Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 17, 1920, Page 1

' VOLUME XVIiL. Lo .H°"°"°f M t Fair mw‘f;ffird.y 9 eaturing athietic events for. the feminine students or ' tne. Bemidji State, Normal school, ‘the:field meet held yesterday, afternoon at the fair Zrounds was one'of the most interest- ing events of the 'summer school per- iod. " 'With & varfed: programof sports. . Representative of ‘Bureau‘gf’ Children tion was displayed at:.all .times, the students. took. part.in:a gala: celebra-- “| tiom:;, T - 3 J° Captained Y “Rage” team was, Judged: the win\ & of the meet after having scored 't ‘| highest number-of ;points in the tot} number of the évents. Upon complets ing the \program o ‘wimning -team) aboard an: auto.truck made a tour of the downtown' business section of the® ‘city, . making . their ' presence known by numerous class yells and s0ngs. 3 ? ) The: field meet began:at 3 o’'clock and ‘continued until the,last. of the évents at 5 o'clock; :Events especial- 1y for the girls Were as follows: 50- yard dash; won by the Black and Orangetean;, baseball throw, woén by the. Rose team; nail driving contest ‘won' Ry Rose:teani; .potato- race, by 'the Red teaim, For the men the fol- lowing events were helu:. three leg- ged race, toed by Rose team and Red team;’/ wheelbarrow "race, by Red team; sack race, by;Rose team. - - ' In the tug of war n}est, in’ which 11. girls and ‘one: hoy took -part, ‘the Rose and the Red -teans,were given ie. The Telay “won by _the'R eam, Ll isg Lucille Young captained ‘the Black and Orange team; Miss Simons, the Rose ‘team, Miss: Dodge, the Red team andMigs Joséphine Parker, the s Simons, Regular Meetings Will Be Held on"'First ‘Monday of N.""Each Month \ A special meeting ‘of the: Child pifare Board of ~Beltrami county as held yesterday afternoon ‘at 3 o'clock .at tne court house and mat- ters ‘of - importance : were discussed by Miss se:Pye of St. Paul, -4 member of ithe children’s-bureau of. ;the state board of.control, who came to ' Bemidjl_especially to look after bei done’ in the“county : § ; he board ‘who were _'G:*McGhee, chair- C;Baer, ‘secretary, Mrs. tven.and William Lennon, q ‘J. ‘E. Harris met) boar since his’ work is s lines, ‘as that of the: .. 'board. -Qne,member, E. C. Middle- . ton ‘of. Baudette, was unzble to at: - iend the segsiom: s : The dutjes of 'this board are to look after the nterests | of illigitimate children, {0, see’ that ~children ' of school age ‘are nttelxl;m‘ng gfgool, to ~investi ymes, where children are adopid, & g sim ,*. Shirling and nt, Bansall and / Hines, and Misses x Relnheimer. to be to agsist.in inves- tigating a‘ppl{d@t ns ' ‘for: mother’s pensions.: “The "work in: this county was- thoroughly gone over by Miss Pye and, us ' cases. which ‘need 40U attention were discussed: was sentenced to-: Stanton of dist. ) meént at the Still- tox!m;t@l; 1t was’'decide to ol L $15,0 ‘;Bt'"‘ag 2 AT, "feat Mo I this ey .- mccomplished -children . county.., -jlumn. ! ay. !When asked’if 'he had anything to say before the ‘sentence was. pro- nounced by the judge, he stated that he was innocent. The ‘judge then asked him if he could not recall how he testified at the trials of the liquor cases, and he stated that he could not remember. 1. thé majority of the cases he was migtaken in the man concerned, he said. A NEW COMMISSION “Million..Poilaf 'Band’ which is to appear:.at Library ‘park, Thursday. .Mr." Bachman is presenting.a very talented: viclin _soloist, Frling So- «dahl, of;;Pyluth. - Mr. ~Sodahl has studied. with, the finest teachers' in the northwest and comes to the Bach- man ba rom ' Duluth with ‘the ‘highest recommenations - from = the press a critics of that 'city. So» /" dahV’s repertoire consists of the more opular of.the violin classics. Some of his accompaniments are. played by Walter F. Klingman, of Louisville, Ky., at the piano, and some are play- ed by the;band. “Mr. Bdchman' says at,thazorgst difficult thing his band * Aperf to play .accompawiments son, newly appointed state commis: sioner. of immigration, after taking office late Thursday invited the pub- 1 make suggestions toward . in- creasing-the efficiency and effective- ne s of the work of the department. ‘“Good’ roads, good 'schools, drain- agd systems and many other things help ‘to make- Minnesota a desirable ‘ e vialin solos’and it is this class sof work' tha§ the real ‘art of his or- ganizationoig; <, - Mr. Soda K 1 ‘ist-and:a spxoplione soloist.