Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 21, 1920, Page 1

e ——— Only Daily I Within 100 Miles of Bemidji RESIGNS ~ PRESID dent of the -local Timb dent, is acting president. tion with reference to the a eomprise and to learn Pioneer,” said Mr. Krog, shown by actual reports time. in an eight-hour day and same. in the present strike. No vote was taken, but hour day.” 1t was learned further far as could be learned could effect the vote. In this manner could be entire body and whi . standing. Eight Hours in Big five men. :started operations. ber company has opened with an 85 per cent prod added a night shift. The -gun their saw mill. At Ironwood, Scott cent produetion. The Med company began ten-hour days. Baraga Timber Workers ‘their strike. with full crews the <could not produce mow in the local yards. VOLUME XVIIL NO. 124 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING,” MAY 21, 1920 Weather forecast 24 hrs. Markbam: . 45¢ PER MO . ALFRED KRO ~ OFUNIO Recommendations Made Are nstallation of the two retorts .1 *PREFER TO HOLD OUT FOR EIGHT-HOUR DAY (0" onstruction of the building is Alfred Krog has resigned as presi-|j; “who nas been in the city for the union and Charles Sivick, vice-presi-| by, who arrived here Wednesday, the This action was taken by MFr.|pu¢ the plant in running order as . Krog, ‘owing to the attitude taken|soon as possible. / by the members of the union, when he made his report and re;::::xln:ix;“d:: ST AN-EON AT WORK ‘tion after having made a trip to 7 Virginia and Minneapolis at his own m NEW mm‘)N expense in an effort to bring about facts about mill operations elsewhere. | gtanton, new secretary of the Com- “The mills at Virginia are running|mercial club, is making arrangements| high school department. It would be his suit concerns the use of Lake ten-hour shifts as stated in The|for the annual meeting and organi- P Tihls gul board of trade today. The continued in Minneapolis that the Crookston | en directors are to be elected. Lumber company could not afford to Petitions nominating candidates change to an eight-hour shift at this|for the directorate must be circulated I was told that they believed |and filed by Friday, May 28, five days ate on this basis as soon as ‘3ther mills throughout the coufltry did the S ioai Al “I secured consesaioné at least I consider them such, to the extent that the company would take all of the FREE DY/NAM‘TE men back regardless of their attitude “At the meeting Tuesday night ; &?&?%gyfi;??‘;éfi:g“xzsfig' ‘Duluth, May 21.— As a further|construction work before that time . . best thing to do...I told: them that I was in the mills in Virginia and that they were operating and were not in a crippleddcondih;!:l. \ tl “My recommendations did not mee 2 A . which to clear their land. These set- mwith the approval of those present. tlers, according to Col. H. V. Eva, general sentiment expressed’ from preferred to insist upon an eight-| ;. cutting of poles and wood, but varions sources that the men, mostly single men, were leaving for other localities, where they sectur:fi er:glo;l;‘- ment. Some have gone to Blackauct |4, 445 to increase their farmin, i g op- Northome and Turtle River, but as rations, Col. Eva said, but to do this all working ten—h:nr ?aysl. ot In discussing the local situation S0 with some of %he men, interviewers the :soml"’tlll:“tllgn Dha; ;“;de ;rrnnze- _advise that many have expressed a ments with the DuPont Powder com- advise; 18 pany to obtain dynamite which will desire to vote upon the ten-hour X d:;lfebutowuuld pté’fer that the vote be apportioned to the fire sufferers :z ‘i:]i‘ifxznlz l;‘:g"t;v:;c‘::lydl :o o:::: tions for the dynamite are to be made the exact aiis ant INEE: makle FICNIO AT STATE PARK the employee and employel"i to cgmre_ . unde to a better and more speedy e it i ig Falls have se- cu;re‘ae :;flkeerizfit-h}:\fi day, but the|trip will be made by automobiles, cale was placed at 50 cents an hour, the school bus and other cars being = = ‘ used to transport the picnicers. An making it a $4 day. The Duluth zing company operates a mill | excellent affair is planned for a.ll.» 60 gar & amount 1n Sollars AN Col | AN ras, S I Tavicable 10 08 there and employes about seventy- BURNING STUMPS CALL Reports Operations. f At Trout Creek & second mill| A pile of stumps on the Ben Kop- The Roddy Lum- | man place at Twentieth street and Hebard company at Pequaming have Box and Lumber company hiave