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& BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER mber of the United Press—Loased Wire Service—Today's World News Todey -~ — ° ; BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1920 Weather forecast 24 hrs. Markban: 45c PER MONTH - TRAVEL ORDERS FOR IN BEMIDJ ARE TWISTERS HI COREANT X R CARRANZAS Mo wiakir) SOUTHEASTERN | 2>+ — BODYBROUGHT “rorincoanca | MINNESOTA ON | 5w coonc . cios”| WOOD SAMPAIGNEUD - T') CAPTTAL out the country naturally raises the But Arrives on Special WORLD NEWS R o e s (By United Press, Washington, May 24.—Frank M, Hitchcock, campaign manager fof#] Major Leonard Wood, was the firstg witness called today Ly the Senaté committee investigating campaign expenses. Hitchcock said he knew Travel orders giving explicit in- structions for company K’s trip to Fort Snelling for the summer encamp- ment from J&me 5 to June 15 have been received by Captain Daniel J.|yothing about the contributions to Moore, commanding the company.|Wood’s campaign and could only The company will leave Bemidji for testify to the expenditures in a gen- it St. Paul over the Great Northern |eral way. Hitchcock sald fifteen This Morning railway at 6:05 o’clock Friday morn-|thouansd dollars sent into New Jer- ing, June 4, arriving at St. Paul at|sey from the national headquarters 6:20 in the evening. 8 was the largest amount spent from Regular drill will be held. tonight, {the fund in any one state. Hitch- all men reporting at the rooms of [cock said he kuew nothing about the Bemidji Civic and Commerce as-|expenditures from Chicago headquar- sociation at 7:30 o’clock sharp. Khaki | ters. . uniforms which were to have been = A issued Sunday will be issued tonight|PRESIDENT SIGNS PENSION BILL Many Foreign Diplomats Meet at the Library. Those who have not| Washington, Ma 9 . N s : < , y 24.—The Presi- yet received full equipment will re-|dent today signed the civil service Train Bearing the Bullet question in Bemidji as to why prices have not been l(')wered h;\'e. i Careful investigation has shown . * . . k that Bemidji merchants never charg- One Child Killed,” 20 Injured vsi ed as high prices for merchandise as and Property Damage of . has been charged in Eastern cities, IR where the cost of doing business and Quarter Million conditions compelled them to do so. - - The Bemidji scale of selling has al- ways been on a fair margin and on a lower level than in those cities where prices are now being cut. Even with the price cut, they are not yet down to that level which is being charged in this section of the state. There seems to be no way. of de- termining just what caused the cut of prices in various sections, but it MILITARY HONORS NOT TO BE GRANTED RELIEF BEING SENT FROM TWIN CITIES McCONNELL WILL GI Y COMMENCEMENT ADDK: .S B-ccciéurente Service Will Be Held May 30; Sermon by City of Castle Rock Practically Wiped Off the Map; Wires X3 is’'pretty well agreed that banks hav? D Isolating Ci ive i is ti i S 3Rev. George Backhurst s'pretty well ag) own, Isolating City ceive it at this time. Every member | retirement bill providing for the re- Riddled Bo T P . 8! made a demand for money they have of the company is expected to be on|tirement and pgnslonlng of govern- - 4 dy e 5 loaned and that the big merchants hand at assembly tonight, sickness be- | ment employes. (By United Press) St. Paul, May 24.—A series of tor- nadoes that swept southeastern Min- nesota late Saturday, killing a child and injuring 15 or 20 persons, and wiping the city of Castle Rock prac- tically off the map, did an estimated time, would have to be replaced at 2 ;liamage"of nearly a quarter of a mil- figure higher than what the -merch-|lion dollars. According to a telephone message ants are asking for them, today. Twin city officials today took steps| . ..ived this morning by County to send relief to the tornado stricken b district, to aid in rebuilding. Most Coroner H. N. McKee from Kelliher, 300.000 FACING of the damage done was in the city ‘E:u:é‘i?:“g::edw:ggg :lfo:t T;'; :’:3 Mexico City, May 24.