Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 27, 1922, Page 1

et g The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota, . [ e —— N B 'BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE R finnesota—Fair and continued br tonight and Tuesday. Cold- extreme southeast portion, VOLUME XIX. NO. 264 BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 27, 1922 85c PER MONTH COURT DECDE WOMANS RIGAT 10 VOTELEGAL U. S. Supreme Court Decides Suffrage Amendment for Women Is Legal eSS AFFIRMS DECISION OF MARYLAND STATE COURT Baltimore Men Challenge Right of Two Women to Register as Voters (By United Press) ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—The wo- man’s suffrage amendment to the federal constitution was declared le- gal by the United States supreme court today. Affirming the decision of the Maryland state courts, the supreme court ruled that, the Nine- teenth amendment, giving equal rights to both sexes to vote, does not conflict with article five of the con- stitution, The test suit was brought up by Maryland. The state legis- lature twice refused to ratify the amendment_and passed a resolution chalienging it to a test case. ' Oscar Lesser and others of Bal- timore _challenged the rights of Ce- cilia Waters and Mary B.” Randolph to register as voters in 1920. The decision first given by the supreme court was on the constitutionality of the federal law. Justice Brandies read the decision. Freviously he had announced a decision holding that the secretary of state could.not be enjoined from issuing a proclama- tion making the amendment effective. This test was brought by Charles S. . Fairchild of New York of the Ameri- can_Constitutional League. Brandeis said the amendment was attacked mainly on three grounds, all of which he declared unsound. FRANK NORTH, 'CASE GOES TO JURY THIS AFTERNOON The case of the State of Minnesota vs. Frank North, which was begun in district court Saturday, went-to the jury, about =86 cleck- this. afternoon. Noth is charged with having sold ille- gally intoxicating iiquor.~ He was ar- Tested in the raid conducted last fall by county and city officials, and bound over to await action of the, grand juy at this term of court. He was indicted by the grand jury and when arraigned plead not guilty to the charge. The closing pleas by both sides were being made this aft- ernoon. — MUCH INTEREST SHOWN IN NORTHERN INSTITUTE Several interesting and well . at- tended agricultural institutes were held last week in the northern part of thel county at Roosevelt, William - Graceton, Pitt and. Spooner, H. C. Linde, high school agricultural super- intendent at Baudette, had charge of the meetings, and he was assisted by County Agve’nt D. C. Dvoracek, Be- midji; E. W. Smith, potato special- ist, Parkery Prairie, and S. B. Cle- land, assistant county agent leader, university farm. CURTIS THROWS TWO IN VIKING HANDICAP MATCH L. C. Curtis of this city took part in a handicap wrestling match at Viking, Minn., Saturday night. Two minutes each was all that Curtis re- quired to throw his opponents, al- though he was allowed one hour for both men. Tomorrow night, Curtis will wrestle at Park Rapids with Ralph Johnson of Verndale. TOM WON TAKEN TO STATE PRISON SATURDAY NIGHT Sheriff Andrew Johnson took Tom Won, Chinaman to the -Stillwater state prison/ /Saturday mnight after Won had been sentenced to an in- determinate term, from five to 10 years, having been found guilty of first degree assault upon Hum Kee, another Chinaman, BRAINERD HIGH SWAMPS LOCALS SATURDAY NIGHT As a climax to Bemidji’s losing streak last ~week, the high school barketball was swamped Saturday night ati Brainerd by a score of 27 to 2 in a return game with that school. The first meeting between these two teams resulted in a victory for Be- midji by a score of 19 to 6 on the Jarger Bemidji floor. . The Bemidji squad goes to Park Rapids tomorrow to play the Park Rapids .high school team. Friday night of this week; Little Falls, leader in the district race, will play a return game against Bemidji on the new armory floor. A previous meet- ing between these two teams resulted in a victory for Little Falls by a count of 22 to 15. It is expected that this game will be very interest- ing, provided that the Bemidji team plays the style of basketball which it put up during the’ mid-season games. STATE TEACHERS