Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 10, 1922, Page 1

" his loss, The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles-of Bemidji_ and nas the largest circulation 3 Northern Minnesota.. i VOLUME XX. NO./147 Hospital Facilities INSTITUTION SURE TO ‘EfROVE- ITS-POPULARITY Payment of Suiucripfions is Now Urgently Requested “ " By Hospital Society = - Bemidji- and ‘the ‘surrounding com- munities are again provided with mod- ern hospital facilities. - : The Northern Minnésota Lutheran Hospital asso- ciation today:opened the former St. Anthony hospital to receive patients, marking the return of hospital facil- ities_ after being deprived of such accomodations during the past sum-} mer. L 5 ot Since purchasing the hospital site and building, the Lutheran associa- tion has been hard at work putting the place into. first-¢lass .condition for the opening. The ‘interior has been_thorqughly gone over and .much work has been done in the line ox im- provements> More are contemplated from time to time as funds permit. The hospital is now ready to Tre- reive patients and it is expected 'that +this Bemidji sinstitution. will - draw from all the neighboring communities and towns. - Persons who during the summer have-been. compelled. t0.seek hospital -facilities. elsewhere are now able to be accomodated near-home..... Arrangements have:been made so “that: women patients wil be cared for on the first floor, the second. floor being . designated :cntirely. for male patients. This re-arfangement is ex- pected to meet with hearty app! 4 s i Mis Lenath Holt; formerly. assist- will' be assisted | of Naly-and'a cap- ablecorps-afidssistants. - o Atention is ‘now- being called to the necessity of funds. Persons who have subscribed. t¢-this institution are requested to, make:their payments as quickly as possible.: - In making the hospital ready:for patients, there has been considerable _expense, | besides the. amount of cash payment made; when the institution was taken over. Therefore, it isanecessary that funds| be paid into the hospital at once. The suceess of the institution will depend largely on the. financial as well as; the. moral support.. .. ek In order to get on a sound working basis, pledges and subscriptions should be paid in now, States Rev. L. J. Jerdee, head of the hospital as- sociation. ha 3 The hospital is now. receiving_pa-| tients and'it is expected that within “a short time the institution wi De operating in full force. The open- ing of this institution is welcomed by Bemidji, and. the. entire surrounding territory, which ‘is sure to take ad- vantage of the facilities offered. A. E. McCOY PASSES AWAY AFTER EXTENDED ILLNESS A. E. McCoy, who came here sever- =1 months ago from Grand Forks, ac- companied by his wife, and has oc- cupied , at sumnier cottage at La- Moure, passed away last evening |NATIONAL “Rein. Prvites toden[FALPHGRACEPOSTTO | All mémbers and prospective mem- bers of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion are urged to attend the regular meeting to be held Thurs- g at 8 o’clock at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce associa- tion;.at which time a number of mat- ters are to come up for consideration. Reporgs on plans for the.observance of Armistice Day, which are now pro- gressing. rapidly, will be heard at this session, as well as other import- ant_committee reports. Plans for the big rally on October 26 will also be discussed and it is ex- pected that theer: be a tendance... The committee in charge of the special feature planned for Oct. .26, the regular meeting night of the post, has Some very’ importapt announcements to- make which are ex- pected to bring"out evéry member of the post to that'meeting: ‘A game dinner will be served at the October 26 meeting, the last regular meeting before - Armistice . Day. - Full details of the treat being prepared for-the legionaires will be’ given ‘out Thurs- day night.” The committee -:states that those whotdreé-absent’are going to-miss something worth while. GASOLINE TAKES DROP OF =i TWO CENTS PER GALLON Wi ——— According tor-an