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r The Ploneer is the oaly daily fim&m.mm of Bemidji and “largest circulation® in ‘Das Northern Minnesota. VOLUME XX. NO. 198 ; = \ Vers fl]e‘ Parley ALL EYES FOCUSED ON NEW ITALIAN PREMIER AmermObgemrl ‘Were to Be Present Al!_,lwuzh Not .- To.Take Active Part , (By U 2 (By Charles' McCann) London, Dec. ‘8—Hundreds of de- tectives from :Scofland Yard, some disguised as waiters, . cooks, guard- cd Premiere Poincg, f France and . Fremier ‘Mussoli [ Italy at ‘Clar- idge Hotel" toda; the conference of allied préemiers-opcned. French secret service men were also .on the job hovering about Poin- care while Mussolini brought a Fas- . cisti bodyguard. The meeting of; the heads of the governients of Britain, France, It- aly ‘and; Belgium, described by Amer- jean Ambassador Harvey as the most important - since Versailles, was started by Premijer Bonar Law when he invited ‘Mussolini to a twenty- minite . private. chat. Afterwards Bonar Law saw . Poincare, All eyes fixed on the conference focused on Mussolini, the Fascisti preiier, who hag éaught the world’s imagination “as' a ‘statesman of a school all his own. He is hailed as the *“X" of allied algebra. The, conference was formally op- ened at noon when Premier Musso- lini and Theunis of Belgium went to- gether to No. 10 Downing Street. , American ,ol!s,ervem are to be present and its reported the United . .(Centinued.on'page 6) Cspt. Bert C_ Lindvall and George A. Ferguson 'of Minneapolis, repre- senting ' the employment :f rvice of the United States Veterans Burcau who haVe been ‘making a' tour-of the _ringe towns, were business visitors in Bemidji Friday. They have been inaking contact with civic organiza- tions in varioug towns on the range with g view to selecting a service| officer to assist in securing emiploy- ment for trained veterans, who re- ceived their training under the di- “fection of the Veterans Bureau: In Bemidji~ they conferred with Miss Leila Stanton, secretary of the Civic and Commerce Association, who has3 consented to act as the Bureau'sh representative here to assist in’se- curing employment for the trained Veterans, for whom the bureau de- sires to find work. “**A"list of trained veterans ready for employment is to be supplied regularly and from these efforts will be made to give the men employ- ment. These two representatives ‘plan to make regular calyls here and keép in touch with the’ industrial situation. . * December 16 is the last date for filing applications for vocational training, while five years from the date of discharge is the last date for filing application for compensation. War Risk insurance may be’ con- (Continued on page 3.) MORE PEOPLE VISITING 78/ NATIONAL PARKS - (United _Dec. 9 uge_increase in the num- le. who are_able to view uties of the national when the ‘automobile was in ity infancy, comparatively only a few more than 800,000 peoplé vis- jted these parks each year, according to the annual report of the National |/ Park service. During the last fis¢al year; which ended Juné 30, the total was 1,216,490. R The most popular of the parks is the. Rocky Mountain ~ National Re- serve, which was visited by 219,164 persons. Hot Springs, Ark.; ite, Cal, and Yellowstone ranked next in order named. Only seven persons visited the far away park of Mount McKinley, Alaska. Detectives e tin-can tourjst. Fas|® Cléra was fleeing by 'motot or djr: | m MINNE= 372 Minnesota _F'm{l"ht and probably Sufiday, Gontihued cold. ;. i BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 9, 1922 PRICE 3 & A block and. tackle ‘was neces- | sary to remove the nine:foot coffin ! #ontaining: the hody:-62 «Captain ‘Georgo'. ‘Auger, famous circus giant, from his late residénce in New York. Auger, known to thou- sands of circus-goers, died from sn attack of indigestion, STATE RIGHTS INVOLVED N KU KLUX QUESTIONS President and Congress . Now ,Dl:awing Sharp Lines on Puzzling Questions Washington, - Dec. 9. (Capital News ~ Sérvice).