Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 6, 1922, Page 1

The Ploneer is has -the largest cireulatis, Northern - I » N % : ¢ / 01,,%‘_:-] 3 /4 within 100 miles of B&., %, 2 0 > IDJI DAILY PIONEE fimesota: Clondy tonight and- Pribaply showers: h ;change in temper- s B O 'Charaeter Mol@ing Is ] 'Urgent Need,Déeclares ‘Wisconsin Educator F. S. Hyre of State Normal Northern Educators PROPER TEACH! CHILDREN | [ & E. M, Phillips, Siate Direcior Outlines Policies ——— Character building of ~pupils by teachers; througheut, the nafion wes the main urge expresed by F. 8. Hyre president of the State Normal Sehool at Whitewater;-Wise., before the first gencral session of the Northern Divi- | sion of. the Minnesota Education as- sociation in seeond annual convention at the Bemidji armory y ev- ening. Molding of the character is one of the teacher’s biggest oppor- tunities, he deelared. Ways of reaching the humen soul,|instructive topics of value to the | even though a number of the usual channels are closed, were explained by him with' an illustration of & Wisconsin girl who had lost her hear- ing and sight in early childhood but had been taught and acquired: nnns!ul ability even: in.those lines in vhch the student possessing ‘all ordinary senses frequently is lacking. : Proper. .teaching of - young - child- ren, in his opinion, is one of the most important aims-in education, and one phase wheh needs development along great ‘lines. Teaching, he declared, is now & prefession, at'much nearer so0-than ever hefore. -His'talk, fexm- Educators “Go to School” This Forenoon; Strong Program on This Afternoon s i 1 As expressed by Pres, H. E. Wolfe of the Northern Division of the Minn: esota Eueation: association in gen- eral sesstons Thursday evening; school began at 9 o’clock this morning and teachers attending the conventian} got-a “dose of their own medicine™| this forenoon with sectional meetings | at the high school and at the State | Teachers college. | ‘Fhese “sectional meetings- are in- tended to teach the teachers and are| considered among the -outstanding| featores of the convention. Each gec- | tional meeting was well attended and presided over by leaders in each de-| a) t. . Able speakers presented| teaching force in the northern divi- sion; The second general session of the | three-day convention was held at’ the new armory this afternoon, being| called to order at 2 o‘clock. P. E.| Carlson, ‘president of the Minnesota Eduéatiorr assocation was listed to| speak on “Equality of Educational| IOpportnnifies”, but illness according to a telegram received this forenoon has prevented his coming. W. I Nol- an; speaker of the house of represen- tatives and chairman of the interim | commission -on education, spoke ‘on “What Minnesota Needs 'Tn "Educa- ed by himsalf, ‘“Lest. We Forget”, |tion” Music was furnished by contained many helpful thoughts for | the saxaphone section ' of . 'the _ theteachers and friends of education. | Boys’-band:- Following the prograrni Between BOO and 700 teachers, in- | the general business session was héld sfructors -ahd friends of education | officers to be elected and other az- attended the general sestion-at - -e|nual business attended to- armory, much interest. being :showh | . Visiting and city teachers were in- in the varied progyam, intended sole- | yited to attend the program and tea 1y for the Pflm-flz of education. [peing given at the rooms of the Civie E. M. state director of |and Commerce ‘associatioh at 4 ¢~ vocational education :in Minnesota, | clock. Two excursion trips, includ- using £0r his topic “Minnesota’s QW= fing a bokt trip around Lake Bemidji standing Educational Polieies,” out- (Continued on Page 8.) lined the aims of Minnesota educa- . - 3 tional policies and explained at some length a few suggested miethods .9f KIWAmcL“BmJ()YS g jmproving educational - ficilities in T AI.K BY DR c. A. P AYNE Minnesota still farther. - After re- viewing the improvements of the past’ The Kiwanis meeting' Thursday noon at the Elks club rooms was few years, he called atention' to the need of professional - trainmg - for school teachers. Equality of educa~ +tional opportunities was am r im- portant point in his address which will bear considerable thought by friends of education. Rural schools need the most- at- tention today, he