Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 2, 1922, Page 1

| | The Pioneer has the largest -circulstion Northern Minnesota. —— e s the only daily within 100 miles of n:nldli ni: BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, .-MARCH 2, 1922 WEATHER e Minnesota — Fair tonight and Friday; rising temperature. VOLUME XIX. NO. 267 U.S. COMMERCE |t kot TOPIC OF VERY FINE ADDRESS Students of Local 'Business College Hear Instructive Talk By C. L. Isted - TRACES EXPANSION OF COMMERCE OF AMERICA States That Manufacturing Is Expanding Rn?idly as Well as Agriculture C. L. Isted, manager of the Crook- ston Lumber company mill, delivered an address before the students of the Bemidji Business. college Wednesday evening, choosing for his subject: “The Commerce of -the United the handmaiden of civilization, cater- States.” He said in part: “It has been said that commercc 1s ing to the wants of men and enabling him to exchange what he has in super- abundance for those other commodi- ties not groduced in his locality. We say then that the law of supply and demand is the basis of commerce. “The wide-awake, progressive colil- mercial nations of today are not cor tent to produce only those commodi- ties nature has most cleverly indicat- ed for each district, but are ever looking for new fields to conquer. “In_case a nation lacks the raw materials_essential to the develop- ment and maintainance on a large scale of the industry of manufactur- ing, she immediately constructs or ar- ranges for transportation facilitics necessary to a world wide trade ana brings from far-off lands those raw materials it lacks, converts them inty finished products, and often sell tie surplus back to the very countries from which it obtained the essential raw material. “Improved transportation facili- ties have Had slmost everything to do_with the volume of commerce or today. When transportation was ex- pensive and- daugerous, extetisive commerce could only be carried va profitably in those commjodities pos- sessing a high value, else the charges would make it prohibitive. “Water transportation has always been the cheapest, and from earliest times those nations having good harbors and ports -have led .in word commerce. Until steatn was made the motive power of both land and water transportation, -world-wide commerie was for the most part confined to those regions near the sea. “The last half century, with its marvelous developments in industry and its world-wide improvements in transportation facilities on both land and water, has witnessed the greatcst growth of the centuries in the inter- national exchange of commoditizs, culminating in 1913 when the com- bined value of all articles entering the trade between nations, excceded $40,000,000,000, which was just about double that of the year 1900. “There has been a marvelous growth of the industry of manufac- turing in the United States, notabiy since the opening of the present cen- tury, whreby nearly one-half of out exports have come to eonsist of man- ufactured articles, that are entering into the keenest competition in the| markets of the world. The Uniied States produces more iron, coal, cop- per, petroleum, and cotton, the basic raw material used in modern manu- facturing, than any other nation. “The change in the balance of trade, whereby exports exceeded ira- ports in value, marks a new era. In the year 1874 the value of the nations cxports exceeded that of the im- ports by $18,876,000. In 1875 balance swung back in favor of ports but since that date tie traae balance has been against the Umg.ed States only three times, in 1388-1c89 and 1853. In summarizing, Mr. Isted said: “The foreign trade of the United States increased from $152,000 1in 1810 to $4,258,000,000 in 1914 or about 28-fold in these 104 years. In the same period the populgtion in- creased from 7,200,000 to 91,200,060 or about 14-fold.- Our foreign trade, then, has increased at twice as great a ratio as our population, the ver (Continued on page 3.) ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON CITY IMPROVEMENT An illustrated lecture. is to be given tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Elko theater, free to all persong interested in civic im- provement. “Home Ground and Town Jeautiication” -is ‘the subject of the lecture , which will be given by Con- rad B. Wolf, superintendent of thc park board at Hibbing. * His talk wili be illustrated by a number of stere optican slides. This lecture hag been arranged by the civic improvement cotimittee of the Woman’s Civic and :Community club for jhe purpose of inciting more interest in civic improvement, and as > a beginning of the annual contest for street improvement. It is especially desired that theie be a large aftendance -at this lecturc tomorrow afternoon and it is us- sured that Mr. Wolf’s talk will be worth the while of every resident of the city who is taking interest in city improvemesnt, - =+ BREEDERS ASSOCIATION -Gu‘ornuy Breeders Take Steps to Advance Breeding of High Grade Cattle The dairy movemeni in Beltrami| county was given considerable impe- tus yesterday when more than 350 breeders of Guernsey cattle, compris- ing the Beltrami County Guernsey Beeders