Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 8, 1922, Page 1

The Pioneer is the oaly daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and nas the largest circulation i= e BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE CAWEATHER esofa: {Fajr tonight and sday.s Not much gc_in temperature. Northern Minnesota. 2 VOLUME XX, NO. l7i C2u, E g ey BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 8, 1922 : Sur‘prising R, - er.salsA Of 1_922 T rend Shown By Election Shipfstéad LeadingIn P Tide Against Kellogg .Most Surprising; Mrs. Olesen Is a Poor Third CONGRESSMEN HAVING VERY CLOSE CONTESTS In 464 Precincts Shipstead Leads Kellogg by Abbout 17,000 This Forenoon (By United Press) St.. Paul, Nov. 8—Increasing .his lead with each additional precinct carried, Dr. Henry Shipstead, ‘Non- partisan, egrly today appeared to be leading Frank B, Kellogg, “strong man” in Minnesota. The tide against Kellogg was the most surprising turnover in the country. Anna Dickey Olesen, first woman nominee for.congress, ran a poor third. The vote in 464 pre- cincts gave Shipstead 58,133; Kel- logg 41,527; Olesen 19,805. Rev. 0.'J. Kvale in ‘the seventh held a lead of more than 200,000 over Representative Andrew H. Vol- stead, and indications were that the veteran congressman, father of the prohibition enforcement act, would be washed overboard in the wet wave that splashed over the country. W. L. Cross, democrat, may re- place Osecar{-J.- Larson, republican congresman from the eighth district although Larson held a slight lead early today. Knude Wefald was showing unlooked for strength against Halvor Steenerson, republican, in the ninth district. The vote will be close, it was believed. Steenerson was expected to win. Harold Knut- son, republican, was re-elected n the Sixth district. over -two- independent opponents. v Congressman Oscar Keller will re- turn from the. fourh district win- ning the decision over Paul Doty, Democrat. Keller was ordered beat- en by the republican administration, it was understood, because of l{is (Continued on Page 8.) HAGALI TOWNSHIP FIRST- TO COMPLETE €OMPILATION Hagali township, north of Ten- strike, claims the distinction of being the first election precinct in Beltrami county to report its election returns to the Pioneer- The report was made by Joe Hample, election clerk shortly before midnight. THREE CITIES AFTER PORTION OF AUTO TAX Would Use on Arterial Streets Share of Funds Now Going Wholly for Highways Demand by Minneapolis, St.Paul and Duluth to the next legislature for refunds of part of the motor ve- hicle tax money for use on arterial streets in those cities is forecast in recent newpaper reports.. Under the Babcock plan the funds.are now used exclusnvely on the trunk high- ‘ways, outside of those cities. Posptonement of Nicollett avenue paving in Minneapolis followed the proposal of a legislative fight and the agitation for a change of laws start- ed in St. Paul at the political rally. Twin City business men stated that car owners in Minneapo);, Du- luth and St. Paul pay approximately $2,000,000 a year in automobile and truck taxes which goes on highways cutside of those cities—all stopping at the city limits. They declared that provision should be made for state iniprovement of trunk highways running through the large as well as the small cities and villages of the rural districts. It was stated further that under the state aid law for fi- nancing local road improvements, Hennepin, Ramsey " and St. Louis counties pay nearly four times as much as they receive in return while other counties gain -accordingly. The state highway bulletin states that there is little prospeet of any change at this time to extend trunk thighway improvement inside the three large cities. The advantage to the smaller cities, villages and rural sections, however, will continue only so long as present provisiohs stand and will be affected to some extent: by action of the-legislature of 1923 in providing funds for the state high- way program during the next two Years, L) . Senate ;Ré;ée; Several & Surprising Turnovers CUTTIRG G.0 P HOUSE CONTROL Democrats Gaining Seats in House; New York is Strongly Democratic New York, Nov. 8—The gathering of returns today revealed that the democrats have gained at least 56 seats in the house. It will be nec- essary for them to win 21 more to control that body. Republican con- trol of the senate has been reduced from 24 to less than 15. Contests in doubt make it impossible to fix the exact margin definitely. Ohio, President Harding’s home state, on which the administration pinned its strongest hopes for the approval of the Harding program, elected a democratic governor and showed democratic jcongressional gains. 