Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 29, 1920, Page 1

9 » Y \ . / opened. —————————————— Only Daily Within 100 Miles of Bemidji BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE! The Pioneer is a Member of the United Press—Leased Wire Service—Today’s World News Today * VOLUME XVIIL. NO. 131, MILLS RESUME o WORK TUESDAY | enunat Nootoav stop JUNE IST, SAY (0. OFFICIALS ‘Those Desiring Work Should Apply at Offices On or Be- fore Tuesday Morning ‘STRIKE SITUATION WAS EXAGGERATED . . Cities and Duluth That Con- ! dition Here Was Serious i The Crookston Lumber company mills and the Bemidji Box company have announced that they would be- .gin operations on Tuesday morning, June 1st. Any former employees or any others who are desirous of go- ing to work are requested to apply .at the offices of the companies on or before Tuesday morning. The plants will be operated on a ten-hour basis and on the same wage :scale as prevailed during the month of April. Twin City and Duluth papers con- tained articles this morning to the effect that the workmen were being intimidated and that the destruction of the mills were threatened, and -that an influx of I. W. W.’s and labor agitators had flocked to Bemidji... The article also stated that Sheriff. Andfew Johnson and Mayor L. F. Johnson had made official reports of the threatefied 'conditions and 'that they had requested that the national _guard company of Bemidji be ordered to remain here to assist in protecting lives and property, and that they be -excused from attending the encamp- ‘ment at Fort Snelling from June 5 “to 19. Inquiry made into local conditions revealed the fact that reports had been made to Governor Burnquist and that Major W. C. Garis was .sent to Bemidji by the governor to investigate and report his findings. It was reported locally that strikers -who were doing picket duty in an eort to prevent others from securing employment, were becoming more persistent in their efforts to stop the men from going to work and that in -order to prevent trouble of any kind it was thought best to take every pre- »cautious method possible. In view of the fact that the local national guard were going to Fort Snelling June 5, it was thought best to advise the governor of the situation should the mills decide to open and -operate during their absence. Be- ; cause of this matter having been brought to their attention, outside papers immediately jumped at the .conclusion that conditions were seri- wous in Bemidji. Thus far nothing of serious nature has developed as far as-actual labor trouble is concerned. The men have been exceptionally well behaved and their attitude toward those who pre- ferred to go to work on the ten-hour ‘basis has thus far been quite ordi- +nary. A few cases have been re- iported where the picketers have be- ‘come “nasty” and more persistent daily, and it was thought that be- .cause of this increased persistency, serious trouble might ensue. -~ Investigators find that the men who have been actually employed in the local mills and factories and who, Thave been making their homes here, are a well behaved lot, but they also find that the city contains quite a) number of strange faces, many of whom are believed to be radical .1 W. W.s and agitators. It is this class which breeds discontent and un- Test among those who would prefer to handle the situation themselves. It is a known fact that the timber workers who live in Bemidji are a good, clean, gentlemanly lot of fel- Tows. % The mills are going to operate on Tuesday and indications are that a large percentage of the strikers are anxious to go to work and a great many have stated that they would re- turn to work as soon as the mills MAJOR GARIS REPORTS NO DISORDERS HERE St. Paul, May 29.—Major W. C. Garis reported to Goveror Burnquist that reports of I. W. W. activities at Bemidji were untrue. He said there ‘was no disorder although strikes had been in progress there for some time. Report Was Current in Twin Spec‘ "l'r‘in Met by Juvenile Ba:.d and School Chil- dren This Noon Met “at the (}refl,t Northern depot by the Juvenile band and a parade of school children, business men of St. Paul on a special trade tour were escorted by Bemidjl citizens through the business section of the city short ly after their arrival here this noon. Mayor L. F. Johnson leading the pa- rade. Following the parade many St. Paul business men dropped from the ranks and called on business ac- quaintances here and visited other business houses which were of most interest to them. The Minnesota State band accomp- anying the boosters assembled, after the parade in which it took part, at the corner of Beltrami avenue and Third street