Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 28, 1922, Page 1

The Pioneer is i'm'ihmu'f:& “i as the cir Northern Minnesota. » _ at Diamond Point 4 CONCESSION GHTS = | GO TO ARCHIE DITTY e s N 4/ Bemidji's Parks Are to Receive * Considerable Attention This § | Season, Board Plans ———— '{ z Bemidji wi!l: be ;bie to.care for.a/| larger number of summer tourists this year than last, occording to the present plans of the ‘park: board, which met in adjourned session Mon- day afternoon and _completed the business: which: was ~ to- have been i taken up at the annual meeting. Y This city’s parks are: to receive con- siderable attention:tnis spring and the Diamond ‘Point Park is-to be en- larged in order to provide more camp- ing space for'tourists. Altogether a very active season is planned bi{ the park board and the result will be that more ‘tourists will be attracted here each year. 3 T Last-year Diamond Point park ! - proved too small for the large nym- : ber of visitors who desired to p there for a few days at a time. Addi- tional ground -adjoining’ the present s park is to be purchased for th¥ sea- X son,” it is planned, and more room Fa will be supplied for tenting and rec- reation purposes. “ Concession rights - ‘at Diampnd Point for the " coming season were l granted at this meeting to Archie Ditty, who held -those rights at the park last year. His bid offered $30 more than any other bid entered. He is also to sct as park police and gen- eral representative of the park board at the point, catering to tourists and registering visitors. Practically everything at this popular summer Iu:u:rk will be operated the same as st year. - i The park board has nointention of completing the bathing:house this - is“ helieted that the building erecfed 1ast spring will care for the bathers adaquately this: sea- son( Instead of spending this money on the completion of the bathing house, Bemidji’s. parks ‘and boule- i vards are to receive more attention A , this year, .-~ E A 'landscape architect from St. Paul is to come to Bemidji soon to draw plans for. the improvement of Bemidji’s several ~parks, especislly . ‘the Ralph ‘Gracie- memorial park on 1 Doud avenue, which will be dedicated’ g this summer, according to present B plans. Complete_ plans’ for <these > parks will be annéunced as soon"as - completed. Improvement of the parks 4 does not require .the expenditure of : any great sum' of .money and will y lend much to the general appearance of the city. The park board has also employed Frank Patterson for -another season as park police~and general caretaker of the parks. AR R e e . - ARE BEING GIVEN WORK Indianapolis, Ind., March 28.— The unemployed world war: vetéran: is' rapidly ‘being—given-a job. The American Legion, campaign to give him one shows that since the start of the drive more -than 250,000. of the country’s total-of 700,000 job- less ex-soldiers - have been - placed, Lemuel Bolles, national commander, of the Legion announced here. Many more, he states, ~have been given temporary jobs to tide them over un- til the permanent place is found for them. Adjutant Bolles also an- . nounced that ‘the drive-is not going to stop at a 30-day limit, as original- ly planned. ‘It is going on until the 3 Legion’s aim ' to -make" the country- % G free of veteran -“unemployment has - in been attained. 4 Barracks and miess halls for those . for whom work' - has not yet been found are being operated by Legion auxilary posts in"the larger cities. Employment offices,” manned by ex- service men, - Sprang .up with the start of the-drive. “Chambers ‘of 3| i Commerce, labo¥’ organizations, civic|- ! and fraternal units are co-operating 1 with the “Legion: ‘¢mployment . heads and are making’i this ‘help felt, na. i tional officers pay. - CHRISTIANSON NOT T8 .5 OPPOSE A. J. VOLSTEAD \ . (By- United Press) = & Minneapolis, March 28.