Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 19, 1922, Page 1

within 100 miles of Bemidji al d has” the largést “cireulation *'in Northern anesobn : The Pioneer is the only daily .. = and in northwest tonight. »Wednelday, ‘Warmer wWed ’VOLUME xx. NO. 129 Kemallsts’ M Large Decrease in Total Levy for New Year Indicated By Present Figures FEW MINOR CHANGES STILL CONTEMPLATED Denison Reslzns From Fourth Ward and Hickerson Is Named as Successor —— The proposed tax levy for the new year formed the bulk of the ‘import- ant business transacted by the city council in regular -session -Monday evening:- Although the: total levy has as yet not been definitely decided upon, it is evident that ‘it will show: a large decrease over the preceding q levy of $108;880. The proposed new: levy now stands’at $86,605, but a few changes are expected to be made in this amount before ‘it is approved by the council and a resolution ta that effect is carried- The ‘total general fund levy shows an increase from -$57,380 to $60,~ 105 at-the present time, this includ- ing a consideérable ‘sum -to mairtain’ the city strets now ‘being improved This action has been:‘recommended by City Engineer W. L Everts as a neccssary step to instire” good pass-; able streets at all times. The ‘proposed levy-for the general fund -is: as follows? :City -building, including upkeep and other similar items, $3,475.:Last year’s leavy for this purpose was:$3;600- Administra- tion is to be cut about $1000, ac- cording to the present’ schedule, from $5,500 to:$4,500, this largely due to the:fact that the city now has no permanent city engineer, For. miscellaneous ~expenditures -the new:| levy may. be’ cut -from - -$3,150 ‘to: $2,90 o Minicipal - court will likely be given an increased - levy -this year, from $2,000 to $2,250 this year; the: police department Hrom $9000 last year to '$9,780 this yenr, the fire;| department™~ from ©$7050 last year to $7,600 this year. Health and Sanitation will iprobably be raised:| from $4,350 and$5,050; highways | from $9,750 to 700; recréation ceducation, including™ from $3,230 -to -$3,450- The big cut comes in other funds and there ‘is “every :indication that the new levy will be ‘approximately $20,000 less ‘than ‘that of last year., Ordinznce ‘No- 129, providing for the :issuance-and sale- of $50,000 in bonds for the Permanent Ifiiprove- ment Fund, $40,000 for the white way and $10,000 for the city deten- tion ‘hospital, was given its second reading Monday night and will come up for passage or rejection at the |’ next meeting. W. K. Denison, alderman_ from the ‘ Fourth ward; resigned at the meet- ing night and George chkerson was appointed in his stead: " Mrytle J. Hallowell, recently ap- pointed clerk -of the municipal court! by Judge J- F.. Gibbons, was further apponited” to that office by the "ap- - proval of the council. One dray,’| two soft drink and two pool room licenses were granted. Allowing bills and ' the regular -monthly pay roll consumed the balance of the regu- lar business session Mondny nlght ASSOCIATION TO ENJOY REGULAR LUNCH TOMORROW The Bemidji Civic and’Commerce association ‘will ‘enjoy regu]ar lunch- eon at theassociation roms Wednes- day noon."The luncheon will ‘be fol- Jowed by the regular weekly business session and “a’large attendance is desired. BISHOP BENNETT HEADS ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM Bishop G467 Bennett o ' the Episcopal diocese of Duluth has been ' secared “as ‘the principal speak- er for the ‘Armistice’ Day program to be staged ‘November 11 by the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion- Word* to this effect: = was given out today by Rev- William Elliott, rector of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal” chhrch of this eity, who has been in’ communication with Bishop_Bennett. Bishop ‘Bennett will be remember- ed as hnvmg given a very admirable address here last Armistice Day and on several other occasions. He is considered one of the most able speakers in the state and he is sure © to have a message of real 1mport to every resident of Bemidji and vicin- - ity who attends the Armistice Day exercises to. be held at the mew armory- ‘the ‘boys ‘band du-tnous Qoys to Be Given Chhnee to Take Up.Band Work- 100. lntod Industrious -boys -of Bemjgji, be- tween the ages of 10 and 12 years, | ] will be given an opportunity to take = up active“band ‘work under able dl- ‘| rection when a ‘Beginners’ ‘band is organizeéd ‘at ‘a ‘meeting”to ‘be helds Wednesday evening,’ Septerftber 27, at