Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 5, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer is the oniy dally within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation' im Northern Minnesots g VOLUME XIX. NO, 194 BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 5, BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE temperature, bmigfi}o ight and Tuesday; not much change in J 1921 'HAYS ADVISES PUBLIC T0 D0 MAILINGEARLY Issues Christmas Message to Public and Explains How . to Aid Department MESSAGE' INTENDED FOR CHILDRENESPECIALLY |® Intends That Children Carry “Y4Mail Early” Message Iito Their Homes Postmaster General Will H. Hays, Week,” which opens .all over the United States teday, has issued the issued - the following Christmas mes- sage for the public in general and for the school children in particular: “Christmas is almost here. “Your great post office department has a big job ahead and needs your help. . Lk “Think what it means to.be Santa Claus to over 100,000,000 people and to deliver Christmas parcels to every family in this great country within the short space: of a few days and without disappointment. “It can be done and we are going to do it if we may have your help. 1 want to enlist the active assistance of every boy and girl of our country in getting parcels mailed this week. fo relieve the rush that comes directly before Christmas. “Will you go home today and take . this message to your parents and friends: ‘Our postmaster has asked us to mail our Christmas parcels this week, for unless we do, Uncle Sam’s load may be so heavy the last few days before Christmas that he won’t be able to deliver all the presents by Christmas eve.’ The "parcels must be well wrapped and tied and addressed plainly in order that they may arrive in good condition with their Christmasy av- pearancé unspoiled. You can put on your ‘packages, ‘Do not open until Christmas.* %~ “And, there must be a number on your house and a mail receptacle, too, for, if there isn’t; Santa Claus’s messenger, your letter carrier, may not be able to find the house where the present belongs. “There are some other things, too, in which you can all assist in improv- ing the mail service and in saving our government millions of dollars a year that is now wasted because of our carelessness—yours and mine. “Every day that you drop a letter in the mail box, 40,000,000 other let- ters are already pushing and jamming through the postal machinery. One letter a day for' each family of five persons in the United States is given to Uncle Sam to deliver. “When you send‘a parcel-to the post office for mailing any day there are about 8,000,000 other parcels ahead of yours passirg through' the postal hopper. This is in ordinary days; at Christmas time it is multi- plied many times. “One family in about every ten puts a badly addressed letter in.the mail every day. This mixes up over 2,000,000 half addressed letters with the 20,000,000 fully addressed letters. That means that the fully addres: letters must wait on the slow moving poorly addressed letters just like the larger boys and girls are delayed by a bunch of *bad kids” tagging along. “You boys.and girls can help the Postal service and save your father some monédy because he has to hein pay the cost of searching_ addresses on letters and parceld sent out by this one careless and thoughtless famiiy in every ten. “First find out if‘your family is the caréless one, then bear in mind that your letters must be handled by skilled mail ‘distribiitors. standing in postoflices and on swaying postal cars of a mile-u-minute tiains, often under poor light. “The address on every letter, card or package must be cortect, complete and legible, including the house num- ber and name of street, and the “From” address = should be in the upper left-hand corner: so that the mail will be returned to you in case it is not delivered. Do not abbreviate (Continued an Pize ) —Shopping Early Helps— LLOYD GEORGE CARRIES IRISH CRISIS TO KING (By United Press) . London, Dec. 5, (By Ed L. Keen). —Lloyd George tarried the Irish crisis to the king today. The premier and King George con- ferred for more than an hour on the sityation brought about by the Sinn Fein rejection of the latest peace of- fer. The Irish’ delegation met the British' representatives in what was believed to be a final showdown. The Sinn Fein was represented at the conference by Arthur Griffith, Mi- chae! Collins, George Duffy and Chil- ders. The English representatives were Lloyd George, Austin Chamber- lain, Lord Berkenhead and Winston Churchill, - -{dead into her father’s arms. ARBUCKLE JURY FIRED: NO ARGEEMENT REACHED Cofin& Reported at 10 to 2 for Acquittal; Second Trial Is Set for January 9 (By United. Press) San Francisco, Dec, 5—A murky atmosphere of sweeping or implied changes of all sorts was left behind today by the manslaughter trial of Roscoe Arbuckle, which ended with disagreement and discharge of the jury. V iclaration of the principal dram| E ging that propaganda had een to influence the jurors, was t| E t tangled story. Wi % jury. reported to the court i stated the count was 10 to acquittal. Arbuckle leit today g ithern California for a few da) @ a rest. He will return to San « ico to join his lawyers in layi s for a second trial, which th) ordered to begin Jan- uary 9. ued a statement late yesterda) -wcuiaring.a lone woman on prevented a verdict and claiming the result is a moral if not a legal acquittal. Brady was plainly pleased at the failure of Arbuckle’s defense to ob- tain an acquittal. It was learned to- day that the defense cost half a mil- lion dollars. 