Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 31, 1919, Page 1

YOLUME XVIL ‘'NO. 129 4 SOLDERSH) [ OUGHT THAT | * returned to ‘Bemidji last evening rom Minneapolis, making the trip in one day in their new Harroun auto- for the Harroun and will have their ‘headquarters in Bemidji. The ma- chine now on display by them is an attractive five-seated car gnd has LIVE HONORED! Russell Pays Tri'b_u@e to Dead Heroes and, Veterars of 3 Wars in ‘Memorial gpeech Jefferson Highway Sochlnlit; Run Participants to Enjoy |- - Stop Over 19 “This City. RECOVER BODY OF SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED FOR VISITORS. THIS GENERATION WILL SEE WAR DRUMS MUFFLED 4 8 William Platt, Nine Years Old, From Boat to the Shore. » Speaker-Sees Where League of Nations Will Rid World of Danger of Future Struggles: | Governor::Pleasant, of Louisi —_— . olf ‘Enthusiast, Wi After searching for more than a ana, Gol 3 n‘h“ t in day the body of William Platt, son Play‘on-Local Course. of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Platt of Tur- Paying tribute to our soldier song who fought and died on the fields of France that the whole world might live in peace and freedom,’ and to those who sacrificed that the bonds of liberty might be strengthened in the preservation of ‘the union, and- also to the boys who fought for the same ideal in the Spanish war, Attorney P. J. Russell delivered a splendid At the “holiday flying” at Crickle- wood, England, recently Miss -8ylva Borden demonstrated that women have plenty of nerve and grit. She went up in a Handley-Page airplane <and dropped, to earth in a parachute. ferson Highway ‘sociability run pa®ty | George Radspinner and William Gal- the evening of June 18. The tourists, | 1ihan. who to make the run of 2,400 milés{ l'“;e Ifldi W-I;Okhfid '!:icen enjoying a from New Orleans to Winnipeg: in Plenic at tae lake, which marked the » ar closing of the Spur consolidated twenty days, will reach Bemidji from{school term, with two other boys noon and will spend the night here|had drifted away from shore. Mr. fn the boat, but his son believing the ‘water to be shallow jumped out, his purpose being to pull .the boat to mot:lez h eldf i in the G;{arndkflgfeifit‘; Govefinor R. G. Pll‘els:l:lt, of Louisi yesterday afternoon. . b ana, who is to make the tour, is a sp;ach, in part, follows: RB‘DENT SINCE 1896- i golf enthusiast and he will be c?r:.‘fe‘:mil:oslghg:;tdf’zgta;:a}’:clang)dtehcé F. S, Lycan, Who'tia 'i‘p ?l\large of Be- drf large number ort :;utifihb:m 4 =) i midji arrangements for the entertain-]dragged the lake the rest o e day Golden -Gate, from the Great Lakes |Operated First DrugStore Here e th e thi e e B voamind and most of the night, but not unti ™ the first anniversary, after our-ac- tive participation in the world war, James Polk Omich, who had been ga;“t: :‘I:;Cl:n ‘:ze“ggi“é?;“;gen;‘;f a resident of Bemidji since 1869, 'l Platt, postmaster at Turtle River. e stay of the, The funeral was held this after- noon from the Turtle River chapel. is a fine player. party in Bemidji will;be made as en- joyable as possible aqll a program of ; ] . re tertai t is being planned. b e e o g e O e (or s et Bt e o] WaktiBe' s Bhepel BEMIDJI WILL WELCOME " MILL CITY TOURISTS _ioug.part, of the American soldier. several months. ko From the standpdint ‘of organi- -~ '“You old soldiers. fought and suf- Mr., Omich was born in Oakland {%ation the run will bea marvel. The fered to make a race free. These boys | county, Mich., _in 1846, and was |detailed schedule shows the progress - fouglit and suffered-to make and keep |married to Miss Rhoda Beebe, Octo-lthat will be made by: the travelers. a world free. ~To end war for all|per 9, 1870. He was a graduate of |The .exact hour and minute of each ngon on their trade tour during alrous foe. They fought