Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 20, 1921, Page 1

* be in attendance tonight, a large num- “ teachers are to meet at the armory, - onstrated at the noon luncheon of The Ploneer is the only dally within 100 miles of Bemidjl and Nas tha largest circulation in Northern Minnesota VOLUME XIX. NO. 156 ) BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, 'BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER 55c PER' MONTH EDUCATIONAL DIVISION MEET OPENS TONIGHT Public Urged to Support Pirst Meeting of Northern Educators Here RECEPTION TO FOLLOW PROGRAM THIS EVENING i\loted Speakers on Program for 'Each Session of Three-Day Meeting 1 The opening session of the Nor- thern Digisiongcf the Minnesota Ed- ucation association will take place this evening at 8 o’clock at the new ! armory. Teachers from all parts of the northern section are expected to ber having arrived here a!ready. 7 The = program for ‘th\s evening promises to be exceptionally inter- esting and instructive, with Miss Theda Gildemeister of Winona, pres- ident of the state association, and Bishop Bennett of Duluth as the prin- cipal speakers. Each has a message of importance to the public in gener- al as well as to the teachers. 3 Following the program, a recep- tion will be given at the armory by the Woman’s Study club and the Wo- man’s Civie and Community club. Tomorrow’s program opens at 9 o’clock a. m., with sectional meet- ings. Rural and consolidated school elementary instructors at the State Teachers college, junior and senior high school instructors at the Metho- dist chureh, and school boards at the state college. The afternoon program at 2 o’clock and the evening program at § -'clock will be held at the new armory. The principal speakers for the afterncon session -are J. M. McConnell, state commissioner of education, St. Paul, and ‘Dr. C. A. Prosser, director of the William Hood\Dunwoody Indus- trial Institute at Minneapolis. A num- ber of entertainment feytures are to| be given alsa: 5.0 5 REE Principal _speakers- for tomorrow evening’s program are Dr. Prosser, Miss Gildemeister,.and Dr, M. E. Hag- gerty, dean of the School of Educa- tion, University of Minnesota. Dr. I:Iaggerty is a specialist in measuring and testing intelligence of school. children. He figured promi- nently at Washington, D. C., during the war in giving intelligence tests to United States soldiers and in de- vising rehabilitation schemes for the wounded and shell-shocked soldiers. He is the author of iseveral books flcaling with the above subjects. He is also widely known in educational circles as a lecturer. Dr. Prosser is a national figure in (Continued on Page 8) TUBERCULAR PICTURES T0 BE SEEN HERE SOON The viewbox through which radio- graphs of the body were successfully taken during the Northern Minnesota Fair will probably be shown and dem- the Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- sociation next Wednesday. Radiographs of tubercular affected lungs, hips, shoulders and ‘other parts of the body will be shown. The work will be in charge of Dr. R. L. Laney of the Lake Julia Tuberculosis San- itorium’ and the demonstration is be- ing arranged for by E. E. McDonald, DR. ZARING TO BE GUEST AT BANQUET SATURDAY Dr. E. Rob Zaring, editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate of Chicago, and principal speaker on the eductation convention program Saturday, will be the guest of the men of ‘the Methodist church and frienisg- at a banquet to be held at the Mark- ham hotel Saturday evening at 7 o’clock. -All men of Bemidji, who desire to partake at the banquet, are request- ed to notify Dr. G. H. Zentz, pastor of the Methodist church, so that reservations may be made. A program, at which Dr. Zaring will be the principal entertainer, is being arranged for after the banquet and the men consider it a rare treat to participate in’this occasion. 1%, Fh%, STRIKE DECISION \ ‘D’ BE EXPECTED SOON Rail \is% ‘\r. Boards Members Now I ssion With “Big Five” b Jers at Chicago ¢ Chicago, Oect. 20. — Last night heads of the unions and of the car- riers were silently-alert with—figura- tively speaking—one eye on the con- ference today between the “Big Five” rail union leaders and the railroad labor board, and the other on meet- ings of officials of eleven unions which have not yet joined the con- ductors, enginemen, trainmen, fire- men and switchmen in a strike or- der, for both sides were agreed that out of these conferences would come the final decision to- whether a gen- eral walkout- of rail employes would materialize. In the conference with the labor board rested the possibility of the “Big Five” being persuaded to can- cel their order for 'a walkout, while in the meetings of the eleven unions, which actually started yesterday, was to be decided whether these organiza- tions, holding the balance of man- power through numbering