-" He was featured in-special saxophone num- !'-pers with-the: “Million Dollar Band”" at the Palace Music Hall jn Chicago last year. o paper ‘advertising will' be used to at- tract settlers here,” said Mr. Arne- son. {‘However, I.do not pretend to know all of the'best ways to make the immigration department most effec- " SEVERAL mIJ.ION ‘WORKERS ;.}ve ‘i{;lld s;u'lll wte}come suggestions. I Sl B RY A ave ‘lived in' the state since 1882, i3 AFFEGTED BY LABOR TROUBLE ?ndhamuccimviinced. that ‘few states 2aierity - +|in the Union cdn compete with' Min- (By United Press) nesota in o ; offering opportunities to settlers. MANY APPLICANTS ARE ‘Washington, July 17. (Ralph ~— Approximately . 3,500,000 ..-workers “were_ affected “by labor con- ‘troversies, ‘strikes and lockouts in the ..~ United Staies:during the fiscal year, .. which ended June 390, according to estimates made by bureau of the de- partment of:1abor. 3 5 1t is roughly estimated that labor 1ost in wages about $175;000,000 and the loss, to. employers about’ $700,- 000,000. B '/ ELECT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THIS EVENING G. H. Forte, lieutenant commander. in charge of the U. S. Navy recruiting station at Minneapolis, has announc- ed that many applicants are needed to complete the enrollment for the summer school at the Great Lakes station.’, . Due to the fact that notification that the Navy department would ‘Lakes, Illinois, wasdelaye! ong, it ‘has been impossible to Tehci/all the boys who desire to take advan- tage of this opportunity for a bene- ficial ‘vacation without; expense... A . previous notice sent.out stated that enrollments must be made prior to July 13, but since that time Com- mander "Fort ‘has ‘received a .. wire from Washington stating thatt roflment; may ‘continue untfl: July 27.for. this school., THe quota at pre- sent is only ‘ebout half filed, but the ones so far enrolled are’ enthusiastic about it ‘and it is certain' that -the applications will exceed the- quota since the extemsion. in the time has been made that = proper - publicity 'wo.vacangies in the school board .-'of the lnde&pez;jent District of Bemid- ““3i Wil be filléd tonight when the an- nual school “dlection will: take place t the Central school : ‘building be- . 4 o'clock. Tilnle two va- 3 e/caused by the expira- ms.of D] tunity e given to vote for others than t who filled/ The additional candidates.are Mrs. Harry Bridgeman and Samuel Webster. might be given the school. ’ B A - it o L .and contests in which keen competi- |’ 2 % b es of the meet | || for'the possibjlities of Beltrami coun- aperiod not to | | and:all 'his family in God’s ‘appointed | which is seeking the control -of the EXPLAINS OPPORTUNITIES | St. Paul, July 17.-~James S. Arne- state to live in, I'believe, and news- NEEDED AT GREAT LAKES | establish a:summer school at. Great | . ‘Weather forecast, 24 hrs,, Markham: Cloudy, ‘warmer, followed -unsettled. ALKS HCL. / NoRTH END Wm"m ;. Charles W. Boardman, ‘assistant Jpresident of the Central High school at Minneapolis, addressed the normal Clubs|school at: assembly at 9:40; o’clock ‘|this , morhing ‘on the .subject of “thyitt.” Mr, Boardman is represent- ‘Hog “the Staté Treasury department and he gave a splendid talk on econ- ‘'omicad buying, and made other sug- gestions fiow t6 overcome the present high price conditions., He is mak~ y| ing a general tour of the state it this 'interest and left today for Duluth. Visited Two Farmers . and Big Creamery Pic- .. nic at Spoonor { County Agent D. C. Dvoracek turned-last night from the north of Beltrami county” where he oy QUAKESSHOOE L0S ANGELES Silihl' Damage Done to I"fiv_ ‘of Older Buildings in "' Business Section : Weigle Planned Gift for Fam- y of Ten Bu@ Fougad That ‘Not Large Enough of Farm Bureau work.: he attended two meetings of farmo{p?. cliubs and the Spooner Creamery pic- At the picnic there were appro. mately 100 farmers and their fal ilies in attendance. ‘A number of 3 teresting talks were made by men @x perienced in agricultural and farmf bureau work. y . Small School South of Baudette| ?