Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 31, 1921, Page 1

/ The Ploneer is the oniy daily ;] o p W within 100 mike of Bemidji and ! a8 e largt circulation in ¥ Fair tonight and prob- . Northern Mininesota J , : y ; 5 i day; colder tonight. ¥ - VOLUME XIX. NO. 165 . N BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY W SALESMANSHIP CIRCULATION (DOLLARDAYIS | CERTAIN T0 BE EVENING, OCT. 31, 1921 LEGIONTOKEEP | INDEPENDENTS LEAD IN N, . 55¢c PER MONTH ‘ . Capital Prize, Buick Touring| % .9 {Indications at Noon Were That i Car, Wen By Mro; Graham - | . ! e ; ¥ ¢ i 3 i . ‘ - | Majority Would Be 5,000 By Wide Margin A\ ! 5 | S i e //.\é? |Local Merchants Literally Giv- | National Commander Emery { or Even Less i g S 3 4 E } MRS. VAN AND MISS~ ":ER ing Away Merchandise | Tells Cenvention That i 1 4 y o Wednesday, Nov. 2 | s i g NESTOS FOR GOVERNOR { 3 BECOME OWNERS 4 FORD. oanescay,. Sov: ; Fight Will Centinue | LEADS AT NOON BY 7:699 | ; : 7 e® | | x i vl P | ‘ i ; Nearly $4,0 " Prizes Given | RARE BARGAINS OFFERED PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE ] ] / i = N 2 ASSURE, PLAN’S SUCCESS TO LATE COMMANDER Interest Now Centers on Ten Away By Picneer in Seven d | b y By 5 Initiated Measures; Fate Weeks’ Campaign SN s ] v | Advertisements in This Issue |Declares Legion’s Greatest “ Still Very Uncertain The salesiuanishiip: cireulation cari- Show What Merchants Are | Mys. Fred Graham Achievement Has Been ! Fargo, N. D., Oct. 31.—The nde- paign, which The Pioneer has been Doing for Shoppers | %rs. Graham, of Bemidji, won the| Won for Disabled pendents’ lead 'in_ the recall returns conducting flol‘ thse é)asg seve_nh:Ieetkss, capital prize, a new Buick-4 touring “i‘““&“‘:)::-““g ;‘togi'-‘-’l' "; 1!(’)‘::5;? l’rtew — came to a close Saturday night 2 car, in the Bemidji Pioneer Sales-| cincts of 2,091, In vote "'cl";k-l N‘} °°“3‘t5 e matdetdu:- | Wednesday's the day they give manship contest. ~Mrs, Graham led| (By United Press) ;f 2?7"21‘,1")01‘1_“S§°”'rh“g 107,604 t‘;)‘“: ing the last four days, the contestants PN L __|all competitors by a wide margi ¢ y 21 The g razier 99, 907. Indications were tha dropping their_subseription records merchandise away—so to speak— all competitors by wide margin of | Kansas City, Oct. 31.—The Ameri the Independents’ majority would be into the ballot box which was placed and the public is going to get the lcan Legion in convention here today cut to 5,000 or less in the Northern National bank. ¥ 3 benefits from the Dollar Day plan ~~nrnr ~rnrmrr oo nnmn s aneyed its battle for assistance “in As the margin narrowed on the The members of the advisory com- Mrs. Dot Van which the local merchants put intc | MR ADVER’"SER |the financing of disabled veterans. Miss Rid vote for fov'“‘"u“t‘ interest centered mittee, whlci{l aScCedd as g"!}:]tgevsve:g ' e effect November 2. In order to makz i | John G. Emery, national command- 158, I0€r :f;'fffhfi"pffl'ffé?:fil'Lflv’l"i‘éf‘t‘;isi,‘.'f.'fi,’;,'f RES N count the ballots Satur: ayngl jmere Mrs. Van, -of Bemidji, secured the|ip, newly instituted idea a success @ . [er of the Legion, at the opening ses-| \eoo pig ¢ Shevli oo | ing officars-decide tosatand g Earle A. Barker, A. V. Garlock and|Ford touring car, having received the | . 4 s . Roll your show window into G = st the iss Rider, o evlin, received |ing offic s N ’ i George W. Rhea. largest mumber of credits in District | €Very way and to attract un the home, so that those who do - [sion of the conference declared the'¢he largest number of credits in Dis-| \ T propose to be the governor of { The ballot box was closed promptly | No. 1, exclusive of Mrs. Graham. of shoppers from outside Bemidji,| 0 4 onrt ™ 0" bass your glass |Cfiorts made by the organization in trict No. 2, and secured the Forda | the people without regard to party H at 8 o’clock and the counting of the . the merchants who have _enfie}‘]\:d inm‘ front will read your offerings |Pchall of disabled so}dlerds dInr:nr";thti touring car offered for that district. |affiliation,” Governor-Elect R. A. abxonutle?