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flEW YEAR IS *EX*EC*ED
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Events "of ^dminwlr^ion in
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Order of Importance
Washington -Dec 29 (United.
Press) The Washington ATms con
ference, with its greatJ international
pacts for limitation of naval*rma
riient stands out as the greatest a
chievemertt of ^he United States gov
ernment in 192?
The new year Is expected to bring
final ratifications- of all the, Washing
ton conference treaties, as this gov
ernment is confident that France and
Italy will not jeopardize ^all tnis
peace preserving tyork by failing to
approve the pacts.
The conference which adjourned
early in February after a session of
about three months drew up treaties,
winch called for:
A ten year naval holiday battle
ship construction.
A maximum battleship tonnage of
525,0Q0 *ops far the United States
and Great Britain, 315,000 tons for
Japan arid
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170,000 for France
and Italy.
The?- scrapping of .the Anglo-Jap
anese alliatoce.^
The scrapping i about 70 battle
ships*
Restrictions on submarine anndth gas
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A-series 6f%ri$jes seeking to
stabilize China arid to make the prin
ciple of "The OpenDoor" a reality
in the Far East
At the end, of 1922 there is a
strong demand in Congress for an
other armaeivi parley to supple
ment the woik Jti year's confer
ence. The Hodse Appropriations
committee has inserted a provision
in the riaval appropriations bill re^
questing President Harding to call
-a conference to consider limitations
on the constructiSri of aircraft, sub
marines and smaller auxilliary yes
gplg
At the sameiime the Harding ad
ministration has come to the cpnclus
ion that the" United States must
tervene in Europle to Prevent an e
conomic collapse there and is now
seeking the .most: practical way in
which its aid cati $e extended.
The Tar!* L#| il|on
In the line of legislation, the en
actment of the Pordney-TVIcCurnber
tariff law, revising as it does all the
ii (Cbntin^o^jtt :Pge
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Already VpM fraying Qff
OJliga*io* and feiying
Improved Service
By J. A. Darrock
.(United Press Staff .Correspondent)
-Detroit, Mich., Hgc. 29The mun
icipally OTvned- railway of Detroit,
still in its infancy is/financially heal
thy and rapidly developing into a
tremendous success, according to the
latest figures given out here.
Besides putting back into the pro
perty a considerableamount of mon
ey in additions and betterments, the
city railway department, on Decem
ber 1, paid $SOO000 to the Detroit
United railway, applying on the semi
annual payment that falls due on
June 1, 1923. The department hopes
to pay another-li&lf million dollars
shortly after the first pf the new
year. By making? these payments in
advance of the actual date on which
they fall due', the department saves
a large amount, of interest.
At the close of five and one half
months of operation, the department
had carried 204,66^,795 passengers,
made up of 154,434,188 revenue pas
sengers and 50,265,607 transfer pas
sengers with a total of $8,259,591.02
received as revenue from transporta
tion. The total miles operated* be
ing 21,746,822, whie shows an. av
1 erage of 38 cents per car mile with
and expense of .2257 per car mite
Non-operating inconie iand miscellan
eous brings the total amount of mon
CENSUS FIGURES SH1
DEATH RATE DECREASES
Deaths from Cancer in 1921
|Shpw Increase Tuberculosis
Shows Marked Decrease
Washington, Dec. 29The De
partment of Commerce announces
that the compilations made by the
Bureau of the Census show that
1,032,009 deaths occurred in 1921
within the death registration area,
of continental United States, rep
resenting a death rate of 11.6 per
1,000 population as compared with
13.1 in 1920. The rate for 1921 is
the lowest rate recorded in any year
since the beginning of the annual
compilations in 1900.
The death registration area (ex-
clusive'of the Territory of Hawaii)
in'1921 comprised 34 states, the
District of Columbia, and 16 cities
in nonregistration states, with a
total estimated population on July
1 of gf8,667,602 or 82.2 per cent of
the estimated population of the Uni
ted States.
The death rate from cancer in-:
creased 83.4 per 100,000 in 1920 to,Passage
86 in 1921. Some of the other dis
eases for which ,|he rates increased
are diptheria, typhoid fever, appen-
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New Officers of Ten (Thousand
Lakes Association Plan on
Big 192 3 Tourist Crop
Officers of tflie Ten Thousand
-Lakes of Minnesota Association, e
lected at the annual' meeting in Du
hrth, are begining preparations- ^for1-
a" record influx of tourists to Minne
sota in 1923..
