Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 23, 1921, Page 1

| WEATHER REPORT Minnesota: Snow probably tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight. ' The Ploneer 1s the oniy daily within. 100 miles. of Bemidjl and . has the largest -circulation in Northern Minnesota’ s 'VOLUME XIX. NO. 185 Vo - CITCHNROES i IAPSLELIION o = " 'BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 23, 1921 55c PER MONTH 1D ON BEMIDJI UNDERWORLD JOINTS RAID CATCHES (B United Press) St. Paul, Nov. 23.—"Let. us _ see to it that every person in our. _land has something for which Dr. Van Karnebeek Recognized Annual International Exhibit ~ 5. Prayer, by Rev. Gecrr’gchehoel 1L OBSERVE THANKSEIVIG Five ‘Local Churches_ufiite to Hold Services at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church OTHER CHURCHES WILL HOLD SPECIAL SERVICE S;;irit of Thanksgiving Day Is Apparent Everywhere in the Community Thanksgiving day will be observed in Bemidji in the churches as well as *in thé. homes. Practically all'chur'ches “ " of the city have special Thanksgivng | ‘services and also churches in the ad- ‘jacent townships. s 7 Practically all stores in Bemlqn will be closed all day. The’banks will | be closed as usual. Eeverywhere the | spirit of Thanksgiving is apparent. - Union Services Union Thanksgiving services will - be held at St. Paul’s church, Sixth street and America avenue, at 10:30 | a. m., Rev. William Elliott of St. ~Bartholomew’s Episcopal church wili +'deliver the sermon. The churches co operating in this service are the Pres- byterian, - Baptist, Methodist, St. Paul’s and St. Bartholomew’s. A union choir made up of the choirs .of the various-churches participating will give'a special musical prograni. The program for the union serv-| ices is as follows: : Prelude, by Miss E. L. Golz. Invocation, by Rev. L. P. Warford. Opening hymn, “All Hail the Pow- er of Jesus Name.” Reading of Scriptures, Dr. G. H. Zentz: S “* Choir “Selection, by the combina-| tion. choir. “Be Thankful,” Walter A. Shaw- ‘ker. Thanksgiving Proclamation, Rev. W. F. Kamphenkel. . Thanksgiving Address, by William Elliott. ; Hymn, Lord’s Prayer, Benediction and Doxology, ‘“America.’ A Trinity Lutheran There will be a special Thanksgiv- ing service in the Trinity" Lutheran chapel on Thanksgiving evening, No- vember 24, at 8 o’clock. Rev. Erd- ‘mann W. Frenk will preach on Gen-| esis 8:20, “The Gratitude of Noah Upon His Exodus From the Ark.” The church choir will “sing, (The Netherlandish' Hymn of Praise.” The ‘church" authorities ~ wish to announce that additional seats have béen. secured to seat those who have ~heretofore been: inconvenienced - by standing or were not admitted the last’ few . services; = The parsonage chapel is ‘located! on the corner of Thirteenth and Beltrami. Lutheran Free No services will be held in the Lutheran Free church at Nymore. Special Thanksgiving services will be held, however, at the Aardahl church in the town of Frohn in the forenoon and a Ladies’ Aid auction will be held in the afternoon. / Notwegian Lutheran Regular Thanksgiving services will be held at the Norwegian Lutheran church, corner: of Eighth street and Minnesota avenue at 10:30, and a fine service has beeh arranged and will be held in the Norwegian language. _ Bethel Lutheran Special Thanksgiving services will be held at the Bethel Lutheran church, corner America avenue and Sixth street, in' the evening at 8 o’clock. A song service will be held, follow- ing which a_birthday social will be held in the basement of the church. | St. Phillip’s At St. Phillip’s church, high’ mass and sermon by Rev. Fr..J. J. T. Phil- lippe will be held at 9 a. m. At 8 (Continued on" Page 8) 'MISSISSIPP! TIMBER CO. OPENS LATH MILL TODAY The ‘Mississippi Timber company by Rev. has been constructing a modern lath | mill on the south end of Lake Irvine, | on the site of the former Clark Pole and Tie company mill.” Operations startod this morning and a crew of about twenty-five men will be employed. Night and day shifts will be operated. The output of the mill will be 100,000 lath every 24 hours, and the mill will be in con- tinuous operation for many months, as(| vong All-Europe’s ing Statesmen \ & % g\ymged Press) ., ‘Washingti %Nov. 28.