—The train PARRY OF BRITISH AND SINN bearing the body of Venustino Car- UNIDENTIFIED BODY Dubin, Moy 24 Reparts ot |was delaped by derallment enrouts FOUND IN WOODS SUNDAY |35 o on ey gicnthe rom bl b ueivd ore o s - Fein government sould not be con- special lru’ip at five thirty-five this firmed in official circles today. Th‘e morning. The body had been expect- d to arrive Saturday night. M city of Dublin is nod su d o 2y SEcs odt solfiiers. 3 irrounded by o0 e foreign diplomats, including George Summerlein, American charge QUEEN MOTHER SUFFERS were forced to sell at reductions in order to meet the demand. Bemidji dealers are turring their goods at a figure which i3 just about what the manufacturers :r: demand- ing for fall delivery. In many cases goods, if not entirely sold out at this The commencement events of the ing the only excuse for absence. Bemidji State Normal school form a very interesting program, beginning ., with the May festival given by the [ ysical: - education classes on the s Normal ‘ school campus on Wednes- Y’ day evening, May 26, at 7 o’clock. The pni)lic is invited to attend this festival. and the faculty ask that those who'plan to attend cut out this met the train, No military honors will be granted article..for their . reference, as no printefd;r“momm Witll& be f“{"i’hed' IDLENESS IN lr)xfifizgt;fiuizgckétwfiicfiuiesa:;cfi; ed fOrtY | 1al¢ miles northwest l-:f Kelliher yes-| lli\faPAlflfEl]')T ?F VISI?N S revglu fousay foudons, i they oon- 2 The following are the numbers on L = %l terday b; ersons who happened to , May .—During a vio-|sider Carranza was merely a citizen i the school house, the Methodist y by P lent fit of coughing due to severe|when killed. The body was to be tak- church and parsonage, a store build- | Pass that way. Coroner McKee ex- NEW YORK CITY | itz na"s nmber of dwellings were | pects to leave for Keliiher tonight razed to the ground. Telephone and |t0 visit the place where the body telegr;ph Jines for miles around were .Waft f_o“"d': i ebidagie b “, torn down, isolating Castle Rock is not known how long the y Car Shortage Due to “Outlaw trom the world. The injured were|has been tl,ere, accqrdmg to thg mes- Strike” Threatens to Halt | brought to the hospital at Farming-|sage, but it is believed that it has Building Operations am for the festival: May Festival. al Education Classes I i3 1. Marching. 2. Swedish gymnaggi 3. Dumbell -exercises. 4. Indin club swinging. ance, Varsovienne — By Kathetine Sexton, Vera Cutter, Berthdé Webster, Lauramae Burnham, Dorotl*; Harris and Cyrillus Free- man. the pr ; » broneitis, the queen mother Alexan-|en to Carranza's former residence ‘ 5 der, burst a small bloodvessel in an|and turned over to his daughters, | eye which impaired his vision. Julia and Virginia. Carranza's body was riddled with bullets. Herrera HUGE SUGAR PILE and his men opened fire at four ‘ GUARDED BY TROOPS o'clock Friday morning while Car- Chicago, May 24.—Fifty thousand ranza was asleep. Senor Ancona act- — tons of sugar are guarded by govern- ing foreign minister directed a strong ment agenth here today with loaded force to pursue Herrera and admin- rifles. ister the death penalty when the former bandit leader is captured. tion, 8 miles north, in freight cars|been there for some time. On the The counties in which most of the|remains was found a ring and a damage was done included Rice, Da- quantity of money. The most recent kota, Dodge, Olmstead, Goodhue and|date on any of the pieces of money Steele. was 1909. JOHNSON AND WOOD RUN I ol | ALTON FILES FOR STHDIST COMMISSIONER o choice of Oregon republicans for pre- sident may not be determined until Elmer C. Alton filed on Saturday ‘ for the office of county commissioner " (By International News Service) < II1. % Folk Dances—1, Physical Ed- ! g ! fi'cf-élou&lCInss II—(a) Dainty Steps;| New York. May 24.—Imagine a gl (b) Beén Porridge Hot; (¢)” Alumni|city of 300,000 people confronted Mazurka. 