Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 30, 1922, Page 1

- ineds as some predict? ; The Pioneer Is the oaly dafly within 100 miles. of Bemidji and iRy the “largest. circulation . im- Northém Minaesota. * - . | oo VOLUME XX. NO. 215 | MM 8QCIETY. LSORA RiC, WEATHER Minnesota: Snow tonight an in northeast portions Sunday. Cold er tonight and in East portion Sunday. 7 BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1922 PRICE 3¢ Slaki'ssfic‘iaq D es As Is Only About Half “}iy’to Progpefi!y at Prese DISCUSSES ‘PRICES AND SALES FOR' Wellesley Hills, Mass,, Dec. 30— «What's going’ to-happen in 19237 That question is, uppermost in ‘the minds ;of +1;000,000 . American _bus- inessmen ‘and; invéstors‘who are fac- ing thé problem of making plans for | the New Year:: Signs-are not clear and the usual barometers - seem ‘to contradict- one another. o S5 : In the face of this general con- fusion we had best fall back on’the facts ang figures. After a thoruuglh study of the fundamental seondi_ tions that govern our-market, Roger W. Babson today issued a statement wheih qelears “‘the air_ and furnishes a basis of .fact for your plans. “We are not ‘at a point in the business eycle,” says . Mr. Babson, “where you can get almost as many different -opinions as_there are:bus: iness men. Bome. are very: bullish for the coming year, and others can . not see much hope for business. The: reason for such-a situation is:that |- we are at present neither at the top of a‘boom nor at the depth of a de- pression. If we were at either of | e n these ~éxtremes*there; would Buld s way betweeh ‘tHe 3 “During tHe pust year United States business -has - steadily -ad- vanced "until. the ‘average for the whole country. is. what we usually call. “normal” business. Having ad-| vanced thus far; shall we immediate- 1y; continue ihto a great prosperity |, period or-shall: we go into anothér period of. depression and poor bus- “If you will only rememh’e‘;fi/ 2 five years preceding 1921 and re-| call. what an enbrmous orgy of ex- (Continued -on Page -5 AUTHORITIES CONT " HUNT FOR BOMB - Marshfield, Wis., Dec.-30—Mem- bers of the county board of Woodto 30 per'cent;.rubber 40 per cent;] county expected to meet here today; in. special session believed to be for the purpose of uppropriatinig funds with which to catry out the work of ferretingl out thpse Tesponsible’ for the sending of the bomb. which exploded and killed Mrs. James R. Chapman and seriously \vpundeil he;' llUMBER Mm m’[ husband. s CGounty - officials,\local police -au- theTities, postal inspectors and othefs | are all working on the case. Private detectives arrived late last night to take part in the investigation, aec- cording to District Attorne; ,_palk. jn§. The investigation so far .into | thie crime has brought about several new clueg and circumstantial evi- dence is pointing trongly toward.a suspect whom they expect to take into custody within a short time. BRITISH WOMAN AND MAN, 'DEATH PLOTTERS, TO DIE / (By United Press) 3 London, . Dee. s 30—Mrs. Edith Thompson and Frederick Edward By- waters will be hanged simultaneously at'9:00 Tuesday morning, January gth, for the murder of the woman’s husband, the Daily Mail announced today. The Home Secretary has de- cided to refuse the petitions for clemency, the Mail declared it learn- from official sources. Mrs. Thompson éxpects to become 4 mother early in the new year. She will be the first British woman to be' hanged in fifteen years. Bywat- er’s appeal wag accompanied by pe-| tifions so large that two motor trucks were required, to carry them to the Home Office. They contained more than a million -nanies. Thomyfson, for whose murder the couple are -to be hanged, was found Plan Dealin ‘lin“a year-endanalysis ‘and forecast i The .department of ‘commercs Ter lumber: 35 per-cent; brick 50 per g Wi ‘zad Honie for- Cripples at Cheers Up Cripples " Emile Coue, the mental heater. who is to vistt Ametlca in January, . preached good: cheer-to crippled children at the Hermitage Cratt School s at Sussex duping a tour of Zngland. De:g-rfihept of Commerce and Federal Reserve Board Seei’ 9, '&'uin'eu Prosperity ‘Washington, Deé, 80.