Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 7, 1920, Page 1

B honaie ¥ o SN e . Omly Daily . - Within 100 Miles of Bemidji GRAND THEATREON VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT Now Possible to Obtain High Class. Vaudeville, Regu- larly Each Week TOCALGUARD {(OMPANY GOES * INTOCAMP AT - FAIRGROUNDS éompuny K Is Only Missing Number of Sixth Regiment Encamped at Ft. Snelling Manager Harding of the Grand -announces that after several negotiating, a new vaude- it has been established estern Vaudeville Man- ~ion of Chicago, which theatre directly on| r vaudeville the- * g0 and Winnipeg, by way of sout. "owa, South Da- kota, Southern \‘.Dakota. cen- tral and northern . 'l‘,',\aota to Win- nipeg. 5 The circuit is especially attractive to the performers, as it comprises f\l_aout ten solid weeks with short “jumps,” which makes it possible for a circuit 0&, KA atres between\ : ‘STATE ENCAMPMENT WILL SET RECORD THIS YEAR Two Weeks of 'l"horough Train- OF WAR WILL SEND PACKARD | THURSDAY Former Captain of Service and Information Branch to Visit Bemidji i LOCAL COMMITTEE TO ASSIST EX-SERVICE MEN To Act as Clearing House for FORCE CRIPPLED, BUT STILL DOING BUSINESS .. The news staff of the Pioneer has gone to “War’ and the oth- er. departments of the Pioneer Publishing Company will en- deavor to get out the paper daily for the next two weeks, while the boys are in camp at the fair grounds. If your ad, Mr. Merchant, be- _-.comes mixed in with the news, _-or news items become entangl- ed with your ad, please bear in mind that the handicap under which we are laboring has - simply gotten our “Goat,” so to speak. ‘We are giving you the best service possible with the force that is left to do the pencil pushing and believe us when we say that any cooperation ex- tended by the readers of this paper during these two weeks will be doubly appreciated. The Pioneer is a Member of the United I’nu—l.o;:fd Wire Service—Today’s World News Today BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1920 Weather forecast, 24 hrs. markham: Fair, brisk winds which will diminish DARK HORSESTOCK RISES WITH HUGHES INLEAD FOR THE STANDARD BEARER ) (By United Press.) Chicago, June 7 (By Hugh Baillie).—Dark horse stock soared today on the eve of opening of the republican national convention. The boom in dark horses was topped by Charles Evans Hughes, standard bearer of the party, in 1916. In coming, the delegates reported much Hughes talk throughout the country. H.ughes headquarters were opened and Senator Borah, field marshal for Hiram Johnson, told the newspaper men that if Hughes would accept an anti-league of nations platform, he would favor him as second choice 45¢ PER MONTH ing Is Planned for Mem- bers of Company K i > Company K began its two weeks of summer encampment today when two * gquads of men reported for duty at 9 a’clock this morning and were put to work preparing a camp for the re- “ mainder of the company, which re- ported at 2 o‘clock this afternoon. Although the local company was held here and will not attend the en- ' campment ‘at Fort Snelling, efforts will be made to give the company as ¥ 7’ thorough instruction as possible that % % every member may profit in some way -* % trom the two weeks training period : : this year. This will be the only en- ~ campment for a majority of the mem- .bers of the company since all the en- .. & Mstments of the former service men " ¥were made for one year and that year will be completed before another en- " campment. © Under the direction of the local of- " ficers -drill movements which have as yet not been practiced by the com- pany will be given during the in- struction course and a thorough training in close and extended order drill is planned in connection with rifle practice. As nearly as possible the course of training will be con- ducted along the same line as that being held at the National Guard en- campment ati Camp Rosenwald, on the Fort Spelling military reservat- tion.. < a0 ~e=-=«St, . Paul; -Jun: ed morning reports of the three regi- mental units in camp at Camp Rosen- - wald showed an attendance of over 2,600 men, the largest .number of state troops ever mobilized for-a camp of instruction in the state. Brigade and regimental officers asserted Sat- urday that a record would be made in efficiency, due to the fact that the present organization has more ex- perienced service. men and better equipment than ever before in the history of the state. Yesterday was visitor’s day at the camp and thousands of friends of the guardsmen were expected to travel out to Snelling. Details of men “necessary to carry on the essential ““work were made and all others were “v:allowed as much liberty as possible for visiting friends. Commanding of- ficers announced nevertheless that -z after the regular instruction work " begins this week there will be little opportunity for visiting by the guardsmen until the camp is over. The Sixth regiment has a complete organization with the exception of K company of Bemidji which was ready to entrain for Camp Rosenwald Saturday morning, when orders from Adjutant General Rhinow directing were dispatched to Captain Daniel J. Moore and that the company go into camp there where the same program of instruction will be carried out as at Camp Rosenwald. Orders were is- sued to I company of Hibbing to forward its equipment to the Be- midji organization and the Hibbing men drew new equipment on their arrival in camp Friday night. As nearly as possible the course of training will be conducted along the same lines as that being held at the .