Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 11, 1922, Page 1

¥tor. He spent last summer in Europe — The Pioneer is the/onl, dqil% within 100 miles of Bemidji an has the largest circulation in ern Minnesota. —e LY orth- TR 1IN STERETRT i AN o s nim (ESOTA mHER ORT £ enerally fair tonight ay; not much change in o VOLUME XIX. NO. 224 BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESD, Y EVENING, JAN. 11, 1922 URGESUNITING ROAD RESULTS Babcock Urges Co-operation Between All Township and County Authorities . RECOMMENDS DEFINITE, SYSTEMATIC PROGRAM Funds Available Afford Local Road Betterment Equal to That on Trunk Routes i Nearly twice as much money avail- able now for improvement of county and town roads as is provided reg- ularly for use on the trunk highways in Minnesota, Charles: M Bnbcocl.(, state highway = commissioner, this week urged tarly good roads gonven- tions in all counties of the state at which sounty commissioners, town supervisors and the county h_lghwuy engineers gan agree on.a definite pro- gram of ‘co-operation toiget the big- gest possible results for county and town road expenditures. “Beltrami county can secure COMMITTEE STRIKES OUT AIR MAIL APPROPRIATION (By United Press) in reparting the post office ap- propriation bill today struck out appropriations for the air mail The bill ‘gives a total of $579,- 659,000. PEOPLES OIL COMPANY HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING The Peoples Oil Co. held its an- nual business meeting Monday and reports for the past year were made | by the officers of the company. This company is composed largely of Be- midji capital'and has installed storage tanks- on’ the Soo Line and opened a filling station at the corner of Fourth street and Beltrami avenue. Since: being opened, July 2, last year, this | station has enjoyed a very liberal pat- ronage.. The company also has three other stations,’ located at Bagley, Erskine and Roseau. The following officers were elected for the year: president, H. E. Vance; vice-president, J. H. Hayward; sec: tary, P. D. Brett; treasurer, Ray Kali- her. These officers ?so compose the board of directors. & As soon ag the weather moderates in the spring, the company plans to build ah up-to-date filling station' in its present ‘location, with all the nec- essary conveniences, including a la- | dies’ rest room and . other conven- iences. E a complete systemlof good local roads M'NAB OPENS SOFT DRINK in the shortest-time and with the least expense,” said Mr. Babcock, “by adopting a definite’ plan_of system- | atic improvement covering several years and then pooling town with county funds to carry it out under modern road-building methods, with the right equipment and so forth. Funds for local road purposes, ex- clusive of trunk highways, in Bel- trami county last year were $219,- 000, and the importance of prompt action is obvious, Renville,” Carlton and some other countieg already are working with suceess in this direction but I believe that good roads con- ventions in these counties will ac- complish much as in all counties. The PARLOR IN GIBBONS BLOCK Andy McNab of this city recently outfitted the lower story of the new Gibbons block on Beltrami_ avenue for a soft drink parlor and has now opened the place for business. The second fioor of the new building is occupied by the offices of Judge J. F. Gibbons and Ed Jackson & Son, contractors. CLARK ATTENDING MEETING OF COUNTY FAIR LEADERS H. M. Clark, president of the Bel- trami County Agricultural associa- plan will end patchwork road devel-ltion, which has charge of the North- opmeht and the public will gain in every way. £ “County and town road aut}mrities Paul where he is today attending the and the engineers.can consider at|annual meeting of the Minnesota these meetings the. needs on every. county-and town road and make pro- vision for them in the longer term program. Township lines should be |LODGED WIRE CAUSES ignored, just as the state disregards county lines on trunk route plans. Counties will assist the towns as the state department advises and works with the counties on state aid and other important -undertakings. Thé town funds may be pooled with those of the county and used under the di- rection of the engineer. Heavier ma- chinery and better methods can be employed generally to get bigger re- sults at less cost, and farmers can be given more jobs than in the past. ‘“Public road officials are all work- ing to get the best results now, and, I am confident,. will co-operate to adopt the new plan and make it yield maximum results. The fault has been with the old-time methods; not with the efforts of our present local au- thorities.” John H. Mullen, deputy commisg sioner and chief - highway . engineer, wil official figures showing the large funds, now provided for'road work in Minnesota. Current funds last year in Minne- sota totaled $18,790,000 for Iocal roads and $8,690,000 for state trunk highways, Mr.. Mullen said, and’the greater local