égo :hg o":couv:\tie:g :n&“ gf: CHIPPEWA HALF'BREED plan, are literally giving away mer- The biggest subscription drive der than any other class, Emery MINNESOTA UNIVERS"Y ish and no scores to settle, I face * & comp St Mk 8 1 chandise. A portion of nearly every ever attempted in Northern Min- said. He scored the senate for its the future unafraid and with i - nced. that ‘Mts. Fred Graham had 3 D the con noy the grand ca ital price, a Buick-4 CONVICTED OF MURDER salé will be given away and the mer-| nesota closed Saturday night, |action in turning down the adjusted PLANS BIG HOMECOMING fidence, counsel and co-operation of :g:;.inge %;r by ,l: lead of almost 4,- & chants.are putting that amount on nhen The Pioneer, Northern |compensation bill. e ;nlldthe splendid citizens of this state, | S + 3 7 the debit side of their accounts mere-' innesota’s greatest newspaper, “President Harding was misled by and with the help of\ God and His 20004307075 "f’;&?e;"%},“fi%&%&"‘fil“ei‘ George B. Guinn' Found Guilty |ly to show shoppers that their trade | awarded nearly $4,000 in prizes |the anti-compensationists,” Emery o blessings we will work out these i h o - fwon by Mrd. Dot A is desired above anything else. | in order to give it nearly double |declared. “The senate in acting un-| Alumni, Students and Former | problems for the people.” the rSth prize wads I'OM Syso Teedits,| °f Murdering Horse Dealer Nearly every industrious merchant | the circulation of any other news- | favorably o the bill bowed to the Eniov Big Ti Van, b Securel the Ford ‘touring Last N B o in the city has entered into the new| paper in this section of the state. | will of the chief executitves and not Students to Enjoy Big Time (By United Press) ere I\Xr;v’Bme:gVan Arnum was sec- AsteTeE idea and is concentrating on the one| Every ' advertiser can mow |0 fact and reason.? In sounding the This Week Fargo, N. D., Oct. 31.—Pledges wu_! CAL gt o object—making this city a trade cen-| ..} upon The Pioneer in carry- Legion’s attitude in declaring the anew to the campaign projects of ond in the district with 836,701 cred- its, and was awarded a $150 Victrola. To Hud. Britten was awarded the 2,000-mile rail trip, and P. L. Brown became the owner ~of a $35 gold watch. Miss Rose Schmitt received a 3-A Kodak for her efforts, and Charles Parker a cameo brooch pin. In district No.-2, Miss Marie Rider of Shevlin captured the first prize, a Ford touring car, having received 2,- 195,200 credits. Peter Graves of Redby won the $150 Columbia phono- graph with 906,200 credits and Mrs. Cora TFrederickson .of Solway was awarded the 2,000-mile rail trip. Miss| The trial of George B. Guinn, a Chippewa half-breed, for the mur- der of Wallace' Westfall on Novem- ber 6, 1920, was concluded at Bag- ley Saturday, and after a delibera- tion of almost 24 hours, the jury turned a verdict of guilty of murder in the third degree. Westfall came from North Dakota with Guinn last November, and was last seen near Guinn’s farm, about 20 miles south of Bagley. Guinn claim- ed Westfall had gone to Bemidji and would return later. About a week after Westfall’s disappearance, Guinn]|. ter of this section of the state. In this issue may be found the ad- vertisements of these enterprising business men and a glance at any| one of them will convince the buy- ing public that the bargains offered are rare indeed. How can the mer- | chants afford to do it? That question will be left to the merchants to an- (Continued on page 6) |AGED