Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 15, 1920, Page 1

Largest Circula- tion'in Minnesota — RARDINGHIGHT' ABANDONPLAKS ‘Present Information ln;liutqo That He Will Make Number Trips Before Election orthera The Berman, . o, ‘HAS FIRST DAY Ol"lj?_ IN MORE THAN WEEK \ N Gt . \ Sixteen? Plans for Speeches in Missouri; citizenshii * Al SPORTS COMMITTEE named as a committee in charge of the sports and races at the fair grounds Thursday and Fri- day afternoon: E. H. Denu, C. W. Jewett, F. R. Duxbury, E. B. Ritchie and E. A. Barker. ~ % VZENSHIP TUESDAY 5" OPENING OF COURT NING, SEPT. 15, 1920 COMPLETE COUNTY FAIR FOR COUNTY FAIR PROGRAM ON PAGE FOUR Opening Day Indicates Keencyfippemwn Between Entrants “oto . Cousty Day Tomorrow. . RACIAL EQUALITY TO - Beltrami county’s fair opened this morning with exhibitors BE MOST IMPORTANT . preparing their products and stocks for the main portion of| - the fair, which begins tomorrow. Prospects are, if exhibits al!.'eudy e,ntergd canbe used as a mark by which:to judge, that gl;u:fi':zl‘; 5]111':;1‘1' will be one gf the biggest and best ever held Belief Expressed That Japan Carpenters were busy today as well as yesterday putting! Will Withdraw From League A compléte program of events including free attractions and races of various kinds, .is pub- lished on page four of this issue. As is customary the program features the events which will take place tomorrow and Friday. following 'have been R. L. Given, A. P. ADMITTED T0 v Case of September Is That of Currie u 3 $ p stands for the sale of refreshments. Various,church and P s 5 fraternal organizations have erected stands and tents. With Unless Given Equal Rights rsus M. & L. everything in-readiness by nightfall, early forenoon is sure to bring forth a’ large attendanc ) . { G Tomorrow, Beltrami County Day, will be a busy one for fair officials and exhibitors. 5 (By United Press) Paris, Sept. 15. (By Henry Wood.) —The question of racial equality for * ons were admitted to ‘1n the United sates at the CONFERENCE PROBLEM F2<tion ‘Nebraska and Oklahoma Still Stand, It Is Said g , (By United Pregs.) .- Marion, O., Sept. 16 .(by Raymond -Clgoper) —All was quiet on Senator Harding’s Tront porch today and the republican candidate had his fll‘_lt d__ly off in more than a week. -No delega- tions were scheduled until Friday, when a number of groups from vari- -ous Ohio- counties will tyn%!»here to obserye “constitutional day.’t.: o Official opinion as to Bu_‘dmga campaign plans from September 25 to election day showed th: once there was an intimation that a“Pacific coast .trip was a strong possibility. Now_ the project seems to have been abandoned. ; i Present information indicates Harding will make a number of short speaking trips out of Marion, none ‘to_last more than a week or.fen days. He probably will -‘go no further than Sioux Falls, S. 'D. The. plan for speeches in Oklahoma, Missouri and’ Nebraska still stands, it was (By United Press) . Marion, Ohio, Sept. 15. (By Ray- mond Clapper.)—A new proposal to! other nations by prevention’ of war | and establishment of iree relations, was urged by Senator Harding today in a letter to the repub.can women thruout the country. i “We are all desirous of preventing war,” said Harding. ‘Let us not ‘break the hearts of the world’ by any. more delusions. Let us unite Amer- jea behind a new proposal to the oth- er nations for prevention of war and for amicable relations in world ad- ministrations. And let us preserve our own national conscience at home and not check it at Geneva. establish _working ‘rules. I do not what one fair in promise that fails. to prevent biloodshed, to which our own /men’s veins contribute.” HUNTING SEASON WILL OPEN TOMORROW MORN Hunting season for ducks and tinues until December 31. The sea- son for partridge and ruffed grouse November 30. There is no open sea- con for prairie chicken this year. per day and forty-five in possession. cession. Partridges, live per day with twenty in possession. ense coupon. $1 with fwo cents extra, if mailing and others for the convenience of hanters. Game Warden John Cline has been “very active in protecting game for -licensed ‘hunters in season and will tion and apprehent violators of the game laws. He will ‘be assisted by other game wardens whose work will he very active. “The activities