Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 12, 1919, Page 1

y3C 2 - ws\® BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAYEVENING, JULY 12, 1919 BEMIDJI DAILY PION VOLUME XVII. NO. 164 FINE PROCRAM |™*"5553 5% Bifon| PRESENT SEAT OF GERMAN GOVERNMEN DALY SESSIONS CHAQAUQUA with the Bemidji city team, at 3:30 Not a Dull Moment From o’clock. The grounds have been put in first class shape and as the Bag- Opening Number; Music and Comedy lowing formal ley team will come determined to strikers. win, a hot contest is looked forward to. CHICAGO CRIME LESSENS. Chicago, July 12.—Wartime pro- hibition has decreased crime in Chi- cago 50 per cent, according to a statement made by James L. Mooney, chief of detectives. vorso w0 srenc | WOMAN HANES [ ] i Jail; Delirious|; What promises to be one of the best ' B Vawter chautauquas ever held in Be- o - ‘tl;x‘ldji iv:mozp;r:ax‘tm\13::1123:;‘:1};;: Using a strip of her blanket, with| na:n,c/a}l,ld the program is of high which she fastened one end around class and varied in entertainment, so |her neck, Mrs. Frank Vyskocil of there will be something for all. Season tickets are mow being sold by a special committee consisting of A. T. Carlson, Supt. 'W. G. Bolcom, . Rev. A. M. Whitby, Rev. M. A. Soper, J. F. Harris, J. C. McGhee, Rev. T. B. Nordale, J. H. Koors, H. J. Aber- crombie, Otto G. Schwandt, S. E. Hur- as yet. ‘Season Tickets Should Be Pur- chased Now; Special Price ‘For Children Uagarnood % Thursday noon department in the county jail some- Undeimge 3 X 4 P 4 time during Friday night. The other end of the strip was fastened to a waterpipe. She was discovered this morning, her life extinct. ‘T'he body was in a. stooping position, toes touching the floor. : Bridges home. Sergeant Might has {slayer. Earl McTaggart, son of Mrs. New York today, according to a mes- sage received by his mother, after a year's service in France as a dispatch rider in the signal corps. Minnesota land holders, after them-] selves experiencing the ravages of fire, food and tornadoes during the; past year, have come to the rescue o Northwest cattlemen_residing in th drought-stricken area of the Northx) west, with more than 410,000 acres; roaded the rifle. able soon. The state relief committee for the unfortunate cattlemen has industri- ously been listing land the past few GO Home; Warm Time days, but a decided boost was given Friday with the donation of 60,000 Expected. - acres. Members of the committee are dick- ering for the opening of the 250,000- acre tract, which, it is expected, will be opened in the next few days. (Bulletin) men than any other Northwest state. Much of the land is being given free of charge while for some a slight charge is being made. The 60,000- ly before noon when Judge Dean re-| of Townley and the Nonpartisan lengthy arguments started. Nonpartisan league, was to take the witness stand this afternoon in his own defense on a charge of conspir- war through league propaganda. Joseph Gilbert, state organizer, out of the race. ‘The calling of Townley was expect- ed to produce one of the most inter- esting sessions of the trial the court was to hear until 6 o’clock tonight. Farmer jurymen are anxious to finish their work by tonight. Townley is expected to testify in support of the defense contention that a conspiracy exists to wreck the league. Charles Patterson, Twin City banker, was also to be called this afternoon. Testimony has been introduced to show that Patterson Third Dav. Rehearsal of “The Magic Piper” by the juniors at 9 o’clock. At 2:30 o'clock an afternoon of delightful music by the Webber-Brown company This is one of the best musical aggre- gations before the chautauqua au- diences of the season and include sax- aphones ,banjos, flute, violin and harp, and not an aimateur is a mem- ber of the company. Fact the Vaw. ter chautauqua company is proud of them. In the evening, the Webber-Brown company will play a prelude to the lecture by dear old Opie Reed, one of the post graduates of the school of newspaper men and writers when they made newspaper history. As a writer he was unexcelled and his dry humor caused him to attract a large following throughout the country. “0ld Lim Jucklin” is the title of his lecture filled with philosophical hu- mor. It is well worth hearing, and Chicago. locker, H. W. Van Dervort and H. Z.