Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 13, 1922, Page 1

'f within 100 miles of Bemidji and nas the largest circulation ' im Northern Minnesata. * ' The Pioneer is"the oaly daily ; Building Good Roads Lie * ' Ahead of Nn:iion DETAILS TO BE PLACED BEFORE BOARD OCT. 26 New Roads Will I/:e Planned And Built to Fit in With Entire U. S. Program Fifteen to twenty years of build- ing good roads lie ahead of the United States._ _Under the program which the program _ which ™ the = country has #dopted there will be built during that-time, :180,080 miles. of impraved highways, which will . constitue :the Federal-aid ‘highway -System .and an equal or greater .mileage of :State und ‘local roads. ‘When :the great job is done, the transportation facil- ities of - the - country -will far -exceed those ‘of any other nfion, .past or present, in: the world. \ The highways of ‘the ancient :Romans, .whose fame has come downr through ‘the centur- ics, will ‘be pale:by comparison. Details - of -this -vast road-huilding program.are to be placed before the Highway Education -Board at:its eon- ference in ‘Washington October 26 to 28, inclusive, by State Highway Engi- neers-and officials of :the Bureau of Public Roads, United States Depart- ment .of Agriculture, :to -whom has been entrusted.the work of planning and supervising the construction of . Federal-aid highways. - The plan will be presented to enable the Board to proceed authoritatively with its work of devising aids for schools and col- leges to which road-builders of the country -are turning for .competent highway engineers. . Official of the bureau place the ag- gregateicost ‘of the Federal-aid pro- gram alone at ‘about $8,000,000,000, spread over the twenty year period. They base this estimate on an average cost of $17,000 per mile. The %Yelf- age, cost; i {ugn; takes into consider- _ation all ¢lasses -of improved road- ways_from the cheapest to the most expensive typesi . “Approximately one-third of the proposed system, or 60,000 miles of improved highways, already are either built.or building. The program is a new one. Up to comparitively- recent years, Toad- building in the United States had been: conducted without special re- gard to-a national highway ‘system. Highways had ben constructed where needed -without considering -whether they woul link up:in-a most effective manner ‘with -the whole network -of roads to be-spread.over the nation. Engineers.had sought more t6.meet immediate -and :local demands ‘than the broader .requirements .of :the Statées and nation. The present federal aid-road-build- ing program, officials -of :the ‘bureau “state, will contemplate :the .construc- tion of only-such Toads :as fit into the national program .and -contribute (Continued on Page:8.) NEW SHORT; HAND :SYSTEM NOW PLANNED BY GERMANY (By ‘United :Press) 2 Berlin, Oct. 13——Germany :has. de- cided 'to invent a new system .of shorthand combining the :best points of all the prevailing systems. Pro- ponent of the thtee most used Ger- man systems wsed fought hard to have their favorite method adopted, but the proposal to adopt a new and improved system ~finally won out. ST. PAUL MAN KILLED ~ BY AUTO NEAR-AITKIN (By United Press) ,Aitkin, Minn., Oct. 13—Arthur Goslin, commander of the Twin City Aviation school during the war was .instantly killéd in an automobile ac- cident, 15 miles south of here last night. 4 With E. R. Dtike, "Goslin, left yesterday on a Hifnting trip. Drake was driving and 3¥K¥ Goslin-to hold the wheel while*he’'lit ‘a cigarette. “I don’t know hér hd let go of the wheel or whefher the flare of the match blinded hirt}’” Drake said. I felt the car leave‘th¥road and jump- ed. Arthur must’Rive sat. with his back to the doord# He would have Leen thrown out.”. He was pinned under the car and instantly killed. The accident occurred about 7:30 last night. Drake went to a farm- house and called the Aitkin county coroner. The body was brought to the undertaking parlors in Aitkin. Albert Lindeke, St. Paul, was advised of the accident and was expected to arrive here this morning. 'No ar- rangements for taking the body back 4o St. Paul had been made early to- day. z Y Report to U. S. Government Recommends "U. S./ Follow Eurcpean Examples i 3 Washington, - Oct. . 13 (Capital News Service).—Commissioned -to investigate and report on the subject «of legal safeguards of women work- ers in ‘Europe, Mrs. Alma Le B. Spreckles, of San Francisco, has re- commended that the United States can profit with certain laws which she has found to work well in the field of female toil in Europe. Mrs. Spreckles finds that the after- math of the war as it.affects women, has put a great many of them to tasks normally done only by men such as cleaning railroad tracks of weeds, driving reapers and haxvesters, ulow- ing, loading hay, building' houses, making bricks, driving taxi-cabs and conducting street cars. The special agent,of the Govern- ment drew especial atténtion to some of the-laws of France and aimed at the protection of women in industry. Strict regulations are made eoncern- ing the houts a woman may work immediately before and immediately after bearing a child. :Others limit the working periods'in a month, and require certain rest hours for women and ¢hilden. Still athes are concern- ed with public health and the sur- roundings which must be acceptable to the authorities before a woman may take clothes for an employer at home. 