Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1921, Page 1

s The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and. has the largest circulation in North- ern Minnesota. ¥ -~ | VOLUME XIX, NO. 205 GRANDRAPIDS HIGH DEFEATS BEMID)! FIVE Experienced Squad Avenges Numerous Pricr Defeats by 40-to-18 Score : L, GAME HAS NO BEARING ON DISTRICT SCH]';DULE T et ; Neumann and Davis Show Up Well for Locals; Miller Stars for Visitors ) RREASECI What experience will ‘do for a Pasketball team was clearly dem- onstrated Friday evening when the Veteran Grand Rapids high school squad ‘defeated the inexperienced Bemidji high school five by a score of 40 to 18. Nevertheless the locals consider their defeat no big disgrace after taking into consideration the fact that the visitors. hgve ‘an aggre- gation capable oivc?kmg its place against any schol;y;tgc team.. ancient athletic § high school ave S 1 merous . defeats “in years past, in- cluding the defeat at the hands of Bemidji at %otball this past_season. Althongh Bemidji started the scor- ing with a field basket and for a short time kept the count decidedly even, the 'morq experienced .squad 'soon tock a comfortable lead and kept it for the remainder of the game, the second half increasing that lead by a wide margin. The first half ended with the score 23 to 14 in favor of the range team, and it was confidently hoped by Be- wid}i fans that ‘the locals would come back with a burst of speed.in the final period. This failed to ma- ture, however, the locals making only four points in the second half against 17 scored by the Grand Rap- ids_boys. For the visitors, Miller easily led the scoring with 11 field baskets and two. frecthrows. The remainder. of the scoring was quite evenly divided. Miller displayed rare ability to suc-. cessfully shoot. field; baskets from any position, while thé visiloTs' work showed thorough training and the result of previous experience. Out of Bemidji’s green material, Neumann and Davis showed up_the best, ‘especially on the pivot; Poor team work, inaccurate basket shoot- ing and nearly every other fault found in. an; inexperienced = feam were displayed by the locals. Con-] “sidering that this was the first game of the season, the boys are not dis- couraged. Their faults will be cor- rected as quickly as possible, and within a few weeks the coaches ex- pect to have a much better squad. This game has nd bearing on the district . championship, since Grand Rapids is not in Bemidji’s athletic | district. Consequently, it is expdeted that Bemidji may yet make a good showing in the district games. The game Friday night is by far the best practice that the locals could want and will aid them greatly in later games. The line-up for game was as follows: Friday night's Bemidji ‘Grand Rapids Davis- rf Miller Neumann 1f Beaudry Henry Davis c Harry Hulett rg Frazer Horns Ig . Metzger Substitutions: Grand Rapids, Olson and Martin; Bemidji, Boyce, Peter- son, Bailey and Smith. Lloyd Greiner, coach of the Cass Lake high school referce, PLENTY OF DOMESTIC HELP ON DAKOTA WAITING LIST Fargn, N.'D.; Dec. 17.—¥For the first time in four years there is .z waiting list of domestic help, accord- ing to Mrs. Minte Bowe, federal em- ployment officer for North Dakota. More {applications for all kinds of labor are listed at the office than there has heen at ahy time since early in 1915 MAY CALL CONFERENCE ON MEXICAN AFFAIRS + Washington, ‘Dec.. 17.—The . call- ing.of a conference on Mexican af- fairs’is being considered by President Harding. i The suggested conference would -be “held at some date following the conclusion of the armament confer- ence and would take place at either ‘Washington or some accessible place near the Mexican border, close friends of the president said. The chief purpose would be to ob- tain a treaty with Obregon by which Mexico would pledge protection of American rights and gain recogni- tion for the Mexican republic. One reason for this, it is believed, is the fact that all other means have failed. Secretary of State Hughes drafted the treaty and George Sum- meriin, American charge at Mexico City, tried to get it signed without success. President Harding then adopted the informal method of dealing with Obregon direct, but Obregon flatly refused to sign the treaty until rec- ognition was first granted. “|REPORT ON-R quint, acted as| ED CROSS DRIVE IS GRATIFYING Summary of Receipts Shows " About $1,000 Raised for Local Health Work A summary has been made’ of the receipts of the Red Cros campaign receipts of the: Red Cross campaign the leadership of -Mrs. E. Barker, and the result shows $1,329.21 were collected.. Of this amount, there were 700 subscriptions to membership at $1 each, of -which half goes to the state office. This will leave altogether about $1,000 to be used by the local chapter for health work. y The success of the drive is attrib: uted to the splendidly organized work of Mrs. Barker and to those who so effectively co-operated with her. According to L. P. Warford, president of the society, the solicita- tion was conducted this year more effectively than any previous year, notwithstanding the difficult times to sécure money, The society is very appreciatitve of the -work done by all who had the matter in charge and feel, that a splendid amount of work can be accomplished with the funds at its disposal. +The work done in the past, espe- cially . through the Red Cross nurse, Miss Beth MacGregor, has been very comprehensive and through. The re- ports made by her from time to time show the large amount of work done, i|and much work has been done which cannot be presented in a report. For the month of November, Miss MacGregor made 12 nursing visits, :4 inf:_mt welfare visits, 3 home serv- ice visits, ‘4 tuberculosis visits,, 7 sqc‘ml service visits, 56 inspection visits where communicable’ diseases were prevalent, 12 other visits, and gave aid in-9 cases. She also assisted at baby and eye and ear clinies con- ducted at Bemidji, Blackduck, Kelli- her, Puposky, Nebish and Redby. MARCONI PREDICTS BIG y FUTURE FOR TELEPHONES (By United Press) London, Dec. - 17.—Telephoning from the United States to Europe or Asia from one’s office *phone is a pos- sibility contained in a prediction made by Marconi. 3 “I see no reason why, in the im- mediate future, our ordinary tele- phone exchanges should not be con- nected with our big wireless stations,” Marconi said. ~The-subscriber would- use his dinary phone in the usual way. “His voice would be carried by wire, to the wireless station, would then go into spacs to the wireless sta- tion of the county in which his friend lived, thence by wire to the telephone exchange and thus. to the office or house of the man to whom he wished to speak.” or- VOTE ON RATIFICATION OF PEACE TREATY MONDAY (By United Press) London, Dec. 17.—Vote on rati- | fication of the peace treaty with Ire- land will be taken Monday in both houses of parliament. The opposition has no hope of defeating ratification. This was demonstrated yesterday when both the lords and commons ap- proved the treaty by adopting re- plies to the king’s specch from the throne promising to ratify. STUDENT SECTION GIVES PROGRAM FOR ART CLUB Mt;sical Art Club Enjoys the First Program Given By Junior Division The student section of the Bemidji Musical Art club presented its first program at the meeting of the club Friday afternoon at- the Civie qnd Commerce association rooms. Five numbers were ably perfo,rmeflfind the club feels that its junior division will provide excellent material for future programs. As dn incentive for study and serious endeavor, there 1s nothing better for the student than frequent appearanceés before . the public. = Nervousness and self-con- sciousness gradually give way to as- surance and poise, -and each experi- ence, tending to train and broaden, guides the performer toward suc- cess. 3 The first number, De Beriot's vio- lin solo, “Scene de Ballet,” ‘was played by Miss Grace Currie with real mastery of technique and ex- préssion, Commendable, also was the Fact that Miss Currie played with- out her notes. “’Tis Christmas Time,” a vocal solo, was sung by Miss Myrtle ‘Wickum, who possesses* a contralto voice of rare sweetness and reso- nance. Miss Alice Cameron read “An Order for a Picture” in'a pleasirg manner. Rachmaninoff’s - difficul “Prelude in C Sharp Minor” was sat- isfactorily played by Miss Grace Ev- erett. The closing number “The Sweetest Flower That Blows,” was sung by Miss Mabel Croon, whose soprano .voice posseszcs some ex- cellent qualities which should develop with training. S Miss Vera Cutter, Miss Ida Virginia | Brown, and Miss Ragnhild Moe were capable accompanists. ¢ As a whole the program was mark- ed by an earnestness of puipos which was most praiseworthy. Musical ‘Art- club looks. forward another student program in the spring, )" Rosby chapel, E RDAY EVENING, DEC. R — l | o fiereasing " cloudiness vithf light snow in north- m Stnday unsettled; rising cfnplrature tonight in' west, LATEST INVENTION TO MAKE THE MOVIES TALK Scientific Discovery Made at University of Illinois May " .Revolutionize Movies _ (BY United Press) Urbana, Ill, Dec. 17.