Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 3, 1920, Page 1

NO. 138 T0 BEMI By Paul Findlay. | Traveling widely over the country as I do, talking with: all sorts and - Called 'Off, Reports From ‘' aber! .::n be nppli%'lh "with sérict accuracy yself in life, EE5 Ci te o Speec anyone. is ‘was ‘& young man hand, what I did mere money could : That City 5“._ % L t w of 29 who, until he was 21, was,|not have hired me to do, nndyto put Y . e P — & :fiehegfl(;: zfi; II:);;. ’thF?::P;:Ww:: any ‘gion:y—value on it today would - HOL DOUT STRIKERS FIRST SHOT FIRED I : bmrl:jghtf l:}[l) i:t:t: ori(:;m;n’ z:mne:.f the b n;v,efi:ot'i:zg.”u ? ot ) i A ward of the : . Graduating from} . «No,. sir; I i }AR_EBECOMINC_- NASTY ; TOWNLEY CA,M§A.IGN that institution, he worked his way|no m.'fl:: 'wh::nimmctal?:dy ::: “1:; ; S through college, . In thus working, he| what form. it may be given. 'at one time sold books because he “had a sort of feeling that no man was fully equipped to take advantage Offi.| Other Speakers Address Gath- ering While Wai for Local Police and Sheriffs " ces Report Many Outsiders - L Since betore 11 o’clock " The timber workers’ strike has . been' “ofticially” declared off in Vir- " ‘ginia, according 'to - reports issued ""from that city and . practically alk strikers have returned to work. “‘Announcement to this effect has been published in the' Duluth papers grounds and at the clearing north ot | come fast -enough.; But the farm 7 the first of the week ,“d :has been|ihe city where he was. expected to|needs everything we can do for it; officially verified over the-telephone|speak.’ . . ’ 5 and ‘he .acts accordingly. - Thus he|. from- this city. . 5 L 0.- M. Thomason, formerly editor|does what. others might. do to great " Some "of the local :'strikers have{of the Minot Iconoclast, ressed e tained that ‘if they returned to|the meeting this afternoon t hold the| serve the surrounding farming com- *‘swork they would lose their charter,|crowd until the non-partigan<leader’s | munity. : but if unions in’ other cities have|arrival. S W & ‘declared ‘the strike off and retained| Just at press time the aeroplane *. their charter, Bemidji strikers should|was seen over the city going toward certainly be treated with equal con- “gideration by their governing bodies. 2 The local -mills ~opened - Tuesday with 'a’ full: crew, and-according to officials included a large percentage of union’ men. ’Wednesday .. about ’ twelve more former union employees Bm“)." mflofl ley, who was due to appear about 11 tions, breaking a new trail which leads o'clock by aeroplane to’address a mass to - the' development ' of . advanced before he was accepted for service, after circling the neighboring terri-| mi; urgical jon. saved the Union; tory he would make a di;}'x at the noF surgicsl. operation.. -Butr lie h fair_grounds. Sy 3k vigor and whole-hearted patriotism. |ing its di stinies. Sam,” he said to me_ emphatically. 3 3 GRACIE TRANSIENT L. W. W, WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT BY DEPUTY POLICEMAN| Is Being Held Until' Evidence -went to work 4t the Crookston Lum- /"ber company. plant and a number like- wise at the Box: company and manu- facturing plants. 3 Y h S Everys ho stal Plans Under Way for feeting -at_ Bemidji for All Interested ¢ e waiges and- exist- ~ing_ conditions under" which“tHey gre: | MY Andrew ' Jhnson’ stated : e St e - Sheriff Andrew n' Prigutienp ity : o vion| “Giving the name of James Ken- that the picketers, who line up near | the Rodi-day lancheon, - AEuIIo |, oqy, ‘& transient 1 W, W, was ar- the entrances of the mill yards when| lapd clearing meeting here on Jusie rested last night near the Markham the nien go to and come from Work|y ' ug posxibly a land clearilig, de were less' active this morning: than ’drhtrntflm * The matter was Tater re- ) days, but added that em-|. ..o t o the first two days, How 1 ferréd to the agricultural committee g:mz;z b:;“:fi:ffigi:w:hd:; 2;20\:;3 which met to conslder It after the 5D, o adjournmeént of the meeting. every argument at’ théir command| "j¢ was considered unwise to plan a to_ persuade the willing .worker to| jemonstration here at this time since (-quit. AT R VT L ‘|'so little timé is now left’in which . Calls of “scab” and “quitter” were| to arrange for the necessary place for continuously heard, especially’ where| the demonstration -to. be held, ‘ re- the men and women were congregated | ports the committee, but efforts ared e in crowds, and in some instances car-|heing made to arrange a large land penters and’plumbers and other work-| clearing mass .meeting ‘which will men, who were compelled to pass)probably be held on, Tuesday, June