'Laws which forbid wom- en to work in mines and pits she finds especially worthy of imitation here, as also those concerned with hygeine and morality. 2 ¥ Minimum wage laws and limited hours of labor laws, designed to pre- vent exploiting 7of women, 4re not sufficient in the opinion of Mrs. Spreckles, ‘but should be backed by specidl enactments which would safe- guard the toil of the peasant and future mothers of a country in order that present profit may not be obtain at the expense of future generations. MASONIC REPRESENTATIVES MAKE SHORT CALL'IN CITY David' W. Knowlton, E. F. Com- stock, A. M. Chester .and L. A. Haynes _of Minneapolis, representa- fives of the Masonic lodge, were visitors -a'few -hours -in Bemidji | Thursday and ineidentally guests at the Kiwanis club :meeting. They were. -en -route ‘to’ Cas: Lake whefe they held an interesting session of the A F. & A. M. Thursday night, a number of Bemidji Masons attend- ing- = _ Three cars-went from Bemidji in- ¢luding the:following. persons: Louis Larson, Dr. G. M. Palmer, R. L.. Giv~ en, Joe McTaggart, C. Fischer, N>L. Hakkerup, A. B: Palmer,Wm. Crane, E. J. Bourgeois and M. E. Ibertson. They returned to Bemidji later in the evening, (CHILDREN-OF AMERICA eFeder;l Official Gives - Out Terrible Statistics to Warn United States Washington , Oct. 12, (Capital News .Service).—Fond of referring to the United States ‘as the mos{ enlightened of nations, publicists and educators may well pause to exam- ine the facts as presented in statis- tics made public by the Secretary of Labor in a speech before the |American; Insurance Union. In it he called attention to the fact “that 250,000 American babies are snatch- ed by death from their mothers’ breasts every year before they have had time scarce to open their unsee- ing eyes upon the world about them. “Half a million children, so-called defectives and delinquents, are grow- ing up -almost totally neglected. “Thirty million American chi.dren of school age, who even if they'can win the opportunity for education face in our schools a false learning, an education that will not fit more than one in ten of them for the places they must occupy in Iife. “Approximately a million and a half American boys and girls, of school age, are today thrown be- neath the wheels of the juggernaut of industry, pressed to labor before their time, doomed to the dreary drugery of mine and mill and fac- toy by economic necéssity. They face hopeless futures. Before them stretches the treadmill of unrenumer- beaking, soul. tearing $oil, and at ‘the énd—a grave. “Here, if anywhere, we face a real danger to the republic. Here_is a menace greater than any that lies in the blatant mouthings of doctrinaires political economic doctrines in forum and market place. Not in the grasp- in gospel of the peddler of political nostrums is our peril, but here, where citizens of the future are broken, mentally, morally and physically on the torture wheel of misled industrial management is the evil, which must lbe uprooted if American is to pre- vail.” ative labor with its years of heart-|, and demogogues who preach false|. Wi Rada} Unsgtiled tonight, and "Savesday, able .showers. Cooler tonmight and in north and east portions Saturday. U. S. Avmy Transport Thomas ¢ Reaches Scene ‘ of Burned | ' Ship This ‘Morning TUGS WILL ATTEMPT TO TOW IN DESERTED HULK Radiograms Indicate Crew and Passengers are Not Suffering Greatly (By United Press) San Francisco, Cal:, Oct. 13—Dawn today showed all preparations for the final stage of the rescue of the pas- sengers and crew of the burned liner “City of Honolulu”. The United’States Army transport Thomas reached the scene during the early morning hours, a radiogram re- ceived by the Radio Corporation of Ameica fom the rescuers at West Faralone at 6:20 a. m. today reported. The palatial liner was still burning at that hour. “Transport Thomas standing oy,” the radio message said, “Cannot " tell the condition of the City of Honolulu which is still burn- ing. Dark now. Transfer to Thom- as to be made at. daylight.” Radio stations along the coast were kept busy handling radiograms from friends and relatives of those who had safely passed through the sea disaster. From the trend of these messages, it was known, that all was well with the survivors. None were