—Will the moving ‘picture industry receive a rev- olutionary .addition through a scienti- fic discovery made at the University of Illinois, hasic patents for which are held by that institution?' It seems possible that this discovery will make there will no dramay? © The scientific discovery is that of an - extremely sensitive and reliable ‘“photo-electric cell,” made about two years ago in the physical laboratories of thie university by Professor Jakob Kuriz. The incident is a good ex- ample-. of the unexpectedness by which some great discovery may be made years in advance before it can be practically used. The photo-electric cell is a device for turning flashes of light into elec- tric pulses and is so sensitive that it reacts to light from stars which can- not be seen with the naked eye. Be- cause . of this extreme sensitiveness, the photo-electric cell promises to dis- place the selenium cell which has been used up to the present time in experi- ments carried on to produce speech accompanying moving picture. A Swedish scientist has developed a device which ~he calls the “photo- phone” by which such speech is more or less perfectly produced. This is done by having a sécond film on the same spindle as the ‘moving picture film, on which are photographed vari- ous curves and openings correspond- ing to the words which are to accom- pany the pictures. A beam of light sent through this film falls upon a selenium cell. The selenium cell de- pends upon a discovery made many years ago -that the metal selenium changés its electric_resistence when light falls upon it. It is thus nosmble to get variations in an electric cur- rent by letting the beam of light from a speech photograph film fall-upon such a cell. These variations act in a telephone to produce speech. The selenium cell is much inferior to Dr. Kunz's photo-electric cell in (Continued on page 6) PRESS OPINION GIVES BOUT TO MIKE GIBBONS (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec, 17.—Mike Gibbons outpointed Mike 0’Dowd in a ten- round - bout ‘here last night, in the opihion of the majority of the news- papermen. . q < There was some _difference in opinion among the ringside critics, but the majority gave six rounds to Gibbons and from onc to three to 0'Dowd, with the others declaring it a draw. 3 3 In the third round a smashing right cross made O’Dowd groggy and the spectalors clamored for a knockout by. Gibbons. 0’Dowd failed to _foll_nw up what seemed an advantage in one stage of the sccond round. But at sio time did he have Gibbong in a condi- tion like that in which he found hi self in the third round, and many, times the “phantom” had him mixed badly. O'Dowd’s weight was an- nounced as 160 and Gibbons 158. ROSBY LADIES' AID WILL HOLD SALE MONDAY NIGHT The Rosby Ladics’ Aid will give a sale Monday evening, December 19, beginning at 8 o’clock, in the les the useful ar- the movies of the future talk, so that|: bonger be_“the silent kot lunch wiil be ticlesy candy and sold. “NEW YEAR ANNOUNCED State tand 8aled for next yout Kive been announged by State Auditor Ray P. Chase. The policy of .séiling state . lands-. for: settlement and not, for speculation.was also commeénced. “We shall offer no poor lands for sale next' year,” said Mr. Ch “We are going to:sell the best lan first—those located nearest railroa and markets and where the appraisal shows there is good state land. Delin- quent lands in“ventyal and other parts of Minnesota will' be re-appraised and reoffered, for sale.”” . The dates havebeen -fixed: for 63 land sales next year: Those to be'heid v follw, sales to < Yourt house in this city at 10 a. m., each’date: March 8, April 12, May 10; June 14, Juiy 12, August 9, September 13, October 16 and November 20., . 8. C. Bailey of this city, head ol the sales force for state owned lan attended the conference at St Ps Thursday, when the dates for the sales and the policy of th2 depart- ment was formulated for the year, ALLIES REFUSE GERMAN TIME EXTENSION PLEA (By | United Press) X Paris, Dec. 17.