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f'1|If*- $*?-,. Xbe Pioif%? is ths omlr dailf witplfa 100 mttM pf B^mldji and ffortheni V"** v^UMp,:^X.:rMO.:*2i4 i.n i'miii^i li.u -war fare.?- \^^J^Ajf^' The pfe^ewlfti9W^^P'a DETROTTS Is jiy. *u Washington Meeting Stands Out as Bi Achievemept of S in 192 2 r*T" in flEW YEAR IS *EX*EC*ED TO PRltiG g^FICATIPN Events "of ^dminwlr^ion in Past Yeiir 1*$^ in Order of Importance Washington -Dec 29 (United. Press) The Washington ATms con ference, with its greatJ international pacts for limitation of naval*rma riient stands out as the greatest a chievemertt of ^he United States gov ernment in 192? The new year Is expected to bring final ratifications- of all the, Washing ton conference treaties, as this gov ernment is confident that France and Italy will not jeopardize ^all tnis peace preserving tyork by failing to approve the pacts. The conference which adjourned early in February after a session of about three months drew up treaties, winch called for: A ten year naval holiday battle ship construction. A maximum battleship tonnage of 525,0Q0 *ops far the United States and Great Britain, 315,000 tons for Japan arid .abouvt 170,000 for France and Italy. The?- scrapping of .the Anglo-Jap anese alliatoce.^ The scrapping i about 70 battle ships* Restrictions on submarine anndth gas i i, -^Pacific ^rolt gft^ S* ^l^Wer Treai^~ W^^^ 'W/ :i: A-series 6f%ri$jes seeking to stabilize China arid to make the prin ciple of "The OpenDoor" a reality in the Far East At the end, of 1922 there is a strong demand in Congress for an other armaeivi parley to supple ment the woik Jti year's confer ence. The Hodse Appropriations committee has inserted a provision in the riaval appropriations bill re^ questing President Harding to call -a conference to consider limitations on the constructiSri of aircraft, sub marines and smaller auxilliary yes gplg At the sameiime the Harding ad ministration has come to the cpnclus ion that the" United States must tervene in Europle to Prevent an e conomic collapse there and is now seeking the .most: practical way in which its aid cati $e extended. The Tar!* L#| il|on In the line of legislation, the en actment of the Pordney-TVIcCurnber tariff law, revising as it does all the ii (Cbntin^o^jtt :Pge IS Already VpM fraying Qff OJliga*io* and feiying Improved Service By J. A. Darrock .(United Press Staff .Correspondent) -Detroit, Mich., Hgc. 29The mun icipally OTvned- railway of Detroit, still in its infancy is/financially heal thy and rapidly developing into a tremendous success, according to the latest figures given out here. Besides putting back into the pro perty a considerableamount of mon ey in additions and betterments, the city railway department, on Decem ber 1, paid $SOO000 to the Detroit United railway, applying on the semi annual payment that falls due on June 1, 1923. The department hopes to pay another-li&lf million dollars shortly after the first pf the new year. By making? these payments in advance of the actual date on which they fall due', the department saves a large amount, of interest. At the close of five and one half months of operation, the department had carried 204,66^,795 passengers, made up of 154,434,188 revenue pas sengers and 50,265,607 transfer pas sengers with a total of $8,259,591.02 received as revenue from transporta tion. The total miles operated* be ing 21,746,822, whie shows an. av 1 erage of 38 cents per car mile with and expense of .2257 per car mite Non-operating inconie iand miscellan eous brings the total amount of mon CENSUS FIGURES SH1 DEATH RATE DECREASES Deaths from Cancer in 1921 |Shpw Increase Tuberculosis Shows Marked Decrease Washington, Dec. 29The De partment of Commerce announces that the compilations made by the Bureau of the Census show that 1,032,009 deaths occurred in 1921 within the death registration area, of continental United States, rep resenting a death rate of 11.6 per 1,000 population as compared with 13.1 in 1920. The rate for 1921 is the lowest rate recorded in any year since the beginning of the annual compilations in 1900. The death registration area (ex- clusive'of the Territory of Hawaii) in'1921 comprised 34 states, the District of Columbia, and 16 cities in nonregistration states, with a total estimated population on July 1 of gf8,667,602 or 82.2 per cent of the estimated population of the Uni ted States. The death rate from cancer in-: creased 83.4 per 100,000 in 1920 to,Passage 86 in 1921. Some of the other dis eases for which ,|he rates increased are diptheria, typhoid fever, appen- iHife ^Pn#J?ed