Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 31, 1921, Page 1

" themselves, five points being 4 within 100 miles of Bem: has the largest circulation in ' ern Minnesota, i and orth- — o " The Pioneer is the only ‘daily i Y PIONEER = e northwest. : VOLUME XIX. NO. 216 BEMIDJT, M INN., SATURDAY NIGHT, DEC. 31, 1921 55c PER MONTH yo i DEFEAT LOCALS FRIDAY NIGHT Takes Bemidji High Into Camp, 36 to 9 LOCALS’ LEAD FAILS TO PROVE REAL ADVANTAGE At aidi, Bemidji's First District Game to Be Played Here Axainn\ ‘Crosby Next Friday '\ Although the Bemidji team scored four points before the Grand Forks squad got well under way, the North Dakota basket shooters soon found new armory Friday evening, taking dvantage once - the ‘visitors found omacios b ng all that Bemidji could score after the Grand Forks ' machine: started ringing T‘)‘xp’ counts; in ‘regular :succession. locals’-game seemed more like Yeay'siresolution: than anythini ~—good at the start. i This game has fio bearing ‘on'thd distriet ~ schedule, ~however, since Grand Forks is not in Bemidji’s dis- trict. The Jocal school still has a chance to vindicate-itself when the district schedule opens against Crosby - high school team here next Friday. So far no district games have been played by Bemidj Bemidji started the scoring with a free throw by Davis, a field basket by Peterson, and another free throw | by Davis. Another field basket by Henry completed Bemidji’s scoring in the fiyst half while Grand Forks piled up 18 points, Peterson scored’ the only field basket for Bemidji in..the second period. Davis compieted the scoring with a free throw. For the visitors, Yoder, the tall center, lead the scaring with five field baskets and -two: free throws. Yoder won"a place on the North Da- kota all:stgte team last year and bids fair to uphold "his reputation this season. ~ Laughlin, who also won a - berth on the all:state team last year, > scoredi five fie'1 baskets.. Boe netted - 'two before he ‘wis forced to leave the game through'injury. Captain- Trotter also netted two_ from the floor, and Woutat scored three. Davis casily proved to be the best " on the- Bemidji team, although he failed to connect’ with a field basket. His. floor work was good, but he lacked assistance at times. Peterson, . -although taken, out in the -second | ;period and. substituted by Smith, “whose position was taken by Horns, fought- hard all- the time and sue-|: ceeded in ringing up four points for his side. Boyce showed fine improve- ment at the defensive, but his pass- ing was poorly éxecuted. Substitutions were: Be for Peterson, Horns for Smith; Grand - Forks, Sadler for Boe, McCracken for Sadler: Dr. J. W. Diedrich of this city ofticiated as referee, The Juvenile band added to the entertainment of the evening with a fine concert- before and during. the game. oL . i 1921 TO DIE THIRSTY . IN CHICAGO TONIGHT 3 (By United Press) Chicago, Dec. 31.—The 'year 1921 will die thirsty in,Chicago tonight. ‘Orders of Police Chief Fitzmorris are that cafes and cabarets are to be . ¢closed if liquor is found on the perm- ises. A “hippy”” New Year is also un- der the ban. Police have been in- structed and authorized, Fitzmorris s:/xid,, to examine bulging hip-pockets. WAGNER & CO,, N. Y. BROKERS CLOSED PENDING AUDIT (By United Press) New York, Dec. 31,—All business has been stopped pending an exam- ination of the books of the E. Wagner & Co., members of the New York .. Stock Exchange, who failed yester- day. Suspension of this. firm’s busi- ness affects the New York office an branch office in 83 cities, : MAY EXTEND SCOPE OF ~ WATSON INVESTIGATION (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 31.-—(By Fraser Edwardsj—Many senators are pre- pared to increase the scope of the sen- ate investigation, into the charges of murder ~ and “cruelty to American doughboys in France if Senator Tom Watson of Georgia ' can prove that Major M. L. Opie of Slater, Va., kill- ed two of his soldiers. Dozens of doughboys are ready to testify that. Major Opie is the murder- er of two of his men in action in France, Watson declared. Senators arve/ aroused over the charges of war cruelty'and will order _a sweeping investigation into the re- port that cowards and mentally de- ranged soldiers were shot down in ac- tion by officers, if the charges against Major Opie are borne out. GRANDFORKERS | their stride and gave yhc local high |V school. squad a good trimming at the | the game by a count of 36.to 9. Be- m midji’s lead proved of fo. particular enw: ¥ »; SRR L Mail Order House, President Pledged $20,000,000 to Tide Over Depression Period Chicago, Dec. 31.