Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 4, 1922, Page 1

The Pionecer is the omly daily ‘Within 100 miles of Bemidji and | nas thelaegest circulstion:in Nortliern Minnesota. 1 { VOLUME XX. NO. 193 ' Polifii‘c N‘“‘ Political; JLine-up Now Clearly' Forseen by U.'S: Political - Followers LESS PARTYISM CALLED NEED OF PRESENT DAY Third Party Not Looked For; New Spirit of People to Direct U. S. Action _ (BY! Edward Thierry) Nea Service Staff Writer ‘Washington, Dec: 4—Is a third perty coming in American politics? Or is somé ‘other new .political _alignment imminent? A survey by Nea Service gives “Nb” as-the answer to the first ques- tion and “Yes” as the answer, to the ns are paramount be- incidents: Increased strength of.progressives and “independents” in the Senate. Ascendancy of Senator LaFollette a¢ leader of the “people’s bloc.” Discussion .of such names as La- Follette, Senator Borah, Henry Ford and W. R. Hearst as third party pre- _sidential candidates- Suggestion by a Republican that Bernard M. Baruch, Democrat, lead farmers and manufacturers in a new political party. - Leaders of progressive thought in _Washington hope for capture.of con- trol within the, Republican party rather than the rise of a third party. Says. LaFollette: . “The time has come for the organization of a well- defined group, co-operating in_sup- (Continued on Page 2) .. HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION . MEETS AT KANSAS CITY Comiissioner of Minnesota . Hifl\wa’yfl Calls’ “Annual Meeting to‘Ord:'r Kansas' City, Di 4—Charles: M. Babcock, Minnesota commissioner of highways, as president of the ‘Amer- jcan Association-of State Highways, today called to order the eighth an- nual meeting of that organization in Kansas City. The convention will end Thursday night, \ John H. Mullen and J. T- Eilison, assistant commissioners and, cheif engineers of highways and bridges, respectively, O. L. Kipp, construction engineer, and W. F. ‘Rosenwald, maintenance engineer, are other rep- resentatives of the Minnesota High- way Department at the meeting. The organization is made up of highway executives of mearly all the states in the union and. its programs:are made up of papers and discussion h; highway authorities of wide reputa-; tion. : Delivering the president’s address, Mr, Babcock pointed out that high- way transportation is a major phase of public ‘service, one of the most vital factors in now that individual transportation begins .and ends on highways, . He recommended. .revision . of : federal highway statutes. Yoward greater flexibility and workabili “Liberal and i increasing funds provided for highways measure our iaone. Yesponsibilities,” continued” Mr- Bab- “cock. “It is our duty to see to it that at least onedollar’s: worth of highway service.is returned for every. highway dollar expended.” - MASONS ARE TO ELECT OFFICERS. WEDNESDAY Bemidji lodge No. 233; A« F. & A. M.;:will meet in regular communi- cation-Wednesday evening, Decem- ber 6 at 8 o‘clack for the purpose of holding its arinual meeting. Officers for the new - year will be elected at this meeting.and a number of - important matters are to come up before the lodge at:this time. Plans are being.made for a large attendance and it is urged that every member make it a point to attend: due to the fact that officers are to be elected and . the other matters coming before the ‘order should have the voice of the majoriy of the members of the lodge. Dr. G. M. Palmer, master of the lodge, states that this is one meeting when- mem- bers should make it a special point to be present. There will be no degree work, the entire session being|ceau said, “well and good; let her given over to the conduct of annual | come to Europe in any way she cares, business. al Realign| the whole scheme, |P ral|Maryland Historical Society, he goes A FINAL {€ONGRESSIONAL SESSION’ BEGINS TODAY | (By United Press) . (By Paul R, Mallon) Washington, Dec, 4—The fi al session of the 67th congress got under way today with leg- islative matters of the sénate in a turmoil, 5 The special session called by President Harding. to put the Ship._ Subsidy bill through the house, closed this forenoon and ‘the regular’ session opened at 12:00 ofclock;; The. republicans were rallying sheir forces to.recover strateget- ically frgm the reverses receiv- éd- during the Shop Subsidy bill fight. £ i MRS, LYDIA WARD DIES HERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON Mrs. Lydia M. Ward :passed away Sunday afternoon. at -3 -o’¢locl t the . home' of: Dr. and Mrs.."A..’E. Henderson. Her body will be ship- ped to Eau Claire, Wisc., where she band. and children. Those .to survive her are Dr, C. R. Ward of ;Rose Creck, Minnesota, and Mrs. A. E. Henderson of Bemid- ji, alsp . two grandsons, Allan R. Henderson and William .Ward, ‘and two granddaughters, Mrs. J, E. Wat- kins and Miss Louise Ward, also two great grandchildren, Miss Martha' Erwig and Miss Helen Erwig. Mrs.