Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 17, 1921, Page 1

The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota : BEMIDJI, MINN., MO! ND. AY EVENING, OCT. 17, 1921 tled weather in er tonight. 65¢ PER MONTH OF CHILDHOOD Interested Audiences Hear Darits A. Brown Deliver Important Message WOULD HAVE CHILDREN’S HOMES OPENED TO NEEDY Declares Nation Has Vital Problems. to Be' Solved- Whether a man or Wwo! connected in any way with t! fraternity or not, 1t was Vi dent from the faces of all at the two meetings addressed by Darius A. Brown on the ¢ vation of childhood that he had earnest attention and interest.) audience was with him from the and continued so, until he had finis| His message was one_that affect.a every home in the nation and there- fore contained a personal message to all who heard him. - For_an hour and a quarter in the afternoon he gave ' his heqrers a great human message, relating the great dangers which are lurking about Tor ruining the boys and girls of the nation, telling of the need of conserv- ing the child life of the nation and pointing out the ethod adopted by the great fraternity, under whose auspices he spoke, to give to the un- fortunate boys and girls, who were deprived of the shelter and instruc- tion of a home, a substitute as nearly as possible perfect, in the develop- ment of every side of the child’s na- ture. “We have capacity in our present Mooseheart for 5,000 children when all the buildings are completed as planned, but our hope is to have a Mooseheart not only in Illinois but one in the South, another in the East, one in the West and another in the North, and our dréam finally is to be able to throw down the bars to the children of the nation and see that not only every child of a departed brother Moose but every needy child in the nation is given an education and .a, trade in. life,” said Mr. Brown, “and by an education we mean the physical, mental, moral and spiritual development of the child. “We_have many vital problems in our nation to solve in the very imme- diate future. Although it is almost (Continued on Page 8) POLICE SEARCHING FOR FAKE HOTEL PROMOTER (By United Press) Minneapolis, Oct. 17.—Minneapolis police today were searching for L. L. Jennings, hotel proprietor, who claims to have been a partner of “Cy Thom- son.” Jennings is wanted to answer for swindling three persons' out of $75. Posing as joint owner of a ho- tel at Austin and also of the famous Oakdale farms, Jennings is said to have interested victims in a proposed hotel at Chateau Thierry. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Kehrman of Minneapolis lost $50 when they ac- cepted jobs from Jennings in the Austin hotel. After a trial they were to be sent to the French resort, Jen- nings promised. He obtained " pos- session of their trunk with $400 in Liberty bonds and a sum of money. These were recovered. Thomas Kon- don of Pierre, S. D.,"gave Jennings $25 for a ticket to Chateau Thierry . and hasn’t been seen since. N CLUB MEMBERS URGED TO SPEED UP MORE IN CREDIT GETTING; ONLY THIRTEEN DAYS LEFT Club Members Are Close in the Standings Published Today, and | | It Is the One Who Works Hardest Now Who Will Ride Away in the Buick Car October 29. If you want to be a winner put a little more speed into the race and get busy. Big results are to be ex- pected this week in The Pioneer’s big salesmanship drive for after Tuesday night, Octpbe 22, lowest credit of the campaign’goes into ef- fect. All the wide-awake club mem- bers are struggling for supremacy, with the realization that the final re- sults depend almost entirely on what is done this next few days. As the last few days of this stu- pendous campaign come in sight the club members are working with might and main for the highest honors that are to be had. Not only will these luxurious grand prizes be awarded the best hustlers, but the fortungte winners will receive the praise and congratulations of all Bemidji and surrounding territory on such a vie- tory. Before Tuesday night, October 22, when the lowest credit schedule of the campaign goes into effect, you can get the winning credits that will make one .of the big prizes yours. Start today with that one thought. KELLIHER WOODSHAN " ILLS SEEF WITH GUN Chris Hovie, about 30 years of age, was found dead in his shack, about five miles northwest of Keiliher Sat- urday forenoon by an employee of the Larson Brothers cedar yards, who went into that vicinity to check up on the cedar which Hovie was cutting; for that company. Unable to find | Hovie at work, he wet to the shack and there found the laborer lying on the floor dead. County Coroner H. N. McKee was summoned at once, and after investi- gating the circumstances surrounding Hovie’s death, pronounced it a case of suicide. Near the body was found a 'single-barrel shotgun and two un- exploded shells which were loaded with bullets. Judging from the posi- tion of the fatal wound, and from the position of the gun and the body on