Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 1, 1922, Page 1

i N o) UNDER BABCOCK ' Moto vehicle taxes._ collect- The Pioneer is the. o within 100 miles of Bfl:ajld.gi has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota, 5 g ~ BEMIDJI DAILY PION [ T i T T S —— Minnesota.: Thursday; rii Thursday and night. 'VOLUME XIX. NO. 266 HIGHVAY PLAN sent $226,261 Against Auto- mobile Taxes of $33,656 RESULTS OF FIRST YEAR - ARE RATED REMARKABLE Federsl Highway Aid _and Other Reimbursements Double Revenues Beltrami county: owners paid $33;- 656 of taxes in 1921 on cars and trucks and-$226,261 has been used to date on highways “withi Roads plans put into effect last April. No county or town funds are includ- ed. 4 Charles M. Bgbcock, state high- way commissioner, explained that the large excess of disbursement over automobile tax revenue was made pos- sible in part by ‘the use of federal highway ~aid ~ and reimbursement funds. K . The figures are official, motor veh- icle taxes being reported by Mike Holm, secretary of state, and highway figures approved by G. W. Brown, state public examiner. State trunk highway fund charges in Beltrami county include $86,762 used in 1919-20 and $139,493 in 1921, alil covering maintenance work new construction, right-of-way, engineer- ing and other:expenses. 8he 1921 glt‘elr{ns for Beltrami county follow: No. Miles , Maint. Constr. Total 4 45.5 $10,484 . $31,210 $41,694 8 33.0 20,366 51,1569 71,225 11 37.0 3,396 22,878 26,274 Total115.5 $34,246$105,247$139,493 Reimbursement charged for 1919-20 work ......... “"Trunk Tighway Funds used in county to date...... ed in county to date.... 38,656 Disbursements exceed re- ST TRt Wy /$192,605 Charles M. Babcock, e highway commissioner, said that the general showing” was made %ossible in part by the use'of federal highway aid a talled more than double the amount of the 1921 motor vehicle taxes. John H. Mullen, deputy commis- sioner and chief highway engineer, added that the largest outlays, es- pecially ‘those for new.construction, were in counties which voted reim- bursement bonds and others where the truck routes when taken over by|. the state were not up to the average. The highway executives made this statement: “Departiment policies are designed to distributed new construction so that the lagerst number of localities may share in-early, permanent bene- fits, and ‘also to.build up, weak stret- ches in long mileages of otherwise good roads.. Their continuance will tend to bring up individual county totals to a fair average, traffic, mil eages and -other conditions consider- ed. Those with small totals last year will be most likely to lead this Eyenr. local conditions_being equal, Every effort has been and is being made to give every section fair and impartial considleration.” The county figurés made public this week, from reports certified by the secretary of state and public ex- aminer, supplement the recent review of Minnesota's record of highway im- - provement accomplished under. the new good roads —— FORMER BEMIDJI PUBLISHER 1S BUSY IN. MINNEAPOLIS ogram Paul Dehnel, who among other things was once publisher of a news- paper in Bemidji, has a new job. IHe is now secretary of the “Progresisve Republican club” of Minneapoiis. Paul’s principal work is in rounding up supporters of Ernie Lundeen, who js to make another_ effort to go io congress. Dehnel signed invitations to a banquet recently held in one.of the hotels here, when plans for the coming campaign were discussedl. U S.ROADS WOULD MORE " THAN ENCIRCLE GLOBE (By United Press) Washington, D. C., March 1.— Mileage of road-building projects un- der construction in the United States last year, if continudusly placed, would form a highway more than en- circling the globe, the department of agriculture stated today. THe total was estimated at 31,228 miles. Every state in the United States shared in the benefits of 11,930 miles of highways which were constructed with federal aid. The total cost of the projects will be 5231,963,682. The proportion of this amount contribut- ed by various states was $137,90’,-| 593, the remainder of $94,057,089 by the federal government. Wholly _completed roads were com- puted to total 8,595 miles. Road projection in. 1921 in the United States exceeded by