Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 2, 1920, Page 1

2| BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER REPUBLICANS Two Minnesota Irregular Dele- gatesof Tenth District Seat- E ed by Vote of Committee "~ [CRAPID TURN OVER o G i %k The Plomeer is a Member of the United Press—Leased Wire Service—Toda: AND FAIR MARGINV Margins Should Be Computed é&-th-les and Not Cost; Spe- & ?"IS‘»‘;-&:; on Grade of Goods - “necessful retailing were shown . “an-black” fig- ures last night by .. _idlay, retail merchandiser of the «. - fornia Fruit Growers exchange, who held the fixed attention of a good audience in the Association rooms for nearly two hours with a talk replete with facts and statistics on the distribution of foods, particularly fruits and vegeta- bles. He illustrated his figures by a The set..: 7’ ’ BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1920 FUTURE HOLDS MANY CHANGES FOR CLASS MEMBERS Wicissitudes of Life Depicted in Class Prophecy By Its Seer CLASS PROPHECY. 1920 Class of Bemidji High. pared by Gladys Gainey. . picturesque old mansion comes intg view and a party of young people is just coming out of the door. ‘In the: party was a lady whose face and contour looked very familiar to me. Upon focusing my attention upon her I saw’'at once Margaret Petsrson. SERVICE MEN IS HALTED Bonus Board Runs Low on Funds and Is Forced to Stop Farther Payment Pre- World News Today Weather forecast, 24 hrs., Markham: 45c PER MONTH Storm brewing in direction of wind. HELP SECURE 1828 FIREMEN'S CONVENTION Tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock two committees consist- ing of members of the Bemidji Fire Depagfment and the Be- midji Cisc and Commerce sociation will leave the building accompanied by Bemidji Union Band and will make a thorough canvass of the business section of the city for funds that the local depart- ment may make a fine showing at the Moorhead firemen's con- vention this year in an effort to secure for this city the 1923 convention. o Should Bemidji secure this convention it would mean that a delegation of over 1,000 rep- ” resentatives of fire departments from nearly every city in the R JOHNSON WILL NOT CONSIDER COMPROMISE Run as Vice-President Report Made That Offer Had Been Made to Have Him -. WOOD. LOOSES IN | blackboard demonstration. {CERTIFICATES CANNOT She had entered upon & life’ of{| state of Minnesota would visit ||REPORT SLATED Ry : Himself a gradiate grocer of over martial bliss and this was hier home.(] this city at that time and ; twenty-six years practical experience, BE SOLD NOW i Negt came a view of & wapdiin & would also mean that these LOWDEN FOR PRESIDENT FIRST DECISIONS Unanimous V_&@e Seats Twelve Regular Louisiana Dele- _gates Supporting Lowden S——— (By United Press) The first division in the republican national committee over seating of contested delegates came today when the committee split on the seating of two delegates from the tenth con- gressional district of Minnesota and voted thirty-six to twelve to seat two - irregular delegates understood to be supporters of Senator Johnson. The defeated delegates were instructed for Leonard Wood. By unanimous vote the republican national committee today seated reg- Findlay believes in opening up the machinery of production and whole- sale and retail distribution so that all may see the inside works. “Re- tailers and their customers will un: derstand each other much better if the customer can be introduced to some of the difficulties and perplex- ities of the retailer,” he declares. He cast a side light on one phase of the grocer’s problems when he showed that the average net profit is only about 3 per cent. “Thus, when a customer pays you $40 for her month’s bill of groceries,” said Findlay, “she is uncertain just what you get. Back in her head she thinks you get $40 but your share really is $1.20, actual net profit on the average. If you are a king-row merchant you may get 5 per cent net, or $2 net earnings on that bill.” Findlay stated that the trees being 2,500 miles on the average from the lirge “hospital. There LB yery. Cagahl ,kfi)king nurse in‘;{h‘fip. “Her | hair was very fluffy and showed light even “in the picture. = Of. course I recognized her at once as ‘Ethel} Marin. This was followed by a picture of a large newpaper office. In large letters on one of the doors - was marked ‘“‘Business = Manager.” The door was opened for a moment and I caught a fleeting glimpse of Carl Larvick. | The spacious grounds of a large uniyersity were next shown and then the’corridor of one of these buildings appeared. On the wall was hanging a bulletin board headed “Faculty Numbers.” Glancing down the list, 1 paused involuntarily at Professor of English for after it was the name of Rita LaPointe. A puzzling picture of a place such as I had never seen before came on Low f:l.ntere!!' Rate '.Blocln Further Sale; Special Ses- sion Talked of (By United Press) St. Paul, June 2.