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

1 H i I LEGISLATURE” - "y Vi e - DELAYSVOTE - ON SUFFRAGE ‘Lays Over Important Question . Untif Tomorrow When Vote Will Be Taken COMMIT_I'EE VOTES FOR ADOPTION 10 TO 8 Largest Circula- tion in Northe: Several Bids Were Received, Naylor Electric Co. Being the Lowest The regular meeting of the City Council met in ccouncil chambers last night. The chief business to be trans- acted was the considering of bids for the construction and “furnishing of white way lighting system for the business portion of the city. _Bids were received from three firms, T)xe Naylor Electric Co., The Minnesota Rlectric Light and Power Company, both of Bemidji, and the Kelly Construction Company of Chip- pewf Falls, Wis. The bids of the Naylgr Elecric C~mpany ran from $27,299.35 ta 129.14, those of the Minnesota ric Light and Power Co. from. 162.70 to $33,- 442.50 while thy 7. 7 Construction Company’s bids G considerably higher and ran £, ~_ 33,402.00 to e s, Suffragists Waging Strong % Fight in the House 1 - $36,940.00. 2 Expect Victory After considerabl % cussion on % the matter it was fir- & oft to the Nashville, August 17.—The Ten-|Water and Light Co, e of the council to further invex and re- port their findings at a, ing to be called later. A resolution was passe the offer of the state to bu, ¢6000.00 of the $8000.00 armory bonds. The report of Dr. F. A. Shannon, City health officer was also received. It was decided to advertice for bids for the putting on of new roofs on the two city pump houses. Messrs. E. Jackson and son were granted the use of half the street for placing construction material on, in connection with the building of the armory. Mr. Chas. Nangl‘e offered the in- formation to the ‘council that the lights on his corner of the street were ample and opposed their remov- al. ST. BARHOLOMEW’S EPISCOPAL- CHURCH TO BE CONSECRATED Bishop Morrison of Duluth Will Perform the Ceremony August 22, 11 A.M. e house adjourned this afternoon -fout -taking a vote on the suffrage fieation resolution. Action prob- ly will be taken tomorrow. Nashville, August 17.—The propos- ed nineteenth amendment to the con- stitution reads, “the right of citizens ot the United States to vote shall not be denied or-abridged by Unit- ed States or by any state on account of sex.” It was drawn by Susan B. Anthony, pioneer in the suffrage movement in América, in 1875, and was introduced in the United States senate three years later by Senator : Sargent of California. The amend ment . was sumbitted to the states in June, 1919, and a few days later Wis- consin ratified it. - (By United Press) Nashville, Tenn., August 17.—The battle of suffrage had gotten under “.way in the house of the Tennessee i «- legislature today, when Representa- 4 - tive Riddick ‘moved that the house " concur with the senate’s resolution ratifying the federal suffrage amend- ment.( The senate’s resolution was 'received in the house in the regular or?~r of business, Aisles were jam- - med and galleys were packed. Rid- dick gave the names of the national and state leaders who ‘favored suf- frage, including President Wilson and the presidential candidates, challeng- ing his opponents to name the lead- ers.of the opposttion. Hecharged-that subtle influences are operating against suffrage and said he would bg ashamed if suffrage got defeat- ed. . . Rev. George Backhurst went to Mentor today to* join Bishop Morri- son on a visitatien tour of the In- dian missions in the vicinity of Be- midji. They expect to spend about ten days in this work and will take in the following points: Mentor, Bena, Cass Lake, Tenstrike North- ome, Redby, Red Lake, Round Lake, Onigum, Park Rapids and Ponsford. Bishop Morrison of Duluth will consecrate St. Bartholomew’s church on Sunday, August 22, at 11 a. m. It is the ‘rule in the Episcopal church that no church shall be consecrated that is in debt. During the last year St. Bartholomew’s has been entirely cleared of indebtedness, and the beautiful edifice is to be consecrated. This church was built chiefly thru the efforts of-the late Archdeacon Parshall, and is a monument to his untiring zeal, At Mr. Parshall’s un- timely ‘death a-large debt remained, and his successor, Rev. George Back- hurst, has earnestly devoted himself to the'clearing of this debt and to the furthér beautifying of the interior of the building. Many valuable pieces of ecclesiastical furniture have been added until now St. Bartholomew’s is one of the finest churches in the diocese of Duluth. Rev. George Backhurst has held the combined offices of rector of St. Bartholomew’s and district superin- tendent of all white and Indian mis- sions in this northwestern part of the diocese. After nearly four years of this extensive work the Rev. George Backhurst, much to the regret of his ‘congregation, is leaving the work for another parish in Brooklyn, Mich. He will preach his farewell sermon on Sunday, August 22, at vespers, 5 p. m. (By United Press) - Nashville, August 17.