-Ward was 90 years of age at the time of her death, and her demise is. mourned by .a large circle’| of friends who extend their sympa- thies to the family. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE .. MEETS TUESDAY NIGHT . The Loyal .Order, of Moose - wlll meet Tuesday evening for its first| semi-motithly meeting - of- December: Every member-isvinvited.. -After ‘the usual business. meet, which is likely to be quite short at this, time, lunch is.to be served. on the plan that was so successful a-month ago. 1% ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER TO HOLD MEETING TONIGHT' The ‘Bemidji. chapter. of the Royal Arch Masons willl meet in regular session at the Masonic hall at 8 o’clock tonight, = Important business is to be taken‘up: and, a large at- tendance of members is urged. TIGER BEGINS = E Goes to' shifigton - i to ‘Meet ~Harding ~and Present His Case Baltimore, Déc¢. 4—Georges Clem- enceau, the Tigeér of France, today carried his case direct to Washing- ton when he began his final drive to get the, United States to adopt his lan of unity in dealing with Euro- pean affairs, 3 "“After a speech- here before the| ‘this afterncon to Washington. Clem- enceau’s work as one of the sponsors of .the League of Nations was un- First, he will meet President Harding and present to him his case for, -unity of affairs on European matters . g Then will follow an even more drastic meeting with former Pres- ident} Wilson. . Clemenceau having outlined his plans in preliminary ad- drive home at Washington what he has discloged to'be the purpose of his- visit to America, and of forcing the people of this country to a.realiza- tion of . the rnecegsity of American participation in the maintenancd of the “Rhine line”, at the western border of Getmany. This border is [the present line of Europe in’ the’ opinion of Clemenceau. - This participation: in.the maihte- nance. of the:-line more than partici- pation in the League of Nations is what he hopes of the United States. The Tiger said in- a statement to the United Press that he would the American participation” in the League of nations and that while he did. not believe that the League had dome all that was expected of it, it had accomplish- ed considerable well worth while. “If America does not care to en: ter the League of Nations,” Clemen- but she must come.’ _ lget will be laid by the side of her hus-|. tiresses over the country, expects to | } i i N 1 | | » % BEMIDJI, MINN,, MOfiDAY EVENING, DEC, 4, 1922 A Snow in.east. Muc! Approaches Bef NI Repregentatives . o Ainerican States” Meet to' "'Negotiate Treaty 1 PRESENT PARLEY RESULT OF AUGUST 20 MEETING Former Treaties-to be Made Over and Other Important Matters Discussed* (By United: Press) ‘Washington, Dec. 4.—The Con- ‘ference of Central American states convening in Washington today ‘has as. its first aim the negotjation of a treaty, ‘or treaties, to make effective those provisions of the treaties sign- ed at” Washington in_December 1907, which .experience has.sfiuwu to be effective in maintaining friendly re- lations and co-opeartion among Cen- tral American states. and their purpose now therefore be- come of primary importance, In 1907 a war ended between Honduras and Nicaragua. Shortly afterward a. conflict threatened be- tween Nicaragua and Salvador. To avert this conflict a peace conference was proposed by President Roosevelt and President Porfirio Diaz of Mex- ico. After a preliminary conference in September, a formal conference was conveneéd in November and De- cember at Washington. Teh parti- cipants were delegates of the five Cntral American Republics and dip- lomats of the United States and Mex- ie0.!! : The. importance of acevements /of the conference of 1907 were: A treaty ‘of peace and amity, stating t the contracting parties sought to’ preserve ‘peace, -and pledging ad-’ (Continued on Page 2) ATTENDING HEARING AT RED LAKE FALLS TODAY i ‘County. Attorney Graham M.’ Tor- rance;-Judge ;G- W.. Stanton, . Attor- ‘ney E, E. McDonald, and Court Re- porter Lee LaBaw left Sunday af- ternoon for Red Lake Falls to be present at the hearing on the Clear- water and ‘Red Lake Drainage pro- jects. The heaning takes place before Judges Stanton and. Watts today and is the final hearing on the project. Reports from ‘Red' Lake Falls state that hundreds of farmers and real estate dealers-are’in the city for the hearing. E. E. McDonald “|'will :represent the draihage board and the . petitioners and G. M. Tor- rance will represent the objectors to the ditch. The Bemidji men will: return to this -city Thursday, according to present plans. . The origin of the treaties of 1907 |° New Brunbwick, 1. 7., Dec.' 4— TheHall-Mills murder case has gone into the dusty pigeon-hole of crimes unsolved mystéries. The Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall anr his choir singer, Mrs. Eleanor "HALL CASE JOINS CRIMES = - RS PIGEONHOLED““IJNSOLVED" PRICIPALS IN FAMOUS UN- SOLVED MURDER MYSTER- 1ES. LEFR, THE REV. ED- WARD W. HALL, (ABOVE) AND JOSEPH B. ELWELL; RIGHT, DOROTHY ARNOLD. e Mills, murdered nearly three months ago, have joined the hall of fame along with such famous figures as Dorothy Arnold, Joseph Elwell and William Desmond Taylor. Failure of the grand jury to indict anybody in the double murder sug- gests to criminologists the question: Is the Hall-Mills murder case perma- nently pegeon-holed? Two other famous cases remain unsolved mysteries— Dorothy Arnold disappeared Dec- 12, 1910. She was never séen again after coming out of a Fifth avenue book store in New York that day. Secert search went on until Jan. (Continued on page 2) Governors to Confér On K.K.K. Problems PETER LA%& CONFIRMED AS CASS LAKE REGISTRAR (By United Press) Washington, Dec. . 4—The senate today comfirmed the nomination . of Peter Larson as registrar of the' land office at Cass Lake, Minnesota, CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST SPEAKS HERE TUESDAY Prof. Hermany S Hering, C, S. B. of Boston, Mass., membe of the board of lectureship of the Mother church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, will give a free lecture entitled “Christian Science, The Science of Right Living” at the Rex theatre Tuesday evening, Dec- ember 5, at 8:15 o‘clock. All seats will be free ot charge and there will be no collections. The public in general is invited and urged to attend this lecture, which is being given under the auspices of the Christian Science society of Be- midji. Allen and Parker ‘Expected To Lead Discussion of Klan Activities (By Herbert Little) (Written for the United Presss) Madison, Wis.,, Dec. 4—The Ku Klux Klan problem in its relation to state governments will be an out- standing feature of the fourteenth annual conference of governors at White Sulphur Springs, West Vir- ginia,. December 14, 15 and 16, it was indicated by the program of ad- dersses as made public here today by Miles C. Riley, secretary of the conference. Governor Henry J. Allen of Kan- sas, will speak on “The Ku Klu Klan —the Problem It Attacks and the Problem It Creates.” His militant opposition to the organization in the Sunflower state leaves no doubt as to his stand. Governor John M. Parker, Louisi- ana, who recently made a trip to Washington to complain to Presi- dent Harding of alleged extra-legal (Continued on Page 2) re-War Figures |Harding Tells Congress Budget for Fiscal Year Is About Three Billion WANT BUSINESS MENTO ASSIST U. 5. TEACHERS L TwotDay Conference Called At Boston for Teachers Of Business Subjects CORRELATE EXPERIENCE WITH SCHOOL TEACHING Subjects of Special Interest Due to Education Week Now Being Held Doston, Mass., Dee. 4—A two-day conference of high school teachers of business subjects will open here the night of Friday, Dec. 8, under the direction of the United States Bureau of Education. The purpose of this conference is to correlate standardizing business experience with the teaching of high school business subjects, a purpose unique in the history of cducation in the United States, the Burcau de- clares. The opening program of discussion is on the topic “Organization and Conduct of Business”. How the United States government and pri- vate business have been organized in the nation, state, and city to pro- mote and serve business.””