the floor, County Coroner McKee be- lieves that Hovie fat on the edge of the bed, leaned.over the muzzle of the loaded gun and fired the shot which ended his life. The bullet en- tered the center of the man’s chest and went out through his back, slight- *|ly to the left of center. Directly in v at day he commiited the act, al- ‘rehough Mr. McKee judges that. it |returning’ to Bemidji Friday after- line with the wounds, considering that the body was in that position when the shot was fired, was a bullet \ole through the roof of the shack. Hovie had not been seen since last ‘ednesday, and it is not known just must have been done either Thurs- day or Friday. The body was buried at Kelliher. As far as is known, the dead man has no relatives in this country. He was a single man and lived mostly in seclusion. TOUR TO GRYGLA REGION PLANNED FOR THURSDAY Number‘of Cars to Leave Here Thursday Morning, Return Friday Afternoon The trip into the Grygla district and towns northwest of there, which was planned for last Thursday, was postponed until Thursday of this week. On Thursday, October 20, it is planned to have a number of auto loads leave here early in the morning to make the trip into that territory. A number of directors of the Civic and Commerce association have sig- nified their intention to make the trip and others are falling in line. The trip will cover the territory from here to Grygla and thence north- westward through Gatzke to-Roseau and back by way of Thief River Falls, noon. The object of the trip is to make the citizens of Bemidji better ac- quainted with the people and the ter- ritory in that vicinity and to see the developmeit which has already taken place there. It is expected that ten or twelve cars will - make the trip. Anyone who can take the trip is urg- ed to let Miss Leila Stanton, secre- tary of the Civic and Commerce as- sociation know as soon as possible. FOUR BEMIDJI PLAYERS ASRIST HAMLINE ELEVEN Four former football players of the Bemidji high school took part in the Saturday’s game when Ham- line University defeated Macalester by a score of 21 to 0. In the original lin-up, John Sintons played fullback and scored the opening touchdown of the game. As substitute, John Koors replaced Dirks at right tackle, Myron Plum- mer replaced Hoffert at left half, and Walter Higbe replaced H. Kaplan at quarterback. Koors and Higbe were members of the Bemidji state cham- pionship team last year, while both| Simons and Plummer were locally recognized as football material. It’s the final burst of speed that wins in nearly every race. If this is foremost in your mind, work with all your might today, tomorrow, and up to the closing hour of the second pe- riod. This is the way to make sure of success when you have it within your grasp. This is absolutely the last op- portunity to secure big credits. After Tuesday the 25th the credits will be reduced on subscriptions so that a subscription for one year will be worth 800 credits, two years 4,000 instead of 6,000 as it is now. It is possible to over-estimate the importance of these last few days. To some it will mean a glorious vie- tory. To other club members who fail to take advantage of the oppor- tuntiy, it will mean defeat. What are you going to do? You must decide at once and act accordingly. After read- ing this, there is still time for you to secure several more clubs of sub- scriptions and thus increase your credit totals and your chance for exceptionally good |- SOLDIER STUDENTS MAY ORGANIZE FARM COLONY Tentative Plan Calls for Group of 100 to Form Colony in Northern Minnesota Soldier students of the department of agriculture of the University of Minnesota are considering a Nor- thern Minnesota land colonization project recommended to them by Principal D. D. Mayne of the school of agriculture at University Farm, and Charles Bowe, agricultural di- rector for the tenth district under the United States Veterans’ Bureau. The mattey was presented to the veterans at a'formally called meeting in the assembly hall at University Farm. Albert Determen, represent- ing the college of agriculture; Knute Lothberg, representing the school of agriculture; Oscar J. Jacobson, repre- senting the ‘“vestibule” school, and Kenneth Law and -George Carlson, representatives at large, were named as a committee to investigate the proposition. Principal Mayne told the men that the tentative plan was for a group of 100 to form a co-operative land association with stock of $60,000. Half of this stock, he_said, coulll be* taken up in six months from savings from the allowances paid the men by the government. The plan calls for the colonization of at least a township of land. Sev- eral cut-over districts have already been surveyed, and one, which has a railroad and a magnificent lake has been gone over thoroughly and will probably be selected. The land, says Principal Mayne, can be bought for a few dollars an acre. The project also contemplates the organization of a city fdrm of government