Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 26, 1922, Page 1

—— o | PEE———————— Y The Pioneer is the only daily, within 100 miles of Bemidji and hay the Iargest circulation in Northern Minnesota. BEMIDJI D PIONEER —— —-—— frost Thursday; faigand s warmer Thursday. VOLUME XX. NO. 6 e BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1922 85¢ PER MONTH DECLARES THAT RUSS EVASIONS MUST BE ENDED - % Lloyd George, : x‘fl as the French Deleg K‘ \ns to Halt Russ MPORTANT QUES\X REPORTED TO Rb&a W' Russia Remonstrates Against Poland’s Action in Joining Against Separate Pact (By United Press) Genoa, April 26.—Several import- ant questions were reported to Rus- sia by the Economic Conference to- day. Lloyd George, as well as the French delegates, is determined that the Soviet evasions, which threaten- ed to bring the conference to an end, must cease. They were prepared by the allied experts and given to the chief for approval. ~ The seven questions are: Is Russia prepared to recog- nize that she is not going to get five billion rubles in loans and must discuss credits? If so, does she m in to permit mod.cum allies supervi- sion to guarantee its credit? Dces Russia understand that when 'the allies proposed to write down the war debts that did not mean to wipe them out? Exactly what is the Soviet an- swer toward the restcuation of private and foreign property rights in Russia? Will Russia reiterate its in- tention to. pay the pre-war debts of the czar? Will the Soviet delegation agree to get down to work with . the allied experts and lay away their public propaganda? What does Russia intend to do about the countev-claims? (By United Press) Genoa, April 26.—Soviet Russia contributed another sensation to the Economic Conference yesterday by. sending a note to the Polish delega-~ tion, remonstrating against Poland’s action in joining with the allied pow- ers in protest. against a separate treaty between Russia -and Germany. KIWANIS CLUB TO HOLD REGULAR MEET TOMORROW Kiwanis -club. will meet in regular weekly session at the Elks club rooms tomorrow noon The Bemidji /anxl, after enjoying thé luncheon pe- riod, will engage in the regular busi- I3 ness meeting. The program ar- ranged for this session is said to be a “bedner,” the lunch a knockout and the music a scream. “Honest Abe” Doran is chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the session. A large attendance is especially de- sired. A. F. & A. MASONS TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT To conter third degree work on a large class, Bemidji Lodge No. 233, A. F. & A. Masens, will meet in spe- cial communication this evening at the Masonic hall at 8 o’clock. =Re- freshments will*be served following the degree work, and it is especially requested that there be a large’ at- tendance. ° ORDER OF EASTERN STAR STAGES ENJOYABLE DANCE A very enjoyable dancing party with a fair-sized —attendance was staged by the Order of Eastern Star in the Masonic hall Tuesday evening. Music was furnished by a three-piece orchestra. Members of the Masonic orders, the Eastern Star and their families and escorts were invited. FIXING UP BALL PARK ON LOCAL FAIR GROUNDS In preparation fér a very active season, a baseball d’amond is being made ready for summer use at the fair grounds’ by a number of local boosters. son tickets by Gene Caskey’s M. & I. baseball team has made possible the fixing up of a ball park and the pur- chase of new uniforms for the team. However, much more work is to be dene and the club seeks the aid-of those boosters who are willing to contribute their time toward assist-}, ing in getting the ball diamond in first-class §hape as soon as possible. A quantity of clay for surfacing the diamond is also wanted, and any son having suitable clay for this surpose is asked to donate it to the park. By calling Martin Dunn at he Thirq Street Cafe, arrangements ill be made for hauling the clay to the ball park. The club is endeavor- ing to keep down expenses as.much possible in order that a number of mes may be offered the P! c throughcut the season. A large number of boosters are donat- ing their services and more are urged to do so. & The advance sale of sea-|R. MOOSE LODGE TAKES IN Large Class Initiated Into Order at Special ‘Meeting Held Tuesday Eyening Seventeen new- applications for membership were favorably acted up- on and a class of 11 given the benefit of the initiatory ritual at the special meeting of the Moose Lodge Tuesday evening, at which thére was an at- tendance of about 100 members. The lodge also decided to accept new. ap- plications, when aceompanied by pay- ment. up to and including April 30 at the present half rate fee. for init- iation some time during May, At the | next regular meeting on May 2 it is not planned to have initiation since there is a large quanity of regular business of importance to come be- fore the lodge at that time, During the meeting Tuesday even- ing Dictator