Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 3, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesots VOLUME XIX. NO. 193 BEMIDJ1, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 3, 1921 Minnesota: Generally fair tonight and Sunday; rising temperature Sunday. BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER LOCAL APPEAL FOR FUNDS 10 OPEN HONDAY ‘All Wcrkers to Meet Monday Forencon at 9 O’Clock at Association Rooms E. A. BARKER CAPTAINS TEAMS MAKING APPEAL Team Members Met Last Night to Complete Arrangements . for One-Day Appeal Customary procedure in_ selecting teams for soliciting subscriptions to the Salvation Army appeal fund was rchanged last evening when teams were selected for Monday’s work. Instead of two men or two women going together on assignments the teamd will consist of one man and one woman. Twenty teams so select- ed will carry the appeal cver the city Monday, starting from the rooms of the Civic and Commerce association at 10 o’clock a. m: Earle A. Barker was named captain of all teams who will work Monday and he immediately assigned the lists and territory to those who were present. Headquarters will be maintained all day Monday at the Civic and Com- merce association rooms and those who are in charge of the appeal will be present there so that any informa- tion which may be needed my be ob- tained. “A meeting of all workers will be held Monday morning in the associa- tion rooms at 9 o’clock for the pur- pose of getting final instructions and the supplies needed for the solicit- ing. All team workers are requested to.be on hand promptly at that time so that the work may start simul- taneously at the hour appoifited. For the informatipn of those. who have not had an opportuiiity to learn of the work done last year by the local corps, a brief resume follows: With very limited supply of means and little co-operation locally, the following ~ results were obtained through the Salvation army. Cash paid out for Lodgings and meals. ..§ Shoes . 45.20 14.25 Transpor 22.25 Groceries_ . . 93.25 Medical aid . . 1165 Miscellaneous assistance to BOOT sescitoitoriie ot 98.00 Poor children’s tree and gifts 60.95 ‘ $345.55 Distribution of articles collected: Garments . 543 Shoes, pairs. . 96 Meetings held and attendance: i Attendance 189 open air meetings. 9,327 186 indoor meetings.. . 2,062 96 junior meetings. . . 2,688 Inciuding Girl and Boy -Guards, a group similar to the ‘“Scout” move- ment. N\ Five hundred ninety-six hours were spdnt by the officeys in visitation among the needy and sick, totaling 810 calls. The money raised this year is to do away completely with the general solicitingt by the_officers, which has to be done when there.are not funds to carry on their work. There has been no money in the treasury here since last April. Only a small amount was contributed last year. The fund collected for a building two years ago, js intact in the banks of Bemidji, ‘awaiting a propitious time for com- pletion. Simply “maintenance” with an adequate charity fund for the many needy cases in this commuhnity is now solicited. . It is a local appeal, only a small proportion being- allowed for state work. That includes the supervision of thej Rescue Home; the Boarding /(Continued on *Page 6) —Shopping ‘Early -Helps— RED CROSS CAMPAIGN RESULTS GRATIFYING Subscriptions ~toward the . recent Red Cross campaign have been to- taled up for Bemidji and some of the surrounding communities and are found to amount to $1,200. Mrs. E. A. Barker, chairman of the campaign, advi: districts which"have not yet reported and that when all reports are in the amount will reach somewhat more than the above figure. Those who were in charge of the campaign are very much gratified over the response made and appr ciate the generous contributions ‘which were given. The work dope by those who took chgrge of the bfloths during the cam- paign was also very much “appre- ciated. When all reports are in a de- tailed summary will be made showing the result of the campaign, that" there are some outlying ' PEAL IN BEMID 55¢c PER MONTH JIWILL BE MADE NEXT MONDAY ANNUAL SALVATION ARMY AP PARENT-TEACHER MEET | AT TEACHERS COLLEGE Interesting Program Enjoyed, Followed By Social Hour With Refreshments A large attendance of the mathers,‘y fathers and friends of the children who attend the Bemidji State Teach- ers college were present at-the Par- ent-Teacher association meeting Fri- | day cvening in the kindergarten room | at the college. Roll-call was respond-| ed to by the parents or guardians of | the children of the different grades, | rising as called upon, and, by count, | Miss Edson’s room had the largest] number of representatives, and they | will have the canary in their room for i another