Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 21, 1919, Page 1

f, there, are any. hey are dacidedly 50 ‘the day. of the of ‘the, Northern Pac- > employes and they. hei; Two . heavy ‘special “trains arrived “forencon ‘loaded to ‘the guards ‘each- weeh equipped with a bag- ¢ he’bagzage car hove’in- | ; "to.the Unfon:depdt.at 9:45, having| - ‘been ‘delayed threc-quarters of an -hour by a-hot-box, which held up the rain three times. The-engine was aily decorated with-natfonal - bunt- g and_flags and the coaches were pn'ked tf standing; room. - in nuton .and. on foot tor Diamond Point, where they spent the “day. Hundredqdhron;sd ihe. business dis- trict, wau by riding on Lake Be- idji, f bathing ‘at the ‘point”’ and put the time in in vari- | camed out by plendid -organization, and the Ribbon orchestra, which - played’ for dancing .at the Armory. Tt ‘is esti- mated that tully 3,000 came with:th pleasure-seekers, . .On’the first g;{n WeFo somé of thé prominent “exécutfves - of the ehop; On the first train-was Lloyd -Jones, chairman. of. the -outing nrran‘gfe- ments; P. M. Bisiar, treasurer; J, J. Roney, chai.rman of the printing. “committee; J. F.-Elkens, chairman of the grounds; J. J. Murphy and H. W.. Finne, in charge of the tnnspot m: - Roland anklne j.char, rts progra 8 5 secretary;’ Bruhn, finance; John Manwoski and G. Wahlnmkm who have charge'or dancing. Savoral merchants had decorated their _places of business- with flags “and buntlng, while “the “Hotel and restaurants - ‘were packed'to suffocation. The day was.ideal for the outing and the visitors are mak- ing the most of the occasion. ~They will return ata reasonable hour this * | historical - pageant to be. A.J. Todd: Child wellare, labor pre- & blems, family_and: community. needs, work ™~ with _ disablad~"mhen, . hea h .Pelephone : Ti-State; mpantes nesdta may immedi-, ately put’their increased rate sched- ules into effect. . The increases were authorized by ' Postmaster General Biirleson and the court ruled that the federal government had authority to order. an increase, {“The supreme court held the d.ecl- sion of the .United States supreme court in the South Dakota telephonet rates case recently that the question | was a federal-one, left o questien ot law :for discussionin:the-Minnesota IN'BEMIDA JUNE 28 Several Thousand Pounds Ar- " rive in City From the h Country Districts i Several heavy loads of first class wool were received in Bemidji today, coming from Wilton, Solway and the | viemity ot 'Nebish and it was placed 1in storage, awaiting the big sale to Auem Worst Enilure of Ahy Public Ofllclal In Natlon tltative ‘Gallivan; democrnt of Massa- ‘western -.and - Tri-State Telephone companies trsm putting the increased edi nmediately af- order the com- pa announced that® the ‘higher rates would be effective June 20. The _state railroad and warehouse ‘tommission ‘also-had “questioned the authority of the federal director to FROM ALL QVER STATE Vnno\u Meetmn of Promi- nent Ornm:diem Held. Severa.l— Bemldmtep wefit to Caes Lake'today: to be prmnt t ‘the big ged as annuai_ moelln‘ of ‘the nnesota Developmient .as- 4 socintion, ‘which started yesteérday in Scenes from Bemidji are . to !be = shown in connection with-the motion pictures to be taken today at Cass Lake when the big historical pageant As"ifkewise filmed for-showing-later, | city. ~the Bemidji Association haying sanc- A subscription paper was clrculat— d the required sum, $150 easily red-"fof- which 250 feet of fllm will be made by the same concern that. is pageant. .Some pictures of Bemidji’s attractions have been taken and to- morrow the ‘camera operator. will ‘be in Bemidji and take other views, which will also be shown .together with those of Cass Lake. VISITORS POURING IN . ~~ UPON BIRCHMONT “Tourists ' and vlsltors to Bemidji are not awaiting the formal opening of Birchmont,' June 25, but are com- mencing to arrive with baggage and ‘registering at this popular summer resort at the head of Lake Bemidji. This has forced the management to filming * the - Cass. Lakel 2 conjunction with ‘meetings of the. Northern Minnesota Sheep Growers’ “agsocfation, County Agents’. club and .the-~Scenic’ - Highway. uloclauo:. ere are lln 500 lndlenn rucipetcd in by | g the coming of the whites