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Washington Congress Working
Out Plan to Keep All
Voters Informed
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Members of Prbjfressive Bloc
Attending Session
will keep congress^ touch with the
country and try to stimulate and ral
ly public opinion along progressive
lines- An all-day's session was plan
ned at 10 a. m- ending tonight in a
dinner at whfch Samuel tjntermeyer,
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Lafollette Presides
"'(By IjiUtea Press)
Washington, Dee. 2^The1Progres-
tive movement must work slowly and
carefully if it. Is tasoeceeaV Senator
Lafollette, Wisconsin, warned today
in. opening the conference ef pro
gressives froijaiall part? of the coiijn-'
try. Each/step takeri'inust be based
on thorough'investigation and re
ff 4^..^search so thai: the. progressive move
'iment receives no ^set-back, Lafollette
declared. l- ..-'W
The Progressives gathered under
the auspices of the peoples' Legis
lative Serviceman organization creat
ed by a handful of men in congress
v.two years ago. Today's session was
a sequel to andin effect part of the
meeting of congressional progres
sives at the capitol yesterday, when
a definite progresive Woe was form
ed. -.i::..
While the bloc works in congress,
the progressives who met here today
/"will work in the various states. The
blocwill seek passage of progressive
legislation. The other progressives
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(ByV ttenry Wood)
Lausanne, Switzerland, Dec. .2of
The Lausanne conference, dead-lock
ed on the qaestion of. the straits, the
Mosul Oil concessions and European
frontiers, today, considered a six
weeks recess, beginning December.
15th. :'/&tr^&<
The adjournment would permit
Ismet Pasha, Turkish leader, to con
sult with the Angora government on
these controversies and continued
disputes, while the coirferjence under
the plan would-be resumed at/the
close of the Brussels meeting.
W. H. LILYE OPENS SOFT
DRINK PARLOR TONIGHT
W. H. Lilye, formerly proprietor
of the soft drink establishment le
cated in the Gilbbons block on Bel
trami avenue, is to open a soft drink
parlor in the' MarTchaffi Tiotel build
ing this evening, in that section of
the building formerly occupied by
the Markham Coffee Shop" and more
lately by the Hues'gen Jewelry storfe.
Mr. Lilye wks employed in. this same
location under P. S. Lycan for 12
years.
He will handle, soft "drinks of all
kinds, cigars, cigarettes, ice cream,
candies, nuts and all other such ar
ticles as are common to, a soft drink
parlor. The location has been re
decorated and presents a first-lass
appearance- y:
LOCAL BOOK STORE ADDS
HANDICRAFT DEPARTMENT
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The ladies of Bemfdji,= I well as
some of the school misses will. be
pleased to learn of a new and most
interesting department in handicraft
instruction to be inaugurated by the
Bemiciji Book & Stationery^ company
next Monday/^^.^^t^i-viLs-..":
A. G. Jackson,^^. prp9rietor''of the in many communities,$&-Mihnesota
store, advises'^at' the instruction
demonstration will begin Monday
with Mrs- Lets^feallj 'bureau worker
of the Dennlsbri ^nufacturing com
pany, in charge.^*'....
Mrs. Letschfell wilPi teach this
handicraft art work to a corps., of
ladies during the next. teift days and oua relief. has been greatly intehsi
afteT her demonstration -the instruc
tion work will be continued indefi
nitely by local instructors who will
be connected with the Bemidji Book
& Stationery company^
The instruction work will be ab
solutely free to all and will consist
of making paper rope basketry, liow
prs of every iescriDtaoh, candle and
lamp shades, hats, bead work,.pend
ants, box and package decorating,
etc. Instruction classes and hours
will be announced later and from
time to time.
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PROGRESSIVE LEADERS
HOLD MEETING TODAY
TFOlJk HUtiDftED FAMILIES
MADE HOMELESS BY FIRE
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Newborn, N.^.^Jttec-2rFour
hundred families were- homeless
today as authorities started an
investigation of the'. fire which
.yesterday caused damaged esti
mated at more than a million
dollars. The fire started in the
lumber mill of the. John. L. Rop
er. Lumber ompany/and .spread
rapidly, fanned by high winds.
