Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 2, 1921, Page 1

3 (N R | CEREE Sa L ] HINTHNnnnanannnnnnnnnnnmnnmmmmm: 1 bbb bbb LU L LU ELL LU LU L LI UL UL LI LU LLL DO P LTI LR LRI R LU LR LR L L LELL LU L L L The Ploneer is the oniy dally within 100 miles.of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota ¢ L i VOLUME XIX. NO. 192 ~ BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 2, 1921 BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE gligl\ll)’ ¢O] night. 6§5c PER MONTH CALL ATTENTION BEMID)I HARDWARE 0. |BERNHARDT BUYS MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS Cloquet ‘Men - Tell Kiwanis Club Facts Concerning Forest. Conditions. LAND CLASSIFICATION BOON TO REFORESTATION Plan of Patroling Forests Also Touched Upon By These ‘Able Speakers ® Secnator F. D, Vibert, editor of the Pine Knot, and W. H. Kenety of Cloquet in appearing before the Ki- wams club in Bemidji- Thursday, touched wpon a, topic which is of vital interest to this community, and in fact to all of Northern Mir i sota, particularly to that part of the “te where timber has been cut from . _* which ordinarily cannot be used fu any other purpose than forestry. The land classification, which has been started in Northern Minnesota and which was carried on last sum- mer and fall in the southeastern por- tion of Beltrami county, is looked upon as the first step in reforesta- tion. Tracts of land suitable -for nothing else should be the first areas to be reforested according to Sen- ator Vibert. The matter of reforestation is far- reaching in its importance. From ex- periments and actual reforestation projects in the state of Maine, where there are many thousands of acres regrown in trees, it has been dem- onstrated that such areas bring greater financial return than any actual agricultural development. A constant industry is created which actually nets the. community more than the agricultural products. This, it was explained,. resulted from' the establishment of paper and pulp in- dustries in the community which ob- tained a continuous supply of raw materidl from which' to make their products. A continuous supply of the raw material was guaranteed from the. reforestatiun’ plan’ and a'con- tinuous industry established which insured labor to a large number and a constant source of income to the community. e The plan of patrolling the forests was also touched upon, and from the experiences of Mr. Kenety it was shown that where . patrollmen were used continually no serious . fires resulted; even though the slash- ings had not been burned, but where - the slashings had been burned aecord- ing to thé rules and laws laid down by the state and had been left with- out patroling, bad fires resulted very often. Mr. Kenety is in charge of the for- astry department of the Cloquet lumber and paper industries and was formerly in the employ of the forestry departmenti of the state of Minne- sota. He has made a wide study of forpstry problems in Canada and the United States, and is working out some valuable projects along these lines near Cloquet. The Cloquet lumber and paper in- dustries are now working on a plan to utl!lze all the by-products and waste in the mills and make them in- to wallboard and other finished prod- ucts. 4 —NMail Early Week, Dec. 5— ROSCOE ARBUCKLE'S LIFE THREATENED BY LETTERS Star Witness for Defense in Critical Condition After Being Poisoned (By United Press) San Francisco, Dec. 2, (By M. D.| Tracy).—A threat has been received by friends of Roscoe Arbuckle that he would be shot down in the court room if he is acquitted of manslaugh- ter in connection with the death of 'Virginia Rappe. This threat, following the poison- ing of the defence’s star witness, Miss Irend Morgan, led to extreme precautions being taken to protect the big movie comedian today. The threat against Arbuckle’s life was re- ceived by his attorney and a friend two days ago, it was learned. The letters, addressed to each, stated: “You and your fat friend will be as- sassinated.” The girl witness, a nurse from Los Angeles, is reported hovering between Jife and death from the effects of poison. Physicians say that they {u lieve she was given a. large quantity of aspirin. Miss Morgan told the police she had met the man at the Arbuckle trial here when an attempt had been made to impeach her testimony. She said she went