H, Z. Mitchell reported for the house committee that a tem- porary understanding had been af- fected with a committee of the Junior order of Moose that the brothers of the junior order would enjoy club room privileges until 9:30 p. m. ex- cept on meeting nights of the senior order. He also reported that the stew- ard, Kenneth Eby, would hereafter make more of a feature of lunches, especially at noon and evening. A committee on initiation was appoint- ed by the chdir to consist of Brothers Hunt, Miller, Caskey, Mosbaugh, B. Aldrich, Ketten and Cota. The name of Morris Utter was drawn for the attendance prize, but he not being present the 'amount in- creases the prize for the next session. After the close “of the meeting, the special staff, composed of ‘Judge” ¢Lahr, “Attorney” Hoyt, ‘“Sherirf” Stafford, “Deputy Sheriff” Stevens, gave a few extra degrees to several selected members and gave them plen- ty. The entertainments committee is planning for May 9th a big time for the three local affiliated Moose lodges and the members of their families. WILL DEMAND SLASH IN WAGES OF COAL MINERS Coal Strike in Union Fields'Is Called 100 Per Cent Ef- ... fective at Present (By United- Press)’ Chicago, April 26—A slash of 25 Per. cent in the wages of coal miners will be demanded by their employers in a conference to reach separate state agreements, as proposed by ‘l;‘mnk Farrington, it was learned to- ay, Mine Operators do not believe with Farrington that separate agreements can be negotiated at an early date. “I do mot believe that the strike will be settled until the miners are badly beaten,” said the secretary of the Illionis Operators association. The miners, he believed, are now convinced they will have to take a cut in wages and are willing to do so, but when they find out how deep that cut will have to be there will be a howl. Charlestown, W. V., April 26—The coal strike is 100 per cent effective in union fields and 80,000 applications to the United Mine Workers have been received since the tie up began in the non-union fields. John L. Lewis, pres- dent of the United Mine Workers said today. Kansas City, Mo., April 26—Ed “Strangler’” Lewis champion heavy- weight wrestler of the world success- fully defended his championship here last night by defeating Stanislaus | Zbyszko in the first and last of three falls here tonight. Lewis won the championship from Zbyszko in Wich- ita, Kansas, a short time ago. REV. WOODCOCK BECOMES PASTOR AT TENSTRIKE Rev. Isaac 'Woodcock was install- ed as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Tenstrike Tuesday eve- ning, April 25, at 8 o’clock. A large congregation of members and friends was present and witnessed the instal- lation service. The special music by | the choir was very appropriate and well received. Rev. Lester P.° Warford of Be- midji, pastor of the First Presby- terian church, acteq as moderator, preaching the sermon and propound- ing the questions. Rev. R. Johnson Thomas of Blackduck gave _the charge to the people and Rev. John McLean of - Kelliher gave the charge to the pastor. The meeting evidenced fine spirit and enthusiasm by. the congregation toward the new pastor, QUEEN ESTHERS PLAN SUPPER TO JAID PORTO RICAN STUDENT The Queen Esther Society of the Methodist Episcopal church is putting through school a little native girl of San Juan, Porto Rico, who in her in- teresting correspondence with the girls states that she is very anxious to get through school so.she can do mission work among her own people. The Queen Esthers in order to raise the necessary funds to take care of this scholarship are givig a supper in the church basement Ffiday from 15:30 to 8:00 P. M. The menu for the supper is as follows; roast beef, brown gravy, mashed potatoes, creamed peas .and carots, cabbage salad, pickles, lfrn]ls and butter, lemon pie and cof- ee. LAFOLLETTETO HAVE FIGHT AT ‘FALLELECTION, Anti-LaFollette _Forces Now Linipc Up to Fight Him Bitterly to Finish SENTIMENT IN CAPITAL EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE Every Candidate of LaFollette Organization Will Have an Avowed Opponent By Herbert W, Little (United "Press Staff Correspondent) Madison, Wis,, April 26 (United Press)—-“Bob” Lal Follette, U. S. senator for three terms, and Repub- lican leader since his election as Gov- ernor in 1900, has a fight on his hands this summer and fall Sentiment in the state capital is strong that La Follette cannot be beaten, cither in the primary or elec- tion. . But the “anti La Follette” Repub- licans will fight him bitterly clean to the finish. They will also fight every La Follette candidate down the line. Every candidate of the La Follette organization now in power in the state administration, will have an avowed anti La Follette opponent and ‘the fight this summer promises to be the fiercest that Wisconsin, always a hotbed of politics, ever saw, The “sane progressives” as the anti- La Follette organization