association, met at the Civic & Commerce association rooms a.d formed a permanent orgsnization, adopting by-laws and a constitution and formally taking steps to advance the breeding of registered and grade Guernseys in Beltrami county. About ten new members were .d- ded to ‘the membership rolls since the first meeting was held a short time ago. Plans were outlined and steps taken to encourage the breeding of Guernseys by offering suitable awarus at the coming Northern Minnesota fair to be held at Bemidji next fall, and a resolution was passed favorable to making the prizes open only io breeders residing within Beltrami county, until such time as the breed 1s sufficiently advanced here that lo- cal breeders will have nothing to fear from outside competition. The 'constitution as adopted 1s similar _to that of the Wakesha coun- ty, (Wisconsin) association which kas been in operation several ycars and is a proven success. Dr. W. K. Denion addressed the meetingon sanitation and tuberculo- sis. Among those present was L. Jen- sen of Clearbrook, owner of Clover Crest farm and recently elected pres- 1dent of the Minnesota Dairyman’s as- sociation. FORECAST LEGISLATION ON WATERWAY PROJECT (By United Press) " Washingtorr; March 2.—Congress will enact legislation necessary to create the St, Lawrence canalization project, Henry J.. Allen of Kansas believes. “Sentiment is most universally in favor of the project,” he told the United Press just before leaving Washington. Allen said he was confident the 10,000,000 people of the state of New York are not in sympathy with the stand to the project taken by the government and "business interests. “When ‘the matter comes to a show-down, the people of New York will side with us of the West,” he said. * “I believe the majority of con- gressmen believe the project will :onfer great blessings on the coun- ry. “The tremendous over-land haul has always been the tragedy of transportation of the West,” Allen said. Creation of the St. Lawrence project will place| the west 1,200 miles nearer to the set and enable it to compete successfully with Euro- pean grain growers. NAVAL RESERVISTS T0 SAIL TRAINING SHIP Crew From This District to Bring U. S, S. Paducah to Duluth Port in May Naval reservists of Minnesota, North and South Dakota are being informed that the U. S. S. Paducon modern steel gunboat of 1,300 tons, has becn assigned to this district for the ¢raining of naval reservists. This vessel is now at the navy yard, Ports- mouth, N. H., undergoing repaiis and alterations preparatory = to being transferred to Duluth for this duty. A crew will be selected from this dis- trict to go to Portsmouth and bring the ship to this port. A tentative statement of he num- ber of men required from each lo- caliy in the district is: Duiuth, 31 | men; Minneapolis, 31 men; St. Paui, 31 men; Bemidji, 16 men; outside of cities, 20 men; shipkeepers, 15 men; a total of 143 men. > Orders will be issued to the crew selected to meet on board the U. S. S. Essex at Duluth at 9 a. m. Sunday, May 21, where equipment will be 1s- sued and a special train boarded for Portsmouth, N. H., probably May 2zZ. After the ship ds ready for sea, she will sail for Duluth around the pen- insula of Nova Scotia; through tne Gut of Canso and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, up the St. Lawrence rivcr, through the- wonderful Thousand is- lands and Lake Ontario, thence via the Melland canal to Lake Erie then up the Great Lakes to Duluth. This will be a most attractive and wondvur- ful cruise. It will require about £2 days, possibly a day or two more, but probably ‘no more,. all told—that 15, from the time the reservists leave Duluth until their retarn. Those making the trip will receive tiansp sr- tation,. subsistance and, the pay of their rating. There will be several cruises, esch of 15 days, made on the Great Lakes after the ship arrives at Duluth, sim- ilar to those of last season. The dates of these cruises will be announc- ed later. Only ctas one imén and those who have transferred to class six will be taken on cruises this com- ing summer, Captain Guy Eaton an- nounced. CASHBONISIS ELININATEDBY Those Whose Allotment ‘Will Not Exceed $50 Excepted From Provision ‘lNSURANCt CERTIFICATE PLAN BEING PROPOSED 'Bill to Aid Unemployed Thru Loan at Bank Being Considered (By United Press) Washington, March 2.—The house bonus sub-committee agreed today about the provision eliminating all cash bonus except for ex-service men | whose allotment will not exceed $50. The cost of this cash payment was estimated at $16,000,000. (By Unlted Press) Washington, March 2.