Sentiment expressed at the Du
tuth meeting indicated that resort,
owners generally are expanding their
quarters. One man is finishing build
ings amounting to $60,000 in value:
Many others who found it necessary
to turn away visitors last summer
are building additional cottages in
anticipation^ of the big travel ex
pected in 1923.
Accordingly, the association ap
proved plans for more extensive ad
vertising of Minnesota's lakes. The
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DANGER POINT Of FUEL
SITUATION IS PASSED
(By United Press),
v- Washington, Dec. 29^Federal
iael distributor, Gonrade E. Spens,
today stepped out'of office assuring
president Harding in his final report
that barring extreme weather, the
country has passed the danger point
of the fuel situation this Winter.
Spens, whose resignation becomes
effective Jan. 1st, leaves for Chi
cago to resume his duties as vice
president of the Eurlington Railway
system.
BEMIDJI MEN ENJOY VERY
SUCCESSFUL QUAIL HUNT
F- S. Lycan and George Kreatz,
recognized as Bemidji's premier
jjuail hunters and Thompson Boss of
Cnicago returned the first of the
week from a trip into Tennessee and
Arkansas where they enjoyed a suc
cessful quail hunt.
We had a most delightful trip,"
said Mr. Lycan, "and surely shot
loads of quail. It is great sport and
we enjoyed every minute of the
time."
Mr. Ross joined the iJemidji hunt
ers at Chicago. He is interested in
the Minnesota Electric Light and
Ptttyer Company of this city
TO ASK
ON ALL MINNESOTA
us unn committee of the society will be held
ey received up to $8,809,471.12 or early next month, when the legisla-
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St. Paul, Dec- 29.The next legis
lature will be asked to declare a five
year closed season on all wild game
except destructive and obnoxious
animals.
Moose, deer, ducks and all birds
and wild game will be protected
from the onslaughts of increasing
numbers of hunters, if the Minneso
ta Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals has its way. The
executive committee has decided to
make these demands on the legisla
ture.
Another meeting of the executive
Bulk of Cases Reported to the
Missing Persons Bureau
From Great Subways
.By Nea Service
New York, Dec. 29.The slam of a
subway doogr, the surge of a rushing
crow4,,and thousands of strangers,
carried into the maelstrom of New
York's great catacombs om commerce
the subways, are swept alongto
disappointments, misfortune, "and of
ten death.^j %r
They form the bulk of the cases
reported to the Missing Persons Bur
aeu of the Police-Department. Few
get public notice until they reach a
tragic ending
Not long ago Joseph Gallo, of
Fairfax, S. D- came East with his
wlfe.T They were tp1 sail for their old
home in Czecho/Slovakia to retire.
WAS engaged. They started
from their 0 i
for the pier.
The subway was crowded. Gallo
pushed his way through the crowds.
His wife was close behind. But be
fore she could board the train, the
guard had slammed the door, sep
arating husband and wife.
She boarded the next train. It
was the wrong one. Speaking little
English she couldn't make herself
understood. She was lost among
millions.
Two days later the frantic hus
band found herin the morgue. She
had died of fright.
A few weeks later Hyman Leving,
a Newark (N. J.) grocer, came to
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INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE
Womeli employment managers and
women workers manfacturers and
factory inspectors, public health ex
perts, industrial statisticians, econ
omists and Goverment administrators
will appear on the program of the
'Women's Industrial Conference
which has been called by the Womens
Bureau of the United States Depart
ment of Labor, to meet in Washing
ton, January 11 to 13th. More than
100 national organizationd of women
have been invited
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delegates
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to the conference and acceptances
already receive indicate an attend
ace of representative women from
all oyer the United States.
This, the third governmental con
ference held during the present ad
ministration to consider questions of
public importance, will: be officially
opened by the Secretary of Labor,
the Hon. James J. Davis, and the
first session will be presided over by
the assistant Secretary of Labor, the
Hon. Edward J. Henning. The gath
ering is under the management of
the Women's Bureau of the Labor
Department of which Miss Mary And
erson is Director.
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BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 29 192 2
W1SCONISIN MAN NAMED
HEAD OF I C. COMMISSION
Washington, Dec. 29Bal.
fazer Meyer* of- Wisconsin was
today appointed chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion for the coming year. Mey
ers succeeds Charles McCord
who served this year.
