Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 24, 1920, Page 1

pi | BAND INCLUDES MANY § - Legion. | VOLUME XVIIL NO. 153 “ ' Harold Bachman’s Renowned Band Has Been Engaged by i Ralph Gracie American Legion Post 'VERY POPULAR SOLOISTS V’ certs and Pavement Dance Make Up Hiige July 22 Program With a record not,yet surpassed by any comparatively new musical -ganization, Harold Bachman’s Mil- ‘lion Pollar Band has béen engaged to . /play at an- afternoon and evening concert in fhis city on Thursday, July 22, under the auspices of the § Ralph Gracle post of the American 1n-addition to two concerts made up of classical and the latest Dpopular- selections, there will also-be - ‘held a payement dance in the evening with'an orchestra of 12, pieces. :The “Million Dollar Band” origin- o mfin,zm»bud which 'Harold Bach- organized for the Second North " /§ Dakota Infantry at'the outbreak of _This band soon be- e attached: to the:116th:Engi- neers, and it was while serving.in France with this regiment. that it ‘was ‘nicknamed: by Gieneral :Hunter Liggett, “The Million Dolll‘r Band.” ‘“ThHree weeks: aftér being ‘discharg-] od from the army, Mr. Bachman with| i about. 30 -of the principal members of the 116th Engineers band, and sev- the world war. eral expert ‘performers from .other; afmy: bands;’ embarked upon ‘a: tour which covered thirteen. of the mid- dle* western states, which ; kept the band on the road for.a period of 34 consecutive weeks.. This® was the ‘Jongest ‘tour made by any, returne : soldiers’ band. Among the larger en- gagements played during this time were the Montana Stock Raisers’ as- sociation meeting at Miles City, ‘Mont., a week's engagement at the Miller theatre in Milwaukee, the North ‘Dakota State Fair, the Minne- ‘sota State Fair, and- numorous coun- 'ty fairs thfoughout the middle west and’ a’ week’s_engagement at the Palace Music Hall in Chicago. ‘“The “Million Dotlar Band” -as it appears now is composed of about 15 of the original members of the 116th /Engineers Band. The other memb- \ ¥ers 'of the.band were chosen from &6 1 ~ o arjous parts of “the United States, 'and’ Mr. Bachman is giving to the Northwest waat it has never had be- fore—a . professional traveling con- cert band of the highest class. The tour which the bahd opened in Fargo on June 1 will last approxi- mately seven months. Seven weeks of this time will be.spent in North PDakota. Among the larger engage- ‘ments which will .-be played during «z the summer are the North Dakota, Wisconsin and = Minnesota State fafrs, the Cotton Palace at Waco, Texas, the beach at Galveston, Texas, ag‘nnmorous large amusement parks andtheatres throughout the country. In secuzing this organization -to ‘come to Bémidji while making the tour of the northern section of .the state, the Ralph Gracie post believes “sintérely that by by so doing one of the>best concers, organizations-in the United States will be brought here. An entertainment such as this prom- ises to be should surely meet with the hearty approval of all lovers of music. LEGION HOLDS INFORMAL ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT At the rooms of the Bemidji Civie and Commerce association ‘this even- ing, beginning at 8 o’clock, the Ralph ¥ &f‘icle post of the American Legion ‘will ‘entertain all members of the 2'Legion and their lady friends at an ‘informal entertainment. Following a short business meeting to which all are invited an evening’s program will begin. /At the business meeting it is urged hat there be a large attendance since several matters of importance are to be taken up for discussion, in- cluding the program for the indepen- dence Day celebration and plans for a big miusical attraction which is coming” to Bemidji on July 22. Every member of the post is urged to be present with his lady friends for the business meeting as well as entertainment which is to follow. 