Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 6, 1920, Page 1

VELCIRRD ONBY LEGION Entire Day’s Program Was ‘| arrested: on the'\ Well Attended by People From Out of Town DRESS BY. CULVER works Were Features Dur- } ing Entire Evening Beginning at v o’clock yesterday ‘morning with an automobile parade ‘headed by the Ben,:idji Union Band and the Juvenile band, this city cele< rated Independence Day in a man- ‘ner which sarely and sanely speaking e The program .as arranged by the Ralph Pracie post of the American Legion and backed by the loca. business men contained many interesting = features which ‘went to make an entire day of patri- ‘was a decided success. .otic celebration for this city. The bulk of the foremoon’s Dpro- gram consisted of a number of con- tests and races which proved to be very interesting and which furnished varied entertainment for the numer- ous gpectators. Bemidji was the host to hundreds of people yesterday who neighboring. towns and villages by team, automo- N came Here: from . the ile and train. The program ‘ ,fi%&?‘e‘”‘,flfl ‘eatured V. by .an * Jonn' hgm ‘tire period- of . ‘program. .«qal selections: midji- Union midji. crossed .som. local people and the visitors. good time. ‘til 2 o’'clock this morning. midji. < since the on the lake was given up. the beginning of the the firing of ‘the exhibit. ed into the lake by an about his clothing. do their best with the display. during the day are as follows: Egg . race—First, Camp; second, Chester Rouse. Girls" Race-—First, Agnes McGhee; * .gecond, Dora Jordon. Boys’ Race—First, Arthur Moran; second, Elm Clark. NG Mell.vm&en gecond; Elmer Clark. ~Tire nging Kusba;‘second, Roy Webster. - -100-yard Dash (free-for-all) —First , Sidney Bryant; second, Harold Hay- ner. ° of Solway. Prize to largest fnmiiy-——Andrew ”McDaniel ‘(nine children). o Best decorated -cars — First, Be- - midji fire truck; second; Chief Dailey. “ " Most comically attired person in|, parade—Mrs. Mary Gamble.- Baseball—Bemidji. HELD LARGE AUDIENCE Dance ’at .Armory and Fire- -of the afternoon’s ddress i mms!' ence spellbound, during ‘the en- e Ly his “talk. : All “who ‘heard him express the feeling that a better and more forcible talk for such an occasion could not be’made. Those . who failed to attend missed:one of the best events of .he entire day’s Following a number of vo- by the Harmonick Glee club and.a:number of solos-in addi- tion to the concert given by the Be- band, -the crowd was| escorted to the pall park where Be- i bats in one of the best baseball -games played here this sea- At the armory where dancing was .held during the afternoon and ‘evening, there was a large attend- -ance and this form of entertainment proved to be very popular with the _ The armory during - the evening, after the concert by the Union Band at Library park, was packed with ‘dancers and spectators and all ap- -peared to have had an exceptionally Dancing continued un- Shortly before 10 o’¢lock a display of fire- ~works was shown from the Crookston Lumber company’s boom on Lake Be- The display failed to show up as well as was expected since the well Jaid pans faied to mature. - Arrange- ments were made early in the even- 4ng for the display on the log boom original plan for the stageing of the display from a barge Affer everything 'was set and the time for display ap- -proached, the wind shifted and caus- ed the two.booms which were being used- to, separate enough to retard However the display was shown as well as pos- -gible under- the -circumstances, con- sidering that one one man was knock- exploding ‘bomb and another burned slightly No harm was done to either and the -boys who had charge of the fireworks endeavored to The prize winners in ioe conteésts George Van- ,| Ont., and which reads as'follows: Contest—First, Geo. -Prize to family coming greatest distance by team—F. J. Evans, south MUNICIPAL COURT HAD BUSY TIME TODAY WITH “MANY IMPORTANT CASES First of Cases Against Strikers Set for 1:30 o’Clock % y Munici\'sg‘ this morui\ ‘g ‘which accul ence Day to) fi journed cases (" Dan O’Donne @ wurt had. a busy time ‘h a number of cases d over :-Independ- with several ad- last month. .