—The Dutch delegation cd %, ts of Dr. H. A. van Karnebeck, N &Ster of foreign af- fairs; Dr, E. %sco, vize-president of the council India; and Dr. F. Beelaerts. van \ _kland, formeriy minister-resiGent in Peking. . The fact that he. was chosen-as president of the second session of the assembly of the League of Natious evidences' the high regard in which Dr. van Karnchetk is"held by Euro: pean statesmen. Van Karn:i ’s father was presi- dent of the Carnegie Insticute in Hol- land and vice president of ‘Che Hague conferen¢e in .1907. During seven years as mayor of The Hague. Van Karnebeek exhibitzd administrative qualities and diplomatic talents which brought him into line for the ministry of foreign affairs. One of the first in- ternational, complications with which he had to deal arose from the arrival of the ex-Kaiser Wilhelm,in Holland just after the armistice. Karnebeek never moved an inch from the stand he' took then—that Holland could do nothing but afford safe asylun. to{ the German ~ex-emperor—notwith- standing the storm of criticism in the allied press. 4 Van, Karnebeek is now beyond question the most popular statesman in Holland. \- Dr. E. Moresco, the second member of the’delegation, has had a brilliant career in the colonial service. In 1913 he went to Dutch East India as first secretary of the government, and in 1916. he was made general'secretary (Continued on Page 8) DIVORCES IN FRANCE 'INCREASE 20 PER CENT (By . United Press) Paris, Noy. 23.—The number of divorces in France has increased by nearly 20 per cent singe :the war, Statisties -just compiléd for the fibst| year after the war show more than 19,000 ‘divorces, or nearly 7 per cent of the total marriages. Owing to the steadily decreasing birth-rate the increase "of divorces Constitutes a serious problem in con- nection with the future defense of the nation. Madamoiselle Helene - Miropolsky, one of the few women lawyers prac- tising in the French courts, said:. “Aside from the moral causes that influence the conduct of men and women, the economic revolution caused by the war is largely respon- sible for the increase. . “During such a cataclysm as the war the number of domestic dramas multiplied. A separation of more than four years is bound to have some re- sult. In the majority of cases it re- sulted in binding closer the bonds of affection—but -there were hundreds of failures and surprises. HIGH SCHOOL TO STAGE BASKETBALL TOURNEY Silver Loving Cup Offered to ~Class Which Wins; Squad to Be Selected 0% A class basketball tournament will be held at the high school this seas- on, the first to everl have been at- tempted at the local school. The pur- pose of staging the meet so early in material the blue and white will have on hand for basketball this season. Coach Smith and his assistant, C. A. Christopherson, will officiate in every one of the games and will be able to get a good line on every man. Any player who makes a good showing during the tournament will be ad- mitted to the regular baskétball squad. This tourney will eliminate all of the extra work of cutting down the squad. The teams are being: selected this week and practice is in order every afternoon. The games will be played in the ‘afternoon - during the regular practice hours, at the new armory. As an incentive to increased in- terest-and at the same time aid in the development -of basketball material, Earle Barker of the:Barker Drug and Jewelry company is offering.a trophy in the form of‘a silver loving cup, which will go to the winning team.of play in that class room for the bal- ance of the year, with the engraving of the winning quint. To obtain per- ever, a team must win the, tourna- ment .three years in. succes: Y on, The various classes are holding meetings and electing their captains for the tournament. CHIMNEY FIRE CALLS OUT ~ . as-the company has orders to keep the mill in opzration until next June. At present only lath will be manu- factured. Later, however, it is possi- called out the fire department about | ble other wood products may be made. DEPARTMENT TUESDAY NIEHT A chimney_fire at the John Eng- lish residence, 820 Mississippi avenue, 9 o’clock Tuesday evening. No dam- age is reported. * the season is to gef a line on the| the tournament and will be put on dis- | manent possession of the trophy, how- | ONTONNAGEYS { . 70 Per ‘Cent Tonnage, Is Belief Today BRITISH PLANNING BIG Arms Conference May Consider Revision of Warfare Rules After Present Program . Washington/ Nov. 23, (By A: L. strain partly from her insistent stand that she be allowed an_increase of 10 per cent in capital ship tonnage, under the American program for lim- itation of naval armament. This was learned after the naval armament committee of the arms conference met to discuss the situation. \ Admiral Baron Kato is expected to present the Japanese decision at the meeting' late..today. London, Nov. 23.—A further step in naval retrenchment, in accord with the movement for limitation of ar mament, is planned by the British government, it was learned today. Sweeping reductions in the personnel of the'royal navy will cause the de- motidn of 60 captains and 240 com- manders. Most of those demoted were tpromoted during the war. The North- cliffe papers are denlanding the abro- gation of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Washington, Nov. 23.