through the’crowd ‘and who :were en-| 8, at.thé Assocfation -rooms. If this gaged -in work in various parts. of | meeting is arranged it promises to strikers had returned from‘the vicin- ity of the Crookston . Lumber’ éom- pany’s- mill by. Joe Carlton, special arrival here on the night before the. mill resumed operations at which looked upon with sus-| He was tak‘en :to the police station by Deputy Carlton who called’ Chief of Police’Tom Bailey by phone, Chief Bailey searched the. man and found a large quantity of literature ‘common ‘ The workers ‘to. begin with took|every. land-owner in ‘this ‘vidinity. . ‘these intimidations good naturedly, [ An espacially interesting - program but indications - are that if these| will be arranged .and will ‘include a “nasty” tactics continue, trouble will number of interesting talks by ex- ensue is the prediction of the police. perts in their line of work. .No strike breakers. have- been im-|. piscussion was held = concerning ization and was also prepared to en- roll new members according to. the books which.he carried. He is yet be: ing held at the city jail until--thé evidence which was:found upon ‘his the . contrary all men ‘employed arefof July celebration’ this year in view | local authorities. His case depends residents of Bemidji and friends and|of the fact that three large conven- neighbors of those = who are usingltions were to'bé locally financed in these - unfriendly -methods..of attack.|June. ‘Suggestions. were offered for - Wednesday evening some ‘are re-]and against the holding of a pro- 1 : ‘ported as having-thrown missles atjgram but the final vote decided that BENZOL BHNG usm literature “caught in the act” was immediately | Legion in securing ' the necessary placed under arrest. ¥ oy funds to finance a program.under - Deputies, policé and company offi-Jthe direction of .the Ralph Gracie ‘cials ‘who have béen securing’ & Per- post. -_A. Grossman, F. G. Troppman . sonel or the ‘holdout strikers; -dec! - * {hmtithere are a’mumber. among the Jto-serve on this .committee. 19th. L3 .. Five thousand: gallons of benzol, a Dby-product of coke used for motor fuel, is now being daily extracted ing at drill. centage ‘of ‘othel 2 s 8,{Northern Minnesota : Development press. -ers.”’ They report that those who arelwere - .announceds; The _following|and- has proven highly satisfactory. among the desirable .employees are{committees were among those nam-|This price at present is about the “behaved. - koo |ing and housing automobiles. . Under the direction of Sheriff An- S drew. Johnson and - Chief Thomas Bailey, the crowd was kep! .pretty.| well on the move this morning, when Following:the adjournment a meet- ing of the .finance committee was|gstation is the first ever operated to held‘to consider plans for financing|gell benzol exclusively for motor car > — ¥ carries a supply of 25,000 gallons of s % ."|confronted by the association at this|penzol on hand all the time. To date : JUNE 14 LAST DAY FOR | time and ‘which include the three|some 300,000 gallons have been sold ¥ NATUBRALIZATION FILING |local conventions this month, the|and used by car and truck drivers in A licants for citizenship in |for which funds must ve raised to th: ll);'n?t‘;l:i States are urged to make |aid the local department in secur- *their filings for naturalization' hear- ing the 1923 convention, and the| ~ Benzol has not as yet reached the ‘ing in September on or before June Fourth of July célebration. highest stage of refinement, and pre- <14, which is the latestidate on which| i TAA sent results are best when it is mix- filings can-be made for the hearing 3 set for September 14. Residents of| COMMISSIONERS ADJO! this county should file at.ence with the clerk of district court if they de- “_sire to be heard at this time. Hear- ing in Beltrami county witl be held UNTIL NEXT MONDAY MORN are doing a great deal of experiment- ing and soon hope to be able to re- fine it so it can be used alone and under all conditions. Of course, its|track. Séer” entered here and in addition to| matters. were discussed at length but ‘Those who are expected to file 2 ‘hearing which were held over from|eral districts 1A the northern part of|a by the spring term of court. the county wi 150 discussed. obtainable only in limited quantities. ifth lap. P THE BONUS AND THE YOUNG SOLDIER'S CHARACTER Let Us Draw a Lesson from Recent History ' “For. the men who. were ‘disabled or in ‘any way handicapped, I say do ; d 3 everything possible—and then some. conditions of men, but leaning strong-| We cannot do too much for them. 1y to conversation with that arbiter|But I want nothing." I had a.dandy of our future, the returned soldier, time~—good