Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 19, 1921, Page 1

The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in North- ern”Minnesota. — i 4 o VOLUME XIX. NO. 206 BELTRAMIFAR! BUREAU HOLDS ANNUAL MEET A. E. Witting of Blackduck Is Re-Elected President and J. J. McCurdy Secretary VARIOUS BUREAU UNITS REPORT ON THEIR WORK Chairmen of Various Projects Make Report on Progress; - S. B, (;Igldnd Speaka‘ Progress which the Beltrami Coun- ty Farm Bureau association has mzade in this county during the past year was clearly shown at the ann:al meet- ing of the organization held Satur- day at the rooms oi the Civie and CGommerce association. * Election of officers completed a wery S}lccessfl_xl meeting. Voting W done by farm bureau unit; dire a_ucprumg; to the amended ar! s of incorpora- tion. > A, E. Witting of Biackdues wis Te- a olected presideat, Thomas Porte of furtie River was clested vice-press jdént to succoed Alviph Gustafson of Solway and C. 3. Blakely of '}“u!tle River. J. J.,McCurdy of Bemidji was re-clected secrcetary-treasurer. Tliese officers .together with the following elected Satun[ny co: {ute the execuiive commit ‘IEd Larson and M. W. G. S $ of Bemidji, Adolph Gustafsen of Solway and C. O. Espe of Stanley. It was voted that the president of the ‘association attend the state fed- cration meeting January 3; 4 and 5. If he is unable to attend, the vice- president is to act as alternaie. The annual meeting -was called to order at about 11 o’clock by Pres- ident A./E. Witting and the reports of the chairmen of last ycar’s:proj: cets were the first order of business, H. M. Clark reported for the wook growers, ‘who«pooled 28,0006 pounds - Jast season. -He, .urged ‘ the ‘erection of “a Warchouse® either entively or partially for wool storage that wooi might be held in the future for bet- ter prices. He ilso urged the zrading of wool to be sold and explained the tentative wool grades of ihe 1Twited States Department of Agriculture, " Harry Arnold reported for the seed potato growers, stating that 16 seed treating demonstrations 1 tendance. of . 160 were - held. during the past summer. Five poiato -tours were held with an attendance of ;£5. He suggested that more interest be paid to marketing and oYection of potato warehouses. g P. . Welch reported for the bee- keepers and stated that although no great amount of work had been ac- complished in that line, plans are being made for bettering the indus- try. He. urged that more ‘attention be paid to the ‘development of the industry to take care of the enor- mous waste in Beltrami county every year. W. T. Blakely reported’ on land clearing projeets, while H. A. Pflug. hoeft reported -on 'boys’ and gir club work. Eighty-six boys and girls entered the potato contest, 12 in ?he‘.plg‘ contest, 24 in - dairying, 12 in bread baking and 75 in gardening, a total of 244 in club projects during the year. Nine won free; trips to the state fair this last fall. The pig club, in open compeétition, won first prizes over adult exHhibitors. At the state fair potatd demonstrations, the Bel- gx_"mn county team won second place in state-wide ~competition.: In the Junior livestock: judging contest, one Beltrami . county. boy won " seventh place and another twelfth place with 44 competitors. Mrs. Ed' Larson reported for thu. home developiment section, outlining the work for the past year-and mak- ing suggestions for improving it this year. At the afternoon session roll was called and 15 township directors were found to he present, with a total at- tendance of about 40 Reports of the farm bureau unit directors were then Tieard. These reports included Battle, Grant alley, Jones, Hagali k7 (guntiqum_ on Page 6) ’ PREDICTS ECGPRICES ARE DUE T0 DROP SOON St: Paul,'Dec. 19.