—American Legion leaders here are satisfied with the house bonus sub-committee’s pro- posal to drop the cash bonus, pro- vided a workable insurance certifi: cate plan with the provision of bor- rowing money on the certificate is| substituted, they stated to the Unit-| ed .Press today, adding that while they may make a protest to keep the| records straight, they do not now plan any campaign against the com- mittee’s methods. The house is aiming now on a bill for unemployed men, actually re- quiring cash, to get a loan from the bank at gnce up to 50 per cent of the amount allotted to a soldier for his term of service on a aollar-a-day basis for interest. The average sol- dier served 329 days and he could take his certificate to a bank and get a loan of $164.50. If he defaulted payment, the bank then would turn to the treasury and get its advance with interest. The Legion leaders contend that the insurance certificates would real- ly mean more to the average man than the cash he might squander. J. BYER-ARRAIGNED ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE Godfrey Brune, who passed away at-Anthony’s hospital early Wednes- day morning came to his death from a blow on the left side of his head by one James Byer, a coroner’s jury decided last night following a hear- ing held at the city building at 8 o’clock. The jury was composed of Herman F. Nelson, J. J. Trask, Lars Lind, L. F. Freeman, Calvert Can- field and J. W. Hoover. The account of the fight, as told by James Byer was heard at the inquest. James Byer, who has been held held since Feb. 20, when the fight oc- curred, pending the outcome of Brunne’s condition, was arraigned to- day on a warrant charging man- slaughter. His case was continued until a week from today. A brother of Godfrey Brune has arrived in the city to take charge of the remains and it was expected that the body would be sent today to Du- luth for-burial. “THE INDJAN DRUM” TO BE PUBLISHED FRIDAY “The Indian Drum,” a tale of the Great Lakes With romance and ‘mystery galore, will be pub: lished as a serial sfory 'in The Pioneer, beginning Friday, - his story is writlen by William M :{ma Edwin Balmer and is ‘a gtipping tale in whichithe readers will become just as ip ors. i Those:who read the story just paper it HARDING’S FIRST YEAR NOW NEARLY COMPLETED Washington, March 2.—*“One year of Warren G. Harding,” finds the United States rapidly recoverjng from the aftermath of the World war, Representative Hess, Republi- can of Ohio, told the house today in VALUATION OF. RAILROADS IS Farm Bureau Federation Has Wound Up. Its Arguments for Lower Rates HEARINGS ON'RATES COVER ENTIRE MONTH Way Is Being Opened Up for Further Decreases in Rates on Freight St. Paul, March 2.—The valuation reviewing the first year of Harding’s [of the railroads oi the United States, administration. A year ago Harding found the na- tion with her relations with all for- as fixed by the Interstate Commerce commission for rate-making purposes, eign countries strained to the break-|is at least $3,000,000,000 tco hign, ing point, her fundamental principles | attorneys” for the American Farm under taxations and wild extrava- gance, her industries . inflated by over-expansion of war demands, Hess Bureau federation declared in wind- ing up a powerful appeal for imme- | diate freight rate reduction, in gov- said. { |ernment rate hearings at Washing- LITTLE FALLS OUTFIT PLAYS HERE TOMORROW| High School Girls to Play Bagley in [Preliminary to District Game Two interesting games of basket-| ball are offered local fans night when the Bemidji high school squad meets the Little Falls high school team, leader of the third atn- letic district championship countest, and the high school girls team meets the Bagley high school girls at the new armory. The girl’s game will be called at 7:30 and, although a pre- liminary to the main event, this game will be well worth seeing. Last Saturday night the Bagley girls defeated Bemidji on the small Bagley floor where neither team could show all its speed. QOn the large floor here it is expected that a, much fast- er game will be staged. "Bagley has cne of the strongest girls’ teams in this section of the state and has al- ways had the distinction of posse: such a team. Nearly all of the pluy- ers on that team are playing their second or third year at-bagitball-and experience is a big factor. Bemidji has made a good showing considering that the team is practically new tnis year. Although the score at Bagley was 14 to 3 in favor of Bagley, & much closer game is looked for hore comorrow night. Little Falls is leading the district race and bids fair to keep that tilie and thereby go to the state tourna- ment at Northfield. The outcome of the first, meeting this year between Bemidji and Little Falls indicaics that an interesting game should be the result of this encounter on 'he Bemidji floor, provided that the locals put up their best brand of basketbail, This is the last game of the locals’ schedule this season and it is expected that they will make a fine showing against the district leade A pe:v- jous meeting at Little Falls resuited in a 22 to 15 victory for the Morri- son county squad. Two games for the pric2 of one are offered fans tomorrow night and ii is urged.that there be a large attend- ance, especially s e these two gamies are the last of the high scheol sched- ufe. Friday | ther. ton, D. C. The arguments and evidence sub- mitted by the farm bureau in its fight for further rate cuts have just been received by the Minnesota fea- eration headguarters in St. Paul. tire month, the American Farm Bu- reau federation was the only ship- {pers’ organization in the country to introduce as evidence a genéral finan- cial analysis of railroad earnings ana expenses as a basis for a demand that freight charges be