Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 27, 1920, Page 1

Tho Piosser is ‘a Member of the United P ~ " . BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY ez ez THREE STATES 5 THRQDGH PIQNEER AD Y v : 5 % . before 8 o’clock the same even- . , i ing. " The ad was ordered for | four times, but one insertion TonAY lN EAS . did the business. : . For results use The Pioneer"” "Want ‘Ad Columns. . They sel- . dom fail to bring results. ‘ ING, APRIL 27, 1920 - Mzs. J. A. Smith advertised & garden. seeder for sale in last evening’s Pioneer and sold it | - ARMORY NOW_ priation, Amount Is ‘Now ' by G. W. Sulley, Expert Lecturer for Co. WOOL GROWERS MAKE General Wood Against . the Field, Is Prediction of tion rooms. In commection tary Named to Fill Vac- aniles fok Yous through the courtesy of the Na- . TO BOARD IMMEDIATELY New York and Ohio Are Other|ton, Ohio. G. W. Sulley, expert lec- States in Big Race 5 - ; g . Building Expected to Be Ready e ) 15 : Only a handful of wood growetrs for CeupS by Oc- met Saturday afternoon at the ses- . tober 15, This Year sion of the Beltrami County Wool the country, and has been highly com- | mended. -Causes for losses and fail- ures in retail business are shown, and vy g at_rooms of the Bemidji association Z PR Ly 3 2 ¢ New York, April 27 (By Harold The information contained in the|but nevertheless a very interesting Jacobs).—When the republicans of " 3ate yesterday afternoon advising that lo: A oh &?fi'fl&'jffi'fiflffig‘zfifif wheckage and firemen are searching May &, at 8 o'clock, in the Bemidji for the others. . tional :Cash Register company, Day-| REVOLUTION B! Weather “forecast 24 hrs. Markham: Cloudy, .warmer, followeéd uguuled f (By United Press.) Picture Will Be Accompanied|EXPLOSION KILLS SIX IN DES MOINES GAS PLANT sion e bo 3 Des Moines, Ia., April 27—Six men ; g - 0 were reported killed in an explosion s g 1 R of the Des Moines Gas company plant ! Y ) s early today. The entire city was left . b he three-reel feature film, “Trou:| Without h;t:l- 't'l'het :}:;nse doi the efi. 3 . p srchant, . not yet been determined. ) . 9¢a Mercliatt, and How tiiBtap dy has been taken from the With ‘the film, a lecture on = retail| BOLSHEVISTS ON RAMPAGE. 1 Tokio, April 27.—A strong bol- ints and salespeople in the|shevik force bombarded Havarousk city ‘are invited to attend. No|Thursday, according to a communique harge will be made for admission. issued- by Japanese war office. A . / $60,000.00, 1920 WOOL AT MEET Observers | Malespecgle 1 the ‘I’,LA'N‘S WILL BE SUBMITTED | One-Year Director and Secre-| JOHNSON HOPES FOR . H. M. Stanton, secretary of the|bombardment from airplanes’ flying emidji Association, has secured the [over-the city damaged railroad prop- LEAD IN NEW JERSEY g, ‘_’{lnd merchandising _ lecture | erty. , ; REAKS OUT ¥ R I IN JUGO-SLAVIA ‘turer e on company, London, April 27. — A bolshevist be the speaker. The lecture has been | reyolution has broken out in the | i . | ®ivens before commercial organiza-|jyugo Slavia district, according to an Growers’ association which was held (By United Press.) :{tions,-and conventions throughout|zpency dispatch from Rome. Hun- dreds were killed, the dispatch said. The Belgrade government is reported legram i i idji| meeting ‘was held at that time: « : 28 In 1 ) rotecting itself with hi o B At il rockived I Senidil The meeting was called to order by | three states started to the polls.to-{their remedy told in the lecture, which g‘wenty“:vsare kille:inat :::ml?:hflq;. day to vote in the presidential pri-ihas been prepared from the experi-|patches.said, but these were uncon- iati ilitia | President H. M. Clark and County V0, ) ] 3 et Jhe approprision t;f,:h,de e aruia I Agont. Dantsl: C. Doracek called to| maries, it was a case of General Wood that .company in'its thirty-|firmed, - or'y-“by 4. meant’ more to the .city|attention of those present the need | against the field. « - of dealing with merchants ) Fami 0 ; i for the session ‘which was called to| . The situation was sized up as fol-|; parts of the world. ; AMERICANS LEAVE MAZATLAN. 