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VOLUME E XX NO 198 AX.. NO.. 138
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'Meeting 6 IsfenueW
Most Important
Called
Since
Versailles Parley
ALL EYES FOCUSED ON
NEW ITALIAN PREMIER
American Observers Were to
Present Although Not
.JoTsJiteActive Pan
(By United Press)
(By Char?eV McCann)
London, Dec. 9^Hundreds of de
tectives from Scotland Yard, some
disguised as waiters, cooks', guard
ed Premiere Poinca^i of Prance and
Premier Mussolini oi Italy at Clar
idge Hotel today as the conference
of allied premiers opened.
French secret service men were
also on the job hovering about Poin
care while Mussolini brought a Fas
cisti bodyguard-
The .meeting of ttfie heads of the
governments of Britain, Prance, It
aly and'Belgium, described by Amer
ican Ambassador Harvey as the most
important since 'Versailles, was
started by Premier Bonar Law when
he invited Mussolini to a twenty
minute private chat. Afterwards
Bonar Law saw Poincare.
All eyes fixed on the conference
focused on Mussolini, the Pascisti
premier, wiho hag caught the world's
imagination as a statesman of a
school all his own- He is hailed as
the "X" of allied algebra.
The conference was formally op
ened at nOon when Premier Musso
lini and Theunis of Belgium went to
gether to No. 10 gowning Street.
American observers are to be
present and it'-fe reported t?he United
(CoJ5tittneiLon,page.61
TOW EMPLOYMENT
Vets Bureau Representatives
Call on Bemidji With View
Xp Aiding Veterans
Cspt Bert C. Lindvall and George
A- Ferguioh ck Minneapolis, repre
senting the employment ifrvice of
the United States Veterans Bureau
who haVe been making a tour of the
range towns, were business visitors
in Bemidji Friday. They have been
making contact "with civic organiza
tions in various towns on the range
wjth a view Jo selecting a service
officer to assist in securirig employ
ment for trained veterans, -who re
ceived .their training under the di
rection "of the Veterans Bureau.- In
Bemidji thfy conferred with Mass
Leila Stanton, secretary of the Civic
and Commerce Association, who has
consented to act as the Bureau's*
representative liere to assist in se
curing employment for tihe trained
veterans, for whom the bureau de
sires to, find work.
"A list of trained veterans ready
fox employment is to be supplied
regularly fend from these efforts will
be made to give the men employ
ment. These two representatives
plan to make regular calyls here and
keep in touch with the industrial
situation.
December 16 is the last date for
filing applications for vocational
training, while five years from the
date of discharge is the last date for
filing application for compensation.
War Risk'insurance may "be con
(Continued oh page 3.)
MORE PEOPLE VISiTTNG
NATIONAL PARKS
Washington, _Dec. 9 (United
Pre*),.^^|l|e 5tiri-cin toUrjat has
cauSe|^aJ'hiige
increase in t&6 num-
ber of ',p,eogle. T?nb are able to view
the. 4^ii|c, leautie of the ^national
parks. ,n
In 1916, When the automobile was
in it3 infancy, comparatively only a
few more than 300,000 people vis
ited these parks each year, according
to the annual report of the National
Park service. During the last fiscal
year," which ended June 30, the total
was 1,216,490.
The most popular of the parks is
the Rocky Mountain "National Re
serve, which was visited by 219,164
persons. Hot Springs, Ark. Yosem
ite, Cal., and Yellowstone ranked
BEMIDJ I
Tjiant's Funeralo
VA Mock and tackle was neces
sary to remove the nine-foot coffin
eantsining the toocly.-ot Captain
Ceorpo Aujjer, famous circus
giant, from his late residence in
JCew York. Auger, known to thou
sands of"circus-goers, died from an
-attack of indieestion.
STATE RIGHTS INVOLVED
President and Congress Now
Drawing Sharp Lines on
Puzzling Questions
Washington, Dec 9. (Capital
News Service) .President' .Harding
ha indicated his lack of sympathy
with those who desire that he "dis
band" tne1
Xu KJux Klan (by presi
dential proclamation. His viewpoint
is said to be that- the activities ftf the
Klan are not matters-'for' Federal
supervision that if ..their activities:
aie illegal, their correction and pun
ishment is wholly a State matter, and
if legal, no presidential proclamation
is required.
At the other end of Pennsylvania
Avenue the figM over the Dyer anti
lynching bill, conducted aldng State
rights lines, presents the same argu
ment. Lynching is held to foe a crime
against State laws, to be punished toy
State officers according to State codes
Legislators hol'd that there is no more
necessity jfor the Federal Government
to add either penalties or law enforce
ment processes to those already in
existance in the States for lynching
crimes than for any other variety of
crimes against the person, committeld
in a State.
