Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 19, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer is the only dally within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota N -— OLUME XIX. NO. 155 BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESD AY EVENING, STATEHIGHWAY TRAFFIC SHOWS BIG INCREASE ~-rie” | | Plans for the Armistice Day ce]c»‘ : | bration here on November 11 are pro- Travel Is One-Fourth Greater | gressing favorably, according to the !reports ‘made hy the various com- | mittce chairmen in session Tuesday Than in 1920, and Triple | : evening to compare notes on what That of 1916 | has already been accomplished. Each of the several committees is hard at work endeavoring to make lits portion of the program the fea- ) AVERAGE DAILY TRAVEL - | ture .attraction of the day. Those NEAR HERE lNCREAS[NGI present at the meeting Tuesday eve- | ning were; N. E. Given, J. J. Pearce, !Joe Record, Fred Fraser, R. B. Ly- Babceck Announces Results of [can, D. J. Moore, T. C. Bailey, Dar- icy McGee, H. L. Huffman, Don Whit- | man, general chairman, C. L. Pege- low and E. A. Barker. Each reported | progri in his own particular part iof the celebration program, and the indications are that this year’s cel PROGRESSING RAPIDLY 1Hends of Various Committees Working to Make Every Feature a Success [ARMISTICE DAY PLANS | . Count, and Importance of Road Development = )| bration will be even bigger than the |. 'one staged by the post last year. ’\ STATE TRUNK HIGHWAY ||| " gervice men from every com- li TRAFFIC COMPARISONS munity in this section of the state, | iR and the public in general are invited | ST Daily Average !Z‘l‘lflm‘ff}éfl to attend the Bemidji | G 1;’?9, 12(2)(1) I Local merchants are expected to I' Autom(lb_flefi . 2“1 "32 |l close their stores during the greater | B_llyotor Trucks 20 15 i part of the program in order to co- | Wagons ......... 14 5 || operate with the Legion in making | Buggies ... |ithe affair a success in every way. fe s 566 Bishop C. G. Bennett of the Epis. | Totals ..........435 565 |l copal diocese of Duluth will be the | ii speaker of the day, at the ceremonials Minnesota trunk highways are car- rying an average of 565 vehicles a day—more than 26 per cent increase over the daily average of 435 last year, and more than three times' as many as five years ago, Charles M.| Babeock, state highway commissioner, announced this week. The.statement was based upon re-| turns in the annual traffic census| made the week of August 28, by the | highway department observers at 137 stations or observation points in var-| ious localities. | Local interest probably centers in counts in this section which may be compared with the state-wide aver- ages, given above. Average daily traffic on “state trunk highways near’ Bemidji: Trunk Highway No. 4" Noi8 Automobiles— Minnesota, light. . .148 149 Minnesota, heavy......320 95 Other states...... 56 16 Transportation lines— Passenger busses.....% 1 Miscellancous trucks— Light (2-ton or less) .. 28 14 Heavy (more than 2-ton) 4 2 Horse-drawn vehicles— WELONS: g esrstanscayeins bl 21 Buggies . 3 10 Grand Total............571 30 Grand total, 1920 .. ..503. None —— taken Increase 63 Commissioner Babcock commented briefly on the general result. “Tre- mendous increase in the volume of traffic on Minnesota highways simply show the importance of pushing the building of better roads with all pos- sible speed,” he said. “Our roads, like those in other states, are ten 's behind the demands of traffic, proved by the census figur The returns make a forceful argu- ment for speedier highway develop- ment and back its claims for popular public support.” ) Traffic engineers made compari-( sons with traffic census figures for ious years, using the 565 average or this year as the basis or 100 per cent, and found that the daily aver- age of 435 vehicles for 1920 was 79 per cent; that of 347 for.1919 was 61 per cent; that of 276 for 1918 (Continued on Page 6) A A A AP BUICK CAR WILL BE GIVEN AWAY OCTOBER 29; TO DELAY MEANS FAILURE FOR CLUB MEMBERS Biggest List of. Awards Ever Given in Northern Minnesota Will Also Be Carried Off By Club Winners in Big Campaign One Week From Saturday. ~ The biggest list of awards ever given away in Northern Minngsota will soon be distributed to the for- tunate winners in The Pioneer’s great salesmanship campaign. Just six more days, and the last big credit offer will come to a close, after which the low- credit schedule of the entire cam- paign will be in force. Hustling and scurrying about with all the vim and energy imaginable, clubmembers are preparing for a whirlwind finish this week. All re- alize that the capital prize winner will be determined by the present weck’s effort. The ones who will lose out in the end will be those who will fail