'perh’.:;..‘ n{z i‘:;f ;fiififl?&‘mm the |get .all .the wool growers. tegetlier.|lows: In New Jersey, Wood . versus .citizens backed up. strongly by the|Over thefact that only a very small | Senator Warren Harding, and in Mas-| vertising. By means of stereopticon B + Civic and Commerce association and \ “greatly assisted by outsjde_rs' who b.:;ewthe BN O el gu.fl;y * Following the very interesting| The Johnson organization has mx 2 ""The site, which is on the south side talk of Mr. Dvoracek, President Clark | a particularly hard fight in New Jer-|dow display, efficiency of clerks, sell- 4 Thisd street cast of Bemidji av-|IeAd the annual report of Secretary|sey with an effort to optain a f00tling - methods, credit business, and s Strocs. eas ed by the|C: W- Clark who was unable to at-|hold in the east. ~Political. observers| oeher topics of interest to merchants enue, “",i, ofls_innlly.dov{:‘ y | : tend the meeting on account of ill-|pelieved Johnson had about an even yill'ilso be discussed. Bemidji Townsite an ed prtz;ement ziess, The report showed:the Work|chance to obtain a preferential vote,] ' The film tells in a vivid manner g;mé%%ny d was v't:'l“ d by. emfs “compmhedd d';u'i:fi the 'l;!:' 'year | but even in that event Wood would 12 9.20 / was approved by the mem ‘pre- i vajority of dele: th wasdesired, the Be-|gent - This association has aiready g;:::.bly win: the majority G GRADUATION CLASS should “advertise continually. Wi contributed their quota of loss. Finally a change comes in the scribed the amount of $250 and paid[e Jeft . the ‘site “costing the- citizens of |from - his_ duties -and.-in“his place Bemidji only t],,Q?OZ i County-Agent Dvoracsk '“,. : h:eted A o ebrrer T 1917, Apahication b ¥ andmaaher ot 1 “ | uMuch Ado About Betty” Wil o Y sar{s Be:Shown at Grand; Two oo o dd?m a the AFmAnces agement demonstrator, addressed the members ~present con prning “plans| ¢ ! P"‘ : in this city are expected to welcome ? e i ¥ for:the. qgailin/g.il;:t the .wool.for this] = .illua o “haval ‘militia” purposes. -Before this|Season, buying sheep dip, bags, twine] Members of the graduating class |look <could l:l accomplished, however, war|nd other articles which can be.pur-|of the Bemidji High school are show- seene.- sl .. issued smy merchants and- nlespeop]e;ejg-h " *hthe opportunity offered by this lec-| UNDERWOO! ture, and a large attendance’is Washington, April .'A prominent place in the lecture is Washi 0, Apl BT A ! 5 o i ) p ¥ - ngto! Pl RT—Al Am ‘efforts of years on the part of the He ‘expressed great disappointment|Hiram Johnson;in Ohio, Wood versus!given to the value of newspaper ad: icn; Who. dastiad ;ia_fie Mu-tg L0 SBC 2 i B A [ t coast of Mexico embarked percentage of the members: were. pre- | sachusetts, Wood vVersus.-an unini-|slides, Mr. Sulley will tell how to on the wesf : e sent although a notice of-the. meet-|structed delegation expected to sup- ‘ml'l’é‘newsplpfi copy, how to se- :;lri‘t,!;s.:tes:zw;eg::n(t?‘rl, vt,::: "v:‘n:l ing h&d beéen sent to each.: - port Governor Calvin Coolidge. ... |cure beést results, and why a merchant tha wtate.dei pnrtmené ad ol q. » A clash between rebel and federal forces for the possessiol now thought imminent. of Mazatlan MANDATE DOUBTFUL. —_— tory of Mr. White, a merchant| Washington, April 27.—The rejec- :lr!heo‘si:rynear fai]ure.; "As the film |tion of allied proposal, that the Unit- | progresses, the reasons for his lack of ed States accept the mandate for siccess become plain, Poor arrange-|Armenia, is the forecast today, when ‘{ ment of goods, an unattractive front, Sanat.ot. Hitchcock declared he did “V1ax business methods, and most .of not believe that the American people ‘ally out-of-date business methods, all| would 'sanction the action. - NEW PARTY CALL. 5 3 < i S > n - % piof :Mr. White. He remodels! Chicago, April 27.