2. Physical Education|with the possibility of having all of EXCELLENT PROGRAM FRENCH PRESIDENT fil‘:‘:;et;;[ L‘;:?qh!ll(—l))(al)kggc‘ifi:?gi:x; :,:i n:u:;k::l ::::wn n‘ut of employ- PLANNED FOR LUNCHEGN FA”S FROM TRAIN the official canvas of the primary. No such problem as this has ever| For the Wednesday luncheon . of 4 Hiram Johnson’s lead over Leonard :;r:;qn to t"’" thef b::‘:-n;r:tci;?xi ';ietv{ the Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- P";(’l'ls'tM‘;YFZ"-—P';l“lll f%fic‘;a?::i Wood today was only seven hundred athers of any of ow sociation there is bein, 1 president of France fell fr oun| American cities. of that size... But] yrooram of especial ?;:tgresz ::395 i: road train at Montages, near Fon- f:;mb::,? :'tf:;‘n ‘};,St'l‘l‘:t‘e 4 L]‘)"- AlttOI\ little old New York may soom belyrocq that there be a large attend-|tainbleu, this morning, alighting” on | g AT ROADS EARN 1 PER from various pagrts olgthe di);tr‘;zte:: ance, La Tzigane—By Ai- aylor, Evelyn Kirk, Florence of the Nations. 1. and thirty two. He lost his anc ; Italian : Tarantella—By Agnes Lar-|.ajjed upon to find a solution for just > ©< | nis face on the tracks. 1 < |t - son, Doris Sime, Arvilla Anderson,|sych a circumstance. ;:fi:,fvz" hand at the meeting Which' "5 ‘0" Uhen he attempted to open ~ CENT ON INVESTMENTS | come out as their representative and T i 4 a window and fell out. He walked to Washington, May 24.—The na-[he states that it is because of this Ruth Johnson. 2. 'Scotch Highland| Three hundred thousand men in 0 3 X Fling—By - Sylvia Hsber:lan,gflllIQulxl‘ New York city alone are facing the sfik‘:“fi:;;;‘:fl?“l:::l wislgugze ?lfl t::. & Mearby station and his injuries was Lleont’s rull{loalds cm'nenit onily one per pc;r:lstentkur:zhing, that he has decid- Anderson, Adeline Davids. . Iris] rospect of being thrown out of work| _. 4 4 11 1a ed. He was not seriously hurt. nt on their property investment|ed to make the race. 3 . : prosp! city to inspect company K prior to ress last year, interstate commerce com-| Mr. Alton was born in Wadena land, Gunhil Kvale. . 4. Russian Kam-|railroad car shortage, brought about np ; i N arinskeia — By Josephine Parker, | by “outlaw” strikes and other causes, guest oft:lhe éAtss;))cm{:mn.d Plans wpi ard Elliott, representing the owners|of the Civil war, and chairman of Bl Zelia :Paquin, Avis Cameron and | is speedily relieved, according to Ed- ‘l:::mt‘axllzgen 3}) for 2gns§azr:ti?:‘rsi:::le HEAD‘ON AUTO COLLISION at the new freight rate hearing. the It)oa;d of commissioners in that | — county for a number of years. Elmer Dance, Coming of Spring—|tral Federated Union. Wil g By Bernice Kirk, Myrtle Kolbe, Flor-| Hanna believes that the building :he t‘;:?“ ".{ the gté.,P.a‘;] b“fs";is;" ey WAGE BILL PASSED SENATE | been engaged in the meat and grocery ence Lainey. industry may be completely tied up L: to;scom Yz; flcsl::i 5010 a ¢ Pan Washington, May 24.—The senate | business, previous to taking up the o mpany o . Cloud are ex- today passed the Nolan-Johnson |homestead on the reservation east-of ilt—By Edith Jacobson, Gelena Heg-| within the next sixty days unless the I Lxlt—Gy 1 3 Wi y day the .summer encampment, will be a sioners were told today by How-|county, his father being a veteran rickson. ward L. Hanna, president of the Cen-| °° "7 r 4 this will be the last meeting prior to SMASHB UP AUTO.B“S NOLAN-JOHNSON MINIMUM moved to Bemidji in 1903 and has o at the end of this month. Two thous- Driving up from the rear in an 3 - Maypole Dance. s < o é B“:;l;“““e Soreicn: ad five hundred carpenters and ce- | pected to be in the city for a meet-|attempt to pass several cars which|minimum wage hill fixing three dol- Bemidji. He has proved up on his £ ment workers have already been laid | Ing Wednesday evening and if so were in the lead on the road from|lars a day as the lowest wage that land and has developed a good farm in the heart of the timber belt. He is a taxpayer and well known as a: 3 good hustling farmer in this com- munity. He announces his candidacy with the platform of being in favor of equal distribution of road amd bridge funds throughout the district. will be guests of the Association. Many: sinteresting , , talks are ' being plan}rlled and the program promises much. 2 LEGION PREPARING MEMORIAL PROGRAM Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion, in connection with the G. A. R. and the G. A. R. Circle, is planning a very appropriate program for Memorial Day services and to bring about the best interest of all members of the local post in the celebration, all members are urged to be in attendance at the meeting on Thursday