where a concert was giv- en and pavement dancing was enjoy- ed by a large number of local peo- ple in addition to a number of the visiting business men. Souvenirs of various sorts were liberally distribut- ed to the children and grown-ups representing and advertising the wares of the St. Paul merchants. At 1:30 the boosters marched to the de- pot and in their special train went form here to Laporte where a stop was made. Cass Lake was visited this morning. * ACTRESS BEQUEATHS “EYES'TO SCIENCE Clara Kimball Yopng, famous film star who attributes most of her suc- cess to her eyes and whose eyes are insured for a fortune, has offered her eyes to science, the delivery to be made " after death. She has willed that immediately after her death, her eyes shall be taken by some noted. scientist, to be selected. If the.ad- vance in learning at that time will permit a reading of the retina, she wants the picture developed, but she wants both eyes to be studied that the world may learn more of the power of the human eye and that the whole mechanism of the eyes which have swayed the ‘emotions of thousands, may give up’its secret. Why can this girl with her eyes bring smiles or tears at will? Why without change of expression can she convey to an audience through those windows the impression of anger, con- tentment, love, anxiety, sorrow or wonder? These are some of the ques- tions that Miss Young wants science to answer after her death. The girl heard so many references to her eyes that she naturally asked questions about them and interest in eyes never left her. “Why are my eyes different from others?” was one of the questions she often asked her grandfather, and grandfather had to go into the depths of both poetry and physics for his answers. Still his answers never sat- isfied completely the girl’s desire for knowledge. “I believe that the dream of the mind, the thought uppermost, will be- come so impressed on the mind that it will be revealed in the retina,” Miss Young said. “Perhaps I have not become as scientific as others, but this thought has impressed me from girlhood. If the good and bad things are expressed in the eyes of life, there must be some record of these things after death. I cannot believe that all the beauties merely pass through the mind and end in merely a momentary impression. An exceptional opportunity - to see these wonderful eyes of Miss Young’s in all their beauty is given in “Eyes of Youth,” showing at the Rex theatre commencing tomorrow afternoon. COMPANY K MEETS ON MONDAY EVENING All members of company K are re- quired to be in attendance at drill on Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock, May 31, at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association. Ac- cording to the notices already sent out by Captain Moore, all men are to report with all equipment which has been issued them. MEMORIAL DAY CLOSING As a result of consultation with the merchants of the city the follow- ing schedule for stores is suggested. Clothing, Dry Goods, Grocery and Hardware stores will close "all day. Drug stores will be closed from ten o'clock to 4 p. m. Meat markets open to ten o’clock, closed remainder of day. Merchants are asked to themselves accordingly. TRADE COMMITTEE, Bemidji Civic and Commerce Assn. govern BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1920 BILL OF RED | LAKE REPORTED OUTFAVORABL Controlling Works at Outlet of Lake to Be Provided Bill MUCH RICH LAND TO BE RECLAIMED Object Not Only to Prevent Floods But Provide Drain- age Outlets for Land Washington, .fay 29. (Special to Pioneer)—The committee on Flood Control today favorably reported to the House the Red Lake Bill with amendments suggested by the Secre- tary of the Interior. It now includes authority to comstruct controlling works at the outlet and to deepen and straighten the Red Lake river and its tributaries which include the| Clearwater river, along which is some of the richest bottom lands in the state. Half of them on the Indian reservation and half outside. The bilk carried authority to sell Indian lands to reimburse the United States for the sum expended on its part in the|- project and in carrying out this pro- vision the department will offer for sale to settlers part of this valuable reclaimed land not required for al- lotments to-Red Lake Indians which will mean an influx of desirahile set~ tlers and great development for ‘the region -in’ the near futdure. - f trami, " Clearwater, Pennington, Red Lake and Marshall counties and to conserve and develop water power that will be made to pay about omre half of the cost of the improvement. Congressmen Halvor Steenerson and Harold Knutson, who has charge of the bill, expect to call it up under suspension of the rules and have it passed at the first ppportunity. ORDER OF MARCHING FOR MONDAY EXERCISES Members of the band, the G. A. R., the G. A. R. Circle, Women’s Aux- iliary of the American Legion, the Juvenile band, and the American Legion are asked to assemble at the corner of Beltrami avenue and Fourth street near the Odd Fellows hall between 9 and 9:30 o’clock, Mon- day morning, to march to the ceme- tery in the following order: Band. G. A. R. Veterans. Ladies of the Circle. Juvenile Band. School Children. American Legion. 