2 New York state was swept into the democratic column so overwhelm- ingly, that not only Al Smith, dem- ocratic candidate for governor, and Royal S. Copeland for senator were elected, but the entire democratic (Continued on Page 8.) MOOSE LODGE ENJOYS “INTERESTING SESSION Exceptionally Large J Crowd Attends Exceptionally Interesting Meeting Tuesday night's meeting of “the Moose lodge brought out an unusual- 1y large aatendance and all who were present’ were kept unusually well in- terested. ‘Good progress was report- ed -on subscriptions for the radio re- ceiving set since the last meting but a goodly sum must yet be secured. The committe in charge now consists of Aldrich, Annis, Bucklen, Parker and Caskey. The House committee reported through R. E. Miller that the club and buffet was coming on so so well that they had turned over some money to the general funds of the lodge at the end of the first month’s opera- tons. A directory of Moose hall, ‘show- ing the meeting nights of the lodges using the hall, was autorized to be placed at the outside entrance. Dictator H. Z. Mitchell called the lodge’s attention to the accidental death of a former member, which makes the third similar case in about six months, of men and families who would have been eligible to large benefits 'had their dues been kept paid up. The name of C. W. Nel- son was drawn for the attendance prize. . An interesting talk. giving his im- pressions after a recent day’s visit to Mooseheart, the children’s home | of the L. 0. 0. M., was made by E. W. Hannah, the lodge’s prelate. An impassioned plea for a complete observance of Armistice Day by the entire closing of stores in_Bemidji was made * by Clarence Foucault. The surprise sprung relative to the “eats” consisted of oysters. An orchestra under E. E. Benson play- ed an informal program after the formal close of the lodge meeting SHIPSTEAD IS LEADER IN HIGH SCHOOL VOTE In a straw vote taken at the high school Tuesday in an effort to in- struct the pupils in the methods of voting, Henrik Shipstead, Nonparti- san candfdate for the U. S. senate from Minnesota, proved the most popular choice of the students. The vote stood as follows: Ship- stead 199; Kellogg 159; and Olesen 108. Prior to the voting, each assembly of students was addressed by the various candidates represented by the students. Sample ballots bear- ing the entire state ticket were used. The purpose of the vote was not to determine the outcome but to in- struct the pupils in the method of voting, giving due stress upon the proper marking of the ballots. FOR BRIDGEMAN Excgptionllly Large Vote Gives Bridgeman Lead “of 599 in Bemidji CITY IS STRONG FOR KNUTSON AND NOONAN J. R. Johnson Leads Bemidji Vote Over Present Sheriff; Several Close Races With a total vote approaching that of the presidential election two years ago, Bemidji voted strongly at the general election Tuesday. Flection judges and clerks were kept -busy until nearly noon today and some even later compiling the returns from the léngthy and num- erous ballots. The five wards of Bemidji gave Harold Knutson, candidate for rep- resentative from the Sixth district of Minnesota, 1243 votes, as against 513 for eter J. Seberger and 163 for John Knutson,\both Independ- ents. Harry Bridgeman, for state sena- tor, carried Bemidji, his horfle, by a large majority, he receving 1266 votes in the five wards as against 667 for McPartlin of International Falls. William T. Noonan of Baudette for representative in the state leg- islature was given 1088 votes in Be- midji while J. J. Opsahl, whose home is in this city, received 766. ~A. D. Johnson, present county auditor, received 1371 while James L. George, former county auditor, received 571, indicating the re-elec- tion of Johnson