—The payment of bonuses to service men of Minnesota was halted today when the bonus board ran low on funds and found it could not sell certificates of indebt- edness to provide further funds be- cause of the low interest date pro- vided by the last legislature on the certificates. The tight condition of the money market is blamed. Anoth- er session of legislature to raise in- terest rates may be proposed. In the meantime sixty thousand service men await bonuses. same same delegates would, in return for what Bemidji did for them while here, boost for the - City of Enterprise for all they were worth. In order to put this project the right style such as Bemid- ji always likes to put things over, fikancial support must be given by local citizens. AND DISCHARGES ARE HELD AT WASHINGTON Owners Cannot Be Found Since Return Address Was Not e A A A~ MANY LIBERTY BONDS Will Be Nominated on Sixth Ballot (By United Press) Chicago, June 2.—That Feeling Exists That Johnson Senator Hiram Johnson of California means to make an uncompromising fight for the republican presidential nomina- tion was seen in a statement here today that under no circumstances would he accept the nomination for the vice presidency. The statement was issued from Johnson headgquar- ters and followed the report that an vifer had been made to have the Cali- fornlan run as vice presidential can- den of Illinois leading the There ular twelve delegatés from Louisiana. v sy Mt 2 y This -18* apparently another victory :finterho! dl;trxlgutllc()n, it is nec:asa'ry CLOUDBURST CAUSES |the sereen. The people, the houses, Given at Time nominated on the sixth ballot. ‘“'?gl? g M“«?ni 85 1t was under i-éta:ilteres i -bav'éfemzefof.'fiff;" 3 s‘i'i.'fit . oo cwmereren LARGE DAMAGE Tin fact everything was very strange. & T stood.'the regular delegates were pro- . e ¥ S Evidently i i - 4 Lowden: while the contesting dele- | they are the last link in the chain of| Blanchardville, Wis., June 2.— tr;i. T sia‘,‘ch‘lfistfifi";?cf&’f:'5&&"&‘1‘& Liverty bonds vatued at $127.160 | INNESOTA NATIONAL . gate rere understgod to be support- ing:Leonard Wood. Lowden has now gained eighteen delegates in con- tesfed decisions. WOMEN'S CAPERS CAUSE UPROAR IN distribution and must be kept not only efficient, but happy in their work. He showed how to compute margins correctly on the sale price, not on cost of the merchandise, because all expenses of the business are spread over the volume of sales. He gave an extended blackboard demonstra- tion of the correct method. He showed that by this method it is impossible Damage estimated at half a million dollars resuted from a tornado and- cloudburst in this vicinity yesterday. CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL PASSESVSENATE ‘Washington, June 2,—The sundry] civil appropriation measure was passed by the senate today. It now for some familiar face and finally I noticed a sign, U. S. Consul, under the window of one of the houses. Soon a figure appeared at the window and I recognized the distinguished consul as one of my old classmates, Dorothy Nangle. The picture of a law court next came upon the screen. An important Washington, belonging to war veterans are being held by the Post Office Department, because owners cannot be found, according to a re- port made receutly. More than 7,000 ex-doughboys alzo are minus their discharges mailed them in to washington to gt bonus or extra travel pay, but their owners forgot to give their return D. C, They St. Paul, June didate with Governor Frank O. Low- ticket. is no doubt that he will be GUARD ENCAMPMENT 2.—Minnesota’s National Guard will pitch camp at weeks of intensive training. troops through their the encampment and all Fort Snelling next Saturday for two United Army officers will put the paces during lessons case was evidently being tried for the room was crowded. One lawyer, more distinguished looking than the rest, arose to address the jury. She turned toward me. It was Carolyn Campbell. The scene then shifted to a rural sflg{ul. A tall, dark person, ruler in hald, stood. before the .class. She turned-as we entered and I recog- nized Mildred Argall. This faded from my view and I found myself in the Metropolitan theatre in New York, witnessing the grand opera ‘“Blue Beard,” with Pearl McLaughlin as prima donna. I was next taken to California to the Lofemaker studios where I found my old friend Ralph as owner and director. He invited me to watch the making of his latest picture, ‘“An Opium Dream,” written by Carlton Crothers, with the author as leading man and- Edith Craven, a Chinese slave girl, as leading lady. In strange contrast with this scene was one at the capital. of Mexico, Seated at a.desk was the governor of