Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 1, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota ° DJI DAILY o e VOLUME XIX. NO. 140 "~ BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 1 - ta—-Fair Yonight with cooler in the P — VIRGINIA AN CHARGEDWITH KILLING WIFE Naval Petty: Officer. Eastlake and Woman Jointly Charged With Brutal Murder SHARP HATCHET FOUND NEAR MUTILATED BODY Pair Held in Jail Awaiting Action of Westmoreland % ) \ . County Grand Jury “é" % e (By United Press) Colonial Beach, Va. Oct. 1.—The brutal murder of Mrs. Roger 0. Bastlake, mother of four children, today was charged jnir_ltly to her }u.:s- band, a ngval petty ofifcer, and Miss Sarah E. Knox of Baltimore, by the coroner’s jury which completed its inqust-this morning. 4 The mutilated body was discovered in the Eastlake home here. Nearby was found a sharp hatchet, which is believed to have been used to cause het death. and a blood-stained re- volver. R Eastlake and Miss Knox_were in the Westmoreland county, ~jail at Montross today awaiting action of the grand jury. Miss Knox advised residents here early yesterday by shouting that Mrs. Eastlake had been murderedsy’ She claims she slept the night beféye last in a house a short distance .frofy the Eastlake home. The husband says that his wife was alive when he went to work at about 5 o’clock yesterday morning. A revolver and a raincoat covered _with bloodstains were found in_the underbrush near where Miss Knox claims she slept. Police say that the instrument used to kill Mrs, Eastlake was washed in the kitchen sink at the Eastlake home. 1 Miss Knox claims that she saw. a man running from the Eastlake home at about 6 o’clock yesterday morn- Ang. Every Numkber of Exceptionally Fine Program Very Well Received By Audience Music lovers who attended the| Halvorsor-Fisher concert last night | in the Methodist church were giveni a real treat. The concert was under the auspices of the Harmonick Glee} club. Miss Doris H. Halvorson, a re- | cent graduate of Oberlin College, de-| lighted her audience with her many splendid piano selections and Mrs. Trma Mallory Fisher, a contralto of | high excellence rendered a number of | greatly appreciated numbers. Miss Halvorson opened the concertl with Sonata in E Minor by Grieg, the | rendering of which immediately dis-| nlayed her splendid technique and ex- vession. Other selections from wzt, Seriaberne, Heselt, Borlikie- | % Rubenstein and Chopin, com»} 1.%, d her repertoire. Perhaps all ualities of Miss Halvorson’s - were best brought out in the \(LaChasse) . by Paganni-| tha pla Etu Liszty, \ this selection Miss Halvor-| son di\_.dyed wonderful expression | and interprepation and as evidenced by the generous applause completely won her audience. Practically all her | numbers were difficult ones, but they | were played with a composure that | demonstrated that she was perfectly | at home from the first. | Hosrass | Mrs. Fisher appeared at her best in “Lullaby’ and the encore, Nevens LRosary” though her rendition of “The Cry Rachael” displayed her range of voice and volume somewhat petter. Her singing was full of feel- ing and her personality was ong of graciousness throughout the bive concert. She will be enthusiastiéally welcomed ift she again appears in| concert in Bemidij, | The Hormanick = Quartette, con-| sisting of Messrs. Rood, Given, Boyce and Hannah, was up to its usual standard and gave several selections which were most enthusiastically re- ceived. Encores were liberally given throughout the concert by the var- ious artists. 1 i RALPH GRACIEPOSTTO Two of the Enstfiake children told the-coroner’s jury-that they had been awakened by noises in the house night before last, but were hurried back to their beds by their father, who told ‘them that their mother . il]I and, was being taken to the al. Miss Knox is said to have lived at the Eastlake home at various times and neighbors testify that - Mrs. Eastlake had often ordered her to leave. AUSTRIA EXPECTS ALLIES TO PUT DAMPER ON KARL Vienna, Oct. 1.—Austria expects the allies to prevent former Emperor Karl from using West Hungary as a base of operationg in his new. cam- paign to regain the Hungarian throne. The Austrian government today sent a note to the Council of Ambassadors meeting in Paris, calling attention to West Hungary’s action proclaiming itself independent. Austria fears that Karl’s adherents ay» behind him in this movement, and it Karl can get from Switzerland to West Hungary he will be proclaimed king and then extend his attack to the remainder of the country. 'The Budapest government denied it had anything to do with the decision of independence. ‘ PEAT FIRES BURNING IN KELLIHER VICINITY St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 1.—Peat fires are burning in the vicinity of Baudette, Kelliher, Solana, White- pine, Kelsey and Cotton, according to reports to the state forestry officials today. None of the fires are con- jsdered serious at present, however, but a high wind might cause much damage. / SENATE WETS TO TALK “ANTi” BILL TO DEATH Washington, Oct. 1.—The Senate “wets” have decided to talk the anti- beer bill to death. A score of sena- tors, headed by Senator Broussard of Louisanna, met today and determin- ed to block the bill by a filibuster. The bill may be revived next session, but the Wets are confident, it is said, as far as this session is concerned. VETERANS INCREASE MINNESOTA’S CHANCES (By United Press) Minneapolis, Oct. 1.—With quar- terbéick Brown in the lineup and the star trio back in ‘thel ine, the Gopher football squad was almost sure to be a winner over the North Dakota un- iversity eleven this afternoon. Coach H. L., Williams and his char- . acteristic dubiousness said but little. He planned to send the Minnesota team into the game prepared to play straight football with but few trick deviations. His bag of pet tricks will not be opened until the Big Tén conference schedule gets under way. Arnold Oss, Earl Martineau and Gillstad were in the back formation, - MEET THURSDAY NIGHT That some definite action may be! started as soon as possible for a suitable celebration of Armistice Day here November 11, a special ‘meeting will be held by the Ralph 'Gracie post of the American Legion | next Thursday evening at 8 o’clock in | the rooms of the Civic and Com-| merce. association. | The post plans to staged a celebra- tion similar to that staged last year, and it is especially urged that ail members of the organization tura out 'for this meeting that arrange- ments may be started at once. The time, and it is expected that sub- committees for each portion of fea- ture entertainment will be appointed at that time. A number of other matters of im- portance are to be taken up at this meeting, and it is requested’ that there be a large attendance. The Most Interesting and One Published Monday. . Make it snappy! ~ But eight days remain in the ALL IMPORTANT first period of The Pioneer’s Salesmanship Club _and Greater Circulation Campaign. Eight ly what it means. Therefore, make is snappy. Quick action is necessary to get in all sub- seriptions promised and yet to be so- licited before the credit schedule goes down, down, down. Read the advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue. Do it right now. Therein will be found a table, showing how rapidly credits count up. There is not a club member in this campaign who is anywhere near sure of his or her position. No one has a much IS SURE: The winner will be among those Club Members who take the most decided advantage of the BIG credits, and make the best rec- ords between now and October 8. Win or Lose Now With the end of the first period but eight days away speed is an im- portant factor. Realization of this is having its effect on those actively engaged in the business of subscrip- tion getting. They all feel that the grand prizes are pratically within their grasp, to be claimed for their own or given up to another member with a little more of the right sort of enthusiasm and energy. | It will depend to a great extent on what is done during the next few days as to who the ultimate winners will be. Every wideawake Club Member HALVORSON-FISHER (0. | GIVESFINE CONCERT days to WIN or LOSQ—that is exact- ; club| (Copyrighny SHORTAGE OF CATTLE -~ |AMERICAN INDUSTRIES HINGE ON WORLD TRADE| ANXIOUS FOR RAILROAD IS THREATENING U. S. Woar Finance Corporation Head Advises Bankers to Extend Aid to Raisers [s (By United Dress) Washington, Oct. 1.—A serious cattle shortage will coniront the United States within a year unless livestock raisers stop the flood of immature cattle now being rushed to the slaughter houses, Eugene Meyer Jr., head of the War Finance Corporation, said today. Meyer has just returned from a tour of the cattle country in the west and the middle west. He said ned bankers that they must xtend adequate financial aid to avoid a breakdown in the cattle in- dustry, which in turn would affs the farmers directly and the public in general. he MINNESOTA GRAIN GROWERS TO MARKET COOPERATIVELY (By United Press) St. Paul, Oct. 1.