Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 23, 1922, Page 1

*"Pasha; Turkistidal prizes.. 3 “‘Ploneey is' the only daily /100 miles ot Bemidji and The within ¢ nps the Iargest eirculation 1i» Northern Minnesots, . VOLUME XX. NO:. 210 o o e 1 EMIDJI DAILY PIONEER s EUROPEISNOT A Bloody Christmas is Feared In Ireland - if Present TURKS AND CHRISTIANS DEADLOCKED AT PARLEY Turks Are Apll;’el.le,d f;, to Feel the Christmas ‘Spirit and Make Concessions (By United Press) (By George McDonaghue), Dublin, Dec. 23—Persons on rail- road property without authority were ordered shot on the spot .today by the Free State as the result of fresh out- breaks of incendiarism and bombing by republican insurgents. : A bloody. Christmas was feared if the rebels ignoreithe ultimatum that four of their number, held as pris- oners and. condemned to death, would be executed if the - outrages were continued. Free -State ~ troops ~continued to swarm Trepublican strongholds. Eight civilians, including a mother and her daughter, were ~wounded when in- surgents 'in a motor , lorry raced through Cork bombing the streets. One man was killed and two wo- men and a Free State private were wounded when government troops at- - tacked former republicans in:a-Dor- set street stronghold. Lausanne, Switzerland, Deé. 28— Christmas finds the Turks and Christ- ians deadlocked in the ‘Near East peace confercnce over: the rights of the Christian minority in- Turkish ter- ritory. d =8 The conference was adjourned over - the holidays, Marquis Curzon remain. | ing here to keep in t°‘§,‘2§‘\;‘¥h§h Ismet -ing will be resumed Tuesday- ? At the final sesslon before ad- journment, the Frénch delegate, La Roche, appealed tothe Turks to feel the Christmas spirit‘and make con- cessions. SEgie “The Turks ‘don’t ‘give Christmas presents,” retorted Riza Nur Bey. CURRIE BOY DIES; TO “HOLD FUNERAL SUNDAY Jack -Currie, the nine-year-old.son of Mr. and Mrs. William A; Currie, 1217 Bemidji avenue, passed away ut about 11 o‘clock Friday night-at|. .. b é ence, The largest ' turkey wia the Bemidji Luthergn hospital -after{yo04 and the candle was put.in the dergoing and operation. He was| i g0y readyito beé lit tomorrow ky un ill only a short time; first being taken 4l last © Sunday. - Jack was,born on February 15, 1918 and would have | ;4on¢ ceven miles from home and the reached his tenth birthday next Feb- Tuary- : Funeral services are to be_held on Sunday afternoon &t ~2:30 at the Presbyterian church under the dir- ection of Rev. L. P. Warford, pastor. Interment will be made in Green- wood cemetery under the direction of M. E. Ibertson, ‘funeral divegtor- .: The deceased leaves to muurn his death hig father and :mother, one brother, Archie, and-one gister, Grace || ‘besides a host of : Httle ‘friends:and all who knew him and the family. The family has the sympathy of the | entire commuhity. ment. g FRANK HIGBE WINS, F/D2™ PRIZES ON ‘HIS POULTRY Frank Higbe:won all first prizes on his Rose Comb. Reds and White Crested Polish at Park Rapids at the poultry show held ‘there this past week. He recently’ exhibited at Hines,” where he won-a number o‘f “in?this’ ‘bereave- s WILLIAN CLISH HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE Th m Clish in Fifth ¥ troyed by fire ‘# about 1 o‘clog supposedly causd the furn- ace mily were asle e time and the ifire was first. jced coming froth the furnace The -fire department- was immediately sum- moned but the bildipg. could -not s It is undérstood that the is partly covered by insurance. a small part of-the household the 'build, Mish is the pr . harber shop on Beltrami avenue, and is.a member of the fire department. ate... The meet- |- ’ | rough”, and protect their nationals, General Haller, hero’ Witr, is _now the center of .political upheaval in Poland. He has been accused of instigating the murder of President Narutowicz. Most of the recent arrests have been of of-' ficers in Haller’s army. PRODIGAL SON Christmas Eve Candle in Home of Aged Parents is Not to ‘Be Lighted TbitYng:" 23—1} Buckingham, Pa., Dét. candle that has burned-every Christc mas eve in the window of Frank aht 'Ma Hampton's little farm home for the last 20 years to greet:the pridi- gal son will not be lit Sunday night. Twenty years ago, Absalom Hamp- ton left home to sek his fortune. Every Christmas Eve, a candle was set in the window'of the: little farm home to welcome him home, bit he never returned. This year, a'leter was received by the ‘aged parénts from.their boy. .He was.coming home. - - The span of 20 years made no dif- t. He was ‘killed in an auttiobile ac= candle will not-be:lit. CAPTIVES ATTEMPT T0 Eigix‘t or,'l;m Muuonhr Who Haveé Been C-pturiri ke MARSHALL By RAY G. Peking, Dec. 23.