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The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
AEAT DECLINES
S REACTIONARY
TREND PREVAILS
mour Grain Head Ad.
Fises Against Short
Holdings in Futures.

PEW YORK. April a4-The follow
snows the movements Of breadstuds
New York today in bushels Of grain
n barrels of fIo,r.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
MRS. CLIFFORD LAID TO
/ /. REST in MINNEAPOLIS

Funeral services for the late Ms:
George Clifford, were held Friday
afternoon at the Presbyterian churci.
conducted by Rev. L.: P. Warforl,
pastor of the Bsmidjis church, and
Rev. McLain, pastor of the Kelliher
Presbyterian rhurch of which she
formerly was a member. M. E.
Iberston funeral director was in
charge of the arrangements.
Many beautiful floral offerings,
expressions of sympathy from rel
atives and friends, were given. The
remains were shipped to Minneapolis
on the night train and were accom-
PANIED by her husband and sister, and
were taken directly this morning from
the train to the Lakewood chapel
where services in charge of the order
of Eastern Star were held, and in
terment made in the Lakewood ceme-
terry family lot. So
Many auto loads of Kelliher friends
came to Bemdiji to attend the funeral
among whom were Rev. and Mrs. j.
r. Mc-Lain, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Han
Chef, Mr. and Mrs. w. T Berry, Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Thyren, Mesdames
Axel Peterson, Arthur Wilson HON.
er Whiting, Ole Pearson and Erich
lex. 49,. =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
NEW HIGHWAY MARKINGS
SYSTEM FOR MINNESOTA
Route Numbers, Directions and
Other Guide Marks to be
Used in New Plan

St. Paul, Oct. 28-Charles B. Bah
cock, state highway commissioner to
day made public, plans to mark Mimi
esota trunk highways with signs,
bearing official trunk route numbers,
directions distances and other guide
marks, also a contract for an initial
installment Of 200 light houses with
flashing devices to be placed at rail
road grade crossings.
Under a new departure in highway
marking, originated in Minnesota,
these signs are to be placed near the
ground on shoulder or Immediately
off the Travelled portion of the road
and in the path of the drivers vision
and the automobiles headlights.
These permanent signs will be aug
mented by the markers now painted
on posts and poles along the routes
and will be supplemented in alpha
betical designations and markings by
counties of the more important local
roads.
Minnesota highway officials have
taken expert advice and profited by
the experience of other states in de-
signing, the highway, markers and
they predict that the permanent
marking system will be found un-
surpassed. The highways will be
made safer as we'll as easier to trav-
ri Dor,,,rop+ -, , III: ., re ;pvn1va cnn-
siderable expense which was deferred
until the routes were made fairly
passable and some temporary routes
were changed to permanent locations
Signal yellow stars on black will
be used on the permanent signs. The
design is we'll adapted to the purpose
and emblematc of the North Star
state. The color combinations is
held by experts to be the most con-
spicuous and best suited landscape
colors in other seasons and always
cathching to the eye. Minnesota is
the first state to use the combination
and highway officials expressed sat
isfaction Of the choice after highway
and automobile club representatives
Of a group of eastern states at a
general conference agreed unani-
mously that the yellow and black
colors are superior for road mark
ing.
Minnesota highway signs will in
clude those carrying the official trunk
numbers on yellow stars, others Civ
ing the direction to the nearest and
most important towns and placed so
they may be read without taking
the eyes off the roadway, and new
warning signs. The latter will SUD-
stitute ship turn, loose grave
cross road, long hill' and so forti
for The common but less explicit
warnings like Stop Drive Slowly
and Danger 49,. .4.g.s i.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
FIFTH HUSBAND IS NEAR
DEATH FROM POISONING
(By United Press)

Chicago, Oct. 2s-Police plan to
exhume the bodies of the four ex-
husbands of Mrs: lilly Klimek, fol-
lowing the reports that. Joseph Kim
elk, her fifth husband was danger
ously ill from arsenic poisoning.
Mrs. Klmek and her Son by form
err marriage, Joseph Mitkewitz, were
held pending an investigation. The
case was called to the attention Of
the coroner by DR.. P. P. Burns, who
attended Klimek at his home. Burns
declared he was convinced Klimek
was dying from slow poisoning.
Police learned Mrs. Klimek had TAX
en- out two insurance policies on
her husbands life. Authorities said
two of the Klimek dogs died myster-
iously after eating scraps from the
table. Klimek told physicians he
could not account for his illness when
he first became siekaabout six weeks
ago.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
LOSES DIR. 5. STRATT0N

