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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-10
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NEWSPAPER REPORTER !
.. CLEANED UP CHICAGO
{ BY United Press)-

Chicago, Dec. 10.--William Hale
Thompson, mayor of Chicago, called
Charles Fitzmorris, former newspap-
er reporter, in his office and gave
him the job OF chief of police and
this assignment:
"Clean Chicago up. Put every
gun-man, criminal and bootlegger in
jaik
This happened only recently, but
today Chicago is cleaner than at any
time in years.
Fitzmorris, only IS, is the voting
est metropolitan police in the coun-
try and it Is general admitted he is
putting his new job over with a
bang.
First of all he called. his police
force in and said: "You are now
starting in a clean slate. Charges of
inefftciency have been made against
many of you. Every man must make
good OF get out OF the department.
Chicago must be clean"
Next, Fitzmorris served notice on
gamblers, bootleggers and criminals
that Chicago no longer was their
stamping ground. The demimonde
did not heed him. So Fitzmorris
started raids on gambling dives and
vice dens. All those found in the
places were taken to police head
quarters.
The whole city was invited to
come to jail the next day to look
over the crowd to see if any could be
identified with any recent crimes.
Bertillion records were made of ev-
cry man taken.
Since then, raids have netted hun
dreds and the criminal class is about
to "play quits" realizing the new
chief means business. "
On Fitzmorris' first day as police
chief he ''scooped' the whole police
department by going out and arrest,
ing a bandit who had robbed bank.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-10

WANTED--Work by the hour, So
cents an hour. Mrs. George Clay
ton Bemidji, Rte. 4, care Frank
Osborn. - 2tl2-1O
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-10
ThimbIe lnventoraa Benefactor.

At first thimbles were rather costly
and only well-to-do people could at
ford them, but .after*aru when made
Of lead and other common metals by
machinery they became cheap. Their
use was a. great relief to all wig had
much sewing to do, and blessings were
invoked on the inventor. The Dutch
finger-hat.: (tinger-ldod) ,became in
England the ''thumb"bell," from ita
bell-lile shape. 1t was originally wor'.
OH the thumb to parry the thrust OF
the needle pointing through the ma
terial, and not, IS at present, to impe'
" f--," -,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-10

TO BUY-Two used dres-
sers and one duofold or bed. daver-
port. Phone SAT. 3tl2-1S
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-10
WANTED

WANTED-Practical: nursing, SIS
Mississippi avenue. 6t12-lO
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-10

LOST-The party who exchanged
muffs with me Tuesday night at
the Eastern Star meeting, kondly
return to Pioneer. Stat'y. Sore.
and get THEIRS. Mrs. G. E. Carson.
=, >2t1o11
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-10
FOR SALE-FARM

LOTS OF FARMS-Let us sell you
one. Come to our office and look
over our bargain signs. Willis Il
Olson. the land men y-29tf
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-10
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-A brown leather suit case be-
tween Spur and Blackjack, Novem-
her Z. Finder please return to
Pioneer or Dalton Hotel for re-
ward.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-10

The bandit had been sought. by the
police for several weeks.
No amount Of influence will get
any Chicagoan out of a liam" now,
the new chief claims.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
Women To Face Each
Other In Probe Of
Murder Of ELlUeLL

NEW YORK, June fS.--Detectivcs in
vestigating the murder Of Joseph b.
Elwcll, turfman and whist expert. to-
day were particularly Interested In
revelations expected from MHs. Marie
Larsen, Elwelrs housekeeper. and the
owner OF the pink silk lingerie found
IN the Elwell house. who was TO face
each other and answer questions regard
ing the hiding of these rticles the
morning Mr.. Elwell was killed
Mrs. Larsen already has revealed the
identity OF the woman who Is said to
be the owner OF the lingerie and is re-
ported To have rushed into ElwelFs
home the morning Of the murder in an
effort TO obtain her belongings. Her
name mas not been made public
Efforts also will he made today to
ascertain definitely whether Elwcn went
10 bed the morning he was shot or
whether his housckeeper hurriedly made
up the bed after she found him in a
uylng condition. Throughout the in
Vestigation II has been assumed that
ti"ell had not gone TO bed but in view
OF certain retractions and corrections
made IN the testimony Of Mrs. Larsen
she WIN be questioned definitely on
this point WI
District Attorney Swami said he had
NOT learned anything to warrant sls-
picion that either of these women was
at an implicated in the murder NM
mat he thought they had perhaps con.
Ceaiea evidence that might tend to re-
wal the person or persons responsible
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
PHONE OPERATORS
SOUGHT ByA.F F. |.
Nation Wide Campaign Plan
ned Because of Oppressive
Anti Labor Policy"

