Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 31, 1922, Page 1

The Pioneer is. the, nas the largest circulation * Northern Minnesota. > VOLUME XX. NO. 165 within 100 miles of Bemidji » %, % k2 N %" Students of Junior-sq;ior ! ' High School Will Meet, in Body Tomorrow PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND ASSEMBLIES Excellent Program Assured For Assembly Periods on Wednesday * Forenoons With a splendid new auditorium at their disposal, the /students of the Bemidji hgh schoo} will jnow for the first time. in a number of years have the privilege of meeting in a place large enough to seat the Junior and Senior high school at the same time. » 5 Beginning tomorrow there will be a general assembly:for both the Jun- jor and ‘Senior high school every Wednesday, except ~when holidays and other occasions make it neces- sary to change the date. The purpose of:these assemblies is to bring all the students together and create a school spirit of harmony as well ag wholesome frivalry hbe- tween the classes. A programof an educational as well as entertaining nature will be given each time. It iz planned to secure the best local talent as well as outside talent to take part in these programs. A number of excellent addresses, read- ings, plays and musical numbers have been scheduled for the fall term. Similar arrangements will be made for the Spring term. These assemblies will ‘be held from 11:15 to 12. o’clock, ‘which is the fifth period in the high school pro- gram. No student havinga fifth per-- iod class is allowed to have. one the cighth - period, ‘hence whenever. as- semblieg are held the fifth period classes will recite in the eighth-per- iod. Thus. no time for: asembly.i 5 taken from the regular class work: The public is cordially invited:to visit the high school.and particularly these assemblies -and enjoy: the pre- gramg with the students. ' The pro- gram to be. given .tomorrow is as follows: Selections by the Boy’s-Glee club; announcements and general in- structions by J: W- Smith, pricipal; Address by Supt. J. C. West; and a ‘“pep” meeting to be led by Miss Bernice Kirk. 5 The program for each of these as- semblies will be made public from time- to time so that everyone -in. terested may have an opportunity to attend. Attendance by the public iz not only invited but also urged. A.F. & A, M, TO HAVE BIG TIME WEDNESDAY NIGHT Bemidji lodge No. 233, A. F. & A. M., will entertain a number of visit- ors Wednesday evening, delegations to be present from Walker, Cass Lake Park Rapids and possibly from Pine River. First degree work will be put en by the Walker lodge, the work to start at 8 o’clock. The local lodge will be opened at 7:30 for a short business meeting. Lunch will be served during the evening. A large attendance is urged and ex- pected. FAIR DIRECTORS WILL MEET AGAIN TOMORROW Directors of the Beltrami County Agricultural association, recently named, are to meet at the Civic and Commerce association rooms Wed- nesday afternoon mmediately follow- ing the association luncheon to elect their own officers for the ensuing year and assign directors to the var- jous departments of the fair. ~All directors, elected last ‘Wedndsday, are urged to be present. EASTERN STAR GIVES DANCE THIS EVENING A very enjoyable dancing party has been arranged by the local chapter of the Eastern Star to be held this evening in the Moose hall. The party is a Hallowe’en affalir and promiseg to be one of the big affairs of the season. All members of the Eastern Star and Masons are welcome, whether they were sent an fnvitation or not. - Those who .re- cived invitations and are not mem- bers of ether order are requested to present them at the door. This is the first ‘time which the Eastern Star has issued invitations to outsiders and the committee in charge is sparing no-effort in making this dance one of the season’s feature partes. Plans for unique features 2re to be inaugurated and those who have a little inside information pre- dict a number of surprises for those who attend. TN AUDITORICN] ; o e, HALLOWEEN: IS PROBABLY RELIC OF PAGAN TIMES % : Hallows Eve, ‘or Halloween is the night of October: H1lst, the eve of All Saint’s or Allfhallows . Day, which iis' November and ie probably & yelic of pagan:times or iof mediaeval supérstitions,:as it hasinothing. .to 46 with :the church festival. 1! 3 i In England and Scotland it is especially selected ‘as the time for . trying “spells- or divinations in. love affairs. The supersti-’ tious tradition regarding it is that it is the night of all others when supernatural influences prevail; when the spirits of ‘the invisible and visible world walk abroad, for on this mystic even- ing it wag believed that the hum- an spirit was enabled, by the aid of supernatural power, to detach itself from the body and wander through the realms of space.