annnouncement by E. H. Jerrard, manager oft ¥he local- plant of the Northwestern Oil Co., gasoline has - droppéd in .price from 25.9 cents a gallon'to 23.9 cents adecrease ‘of .two. cents_per. gallon effective at once:’ . .. .. Red Crown gasoline, according to dropped and is now being sold in Be- midji at 23.9 cents. A The, eoplgp“()fl company also an- [Inounces a two cent per gallon de- crease, -effective -at “once- This re- duction is sures to-be: welcomed by, ‘the gasoline“users; being the first de- crease in price for several weeks.: BEMIDJI SECOND TEAM |- TO PLAY 'CASS LAKE HERE The Bemidji high_ school second team. will. play the:Cass. Lake high school football team .here Tuesday afternoon, October 31. The game will. be. called . about, 3 o’clock and The Bemidji second team is fast de- veloping' new- material for the reg- ular_eleven and, it is expected that it will give Cass Lake a-hard battle. EDUCATION WEEK TO OPEN DEC. 3 Attention Will" Be Centered £‘Upén Neéds of Schools " Throughout Nation The United State Bureau of Edu- cation, with’the American Legion and the National Education *Association, will- promote a third national weck for education Deceniber 3 to 9, in- annguncementtoday by the. Chicago] | jodvertising repregentative, has also! clusive. after an iliness of nearly a year with tubereul He lcaves “to mourn is father and mother, four brothers and: four sisters. The remains will be shipped prob- ably tomorrow. to:their old home at * Altamont, Illinois, for interment. Ar- 1angements are in charge of H. N. Me-, Kee, funeral director. WADENA CANCELS GAME * LISTED FOR SATURDAY Coming as a great disappointment to the Bemidji high!school football team anndjits coach and/other boost~ ers, Supt Bothe of the Wadena high schoo! has), cancelled the - game. be-: tween thesg: two, teams -which, was scheduled played.on the Bemidji ficld next Saturday efternoon.i Supt: Bothe, in communicption ithe Bemidji school by telephorie:Mouday, stated that his team. was mot'in: shape- to play Bemidji.;j- Despite efforts to. convinee him that Bemidji was handi- capped by the absence of three of jts backfield from practice this weck, the game vfa;_cancplled and as a re- sult it is likely that all athletic re- fations between Bemidji and Wadena schools wil be severed. . Efforts are now being made to ar- range a substitue game and there is & possibility that Blackduck miay play here Saturdey. . However, . the Be- midji school feels that an injustice has been done by Wadena in cancel- ling this game, the first aranged be- iween these -two_sthools for four years. . Cancelling. similar _conditiong has resulted in number of schools throughout the state severing athietic relations. sured John_J. Tigert, commissioner of education, that he will issue a pro- clamation at the:-proper time. The President’s. proclamation will probab- ly..come. early:.in, November. of states have been in- imilar proclamations. of - this' ‘week _is . to center attention upon-the needs of our schools, ‘Americanization; better trained and Letter paid teachers; more adequately | equipped buildings (over two-thirds|: of the school houses in the United States are still one-room’ schools) ; eradication - of illiteracy; improve- ment of rural schoels; and-physical | cducation: and ‘hygeine. 7 3 i In -order that these ‘phases of ed~ dcation may be made prominent in tha observance of American Educa- tion week, it has been agreed: to des- ignate certain days for calling-par< ticular attention to some of these out~ standing needs.. More than 100. of’ the outstanding national organiza- tions have been invited to join in the observance” of this week. Therefore, it has been decided that Sunday shall be observed as God and Country Day; Monday, Citizenghip Day; Tuesday, Patriotism Day; Wed nesdny, School and Teacher Day; Thursday, Illiteracy Day; Friday, Equality Day; and Saturday, Physi al Education Day. This i 3 national affair and it is expected that much good will resulf in communities where concert- t i made-to carry out the Education. flfmm President Harding. has as-|- The | | There