Washington, Oct. % Capital News
Serv1ce)-Official Washington is
mourning the announcement that af-
ter the first of the year DR.. Samuel
Wesley Stratton, for twenty one years
Director Of the highly important Bu-
reau of Standards of the Government,
will become president of famous
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy.
As head of the Bureau of Stand
ards DR.. Stratton built up from a
small Office of weights and measures,
employing three or four persons, a
bureau which occupies a dozen build
ings and has a staff of more than
900 employees. The bureau is close
ly aligned with the industries of the
country aiding them in research work
and development of precision OF
method.
His successor has not yet been
appointed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
Small Budget Raised

A few years ago small budget
of $2,993,43 was raised for a Saliva
ton Army building in this city.
1t will be used at this time but
more money should be subscribed
that the loan may not be as large
as. it will otherwise have to be. The
building will cost $11,257.6O as per
bids to date. ....
The work has commenced and it
is hoped the building will be COM
pleted by January LIST.
Pledges will be acceptable for the
building fund. The Advisory Board
for the Salvation Army, made up of
local men and women, will be glad
to receive sums Of cash and pledges
for the building at this time, but
they did not deem the time right to
campaign for the full amount this
year. All agree, however, that to
get the money while the building is
growing is the. psychological time to
find the pocketbook open wider than
at later year.
Col, VIM. S. Barker, Divisional
Officer at Minneapolis is having this
building done at this time because
there has been and still is no place
of permanency for the local Corps.
The work cannot be cared for right
and the people cannot be served ae-
cording to Salvation Army principles
in the limited makeshift way they
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
MCCHEE NAMED SECRETARY
OF RURAL SECTION M. E. A

County Superintendent of Schools
J. C. McGhec returned this morning
from St. Paul, having attended the
county superintendent conference
held there on Wednesday and the M.
E. A. Meeting Thursday and Friday
Beltrami county was honored in hav-
ing him selected a secretary of the
rural section of the M. E. A. ~.
He was compelled to return before
the close of the, M. E. A. meeting in
St Paul to meet with a committee of
Beltrami county Teachers associa-
ton, which is in session at the court
house today.
Following members of the commit
tee are in attendance: Alex Ripple of
Nebish, president; Miss Myrtle Meth
ven of Carr Lake school; John Reed
Of Pinewood; Miss Lyla Lee Of Me-
bish; Miss Bess Knox of Carr Lake;
Mrs. Ida Jeffries of Spur; and
Blythe McLain, teacher in district No.
80. "'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
Details of New Jersey III
Double Murder Added
TO Mrs. GibsOn's Story
HAVRE RECTOR'S WIFE
TELLS ABOUT KILLINGS
Wife of Former Judge Murders
Pastor in His Home and
Then Kills Self
(By United Pre0e)

Havre, Mont, Oct. 28-Mrs. Leon.
ard Jacob Christler today told OF
how her husband, the Episcopal rector
known as the "bishop Of all out
doors" was shot and killed by Mrs.
Margaret Carleton, who then COM
mitted suicide. The three of them
the minister, Mrs. ChristIer and Mrs.
Carleton, who was the wife of a
former district judge-were sitting
talking in the parlor Of the rectory
early Friday morning:
Mrs. Christler declared she had a
premonition of trouble and that she
watched Mrs. Carleton closely dur
;ng the visit. Finally the latter an
nounced she would start for home.
Mrs. Christler's attention was dis
tracted for moment as she pre-
uared to show the guest to- the door.
Then, she declared, the woman
turned and without warning shot the
minister through the heart. Then,
Mrs. Christlek said, she stepped back
4 pace and shot herself. The weapon
with which the shooting was done
was large heavy Galore revolver.
Mrs. Carleton was known to have
possessed only a small pistol and it
ha not yet been ascertained where
she obtained the other.
Mrs. Christler told police she be-
leved Mrs. Carleton was temporarily
insane due to illness. She suffered
from lonesomeness. Her husband
was in California and her daughter
in Butte. According to Mrs. Christ
Ter, she was brooding over family
troubles which she carried to Rev.
Christler, her pastor Employees of
the hotel where Mrs. Carleton lived
said she had acted qucerly for sever
al days and was hysterical number
of times.
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Eye Witness Says Mrs. Mills
Was Hunted Down Near
Murdered Rector
TO PRESENT ACCUSATION
TO GRAND JURY SHORTLY
Woman in Gray Knelt Down by
Slain Rector and Wept,
Mrs. Gibson Says
(By United Press)
(By Joe P. Overton)

