Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 7, 1922, Page 1

St e ee— The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in North- €rn Minnesota. o Y < [ MINNESOY, T iy GWEATHER REPORT ggta: Generally fair tonight | {Sinday; rising temperature phight. J N VOLUME XIX. NO. 221 - 55c PER MONTH TBEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1922 [ T T PLANTOSTAGE SECONDDOLLAR Merchants Trade - Committee - Sets Wednesday; Jan. 18, as Next Bargain Day —— | »% ALL WELL SATISFIED WITH FIRST ATTEMPT — Consider - That = Drawing of Trade Here Is More Important Than Immediate Profit s : '] 1 meaning of ‘elastic cur- rex"l‘ch}fi’ r?fll be demonstrated very soon in Bemidji, if the plans of th: merchants trade gommittee work oul as they anticipate. The entqrprlslx;lg merchants of the. city are belzg call- - ed upon to join in another “Dollar day” to demonstrate to the buying public in Bemidji and the surround- ing territory that it Is wol:fl-.L. their while to trade with the Bemidji mer- 4 chz"l‘r;l': announcement of the values for “Dollar day” will appear very shortly and itis planned to offer items thdt are seasonable and at_ prices that are bound to attract wide atten- tion. e Every merchant who participated in the last Dollar.day -expressed sat- isfaction with it, not from a stand- point of immediate profit but becausc of the new eustomers who visited their_gstablishments on that day. -. Bemidji, as a trading center, i3 gaining - wide .favor and. attractions like “Dollar “have the effect of bringing some_ people to Bemidji to trade for the'first time thereby mak- ing a neverlasting friend of them. It is planned. to. hold Dollar day on Wednesday, January 18. 'l:he com- mittee states that ng restrictions will be placed-on the amount.of bargains any merchant wishes to advertise or on the:amount of spa¢e they. wish to use, the’ only- requirement, in.order 4ahave the sanction of the trade com- mitteeis that-unusual bargains be " inoffered- and ithat: all-advertising. ap pear at the sanmetime, as extra copies of the paper will be mailed to -pros- pective subscribers. Copy for ads should be ready Mon- day, if possible, to allow the printers sufficient time to use their art in making the announcements attractive. SPECIAL MUSICAL NUMBER AT ELKO TONIGHT, TOMORROW The services of Antonio Minervini the piano-accordionist, have been secured by the management of the Eiko theater for an appearance to- night, also Sunday matinee and eve- ning. Mr. Minervini is an accordionist of the highest order and comes here with the best of recommendations. He has played Orpheum and Pan- tages vaudeville circuits and has drawn capacity houses in numerous places since he has:been booking in- dependently witnconcert troupes, on Chautauqua circuits and in thea- ters. His reception in Fargo, ‘Grand Forks, Bismarck, Jamestown and other places, where he has recently appeared in the leading theaters is assurance that his act .is something out of the ordinary, ard that his mu- sical number pleases lovers of good music. This feature will be in addition to the picture program at the Elko tonight and tomorrow, and is given without adidtional admission charge. JOHNNY MEYERS WINS FROM VIRGINIA WRESTLER Duluth, Minn., Jan. 7.—Johnny Meyers of Chicago, claimant of the middleweight wrestling champion- ship of the world, last night defeated Henry Karhunsaari of Virginia. Karhunsaari won the first fall in 27 minutes, with a body scissors and wrist lock. Using a half nelson and body scissors, Meyers took the second fall in one minute.,” - The men had been on the mat 7 minutes for the final fall when Meyers p!(:ke;l up his opponent up and threw ‘him to the floor. Karhunsaari struck on his head ‘with great force. He was knocked unconscious and was unable to continue. The referce awarded the match to Meyers. 5 BEMIDJI COLLEGE LOSES T0 ST. CLOUD TEACHERS (By United Press) St. Cloud, Jan, 7.