injured or were suffering more than discomfiture. The tug, Sea Lion, and coast guard cutter, Shawnee, were added to the list of vessels rushing to the scene today. They left San Francisco last night and will aid in’an effort to tow the abandoned fire-gutted hulk of the Honolulu back into port. |KEMAL FORCES BREAK PLEDGE IN ISMID AREA (By United Press) Constantnople, Oct. 13—The Kem- alists broke their pledge to the-allies today when 400,000 swarmed into the Ismid area of the neutral -zone as far as Papeeuren. The Turks,; on the eve of the day the armistice is to go into effect, entered the forbidden area at Arian. Sir Charles Harington immediately sent a courier by acroplane warning the commander of the invasion to withdraw. This infraction of the agreement led the allies to become apprehensive that they would have much difficulty in forcing the Turks to live up.to their agreements. General Harring- ton wag in frequent conference with allied representatives today pointing out to them the necessity of calling an early permanent peace conference. . Valenciennes, France—A workman and his wife were seriously gassed when a huge Yungus growing in the wainscotting of their cottage ex- ploded with bomb-like effect-. A. B, SMATH A. B. Smith, passenger traffic manager of tife Northern Pacific Railway, was elected president of the . American Association of Pas- senger Traffic officers at their 67th annual convention in Louisville, Ky. Mr, Smith was until early in 1922 general pasenger agent of the wew York, New Haven and Hartford railway. Since his association with the Northern Pacific, its aggressive advertsing of Yellowstone Park, the states of the -Northwest, their re- sources and products have attracted wide atention. v, COLSRADO MAN CALLED FANCY WORK CHAMPION Canon - City, :Colo., Oct. 13—The champion fancy work artists of Can- on City isn’t a gentle white-haired old lady. Part ofithe description is right, though the sex referemce to sex is al} wrong: The leading embroidery needle wielder is gentle and white haired, but the artist is a “he.” 0. Lundberg, who és 78 years old, claims the distinction’ of beating wo- man at her own pastime. His em- broidery work and fancy needle ac- complishments have taken numerous prizes at fairs and exhibitions in Col- orad. - Lundberg, a resident of the Odd Fellows home, takes keen delight in and derives a lot of enjoyment from his needle work. Incidentally he has sold much of his wares to women who are unable to execute intricate de- signis son tinen so Buccessfully as Lundberg. . Other inmate of the home profit by Lundberg’s art as He has purchas- ed magazines and newspapers for the entertainment of his comrades. Lund- berg is self-taught and began em- broidery work only eight years ago. HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA - SURE T PROVE POPULAR The number of pupils taking mid- day meals at the new Bemidji high school at present is 151. These people bring their own dipners. As the year advances, this number will doubtless be increased, due to cold weather. As soon as material can be gotten through, which will be within a few weeks now, the plans look to the beginning of a high schol cafeteria. This ‘will probably take its first form in one or two hot dishes to suplement the lunch from home. The demands of the children wil govern the growth of this department. For a few cents a day, simple and nourishing lunches can be furnished. This department bids fair to prove one of the strong features in which the new school will atend to the physical welfare of the children. YEOMAN LODGE INSTALLS OFFICERS FOR NEW YEAR A. D. Johnson Renémed Fore- . man; Mem!}enh!p_flkg:ive To Be Hb!d Soon * At the vegular lmeeting of the Brotherhood of Ainerican Yeomen last night in“the Moose hall, A. D. Johnson was unanimously re-elected Honorable Foreman in place of Ed- ward Reeve, Foreman-elect, who found it impossible to accept the office. c Installation ceremonies were then conducted by the Past Foreman, Ber- tha Schmidt, and the following offi- cers were installed for the coming year: Foreman, A. D. Johnson, Mas- ter of Ceremonies, A. T. Davidson; Correspondent, M. P. Hammersley; Chaplain, Ellora Olson; Overseer, J. J. McCurdy; Lady Rebecca, Bertha Schmidt; Lady Rowena, A. Goodrich; Sentinel, Milton Welch; Watchman, G. P. Irish; Gudrd, Henry Schmidt. The lodge voted to have a mem- bership drive contest for which Mrs. Goodrich and Bertha Krause were elected as leaders and the members were chosen on either side. The winning side, after two month’s cam- paign, is to enjoy a feed at the ex- pense of the losng side. By vote the meeting nights of the Yeomen were chenged from its sched- ule of many years past, the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, which onw conflict with the meeting nights of the American Legion, to the first and third Thursdays of each month. » The next meetingjs to be a special entertainment with and by the child- ren of the order because it has a department in which the lives of childre nare insured, and because it is peparing to build a home for de- pendent orphan children on plans similar to those which ae carried out at Mooseheart, Il1,, by the L. 0. 