Practically th. entire Negro sec
tion of (he city was wiped put.
More than a hundred white fam
ilies were jnade homeless by the
conflagration.. ~\A\:n:'i.,:-*~
.Grain Doomed Unless Car
Relief Comes Soon
CBy United Press)
St. Paul, i&sfc. -2#*estrucfcion of
more than 2,000,000 bushels of grain
in Minnesota And the Dakota* is in
evitable_unless immediate: relief from
car shortage is forthcoming, state
officials were advised today
Railroad commissioners:and grain
elevator operators of tb^ three states
.conferred with O. P. B. Jacobson,
gtate Railroad and
WarehouseVcorn-
missioner on the problem
Not only farmers ibut scores df
country banks and merchants face
financial rum unless cars are avail-,
afble to move tie crop in 30 days, it
was ypfad- M?re WMfa
bushels 'ofs^ain are?/lying on the
ground along Jte.Sioo line'hi North,
Dakota, Frank Milho41and Notftef
Da]t railroad commissitfnejrj as
serted More than 2*000^090 buib^
els of^ grain in the tlfree states mil
rot unless. cars are provided. v-Tfl|B
report of Milholland was a sumitiiry
the opinions of grain .elevatoi'bp
erators throughout this section*
Twenty five thousand cart are
needed within 30 days, according to
Commissioner Jacobson. Not only
are the,.farmers threatened, with huge
losses on grain crops, but potato
growers are. desperately ih need of
cars to move the spud crop, he said.
Preus Requests ObserVanc* of
Tomorrow as Near East
Relief
Sunday
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Observance of tbmdfrrdwaj* "Near
East .Relief Sunday" has befeii re
quested by Governor J. A. 0. Pr6us
who followed the example of Presi
dent Warren G HardingVoli Thanks-
Ngiving.d,ay-in issuing a jproclamation
dedicating the day to the cans of
the Near:East relief appeal. State
wide.: -recognition of the day by
special mass meetings and collection
of funds is urged by Governor Preus
who defines the plight, of the Ghrist
ian refugees in the Neaf East as "al-
most unparalleled in history (Jailing
for our best efforts towards furnish
ing needecT relief."
"I hereby urge and request the
mayors of all our cities to,appoint
committees to make an appeal for
funds for this emergency ftnd'sug
gest that their efforts culminate'in
a mass meting oh Sunday, December
3," said Governor Preus.
Campaigns for. funds in the Near
East relief cause will be in progress
tomorrow, according fco Dr. George
E- White, state director of .the Nehr
East Relief organizati^h. Not* that
more than 1,250,000 refugeea from
Smyrna, Thrace, and Anatolia are
looking helplessly "to America far
food, need for immediate and gener-
fied, Dr. White said.
JUNIOR ORDER OF MOOSE
DANCE ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
Tjte annual dance given by the
Junior Order of Moose in the new
Moose hatf Friday evening proved
to.be a very enjoyable affair and
was quite largely attended. Music
was furnished by a four-piece or
chestra consisting of Mrs. Arch. WJ1-
liamB, piano, Joe Forireste$| violin,
Waller Smith, cornet and banjo and
^Pergy Riggs, drums. L.
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TEACH S TO
a Morality
(By Xfniteh irsss I
Chicago.J*flC, .2:r^.x ..instruc-
tion for parents, not children, is the
solution ot.t^e^modern morals prob-
lem.", ^^|il%%l^v^.
The CWcagq schqod board with
this idea in mind, will hold night
schools in jaarality a4 sex hygeine
for the: meters aXfd fathers of school
children. i:.
Several trostees- o* tlie bqfrU ef
education will condudt the night
Classes and carry.to the-parents the
problems ofvisfex hygiene, which they
in turn are -expescted to eonvey %o
their, chiidren through individual hi
istruction in the-Tboine.