MONTREAL, June lS.--The American
Federation OF Labor at its convention
here today authorized nation wide
campaign to organize all the telephone
operators. State federations, city cen
trail bodies and volunteer organizers are
to take the field at once in the cam
paign.
1he convention declared its action
was necessary because OF the, OPP
fpfesStve aatlabOr policy OF the Bell
Telephone company and its associated
companies.N
Recoitsidering It's action yesterday
amending Its constitution to Increase
the executive council from II 70 Is
members, the convention rejected the
amendment by a vote OF 23,097 to 49,
Sn. This action prevents the election
OF four additional vice presidents.
The fourth Sunday of May each year
was designated as labor's memorial day,
upon which labor throughout the coun-
try will be called upon to pay a tribute
TO the memory Of It's dead. The churches
also will be called upon to cooperate
In the observance Of labor Sunday, the
day preceding Labor day in September.
The national organizing campaign
headquarters at Pittsburgh, Pa, will
not be abandoned, IL was announced
today. While the activities of the head
quarters staff viii be limited until a
national committee is organized, II will
keep up propaganda work among the
steelworkers
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
Hoover Says G.. o. p.
Platform In Main
Is "COnstructiUe"

WASHINGTON, June ts,--Indorsing
IN the main the action of the Republi-
can national convention at Chicago.
Herbert Hoover in a letter to friends
made public today after he had con-
terred with Senator Harding, the Re.
publican presidential nominee. called
tI upon az friends OF the party to support
the national ticket at the polls.
Mr. Hoover declared that the great .
er Part OF the Chicago platform is con
structtVe and progressive" and that
nothing prevents the compromise planks
on labor the league. etc, from being
given forward looking Interpretation "
lie added. however, that some things.
including a reorganization OF our cleo
ton expenditures and the primaries. are
not adequately dealt with"
Nothing could be more disastrous, "
he continued. than the development OF
several party ORGANIZATIONS representing
the complexion of every group in the
country II we should come to this po .
sition, we shall be entirely ruled by
iog-roiling mlnorltles OF sterile coali-
tions"
The former food administrator de-
elared that it was the duty OF those
Republicans who hold more definite
Views' to endeavor to bring them to
realization within the party organiza-
ton itself as the issues on which they
bear arise"
~ .t!S tNepuulitdH party is not IT.
revocably split" declared Mr.. Hoover,
II cannot conceive that Senator Hard
ing VIII for one moment submit the ad-
ministrative side of the government to
the domination of any group or CO.
terie."
Mr.. Hoover in this connection said the
senator had stated to him that the
views of both the conservative and pro-
gressive wings Of the party would be
fully represented In the administration, :"
and that he represented no paticular
group"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
DETROIT GROWTH
SECOND TON. Y.

WASHINGTON, June 1s.-Detroit.
with a numerical increase and rate of
growth larger than Chicago's. and sec
oild only to New York's during the last
ten years is now fourth largest city
OF the country, displacing ST Louis.
and outranking Boston, Cleveland, Bal
tlmore and Pittsburgh, all OF which
were larger than the Michigan city ten
years ago. Detroit's 1920 population,
announced today by the census bureau,
Is 993 739, an increase of 527,973 or 1884
per cent.
Detroit is the only city of 100000 or
more which has more than doubled its
population in the last ten years.
CleVet"Hd also with large increase,
mas outStripped St. Louis and Boston
and ranks as fifth largest city of the
l. S. This Ohio city had the fifth
largest numerical increase Of any mul M
nlcipality in the country during the last
ten years, its increase having been
exceeded only by New York, Chicago,
Detroit and Los Angeles. Cleveland 5
population exceeds that of st. Louis
by $4,000 and that of Boston by almost
10000, its total being 796, 1876. an increase
of 236 lI3, or 42.1 per cent over 1910.
With announcement of the populations
or Cleveland and Detroit the definite
ranking of the country's eighteen larg-
est cities has been established. New
York and Chicago remain first and sec
C''N IA = e. - 1lNltS' tCSDtCllNtlN, fHlId =
delphia is the only ones of the eighteen
whose 1920 population has not been an
nounced, but figures for the Pennsyl-
vania city are not expected to remove
I from third place. Detroit has gone
into fourth place and Cleveland into
fifth position, forcing St. Louis into
sixth, Boston into seventh, Baltimore
into eighth and Pittsburg into ninth
position.
Los Angeles advanced from 18th rank
to tenth and displaced Buffalo as well
as attaining the honor of being the
largest city west of st. Louis. San
Francisco retained eleventh place and
Buffalo dropped from tenth to twelfth
while Milwaukee was forced into thr-
teenth.
Washington moved from sixteenth to
fourteenth position. displacing Newark,
which dropped into fifteenth. Cincn-
natl, 9Th largest city in 1910. now ranks
as sixteenth, having been passed by
both Washington and Newark.
New Orleans, through the advance of
Los Angeles and Washington, was
forced from fifteenth to seventeenth
place, while Minneapolis retained its
rank as eighteenth largest city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
Allen Working
On Plans To Oil
UnpaUed Streets