—Egg prices are . due to dfop. This is the prediction of R. F. Hall, inspector of cold storage warchouses, state agricultural depart- mient. : According to Hall, egg production is-on the increase and will thwart ef- forts of national ‘storage concerns to obtain: control of the market. On Nov. 30 there * were 953,700 dozens of eggs ih Minnesota cold stor- age houses. - - i During the entire year ending Dec. 1, a total of 367,016,287 pounds of food passed through the cold storage cst;\blishmcnts. The increase in pro- duction, according to Mr. Hall, is due primarily to cheap grain. Because of the small return’ on marketed grain the farmers choose rather to feed the poultry and stock larger quantitics than sell. "S-| feeding his team-mates with accurate \LOCAL COLLEGE DEFEATS | " CASS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL Teachers College 'Sq\fud Wins Second Game of First | Season, 23 to 17 — The Bemidji State basketball team won'its second game of the season Saturday nignt_ when it deteated the scrappy. Cass Lake high school basketball team In & hurg- fought game by the score ok 23tol7 local college quint two straight vic- tories in as many starts, The Teachers at:Cass Lake. 'he victory gave the were not able to present tneir strong- est combination at all ~ times, - for Coach F. P[ Wirth allowed Horns, captain of the quint, to play but 15 mmutes of the entire game because the tall center is now convalescing from pneumonia. S The Cass Lake high school quint is composed of veterans and the game was the hardest fought: game played in the new Cass Lake high sch_ool gymnasium. The score at half time was 12 to 11 with theé Teachers on the long end. Four baskets by Riggs, shot: from long range, and -one *by Simons, with two_counters from the 15-foot mark, constituted 'all’ the scoring for the Teachers in the first half. At one time . in the first half, the Cass Lake quint was leading, 9 to 5, but a-spurt by the Teachers:in one-point lead ‘at half time. . A ‘In the second . half the B('!_l‘\ld]l collegians took the lead at the jump and ‘were never headed, three: field baskets by Simons and one each by | Captain Horns and Riggs, with a free throw giving them a total of 23, with Cass Lake trailing with 17 as thé final whistle blew. ‘Horns, although playing but 15 minutes of the ‘game, was exception- ally fast, covering the floor well, and intercépting many passes besides: (Continued on page 6) REDUCED RAIL RATES FOR FARMERS’ WEEK AT “U” ‘With a minimum of 350 persons at- tending the meeting of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation at St. Paul during .the eighth = annual Farmers’ and ‘Home-makers’ Week at Univer- sity farm, January 2 to 7, 1922, rail- road Tates of one 'and one-half fare -from' all points’in”Minnesota on the “certificate plan” iwill-be given by the, Western Passenger "association. To be eligible for a return ticket of one- ‘half fare, the attendant must buy his ticket between December 31 and Jan- uary 6 inclusive, and should ask his ticket agent for a certificate. If this certificate or receipt should be stamp- ed with the same date as your ticket. See that the ticket reads either to St. Paul or Minneapolis. Immediately on your arrival at the meeting pre- sent your certificate to the endorsing officer, F. L: French, secretary of the Minnesota Farm' Bureau Federation, who will -validate your ticket for Te- duced return rate, through the joint agent of the Western Passenger asso- ciation, if the necessary 350 tickets of 67 cents or more each fulfilling the requirements = of ‘the Western Pas- senger association have been received. For more complete information write to Dr. A. V. Storm, University farm. \;IAR ‘DEPARTMENT TO.DECIDE ON HENRY FORD'’S OFFER SOON (By Umnited Press) £ Washington, Dec. 19.—A final de- ¢ision on the offer of Henry Ford for the government nitrate and pow- der plant at Muscle Shoals, Ala., will' be made shortly, it was indicated to- day at the war: department. - Shortly after noon Secretary_ of War Weeks went into conference with W. B. Mayo and Worthington, Ford engineers, and Secretary Hoover. $CHOOL SUPERINTENDENT COMPLETES LONG TRIP On’ his recent trip into Northern Beltrami county, J. C. McGhee visited 39 schools and traveled about 80 miles on foot through snow .and swamp, returning to Bemidji Satur- day night. y “The schools, I find,”are in bette condition than ever before,” said Mr. McGhee, “due, no doubt, to the fact that we have miore first and second grade teachers on. the job.” Heicovered the entire Grygla coun- try and practically all of the territory north of the Red Lakes. "At Graceton he attended to some matters in con- nection with child welfare work. Many townships have but one school, which made it . difficult to reach them all by auto or team, so it was necessary to walk in many cases. Some of the points visited were Gryg- la, Benville, Spruce Grove, Minnie, Steenerson, Lee, Hamre, Highwood, Carp, Graceton, Barton, Faunce, Spooner, Baudette, Williams, Pioneer, Boone and Swiftwater. TEN ALLEGED MEMBERS OF MASKED BAND IN JAIL Ardmore, Okla:, Dec. 19.