—St. Cloud Teachers opened their basketbail schedule Friday defeating the Be- midji Teachers 47 to 13. Bemidji took the lead in the first part, but the lo- cals recovered and won as they pleased. Swenson of St. Cloud scored eight baskets. BEMIDJI LABOR LEAGUE HOLDS MEETING SUNDAY The Bemidji Labor League will meet Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the rooms of the Civic and’ Com- merce association; it was announced this noon. All working people in the city are urged to attend this meet- ing when something of importance to all classes of workers will be brought before the League for consideration, Y. M. C. A. team plays the. newly greatly complicated matters and made .to fill orders they have already ac- TWO HARBORS TO PLAY. CITY SQUAD TONIGHT Exceptionally Fast Game Is Assured With Bemidji’s Re-organized Line-up Bemidji basketball fans are of- fered a rare treat at the new armory this evening when the Two Harbors reorganized Company K squad. The game is to be called at 8 o’clock and will be followad by-an informal danc- ing party to be staged by the guards- men. Those who witnessed thz Alumni- Company K game last Monday night can- readily: realize the assured strength of a team selected from the best -avaj'fable players of the two teams. That is. what is being done for tonight’s game, the first to_te played with the re-organized lin: Composed of former high ty team stars; the agg 7.t promises une of the best game season. The line-up has nov peen definitely announced, bui hevond all doubts eight or nint of the availa- ble players will be out/ in unifcim, ready to play when nceded. The lx- up will be selected froa the follow.-|. ing: Lloyd Tanner, i‘red and Frank Phibbs, George Graham, Bailey, Arlo Achenbach, Dudley Lane, Alex Cameron and Darcy Mc Gee. Two iHarbors has alwayi boasted ome of the best aggregations in the Northwest .and, “although it is not known what the “Y” team has been doing, it is expe team is just as strong ever. i The Juvenile band will be on hand to lend enthusiasm before and durirg the game; and a fine program is as- sured by Director Riggs. { Company K will take on the Ex- celsior City team next Monday and Tuesdzxy night at the new 2rmory. The game will be called at 3:30, after the silitary units have completed their regular weekly drill., = Isior has playel here several tiries before and has always put up a fast, hard-fought game, usually get- ting the edge on Bemidji in the series. LUTHERAN MINISTERS HAVE RETREAT IN BEMIDJI The annual ‘‘after-holiday etreat” ‘0f the Lutheran ministers belonging to the Bemidji, Cass Lake and Grand Rapids circuit was held in Bemidji from Monday to Wednesday of this week. A full attendance was reported Sessions were held in the chapel of Trinity Lutheran church located at Thirteenth street and Beltrami ave- nue. Matters of state-wide importance were discussed. From all appearances Revi Frenk will be removed from :he Bemidji parish in the near fu- ure. GRANT VALLEY FARM BUREAU ‘UNIT HELD MEETING SUNDAY: . The Grant Valley Farm. Bureau unit held its regular meeting Sunday, January 1, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidt. On account of the bad condition of the roads there was a small attendance. All present, however, had a very enjoyable time. Those present were Mr, and Mrs. George Becker, Mr. ard Mrs. W. G. Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidt, Mr.' and Mrs. C. J. Strow- bridge, Louis Moran and Richard Martin. LUMBER REPORT SHOWS PROMISING YEAR AHEAD American Lumberman Declares That Outlook for Year Is Now Very Promising The year opens with a firm lumber market and every evidence of a rap- jdly increasing demand with supplies in manufacturers’ hands not overly large. Plans are being laid and carried out on every side which will lead to an increase in production but this increase will not affect the market for several months. The most active division of the lum- ber market, according to the Ameri- can Lumberman, is the Douglas fir section. Last summer when the lum- ber market -was comparatively dull fir producers curtailed logging opera- tions and very largely sawed up the logs on hand and did not replace them with others. As a result, logging camps operated by the companies themselves and those operated by in- dependent loggers, who sell logs in the open market, were severely cur- tailed. When the market improved and it became, evident that logging|. should be resumed, unexpected storms it extremely difficult to produc logs. Thus, at present, the fir manufac- turers are facing a very scanty supply of logs and, in fact, many of the mills have not a sufficient amount on hand ce?ted. Naturally, therefore, log prices have mounted and the lumber ;market shows the same tendency. Manufacturers have sought to cover” (Continued on Page 6) Claude) ST.PAULLANDBANK PURCHASES NEW HOME _£By United Press) Washington, Jan. 7.