reduced still far- So far, agriculture has been Lie only industry in the United States to obtain a substantial rate reduction. {The farm bureau is recorded as the only farmers’ organization in the country that appeared to fight for re- duced freight rates when the gov- {ernment opened hearings on hay and |grain rates last fall. Rate cuts av- eraging 18 per cent resulted from the farmers’ fight in this case; und immediately after the hearings end- ed, the farm bureau began legal ac- tion to force further cuts in rates on all farm products. Conferences be- tween railroad officials and farm bu- reau leaders tollowed, and the net |result was a so-called “voluntary” cut (Continued on page 3.) | CONTRIBUTIONS. ASKED TO RELIEVE SUFFERERS The Bemidji Jewish Relief com- mittee for sufferers from the war sn- nounces that except as to persons of the Jewish faith there will be o personal canvass or solicitation in Bemidji. The committee thercfore invites and- will gratcfully accept, from all persons, contributions to Lhis worthy cause regardless of creed. Contributions may be left at Sha- vitch Bros., the Berman Agency, or Gill Bros. Checks should be mace payable to I. H, Ruben, treasurer. Da- vid Gill, chairman of the local com- mittee, urges that the general pubiic come to the relief of Jewish war sufferers in the Near East as quickly as possible. Threee hundred fifty thousanc orphans 1n eastern and ceni- tral Europe are starving. Typhus, cholera, tuberculosis and other dis- eases are adding to total of Jeaths in this famine-stricken arca. This cause has been endo¥sed by such men as President Harding, Secretary Herbert Hooveer, Gov. J. A. O. Preus and Archbishop Dowling. e~ WHEN (T WAS ALL DAY To AND FROM R’member JAUNT TowN AND In rate hearings covering an en-|? CANDIDATE FOR CLERK STATE SUPREME COURT Miss Eloise L. Calihan of St. Paul Announces She Will Be Candidate Miss fidenual s msn of commit active 1n Minnesota pol! 3 didate for for the nomination by repubiican corvention for the po: tion or clerk of the state supreme court. This newspaper has the statement, sent by Miss T St. Paul. “It is true that I have decided tu become a candidate for the vcpubli- can nomination four clerk of the su- preme court. I had no such thought until a surprising number of men and women had suggested that I do so and when I say that, I am telling the entire story of my. decision to ask this confidence at the bands of dele gates to the state convention. As a worker in the ranks of the republican party, I have tried to do my humble bit and with no thought of personai reward and this I shall continue to de no matter what action the convetion in its wisdom may see fit to take.” Should Miss Calihan win the nomi- nation at the republican convention on March 31 in St. Paul, her elcc- tion in the fall would be reasonahiy certain and Minnesota would thus thrice con- te chair ite central 1 following nar from liave the distinction of having named for the first time in the United States a woman to occupy a position of this kind. BUDGET DRIVE WILL PAY OFF ARMORY NOTES Holders of Notes to Be Paid Out of First Money Which Association Collects WEDNESDAY’S PROGRAM INCLUDES ABLE TALKS Tourist Trade, Dairy Products and County Division Are Topics of Interest The news that holders of armory notes will be paid out of the first moneys collected on the Civic & Commerce association 1922 budget will be joyfully received by such note holders. In fact, the money is now ready to be paid over and note holders are requested to see A. P. White "ati the Northern National bank, where final settlement will be made. The amount subscribed for the 1922 budget by the twenty men who hold notes will be applied upon pay- ment of these notes and to those who have paid in money to that budget, ¢d | this amount_will be refunded. ate central con.ittee, a p tion which he continues to hold. is credited with being one of th posted women in the state wnd said that amore than one cundidate owes election to her keen perception as a politician. BRITISH CONSERVATIVES IN SECRET CONFERENCE (By United Press) —(By Ed. L. party leaders London, March Keen)—Conservativ met here today in secret session, on which the fate of Premier Lloyd George and his coalition government depends. The session followed a con- ference between Austin Chamber- lain, official leader of the party, and Sir George Younger, chairman of the Unionist party organization, known i|as the man behind the throne. The premier’s adherents were op- timistic. The Younger faction, they said, is beginning to realize that it's the premier’s name rather than the conservative majority which-is the real backbone of the coalition gov- ernment, Lloyd George’s letter to Chamber- lain has_excited the trouble. The prime minister, according to leaders of the party, has asked a quasi vote of confidence. ST. CLOUD EASILY WINS FROM LOCAL TEACHERS More Experienced and Faster Squad Cops Off Game By Score of 39 to 11 Although defeated by a score of 39 to 11, the Bemidji State Tecach- ers college basketball squad made 2 better showing against the St. Cloud State Teachers college last night than it ‘did in the first meeting with that team at St. Cloud several weeks when the