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Thi Pionsst la the oaly dailf
ui tit largest circnlatioa Is
Northern Minnesota
VOLUME XX. NO. 196
Approximately 35000 Arreted
By federal Government
I- During iscal Year
ONLY SMALL PART OF,
TOTAL LIQUOR ARRESTS
Population of Federar Prison*
Increased 1,127, Prison
Superintendent Says
Washington. ^Dec. 7The wide
Spread extent of prohibition law vio
lations which hsis caused concern to
President Harding and cabinet was
revealed' today in the annual Teport
to Congress of Attorney General
Daugherty.
Approximately" 35,000 persons
were varisted by the federal govern
were"arrestedbythe Federal govern
hibifion
lav 4uri)9ig the. last fiscal
year, according to the report. Civil
caies: pibs^ctttiid by the government
during the same time numbered
2,i6fc_-::-:-v-O.-..
Thlse: criminal ,and civil actions
however represent oj^Jy a small part
id all the arrests made in?the United
States ior the same period. Nearly
four time* as many arrests were
madetolsflocal, county, and state offi
cials^,fpt violation: of stat
'r
tended7
ffi',:
loca
an
dry statutes, it Tvias estimated
Federal officials convicted 22,749
persons in crwninaljcases and secured
a toMvqf $l^V0VO in judgments in
civil suits.
The population. of the federal pris-
6,39$ COutpared with 5*268 for the
risfjfc&e sarhe period increased to
iM^nateal year, jfiefcer H. Votaw,
hroiheriih-law^f4 President Harding,
and ^u^rintejdent -Of- prisons re
ported- ^he increase
was held due
largel*sto inc3rpa4 violation of the
anw-&tt|l qtr cpuhterfeiting and
violation of the postal laws.
4tfhite slaver* on the 4ecrea|e
^mmm^i^^^ the *ur
:^aiu fji iftvestii^atioh of the depart-
^inenf'ffifl&ii&^'JL', total of 1,885
.'^arsMfM*oW inis Imposed on the
^,52*1 Jpl^ht Evicted for white
^avery^ftrns Irtated^ Fines totaled
$8874l U,:
PractfeaUy ^ffti organized white
slave --gangs'^^ h^% fi^eri brOlten up,
with their members either in jail or
(Continue^ oh page 6
flOLDS AUKUAL ELECTION
El|ct!0n o| bfficets fbfe the ensjung
year&o^itutedi the most. .import
ant plut of the annual meeting of
the A: f. 4 Av ih the Masonic
Stall Wednesday evening. Haiian L.
Huffman was elected Master, suc
ceeding G. M- Palmer, who has held
that Office for two years. C. L. Peg
elow was elected Senior Warden
Johnson, Junior Warden
Georll Walker Sr-, re-elected sec
retaryj-#n N, W. Brown was elected,
treasurer. The remainder of the
office! are to be filled by the Mast-
Meeting was quite well at
a number of important
lddge matters were brought up, some
of wfect are to be given final ac
tion at the next reguhir: meeting,
Wa|ker lodge has ihviteU Berijidje
SPOILSSYSTEM
ISASSAILEDBY
i
Masoits 40 that "city to return t'ft
recent visit tfe "WlW,3r lodg|e.
Thlrdwdfegree ^oi* wilt- he put on
by Waiter, next Wednesday even-,
ingDeceriher 13, arid Bemidji mem
-bers nlani-to attend. Announce
niierit of fecial train service to Walk
er ,fliat flay wfll likely be made the
fi#st:f next 'we-ek^ and members
plaining on g^ihg to Walker are
urged to waich foiyii
U.S. ONE OF LARGEST
COAL LANDS
Wsj$tton, .pfec^ 7-^The, JJnitel
Sl^teiJ^eriimJ^tt is one of the larg
est coaHaftd dwAers in the world
and aispjfeoids important reserves of
Phosp^aiii potash and other salts,
awcoafdini' to the Ija^nual report of
the Bureau.of Mines.