New Brunswick, N. j., Oct. Is
Mrs. Eleanor Mills was hunted down
with fashlight as she crouched ter
rifed in thick bushes near the spot
where Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall
was slain. There she was finally
found and killed, according to an
eyewitness Of the double murder,
which Prosecutor Mott declared he
has corroborated A dramatic story
in terrified detail of how the woman
in a gray coat helped her male ac-
complete search for the screaming
victim and stood while Mrs. Mills
was shot down and her throat cut,
has been added to Mrs. James Glib
sons version of the killing.
Still further details of Mrs. Glib
sons story were that the woman in
gray returned to the body of the
rector and knelt, weeping by his side
at l o'clock in the morning.
After hearing Mrs. Gibson's COM
plete story, Mott said he would pre-
pare to present the accusation to the
grand jury in Somerset county with
in a day or two.
Henry Stevens, brother of Mrs.
Frances Hall, the PASTORS widow,
has come forth with complete alibi
to prove that he was not near New
Brunswick the night Of the crime.
He has given the names and stories
of eight reliable witnesses who will
testify, he say, that he was at Lavalet
ten mile from the scene Of the crime
at the time it is said to have been
committed.
Mrs. Gibson now says she heard the
woman accuser of Mrs. Mills and DR..
Hall say "How do you explain these
hottest" This was taken to refer to
the love letters exchanged by the
slain couple, found scattered around
their bodies. Then Mrs. Gibson is
understood to have stated there came
shot and DR.. Hall fell.
Mrs. Mills screamed and the wo-
man in gray screamed. One of them
called out ooh, please, please, please
don't"
A woman in gray, according to
Mrs. Gibson, ran and knelt weeping
by the body of DR.. Hall. She ar
ranged the minister's clothing, closed
his eyes, and put his hat over his
face
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
Boll-Weevil is Destroying
Very Large Percentage of
South's Cotton Crop
TO FORCE SOUTH TO
RAISE OTHER CROPS
General Business Drpos OFT
One Per Cent; No Special
Significance
Wellesley Hills, Mass, Oct. IS


Wellesley Hills, Mass, Oct Is
In view of the sensational reports
relative to the conditions in the
south, especially due to the boil
wecvil, Roger W. Babson has been
asked to make an analysis of the
Southern situation as it now appears
from the viewpoint Of statistician.
Mr.. Babson's statement is as fo.ows:
"In the so-called cotton belt,
which stretches across many of the
southern states, is produced 60 per
cen. of the worlds supply of cotton.
In fact, this cotton crop has been so
important that the South has prac-
tically given it's entire attention to
The cotton ard thus bee omng one
crop country. The boll.weevil is
now destroying a large percentage OF
this cotton crop, SO that in many Sec
tons only one bale is gathered where
two were originally Produced Ot
coure, great efforts are being made
to control the boll-wecvil,~ and science
will ultimately find solution to this
problem. In the meantime, however,
there are several factors to be con-
sidered.
"First, our supply of cotton will
be greatly reduced until this weevll
is controlled. The amount reduced
for the next few years may not be
more than half Of the.requirments OF
former years. THIS means that high
prices may be expected both for raw
and for all manufactured cotton good
for some time to come.
"Secondly, the South, which has
been a 'one crop country will be
forced to raise other crops and be-
come at least selfsupporting In
previous years the South has import
ed from the middle West nearly all
the corn and large proportion OF
the meat which it has consumed.
This year the South has raised stuff
cient corn for it's own use. 1t is
llso successfully Kidding itself OF
the tick which is so detrimental in
raising good cattle. Herds of fine
stock are rapidly increasing, and the
South, which has an ideal climate
for all-year stock grazing, should
soon be one Of the most important
stock raising sections of the country.
This means that the Middle West
will have a serious competitor IN
corn and stock raising
1.-THE third factor to consider is
that the South will steadily increase
it's manufacture Of cotton into finish
ed goods Already it is shipping
large quantities of these manufacture
ed cotton goods into the northwest
states. These southern mills can
produce very economically and are
at the source of the raw materials
This means that the cotton mills OF
the eastern states will have serious
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
CEMETERY BOARD PLANS
TO ENLARGE GREENWOOD