RESIDENT DIES EARLY THIS MORNING ing kis message into practically every home in Bemidji and the trade zone of its merchants. The Weekly Pioncer guaran- tees to take your show window into the homes of more farmers than any other paper in this sec- tion of the state, bar none. We have been extremely de- lighted with the work done by the salesmen and women in the campaign and extend congratula- tions to all winners. The results have been ex- i tresuely satisfactory -to the offi- fight for the bill Emery called on legionaires to act as fearlessly to- | ward congress ‘‘as their brothers act- ed when they died in France.” Emery paid high tribute to the late Commander Galbraith. He again call- ed upon the Legion to keep independ- ent of politics, but declared that in matters effecting the Legion, the Le- gion could speak for itself and in (Continued on Page Six ) WOMEN VOTERS’ LEAGUE HAS INSTRUCTIVE MEET The stage is all se for the home- coming program at the Univeraity of Minnesota this coming Saturday when Minnesota meets Iowa on the gridiron and also on the track., The students are counting on a large at- tendance of the old grade-and have made carcful preparation for their entertainment. On Friday evening there will be an academic alumni banquet at & o'clock in the ball room of the Minne- sota Union. Reservations for this event are to be made at once through I the alumni office at $1 per plate. 6 grounds of fraud {economy and efficiency were made by the incoming governor and attorney general, secured in North Dakota’s recall election Friday. i Still refusing to concede defeat un- til. returns are in from the “tall tim- bers” in the southwest, from which ‘they trickled in slowly, slashing in on Nestos’ lead, as was expected, Non- | partisans refused a statement on the | future of the league. Operation on died out with the announcement of the Courier News, Nonpartisan paper, in which it was stated, “The League accepts the challenge of the election, and will i g‘;;m:glz‘lf:ghogfirgfiys;%:Xei::;:thg;;took five horses belonging to Westfall] Mis. Nancy McRae passed away| ce¥s and stockholders of The Following the bnnq'uut a llmnln-u will | gain more credit with the people gen- i i ‘T;gland Lake a 8-A Kodak. Mrs.|to a livery man at Twin Lakes, in'at her home in Fifth ward this morn-| Pioneer Publishing company, who A very large attendance was pres- 1’;‘:)!10”,]?"‘ ]'jhebljfl"NI? glo‘l"i(t‘}‘ and erally by accepting the verdict than John Noel and Mts. B. B. Bardwell Mahnomen county, where they were |ing at 2 o’clock after a lingering ill- desire also to express their appre- |ent at the meeting of the League of'u“;r\;‘;‘m‘d 381 g:“,;;"l\‘xmxs:ornl‘l‘i’". r‘“fi 15; /by prolonging and embittering the re each giyen a cameo brooch. pin. finally sold for their keep. Guiinn, at ness, at the age of 75 years. She has| ciation” to the hundreds of pa- |Women Voters held Saturday ecve- ,‘e[ T Y ] ASUESRY. | : g St present fight.” It is believed that weTh Sotition was keen between |that time told the same story there |been a resident of Bemidji for 23| trons of the papcr and the hun- ing at the Civic and Commerce as jo'clock the alumni are to report ab this is the sentiment of the league :lcgf Iéhe contestants up to the |about Westfall having gone to Be-|years. dtedsiof now ones added toithe |1iNg atithe Givic anc Lomul as- the library b‘“l‘h"fg f“rlchscrl',},‘};"’f,ll‘"dt‘l‘-‘l- T::tel;iay This was particularly ‘true midji. She leaves 12 children to mourn| great list of this family of |soclation ¥eorts. 3 ?r:]c({ul:l“x’lmonu::‘:-r otuttl;fitin:?v--ll ps gy Aiviging reductions. possible: 6 I O ection with the capital prize.