score was 47 to i3. provement was shown in the Bemidji team at St. Cloud several weeks ago perienced team had Bemidji outclass ed in every department. The maj ity of St. Cloud’s men are former high school stars. They have the height and weight and speed and to- gether they form one of the best col- lege teams in the state. . Clond started the scoring and up five points before Bemidji scered at ali. The first half resulted in a count of 9 to 19, after Bemidji had made a short spurt in which three field baskets were caged. In the sec- ond period, Bemidji scored only two points on free throws, while St. Cloud continued to score at ease. For the visitors, Swenson, right guard, wag easily the star. He was also the main point-getter, s seven field goals and five out of eigitt free throws. Ernst, right forward, came second _in scoring with four field goals. Freed, center, scored three field goals; Weisman, left for- ward, scored onc; and Joyrer, sub- stitute left forward, completed tie scoring with two field baskets. Hicks [at left guard completed the iine-up. .~ Riggs, right forward, led the scor- ing for Bemidji with one field goal and two out of seven free throws. Horns, center, scored one field goal and one - free throw. ' Simons, lert forward, and Romens, right guarq, each scored one field goal. Elliott, left guard, completed the lineup. R. C. Tapp, head of physical educa- tion in the Minneapolis public schools refereed the game and his work met with both the approval of the play- ers and the audience. A fast, clean game was the result of this meeting. A three-game s between tie teachers and the high school squad will be played about the middle of thig month to decide the city champ- jonship. A The association also decided to pay at once the $500 due the Ten Thou- sand Lakes association. The balance of the moneys paid in and to be paid in and to be paid into the budget will be pro-rated among the various bud- get funds. The program provided asscoiation members at the noon luncheon Wed- nesday included spirited talks from C. W. Jewett, who reported on the state automobile convention, and L. Jenson of Clearbrook, who spoke on dairy products in Minnesota. Mr. Jewett declared that it was up to Bemidji to harvest a good tourist crop this summer and stated that other s in the state were out af- ter this business in earnest. “We can do much to make tour- ists welcome in Bemidji,” said Mr. Jewett. “When we see a tourist car on our streets it is up to the business and professional men and citizens in general to approach that car and ask its occupants if there is anything we can do for them. Perhaps they want some direction or information, which we, who are acquainted, can easily give them. “Furthermore, we should have a central information bureau - ‘where visitors can go to get the informa- tion desired. Such hospitality on the part of our citizens will bring hun- dreds of others to Bemidji. It will mean that these tourists will plan to stop here, instead of just merely passing through the city. What it means in doilars and cents can hard- Iy be estimated.” Mr. Jensen advised that he was already inoculated with the fraternal spirit of Bemidji, but stated that in addition to the crops to be harvested as mentioned by Mr. Jewett, namely the farm crop, the lumber crop and the tourist crop, there was another very important crop in the dairy business. “It is an all-the-year-around crop,” said Mr. Jenson, “and where farm- ers are actually engaged in this busi- ness they do not know what hard times are. Beltrami county has made a good start along this line and I predict a bright future for it in the dairy business.” Charles Carter reported on the wood rate situation and advised that the matter was up to the railroads. He_ stated that the Great Northern and Soo lines had reported that they could not cut the rate and that the M. & 1. and Northern Pacific had not yet reported.. Leonard Wilson of the Merchants® (Continued on page 3.) HIGH SCHOOL CLASS GETS PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION C. W. Jewett has offered his mecki- anical department to the high school class in farm machinery, taught by H. A. Pflughoeft, for practical demon- stration work, and for the past few days the classes have been takiug advantage of this offer. Ear] McMahan has charge of tie demonstration work and has lectui- ed to the classes on the Delco light~ ing system, valve grinding and wiil give further lectures on tractor cou- struction, EFFORTS ARE MADE T0 BREAK UP DRUG RING (By United Press) New York, March 2.—Efforts to break up an international drug gang, which is believed implicated in the Taylor murder mystery in Los An- geles, are being made today. Dr. Carlton Simon, chief of the New York narcotic detectives, who origi- nated the inter-city narcotic police communication system to fight the drug trade, is working in close touch with the Los Angéles authorities. More than three hundred arrests of drug peddlers and addicts were made in New York City alone during February, Dr. Simon declared. far this year there have been 65 Many of thoge arrested- are’ questioned about the Taylor murder.. There are estimated to be 400,000 drug users in the United States,