—The eight or ten missionaries who have been tap: tured- by: Chiinese bandits are. takini partly as a great religious adventure. The -bandits are pleasafit, give the hostages their best. quarters and best food as they move along and permit their families to send theém letters, food, books and clothes. That part of it.is arjoke , 3 The. great~ adventure consists in their-attempting fo_convert. the ban- dits and they have been successful in some instances, according 10 re- ports,’ % While capturing missiondries is comparatively common in China_the bandits don’t usually take seven in one month.- Accordingly, the. situa- tion is no joke for the niinisters of foreign powers. 7 The powers tell China forcibly to go get the prisoners. The Chihese government delivers the dltimgtum to the bandits who reply that i ate tacked they will kill the pri Families of the prisoners weep' ahd ask the ministers to go easys The tell - the iminsters to “treat 'em: In the meantime the bandits and their captives journey from one place (Contirued on Page 2) .| vestors who would base future plans | been:marked by a scarcity of labor ternoon :with*the assembly session, whigh had many visitors in attend- ance- ‘artistically arranged in the auditor- jum for decorations, and an enter- |- ‘their captivity partly as a:joké and| plers. | foreigners who are not in captivity ] Roger Bubson Advises keeping Costs Down; High Costs May Mean’ No Dividends GENERAL BUSINESS SAGS SLIGHTLY, IN PAST W%~ Current Reaction of \ * Cent is Blamed Ag;.$ Increase’ in Failures: Weleslay ' Hills,’ Mass., Dec..23.— Commenting ‘on the present scarcity of skilled }abor in certain lines, Rog- er'W. Babson today issued a distinct warning to. both executives and in- on pregent conditions. “The last six months of 1922 have in‘many lines,” says Mr. Babson “particularly common labor and the skileld building trades. Employment conditions the country over have im- proved in these months. There has, therefore, (been 'a general tendency on the part of labor to seek increas- ed wages, to consent to their stabil- jzation at the-present or the preced- ing levels; - THs situation is likely to continue for.the first six months of 1928, going far enough to cover the usual wage settlements which come up in the spring. [ “Employers, therefore, are going to,be confronted with demands which if ‘granted, will of necessity mean in- creased -production costs. In 1917 ind 1918 we were in a similar po- tion. .-Labor -was getting scarce; business was ;xunning along briskly, and the: demand for increased. wages i (Continued on page -2) %HMJDAY VACATI The Bemidji public schools closed for_the holiday season yesterday\_af— Pine trees and wreaths were taining Christmas program was given consiting of the following numbers: two selections by the high school or- chestra, ‘saxaphone solo by Charles Vandersluis , accompanied by Miss Helen, Lahr, he responding to two encores; Christmas reading by Miss Doris McCrady and the singing of the Christmas carols by the high school glee club under the direction of Mrs. Beth Evans Yaple. The remainder of the afternoon wag devoted to the distribution of gifts by Santa Claus, ‘namef having been previously. drawn that none would be overlooked and many of the.gifts were selected with a view, of creating fun and jolity. An enjoyable afternon was the result. Hore ave: shown ths oldest g;mu'vmnn:; Pret M. Stedman 2 members of each: party in the present n sident ‘Harding. * They are, left: to right, famous " Cannon; the oldest Republican, and his’ less well-known friend, of N. Carolina, the oldest Democrat. The Hirst ®.- And it came. to pass in those il days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the | world should be taxed. And all went to be taxed, ev- ery one into his own city. i And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Naza- reth, into Judea, upto the city of David, which'is ¢alled .Bethlehem, with Mary, his espoused wife. _ And so it was that, while they # were theré, the days were accom- i plished. And she brought forth her first- # born son and wrapped him in #l swaddling clothes, and laid him in i a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn: And there was“in the same il country shepherds abiding in the { field, keeping watch ‘over = their | flock by night. And, lo, the: angel of the Lord § ‘camig- upon'.them, ‘and-the' glory ¥ of the Lord shone aroufid-about them; and they were sore afraind. And-the angel -said- unto