Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 13, 1921, Page 1

“_!‘ -& 3 _The Pioneer s the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in North- ern Minnesota. Lo e i T e —., | MINNESCT A | HISTORICAL | SOCIETY - i Minnesota—Generally fair to- nightand Wednesday, preceded by unsettled weather in east portion; somewhat colder 'Wednesday. : VOLUME XIX. NO. 201 BRSSIGND) Feur PSv(eis Affix S.ignl‘m:es ¥ t to Treaty Whiqh Will Serap Anglo-Jap Alliance “TREATY NOW GOES TO - VARIOUS GQVERNMENTS' Naval Powers Refiorted to Be|: .Generally \Aquegd. Upon Naval Holiday (By United Press) Washington, Dec.. 13.—(B. A. L. Bradford)—The four powers of the world today affixed their signatures to the treaty, which scraps the Anglo- Japanese -alliance . and. solémnly pledges all to preserve pa the vast expanse of ‘the, Pag The great document one_of the most impo: tory of the world, ‘Wz office of Secretary. pomp and- ceremon: are attached to such importani were entirely absent. U The treaty now goes to the respec- { tive governments for ratification by the legislative bodies and will be put into effect when deposit of the rati- fications is made here, The signing of the treaty started at 11:13 and was completed at 11:23 Under the treaty, the powers agree: To respect the.insular possessions of each other in-the Pacific and to submit any controversy to a joint con- ference. . If any power takes aggressive ac- tion, to confer on what action should be taken jointly and-separately. To maintain the agreement for ten years, and thereafter, until any other of the powers cancel on 12 months’ notice. ' To make the treaty effective on deposit of ratifications, which auto- matically ‘terminates the Anglo- Jap- anese alliance. (By United Press) " Washington, Dec.. % powers are ifl genel jli figreement over the naval holiday, . British semi. cial ‘spokesmen-sindicated today. -This agreément carries ottt the hope of the Hughes 10-year naval holiday. There |, is’ still talk that the: Mutsu, Japanese warship, will be - conceded Japan, whereupon Ameérica could probably ‘retain the West"® Virginia and com- plete ‘another modern- vessel, while Great Britain would have the right to build one or two. Hoods. (By United Press) Washington, Dev. 18.—The Brit- ish delegates will oppose any upward allottment of mnaval, strength to France or Italy. One of its naval spokesmen made this statement to- day. 2 Britain is bearing in mind the: poli= .cy of having a fleet equipped to-ex: tent of two continental navies. Undex. these circumstances she is wary for) any upward trend for 'France. or Italy. S % “RECONCILJATION COURT” NOT POPULAR AS YET (By United Press) Devils Lake, N D.,:Dec. 13i—Al= though 100 cases have heen schéduled with County Judge Swenson in his “‘reconciliation - ‘court”: only -eleven have been settlgd and in.only ‘thrée of these did: both garties appear. The court created by bill which went into, effect October 1, is ‘“extra. official” and cannot compel answers to its sum- mons. 2 CO,OPERATIVE PACKING PLANT AT FARGO IS HEAVY LOSS Bismarck, N, D., Dec. 13.—Assefs: . of the Equity; Co-operative Packing plant, located at Fargo, are less than one-tenth of} the liabilities, accord- ing to the sworn -statement of P. M. Casey, president, in filing the annual report of the co-operative association witjt the secretary of state., Losses are estimated at §$922,319.25. The plant is not operating at present. VANISHING TIMBER IS SERIOUS U. S. PROBLEM Washington, Dec. 13.—'“The out- standing points in our present serious situation as to timber supply are the! disappearance of three-fifths of the virgin forests of the country, a pres- ent drain-upon our remaining forests over four tines their yearly produc- tion.of wood, and the accumulation of enormous areas of denudeds and idle- forest lands,” says Chief For- ester W. B, Greeley in his annual re- port to the secretary of agriculture made public today. - “The past year,” according to the rgport,(‘has»been notable for general discussion of the forestry situation in both its national and local aspecis and the consideration of remedies. To -a considerable deégree .this dis- cussion has centered around proposed measures of federal