—Ten al- leged members ~ of a’'masked band, which last Thursday night attacked the home of John Carroll, alleged ‘bootlegger; near Wilson' during which Carrol and two members of the party were killed, today are in jail await- liflg arraignnient on murder charges. Teachers college || the -last five minutes gave them 2 | found themselves unable to do their ‘1o lay his plan before offi i .BEMIDJI, MINN.,, MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 19, 1921 A | MINNESOTA A\ { H { 55c PER MONTH HAT DO WANT mTHE PARLOR? 'Ll GET IT PoR You i (Copyrin) GEE WHIZZ- THIS bJ A HARD WEEKJRZX SPECIAL GUARD ON DUTY |TWO KILLED TODAY IN INN. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE| [0WA PACKING STRIKE : . According to Warning, an Area| Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 19.—Lewis B Jones, son of Sheriff Jones of Wood- nf. Five Blocks Was to Be bury "county, and .an alleged striker, Dynamited Today Hassen Caleb, were killed in a battle in the packing strike zone today. Cal- eb, accosted by the sheriff and hi as he started thropwh the dis struck young Jones ever the head and started té run. Jomes pursued him. Caleb then ‘turned] and shot -him through the abdomen. Sheriff Jopes shot Caleb, who died on the.way to ‘the hospital. Union officers claim Caleb, strike-breaker;, was not a mem- ber of the union. . : St TREASURY: DEPARTMENT 70 AID UNEMPLOYMENT ‘Washington, Dec. 1'.).—-Aftur re- ceiving an outline of the serious un- employment situation throughout tne United States from experts represent- ing the president’s conference on un- ‘employment, Col. Edward Clifford, assistant ;secretary of the trea has sent word to Col. Arthur Woo ¢hairman of the committee on civic and" emergency measures, that the treasury . department would imme- diately undertake additional con- {struction work to the extent of $14,- 762,000, on various hosptals author- ized out of ‘departmental funds. Some $2;500,000 will be spent on three hospitals at soldiers’ homes. in Milwaukee, Wis., Dayton, O, and Marion, Ind. Other of the larger hospitals: on which work will be be- gun at once as a furfher means of relieving = local employment, are: Tuskegee, Ala., $2,250,000; Palo Alto, Cal,. $1,50,000; Pittsbu $1,000,000; New York city, 000; New York city, remodeling Catholic orphanage, $600,000; St. Louis, Mo., $1,000,000. The - ‘treasury department an nounced that it would co-operate in every way possible in this hospitai- zation sork, so that the money ap- propriated by .con might be made ‘available as quickly as its supervising architect could approve the various plan: 3 (By United Press) New York, Dec. 19.—A special armed guard is on duty on the. New York Stock Exchange, the Sub-Treas- ury and other buildings in the finan- ¢ial district, whiles Wall Street is on tip-toe: on "expectation of another bomb outrage. Accorting to a letter that the: Chas. P. Morgan Stock Exchange and an area extending five blocks around it was to be dynamited today. ‘This watiing was received a week .ago. The - police’ have ‘been investigating |- the case. The letter said, “This is a warning to you that the Stock Exchange and everything in 'a radius within five blocks, will be blown.up on December 19, Leéave town or leave the district. The note was written on a small piece of paper and mailed’in a plain envelope. . STORES WILL REMAIN - GPEN DURING EVEN The majority of Bemid, ¢ will remain open during-the evenings this week to enable late shoppers 1o, do'their Christmas shopping conveni- ently. A large number of people hay: shopping in the daytime because their work conflicas with that, and the mer- assist them by’ remaining open during the eve- time for. the bulk of the stores thi week, while practically all plpaces of business plan to ‘remain open until at least 10 o’clock Christnias eve. The “shop early” slogan has been applied in Christmas buying this year and the merchants rcport a fairly good business. Practically all’ hav added to their sales forces to-fac tate shopping. EFFECTS OF SHOOTING YEARS § AGO REMOVED FROM VICTIM AUTOMOBILE SEIZURE FOR Cyr of Buena- Vista, who identally shot in mistake for UNPAID TAXES, IS RULING |, ., bout 23 v ago, complain- ed oi a pain in his side and was op- erated upon Saturday. The surgeon extracted 'several pieces of a watch chain from his side, pieces which were imbedded in the flesh when Mr. Cyr was shot. ' CROOKSTON CITY TEAM PLAYS HERE WEDNESDAY Company ~ K, Bemidji’s National Guard unit, will play its third game of basketball when it meets the Crookston city team at the new ar- mory Wednesday evening in what promises to be the fastest and hard- est game of the carly season. Com- pany K has won both of its previous games, the first against the local 5 (By Unitea Press) St. Paul, Dec. 19.