more than 10 per cent all previously improved highway miileage in the country. “THE INDIAN DRUM” IS AN EXCEPTIONAL STORY A romance of the Great Lakes “The Indisn Drum” written by William ' MacHarg and Edwin Balmer, will be published serial story in the Bemidji Pioneer beginningFriday, Mar Those who read 'the story just finished in Tuesday’s issue of The Pioneer will recognize this mysterious tale as another fine serial ‘story, even mére in- teresting than the one just com- pleted. “The ‘Indian Drum,” is a gripping tale in which love, loy- alty and honesty fight intrigue and treachery to undo the conse- quences of a great crime, give an_honorable nam. to a waif and restore a birthright. Indian rstition blends with a white en’s mystery to produce a p ting story of ro- (By United Press) v nsas City, Mo, March 1.— 31 1.—March came into the south- today with a blizzard that de- 2 zed tramsportation, wire com- % tions and highway traffic. parts of Arkansas, Missouri, a and northern Texas was £ eavily early today. MAY GET PICRIC ACID Northeastern” Minnesota counties may receive their allotment of picric acid without the full orders of farm- ers provided someone will finance the project, according to word received by Wm. Boss, head of the agricultur- al engineering division at University Farm, from S. H. McCrory, chi the agricultural engincering di 0i) of the Bureau of Public Roads, Wash- ington, D, C. It is believed that the provision will help out many of the counties who wished to order but did not have enough orders to make up a carload, according to A. J. Schwan- tes, land clearing specialist with the University of Minnesota. Under the new provision, h it will be possible for county agenis to place orders for their counties if someone_ will finance them and send in, the .names. of .farmexs. and <other: information after the materiai hi$ been distributed. The-pirric acid will come in cases” averaging <90 sticks d | for each 100 pounds. reimbursement bond funds which to-/* Immediate ordering of tie picric acid will enable pron pt shipment and delivery, according t» Mr Schwantes. MRS, ENGBERT KROKEN DIES MONDAY AT HOME IN NYMORE Mrs. Engbert Kroken of East Ny- more passed away Monday morning at 8 o’clock at the family residence. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Ibertson undertaking parlors, and the body was shripped to Fosston for burial Thursday. Rev. O. P. Grambo offic- iated at the services. Mrs. Kroken was born in 1888 and leaves a husband and four children ranging in age from 9 years to 16 months. . ELKS MINSTREL SHOW Tuesday Night’s Performance Brings Packed House for Final Showing " “}ln;z Jnscice,’; qtl;’omg talent min- strel show given by the Bemidji lodge of Elks, made another decided hit at the Grand theater Tuesday evening at the final showing. Thig production played to packed houses Monday and Tuesday evenings and met with hear- tfl approval ‘each time. ‘It is said that Tuesday night's _performance was put on with even more pep than that of the night before, and that a number of additional side issues were introduced. This production was put on under the direction of Dr. D. F. McCann, and to him goes much credit for the success of the affair. With only about two weeks of actual practice, the show was put over in fine style. There were no bad breaks and every person who took part in the prod tion seemed to enter into the spiri of the affair. Much credit is alsy due Mrs. Charles Van who assistéd at the .piano, during rehearsals and led the orchestra during the staging of the show. Assistant Director H. Z. Mitchell ig not to be overlooked. gave much time and valuable assist- ance in preparing the cast for this production and in the staging of it as well, T. C. Bailey was business manager of the staff; G. S. Harding, advance agent; C. L. Pegelow, wardrobe ‘‘mis- tress”; B. R. Erickson property man; J. L. George, electrician, and Freu Fraser, publicity agent. The cast of characters, all of whom displayed able talent, was made up by D’Arcy McGee, H. A. Northrop, A. E. Feir, C. W, Vandersluis, 3 Robinson, Joe Record, Harold Kerz, Early Byer, C. H. Condon, Don Whit- man, Ray Phelps, Ra Howe, Charles Hannah, Paul ames Parmalee, (Continued on Page 6) ‘aa’ that has already measured a lowing .