month. | After the business had been dis- posed of, a program was given. A group of sopgs were sung by a double quartette selected from the lower grade, and they sang very nicely. They were accompanied by Mrs. A. J. McMillan at the piano. After this number, Rev. Wm. El- liott, as a “Lover of Books,” gave a talk on “Literature,” and he told in a forceful and interesting manner what he considered the best way to obtdin the most good from reading. Much depended upon the selection, and he stated that an education could | be obtained through reading, but it could not be done by hasty reading or skipping through a book. Books | should be read “line by line, word by word, syllable by syllable, and even letter by letter.” This was followed by a very inter- esting and instructive talk by Miss Margaret Kelly on “Literatule for Children.” She told how to select the reading for children of different ages, and she had prepared a number of short graded lists of books suit-| able for children of different ages,| which were available for any who wished toa hgye one. The program was follpwed by a social hour with re- freshments. —Mail Early for Christmas—- CHANGE MADE IN COURTNEY | SEED AND FEED COMPANY i A change has been made in‘the per- sonnel of the Courtney.Seed-& Feed Co., John ‘'W. Rodekuhr retiring as vice-president and local manager. William J. Courtney, president of the company, with H. F. Rubey, secre-| chased Mr. Rodekuhr’s interest. The business will be continued under the f(i:rm name of Courtney Seed & Feed 0. ) —Help the Postman— | BLONDO HOUSE IS NOW : OPENED FOR BUSINESS | J. Blondo, who recently purchased | the Minnesota hotel at 314 America avenue, announces that it will now be known as the Blondo House. It was opened for business yesterday af-’ ter being remodeled on the interior, fitted out with new furniture and re- decorated. , —Wrap Packages Securely— HIGH SCHOOL INSPECTOR PRAISES PROGRESS HERE “Leave Petty Differences Out of School Situation,” E. M. | Phillips Advises e E. M. Phillips, state high school inspector and also director of voca- tional education in Minnesota’s high schools, visited Bemidji Friday in the interests of the state department of educaton. 2 He inspected the Bemidji school during the greater part of the after- noon and also attended the district conference of superintendents and agricultural instructors at the agri- cultural rooms on Fourth street. He stated that he-has always liked Bemidji and was glad of the chance to visit this city again. In remarking about the condition of the high school he ‘was pleased to report that the school is progressing remarkably well in spite of the crowded conditions since the loss of the high sthool building by fire. “Of course, the half-day sessions are a loss,” he said, “but what elsc can be done under the circumstances? They have my approval, for I con- sider that a greater loss would result if any other system were followed.” He remarked especially concern- ing the fine spirit of study and the spirit of co-operation being shown i Superintendent West and the faculty. The fact that there is no serious loss of time caused by the students be- ling required to go from one building to another for various classes im- ‘pressed him also. | Mr. Phillips has always taken an interest in the Bemidji schools and | wishes to leave the impression with the public that the local schools will {be among the best in the Northwest as long as the “petty differences” are forgotten. | Inspector Phillips came to Bemidji | from_Virginia, where he attended a |rant much time being spent on the tary, are here this week and have pur-| . BRUSHING AND SEEDINGDRIVE | MEETINGFAVOR 1 Farmers, Business Men Alike; Are Interested in Drive in | Northern Counties SCHWANTES OUTLINES VALUE OF FALL WORK State Forestry Department Also Interested in Pushing Brush Line Back A great deal of interest is being shown by farmers and business men alike in the brushing and seeding campaign in St.’ Louis, Itasca, Bel- trami, Koochiching, Cook and Lake | counties in Northeastern Minnesota, | according to A. J. Schwantes, assist- ant professor of land clearing at the; University of Minnésota, who is in; charge of the campaign. At campaign meetings at different places in each| county, he says, the following points‘ are taken up: Seasoned adaptation,| fire prevention, better distribution | and continuous employment of labor throughout ‘the year, conversion of liabilities into capital assets, sys- tematized and cheaper farm develop- | ment and creating a self-sustained agriculture. | “It has been said that the best| time of the year to cut brush is dur-| ing the late summer or early fall,” says Professor Schwantes. ~“It is| true that brush which is cut during this time of the year is not so_like-| ly to sprout back as that which is cut| during almost any other season, be- cause the plant has completed its season’s growth at that time and #ost of the life of the plant is in the stem and leaves. On thé other hand, itis also true that time on the aver- age farm is-Very valuable at this time | and- hence ‘it ‘is questionable whether| brushing is important enough to war- work., Brushing can be done almost (Continued on page 6) | —Better to Be Early— | SEARCHING FOR WILLS OF FREEDOM SIGNERS| (By United Press) Philadelphia, "Dec. 3.