5 Frishman, foreman of the jury, charged that one woman, believed to have been Mrs. Helen Fiubbard, re- fused to consider the evidence, and from the beginning said she would cast her ballot for conviction and ‘“would not change until hell troze over.” g —Help the Postman— HINES GIRL CHOKES AND ‘DIES IN FATHER'S ARMS Miss Hildur Friberg, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Swin Fri- berg of Hines, will be laid to rest Wednesday afternoon following fu- ner services at that place. The de- ceased passed away very suddenly last Friday while waiting with her; father for the train at Hines. She was about to come to Bemidji for medicgl treatment for a growth in her throat, when she choked and fell She had been receiving medical treatment at Rochester for the past seven years. She is the oldest daughter of the family, and leaves, in addition to her parents, five brothers and sisters. Mr. Friberg is a business man at Hines and the family is very well known in that community. 5 —Mail Early for Christmas— GIBBONS AND O'DOWD TO MEET IN ST. PAUL DEC. 16 Mike Gibbons and Mike O’Dowd are matched to meet again in St. Paul December 16. They fought in the St. Paul Boxing club, ring on November 21, 1919, with honors even. They were recently matched for a go at Wichita, Kans., but state authorities interfered and prevented the match, . —Shopping Early Helps— HAWKEYES TURNING OUT FAST BASKETBALL TEAM Much Hope for Success Rests Upon Quarterback Devine of Gridiron Squad U (By United Press) Towa City, Déc. 5.—Much hope dffor the suce ss of thé Towa basket- ball quintet this year rests upon the shoulders of Aubrey Devine, fleet| quarterback, who carried the Hawk- eyes through a sensational season on the gridiron. Devine is being drilled for back guard, left vacant by Kaufman, the only letter man ‘to graduate last spring. Other posts will be fortified by veterans. i Four of the candidates = on the large squad which is reporting daily have played together for three cam- paigns. Headed by Captain Frank Shimek, who is slated for running guard, Coach Jimmy Ashmore has Lohman,” Frohwein and McGovney, all seasoned “Big Ten” performers. Frohwein and Lohman are battling for forwards against a fast field of vearlings, with McGovney also a con- tender. The latter’s rise last winter from third-string to the varsity was one of the greatest feats of the year. Center aspirants are numerous. Of the four leaders, all of whom seem on a par, Barten, star of the fresh- men squad, appears to have an edge, mainly due to his size and speed. He is an accurate basket-ringer, and has had a world of experience, playing on the all-state selections in high school. For reserves, Coach Ashmore can depend upon Weltmer and Brentiss, guards, bath of whom won letters. Gordon. is another who may figure prominently before the season ad- vances far. A barn-storming trip during . the Christmas holidays period is planned. in addition to games wtih small col- leges, listed before the opening of the “Big Ten” campaign. If Devine shows anything like the proficiency on the court that he did on the gridiron, close followers pre- dict that Towa will be in the fight all year“for’ titular honors. |ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY DIRECTORS MEETING The annual meeting of the board of directors of the Theodore Roose- velt International Transcontinental Highway is being held today and to- | morrow at Duluth.. The meeting is being held in the Commercial Club building and was called to order at 10 o’clock a. m. One of the most important ques- tions to be considered will be that of attempting to bring about by federal assistance the contsruction of the highway through Roosevelt Pass in| Glacier Park, the only remaining un- finished link in the entire highway. It is hoped by the highway association | to have this completed by the time the big Highway Electrical Exposition opens in Portland, Ore. The question of maintaining a field department for assisting state and local organizations in their problems and of a broadening publicity depart- ment in addition to the present per- sonnel of the national association will also be- discussed. —DMailing Early Helps— CONGRESS RECONVENES AFTER SHORT VACATION (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 5. — Congress opened its regular session promptly at noon today. —Wrap: Packages Securely— COMMUNITY CLUB HEARS | FEDERATED CLUB LEADER President of State Federation| of Women’s Club Was Guest | in Bemidji Saturday The Women’s Civie and Communi- ty club held a big meeting Saturday afternoon at the Civic and Commerce; association rooms. Mrs. J. L. Rounds, St. Paul, president of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs, was the speaker of the afternoon, her subject being “Work of the Federa-| tion.” She explained how the work was divided into departments, and how it was carried out in each depart- ment. .She explained at length the duties and obTigatyons of citizenship, and of the need of women acquainting them- selves with political affairs. She urged that women use their. right. to vote, but to do it intelligently—what they know to'be right and best. She gave explicit reasons why ‘women should work for Americanization and . |expressed the hope that Americaniza- tion should be taught as a subject in the public schools. Undér community service, Mrs. Rounds told how some clubs of the state have what they call a “nurse’s closet.” This is filled with emer- gencies for sick people, not only for the town and community, but for the outlying districts, and she claims them to be of great benefit. Under “Education,” Mrs. Rounds said, “know your schools.” She told of her district acquaintance with the council form of student government, and urged that there be more law enforcement and respect for the law. She outlined briefly the council de- partment for conservation of national resources, and the work for public welfare. She told of the need of the de- partment of Indian welfare, and said that club women are to become ac- quainted with the Indian status, their history and folk-lore. She urged that there be a local historical society and that local history be used in the schools. At the close of -her address, (Continued on Page 6) Mrs. Saw Mill Portion; Loss Estimated at $30,000 BOX FACTORY PROPER CONTINUES TO OPERATE P About 40 Men Thrown Out of Work; Origin of Fire Is Not Yet Ascertained Fire destroyed the sawmill of the Kenfield-Lamoreaux company Satur- day night, the fire starting about 7 o’clock. The alarm brought out the city fire equipment and in addition the Minnesota & International rail- way provided very valuable assist- ance in fighting the fire. The fire wea confined to the saw- the stock of lumber or logs. Oper- ations are continuing in the factory as usual today. The sawmill was not in operation at the time of the fire although it had been operating dur- ing the day. definitely establishd just whre the fire first started. About forty' mep will be thrown out of entployment by the burning of the mill. amount to about $30,000, which is covered by a blanket insurance pol- icy, and is thought to be adequately protected in that regard. Sufficient lumber is in stock in the vards to permit the box facfory to run continuously all winter without the operation of the mill, however, ac- cording to E. E. Kenfield, manager of the plant. . # A meeting of the directors will be held in the near fufure to decide re- garding the rebuilding of the mill. —Shop Early— COLLEGE TO HOLD SPECIAL PROGRAM American Education Week will be the topic of the assembly periods at "the Bemidji State Teachers college this week, beginning with tomorrow. Different members of the facuity will be in charge of the pri various days as follows: Tue: ternoon at 2:30, “Our Flag, Telulah Robinson; Wednesday fore: noon at 10 o’clock, “The Language of America,” Miss Margaret Kelly Friday forenoon at 11 o'clock, “In Clara O. Schuster and F. These meetin; public and it is especially desived that all friends of the school make it a point to attend one or all of the numbers of the week’s program. P. —DMail Early for Christmas— VICTORY BOND MARKET REACHES HIGH POINT (By United Press) New York, Dec. 5.—Victory 4% bonds reached two cents above par on the New York market today. The quotation was $102. Victory 3% were quoted at par. Fire Fighters Confine Blaze to! mill portion of the plant and did not| damage the box factory nor any of | The cause of the fire has not been! | definitely determined nor has it been The loss on the mill will | are open to the! POLICIES OF LEAGUE CAUSE SERIOUS SPLIT (By United Press) 4 Minneapolis, Dec. b.—The war over the future policies of the Non- partisan League was in full swing today. A. C. Townley and Wiiliam Lemke loomed as chiefs of the op- posing principles. Townley will go before the North Dakota leaguers and fight for a new policy. The new policy wul Le his i original policy. He wants the leag: merely to endorse candidates | after. This was announced exclu: I by the United Press Saturda; It brougt prompt and caus de- nial from William Lemke and A. A. Leiderbach, state chairman of the league in North Dakota. Townley, Lemke and Frank B. Wood comprise the national execu- tive ¢ommittee. Townley and Wood are known to stand hand in hand. Townley, the league pr dent, now in the Jackson county jail sevv- ing a 90-day sentence. He wiil be re- leased early in February. —Mailing Early Helps— PHIOMATHIAN CLUB TO HOLD MEETING TONIGHT The Philomathian club will hold its regular meeting tonight at 8 o’clocly at the home of George W. Rhea. All members are requested to be present. —Wrap Packages Securely— 'PAIR FACE GRAND JURY ! James Vasik, Convicted Here on Robbery Charge, and Partner Arraigned Today (By United Press) Moorhead, Minn., Dec. 5.