| After a persistent investigation, | her lossy Jolin and William Doherty readers. Judge C. W. Stanton opened the u]unm?hlfl'on:‘ u‘"‘w 12 oelock ‘um:f:‘thg state other than farm loans from Mrs. Graham's'spectacular jump dur-|the body of Wesbfall was found of Fifth ward, Alex of LaPorte, Dav- THE BEMiDJI PIONEER meeting by complimenting the work (Gin'h " o student parade and special $12,000,000 to $7,750,000 and to au- ing the last week of-the contest put buried in a.swamp near Guinn’s id of Blackduck, Sam of Margie, Al- PUBLISHING COMPANY |the leaguc is doing, especially in Min- | stunts. At this time the cross-count: thorize issuing of bonds secured by L her far in the lead at the close of the |house. A hole in the back of West- {bert of International Falls, James of | E.’H. Denu, General Mannger esota, after which he answered tho run will be staged between Minnesota | (75t mortgages to GO per cent of the b - contest. Splendid work was done by |fall’s head, caused from the shot from |Laurel, and Tom who lives in Can- S o “LSOU 4 -L” £ 38 questi ‘ «wphe and Towa. = : | value of the land mortgage. " I the case of the|a gun, was discovered. His watch, ada; and the following daughters, lOCAL GIRLS WOULD questionnaire of 38 questions on he | 40 he bige football game with Towa Restoration by sale of bond funds the contestants. majority it was hard, steady, con- scientious work right up to the Mlast minute. The workers in district No. 2, which consisted of the rural com- munities, did ;some hard work. Al- though starting a little late in the contest, Miss Rider- of Shevlin soon evened up with the other contestants, and, by means of exceptional work, came out over 1,000,000 above her nearest competitor. Peter Graves and Mrs. Cora - Frederickson ‘were close contestants for the second prize in district. No. 2, the former secur- ing 906,200 credits and the latter 890,275. g Taking everything into considera- Westfall started from North Dakota with $600 on his petson. Guinn first stated that Westfall had been killed by Guinn’s = stepfather, who had since died. Later he admit- ted he shot him, but that it was an accident. Still later he admitted shooting Westfall for his money, but stated on the stand that he had been forced to make this confession. The trial lasted five days, at the conclusion of which the ‘jury return- ed a verdict of guilty of murder in . (Continued on page 6) money and all valuables were gone. | Mrs. Mec- Crea of Madelia, Mrs. Rubedor of- Sf. Peter, and Mrs. Mix of Couer D’Alene, Idaho, besides a number of grand- children and great grandchildren. Tuncral services will be held Tues- day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home and 2:30 at the Presbyterian church, Rev. L. P. Warford officiat- ing, and M. E. Ibertson directing. In- terment will be made in Greenwood cemetery. All of the sons, except the last named, expect to be present. All members of the G. A. R. Cir- cle, who can, are requested to meet at the home at 2 o’clock to attend the services there, and accompany the |Mrs. Berg of Mill Park, . FORN BASKET TEAM Efforts are being made by a num- ber of the young lies of the city to organize a Girls’ City Basketball team and much interest has already been shown in such an organization. All girls wishing to play in such an organization are asked to meet at the new armory at 6 o’clock tomorrow evening, November 1, to make plans for an active season. Those who attend tomorrow night Legal Status of Women,” prepared by a committee of the national league on the uniform laws concerning wom- en. His answers were most interes ing and educational and he held the intense interest of his_hearers for an hour and a half. E: ing was the answer to the property rights of women. He wove a number of humorous incidents of women and their rights into his talk. Those who gained was really worth while, At the close of Judge Stanton's talk, Mrs. H. A. Bridgeman