—The official it to the ‘Townsite company, which|tary Clark has been forced to resign m 1920 CLASS mY ;i’a store, installs a modern system, | ¢all for the nsl;ionul convention to be t. does. more advertising and rapidly held here beginning July 10th to rises to success, Thefilm is declared | launch the new political party, to to ‘have a business lesson in every contest in November elections, was { 2 d today by a committee of forty- D.ELECTED LEADER. 27, — Senator ed for. . Underwood of Alabama was elected democratic leader of the senate by came upon the. mation and nothing;chased at a-less cost. by ‘closer ¢0-0D- [ ing keen ‘interest in ‘practice for the’ a" .:‘m Am .| unanimous vote of minority today. eration of every member of the.asso- | production of the ahnual class play, The caucus lasted only five minutes. fu F .be done ing the|®r: X Sty " butidin 2“&““‘ the amoryt.*mml ctation. . His talk was very interest-|iMuch Ado About Betty,” Which will THREE ORDINANCES; |His election followed Senator Hitch- ing throughout and was well'appre-|pe shown at the Grand theatre on ciated by those who heard it. May 7, at Matinee and evening per- anit also had been called into active 9. cock’s withdrawal from the contest. service and all efforts had.. to bel g v, 1} nangeq in the system used |formances. Under/the competent di-| ERE,WAm AND GAS| peseis carore Two TOWNS. S Washington, April 27.—Capture by L:& tl‘:u:;;h ;;’il»ecorg?:v::e?'m last year in the pboling of wool were| rection .of Miss Lillian Glessner, of toward the establishment of a na- discussed ‘and it was believed that|tye High school faculty, the cast is tional guard.unit for Bemidji, and [0Bly & very limited length of time|heing brought intq shape to put over after the nécessary steps had been will be allowed this year in which to|one of the best senior plays ever taken C 'K of the sixth regi- bring the wool.in to the association |staged gmythis city. - . ) 5 i en _om};any o a e v 81" for shipment. Warehouse plans were| The afternoon production will be + i} ment was i ormed and mustere f“" also discussed as well as several mat- | gtaged. at 3 o’clock at an admission f ‘and -with it .the - apygopn;t‘l;onf OF ters of opinion in raising and handl-|price of 25 cents. For the gvening| -8 :E:’::f: 5:: the ,estlbll!hmm of an|ing gheep. . Every member present|performance at 8 o’clock eyery seat ‘ The city counéil met in regular ses- sion last night and transacted routine here. - 5 Mexican rebels of two towns and two Licenses Granted and Contracts ! ¢ qera) military trains was claimed Awarded for 1920 today by revolutionary representative FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. Des Moines, April 27.—One man derived a fund of knowledge from the | in the house will be reservedat Prices | pusiness. Three . ordinances Were was killed, one fatally injured and At a meeting of the armory board | penefits of the others’ experience|ranging from 50 ‘cents, 76 .cents to| jven their third reading and passed. | three missing is the result of a,gas its body.on April 16, 1917, was re-|cooperative: association which has a|ed on sale at Boardman’s Drug Store lar City Fire Depart- ‘affirmed, giving an appropriation of | thorough knowledge or sheep raising. Tu:sday Toon, May 4, three days be- ment of a regu y $25,000 for a naval militia Srmory/| The advantages of thoroughbreds|sore the play. This - appropriation in .conjunction|over mixed breeds were also discus-1 - All frienas of the Bemidji High . o the irird . &n g ¢ -with the appropriation made for the|sed to the end that