—The housg - of representatives today was to vote on the ratification of the federal suf- ./ {rage amend. If the vote is favorable the amendment becomes a part of the constitution, since the senate ratified suffrage last week. (By United Press) Raleigh, N. C., August 17.—The North Carolina senate today began a debate on' the ratification of the fed- eral amendment with the expectation of voting before adjournment today. WILSON TO PERFORM AERIAL STUNTS AT FAIR ~ Jules Vedrines landed on the roof . of the Galleries LaFayette in Paris, \but he never performed the feat of hanging from one plane to another midair, like Al Wilson, who will ' do\it without the aid of a rope ladder at the Minnesota state fair, Septem- ber 4 to 11. i Vedrines accomplished his feat only ‘once—Wilson does his act every day. Wilson believes there is a great future for the airplane. He declares that it will be only a matter of a few years when traffic rules and regula- tions will govern aviation throughout the nation, the same as automobile traffic is governed today. A few of the more progressive cities, including Minneapolis, have passed laws govern- ing air traffic, but to date no organ- ized effort has been made to control aerial highways. 5 POULTRY CULLING DEMONSTRATIONS A poultry culling demonstration will be held at the High school farm, Bemidji, on Thursday, August 19, at 10 o’clock. Miss Isabel Campbell, poultry extension specialist from the University farm, will put on the dem- onstration. The purpose of this demonstration is to select the laying hens, and cull out the slackers. Everyone interest- ed in profitable poultry is' urged to be there. MAN’S ELOOUENCE SAVES HIM FROM DEATH BY M0B Thorald, Ont., August 17.—David McNeal owed his life today to his power as an eloquent speaker. Last night a*mob set fire to the town hall where he is locked up on a charge of murdering Margaret Browcook, four years old. The mob dragged him to an improvised gallows and had pre- pared the noose for his neck. McNgal facing the rumbling mob, mdide an elequent appeal for his life. The crowd calmed and permited him to be taken away by the police. | EXHIBIT OF BEES AT MINNESOTA STATE FAIR Bees have a language and a sys- tem of telegraphy, according to Prof. Francis Jager, chief of the division of bee cullur[e‘at the University of Min- nesota farm. Wonderful progress has been made in bee culture, but their "means of communication still remains a mystery, according to Prof. Jager, who will have several exhibits at the Minnesota State Fair, September 4 to 11. Prof. Jager has conducted many ex- periments in an effort to learn some- thing of the bee’s mysterious form of communication. In one of them he took the Queen bee out of a hive, ich was four to five feet high. As as the working bees discovered ir leader was'missing, they began rying. The crying was audible four ~7or five feet from the hive. Within 30 seconds after the Queen bee had been replaced at the bottom of the hive, the crying subsided at the top of the ‘hive and they showed their joy by - standing on their heads, according to Prof. Jager. DJI DAI . The Pioneer is a Member of the United Press—Leased Wire Soll'vleo—'l'oday'- World News Today - BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1920 5 SN ' i 8 WAR RISK INSURANCE ERICA WINS * |DELEGATES A ican Legion Handle Over 1,000 Cases a Month Duluth, Aug. 17.—The' tremendous volume of .inquiries by service .men, which have been handled since June 1919, was touched upon today at the state convention Legion. IN OLYMPIC | DULUTH WORK EVENTTODAY| FOR 1921 MEET}::: Landon, New York, Clears Bar|Culver and Huffman Named on n;lade his report on the activities of at 6 Ft. 414 In.; Muller of Committeea; Others Are the state war risk office. The high spots of Mr. Hauenstein’s Fri Tied Second Boosting Bemidji repm;t are contained in these para- 1sco graphs: : “The state war risk office of The American Legion was put into effect STRONG COMPETITION and became active in June, 1919. In FOR 1921 MEETING |June July and August, the majority of the cases concerned war risk insur- ! . ance. About $100,000 insurance was " reinstated or converted. About Sep- Decides Cannot Take Oyer Me-|tember 1, a question of tuition grant- 5 . o ed by the state of Minnesota brought morial Celebration Until numerous inquiries and we settled 25 cases in short order. In Septemb- Asked by G. A. R. jer. 1919, the work of this office in- creased practically 1,000 per cent. During the month we handled about 1,200 cases. They were of the follow- ing nature: Allotment and allowance, compensation, back pay, bonus, bond, clothing, discharge, insurance in- quiries, insurance conversions, insur- ance reinstatements, insurance death claims, naturalizations, vocational training. pensions, travel pay and miscellaneous. ! “From Sept. 1 to May 1, an average of nearly 1,000 cases a month were handled. From May 1 to August 1, this total gradually increased until, at the present time. from 400 to 500 cases are being taken