—Theodore ¥ Christianson will not oppose Repre- sentative ‘Andrew J. Volstéad in the ' & “ Republican district convention in the seventh district Friday. . Volstead ,7ill have clear sailing and undoubtedly will receive the unani- mous endorsement of the convention. Christianson requested his friends nct to present his name at the con- {1 vention. ing for the good of the party. m {he g;;ited Press. He said he was withdraw-|Thursday afternoon. B IDJI DAIL in southeast sday incre; . ing. cloudiness’ sv‘i't‘}?"risinz t T i Minnesota cold "/ Pperature. : Indicative of Refurn to Prosperity Days (By United. Pryss) | .Akropn, Ohio, March 28—The rub- bt industry—the barometer of the nation’s prosperity, has come back, officials of the biggest tire manufac- turing companies declared today: The war-time boom city now in- dicates the country’s return to pros- ays, business officials “here The_ Goodyear Tire & Rubber com- pany, considered on -the. financial rocks last summer, just announced in their financial report a production of 22,000 tires daily and a net earn- ing of nearly$1,000,000 a-month. Increasing automobile production, | increasing expenditures by automo- bile users-and -increases in incomes| ; Jis_indicated, d, E. G. Wilmer, president of the Goodyear company declared. “The present ‘business has far sur- passed that of a year ago,” he said. LLOYD GEORGE CONFERS WITH ENGLAND'S KING (By ‘United Press) B London, ; March: 28—King - George summoned Premier Lloyd Georgé to Buckingham Palace for a conference this ‘afternoon. -The king is under- stood to place great importance on the ‘forthcoming ~ conference.” The Irish situation has been further com- plicated by - Collin’s - out-spoken at- tack on Sir James Craig, whom he accuses of bad faith. : ) The Ulster premier was to reply in Belfast this afternoon to Collins’ charges. Martial law may be declared in the affected regions of Belfast be-] fore the end of the month. On the outcome of the conference depends Great Britan’s actions. BEMIDJI FARMERS' CLUB HOLDS MEETING SATURDAY The Bemidji Townshig Farmers’ club will meet at the Carr Lake school house, Saturday, April 1, All members are urged to be present as important business matters will be taken up at this session. LUTHERAN FREE' SOCIETY TO:MEET THIS EVENING The regular meeting of the-Men’s society of the Lutheran Free church will ‘be held this evening at 8 o’clock at'the: Nymore. church. A..O. Akre and, Matthew Larson will be hosts and-a large attendance is desired. CLAIM.GERMAN GIRL1S.... BEING HELD FOR RANSOM - By JOHN GRAUDENZ ° (United Press.Staft Correspondent) - Berlin, March 28 (United Press.) —Women members of the Reichstag have united, despite party differences to demand the. release of eight-year- old Marcelle Heymann daughter of a Cologne: working man, held for 5,000 francs “ransom”. by. a-French family at.-Naney: ... . ¢ ire The women demanded at an indig- ation meeting that the government obtain the girl’s release.- If that fails they will: try:to raise the money. - Marcelle’s parents left her with the French family at the outbreak of the war. When they asked for her return recently, the French family demand- ed. 5,000 francs for her, for food and lodging. 5 “‘How ‘can' I (pay five thousand francs—hundred _thousand ‘marks at present. rates?” Willy Heymann, the irl’s father, asked me when'I visited im_at Cologne. “I'am, as you see, a leather-worker. I‘earn barely enough to support:my family.: T am' unable to saye. My wife'and’I would willing- 1y sell everything to“raise the money, but" unfortunately all our. furniture, linen and‘clothing was confiscated ot the beginning of .the war, where we|- lived. in France. “You ean see ‘yourself that we live in 'modest circumstances, Is ‘there no humanity?” Heymann's wife inter- rupted:- - b b 5 I wrote to the. family.at Nancy who wanted to take Marcelle when we were sent.to a prison camp. I prom- ised payment as- soon’ #3° conditions here iriiproved. But 1 received ‘only ‘the brutal answer: ‘The. child will be deliyered only -after payment. “For over a year I haven’t hod a word from Marcelle. I don’t know what T can do” LABOR MEMBER OF RAILROAD ']/ LABOR BOARD RESIGNS TODAY | Chicago, Mareh 28—Albert: Phillips labor “member of 'the: Unitesl’ State: Railroad Labor: Board, resigned. to- déy Because ‘of ill tealth, - This will leave four appointments to be made by Harding in April, as the terms of thiée other members expire next month, , p BUSY ‘BEE CLUB-OF G. AR~ CLUB MEETS THURSDAY The Busy Bee club of the G. A. R. circle will meet at the hom: of Mrs. C. E. Riley, 516 Americt avenue, All members of the circle are requested to be present. BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1922 ADDRESSES STUDENTS AT TEACHERS COLLEGE |- District Forestry Representa- tive Clearly Tells Need