Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 28, 1920, Page 1

Only Daily Within 100 Miles of Bemidji ' IDJI VOLUME XVIil. NO. 130 i BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1920 Ao RALPH GRACIE JOLFERS TO TAKE PART IN BOLSHEVIK CONTEST - NEXT SUNDAY P. M. Special Games Also Planned for Forenoon and After- noon of Memorial Day CLASS DAY s bt 3055 BRUTAT JURDER . POSTMEMBERS | v L -weic DISHOVERED N Gift Presented by Seniors A MlNNEAPous to Bemidji High _mokl AL DAY ‘Before a large attendance at the VACANT HOUSE p High school auditorium last evening b the antx’mal class day exercises were| 3 ST given by the members of the Senior turn in their names to Orville Chapin 9 . N class of the Bemidji High. Included . . at-the golt links will take part in a in Regular Session Last N‘.'M on the program was the class song, | Unidentified Well Dressed 2t the E0F T80 Wi, 8 8 Oors with 4 Members Showed Enthusi- |the class prophecy, the class poem,| Woman Found Brutally Mur- |the highest number of strokes at each the class will, and short talks by s hole.drops out, so that when the nine each members of: the“class. dered in Bryant Ave. House |nole course is finished there remains A lantern to light the way for one player who is judged the winner. the Junior class during the coming Players are allowed to talk and jibe year was presented by the Seniors| BODY DISCOVERED BY each other as much as desired in this ‘WILL ATTEND M. E. and to the High school was presented . a moving picture machine which was NEIGHBOR WOMAN :::::?; ;ng::;_re e o, Teshy o o0 CHURCH ON SUNDAY purchased by the graduating class. “On Monday forencon there will be e 'gusflgi"; wlllll rlemain the p':p erty °: a- shortstop {ournamem, the first g i © High school as a remembrance of | Mayy Theories Are Adv: eight players to take the first flight Special Observance of Day on|the class of 1920. y Advanced |eight players to take U e the soc- & . The program was well carried out Mondny in Connection and was well appreciated by all who as to the Murder But No ond. _In the afternoon there will be On Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Bemidji Country club asm for Memorial Day . attended. It is planned to publish Definite Clue Yet : With Veterans parts of the program . which were . Ig plarined. OgS most interesting at & later date, the 5 sent Tt oo e s wiicmey| - AFTER BRINGING ESSEX 'ow some lig] on the murder o " qun ednes Iy R' ernoon. . . a — ‘ EMIDJI HIGH TO HOLD cieo s Hovine ¥ty | it Locat Bors Voyase mmmm almost positive that it was that of a Would Never Have Been woman he saw beaten by a man-under a street arc light the night before. leted, Say “Gobs” A garage man also reported to Conep ) S8y the police that he had been called publications to include the Class will and the Class poem which reserve special mention. BEMIDJi BOYS RETURN Memorial Day plans were discussed *:at length last night at the meeting | - held by the Ralph Grlalcie Ppost o: :ll:e "American Legion at the rooms of the —_— - . Bemidji Civic and Commerce associa- - ‘tiom. jAltlmugh the Women’s Aux- GRADUATING CIAASS OF ary had been invited to attend the " session only three of its members were present. This fact was a disap- -pointment to the post since plans had been made for a very large attend- :ance. ; Thayer . Bailey, chairman the .committee appointed severa. weeks .ago to plan a celebration for Memor- “jal Day in connection with the G. A. “R. and the D. A. R. together with the Auxiliary, made a complete re- Well Arranged Program Prom- ises to Please All Who At- cinity of the house where the body|after bringing the naval training ship was found. Two men were in the|Essex from Chicago to Duluth, ‘the car and asked him to rush repairs to| Bemidji boys who accompanied Lieu- gram on Sunday When all members of into his hand and as soon as he had|that without the aid of the local boys ices, to be held at the Grand theatre, as-ipvited by’ xey. Lambert, and.for 'This . ia| description- of the car.. _ the program on:Monday when, all are|cominencing at 8 o’cloc the,0dd swa’,hall: between 9 -and [ated from the’local school. The pro- A ise M 9:30'in the%"::n':o‘nl to march to the|gram which has been arranged for|She-had seen two unkept 'looking will'be held. In tie afternvon there|instrumental and voecal selections in a “will.also be.a program at the Grand|addition to the usual commencement the body was found. theatre to which the public is gener- | address, which will be given