nearly every|gchool and the Senior class members f,‘;.’,,}':,,‘f: f;f,';‘;fi?n;"by.law number 3 mati_onnl guard unit, makes 550.,0.1:0 member agreed that the raising of | are urged to keep this play in mind a8| g¢ ralating to'various changes in e et Vel T p e anh it e Al aey | O in Somt 1n fhe | CAgANLor i sl Vi, ; armory. city of Bemidji vo e : duction which is & big event in cha S o bong:y to the extef\t of $8,000 to as-|strongly: the establishment of a live Tt 3 ev:ry high school student: Disoussion of ‘the laying » sist.jn the construction of the armory stockdx;alels and exhhibit p:vmonllor § in- 1917.. 'This, together with the|this’ district which would ‘comprise ; ililfiunn' subscri'ptiogs,of $2,000, and | territory as far south as Brainerd, as » . ‘the state appropriations, gives the|far east as Grand Rapids, west to Mm“’s ADVAN . ¢ity $60,000 available for the armory Fosston and north to the Internation- £ project. g -* Plans’ to, Be. Drawn at Once. Plans for the armory building are to, be drawn, impaediately by archi- tects and as s;on uv.tendgw ;;wsll'rib'e submitted to. the armory bo: or ¥ - approval, . Immediately | upon their | COLD WEATHER BARS 7 approval: bids will be advertised and|., *'BASEBALL PROGRESS /' the contract let. : gpney v:xrll be av’:il- e 3 " able as Boon' as the contract;is let; T £ i ot ‘arrangements being made through the Only- a few ‘baseball enth\;aiu': state: board for the money. ' It|Were im attendance at the basebal / .state:doan board for the money. “It|,; i held last night. at the ball : P 1wtt;h 5 buflt?:ngwl:ll TStrl:&d ¥ park for the:purpose of ‘getting the ntt?:;ly“otn u?:nb::géuz ‘was in Be- % e Tt et | prospective plasers together to futth-| g4 songay 1n the interests of g S R e resent the Ralph Gracle.post of the for governor.. for printing the proceedings and legal block fourteen followed and upon mo- tion of. council it was ordered.that same. . A drayage license was granted to cover this eéxtent of territory ‘they. are degirous of having a building to cover the county, but feel it should cpver a larger fleld. . ra _SAYS ¢PROSPECTS GOOD’ Charles E. Ryberg "on_Tour for- Harmony Candidate " for Governor F. D. Boyce, were nanmed as a commit- ment in front and one story and basement in ‘the: rear; : It-will con-. playing n,. . The, weather.proved vass of the state and finds that ev-| The Bemidji.Mfg. Co., were allowed N-|5 bit’/tdo -¢old for practice and" very _ A o Sart i i i ivisi aceo n erywhere he goes,” Mr. Nelson’s ca-|the use of the old Nwmore hoe 3::3 ‘:o;lg:n?mhd?gfl';:gfifilxx :2;‘0_ Yyas' accomplished: at the‘meel- afily is looked u'pon with favor. “It | and rejected hose for the. purpose of ‘and ‘offices, - gymnasium and baths, | .1j is-the hope of the manager of the o . in she south end of the:main.drill hall{may be called soon under more favor- | & dnl be?lerv.n iy B B B ; 4 erected a platform for use of [able climatic conditions that the| 870 T PSR Coe b on of Mr. Nel- ‘speakers-addressing. audiences. .- . |players may be given an opportunity w!:l_, ] /. On tHeeast side along the water|to get Into condition. ° He further stated that.Mr. Nel- r;g:::: . :'lmlg: :ngl:ltfi’arx':::igltn:rp:n 2.3l T —————— _ ... |son was well qualified for the office @ wide " i 3 p is side i i and that if a harmony candidate was aud on this side in the winter m TOWAm chosen the one man to line up with ‘Complying with the action of the time suitable arrangements. for win- Yould be Mr. Nelson. city council-on April 5, 1920, oftici-| whom Frank helped support until the fire escapes. ter sports will be-made.so_that. ice Frank Nelson was born in Henry]| . . { basket rinks may be maintained. - From t:,: county; Illinois, and was raised ot Inflfl mwb':tl::?: A :::‘l‘é"'" Laks :?!p:{o the b";lggemn be: cdnstra the farm by his widowed mothier, |Seol&l to