antf the reception -for Gov- ernor Cass at:that.time:. The specta- cle will be done.into-film form. Among t!le esses. Was, one . by Carlos Ave #aid thel eral pro- yided before Minhesots can realize in its fullines ehe rightful proportion of the tourist trade. First and foremost 15 good ‘roads, and in this connection Mr. ‘Avery urged the adoptfon of the ‘Babcock amendment. The need of t -really ‘good resort ing. places also was | emprasized; as°well as provision for the proper kind of advertising. + ON AMNUAT. VACATION. . Miss Inga DQ!:I of Crookston ar- rived in the city today and will visit her sister, Mrs: O. C. Rood for some time. Miss Dabl, who'is deputy reg- ister of deeds-of Polk ebunty, is en-. joying ‘a month’s vacation and hkas been in Mlnnupnm for the past two _| weeks. tel will be formally opened ‘with & dinner and dance June 25 and two days thereafter the big meeting he Northern Minnesota Editorial atfon will, burst forth on .the|- and idji it general. . WOULD DONATE HALL. 1n ¢ase of rain, the Mooee lodge of Bemidji has offered to donate its hall to the Northern Pacific shopmen and their tamilies, who are on their ennull outing {n Bemidjt teday. " NEW CABINET FORMED 5 By Camillo Cianfarrad. 7 (United Press correspondent.) Rome, June 21.—King Victor Em-nual has given Francisco Mitti, former minister of the treasury, an an unofticial ‘mandate to . !em a new cabine chusetts, in an attack ‘on the adminis-’ tration of Postmaster General Burlé- son declared it would be a great re. lief to the people’of the United States if President Wilfon “would hurry home i deen hopuse in his official tamily. “If he will do_this,” Mr. Gallivan added, “it wiil do more than 'any- thing else to. check the spread of radicalism and anarchy and make un- necessary a special appropriation of $500,000 urged by the Attorney Gen- ent . crime by anarchists. '~ Mr, {Gallivan de- cla e : worse “than - any pmn er. No’ cor- poration slave driver of the old type even could have displayed less sym- pathy than Mr. Burleson. - “If he is such a political wonder as he is claimed to be, I pray that he get out of the cabinet and restore my. dear, old dying democratic party to life.. He is the greatest misfit in pub- lic office this country has ever known and’ his continuance in office is a standing menace to my country.” The spmt of unrest among . the country’sitoilers, Mr. ‘Gallivan said, is breaking out in the most violept form of: nfimrchy in many places. The men most - directly responsible;~he: charged, are “‘the misguided officials in the c¢ity of. Washington clothed with war authofity which had turned their heads.” ..~ "Mad With Lust for Power. ‘“While the president has been in ‘Europe,”’ he said, “‘some of these of- ficials seem to have gone mad in their lust for.power and have blindly blun- .dered in the administration of their departments in such a manner as to aggravate the spirit of unrest.” sMr. Gallivan postmaster general as ‘one of the greatest blunderers of the adminis- tration and one of the worst auto- crats thé country ever had in officia life,” he-added: “It 1s the unanimous sentiment of the people of the country that Post- master General Burleson is the big- gest and_most complete failure as a public official that the country has ever produced.” INCREASE IS FORECAST *IN NORMAL ATTENDANCE Indications pblnt toward. increased enrollment fo Minnesota normal schools this year, with a proportion- ate alleviation of the teacher short- age later, it was announced at the ineeting of the state Normal school board in the Historical Society build- ing, St. Paul, this week. The return of peace means more pupils'for the norinal schools, accord ing~to Ell Torrance of Minneapolis, president of the board. Mr. Torrance was re-elected and began serving his. seventh term as president of the board. All members of the board and the presidents of the six normal sehools ere in attendance. characterized ' the! “the held June 28 in Bemidji. Much more {8 yet to come in to be a part of the offerings at the sale, when the .wool will be pooled. ‘This is the first sale by the newly. organized Wool Growers’ association and the sale promises to be a record breaker. for d prices. “ The last day wool can be brought in for this event is June 26. An in- gpector. wil over ‘the' wool. on- June 16 and £7 for the sale the day} following. On the day of the sale, the asso- ciation will form a permanent or- ganization. _H. M. Clark {8 e temporary' president and he wants to see all sheep owmers there. Wheéther they care to join or not doesn’t matter. He wants them to come to learn what is being done. “It’s no one-man affair.” he said. ‘““but the owners- of sheep.” TIOUOR CASES AWAIT 'VERDICT OF FEDERAL - JURY. FERGUS FALLS Gagnon Now Being Tried; Hillis Case Up Next Two Continued (Special to Pjoneer.) Fergus Falls, June 21.