legislation.” i T nd Rebekahs Are Invited to Participate in | Special Event Solway Qdd Fellows and Rebekahs #ill dedicate their new hall Saturday, Decexiber 17, and a special. program is being arranged to make the event one never to be forgotten in Solway. The = dedication céremonies » will commence about 4:30 p. m. Satur- day with Grand Master J. O. Werntz pree-nt. It is also expected that other tion ceremonies a supper will ‘ed in the basement of the hall Rebekahs to which very person . ommunity is invited whether "t Ydd Fellows or not. uppef the Rebekah lodge ‘e a large class of candi- initiation ceremonies to \bout 7:30 p. m. The. Be- midji ah- degree team is expect- ed to confer the degree work. At the .close of the Rebekah degree work a class of candidates will be initiatdd by the 0dd Fellows by the Solway de- gree team.- -, At the close of the work by the 0dd Fellows, -a midnight lunch wil i A ) ) % Y 1) 0 ¥ s ! Solway Odd _Fellows\lodge is ivery. young, having been instituted less than a year ago, and now has a membership of sixty. A class of six will be ipitiated Saturday night. The new hall which will be dedi- cated is one of the finest-community ‘halls in this vicinity and is being made t}le center of many community, ac- tivitips, . £ MASONIC LODGE TO CONFER THIRD DEGREE. WEDNESDAY A special. communication of . the: Masonic Lodge A. F. & A. M. will be h_eld Wednesday afternoon and eve- ning for the purpose 'of conferring: the third degree upon a large class of candidates. - The special meeting will commence at b o’clock and will continue through the evening. Lunch will be served af- |tex the completion: of the work. All ~m9mhets, are urged to:be present at this special communication. | FORSEES BIGGER INCREASE . IN NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOLS (By lm?rell) Velva, N. D., Dec. 13.—In 1890, North Daltota had only 201 pupils in her five high schools. This year she has an enrollment of 14,457. Increas- es in the future will:be greater, ac- cqrding to J. H. Bradley, local super- intendent of schools. ? “Bradley points out the need of per- schools because of better teachers’ salaries, ip_cressed costiof equipment and growing enrollment. 10 DIS CUSS PROPOSED )ING CODE TONIGHT Directors of Association and City Council, Are .Urged to. Be Present 7/ In January of this year a:.commit- tee was named by the: city council for the purpose of drawing up-a build- ling: che ‘to. govern the construction of buildings. in the. city. The com- mittee, consisted: of ‘H. E. Reynolds, chairman;; Charles Dailey, E. J. Bour- geois, Edward: Jackson, A. J. Naylor, R.. Vi Harker, €. B: Funk, O. Benson and: M.:L. Morse:: ‘A code to govern building: construction was drawn up :and-presented to.the.city council; but action on it has not yet;been taken by that body. v 3 ¢ i " For the purpose of discussing the code, section’ by section, & meéting is:to be held,in the Civic and Com- merce association this evening at 7:30 o’clock by ‘the directors of the asso- ciation to which the members of the city council have been invited inor- der thdt both bodies may discuss the code, section by section, and have a thorough understanding of it before action 1s-definitely taken by the councils ¢ It is: desired that all members of both bodies be present at this meet- ing this evening. TRAINING SCHOOL TAKES ON DIFFERENT REPUTATION 4 (By United Press) Mandan, N. D.; Dec. 18.—Several pf;epts-—respectable, intelligent peo- ple—have written to him asking what procedure they can use to place their boys” in the training school, W. McClelland, superintendent declares. Mr.. McClelland -uses this as an argu- ment that the stigma formerly at- tached: to the training school, espe- cially when it was known as “the re- form school,” is disappearing. A high school course is to be added to the North Dakota training school. “Self-government,” Mr. McClelland holds, “teaches youngsters quicker than anything else to understand the necessity for; and respect for, laws,” and Grand Secretary A. L. Bolton |. \ officers will attend. After the f manently increased-revenue for highi (Copyrighty SIS SRR S SSSSSSSSSaS OHIO STATE GRID STARS: ON BASKETBALL SQUAD Columbus (Ohio) School Hopes " to Wipe Out Last Year’s Disastrous Record .