’s entert:,in- ment is assured the music lovers of Bemidji when the Halvorson-Fisher company of Thief River Falls, assist- od by a quartet of the Harmonick club of this city, will appear here Fri- day evening. Miss Doris M. Halvorson, a gradu- ate of the Oberlin Conservatory and a pianist of ability is one of the artists who will appear, and she will be as- sisted by Mrs. Fisher, formerly of Grand Forks, N. 'D., and who is known as one of the leading contralto singers ‘of ‘the northwest. The Harmonick club quartét is well known here as it has appeared before the public on many occasions since its organization two years ago, and the entire program for Friday evening will be one that will appeal to all per- sons. Members of the Harmonick club plan an active season duving the coming winter and the entertainment is being given at this time to clean up a deficit that was incurred on the last two concerts which were given here. The need of such an organiza- tion in the city has been demonstrat- ed during the past few months when the 'boys were called upon to assist at many meetings of a public nature. Whether this organization shall con- tinue depends upon the support it re- ceives from the citizens here, and if proper support is received the Har- monick club will be developed until it is one of the leading organizations of the entire northwest. ROYAL NEIGHBORS TO ; MEET THIS EVENING The Royal Neighbors will meet this evening at 8 o’clock for their regular meeting at Moose hall, and it is de- sired that all members be present. CLEAN-UP HEARING T0 BE HELD HERE TOMORROW The travelin ;m“-of. b s U. s. Veterans’ Bureau will arrive in Be- midji tomorfow morning from Grand Rapids and will at 9 o’clock tomorrow forenoon begin at two-day hearing here for all claims from Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Koochiching and Hubbard counties. A. L. Metcalf of the district bureau at - Minneapolis spent the day in-the city today mak- ing final arrangcments for the hear- n,; g. Claims will be heard from 9 o’clock tomorrow morning until 4 o’lock Thursday afternoon, at which time the squad will leave for Thief River Falls for another two-day hearing. This squad is composed of five per- sozs, who will examine the claimants and make out all necessary papers relative to their claims. The hearing will be held at the new armory, and it is expected that at least 100 ex-service men will be here tomorrow and Thursday to have their claims aired. Local restaurants and hotel keepers are asked to honor the meal and lodging requests submitted by these men. Payment can be had promptly upon sending the requests to the Minneapolis office. FOUREI%CIAL CASH PRIZES TO BE GIVEN (Copyright) PEACE CONFERENCE MAY BE STAGED NEXT WEEK Lloyd George’s Invitation to Be Forwarded to Eamonn DeValera Tomorrow London, Sept. 27.—Barring pos- sible dissénsion by certain cabinet ministers, a peace conference‘l.)e- tween the Sinn Fein and the.British cabinet committee will be held in London next week, according to re- ports here. < . The note from Lloyd George invit- ing DeValera to send a delegation was to be forwarded tomorrow and made public Thursday. The views of nearly all of the British ministers had been received today, according to a report from Gairloch. There was no reason, it was said, to anticipate that any serious objec- tion to the stand the premier has tak- en would arise. In that case the re- ply would indicate clearly to DeVal- era that it was the last word of the British government on the subject of the proposed conference. It definite- ly refuses to recognizes Irish inde- pendeénce while leaving DeValera and his colleagues free to do so if they wish. BEMIDJI FARMERS’ CLUB DEFERS OCTOBER MEETING On account of the fact that all farmers will be very busy harvesting potatoes ,the next regular meeting of the Bemidji Farmers’ club, which was to be held October 1, wilk be post- poned until the first Saturday in No- vember, according to an_ announce- ment made today by A. P. Volkman, secretary of the club. : PIONEER HUSTLERS FOR TWO WEEKS’ EFFORT Club Members in $4,006 Campaign Who Turn in Largest ‘Amount of Business Between Dates of Sept. 27 and Oct. 8, Inclusive, to Receive $150 in'Gold. Good news for Club Members in the Pioneer's $4,000 campaign! Four big special cash prizes are to be awarded—count ’em—four—for only two weeks’ effort. In addition, every credit issued ap- plies toward winning the automobiles and other liberal awards to be given away October 29. The “special prizes consist of two awards of $50 in gold each—one to each district; and two awards of $25 in gold each—one to each district. A total of $150 in gold for just a little additional steam and pep be- tween the dates of Tuesday morning, September 27, and Saturday night, October 8. The Club Member in each distnict, who turns in the largest amount of money for subscritpions to the Daily and Weekly Pioneer during the next two weeks will receive $50 in gold. The Club Member in each district, who turns in the second largest mount of money for subscriptions to the Daily and Weekly Pioneer