Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 6, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji n’d has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota . . - ‘i"‘ Minnesota — Probabl st tonight. rain to« wight and Friday, cooler in north VOLUME XIX. NO. 144 " BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 6, 1921 55c PER MONTH NEW YORK YANKEES CAPTURE SECOND Plans for Changing Me_tbod of Tax Levy.for Next Year WOULD CHANGE HOLD THIS FIRST STEP - IN LOWERING TAX RATE Believe' Satig&actory'- Method Can Be Adopted. If Legal to Amend Charter A meeting of the city tax com- mittee,which is composed of ghe members of the various tax levying bodies of the-city and;the tax com- mittee -of the Civie; and Commerce association, was held in the associa- tion rooms last night to take up mat- ters pertaining to the levying of tax- es i i e city. P o0 far-ds the tax levy for this year is concerned, it was felt that little can be done, but plans were discussed -for the changing of the methods -of tax levying next year. It was decided that the method of assessment and tax levying must be changed before a satisfactory re- sult will be obtained, and the matter of having the city charter amended to permit of the changing.of the method of assessment was considered the first step to be taken to make the change. g Members of the committee believe that if the plan they wish to adopt can. legally be used, a satisfactory method of assessment can be arrived at, which will make the taxes equit- able for all citizens. It has been felt for a long time that it”was not sufficient to have an assessor make the assessment in the short period of time allotted to, him in-the-spring-amd-with flfis‘in’iflifxd} it wasssuggested that a tax commis- sion might be formed which would be a permanent body, and they in turn would appoint the assessor who also would be a permanent official. In this way efficient” work in as- . sessing would be assured and un- dougtedly the budget would be very carefully prepared. If some such as- sessment body can be formed,-which will have legal status,;it undoubted- y will, in a large measure, solve the present unsatisfactory method of a - yearly change in assessors and then requiring the work to be done in a few “weeks. PRODUCE COMPANY WILL BUY‘ OR STORE POTATOES ':{‘ho Bemidji Produce company of which Otto Shook is manager, an- nounces that it will purchase pota- toes, onions and other vegetables, clover seed, hay and poultry, and will also store potatoes if the owner wants to hold them for higher prices. The company claims to have the best potato storage™in the northern part of the state. The building is frost proof and practically fireproof 'It will bg equipped with labor sav- ing machinery, with competent men room are asked to make their reser- vations at once, since the space is in charge. Those who want storage being taken up rapidly. Those who store their produce thete :are not obligated in any way to sell to this company. SENATE’'S TAX SNARL PLACED BEFORE HARDING Washington, Oct. 6,—The senate’s tax snarl was placed directly before President Harding today by Senator Lodge. In an hour's conference, Lodge is understood to have indi- cated that some action .by Harding may be necessary to prevent coalition of the Democrat and Republican in- surgents to fight the tax bill which the administration believes is vital. EVEN KU KLUX KLAN WANTS VISIT FROM MARSHAL FOCH Paris, Oct. 6.—Marshall Foch has been overwhelmed with invitations to visit American cities while in the United States next month. His sec- retary was in despair. He even got an invitation from the Ku Klux Klan. #Klan, e WGHMEN VOTERS’ LEAGUE MEETS FRIDAY EVENING v The League of Women Voters has planned an interesting meeting to be held Friday evening at 8 o’clock at the Civic and Commerce association rooms. Mrs. Albee Ladd, a speaker from the East of natiynal reputation, will address the meeting on “The League at Work.” There will be several musical num- bers also, consisting of vocal solos, _a violin solo by Miss ‘Grace Currie, ‘and a piano selection by Miss Ragn- hild Moe. It is desired that there be a large attendance and all are wel- come. 2 | ASSOCIATION ENJOYS * INTERESTING SESSION President Barker Announces Teour to Grygla District Next Thursday A nuniber of special features made fthe meeting of the Civic and Com- merce association Wednesday noon an interesting one. While lunch was number of selections on the piano. which were much enjoyed. Rev. Will- iam Elliott, pastor of St. Bartholo- mew’s church, gave a splendid ad- dg. s. After a number of witty stor- % vhich greatly amused the mem- % f the association, he dwelt upon % al worth-while essentials in the " a truly successful business an’s success cannot be meas- gether by what he is able to ' ‘¢ in money. There