he held Ot b oo S . The armory. committee of ‘the as- oune by the Bemidji of in St. Paul yesterday, the action of | which will aid in bringing about a|one dollar. The tickets will-be plac-|mhe first one related to the estabiish- | gxplosion early today. e e tocbe charged 5y the city| BREAD CONTEST AT CENTRAL SCHOOL MAY 1 It is expected that several teams he alley in |and a number of individual contes- sovery 4ad yavient In b o4 tants will enter in competition at the annual bread baking contest, which bids should be asked for covering|will be held at the Central school ; building on Saturday, May 1. The contest is being arranged un- al boundary. If it is not possible to MAN Vlsrl's B 3 ”' John Stebs and jitney licenses to An-|der the direction of Harry J. Olin, 3 ton Wold and Jonas Erickson. county leader in the boys’ and girls’ Bids were opened. for the clean-|club work in this county, &nd he will ing of the septic tank ana contract |also have supervision of the contest was awarded to Joseph ..ahn for |work. Judging the bread will be done $410.00. . by a woman from the state depart- Messrs.' L. F. Johnson, mayor, and | ment. All boys’ and girls’ clubs through- tee to confer with the BemidJi Sen-|,yu¢ the county are urged to have their tinel (relative to the incorporating pegt individual bread maker in at- certain information regarding the tendance at this time as well as the city in. the Publicity book being|pe.¢ team in each case printed by 'thn:e?rtni‘ for the Civic and | “eppe winders in this contest will be Commerce association. = itled to a free trip to the Minne- formulate plans for a team;to rep- Thie Bemidi}; :Floncor P“bmhmf ::tt:lst:uce fair next lf’all where they er form P! 4 Frank Nelson, republican candidate|company was awarded the contrac! will compete for state championship. feet and will be two story-'and base-{ s morican ‘Legion duting. the coming Mr. Ryberg has made a careful can- | notices of the cpuncil for 1920. LABOR MEETING T0 BE HELD TOMORROW NIGHT the labor unions. mposs| convention | using if a protection for, that por-| A meeting of the Timberworkers e B Ustnglt o Union will be held Wednesday even- ing in Christianson’s lmlld in fourth structed to inspect all buildings in|ward. Mr. A. Krog, president of the the city with.reference to required |organization, stated that the presence of business men or répresentatives of § the business in.t:fduun 1nuB:|altde1; ARMERS would be welcomed. 'He also ¥, B OLUBTO E that apparently. the impression had - HOLD BASKET SOCIAL | peop gained at the meeting held o i - " |the Grand theatre on: Friday night . Residents of this city are cordially| ;' 1oy “¢nat the-members of the Timberworkers organization did not favor wle appointment of a commit- tee to confer with the representatives al notice is being published today by |age of twenty-one. He w Farmers' club. An excellent Program | o, o yypreagion” he said, “they will i had the ‘armory | gyperir ] 11 and :which has had t S superintendent 'of the water depart- | way throhgh schools and colleges d | of wktertainment is being planned by | FTOE ImPresm N’ B saily IS Do Mgore, | OB {hat Sl wetdes (E00) TRARINE | Nas catabliohed 3 go0d school record |4} committee in charge of the social o 7] He has been a resident of Minne-) affales Customers who;; v;:;r account for ;:? morio thlnn ::tb::n l{'urs :&?flhfl;‘ the. first gquérter of-1 remains un- n active in c life po! 1 ¢ W, T St Paul|paia on May 1 will have tne water|and otherwise n this state since that | DY tle person making tue #igo ; ReP] tthe city. and|taps shut 6ff and the service discon-| time.. N wor;m‘” ihodd?confidér st tfinv eotmm"fi .:l.lomm” he lead the republican par- prtunate that everything|arran, T an | man who can @ Te 2 A oy 5 Toenmuts akk iorfii‘fin;thflntqqnt&aewnc ty topgtery: j mh:?lnemxdjinthllfim& on stiadows and the person bidding and the members. of the club | ¢ mittee and to appoint a committeé in attendance will bid | o 0 "oy o on numbers to meet.with Y ! | Sy ) the highest gets the basket prepared | ™ my . 