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

The Pioneer - is [ daily: within 100 miles of Bemidji and has . the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota, Minnesota: Snow afid*colder to{ night; cold wave in south an east portion; Tuesday generally fair; colder in east, VOLUME XIX. NO. 289 7 55c PER MONTH BOVENTO HOED [* Give Enjoyable Concert. -«“fgn school -education does S, consist.in learning the fun- “iental principles: of history, matn- ematics,. language, or- science, bui also in' the art:of music and ‘song, will . be demonstrated by the boys’ Elee club of the local high school on day evening, March 31. Under_the able direction of Miss artha Fibigar, instructor-of music in the’ high ‘school, -this organization hag developed into one:.of exceptional quality in musical lines. Every:.naon 7 when the boys meet for practice the Much Interest:Has Been Shown|whole : Central - school - reverberates 2 song. ¥ In Project and Attendance i The club s especially. strong on|. - alect and humorous songs whic) Is Sure to Be Large have .made a decided hit every time the ‘club has “previously appeared. F # f The boys are practicing daily with Commissioner Ivan =~ Lowen _ willl, determination to' produce the very conduct _the hearing at the .court|hest, and, if possible, to outclass tne house, Bemidji,- tomorrow, order- | girls’ glee ‘clab which appears at the ed by the Minnesola Ra'lroad ‘and|game concert.- There is keen rivalry Warehouse ‘Commission, relative . to|petween these two organizations and an application for a reduction in the[this fact alone is an assurance of freight rates on - fuel wood. Il islthe very-best. represented by th plicants that af The orchestra will also appear and vast . quantity of productslhas a wonderful musical treat in could be marketed in the tied Eiver|store for Bemidji music lovers. In Valley, on-both sides of-the river, if | addition to the numbers given by favorable heigl}t rates couid be. ob-|these organizations there will = be tained from the railronds ings and vocal ‘music by talent Northern Minnesota has plenty of |outside the school. i “;"“': fox; fuel d“;d N.‘énh ‘Dakota has| - Tickets are now.on sale and are plenty of need for it. i i 5 sections could be:brought ‘oguther g;ngfl::&lg will :2' ¢ proceeds from Public Hearing ‘on 108, Rate ‘on Fuel Wood to, . Held at the Markham JACOBSON UNABLE TO. - ATTEND THIS HEARING ywards the pur-| ==—=—x to both sections, probzbly could ke [gin not only be an ‘encouragement developei i ks to the boys and girls who take part A. L. Flinn, rate expert: of the|pyt will also help to make a contribu- commission, will accompany Mr. Eow- tion to something of permanent value en, as technical adv.sor. fo the high school. The concert wiill planned to preside at the heaving. e but has been confined to his home day, March 31, at 8 o'clock. for some time with a serious attack |pOLITICAL CAMPS MAKING of influenza and it is doubtfu: that his medical attendant will permit READY FOR CONVENTIONS nim to make the journey at ime. Sufficient interest has been shown| - - by this community relative to & low-| gt Paul,” March er rate on fuel “wood to assure a|camps were stirring today in prepar: iarge attendance ‘at the public hear-|tion for the state conventions of dem- ing to be cul)eq to_order Tuesday|crats and republicans Friday. forenoon at 10 o'clock. There will be congressional district A larz; number; wib towns and-communities.ate also.ex-[gates- will_endorse candidates for pected to be: represented heic and f:,,gm, and ‘take. their stand on the Indicationssace that the complete de-|other offices.” .- 55 . tails o Pers's: 3 - The- deT will be afred- @t this g a5 welk, t as_the stand taken:by the’ vexicusfy railroads affected.. .