Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 28, 1920, Page 1

Y e 48 ns.._'r.d.,. w..u News Todey . BEMIDJI MINN., WEDNESDAY E ENING, JULY: 28, 1920 W“flle!' forecast, 24 hrs., W Cloudy, warmer; unsettled. Bl BY MRGE RAILROADS | HEARD AT NOON LUNCH| - April Opmtng Deficlt Wu Good Roads Boo-ters Evm.l. Onr Twenty-l"lve Mil- Wnshlnxton July 24 —The larger. or’class ‘dne, rallroadsetoday ' report-|* . roads ,rebmon, gnod gow;, ed to the interstate commerce com- 'and ‘protective recreation . were -the|inission a ‘deficit of $25,881,485 in mbjaeu of interesting talks heard railway operating income for April. or -Burnquist pays just tri- the -Salvation Army and its in 'a communication res a»thie Provincial Headquart- / %» Army in Minneapolis. In § nid roads There Will Be at Least’| ' 400 Million Due ceiv) €rg o) Larger Credit Than Ever Will} (rme: on the work he said: noon. following the luncheon, 1; amounts to approximately $75,- T H. Hohmsann' of ' Mai\kato, 000,000 a month, and the April defi- t of the Minnesota State Au-|¢it makes a loss of more than $100,- ssocwtlon, who with a party| 000,000" to the government for the 42 boosters. is visiting Bemidji|month. P the speaker on good roads. Western ‘and eastern roads report- MORE THAN TWIQE ted out clearly what must be ed deficits, the former showing $20,- : ‘4| done before the fall election in order| 343,079 for the month and the lat- PREVIOUS DEFICl“ to insuse the passage of Amendment] ', $6,608,040. No, 1-for a system of good roads in|; Southern carriers reported 'a pro fit of $1,474,634. Operating revenues| Minnesota under. the Babeock plan.| oo % " Giiroads as a whole inoreas. and do not hesitate t .the ‘cooperation of selfish work it has g N ganization {8 & <A stamps it as of inestimable’ valu\ “the progress and lopment of ml péople L3 ed_praise of the Salyation Governor -Burnquist both t slrvai;e mt the larger cities roposed extension ‘of -activ~ £ every county in _the ‘state s“m M'y Be More Than 1 he application of its’ Home 7 500 Milli K Service Program for 1920 reflects, g Million Do““ a ;‘nqaaqro he attiltumt::y of tke it iz:ns , wkerever:. the ' Salvation rmy as | 7 (By Unl:ed Press) 'Au:rglznglto e.stfl m of eastern | been mentioned, . Washington, July 28. e °d Sr:fiem edit eoudmons are Reports _from the . field ‘lndicate nite s, credi | thint |, forty-three - coiinty advisory |agreement with the 'railrosds k‘;"p;"t;mg very q'i:kly :!:!:lt: boards - have .neen ‘organized. beo e ccunt;yf fl?’ Booiudes ompoged of the most representa- |least four hundred million dollars to|has recgived at the cities where he|commission-until January. ing amnfe or 5 o 2| tive and"influential citizens in each |meet deficits incurred during, March,|has visited. ’ d’financing. °k &“P’T:n mo rtmg county, 'who will work in conjunction [ April, May; June, July and August,|the party, all of whom were guests|first four. months this year amouiited [ them toflmu‘ e eth“po d" with ‘the army in i{s efforts to place | director 'Parmalee of -the Bureau of|at the luncheon today; -he ‘extended|to only a“little over $2,500,000. that reflects not only the condi-; the program .on a permanent basis. | Railway Economics estimated today Lhis thanks to the Association for the| ‘The ' defieit for ' the -first - Investigations are being conducted | Parmalee characterized this estimate! opportunity to be present at a meet-(months' In’ the eastern in all of the communities with regara |as conservative. It probably - will] ing of such a live-wire organization.|amounted to $35,728,967. . | to local“conditions’ including; pnverty reach five hundred million dollars Concluding his .talk, he -introduced ‘sesison; during|and other soclal distress. - he'said. This is nearly twice as b#&|J. E. Kelly of Waseca, ‘one of his been touring the ‘state and nues for the corresponding month in od ot ““;:l“ W‘}"‘“ \On11919 from $389,487,271 to- $401,- several citles ne nasjggq,695, :nd ‘expenses tzrom $344,° 70,607 to . '$404,480,14 ‘For ' the Fin.places where the phn .is thoroughly 4 - understood by the four months ending with April ‘rail ment isfavored. $52,566,840, which includes approxi- “zlies equally well to “this seetion 'of The op- e middle west. = . for the period totalled $29,710,366 ‘and for the western carriers $68,- ¢ the meeting of ‘the:'‘Bemidji Civic|The government’'s guarantee to the|.