3 The school children will fall in behind the Juvenile band at the Cen- tral school building, while the pupils of the North school will join them at Fourteenth street and Irvine avenue. Starting from the Odd Fellows hall the march will be up Beltrami avenue to Tenth street, along’' Tenth street to Irvine, and then up Irvine to the cemetery, leaving the Odd Fellows’ hall at 9:30 o’clock sharp. Automobile owners are asked to be on hand at the Odd Fellows’ hall in plenty of time to help transport the veterans to the cemetery. VERDICT IN FIRE CASE FOR DURAND WORLD NEWS {By United Press) POPE'S SISTER DIES Rome, May 29.—Teresa Sarto, sist- er-of the late Pope Pious, the tenth, died here Friday. JUGO SLAV TERRITORY INVADED ~Paris, May 29.—Gabriel D’Annun- zio, leading a band of arditti, has oc- cupied the towns of Kavelaj and Susiak, according to a dispatch to Le Journal today. The Jugo-Slav gov- ernment has notified Italian author- ity that the poet’s violation of Jugo- Slav territory will be resisted by force. B FORM AND NOT SPIRIT OF LEAGUE OBJECTIONABLE London, May 29.—Hope that the United States would eventually ratify Versailles treaty and join the league of nations was given renewed strength here today following a speech by American ambassador Davis that dissatisfaction with the form of the league covenant should not be construed as evidence of un- willingness to enter into asconcert of nations. INDEPENDENT FILM " MEN BLOCK TRUST - CONTROL OF SCREEN e Weather forecast, 24 hrs., Markham: Cloudy, warmer; unsettled.' LAND CLEARING TRAIN AT SOLWAY THIS AFTERNOON Cars Will Come to Bemidji and Remain Over Sunday Here Solway, May 29.—The Minnesota Land-Clearing train completed the second week of its six-weeks’ tour here today, showing the most recent developments in land-clearing meth- ods before a large crowd made up mostly of farmers from the surround- ing country. The men in charge of the train and those representing the various co-operative agencies—the manufacturers of explosives and of stump-pullers and other land-clearing equipment—found here additional evidence of the fact that the whole north country is tremendoutly inter- ested in developing cut-over lands as one of the greatest resources of the state. It looks now as if the work of stimulating their interest would certainly be continued through the year and as if the train project would be repeated next year. ( The train made a special stop at Cass Lake yesteyday afternoon. Cass Lake was not on the regular schedule of the train, but the Commercial club there,. knowing that the train was to go thru their town, set about to arrange for a special stop. The secretary of the club, M. N. Koll, got word finally at 4:30 Thursday that a stop could be made. He immediately went to the local telephone exchange and in 15 minutes the farmers of the country who have phones were being ‘Rex Theatre Owners May ‘Be(notified of the plan and urged to come Offered Franchise Right in Organization Indications revealed today are that Bemidji may soon be included in the war which two factions are waging fiv, supremacy in_the motion picture dacing companies who are intent upon 'monopolizing every branch of the bus- iness from actors to theatres, and on|the use of dynamite. in. A little later automobiles were scurrying over the country to take the same message to farmers who have no phones. As a result, when the demonstrators went into action about two o’clock yesterday afternoon some two hundred and fifty farmers and others, including not a few of the Indian farmers of the region, were on hand to see the work-of elim- dnd(isp'ry. On one side are large pro-finating stumps from a piece of jack pine land just at the edge.of town, also the method of digging diiches by Mr. Koll says the other are a large number of in-|that the work in land clearing in dependent exhibitors, stars and di-|Cass county is being pushed, and tnat rectors who have merged into op-|what was learned at the demonstra- position to this would-be trust in a|tion would have the effect of giving co-operative organization called the|momentum to the work. Associated