- i g The commission hnf expressed the esire to arrive at a fair decision as - quickly as possible after the hearing \ has been held and there is a ‘possibili- m wm‘ DECORA ty that a lower Tate, may have sox advantages for the remainder.o* t: season. In any event, a lower rate|. will help the wood situation mnext|. : : y | Posts. in' Every Community to winter. : & BELTRAMI COUNTY DELEGATE{ Take Charge of Memorial t Day Ceremonies TO ‘NOMINATE 'MISS - CALIHAN (By United Press) atic-isipte’ convention held ‘in ‘Minneapolis " Friday will meet. at_St. Paul. all of the pure-breds foundation animals on class dairy herd. In order ‘to be of nesota Fair in: August. o e fi:}féfi?@.fl’&'fi i;‘ii:fifi: . Indianapolis, March 27 (United at St. Paul Friday has been invited Presg) —Gréves of American soldiers to nominate Miss Eloise L. ilian, | sailors and marines, who died in the secretary of the Bemidji Townsite| World War. i lowing points: date_for ‘endorsement: for the -office : - of clerk of the:state; e court, | can. Legion both at home and abroad points; total of 100 points It was originally ‘inten that- the|according to plans announced today : ¢ Ramsey county . delegation would |at Legion national headquarters. make the nominati 4 .Legion posts in_every community special priz ers assoctations will LUTHERAN FREE SOCIETY morial.day ceremonies and decora! MEETS TUESDAY NIGHT |the graves of: all veterans. ‘Whil T 7. out this country- are honoring the The Men’s Society of the Luther-{soldier dead in their midst, the dist- an Free church of Nymore, will meet{ant-graves in France, Engiand, Italy Tuesday eveuing at. 8 o’clock at theland Russia will not be neglected. For church. * A."'0." Akre and .. Mathew |the last two years it has baen the Larson will entertdin. egion son of Fosston will be present. Beitrami County THIRD STREET CAFE BEING 000 posts for this purpose. Commit- day forencon for the this fund in the ensuing year. fh 2 g acting in conjunction with similar . The interior of the Third Street|podies of officials and citizens of Cafey including the. kitchen, is being|the various foreign .countries. Posts very neatly redecorated and now lin all' Euorpean coun presents a very heat appearance. [|ating with these = committees, will i see that the grave of every Ameri- can who perished overseas is approp- iately decorated. y To- prevent confusion and dupli- cation, of effort in decorating graves in this. country on, Memorial Day, the Legion has asked all-posts to or- gdnize a central graves registration bureau in every county for the pur- pose of properly recording graves ous. consideration. Tuesday, it is expected, B ti (By Usited Pregs) ; Lawrence, Mass., March 27.—Law- given rence, the scene of bitter: battles in| the land clearing project Through the Security State Bank “97-—_Political | Calf club there were 24 head of pure bred female dairy animals introduced nto this locality in June 1921. One hundred per cent of the boys and neighibc-ng |conventions. Thursday . when, dele-| Birle ‘Who entered "this contest ex- hibited at ‘the fair in Bemidji last “be )y the ‘republican state” convention | the fair was very creditable. None -of the calf :club ‘members | 0'clock. wish to ell their calves, which shows |been engaged to care for th. ex: -|that they are well satistied and that|ed rush of buyers. become the Improvement .of animai from the ill be visited on Mem- | first part of May until fair time, Pennsylvania and Improvement Co., as a candi-| .1 'pooy in the Ameri-| 25 points; showing condition at the orial Day by comrades in the Amer} fair, 50 points; showing methods, 25 The Guernsey and Holstein Breed- likely offer to the juniors showing in America will take charge of Me- animals of their respective breeds. thousands of communities through- m CI.EARING HEADS MEET HERE TOMORROW Reccntly—electedliirfictgll‘s of thelannals are filled. Rev. Morten-|custom of Legion national hezdguar-| .- - earing as- " |sociation are-to meet at the office of ters to collect a.fund from the 11, County Agent D. C. Dvorarek Tues- by purpose of tees are established to take care of completing the organization of the VERY NEATLY REDECORATED éomposed lme{;"f& “I'Jd mE]:\gl?