—Julius Rosen- wald, president of Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago mail order house, Fri- day pledged approximately :$20,000, 000 of his personal fortune to see the company through the period of busi- ness depression and readjustment. Mr- Rosenwald purchased certain of the company’s Chicago real estate for $16,000;000, making a first payment of $4,000,000 in cash and Liberty bonds and making a trust deed.with- out personal liability for the balance of *he -purchase price. 3 addition, Mr. Rosenwald made a ‘Q % the company of 50,000 shares 2%, ‘mon stock in the company, hav- %% ar value of $5,000,000. é' \d this stock be sold for not A par and that Mr, Rosenwald S an option for three years to ) this stock for cash at par. -hase of the property pro- Ye company may continue sinder a long term lease. the deferred pay- . +4,000,000, which Mr. Ros- i run ona 7 per cent . In effect, this means that aside from the payment of -interest on $4,000,000, the com- pany will be enabled to use the prop- 1ty. without charge. 4 The larger effect of Mr. Rosen- wald’s action will be that. Sears, Roe- buck & Co. will be_enabled to work out its financial readjustment without impairment ‘of its capital stock. It will be able to write off heavy inven- tary losses without scaling down: hold- ings of its stockholders, many of whom are employees ot oS j to! FRED FULTON TO TAKE ON BARTLEY MADDEN AT N. Y. (By . United Press) ~ New York, Dec. 31.—Fred Fulton, Minnesota heavyweight, who is here |seeking a bout with .Jack Dempsey i for the heavyweight title, is willing to take on a couple of bouts to prove his rights for another meeting with the champion. The first match will be against Bartley Madden in‘Madison Square Garden next month. MORRISON .COUNTY TURNS DOWN BIDS ON PAVING Little Falls, Dec. 31.—After talk- ing with State Highway Commissioner C. M. Babcock, the county commis- sioners, in session here rejected all §ids for 10 miles ‘of paving on the state highway near here.. New bids will be asked, it was stated. TWO CHINAMEN FOUND KILLED N OPIUM DEN (By United Prcss)‘ New York, Dec, 31.—Fifty women, many of whom are wealthy, are being tion with the death'of two Chinese in an opium den, which is frequented by “limousine_trade.” The bodies of the Chinese—Tom Sat and Tom Shaw—were found in their three-room ° apartment, each stabbed many times. An opium pipe lay on' the floor nearby, and in an- other room was.a hop kettle with a flame under it. Detectives also found a list'of 50 names of American wom- en, who are being questioned in-the belief that one of them might have paid for the murder after being black- mailed. t A letter from a woman was found and the writer is being sought. The original of a portrait of a pretty wom- an, ‘'which was hanging on the wall of the room.where the bodies were found, is being hunted by ‘police. The letter said that the writer was bring- ing a suitcase with her. The janitor of the apartments said that Shaw had a white ‘wife, but that he had not seen her near the apartment for the past six months. - PAPER FOR AUCTIONEERS PUBLISHED IN INDIANA (By- United Press) " Decatur, Ind., Dec. 31.—Col. Fred Reppers, one of the best known auc- tioneers in the United States, and John H. Heller, publisher. of the De- catur Democrat, have purchased the International Auctioneer, the only paper of its kind in”the world; -and will begin to publish' it here begin- ning January 1, 1922. " The. magazine ~_will be : printed monthly by the Heller Publishing company. It was founded 25 years ago by J. Cummins: of Chicago and was purchased from J. Wilbur Reed of Peoriay Ill. The 'staff includes a number of nationally known auction- eer writers. RUNAWAY TEAM UNLOADS WOOD AND SCRAMBLES EGGS As Robert Forceland, who lives near Lake Plantaganet, wase deliver- ing wood in Bemidji Friday, his team became frightened when passing an auto, and proceeded to unload the wood without any regard to system, and then departed for home. They were caught en route and no damage {was done with the