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11^1111 timy 4i N The Pioneer is the only within. 100 miles of Bemidji has the largest circulation in North em Minnesota. VOLUME XIX. NO, 200 =?c E ESBASKCT Former Dakota Star to Lead First Men's Team Formed at Teachers College SEASON O BE OPENED A KELLIHER THURSDAY Eleven Games Have Already Been Booked Definitely Several Tentatively The BemidjiState teacher*^college is preparing!, to take its place ^with other state teachers collegesjwith re- gardtomVs athletics and this year's basketball season is to see the initial effort along the lines of mtercolle^ ate athletic competition. A squad oi ten men has been working out under He tutelage of F. Wirth, history teacher, for the past month. It is generally known by the sport fans- of the city that tne cpllegejill have a formidable team, and added interest is being takembecause of the, fact that the games will be plajred.in the. new armory, on account of the "inadequate gymnasium at the teach ers college. Among the most promising candi dates who have been reporting daily to Coach Wirth are Wilbur Horns, formerly of Buffalo, N. D., but who now lives in Bemidji. his parents hav ing moved here this fall. Horns Jias had' considerable experience bas ketball having" played on the Buttalo high school quint and also having had one year's training on'the Jamestown, N D., college squad last year: Horns will have the honor of leading the first basketball team to represent the Be midji State Teachers college, having been electd to the captaincy l|st week. He is the leading gandidate for the: center position and .although just now convalescing from a bad attack of pneumonia will be able to get in to the game by the time.the big games Richard Romans, a senior in tie' 'two-year course, spent one year at St. Thomas- college and is showing' fine form asVi^ -of- the forwards. "Tommy" Simons, who- last year played forward oil the jBenjidji high school" quint, is also out for the team and in all likelihood will laud a berth at either guard or/ 'forward. William Elliott of EemidjLm showing up for a guard position. Elliott has had two years experience on the Choteau, Mont., high school quint, being a member of the, team when the Ch6teau team played in the Mon tana state tournament. Percy Riggs of Bemidji is a candidate for one of the forward positions and will no doubt -land a^ place, having had two years experience on the Bemidji high school team. Adolph Bergland of Winntt, Mont., a senior in the two-year coUrse, although lacking basketball experi ence, will no doubt be heard from on account of his weight and strength. Eugene Paul of Northome and The odore Hermes of 'Remer, both fresh men in the four-year course, and Stanley 3Vilcox of Bemidji complete the balance of the squad.' Eleven Games Booked Coach Wirth's confidence in the material at hand is evidenced in the type Of teams he has already sched uled as opponents. Eleven gamed have already been definitely bonked and among them are some of the strong est ouinl in the northern p?.rt of the state. Thy, schedule will open with the first three games being played away from home against high school teams The teachers journey to Kelliher on Thursday, December 15, and on Sat urday, December 17, travel to Cass Lake where they meet the high school team. The following week the teani travels to Walker where they meet the Cass county seafhigh school quint on December 21. The first game to be played here by the teachers will be against the Northwest School of Agri cuture of Crookston, the Aggies play ing here on January 13. The fast Crookston high school team has prom ised to play the teachers on the local floor but the exact date has not been decided on as yet. Cass Lake and Walker high schools have both asked for return dates :tnd will no doubt (Continue.* on Page 6) .OPENING OF NEW STORE i VERY i ATTENDED Crowds filled the new store of the Bemidji Hardware company. Saturday, the opening day, vyhile the members of the Hnn expected to have many visitors, they -did not anticipate the crowds which visited the score all day. An addition had"been made to the sales force for 'he occasion and it wa3 an evenuul day for the company. Favors, in the lirte of flownrs, were presented to the ladies during the day and evening and special bargains for all their customers made the oc casion particularly attractive to all who visited the store. In the evdnins the' rjaxaphone divi sion of the Juvenile band furnished a surprise by. coming ti The Ftoie at 8 'clock and entertaining the vis- MUCH INTEREST SHOWN WNiwATHiEneauB All Those Interested in Club Already Started to -Meet Tomorrow at Noon An enthusiastic meeting was held at the ^tew armory Saturday evening at 8 o'clock, attended by business and professional men of the city, for the purpose of discussing plans for the organization of an athletic club. Officers were elected and committees appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws and to work out other details of organization. It was found that satisfactory ar rangements for the use pf the armory can be made and the only thing that remains to be determined is whether there is a sufficient demand for such a club to justify going uhe.ad with the organization. A meeting for this purpose will be held at 12 o'clock noon tomorrow at the new armory,/^ it is urged that all men intere^ the organiza tion of the clult. resent at that time., Dr. H. A. North. as ..elected president, Lee LaBaw. 