when the colony has 500 population, with the operation of co-operatively owned | stores and other business under-| takings. TORRANCE TO ASSIST IN COURT AT BAGLEY County Attorney Graham M. Tor- rance leaves Tuesday morning for! Bagley, where he goes to assist Coun-| ty Attorney William McClennon in the prosecution of George Quinn, who is charged with murder. Mr. Torrance is acting as special assistant attorney general, having been appointed as such by the attor- ney general of the state. The Bagley term of court, which opens Tuesday, will be presided over bdy Judge B. F. Wright of Park Rap- ids. FINAL INSPECTION OF 'STREETS IS DUE SOON The third and final trip of |the judges selected by the Woman’s Civic and Community to decide upon which street or avenue has made the great- est improvement in appearance dur- ing the summer, will be made in a day or so. Upon this inspection will depend where the cup, donated last year to Irvine avenue, will go this year. The judges have found in their previous trips that the down town streets and alleys, also most of the down town vacant lots-were in good condition, but that a number of va- cant lots in the residence district had not been kept up as well as they might have been. Some backyards in the residence district were untidy al- so. It is urged that these conditions be bettered before the final trip, as they may be the means of depriving the residents of a street the posses- sion of the cup. OPEN SESSIONS HERETHURSDAY Prcgrg;'n at Armory Thursday| Nigl;t ' Opens. Three-Day Divigion Convention g | SECTIONAL MEETINGS i WILL BE HELD FRIDAY| Interesting and Instructive| Programs Arranged for Numerous Sessions | The first convention of the Nor- thern Division of the Minnesota Ed- ucatibn association is to open here Thursday evening at 8 o’clock with an appropriate program at the new Thé main sessions of the three-day, convention are to be held in the armory, while the other meet- ings ‘will be held at the State Teach- ers college ‘and Mayor A. V. Garlock is scheduled to give the address of welcome, and J. A. Cogswell of Bagley will give the response. Following addresses by Miss Theda Gildemeister of Winona and Rev. Bishop Bennett of Duluth, a reception will be given the teach- ers by the Women’s Civic and Com- munity . club and the Women’s Study Friday’s session will begin with sectional meetings. Rural and con- solidated school instructors are to meet at the armory at 9 a.m., ele- mentary teachers at the State Teach- ers college, junior and senior high school teachers at the Methodist church, and school boards at the State Teachers college. An interesting and instructive program danged for. each sec and it is expected that cach will be largely attended. The afternoon session will begin at 2 o'cock at,the new armory, and for this an instructive program with sev- eral musical numbers has been ar- ranged. The evening program will be- gin at 8 o’clock. This, will also be held at the new armory. Saturday forenoon’s meeting js. o’clock, and will " con. entertainment features. The city schools and the Teachers college are to be in se Thursday and the visiting teachers will be welcome at any of the ses- ions. A special assembly program will be held at the teachers college at 10 o'clock Thursday forenoon. A buffet luncheon will be given Friday night after the conclusion of the program at the armor Civic and Commerce a the men teachers tending the convention. AGED RESIDENT OF SUGAR BUSH TOWNSHIP DIES HERE William J. Hutchins of Sugar Bush al Saturday morning at ars. Arthur Hutchin in the city|® D the age of 71 ye: of Brookston, Minn., Saturday and made shipping the remains to Crow Wing Local made by M. E. Iber brother, one daughter. at the Methodist been ar- onal meeting 1 gin at 9 largely of State instructors at- away at St. An- ngements for ngements were on, undertaker. leaves, besides his EIDI MUSICAL ART "CLUB WELL UNDER WAY First Formal Program Was Held Frfiday ‘Afternoon; Miembership Not Limited il The Bemidji Musical Art 'club made its debut with its first formal program Friday afternoon at the Civic and Commerce association rooms. The forming of this club fills a long-felt want in club_circles and indicates a step forward in the prog- ress of the citi tizens of Bemidji to- ward greater culture and education. This club aims to stimulate gen- eral interest in music, to encourage - the development of talent in the com- munity and eventually to draw arti of nole to Bemidji as a musical cen- ter. . As a starting point, the organiza- ion has decided upon American mu- ic as its course of study this year, and the program Friday was the first step in this field. Miss Bartha Fibigar, instructor of music in the public schools, read an interesting paper on' ‘“Native Music, Indian and .Negro,” and told of the progress being made in America to discover, harmonize and preserve In- dian tribal songs and Negro melodies. Twa songs by the high school gir glee club followed th ercading of this