night at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce associa- tion when every effort will be made to secure as many members as pos- sible to join the parade on Memorial can be paid to civil service employees of the government ATTEMPT MADE ON LIFE off. Something like 15,000 more have been warned- that they cannot expect employment beyond the first of June unless conditions improve. Stop orders have been placed on hundreds of thousands of dollars worth "of building contracts, reports filed with the federation show, and the situation is growing hourly more acute. “Matters have reached the point where it is almost impossible to ob- tain cement for building operations here,” Mr. Hanna explained. “The railroads are maintaining an em- bargo on the essential, and it is out of the question to try to. obtain floats. “As near as we can find out, vir- tually all the cement being shipped in here at all is brought in by spec- ulators by barges from Kingston and otner points up the Hudson. When a shipment arrives, these speculators hold a regular auction Sunday. . sale at some point on the North T o . e and sell the lot to the highest]. In addition to this there will be A interesting program of enter- bidder. There is plenty of cement|2 Very % T being turned out both up-state and in tainment and general business will Pennsylvania, but in view of the rail-| be attended to. Farther announce- road situation it is impossible to get|ments will be made later as to the it here. nature of the entertainment. A suspension of building opera- Nymore to Bemidji, it is reported that F. M. Taylor, a Cass Lake mer- chant, ran head-on into a motor-bus, owned by Chris Olson of Nymore, from Bemidji. In the collision, Tay- |, ieq sSiates District Attorney 101“5 cs;‘r sl;lflered tl';e least dmlngle' Charles Clyne narrowly escaped while the bus was almost completely | je,tp when an unknown assaflant ruined. The wreck still stands by the|g,04 two bullets through a window pavement near the stock-loading | in “the Clyne residence last night. yards. No injuries to the occupants|pgjjce belfeve the would-be assassin have been reported. believed the boy was Clyne. The dis- :;ldcitcu&:;.!urney has been prosecuting gress asKed that this country accept AEROPLANE HURLED 500 FEET BY STORM a mandate over Armenia. STUDENT SELLS 11 PINTS (By United Press) oF 118 BLooD For 3600 | SENIORS HELD PICNIC (B nternations] News Service) | SATURDAY; ITASCA PARK Minneapolis, May 24.—An aero- plane piloted by T. M. Nagle, with dent in the Johns-Hopkins medical school who has eleven punctures in H. E. Eichlinger, mechanician, was hurled to the ground by the strong his left arm, from each of which came about 500 cubic centimeters wind in this city on Saturday after noon a distance of 500 feet. Mr. (one pine) of perfectly good blood Nagle is in Asbury hospital and his for transfusion into patients, is “still going strong,” has never missed a condition is serious. Eichlinger escap- ed with only slight bruises. day, May: 30, at 3 o’clock p. m. sermon: will be delivered 'by Rev. George . Backhurst. Commencement Address. - On Wednesday, June 2, at 10 a. m., the annual commencement exercises ill take place on the Normal school campus; The address will be made by James M. McConnell, state com- {7 ~missioner of.education. On June 14, the regular opening of the summer term will be made. VOTE: FOR PRETTIEST GIRL TUESDAY NIGHT All the girls at the High school are pretty. That is conceeded but % there will be ‘“one prettiest” in the minds of every one present at the «Beauty Contest’” tomorrow night at the Elko theatre. Tnere will be heaps 5 of variety to select from and every one present will have an opportunity of voting for the one they think is prettiest. Of course, there has been no campaigning for votes—too soon after suffrage granting for that—but there promises to be a lively contest. There will be a lot of other things that will be interesting at the con- cert also. The boys and girls who have had their pictures taken at the WILSON ASKS ARMENIAN MANDATE Washington, May 24.