training—physical devel- I find sentiment crystalizing, rather | opment—travel I probably ' never decidedly against the proposal that|should have had otherwise and' cer- any "honus or ‘“‘adjusted’ compensa- | tainly never could have taken under ) : g:‘;\iedb:nell)‘md or ‘provided for able|such villn,mil:lati;lg conditions. I"am "y Y g i 0 1S e SR .than I-was before in bodil fally” i o - Particularly - interesting e fi:‘tneu ai\'fi’ everything thn’t': o }talk of one self-made, if such a term! able me to give a good account PUTTING ON FOURTH , o%' JULY CELEBRATION Commi*eé From Association Assisted by a special committee of he- Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- sociation, the committee of the Ralph hotel soon after the ‘workers - and ‘Gr'iu?le post of the American Legion appointed to arrange for a Fourth of July celebration this year will soon deputy policeman. It is said that his| make & canvass of the city in an en- arfest was due’to, & conversationijeavor’ to secure sufficient fuids to which had been overheard by Carlton: . 2 g 3 warrant putting on an excemlonnlly The man has been watched since his interesting and appropriate program. The nature of the celebration will depend entirely upon the amount of financial support quently it is up to the people whether or not a first class celebration will be‘held. A fast ball game no doubt will .be included in the program tg‘ll‘ d 2% vof” t 1 the -afternoon. - It is also expect Mymore were ealled, sacalu beLOf Tutereat to; overy STAFHISL And to the 1. W. W organization memb-|that:there will be a sports program ers, He carried a card in that organ-|and a fireworks disolay. ¥ - ported by the local companies; but on| the feasibility of holding a. Fourth|person has been investigated by thej NM Go TOSNMNG “There will be no assembly this eve- ning at 7:30.a8 antounced last even- cent strike there was an-exceptional- Chicago, June 3. 1y large demand for this product. berlain).—Long shots looked like even money gambles in advance chat- ter which was peddled along the presidential row here today. With ed in equal portions with gasoline.|rail birds perched for the start of the But the Ford chemical laboratory|presidential derby here next Tuesday, dope sheets had it that the race would be a free-for-all guess with a flock of dark horses rugging the inside Yet, on the other respect and cheap- “Once; I: worked around our sol- diers’. home. I got to know those i3 4 old soldiers very well. I found many ;| of advanced education-who had mot|of them for whom I had no respect . - |s0ld ‘books.” . Today he is secretary.|whatéver—men who had- practically i i of the chamber of commerce in aigrafted on the government for fifty ing a large number of . persons - in-] distinctly divergentg from: those . cus- yg'.b;:‘l:‘l:‘::ylr;fi‘:l d"‘;: T:yt]ll\?:;t line back farther and farther toward | Luke DeWitt, aged 65 years, was terested in the arrival of A. C. Town-[tomarily followed by ‘such organiza- fnwi¢ was the man who came to the ome in' his old age, but who up to farming and specialization of farm th:thh‘nu hfid Aaked {lor :nd_uccefiud meeting today morth 'of ' Lamoure,| . ducts. He is not ' %o < fno 8 {e/was the ~man whose|gecided that as a supplementary dem-|rescue the aged ' man who - ‘was have been gathered: “at ~the- . fair gity u;row. 'enl; nso‘y:n 'gmm ;‘:fi servic fifiéfl:’ ::m:ltll'y was beyond all{onstration they would this morning |tfapped in his room on the second Do those words call up a familiar i i pi ture?. Let us see. ' advantage—he is making. his town m‘:po“@mg the - Civil war—Henry | €rs. Consequently it was placed in ¥ Watterson’s “War of Sections’—the So mugh for background: Grand Army of the Republic was -This 'boy had to try several times formed. |It was made up of young soldiers who were actuated by a the south’ and it was beligyed that|even to the length of undergoing & |spirit of high patriotism. They had now they would got. in and. he ‘did his part with vim, | safeguar it and have a hand in shap- Maybe they said, “I don’t want a cent from Uncle|as Teddyi Jr. said of the American «Continteu on Page Eight) K pledged, conse- largely upon the exact nature of thel| . yio¢ 3. L. Huffinan received tele- which he carried, it 18 said. | oneq orders from the office of the Adjutant ~General, St. Paul, this ‘morning, advising that “K’ company, Sixth regiment, M. I. N. G. will not the officials of one' of :the companies, fa. committee of .three from the asso- g -BEF 3 b striking one in the .eye. - The, party|ciation should assist the .American Fm NEW MoToR wu‘ lant:;lt‘da:hl:ogn;:.onl:llng“::geegfzfmt’o tefand John W. Wilcox were appointed |, 3’ refined