exception of sev- eral dozen cggs being badly seram- bled, questioned by police today in connec-| It is, : ALUMNI SQUAD MONDAY Best “Home Talent” Game of Season Is Looked for By Basketball Fans — What ‘promises to be the Dbest “home talent” game of the season js assured when Company K meets the alumni basketball quintet Monday evening at the new armory at 8 o’clock. ~The ability, of the Bemidji graduates was clearly evidenced when that squad appeared against t_:hc high school regulars last Monday night and came--out-on the long end of a 41 to 10 score. A 5 Company: K has several times this season shown that it possesses a strong team,, and this outfit will bz strengthened ~considerably for tihe game Monday night. The national guardsmen have been going through: regulat practice and it is believed that many previous faults have been cor- rected ‘and that the team is now in first-class. condition to take .on the alumni quint. The Juvenile band will be*on hand to lend .enthusiasm ‘to the game, it has been announced, and indications are that there will be a large attend- ance, . Each team has its own foilowing and it is’hard to forecast what the re- sult of the meeting will be, without first having a definite knowledge of the line-up of each outfit. The best of available material is promised and a close, har is assured by those been set at 35 and 15 cent: FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED TO MILL PARK RESIDENCE A fire alarm called the fire depart- ment to the DeRushia residence .in Mill Park this morning. Very little damage iwas reported from the fire. It was caused from a pipe entering the chimney, igniting the lath around it. PRUSSIA SAID TO HAVE FAT PRODUCING SCHEME (By United Press)_ London, Dec. 31.—Much - excite- ment has been aroused here over the¢ news from Schleichegrieben, Ger- many, that Prussian farmers have de- vised a way of extracting fat from live pigs, so as to have the pig and eat it too. Papers printed photographs show- ing pigs “before and after.” When the pig had been properly fattened, it was said, it wag taken to a veterinari- an who removed a local anaesthetic, removed a section of fat, sewed up the porkerystied on a large bandage and sent it home for ‘more fatten- ing. Interviews with prominent English raisers of pigs revealed that this method had not yet been tried in Eng- land and-probably would not, be- cause of its roughness on the pig. Considerable speculation was arous- ed, however, some persons thinking/| that the operation might be a useful adjunct to the monkey-gland opera- tion. Bay windows, it was pointed out, could be removed, thus completing the renovation. Beauty specialists were also asked for.their advice as to whether such an idea might be used to help the fashions in women’s shapes, introducing real fat instead of bustles, or having the fat removed instead of prohibiting malted milks and potatoes, A skeptic has, however, given these revolutionary ideas a setback. He ob- served that the name of the German NATIONAL GUARD PLAYS s'| for'a show-down. gation insists that the Shantung lottcr} NO ISSUE OF PIGNE'ER | ON MONDAY, JANUARY 2 In view of the fact that New Year’s day falls on Sunday this year, there will-be no issue of The Bemidji Daily Pioneer Mon- day, January 2, that the em- ployes of the company may ob- serve the day as they see fit. CHINESE PROBLEM AGAIN HARRIES ARMS PARLEY Friction Flares Up. Between China and Japan as Other Hostilities Subside ¢ United DPress) Washington, Dec. 31.—(By Frank Detty)—Dissension again harried the arms limitation conference today. Friction flared up between Ghina and Japan on the heels of the subsiding Franco-British hostilities. With the arms conference in ses- sion, meeting now only for cleaning up odds and ends and wiiting of a naval agreement, the Chinese dele- gates are preparing to throw the en- tire Shantung question before the whole conference. The Chinese delegates made no ef- forts to hide their anger at the re- fusal of the Japanese to turn back the Shantung railroad without any strings attached. China, through her arms delegation, declares that the time has now come The Japanese dele- is still in negotiation and that this not the time to place the question b fore the.open conference. China, however, charges that Japan is delib- erately throwing obstacles in the way of settlement. 3 Meantime, the naval committee is taking a ®ew Year's recess waiting for France to respond saying whether she accepts the Root resolution out- lawing the submarine as a weapon against the merchant men and wheth- er.Paris approves of the 10,000 tons allotted her for cruisers. JUVENILE BAND PROVIDES FINE CONCERT AT GAME The Juvenile band, under the di- rection of G. Oliver Riggs, gave a very enjoyable concert at the new armory last evening before and dur- ing the basketball game between Be- midji and Grand Forks high schools. The program before the start of the game was exceptionally well given, while the selection between halves, a standard selection from the opera, “Bohemian Girl,” mect with hearty approval. The band will play before and dur- ing the alumni-Company K basket- ball game at the new armory Monday evening, and another fine program is assured. NORTHERN MINNESOTA HIT BY FIERCE GALE (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec. 31.—A 50-mile gale and a temperature ncar zero caused suffering in the northern part of the state last night. Light and power lines in many small towns were dis- rupted. Several other small towns were in darkness.during the night. Telephone and telegraph lines suf- fered in the southern part of the state. A light snow and some sleet on the Iron Range was reported, while village mentioned means in English, “sneaking fat.” it the northern part as much as six |inches of snow fell. IFIRE DESTROYS ENTIRE " "BLOCK AT BIG FALLS Seven Two-Story Buildings 1 Reported Destroyed in | Friday Night Fire Fire of unknown origin swept an entire business block of frame build- ings in the village of Big Falls Fri- day night, taking in its furious path the gencral stores of -Carl Hilstead, A. E. Solberg and the postoffice -con- ducted by Fred Paul, who also oper- ated a stationery store. In the block were seven'two-stery frame buildings, all of which are re- ported burned to the ground. Ross Slack, contractor, had offices in one of the buildings, ‘while the remainder were unoccupied.. The origin of the fire is not known, but,with a furious wind blowing a gale of about forty miles an hour, the fire swept from one end of the block to the other, taking everything in its course. The loss has not been fully esti- mated, but most of the property was partially covered by insurance. Big Falls is one of the hustling vil- lages along the M. & L railroad about half way between Bemidji and Inter- community. - Most BRITISH TO SEND SHIP IN SEARCH OF MARKETS i Ship to Be Floating Sample Case of British Wares; Will Visit Brazil PRI By thd Right Hororable Earl Grey Chairman of theLaitiah Trade Ship, (Written for the United Press) Londom, Dec. 31—Early in Sep- tember, 1923, there will swing to her moorings in the port of Bahia (Bra- zil), a great vessel of; 20,000 tons, that both in construction and equip- ment will differ from any ship t'hut the world has ever seen. Her arrival in the port will be an important event in the commercial history of Great Britain and Brazil. It will mark the first step in the voyage round the world of the good ship ‘‘British In- dustuy,” which will be a floating ex- hibition of all that is best in British manufactures. This is a mighty ven- ture having for its object the further- ance of international trade. This British trade ship is not mere- ly a vessel carrying samples of mer- chandise. She will carry samples in- deed and display them. For this pur- pose, four main decks, connected by lifts and stairways, are to be con- structed expressly to form an exhi- bition. These decks will be wide, long and uninterrupted. The 'tween decks will be lofty, so affording good ventil- ation and giving opportunity for adequate display. Every part of the vessel and every piece of her equip- ment will be an exhibit, shown in the best possible way, that is to say, ac- tually performing the work for which it was made. Thus the engineer in quest of the latest type of machinery my see, not only models, but the ma- chines themselves at work. The boat- builder may see the davits lowering the motor lifeboats and test the effi- ciency of these in a short cruise on the water. All the equipment and fur- niture on board will be exhibits, the bedsteads in the cabins, the chairs, carpets, hangings in the saloons, the office fittings, and the table appoint- ments in the restaurant. . On board will be 300 representa- tives of the eXhibiting firms who will be able to transact business on a large scale. Every faciliay will be provided in vthu way of a bank and insurance vofl’lcv, interpreters, typists, library {and consulting rooms. The telephono exchange on board will be linked up with that of the town and the ship (Continued on Page 8). MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET Elsction of “officers and routine 1business will constitute . the annual Bemidji Mutual Fire. Insurance com- pany to be,held in the commissioners’ room at the county court house on Saturday, January 7. All stockholders are urged to be present. PROPOSE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CONSORTIUM (By United Presk) Paris, Dec. 31.—(By Webb Miller) {meeting of ‘the stockholders of the national Falls, and the loss will be{-—An international consortium, to be keenly felt by the citizens of that|organized by the principal interests of the business|and backed by all governments which places will doubtless be rebuilt in the desire to enter it, is being urged by carly spring. | POSTOFFICE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR MONDAY N i Postmaster livery, and forenoon. FREE SHORT COURSE IS OFFERED AT CARR LAKE one city delivery in the dairying and poultry opened at the Carr Lake school house Congressman Eugene Finacier, here today as the best method of affecting the economic reconstruction of the world. A definite agreement, which has been tentatively drawn up, provides A. P.-Ritchie announces | for the establishment of a huge barter that the regular holiday routine vyill system to make possible the exchange be observed at the Bemidji post office | of ‘goods between Monday, January 2, with the general | tries and impoverished consuming na« delivery window open from 10 to 11|tions, thus rehabilitating Central Eu- o'clock in the forenoon, no rural de-(rope. i producing coun- Representatives of the govern- ments and business organizations of England, Frange, Belgium, Italy and Japan assembled in formal meeting and agreed that the new scheme Ishould be capitalized at twenty mil- 'lion pounds sterling. The plan was put'forward by the British delegation A free short course to farmers in|headed by Sir Robert Horn, chancel- raising was [lor of the exchequer. All nations, including the United Wednesday, December 28, by H. A.|States, Germany and Russia particu- Pflughoeft; high school agriculturalist, | larly, are invited to enter. and D. C. Dvoracek, county agent. The pri- mary motive is to establish trade in The school wlil be held each Wed- | Russia and Germany. nesday evening for ten weeks, and all farmers interested are welcome to join the class of instruction. The course was started at the re- quest of the farm bureau unit and is encouraged by the state department of education. 1t is considered a opportunity, as Beltrami county is among the first to take up’this iiew phase of education by taking the cshool’ out to the farmer where h ddded cost to him, Other communities have already in- terested themselves in this dourse, cording to Mr, Pflughoeft, a request having come from Rosby for th opening of a similar course, Indi- cations are that this school course and many have expressed themselves as willing to take advantage of the courses of instruction. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT The rL;:ular meeting of the didates and refreshments will be served. All members are urged to be present, e e s emmeanns (e, al | bout with Georges- Carpentier. Order of Moose will be held Tuesday (twice floored a sparring partner, a evening at 8 o’clock at the Moose |heavyweight by the name of Brist- hall. There will be initiation of can-) lowe, and forced him to quit. COUNTY BOARD WILL HOLD ANNUAL MEETING TUESDAY The Beltrami county board of com- missioners will hold their annual meeting here next Tuesday and a number of important appointments for the coming year will be made at o advantage: of -1 ith ©|that time. A chairman of the board can take advantage of it withoull,ng officers will be named. The offi- cial county paper will be named and the contract for county printing will #C-1ho Jet. The jury list, which is rec- ommended by the commissioners, will thelhe ‘drawn at thisg meeting. will prove popular among the farmers | AUSTRALIAN HEAVYWEIGHT WORKING OQUT IN LONDON London, Dec. 81.~George Cook, Australian heavyweight champion, has started training Here for his coming Cook Lon- don i taking great interest in. the Australian and his training activities are being attended by large crowds., JRESERVEBOARD HEAD PREDICTS BETTER TINES W. P. G. Harding Says Past Two Years’ Experience Should Insure New Era : GOVERNOR PREUS ALSO HAS OPTIMISTIC VIEWS [ — Head of Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Predicts a Prosperous New Year i — (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 31 (By Lawrence Martin) .—Experience gained by Am- erican business ddring the depression of the past two years should pave the way to making a hew era of prosper- ity, the greatest in American history. Governor W. P, G. Harding 'of the federal reserveboard, declared to- day. In expressing his views on- the new year, Harding referred to ‘the speech before the Washington Cham: ber of Commerce, which he made re- cently. He still entertains the views he then set forth, he told the United Press today. VHIrding, in expressing his views, There are several cycles in busi- ness depression. We have the short and frequent depressioys specially in- cident to the changes of the season, and all history shows there are longer periods of prosperity than there are of depression. “There are many indications that a beginning of a business revival is not far distant which will be followed in due course by a new era of pros- perity. While losses during the past two years have been great, much val- uable experience has-been gained,” he declared. (By United Press) St. Paul, Dec. 31.—We arc con- fident that the year 1922 will see u gradual return of good times and px'ospcrity for all,” Governor J. A Q. Preus said today in a New Year's greeting to the public issued to the United Press. ““We think of the year 1921 as a year of depression, but compared to pre-war years it was not a bad year,” he said. “We find that food produétioi was normal and tht other production was nearly so. Figures on unemploy- ment look large, but we find that nearly every person is employed in a gainful occupation. There is no fam- ine or suffering in the United States. . “Prosperity always follows depres- sion a}n.d today good times are more promising than in January, 1921, We all loolg forward to the new year as the beginning of an era of pros- perity,” he concluded, R. A. Young, president of the Min- ngupulls Federal Reserve bank, pre- dicted that the year 1022 would bring better financial times than the year Jjust past. —— ELKS TO GIVE EXCLUSIVE DANCE AT HALL TONIGHT Bemidji Elks are planning a very cnjoyable social time this evening for members of the local lodge, their out- of-town guests and visiting Elks,’ A cording to a notice issued by the ei tertainment committee, no other per- sons will be admitted. EXCHANGE OF PRODUCTS NEW PLANS IN SAXONIA Berlin, Dec, 31~Nation-wide ex- change of products hetween farmers and industrialists will result if the first experiment in Saxonia is suc- cessful, A joint conference of the Saxonian Peasants League and Saxon potash nitrogen and coal industrialists, agreed to exchange their respective products, the peasants delivering po- tatoes, flour and other farm products. The plan will, of course, be on a small scale. If it is successful, 'and ex- change system for the whole of Ger~ many is planned for next year, , THREE STRIKERS HELD ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT, (By United Press) St. Paul, Dce, 31~ Natfonal guardsmen at South St. Faul fired several shots into the air yesterday in ansattempt to halt three strikers who are -charged with assaulting an employe of Swift & Co, The strikers are Peter Shonalter, Barney Calvin and Peter Neuman. 4 Shonalter was turned over to Rams sey county authorities, Calvin® was given a ten-day sentence in the South. St, Paul police court for being drunk, and Neuman was released. The enr- ploye who was attacked was not seris ously injured. it i NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY STAGING DANCE TONIGHT Company K, Bemidji’s National * Guard company, will give a New Year’s eve dance at the new armory this evening, to which the public iz invited. A five-picce orchestra is 1o evening is as .} 1