Although Just at present, because
of the: friof development of mines
and ihduitries in the Eastern states,
coat mining^ in" the public domain is
overshadowed by private industry, in
the yearl ahead the leased mines may
well becbmfe the more important
.Every^effort is .accordingly being
made to establish the Jtew system on
a correcif basis, properly to protect
the public interests hi safe and effic
ient mining, ani not unduly to hamp
Coal is now being mined under lease
er private initiative in operation,
in Washington, Mohtftfla, North *Da-
kotr., South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah,
Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada.
Civil Service Reform League
Would Place ry Agents
Under Civil Service
PRESENT POSTMASTER
SYSTEM IS ASSAILED
League to Stage Big Campaign
For Merit System inl 38
States Not Using it
Washington, Dec 7 (United Press)
A demand upon congress for, im
mediate amendment of the Volstead
act to check prohibition enforcement
scandals, by placing all prohibition
agents under civil service is made in
the report of the Council of the Na
tional Civil Service Reform League
submitted today at the opening ses
sion of the League's forty-second an
nual contrition.
The report demands also that laws
giving preference to veterans of the
world warin appointment to positions
under the federal government (be re
pealed and that the appointment of
politicians toplpost-masterships' be
terminated', hj^&tfpiring the selection
for office of tt||persqn standing high
est on the erapte pts prepared by
the United S^^^hril Service Com
mission./ *"^|r-f.i-:
^en the Vo^feJta act was passed
civil service rules -requiring appoint*,
ment om&&, foUowirig competitive
examin&phs' weft wastedin thfe case
of prontBition a#iB^and thi| wide
field of patronage Sr open for* possi
ble political exploitation. Thfe teport
cites a Ipng list of prohibition scan
dals wtnch it says are directly trace
able to political a^pointmeritsL^
1 'Under the Republican adhiinistra-
tionV the Report asserts, ^appoint
ments have been ^dictated in large
measure by the Republican leaders in
the various states, as they "were by
Deriiocratie leaders during the Demo
cratic adriiinistration.-'-
A list is given of Iteputriican poii
ticians indicted in pibhibitlbn scan
dals arid it is 5tated that "the first es
sential to adequate jte* enforcement,'
is the placing of the vast cdr^s of pro
hibition enforceme|it agent* Jri the
competitive classiflfieii service.
Veteran preference laws fere at
tacked by the report on the gtound
that they result in many case* iij the
appointirient of inefficient officials to
(Continued fen page 6)
Reports Turned in to Land
Clearing Manager Show
Part of Activities
The 1922 land clearing tfinlpaign
as conducted by the office of County
Agent D...C. Dvofacek and under the
direction of Edson Waechburn was a
decided success, both frbtti the view
point of clearing land and as a con
test
L. Labman of Solway Scored the
highest points in the contest, he hav
ing brushed" aifd seeded 33 acres,
stumped IS and plowed 12% acres
of some of the best land itt the coun
ty- His score was 46,%
Other farmers turned in. reports
to. Mr. Washburn at .the close of the
campaign are as follows.
J. D. Hanson, Bernini, brushed 10
stnumped 10 and-*roke 4 acres,
Joe Nipp, Tenstrike, brushed 12
stumped 12 and broke 12 acres.
Gleesihg Bros., Pinewood, brushed
OV- stumped 14 and broke 14 acres.
L. P- Evans, Bemidji, briished 26,
stumped 5 and broke 6 acres.
E- Lee, Puposky, brushed 19,
stumped 12 and broke 12 acres.
K- S. Ransom, PUposky, brushed
18, stumped 0, and broke. 2 acres.
F. W- Stout, Island Lake, brushed
(TO acres.
F. S. Porter, Nebish, brushed 16,
stumped 10, and broke. 10 acres
(Continued on fcage 3-).t
Struggling With Turk Problems
HIGH SCHOOL TO HOLD
ASSEMBLY TOMORROW
Wednesday Assembly Enjoys
Concert by Boys Band
Deputy Talks Friday
Lord Carton of\ A, Premier Mussolini of Italy and Preside*
Polncare of France ar^shown here on the steps of the casino of Lau
MuSTVhere the sessions of the important Near East Conference ar(
being held._
Friday forenoon, at 11:15 a spec
ial assembly will be held at the North
ern Minnesota high school to oberve
National Education Week, December
to 9, which is sponsored by the Na
tional Education association and the
American Legion.