at.the Ford Motor Com=| Drill will be held Friday evening iy : 8 % pany’s blast furnace coke ovéns meir-at 7:30, however, and it has been . picketers: whe have nev Special committee appointments to | Detroit, Mich. ‘This fuel, ‘which i8 reported that the company will go ployed locally, assist in the summer meeting of the|more highly combustible than gaso-(into camp for the two weeks period line; is mow being sold at a public|at Bemidji although this has not been “but’.are commonly classed as association to be held here this month | station &t the above named plant,|confirmed -up to time of going to Captain Dan Moore of the company, the least active and apparently wellled: sports, fish fry, reception, park-|same as that of gasoline. was called to the cities Tuesday night While the Ford Motor company is|for conference and has not returned. not the first to discover or use this| - For .the drill Friday evening only fuel for motor cars, still'the public|drill equipment is required. ! it _ - |confronted: by the association at the tion. This filling station mm the ’f““’w"”“d.’,_ 7 “’|the propositions which are being ot g 8 3 wwn AND LOWDEN HAVE LEAD firemen’s convention 'at Moorhead | petroit. Particularly during the. re- (By United Press) (By Don Cham-|or threatening language toward mill on the first day of the September ers who have, been in session. here|cheif effectiveness comes ‘from its| Official chatterers conceded that sf joinel in:the work. Men with teams pledges along the Weather forgcast 24 hrs. Markhap Generally fair,. cool, winds. ————— FROM{_{ER-GRDUNDS JR ‘BURNED TO Koochiching Co. Fair Grounds ? ' Northome, June 2.—Some three Tms Mo 4 hundred stumps and old trees which ! marred the beauty and interfered with the usetulness of the Koochich- e e ing county fair grounds at Northois Luke DeWitt, 65 Years Old, were disposed of with speed today by Fltally Bmfifia in m Schaak the‘crews of dynamiters and stump- pullers on the minnegota Land- Clearing train. - As a result the peo- ple of Northome are rejoicing and saying nice things about the. train and its staff, ’ The train arrived at Northome yesterday in a pouring rain. Farm-|. ers had come from miles around, o o N however, and the men from the train Family Barely Escapes in Night unloaded their equipment and gave < 1,000 . such a demonstration as they could Clothes; ‘1, Quarts of in the rain for the benefit of about Fruit Burned in House one hundred farmers who are engag- p ed in pushing the stump and brush | Farm Home This Morning SCHAAK SEVERELY the Canadian border. But not sat-|burned to death.this morning when isfied with this. in-the evening fol- |fire totally destroyed -the 8. M. lowing the demonstration the lead- |Schaak farm home on Swenson lake. ers aboard the train consulted and |Mr. Schaak while endeavoring to clean-up the fair grounds, at which |floor, was very severely burned about the fair board had been working for |the head, shoulders and back. ‘His several” years not without some dis- | hands are in a serious condition also. couragement. ' . Fire caused from an explodin The_job was one for the dynamit- | osene lamp at 4 o’clock this morning q soon formed a blazing mass of -the the hands of A. W. Wilson of the|residence and efforts to rescue Mr. Hercules. Powder Co., and G. G. Means | DeWitt proved fruitless. of the Du Pont Powder Co. These| Mr. DeWitt had been living with two, men organized all of the forces|the Schaak family for about three of the train, and early this morning|weeks and was given his home there set to work.;, They loaded whole|in return for what work he was able groups of stumps, made ready time to do about the farm. Mr. and Mrs. fuses, and thén began firing. A vis-|Schaak and nine children barely itor in town would have thought & |egcaped in.their slegping garments. bombardment was under way. To|with the exception of a very few an eyewitness the popping of the|clgthes which had been left on the stumps suggested a great corn POPPer | | thes line outside the house last in which huge black grains were be- | iopt “nothing was saved from the ing lifted '"‘fi split open. building. Over one thousand quarts The work' went forward rapldly |f preserves, a large amount of seeds and by 11 a .m. the stumps were all | yhich Mr. Schaak intended to plant out of the ground—more than 300 fihis year and the entire hotseliold of them—and along with them sever-| ¢, ichings were destroyed. al dead trees. The house was insured to the ex- A Cleveland tractor, under the di- i, ."o¢ $800 while $260 insurance rection of John D. Rose did astonish- held on the household goods. ing service accounting for something was held. o i . like 100 stumps. ¢ The' people of the community ‘began-piling ‘the ‘stimps as soon. as each blast was fired. The result was that by noon; when the train pulled out for its next stop at Little Fork! Thursday, the stumps were all piled ready t;)r the: hrurnina. (By United Press) The ladies of the Highland Farm- ers’ club served refreshments. . -|No onmmucosfi%nfimx The train will finish its 'third week’s work at Guthrie on Saturday, will spend another Sunday in Bemidji and then begin another week’s work at. Leonard on Monday, going -from there to Hackensack on Wednesday; Pequot Friday, and Aitkin Saturday:. Washington, Juné ' 3.