Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 21, 1921, Page 1

' The Pidneer ‘is the only- daily within 100 miles of Bemidj? and has the’largest circulation in-North- ern Minnesota. — o & o e P, MINNESC 'rhan PORT . . TS Probubly light snow tonight and Thursday; rising tem- perature. VOLUME XIX. NO. 208 DEC 21 1921 55¢ PER MONTH CREWS ATWORK 1NDER WINTER ROADPROGRAM Number. of Outfit; With Bng Crews of Men Starting Road improvements UNEMPLOYED BENEFIT IN MOST COMMUNITIES More Winter Work Now ‘Béinx Prepared for Letting in Short Time Many' camps finished and more nearing completion, actual work is starting ,on -the first forty contract pno,ut let by Commissioner Charles 3 ‘Babeock, of the state highway xlcpartment, under the “more work— better roads” winter: program - on trunk routes to cut forced idleness. Bound by ¢ontracts to finish by April 1 the biggest part of 300 miles of gravel surfacing and 50 miles of grading ‘on the first list of jobs, the - umtl'u.tola aheudy are getting vs in action in almost every sec- tmn of Minnesota. An unofficial es- timate is that more than 7,500 men would be given jobs on a tenm work bas Special maintenance work for the benefit of local farm- district superintendent reporting 388 men and teams on his December pay roll. . mmissioney Babcock closéd bar- aihs with low bidders on his return * from Omaha where he was elected president -of the American Associa- tion of highway: officials. The numer- ous bids checked agdin' in the mean- time, the commissioner made awards according to the tentative list pub- . lished, except on one culvert job, on which a lower.figure was found, ‘Also, he let to the Butler Brothers Building company, big contractors of St. Paul, the contract for 25 miles | of paving between Northfield and Westeott on trunk. highway No. 1 at about $25,000 a mile. ; This pavemeut ‘will connect \vuthv ~that south of St. Paul and the 14- mlie strip between Northfield and Faribault and is part of the p]an to! <nd: Minnesota’s longest continu- ous pavement next year to more than : 160 miles.” Benton county has con- tracted for 22 miles’ from St Cloud | ta Roya‘ton and’10 miles on to Little Falls is to be-let this week by Morri- son county, all under the reimburse- ment hond law. John H. Mullen, deputy commis- sioner and chief highway engipeer, expressed the satisfaction of the de- partment with the bargain prices on are on the same low level with thbse on grading and gravel surfacing,” said Mr. Mullen, “and big values are being given for the taxpayers’ money, Sayvings will enabld the. department ]to’:utcnd improvements more" rapid- e Protests that contractors are tak- ing work at less than cost'were made’ by truck owners at meetings in Min neapolis and St. Paul. Commissioner Babcock said that bonds will guar- antée performance on contracts and added that the state was not direet- ly interested in the controversy. I was pointed put that- efforts were made to use teams rather than trucks toward giving unemployment rehei in various localities. Commenting on the truck owners’ protest, The St. Paul Dispatch said: ““Al] evidence points to the fact that Mr. Babcock has driven a'géod bar- gain in these contracts for the people of the state, and that our roads are being built under the contract sys- tem at a minimum cost to the tax- payers: He is to be congratulated on his success.” In the hlghway department more winter work is being prepared for arly letting. It will consxst mainly of gr dn‘g and garvelling again and will be widely. distributed over the state. EARLY Fokmvoon FIRE ‘AT WEBSTER GREENHOUSE Statting from the furnace in'the back end of the A. E. Webster green- house at 1242 Doud avenue, fire at 8:15 - this niorning caused approxi- mately $200 damage to the buildiag, and some danage to plants.and shrub- - bery. The greenhouse has been rent- ed by the Bemidji Floral company for some time and the damage to the stock is suffered by that concern. the extent -of which ‘was not known at | noon today. DECLARES SINN FEIN WERE FORCED TO SIGN (By Uriited Pross) ; Dublin, Dec. 21.