— The Century Book of Facts. CANDIDATES FOR STATE Strong Support of South End Especially Harry Bridgeman has stepped out of his overalls and from the engine cab for the purpose ‘of closing a whirlwind campaign for the' office of State Senator from thig district. “Reports from the various sections of the district look most favorable to me,” said - Mr. Bridgeman when asked ho whis campaign was getiing on. % B “I am enjoying the work of cam- paigning very much,” he continued, “In fact I like it pretty nearly -as well as taking hold of the engine throttle. - The unpleasant part of running - for “office is the untruthful repoTts one-hears regarding ones po- litical: connections. “The ‘people - -as a rule . are mnot swayed: by falsehoods, especially when they knéw :me ;pégsonallys I feel that ' Beltramj - county -should eend a man from here; inasmuch as we have ‘beén represented by one from Koochiching county for the past eight: years. L “During the primaries the*,people of Southe: practicaRy®: Southiern . Béltrami' county: mian and I hold no ‘objection to-any ¢ne vot ing for -whom - he ' ‘desired-. I was fortunate leading the list from both counties and -belieye that Southern Beltrami county will stand by a local man on Nevember 7th.” F. J. McPartlin of International Falls is in the city looking after his political “fences” and wants the sup- port of Bemidji, so that he might represent this district in the state senate. Southern Beltrami county has been, determined for sometimp to send a man from here to the senate and do not enthuse over the idea of (Cuntinued on Page 8.) MRS. HALL’S ABSENCE PARTLY CORROBORATED Accepts Challenge to Deny Her Presence at Murder; Photographers Fired on (By..United Press) (By Joe P. Qverton) New Brunswick; N.:J.,, Oct. 31— Mrs. Frances Knoel :Hall, the slain rector’s widow, today accepted the challenge of Mrs. James Gibson, al- leged eye-witness, to face the latter and deny she aws present at the Hall-Mills murder. - Attorney Pfif- fer, counsel for Mrs. Hall, who an- nounced on the widow’s behalf she is willing to face the “pig-ranch” wo- man, also .declared . that Frances Voorness, thé widow’s niece, partly corroborated the story that Mrs. Hall was home on the night of the crime. Mrs. Gibson told of indentifying Mrs. Hall as the woman in gray, who was present at the murder, and chal- | lenged the rector’s widow to meet her face to face and deny she was on the Phillips, farm the night of the |. shooting. Thréee New York photographers were fired on early. today by Mrs. Gibson’ when they .invaded the state troopers guarding the home and at- tempted to get a photograph of her. The thrée men drove out to the pig farm in a taxi and approached the house under a‘flag -of truce. Mrs. Gibson, visibly overwrought by the strain she has been under the last few days, appeared at the door with a shot gun in her hands and order- ed the photographers off her prem- ises. Returning to the car, the pho- tographers decided to get a picture of the eye-witness in action. In- flamed at the sight of the cameras, Mrs. Gibson took hasty aim and fired. The shot went wild of the mark and the photographers beat a hasty re- treat. LEGISLATURE ARE BUSY Bridgeman Appears to Have IDJI DAILY PIONEER Minnesota: Gene night and Wednesday. cooler in extreme southeast por- - tions tonight. BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1922 RURAL CREDITS SAVE MILLIONS Average lh'teli'a‘»t; Rate, Now 7 Per Cent, Should be 5%, Says J. F. Reed “VOTE.YES” IS APPEAL " ISSUED TO MINNESOTA Voters Reminded That Blank Ballots Will Be Counted Against Proposal (Farm Bureau News Service) A state rural credit plan such as adoption of Amendment No. 1 will make possible, will save to Minnesota millions of dollars every year that are now being paid into the coffers of insurance companies and others supplying - farmers. with long ‘time loans, according to J. F. Reed, chair- mang of the Farmer’s Special com- mittee that has sponsored the cam- paign in favor of the amendment. “The rormal farm mortgage bus- iness in- Minnesota is about $250,000, 000,” ‘says Mr. Reed. ; “Of this tot- al, about 10 per cent or $250,000,000 al, about 10.per cet or $25,000,000 Bank. ‘A recent Farm Bureau sur- vey: shows the average interest on long time loans in Minesota, on a county unit basis to be 7 per cent. The highest rate charged is 10 per cent and the lowest 5% per cent, this low Tate being found only in our older counties and where the feder- al system has been functioning. “Assuming that the Federal Land Bank will continue to function as well as it has and that in time it will be able to take over half the mortgage business of the state, and assuming that Fhe proposed| state system will be able to take over the other half of the business—and that position is eminently fair to all con- cerned—passage of Amendment No- 1 will have the effect of reducing the pliesent average