“ng; new board and to name officers for A more definate program for the year will be outlined by the board and in- dications dre that a public demonstra- 1, similar in some ways to that last year, will be ‘staged this season for the purpose of bbostilxl\g in this In. this issue appears’ a page advertisement of the store, announcing the nevis that market at special reauced pric fered, nothing reserved. history of the store, according io ducethe tremendous stock by 'this store, and patrons- wil, given ‘the benefit of tlese spec prices for the next 15 days. Extra salespeople farm, ALL ms’ mAm where their owners_live, gr 8. hign- PENNSYLVAN] A HAS Two SEATS OPEN THIS YEAR This, means much to the livestock interests of Beltrami county in the battle with the scrub. further: service to the Calf club members of the year 1921, the Security State Bank is now arranging to conduct a “Little Inter- national” a$ the next Northern Min- Prizes wul be offered by the bank to those making the greatest score on the foi- By LAWRENCE MARTIN ‘Washington, March 27 in Pennsylvania. . “The king is dead; who will king?” is the way they say 1t There may never leaders there will be, preminence one man can COmpass. the two United States senatorships Everything in the sture is being « D. Backus, proprietor, that such tr mendous reductions have been made. .THhe object of this sale is to 1c- carried :(United Press Staff Correspondent) (United Press.)—Penrose, the last of the big Bosses, is no nore, and his passing has a sequel in this year of politics It is necessary to keep this in mind when discussing this year’s senator- ial campaigns in Pennsylvania. For be bestowed next November by the voters are already figuring in one of those political chess games with PREPARATORY TO SALE double- Bazaar its entire stock is to be piaced on_the This is the first time in the C. be ini ke store is closed today avgd Tues: dastin oider to miark down the koods. The doors will he thrown opes o the public Wednesday morning &t 9- (19 be n be another Quay or Penrose, but new and among ihem there will be keen rivalry for the greatest measure of power and to which ‘the Keystone State’s political The matter of selecting a manager for the land clearing association wiil co-oper- |also be attended to and it is expect- ed that one will be engaged. Three applilations are now being given seri- previous industrial wars, was plung- of. veterans ofi all wars and assign- |COunty and in other counties in this ed into another strike today when 10,000 . textile -operators walked out rather than accept a -20 per:cent wage cpt. ‘ ¥ pn’,r;,fil;ein,flifg::fl :I:d ;,]::}Tfhymg: obtairied in regard to each veteran Mass., and-in cities in- New Hamp- buried in home cemetaries: Name, shire and Rhode Island. With the organization, . dates | of enlistment alk-out here today, New England |and death, rank, discharge and place wide-spread StFCn bistory. in.regard to the la z -|of all vetérasis ob BORGEN ACCEPTS POSITION gion’s Graves Registration ing 'such graves to the - individual section of the state. posts .for proper decoration- National headquarters Bureau Elmer E. Borgen, who for .thelyyqs pDOROTHY NANGLE TAKES ast four years has been a book-keep alleged illegal note. Kr in the gemidji office of the Cgfio}: PART IN ST. TERESA PROGRAM | that the trust company, ston Lumbér Co. and :who prior to Townley was head, ha that time was employed by the Gam- ble-Robinson Bemidji Co., has accept-|recently participated in a ed a position with the J. E. Barr pickl- dramatics program at the College of |ment. ing and Preserving Co, of .St. Cloud } St._Teresa, Winona. -Miss Nangle is|spirator. and will assume his new Aduties Avril|a sophmore at Saint Teresa’s. In i. He expects to leave Bemidji Sat-|addition to her college work she is urday and his family will follow socn. doing work in the conservatory in The new position: is considered -a the department of dramatic expres: good advancement. sion, Legion officials. believe. eral times. i a term for sedition, that the following inlotm-tsi‘;?lgesl:: mAL 0F A. c. Towm.fl SCHEDULED FOR TODAY (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., March 27—The trial esting