4101 vote on the eight, hour day has been computed and is said to 3 Entertainment fedtures are being| ), NEO,})OO n nvqunpl 200 opgos- )pporte! him the one |planned % 4 ed. No further developments in the Hiveu s belleve oar.[unite in asking the attendamce’ of|i) ..ceneq. strike situation has been reported. . 48c PER MONTR IN KILLING . OF THE WOLF Neighbors Who Quarreled With Wolf Are Suspected " by Authorities ' BLOODHOUNDS FAILED TO PICK UP SCENT TODAY. Attorney General Langer and Others Are Making Thor- ough Investigation (By United Press.) Turtle Lake, N. D., April 27.—Twe men believed responsible for the murder of eight on the Jacob Wolf farm here, were among the curious, who gathered there later, authorities believed. Both are neighbors known to have quarreled with Wolf. Arrests are expected but the authorities are holding back, fearing an attempt at lynching. The men were closely obseryed while on the grounds and were aske to help remove the bodies. Both ¢! them aided sullenly. Other actions increased suspicion toward them. At- torney General Langer and others are investigating. One of the men is known to have purchased a shot- gun, recently. The eight persons who were found murdered ‘on the Wolf farm near here last Saturday are: Jacob Wolf and his wife; their five daughters; Bertha, aged 13; Edna 8; Mary, 10; Lydia, 5, and Martha, 4, and' Jake Hofer, 16 years old, who was employed on the farm. Only one member of the family escaped, Emma, eight months old. Bloodhounds being used by the authorities in their search for -the slayers of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob. Wolf, ~theirr&:e -duughters, and Jake -Hofer, chore boy,.failed to pick up a scent today,. although' they "wére taken all : ovet’ the country surrounding the Wolf farm near here, where the eight bodies were found Saturday. 'FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REPORTS First Bound Volume May Be Obtained at Nominal Figure of $1.50 Each The Federal Trade commiseion has published the first volume of its decisions, finding, orders and confer- ence rulings. . Bound copies may be obtained from the Superintendent of Public Documents for $1.560 apiece. The volume includes all cases passed on by the commission from March 1 1915 to Junme 30, 1919. Subsequent volumes will follow. The printing of the volume entailed considerable expense and for that reason the com- mission adopted the policy of the In- terstate Commerce commission in not making general public distributiom of the volume. Word was received today by the oftice of the county superintendent of school of Beltrami county that the following schools have closed for the year upon completion of the required period: ’ District No. 101, near Grygla—Roy Lutterell, teacher. District No. 107near Grygla—Con- rad J. Sund, teacher. Banfkton echool, south of Pitt— Mrs. Lura. J. Martin, teacher. Winterroad River school, No. 48— R. W. Williams, teacher. Faunce scnool—Mies Della Menda, teacher. . Debs consolidated school—Mies: Ramstead and Miss Stromberg, teach- ers, Carp ‘school—Mrs. Nancy Acree, teacher, Grundmeir school—Miss Josephine ‘McBrédoe, teacher. ) In addition to this number which have already closed for the - year, there are a number which were clos.- ed prior to last Friday and were re-- - ported at that time.| In each case the school is closing upon comple- tion of the required eight months course. J TU. S. DISTRICT COURT trict court st Fergus Falls has boen adjourned from May 3rd to May 18th. All having sny interest in this term, should bear this fact {n mind. AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC |