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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
Lumber back to normal
Other building costs too high, causing
stagnation in building operations
Reasons for present disastrous condi-
ton in Nations Largest Industry

about 30 per cent of the total cost of the
ordinary building. The remaining 20 per
cent which goes to make up the balance of
the cost has not returned to the normal
basis.
That is the reason why the cost is still
out of line and building operations cannot
this purpose when the entire building can
be erected at normal costs. Otherwise the
security is not attractive.
Mot only is lumber down, but farm pro-
ducts have fallen in the same proportion.
Wheat, oats, corn, flax, cotton, wool,
CATTLE hogs, hides, and any number of such
items are back to normal. These basic
products form the foundation upon which
is built the purchasing power of the general
public.
atoms will NOT start until the 20 per cent
represented by plumbing, heating, hard
ware, lighting, painting and LABOR get
back to normal.
The reduction in the price of lumber is
from 40 to As per cent This decline reduces
the cost of 10000 Figured at peak prices)
to $500. When other materials have de-
will then cost $1,000, which is its NORMAL
VALUE!
There. is, therefore, approximately $4,000
too much COST in the house and for this
sum the home builder obtains absolutely
NOTHING, because, if he should build now,
the value of his home i'm a comparatively
short time will be but Sc, 900.
The reluctancy of the 10 per cent?
(Which includes LABOR) to get back to a
normal basis, has stagnated building activi-
ties. There will be no resumption of work
until these prices return to normal.
This is one of the principal reasons why
labor is, at the present time, unemployed,
and why the situation is becoming worse
every day.
The public has decided the question. 1t
is not buying and it will not resume buying
until EVERYBODY is willing to get back
onto normal basis. AS soon as this is
brought about things will begin to move.
Money, which is always available when
building costs are NORMAL, will be plenti-
full People will begin to build homes.
Rents will begin to come down. Building
materials will begin to move and saw mills
will start operations.
.bEcotion authorized BY a group Of
only IN the lumber business. buf IL
eUenf continued building st1en0tion
sumption of construction activities -
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27

ly gave the people Of Bruce some Of
his rare music.
Mrs FeatherstOn has gone on to
Price county for the week, but will be
back to speak at meeting at the Rusk
Farm school on next Saturday night
and at the picnic at Flambeau, Sun
day, the Doth. Mrs. Harry Favell, of
Chippewa Falls, will sing at the Flam-
beau meeting.
Mrs FeatherstOn is one Of the work
ers under the auspices of the Eliza
beth Mccormick Memorial Fund which
was established in 1908 by Mr.. and
Mrs. CYRUS w. Mccormick i'll memory
of their deceased daughter. The OBJ
ject of this living memorial is to help
make the lives of children in this
broad land of ours a little brighter and
worth while by means of education
America. where it is said little chill
dren are more tenderly regarded than
anywhere else on earth. stands seventh
from the top in the list of civilized ma
tons i'm the death rate of its children
Nearly half million die every year
under the age of six years. The one
third of the men found unfit in the
draft also represented the one-third
of all ages. for they did not become I'M
fit over night.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
WELFARE MEET.
INGS ENJOYED
People Respond to Spirit of Ed
ucatiOnal Programs For
Them

During the last week the people OF
Rusk county who are interested in the
Welfare of children enjoyed rare
treat by attending one of the twelve
meetings which were held in different
parts of the county.
Mr.. Briggs, from the University of
Wisconsin, and supervisor of the coun-
agents of these northern counties,
ave his assistance in making the meet
Igs interesting to all
Miss Johnson from Chicago, who
ave the people of Ladysmith a rare
rcat when she gave her recital. also
ing for the people at Ingram. At the
hawkins meeting sch sang and played
awllins meeting she sang and played
TIL his euphOnium.
Mr.. Schoepf played at all the meet
'gS and his music was certainly en-
yed.
At the Glen Flora, Bruce and Lady
NTH meetings the school children add
entertainment by giving two little
cdlth playletS. which were certainly
the point
Ladysmith Talent Present
Mrs. Armstrong. of Ladysmith. ac-
ompanied on the piano at the meet
ngS in Ladysmith. Sheldon and Bruce.
Mr.. Powers, the violinist, very kind
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
100000 Voted for Retention of
700 Enforcement Agents
Until July /.
KRAMER IS ATTACKED
Commissioners Violated Penal Provision
of Law by Increasing Deficit and
Liable to Jail Sentence, Says
Chairman Good.

Washington-After heated discussion
of the prohibition question during
which Commissioner Kramer was bit
terly criticized and as vigorously de-
Tended, the House voted an additional
100000 for enforcement of the Vol
stead act until July l.
Representative Volstead proposed
the increase in the total of the deficien-
cy appropriation bill, to permit reten-
ton of 700 prohibition agents, who Mr..
Kramer had announced would be drop
ped for the remainder of the fiscal
year, because of shortage of funds.
Vote Is IT to 39.
The Volstead amendment was adopt
ed, " to SO, less than one-fourth OF
the House membership being on the
House floor at the time, but another
vote on the increase can be demanded
before the bill is passed.
Ever the members who favored the
amendment, however, doubted whether
it would afford relief in time to be Of
much value, inasmuch as the bill after
passage by the House must go to the
Senate
Senator Good of the appropriations
committee, said Mr.. Kramer had vio-
lated penal provisions of law by incur
ring a deficit and "had made himself
liable to Jail sentence"
Wants Kramer to Obey Law.
Il want Mr.. Kramer to obey the law
just as much as bootleggers," he de-
clared, adding that $6,900,000 already
had been appropriated for prohibition
enforcement during the current fiscal
year.
Representative Madden, Republican,
Illinois, said Mr. Kramer should have
appealed for funds to Congress through
the Secretary of the Treasury instead
of through the newspapers and assert
ed that he fought to be discharged"
Mr.. Kramer, on the other hand, was
defended by Representative Byrns,
Tennessee, ranking Democrat on the ap-
preparations committee, as a conscien~
tious official doing his best to enforce
the law
Volstead Defends Kramer.
Mr. Volstead also defended Mr.. IRA
mer's administration. Declaring no es.
innate for additional funds for prohibit
ton enforcement had been submitted
to the appropriations committee, Mr..
Byrns said that if the Secretary of the
Treasury had requested funds he would
have gotten all he wanted
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
HARDING ASKS FOR HARMONY
Cooperation of All Factors Needed in
Postwar Adjustment.

New York-Tne cooperation of
every factor of American business and
industry to put the nations house in
order. after the dislocation of war was
bespoken by President Harding at a
dinner here celebrating the one hun
dred and twenty-ffth anniversary of
the New York Commercial
Agriculture, labor and business man
agement, the President declared, must
stand together in the confident purpose
OF reconstruction. He asserted that al
though the United States did not want
to live in isolation and selfishness, it's
duties to the rest of the world could
best be performed by giving its atten-
tino first to the rehabilitation of its
own resources.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
SpURNS WORLD LEAGUE
Harvey Hits British Hopes When
He Makes Declaration.
New American Ambassador Welcomed
by England's Most Eminent
Statesmen.

London-England and the United
States were pledged to peace by Pre-
mier Lloyd George and George Harvey,
the new American ambassador.
The occasion was the Pilgrims well
come to the new ambassador, and it
brought to the Victoria hotel, Eng
lands most eminent statesmen and
powerful leaders. The pledge of peace
was given in the premier's announce
ment, which was confirmed by Colonel
Harvey, that America would be repre-
scented at the coming meeting Of the
Supreme Council, which is to discuss
the fate Of Upper Silesia and the
peace of Europe.
IF this war is not the last" said
the prime minister, in proposing Col
onel Harvey's health, and drinking it
in champagne, then the next war will
leave it in ashes
Mr.. Lloyd George said he welcomed
American good will, good understand
ing and cooperation, not because he
wished to drag America into European
labyrinths, but because America could
ledQ EUROPE OUT OF CndOS.
Colonel Harvey, in responding,
brought cheers from the crowded ban
quet hall when he declared that Presi-
dent Harding had pledged the unfal-
tering cooperation" of the United
States.
No Entry Into League.
Declaration by Colonel Harvey that
America would not join the League,
directly or indirectly, or any League
commission, was the least welcome Of
any of his announcements, and the
prime minister, who had been watch
ing Colonel Harvey closely, and smil-
ing or clapping his approval, grew sud-
denly serious at this statement and
leaned over to discuss it with Earl
CurZon, who sat on his left.
In his address Colonel Harvey paid
tribute to the Pilgrims as the most dis.
tinctive link in the chain of blood re-
tionship between the British and Amer
lean peoples and one Of the most po-
tent agencies of civilization. Their ac-
tivities, he said, had been a sustained
labor of love and patriotism, which
only now were beginning to fructify
in an earnest desire and determination
Of the part of both peoples to blow
away the mists of misconstruction and
misunderstanding, which far too long
had hidden their true natures, one
from the other.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
MOONEY ACCUSES SENATOR
Bomb Prisoner Charges Shortrldae
Plotted to "Defraud Justice"