declared, to seé that the pupils of these schools have the same . opportunities as . those in the towns and cities- Equalization of the school burder by inereased state aid derived from a direct tax on incomce, to be equally distributed among the schools of the state irrespective: of source of the fund, and not using the (Continued on Page 8) ST, PAUL EYENS SERIES WITH BALTIMORE TEAM Baltimore, Oct- 6—Mainly because of some wonderful pitching by Rube | poans Yaple, who also led the mem- Benton, St. Paul evened up the series | jors i song after the luncheon. with Baltimore by capturing Thurs- day’s game, 2 to 1. G0OD ROADS WILL AID DAIRY SHOW SUCC Minnesota’s good roads will prove a big contributing factor to the suc- cess of the National Dairy exposition October 7 to 14 at the State Fair grounds. W."E. Skinner, general manager |ald, “Buck” Stechman, big varsity well attended and was: presided over by Dr. D, F. McCann, president of | the club. Dr. C. A. Payne of the Minnesota University extension department was | the principal speaker of the day and gave a very interestng lecture along the same lines as he gave at the| Civic and Commerce meeting Wed- nesday, except that he continued his | Thursday talk where he left off Wed- | nesday. | Dr. Payne aways has something of | interest and importance to talk upon and held the atténtion of his hearers| at the Kiwanis meeting and was in-| vited to favor the club at some future date again. The glee club of the Bemidji high school gave a number of delightful| selections under the direction of Beth D. S. Mitchell was called upon for | some of the interesting things noted on his recent trip and entertaned the members by recounting some of | them. The next meeting will be “Radio Week” with the newspaper men in charge. BUCK STECHMAN, UNABLE TO PLAY GAME SATURDAY According to the Grand Forks Her- ‘BEMlDJl; MINN,, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1922 VICTORY T | held from the house on Doud avenue ' | Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. | | The funeral will be private, for im-| Head of State University to serve the wishes of the family in thisi' McGraw’s Batters Address Educators at Tonight’s Seui\on THREE ABLE SPEAKERS ON SATURDAY PROGRAM To Cflnplztg Second Annual Convention \Saturda‘y President L. -D. Coffman of the University -of Minfiesota, considered che of the outstanding educators in the mnation -and one of the ablest speakers on educational subjects to- day, will address the general session of the Northern Division of the Minn- esota Education association at the new armory this evening. Tonight’s program will begin at 8 o’clock and it is expected that it will be even bet- ter attended than last night’s excel- lent educational meeting. Pres. Coffman will use for his top- ic “The Next Forward Movement in Education.” His message is sure to be of interest to all friends of edu- cation, and those interested in edu- cation, one of the foremost problems iof the day and age, are urged to take advantage of this opportunity to hear the president of Iunnesota’s great state university. Admission will be by membership card or ticket. Single admission will be 50 cents, while membership at $2 includes admission to all meetings (Continued on Page 8.) JUNIOR STOCK SHOW TO BE OPENED NOVEMBER 1 Commercial interests whose acti- vities center at South St. Paul are making extensive plans to receive 175 hoys and girls of the state vho will gather there Nov. 15, 16 and 17 for the fifth.annual Junior Livestock + Show, These juvenile growers of cattle, and exhibit their pets, as a result of aving won first honors in eounty shows that were held during Sept- ember. The show will mark the close of this season’s Boy and Girl club activities, which has come to be an important part of county Farm Bureau work. L. W. Kube,traffic manager for the Stock Yards company, is actively at work arranging for quarters, trans- portation and the many other details that have to be cared for far in ad- vance of the holding of the show. Co-operating with him is L. E. Potter of Springfield Minn., chiarman of a special committee of the Minnesota Livestock Breeders’ association. Plans for the 1922 show include a | banquet for the youngsters, the Show proper and the annual sale. SUPER-GRADE GUERNSEY COMING TO DAIRY SHOW Cow with