Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 5, 1920, Page 1

E XVIIL NO. 137 . eral Committeemen With - ‘Using Such Tactics J|in clearing up, these < Cholmeley: War Risk Insurance. main diffi- culty now experienc ‘taining of sufficient .| the kind required. - «—= . Committee’s Decision Reported ' Influenced by Alleged F orged {7 " Call for Convention '+ . Chicago, June. - «(BYy Harold Ja- Yicobs). Senator Moses, New Hamp- hire, ‘was severely criticized today n open session ‘of the republican na- nal committee by several commit- men for a statement issued last ight charging steam roller tactics ing used in the hearing of 'sclaims: for ‘contested 'dist- " "'Moses 'is.‘a ‘wood supporter. he -committee hearing contests 'of he republican delegations began seating a Wood supporter from Geor- it ‘and overruling a contesting dele- ate who favosed Governor Lowaen. 'he decision of the committee appar- ntly was influenced 'by'.an alleged ‘forged call for a’district convention. i ~Representatives of Land Cle ' ing Train Will Be Present. i to:Address Session. y 14 S igrs of the Bemidji Civic-and Commerce .assoctation on Tuesday evening, Jun , for the purpose of hearing expert peakers who will ‘tend to stimulate clearing of land in-‘this vicinity d -to.increase:production’of crop: llowing attempts bf a committee he- Bemidji association ' to ‘secure a .+dand clearing and stump-pulling dem- onstration. here, it was decided to ‘hold. this meeting .at this time since atisfactory arrangqmel_lts could: not made for the demonstration in the hort time 'in which the committee Thad to work. _ Methods of stuinp-pulling and land earing and development will be ex- plained by experts in each line. Other speakers will; talk. concerning crop . -production, and ‘all subjects of. inter- vest to the farmers and the communi- © iy in_general. Everyone is asked to ‘help advertise this meeting that there may be a large attendance. ‘iae pro- .gram promises to be very interesting fo everyone who in any way is inter- sested in the development of northern Minnesota. 2 s CLAY COUNTY POTATO ' GROWERS EXCHANGING " SEED IN EXPERIMENT " Letter From A. W./Aamodt Ex- plains Method Being Used " 'by Moorhead Ass’h /A letter from A. W. ‘Aamodt; ' man- ager of the Clay County Cooperative &‘Certifle'd- Seed Potato Growers’ ‘asso- Jeiation, .explains the method being d by the Clay county. farmers and % to growers in a -change of seed demonstration. " \ " The project has been divided into . three geries. ~Six men in each series’ ‘have exchanged two bushels of No. 1 geed with each other and:are plant- ing each lot in: rows for comparison. The six lots are to be observed dyr- ; ing tHe summer and fall to'note the difterences if there are'any. The 3oil “wfvision of the Department of Agri- culture will determine the type;of soil .and make all analyssises necessary to :give 4nformation regardfng the. soil griations. : o is association of which - Mr. jodt- is : manager was organiz 5 ""the purpose of .seed.’potato "im- i¥rovement and- holds its mext an- 2. nual meeting on Saturday, June 19, at the Phoenix hall-at. Moorhead. RANK OUTSIDER WIPES EYES:OF CRACK SHOTS St. Thomas, Ont., June 5.—Fred H. Meadows of Straffordville, Ont., . --shooting at sixteen yards, won the in- “ternational grand trap shooting tour- nament Thursday, breaking 96 out of 100 targets. Meadows, who was considered a rank outsider and who has been shooting only a year, de- feated 40 crack shots from the United States and Canada. ed/| training ‘work’ and % ' The magnityde and difficulty of the Main Difficulty Résts in Secur-|: the bureau|: s is the ob-|! formation of ir task of the allotment and allowanee |' division which was without precedent, |! was rendered by the presence in the-files of records of 53,200 members of the Johnston family, including 2,138 J stions and 2,032 Willian; Johnstons, 51,900 Smiths, 48,000 Browns, 47,000 Williams, 28,060 Jones, 22,000 An- dersons, 18,600 Walkers, and other large groups of family names. The name of John was found spelled’ in twenty-three different ways, and the name of Aloysius in forty-nine: ways. Some times people forgot:to sign any name at all to their letters, or wrote so illegibly that -the signature could not be read, and then wondered why they did not receive an ‘answer. Among the relatively few cases re- ‘maining to be settled afe some in|: which it has been impossible to secure necessary