Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 20, 1920, Page 1

==] BEMIDJI DAI The Pionesr is a Mom\lnr of the United br;-o;l‘a-n.d Wire Sorvk.—'l'_cdny’i’. World News Today VOLUME XVIIL NO. 227 'MOOSESPECIAL ~ NORTHERNCITY on Border City Lodge \ A _» BEMIDJI UNION BAND PROVIDES FINE CONCERTS Large Class of 'Candi.dnt'e's. Is Escorted Into Mysteries of Loyal Order Pémidji has not been better adver- Med for some time than yesterday, 'when the special Moose train carried| almost a hundred - Moose members and their friends, including the Union “Band, to International Falls to_ assist|® in"adding about fifty ,/ “sbers tothe International Falls l¢° & of Moose. Many who had y .&.ed until Sat- " mrday night to\go /"ot do so, owing to—the change i’ \A?,e weather. Al- though rain fe)’ - ¢,>ch of the day and the temperaty as so low as to make it uny @ant, every ome who went repor’ ng enjoyed them- < selves. - it _The t* schedy” An afternoon band concert of eight selections was rendered by the / feft -the Union dep‘qvt.‘ as t 8:30 a. m., and arrived the city hall and was thoroughly en- joyed by alh Following this a pro- gram was provided by the Interna- tional Falls lodge. In the evening a , short street concert was again given by the band, after which the lodge was. assembled and a class of about fifty candidates was initiated. v During the afternoon many availed themselves of the courtesy extended by officials of the Minnesofa and In- ternational Power company.to inspect| - their huge industrial plant wifle some their feet ‘on Canagian . time,.going - over the international ‘bridge to Fort Francis on:the Canadian side. Several minor accidents occurred which to some degree (marred the ", pleasure of the trip. Dictater Harn- well, of Bemidji lodge, lost his voice and was unable to locate it up to time of leaving. A big Moose from up" Littlefork’ way was reported %o ‘hdve gotten Aldrich’s goat and when last seen the Moos¢g and the goat were holding a discussion on the main street of the city, each trying- to: persuade the other that he was going| the wrong way. The goat was getting ~away with it, too. Charlie Parker came home heart broken, it is reported, but with all the equipment complete and intact. *Heine” Mitchell was the only ~ old acquaintance of some forty years standing was reported to have been not enough to rehearse reminiscenses, 80 he stayed over. much favorable comment from the orthern. city. a banquet was to be a part of the program every person was thinking hard when the news got out that the dining room employees of the Rex _ hotel had gone on a strike a day or so before and the hotel dining room closed by reason thereof, there- fore no banquet. ‘The special train ereturned early this morning, having left Interna- tional Falls shortly after midnight. PREMIER MILLERAND T0 BE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE - (By United Press) 3 Paris, Sept. 20.—Premier .ulller- and has decided to accept the nomin- ation to thespresidency of France, it 'was announced today. GRANTS LABOR SHARE IN - MANAGEMENT OF FACTORIES (By United Press Rome, Sept. 20. (By Camillo Cian- Tarra.)—Italy prepared today for an experiment in economics by granting 1sbor an extensive share in the man- agement of factories. A motion to evAcuate factories - seized by em- Floyees was utmder way. WI.}ATHE‘?. REPORT (By United Press) Minnesota weather: Unsettled to- night and Tuesday. Possibly show- ers in north and east portions. ‘Warmer in south and west portions # tonight. Union band of twenty-four pieces in|: man who went up with the bunchj who failed to return last night. An! found by “Heine” and one day was; The Moose train crew had the train | suitably decorated .and this . -drew | : Women’s rights were much in evi-. /INVESTIGATION WILL “ANOTHER BOMBING PLOT| rd Signed “A Citizen” Warns Official That Building. | Wil! Be Blown Up (By United. Press) 7 New York, Sept 20.—W. H. Ed- wards, collector of internal révenue today received,a post card warning him that the customs house would be blown up tomorrow. The card was signed, “a .citizen.” Edwards noti- fied the department of justice and League Council Opens Special Session to Discuss Powers - in Northern Dispute the post master. Federal operatives at once started an examination'and an effort will be made to trace the source. REPORTS ON CONDITION (By United Press.) Summerline, counsellor in charge o: the American embassy in Mexico City, reached Washington today and immediately entered into’'a confer- ence with Secretary Colby.: Summer-] line was summoned here by the state department to report on conditions in..Mexico under the new