Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 3, 1922, Page 1

e s e ——————— WEATHER e ' \ Minnesota—Mostly cloudy : to- night - and - Tuesday; not much Y B i B ; change in temperature. g — 1 | _— TR | — S fe"v. SECTION-ONE SR VOLUME XIX. NO. 295 BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1922 55¢ PER MON CITY TO HAVE ANOTHER "~ BAND OF YOUNG LADS B.;nd.ma':tér, Riggs Plu’_m vto : Organize New. Band About Fh.-n of November . 5 .|,/ Bemidji will soon have another 2 ~{band of* young boys, which it is in- City ‘Manager. Type of City tended, may in time replace any va- A i 3 <> . lcancies-occuring in the ranks of the present Juvenile band. The new band which Municipal Bandmaster C. O. Riggs expects to organize next No- vember - will include boys from 10 to 12 years of age. i Parents are asked not to encour- age their boys to enroll unless they have shown more than the average talent for music.: Bandmaster Riggs does not consider it a part of his duty to work with boys who are neither talented in music or ambitious enough to practice every day at home in an earnest manner. d %%~ Mr. Riggs, however, does consider \his duty to provide a good band 3 ‘Bemidji so long as he is employ- ‘% \s bandmaster. He is willing to \the results of his work scrutin- Yoroughly or " compared with ands, if anyéne so desires, but ‘\nds that he must have good ith which to work. g s considered no discredit {0 a boy if he .chooses no special interest in music, if he -manifests industry along’ some other line.” :In fact it better for him tq work at this than to try to'learn any moxe about music than he should learn while attending the public schools. X . Tlge boy, who has musical talent and is willing:to practice as directed lu'r the bandmaster and whose parents will be interested to the extent of seeing that the boy does his' daily practice, will be given all the oppor- tunity for learning music that is pos- sible for the bandmaster to give ] In Today’s Issue ' THOROUGH STUDY BEING URGED BY COMMISSION Arguments Are Advanced for and Against €ity Mpnpr Type of Governmer, \ Another type of city governm ‘with arguments advanced by some and against the type, is now. preseny ed by the cleyter commission for the consideration of the voters of Bemidj to whom 2 new. charter is 'to be-sub- |\ mitted as soon as possible after one A has been drafted by this body to meet as nearly’ as. possible the views and needs of this city. The commission type of charter has already been brief- ly explained by: the’ ~commission, through the.cclumns of the Pioneer, as has been” also the Mayor-Council type' of government. This issue con- tains a_brief. description of-the city manager type, with some of the out- I stand’ng arguments advanced for and against it. 3 The commission- desires that resi- dents cf Bemidji show more active interest in the preparation of a chart- er and therefore urges:that these forms be studied as submitted. - City Manager Type The city manager type known var- jously as 'the commission -manager plan,” “business manager plan,” and the “Dayton plan,” retains the idea of a responsible elected commission, but provides thay all administrative. duties -shall be performed by ap- pointed officers who' are responsible to an appointed manager, who ‘is in turn responsible to the commission. The commissioners receive: little or no compensation and concern them-. selves with the legislative features of the city government and “in seeing . that the manager secures economical and ' effective. admipi AN This type followed -in’ logical se- quence the. straight commission plan. It provides that instead of ‘elected commissioners having both legislative and administrative " duties, they de- termine policies and ‘delegate the car- rying out of the work program to a trained manager. : 5 In 1913 Dayton adopted the city manager plan, which, . immediately spread. throughout - this “country. To-| day there are two hundred and twen~ ty three city manager municipalities of which thirty-five are.above 30, 000 population ;ang: five are above 100,000. Akron, ‘the: largest-city, has a papulation of 208,400; Some forty. cities and villageg have changed from the straight commission: to the mana- ger form; and some-oné hundred and ninety-three previously operated un- der a modified:federal plan, | For City Mgnager ‘Type. It has most of-'thel advantages of the commission type without the dis- advantages. It interests a in city service: i It! practically separates ‘arlrmm trative from:legislatiive-duties.. . - It does not depend: upon- the ballot to select trained men for particular functidng of) government. It pro- vides for the employment of experts to carry on the administration of the city government. 