Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 5, 1922, Page 1

2 IRECI S, | ! - —— The Ploneer is the only d within 100 miles of Remidii v the largest civenlation in North- ern M)IIIW'ONI. Newly Appointed City Charter Commission Has Afiucted Permanent Body TO MEET EACH WEEK TO PREPARE NEW CHARTER Commission Form With Mem- ber From Each Ward to Be Given First Consideration Ziiit Bemidji's newly appointed_charter comm:ssl’on met at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce ‘association Wed- nesday evening and perfected a per- manent organization with C. W. Van- dersiuis as chairman, Graham M. Torrance vice-chairman, and Miss Mabel E. Wager secretary. The meth- ods to be considered in framing a charter to be submitted to city vot- ers when completed was discussed at length. \%‘ h the majority of the members of. the commission present, a_vote was taken which resuited in an aimost- unanimous approval of taking up for consideration first of all the general manager plan of the commission form of government. " . Under this plan the commission would consist of five members, one from each of Bemidji’s five wards. Each ward would nominate two com- missioners to be voted upon by the entire city vote, each voter to select one from each ward. The candidate from each ward receiving the high- est number of votes would be selected to the commission. The commission of five, in turn, would appoint a general manager who would devote his entire time and at- tention to the business management of the city. The commission would displace the city council form of gov- ernment under the present charter. The general manager would be en- tirely responsible to the commission- ers, and the commissioners in turn would be responsible to the city at large. Nothing definite can be announced at this time regarding -what form.of |’ charter will finally be framed by the charter commission to be submitted 1o the voters, but it has been decided by the commission to conmsider this plan first of all. Meetings are to be held each Wed- nesday evening at 8 o’clock and ail details concerning a new charter will be rushed to completion as soon as possible and practicable, it is an- nounced. The commission is of the ‘opinion that a new form of charter is needed badly in Bemidji and is giv- ing the project much worthy consid- eration, expressing the desire to pre- sent the most practical form to re- place the present system. DAIL EIREANN RECESSES TO AVOID CRISIS TODAY (By United Press) Dublin, Jan. 5.—The Dail Eireann took a recess today to avoid the great- est crisis whych it has yet faced. When Eamonn DeValera sought to force a vote on Arthur Griffith’s motion on approval of the -peace trealy with Great Britain, the Irish parliament was temporarily ‘ adjourned so that opposing leaders might * confer. A majority for the treaty would have meant the end of the Dail Eireann as the greatest single power in Ire- Jand. The Dail Eireann was to resume session at 3 ao'clock. X LLOYD GEORGE AGREES TO FRANCO-BRITISH ALLIANCE (By United Press) . Paris, Jan. 5.—Lloyd_George . at Cannes has agreed to-a Franco-Brit- jsh defensive alliance proposed by Premier Briand, provided France wxl! meet the British requirements. as t& disarmament, it was declared. today. France, according to the newspapers, Wil be required to agree to partial Jand disarmament, total naval disar- mement and the suppression of sub- marines. BEMIDJI COUNTRY CLUB MAY ENLARGE COURSE are being sent out this B. W. Lakin, president of the Country club, relative to the i meeting of that organization to be held at the rooms of c and Commerce association evening, Januaey 12, at o'clock. . Officers for the new year will he elected at that time and reports of the past year will be heard. The past couson is the best cver experienced by the club and it is expected that much Interest will be shown in the reports, The proposition of acquiring land for another nine-hole course will come up for consideration, The erec | WOMEN MAY BE CALLED BEMIDJI DA | ILY PIONEER T0 JURY SERVICE HERE Method of Selecting Jurors-Is Explained for Benefit of Those Uninitiated Women may be ealled upon to serve on jurics in Beltrami couty this year, according to information received by The Pioneer. . Many women know little about how a jory is drawn.and for that matter few men are familjar with the pro- ceeding: of selecting a jury, evel though they have been subject to such duties cver. since the present_furm of government has been established. How are juries made up? % Who selects the names from the list ofsvoters? g When does the drawing take place? These questions and a dozen more may be of interest to readers and for the benifit of the genera]_pubhc the .| following outlipe of procedure is perewith presented. 