—The Federal Farm Loan Board today approved the purchase by’ the Federal Lapd®Bank of St. Paul of the building formerly occupied by the First National Bank to be the new home. of ‘the Federal Land Bank. R The building, which was erected less than ten years ago was secured at a low figure representing. the assessed value of the land and a very small per cent of the cost of building, it was announced. The Land Bank will move into its new home March lIst. (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 7.—Approval of the purchase of the old First National Bank: building by the St. Paul Fed-! received with The original $175,000, eral Land Bank was much- interest here. price is understood to be about ‘half of the valuation property‘and building. It was offered by Louis W. Hill, chairman of the First National Bank and the Great Northern railroad. AUDITORS ADVISE CLOSING - DRAKE STATE-OWNED MILL (By United Press) »iymarck, N. D., Jan. 7.—Closing .ae Drake, N. D., mill is advised in'a report of the Equitable auditing company submitted to the state in- dustrial commission. The report fur- ther states that they believe private ownership and operation could make the mill a success. The Drake mill was purchased by the former industrial commission— | nonpartisan.in majority. It was part of their state industrial program. FIGHT FOR CONTROI. OF STOCK YARDS CONINUES (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 7.—Federal control of the stockyards supercedes state control and the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission must re- linquish control at South St. Paul. This is the opinion of B. Hainer, at- torney for the Packers and Stock Yards -Administration of the United States Department of °*Agriculutre. This was made public today. “The state law is in direct conflict with the federal law,” Hainer de- clared. The opinion was sent to N. P. Rogers, chairman of the South St. Paul Livestock Exchange. Members of the state railroad and warehouse com- mission, -traders- and representatives of farmers’ co-operative organiza- tions are fighting to retain state con- trol of the stockyards, 0. P. Jacobson, chairman, said he would carry the fight to the supreme court. PROSPECTORS WOULD DRILL FARMERS’ LAND FOR OIL (By United Press) New England, N. D., Jan. 7.— Prospectors are trying to contract with Mike Braun, local farmer, to drill for oil on his farm. When Braun was trying to strike water, he encountered a heavy flow of gas beneath a vein of lignite coal. Later a liquid resembling thin cyl- inder oil was brought up. MISS *~ARY GARDEN'S LIFE THREATENED BY LETTER (By United Press) Chicago, Jan. 7.—A writer of pois- oned pen letters, who has terrorized wealthy society matrons of Chicago’s “gold coast,” has threatered the life Mary Garden, director of the Chicago Grand Opera. Miss Garden received a box containing a revolver and six cartridges. The case was réported to Chicago chief of police, Charles Fitz- morris, by Miss Garden, of the| BRITAINWI (FORMER BANK TELLER_ ATE (By United Press) 4 Fargo, N. D,, Jan. 7.—That he was . ! s Y, { the goat for many shady deals in the RESERV ‘,irloNS Seandinavian-American bank of Far- . | go—“hundreds of them”—was the | testimony of Frank C. Heaton, former | teller of the defunct bank. Britain’s Decision Will Mnkei On the stand all day yesterday in Prompt Ratifications of | his.defence; Heaton declared that he e | assumed responsibility for the $78,- Treaty Possible \000 shortage under promises of im- munity and threats of being rail- iroadod to the penetentiary if he did | not. . He appeared before the directors, he said, two of whom knew nothing of the plot, and though he taxed his imagination he could not think of means of depositing $18,000 of the | $78,000. In his testimony Yesterday Mr. { Heaton flatly accused H. J. Hagen, { former president, of falsification, de- (Ly United Tress) Claring the testimony of two witness- Washington, Jan, 7 (By Herbert!es, Hedlund, the president who quali- | Walker) .