| This is the woman Who was THOUSANDS oF ACRB Tickets will also be on sale at the | have an operation performed, it is M gfll‘khflg kht;sel'je\(v:gl}:y ]:lrc‘yxrge %?::' asserted. She was in a delerium and OF Ly lNNBOTA LAND eorge Baker's : s " | escaped her care takers and headed GFFERED ers’ drug store, Farmers’ State bank| ¢, the lake, being captured as she FoR sm N Senson tickets for adults will seil |J2ina&ed to elude the hospital and It |Plan on Foot to Open R for the low price of $2.20, including| st e0ts in her night attire. Then it| Lake Reservation Grazing war tax, and children’s season tickets [ .o she was taken to the county jail, nge‘ . The First Day. ~ |ment. The usual commonplace opening is| T ' known olesome - comedian and g songester, returned from the war, has 1 To CYCLONE v‘mMs assembled a.quartette that not only PO members are algo instrumentalists of ¢, "tpo oy of distress from. Fergus _.high calibre. Not 'o“ltl‘l{t“g?lclgfs{l:z‘: Falls, and_the latest contribution was vein be presen ug, Iigh ¢ that of“the Bemid}i lodge of Elks, terigc::td- thie Appies-will e the cap warded it to the relief committee Fri- * e y " |day. tion of a lecture on the opening day | "5y o oo o recovering nicely from looks of Mr. Smith's likeness it would | ¢}, gta¢e rallying nobly to the relief seem as ‘it ‘he had sotf?ith;l;ge 1:1:?; of the hundreds of homeless and those would be of much benefit to bereft of bread winners in the ter- close student of what he wi:} gave tg say and is widely travelled, an comes from Tennessee. BRmSH MRSH]P To wmior children will be organized for '—ihe cast of the Oxford company in LAND EARLY SUNDAY the presentation of the dramatic —_— (By United Press.) the Oxford company of five artists, all of lv;‘hon; ‘I,xavtedapgge:;?zflatiil(lmcsolol; dirigible, R 34, was 850 miles west |2CTe tract is contributed without cert with celebrated o of London at 7 o’clock this morning, Townley permission to make an ad- New York time, the air ministry an- |, More than 100,000 acres already|, ... " o jury. braties. And at 8 o'clock at night the Tacks | g¢antly lessening speed, according to | the state commissioner of agricul-[ . o iino Townley had the right t6 quartet will present a program to the | early reports, owing to storms over ul:re. Plans are on l’m:; toRose;\‘ llx‘p Scotland. = The air ministry, has|!N¢ 8razing ranges on the Red Lake This is the opening day of the : chautauqua and it-is an indication of | nam a hundred miles northeast of Bsa.owhlch will m:&ke m;)lremthan 250,- the quality of the entire program. London, instead of proceeding to acres of land available. : Second Day. East Fortune, the starting place of he dirigible is expected to reach signment of parts will be made by| T 4 p thge Oxford company from the em-|Pulham early Sunday morning. At OPENS smEMBER 15 bryo actresses and actors, and at gl:)e t!;ne on her trip she was making : W in the afternoon there miles an hour with a strong wind fr——— 2:30 «0'clock The work of remodeling the inter- in a half hour of vocal classies. reduced to about 35 knots. ior of the plant of the Potato Pro- At 3 (;'oi;ocllxdm thle“ani:ren:mrlezlilti:i _———— | ducts company owned by the Falk M. Beryl Buckley will g % ” . featuring “Mister An- | Who will discuss “The Testing of a entertalnment, foaturing ; burg, Pa., is progressing satlstactorl‘l)y heer. It is really | !arge audiences in the leading cities|and it is expected the plant will be wortl\anvgmglgm},ochear this talented [and seats of learning in his home[ready under the new order of things Feades state, Indiana and Pennsylvania, in|to commence operation about Septem- it 5 he Oxfords will |One instance a city recalling him ten 1o, the evesing;, t o The splendid equipment is %ll, 1 ocally inclined | election to the Ohio legislature was|with the exception of the cooker, be- l‘ef:gn'xl;"(;f:}s:‘e‘}: wlllybe a big|While absent from the city and not|ing rearranged to stimulate facilities ge 2 i until he was notified was he aware he|and new equipment will be installed. reat. was a candidate. large, well financed concern and con- and others paid Ferdinand Teigen bers, the