NEW KIWANIS LEADERS
TAKEOFFICENEXT WEEK
Dr. D. F. McCann sang his "Swan
Song" as president of the local Ki
wanis club at the meeting Thursday
noon at the Elks club rooms and had
charge of the entire program from
sending the invitations to leading the
singing.
Supt- J. C. West wjll assume the
leadership of the club, as president,
at the next meeting, as will all other
newly elected officers.
Dot Van's orchestra provided the
musical entertainment for the meet
ing. Roll call was resorted to for a
program and each member was re
quired to tell he thing that they had
learned during' the pas.t year, which
proved to be a live topic
A favorable report was heard from
a number of committees.
HYMAN LEVINE, HIS WIFE AND SON, WHOSE SEPARA-
TION IN NEW YORK SUBWAY ALMOST ENDED IN A TRA-
GEDY.
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BLACKDUCK BAND PLANS
BIG CONCERT AT HINES
A band concert by the Blackduck
band is'to be given at the Hines
town hall Wednesday evening, Jan
uary 3, at 8 o'clock, according to
notices being sent out by the Hines
Lyceum board. The concert will be
held under the auspices of the Hines
board and will be given as one of the
five numbers on the season ticket.
The Hines Lyceum board looks
forward to this number with inter,
est, believing dt will be one of the
best numbers- The band has 40
members and has already a well-es
tablished reputation for its high
musical attainment- In addition, the
band will have with it vdcJil talent,
thus assuring one of the best and
most varied entertainments of the
season. Plans have been made for
a large attendance, it is understood
and the public in general is invited
and urged to attend.
Mrs. Adelaide Fries, of Winston
Salem, is the first woman to be hon
ored with the presidency of the
North Carolina Literary and"* Histor
ical society. One of the older soc
eties (-f its kind in the country-
FEELING RUNNING HIGH
AGANSTJOMB MAILER
(By United Press)
Marshfield, Wise, 29Feeling
is running high here against the per
son or persons who mailed the infern
al machine to the James R. Chapman
homo, which exploded Wednesday
night, causing fatal injuries to Mrs.
Chapman and seriousl yinjuring her
husband.
According to District Attorney
Chapman and seriously injuring her
today. A land owner in the district,
who is said to have upbraided Mr.
Chapman on several occasions for al
leged over-assessment of his lands,
is suspected.
EUROPESTANDS
Reports from Athfons are That
Renewed War With Turks
Seems Inevitable
(l?y United Press)
Europe today stood at the cross
roads, one leading to war in the Near
East and the other to resume the
Lausanne conference, which wus sus
pended while Ismet Pasha, chief of
the Turkish delegates, prepared a re
ply to the allies' demands that the
Turks permit an international court
in which tases involving foreigners
part of the allies to meet the appeal
that the Turkish obstinacy on this
point s responsible for the recent
disturbances of the conference, while
Ismet Pasha desired the world to be
lieve that British greed for the rich
Mosul Oil regions in the Mesopotam
ia' is the real reason.
Ismet Pasha's reply will try to
throw the blame on the Greeks Re
ports from Athens said the Greeks
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HC CUTCHAN SENTENCED
TO SERVESEVEN YEARS
(By United Press)
Dickinson, N. D., Dec 29David
McCutchan must serve seven years
for the murder of Walter Inman of
Amidon last March after a quarrel
over renting the Gillette farm in
Slope county.
The jury, after nine hours deliber
ation, returned a verdict of guilty of
manslaughter in the first degree and
fixed the sentence.
Amidon community was greatly
stirred by the murder and a large
representation attended the trial
which came here on a change of ven
ue. McCutchan plead self defense.
FRANCE INTIMATES WAY
FOR ECONOMIC PARLEY
would be tried.
There was an obvious effort on the spirited Vesuil away and lodged Mm
(By Unite* Press)
Paris, ec. 29France today,
through semi-official channels, inti
mated a way whereby the world eco
nomic conference could take place
without the American president tak
ing any frthc steps
I -'It was pointed out that the
plan of Senator Borah 1s identical
with the plan of the financial con
ference at Brussels next month to
which the United States has been in
vited. There will be an opportunity
for the United States to make its
voice heard in a world economic
gathering. MAY GET TWO RK FOR
DIAMOND POINT PARK
:-'F. S. Lycan, member of the State
Forestry Board, advises that Be
midji's application is first on the list
for two elk, which are to be placed
at iamond Point park.