—The allied rep: tions commission refused to consider the German request for extension of time in reparation payments, it was announced today. In a note to Chancellor Wirth, the commission demanded it immediately be furnished with details regarding promised payment guarantees to be furnished. Until the details are re- ceived the commission cannot grant the German request. MRS W. C. ESSLER PASSES AWAY AT DAUGHTER’S HOME ler died Frid: Mu: Mrs. W. C. E the home of her daughte abeth Jones, Fifth' ward. although past 85 years ol age, been in remarkably good health unt: the evening before, and her death was due to the infirmities of old ag She was the mother of nine ch dren, seven of whom are still living. Her husband preceded her in death some years ago. For the past fi years she has made her home with her daughter, M Jones, and ner sudden death is a great shock to a large circle of friends. She leaves bevides a number of out of town r , her Jaugh .er, . Jones, her grandehildren, Wal- ter, Donald anl M: Gr Jdones, and nephew, J. I, emid, She was a life-isng membar of the Methodist churcir ot her home town, St. Peter. Mrs, Jones rpanicd the body to St. Pecter this morning where funeral services will be held Monday, and.interment made in the family burying ground, beside the body of her husband. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY RATE The Great Northern railway com- pany, through its agent, J. E. Ryan, announces that special reduced far will be in effect for the holiday sea- son. The rates will e in cffect going on December 22, 23 and 24, and re- turning not later than midnight January 4. 5 Fare and one-half for rotnd trip will be given where the amount of the ‘ticket purchased does net ex- ceed $25 and is not less than $2.50, BOX FACTORY TO BE CLOSED MONDAY) AFTER CHRISTMAS The Kenfield-Lamorcaux company will close its plant on Monday, De- cember 26, in lieu of Christmas day, which falls on Sunday, -ty STATE LAND SALES FOR ~ DEMAND FOR LUMBER " EXCEEDS PRODUCTION American Lumberman Reports! mng’| Logging Will Exceed Early Season Expectations In the past, heavy breaks in the ‘[lumber market have almost always been attendant upon or have resulted largely from over-production. Over- production, of course, means simply that more lumber is produced than there is a market for; but, that condi- tion _has not prevailed this year.. To be. specifie, figures comp! yroducing sections show that orders have been booked for about 4 per cent more lumber than has béen cut,l and that 1 per cent more lumber has been shipped than has been cut. Thus, despite the facts that during a good part of the year the lumber market has not been active and that, furthermore, spivited buying did not begin until late summer, production been at a level below total sales. A statement such as this might be true of the country as a whole, but vet not true of some leading produc- ing sections where an excessive stock might force a break in the market. Today, however, there exist no sur- plus stocks, for orders for southern pine have exceeded production by ap- proximately 5 per cent; while orders for Doug fir have excecded produc- tion by approximately 4 per cent —these two being © the major soft woods produced. Thus, wita a reasonable deniand, of which, according to the American Lumberman, there is every reason to expeet a continuance, the lumber manufacturers are in a position that is fundamentally strong. Plans are now being Tlaid which, if carried to completion, will result in the speed- ing up of production in the carly part of 1921, Logging, where it can be conducted in the winter, will be on a more ex- tensive scale than was expected ear- lier in the year so that, altogether, the prospect. is considered encourag- in. Statistics gathered by the Nation- al Lumber Manufacturers’ association for the first forty-cight weeks of 1921 give the following details: produc- tion, 17,769,196,286 feet; shipments, 7,838,140,816 feet; orders, 7,934, 181,664 feet. TWO ESCAPED PRISONERS CAPTURED AT MOORHEAD sy United Press) Fargo, N. D., Dec. 17.