—The Sinn_Fein yeace delegates were forced by Lloyd | George to sign the Irish - treaty, Duffy, who signed the pact, ed in ‘Irish parliament today. “I am not apologizing for my sig- nature,” he cried, “but I desire to the manner in which the treaty signed.” ““I sincerely recommend ge of this treaty,” he said, “and I solemnly n_you of the conse- quences of rejection.” lie put forward the attitude that the treaty already has been signed it should be passed without fur- ber words. o pe ers in advancing some sections, onc ! "|WILTON STORE ROBBERS | SENTENCED T0 ST. CLOUD Clarence T. Hendricks, 21, and Frani McCarthy, 24, ‘who were ar- rested last Tuesday on a charge of robbing the W. H. Kieler store at Wilton the Monday- night previous to their arrest, pleaded guilty before Judge C. W, Stanton in_ his district court chambers Tuesday forenoon and were each given an indeterminate Sentence: at the St. Cloud reforma- tory for robbery in the third degtdc Under this charge the sentence is ot to exceed five years. Following meager clues, the local police and the county sheriff’s office effected the arrest of these two men soon after the robbery was reported. Hendricks made a signed confession telling “the complete details of the robbery, how it was planned and what they did after the crime was committed. Thy were arraigned for preliminap~ & ving: last Wednesday | afternoony, % 'd examination, and | were heldy %, $2,000 bonds to await action K3 \‘érand Jjury at the next term. o t court. It was felt” at -that ‘hat ‘they would plead guilty s receive their sentence. \ The final game in the intdr-class basketball tournament being conduct- ed by the high school for theé silver trophy offered by the Barker Drug and. Jewelry store will be played at; the new armory at 5 o’clock this evening when the Freshmen and Se- niors meet. The winner of the tour- CROOKSTON CITY TEAM PLAYS C0. K TONIGHT One of t‘he BGI‘ Early .Saqso_n Basketball. Games Looked for; Both Teams Good One of the best basketball gnn\ei‘ 3 the ‘early season. is looked for this evening when the Crookston city team plays the Company K squad at the new armory. This is the third game of the season for the newly or- ganized Ngtlonnl Guard quint, which has won: both of its previous games by a comfortable. margin. Crookston has always had ‘a fast and’ hard-fighting' city team and last year cleaned up on the Bemidji city team on tue Crookston floor after the, Bemld)l team had completed a tour in North Dakota. Company K| reahzes it must put up its best game | in order to win tonight and the line- up has been strengthened by T. Si- mons who will start out at center. | Fred ]’mbbs and Paul Howe, who‘ figured in both of the previous vic-} ‘tones, will start the game at forward | positions. . “Dutch” Achenbach and | ‘Dudley Lane will play the guard po- sitions. J. W. Smith and Darcy Mc| Gee will serve as substitutes and| will probaolv be gnen an opportumty, to assist. Ticlets have been on sale for. this game for several days and indications are that there will be a large attend- ance, since this is the only game this week. The local boys have .gone to| heavy expense to secure the gamc ith Crookston and hearty support nament will be decided according to percentage of games won. “At presént the Freshmen have the best chance. That class has won every game so far and.is held as the favorite for this afternoon’s game. 1If ‘the Freshmen win they will have won- the trophy. If they lose, the Juniors and Freshmen will be tied for honors, Tuesday afternoon( two ' more 'games were played. The Sophomore team was defeated by the Freshmen by a score of 27 to 6, and the Seniors went down before the Juniors by a {count of 11 to 5. The earlier games were played off last week, so that with today’s game each class has played three games. SPEC_IAL CHRISTMAS FUND DONATED BY LOCAL ORDERS Thc special Christmas fund, with s which the- baskets of provisions were purchased for distribution among the :local needy this ‘week, was raised by donations from the various local lodges and organizations and is en- tirely separate - from ‘the Salvation 'Army Appeal fund. It was announced last night: tha&' the purchase of the provisions was but such is not the case. Iw}uch each organization contributed Was voted directly to a special Christ-| mas relief fund, and the purchasing was done by a comm)ttee appointed for that purpose. TEMPERATURE REACHED 23 DEGREES BELOW LAST NIGHT Accordifig to .the newiy-installed ‘government thermometsr at- the Central school bmh‘mg, the temper- ature reached 23 degvess