will receive $25 in gold. Either old or new subscription col- lections count. Easy to Win This offer should make a direct ap- peal to YOU. Whether you are in the campaign now or not, you can join and, be eligible for one of the cash prizes and at the same time have the credits count in the campzign proper towards the automobiles and other prizes. Entirely new Club Members can come into the campaign today and by a little persistenti ef- fort win a cash award and at the same time build the foundation for win- ning a bigger prize October 29. Tt is just like entering an entireiy new campaign. Everyone starts at scratch. No matter what you have done up to now—no matter what any- one eles has done—these cash p will be warded for busines turned in between now andj Saturday night, Octobr 8—the ciose of the First Period. You can start right now. There Is nothing to delay your getting in the game at once. On another page the Engry Blank is published for the time to make it v for neweo to join the Club. Those who are al- ready in the campaign are starting at scratch, too. Naturally, having a little experience, they willgee the ad- vantage of this offer and grasp it quickly. And no wonder—for $50 in gold is not to be sneezed at. Neith- er is it to be pooh-poohed. And $25 in gold .is not so common- as to be despised in these days of profiteering, high/ rent, prohibition and all that sort of thing. y The 50,000 EXTRA credits will be issucd for each $20 “club” as usual. Take advant fer. It will NOT be repeated. If you win one of the automobiles and a 850 cash prize besides, the latter will buy enough gasoline to take you back to Blackduck and return fourteen times and enough left over to take a side trip out, to where the air- plane landed, or struck, or dived, or whatever itwas. We ‘have offered the money—-cold cash-—and the live- (Continued on Page 6) T age of this specia) of-; N QN |BEMIDJI EiGH PLAYS BLACKDUCK TOMORROW Bemidji’s high school football team will tackle its secend game of the season tomorrow afternoon when it meets the Blackduck eleven at that village at 2:30 o’clock. The first game of the season was played against that aggregation here last Friday and re- sulted in a F3-to-13 tie. The visitors tied the score in the last ten seconds of play, and Bemidji is anxious to get back at them tomorrow. Bemidji’s team isswnade up of all news meén,‘exeefit Stevens and Boyce. | Boyce has been off the team for the ipast two weeks on account of condi- tions imposed upon him in his clas work. " The chances are that he will be able to play in tomorrow’s game, and this will add greatly to the strength of the right side of the line. The team will leave Bem by auto about 12:30 tomorrow and it is expected that a large mnumber of boosters will accompany the boys and help them to victory. BARIUS A. BROVN WILL SPEAK HERE NEXT MONTH Arrangements were made Monday night at a sped meeting of the { Moose lodge for the securing of Dari- us A. Brown of Kansas City, and formerly its mayor, and who is also Past Supreme Dictator of the Su- preme Lodge of the World Loyal Or- der of Moose, to appear in Bemidji and speak on October 15 and 16 on “The Man and Woman of Tomor- row.” Mr. Brown is giving this lec- ture in twelve of the central states on behalf of the conservation of children and at present is touring the northern portions of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Arrangements will be made to have Mr. Brown appear. at different places and talk to children and adults, and a large mass meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon, October 16. Details of the meetings will be an- nounced later as the committee in charge has not ot completed ar- rangements for his schedule of ta] That Mr. Brown one of the most forceful speakers on the American platform today is cvillenced by the large demand for his services. He has made the subject, upon which he speaks, a close study for a long Lime besides has come into direct contact with child welfare in connection with his work at ‘Mooscheart, Ill 'EXHIBITORS GREANEZE ~ 70 BETTER EXHIBITS Owing to the premium lists of the fair containing a number of articles in agricultural lines which are not common to this community, and which cannot possibly be obtained in t! ction of the country, an organ- ization known as *“T'he Exhibitors’ Or- ganization” was formed last Friday | with Thomas Porte and George Becker se for the purpose of| nium lists in the| on. president tary-treasurer, standardizing agricultural div Rules were outlined for the exhibits ) of the various ture and it iz e meetings to outl mium list for all I tural exhibitors. This will make it| |much easier to arrange and judge contesting exhibits at future fairs, it is believed. farm clubs in the fu-| ccted .| tandard pre- dividual agricul- | | | CLATH WOMAN KILLED T0 GRATIFY DESIRE Mrs. Lydia Southard Will Try| to Prove That She Is Not Modern “Bluebeard” By M. D. Tracy, | (United Press Staft Correspondent) | Twin Falls, Idaho, Sept, 27.