Mexico with her assistants. As the door opened, they turned and I saw the governor, Florence Bagley, and her assistant, Bertha Webster.. The picture of a large kitchen next came into view. A woman was standing by the stove desperately trying to cook a meal for her six hungry children who clung violently to her skirts. Slowly she turned to quiet the youngest and I recognized Myrtle Rain. Suddenly a large tent came into view. It was the main show of Bar- num Bailey’s circus. In the center ring the lions were performing unde the direction of their trainer, Ber- nice Wallace. : N Next came the scene in a theatre and a very dramatic play was in pro- gress. The villian was about to plunge a murderous looking knife into the heart of the heroine, whom' I address. If any man in this city have Liber- ty bonds which they are unable to get they are asked to report the fact to Sergeant Jones, in charge of the loc- al- Army recruiting office, or to the Adjutant of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion:. Either one ol these men will be glad.to help locate lost Liberty bonds or discharge cer- tificates. E Men who cannot consult either of these men are advised to write to the Zone Finance Officer, Washington, giving their name, army serial num- ber and address, if they want to get their bonds or discharges. Any ex- service men who still have claims to BY CITIZENS OF NEBISH - Colonel Mathew C. Smith, Council of Soldiers and Sailors Took Ac- Defense Building, “Washington, D. % . : tive Part in SplendithMe- C. : P g BB A AP E R " .. morial Day Program "ng ‘Meéiidrial " program’ washeld on - . Saturday in honor of the hero dead k. and the veterans of the great wars. When company K meets this even-| A" program composed of songs and ing at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic| recitations was given as follows: and Commerce association for the last Song —“Rock of Ages.” drill prior to leaving for the sum- Invocation-—-Rev. Palmer. mer encampment at Fort Snelling on Recitation—‘"'A Hallowed Friday morning, Captain Moore ex-| by three girls. pects every member to be present. Reading—"They Planted No Flow- Absentees without good excuse will|ers on My Father.’s Grave,” by Mrs. be dealt with severely, says Moore. | Carl Jones. i According to the announcement lle‘cllul‘lvow —'*To ‘lhu Defenders ol made several days.ago, the company | the Flag.” by Hay f'eck school, b will leave here on the Great Northern | Duet—"The Vacant Chair,” by . -at 6:05 Friday morning of this week, and will be in encampment at Snell- ing from June 5 to June 19. REQUESTS FOR BASE BALL GAMES RECEIVED school. Address—W.-S. Cummings, Sunday School Missionary. Solo—‘*America, My Country,” by Miss Palmer. Benediction—By Rev. Palmer. : Services at the cemetery were also held and were conducted by S. Vr\{lag- s aee dall, assisted by R. E. Stevens. . 8. If Bemidji was to be represented Cummings officiated as chaplain. The by a first class baseball te.am.suc'h ex-service men who were present as began the season' for this city it| ore Sam Randall, M. C. McQueeney, is very evident that any number of| pi,yq Porter and Perry Ollum, sold- fast games could bearranged. From|jers and R. S. Stevens, sailor. Miss Grand Forks comes a communication | pyimer and Miss Neely sang ““Tenting . asking for games since the players| Tonight On the Old Camp Ground” out there have heard that this city| during the service at the grave. These had a first class ball team. The|two young ladies who were most ac- Grand Forks nine is booking many| tive in arranging the excellent pro- games in this vicinity and would like| gram deserve a great amount of cred- to play here on June 13 or any other| it for their work in preparing and Sunday which would be suitable to| carrying out such an appropriate pro- the local players. gram. § From the 56th U. 8. infantry nine, champions of Camp Funston, Kansas, comes a “defi” to managers of the independent baseball teams in Min- nesota. Captain J. E. Copeland, manager of the 56th team, is looking for new worlds to conquer. He has written letters to various independent nines, . through the army recruiting INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS IN WESTERN CANADA service at Minneapolis, in an attempt to arrange enough games to warrant Medicine Hat, Alta., June 2.