Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 7, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer s the oniy dail) within 100 milés of Bemidji has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesots . VOLUME XIX. NO. 196 BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY-EVENING, DEC. 7, 1921 HIGHWAY WOR ISSTARTEDT0 AID IDLE MEN Plan Bringing First Results; Many Contracts Let IMPORTANT AWARDS IN THIS SECTION LISTED | fall A Contracts for Winter Work Are Far Below Average Awards . Last Seasen Contracting for over I gravel surfacing at $2,000 a mile or about half of ‘last season’s prices | 195 respectively. and 25 miles of paving onefifth]l Young Johnson will be matched state | against Clarence Curtis, each con- week | tender weighing about 143 pounds. cheaper, Charles M. Babcoc.:k, highway commissioner, ‘t}us 4 awarded the first lot of trunk high- way improvement projects under the [ Upon the patronage of this event move- | will depend future wrestling matches “more work—better. roads” ‘ment, as recently announced in The Piopeer. _ ) \ Prices are lower than thé best es-fallowed in cities the size of Bemidji timates and the savings, are attrib-[the fans would support wrestling uted to wide competition, there being an average of 25 bidders _for each of the more important projgcts, com- pared with 10 or 12 in ox:dmary com- petitions. Gravel surfacing was let at- $2,000 a mile average and yard mile haul figures ranged from 16 to 30 cents at the recent letting, against 30 to 60 cents during the last season. The best paving bid was about 20 per cent or more than' $5,000 a mile less than the best regular season price of $27,000. “Tach contract was awarded on the best bid,” said John F. Mullen, depu- |, ty .commissioner ‘and chief engineer. “A call will be made soon for bids on additional winter work both to re- Tleve unemployment and to protect against a possible raise in prices next spring when, it is reported, large railroad: construection jobs will be let | in the Northwest. will try to take advantage of every opportunity to get the biggest possi- ble in exchange for road funds.” - Suceessful bidders were announced promptly to allow job seekers to ap- ply to them for work, the highway department having no ‘jobs to fill. Operations on most jobs are to start at once, highway officials said, and the big part of the work will be com- pleted April 1 or earlier. { The most important awards in .this section of the state follow. Idle men are ‘urged to pick the nearest’ job. T. H. No. 8—Swan River-Blacl berry, 11.8 miles gravel surfacing; Division A, to Northern Road Con- struction company, Minneapolis, at $19,897.89; Division B, to Floan & Sundstrum, south Hibbing, at $7,- 564.87. i. H. No. 8—East Grand Forks- Fisher, 15 miles of gravel supfacing to - Peter Sigzin O TS = MINNEGOTA BASKETBALL - { T, H. No. 8 and 65—Bagley-Clear- brook, 15,7 miles grading; Winstrom Bros., Minneapolis, grading $93,464.- 89; Schmitz & Mayer, Frazee, mono. cul'verts, $20,089.70; Minneapolis Bridge company, Minneapolis, bridge, $4.500. Total $119,469.01. | T. H. No..8—Bemidji east and west, 13.5 miles of gravel surfacing; award later. ) T. H. No.,18—Brainerd-Niclols, 4 miles of gravel surfacing, to Clusian | & Lidberg, Grand Rapids, at $7,- 017.90. i ¢ T. H.'No. 34—Nevis through Ake- ley, 15.4 miles gravel _surfacing to|Western Conference basketball flag. I}obbleman & Rasmussen, Minneapo- Iis, at $18,790.38. ~ R T. H: No.. 34—Park-Rapids-Nevis, | Hultrans, both guards, are:available 5.47 miles gravel surfacing, to Wil-|for the team. kins & Pettijohn, Minneapolis, $9,- |nucleus, Dr. L. J. Cooke must develop . 546.37. - . T. H. No. 35—Aitkin-Bennetts- ville, 9.8 miles grading; Brothers, Minneapolis, 472.42; -Roach - Construction (Continued on. page 6) —Wrap With Care— GRAND ASSISTING MILITARY TEAMS |to fill satisfactory. - | In order to assist the Naval Militia |tor’s greatest task. and the National Guard units of Be- |Kearney and Hultrans appear fixtures midji in their first attempt at basket {at the guard berths. ball,’ the management of -the Grand theater has announced that the regu- | Thomas college, and Cyril Olsen, a lar Thursday night vaudeville pro-|speedy man from the football team, gram will be shown. at that theater |have the edge r tonight instead: of