4 REUS' NOMINATI UAL CONVENTION A75I0N POSTS IN DULUTH SPEAKER g iance Is Doing More for r Than Most Labor anizations Are St. Paul, Min - invitations are \ department comn of the American )\ ion, ds well as to the national officers, to’ atténd the NAME 0I:I ICER'S rris, president of the Busi- ness, g -association of Duluth, ad- dressei small gathering of citizens, mostly-business and professional men, at thé armory Wednesday evening DJI DAILY PIONEE he Pioneer is a Member of the United Pnti—-l.uu‘. ln Service—Today’s World News Today o = 4 - BEMIDJI, MINN,, THURSDAY ‘EVENING, JUNE 24, 1920 s \ NOW AS -|July 16. annual convention of'thé Minnesota department, to be held at Duluth, August 16, 17 and 18. Harrison' Fuller, department com- mander, has announced: that state headquarters is anxious to receive sugesgtions from Minnesota posts relative to convention business and entertainments, prior to July 16. The Duluth legionaires are already arranging their program: of work and play for the delegates and their alter- nates. ) Each post may send two delegates and two alternates, and ome addi- tional delefate and one alternate is permitted for each 100 members whose 1920 dues have been paid, by Representation of the Min- nesota department at ° the national convention, will be based upon the paid ‘up membership at the time of the department convention. LOCAL STORE ADDS MEASURING: DEVICE The O’Leary-Bowser company, re- tailers of ladies’ furnishings and dry goods, has recently ins ed a meas- uring device known ag%thé Measure- graph whigh will be of benefit in giv- ing better @prvice to’its.patrons be- cause of the fact thgt this machine measures’ jn ;anpfl’( he number of yards of‘Sloth 'w es thru % In this way there:is a cerfainty as- sured’ the customer: that all measure- ments will be_cqrrectly made and computed;:leaving ' little selrance. for son: -This: fact :aloné should be. very gratifying to the customer who wiits ‘a .certain amount of clothias a cer- tain price for all computations are made automatically, as . the cloth passes through. In makig this ad- dition to the dry goods’ deépa the O'Leary-Bowser Co. hs ed its selling efficiency greatly. For the use of the office the company has also installed an addressograph re- cently. BEMIDJT'S FIRST GRAND OPERA That the season of Grand opera at the Grand theatre to be presented by the Sonora Grand Opera company is destined to be a social and financial success is a foregone conclusion, judging from the seat sale and the many. mail order reservatiéns which are coming in hourly. ‘From advance criticism, the Sonora company is endowed with operatic stars of the first magnitude whose acting as well as singing is always commented upon by newspapers and operatic critics wherever they have appeared. The openring bill, “Rigoletto’”” which starts the season tonight is a very happy choice, 'for it will show .the company at its histrionic best, and thanks to the popular phonograph, such selections as “Caro Nome,” “La Donpa :e Mobile” and the famous quartette: are familiar to almost ev- ery household. POTATO EXCHANGE ISSUES WARNING Beware. of the promoter that ap- proaches you representing one or an- other distant organization or company and offer to organize you.’ Some such promoters have succeeded in organ- izing groups of potato growers, the farmers signing up shares, the pro- moters building warehouses and promising to store and do a lot more for the potato growers. The final outcome has in'some places been that these farmers had to pay another $100 on top of the original $100 for a share, and they still have no house. Instances ' could easily be cited. Organization should be done by the farmers themselves locally for a local organization. They might ask for advice from the state ‘department of agriculture and the agricultural ex- tension division or from the officers of the organization they have: creat- ed themselves. The Minnesota Po- tato Exchange and its board of di- rectors have not employed any pro- moters and do not themselves go any- +here but where they are invited by farmers to present the program for marketing farm products. GOLF CONTEST WITH TROIT POSTPONED Owing to the inability to secure repair parts for the golf links mower, the contest with Detroit which was scheduled for Sunday will be post- poned to a later date. G. F. Krumdick of Minneapolis ‘taking the places of J.. H. Gosn