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

e Tt — > - S— - L) s _,,,...,.,,m ’f‘f#*aEMIDjI DAILY PIONEE - —— BEMIDJI, MlNN., THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 19, 1922 Teachers College Soon| ‘Able Speakers and . Musical cmc AND COMMUMTY Numbers Arranged For CLUB AN ACTIVE BODY Winter Mou@ Any Number of Reasons leen Why Every Woman in This Clty Should Belong FIRST NUMBER WILL BE PRESENTED NOVEMBER 3| Major Powgll,,Nindn,ue Farner, James Burns, Macfarlane, And Quartet Listed - “Every woman in Bemidji a mem- ber of the Women’s Civic -an Com- munity club,” is the legan of the membership dnve now being put on by this organization, the big drive to be made tomorrow. “Why should every woman in the cxty belong to this orgamzntmn"" is the. common question, It is an- swered by the activities being car- ried on by this organization .for the upbuilding of a bigger and better community in which to_live. Child welfare work has been one — & Oneof the strongest lecture courses ever arranged for Bemidji citizens has been secured by the Bemld]x State Teachers college for the coming wint- er season. Heretofore, the Woman’s” Study Club has sponsored a lyceum course each fall and ‘winter, but this season the coursge will l‘x’e supplegzent— ed ‘by. the coures 1o he. staged ui- of the main activities of the club and der the aupxces of the Teachers col also. oo, of the most, outstandng. lege, it is understood. Through the club’s assistance in child i for is zh:e:; ':f;;,,‘;}:.:‘gi;:fl:‘c‘fln :'t_ welfare work a large number of baby ol moans that it is one of real | clinics have been staged, the advice merit. An advance sale of tickets given out oftentimes resulting in the Will Be started soon, adult tickets to | 58Ving of a baby’s life. - These clinics sell at $3 for a se'rles of :six num- teach how to care for the children, bers, and Junior tickets at $2 for the | and. those mothers who_have_taken serie. ~Single admission has been set their: children to the clinies are sat- at $1 for each entertainment, If isfied that a large }:n:iount of hgot;d planining to attend theentire series, :::ml;een accomplished in each in- g?etr(:l;shxl :,:‘;fi t:lfe :::‘ s‘gn:s:j :;. ‘Work of a_civic nature has_ also buying a season ticket the course been carried on, including campaigns will probably be held in the Methodist for_cleaning and beautifying streets, church, depending largely on the ad- boulevards and. vacant lots, care of vance sale ‘of tickets and the pros- yards and promoting the raising of pects for attendance. < Several of the flowers, ;7“188 &nalshmlb& 8 numbers will probably repuire a much The . club .was largely responsible larger auditorium. for the pasage of a milk ordinance in The. course will .be,_opened . Fri- | Bemidji, reguiring aflle cows to be day evening, Nov-.3, with.a lecture tested; thereby insiring local deliv- “Ale: e% E: mitk from healthy cows. 2 de 1 3%5:2"53{ '}‘r:xl:r(;?vgowrgr rotective League council of This. lecture wdl be illustrated with his own motion pictures. ajor Pow- ell, veteran of a half-dozen wars, au— thor, lecturer, “gentlemsn rover,” will tell of his experiences in the various countries through which he has_ traveled, On November 23, Madame Bertha Farner, soprano, a singel ‘whose work has already established her fame as one of the finest artists in musical America and marked her as one . of the. finest..artists. that this country has_ever produced, wil ll ap- pear here,. iy T James, A.. Burns; Oneida Insmnte, mous/, school ' of the Kentucky: miountain, country, will lecture here on January 27- Rugged, homely, virile, s\mere, ~Mr. Burns:re- mindg one mstmctwely of Lincoln in his pefionflty He; 5:-called the most umque c\ml'acter on' the plat- the b- promoted the dance. hall ordinance, closing such: halls:at 12 o’clock, midnight.. This league also looks after children’s welfare, helps Continued on. Page 6) ‘- MUSICAL ART CLUB TO CIVE- PROGRAM FRIDAY Program is Reminiscent * of Civil War Days; Large Attendance Urged The Bemidji Musical Art club will present for its next meeting on Friday, October 20, at the Civic and Commerce association rooms at 4 ‘o’clock, a. program reminiscent of the Civil War period. The numbers, while familiar ‘to all, are so well di- versified in their presentation that inteérest will be sustained throughout. The program committee and those appearing have spared no effort to make this delightful entertainment worthy of a large