—James | Vasik, alias Fred Wilson, alias J | Carnik, and Noah Hanle brought before the grand jury | ting here at the opening of the Cla) rcounty court today for indictment in connection with the shooting and | seriously wounding of Alfred N { Moorhead policeman, when the latter | frustrated a plan to rob the Pan res- | taurant here October 14 | Ness was necar death for several days, but is now convalescent. He has however, lost the sight of his left eye. Vask confessed to having plotted |only after the policeman had shot him. He implicated Hanley and an- {other map, a young man, not yet ! captured, in his confession and said |a fourth, a young man, got “cold | feet” and withdrew from the plot I before evening. | Vasik is said to have.a long crim- linal record. In 1917 he was sent up | from Beltrami county for a robbery. He was later taken to the insane asylum in Fergus Falls from which place he escaped last January. He was captured in International Falls and while en route back to Moor- head with officers spied Hanley nding on the platform in Grand orks. He tipped off the offi in clief that Hanley had squealed on im, and Hanley’s arr was made | immediately. Hanley, 26, served in the St. Cloud reformatory and in Stillwater tor a robbery. Indictment will also be asked by | County Attorney Rustad of Al Hel- | ler, Fargo taxi driver, who is alleged to have attempted to abduct a 15- | year-old Moorhead girl. | An alienation suit for $75,000 is Emnong the civil cases on the calen- | dar. Mrs. Alphonsg E mother-in-law, M lalienated Alphons : from his wife. = rdel charges her Emma Erdel, Erdel’s affections —— Rainbow FOR SHOOTING OFFICER |, 55c PER MONTH ARMS PARLEY WAITING FOR TOKIO'S ANSWER Reply to “Big Three” Plan Is Expected From Japanese Within Few Days (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 5.—The eyes of the arms confercnce were turned tos ward Tokio again. Upon the Japan- e government’s cabled answer’to a program approved by the “big three,” Hughes, Balfour and Kato, will de- pend whether the immediate cess of the conference is to be iss This program calls for the ap- ping of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, Pacific understanding which might be enlarged, the unfortification of the Pacific, and the acceptance by Japan of the Hughes *“5-5-3" capital ship ratio. Toki s reply expected within a few days. Meanwhile the Chinese are dissatistied with the turn in affair in the settlement of Shantung affairs. (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 5, (By A. L. Bradford) —The Japanese govern- ment this week, will accept the plan worked out by the “big three,” it was confidently believed here today. —Mailing Barly Helps-— NEW MANAGER AT U. S. SURPLUS ARMY STORE I. B. Wolfson left Sunday for At- Ga., where he sent in the s of the Cleveland Wreek- ing company of Minneapolis, which owns and operates the army goods store in this city Wolfson made friends in thi y and would d here, but by his com- pany and he expects to take up his new duties this weck. Louis Tattlen formerly super- intendent of the Carnegie Coal com- pany of Minneapolis, has been se- lected as the new manager of the lo- al store and has been on the joh nearly two w s getting acquainted with the tr nd the stock, Mailing” Barly Helps— N. D. EXTENSION WORKERS TAKE POST-GRADUATE COURSE (By Unitea Press) Fargo, N. D.,, D workers of the & 1 college e here for a two weeks’ post-grad- Amnual institutes are according to J. W. Hay, county agent leader, in order to give the worl the advantage of new investigations and experiments and to meet changing agricultural condi- tions. As an example of the latter Mr. Hay pointed out that a short time ago the demand among farmers for short, blocky lard hogs, whereas now they want the bacon types. Among the wo are the county agents, bo, ’ clubs, and home demo S, ~—Help the Postman—- UNION PACKERS’ STRIKE PARTIALLY EFFECTIVE Striking Employees Attack Load of Strike-breakers at South St. Paul (By United Press) A strike of unionists lled today in pr to recognize the union. It was only partially effective. Many plants in large packing centers claim to have been operating at normal capacity. The “Big Five” in Chicago claim to In- : that about 12,000 of he operating 95 per cent normal. dications we! the 35,000 employces were out. Large lines of men looking for work stood in front of employment off ready to take the place of the strik- ers. h The only violenee reported were o few fist fights in Chieago and South St. Paul. The situation at other leading packing con Omaha—Fifty per cent of the 60,- 000 employees at work. St. Paul—Union leaders claim the strike