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VOLUME XIX. NO. 237 Representative pf Roosevelt Highway Association Tells Organization's Plan PLAN HARD-SURFACED OCEAN-TO-OCEAM kti&b Committee of Solicitors for Memberships to Call on City in Near Future C. R. Hauke, a representative of the Theodore Jldosevelt Higtwifty as sociation, addres^|d the member? the Civic and Oommeree/Asso'ciafclon at the noon luncheon Wednesday, outlining the plan of that ispcJ$ti$V toward the construction of a hard.-, surfaced highway from ocean to. ocean. '':'"':V/ .t v.-" The plan includes ,^e solicitation of memberships in this cbunty as," well as every other county in tlf' fourteen states through which tms highway passes. He stated that the association is receiving splendid support along'the route, and that with the moral and financial aid of a solid membership along the route, assistance from con gress would be more easily secured. It is the purpose the association to secure financial aid through con gress to be appropriated along the, sections of the road where loclal aid cannot be secured. A committee of solicitors for mem berships will teach Bemidji in about a week and Mr. Hauke asked fiiat they be given an* alidierice permitting them to present ^the details of .the. proportion, and expressed-hope that Bemidji and Beltrami county would support the highway, both morally arid financially. Envoy "Walter Jeffery, the blind Salvation Army leader^ rendered sa cral splendid musical selection's on the piano,: which* were mast heartily4 .^predated. w-'.' /"-:v "'.v^" GOOD PROGrAM TONlGrif AT SALVATION ARMY HALL Envoy and Mrs. Jeffery, who for the past week have conducted "spe cial meetings at the Salvation Army hall at 116-Third street, will give an evening of music tonight. The pro gram will consist of piano duets by Envoy and Mrs. Jeffery, piano solos by the envoy, also Vocal duets and solos. It will be the kind of a pro gram which will appeal to all and will be given free of any charge. A col lection will be taken, however, to help defray expenses. This will be the last meeting at which Envoy and Mrs. Jeffery will appear here and it is urged that there be a large attend ance. CANTU ARRANGING BACKING FDR MEXICAN REVOLUTION (By United iTeasj El Centro, Calif., Jan. 26.Gener- al Estebah Cantu, former governor of Lower California, is in .New York ar ranging American financial backing for a new revolution against the Obregori government, according 'to his associates here today. The revolution is being, talked of constantly in Lower California. CHARGES MOVEMENT TO GEt EX-SOLDIERS TO ^ESTIFY (By UnUta Preuf) Washington, Jan. 26.-The charge that There is an organized ri\overnerflt on foot to get ex-soldier witnesses to testify concerning alleged hangings and killings in the American .Expedi tionary forcesNvere made before the investigating committee today bry Mr. Green of Minneapolis. WILLIAM GUMMER TRIAL ADJOURNED TO JANUARY 30 (By United vreaa) Valley City, N. D., Jan. 26.Ad- journment of the William {Jummer case until January 30 was announced late yesterday, because ofr the illness of the prosecuting attorney. Gum mer is being tried for the-murder of Marje Wick^of Grygla, Minn. BEMIDJI ARMY SQUAD or Moorhead, .:K-i~: The Bemidji Army basketballs squad lost the third game of its tbur^ at MinOt Wednesday evening by ai score of 27 to 21. The game was clean arid hard-fought from the start, the Bemidji team fighting until (th.e,i TWO MILLION DOLLAR FIRE LOSS IN CHICAGO '.i-'i SB* n!-tea'Pr&&:.. Chicago, jani 26.?fwo mil lion dollar* dkjaage rM caute^ early today* fire wrecked the northtide WWB of the Chi cago *urface lipi*. One hun dred nWt^cr were deitrbyed, The origin of the fire is un knownl Saiajc Center, Jan. 26.Newspaper b\iblisher)5 of Minnesota met here to day jto talk shop." Members of the Northern Minnesota Editorial asso ciation inet at the Palmer House this afternoon .Tonight, president H. P. Phillips of ^[ahnomen will deliver his address and[ rodrts will be received from Secretary^ Rutledge of Minne apolis, ^tf\ .& H^IX\Vthe Bemidji Pioneer will addrgVkm? fellow publishers on I'AdveirtialrtS^^Tts Future/' Other publishers VCJSL^\ in the discussion. They'TA: \^Lr Bossman of the Grand B^pid^Vfei Id-Review C. R. C. Baker "of tl&a mar Republican Gazette, and ^%A Ichilpin of the St Clofcd Time Other promin Fridays pifofgtam INTERMENT QF BODY OF POPE IS BEGUN TOD At (ly U&tted Jretis) Rome, Jan. 267Interment of the body of Pope Benedict XV. started at. 3 o'clock this afternoon. Ceremonies of historic solemnity were conducted in tjhe presence of the highest dighi taries of the Catholic church. And the managers have opened the doors for them. So when Uncle iSam lopped the one-cent tax off the, dime show recently, the "boys" were, happy. -It was easy to hit a buddy for a thin dime and beat it for a pjc-| ture house flop. i Huddled together for warmth