1In the first place each county com- miissioner, of which there are five, submit names from the voters. at large. There are 144 names submitted for the petit jury list and 72 for the grand jury list. These lists are filed with the county auditor, who in turn certifies the lists to the clerk of court. As soon as the cierk of court re- ceives them he calls in the sheriff and a justice of the peace. The names are placed in a box and thoroughly mixed and then the clerk draws the names. in the presence of the two above-named officials. The first 36 names drawn from the list of petit jurors ale summoned to act as a petit juxy and the first 23 names drawn fiom the grand jury list are summondd as the grand jury. The entire list of petit jurors must be exhausted before a new lot of names is submitted, which is usually done by the county sheriff. Womer may be excused from jury duty upon request by the judge, but a man calinot be excused without giv- ing a suitpble legal excuse which must be apprased and accepted by the judze. A man who is 60 years of age or over ni:ed not serve on a jury. After the lists have been drawn they are| usually published and also appear on the court calendar for the current term of court. The next Bel- trami county term of district court will be called February 14. FORMER BARTENDEK AERE REMENBERED BY LAWYER The Minneapolis Daily News under date of January 2, contains a fea- ture story of Mickey McKay and “Old Bemidji” of 22 years ago, in the Golden Mint saloon, where Mickey was then the beau brummel of bar- tenders. It happens that Mickey was gath- ered in by federal agents, while mix- ing loganberry cocktails at a restau- rant in Minneapolis New Year’s Day and lodged in a ‘“detaining parlor” with ofhers. While pacing the floor, a_cheery voice calls “Good morning, Mickey,” and then the two old acquaintances recalled New Year’s Day in Bemidji 22 years ago, when Mickey shoved five crisp five-dollar bills into the hands of a coughing kid with two pink spots on his cheeks, extending to him a Happy New Year and advice to quit the “game” and take to the tall tim- ber. The visitor, now a lawyer_ of the Twin Cities, was the kid in the cas' An hour later Mickey was released on bail secured by the lawyer. CUT IN FREIGHT RATE “T0 SAVE ROAD FUNDS Commissioner Babcock Esti- mates 1922 Savings Under New Road Material Tariffs Saving of approximately $250,000 on the 1922 construction program of the Minuesota highway department is virtually assured by a 20 per cent reduction in freight rates on road building waterials ordered this week by the state railroad and warehouse commission and made public by Com* missioner Ivan Bowen. Charles M., Babcock, state highway commissioner, upon whose petition the lower rates are ordered, made the “estimate and said it is conserva- tive. It will mean a s g of about $1,000 a mile on paving, $ 100 a mile on gravel surfacing for which materi- als are shipped by rail, and other cor- responding savings, he’ said. Antici- pating a ireight rate decrease, Mr. Babcock directed that -all highway contracts 'e so drawn that any sav- ings would revert to the state. “Commi sioner Bowen’s announce- ment of th? reduced tariff means that there will be available this year an additional quarter of a ion dol- lars to enable the highway depart- iment to further\spread and speed the benefits under Good. Roads Amedn- ment No. 1,” said Mr, Babcock, Proceedings bofore the railroad and warehouse commission foliowed ! rejection iy Commissioner Babepck of u propesal from some railroad of- Yo of a4 olub house will also be dis | ficials of & plan to grant special rates cussed, Consequentiy the officers of |in indivdwd cases, The commisgiongr thie olul desive that there be a large insisted upon a uniform cut applying athond ing, e #l this important meets to )l rail s ines In Minnesota and was suceessful, 4 N :rig;hl—nflivo Paae FROHN SCHOOL TEACHER WRITES WINNING ESSAY Blythe McLean Awarded First Priz.e; H Z. Mitchell Second; Ten Others Awarded DISTRICT WILL VOTE ONBONDS FOR EQUIPMENT o 3 3 school graddate and now a teacher in Special School Election Bem‘gthe town of Frohn, school district {No. 8, was awarded the first prize in Called to Vote on Bond ;. Bemigji Civic and Commerce as- Issue January 18 ! sociation essay contest on the sub- {ject, “What Makes Benudji a Good ¥ i City.” The pr;ze is $10., More than 800 essays were entered DISTRICT WOULD ISSUE lin the cont;s:v anzd lt(hlh committee, 000 consisting o . Z. Robinson, J. C. $100; FOR NEW SCHOOL West and T. C. Bailey, spent hours in deciding the twelve winners. “We had no trouble in deciding the first two winners,” said Mr. Robin- son when making his report to the association, “but we did have a t i Polls to Be Open at Central School Building From 4 to 8 O’Clock P. M. ners. I H. Z. Mitchell of the Sentinel was awarded second prize of $5. The other ten prize winners are as fol- lo Julia Simons, Herbert Maag, Donna M. Lycan, Myrtle Bergsven, Stanley M. Wilcox, Charles Vander- sluis, Jr.,, Martha Mikkelson, Anna Murray, Flora Shepherd and Mrs. J. T, Tuomy. The purpose of conducting this Notices have been posted m}d are being published