them, Fear not; for behold I bring you # good tidings of great joy, which § shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David; a saviour which is Christ, the Lord. 2 Christmas , And this shall be a sign unto thee; Ye shall find the babe wrap- ped in swaddling clothes, lying 1 a ‘manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav- enly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and oh earth peace; good will toward men . And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us go even un- to Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hdath made known-to us. And they came with haset and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. i And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which is told them concerning this : child. And' all “they . that herrd.ik. wonderéd™ at’ thoge things which¥ ‘were told them by the shepnerds But Mary kept all these things® and ‘pondered them in her heart. And'the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for ail the things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. (From the Gospel by St. Luke.) GLEE CLUBS UNABLE TO VISIT. ALL THE STORES After singing all day, and evening, the Boys and Girls Glee clubs of the Bemidji high school were unable to fill their schedule last evening, sev- eral of the stores which were listed for songs not being visited. Mrs. Beth Evans Yaple, director of the clubg, announces that. those stores. who were missed will be visited first of all at some future date, express- ing her regret that it was a physical impossibility for the clubs.to carry || out-the extensive schedule arranged. After singing in every corridor of the hospital and in all of the city schools, the clubs -sang in various downtown storeg from 7 to 9 o‘clock last even- ingy FREE SHOW FOR KIDDIES AT GRAND THEATRE SUNDAY A free show is being given for all children Sunday morning at 9 o‘clock at the Grand theatre, under the aus- piceg of the Women of the Moose- heart Legion. All children are in- vited to attend. (Unitad Press Staff Correspondent) | % | legislature, provisions CALL FOR SANE FOREST POLICY Alabama is Threatened With Lumbker Famine; Appeal is Made to the Govgrnor ed Press).—Alabama is threatened with a lumber famine that will re- duce thig state from the position of _|{a lumber exporter to that of an im- cording to I. T. Quinn, soner of conservation, port state, state. comm who has made a close study of lum- { | ber conditions~in Alabama. An appeal to Governor Kelly to include ip his message to the state for the en- acement of laws which will provide for the protection of state forests and for' the reforestration on lands from which timber has been remov- ed, hag been/ made by uinn in line with his program of conservation. “We are cutting our timber more “|than four times as fast as we are producing it,” Quinn said. “Only ten " | percent of what is now being cut is original growth, the other ninety . | percent is second growth and of in- ferior grade.” “In 1910, estimates indicated that [ | Alabama has 38 million feet of stand- ing long-leaf pine. The estimate of 1919 showed approximately 25,000, -1000,000 feet of timber, or a reduc- tion of 13,000,000,000 feet in pine - | timber alone during that decade.” Mobile, which in 1910 was the leading port of the world for the export of lumber, has dropped to sixth place, Quinn said in emphasiz- .| ing the uigent need of a liberal lum- Fber progran. Alabama in 1910 was the leading southern state in lumber exports. Now it is in third place. Coupled with the serious lumber famine threatening, the problem of " [what use to make of lands that will [ become bare unléss re-forested also " | confronts - [ tween fifty and the st he says. “Be- € land is classed as forest lands, and the question of how over half of the state is to be utilized in the future now presentg itself,” Quinn says. “We have approximately 6,000,000 acres of cutover lands suitable to profitable agriculture. The remain- der of the state, more than 8,000,- 000 acres, is practically worthless except for growing timber.” Measures for the prevention of ‘orest fires, which yearly destroy thousandg of feet of young growth that in time would prove a valuable (Continued on Page 2) PAGANS STARTED MOST CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS Nobody Knows for Sure That December 25 is Christ’s Birth Anniversary Many of the most modern symbols and practices of Christmas observ- ance are of distinctly pagan origip, the result of the earthly church re- conciling heathen converts by adopt- ing the more harmless features of their