are dertain phas-ij : es of education :which:it is generally || agreed, require emphasis from a nat-|. ional standpoint. ~Among these aref. program arranged by the Bureau of | Wholehearted ¢o-opera all factors. interested. in. gradi marketing potatoes, is making Potato Week—Qct. 7 to.14-—an ontstanding suecess.. . City -and country . papers, farm - publications, - the - Minesota Farm Bureau Federation, the State Department. (_)/f Agriculture, .civic. as- sociations.and the retail and jobber’s associations in .the Twin- Cities .all combined. forces to create a‘stronger demand for MineSota grown potatoes. “..The : .G('xvunor’m “roclamation . ofi: Iast week setting Oct. 7-14 as potatp, week was fuplemented by thousands of posters which urgeg the consumers, ~ | especially small buyers, to put in a winters’ supply. The "aim ‘was 0 help potato growers in’their present situation just’as thé “buy a bale of| cotton” campaign a few years ago heleped ‘out Southern. farmers, Ar- ticles and cartoons in newspapers ad- ded to the ,gfforf- SN, ' . “The full "effect of the campaign will-not be obvious for some time,” says N. J. Holmberg, Commissioner of Agriculture, “‘There has been'a marked ingrease in the local demand, especially jn St. Paul and Minneapo- lis, according to reports received from retail dealers. This increased Jdemand is ‘certain to continde for several weeks and it is bound to have a wholesome effe¢t on-prices. "How- { ever, nothing that 'this or any sim- ilar campaign can do will make a market for small, ‘mixed ana un- graded potatoes. . The necessity of “keeping the little ones at home” is greater this year than ever.” ANNA DICKEY OLESEN :* Mrs. Dickey Olesen, demo- cratic.candidate - for . the ~United e rom MinneSota, -wil address ‘a-public meeting to be: held in_the armory this evening under the direction of the Beltrami county Dem- ocratic. committee. - This meeting is scheduled for 8:30 and the public in general, ‘egpecially the women, are inyited to hear her. ‘After a_very active speaking tour in other sections of the state, Mrs. Olesen is swinging into Northérn and Western Minnesota. . This series of ‘[the ‘meecting’ on “The’ Prison Indus- b e | Tentative Program Announced “«Contains " Able’ kers - | 7o On:Vital Subjectsi - | % P 4 GRAND RAPIDS PLANS ‘ON'LARGE ATTENDANCE e Every Farm-and Civic Club “«ln- Northern™ Minnesota: Invited ‘to" Alttend - Tentative programs have been sent .out announcing. the thirteenth annual meeting - of the Northern] Minnesota Development associatian to be. held: at Grand: Rapids November 8.and 9... This megfin§ will be held simultaneously’ with an jndustrial ex- ‘hibition to be put-on under the aus-| pices of the Grand Rapids’ Commer- cial club. Every Northern Minneso- ta farm and civie club is expected to "have delegates. af, this ‘meeting and it is’ probable that Bemidji ‘will be well represented thig year.” The first general ‘session will be called to order Wednesday November 8, at10:00 a: ‘mi, by Pres. John"T. T. Naughtin of Keewatin.. C. C. Mc- Carthy of Grand Rapids will give the address of welcome and the response will be given by President Naughtin. Reports of officers and regular com- mittees ‘will follow. . (° Following the noon recess, J. E. Gillepsie, ‘publicity agent for the Minnesota State Prison, will address tries. and. their Relationship to the Farmer'”* ' After Mr! Gillepsie’s ad- dress, ,several musical numbers: and selections wil be given by talent furn- ished by the Grand: Rapfds Commer- 1. mmissioner esota; will then -address the assembly-on- “‘Minn- esota ,Agric’ulture as Related ‘to Tn- dustry ' and. Commerce.” = Following this address will be anothet by A. J. Glover of Hoard’s Dairymaw;, Fort “Atkinson, Wisc, on Dairying as it Re- * (Continued .on"Page 63 - POSTOEFICE T0 EXTEND talks was begin at Park Rapids Mon- day fight. From here she will go to. Thief River, Falls' where she is Easf Grand o d joint. meetings with” Edward Indre- kus, democratic nominee for gover- ead Friday night and ay night. She “|speak at points between the evening|fair. grounds. The extension of this dates during the day making a total | service has been granted on account of 20 speeches in . the .course of the. on political issues of the day- large crowd, it exceptionally well attended. . Wom- en are expected to make up a:large|a sufficient number have reported at' share of the audience. N [ U] lesen will speak here tonight |ed only to Thirtcenth stréet on Minn- 3 A | esota and Fourteénth street on Bel- special -invitatiop. is extended -to the|trami avenue. ‘|women of the city to come and hear|. {|lone of their own sex discuss thes issues. from a . woman’s, standpoint.