Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 21, 1922, Page 1

e ————————————— The Pioneer is the only daily | \vichir.; 100 miles of Bemidji and has . the largest. circulation in Northern Minnesota. : The number of persons applying for_ citizenship | examination - at the i .I-‘ebrunlr?y he:rm of “} opens. February than usual.‘Only !eizfit;pernoas have ly overy ferm of coutt hasieen from| | Loy oidhicn of the lumber : 30 to. 30 applicants for citizenship.| : Tunjuer “Amum r dt are .production, shipment Representatives . of Roosevelt "Anumber who failed to appear at ghs ::du:rtzu. according to the American ¥ last -examination and .a-number who |30 6 International Highway to- i‘:illege to pass the tests at.that time|Lumberman, Therefore, a_careful X s o i1y i Address Assaciation oppo! study of these figures and unbiased this hl;: e’::d‘\:"r‘:‘i:rié ex m::fi'{fi% deductions from ‘the facts are of dis- Natura on Examiner’ ?c K. tinct aid to the Ilumberman who sthx?: of Duluth will conduet .the tests as|ies the murket.-.ngwses dofi::;:n':1 ‘{cg: LAN FIELD AND -ROAD before. incerrect deducml:ns rawn P B 3 : “Those who have applied for citizen- | ures .Tgodfi, o r:::e::‘:i“ e - SERVICE DEPARTMENT ship hearing_since the last term of | 0 e foratt;sexvice estimat, 3 3 court ,are: Charles Ludwig Larson, ed. lumber production in Norwsgjan, Stanley; John Fanspets, | States at 83,798.800,000 board - fect . iayifor New Swede, Louis; Otto Hjalmar Peterson, and for th‘; year Jhellsioc':labt;:nhsl :'e‘: More Active Campaign ‘Swede, Four Towns; Elizabeth Cath. | Prting to the National Lu N Aol f - ) ’.-asgociation .listed a pro- Year Planned By Heads of [erine Coyne, Canadian, - Faunce; 3%::;;1\3,761.600,000 board foot, T. R. Association g::fi‘mwefiz,i&?"h“,'fifis-,*-‘:s""gfli For 1921 the production of the same Stnvrnula’ki!, Greek, Bemidji; Frank |associations reporting to the Nation- John Struck, German, Turtle River; |2)Lumber Manufacturers ‘“‘“’g‘!"" The Theodore ‘Roosevelt Inten\a-‘!Priedrich' Rosenow, Gérman, Pine- v;l.sial;;so,za:l.ooo ‘:’;'d !e'et{ s:'}"fi ional Highway -association will b !waod. . r|the above :figures.dud -applyiog th tional Highway Lunche of the ! ¢ law of proportion, .tho cut of 1921 in represented by J. T. Lunc ! the United States is estimated:as be- i}r;ze&r'n\}t(i:fi\“ol[hé::gfiagxg 8;,‘3.‘:%.‘:; ARMY SQUAD DEFEATS ing 25,000,000,000 board fect. It Duluth at the regular s :) oul!]d be _qpv; 'sizedf that 25.600f- ks of Dului K g o 00,000 be~" t roduction is S'the Civie and Commerce 2 -CASS-LAKE CITY TEAM "% o estimate, 1 Wednesday noon. % They are planning .thc‘frentxon of - a field and road. ervice departmen_t, l’n(clud-Up Bemi dji a larger publicity program: and & morc; > eI active campaign for 1922, which: willy be fuliy outlined by thesc men atthi mecting, S, 3 ; m tion and it Team feet. It.isa /Wins: Clzce Game Friday Night; Score"_l‘is;to 17 sev hut it is-based | at the same \pacity pro- same number of\’ pon’:ed 'tulenclzl as: i . (R Every lumberma Unbeknown to Bemidji fans, the assumptions are not éntirely accurate. provide the .support Bemidji Army basketball team trav- N, agsociation. has the same numbor | «eled to Cass Lake Friday noon.and of miils report to it each year; the structive_program on a thoroughly played the Cass Lake city team there proquction: of .cach species of wood | businesslike basis. This membership Friday night and won by a score of yariasfrom year to year, Furthermorc | evidenced by signed lists, in the form 18 to 17. Considering that the Be- tpe aetivities of ‘the small mills are of a petition, also provides the agency midji team did not nave its regular ¢ takon -into consideration ang it! through which the ideal of a standard line-up, the fact that the game .was i well known that in comparatively conerete highway can be attained. that close is accounted for. Islack years—such as at least the first It is o well known fact that our: Fred Phibbs led the scoring for ha'f of 1921 was—the production of government has, for some time, been Bemidji with four field baskets.andgsmnn mills is much more severely re- entertaining-the-plan for establishing-two free.throws. He played.at the'stricted than that of large mills. But | stem-of federal .or military high- left forward position. Achenbach; at the law of compensation of error | ways. one of which is-to parallcl the ‘right forward, scored two field goals, i enters in, which law is on the side-of Canadiap border. Here.then, is the and Cameron, at center, also £cored accuracy of the estimate. Charles 8. | solution to this problem. ... .two. Late and Opsahl, at the guard Keith, an.article .published in the | The Roosevelt Highway, - as it is posxtlonn?