is a ¢ standard for a man to 27 to and he must measure standard to be at his - stated. A. A. Richardson presented some very interesting charts showing the large amount of publicity which the community received through the pic- tues and news stories used by the various papers in connection with the land clearing campaign. President E. A. Barker reviewed the matters taken up at the meeting of the board of directors Tuesday. ‘W. M. Everts was selected to at- tend' the peat demonstration to he held at Corona today, as the delegale from the association. By misunder- standing the demonstration was re- ported to have been held yesterday, hbut advice was received that the meeting was scheduled for Thursday. County Commissioner Lennon will also attend as representative from the board of county commissioners. President Barker announced that a large party would be_made up to 2o to, the Grygla district next Thurs- day. in order to become fully in- formed regarding the territory th_rough which the proposed railway will pass, and also to better become zultural possibilities and development of that section which is so persist- ently asking for connection with Be- FEDERATED CLUBWOMEN STAGING BIG PAGEANT (By United Press) Fargo, N. D,, Oct. .—“To see themselves as others see them” is the object of the pageant the federated clubwomen of North Dakota gave this afternoon at the Agricultural col- lege in honor of their silver jubilee. .The nfianj depicted the progress of the federation and its accomplish- ments. ) Following the pageant, a reception was tol be held in compliment to Dr. Clouter, new president of the Agri- cultural college and- his wife, Dean and Mrs. E. S. Keane, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Arvold, and Dean and Mirs. C. B. Waldron, all college attaches. BRITISH FORMULATING POLICIES FOR PARLEY (By United- Press) London, Oct. 6.—The British cabi- net met today to formulate British pol;cxes regarding the proposed limi- tation of armament conference at ‘Washington. . The proposals of the British dele- gates, agenda prepared tentatively for Washington and the policies the British delegates will follow were among the problems considered by Lloyd George and his ministers. i I ONLY TWO SALESMANSHIP Prizes October 29. Now is the time when work counts the most in The Pioneer’s grand prize salesmanship campaign. And now is the timé when you can win or lose. Credits are given on subscriptions in larger numbers TOMORROW and SATURDAY than will ever-be given again, and bear in mind that at no time during the balance of the cam- paign will you receive as many cred- right NOW ‘ There is «lso a greater opportunity to make your work win for you right now than there will be after Satur- day night, when the first period of the campaign closes. Are you taking advantage of the last days of the big credits? Are you really ‘making the few; remaining days-of big credits on subscriptions lhelp you to accumulate a reserve that will win for you? If not, then YOU’VE GOT TO BEGIN TO DO SO WITHOUT DELAY! It is the workers that do th ebest work, this, the last week of the first I period, that will stand the betterl being served, Mrs. Dot. Van' played a | jts for the subscriptions as you do|s ul & lll|fifi l[}!mu Capyright) e LAY THERE - THEYRE A 400D ARGUMENT IN 7 /| TAVOR OF LIMITED Tidying Up LU JUST (EAVEEM ARMAMENT it l GAME WHAT'LL 100 wm}' THESE MEMORANPUMS SAMUEL 2 NORTHERN BELTRAMI WANTS COUNTY AGENT Commissioners. Vote $500 To- ward Agent’s Salary; North End Must Raise $1,000 The board of directors of the farm bureau held a meeting on Tuesday lacquainted with the general _agri- | afternoon,- at- whieh = a. . delegation from the northern portion of Bel- trami county appeared to ask for the afi:pointment of a county agent for the northern part of the county. The delegation consisted of Helic Clem- entson of Clementson, N. G. Johnson of Pitt, and Thomas Siind of Roose- velt. They requested the board of di- |rectors of the farm bureau to go before the county board of Commis- sioners and ask for an appropriation for a county agent for Northern Bel- trami county. This was done and an appropriation of $500 was voted for the purpose. Assistant County Agent Leader, S. B. Clelland, stated that he would promise an additional appropriation from the state of $500, provided that the farmers of the northern end of the county collect $1,000 in dues from the 450 members of the bureau in"that community. It is expected that the proposi- tion will be put across and that a county agent will be supplied for the farmers in the north end o fthe coun- ty. If this be done the work of D. C. Dvoracek will be much more effective as he will have only that portion south of the Red Lakes to look after. It will give him much more time to spend in this end of the county. The headquarters of the county agent in the north end would be Baudette, if one is named. JAPANESF} EMPEROR’S HEALTH UNFAVORABLE Tokio, Japan, Oct. 6.