—“Pay your auto tax or lose your machine,” is the ul- timatum of the automobile tag de- partment at the state capitol here. Notices have been sent to sheriffs of machines still missing from the tax list giving them orders to collect the foes or'seize the machine. Under the law the machine may be seized and sold for tax by the coun- ty officials. WEATHER MAN CAN'T FOOL - HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASS The weather man will from now on have a hard time fooling the science department of the local high school, even though cold-blooded | Naval Militia unit and the second citizens try to tell the students other- | against the Walker city team. wise.. A government thermometer.| ~Nevértheless the guardsmen know that they have a battle ahead and are practising regularly in order to make as good a showing against the Polk county squad as possible Crookston has always had a first- class city team and tl is said to be no seption. The exact line-up which registers the maximum and minimum , temperatures during 21 hours, is now the property of that department and has-already been put into use at the Central school. v — BOSTON BANKER HAS PLAN i TO FINANCE PHILIPPINES but it is believed. that it includes number of the same men who a ed _in defeating the Bemidji 3 team at Crookston last winter, after the Bemidji team had made a tour and played against the Minot, N. D., team for two nights in succession. Manilla, P. I., Dec. 19.—R. F. Har- rick, Boston banker, has completed a plan for reorganizing the finances of the Philippine Islands, Harrick.is leaving immedately for Washington *|that the I'rench ratio in the. 5-5 FRANCE ACCEPTS NAVY RATIO ALLOTTED HER Premier Briand Sends Orders to French Delezatél to Give Up Demand \By United Press) London, Dec. 19.—France has, ac- cepted the naval ratio proposed by Secretary Hughes, Premier Briand told George Harvey, it was announced today. : (By Imited: Press) Washington, Dec. 19.-—An agrec- ment has been reached by the five naval powers of the world to limit their battleship armuaments. Premier Briand has sent orders to tie French delegation at thé arms conference to back down on The demund for a navy greater thyn Japan and to ac- cept the decision of the other pow plan be approximately 1.75, il was learned today. MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR DISABLED U. S. VETERANS (By United Y'ress) Indianapolis, Ind.,, Dec. 19.-—Dis- abled veterans and their dependents in every community in the United States will be cared for Christmas day by American Legion member: according to plans announced by na- tional headquarters of the ex-serv- ice men’s. organization. Visits' to the homes of sick and men and to their wounded ex-servi h families . will be e by the Legion- aires. and special committees will take care of the men still in the ho: pitals. Entertainments and prese will be provided for the inea: tated veterans, In connection with the Christmas visits, Legion investigators will ob- tain informaton in regard to strki s of neglect of the disubled s their families, following which action the members of the local posts will take up the claimg of these ‘'men with the government and will assist their families in getting proper care. Information in regard to the loca- tion of disabled mien will be asc tained through Legion post meetings, the Red Cross, local medical organi- zationg, county and city officials, and, if necessary, through house-to-house work by the Legion committees, “This is not a charity affair,” Hanford MacNider, national com- mander of the Legion, “It is the Christmas thought of one ex-service man for another who would expect his buddies to remember him if the positions were reversed, It