walking with him yes- terday at noon. She ate two pieces of candy he gave her. Later she was found on the floor of her room in convulsions. Tt was thought this mor- ning that she had- a chance for re- coveyy. RN T ST Siid to Two-Story Structure Erected This Fall The stock of the Bemidji“ Hard- ware company was moved Thursday night from their old building on Fourth street to the new block erect- ed by them on the corner of Minne- sota avenue and Fourth street. A crew, working late into the night, made the transfer of the stock and today they are doing business in the new block. . ; The new store is without question one of the finest retail hardware stores in the northwest. Several fea- tures have been incorporated in the interior which gives a maximum of shelving space in a minimum area. The show room proper will be about 32x82 feet. The display windows on the north side of the store are an- other feature which add greatly to the appearance of the store, whether looking from outside in, or from in- side out. On the Fourth street side it will be possible to display stock for fully 60 feet in show windows built specially for display purposes. From Minnesota avenue there will be an unobstructed view of all the store through the front windows. The convenience of the public has not been forgotten in ‘the construc- tion of the building. At the east end of the store there will be a women’s rest room with toilet facilities, and it is the intention of the firm to in- stall a gas range for the convenience and use of farmers’ wives and fam- ilies who may desire to heat lunch they may bring with them from home. An unpacking room and private of- fice will also be in the east end of the building with the bookReeper’s office adjacent to the private office. The construction of the block has been done in a remarkably short time. Excavation was started Sep- tember 9 and the pouring concrete about two weeks later. Favorable weather made it possible to continue operations without the loss of any time. The old building, which was moved to the rear of the lots, will be rented. Parties have already been negotiat- ing for the first floor of the old build- ing, and the second floor has already been rented. S A formal opening of the new store will'be held at some date in the near futgare,~ but the cxact date has no been decided upon. A full announce- ment of the opening will be made later. i E —Better to. Be Early— 0DD FELLOWS TEMPLE T0 BE BUILT BY DIMES ‘Washington, Dec. 2.— (Capital News Service).—Plans for the erec- tion in Baltimore of a temple of the sovereign grand lodge, 1. O. o, F, with dimes to be contributed by mem- bers of the order are progressing satisfactorily. Each member of the 1. 0. O. F. will pay a fee of ten cents each year for five years, and the fund thus provided will.be used in erect- ing the temple. The order is reported to be progressing rapidly in all di- rections since the meeting of the sovereign grand lodge in Toronto recently. The slogan, “One million mem- bers by 1922,” was approved at the suggestion of Supreme Chancellor William Ladew, and a ripcrt on the growth will be made at the next gen- eral session in Detroit. The 1923 meeting of the grand lodge has been asked by Washington, D..C., and the \| 1928 meeting by Portland, Ore. As a great exposition is to_be held in Portland in 1925, the' I. 0. O. F. members attending their annual ses- sion would be able to take in the ex- position, it is suggested. An interesting feature of the fu- ture in 0dd Fellowship circles will be the publication, sale and distribution of a list of all the subordinate lodges in the grand jurisdictions of the United States and Canada. * * —Be Early to Buy— NEW CONTRACT LET FOR NORTH DAKOTA BOND SALE Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 2.—Five han- dred thousand dollars’ worth of North Dakota bonds will be taken at once by the Spitzer-Rorick company of Toledo, under a new contract. It was acceépted late yesterday by the state industrial commission. The remainder of the $6,200,000 called for in the contract will be delivered as needed. The former contract called for the sale of bonds at par and six per cent. —Mail ’Em_Early— AMERICAN SHIP-BUILDER IS DETAINED AT HAVRE (By United Press) Havre, France, Dec. 2..