festivities. Nobody knows anything definit. about the origin of Christmas as a festival- time, who first celebrated it or when or how. Nobody knows 25 is the right anniversary of t's birth, ~ Celebration of birthdays was con- gidered heathenish by carly Christ- ians and it was not until after 341 A. D. that an investigation was made into the date of Christ’s birth by or- der of Pope Julius. This sct the date at Dec. 25, although many sections celebrated Jan. 6, April 20, Marca 29 and May 20. Pope Julius set’ the date as Dec. 25 and established the festival at 3ome at that time. This is the date for the winter solstice toward spring, which for centurtes before Christ, had been established by Druids and Lother pagans as the “chief festival of the year. Mistletoe wag the object of special veneration with the Druids and was gathered with great ceremony in De- cember. It survived in Christmas ob- servance with the kising of a relic of the Saturnalia of the ancients. gan in the Druidic bonfires celebr: ing the Yule festival, Additional Troops Are Called toRegion Where Dead Men Are Found —O Montgomery, Ala,, Dec. 23 (Unit—‘ y per cent of the |, Authority of the Law at Grip: With Mysterious Hooded Band in Louisiana BODIES OF TWO VICTIMS TAKEN FROM LAKE Trocps Surround Hooded Men Before Bodies Are Removed; Trouble Began Aug. 24 (Ry United Press) Mer Rouge, La., Dec. 23—A whole- 'sale round-up of the terrorists” in Arizona, Mississippi and Louisiana was promised today by state and fed- eral authorities probingz the murder of two men by a masked mob. Many men prominent in’ this section will be included in the list of 20 or mufe persons -charged with - complicity {n kidnapiffg and killing of Watt Din- fels and- Thomas‘ Richardg ‘last Aug- ust. Licenses automobiles of : the hooded gang were ' ascertained. in | Arkansas and Mississippi and have furnished information on which of- ficials probably can round up the memberg today. of (By United Press) Mer Rouge; La., Dec. 23—Addit- ional troops convened today upon Morehouse parish where in the region of muddy lakes and swamps, the du- thority of the law is at grips with a ' mysterious hooded organization with the power of life and death over its vietims, . A machine gun company is en route from New Orleans and two companies of infantry are on the way. They will be posted in every public building along every road and trail ‘while federal agents run’down the hooded terrorists.’ As the troops asemble to reinforce those already on the ‘ground, the de- composed bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards lie in a lodge room here . awaiting - examination by sur- (Continued on page 2) 'COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS - TREE ERECTED FRIDAY Bemidji again has a community Christmas tree, which will be largely for decorative purposes. A large evergreen tree of rare beauty has been furnished free of charge by the Crookston Lumber Co., and was transported to the M. & I. depot by that concern without any cost to the city. The Minnesota Electric Light and Power company lis furhishing- the electrical lighting fixtures and puts them on the tree free of charge as well as furnishing the current” for lighting until after New Years Day. The tree was erected Friday dftor- noon at the corner of Fifth stroet on Belirami avenue and is causing con- siderable,_ amount of comment of a very favorable nature. 2 CANADA IS BUILDING NEW TELEPHONE LINES dmonton, Alta., Dec. 23 (United —Contractg for the construc- tion of 1,100 miles of new rural tele: phone line at an expenditure of $125,000 have been awarded by the provincial telephone department. THe mileage represented in the contracts will be spread over central and southern Alberta. The new contragts comprise the second installment of the government’s telephone building campaign during the year. Fourteen hundred miles of new telephone line ave already been completed this year on previous contracts. The cost of this work was cstimated at-$150,- 000. MERCHANTS COMMITTEE ' MEETS TUESDAY NIGHT The Merchants Committee of the Civic and Commerce asociation will meet at 0 Tuesday cvening and, following dinner, will meet in regular business session. A number of im- portant matters are to come up for discussion and it is urged that all merchants be present. f There will be no regular meet- ing of the Association on Wednesday nor will there be any meeting of the association directors Tuesday noon. The Yule Log of old England be-'of the hol - ings will be | The ree is being taken on acount da nd the regular meét. umed after the Christ, mag period.