three- fourths of the nearly 2,000,000 rail workers ‘in_their membership, would join the “Big Five” if they walked out .October 30, as planned. ¥ Warren S. Stone, president. of the Brotherhood = of ; Locomotive Engi- neers; W. G. Lee, president of. the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; ‘W. 8. Carter, president of the ‘Broth- erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; T. C. Cashen, president of the Switchmen’s Union of North America, and E. P. Curtis, vice-presi- |’ dent of the Order of Railway Con- ductors, left Cleveland last night for Chicago to meet with the labor board at the latter’s request. L. E. Shep- pard, president of the Conductors’ organization, also was expected to be here today. While this conference was looked on as the most important of the peace moves, railway men last night professed to see signs of a peaceful settlement of the difficulties in the attitude of B. M. Jewell, head of the 478,000 members of the six railway shop craft organizations, and of J. C. Smock, vice-president of the Mainte- nance of Way Union, which numbers 300,000 men. DOUGHBOYS TO LEAVE FOR CONVENTION NEXT WEEK St. Paul, Oct. 20.—Minnesota doughboys . will leave late next week for Kansas City for the third annual convention of the American Legion. The Minnesota delegation to the convention will be ‘joined by dele- gations from other northwest states on the journey to the Missouri mel- ropolis. 5 National officers of the Legion and Kansas City post have arranged to entertain guests and delegates roy- ally. The Salvation Army, it was learned, will be on the job during the president of the sanatorium commis- sion, convention with the familiar dough- nuts and java . HERE’S HOW THEY STAND IN PIONEER’S $4,000 CAMPAIGN District No. 1 Hud. Britten .. P. L. Brown .. Mrs. Fred Graham . Miss Rose Schmitt Mrs. Dot Van ... Mrs. D. L. Van Arnum 918 America Ave. 1416 Beltrami Ave. -.901 America Ave. 589,675 185,400 1,051,525 415 Minnesota Ave. 74,875 1,052,530 .-.914 America Ave. 973,000 District No. 2 Including All Territory Outside the Corporate Limits of Bemidji Mrs. B. B. Bardwell Miss Naomi Blakely . Mrs. Cera Frederickson Peter Graves ... Miss Marie Rider . Mrs. John Noel Miss Olivia Roy Clearbrook..... 300,560 252,050 703,550 504,300 543,350 73,625 184,150 Island Lake. STOCKYARDS TO BE UNDER MORE STRICT SUPERVISION Washington, Oct. 20.—Fifty-four stockyards throughout the country today were brought under strict su- perivision by order of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. As resuits of investizations, the secretary held that these yards came within. the pro- visions of the packer control laws recently passed. MINNESOTA TO OBSERVE TEDDY ROOSEVELT DAY St. Paul, Oct. 20.Minnesota next week will join in the observation of Theodore Roosevelt Day. % Oct. 27 is the anniversary of the dead president’s birth, Mayor L. C .Hodgéon of St. Paul, in a special letter, urged all schools, civie organizations, clubs and lodges to ‘memorialize Roosevelt on that! date. % ASSOCIATION MEMBERS ENJOY FINE PROGRAM Pass Motion to Impose Fine on Members Whd 'Break " Advertising Rules The members of the Civit and Com- merce association were favored with several orchestra selections given bg the saxaphone division of the Bemidji Juvenile band, under the leadership of G. Oliver Riggs, at their noocn luncheon “Wednesday. The numbers were well and enthusiastically re- ceived. President M. W. Deputy of the State teachers college gave a short and interesting outline of the educ tional convention which begins to-| night at the new armory. He pointed out the need of support by Bemidji|Precaution Taken to Gual'd‘ citizens in attending these meetings and stated that the strongest list of speakers ever appearing before a Bemidji or Northern Minnesota audi- ence would be presented. “Upon our co-operation and sup- port will depend the permanent or- ganization or an education associa- tion in this section of the state,” said President Deputy. “Other sec- tions of the state have such organi- zations and it is up to us to decide whether we want one in Northern Minnesota.” Matters pertaining to membess of the association negotiating for cer- tain classes of advertising, objectional to merchants generally, were out- lined by President Earle A. Barker and a motion was made to impose | a fine upon those who persist in breaking the rules of the association in this regard. SHIPPING ECARD ATTACKED BY SENATOR POINDEXTER of pardon for the convicted murder- (By United Press) ‘Washington, Oct. £0.—The ship-| ping board was attacked in the sen- ate today by a resolution introduced by Senator Poindexter. Poindexter introduced calls for information con- cerning the resolutions of the board, the amount of claims against. it still outstanding, how long such claims|fumed box was sent to the ambassa- dor and opened by his valet, who was wounded. | Arrests are imminent, it was_declared today, adding that the » have been pending . and the number and amounts of such claims which have been paid by the board. PENNSYLVANIA ROAD ~" DEFIES TABOR BOARD ‘Washington, Oct. 20.