—Presidetit” Harding hagindicated his lack of sympathy with those who desire that he “d band” the' Ku Klux Klan by presi Gential proclamation, His viewpoint is said to be that-the activi Klan' are not matters”; for _Federal upervision; that’ if [their activities ‘ave’illegal, their correction and pun- ishment is wholly a State matter, and if-legal, no presidential proclamation is required. y At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue the fight over the Dyer anti- 1ynching bill, conducted along State rights lines, presents the same argu- ment. Lynching is held to be a crime against State laws, to be punished by State officers according to State codes. Legislators hold that there is no more necessity for the Federal Government to add éither penalties or law enforce- ment processes to- those already in existance in the States for lyrching crimes than for any other variety of crimes against the person, committed in a State. iy Cabital City constitutional lawyers * (Continued on*Pages 2)° CLARA PHILLIPS Has Forfeited Her: Right - to an Appeal; If Found Will "" Goto San Quentin Los Angeles, Dec. 9—Clara. Phil- lips, only ¢ondemned murderess who 'ever-broke jail in the history of Cal- ifornia, has apparently made good her escape. Today, a hundred trails followed by authorities proved fruit- less. Tips and clues as to her where- ‘abouts continued to «pour in and were ‘traced ‘down but authorities ad- ‘mit Clara probably was not in this country. ’ "Somerwhsre in the vastness of Mex- ico, the hammer murderess has “run by those who aided ‘in her escape, some officers believe.’ T Others advance the -theory: that plané to some Mexican port where her passage to'a foreign country was ‘sailing vessel.” Authorities were “in- vestigating the report that she:was seen in- Jaurez, Mexico, across the ordér from El Paso. Madeiynne Obenchain, « Clara’s friend, who was" released he same day Clara made her .escape, was questioned again. Authorities said 2 dozen saws were found in the jail- Clara has forfeited her right to an appeal, which was pending when she fled.- Judge Hauser, who tried her, granted a motion to refuse an ap- cal because of her escape. If Clara ig caught, she will be sent immed- iately-to San Qunetin. of the; to hole” in the hiding place arranged | arrenged on some tramp stéamef or |- LT g PR Interests Flockidg ito of World’s Greatest and of Timber NEW CITY OF LONGVIEW IS NEW LUMBER CENTER Model -City,.is . Being Built To' Accommodate Lumber Workers and Stores By FRANK A. CLARVOE (United Press Staff Correspondent Portland, Ore..” Dea. 9, (United Press).—The rise of a new city.in Jae Pacifis {Noxthwest promiges a ‘corresponding Tise “in ithe .lumber barometer for this seection, , “pre- sages ' greater and more susfained activity in the ‘trade, and marks’one of the important:-steps in developing this as -ygt” comparatively ~unde- veloped corner of the nation. What irrigation has meant to the Imperial . Valley of California, the influx of Southern Pine manufac- turers into Oregon and Washington means “for the Northwest—larger cities and payrolls, the attractionof attendant “industries, and the de- velopinent of “disfrigt {which have been patiently awaiting since the béginning of time the initiative and the ‘industry of ‘man. “The new city of Longview, across the-Cowlitz river from Kelso, South- lumber center of the Pacific North- west, Its ‘éentral locption and the vastness of the - timber store, lying to the Northwest, together with the resources ofl the lumber company handling ‘the development, mark it < one of the future cities of the The story of the beginning of uncompléted - city is one Torhances of the industry.” A bhond ue: of $9,000,000 made it possible, ‘Three lumber mills with a combined capacity of 600,000,000 board. feet annually, and employing 4,000 ‘men, ‘including cutting'lcrewg at the head works, will make it pos- sible; Longview seemed at first to be & suburb of Kelso, but the Lon, Bell Lumber company, whose pr¢ ject the town is, hint that Kelso m: be the. suburb of the new lumber city.” The city, mills, track yards, log -ponds, storage yards and dock area will cover nearly 3,000 acres. Three -miles of. the water front lie on the Cowlitz river, seven miles on { the Columbia river, with deep water fo the sea for shipping lumber e by vessel, and three railroads to ~ carry the lumber by land, ° e’nhe ity swnichl will fouse the 4,000 lumber workers and the 15, 000 people who will be attracted t itp: environs, was planhied and is being .built in model fashion. The hyndreds of home plots will sport no “pattern” housés, but “every little g t o uouUBUL B 3ATY [[14 0] B ?()gntnnéd on Page 4 westdm . Washington, is fhe new| 7 “Latest Love the seeds for the legal V. Brewster 8 POlncare And MuSSo!ini In _LOn d difficulties in T0 DECORATE BEMIDYL | STREETS FOR CHRISTMAS ¢ — Bemidji streets will ‘be decorated for Christmas; = A real, honest-to- goodness Santa’ Claus has been found. He will bring the Christmas trees into Bemidji mext Tuesday, so that the - business men can plant them along the White Way. The Santa Claus is Joe Morris 'who has a farm about three-quar- ‘ters of a mile west of the city, loaded ‘with * Christmas trees. He will cut ‘and haul ‘them to town, if the busi- nesg nen will make’use of them. ' At Wednesday’s = luncheon it is planned to secure . a’committee to carry’ out Miss “Stjnton’s’ idea of decorating the ets. It will doubtless instill allwho come here with the hoiday spirit and add much o do ‘shopping. in Bemidji for the holidays SALISBURY TRIAL IS . <] 3 © | Montevideo, Min: ntroduction ‘of witnessés by whose testimony it was sought to show that Elsie Salisbury was violently jealous of Oscar’ Erickson, the state rested’ its case at 11 this moming after a ‘recess of a day following Miss Salis- bury’s collapse in court Tuesday af- ternoon. She was able to appear again this morning and the trial was resumed at 9:15 2. m. Mrs. Maude #amlin, Miss Salisbury’s closest friend, testitied as a witness for the! state that Elsie used to say Oscar| Fumiliated her before other girls, A few nights before the murder, Mrs. Hamlin testified, she had becn with Elsie at the movies and had observed that .she was more than ordinarily nervous and was watching Erickson | 'viho was present with two other girls. RESUMED AGAIN TODAY, ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS LINING UP FOR 1924 Rumblings of Bitter Fight Between Wets and Drys Now Being Heard Springfield, Ill, Dec. 9 (United Press).—Rumblings of a bitter fight between the “wets” and “drys,” over the privilege of naming the speaker of the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, which convenes here early in January, already are being heard. . The “drys,”aided by the state ad- ministration forces, elected a “dry’™” speaker two-years ago. The Illinois Anti-Saloon always has denied it had an understandig with the state ad- ministration on the speakership and on certain legislation, but the “wets” insist such an_agreement was carried out. . At the November elections the “wets” gained considerable strength and say they have enough votes to name a speaker regagdless of any combination betweeen the Anti-Sa- 1loon League and the state adminis- tration forces, Less talk is heard among promi- nent Republicans of the state these days about impeachment of Governor Len &mall for wlleged misuse of state funds while he was state treas- urer: The strength developed by the Democrats in the November elections has convinced the state G. 0. P. Jeaders that another bitter internal qudrrel, such as |an impeachment certainly would arouse wonld en- danger the Republican state ticket two years hence and might swing Tllinois into the Democratic column nationally. . -'would be expetted:from miles around Building To Be Large Next Year, According To Babson’s Forecast SHOW IN MARCH - i Local Auto and - Accessories | Dealers Are Interested in Suggested Plan LAST YEAR’S BUILDING IS DOUBLED THIS YEAR Declares High Rents Probably Have Passed Peak; Urge.l Surburban Expansion At a meeting of several of Be- midji’s automobile dealers and re- tailers of accessories held Friday, a plan for an automobile show to be held in Bemidji the latter part of March or the first part of April was advanced and indications are that all.of the deelers will look favorably on the plan. Wilbur Lycan, manager of the new armory, is argely respon- sible for the suggestion, although local dealers have had such an ex- hibition in mind for several years. It now appears that some definite action will soon be taken for such a show, which will likely be held for three days and three nights at the new armory. The plan is that every line of cars represented in Bemidji to be on exhibit at the ar- mwory, together with exhibits by the accessory dealers and tire dealers. 'A program of some sort would likely be given for the entertainment of those attending. During the ev- ening, music of some sort would be | provided, the extent of the program | to depend largely on the number of dealerg taking part. Since it is felt that the coming spring is sure to wit- nesg a heavy demand for automo- biles of the lines now handled in Bemidji, which include pyactically all of the well-known and medium priced cars, such a show is sure to prove very popular and is practic- ally sure to résult in' the sale of more cars than usual. Visitors Wellesley Hills, Mass. December 9. —There has been much discussion of late as to whether the building boom has spent itself, Roger W. Babson evidently doesn’t doesn’t think it has. In comnienting today on the building outloothe called attention to several bullish' factors. “New building,” says Mr. Babson, “is the outsbanding feature of our businesg recovery. It is what started us on the road to better business. Never before in the history of the country have so many new houses been ‘built as in the first ten months of 1922, For every house buik 1922, For every house that was built in 1921, two have been built this year. Last year in