fnjeyest rate from 7 to at least 5% per cent. 1t should go lower. On $115,000,000 —half of the farm mortgage business in the state now handled by the Land Bank—the saving would be $1,750,- 000 every year.” On behalf of the Farmer’s Com- mittee on the Amendment, Mr. Reed this week issued a general appeal to the public to suport the Amend- ment solidly. “Al] parties are for it,” he says. “All candidates for governor are for it. It hag no organized opposition. Those few who fear its operation are not openly opposing it because they feel confident it will not ob- tain the Decessary majority of voters votig in the - election. It will, if those most concerned are indiffer- ent on election day- “Don’t forget, if you fail to.vote on the Amendment, your blank ballot countg against it just as effectively as does-one that is plainly ‘marked ‘No’ Farmers have asked for a state system for years. Next Tues- day ig the day that says whether they. are going to have it. «pon’t Let George Do It.” Be sure you get a pink ballot. Vote ” FARMER - RALLY AERETEg 0N Nt A Farmer-Labo }l!ly is announe- ed to be held at the new armory on Wednesday ' eve fing, November 1. Paul J. Smith and Ej.G. Hall will be the principal jkers. Magnus Johnson, Farmeg-Labor candidate for governor of Mnnesota may also be present and speak at this meet- ing- “The Shipstead for Senator Club” of Bemidji has made arrangements for 'a large meeting for the voters of Bemidji and vicinity, the meeting to open at 8 o’clock- Mr. Smith-and Mr. Hall, the form- er an organizer for the American Federation of Labor and the latter president of the Minnesota Federa- tion of Labor, have been campaign- ing for the past month in the interest of the Farme‘l‘-Labor party and they will have a ringing message for the voters of this community, it is an- nounced. Mr. Smith is also a mem- ber of the United Mine Workers of America and is said to be a splen- did speaker. Mr. Hall ‘has been heard here on Several previous oc- casions and is well known in.local labor circles. The committee is also trying to bring Magnus Johnson, gubernatorial candidate, here also for this meeting. VIRGINIA BOY HELD FOR MURDER OF HIS PARENTS (By United Press) Virginia, Minn., Oct. 31—A hump- backed boy was held by police to- day for the murder of his mother and step-father. [Eldest of six children of his mother’s first marriage, the boy, David Aho, 22, brooded over the second marriage- which took place September ;16th. Enmity grew into a feud between the boy and his father Frank Wirtener. At dinner last night, the bitter- ness between the two was emphasiz- ed. The dishes had not been cleared whn a shot rang out. Police found the body of Wirtener lying across that of “his wife. A revolver was clutched in the hands of “his mother. Deputy Coroner J. H. Crowe said the couple had been murdered. Young Aho said an unknowpn, man shot them, placed the ‘Fevblver ‘in his mother’s hands and Aled. - Police do not believe the story. They arrest- ed him. RECOVERS HIS DAUGHTER AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS (By. United Press) Tiffin, Ohio, Oct. 31—When Floreta Dumit was one year old her mother tucked her into a basket and started from Smyrna to Beirut, Syria, to vis- it relatives. Mother and child, along with the relatives they were visiting, were driven from their homes by the Turks who at that time were invading Syria. They fled with hundreds of other refugees and a few years later, dur- ing the World War, Mrs. Dumit died of starvation. The other day, Floreta, now 18, refutned to her father Charles Dumit a Tiffin confectioner. Dumit had giv- en his family up as dead fifteen years ago. = Distant relatives got track of the girl and informed her father of her whereabouts. He spent two years corresponding with foreign officialg before sccuring permission to bring Floreat to Amer- ica. NEW- MINISTRY INROME TODAY New Italian Government in Office Under Mussolini; Take Oath Today ELECTION WILL FOLLOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Mussolini Wastes No Time in Forming New Cabinet; Diaz is Minister of War (By United Press) (By Henry Wood) Rome, Oct. 31—The new Italian government under Benito Mussolini assumed office today. The ministers appeared early at the palace and took oath of office before the king. They went immediately to their re- spective positions and assumd their duties. An election is to follow this change of government as soon as the present chamber passes certain necessary routine legislation. It is expected that the Facisti par- ty will gain many seats in the new parliment. Mussolini formed his cabinet with speed and character- istic bluntness. After he had been received by the king and standing in his dusty blackt shirt, emblem of his order, had been embraced by King Victor Emmanué? and told to form a cab- inet, the Fascisti leader wasted few words in political