place |of A. C. Townley Nonpartisan league ined by the Le-|chief, was scheduled to begin today. o1} v 3 a Townley- is .accused of WITH ST. CLOUD CONCERN |will prove. invaluable in later years,|; Hastings to secure $6,000 for the Sisal Trust company from - the Scandinavian-American_Bank on an The charge is of which |successor -to Ira. B. Mills, inducing ——— not yet been Miss Dorothy. Nangle of this city |organized when the note was given. i college | Hastings was charged with embezzle- Townley is accused as con- His trial has been postponed sev- He was arrested shortly after his releese from the county jail at Jackson, Minn., where he served IVAN BOWEN. as a member of the com with the commission for a assoition. PN s | Commissioner Bowen of the Stute Railroad and Warehouse commission, ills, deceased, gsion, wilt cenduct a public hearing here to- morrow on a formal application filed lower freight rate on fue wood. The hear- ing is to be called to order at thc Markham hotel -at 10 o’clock, and will then probably adjourn to the rooms of the Civic and Commerce Vo s SR SRR e %GR A0, adet BANK TO OFFER PRIZES. - |BAZAAR STORE CLOSED [ NEAR EAST RELIEF TO IN CALF CLUB CONTEST Chairman- 0. P. ‘B. Jacobson had |be held in the Methodist church, Fri- | Security State Bank Planning “Little International” to Be Held at Fair Here state. gathering. (By United Press) Berlin, March 27.—Germany can- not fulfill the conditions of the allied moratorium proposals, spokesmen maintained today. It was authoritively denied, the government had rejected the al-lhave to pay $38,800,000 more for lied reparation commission’s demand. | their products. Wirth and Minister Ratheneu will continue the German policy used so often since the end of the war,” negotiate, but never Chancellor ’9 say ‘no. ‘action governor, STAGE BSAY CONTEST the editors arrive New York, March 27—-Anncuilce- ment was made today by the Neav East Relief of a nation-wide essay or oration contest among high school postponed meeting of the Minnesota the bank with the money. The ban. students for prizes offered by the [section of the Black and Yellow trail | dits’ machine Hon. Henry Morgenthau, former U. association opened at the commer- S. Ambassador to Turkey. Mr. Morgenthau hag offered $2000 to be distributed aniorig . the “prizs winners. Three prizes, one of $500, one of $200, and one of $100, will be e Sfadged to-be the thres bost : oration adjudged to e in the country. A first prize of $15 "I "NG A a second priz{ of $10, agd a tf\ird' P Dmo" H]Dm prize of $5 will be awarded in each lA'::c'fu-ding to @an nnn};l:micement which has been sent to school super- . . intendents throughout the’ i Proposed Tariff, If Retained, States, contestants must read or de- liver their essay or oration at a com- mencement exercise or other public The topic sclected must present some phase of the industrial, political, social, or educational situa- tion in Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Syria, Palestine, or other adjacent|ate finance regions in which the American relief | putting duty on hides, boots, shoes grgnni‘tmtlion is o}?m}'lati;:z.l Only meti}v:- and leather ¢ % ers of the two highest classes in the i Bigh achaols will be eligiblo. fight in congress, the consequences The contest in Minnesota will be |tariff, if retained, will mal conducted by Dr. George E. White,|cost 16 to 30 per cent than at the state director, to whom manuscripts | present tmie. must be submitted: Each manuscript must contain not less than 1,600 nor |gon, formerly for such a tariff, is more than 2,000 words. GERMANY CANNOT MEET MORATORIUM PRoPOSALS publicans, however, determined on|tion of the National League of Wo- The allied demand includes pay- ment of 750,000,000 gold marks in cash and 1,450,000,000 in kind dpr- ing 1922. Germany undoubtedly will ask further negotiations and a pos- gible attempt to have the matter brought up at London. PLAN_S- CALL FOR ACTION|cities ot (By. United Preas) Fargo, March 27—The Nonpar- tisan campaign. plans are to bring immediately. Lynn