Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 30, 1922, Page 1

& The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota. A e e EMIDJI DAILY PI sMuAL'pscttle(l weather o and Tuesday; probably snow; muchcolder Tuesday; cold wave in_west portion tonight. R YEY VOLUME XIX, NO, 249 " Ways and Means Committee of House Completes Héarings on Taxation Amendment MAY MAKE ALL BONDS " SUBJECT TO TAXATION Opinion Is That Taxpayers Would Be Benefited By Halting Exemptions Wasington, D. C., Jan. 30.—Hear- ings before the ways and means com- mittee of the house of representa- tives on the constitutional amend- . ment to make state and municipal bonds subject to taxation closed Sat- urday. The proceedings will -be printed for distribution this week. Early favorable action by the com- mittee is expegted. “Street car fares would be lower and clectric light and gas cheaper if public utilities were not compelled to compete with tax-exempt secur- ites in the money markets,” said P. H. Gadsden of Philadelphia, repre- 3 nting utility associations. He stat- ¢l that some companies had been obliged to pay 12 per cent for money because investors who had formerly purchased their bonds now prefer 5 per cent tax-exempt secur- ities. 3 Tax experts, farmers, financiers, a labor representative and treasury officials testified that the nalional treasury, states and taxpayers would be benefited by abolishing tax ex- emptions. ~ Congressman McFadden, author of the resolution, was the first of near- ly 20 witnesses who argued' in fuvor of the amendment. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, and former Assist- ant Secretary Leflingwell declarad that it would improve financial con- ditions and reduce general taxation if government securities were taxed. Mr. Leffingwell said that tax exemp- tion impairs government credi by reducing its resources. He stated that the government would be better off if it had made Il Liberty loans taxable. Dr. Edwin Seligman of Columbia university also insisted that the na- tional government made a serious blunder in making Liberty bonds ex- empt from taxation. He demon- strated that the federal treasury is loging $300,000,000 a year by loss of taxes in excess of the gains re- ceived through reduced interest rates. He proved that the continued exemption of state and municipal bonds would soon seriously impair the taxing resources of states and the nation. Representatives of the National Association of Real Estate Board said that home-building in cities has been destricted and rents raised be- cause investors buy tax-exempt se- curities instead of loaning on new buildings. Expert statisticians showed that the farm mortgages: of the country are now $8,000,000,000, and that the Federal Lank banks are carrying $415,000,000, only. 5 per cent of the total amount. Ninety-five per cent of the farmers are paying higher in- terest rates and higher taxes because capital is diverting to tax-éxempt se- curities. Annual issues of tax-ex- empt state and municipal bonds in- creased five-fold from $262,818,814 in 1918 to $1,305,868,916 in 1921, with prospects of still further in- creases in' 1922, 5 HARNWELL LEAVES TUESDAY TO TAKE UP NEAW DUTIES G. W. Harnwell, who resigned as editor of The Pioneer the first of the year, expects to leave tomorrow af- ternoon to take ur his new duties at Fergus Falls as joint secretery of the Fergus Falls Commercial “club and the Ottertail County Fair association. His family will remain here until the summer school vacation, when Mr. Harnwell expects to move them to his new home. Mr. Harnwell’s many friends wish him the best of success in his new duties and regret that he and his family are to,leave Bemidji. APPEAL FOR MAGAZINES IS BRINGING RETURNS Response to the appeal of Sun- day School Missionary W. S. Cum- mings for magazines and . papers to be distributed among the farmers in this community has so far been very gratifying. A large number of local persons have donated books and mag- azines, but still many more can be used to ;iood advantage. The re- quest still holds good and any who have magazines which they will will- ingly give Mr. Cummings .for dis- tribution are asked to either leave them at the Sentinel or the Pioneer office, or notify the office by tele- phone so that Mr. Cummings may call for them. K Those who are receiving this read- ing material are very grateful to the donors, and Mr. Cummings assures all that the material is being put to the best of use, .