of the game warden are such that he has succeeded in violation of laws as to the taking of pecple may not know the borders of T.ake Bemidji's Game Refuge, T})e Pioneer desires to state that the Mis- hundred rods west cf the dam of the Minnesota Electric X vompany thru Lake Eemi(l]} | Irving up to a point im the river about } . cng 1411 cn George Miller's farm is en-, Fern, Irving and Bemidji are within the game refuge. arzest and prosecute iny one hunt- ing ducks within this refuge an'd The Pioneer is giving this information so that the citizens may not intentional- 1y violate the law. -{Fifteenth. judicial district court here 1SOCIAL AT NARY WAS Let us «Mortsmen ‘opens tomorrow and con-!flies, went to Nary last evening. opens on October 15 :and lasts until | The bag limit for ducks is fifteen Geese, five per day with five in po-; The shipment : midji’s bunch furnished the majority «f game is prohibited except on lic- of the program. the part furnished The license fee for small game is the most enjoyable to the Bemidji is:required. Blank applications have | which followed been furnished to banks, notaries;gram. The lunch consisted of sand- use every effort to continue proiec-llm.erestlng talk concerning the Am- preventing, in a great measure, the { work of the organization. gamer In view of the fact that many |members will soon be added to the siszippi river from a point about one j community t Light &. Power A quartette composed of N. E. Given, to Lake (. L. Pegelow. Raymond Hannah, and undred rods south' of the Town | tions which were well received. Z; irely within the game refuge. -ined . All of Lakes Marquette, Carr and fort will The game warden will endeavor to i Legion activities. yesterday, out of a total mumber of 29 who had applied. ‘Ten applications were continued over,- three dismissed. Of the three dismissed, two failed to appear for examination and the other had claim- ed exemption from the service of the United. States during the World ‘War o account of béing an alien, consequently his case was also dis- missed. Those who were accepted and ‘who received final papers ‘entitling them to citizenship are Arne Olson Storeli of Nymore, Albert Emil Lund of Be- 'midji, returned soldier, Ole Strand of Nymore, Joseph' James Pete of Pu- posky, Olaf Risland of Nymore, Har- riet Jane Frizelle -of Bemidji, Gustaf Larson of Bemidji, Alfred Davis .of Bemidji, John Moe of Kelliher, Olaf |0Ongstad of Bemidji, Johann Haglund of Highwood, Charles Larsen of Sol- day, Michel Michelsons of _Nymore, Hans Anderson of Bemidji, Nels Ly- 'beck of Bemidji, and Ella Saterke of Schilling. to ‘be tried by jury court’ went on ‘the ] n, that of Alexand- er ‘Currie vs. Minnesota and Interna- tional ryilway company. Middaugh and Cuthbert of Duluth "are repre- senting- the:plaintiff, while Bunn and Frost of St. Paul have the.case for the, railroad company. VERY ENJOYABLE AFFAIR 'Bemidji People Spend Pleasant |-£ Evening;s- Guests of Boys’ Club at Nary Nary has recently organized a ‘hoys’ club and to encourage the work in the community and to explain in detail the benefits of membership in the, American Legion an invitation was sent to the Raiph Gracie post to attend a pie social at Nary last even- ing. In response to the cordial sum- mans, several automobile loads of Be- midji people, the majority of which ‘were Legion members and their fam- At the old school house there\ a large delegation of residents of that vicinity received the.Bemidji dele- gation and proceeded to stage a very enjoyable entertainment for the visit- ors. George Boobar of Nary, a member of the Bemidji Legion post, presid- ed at the meeting. Although Be- by the Nary boys’ club was: by far This was the pie social the speaking p visitors. wiches, pie and coffee and was serv- ed by ladies and young men- of the community but thoroughly enjoyed by all. B Attorney C. L. Pegelow gave a very erican Legion, which was backed up by a short talk by N. E. Given, com- mander of the Bemidji post. ‘Both tended to clear up in the minds of the ex-service men in that district con- siderable doubt as to the purpose and As a re- sult it is expected that several new Legion rolls. Thayer C. Bailey spoke concerning the benefits of a boys’ club to the and heartily encouraged the continuance of the club at Nary. E. D. Boyce rendered several