govern- ment. ° 2 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS Chicago, Sept. 20—Forgery of fing- er prints enabled Lieutenant S. F. Sullivan, detailed in the Great Lakes naval station, to embezzle thousands of dollars. . Authoritigs believed to- day that he had blurred the signa- tures and finger prints on navy pay rolls. = CONSIDER POLITICS AT LEGION i ‘be the paramount. issue at t}ie next’ convention of the American Legion, it was Indicated today in replies to a survey just completed: by the Ameri-f. can Legion Weekly to ascertain the views of the legion’s 2,000,000 mém- bers regarding the political restric- tions clause in the war veteran's or- ganization. . The sentiment, according to the weekly, is ‘that a more liberal inter- tufion which forbids connection of, the legion with politics. At present| - the clause reads: date for or, incumbent of a salaried tles has been brought up severgl times. officials have said. At the! Cleveland conventibn. which is to! __ ... dence at International Falls yester-|copvene Sept. 27. it is rezarded as '’ day but the evidence made a very iikely that the whole phase will be unfavorable impression on the mem- bers of the party. After being told:cussion and final settlememt. brought out into the open fer dis- N. Y. LEGISLATURE MAY CONSIDER EXPELLED MEMBERS (By United Press.) Albany, N. Y., Sept. 20.—The leg- islature meeting in'special gession to- night to consider the housing situa- tion, probably will confer over ac- cepting or rejecting the five socialist members of the legislature expeHed recently on charges of disloyalty. SENATOR JOHNSON WILL \ CAMPAIGN FOR HARDING ~ (By United Press) Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 20.—Sena- tor Johnson will make his first speech | . in behalf of the Harding-Ceolidge| ticket and practically make his first public appearance in the Chicago campaign when the state republicans || meet here tomorrow. Johnson’s re- publican managers also announced that he also will make addresses in Los Angeles and San Francisco hefore leaving for the east to campaign in Harding's behalf. \ \ _RE-OPEN WEDNESDAY (By United Press) Washington, Sept. 20.—The senate| investigation of campaign funds will rfopen here Wednesday, Senator Ken- von., chairman of the investigating committee announced on his return to Washington today. A long list of witnesses has been summoned. \—] PION BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 20, 1920 - DELEGATESNOW ACCEPTLEAGUE DECISIONS AND AVERT BATTLE Paderewski and Valdemar Ac- cept Findings of League in - Pole-Lithuanian Dispute ALL-DAY SERVICES HELD |DIRECTORS OF STELLAR SWENSON LAKE SCHOOL| COMPANY INVESTIGATING TURPENTINE CONDITIONS Board Makes Visit to Plant and Stump Fields Before Holding Meeting Nordale and W. Cummings, Union sionary, held an all-day service yes- terday at the Swenson Lake school Union Sunday school, Big-Lake Union Sunday school and th® Concordia. Young society co-operated. Rev. Nordale day School mis- Directors of the Stellar company of Minneapolis, manufacturers of tur- pentine and its bi-products with a plant here, met on Sunday‘(or a trip of inspection of the turpentine plant and the stump flelds. were in attendance were President E. J. Stilwell, Secretary-Treasurer D. C. Brown, George L. Scott and all of Minneapolis. :Manager E. P. Beehler and Chemist H. A. Schlingsby were also in attend- ance, they being in charge of the lo- morning and County Agent D. C. Dvoracek and Mr. Cummings spoke during- the afternoon- service. Graves and Miss ,Amanda-Hovinne, and most excellent music was ‘fur- nished by the Conrodia. choir. and Sunday school At the close of the afternoon ses-|John Mitchell, gion a Union Sunday school. was or- ganized with Ferdinand Nelson as The bountiful din- ner was enjoyed by the large crowd MARKS FIRST SUCCESS OVER THREATENED WAR superintendent. After an inspection of the plant on the old Douglas mill site the party went to Turtle stump fields on the were visited. From this field the com- is obtaining BIBLE CONFERENCE OPENS LED BY REV. R. L. MOYER . stumps for the present. turn trip from Turtle River, the di- rectors stopped for a few minutes at the Bemidji country club and parti- cipated in golf until rain prevented. Rev. R. L. Moyer, evangelist, who conducted a series services in the Baptist church during the month of May, arrived in the city vesterday morning to opén a bible- conference in which will extend.during the_entire week. Rev. Moyer occupied the pul- pit both morning and evening yest- erday and will conduct the bible con- ference uqtil Thursday evening after which tinre the conference will be led by another man sent for the pur- of evangelistic - (By United Press.) Paris, Sept. 20.