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Warning Sounde4 on
Meeting of Rjver* and
Harbor* Cqngrew
WATERWAY PROJ^CTS/^
HELD AS ONi SOflt^flQN
PRECEDED CHILE QUAKE
(By United PreM)
New Oreleans, Dec/5.-T-Very hef
vy surfs, huge swells and ttnusttjji
winds prevailed in. son^e?. 'Ghaefipi
ports just prior to the disasterons
earthquake and tidal waye-
CHICAGO
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Railroads Alone Cannot Mo
Meet Demand* of Buinc*,
President Declares
Jame* T. Kolbert)
(United Prem Staff Correspondent).
Washington, Dec. 5The expect
ed business bgojm may npt material
ize, due to the inadequacy of railroad
equipment, delegates of the eight
eenth convention of tJie National
Rivers and Harbors congress warned
today. The convention opens here
tomorrow for a two-day session.
Development of the waterways' of
the country and ^xtipndad good roads
work form the 3olu.tiPH of thje pro$^-
xlem, the convention will hold.
Experts on raCroads, Iwa^erway*
and road transposition airer on ii
program of speakers? Proin. their
speeches the congress will pj*eparea
develoVment program- fojr submisr
sion to the airoiniftration at$ busi
ness at large.
The railroads alone eanftot now
meet the transportation demands of
business, John H- Small,.-present of
the congress stated- When business,
after some two years stagnation,
really hits its strilef a transportation
jam of almoft mS^Mmte pror
portions will/d9velrp he. fearit.
"The AmeiicaW ttPWiapo*fcatidii
proWen^al?^^^? J^^^ILM
:moTe" serious" itt^the"ttear future than
ever before in time of peace,*'
Small stated '^It is a p^oblete &a
is many dieted a^^Jwiatliiig with dif-
ficultiesv-htt^^we'progjresp of th
nation is to cblitlnue and its proa
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recii|ly
which cost hundreds of liyes^nd "de-
stroyed millioni of .dollars -worth )0f
property, according^td Ciptaih IiUh4
of th,e steamship Christianbourg, jttfjt
amved at theis port from Iqueq[t|e
with a cargo of nitrate*.:
According to Captain Lund mjahV
ships anchored in the harbor ^flqtte
que were unafele to take aft cat^p
because of the Upheaval of the sem
The Christianbourg*. was proteiBtfett
by a point and was able to proceed
with the work of takings oh its cargd
and managed to saiLbefore thfe disa
ter- -V1
According to Captaijft Lund, lh*
seas around Iqueque ar^ nttrm^U*
very calm and the wind are|y eyfei*
shifts to the east On this q^astdhj
the captain said, the wind. n%Ved
the east and held there, ,l)lc^ng 4t
an unusual velocity whi# added to
the difficulties of shippiifg in seve|
al harbors- -p.
A feeling existed among seajsen :Jit
the port of Iqueque that so|nethi|0
was going to happen oecausfl-of tiif
unusual behavior of the seasL|ndr thtj.
continuous east, winds
(Bjf Ualted Pre)
Chicago, Dec: 5.The wide-pread
practice of birth control among the
so-called "bsfe people" is running
the race, Dr. Joseph L. Baer, gyne
cologist and I ob^tretician, declared
in an interview, heise*.
y' "Birth encouragement, not birth
limitation, .the need among these
people," Dr. Baer said
More than half the women of the
country are practicing some sort of
birth control, according to Dr. Baer.
While advocating larger families
for seme, Baer proposed a wider use
of birth control methdds for others.
"Wealthy women use highly scien
tific methods," he said. "But the
women of lesser means are forced to
submit to the-quaek-doctors and the
criminal operator.
"A possible solution of the prob
lem, is regulating restraint in both
directionslimltaiton among the in
digent, the debilitated and defectives
nnd birth encouragement among the
better endowed classes-"
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MABELYNNE 0BENCHA1N
D1SMISSEDJR0M COURT
Los Angeles, Dec 5Madelynne
Obonchain is free today to. resume
her romantic career, or as she her
self pttte-it "live down things that
haVe happened."