(By United Press) Columbus 0., Dec. 13.—Stars of the footpall team are expected to carry Ohio State through a winning campaign on the basketball court. [Five-of the gridiron players, Blair, Lightner, Peteoff, Young and Higgins, have been working steadily for two weeks under Coach George M. Traut- man. Blair, whose speed and .open field work in the Scarlet bacRfiéld was one of the big factors in the offensive worl; of - the, eleven, is_establishing a great reputation as a forward. / Combining speed, skill and endur- ance with expert knowledge of floor play, Blair- is_.said..by Coach Traut- ‘man to be the-ideal type. He is also an excellent basket tosser. The other grid members are find- ing stiff competition from the year- lings, and the choice of definite posi- tions are far from settled. PIONEER ADVERTISING MAKES SALE SUCCESS The Pioneer is proud to an- nounce the results of the first two days of the Geo. T. Baker & Co. special piano and phono- graph sale, because the adver- tising was conducted exclusively through the columns of The DAILY and WEEKLY PIO- NEER. ) “It far exceeds all previous sales,” said Mr. Baker; f‘and the cost of advertising was less, as we used no bills, but only the columns: of The PIONEER. .“We sold seven. pianos 'and twelve phonographs the first day of ‘the sale and secured a list of -prospects for-a:great fidny more. - I must give The PIONEER cred- it for the splendid results; as well as the exceptional bargains we placed before the public.” The Pioneer covers this trade zone almost like a blanket, d merchants may have the sa faction, of knowing !that when they place their ad in The PI1O- NEER their message goes into nearly 5,000_homes. 11 addition, Ohio retans fve mere| CURTIS MEETS NORBECK ‘Greenspun, who started his third year as a pegular, has cinched running guard.- Robinson, guard, Dudley and Pence,. forwards, and. Shidecker, ¢en- ter, are the other veterans who have been in basketball togs since early in October. New men are plentiful, but- few . have shown enough so far to warrant seriouq ‘considergtion as regulars. The exception’is Young, whose speed and ;fyotwork are ‘outstanding qualifica- tions, E The game with Ohio Wesleyan next Saturday should be the first real test of the . championship possibilities. Last year was disastrous, the Scarlet finishing. low in the second division. The players are determined to wipc out that record at' the expense of some of the so-calfed stronger teams. Prtq:lpects, at least, are booming for a title. OTTER TAIL SUICIDE BURIED WITHOUT CORONER’S INQUEST |, Fergus Falls, Minn., Dec. 13.— Julius Ackerman, prominent far- mer: of Woodside, Otter Tail county, committed suicide Decembr. 8 and was buried without a coroner’s in- quest, the coroner was advised today. Ackerman was a pioneer resident of the county. SOPHOMORES CAPTURE INTER-CLASS CONTEST _Wlth the aj.d of Max Boyce, a se- nior and: playing-on the Senior class team .in the- high . school inter-cldss basketball tournament for the Bar- ker trophy, the Sophomores won their first battle against.the upper-class- men at the new. armory Monday af- ternoon. . Boyce added two points to the Sophomores’ score when. he net- ted a field basket for his opponents. Without that- aid, the Sophomores, the: ‘“dark horse” squad, would have won bg' a.comfortable margin, so' no great tredit is given his aid. The Sophomores are to meet the Juniors; at, 5 o’clock this afternoon, the latter tesmn’ having already lost to the Freshies last week. The Fresh- F.|men and Seniors will have an oppor- tunity to mix ‘early next week, and the dope is all set for the lower-class-. men to win. Much interest is being shown in these inter-class games and the com- petition is keen. Practically the en- tire student body turns.out for each game and it is considered that this -new plan has developed unusual in- terest in scholastic basketball. HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT Sport fans of the city and sur- rounding territory are to be given an opportunity Wednesday evening to sée L. C. Curtis of this city in action again, when he meets Joe Norbeck of Minneapolis at the old armory in a finish match