|extension-must number their houses Preparations haye been made for a|put up receptacles for mail and sub- s understood, and|mit to the post office a list of the per-. without.a doubt. this meeting will be [sons to be setved. All legilative eandidates in Minn- 'es‘qtal lasp week received an abstract of .the “oufsthndifig 'Tergons why vot- ors should support Amendment No. 1. The brief was sent out by J. F. Reed, president of the Minnesota Farm Bu- reau Federation and chairman of the Special Farmers’ Committee that is sponsoring the campaign in favor of the state farm loan system. The-absract was prepared by the News Service Department of the Minnesota Farm. Buresu Federation), to enable all candidates for the state house and senate to have first-hand, authentic information for discusion of the amendment at campaign meet- ings. o 3k In addition, copies have been sup- pficd to “state headquarters of the Republican; Democratic and Farmer- Labor parties. The Farmers’ Com- i , Amendment No.1 has re- ceived assurances that the full force of each organization will be thrown behind the: amendment in the few weeks that remain before election. A supply of large posters and win- dow shield stickers have been donated to the campaign by the farm publi- cations of the state. These will ap- pear insthe rural districts within a short time. s The burden of advertising now be- ing issued is to convey to voters the ne ity for supporting amendment No. 1 because “blank ballots count against it.” It is also being pointed out that the proposed state loan sys- tem, such as the legislature will be able to-authorize after the amendment is ;passed, will not cost tax-payers a cent, and that the payments will be made on an authorization plan. HEALTH WORKERS MEET - IN ST. PAUL OCTOBER 26, ‘October will be,a great day for heéalth in Minnesota, for it marks the beginning of a series of meetings of all health ageéncies in Minnesota and the annual meeting of the Minn- esota Public Health association. Meetings will be held in the Mechanic Arts High school in St. Paul. Promptly at 10:00 A. M. the Health Crusade conference ‘will open for teachers, educators, and health work- ers from all Minnesota. 'One o’clack is the time set for the meeting of the Board of Directors which will receive the message of its president, Dr. H. L. Schofield, also pregident of - the State Board of Postmaster A. P. Ritchie announces, will be played’ at the.fair grounds.|scheduled to speak Wednesday night; |that he has received permission to orks. Thursday with|extend “the free city mail delivery service to inciude the new high school at. the head of Beltrami avenue at ifteenth street and those residences will [ on Minnesota avenue north to the |Port of the‘asseciation, which is a of the nmew improvements made in that section. Former service extend- | ‘ However, in order to have their mail delivered, residents in the new This new service ill be started Monday, Oct. 16 if that time. it i Health and vice-presideht of the Ad- ¥lgory Commission tor Tuberculosis. Flection of directors and officers for tie coming year will also take place, and Dr. William F. Wild, executive secretary, wili deliver the 'Annual Re. record of great achievements in health work in Minnesota. The gavel will fall for the opening of the Seal Sale Institute at 2:30 sharp. Campaign directors from every county will be in attendance and. no effort will * be_ spared to make this the most enthusiastic |: meeting of its kind ever held, South Hampton, England, Oct. 