—Sheriff Overby. of Grand Fdrks i here to- day to take home George, alias Goldie Nolan, and Jerry Sullivan, two of the five persons who escaped Wednerday night from the Grand Forks county jail. " Nolan and Sullivan, probably the ring leaders in the delivery, were captured in a Moorhead hotel la: night by Fargo and Moorhead poiice working together. Nolan is believed to plicated in a number kota store robberics. Sullivan, for- merly of Monango, D., lived at Mitchell, S. D., at the time of his ar- rest for the alleged theft of an automobile, have been im- of North Du- RED RIVER VALLEY SHIPS 10,000 CARS OF POTATOES Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 17 Ten thousand cars of potatoes wer shipped from the Red River valley of Minnesota and North Dakota, ac- cording to J. H. Griffin, gencral freight agent of the Grent Northern The average yicld was 150 ba and the average price 80 Hoople, N. D., shipped 514 ca Walhalla, N, D., 390, iled: from all | . vlode a homb in the financi 4 T went personally to the bankers and to cstabiis 55¢c PER MONTH \BEMIDJI TENNIS CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL NEETING Loving Cup of Rare Design Presented City Champion, Now Club President Election of officers and awarding of trophies to the champion players of the past season was the ovder of business: at the annual mecting of the Bemidji Tennis club at the roow:s of the Civic and Commerce nssocin- tion Friday evening. Eddie Bleichner was elected president to suceced AL L. Barker, and Rudolph Welle w: named secretary-treasurer (o suc- | ceed Paul Howe. Inter-city games with tea from Grand For Crookston, Crosby and lother cities next season were dis- cussed and indications are that such games will be arranged. After a careful audit a ba { found in the ircasury | pensive scason inimproving the Leourts near the State Tenchers col- {lege. Lights Swere installed last s son so that members who were un- able to play in the day time might play at night. This proved very pop- ular and next year another court will { be lighted. The club last seasom had 48 paid members at §5 cach and seven teach- ers who paid $1 for the use of the courts during the season, A suitable gold medal was pre- sented to Ed Bleichner as city cham- pion, C. L. Pegelow making the pre- sentation address to which Bleichner responded. A loving cup of an un- usual design was also given the city at the meeting, will be on exhibition at Barker’s Drug store, After discussion of plans for the coming season, the meeting was ad- jounyul. The club has been rapidly growing during the past year and in- dications are that the will be inereased considernbly an- other year. About 25 members at- tended the meeting Fric evening and much interest in the coming play- ing season was shown by all. BODIES OF TWO CHILDREN ARE FOUND IN CISTERN (Ny United Pross) Oconomowoe, Wiz, Dee. 17— With the finding of the bodies of two chil- Tdven in'a cistorh in the rear of their home n here last night, police to- day areconfronted with wgy to be a bafling myste e Elmer Zimmerman, 11, and his ster, . The bodies were found by their father last night when he re- turned from work. . 'N. D. POTATO SHIPMENTS DOUBLED ALONG RED RIVER (By United I'ress) Fargo, N. D., Dec. 17.-—The North- ern Pacific shipped from the Red River valle ion crossed by thi road 6, 200 Year, over twice as many as last vear, according to J. G. Callahan general freight agent for the rail- road, who predicted that more po- tatoek than wheat will be raised in this section next year. WALL STREET MYSTERY 15-BELIEVED SOLVED Department of Secret Service States That Anarchists Are Now Known (By United I'ress) Washington, Dee, 17— The an- archists who dynamited Wall street over a year ago are now known to the department of justice, William J. Buarns, chief of the department of sceret service, said today. The arrest of conspirators, now said to he scattered throughout the world, is to be ordered. (By United Press) New York, Dee. 17, (1 Farrell) .—-Additional arrc Vall street bomb explos d by Burns detectives agents of the department of jus as a result of a eonfession obtained from Wolfe Lindenfeld in Warsaw by detectives operating for the Uniled States government. “The Burns detective agency has been working steadily on this since the day of the explosion,” Sher- man Burns told the United Préss to- day. “We accumulated a mass of evi- dence, much of it concerning Wolfe Lindenfeld. We have been in touch with Lindenfeld or Lindy, as he was known, for long time. “When William J. Burns was ap- pointed divector of the bureau of investigation, of the department of Justice we turned over to the govern- ment all of the evidence the Burns ageney had collected on the case, in- cluding what we had on Lindenfeld. The department . immediately took up the