Capital City constitutional lawyers
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CLAR A PHILLIPS
NO YE FOUN
ncxt in 'order named, 'only""seven peal because of her escape. If Clara
persons visited ike far away park is caught, she will be sent imrned-
of Mount McKinley, Alaska. lately to San Qunetin.
Haa Forfeited Her" Right to
an Appeal If Found Will
Go to San Quentin
Los Angeles, Dec. 9Clara Phil
lips, onty condemned murderess who
eveT-troke jail in the history of Cal
ifornia, has apparently made good
her escape. Today, a hundred trails
followed by authorities proved fruit
less- Tips and clues as to her wheTe
anouts continued to *pour in and
were traced down but authorities ad
mit Clara probably was not in this
country.
"Somewhere hi the vastness of Mex
ico, the hammer murderess has "run
to hole" in the hiding place arranged
by those who aided in her escape,
some officers believe.
Othors advance the (theory that
Clara was fleeing by motor or air
plane to some Mexican' port wnere
her passage to a foreign country was
arranged on some tramp steamer- or
'sailing vessel. Authorities were in
vestigating the rejport that she Was
'seen in Jaurez, Mexico, across the
Oorder from El Paso.
M&dfeJynne Olbenohain, Clara's
friend, who was* released he same
day Clan made her escape, was
questioned again. Authorities said
a dozen saws were found in the jail
Clara has forfeited her right to an
appeal, which was pending when she
fled. Judge Hauser, who tried her,
granted a motion to refuse ?n ap-
HKNORTHWES
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Lunfber Interests Flockulgito
Center of World's Greatest
"Stand of Timber
NEW CITY OF LONGVIEW
IS NEW LUMBER CENTER
Model City Being Built
Accommodate Lumber
Workers and Stores
By PRANK A- CLARVOE
(United Press Staff Correspondent
Portland, Ore,." Ded. 9, (United
Press).The rise of a new cityjn
|he Pacifiu ^Noijiihwest promises a
,corasponcUng' rise 'in (She lunvber
baronteter for this seectionj pre
sages"1
IN KU KLUX QUESTIONS been patiently awaiting since the
beginning of time the initiative and
the industry of man
''The new city of I.onigview, across
the- CowMtz river fTom Kelso, South
western Washington, is |Jie new
lumber center of the Pacific North
west. Its central location and the
vastness of the timber store, lying
to" lie Northwest, together with the
resoumses of} the luiriber company
handling the development, mark it
as one of the future cities of the
state* &*'
The story of the 'beginning of
tb^sa^Sft uncompleted city is one
el tiieromances of the industry-' A
boHd: issue of $9,000,000 made it
possible! Three lumber mills with a
comblaed capacity of 600,000,000
board feet annually, and employing
2'Q00 men, including cutting crews
at the head works, will make it pos
sible*. Longview seemed at first to
be a stiburl) of Kelso, but the Long^
Bell Lumber company, whose pro
ject th'e town is, hint that Kelso may
be (the suburb of the new lumoer
cjty.^The
(greater and more sustained
activity in the trade, and marks/one
of the important- steps in developing
this as
rypir comparatively unde
veloped comer of the nation
What irrigation foas meant to the
Imperial Valley of California, the
influx of Southern Pine manufac
turers into Oregon and Washington
means for the Northwestlarger
cities' and ^payrolls, the attraction' of
attendant industries, and the de-
Jcity,
'UAO g
hav
mills, track yards,
log -ponds, storage yards and dock
area -will cover nearly 3,000 acres.
Three--miles of the water front lie
on the Cowlitz river, seven miles on
the Columbia river, with deep water
to the sea for shipping luiriber y
vessel, and three raitroads to carry
the lumber by land.
The *t /which will ?iouse nh
4,000 lumber workers and the lb,-
000 people who will be attracted to
it* environs, was (planned and_ is
being built in model fashion
The
hundreds of home plots will sport rto
^pattern" houses, but
"evertyl
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BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAV feVENING, DEC. 9, 1922
DetectivesGu*Fdipg Poincgure And Mussolini In London
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Latest Love^Triaagle
T0DEC8RATEBHUDJI
STREETS FOR CHRISTMAS
Bemidji streets will, be decorated
j|or Christmas* A real inonesiUto
goodness Santa' Claus has been
found. He will bring the Christmas
trees into Bemidji next Tuesday, so
that the business men can plant
them along the White Way.
The Santa Claus is Joe Morris,
'who has a farm about three-quar
ters of a mile west of the city, loaded
with Christmas trees. He will cut
and haul them to town, if busi
nesg men will make use of them.