First National Pictures,| In the evening most of the memb- Inc., which is waging the battle to|ers of the train staff. through provi- keep theatres p development of genius A three-days’ inspection is ¢ ritory as a motion picture exhibiting field has just been completed, and before leaving the city today to re- unrestricted. | port to the Associated First National Pictures headquarters for this. terri- tory the field survey official said that without a doubt some exhibitor in the city would be invited to join in the move to keep the would—be_ trust from obtaining the death grip on motion pictures. Secrecy Attends Result. While he would not go into the de- tails of the report he is to make he independent and the|sion made by the Cass Lake Com- mercial club, were taken for a fishing of this ter-|excursion to the mouth of Turtle river, across the lake from the town. An hour’s fishing gave the boys a good string, and they are feasting on pike this evening. Monday the train goes to Black- duck, Tuesday to Northome, shurs- day to Littlefork, and Saturday to Guthrie. ' 1t will stand in the yards of Bemidji over Sunday. The staff of demonstrators abord the train consists of A. W. Wilson, Chicago, Tll., repre- senting the Hercules Powder Co., of Wilmington, Del., assisted by C. R. Anderson, Pelican Rapids, Minn., C. declared that Bemidji graded so high| M, 0'Loughlin, Northome, Minn., and as a field for the exhibition of pic-| Willard Devers, Duluth, Minn. tures that beyond a doubt it had al-| " .Guy G. Means, Duluth, represent- ready been included in the plans of[ing E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., those who are attempting the monopo-| Wilmington, Del., assisted by Arthur lization of the industry as the location | Pearson and Stanley Johnson, Wah- of a trust-owned theatre. For this|kon, Minn. reason alone, he declared, the Asso-| Arthur J. Swantes, Escanaba, ciated First National Pictures, Inc.,| Mich., representing A. J. Kirstin & would be inclined to grant a sub-|Co.. Escanaba, manufacturers of franchise to some theatre owner here|stump-pullers and related land-clear- in order to prevent the stifling of|ing equipment, assisted by Andrew competition. Jourgenson and W. J. Gallagher, Associated First National Pictures, | Escanaba, and Walter Nelson, Mc- Inc., is the name chosen by an asso-|Grath, Minn, ciation of exhibitors, now numbering six thousand, who have against an idea of a giant finai monopoly of motion pictures. eral months ago efficiency experts retained by men who had pnrchued a great number of shares in several of the companies that produce mo- tion pictures expounded the theory that there was a great amount of waste in permitting recognized stars of the screen and well .known di- rectors to money they deemed necessary to fi a production. smaller companies whose capital was Wm. E. Raven, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, rebelled | representing the LaPlante-Choates ncial| Co., Cedar Rapids, manufacturers of Sev-|land-clearing machinery, assisted by Tom Jones, Cedar Rapids; D. C. Mc- Lean, Northome, Minn., and Donald Ritchfe, Duluth, Minn. M. V. Hovde, Duluth, Minn., repre- senting the Martinson Manufacturing Co., Wrenshall, Minn., manufacturers of a hand-operated stump-puller, as- sisted by John Hanson, Wrenshall. . E. Johnson, University Farm, spend any amount of St. Paul, operating a Conrath home- made stump-piler, assisted by Sander They pointed out that Nejson, Hinckley, Minn. John D. Rose, Duluth, representing On Thursday and Friday of this|necessarily limited held down produc- the Knudsen Automobile Co., Duluth, week a case of local interest was|tion expenses, and that there was no tried in District Court at Park Rap- ids, wherein James Douglas, a farm- er living in the town of Hegla, and|could not do the same thing. about ten miles from Bemidji, brought suit against a neighboring farmer, George Durand, claiming that in August, 1917, Durand had negligently started a fire on land ad- joining the plaintiff’s land, and had negligently watched and tended the fire so that it ran into the plaintift’s meadow, and destroyed a quantity of hay, and burned out the soil of the meadow and rendered a portion of it worthless. The jury yesterday afternoon re- turned a verdict for Mr. Durand, the defendant, finding that he neither set the fire negligently, nor that he fail- ed to use due care in extinguishing the fire after it was discovered. Graham M. Torrance represented the defendant in the action, and re- i The purpose is not only to prevent floods, but to provide drainage outlets for millions of acres in Itasca, Bel- to Bemidij last evening. larger companies, hy the reason why R with practically unlimited (Continued on Page 8) MEMORIAL DAY TO BE EXTENSIVELY OBSERVED distributors of the Cleveland Tractor Co., manufacturers of the Cletrac. ‘Wm. Boss, chief of the agricultural Alengineering division, University of Minnesota; and others‘ connected of county agents in Northeastern Minnesota; and( others connected with the University department of Agriculture. The business management of the train is in charge of C. H. Welch of the agricultural extension division of St. Paul, May 29.