'ary, and W. L. Brooks, treasure*. 'thcienfc interest is shown at the\ & 'g to morrow noon, activitieIndicate as soonv VA wiK ^yxn as possible -e that the idea for such'a club\ A hear^ly be welcomed by the majwlfcy of the business men of the city.. Mem bership is not limited to business men, however, and men of all ages and occupations are eligible to member ship. iEMIDJI DIVISION OF PATRIOTIC LEAGUE MEETSState The Bemidji division of the Patri otic league met Saturday afternoon at the Bemidji State Teachers col lege, and, while the attendance was not as large as was expected, yet those who. were there felt that it was time well spent. The reading circle is studying La Rue's Physiology of School Problems, and Saturday, the part pertaining to playgrounds and games was taken up. Miss Telulah Robinson, methods teacher* had charge, and had planned practical work to be- demonstrated by the following: language'games and playground games taught by Miss Floy Edson Miss Lucy Dunnigan had planned: a ioik dance? and Miss Shat tuek gave a talk on. playground games. The following were present from out of town Saturday: Blythe lie Lain, Miss Stella Minton, Mrs. Hulda Johnson, all of rural schools near Be midji Miss Myrle Methven and Miss Ada Williams, Carr Lake Mrs. Her niina Wing, Cass Lake, and Mrs. Jef fries of Spur. The county superintendent an nounces that all teachers'in this divi sion are expected to be present at the future meetings if they wish to re ceive their reading certificates. The next meeting will be. held the second Saturday in January, the 14th, at the Bemidji State Teachers college. BEMIDJI LABOR LEAGUE HOLDS INTERESTING MEETmidji Talk on Education Miss Telulah Robinson Very Well Received The meeting of the Bemidji Labor League was held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in the. Civic and Commerce association rooms, and, although, there wasn't a very large attendance, many important matters were dis cussed and acted upon. The League, in broadening its views on matters of vital importance to the nation, listened with interest to what Miss Telulah Robinson, of the Bemidji Teachers college, had to say regarding education, and referring principally to the Towner-Sterling bill now before congress. M'iss Robinson stated that out of every hundred children who entered the public'schools, only fifteen com pleted the high school and only three completed a college course. She also stated that the pupils of the rural schools were most severely handi caped by short school terms, ineffi cient teachers and unsuitable school buildings that a child attending rural schools can only accomplish in eight years what the child in city schools can accomplish in six years. Miss Robinson said that she be lieved that the passage of the Towner Sterling bill, now before congress, providing for a department of edu cation with a secretary as a member of the president's cabinet, would prove a remedy for many of the pres ent inefficiencies and inequalities of the public school system. -A resolution was passed which em bodied the desire of the Bemidji Labor League for the passage of the Towner-Sterling bill, which will be forwarded to "our congressman and senators. After a short discussion on mis cellaneous topics, the meeting was adjourned, subject to the call of the president, at 5 o'c/ock, at which time a meeting of the Salvation.Army ap peal committee was scheduled to take place. ,',..K '~tfy, ?T AND ORGANIZE IS Guernsey Breeders* Association Formed and Officers Are Elected Saturday OFFICERS MEET DEC. 21 TO APPOI NT DIRECTORS Seventeen Breeders Pay Fee of $1 and Become Active Members of Club Great enthusiasm was shown at the meeting of Guernsey breeders held Saturday^ afternoon, December 10, at the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association rooms. .Fifty breeders pi Guernseys and friends of the Guern seys wer6 in attendance at the meet ing. Speakers present made the as sertion without the fear of successful contradiction that there were several times as many gure-bred Guernsey females and bulls in Beltrami county as Holsteiris. The meeting resolved", it self to organize the Beltrami County Guernsey Breeders association and elected the following offiecrs: Presi dent, Gust.Svanberg of Liberty town ship vice-president, A, E..Whitting of Summit township and secretary and treasurer, /B. M. Gile of the Security Bank. A meeting of the officers will be held December 21 to appoint tem porary directors in the various town ships represented in the paid member ship, to prepare for a membership campaign, to prepare a set of by-laws and to arrange for another meeting of the boosters for "the