took effect with 3,700 men out. Women and children joined in picketing. ux strike. Denver—S8even hundred men out. thousand City—One on Indianapolis and Milwaukee not af- of packing plant employees of the country was L against the wage slash and refusal of employers the GOV, LENSHALL TODAY BEGINS COURT FIGHT Juggling of Millions While Small Was Treasurer Is State’s Charge SMALL TOWN BANKER ALSO STANDING TRIAL Alleged Embezzlement Started During Sma!l’s First Term as State Treasurer (By United I'r Waukegan, 111, De Illinois governor, began his court fight today to prove his innocence of charges of having juggled millions of dollars of public money for his own personal advantage. Along with Vernon Curtis town banker, the state's chief execu- tive went on trial before Judge Claire Edwards in Lake county circuit court. IFor the first time in the history of the state her chief exceutive was before the bar on ¢ nal charge. The specific charge which Small and his alleged banker accomplice will stand trial, is that they embezzled certain sums of the state’s money, amounting to approximately $500,- 5) Len Small, a small crnor, who was indicted with Small and Curtis, will be tried later. Before becoming vernor, Small served two terms ite treasurer. It was during his first term in the s office that the alleged em- lement started, and continued h the four-year period of his >; through the term in the tercasurer’s oftice served by Lieut. Gov. Sterling and up to last January, according to the contention of prose- cution, . The state will attempt. to show that when Small became treasurer, he deposited $10,000,000 of ihe state’s funds in the Grant Park bank, a private institution organized and owned by the Curtis brothe This bank, the prosecution contends) wid not do a regular banking business. The state will attempt to show that it was organized merely to handle the loan of state money. Small’s defense is determined to show the bank w a regular, legiti- mate banking institution. On receiving the state’s money for term | which the only security given was a certificate of deposit, the Grant Parl bank is alleged to have negotiated a loan to Armour & Company, Chicago packers, for $10,000,000 worth of i ott time notes on which the paid about 7 per cent in- terest. The bank, in turn. is alleged to have paid the state only between 2 and 3 per cent for the useiof the money, giving an alleged profit of ap- proximately 4 per cent to the bank. Packers claim they knew nothing of the source of the money. The bank- ers are alleged to have represented to the packers that the money was a surplus of deposits decumulated from their banks. Actual presentatfon of the state's evidence al the trial will be in charge of James H. Wilkerson, former Unit- ed States district attorney.of Chica- go. He will be assisted by State's Attorney Mortimer The governor’s defense will be con- ducted by a large staff of atlorneys headed by Joseph Fifer, former gov- ernor of Illinois, and D. C. LaForgee, a prominent attorney of Decatur, —Mailing Early Helps— 50. MINNESOTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IN SESSION Mankato, Minn., Dee. 5.—Clinics were begun this afternoon at the ing of the Southern Min- ciation here. ionfs were held at the opera Tomorrow night the innual banquet of the association will be served at the Masonic Temple, Dr. W. J. McCarthy of Madelia, is pre Dr nona, fi MeGuig: and Dr. scerelar, ~—Wrap Packages Securely— ;. LOCAL MILITARY UNITS * : secretary, . Merritt of St. Peter, fected. cry Ve Pross) TO MEET AT BASKETBALL South St. Paul, Dec. b.—Striking packing plant employees attacked a Bemidji’s two mil v ‘units, Com- train-load of strikebreakers here at 10 a. m. today, breaking windows in the train and preventing plant officers from unloading them. The picke ashed with packing plant employ , who tried to go to work here early today. Fist fighting marked “the opening. Packer em- ployees’ union officers denied respon- sibility for the ¢ Union men claimed a 100 per cent strike of their 3,700 employe (Ry Austin, De fected by the United Press) g c. 5.—“We are not af- rike,” George A. Hor- ' any union, mel of Tormel packing plant, said here today. “Our plant is run- I'ning right along. We have eliminated all agitators and we do not re 2 packing pany K, Minnesota National Guard, and the Naval Militia and Naval Re- gerve unit, will play their first public game of basketball Thursday night of this week. Both tecams have been practising regularly for the past sev- eral weeks and are developing excep- tional aggregations. Several former high school and college basketball men are on the lineup of each team and the ints t which is being shown in the game is very keen. The first game of the season wiil begin at 8 o’clock sharp Thursda night at an_admission price of cents for children d 35 cents for adults. The lineup of both teams wi not be announced before Wedn it was stated today, since se may be made within the next 000, IFred Sterling, lieutenant gov- - i ] 4‘ 1 G L ke b