—~Out of the arms conference may come proposals that “the nations unite to 'minimize the horrors of war if theg can’t en- tirely prevent it. The American ad- visory committee, appointed by Pres- ident. Harding, was today at work on various suggestions that may bring this questicn befora the conference. Abolition_of submarines or limita- tion of those used were among the questions taken up. The suggestion’ has been made un- officially -and informally that at the conclusion of its .program, the arms conference will consider revision of the rules of war, so that if conflicts occur, they will be less horrible. MAYER & SWISHER STORE ENTERED TUESDAY NIGHT Thieves entered the store of May- er & Swisher Tuesday evening and robbed the cash register of its con- tents. Checks, which had been left in the register, were not taken, but about $48 in currency and silver dis- appeared. Entrance was made by key through the back door, apparently, ‘as the door was! found unlocked’ this mor- ning. | As far as could be ascertained the thieves confined their attention to the cash, no merchandise, so far as could be learned, was taken. EXPECTEDSO0N Will Alter Insistent Stand on CUT IN NAVY PERSONNEL| Bradford).—Japan has decided to re-l to be grateful,” said Governor Preus in his annual Thanksgiv- ing day proclamation. “Jt is most appropriate that we cease from our daily tasks for one: day to give. thanks to the Almighty for the many bless- ings he has bestowed upon us,” he said. “Those of our people wha have | more than they need can show their ‘thankfulness by giving to _those who are in need.” LEGION AUXILIARY TO "ENTERTAIN AT SOCIAL Fi Members of the Ralph Gracie post of the Awericafi Legion, their wives, | mothers, sisters ot sweethearts e to | ‘ibe entertained Wednesday evening,! Elected By Board November 30; by the American Le- |gion auxiliary at the rooms of the | Civic and’ Commerce association. Dancing and cards will be enjoyed | throughenit the evening, and a gen- eral soci«] time will be held, The la- dies of the'auxiliary are planning a “feed” for the boys and their lady friends, #nd assure the Legion that |the only fyay to miss a good time that | night to be absent. The social will ibegin at’about 8 o’clock, and plans lare being made by the ladies for a large attgndance. * NAVAL MILITIA HOLDS + DANCE THIS EVENING « The local unit of the Naval Militia s giving ;an informal dance at the new armory this evening, with the Louisiana; Red Devils orchestra fur- nishing the musie. Plans are being niade 1or an exceptionally enjoyable | evening and indications are that there |will be a large attendance. | W. A, Healy of the Kimball Piano | Co., Chiesgo, has, by special request, offered to sing a few ing the dance this even Mrs. G. O. | Riggs has offered her services as ac- companist for the soloist. BETSY LANE SHEPHERD APBEARS HERE TUESDAY Betsy Lane Shepard, soprano, as- sisted by Margaret wler Forbes, violinist, will appear at the Metho- dist church Tuesday evening, Novem- ber 29, under the auspices of the Woman’s Study club as the second number of its winter Lyceum course. Miss Clara Crangle will assist at the piano. i b A fine program has been arranged for this concert and music lovers of the city and community will be of- these distinguished ar appear here. A variety of numb is on the program, with Betsy Lane Shepherd taking the most prominent part. Madam Forbes also figures promi- nently. The proceeds of the series of Lyceum numbers will go toward the State Teachers college fund, which the club raises each year. | VISITS BEMIDJI IN INTEREST OF HOMELESS CHILDREN Rev. J. L. Parmeter of the Chil- dren’s Home Society of Minnesota, successor to Rev. E. P. Savage, de- ceased, visited Bemidji this week in the interest of homeless children. He wishes o thank the people of Bemidji for personal favors and generous co-operation. elections dur-| fered a rare treat in this line when | CLOSED QUT IV - RECALL FIGHT ! Suit to Contest Election Is Din-i missed; Canvassing Board | Meets Today LEMKE ANNOUNCES NEW | SALE OF STATE BONDS| {New Officers to Assume Their Duties When Declared | (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., Nov, 2 Nortit | Dakota’s nonpartisan admi ation | terminated today after five years at | the helm of the ship of state. Dis- | mi: of the suit to contest the elec-| {tion, on.the grounds of illegality of | | petitions asking for such election,| | means that the canvassing board will | | meet today as scheduled, count the ballots of October 28 election and| declare R. A. Nestos, Sveinbjorn | Johnson and William