J. Fraser, selected as senator- ial candidate, wired his appreciation of the confidence imposed on him and accepted the endorsement. He arrives here tonight and it is under- stood the primary fight will be un- derway at once; The néw officers of the Leagua take office March 31. Following A. C. Townley’s impas- R R ioned address to the conference an-| HOUSE OF LORDS TODAY nouncing his resignation and the res- gnation of the state executive com- mittee, harmony prevailed in the A new committee which takes office March 31 was elected and jlords today passed the Irish bill on a full state ticket endorsed, including'its third reading with a record votie. State Senator Baker of Renyille for This constitutes ratification of the Craig convention, —— e BANDITS SPEND BUSY WEEK END IN TWIN CITEES Four Masked Bandits Crack Safe in Kent Ice Cream Plant; Get $1,500 HARDING IS:INVITED - TO ADDRESS EDITORS President Expected as Princi- pal Speaker at Convention of National Editors Washington, D. C., March 27— President Harding is shaping plaas for his Alaska trip next summer so that he can attend the 37th annual convention of the National Editorial Association to be held at Missoula, Montana, early in July. The presi- dent i i f % g Sontl Ediboricl Rssorition and proui| PAIR HOLD UP CANDY " STORE AND GET $550 of his affiliation with the organiza- tion of newspaper owners. Such anj address would be of national interest. Preparations are made for two 3 ot special de luxe trains to transpor:| Three Bandits Escape With the editors during their entire tour sth of tw:n(t};;;one days, starting and end- Bag of Money Within ing a icago. i Besides visiting Yellowstone and Sight of Employees = Glacier National Parks, the newsps- per party will travel over the vast stretch o Montana, stopping in twen- (By United Press) ty- or moxe towns and passing on Minneapolis, March 27. — Four through the mining and agricultura!| masked yeggs blew a safe in the districts of the state. Part of the|Kent Ice Cream company's plant journey will be by water, up Flathead | early today and escaped with Lake, which is one of the many scenic | $1,600 in cash. John Johnson, night Y spots that lic outside Yellowstone | Watchman, was bound and gagged. and Glacier National Parks. He was found by workmen in the Missoula is making extensive a. |morning. He said the sound of the rangements to entertain the visitors explosion which wrecked the safe during the three days they will be|was hardly audible. there for the convention. All of the other towns on the itinerary are vy- ing with one another in plans to show Minneapolis, March 27.—While their. hospitality. twenty pedestrians waited on the - _ Special entertainment will be pro-|outside for a street car and a po- vided in Yellowstone Park where tue | liceman stood across the street, two semi-centennial celebration of this|bold bandits robbed a confectionery national playground will be in full|store. S. K. Stames, proprietor, was swing: And, later on the trip, when | preparing to close when the men en- i in Glacier Park|tered. They commanded him to turn they will be greeted in a picturesque |out the lights. People outside manner by the original inhabiants |thought the store was closing. The of the Rocky Mountain country, the | bandits took $550 from the cash reg- (By United Press) . Members of Two Upper Classes | Bjackfeet Indians, who will stick to | ister. of High Schools Will Be Eligible to Compete theéritribul custom of registering the arriving guests with the nammou: quill of the Golden Eagle. (By United Press) St. Paul, March 27.—Operating within sight of employees of the BLACK AND YELLOW TR, Crescent Creamery company, three Al bandits, in a bold robbery tv.uiuy, ©s- SECTION IN SESSION TODAY |caped with $250 of the company’s - (By United Press) money. S. J. Gadeaz, credit man- Owatonna, Minn., March The | ager of the firm, had just started for forced him to the curbing. Two men drew revolvers. They grabbed the bag of money and drove away. (By United Prees) Chicago, March 27.