LOSE T0 McINTOSH OUTFIT St. Cloud Teachers Will Play Here Wednesday in Last of Local Schedule MgIn.tosh high school defeated the Bemidji State Teaches rcollege bas- ketball squad at the new armory Sat- urday night in a very interesting con test by a score of 9 to 8. The visit- ing team was fast and presented a line-up which proved very able at passing and also in team-work. Good efensive playing on the part of Be- _kept the scoring down. Elliott, stationary guard, was the star of- the Bemidji squad. His abili- ity to pick the right man’ kept Mc- Intosh from getting in for many close shots. Jensen, center, was the star for ‘the McIntosh quint. Last year he was honored with the all- district center position, and his speed and ability this year should get him a place this year. Riggs.led the scoring for Bemidji with one field basket and three free throws, Simons, the other forward, scored one field basket and Horns, center, scored one free throw. For McIntosh, Jensen led in the scoring with one field basket, and one free throw. Dale, Torgerson and Ellenson each scored one field basket. J. W. Smith of this city ref- erfied and a clean game was the re- sult. The ‘St. Cloud State Teachers col lege basketball squad will play here Wednesday evening, March 1, in a return game against the Bemidji teachers. This will be the last game on the Bemidji teachers schedule to be played on the home floor, since the Virginia Junior college, which was unable to come here last week on account of the storm and rail service,-will not playshere thi: St. Cloudi defeated Bemidji the St. Cloud floor several weeks ago, but on the Bemidji floor a much closer game ig looked for and every indication is that this will be the big- gest game of the season for -the lo- cals, since two teachers colleges are the contenders. Hearty public sup- port is especially urged for this game. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. McCARTHY TODAY Funeral services were held this morning at 9 o’clock for Mrs. William J. McCarthy, at St. Philip’s church, Rev. Fr. J. J. Phillippe officiating. The church was filled with relatives | and friends of the family, and the tloral offerings were beautiful. Pall bearers were trainmen who are asso- ciated ‘with Mr. McCarthy in_his work. Interment was made in Holy Cross’ cemetery under the direction of H. N. McKee. Mrs. McCarthy had been ill at St.| Anthony’s hospital for some time, but was moved from there Monday to her| home, 715 Lake Boulevard, where she passed away Friday morning. She leayes besides her husband and little daughter, Collette, her mother, Mrs. H.-S. Kinney; a sister, Mrs. Iver Iverson, Duluth, and a brother, Pal- mer Anderson, of Melrose; She has lived in Bemidji for the past 15 years and has a host of friends here who extend their heartfelt sympathy to |the family. Out-of-town relatives who came to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. O’Brien, Mrs. Smiith, Brainerd, sis- ters of Mr. McCarthy, and Mrs. S, 0. Quammen of Thief River Falls, 'a sister of Mrs: Kinney. N. D. GRAIN GRADING LAWS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL Washington, Feb. 27.—The Non- partisan grain grading laws of North .| Dakota. conflict with the federal laws and are unconstitutional, the su- preme court of the United States rul- ed today. NEWBERRY TO BE ISSUE OF FIGHT IN MICHIGAN Senator Townsend Probably Will Be Confronted By Strong Democrat By Lawrence Martin. (United Press Staft Correspondent) ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—(United Press.)—The home state of Truman H. Newberry will be watched intent- ly this year by politicians and plan people alike, for they want to see what Michigan will do about Senator Townsend, one of Newberry’s staunchest defenders. Townsend is a candidate for re- nomination and_re-election. As a Newberry champion, he faces the hos- tility of those forces within the state which opposed Newberry and brought about the attempt to prevent him be- ing seated in the senate. Newberry was seated by the sen- ate, and that is something in Town- send’s favor. The republican nation- lal organization has Hromised him all the help he needs. He will need some help, it is admitted. For not only will he have opposi- tion from within his own party for the nomination, but if he is nominated i{he will, indications are, be confront- ed by a