for the best two out of three: falls. Norbeck weighs:about 190 pounds while Curtis weighs only 153, never- theless the Bemidji wrestler has; ac- cepted the challenge from the Minne- apolis mat artist, who held him to a draw in a 30-minute contest several months ago. Curtis has been in constant train- ing and with the aid of a number of heavyweights has put himself into the best of condition for this match and several others which he plans to take part in this winter. Other matches which he is planning include goes with Ralph Parcaut of Royal, Iowa, who defeated him in the last ‘encounter here, and. with “Da- kota Cyclone” of Minmeapolis, a heavyweight. Curtis made a fine show- ing against Parcaut last winter and believes tiat at the present time he can do much better. Two preliminaries will also be staged Wednesday evening. Dick Franklin, 195, will meet Dan Hen- drickson, 190; and Clarence Curtis is matched against Young Johnson, each weighing 143. ¥ Curtis has announced that future wrestling shows’ in this city will de- pend Targely upon the support shown at the match Wednesday night. Pop- ular prices are being charged and in- dications are that there will be a large attendance. BIG CATHOLIC BAZAAR OPENS THIS EVENING The Catholic bazaar will open this eyenijng in the new Nangle block on Third street. The interior of the build- ing has been arranged in attractive booths for the sale of the fancy goods and cther articles. The bazaar will continue for three d December 14, 15 and 16." Each evening of the three days supper. will be served in the same buildiny and after the sup- per a program will be given under the direction of Mrs. John Fy. The annual bazaar is one of the biz features of St. Phillips’ church and C. A.{much interest is taken in the event. il REFORMERS PROPOSE TO CHANGE WORLD CALENDAR Object Is to Make Same Day of Month Occur on Same Date All Year By Henry Wood (United Press Staif Correspondent) Rome; Dec. 13.—Women will be very. much interested in the meeting next April at Rome.of an interna- reform the calepdar. 1f said-¢ommittee can have'its way, two points at least will bear directly upon the habits and customs of the fair sex. One of these will be the fix- ing of Easter and the other will be doipg .axay with. present leap-year system. Whether this latter change will affect leap-year privileges will remain to be seen. The committee that will endeavor to put the calendar onto a sensible and business-like basis is composed of Cardinal Mercier; M. Bijourdan, di- rector of the Paris Observatory; H. Lecointe, director of the Uccle Ob- servatory of Brussels; W. H. Camp- bell, astronomical director of the Litk Obsarvatory of California; M. Deslandres, director of the Meridon Observatary near Paris; Sir F. W. Dyson, royal astronomer. at Green- wich; R. A. Sampson, professor of as- tronomy at Edinburg University. The primary object of the proposed calendar reform is to make the same day of the month occur on the same date the year around. All that inter- feres with this at the present time is the existence of 865 days in the ycar instead of 364 which would be equally “divisible by the 52 weeks in a year, and the question of leap year. To overcome the first obstacle, it is proposed to create New Year's day into a day entirely outside of the cal- endar, thus leaving only 364 days to be accounted for. Then, for the leap years, it is proposed to treat the ex- tra day the same way, making it a separate day just after June 30, en- tirely outside the calendar. In order to make Easter a fixed instead of a moveable feast day. it will be neces- sary to have the consent of the Holy See, and negotiations are already un- der way to that end at Rome. AIRPLANES CARRYING THOUSANDS IN ITALY By Henry Wood (United Press Staft Correspondent) Rome, Dec. 13,—Government fran- chises have already been granted by Italy to no less than twenty aerial navigation companies which are now in, actual operation, while a number of other franchises have been-granted to companies that must begin operat- ing within at least three months, In addition to this already substan- tial aerial service, both for passengers and metchandise, the Italian goverh- ment will shortly add its