} Fred Hoffner, e of drunken- ~f $10, while “me chgrge, ness, each paid a\ Albert Konsel, on \ * upon failure to pay \'. ¢ imposed, was gentenced to serv: \a =<y8 in jail. Hans Rusdal and Ben‘sohnson, who were arrested on the same charge last week and were held on $10 bail, fail- ed to appear in court this morning as they had been - ordered to do, thereby forfeiting their bail. The adjourned case of ‘A. Daniel, charged -with’ having assaulted Mike Foley on June 26, was taken up and Judge Gibbons set the fine at $100 or 90 days in jail. John Abbott, charged with having held up and robbed Ciair Wayman of Nymore on the night of July 3 and taking from him the sum of $16.35 at the point of a revolver, was brought before the judge. Abbott" asked for -examination, which was set for 7:30 o’clock toimorrow evening. Bail was fixed at $5,000 but since this was not furnished, Abbott was taken to the county jail pending the hearing. The cases against the strikers who were arrested last month near the Crookston Lumber company mill on the charge of using language tending to provoke assault ‘were taken up again this morning as the date set when the cases wer’e adjourned.. The defendants demanded trial by jury. ‘Attorney Thomas McGrath of -'St. Paul, who represented the defgndants at the previous:hearing, faile&:to au- peap.and Attorney P. J. Russell rep~ résented-‘them. The defendants re- quested -that W. N. Weber. represent them and when he appeared-he waiv- ed ed the jury.- The first o 1 was set for ‘1:30 o’clock noon at the Court House before - Judge ibbonse: that being:4he: 1 ate "h%"iygfihn ‘%fiatagvsi %flbl STATE PAY FOR SUMMER - ENCAMPMENT SATURDAY Federal Payment Will Be Maae ‘by Major ‘Brady, Disburs- ing Officer, Thursday Members of company K present at drill on Saturday evening received checks in payment for the peripd of the summer encampment held at the fair grounds last month. The amount received covered the pay from the state of Minnesota. The federal pay- ment will be made in cash on Thurs- day at 12 o’clock noon by Major H. B. Brady, disbursing dfficer, attached to the Minnesota National Guard. A.l members are required to be present at this time in order to. receive pay- ment for the encampment period: Prior to “pay call” Saturday even- ing, the company was put through: a short drill, tae first which has been held since the encampment. -Captain Moore has announced that the regu- lar drill night will be called on each Monday and that all members of the company are requested to be present at this time without notices being sent on each occasion. FUEL FAMINE AGAIN THREATENS NORTHWEST (By United Press.) St. Paul, July 6.—Ralph Wheelock returned from Washington after con- ferences with the interstate com- merce commission and stated thatl unless that body prevents a fuel famine in the northwest the govern- ment may take over the coal supply and distribution . CLAIMS FOR OVERFLOW , DAMAGES TO BE FILED The Pioneer is in receipt of a com- munication from Harold Knutson .| with reference to damages dome by ‘overflow due to the dam at Kenora, Editor Bemidji Pioneer, = Bemidji, Minn. Dear Sir: - The state depart- men has asked this office to assist in getting persons who have suf- fered damages by reason of over- flow of the Lake of the Woods due to the retention of the water therein by the dam at Kenora, Ont., to file claims at once with the state department, Washing- ‘ton, D. C., for all such damages sustained. Will you not kindly advise your readers to this effect. Yours- verly truly, HAROLD KNUTSON. S |'ernor Cox. as | What. is ERNOR COX IS DE SENDSCOK CREETINGS Issues Statement That Persomn- alities Will Not Be Allowed on His Side of Campaign WILSON WILL AID ELECT COX PRESIDENT If Health Permits Wilson Wil Take the Stump for Cox " and’ Assist Him ’ Marion, 0., July 6 (Raymond Clap- per).—Warren G. Harding today sent a telegram of congratulations to Gov- ernor Cox of Ohio, his rival candidate for the presidency. Harding issues a statement again emphasizing that per- sonalities will not be allowed in-the campaign from his side. -“The nom-|. ination of Cox,” he said, “is an added consideration for Ohio and gives rea- sonable assurance that a newspaper executive is to be the next presi- dent.” Both Harding and Cox x_are newspaper publishers. e i (By United Press,) Washington, July 6 (Herbert Walk- er).