a-eombina-is ticed medicine for: 25 years. i i ¥ 0 QUS| ey foug and practic h e ye delay in the ceremonies at each place which 67 towns will be visited, they oo+ tion of barbarjans, scarcely less|He moved from Michigan to Wiscon- | Proceeding under this schedule will 3 brave armed with all the instruments |'sin in 1880, from \Wisconsin to North |he a matter of pride, inasmuch as pre- will be met at the train by a large of inhuman warfare, which Hell it-|Dakota in 1886 and to Bemidji IDlvious runs under the auspice of the number of Bemidji merchants who self could invent., Whose ears were| 1896. He operated Bemidji’s first|Jefferson Highway Association have |Will accord them a most cordial wel- ever” deaf, to the cries of. murdered; |drug store. ¢ been successfully carried through un- [cOme to the city. The visitors will - outraged, mutilated “women and| THe leaves his wife and three|jer the same general plan. d ‘children, to the groans of murdered | daughters, Mrs. W. N. Weber and | “«j¢ iq like a game,” said General|band and during their stay of an non-combatants, -to the pleas for | Mrs. G. E. Carson, both of this city, | Manager J. D, Clarkson. “The rules|hour will call on the various business mercy of women and girls driven into | and ‘Mrs. Grace Young of Portland, | ¢ the run show that we shall be at]houses of the city. a captivity of slavery worse than |Qre. - p AR o ot death. - And in the complete over—| . The funeral will be held tomorrow :fx;:ma:g‘:'"fw‘?fidb:fi:::eatbf:m{.’i RAINS ARE WELCOME. throw of ‘Prussian militarism, in|at 2:30 o’clock in the Presbyterian b Al hoitod exbeph At Programs are exp D 4 Following two weeks of dry weath- er the raips of last night and this which they took such a glorious part, | church, Rev. L. P. Warford officiat- |-, humanity sees the dawn of the mil-| ing. “"lgh:: c_(]x.r;grol:, s twe Bh:"t have all lennium, when this will be a world of the facilities to p“d on ‘a’ aalvl::r Pro-| atternoon Are giving much needed gram may be desired. erevery ,; oisture to the crops of this district, and the farmers are rejoicing. peace and good will to all men. A ial i 9 st, " “owmtdenravorrt. | GRADUATES URGED . 153 i e ot s “The greatest statesmen o e ...irun for a time sufficiently long to = 'world are to dt."]:_v (xav:)tlvitr;g a fL;nguie To TAKE A.DVANTAGE “““lallow limited sightseeing expedi- of Nations on the.initiative of Presi- tions.” dent’ Wilson. A few senators and OF THEIR EDUCATION Vit State Park a war weary world they wil. not vote | President Deputy Delivers Be- gt:sc:;fln?:nir::d& :.fi elril:ptcovtfia,cg s g . 01 o to ratify any peace treaty containing midji High School Commence ion of the Highway in Ascension a league of nations. Only a few pletio ilighway In, weeks ago a United States senator on ment Address at Grand Parish_and of installing d"he bri,fi‘iew the floor of tl:e sena;e anrrlwunced tha} :tizlssJe&:SgiY:'eng&‘:;gu P;{‘;nchnil: -;i',‘l‘::sldl,lmthzoszvgr 'hfmlng‘tg'é:“‘:e Seventeenth annual commencement |\which replaces an old and historic, . . exercises of the Bmidji high school|pspe ferry. It is also expected that down and advocated it. Others pro- | - e who have absolutely no idea of What | /p o youse was filled to capacity. The: crossing of the Canadian River at such dogtrine is or was. It was pro-| oo was prettily decorated with Eufaula, Oklahoma, which is another| p "C. was killed when his mach- | tories to their credit. mulgated in 1822 by President Mon- | \1ing ferns. and cut flowers and in noteworthy _construction _project. roe when he recognized the inde- 2 : pendence of Mexico, and in his mes- the center front of the stage was a pillow of green with the year 1919 sage Look occasion to say that any at- {n white flgwers. All girls n¥ the class casions. some 15,000 words, The but 1,000, world's entire wealth, BEST