thé“city ‘hall.'Such“a'band will be ndmaster’ G.:0. ©* Riggs ast-50 industrious boys who are willing ‘to” give their time il jei Mr. Riggs ‘| desiresat -least 100" boys®if he-ican: securethem; so ‘there will be: plénty ‘| of opportunity for all who wish to enter ‘actively into this ‘work: How- boys join the orgamzanon at “this meetinig, since ‘practice will be start- ed as soon therc.fter as” possible and none will' bs"taken ‘in after’the work ‘once “begins.: ““Every two years such a band is orzanized here; the -class of - two/| years“igo ‘having been promoted to’f the Regular Boys band if they could alify. ‘Only thdse who are deserv- -ing-and: whose work -merits' will be passed to- the “regular band. Much interest has been manifested and it is expected that the required num- ber ' ‘of industrious boys:-will apply {| for membership in the new band. Ultimately this organization will be- promoted to the regular band, or as many of the boys-who-can qualr 1y will be promoted and another new iband started- This organization meting will be called to 6rder at 7:30-‘on the date set and Mr- Riggs desires to make it plain that only those boys who are willing to devote every effort to developing themselves ‘as musicians will be“accepted. Co-operation of these boys’ parents is necessary also 'he states, and a meeting of the par- ents of those who desire to ‘become members of the new-band will be [held before the band has:been com- pletely organized. Only those music- ally inclined and H“iflg “to put in the necessary time in ptachce and 'home ~ training are_to "be acgep&ed( | Mr. Riggs states. “. Should such a bad be organized, the regular Boys™ band will"soon-be ‘increased if ‘the members of the new organization prove capable- In this way Bemidji ‘may soonbe -able ‘to boast of an even beiter organization ‘than that which so ably represents ithis city at -the present t.ime-- CRIME WAVES GROWNG Wave of Crirne nnd Robbery " Spreading Over Mexico City, Writer States By Fredrick G- Neumeier (United Press Staff Correspondent) ‘Mexico City, Mexico Sept. 19— (United Press)—A “crime wave is sweeping Mexico City- More sensational to Mexico Gity than anything since the day of ‘the -famous ‘““gray automobile,” which be- came the dread of the capital, is the wave of crime and robbery spread over the city by the “Apaches” who have come in numbers. These deni- zens of the dives of the Montmartre are by 'their “cocottes,” their paint- ed partners of the underworld:“ who: bring the prey into their hands. Daring and vicious and with un- canny cunning and luck, the ‘‘Apa- ches” have outwitted the police ‘and have continued their nightly depre- dations, ‘taking the city ‘by storm. The women, artists of artists in feminine “wiles “and makeup, ‘ply ‘the: thoroughfares “and -frequent the night ‘cafes: The Mexican youth of mieans:delights in‘a “good-time” and ‘the dazzling French girls enveigle these quick companions to elegant apartments, where after a period of drinking, the “Apaches” appear and fall on their prey.-Americans, too, have been led to these apartments only“to become the prey of the *Apaches” The “Apaches” also make nightly patrols of the streets in autoemobiles and have frequent pistol bntt'les with the police. The ‘“Apaches” have become the talk of the city and of the "papers, Following up as’closely “as possnble their nightly maurading, one paper carries a daily story of their work which carries a multitude of crimes, Foliowing the example of the “Apaches” scores of young Mexican boys have started a campaign of tobbery- These nocturnal prowlers, with the blood of the Indian, armed. - with knife and pistol without the finesse of the “Apache,” have killed and wounded more than the motoroius French crooks. They work singly or news- - Constantinople, ' Sept. 19—Musta~ pha-Kemal’s-march-toward the Dard- ianelles “and ‘ Constantinople = -is“re- .ported to have ‘started: The Turkish: commander, accord- ing to these reports, is-moving troops from Smyrna towards the Bosphor- ous which ' lies ‘between Constanti- ‘| éver, it will be necessary that these [rople and the Asian'mainland and the Dardanelles where the British are entrenched-There is no official veri~ fication of ‘these rumors.” = "Kemalist “calvary patrols in the vicinity ‘of Chanak which' commands the “éntraricé 'to the neutral zone of ardanefles as the royal Sussex ‘the British who are already in ‘the trenches: The ‘Kemalists have''made no attempts as yet to'cross into-the neutral zone, ‘Colonel Shuttlewbrth in command of ‘the district, was con- fident in his ability to ‘repulse any forces the Kemalists ~ concentrate mthm the next few days. London, Sept. 19—The British government has determined to- go through with its program of defend- ing ‘the Dardanelles neutral ~ zone bagainst the Turks and is not bluffing when it says every resource of the Empire will be pitted against the Kemalists- This was made plain today in a SHOT; SEARCH STARTED According to telegraphic communi- cation’ to ‘local authorities today, a sheriff and police officer at Ranier, K ogghiching “county, Were shot last night ‘%y a ‘'man named Joe Bush- The message does not state whether or not the men were killed nor does it state the names of the men in question. Further information is ex- pected shortly from the sheriff’s office at International Falls. The message sent here was signed by ‘F; Jevene, county attorney of Koochiching county and urged Tocal authorities to assist in apprehend- ing' Joe Bush, the man alleged to have done the shooting. Deputy sheriff J. E. Cahill of Be- midji reports ‘that he was talking with Sheriff Hugh Van Ettan' of In- ternational Falls last night about 7 o’tlock over the telephone. Never- the less there is every indication that Mr. Van Ettan was one of -the two victims, One reason for this belief is that Mr.. Van Eettan had ayways kept the shenff's office here in- formed concerning such matters. BEMIDJI HIGH TO 10 PLAY AT FOSSTON THURSDAY Bemidji high =chool will open the 1922 football season this Thursday when the team journeys to Fosston to play that high school eleven as a feature attraction at the fair being staged there this week. These two teams did not meet last year and the Bemidji coaches have little dope as to what kind of a team Fosston boasts this year Nevertheless, Be- midji expects to win and will go there with that intention. Regular practice has been held every afternoon and the team is fast being whipped, into shape for a busy football' season, which will include games with the best téams in this section of the state. Frank Kovach, athletic director this year, will ac- company the team to Fosston- No announcement has been made concerning the lineup for the open- ing game, since it is expected that pmnca\ly all of the players will be given opportunity to show what they have. With seven of last year’s men out agam this year, the Bemidji team promises to make a good show- ing throughout the ‘entire season. WORLD SERIES WILL START " OCTOBER 4, LANDIS SAYS Chicago, Sept. 19—The world series will, be started October 4th, it was announced by Commissioner of Baseball, Landis, here today- If both New York teams are in the final series, the games will be play- ed in New York, with the two leagues alternating as the home club. The national league game will be played on the first day and the ‘American club game on the second and alternating thereafter. Should the ‘seventh game be left to deter- mine the final series, there will be in pairs and recently they have “(Continued on Page ‘8) an interval of one day between the sixth and seventh game. Be Pltte& Agalnst the Kemahsts' Greatest Actwnty in Mlhtary De- pots Throughout Island; Troops Ordered to Be Prepared for Action. communique issued from Downing :Street during the mgeting of the cabinet while word was coming in that France and Italy would not fight. Meeting insinuations in the press that the government is “merely.rat- tling the saber,” today’s Communi- que ‘said Saturday’s statement of policy, in ‘which the Dominion was called -on to help defend the neutral zone, ‘is ‘actually the official report of the cabinet’s views and designed ‘to leave the empire in no doubt as to the government’s aims. Officials of the foreign office refused to con- firm or discuss the alleged note from Mustapha-Kemal, the unof- ficial verion of which is that Kemal stated ‘hewould not enter into the Dardanelles ‘'zone occupied by the allies, although granting the right to occupy any territory occupied by the Greeks, Thousands of Londonners, stir- red up to the “fever point” to an extent not since the days of 1914 when the whole world went to war, gathered -in ‘Downing street as the ‘cabinet met. The greatest activity prevails in the military depots throughout the 'Island. Altho\lgh no special recruit- ing' campaign has been announced, a number of regiments were warned ‘ENROLLMENT AT STATE COLLEGE $ETS RECORD Enrollment at the Bemidji State Teachers College set:a.new high mark -this orning ' with the registration over 200. This i ighest th elrnllm‘fl! has tion of the ‘summer- zlwol i’ he number ‘has- reached ' 400. It-is - expected- that.