of Reforestation i The students of the State Teachers college were favored with an address last Saturday by H. W. Wheeler, chief of Public'Relations of the dis- trict forestry office with headquarters -|at Denver, Colo Mr. Wheeler elaborated upon the denudation of forests and graph- ically outlined the causes of floods in-the various sections of the country. “There arethirteen million acres ‘of land -in ‘Minmesota which are good for ngthing else but reforestration,” said Mr. Wheeler. ‘Fires are pre- ventable in a large measure,” he con- tinued,” -and are caused largely by human carelessness. “We should guard our lumber‘sup- ply.. At present we are consuming more lumber as a state than we are manufacturing and we are cutting it four times as fast as we are grow- ing it, which condition is a serious matter to the future lumber business of the state. “I strongly advocate the growing of municipal forests. By. this I do not mean that we should preserve small groves, but rather large tracts for timber growing purposes. We should also preserve the young growth and cultivate only such lands Yor agricultural purposes as are best adapted for it. ' There is plenty of land for both and with the proper fire protectiqéu there is no danger in keeping up the timber crop and still avoid disastrous fires.” Mr. Wheeler left for Duluth and other points of the state, he being on a wind-up tour of his speaking en- gagements. HARDING APPROVES PLANS FOR FEDERAL REFORMATORY (By United Press) Washington, March 28—President Harding gave his approval today to plans tor converting Camp Grant, 1llinois, into a reformatory for fed- eral prisoners. DULUTH BUSINESS MEN ASSIST LAND CLEARERS The agricultural committee of the Duluth Chamber of Commerce has provided a revolving fund for the financing of picric acid purchases made by farmers of St. Louis county By the use of this fund, says County Agent A. S. Grant, farmers will be able to order picric-acid by paying in advance only 10 pér cent of the purchase price. Heretofore it has been necessary to pay the full amount in advance, and many farmers have not been in a position to do this. Three thousands pounds of picric acid have been ordered through Mr. int’s roffice. ‘Immediate shipment syted :because of the - financial help given:by the Duluth - business men. Picric acid-sells. for $12.50 per 100 pounds: ‘ 3 JTihis mahner of financing picric acid orders, where the settler is unable] to pay:the full amount.himself ‘is recommended to the ‘consideration of representative business men in other cutover districts in the morth. ¥ B. A. C/CLUB WILL HOLD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT The B.. A, C. Club will meet Wed- nesday evening at. 7:30, in the base- ment of the Presbyterian church. The evening will be spent in-a social way. Refreshments will 3y sceved, and all boys are requested to be present. .| Wednesday, March 29. One Touch of Sprmg REVIVAL OF SHIPPING (By United Press) St. Paul, March 28—Revival of shipping on the Mississippi from the twin cities to the gulf was seen here today in the passage of an army ap-|. propriation bill in the house late yes- terday, adding $15,000,000 to the budget for rivers and harbors im- provements. Congressman Walter Newton be- lieves this appropriation will permit deeping “the channel between St. Paul and Hastings and will make the twin cities the head of freight navi- gation on the Mississippi. Minne- apolis would be the actual head of navigation. ON TRAIN AT LE SUEUR Woman Who Claims to Be Wife of Victim, Says Kill- ing Was Accidental (By .United Press) Le Sueur, Minn., March 28—Local | authorities and train officials today were investigating the mysterious shooting of a man said to be Porter C. Bell of Casper, Wyoming on an Omaha train near here last night. The man had been shot through the heart. With him was a woman, who said she was his wife. Officials said she was intoxicated. She said they were scuffling and her husband drew his revolver in the struggle. The gun was discharged and the killing was accidental, she claimed. The coroner was expected here about noon and was to draw a jury at once. The woman said her hus- band was an oil man. BANDIT GETS MONEY ON UNUSUAL CASHIER NOTE (By United Press) St Paul, March 28, While two young women sat by, a bandit step- ped into the Cosmopolitan State