be’- origin of the fire is reported to have have started operations wfi:::dlvogngz; ¢ Tm ARY last Monday with a 76 per cent _production. All the PuPlls A'l‘ NORMAL P - \ -,l 5 « Aé;i&s \NOR'; 22900T Hopre above it is understood are operating In Barag#, the request of the 3 Baraga Lumber company by one|the following announcement concern- - atriker for his former job is accepted |ing the registration of children for ] by company officials to indicate that|next year. : > ness to adjust wage differences, but|fifth grade, may make application stand pat against the establishment imself credit for the orderliness 0 tnl‘r:hfewhich the men have continued | ready registered for September. Answering the statement by labor i in Virginia, Minn., that even ¥ Rl crewa irginia mills| The following vacancies exist for 2,000,000 feet of September: Kindergarten, 2; grade Jumber for shipment this week, rep-|one, 1; grade two, 0; grade three, BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER [ The Pioneer is a Member of the United Press—Leased Wire Service— Today’s World News Today Unsettled: warmer with winds. A FORD BECOMES ‘ HUNGRY’ AND CAVES ' IN RESTAURANT FRONT . Accident Happened While in the Hands of a New Driver P S coateauzox|VOTE ON BOND i rren o] ORSESONFOR S| NEWSCHOOLON T vl ot Mionagh .FRlDAY, MAY %8 BATTLE FOR PASSAGE OF Ei Does a Ford ever get hungry? If|It has already been passed by the (By United Press) PEA | ed to!Arrive Soon Washington, May 21.—The House i today passed the Knox Peace Resolu- tion and sent it to President Wilson. 0PENED TODA“ d Commerce association has secur- you have a doub’; in your mind, ask|senate. The vote was 228 to 139. lease on the old Douglas mill Martin Dunn, proprietor of the Third | The vote indicates the measure can- Street €afe. not be passed over the expected pre- | Chajrman Porter of Foreign on 'Lake Irving is prepared for New Building to Be Erected on N ¥ t o Whether this particular Ford got a sidential veto since the majority is % % Not Approved by Tim- Lfi‘,‘,f,‘:,a:;?fieifiz;ed é‘,’m:‘f;',}:n ’?: the North Side of Central ‘“whiff” of onel gt Martifn’sh tiui%y less than two-thirds. Affairs Committee Moves to L steaks, or m cal i y - ¢ o ber Workers been made where the first building School Block +Fas ot bbe :r:iico:erené? b:ltg 2y n:n ] I ‘Agree on Knox Resolution will be located and plans are now under way to lay the foundation. Norway ‘pine stumps from which this company will manufacture tur- pentine and its bi-products as soon as rate the aforesaid Ford took a no- tion to gain entrance into the cafe and in 80 doing caved in a fine plate BUILDING WOULD BE glass window. BUILT IN SPRING 1921 pp;q happened about 9 o’clock completed and the machinery install- Thursday evening, the car apparently ; IF PASSED BY HOUSE WORLD NEWS. WILL GO TO PRESIDENT 2 T ed are already being delivered to the 5 being ‘driven by a beginner. . Mills Elsewhere Begin Opera- :Ltz a;:e ms:::]); more tons are expected | Will House All Junior High Mr.f Du:n is_building ; newf struc- (By United Prehs) Measure Already Passed in the ' rrive . . . . ture for his patrons and his friends Sena . tion on Ten-Hour br:‘:flewl?::lfi :‘al;lg:du!egta::::;t?:: School With Gymnasium sugegest lthnt ‘;'pflhe c?nt?nues to A:tve FRENCH STRIKE CALLED OFF te to Be a Substitute . . i Auditors such splendid meals so that even| Paris, May 21.—The national to Previous One Shift ‘Bu“ retorts arrived yesterday and is be- and Auditorium ed into the place, that|council ot Fre’lrwh General Federation 4 ing unloaded at the plant. Under the direction of Manager S. M. Lew- he build an’entrance wide enough s0|of Labor has called off strikes it was On Friday, May 28, a bond issue |that they may. gain admission with-|officially announced today. for final passage of Congressional of $235,000.00 will be voted upon (out wrecking the entire front. by the citizens “of Bemidji for the CARRANZA MAY SEEK SAFETY peace resolution was opened in the work of construction is Drogressing | purpose of securing funds.to be used . ON AMERICAN WARSHIP | house today by chairman Porter of rapidly. Every effort will be made to|, i1 o erection of a school building. KR“EN & AUBoLm SUB Vera Cruz, May 21.