—Mrs. Lydia Southard started yesterday to prove to the world that she is not the| modern successor of Bluebeard. She faced a court on a specific charge of having poisoned Edwin I Meyers and attempting to collect his life insurance when he died. In addition, officers of Twin Falls county alleged thi mild-mannered woman of less than 30 years, by the same method three other Is and a brother-in-law, Six months ago she was known only | as o quiel little lady who served sal- in a Los Angeles cafeteria, To- as the center of one of the most remarkable of criminal cases. Mrs. Southard was arretsed in Hon-| olulu after being traced from Los An-| geles. Her husband, Paul Vincent Southard, who is standing strongly by her the trial he i petty o Monte Mrs in court by a e stafl of attorne, Her defense, it was understood, is ing financed jointly by her husband and her parents who reside on a farm near here. | The county prosccutor will charge! Mrs. Southard, urged on by a| re for luxurics, conceived the! (Continuea on Page 6) ationed at Honolulu. ¥y Soutliard will be represented | submarine and was |ta Coliege of Agr TEN BELIEVED KILLED IN SUBMARINE DISASTER Entire Crew Was Inside Hull When Accident Occurred; Number Escape (By United Press) San Pedro, Calif., Sept. 27.—Ten| men are thought to have lost their lives in the R-6 disaster, according to a check or survey made today by au- thorities of the submarine base here. The number of missing may even reach as high as 12, it was said. The United States tug, Sonoma, was rush- ed to the seene today and is standing over the coning tower of the sub- marine. The tower is within six feet from the surface of the water. Div- ers said that there is one chance in !a million that the m ssing men might have becn able to close their air-tight compartraent in the wrecked under- seas craft und might still be alive. The entire crew was inside the hull when the accident occurred, arrang- ing torpedoes for practice this morn- ing. All but ten, or possibly twelve, escaped. The R-6 is a Holland type built in 1918, Floating cranes will be necessary to lift the wrecked vessel, now resting on the bottom in 30 feet of water. RELIC EXHIBITORS ASKED TO CALL FOR PROPERTY hibitors who had relics on_ dis- y in the booth sup d by W. E. an under the grand stand at the fair grounds during the fair are re- respectfully requested to cail for them at Mr. Dan’s office in the Bat- tles building. They have all been re- moved from the booth and may be had at his office, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE OPENS FOR ENROLLMENT (By United St. Paul, Sept. Press) —The Minneso- ulture, University farm, was open for enrollment today. School officials predictpd one of the most successful years, Classes will run until March 25. AR BUREAU OFFICERS REFUSE TO SIGN PACT (By Unitsd Press) St. Paul, Sept. 27.—Efforts to ing exccutives of the Minnesota Farm Burcau federation and the | United Grain Growers, Inc., together 'had failed today. The grain growers will proceed along with negotiatior with the Equity Co-operative change of St. Paul to sign the pact. Farm Bureau federation officers declined to indorse the proposed con- trac They declined to make publi¢ just what the difference was, but it was understood that federation offi- cers objected to the policy. .|GRAND THEATRE TO STAGE VAUDEVILLE ON THURSDAYS Beginning this Thursday, the Grand theatre will stage four vaudevile acts in connection with ita regular five- part picture play. The program an- nounced for this week promises to be exceptionally good, since new ar- rangements h been made for ¢ curing these feature attractions for the Grand, FARMERS WHOSE ASSETS JUSTIFY EXTENSION War Finance Corporation Funds Ready Soon for Northwest’s Agriculture; Operations Will Permit Country Banks to Obtain Money to Carry Solvent Farmers. St. Paul, Sept. 27.—Financial help is in sight for Minnesota farmers whos sts justify the extension of additional credit, rman of the Wa ation’s committee for Minnesota and the Dakotas, told conferen of farmers and bank at state head- quarters of the Minnesota IFarm Bucau federation here. ¥Funds to be loaned for agricultural proposes probably will be available as soon as the committee can be com- pletely organized, Mr. McGregor said. The conference was called by the farm burcau federation Committee of Six, representing farmers and coun- try-bankers, to lay before Duluth and twin city bankers the credit nee of the farn The meeting, attend- ed by representatives of the Duluth, St. Paul and Minncapolis clearing Louse associations, the federal re- gerve bank and the federal land bank, resulted in twa important develop- ~—DBoth farmers and banker: 1 that agricultural loans made le to country banks htrough the Finance corporation will afford definite relief by carrying many far- 103 W wers through the present critical | credit situation. Second—The Committee of Six impaign to encourage stors to put their money northwest farm mortgages, as the best means of providing long time agricultural credit. The amendment to the War Ii- nance corporation act, which made $1,000,000,000 available for agricul- tural credit, was drafted in consulta- tion with officers