Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 13, 1922, Page 1

‘vt 103 sl of ‘Dot w8 . nas.the. lazgest circulation . im N:Rfillrl l}lnnuoh VOLUME XX: NO. 201 ' e et BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 13, 1922 S% ‘ I;Ennemm: Snow WEATH 4 a d % nnii::;': and’ ay. armer . toni and in eust Tharsday. investigating “'Pierce Butler , to be assus be made; to the $énate within a few days. GOVERNORS MAY ASK FOR | BLANKET COMBINE RIGHT Fourteenth Annual Meeting of Governors Opens Three-Day Conference Tomorrow Wickersham and Gompers are | Listed as Star Witnesses " in Daugherty Hearing . §. Prohibition Commissioner Admits that Biggest Fight GOMPERS ADMITS THAT MURDER AND BRIBERY _ . ¢ LABOR IS BEHIND MOVE IN WET AND DRY WAR Dishénést Dry Agents Called Big Obstaclé ito Proper Judiciary C:mmittee Charged -With' Stifling Evidence in “Secret Hearing” Enforcemént of Law White Sulphur Springs, W..Va, 57 Dec.,13 (United Press).—A move: e f ment to obtain blanket rights'" S Pl Bl states to elect “‘combinations” and | enter into agreements for concerted action on certain industrial-and eco- ‘nomic problems probably will be got under way at the fourteenth annual conference of State governors and governors-elect meeting here for: '3 days starting tomorrow, according.to Miles C. Riley, secretary of the con- ference. ‘ A Federal constitution now pro- hibits the commonwealths from en- tering into agreements ‘“except. by permission of Congress.” Granting of this required .permission some- 4 fimesv,delngs impel?:tive action by {ppointed an unfit man to hold a po- the states for an uncomfortable per- [Sition of trust. i 3 The governors tentative proposal | p ey glleged jury fixing in the (By. James T. Kolbert) (United Press: Staff. Correspondent) " CHAPTER I hington, . Dee. . 13.—America still ig unconverted to absolute. pro- hibjtion: X : Pour years: of: legal prohibitio have failed to dry up the American Dry leaders here who are federal prohibition énforcement agents ad- admit it privately. Wet adhérents. prochaim it trium- ublicly. . ~ Drys; “howeyer, profess to see steady progrésy towzrd the goal des- tribed by Royal Haynes; federal prohibition commissioner, as - the “changed moral -and psychological ‘Washington, Dec. 13—Hearing in ithe . Daugherty impeachment ‘pro- ceedings ‘was resumed : today with former Attorney General ' Wicker- sham and President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor scheduled as-star witnesses. Wickersham' is the trump =ard of Refresentative Keller of Minnesota, author” of the impeachment resolu- tion, 0 charges that in the person of William J. Burns, chief of ‘the it Fedeéral Bureau of Investigation, Daughaerty knowingly and wilfully new wmakers Facing Busy wife, of the secretary of wife of the colon! -gmbassador. Ex_lgh‘n’d’s Political Hestesses o a/are, the wives ot six’ important members ‘of the Tiew -British/ t who will preside over the important dinners to be given in London during the current season. Upper row, left to right, Viscountess «of the foreign secretary; Mrs. L. C, Amery, wife of the first Bdmiralty, ‘and Lady Lloyd-Graeme, wife of the president of the .Board of 'Irade.. Below, left to right, the Duchess of Sutherland, the air ministry; the Duchess of Devonshire, ial! secretary, and the Marchioness of Crew, wito of the to France.” . - ;:;oi!::er:j;e:: h:s Y:n};?w fc:}: Oregon Land Fraud case, was read gress to pass legislation allowing before :the House Judiciary commit- |, states to effect combinations on cer- t:; 0%"%:’;9“’{0;?; a t;};e g.j:r::" tain general types of problems, gnd sonal ‘testimony in the matter. Contihued P: 8 {Coniifited ‘on Fage.8) " Gompers is called by Representa- I 'tive Keller to testify that he called B(,NDSARESUGGESTED the record in'the Oregon jury cae to Daugherty’s attentiori in' 1912 : 'l'0 SPREAD ROAD C(B'IS and urged him not to appéint Burns. State Highway Commissioner jglon, Dec. ko a’ in W - | mission it the full power o e ts. Wayto - Let E.el’, ‘American. Federation of Labor has ! 3 tic been thrown into the attempt to im- b Attorney General - Daugherty “{Continued on Page 2) " HOME ON LINER PARIS viewpoin” .