—Robert Plun- kett, 22, of Minneapolis, confessed to two burglaries here today. Plun- kett, who said he was a member of a well-to-do family, told police he, robbed homes in Chicago and Minne- MAKB coNGRBs FIGHT apolis of furs and jewelry. Detec- tives said Miss Anne Kruger, under = arrest in Minneapolis, implicated Plunkett. RE-PROBING OF EXPLOSION OF FERRY ORDERED TODAY (By lril:d——Preu) Port Huron, Mich., March 27.— - Re-probing of the explosion of the ferry, Omar D. Conger, which kill- ed four members of the crew and in- jured scores of others, was ordered today. The explosion which wrecked the ferry yesterday, which was on the way to Sarnia, dnt., rocked the Lentire city. il NATIONAL WOMEN VOTERS TO HEAR NOTED SPEAKERS Washington, D. C., Mar. 27—An unusually large numi)er of govern- ment officials and speakers of nation- al and international prominence will take part in the third annual conven- cial club here today. Plans are be- ing made to increase travel over the Black and Yellow trail, one of the principal ‘highways %o Yellpwstone ark. The meeting had originally cen scheduled for March 13. United Will Make Shoes Cost More Than at Present Time (By United Press) ‘Washington, March 27.—The sen- committee's action in is destined to start a of which may be great. The Erop;ned e shoes Representative Hawley of Ore- now strongly opposed to it. As the tariff bill passed the house, hides, boots, shoes and leather were on the free list. The senate finance committe€ Re- a 16 per cent duty on hides, a 10 |men Voters which is to be held in per cent d‘_nty on boots and shoes and | Baltimore, Maryland, from April 20 a 10 to 25 per cent duty on leather. [to 29, according to the program which Hawley figures that only the pack-|has just been made public at the ers and tanners would benefit from [League’s national headquarters 1 government | the new tariff. The farmer and|Washington, D, C. st.ockmun would get, he estimated,|20th Century however, that $34,000,000 more for his products, e /3 but he and his farm workers would [ELKS LADIES TO MEET ) TOMORROW AFTERNOON ' _He estimated the| The Elks Ladies will meet Tuesday average increase in the price of shoes [afternoon in the club rooms, and will would be '4.0 cents a pair. be entertained by Mrs. D. R. Burgess In addition’ to the hides battle,|and Mrs. H. A. Northrop. The vol- there will be a fight on sugar and|ley ball teams will play during the probably lumber. afternoon and all members are asked to.be present. HUGHES DECLARATION T MAY BE PART OF PACT ‘Washington, March —The re- tail cost of food on March 15 this| Washington, Morch 27—Democr: year was still from 26 to b1 per cent|tic senators may succeed in forcing Senator Lodge to make the Hughes RETAIL COST OF FOOD ON MARCH 15 IS STILL HIGH (By Unitsd Pro ’ .y | higher than 1918, the department of NoNPARTISAN CAMPMGN labor estimated today. Based on in-|declaration a part of the four-power of 10 the country, decreases, however, were reached for the month ending March 15 over the previous month. representative | Pacific treaty. Lodge today was considering two means of getting the point the Democsats raised to the ef- fect that unless the declaration was ratified by the senate as part of the fonr-pz{)werf pact 'nh wci)ulK grosve of more benefit to the United States- HUGHES CALLS CONFERENCE The declaration reserves Ameri- OF STATE POTATO GROWERS [can rights in th mandated islands in the Pocific and excludes domestic questions, such as the Japanese prob- lem on the Pacific coast, from the operation of the four-power treaty. ULSTER CAéINET ACCEPTS INVITATION TO PARLEY (By United Press) st, Ireland, March 27.—The 2 abinet today accepted the in- tation of the British government to an Irish conference with south- ern. leaders at London. Sir James Ulster premier, will go to Londen tomorrow, E vestigation Ex-governor St Paul, March 27-—H. J. Hughes, state director of the markets bas called a conference of potato grow- g{rs Dfor Saturday at Grand Forks, RATIFIES IRISH BILL London, March 27—The house of Trish-British treaty. f