juniors will present “The|trols several potato products plants large sums in a fight against the Magic Piper,” and the joy night su-|The potatoes from which the flour league. Teigen was the state’s star preme will be uncorked by the Hus-|and other products will be made, | witness. sars. nine comely young women of He i s management. toire is replete with the highest class Tnoowmn OUT. of modern musi and they made a big hit with the soldiers in camp dur- ing the war. You can’t overlook the Mitchell. brought to Bemidji to the hospital to and Boardman’s drug store, formerly | mage her way. During the night she will be $1. and placed in the woman’s compart- off the reel Gecyge B. Tack, well possesses splendid voices but all its| poyig4i i pesponding generously lections with sparkling comedy’ in-| oy 0 appropriated $100 and for- by James Hardin Smith_and from the ., “y ppie tragedy, the people of persuasion. He is a fine speaker, a rible sweep of the elements. In the afternoon, at 4 o’clock, play, “The Magic Piper,” featuring London, July 12.—The British 10k Joadliy SOmmlEy: (PR CAES nounced. She was flying at a con- have been listed by individuals with The defense then refused to go on Lo wirelessed the airship to land at Pul. | ndian reservation in Beltrami coun- ‘At 9 o’clock in the morning, as- |her first trans-Atlantic flight. POTATG FL‘)UR PLANT will be a prelude by the organization | assisting the speed. This has been company with headquarters at Pitts- tonio” and his tale of love, forgive- Nation.” He has spoken before ber 15. appear in concert that should be times and another fifteen times. His The new owner of the plant is a As a prelude to the evening’s num- will be bought out right by the plant pleasing personality. Their reper- Hussars. Fifth and Last. As on the opening day and throughout the entire season of chau- tauqua, the last day is in full keep- ing. At 2:30 o’clock in the after- noon the Jess Pugh company will in- dulge a half hour of smiles, and at 8 o'clock in the evening will pain- lessly extract several hearty laughs out of ones’ jaded system and he’ll feel much better than if he had in- vestigated in “a dollar a bottle” with some effusive advertiser. Hon. Harry N. Routzohn will de- It is confidently expected that when the bids are opened for the sale riving by train and automobile. headquarters. by the board of county commissioners, July 25, there will be some good bids. Of the $350,000 road bonds to be first bidding for the bonds leaving |mjlitary band is making a request in the remainder to be re-advertised at a higher interest rate. during weekly band concerts in Ili- jlar lines. the manner of its presentation holds | . “ 1 e e When he was in Bemidji the cit iver his £ ture, ‘“American- brary park the children be restrained en he was in Bemidji the city his hearers. ism vs. ;;Ts'gg::kil::n“‘ ‘:t 3 o’clock in wnmN VETOB B“ I g from being unduely noisy during the|was the old frontier The Fourth Dav. the afternoon. He is a judge in Day- playing of selections. town, and when he left it was with In the morning, at the usual hour, there will be rehearsal of “The Magic Piper’” and at 2:30 in the af- ternoon the Hussars will present a little touch of jazz. The lecture at 3 o’clock will be by W. E. Wenner, | should be heard by a large audience one of Ohio’s foremost educators, and At 4 o'clock a vesper service will s member of the state legislature.|he held. ton, O., and 20 years ago was a car barn roustabout at the age of 15 years. As a successful criminal lawyer he knows his subject intimate- ly and what he will have to say for the repeal of the daylight saving tation of selections DENVER CARS MOVE. Denver, Colo., July 12.