President M- W- Deputy of the
State Teachers college will address
the assembly. The administration
teachers and students are always
glad to see a large number of visitors
present Everyone is welcome
Students, teachers and visitors at
the. school Wednesday forenoon en
joyed, a musical program of except
ional merit. The Bemidji hoys band
under the direction of G. Oliver
Riggs, gave -an excellent program
composed of the following numbers:
March"Salbre and Spurs", Sousa
Reverie"Romance of Rosa," O'Con
nor Episode of the Jungle "The Ele
phants Trot", Kohn and March "The
Fourth Regiment"', Morris.
The popjilarity of the band and its
director was very evident from the
enthusiastic reception and applause
given therit by the students- The
band responded with several encores.
Mr. Riggs' praised the acoustic
of the auditorium and also the spac
ious stage, which is large enough to
seat the whole band comfortably.
Miss Blanche. Dodge of the high
school faciilfcr played a very beauti
ful violin solo: "Then You'll Remem
ber Me"Balfe, and responded to
an encore.,
OVER 50 PER CENT ON
FARMS UNDER TWENTY
Sti Paul, Dec. 7More than fifty
per cent of those who dwell on farms
in Minriesota, are boys and girls un
der 20 years of age.
This fact, revealed in a report of
the departmetn of commerce, indi
cates the tremendous importance of
rural edcatianal institutions, accord
ing to members of the state educa
tional association here.
The report of the commerce de
partment showed 24.4" percent pf!
the to|al farm papulation of the
state are farm boys and girls under
10 years og age. Of these, there
are 219,221- There are 221,345 or
24.7 per cent of the total population
that are from 10 to 20 years of age.
The total farm population
Minnesota is 897,181, of which, 411,-
133 are females. The farm popula
tion comprises all persons actually
making their homes on the farm-
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BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 7,1922
LMIo Prospect of Cut In Rail Rates, Report Shows
GREATLEADERS NOT RECONCILED
Visit of Georges Clefenenceau
To Woodrow Wilson Fail*
To Change Their Views
(By A- L. Bradford)
CBy United Press)
Washington, Dec. 7The visit
here of GeorgeS .Clemenceau, the 81-
year-old French statesman, to Wood
row Wilson, ex-president of the Unit
ed States, failed to bring a real con
ciliation .between the two great war
leaders, the United Press learried to
day.
Wilson and Clemenceau, who re
cently seemed to have been standing
for the same thingsAmerica's en
trance in European affairsdiffer
absolutely on the fundamental poli
cies. As they differed in Paris on
these questions, so they differ now
and their meeting yesterday did not
change this- The former president
has no intention of appearing to ap
prove what the Tiger is saying in
this country, except possibly the
Frenchman's general view that the
United States must interest itself in
Europe- This is believed to have
been cleared by the' meeting.
Neither has the Tiger given way
to the views of former president
Wilson as shown by the fact that he
declared right up to -Iris, visit with*
Wilson that he had no faith in the
League of Nations as a preventative
of war- He prefers* alliances of a
few nations. The fajft that there
has been no agreement between Wil
son and Clemenceau's policy does
not mean the menacing clouds of
personal antagonism, "yhich might
have hovered over them, have not
passed. The reverse is true. The
Tiger declared the meeting with Wil
son was even affectionate.
The Tiger saw Mr- Wilson for
about ten minutes in the study of the
latter's home. He was greeted 'by
Mrs- Wilson, who then left the room
leaving the two battle scarred veter
ans of Versailles alone to talk over
by-gone days and what may come in
the future.
ELKANAH COMMANDERY TO
MEET FRIDAY EVENING
There will be a regular convoca
tion of the Elkanah Commandery on
Friday evening Dec. 8 at 8 o'clock in
the Masonic hall. Election of officers
and other important business, matters
are to come before the meeting. All
members are urged to be present.