like I so many animals, the uniniployedi men have found the hard bed of rest in the"broken, wooden seats pf the' dime show. Listen to their stories. But they never mention the hard #mes, the ir regular snatches of food they "bum," they're dreamers and they are always happy in a rather unusual way, for, ttiey live in hope for the future. Each day the. look for the job which neye comes arid probably wdri ,come for a long, long whileuntil the snow is gone and they can sleep neyer comes, arid probably nhal whistle, according to jp, r'epoft from Minot. The outcome was jsaid to have been in dohht until tfie final- again inl the parks, in the open, any whistle. where, but always with theif boots on. Bemidji is to play Minot a second* Nothing can crush that nebulous game tonight and from there to go, cloud of'hope which surrounds them to Jamestown to. play torii night. A game for Saturday ii^. may be.arranged with cither IPargo hot:even the dusky janitor as he drives them out when he starts clean irig the theatre in the morning after __..- the night before. ast*.---,4, cK?i MEETIN6 (By United Press) publishers are on R. P. Chase, state auditor piVL address the convention Friday MEYIIS RITAIN^ TITLE OVER KILONIS WEDNESDAY Chicago, Jan. 26.Johnny Meyers of Chicago, claimant of the middle weight wrestling title, retained his ti tle when he defeated John Kiloriis of Norfolk, Va., in the fourth round of a scheduled 15-round match. Meyers pinned Kilonis to the mat with a body scissors and arm lock after nine minutes and fifteen seconds of the fourth round, arid after 39 minutes and 15 seconds of wrestling. Last night's match was the first held "under the new rules. The match -was "to have gone fifteen rounds of ten minutes each with two-minute rest periods. One fall determined the winner. Had there been no fall, judges would have selected the wih- tiet..-''',':- w? Bemidji jGirla to & First Gam* #Y, Cats Lake Girls Brainerd high school's basketball team wilt invade Bemidji Friday evening to meet the Bemidji high school outfit at the new armory in the first encounter of these two teams this year. Brainerd has noth ing on Bemidji this.year, in the fact that both schools have new teams. However, the visitors have been fair ly successful in their games,,especial ly in the last few weeks. That organ ization defeated St. Cloud high at Brainerd last Friday by a count of 15 to 11, which is indicative that there must be some very good material on the Brainerd team. Bemidji high has been improving rapidly since the early-season games and the: last few encounters have hrought gratifying results, in view of the fact that the organization is playing together for its first season By another year a strong spuad will undoubtedly'' represent the school, since graduation will still leave the best pjayers with the' team. One of the features of Friday eve ning's game wiLbe the first appear ance this year of the Bemidji, high school girl's team The girls are to play the Cass Lake girls' team preli minary ,to the Brainerd-Bemidji game. This contest will be called at 7:30. Cass Lake boasts a victory over the Bagley girls' team by a score of 4 to 0 in an extra-period game at Cass Lake. Bagley has .always had a first class girls' aggregation and this vic tory, by Cass Lake is indicative that the Cass county school also has a strong team of girls. The.Bemidji girls have been prac ticing regularly under the direction .of Miss Josephine Parker for the past several months and should put up a first-class game. Among those who have shown the greatest proficiency in basketball and who will undoubt edly represent the school Friday .night are Ella Elliot, Berniee 'Kirk Alice Cameron, Edla Rude, Louise Gloz, Irene Lyons and Doris Lydickr r: ROOMING HOUSE FLOP Cleveland's Unemployed Enjoy Few Hours of Rest in Dime Movie Shows CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 26 (United Press).-In Cleveland, as one of "the few relics of the pre-war days,^ there Survives the "dime movie show." These shows, of which only two or three exist here, a5e believed to be among the few in a large American city which have withstood the inroads created by the increased costs during European conflict. these theatres, .scarcely more than covered holes between large buildings, are alwayitairiitied, from early in the IdaV until midnight and on through the wee morning hours. Few patrons go to see the shows, however. The theatres have largdy tafcenlthe place of the "two-bit flop house.. At any time during the day and nig*hV"drifttrs" may be seen asleep there catching a few hours rest, out of the desolate cold of the streets. Even after the banging piano ceases at mi&ifght and the lights are dim med, these men sprawl over the seats -ntheae men who are homeless, penrii-. Jess, but oftimes not without ambi- ON FREIGHT ?