—The imperi- al household issued a bulletin today declaring the condition of the em- peror’s health was unfavorable. A A A MORE DAYS IN FIRST PERIOD OF CLUB TO GET BIG CREDITS It Is the Worker Who Does the Best Work in the Next Two Daysi Who Will Stand the Better Chance to Win One of the Bigl chance of walking away with ‘the best prizes for this is thg week of weeks, Whether you will be one of the fortunate winners of! the big iprizes will be determined greatly by what effort you put forth today an tomorrow. Make the hours from now until Saturday night reap a golden harves! for you. Fill every possible momen with good hard work for the sub- i s, and if you have any sub- romised be sure to go to them today, RIGHT NOW, and ex- plain to them that after Saturday the credits will be less on the subscrip- tions, and in order to win you must have that subscription today. Get every subseription you possibly can. Use every resource you have to swell your total of credits. Make your work not only as good as that of your rivals, but better. Get the one and the two-year subscriptions, and do not take any short time subscrip- tions excent as a last resort. WORK WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT NOW when good work counts the most—and you will win, in the southern portion of the county | POLICE CHIEF ON STAND IN KABER MURDER CASE (By United Press) Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 6.—Police Chjef Christensen of Lakewood took the stand as one of the principal ac- cusing witnesses against Marion Mc Ardel in the Smith College girl’s trial on a murder charge today. Through Christensen’s testimony, Prosecuting Attorney Stanton hopes | to establish ‘;%lAay Marion played the piano to drown the noise while as- sassins murdered Dan Kaber, her step-father, and that Marion not only knew of the plot for which her moth- er had been sent to prison, but as- sisted in it.” Henry Kenff was expected to give testimony concerning a statement alleged to have been made to him while Miss McArdel was in jail in New York. FOOD PRICES IN EAST LAID TO FREIGHT RATES Officials *Believe East Must Feed liself More and Not Depend on West By David L. Blumenfeld, (Unitéd Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Oct. 6.—The problem of forcing lower food prices in the east is now being considered by ex- perts of the Department of Agricul- ture, it was learned today. One cause ) of present high food prices in the east is high freight rates, which apparently cannot be fogced 1o pre-war levels for some time, officials said. Their solution is that the east must strive to feed itself more and not depend so much on shipments from the west. A subsidy for eastern farms in or- der to encourage farm production has been suggested and is being consider- ed, but considerable objection has )bcen raised to it. Some plan may be Isuggested to congress. Officials said it is cheaper to send a barrel of apples from Seattle to London via the Panama Canal, than by rail to New York.. Meat and cereals can be shipped from the Ar- gentine cheaper than from the Dako- tas to the eastern towns. B “The west and south cannot afford to produce enough for the stomachs | of the big eastern towns, with freight rates at their present altitude,” one official said. /o For some time, it was said, the de- ipartment had been considering the question of the east feeding the east. “The ecast fed herself before the % « | erself again after the great war,” it come in a moment,” sald one official. |“Months of preparation conferences | between states and legiclatures must come before any definite and final plans are reached, but, unless the freight charges drop back to normal in the mear future, which is practical- ly impossible, there will be nothing left to save the situation but subsidy for the food producing elements of the cast, in order that the big towns of the manufacturing districts of the country may buy their foodstuffs at something approaching a pre-war rate.” The Given Hardware company will serve hot biscuits, baked at the store, during a stove demonstration, to all who visit the store tomorrow from 2 ilu 5 o'clock. 1 war—the east will have to feed | s said. | “General subsidy of farms cannot | i LAND HERE NEXT YEAR Land Clearing Association Plans Further Aid for Those Clearing Land — A meeting of the executives of the Beltrami County Land Clearing ssociation was held yesterday, with | Messrs. Carter; Lennon, - Tweeten Warfield, Dvoracek and Stone being | present. L] N The matter of encouraging the organization of land clearing com- panies to do land clearing for the farmers was one of the important projects discussed. The idea is that of having land clearing companies | formed” which will be in a position Ito clear land for the farmers econo- mically and efficiently. It is under- stood that. there are some local men lphmning: on organizing such com- panies and going into the land clear- ing work. It also discussed a method of helping farmers finance land clear- |ing next year. It is planned to exhibit a display of the products raised this year from land which was cleared and cultivated this year, at the International Potato Show to be held in Duluth October 26 to 28, and at the Minnesota Crop Improvement Show at Minneapolis in December, A. A. Richardson presentel a chart showing the extensive publicity ob- tained during the summer through the pictures and news which were run in foreign perio on Beltrami county land clearing. The chart showed that the items were read by a tremendous number of peo-| ple, taking into consideration the circulation of the various papers in !which the articles appeared St. Paul, Oct. 6.—Sam Guerin was to be given a preliminary hearing here today on a charge of murdering Charles Marcelli. Guerin is alleged to have shot Mar- celli during a quarrgl in the latter’s saloon, September 5. . i e Much Interest. Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series of articles on the many aspects of the forthcom- ing Washington conference on limitation of armaments (and problems of the Pacific and the Far East, which the United Press is preparing before the ening of the parley. article today deals with pre- attempts to res ment among the powers limitation of armaments. ‘ By A. L. Bradford (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Oct. 6.—What will the Washington Disarmament Con- ference accomplish? With the hopes of peoples every- where for some action, to limit and reduce the staggering burdens of war preparations gratified by President Harding’s call for the Washington Conference, these same peoples, now are anxiously waiting an answer to the question of what relief will come from this great international gath- ering., | OF WORLD SERIES T0D. BOTH TEAMS CONFIDENT BEFORE TODAY’S BATTLE Weather and ~ Slightly Warmer for Second Game of Series Today [ Fair (By United Press) New York, Oct. 6.—“There are some more games,” said the Giants. “Winning five games is almost al week’s work,” quoted the Yanks. The | Yanks were cocky, from Babe Ruth down to little Banjo Rennett. They 'all felt the title within their grasp, | following their 3 to 0 victory in the first game of the world’s series. | Forty thousand, a full house, was| expected for the second game this afternoon. Waite Hoyt, the pink- faced Brooklyn high school boy,.was ready to pitch for the Yanks, while Art Nehf, the Purdue southpaw, was waiting for a call from McGraw. After their victory yesterday in the opener, the Yanks jumped from an even money choice to 10 to 7 today. {The fans showed by their attitude lyesterday that the big town was with the Yanks. The Giants were badly whipped yesterday, but they did not have a “hang-over” this morning. “Hand it to the Yanks, they play- ed our game and beat us at it. But it is only the first game. We look pretty good ourselves,” McGraw said. “We all like to get the first game The boys are feeling fine and Mays figures he could pitch every day. That is the spirit of the whole club, but the series has hardly started,” Man- ager Huggins said. (By United Press) | New York, Oct. 6.—Here is the way the two opposing managers felt SECOND BATTLE OF BIG SERIES N. Y. Yankees Duplicate First Game and Win.'A‘.xnin Today, 3 to 0 . YANKS START SCORING IN FOURTH INNING Hoyt and Schang Open Game for Yankees, With Nehf and Smith for Giants I * ¢ B Polo Grounds, N. Y., Oct. 6.—New York’s Yankees won the second game of the world’s series this afternoon by duplicating yesterday’s score of 3 to 0 over the New York Giants. The Americans were early favorites for today’s battle and the odds are still in favor of Hugging' team. The Yankees opened the scoring in the fourth inning and in the eighth brought in two more runs. Hoyt and Schang formed the bat- tery for the Yanks, while Nehf and Smith opened the game for the Na- tionals. A brief account of each in- ning’s play follows: First Inning Giants: Burns fanned. Bancroft out, Hoyt to Pipp. Frisch out, Ward to Pipp. No runs, no hits, ho _errors. Yankees: Miller walked. Peckin- today: John McGraw, manager of the Giants: “We will get them today. Mays is good, but he can’t pitch ev- we can play Frankie ery day, but Frisch all_the time.” Miller Huggins, Yanks: to star against them today. way Mays did. now.” (By United Press) New York, Oct. 6.