to take advantage of the tre-| mendous opportunities offered during the next six days. Club members | should bear in mind that the first and sécond pri: are well worth all the eftorts that you may have to use to win them and they represent a cash value of more than the average fam- ily income per year. More than many | save in an entire lifetime. Just stop and think how long it wouid take! the average person to save $1,120.] That i the value of the first grand | capital prize. All of the prizes willl s |carnival are among the features which | best of service but you will be help- to be held at the new a o’clock noon. A parade at 11 o’clock, a boxing show, special movie program at the three local theatéys, mory at 12 are to be sponsored by the Legion on this occasion. N PREDMORE GROOM, 50, BUYS AIRPLANE FOR BRIDE, 17 St. Paul, Oct. 19.—George Scher- merhorn, 50, brought his 17-year-old bride here on a shopping tour yester- day. They didn’t buy ‘mahogany fur- niture or a kitchen cabinet, but they did buy and airplane. Mrs. Schermer- horn is an aviatrix. The airplane will be delivered to them at Rochester, Minn. They live at the cross-roads town of Predmore, near here. 0. A. Lamoreaux, vice-president of the Kenfield-Lamoreux company, died at. his home-in-Bulutlr-last eyening af- ter a short illness. £ Mr. Lamoreaux has frequently been in Bemidji on business connect- ed with the local firm. Death was due to heart disease. LOGGING OPERATIONS T0 BE BELOW NORMAL Brainerd, Oct. 19.—Logging opera-| tions in the North Woods will be be- low normal this winter, according to present indications.' Commercial conditions are such that cutting will be less than usual, according to W. H. Gemmel, pre: dent of the Minnesota and Interna-| tional railroad which line traverses much of the Minnesota timberland. While lumbering companies look for a favorable winter the supply on hand and the demand for build- ing lumber is not sufficient to war- rant a great incre in lumbering | operations, j was said. With the ad- vent of cold weather lumber camps are being spruced up and operations are expected to begin soon. ENGLAND HAMPERED BY DERANGEMENT OF TRADE London, Oct. 19.—“England is in the grip of the worst situation of the century,” Premier Lloyd George declared in Commons “oday. “De- rangement, of trade caused by the war is to blame,” he said. e be awarded one week from Saturday night. If you ever expect to accomplish anyth worth while in this cam- paign—if you are figlring on get- ting the big prize, now is the time, this week, to do your best. To delay means failure, but to get into action now and put your entire time and attention to the campaign means suc- cess and a spectacular victory. Your fate rests entirely in your own hands. You alone are responsible for your success or failure, this week/is the time for you to decide what you will accomplish. What are you going to do? Tt rests entir with yéu and your friends as which one of the prizes you will win. . Have You Subscribed? Mr. or Mus. Subscriber: If you haven’t handed one of the enterpris-, ing club members your subscription i as yet, why not do so today? You| who now take The Pionder are pay-| ing for it anyway and by paying in advance you will not only get the ing your favorite club member win one of the prizes. Right now—today—is the time fo! help your favorite over the top, " I pointed out that boy: SCHOOL BOARD TAKES STEPS T0 STOP SHOKING Boys of School Age Cause Board to Take Up This Matter Seriously LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASKED TO ASSIST ever before. For this Sale of Smoking Material to Students and Minors to Be Probed Thoroughly e The board of education held its regular meeting Tuesday cvening and after the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting transaction of routine business had brought before it a matter which has come to the at- tention of members of the board and the superintendent and was very openly discussed. The matter was that of the prev- alancy of cigarette smoking among the boys of school age, even rangin; in age from seven upward. It was aare congregating in groups and [ B king the butt ends of cigar- of very young i, (CANADIAN FARMERS T0 " COMPETE AT SPUD SHOW | Cempetition at Potato Show at Duluth Promises to Be Keen This Year Duluth, Oct. 19.