Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 30, 1920, Page 1

~ The Pichser is s Mamber of the United Pros--Lassed Wirs Servico—Today's World News Today BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY. EVENING, SEPT. 30, 1920 - amevou s IEARTY MORNING HPORTANT TALKS AT ,anit Pe;-fomn;e of Homq Committee gf Five fppoin!ed * Taleng Comedy Will Be to Conduct Campaign for. * ' Staged Tonight Amendment No, 1 E. E. McDonald made a report of the hearing held-at Redby Monday (By United »Press-) =, beforel'the l;\ssocl‘;\]tigpeg:ie:;b:;sda;tg]te TS 3 g 3 ‘ noon luncheon Wedh - &1 e this evening when’ the last Galveston, Sept. 30.—Fire swept a portion of the Galveston |ecq that eighteen Bemidji citizens at- ‘ance of this excellent comedy,| Water front*here today, causing losses estimated at two million | tended: the meeting. . The hearing xiven. From start to finish,|dollars. :The blaze raged-uncontrolled for nearly nine hours:|wss hcl;“‘:““%i D Colone ':21;;81?5 laugh relgned supreme and when|It was brought under control by heroic work of firemen and o Al Aredkwaterroq bty T enoral sentiment of| 2Howed to burn itself out. Firemen concentrated their efforts|Red Lake, the spectators was that _this play|On kt;‘elxlning th; flalmes dfrpm ;prelmjltng.f_ o e ‘1 h ranks high among the very best of The fire-developed in the-plant of the:Texas Gulf Sulphur ] i 3 4 y s i phs government project was manifest. B et OO o brignt,| (0PN 8t 2 a.m. A high wind fanned the flames: and sent | &G Lo 0o recsed the meet- clean, -slover comedy’ which s sure flying sparks along the water front. . Burning chemicals made|ing of the Association members and to please everyone,” young and old. the fire especxsflly' difl'icult to fight o Eight firemen were over- expressed his dslightl:in thls};:mmlt’r};l. The plot, as piots, 0 in comedies of| come from fumes in the Sulphur-company’s pier. . ‘The pier and)crops, lakes and sunshine. ' He cu '™ this kind, "hinges upon a-series of| plant were still burning at-noon. : G ot L e b ¥ - < , A & . ¥ . |crops grown in this section and de- };}‘-*c'»g;;}‘;::‘,db;gfa;,‘ggg‘;;@“figgg _Sparks were carried to the cotton concentrating plant con-|clored that it was sad Indeed that so taining thousands of bales of cotton; ‘be seen in order to be fully appreci- The -plant and 5111_ its|'much of it was wasted. contents' were ‘destroyed. At noon- it appeared the HRaiian Two Piers, Black of Water Front Buildiags, Various Buildings e in Seven Other Blocks and “Three S'anm:hipa <in Monstrous Fire: Today 5 ) 3 Jeartily’ commended by all who @ \essed efther of the two perform- o, Y. yesterday,-“‘Are You a Mason'’| ) ves to: attract a still largen at- . "A special tral ) considerable interest in favor .of the Booth Exhibits * —— OMPETITION IN “SPUDS” KEEN IN ALL VARIETIES Hoslnm, ',Hapsén‘,r Me rtin nd Patterson “Cop” Firsts - ated o5 H. E. Reynolds gave an 'interg:tthaz h % p talk on Fire Prevention Day, Octob- e oo | The play beging at the Frank Perry|steamship Aetna, loaded, would also-be burned, as well as theleq 5. Mr. Reynolds %" chatrman of Beltrami county prize winners|home, with Mrs. Frank out of town [ta)ian gteamer, Occana, unloaded. - the local fire preventidn committee. e “county fair have been. an-(and the'husband stepping out in the ; Y el 5 i A committee of five with F. S, Ly- B, el ove. loaving for Min- S0 (By United Préss) can as chairman was appointed to ad- neapolis, Mrs. Perry .instructed her| ° Galveston, Texas, Sept. 30 (8:30”a.’ m)—Fire swept the Galveston|vertise and conduct a ts?