selec- Similar meetings are being plan- by the local post and every ef- be made to thoroughly acquaint all ex-service men in this part of the state with the American WEATHER REPORT Minnesota weather: and Thursday; cooler tonight. Fair tonight Especially entertaining ‘a¢ on the following day. f vaudeville which will be staged free of charge both forenoon and afternoon promise to be a drawing card for visitors. ek auspices of which the fair is hearty invitation to attend and and profitable time. # " MARGIE TO BEGIN SO0N Cochran & Robb, who have been logging for the J: Neils Lumber com- pany of Cass Lake for some time, have taken a new contract to log ap- proximately twenty million:feet of that company’s timber. ‘Half of this amount will be logged nesotg and International railway, the ballance to be logged next summer near Turtle ‘River, . All logs are to be loaded on cars and shipped to-Cass Lake. ‘Plans are announced to: begin. operations ' at once. i BEMIDJI DAY HELD AT "RED LAKE INDIAN FAIR Bemidji Day was held at the Red Lake fair yesterday and a number of residents of this city were in attend- ance. ‘A special program previously arranged for the occasion met with the approval of all Bemidji visitors. _Nearly all who attended from Be- midji made the trip by automobile, returning here last evening . The work of the Indians is to be complimented, according to visitors, and the showing made this year is among the best ever staged. i Today is Clearwater county day and it was expected that a large num- ber of people from that county would be in attendance. A baseball game was to be one of the features of to- day’s program, ARGAIN ?WNTERS this wintér near Margie on the Min-|’ The Beltrami County Agricultural association, ‘under the being staged, extends to all a pures all patrons an enjoyable % N e On Tuesday afternoor several mem- bers of the Ralph Gracle post-of the American Legion ereoted a tent at the Beltrami county fair grounds where "during the -entire three-day period it will be malntained by the Legion and the Auxiliary as a rest reom. . Applications for membership to the American Legion or to the Women's Auxiliary will be received there and it is urged that all who intend to join-do so at this time. Literature caneerning tue iegion and other in- Porniation may be had upon.request. will also be received. Field Clerk Bruce Humphries, who was to have vesterday received. ofders to report’ to Minneapolis. Consequently this work will be-done by the Legion and the Auxiliary. To make application for the medal at this time, ex-service persons are asked to bring their dis- charge certificates’with them. On Friday afternoon, a bus which has been chartered by the Legion will transport ex-service men and their families to and from the fair grounds free of charge and will take them to the American Legion tent. PRESIDENT DESCHANEL TO RESIGN THIS WEEK (By United Press) Paris, Sept. 15.—President Des- chanel is to resign this week, the French foreign office admitted today. The president is suffering from neur- asthenia, it was sald, and his mental condition is worse than his physical. S Applications for the Victory-medal 3 Judging of. exhibits and stock|the Japanese, oyér which the Versail- will be begun then and completed les peace conference nearly split, will be one of the most important prob- lems confronting the general as- sembly of the league of nations when it meets in Geneva in pursuance to the call of President Wilson. Having failed to get recognition in the treaty of Versailles owing large- ly to the opposition American and colonial delegates, the Japanese pro- pose to bring the matter before the league assembly, it was learned. The belief was expressed that if Japan fails to win racial recognition that would give her immigrants equal rights and privileges with thoge of any other country, she will with- draw from the league. SOCIALISTS PREPARE FOR TOMORROW’S ELECTION e (By United Press) New York. Sept. 15.—In the hope of returning to the Tlegislature the five assembly. members ousted last winter, thé socialists of New York today wound up one of the hottest campaigns of their party preparatory to tomorrow's speciai election. A special appeal was. made by Julius Derbe, executive secretary of the so- cialist party of New York to Mayor Hylan, to take active steps to prevent been located thére during the fair,. irregularities of the polls. BIG LEADS SECURED IN N. Y. STATE PRIMARIES (By United Press) Albany, N. Y., Sept. 15.