—Five Canadian | provinces have entered their best po- tatves to compete with those from thirteen state for hdno world’s greatest show. Des fact that there has béen a total cr failure in some sections, the yield as a whole offers better specimens ihan reason the com- petition will be keener than during previous years and the lowly “spud”’ | will reign as the continent’s most ad- | vertised farm product during October 26, 27 and 28 at the Duluth Inter- national Potato Show and Seed Po- tato Market to be held at the armory, | Duluth. L Minnesota and Wisconsin will have i much to say as to the superiority of their home grown cxhibits but the amous “‘big bakers” from Idaho will them real competition. Mich | will vie with Montana and pot | from the famous Carbondale district in Colorado will also be after weepstakes. From the New England tates to the Rocky mountains the best spud specimens will stand against Canada’s most perfect competitors to aim the attention of experienced Jjudges. Visiting buy will find one- el lots of certified sced potatoes ve as a b for carload orders. will be dips! of potato ma- at the | s [met today to ca BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE THER REPORT i Generally fair tonight - rsddy, ‘preceded by un- eagher; cooler tonight. OCT. 19, 1921 55c PER MONTH BOARDMEETST BRING PEACE IN Considering Proposals By Harding to Three of Board’s Members DEFINITE PLANS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER Executives of Three Railroad Brotherhoods in Secret Session Today Press) Oct. (By United Cleveland, Ohio, 19.—The United States Railroad Labor Board v out President s propesal to bring peace in Iroad labor w > R. M. Barton of the id President Harding outlin- ed to him certain broad propo: which the beard will form into con- crete peace propositions and present to the union heads tomorrow. ! Barton, G. W. Hangar and Ben Hooper, who will represent the public iul\ the beard, just veturned from ctte % and in al the gutter or chinery and potato growers’ supplies! Washington where they were sum- side| § 5, each taking his turn at|of all kinds. Three of the best pota- | moned by President Harding. taki] 2 puff at the “pill” as long as| o judges in the world will rule over, ~The definite plans to be proposed it 1§ =. It was also pointed out|{he cxhibits, C. E. Brown of Minne- for railroad peace will not be known that, @1s of school age, some of soia, J. G. Milward of Wisconsin, and until members of the board have gone %g”"“"“"d on page 6) 1 C. L. Fitch of lowa [ (Continued on Page 6) & | el e i, I FIRE IN STATE FOREST TEL ~ & INSTITUTE 1..EVING SUCCESSFUL Teachers Are Present From All Parts of County; Instructors Dcing Good Work Monday morning at 9 o'clock teachers from ail parts of the county greeted George F. Howard, conduc tor, and his assistants, Miss Jessie ‘Wedin, who were soent by the state department of education to assist the teachers of Beltrami county in solv- ing many of the problems connected with their schéol work. Mr. Howard is giving instructions in community civies and grammar. Miss Wedin teaches how to select and care for a library, and lessons in general meth- ods. The attendance is smaller than was expected, but those present are en- joying the work, and are receiving in- struction that will be of great value to them and their schools. The following are the teacher: present, with their teaching addre: Agnes F. Anderson, Jennie Ande , Sadye ¥ultz, Debs. Mre. Florence Annonson, Ethelyn 2. Dennis, Lucile M. Dennis, Kdna Flynn, Edith M. Jacobson, Stella Min- ton, Jeneila Gladen, Hilda C. Wold, Wilton. Margaret Arnold, Corinne Costello, Lorena E. Feenendahl, Carol B. Knox, Veda Matheny, Lois V. Matheny, Mrs. Alpha B. Moberg, Isabelle Russel, Elvira Stomberg, Margaret Williams, Ethel Zimmerman, Blackduck. Otto Ashby, Mrs. Eugenia R. Brown, Mrs. Hilma Dunlap, Rosella Rasmussen, Puposky. Clara Backlin, Edna J. Benjamin, | (Continued on Page 6) RESERVE UNDER CONTROL Goodiznd, Minn., Oct. 1 to The Pioncer) ‘tire which started la the state forest rese | county, township 147 der control and all deager scems to | be over. The fire fighters returned to I Cass Lake Monday cvening. 19.—(Spe- he forest sday in in Itasca Lis now un- ONE KILLED AND THREE INJURED I AUTO CRASH (By United P ) Minneapolis, Oct. 10.—Gust Bery is d and three others injured, one seriously following an automobile crash last night. The automobile, af- ter breaking off an 18-inch telephone pole, ran into a ditch on the Jeffer- son highway near Robbinsdale. J. 0. John B arles Dow- ham and her iss Helen Gus- tafson were injured. Deputies the took Johngon to the county jail when they discovered a quantity of liquor in the machine. MOTOR CAR FLEET MAY BE CALLED INTO ACTION (By United P'ress) is he- nofo general feet of 10,000,000 motor « ing prepared for mobil transport fuod in cvent of railroad strike. All of the trucks and passenger cars in the country are being pre- pared for all state, civil and business , so that they may be taken in case of cmergency. at New York, Oct. 19.—The nation’s | SEVEN CHICAGO NURSES ' NEAR DEATH BY POISON |Box of Home-Made Chocolates i Centaining Cyanide Sent to | One of Nurses | ‘ v United Press) y I Chicago, Oct. 19.