gave a convention of the Leaguc of Women ceially interest-| very complete report of the state| begins at 2 o’clock. An alumni tea i will be held at Shevlin hall from 4 to general meeting place for the facul- ty .and students. Open house.will be | ob! ed ati the fraternities, sorori- lies, Minnesota Union and Shevlin hall. A rousing good time is assured all who attend. | According to E. B. Pi i tary of the alumni asso secre- ation, the lines are offering a special rate of ' one fare for the round trip to Minne- apolis and return for all points in Minnesota on their lines, beginning ! November 4 and closing with the {early morning trains leaving Minne- ! 16 o’clock, and this will also be the! belonging to political subtractions “nuw‘]ost or tied up.” Completion and operation of the mill and elevator at Drake and Grand ! Forks .and closing up of the affairs of the Home Builders’ association. Closing of the State bank and pro- viding a rural credit system pattern- ed after the South Dakota system. This pregram depended upon ini- tiated measures, leads of which are attended felt that the information | Gireat Northern and Northern Pacific | 100, insuflicient to make a forecast. For governor, 1,880 precincts gave Nestos, Independent candidate, a lead of 8,637. The vote gave Nestos 106,- 071, and Frazier, 98,234, Approxi- pmtuly 211 precincts are outstand- i 1] the campaign was a most suc- NIB IEARIN family_to the qhurch. and those who|are requested to bring their gym-|Voters held the first of October, 8. 5 c]cosx;i’ul one. ’f‘hegbest of feeling was YEAR AROU c g G cannot go to Fifth ward are request-|nasium suits and be ready to start|which she attended as representative apolis November 7., In 1889 precincts, Nestos has 107,- maintained throughout the entire CAMPA[GN ls PLANNED ed to meet at the church at 2:15. practice. from the local League. b ot ?ngflrtg Fggzéeli‘?i)fl,’lw, a majority med.. gontest between the various con- S oo - i . s estos ,491, festants and a splendid healthy spiric : T0 HOLD DENTAL CLINIC WHITE TO QUIT DEMOCRATS f rivalry was-evidenced from star o 2 fnieh Some Form, of Land Clearing HERE ALL DAY FRIDAY IF STEP IS NECESSARY X That The Pioneer is the most popu- . ’ lar- paper within the wide range of Operations May B? Used ; . . 2 oy (By Unlted Fross) its circulation was evidenceg by tke All Year -Around First of a Series of Five Clinics| St. Louis, Mo., Oct}.l 31.—“George many favorable remarks made to the i g . White will quit as chairman of the ~{- contestants when securing their’sub- |- "'//' W 2 W////Wy/m m I to Be Held in Schools democratic national committee if that scriptions or renewals to the paper. A program that will permit of some € {v‘ 1 Il_, !:// ’? Friday step ig necessary to bring party har- % b e T TS form of land ‘clearing operations in "\QT y t/ l(J o] mony.” White made this statement A HALLOWE’EN BALL AT Gtitover counties, practicaily the year VI fi\ z tm‘l‘x;y. 1d full kel, s.tYd”, around is being worked out by_the | xR, b fi : a ahit would carefully makel,.s, 2 < . |versity of Minnesota co-operating| - ! WY ' elinic to be held Friday, November 4, |2 330easor to insure party harmony,” A Hallowe’en will be staged at the | with county farm bureau organiza-| W ) all day, in the Bem "I’mhlic schools. said White, "I have no idea of sub. ~ _1_ new armory this evening and an en-| i, As an important part of this| :I‘wu"l‘,win City dentists will be her:é mitting my resignation, however, uns joyable evehing is assured all who. at-| pooram an intensive brushing cam- |- to conduct the clinic, and Miss Dail loss oll elomenta; of tho: party can tend. The Syncopators will furnish|yai0m will be put on at once in sixi e esee il Bacist 8 ¥ |agree on some onc to succeed me,” t}{e music for the occasion, and