paper and appropriately illustrated American Indian music. “The Land of the Sky Blue Water,” by Cadman, and “The Rose” by Licurance, were the selections given by the glee club. They were ar cally performed and received with enthusiasm, At the business session, Miss Leila Stanton® read the constitution and by-laws drawn up by the committee appointed for that purpose. These were adopted by the club without any changes. The Bemidji Musical Art club wishes to announce that membership is unlimited and that a large mem- bership is d ble in order to pro- mote a greater interest in music. An- nual fees have been set at $1 for adults and 50 cents for students. Meetings will be held twice each month, and at 4 o’clock to enable teachers and students to attend, !YOUTHFUL BANDITS GET $30,000 WORTH OF JEWELRY (By United P Des Moines, Towa, Oct. youthful bandits held up Simon Kam- er, jeweler, in his store today and caped with $30,000 worth of loot. STATE PARDON BOARD REVIEWS NELSON CASE .St. Paul, Oct. 17.—The state par- don board today was to consider the application for pardon of Andrew G. Nelson of Alexandria, who is now serving a 20-year sentence at Still- water for manslaughter. i Nelson is a son-in-law of United | States Senator Knute Nelson. He was sent to prison following conviction on a charge of killing Joseph Middleton during a quarrel on a farm near Alexandria. His sen- tence was affirmed by the state su- preme court. Another important case scheduled to be heard by the pardon board to- day was the application for pardon of Clarence Hines, a business man of by, Minn., also convicted and tenced on a charge of manslatgh- ter. Hines killed a child with his auto- mobile accidentally. 'Businesn men of Canby tendered Hines a banquet before he left for prison. He went to Stillwater volun- tarily and alone. one of the bigger and better prizcs‘ that will make you the winner or; i send you down to defeat. RE -WAI ¢ PRICE [ |ican For "|REDUCED RAIL RATES INTEREST LEGIONAIRES For the national convention of the American Legion to be held at Kan- sas City October 31 and November 1 and 2, railroads in Minnesota have announced a one-cent per mile rate to and from the convention city. This authorization to passenger agents throughout the state is along similar lines as the authorization just re- ceived by J. J. Pearce, local agent for the Soo Line and the M, & L. This one-cent rate will be given on identification certificates to' be good in coaches or sleepers upon payment of sleeping car charg The identification certificates may be secured by any member in good standing of the American Legion, through the local post. Requests are to be sent in to state headquarters by the local post not less than one week prior to the convention. A number of the members of the Bemidji post are planning to take ad- vantage of the reduced fare and at- tend the national meeting. Likewise, it is expected that the reduced rate will attract thousands of Legionaires who otherwise might not attend. MOOSE LODGE TO HOLD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT The regular meeting of the_Moose Lodge will be held Tuesday night at the regular hour. Considerable busi- ness of importance will be tal_(cn up, including the special dispensation un- der which the lodge is now working. Also the proposed plans for the new hall will be shown and discussed. It is urged that every member who can do so be present. PLANNING CAMPAIGN TO SELL FARM MORTGAGES National Effort Will Be Made to Secure Investors to Relieve Farmers [ (By United I'r St. Paul, Oct. 17.—A national cam- paign to bring investors into the farm mortgage market will be launched in 46 states by the American Farm Bu- reau Federation, according jto word received by the Minnesota branch of the organization. The Minnesota bureau requested American Federation to stage uch+a campaign, particularly to ve- lieve farmers of the Northwest, whose mortgages are coming due and who are finding serious difficulty in re- funding the obligation. James R. Howard, president of the National Iederation, in a letter {o the Minnesotd Federation, said ut- most support would be given the far- mers in the national effort to secure funds of private investors for the re- newal and extension of farm mort- gages, “Farm securities are the best in_the world,”’ he said. . G. Quamme, president of the St. Paul FFederal Land bank, has secur a statement anezlyzing farm credit conditions in the Northwest, which will be presented to leading invest- ment hous of the East in an at- tempt to ure co-operation in se- curing liberal investments in farm mortgage securities. “The investing public ean perform a national service by co-operating in the campaign,” Quamme said. “Very few farmers ha any mar- gin of profit and the farmer must renew his mortgage for a term of years if he is going to proceed,” said Quamwyie, SHOW UNDER WAY TODAY (By United Press) Minneapolis, Oct. 17.