Pedigree and Record of 650 Pounds Butterfat Will Be Feature (Farm Bureau News Service) A ‘super-producing grad: Guern- sey will be on exhibition at the Nat- ional Dairy Exposition, Twin Cities, Oct. 7 to 14. She will compete for show ring honors in the calss for cows with records over 500 pounds. Her record i 665 pounds of but- of the big show, made the prediction |center on the Univetsity of North|terfat produced in one year—more that after traveling nun‘reds of miles | Dakota football team, will be unable | than four times the average dairy this summer on the trunk highways|to play in the game against Minn-!cow production. for all the United cality- 4“Many cities and towns sent goed | fering from pneumonia. 1 said to be a sever handicap to the States, which is 246 pounds of fat| “This year nearly |team. x | delegations to the 1921 exposi'o: said Mr. Skinner. every: community will send.its rep- resentation in''a score or more auto- mobiles—some cities to start as many as 1,000 cars off for the national show. It is'a genuine testimonial io the highway development in Minn- esota in the last couple years and an important endorsement of the com- paritively - new - highway program. The state is to be congratulated on this ‘phase of rural advancement.” Reports from all stctions indicating excellent road eonditions, Mr. Skin- |seven had a gluten value of 13 per |at the dai ner urged individuals to form special ‘cent and nine greater than 12 percent. ‘' start building parties wherever big caravans are not already arranged. 7/ Stechman was taken to the hospital yesterday suf- The loss is s it NORTH DAKOTA WHEAT | SHOWS BIG GLUTEN TEST | | (By United Press) | Fargo, Oct. 6—Chemical analysis | at the North Dakota Agricultural | | $246.05 in a year. - _so called Babcock roads—to extend |esota University at Northrup field | States. She even surpassed by near- | his’ organizations plans to every lo-|Saturday afternoon. . e ’TH]RTY'FW E DEAD IN ly three times the splendid average production, record for animals in cow testing asociations of the United a year, With butterfat selling for 37 cents a pound this Guernsey produced With only eight such high producing grades, the av- erage farmer would have a yearly income of $1;968.40. The farmer working a relatively small farm which has not been satis- S%A: mlomSCOP “THIRD GAME OF WORLD SERIES Funeral services for Mra. E. E. | Kenfield, who; died at her homc) | Tuesday evening, October 3rd will be | mediate relatives only. Friends of| | the deceased are requested to ob-| Prove Too Strong for Yankees and Take Today’s Game | regard. & | The body will lay in state at the| | home Saturday afternoon from 2:00; |to 4 o’clock at which time friends| {and the public will be given an op-) %portunity to view the remains and GIANTS SECURE EARLY pay their last respects to a much| {loved and departed friend and| LEAD OF TWO IN THIRD | neighbor. | Burial will be made at Greenwood - | cemotery and the services will be in| Scott and Swith Perform for | charge of Rev. L. P. Warford, pastor| the Nationals; Hoyt and of the Presbyterian church. | | A son Mortin Kenfield, and daugh- | Schang for Yanks | ter, Mrs. Dexter Duggan, from West-| | wood, California are expected to ar-| pjjip, up a lead of two runs in Iriverhere Saturdey night. A sister | the thid inning, McGraw's New York ‘M_m. J.N. 'l‘hatchevx- of Seattle, Wash.| Giants, winners of the National will arrive in Bemidji Saturday noon.| League pennant for two successive | years, captured the third game of MAY N lDER | the 1922 world series this afternoon G |at the Polo grounds, New York, by | |a score of 3 to 0, giving the Giants AR | two games in the lead over the Yanks ! ) | the second game of the series being a 4 |3 to 3 tie when called at tne end of the tenth on acount of darkness. | | Despite pre-series dope by several | 2 |of the world’s most famous sports | o writers McGraw has been able to pull | Mass Meeting Will Be Held‘twu viétories already, although some Monday Evening to Decide | of the writers gave the Giants only ® 3 |one game at the most. Action on Charter | Today’s final report of the game 3 was received by radio through the b B | Grand theatre and the Naylor Elec- Shall the people of Bemidji Vote tric company recciving sets, although on a new charter at the general