—The Penn- sylvania railroad again defies the power of ‘the United States Rail- road Labor Board. The board to- day was preparing to enter.intp ne- gotiations. with union_heads in an attempt to avert a strike October 30. . Representatives of the Pennsyl- vania summoned to show why the road should not be declared in-viola- ion of the board’s order declared the action of the labor board in or- dering selection of representatives to |’ negotiate with officers on working rules was unlawful and illegal. Judge Heiserman, attorney for the Pennsylvania road, presented the road’s case. The road had not follow- ed out orders of the board to ar- range for the election and would not permit the heads of labor organiza- tions to represert the men in the ne- gotiations. The attorney spent less than ten minutes in presenting the railroad’s case. T L N Mrs. A. Dechaineau returned home sast evening from Northome where she spent the past few days as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones and family. “~land today sent personal representa- press their sym-|* ATTEMPTHMADE T0 ASSASSINATE, 11§, MINISTER Reports Indicate Existence of International Plot to Free Italian Communists | t |AMBASSADOR HERRICK’S | PERSONAL VALET INJURED| Departure | of Pershing | From Paris Teday (By United Press) Reports from European countries| and from South America today indi-| cated the existence of an internation-| al communist plot to secure the free- dom of Niccolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian’ communists, con- victed of the brutal murder of a pay- master and guard at South Brain-| tree, Mass., July 14. | The ~American ambassadors in! Rome, Brussels and London received | threatening-letters from communists | in those countries yesterday. | An attempt was made against Am- bassador Herrick at Paris by means of a bomb sent through the mail, af- ter he had ignored threats from com-| munists ~ in France. Communists thought to . influence the press in| Rome, Brussels and London in favor| ers in Massachusetts. | (By United Press) Oct. 20.—The attempted assassination of Ambassador Ilerrick stirred French officers, police and the public to a country-wide man-hunt to- day. A small bomb enclosed in a per- would-be assassin “‘left a good tra President Millerand and Premier Bri tives to call and pathy and L'ongrat\fimiuuz: ‘on hi§ es- cape. Blanchard, the ambassador’s per- sonal valet, who opened the package, heard the crack and at the last mo-! ment hurled the bomb from him, thus saving his life, but was slightly wounded from a fragment of ‘the bomb I)littin;; his knce. It was only from his experience with explosives that led him to throw the bomb and thus escape. Extraordinary precautions were taken today to guard the departure of Gen. John J. Pershing, who took (Continued on Page 8) POWERS ACCEPT AGENDA FROPOSED FOR PARLEY (By United Press) ‘Washington, Oct. 20.—All the pow- ers invited to the Washington con- ference on limitations of arms and Far Eastern questions have accepted the agenda proposed by the United States, it'was said today at the state department. . The agenda sbands just as it was proposed by Sceretary of State OCT. 20, 1921 - ADDED GAME PRESERVES (CUT IN FREIGHT RATES . POSTED AND [N EFFECT| - T BE ANNOUNCED SOON | Huntqr;iAdvined to »1“'“ Note lof "'l'e\'rito'ries, A‘afléi to “No Hunting” Li{lt‘ 18 HEE T 1 ) Notices have just l'«gccntl'y' been posted by Game Warden John Clinie in a large portion of the territory Jimmediately surrounding the pres- ent Bemidji Game Refuge, calling at- {tention to the added game preserve which has been made such by order of State Game and Fish Commissioner Carlos Avery, after hearings were held on the petitions entered by res- lidents of the territory affected. The present- game refuge, known as the Bemidji refuge, includes the south half of sections 7 8, and 9, all of sections 16 to 21 inclusive, all of sections 28 to 33 inclusive, township 32, being Turtle River town; sections 4, 5 and 6 in town of Frohn; south half of sections 7 to 12 inclu- sive, and all of sections 13 to 36 in- clusive .in town of Northern; scc- tions 1 to 11 inclusive, and 14 to 34 inclusive in town of Bemidji; south half of sections 13 and 14, all of sec- tions 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and 36 in town of Grant Valley. The territory added to the game preserve, recited by order, includes the south half of sections 7, 8 and 9, all of sections 16, 17, 20, 21, 28 and 29 in town of Turtle River; south half of sections 7 to 12 inclusive, and all of sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31 and 32 in town of