Named President of Minne- sota-N. D. Underwriters SPORTS PROGRAM" ENJOYED BY MEMBERS On Saturday Afternoon hr.e Number Will Make Trip by Auto to Itasca Park. G. F. Krumdick' of ‘Minneapolis, state agent for the London, Liverpool and Globe Insurance company, was this morning elected president of the Minnesota and Notrh Dakota Fire Underwriters’ association in annual convention at the Birchmont Beach Summer hotel ‘on the north shore of Lake Bemidji. J. H. Gosnell of Min- neapolis, state agent of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance company, was elected as vice-president. Mrs. E. S. Latta was re-elected as secre- tary. T A. R. Gress of Minneapolis, state agent for the Insurance Company of North America, and W. U. Knight, also of Minneapolis, and state agent for the Insurance Company of .the State of Pennsylvania, were elected] to serve on the-executive committee, who was named as vice-president,.an H.'W. Freeman.” W. J. Tippery will act ‘as chairman. of ‘the committee. “ Officers’ of ‘the “Blue Gooss ' wers | élécted -on- Wednesday evening as 101- lows: " Most ‘Loyal Gander, C. -J. ‘Liind; . Supervisor af the Flock, C. R. Lill; Custodian of the Goslings, W. U. Knight; Guardian of the Nest, Z. 7 Savory; Keeper of the Golden Egg, F. C. Sammis; Wielder of the Goose Quill, Lewis L. Law. . ; With every member feeling in first class trim, those présent are .having a time of their. lives, they say. As far as the convention has gone every- one unites jn saying that Bemidji is the real place for such a meeting. This evening the program includes a concert by the Juvenile.band. To- moirow is fishermen’s day and all are lookingikeenly forward to a good catch. SHIPSTEAD LEADS IN " FINAL VOTE COUNTS “IN NINETY PRECINCTS Shipstead’s Lead Has Dimin- cincts Which Reported With 90 precincts out of 92 hear: from in the county the results gather- ed. from unofficial figures . are as shown below: £ %l " Governor— Fraokson . . .. .cordeveeerees 181 . 121 Iverson..... . Keefe . . Shipstead . . Ellsworth . . Preus.... ..veee jeutenant Governor— ; Mnllgg....t.G......o.r........l'Is’l Collins .« s cvavanneeesanss 1628 Secretary of State— Opsahl.......coooneeeanaas.. 580 Vollum . . .1379 Holm .. ... R £ | 1 ] Treasurer— v Rines ..... «ooo .1650 Lund ..... co000ee .1694 Attorney General— Pnttt:rosl;’{lY... ...... veeess.. 163 Smith .... . . 264 Sullivan ... .1437 Hilton . ... . ...1287 LASON . <o v o cevevocessassss 817 Railroad and Warehouse Commis. Ostby . . . teeeesnese. 1643 Jacobson . Pee...1720 0! e Klfiltggo‘xrle,u.]?l.n .2081 Little.. ... . vee...1190 Associate Justice— JOhNSOR . .. eoveveenanness. 947 Siegel . ... .. . 943 Vanderburgh . . . 766 DIbell s isseomeesiosinesvee 398 Re; ntative to Legislature Webelx,-reu. tl ..%......1034 Rako.... .. .1293 Bridgeman . ... .... .. 908 Judee Harrls?f.?‘.'op?.t?fi...........1523 Campbell i . 724 Paquin . . 422 824 Clemenson . . . . ....cooovvees Imsdahl.................... and .made clear the purpose of the Citizen’s Alliance endeavors through- out the United States. Where the purposes of the‘Aliance movement is not understood, labor lorganizations are opposed to it, be- causé they are of the opinion that the move is directed against them. Al- though the “organization favors the “‘Open Bbop” *1dea it is not opposed to organized labor, but on the contrary believes in organized labor, advocates shorter hours and desires to recognize -and-cooperate with organise'd labor in every way: ‘In:discussing the work Mr. Harris said; “The Citizens Alliance through- ‘out:hundreéds of cities in the United States'is d0ing more for labor, than most labor;organizations are accomp- lishing fot themselves. “The purpose;is clearly to further prosperity of industries. It recognizes the pri; )-lxht of fabor to organize. It does ‘object ito the evil practices of union- 1sm, for{which the radical leaders of labor aré mostly responsible. “There ‘are: forty million: laborers in" the :United States and only five milifon: belong:to a union, ‘while thirty-five ‘million: ‘are unorganized. The demand. of these five million is apparently to the effect that the em- ‘ployer->hiré none of the thirty-five million;’ in shops. where union labor @octrine’ (s unfajr. It is as unfair s if ‘efiiplgyers would retuse to hire ‘those ‘belonging to unions. It discrim- inates against the majority, the thir- ty-five million, ‘who - are ' non-union; ' /It preaches: the Goctringf ! employers; [that fhiésemployer should: treat Both aHke..recognizing that ‘all shonud be given:an‘eéqual chance.to earn a live- lihood. Jui .