—Clasping hands UNDER NEW C'OYERNMENT' today with the councillors of the league of nations, Ignace Paderewski and 'A Valdemar i = o league’s Washington; Sept, 20.—George Tf Lithuanian dispute, in which war was threatened. Both Paderewski said today that in two weeks they be- lieved the dispute between the two countries could have only by All were high in their praise for the Bemidji course and appreciated the invitation extended them to play. Manageér Beehler accompanied the directors to Minneapolis Jast even- ing_where a meeting will be held ei- ther late this afternoon or tomorrow. Plans are under way for enlarging thé plant here by adding twp or three retorts which double the output and at this meet- 4.ing a decision w!ll be made as to | whether the' change will take place within the next few months or at a later date when conditions seem more Sessions of the conference will be would ‘more held in the afternoon at three o’clock, and in the evening of each day. The afternoon discussion will be a study of the Holy Spirit. been settled Acgeptance of the findings marked the league’s first suc- cess in their hction against threat- ened war. The league council opened a spe- NAVAL OFFICER EMBEZZLES cial sesgion toddy in-the Luxembourg It was to discuss its power to act'in the thr%ntened dispute be- uropean countries (By United Press) over the Aaland' Island differences be- {tween Sweden and Finland. Finnish representatives pected to protest the cision' to appoint a commission to report on the matter. Mr. Beehler, while in '‘Minneapolis, LUNCHEON ON WEDNESDAY ‘will purchase a large saw which will be used in sawing stumps at the : - Bemidji plant ‘before they are placed A very interesting program is be- in the retorts. ing larranged for the meeting of the Beniidji Civic and Commerce associa-| very well satisfied with the progress tion which will follow the regular which has been made in constructing weekly luncheon on Wednesday noon, ! the turpentine plant and are high in|of his swing around the circle, touch- and it is urged that there be a large |their praise for Bemidii. An especially appetizing arranged for the!an FISCHER IN NEW YORK T0 ANSWER TO CHARGE .'(By, United.Press.) - e New York, Sept. 20.—Edwin P.|KOORS EMPLOYEES ENJOY Fischer; who warned his friends to keep out of the way of ‘the Wall street . explosion which .occurred Jast week, arrived here today from Ham-'o‘clock™dinner at the Koors ilton, Ont.; accompanied by detec- mont cottage Saturday evening. Fol- ; ; 4 lowifig a sumptuous “feed,”” dancing ! (By United Press.) | Marion, O., Sept. 20 (by Raymond ASSOCIATION TO HOLD Palace. tween norther All ofticials of the company were council’s- de- BOLSHEVIKI TROOPS ARE _ _DRIVEN NORTH BY POLES P (By United Press ) MEE“NG _ ‘Warsaw, September 20—Bolshevik 2 troops_have ‘been. driven northward el “Ito the Tinksk 'm: _»"+ (By United Press Dneiper river, the Pollsh -communY- New York, Sept 20,—Politics will| que claimed. to-date turpentine Practically all are now completed with the exception of the exierior finish which wiil be' jmade ‘before winter. Plans are to arshes along the stucco-the en‘tlre set .of buildings. (By United Press) London, Sept. 20.—A wireless dis- patch from Soviet military headquar- ters at Moscow today said fierce fight- ing continued in the Kovel region, northeast y. Int &erat fer: | HOLDS BACK SALARIES prtaon than gevesl bt beer ob-| " O HATTTAN OFFICIALS Employees and members of the firm of Koors Brothers Refreshments Fischer was arrested in “Hamilton' Was enjoyed on a charge of insanity _by his brother-| Were served at a late hour, in-law, Robert Pope,” wha_agreed’ to' - come with him to New York to an- When questioned as to where he got his information about the explosion in Wall Street,! and asked for a staiement, he said: “I won’tgtalk.” OUNCIL OF WOMEN HAS . ENDORSED LEAGUE PLAN 2% 5252 o e swer his charge. (By United Press) P s 5 2 Washington, Sept. 20.