—American |foreign affairs committee. Shortly d the sechool| warships lying in Vera Cruz harbor, |after the house met, Porter moved 4s:1t 18- now planned by mmxs'“)“ L“MBER co- have orders to take President Car-|that the h . board this building will be built -on > ranza on board, should he request the a e house agree to the Knox the north side of tue present central] ... = oy E. B, McDonald, who re-|American government to take his to resolution recently passed by the school building on Beltrami &venue|¢rned. this morning from Fergus|friendly territory, it is reported by |senate as a substitute for the between Eighth and Ninth streets,|Fajls where U. S. court is mow in|revolutionary circles here. measure passed by the house more but separate from the central build-}gession, reports that on Monday next than a month ago. If this is done, 111%;11 il Liiiivita Satandsa’t the case of Kroken & Aubolee vs. Alie resolution; A e building so built is intended to | crookston Lumber Co. will be tried at e President. Porter opened a debate the housing of the junior ] 3 Chicago, May 21.—Grain futures|on the resolut i be used for the housing k) that city before Judge Page Morris. [ .. 0" 0 obomgan ‘ofi - CHIGAED | prectaont w"‘:g: with an attack om Washington, May ' 21.—Battling er Workers | past several weeks, and H. A. Slings- CONTINUED DROP IN PRICES the resolution will go immediately to the actual| Grang Forks, May 21.—H. Mayne the first unit of a High school finally i for the logging operations T e od or thy central sohinol o e Grntxston. Lomber peratlone [spread of price reductions with fav- site and would eventually house all | plaintiff has asked.for $17,000 dam-|°rable weather and more - raflroad the activities of the high school. |ggeg to its business on account Gf the curS_cnusedla drop of three to eleven It is not expected, even 1f 'the|jogg killing: the fish in the lake and ¢ents. on all grais. bonds are passed by the citizems, ryining boat rental. It is also ask- that the new building would beleq that the Crookston Lumber Co. built this summer but preliminaries, |not he allowed the use of the lake such as are always necessary to- be|waters for its logs. made, would be taken up and every-| Attorney MacDonald expects to re- thing would be in readiness for start-}iyrn to Fergus Falls on Sunday after ing construction early next spring.|s few days wih his family at La- In the event of the bonds being|yinia, - passed it is intended to borrow the money from-the state on these bonds, paying % per cent interest for them, the money to be available about July 1, 1921, If funds are needed on the “and I.was|zation of the club on Wednesday and records |night, June 2. At this meeting sev- m;g(l;‘on PRIMARIES BOTH PARTIES ARE e BEING HELD TODAY oper- | before the election. woud,on The annual meeting will be preced- ed by a membership dinner at 6:15 megmbers of the club are urged to attend the meeting. BTN PRGN / M, —three were killed when a hundred quarts of Nitro-Glycerine exploded. VILLA AGAIN BOBS UP Eagle Pass, Tex., May 21.—Mexi- can troops left Piedras Negras today for Musquiz, state of Chiula, follow- ing reported threats from Pancho Villa that he would seize wheat and other agricultural fields~in that dis- trict. Troops also left for Torreon. LIGHT ON SUGAR PRICES Washington, May 21.—Retail su- gar prices can be.reduced fifty per cent, J. H. McLaurin announced to- Several Candidates Attempt to Withdraw Their Names But Are Legally Prevented HOUSE BROKEN INTO AND VALUABLES TAKEN TO CLEAR LAND New York, May 21 (By Harold Jacobs).—The last of the big free- for-all republican primaries was in .| progress .in. Oregon. today. Contest- ing for that state’s ten delegates were, Leonard Wood, Frank Lowden, Hiram Johnson, Herbert Hoover and Miles Poindexter. The latter two at- means of helping the ' settlers who|arrangements will be made locally by remer, a farmer, residing Wwere burned out in-the forest fires|the board for the -money until the|one and uartér miles west.of Nary, of 1918, the Minnesota Forest Fires state funds are available. reports that while he was at work for Relief commission has arranged to| The board of education has given |one of his neighbors yesterday his supply them with dynamite with much serious thought to the matter |house was broken into’and many val- of school housing. It was found that [uables taken. Mr. Bremer had left something must positively be done to|the house lockedtin t‘:u:hmolmfllg bll.:t relieve the congestion and after the|upon his return foun e lock brok- sentiment of- tghe citizens was ex- erl: and his clothing, food and other [he and a delegation of eouthern :ivere pr::ented l;ly state law. The pressed by the straw ballot to be very [valuabies entirely cleaned out. He wholesale grocers assoctation held 09""’““1 ] were holding primary in largely in favor of the new building |has as yet been unable to locate the with Attorney General Palmer today. h"eg‘”l‘ also, with William' McAdoo the board finally decided on that|offenders. : the only name on the ballot. He also . 