—With| an optimism ‘based on & year of ~virile, industriale “and. - mechaniealaghieves ments, and’ the Department of Commerce of the nation’s business have united in“ptedicting/ greater prosperity for merican business:man in 1928. espite unsettled economic con- ditions abrvad and difficulties in ny domestic . industries, bo',hI oyermneigk:—'agencies' sce for Ameri- i : “total | interest-bear- of -the “céunfry ot $667,000,000 ih the ‘twelve months ending Detem- ber. 11th; blazedthe way toward the economic structare. Ldel ion zof. th ported: “basic' industridg “are incrzas- ing contrary’to the genersl:rule at is time:of ‘the year. Y “Textile mills. are-20. per cent;fiote active -this year than last. Iron steel products increased from 6 cgnt to 70 per cent. . Petroleum .15 per cent; coke:40-per cent; paper 20 automobiles, 50 per cent; leather, building construction, 50 per cent; (Continned on page 4) HONS FNE PROSECTS [ar |’(ievl'is' Now I_-f;atured‘_ by 'éaspn;i Stregg_th; New Year: Promises. Much The -holiday week is always dull in the lumber trade, and this week is no-exception. ‘Demand, however, remained ‘remarkably strong -up tF the very eve of Christmas and is expected to reassert itself even more strongly immediately after the new year. Prospects were never better for a heavy volume of business, and the lumber industry is keenly opti- mistic. - The market .is featured by unseasonal strength as the year clos- es. Retailers® stocks on the whole, are very low, due to the unusually good business that they havg enjoy- ed for some time and their hesitancy in buying before jriventories for fill- ing-in purposes. The building out- look being excellent in nearly all cities and large towns, the vards will Soon have to come forward with re- quirements_that will aggregate enor- ‘mous’quantities. _ P The agricultural situation has im- proved notably of late, and the ex- pectation is that farmers, afger sev- eral years of relative inactivity in such work, will next year undertake extensive building constraction and repairs,. which probably will be car- ried on at a pace calculated to make up mauch of the time lost. Country /dying in the arms of his wife, Oct- ober 4th. In a sensational trial, it developed that the couple had plotted hig death. yards, therefore, are also preparing for a bigger year than usual. An- he. Federal ‘Reserve;. -Board | 35 per cent; sugar, 40 per cent;{" (NORTH ATLANTIC STORM /15 SWEEPING SOUTHWARD /(By Ugitea Press) : | Bordeaux, France, Dec. 30—Ter- yific storms of sleet and snow that have .been playing havoc with ship- ping in the-North Atlantic ocean all Week have been’swept southward by a hundred-mile gale and today. were causing damage- along the lower coast of France: \ : The ’ Lufetia;: a 1400-ton® French liner; ‘was{d¥ivei into the' mouth of the “Girond ‘Tiver finalga.to' proceed ard.. ” - Plans-have been completed to hold another:chest clinic, Friday, January 5, in the .offices of Drs. Garlock & . |Gartock: Dr. R. L. Laney of Lake Julia sanatorium will be.in charge, assisted by Miss Beth MacGregor, Red Cross community nyrse, 2 ‘These- clinics have been very suc- cegsful .and much good has resulted. The need:of another was so urgént fore the resignation of Miss Mac- g ' ghort time. howisig the least symptoms of lung fouble ‘aré. urged to make appoint- menty ¢drly so that they may be car- ed for at'this tife. that it was decided to hold one be-] Gregor: takes effect, which will be: h a8 Any person | orld Crisis to 3 & \.\'d‘ X L _.xave Solved ] Light Ships, Heavy Guns ‘ ! FRENCH GOVERNMENT | _EXPERTS STUDY PLAN| ; | Utilization Would ' Practically | N.ullify Effects of Pacts | Made at Washington / By John O’'Brien (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, Dec. 30 (United ~Press).