Mr. Lycan lias the co-operation of
the Bemidji Park Board and the Elks
lodge and all the expense that is en
tailed is the work of catching the
elk and shipping them from the
State Park to Bemidji.
George T- Baker, superintendent
of parks, and a member of the park
board is -highly enthused over the
prospects of securing these animals
and will mak*- provisions at Diamond
Point to take care of them when they
arrive,
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WEATHER
Minnesota: Unsettled tonight
and Saturday. Probably sndw
in north snow or rain in south.
Colder in northwest portion.
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Austrian Settlement
At SupKBrior Seethes
Today for Vengeance
Murdered Man Had Lived
Held From Angry Mob
BLOOD-SMEARED A AND
SLEDGE HAMMER FOUND
Patrolman Waits for Alleged
Murderer to Return And
Takes Hi to Jail
(By United Press)
Superior, Wis., Dec 29Littjc
Austria seethed today with vengeance
following one of the most brutal
crimes in its history. Nicholas Triff
a bachelor in the Allouez. section,
was hacked with an axe and his body'
beaten to a pulp. Jacob Vesuil, the
owner of the cabin in which Triff
lived, was arrested five hours after
the murder and spirited away from
an nngry mob-
At supper time, neighbors heard
a disturbance in the cabin of Triff,
who was 40 and popular. Last night
they found his body on the floor, his
face an unrecognizable mass of
wounds. A blood smeared axe and
sledge hammer were found. Vesuil
had been seen entering th.e cabin and
was seen later by Mrs. John Connolly,
wife of a patrolman, when, covered
with blood, he entered a street car.
She reported to her husband and the
search began-
Connolly, knowing the penchant of
Austrians to return to scenes of
crime, lay in waiting. Five hours
later, VesuU returned. He had been
uptown to a hearty dinner.
While neighbors of Triff searchod
frantically with hatchets and shot
guns-for the murderer, Connolly
in the county jail- He denies the
mul'der but police ai*e confident lie
was the attacker and plan to place
a formal charge against him today.
Vesuil is 27 years old and lived in
cabin 200 feet from the one Triff
rents. Triff is known to have $5,000
in a bank here and is reported to he
the owner of considerable property
He worked at the ore docks.
STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
TO STAGE DANCE TONIGHT
Students and alumni of the Be
midji high school and their friends
nre to enjoy a dancng party at the
New Moose hall this evening. The
annual meeting of the Bemidji High
School Alumni association will also
be held at this time and officers for
the new year are to be elected- A
large attendance is urged.
M. B. A. LODGE TO ATTEND
SHADIOW FUNERAL SERVICE
All members of the M. B. A. lodge
are requested to meet at the Baptist
church on Saturday, December 30,
al 2 p. m- to attend the funeral of
Parker, president of the lodge.
JUNIOR FARMERS TAKE
IN NEAT SUM IN 1922
18,971 Minnesota Boys and
Girls Enroll in Club Work in
Past Year, Report Shows
Eighteen thousand nine hundred
seventy-one Minnesota boys and girls
enrolled in 1,759 separate clubs in
lt2 and secured from their pro
ducts a total of $410,679-78, Or the
sum of $183,022.12 after deducting
costs. These figures are frpni the
annual report of T- A. Erickson of
University Farm, state leader of
boys and girls club work,
The actual gain in "membership
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cent completed the season's work and
submitted reports as against 71 per
cent for 1921 and 65 per cent for
1920. "Our effort for the year,"
says Mr. Erickson, "was not for a
large increase in membership, but
rather to help the clubs already, or
ganized to do better work and to
keep as many of the old club mem
bers in the work as possible. Tfee
increased number of members re
ported ts largely due to the increased
efforts of county, agents and other
loaders. More leadership was devfeli
oped in 1922 than in any previous
year-"
The 'total number of members re
potting in 1922 was 13,95$: as
gainst 13.254 in 1921. The vstlue^
products in 1!2 surpassed thoseTof
1921 by $110,891.08 and the value
above cost in 1922 surpassed by $82,
158.12 the net value 1^1.0:21-"
Mr. Erickson reports that $32,6.00
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