Thursday, the date |wards; though four other good candi- scheduled for the Army-Navy. bas-|dates cannot yet be counted out of ket ball game at the new armory. i This theater is anxious to assist{son, Ed Severinson, Albert Touskey the local military units as much as|and Gordon Maler. possible and has agreed -to aid in ad- vertising their games hereafter, pro- vided they are not held on Thursday 1ihts, the regular: dates- for the |[MINNESOTA BASKET QUINT vaudeville show each week. Besides changing its vaudeville showing this | week, Manager. G. S. Harding is also aiding the military units in adyertis- |sity of Minnesota basketball five and ing tomorrow night’s game, and wrges |an alumni that there be a large attendance.|battle tonight o Since the Grand theater vaudeville players were in the city in plenty of |cember 10, and on December 14 they time for showing their program to-|will meet St. Olaf. Three days lat- night, the change in date was able to |er River Falls Normal will give the | be made. + ). »| vored with a wrestling program Wed- “More Work - Better ‘Roads” |y csday evening, December 14, at the 350 miles of |event include two prel} The department i most urgent boosters for such an oz-| WRESTLING PROGRAM TO. | ‘BE STAGED HERE DEC. 14 Joe /Norbeck of Minneapolis and L, C. Curtis of This City Are Headliners sport fans are to be fa- Bemidji old armory, with L. C. Curtis of Be- midji vs. Joe Norbeck of Minneapolis as the headlipers. Norbeck weighs about 190 pognds and held Curtis to a draw at’the Moose carnival here a year ago. The men tussled for 30 minutes without a %, e result of a chal- %, Torbeck to Curtis ¥, match, best two % rtis weighs 153 _constant train- %, and capable %" an account The matc! lenge issued and will-be a out of three fal pounds. He has be) ang and says he fe of giving the best Kk of himself. \" Other matches arr " for this ; ies. Dan Hendrickson will be matv.ed against Richard Franklin, weights 190 and All matches will be finish matches, best two out -of three falls. in Bemidji. Curtis is willing to meet all comers: It was thought that in as much ‘as boxing matches will not be cards and the American Legion may be asked to sponsor such ratches, The charge for admission will be $1 plus war tax. After the wrestling program there will be a dance, the 'Syncopators four-piece orchestra to: furnish the music. —Be Early to Mail— BUSINESS MEN WGULD FORM ATHLETIC CLUB Feeling in their own bodies and minds the need of recreation during the winter months, a number of the | business men of the city are anxious ! to organize an athletic club, mainly to limber up the little-used muscles and to keep themselves in physical | trim. Consequently a number of the ! ganization have taken it upon them- selves to start something in this line and have called a gpeeti{xgga‘ ¢ld at“the mew armory at'8 o’clotk Sat- urday night. |\ Membership in the organization, if one is formed will not be limited to any particular class of men, but it is | desired that the business men of the city form the greater share of the 'membership, since il elt that they { most need the athietic tyaining and exercise. At the meeting Saturday night, if enough interest is.manifested, plans| will be discussed for the permanent formation of an athletic club and ac- tivities will begin as soon as possible. Winston |the Gophers, grading, $54,- | place last winter, lost as clever and com- |as sensational a pair of forwards as ‘pany, Gaylord, mono. culverts. $16,- [the west has known in seasons. These All men interested, regardless of age or. occupation, are urged to attend | this meeting so that a club may be organized at once. —Shop Early— PROSPECTS NOT BRIGHT Loss of Last Year's Veterans and Lack of Experience Put - Crimp in Squad (By United Press) Minneapolis, Dec. 7.—Loss of last year’s veterans and lack of experi- ence dim Minnesota’s prospects for a Only two seasoned players, Cap- tain Adrian Kearney and Rudolph With this pair as a practically a new five. In Arnold Oss and Neal Arnston, who tied for second men made the Maroon and Gold one of the most feared fives in the cir- cuit. Fred Enke’s post at back guard will also be a difficult one for Dr. Cooke Development of two capable for- wards and a pivotis the veteran men- Both Captain Oscar Swanson, formerly. of St. at present for for- the running. They are Everett John- Both of the leading pivot aspirants, (Continued on page 6) —Wrap With Care— PLAYING ALUMNI TONIGHT Minneapolis, Dec. 7.—The Univer- team were scheduled to the armory floor. Minnesota will play Macalester De- TROOPS CALLED IN PACKERS’ STRIKE St. Paul, Dec. 7.—Machine guns were mounted at the entrance to the Swift and Armour companies’ plants early today, menacing: the strikers. Adjutant General Rhinow, in per- sonal charge of 400 national guards- men, warned strikers that picket lines must give way. More 'than 1,500 striking packing plant employees: gathered around the Swift and Armour companies’ plants. Union leders said the picket lines willbe maintained. Five companies of guardsmen from St. Paul left their temporary billets in the livestock pavilion and took up their stations around the plants. They arrived at 8:10 a, m. Strikers offered no resist- ance to the troops. Four other units of the guards were en route to the scene. About a hundred men of the 109th Aero Squadron of St. Paul were mo- bilized and one’hundred of the 151st Field Artillery from Minneapolis weze on their way to South St. Paul. Adjutant General Rhinow said he would take no action to break up the picket lines until additional troops arrived. —Shopping Early Helps— PREPARING GOVERNMENT STATE Ulster Is Only Silent Factor in Great Rejoicing Over Peace Settlement (By United Press) \ London, Dec. 7, (By Ed L. Keen. —The government machinery of the Irish Free State was being set up to- day., . Y iing George, Premier Lloyd George, Viscount Fitzalen, viceroy o1t Ireland, and the British cabinet con- ferred on facts to' be embodied on the King’s speech to parliament on December 14, when he submits the treaty for ratification. | ) , The appointment of Fitzalen as governor general was aiso made a subject for speculation. The answer of Ulster is expN\cted to be brought to - London tonight by Secretary Shakespeare, who carried the pact to Belfast. q ! Michael Collins called at 10 Down- ing street this mornzig to discuss details of one or two points in the treaty. .Devélopments in the forming of a new government included: The -calling of Robert Barton and George Duffy, Sinn Fein delegates, to Dublin to discuss application of terms of the treaty, and perhaps for ratification of the rwct in the house of parliament and the Dail Eireann. Arrangements for an enlargement of trade between Britain and Ire- land to reduce prices. Ulster was the only silent factor invthe great vejoicingl throughout Ireland and England. Britain stood sturdily by and expressed hearty ac- cord to th€ premier, praising the pa- tience, tolerance and the foresight of Lloyd George. | It is reported that after he had successfully completed the close, Lloyd George said, “This is the hap- piest day of my life.” (By United Press) Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 7.—Accept- today deferred by Ulster until after Premier Sir James. Craig confers with Lloyd George in London. Craiz told the Ulster parliament he would defer announcing his views on the settlement and that he proposed to go to London to obtain explanation of certain points. FOR IRISH FREE STATE, ance of the Irish peace treaty was| USTREASRY STILL OPPOSES * SOLDIERBONS !Secretary of Treasury Mellon Informs Congress in His Department Report . | SAYS CONDITIONS HAVE NOT CHANGED IN'LEAST Makes Recommeniations for Congress; Woulfl Reduce Big Income Surtax (By TUnited Press) Washington, Dec. 7.—(By Herbert Walker)—The Treasury. Department is still opposed to the passage of the soldiers’ bonus bill, Secretary of Treasury Mellon today informed con- gress in his annual report. Conditions, he said, have not changed. since President Harding went. before the senate and induced it.to send the bonus bill back to the finance committee “and the treasury’s said. “Even without any bonus or ad- Jjusted compensation, estimates show the federal government will spend in the fiscal year 1922, and again in the fiscal year 1923, about $450,000,000 a year for the relief of veterans of the late war,” Mellon said. 1 Outstanding in Mellon’s report was also his clear dissatisfaction with the way congress has refused the revenue laws. In line with President Har- ding’s opinion that the tax bill must again be refused, Mellon said “the remedy for