{.1 J. McGuire spiike on factg 2 making for a-successful creamery &R 7 Leads in Attendance in Year’s Average MANY PEOPLE STOPPED .- IN; STREETS TO PF F‘ our Quakes Cause Wom Become Hysterical and Some Fainted RENTS OF 22 CHILDREN t. WITH 16 STILL LIVING his talk was of vital interest. Lean- ard Houske, state 'creamery inspec-|. . tor, spoke on “Loyalty: to the cream- ery.”.. The value of better livestock was discussed by E. 'W. Peterson, representing the State Holsteln @s- sociation. wl ) oy by M. M. Al:_‘lawtt. % ‘“vices Will Be Held in t Tonight; Street ; Yeeting at 7:30 Lat @ ‘;wa.s family night at the big t;i it Dr. Weigle had promised a present to'thé largest family theré: When he asked the families to'stgnd a group’ of seven on the front seat lookeq ‘preity good,-but back in the center of the crowd a family took up a “whole ‘seat, ‘and when Dr. Weigle went back to count them he found 11 children and - the parents said, “we have five more at home.” > ' The audience broke into applause and Df. Weigle went back to the ‘platform and handed his present to one of the boys saying, ‘I thought there ‘would be something in that package for every member of the fam- ily, but.it is a volume of sermons and there are only ten in it. I shall have to publish a’book with sixteen serm- ons' in it.” 2 : ¢ Mr. ‘and’Mrs. York have born to them 22 children, 16 of whom are 'now living. They arrived in Bemidji] a year and a half ago from the west with a balance of 75 cents in thi family resources. . * I Today they have:their: home @ two acre tractsouth of Nymore prac tically paid -for, which speaks we] In the annual repoyt made by the county superintendent of schools in Beltrami county one of the.most in- teresting points is the recdrd of at-|. Los Angeles, July 17.—Four severe 'tendance at the schools throughout|earthquakes here yesterday threw. the the couiitty. . The report is based on|city and its-suburbs into excitementy the enrollmetit #nd average daily at-|and indirectly caused a number of in- tendance, showing in per cegt how |juries to men, women and chiluren, the schools of the. coutity have met|and slightly damaged several bufld- their obligation to the tax payer. ings,c chiefly old ones,’ but not to a i e|8reat cxient. Kt -;,.fi';“if,‘fih"-’:n":f&,fg,’,‘ggf'o?“s‘?";é, While the shocks seemed to"center- Last, year Hines held this dis-|in Los Angeles, some of them were community sawmill, . It is expected|tinction. Willlams stands lowest on felt more than 30 miles away, but, X . o hig 1 list with |as in this city, no material damage that 1t il be 1y chcepia foon; The ii!lle aflrtz‘:::lda:;d'ot gol:lls;hgg p};' “cent.|was reported from any other south- Carp Farmers’ club plans to take up for consideration at its text meeting| The rural schools have a poorer at- :;:m(i"’lyrfo;?‘z::“ii oztm;’on.'lofl;: nt':: the selectior of dne:bteed of livestook{tendance, which is to be expected, mornidg. 1t felt much as does the for that community,, i , “{owing - to" conditions, but-some of sudden s'topplng of a street car,-only /R.E. _.mstead, Who {8 thoroughiy|them hardly made the best use offip."tye tremor produced the un- experienced in farm bureau and farm-|the money collected: for ‘school’ pur-| hoo .10 ccncaNon multiplied many ers’ club work, ‘accompanied Mr-{poses. The average for all the rural ?lmes Talks were made county agent of Koochiching. ty, who spoke on co-operatibm 1 ing dynamite and in land clearing, by.R. E. Olmstead, farmers’ club.ex: pert, who spoke on community spikit, and by D.