Plans for oling all unpaved streets
~ the city are being worked out in
the office OF Thomas H. Allen. com
missioner The greatest difficulty con
fronting the commissioner at present Is
facilitattes for spreading the oil The
city owns only one cart for this purpose
slow ''''
Firms furnishing the city road oil
have assured Mr.. Allen that in the IA
lure they VIII be able to supply the
OIL as fast as the city can use ii. The
ilrst car reached the asphalt plant Fri
day and will be unloaded as soon as
possible.
The handling Of this oil necessitat. ,
great deal OF effort as it must lie
hehted before being taken from the
TANK cars and must be heated again
while being spread upon the street
WIN only one spreader In opcTatIun
this increases difficulties
The oil must be heated at the asphalt
plant placed in the spreader and tb-G
taken to the scene of work and spr,ad
before 1t Cools. The spreader must
then be returned 10 the asphalt plant
and the oil placed In II at a temperg
turc OF 100 degrees and taken back
TO whatever street is being given a
coat OF oil. This process requires a
great deal Of time and slows up the
work
Commissioner Allen stated Friday.
however. that as fast as possible ey
cry unpaved street in the city would
be oiled and that his department on
tempiated continuation Of the WORK
throughout the summer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
PRESIDENT GOES
AFTER c. O.P. WITH
OLD-T|ME V|GOR
Welcomes G. 0. P. Acceptance
OF League as Issue in Inter-
view. Revealing Spirit Un-
daunted by Illness.

NEW YORK, June lS.-President
wilson's nine months of illness have
neither daunted his spirit nor impaired
m the slightest degree his splendid in
teilect," according to the New York
World, which today published a copy
rlgnted interview of its Washington
correspondent with the president.
Within the last two months, the cor
aesSponuent raSpoa says, the president has
ultimate complete recovery is assured
During the three hour interview al
the White House, says the correspond
ent, the long discussion of current ton.
les ana issues showed that the presi-
uent ;s,I expressed himself with character
istlc Wilsonian vigor."
The president told the correspond =
ent, In discussing the political cam
palgn, that the league of nations was
tne dominant issue and he expects the
democrats at San Francisco to repeat
ms ms ohahenge for a referendum on the
league' The issue is "too deep for
political scu!duggery," the president is
quoted as saying
The president was particularly Wig
orous in attacking the Republican plat
form, according to the correspondent.
ne hepupilean national convention" !"
salu the president was controlled by
interests essentially and scientifically
Prussian in inspiration and method =
He said he did not see how progress
slves could support the Republican plat
form. IF
President Wilson told the correspond
ent that he had not aided any candi-
GATE for the nomination at San Fran
cisco.
In discussing the presidents physical
condition, the correspondent said:
His face is not distorted in the
slightest degree as some OF the un-
friendly versions of his illness have as
serted, The Wilson face is much the
same as 1t was, though it bears the i'm
press of great physical suffering.
After he had worked and we had
talked for an hour, the president walked
from his office chair on the balcony TO
the movies in the east room, slowly,
cautiously, but with confidence"
The correspondent described the
movements of the president about the
White House and said the very best
proof of the great improvement in the
presidents physical condition was
Continued on Page Is, Column A.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
REARREST WOMAN
IN WHOSE HOUSE
STILL WASFOUND