trail. Cosgrove, who arrested Lindenfeld in Warsaw, worked on the case for us and was transferred to the government when the depart- ment secured the evidence we had,” “In June prior to the Wall street explosion we had a tip that an ef- "fort was going to.bhe ma to ex- street. Henry in the told them of the warning we had.” champion. This cun, as it was termed | s memhership | loads of potatoes this [i LOCAL SCHOOLS COLLECT GIFTS FORCHRISTMAS o e Central School Building Now Has Appearance of Santa Claus’ Work Shop SALVATION ARMY TO DISTRIBUTE BUNDLES Needy Children to Benefit By Sacrifice Being Made By More Fortunate As an evidence of the Christmas spirit in the school children of Be- midji, the boys nd girls have gath- ered together a splendid collection of toys, books, shoes, overshoes, clothga and even food, at the Central schoal, to be distributed to those children who will not be Tortunate enough to otherwise get a visit from Santa Claus. . Many of the; toys ¢ontributed rep- nt a sacrifice on.the part of the They are out, but re: children -who ‘gave not toys which /4 many of them ar which they are willing to give up in order that me less fortunate little boy or girl ¢ have one. he collection has he. der the supervision of Miss Hall, and teachers of the Central school, and represent much effort. I Dolls were dressed up in ntéw d by the girls and even the inev paint and powder puff came in for their share of duty in the “make up.” One little boy wifh a big heart volunteered to shine all the 5 o that they would be more pres lable, A ‘there were many dozen pairs of them, he no doubt will he | offered assistance by his schinohwates in shining them up The clothing is practically all good, warm, winter articles and in good repaiv. Bundlos will be made up far nbout “a.doZen families ~who are known by the school to need articles of this kind and the remainder ‘will I bo turned over to the: service com- Mdtee o the “Saviation AFmy =0l through them distributed to the needy families. The bundles made up by the school will also be delivered by the Army soi that they may be made acquainted with all the familios i where aid and cheer are needed. The intervest taken by the children in’ making this collection was muet in evidence and there were few hom where the attic or old clothes ¢los or children’s toy boxs were searched to find something re made un- Ethelyn not that programs will be con- srs and chlidren 4 on Thursday afternoon of next week, after which many of the teachers will leave for their various homes to spend the Christmas vacation, ODD FELLOWS AND REBEKAHS VISIT SOLWAY LODGE TODAY ion of Odd Fellows this afternoon on assenger train for Solway where they will participate in the dedication of thé new Odd IFellows” hall at that place this eve- A lrge dele and Rebekahs the westhound The Bemidji Rebekah degree team will confer initiation on a class of candidates after the dedication cete- A class of candidates will also be initiated by the Solway degree team of the Od Fellows lodge, Grand Master J. O. Werntz of Moose Lake and Grand Secretary A. L. Bolton of Minneapolis will be present at the ded JEWISH COUNCIL TO MEET ) AT ST. LOUIS IN 1923 St. Louis, Dec. 17.—The triennial meeting of the Jewish Council, an or- ganization comprising 40,000 women in 179 different sections throughout the world, including Japan, Australia and England, will be held here during the latter part of November, 1923, it was announced today. At least 5,000 delegates and visitors are expected tq attend the meeting. i MG { KU KLUX KLAN CHARGED 1 WITH PART IN MURDERS (By United Press) t Avdmore, Okla., Dec. 17.—Thg Ku Klux Klan was accused of being involved in the death of Joe Carrolly John Smith and Symes, the leadersy and Ardmore policeman, whose buly let-riddled bodies were found mean Wilson, in a statement issued today by County" Attorney Hodge. Hodge asserted that Smith was wearing the Klan unionalls at the time his body was found in a field near Wilson, and that he believes the policeman was a member of the party which attacked the Carroll home a short distance from Wilson. Authorities learned today that Car- roll had reccived numerous letters warning him to leave at ¢nce. Carrolk and Smith were shot together Thurs- day night. Smith was said-to have been a member of the attacking par« Hy. Offie s0 far have been unuble a motive for the murdey of the three, ation ceremonies. 4 SO PSS