4 DECREASES IN FOOD sought to withdraw. This practically from the general manager of the comniission, before the fire depended upon other sources of income such as logging the floor it was apparent that they today from {88 all these were destroyed by the forest fires, it has been necessary for| “*hroc- iy winds up the selection of republi The lesson taught by the pageant 0 publican the settlers to turn to other means “TheeLiegsht," as given yby th: sihool SENTENCE SUSPENDED BUT PRICES PREDICTED | jelegates. There, remains only the Chicago, May 21. — Decreases in|West Virginia primary and the Texas food prices were predicted here today | state convention next Tuesday. Dem- by wholesalers as reports from the|ocrats will choose six delegates at west and middlewest showed a furth-|the convention in Hawaii tomorrow. er drop in the cost of living. Whole- salers declared that there have been E&ififi.’f{' °5;§’y't§§§°°'§’o§’§ff‘f€o"io¥:2 VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ackers sal at meat- prices were Hflm m PA“M . decreasing steadily. * AGED WO00D’S COCK “You can go to bed azd eat your heart out, curl up and quit, and the PASSES AT HOSPITAL disease s thé master. " The effort S Kittle Lia, at the age of 53 years ?::",':)I,‘:mh:e 'I"umj:”g);:fgh tg‘é‘;t":z"“?“' and 8 months, passed away at the| “.pencmber that the slacker and for a living. The logical thing for the farmers MUST LEAVE TOWN TO WORK Before Judge D. H. Fisk, presiding at municipal court this morning .in the absence of Judge J. F. Gibbons, John McDonald was arraigned on the charge of drunkenness and was sen- tenced to serve 60 days in the county jail with sentence suspended, provid- ed that he leave the city and secure children and members of the faculty this week was very strong. So clear- ly was the importance of adequate education emphasized that it would hardly seem possible that there should be any opposition to the float- ing of this bond issue at this time, particularly as the rate of interest these bonds will carry is so low. A class of thirty students will graduate this 'year, the largest in|work as he has agreed to do. the history of the high school. * This Judge Fisk as a specfal warning helps to demonstrate’ that Bemidji|to McDonald gave the local_ police ascertained T . | must make preparation for larger |department authority to pick him up GRADUATING CLASS TO classes each year. The enrollment |if he wps found around the city and of the schools for the year June 1818 |if so he would be obliged to serve to Junedl(!;l;) was1 ;é%%'_ta;adbtt;r the |the sentence which was suspended 56 ALth e ey ! year ended June , it is between |today. / . Anthony hospital on Tuesday af- ! Lo ter a long illness. He was employed xl(‘::ls({fu"e don’t usually get tubercu- 1,700 and 1,800. As has been pointed out repeatedly [T MASAAAAAAAA S~~~ 1as a cook at one of the Crookston P by articles in the press, inefficiency |sible to do this work and therefore|Lumber company logging camps for wr};’::‘;‘f '.'ue b:?’j‘ée“f}es "'°:“ (; letter must be the result of the present ppssible to obtain a much larger state [some time previous to his death. The | p E(,w.,,.fi'g Ud grA e?em b! iarenco crowded and unequipped condition of |aid. body was shipped to Kenyon Wednes- |{,* “rpe Qutpost’ 'fi.leor '";n] “;‘on day night tor interment. Local ar-| oy on uy bpy i studwe?ta Ya: 3:: the schools, particularly the high It is felt that every citizen’s duty school. State aid has, as its basis, |is to come out to the election Friday,|rangements were conducted by H. N. | Now England Vocational school, at McKee, funeral direcfor. Rutland, Miss: Thoso students are so far as amount in dollars and cents [ May 28th and vote. If opposed to the all veterans of the World War af- flicted by tuberculosis. The general gives the story ‘“‘the fight of my life.”” “I was for nine months in the army Tuberculosis hospital at Fort Bayard, New Mexico. I had laryn- geal tuberculosis of the worst kind. I did these things that the great ex- pert, Colonel Bushnell, told me to do for nine months, and it was cae