the situation that will re- m: A prompt reduction of surtaxes on big inconfes, fixed by congress at a maximum of 50 per cent, to 25 per cent maximum and eventually cut to 10 per cent. J A reduction of the present rates on «Continued on Page 6) —Help the Postman— HERE’S AN EXAMPLE FOR MARRIED MEN TO FOLLOW “The Robin” story in Tuesday evening’s Pioneer is bringing re- sults. Shortly after the “office cpened this morming, ' another lady resident of Lake Boulevard telephoned the office with an ad- dition to the original tale. “I guess that Mrs. ‘Blank’ must have seen only the one robin,” the lady informant said, “but there are two. They have been in this neighborhood all fall. The female robin ‘is ap- parently waounded so that she cannct fly, and the male bird is proving his loyalty by sticking here with his mate in prefer- ence'to leaving her stranded here without food and beating it for the warmer climes. The male bird can be zeen almost any day gathering food for his mate.” “I think this is a.fine oppor- tunity for the Boy Scouts or some similar organization to come to the rescue and aid the male bird in furnishing' his wounded /mate with plenty of food,” she added. At ‘the rate the robin story has been develcping during the past two /days, the chances are that it will include the whole family within the next few days. attiude remains the same,” Mellon; sult from the present measure lies|' Llis expected INEW AUTO TAGS ONLY " WHEN TAXES ARE PAID i { | Motor vehicle taxes for 1921 must ‘bo paid on all cars owned in the state { this year before 1922 licenses will be,issrad for these machines. ike Holm, secretary of state, jmade the explanation - of the law }lhis week, in connection with an an< {nouncement that 1922 tags will be on sale January 3, “The 1921 registration certificates | must. accompany each application for | registration of every car now owned iin Minnesota,” said Secretary Holm. | “If the 1921 certificate has been lost, |a duplicate may be obtained in this joffice upon payment of the 25-cent | charge fixed by law, and filing a (sworn affidavit of ownership. This tan importaiit thing to remember as it may save delay.” % Despite the delays due to lack of funds on the part of some and the lack of inclination among others, reg- strations of 1921 cars are nearing the end. ) ~Mail Early for Christmas— \COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISPOSE OF ROAD BONDS {Minncapolis Banking Houses Buy $85,000 Issue and Part of $250,000 Issue Bids received by the board of coun ty commissioners for the $85,000 re- fundment road bonds from the Lin- coln Trust and Savings bank, and the Minneapolis National bank, both of Minneapolis were accepted by that body today. This i ies of §1,- 000 bonds, the fi 3 | which will expire September 1, 1931. {Each year thereafter another ser of ten will expire, the last series be- ing five which will expire in 1939, The bonds bear 6 per cent interest, payable semi-annually. In addition to the vefundment { bonds, an issue of $50,000 Minneso- ta state highway bonds were also a part of the $250,000 bonds which have been previously advertised for sale. They are also 6 per cent bonds, interest payable semi-annually. An option for 30 day# has been taken on the remaining $200,000 by the same Minneapolis The- proceeds from the sale of the the credit of the county road and bridge fund to reduce the overdraft used on the ¢ the past year and will there- fore be reimbursed by the refundment bonds. There will be about $70,000 additional refundment to the county from other expenditures also made on the Babcock system from the county ‘road and bridge fund, and it that bonds for this amount will-be offered for sale at a later date. The money received from the sale of the state highway bonds will be used on ragds in the county which have been designated as state high- ways. ¢ Muail Early— Leroy Matson of Saum, Minn., for- merly a Bemidji high school student, has been .chosen by the University of Minnesota to represent this col- lege in a joint debate against the University of Illinois at Urbana on December 9. The other members of the team are John Dalzell of Minnecapolis and Charles B. McDonnell of St. Paul. Leroy is a brother of M. L. Matson of this city and his ability as a de- bater and orator is being recognized throughout