-a-few:more will be -enrolled within-the next few i-dayse £ The three new tennis courts on ‘the .athletic field near . ithe ‘lake' shoye have been completed -and:are now:being used. All in all, the local college-is well.on its way ito a- ‘very: successful school year HANS WICK OF GRYGLA STARTS DAMAGE SUIT (By United Press) Fargo, 'N- D., Sept. 19—As a pre- liminary step in a civil suit institu- ted by Hans Wick of Grygla, Minn,, to recover $10,000 damages for the brutal murder of his daughter, Wil- liam Gummer and Mrs. Anna Case are enJomed from selling or mort- gaging their property- Mr. Wick’s daughter, Marie, was cruelly assulted and murdered at night in her room in the Prescott. Hotel here on June 7th, 1921, while spendmz the night in Fargo. ' Mr- Wieck is holding responsible Mrs. Case, proprietor of the hotel, and Gummer, the 19 year old night clerk, who is serving a.life sentence at Blsmarck having been convicted of the murder. IRA MOORE LAID TOREST JIN :<CEMETERY NEAR -WILTON Ira Moore-of Nymore,-65 years of age, who died Sunday, Sept- 10 as the result of being hit and run over by an automobile at Hudrsfield N. D., was laid to rest in the cemetery near Wllton Monday afternoon, fol- lowing services held in the M. E. Ibertson undertaking parlors. The deceased leaves: a -brother, Elmer Moore of Nymore. The funeral was to have been held last Thursday, but delay in the arrival of the body here caused its postponement JOHN T. HAYWARD DIES; = l o to be prepared for a sudden move. Officers and men on leave were or- dered back to service. A -hasty censorship was clamped down on.movement of troops and was reminiscent -of the days of 1914 The ndmu—alty, however, did break its silence to.issue . a detail in a statement 48 to the truth .of a dis- patch carried out by press services other than the United Press. That the entire Atlantic flet was rushing to aid -the: Mediterranean Armada was denied. The Admiralty stated that the Mediterranean force was large enough to.cope with the Near East situation. ‘A small portion of ithe Atlantic fleet.-with the destroyer flo- tilla was reponed from Gibraltar to be ready to join the Dardanelles forees- The war office continued to is- sue orders for the concentration of Tommices in ports of the Near East 2nd.Chanak which commands the en- trance to the neutral zone straits- Following the cabiret meeting, it was announced that in no case would Kemal be permitted to cross the straits of the Dardanelles until peace terms. are established. The govern- ment stated it was satisfied that any such move would be stopped by na- val action alone. RANER AUTHORITIES | =eoummenr ar state - (GRIGINAL NAVAL UNIT PLANS GET-TOGETHER Buddies of the original Fifth division, Minnesota Naval Militia, are to enjoy a reunion and banquet kto ‘be ~held Wednesday evening at BURIAL AT ELK RIVER John T. Hayward of East Bemidji father of J. E. Hayward, passed away Saturday at 9 a-m. at his son’s home | East Bemidji: Mr. Hayward was 89 years, 4 months and 26 days of age at the time of his death He was born in Hartland, New Brunswick, in 1833. The deceased leaves his son, J. E. Hayward, and two daughters, Mrs. James Ayer of Elk River and Mrs. Blanche Panchott of Standard Calif. The remains were shipped to Elk River where burial will be made in the family lot besidé his wife and four daughters who procede(f him in death. Local arrangements were made under the direction of M. E- Ibert- son, funeral director. 8 o’clock “at the - ~Markham Hotel. The affair will be ‘a general get-to- | gether of those who belonged to the original unit which was called into service from Bemidji at the out- break of the war. A banquet will be the main attraction and will be fol- “|lowed by a few after dinner speeches if the 'speakers are able to speak af- ter they get through at the mess tables. Bill McDonald, an officer of the unit at that time, is expected to be present, as will also E. A. Barker of this city, licutenant in charge of the original unit. At the present time there are 27 members of tne company in Bemidji and 11 - is.ex- pected that:ht least 25 of these men will be able to be present- An enjoy- able evening is assured when the boys get together again and recount their experiences since the last.time they were together. LOCAL LEGION TO SHOW “CARDIGAN" HERE SOON “Cardigan,” Robert W. Chambers’ historical drama of the Revolution, is to .shown. under .the auspices of the Ralph