Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 27, 1920, Page 1

’ B LEGIONOPENED == s 2 (Continued on Page.-8) with 97; Maine and West Virginia, i | SPECIAL MATINEE OF * * |3k 55’ onl6 ‘and "Oucanoma, with - Wao are in the lead now may lose, to be taken up at this time and a [PUBLIC S OPPOSED TO GOVERNMENT OPERATION ‘Canvass of Newspapers Shows aire sent out by the Press Service company of New York city asking the editors to state the sentiment of their communitles‘regard-lng this question brought 5,154 replies. Of these, 4,- Delegates From Every State | _| their readers were absolutely opposed to government entering into business > ; competition with its citizens. h A g A questionaire sent out to the edit- BIG PAMDE SC ors by this same company & year ago FOR EARLY A in comnection with the proposed con- F ! ‘tinnance of government operation of . railroads brought replies fiom 83 per cent of the communities represented. Inasmuch as the replies were pret- ty evenly scattered in the case of bdth -:|questionaires, it appears that the . |country as a. whole considered by Lue cammunities, is at least 3 per cent e further away from socialistic inclina- tions than it was in 1919. - Cleveland, ' Ohio,Sep§. 27.—Cl Leaders of both political .parties 1and capitulated today:without a'shiot fwho have studied the report of the to an invading army of 25,000 veter-|questionaire: find it interesting evi- “.ans‘of the world war. 3 dence that government ownership is From all points of the compass,inot in politics and cannot safely be from -every state ‘and . nearl, ivery'|cooked up into a campaign issue by city-and town. in the unio hey (any party. There is a remarkable .came to’attend the second ual{lack of political bias in tle replies. convention™of the ‘American” Leglon. | The papers represented are_ 1,857 re- Comparatively few were in citizens |.publican, 1350 Democratic, 1485 in- attire;~ the’ majority proudly wore|dependent and 462 miscellaneous, in- uniforms hallowed by service. on aj|cluding labor organs, etc. dozen fields of battle. Before the From democratic Texas, for ex- .convention closes Wednesday night{ample, the present questionaire legion officials expect the attendance | brought replies from' editors of 244 ‘to élimb to the 35,000 mark. papers, only three of which are re- ....The heart of the city early assum- ed the appearance of a great army |government operation was 92, which concentration.eamp. Uniformed men|is exactly the-same that is given by outnumbered civilians.” They ‘jam-|200 editors from republican Michi- :med the stores, sidewalks and over-!gan, among whom were representa- flowed into the streets. Side streets|tives of only three democratic papers. were people thickly with quick-step-|Other states that pair percentages ping veterans hurr¥ing to their ap-jare Massachussets and Nevada with pointed plaves for the great parade 100; Connecticut and South Carolina -~ Selection ofNakmn \ “der. Causes Much | -with _96; Kentucky and New York : ‘ARE YOU‘ A,MASON?’: 87in the southern s;ectlon as a whole, where replies came from 66 republi- A-special matinee of ‘““Are “You alC€an papers and 389 democratic, the Mason?”’ will be sfaged on Wednes- percentage against government oper- day afternoon, September 29, at the |ation was 88 witile 1o’ the Great ‘Grand theatre for the benefit of .nose Liake section, with conditions revers- who will not be able to attend the|ed, 478 republican and 155 demo- evening performances and especially | ratic, the opposition was 87 - per tor women and children. . cent. Reduced: prices have been announc- Replies from the west, middle west | ‘ed ‘for the matinee performance and ;2nd southwest show that it is a mis- the public schools. will be dismissed | take to consider those sections vastly in time to allow the pupils to attend |MOTe favorable to radical govern- it they desire to. : ment than the east. The radicals 'The members of the cast have been | ¢2n get little comfort out af the 89 rehearsing this excellent comedy for |Per cent.of thumbs down—3.per cent several’ weeks and a most enjoyable |above the average in the southwest ‘performance is ' assured. Reserved including Arkansas, Louisiand, Louis- seat-tickets for the evening perform-|iana. Missouri, Kangas, Oklahoma and _ances are on sale at the Grand the-|Texas. The 82 per cent opposition' atre box office. 3 jof the northwest, Including /Iowa, ! { Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, ; 3 North Dakota, South Dakota and \ m coNsmER AIRPLANE " |Wyoming and the 83 per cent veto 3 2 of the far west group, including Ari- Y FORBT FIRE PAmols!zona. California, Idaho, Nevada, New ? | Mexico, Oregon, California, Utah and ~ ‘Washington, are significant of the (By Unlted _Press) prevailing conservadive sentiment on __St. Panl. Sept. 27.