Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 22, 1919, Page 1

MEMBER UNITED PRESS The Pioneer is a member of the United Press. Today's world’s news today. VOLUME XIL ' NO. 224 CEACH SDE IS - CLAIMING THE | ADVANTAGEF | HUGEWALKOUT “Becoming ' One of Nation’s| - Greatest Industrial Struggles in American History COMPANY OFFICIALS - IN OPTIMISTIC MOOD|: 'He;d of United- States Steel|: Corporation Grants Inter- /| view to Newspaper Men ‘the U By Fred S. Ferguson. ; aiatied Press Corrspondent) . |FORMER SERVICE MEN Jeaders @nd steel company heads i MAY sooN 0BTAIN STATE BONUS BLANKS ‘claimed the advantage today when Red Cross Nurses Are Also the steel strike was but a few hours old. It is becoming known as one of + Included; Applications From Court Clerk ihe greatest industrial struggles of |- the country’s- history. In the face of the claim of leaders ‘that the strike was about 90 per cent effective, company officials here «claimed not more than 15 to 25 per’ cent of the men“had answered the wtrike call. - They viewed the situ: ? tion optimistically. 4 GARY WILL SEE NEWS MEN. .. ' New York, Sept. 22.—Judge EI- ‘bert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, received; newspaper men in his offiees:today;: but said no statement would be made, ‘before this afternoon. ' - Al former service men of Bemidji including soldiers, sailors, marines, Tnembers of the student army train- ing corps and Red Cross nurses, may soon obtain blanks for application for the state bonys of $15 a month at the ‘office of Frell' Rhoda, Beltrami clerk of court. These blanks should be teady the latter part of November, ‘[ according to information received at the Ralph Gracie Post headquarters B,lc SHEEP RAN\CH ls i \t:’l: AT:H;?:nfl;:gi:en'filled vut they BEING FENCED NEAR Lowill heen se:t immed’;ately to the ex~ amimpg © board, North Dakota Sgockman to state auditor, state treasurer and ad- jutant general, who will pass upon 7 Locate in Beltrami On Extensive Scale. :- all applications. proved applications will be issued by the state ‘treasurer direct to the ap- plicant. The. membership of the Bemidji post of ‘the American Legion is grow- ing daily, many enrolling who are now residing in other cities. Among An extensive sheep-ranch embrac- ing a section of fine grazing land north of Bass Lake and between Tur- tle Lake, with more to be added, is being fenced to accommodate several thousand sheep and cattle owned by . L. H. White, extensive livestock deait- er and shipper :of Cogswell, N. D: who has purchased the tract from J. J. Opsahl of Bemidji. The land lies on both sides‘of the railroad and Mr. White is to come ‘to Beltrami county to settle, disposing of his holdings in North Dakota. He looked over Minnesota with the view of ob- taining a suitable location and de- cided that Beltrami county offered the best. - . Mr. White last year handled a vast mumber of sheep and one of the fea- tures of his business is handling-of sheep and pure bred cattle for farm- «ers,-furnishing them a good market. He also is an ‘extensive horse breeder and in the transaction Mr. Opsahl took a largé number of horses which he will soon place on the market. Work has commenced to establish boundary lines of the big pasturage tract and to permit shipment of stock: here next spring. BREEN WILL BECOME REGULAR MAIL CARRIER The fourth mail carrier is to be :allded to Postmaster Ritchie's staff, the new appointment taking effect October 1, when Substitute Carrier Arthur Breen-goes on as a regular, the reason being the increased busis ness caused by the normal school. Mr. Breen has given good service .and his promotion is a matter of cer- tainty, another substitute to be ap- pointed. . He will handle parcel post half of the time and regular mail th other part of the time, which wil greatly facilitate the carrier service of the local office. ] BURNQUIST TODAY REFUSES TO VETO LIVE STOCK MEASURE can, = Minneapolis; Remson Bell, Washburn, Wis.; Flaran E. Dean, St. Paul, and Thomas and John Bakken of Pinewond. SOLDIERS “HOME COMING.” (By United Press.) Dickinsen, N. D., Sept. 22.