this year Several theories have ~been ad. .ally invited as well. AL patriotic|by President J. C. Brown of the St. vanced regarding the murder, one of «citizens of the city are urged to be in|{Cloud State Normal school, and is as 2 oLy A attendance at both the forenoon and |follows: lured to the house by someone repre-navy life on a ship like the Essex is “-affernoon program to show the vet-| Processional, Graduating Class; senting himself to be thé& owner. or|not what it is gracked up to be, and .erans that,toeir deeds will never be|War March from “Athalia,” Men- agent of the house for the purpose|from the experiences which have been forgotten. Each members of the Am-| jelssohn; High School Orchestra. of selling the house to the woman|related by some it is easy to believe erican Legion will wear on this occa-| Invocation, Rev. Blaine Lambert. ostensibly, and after getting her in|that the boys earned their passage. " sfon a red poppy whica will be fur-| Salutatory Oration, Bertha Web-|the house robbed and killed her. An-{A few of the rookies have been talk- mished by Mrs. L. F. Johnson was has| ey i other theory is that the woman was|ing about a basement, windows, attic, offered the post enough poppies for| gejections from “Building of the killed in an automobile and dragged |upstairs, etc., but nevertheless the all members. Legion members and|gpin» [ahee. (a) “Build Me|into the house. ‘| boys worked hard and at least had a ex-service men are urged ' to wear Strai‘gm O Worthy Master,” (b)| The murdered woman was abdut|fine trip to Chicago even if the trip - “their uniforms it they so desire. « |opo b iotive “Thus Said He.”|45 vears of age, well dressed and back was not as well enjoyed as ex- 7 Fred Bost, manager of the .ase-lBous and Girls' Glee Club. showed every indication of being a|pected. ball team which represented Bemid-|" yjledictory Oration, Carolyn Camp- | woman of refinement. Much of her ji and the Ralph Gracie post so wellly .y : clothing had been torn and pulled M"Ex]co FIGHTING > last-Friday in the game atiainst C;oz Address, Pres. J. C. Brown, St. off her, ilr’ndicalt)ini a stx"’u%gl;; hHeI: by, maue a report on the basebal L nose had been broken and both cheel \ El Paso, Texas, May 28.—The de- facto government of Mexico has be- gun its threatened campaign against . to his honest opinion, which has been H. Smith. Her skull was crushed by blows be- Ketball, that it appears as if ‘these ear rings. The lobe of one ear was Francisco Villa. Advices reaching necessary support, since Bemidji has| The high cost of living is receiving | ghout the floor. The windpipe had With forces under Generals Igna- would turn out to support a first|cording to proprietors’ of the store, preseiit outlook. Laying part of the|thers’ sale, which begins Saturday, _ the local business men who were best | jaople of Northern Minnesota will|to be held at the St. Paul college, CLASS OF 60 TOMORROW formed after making every effort pos-| "“p oo i) Graduating Class; | hind her ear and about the base of the :{ games had been discarded to take up torn open when the ear ring was here yesterday indicate that at least forgotten the national game and|g gevere jolt through the announced|peon cut by a knife and other cuts cio Enriquez and Marcelo Caraveo iclass team. Gonvick has offered a big-{doing a big business, and expres- blame for baseball being a failure|,romises to be one of the biggest ever IN HAMLINE GRADUATES e Viila's military idol, and the _ situated to help such a project had|pepefit by the savings offered. | trom Sunday, June 6, to and includ- " 4ast game of baseball here to en-|fayorably known throughout North-|events will begin with the Bacca-| On Saturday, May 29, the Knights close by but no one at either apart-|day night with 1,000 men. ments could identify t}ne body. -a bageball team in Bemidji, this city the base upward as if by a violent ‘would not support baseball nor bas- OPPOR“mmB—_—FOR wrench that ripped off the woman’s i the mountains of the Parral district if ‘the local post wa‘s to organiz:ha ECONQMICAL BUY[N The teeth of both jaws had been|ty hunt down the bandits. golf_team that it might receive the = battered out and lay strewn in bits he said, could borrow .5 cents worth|G{ll Brothers’ sale, which opened «of Gonvick’s baseball pep this city|with a boom on Wednesday, is, ac- ed for the 1ocals last week than Be-|ihey appreciate the reduction in the midji_could possiuiy dig up under the he pointed out that lack of coopera-|gtore. They