—Major _Mc-, this question even in the more radi- Chord, of Chicago, will conduct an!;a] gections. investigation to determine the feas- Ly St i %, 8Pxt GREAT WESTERN TRAIN - - tions of upper Minnesota and Wiscon- A s \ it IN ACCIDENT TODAY . Daily patrol of northern- woods Pl ywoui prevent re-currence of the for- est fires of 1918 that snuffed out over three thousand lives and devastated ~hundreds of thousands of acres of —~timer lands. (By Utited Press) Rochester, Minn.,, Sept 27.—D. !Bardell, fireman, was injured when his engine and three cars of a Great N \ Western train en route from Chicago . 7 to Minneapolis jumped the track at JUVENILE Bm WILL ('Kenyon, Minn., early today. No oth. * NOT PRACTICE TUESDAY ers were injured. 5 L LT . % The-engine turned over. The three . Director G. O. Riggs of the Ju-|cars jumping the track were the mail venile band ‘announces that there will | C2r and passenger ' cars. A broken “be no practice for that organization | rail was believed to have caused the on Tuesday nizht due to the regular Wreck. monthly meeting of the Bemidji Fire! for e e department. GROWING DISORDER IS - Regular practice will be held on ~ "> REPORTED IN IRELAND “Thursday pight at 7:30 in the band headquarters in the City. building, (By United Press) and all members are requested to be London, Sept. 27. (By Webb Mill- = AR a,ttendance‘ er.)—Growing disorder was reported from Ireland and developments in- GOLF TOURNAMENT ]s cluded * bombing, of business stfeets % in the main part of Cork and the CONT[NUED 0NE wEEKkburning of forty buildings in the ‘zurin country. The Golf Cup tournament which “BABE” RUTH KNOCKS was to have been completed yester- ' FIFTY-SECOND HOMER day has been continued for another week due to the fact that several of H the players have as yet not complet-i - p, . (By United Press.) > - e i iladelphia, Sept. - 7. — “Babe’ _ed their playing. On next Sunday Ruth tod hi all playing for the tournament will ‘rul:n L fl’;‘g’ ::::urxlsirt;d:}s:;seficr‘;rt‘d' home be leted and the winner of the| nning e comp an .© {of the Yankee-Athletic game. have already finished their score fcr‘BEMmJl AssmlA"oN 05: Ira J. Cool. handicap 26, total, tontal 325; B. F. Anderson, handi- Association will hold its (regular cum, handicap 108, total 338: George the business meeting to follow. n gcod scores will be marked up this there will be a large attendance. cup will be announced. - the 72 holes is as follows: To LUNCH w DAY f'310: W. L. Brooks. handicap 52, to-}| K Sk i cap 56, total 3 F. S. Lycan, han- noon-day luncheon on Wednesday Kreatz, handicap 80, total 346. appetizing menu is being arranged w-ek and there is 2 chance that those! Several matters of impntrayce are The standing of the players who! ! E. H. Denu, handicap 68, total; tal 320; B. W. Lakin, hanicap 48, The Bemidji Civic and Commerce dicap 64, total Dr: E. H. Mar- with a very interesting program for It is e=pected that a number of for the dinner and it is expeeted that out before the tournament is com-:number of interesting talks are be- pleted. ling arranged. . = ' Government operation of industries J g A is even .more unpopular than it was a 3 year ago.in the opinion of the cqun- - - 4. ) try’s newspaper editors. A question- 466 or 86 per cent declared that|- publican. Yet the percentage against |- HARDING OPENS Will Make First Attack on 'Outpofits of Solid States SPEAKS TONIGHT AT ' BALTIMORE ARMORY Visits . Maryland, West Vir- ginia and Kentucky on A e Second Trip ! behnlé of Dewey, while County Attor-| o4 to Bemidji while others remained . |néy G. M. Torrancé, represented the|ipere over Sunday and then returned | (By United Press) P Y (By United Press.) Sept. 27 (by Roymand Clapper, en route with Senator Harding to Bal- timore,” Md.)—Leaving his front! porch for the s\econ’d time during the campaign, Senator Harding began a four days speaking trip into Mary- land, West Virginia and Kentucky. On this trip the republican presi- dential candidate will make his first, attack on the out posts of the solid] south. Later he will go into Ken-| tucky a second time and enter Ten- nessee, Missouri ‘and Oklahoma. Senator Harding will speak tonight in -the Baltimore armory, where President Wilson was first nominated for the presidency. Tomorrow night he will speak at Wheeling, W. Va., and Wednesday afternoon at Ash- land, Ky. Harding was due at Balti- more at 3:15 p. m. today. —~ (By United' Press) Pittsburg, ‘Pa., September.27.