^'-^(By United Preks) Washington, Jan. 26. Calmer heads among the insurgents of the agricultural conference labored today to htad~pf the threatened rump cori ferfence by pointing the way to- a coupe at the expense of the admin istration. This would take the form of call ing on Harding to enact a relief pro gram as provided in his opening ad dress to the conference. A hew con clusion to the already long list piled Up during the three days is promised when Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, a delegate, places the labor position be fore the conference. Gompers fears that cuts in freight rates will be translated into "Tftwer wages for workers along the line. He will tell the conference that labor can not be expected to be the goat. (By United Pris Washington, Jan. 26.Resolutions supporting Henry Ford's offer for the government-nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Ala., and the St. Lawrence waterway will be submitted to the conference, it was learned today. a-i BEMIDJI, MlN^., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26,1922 February 2 1 t* Electing Now Officers to Guide City Affairs FEW PETITIONS BEING CIRCULATED ABOUT CITY February 11 Is Last Day for Filing Petitions for Those Offices to Be Filled' City politics ai'e beginning to warm up a bit. Here and there may be found groups discussing the com ing election, but indications are that no serious so-called politcal fights will ensue. February 21 is the-date set for electing new city officers. This will include a mayor to succeed Dr. A., V Garlock, a city clerk to succeed Mrs. Belle Denly, a city treasurer to suc ceed George Rhea, a city assessor to succeed C. B. Hoyt, a member of the park board for a five-year term to succeed Charles Warfield and one alderman from each of the five wards. In the first ward E. D. Boyce's term expires, in the Second ward A. B. Palmer's, in the Third ward Bert Carver's, in the Fourth ward Naish McKinnon's, and in the Fifth ward J. E. Hayward finishes his term. No alderman-at-!arge is to be chosen this year, as J. P. Lahr was elected for a two-year term last election. Petitions for the following have already been circulated: Charles Warfield for member of the park board, George Rhea for city treasur er, Mrs. Belle Denly for city clerk, and C. B. Hoyt for city assessor., No candidates for the other offices have been announced, but it is pre sumed that most of the present hold ers will seek another term. The last day for filing is February 11. Before filing" itt is necessary to secure 10 per cent of the voters to sign petitions for tile Various candi dates and indications are that these will soon be freely crculated. CITY CHARTER COMMISSION CONTINUING DISCUSSION Discussion of the various sections of the proposed charter for the city of Bemidj,i is being continued by the city charter commission which meets in regular session at the Civic & Com irierce association rooms each Wed nesday evening. RALPH GRACIE POST TO HOLD MEETING TONIGHT All members of the Ralph Grade post of the American Legion are urged to attend the regular meeting of that organization to be held at the rooms of the Civic & Commerce association this evening at 8 o'clock. This is the last meeting before the annual election of officers and it is desired that there be a large attend ance. Several matters of importance are to be taken up at this time. A program of entertainment has been promised and, from all reports, will be even better than the one staged last session. Following the program, lunch will be served. Deaf, Dumb and Blind CASS FARMERS UNITE TO CLEAR LAND i -+J. :Af^^ ta^^ea*^ JFWmed at Enthusiastic To consider plans which will en Date Set fori able farmers to clear more land in the best, most economical and cheap est way possible, farmers, bankers and businessmen of Cass county met at Walker Wednesday and organized the Cass county Land Clearing Assoc iation along lines similar to the Bel trami County Land Clearing associa tion organized here last year. F. R. Duxbury, who represented the Bel trami organization, reports a most successful meeting, with farmers from every portion of the county present. Otto I. Berg, Superintendent of th North Central experiment station at Grano Rapids and president of the Itasca County Land Clearing asso ciation H. S Funston, land commis sioner of the Soo Line railroad Mc Bride of the Soo line development department H. W./ Byerly, general immigration agent of the Northern Pacific and Mr. Duxbury were a mong the speakers. A series of 30 meetings will follow the organization pf the association commencing January 30. Represen tatives of the lalid clearing section of the agricultural engineering divi sion of the University of Minnesota of Cass county and of the state forest ry department, will speak at these sessions. M. P. Ostby. Cass county agent who has charge of the meetings together with A. J. Schwnntes, as sistant professor of land clearing at the university, will announce