At a meeting of Ihe cemetery
board Friday evening, it was point
ed out that practically all of. the
lots in the present Greenwood GENE:
terry site are sold and that the prob
lem of securing added ground is a
question for the consideration of the
board. -.-.... IL ..-.
Ten acres east of the present GEM
etery are available at $500 an acre,
it was stated, but the board desires
the suggestion of interested organi-
cations in the city before action is
taken to secure additional property.
The matter will probably come up
for discussion at the next meeting
end those who have suggestions to
offer are requested to make them
sbefore that time.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
Bennidji High Defeats
TX Grand Forks With Two
II Regulars Out Of Game
DISTRICT WILL VOTE ON
LAND EXCHANGE TONIGHT
Special Election to be Held
At Central School From
Ito 8 This Evening

To decide whether or not the board
of education shall be authorized to
sell the school farm, to the north of
the Beltrami county fair grounds,
and in its stead purchase the property
just north of the high slhool building
at the head of Beltrami avenue, voters
of Independent Srhool District No. Z
will hold a special election at the
Central school building between the
hours of and 9 o'clock this even
ing. =. ..
There are two propositions to be
voted on. One is to authorize the
board to sell the school farm, consist
ing Of 10 acres, for $4,000, and the
other is to authorize the board to
purchase II acres just north of the
high school and south of the grand
stand on the fair grounds for $4,000.
The two propositions constitute an
exchange; of properties, since the con-
sideration in each case is the same.
Both tracts of land are public pro-
perty, the exchanging merely chang
ing management and supervision of
each tract.
The object is to give the school
sufficient land for suitable campus
and athletic field and at the same
time, the fair association will secure
property just as suitable for fair
purposes, if not more so. The bene-
fits Of having the school property
together are self-explanatory.
Nevertheless, there is reported to
be considerable opposition to the
project and it is desired that there
be a large vote cast so that the re-
suit of the election may represent
the desires Of the majority of voters
of the district. 4 -..
AS one party expresses himself ut
is certain that whatever opposition
there is will get out and vote. For
that reason especially those in favor
of the project turn out in large num-
beers and express their choice by
voting and not grumbling if the pro-
position fails: to carry"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
Strange Political Bedfellows
Move Into Southwest and
Threaten Upsets
KANSAS IS STICKING
CLOSE TO PARTY LINES
Texas Mix-up i. E ntangled by
Suits, Injunctions and
Other Legal Action
By J. F. Beaman