strong: democratic candidate who will keep the Newberry scandal to the fore all through the campaign. Townsend had no part in the New- berry campaign managemert. No {taint of corruption or of unlawful jor excessive expenditure of money {clings to him. But he defended New- |berry. He defied Newberry’s oppo- inents to prevent his re-election if they could. He accepted the gage (Contnued on Page 4) IRARE BARGAINS OFFFR=" TRADE This Issue Contains Bargains Offered By Enterprising Merchants Wednesday - OUT OF TOWN BUYERS ESPECIALLY WELCOME Readers Are Urged to Note Special Bargain Offers in This Issue _This issue of the Bemidji' Daily | Pioneer carries a wealth of values for {those who shop in Bemidji Wednes- Day. The merchants of the city are determined to make the city the trad- ing center of this entire section and in order to do this have decided to designate one day each month as a special trade-puller, figuring that any losses suffered on this day will be {made up later by the increase in trade iwhich is bound to be the result of such bargains as are advertised in this issue. The majority of the live stores iabout Bemidji have entered into the spirit of Dollar Day and each of these events is proving to be far bet- ter than the one preceding. Wed- nesday, March 1, is expected to sur- pass any pervious attempt. .Out of town shoppers are- begin- ning to realize that Bemidji offers the best values in practically all lines of metrchandise, on account of the larger and more enterprising stores. For this reason, each Dollar Day brings to Bemidji new shoppers from nearly every nearby town and village. Local shoppers are also beginning | to realize that the Bemidji merchants provide the best and lowest-priced markets and those who have taken advantage of previous Dollar Day |bargains are watching with interest what the merchants have to offer ‘Wednesday. Through increased business, local merchants can cut down their operat- ing expenses in proportion and the result will be that nearly every com- modity will eventually be redgeed i price. _This is what the me 1 always “striving -to- do,” ahd complished. Those stores which are to take part in Dollar Day Wednesday are to provide ample help to wait on the special ‘trade, so that no inconven- iience will be suffered by the shop- pers on account of the large crowds. i1t is expected that early Wednesday will see Dollar Day in full swing. ELKS INITIATE LARGE CLASS SATURDAY NIGHT Bemidji lodge No. 1052 B. P. O. Elks held a very interesting meeting Saturday night and later initiated a large class of candidates into the mys- teries. 0f Elkdom. Judge Frank E. Reed of Minneapolis, deputy grand - | exalted Tuler of the B. P. 0. E. in Minnesota and North Dakota, gave a very interesting and instructive talk during the business session. He was also present during the initiation. Over 140 members of the lodge witnessed the ceremonies, upon which Mr. Reed complimented the officers of the order for the way in which the work was put on. Following the initiation, lunch was served and a regular good time was had. = Zoo R DY day, March 1, this city’s next ‘Dollar; the. public_itself this end can'ji)e ac- | GUMMER SILENT WHEN JUDGE READS SENTENCE (By United Press) Valley City, N. D, Feb. 27.— William Gummer was today given a life sentence for first degree murder in connection with the death of Marie Wick of | Grygla, Mina., on which charge | he was found guilty by the jury . early Saturday ‘morning. The prisoner remained silent during and after the rea sentence. Gummet attorney said he would appeal the case but no request has been made as yet. TWO LOCAL TEAMS LOSE | OUT AT BAGLEY SATURDAY Bagley City Squad Wins From Naval Militia; Girls’ Team Beats Bemidji Girls Two Bemidji basketball teams, ac- icompanied by about 25 fans, invaded | Bagley Saturday afternoon, lost to Bagley basketball teams, enjoyed {their own dancing party with music furnished by a Bemidji orchestra and returned to Bemidji early Sunday| morning after having spent a very enjoyable trip. ! The Bemidji Naval Militia sqund! lost to the Bagley city team by a| score of 25 to 19, although Bemidji led at the end of the first half by a score of 13 to 10. The small floor} Imade it impossible for either team to show any fi; of speed, although the| |game was ard-fought from begin- ning to 1 Fred Phibbs led the scoring for Be- midji with three field goals and three free throws. Fuzz Johnson, playing right guard, made two field goals and two free throws. Stapleton, left| guard, made one field goal and Rudy completed the scoring with one field basket. Doran, left forward, was relieved by Reed in the last of the second period, at which time Hulett| irelieved Jo on at the guard posi- tion. Bem was in at- tempting long h could nnt‘ possibly be made on account of the| low ceiling. Peterson, right forward, proved to be the most dangerous man on the (Continued on Page Four) | TOURNAMENT AT TOLEDO (By United Press) Toledo, Feb. 27.