have offered reductions|from Hamline university during the his own life “tion on the part of the members and|jn practically everything and the|sixty-second annual commencement s K. OF C. TO INITIATE . sible to secure financial support for High School Orchestra. head. Her ears had been torn from the game o1 golf. He believes that pulled off. three commands have been sent to has become a golf town. I Bemidil, |sale of Bemidji’s two clothing houses. | '} e “the head and face were found. already in the fleld, it is reported ger sum to the battery which play-|sions from customers indicate that hiere to the members of the local post, | conducted in the history of the| Sixty seniors will be graduated|, o }.g gworn he must pay with lost, money in an attempt to stage a| Both these concerns are well and|ing Wednesday, June 9. Commence city from the surrounding territory)Episcopal church, June 6. Commence-|the order. The initlatory work will by the inducements offered. ment exercises will take place Wed-|pegin at 9 a. m. sharp and will con- nesday afternoon at the same church.¢inue throughout the day with the offered the post and from all present appearances there will be no team to Tepresént this city this year. ex-service men are buried in Green- 2 i wood cemetery and the Ralph Gracie|, ?}:{:fll‘l’ me‘:fi‘;‘ l‘:th:hte (I:eli:t events, banquets and reunions. business men who are coming on the g w06 hall at elght o'clock, The following of Bemidji, Minn.,|trade tour special tomorrow. The ses- t will see that their graves are q mored this year. Commander N. at the Moose hall at eight o’clock. |..q enrolled at Hamline university: |sion will close with a banquet and . B Given, who has been confined to hospital until recently, was pre- . ment at the meeting mtld ttggk the s if for the latter part o e ses- siho::. All Legion members welcome JUVENILE BAND : $im back to health again although " at present he is not entirely recover- ed from his illness. ¥ John M. Culver gave a very inter- eating talk concerning the signifi- gance of Memorial Day and urged all members to turn out at this time to honor the veteran dead. Mr. Culver -will racite a poem of which he is au- 4hor at the memorial services at the be present at the meeting. fective flue, completely destroyed the August Luadtke home on his farm in Grant Valley. The residence valued ] at approximately $5,000 was entirely | against the Crookston Lumber com- destroyed with only a few pieces of | pany, which was tried in court at furniture saved. Only $550 insur-|Fergus F;ll.s gegore .Iudge P;gi Mgr- ied on the property. ris, was decided in favor of the de- trade booster train. On Monday the Sncewas:cars fendants. This was a cace wherein band will assemble at the band room | CHILDREN IN PROCESSION WILL | the plaintifls were meing the defend- Grand theatre Monday. ‘;Vlemorlal procession. E GATHER AT CENTRAL SC!lOOL ants for damages caused by the iogs Following discussion on attendance All children who are planning to of the defendant injuring the trade at meeting of the post, a committee Ao | MATER. With the Memorial Day pro-|of the plaintiffs. of three was appointed to make ar-|of entertainment. Following adjourn|cession to the cemetery Monday Attorney Funkley appeared for the ment a buffet lunch was enjoyed by |morning must assemble at the Central rangements for the next meeting at -nizgséine time préparing a programjall present. % school grounds at 9:80. o’clock. Rehearsal of the juvenile band will The case of Aubolee & Kroken be held tonight at 7:30. The band will assemble tomorrow at the city hall at 11 a. m,, previous to going to the depot to welcome the St. Paul ald for the defendant. & The Pioneer is a Member of. the Uni‘od Puu-—l.oaul Wiu Service—Today’s World News Today Lake. der construction a modern garage and cottage. to fix a large touring car in the vi-| Returning yesterday from Duluth ‘t‘}'l‘;‘“;:i'm“; g:fe gle‘:czf';‘:;‘;;’gl"sg"" Henry Clausen is building a house 3 on his place north of the cemetery. ;-port of the plans made for the DrO-| .\ o guoies: of the Bemidi | the machine, thrust a five dollar bill|tenant E. A. Barker on the trip ‘say &ghfi:h:gtl:;gg.l I’;_"T‘%};;:g::df;_ these organizations are to meet in a High school will receive their diplo- the car fixed they drove away speeds|the ship would probably never reach- cated on the Jefferson highway west Sl H - 3pee, i o body and attend the M. E. church|mas tonight at very appropriate serv. ily. The police were given a goodjed por? at Dulm Former trai gr:lf eéfa?