Gracie post of the Amer- jcan Legion at the Grand theater October 3 and 4, according to an announcement made Monday by D’Arcy McGhee, chairman of the committee for the local post- The entire net proceeds from this pic- ture will go to the Minnesota Legion Memorial hospital association to as- sist.in carrying on the state hospital program, Posts throughout the state are pumng on this motion picture show for the hospltsl association and a neat sum is being realized, although it will be necessary for the posts to put on several similar entertain- ments before a sufficient sum is realized to maintain the state legion hospital at Rochester. A meeting of the hospital association has been called for September 30 to elect of- ficers, At this meeting plans will be perfected to take. over the hospital and welfare work now being carried on by the William T- McCoy post. Every member of the American Le- gion in Minnesota is a member, of the hospital association, It is expected that the :howmg of this big photedrama here will be met with hearty public response in view of the fact that the proceeds are to be used for such a worthy cause: RECEIVES WAR -BULLETIN In a news dizpateh broadcasted by radio this morning and received locally through the radio receiving set at the Grand theater, the inform- ation wad contained that the Italians had decided to withdraw their troops from the fight now raging in the vicinity of Smyrna and Constanti- nople. | Court, seven aliens are -ection, quotations have. been .made UNDESIRABLE ALIENS ] REFUSED: CITIZENSHIP & District of Columbia Judge “Withholds®Final‘Papers From"Seven Aliens Washington, ~Sept 19 News Service).—Refused final cit- izenship papers by Justice Bailey of the Distriet- of - Columbia Supreme protesting at being the first examples of un- successful applicants for any reason tha_n failure to'pass the required ex- amination, The men were shown to have used their citizenship - in - other -countries as a means of avoiding service in the United States armed forces dur- ing the war, and it was proved that none of them served in the countries of their origin. The judge held that men who would serve neither their own country, because of residence in this, nor this country, because of citizenship in other countries, were not fit to become citizens of the United States- Legislative comment on the action of the judge has been very favorable and some Senators have pointed out the importance of other jurists tak- ing equal care and pains in granting final citizenship papers: In this con- from a report of the House of Rep- resentatives Committee on Immigra- tion .and Naturalization which show the importance of safeguarding cit- izenship in the United States. Ac- cording to the report, a survey of 460 state institutions with a total of 210,835 inmates, found 21.14 of this fifth of a million inmates to be of foreign birth, and 44.09 per cent either of foreign birth or having at least one parent. of foreign birth. Institutional management thus de- votes at least one-third of total ex- renditures to the foreign stock which has arrived in the United States with- in this generation. If the states on the average spend 21 per cent of their revenues for maintaining in- adequates, about 7 per cent of the total revenue is spent on caring.for degenerate and dependent foreign human stock: . CELEBRATING COMPLETION o OF BRIDGE AT BISMARCK (By Unlted Press) Bismarck, Sept. 19—Skillful and artistic pogeantry today and tomor- row will personify the history of the community., The occasion is the com- pletion of the new million dollar bridge which spans the Missouri be- tween Bismarck adn Mandan. Com- mittees from the two towns have worked jointly to make the event a success- FLYING CLUB TO STAGE SHOW HERE NEXT SUNDAY Flying Circus, Auto Polo and Other Features Listed on Postponed Program Arrangements now completed as- sure the showing of the Western Flying club’s program here next Sunday afternoon if the weather will permit. The program was to be staged last Sunday afterncon but rain prevented. Tomorrow and Thursday, this club is performinz at Fosston during the fair, and will re- turn to Bemidji in plenty of time for the Sunday afternoon pufurm- ance. The program will be staged at the fair grounds under the auspices of the Ralph Gracie post of! the American Legion. Aviator Roberts, known as the Northwest daredevil, will perform.all the stunts an airplane can do- In ad- dition there will be three parachute drops, including a performance given by one of the