—The United solu’lt.t?ley A}:‘;i’f;?ltgf‘t;:gh::a%e ;:; States has informed_ Haiti that she gs . P % holding back the salaries of her presi- be used for dissemination of partisan| qent and other officials because of 5 kil b F roag )"|its agreememnt made with that gov- ilic office or preferment. No candi- ernment, it was said here today. Haiti’s protest came when charges gl;icct;vien p[‘;l‘;llil:fi'!i(;inshl?el!giggmn:xil: weremmade that the American forces S ek occupying Haiti an};“:lepartrr:‘gnt Off pof;;.t ;hl"e“fii ’ were treating the natives badly and; war. e 1?, ?Ir?prg:e:t n‘;t;gnaal g:;‘pzr;‘; ;hatkthe Nx:l:lo%al Cltlleank of New picture of Fisher in a newkpaper, got i was the financia and in state and local political bat-' pragts, | - (By Unfted Press) (By United Press) Toronto, Ont., ue believed that Edwin P Fisher, ested in Hamilton, Ont.. b‘rldu}' ‘aul Fisher, held in the Nova Scotia inaval interment station during the Stroule, sick in bed, seeing a The cable was signed by Ida Clyde Clark, American |gent to enter into this new world com- representatives of the council. It-read: “Representatives of twen- ty-five countries here in the Interna- tiqual council of women unanimously €re indorse the principles of the league of and San Domingo of .ap and weént to detective office, wh Ihe told his story. Welcome,_Thrice Welcome- % o{;i <= = N PARTY LEADERS . ELECTIONWORK Traveling Men’s League From Front Porch COX ROUNDS TURN ON SWING AROUND CIRCLE. Visits San Diego at. Noom and Leaves for Los Angeles Tonight Marion, O., Sept. 20 (by Raymond | Clapper).—A delegation of four hun- i dred members of the G. A. R., travel- ing from ‘northern Ohio points to the nationa_l encampment at Indianapolis, was expected to stop off in Marion today to be addressed by Senator . Harding. One of the important events of the ! week will be the visit of the members !of the Harding and Coolidge Travel- ing Men’s league, to the senator’s front porch on Saturday. - Senator Harding will deliver an address—the last before starting on a trip to Ashland, Ky., Baltimore and Wheeling. It was expected 3,000 or more representatives of this organ- ization will journey to Marion. (By United Press.) San Diego, Cal., Sept. 20 (by Her- "bert Walker).—Governor Cox with ‘ his speech here was rounding the turn - ing the most distant out posts of his Under the direction of Mr. Beehler nation-wide stump battle here. The ° d Mr. Schlingsby, the distillery has democrats have invaded Los Angeles. beén built in very short onder and In fourteen working days, Governor now Bemidji has one of the most up-:cox has campaigned in fourteen dif- the ferent places, making an average of bulldings 'nine speeches daily. Cox is now in a _’section where it was admitted the democrats were . pinning their hope on Southern Cali- { fornia piling up a majority sufficient to overcome the republican strength in the northern part of the state. EVENING iT BmcKMONT;Governor Cox was expected here at - noon and leaves for Los Angeles this evening, where he holds a big meet- ing tonight. . Clapper).—“I would rather break the heart of the world than destro; the soul of America,” Warren G. Harding declared in' addressing a and Kentucky here today. Senator |Harding renewed his attack on the Washington, Sept. 206—The Inter- | league of nations, sipgling out.Article national Council § i meeting in Christiana, Norway, today L Sept. 20.—Lieuten-, capled Prestdent Wilson ule today tol l"’“c‘a'lm(l indorsed the principles of the' ar- [eague of Nations. Ten. “We were lead into the Civil war that they , by an ambiguity in the constitution,” Harding said. “Knowing the cause of that ambiguity, how can be con- pact with a dozen ambiguities? Had it not been for you, there would have 1been no nation today. The south,” he said, “had the same passion for control as did the north, but it was misdirected.” - Harding’s father, George T. Hard- ;ing, in his faded blue uniform, (marched with veterans. .MRS. ANDREW BENSON i DIES AT HER HOME Anna Benson, wife of Andrew Ben- ison, died at the family residence at 1303 Minnesota aveniie last night, jaffer an illness of about ten days. A ‘baby was born at that time and lat- er complications caused her death. The baby died at birth. i Mrs. Benson was thirty-five years of age, was the daughter of wmr. and Mrs. O. P. Farden of Outlook, Sas- katchewan, Canada. She had lived in Bemidji for the last twelve years and is survived by her husband and two children, Alfred Martin, aged 9 years and Palmer Bernhardt, four years of age, her father and mother, two married sisters in in Saskatche- wan, three brothers, also of Saskat- chewan and Mrs. Chris Heiren, her sister, of Rosby. Definite funeral arrangements have not yet been made and will be an- nounced later after the distant rel- atives have been heard from. RALPH GRACIE POST TO MEET THURSDAY EVENING All members of the American Legion are urged to be in attendance at the regular meeting of the ‘Ralph Gracie post to be held Thursday even- ing at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association. Commit- tee repdrts will be heard and an in- teresting program is being planned. A number of important matters - are to be taken up at this time and the attendance of every member is * especially desired.