Mrs. II. r. Dutton, 3S, 129 West Col
orado avenue, whose house is alleged
to have harboredr the copper still con-
fiscated by police in connection with
the arrest of the four youths charged
with being the famous auto bandits
was re-arrested Thursday night by De-
tectice Sergts. Rutland and Griffin. and
formally charged with violation Of the
state liquor laws. A federal inyesti-
CATION being conducted by government
obarmHi authorities may result in additional
The arrest OF Mrs.Dutton is the sew
enth made by police in connection with
the arrest and confession of the four
alleged auto bandits. Besides the four
youths, another Moman, Mrs. Virginia
Ward, alias Dunn, and a young girl
said TO be the neice of Mrs. Dutton, are
also being detained by police. Mrs
button spent thcf night in Jail in lieu
OF 5000 state bond.
With the four boys, Mrs. Dutton will
be arraigned VI police court late FRI
day for preliminary hearing The
former, Tommy Layman, John Logs
don, Morgan Nessin and the alleged
leader, William Allen, alias Annadalf
are charged With highway robbery ana
carrying pistols No charges have been
preferred as yet against Mrs, Ward and
the young lady, The latter has been
suspected by police Of being the young
woman seen by victims of the auto
bandits as accompanying the latter
on several of their escapades.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
CITY CURB MARKET

TUESDAY,
Forrest park and Market square.
THURSDAY.
Forrest park and South Memphis
tMcLemore and Wellington).
FRIDAY.
Market square
SATURDAY.
Forrest park and South Memphis
CMcLemore & Wellingtonl.
The above schedule will give women
or Memphis location and DAYS OF mar.
kets. II Is hoped they win watch this
space for further information. The
markets are open from to 10 O'Clock
in the morning.
Prices given below are what con-
sumers paid for products on the city
markets Friday
Negetables-Creen beans, lOc uuart
beets, DC, 10c bunch: cabbage, Sc. lOc
dbc head: carrots Be bunch cucunbers
for l5c; garlic lOc bunch; Lettuce, Be-
I0e head green onions, sc, 10c bunch
green peas. 2 quarts Csc lrlsh pota.
toes l5c quart. sweet potatoes lue
quart; squash. &c. Toe each.
4 FTH ts--Apples soc gallon grape fruit.
Tor l5c. caritnloupe. 3 for 2Sc oraf1 Ees,
zoe dozen; blackberries. s5c quart
plums. quarts 25e.
Produce-Butter. 5Sc. 6Oc mound
eggs, 45c, soc dozen: chickens (friers).
60c pound.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
Mayor To Welcome
Newspaper Men:
Hold Banquet Here

Mayor Rowlett Paine and II, r.
Chears, second vice president Of the
Chamber OF Commerce, will welcome
delegates of the Arkansas Press asso,
citation on behalf of the city of Menl-
ph1s and the Chamber OF Comemrce
upon their arrival here late Saturday.
sam d. Fuson, publicity manager OF
the Chamber of Commerce, left Mem
ph1s late Thursday following a meeting
of the entertainment committee, for
Helena, where he will join the news
paper men and accompany them on the
trip up the river, leaving there early
Saturday on the steamer Kate Adams.
and arriving here between 4 and 5
O'Clock the same day. As was am
rounced Thursday a regular session Of
the convention will be held on board
the boat at which reports from COM
mittees will be submitted and officers
elected for the ensuing year:
committee Thursday, the delegation
comprising $50 Of the Arkansas news
paper men, will be met by a fleet of
automobiles at the Kate Adams dock
by a special reception committee and
carried carried. on tour Of the city. The
Chamber Of Commerce for dinaer at I
o'clock. The trip over the city is ex-
pected to last about two hours.
Special musical numbers by a local
orchestra will be rendered during the
course Of the dinner which will be
held on the fifth floor of the chamber
building. George Morris will act as
toastmaster, and addresses Of welcome
win be made by c. p. J. Mooney and
+. T. Leech Response to the welcom-
ing speeches will be made by the newly
elected president of the association.
The entertainment committee, head
ed by Carroll Newman, chairman.
during the absence of Chairman Hugh
Humphreys, will be assisted in details
and arrangements of the program by
members OF the publicity, farm bureau.
good roads sections and board of di-
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
KNOXVILLE MAN IS
HELD ON CHARGE
OF SLAy|NG WIFE