—Coun- ty service boys got out their kahaki today and came to Dickinson for a whole week of “homecoming celebra- tions.” A carnival company has pitched its tents here. Among the other attractions is a barbecue for 'which the women will furnish the “trimmings” in the way of potatoes, coffee, doughnuts,-salad, etc. LAST DAY OF FAIR ~ WAS WELL ATTENDED ty fair in Bemidji, Saturday, drew _The last day of the Beltrami coun- another large crowd and the result of agreeable weather incident, was a success. & All the free acts were staged on the closing day and made a hit and the sports program were all interesting. The high school alumni team of old time football stars defeated the high school regulars by the score of 12 to 0. A little of the old time rough tac- tics were used by some of the veter- ans who secured only two touchdowns against the team, a large part of which was ‘‘green.” The auto race was won by Carl Riggs, who represented the Motor Inn, and he also won the Australian pursuit race. Aviator De Haven made a pretty ascension and parachute balloon drop. . The display winners are being com- piled and will be ready for announce- ment in a few days. DEATH LIST IS NEAR 400 AND INCREASING Corpus Christi, Tex., Sept. 22.— With the known dead near the 400 mark and steadily increasing, resi- dents of Corpus Christi and other nearby Texas coast towns resumed ‘| their dreary search for the bodies of additional persons who lost their lives through last Sunday’s hurricane and tidal wave. The number of known dead has reached 386, but many persons were of the opinion that that figure would be doubled. (By United Press.) St. Paul, Sept. 22.—After a dele- =ation of South St. Paul stock yards |, ‘men had called upon him, urging him to veto the bill passed by the legisla- ture, giving the state railroad and warehouse commission supervision of the live stock industry, Governor Burnquist today signed -the bill and refused to veto it. SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING. St. Cloud, Sept. 22.—The annual .convention of the Stearns county Sunday school association opened here today. The program for two days will keep delegates busy. = » consisting. . of. the Warrants on all ap- the new memberships are Wilbur Ly~ ‘TGer;er'n'l Pérshlug. accompanied by Rol.l];l M y fited States, At the left the general is seen on the bridge of the Leviathan BEMIDJI, MINN., “SOME STUNT.” BARKER. “That is ‘some’ stunt.” said E. A. Barker. when he noticed the Stillwater market report in The Pioneer Friday evening, “and I notice that vou intend l;eelpmz it up, which is another ‘big league® idea. .It's the finect feature run in any paper any time and should stimulate the interest in the or- ganization of the Bemidji Market. It certainly ought to make every Yarmer a reader of the Daily Pio- heer.” —. BURNOQUIST EXPECTED TO SIGN BONUS BILL (By United Press.) St. Paul, Sept. 22.—Governor Burnquist was to signthe-soldiers bonus bill appropriation of $20,000,- 000-at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. Thq American Legion has planned a ceremony, including ‘motion pictures. The bonus bill was one of fifty-five measures passed by the special: ses- sion of the state legislature. 7 The governor was also expected to veto a companion-measure to the ton- nage tax bill he vetoed last week, which appropriated $10,000 for .the tax commission to operate the ton- nage tax bill. SENATE RECEIVES BILL TO INVESTIGATE STEEL STRIKE (By United Press.) Washington, Sept. 22.—Investiga- tion of the steel strike was proposed today by eSnator eKnyon of lowa, in a resolution he introduced in the sen- ate. AMERICAN SAILORS LANDED SIX MILES FROM FIUME Rome, Sept. 22.—A party of American sailors today landed at Buccari, six miles from Fiumne, ac- qrding to advices here today.’ FIVE RACE RIOTERS FREED. Chicago, Sept. 22.—Three men and two women, all negroes, were 'ac- quitted of the murder of Harold Brignadello of Rock Island during the race riots, by a jury. Brigna- dello was shot and killed in a riot on July 29. PEACE LEAGUE CANT JINTERFERE. SAYS CARSON . London, Sept. 22.—President Wil- son’s attitude,regarding the self-de- termination of Ireland has attracted the attention of Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster leader, who, in a state- ment declared: “I find it difficult to understand from the answer given what, state of facts with relation to Ireland the president contemplated, which en- ttitled any of the contracting parties to raise this question under section 11. of the covenant dealing with peace safeguards. “If President Wilson means to suggest that because there is a large population of Irish descent, or Irish origin in the United States who sym- pathize with the claims of the Irish origin in the United States and the United iKngdom, and that, there- fore, the case arises under section 11. of the covenant, I must with great Tespect enter a protest.” BARNETT-KERCHEVAL. Orville D. Barnett and Floetta M. Kercheval both of Kokomo, Ind., were married this morning at 10 o’clock at the Presbyterian parson- ge. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett will visit in Kelliher at the home of Mr. Bar- nett’s uncle for some time before re- turning to Kokomo, where they will make their home. 'MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 22, 1919 IEK;lng‘;pé Hoboken pier on his [ e B return to luting 'the Statue of Liberty. Algg;egatg 160,000,000 for Ter- ‘7 ritory Supplied by Chi- ‘¢ago Headquarters Postmaster Ritchie today received a letter from R. S. Brauer, sent from the office of the superintendent of the Sixth postal division, Chicago, relative to the government’s sale of surplus food through the postal serv- ice, It is as follows: “I am taking the liberty of bring- ing to your attention that the sub- seription to our government’s offer to the public to purchase surplus food, held and contracted for by ..e war department, exceeds in extent all ex- pectation -and the .delivery will no doub¥-#e somewhat délayed because of: the sdask of assembling, routing andztransporting so large a volume of parcel post. “We have completed transporta- tion arrangements.and are employing every means -at our command to ex- pedite delivery, but at best there will be some delay. Shipments will be made in the order in which requests were received, and as rapidly as de- livery is made by the war depart- ment. *1 am requesting that you inform the local newspaper authorities, as a matter of public information, tnat the orders now on'hand for .territory suppliedi by Chicago warehouse, amount to an aggregate of one hun- dred and sixty million pounds, and i that shipments have already begun. “If there are delays beyond what purchasers think reasonable, they should exercise patience. ‘Writing to the postoffice department will not expedite "delivery, but will have a tendency to create additional delay. Inquiries should be ‘directed to the local postmaster. “Assuring you of our desire to meet promptly the transportation ob- ligations.” 3 | RETURNED NAVAL BOYS Members . of the Fifth division, Minnesota naval militia, who left Be- midji the day after President Wilson called for front line defense when the United States broke with Germany, ad all other returned naval men, will gather tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the Waville Inn, on the east side of Lake Bemidji and hold a sort of re- union. The division was first assign- ed to the battleship ‘“Kansas’ and af- terward became widely scattered, re- turning as individuals. Lunch will be served containing such delicacies as Canned Bill, Black Jamock, Slum Gullion and other de- lectables. It is the intention to effect an or- ganization for holding the reunion annually. 5 SLOW FOUND GUILTY OF SELLING LIOUOR A jury in the district court found John Slow guilty of selling liquor in violation of the law and it required but a Jifty to reach the verdict. The jury required onmly about sufficient time to enter the jury room and re- turn. The case of James Kelly on a simi- lar charge is on call today. ENTERTAINED AT DINNER. Miss Marie Schaak entertained the following ‘guests at a five o’clock din- ner at her home on Swenson Lake, Sunday evening. Borgild Johnson, Jean Walker, Alice Ballingrud, Rogn- hild Moe, Mildred Olson, Edla Rude, Paul Johnson, Harto Auberlee, Earn- est Olson and Louie Rude. “PIONEER’S” CIRCULATION Largest circulation Nortk Central Minneso Weather—Hotel Markham: Cir e $ i 3 warmer, unsettled to fo* 4"‘ PER MdNTH $ WORKERS QUIT WORK: ANDS OF STEEL DULUTH MILL HANDS STILL ON JOB TODAY , -BULLETINS FROM STEEL STRIKE CENTERS. (By United Press) The steel strike situation in the various centers this morning was as-follows: % Pittsburg, Pa.—The police said that but few workers struck. Union -officials claimed that most of the men were out. Clariton, Homestead, Braddock, DuQuesne, Pa.—Same situa- tion as in Pittsburg. ¥ * McKeesport, P Mills continued in operation. Over 3,000 "y i ns sworn in as deputies. ¥ Sharon, Pa.—All plants closed. .y Cleveland, O.—Union officers claimed 19,000 men struck and expected 25,000 out by night. Two plants closed ‘at midnight, Sunday. 3 St et “ A i Youngstown, O.—Five thousand quit Sunday. Mills still 7z operating. Gary, Ind.—Work practically suspended in all plants. estimate of number out. . Chicago, IIl.—Six of the lllinois Steel company’s eleven fur- ' ' naces are ‘“‘cold.” | - Joliet, 11.—Most of the American Steel and Wire company’s plant men are out. Other plants reported out. *Warren, O.—Steel officials said they are willing to treat with the steel men at any time. Elyria, O.