&;fi::::g : x:l‘;;el‘:r::’!: e o ed by a > "|stood them l‘;’&’:‘h“d .:-::t'without are each building a cottage on their i o 8 0 r|one of the largest clagses gradu-|.. : Way : ‘WOmAL eYwoul e been I lots at Waville and expect to make -expected and asked to assemble ned he Jarg er @TacU- | iving near the vacant -house that).~ Thefhip was'brought into Duluth|iheir summer home there. ad ‘see tyo _ unkept £ on !edn‘-ishy‘-fh;m:: l;!med lg lard .is building an addition to his this -evening contains men in uniform ‘about the house at|{Duluth members o: e Minnesota | home this spring also. cemetery whers appropriate sorfices o od & aumber of two different times the day before|naval militia, says a Duluth paper,)son.is making extensive repairs on but the local boys say that Bemidji| his tsore at 1221 Minnesota avenue brought the ship into port. Several|Dr. E. A. Shannon has his new home of the “gobs” who made the trip|on Bemidji avenue and Eighth s them being that the woman had been|have expressed the opinion that the|well under construction. ‘Work on the addition to the C. W. Jewett Co. garage is fast taking on shape and will soon result in one of the most modern and best equipped garages in the entire northwest. Kolouvatch of Lnicago who has pur- chased a 320 acre farm about two miles south of Wilton is constructing a house and barn on his place. The Koors Brothers plant which construction on Beltrami’ avenue near the Union depot is grad- ually nearing completion. This palnt promises to be one of the most mod- ern creamery structures in Northern wminnesota. e~ In addition to these constructions , a large number of local property owners are making minor repairs this spring and putting their homes and stores in first class con- dition . is under and repai VOTE AT CENTRAL SCHOOL FROM § TO 8 O'CLOCK MORE ROOMS FOR NORMAL STUDENTS There are still needed many more rooms for Normal school students. The list is far from adequate and the Normal man- agement asks that all who can in' any possible way spare a room notify the Normal school office. It is specially desired that sufficient rooms be pro- vided by June 2. BUILDING AND REPAIRS CONTINUE DESMITE COST OF MATERIAL AND LABOR City and Farm Homes Being Built and Large Number of Repairs Being Made Here ° Despite the apparent high cost of & mixed two-ball foursome played, it |building materials and the unsettled condition of labor which exists today, building operations in and around Bemidji still confinue. In addition to the new structures which are being built this spring there are also many repairs being made on older struc- tures. i Among those who are building this spring are S. J. Danskin of the Brown-Danskin Co., of Grand Farks, who has purchased the J. P. Lahr farm on-the west side of Big Turtle On this place there are un- house, With one house METHODIST MISSIONARY ANNUAL MEETING The Woman’s Home Missionary So- ciety of the Methodist church held the annual election that General J. Gonzales Escobar,|their meeting yesterday. Those Tt was stated that the murdered|nmewly appointed military command-|chosen to fill'these offices for the en- woman had at one time lived at the|er of the state of Chiahua, started to- |suing year are as follows: president, Eldorado flats or at the Bristol flats|ward El Valle from Jiminez Wednes-(Mrs. A. L. Molander (re-elected) ; vice-president, Mrs. J. M. Caldwell; ‘Between Escobar and Villa the bit- | recording secretary, Mrs. J. W. Nau- cost of furnishings. Shavitch Bro. terest enmity exists. The former was) gle; vtrea:;xrer. Mn:. P. N}, HAdne&; oe ) " | BEMIDJI ENTS one of the jury which passed a sen-|corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. M. # A Ity tence of death on General Felipe An-|Bagley; mite-box superintendent, Mrs. D. Wilcox; chairman of young people’s work, Mrs. P. L. Brown. SPECIAL MEETING MOOSEHEART LEGION 1 ecial busi ‘courage support. Since this gamelern Minnesota and indications are|laureate sermon by President S. F.|of Columbus will initiate a class of metmll: 0;"”'. eblsno:s:lfear: Le:lso:e:: 1agt week no better support has been | nat hundreds will be brought to the | Kerfoot at the Hamline Methodist|go candidates into the mysteries of [ye Moose Hall Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. All members are special- 1y requested to be present. Attention was called by Thayer| CENTRAL LABOR UNION Dr. Merton 8. Rise of Detroit, Mich.,|exception of two hours at noon when he fact that a number of will be the commencement speaker. ournment will be taken to allow e e o MEETING TONIGHT | 1ore will be numerous athletic ?xg members to visit the 8t. Paul OBSERVATION.CER ON M. & 1. MONDAY Beginning Monday, May 31, Be- E. G. Hall, president of the Minne-|Gorrine W. Carlson and Daniel C.