-National Guard encampment at Camp Rosenwald, on the Fort Snelling mili- tary reservation. " DEATH CALLS HOME Last evening at 6:45 o’clock, at his home in Nymore, occurred the death of Carsten Simonson. Mr. Simonson was 40 years of age and “has been confined to his bed with tu- “berculosis since April, a year ago. He “leaves a wife and three small chil- ‘dren. The funeral will be held Wed- nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Norwegian Lutheran church in Ny- more, under the direction of M. E. Tbertson, funeral director. Inter- ‘ment will be made in the Larson ‘cemetery. ‘MAY EXAMINATIONS ARE BETTER THAN LAST YEAR A % The State High school examina- tions held in the county’s semi-grad- ed schools in May show marked im- provement over the work of last year | 3 in most classes. The returns show . that approximately forty graduated a from the Eighth grade in the semi- '7:2 ‘graded schools. a8 . o that the company be held at Bemidji | CARSTEN SIMONSON the Western Vaudeville Managers’ association to secure the best talent before the public today. Each week, beginning with Satur- day, June 12, the bill will consist of four acts, which will be shown with a motion picture. Haley & Trebor are billed as a “Neat Comedy Sing Talking Duo”; Lamb & Goodrich as “The Terpsicho- rean Treat of the Season”; Mohr & Eldridge as “The Swede and the Sissy”; and The DeCourseys as “A Study in Posing”; for the first offer- ing, next Saturday. Admirers of vaudeville are assured of the opportunity to see some first class shows in the future. LABOR LEAGUE COM- MITTEE TO VISIT CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING To Request That All Persons Who Violate Law Be Prosecuted at Once Charging that employes of Crookston Lumber company have been active in trying to excite riots ‘and that mo action has bpsen taken by tire ~police or sheriff’s.forces of this city, the Bemidji: Labor 'League, in gession here yesterday named a com- mittee to appear befare the city coun- cil at its meeting tonight and ask that organization to see that all per- sons who violated the law, whether strikers, 'strike-breakers or civilians be prosecuted and that no favoritism be shown to any individual or.or- ganization. An employee in the office of the Crookston Lumber company is accus- ed of standing before a crowd of strike breakers and shouting, “I dare any of you to call me a scab.” Strik- ers declare he did this in the presence of policemen, who paid no attention to him, but who had arrested strik- ers for similar offenses. They also accused another employee of the same company of using obscene language in the presence of women. At their meeting yesterday, memb- ers of the Labor League censored the Citizens’ Alliance of Bemidji and members were urged to discontinue patronizing any firm or business house which had membership in that organization, §. M. LEWIS DIES AT ST. ANTHONY’S SUNDAY S. M. Lewis, manager of the Stel- lar Co., passed away at St. Anthony’s hospital yesterday morning at 6:20 o’clock, after an illness of a week with typhoia fever. Mr. Lewis was recently married -and has been in Bemidji but a few weeks. He leaves a brother at Fergus Falls and one in Washington, besides his wife. The body has been prepared for shipment under the direction of M. E. Ibertson, undertaker, and will be taken to Sparta, Wis., tomorrow morning for burial, where the funer- al will be held on Wednesday. $300.000,000 TO BE DISTRIBUTED FOR R. R. TRANSPORTATION AID (By United Press) Washington, June 7.—Interstate Commerce Commission today an- nounced that it will distribute the $300,000,000 revolving fund created by the Transportation Act as an aid. The railroads committee afthorized $125,000,000 for new. equipment and $73,000,000 for improvement and betterment. ' . TERRIFIC FXPLOSION IN PLANT OF MASON TIRE AND RUBBER CN. (By United Press) Akron, Ohio, June 7.—Five per- sons were killed and more than a hundred injured in an explosion in the plant of the Mason Tire & Rub- the] All Important Matters . Which May Arise SCHMAHL WIRES T0 STRIKE RIS NAMEFROM REP. PRLBALLOT Notifies County lAuditor A. D. Johnson That He Is Out of the Race Captain H. R. Packard, of the service and information branch of the war department, has advised the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion that he will be in Bemidji on Thursday, June 10, for the puy- pose of promoting the work being done for all ex-service men and to establish a committee which may take steps whereby every ex-service man may be located and informed of his rights and privileges under the ex- isting -laws=which -have-'been crent,ej for him. . He has organized like committeds throughout the country and a larger amount of work has been cleaned up this way since a local committee can |- be placed in closer contact with the ex-service men. The service and information branch is the concrete expression of the war department’s very earnest desire to help every ex-service man solve his own particular problem. Established primarily for giving assistance in ob- taining employment, as the need for this assistance decreased, it has turn- ed its attention more and more to the other needs of the men, particu- larly the disabled. Experience in this work has shown that many of the men have little or ¢ T for the Republl no information as to the relief pro.