fight of my life and it took me sixteen days to learn to be a jelly-fish. ‘““He would make me lie «own, or when I was continually in bed he would tell me an hour before lunch- eon and an hour before dinner te shut my eyes and make my mind a blank, if I couldn’t sleep to just rest and relax and then when the food came it all went to energy. This was in 1906 when L was discharged they were they will have to have additional land cleared. To.assist them to do this according to their needs. Applica- to the relief commission. Members of the 1920 graduating the High school faculty will partici- Falls. pate in a picnic at the Itasca State park tomorrow, it is planned. The bond issue, vote for it, but vote—so|STATE BOARD EXAMS that the board of education may have full opinion of the citizens of Be- _BEING HELD TODAY midji and so that after the election schools are not equipped to do ...s |no regrets may be expressed for not work—and they are not—larger state | having voted and no criticism of the aid cannot be expected and will not | board of education may be made be- be secured. cause they follow the wishes of those The new buildinz will make it pos- | who vote. % I Only a Mirage ID done in various vocational depart- ments. In proportion to the extent of this special work done so is the state appropriation. If Bemidji OUT FIRE DEPARTMENT State Board examinations were be- gun at the Bemidji High school today and will continue into next week| when all the final tests will be com- pleted. STUMPS SUGGESTED AS FUEL SOLUTION St. Paul, May 21. — The use of stumps for fuel, as a means of coping with the fuel shortage predicted for the coming fall and winter, is the suggestion being considered by mem- o bers of the “Minnesota Land Clearing]28 Well. Special,” which is making a tour of| The New England Vocational the northern part of the state, pro- school is a training center establish- a saw mill| Newton avenue becoming ignited, uction. The |caused the calling out of the fire de- partnflent shortly before noon today. Rhinelander | Neighbors protected the buildings e nearby and no damage was done. The and Howe|been a bonfire nearby. g The State Normal school makes u.u,qu ,:mmfllfi the strike is broken there. The| Pupils for the elementary grades,| | s 3 o v A | | moting land clearing, dispatches from ed and operated by the Rutland San- Baraga operators express a willing- | including kindergarten through the| | =7 < A \ % Ogilvie, Minni,- where the train atorium association, under contract ' / stopped Wednesday, said. with the federal Board for Vocation- al Education. The association .ur- now for entrance 3 i p next September. The suggestion was made by M. J. nishes the space and the teachers; > an eight-hour day. ) Registration may be made by filling | X 3 Thompson, _superintendent of the W. Cl.gBirk, president of the village | out a registration blank obtainable at| |§ Rh) \ : s S Northeast Experimental station at :31 f;éeenr: la:é, ar: st ht; supf"es't o of Gavaga and. secretary of the|the elementary department of the| [ j : N 3 Duluth, who joined the special train |0, BEISACIDLES or t union, gives| Normal school. N 2 - ~ at Ogilvie. There are courses in English, 3 “These stumps,” Mr. Thompson|arithmetic, _spellin g % %y 3 g, mechanical said, ‘“can be broken up with ex-|grafting, architectual drafting, shop plosives and then be sawed up and|mechanics, blue print reading, type- used i9r flle} .., | writing, comptometer operating, He is taking the matter up with|mimeograph operating, dictaphone explosive experts aboard the train|operating, bookkeeping, poultry rais- | |and is planning to try out the plan|ing, bee culture, carpentry, fruit early this summer. raising, farm management, farnr ac- Members of the tour have discov-|counting, auto mechanics, chauffeur- Pupils now in attendance are al- Those now on the waiting list will retain their places and will be notified in turn. grade four, 7; grade five, 8. resentatives of. the Virginia & Rainy|1; ; s % ey Lake Lumber company said there is| In grades where no vacancy exists| § 2, NN i ered that Northern Minnesota is mak-|ing, gas engine comstruction, hoase- ‘more than 2,000,000 feet of lumber ing rapid progress in land clearing|carpentry, mill work, typewriter ge- work, according to_the dispatch. pairing, and watch repairing. new pupils may be registered and placed on the waiting list. day, following a conference which tempted to withdraw their names but _