The pretty woman, her face show
ing marks of months in jail, almost
ran to a waiting closed car when the
case against her and, Aurthur Burch
was dismissed on motion of Dist At
torney Woolwine who said, that inas
much as five juries had disagreed
on the case against .Hheni for the
murder of J. Beltdfc, Kennedy,
wealthy broker, near his bungalow
home- no hopes of securing a ver
dict cou|d be held. _?'!
TUBERCULOSIS
RATELOWERED
,u of Census Announces
Th at 192 1 Deaths from
3 l? Bi Totaled 107,000
Wasliinirtqn, Dec 5The Depart
nieixt of Commerce, through the Bu
reau of the Census, announces that
aoout S-000 deaths were due to tu
berculosis in the death registration
area of the United States and if. the
rest "of the United States had as
many deaths from this cause in pro
portion to the population, the total
riumbr of deaths from tuberculosa
i| in ^le entire United State* for
W was about 107,000, or 15,000
laser than-_.theJL22.0DD Stimated for
1920.
t*he :trend of the tuberculoMs
death rate is downward., In the 84
states of the registration areaj^|ill
ettept one, show their lowest r||e
for tne year 1921. The tubei^tt
losis death rate in the registra^ibn
area in 1921 was 99-4 per 19^00
population against 114.2 per 10000
population for the yea ri9?6.
To permit hetter intdrsiate ctwn
parisons for the year M%i% adjusted
rates based on the stahdir^ million
population have been calculated
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Coroner Decides
Found West of Rod Lake
Belonged to Mali
K^
-Another mystery surrO%iding the
.discovery of ,a humah |^eletd|i. 0n-
the Indian reservation^W$t of/the
tower Red Lake Betttaiiii eotinty
has apparently been cleared. ti|r_a
much as possibile- Couftty Cfrrolier
N. McKee was called to TMef
Blver Pails Saturday ttt visit the
seefle of the find, the trip iieeeiiiar-
iTV beinR made through Tjiief Rhrer
f^lpeveiit reach a portibh of Bel
tr^nit'county northwe^ of here,
Sunday Mr. McKee arid others
dlpVe about 60 miie east and sllght
mto fte south of Thief Aiver Falls,
WrigiJ^f them just aboVe the Bel
Wtuni-felearwater line on ihe reser
vatiuh "in the v?*A side 61 Hed LAke*.
iffereii'iey foun.l the skeleton
which was discovered fey a farmer,
who.lives about 15 milesftrom there,
during the fore part i^f Noyemher.
The farmer was hunting and happen
ed to discover the skeleton in a
meadow which had b%ch lUr(it:
over this fall. Due to the fact that
it was not certain for a time in which,
county the bones were: fffand. delay
wag caused in makings the investi
gation,
Coroner McKee states that it
was decided that the skeleton was
that of a man, since small pieces
of leather, apparently ftarts! i a
pair of suspenders, wefe found be
sides the bones. Whet&er the man
was a white or an Iniflinja, uncer
tain but (t is believed,tnai he waa
an Indian. What are thought to be
picces of a snuff jar and a Mft&U
bottle were dug up near the skeleton
as was also what is thettght td be
the blade of a small knife.
Indications were that the-skeleton
had been there for eight or teh years
the coroner stated.
Mr*. L- Rasmussen recently wrote
l&cal authorities regarding the find
ing of this skeleton, thinking that it
may have been the remains of her
mother who disappeared albdut 1915.
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Meeting BeiWR Held Today
In,St^ Capitol
A. P- White,, Bemidji member of
the State Teachers college board,
left last night for St. Paul to at
tend the board meeting to be held in
the capitol today to discuss the sit
uation arising out of the destruction
by fire of the college at Winona
-Sunday?,.:-.--''/''.'