—The most re- markable gathering of bowling en- thusiasts ever assembled in the his- tory of the American Congress has been entered for the 1922, A B C classic which opened here today, thé amazing entry of 1126 teams breaks all records, topping last year’s tourn- ament record at Buffalo by 186 teams. This city alone entered 291 fives. In addition to smashing the entry record, the prize list this year ex- ceeds by nearly $7,000, the wards, of a year ago when the total was;| $14,020. Here the total has reached $50,963. There will be 2,410 pairs in the doubles events and in the_singles there will be 4,839 mineralite hurl- ers. Entry money tofals $76,445, one-third of which goes toward hand- ling the tourney, ete. The classic will be opened today by the Doherty TIraternily League of Toledo, which consists of 14 teams. The tournament will be held in the Termonial Building, a structure that has more floor space than the famous FOR AMERICAN BOWLERS, 5 s | giydla PRESENT BONUS | DRAFT PERMITS LAND GRABBING Representative Frear Warned That Bill Contains Joker on Land Settlement BELIEVE DRAFT IS NOT LIMITED TO VETERANS |} Sales Tax as a Means of Raising Revenue Is Now Regarded as Dead It s (By United Preas) Washington, Feb. 27.—Land grab- bing by other than veterans will be made possible under the present draft of the soldier bonus bill, in the opinion of congressmen who have been most interested in the bill. It became known today that Represen- tative Frear, farm bloc man, had been warned that-the bill contains a joker <which would permit the open- ing of public lands to others than ex-soldiers. Fregr intends to study the draft closely and if he considers it too wide-open he will take action toward readjustment. The original draft provides that “the sccretary of the interior (chair- man of the \urm settlement board) may withdraw from location, sale, settlement, entry or other disposi- tion, public lands under the control of the board, such unappropriated public lands as are deemed best for the project.” Furthermore, it permits the open- ing of townsites in which the board may “sell lots under such regulations and such terms as it shall prescribe.” Whether or not the joker was orig- inally put in the bill for the purpose of opening up public domains to oth- er than_ex-service men is the ques- tion. Correction of the bill would be simple since only the wording would have to be altered to make it specific that the Jands would be open- 7ed only to the veterans. The house ways and means com- mittee republicans are to meet to- morrow to consider the course to be legislation. The sales tax as a revenue-raiser is re- Ol e Vg b o K Meantime, the American Legion is starting a movement to prevent further delay in passing legislation. Its leaders are referring to the pres- ituation as dilatory on the part of congress and tending to create sentiment against the bonus meas- ure. 'DEAN OF UNIVERSITY OF PEKING TO SPEAK Dr. W. T. Hobart, dean of the University of Peking, China, has been sccured as the principal speak- er for tonight’s program at the Echo meeting of the Methodist church. Dr. Hobart has been in China for the past 29 years and will illustrate his lecture with slides pertaining to the work being done in that country. Dr. E. E. Higley of New York, su- perintendent of Indian work for the Methodist church, will also appear o nthe program this evening. These two features come as a sur- prise for this Echo meeting, as it was thought that, owing to the change in date of the original meeting, talent of this caliber would be hard to se- | Madison Square Garden at New York ! City. cure. The public is invited, as these meetings are free. |ELKS MINSTREL SHOW REAL ENTERTAINMENT “Jazz Justice” Will Be Staged Tonight and Tomorrow