—Seven nurses ‘(11' the est End hospital are near death after cating candy contuining vanide poison. The candy which was i’: od to Miss Helen Rosea was ! home-made chocolates. Miss Rosea, when she received the ihox, gathered the other nurses about |and offered them zome. The victims | of the poison are: Theresa Thse, Alma | Dornfield, Helen Leslie, Anna Rhuler | and Grace Brakeston. I Analysis of the candy by phy | showed it contained cnough to kill every person in the hospital. | Every portion and crumb of the ¢ |day contained poison. Cyanide ! quicker than any other poison, ph | cians in the ho; pital said. Death [ally comes within a few minutes. | Within a few minutes after the Is had caten the candy they were 1wr|(|xing in agony. Quick use of the [stomach pump saved their lives, it | was said at the hospital. Two brothers i who pol; said were in Jove with $ were questioned in con- nection with the cas Chese men de- nicd any knowledge of the plot. Dr. Fred Miller, one of the stall, said that examination of the candy ‘;n'(wml it was some one with an ex- I pert knowledge of poison. According to Dr. Miller, red peper was mixed with the poison to make it more ef- fective. Postal authoritics have stepped into the case with an at- tempt to trace the box. l y EVER TAKE ANYBOPYS WORD) ABouT THE WEATHER AGAIN iL BE DOG-GONED (F | RALLABORWAR Made| s[of St i which he occupied a pulpit at Great EDUCATORS TO CONVENE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT Bishop Bennett of Duluth to Be Principal Speaker of Cpening Session — first session of the Northern n of the Minnesota Education assoviation will convene Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the new ar- mory. The program for the session will be as follows: Address of wel- come by Mayor A,V Garlock; res- ponse by C. G. Hankey of Kelliher; musical selection by Harmonick quar- tet; address, ®Testing the New in Education,” by Miss Theda Gilder meister, of Winona State Teachers college, and president of the Minne- sota Education ation; address, “Education, the White Race, and the Hope of the Future,” by Rt Rev. Bishrop Bennett of Duluth. A recep- tion to teachers will be given by the Woman’s Study club and the Wom- en’s O wnd Community club in the armory at the close of the pro- wram. Bishop Bennett of Duluth is one of the outstanding men in the minis- try of the Northwest today. He sue- ceeded Bishop Morr luth diocese a short time ago, having come to Duluth from where he was for three year Paul church, previous Falls, Mont. His wide education fits him to speak with authority edu cational matters anrd in his mes Thursday night he will undoubted] bring muany thoughts to his hearers of broad value. His contact with the problems confronting the people of the Northwest specially qualifies him to discuss the great needs of this section of the nation. The public is cordially invited to!PRPRTECE DU Torward pi on in the Du-f Minneay )“s"(utm"ud (39 | | PARKRAPIDSTO PLAY BEMIDI HERE SATURDAY Hubbard County Gridders Have Strong Squad This Year; Expect Hard Game VISITORS EXPECT TO PLAY AN OPEN GAME Coach Smith’s Men Going Through Hard Practice All This Week The Bemidji high sehool foothall team is scheduled to meet the Park Rapids squad mnext Saturday ufl.c{‘« noon at the athletic park. The game is expected to draw a Jarge crowd, as the visitors have a strong team, being k McCallum, former ster college conch, Park Rap- s is almost confident of an easy victory. il ) Indications are that Bemidji will a line-smashing game, with oc- onal drives off the tackles. This pla attack may be varied oceasionally by end runs and forward passes. One thing is certain, and that is Bemidji will play a safe game and no chances will be taken. Park Rapids will enter the strug-g]c prepared to play an open game, with ng the attend all sessions of the association | G0 Guapons. Coach McCallum meetings and urged to show theit| hiicubtedly real in the conventions, as upon | jusg ? terest that depends in some measure wheti- ¢r the Northern Division will con- tinue to function or not. it will be use- ss to try to make consistent head- way through the Bemidji line, which should develop into one of the strong- est in the northwestern part of the ) For teachers the full membership| giate before the season is over. icket admitting the holder to all se sions s 00. This also includes membership in the state association. For the general public there will be | yequired yardage for n o of 50 cents for each|Francis Rhea, ion, tickets to be sceured | speedy end, will boot the oval for his an ady geners at the Adm CANADIAN PACIFIC TRAIN ROBBED; AMOUNT UNKNOWN Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct. 19.— The Canadian Pacific train held up and an express car robbed by lone bandit, hetween Swift Current and Moose Jaw. loot is unknown. IS PRACTICALLY CLOSED Jamestown, D., Oct. 19.