patronage, The program follows: The Story of “Home Sweet Home.” ? Mrs. A. E. Nelson. Volin solo, “Home Sweet Home”, (Bishop) Miss Blanche Dodge. . Paper—Stephen Foster. Mrs, L. P. Warford. " SESSION Bemidji lodge; No: 3 M., met in regular commun; the Masonic hall ‘Wednesday evening- Folowing the business. session, ork in. the second degree. Was puton. An ‘nouncemerit. was:made by Secretary G. A, Walker that something out of the ordmary is planned for the next regular commauttication, to be held |': Voice—“Swanee River” (Foster). Wednésday evening, November 1. %0l Black Joe.” (Foster), At that time 'a’ number of Mrs. Julius Smith. lodges from mnearby towns -are:-to Tableaux—Home, Sweet Home be represented; the Walker lodge Swanee' River putting on the degree work. The p Old Black Joe first degree will be conferred on a A:nngcd by Mrs. John Claffy and large class, and it is urged that there | Mrs. T. J, Burke. be an exceptibnally large attendance W}nsfllng solo—Listen To The of members: Mocking’ Bird—Mrs, Edith Ness. Quartette—Carry Me Back To Old Virginia —Miss Ida Virginia Brown, Mrs. Willam Budge, Ray Hannah and Nat Given. Comunity -singing—Led by Mrs. A. J. MacMillan, leader.—Old Kentucky Kame, Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean; Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, The Boys. Are Marching; America, The Beautiful. As an additional fenutre on the program, Herman Wolfe of Spokane, brother of Mrs. D. J. Moore of this city, will sing a group of songs P Y Gathering hz)m a;i parta vf the United Stax‘xmd;xembem of the team being Jxg#E esota, four of whom are from the Red Lake reser- vation, the ;Qprang (Indian profes- “ sional football team, now. headquar- tering at LaRuey Iowa, is making a big showing on the gridiron this year Jim Thorpe, ‘one: of -the greatest all around athletes -the world has ever known, is coaching the outfit | and is doing 2 good job of it, accord- ing to all reports« 1t is believed ,that never before in the history of profes- sional football has such an organi- zation of Indian stard been assembled as Jim Thorpe’s.. Besides Thorpe, two former Carlisle captains -are in- cluded ip the lme.up, Joe Guyon and Pete Calac. Two of the four men from Red Lake, Baptiste: Tnhunder and Down Wind, are former Carlisle men. The training camp and-the clubhouse ‘in which the “Indiafis live ‘is on the Oorang Airedale kennel farm of Walter Longo, ¢hief sponsor of the eleven, 2 DIEDRICH TO OFFICIATE AT GRAND FORKS FRIDAY * Dr. J, W. Diedrich will leave on the early morning train tomorrow for Grand Forks where he will officiate as headlinesman in the football game between the Univesity of North Da- kota and the South Dakota State College. . This occasion is North Da- kota’s Home.coming celebration and is conididered a very important game. Saturday afternoon he will officiate at Hibbing as referee in the game between Hibbing and Eveleth junior Colleges. Diedrich ‘is very much in demand. ~This morning he received a request to officiate the Hamline- St. Thomas game Sntnrday but neces- sn-fly had to refuse. R il Staged by State | [ 5K T) ORS QE MEET TONIGHT Nominating Committee of Fair Association Will Outline Plans of Election COMMITTEE TO REPORT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Board of Directors and Other Officers Probably Will be Elected Next Week All creditorg of the Beltrami Coun- ty Agricultural Association are re- quested and urged to meet at «7:30 o’clock this evening in the rooms of the Civic and Commerce associa- tion, at which time the nominating committee appointed at the adjourn- ed meeting of the Fair asociation Wednesday afternoon will be pres- ent_and outline the proposed polic~ ies of the organization relative to the election of directors for the en- sujng year. Mrs. Clara E. Lucas, secretary; especially {requests that every creditor be present, this be- ing the desire of the nominating committee. b At the meeting Wednesday ai- ternoon, following the regular noon day luncheon of the Civic and Com. merce asociation, the report of Mrs. Lucas secretary was read and ac- cepted. A nominating committee was named to nominate a board of di- rectors, this report to be made af- ter the next regular meeting of the Civie: and- Commerce association at e “meeting. of the 'fair association to follow, This meeting will probably be - held at 1:30 Wednesday after- noon. In view of the fact that the fair asociation is still heavilyt in debt, it is