information, ing to_the residence in foreign countzies of peo- ple. from whom statements must be obtained. A ; . . The closing of the ‘allotment and allowance awards ‘numbering "almost two million’ upon ‘which ‘pgyment has been ' stopped, presented:a difficult problem of administratioy. It was found that in many -instgnces over- :payments had been made involving a demand for a. refun: e CR808, | | statements: from several parties and feports from official sources must be obtained. The bureau’ is: :rapidly cleaning, up all cases. = Every com- plaint- is ‘given careful -and: painstak- ing ‘attention. Each case called up is arefully ‘reviewed and heck for any amount ' found toi.be due is mailed as promptly as’ possible. " If the case is found to “be: incomplete the necessary evidence “is ‘assembled if obtainable and. an award is made. $3500 CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL IN TOWN OF " NORTHERN COMPLETED External Stucco Fini;h Gives the Building Artistic Appearance Located near the six-mile corner in the town of Northern and mow com- pleted' is the .Northern Consolidated school which is one of the most com- pletely ;modern rural schools in the whole of Beltrami county.: 1t has been constructed at an approximate cost of $35,000. 3 The building is finished on the ex- terior, in ‘stucco and presents a very artistic. appearance. ~ It: consists of two full stories and a basement. On the first floor are located the assembly room, -the library and .two calss rooms. Bétween the two large rooms there .ars. sliding-doors which, when opened, make one large room capable ot seating a large audience. Two rooms on the second floor have not at yet been completed but. will be. finish- ‘#d as.needed when tlte onrollment .of the school. increases sufticiently .to warrant.opening the éxtra rooms. In the basemsnt which is half above the ground -level are two class rooms, manual training room. and.-domestic science: room. : w053 s The building is already wired for electric: lights-and it is expected that &h_individual light plant will be in- stalled soon. 'An up to date ventilat- ing system has been installed to pro- vide proper change of air for the pu- pls. 3 S E Under the direction.of C, B. Dear- dorf, ‘principal, ‘and’ 'Miss . Margan) Arnold; teacher, 'a display of mantal stic science work; was ‘'made in ¢oggeéction with the'May Day festival and‘community picnic ‘which ‘was ‘held: there on the last-day of schiool -th n the community growing ‘constantly ‘such a-modern gtructure made to care "for’ the needs bf the future: as well as-present is a great. credit .to the town of Northern. NORWEGIAN LINER THREATENED BY FIRE New York, June 5.—DUfficers and crew of the Norwegian liner Bergens- fjord has fire in her hold, ‘which threatened to become serious, a wire- less message said today. She carried over twelve hundred passengers. l .'1 exceedingly complex|: FRANCHISE WILL BE Rex Management Waitini Ad-] ‘.vice That Application ' Has Been Granted Satisfied that he has convinced the leading independent ' motion picture theatre owners of the country who have organized Associate First. Na- tional ‘pictures, Inc., as a defense against certain: producers. who seek a film trust, that Bemidji will be.a valued aid in preserving the freedom of the screen, M. E. Brinkman of the Rex theatreé, is today awaiting a re- ply to.the personally presented ap- plication, This sub-franchise, it granted,: will give him the exclusive right ‘to exhibit in Bemidji: the pro- ‘'ductions of such famous ‘stars -as Charles Chaplin, Charles fay, Norma Talmadge, Constance .Talmadge, ‘An- ita Stewart, Katherine MacDonald, Mildred ‘Harris Chaplin, and of such celebrated: directors and producers as rshall Neilan, King Vidor, Henry: Lehrman, and others.'These stars:and | directors -have ‘organ producing comparies.t e owen- independence,™ ‘an them to exert their ability to the:ut- most, without the financial: limita- tions imposed by producing concerns which - seek “not- only a monopoly. ot} stars..and direc{ors,wbut of theatres as well. & s So Confident of Success. “ Mr. Brinkman said. that while no definite answer'had been given to him while he was in Minneapolis making the application in person, the direc- tors of the independent organization were favorably impressed with the data and statistics which their own investigator gathered while in Be- midji-on-'a’survey trip.” Mr. Brink- man was