10 —Isaac Guggenheim, American cop- per magnate and one of the wealthiest capitalists in the U.'S. died suddenly at a’local hotel today. Guggenheim wag 68 years of age, having been delphia, July 7th, 1854. /| business 1at this time. | women political speakers in Minneso- {in great demand by, the Republican Ahighly to Mrs. Manley L. Fosseen,| 'record. Is Dlscussed At ‘CONH"SS“)N, ON DOUBLE [Lack of Interest - hfiwo&d " HURDER BEING PROBED (By United Press) New Brunswick, N. J., Oct 10— The ‘“confession’” of Ray Schneider that his pal, Clifford Hayes, killed the Reverend Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. James Mills was-plumbed to ils' depths by muthorities” today. They believe that ‘the Schneider story is full of holes. Authorities put the boy, who is held as'a material witness in“the ‘Sommerville ‘jail, through the third degree. Schneider’ said = that Hayes fired four shots into the bodies of two dark figures on the Phillips farm, believeing” the figures to be those of Pearl Bahmer, 15, his “girl” and her father Nicholas Bahmer. Iiayes, held on the charge of first degree murder, protested. his 'inno- g Mond WEATH. e Minnesota: Fair tonight, coolert in north portion. Frost'tonigh Wednesday, fair and cooler. ' i 4y ik Form Again Evidened by ' " - Small:Attendance: CHARTER COMMISSION NEEDS MORE 'BACKING iy Result From: : Meeting:: Only. Few Citi Lack of®interest.in the propdqid city charter was_again avidenced by the small atfendance ‘at. the | winss .| meeting called for Monday evenin, at the rooms of the Civic and Com) erce cence. “‘Say,” he told interviewers at the jail, “4if I killed them, do you think that I would have stuck around New: Brunswick all this time?” Prosecuter Beckman and Strickler refuse to divulge the contents of the 500-word statement Schneider is al- leged to have signed after being grilléd for 24 hours, OHIO GIRL IS CHAMPION IN DAIRY SHOW JUDGING ~iU(By United Press) % St. Paul, 'Oct. 10—Miss Elizabeth Willerton of Ohio, the only girl of 28 ‘¢ontestants in the boys’ and girls’ judging competition at the Nation- al Dairy .show, won the champion- ship for picking all breeds of dairy! stock. > . The judges asserted no chivalry was shown in the decision. Miss Willerton is a farm girl and declares | she: always would be.- She won the Ohig:ktate championship in dairy cat- tle, judging; .. i ; Today was North Dakota day at the ‘Dairy Show, and special trains were bringing hundreds from ‘dairy centers of North and South Daketa. W. ], NOLAN TO ADDRESS " ASSOCIATION TOMORROW W. . Nolan, ‘sheak of representatives,will address “the regular meeting of the Civic and Com- merce association Wednesday noon. He is an able speaker and a large attendance is urged. Prize winners in the Fire Prevention poster ‘cam- paign will be present and will be awarded the prizes offered by ‘the association for the best péster. PEACE OR WAR DEPENDS ON ANGORA GOVERNMENT (By United Press) Mudania, Zone of the Straits, Oct. 10.-—Peace or war in the Near East was put up to the Angora govern- ment today while . Great Britain quietly shifted more troops into strat- egetic positions in preparations for any eventuality. REPUBLICAN RALLY TO BE STAGED WEDNESDAY Mrs. Theodore Wetmore and| W. L. Nolan to Speak at | Bemidji Armory - . i | Mrs. Theodore- Wetmore of Minn- eapolis and W. I. Nolan, speaker of the House of Representatives, will be the principal $péakers at the oig Re-| publican Rally to be held at the new armory Wédnesday evening, begin- ning at 8 o‘clock. ~Arrangements for this meecting have been made by E. B. Berman, chairman of the Bel- trami county Republican committee, and C. L. Pegelow, secretary. | Wednesday afternoon at 2 o‘clock, | the county committee will meet at the court house and will tr: comes before that body | All members of the committee are urged to atend, and it | is expected that an interesting meet- ing. will be held. Mrs. Wetmore is one of the best ta.:. Two years ago her scrvices were National committee. . She toured In-| diana in the interests of the Repub- lican ticket, at the request of Sena- tor