—Copies of the wills of five of the fifty-six patri- ots who affixed their signatures to the pieces of parchment which made the thirteen original states an independ- ent nation, are being sought here by the Society. of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration’ of Inde-| pendence, | Wills of thirty-eight of the signers are now in the collection of the so- ciety, nine signers .died intestate, and wills of four were either destroy- ed in fires or some time during the| Civil war, leaving five still missigg.l The five men whose wills are sought are: Samuel Chase, Maryland; George Wythe, Virginia; William Hooper, ! North Carolina; William Lynch, | South Carolina, and George Walton, | JURY ‘DELIBERATES ON | ROSCOE ARBUCKLE CASE '(By 'United . Press) San Francisco, Dee. 8, (By M. D. | Tracy) —A disagreement of the jury| loomed today as Seven men and five | women, holding_in ‘their hands the | fate of Roscoe Arbuckle, resumed de- | liberation. . | ‘The movie comedian, haggard with | .the strain of waiting to hear whether| he will be found guilty of having caused the death of Virginia Rappe, | was disappointed bec¢ause he had not‘ obtained a speedy acquittal.. Seven | hours of deliberating failed to bring an agreement on the verdict. It wa | reported without official corrobora-| tion that the jurySstood 11 to 1 for | acquittal. —Shopping Early Helps— | | ] COMPANY K DEVELOPING FAST BASKETBALL TEAM Bemidji National Guard company is| developing a basket bali team which | promises to take its place with any team in this section of the state. Reg-| ular practice has been held for the past several wecks and a fast aggre- gation is being developed with a num- ber of former high school and college stars. Arrangements are under way for games with the local Naval Militia unit, which will probably be played next week, and also with teams rep- resenting Cass Lake, Pine River, Fossten, Crookston, Long Prairie and Thief River Falls, As the season ad- vances, games will probably be ar- ranged with several of the teams from | the Fwin Cities. Those who make up the most prom- ising material for thé regular com- pany team are: Fred Phibbs, Arlo Achenbach, Paul Howe, George Gra ham, J. W. Smith, Dudley Lane, Dar- cy McGee, Rudolph Welle, Harold Morse, Morris Opsahl and Bert Nay- lor. —Mail ’Em Early— ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY)| Memorial services will ke held byl the Bemidji B. P. O. E. lodge at the U Grand theater Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock and all members are reque: ed to meet at the Elks club rooms at 1:30 to attend the services in a body. The public is invited to attend and it is urged that there be a large at- tendance. ./ Rev. William Elliott, pastor of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal church of this city, will be the speaker. Other number on the program are, Music by the Elks band; opening ceremonices by the lodge; prayer Rev. L. P. ‘Warford; vocal solo by Mrs. Dorothy Torrance McMillan, accompanied by Miss Ragnhild Moc; roll call of absent members; vocal solo by Andrew Rood, accompanied by Miss Ragnhild Moc; continuation of opening ceremonies by the lodge; memorial address by Rev. Elliott; solo by Andrew Rood, accompanied by Miss Moe at the piano, and violin obligato by G. Oliver Riggs; closing ceremonies by the lodge; benediction by Rev. War- ford; march, selected, by Elks band. Since the memorial services year, two members of the orde passed away, those being L. strum and Dr. L. A. Ward, brin the total of absent brothers to 23 since the formation of the local Georgia. order, linate office-seeker (of the league after Townley ONPARTISANS MAY CEASE T0 BE POLITICAL of Nominations for Instead Political Offices, League May Merely Endorse TOWNLEY EXPECTS TO REORGANIZE LEAGUE|s North Dakota State'Convention of League Deferred Until Townley Is Released (By United Press) Minneapolis, Dec. 3.