—A a tour of the state. “‘progréssive”’ industrial congress for Canadian business men and hundreds d of visiting men from the U. S. got 1 under way here today. The 56th infantry is one of the regular army regiments allocated to Minnesota by the war department. Minnesota men desiring infantry In special trains the “moving con- gress’ will visit Lethbridge, Calgary. service are assigned to that regi- ment. Edmonton, Vancouveh and Victoria. “We have won ten out of eleven The congress is aimed to boost de- velopment of Canada’s ‘‘great west’ —.considered the most promising ag- ricultural, grazing and mineral coun- games,” writes Captain Copeland. “We have a real nine, and believe we| British Columbia and many develop- can hold our own with any inde-| ment projects are expected to result pendent team in our state.” from the tours. . to make 100 per cent. He said that ‘“well bought is half sold” is a per- nicious maxim because it tends to goes to the president. PERSONAL EFFECTS TO BE TAKEN TO CAMP " BY EACH SOLDIER ist of Articles Which Each |ndividua~| Soldier Must Take to Fort Snelling learned in the world war will be put into practice. The whole encampment will be on a higher plune than ever before, ac- cording to Adj-Gen. W. F. Rhinow, commandant of the state troops. The fifth and sixth infantry and the flrst. . ... ...l Minngsota field artillery will be in camp. LN . Female Irish ! Sympathizers & Tt B -Start-Commotion and-Are Taken to Guard Room % I‘ . - (By.United Press) ‘Washington, June 1.—Both the senate and house were thrown into an uproar today by an outbreak of ‘women -synipathizers with Irish free- _dom, .- g Fhere were evidently two parties to the demonstration, which started first in the senate during delivery of .a speech by Senator vrandegee, re- publican, of Connecticut, opposing acéeptance of . a mandate over Ar- menia. Later, woman eluded guards at the:house chamber doors and with friends “in:- the gallery,, shouted.a chalienge. ‘to ‘members:-to deny their appeal in behalf of Ireland. Answering a demand from the floor that they be thrown out and locked up, the women defied the entire house to attempt it, ‘and as guards started after them they raced around the gallery, ereating great disorder, until they finally were subdued and ejected. Although the offenders were es- courted to the capitol guard room, no charges were lodged, against them and they were permitted to go. Breaking suddenly in proverbial dignity of the senate just after Sen- ator Brandegee had referred to the “ravages of the hun,” a woman’s shrill voice from the galledy startled senators and attendants alike. As the women shouted: “Why not eject the English hun from Ireland?” the gallery guards made a rush in her direction, while the strident com- mand from Vice President Marshall to . “put her out” led instantly to heckling from other parts of the gal- lery. - 43 i ) For a moment a whirlwind of ques- tions swept down from the gallaries, while the vice president, laying aside his- gavel, shouted sharp, premptory orders to the attendants to remove the women. Order was finally re- st,ofed and the senate went back to its work. . fix the merchant’s mind on buying, whereas the grocer should think of[ selling; if he is an efficient seller, _Jbuying will take care-of itself. He showed patticularly that ‘short- buy- ing was the only safe method to ap- ply to the fruit business. :" ‘One of Mr. Findlay’s most striking ‘demonstrations related to the sur-! prising potentialities of rapid turn- over in handling oranges and lemons. “Working on the normal margin of 25 per cent and selling the stock out each week,” said Findlay, “you make |. a clear profit of 5 per cent. That amounts to nearly 350 per cent on your invested capital each year. Yet: the consumer. is thus .served with]| merchandise plus tangible expennive; service which together costs you 95 cents i for every dollak you-take. in. This shows just why the’ retail 13 ‘survivéa.i# 1 Hé performs-a‘sppvice s0 valuable for so mddest a return that no more economical agent of distribu- tion has been discovered nor is it; likely that any cheaper medium will be found.” Findlay dwelt at considerable length on the display value of oranges and lemons which by scientific inves- tigation, have been shown to be more pleasing to the average person than any other natural colors. The fact that reflection on the glass does not distort the vision as badly when the window is dressed; with the yellow fruits as with those ‘of darker tones is another great ad- vantage. He urged the grocer to specialize continually on one fine food product after another, thus building up trade in the better grade of foods and at- tracting discriminating customers. He declared that the only merchants who succeed in any line of business are those who bring out there‘ own individuality through specilhzlng. But he also showed that no store in the world is too “high-brow” to derive great benefit from special sales—pro- vided the merchandise is worthy. “It never pays to feature inferior goods,” he concluded with emphasis. A most interesting feature of th.e talk was Findlay’s account of condi- tions which favor the increased sale and consumption of lemons. “There exists a strange superstitution,” he said, “that lemons will sell just as freely at say, 3 for 10 cents, as at any other figure. But my experience