Bank, handed a note through the cashier’s window and walked out with $411,00 in cash. The note read: “Shell out nad be damn quick a- bout it if you vaiue your life. Don’t hesitate, if you do I shoot to kill.” A. C. Secht, behind the window, “ghelled out™. The bandit walked out the door and joined his compan- ions across the street. He had not uttered a word. Secht had cor\e to the bank to finish some wor). The young ladies, Miss Rosaline Shove and Miss Alice Henderson had ac- companied him. A. F. AND A. MASONS TO HOLD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT Bemidji Lodge No. 233, A. F. and and A. Magons will hold a special communication at 8 o’clock p. m. There will be work in the second degree. All members are urged to-be present. INVADE @m HOME| : (By United Press) Chicago, March 28—Invasion of the mansion of Arthur W. Cutten, multi- ' millionaire broker, by = nine masked raiders who seized $50,000 worth of property is Chicago’s bold- est erime in years, police said today. Bandits smashed their way into Cutten’s home, situated in the center of 800-acre estate, and locked the family and the servants in the lig- wor vault. Jewelery and silverware was scooped up into sacks and 100 cases of pre-war whiskey were taken away in trucks. The bandits escaped. S % '>» , |committee of the house. T Ty BAKR YARDS GMRDENFR i ECOMMENDS ABOLITION. ASSURED MISSISSIPPI| OF CIVIL SERVICE PLAN Attorney General Daugherty Says Civil Service Is Proving an Expensive Experience Washington, March 28—Abolition of the present civil service system of securing government officials ang the return of the old plan of basing ap-|oq pointments¢on political recommenda- tions is favored by Attorney General Daugherty. This was revealed today by testi- mony of Daugherty before the. sub- Daugherty said his views were personal and that he was not speaking for the admin. istration X The attorngy general frankly said he considered the civil service inef- ficient stpting he was thoroughly con- vinced that it had been a very ex- pensive experience for the govern- ment. 3 1dn Loty B e SOUTH DAKQTA DECIDING PRE-ELECTiON NOMINATIONS (By United Presas) Pierre, S. D., March 28—A hot contest for the Republican nominat- tion for governor was to be .decided at the polls in_South Dakota today. Governor W. H. MacMaster is seek- ing re-election, He i opposed for the nomination by George Eagon of Souix Falls, an independent seeking the Repnblican nomination. Eagon will go-to-trial -April 18 for alleged frauaulent insurance claims, I. N. Crill, democratic. candidate for governor, is unopposed. Miss Alice Loraine Daly, endorsed by the Nonpartisans for governor, is also unopposed. TEX RICKARD CASE MAY GO.TO THE JURY TONIGHT New York, March 28—The case of Tex Rickard, charged with improper relations with Sarah Schoenfeld, 15- year-old school girl, probably will go to the jury tonight. The cross examination of' Rickard was contin- ued. The defense rested at 11:40 A. M., after Rickard was severely cross examined concerning his alibi, TIDE OF DEPRESSION TURNED, REPORTS SHOW Some very definite figures to prove that the tide of business de- pression has turned and that the worst is over were made public to- day by the president’s conference on unemployment. Reports from the United States Employment' Service bureaus.showing the trend of unem- ployment in the entire country have been charted and indicate a distinct gain. ‘The mass of statistics dealing with the hundreds of thousands of apphi- cants ‘and the jobs available for them, have ibeen figured:-'on a per- centage basis, and it comes. out that for every 100 jobs available at the various /employment bureaus, there were 226 applicants in January, 2056 in February, and 194 for the first en days in Mdreh, showing a gradual drop. In- other” words, there were only jobs in January for 44 per cent of the applicants, while in March the number had ‘gone up to 51 per cent. Assuming ' that -3,600,000 were job- less in January, this shows work for 245,000 persons, or more than the population of Delaware. For every 100 registrations, 38 found jobs in January, 41 in Feb- ruary and 43 in March. With the falling off in applicants there has been a corresponding gradual in- crease 'in the number for whom work is found, which figures out at a 5 per cent gain. HIGH SCHOOL HAS FAR SEASON AT