docs not matter whether: the dizabled lad iz a Legion man or not; it is a Crhitiias greeting between ¢ ce nen,” < said MINNESOTA SHORTCAKE TEAM FIRST AT CHICAGO The ~ Minnesota peach shortcake team, consisting of Audrey Pulver, Lila Rogers and Genevieve Fink, of Rose Creek, in Mower county, won first place in the national contest at the Chicago international livestock exposition. The Minnesota junior livestock, judging team, consisting of Edward Tersteeg, Clement Chase, Al- bert Conzemius and Gordon Sayres, Farmington, placed seventh. T. A. Trickson, state leader of boys' and girls' club work, escorted 18 Minne- sota boys and girls, who had won free trips as rewards for superior work in |VILL HONOR LAST MAN : :muzn MRWWARIIRISHTR American Legion Endeavoring to Learn Identity of Last American to Fall Indianapolis, Dec, 19.—Who was the last American soldier killed in action? The Ame Legion, en- deavoring .to learn the identity of t)w_ st to fall, is receiving many claims _at its national headquarts here. The French government will erect a monument to the last man killed, The case of a Sergeant of the TOth division who tried to capture the la; German machine gun of the war i been offered to' Legion headquarte by Major Albert T., Rich of the reg- ular army. \ It was north of Verdun on the {morning of November 11, 1918, that the incident ci Major Rich oc- ‘k'ul'l'('(l. A first sergeant of an in- fantry company, aspiring to take tk i last Boche gun, left his lines at 10 ¢'clock, just five minutes before the war ended. ‘The sergéant was killed perhaps a minute before the armistice,” imme- dialely in front of the gun he was try to’ capture. At o'cloc, sharp the German officer in charge iof tl_m gun directed four of his men to pick up the doughboy and carrvy and for the civilized world. 3 Col. William Oury was mand of the regiment to wl sergeant belong: Major ported, and General W, son commanded the div J. Nichol- ion. Col, Oury i now stationed with the 14th infantry in the Canal Zone and Gen- eral Nicholson s in Washington, The identity of the ser pany to which learned by M ot ln( and the conm- Jhe belonged wore not o Hich, U. 5. 1S NOW AT PEACE WITH ALL THE WORLD My United Press) ~The United with oll the Stat world. The t ird and last pence h"o{lt.\' was rati od today between the, United States and Tlun necord- ing to word from Hugh Grant Smith, who cabled that ratifications had been exchanged. ~ Similar treaties were rati tween Germany and Austria, fed be- ONE MAN KILLED AND THREF, INJURED IN' BUFFALO STORM (By United Press) - Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 19.—-One man was killed and three injured and property . damaged estimated at $750,000 as a result of a’ terrif sllurn\ which swept the city yester- day. [forty homes were destroyed along the river front househoats werd also_ destroyed. FOUND GUILTY OF CAUSING DEATH OF NEW BORN BABY tie Kirby was found guilty of man- sluught}-r by the jury here, on charges of having caused the death of her daughter’s mnew born illegitimate baby. Sentence will be pronounced Tuesday. The case was given to the jury Tuesday night. A verdict was reached Saturday, staled and returned in court today. ¢ N.D. PROHIBITION DEPARTMENT HAS BUSY TIME IN NOVEMBER Fargo, Dec. 19.—Over $98,000 in taxes and penalties levied by the North Dakota prohibition depart- ment in, November, according to Di- rector Stone.. This does not include fines imposged in court where defend- ant is found guilty. - Twenty-one stills were destroyed during the month, RALPH GRACIE POST TO Several matters of importance are to be taken up for consideration at the reguiar meeting of the Ralph Gracie_post of the American Legion to be held Thursday evening at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce association, At the last regular meet- ing, plans were started for a num- ber of entertainments to be given throughout the winter to make up the deficit suffered through the vecent Armistice day celebration. Further details on these projects will be re- ported at the meeting this week, Plans are being made for some sort of a program and .a lunch to follow the business sessiony It is especially urged that there be a large attend- ance of members in order that action on the several propositions may be started at once. Prospective members as well as members ave invited and urged to attend: The session will be called to order at 8 o’clock, ONE KILLED AND TWO lOTHERS INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT (By United Press) . Redfield, S. D., Dec. 19.