—Great ‘Britain will ncceptfiied, and Lars Chistiapson, vice-presi- i | de s fals > pro- lan American senate reservation on | dent of the bank was false. He pro JAPAN ALSO FAVORS EXCLUDING MAINLAND Balfour Is Expecled to Make | Known Britain’s Official Anncuncement Soon* (By Unlted Press) Watford City, N. D., Jan. 7.— sioners cannot con- ff for the collection is the opinion of George " | duced latters ta show collusion be- the four-power Pacific treaty to eX-liwoen the Fargo bank and the Bank clude the home land of Japan from'of North Dakota and declared he had the ‘protective scope of the pact, it never received a dollar of the stolen | was learned today. The decision_on- money. the part of Britain will'make possible | a0k of system ‘were among the prompt ratifications of the treaty. . Icpapges which the witnes made Great Britain's actipn, which is|against the bank. They declared he most significant because of the Brit-| and his broth v had given notes to lish reservation for the placing on the cover the shortage with the under- treaty, of the interpratation that it standing that payment.of the notes lincludes the main island of Jupan,lwn,\- never to be forced. |assures that none of the signatory Jpowcrstwnuld object to thcnscn:fic\ reservations to meet virtually c | J only vital objection raised in the son-]RALPH GRACIE POST T0 ate to the new pact. Japan has already informally ex—‘ MEET T“URSDAY NIGHT changed negotiations with the United | PERSEEEES States. Negotiations between Secre-! The Ralph Gra post of the tary Hughes and Ambassador Shide- American Legion will meet Thursday hara have excluded Japan proper,|American Leg ! the Civie and This intepretation aroused almost as | night at the rooms of the Givic wns much objection in Japan as in the | Commerce association in regular bi- senate. i monthly session. Several important The United States, of course, is|business matters are to be taken up willing to accept the new interpreta- | at that time, including reports of !tions and France is said not to be con-| various committees. cerned either way. It is probable that, Much interest among the members Arthur Balfour, head of the British|of the post has been aroused during delegation, soon will make an official | the past few meetings and each meet- announcement of his country’s!ing is bringing out a larger attend- changed position,; {ance. At the last meeting, all mem- { bers present pledged to hrinp:‘anothor (By United b | member tln the mw:i,m;f_flns week Washing Jan. 7 Sar | and if ail hold good on their promises o e et mwon) (s there will be an- exceptionally large United States, Great Britain, J;\D‘dn‘ attendance. Roll will I{c called and France and Italy, have approved the | ¢3¢k member present is to answer resolution drawn up by Hlihu Root his own name and the name of the placing a strict ban on the use of member whom he induced to attend. deadly gases. | At the last meeting, N. E. Given R and Clarence Foucault promised |something worth-while for thi i SAUK CENTER PLANNING hut word has not been received by the |entertainment committee as yet BIG TIME FOR EDSTORS| whether or not these men will pull off i their stunt. Word from the camp of Asa Wal-l yo) ne COUNTY CAN NOT lace at Sauk Center brings forth the | FOLPS COUN N news that that city is making elabo- CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION rate preparations to entertain the edi- tors January 26, 27 and 28. | The three-day program begins, Thursday evening of that week and| occupies practically every hour up to| County comm noon Saturday. Secretary A. G. Rut- t?tfl‘x;g‘tghs‘ tedge is doing his usual aggresivelT” Reimestad, assistant states atlor- work in uring the convention a; = and indications are that|ney of McKenz not only will there be a big delega-|such a contract. made tion from the Northern Association, | county is void. % but the state association will send| The opinion is hased on the fact large delegations. i that the sherifl’s compensation now is The program is of unusual interest,| straight salary, the fee system hav- touching upon practically every phase | ing b of the newspaper business. It will be|state educational and instructive, which|collection of taxes part of the sher- will make i inducement for every|iff's duty. The McKenzie sheriff was editor to be present. to collect on a 25 per ¢ent basis. ¢ county, who holds by McKenzie WHEN JIMMIE STARTED “Ral LROADING” — [WELL, HE'S ES PRESIDENT OF THE ROAD NOw THATS = . CARTER OFFERS LAND SAYS HE WAS THE GOAT| TO DISABLED VETERANS Offers to Arrange for Use of War Veterans Large Tract of Land Near Hines [ Minneapolis, Jan. 7.