1t abolishes politics from the ad- ministrative end of the government. | It centers ‘authority and fixes .de- 4 finjte responsibility for the forming i (Continued on page 6) m. All boys who have the desire re- gar@less of age, who started in the Beginners band in 1920 and who have not ‘been able-to make the J venile band, will be given an oppor- tunity to try again. Mr. Riggs states that at this time he has about a dozen new. desirable applicants for the new band and.that he hopes and believes that there will be 75 boys of sujtable ‘caliber to enroll at the first ¢all for organization which will be _made about-November 1. The present Juvenile band corsists of 78 “members and -has’ a - complete instrumentation' and large-numbers in' each: section. . This-ba advanced that. it a beginner to gain admission.and it will:only be through necessity or un- usual talent displayed that members of the new band will be placed in the 'present Juvenile band. -Both. organizations will be kept at. ay high, a standard as possible, Mr. Riggs announces. . The-success. of the: Juvenile: bard has been so. well received by everyone in Bemidji and others who- have heard-the boys play that- expeeted; that the forma- tion of: the new band will' meet with hearty. co-operation “and that great nterest will he manifested when the call for the first meeting is announced 00 Acres' ‘of Productive : Land South of Blackduck ‘" Bought By J. J. Conway higher type of mép A- business transacti whereby John J. .Conway. of -Minneapolis ‘be- comes the owner of a tract of land covering 14,000 acres, was consum- mated last week. . He secured the title of this tract of land and plans to sell it in tracts of from 40 to 160 acres to actual settlers.” J. L. Nehls of Cedar Rap- ids, Iowa, and I C. Stanley, vice- president of ‘the Stanley-Henderson Dublin, April 3,—Irish Republic rebels captured 2,000,000 rounds of ammunition and 20,000 rifles when they seized a: British government: tug at Queenstown, it was learned today. The arms were, taken to Cork to a seeret Rebel rendezvous-in the hills. settlers. No stone will be lpft un- b Fum SERY!CB FoR : turned to push devélopment and the WESWRle TomRRow securing of business farmers on midji Saturday, together with E. M. Mortenson of the Midland Trust company of St. Paul when the trans- fer of title was made to John J; Con- way. . 4 g Mr. Conway expects. to open of- fices in Blackduck and Bemidji with a view to selling-this land to actual these’ acres. . This tract of land is located prac- tically south of the village of Black- duck, in the vicinity of the well known Twin Lakes. The soil iy considered exceptionally productive, being of a clay loam with a heavy clay- sub-soil. - This appears to be but the beginning of an active land set- tling movement in Beltrami county. MISS ASCA SAWYER DIES. AT ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL Funeral Services will be held Tues- Hay afternoon at:1 .o’clock at the fethodist Egiscopal church for Wes ‘right, who passed away at St. ary’s Thospital, : Minneapolis, late iday afternoon. The remains were fought to Bemidji on; the'early un- y morning train. ' Burial will’be de in Greenwg&d under the. direc- ion of H. N. McKee, funeral direct- .or. _Rev. Blaine Lambert will have harge of the funeral services. Mr. Wright was on his way home from San Antonio, Texas, where he ad spent the past few months in an effort to regain his health, when he pped off at Minneapolis for ‘a visit. While_visiting G. E. Car- on. at ‘St. Mary’s hospital, he was taken seriously ill and succumbed on Friday before any of the members of his immediate family could reach his bedside. The deceased was one of the early settlers. in this community ‘and is well and very fayorably known by a Jarge circle of friends who extend their sympathies to the bereaved rela- tives at this time. - Miss lAscs Laura Alice {Sawyer, daughtet of. Mr. and Mrs., Alex Saw- away at St. Raphael hospital, St. Cloud, last Wednesday night. Mis surgical -treatment ‘when: pneumonia developed, death resulting. Besides the father and mother, the, deceased is survived by a brother and four sisters _and ‘a host of friends and acquaintances. Jnterment was made in the Cass Lake cemetery, Rev. 1.