—Plans for marketing Minnesota’s grain crop on the same basis as the state potato committee appointed to map out a growers market their Crops—Cco-op- program will make its report at this jeratively—will be put into cffect at ugh J. Hughes, state direc- tor of ma , announced today. The plans were worked out over two years by the state department of marketing but heid up pending the attempts of the Committee of Seven- teen to establish a national grain marketing pool. once, H BUT EIGHT MORE DAYS OF IMPORTANT FIRST PERICD IN THE PIONEER’S PRIZE CAMPAIGN of the Most Important Credit Counts Will Take Place This Evening, the Results to Be § should be busy making lists of friends to be sure they will not overlook a single subscription between now and October 8. In nlany cases mcmbgrs Lave been given promises and an in- dication of the length of time cach nd and acquaintance will sub- be for. No further time should be put in waiting, but each case should be followed up with busine like regularity. Fricnds arc almos as active and as intensely interested as the Club Members —themselves. Lvery neighborhood and community will be pulling hard for its favorite to be ahead at the cl for of, the first everyone wlizes that the resul cured during these few days 1 almost conclusively de- cide who the touring car winners will period, decided lead, no one is hopelessly/be. Everyone is becoming aroused beaten, no one can count on possess-|and interest is growing to a white ing the big touring cars. But this p people who have sub- months or a year are xtending their subscriptions to two years in order to help their favorites. Big Count Tonight st interesting, and one of mportant credit counts of lthe entire camvaign wil ltake place this evening, the result to appear in Monday’s Pioncer. Those who HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA OF WIN- NING A BIG PRIZE will do their very best to make substantial gaing in the count this evening. The pub- lic is wutching the standings with a keen and critical eye. The leaders Monday will be given an additional boost from a host of people who;like tto ride along with a winner. Thosc at the bottom of the list will be classed as “also rans” and compelled to work to the limit for every sub- jscription secured, (By United Press) New York, Oct. l.—Recuperation ican industries hinges on the ion of the world’s commer- cial situation and this can be accom- plished only with the re-es lish- ment of German trade, Leopold Zim- merman declared in an interview to- day; zimmerman is scnior partner of the banking firm of Zimmerman & Foshay, who ure hij international factors in handling foreign exchange. He pointed outithat Germany is the central link in tie chain of world commerce, antd . . his point by quoting the old axiom: “A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.” The veteran banker denied the re- ports that Germany has repudiated its present curren “It would mean the end of her, if she did,” he said. RESIDENTS OF GERMANY TAXED ON “EVERYTHING” By Carl D. Groat, (United I'ress Staff Correspondent) Berlin, Oct. 1.—If one lives in Ger- many, he is taxed; if he dies, he is likewise taxed. At least, the city of Frankfurt am Main has hit upon the novel idea of charging a tax upon burials. If one drinks mineral water, is taxed; and if he drinks schnapps he is taxed more. If one plays a piano at home, there is another tax; aud if one wants to hear music in a theatre, there is still another tax. The tax on “enjoyment” has had the effect of closing more than 100 -movie houses here in the past few months, anel has driven ev- ery circus out of Germany, cither to England, France or Holland. The latest wrinkle in taxes is re- ported from Saxony, where a head tax is placed upon pigeons, geese and cats. The tax on geese has caused much objection, for it has struck at the very heart, or rather stomach, of Germany, since roast goose is the Thanksgiving turkey of the Teuton. kewise a great national in- stitution, i avily laden, and the authorities are planning to tax, as well, vinegar, oxygen, coal, wood and advertising posters. Income taxes will run very heavy. The Saxon premier, for instance, has a yearly income of 76,500 marks— less than $1,000 at the present ex- change—and must pay more than a fourth thereof at once in income tax- es. BANKS RESUME REGULAR SATURDAY CLOSING HOUR Bemidji banks today began their regular schedule for closing on Satur- day. During the summer months the banks have been closing at 12 noon on Saturday, but they will now re- main open until the usual closing hour, 3 o’clock. COMMITTEE WOULD CUT DOV PRICE OF COAL (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 1.—Efforts are being made by a commit of the na- tional unemployment conference to force down the price of coal and to prevent higher price when winter in- s the demand. s yet, no definite plan of action has been evolved, but government fig- ures indicate that unless some steps are taken, there will be a coal short- age this winter with famine prices. dag,’' RESIDENTS OF GRYGLA Details of Plan for Financing Construction of Road to Be Taken Up Soon from Bemidji _to 1a last Thursday returned Fri- y morning and repor that much 1 has been aroused in that n connection with the pro- posed railway to connect up their community with the main lines to delegates Duluth and the Twin Cities at Be- i J. J] Opsahl, John Moberg, arter and M. D. - Stoner comprised the delegation. 