funds prove that the so- called Babcock plan is mainly a farm- ers’ road plan. Taxes brought $10,848,682 of county and $6,862.560 of township funds and $2,084,000 of. state aid for local road purposes, besides $1,- 308,794 of city and village street and road funds outside of St. Paul, Min- neapolis and Duluth. Regular state trunk funds were made up of $5,750,000 -of motor vehicle taxes and $2,840,000 of federal aid. Considerable bond money - was-used last year, but laws under which it was voted are no longer in effect, and if included the trunk fund total still would be smaller than that available for local roads, The local road mile- age is the greater, it was explained, but that is fairly offset by the higher cost of improvements and mainten- ance on the trunk-system. With the liberal funds provided, Mr. Mullen added, county engineers will carry out the programs agreed upon by county commissioners and town supervisors in systematic plans and gredter efficiency and economy will follow to give the maximum of good reults. —_— DR. PACE TO SPEAK HERE NEXT MONDAY EVENING The young men and women of the Epworth League - are meeting with splendid success’in their sale of tick- eis for the lecture by Dr. C. N. Pace at the Methodist church next Monday night. Dr. Pace is pastor of the First hurch of Duluth and a brilliant ora- and will probably touch upon certain phases of the war and conditions in the war-torn parts of the European nations. The program arranged for by the Epworth League is educational | and indications are - that a packed house will greet the speaker. ern’Minnesota Fair held at Bemidji each- fall, left last evening for St. association’ of county fairs. VALUABLE COW’S DEATH (By United Press)- Brainerd, Jan. 11.—Four inches of wire lodged near her heart caused the death of a valuable Holstein cow, owned by S. Blakely, a Cuyuna farm- er. A nail, a penny and a bur were found in the cow’s stomach. The ar-| ticles' are believed to have been in mill feed given the cow. T0 STAGE PRELIMINARY GAME TOMORROW NIGHT Preliminary to the game between the. Grand Forks American Legion team and Bemidji’s Company K team tomorrow nighti at the new armory two -juvenile teams of this city will . supported the co-operation p.wpnsni stage a “curtain raiser” for the bene- fit of those fans who wish to go early to be sure of getting a good seat. The management of the Bemidji team feels that this form of entertainment will meet with the approval of the early fans. The main event of the evening will be called at 8 o’clock and indications are that one of the largest crowds of the season will be in attendance to witness the second: appearance of Bemidji’s reorganized squad. The line-up will be practically the same as for the last game, when Company K defeated the Two Harbors Y. M. C. A. outfit by a_score of 27 to 24, in a contest -which’ met with hearty ap- proval of Bemidji fans. Grand Forks has'a strong. team this year and a close contest is looked for, with Be- ;mdjli fans giving the edge to the locals. YOTE ON NEWBERRY IS EXPECTED T0 BE CLOSE Democrats to Make. Motion to Send Case Back: Again for. Further_Investigation ‘Washington, Jan. 11, (By Lawrence Martin).—Three of half a”dozen un- certain republican senators have de- cided to vote against seating Senator Newberry. One has decided to vote for him and the other two are still in doubt, it was stated today. This was the line-up resulting from-New- berry’s personal defence and as the| result of conferences among the un- certain group. s This development makes it certain that the vote on Seating. Newberry will be: close. Another developmnt today was the decision of democrat senators to offer a motion to send the Newberry case back to the comryittee for further instructions to report it back to the senate within thirty days. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi will make the niotion. This motion = troubling the republicans more than the vote on the senator’s seat, i HEATON SAVES HIMSELF Former Bank Teller’s Charge| Is Reduced to.Demeanor; Jury Out 24 Hours: (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., Jan. 11.—Frank Heaton, who was his own star witness in the $78,000 embezzlement charge, had saved himself from a peneten- tiary sentence today. The jury at 3:30 yesterday afternoon brought in a verdict of embezzling less than $20 and recommended clemency. This re- duces. the charge to a misdemeanor, for which the maximum is thirty days' imprisonment and $100 fine. The sen- tence will be pronounced tomori>w afternoon. 