the desire of the present man- agement that ts creditors attend the meeting tonight and the nominating committee expects that all will be present promptly at 7:30. The'board,of directors for the en- suing year wil consist of five mem- bers for one year, five for two years and five for three years. From this directorate, officers will be elected, probably,.at the meeting next Wed- nesday directly after the report of the nominating committee is made. Departments heads will then be named and plans for the coming year begun. PRESBYTERIAN RECEPTION TO BE HELD FRIDAY NIGHT There will be an informal recep- tion at the Presbyterian church on Friday evening, October 20, at 8 o’clock. All members and friends of the church are most cordially in- vited and urged to be present. The purpose of the reception is to get together the members of the church friends who are interested in the church and those who are teaching school and those who are occupied in various other occupatmm in this community. CAPTAINS NAMED FOR TAG DRIVE SATURDAY The Tag Day captains for the drive to be held Saturday .for the benefit of the Lutheran hospital put on by the Ladies’ Auxiliary have been named by Mrs. E. W. Johnson and are as follows: Miss Louise McCready, Mrs. Charles Richards, . Miss Alice ‘Graves, Mrs. Julius Miller, Miss Mildred Olson, Miss Ruby Leet, Mrs. Daniel McCann, Mrs. F. A. Leverin, Mrs. R. L, leen and Mrs. A. O. Akre. These captaing will be assjsted by 'two additional ' members, making twelve teams of three each. They will be stationed at varous’ street cor- ners ‘and important business places Saturday with red and white tags to be sold at any price the contribu- tor cares to pay, The procceds will be used for the benefit of the hospital, being placed in a fund for the Auxiliary from which they will purchase the neces- sary supplies, GANTER BAKERY MOVED TO SCHROEDER BUILDING The J. N. Ganter Bakery has been moved from the east side of Minn- esota avenue to the W. G. Schoeder building across the avenue, at the corner of Fourth street, This new location will provide the bakery far better facilities than ever before and considerable expansion- is planned. The Schroeder building has been made over considerably on the inside to accomoddte the bakery. Mrs, J. N. Ganter is. prupnewr. P ) s et T “DESERT GOLD” WILL BE STARTED IN FRIDAY'S ISSUE “Desert 'Gold,” considered one of the best and miost interesting novel ever written by Zane Grey, is to run as a scvial in the Daily Pioneer, beginning with the Fri. day issue, ~Although this story has been read in book form and seen on the screen by a large number of readers and theatre- goers, it is felt that the strength of the novel will attract for it a large number of readers while appearing as a serial story in this publication. The Piopeer heartily recom- mends interesting tale of ac- tion to all those who have never read it. PIONEER RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY DIES e Gilbert Peterson of Turtle Lake township passed away at the Luther- an hospital Wednekday fornenoon about 11 o’clock, at the age of 52 years. Mr. Peterson is one of the first settlers in this community, hav- ing resided on a farm near Beuna Vista for nearly 30 years. He was still actively engaged in farming at the time of his death, being one of the most prominent farmers in this community. Mr. Peterson leaves a large family and a host of friends and acquaint- ances to mourn’ his death. Arrange- ments for the funeral have not been completed yet, so far as is known, but it will be announced shortly. Burial will be made in the Turtle Lake cem- etery under the direction of M, E. Ibertson, funeral director. BRYAN. TALKS AT STATE FAIR GROUNDS SUNDAY Minneapolis, Oct. 19—William Jen- nings Bryan will speak at the Hippo- drome, State Fair grounds, Sunday October 22, at 2:30 o'clock.. He comes as the guest of Dr. W. B."Ril- ey, pastor of the First Bnpmt church and. will remain but the one day. The NEW’ FIELD IS OPENED UP IN MURDER PROBE Prosecutor Beckman Reported To Be Questioning a Suspect Secretly RECTOR AND MRS. MILLS SLAIN IN COLD BLOOD Two More Witnesses Heard Woman's Cry Near School On Red Bank Road . (By United Press) New Bruuswick, N. J., Oct. 19— Prosecutor Beckman' dropped out of sight during the night and is report- ed to be questioning a suspect secret- ly in connection with the murder of Rev, Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs, Elanor Mills. This is understood