below zero ,last night, the lowest recovded dur- ing the 24 hours. This thermometer registers the maximuwn and minimum temperatures and is aceurate. Six egrees below zers was the highest point reached during the 24 hcurs, that being abouc : o’clock Tuesday afternoon. , > FINE INTEREST SHOWN HEEEIRPROR o e Report of Boys' and Girls' Club Leader Shows Past Year Was Successful The value of the boys’ and girls’ club projects in Beltrami county is clearly evidenced by th ereport of H. A. Pflughbeft high school agri- culturalist, who is county leader of boys’ and girls’ Llubs Much _more in- terest was taken in the projects last year than ever before and it is plan- ned to interest far more next year. The past summer was quite a busy one for the boys and girls of Beltrami county in.club work. Two hundred forty-four took part in the various contests. Nine . earned free trips to the state fair. where they made ‘a creditable showing against keen competition from: other coun- ties. The highest yield of potatoes in the one-eighth acre yield contest was at the rate of 328 bushels per acre. In the pig contest every prize offered in the adult class was captured by the club ‘members. In the dairy and calf contest { Audrey Jondahl and Lois' Watson won trips to the Junior Livestock show at South St. Paul{ but unfortunately were not able to attend. = Calhoun Grier showed his ability as a judge | of dairy stock by winning sixth place ot the state fair with 46 boys com- peting. The potato demonstration eam won second place with six coun- | ties competing. - Royal Nétzer was declared the win- i pointed by the guaranty fund com- made from Salvation Army funds, :mission for the Security State bank| The money | of New England, Slopc county, Bank {of Amidon, and Farmers State ‘bank is urged. The game will be called at 8 o’clock, with Claude Bailey of this city -as referee. LINDENFELD NAMES SIX ACCOMPLICES IN EXPLOSION Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 21.—Wolfe Lindenfeld heild here in connection with the Wall .street; bomb outrage ! has named six accomplices for whom | détectives now are searching, it .vm! declared. today. POWER OVER INSOLVENT 'BANKS BEING TESTED (By United Press) | Dickinson, N. D., Dec. 21.—Powers of the guaranty fund commission, state banking board and courts as re- gards insolvent banks are expected tobe clearly defined as the result of a case here today before Judge Lem- ke in Stark county circuit court. C. L. Merrick of Minneapolis asked | the court to remove receivers ap- of H velock and appoint other re- ceive The state, the banking board and guaranty fund commission hold through their attorney, C. L. Young, of Bismarck, thet this not within the power of the court and that the| board and commission have complete ¢ontrol of insolvent banks. | The commission will also ask Judge| Lemke to remove a.receiver which he ‘, appointed on request of attorney for | creditors for Slope county bank. The | answe field by the comumission whose personnel was changed through the recall electlon, reveals the intention of the commission to group severai of the closed banks under one re- ceiver, thus reducing by about one- half the number of receivers in state banks in North Dakota. | through the senate because of his dis- i Irreconcilable senators today predict- Idown to defeat as the result of Har- | { { f \ HEDUP Harding Is' Now at Odds With Hughes and Others Over Meaning of Pact BORAH INSISTS TREATY BE RE-WRITTEN CLEARLYl Harding May Suggest Concise| Reservation When Treaty Is Sent to Senate (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 21.—Ratification of the four-power treaty became sevi- ously endangered today with the dis- closure ‘of the .fact that Prosxdent; Harding is at odds with Secretary|; Hughes and -other delegates over the | imeaning of the pact. Hughes and other delegates agree that Japan| proper is included in the territory| which the fourisignz\tm'ivs agree to| safeguard. H o | Harding flarly disagreed with this view, holding that only the island pos-| sessions 6f the ppwers are meant.. He announced officially that he is willing to let the Huglhes construction plan stand for official purposes. Furthermore, he announced, he will not permit his differences with Hughes| over the meaning of the treaty to em-| barrass the conference. It was indi-| cated at the White House Harding will refrain from any active campumn {to force t‘xo treaty through the sen- ate. President Harding will be urged by Republican senators to approve a res-| érvation to ‘the: four-power Pacific treaty mz\kmg it'clear that the United | States is not bound by the pact to| safeguard the tenltorxal integrity of | Japan. It ‘was intimated today that Har- ding would suggest the reservation when he submits' the treaty, and thus iron out difficulties caused by differ- ences of opinion between the Ameri- can delegates. & this point. 