DRIVERS OF EUROPE AND lis, Itasca State Park, Minnesota, be- on the two American continents would be looked on as an unfriendly act. - That declaration was made only a few years after we had fought an midji normal school; gave the princi- pal address of the evening, taking for Wo0D VISITS BEMIDJI. -undecisive war with' Great' Britain, ‘h,:;:ap;f;edso?: Yt?)l: esg]}}:;fi;zg thz Herbert Wood and family of Bau- when we were absolutely impotent to} cisgity of taking advantage of |dette arrived in Bemidji last even- enforce ft -against -auay ‘single-‘great| hojr training in furthering their [ing and are spending several days in European Power, not to speak of a|.gucation and in putting skill in the | the city visitng. Mr. Wood, who has combination of such powers, vet it| jsht place. for many years been foreman of the ~wgremained - unchallenged for nearly| “rye salutatory oration was given | Pioneer composing rooms, now. holds) fifty years, and then only in the case|, . Mijss Avis Cameron, daughter of |2 ssimilar’ position on the Baudette|dred mile Liberty sweepstakes. Fifty|true. a state of anarchy a combination of | ygjeqictory by Miss Esther McGhee, | Will visit: relatives at Brainerd be- European powers: placed Maximilian | jaughter of County Superintendent |fore returniug to their home at Bau- on the throne. with a result known |, ;4 Mrs, J. C. McGhee. The high |dette. to every school hoy, and it has never | chool orchestra, under the direction S again been challenged. of Miss Ivy Conant, furnished the DEATH CF CHILD. here to witness the spectacle, crowd- Settles Disnutes. music, and a girks’ cnorus and a mix- - ed hotels of Indianapolic and sur- “Why then cannot a league of na-|ed chorus furnisheéd several numbers. Marian Craddock, daughter of Mr.|rounding town and even tife housing tions proclalm and enforce the doc-|!1arpld Dahl, one of the graduates|and Mrs. R, C. Craddock of Devils|facilities of private homes were tax- trine that the rights and territorv of [ plaved two violin numbers. . Lake, 26 days old, died yesterday af-|ed to accommodate them. Thousands Kened public i all established governments shall be ‘?,-‘ & H;] Smith, 'Drles‘igen})_lof tI:le :lirnoog altd'onke.o'c(liocll;ulln tdhls cl:‘ity. slept In t;xelr( aélhtumohlll'e’s on th; awakened public interest. nviotate, that they shall have the | 8chool board, presented the 27 grad-| Mrs. Craddock an e daughter [streets apd a e speedway an :lght to choose thelr’m\'n form of gov- | uates' with their diplomas. had arrived on the afternoon train|other hundreds awakened today in ernment, and that all disputes be- ) for a visit with Mrs. Craddock's|pullman cars parked in the grounds. tween nations shall be determined brother, A.'B. Cunningham and fam- The greatest racing talemt in and settled by an international tri- LARGE AMOUNT PMD ily, and the.child died soon after| America and Europe was on hand at More than eighty thousand auto fans from every state in the union, revived until next year. 1918 because of the war. . . “There are others who claim that eral was held, this afternoon from |sound of a gun fired by W. 8. Gilbert, wars must and will eome. That the Payment of $24,938 will be made Ibertson’s undértaking parlers. - In-| Detroit, assistant starter. The par- only safe wav is to prepare nnd be |y, tho state by the Crookston Lum. | terment was made in Greeawood. :Lc;vunwtcraa:llannsd fl;:agng;;utgl::::;i; prepared for them by inereased arm- |y .. company which operates two large BRO- THER IS D o pa::“ to leap ahead o,yx the real aments, increased armies and navies| g 'in Bemidji, under a permit to HE EAD. peed E. C P Chi . and universal military service. Wel 4 yimporon gate owned lands near grind when E. C. Patterson, cago, have the sorry spectacle of a general, ; p 5 a rolitioal one. In the United States| hohirer: according to Qtto Biercks, army. going up and down the land The permit probabl break.s the -preaching that the only way to pre-| . . ‘a5 o revenuey roducer, Mr. vent war is to be nrepared for “'lDiercks said, although rl:zturns rt‘emuir{ ceived a message yesterday announc- ing the death of his brother, John Henderson of Thorp, Minn., death de- ing due to cancer of the, stomach, from which he has been suffering for erstwhile racer, ace of American Tiers on the western front, sat in the referee’s box. Betting favored Dario Resta, in a GHTON AND MILLER e | TR "2 i | v 3 s A Dwight D. hifller and I. E. Leight- u 3 = ! BROTHER OF BEMIDJI MAN * DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION When the; Minneapolis . business) b FR ot e ovother, AT ’ ey 4 --time.. - You-fought-a.brave and chiv- | Ann Arbor, Mich:; school .of medicine]day. is‘shown, so that'there will be no {men reach Bemidji- Tuesday after- Y MecMahan of Ogema, Minn.. died “Washivgton, Mey 3!. (United at a hospital in Detroit, following an operation fo amputating his foot. Interment was made at Parkers Prarie. He leaves two sons surviv- ing, Guy and Irvy of Glasgo Mr. McMahan was known in/ having visited here on several oc- * Mont. emidji, Shakespeare had a vocabulary of man has about 3,600 and some hgve RACER IS KILLED headed the team. None of the favor- Indianapolis, May 31.—On the ites were receiving great odds, be- forty-fifth lap of the 500 mile |cause the talent was considered automobile race here today Ar- 1ruther evenly divided and many of thur Thurman, of Washington, the entries have long lists of vic- ) 5 ine turned over while going at Confidence of the wagerers was Parts of days will be spent in Kansas| 90 miles an hour. His mechan- placed in the drivers rather than the City, DessMoines, St. Paul, Minneapo- ician, M. Mollinaro, suffered a cars, because the track hag compara- broken skull.” It was his first big tively short and flat turns and re- M. W. Deputy, president of the Bé- [the trip extends. replacing Ralph De Palma, who |Palma was again favored in view of & had led much of the time. The his ability as a driver. Jules Goux, . etart was witnessed by 125,000 |victor in the 1913 race, didn't want|a consicerable propostion represents persons. any confidence misplaced in his car, 30 he took t apart and examined | Preparalion beforc manufacture could Indianapolis, May 31. (United|every plece of metal, every fibre, with Press.)—Thirty-three auto stars—|a magnifying glass and then sus- domestic and forelgn—were to en-|Pended the metal parts on a string circle the Indianapolis speedway two|and struck them with a sounding hundred times today in the five hun-|iron to make sure “that they rang of Mexico when that country was in | yfr ‘and Mrs. A. D. Cameron, and the | Region. Mrs.. Wood and children | thousand dollars in prize money is| The sweepstakes is the sole major the goal, the winner to recelve $20,-|event on the international 000. calendar for the year and this fact served as a drawing card. The French Grand Prix, which divided lhonors with Indianapolis game, prior to the war, will not be The race today was expected to replace this sport on the solid foundation of re- The races were abandoned during 1917 and Special trains and chartered cars arrived here on every track last Bemid i night and early today. The lnrge;t delegation naturally were from ad- bunal. as loenl disnutes are now set- their 'arrival in the city. She had | the brick oval early today. The race tled in our civil courts. FOR TIMBER PERM[T not been well since birth. The fun-|was to start at ten o'clock at the {g:::!"i““:;z' n‘;‘:’t lthwco‘:::;‘l ':':t": of the Pacific were well represented. W. Ballot, backer of Thomas and owner of the Ballot cars, came over from Paris and brought a few friends and enthusiasts with him. Dr. A. E. Henderson of this city re- | fired a bomb at the end of the first| Ballot has invested $120,000 in his lap. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, four cars and his returns from the race could not possibly be more than $38,500, even if he should take first, second, third and fourth places, The prize money is to be diyided as fol- FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH ] o ACROSS ATLANTIC Lost Life in Attempt to Wade Plymouth, England, May 81.—Complieting its historic flight over the Atlantic, the American seaplan: NC-4 swept into the harbor here at 2:26 p. m., today (this is evidently English sum- mer time, which. would equal 6:23 a. m., Bemidji time). . The huge ship of the skies left Ferrul, Spain, shortly after tie River, who was drowned in Turtle a;)lx o'clocl; this motrningl where it was forced to land yesterday e c . {River Lake Thursday afternoon-was { because oI engine troubie. Bemidji is to entertain the Jef-1rocoiered early last evening by The arrival here ends the air cruise of about 3,900 miles over seas with a total flying time of 54 ljours and sixteen min- utes. The original crew piloted her all the way, and the mem- bers were willlly cheered when they lanied. The crew will now go to Paris upon'summons of President the state park-at 3:55 .in the after-|fouhd a boat and before noticed they Wilson for an air service conference. | oy before continuing * tq Thief River{Platt shouted to the boys to sit down AUSTRIA TO ERMS °I" DAY Memorial day address at the cere- . Falls. : : ) G.ETT I'UES y x J. P. OMICH. BEM[D.“ 8 Paris, May 31.—Following a secret plenary session of the urpose belug to p b ¢ Xeace Conference this afternoon it wag announfed that tge o given|shore. ore assistance could reach | Aystrian terms will be predented to the inemy delegates at St. “The day has a significance this R tho bey he d d, d ‘all 7 PR year as fieyer before. The graves of DIES MEMORIAL DAY. ‘;gg;’;:“;';*{h?g;‘;yid}{' (?,::nl:fi;“:figl 0 Tesmer the body tatled. T |Germain at noon tomorrow. The session was called shortly af- . . ter three o‘clock and lasted more than two hours. ;oi tth:sfi)ulf_. f;om Slllmnyh I:ral:)cfetg‘; ~—Funeral Will be Held . |Pleasant on the New -Orleans links] Ffldnyrelwn'ir‘;“ v:ore the searchers Basl ORDERED TO ADVANCE eria, from the shores g d 5 3 & M s i f i Adsiatic to the Golden Horm. It is Tomorrow Afternoon. several months ago, and he says thejsuccessfu he vietim of the unfor asle, May 31.—A Meyence dispatch stated today that in chief executive o zh.i‘southern state{ tunate affair is a brother of E. H.|cage the Germans refused to sign the peace treaty the French T High command has received orders to advance 50 miles east- ward from the present line of occupaticin. | WAR MACHINE STILL MAKING VAST STORES | Press.) — America f¢ nndiug it almost as difticuit to stop ler war prepara- tion as it was to start it. The wiir department at presént is accepting huge quantites of war ma- terial. T'hough most of it will not be neede( in the near future, unless someéone starts a new war, the army has found it cheaper to'finish much of the work already begun when the armistice ‘was signed than to abandon it. Some of the items accepted since the armistice are: 176 76-millimeter avergge 1t is estimated that the world's|guns (thy: fu.nons ¥remch: 75) with railways represent one-seventh of the| 5,667,000 rounds of high explosive and 2,75",000 unds of shrapne! for 80 tanks. {}ight whi type): 247 166-nilfim ns with., 414,000 high exploaive shells for them; 41,000 Browning automatie rifies; - (0,000 Browniag” mughine. guns; 118,000,600 pounds of gmohe, AMERICA MEET ON TRACK TODAY ||lsss powier: .47 s-ion tractom tor hauling feavy artillery; 124,000,000 piston uand 670,000,000 rifle car- tridges; 666,000 tin hats; 56 8-ingih howitzers 347,000 model 1917 