to have follow- ed disclosures that the rector and his choir singer sweetheart were slain ‘n cold blood behind a school house on the Red Bank road, four miles from the abandoned Phillip’s farm where the bodies were found. A number of detectives who have been working on the case, as well as several policemen, disappeared at the same time as Beckman. Two more witnesses, one, owner of a bus line, and an employee of Rutger'’s College have come forward with the testimony that they heard a won.an shriek for mercy behind the school house on the Red Bank road about 10:30 p. m. Septembzer 14. They hear a woman cry “Help, police!” “Don’t murder me,’ A big automobile -was dmcovered standing in, the darkness beside the road near the school house. A few minutes later it passed them at a meeting is open to the public. His subject will be: “Evolution,” On the same day, Dr. Frank .J. Norris of Fort Worth, Texas,, will spegk at the First Baptist church in the morning and the Swedish Tab- ernacle afternoon and evening. Dr: Norris comes under the auspices of the Christian Fundamentals Associa- tion and will remain throughout the week, speaking daily. Dr. Norris is a young ‘man who has aroused the enmity of the evil-doers of that great state, and who, in spite of their per- sistent persecutions has brought many of them to justice. He is pastor of the largest church and Sunday school in -the world. ELECTING COMMANDER OF LEGION HARD TASK (By United Press) New Ol‘leans, Oct. 19—The Amer- ican Legion is finding it difficult to select a new national commander to succeed Hanford MacNider. A doz- en candidates are in the field but none have advanced sufficient strength to insure his election. The election Friday, was the prin- cipal topic of discussion as the con- vention went into session today. Supporters of Wm_P, Beggan of New York were confident that he will win but other candidates insist that Beg- gan’s strength was not more than 20 percent of the 1,000 votes. The candidate has been compro- mised by a row with Col. C. H. Forbes, Director of the United States Vet- erans Bureau, which resulted in Fobe’s departure and the cancella- tion of his engagement to speak be- fore the convention. Beggan’s principal campaign medi- cine has been his attack on the Vet- erans Bureau. It was reported that Franklin D'Olier, past National Com- mander, was ready to advance the name of General James H, Drain of Washington, D, C. Drain has been commander of that department and a“member of the rehabilitation coin- mittee. A. A. Sprague, chairman of the rehabilitation committee, another candidate, was to return home today. THREE BIG RAILROADS DISCUSSING A MERGER (By United Press) New York, Oct. 19—Executives of three of the nation’s leading railroads having a combined capital of $1,700-, 000,000 and an aggregate trackage of 34,000 miles discussed a merger here today. The carriers which may combine are the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. It was stated in railway circles that negotiations = have reached such a stage that the - railroad presidents plan to call representatives of J, P. Morgan & Co.; the banking firm, in- to conference. e s terrific peed. It is the theory of authorities that at the time the big car was being used to carry to bod- ies o fthe slain couple to the Phillips farm. A bout 20 minutes later, the men testified the same car whisked by them again, this time returning o New Brunswick from.the direction of the Phillips farm where the corpses were laid out. They said a., man chrouched over the wheel. @ne re- port was that there was a woman sitting beside the driver, but this could not be confirmed. Search be- hind the school house revealed an outhouse, in which, according to the latest theory, the murder occured. A pair of side-combs were found on the ground nearby, Two hand- kerchiefs were also found, a man’s with initials in the corner, and the other a woman’s, BEMIDJI HARDWARE CO. BUILDING NEW GARAGE The Bemidji Hardware Co. s constructing a new fireproof garage at the rear of its hardware store on Fouth street, At the same time a number of additional improvements are being made on the business and residence building. which formerly housed the hardware concern. This entire corner of the block has been 'greatly improved in appearance by this enterprising firm. The garage will be used for the company’s cars. BEMIDJI HIGH TO PLAY THIEF RIVER TOMORROW What promises to be one of the best football games