tl‘lerc of the cut-over counties in the north- During Eim duyfl A (hc children’s he said. / (Vivm Ete cl;tx}‘leeznfsi‘;tr:l;eslg‘:ific:};?s:s ?fif castern part of the state. This can- teeth will be cxumilw(l,‘und attention s ' o n ! e A . f 3 4 paing was unanimously agreed upon e " aver it is necgs- that there will be a ?;n‘ge attendance. | ¢ a meeting held at the Internationai :’e‘;gmn‘l\olrlnl‘:"lrcml;clr‘tr‘éc::S ;:Zcil:ll ;tére; T%'(I;E DRY SOUAD CmEF 5 P TA R Spm— Potato Show at Duluth on October bl sl @ : { sy by ed to be present some time during EST DAY k e MOOSEHEART LEGION TO |27 by comniz msencs ot e couris S S e o e wrk 3 con ODAY T0 CANADA HOLD SESSION_‘TONIGHT'railroads and the university., dui)tr? éatur¢lay all day, the baby clin-| St- Paul, Oct. 31.—Sigrid Quale, ; ) ]';L;ddNe(;‘;; lic will be hcld’, and at later dates 2“""155‘7?"’“ "S'yk“q““% chief, leu}'es n. i a 4 3 % : 11 eye, 9 or Regina, Sask., today to confer A meeting of special importance |about May 1, 1922, Brushing work imfit‘Zimaé’en“;\'xhfifihlfififfi c!i:::l@c :::i]!“’m‘ Canadian oficers on the means and interest is being held tonight by |should be properly done al, this sea- a nutritional clinic. All these are to lof cutting down the traffic on liquor. the Women of Mooseheart Legion in|son of the year, say the land clearing | be financed by the Minnesota Public Minnesota and North Dakota are rune the Moose hall at 8 o’clock, at which |specialists. of the unive Héalth association, made. possible ways for hundreds of gallons of liquo Emma Hanke, deputy grand regent|the late fall and earl; through the sale U the. Red Cross E0Ing to all parts of the country, I of that order will be present and will{and also during the wi when the |seals. The Child Welfare committee is brought into the country right un have many things to announce to the [snow is not too deep, the work of ! lof the Civie and Communi’i mclub ei,! der the noses of the agents. 2 local lodge. z . |brushing and picking up can be done. sponsoring the clinics in Bc%id'i "| Much of the traffic is consigned to At the close of the special session |Land which has been brushed during| | 81 z & i points around Fort Franci$’ahd.Ine i at 9 o’clock, a social session will be this season of the year, say the uni-| 1 } ternational Falls. Darkened automo- ' EASTERN STAR WILL GIVE biles gpeeding at night, rowboats and held in honor of the distinguished gugst- of the order to which the mem- bers of the Moose lodge and their families have been invited; also the families of women of the Legion. Re- freshments will be served and an en- joyable evening spent. All_members of the Women of Mooseheart Legion 'order are espe- cially urged to be present at the spe- cial session to ‘hear the deputy grand versity men, should be seeded with | grass seed in the early spring. Brush- | ing alone will do no good if the land | is left-for several years tof go back. | It is necessary to sow grass seed in | the early spring to get a sod started. In other words, the brush would be | replaced with timothy and clover. | Meetings will be held in Beltrami county from November 21 to 26, the | dates and places to be announced regent. later. | g HALLOWE’EN DANCING PARTY i | The regular meeting of the Order ! of Eastern Star will be held fomorrow |evening at the Masonic ball, after which they will give a Hallowe'en ! dancing party. All Masons and their families and lady friends are invited. The Riggs orchestra will furnish the musie. Refreshments will be served. motorboats are commonplace, it was declared. SR OUTSIDE OF THESE THlNfiS, LIQUOR DOES SOME MORE ‘St. Paul, Oct. 31.—Liquor “run~ ning across” the Canadian border is !not an adequate term. It fairly flies, swims, dives, floats, circles and walkg across the line, is the opinion here,