cow that gives the golden cream." _It is hoped that other breeds will be represented by organizations with in the county and that there may then be a livestock council created com posed of representatives from all the associations to co-relate the work of the associations and make their work in promoting better livestock more effective. Owing to the lateness of the hour before the,.opportunity, wa 3 g.iven for joining the association, many had lef-t ior home, and their membership* will (Continued on page 6) COMPANY WILL PLAY WALKER HERE WEDNESDAY Company K, Bemidji's National Guard unit, will play its second game of basketball this Wednesday eve ning when the local squad meets the Walker city team at the new ai?mo'ry. A change in. the line-up since last Thursday's game has been announced and a much faster game may be looked for at this time. The first game served in getting a line on the ma terial and the weak points are to be strengthened^ as quickly as possible, the manager of the team announces. Walker has a city team composed of former high school, stars and a hard match is looked for by the Be guardsmen. Crookston city team is to play here, Wednesday, December 21, and another game is being ar ranged with the local Naval Militia unit for, the fore part of January. Efforts are also being made to bring the Grand Rapids city team here on December 28. THE UD WHO U5EP TO PASS THE HOME. Vv(TH HIS UTTL6. VI01IN/WEU. *%^J^ij?Z?S^2* (CepjrrTgto) MIDJ I DAIL PIONEE BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 12, 1921 LYCEUM (JUARTET TO APPEAR HERE The National Mal#. Quartet' will appear this evening* %|tho. Methadist church as the third-^Umber of the Lyceum course bcin# staged this winter- under the ffiujspices of the Women's Study club of this city. This quartet is declared by critics to be the best on the Lyceum course and according to advance data has been making a big su?feess this sea son. The proceeds of the series of Ly ceum course numbers go toward financing a needy student at the State Teacher? college, a project which the club attempts each year. Judging from the attendance at the last two numbers it is evident that there will be a large attendance this evening. The program to be ren dered is varied and as such will ap peal to every lover of Vocal music SOUTHERN KANSAS MINE STRIKE DISORDERLY TODAY (By United ^ress) Pittsburg, Kansas, I)ec. 12.Seri- ous disorders, broke out with the Southern Kansas mine strikers today. A mine near Chicopee1 NEW REIGN OF TERROR IS FEARED IN IRELAND ,(By'IJiiited JVoss) Dublin, Dec. 12.A- new reign of terror by opponents of the Irish peace treaty is feared. A former leader of court was shot to death in his place of business by armed, masked assailants. Another man was shot and wounded while walking on the street. There Was sporadic shooting in Belfast. One man was wounded. (By United Press) Belfast, L-eland, Dec. 12.The treaty between Great Britain and Ire land does not fulfill the solemn prom ises made to Ulster, "Premier Sir James Craig told parliament today. "The situation is very, grave, very serious," he warned. AGRICULTURAL COURSES OPEN FOR STATE FARMERS Janesville, Mirtn., Dec. 1.2-An- nual winter agricultural short 'courses -foi'-farmcfs'-ot ffinn^stfta^-1' staged by the International Harvester companywere started here today. Six schools in six southern Minnesota cities are, planned between now and Christmas. Northneld will have a school Dec ember 14 and 15 Slayton, December 16 and. 17j Balaton, December 19 and 20 Redwood Falls, December 21 and 22, arid Sprinfiold, December 22 and 23. MORSE TO ANSWER CHARGES IN WASHINGTON TOMORROW (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 12.The Depart ment of Justice announced today that the government will have Charles M. Morse, New York shipbuilder, in Washington tomorrow to cite charges in connection with the Morse war con tracts for ship-building. (By TTnited Pr-ss) New York, Dec. 12.Charles W. Morse, financier and ship-builder, ar rived here from France on the liner Paris today, and then left for Wash ington to face charges of shipbuild ing frauds. ^^--ffiL- was reported dynamited. Between 1.000 and 1,500 women marched on the JacksOn-Walk er road near here, and'prevented the miners from going to work. member R9 MINNESOTA IS ASKEDTOJOIN U. 5, Grain Growers, Inc., Ap- peal* to Farmer to Demand an Inquiry Into Exports CHARGES WHEAT PRICES ARE BELOW TRUE VALUE Despite Increase in Exported Wneat, Price Is Now Being Driven Down in U. S. St. Paul, Dec. 12.Minnesota farmers were called on today to join with farmers in all other grain pro ducing states in a demand for an im mediate federal investigation of the export grain trade and present low prices of wheat. C. H. Gustafson, president of the U. S. Grain Growers, Inc., in a letter to all county farm bureaus in Minne sota, urged a united appeal to con gress to pass a resolution authorizing such an inquiry by the federal trade commission. The resolution is al ready before the senate agricultural committee. Mr. Gustafson's organi zation is the new