Sex matters cannot be taught pro
perly tc schqqL children except by
their parents^Dr. ^oleslaus Klarktfwr
ski, trustee the school board and
father ql/the plan^ declared.
"Sex instruction shoud begin at
home and not at school," said Klark
owski.
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Over Two Million Bushels of
ANOTHER CHEST CLINIC
.,:y|PLL:"KE.^HELD TUESDAY
A chest elinic will be conducted in
Bemidji, Tuesday, December 5, in
the offices of. Drs. Garlock & Garlock
iin\ charge of^ttavR. L^ Laney of Eake
Jtiiia, Miss Beth MacGregor, Red
Cross. Community nurse assisting.
jAs this is the last clinic of this nat
ure to be held here for several
months it "is especially urged that
'^nyonev showing, the least tendency
toward liang jtrouble make ani ap
pointment, at 6nce that these cases
may be taken care of first.
At the la|t clinic over forty were
disappointed, in not being examined
^ecaqse^q^jaek of time, .and the
hecessityqf making appointments is
TO OPEN TRUST
COMPANY IN NEW YORK
?'\A9f} Ui'Mil Prsss)
New York, Dec. 2The chairman
of the banking committee of the New
York Federation of Labor has an
nounced the establishment of a co
operative bank in New York to be
controlled bydabqr.
The bank will be known as the
Federation Trust Company, with re
sources Of $2,000,000, to.be divided
as.fl,p00r000 capital and $1,000,000
surplusi-^'
Shares will be sold for $200, ,of
rwbich $100 will be applied to capital
and $100 to surplus.
The organizers plan to place the
stock in the hands of the largest
ntthilber of people, so that it may be
obtained on an easy payment plan
Dividends to stockholders will be
limited to 10 per cent, and the re
mainder of the profits wil go to the
deposTtc-W." The motto of the bank
will be "service," and all the institu
tion's power will be directed toward
heping organized workers.
BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 2, 1922
Would Enable fCo-Operative
Organizations" to be.
Legally
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OF HI S ANNUAL PAR'
REPORT PtfBUC*TODAY
Says Time Has Come When
Etonomic 0llectiv
Action is Needeo*
i.
By William J* vLosT
(UnltsA PrM 8ta earr**p4aa*nt)
Washington, Pec.- ^^Pberali-
ziation of the Sheirtnah artti-liust law
an
ivi. 'trade acts" \o enable co-pperativef
Tfte night classes will be conduet^dr brganizaions, as distinguishtd from
f^fty different community centers.'
Members of the board who will"dfc
feet the se^, lectures: include Dr.
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supplementary "Restraint of
capital consolidations, to 4 legally
formed, is advocated by Seretary of
Qommerce Hoover,% his annual re
port, parts of which were^nYade pub
lic today.
Hoover's plan fqi[legally/JBani'ctiqn-
ihg such co-operative ventures, to
gether with his argunients in its fav
or as set forth in hisIreporl follows:
"It has often been argued that the
original intent of the. restraint qf
trade *cts was fiot to inhibit any sort
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CROOKS ARE TOO
FAST FOR
Chicago Police Cief Urg es
Purchase of Autos to Aid
District Patrolmen
tJall
Chicago^ Dec :2r-^PBe district pa
trolman, covering his beat afoot, no
longer has a. chance to co|fe with the
modern motorized crook, declared
Chief Charles Fitzmorris of the Chi
cago Police Department.
i "The crooks can watch a police
man on his beat and after he has pas
sed a certain point commit a half
dozen^ drinies and make their get
away, for they know it will be an
Ijiour before he is Tiack again," Fitz
m6rris said.,
He has recommended the purchase
thiry land later of sixty more
autqs, sb that the department will
have ani even break with the crooks
/Xke new "flivver squadron," will
patrol certain districts.^ Each tfar
manned by three policemen in uni
form, will coyer a regular beat, more
often and more speedily than the foot
patrolmen.
In asking an appropriation for the
purchase of the new cars, Chief Fitz
morris.'pointed out that auto patrols
and motorcycle. officers have cut
iutq (thefts in half and have almost
eliminated payroll robberies.