0. M. At,the close of the business session a supper was served by the enter- tainment committee. DOUBLE MURDER PROBE OPENS UP NEW FIELD New Brunswick, N. J. Oct. 13— There was a break in the alleged ro- .mance of Rev. Bdward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Elanor Mills ‘about three months ago. This fact came to light today when a woman believed to have been friendly with the pastor, while Mrs. Mills was recovering from an operation, was sought as a possible suspect in the matter. The woman, towards whom three avenues of investigation turned, may have become enraged at the resump- tion of the pastor’s alleged love af- fair with the choir singer, it was be- lieved. A man involved in this bared angle of tht tragedy and now sought by the authorities, may be placed under suspicion. What appears to be a brand new field of investigation has been opened ] D, The investigators have turned their backs on the trio of feeble-minded characters, Ray Schneider, Pearl Bah- mer and her father, Nick Bahmer, who still, however, remain in jail. Clifford Hayes, the victim of Schneid- er’s spite, is free, completely exoner- ated. ‘While Prosecuter Beckman says he is not entirely confident that some- one did not slay the couple by mis- take, he is willing to swng back with the rest toward the vengeance theory. WHAT A DIFFICULT JOB T WAS TO PICK OUT A HAT WHEN YOU WERE SINGLE - BUT st e e Final Armistice Day Plans Assure Bemidji An Excellent Program BEMIDJI- ‘GAS’ STATIONS GIVE EVENING SERVICE For the benefit of the public gen- erally and jutomobile ifrivers es- pecially, the following information with regard to the hours in which gasoline filling stations are open is thercwith submitted. The Northwestern Oil Co. station at Beltrami and Second street will be open for busines suntil 10:00 o’ clock evenings. The Peoples Oil Co., corner of Beltrami avenue and Fourth street, will be open until 11:00 o’clock p. m. The Standard Oil Co. filling station corner of Fifth and Beltrami ave- nue, will be open until 10:00 o’clock p. m. and the C. W. Jewett Co. on Reltrami avenue all night. This gives Bemidji a service of longer hours than any other city its size in the northwest and will be ap- preciated by all who have occasion to use gasoline and oil. ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. IS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS A large number of improvements have been and are being made by the Minnesota Electric Light & -Power Co., throughout the city system. These improvements include th® re- modelling of the office in the Elks building, greatly improving its ap- pearance. The electrical merchandise lines have been discontinued an al- teration of the office was then found necessary. This company will now confine its activities to clectric light and power seryice. Approximately one-fifth of the lines in the city have been or are being rebuilt. Such replacements are being made on Beltrami, Bemidji, Minnesota and Doud avenues and the lines are being placed in alleys. This action will greatly improve the ap- pearance of these streets, and at the same time give patrons much better service. Brownsville, Texss—Mexican fi- nanciers are developing rich delta lands of lower Rio Grande in Mex- icd. KIWANIS CLUB ENJOYS FAKE RADIO CONCERT Majority of Members Present Believed Concert Real Until Last Report Bemidji Kiwanians were enter- tainend Thursday noon by a FAKE radio concert, the newspapermen of the club, G. E. Carson, H. Z. Mitch- of the meeting, which was avell at- ofthe meeting, which was well at- tended despited the fact that the invitations mailed Wednesday af- ternoon were received some time af- ter the meeting was over. These invitations invited members of the club to a radio concert supposed to be from the International head- quarters of Kiwanis but in reality form “Heine” Mitchell at the office of the Minesota Electric Light & Power company in the same build- ing as the Elks club rooms. The FAKE concert was made pos- sible through the assistance of Andy Lee, operator at the Grand theatre who is a “radio bug” and knows all the funny noises that can be made during a real concert, and also through the courtesy of the Naylor Electric company, which loaned its receiving appliances and helped to construct communication between the “operator” and the “concert” downstairs. Up to the time that Mr. Mitchell local secretary, gave out the reports for the next meeting, most of the members thought they were listen- ing to some fine pickups by the op- erator, In justice to the