Northern. Notices have been posted on the added new, territories and the law is in effeet in these preservs now. In Hubbard county, Schooleraft, township 144 north of range 34 west, the game preserve laws are also in force. Volunteer game wardens will | be appointed in these reserves with- in a few days, Cline announces. Other game preserves made recent- ly and: effect now are Cormant township, 151-31; Woodrow, 151.31; and that portion of Quiring, 161-32, and Battle, 152-32, lying outside of the Red Lake TIndian reservation. These refuges have also been posted by Game Warden Cline and the pre- serve laws are now in effect there. NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT LAKE JULIA HOME Dr. R. L. Laney, formerly of thi city, but recently engaged in tuber cular work in the West has been s cured as rpedical director of the e Julia Tuberculosis Sanatorium, ac- cording to E. 1. McDonald, president qf the \ri-county sanatorium commis- sion. Dr. Lancy assumed his new duties last Monday and members of the board are delighted~with having se- cured his appointment. Dr. Laney is well known in this section of ‘the country and is rec ized as one of the best lung specialists in the state. A chest and heart clinic for south- ern and northern Beltrami 'county and Hubbard county is being planned by Dr. Laney and Mr. McDonald, the details for which are being made. It is desired to begin this work at an fm'ly date, starting in Hubbard coun- . Miss Costigan of the State Public Health Department of St..Paul was in Bemidji Wednesday and arranged for a baby elinic to be held in this and neighboring countics in the near future, Both_clinies are being sponsored by the Beltrami County Public Health Hughes, theré being no additions or subtractions whatever. association of which . E. McDonald is president. po— (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 20.—Important freight rate reductions will be an- nounced in the near future by the Interstate Commerce Commission, it was reiterated today by high officials of the government, The cuts, exclusively forecasted by the United Press yesterday, will be ordered into effect on short no- tice. TROOP NO. 2, BOY 5COUTS HOLDS MEETING TONIGHT A very short meeting of the Boy Scouts of Troop No. 3 will take place at the city hall at 7 o’clock this eve- ning. All members of the troop are urged by Scoutmaster Kamphenkel to be on time and find out the de- tails of the hike which the troop is to take Friday afternoon. McGARRY BOOSTS VALUE OF LAKES ASSOCIATION Shows Local Business Men That Ten Thousand Lake Ass’n, Deserves Support Declaring that, according to the finance committec of the state senate, the Ten Thousand Lakes association was of more value to the state than several immigration offices, Senator P. H. McGarry laid before the mem- bers of the Civie dnd Commerce as- sociation members Wednesday noon the necessity of supporting this great advertising project. He pointed out the great influ- ence this organization has upon bring- ing tourists into the state and the harvest reaped by business every- where in the state, especially in N thern Minnesota, from tourist trade. Senator MeGarry showed how the money .was being expended, and which, together with our great road program will make this state the most desired by summer tourists in the country. “Men from states in every part of the United States admit that this is the greatest piece of advertising ever launched by any state,” said Senator McGarry, “and 1 will lcave it to your judgment whether jt is de- serving of your continued suppore.” ‘The finance commit:ten of the sociation is preparing plans to ise a budget to take care of this as well s other projacts which are before the association. LOUIS LA VALLEY PASSES AWAY AT_ HIS HOME Louis La Valley passed away at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning at the home of his brother, Clarence La Valley, 402 Railroad street, from a hemorrhage of the lungs. He was 39 years of age and has lived in Bemidji for the past 14 ye with the ex- ception of one year spent in the West. He leaves to mourn his loss, be- sides his wife, a step-son, Fred Schultz, and a step-daugther, Lillian Schultz, who are expected to arrive from Seattle, sh., Saturday; moth- er, Mrs., Cooper of Marquette, Mich., who will arrive in Bemidji tonight; and two other brothers of Marquette, Mr. La Valley was a member of the Yeomen and Eagle lodges. Fu- neral announcement will be made at a later date. DEMOCRATIC COMMI;"["EEMAN’S SON FOUND DEAD AT HOME (By United Press) Minneapolis, Oct. 20.