In addition for working for the
improvement of the motor facilities
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and Troops Protect Tiger of France
CLEMENCEAU IS
JAMES McKAY MEETS
DEATH IN BENA FIRE
James^ McKay, about 58 years of
age well-known lumber-jack and
known throughout Itasca county as
"Porcupine Jim", lost his life in the
fire that destroyed the Cyrl hotel at
Bena Thursday night, according to
details of the fire received here to
day. Lloyd Kegley, another roomer
at the hotel, who was seriously burn
ed about the hands, head and arms,
was taken to Grand Rapids Friday
'morning and is reported in a serious
condition there. However, it is ex
pected that he will recover.
The fire, which started shortly
after 9 o'clock Thursday night is be
lieved to have had its origin from a
carelessly thrown cigaret butt. All
of the persons in the building escaped
with their lives with the exception of
Mr- McKay.
The building was owned by the
Minneapolis Brewing Co., as near as
can be ascertained, and occupied by
L. Carpenter, who operated a. pool
room on the first floor and a room
ing house up-stairs.. A small .build
ing, adjoining, belonging to James
Costello, was also consumed by the
flames. NORTHWEST REPRESENTED
ATCHICAGO STOCK SHOW
4 (By Ignited Press)
St. Paul, Dec 2.The northwest,
greatest source of the nation's dairy
and meat supplies, was to be repre
sented today at the International
Livestock Exposition, Chicago, on a
greater scale than ever before.
Scores of dairy and beef cham
pions, as well as hogs and sheep, were
entered in the national exposition at
the windy city from farms in the
northwest.
The University of Minnesota Col
lege of Agriculture has entered ani
mals and /will send a livestock judg
ing team to the exposition.
The fact that the National Dairy
Exposition has been held in St- Paul
the last two years, has stimulated in
terest in the dairy industry in the
northwest, according to University
Farm heads.
We ^Mentally Intoxicated"
"Mental intoxication'' pl#tK^ reason: -given by Professor J. P. Tiernan
of South Bend, Ind., for his marriage to Mrs- Blanche Brimmer, his bride
of a day. Here the professor and his bride are shown on their 24-hour
honeymoon". The professor has how returned to wife No. 1 who figured so
prominently in the paternity sqit against Harry Poulin a few months ago-
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IMPROVEMENT
NOT GENERAL
SAYS BABSON
Statistician Says Only Half
Of Business World Ha
Been Affected Ye
DECLARES THAT BEST
HAS NOT YET ARRIVED
General Business Stands at
About 3 Below Normal
Same as Last Week
Wellesley Hills, Dec. 2.Roger
W. Babsbn today called attention to
a very important fact in discussing
the general industrial revival.
"Depressions hit the country very
much like storms," says Mr. Babson.
"and just as they affect different
localities of the country in regular
sequence they also affect the dif
ferent 'divisions of our business
world in different degrees and at
different times.
"The fact that a depression gener
ally- starts in the Northeast works
South and West, finishing its course
in California, is clearly evident from
a statistical study of the situation.
If we look at the business world we
find it dividing itself into four big
divisions and we find that the busi
ness depression traces its regular
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SHIPSUBSIDY S
FATE DOUBTFUL
Five Doubtful Votes to Sway
Bill to Passage or Defeat,
Poll of Senate Shows
i By United Press)
Washington, Dec. 2 (Paul R. Mal
lon, copyrighted 1922 by the United
Press)The fate of the Ship Sub
sidy bill in the senate hangs in the
balance with five votes likely to
prove the determining factor, doubt
ful.
Administration republicans sent
to the senate from the farming dis
tricts of the middle west can sway
the bill to passage or defeat as soon
as they make up their minds how they
are going to vote.
This was revealed in a poll of the
upper house of congress conducted
by the United Press today, in which
the entire democratic side of the
chamber with the exception of Sen
ators-Ramsdell and Eroussard of
Louisiana against the measure
This means: 34 sure votes. It will
requjre 49 votes to defeat the sub
sidy.