—Republi- can and democratic candidates swept New York state in the primaries, ac- cording to virtually complete re- turns today. Judge Nathan Miller received the republican nomination for governor, defeating Senator George Thompson by more than 120,000. James Wads- worth, Jr., was renominated repub- lican candidate for United States senator. ‘Governor Alfred Smith was unop- posed, receiving the democratic nom- ination to succeed himself. The dem- ocratic candidate for United States senator, Lieutenant Governor Harry Wulker, defeated George R. Lunn, anti-Tammany aspirant, about three to one. == FUEC —_fi_:HUNTERf. ILLINOISFACES BITTER FIGHTS Ji T0 DECIDE Bl * PRIMARYISSUE of Thompson and Lowden Fight to Win State Ticket for Followers SHOOTING FOLLOWS ARGUMENT NEAR POLLS Lowdenites Declare Thompson Now Wants to Get Hold on_ Funds of the State i Ny + _(By United Press) "~ Springfield, 11l., Sept. 15.—One of the most bitter campaigns in the his- tory of G. O. P. in Illinois came to & close today when republicans went to, the polls to decide whether the “reg- ular” state organization or Mayor Willlam Hale Thompson of Chicago shall control the party machinery. The administration slate is headed by Lieutenant Governor John G Oglesby as candidate for governor to succeed Governor Frank O. Lowden, who was not a candidate for re-elec- tion., Thompson's slate is headed by. Len Small of Kankakee, several times state treasurer and state auditor, The ‘‘regular” organization pended on downstate counties to put Oglesby and the rest of the slate across. The Thompson slate, by rea- a—i——- b son of its party organization in Chi-" cago, is expected to start downstate tonight with a majority of not less than 25,000. Three places' —governor, United States senator and attorney general —were contested bitterly. Congress- man Frank Smith of Dwight, chair- man of the state central committee, is the Thompson candidate for Unit- ed States senator to succeed Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, who Is not a candidate. The ‘“regular’ candiate 18 Congressman William McKinley of Champaign. B. M. Chiperfield of Canton also is ac andidate. Attorney General Edward J. Brundage, who is making the race for re-election on the “regular’’ slate, is opposed by State Senator Richard J. Barr of Joliet. (By United Press) N Chicago, Sept. 16.—Illinois voters all went to carefully guarded poles today to choose their state tickets and republicans expressed their choice between the leadership of Governor Lowden and William Hale Thompson, mayor of Chicago. The factional fight in the republi- can campaign was so bitter that both sides assigned watches over the vot- ing booths to prevent possible check- ery or fraud. -The situation in Chi- cago was tense and police officials were assigned to all polling places in the city. > The Lowden backers contended the police were under the control of the Thompson faction and Charlotte Pe- ters, Lowden supporter, assigned a deputy to watch the polling places and police. District Attorney Hoyne's force of deputies, augmented by 100 men sworn in for the occasion, was put onsguard. While neither Lowden nor Thomp- son contended for office in the pri- maries, the factions which they head had complete state tickets in IlNi- nois in the final campaign. Rallies were held thruout the state last night. The Lowdenites declared Thompson had wrecked Chicago financially, and that now his only desire is to get his grip on the state funds. (By United Press) Chicago, Sept. 15.—Bloodshed oc- curred in the state primaries here today when Michael, Hennessey, a worker for the democratic candidate for state senator, was shot and killed by Thomas Powers, a policeman. The shooting followed an argument near a voting booth. Powers was arrested. SAYS CONNECTICUT MUST 'VOTE ON SUFFRAGE AGAIN (By United Press) . Hartford, Conn., Sept. 15.—The Connecticut legislature, which yest- erday ratified the federal suffrage amendment, must vote on the ratifi- cation again, Governor Marcus Hol- combe, believing yesterday’s action unconstitutional, has called another special session on Tuesday for the specific purpose of action on the am~ endment. 55c PER MONTH. - de-