— More powerfub;than the Big Bertha which shelled Parig from a distance | of sixty niiles and capable of being used aboard warships built only for 13 1-2 inch guns, a new weapon which, it is belleved, will revolution- ize the use of aitillery in naval war- fare, is being studied by the Frerich government -experts. $ One’ of ‘the astounding features of the invention, due to the labors of tivo French scientists, is that:it elim- inates the recoil shock of the biggest guns. Utilization of the newly discov- ered principle in the armament of naval units would practically nullify the effects of the limitations imposed (Contuued on Page 4) NATION IN l"AST YEAR 'S “ M t‘lmpor*u_nt Stuce: Effact . " by En’ re lfnt:ion‘ New York, Dec:'30 (United Press)— The outstanding purely domestic feature of 1922 in thig country were the coal and rail styikes. Of these the coal strik¢ was the more import- ant, as it.was and is acutely felt by practically .the whole’ country. Thousands of people are now suf- fering from the lagk of fuel, and, aceording’ to authorities, no:inimed- {ate relief is in sight. The rail Strike, with the consequent weal of | transportation - facilitieg i art yesponsible for the present 6oal con- dition. e After numerous negotiations’ had failed the miners suspended. opera- tions on April 1. They: demanded | 4 raise in wages and the' operators | threatened a cut. The-strike affect- REVOLUTIONZE ‘'Richards. gang, and later their bodi o -dynamite blast, Diver Seeks Gang’s Victims be Fought in Congress J. D. Rooney, federal agent, at left, supérvising the search of divers in Lake LaFourche, La., fr the bodics of F. W. Daniels and T. F. The mien disappeared following their kidnaping by a hooded were brought to the surface of theJake by Right 38 'Pod Davenport, one of the men’ kidnaped. with Daniels.and Richardskand then released. COUNTY BOARD TO CPEN ANNUAL MEET M§DAY Beltrami county commrissioners court house Tuesday and a very busy meeting is apparently in store for the board. Appointment oi.a chair- man _and vice-chairman of the board and selection of county gmployees will be among the first matters to be taken up. Y j X Friday forenoon at 10 o‘clock a hearing will. be started for redis- tricting Beltrami county as the re- sult of county .division., However, it is not expected that ‘any definite action on the project willibe taken at this session, “ " ON BIG TIME SUNDAY Although the numberg’ on the pro- gram for the big annual 'New Yeéar’s Eve celebration of the ‘Bemidji Moose have been kept sceret by the comniittee in charge, the membes of the committee promise to keep their guests entertaingd Sunday evening from 7:30 to “Flappy New “Year” time—and then same. Nearly 500 invitations; or notices, have, been sent out for the party. All members 'of the Loyal.' Order' of Moose, the Women of. the: Moose- heart Legion ‘and the: Juitior Order of Moose, and their: la; ‘are invit- ad. & LT 1 ' Moose members 2 ed that ‘the first bushess méeting of the lodge for 1923 will be held B (Continued from Page‘4) next Tuesday evening. | 1 | | | (Continued on page 4) NoUNGSTER, MOHER ;- MAY PE LOOKS LIKE A ‘PE.GROW WINGS ARD NI HORNS are to meet in annual session at the |- MOOSE ARE PLANN%EN "o DA posal 1] cided to cha FRANCE ALONE Other Nations in Favor of U. S. Intervention «Washington, Dec. 30. (By A. L. Bradford. Copyrighted 1922 by the United Press.)—France alone is withholding acceptance of American interventionjin Europe. Great Brit- “wain, Germany upd some other nations ‘learned from. a feoncerned, it wa high official today, already have for- mally indicated their willingness to aceept the American proposal for an international commission of business men and financial experts to rec: commend a just and practical re- vigion of the German reparations. i The United States would be rep- resented on the commission, accord- Furope out of its present economic chios, made by President Harding and announced by Secretary of State Hughes in an address at New Haven last/ night to force a.show-down as to Avhether the United States can aid Edrope. France has not rejected the pro- withholding its attitude regarding it. but for some time has been \Tired of waiting for the facts, this government started to force the issue by -making the proposal public. Ac- cording to administration officials, it was learned that negotiations on the proposal have been carried on for nearly two months. RADIO BRINGS PLEASURE - TO NORTH WOODSMEN Upper Michigan Now Enjoy Evening Entertainment Minocqua, Wise., Dec. 30—Long dreary evenings in the lumber camps of northtrn Wisconsin and the up- per Peninsula of Michigan are things of the past. A new day has dawned for the lumberjacks—at least those employ- ¢d In several camps hear and Mar- Marquette, Michigan. No longer will the “jacks” after a hard day of labor have to sit on the edge of his bunk and “cuss” about the drearyness and lonsomeness of the idle hours in the e Many lumber compan have de- y blues and fill those idle hours with something worth while. In many of the camps stallation of radio receiving apparat- us. +«One outfit has been set up at the headquarters camp at Vail Spur, near Marquette, Mich., with Raymond Cyr hing instead of sitting listening to the worn out tales of their comrades, the: lum- berjackg are thrilled by the exper- stening to concerts and to specches given in' far off places. In additional the radio is educational as it keeps the woodsmen informed of what is going on in the out-silk on their bunk: world. 