care of. Our correspondence has averaged 37 cases a day from the time this office was opened. “It has been only thru the splen- | did co-operation of the various post war risk officers thruout the state, that we have been able to give this amount of service to the ex-service men. The post war risk officers have handled direct with Washington, a large number of their own cases. ap- precioting the necessity of saving time.” of the American A. Hauenstein of: St ENGLAND WINS TUG- ‘OF-WAR WITH U. S. 500-Meter Run Won by Hill of England; Eby, Chicago, Comes Second That Bemidji is taking a promin- ent part in the American Legion Convention, is evidenced from a tele- gram received by the Pioneer from J D. Winters, its city editor, who is at- tending the convention as a delegate. The telegram reads as follows: ‘‘Be- midji won its first fight this after- noon in sixth district caucus over St. Cloud when the district voted to sup- port Bemidji with Culver as commit- teeman. Huifman elected committee- man on resolution committee. Con- vention city contest. hot, Rochester, St. Cloud, Virginia and Winona are strongest opponents. Duluth knows Bemidji is here. Showing us good time. (By United Press) Antwerp, August 17. (Henry Far- rel.)—America won its first place and three other places in the Olympic games here today. N. W. Landon, of New York, set a new Olympic ie- 'cord for an event, when he cleared the bar at one meter and ninety-four centimeters, equivalent to six feet, four and a half inches. 'H. P. Mul- ler of San Francisco, and Eklund, the Swedish jumper, were tied for second place. J. Murphy, of Port- land, Ore., W. L. Whalen, of Boston, and Baker, of England, were tied for the fourth place. Antwerp, August 17.—The Ameri- cans failed to finish in the finals of the 5,000 meter run, which was won by Guillemot of France, the time be- ing 14 minutes and 55 seconds. In the tug of war trials, England won from the United 'States 2 to 0. The Olympic committee rejected the French protest against the awarding of fourth place in the 100 meter dash to J. V. Scholz, of the University of Missouri. The French claimed their entrant, Alikhan, finished ahead of Scholz. Hill of England, won the 500 meter run with Earl Eby, of Chicago A. C. second. Rudd, of Eng- land, and Mountain of England, cap- tured the third and fourth places. The fifth went to Lieutenant Scott, of the Ameri¢an team, and sixth to A. B. Sprott, of the Los Angeles club. The'time was 153.2 seconds. " J. D. Winter. (By United Press) Duluth, August 17.—A fight over the report of the Americanization, committee of the American Legion developed in the state convention of former service men hereitoday. Twin city delegates participated in a brief but interesting conflict over the pro- posafl of Royal M. Stone of St. Paul, chairman, that the American Legion take over the observing memorial days. E. Lambert Fairchild of St. Paul, offered an amendment to the effect that memorial day commemor- ations could not be taken over by the|geney and provide reimbursement Legion until the Grand Army of the|for service men who have not received Republic extended an invitation. The |their bonus checks, were recommend- amended rc.olution carried over a|ed late yesterday at the state conven- susppnsion of rules. Officers will be|tion of the American Legion. in the elecfdd tomorrow. ‘Minneapolis' has|annual report of A. A. Van Dyke of two prospective candidates for suc-|St. Paul. chairman of the Legislative cessor to Harrison Fuller, St. Paul,|committee. commander of the state organization. Mr. Van Dyke suggested “that a They are Loren Roberts and Theo-|resolution be adopted memoralizing dore Peterson. A. H. Vernon of Lit-|the next session of the legislature to tle Falls, is frequently mentioned+as|pass an amendment to the bonus bill, a candidate for governor, as is John|as follows.” ' Roe. of Canby. Winona, Bemidji, Virginia and ‘Red Winfi are bidding PINKERTONS OFFER for next year’s convention. REWARD FOR $200.000 WEATHER REPORT LOST SECURITIES Minnesota weather: generally fair tonight and Wednesday, except prob- ably thunder showers in the north- west portion; warmer tonight in south and central portions; cooler in Duluth, Aug. 17.—Amendments to the Soldier Ronus act passed by the last state legislature, which.are intended to relieve the present strin- (By United Press) Antwerp, August 17. (By Henry Farrel.)—America maintained her lead in the Olympic games at the end of yesterday’s contest. The scores were: America, 68%; Finland, 34; England, 19; Sweden, 13%; France 12; South Africa, 4; Estonia, 2; Norway, 1. Seven events have been contested so far with their winners as follows: High jump, America; 800 meter run, England; 5000 meter run, France; 400 meter hurdles, America; 100 meter dash, America; Pentath- lon, Finland; javelin throw, Finland. CLEVELAND SHORTSTOP i KILLED BY PITCHED BALL By United Press) New York, August 17.