2 At the White House it was indi- cated that President Harding’s inten- tion is not to attempt to force the pact| agreement with the American dele- gates as to its meaning, but to leave that to Secretary Hyghes and Senator Underwood. ! Meanwhile Senator Borah! insists that the treaty be re-written so there will ‘be no doubt as to its meaning. ed the four-power treaty would go ding’s statements. VETERAN RAILROAD MAN MYSTERIOUSLY KILLED (By United Press) Minneapolis, Dec. 21.—Lawrence Hogan, veteran railroad flagman, was mysteriously murdered earlyto- day. B. A. Sutherland, a switchman, discovered the body at 3 a. m., when he stepped into a shack to get warm. Hogan was lying on the floor with body warm and two bullet holes in his head. Detectives said the motive, was not robbery. E\pector- are llmshmg a checking o MOTOR CAR TAX DODGER FACES HEAVY PENALTY i{ Cars on: Which Taxes Are' Still Unpaid May Be Selzed to Collect Payments Mike Holm, iecxctmy of stae, this | week announced a final rush to make belated payments of motor vehicle |, | taxes for 1921. Lists of cars on which taxes are unpaid, he said, ave being certified | to ‘the clerks of district court in the \:moub counties. The law further aquires sheriffs to proceed at once | to confiscate cars if necessary to col- lect the taxes and costs. Seeretary Holm added that his in- automobiles und trucks operating un- der licenses issued by other states. In some places, notably in the qu{u cities, local police have sted, | in others the checking has been dum bv state men. Proceedings are to be | started, he said, against Minnesota owners using foreign tags. - New 1922 automobile tags will be on sale January 3. Application blanks may be procured from registers o deeds at each county seat and at all banks in the state. Each application for new number plates for cars now {in uge must be accompanied by the 1921 certificate of registration, Sec- cretary Holm repeated, and remit- tances must cover any accrued taxes and penalti Answering a common inquiry, sec- retary explained that under the law, the auto tax is based upon -the fac- tory list price of the car on Noven ber 1 of the model year, He said t! while the law works some inequaliti it can be changed only by the legis- lature. |COMPANY K WILL GIVE DANCE AFTER GAME TONIGHT Company K will give a dance at the ew armory after the Co. K-Crookston basketball game tonight to entertain |the visitors. Good music is assured and the publw is invited to attend. 'EAST BEMIDJI SCHOOL ENJOYS FlNE PROGRAM The Boys’ and Girls® G.cu clubs of {the high school journeyed to East Bemidji Tuesday evening and put on a most enjoyable program under the || direction of "‘Miss Martha * Fibigar. The entire membewhlp of both clubs twas present, giving a splendid _vol- | ume to their . numbers. The girls’ club sang “Reveries” and “Down by the.Sea,” while the boys’ club’ sang “Kentucky ‘Babe,” “Pale in the Amber West,” “One, Two, Three, Four,” “Stars of the Summer I\u.,ht o “Swv(-l. Genevieve,” and “Vive Le Amour,” and the com- bined clubs sang with delightfui ex- ression “‘Silent Night” and “Adeste Fideles.” Louis Neumann -sang a solo and Theodore Laliberte accompanied on the violin. Both entertainnents were very well received. Miss Esther Young of the high school faculty gave several charac- ter readings in her inimitable man- ner. Her characterizations of small boy and girl life brought forth rour. of laughier and applause and en- cores were freely asked for and gen- erously given, After the entertainment, coffee and cake were served the glee clubs an item much to their liking. Much credit is due Mrs. Bernhardt, principal of the: East school, and the parents of the pupils for arranging the lunch and the other details of the