—The first educationl pure food show in Min- neapolis was under way here today with the Minneapolis Journal and Minneapolis food dealers co-operat- ing. 1t will continue all week at Ken- wood armory. Report Made Public Today By (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 17.—~“The Shan- tung award,”’ made famous since the cace conference and sure to come sr o big part of the discussion limitation of arms conference hington in November, is be- ing reforested. This activitiy is set forth in a re- pert made public today hy the Amer- ry association, which has just received from Dean John Reis- ner a statement on forestry progress in China. Reisned is dean of the Col- lege of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Nankin. His report says that following the third flood disaster of the year in the Anhwei province three great rail- roads of the flooded provinces have taken up reforestation as a means of saving themselves and for pro- viding market for the future. “Devastation in the Anwhei prov- ince, says Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Forsetry Association in giving out the report ‘of Dean Reisner, “may be under- stood when we consider that the CHINA HAS ACTIVE PROGRAM OF REFORESTING VAST FLOODED AREAS TO SAVE HER PEOPLE GOVERNMENT 10 KEEP ROADS IN RUNNINGORDER This Was Definite Assurance Given By High Officials at Washington i HAYS DECLARES MAILS WILL BE KEPT MOVING Meeting of Railroad Union Heads Postponed Today Until Wednesday . Washington, Oct. 17.—The i:edernl government will keep the railroads in operation. . This was a definite assurance that came today from high administrative officials after President Harding and other government officials resumed negotiations to avert a nation-wide strike. The feeling prevails in ofl‘ici_nl Washington that the strikeAcull will not materialize on an extensive scale, but at the same time the government realizes that the transportation lines must be kept in operation whatever happens. The federal government has as yet framed no program of action. Wheth- er the government would seize the roads in case of the strike call is not rescinded and the walkout begins, no prominent official would say. Moves to prevent a nation-wide strike, and preparations to meet it, if it materializes, were made today. With rance from high officials that the railroads would be kept run- ning, Harding has considered the call- }ing of a conference of railroad men and exccutives to avert the strike. When union leaders in Cleveland were informed of the conference plan they said they would answer the call to attend if President Harding sent it out. At the same time from the head- quarters in Chicago and Cleveland the railroad men went ahead with strike preparations, such as sending out for a formal call for a walkout beginning October 30. Throughout. the country . mayors and governors were preparing’ for measures to prevent any shortage of (Continued on Page 8) NOT BEING A SOLOMON, JUDGE DISMISSES CASE Judge J. TF. Gibbons needed the wisdom of Solomon in a recent case which came before him fon settle- ment. The case was one of Lambert vs. Lambert, or, in other words, Mrs. Lambert was asking Mr. Lambert, a resident of the Red Lake Indian reser- vation, for support. Mrs. Lambert was formerly Mary Merselt. She has a daughter, Christine Mer- selt, who, according to the story of her mother, was supposed to marry Lambert. A license was secured for this purpose, but for some reason not explained to the court, Mary beat her ighter Christine to it and married Lambert herself. Lambert wag then alleged to have married the daugh- ter a few days afterwards, Other evidence also brought out the fact that Lambert really wanted to live with an Indian woman. Mary was to get out, which she did. Evi- dence did not show how the daughter fared. The older Merselt brought ac- tion against Lambert for support. The judge decided it was too much for him and dismissed the case. American Forestry Association Shows that China Is Fast Reforesting; Big Development Has Been in Shantung Province, ST flooded area is twice the area of Mas< sachusetts, or about 15,000 square miles. The population of the Bay State is around four million people, which is a million and a half less than the sufferers in the flooded areas, The deforested condition of China is the cause not only of the floods buf of most of her famines in that coune try.” “The big development,” says Dean Reisner’s statement, “has been in Shantung. This work was organized by Mr. Lin of the Forestry Depart« ment _of the College of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Nankin, an American missionary in- stitution, which loaned him for the work. . “A forest service has been estabe lished, with a chief forester and elev- en assistants., The first planting sea- son saw the organization of three forestry stations, the establishment of three nurseries, with plans for two more for the following season, over 55,000 trees planted on 2,000 (Continued on Page S) decided the best thing for her to do-