|from - the race for the Republican vided by the government for disable nemination contest and has wired men; or, if ‘they have: this. infoyiadl-|County Auditor A. D. Johnsofi® to tion, they do not know how, to go|strike his name from the ballot. about getting the relief. These men “Phe wire recelved by Mr. Johnson are largely of the class who must is as follows: y % be ux:eacheei b); direct contact. The|'® IF Ig'u:,l e 7 welfare and other organizations inter- ek, 3 * o = this contact. By bringing them into| ., ernor from official Republican touch w'th. the gqvernmgnt agencies |y, ot Certificate will follow tomor- charged with soldier relief, the ser-|,, vice and information branch is able . to give them first-hand information which can be passed on to the men. This is the main object to be accom- plished by a local central committee, but it serves other important pur- poses and acts as a clearing house on all matters concerning the ex- service man. & The chief object today is the estab- lishment of such committees through- out the country, which are able to take up any phase of the work be- cause they include delegates from all the various activities—soldier em- ployment agencies, war risk officers, federal vocational experts, public health surgeons, the Red Cross, and all the welfare associations. _ The entire work of the service and information branch is divided into two main divisions. First, there is the central office with headquarters in the Councl of National Defense building, Washington, D. C. The sec- ond division is the field service, which covers practically the entire country. The home office not only supervises the activities of the field representa- tives throughout the United States, but in addition handles the entire personnel, correspondence and in- formation, and publicity branches, and employment for high class tech- nical and professional men. PROHIBITION AMENDMENT IS VALID IS THE DECISION OF U. §. SUPREME COURT Washington, June 7.—The su- preme court today held that the Con- stitutional prohibition amendment is valid. PREUS FRIENDS ELATED OVER SEC. STATE ACTION Convinced That His With- drawal Will Mean More Votes for Favorite Julius .\. Schmahl has withdrawn JULIUS A. SCHMAHL, Secretary of State. The withdrawal of Mr. Schmall from the contest still leaves six can- didates from which the voters may make their choice for' the office of governor at the primaries on June 21. Their is joy in the Preus camp over this announcement, as his friends believe that the Schmahl fol- lowing will cast their votes for him. SITUATION AT MILLS OUIET WHILE WAITING OUTCOME OF ARRESTS Cases of Ten Arrested Thurs- day Night Continued Over to July 6th Comparatively quiet is the strike situation at the local mills today. Only one arrest was made on Satur- day night when the mills closed. This morning only a few were on hand to watch the workers go to their work and no trouble resulted. In municipal court this morning the cases of those arrested on Thurs- day night were taken up and con- tinued . over until l'uesday, July 6, as favored by the attorneys. City Attorney H. L. Huffman appeared for the state and Thomas J. McGrath of St. Paul appeared for the defendants. A large crowd of interested parties was on hand this morning to hear the trial. N e A Republican Conventions of the Past Date _City Nominees 1856 Philadelphia 1860 Chicago .. 1864 Baltimore . 1868 Chicago . 1872 Philadelphia 1876 Cincinnati yes and Wheeler 1880 Chicago . .Garfield and Arthur 1884 Chicago . ..Blaine and Logan 1888 Chicago . arrison and Morton 1892 Minneapolis ....Harrison and Reid 1896 St. Louis. .McKinley and Hobart 1900 Philadelp! McKinley and Roosevelt 1904 Chicago . Roosevelt and Fairbanks 1908 Chicago 1912 Chicago 1916 Chicago . Hughes and Fairbanks Eleven of the sixteen tickets thus chosen were victorious, the excep- tions being Fremont and Dayton in 1856, Blaine and Logan in 1884, Harrison and Reid in 1892, Taft and Sherman in 1912 and Hughes and ber Co., at Kent, 12 miles from here. | Fairbanks in 1916. s candidate, provided, of course, Johnson's nomination was proven impossi- ble. The name of Irvine I. Lenroot, sen- ator from Wisconsin, also figured prominently in dark horse talk and there was rumor that Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania would receive the support of the old guard when ballot- ing starts at the coliseum. Some delegates heard that a con- vention stampede for Governor Allen of Kansas was being arranged, and other had information that General Pershing would be sprung if a dead- lock is reached. Meanwhile Hoover’s backers were lining up second