real radio con- certs being received by the Naylor Flectric’ Co., the Grand theatre, C W. Warfleld, Miller’s Battery shop and many other stations in Bemidji the FAKE concert was all that was hoped for gnd the newspapermen had no intention ‘of belittling the radio invention. People’ in Bemidji who have not as yet heard concerts’ from the far ends of the carth may do so mos! any evening at any of the station: named above, or invest in a Teceiv- ing set and enjoy a concert any time they desire. The atendance prize, donated by G. E, Carson, was won by E E Swanson. A number of guests were introduced, among whom was Mr. McCarthy of Chicago, who it spending a few days in Bemidji ir the interest of radio sets and sun lies sold by George T. Baker & C¢ Mr. McCarthy favored the club witi a shotr talk on radio. el Parade, Public Services at Armory, Football, Feed and Carnival Dance i BISHOP BENNETT WILL GIVE ADDRESS OF DAY Game Dinner and Program of Entertainment for Post to be Held Oct. 26 Final plans for Armistice Day oc- cupied the bulk of the regular meet- ing of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion held at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce associa- tion Thursday evening and every in- dication is that Bemidji will observe that day in a manner long to be re- membered. Reports of the general chairman of the day, N. E. Given, and the various sub-committees show that plans are even now practically com- pleted for this event ,the one big event in the life of every ex-service man who took part in the World War. A parade will open the doings of the day, this parade to be composed of ex-service men in uniform if pos- sible, a large number of floats for which prizes will be offered, decor- ated automobiles and a large number of marching bodies. It is hoped that the general response to invitation wil be hearty. Following the parade a public memorial parade will be held at the new armory. Bishop G. G. Bennett of the Duluth Diocese of the Epis- copal church, who gave such an en- lightening message here last armis- tice day, has been secured again as the principal speaker. In addition there will be a silent prayer for the buddies who “went west,” a number solos and assembly singing of pat- riotic songs. 5 As a part of the Armistice Day program, the Bemidji. high school football team wil stage & game against the fast Hibbing high school team and there is every indication that this will be one of the features of the day. But as far as the ex-service men are concerned, they are sure to find that the supper to be served in the association rooms by the Legion Aux- iliary will be the most enticing part of the program. Ex-service men from out of town,who bring their wiyes or lady friends to Bemidji for this celebration are to be allowed to take them to supper. This feature of the program will be free, acording to the present plans, and arangements will be made to care for an exceptionally large attendance. The gang will probably be fed in two relays and will be given tickets accordingly when they reg’ster at (the new armory early in the morning of Nov. 11. The program for the evening is complete in itself. A gigantic car- nival dance will be staged dt the new armory. Excellent music is asstred for the dance ,and & pumber of unique features are alread arranged for the carnival. The armory is to be decorated for the occasion and those who atended the Mdy Day dance given by the post are assuted another similarly enjoyable affair in the ev- ening of Armistice Day. Minstrel Show Dr, D. F. McCann, who has so ably directed minstrel shows in the past, has been named chairman of a com- mittee to put on a minstrel show ot other show of that nature for the Legion post in the near future. In any event, plans for the winter en- tertainment have been started. Game Dinner Every member and prospective member of the Ralph Gracie post is (Continued on Page 8.) MASONIC LEADER DIES AT HIS HOME IN FARGD (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., Oct. 13—Telegrams 5f condolence from prominent men all over the country high in Masonic zircles came today to the family of J. Frank Treat, former Imperial Po- osotentate of the Ancient Arabic Or- ler of Nobles of the Mysti¢ Shrine of | North America, ‘who died at noon yesterday from a heart affliction with which he was stricken Wednesday night. The body will lie in state in the Masonic Temple from 11:00 A. M. Sunday until 2:30 P. M. with a Com- mandery guard at the casket. At 2:30 Dr. Robertson, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will conduct the services after which the Rose Croix will carry out their own funeral rit- ual. Burial will be made in River- side cemeter, ' Mr. Treat homesteaded in North Dakota in 1882, was 61 years old, being born in Ohio 1861. He is sur- sived by a wife and daughter, a son aaving died a few years ago, ] o