- voters endorse-|way operating income' amounted to| - ‘He lho remarked !lvon ly. con-|matel v 850 000,000"0f back railway|ica’s cup saved to the N Y is first- impresaion of Notth- mail pay earned before 1920 but mot Yacht ¢|l:,b for at |:ast. :noa;:r y::rk They | soon be called upon to pay them:atesn Minnesota and the reception hefawarded by the interstate commerce|the Resolute, which yesterday crossoé AB a re- the finish line thir tnut, Speaking in behalf of|sult railway operating income.for the [fiye s:co,'m“.hega t::nmne\ l;;:;r::: erating income for the southern roads | to England to' omm; railroad, which runs until September | . 4 2 - ; erce association held this d i 1 Sir Thomas Will Leave SHllb\ .“rock IV Behind; Wilk Build New Shamiock, 1922 | AMERICAN . DEFENDER WILL :BE ,msmn'm:n" P ( %ie a;d his party have for:the past ed.in April over the operating reve- Dfiltm for the: Next m ‘Not Decided Until S.&_ : T Rulén are Discussed (By Unlted Press) o2 "New York, July 28.—Witk Amer— had ended her career. = The yacht will now be taken to the yards ang’ (our dismantled. Nor will Lipton’s greem . district | challenger race agafn. She will he left behind when her owner-returns: grepure his fifth chal- . He ‘will build a lenger tor 192 h the country’s credit requi tents reach their maximum intensity, now close at hand. Because of e difficulties of transportation, it y. bé expected that the volume of | edit needed this year ' to . finance crop marketing will, be Targer than al: . While the traffic movement nmproved shghtly, sufficient relief ardly pected to agrlcultural stapli : e crops, to an unusual extent, may ‘have ‘to be held this year. Recent experience has = demonstrated full I ffect- of 'any -ihterference w1 erly . commodity - shipments-: enormous amount ot i 'his prospect enhances' the nnpor-‘ f ce of the credit situation which, 1 uring -the current period: of. June 6.to July 15, has' experienced no relief from the tension " of ‘the past onths. . Since-last: Novem- . Dber,. the federal reserve “institutions 2 agii member banks have been seekmg ‘{0 curtail non-essential‘borrowing, to; limit loans. to necessary reqmremenf.s i (Continued on Page 8~) . WEALTHY ALLEGED DRAFT " EVADER PLACED IN JAIL 1 St (By United. Press) -. £ t. Paul, July 28.—Grover C. Clem- i ming, wealthy alleged draft evader \ was: captyred .by federal agents in a ig touring car mear Madison, S, D: ‘was placed in' jail here- oday after year's search. He was arrested: Vthe north.woods. earl 918 and freeion $1,000) bai Teftithe ‘His parents lionaire eapolls residents. AD WORKERS e wLRO. GO ON A STIKE By Unlted Press) “Twelve: thous-l e extent i eral “different routes were followed, Through the Home Service Pro- gram the Army will render the neces- sary ‘service ‘in each case called to its ‘attention. according to the facil- ities at hand, “We bre niore than'pleased with the manner in' which Minnesota citi= zens are, co-operating with us,” said :Golonel ‘Stephen - Marshall command- i, “NortHern ,Province of ‘ONTOUR OF NORTHWEST MAKE VISIT AT BEMID John H. Hobmann, President 'St‘ate Automobile Associa- “tion; u*ifi Party Boosting. for :'good. ronds and ‘Amendment No. 1,'a party of 55 auto- mobiles has been touring the state for: i the past week. . Gathering from vari- ous points in the southern part of the state, the boosters assembled at the Twin Cities and from there made the tnp to Duluth and Two Harbors, visit- ing towns and cities en route.. Sev- and along each talks were made boost- ing for the passage of ‘the Bahcock plan. for a good roads system in: Min- nesota.; At Two Harbors the party divided into several groups and one of these, cons ting “of five :cars; ‘arrived in ast’ evening- to' spend a-short time here. Good roads as well as bad: have. been - encountered in all segtions:of the ‘state and among ithe roads classed among the poor is the Cass Lake-Bemidji road. All speak Very highly of 'thé . toads through; the ron range district’and say -they:are about the best they have seen any- n of Mankato, as the largest.deficit incurred in any :iwe e months of government ope ons. GANDY TO WIFE; l(ll.IS INMA.TE OF ASYLUM au‘lv 28 ——George - confessed that he and his young sweetheart sent poison- ed gardy to an insane asylum for his wife, hoping to kill her so that they| might” be married. 