Night By Elks Intended for laughing purposes only, “Jazz Justice,” will be staged tonight and tomorrow night at the Grand theater by the Bemidji lodge of Elks. The cast for this minstrel show has been practicing every night and every Sunday afternoon in prep- aration for the benefit of the children this afternoon at 4 o’clock. Tonight’s performance will begin at 8:15 and he opening curtain is expected to find a packed house. It is especially urged that all patrons be in their seats at 8:156 when the curtain raises. An entirely home-talent produc- tion wjth 150 minutes of liberated laughs, with comedy and choruses, is the offering. Special features have been arranged and each number is sure to be a real entertainment by itself. A number of good seats are yet to be had for tonight’s performance as well as for Tuesday night’s show. The ifirst part of the performance - is mostly in the form of a minstrel while the olio, or second part, is largely similar to vaudeville. In this second part the saxaphone dozette, the traveling quartette, Prof. Mason, the mystic, Lycan & Chi, and Charles Van are the principal features. The audience is urged to freely ask ques- tions of any nature when Prof. Ma- son has the stage. Elks’ minstrel shows have always been good and this one is said to sur- pass any previous attempts by this lodge. Under the able direction of Dr. D. F. McCann, the cast has been whipped into shape in a short time thereby keeping up spirited interest among the members of the cast. The sale of reserved seal being held at Boardman’s Drug store and tickets may till be obtained there for tomorrow night’s show. For to- night’s show, tickets will be on sale at the theater just prior to the per- formance. All seats are reserved and indications are that this popular show will be exceptionally well attended at both evening performances. { CHICAGO MEETING SEEKS BETTER TEACHING WAYS (By United Press) Chicago, Feb., 27.—More than 8,- 000 school superintendents and ad- ministrators, from all sections of the United States are expectcd to ng-ml the Annual -mecting o the SPit- ment of superintendence of the tional ducational association wh cned here today and will end March ?l'enidunl of the de- harge, of the meeting to photograph the status of education wide campaign which urges establish- ment of the office of secretary of edu- cation in the cabinet. Reports on progress of the drive will be presented by educational leaders from all parts of the United States, Jpnes said. in the country and to extend plans to give America the kind of educa- tion it requires to meet the needs of useful service,” Joneg told the United Press. Another feature will be the an- nouncement of results of the nation- e partment, ig in ¢ “It is the purp CONDITION OF CARSON CONTINUES TO IMPRCOVE Latest reports from Minneapolis ning the condition of G. E. Carson, who is confined in St. Mary’: hospital, are to the effect| that con- tinued improvement, although slow, is being shown. Mrs. Dorothy Mil- ler, Mr. Carson’s daughter, returned Saturday night from Minneapolis, after being with her father since be- ing taken to the hospital there. Mrs. Carson will remain there until Mr. Carson ig able to be brought back to Bemidji, it is éxpected. IMMEDIATE ACTION ON BONUS BILL IS URGED Commander VanDyke Urges Pres. Harding to Insure Passage of Measure (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 27.—“Justice and your campaign pledges demand that you take steps to insure the passage of legislation on an adjusted compen- sation for ex-ervice men.” This was the text of a message sent today to President Harding by A. A. VanDyke of St. Paul, state commander of the .American Legion in Minnesota. Com- mander VanDyke told President Harding that the message represent- ed the 500 local posts in Minnesota, which state sent 140,000 to the war. VanDyke said he wired the presi- dent “only after it.became apparent that congress and the president were trying to evade enactment of the ad- justed compensation measure.” (By United Pres: Washington, Feb. 27.