—Definite assurances were given at. the: white house today that Presi- dent Wi i part § SUCCEeSSOT. his health permpits, Weather forecast, 24 hrs. Markham: Fair; diminishing brisk winds, OCRATIC NOMINE DENOCRATIC AUD[ENCE IN TENT Forty-Four Ballots Necemr:y to Swinlg Sufficient Votes to Nominate H‘» wa ONEGAMEIN OFFICES MOVED. Y CONTESTED SERIES Visiigrs Won on Sunday by 7 /'to 5 Tally but Locals - [+ Came Back 3 to1 The offices and plant of the Bemidji Pioneer have been moved from the old location in tl@e Security bank block to the Pxopeer block, formerly the Ma- sonic block, corner of Fifth street and Beltrami avenue. In a two-game series between Vern- dale- and Bemidji, played on Sunday and Monday at the local ball park, 'elgl; feam took one game, the - first ‘going:to the visitors by a 7 to 5 score :and'the second to Bemidji by 3 to 1. Both:contests drew an extra large at- tendence and much enthusiasm was shown' on cach occasion by the spec- tators. The Sunday game was started badly by Bemidji, but Krank, who, held the pitcher's box for only part, of the first ‘inning was relieved by Boman.| Then: there appeared a different out- look ‘to the battle. The game pro- gressed evenly up to the last of the seventh, when the locals scored four runs in rapid fire order.. The first of the eighth marked up four runs for the :visitors, putting them in the lead by one point. Another run i the last. inning gave Verndale a lead of two and Bemidji was unable to over- come: this. A number of arguments arose among the players over de- cisions and the like and in most cases the final settlement was made in favor of the Verndale outfit, who appeared nthflgdisposed to play unless grant- Evangelist Preaches Strong Sermon and Drives Home Convincing Message PALMER WITHDRAWS AFTER 38 BALLOTS The Weigle union evangelistic cam- paign opened in.a wery promising way, Sunday. Dr. Weigle spoke in the Methodist, and Baotist churches in the morning and in the tent in the evening at Fifth and Beltrami and’ estab- lished himself readily in the hearts of his (By United Press) # pearers by his grac- San Francisco, July 6. (Hugh ious and forceful man-| p,)1je,) —Governor James Middleton ::;’ g‘;::;;. m ;3:5:3 Cox, of Ohio, was nominated the dem- evening the first meet- ocratic candidate for president of the ing in the tent, saw|United States at 1:45 this morning. folks standing after|The nomination came during the the tent was ‘full, and last night, it forty-fourth roll-call was, wel.l fi“ed. again in spite of the Samuel B Amidon‘ Kansas nation many dllstractwns of the dgy. The al committeeman and a McAdoo lead- evangt;hst gave a compelling pre- er, seeing the tide sweeping toward sentation of prayer as the key that| . "\ oved that rules be suspended ;‘;1:;1‘:0;}“: Kingdom of Heaven toi,;4' that he be declared the unani- SO . mous choi¢e of the party, ' Amid Sunday evening “M’- Weigle spoke |gcones of tumultuous goy )\'wlth hun- on the subject: " “John the Trail|greds of delegates cheering and yell- Blazer,” taking his text from the ing the motion was carried with 'a word of Matth, 3:10: “And now also|(hunderous shout of *Yes”. ‘The the axe is laid unto the root of trees,|finish' came after the convention had therefore every tree which bringeth|heen in sessjon since,shortly after 10 not forth good fruit is hewn down,|o'clock yesterday morning,-save. for and cast into the fire.”” ° the brief dinner recess. ; “When John the Baptist came uf| The deadlock was broken aftersthe out of the wilderness and called the|thirty-eighth ballot when Attorney people to repentance he was blazing|General Palmer withdrew and releas- the way for Jesus. He was prepar-|ed his delegates. Cox got most of the Cox Got Most of Palmer Voi'nla -and Gained Steadily as _ ., McAdoo Looses et ! ‘OWn Way. Art Taylor'filled the pitcher’s box in yesterday’s game for Bemidji and Frank completed the battery which held; the vigitors down to one run. No scoring was done after the fourth inning and the entire game was feat- ured by exceptionally tight playing. The locals won the $25 prize put up in ‘connection with the Independence day celebration. Neither side was successful in taking the prize for the first Yome-run of the Sunday game. Bemidji has at last brought together a_bunch of first class ball players who are in a position to meet the best teams 'in this section of the state. Wilson will take the stump for. :ence toward #’demogratic. victory. November. Wilson telegraphed Cox, “‘Please accept my hearty congrgtqlaé tions and cordial best wishes.” L] MANTELL KNOCKS OUT OPPONENT IN HALF MINUTE hio, (Special to Pioneer.) .,Chippewa Falls, Wis., July. 5.