enthused over the plans‘of the new organization, not alone from his own viewpoint, but because .of what they mean,. in his opinion, to the patrons of motion pictures in this city. “For theatre-goers,’ he said, it means bigger and better pictures than ever before. It means that the stars who will depend upon my the- atre as an independent, strictly lo- cal enterpiise in Bemidji, and 'who have approximately six thousand other independent theatres through- out the corntry to provide a constant and equitable market, now can pro- duce bigger pictures, and better pic- ‘tures, without dictation from anyone or any source but their own ability. A fair parallel to the present -condi- tion in the motion picture business would be the clothing industry. -“Bes{- midji has ‘well known. and firmly. es- tablished retail clothiers. They de- pend upon certain manufacturers for the material they seil. —Suppose sev- eral of the largest or these manufac- turers combined, sought and-obtained # corner on the wool and cotton mar- kets and came into Bemidji and open- ed their own retail store, determined to-put the local men. out of: vusiness. If Bemidji residents .failed to sup- port a local enterprise, and turned, instead to " the trust-owned retail store, it wouldn’'t be long. until the trust’-could claim the fleld for its own, boost prices and do pretty well as it pleased. : “Charley Ray, Talmadge sisters, Miss MacDonald, Mr.'Neilan and the other bigstars and directors, foresaw this danger, and they refused to make pictures for the interests now trying to form. a trust. Each of them has his own independernt producing com- ‘| pany. . They want an assured the- atre market, where the pablic can go, it it wills, to see their work onithe screen. They won’t permit their: pic- tures to be shown in theatres owned by .any one of the producing com- panies representing in the secret trust They want independent exhibitors, or theatre owners, to have their pic- tures. I do not want to be subsidized by a-trust: I do not want to sell my theatre to a trust. And I believe the screen fans in" Bemidji ‘will support and patronize a Bemidji man in pref- erence to someone sent in here by the trust to run a theatre for it, at least 80 'long as I offer a quality of enter- tainment that is superior to what can be found" on the - trust-controlled screens. -~ That is why I have sought to affiliate with the independent stars and directors. Iknow they cannot be THEATRE| Civie:r and |~Commerce » association where the company was assembled’ and’ the remainder of the time was| * | pastime ‘committee o . 'Weather foi Xcast, 24 hrs;, Mirw" C Storm bre in direction of PLAYERS: COUNTRY CLUB . New System of Handicapping Is Explained by Commit- tee for Local Club With' limited material with which 0>work due to:the small'number of score -cards turned in, the sports and the Bemidji Country club. golf course is ready: to announce the official handicap “list { which will govern all play, match and medal in ' local competition. = Some players _have 'been very faithful in turning in. their scores while others have- not . as, yet reported. - The . re- sults represent the handicap list, fig- ¥ lured as fairly as ,‘pou‘ible to each i PANY K ENC IR TWO WEEKS DRILL NG ON MONDAY o | Be ,M:de ;t Qounty In dn endeavor to, put the mem- xcompany. K through the usual two weeks encampment ‘and ‘drilling, whie his required of a national guard handicappe éoxfip(nx\' !this’. state, company K encamp ‘at the. fair grounds be- Monday, according to the announcement ~made last night at _the. company is not to . ‘summer -~ encampment session at. Fogt Snelling ‘today, the local officers have beén' instructed to hold the usual routine’ work hewe. .., The drill last night which was con- ducted in'rapid fire order for two and 8 quarter hours gave the members a n i spent in drilling on the streets. With approximately seven hours of drilling and . instruction this past week the ‘company is: in fairly good shape for the camp life and its duties. Two squads of men are to report at'9 o’clock, Monday morning at the Association rooms as announced last night. - The remainder of ~the com- pany is to report at the fair grounds at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. Mem- bers living out of town have been instructed to bring their full equip- ment with them Monday and have it checked with the supply sergeant. All'' members are under orders at