3 ' | Th Y os have decided: that trer be suficient enteptain- inucd on page 4) OPPOSES PLAN Great Britain, Germany and the ing to the American plan for taking | 'Luml:erjncka in Wisconsin and ! thig is being brought out by the in-} AMERICA'S PLAN FE7 GIVEN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT of Experts Representing Principal Governments EUROPE GIVES MIXED REPORT TO PROPOSAL France Objects at Once But Britain and Germany are In Favor of Move (By Ualted Prean) Washington, Dec, 30—The adminjstration’s plan for deal- ing with the world crisis will be bitterly fought jn The plan will be crit. jicised in a way economic congress. < calculated to arouse public opinjon against it. (By United Press) New Haven, Dec. 30—The long looked: for Ameriear plan, fon inter, vention in Europe’s financial crisi has been officially revealed by Si retary of State Hughes in an ad- dress here last night. It's outstand- ing feature is a commission of w iness men and expertg reprasenting principal European govern- ments and the United States, whiei will make an cxhausted study of the reparations problem. This commission would endeavor to take the matter out of politics and recommend a revised reparations figure up to the limit of Germany's ability to pay. Thig recommenda tion would be submitted to the re- spestive governments for aj Outstanding business “m nancial experts would be selected for the commission in hope - that the peoples and governments of the world would faver acceptance of thelr findings. ! The administration would be will- ing to ask congress for an casier funding for the eleven billion dpl- lars allied debt to the United State With the European ecconom structure restored through this plan this government would give its ap- ‘proval to a loan by private intercsts to Germany, (By United Press) Furope gave a mixed report to Secretary of State Hughes' proposal for an international committee to consider reparations, according to exclusixe United Press dispatches. Great Britain welcomed the plan, government cireles received it warm- ly; the press enthusiastically. It in- dicated Bonar Law will adopt it if the tariff confercnce of the allied premiers again fail France objecte once to Hughes proposal. Semi-official word sent out from the Quay D’'Orsay was that it wouldn‘t work; that the funding trouble with the reparations was that Germany wouldn’t pay them; that it ‘was unfair to France who was most in the proposals that the commission will consider. * Germany, while welcoming the proposal, was busy with a reparations plan of her own which she will offer to the allied premiers next Tues- day. The Cuno government offers to pay forty billion gold marks pro- vided the allies or anyone else will loan them twenty billion. TOMMY SIMONS NAMED PRESIDENT OF ALUMNI Tommy Simons was elected presi- dent of the Bemidji High School Alumni Association to succced Hal- lan L. Huffman at a meeting and dancing party held by the alumni and students of the Bemidji high school at the new Moose hall Friday evening. Josephine Parker, retiring , wag elected vice-presi ohn Koors succeeds Miss Parker as secretary and Harold Morse ted treasurer to suc- cced Fred Graham. The clection was held near the close of the danc- ing party, which was quite well at- tetiled. Music for dancing was furnished by the Cook orchestra of three pieces. ! The Alumni association has been called for a meeting to be held Sun- {day afternoon at 4 ofclock in the rooms of the Civic and Commerce {association, the mectiag being called v the new president. The -object of the meeting i5 to make arrange- me; r future activities on the cpart of the associ;