“W. Bates of the’Methodist church officiating, assisted by Rev. J. T. L. Coates of St. Cloud and Missiona: W. S. Cummings of Bemidji governmenfs_‘ lasked approval of pariiament of the also aroused considerable interest in N [track meets and it is_expected tha LLOVDGEOR ASKSFOR time Minister Stands Ready to Resign If Amendment to Resolution Passes CITES CONDITIONS ON RECOGNITION OF SOVIET Winston Churchill Tells House Concerning Extremist Raid on Government Tug (By United Press) London, April. 3.—(By Ed. L. Keen)—Premier Lloyd George today asked the house of commons for a vote of confidence from the govern- ment. In a stirring speech before the crowded house, the British prime minister, whose. leadership is being put. to a test, defended the coalition foreign policy and Genoa Economic conference. Lloyd George .. met squarely the crisis confronting his government. He was faced from the opposition benches by leaders of the three ind pendent groups of political extrem- ists. After he was ready they_ ope: ed an amendment to his resolutio: ° “Resolved tat this house approve the resolution passed by the supreme council at Cannes as a basis for the Genoa. conference and support his majesty’s government in endeavor- ing to execute it The. prime minister stood ready to resign if the amendment was passed. “The Genoa conference was called to (Continued on page 6)- “LADIES’ NIGHT” UNDER BAN IN CHICAGO FOLLOWING RAID (By United Press) Chicago, April 3.—“Ladies’ night” was under the han in Chicago today. Police captains scoured their dis- tricts - in 'search for women’s poker parties following a raid in which Seven- women Blackduck high school is making ar- rangements for a big event.on May 12; wher the schools of Blackduck, Hines, Tenstrike, Kelliher and North- ome meet there in their first annual inter-scholastic clash. It has been an- nounced that the track teams of these schools will meet for the champion- ship of Northern Minnesota. The high schools of Minnesota are to have a track meet at the state university and those schools are expected to have some likely representatives to attend. Park Rapids and Cass Lake have all of these schools will take an ac- tive part in the track meets in this section- of . the state. The Bemidji State Teachers col- lege is planning on a big field meet this year and it is expected that these high'schaols:will be invited to attend and take part. More of the details of the proposed meet wil be announced at a future date, but already there has been considerable interest arous- CIVIC AND COMMUNITY CLUB ENJOYS PROGRAM (Thrift” Is Bn.‘il of . Several Instructive Talks Given i Saturday ,Afler“noon A vyery interesting meeting of the Woman’s Civic and Community club was' held-Saturday afternoon in the association rooms. A short meet- ing of the board of directors preced- ed the business meeting.” - Reports from different, committees were called for by , the president, Mrs. E. W. Johnson. Mrs. H. A. Bridgeman, chairman of the Protec- t.ve League Council, told of the ef- forts_of their committee to get in touch with a social service commu- nity worker and she read'an applica- tion she had received from such a worker. It was voted to have the committee investigate further. The president announced that the next meeting, the first Saturday in May, would be election of officers and that all members in good stand- ing were entitled to vote,.and a nom- inating committee was appointed. The business meeting was follo%- ed by a.program. An; instructive talk was given by G. M. Torrance on “Making a Will.” He told rea- sons why he considered it advisable for everyone to make a will, and ex- plained = the technicalities which might arise. Questions were asked by a number of the ladies and an- swered by Mr, Torrance. A splendid talk was given by W. L. Brooks on “Investments.” He stated in the beginning