—Charles Car- ter has offered. to the state o* Minne sota 1,000 «vcres of land at Hines to nen be used by Jdisabled wolid who now wish to tane up far according to :nfortiia at the Un- versity of Minnesoti. More than 300 former service men, partially disabled, attended a short course at the university this week for those who wish to turn their at- tention to agriculture. Mr. Carter attended one of these meetings and exprssed his personal favor in what the state is trying to do for these former fighters and then to prove his sincerity otfercd to ar- range for the use of a large wract at ‘his home town of Hines. If aceepted, it wouid mean that thi land would furmish an opportuni for the former soldiers tu go to Bel- trami couniy and purt the rick soil t that couinty to work for them. It would mean a soldier colony and would stimulate the development of that part of the county. No definite announcement jregarding the offer has been made by the university. 3T. PAUL TODAY TALKING PREUS FOR RE-ELECTION (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. T.-—Another term for Governor Preus and also for Sen- ator Frank B. Kellogg was the talk heve today. O. P. Jacobson for gover- nor and Judge Os Hallam of the state supreme court for senator ap- peared to be the only opposition to the incumbents. A meeting will be held at the Ry- an hotel tonight to form an organ tion to boost Justice Hallam for nomination to the senatorship. The Jacobson vote dild not weil nized. Plans ma; trict and state conventions of party, to be held in appear be laid tor county, di:- the ch. Factions two which — formed the iittee years ago are not active tod cording to James R. Adams, ch o fthe state central committee. COMMERCIAL LAW CLASS RESUMES COURSE MONDAY The Bemidji night law class will re- sume its work Monday evening at the rooms of the Civie and Commerce association at 7 o’clock. The class completed its course on the subject of contracts, and in resuming its work after the holiday vacation will take up the subject of agenc DEFECT OF IRlS:l PE;EE TREATY PREDICTED TODAY Dublin, Jan. 7 (By Charles M« Canr Certain defeat of the I peace treaty by the vote of the Dai Eircann was predicted here this af- ternoon by J. McGrath. The Dail will reject the treaty as matte stand now by at least two votes, McGrath said. BOY BANDITS OVERPOWERED WHILE ATTEMPTING ROBBERY (By United Press) . St. Paul, Jan. 7 Two boy bandiis were overpowered and disarmed in the office of the Guaranty Life In- surgQee company here last night by the manager and two employees in the building. After a struggle the boys were turned over Lo police. They gave their names as James Willford and Elliott Mattson BONUS REVIEW BOARD STILL HEARS CLAIMS Col. Mollison Announces That New Ruling Effects Several in Beltrami County R Sta Paul, Jan. Several of Beltrami county who ha yet had their state bonus for ser in the World war allowed will be in- terested in learning that Col. Molli- son, in charge of the state bonu- hourd of review is announcing fa- vorable decisions in a large number of delayed claim: “You can say,” the colonel said. “that the bonus board of review is leaving no stone unturned to see that the spirit of the law prevails and the spirit as we understand it is that it was intended that aif"Minnesota men who ved in the war should get their bonus. “This hoard, which officially ends its duties March 1 (but it will take until July 1 to complete all the work) was created so that we might go care- fully into the merit of each case. This the bonus board did not have time to do. “Only today we ran into the case of a young man from Baudette who hasn’t lived regularly in Minnesota since 1909, He has been doing rail- road work much of the time and whenever he had no other place to %0, he came back to