calling attention O the voters of Independent School Dis- trict No. 7 of Bemidji to a sqeua! election of legal voters which will be held at the Central school building on Wednesday, January 18, for the purpose:- of voting upon the follov~ ing proposition:’ £ g Shall Independent School District aganda for advertising Bemidji. The No. 7 of Bemidji issue its negotiabie | result of the contest was gratifying coupon bonds in the sum of SlOD,Gl}Q to the committee, as considerable val- to be in derominations of $1,000 | uable information each to be dated as of the date of | been. gathered. their issue, to mature in 20 years Mr. McClean attended the Bemidji from their date, to bear interest at | State Teachers college last year and the rate of 6 per cent per annum, in- knows the city’s advantages, looking terest payable semi-annually, for the (Continued on Page 6) pipost o Sl e S ) 0 AR FILES AS CANBIDATE. T0 HOUSE and ventilating and plumbinz plant in the news high school building in| Blythe MeClean, a Northome high | ling time deciding the last ten win-| e contest was to secure data and prop- | and ides® have ‘ “BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY §, 1922 Minnesota: Fair tonight and Fri- day; colder tonight in east por- tion; rising temperature Friday afternoon. 65c PER MONTH ACTIONSOUGHT “|LOCAL COLLEGE DEFEATS FOSSTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR CORD W0OD {Carter Tells Association That Bemidji Is Considered as Rate-Basing Center | ADJUSTMENT OF RATES TO BE GONE OVER SOON : Immediate Fr————— Action Is Necessary | If Benefits Are to Be Had This Present Winter The city of Bemidji is being give! rious consideration as a rate-bas | ing center for the shipment of cord- wood and other wood products, by the railroads of the Northwest, ac- cperg to a report given at the asso- ciation meeting by Charles S. Carter, | chairman of that committee. In the very near future there is to be a meeting in Bemidji at whi representatives of the railroads will be present and the details of rate re- adjustment will be gone over pertain- ing to timber products and the rout- {ing of livestock froin the West direct | to feeding. Bemidji pasture lands for summer J. J. Opsahl, in a letter to The '\Piogxecr. advises the citizen§ to get ‘behind the requests made of the rail- | roads and urge them to grant the appeal made for | said district, and for equipping the | association. same with apparatus and other school furniture. Jens J. Opsahl, opened at 4 o’clock p. m., and will re- main open until 8 o’clock p. m., ac- cording to the notices issued by Flr- 1907 to 1909, today filed for the office ence F. Netzer, clerk of the district.|of 2 member to the ‘house to be voted Since this matter is of vital inter-{on in the June primaries. est to all the voters of the district.| ~Mr. Opsahl is probably as well it is urged that all make it = peint | known in this section of the country to express in voting their desires con- as any other man and probably knows cerning the proposition piaced before [the coungry as thoroughly as most them. | men. g ito give this county a fair and just ILLITERACY 1S INCREASING | representation at the state éagitol IN CLEVELAND, REPORT SHOWS (and will ask the voters for their en- d;;rsgmenc at the coming primary = | election. oo (By United Press) . -t~ Muw. Opsahl iy ‘the fisst to fle in Cleveland; Jan. 5—Illiteracy is i creasing in Cleveland. Today there ar2 | is freely admitted that present office- 33,164 persons ten years oid or ovei 'holders will seek re-election, and that living here, who are unable to read | others have trouble in keeping the of- or write. The majority of them—|fice-bee from buzzing under their 30,946—are foreign born. Negro il-!own bonnets. literates number 1,563 and native! At any rate, this is a starter for whites 624. | Beltrami county and indications are —_— ithat other “kernels” will soon jump ;out of the “popper” into the fire. NEw BARKER BUILDING Fear was expressed that it would be impossible to get the right kind of NEAR!NG COMPLE“ON imen®to enter the “game,” but .these N |fears are fast disappearing and now ——— . |it looks like there will be at least a Tha new two-story building beinZ' gozen candidates for every office. constructed by Earle A. Barker on ALEreios f Third street, just west of the Barker | COMMUNITY CLUB WILL Drug and Jewelry store, is fast near- HOLD MEETING SATURDAY ing completion and will be occupied | - by Johnson’s dPopu‘.ar Price tsto;e.i catering "to ladies’ garment trade.|nity club will hold its regular meet- Mr. Johnson of the Grand Forks firmt, | ing Saturday afternoon atg;:(fo at the who is in the city preparing for theirgoms of the Civic and Commerce as- opening of the new store, states that | sociation. his company expects to be able 10 has been arranged and it is desired open the Bemidji store on or ncarthat there be a large attendance. February 10. ) Miss Clara O. Schuster of the Be- This firm will carry a complete line | midji State Teachers college will give of ready-to-wear garments and milli-|a talk on “Our National Parks.” Mrs. nery for women and misses. Their an-|{ Agnes Pyne, also of the Bemidji col- nouncement appears elsewhere in this | lege, will talk on “Loyalty.” Tea will issue. |be served after the program. The Woman’s Civic and Commu- He believes that he is in a position| | this’ county for any office, aithough 1t | Martin) | uation. g a"b Tlre farmer, the merchant, The polls at this election will pe | resident of Beltrami county for the (::lt eerv:;l\f’ lti:i l:-rt? flfsm:‘l ’:\l"ill';' I‘)n id past 20 years, and who served this|benefited. Immediate action is nece;- section in the state legislature from!'sary if this section of the state is to tderive any good this present winter. Mr, Opsahl has written a number |of letters to the various railroad heads, as has also Mr. Carter and each has received encouraging reports, all of which indicate that something will be done to help relieve the present d and livestock rates through the Civic and Commerce the NEWBERRY TO INSIST ON STATEMENT BEFORE SENATE sums of money. FARMERS TO PRACTICE RAPID RETRENCHMENT St. Paul, Jan. 5.—Rapid retrench- ment by farmers became I their 1922 program today. A platform adopted at a meeting of the Minne- sota Farm Bureau Federation calls hington, Jan, 5-(By- Lawrance. ).—Senator Truman H. New. berry arrived here today. He took his defence in his own hands anad told friends he would insist on making a statement to the senate concerning the charges thuv his election was ac- coplished through the use of great part of cian, Dr. E. W. Johnson; county high- take place serve on_jurice Comfortable Lead; Visitors Take Second Half Fosston high school and the Be- midji State Teachers college staged a very interesting game of basketball at the new armory Wednesday eve- ning before the largest erowd of the season.” The Bemidji team took the first half by a wide margin and tne visitors took the second period by one point, the final score being 25 to 17 in favor of the teachers. The Juve- nile band gave a fine program before and during the game. The visitors started the scoring with a free throw. Bemidji then got under way and ran up 4 comfortable lead, which was gradually increased until the first period ended with the score 17 to 8. In the second period Fosston showed more speed and be! ter ability at basket shooting and took the haif 9 to 8.In this period, Bemidji apparently slowed down considerably and frequent fumbling gave the bail to the visitors. For the locals, Riggs led the scor- ing with two field baskets and seven free throws, while Simons came sec- ond with four field baskets. Captain Horns scored two and Romens one from the floor. Although failing to score, Elliott showed up particularly well as stationary guard, breaking up Fosston’s plays regularly. Bergland, who substituted for Horns during the last few minutes of the first period, also played well for an inexperienced player. | Tygeson led the scoring for the visitors with four field baskets and three free throws. L. Sovick complet- basket. The Bemidji squad had the advan- tage of weight and a large floor which added greatly to Bemidji’s ab to evade the Fosston guards. The ors showed fine team-work for a light) squad, as evidenced especially during the second half. Prof. J. W. Smith of this city refereed and his work met with general approval. The college team lea: tonight for St. Cloud where it will play the St. Cloud ATeachp college quint to- morrow night. The six players who participated in last night's game, with the addition of Paul, are making the trip with Coach Wirth. COUNTY BOARD MAKES Economy is the watchword of the 1 board of commissioners at their first session of the new year and cuts are being made wherever it is deemed advisable, keeping in mind the efficiency of the affairs of the county. The following appointments have been made for 1922: county physi- way engineer, Steve Snyder; super- intendent of the poor farm, J. J. Mc- Curdy; janitor, A. J. Ritchey. Remodeling of the court house will k at once in order to make Juitable quarters for women who may The office of the superintendent of schools will be moved into the eounty agent’s quarters on the ground floor f ed Fosston’s scoring with, one field|: AVALTREATY ISNOWNEARLY DECIDED UPON Pact Now Being Framed Will Carry With It an Implied Threat of Force CORRESPONDENCE OF ACTION IS PROVIDED New Section Will Provide for Reconvening of Conference Whenever Advisable (By United Press) 3 Washington, Jany 5.—The arms conference treaty for limitation of naval armament, now being framed, will carry with it an implied threat of force. This treaty will be called to action in event of war among the five pow- ers “inside” the treaty or in case one or more of these powers becoms in- volvd in strife with a nation “outside” the treaty. _A section is being written which will provide a cofrespondence of ac- tion among nations: First in event of ‘war between an insidey and an outsider and second in event of war betwgen insiders, it becgme known from official British sources. This section will virtually complete the treaty after agreements have been reached in resolutions to be used in scrapping battleships under Hughes program of replacement. The giection will provide for the re- convening of the arms confevence, or representativs thereof, should either political developments or scientific progress make it advisable to under- take changes in the program agreed upon. the MAN HELD AT LOS ANGELES ON CHARGE OF MURDER (By United Press) N An interesting program | . for retrenchment to the limit on ma- chinery, improvements and farm building. Never in history has the purchas- ing power of the farmers been so |low, the platform said. Pending im- | provements, rapid economy must be practiced. The federation indorsed all the co-operative marketing cnter- prises launched by farming organiza- tions. It urged that railroad rates Imust be lowered. and the county agent will occupy quarters in the same rooms with the Beltra Consolidated Abstract com- pany. The office vacated -by Mr. McGhee will be used as quarters for women jurors and the commissioners’ room adjoining will be used for the men. Other changes contemplated will be announced as soon as detailed plans are perfected. (ROSBY-IRONTON SQUAD Some Boots to Fill b PLAYS HERE TOMORROW First District Game of Year to Be Played on Local Floor Friday Night Bemidji high school, after experi- encing defeat at the hands of the Grand Forks, N. D., high school bas- ketball five last week, is now ready to tackle another gamc on the local floor in hopes that this, the first dis- trict game of the season, will bring victory to the local squad, The dis- trict schedule opens against Crosby- Tronton high school at the new armory Friday evening at 8 o'clock, and the local boys have been going through hard practice in preparation for this game. Crosby-Ironton high school has a strong aggregation this year, onc which should give Bemidji a hard- fought game from start to finish. Included in the visitors- victories is Brainerd high school, 20 to 14. Coach J. W. Smith has not yet an- nounced the probable line-up for the Bemidji team, aithough it is expected that no big changes will be "."d" in the line-up, which representéd the school in last week’s game. In order to stay in the race for district championship, Bemidji must win this game and the best available players will undoubtedly by uzed by Coach Smith, Gordon Smith, a junior classman, was elected eaptain of the high school team at a meeting last evening. Smith, however, i4 ineligible to play until at Napon the second semester, _Los* Angeles, Jan. 5—Olin Clark Walker, 22, was jailed here today on a telegraphic warrant from' Gallup, N. M., charging murder. The arrest was believed to _have.been in.connec:. . .. - tion with the murder of Joseph W. Blackwell, »n of the Bull Durham king, and his beautiful wife. Police maintained secrecy regarding the ar- rest. The Blackwells were found shot to dlonth in front of their home re- cently. SEVERAL MENTIONED TODAY AS PENROSE'S SUCCESSOR United Press) , Jan. 5—A half dozen € mentioned here today as possible s to the late Senator Boeis Penrose, following the definite announcement of Governor Sproul that he would not resign to take the place himself. Sproul, remaining Here today, declared he had decided on the man to be named, but refused to make the name public. names wer ONE MAN KILLED AND TWO INJURED AT KANSAS CITY n Kansas Ci Brunner was killed and t ers seriously wounded in a shooting affair on the crowded floor of) the stock exchange today. Frank Thomp- son, a speculator, fired the shots dur- ing an argument, it was reported to police. RAILWAY BRO‘I'I;ERHOODS TO GIVE CHARITY BALL JAN. 11 The four railway brotherhoods have announced the date of their charity ball at the new armory for the evening of January 11. The proceeds will be given to the charitable or- ganizations of the city. J. A. DALTON LAID TO REST IN HOLY CROSS John A. Dalton, who passed away Monday afterncon at about 3 o'clock at St. Anthony’s hospital after a ling- ering illness with ulcers of the stom- ach, was laid to rest this forenoon in Holy Cross cemetery, following services at St. Pl s church at 9 o’clock. Rev., Fr. J. J. T. Phillippe officiated. Knights of Columbus and_ Eiks, both of which orders Mr. Dalton was a member, served as pall-bearers. Members of those orders andethe League of the Sacred Heart assem- bled shortly prior to the funeral and attended, each order in a body. The deceased was nearly 52 years of age and had been a resident of Bemidji for the past 20 years .He was born in Owen Sound, Outario, Janu- ary 11, 1870. He leaves to mourn his loss, besides a large circle of friends and acquaint- ances, his wife, two sons, John and James, his mother and a sister living Ontario, and a brother, T. A. Dalton of Dulutl, ] (