- - rets ‘insist that the :reaction ag- ainst prohibition ‘now is in full swing. oth Kides hrvé vast arrays of sta. tistics to -support- their conténtions. They have analyzed the results of the last: congressional elections to-- suit. their differing viewpoint. s The Association against the Pro- ‘hibition Amendment, the most pow- | single wet organization, holds the .defeat of a number of dry Chicago, (By United Press) . ‘Washington, Dec. 13—Wrank ad- here. elatioh ToF 3 roturn T jori days. .7 3 ‘tHe: arther-hand the, drys argue their continued control of co is/ sufficient evidence of * the ngs. : Highway: bond issues. alone will allow the state -to-apportion to each year. its ‘proportionate- cost of ‘bridges, grading and other perma- nent road improvements, Charles M. Babcock, -state -highway commis- left in the FIFT¥ CHICAGO FAMILIES FORCED FROM APPARTMENT BY EARLY MORNING FIRE (By United Press) liies scantily clad were Torced to flee from their -homes weather early today when fire destroyed-a four-story apartment Omne jwoman, Mrs. Hulda Smit){ was reported ‘missing. The fire was. discovered by a taxi-cab. driver, ;who ‘enteréd the byildirg—and ‘poundeu” “at " the apartment doors. clothing, many tenanis fled to the street, swept by biting winds in temperature néar zero. . Alice Calrson, by firemen. The damage was es- Dec. 13—Fifty fam- in zero Clad in night ||' 2° “gormer bulletin, 10, who was building, was rescued - { HIGHWAY TOLLS WOULD | BE BIG IN MINNESOTA' Minnesotan Applies Toll Rates of Southern State to Minnnesotaa Minnesota could collect more than $5,000,000 a month by applying on its 7,000 miles of trunk highways the road and bridge tolly collected on 8 road in a certain southern stats; resident of Minnesofa .writes in the state trunk highway “With a few friends, I recently :made an automobile trip to a town , 30 miles away to se¢ a foothall game 1and we paid $2.10 in road and bridge Session Next Month State:Legislature To.i i Faee A Mass of Bills AtMeetingJanua: EDUCATION OF ALIENS URGED BY SEC DAVIS Secretary of Labor Declares Government Must Give Big Problem Attention CALLS CITIZENSHIP OF FEDERAL CONCERN Would Have Aliens Enrolling Pay Fees to Provide for Necessary Education Washington, Dec. 13—Enrollment and education of America’s seven million aliens that they may be made rezdy for citizenship was proposed by Secretary of Labor Davis in his annual report just made public. The secretary declared that the gov- ernment must come to know the alien must be made acquainted with the principles and aims of govern- ment in the United States. Setting forth the problem of the alien with- in our gates, the Secretary said: “One of the problems before the American people ig the proper care and education of the approximately 7,000,000 of naturalizable aliens in the United States—potential citi- zens, This is one of the tasks o be accomplished by the Bureau of naturalization. I will nbt say that these standards are too low, though when we consider the great privilege we confer when granting citizen- ship . they are none too high. If the present standards were strictly re- i quired, our difficulties, so far as they arise from foreign-born citizens, would be pretty well eliminated. The ptoblem’of eradicating the false doctrines of radicalism in America would be no nearer solution if we [More Than a Thousand Biils * Likely to be in Hopper After First Week EXPECT CONTEST FOR CONTROL OF SENATE Four Women to Occupy Seats In House "for the Firsts( Time in History (By United Press) - §t~ Paul, Dec. 13—The Minnesota legislature will face a mass of bills when it convenes January- 2, £ With unofficial committee . busy Ira;ning house bills, and a number of legislators putting together pet, mea- sures, they probably will be mote than a thousand bills in the hopper by the end of the first week of the session. When the house convenes, "W. I, Nolan, Minneapolis, speaker of the last two legislatures, will be’ reelect- ed speaker by about 80 - votes, his suppotters claim. It will be the sec- ond time in the history of the state that cne man has served as speaksr in three successive legislatures. . Nonpartisans are expected to: put up a candidate. It ‘may be ‘€.’ M. Iverson, of Grant county, A. B. Cole or Nels T. Moen, of Fergus- Falls, Louis C. Spooner of Bigstone coutity is another possibility -~ Obcar “Swih- son of Nicollety may be a candidate and there is a report abroad that L. J. Barnes, Duluth, would not be dis- appointed if someone should nomi- nate him. After clection of a speaker, the house will organize and the handing out ‘of legislative jobs will begin, A young army of jobseekers will be ‘gl the job as the speaker’s gavel falls. In the senate side of the capitol, Lieut. Gov. Louis L. _Collins, il cenvene the upper honse and’a will begin between the admini®t®h: tion and new members for contrdl of the senate organization. b With 21 Nonportisan league and labor votes in the senate, and 19 other members who have .Nonparhi* (Continued on Page 8.) e * Hayh ev ) #ig fight still is ahead. Pro} sioner, asserted in.a recent address.