2 Mr. Heaton was accused of em- bezzling thé money whiic teller of the Scandinavian-American bank of Fargo, now closed. His deféncé waus that he assumed the responsibiiity of the theft under promises of immunity, and threats if he did not. LOCAL NATIONAL BANKS HOLD ANNUAL MEETINGS The- annual meeting of the First National and Nortkern National Na- tional banks was held Tuesday, at which officers were elected and divi- dend checks issued to stockholders. The following officers were elected by the directors of the First Nationa! bank: F. P. Sheldon, president; A. A. ‘Warfield, vice-president; R. H. Schu- maker, cashier; H. R. Henderson and C. L. Mickelson, assistant cashier. The Northern National bank re- elected the following as officers for the coming year: A. P. White, presi- dent; W. L. Brooks, vice-president; George W. Rhea, cashier, and Joseph Forrester, assistant cashier. The state banks will hold their an- nual meetings later in the month, the Farmers State bank having fixed its meeting for January 18. LABORING MEN TO HOLD MASS MEETING TONIGHT America Notes Intention of Some Delegates to Leave Questions Unsettled PARLEY MAY BREAK UP WITHOUT SETTLEMENT Suggested That U. S. Refuse to Sign Naval Treaty Until Business Is Completed: (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 11 (By Carl D. Groat).—America is exerting every effort to prevent the arms conference breaking up without settling affairs in the Far East, generally regarded as the nations most likely to breed war. During the last few days, as the great naval treaty providing for re- ductions for limitations of the navies of the five powers was nearing com- pletion, this government has noted with concern an apparent inténtion on the part of other delegates to hasten home and leave unsettled such vital questions as Shantung, Siberia, and other Chinese questions outstanding among which are the twenty-one demands. Suggestions have been made in some American naval quarters that the United States refuse to sign the naval treaty until an agrcement has been reached on Far Eastern ques- tions. Meanwhile the naval . treaty—its acceptance postponed by Japan re- ferring the fortifications clause to Tokio—was to have been further con- sidered this afternoon by the five big delegates. Arthur Balfour holds the outlook to be “rosy.” Perhaps it will be three An educational program has beenor four days before the answer can arranged by the State Federation of | Labor and an itinerary has been ar- ranged, covering the whole . state. One of these educational meetings;is to. be-held; atChristianson’s hall in Nymore--this-evening ~at 8 o’clock, with able speakers in charge. 11 laboring men, union men in particular, atid all unorganized work- ers are invited by the, committee in charge to be present at this meeting tonight when topics of importance to laboring classes will be discussed. Among the leading speakers will be E. G. Hall, president of the State Federation of Labor, who has been # visitor in Bemidji frequently, and John J. Manning gf the label depart- ment of the American Federation of Labor. Plans are being made for handling a large attendance, and it is desired by the local committee that all work- ers interest themselves in this mass meeting and take active part in the program to be mapped out. KIWANIS CLUB TO HOLD REGULAR MEET TOMORROW The Bemidji Kiwanis club will hold its regular meeting tomorrow noon following the regular weekly lunch- eon at the Elks-club rooms,; A com- mittee of bankers, members of the club, will have charge of the pro- gram, and a large attendance .is urged. S come, but the mere fact of getting together was held to augur well for the future. The Shantung question has reached a critical stage. E. H. DENU TO SUCCEED HARNWIELL AS DIRECTOR E. H. Denu was elected Tuesday noon at the meeting of the board of directors of the Civic and Commerce association to succeed G. Harn- well as a member of the board. Mr. Harnwell’s resignation was read and accepted yesterday. HARNWELL SELECTED FOR FERGUS FALLS POSITION G.'W. Harnwell, who recently re- signed as editor of The Fioncer, has heen advised that he has been sciected as joint secretary vf the Ferzus Falls Commercial club and the Otter Tail County Fair association, and will take up his new duties in Fergus Falls February 1. Some time ago Mr. Harnwell was invited by the dircctors of these as- sociations to appear before them per- sonally, which he did, and as a result he was selected for the position. Mr. Harnwell’s family wil. remain in Bemidji until the summer holidays when it is his intention to move them to Fergus Falis, i AVIATOR SEARCHES FOR Ice-Breaking Tugs From Port Arthur Join in Search for James Maher Duluth, Jan. 11.—Skirting the rocky island off the north coast of f.ake Superior and skimming over | the open water, Major Ray Miller of | St. Paul today began an airplane search for James Maher, missing com- missioner of Cook county Accompanied by Machinist Joseph Westover, acting as observer, Miller left here early today for Grand Port- age island, Isle Royale and Fort Will- fam. They are trying to sight the motor- boat in which Maher left Grand Port- age Decembeér 29, and which is be- lieved to have been lost. A motor | truck squad left for Grand Portage to establish a base for the airplane. L. Morty of the tank corps was in | command. ~ Ice breaking tugs from Port Ar- thur joined in the search. They are plying Thunder Bay in hopes of find- ing Maher. ) G. 0. P. SECRETARY DIES AT ST. PAUL HOSPITAL (By - Unfted Press) St. Paul, Jan. 11.