the dates and places. The rate of clearing land in Cass county during the past year, has been one and two-fifths acres a farm annually, says Mr. Sc hwantes. In Beltrami county the rate has increased from one and one tenth before 1921 to six acres per farm during, the past year, largely due to the efforts of a land clearing association. The Cass county organization is to work in conjunction with the farm bureau as in this county arid an as sociation manager will be secured to supervise the work. COLLECTION OF TAXES TEMPORARILY HALTED (By United Frtss) Duluth, Jan. 26.Judge Page Mor ris in federal court here today grant ed a temporary injunction restraining order against the collection of ap proximately $1,000,000 in state taxes on the iron mining industry. The injunction was granted the Oliver Iron Mining company, a sub sidiary of the United States Steel cor poration, and 30 mining companies which petitioned court here this week. The taxes normally would yield $3,500,000 in state revenue, but due to dullness in the industry this year the actual amount of taxes envolved in the suit is less than $1,000,000. U. S.PROBABLY WILL NOT ATTEND GENOA PARLEY (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 26.The Unit ed States very probably will not ac cept the allied powers invitation to participate in the Genoa economic conference. It is understood that in declining the invitation, this government will make a general settlement toward this and similar conferences that may be held in the future. 190 PERSONS REPORTED DEAD IN EGYPT FIGHT (By Unite* PrestV London, Jan. 26.Rome dis patcher to the Evening SUr re ported'thit fresh disorder*, in which 190 pro"n were killed and thoueandt wounded, have broken out in Egypt. WORLD WAR OrftCERS TO MEET FEBRUARY 7 Officers of Beltrami county who were in the World war are urged to attend a banquet at the Radisson hotel. Mmneapblis, February 7, dur ing" autoriiobile show week, given in honor of Assistant Secretary of War J. M. Wainwright and Major Gen eral'James G. Harbord, deputy chief of staff. At thvs banquet the Minnesota Reserve Officers association will be perfected. Similar organizations are being formed throughout- the coun try. Ernest E. Watson, Minneapolis attorney, who is a lieutenant colonel in the Reserve corps is president of the Seventh' Corps Area association and is in charge of the banquet. There are 3^000 World war officers in Minnesota. All are invited to this banquet and urged to attend. Sec retary Wainwright as the personal representative of the secretary of war and General Hubbard as the per sonal representative of General Per shing will discuss the plans of the government with respect to the .or- ganized reserves and the new army of the United States under the National Defense act as amended June 4, 1920. Experiences of the days of Chateau fIlliss A bull block recently organized nt yet distributed to land has a record of 1,002 pounds of but ter fat per month. Turtle River and composed of O. W.'iTbwm4^^Et^^^o Olson, J. II. Locke^and B. Weritworth, I near Movil' lake/ a'directbr of the lias received, a pure-bred Holstein land clearing association and the she, 13 months of age, from breed-1 farm bureau, came from Grand Forks crs at Mcintosh. This sire's dam to take part in the meeting. William Lennon of Kelliher was also present. Various plans for the coming year were discussed, but none were dof: LOCAL TEACHERS TRIM WALKER HIGH OUTFIT Bemidji Squad Second Game Wednesday By 29 to 15 Count The Bemidji State Teachers college basketball squad got back at the Walker high school squad Wednesday evening at the new armory for the defeat suffered at Walker a few weeks ago. Outplaying Walker at every stage of the game on the. large armory floor, Bemidji won by a score of 29 to 15. The first meeting of these teams resulted ia. victory for Walker by a score of 22 to 17 on the small Walker floor. The first half was by far the best part of the whole game, the second half being much slower with the scor ing fairly even. Bemidji started the scoring and piled up 10 points before Walker got started at all. The lo cals continued to score frequently, the half ending 20 to 8. At no time was there any apparent danger of Walker overcoming Bcmidji's lead, although the scoring in the second pe' riod was 9 to 7. Riggs and Simons as forwards and Rumens as running guard formed a great corribination for the teachers. Romens showed great improvement over any previous game, scoring five field baskets, four in the first half. Simons also scored five field goals, but had far more -chances than did Romens. RiggB scored three field baskets and three out of six free throws, coriipleting the scoring for Bemidji. Elliott as stationary guard played a hard game, breaking'up Walker's plays with ease. Horns, center, captain of the squad, proved to be no better than in the last game and his failure to assist materially