—Charles W. Morse, the American shipbuild- ing financier, wanted in the United States in connection with alleged mer- chant marine frauds was detained aboard the liner Paris on its arrival here today. French police, acting on a request from Washington, held him in the stateroom pending arrival of a warrant expected from Paris, Inspector Sabineau of the police announced he would-take Morse be- fore the American consul here at 3 p. m. today and if there were no further authorities on which he couid be held he would be released. Charles W. Morse was permitted to land and walked ashore to his hotel, BURIAL ISLAND (By United Press) Paris, Dee. 2.—With the purchase of a tiny islet in the Bay of Biscay, Sarah Bernhardt has practically com- pleted preparations for her death. The little rocky island is only a few acres in extent, lying a number of miles off tM mainland near Belle Isle, where she has a summer home. Bernhardt has specified that she be buried on the island. The island was purchased from the French govern- ment for 1,200 francs. It is understood that Bernhardt has made detailed plans for her: fu- neral and the design for the tomb to be erected upon the isle. It is well known that she already has pur- chased the casket in which she de- sires to be interred. Despite these preparations Bernhardt is as lively and vivacious as ever. She is appear- ing every night in “La Gloire” at her theater anad critics declare that her art is as grest as at any time in her career, —Mail Early for Christmas— NEWEST AIRPLANE T0- CARRY 150 PASSENGERS (By United Press) London, Dec. 2.—Plans have been announced for the newest airplan de luxe, a monoplane with hollow wood- en wings thick enough to carry, be- tween top and bottom sections, 150 passengers, and capable, according to specifications, of crossing the Atlantic with its full quota of passengers. Work ‘on the plane is to be begun immediately. It will be put into the cross-channel service and will have all the latest features. An airplane just completed for the cross-channel service, with four 300- horse power engines, is for twenty passengers. It has a tearoom. seating ten persons, with a real china tea service. Water niay be boiled and muffins toasted on the exhaust pipes. —Help the Postman— LABOR HEAD ENDORSES CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE It has been long appreciated by working men and women that tuber- culosis is one of their deadliest ene- mies and, therefore, it is no surprise that President Gompers of the Am- enican Federation of Labor should endorse the movement ~ aginst !.Ius‘ disease. However, as the fight against tuberculosis is gaining ground ~in proportion to the amount of educa- ‘Hon advanced, it is well to vead President Gompers’ message. “I am.very glad to express my own personal interest in an endorsement of the Fourteenth Annual Christmas Seal Sale to be held in December of this year. I sincerely hope that this annual event will result not only in a much wider extension of the edu- cational message of the National Tuberculosis association and its affi- liated agencies than has been possible heretofore, but that it will bring to yolur organizations a sufficient rey- enue with which to carry on their life-saving work during the year 1922, “I am’ mindful of the tremendous toll that tuberculosis takes among working men and working women. So long as this disease takes at least one out of every six deaths from the ranks of workers in this country, so long will the American Federation of Labor stand shoulder to shoulder with the national, state and local tuberculosis associations of the coun- try in their .efforts to suppress this deadly plague. 3 “I ‘wish to extend my sincere ap- preciation of the work that you are doing.” AGRICULTUR DISTRICT MEET Instructors ‘and Supervisors Attend Conference for Northern District AGRICULTURAL CLASSES VISITED IN FORENOON Discussion Held on Topics of i Vital Agricultural Work Importance in A district conference of superin- tendents and agricultural instructors was held today in_ the high school agricultural class rooms on Fourt street at which a number of agricul- ors were present. The conference covered the north- ern section of the state, the following schools ‘being represented by the in- structors in ‘agricultural work: ley, Reno Smith; Bemidji, H. Pflughoeft; Big Falls, F. G. Wel Chisholm, H. S. Hanson; Deer River, E. G. Shaad; Fisher, J. R. Hewitt; Fosston,. R. S. Doherty; Gilbert, W. J. A |International Falls, C. A. Anderson, and Park Rapids, G. P. Sanders. Paul Calrow, state supervisor of agricultural education, A.. M. Field of the teacher’s training department of University Farm, and E. M. Phil- lips, state high school inspector, were also present. The forenoon was spent in visiting lagricultural classes, studying teach- ling methods and questioning pupils regarding project work. In the after- | of topics considered to be of vital im- portance in agricultural work. Professional improvement, curricu- !lum study for vocational schools, shop |work for agricultural students, re- port of agricultural equipment ques- tionnaire -up . to datcipart time.and |evening instruction and the study of | agricultural reference and text books discussions were held. Five conferences of this kind are covering the northern section. —Wrap Packages Securely— UNDER ORDER TO (By United Press) Chicago, 2, — Thirty-five thousand union emplo of packing plants are under order today to strike Monday for recognition of the union and against wage cuts. Cities which will be hit by the strike include St. Paul, Austin, Chicago and Milwaukee. —Shopping Early Helps— SALVATION ARMY APPEAL TEAMS TO MEET TONIGHT A meeting of all who are to act as solicitors for the Salvation Army appeal will be held at 7:30 in the Bemidji association rooms for the purpose of arranging teams and as- sigriing territory. Every onc is spe- cially asked to be present promptly at. 7:30. tural instructors and state supervis—‘ Bag- Ryan; Grand Rapids, P. W. Chase;| {noon discussion was held on a number | |were some of the topics upon which | held in the state, the one at Bemidji| " STRIKE MONDAY! 'EDUCATION WEEK | TO OPEN SUNDAY | American E tion week, desig- {nated by the National Education as- | sociation and the American Legion, opens Sunday, December 4. The pur- | poses of this week are to inform the public of the .accomplishments and needs of the public schools and to se- cure co-operation and support of the public in meeting these needs and to teach and foster good American: ism. Local pastors have been asked to devote at least a portion of their sermons Sunday to the cause of bet- ter education and to bring to the attention of churchgoers the nceds of the schools over the entire coun- try The public’s attention is to be brought to the need of better build- {ings, libraries and equipment, play- grounds, better attendance, better- paid teacher longer school term, | better vocational education, better junderstanding of the form and fun- damental principles of the United States government and Dbetter and (universal use of the English lan- | guage. ~—Wrap With Care— 'MONUMENT UNVEILED TO INVENTOR OF GAS MASK By Charles McCann (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Dec. 2.—A simple mem- orial has been unveiled here to the man who, next to the Kai was ursed during the war by more mil- lions of sweating soldiers than any ; other man in Europe-—and whom mil- {lions more, gasping in a cloud of poison gas, have had cause to bless The memorial unveiled in the ¢ amination hall of the Pharmaceutical ‘Nuciot‘,\'. is to Lieut.-Col. E. F. Harri- 'son, inventor of the box-respirator | or gas mask of which over 000,000 were manufactured for British and American soldicrs, anad which almost inuea on Page 8) —Mail Early for Christmas— 'CONSERVING AND USE OF NATION'S WEALTH AIDED Dec. 2.—(Capital News Service).—A government in- Istitution which, works quietly but adily at all times along construct- live lines to the end that the resources | of the country be developed and con- Iserved to the fullest extent, the bu- {reau of mines, announces some in- | teresting activities now on in the west and south. ; | In an investigation of the reduc-| I tion of iron oxide, being conducted | at the north central experiment sta- {tion of the bureau at Minncapolis, | the resistance to the pas: through beds of ore w: studied. Laboratory work on the pu.ifica- tion of copper sulphate solutions is Washington, uccessfully ment station, at Berkeley. Cal. The assistance of the intermoun- tain station at Salt Lake City has been requested in working ‘oul an economical process to recover Lhe value from millions of tons of low- grade silver ore left in the mines and on the dumps of the Pari ity dis- trict in that state At the northw station at Seatle a rotary furnace