BASKETBALL Boys Win Five Out of Fifteen Games Played and Girls Win Two Out of Five i Opening the season with the usu- 21 handicap of having almost an en- tirely new squad, the Bemidji hign school basketball team has closed a fairli successful season, as indicated by 'the general summary of games played, both district games and oth- ers. Much new material has been put into condition this past season for an ex- ceptionally good squad another year. Graduation will take only a few play- ers from the outfit, while the second team posesses several men capable of stepping_up into the first team next year. With this in view, a much more successful seasow is sure to re- sult next year. Coach' J."W. Smith was met with a hardproposition at the opeviing of the past season, with practically no exgerienced players around whom to build a first-class team, Out of| the 15 games played this past season, Bemigji won five. O this number, 10 ‘were district games, three of which were won by Bemidji. In the' fifteen games, Bemidji piled up a total 'score of 246, while their opponents netted 339 points. y The high school girls’ team took part in five games this season, win- ning two. In the .five games the Bemidji girls ran up a score of 87, while their opponents scored a total of 67. . Under the tutelage of Miss Josephine Parker, a fair team was organized considering that only a few of the players had had any experience before. Another season is expected to give the girls a much stronger organization. The boys took part in the following games, the last ten of which were on the district schedule: Dec. 16, Grand Rapids 40, at Bemidji 18; Dec. 30, Grand Forks 36, at Bemidji 9; Jan. 19, Bemidji 17, at Grand Rapids 26; Mar. 16, Teachers Col- lege 19; Bemidji 28; Mar. 2 chers College 22,Bemidji H trict games-—-Jan. 6, Crosby-Iron- ton 31, at Bemidji 21; Jan., 13,Bemid- il 14,[ at Little Falls 22 . 18, Jass L , Bra , Bemidji 15, at St. Cloud 19; Feb. 10 St. Cloud 14, at Bemidji 9; Feb. 18, Bemidji 2, at Crosby-Ironton 19; Feb. 25, Bem 2, at Brainerd 27; Feb. 28, Bem 16, at Park Rapids 23; Mar. 3, Little Falls 21, at Be- midfi 12, S “The girls played in tha following games: Jan. 27, Cass Lake 10, at Be- midji 13; Feb. 1, Bemidji 8, with city girls 6; Feb. 4, Bemidji 10 Cass Lake 27; Feb. 25, Bemidji 3, at Bagley 14; Mar. 3, Bagley 11, at Bemidji 3. LOCAL MILITARY UNITS ARE ENJOYING BANQUETS . Bemidji’s military units are en- joying something out of the ordinary this week with banquets at the Mark- ham hotel.” Monday evening the Naval Militia unit met at. the New Armory and then went to the hotel where the members enjoyed a fine dinner. Talks were given by Lieut- enant R. B. Lycan, commanding of- ficer, and Licutenant’ Commander . A. Barker, relative to the cruise which the naval militia is soon to take. Men- tion was also made of the new train- ing ship, Paducah, which is to be brought from Portsmouth to Duluth this summer. Sixteen naval reser- vists from this city are to be among those who make this trip. Nearly every member of the com- pany was present at the banquet last night and ‘much interest was siown in the plans of the unit. An attendance prize, a carton of cigarettes, was won by Ernie ({son. This evening the National Guard unit, Company K, is to banquet at the Markham hotel with Captain F. H. Hayner in charge. ‘A number of in- teresting talks have been arranged for and it is expected that ali mem- bers of the company will be present. DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH SPEND ENJOYABLE EVENING A very enjoyable time was had last evening at the party given by the Daughters of Rebekah for the members and Odd Fellows and their families, after the business meeting of the order. The party was in the nature of a farcwell for Mrs. E. J. Kahman, who will leave in a few days to join her husband, who has ac- cepted a position as manager of a J. C. Penncy Co. store at Port Hu- ron, Mich. Mrs. Kahman has taken an-active part in the work of the lo- cal order and will be greatly missed by the members. She was presented an/emblem pin as a token of their appreciation. Dancing- was enjoyed, and -cards played by those who did not:care to dance. A good time i¢ reported by all. RETURNED MISSIONARY TO SPEAK AT BAPTIST CHURCH Missionary Sumner, returned mis- sionary from Burma, will'speak at the Baptist church tonight at 8 o’clock. The general public is cordially invited to hear him at this time. TO INITIATE CANDIDATES FOR WALKER EASTERN STAR The officers of the Order of Fast- ern Star of Bemidji will initiate con: didates for a newly org: ter at Walker tomorrow. 