of the present season for Bemidji, as far as hard opponents are concerned, will be played by the Bemidji high school eleven at Thief River Falls tomorrow afternoon, Efforts were made: on the part of the Bemidji coach to postpone ' the, game until Saturday. afternoon on acount of the injuries received by players at Duluth nearly two weeks ago, feeling that every day would help the boys greatly. However, Thief River Falls would not agree to this change and ae a result the game will be played as scheduled: The Bemidji team leaves this af- ternoon on the 5:20 Soo train. Just which players will make the trip has not been announced, since several of the backfield are still suffering somewhat from injuries received in the Duluth game. It is quite likely that several players, other than the regular line-up, will be used in the game tommorow. Thief River Falls has a strong aggregation this year and is out to defeat Bemidji as badly as possible. However, it is expected that the Be- midji eleven will give the Thief Riv- er boys a real contest and it is quite likely that Bemidji may win, consid- erng the showng made against the Duluth Cathedrals a week ago last ‘| North Dakota. Bonan Law nn Friday. Cooler in e: and warmer in extreme mnorth- west. Warmer Friday.- " ° leely to Be Asked to Organlze New British Ministry GRAIN SALES AGENCY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS Recently Incorporated Body Ready to Serve Grain Growers of State The .U. S. Grain Growers Sales Company of Minneapolis is ready for business, Offices arc open in the Corn Exchange building, Minneapolis, and shipments are being received. The first two cars handled came from The agency is de- signed to serve farmers, generally, and especially those who have sign- ¢d U. S, Grain Grower contracts in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da- kota and XIvntan:. Announcement that the company is ready for business was made by J. F. Reed, pesident of the Minn- esota Farm Bureau Federation and one of a committee of three Farm Bureau leaders that has been admin- istering U. S. Grain Growers affairs since, that company was reorganized two months ago. “The opening of the sales agency,” says Mr. Reed, “marks the consum- mation of weeks of effort on the part of Farm Bureau leaders, There are no ‘ifs’ nor ‘ands’ about this under- taking. The doors are open. wd are ready for business. “Just as quickly as possible, farm- ers who have signed U. S. Grain Grower contracts will be' officially notified that they are in effect. “Succes of the effort will de- pend, to a large degree, on loyalty of farmers. The agency is a truly farm- owned and farm-controlled ¢~ mpany doing a non-speculative business. Give it a needed volume of business and it is certain to become a power in the terminal mdtkets. It has a membership on the Minneapolis Chamber of Comerce and it is in a, position to make direct sales to mill- ers and exporters.” INDIANS WILL FIGHT FOR NEW YORK LANDS Legal Battles to be Begun Soon to Recover Lands Claimed by Indians (By United Press) Oneida, Wis., Oct. 19—Legal bat- | tles will be begun shortly to recover for the “Six Nations” of Indians more than 6,000,000 acres of land in the heart of New York state, val- ued at more than $2,000,000,000, Oneida Indians at a meeting here appointed a committee of 22 of their number to raise money needed for the fight and for further investi tion of claims. Nelson Metoxen i chairman and Mrs. Laura Cornelius | Kellogg, secretary. The committee will work with those appointed from other tribes. Mrs. Kellogg and Amos Baird iep:- resented the Oncidas at an investi- gation conducted in the ¢ They ctaimed at the meeting tnu: if the land is recdvered it will be divided | among approximatey 50,000 j ons, | descendents of the “Six*Natio! The claim is based on of 1784 in which the Un tes ) government ceded 6,000,000 acres of land to the Six Nations. There was nothing in the treatry, however, lu} prevent the Indians from selling the | land, In a short time much of it| had been sold to the State of New| York and the Indians moved North and West, some into Canada, others to Wisconsin and Oklahoma. In 1794 the government amended the treaty with a clause ,which stated it was the original purpose of the government to. provide that none of the land ceded in the treaty of 1784 could be sold by the Six Nations, except as.a unit. Indians, therefore, are attempting: to recover the land alleged to have been