elec- | particulars of the game could not be {tion, November 7? | understood’ clearly on account of the | That’s the question now before the | weather conditions. Charter Commission. John Willianj Scott, right hand ODAY; 3 Mudania PeaceParley ~ Fails; British March Into Constantinople ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION OCTOBER 19 “Home, Church, Community and School”, Theme of Meeting at Brainerd Grenadier Regiment Marches Into Former Turk Capital; Presence Welcomed CONFERENCE BREAKS UP; EXACT CAUSES UNKNOWN Christians See in Troops a Bulwark Against Threat to Take Constantinople The program for tht 64{th annual convention of the Minnesota Sunday school association, which will convene at Brainard, Oct. 19 to 22, is being built 2round the theme *Home, Church, School and Community,” and from the array of talent that is teing mobilized for this important event, it appears as though this theme will be ably handled. The speaking stalf announced by State Superintendent James C. Gar- risen includes Dr. D, W. Kurtz, pre ident of McPherson college, Mckaer- (By Unite2 Press) Cinstantinople, Oct. 6—The Grena- dier guards, crack British regiment tramped into Constantinople ,today following the breakdown of the Mu- dania peace conférence and the ap- proach of the Kemalist cavalry to- ward this former Turkish capital, son, Kansas; Dr. H. C. Swearing, D.| The British forces brought here D.. pastor of the FHouse of Hopr |swung through the streets with bands Presbyteri | playing and colors flying. The Euro- ator of the Presbyterian people went wild with joy. Christians saws in the troops a bul- wark against the Ottoman threat to to take Constantinople by force and march through Thrace if the allics did not immediately cede this ter- ritory to Mustapha Kemal. Mean- whie the secret conference at Mu- ' | dania ended in temporary failure. The exact causes are not known be- cause of the ban against correspond- ents. It is reported that Turkish greed, once the allies showed signs of giving way regarding Thrace, caused an abrupt ending to the con- Council, 1921-2: of the Young Pcople of the International Sunday School Council of Religious Education; M Iseaac T. Sewell, Topeka, Ka Children’s Division Superintendent of the Kansas Sunday School associa- toin; John D. Engle, Lansing, general ary of the Michig. Sunday School Council of Religious Education; J. Kirkwood Craig, edu- cational superintendent of Henne- pin County Sunday School association Arthur J. Hanson, educational sec- | retary of the Northern Baptist Con- ‘hog# and sheep will come to the show | ing the Chérter Commission to call a meeting and'make changes suggest- ed in the last charter and’ submit {it to the vote of the people at the | general election, when a representa- tive vote will be cast. | C. W. Vandersluis, chairman of the | commission advises that he wul call |2 meetng of the Charter Commission | for Monday nght at 8 o’clock in the |rooms of the Civic and Commerce |association at which time t will be | decided whether or not enough people are interested in securing a new char- ter. In the past, public interest has been |lax. Taxpayers and voters seemed | indifferent. After the charter was ilos‘t, many expressions of regrets were heard, but it was then too late. Citizens, By the score are request- | pitcher, rated as a first-class pitcher | den L, Stright of the Ramsey County with the Boston Braves last season|Sunday School association; Dr. Bert i (_Coy:tinued» on Page 8.) BEMIDJI HIGH LEAVES TO PLAY DULUTH TEAM “We'll put up the best orand of football possible” stated Athletic Di- rector ‘Frank Kovach of the Bemidji high school football squad, as the | boys assembled at the Great Northern depot this noon on their way to Du- luth where they will play the Duluth | Cathedral high school eleven tomor- row afternoon. He reported the team in good condition despite the | fact that so far the aggregation has been inconvenienced by lackof shower | E. Smith, superintendent of the Adult Division of the Methodist Episcopal church. These speakers with a large num- ber of local workers in this field of | Minnesota will maké this program one of the very best that has yet been put on by the state association. Sun- day schools in Bemidji and the sur- rounding territory arce cxpected to be represented. * 'AXEL