— 54 claimed to be a world’s knockout record was established here today, when Frank Mantell, welter- weight champion of Canada, knocked out Ray (Kid) Johnson of St. Paul, in less than fifteen seconds of a sched- uled ten-round bout. £l Mantell is a resident of Begmdn at present and had been seen in some bouts in Bemidji by local fans. COX HEARS NEWS AT irl;g the wai'l for the Ereatest ?vivalzl vlotes Palmer released and as ballot-: y e world has ever known. People!ting progressed he gained .'steadily i Tfizm..ick of the religious shim arid | w116 MoAGbo Forces BEEAt 0 _mn'.’lw 5 humbuggery that prevailed and lis-!blc and the roll call was still.in pro- tened eagerly to the message of a man gress on the forty-fourth ballot when who.feared no one but God. So they|the end came. N came out in great crowds and camped | The final totals'were: Cox, 702%; ' on the banks of the Jordan. McAdoo, 267; Palmer, 1; Davis, 52; Like a pioneer blazing a trail Owens, 34; Colby, 1; Glass, }. Ab- through the forest, John came with sent or not voting, including Miehi- the broad axe of God’s truth and laid gan, 35. Michigan had passed her it at the root of the trees. He got|votte and before she had a chance to down where the sinners lived and told get in after roll call, Cox Was nomin- them to either get right with God or (ated unanimously. it they would go to hell. Assuréd of| The convention meets’ /againat I the fact that God had sent him he[noon today to nominate a vice: presi- i | was not to 'be turned aside either by|dential —candidate, to wind up the ' 7! | threats or flattery. business and adjourn. . John the: Baptist was God’s man. He had but one mission on earth and that was to awaken the sleeping sin- ners both in and out of the church, and he certainly worked on the job. He made no distinction between the sinners outside. “The only difference between a sinner outside the church,” said Mr. Weigle, “and the sinner in the church is this: The sinner out- R SCHOOL NEW POSITION T. 5 Thompm - Has Estab-| lished Record During His Four Years at Kelliher i T. S. Thompson, superintendent of school at Kelliher during the past four years, will go to Badger, Roseau county, next year. This move is in Iine of promotion for Mr. Thompson, who has been one of our most suc- cessful superintendents. Mr. Thompson was a pioneer home- steader in this county, in Shotley township, coming from the southern part of the state. While holding down his claim, he taught in the nearby schools, and was the first principal at Saum, one of the early conmsoli- (By United Press) £ Dayton, Ohfo. July 6.—@overnor Cox, nominated for president by ‘the democratic party today, sald ’he would accept the honor. % BEMIDJI ASSOCIATION NAMES REPRESENTATIVE TO FUEL INVESTIGATION NEWSPAPER OFFICE (By United Press) Dayton, Ohio, July 6.—Governor James Middleton Cox was at his newspaper offfce here when he receiv- ed word that he had been nominated. When the flash came a crowd of men caught him, raised him on their shoulders and marched into the front office, where his wife with some wo- men friends had been waiting all night. His wife rushed into his arms and kissed him. Cox walked a few blocks to the home of John McMahon, 87, an aged lawyer, and broke tlie news to him, personally thanking ur. McMahon for all he had done for him. After a few hours of rest, Cox went to the grave of his mother in Wiood- jawn cemetery, where he prayed alone for half an hour. . REGULAR LUNCHEON IN ASSOCIATION ROOMS The Bemidji Association will hold its regular luncheon at noon tomor- row in the:Association rooms. This is the first meeting held since the first of June, owing to the chef, C. A. Par- ker, being on his vacation. It is specially desired that a full attend- ance be'on hand for the luncheon and side the church is going to Hell and the sinner in the church,” .and _paus- ing for a moment he said, “ig going to Hell.” 3 : You say John the Baptist was sen- (Continued on Page 8) R E. MILLER RETURNS FROM MOOSEHEART R. E. Miller returned lhst week from Mooseheart, 111., where he took part in the convention held by the Loyal Order of Moose. as representa-| to make an appeal for coal movement tive from Bemidji Lodge L. O. O. M.