| building at the head of Beltrami ave- " BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1922 PER MONTH . = A DESPITE SHALL OrE Tatal ‘of 204 Votes Cast on $100,000 Schiool Issiie; Only 38 Vote Against It Althcugh only a "very small per- centage of the voters of the school district cast their ballots Saturday afternocn and evening at the Central school building, the 100,000 bond is- sue to complete the new high school nue carried by a majority of about 4 to 1. A total of 204 votes were cast, 166 for and 38 against. Mrs. F. F. Netzer, clerk of the school board, announces that the majority of the votes cast were cast by vot- ers livine e’ distance from the polling | hile others 6nly a few ocl § iled to vote at all. A muc 3 ¢ vote would undoubt- edly ha ln appreciated by the board, b large majority voting for the gives the board a strong v confidence, neverthe- less. ..:. f - This { rst issue -of school bonds vq :e the old high school bailding' ..as destroyed by fire and it 4s. considered that this issue will take care of the ‘expense of install- ing a heating, plumbing and ventilat- ing- plant- in' the new school and equip the building with apparatus and other necessary school furniture. During' the spring, before the old high school building burned, an issue of $235,000 was authorized and this ‘money was intended at that time to be used to build a junior high school or to corstruct an addition to the old high scheol. However, after the old school was destroyed, the board de- cided to‘use the issue toward con- structing the new-buildings - = OTTO HORNS TO OPEN .. - MARKET ON BELTRAMI Otto Horns, who with his family came to Bemidji last fall from Buf- falo, N.. D., plans to open a meat market in the Wheelock building on Beltrami avenue about Monday or Tuesday of next week, according to an announcement made by him' this forenoon. The' store will be located in the building formerly occupied by the radiztor repair shop. The new store will be known as the Handy ‘Market. Mr. Horns plans to carry a com- plete line of meats and the usual stock of canned foods found in mar- kets of that kind. The building is|® now being put in shape for this line of business. Prior to coming to Bemidji, Mr. Horps was engaged in farming for several years. Previous to that time 'he was engaged in the meat business in Iowa. He plans to conduct a first- class mest shop and will make defin- ite announcement of the opening of the store soon. London, , Jan. growing unemplorment and world- of trade, E;nrope's.day. T £ UK British ' Merchant Declares That Economic Interest of All Europe Is at Stake INSISTS THAT GERMANY IS NOT SHAMMING NOW L 'Europe’s’ Statésmen 'Planning Mighty Move to Hasten Reconstruction By Lloyd Allen, . (United Press Staft Correspondent) wide paralysis statesmen are move to hasten Europe’s reconstruc- tion. 30.—Alarmed. at; planning a’ mighty English publicists in the main agree rehabilitation will be most dif- ficult until the following problems have been readjusted, or solved: -1. German reparations must be re- considered. 2. Russia should be put on her feet. 3. Europe’s debt to America must be rediscussed. By réadjusting the German arations payments it is hoped to re-| store confidence financial situation and alleviate the present debacle of the exchanges. It is considered Germany should no longer be com- pelled to print huge issues of paper mark in order to find money to buy foreign gold currency to meet rep- arations payments. rep- in the European imperative that British publicists are pointing out that rigid insistence on Germany’s| paying reparations in money is in- flicting serious damage to the entire European industrial world—includ- ing England. Major Keith Trevor, partner in a 1Codtinued on Fage 6) 000,000, DAKOTA ROAD ENGINEER CHARGES WASTED FUNDS (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 30.—Near- ly one-half of the money spent in North Dakota on road building, $14,- of the $35,000,000, wasted, according to Assistant State Engineer J. H. Kaulfaus, who blames the system. During the period of alleged waste 500 boards of county commissioners and 17,000 boards of township su- pervisors had a share in directing the work, at an average expenditure of $1,600 each. CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET TONIGHT TO CONSIDER CODE To hear the second reading of the vroposed building code, the city council will meet in adjourned ses- sion .at the council chambers this eve- ning at 8 o’clock. Two weeks ago the first reading was held. At this meeting any amendments or changes to the code will be heard and acted upon. All persons interested are \yglc«:me to attend tonight. TOWNLEY COMPLETES or training Generally speaking, these men were without experience in road building, and if any had a system it was not discuss- ed with the other. ST. PAUL HOCKEY TEAM TO PLAY PITTSBURGH TONIGHT (By United Press) Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 30.