—Memon:lal Day | the University. this vear will be devoted to even more The train is made up of nine cars— extensive honors of those who died in | four freight cars which carry the ex- the world war than last year. In the|plosives and land-clearing equipment, twin cities scores of organizations|two box cars which provide for din- will have special memorial services|ing room and kitchen, a day coach for members and friends who died in | which serves as a lounging and read- service. Thousands of dollars have|ing room for the men on the train, a been contributed to decorate graves|tourist sleeper, and a caboose for an of the dead in French cemeteries. {office. The train is electrically light- General orders of the Department of |ed by a farm lighting plant provided South Dakota G. A. R. call for ob- by the Alamo Minnesota Light Co., servation of the day tomorrow. 'Mlnneapolis. 45¢c PER MONTH SAW MILLS WILL REOPEN ON JUNE | o or s, pat wo [FLOODCONTROL SITUATION IN [RELAND CALLS FOR DRASTIC ACTION SOON British Military Officials Take Steps to Meet the Critical Situation There ’ [} TWO CONSTABLES BURNED TO DEATH Cavalry 'Has Been Sent With Guns and Ammunition ~ Following g London, May 29.—British military officers took steps to meet the criti- cal situation in Ireland today follow- ing attacks upon soldiers barracks at . Killmalock where two constables were burned to death. The barracks were set on fire by a band of a hun- dred men who fired a volly into the building and then threw bombs con- tagining oil and parafine on the roof. Premier Lloyd George presided at a cabinet conference last night at which it is understood drastic action to cope with the Irish disorder was decided on. Flying columns of cav- alry have been sent to Killmalock. Supplies and ammunition and guns have been landed at Kingston. 1920 H. §. CLASS The Commencement exercises of the 1920 High school class was held last night in the Grand theatre be- fore a large audience. Opening with a march by the schoo} orchestra and procession of the graduates in cap and gown to their places on the stage, the program was carried thru as outlined on the descriptive pro- grams. Miss Bertha Webster gave the Salutatory address which was fol- lowed by selections from the Boys® and Girls’ Glee club. The Valedictorian was Miss Caro- lyn Caggpbell. Both Miss Webster and MidS Campbell had carefully pre- pared addresses expressing the senti- ment of the class to their parents, teachers and school. President J. C. Brown of the St. Cloud Normal school then gave the commencement adress taking his audience back to the old days of the log school, the ryming text books, and vagabond school teacher. Por- traying the marvelous chapges in ed- ucatfon during the last century, he finally impressed very strongly the necessity of providing adequate in- struction for the present day student who could no ‘more be equipped by old methods and standards today than could the pullman express give away again to the ox cart or the automobile to the mule team. Do not handicap your boy or girl with a weight to carry in the race of life when their competitors are running free from such weights was the final word of advice lett with the audience. Dr. F. H. Smith presented the di- plomas to the students and congrat- ulated them upon their achievements so far in their journey for knowl- edge. | WILSON ORDERS RELEASE OF O'HARA (By United Press.) Washington, May 29. — President Wilson today ordered the immediate release from prison of Mrs. Kate Richards O’Hara, one of the so-called political prisoners. Release of Mrs. O’Hara, Eugene V. Debs, Rose Pastor Stokes and others convicted under the espionage act, had been demand- ed by the socialist party convention and citizens committee in petitions to the white house. PAY YOUR CURRENT TAXES ON MONDAY The office of the county treasurer will be open all day on Monday, May 31, Memorial Day, that all taxpayers who have not as yet paid their cur- rent taxes may have an opportunity to do so since this date is the last day on which they can be paid with- out a penalty of 10 per cent being ad- ded. All are urged to take advantage:. of this opportunity. | S GV, —t— gichieniss ie