—Clarence Miller, secretary of the Republican national committee, died late’ Tuesday in the Miller hogpital, one week after an operation for relief from appendicitis. Miller’s condition was critical from |the start, on account of the condition of his heart. Miller was one of the best known politicians in the country. His work in the Republican party in 1920 won him national recognition. ‘ Miller was born in Goodhue county, Minn., and educated in Minnesota schools. His body probably will be placed in a vault here and taken to his home at Pine Island for burial. D. J. MOORE RESIGNS AS LOCAL GUARD CAPTAIN D. J. Moore has tendered his resig- nation as captain of Company. K, local | National Guard, to take effect as soon | as possible. No acceptance has hennt received by Captain Moore, but he expects to receive notice within the next few days. Who will be appointed in his place is not yet known, but it is customary. to promote the first lieutenant to this position, which is now being held byi Harold Hayner. : BRITAIN INSISTS ON NO NAVAL COMPETITION (By United Pross) Cannes, France, Jan. 11.—A mem- orandum containing the cqndlcions upon which Great Britain will agree to a defence pact was issued here this afternoon. It makes the first conditions of the alliance that there shall be no naval competition between France and England and provides that British naval experts shall confer with France in view of the cutting down the lat- ter's program to prevent such com- petition. {LOCAL MEN OPEN GARAGE; TO HANDLE HUDSON LiNE B. W. Aldrich and Archie Naugle, both formerly employed at the C. W. Jewett Co. garage in this city, have openec a garage at Ketten’s on America_avenue, This new firm will handle Essex and Hudson cars. =y Whee-eeee! GEE, GOSH M oo s e me— re————— " RETAIL PRICE OF EGGS SETS NEW LOW MARKS (By United Press) Chicago, Janu. 11.—The re- tail price of eggs set new low marks for the winter today, when 6,000, dozen were dumped on the market. Speculators were unable to pay their marging and lost $900,000 in the crash, it was said. Fresh eggs retailed from 39 to 40 ‘cents and storage at 29 cents per dozen. LEGION TO ENTERTAIN BASKETBALL PLAYERS Following - the Company K-Grand Forks basketball game at the new armory tomorrow night, the Ra!ph Gracie post of the American Legion will entertain visiting and local teams at the rooms of the and Com- merce association, in conncction wth the regular bi-monthiy meeting of the Bemidji Legion post. The Grand Forks team is playing under the aus- pices of the Legion at Grand Forks and for this reason it has becn de- cided to invite the attendance of Loth teams at this meeting. The meeting will be called to erder at the regular, however, in erder to accommodate those memders who may not wish to attend th L and the business matters will i.e disposad of at that, time. Arrangements are now being made for a short program of entertain- ment, following which lanch will be served. All Legion members are es- pecially urged to attend and all visit- ors will be welcome. GATHERING FACTS TO BE USED IN STATE GAZETTEER Luke Kelly of St. Paul is in the city gathering facts and figures from the business and profesional men for the annual State Gazetteer, published by R. L. Polk & Co. Kelly has been calling on Be- midji people for some years and is desirous of securing cvery business firm in this directory. The Polk com- pany has been ing this book e year since 1870. It covers every cily village, town and hamlet in the statc and is a valuable source of informa- tion. =2 MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION » OF COUNTY FAIRS MEETS (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 11.—The annual meeting of the Minnesota Association of County Fairs was in session at the capitol today. Eighty-six counties of the state have representatives pres- ent. MINNEAPOLIS ENJOYS NEW GAS RATE, EFFECTIVE TODAY (By United Press) Minneapolis, Jan. 11.—Minneapolis is today paying 9 cents less per thous- and feet of gas than yesterday. The former rate of $1.11 was ordered cut to $1.02 recently by Judge W. F. Booth, United States district court, and goes into effect today. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR CHARLES DEARDORF Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Metho- dist ‘church for Charles Deardorr, who passed away at University hod pital, Minneapolis, last Saturday after a short illness. Dr. G. H. Zentz, pas- tor of the church, officiated. Mr. Deardorf had been principal of the consolidated school at Spur during the present school yca:. Pre- vious to that he was principal at the consolidated school at Northern. He leaves a wife, two sons, his mother, and several brothers and sise ters. A host of friends extend their heartfelt sympathy to the family du.