maneuver. Scarcely had he kissed his sover- eign‘s hand before he was at work at his new duties. He received the Mayor of Cremones an hour later. He visited former Premier Tom- asso Tittoni. He made up his -mind quickly about a new cabinet .and, half an hour after visiting Tittoni, called in General Diaz, hero of the last Ttalian offensive of the war, and made him Minister of ‘Ware—ee— CHICAGO COURTS JAMMED WITH LIQUOR; DOPE CASES Chicago, Oct 31—Federal courts in Chicago are jammed with liquor -and dope cases. More than 3,000 are awziting hearing before the federal judges of Illinois, of which approximately two- thirds are violationg of the prohibi- tion law. About 900 are violations of the federal anti-drug act. Judges James H. Wilkerson and George A. Carpenter, in an effort to dispose of the huge number of cases have ordered the defendants to ap- pear before them at the rate of one hundred a day. All of the larger jury trials have been shelved to make way for the conglomeration of lesser indictments. PUPOSKY RURAL ROUTE BEGINS NOVEMBER 1 Beginning November 1, the resi- dents of the Puposky vicinity are to have the benifit of rural mail delivery over Rural Free Delivery No. 1. This route has only recent- ly been established and is welcomed by all residents along its course. This ig the first rural route out of Puposky. am friend of the friend- I am mother to the I am champion of the weak and humble. The poor and .uhforfii';)g!;.; of motherless many countries kfow me well. time of ‘wat. 7 I serve on the fields of battle in I build my trenches in the streets of poveérty in time of peace. 1 believe that a: man may be down, but never out. ’ Give to TAKES OFFICE | REGISTRATION LIGHT HERE THIS FORENOON Registration of voters for the November 7th general election appeared very light this forenoon but hopes were expressed that afternoon and evening would find the number increased con- siderably. Several wards are-already well represented on the ‘poll lists and naturally the registration there would be light. However, it is very necessary that all who did not vote at the ptimary election or who have changed ward resi- dence since that. time register-be- 9 p. m. this evening in order to vote at the general election. Regiftration began at 9 o‘clock this morning in the five ward polling places and will continue until 9 o’clock this evening in order to -give all eligible voters an oportunity to register for the election to be held next Tuesday. e e e SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL Property Owners May Pay to City Clerk Before Nov. 10; Goes on Books Then Special assessmet roll for 1922, covering the assessmentg against pro- perties benefitted through the con- struction of sanitary sewers, side- walks,.and curbs, was presenzod by City Engincer W. M. Everts to the city council in regular session Mon- day evening and was accepted. Five per cent will be added to the assess- ments when placed on the tax books. In order to get away from the ad- ditional cost, property owners may pay the assessment to the city clerk before November' 10. Bemidji is to have a road grader which will also be used for snow plowing sidewalks and streets. Con- tract for such grader was awarded Monday night t6 the Austin-West- ern: Road Machinery: Co., and pro- vides for.the purchase of a Western Midget grader at $140.50, this being the only bid entered. - The report of the municipal court for the-twe weeks ending October 87, showed a total of $147.756 collected in fines and fees. Only one bid wag entered to supply cordwood for the pumping station, this bid being enter- ed by the Bemidji Lumber and Fucl Co. Fifty cords will be purchased at $5.75 a cord- A soft drink li- ccnse was granted E. B. Lundgreen at 219 Second stree. Allowing of bills and regular rout- ine work occupied the balance of the council session, the meeting being much shorter than usual. Ottawa, Ont.,—The total yield of apples this year in all Canada, ac- cording to estimates of the fruit branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculutre will be 2,537,850 bar- rels and 2,215,000 boxes. MUSICAL ART CLUB TO GIVE RECITAL FRIDAY Miss Florence Williams of Grand Forks Will Give Feature Number The Bemdji Musical Art club stands for the best, not only in music but for all that is good in the sister art, the drama. Its programs are always varied and delightful, due to the able assistance rendered the musicians of the club by those who make reading their special line of study. No program of the year will so fully exemplify the aims and pur- poses of the organization ag will the dramatic recital to be given next Friday evening, November 3, in the Presbyterian ¢hurch. Miss Florence Williams of Grand Forks, a young reader of ability. will give the feature number of the evening, the reading of the beauti- ful Japanese love story, “Madame Butterfly,” in