‘ % parts of Kansas and extends game for Bemidj WITHOUT FULL ORDERS f |lege as well as the public 1 general MAKES DECIDED HIT BEMIDJI, MINN,, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1922 » ll.l\lti')l 50%3 TOHI%IVGIIETI' SOLBIER BoN“ TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON lntem!fi; Game Is. Assured BEF(}RE MARINE;“‘"‘ l..imisrhfor Railroads to § | File Their Replies BONUS-SLOGAN Against St. Cloud at New Armory This Evening Expired Monday Opponents of Harding Plan of Aiding Ship Owners Seize This Slogan Minneapolis, March 1.—Unless the Great Northern Railway company makes an eleventh hour concession in the way of cheaper rates for fuel wood, the state railroad and ware- house commission is expected to name the date without further delay of a public hearin% to be held in Bemidji. The time limit for the railroads to file replies to the complaint lodg: ed with the commission by Charles Carter of Hines and signed by Wil- liam Lennon of Kelliher and Charles Hayden of Blackduck, expired Mon- day but the Great Northern had indi- cated that the matter was being given attention and that definite word from that company might be expected shortly. ? In view of this fact, O. P. B. Ja- cobson, who is handling the matter for the commission, announced that By Carl D, Groat. the date of the proposed publie hear- Washington, March 1.—Delay for|ing would be held up for a day or two years in thi cash payments of the |t soldier bonus was today virtually de- cided on by the republican members of the house ways and means com- mittee. ‘What is considered to-be the best basketball game of the: Bemidji Siate Teachers college scheduled this sea- son_ will be played against the . St. Cloud State Teachers college at the new armory this evening at 8 o’clock This will be the second meeting be- tween these two squads this season, the first resulting in victory for St. Cloud on its own floor. However, tonight’s game is expected to be much closer and there is a possibility that Bemidji may win. No matter waat the final score is, one thing is co tain and ‘that is that the game wi be interesting from start to finish. St. Cloud has a team which ranks high among the colleges of the state and Coach Lynch will come hera with plenty of men to insure a strong line- up,. His line-up as tentatively a nounced is as follows dall, right forward; Ernst, left forward; Freed, center; Swensch, right guard; Sher- dinger, left guard, and Joyner and Lindstrom, substitutes. Bemidji will have available i strongest line-up with Romens back i; trl.le me at running guard. Coach OPPOSITION TO SUBSIDY BROKEN CONSIDERABLY Opponents Say Government Should Not Give Aid to Private Interests (By United Press) WO, At {the Great Northern general offices it was said that the matler had been placed before the iirst vice president by the immigration depart- ment of the company and that a voi- untary reduction was favored by some of the officials. On the other hand, it was jntimated that the com- pany probably would be unable to make as deep a cut as Northern Min- nesota feels it should have in order to protect the settlers. TENSTRIKE COMMERCIAL CLUB TO HOLD -SPECIAL MEETING rth announces that the fol- ne-up will probably start the : Riggs, right. for- ward; Simons, left forward; Horns, center; Romens, right guard; Elliott, left guard, and Bergland, Hermes, Paul and Greenfield as substitutes. R. C. Tapp, head of physical ed éation in the Minneapolis public schools, has been secured to officiatc the game. He is a_western confer- ence official and refereed the prev- jous game between St. Cloud and Bemidji to the satisfaction of all con- cerned. The Juvenile band will be out to lend its enthusiasm, playing a concert before the game and between the halves. Considerable expens2 is in- volved in this game and hearty sup- port by the student body oi the col- ‘Washington; March 1.