— Senator Warren G. Harding's train was side trackeéd by a switeh- en- gine while leaving the local-yards to- day. Two pullmans of Harding's train were struck and several others. The cars_were occupied by members of Harding’s staff “and .corréspon- dents. The candidate’s car 8, un- touched. - O (By United Press) Harrisburg,: Pa., Sept. 27,—Sena- tor Harding: got right down to-the people here today .as he looked over parts of the city. He left the train on which he’was enroute to Balti- more for a speech tonight'and walk- ed thru ‘the:state capitol. He was accompanied by Lieutenant George Beidler. Many pedestrians recogniz- ed him_and shook hands with him, TRAFFIC IS RESUMED ON MILWAUKEE ROAD (By United Press.) ‘Montevideo, - Minn., Sept. 27.— Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul track where yesterday five coaches of a fast passenger train left the rails. Several hundred . passengers were badly shaken up and bruised. Four were badly hurt but none in serious condition. A broken rail caused the wreck, officials believed. § w’ihd’vh‘\vg:‘up a case n&fieh had been| Unanimously adopting a resolution SAYS DlSPATCH on‘ifie floor for thi £3 commending the establishment of a : j verdic returned’ at 5:30. This| MOTHER DIES SHORTLY Traffic was resumed today over the|. o supeoar | Favoss scemic ssoe | EQLISH FORCES - Three-Day Case Is Wound Up Mefib;;l.él?d'é : Suppo;t m 2. A ; mJ}lalf Hour When Jury Effort Secure State Park for Head of Lake Bemidji the jury sitting on the Frank D’ewey' case late|state park at the head of Lake Be: Saturd; ; midji in the Ruggles :llm;eedr et(ll'a:!t. £ i ilty, the state forestry board pledg ts!. o m o support Both- individually and_col- Anti-Bolshevik Troops Occupy lectively toward the project of secur-|* ortant Poi ing-this tract for.park.purposes, Each Grodno, {mp t Point %0 Dewey was arrested shortly after|member will use all his influence in on Polish Boundary g s the: fire. at the Great Northern hotel|securing legislation tending toward) . . ; uilding a few months-ago.and was its establishment as a state park. . | i g 4 bound over to the grand. jury at this| Prior to the meeting at the Itasea| gvIET FORCES ARE i term of court. At the time of the|State park Saturday, the board visit- 7 conflagration in the property which|®d the timber tract at the head of NEARING BERDIANSK Dewey owned and aperated, evidence Lake Bemidjl upon invitation of K. : R indicated that the'fiye had been 5. Lycan a local member of ' the started willfully and investigation led | 2087 All were high in their praise tq the belief that it had been start- of thissetand of virgin pine, and be- Believed That This Combined - lieved that it should be set aside as i ed by Dewey. soon as possible. Drive Is Last Before W, E. Rowe of Crookston and T. v o . s -l o~ b Following the meeting at the park, Winter Begin ; ‘ Cl fi“l"y of ‘'this city appeared in|geveral members of the hoard return- gins e —_— — state. 2 The case went to the jury at § o’clock Saturday afternoon and the to their home by way of Park Rapide.| pondon, Sept. 27.—Anti-Bolshevik forces are hammerifig the Reds om three fronts today, according to an official communication received here, in what appeared to be the last com- bined drive before winter halts op- Dersaers | erations. Polish troops occupied Grodno, an important point on the Polish boundary, as established by case completed. the! September term AFTER SON IS FOUND of court;-although "all cases on the calendar were not f_aken up. (By United Press.) Rochester, Minn., Sept. 27.—Mrs. ms’r wm smlm Harriet LeBarren, 75, who died short- ! ly after the body of her son, Charles)the Versailles peace conference. Gen- Y 3 Goodwin, was found latefinmrday, eral Wrangel’s communique regard- ). GAME T0 BEHH.D lN was buried here today. Frlends went|ing operations in Southern Russia y to Goodwin’s home nine niiles west sald his forces have taken Alexander- AMERICAN LEAGUEC“'Y of Rochester last Saturday to tell|ovsk. Soviet troops at Tvanosk are _ him his moth®r was dying. Receiving|#Pproaching Berdiansk. no response to their knocks, they broke open the door and found the body. Authorities believed he had been dead at least sixteen days. The mother died shortly after the body was found. Goodwin was buried Sunday. Warsaw, Sept. 27.—Grodno, the fortress city on the River Mienan, has been captured by Polish armies, it was officially announced today by the general staff. MAC SWINEY WEAKER JURY TO INVESTIGATE . . — THAN EVER BEFORE WORLD SERIES SCANDM. ~ (By United Press.) (By United Press) Lond¢n, Sept. 27.