that there was a difference between an - investment and a speculation and that the lat- ter should be avoided. He told what he considered safe investments, and that the greater the rate of interest offered the]ess secure the investment An arrangement of “Moskowski’s Valse - Brillante” for two pianos, eight hands, played - by Mesdames Riggs, Budge, Johnson and Miss Raghnild Moe, was greatly enjoyed by the audience, The program closed with an edu- cational talk on “Household Man- agement” or “System in the Home,” by Mrs. Grace Thacker of the State|® Teachers college, and she gave many helpful suggestions. ANNUAL SHORT COURSE OPENS AT UNIVERSITY FARM (By United Press) St. Paul, April 3—Three. hundred boys and girls ave registerad for the twelfth annuaj show *course’ . which opened at the university farm today. Courses will be held simultaneous- ly in-Crookston and Morris, Minn for embryo students living near “those towns. Instructions will center aboft fhe work of boys’ and girls’ clubs this year. - MRS. F. DENEAU TO BE LAID T0 REST TUESDAY Mrs. Fred Deneau, who passed away Friday forenoon at her home, 1000 Mississippi avenue, as the result of & paralytic stroke which”she. suffered while eating brcakfast, will'be laid to rest in Holy Cross cemetery Tues- day forenoon following services at St. Philip’s Catholic church at 9 o’clock. Rev. Joseph Fraling will officiate at the services. Interment will be made under the direction of M. E. Ibertson, funeral director. Mrs, Deneau is survived: by her husband and five children "Walter Dencau, Mrs. A. LaCombe, Mrs. Wil- liam Spears, Adeclaide and Elvira Deneau, all of this city. Her untime- ly death is mourned by a large circle of friends and acquaintances who extend their sympathy to the bereav- ed family. - ed in this event. company of that. city, were in Be-| yer of Ten Lakes township, passed|: Sawyer had been at St. Cloud for|: . If's'a Long, LongW’ay :Both Miners and ()lilel.-ators Are Now Striving to Obtain B Public Sentiment ‘RAIL UNIONS PLAN TO AID STRIKING MINERS Real Strength of Nation-wide Coal Walkout Is Being Determined Today (By United Press) Indianapolis, April 3,~The coal strike developed today into a tug of war with both miners ‘and operators ipullim; for public sentiment.. As the nation started to draw on it’s 65,000,000 ton reserve, neither side will make peace overtures, and the government is watchfully wait- ing until a fuel shortage threatens Belief was expressed privately at the United Mine Workers headquar- ters here that the strike 'will contin- ue until the reserve is depleted to 20,000,000 tons. This appears to be several weeks distant, It was believed that factions high- est in public esteem at this time will win the fight. When the reserve is cut to 20,000,000 tons the country will be on the edge of a fuel shortage. Economic force is expected .to be exerted then to force an interstate wage conference, which the mine owners have refused to consider. If all America’s mines closed the present surplus would be sufficient fon over six weeks, but 1,500 open shop mines are producing overtime. Another factor in the situation, which is now being considered is whether the anthracite miners will return to work as soon as their rep- resentatives negotiate a new wage scale .in- the New York conference. They may stay out in sympathy with the bituminous workers or may re- turn to work if anthracite operators meet demands for a 20 per dént wage (Continued on Page 6) WINNIPEG KIWANIAN TO ADDRESS BEMIDJI CLUB .. H. Z. Mitcl/il,. secretary of the Bemidji Kiwanis club, announces that he has received word from R. A. Grady, secretary of the Duluth Ki- wanis club, advising him that Major C. K. Newcombe of Winnipeg will be the speaker for the Bemidji club on Canadian day. The meeting of the local club is to be held on Friday of this week, which has been termed Canadian Week for the-purpose of cementing the relationship between the' Kiwanis clubs of Canada and the United States. Major Newcombe is an able speak- er and comes to Bemidji highly re- |commended. Members of the local club are urged to bear in mind the change of meeting day from Thurs- day to Friday noon and make their plans accordingly. The officers of the Bemidji club and the committee in charge of this