—President Harding this morning declined to see {Hanford MacNider, national com- Herding’s secretary, to come back this afternoon when he “might be able to see” the president. mander of the American Legion, who ! called at the White House to demand |ter, milk and egys. {the present deadlock on the soldier ! bonus bill be ended. MacNider said | he was told by George Christian, | movement s DEEP WATERWAY PLAN ENDORSED BY LOCAL BODY Civic & Commerce Association Requests Congressmen to Support Project FIELD REPRESENTATIVE CLEARLY OUTLINES PLAN Well Attended Meeting Hears Rapid-Fire Orator After Luncheon Saturday Thrilling his audience with spell- bound oratory and presenting facts that defy contradiction, G. G. Glick of Duluth outlined the St. Lawrence Deep Waterway project to the bus- iness men of Bemidji at the Civic & Commerce association rooms Satur- day mnoon. He presented not only all the ar- guments that have been made oppos- ing the project, but gave a detailed, convincing rport covering a world of reasons why the project should be constructed with all possible speed. “Forty million people are directly interested and affected by this great waterway,” said the speaker,” and the largest crop-producing area in the world will be brought closer, by hundreds of miles, to the markets of the world. “There are 19 states now actively engaged in promoting this great work and only one state, the state, of New York, opposing it. Their oppo- ition is purely selfish. Led by Gov. Nathan Miller, that great state fight- ing the project, without another sin- gle state enlisted in its behalf. “The waterpower alone, which will be developed by this waterway, will pay for the cost of construction, declare engineers, and the saving in transportation to manufacturers and farmers runs into millions of dollars each year. “A better price for farm produce is assured a tshis waterway will place the landlocked area of central United States 1,500 miles closer to the mar- kets of the world.” . Mr, Glick cited one fact after an- other, showing the many advantages of this deep wotervay iswthesncean and outlined in” detail i‘ust the kind of construction required and the cost of this construction. At the close of his address the as- sociation members_voted an expres- sion of appreciation by a rising vote, and passed a resolution which will be sent to congressmen and scnators from this district. The resolution ix ag follows” and was drawn up by u committee consisting of Judge C. W. Stanton, J. C. West and H. Z. Mit- chell. “Becausc this association sees and recognizeg in the ‘St. Lawrence Out- let to the Sea’ project a feasible, practicable plan to give to interior America the natural transportation which is its emergent need. “Wae respectfully urge every Min- nesota senator and representative to actively join with the friends of thix movement in a determined effort to bring about its success. “And we direct our secretary to forthwith transmit a copy of this resolution to each Minnesota mem- ber of congress.” This resolution was passed without a dissenting vote by a well attended and enthusiastic meeting of the as- sociation. ARGUMENTS NOT YET HEARD RELATIVE TO MILLER CASE Arguments for and against a change of venue have as yet not been heard relative to a second trial for Robert Miller, convicted last Febru- ary in the Beltrami county district court for the alleged murder of a man named Fenton. Miller was re- cently granted a second trial on an appeal before the supreme court, which resulted in the reversal of Tudge C. W. Ctanton’s decision deny- ing him a new trial. Bail has been fixed at $25,000 while the second trial is being decided upon. Miller is still confined to the Beltrami county jail, after having been brought here from Stillwater last Saturday morning. The arguments relative to a change of venue will be heard latery COMMUNITY MEETING IN EAST BEMIDJI WEDNESDAY County Agent D. C, Dvoracck will conduct a meeting Wednesday eve- ning, March 1, at the East Bemidji school house to discuss feeding of cows in the small dairies. Thig will be a community meeting for the East Bemidji district where much interest has already been shown in the small dairy and poultry raising. Progres- sive residents of this community are taking advantage of these talks and it is expected that Wednesday night's meeting will find the school house well filled. Mr. Dvoracck will also cover tha subjects of dairying, stock breeding for small farms, marketing of but- East Bemidji rapidly becoming a community of small truck and dairy farms and this being encouraged, among the residents. All persons in- terested are urged to attend the Weds nesday meeting. N