-C. Dvoracek, speaking’ on Community organization. e Mr. Dvoracek reports .'that . the North Star Farmers’ club at Rapid{ River are planning to construét ajtent. riginal plans to hold a pave ante on “the evening 'of Thur! ‘ty;‘as well as for the the industry of the: family.. A happier, healthier faniily. it would ‘be hard to find, and characters that makes ‘them Dvoracek during. the entire week. - |schools is an attemianceyof:(62:per > teri- . an average of 95 per cent, and dist-], © ‘ d .0 M“_,LIGN mmk DM hardly been calmed. when at 1:27 | 1 rict 83 is lowest with an average of| - .", o cecond, tollowed two min- To BE Hmm ARM Y only 27 per cent. y utes later by the third. These two : . The school leading in the entire]were sharper than that of the morn- 1ist is a small one south of Baudetteli s ' Then the agitation of the citi- nfent [In the unorganized territory. This|zens became prolonged and -t was school was taught by Mrs. Sadye M.lgome time' aftérward before it was July 22, following, the ‘concert by'theé | Bain, and shows an average attend-|, cage of. ‘susiness as usual.” The Million Dollar Bapd, have been aban-[ance of/94 per cent. fourth came last night. doned, an}! arrangements have been| The high and -grade schools rank| Courts and other public places were completed| by ‘the committee inlas follows: Baudette, 86 per cent;|scenes of near panic after the third charge to hold the “Million Dollar|Spooner, 79 per cent: Saum; 79 per | quake, some people running for the Dance” in the Armory. - lcent; Bemlidji 78 per cent; Kelliher, Jopen air, some fainting, some siop- ed by frien d neighbors; : " otk his,bee:se::gloy‘;fi?:b‘fi:e . This dance will be conducted by |75 per cent; Tenstrike, 74 per cent;|ping to. pray. ; .| M &.1.°roundhoyse, but is giving his the Ralph Gracle post of the’ Am-|Hines, 70-per cent; Willlams, 66 per ' ~ 2|time to; his-little, farm this summer. | érican Leglon, l-'r“fler-‘m?‘.“”"m offcent.. - , ‘ 10S ANGELES CHECKING “The evangelist preached tast night which the famous band {8 comity to : ‘UP s se: THQUA s Bem/dji, an practically the same Hnes as the dande held by thé post:on In- dependence Day. :This proved to be such a decided succese that the post gas glvetn l':ll; t::e idea. of a pdvement ance at this.time. . . - - ofticer ot company. K, has received With a 12 plece orchestra furnish-f¢he report of the federal .nspection ing the music for the occasion a very Imade by Lieutenant - Colonel H. D. enjoyable dance‘is assured. .THe Of-|geiton: of the Fifty-first Inantry on chestra, will be 'made up of members | February 26 this year,, just before of the Million Dollar Band, the -company was finally mustered AT , In.. The inspection included the gen- EXPLODING -ENGINE KILLS : - |eral fitness of the men wjth refer- THREE OF TRAIN CREW |ence to former training, local atti- e tude toward the forming of a com- The locomotive|pany and many details which go to of a. freight train on, the Chicago,|make & first class organization, Milwaukee & ‘St. Paul railroad ex-| The report of the inspection shows ploded ‘at Kellog, Minn., near ‘here that at that time many things were at three o’tlock this morning, killing recommended to be remedied. Since engineer E. . Shafer of Farmington|that time several changes have been and bpiikéman Wescott of the sime made and it 18 thought that an in- town" and ureman Joséph -Hanola of stettion at the present time would Minneapolis R bring a far bettef report, i - ’ At the next diifidal fnspection a BIRCHMONT DANCE WAS check will be made ofi the things VERY WELL ATTENDED which ' were proposed for a change at A largé number of Bemidji people the last inspection to see if all these and many of those . registered at changes have been made. Birchmont enjoyed the dancing party there last evening. Mrs. Char- les Van's Syncopatorsfurnished the music for the occasion.- The regular Friday night dances. are proving to be very. popular - this. summer- at shioned Daddy”. from on “‘An .0ld: ) Noah.who saved: himself " OF COMPANY K REPORTED Captain D, J. Moore, commanding the story Los Angeles, Los 'Angeles’ begi stock’of the: da earthquake, whi rounding country yetsgrd Many people slept out doors last night and hundreds stpyed up afl night fearing shocks might be repeat- ed. Thousands of dollars of property damage s , reported ' and many be- lieved thaf the end of the world had come. 0DD FELLOW! ..No service will be held in the tent tonight. ~Street meeting at 7:30. See Sunday announcement in church e¢ol- PROTRACTED NORTHERN "~ WAR FEARED IN CHINA (By. Charles Pidward Hogue) Shanghai, China, July .16. (Delay- ed).