week’s program are very anxious that there be a large ,attendance at this meeting. |OPENS DRY CLEANING AND TAILORING HOUSE N. Papermaster, Grand Forks, Opens Shops Here in New Kaplan Building Another new firm has been added to the Bemidji business district with the opening for business of the Be- midji Cleaners and Tailors establish- ment with N. Papermaster, formerly lof Grand Forks, N. D., in charge. This new concern has taken tem- porary quarters in the new Kaplan building and will do odorless dry cleaning, dyeing, pressing, and tail- oring, and will employ a suitable de- livery system for collecting garments from their customers and delivering them -in finished condition. This firm has interests in three cities: Grand Forks, St. Cloud and Bemidji, and will expand here as the necessity. arises.. -They will also do cleaning and renovating of rugs, cur- tains and such articles. Mr. Papermaster states that he will move his family here in the near future, or just as soon as he can se- cure a place to accommodate them. This firm has had 18 years’ experi- ence in its line of work and is well and favorably known over the state, and should prove a valuable addition to Bemidji business circles. MOTORCYCLE PATROLMAN HAD PREMONITION MONTHS AGO St.. Paul, April 3— Requests he made six months ago when he express- ed a premonition of death will be carried out tomorrow when William McClintouch, motorcycle patrolman is buried. He crashed into an auto- mobile which turned in front of his machine, and died Sunday of his injuries. McClintouch told his wife several months ago he would be killed in performing his duties. J. E. Poole, driver of the car that caused his death, will be held for examination by the coroner’s jury. McClintouch was chasing a speeder when he crashed into Poole’s machine, and police are searching for the speeder. DIVISIONAL DECLAMATORY CONTEST TOMORROW NIGHT The divisional declamatory con- test, at which Bemidji will be repre- sented by Miss Ruth Caskey, will be held at McIntosh Tuesday - evening. *| This contest was originally ‘scheduled for March 31, but later postponed. Miss ‘Caskey will give “The Hell- Gate of Soissons,” on which she was awarded the first place in the district contest held in Bemidji some time ago. TWO GUNMEN BURGLARIZE DES MOINES STORE TODAY Des Moines, Iowa, April 38.—Two gunmen burglarized the Mandelbaum department store here today and es- caped with $1,600 in cash, bonds and merchandise. Two watchmen were overpowered. s DOLLAR DAY SPECIALS CREATE MUCH INTEREST Special Offerings for Wednes- day of This Week Contained In Today's Issue In this issue of the Bemidji Daily Pioncer may be found a number of exceptional bargaing which are be- ing offered by Bemidji merchants to those who shop in Bemidji Wednesday April 5, this city’s next Dollar Day. Much interest has heen aroused by these exents, of which Bemidji has had several in the past few months, and it is expected that this day will attract many new shoppers to the city. ‘The merchants who are taking part in this project feel that they are will- ing to stand whatever losses are the |reults of these Dollar Days in order that tha additional trade may be brought to the city. They also feel that those who shop here on these special days will also shop here reg: ularly, once they have tested the quality and the price of the mer- chandise being offered for sale here. Local trade as well as out of town trade is encouraged for these events, and those who have taken advantage of previous Dollor Days realize that the Bemidji merchants put up real bargains on these occasions. They have begun to look forward to these Dollar Day scrcials with the result that each of tnese events has proved ore successfal than the preceding, Bemidji is not the only city where || these speeial trade-pulling events are staged. Several other . cities have adopted the same plan with equally favorable results.’ VALLEY CITY MAYOR IS OPPOSED IN RE-ELECTION Valley City, N. D., April 3—A. G. Bonhus, incumbent, is opposed for re-election as city mayor by I. J. Moe, at the elections today. JAMESTOWN MAYOR HAS OPPOSITION AT POLLS Jamestown, N.. D., April 3—C. B Buckley and Frank Rathman, inc hent are contesting for Mayer at the ity elections here today. : Iso on for police magistrate. {ulays Many People Confess Difficul- ty in Understanding Com- plex Politics of State STRUGGLE 1S BETWEEN McCUMBER AND GRONNA Present Holder of Senate Seat Faces Hardest Fight of His Entire Career By LAWRENCE MARTIN . (United Press Staft Correspondent) Washington, April 13—*“People outside our state,” said a prominent North Dakotan the other day,” some- times confess difficulty in under- standing the complexities of our state politics. For that matter’—his eyes twinkled—“some of us inside the state occasionally wonder if we understand.” . That seems a fitting introduction to a consideration of the 1922 senatorial campaign in North Dakota. You can simplify that contest by saying that it is a struggle between Senator Porter J. McCumber, sitting member and for- mer senator Alse J. Gronna. But that does not begin to tell the story, not even if you sketch the personal rival- ry between the two men, with all that entails in a senatorial fight, Both McCumkber and Gronna are, technically, Republicans. But that statement again brings one up against North Dakota complexities. When you say a North Dakotan is Republican, you must specify whether you mean— A “plain Republican.” An 1. V. A. Republican. A Nonpartisan League Republican. And in good many cases it is dif- ficult to classify them them strictly as any one of the three. McCumber is seeking the regular or ‘plain” Republican nomination for the Senate. He also expects the support of the Nonpartisan league, which is made up of both Republicans and Demo- crats. Gronna is to have the backing. of the I. V. A. Republicans—that is, Independant Voters Association—an organization hostile to the league, al- though Gronna is not hostile to the rank and file of the league. The L V. A. will fight McCumber. He says it is because in 1920 he refused to be party to a plan to deliver the state to the Democrats. The I V. A, is not strictly Republican, but has dem- ocratic members just like the league. McCumber has been in the senate for four terms, 24 years. The fight he faces this year is his hardest. Gronna who was beaten in 1920 by Dr. Ladd, the present junior senator, blames McCumber in a measure for his de- feat. Therefore, his effort to come back contains a strong personal ecle- ment. The death of Senator Penrose put McCumber at the head of the Senate finance committee, a position of great power and influence. That will help him, his friends assert. His work in behalf of Yarm legislation and his stand for the soldier bonus, also are calculated to aid him, they think. But admittedly, his fate hapgs to a degree upon what the people of North Dakota think of the Nonpartisan league. If the league can come back after its recent setback, McCumber ought to be renominated and re-elect- ed. If the league is beaten, McCum- ber may go to defeat with it. For while he emphasizes the fact that he is a Republican, as distinguished from a leaguer or an L V. A,, McCumber must have the support of one or the other to win. Gronna has - formally announced his candidacy, and is busy as a beaver among the farmers. Steamboat Springs, Colo., April 3 —(United Press).—One hundred and fifty head of Elk, comprising one of the biggest herds on the range, arc Fon strike, They refuse to “rustle” for their grub” in the snow and are eat- ing good hoy on ranghes in, the vicini- ty of Copper Ridge. Usually, elk are good hustlers and will thrive on shrubs even when the snow is four or five feet deep. This winter they refused to work for their food. Ranchers | are allowing the animals to cat their fill of hay as the state must pay the damages to fences and straw stacks. KOLBE TO OPEN PRODUCE HOUSE IN BEMIDJI SOON B. A. Kolbe has announced that. he will open a produce house, having secured the old Minneapolis Brew- ing company’s building on the M. L. right-of-way at the foot of Second street. The new firm will be known as B. A. Kolbe & Co. It will handle ev- erything in the produce line, includ- ing eggs, poultry, root crops, etc. Farmers who have produce to sell will find a market for their outlet, as this company will do only a whole- sale business with the merchants and buy direct from thd farmers. Tt plans to put in a storage room for Yegetables later in the fall. The business will be open within a few