—*“No bonus for the shipping interests until after the soldiers get. their bonus.” This was being seized on as a slo- gan today by opponents in congress of Preident Harding’s plan for a di- rect aid of $30,000,000 a_ year to American ship operators. However, both houses show that the president, by his address to congress yesterday when he ‘submitted a definite anu comprehensive subsidy program, had broken down to an unexpected degrce ithe long-standing opposition to such a measure. Harding has thrown down the gauntlet to congress by virtually declaring the subsidy program is the last and only chance to save the Am- erican merchant marine. Leaders of both parties insist that it would be unjise to continue the present plarjy of having a deficit of hundreds of millions piled up through continuing shipping board operations of the marine. What to do with a large number ‘of the government ships unless the bill is passed is a most difficult problem. Opponents of the subidy bill will attack it on the ground that the fed- eral government should not give money to private interests. They will also attack 'an apparent plan of ! the subsidy advgcates to make it ap- pear. thab, the x,bxidy ill does not| take money direct fronf the trédsury. TROOP: NO. 3 BOY SCOUTS HOLDS MEETING TONIGHT Boy Scout troop No. 3 will meet this evening at 7:15 at the Civic & Commerce association rooms. Im- portant business will be taken up and all members are urged to be present at this time. VICTIM OF FIGHT DIES AT ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL Godfrey Brune, who was severcly injured Feb. 20, as the result of a fistic encounter with James Byer, passed away at St. Anthony hospital at 12:20 o’clock this morning. The deceased leaves no family, it is un-j derstood, while James Byer, who 15 being held in the county jail on charge of assault, is married and has several children. Byer has been heid since the encounter, pending the out- come of Brune’s condition. It is expected that a post mortem R examination will be held for Mr. little daughter of Grant Valley have Brane this afternoon and also that a been guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. . A g 5 o coroner’s inquest will be held this g‘zlz:srd,“gzl Minnesota avenue, since even}ilng to ascertain the cause of ; death. (Special to Pioncer.) Tenstrike, Minn., March cial commercic§ club meeling has been called for Saturday evening, March 4, at 7:30 o’clock in the Ten- strike hall, and surrounding cities and villages are urged to send repr¢- sentatives, Speakers of prominence have been engaged and a free lunch will be serv- ed to all. The program promises to be an interesting one and a cordial invitation is being issued by Secre- tary F. K, Betz UNITED CREAMERIES TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING (Farm Bureau News Service.) Every cp-operative camery in Minnesota has heen i i to, send is urged. This is one of the last games to be played this season on the local floor by the Bemidji teachers and for that reason in particular it is expected that| there will be a large attendance tonight. NORTH IS SENTENCED; GAGNON FOUND GUILTY Frank North, chapged with illegal- 1y selling intoxicating liquor, was8én- tenced late Tuesday to 30 days in the county jail and a fine of $200. In case of default-in payment of the fine he is subject to an additional 60 days imprisonment. North was found guilty late Monday in district court here. The jury in the case of State of Minnesota vs. Frank Gagnon on a similar charge returned at 3:30 o'clock a verdict of guilty. Gagnon, as well as Harry Campbell and Mike Beértram who have entered pleas of guilty, is expected to be sentenced Saturday. The case of the State of Minnesota vs.- Henry L, Melius, in which the defendant is charged with taking in- decent liberties with a girl 156 years of age, is now before the court. Se- lection of the jury was completed at noon and taking of evidence was started this afternoon. .It was expcci- ed that the case would be in the hands of the juy late today. Mr, and Mrs. Frank W. Lange and eries association, Inc., in the Ryan hotel in St. Paul on Tuesday, Maica 7. Half of the co-operative creamer- ies in the state have joined the rew service and marketing organization; non-member creameries, however, ialso have becn invited to send repre- sentatives to the convention. “The co-operative organizations of Minnesota are in the hands of the in- dividual farmers,” John Brandt, sec retary of the state association, sa “At least every member * creamery ! should send itg delegate to the annual meeting, to help elect the full board of 15 directors and make any changes it wants made in the policies of the