—The weather manager of the “I knew we would do it. We have Waite Hoyt and Bob Shawkey They will turn the Giants back for us the I am sure we will win was fair and slightly warmer this morning for the second game of the world’s series, At 8 o’clock a. m. there was not a cloud in the sky. The high wind yesterday had diminished to Rawlings. Schang left at bat. No paugh sacrificed. Ruth walked on four straight balls. R. Meusel lined into a double play. No runs, no hits, one error. Error was marked up against Smith when he muffed ‘Miller's high foul. Second Inning Giantsy Young out to Pipp unas- sisted. Kelly fanned. E. Meusel out | to Pipp, unassisted. No runs, no hits, no_errors. > Yankees: Pipp walked. Ward out, Bancroft to Kelly. McNally drove a grounder to Frisch, who tagged Pipp out between second and third on a fast play. McNally out stealing, Smith runs, no hits, no errors. Third Inning to a moderate breeze. CO-OPERATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEM 1S PROPOSED There will be a me retail grocers and provision system in the ¢ or provision me ning. BLACK AND TAN FORCES CHARGED WITH RIOTING (By United Pross) Cork, Ir Tan for inhabitants of Dunman Way to h: caused terror in night. Volleys were streets, hous poured destroyed, s cording to eye-witnesses. UNITED STATES ALOOF FROM DISARMAMENT ACTION AT THE FIRST HAGUE CONFERENCE Attempt to Disarm Nations Was First Made By Czar of Russia in 1899—Outcome of Coming Parley to Be Watched With ting of the mer- chants tonight in the Civic and Com- ssociation rooms at 8 o’clock » purpose of discussing the or- ng of a co-operative delivery Ally groeeryman ant who is inter- ested in the forming of a delivery m of this kind is asked to be opresented at the meeting this eve- sland, Oct. 6.—Black and s, many of them said to have been drunk, were alleged by the| ave | that village last down_the civilians | maltreated and one man killed, ac- The firing ‘slurtml carly in the evening. Delegates and advisers of the con- ference now are studying previous attempts to reach somec agreement among the nations of the world for a limitation of armaments. The Washington Conference is not an original attempt to effect a limi- tation of armament, except insofar as armament limitation in this con- ference is to be linked with discus- sions to settle outstanding problems in the Pacific and Far East, now held to be the main contributing causes of the feverish race in arma- ment competition. The first attempt, initiated by the Czar of Russia, was made in the First International Peace Conference at the Hague in 1899, and the next principal effort toward this high end, sponsored by the United States gov- ernment, was at the second Hague hits, no errors, forced Young. E. Meusel forced Kel~ ly, Ward to Peckinpaugh. Rawlings out, Ward to Pipp. No runs, no hits, no errors. FAVORS CONSOLIDATION ° will be asked to order the country’s railroads to consoliGate into a few systems if they will not voluntarily merge under the plan being worked oqt by the interstate commerce com~ Giants: Rawlings singled to left. Smith popped out to Peckinpaugh. Nehf fanned. Burns forced, Rawlings to Peckinpaugh unassisted. No runs, tone hit, no errors. Yankees: Schang popped to Ban- croft. Hoyt singled. Miller flied to Burns. Peckinpaugh walked. Ruth walked, filling the bases. R. Meusel popped out to Baneroft. No runs, one hit, no errors. Fourth Inning Giants: Bancroft fanned. Frisch out, Peckinjaugh to Pipp. Young out, McNally to Pipp. No runs, no hits, no_errors, Yankees: Pipp flied to Young. Ward singled to right. Ward reached second and McNally was safe at first yvhcn Nehf threw wild to second try- ing to force an out. Schang walked, filling bases. Hoyt out, Rawlins to Kelly, Ward scoring. McNally was out trying for the plate, Kelly to Smith. One run, one hit, one error. Fifth Inning Giants: Kelly out, Schang to Pipp. | E. Meusel walked. Rawlings flied to R. Meusel, E. Mcusel holding first Smith flied to Miller, No runs, no hits, no errors. Yankees: Miller out, Frisch to Kel- ly. Peckinpaugh out, Bancroft to Kelly. Ruth walked on four straight balls. R. Meusel at bat, Ruth stole second and then stole third. Meusel out, Baneroft to Kelly. No runs, no hits, no errors. Sixth Inning Giants: Nehf walked. Burns popped to Ward. Bancroft out, Hoyt to Pipp. Nehf on second. Frisch out to Pipp unassisted. No runs, no hits, no er« rors. Yankees: Pipp out, Nehf to Kelly, Ward out to Kelly, unassisted. Me Nally popped to Frisch, No runs, no Seventh Inning Giants: Young walked. Kelly Yankees: Schang flied to Y (Continued gn lgag'eo.'i) FREL OF RAILROAD SYSTEMS Washington, Oct.. 8.—“Congress Peace Conference in 1907. Both attempts failed, it is shown in the official records of these con- ferences in the archives of the Stat The net results Department here. (Continued on Page 8) mission,” Senator Cummins of Iowa said today. “It is obvious we can never have the proper system for railroad regu- lations until we have consolidated into few compact systems,” Cuma+ mins said.