dubs its members, will nominate a full slate of candidates including. state officers and senator at a state convention in Mil- waukee, June 1, called by the com- mittee of Forty-Four. f William J. Morgan, now attorne; lgeneral, who entered politics as a “dark horse” in the last campaign is the outstanding candidate for gover- nor among the anti La Follettes and will probably be nominated to oppose Governor John J. Blaine, who is a La Follette partisan, in his fight for the Bepublican nomination at the primar- ies. Results of the Republican, primary usually mean election, as neither Dem- ocrats nor Socialists for years have. mustered strength’ endugh to defeat the Republicans at the polls. The Non- Partisan league with a large member- ship of-farmers has elected to influ- ence elections by throwing its voting strength to one faction or the other of the Republican party. e The powerful La Follette organiza- tion has already announced a full (Continued on Page 8) ISSUANCE OF PATENTS ON HOMESTEADS PUSHED For sometime past the General Land Office at Washington has been “speeding up” the issuance of pat- ents to homestead entrymen within the Cass Lake land district. Scores of patents are being received month- ly at the Cass Lake land office. Among the entrymen who have re- ceived their patents during the week are: Iver Lund, Bannock township, Koochiching county; Lennie E. John- son, Kelliher; Orson D. Woodford and Edward Hrdlichka of Longville; Charles Lucore of Craigville; Frank and James Strafelda and Clarence R. Carpenter of Schilling and Jacob Williamson of Clementson. FARM BUREAU ASKING CUT IN WOO!. FREIGHT to Minnesota Farmers in " "Rate Classification { ' The Minnesota Farm Bureau fed- eration has protested against what it declares is an unjust freight classi- fication, injurious to Minnesota farm- ers. It has requested a hearing be- fore the railroads” western classifi- cation committee, to apply for a rate reduction. The Minnesota federation also has| urged the Farm Bureaus of the Da- kotas, Iowa, .Wisconsin, Missouri and Nebraska to join in the effort to cut rates on wool. West of Chicago, the minimum charge for shipping wool is the rate on 24,000 poun?s in a 60-ton capac- ity car. It is Impossible, the Farm Bureau maintains, to load more than 18,000 pounds of wool into such a car, so that farmers are forced to pay freight on 6,000 of wool that does not exist. East of Chicago, it is understood, the minimum rate is based on 16,000 pounds. The Farm Bureau asks that this 16,000-pound minimum be applied in Minnesota, to save money for the farmers. RICH IRON ORE STRIKE LOCATED NEAR CROSBY Hugh Deposit on Cuyuna Range Has Been Kept Secret for More Than Year Duluth, Minn., April 26—A huge depositi of high grade iron, believed by mining experts to be the most val- uable ever located in northern Minne- sota, has been discovered on the Cuy- una range near Crosby, Minn., it was announced here late yesterday. The strike was made just east of the Kennedy mine on the property of the Rogers-Brown Ore company, which is controlled by the Steel and Tube company of America, ° The ore is said to be uniform in quality and averages 5812 per cent metallic iron. It is low in silica and a non-bessemer hematite, hard and coarse. The ore was encountered at a depth of 105 feet and the drill was continuously in commercial grade for 385 feet and was.bottomad in are at the 410 foot level. Below the 410 foot level the metallic content dropped be- low 50 per cent, Although the drilling has been go- ing on for nearly a year, news of it was not made public until yesterday. It was estimated' that there are more than five million tons of ore in the property. The ore will be shipped to docks at Superior, Wis., and carried by freight- ers on Lake Superior to the Chicago plant of the Steel and Tube company it was declared. , The fee owners of the property are William Harrison and George Crosby vf Duluth; the Onondaga Iron com- pany; the Lake investment company, and Northern Minnesota Ore com- pany. Mr. Harrison' and Mr. Crosby own one half interest. (By United Press) Brainerd,” April 26—More 500,000,000 tons of high grade iron ore are contained in deposits discover- ed near Crosby on the Cuyuna' range. The discovery was made by repres- entatives of the American Steel & Tube company, The property is own- ed. by the Rogers-Brown company and controlled by the Tube company. than State Bureau Charges Injustice SY First Year's Accomplishments Show Value of Movement Begun April 25, 1921 s ANNIVERSARY BULLETIN SUMS UP BETTERMENTS Report on Year's Work Shows lmprovementn Were Spread to Most Communities The Babcock Good Roads plan. adopted under amendment No. 1 to pull Minnesota outi of th¢ mud, has been in effect just one year. The state highway development program was made effective April 25 1921, after Governor J. A. O, Preus signed the new highway legislation and re-appointed Charles M. Babcock state highway