caused considerable comment among the fans.' Greenfield relieved him in the last of the second period. Hermes substituted for Romens and Berglund for EiliOtt in the latter part of the garhe. Altogether the Bemidji team showed up better than ever before, but passing and interception of pass es proved poor at times, as did both short and long shots at the basket. Moen, right forward, led the scor ing for Walker with three field bas kets and three free throws out of five. Dickenson scored two field oal and Bilben one. Coppernoll and failed to score. Coach Lloyd Greiner of Cass Lake refereed a very satisfactory game. A game is being arranged between the State Teachers college and the lo cal Naval Militia company, and will S6c PER MONTH ANOTHER YEAR Backers of Clearing Drive Decide to Continue Work in Beltrami County THOMPSON OUTLINES Thierry, St. Mihiel arid the Aigonne drive for more cleared acres. will be exchanged. More than a thousand are expected to attend. Reports on the progress of the re organization of the 88th division and the assignment of officers will he made. Officers who have not accept ed commissions in the reserve corps will be urged to do so. There will be discussed at this banquet questions oU great importance to the govern ment. TURTLE RIVER BLOCK BUYS PURE-BRED HOLSTEIN SIRE OTHER COUNTIES' WORK Clearing Association and Farm Bureau Are to Decide Upon Definite Plans Later Land clearing in Beltrami county is to continue another year on a large scale, according to plans formulated at a meeting of the directors of the Beltrami County Land Clearing as sociation and the directors of the Civic & Commerce association, held at the rooms of the latter organiza tion Wednesday afternoon. This de cision Was reached definitely, but def inite plans to be followed this year will be mapped out later. Mark J. Thompson, superintendent of the Northeast demonstration farm Duluth, and experiment station at .outlined the plans of other counties in this section of the state and told 0f what is being done by each in tho stated that SO per cent of the area of Northern Minnesota will be served by land clearing associations. In addition to Beltrami county, Cass, St. Louis, Itasca, Crow Wing and Koochiching counties have wcli oiganized and active associations and are planning an extensive drive for the coming year. C. S. Carter, as president of the Beltrami association, presided at the meeting Wednesday. A financial re port for the past year showed about $900 in cash and $600 in pledges to the credit of the county land clear ing bodv, also a quantity of land clearing* material*, naid for but hot Wi clearers.farma?^ initely adopted however, work wnl proceed this year on one plan or an other. It was unanimously decided that the farmers should get their ex plosives at absolute cost, the same as during the past year. Further action will be taken at the Easily Takes' regular meeting of the directors of the farm bureau on February 7, and at the annual meeting of the land clearing association next month. Plans will be definitely adopted ait these meetings and the work for the year laid out. A land clearing man ager will undoubtedly be employe as in the past to supervise all actual clearing being done by the members of the association, and to assist all farmers personally. PICRIC ACID ALLOTTED ON SAME BASIS AS BEFORE St. Paul. Jan. 25.Twcnty-cigl.t carloads of picric acid, a war sn vuge explosive, have been allotted to 18 counties in Northeastern Minne sota by the division of agriculutral engineering of the University of Min nesota. The basiB used for re-allot ting Minnesota's share of the new supply of picric acid is the same as used in making the first allotment, according to A. J. Schwantes, assist ant professor of la^id clearing in the division. The area, the number of farms, the acreage of uncleared land, and the rate of which clearing was done between 1010 and 1920 is the basis used. GOVERNMENT TO SUE FOR RECOVERY OF HUGE SUMS] (Br United 2r*M Washington, Jan. 26.The govern ment will begin suit for the recovery of large sums of money, which were over-paid for Aircraft construction during the war. The War Frauds Bureau of the De partment of Justice, co-operating with the war department'accountants have developed sufficient evidence to justify recovery of frauds for over payment. probably be played next "week. The above dates. Bemidji teachers will play the .North-1 The above announcement has been west School of Agriculture at Crook- made by Collector I.. M. Willcuts, St, s$on February. Pau'r TO ASSIST TAXPAYERS IN FILING TAX RETURNS On February 13, 14 and 15, Depu ty Collector L. L. Daily will be in Be midji for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in filing their 1921 income tax returns. All those Wishing assistance in making out their returns on income will call upon Deputv Dailv in his of- th? fice at the Federal- building on