At Wednesday's luncheon it is
planned to secure a committee to
carry5
When BugUw V. Brewster, New York publisher of a string of movie1
magazines, torn Corliss Palmer, 20-yeawdd cigar counter aUT from a
Macon (Qa.) Wftl ana awarded her the prise in an international bmuty
contestTnVoWed the seeds for the legal difficulties In which he now
finds hlmeil&ttffr* Efcanor_V. _V. Brewster dower left) has sued tor
Hparattoar.
idea of
out Miss Stjinjton's1
decorating the streets. It will
doubtless instill allr Who come here
with the hoiday spirit and add much
jio do shopping* in Bemidji for the
holidays SALISBURY TRIAL IS 0.
RESUMED AGAIN TODAY
Montevideo, Minn., Dec 9With
introduction of witnesses by whose
Elsie Salisbury was violently Jealous
of Oscar Erickson, the state rested
its case at 11 this morning after a
recess of a day following Miss Salis
bury's collapse in court Tuesday af
ternoon. She was able to appear
'again this morning and the trial was
resumed at 9:15 P. m. Mrs. Maude
uiuuuuvw v* "-r-T name a speaker regaies ox an:
testimony it was sought to snow that
tfamlin. Miss Salisbury's closest, irrer The strength developed by the
friend, testilied as a witness for the
'state that Elsie used to say Oscar
humiliated her before other girls. A
few nights before the murder, Mrs
Hamlin testified, she had been with
Elsie at the movies and had observed
that she was more than ordinarily
nervous and was watching Erickson
vio'wa pre"sent'with two other girls nationally.
John B. Useless, Esq.
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ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS
LINING UP FOR 1924
Rumblings of Bitter Fight
Between Wets and Drys
Now Being Heard
Springfield, 111., Dec 9 (United
Press).Rumblings of a bitter fight
between the "wets" and "drys," over
the privilege of naming the speaker
of the lower house of the Illinois
General Assembly, which convenes
here early in January, already are
being heard.
The "drys,"aided by the state ad
ministration forces electe^Ta ^drjf"1
speaker two- years ago. The Illinois
Anti-Saloon always has denied it had
an understandig with the state ad
ministration on the speakership and
on certain legislation, but the "wets"
insist such an agreement was carried
out-
At the November elections the
"wets" gained considerable strength
and say they have enough votes to
name a speaker regardless of any
comllinatio betweeen the Anti-Sa
gtat
Mrce
Watl0
Democrats i the November elections
has convinced the state G. O. P.
leaders that another (bitter internal
qu^rrelt, such as Jan impeachment
certainly would arouse would en
danger the Republican state ticket
two years hence and might swing
Illinois into the Democratic column
Ne fear,
BANNINGAUT O
SHO W I N MARC
Local Auto and Accessories
Dealers Are Interested
in Suggested Plan
At a meeting of several of Be
midji's automobile dealers and re
tailers of accessories held Friday, a
plan for an automobile show to be
held in Bemidji the latter ipart of
March or the first part of April was
advanced and indications are that
all of the dealers will look favorably
on the plan. Wilbur Lycan, manager
of the new armory, is ar^ely respon
sible lor '.he suggestion, although
local dealers have had such an ex
hibition in mind for several years.
It now appears that some definite
action will soon be taken for such
a show, which will likely be held
for three days and three nights at
the new armory. The plan is that
every line of cars represented in
Bemidji to be on exhibit at the ar
mory, together with exhibits by the
accessory dealers and tire dealers.
A program of some sort would
likely be given for the entertainment
of those attending. During the ev
ening, music of some sort would ibe
provided', the extent of the program
to depend largely on the number of
dealers taking part. Since it is felt
that the coming spring is sure to wit
ness
a
adm5nis
Less talk is heard among promi
nent Republicans of the state these
days a/bout impeachment of Governor
Len fJmiailll for alleged misuse of
state iunds while he was state treas
heavy demand for automo
biles of the lines now handled in
Bemidji, which include practically
all of the well-known and medium
priced cars, such a show as sure to
prove very popular and is practic
ally sure to result in the sale of
more cars than usual. Visitors
would be expectefrfroer miles around
and with (this in view the show will
likely to be held at such a time as the
roads are passabe for the\ farmers
without any great inconvenience.
Arrangements for display may be
(made ,witih ^Vijbiur I)jycani (at tfie
Markham hotel, manager of the ar
mory, who is taking an active part
in the promotion of this plan to give
Bemidji a first-class auto show in
every respect.