—The St. Paul_Athletic club hockey tcam of St. ,Paul, is ‘here today. Paul and local sextet are scheduled to cross sticks on a local rink night.. The' two teams meet again tomerrgw. night. The St. was | to-| 7 “THE CLAN CALL” BEGINS IN PIONEER WEDNESDAY The pull of a strange fascina- tion took ' Bill Dale, ‘city-bred - FORELECTION Intense Political Fights in Its History bat ' mountain-minded, to the Tennessee hills. | Joining the Morelands, he . took up their friendship and enmities. Love healed one feud, but there was coal under David Moreland’s mountain, and a new feud wai Such is the tale of rare charm which is to appear in regular in- stallments in The Daily Pioneer, beginning Wednesday evening. All readers of the paper are urged not to miss this story. Hapsburg Liebe (Charles Haven Liebe), a native of the Tennessee mountai is the au- thor. The characters in this story are his own people and, better than any other writer, he knows and loves them. | | SENATOR HARRY S. NEW IS CENTER OF BATTLE Democrats Looking Forward STREET CAR FA}?E—CASE to the Contest Now With REOPENED IN ST. PAUL ~ Much Confdence (By United Press) | By Lawrence Martin, St. Paul, Jan. 30.—The fight of (United Press Staft Correspondent) the Twin City Rapid Transit com-| Washingt: Jan. 380. — When [ pany and the city of Duluth on the| \Vishington, i street car fares was opened here to-| along the banks — of the Wabas e t eating bt fl ! comes springtime, folks will begin At a recen earing before the S o eal nic | mission, the transit company placpd;‘,‘m_e' ich i3 just ano Y a valuation of $6,300,000 on its, ing that Indiana this year faces properties against the city expert’sione of the most intense and inter- es!(i,mtc of $4,500,000. | esting political situations in its his- 'n the outcome of tod ssion tory. sts the question of a e, six or| The only Indianian who appears to ven cent fare ffor Duluth. lstand little chance of getlingum}:c: The five cent fare now is operati y out of the situation is Unite under a restraining order pending de: | States Senator Harry S. New,_ who cision on a permanent rate. |z|]wnys has been a fighter. He is go- G AN ing to be the storm center of it all, TOM woN BO{JND OVER land if he gets safely through the | primaries in May, he will have an- | other tough time ahead of him in TO AWAIT mRY ACT[ON\ the November election. ( . ! Unless New is promoted out of politics into President Harding’s cab- v inet as postmaster-general in the nother China- | yeqntime, he intends to seck re-elec- 1 Cafe tion next fall—providing the Re- art this forencot: | publicans of Indiana nominate him, and was DOULT | They probably will, unless Beveridge over to await the action of the g .nd | mni pl\lnyl)o' they will anyhow. But jury at the February ternwof district [some of New’s ° friends wish they Co\}‘{”' "‘Kuc’““'“ o P klne\v a %lthis writiutg whe:hetr(BovtL;r‘; um Kee, the victim of the knife | jdge really means to contest for th battle, although scriously wounded, | nopination or not. and not expected to live at the time of Beveridge has been in retirement, the attack upon him, has recovered politically these many years. He has and was removed from the hospital virtually faded out as a national fig- {about a week ago. Charges a wsontinueu on Puge 8) Tom Won, Chin assaulting Hum Ket he Manda nto ¢ nati 1 t }:Von were pre rred “hy the s o e et v comnis 51| BEMIDJ ARMY SQUAD | awaiting preliminary ‘hearing. Fol lowing the hearing tuday he was re- ARR‘ANGES MORE GAMES committed to the cournty jail. The Bemidji Army team, which left here 'ast Monday morning for a week's tour, has evidently made plans for another tour to last through the present week. The information has been received that the team will play at Sauk Center tonight and at Fergus Falls tomorrow night. No game was played Saturday night, the game at Jamestown Fri- day night being the last of the northern tour. It is expected that cnough games will be arranged in that scction of the state where the boys now are to keep them on the tour until the last of this weck. BETTER FARMING CLUB VOTES TO SUPPORT RITCHIE | The Better Farm club, composed of farmers from Grant Valicy and Bemidji township: Lake school house dorsed Postmast P. Ritchie as a candidate to the state s from this district, pledging the to him. & { WILLIAM GUMMER CASE ABJOURNED TO MONDAY (By United Press) IOWA COLLEGE SHORT COURSE PROMISED BIG ATTENDANCE | | | | ) (By United Pre ey Ci . D, Jan. 30.-—Ad- wry 6 was tak-]1 Ames, lowa, Jun. 30.