—The case of “Big Harry” Gunsalus, with Mike Dailey of Perham and John Gibbons of Bemidji dsfending, went to the federal jury late today. “Spider” Gagnon, with P. J. Rus- sell defending, is now on trial. This i8 the second trial for having liquor illegallyin his possession. Walter Hillis, with Charles Scrut- chin defending, will be the next placed on trial. William Staples and Willlam Me- Dermott, defended by Russell, were arraigned and pleaded not guiity. Their cases were continued until the middle of next week. GOMPERS’ WET STAND NOT LABOR'S VIEWS Washington, June 21.—Denying that Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, spoke the general sentiment. of or- ganized labor in his opposition to prohibition,’ Representative Cooper, republican, Ohio, in a speech in the house declared thag the liquor traffic, aided by German brewers, “threatens to ally itself with anarchy and Bol- shevism unless it {s ‘able to obtain some concessions from the govern- ment and society.” Mr. Cooper, who is a membler of the Brotherhood of Logomotive En- gineers, said Wworkers rming the majority population of his congres- sfonal district were responsible for ‘“dry” majorities in popular elections there. INTERNED SHIP CREWS SINK THEIR VESSELS (By United Press.) :London, June: 21.—Certain of the interned German ships, interned in Scapa Flow have been k _and abandoned by their crews, the Brit- :!sh admiralty officially annousced fo- ay . = NOSKEIS APPOI GERMA H&storlca\ Al NN ‘Soclety: i aumgx) i “WEIMAR DISPA F:OO[) SHIPS BA! ; By Carl D. Groat - (Umted Prees Corresponpdent) Weimer, ‘Germany, " June 21.——Preudent Eberl lud failed in his efforts to form a new cabinet last night, owing to his inability to obtain support of a majority of the po- litical leaders here, and the conference of political leaders ldjourned after a long session. The democrats refused “to join the new government unley certain further conces- sions were made by the allies. * i . . Ebert immediately dispatched a note to-the allies no- tifying them of the situation and demanding fixation of in- demnities, withdrawal of the allied demand for the surren- der of the former kaiser and immediate admission of Ger- many to the league of nations. Later, the political leaders decided to withdraw the note in whlch further concessions were demanded. No reason for the withdrawal of tie communication was given, The situation remains confused but there are in- dications that the Germans will sign the treaty. (By United Press) ) London, June 21.—The Coblenz correspondent of the Times today reported an unconfirmed dispatch from Weimar, which states that Gustave Noske had been appointed German chancellor and Mathias Erzeberger chief of the peace delega- tion. FOOD SHIPS FOR GERMANY STOPPED Lelth Eng., June 21.—Sailing of all food ships for Ger- many has been stopped. COUNTY AGENT TAKES - SOUTH: DAKOTA BRIDE: - HONEYMOON BY AUTO Miss Stephenson of Aberdeen Principal of Wedding by Beautiful Ceremony Aberdeen (S. D.) Daily News.— Miss Viva' Stephenson and Arne ‘| Aamodt of Bemidji, Minn., were unit- ed in marriage at an impressive and beautiful ceremon performed yenter- day ‘aftérioon ‘at 4 o'clodk /at . the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. A. Stephenson, 223 Fourth avenue southwest. Rev, E. B, Kneedy performed the ceremony in the pres- ence of forty relatives of the family. The wedding procession, led by the flower bearers, LaVerne Frink and LeRoy Thompson, cousins of the bride, went from the altar where they received baskets of pink roses to the west parlor where an arch of ferns and flowers with a large wed- ding bell fllled with pink roses, was fashioned for the occasion. A semi