the Northwest. THE Gophers a workout. (Copyrighty KID THAT USED TO STAY IN NIGHTS AND STUDY-WELL . R°’member SEE WIHO HE ) THATS BEN- ) {50 THa sompovy, THE | 1wHO HE NOTED ATTORNEY J| 15 f0R THE 7N~ TRACTION | =/ — OMMANY P 5 oW |taken by the same banks. These are | financial concerns. | refundment bonds will be placed to, in that fund. Money from this fund | Babeock system | ! FARMERS WILL BEMAND LOCAL MILITARY UNITS MEET TOMORROW NIGHT National Guard and Naval Militia Basket Teams to Clash at New Armory | Bemidji’s two military units will play their first game of basketball as such Thursday evening at the new armory. The game will be called at 8 o’clock sharp. The Juvenile band will parade downtown streets at 7:: and will also play at the armory before and during the game. Both teams have been going through regular practice for the past two weeks and are now ready to start what they feel will be a very successful season. A number of games with teams from out of town have already been bargained for and from the two local teams will be picked |a representative team to visit other cities. Both teams are composed of a number of former high school and college players and competition is exceptionally keen. The Crookston Basketball associ- ation wants to play here December , but a choice of December 21 or 23 will be offered that squad. A re- turn game is asked for the earl part of January. The Bemidji team is planning to make a short tour within i the next few weeks. ' The tentative line-up as announced today is: - Naval Militia Art Olson g Roy Stapleton lg National Guard Dudley Lane Arlo Achenbach Louis Rude ¢ Fred Phibbs Percy Riggs 1f Paul How: Tommy Simons rf J. W, S Substitutes for the Naval Militia 2 ;tea\m are Allen Doran, Luverne Hick- erson and P. Wilson. Darcy MecGhee, {Harold Morse and Rudolph Welle { will substitute for the National Guard { team. i F.P. Wirth of the State Teache college will probably act as referece. | —Mail Early Week, Dec. 5— {HARDING SEES NO NEED OF GERMANY AT PARLEY Dec. T.—President Harding has decided there is no need lof inviting Germany to the armament conference, it was learned today. His intention recently announced {was to call Germany in toward the close of the conference to go on ree- ord after approving certain measures adopted. 1t was his apparent inten- tien of having Germany retain ceptance of provisions regarding land disarmament and sccuring her co- operation in certain financial arrange- ments, but indications are growing {that the armament conference will| deal with neither of these, and the 'need of having German representa- Itives on hand is therefore thought to | have disappeared. —Help the Postman— BOARD DISPOSES OF ROUTINE BUSINESS The city board of park commission- ers met in regular session T jevening at the rooms of the C {Commerce association and dispo {routine busines Bills against Washington, | PARK the park board were allowed and ordered paid. imports Buy— CREDIT LAW REVISION |Farm Bureau Insists Income Be Recognized as Basis of American Taxes will be St. Paul, Dee. 7.——Cong tasked by 1,600,000 organ vl far- imers to pass legislation revising the {present credit laws of the United | States, so as to guarantee adequate | finance for agriculture on 12 and 124 months’ paper. _ Together with this demind, the American Farm Burcau Federation and its 147 state federations will 'present a demand that income be recognized as the sole measure of ability to pay taxes, and that the bulk of all taxes be levied on that s Th s the report brought back by Minnesota’s delegation which attend- d the national convention of-the Am- rican Farm Bureau Federation in | Atlanta, Ga. Another national farm bureau pol- , defined by the convention, is sum- ed as follows in the report to ‘the state federation: “The measure of ability to pay ! taxey for thé support of the national government is net income, and the i bulk of the taxes should be levied and collected on that basis. “The tax should be progressive; tthat is, the greater the income, the | higher the rate should be. | “We are opposed to the issuing of {all tax free seccurities, and request (Continued on page 6) | —Mail 'Em Early— DECLARES DAKOTA NEEDS MANY TRAINED TEACHERS (By United Press) SEES FRICTION IV EAR EAST Diplomats on English Channel Shaw Divergent Views on Near East Problems ENGLISH WONDER WHAT FRANCE HOPES TO GAIN of Irritation Are Brought}o Light By Press Writer Sources (Editor’s P. M. Sarl, of the London staff of the United Press is thovoughly informed on the political situation in Europe. He is an Englishman, served his country in the war and enjoys the confidence of men in author- ity in the British government. It is self-evident why the names of his informants cannot be used. Some incidents involving the fric- tion between England and France have come to light at the Wash- ington Arms Conference.