—The annual !en this morning by agreement be-| farmers short course will surpa all previous marks in attendance,” ac- cording to ly indications. "Every phase of agriculture will be dealt with in the course which will include cering as it relates to farming. Lectures and demonstrations will be given daily. in ‘the trial of Wil- cused of the death Grygla, Minn., girl. ary because Attorney ig reported im- | tween attornc; liam Guminer, of Marie Adjournment of the illaess of Green, who, however, | provin, JAILL SENTENCE TODAY Mluf“Givé Self Up to Fargo Sheriff Next Monday on Complicity Charge (By Unjted Press) Jackson, Minn., Jan. 30.—Arthur C. Townley was a free man again to- day. The president of the National Monpartisan league completed a 90 day sentence for violation of the state eupionage laws, and was re- leased from Jackson county jail at 10 o'clock a. m. today., Townley left immediately for the Twin Cities with friends in a closed car. _George H. Gilbert of Minneapolis piloted the machine. In it was Townley, H. C. Schumacker of Far- go, J. E. Gilbert of Minneapolis, H E. Merrick, Townley's secretary, and his wife. Another’ car with C. D Griffith and A. B. Gilbertson went ahead of the Townley car. Townlev refused to make any statement to newspaper men. The party plenned, however, to take Townley to St. Paul, where his wife is waiting for him. The meeting is expected to be at the Sherman hotei. Next Monday Townley must give himself up to Sheriff Kramer of Far- go on a charge of complicity in an al- leged embezzlement of the Scandina- vian-American bank. BEMIDJI FARMERS' CLUB HOLDS MEETING SATURDAY A meeting of the Bemidji Town- ship Farmers’ club will be held at the Carr Lake school on’ Saturday, Feb- ruary 4. There will be a grain dem- onstration, also a talk- on market- ing. A lurge attendance is urged. NEWISFACING ! HEARS PICKFORD CASE Should Court Reverse Decision of Lower Court, a Trial Will Be Result (By United Press) Carson City, Nevada, Jan. 30.— Nevada’s supreme court today heard arguments which will go far in deter- mining the future of Mary Pick- ford’s now famous divorce from Owen Moore. Attorneys for the little picture star and for the state of Nevada pre- sented orally their. contentions as to whether or not a Nevada court should pass on the legality of the divorce. Attorney General W. B. Fowler of Nevada charged that Mary, thru cstablishing a residence in the state by alleged fraud, rid herself of her unwanted husband. Mary's lawyers, composed of Gavin McNab of San Francisco and Judge P. A. McCarren of Nevada, declared that there is no precedent for the at- tack on Miss Pickford’s divorce and that Attorney-General Fowler is moved by an ‘“‘unwarranted promi- nently animosity” against a “person prominently before the public.” Neither Mary nor Owen Moore personally attended the hearing. The case came before the supreme court on appeal by the attorney gen- cral from a decision of the district court holding that the state had mno right to attack Mary’s divorce. The district court’s decision, if upheld by the supreme court, will mean that the suit brought by the state to an- nul the divorce cannot be pressed. Should the supreme court, on the other hand, reverse the decision of | the lower court, it wiil mean to determine whether Mary W gally divorced and on that will hinge the legality of her present marriage to Douglas Fairbanks. FEDERAL LICENSES TO HUNT MIGRATORY BIRDS . New-Anthony I te federal licenses Lo hunt migratory birds and for the es- tablishment of gwame refuges and public shooting grounds for such birds would thout 5,000,000 | the Bureau of United States De- culture, estimates. been favorably report- nate committee on pub- d surveys. In the hou the bill is in the committee on ay culture. bi Biological S partment of Ag The bill ha: I provides that each hunter birds shall obtain a fed- at a cost of ¥1 for the season, the licenses to be issued at any postoffice in the United States. Out of the proceeds, not less than 45 per cent is to be spent by the govern- ment, through a proposed Migratory Bird Refuge Comm . in buying or renting land su for the es- tablishment of migratory game bird refuges which would serve as breed- ing and feeding places for birds dur- ing the pi d of their flight north, or the close season, and as public shooting grounds during the open season. An additional 45 cent will be used for the enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Lacey Act and the remaining 10 per cent for expenses in issui i censes and other adminis penses. CHICOGA OPERA STAR ILL WITH APPENDICITIS B — Chicago, Jan. iep Mura- star of the Chicago Opera com- pany, was taker from her hotel today and rushed to the hospital for an op- cration for relief from appendicitis. NOTED EXPLORER DIES ON ANTARCTIC VOYAGE Sir Ernest Schackleton Passes Suddenly at Sea; Body to Be Sent to England (By United Press) Montevideo, Uraguay, Jan. 30.