| to this territory, Mr.. M. L. Matson, Mr. Miller reports that the meeting | local manager of the St. Hilaire Retail dated schools. He came to Bemidji; in 1913 as assistant county superin- tendent, remaining in that position several years. Mr. Thompson took charge of the; Kelliker school in 1915. The school up to this time had not made much progress, and no principal had re-! mained more than two years. There had been no well defined policy in school progress. The school during the past four years has made remark- able progress. There is now a full} high school course of four years, and during the past two years there havel been graduating classes. A scboo]; spirit has grown up and the building' and grounds have been improved, making it onme of the best consoli-, dated schools in the state. Mr.! Thompson deserves much credit for| these improvements, as he has always been a hard worker where school, affairs needed his attention. Beltrami county loses a good school man and Badger is to be congratu-! lated in getting Mr. Thompson. At a meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Bemidji ' association held this afternoon in the association rooms the matter of prospective fuel supply for the coming winter was dis- cussed. The discussion was brought about by the receipt of the association of a telegram from the Minneagolis Association of Business Organizations asking Bemidji to send a delegate to a meeting to be held in Minneapolis tomorrow afternoon to confer with other delegates relative to'sending a representative direct to Washington meeting as there isr an important business session to be held after the Tuncheon. A specially good lunch is being prepared and increased interest prom- ised in the meetings. MEETING OF CHAUTAUQUA SIGNERS TOMORROW NIGHT A meeting of the signers of the chautauqua contract will bbe held in the Bemidji association rooms tomor- row night at eight o’clock. All per- sons, who signed the contract, for this Year are requested to be present. held at Mooseheart was a remarkable | Lumber company, was named as rep- revelation to him of what was being|resentative from the Bemidji associa- done in all fraternal way for the tion and“will be present tomorrow orphan children. When members of|at the meeting in Minneapolis. fihe ord;r dl‘i:, leavling dependent chil- ren, the Moose lodge steps in and MIN gives thclz) ch}z]dren a hgme and an edu- NEWTA LEADS cation, both of which are the best. At present 810 homeless boys and lN I‘EGION AUX“-IARIES girls are being grown into useful man { and womanhood. The Moose are pre-| St. Paul, Minn., July 6.—Minne- GOLF CLUB ARRANG]NG pared to give them high school educa- | sota not only continues to lead every !tions and each child may select a trade state in the union in the formation FOR ToURNAMm m“ out of the twenty vocational coursea| of Women’s Auxiltaries to posts of rta.uAgI}lntt.’ i a i - ghebAmerican Legion, but competition . ¢ ; uildings are fireproof, sanitary|is becoming so keen' throughout the g The B:.m;gixl‘i C\%‘:gh;)’e vglr‘::!l' E‘:’:::’;::anq safe for children. All permanent|state it is probable Mjnngsota will -; ;:mzefl) :;n;eghere foF a Coricnament buildings are made of concrete block|have the first state convention to to be held during the forepart snd the rooms are bright, sunny and| formally form an auxiliary organiza- of this month. Teams included in Bclf“l“floully clean. The concrete finn. This announcement was author- the negotiations are those from blocks are madé by Mooseheart stu-|ized today by Harrison Fuller, state tend rws, Alexandria, Detroft dents under’expert direction. They) commander. : WAl Thege cities have first Puild their own homes and at the| “Redwood Falls was the first aux- = class golfers and it is expected that same time learn a useful trade. iliary to report a ‘membership _of an exceptionally interesting tourna- | Dutmg the convention the $125,- 100 but during the past week several ment will be held if satistactory ar-| 000 Philadelphia Memorial hospital,| of the units have passed the century rangements can be made. {given by the Philadelphia lodge and|mark,” said Mr. Fuller. “Auxiliary The local golf course is now in ex-l built of the famous Mooseheart con-|to St. Paul post No. 8, leads the cellent condition for such a contest ¢rete block, was dedicated. Funds|state units with a membership of and the local players are in readiness Were secured for five addxglonal aboug 180. 1 Fairmont is next with to meet the contestants from these buildings. There were many inter-| 154." ) cities. In all probabilities the tourna- esting addresses, among which was| The Minnesota =department. has more than 100 units and it is ex- ment_will be held the latter part of one by Ambassador Sharp, who repre- this week or possibly the following sents the United States government, pected that the total will be close to week. | in France. | 250 by September 1. 3 .