San Misunderstanding in court for
investigation of his charge that per.
jured testimony was responsible for
his conviction for murder in connec-
ton with the preparedness day bomb
explosion here in 1916, Thomas Mooney
accused Samuel M. Shortridge, now
United States senator from California,
of joining with the district attorney in
a conspiracy to defraud justice.
Mooney is serving a life sentence in
San Quentin prison.
Mooney asserted that Shortridge who
was Oxman's attorney, and G. M,
Fickert, who, as district attorney, pro.
secuted the Mooney case, had induced
Hatcher at the time of the trial to sign
an affidavit that Oxman was in San
Francisco at the hour Of the explosion.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27

There Is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh is local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Hairs
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
T. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27

Mrs Pat Crowley. of Owen. died at
her home Thursday. May 10. The
funeral was held Saturday. Those who
attended from here were the father
and mother. Mr. and Mrs. John Red
wine. Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Jenness. MI
and Mrs. Fox. Mrs JennesS and Mrs.
Fox being sisters of the deceased. al
SO Beulah. Norma, Winifred and Aud
rey Redwine, and one brother, Don
aid. She also leaves to mourn her loss
husband, and a son and daughter.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
GERMANS AND POLES BATTLE
Heavy Artillery and Machine Gun Fire
Along the Oder.

Berlin-Over crippled telegraph and
telephone wires come reports from OPP
engaged in heavy artillery and machine
gun firing all along the Oder, especial
ly in the vicinity of Krappitz Both
sides are entrenching and the people
in several towns are panic stricken.
The general reports from Upper ST.
lesia indicate a considerable reinforce
metn Of both insurgent and German
sides, menacing food shortage in the
rebellion area and an extension of the
conflicts
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
COUPLE GIVEN LIFE TERMS

Thompson Falls, Mont.-Mrs. Mona
May McCully, convicted by jury in
district court of the murder of her
son-in-law, Leon Richardson, was SEN
fenced by Jduge Lentz to life term
in the state penitentiary.
Fred McCully, her husband, who
pleaded guilty to charge of murder
ing Richardson, also received life
sentence.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
COMING WEEK AT THE
UNIQUE

Friday, May 27-Buck Jones III 1.-Two
Moons"
Saturday. May 2S-Bebe Daniels in
Two Weeks With Pay"
Sunday May 29-Douglas Fairbanks
in THE Mark of Zorro"
Monday and Tuesday. May 80 and
81 Something to Think About"
Wednesday, June 1--Madge Kennedy
in blooming Angel" Also THE Pur-
pie Riders
Thursday, June 2-"Girl With a
Jazz Heart"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
lowa's TaIIest Man Buried.

Dubuque, Iowa-Bernard Coyne, IS
years old, of Anthem, Iowa, feet, 2
inches in height, was buried Sunday
in his home town. Coyne was believed
to be the tallest man in the state, if
not in the United States.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
German Volunteers Advancing.

Oppeln, Silesia-It is reported that
trouble has broken out in the neigh
borhood of Kreuzberg. German free
companies" are reported to be advance
ing, but it is not yet known whether
the movement is in the nature of raid
or a broader operation.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
Training Ship "Granite State" Burns.