three acts. Through- out the entire reading, Miss Marie Sattler, also of Grand Forks,” will preside. gt the piano, and the inter- missions ‘will be filled with' delight~ ful musical Numbdrs, choSen ‘with care frgm 'the operatic score of “Madamé Butterfly”. - These selec~ tions will be numbers by the Riggs orchestra, and “Butterfly’s” ex- quisite solo “One Fine Day,” by Miss Ida Virginia Brown. The club takes pleasure in invit- ing its student members as guests for the evening. Their membership tickets will consitute a pass of ad- mittance, but owing to the consider- able expense incurred in providing this entertainment, an admission fee of 50 cents will be charged all others wishing to atténd. A ‘number of club members have tickets to sell and it will save con- fusion at the door if these are bought before the night of the re- cital. The aid of the public is re- auested in making this undertaking a euceess, that the Art club may feel la |L-ncuuragez’. to secure another fine cntertainment during the winter. [ PRICE 3¢ S A APPEAL N BEMIDII IS T0 RUN THO DAYS Solicitors Seek to Secure $3,300 to Operate Local Corps Another Year ALL TO HAVE CHANCE TO GIVE SOMETHING City Divided Into Twenty Districts; Solicitors Meet This Afternoon to “Let’s Give The Salvation Army A Chance In Bemidji” is the slogan adopted for the annual appeal to be made Wednesday and Thursday in ithis city to raise $3,300 for adminis- tration purposes during the ensuing year. The Appeal carries no amount for the new Salvation Army home which is to cost $11,257 to be con- structed of brick and stone and of good design. The building is to be crected on the Salvation Army lot on Minnesota avenue between Sec- and and Third streets and will be an addition to the good buildings of the city. The buflding| is' to be financed by local capital. A mortgage of $8,500 upon the new building has been arranged. The Frist National bank, the Northern National -bank, The Security State and the Farmers State bankg have arranged between them to take the mortgage which will insure the immediate ecrection of the building. Nearly $3,000 is on hand from a building fund started here about 3 vears ago, when the old Army build- ing was torn down. J. L. George has acted as treasurer of this fund and. it hag been on deposit in the various banks of the city. Future annual Appeals in Bemidji will include a certain amount for the reduction_of the face of the. . mortgage and payment of the inter- est. The Advisory Board is pleased that this arrangement has been made. It will be a simple cffective way to tarry on the work of the Army in a permanent efficient way with good equipment for all brancheg of their unique work. Twenty Districts The city has been divided into 20 districts for the soliciting tomorrow and Thursday. Everyone will have an opportunity to give. All are asked to have some money or a check ready for the solicitors and meet them cordially. They are making posible the work for humanity in this city which those who contribute can not do personally but which they can help finance, Workers in this appeal are meet- ing late this afternoon to choose the locations and partnerg and the time will be set for the covenience of cach team. E. A. Barker, chair- man of the Appcal, states that the Beltrami County Advisory Board .is grateful for the fine response from the earnest thinking people of the the city in this Appeal. “Remember, We Must Give The Salvation Army A Chance In Be- midji!” FOUR TO FIVE CENTS IS FAIR CORN PICKING WAGE Minnesota farmers are paying an average of 5.3 cents a bushel for corn picking where unloading is done by hand and 4.7 cents where an clevator is used, according to a labor survey just completed by F. L. French zecretary of the Minnesota Farm Bu- reau Federation. Averages are based on returns reccived from more than 75 per cent of the counties in the state. Where corn pickers are hired by the day, the average wage is $2.20. Farm help, for general work, where hired on a day basis, is being paid an average of $1.75. The average monthly wage is $35.50. MINNESOTA BUTTER IS . ™ Minnesota’s swect cream ' buttery made in co-operative creameries, lohg famed on eastern markets, is demand- ed in distant California- Represent+ atives of the California Central Creameries Association, came to St- Paul and offered A. J. McGuire, gen- eral manager of the Minnesota Co- operative Creameries Association. & higher pricc than ever before has been tendered Minnesota organiza- tions, providing the Gopher plants were in a position to guarantce qual- ity. The Californiang demanded a spee- ial grade of butter. They insisted that shipments be made in ecarload every car be of uniform 1 quality. They ‘told that in no state other that Minnesota, was there prospects for ihem to obtain what they wanted. Mr. McGuire expectg that ascontracy will be signed shortly. i R / | 3