association. It's up to the dairy far- mers; the association is their associa- tion; their jobs is to run it to themselves.” Washington, Feb. 28 esident Harding has definitely decided to name Dr. Hubert Work, now first assistant postmaster-general as post- master-general to succeed Will Hayes who leaves office March 4, it was learned on highest authority today. Announcement may be made by the White House later today. Lion or Lamb? i & HEARING ON WOOD RATE delegate to'the first annual m&et'ln:'/ of the Minnesota Co-operative Crean- dergraduates have formed the Vine- 88c PER MONTH KENNEDY’S MOTHER WILL (By United Press) Los Angeles, Calif,, March 1. 1.—Madelynne Obenchain today faced her most dangerous day in court. Mrs. John D. Ken. nedy, broken in spirit and health since the murder of her only son, was to take the stand against the charming divorcee accused of having planned his death. Mrs. Kennedy’s testimony may not be damaging, but the ef- fect on the jury of the lonely little mother is regarded as the prosecution’s trump card. When she takes the stand to- day it will be the first time since the murder that the two loves of John Belton Kennedy—his mother and sweetheart—have faced each other. NAVAL VESSELS MAY BE STOPPED BEFORE NIGHT (By United Press) hington, March 1fl.—An order on the navy department stopping the movement of virtually all naval ves- sels is expected before night. The stoppage will be effective pending congressional action on the house ap- priation decision today. The cuts are in behalf of the naval fuel defi- ciency bill. This action will be made by lack of funds with v can carry on. TWO N, Y. FINANCIERS KNOW NO “DOMINO CLUB' (By United Press) New York, March 1.—Charles Sabin, president of the Guaranty Trust, and Harriman, well known financiers, werc the only al- leged members of the “domino club” described by Alfred Lindsley to ap- pear in the district attorney’s office to confront charges that the club swindled prominent women. Both denied that they knew of the club, whose members, Lindsley said, told women victims that they formed a gri- gantic contribution to control Wall Stree Other financiers named by Linds- ley include Percy Rockefeller and Thomas LaMont. Harriman, in his statement to the district attorney, said he did not know how to play dominos, anyway. ANTI-POLICE COLLEGE CLUB FORWARD IN LONDON « (By. !;m Press) n, March 1,—Cam ge un- street club, with “In vino veritas” for its motto, “to give moral and material support” to members clashing with police during student parties after football and rowing matches. The club is named after the police stati that tries to keep the lod on the Pic- cadilly Circus area. The only quali- fication for membership is at least one involuntary visit to the station. INDIANA COUNTY CLERK. (By United Press) Indianapolis, March 1.—Richard Sipe, clerk of Marion county, resign- ed today with a shortage of $140,000 in his accounts. “I could not say no to my friends,” Sipe told the bonding company as he turned over his personal property to help cover the shortage. BEMIDJI HIGH LOSES GAME AT PARK RAPIDS Little Falls High School to Play Return Game Here Friday Evening Taking advantage of an exception- ul opportunity which offered itscif after a hard luck story on the par: of Park Rapids, the Park Rapids hi school basketball squad was giv: the game against the Bemidji higi school team at Park Rapids Tuesday evening. It appears that the game was given Park Rapids even before the players went out on the floor, in- asmuch as the coach of the Park Rap- ids school was decided upon for ref- eree, since that school gave out a hard luck story regarding lack of fi- nances to hire an outsider. Nevertheless Bemidji led the scor- ing until the last seven minutes of play, when Neumann, Bemidji’s best basket shooter, was removed from the game on four personals. The final score was 23 to 16 after Ref- allum had called seven ji inside of two min- utes, thereby tossing the game over to his confederates. Little Falls high school, leader of the third district championship race, will play a return game here Friday night at the new armory and an in- teresting gontest is assured. A previous m; ng between these two teams earlier in the season re- sulted in a victory for Little Falls by a score of 22 to 15 on the Morrison (Coatinued on Page 6) . —_— RED WING TO PROVIDE FOR ROAD PATROLMEN (By United Press) Red Wing, March 1.