CLMEAUIN
PHILADELPHI A
Carries His Fight For France
to Cradle of American
Liberty, Philadelphia
(By United Prtir)
(By A* h. Bradford)
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 9Georges
Clemcnccau, the Tiger, today
brought his fight for France to the
cradle of America liberty. The 81-
year-old French war premier is now
on the last lap of his strenuous cam
paign for the return of America to
the councilg of Europe and t$te side
of France,
He is undoubtedly feeling the
strain of his impassioned pleas for
his country but he is pasing it off
with indignant growls through his
sabre-toothed white moustache.
Wihen the special car, Bethlehem,
owned by Charles M. Schwab, the
steel magnate who loaned it to Clem
enceau for the letter's American
tour, arrived in Philadelphia (before
dawn this morning, the Tiger, who'
had slept late When he is still in bed
at 5:00 a m., seemed "undismayed
at his apparent failure in Washington
to secure a favorable response from
the government to Jiis appeal.
The Tiger, however, seemed to be
greatly encouraged by President
Harding's statement in his message
to congress yesterday that he hoped
pacts to preserve peace similar to the
four-power Pacific treaty of the
Washington conference would be
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WILL HOLD SERVICES IN
NEW CHURCH-BASEMENT
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Beginning Sunday, December 10,
all services of the Trinity Evangoh
cal Lutheran dhuroh, Rev. Frcnk,
pastor, will be conducted in the brse
ment of the new church, comer of
Thirteenth street and Beltrami ave
nuc. The entrance to the baseircnt
thiou/.i the front approach oft
the main vestibule.
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To gabson's Forecast
Statistician Warns Against
LAST YEAR'S BUILDING
IS DOUBL ED THIS YEAR
Declares High Rents Probably
Have Passed Peak Urges
Surburban Expansion
Wellesley Hills, Mass December 9.
There has been much discussion of
late as to whether the building boom
has spent itself. Roger W. Babson
evidently doesn't doesn't think it has.
In commenting today on the building
outlooltVhe called attention to several
bullish factors.
"New ibuilding," says Mr. Babson,
"is the outstanding feature of our
busmess recovery. It is what started
us on the road to ibetter (business.
Never before in the history of the
country have so many new houses
been built as in the first ten months
of 19(22. 'For every house built
1922. For every house that was built
in 1921, tv/o have been built t3iis year.
Last year in twenty-seven northeast
ern states of the country we spent
$688,000,000 for homes) this year
we have already spent 1,099,000,000,
and when the gong rings on Decem
ber 31, the total will very likely show
100 per cent more than in 1921**.
"This building revival is not con
fined to houses either House build
ing has been the most spectacular,
but we have also built many more
offices, factories, schools, 'hospitals,
churches, amusement halls, public
roads, bridges, reservoirs, memorials,
ia fact, all kinds of construction.
(Continued on Page Four
BETTER EDUCATION WEEK
OBSERVED BY KIWANIAfB
Superintendent West Tells of
Conditions in Bemidji
Public Schools
Better Education Week was ob
served by the Kiwanis club at (their
tegular noon-day luncheon meeting
held at the ETks club rooms Thurs
day.
The invitations sent out by A. C.
Johnson, acting chairman for his
committee, stated that "It is un
doubtedly proper that such a week
should be celebrated by the club af
ter the spoiling match held two weeks
ago" One of the members who
stayed on his fet the longest during
the spelling match, objected to the
issL-rtion that the club members
needed better education along spell
ing lines. His objection was refer
red to the grievance committee, with
power to act.
Supt. J. C. West of the local
schools did give the club a better
education on some local conditions
pertaining to the .schools in a short
snappy address in which he brought
out tatistics to show that Bemidji
takes
a very high place in educatin
al circles, having but 28 illiterates
against 370 for some other cities in
the Mate of the same population.
Other educational matters were
touched upon that were a revelation
to the club and hearty applause in
dicated that Mr- West had pleased
his hearers.
Beth Evans Yaple entertained the
club with a group of songs rendered
in her usual pleasing manner.
The results of the nomination for
officers for the coming year were
read and will be voted on at the next
meeting. u
PEOPLE STILL EAGER
TO TAKE UP U. S. LANDS
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Washingtpn, Dec ~~9. (United
Press) Although government fig
ures indicate there is a general
movement from the farms to the
cities, the annual report o{ the Gen
eral Land office made public today
shows that during the last year
"there has 'been no falling 'off in the
desire of oar people to secure homes
and farms on the public domain."
Homestead entries during the
period took 367,153 acres from
the public domain of which 7,070,-
175 were for stock raising. Many
veterans of the world war took up
homesteads
The report warns that the supply
of public lanns is diminishing and
urges that no legislation be passed to
incseasc this demand, unless it prO
vides for the greatest possible use
oi the lando. __
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