New York-The New York naval
training ship Granite State, once the
pride of the American navy, was
burned to the waters edge in a spec
tacular fire in which sailors dived
through port holes after flooding the
magazine.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
De Palma Hanqs Up Record.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Ralph De Palma,
automobile race driver, broke the track
record of the indianapolis Motor speed
way for one lap here when he covered
the 2h miles in 1:29:75.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27
Ships Move Despite Strike.

Washington-The first three weeks
Of the marine strike saw 936 American
vessels clearing from Atlantic, Pacific
and gulf coasts and 100 held in port
through lack of crews, Secretary
Hoover said.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27

Ernest I. Lewis of indianapolis, one
of the two new members Of the inter-
state commerce commission, has been
chairman of the Indiana state public
service commission for four years
Arizona republican., 1921-03-10
BUSINESS
 DEPRESSION SHOWN
 IN COUNSEL SURVEYS
[Republican A. p. Leased wIrel

WASHINGTON, March 9-Continued business depression in Europe, except Italy, was reported by American con- suls in the monthly cable survey of world economic conditions issued to- day by the department of commerce. Signs of improvement were seen in the Far East, but little change was noted in the South American countries. Both exports and imports are decreasing in Great Britain, the survey said, in- creasing unemployment. Payment of heavy taxes was regarded as a cause for the tightness of the money market and English banks were said to have loaned two thirds of their resources to private enterprises.
 Recent price declines and business stagnation in France, according to the survey, have tended to strain the cred it of banks A liquidation of the gov ernment owned French merchant fleet, aggregating 100000 gross tons, is be- ing urged.
 Italian banks are reporting large profits, however, the survey continued. finances was regarded as more fa- yorable. Local unrest and strikes about Rome are decreasing. but unern- ployment is in evidence, it added.
 German elements are attempting to obtain control Of the Austrian gov ernment's ammunition plants. the sur vey reported, and German capital is trying to control the iron industry in Austria The general condition of the Austrian government finances was re- garded as more unfayorable. The cost of living there rose 10 per cent in Feb ruary, it was reported
 Business depression is increasing 1T the Scandinavian countries, the sur vey asserted, while German competition is placing many industries in a worse condition than formerly.
 i Japan's foreign trade continued tho l increase started in January, accord i ing to the survey, while bank loan! i increased under low rates and easier money An upward trend in the ex- change rate on the United States, i was said, is looked for in Japan Or ders for foreign goods are decreasin,
 in China but the trade depression is ex
 pected to improve by July while tn | financial situation is improving. l There has been no improvement fl
 financial affairs in Argentina, the sur vey said, and bank loans are increas i ing, although deposits are falling of l While exports are increasing slowly l imports are dull. the decrease in i'm ports from the United States especial ] ly becoming more apparent, the sur vey said
 i Banks in Brazil are not grantini 1 loans except for strictly commercial ! purposes, the survey continued, am deposits have been reduced somewhat The cost of living is increasing stead fly, but large crops are predicted
 Peru is passing through it's readjust
 ment period without great embarrass
 ment the survey concluded. asthougI
 money is tight and credits are nor \ difficult to obtain end no rapid rNcter cry in the exchange rate is expected.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-10
TRIAL IF CLARA RAMON OPENS|N
 ARDMORE TODAY
Case Will Be Fought On Merits And No Effort For Sensational Will Be At tempted By Counsel
IRepubrican A. p. Leased Wirel