present and have been ordered to remain where they may be notified at any time on short notice. Begin- ning Monday when the men report for duty the uniform will be worn at all times until the encampment has terminated. SITUATION AT MILLS - COMPARATIVELY OUIET AFTER ARRESTS MADE Very Few Picketers Present in ‘Morning and Very Few, Now Shout “Scab” Since the Wholesale arrests were made Thursday night on the charge of using lapguage tending to provoke assault ,there has'been a decided fall- ing off on the amount of abusive lan- guage used by the strikers when the workers are ‘going to and from their work at the Crookston Lumber com- pany mill and also at the box factory. Last night- the ‘usual sized crowd gathered on the M. & I. right of way —nearly éveryone on the walk in front of the mtill being'a deputy po- lice—but there was very little evi- dence of anyone using the abusive term “scab’” toward the workers. As the men walked from.. the yards, some shouting was done but in more the manner:of a cheer than an in- sult. Only’dne arrest was made last player. ‘For those who have been negligent about posting their scores at the club house_and may = possibly feel that they should rank higher or lower than the present mark given them, it may be[ said that a nmew system of handi- capping “hag~been _ adopted by the committee. “Through this new sys- tem, the handicap will be automatical- 1y raised or lowered each month. It will be: conceded that every player has a day or two during a season when he makes what is for him a remarkably low score and which may not be ‘equalled during the season. " 'To figure a'player on such scores would be an apparent injustice. It is proposed ‘to . take the five lowest scores of each player each month, as .| determinied by the handicap commit- tee, average them and then strike an average with the present handicap. Each player then should be fairly andi d through the season and | the list should then properly show any improvement in the game from month to month. The only obstacle to com- plete success under this plan would be the failure of the players to turn to their scores. It is hoped by the committee that everyone will turn in their scores to Mr. Chapin, to enable the committee to keep -the list up to date and to fairly represent the playing ability of the club as a ‘whole. The handicap list wjll be published soon and all players are asked to watch for it. 'LAND CLEARING TRAIN '~ AT LITTLEFORK MAKES _4WMmmmw As ( Result “of Demonstration Farmers Are Considering _ Co-operntive Buying Alout 400°witnéssed the land-gler; ing .demonstration at Littletork'; of Thursday. The number was much smaller than it would have been had 'it not been for the rains of Wednes- day which wade the road next to | impassable. 'he interest was great: however, in; Wwatching the organjzéd |crews from'fhe’train clear up,, by blasting, pwijing, and piling, some- thing like five acres of thickly sturup- ed land. EIEAL, . . The possible purchase of an elec- tric blasting mgchine cooperatively by zroups -of farmers is one of the things being talked of as a result of the demonstrations. This i in line with talk which has followed the train elsewhere; talk in favor of co- operative land-clearing, through the purchase and operation of stump- pullersfi stump-pilers and dynamite. The Lutheran Ladies’ Aid society served luncheon near the field of op- eartions, which was on the land of 0. C. Olson. The evening following the demon- stration a meeting was held in the Gem theatre. at which representa- tives from the train’ were speakers, and problems relating to the develop- ment of northern Minnesota were dis- cussed. ‘The local committees which had ‘charge of the arrangements for the Little Forks Commercial club were as follows: Site and teams: Tom Peterson. Ole Olson, Rose. Sl s 5 Entertainment: Kenneth Morris, Tom Peterson, P. L. Peterson. Advertising: Martin Longballa, C. S. Jameson, Abe Olson, Tom Arm- strong. i Evening meeting: 'A .E. Nelson. _ Transportation: Elex Erickson, Mr. Perrigo, Fred Brown. A. E. Nelson, president of the Com- mercial club, was acting chairman of all the committes. Tom Armstrong, Harley night and that because of an offense |- made a few days:ago. . - One arrest wag made this. morning on' the charge of breaking the condi- tions set out in the injunction which had been served on him. These two cases will be added to the ten arrest- ed ‘Thursday night and will be tried with the rest on Monday., it is believ- ed. it 3t"18 "belleved by those who have ‘been watching the strike. situation since the beginning that the arrests which are being made have a ten- dency to lessen the abusive language used toward thosé who returned to work. e AR AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARAA equalled in ability, and I am going to do all I can to help them by re- maining independent as an exhivit- or.” June:. 