—Elmer Wheaton, son of Ired E. thuton, democratic national committeeman for Minnesota, was found dead in his home here last night. His wife found the body on the kitchen floor. ’l‘wp gas jets in the stove were open. }{m father is seriously ill at a hospital here. Tuesday evening marks thle close of the sccond period in The Pioneer’s circulation campaign. And the enter- prising candidates have been hard at work in the battle for credit suprem- acy and their efforts have been well rewarded by their legion of friends and supporters. But there are still a few people in Bemidji who are h'old- ing off “until the end” with the idea that then will be the time to help a favored candidate, But really al- though a subscription will be gladly received at any time during the cam- paign, those being given during the second period before the credits fall will give their favorite thirty per cent additional credit power. Remem- ber subscriptions count more credits now than they will ever count again. Just five days remain in this grand prize distribution campaign—five busy days for those candidates who have determined to finish in the auto lelass, even though it takes the hard- FAIRBOUSTERS DISCUSS PLANS FOR FINANCES Propose to Issue Certificates of Indebtedness to Cover Debt on Buildings PLAN TO MARKET THESE CERTIFICATES LOCALLY Believed That Every Purchaser Will Be Active Baoster for Better Fair Plans to finance the Beltrami coun- ty Fair association, which now has a deficit of $21,000 on its buildings which~were erected this year, were discussed at a meeting of the fair association officials yesterday after- noon at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce association, following the noon-day meeting of that organiza- tho. It is planned to issue certificates of indebtedness to cover this amount, the certificates possibly to draw in- terest at the rate of 8 per cent over a period of five years. According to the plau, these certificates would be issued in denominations of $10, $25 $650 aud $100, giving every one an opportunity to carry whatever amount . they {eel able. The interest rate of 8 per ¢ent promises to appeal to a large number of small investors and will eventually pay larger returns. The pian is to market these certi- ficates through the Civic and Com- merce asgsociation and the Beltrami County Farm Bureau. The fair as- sociation wants it understood that this fair is a farmers’ fair and they will be expected to show an active interest in it by purchasing certifi- cates at this time. J. L. Elwell, chairman of the finance committee, is making a full and complete statement of the financ- es of the fair associatioan at the pres- ent time, and this statement will be published within a very few days. It is the plan of the fair associa- ‘tion that by issuing the -eertificates in _small denominations every buyer will become a more active booster for the Northern Minnesota Fair ich is held here annually and until t year has not been much of a E . It is also planned to have these certificates scattered as widely as possible through the neighboring communities, MOOSEHEART LEGION TO HOLD SALE SATURDAY The Women of the Mooseheart Legion will hold a food sale Saturday afternoon beginning at 2 o’clock, in the Scott alectrical store in the I O. 0. F. building. At that time all kinds of home cooking will be for sale, and they are planning for a big sale. TWO SAILORS KILLED WHEN STEAMER SINKS (By United Press) Marine City, Mich., Oct. 20.—Two snilors lost their Iives when the steamer H. Wolfe caught fire here today and sank. The dead are Ed- ward Henry of Detroit and Tom Smith of Ashland, Wis. Henry was trapped in the hold of the vessel where he had gone to fight the flames. Smith, a fireman, became excited and jumped overboard, He was never seen again, Captain Hanson broke both legs when he jumped from the deck to a small boat. The freighter was owned by the G. Sullivan com- pany of Chicago, and was leased to Edward Horn of Detroit, i FIVE MORE DAYS OF BIG CREDITS IN CAMPAIGN; FINE COMB NOW BEING USED IN HUNT FOR CREDITS During These Few Remaining Days of the Second Period the County Is Being Fine-Combed By Club Members Who Are Determined to Win Big Prizes. J PUBTR— i During these last five days.of the period a big share of this entire couns ty is being fine-combed by the “de- cermined to win” workers., By the time the campaign closes one week from Saturday night, it is extremely doubtful whether there will be a sin< gle resident of Beltrami county who has not either subscribed for The Bemidji Pioncer or been asked to subscribe. b . Make Canvass Thorough All active candidates, even those who do not expect to finish in the auto winning class, are urged to go after every person who has previous- 1y promised a subscription. Don’t wait until the very last day. of the big eredits, as you can’t possibly see every one on that last short day. Figure it as you may, there will be plenty of prospective subscribers to see on that last day. The last days bring with them so many calls to make and unplanned at the last min+ {est kind of work from now on to do'ute people to sce, that, 'you can’g it. (Continued on Page 8)