twenty-seven northeast- ern states of the country we spent $688,000,000 for homes; this year we have already spent 1,029,000,000, and when the gong rings on Decem- ber 31, the total will very likely show 100 per cent more than in 1921.. “This building revival is not con- fined to houses either. House build- ing has bcen the most spectacular, but we have also built many more offices, factories, -schools, hospitals, churches, amusement thalls, public roads, bridges, reservoirs, memorials, in fact, all kinds of construction. (Continued on Page Four) BETTER EDUCATION WEEK '0BSERVED BY KIWANIANS Superintendént We:nt Tells* of Conditions in Bemidji Public Schools and with this in view the show will likely to be held at such a time as the roads are passabe for the! farmers without any great inconvenience. Arrangements for display may be (made with [Vipbur jLiycan! it the Markham hotel, manager of the ar- mory, who is taking an active part in the promotion of this plan to give ‘Bemidji a first-class auto show in every respect. CLEMENCEAU IN PHILADELPHIA iCarries His Fight For France to Cradle of American Liberty, Philadelphia Better Education Week was ob- served by the Kiwanis ¢lub at their regular noon-day luncheon meeting :e]d at the Elkg club rooms Thuts- ay. The invitations sent out by A. C. Johnson, acting chairman for his committee, stated that “It is un- doubtedly proper that such a week should be celebrated by the club af- ter the spelling mateh held two weeks ago.” One of the members who stayed on his fet the longest during the spelling match, objected to the assertion that the club members needed better education along spell- ing lines. His objection was refer- red to the grievance committee, with power to act. Supt, J. C. West, of the local schoolg did give the club a better (By United Presr) Philn(tligfih‘i:‘ If: ?)?cdf("’id(),mrg“ cducu.tif)u on some local conditions | Clemoncenu, the. Tiger, today pertaining to the schools in a short snappy addresg in which he brought out tatistics to show 'that Bemidji takeg a very high place in educatin- al circles, having but 28 illiterates against 370 for some other cities in the state of the same'population. Other ecducational meatters were touched upon that were a revelation to the club and hearty applause in- dicated that Mr. West had pleased his hearers. Beth Evans Yaple entertained the club with a group of songs rendered in her usual pleasing manner. . The resuits of the nomination for officers for the coming year were read and will be voted on at the next meeting. » brought his fight for France to the cradle of America liberty. The 81- year-old French war premier is now on the last lap of his strenuous cam- paign for the return of America to the councilg of Europe and the side of France, He is undoubtedly {eeling the strain of his impassioned pleas for his country but he is pasing it off with indignant growls through his sabre-toothed white moustache. When the special car, Bethlchem, owned by Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate who loancd it to Clem- enceau for the latter's American tour, arrived in Philadelphia before dawn this morning, the Tiger, who has slept late when he is still in bed ! at 5:00 a. m., seemecd "undismayed at hig 2pparent failure in Washington to secure a favorable response from the government to his appeal. The Tiger, however, seemed to be greatly cncouraged -by President Harding’s statement in his message to congresy yesterday that he hoped pacts to preserve peace similar to the four-power Pacific - treaty of the | Washington conference would be (Continued on Page 6) TO TAKE UP U. §: LAND§ Washington, Dec.79. (United Press).—Although government fig- ures indicate there is a gemeral movement from the farms to the cities, the annual reporf of the Genl eral Land office made public today shows that during the last year “there hag been no Talling ‘off in the desire of our people to secure homes and farms on the public domain.” Homestead entries during the period took 367,153 acres * from the public domain of which- 7,070,- 175 were for stock raising. Many veterans of the world war took up homesteads. The report warns that the supply of pudlie lands is’ diminishing ‘and Thirteenth street and Beltrami urges that no legislation be passed to enlrance to the basemontlincicase this demand, unless it pro- ough the front approaci off for the greatest possible use ain vestibule. 5 | ———— {WILL HOLD SERVICES IN NEW CHURCH. BASEMENT Beginning Sunday, December 10, "all services of the Trinity Evangeli :cal Lutheran dhurch, Rev. Fr i pastor, will be conducted in the 'ment of the new church, corne is the m: et PEOPLE STILL EAGER - =