—Ray Chap- man, shortstop for the Cleveland Am- erican League baseball team, died here today from injuries received when hit by a pitched ball at 'the Polo grounds yesterday, and today the game between the Yankees and the Indians was called off as a result of his death. Milwaukee, August 17.—Nego- tiable railroad securities valued at $200,000, sent from the Milwaukee office of Payne, Wiebber & Co., brok- ers, to their new York office via Chi- west and northwest portions. cago, are missing, it became known I today with the posting of a $5000 re- POLICE COURT SAFE ward by the Pinkerton Agency with BLOWN: $25.000 GONE|the Milwaukee and Chicago olice. E. J. Furlong, resident manager of the Los Angeles, August 17.—Expert|company in Milwaukee was said by cracksmen robbed the safe of the po-|members of his family to be out of lice judge Chanbros’ court in cen-|town. Members of the household and tral police station here, of more than|employees at the office said they were $25,000 during the night, it became|not allowed to discuss the matter, known today. when a conference was sought. | joLD 'EM DOWN o p 73,,"_1. BEWITH Yo, W, // RETTY Soon I Al /j ,R 8// TOPIC AT LEGION MEET s ool ERST PLACE | CONVENTIONIN o ome s omcsr; WARSAWSFATE - DEPENDS UPON OUTCOME OF FIGHT TODAY Poles Counter Offensive Makes Progress Against Red Army; Russians Loose Ground ARMED MOTOR BOATS AND TANKS BIG HELP Reports That Warsaw Had Fal- len Are Untrue, Rus- sians Declared (By United Press) London, August 17.—Warsaw's fate was being decided today in a fierce battle on a front of nearly 200 miles and a strong Polish counter attack was developing successfully, according to unofficial advices re- ceived here today from points in Po- land within sound of the canonading The last direct word from Warsaw was the official Communique issued late yesterday. This said the Polish had driven the Russians back across the Bug river and that a successful Polish thrust had been carried out in the dircction of Mlawa. An effort by the Russians to encircle Warsaw. breaking thru the Polish lines at Platsk and swing around the city was defeated. After the first bat- tling the Bolsheviki made such pro- gres that they issued a statement an- nouncing the city was surrounded. later the tide furned and the Rus- sians' attack was smashed. They left all the ground they gained and left hundreds of dead and wounded behind. A large fleet of armored motor boats carryin quick fring guns are i ed in the great struggle for Wasaw. The cavalry rapidly came into contact with the Cossacks and bloody hand to hand fighting result- ed. Tanks, mostly light models, are scurrying over the flelds by the scores to the bhrunt ot the fight. The Poles have all of the better ot it. The armored motor boats have done good service wherever the Reds tried. 4 to cross the Biig and coss-fire coming | from both up and down the stream rendered attempts at pontoon’build- ing almost suicidal. ] ‘London. August 17.—Reports that Warsaw had fallen were without foundation up to the present. the Russian delegates Krassin and Drem- enoff declared today. Various re- ports of the fall of Warsaw were cir- culated last night and early today. The United Press did not circulate them, (By United Press) Washington, August 17, (By A. L. Bradford.)—The battle for Warsaw is raging, with conditions favorable to us,” a cable to the Polish legation here said today. The cable was sent to Prince Saprehin, Polish foreign minister. “The government remains in Warsaw, which will be defended to the last breath.” the message con- tinued. State deparyment officials today have no indications of the truth of reports that the Russian cavalry patrols had entered Warsaw and the reports were not generally redited here. RECTIVERS FOR PONZI TO BE APPOINTED TODAY Boston, August 17.—Receivers fqr (fhartes Ponzi were to be appointed today when bankruptey proceedings were to be had in United States dis- trict court here. NEW ORLEANS NO LONGER SHIPPING PORT FOR ARMY W ington, August 17.—Orders discontinuing the use of the port of New Orleans as an army transport and shipping centre for Panama and Porto Rico. were issued today, by sec- ictary of war Baker. i NAVAL RECRUITING _PARTY IN CITY FOR WEEK G. J. Morganstern and two naval men, composing the navy traveling recruiting party, are in the city with headquarters in the basement of the postoffice. This party will make that place their headquarters for a few days while on their recruiting mission for the United States navy. Men seventeen to thirty-five years of age may enlist for periods of two, three or four years. The party has a moving picture film showing the flight of the NC4 from United States to Europe, which will be exhibited at the Rex theatre at both perform- ances for the balance of the week. Any information desired regarding enlistments by men interested will gladly be given. The navy has many inducements to offer young men, of an educational and vocational nature, and the training obtained by young men in their two or three year period of enlistment would prove of wonder- ful value in later life.