55¢ PER MONTH Commissioner Ivan ‘Bowen Is Representing Railroad and Warehouse Commission CARRIERS AND SHIPPERS 'ARE WELL REPRESENTED Expected That Decision Will Be Reached By Commission as Soon as Possible With' Ivan L. Bowen representing the State Railroad and Warehouse commission, the public hearing in a £ | formal complaint against the present freight rates on fuel wood was begun at the court house, Bemidji, this fore- noon at 10 o’clock and at press time it was expected that practically all of the afternoon would be consumed in hearing evidence. Both sides of the case are well dep- resented. The Great Northern is rep- resented by T. H. Burnham; the Nor- thern Pacific by G. G. Morrison, as- sistant general freight agent; the Minnesota & International by W. H. Gemmell, general manager, of Brain- erd; and the Soo Line by Harry Fun- ston, land commissioner. D. F. Lyons of St. Paul, railroad attorney, is hand- ling the case for the carriers. Practically all of the neighboring towns and villages are well represent- ed by those interested in securing a lower rate on fuel wood. The afternoon session was begun at 2 o’clock and additional testimony was to be heard during the afternoon. It is expected that the commission will give its deciiion on the case as promptly after the hearing as possible so that if a lower rate is granted the shippers may have advantage of it for the remainder of the present wood- shipping scason. In any event, a lower rate will “aid this industry greatly another season. A. L. Flinn of St. Paul, rate clerk’ for the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission, accompanied ~Comntis- sioner Bowen. as his rate adviser. This hearing is the result of a for- mal complaint filed with the commis- sion. sevéral weeks ago by Charles Carter of Hines, who with a number of others has be¢n very active in his efforts to bring about a lower rate on this product, which means so much to the settler of Northenr Minnesota in the way of a money producer dur- ing the winter months, All interestod parties are invitgd to present their data for the consideration of the com- mission at any time befdre the de- cision is made known, CHIMNEY FIRE CALLS OUT DEPARTMENT TO DEAN HOME A chimney, fire called out the fire department to the W. E. Dean home, 1209 Lake Boulevard, Monday after- noon shortly after 5 o'clock. No damage . was done. FEDERAL GRAND. JURY TO RECONSIDER CASES (By United Preas) Bismarck, N. D., March 28—The federal grand jury which sits again today after a recess singe March 20 must reconsider fiftcen cases upon which they returned indictments on that date. The indictments were illegal be- cause a man subpoenaed ds a witness acted as a juro{}, deliberated and voted on the cases presented. C. L. Olson, prominent Richland county farmer, is the unintentional offender. Subpoenaed as a witness, Olson thought he was summoned to serve on the jury and although never sworn sat during deliberations and voted on cases presented. When a partial report was being prepared for the federal judge, Oi- son found he was not on the roll call. His suspicions led to investigation and’ the discovery that he had no rgiht in the chamber. Res was then taken for another week. All cases upon which he acted must be reconsidered. The jury will probably be in session over a week.” Colonel M, A. Hild United ‘States district - attorney, presenting the cases to the,jury. CHORAL UNION TO MEET IN BEMIDJI NEXT FALL The musical mfd exetytive ¢om- mittees of the Bemidji-Clearwater Choral Union gathered in, Bemidji Monday and were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Greguson, 1225 Lake Boulevard. The First Lutheran church of this city has giv- en an invitation to this great musical association of Northern Minnesota to meet in Bemidji the coming fall. Se I hundred singers will be in attendance and_will form a grand chorus which will give a concert of unusual merit Sunday evening, Oc- tober 1. This treat will be one of rest and greatest in the history dji. Mrs. A. Greguson of is a member of the above mentioned committees,