-—The National Nonpartisan League may cease Lo be a political organization next year. This information was given the United P today on reliable author- ity. Instead of nomis r L'l\flll"i(l:\h‘s for political offices the league in the futwre twill merely endorse cand dates for office, it was reported. T will be a revision of the original plans of Arthur C. Townley, originator president of the league. It will elim from the organ- ation, the one thing that disrupte.l the league in North Dakota and re- sulted in the recall of office-ho! lers in state last fall. Townley ex to take charge of the re-organ when he | tence in the Jackson county The North Dakota state convention n deferred until released in Febru ague swallowed up he republican party in North Dakota scores of league members have be- come office-holders. wmy of them have turned traitor,” according to Townley. 4{ his pla rry this situ- ation- will be avoided. League leaders today pointed to noapartisan Sine fact that league ollice-holders were recalled in North Dakota while the voters endorsed the league pro- gram. Tk s Townley's bigges (Continuec on Page 6) argu- —Shopping Early Helps— ARMS DELEGATES SEE LITTLE MILITARY LIFE (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 3, (By William Jennings Bryan).—The arms confer- ence has given the delegates and for. eign newspapermen a chance to be- come acquainted with America’s at- titude on international questions. While there are more men in army uniforms in Washington than usual they are not common even in the nation’s capital, and their manners do not impress the idea that they play a prominent part in the nation. Ouside of Washington the visitors scarcely see a soldier and they hear ttle of things that pertain to They are returning home with a on of whag is possible when u Vi 4 ¢ | government is in the hands of the masses and receives its information from those who produce the wealth | of the richest nation in the world. = e | meeting of the school officers of St. 1Louis county Thursday, invisible planc, sommsouan ANGLO. JAPAN DOOMED TO DIE Club Friday U. S., Great Britain, Japan and The Bemidji Musical Art club pre- sented a program of exceptional in- terest at its regular meeting Frid ternoon at the, Civic and Comme association rooms, which were filled to their capacity. Colonial music was the topic under discussion. Rev. Lester P. Warford gave a most interesting paper, dividing the | of this period into three main | ¢, in- B econd, patriotic m ng the revolutionary period, and tk dance music or representative music of the France Enter Into New Understanding DECISIONS REACHED IN CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT !Jap Government’s Approval of Navio Ratio Plan Is Expected Soon igious music was illustrated | by a quartet composed of M Carrie Armstrong and Edna Nelson, | and Me: N. E. Given and Ray- :)‘:::.‘Snll;hm\m;»h. 'l‘l’“m \\'1;1]-‘-; dr ls\cdpii\n (By United Press) cos es vepresenting the early Pil- s s 3¢ A T grims, and sang three hymns, “Old | “"fl“m.tm'!, Dec. 3, (By A. L Hundred,” “Cheshire” and “Wind }llrndfm‘d) ~The Anglo-Japanese al- sor,” with much finish and religious |lance i apped. The United States, f""“\'f"" ; |Great Britain, Japan and France have hen Rev. Warford reached the [ pured into an understanding to take revolutiona period, four boys in v N . ume, representing the “Spivit of the place of the alliance. Japan’s en- 76" entered the room, beaving the |teving into the above conditions has American flag, and playing “Yankee accepted the 5 naval limita- 3 'tion plan of the United States. Doodle.” Charles Vande Le Bruenig were the drummers. the most important tluu_. have taken Their interpretation was excellent |Place in the present conference, have and inspil the audience with a|Peen \-n'lu'ul_l,\' A!cgnlml on by Hughes martial spi for the United States, Balfour for The fnst part of the paper dealt Great Britain and Kato for Japan, with the - music relating 1o 1t Was learned today on the highest Tauthority. This is virtual decision Z the dance istically fiitorpie seally ) ese these steps have been sub- i e ted to the home governments con- n colonial costume and powder | it ; powdes Coned by the delegates here and danced the minuet. close of the dance, she read “The Minuet,” accompanied on the piano by M wnhild Moc, who played Beethoven's Minuet in G. —Mail *Em Barly— COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL s ASSOCIATION MET FRIDAY !