commissioner to launch the new plan he devised. John H. Mul- len, chief engineer, was named first assistant commissioner and the high- y executives at once began orga- nizing and spreading road betterments starting at the zero mark. Within 60 days nearly 1,000 patrolmen, one for each 5-mile average section, were put; at workl and hundreds of miles of new construction was placed und- er contract A bulletin from the state highway department contains the following summary or progress during the first 12-month period . Grading: completed on 815 miles and contracted for 336 additional miles, and reshaping done on 1,131 hiles of the 1449 mile total listed as graded on the 7,000 mile system when taken over from the counties. Gravel Surfacing: completed on 555 miles and contracted for 626 ad- ditional miles, and resurfacing done on 885 miles of the 1,371 mile total listed by counties as graveled at the state start Paving: completed on 116 miles and contracted on 123 miles, compar- ed with 112 miles of pavement on the 7,000 mile system when taken over. Maintenance: provided on 6,855 miles of designated trunk routes well equipped patrol service on each 5-mile average stretch augmented with spe- cial operations by big truck and trac- tor fleets, Contracts: awarded at low record prices which afford big cavings over costs in past years and enable the de- (Continued on Page 8) RELIEF WORK HAMPERED - IN FT. WORTH DISTRICT (By United Press) | Ft. Worth, Texas, April 26 (By Charles R. Lynch)—Relief work in he flood stricken Ft. Worth proceed- cd slowly today, hampered by the con- \stant downpour of rain and the rising of water. , Twenty are dead according to esti- mates. Trinity river which caused the flood when the levee broke still con- tinues rising, THREE BANDITS HOLD UP CHICAGO MAN AND WIFE Chicago, April 26—Police today sought three bandits, who held up ‘Samuel Garfield and his wife in their home, and escaped with $13,000 in money and jewelry. Radio Bill T0 WORLD H BABCOCK ROADS [PROMINENT SENATOR ADMITS E IS A FAILURE ; Predicts Any Party Pledging to Clean Out i’re-- ent Senate Would Be Swept Into Power; Con- fessions of Promine nt Congressman Reyéal Very Startling Situation. (BDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first installment of the actual story of an actual senator, as it was written for and told to Lawrence Martinm, chief of the Capitol stafl of the United Pres place in national life is consider rtling prediction that any party which the Iast Aecade, makes In this article, the senstor, me of the most prominent in pledges to olean out the present senato-would be swept into_power. The senator writing and telling the story of he considers himself flatly states t! regarded ay obe of the MOKt SUCC last half century.—The United Pry By LAWRENCE MARTIN, United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1922, his career to the United Press, ailure, although he is generally menbers of that body in- the New York). , by United Press) Chapter 1. Washington, April 26.—“I am a failure. ‘And it is too late for me to begin over again.” That’s how the Senator began his story to me—the story of his real impressions of the United States Senate which he said he wanted to tell for reasons which he ticked off on his fingers with the legal precision for which he is noted. Here are the reasons: 1—Because the American go about other business and le people elect men to office, then ave their servants alone, taking no further interest in them until some day something displeases. Then the people heap abuse favorites. 2—Because anybody who and scorn upon their one-time thinks the life of a senator in Washington is a round of golf and poker, plus a few dinner parties and powerful speeches to admiring colleagues in the senate ought to find out what a senator’s life really is. 3—Because the senate is decadent and ought to be re- formed—reformed heroically and completely. This is the Senator’s story SENATOR A. L. WARD *COMPLETELY VINDICATED Was Accused of Attacking a Fairmont Woman Who Sought $75,000 Damages (By United Press) Fairmont, April 26—The state’s oldest and probably\ imost rwealthy legislator was given a clean slate to- day. Senator A. L. Ward, accused of mttacking a yoman, was completely vindicated by a jury of Martin county -farmers., Mrs. Viola Limberg sought $75,000 damages from ‘the scnator alleging that he enticed her to a pri- vate room in the orphanage he en- dowed here, and attempted to assault her. The verdict. came after one of the most speedy trials conducted in Mart- i unty. 1t was a frame-up pure and sim- ple,” said Senator Ward. “I expected the jury to vindicate me.” “I had been told not to bring suit against Mr, Ward, as his influence was too great, but I thought 1 could get justice,” said Mrs. Limberg with tears in her eyes. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO MEET THURSDAY NIGHT It has been announced by the lec- turer of the Knights of Columbus that all arrangements have been made for the entertainment of the Jodge Thursday evening, which is in the nature of a surprise affair and| which will be followed by a light lun- cheon. This is the first of a’ number of so- cial events which are being planned by the lodge and there is expected to be a large turn-out, not only from the city but it is said that there will be a number of out-of-town visitors present. 4 All out-of-town members of bther Knights of Columbus lodges, who are in Bemidji, are invited and urged to attend. MUSICAL ART CLUB TO GIVE MUSICALE FRIDAY The Bem!dit Musical Art club will present a special program on Fri- day evening at 8 o'clock at the Civic and Commerce association rooms, This program will comprise much of the best talent of the city and in- cludes the Riggs orchestra, Mrs. Paul Yaple, Mrs. A. J. MacMillan, Miss Vera Backus, Miss Vera Cutter, Miss Ragnhild Moe, Rev. Elliot, Alffed Peterson. This evening’s meeting is helq primarily to raise money toward the piano fund and should be liberal- ly patronized by the public. Light refreshments will be served at the close of the musicale, A slight change will be made in the method of admittance for this program, members being required to pay 25 cents in addition to showing their membership cards, and others 50 cents instead of the 26 cents usu-; ally asked of non-members. MRS. ROGERS OF MARGIE DIES AT BRAINERD MONDAY ! Mrs. C. M. Rogers of Margie, daughter of Mr. and M ohn Av- ery, Irvine avenue, pass away at the hospital in Brainerd Monday fol- lowing an operation which was per- formed there Saturday. She was a sister-in-law of Mrs. Allen Fort of Eckles, and the latter and her hus-! band, and the Avery family, went to Nary yesterday, the home of Mr. _[s_.,, ; let him tell it: “Lots of folks around this country are talking about a thivd party. P'll give them a 'tip. Any party that would start out with a platform pledging it to clean out the senate—every last man who is now in it—and begin over again, would be swept into power more amazingly than the present admi ration was. “That may sound rough on some of my colleagues. It is. But the senate is in such bad shape it cannot be patched; it must be rebuilt if it is to amount to anything again. There are a few men who would come back in the new senate, because they de- serve to. The 5:«::1!’. mnljori'.y would not, if once e people ?ould get their true medasure. “We senators are pretty big fre in our home puddles. But there aré some city councils in this fair land where common sense is more pro- nounced and where it is oftener used than in this body which calls itself the most august legislative assem~ blage in the world. “Isn’t it tunny to hear a senator refer to the senate as august? ° would never think of referring to himself as august—that is, not out where folks could hear him. But he fatuously thinks he’s getting by with something when he refers to jthe senate—himself and 95 others just like him—as august. “We're a lot of pedestaled prigs. We have the blind belief of children in our own greatness. That's too bad, and it’s also amusing. “But it isn’t the worst thing about us. What is? That's easy, . “The worst thing about the senate is that it’s too far away from the people who created it. Think that ever. “Take my case as a sample. No- hody ever came down to Washin, ton with more enthusiasm for the public weal than I. ““Oh, I had a trunkful of dreams I was going to bring true. I haven't dared look into that trunk for years. I know.I'd find nothing but a heap of ashes in it. “Well, when I came down here, I knew most everybody in my home town, and scads of poeple in my county and state. I liked them. They seemed to me then the salt of the earth. We were the best of friends—these people and I. “Now they write me letters and I hate to answer them. They are hicks, rubes, dubs. I am a senator. That's a plain, brutal, God’s-truth statement of the case as it is. " “That’s why I say I'm a failure. There are a lot more reasons which I'll tell you presently.” LEGION AUXILIARY TO ATTEND. GRANT PROGRAM All memhers. of the American Le- gion Auxilidry of the Ralph Gracie pest are urged to be in attendance at the program to be given Thursday evening at thé rooms of the Civic and Commerce associdtion at 8 o’clock by ithe Legion post for the members of the Legion, the Auxiltary, the G. A. R post and the G A. R. Gircle in honor of the centenary of the birth of Gen- eral Ulysses S. Grant. No noti have been sent,the mem- bers of the auxiliary and consequent- ly it is urged that this serve ag a gen- eral invitation to that body. A:large attendance of the members of ‘etich organizat'on is desired in order that the program may be carried outef- fectively. The program will begin promptly r's parents, where funeral serv- were held today at 2 o’clock| interment made. | at 8 o'clock and will be followéd by the regular business meeting of the I post. f