/omp]etcd the Bemidji line- December, 1917, issue of the Amer- now marked, fits -almost ‘perfectly .up.: - ) iean Lumbertitan, estimated 1921 pro- | this plan‘of the northern route.’This - For Cass Lake, M. Johnson led the tContinned on Page &) association ‘must 'be propetly. .pre- . s¢oring with four-field baskets; ‘A. pared to go beford the congressional Secarbo seored- one; H. Scarbo two;! hi o et o s e e boe ot ot e COMMISSION REPORTS TELEPHONE VALUATION member:hips I necessary for promoting a broad, con- W, Montreal, ‘Canad: The next in- ternational \ Eucharistic Congress- is to be held in-Rome on May 25, 1922. Woman Roomer ‘Heard a Noise ‘About 12:30; ‘Man-Roomer ‘Was Also ‘Aroused LISTENED FOR MOMENT; THEN RETURNED TO BED Gummer Shows First Signs of Nervousness When Bloody Exhibits Are Shown (By United Frl!!? Valley City, N. D, Jan. 21.—At least two persors heard Marie Wick as she struggled—a terrified little! country girl in a strange hotel in a° strange town—with the base intruder who came to attack her. They were aroused, listened for a moment andy then ;turned over and went to sleep | while the girl was' gagged, attacked; and Jeft to lie in helpless terror for three hours when, the state says, the! moron returnéd and murdered the! girls i . ! One of the woimen roomers, State's ! Attorney Green declared in his open- ing statement, heard a noise about| 12:30. * One of the men roomers said yesterday afternoon that sometim¢ during the night he was awhkened by noses. He raised his window and| listened, then, as all was: quiet, he! went back to bed. So hard did the brute, that killed Marie, strike her that the nozzle was bent. The nozzle, it was said, fits in- to-the dent in the wall aboye the bed on which Maric Wick died. Il It took from 150 o 170 stitches to ! upthe cuts in the grl's head Figuring 15 stitches to the inch, this would mean there were 11 inches of | cuts on her head and face, according to the testimony of the undertakés.) The key which Marie used to her room’t has never been found. i Yesterday Mr. Lawrence, the for-{ mer proprictor, testified that therc’ were two keys to the room. - The bed-! "elothes, mattress, gags and Landages, stained with Made'y life b’)d W exhibitkd before Witnesse: Gummer showed the first signs of nervousness when Sheriff Cramer was on the stand and when the bloody ex- hibits were displayed. COMMISSION TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON CHARTER A’ question box regarding the new city cqh'arter to be conducted _throqgh the columns of The Pioneer is being planned by a committee of the char- ter commission, headed by Miss Mabel ‘Wager. . The idea is to -have any one who has a question to ask, send the same | to The Pioneer office, which will be published that same evening and an- swered by the commission in the next issue. i ! ‘This should prove an interesting feature ang will doubtless bring out new ideas and-tend to give all a bet- ter understanding of the wurl_nngs of the proposed charter. Suggestions are also welcome at all times. . The public. is invited to send in questions. No one is barred and an-| swers will: be -made promptly and to the point.: ta most artistic manner, making a in west. Sunday east and south. 88c PER MONTH MATERIAL FOR ST. PAUL “Audiencs at M. 'E. Chi in Fine Recital | g .h le. of Never :before have the people. o Bemfi;{ heard such a delightful con- cert -as that. given by Miss. Allce‘ o~ selius at the Methodist church ‘Fri- day ‘evening. She possesses 8 sweet and charming personality which wins her audience ' completely ' before she utters a note. Her fflrst number, “Pace, Pace, Mio Dio,” from La Forza del Des-|around. Miguel Gonzoles is coming tino,” by Verdi, showed her true and powerful voice to excellent advan- tage. ‘This- was followed by a group of old favorites which included: “T'ye Been Roaming,” “So Sweete Is Shee,” “Believe Me if All Those En- dearing Young Charms” and “Loch Lomond.” These were very popular with the audience, and in response to the hearty applause she gracious- ly sang a charming encore. Miss Sjoselius’ next' offering was a group of Scandinavian songs which ing about March 1. STATE’S WITNESSES HOLD she sang with perfect enunciation and splendid dramatic effect. Her next group contained five short songs by Schumann, These were in the German'’ language d showo'dAhur to be a perfect master of the difficult | German pronunciation. j She apened her last group w.n_; he ‘Spinner” which was dedicated to her by the composer, Tonning. The most popular numbers in this group were “There Sits a Bird on Every Tree,” by Foote, and “An Open Se- eret,” which was the closing number. In t number her cle resonant; powerful voice. resounded in wonder- ful manner and the audience refused to leave their scats and clamored for more. Miss Sjosclius again re- sponded with charming encore. i The audience was most enthusi- astic throughout the entire program and reluctantly left the church, feel ing that this was by far the best pro. | gram of its kind ever given here, an expressing gratitude to the Woman'’s * ‘ reat Rn]sho\v fis Iness tudy club. for bringing so g artist to the Miss Sjoselius was accompanied ' by Mr inj | fitting background for the singer. DECLAMATORY CONTEST PLANKED FOR FEBRUARY Forty-two schools with 168 entries will participate in the Northwestern Minnesota high school declamatory and oratorvical contest, which will be conducted during February, A series of eclimination contests is plapned and the successful con- tenders will participate in the dis- trict. finlals, from which will be chos- en two to énter the state finals at St. Paul. Local high school conténders are being coached by Miss Esther Young of the high school faculty and indi- cationg are that Bemidji will be well represented in the contests, MRS. C. M. BACON'S NEPHEW SERIOUSLY HURT IN FALL Oscar B. Russness, assistant cashier of the Moorhead National bank, who has visited in Bemidji frequently at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and ‘Mrs. C. M. Bacon,:was seriously injurcd early “Wednesday evéning when ‘he fell’ down ‘a flight-of stairs, landing on a concrete floor below. Members of ‘the family, according to the Fargo Forum, claim that. bones in his neck are broken,” dcspite the failure of examinations to disclose exactly what the injuries consist of. n ;. . as a federal or military project there- “Cass'Lake ]lne-ug. by affording congress a just andlegi- - -Bemidji has a hard week ahead with i egson; - -for »_nppmgriqtinz(nmwfiflg 2 Gl s Al ‘finances :for -its zstandard - construc- -mflfit,.flh e; ;hnud Ppoi byF'lA.rgo “(By United Press) - ! tion. It is only possible to do this by or ‘Moorhead. The team leaves bere| St. Paul, Jan, 21.—T il- showing ‘our sangresamen 'tkhflt ffltlfiz“' ondey morning, it is-announced: |;0u4 and iv:rkhouse c::-:::;i: atlol constituency is.salidly *back ‘o 3 5 - ; ¥ A . 2 association by .showing them signed ‘A. E. JOHNSON TAKES OVER < |33Y announced its valuation of the lists, from every town and. ecity ERWIG NEWS STAND HERE Tri-State _afid . Northwestern Tele- throug](l! which this high\val))' passes, of s phone ' companies’ properties aftcrt bona fide supporting members. 5 e - 0 ioati A memgerl;l;fip ingthis associationis' “A.“E, Johnson has purchased the fln:;: i :‘ m’lestxgano'n. an investment in a sound and feasible Erwig News Stand-.on Beltrami ave- e companies’ valuations were buriness “enterprise. ‘which is bring- ‘nue, having taken, possession Friday |found ‘to .be $14,000,000 above the ing development and .trade to. your morning. Mr. Johnson will make his|commission’s valuation. While this very door. Cooperation will put any- headquarters for the Minneapolis|may mean lower telephone rates thing over. Success.depends on the Journal at this stand and_ will con-|within the next few months in Min- public. duct a-modern news stand. He will lnesota, Commissioner O. P. B. Jacob- e increase his stnck"of mahgazmes lnnd son said, “this was a matter for con- newspapers as well as other supplier, | sideration.” BEMIDI1 LABOR LEAGUE | and solicits the patronage f the pub: It was reported today, the tele 1 this fres y - MEETS SUNDAY AFTERNCON lic for this line of business. 5‘0’? d?m'p“‘:: ;re prepared tio‘lsk s ; y e q the federal court for an injunction to All members of the Bemidji Labor KING GUSTAV,E OF SWEDEN restrain the Railroad and Warehouse League and all other working people | ~ ‘SUFFERING WITH'INFLUENZA | commission from attempting to take who are interested are urged to at-| —_— any action to reduce. telephone rates. tend the meeting of that organization! - Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 20— A.t the. same time it was reported that Sunday - afternoon -at - the..rooms of King Gustave .of ‘Sweden is ill with city officialy in St. Paul and M!nne- the Civic and Commerce association lnfluequ, :it was -announced today. |apolis are prepared to start action to at 2 o'clack. Artangements.are being The king had.a slight fever and was |secure lower telephone rates. . made for a speaker on the proposed being administered to by the royal : city charter. Endorsement of. candi- physician. g dateg ml):’ be made :.or t}l;e, offices of —_— mayor and assessor for the. next cit; fl‘uml !u!m OWN election. Other il;‘l‘po:':‘ant busines: ? CA To : to come up. at this time. £ 1 J. P. Lahr will give a talk on the| - NOBEL Pmm'lsm municipal goverfiment. Mr..Luhr thor- e i e ol:me understands_the subject and | e 7 will bé at his best. Taere will be dis- Subseriptions to Woodrow Wil cussion open to all . son’ 'Foundation Fund to Make Awards for Service SLIGHT CHANGE TO BE MADE IN G. N. OFFICE AT CROOKSTON tdi i Amierica is to have its own Nobe! Tig::u{g;n&:: thit:\ tchreo onr?:: N‘::t,;,{ll"'izes, if the present free-will offer- vh 3 4 {ing of funds for the Woodrow Wilson ot rai}way offices, efleqtlve Febm'lmednicm is the success which pres- ?;’;.tl",fl’z;g f?;cfi";l.’,’ :h fl;fi:tflfit::fs' { ent indications predict it will be. The e % ent’s office, in which the accounting, | TSt Week of the appeal has now i i r . i be very difficult timekeeping, ete., are done, and:the | Passed.ibut it would ry d dispatcher's office in which the work | 10 estimate the amount which has al- of handling the train orders and carl"“dy been offered toward this fund, ' movements is done, are to be moved!Ev"{ ’.“'& m fl!e“Un;D? and every f from, Crookston to Grand Forks, the | founty-inl the various states is organ- announcement states. Previous an- ized with a special committee in nouncements were to the effect that %&'fnfl?h' fl?fiac' VIV.‘Smnhn the changes would be miore drastic. || § is ‘chalrman of the Eom- |- b l‘nitte:::_ol;l B;:trar:i cougtyi,gzhet i]‘;xola for icl 8- been designated at CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY & about '$400. Subscriptions are. being ived: by Hi-C: T, Another mem- e Beltrami county commit- RN 71t is the present purpose of the A number of matters of import. |foundation ‘to raise the endowment. ance ate to come up for consideration |When that- has ‘been done aboard at the regular meeting of the d&yé““mefi‘”‘mp"?“ of eminent Am- council Monday evening. The. second | $H¢uns will be appointed and entrust- reading of the proposed building eade \ed .with the administration of ‘tie will be heard at that time and any.‘fund‘and the.granting of the awards amendments or changes will ‘then be [XOF “meritorious :service to -democ- offered. p | Facy, public welfare, .hbt;-ml thought, Appointment of judges of clection|®! .p:'“ through justice.” N for all but the Fifth ward will ;be}, The expense of the organization made, according to an announcement | 183 been tnderwritten through spe: _, at the last regular meeting. Thése for | ¢ial subscription. Every dollar re- -7 the Fifth ward were recommended | €ived during the period of the publi- " by Alderman Bridgeman.at that tim~ |#BPeal;.and before that time, will go and passed on by the} council. -All {toward ‘the .permanent endowment. members of the council are requested to be present and.ell other persons interested in thq affairs of the .city' are invited to- attend. s s b very subscriber will be entitled to u,:?v:u ~an afmitic certificate, a re- production of the design commemor- ating the founding, ey iy - et e e — g - o o i i) e g - £ Néi Income WELL, WE STILL HAVE QR HEALTH) MIW ST s e ———— (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. K 21.—Although hockey at present is commanding the attention of outdoor sport lovers, Mike Kelly, manager of the St. Paul association baseball team, is hard at work lining up a team that wiil make | pensant contenders.. According to the announcement, several -of the oldtimers . including Burns, ‘Haas, Reese Williams, Eddie Foster, Duke Duncan, Leo Dressen, Nick Allen and Joe Riggert, will be misging when the 1922 season rolls from Cincinnati to catch for St. Paul. The majority of the players slated to be missing are to be used in trades. Kelly has ncgotiations on with a southern league team also one for a trade with a Pacific coast team and has several players due him from the big leagues for players sent up last scason and the season before. Kelly also announced that the team will report for training March 10 with the pitchers and catchers report- UP CLOSING OF TRIAL District Attorney Brady Asks That Original Testimony of Witnesses Be Shown By Uaited I'ress) | San Franciseo, Jan. 21.--Dis Attorney . Brady was up in arms to- day at the charges of two state’s wit nesses that he and his deputies had forced them to sign a false state- ment against Roscoc Arbuckle. Brady announced that he would flatly demand of Judge Louderbach that Zay Prevost and Alice Blake, irls, the state’s two star wit s whose testimony at this trial prove ng, This will give Lrady permission to p'ace Detective Mattesor and the court stenographers, who took the nal disputed: statement in short. theil original notes exactly what the witne: aid: Brady spid that Zay Provost spe taneously !nnd without é"flifi?fi-‘ml o sisthnee declared that Virgina Rappe had cried in the presence of Arbuckle, ‘T am dying. T am ng. He hurt me.” As for Alice Blake she volunta Jy came to the police .station and thade her statement, many of the taila of which “she hns now forgot- ten.” 5 Brady's re-opening of this testi- nony may delay the state in closing ts cave against the comedian toduy as planned. : ACTIVITIES ARE RESUMED ON CAYUNA IRON RANGE . Brainerd, Jan. 20.—The Cayuna iron range of Crow Wing county is stirring from its lethargy. After months of apathy the Big Croft un- derground mine of the John A. Sav- age_company in Croshy commenced work. The Savage people also have two drills at work at their Sagamore mine at Riverton and in addition are doing much improvement work st their drying plants. CO-OPERATIVE STORE T0 HAVE NEW QUARTERS Will Move Next Week to New Kaplan-Robertson Block 7 on Second Street \ The Peoples Co-operative Store, which is being conducted under the direction of Morrig Kaplan, will move next week into thé new Kaplan-Rob- ertson building on Second street, next to the new Kaplan flats. /Fhis-building is practically complet- éd and will be ready for occupancy next week. The present quarters in the Schroeder building are for rent, but.no definite arrangement. hus been made as yet for.a tenant. - The néw 'quarters comprise 7,000 sfiuna feet on ‘the ground floor and will provide:ample ‘Zoom for the pur- Posas of the Peopley store. ent. will be con- d, and the gro- “andl’ bullders’ hard- s nfinged under the di- fr. Kaplan. lan, accordifig to Mr. Kaplan, bulk mercandise and to bulid o ‘ge business direct to the con- sumer. A great many farmers are in- terested financially in this institu. tion and an earnest effort to cstab: lhhda paying supply house will he made. CITY PARK.BOARD WILL HOLD MEETING MONDAY An officigl m-zeting of the city park board will be held Monday after- noon at 3 o’clock at the rooms of t| Civic and Commerce association. Mat- o) hand, .on ‘the stand and show from b ARMSPARLEY ° PACTS WILL BE MADE INTO ONE Four-Power Pacific, Five-Power Limitation and Nine-Power _Far East Included - '] FORM FOLLOWS THAT USED AT THE HAGUE “Naval Holiday” Not Used But Replacement and Scrapping Provide for That s — ‘(Hy United Preas) Washington, Jan, 21.