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 2S-Strange
political bedfellows have moved in
to the Southwest and threaten I'M
rivalled upsets in the coming cleo
tons. %':'
New al;gnments of the dominant
political parties developed in situa-
tions which offer Republican forces
their first opportunity to get a toe
mold in the Democratic states of Tex
as and Oklahoma, while in Missouri
the fight over Senator James A. Reeds
war record may cause an addition
al upturn, Kansas, stiking closely
to party lines, is the exception.
. Without the name of a senatorial
candidate appearing on the baHot, as
sent tosscounty Judges the Texas
mix-up has been further entangled
by suits, injunctions and other legal
actions.
The situation developed when Earle
B. Mayfeld, supported by the Ku Klux
Khan, was selected I'M the primary to
succeed Senator Culberson. Immedi-
ately the anti-Klan faction became
active and in a fusion with Republi-
cans put up George E. B. Peddy,
Democrat, to run on Republican
ticket as Mayfeld's opponent. Henry
Young further complicated matters
by seeking admittance to the race
as the Estates Rights Democratic
Party" candidate.
' Mayfeld's name was first left off
the ballot through an injunction Or
der. Peddy's name was ordered
from the ballot through ruling Of
the Attorney General that he was
not nominated in the primary. Young
sought a place on the ballot on the
contention that he represents polit-
ical party, but was over-ruled.
Regardless of the outcome of pend
ing suits, indications were the situa-
ton would continue in litigation I'M
til after the election.
The split in Oklahoma politica fol-
lowed the nomination of Jack WAL
ton, mayor of Oklahoma City, for
governor on the Democratic ticket.
James Fields is the Republican can
didate. The entrance of the Farm
group broke party align
ments in Oklahoma because Walton
nominated on the Democratic ticket,
insisted, in the state convention, that
tha liberaPt platforms be adopted
for the campaign.
Supporters of Woodrow Wilson's
wing of the Democratic party in Mis-
souri, threaten to support the Re-
publican candidate as slap at .""Jim"
Reed for opposing the former Presi-
dents administration. Reed wealth
cred the storm in the primary when
he won the nomination although
Wilson took hand with personal
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Shall bhe local Salvation ARMY
have a permanent decent, commod-
ious home, or shall it continue to
rent such quarters as are available
within their limited means?
Shall we plant them like trees in
a suitable location where they may
deveilopl grow, function; ever be
coming more useful; of bf1all we
keep them like imported shrub in a
tub, to be shifteef from pillar 70
post at the whim Of landlords, their
growth and usefulness limited by
the tub in which they are planted?
Shall we provide a well-known CEN
ter of social, religious and relief ac-
tivities which shall radiate to widows
in need, deserted wives, unmarried
mothers, abused and orphaned child
rem, men possessed of suicidal mania
through misfortune or sin anxious
relatives who seek solace and relig-
iols comfort for dying child or
loved one-or. shall this clientel when
they seek the Salvation Army find
that higher rent or lack of buildings
has pushed them into an unused
street or alley, up into an attic, or
down in a BASEMENT. -.
When the Army officer by vista
ton, invitation and sometimes by
providing clothes and shoes, succeeds
in attracting children to his Sunday
school who are as familiar with church
interiors as are boys and girls in a
Zulu Krall, shall he let them run
wild the rest of the week, or shall
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
VOTERS TO REGISTER F..
FOR NOV. Z ELECTION

All persons of voting age, quail
fed by length Of residence in Be-
midi, are to register Tuesday, Oct.
81 providing they have changed their
residence from one ward to another
since the primaries. Other voters are
already qualified. Those who did not
vote at the primaries and are not
listed as qualified voters must regis
ter Tuesday if they are to vote at
the general election, Tuesday, Nov.
7th. 49,.
Registration will take place in the
five wards in the regular voting places
which will be open from 9 a. m. to .
p. m. 1t is very important that the
registration be made at this time
if there is to be large vote at the
geEeral election. Failure to become
a qualified elcctor will prevent vot-
ing at the general election, according
to law. $1,000
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-28
LITTLE FALLS PLANS TO
! CELEBRATE NOVEMBER 9
All Minnesota Is Invited to
Celebrate Completion of
New Paved Road

On Thursday, November 9, the
good road boosters of Minnesota, will
hold a celebration and an old-time
get-to-gether at Little Falls. This
will be held for the purpose of Gel
'ebrating the completion of the long
est stretch Of pavement in the state
of Minnesota, from Faribault to Lit
tie Falls, distance Of IT'S miles.
Entertainment will be provided for
all. The program will start at II a.
m. with a three-mile parade that will
include 10 bands, floats, decorated
cars, 1900 school children and 1000
automobiles. The parade will be
headed by Governor oPreus and his
staff.
There will be speaking early in the
afternoon by Gov. Preus It.lGov.
Collins, Senator Frank B. Kellogg,
Mayor Nelson Of St. Paul, Mayor
Leach of Minneapolis, A. H. French,
general manager of the Jefferson
highway, and other prominent men.
The Twin Cities are planning on
sending a large delegation OF promi-
nent business men to help celebrate
this great occasion. All Of the towns
and cities along the Jefferson high
way and throughout central Mimi
esota are planning to send a live
bunch of good road enthusiasts to
Little Falls on that day.. =.
Little Falls extends a cordial in
vitation to everyone to come and
spend the day with the livest bunch
of good road boosters in the state
of Minnesota. -