ivening, Ward bmllmm ffurnished taxi and bus service Tor the trans- portation of the clubs to and from the school free of ( | SNOW SHOES " EVERYTHIN' ner in the garden contest. The gar- dens were visited by A. J. Kittelson, asgistant club Ieader, who was very (Continued on page 6) 1 Ay / 7 2 LOCAL COLI.EGE PLAYS WALKER HIGH TONIGHT The Bemidji State Teachers college basketball five plays its third game of the season at Walker tonight when it meets the high school aggregation of that village. The local team left this morning, confident that it would add another vietory to its two pre- vious vietories, a fine record for the first year the Bemidji college has ever been represented by a male basket- ball team. Tommy Simons will probably start the game at right forward, with Ro- mans playing at left forward, Horns or Greenfield at center, and Elliott playing at left guard and Bergland at right guard. Harvey Thiclke of Akeley, a former basketball player at_the University of Colorado will 1 officiate, Coach F. P, Wirth of the State Teachers colleger quint announces three additional games definitely boolked since the preliminary scheduie was announced. They are: St. Cloud Teacher college, at St. Cloud, Januury 6. Fdsston high school, at Bemidji, January 4, St. Cloud Teachers college, at Be- ¢ | midii, \lmch 1 DRUG LAWS ARE MOST FREQUENTLY VIOLATED In conncction with the administra- tion of the various acts entrusted to the United States Department of Ag- riculture for enfarcément, 6,514 vio- lations of statutesywere reported to the department of justice hy the solicitor during the last fiscal year, according to the/veport of that offi- cer to the secretary of agriculture. Of these violations the largest nu bersinvolved the twenty-eight hour law and the food and dn act, in each of which over 2,100 cases were reported. The smallést fine imposed amony 807 criminals under the food and drugs act was $1, and the was $1,000. Notices of judgment prepared and published during t year in 2,150 cases. In the admin tration of the insecticide act, 1 cases were reported to (he ment of justice, 188 for c¢Fiminal prosecutions ‘and 29 for seizures. Fines imposed ranged from 1 cent to $150. Under the migratory bird treaty act, 938 cases were teported to the depaxtment of justice, One, defend- ant, in addition to being fined, was sentenced to jail for six months. Among the many violations of othier acts and regulations which are handled through' the solicitor, 33 wool dealers to recover profits made by them on the 1918 wool (lm in excess of the commissions authorized Y») the regulations of the war indu: tries board. One case was closed du ing the year, resulting in a judgment for the government for $947.17. ST. PAUL TRAVELERS TO GET SPECIAL HOLIDAY RATE St. Paul, Dee. 21.-—Travelers buy- ing round trip tickets here today were informed by the ticket sellers that all tickets selling over $2.50 and with a return limit of January 1 or before were only fare and one- third rate. This offer is only open un- til December 25. STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE CLOSES THIS AFTERNOON The Bemidji State Teachers college colged this afternoon after it pgru- lar work so that the faculty and pupllu may enjoy their Chrictmas va- (qllfln at their homes. The c(»lh-go will begin its regular classes again Wulncad.u moraing, Junuary 4, at 8 o’clock.” U. S. DELEGATES OPPOSE SUBMARINE PROPOSALS Hope of Reaching Complete Agreement on Armaments Appears Doubtful Washington, Dec, 21, (By Carl D. Groat).——Tho *American delegation oppo! granting France a top-heavy allotment of submarines or other auxiliary crafts and will also reject Britain’s plea for abolition of sub- marines, The British and French. wer: proceeding with a plan for pressing their desires on these points Hope of reaching a complete agree- ment on limitation of naval arma- ments now appears extremely doubt- fulj The oniy obstacles remaining i the French demand. for ‘a big allot- ment and the British demand that ubmarines be abolished, but con- iderable discussion” on these points 5 expected. The French are reported to want between 75,000 and 90,000 tons of submarines. The French themselves had their instructions, except to say tthey would write their own ticket regardless of the statement made by other nations, The French allotment ‘undcr the Japanese plan would be 31,500 tons of submarines and' 150, 500 tons of crafsers and dcwtraycm (By United Pross) Havre, France, Dee. 21.