and investigation shows that lemons will go into consumption many times as fast as now if you will follow the wholesale market down as immedi- ately as you now follow it up. It has been shown time and again that if lemons are priced at 19, 23, 25 and 29 cents the dozen, housewives buy dozens. When they are 3 for 10 cents, they buy 3. “Another point is that when a woman has a dozen lemons, she ‘makes lemon pies,’ as one dealer re- ported to me, and finds many ways to use them. If she has only three she won’t even use those. Sel lemons by the dozen. Sell them out each week and buy again. Thus will your customer ‘make lemon pies,’ their husbands will like the pies and de- mand more; then more will go into consumption, you will make more EXERCISES SATURDAY The following personal effects are to be taken by each member of K company, Minnesota national guard, on their encampment trip to Fort Snelling. Hair brush, comb, towels, soap; shaving outfit, tooth brush, tooth aste, handkerchiefs, minimum - of hree (3) pairs underwear, four or five phirs cotton 'Socks, at'least' two pairs heavy wool socks, extra pair of shoes, note book, pencils, tan shoe polish, old rags for cleaning rifles, hand mirror in each squad, all man- uals and other military books. Each man may bring one piece of baggage, suit case or bag, which must be plainly marked with name and or- ganization. _ No baggage will be carried by the men on Saturday. Men will carry packs with slicker. Extra blankets and cots will be issued at camp. WILSON URGES VOTE FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE Washington, June 2.—President Wilson today telegraphed three democratic assemblymen in the Dele- ware Jegislature urging them to vote " ’ s for the_ ratification of Federal Wo- |recognized as Annie Herling. . men suffrage amendment whichi| Next I was carried to . Chicago comes beforé the house at noon.. The|Wwhete a great suffragette meeting three previously voted against it. |was taking place. The main speak- e | €T8. 1 recognized as Gladys Getchell g and Magdalene Sadek. money and your customers will be| A beautiful roof garden next came better off because of this increased |into view. The Midnight Frolics was use of healthful food. in progress and a very complicated “Do not forget, also, that lemons : ns|dance was being given. I recognized which formerly went over the bar in|four of the dancers as my old class- immense quantities in the form of|mates, Edith Smith, Barbara Rafferty, mixed drinks, are going over the Edna Flynn and Vivian Sanderson. grocer’s counter in future to the A crowded street.comes into view. women if he will merchandise lemons|A man rushes desperately through intelligently. If he fails in this, the|the crowd. I wondered at all the fruit specialist will not fail, and the|speed, but ah, he is closely followed grocer will lose another opportunity|by a most villianous vamp in a close to retain a valuable line of merchan-|clinging gown of scarlet hue. Hor- dise in his store.” rors! On approaching her I recog- Findlay’s talk was full of snappy|nized our old class president, Evelyn anecdotes, bright facts and illustra- | Kirk. tions which the audience appreciated the more serious. agraments very| NEW. MEXICAN - PRESIDENT IS ILL graphically. These included a demon- stration that it is not good business to buy in excess of current needs, no matter what the prospects of ad-| Mexico City, June 2. (By Ralph vances in costs may be. Turner).—President Radolfo de Ia “Buy only as and when you need|fjuerta is more critically ill than first the goods,” concluded Findlay. reports indicated, is generally believ- “Make this a fixed rule, especially [ed here today. Following his inaug- as applied to perishable: Sell out|uration yesterday afternoon the new each week. Make a moderate mar-|president was scheduled to go to the gin—just enough to pay expenses]|presidential palace for a reception and a fair profit. About all special-|but physically unable. An operation for appendicitis may be performed Thursday. Song"’ FOURTEEN IN GOVERNOR RACE—SEVEN FOR EACH PARTY St. Paul, June 2.—The Secretary of Stdté today certified 'to county audi- tors ‘republican and democratic pri- mary ballots for use in the primary June 21. There are seven républican candidates for nomination for gov- ernor and also seven democratic can- «didates for party’s endorsement. RESOLUTION REPEALING COMER AMENDMENT (By United Press) ‘Washington, June 2.—President Wilson today signed a joint resolu- tionh repealing the Comer amendment which was included in the agricul- tural appropriation bill by mistake: Thé amendment which dealt with trading in cotton seriously affected the cotton market. try of the world at present. The business men will be showed the vast undeveloped resources of Alberta and ize and merchandise, and you will be successful.”