national farmers' co-operative grain marketing agency, which has 50,000,000 bushels of grain under contract for shipment through its sales channels. In his letter to Minnesota farm bu reaus, Mr. Gustafson charges that wheat prices are being deliberately "smashed" below the true value of the grain under existing conditions of supply and demand. "At the same time that wheat prices are being hammered down to the dol lar mark," he said, "and grain grow ers are being led to believed that a weakened foreign demand will not re quire a normal exportable surplus, we find that more wheat actually has been exported than ever before." Official figures of the United States department of commerce, he said, show that in 10 months of 1921, Unit ed States wheat exports have amount ed to 255,806,737 bushels, or 90,000,- 000 bushelr "esp'tfi-taf fo the sam,...period' lastfyenr. HS -PMYING1* fUUH005 HOW more than the total wheat The average of wheat exports in the {Continued on Page 6) FIRE DESTROYS FARGO GARAGE AND 50 CARS (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., Dec. 12.It was es timated early today by J. A. Raines, proprietor, that about 50 cars were burned when the Alliance Motor com pany's garage on Second avenue No., was destroyed by fire after midnight Saturday night. A check was being made this after noon. The loss, it was believed, will be estimated, at about $100,000, the value of the cars being in excess of $60,000. The cause of the fire is unknown, but once started, it raged with uncon trolable fury. Two firemen were overcome i nthe fight, which, because of the exploding of gasoline tanks was hopeless. Considerable credit is given to the department which saved the library and Hook apartments. The later building was owned by Mrs. Maud Hass. =P= .*M '"/Vi ^fjrjj* WW* DIVISION REPRESENTED AT M. E, A. CONFERENCE Representative From Northern Division Outlines New School Support Plan The educational conference called by President Carlson of the Minne sota Education association, met at the Curtis hotel in Minneapolis Friday and Saturday. The Northern Division was represented by Superintendent ,1. C. West of .Bemidji, Superintend ent Ross of Cass county, and Super intendent Hankey of Kelliher. The purpose of the meeting was set forth in the addresses of President Carl son and State Commissioner of Edu cation McConnell. 'Both speakers stressed the need of equal educational opportunities. Eleven committees were appointed to consider matters that ought to be brought to the attention of the next session, of the legislature. Perhaps the most important matter was that of Kchool support and taxation. Mr. Hankey went-before this commijte^ with the proposition that the state be made the chief unit in taxation instead of the district, and the coun ty the second unit. To this end he asked the committee to recommend that the state levy a tax of 5 mills and the county a second*tax of 5 mills for school purposes. The local districts would then supplement the state and county levies. Eventually the state under this system would meet thej, expenses of education on (Continued on page G) EFFORTS BEING MADE TO FORM NEW PARTY (TSy United Press) Minneapolis, Dec. 12.Efforts to organize a new party in Minnesota were made here today. J. A". H. Hopkins, national chair man of the new Liberal party, was the chief speaker at an organization mooting in the Unitarian church. The "committee of 48" is in charge fif the organization work and has started organizations in Ohio, Michi gan, Illinois and Wisconsin. Other states are now being organized. The new party intends to have a number of congressional condidatcs in the various states next year and build itself up so that it can take part inj'the presidential election of 1924. The platform cites the purpose of the party as- the abolition of special privilege. This is to be accomplished by public control of natural control resources, public ownership of rail roads, canals and pipe lines and equal rightspolitical, economic and legal for all citizens. STORMS CAUSE LAND-SLIDES AND WRECKS NEAR SEATTLE Seattle, Wash., Dec. 12.Storms raging here today caused wrecks and land-slides that resulted in one known death, and probably five others, and the injury of several. Homes were crushed by the land-slide. Roads, bridges and homes disappeared in the .storm. PURDUE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER BANNER YEAR Lafayette (Ind.) School Loses Only One Veteran From Old Basket Team (By United TresH) Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 12.P.urduc looks to another banner year in bas ketball. Coach Ward Lambert lost only one veteran from the quintet which tied for the title last year, Coffing, the versatile cented. -Led by Captain K. F. Miller, all conference guard last seaROii, the boilermakera have seven letter men an a nucleus. Included in this batch is Don White, ex-captain, who topped the West in individual scoring in the last campaign. Eversman and Masters are regard ed as regular forwards and, of course, there is little chance that anybody can beat out