If all the senators vote, the re
maining 15 ivotes against the bill
must come from the republicans, if
it is beaten. The progressive re
publicans who are lined up against
the measure include Senators Borah,
Brookhart, Capper, Gooding, Ladd,
Lafoilette, Lenroot, McNary, Nor
beck and Norris- This brings the
total of practically sure votes against
the measure to 44. Five more votes
are required.
These five votes must come from
the remaining progressive senators,
France of Maryland, and Cqu7xn3
of Michigan, and from the republi
cans, of the middle west farming
district*', tV.ore who have not yet
made up their ininds.
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MgramcAL
Minnesota? Fair
Snjifh^excepf'fl^BiW
flurries near .Lake _.SOjperior,
Warmer in east and &0t&
PRICE 3c
Threatening Letters Persuade
St. Louis Committee to
Guard Hun Closely
PATROLS DURING NIGHT
GUARD SLEEPING TIGER
Those Close to Clemenceau
Anticipate Little Fire
In Today's Speech
St- Louis, Mo., Dec. 2. (By
Frank Getty)Elaborate precau
tions to protect former Premier
Georges Clemenceau of France were
taken throughout St. Louis today as
the city hailed the Tiger. -More
than 1,000 police ana* troops patrol
ed the streets along the parade which
escorted the French statesman from
the Pulitzer home at Clayton to the
Odeon where he delivered his fourth
formal American address.
Uproarious welcome', restrained
throughout the first day of Clemen
ceau's visit because he requested it,
was turned loose with all the city's
tradition behind it despite threats
against the Tiger.
More threatening letters giving the
impression they came from the or
ganization responsible for the at
tack on the late Theodore Roosevelt,
pursuaded the committee of welcome
to the most drastic steps of precau
tion.
All-night patrols of police armed
with sawed-off shot guns passed on
the lawn beneath the Tiger's window.
Early today, preparations for the
long parade which escorted Clemen-,'
ceau to the Odeon got under way.
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SEARCHING PEARL LAKE
FORTWOST. CLOUD BOYS
(By United Press}
St. Cloud, Dec. *2Thomas and
Raymond Neubeck, 13 and 10 years
old respectively, so/s of Thomas
Neubeck, disappeared Thanksgiving
day from their home. A hundred
searchers today are going over every
inch of Pearl Lake believeing that
the boys slipped into the water.and
drowned. The lake has since frozen
over and it is thought that the boys
slipped into the water and their bod
ies might be seen through the clear
ice.
The two children left home on
Thanksgiving afternoon for a fish
ihouse on Pearl Lake to go hunting.
One of them carried a small revolv
er- Neighbors saw the boys going
to the lake and later looked out but
saw no trace of them.
ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICE
WILL BE HELD TOMORROW
i The annual memorial service of
the B. P. O. E. for deceased mem
bers will be observed by the Bemidji
lodge Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Elko theatre. An exception
ally fine program has been arranged
and the public jn general has been
invited-
Rev. L. P. Warford of the Pres
byterian church will give the mem
orial address. In adition there will
be a number of solos and orchestra
music
PLANNING A NEW AND
GREATER CONEY ISLAND
(By United Press)
New York, Dec- 2Coney Island
aims to surpass Atlantic City as a
great all-year-round resort.
The great boardwalk which has
been under construction for over a
year will be completed early in 1923.
The concrete work has been practi
cally completed.'.
With the opening of tlie boardwalk
through the entire length,, millions
will probably be expended for new
buildings and the resort will be vast
ly altered- lf
Coney suffered under prohibition
probably more severly than almost
any other* resort along the coast. This
was CIUL' to the fact that a large part
of its patronage was-drawn from the
element t'.iat demanded beer znd
wine for it? merrymaking. Knowing
that, enforcement officials paid spe
cial attention to the resort and even
hippockets lacked protection.
The aim cf the organizations now
taking un the banner of a greater
Coney Island plan developments
which will attract a higher class of
patrons r.nd say they are willing to
spcr.d the money to build a more
substantial and enduring resort.
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