1t is planned at the meeting held at Grygla to get started on the ini- tinl work in connection with a sur- vey and other legislative matte! the ¢ possible time. The ier of ancing the construction of the road was discussed and several suggestions made on a plan which ap- peared very feasible. The people liv- ing in the district, through which the railroad is planned to pass, are all willing to help in every way they pos- sibly can in the construction. The dets of the plan will be placed be- fore the Civic and Commerce assoc- iation in the near future and further action decided upon. MARTIN COUNTY EDITOR ANSWERS LAST CALL Tairmount, Minn., Oct. 1.—M. J. Aldrich, editor of the Martin County Independent of prominent in Martin county politics, died at his home here Friday. The funcral will be under the charge of his Masonic brothers. NGW AT MINNEAPOLI ;Jordice Wallace, Wh~ Disap- / peared Af' tair, Writes | #unt Jordice Wallace, the fifteen-year- old Bemidji girl, who disappeared right after) the close of the state fair, has been located and is living with Mrs, Glenn Lloyd of Minneap- olis, an old time friend of the family. Jordice was put on the train cousin, Lyle Judkins, and her inten- tions were then to come to Bemidji. Enroute she met a Brainerd woman and daughter, with whom she became acquainted at the fair grounds, and when they reached Brainerd Jordice apparently decided to stop with the woman. he accepted a position as governess in the Brainerd home at 514 Seventh street and there until last Monday. She then decided to go back to Minneapolis and has accepted a posi- tion at the Lloyd home, which enables her to attend school a half day and look after the children the other half. This information has been receiv- ed in a letter from Jordice to her aunt, Mrs. Christie Groff, with whom she has been making her home for vear: Mrs. Groff stated that she will permit Jordice to remain in Min- neapolis for the time being, as she is desirous that everything be done for the child’s | i and welfare. She 4 s i press her ap- preciation to the many “riends who were interested in and who helped her locate Jordice. DAKOTA STOCK RAISERS FORM LOAN CORPORATION B_ir-'lmn'c]\’, Oct. 1.—J. L. Bell, bank- er, is chairman of the advisory com- imitt of North Dakota through which’ loans may be obtained from ‘t!u- Stock Grow ’ Finance corpora- }l‘nn\ by livestock men of the state. i The corporation with capitalization of vas formed following a en’s and packers’ Ib |meeting in C | CONFERENCE TO INCLUDE HOLLAND AND BELGIUM (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 1.—All powers invited to 1h ‘Washington disarmament and far castern con- ference have agreed that Holland and Belgium be represented in the conference when it takes up the far castern questions, it was learned to- day. The state department is now await- ing replies to the suggestion that Portugal, also be adv ed for this phase of the conference. All the powers are expected to agree to this and it is hoped that within two or three days that the invitations can be sent to Holland, Belguim and Portu- gal, TWENTY INJURED WAEN ELEVATED TRAINS CRASH (By Unlted P’ress) Chicago, Oct. 1.—Twenty persons were injured, five seriously, when two elevated trains crashed today on the Oak Park clevated road here. A gpeeding express train crashed into rear of another train. FRANCE IS HARD HIT BY GENERAL DEPRESSION OF BUSINESS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS BAD ALSO Business Experts Agree That F Time and Work to Put rance Is Sound and Needs Only Her on Road to National Pros- perity Enjoyed Before War. Py WEBB MILLER (United Tress Staff Correspondent) Paris, Oct. 1.—In common with most of the world. France is hit seve- rely by general depre n, af bus- i and economic conditions. at usually a 1 barometer of national prosperity- ~the _in_|pm— jon and exportation statistics— shows storm clouds in heavy de- creases in the vital items. But in reading any stati garding Franc ¢conom figures of her terrible war | wonderful reconstructional — effort. must be considered simultancously, To cite only a few-—1,364,000 killed, 4,571,000 devastated, the coal basgin of the These figur nullify the sts upon by economi Against these figure: and 3,420,- 000 cleared and put under cul- tivation, 3,645 factories resumed work out of 4,700 ruined, 8,426 mil rebuilt, 2,292 miles of ra ted ne, to * par s rec On the opposite side of the ledger are the figures of impo) ion and ion. After rising by leaps since -¢, the exports show a marked . As compared with the similar seven months of 1920, exportations decreased in value from fourteen billion francs to twelve bil- lion franes. The mosgt disquicting feature of the statistics is the unprecedented drop of importation of raw materials from fifteen billions of franes to five billions. An encours ng note in the impor- MAR 21 1922 “ | than marfs le land [ s usually relied |, {ations is the great fall in imports of foodstuffs by four and one-quar- ter billions