choice votes. Senator Hiram Johnson was mixing his final war paint for.a speech at a mass meeting tonight. Caucuses of the state delegations were expected to last late into the night and some may be held tomorrow morning. (By United Press.) Chicago, June 7 (By L. C. Martin). Republican party leaders today cen- tered their efforts on preventing a row over the treaty plan of the plat- form on the floor of the convéntion. Senator Lodge, temporary chairman of the convention, Senator Watson, leading candidate for chairman of the. resolutions committee, and Will H. Hayes, chairman of the republican national committee, took leading parts in pacification efforts. Their task is to write a plank which will be acceptable both to bit- ter ender opponents of the League of Nations, headed by Senators Johnson and Borah, and mild reservationists group, represented by Kellogg of Minnesofa, Hale of Maine and Len- root of Wisconsin. After a confer- ence with Johnson, Borah announced that they were going to stand pat for the platform plank, utterly condemn- ing the Wilson league of nations. LAFOLLETTE UNDERGOES OPERATION. CONDITION REPORTED GOOD TODAY (By United Press) Rochester, Minn., June 7.-—Sena- tor Robert M. LaFollette was operat- ed on for removal of the gall sack by Dr. W. J. Mayo this morning at 8:40 o’clock; came out from anaesth- etic at 9:10 and at 9:45 his condi- tion was reported as good. MICHIGAN SENATOR TO ADDRESS NMDA. CONVENTION JUNE 18 Roger M. Andrews Advises President McDonald to This Effect E. E. McDonald, President of the N. M. D. A. is just in receipt of a communication from Roger M. An- drews, President of the Cloverland Magazine of Michigan, stating that he will accompany United States Senator Townsend of Michigan at the N. M. D. A. meeting here June 18th and 19th. The N. m. D. A. has accomplished much in the line of developing Nor- thern Minnesota. The association has given its attention to no subject so vast and so important to the inter- est of Northern Minnesota as the securing of a deep waterway from Duluth to the Atlantic Ocean. While the possibilities of Northern Minnesota have heen shown to be great, now with a deep waterway from Duluth to the ocean and the process of handling low grade mag- netic ore profitable and the possible use of the great peat beds of North- ern Minnesota for the purpose of manufacturing coke to smelt the ore the fondest dreams of the Develop- ment association will have been real- ized. With low grade magnetic ore now made available for use and local fuel provided and a deep waterway to the ocean, the possibilities of Northern Minnesota cannot be over estimated. i This is in no sense an abandonment of Johnson, it was emphasized. o JESSIE PORTER BLOWS FATHER'S HEAD OFF WITH A SHOT GUN Bar s Door After Wife Leaves and Slashes Body With Jack Knife SHERIFF BARNESS BRINGS MURDERER TO BEMIDJI Accused Confesses to Crime But Refuses to Give Rea- son for Killing (Special to the Plnneér) Ebro, Minn., June 7.—While the family were enjoying the afternoon at home Jesse Porter, age 27, took a shot gun and holding it within six inches from his father's head, pulled the trigger and literally blew the top off. After firing the shot, he took his knife and slashed the body, leaving it in a horribly mangled condiffin. The young wife of the father, Mrs. Scott Porter, rushed from the room. It was then that young Porter barred the door and did the slashing. "He was brought to Bemidji on the train this noon by E. D. Barness, sheriff of Clearwater county, and lodged in the county jail. Porter admitted killing his father, when questioned by deputy sheriff 0. M. Skinvik and when asked why, he said: “I had a talk with my fa- ther Saturday morning and he said something which hurt my feelings very much. This is not the first time he has hurt my feelings.” The nature of the conversation was not disclosed by Porter. Sheriff Barness states that as soon as he had committed the crime, Por- ter made his get-away and that he was caught at Pine Bend, Manohman county, about 10 o'clock at night. NEW YORK POPULATION REPORTED AS 5,621,151 Washington, June 7.—New York City had a population of 5,621,151 on January 2, an increase of 854,268, or 17.9 per cent, over 1910, the census bureau has announced. The bureau reported the population of Boston as 747,923, an increase of 77,338, or 11.5 per cent, and that of Buffalo as 505,875, an increase of 82,160, or 19.4 per cent. New York’s first federal census count, 1790, showed it had 32,305 persons. This, of course, included only Man- hattan island, which at that time was the extent of America’s first city. The population at that time of the area now included in the greater city, that is, of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Richmond, was 49,- 401. New York City, as now constituted under one municipal government, was formed in 1898. Its population in 1900, the first census after the merg- ing of the five counties into Greater New York, was 3,437,093, The official ppoulatoin counts from the first federal census in 1790 to the thirteenth, 1910, showed New York increased as follows: 32,305 . 19,216 119,734 152,056 242,378 391,114 .696,116 1,174,779 ,621,161