Grand Opera
PIONEE
Lausanne Conference Circle
Confirms Hope of Speedy
Settlement Today
OPTIMISM PREVAILS A S
PARLEY AWAITS REPLIES
America is Expected to Take
Prominent Part in Parley
A London Saturday
(By Henry Wood)
(By United PrM)
Lausanne, Switzerland, Dec. 7
Peace with the Turks is now consid
ered almost at hand- Conference
circles today confirmed expectation
that the issue of the Dardanelles
would be settled immediately, en
abling the delegates to take up and
expedite the remaining principal
questions, including the Ottoman
debt, Asiatic frontiers, and the cap
itulations-
Turkish reaction to Allied propos
als of yesterday developed no ser
ious opposition and intervention of
America, showing her complete solid
arity with the Allies, was declared
to have helped greatly to secure
Turkish acquiescence-
Optimism prevailed here today as
the delegates were about to assemble
to hear the Turkish and Russian re
plies-
(Br United Pruw)
London, Dec- 7. (By Ed. L. Keene,
copyrighted 1922 by the United
Press)America is expected to domi
nate the conference of allied prem
iers here next Saturday in much the
same manner aB the United States
made its voice heard at Lausanne,
according to belief in British official
circles.
Ambassador Harvey's speech at
the Lyceum Club Monday night in
which he declared the fate of Europe
hung on the forthcoming conference,
was inadequately reported and diplo
mats here are just beginning to dis
cuss it.
RESIDENTS DISTURBED
BY ERUPTION IN ITALY
(By United Press)
Potenza, Italy, Dec. 7Inhabitants
of San Feles fled in terror today
following the appearance of great
smoke fissures in the slope of Mt.
Terretta.
Dense clouds of fumes shot from
the cracks as if projected by high
pressure. The eruption, accompan
ied by loud rumblings, added to the
fright of hundreds of persons who
took refuge in surrounding cities and
mountains.
i Scientists plan to visit the scene
to ascertain whether the disturbance
is a geographical phenomenon or
marks of the birth of a new*vol6ano.
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Decrease In Railroad
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
THROUGHOUT BULGARIA
Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec. 7Many
prominent person* are reported
to have' been assassinated in a
serious uprising at Kustendil as
the result of which 4nartial law
was declared .throughout -Bul
garia today. AJ1 restaurants
and theatres have been ordered
closed. Troops which have been
driven out of Kustendil by the
mutineers re-occupied the city
without meeting with serious re
sistance.
MUMENOlTTLINESMODa
HlfflWAY ORGANIZATION
Chief Engineer of Minnesota
Highway Department Tells
Plan to Officials
Rates Not Looked For
rt
Kansas City, Dec. 7John H
Mullen, assistant commissioner and
chief engineer of the Minnesota high
way department, late yesterday
spoke on a model highway construc
tion organization before the meeting
of the American Association of State
Highway Officials in Kansas City,
Touching first on financing and
other major policies, Mr- Mullen
said that the ratio of traffic increase
in recent years has been many times
that pf highway improvements. Be
cause of the great need for more ad
equate highways and the fact that
practically all road construction now
is of a permanent nature and will
be used and enjoyed by the public
for many years, he continued, it is
inadvisable to force the people to
finance this^work from current re
ceipts, whether they be from motor
licenses or tax receipts.
"Private corporations and individ
uals do not hesitate to borrow money
for permanent improvements which
are needed or which can be demon
strated as being investments to yield
a good return on principal, and the
same conditions should govern pub
lic work" said Mr. Mullen.
"Eighty per cent of the highway
traffiic of the country is carried on
state highway., and averages on the
more important roads 1,000 vehicles
a day. It has been demonstrated
that the cost of operating this traf
fic under ordinary conditions is.0
cents a mile and on improved roads
is 7 cents a mile. By simple cal
culation this
proveft that proper con
struction and surfacing of our high
ways means a net-saving to the traf
fic of the country in the amount of
$30 a mile daily, or a saving df near
ly $10,000 a year for each mile of
improved highway. This would not
apply to isolated miles but only
where the work is so laid out that
continuous lines between terminals
and important pointg are improved
In other words, the value of sub
developed by building short sections
of roads which do not make connec
tions in main line traffic."
DEPUTY GIVES
HEADDRESS
President of Bemidji State
Teachers College Tells of
Needs of Schools
President M. W. Deputy of the
Bemidji State Teachers college ad
dressed members of the Civic .and
Commerce association Wednesday
noon with a most inspiring address
on National Education.