. Payson Smith, state commissioner of edu- cation, will préside. . Speakers will “include’ George R. Nutter, foriner president of the Bos- ton chamber of commerce, and Will- ian Mather Lewis, chief of the edu- cation service of the United States Chamber of Commerce. A speaker from the Bureau of Foreign and Do- mestic Commerce at Washington is also expected to attend. Saturday topics to be considered in morning and afternoon sessions, are “Production and Marketing,” (Continued on Page 8.) SALISBURY CASE ONAGAINTODAY Judge Refuses to Let Trial Be Delayed; Stenographer Faces Murder Charge (By United Press) Montevideo, Minn., Dec. 4—The trial of Elsie Salisbury on the charge of the murder of Oscar Erickson was ordered to prodeed today. Judge Qvale of Willmar refused a motion of the defense’s attorney for delay until Wednesday. One attorney associated with the defense in the case is trying another case at Glenwood, Minn., and was unable to be here today. The court held that his absence was not sufficient reason for delaying the case, Miss Salisbury, for reasons never divulged, shot Erickson in the back as he was turning away from her in the private office of a railroad in Montevideo- She was released on $25,000 bail last July when the supreme court decided that since the abolishment of corporal punishment in the state, the charge of first degree murdef was bailable. She went to Sioux Falls, but for the last two months has lived in Minneapolis. Her mother, Mrs. nia, was in court with the girl. C. M. BOOTH PASSES AWAY AT CLINTON, MISSOURI Word was received this mo by Mrs. H. D. Hovey of the dea and was caused by a paralytic s He leaves to mourn his deat! friends and rel Ilian Laura Salisbury of Tulare, Califor-|, h of | i C. M, Booth who was a well-known | and highly respected citizen of Be- midji for many years, and is still a property owner here. His death occured in Clinton, 1 Pnii?s Rigid: Economy Which Budget Bureau Enforced During Past Year TWO BILLIONS BLAMED * TO THE WAR, HE STATES Outsanding in Budget is The Appropriation ' for Ng!ionnl Defense (By Laurence- M. Benedict) (United Prema Staff Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 4-—President Harding today sent a‘special.;mes™ sagel to congress announcing that the Federal Budget fot the next fis- cal year, beginning July 1, 1928, will be approximately three .billion dol- lars—the lowest yearly expenditure of the government since the days be- fore the war. Praising the rigid economy whic¢h the Budget .Bureau has enforced during the last year, the President pointed out that the government is now back to pre-wur days in gen- eral expenditures. Of the three billion dollars asked, two can be attributed to the war. He made it plain that his administrtion will continue the fight for greater cconomy. The President indicated that because nearly two-thirds of the government’s yearly bill repre- sent the fixed charges resulting from the war, it will be difficult to reduce taxes in the near future. The Budget System, the President declared was “the greatest reform in our financial history.” Government expenditures during the next fiscal year will be $3,180,~ (Continued on Page 2) IS RUINED BY NOISES Din of Traffic is Ruining Health of < City People, Says Chicago Doctor (By United Press) Chicago, Dec. 4—Elimination of noisy ‘thoroughfares is recommended by Dr. Herman N. Bundsesen, com- missioner of health, as a step towards reducing metropolitan sick lists. The din of traffic with its conglom- eration of noises—sirens, horns, whistles and clanging of surface and elevated lines—is ruining the health of the city people, according to Dr. Bundesen, . “A surprisingly large number of nervous wrecks are created annual- ly in Chicago and other big cities by the incessant din and clamor to which the population are subjécled,” he declared. “Rest and quict are essential to the mainienance of healtlr and effi- ciency of the great crowds of work- ers who spend most of their time in downtown offices in the midst of the traffic din.” Bundesen pointed to the beneficial effeets derived by the thousands of city people who spend their vaca- tions in the country. "They always return with nerves recovered from the shocks of city din and noise and in much better ph) al condition’ generally,” he said. “The economic benefits of nose- less traflic were also added to the health commissioner’s observations. “The ecfficicncy of employees who work in noisy localities is,. reduced from 1 Oto 2 5per cent. FARM INSTITUTES TO BE HELD THIS MONTH Two Farmers’ Institutes will be held in Beltrami county this month: Pinewood, Thursday, December 14, sky, Friday the 15th, with tgate of Larimore. N. D. Olson of Moorhead s the ate is a practical farme r Black Angus cat- and crop rotations, eaks from experience on feed- k and crop systems in a manner, n is one of the oldest institute men on the Extension staff orsity and talks on field and potatoes especially. the second time these men ) ng in the county, having e¢d at Saum and Puposky last 3 ir discuszion of the cnt problems of farmers will ba s lof interest and value. 4