—The An-fuites, dominant mili-' tarists of Pekin, are battling ‘an in- vading army from the Chelf province, Winona, July 17, S8 HELD '/ BUS!NI,?B The Bemidjl lodge of Od held a short husiness seey night at its rooms and: geveral matters of imp had been made for an.®3 interesting = program . {! Grand Master Hohenstel was received. late account of illms would be unable: this. time, fon 1 Pekin' government. The cabinet -is fifteen. miles out of Pekin ready fdr flight is necessary. There is no esti- mate of the casualty. Fighting at times has been desperate. Foreigners and members of the diplomatic.corps are actively-adverting peace. A pro- ‘tracted northern war is. feared. (LACK OF WIND. DELAYS YACHT RACE AN HOUR B BELTRAMI COUNTY LOSES ONE OF BEST TEACHERS " (By United Press.) : Aboard the . Destroyer ‘Goldsboro (Henry Farrell), July 17.—After be- ing held .up ,for more than an hour for lack of wind, the yachts Sham- rock and Resolute crossed the start- ing line shortly before-2 o’clock-on the second of the races. Notices that regular drill will by held for company K on Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at the rooms§ of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce" associ- tioh havé been sent out to the memb- erg'of the company by Captain Moore. All' members are requested: to be pre- sent unless: specifically excused, says the commanding officer. ULTIMATOM ASKS TWO . MILLION TONS OF ‘COAL- (By United l?feu) 7 d Spa, Belgium, July 17.—The de- parture of allled and German dele- gates from this little Belgian water- ing place today marked the termin: tion ‘of the most momentous confer- ence since the signing of the Versail- les treaty. ; : The signing of the alliéd ultimd- . tum calling for the delivery of 2,000,- 000 tons of coal monthly. occurred at Villa Fraineuse last night. PARK RAPIDS CLASHES WITHLOCALS TOMORROW Word has been received at the of- Birchmont: fice of the county sumrinlfindz‘r‘lt o; p schools that Miss Anna . Anv. 0 C,HAUTAUQUA GUAmTORS Blackduck has accepted a position to MEETING. MANDAY EVENING |teach for the coming school year at A mesting - of ‘the Chautauqua|Deephaven near Minneapolis. Miss guarantofs has been, called for Mon-|Anvid has taught in this county for day evening at the ropms of Bemidji|several years and 1s one of the best Civic and Commerce association, It|rural school teachers that the county is very urgent that there be a large|has had during this period! attendance since several matters of| Last year she taught at Finlayson vital importance are to be taken up.|and prior to that she taught for two : |years at Kelliher and two. years at Saum. Yacht Resolute ~was 400 yards ahead of the Shamrock to 'windward at :3:40 o'clock this afternoon with three miles 'yét to go. Both were on port tack. ¥ { 13 Lee Sweet and Frank Woodward, . ho were arrested some time ago byt the local federal authoritfes on the charge of having mash in their. pos- session, were given sefitence by Judge age Morris of- Duluth on Thursday. ad. a result of the indiétments return- ed'by the federal grand jury, Each were sentenced to 60 days in the Beltrami county’ jail and $1001 fine. \ £ ; \ Tomafifow afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Joeal ball park, the fast ag- gregatiofy from - Park Rapids will cross bats with the Bemidji city base- ball nine in one of the best games to ine indictments were re- turned in a\partial report by the fed- eral grand fury. In mgst caae; the parties, ngmediim’ e! are ;Gl' dfidé?,“{:& A T84 bo iplayed here: this season. The vis- or [itors have won over ‘Such teams as ‘Wadena and: Staples this season and have. established an enviable record. The locals are -planning to- put their best players in the game to- morrow’and will have practically the e line-up that played and won the International Falls games last 2 Twenty'\q thig’ groop were.cl with fntyoducing liguo into: Ind{a- territyry; nine with hay- fng mash in- thelk, possession; three with violating the\yolstead prohibj- tion act; three with*having opium in their: possession and'two for import- ing‘ liquor. from Canada. Fourteen s::tenou,werq inposed by Judge Mor- 3 - —_ S o -—d . —_— -