He laid great stress upon proper
recognition of the American flag at
all times and on all occasions and
emphasized the need of educating the
children in the public schools to
know what the Stars and Stripes
represent and mean to the Ameri
can citizen.
"The well being, the greatness and
the continuance of any nation, past
present and future, depends ulti
mately on the quality of its citizen-
ship," said the speaker.
"If a good quality of citzenship
i.i the greatest test and the abiding
need, we should believe that what
ever forces and whatever institutions
affect citizenship for the good,
should be constantly cherished and
promoted."
Mr- Deputy pointed out further
that the greatest test of a school is
how it effects citizenship and t'at
the need for good citizenship a'.i
over the world was never so great
(Continued on page 3.)
i
PRICE
ual Report of Interstate
Commerce Commission is
Submitted to Congress
a.
RAILROAD TONNAGE IS,
STEADILY INCREASING
Earnings in 1921 are Called
Inadequate to Decrease
Present High Rates
By William J- Losh,
(United States Staff Correspondent)
Washington, December 7-Present
high railroad rates, bitterly attacked
by farm bloc leaders in Congress "no
longer interfere with the flow of com
merce as a whole," the Interstate
Commerce Commission declares in its
annual report submitted to. Congress
today! ,,ilv.. ,tr,
"The tonnage moved by- the rail
roads has been steadily increasing in
recent months, until at the end of the
period covered hy, this reporjt-r-Np
vember 1the traffic!.is almost eqpai
to the largest ever handled by. out
railroads/'the report states.
Until earnings by the carriers reach
the 5-75 per centset as "reasonable"
by the Commission, there is little
prospect of further decreases in rates,
the report indicates. Earnings in
1921 were "clearly inadequate," the
Commission found. Possibly in
creased earnings by the roads from
tho present flood of traffic were abr
sorbed by the commission in the 10
per cent reduction' ordered last -July,
in anticipation of the present in
creased traffic. The exact effect of
this reduction on earnings has not yet
been determined by the commission
because of the strikes last summer.,
Installation of automatic train con
trol devices on railroads-is progress
ing, the report states. Complete in
stallation is not t:apWsoiry before
January 1, w2B Test* completed on
March 31, last on L'7( milbs of track,
involving 659,876 observations "dem
onstrated that automatic:train control
device3 have been developed td the
point where they are now" practicable
Under actual service conditions, and
that when properly installed, they in
crease the safety of train operation"
"The need for automatic train con
trol devices has been further empha
sized since January 1, 1922, "the re
port continues, "by our investigation
(Continued on Page 6)
INSURANCE PRESIDENTS
ARE TO TALK ON WASTE
New York, Dec. 7The 16th An
nual Convention of Life Insurance
presidents met at the hotel Astor
here today and will remain in ses
sion over Friday. Darwin P. Kings
ley, head of the N. Y. Life Ins. Co
will .preside at all sessions.
The theme of the various meet
ings wilt (be 'WasteThe Chief
Obstacle to Complete Business Re
covery." Life insurance executives
representing 95 percent of the fifty
billion dollars of old line life pro
tection now outstanding are in at
tendance at the convention. Cana
dian life insurance companies are
also to be represented. Waste in
human lives will be prominently in
the foreground of the subjects at
the anti-waste conference.
RED LAKE HEARING ON
AT THIEF RIVER FALLS
County Attorney G. M- Torrance
returned this morning from Red Lake
Falls, where he represented the ob
jectors in the hearing of the Clear
water River ditch proceedings. Tne
hearing was held before Judges Watts
and Stanton and lasted three days.
This hearing was adjourned until.
Thursday, December 15 th and will be
continued at Thief River Falls.
Judge W. Stanton and E- E*
McDonald remained at Thief River
Falls, where a hearing will be held
before Judges Grinland and Stanton
on the Red Lake river drainage pro
ject. Mr. McDonald represents the
conservancy board in this hearing.
(Bj United Press)
Thief River Falls, Dec. 7Public
hearings on the Red Lake drairiage
project were resumed here today,_
The project contemplates control
of the outflow waters from the Red
Lakes in the interest of Irainage of
lands andontrol of floods. It also
contemplates conservation of water
for the benefit of water supply locat
ed the Red River below the lakes
pnd improved water supply to munici
palities affected.
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