of the American Farm Bureau federation, and was backed by the state federations, “No credit secheme in the world, however, can save the man who has involved himself so heavily in debt that his farm, in normal i cannot meet current expen: terest and reduce obligation Quamme, president of the St. Paul federal land bank said. Operations of the War Iinance corporation, Mr. MacGregor said, will permit country banks to obtain enougzh money to carry solvent farm- ers until they can bring their live- tock or crops to their most valuable market conditions. The principal finaneial difficulty of the producers, according to Thomas Meighen of Preston, banker member of the Committee of Six, is that while he can obtain credit for planting and raising and harvesting his crop, he to liquidate as soon as the rop is harvested. “The inevitable result,” Mr. Meig- hen said, “is to throw the whole crop on the market at once, and put it into the hands of men who buy it at depressed prices, and are enabled, by simply handling it and holding it, to realize more than farmers get for it by their year of labor.” Farmer representatives contended that it would require no more credit to finance this grain in the hands of the farmer, in country or terminal clevators, than to finance it in the hands of speculators, UNENPLOYMENT SURVEY SHOWS BIG DECREASE Commerce Department Makes Survey for Conference Now on at Washington UNEMPLOYED NUMBER LESS THAN 3,500,000 First Task of Conference Is to Determine Exact Number of Jobless Persons (By United Press) Washington, Sept. 27.—(By Her- bert Walker)—Unemployed through- lout the country now number fewer than 3,500,000, A nation-wide sur- vey made for the unemployment con- ference by the Department of Com- merce showed today this total, which is approximatgly forty per cent less than the recent estimate of the e« partment of Labor, which stated that men out of work totaled 5,750,000, Igures collected by Secretary of Commerce Hoover, it was learned, are as all the o [ 40,000 or mao pupt reduced the number of jobless caused a distinet tone of optimism amongsi the delegaics at the conicr- ence! mates as to unemployiicnt caused a clash between the Depart- ment of Labor and the Department of Commerce. The Labor Departmcnt's figures were based on report- ol 11,750 leading industries throughou the country, These reports indiciied |a reduction of 25 per cent in (e (working force as compared with war progperity years. The same proco. was applied to other plants to dcics mine the total. This method is entirely inaccura!'., Hoover said, because the percen is less in many other plants and many {people did not work, including thou- |sands of women who entered indu.- try plants during the war, Hoover, who is chairman, has made it piain that the first task of the conferencu iwill be to determine the exact nun:- ‘bcr of the unemployed. | The big estimate of the Labor De- Ipartment and the smaller one of the Commerce Department were before the conference today with the open- ing of business hearings., Delegates were asked to determine which gives the most accurate estimate of the situation. (By United Press) Washington, Scpt. 27.—The work- ers themselves were blamed for tho wide-spread idleism in the United States. R. F. Phelps, director of the Massa- etts Labor department, told the committee on unemployment that re- fusal of workers to accept reduced wages was one of the causes of the t emergency: Another reason |why so many are idle, especially in | Massachuselts, are because workers wa;’t take jobs they don’t like, he { said. ch UNFORTUNATE HUNTER LAID TO REST SATURDAY The funeral of William Tennon Johnson, who was drowned in Bull Head lake near Kelliher last"Wedin day, was held from the home ab licl- liher Saturday afternoon. William was 17 years of age, and leaves to mourn his loss a father and mother, four sisters and two brothers. The fungral was largely attended, he having been one of the gopular young men of his community. NASSAU ASKS SPECIAL PROTECTION FROM BANDITS Mincola, N, Y., Sept. 27.—I1lun« dreds residing in Nassau county, Long Island, one of the richest and most exclusive colonies of the coun« try, appealed to the colonies today for special protectiont from bandits. «|More than 50 robberies occurred in {the county in the last ten days. The situation has become 8o desperate I!,hut state troops already are patrol« {ing the highways. ' PROBING VALUATIONS OF - ' TELEPHONE COMPANY | (By United Pressy ~— N | St. Paul, Sept. 27.—The state rails iroad and warchouse commisison set out today to learn true valuations of {the Northwestern Bell Telephone com<« pany properties in Minnesota. Hear~ ings are to determine a fair rate | making basis for Minnesota telephone | subscribers, Valuation figures given by the company and outside engineers dif< fer by millions of dollars. The com- mission is attempting to clear up the {differences. Duluth telephone subscribers wero |also interested in the Northwest conm ipany hearings today. {S'At hgrarling;‘ of valuation of the Tri~ State Telephone company’s proj will be held Thursdu;rr). ey T