—B, Hol- loeck was killed and Mrs, §iottlich Albrecht and Mrs. Gust Guicke seri- ously hurt-when the -automobile 1n which they were riding turned over, two miles east of here Sunday. Just as Holloeck had turned out on- mect- ing another car the rear wheel came various projects, to the international,off and the machine turned turtle. A DAL OFERN DeValera and His Supporters Call Pact a “Politician’s Peace” This Morning ARTHUR GRIFFITH MOVES RATIFICATION QF PACT R Renewed Warfare on England and a nuber of Adrian; Mich., Dec. 19.—Mrs. Mat-|" MEET THURSDAY NIGHT Threatened During Heated Debpting Today A (By "United Press) ! Dublin, Dec, 19.—The Anglo-Irish treaty. was denounced as a ‘“‘politi- cian’s peace” by President DeValera and his supporters at the opening ses- ion of the Dail Eireann this morn- ing. * Arthur Griffith, peace pact, moved “We have made the who its signed the ratification. bargain and | brought the news back to the peo- ple of Ireland—our masters and not our servants. We are dictators, if we do_not represent the people properly, then our voice is gone forever,” G fith said. Griffith, unusually cool under all | circumstances, grew angry at quib- bling over words when Irish lives are hanging .in balance. “We brought back our own flag and secured evacuation by the . British y after seven hundred years;” he clared heatedly In proof of his statement, he read a letter from Lloyd George promis- ing the army would be withdrawn im- mediately after the treaty ratifica- tions.,, Griftith then read the oath of the legion contained in the peace puct and said: “Any Irishman can take this oath with honor.” Austin Stack, cabinet member, who voted against the treaty, and his sup- porters developed in this fight agninst it ,jumped to his feet and cried, “I won't take, this oath.” {“-Dublin; Dees-1 Benewed avar fare on England was threatened in the Dail Eireann today during a de- bate on ratitication of the peace treaty. “T hope to continue to fight cven if this rotten document is accepled,” cried Austin Stack, member of the Irish cabinet. “I would have every Irighman remain a servant until the end of time rather than consent to such a document,” said De Valera, Michael Colling took the floor and began speaking in behalf of the treaty. “I term the treaty for what it is—Jreedom,” Collins said. AUTO GOES THROUGH ICE; ONE DROWNS, THREE ESCAPE (By United Press) Fergus Falls, Minn, Dec, Oscar Anderson was drowned three compauions narrowly e death when ™ their automobile through the thin ice on Lake Clit) eral late Sunday. Oscar Nickelson ywas’ rescued with difficulty after he had gone down in the icy waters. Irvin Rolandson and Olavas Holdt pulled him out after they had succeeded in reaching solid ice themselves. Anderson went down with the automobile in 100 feet of water. Neither the body nor the ma- chine had heen located today. The four men started on a wolf hunt Sunday. 19. and ped it ©- TRANSPORTATION GROUP TO GIVE CHARITY BALL ola, & International Railway v, which comprises the local firemen, hrakemen ' and conductors, plans to give a hard times ball some time during the latter part of January, it was announced today. Commjttecs have been appointed and are alteady at work completing the necessary arrangement sfor the affair, The net proceeds are to be donated toward local charity work. SOVIET CONGRESS T0 ™4 " ASSEMBLE TOMORROW (By TUnited Press)’ " Moscow, Dec. 19.—The Ninth All- Russian Sovict. Congress is scheduled to assemble here when general elec- tions terminate throughout Russia, and will immediately take up an ima portant agenda. By an exceutive-decree, the agendd has been fixed as follows: Report of the All-Russian Central Executive committee and Council of People’s Commissars _on home and foreign affairs of the Soviet republic. Reports on first results of Russin’s new economic policy. Condition of ‘the Red Army in connection with the probitms of the present. Famine relief. Agricultural - reconstruction cially in the famine areas. nees and budge operation and co-operative eapea Election of an All-Russian Central Execcutive committee, iy transportation group of the d