o$i- ,page New Officers of Ten (Thousand Lakes Association Plan on Big 192 3 Tourist Crop Officers of tflie Ten Thousand -Lakes of Minnesota Association, e lected at the annual' meeting in Du hrth, are begining preparations- ^for1- a" record influx of tourists to Minne sota in 1923.. Sentiment expressed at the Du tuth meeting indicated that resort, owners generally are expanding their quarters. One man is finishing build ings amounting to $60,000 in value: Many others who found it necessary to turn away visitors last summer are building additional cottages in anticipation^ of the big travel ex pected in 1923. Accordingly, the association ap proved plans for more extensive ad vertising of Minnesota's lakes. The %y. (Continued on Cage 2) DANGER POINT Of FUEL SITUATION IS PASSED (By United Press), v- Washington, Dec. 29^Federal iael distributor, Gonrade E. Spens, today stepped out'of office assuring president Harding in his final report that barring extreme weather, the country has passed the danger point of the fuel situation this Winter. Spens, whose resignation becomes effective Jan. 1st, leaves for Chi cago to resume his duties as vice president of the Eurlington Railway system. BEMIDJI MEN ENJOY VERY SUCCESSFUL QUAIL HUNT F- S. Lycan and George Kreatz, recognized as Bemidji's premier jjuail hunters and Thompson Boss of Cnicago returned the first of the week from a trip into Tennessee and Arkansas where they enjoyed a suc cessful quail hunt. We had a most delightful trip," said Mr. Lycan, "and surely shot loads of quail. It is great sport and we enjoyed every minute of the time." Mr. Ross joined the iJemidji hunt ers at Chicago. He is interested in the Minnesota Electric Light and Ptttyer Company of this city TO ASK ON ALL MINNESOTA us unn committee of the society will be held ey received up to $8,809,471.12 or early next month, when the legisla- (Continued op page 2) ture convenes- __ r?wrr^ y^- St. Paul, Dec- 29.The next legis lature will be asked to declare a five year closed season on all wild game except destructive and obnoxious animals. Moose, deer, ducks and all birds and wild game will be protected from the onslaughts of increasing numbers of hunters, if the Minneso ta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has its way. The executive committee has decided to make these demands on the legisla ture. Another meeting of the executive Bulk of Cases Reported to the Missing Persons Bureau From Great Subways .By Nea Service New York, Dec. 29.The slam of a subway doogr, the surge of a rushing crow4,,and thousands of strangers, carried into the maelstrom of New York's great catacombs om commerce the subways, are swept alongto disappointments, misfortune, "and of ten death.^j %r They form the bulk of the cases reported to the Missing Persons Bur aeu of the Police-Department. Few get public notice until they reach a tragic ending Not long ago Joseph Gallo, of Fairfax, S. D- came East with his wlfe.T They were tp1 sail for their old home in Czecho/Slovakia to retire. WAS engaged. They started from their 0 i for the pier. The subway was crowded. Gallo pushed his way through the crowds. His wife was close behind. But be fore she could board the train, the guard had slammed the door, sep arating husband and wife. She boarded the next train. It was the wrong one. Speaking little English she couldn't make herself understood. She was lost among millions. Two days later the frantic hus band found herin the morgue. She had died of fright. A few weeks later Hyman Leving, a Newark (N. J.) grocer, came to (Continued on Page ,2) INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE Womeli employment managers and women workers manfacturers and factory inspectors, public health ex perts, industrial statisticians, econ omists and Goverment administrators will appear on the program of the 'Women's Industrial Conference which has been called by the Womens Bureau of the United States Depart ment of Labor, to meet in Washing ton, January 11 to 13th. More than 100 national organizationd of women have been invited **"*&* 'sUfii delegates sen to the conference and acceptances already receive indicate an attend ace of representative women from all oyer the United States. This, the third governmental con ference held during the present ad ministration to consider questions of public importance, will: be officially opened by the Secretary of Labor, the Hon. James J. Davis, and the first session will be presided over by the assistant Secretary of Labor, the Hon. Edward J. Henning. The gath ering is under the management of the Women's