- ing their bercavement, Interment was made in Greenwood cemets under the direction of M. &. Ibo son, funeral director. QUINCY BROOKS RESIGNS FROM CITY SCHQOL BOARD At a meeting of the school board Tuesday evening, the resignation of Quincy Brooks was accepted. 'z cessor has as yct not bee; lected, is expecied thut tli's will be done within a few days. HIGH ARMY OFFICERS CALLED BY‘-CQMMITI'EE Answering to Chnr;ec That American Soldiers Were Hanged Without Trial (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 11.—Iligh army officers were called before the senate investigating committee today to an- swer to the charges that Ameri soldiers were hang:d without trial in France. One of the officers called was Col Joseph Hahn of Camp Benning, Ga., charged by a doughboy with the lynching of a negro soldier at Gievres, France. Hahn at that time was cap- tain. Another witness was Col. Symods of Camp Sherman, Ohio, who com- manded the camp at Gievres. declared that only one sol was found guilty of murder, was hanged at Giev: e e e For Second Time, Comedian’s Lawyers Will Attempt to” Prove Him Innocent BATTLE ROYAL LOOKED FOR IN THIS SESSION Expected That Evidence Will Follow Same General Line as-in First Trial By M. D. Tracy (United Press Staft Correspondent) San Francisco, Jan. 11.—Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle went to trial again today. For a second time he sat down irra defendant’s chair to look on while Lis lawyers tried to prove to the world n general and to a jury of twelve in payticular, that the “man who made millions laugh,” did not take the life of Virginia Rappe. Arbuckle has béen in Los Angei his home town, since the jury dis- agreed at the first trial. He has re- mained largely in seclusion, keeping his 240 pound frame out of the public view as much as possible. The court battle beginning today was expected to be a battle royal. “We will prove beyond a doubt Mr. Arbuckle’s innocence,’ declared Gavin McNab, chief counsel for the defense. “The jury disagreed at the last trial, but morally Arbuckle was vindi- cated then. This time we feel certain the vindication can be made legal and will sweep away for all time the shad- ow which this charge of which Ar- buckle is innocent, has cast over his life.” “We believe that we can prove to the satisfaction of any fair-minded jury that Arbuckle is guilty of man- slaughter,” was the gtatement of Dis- trict Attorney Matthew Brady, who personally will direct the prosecution. “We have evidence which was not introduced at the first trial which we can now bring into court if we deem necessdry.”" For the most part it was expected the evidence would follow the same general lines as in the first trial. The state will attempt to prove that Ar- buckle forced unwelcome attention upon Miss Rappe while she was a guest in hif suite at the Hotel St. Francis here on Labor day, that he assaulted her and that in the course of the assault she suffered injuries which caused her death. The defense will rely largely on the denial of the charges by Arbuckle himself and by setting up a long series of coun- ter 'theoru- supported mainly by medical expe: to explain how Miss Rappe was injured. PRIZES FOR BEST SCORES INCREASE BILLIARD INTEREST Much interest in billiards has been created at the Recreation Billiard Parlors where the management has offered prizes for the best score of the week. Last week, L. Lindman cap- tured all three pi th a high run of 10 in billiards, 20 in straight poc! et billiards, and 23 in snooker, T high runs for the season ending April 1, is led by E. Eickstadt with 32 in snooker, while H. S. Adams has 33 in straight pocket billiards and 20 in billiards. COUNTRY CLUB WILL HOLD ANNUAL MEETING THURSDAY, The Bemdji Country club will hold its annual meeting Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the rooms of the Civ and Commerce association. Officers for the new year will be elected and reports for the past year will be heard. Erection of a club house will be discussed as will also the proposition of acquiring land for another nine- hole course. Consequently the present officers urged that there be a'large flttemlflncc at this important mecte ing. ——— i TRANSPORT, BRINGING U. 5. * TROOPS HOME, IS LEAKING New York, Jan. 11.-—The trans< port Crook, with 800 troops aboard, is leaking 600 milés off New York, but will be able to make port undex her own steam, according to a wires less received today. The ship, due here tomorrow, ig proceeding at reduced speed and is to arrive Friday. The troops atoard are from the army of occupation i Germany. They embarked at Ant- werp, i RAILWAY BROTHERHOODS TO GIVE DANCE THIS EVENING Members of Bemidji’s four railroad brotherhoods have in store for this evening what promises to be a very enjoyable social time. A charity bali, the proceeds of which are to be used for local relief work among the needy is bm'ng staged at the new armory this evening and plans are being made for an exceptionally large crowd. Good music is assured-and the public ig invited to atten, — ——