by a safe majority. C. O.. Moon, incumbent, and C. A. Huffman were running a close race for register of deeds. Bemid- ji, the home of both, gave Moon 1106 and Huffman 884. Andr Johnson, present sheriff. lost the five Bemidji wards by a tot- al of 400 votes, he receiving 8235 :_md Julius R. Johnson, also of tiis city, receiving 1223. ~ For County Attorney, Graham W Torrance, incumbent, received in Bemidji 1145 votes and C. M. Asch- (Continued on Page 8.) FIRST LUTHEARNS HOLD BUSINESS MEET THURSDAY The First Lutheran church will hold its business meeting in the chureh parlors Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. All voting members are urged to attend. ek There will be communion in con- nection with the services at the first Lutheran church next Sunday fore- noon. Announcement fon the com- munion from 10 a. m. will be made. BAUDETTE RETURNS - MAKE BIG CHANGE IN TOTALS e following message from Baudette village ‘just came in before going to press and the figures are not included in the totals given elsewhere...These are to be.added'in order to ar- rive at the totals, County division 608 yes and 12 no. Kellogg 371, Shipstead 101, Olesen 94, Preus 455, Johnson * 74, Knutson 519, Seberger 29, Bridgeman 324, McPartlin 245, Noonan 593, Opsshl 11, A. D. Johnson 439, George 100, Moon J 146, Huffman 400, Andrew Johnson 151, Julius Johnson 429, Koefor 475, Skinvik 115, Torrance 180, Ascham 359, Mc- Ghee 101, Hall 448. PAULSON RE-ELECTED FROM FIRST DISTRICT The complete unofficial returns for the office of County Commis- sioner of the First district in which John C. Parker and Edward Paulson the present commissioner ran_ an in- teresting race show that _Edward Paulson is elected by a 40 vote mar- gin. The returns show as follows: Ed- ward Paulson 1048, against John C. Parker, 1008. This district is composed of the city of Bemidji and Bemidji town- ship. The vote by precincts is.as fol- lows: ’ For Paulson—First ward 212; sec- ond ward, 203; third ward, 151; fourth ward, 206; fifth ward, 178; Bemidji Township, 98.* For Parker—First ward 250; sec- ond ward, 261; third ward, 143; fourth ward, 230; fifth ward 84; Be- midji Township 40. MACCABEE PLANS FOR RALLY ARE PROGRESSING Plans for the rally which.is to be held in Bemidji Monday, November 13, afternoon and eygning, in the new Moose hall, for members of the various Reviews in the northern half of Minnesota of the Woman’s Bene- fit Association of Maccabees, are de- veloping rapidly. A class of about twenty-five candidates secured by local people, assisted by Mrs. Ruth Pierce, will be in line to receive the first degree. A banquet will be served to the: many visitors and local members of the Association by the Methodist Ladies’ Aid society in the church basement and promises to be a joy- ous occasion. Miss Francis D. Part- ridge, supreme record keeper, Port Huron, Mich., and Miss Harriet Olson, deputy supreme commander, of Fosston, Minnesota, will be the distinguished guests at the rally and banquet. A school of instruction will be held in the Moose hall con- ducted . by Miss Partridge for the benefit of the local and visiting of- ficers. The Bemidji Fire Department will give a public dance at the new ar- mory Thanksgiving cve. Good mus- jc is assured and the armory is to be fittingly decorated for the occasion, it is announced. npartisan Appears Senats Winner SHIPSTEAD 1S LEADINGEARLY BELTRAMI VOTE Holds Lead of 170 Votes in 28 Out of 96 Precincts Over Sen. Kellogg SOUTH END IS STRONG * AGAINST CO. DIVISION Partial Returns Disclosing Several Interesting and Close Contests Twenty-eight precincts out of 96 in Beltrami county gave Henrik Shipstead, Farmer-Labor candidate for the U. S. Senate, a lead of 170 votes over Frank B. Kellogg, pres- ent senator from Minnesota. Anna Dickey Olesen is running a poor third. The vote in the twenty-eight precincts stood: Shipstead 995, Kel- logg, 825; Olesen 295. Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Labor candidate for governor, in the Bel- trami county vote leads Governor Preus by 1082 to 934. Indrehus re- ceived 177. Arthur A. Siegler, Farmer-Labor candidate, has 978, Louis L. Collins 928 and ‘Silas M. Bryan 154 for lieutenant governor. Mike Holm has 1004, Stageberg 954 and Swanson 154 for secretary of taste. The vote for state auditor was: Chase, 926, Deming 971 and Casey 174. Frank Keyes, Farmer-Labor can- didate, leads Henry Rines, Republi- can, by 1062 to 974 for state treas- urer. The vote on attorney general was: Hilton 888; Smelker 955, Dor- and 170. For railroad and ware- house commissioner, Bowen 818, Royster 1034 and North 168, H.-T. VanLear for clerk of sup- reme court had 1004, Grace Kaer- cher 870, and Frank J. Hebl, 169. William Anderson for associate jus- tice of the supreme court, led James H. Quinn, incumbent, by 925 to 856. Against Division /Twenty-six precincts showed the vote of 2 to 1 against county divi- sion, the vote being: Yes—907; No— 1846. This vote however, contains little from the north end. Harold Knutson for representative from the Sixth district, had 2390 votes in 32 precincts in this county; Peter J. Seberger 855; and John Knutsen 278. Bridgeman Leading Harry Bridgeman of Bemidji, in (Continued on Page 8) J. J. PEARCE ENJOYING TRIP TO HAVANA, CUBA J. J. Pearce, local passenger agent for the Soo line and Northern ra- cific left last night for Havana, Cuba where he will attend a passenger agent convention He expects to be away from Bemidji for several weeks. WILBUR, THE WOOD, Box 15 EMPTY TOO (Copyright, W.N. U) 00D GRACIOUS ! AND NO COAL IN THE HOUSE, MY~ ‘N Woop N/ CUNKERS — GEE WHIZ!! JIMINY CRICRETS! 175 10T COAL N'ASHEST] - | miles from Herrin as strikebreal PRICE 3c Democrat Candidates Win Important Offices Throughout Entire U.S. NESTOS LEADS NORTHDAKOTA O’Connor Leads Senate Race in 426 Precincts; Lead May Be Cut Soon (By United Press) Fargo, Nov. 8—In 436 precincts out of the sta 2,115, Lynn J.| Frazier, nonpartisan endorsce, had | 26,504 votes and J. F. T. O'Connor, | democrat, endorsed by the Indepen- dent voters Association, 38,124, in the contest for Porter J. McCum- er’s scat in the United States sen- ate. | In the gubernatorial contest, 410 precinets gave Wm. Lemke, non- partisan, 18,070, and Governor Nes- tos, republican candidate for re-elec- | While | and Independents claim the re-elec- tion of Governor Nestos, neither \'hlvl will admit defeat of their candid The returns are coming in slowly to: day due to a storm in the western part of the state yesterday. The success of Frazier's contest probably will depend upon returns from this section of the state. If they are in any way aproaching normal, Frazier has probably been clected to the senate. Fears are ex- pressed that only a small part of the vote was able to get to the poll- ing places yesterday. FORTY-EIGHT ON TRIAL | FOR HERRIN MASSACRE| Feeling Runs High; To Guard Court Room Carefully to Prevent Disorder Marion, Ill., Nov. 8—TForty-cigit men, charged with murder in con-| nection with the Herrin strip mine massacre last Junc, were scheduled to go on trial here today. On the outcome of the trial will hang the fate of seventy-seven men, | who were indicted by the grand jury | which investigated the killings. Careful preparations were made b guard the court against any demon- stration by frienas of the accused, | as feeling is running high in this mining community against the pro-| secutors. | T'he prosccution is in charge of At-| torney Delos Duty, a ed by At-) ral Brundage and a corps | from the attorney gen- eral’s office in Springficld. Attor- neys hired by the United Mine Work- ers of America will have charge of the defense. Circuit Judge Hart- well will preside. Twenty-three men were killed in the massacre on June ¢ All were employed at a strip mine about two led to make effective The mine had been opened during the strike of bituminous coal miners in violation of un agrecment which had begn entered into between the mine operators and union officials that no attempt would be made to work while the walk-out was i g . The mine was bar armed with machine guns. The trouble started on June 21, when the union miners held a meeting in a dense woods to decide what action to take to close the mine after protests to the company officials had failed to get results. As the mecting was in progress. a truck guarded by three men with high powered rifles, loaded down with (Continued on Page 8.) RALPH GRACIE POST TO MEET THURSDAY NIGHT The Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion will meet in reg- ular bi-monthly sion Thursday ev- ening at 8 o’clock at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce association at which time the completed plans for the observance of Armistice Day November 11, will be anounced in detail by the general chairman and the various sub-committee chairmen. It is of special importantce that a large atendance of mem- 08 istice Day program. ‘ting is expected to encourage ici A nunibet f in- ting reports is indic meeting will be held. ince it is the desire of the|activities will not only, officers of the post that as many as{<erve to keep “red” agitators out of sible take part in the entire Arm-|the country Attendance at|ernment to [— Democrats Reduce Republican Control of Senate and May Carry House NUMBER OF SURPRISES SEEN IN EARLY RETURNS Governor and Congressional Fights Throughout Nation Show Strong Reversal (By Lawrence Martin) (By United Press) New York, Nov. .8—Swinging back with a tremenduous reversal of the trend of 1920, the political pendu- lum has carried the democratic party into a commanding position in the state and{ mational affairs ad the results of Tuesday’s election showed. Men who stood close personally and politeally. to President Harding and his administration, and who as members of Congress, actively help- the Harding policy, were swept from their po- litical pedestals and the democrats took their places while the incom- plete charasger of figures early to- 1y made it imposible to state exact- v how the new house and senate will stand. It is apparent that the republican control of the house will be retained by a slight margin, if it | holds, and may be lost entirely. The republicans now have a house maj- ority of 168. The democrats have reduced re- publican contol of the senate from |24 to 16 or 17. The victory exceeded the optomi: tic forecast of the democratic party. They were frankly amazed at the extent of the revolt as the returns came in. Not only were democratic candidates for the house and senatc suey ful, -but many new democrat governors were chosen together with democratic state tickets. The possibility still existed today that in some places where the con- congressional and gubernatorial con- | test took place, the democratic gains might be turned down somewhat The outstanding feature of the year's democratic victory in New York, where Al Smith, democrat for gov- ernor, Royal S. Copeland for U ed States senator and the enti (Continued on Page 8.) 'EXPLAINS WHY ALIENS . SHOULD BE REGISTERED Noted Criminal Chaser Favors Immigration Restrictions of Labor Department Washington, Nov. 8 (Capitol News Service)—Shortly after uncovering the nucleus to a world-wide plot for revolution, with headquarters in this country, and many “red” work- ers engaged thercin, William J. Burns, chief of the national Burcau of investigation said: “There is no objection, of course, to people coming to our shores from foreign lands if they follow the peace ful pursuits, but we nced more stri gent laws to deal with radical agi- tators. Under the provisions of the bill fostered by Mr. Davis, reg- ptration would drive undesirables out of our country. An examination fair and throrough, would deal a severe blow to radical agitators who try to sow the seeds of dissension. Although the facilities at our com- mand are being applied effectively at the present time, the plan em- bodied in the proposed law would greatly facilitate our work.” Many officials in the government who have hitherto looked with doubt upon the plan to make America’s welcome to the foreigner less cor- dial, are coming to agrce with the Department of Labor that there is nothing in the proposed registration of aliens which is ecither a hardship upon the or a great tax upon the government. It is pointed out that a nation-wide registration n of the country in on¢ day for the a draft army. gistered, it is noted, did not. protest or regard it as other thar a patriotic duty. The law compelling registration of ns, and supervision over their if passed, all but will enable the gov- :ep absolute check up- on those who remain here without ing intcrested cnough to become ne. and those who make a whole-hearted effort to become real Americans. 4