“The standardize wage fixed by the unions compels tn2 employer to pay all -alike, whether some are worth more or not. It'handicaps the man with -initiative and operates against the better class of workmen. The man who is worth more money ought to get it, while the man who is not earning what he is paid, should work for less and be given a chance to work himself up the ladder. “In-some instances union labor has claimed the right to control the out- put. Miners have been fined by the .union;. because they have produced too .much coal. As a result, it has reduced the production of from 25 per cent to 40 per cent. Mr. Harris also painted out the ad- vantages of the open shop towns to the closed shop towns and produced instances where wages were higher. He called attention to the city of De- troit; the most exclusive open shop town in the United States. This city grew from tenth in size to fourth in size in ten years. He named actual big industries by the score which came to Detroit because of the open shop principles and the absence of strikes in that city during the past five years. CANDIDATES CONCERN (By United Press) +8an Francisco, June 24 (Ed. L. Keen)—The early arrival of Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, has appreci- ably strengthened the determination of President Wilson supporters to construct for the democratic national convention a thoroughly Wilsonian platform. Senator Glass was busy today con- ferring with leaders on various plat- form questions. He gives the impres- sion that the president is far more concerned with the platform than with the candidates. (By United Press) San‘Francisco, June 24.—President Wilson considers it unnecessary for the democratic platform to contain any reference to prohibition or to Irish independence, leaders here said today. : A A A A A A A NOIFiS . . . . vovvieneeneennnnn 253 Commisioner. District No. 4— Sandberg . . . . 190 Clark.... Lennon . Jerome . o) Commissioner. Benson . .. .... Ellis.... Alton . . . Strecker Carter . ... . e e les-of unionism and the Weather forecast, 24 hrs. Markham: torm brewing in direction of wind. —= ASSURED - LEADS SHIPSTEAD TIPRECINTS ARE - Total Votes in 3,124 Precincts Gives Preus 132,91‘_7“an_d Shipstead 124,074; Hilton’ : Lgalds Sullivan by 4,426 Votes . ELECTION RETURNS‘ CLEARWATER. COUNTY. For qub*or. A 871 Shipstead .. Ellsworth 12 Frankson ‘60, Iverson 48 Keefe 60 Preus .. 84 t-Governor. Mallon .. Collins .. 4 For Secretary of State. 'has @’ gontract with the employer. o “#The Alliance ‘claims that such a} i (By United Press) ;. 8t. Paul, June 24,—"“The Russian Ideal has been defeated, the American, ideal upheld,” J. A. O. Preus appar- ently nominated in the republican party for governor, it was said today.’ With only 101 precincts missing Preus was leading his non-partisan league opponent, Shipstead, by 8,843 votes. The vote was, Preus, 132,917, and Shipstead, 124,074, . Sullivan, nonpartisan league candi- date for: Attarney General, crowding Clifford Hilton, incumbent. Witlr 162 precincts missing, Milton had a lead of 4,426 over Sullivan. Other candidates unchanged. (By United Press) St. Paul, June 24, 12 M.—Only 127 small precincts were still missing early today. Jacob Preus was leading Henrik Shipatead for republican gu- belt-natorlal nomination by only 9,470 votes. 56|in the nonpartisan league ranks to- TENNIS EXPERT BEAT BRITISH London, June 24.—King George and Queen Mary today saw William Tjlden, American tennis expert, de- feat J. C. Parke in the second round of the British tennis championship. WOMEN'S CLUBS ADOPT RESO- LUTIONS AGAINST CIGARETTES Des Moines, June 24.