of franes, showing that France apidly regaining her pow- er of feeding herself independently. On the other hand, France has a remarkable record of no unemploy- ment and no labor unrest. Owing to the fact that her great basie ind y is agriculture, France is in a much more favorable position bigg manufacturing nations. al agriculture is in a much bet- he than for years, and the pa- rench peasant Gen g of dgridulture just fl’;& drou, the Viith hg ¥ yield of 16.3 quintals per re also established a record. The immediate result was a reduc- tion in the retail price of bread, which is a far greater staple food- stuff in France than any other coun- try. Another result will be the halt- ing of importations of wheat and heavy payments in depreciated cur- rency. Unheralded in the press, France is passing through the crisis of a silent “huyers’ strike,” As prices steadily mounted, the mass of people gradual- ly stopped buying anything except necessities, It is a hard blow to the stores that had stocked up with mon- ey borrowed from the banks at high rates. Although the storekeepers are stubbornly holding out, trying to get out even, the prices in clothes and (Continued on Page 8) The remained UNIONPACKER ENPLOYEESTO- VOTESATURD Will Decide If Men Prefer Leaving If Recqznition Is Not Granted Al‘ NOT A QUESTION OF WAGES, IT IS STATED Packers Hold that Only Small Percentage Are Represented By the Union (By United Press) Chicago, Oct. 1.—A strike vote of union packer employees will be taken next Saturday, it was learned by the United Press today. The vote will be on whether the men favor leaving their jobs if the union is unable to obtain recognition for the employees. 1t is not a question of wages, it is an~ nounced. Packers declared “open shop” on September 15 when the agreement under which they had been operating, and which was handed down by Fed- oral Judge Alschuler, expired. Ballots were being mailed out se- cretly today from the union head- quarters. Packers hold that only a small percentage of the workers are represented by the dnion. HIGH FREIGHT RATES LEAVE LITTLE PROFIT (By United Press) Fargo, N. D. Oct. 1.—Appropos to the high freight rates and their ef- feet on agricultural profits, the fol- lowing instances have been reported to the state farm bureau, showing net sale after expenses of shipping were deducted: Frank Page, Hamilton, N. D. net- ted 60 cents a piece on five ewes, George. C. Rust, Marion, N. D., met- ted $147.27 on 34,300 pounds of po- totaoes shipped to St. Joseph, Mo., and $181.11 on 86,605 pound care load. D. Sporecher, cashier of New psiz bank reported that a cus- tomer netted only seven dollars a head on five horses shipped to St. Louis. L. A. Stanley, president of the Sargent county farm bureau re- ceived $4.80 on two carolads of baled flax straw shipped to Minneapolis. No commission charged. Mr. Sprecher’s neighbor last fall was asked to pay $30 commission and freight” above selling cost on a car of wild hay. EXPLAINS HOW TO BE i HAPPY THO TEACHING TForward Steps in _American Schools is one of the regular depart- ment headings of the National School Digest, a magazine devoted to the most significant sayings and hap- penings in education in the United States. Under this heading in the September issue appears the follow- ing paragraph describing the work of Miss Emma B. GTant of the Be- midji State Teachers’ College: .“How to be happy though teaching is primary education’s contribution to teacher recruiting. The recipe is by Emma B. Grant of the State Teachers College at Bemidji, Minn- esota. Eight reasons for teaching are given. Note these adjectives,—artis- tic, mystical or symbolic, dramatic, highly intellectual, broadly social. A New York City teacher recruiting leaflet is quoted for service motives, The article eloses: ) “So let us Move among our race And show a glorious face.” morning Bogal AXEL LYON PURCHASES B IDEAL BILLIARD PARLOR Axel Lyon of Two Harbors hag 4 purchased the Ideal Billiard Parlor from M. Crawford, and he took pos session Friday. The establishment will continue to operate under the same name. Mr. Lyon has been in the pool hall business at Two Harbors for the past 10 years and comes here well recommended. He was a resident of e [ that city for 21 years. N. Y. YANKS GIVEN TWO CHANCES FOR PENNANT (By United Press) New York, Oct. 1.—Still, seeking that one necessary victory between t}}em and the American League cham~ pionship, the New York Yanks were to get two chances this afternoon to pass into the world series. Two games were scheduled this afternoon at the Polo grounds when Connie Mack’s team will give the Hugginites a chance to get it all of nothing and end the battle that has had baseball on_its ears for two weeks. Babe Ruth was ready to take his place again in the backfield. He re~ ported to the club yesterday and said that he was fit to play again, / 55¢ PER ME : o