Kitchin, eleet- ed to the offices of governor, attorney | general and commissioner of agricul-| ture and labor., respectively. According to the ve officer ume thei £ soon as they are elected by the board. | | Lynn J. Frazier, three times elected lto the governorship, William Lemke, | attorney general, and John N. Hagen, | commissioner of agriculture and la-| bor, are the three officers who were recalled from the operation of the faws, which were part of their pro- gram. Shortly after 5 o’clock last evening, the supreme court announced *“tha without record vote the mejority de-| nies the appl ion for injunction agai the "canvassing board.” No| opinion was {"in court. | . Application for an injunction was made by tax-payers from Ramsey | and Divide counties, who presented affidavits declaring there were whole- sale frauds in the circulation of peti- tions asking for the recall, and that (Continued on Page 8) | | 'JOHNSONBROS. TOOPEN | READY-TO-WEAR STORE |, Otto Johmson of Bismarck and Carl Johnson of Grand Forks, N. D., will open a ladies’ ready-to-wear es- tablishment about February 1 in the new Barker block which is being| erected west of the Present Barker | Drug and Jewelry store. Arrange- ments for the lease of the building | have been made with Mr. Barker and it is expected that the building will be ready for occupancy by that time. | Johnson Brothers will operate store modern in every way and will add another important establishment to Bemidji. The upper story of the new block being erected by Mr. Barker will be furnished for office purposes. 1‘ | | | i | the best samples e: i western world, | Cora | Alic |en colorg to wear; members be to Be Held in Connection With Livestock Show (By United Press) Chicago, Nov, 23.—The gates swing open Saturday, Noveme on the most comprehensive assort- ment of grain and forage crops ever brought together. The number of mples at this year's International rain and Hay Show, which is held in’ connection with the International Livestock Exposition, will approach the 6,000.mark. “The annual Grain and Hay Show,” said Prof. G. I Christie, Purdue Jniversity, superintendent of the ex- hibit, “has alveady demonstrated its tremendous value in the encourage- ment of better agriculture and better country life. It means increased vields, less waste and greater pros- peri ’ For years there had been an urgent need for an international grain ex- position. After attempts to make the show self-supporting had failed, the Chicago Board of Trade voluntecred to post a $10,000 premium list for ibited. = This brought spontancous success. Since then the Board has twice renewed its offer, and the event now seems destined to become a perma- nent institution. It is sponsored and aided by the federal and provincial governments of two nations and by the leading crop organizations of the The fact that it is conducted not for profit but solely in the interest of agriculture accounts for the united support received from all farm organizations, More than a thousand ten-car sam- ples of corn form a part of the ex- (Countinuea on Page 8) LITERARY SOCIETIES AT COLLEGE RE-FORMED The former members of the Be- n.«)r-'sku and Athenian Literary so cieties of the Bemidji State Teachers college have reorganized under the names of Anonian and Laurean. The officers elected were as follows: An- onian—president, Raymond Nelson; vice-president, Apnes Hamilton - ary, Mildred MeCleary; treasurer, Dinwiddie. La : dent, Leila Jerdee; vi Peterson; secretary, abeth Bancy; treasurer, Mary Dinwiddie. Both societies held a joint mem- bership campaign, during which mem- bers were solicited, pledged and giv- g pledged to their respective socix’lle‘:‘t Tuesday, November 16, The follow- ing week was “pledge week,” and each pledge was assigned a duty, the char- ter xpgmbers acting as sponsors. Initiation exercises were held Sat- urday evening, November 19, at 7:30 o’clock. The Anonian meecting was held in the auditorium of the college and the Laurean meeting in the kin- dergarten room. After the busines: essions of the respective societies, n (Continued on Page 8) MUCH INTEREST SHOWN IN BRUSHING CAMPAIGN e 7 Series of Meetings Now Being Held to Encourage More Brushing and Seeding A. W. Stone, manager of the Bel- trami County Land Clearing associa- tion reports that considerable inter- est is being evidenced by the farmers in the series of meetings being held for the purpose of acquainting thew with the value of year-around land clearing. These meetings were be- gun Saturday, with sessions at Debs d Big Lake in the afternoon and at Pinewood and Turtle River in the evening. He reports that the attendance at these meeting is not large, but that the territory covered is small in each instance