— Sir Ernest Schackleton, noted ex- plorer, who left London September 17, 1921, on a $0,000-mile antarctic January 5, 5. expedition died at 1922, off the South Georgia islur The body of the explorer was brought here to be shipped back to England, and the Little Quest, a 200- ton ship in which he started on a three-year exploration, will continue its voyage in accordance with his dy- ing wish The death of Sir Ernest Schackle- ton was due to angina pectoris. He was_overcome early on the morning of January 5, sent for his physician and died within three minutes. Sir Ernest had not previously complain- ed of illness. el Commander Frank Wild, who was second in command of the Quest, will continue the exploration. Schackle- ton had intended to take a voyage of 30,000 miles in search of various doubtful islands, which England could use for whaling, coaling and wireless stations. Wild, himself, is a prominent explorer, having spent ten years in the frozen seas. The body of Sir Ernest Schackle- i companicd back to Eng- it will be r with £ hy « n Hus- aster, many of whom bill | ¢ DEATH T MO‘ | in Washington Collapses; 113 Dead Early Today RESCUERS BELIEVE THAT DEAD MAY EXCEED 125 House and Senate Expected to Order Immediate Probe of Theatre Disaster (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 30.—(By Carl D. Groat)—The death toll caused by the collapse of the Knickerbocker theatre here Saturday night—one of the greatest moving picture theatre catastrophes in the history of the country—stood at 113 early today. Deaths were reported hourly from the hospitals + throughout the city where 144 injured victims of the dis- re near death, are cared for. Pol officials and rescue wo believed the number would p: 5 E. H. Shaugi ant postmaster-gen cal condition from in in the thea infusions e during the night. He is not expected to live. Rescue squads, which had worked for 36 hours to extricate those trap- ped in the gapping hole of the the- atre, believed this morning that all the dead had been removed. Several investigations as to the cause of the ‘atastrophe was started at once Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas in the senate today will demand that nate dispatch a committee to complete inquiry. A similar t probably will be made in the The coroner’s jury probably v, second a: s in a - incurred hree blood house. will be summoned today. ver the city doing ieved another They had worked many we; hours. The marine and army officers, superintending the labor, agreed that the pit had given up all the dead. The last body, that of James Shea of South Hadley Falls, Mass:, a me cal student at Georgetown univer ty, had been vered about 8 last night. Shortly before, they took out the mutilated body of on, the pretty Virgi sister of the Guatemalan min Bianchi, and bore it to the morgu the First Church of Christ, where was identified. When dawn the night shift cue work was took charge. crept mari oy (By United Prass) Washington, Jan. 30.—(By D). Groat)—Congress today ed to make a complete investigation of the Knickerbocker theatre dis- aster, the death toll of which now 114 Carl sk- troduced in the s » by S Capper of Kansas. Harry' M. Cran- dle, the owner of the theatre, is be- wildered as to the cause of the catas- trophe. Reports which will be inves- tigated stated that the manager call- ed Crandle Saturday and suggested at the snow he removed from the roof, but the builders of the theatre said il was unnecessary. VULCANIZE RUBBER BOOTS IN DENVER TIRE SHOPS (By United Press) Denver, Colo., aren’t slack in Denver tire r r shops. Proprictors of vulcanizing shops have a new field vulcanizing rubber boots. Instend of throwing away their boots when a hole ap- pears, the wearer brings them in to the vulcanizing man and in a_ few minutes a neat patch has been placed over the hole. The boots are then as good as new, 80 the owners ag well as the repuirers claim, Montreal, Quebec. — Exports of pulp and paper from Canada in Sepe tember reached a value of $9,457,« 027, an increase of $561,636 over the preceding month of August, TALENTED PIANST T0. ~* PLAY IN CONCERT HERE Margaret Gilmor McPhail, who ap- cars at the Methodist church on February 6 with the McPhail Trio, is an unusually gifted pianist. As teacher, she is well known through- out the state, and as a soloist and accompanist of merif, she measures up to the highest artistic require- ments, Her work in the forthcoming con- cert should be of more than usual interest to lovers and students of the pianoforte, and an inspiration to those young people who are ambi- tious to acquire technical skill in this branch of musical accomplishment. It is hoped that parents and teach- ers will realize the educational ad antag be derived from attend- ance at this recital, and will urge the students to be present in as large pumbers as possible, N - ] 1 i