—Tramway cars are moving on Denver’s streets for the first time since Tuesday, fol- agreement reached between the exe- cutive committee of the unipon and company officials by meetings of BRACKEN STAYS TO SEPT. St. Paul, July Bracken, executive secretary of the Minnegota state board of health, will remdain in that office technically un- til" ‘September 1, the board has de- cided. No successor has been named ProbateJudge To Hear Story 0f Boy Slayer Master Tovio Reuna of Ten Lakes township, age nine years, who ap- parently deliberately shot and killed i " ] |his boyhood chum of the same age, Waskish hung herself in the woman's Copyrignt T v Una Niska, of . Was brought to the 3 & county jail at Bemidji Friday evening ¥ e - - by Sheriff Johnson and is being held This is the main bullding of the Pniversity of Berlin, which is now the |l0 await hearing N Judge Harris Monday. selit of the. German goyornment, i y . Details of the tragedy were brought B i back by the sheriff. LEAVES FOR HOME. close neighbors on the township line i e and the accused Sergeant Arthur Might left yester- |quarreled over some marbles, he say- day afternoon for his home in Doug. |ing. so it is alleged, that his victim las, N. D., after a visit at the Frank | had some marbles belonging to the The boys are just returned from 17 months serv-| While in the house of the tragedy, ice, 12 of which he spent in France. [the victim had thrown himself on a SR ) nearby bed for a brief rest, while his companion was engaged in other af- McTAGGART RETURNS TO U. S. fairs. Through two rooms went the k lad, who resided in = cured a’22-calibre rifle and returned George McTaggart, has arrived in to the room where his pal was lying and fired point blank at the prostrate form. The bullet struck him above one eye and ploughed through his skull.” Then he dragged the lifeless corpse out of the house and hid it TOWNLEY To TBTIFY in a brush pile, after which he re- “ns AF[ERNOON Fok nn:{‘h(;n;::'lles ::::xmt gnnd self possessed CONSPIR ACY DEFENSE mity of his ‘offense.’ MINIMUM WAGE SCALE Jury of Farmers Anxious To IS EFFECTIVE AUGUST 4 realize the enor- St. Paul Minn., July 12.—Notices to employers have been mailed out by the state minimum wage commis- sion annoufeing the ncw state mini- mum wage which will go into effect Jackson, Minn.,, July 12.—The|August 4, for women and minors a Townley case was expected to go be- [minimum of $11 a week was fixed Minnesota, thus far, it is believed, | fore the jury late today. Unexpect- | DY the minimum wage commission nf- has offered more land to the cattle- _ |ter hearings with employers and em- o edly, the defense ¢losed its case short Ployes for clties over 25.000. mony putporting to anow the toyany | BELTRAMI HAS ENTRY charge #nd with no strings attached. | |€a8ue. Later, the judge denied IN DULUTH REGmA Duluth, July 12.—Interest in the great intermediate argue his own case, and on this point |€Vent on the International regatta program today received nmew impetus when Hanlan Hackett, the United Press.) 16-year-old star of Baudette, arrived Jackson Mima ety 32, Prost. [here with his father, John L. Hackett, dent Tuwr‘lley lle;id of the National|and his trusty shell in which he will B go forth seeking a rowing title, Young Hackett, who is wen known to all of the local oarsmen, started here last season in the single sculls. eyt 1 the acy to teach disloyalty during He made a great showing leading for half the distance of the course, when was jointly indicted with Townley. he picked up a crab and was forced The Baudette kid will meet with some lively competition when he will be asked to contest against Gil Hok- anson of the D. B. C., winner of the New England sculls at Boston last Labor day. Hokanson is going big in his workouts and it will take a real class oarsman to head him. these two entrants, the Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe club has nominated an intermediate sculler to represent that organization and this is also true of the Lincoln Park Boat FORMER RESIDENT IS fac M RETURNING TO BEMIDJI MANY BIDS EXPECI‘ED I,\lrlé(‘é;g:::;fie’:‘:z:t:injeuzl";xt;_)ia}{f:r: Adfnrm E‘, Ouotof Chica‘zo, I!erl(:;aji a uard from allas and Nacog- | postoffice inspector, was in Bem FOR ROAD BOMD SALE sose csnrst by gomeraie | ctng ki o istnierm vt between whites and negroes. are ar-|Chicago, and make this city of the remainder of the county bonds COM S HEARD wlxr}hztg)exngl{g;s{:é;‘:e ?:g::c;;iq for the purpose of road impruvement' PLAINT l midjldwas in ‘s:vndtd]lngz clo:hes. : OF NOISY CHILDREN & Carson in 1905, "06 -07 ana RS '08, took the examination for govern- ment inspector and made good. and sold, $100,000 were taken, at the Director Riggs of the Bemidji gince being in the service has worked on some of the biggest cases involv- kindly spirit of parents, asking that | ing postal robberies and along simi- “wide open’” HAD DAmGHT CLAUSE Such actions on the part of the|a feeling of regret. He said that of children have become decidedly an-|all the places he had ever been Be- e T noying to the band director and |midji still had the warm spot (By United Press.) i band members, as well as those who | his heart. He is the father of a fam- Washington, July 12.