—President Wilson has informed Senator Under- wood, Democratic leader, that he will interpose no objections to congress” adjourning Saturday. Wilson asked Underwood to advise republican lead- ers. Senator Kenyon offered an am- endment to a joint resolution pro- NEW SETTLER LEAVES - iaeg iS5t o ™ ™ F OR F AM“‘Y AND moDs FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE After getting his potatoes and DO NOT FAVOR ATE other farm crops planted on his new-| washington, June 3.—The House ly purchased !nrm,.Mr. Frank F' “k," foreign affairs committee today vot- left recently for his former home in|eq to report favorable on the joint Bertrand, Neb., to make preparations resolution declining authority for this to move his household effects and|country to accept mandate over Ar- family to Bemidji. menia, requested by the President. Mr. Frakes, together with Mr. D.|The resolution is the same.as that Bossman, recently purchased the Rice |passed by the senate late Tuesday. lfll"’l;l ab;:t four miles west of Be; — midji. is is a quarter section o ALL land_ with about forty acres cleared, OPPORTUNITY FOR one-fourth of a mile from a school, ;wo and a half miles ifl;m ngt‘olg, aving on it two sets of farm build- f 2 ings, with telephone connection, and ;gfmf::;":: :rt;fl‘l::'fi:f: :':e::“?u was purchased by Messrs. Frakes and requests to the republican natiomal Bossman th;;ugh the Baudette land| .. ention, it is announced today. It "g;‘l'“’yF't: per_:en. hi was said that special efforts will be r. Frakes considers ¢ ;‘“P“fic“' made to give public hearings to all larly good buy and states he will loose |, ¢crests represented before the reso- no opportunities to acquaint his|j,¢ion committee. neighbors and friends in Nebraska of what he has found here. It is his Wo0DS intention to load.his effects in & box car and after getting it on its way to drive with his family by auto. treasurer of the Wood organization, Plcx'm To BE smm Chairman Kenyon announced at the WITH mmmo"s opening of hearings today. Kenyon said Stebbins wired today that he had just received word that the com- mittee wanted him and that he would appear tomorrow. A committee of women has been searching for the past week. VILLA DEFEATED IN Chicago, June 3.—Women, labor TREASURER LOCATED. WILL REPORT Washington, June 3.—The senate campaign expenditures committee has located Horace Stebbins, eastern The Pioneer has been advised by the city officials that injunctions will ‘be issued and served, restrain- ing pickets or others, men or women from congregating or using abusive workers or others. The officials asx the cooperation of ATTACK ON TOWN all good law abiding citizens in this matter. . ; ‘Washington, June 3.—Francisco g Bl .| villa was defeated when he attacked the city of Parral, Chihuahua, yester- = day, the state department learned to- PosrAL mvm day. Villa suffered some losses and TO GET INCREASED PAY | oo oot WILSON MAY DECIDE term of district court at the Beltrami orning, adjourned | high combustive power 'which is be-| Hiram Johnson, Leonard Wood and *.county court house. ~ yesterday afternoon. to meet again|tween twelve and ' fifteen /per-cent|Frank.O. Lowden were the.early fay-| Washington, June 3.—The house ADJOURNMENT TODAY Several applications have already|on Monday morning, June 7. Road|greater than gasoline. := * lorites. Popesters predicted today|unanimously passed the postal ser- st Ford officials state there is no pos-|that wne bresk will come on the fifth | vice bill granting increased salaries| Washington, Jume '3.—President “oh C ¥ D ¥ sibility of benzol' ever - displacing |ballot. ‘None of the delegates want|to employees ‘of the ‘post office de-| Wilson will probably :decide. toda; June 14. there: will"be ‘a number .of | at. : School- gasoline as a motor fuel, since:dt is|to drag the. convention. out and will The bill calls for approxi- i f 4 arin ‘by-product of coke =n'd therefore ) begin shifting their o the b bty s Ao e ,000 ‘dollars the first ¢ adjournment Saturdsy. BURNED ON FACE" To EXPRESS VIEWS congress from carrying out its planot .