and that a large attendance was not expected for that reason. Be- tween 15 and 20. int ed farmers are attending each session, and al- together the program being carried out is proving to be quite a sue A. J. Schwantes and C. M. Fardy of the Uni ty extension depart- ment are sting in putting the drive for “more brushed acres” over. Mr. McCabe of the forest service, repre- senting District No. 16 also accom- panying one crew of speakers, ex- plaining the workin, of the forest law. Mr. Stone is accompanying the other crew of speakers and handling this work also. g No meetings will be held Thanks- giving Day, but, will be resumed Fri day afternoon at 2 o’clock at Ten- strike and Hagali township, and in the evening at 7 o’clock at Hines and ito make investigations, s LOCAL SALVATION ARMY ' UNSUSPECTING LA VIOLATORS City and County Authorities Make Raid on Bemidji Underworld Joints { MAJORITY BOUND OVER FOR GRAND JURY ACTION Mayor Garlock Says éity Will Be Cleaned Up an‘d Will Be Kept Clean 2 The strong arm of the law deliver- ed a punch in the Bemidji underworld Tuesday night at 9 o’clock when Chief Thomas Bailey and his force of police began a_raid in the city on the so- | called soft drink parlors and restau- rants, and Sherift Andrew Johnson with his deputies visited some of the places of “interest” in the suburbs. The officials have been waiting for the word *“go” for some time, as they have been compelled to stand for be- ing cussed and discussed, while their hands werve literally tied to await ~ the signal. Mayor Garlock, Chief Bailey and the entre police force have come in for their share of abuse, but could not, under the plan, disclose what was taking place by way of gatheving evi- |dence, which plan was necessary in order to make a good, effective clean- up. The city will be cleaned up and stay clean,” was the assertion of Mayor Garlock, “and I want to add that Chief Thomas Bailey and his force are ready to enforce the law in every detail. They have been ready, but were held off. They. were anxious to get busy long ago and from now on vou may depend upon e y member of the force to do its dut, “It is hard to get the evidence you need and at the same time make ar- continually. The men who are ged in the business of selling booze are smooth hoys and you can- not make an effective campaign with- out first,securing the proper evi- dence.” The court chamber in the Beltrami court house presented an un- 1e this morning when those in the raid conducted Tues- ht appeared for arraignment Judge J. . Gibbons, Witnesscs and interested listeners gave evidence that the news ‘of the police activi- ties had soon spread, ounty Attorney 'Graham M. Tor- rance conducted the arraignment be- fore Judge Gibbons, Lrank (Blackie) Sterling, charged with running a heuse of ill repute, waived cxamination and was placed under bonds of $2,000 for his appear- ance befo, grand jury, A. L. proprictor of the 0. K. restaurant, was asked to fur- nish the sume amount of bail for the ame reason and will await the ac- tion of the grand jury. Mik and ¥. Bertram, who were charged with golling moonshine whis- ky, each waived examination and were hound over to await, the action Qf the grand jury, their bonds beirg fixed at $500 each, C. L. Pegelow was secured as their attorney, ‘l nnk_ North, proprictor of the P,ntlm'prlm Cafe, was charged with selling hooze, as were also John Slow and Ole Hanson, These wera given time to secure an attorney and were asked to appear before the court at ’1%] o’clock this afternoon. he cases against Ver (Continued on PE;:!;”Dunbnn OPENS OFFICES HERE ! AS PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Walter E. Hill has opened officeds in the First Nationa} Bybe bEiae as a public accountant, e is prepared ? | audits and financial statements ahd all othes wotrk cnmmouly}lonc by an accounta ant. PLANS DRIVE FOR FUNDS A meeting of the advisory board of the Salvation Army was, held Tuesday night in the Civie and Com-~ merce association rooms, Mrs. Mary Wishman of Minneapolis Army head- quarters met with the board and out- lined the plans for makinhg the annuak Salvation Army appeal to. carry om the work of the organization for the coming year. ] An appeal will be made for main- Turtle Lake township. Iour meet- ings were held daily, Monday, Tues-|budget has been prepared, the de- i | | | | | 9 day and Wednesday, and will be con-| . Frohn ww"ghipipuhlxc in connection with the appeal. cluded Saturday. and Kitichi Lake will be visited urrlny afternoon and Ten Laki ship/and Blackduck Satur ning. tenance work of the local corps. A. tails of which will be given toj the The city will be thoroughly organ- d bef the appeal is made and will be asked Lo co-oper= 2 of the fungds,