| ... (By United Press) i 3 i . (Continued on Page 8.) Otherwise, he said, praueer!x}t highway | | New Yo:k = Dec. i 13—Georges |{ timated“a $75,000. tolls,” the letter reads. Out of curi- :;i:‘}i;‘ :l:m:;ll; t?:n e]fl;:yi aher;l f}(::’:]l- LY e e : g ' Y I 0sity, I figured what the same rat ; the soluti n_enlighten- ) v ki s ing t’he forelgn born, alien and citz- FUNERAL smv{ m ; ‘Clemenceau left for homé today on “Jusers must pay the full cost of hteir the liner Paris. Just ~before the "| own and future users’ road improve- o of 3 1-2 centg a mile would mean on the average of 710 vehicles using ien, in the privileges and duties, ments. .Bonds authorized, he added, a--fair-share of the cost of lasting betterments. ~Many of ‘which will serve .for all time, may be justly passed -on to -future generations, “Minnesota is using nearly half its current trunk construction funds to buy ' right-of-way and for grad- ing, tiling and.. other - parmanent ‘work—the .permanent foundations of the highway system,” said Mr. [Confifmed on Page 2) ship! sailed, Clemenceau was asked for‘a last message o the people of the: United "States. © “Not now,” he said. “I shall give you my last word when 1 come back.’ “When will that be?” he was asked. > “When I am dead,” he said. “My ghost will c6me back to deliver my message.” Many of the people who met him | when he first arrived here were there to say good-bye. Charles Dana Gib- son, at. whose home he stayed in New York, Bernard - Baruch, frank M. { Polk, Col. . Stephen Bonsal, -Col. House and Dr. Le Clercq were on hand. lection of-officers’dnd_plank. for Clifistmas work ‘occupied the bulk of w=5-gaasion of jthe American Legion Auxiliary -of the-Ralph -Gracie post held -in the rooms of the Civic and Commerce association Tuesday even- ing. :Mrs. R, B, Lycan:was elected President. for-the ensuing. year to succeed i Mrs.. - T:: C. ley. Miss Edith- Glasgc was “élected. vice- president; Mrs. Earl: Thurber, frea " ‘Mire¥, and Mrs. J. Breunig, Mrs. -A. P, White and Mrs. J. D. Winter to The -sec- tomorrow. the exgoutive ;committee tetary i to be:appointed. J. L. LEWIS IS SUMMONED BEFORE COAL COMMISSION (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 13—John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, has been sum- moned to appear before the federal Fact Finding Coal Commission here The call to Lewis followed several days of examination by the commis- sion of prominent operators Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. | The comymission summoned the op- erators and Lewis in an effort to bring about an agreement to avert a possible coal strike next year. the so-called Babcock Minnesota auto tax payers from (Continued on Page 8.) roads back home. The totals of $174,950 a day or $63,491,750 a year may afford <« something to think about and tolls here may partly explain why this state with more than $100,000,000 for roads is starting to pull itself out of the mud and abolish the tolls.” The ‘bulletin adds an example of ‘how Minnesota car owners are not obliged to take generally antiquated toll schedules to figure big savings on better” roads.. Nearly 850,000 cars- and trucks owned in the state and averaging 5,000 miles each, it LAUSANNE MEET Platig for bringing Christmas pleagures to the ex-sérvice men co fl.fle:s to Lake Julia and the Walker; e o e i o gk na s were .discussed and “the “onit ia Lo assist as much as possible, | D P eaterda z: ‘addition .to ‘loeal wd‘far‘e) work: Dml.o'm. » Y y's in Bemidji for t!xe lun_eral. Mr. Following the businéss meetirg, a| Raid on Dope Ring May : Omich preceeded his wife in death a junch was served.. The meeting, Give Needed Light Curzon Notifies Tnrks That|few years ago. i eek & fonday. evening,:was-quite | 4 o f F‘ g eii- ! i rom Opposition dent, she and her husband having i O T § sem;d here in the early days. She well attended. d : tion of the baffling Wm. Desmond Taylor murder case may be re-open- ‘ed in connection with ® raid on the ‘headquarters of -alleged nation.wide dobe ring in New York yesterday, Hi0LDS PROPOSED MERGER m NOT VIOMTELAW authorities said today. o . -Officers ‘still attempting to solve A3: Théra ‘teh crime are persistent_in their be- lief that Taylor, prominent moving pieture director, .was slain by per- sons_from a dope ring because he selling 1 @OLLY, EVERYBODYS ACTIN’ XIND OF ‘FUNNY ROUND HERE- {75 REEP OUT OF THAT CLOSET OR | DONT €0 IN THIS &Y i - - Washington, * Dec. sééms to -be no occasion: for action &t the -present -time”, Secretdry of 'Air_l_cul'urg Wallace declared in a tatement ‘gn’.the pmfpse(_i atquiring hy@m% Cou-.6f ‘the BoFris & Cho. packin sk ¥ ‘dotics to prominent il interests. disclosed that The New York raj ; y r 00 t:gg_to_: ot s:&‘:fmtgflse tii:’e the ring had raml_i?:gtioxia in 1 @ 0'4 A#D STAy question. The Tirks must decide SRR e — £ "‘ifl‘ 3 f s € 5810, | wood, according to reports from Ne T OF THERE quickly, the English foreign secre:| New York, Dec. }3—New political, by not present an ap-tiyr police and federa! officjal tary sald, whether to join the League|activity by Woodrow . Wil W, who said they confirmed the report, | | of ‘Natfonls or Yefuse its assistance fheld hereitoday when it Wag annourie- claiming- they have . the names ot' in g’le“;l':{en E:n sett;emgm‘ Pk ;d the Jaw ,p:xrmarshig,‘yeewgg&'g:: ] ight inent 3fars, reatening “ sbandonment of [former precident and, nbridge Sant, ool ovicy. TR R0 the confefence, Curzon asserted he|Colby, former , sccietary m )g state, h 5 ;' & Co., he expected 1 able ‘to ‘add” largely to'the Volutie 'of business of Armour & 'Co., and effect large ecomo- mies in the administration of that business.'” 'he secretary held that the propos- al did rot' viclate the packer control l|w~wll.th wids reuglatory in nature. b 3. M | were among the dope purchasers. LOCAL :MASONS ‘TG VISIT WAILKER LODGE TONIGHT Between 20 and”30 members: of the Bemidji lodge of A. F. & A. M. left late this afternoon on an extra freight over the M. & I. for Walker 3 ot attend a meeting of the lodge to- §tnmshitp, Manchester. Spinner, is |night. This visit i§ in return. for ashore on -Long Island pounding in |the recent visit of Walker here. The the heavy seas, accordifig to an S. O. | Waiker lodge is conferring third de- S. inteftepted here early today. ' gree work on a large class tonight. Boston, Dec. 18—The British \ rights and responsibilities which at~ tach to citizenship, and the nature and methods of government of a republie, with' emphasis upon the natural changes which may be brot about thtough evolution by means of the ballot. “To put across such a program there mist be method—a systematic and automatic means of bringing the alien into contact with the Govern- ment in a friendly spirit of coopera: (Continued on Page 8.) MIGHT BREAK UP Lausanne, Switzerland, Dec. 13— Marquis Curzon, in behalf of the allies, toddy notified the Turks that the Near East conference here will be abandoned unless the Kemalists recede from their opposition to' al- lied demands for the protection of Christian minorities in Turkish ter- ritories. ' Matquis Curzon said the Turks would only be ‘to blame if the con- ference breaks up on the minority did 8o with’ the full agreement of France and Italy. Ambassador Childs had previonsly declared in behalf of America that Christians in the Near East must be protected as well as the interests of the United States. It is understood that the confercnce will suspend immediately if the Turks do not change their attitude. " Lethbridige, Alberta—The govern- ment herd of antelope at Foremost, has_increased from 50 animals in 1918 to 130 at the present time. FOR MRS. OMICH TUESDAY Funeral services were held Tues- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Presbyterian church for Mrs. P. . Omich, 76 years of age, who pass- ed away after an extended illneis, Sunday night at/her home, 109 1r- vine avenue south. Rev. L. P. War- ford, pastor of the church, officiated at the services, Interment was made in Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Omich had been ill for the Past three months but the last few - days before her death found het con- dition very serious. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. G. E. Car~ son and Mrs. W. N. Weber of this city, and Mrs Grace Young of Port- land, Ore. Two sisters 'also _suy- vive, one living in Michigan and the other in Denver, Colo. Dean Rog- ers of Minneapolis, a grandson, was has a large number of friends. in with her family A large numiber this vicinity who mourn her death. cf friends gathered at the church Tuesday to pay their laat,rqb.‘ec(s and as an expression of sympathy for the family. The floral offer- ings were beautiful. BELIEVE THAT WILSON NAY RE-ENTER POLITICS - will be terminated December31st. “As the result of a steady gain'in his (Wilson’s) health during the last few months, hc is turning his enet- gies once more to subjects which have long invited him, the import- ance of which cannot be estimated,” an announcement by Colby said. This statement, combined with the | fact that Wilson’s health has rapidiy imoroved of late 2nd the interest he |manifestcd in the democratic victory is regarded as highly significant by poitieal leaders. . s R i