—Both plants are operating. Martin’s Ferry, O.—All mills closed. Estimated 5,000 out. Lorain, O.—Most of the 3,000 workers reported out. Buffalo, N. Y.—The union claims 20,000 out. Steel officials say not more than 12,000. Monessen, Pa.—All plants closed. on strik Birmingham, Ala.—All four plants are operating. z Milwaukee, Wis.—All of 1,800 steel worke: e out, accord- ing to union leaders. Company officers claim less than one-fifth struck. E Steelton, Pa.—Every employe of the Bethlehem plant re. ported for work today, réported officers of. the ‘company.. .- g ‘Afllllll, Ga.—All workers remained on the job, uniom officials saying they had received no instructions to strike. ling, W. Va.—Estimated 15,000 men are idle. All plants No Over 10,000 reported - Philadelphia, Pa.—Union officials said they would call a strike September. 29 at plants, unless conference demands are granted. Pueblo, Colo.—The Colorado Fuel and lron company and its steel plant here, employing over 6,000, will shut down today be- cause of the steel strike. (By United Press.) Pittsburgh, Sept. 22.—William E. Foster, secretary of the Steel Workers’ national committee, at 9 o’clock today claimed the strike of men in the steel plants of the country was 90 per cent effective. This was true of the Pittsburg district, as well as otl}{ers, Foster asserted. gainst police reports that a small percentage of workers a.t:—l-lolstead, Clariton, Braddock and other steel centers had failed to report for work, Foster said his information was that but fewtmegx I_}Ilad ex:tel";d the mills. He claimed that 12,000 were out at Homestead. Practically none went t k Clariton, he declared. i e SE The steg] secretary appeared to be highly pleased with deports received so far. He predicted men who, did not walk out today would join the strike tomorrow. % . TODAY WILSON LEAVES AFTER PEACE JOURNEY By Hugh Bailee. Aboard the president’s train in California, Sept. 22.—President Wil- son today is leaving the Pacific coast. He added an extra day on his cam- paign for ratification of the peace treaty. The president was to make a speech at Reno, Nev., tonight and meanwhile a stop was scheduled for Sacramento and the chances are he will make a speech from nis special car platform, The president is having more pleasure with his trip to the coast. Receptions at Seattle, Wash., and Los Angeles, Calif., were the most public of his trip. RATIFY PEACE PACT SAYS STATE SECRETARY Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 22.—*“The treaty should be ratified without de- lay and without change,” declared Secretary of State Robert Lansing here -in the first public utterance made by him since the statement of William C. Bullitt before the senate ' DULUTH WORKERS STICK. Duluth, Sept. 22.—Employes of the Minnegota Steel corporation did not strike today. Great Lakes seamen here are understood to have voted Sunday favoring a sympathetic strike, ‘but action awaits work from the officials.’ : CLEVELAND MEN ARE OUT. Cleveland, O., Sept. 22.—Nineteen thousand men are already out and before night will have 25,000 to 28,- 000 men on strike here, said H. W. Raisse, union organizer, today. WHEELING SHUT TIGHT. Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 22.—At least 15,000 men are idle in Wheel- ing and vicinity today. Not a plant was in operation. BETHLEHEM MEN REPORT. Steelton, Pa., Sept. 22.—Every em- ploye of the Bethlehem ‘Steel com- pany plant here reported for work this morning, officials of the plant reported. Union leaders said the men were working pending a confer- ence with company officials as asked for next Thursday. THEODORE SHONTS DIES: *| sion, CHAIRMAN PANAMA CANAL New York, Sept. 22.—Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Interborougl{ Transit company and former chair- man of the Isthmian Canal commis- who has been ill for several months, is dead at his home in Park avenue. Acute lung congestion due to pleu- risy, with which he was stricken while at work in his office last June, was the cause of death. Since then he had submitted to three operation. foreign relations committee in which it was alleged that the secretary of state on May 19, in Paris, said that if the American people knew what lv:as in the treaty they would defeat “In the treaty of peace,” Mr. Lans- ing further said, “there is nothing which invades the sovereignty of this republic or which limits in any way the full exercise of such sovereignty.” He made no direct reference to the Bullitt testimony, contenting himself with saying that the treaty as it is- should be ratified.”