—France must have submarines, Rene Viviani, French delegate to the Washington conference, declared upon his arrival I here today aboard the French liner Paris from New York, “Our _colonial! intereets lmpl'lflth(‘ that we have Lmln Viviani make it anderseas | when tyo men forced hini to ts SOLDIER TELLS INVESTIGATORS GRUESOME TALE Declares He Wilnessed Killing of Florida Soldier Who Was Too IlI to Work SAYS COLONEL SHOT MAN AFTER WRIST WAS BROKE States He Was Acquitted By Courtmartial and Given Furlough as Sergeant —_— (By United Press) Washington, Dee. 21.—(By Frazier Edwards)-—Brutality in the army and the killing of a soldier in this country were described today at the senate committee hearing on charges of Sen- ator Watsoun that American soldiers were hanged in Frange without courte martial. The killing of a soldier by Col. Crawford at Camp Wheeler, Georgxl. “because the private refused to work,” was described by M. J. Wal- lace of Athens, Georgia. The private, a man named Halley, of Tampa, Flori- da, Wallace declared, was shot by Col. Crawford of the lofith Military Po- lice, 31st Division, in May or June, 1918. “Halley was teo sick to work,” said Wallace. “He went out and worked in the morning and at noon he was tied by the wrists, and he told them he was too sick, and that afternoon the sergeant hit him with a club and broke his wrist, and then Col. Craw- ford shot him. “Did you see it?” Wallace was ask- ed. “Yes, I was standing there.” Wallace was tried by court martial and acquitted, and then they made him sergeant and gave him a thirty- day furlough. Senator Watson pro- 'duced a telegram from James R. Mal- can of Tennessee, who declared Le viewed the shooting and voluntecred to appear before the committec. GRYGLA REAL ESTATE MAN ADDRESSES ASSOCIATION Bnkur Olson, the well known real estate dealer of Grygla, is a Bemidji visitor today en route to New York, where he will spend the winter months with relatives. Mr. Olson gave a short talk at the association meet- ing and stated that the farmers in his section of the county are enthused over the prospeets of. “Opsahl’s rail- road.”” “T will confer with Mr. Opsahl this afternoon,” said Mr. Olson, “and sup- pose he will have me sclling stocks and bonds in'New York this winter for his railroad.” GENERAL DELIVERY WINDOW 'TO REMAIN OPEN EVENINGS Postmaster A. P. Ritchie announces that the general delivery and parcel window at the post office will re- main open evenings for the remainder of the week to facilitate those who wish to mail parcels for Christma These windows will remain open un- til 8 o'clock in place of 7 o’clock as formerly. Mr.« Ritchie reports an exception- ally heavy mail Monday with a fair- ly busy day Tuesday. He apparently has the right iden when he declares that the heavy mail Monday was umswd by Saturday shopping, Sunday wrapping uml Monday mailing, STANTON MAY BE SECRETARY OF DULUTH BUILDERS’ EXCH. H. M. Stanton, formerly secretary of Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- sociation and now secretary of the Grand Forks Commercial club, has been offered a position as secretmy of the Duluth Builders' Exchange. Mr. Stanton is now in Duluth conferr-~ ing with the directors of that body and will doubtless acgept, as it is con- sidgred a promotion, e expects to return shortly from Duluth and will stop in Bemidji en route to Grand Forks. GIRL EMPLOYE HOLDS BANK ROBBER FROM ESCAPING Vlora, 1L, Dec. 21.—Miss Mildred Kelly, revolver in hand, kept vigil during the cold night to prevent the escape of bank bandits surrounded in the woods, seven miles from herey Miss Kelly, an employce of the State Bank of Iuka, which was robbed of $15,000 yustcl day. led the posse. BANK AT MINNEAPOLIS ROBBED LATE TUESDAY .(By Unlted Press) Minneapolis, Dec. 21.—The stolen uniform of a messenger boy gained entrance to the Liberty bank for a bandit and his helpers late Tuesday. The bandits forced five employes to lie down on the floor while they Joot- ed the vault. They obtained about $5,000 in curre The messeng stolen from L. uniform had been clay ten days age. off near Lake Calhoun ‘and home in his underclothing. Iolieg found no trace of the robbers,