—The United Pres: 4 By P. M. Sarl, (United Press Staff Correspendent) London, Dec. 7.—One of the most amazing aspects of pos ar diplo- macy is the constant irritation and f the Quai d'Owsay of the Versailles t ‘While the resps e premiers and foreign ministers profess to be in complete agreement, there would seem to be always some high officials on one, or both, les of the English channel perpetuating the friction. British diplomats do not attempt to conceal their astonishment over the recent foreign policy of France, and profess their inability to see what has to gain by antagoniz friendly big powers for the sake of negotiations with smaller nations and cven unrepresentative factions. “Irance—or at least the Quai d’Orsay—-has been evasperating Eng- land Tor the past 18 monthsy she has almost quarreled with Ttaly and Jap- an, has not exactly concilinted the United States, h; pused bitter feel- ing in Soviet Rus: and absolutely precluded a rapprochement with Ger- many for the next century,” declared a competent autherity in conversation with the United Press, “and what na- tion is there left whose friendship is worth these rifices?” The authority mentioned was quite frank, and fully conceded that justified, to a 2 amount of sus- picion of her when it comes to suggested concessions to Germany in the niatter of reparations, indemni- ties, ete., but he maintained that any such suspicions or differences could be better threshed out in frank pes sonal conferences belween ministers, “Franee’s occupation of Frankfort year, and the recent Weisbaden ment between the Freneh and rman ministers of reconstruction (Loucheur and Rathenau) did noth- ing to case the reparations question, and in addition to farther exasperat- ing Germany, they only irritated France’s allies by on of the ab- rupt manner in which they were un- dertaken without previous consulta- tion with the allies. England had no objection to the Weishaden agree- mient in principle, but the foreign of- fice was greatly offended by the man- ner in which it was concluded,” de- clared the diplomat, The most flagrant instance of dis- regard for British feelings, according to officials here, was the agreement concluded with Mustapha Kemal at I'rank Bouillon, which, despite the tri- Angora by the French commissioner, partite agreement between France, ingland and Italy, virtually recog- nized a billigerent not officially rec- ognized by these powers, and conced- ed to Kemal territory which France never possessed, and which she only (Continued on Page 6) —Be Early to Mail— LARGER FAMILY; CHEAPER FLATS (By United Press) 7.—The Chamber of Deputie: considering a bill design- ed to relieve the severe housing sh age, with the unique provision of “the biggtr the family the cheaper the rent.” The bill provides for the construc- tion of 500,000 cheap flats by the gov- ernment to be completed within ten years. The funds of seven billion francs necessary for the construction would be raised by a loan, In leasing the flats, preference would be given to working men with at extent, | Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 7.— {North Dakota needs seven thousand! itrained teachers to maintain her| i schools, Dean Joseph Kennedy of the | Teachers’ college of the state i versity declared recently. “This growing demand,” Dean K(-nnwl_v“ eaid, “has placed a heavy demand on the state institutions, all of whi nced to eo-operate for the task. hich s large families and the rent would be reduced in proportion to the number of children. According to the tenta- tive plan, a family with three children would pay about half the rent exacted from a family with only one child. The scheme is intended to encour- age large families to offset the con- intly de i h-ratein Francg the war, 1