for the production tof sponge iron has been completed. Several reduction tests have been made in wh Loth magnetite and hematite ores were reduced with re- sults equally as goud as those obtain- ed in previous tests made in aw ciec- tric muffle. R’member THAT UTTLE PUNY YOUNGSTER . WHO _LIVED NEXT DOOR, WELL (SHE DOESNT LOOR (IKE {Copyrigtiny LONG O UIVE YOU SHOULD SHE HAD PAPREONE S 7Lk S O SEE being conducted at the Pacific experi- | ¢ STATE CLUB LEADER TO ADDRESS LOCAL WOMEN Mrs. J. E. Rounds, St. Paul, Will Be Guest at Number of Social Affairs Here At the meeting of the Woman's Civic and Community club, to be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Civic and Commerce associa- tion rooms, Mrs. J. E. Rounds, presi- dent of the State Federation of Wom- en’s clubs, St: Paul, will give the ad- dress. mittees, Mrs. A. J. McMillan will sing and the Bemidji State Teachers College Glee club will give some se- lections, and at the close of the pro- gram lunch will be served and a so- cial hour enjoyed.. The public is in- vited to attend. Several social affairs are being planned complimentary to Mrs. Rounds, who will arrive in Bemidji tomorrow morning and be a guest of the various women's clubs through- out the day. Mrs. F. S. Arnold will entertain at breakfast the four presidents of the local clubs: Mrs. E. W. Johnson of the Woman’s Civic and Community club, Mrs. H. E. Bolger of the Wom- en’s Study club, Mrs. John Claffy of the Mothers’ club, Mrs. William Budge of the Musical club, also Mrs. M. W. Deputy, who was instrumental in get- ting Mrs. Rounds to come to Be- midji, and the guest of honor. Mrs. Rounds will be entertained at noon luncheon by Mrs. E. W. John- son, at her home, 605 Lake Boule- vard. At 6 o’clock the executive board of all the clubs and committees appoint- cd to arrange for the state convention to be held in Bemidji next fall, and to take supper with Mrs. Rounds at the Markham hotel, to which the members are alse invited. These who ed to notify Mrs. H. E. Bolger not later than noon tomorrow. —Mail Barly Week, Dee. 5— SINN FEIN DELEGATION CONFERS WITH DE VALERA United Press) London, D 2, (By Ed L. Kee —Members of the Sinn Fein pe; delegation hurried to Dublin today for a conference with Eamonn De Valera and cabinet to decide on peace or v n Ireland. The Ivish cabinet had before it Lloy George's latest proposal, re- jection of which may lead to rencwed hostilities. —Shop Early-— RIFLE AND RECREATION CLUB ORGANIZED HERE Monday evening, November 28, the Bemidji Rifle and Recreation club organized at the Overland building at 219 Eleventh street. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 p. m., r which the officers for the com- e were elected. Those elected . DeLeuil, pr lent; Axel c-president; M. W. Bell, ary; L. L. Caskey, treasurer, and Frank W. Schroeder, executive officer. Albert W. Worth was clected chairman of the membership commit- tee, and all thi wishing to join will make application through him. The club is afliliated with the Na- tional Rifle association and was or- ganized to promote better rifle shool- ing and to boost all clean outdoor sport., Preparations are already under way for the location of a suitable place for a rifle range, and the latest report from A. J. Ritchey, chairman of the range committee, is that he has several good places lined up at the present time. The charter members are the fol- lowing: J. A. Deleuil, FFrank W. Schroeder, Max W. Bell, Albert W. Worth, Arthur J. Breen, A. Rit- chey, L. L. Caskey, E. S. Caskey, Axel Lyon, Mike Sunde, Henry Hen- dershot and Linoe L. Aleon. —-Be Early to Mail— HARRIETT SWENSON PASSES AWAY; FUNERAL MONDAY Little Harriet Swenson, 2%-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Swenson, who live on the French farm near Bemidji, passed away this morning at St. Anthony’s hospital af- ter an illness of over four weeks from blood-poisoning. She leaves, besides her parents, three brothers to mourn her loss. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at the Lu- theran church, Rev, L. J. Jerdee offi- ciating, and M. E. Ibertson directing. ~—Wrap With Care-— ALLEGED “MOONSHINE” PEDDLERS CONVICTED Alleged peddlers of “moonshine whisk,y,”t who were arrested on city charges Tuesday are going through the municipal court mill and several have already been found guilty and given sentence. Pat Stapleton, proprictor of the Lake Shore hotel, was sentenced at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon to a $75 finc or 0 days in jail. Otto Erlandson was sentenced to a straight 90-day jail term. F. Bertram and Mike Ber- tram were each convicted and given the choice of $100 fine or 90 days in jail. Rhoda A. Judkins was sentenced to a $75 fine or 60 days. John Slow drew a choice between $100 fine or 90 day. (By se of Thomas Doyle was be- Ifore the court this afternoon, and several more are to follow, There will also be reports of com-| the officers of the various clubs are| { expeet to attend the supper are ask-;t BARGAINING ON NAVY PROGRAM IN FULL SWING Indications Are That Japan Will Accept 60 Per Cent Ratio for Navy RS BRIAND CONFIDENT THAT CONCLAVE WILL SUCCEED Saloon League Conference Adds to Worries of General Counsel for Anti- —_— (By United Press) Washington, Dec Bargaining over- the big questions now bc{orc the arms, conference in the l:!l[)'llll.l ship controversy between the(anLcd States and Japan is in full swing. Japanese. sources today ad\'am‘gd the proposal that the Hughes ratio of 60 per cent would be accepted it an. agreement to be reported among the powers that no war be startet_l against Japan except oi siX months notice. The Japanese, however, are backing away from another proposal that America agree to abandon forti- fication on the Pacific before they ac- cept the Hughes ratio. T made it clegr that they will not break up the conference over the capital ship ton- nage fight. From sour Wilson, it close to ex-President carned that he is con- sidering king the League of Na- tions advocate in this country to start a movement for America’s par- ion in the League without any servations the senate may see fit to impose. Discussion of the Shan- tung question continues. s Havre, France, Dec. 2—*I am con- fident the noble object of the Wash- ington conference will be obtained,” Premier Briand declared at his arrivel v aboard the liner Paris from ashington, Dec. 2.— The arms conference has increased worries of” Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League. He said today in giving notice that he would demand corfgress to take steps to dry up the diplomatic ca S0 nuMerous in Washington. —-Mail Early for Christmas— MAMMOTH PRODUCTION NOW BEING SHOWN IN BEMIDJI “The Four Horsemen of the Apoc- alypse,” a feature production and an outstanding film play, began a three- day showing at the Elko theater afternoon with a matinee at ). Two shows will be staged each of the three d the matinees at 2:30 and the eve s at 8 o’clock. Special have been ar- ranged for tonight’s show. At 7:45 an overture, Rossini’s “Semiramidi,” will be given by the Elko’a five-picce orchestra, Mrs. Julius Smith will sing “The Marseillaise.” All seats for the six shows are re- served and have been on sale at Boardman's Drug store since Mon- day. —Mail Early for Christmas— KIWANIS CLUB HEARS INSTRUCTIVE SPEAKERS Local Club May Foster Plan to Have Toboggan Slide Erect- ed This Winter . Lumbermen had charge of the regular meeting of the Kiwanis club at the Elks club rooms Thursday noon, with A. C. Johnson as chair- man of the session. Miss Grace Cur- rie, violinist, and Mrs. T, Burke at the piano entertained with a num- ber of well-rendered selections. A number of visitiors were introduced. Senator ¥. D. Vibert of the 44th distriet and W. H. Kenety of Cloquet spoke on conservation of the forests and reforestation. Both talks showed that the givers were well-versed in these topics and more complete data on their talks may be found in an- other article, E. D. Boyce brought up the subject of having the Kiwanis club back a proposition to have a toboggan slide at the old site this winter to pro- vide amusement for young and old. He was asked to make a definite re- port for the next meeting so that it cun be acted upon by the club. . The attendance prize, a box of cigars, was won by Dr. H. A. Nor- throp. The meeting next week will be in charge of the retail merchants of the club with S. 8. Wilson as chair- man. Fred Fraser of the local club to- day reccived motice from the lieu- tenant governor of Kiwanis clubs in Minnesota telling of his appointment to the publicity committee for the district of Minnesota and the Da- kotns, The hointment continues until Junuary 1, 1923, i 1 R i | 555 | i | | [ | 1 . 1 | | { 1 1 By —