/ only the final word of approval from {xome of the governments is necessary .before they are put into definite ghape and formally adopted. These great decisions were reached informally in a two-hour conference ast evening between the “big three” the conference. Thus are to be solved the most = = Japortant quest A mecting of the Gounty @iy FAChfan conto Scheol association on at the ( held Friday af-i by the world’s gr ¢ and Commerce mean that the menace of the Anglo- D. Boyee,: Japanese alliance to the United States 1 e-pr ity 1is to be removed, that war between !, Parker, Blackduck 'un(” the United States and Japan is to be fent, and Mre. H. Bridge-| made nearly impossi and that the ous Sunday schools throughout the| United States, Japan and France is county, and Sunday school superin-| 1o have two main .parts, the United tendents. This pnew organization| Press is informed, as follows: this year, and it hopes to find division- L Lt it these great powers pledge al saperintendents so that the work | i, ese great powers pledi may be effectively carried on this| (i, the he »f their abllity the peace [YearL , . of the ific and the Far East. | —Wrap Packages Sccurely— Further to lessen the justice of ‘BRITON HAS PLANS FOR conflict among themselves these pow- | ers @ to the unfortification of the INVISIBLE AEROPLANE| "\ b | Admiral Baron Kato, chief of the dapanese delegation, last night, imme- | . (Ilqtcly after the conference of the Ernest Welsh Claims to Have| "hiul: thr sent an urgent seeret i " , | cable, n to his government in | Discovered New Metal With | Tukio, king authority to accept | | the 60 per cent naval ratio on the above stated conditions, acceptance Transparent Properties said , Conditional was i 16 have been given by Kato in the | By Charles McCann o fuve given by Kato i | (United Dress Statt Correspondenty | Conference of the “big three.” Kato | p i . |is understood to have stressed to | London, Dec. An invisible | Hughes and Balfour the necessity of | plane may make its appearance in the | next war. Ernest Welsh, of Hull, claims Lo have discovered a metal with the transparent properties of glass, which | Japan having a 70 per cent naval ratio from the standpoint of national scurity, without some guarantees uch as anfortification of the Pacific Islands and the new Pacific under- he proposes to use in the construe-| standin tion of airplanes, | Th i 5 " he entire plan scems to have been ; ’“ l’.-‘h i '0‘" ;”3 “-‘;():3“:1:(‘:\:‘(":;‘ 1 l»‘(l.‘ put up to Tokio and Japan is ex- ng war he exy | pected to accept. A reply will be anti-Zeppelin rocke nals and has mar! lighting of gassing rats. | b far Welsh’s newest invention | has not caused much of a stir. Lon- don scientists are skeptical. ) | Dr. Rosenheim of the National | {, Physi Laboratory, a well-known | authority on glass and steel, declares it is impossible to make metal tr | parent, nor, he said, had any progre been made in efforts to make gl | strong enough to resist fracture, | Shaw Scott of the Institute of Mct- | als, said the essential of a metal was | iits opaque character. b | “The only method in which metal has been made at all trans-|p. 0 | parent,” he said, “has been by heat- | c¢¢ ling. We have pieces of metal at the | Institute, notably old, beaten out to such microscopical thinness that it shows a certain amount of transpar- ency, a greenish light being able to| through it. | This was only an experiment into [the ductility of the metal. It is pos sible to get silver and aluminum down ibmarine sig- | ince then he | to improve the | hips and a system for| forthcoming in a Tokio. The next plenary session of the conference will be a momentous one. |1t is then that Secretary Hughes is expected to announce as an accom- plished fact the understanding be- ween the four big powers about to ake plac —Be Karly to Mail— RECOVERS STOLEN MONEY AFTER DARING ROBBERY (By Untted Press) Robbinsdale, Minn., Dee. 3.—Men- red by a bandit’s gun, Justice of V. D. Crandall shot him down lon the streets Friday and recovered 1$1,500 which the man had just taken from the Security State bank. The Iman was identified as G. G. Farrel of Minneapolis. With a mask over his gyes, the man entered the bank when Ole Orvum, 124, and Miss Carrie McDougall were alonc. Hes thrust a gun at Orvum {to his fitness, but it is of no “]".{.i"pund demanded the money. Miss Mc- constructive use.” | Dougall started the burglar alarm and | Apparently the inventor has mot|the bandit fled. “4 bmitted his discovery to tac re.| A B. Wallace, real estate dealer, |search department of the air ministry, borrowed —a revolver; Justice of {An official of the department sajd|Peace Crandall necompanied him, and land the use of h polished alum. | they followed the bandits. They call- [inum were ve 5 ful in lower-|ed to him to halt and he drew a gun. [ingg the visibility of airplancs, but Crandall grabbed the revolver from that nothing had been hes of ”“‘1“"" ce and fired. The bandit fell dead. few days from any man, secretary, present. { Hughes plan for limitation of naval Prelimi v pl were made for armament is to be definitely ac- future activities of the association, cepted. and for getting in touch with the va The understanding between the 1 ! e 1 i | i 1 - i | i Py { | | i I { i ) |