own network of dirigible commercial, lines. This latter network will have for especial object quick passenger, post and ex- press communication between the big Ttalian commerce centers on the con- tinent with those of the Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily ‘and the Italian- northern Africa colonies of Tripoli and Cyrenaica. aly’s big dirigibles, the Ausonia, a and others are now making the experimental flights for establish- ing the best routes and landing places. Some. idea of the buginess already heing done by aerial routes can be Christopherson of the high school ' Fivery one who attends is insured an gained from the annual report of one serves-as referee, evening of rgal entertainment, (Continued on Page 8) tional committee which purposes to |, Quarterly Report of Police Department Shows Fines ‘of $2,140 Imposed The regular meeting of the city council was held in the city hall Mon- day evening. Several applications for sale of milk were presented. A peti- tion for the placing of an electric light at the corner of Third street and “K” avenue, Nymore, was presented and the petition granted. The report of Fire Chief Dailey showed that the fire department had responded to six alarms during the month of Novem- ber, three of the alarms being for chimney fires, one for a fire caused by defective wiring, one from an over- heated stove and one from careless- ness. The report of the chief of police showed total arrests for the three months, September, October and No- vember, to be 191, The cases of 12 of those arrested were dismissed, 20 suspended, 31 committments were made and eleven appealed from ver- dicts given. Sixteen of those arrest- ed were bound over to await grand jury action. The total amount of fines imposed was $2,140 of which $885 was paid and bail forfeited to the amount of $230. Of the total arrests, 122 were for auto speeding, 6 for selling soft drinks without license, 2 for gam- Dling, 4 for being found in a house of ill-fame, 15 for.selling moonshine whiskey, and the balance for various chaxges such as driving on wrong side of street, etc. The monthly report of the public library was also received. OoDD FELLOWS ENCAMPMENT MEETS WEDNESDAY NIGHT The Bemidji Encampment of the 0dd Fellows lodge will meet in the 0dd Fellows hall Wedneday evening at 8 o'clock in regular business ses- sion. Degree rehearsal will also be held and it is desived that all members of the Encampment be present. At the close of the meeting an oyster supper will be gi MOOSE LODGE EXECUTIVES HOLD MEETING TONIGHT There will be a meeting of the ex- ecutive committee of the Moose lodge in' Moose hall this evening at 7:30 o'clock, Following the executive mect- ing there will be a mecting of the house committee of the new club rooms which are now being complet- ed. All members of both committees ave especially urged to be present as there is business of importance to be transacted. CORE COMMISSION TO AID CHILD LEGISLATION Fargo, N. D., Dec. 13.—A propa- ganda campaign to crystrllize public opinion in favor of geeded child legis- lation will be the chief work of the Children’s Code commission, it was decided at a recent social workers’ conference here. DAIL EIREANN-MAY DELAY IRISH PEACE AGREEMENT Catholic Heirarchy Approves Work of Irish Delegates in Negotiating Peace e " (By United Press) Dublin, Dee. 13.—A feeling of fear that the Dail Eireann may repudiate tha Anglo-Irish frealy developed at last minute. . On the cve of the parliamentary gession pessimism crept into ghe hus- tle and bustle around the Gresham hotel, the headquarters of “‘9 Col- lins-Griffith faction, and the estimate of the, majority in the Dails failed decidedly. e Observers, who up to this time had predicted overwhelming acceptance of the treaty today estimated _th.e Dail would accept only by a majori- ty of 6 to b, Others forecast 3 to 1. There were algo expregsions of the possibility that tife Dails might delay ratification by submitting the treaty to the people in a plebiscite, (By United Press) Dublin, Dec. 13.