The state fire marshal's office has
been asked to investigate the cause
of the fire-which destroyed the main
building of the Winona State Teach
ers college Sunday- The loss to the
old building and damage to the li
brary and heating plant is estimated
to total ?5Q0,Q0Q.
Captain Michalowski of the Wino
na fire department suffered severe
cuts and briuses when a hose coupl
ing broke and he was swept against
fire-debris. Herbert Schriver. a lad
derman, was blown from a ladder by
an explosion of gas and injured.
-Classes were resumed Monday in
chUrehes and fraternal buildings
about Winona. Most of the students
text books were destroyed- No in
surance is carried on the building
by the state. Members of the state
board of contorl, it is understood,
plan to urge the establishment of a
state insurance system- This sub
ject is to be taken up by the next
legislature according to plans of
the board, so that all state buildings
may .have ample protection by in
surance- HERMANN S. HERING TO
SPEAK HERE TONIGHT
Prof. Hermann S- Hering ef Bos
ton, member of the board of lecture
ship &'the
Mother church, the First
Church of VtShrist, Scientist, in Bos
ton will lecture at. the Rex theatre
thiiieveningat 8:15 on "Christian
Science, the Science of Right Liv-
ing'' This address will be entirely
free of charge and the public is in!
vited to attend.
ASSOCIATION TO HEAR
TALKS ON EDUCATION
Members of the Civic and Com
merce association attending the reg
ular wekiy meeting to be held Wed
nesday noon at the association rooms
following the noon-day luncheon are
to be given an opportunity to learn
more abottt the public schools of to
day and their needs. This program
has been arranged in co-operation
with American Education Week, now
in progress under the direction of a
committee of the Ralph Grade post
of the American Legion, of which
p. Wirth of the State Teachers col
lege is chairman, and members of
the ^rious local institutions-
M. W- Deputy, president of the
State Teachers college, is listed as
one of the speakers for tomorrow's
meeting. In addition, there will be
several other talks on educational
subjects. It is especially urged that
there be a large attendance-
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BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 5, 1922
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Escape from Lo Angeles Jail
Is Made Cutting Away
Three Iron Bars
WAS WAITIN G, SENTENCE
FOR MEADOW'S MURDER
Believed She Escaped After
2 o'clock This Morning
With Outside Aid
(By United Prjise)
Los Angeles, Dec Mrs. Clara
Phillips, awaiting sentence for the
death of Mre. Alberta Meadows with
a hammer, 'escaped from the jail
here early today. The escape was
made by means of three bars cut
from a window. The" guards saw
the woman at 2:00 a, m-,. and it is
believed that she escaped after this
hour with the aid of. someone out
side the wall of the prison
Posses were formed and .calls were
made to all parts of southern Cali
fornia in an effort to recapture her.
I In the jail, all was confusion. Jail
ers could not believe that the wo
man had escaped- At first, it was
thought Mrs. Phillips might have es
caped during the excitement of Mrs
Oberchain's release, but later, it was
learned that she1
through the window.
had escaped
GOLDEN GATE BOHEMIANS
SHYING AT HIGH RENTS
San Francisco Landlords No
Able to Capitalize idea of
New York Owne rs
(By Robert A- Donaldson)
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Sah Francisco, Dec- 5 "I would
n't know a high rent ifr I saw one,"
moaned the landlord of several struc
tures in the Telegraph Hill district
of San Franciscocommonly reput
ed to be the home of "Bohemia."