Miller and White for the guard berths. Chafee, who worked a few games in place of Coffing, is drilling at cen ter, and looks fit for the post. Capa ble substitutes are numerous on the large Purdue squad. Hiser, guard, and Leverepz, forward, both letter men, may be relied upon for excellent work whenever needed. The yearling squad also sent up some good material. Kriegbaum, Hol ler, Witter, Cross, Hawkins and Tavis arc sure bets for places as soon as they have had a little ex perience in a Big Ten grind. The scehdule makers, however, se riously handicaped the team. Only nine, instead of the usual twelve, conference games will be played. This will give ofcher fives a decided ad vantage in the percentage column, even though Purdue should travel the season without a defeat. Initial play opens Wednesday night against F^anklin^ one of the best secondary college in the state. PAIR FACE COUNT FOR VIOLATING LIQUOR LAWS St. Paul, Dec. 12.E. Alpern and Sarah Alpern wore in district '.outt today to answer charges of violation of Jitjuo/ laws, ittV -AlSJ 3 nanfcHA WEATHER Minnesota: day silghtly co portion tonight. 65c PER MONTH ARMSPROBLEHS '.-Jt *tA Outstanding Question Before Parley N ow Is Approval of Hughes Program SHANTUNG CONTROVERSY AL SO NEAR SETTLEMENT Indications Are Much Will Be Accomplished at Next Plenary Session (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 12.This, the fifth week of the arms conference, is virtually said to bo the most profit able of the parley. Settlement of the naval limitation question and agree ment on all the principal points of the Hughes limitation program, as well as the unfortification of the Pacific is lands, is imminent. Signing of the agreement by the United States and Japan to end the controversy is near. As the Far Eastern committee set to work on the Chinese problem, the mediation of the Shantung question also appeared near settlement. Reductions because of the four-power Pacific treaty ap peared more certain. (Uy United Pressj Washington, Dec. 12.(By A. L. Bradford)Complete agreement on nil major problems confronting the arms conference was confidently ex pected before the end of this, the fifth week, of the parley. With the acceptance of the four power Pacific treaty by the confer ence, the outstanding question before the parley was a complete and official npproval of the Hughes program for limitation of naval annument. Other major matters nre: Limitation of the Pacific Island for tification. Drafting a treaty designating the status, of China, now being worked out by the Far Eastern committee. Settlement of the Far Eastern question by China and Japan. HettleniOfjft of th c/mU'oyy be tween the United States! and Japan over the question of Yap ond other mandated islands in the Pacific. The question of naval armament, fortification in the Pacific and th.' Yap controversy are on the verge of complete agreement. An action on these matters of far-reaching import mice will probably be formally an nounced at the plenary session of the conference this week. The Japanese reply held up, but if assurances have been received that Tokio will accept the (JO per cent navy ratio allotted her in the Hughes pro gram. Final unofficial approval of the rntio is being held up until complete agreement can be reached on forti fication of the Pacific Mauds, Japan apparently believes she must have as surances of an agreement on the- isl- ands before affixing her signature to the treaty accepting the GO per cent ratio." At least throe more treaties will be framed by the conference. These are: A five-power pact with its ten-year navnl holiday embodied In the Hughes limitation of naval armament pro gram, in which Japan formally ac cepts the GO per cent capital ship ratio. The signatory nations will be the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy. Into this treaty also may be written an agree ment to limit Pacific island arma ments. A nine-power treaty embodying all agreements reached regarding China and the Far East. Tnto this may bo written the expected statement of (Continued on page 6) SENATOR MOSES ASSAILS WILSON AND HENRY FORD (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 12.Woodrow Wilson, Henry Ford and southern senators were bitterly assailed today by Senator Moses of New Hamp shire, during a speech defending Sen ator Newberry in the senate. Moses declared that he would vote for him. FARMERS MAY ORGANIZE TO REDUCE CORN CROP (By T7nitc Press) St. Paul, Dec. 12.Farmers to day considered organizing to reduce the 1922 corn crop. The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation called on 500 farm directors of township bu reaus in corn producing countries to. -decide whether to reduce the corn av erage. The farmers were asked to suggest metlfodB by which corn producing *ou]d be kept down to the actual de mand without causing a loss to pro ducers. Because of a greater supply than demand, this year's crop is gouig to waste. In many sections the farmers are burning corn for fuel, because it would 'cost more to market it than they could get for it.