5.— President -army reor- Washing] Wilson. todayjsigned the/ ¢ ganization dill providing #or an army of two. hundred and ninety seven thousand. * He also signed the army appropriation bill and put his signa~ ture to the pensions appropriation bill earrying two hundred and ninety seven miliion dollars. NEW REX ORCHESTRA ) MANAGER ENGAGED Ora Amadon, of Minneapolis, has been engaged by the Rex ‘theatre management to take charge of the orchestra of that theatre. P. M. Pe- terson having resigned to - assume charge of the Diamond Park summer resort. b B [ TS INACTION Wilson in Letter States It Has Failed to Seriously Consid- er Remedy for H. C. L. PREVENTED PEACE, AND HELP FOR EUROPE He Consideyrs Failure of Con- structive Plans Reflects on His Administration s = ’ S . A0 . (By United Press.) ¢ _Washmgton. June 5.— President Wilson in a letter to the railroad brotherhood leaders today denounced the present congress for failing to take. glction to remedy the high cost of living. “Congress has failed even to give ‘serious consideration to the matter,” Wilson said. “The present congress has not only prevented the cenclusion of peace in Europe but has failed to present any constructive plans for dealing with the deplorable conditions there. The continuance of which can only reflect upon us,” the president charged. Wilson’s letter was in answer to a letter of brother- hood leaders protesting against the adjournment of congress today with- out dealing with the high cost of liv- ing and industrial unrest. WORLD NEWS HOUSE REPASSES BUDGET BILL Washington, June 5.—The house today repassed the budget bil:: minus the clause which caused the presi- dent to veto it late yesterday. The bill-was.immediately sent to.the sen- ate which- expects to pass it shortly. BEGULATION AIMED AT EXPOSING PROFITEERS Washington, June 5.—The senate today voted 29 to 22 to consider be- fore adjurnment the Harris regula- tion provision providing for the mak- ing of public corporation income tax returns. The resolution seeks to un- cover information concerning alleged profiteers. WOMEN OPEN HEADQUARTERS OPPOSITE CONVENTION HALL Chicago, June 5.-—The women's party today opened headquarters across the street from the Coliseum and flung to the breeze their militant suffrage banners. The headquarters were crammed with ammunition, huge posters accusing the republican party of blocking women suffrage. Alice Paul, chairman of the party is- sued a statement declaring the repub- lican party was filibustering on the suffrage issue. FARMERS PREPARING PLATFORM TO PRESENT TO CONVENTION Chicago, June . 4, —Farmers are preparing to lay their program be- fore the republican national conven- tion. They were arriving.today for conference Monday at which one hundred delegates will formulate planks for consideration by the plat- form committee. The proposal for tariff on agricultural products suffi- cient to give adequate protection to farmers will be included, it was ex- pected. SENATOR KNOX COMFS OUT FOR GOV. SPROUL \ Washington, June 5.— Senator Philander Knox of Pennsylvania to- day came out for Governor sproul of Pennsylvania for repuolican presiden- tial nomination. K . CHARLEY VAN SINGS : AT GRAND ON SUNDAY Charles. Van, better known as Charley, makes his appearance at the Grand theatre on Sunday only when he will sing ‘“‘The- Venetian Moon’ and a number of the latest popular songs in connection with the moving picture program. Mr. Van’s singing 18 familiarly known by those who have heard it to be of the highest class ‘of entertainment and his many admirers will be plegsed to hear that he will take part in the Sunday.pro— gram. CONGRESS ADJOURNS TODAY WITH BUSINESS. CLEANED UP (By United Press.) Washington, June 5.—Congress is ready to adjourn at four.o’clock this afternoon with all appropriation bills except one now out of the way. All the major measures except the budget bill, which President Wilson vetoed last night, have also been passed. . e