His remark was in reply to a ques.
tion whether he had been aible
emulate the landlords of Greenwich
Village-in New York City, who cap
italized Bohemia to such an extent
that .rents were soared out of sight
in fact, way beyond the pockets of
the Bohemians themselves, who were
threatening to take their masterpiec
es that wouldn't sell, and their free
verse that was too deep for shallow
magazine editors, and emigrate to
some other'section of Manhattan Is
land*
"The trouble here is that the Bo
hemians are cheap," said the land
lord. "When they want to starve in
a garret, they want to pay garret
rent. Usually they starve for sev
eral months, and then go to work
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SllftCiffiel^ Placed Before Harding
'pt
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ITH1 2 ay?^ HOM E TOW N
NORTHWEST HIT BY COLD i
WAVE TO CONTINUE COLD
(By United Preee)
St- Paul, Dec. 5With tempera
tures ranging down to 22 below in
Alberta, the northwest today is in#
the grip of a cpld wave with little
prospect of relief-
Not much change in temperature
was the prediction ofthe weaiher
bureau. Light snow fell almost ev
erywhere over the northwest except
in the Twin Cities where the temper
ature was slightly warmer. Mini
mom temperatures show St. Paul, 2
below Duluth 2 below Fargo, 10
below Bismarck- 8 below Williston,
12 below Medicine Hat, 22 below,
Helena, 6 below Edmonton 8 below
A low area coming in from the
Pacific is "responsible for tlie fact
that it was less cold in Edmonton
than in Medicine Hat, according to
the weather bureau. The low area
and resultant low temperatures
stretched from Alberta down the
Missouri and Mississippi valleys as
far as Tennessee.
GUERILLA WARFARE IS
IS RESUMED IN IRELAND
(By United Preee)
Dublin, Dec. 5The Irish insurg
ents resumed guerilla warfare today
on the eve of the establishment of
the Free State.
Sixty "rebels", which ambushed
Free.. State troops near Cork, were
driven and proceeded with consid
erable loss into the forest near Vloi
moleague-
Following passage of the bill
creating the state by the British
House of Lords yesterday, reports
of the irregular activities became
current- The insurgents, these re
ports said, were preparing a last
desperate effort to prevent establish
ment of the republic.
DEMONSTRATION GROUPS FORMED
Second Series of Community
Demonstration Meetings
Has Been Arranged
Five new communities in Beltrami
county have been organize'1 for the
second series of home demonstration
meetings. These meetings will be
gin the second week in December
nnd meet for one day each month
for the- next five months.
Tuesday, December 12th, is to be
spent in Solway, with a group in
Home Management, Mrs. B- E-
Tweeten acting as community lead
er
Mrs. Charles Blakely has organized
community at Turtle River and
has ten members signed up who will
study the clothing project. Their
first meeting will be Wednesday,
December 13th-
At Hines, a second clothing group
has been organized with Mrs. J- F.
Johnston as community leader.
Thursday, Dec. 14 wil be their first
meeting.
Several communities in the vicin
ity of Blackduck are to have a cloth
ing project beginning Friday. Dec
ember 15th, in the town of Black
duck, at the city hall.
A group of local leaders repre
senting the townships of Frohn, Be
midji, Grant Valley, Ecklcs and
Northern will study Home Manage
ment in Bemidji in the commission
er's rooms at the Court House on
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ADOPTSLOGAN
"Buy in Bemidji" Say Local
Merchants at Meeting
Monday Evening
The Trade Committee of the Civic
and Commerce association held an
interesting session and dinner at the
association rooms Monday evening at
which Harry Snyder of the Snyder
company store gave a splendid talk
on the evils of merchandising.
Mr. Snyder pointed out many
flaws in the present system and sug
gested "remedies to correct these ev
ils. His talk provided ample thought
for general discussion, which was
entered into by a large, number pres
ent.
The* merchants adopted the slogan
"Buy] ili? Bemidji" with a view to
making good in giving better and
bigger values than can be obtained
elsewhere.
A program of education and en
lightenment'among the merchants
and people of Bemidji, showing the
advantages to all who reside in this
community of buying in Bemidji,
was thought necessary and will be
taken up through committee effort
The next meeting of the committee
will be held Tuesday evening, Dec
26th, at which time another general
topic will be brought up for con
sideration.
Bemidji lodge No- 233- A. F. &
A- M-, will meet in regular communi
cation Wednesday evening at the
Masonic hall for its annual business
meeting and election of officers. A
number of important matters arc in
cluded in the r.nnual business and a
large attendance of members it re
quested,
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By Stanley
S A
WEATI
Minnesota: Generally
night and Wednesday/ Contra,
ued cold*
Veteran French Statesman in
Washington to Call Upon
Woodrow Wilson
CALLS UPON HARDING
AND PRESENTS CAUSE
Wilson and Clemenceau Each
Stood for World Democracy
By Different Plans
(By A- L- Bradford)
(B.v United Press)
Washington, Dec. 5Clemenceau
today placedvthe cause of France be
fore President Harding in a con
ference in which the former Prem
ier said that America should again
wield her mighty influence in Euro
pean affairs to save the continent
from disaster.
Pleading for us to "come back",
the veteran statesman summed up
for Mr. Harding-' the points of his
four main addresses in carrying his
cause direct to the American people.
Mr. Harding received the visitor
in the rooms in the White House
which serve as the executive offices
After preliminary greetings, Clem
enceau is said to have plunged di
rectly into the subject of his visit,
the plight of his beloved France
The President i said to have inform
ed him of America's general desire
to help his people. Whether the
two great world figures went into
detail was not revealed. Clemen
ceau came from the conference with
a smile that seemed to say that he
was well pleased with his talk to
Mr- Harding.-
After the conference, it was an
nounced that the Tiger's call oh
Woodrow Wilson had been postpon
ed until 5 'clock tomorrow-
Washington, Dec. 5Two of the
"Big Four" of the Versailles peace
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DECLARES WOMEN HAVE
HIGH COSMETIC BILL
(By United Preu)
Newark, N- J-, Dec. 5Methodist
women of Newark are still gasping
over the statement of Mrs- D. B.
Brummitt of Chicago, National Field
Secretary of the Women's Home
Missionary siciety, that the Methodist
women of the United States spent
more money last year for cosmetics
than for home missions. She esti
mated the yearly expenditures at
$30,000,000 for these luxuries
among Methodist women aolne.
She said contributions of members
of the Methodist church of $3,000,-
000 for home missions, $161,000 to
mite boxes and $246,000 to mission
ary barrels had seemed excellent
until she learned the American peo
ple spent $750,000,000 last year for
cosmetics, $50,000 000 for chewing
gum, $35,00i,000 at soda fountains
and $3,000,000,000 in joy rides and
at pleasure parks. Then she began
i.i wonder, she said., if something
were not wrong. She said she had
arrived at the figure of $30,000,000
for Methodist women by taking the
proportion of Methodist to the total
population-
WOMAN AUCTIONEER ON
THE JOB IN NEW YORK
(By United Prpfe)'*
New York.. Dev. 5-^-Miss Lillian
G. Lagonarsino, 25, is the first lie
onsed woman autioneer iii greater
New York1.
"Why shouldn't 1 sell merchandise
at auction?" Miss Lagonarfeino asked.1
I am employed by Charles !Rose, who
has a iftrge auction business, and I
have often wished that I cbulti help
when he had other engagements. It
finally occurred to me that there was
no reason why I shouldn't b% a auc
tioneer." $
Joseph P. Day, the noted real es
tate auctioneer, when he heard there
was to be an incrusion of
"Women," he said "are tetter
qualified than meri in many branches
of auctioneering. In selling out the
furniture of a house, for instance,
practically all of the non-professional
bidders are women, and a woman cer
tcdnly knows more about how $o taik
to women about furniture and hbvse-
ihoM goods than a man. I am very
glad this young woman has entered
the field."'
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CiFIENCEAUIN WASHINGTONTO'iS^J
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women
into the auctioneering field ..was'-.en-
thusiastic in praise of the'idea
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