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. June 1S.-Two
more arrests were made here last night
in connection with the murder carly
Tuesday morning of Mrs. Mary McGM.
Elisha McGill, the slain womans hus-
band is being held on the charge of
murder, and Mrs. Belle Cox is charg-
ed with being an accessory.
Last nights developments came after
Miss Bazabeth Mcdaniel, a boarder in
the McGill home and eye witness to
the tragedy broke down and confessed
to the police that McGill had shot his
wife in the presence OF his children
and that he had threatened to kill her
if she did not say it was Charlie Mincy.
a youth who was arrested shortly after
the crime was committe, who did the
shooting.
Both McGill and the Cox woman deny
the charges agains them. McGill de-
clarinF It is an effort to ''swear away
his II y
Mira. Cox is a woman who figured
in report of midnight intruder mere
about year ago., claiming that a
man entered her house and assaulted
her threatening to kin her.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
Local Firm VIII
Build $I,OOO,OOO
Baking Plant Here

James Alexander of the James Alex
ander Construction company. returned
from Omaha, Neb., Friday with signed
contracts for building the Item Biscuit
company's new eight-story, steel and
reinforced concrete biscuit plant on
Florida street and the Illinois Central
railroad, where a tract, 292 by 45O feet,
was purchased last winter. The con-
tract price for the building alone was
in access of $780, 900 Work that the
biscuit>company will do that is-not in.
cluded in Mr.. AleXander's contract
which, together with machinery and
equipment will bring the total cost to
approximately $1,000, 900, Mr.. Alexander
said
Leading contractors from all parts
of the country submitted bids The
presidge of the Alexander Construction
company is indicated by the fact that
1t was awarded the contract at a price
said to have been over 100000 in ex-
cess of other bids. No other local CON
tractors figured on the work. Two
cars of steel have already arrived, and
Mr.. Alexander said that work would
start not later than Monday. Plans call
for completion Of the plant by April / ;,
1921.
"The Iten biscuit plant will be one Cf
the biggest industries that Memphis has
won for some time" MI. Alexander
said. II was told that about 500 peo-
pie will be employed. with an average
pay. roll Of approximately $4,000 per
week, exclusive of travelling mems sal
aries"
Location of the plant here followed a
visit to j. II. lten, president of the
company, and O. II. Bermettler vice
president and general manager, after
considerable correspondence with Mark
Fenton. industrial commissioner for the
Memphis Chamber of Commerce, VINO
was very active in acquainting officlIls
of the company with advantages Of
Memphis. The site was purchased last
December, Officers of the lten BIS
cult company are at Omaha. 1t owns
plants at Omaha, Oklahoma City and
other places.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
TAX
ASSESSMENTS ARE
PROVING PROBLEM

In order to assure the city Of Mem.
phls fair return on the personality as.
sessment, the city board Of equaHza-
ton will be compelled to solve one Of
the most difficult problems that these
business men have ever faced. Board
members and Mayor Paine declare that
oitrary assessments are entirely too low
but they have been unable to decide
upon any plan whereby assessments can
pc raised In an equitable manner and
thus assure an Increased income for the
city.
Mayor Paine was an early caller at
the office of the board Friday and con-
ferred with the board informally for
some time in the council chamber.
went to the mayors office for
further conference, at which time plans
for raising the assessment were gone
into in detail. No definite plan has
as yet been arrived at. and the board
is very much at sea as to just what
course to pursue.
A great deal of time was consumed
Friday in going over the books and
names of citizens were picked at ran
dom, and the board members as a
whole agreed that the assessments in
practically every instance were far be-
low what they should be.
Make No Returns.
The city personally assessment books
disclose that the great majority OF citi-
zens have failed to make voluntary
return, preferring an arbitrary assess
ment by the assessor. Men known to
own several automobiles and who have
homes elegantly furnished and who own
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-18
HARDING ACCEPTS
LEAGUE CHALLENGE
will Welcome Referendum,
Says in Reply to Wilson.

WASHINGTON, June lS.-Presdent
Wilson'S challenge to submit the peace
treaty to a referendum of the American
people was accepted today by Senator
Harding. the Republican presidential
candidate.
81 am sure" said Senator Harding,
"the Republican party win gladly well
come a referendum on the question of
the foreign relationship OF this republic
and the Republican attitude of pre-
served nationality will be overwhelm-
inGly indorsed."
Senator Hardng's statement was in
reply to the interview with President
Wilson, published today in which the
president discussed the league of ma
tions issue and the Republican plat
form.
Geo. Clark, Of Canton. Ohio, chairman
of the Ohio state Republican advisory
committee, came to Washington TO lay
before Senator Harding plans for the
Ohio campaign. Republicans in that
state, he declared, were ready TO 90
ahead as soon as the Republican nom
inee had endorsed the plans.