two 'Rhesus monkeys which the boys carfy with them- Auto polo will be a feature of the program and a fast game is assured by Tex Dodge and Wild Kribbs, leaders of the opposing teams. Auto polo has always attracted well here and if the weather is favorable next Sunday a large attendance is'expect- ed. Wild Kribbs will perform a stunt known as “leaping the gap”, in which he will try to see how, far he and his car can jump through the air. This is performed by means of an incline, and is a very dangerous stunt- In addition there will be novelty races and arrangements are to be made for some sort of a musical program to dispel any possible dull moments of the regular program- WILLISTON LAD KILLED WHEN STARTING TO HUNT (By Unitsd Pr i Williston, N. D., Sept: 9—Gerald Allickson, age 15, was accidently (Capital | Threg Wee—fi?flsflenuou Labor "By _Rescuers Finds AN, " 47 Miners Dead” # LITTLE MINING TOWN HEART-BROKEN TQDAY Rescue Parties Are Removing 5 Bo ies of Men lmprnoned ~ Since Aug\ul v gt 48 (By United Press) (By ‘Ruth Finney) At the Argonaut Gold Mine, Jack- ed ‘its dead today. The litte city af- three weeks of tragic suspense, plunged decper and deeper ' into gloom as: the realization, of the trag- edy grew on it. : “They got the 47”, was the word whispered among the groups who re- mained on the streét corners most of the night, It meant that the 47 miners imprisoned by a fire’ and cave in three weeks ago, ‘had ‘been found—all dead: So great was the tragedy, so cruel the blow to hope, that the town seemed stunned. It moved listlessly to.its work, while in the honey-comb of the mine, underground :workers still toiled to excavate ‘the 47 once strong men, now only 47 dead and decaying corpses. A note found on one of the hodms indicated that all the men had died within’five hours of the beginning of the fire Aug. 27, officials' said- All the miners were found'behind the second of two ‘bulkheads they had built in a cross cut 4,850 feet down :in the Argonaut mine ‘Byron M. Pickard, chief of the Fedetral Bureau of Mines for this district was the first man. to. go: behifid :the bulkhead and discovered the"bodiés. The note read as follows: “3 .am., gas bad.” The same noté bore a scrawled figure ‘4" apparent- ly indicating the same man attempt- ed to leave word for those who might come after of the condition of- the mine at that hour. Mine officials indicated that the condition of the cross cut - behind the bulkhead was such = that life could not have been sustained there by the entombed men for more than five -hours, The bodies were found piled one on top of another and decomposition had progressed so - far that -identifi- cation would be impossible, Pickard reported. BEMIDJI BOYS BAND GETS ANOTHER EXCELLENT ‘BOOST That the impression made by *he Bemidji Boys band at the Mlmmsutu State fair was a lasting one is evi- denced by a letter received here hy County Auditor A. D. Johnson from Carl J. Lager of Lager, Offerle-& Co., Geneseo, Il Mr. Lager, in-a siness letter on other matters, saw fit to,add the following at the cloia of his letter: “You are to be complimented .on your boys band which I had the pleasure of listening to at ymr state fair last week.” Such compliments show that even those who possibly never knew much about Bemidji before have been well lmprLSscd by the boys band, 'so wall in fact that they are not bm:kwnrd about mentioning it. WALKING TWO YEARS ON WAGER WITH N- Y. BROKE| Fargo, Sept. 19—Bernard Mu = gler, 24 is walking two years to ohrn $15,000. Resting in Fargo nn a 30,000 mile hike he told of a $700 wager with a New York broker thnt years, CONFERENCE ON BIRGH PLANT HERE THURSDAY W. A. Babbitt, geneml manager of the Minnesota Lumber 'Assoigtes is scheduled to be in the city Thurs- day and a general meeting has: been called to be held in the Civic and Commerce assogiation rooms Thurs- day afternoon .at 4 o’clock, at.which time birch holders will have the-.op- portunity to confer with Mr. :Bab- itt- All persons interested. in the pro- posed project are urged to be.pres- ent and it is expected that.an inter- esting meeting will be the reslub. A recent survey of white birch stands in this community shows: that the supply is sufficient to warrant the location of a hardwood plant I'here and it is apparent that some | definite action may be the result | of this meeting Thu!sdny if suf- lled by discharge of a shot gun | when he started hunting, X interest is’ manifested. ficient son, Calif., Sept- 19—Jackson ntourn-" he would cover 30,000 miles in two