RALPH KITTLESON DIES THURSDAY EVENING Axcl Ralph Kittleson, 34, a resi- baths at the new school, necessitating . dent of Bemidji for the past 18 years ! vention for Upper Minnesota; Hay- ference. Another report is that the Greek representative, General Mazarakis, refused ‘to acquiescg in the slightest degree to the Greeks withdrawing from Thrace. The Turks are under- stood to have demanded the handing over of all of Thrace and Constan- tinople to take place immediately, while it was the idea of the allies that this shoud not be done until after the next peace conference. As a result of this impasse, Mus- tapha Kemal has come personally to take part in the dispute and will meet with General Harrington, British rep- resentive at Brua tomorrow. OORANG INDIANS HAVE VERY STRONG SCHEDULE | The pubile is invited to the meeting |In fact, business men and other tax- |changing their clothes at home and | payers are urged to be present. Up-}losing time from practice on this on the interest they will take at the account. | meeting, depends the action of the! Although ecarly plans called for \commission. If a large represenia- |the trip by bus, the boys left on the | tive body of taxpayers attend and ex- rtrain this noon. The game will be | press themselves in favor of submit-|called at 1:30 Saturday and the poys ting a new charter to the people, the | wil return tomorrow night. The ten- |chances are that the commission will | tative line-up includes: Peterson, cen- |act. If not, the chances are that|ter; Woock, left guard; Tharaldson, llhc commission will let the matter | right guard, Sullivan, left tackle; | drop. | Neeley, right tackle; Rhea right end; It will be up to the taxpayers to Baney, left end; Bailey, quarterback; attend this meeting Monday night. | Hickerson, left halfback; and Neu- {The hall should be packed to the | mann, fuliback. |doors if this commission is to be|don Smith and Lars Hakkerup ac- | persuaded to prepare a new charter. ;compnnicd the team as substitutes. | {No one can blame the commission if | —_— |interest is lacking at the Monday E night mecting. 'REPEATERS IN CAPITAL published twenty days before elec- | |tion day and every day counts. If ithe city, you will be there. |Educators See Dangers to Children in Number Now The charter must be posted or Cm SCHOOL CLASSES you are interested in the welfare of‘ Repeating Grades !PRICES AT DALTON HOTEL MISQUOTED ON PROGRAMS | Through some misundcrst,anding,! Washngton, Oct.6 (Capital News | the programs for the Northern Divi- | Service)—A report just compiled in !sion of the Minnesota Education as-|{he public schools of Washington {sociation carry, among other hotel |spows thatout of nearly 27,000 child- | prices, the Dalton listed at $1.75 to |ren in the first four grades, more than $2.00. Out of justice to this -vcel gight thousand have repeated more announcement is made that the prices |than one semester. Commentng on {should read $1.25 per day for one the report, Superntendent of Schools }person, and $1.75 per day for two. | Frank Ballou, said: | “The educational situation reveal- |ed by statistics on repeating in the | primary grades demands immediate consideration. These facts should |prompt us to ask ourselves whether |we, as teachers and school officers (By United Press) |are’ doing all we ought to do, for | Toronto, Canada, Oct. 6—Thirty-|these pupils who are so frequently | five dead, 6,000 homeless, eight|failing of promotion. Are those pup- |towns in complete ruins and damage || having a square deal cducational- | amountng to $10,000,000 is the in-|1y?” | complete toll of the teriffic forest! = The blame for the condition cannot | fire which swept the district of Timi- ' well be laid to inefficient tcaching skaning, Haliburton county seat,|but to overcrowding. Overcrowding ! which was razed by flames which were | schools is not confined to the Nation’s - TERRIFIC FOREST FIRE | college shows wheat raised in the'factorily profitable during recent|fanned by strong southwest Wind.m‘cgpital‘ although the school situation state with gluten contents as high | years will be given the opportunity The fire cut a swath through the lin Wahisngton is deplorable. |to secure some grade seed stock, with | central section of the settled district. |are overcrowded all over the country as 13 percent. Schools