Bureau of the Labor Department of which Miss Mary And erson is Director. C 4r wi'V f^tX^f^W^ ^^^^WK-'^K' "J? BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 29 192 2 W1SCONISIN MAN NAMED HEAD OF I C. COMMISSION Washington, Dec. 29Bal. fazer Meyer* of- Wisconsin was today appointed chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion for the coming year. Mey ers succeeds Charles McCord who served this year. NEW KIWANIS LEADERS TAKEOFFICENEXT WEEK Dr. D. F. McCann sang his "Swan Song" as president of the local Ki wanis club at the meeting Thursday noon at the Elks club rooms and had charge of the entire program from sending the invitations to leading the singing. Supt- J. C. West wjll assume the leadership of the club, as president, at the next meeting, as will all other newly elected officers. Dot Van's orchestra provided the musical entertainment for the meet ing. Roll call was resorted to for a program and each member was re quired to tell he thing that they had learned during' the pas.t year, which proved to be a live topic A favorable report was heard from a number of committees. HYMAN LEVINE, HIS WIFE AND SON, WHOSE SEPARA- TION IN NEW YORK SUBWAY ALMOST ENDED IN A TRA- GEDY. -a 1 M^-mSi, *kf U.1 ?rj* BLACKDUCK BAND PLANS BIG CONCERT AT HINES A band concert by the Blackduck band is'to be given at the Hines town hall Wednesday evening, Jan uary 3, at 8 o'clock, according to notices being sent out by the Hines Lyceum board. The concert will be held under the auspices of the Hines board and will be given as one of the five numbers on the season ticket. The Hines Lyceum board looks forward to this number with inter, est, believing dt will be one of the best numbers- The band has 40 members and has already a well-es tablished reputation for its high musical attainment- In addition, the band will have with it vdcJil talent, thus assuring one of the best and most varied entertainments of the season. Plans have been made for a large attendance, it is understood and the public in general is invited and urged to attend. Mrs. Adelaide Fries, of Winston Salem, is the first woman to be hon ored with the presidency of the North Carolina Literary and"* Histor ical society. One of the older soc eties (-f its kind in the country- FEELING RUNNING HIGH AGANSTJOMB MAILER (By United Press) Marshfield, Wise, 29Feeling is running high here against the per son or persons who mailed the infern al machine to the James R. Chapman homo, which exploded Wednesday night, causing fatal injuries to Mrs. Chapman and seriousl yinjuring her husband. According to District Attorney Chapman and seriously injuring her today. A land owner in the district, who is said to have upbraided Mr. Chapman on several occasions for al leged over-assessment of his lands, is suspected. EUROPESTANDS Reports from Athfons are That Renewed War With Turks Seems Inevitable (l?y United Press) Europe today stood at the cross roads, one leading to war in the Near East and the other to resume the Lausanne conference, which wus sus pended while Ismet Pasha, chief of the Turkish delegates, prepared a re ply to the allies' demands that the Turks permit an international court in which tases involving foreigners part of the allies to meet the appeal that the Turkish obstinacy on this point s responsible for the recent disturbances of the conference, while Ismet Pasha desired the world to be lieve that British greed for the rich Mosul Oil regions in the Mesopotam ia' is the real reason. Ismet Pasha's reply will try to throw the blame on the Greeks Re ports from Athens said the Greeks (Continued on page 2) HC CUTCHAN SENTENCED TO SERVESEVEN YEARS (By United Press) Dickinson, N. D., Dec 29David McCutchan must serve seven years for the murder of Walter Inman of Amidon last March after a quarrel over renting the Gillette farm in Slope county. The jury, after nine hours deliber ation, returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and fixed the sentence. Amidon community was greatly stirred by the murder and a large representation attended the trial which came here on a change of ven ue. McCutchan plead self defense. FRANCE INTIMATES WAY FOR ECONOMIC PARLEY would be tried. There was an obvious effort on the spirited Vesuil away and lodged Mm (By Unite* Press) Paris, ec. 29France today, through semi-official channels, inti mated a way whereby the world eco nomic conference could take place without the American president tak ing any frthc steps I -'It was pointed out that the plan of Senator Borah 1s identical with the plan of the financial con ference at Brussels next month