—Contracts, providing for road patrols to maintain the main avenues of travel into Red Wing, were to be awarded here to- day. 1 Friends RESIGNS WITH SHORTAGL ' o EASTAND WEST CLASH ON PLAN FORWATERWAY -Annual Meeting of National Rivers and Harbors Body Being Held Today EAST FEARS LOSS OF - MUCH OCEAN BUSINESS of Project Expect Organization to Endorse Plan By Resolution (By United Press) Washington, ~ March 1.—“Soft headed pacifists” gre endangering the relationship established by the naval treaty negotiationg at the arms con- ference, assistunt secretary of navy Roosevelt today told the 17th annua. conference of the National Rivers aind Harbors congress here today. Roosevelt urged the country to stand fast against the efforts of the pacifists. T. Kolbert. taff Correspondent) Washington, —Agricultural, banking and commereial interests of the east and west clashed here today in a bitter !fight on the proposed Great Lak to-the-sea waterway at the 17th an- jnual convention of the National Ri ers and Harbors congr . Eastern interests oppose the pro- ject for fear it will mean the loss of a huge slice of their ocean business. | Western interests frankly admit that decpening of the St. Lawrence river will benefit the farmers and busine men of the middle west and west to p of millions of s annually, by giving them a di- rect outlet to the ocean. Friends of the project believe they have the preponderance of strength at the convention and expect to not only keep the organization) from going on record against the proposal but to adopt a resolution endorsing it. Opponents of the project fought it in the resolutions committee and then planned a direct and a flank movement on the floor in the hope of succeeding in one maneuver, One adopt a resolution against the project move ~calls for the convention™ to money by the United States govern- ment on waterway development out- side the country, Proponents of the St. Lawrence project will fight both with the utmost vigor. John Barrett, former director of the Pan-American Union, and now working in the interest of American foreign trade expansion has issued a warning against a business war be- tween the east and west. “The arraying of the eat against v1e west,” he sald, “in a bitter con- flict will effect unfavorably all phases of legislation and financial and com- mercial relations essential to national prosperity.” Speakerg at the convention include Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Scc- retary of the Navy Denby, Ambassa dor Jusserand of France, General Lansing H. Beach, chief of army en- gineers, Dr. Stepanek, minister of Czecho-Slovakia, Senator - Ransdell, Theodore Brent and A. B. Shepherd, Pittsburg. Vice President Coolidge is expected to preside at the banquet tomorrow. President Harding has been invited to; the banquet. CO-OPERATION WINS ON ANOTHER STOCK MARKET, (Farm Bureau News Service.) East St. Louis, March 1.—The farmers’ co-operative livestock com- mission company, organized here on the plan worked out by Minnes farmers, has assumed second place amount of business done, among the 50 commission companies operaling lon the market here. KENYON SWORN IN TODAY AS CIRCUIT COURT JUDGZ St. Louis, Mo., March 1.—Willi, S. Kenyon, former senator from lowa, today was sworn in as judge of tho Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Keas yon succeeds the late Judge Wailcg Smith. WETS LAUNCHING DRIVE TO RESTORE LIGHT WINE (By United Press) New York, March 1.-—Anti-prohibi+ tion organizations are uniting o launch a combined drive to restore light wines and beer to Ameri This fact, indicating that the lonz awaited spring offensive of the weis is getting under way, was made pun- lic today in a statement to the Uniie ed Press by William Anderson, supers intendent of the Anti-saloon Leaguc. Chese wet organizations ‘are being formed so rapidly, it is difficult to keep track of them, it was unofficially stat- ed today. The offensives launched are: American Federation of Labor 1s sued a statement favoring modifica- tions of the dry law. rtain advocates of the soldi arc urging it be paid by ale of light wineg L to date bon to be raised by the