—The four- power Pacific, the five-power naval limitation and the nine-power Far Eastern treaties, with other agree- nients of the arms conference, will be bound together into a single pro- tocol for submission to the senate and other world ratifying bodies. This form follows that used at The Hugue and ather international gath- erings. In this way the United States government can submit to the senatc the fruits of the conference in un imposing unit. Leaders helieve that the psycho- logical effect of such a movement will be good. Disposition of Article (XIX, the Pacific fortification Jimitation clause of ll!c naval treaty, is still awaiting acquieseence or rejection of its pro- gram. The two sections dealing with per- mitting sus sion or abrogation of the naval treaty upon due notice in case of a change of circumstances, war or a threat of war, have been Ilvflnunch:nu(«':l in the final treaty draft. . The *n hol'day” is not used, but the replacement and scrapping chart provides for it by designating a ten-year period in which no ships or carriers, only specified exceptions, can be built. Capital ships, in the case of ships creafter built, are designated as el of war, not an aircraft ca whose displacement exceeds 10,- 000 tons, standard displacement, or which “carricd n 'gun ‘with ‘n calibre exceeding eight inches. An areraft carrler is designated as a vessel of war with a displucement in excess of 10,000 tons, standard splacement, especially designed for carrying aircraft: CARNIVAL BOGSTERS AT ST. PAUL GETTING BUSY (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 21.—Curnival boosters today started the ball rolling to make the Mid-winter Carnival to be held here January 31 to February 4 the “best yet.” . Business men have called a meet- ing of their employes and plang in general are in the making for five days of real frolicking. Plans have been completed for the erecting of five toboggan slides in different parts of the city to be used in the celebration, PREUS RENEWS PLEA FOR STATE-WIDE POLICE FORCE (By United Pross) St. Paul, Jan. 21,—Governor Preus today renewed a pfl: for a state po- lice forece. What he described as a terrible erime wave shows the neces- sity of a state-wide constabulary sys- tem. The recent strike in So. St. Paul was used as an illustration. The governor suid strike disorders would have been eliminated altogether if state police had been on the job. The governor made his plea for a state police system to county attor- neys of the state, assembled in annual convention. — BISHOP BENTALL EN ROUTE TO FT. LEAVENWORTH TODAY (By United 8) St. Paul, Jan. 21.—Bishop Bentall, former editor of The Truth, was held in jail here today awaiting to start for Ft. Leavenworth to serve a two- year sentence. Bentall was found guilty of a.ses ditious speech at Hutchinson, Minn., in 1917. He formerly published Tho Truth at Duluth, Minn, ) RALPHGRACEPOSTTO MEET THURSDAY NIGHT The next regular meocting of the Ralpht Gracie post of the American Legion, to be held at %he rooms of the Civie and Commerce association next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, prom- ises to result in even more entertain- ment than the last regular meeting when the largest attendance of the winter was present. This next meet- ing will be the last before the anaun! meeting, the second Thursday in Feb- ruary, when officers for the new year will be nowed and annual business attended to. Clayton Johnson has promised to ters pertaining to the toboggan ¢lide. ‘provide for the entertainment at the sponsored by the board, will be taken up at that time. All persons inter- ested in any way arc invited o be present. et e e\ meeting next week tendance of members and prospective members is urged, all being assurcd of something worth their while, and a large