'l‘he plot result- od'inthe death of Mrs. Lizsie Brooks; inmate, and the illnes of two attend- ants. Mrs. Littrual refused to eat the candy. WINONA LEGIONAIRES AFTER 1921’ CONVENTION “Winona, 'Minn., July 28. —Members of the local” post of the American Leglon have begun a campaign to win the 1921 convention of the Min- nesota department. The : campaign will come to. its climax at'the stafeku. S. ARMY PLANFS ON convention, in Duluth, Augnst 16, 17 agd 18 The Leon J. Wetzel post will be represented by Commander C. A.| Lester and Alphonse Goergen, of the executive committee of the post. An- nouncement of the Winona campaign has been spread throughout the state. It 'is -understood that -several other posts are after the meeting but local Leglonalres believe that Winona will{States army aviators who left Saska- be supported by delegates from posts in southern countiess i at 2:13 p. m. party who today is recexvmg many returns of his birth anniversary. His|575,441. }friends took this opportunity to sur- {Bnem 0. Relly rosponded witn snort|MINERS, OPERATORS AND Atalk in; which he expressed. his ap- preciation of the welcome he has re- red in this part of the stite.’ eligion was. thén discussed by| ngelist Weigle, who has been con duetin, religious services in. ‘the . city for the fow.weeks. He explained the “object:. of the services such as evangelists are conducting and pomt- ed out that the ultimate purpose is to, build character. - With this in vnew, he firmly_believes, that the people in this vicinity. should, realize that his work and, the work of similar evange- lists .and ministers of the gospel is a .great asset to the building up of the community in general. Ensign . Knudson of the Salvation | Army, who has recently been trans- flerred to the Bemidji tervitory as a successor to Captain Orchard, gave a very interesting talk, pointing out the necessity of close co-operation by (Centinued -on Page 8) UNION -OFFICIALS - TRY TO ARRIVE AT TERMS C;nference : of 4O|;cr-to Calléd by Lewis and Bre\hter‘ Today By United Press) Chicago, July 28,—Federal investi- wation of unauthorized strikes of coal miners, In [llinois, Indiana and Kan- ficials, union men and operators be- gan maneuvering for a peaceful set- tlement, independent of ‘government action. Thomas Brewster of the op- erators_committee of the central com- pemive field, in response to.a tele- Miners president, today called a con- gram from John Lewis, International ference of operators to determine sas was under way today as mine of- | whether to accept the place for the joint conferencg with the miners,a NOME TRIP REACH CITY OF EDMONTON, ALBERTA | euAKE SHAKES RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO. CAL. Bdmonton, Alberta, July 27.—On 4 their second day’s flight across Can- (By United Press). i ada, on a trip from Mineola, New Riverside, Cal., July 28. —Rjve York to Nome, Alaska, four United|side was shaken by an earth qual toon, Sask., this morning arrived here|aas been reported. The quake-was |d180 felt at San Bernardino. Minnesota State |- the pnx‘ty Another car ‘Lhas,its home garage at Wue The party visiting here today is composed ineteen person3, and. all | n., joying | ong_ of, thé best ! resident E,"A. Barker of-the Be- m}d i Civic and- ‘Conimerce associa- has announcel that, for the con- nce of tourists and travelers by obile in this section of the state “ aspecially around -Bemidji, at: ‘the meeting of the board of directors of that organization held on Tuesday;] ‘it was decided to secure as much in- formation as possible concerning the dition Of the roads. g Ards-will-Be prepared and ‘tdken the various garages