|a smoker in the evening. The initia- |midji passengers on the Minnesota,& sota State Federation of Labor will|gainey. :ozj' Work will be held at the Arm.|International Railway line between ory. this city and the twin cities ‘will-be, FIRE COMPLETEL [ — benefited by the addition ‘of‘4an ob- DESTROYS I!;UAM'KE HOME| AUBOLEE & KROKEN LOOSE fervation car to the regular)train, The car will be brought to Bemidji Fire last night, caused by a de- REHEARSAL TONIGHT 8 IN. SUIT 'AGAINST LUMBER CO. |, orrow night ready for Monday’s merning train. dropped off ' here by the evening train and picked up again the next morning by the 7:35 train, and will be kept on the line during the sum- mer, according to the present plams. Atto Voting on school bond will take plaintiffs and Attorney E. E. McDon-|place at the Central school building from 5 to 8 o’clock tonight. A. L. Col- 0. E. Erick- treet, Leo})) of officers at use on It will be Weather forecast, 24 hrs., Markham: 5 Storm brewing in directic;n of wind. 45c PER MONTH W SCHOOL BOND TONIGHT FARMERS ASK FOR FEDERAL OWNERSHIP OF ROADS TODAY] Other Planks Demanded by, * Council Include Legislation to Control Packers —_— 1 ASK FOR TAX ON ) SPECULATION LANDS 4 Business Men Will Demand Return of Roads If Better Service Is Not Given ¢ . (By United Press.) . Washington, May 28.—Government ownership of railroads and merchant marine was demanded today by the Farmers’ National Council in a letter a.ddrelsad to democratic and repub- lican pational committees by George - P. Hampton, director of the ®ouncil. Other planks the farmers demanded are legislation to control packers, taxes on lands an dother natural re- sources held for speculation, adequate and cheap credit for farmers and protection of farmers’ co-operative societies from prosecution under the anti-trust laws. Washington, May 28 (By Ralph Couch).—The nation’s railroads must go back under government control soon unless the private managers be- gin to operate efficiently and without calling on the government for finan- cial assistance, Daniel C. Riper, big corporation head, warned today. hui- ness men will demand resumption of government control unless the service is bettered quickly, said Roper. Pri- vate management now seems to be costing the public millions under the guarantee clause of the transporta- tion act. \ WORLD NEWS (By United Press) KNOX PEACE RESOLUTION KILLED IN HOUSE “Washington, May 28.—The Knox peace resolution was killed today by the house which failed by twenty- eight votes to override President Wil- son's veto of the measure. RUBBER PLANT STRIKERS AND GUARD CONFLICT Briston, R. 1., May 28.—Three men were shot and scores injured when strikers and guards at the National India Rubber plant engaged in a pitched battle. Governor Beckman ordered out troops. The battle was precipitated when a woman attacked a girl clerk. SENATE PASSES WATER ' POWER BILL Washington, May 28.—Ending twelve years fight, the senate today passed the water power bill as it came from conference. The house having agreed on the measure it now goes to the president for signature. McNARY SUGAR BILL REPORTED FAVORABLE Washington, May 28.—The senate agricultural committee ordered a fav- orable report on the McNary bill pro- viding for an embargo on sugar ex- ports. The committee believes this will help reduce the retail price of sugar. SOLDIER BONUS ACTION FORCED BY FILIBUSTER Washington, May 28.—A fiilibust- er to force action on the soldier bo- nus bill was started immediately when the house met today. Repre- sentative Munsey of Ohio refused to allow the chaplain’s prayer until a quorum had been obtained. Other members said they would block ac- tfon on the budget bill if the bonus measure was not brought up. Repre- sentative Anderson of Minnesota gave warning of a filibuster late yest- - - erday. IRISH RESOLUTION REPORTED FAVORABLE Washington, May 28.—A resolu- tion expressing sympathy of the pub- lic with the aspiration of the Irish people for government of their own choice was favorably reported by for- eign affairs committee today by a vote of eleven to seven. Plans are to~ ask action on the resolution in the house next week. SIS SEUUU——