to which the United States has been in vited. There will be an opportunity for the United States to make its voice heard in a world economic gathering. MAY GET TWO RK FOR DIAMOND POINT PARK :-'F. S. Lycan, member of the State Forestry Board, advises that Be midji's application is first on the list for two elk, which are to be placed at iamond Point park. Mr. Lycan lias the co-operation of the Bemidji Park Board and the Elks lodge and all the expense that is en tailed is the work of catching the elk and shipping them from the State Park to Bemidji. George T- Baker, superintendent of parks, and a member of the park board is -highly enthused over the prospects of securing these animals and will mak*- provisions at Diamond Point to take care of them when they arrive, TF WEATHER Minnesota: Unsettled tonight and Saturday. Probably sndw in north snow or rain in south. Colder in northwest portion. PRICE 3 A LJ. 1 /"ml Jl JMLJSL-{-&-i~(w.a' Austrian Settlement At SupKBrior Seethes Today for Vengeance Murdered Man Had Lived Held From Angry Mob BLOOD-SMEARED A AND SLEDGE HAMMER FOUND Patrolman Waits for Alleged Murderer to Return And Takes Hi to Jail (By United Press) Superior, Wis., Dec 29Littjc Austria seethed today with vengeance following one of the most brutal crimes in its history. Nicholas Triff a bachelor in the Allouez. section, was hacked with an axe and his body' beaten to a pulp. Jacob Vesuil, the owner of the cabin in which Triff lived, was arrested five hours after the murder and spirited away from an nngry mob- At supper time, neighbors heard a disturbance in the cabin of Triff, who was 40 and popular. Last night they found his body on the floor, his face an unrecognizable mass of wounds. A blood smeared axe and sledge hammer were found. Vesuil had been seen entering th.e cabin and was seen later by Mrs. John Connolly, wife of a patrolman, when, covered with blood, he entered a street car. She reported to her husband and the search began- Connolly, knowing the penchant of Austrians to return to scenes of crime, lay in waiting. Five hours later, VesuU returned. He had been uptown to a hearty dinner. While neighbors of Triff searchod frantically with hatchets and shot guns-for the murderer, Connolly in the county jail- He denies the mul'der but police ai*e confident lie was the attacker and plan to place a formal charge against him today. Vesuil is 27 years old and lived in cabin 200 feet from the one Triff rents. Triff is known to have $5,000 in a bank here and is reported to he the owner of considerable property He worked at the ore docks. STUDENTS AND ALUMNI TO STAGE DANCE TONIGHT Students and alumni of the Be midji high school and their friends nre to enjoy a dancng party at the New Moose hall this evening. The annual meeting of the Bemidji High School Alumni association will also be held at this time and officers for the new year are to be elected- A large attendance is urged. M. B. A. LODGE TO ATTEND SHADIOW FUNERAL SERVICE All members of the M. B. A. lodge are requested to meet at the Baptist church on Saturday, December 30, al 2 p. m- to attend the funeral of Parker, president of the lodge. JUNIOR FARMERS TAKE IN NEAT SUM IN 1922 18,971 Minnesota Boys and Girls Enroll in Club Work in Past Year, Report Shows Eighteen thousand nine hundred seventy-one Minnesota boys and girls enrolled in 1,759 separate clubs in lt2 and secured from their pro ducts a total of $410,679-78, Or the sum of $183,022.12 after deducting costs. These figures are frpni the annual report of T- A. Erickson of University Farm, state leader of boys and girls club work, The actual gain in "membership over 1921 was 0nly t$ i i i'-' Owner of Cabin in Which the ,'if cA* -i: .vwr% 241, but 75 per cent completed the season's work and submitted reports as against 71 per cent for 1921 and 65 per cent for 1920. "Our effort for the year," says Mr. Erickson, "was not for a large increase in membership, but rather to help the clubs already, or ganized to do better work and to keep as many of the old club mem bers in the work as possible. Tfee increased number of members re ported ts largely due to the increased efforts of county, agents and other loaders. More leadership was devfeli oped in 1922 than in any previous year-" The 'total number of members re potting in 1922 was 13,95$: as gainst 13.254 in 1921. The vstlue^ products in 1!2 surpassed thoseTof 1921 by $110,891.08 and the value above cost in 1922 surpassed by $82, 158.12 the net value 1^1.0:21-" Mr. Erickson reports that $32,6.00 (Continued on/page 2) JmMiiiXim sty i- i "i -'FT ^is*^3^ yjirs-x^i*,