and hotels “where tourfsts will stop,and.on these ds the travellers will be requested 10 state the condition~of{ the roads| ley encountered. while entering the) ity aud make any complaint.they de- re to express. . Signs will be erect- on, ‘posts at the junctions of roads ing to Bemidji and on these prop- information will be.placed to di- tsfravellers to this city. ¥ & cards showing the reports of Wie condition on the roads near here Fwill be collected from time to time an(l the information will.be compiled by ‘the secretary of the association and forwarded tothe Minnesota State | Automobile association:. Every effort. will be made by the association to Took:adter the needs of those visiting th y and immediate attention will be given to all complaints. i this state is to be an actuality. JIn a i number of the places which the party undertaken.” Members of the : pressed; the opinion that much more | publicity-“must be ‘given Amendment No. 1 if the good roads system in has visited the residents knew very 1ittle-in- favor-of -the-plan and so-no reason ,for voting for it until the proposition was explained to them thoroughly.. - Some “of the boosters pllnned to leave this afternoon for Park Rapids, stopping off at Itasca State park for a few hours. . The remainder of the party. plans to leave soon and will follow. the'preceding cars as far as Park Rapids. - At that point the party will be split ‘up, some going to De- troit and others, continuing on south. HAIL STORM WIPES OUT FARMERS AT DRAYTON Drayton, N. D., July 27.—A heavy ed out a mumber. of -farmers west of here about 5:30 o’clock Monday after- noon. The storm cut a path about tour miles wide. In addition to a number of farmers who had crops entirely destroyed, much age was done to others. p . -party have ex-|- hail storm near here completely hail-| Planked fcan government is other Shamrock. ' The' deslgn ‘for-'the - next ‘defender” will not ‘go forward until suggested changes in rultes and sailing conditions. are theroughly discussed. REGULAR WEEKLY DANCE AT BIRCHMONT FRIDAY | eveninz the ()‘:;] Fri regular lweekly. will be. . ). at. thg i s Birchmont Beach summer’ otel.” B‘ Syncopators orchestm Lwill turnlah the music’ for the occaston. These | dances are becoming more and more popular each’ week and Bemidji peo-~ ple ave especially invited ta ba pre~ ‘| sent. POLISH ARMY RETREATING ALONG ENTIRE LINE (By United Press): Paris, July 28.—The Polish army facing the Bolsheviki is retreating dlong the entire front. .Resistence is feeble at both ends of ‘the line. VILLA SURRENDERS AND HAEGLIN IS RELEASED : (By Uited Press) Eagle Pass, Texas, July 28.—That Francisco Villa has surrendered un- conditionally to the provisional Mex- reported here. .| Carl'Haemlin, American, who was im- prisoned by Villa at Sabinas and held ‘for ransom has been released re- shortly before 8 o’clock. No damage,| port said SECRETARY OF LABOR WILSON RECALLED T0 WASHINGTON (By United Press) Washington, July 28.—Secretary of '{Labor Wilson has been recalled to ‘Washington by President Wilson to take charge of the labor departments of work on the Illinois coal strike. MAN THOT TO BE LEROY ' ARRESTED IN KANSAS Body of Woman Shipped in Trunk Identified as Katherine Leroy (By United Press) Lawrence, Kansas, July 27. —-A man answering the description of Eugene Leroy, of Detroit, wanted in connection with the murder of a woman who has been positively iden- tifled as Mrs. Leroy, was arrested here today by Sherift J. R. Woodward Ashley of Sadler, Ky., and said he of Douglas county. The man gave the name of Dillard had an army discharge and identifi~ ' ‘cation at Omaha. His hands were badly blistered, showing that he was not accustomed to farm labor— The arrest was made on informa- tion from Kansas City and the man is being held awaiting the arrival of Kansas City officials, (By United Press) New York, July 28.—The Tody -of the woman found in a trunk here was - positively identified oy Mrs. Leo Trumbull of Detroit today as Mrs. Katherine Leroy of that city. . Her husband ,a policeman of Detroit, alse identified the body as-that of Mrs. Leroy.