ARDMORE, Okla, March 9.-Attor- neys announced tonight readiness for the opening tomorrow of the trial of Clara Smith Hamon. charged with the murder of Jake L. Hamon. The Carter county district court docket today was cleared of nine cases, and Judge T. W. Champion announced that the Hamon case had the right of way.
 State and defense counsel tonight were in agreement in statements that the case would be fought out on it's merits as a murder case and that no effort for the sensational would be ini- tiated.
 Mrs. Jake l.. Hamon, the widow. to- night said she would attend the trial as a witness and would be spectator until a verdict is rendered.
 s. P. Freeling, state attorney gen eral announced he would ask waiving of the rule against witnesses appear ing in the courtroom.
 Selection Of the jury it was indi- cated tonight would start at 9 a. m tomorrow.
 Including 35 veniremen left over from the 400 summoned at the opening of the present court session, 12S men are available for examination for. jury service in the Hamon case.
 Clara Smith Hamon was said to be composed and anxious to have the trial completed She moved here Sat urday from Wilson.
 Seen on the streets, Mrs. Clara Ham, on is well dressed, apparently some what more frail than when she sur rendered last December at Fl Paso She drives about in e motor car and mods and smiles as she recognizes ac- ouaintances.
 Mrs lake IT. Harmon fodau tnol- r,r her Ardmore residence Tn new bung- allow recently purchased for her
 Court attaches late today rearranged seats of the courtroom to accommo- date as many persons as possible When a number of folding chairs had been taken into the chamber and the furniture switched about. it still was impossible to accommodate more thar $50 spectators.
 Mrs. Jake l.. Hamon said today hel greatest fear was that the defendan would go free She said she felt to greater extent than ever that year. ago when her husband and the youns woman first became acquainted sh should have taken some action II that she was deterred, she declared. b, the fact that she was q Christian wom an and could do nothing of violence against the then Miss Clara Bartol Smith.
 Mrs. Hapnon, as tears welled int her eyes, said that time and again sh 1 had contemplated some action to breal up the associations of her husband an, the girl. but could not bring herself t l that point
 ''Oh, if I only had" she said, T migh have had him and these children migh have had their father.''
 Mrs. Hamon spoke in bitter terms c Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, referring | her as vampire" who repeatedly ha refused to consider Mir Hamon's ex pressed wishes to end their associa
 tion. Mrs. Hamon said that on on visit to the rooms in local hotel oe
 cupied by MT. Hamon and Clara, Shit ] Hamon she had gazec in amazemer upon the fine clothes there and tha
 she had taken away a pistol she foun on Clara'S dresser
Arizona republican., 1921-03-10
PRESIDENT ASKS
 RATIFICATION OF TREATY
President Harding Sends First Message To Con- gress, Asking Settlement Of Controversy

WASHINGTON, March 9--A special message sent by President Harding to the senate today asking early ratifi- cation of the $25 5000. .000 treaty with Colombia started vigorous controversy with considerable group of Repub- licans lined in opposition.
 It was the presidents first congress sional message and developed the first open differences between senate Re publicans. The communication was brief and was understood to have recommended ratification of the long delayed treaty. principally on the ground that such action would inn prove relations between the United States and Colombia and have ben eficial effect on relations between the United States and Latin-America. Pub lication of the message, read in execu- tive session, was deferred.
 Immediate action at the present ex- tra session was urged by Senator Lodge, Republican leader, but objec- tions came from both Republicans and Democrats and the matter went over until tomorrow, together with a pro- posal to discuss the treaty in open ses- sion.
 Postponement of the treatys con- sideration until the April session ap- peared probable. Leaders started ne- gotiations and tomorrow it was hoped an agreement might be reached which
 would defer consideration until nex' month, limit debate and fix a date fol
 the final vote. If the treaty is sci
 aside until the April session, leaders tonight said that the extra senate ses- sion might terminate Saturday. Should the senate proceed at once with the treaty it was predicted generally tha' the extra session would continue into the April session.
 Differences over the treaty appeared principally among the Republicans Most Democrats were reported to favo
 ratification of the treaty which tn, Wilson administration negotiated in 1914. Prominent among reputed op ponents in the Republican ranks wer, Senator Borah, Idaho: Kenyon. Iowa l Kellogg, Minnesota; Lenroot Wfscon 1 sin: Johnson, California; and Mel I son, Minnesota Most of the newl. 1 elected Republicans were counted a supporters of the treaty.
 l Secretary of the Interior Fall wa tions subcommittee appointed las l Colombian treaty designed to protec | from the operation of a presidentia l decree since declared invalid by tn 1 Colombian courts.
 l The original draft under which tn l United States would pay to Colombi | s25, 100000 was signed in Bogota by tn Colombian government in 1914, bu | since has been changed by the stat | department to meet objections of sen ators who opposed especially the claus by which the United States woul have expressed regret over the par titioning of Panama.