—The general federation of women's clubs - today, lines up with forces seeking to pro- The con- hibit the use of cigarettes. resolutions vention adopted .. two striking at cigarettes. BAD FEEDING CUTS DAIRY DIVIDENDS The value of good feeding in dairying is receiving additional sup- port from evidence being collected, by L. V. Wilson, United States agent in dajrying at University Farm, St. Paul. A request sent out to the cow- testers of the different parts of the state that methods of caring for and of feeding high:producing and low-| producing herds in different testing associations be included. in reports has brought out the fact that in every instance high-producing herds have been well fed and kept under sanitary ‘comditions, whereas low-producing herds are fed on timo- thy hay and corn stalks and allowed to drink from frozen tanks .in the winter time. Mr. Wilson says that common sense grain feeding, the use of silage, use ‘of alfalfa or clover hay, and if pos- sible, the use of drinking cups are sensible measurésto be -employed in the most economical production -of milk and butterfat, and contribute to larger production. He suggests grain feeding eves in summer with pasture, and adviges feeding grain once a day and keeping cows in dark barns if fiies are bad. i CONDITIONS 'GROW WORSE IN [RELAND (By United Press) London, June' 24.—8ir Hamar Greenwood, secrétary of Ireland, re- ceived an urgent message .from Lon- donderry magistrates stating that the situation there is desperate and that they feared it was becoming worse. Supplies of food ars giving out and a shortage of gas.threatens to throw the city into darkness. s Dublin, June 24.—Comparative quiet prevailed in Londonderry today following a night of terror, in which bullets from rifles and revolvers rak- ed the streets. All shops of the city are boarded up and citizens remained at home. Actual war conditions ex- isted. Squads of troops patrolled the streets. cow-| . i/ {the day, despite Shipstead’s conceeding the Preus . nominatiom. The.race between ‘Hilton and Sulivan for Attorney Geeral'is :still . close, Hilton leading by 5,000. - SUNDAY, BEMIDJI DAY AT BIRCHMONT RESORT Sunday, June 27th, will be Bemidjt day at Birchmont. This popular sum- mer hostelry has been formally open- ¢d and guests are beginning to ar- rive. Before the hotel becomes crowded with guests the management wishes to give the citizens of Bemid- ji a-chance to enjoy a day all to them- selves and have set aside next Sun- day for that purpose. Everyone is cordially invited to come out and en- joy the lobby, porches and grounds. A special dinner has been planned and now that the conventions ‘are over the best of service will be given all who come. Reservations for dinner should be made in advance. An orchestra has been engaged and will play during the day. MINNEAPOLIS SELECTED SPUD HEADQUARTERS The Board of Directors of ;Minne- sota Potato Exchange has decided to establish headquarters for the Ex- change at Minneapolis. This was a wise move and practically everyome who heard about it expressed the same opinion. The main reason for locating at Minneapolis 18 that this city has the largest potato market in the north- west. Buyers come in season from all parts of the United States looking for eating and seed stock and from there often go out into the country, if they don't find what they want on track in Minneapolis. These buyers will naturally drop into our office and get acquainted. Another reason to prefer Minne- apolis as the vig potato center is that rst year or two we will have to contend with a lot of more or less mixed varieties and such ought to be sold on sight for spot cash on track and not be shipped anywhere as they might be rejected or keep the reputation of Minneosta potatoes down. MAY CALL SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION (By United Press) Washington, June 24.—Acting At- torney General Frierson, has inform- ed Governor Roberts of Tennessee that he can legally call a special ses- sion of the state legislature to act on the woman suffrage amendment, it was stated at the White House. President Wilson requested the rul- ing, it was announced. T was' There was talk of a contest’ statement | . B,