—~The Catholic Heirarchy of Iréland today went on record as approving the work of the Trish delegates in the negotiation of the peace treaty with Great Britain, The Heirarchy appealed to the people to pray that the Dail might be guided in its deliberations on the treaty. ALLEGED WHISKEY RUNNERS TAKE SIX-MONTH HONEYMOON Devils Lake, N. D., Dec. 13.—Six months after a local man, touched by the pleas of two newly-wedded al- leged whiskey runners to be allowed to see their wives before serving time had furnished $1,000 bond for their release, Leslie Anderson and C. A, Story of Sioux City, apparently hav- ing completed their desired honey- moon, returned and surrendered to Ramsey county authorities, Their bondsmen retai humanity, despite pessi ecies of fricnds, g P et faith in tic proph- Three Men Surfoun.a‘da Today in Hotel at Hartford, Wis., Not Those Wanted FIVE DETECTIVES. ARE INJURED IN WILD RIDE Chicago Gunman and Two of His Pala Escape Sunday From Chicago Prison (By United Press) I{ar;fl)‘ #d, Wis., Dec. 13.—The men auspectéd 7ot being Tommy O’Connor,. uscap‘sd__(_)hicagu gunman, and his pal here today, turned out to be two young men, working thejr; way north. They gaye their names as H. J. Wil- son,‘umfi"w. T\ Detweiler, former em- ploy‘n"s*o?l the Goodyear Rubber com- pnn}n\zi Akron, Ohio. | They were re- leased, (By United Press) Hartford, Wis,, Dec. 13.—Three men ansiering to the description of Tuml'ny 0'Connor, Chicago gunman and his two pals, are believed by po- lice to be hidden in the Gasper hotel here. The hotel has been surrounded and they are awaiting the arrival of Chicago detectives. The man supposed to be 0’Connor got on the train at Rugby Junction, where he flagged the train. On en- tering the cAr he was met by two pals, who had flagged the train at Richfield. On ul'riyinu here they went to a local hotel, secured a room and went to bed. They have not been seen since. g Special detectives and all uvai}n- ble police were pressed intb service and the hotel is completely ;kul'round- ed, awaiting the arrival of the “fiying squad” of Chicago detectives. J (By United Press) Chicago, Dec. 18.—Five Chicago detectives on the trail of Tommy 0’ Connor were seriously injured today when their automobile turned over two mileg from here. Both legs of Albert Bosshault, most noted detect- ive of the Chicago force, were broken. The legs of Detective John Mur- phy were also broken. Three ofhers were injured. The party was racing to Hartford, Wis, on information that O’Connor with two pals were surrounded at the hotel. WOMAN'S STUDY CLUB . _HAS INSTRUCTIVE MEET The Woman's Study club held an interesting meeting Monday after- noon at the home of Mrs. E. W. John- son, 606 Lake Boulevard. “Christmus Thoughts” was the topic of the after- noon, and roll call was: answered to by the names of Bible women, A pa- per was given by Mrs, El J. Letford on “Asia Minor Today 'and in the Time of the Wise Men,” also one on “The Isle of Frankinsence” by Mrs. I. W. French, and a Christmas read- ing by Mrs. John Claffy. It was decided to give a Woman's club Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Johnson on the afternoon of December 27, ’ LOUISIANA RED DEVILS HOLDING DANCE TONIGHT, The Louisiana Red Devils, an or« chestra which is touring the Noxth- west, is to give an informal dancing party at the new armory this evening, beginning at 9 o’clock, This will be the fourth dance for which this or- chestra has played in Bemidji, and is advertised as the last appearance tais year, . - WOMEN TAKEPARTIN *" KANSAS MINE RIOTING (By United Press) Girard, Kans., Dec. 13.—An “Ama- zon” army, throwing red pepper, bricks, stones and lumps of coal, went through the Southern Kansas coal ficlds today and forced the min- ers, to, quit work., With shawls and jerseys flying, the women, wives of the strikers, swept down on the min- ers. The women clawed fiercely and in some instances used their teeth on some of the miners, who failed to heed their cries of “get out of herc, you traitors.” " Four Jackson-Walker mines and another near Mulberry were cleaned out, The women, mostly foreigners, then turned their. attention to an- other Mulberry mine. . “We will run every traitor out. of the mines in Southern Kansas,” their leader shouted. Three divisiong plunged “over the embankment and crossed the field. About 2,000 women participated in the viot,