—A temporary injunction practical closing the State Bank of North Da- kota at Bismarck has been granted by Judge Coffey of the Stutsman county district court. The injunction nts the bank from performance wy function other than that ing checks and drafts of depo. nd restrains the bank from re- ving any deposils or conducting any other business. The bank could not issuc, sell or deliver bond: The injunction also restrains the Spitzer-Rorvick company of Toledo, Ohio, from selling or delivering any more bonds of the issuc authol by the legislature, but held up be- + of conditions. thal the and unfit. Lo rec made by a group of court, Nonpart ve deposits was ayers in the s said today they might sk the supreme court to take ar- inal | liction in the court and vacate the injunction, | . The amount of Llw‘“"‘“.s advantage of opportunities n | | | | Ivrnl,ii“ thought I rounding into fair shape that a more [tle of lust of [ With th Punting will be an important fac- tor. Both teams will resort to Kick- ing whenever in doubt of making the first down. tall and Bemid team, while Szuszitzky and Maas will perform in this capacity for Park Rapids. The trio can average forty yards or more, but the actual dis- tance of their attempts will be “de- termined by the returns. Break May Win Game Both teams have been taught to follow the ball. The “break’” may de- cide the issue, and the team which win. Park Rapids is cnofident of v win. Park Rapids is confident of v Coach Smith and his men believe they have a chance if they play aggres sive football from start to finish. Atnletes Out Early Wet field, aches and pains, and chilly weather did not keep the fool- ball mentors from putting their men through a hard workout Tuesday af- ternoon. The squad turned out in pretty sood shape after their grueling bat- ok with Grand Rapids. exception of Capluin Boyee unable to don a suit Tues- day night on account of a bad woil on, his arm, the squad is practically intuct from injurics. To Build a Defense It s reported that the balance of the week will be put in strengthen- who w1 |ing*the offense and open ficld de- fense which showed the particularly weak points in last week’s game. It that with all the men complicated system of offense will start this week, which should be in perfect running order by the time of the Park Rapids game Saturday. No new plays will be given to b (Continued on Page Six ) STUBENTS VISIT PIONEER’S MODERN PUBLISHING AND PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT TO STUDY NEWSPAPER First-Hand Study of Newspaper Composition, Printing and Other Activities in Pioneer Plant Made By Students to Increase Interest in Current Events, In order to make a fi and ed delight and pleass They expre: investigation of modern m-wspupul'luru at the things they saw in Nore composition and printing, and other activities which are to be found in a printing hment, the eighth wrade lass of the Central wchool and a few pupils from the Lincoln school were shown through The Pioneer Publishing company’s plant Tuesday afternoon. Miss Gianche Dodge, eighth grade history teacher and Miss Nellie Slatterly of the Lincoln school were the instruc- tors present. The visitors were e corted through the plant and each part of the publishing house was thoroughly explained to them. sit was to ace more knowledge as to how news sembled and made ready for its s. This class is taking up the udy of the newspaper from all angles in order that a greater inter- ost may be created toward reading the papers for current cvents. The history of the newspaper will be studied by M Dodge’s classy, while Miss Vera Backus’ class will use the demonstration as a project, in composition. The study of this in- dustry will also be taken up by Mrs. retta Lonfhurrow's geography ol The object of the v quir thern Minnesota’s biggest and most modern printing establishment. They watched with keen interest the battery of linotypes sctting type and turning the typewritten matter into lead slugs; they gazed in amazes ment at the almost human perform- ance of the automatic press, which feeds the paper, prints it and takes it gently back, placing the sheets on a neat pile on the table of the press. They saw the big Duplex newspa. per p grind out the daily edition of The Pioneer of nearly three thous< and copies, at a clip of seventy a minute. They saw it fed into the big machine from g roll and come ouf; all printed, folded and ready for city delivery and the mails. Each member of the class was given a copy fresh off the press. The students were deeply inters in the making of cuts from mats he Pioneer’s full page casting ne, which makes cuts from hot metal when poured upon mats uscd in the merchants’ advertising and in The Pioneer’s cartoon service. They saw the big drum eyl (Continned on Page 6) ,..?