illegally sold to Néw York state, The Indians are being assisted in their fight by E. A. Everett, chair- man of the New York State Indian commission. The fight will be car- ried to the New York state and fed- eral government.” ODD FELLOWS TO HOLD MEETING FRIDAY EVENING The regular meeting of the 1. O. 0. F._will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the K. C. Hall and all members are urged to be present. ELKS LODGE TO HOLD REGULAR MEET TONIGHT| The members of the B. P. 0. E. | are requested to be present af the Lloyd George Quits _Political Life as Result of Caucus Repudiating Minfi.!ry LAW MAY BE UNABLE TO COMMAND MAJORITY Lloyd George May Be Ani(ed To Form New Government If Others Fail . (By Unitad Press) (By Lloyd Allen) London, Oct. 19—David Lloyd George resigned as prime minister of Great Britain this afternoon, He an* nounced his resignation to a delega- tion of miners and said he had hand- ed his resignation in and the King had accepted it. ,An official an- nouncement is expected to be. made fotwith, The resignation was presented to King George at Buckingham Palace on the Unionist caucus which met at the Carleton Club an repudiated his ministry. This marked the end.of the Coalition government comprised of the liberal and unionists parties which came into being during the World War. It is understood that Lloyd George advised King George to invite Bonar Law to form a ministry. The King is to summon Law before him tonight, and in keeping with British political traditons, will fulfill the request of the Premier. Bonar Law was the active leade; of the Unionist party until about:a year ago when his health broke down. At that time, the reins of leadership passed to Austim Ghambor- lain, the Parlimentary leader of thu privy seal, Howcvu, Chamberlain was neyér formally invested with the leader- ship of the party. The statesman whom the King will probably ask to form the government has not bcen active in politics recently. It has been said he has been the real power behind Chamberlain. Law was the leader of the con- servative opponents in the House of Commons between 1911 and 1915. He was Lloyd George’s strongest con- | servative supporter from the time of the formation of the coalition during the war and until 1921 when Bonar Law took his physicians advice and went into refirement. It was considered impossible to’ some observers that Bonar Law will be able to form a ministry, because to be successful, he would have to com- mand a majority in the House of Qommons. This would mean that many liberals would have to vote in favor of Bonar Law, a Conserva- tive. Lloyd George is to mect his (Continued on Page 6) BUCK STECHMAN NOW OUT OF DANGER, FATHER SAYS Mr. and Mrs, Henry Stechman re- turned to Bemidji last night from Grand Forks where they visited their son “Buck” woh is confined to the | St. Micheal hospital with pnoumoma | Mr. Stechman reports that Buck is now out of danger although he was very low at the time they were call- cd to Grand Forks. The doctors attending him gave {up all hopes of his recovery the .y | first of last week and claim that his recovery was made entirely through I his own courage and determination to get well. Miss Jeanette Stechman who is “teaching at Blackduck, and John Stechman of Minneapolis, sister and brother of Buck, also spent sever- 1al days with him last week. Friends of Buck will be pleased to learn that he is now reaovermx; ———— LOCAL SCHOOLS PREPARE TO OBSERVE ARMISTICE Teachers in all the mn&es in the Bemidji public schools ‘ and ‘the principal of the Bemidji high school are making arrangemerts forthe prot per observance of Armistice 'Day. Since Armistice, Day this year comes on Saturday, arrangements are being made to have speakers appear at'the various public schools on Friday. The Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion, under the direction of C. L, Pegelow, is making nrmngement! for speakers for the occcdsion. Every school will be visited and it it: the aim . of the committee that every school student in the city hear an instructive talk relative to the importance of Armistice Day and the principles for which it stands. General public observance of Ar- mistice Day will be staged Saturday, November 11th, by the Ralph Gracie post of the ‘American Legion, - com- plete | .details of which will be an- regular meeting to be held this eve- ning at 8 o’clock at the Elks’ hall, | = nounced from time to time p!ecud. ing the occasion, SR