—Lord-Mayor| (pjcago, Sept. 27—Co.mplete Inves- * MacSwiney was weaker than at any|yjgation of every scandal of baseball Three games will be played in the|time heretofore, as he began his|in recent years by the Cook county stioc American League city . and then | fOrty-sixth day of fasting in Brixton | grand jury was Indicated today with trapsferred to’the ' national ._leagug | Prison today. Police .claimed - 8] preparation of more than twenty sub- citys Where four will be played, or|have mipped sécretly planned demon-|poenas for witnesses to'appear before until the clab wins. strations-in his behalf. h the jurors wlhen the sessions' are re- If an eighth® game is necessary, - sumed here Tuesday. The world se~ the club will then go to the Ameri- FOUR BANK ROBBERY ries for 1919 between the Chicago can League city and if a ninth is SUSPECTS ARE ARRESTED| White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds necesgary it will be played at the for national and American League National League city. Tlie scene of (By United Press.) games this season, will be bared, ac- the first game of the series is to be Chippewayl“al;se Wi: éept 27 cording to Assistant Prosecutor Re- i v y oy . AR o 4 PR 1 decided by tosging a coin. Four-men who were believed to have | P8¢ IRt AT robbed banks at Oshkosh and Prairie{ - - Farm, Wis., last week, were arrested} « ~ (By United Press.) "o in LhelNorvtherDI hotel here today. - Chicago, Sept. 27. — Crookedness HOLLAND Ml Gl."' JOIN in national league baseball games has been eliminated, in the opinion of [EE— John Heydler, president, here to . MILITARY Mum testify before the Cook county grand > jury investigating gambling in base- ball. Heinie Zimmerman, Hal Chase and McGee were thrown out of the 'ltithbr Chicago ‘6}- C!eveinnd Will Have Honor of First Game (By United Press) Chicago, Sept. 27.—The first game of the world series will be ployed Oc- tober 5 in the city, winning tne Am- erican League pennant either Cleve- land or Chicago, the national baseball commission meeting here today de- cided. AUTHORITIES LOéATE “STILL. IN MAN’S HOME (By United Press.) - Roehester, Minn., Sept. 27.—John Hanshilde, 25, was arrested here to- day and ‘held for federal ‘authorities charged with operating a still in his home. Two la bailers and con- (By United Press.) A densing coils werrge éized.s A“wofn,,n Paris, Sept. 27.—Holland is con- national league because of gambling, known as Mrs. Jones was arrested on. Sidering /joining the Franco-Belgian Heydler said. a charge of disorderly conduct. military. alliance, according to a dis-| Although it had been generally | — patch. from . Brussels today. The|known that Zimmerman, Chase and_ . CENSUS REPORT Franco-Belgian agreemnt, entered a McGee were banished because of al- — oty short time ago, provided that in case|leged crookedness, this was the first (By United Press). of attacks on either country the|official 'announcement of the actt. Washington, Sept. 27.—The cen-|0ther would go toits aid. . “This cleansed. the game of the na- sus bureau today announced the The treaty details were kept secret, | tional league and as far as I know 1920 population results of the fol-|leaving speculation as to the attitude|the only scandal in the American lowing Minnesota counties: Ottertail,| of the league of nations, which re-|league is connected with the 1919 50,818; Fillmore, 25,330; Pine, 21,- quires that .such treaty be made|world series,” Heydler said. 117; Sibley, 15,635: | public. ELEVENTH ANNUAL DAIRY CONGRESS AT WATERLOO Waterloo, lowa, Sept. 27.—Dairy cattle, of every breed, size, color and disposition were placed on trial here today at the opening of the eleventh TS annual dajry congress. Thoroughbred and serubs will be discussed ‘and cussed respectively while sessions of the congress continue all this week. Some of the finest dairy cattle in the country are being exhibited in - the show barns and sheds and buildings are filled with every kind of indus- trial displays. HUNT TO HEAD COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AT ROME *. (By United Press.) Washington, Sept. 27:— President Wilson today appointed Charles F. Hunt, dean of the agricultural col- lege, University of Minnesota, te head the permanent committee of" 5 the International Institute of Agri- 5 culture at Rome. SEEKING NURSE AND “HUSBAND AS SUSPECTS . (By United Press.) Los Angeles, Sept. .27.— Officials investigating the murder of James C. Denton, murdered Los Angeles’ broker, today sought a nurse and her. husband as the result of a mysterious tip received by authorities. X A letter written on the stationery of a fashionable Los Angeles hotel gave the name of the man and wife and said the man killed Denton. - The letter was unsigned. It said the = . nurse was known to Mrs. R. C. Peet, who now lives at Denton but who for— merly “housekeeper for Denton. | 1