rifles (modified Enfields); 115,000 automa- tic pistols; 12,000,000 pounds of A. N. T. and 25,000,000 pounds of ammonium nitiate. In the case of tanks and 75-milli- meter guns, over 90 per cent of the total prodyction was completed after the arm|stice. The largest percent- age of any ordnance item to be de- livered eifter the armistice was in the tempt by European Monarchies to in- | 1%, W1e flowers. All girls af the class|ijes the time at noon and night con-| ,uce. Geston Chevrolet shot in- |quires the utmost skill, combined |CA5¢ Of 180-mililmoter racoil appara: terfere with establisned governments wgi?e‘ ski:ts and wore pin]k roses. "¢ ltrols bf the twenty days over which| o the lead on the sixtieth lap, |With a disregard of safety. Here De- 3,’:‘;3 gg}l?:,-‘:‘r:f :f&groih?v:;:;irorl 13'81 AN the jtems mentioned of whieh after-tho-war ‘delivery, revuired long be beguil. Besides constituting a val- uable ruserve for another war, the war department pointed out, the ma- terial would be o total waste if it were nct finished. The var department has terminat- ed by cincellation since November 9 all but $350,000,360 worth of con- tracts origina'ly totaling $5,650,000,- 000. Cranance matorial represents the largest single part of the remain- ing contracts-—$158,9756,000. ROOMS PROVIDED FOR NORMAL SCHOOL PUPILS Students who ars to attend the Normal wschool summer teachet:¥ training course are as- sured accommodations, announces Mrs. Earle A. Barker, chairman of the committee which has compiled a directory of rooms and boarding pri- vileges available. “We have rvoms promised which will accommodrte 129 students,” says Mrs. Barker,” and I am very much pleased with tue srlendid co-opera- tion the women of Bemidji have giv- en. T? ejr assistance is much appre- ciated and has enabled us to com- pile a directory which is certajn to provide rguias and board for all boys and girls whko come here to take the racing in this ating universal military ¢ :::-icz.dvg(l‘\ilo his lchieet is in Paris.|to be made on two other large ones,|many years. Five years ago he was|Sunbeam car, winner of the 1916 first $20,000; second, $10.-|course.’” Wwith others of the great statesmen of | ON€ covering a tract near Cass Lake | operated upon at Mayo's hospital for | sweepstakes. Ralph DePalma, in a third, $5,000; fourth, $3,500;( In aiditiou to the private homes bhe world, endeavoring to form a|8nd another a large piece in Cook|cancer. which was at that time re-|Packard, was not far behind, how-|fifth, $3,000: aixth, $2,200; seventh,|which will provide board for the .- +league ‘of nations by which and |county. ’ moved but grew again. He leaves |3 and many of track veterans|$1.800: cighth, $1,600; ninth, 31,-|gtudents the Palace, Third stregt and / through which wars may be forever| 1he permit covered three quarter-iome daughter, Clara Ambrose, of him as winner. The Ballot|500; and tenth, $1400. Dalton restaurants have granted ended and the people of the world sections of land near Kelliher, from |Stevens Point. His wife died three|team of four was an unknown quant-|- The thirty-three drivers were se-|meal ticket privileges. she <e of militarism.|Which was cut approximately 2,000,- g?;sdté:ogw ;hfc‘;nrjon(:pe;glmerx;;r;- 000 feet of pine, 500,000 feet of |brother and family here several|st: g - __|spruce and tamarack, and 400,000 {times, and is kiiown 8 many EeéatidiF (nntinded ap Page Four.) feet of cedar, people. i Thomas, «hurer of the 1614 vace, irecords of the time trials ¢ tvea Panso vears ago. The deceased visited his{ity, inasmuch as the cars were con-|lected by an elimination contest rueted by a- Frenmchman of that|started May 27. The starting posi- e especfally for this race. Rene|tions in the race were based on the The peak of Teueriffe, iu the Can- ary Ielangs, throws a shadow fiéy mijes veroms the ses S