—President Wilson today in a n age to con- Members of the senior class of the Bemidii High school, despite the un- favorable condition of the weather on Saturday, held a very enjoyable picnit at the Itasca State Park. Leaving Bemidji about 11:30 o’clock — day from class as a result of this|and arriving at the park, all partook loss and is $600 better off financially. [of a picnic dinner to which each con- Opportunity for students of all|tributed. classes to sell their blood for from Several members of the class miss- tions, Hanna pointed out, would $50 to $100 a pint comes daily at the|ed a good time by not being able to throw workmen in every allied indus- Johns-Hopkins hospital, and though |attend. Five cars transported the try out of employment automatical- the hospital authorities dislike the|picnickers to the park. Following ly. . idea of the students capitalizing this|the dinner some drove on farther to act of humanity, it has been found [y H WE'VE FORMED POY. Park Rapids, Walker and other towns i E?JEE(?&T cws TO BRING N to be the best way to get the right|close by, while others remained at THE CosT OF BOXS'SHOES ~WE PON kind of blood for sufferers. It is|the park until time to return to Be- | \NTEND TO WEAR SHOES AGMN I estimated that more than half of the|midji. This event which comes but entire student personnel have sold lonce in the life of a High school stu- UNTIL NEXT FALL — their blood one or more times. dent is always to be remembered as a very enjoyable affair. BEMIDJI PIONEER MANAGER e FINDS SOMETHING WITH “KICK" E. H. Denu is performing his duties at the Pioneer office today with his right arm in a sling—a result of attempting to hold hands with a cranky “Lizzie.” Mr. Denu has learned that these lady cars.are real- - 1y dangerous to trifie with. MANY BEMIDJI PEOPLE MOTORED TO STATE PARK There are hundreds of empty cars in freight yards about the city, but school _will want to be there to see|they are not being moved in any large hemselyes and their fathers and|numbers owing to conditions of con- mothers . are sure to be interested|gestion brought about by the recent enough to go and see them. strikes. 3 The management of this concert| The condition is said to obtain promises.a full night's entertainment | throughout a good part of the -coun- A -& 1] 4 = for all who go. try. Steel nl:glotl:.rt industries- are| } \ 7 < 7\ y ‘WOMEN [Nmu'"(s’ facing a possible shutdown for lack '@ . s Uum COMM"N'ITY of raw material, and the situation is i 2 ) \ AT GRAND ToMoRRow even beginning to make itself felt in 3 & ~ BAND’S FIRST CONCERT D e Wasilagton Thesinat [ ‘ I % ‘m v, “Women in Politics” will be the the b]lg tbakhersf zre {nakit:g frantic topilcw of the address to be delivered The United Community band will appeals to the federal authorities to 3 by Mrs. Peter Olesen of Cloquet at Sive e i fivst Tree, open air concert|aid them in obtaining supplies of i : i e f| [the Grand theatre tomorrow after- Tenstrike on Wednesday night, flour. It has been estimated that - - y noon at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Olesen is May 26 at 8 o'clock, under the di- railroad traffic at present is short ap- i E delegate at large to the democratic ree:'lon of G. Oliver Riggs. This or-|Proximately 226,000 cars of normal. convention at San Francisco and a ill give as many free national committeeman for Minne- i (g):sll\z:::'ormn:ensgduflng the sl{mmer BOMB EXPLOSION IN iy as possible and the four townships FOREIGNERS QUARTERS She spoke here at the organization of Hagall, Port Hope, Taylor and . meeting of the Women’s Civic and Pittsburgh, May 24.—A score were Community elub and those who heard|enjoyed a fine moter trip to the \ injured and 0“"1’5 l"‘f‘”“‘s when two ftasca State Park yesterday and de- g —_ stores were entirely destroyed In a spite the fael that the roads in some . 50 Hines willreceive thelr proportion. : her will remember that she is an homb explosion here today in build- ’ N ;= ¢ - g extended to all interested to attend|places were not in the best of con- .. Py The roags leading to Tenstrike are ¢ in good cohdition and no doubt there excellent speaker. An invitation is ing occupled by foreigners, the meeting tomorrow. ditfon, all report a very pleasant day. I A large number of Bemidji people will be a large attendance at the concert, N

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