Minnesota, We declared him a resident and he wil wet his bonus, “It is impossi Thut probabiy ty boys will final or 15 Be fe to give out names {what this government beli cltrami coun- | r v our ruling, ¢ CROSBY QUINT BEATS BEMIDII INFINAL HALF First Half of First District Game for Bemidji Finds Score 14 to 14 5 LOCALS UNABLE TO HOLD VISITORS IN LAST HALF Bemidji Shows Improvement Over Previous Games; Neu- mann Shows Up Well —— Bemidji high school lost out Fri- day night in the first district basket- ball game of the season by a score of 31 to 21 after the Bemidji team had tied the score 14 to 14 at the end of the first half. The locals showed up much better than during any pre- vious game of the season, however, and it was only through Crosby-Iron- ton’s best efforts that the game was taken from Bemidji. The visitors pos- a team which bids fair to make cnsational dash for the distret title, since the squad is composed of veterans who are perfectly at home on the basketball floor. Bemidji's team work showed im- provement over the Grand Forks game, but the last half of the game seemed to bring a lack of contidenc on the part of the locals and the p: ing during the last part of the game was poorly executed. Bemidji’s cag- erness to win and Crosby-Ironton™s desire to maintain a comfortable lead made a first-class football game out of the last few minutes of piay. Bemidji started the scoring in the first few seconds of play, The visitors immediately Tollowed up Bemidj first field ket with one of their own. Bemidji then scored again, and Crosby likewise. Interest was at top notch as the score see-sawed until the close of the half found the score a tie. In the second half, Bemidji again started the scoring with a field bas- ket, holding a two-point lead for several migutes. Croshy then held the Bemidji tdam scoreless for-a short period while that team piled up a lead From then on the scoring was fairly divided but Bemidji was unable to make up for the lead which Croshy had gained. Seven points was all that Bemidji could ¢ in this period, while the visitors piled up 17 points, three more than they did in the first half. Neumann led the scoring for Be- midji with five field baskets. Davis came a close second with three field baskets and a free throw. Henry scanle. wo field baskets, completing Bemidj coring. Bemi, cored one out of seven free throw Young and Stark, forwards, led the scoring for the visitors, Young net. ting four field baskets and two free throws, and Stark, the scrappy “little kid,” netting five field baskets, Ny- man, center, scored four field baskets and one free throw for the visitors, d Burud scored one field basket. Crosby made good on three out of ten free throws. Hanson of Fosston, former North Dakota agricult college basket- ball player, officiated the game and his work met with general approval. The Juvenile band, under the direc- tion of G. 0. Riggs, gave a splendid program before the game and be- tween the halves. The linc-up was as follows: idji Crosby-Ironton r Young I Stark ¢ Nymaa e Burud I artinitto Substitutions for Bemid were Mulett for Henry, and Henry for Rhea. Crosby played the same line-up throughout the game. TOLEDO POLICEMAN’S BED ROLLED AWAY AT NIGHT (Iy Uniteg Press) Toledo, Jan. 7.—Walking a beat these wintry nights proved a chilly task for a Toledo copper. A railroad caboose offered friendly shelter. He entered it and sprawled out for a b:t of rest. When he awoke he was six from his beat, Unable to give a satisfactory explanation for his ah- sence from duty, he was suspended for ten days without pay.. FRENCH STAND BLOCKS ECONOMIC CONFERENCE (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 7. ince's blocking in the arms conference of an agreement to limit land arma- rents and her stand against reduc- ing German reparations, stand as the principle barriers in America’s par- ticipation in the international eco- nomic conference called to meet at Genoa, it was learned tod: The United States, it w learned, does not desire to participate in the European conference, unless the tions of Europe themselves first evi- dence a sincere intention of removing ieves are the v rooted causes of the ttional céconomic situa~ Al tempor eal inte tion, | - - | | ‘ =