—President |attend the concerts to hear the num- |ily of splendid young girls and when Wilson today vetoed the agricultural [bers, and the request is made that|the family comes the eldest will en- bill because of the clause providing |children be quiet during the presen-|ter the normal, will attend the publie schools while the others FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH INSTRUCTIONS BEING ISSUED ANENT LIFTING HUN BLOCKADE Blockade of Russia Will Also Be Raised; No Desire To Hamper Germany DOES NOT ABRQGATE . ENEMY TRADING ACT Virtually Free Trade With Enemy Country; Some Ex- ceptions are made. By Fred S. Ferguson. (United Press correspondent.) Paris, July 12.—The council of five began issuing instructions today regarding the lifting of the block- ade against Germany. The counoil also started a discussion on lifting the Dblockade against Russia, its maintainance being rendered most difficult by official decree abolishing the barriers around Germany. The American delegates also held it was not legal. Italy filed claims today asking that she be granted the Austrian conces- sion Tien Tsien, China, the peace treaty now providing that the con- cession revert to China for interna- tional use BARTON SHOT HOUSE UP. BEFORE SUICIDE Coroner McKee returned today from Redby where he conducted the inquest over the body of Archie Bar- ton, who killed himself with a rifle by shooting Qhrough his heart. He was a boarder at the home of the aunt of the De Toe woman who was found murdered near . Red Lake agency. Fromi the “looks of the house he had shot up the place in a frenzy before turning the rifle upon himself. He had been mentally unbalanced for some time. The body was brought to Bemidji and will be sent to Little Falls. As to the alleged murder of the Red Lake Indian woman the coroner was not called and a probe is in pro- 3. FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE WOULD BLOCK WILSON SPEECHES (By If‘n‘lteanrens.) Washington, July 12.—An attempt to prevent President Wilson making bis cross country tour in behalf of the league of nations by keeping him daily upon attendance with meetings of the senate foreign reélations com- mittee was being discussed today by league opponents in congress. Senator Moses said he had planned a regoultion calling upon Wilson to appear at committee sessions each day at 10 o’clock during the treaty discussions. TAKE LUMBER JOBS. Panl Johnson, Louis Brown, Louis Graham, Ernest Olson and Armond Tharaldson left this morning for the state park, where they will be em- ployed hy the Backus Brooks Lumber company. FURNITURE FIRM BUYS OUT FLORAL BUSINESS Huffman & O'Leary have pur- chased the floral business of Mr. and Mrs. 8. Palmquist in the Markham block and will move the stock to the annex of the Huffman & O'Leary house furnishing store, Minnesota avenue. They will be ready for business in this line Monday, and will carry a full line of cut flowers, as well as taking special orders. The potted plant part of the business will be taken care of by Webster’s green house, arrengements having ween made with Mr. Webster. WAR VETERAN ON VISIT. James Greenblat of Swift Current Sask, Can., who is the guest of his brother, M. A. Greenblat of this city, is one of the fifty who survived out of a battalion of 1100 of the 46 Infan- try Canadian army, known as the “‘Shock” regiment. He went through every principal battle in the world war and was wounded only once, that being in August, 1917, at which time he was sent to a hospfital where he remained until January 1, 1918. He is now 23 years old. Before com- ing to Bemidji he visited Mrs. ureen- blat’s parents in Duluth for a week and also passed a week with his sis- ter in Fort Williams. He received his honorable discharge at Halifax, two weeks ago. after four years xervice