Out of twenty samples examined, records not lower than 365 pounds,| ~Refugees poured into North Bay | due to the inhibition of building dur- This, according’to C. E. Mangels, cer- eat chemist, is worthy of a premium, exposition, and thus up a herd of dairy cattle with uniformly high producing records. | with stories of disaster that exceeds|in the war. But it is pointed out in horror anything Canada has known ' that the remedy of more building since the Mathieson conflagration in not one which will help the children 1916, (Continued on Page 8.). Al Frank Elliot, Gor-| s the Hibbing Junior college ai pased away Thursday evening at 7:40 According to a communication re- at his home in Fifth ward. Death|ceived from Baptiste Thunder, a Red was caused by sugar diabetes, al-|Lake Indian, one of the four from though he had been noticeaby ill only | that rescrvation now playing on the since Sunday. Tuesday he was forced | Qorang football team of LaRue, to bed and lapsed into a state of | Ohio, under the direction of James coma from which he never rallicd.| Thorpe, the world. famous athlete The deceased is well and favorably | Oorangs have a very strong schedule known here, having been engaged | which includes games in practically in business for himself at one time|every section of the United States but of late being employed by Wold | and one in Cuba. & Olson in their Nymore grocery| The schedule is announced as fol- store, i i . . |lows: Oct. 8 at Marion, Ohio; Oct. Mr. Kittleson is survived by his |5 at Canton; Oct. 22 at Youngstown; wife and two children, Donald 7, and | Oct. 29 at Evansville, Indiana; Nov. Frances, 3, his mother and father, |5 at Minncapolis; Nov. 12 at Chicago; |Mr. and Mrs. John Kitticson of this| Nov. 19 at Milwaukee; Nov. 25 at | city, six b'rut ers, Elmer, | Columbus, Ohio; Dec. 3 at Buffalo, | Norman, Nary, Harold, ar N. Y.; Dee. 9 at Baltimore; Dec. 10 all of thxs_ city a'nl two e ington; Déc. 16 at Atlanta, J. A. Davis of Napa, Cal., . 3 at Jacksonville, Florida; P, G. Peterson of Thief River Falls. |and Jun, at Havana, Cuba. | Funeral services will be held either | Monday or Tuesday afternoon, dc- < . i jpcmlimz upon the arrival of relatives Clvlc AND COMMUN"Y | from a distance. The father, John P ] | Kittleson, will arrive hore trom Bend, | CLUB MEETS SATURDAY | Oregon, where he employed about | { Sunday. Mrs. Da of Napa, Cal.,| % 1ol oy R : | The regular meeting of the Wom- ;‘g gz:l:;oiwg'fl [,:" :Tli ;‘En:u::l'zm's Civic and Commurity club will , s 8 o » ’ e hel e ¢ rived this morning. Mrs. Peterson b,L‘ h.;(]d Sa]:urda.y. altL(xl'nEon at. 3 of Thief River Falls has been here |9'clock at the Civie and Commerce since Mr. Kittleson was taken i, | 2350ciation zooms, and all membe but has returned to her home. She |4€ FHIGRE 10 2 EIEE Foorrion | will return to Bemidji probably Sat- | 3¢ that hour 0 & £ SHerneons urday- program may begin on time: “Miss Blanche Dodge will, render | . | a violin solo, Mrs. E. H. Marcum will | DR. STANTON’S BROTHER 'givu a “Report on Milk.” Commun- DIES AT THIEF RIVER | ity singing will be led by Mrs. E. | W. Johnson. Two addresses willTbe Ed. Stanton, attorney at Thici#iven by out-of-town speakers; “The River Falls. Diother of Dr. D. L. | unction of the School” by Miss Har- Stanton of this city, passed away -t Wood, state director of school shortly after noon Tuesday. Dr. and | library and “The Library ‘“‘% ‘l"e Mre. Stanton are now at Thicf River | Community” by Miss Clara S. Bald- Falls to attend the funeral. They |Win, state director of libraries. are cxpected to return about Mou-| The program will be followed by day- |a social hour. | = Mrs. T. C. Bailey, chairman of the DIEDRICH TO OFFICIATE membership committee, announces {that those members who have not as | AT SUPERIOR TOMORkowl,\'ct paid their dues are urged to do |so at this meeting. Prospective | | members'are aso urged to join at this leave on the early morning train sion, 5o that the work of the mem- Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Diedrich v Superior where Dr. Diedrich will offi- bership drive may be lessened .as inte at the football game b n much as pessible so that practieally al! of the time may be devoted to se- curing new members. Dues for the year are $1.00. i Superior Normal at Gates Field Sat- urday afternoon. B