Watson, ‘who praised her work Minnesota National committee-wom- an. She also spoke in several other| states. She was “candidate for the; legislature in her home district of | Minneapolis. Mrs. Wetmore was one | of ‘the most effective speakers in the| successful mayorality campaign of Col. George E. Leach in Minneap- olis. During her tour with Mr. Nolan she will talk on national issues, while | Mr. Nolan will speak on state affa As Speaker -of ihe House, M Nolan has _established” an enviable | As a speaker of rare ablity b~ iz cxpeeted to impart a very im- portant message’ to- all ‘his hearers et Such ¢ 3 e [Ll':(- presided am“l'stated ‘the pur?flu of the organization. ¥ 'was' deg %‘: | Joe McTeggal association. Although the Sessipn failed to be ‘a mass meeting:in t’(iu true sense of the word, those.pye- sent evidenced plenty of interest’in one way and another, but the tity charter commission feels that it myst have - a stronger recommendetfnn than that of .a few interested ecitl- zens if the commission is to continue its work and - prepare for .a vote another proposed charter in the near future. i b Thé recommendation of the nieet- ing Monday evening was that a new proposed 1orm be prepared and. sub- mitted to the voters at the generil election to be held November i, whén it is<telt that the vote cast wll Be representative of the wishes ot tne majority of the people. . Arguments .pre. and con (mostly “con’ as one tellow expressea 1) were ‘preseénted ‘at this méeting ahu a numoer ot good Poiiits Were biught but. ‘However, the main feelihg’ ol the “entire ‘sesston” ‘Was' that the mudji ‘tax’ rate niust- be réduce some way and. reduded gquickly. i Lack of interest'is' bell6VEd: to ba the main, reason’ why . the ust vota on a proposed chiarter ‘Talledl’ to tur- r of the house |, 4nd it stiil “seems apparent that tne commussion will'do ndihing furth- er until this lack ot intérést has Boef overcome decidedly. Just whit aétipi’ will now be taken is 4 matter ot 86t ljecture. Someé present at the fieet: g felt that theré s hothing like tuking a chaiice and that city aifalis under a new chaiter of the city ager type could at least be no worsé inan they are riow. - Othérs insistéd upon “beitlg shown what benetits”ih aoliars ana cents would ‘be assurén by the passage of such a charter, i any event, it is felt that the aty, would at least receive moré’ valye for its money under the propofiéd form, even though the minager dit not save his salary_in actual, dollars and cents. o A ¢ Another strong opinion of the meeting was that the proposed efty- charter had been prepared by a ‘very representative boay of citizens wid tax-payers, these persons having: giv ¢n hours and hours of their ‘timg:ty the subject every” week for a” perf of six months in an effort to’Rélp the city. ‘That the city. as g ‘whblg should abide by the efforts o persons, members. of the Commisi was strongly cxpressed by several those attending the meeting, 1t is very doubtful if-any defi actibn will result from this meé since it was poorly attended. “Hi ever, if the proposed ¢harter:is to voted on at the general election: somy definite steps must be taken at ot HOSPITAL AUXILIARY " HRED TR MO to form such ah auxiliary' to the first Monday of each nionth, the following officers were éled! president, Mrs. L. J. Jerdee; vicg~ pr Mrs. George Bergland: X The society is to be divided into/di. visions of ten members .each, one division to meet each week on. Friday at the hospital to help with the hee- essary sewing, ete. The: following division chairmen, were elected; first Mrs, A. 0. Akre; second, Mrs. J.:0: Achenbach; third, Mrs. K. H. Ol fourth, Mrs. A. M. B it; sixth, Mrs.. F: Severin. Before the 'meetinig of ‘the first division this week Friday, voluntééts sted to meet for work: to- equipped: with sewing being ant urgent need for some of tlie: work, and'there is a great deal b do. It is a 'very worthy causc wl.it is hoped. that a_numbér o ladies will tomorrow night. The public in gen- eral is invited to at{end the meeting. |moxrow a ——— be abic to devote theit time to to+ gan's wor b