circle was formed in front of the altar, which was banked with peonies, ferns and potted plants, and the ceremony performed, the ring service being used. Miss Ruby Aamodt, sister of the bridegroom acted as bridesmaid, and Mark E. Stephenson, brother of. the bride was best man. Littlé Janet Schuelelr, a cousin of the bride was ring bearer, and dressed in ruffles of white, carried tlie rin# in the center of a lily. Miss Byrl Stephenson, sis- ter of the bride, played Lohengrin's wedding march as the procession marcheg to the altar. Miss Carol Brott then sang “I Love You Truly’ with piano accompaniment by Miss Etha Burnham. The bride wore a white satin dress and a veil, and carried a bouquet of pink roses and lilieg of the valley, tied with long tulle streamers. The bridesmaid, Miss Ruby Aamodt, wore white georgette, with a corsage bou- quet of pink roses and sweet peas. The rin gbearer, Miss Janet Schueler, and the flower bearers, La Verne Frink and LeRoy Thompson were all in whijte. At five o'clock a wedding dlnner was served to the immediate rela- tives. ' Miss Gladys Schueler, a cou- sin of the bride, gave several piano numbers during the dinner. In tne evening a reception was held from 8 o’'clock until 9:30 for the many friends of the bridal pair. Mr. and Mrs. Aamodt will be at home at Bemidji, Minn., after a tour by automobile through northern Min- nesota. Mr. Aamodt has been a teacher in the college of agriculture at the Uni- versity of Minnesota. and at present is engaged in county agricultural work in Beltrami county, Minn. Miss Stephenson met him while at- tending the University of Minensota. She is a graduate of the Aberdeen high school, of the Northern Normal and of thé Univerflty of Minnesota. She taught in the Oarthage high school this yesr: GERMAN TRAVEL STOPPED Coblenz, \Jurie - 21,—The granting of permission to Germans of military age to travel to-unoccupled Germany has been stopped by orders of the in- telligence officers, in view of the un- cei'tainty of the peace situation. Within are ‘American area there are 300 German officers and men assigned to duty in ‘connection with the ocgupation, but whether, these Germans are to be interned has not been decided. Beyond the neutral zone thera is considerable activityy among Germans, according to papers from the unocecupied zonme. These vy gabert that- all army ~withing:.: the Rhenish ‘Westphalian industrial territory and other districts opposite. the. bridge head has been withdrawn. There have been some German troop move- ment opposite the Americans in the last few days. These have nol been in great numbers, and the Amcricans do not expect opposition if trey do start ahead. Meanwhile, notwithstanding the signs that Germany will accept the peace treaty, the Allied forces are prepared for her refusal of it. Mar- shal Foch, it is reported, will be in command of a front extending from the Rhine to the Danube, should a forward movement be necessary. Swiss advices say Italian forces have begun to occupy Vorarlberg, in the extreme western part of Austria, in anticipation of a refusal on the part of either Germany or Austria to meet the allied terms. Bwitzerland, in the meantime, is prepared to maintain her neutrality, having called out troops to guard her northern frontier. REX THEATRE. REOPENS WITH REGULAR BILL The Rex lhe.nre ha$ -been re opened for business, after the disas- trous fire. which destroyed the thea- " tre and two other business buildings on west Third street. A large black canvas motion pic- ture theatre tent has been secured from Minneapolis and erected on a vacant lot nearly opposite the form- er Rex theatre building, and has been specially equlpped for its pur- pose. The regular, blll orlglual]y booked for the Rex tonight and Sunday will be presented and patrons are assured a splendid hill with little inconven- ience. Plans are under contemplation for a permanent location of the Rex, which will be announced as soon as completed. PARK RAPIDS BASEBALL TEAM COMES SUNDAY.FOR GAME What promises to be a good base- ball game tomorrow at Athletic nark will be that between Park Rapids and Bemidji, to be played at 3:30 o’clock. It is said the visitors have a good team, but Bemidji hopes to have one that will put up a real articleof balt and win. N