‘eclalflcnm; husband to join the Masons, but|Water front today, causing.thousands of dollars of damage. ~The fire was P“'E“I “‘k““’ lntereslt]s OB bmelll: mend Frank-allowed the ‘matter to drop|still raging at this hour and fire fighting forces have been unable to bring|No. 1, known as the Babcock roa ithout = furthi t] > it und trol : : t plan. The other members of the com- nd ther ‘than without ~further ought. ' Friend under control. 3 4 B e ¥ G iy - D itteo "aye. Roy. Dahlberg, J. L. was. enter ed.other than| ;s returns rather unexpectedly and Two piers, a block of water front buildings, various buildings in seven | 2D, Johuson and 8 Snyder oot the i pnzés‘a‘re 2] meglk 8ees at once the necessity of gléher blocks wlerelbu;ning ”:id three steamships were afire. <Piers 35 and °£{feha;r : repres:'t‘ltatlve: oty The v 0o 74 franiing an -excuse for not joining. were completely destroyed: e . 2 : et -available, but will &‘3 gu}:hshe(} His. friend; George Fisher, leads him The steamships afire included Ancon, loaded with grain, owned by the '!;::'l“r'a:em: g::::.t l;‘::i“i::gre‘:ni; ‘soon as given out by the fair asso-{in¢o posing as'a Masonic member and |J. W. Steele company; the Gloria de la Larrinage, a British vessel, unloaded, ), .y; 'togthe members. A with the aid of an' encyciopedia heland Hornby: Castle, a British vessel, also unloaded. They were both off} A Legolution was passed requesting ;:eg!rnph:!, le:( l_m:mrtant %xl)h;:s which gier 36 am‘il grehfighters were unable to take them to safety before the ‘that association m}m,be,-g take no ad- elps him to put over a bluff. ames reached them. .- - - 3 ¢ 3 q ) This gets by with Mrs. Perry but| The cotton sheds of the.Cotton Concentration company, covering nearly| ;}’,’,fi,‘“i,‘:fl,’,’g ntc:t“i:“e. Jrosrams gh.any when the Bloodgoods come there to[a block and.loaded to capacity with cotton awaiting shipment, were com- &2 < (Continued on Page 8) pletely destroyed.. The fire started in the Freeport Sulphut company's pier. BANDIS ROB SHPSTEAD |t s 5 S S0 RS S ALY SUNDAY REMARKS “ % ik om0 city. kng e ot 0 irty-sixth streef A ANDYOTHERS AT CARLTON| "~ St ‘ON BASEBALL: SCAND ston, Sept. ‘ A (By United -Press.) 2 ytride e 3 ... Gal t.:30 (9:15:&; m.)~~The. fire, which: caused: hundreds of o AL 2 . 7 thousands ‘of dollars' of: damage-along the Galveston water front today was|Says World Series’ Gambling Force Auto Driver to Take declared “confined to its present, limits.” ¥ £ . 2 o : i Will “ Not Affect Faith Them to Superior and - ! coiild‘-:‘l'mme of fighting the - flam P o Then ‘Rob Him'’ A of ancq Boy “contest for the farmers’ club the Equitable Farmers c}ub ‘first_place, the Better Farming cond place, and the Wide- <awake Farmers club third place. . “Registered Stallion: August Jar- et 2 - are: C. S. Vincent, first. ; Horse: Ed.. Rako, vde Mare Colt: Herman Fenske, de Colt, H. Se:}dq,hfirst;th!ig. _second; August Jarchow, third.| H. Fenske, first; Mer- Shellmacher, » < flames thought, prevented. . Little. hope was. held dy ‘afire.” INJURED AT HOLLYWOOD | .C.- C. Vincent, Jeruy_%flmfer. i)d. Rako, C. C. Vincent, second. s Polled Grade: ‘L. O. Petrie, (Editor’s note-—The féllowing was made: by Billy Sunday, famous evan- : ASSISTANT ls Asm gelist and lor;ner baseball star, when asked to explain the reaction the base : P “Iball scandal will have on the Ameri- : -~ (By United Press.) ~ Cleveland; Sept. 30<<The’dismissal (By United Press) 5 Duluth, Sept. 30—Dr. Henrik Ship- stead, non-partisan league candidate for governor, and six others were rob- ‘bed by two masked mem in the Nor- K . thern- -Pacific’' ~depot - in . Carlton 1 (By United Press.) - 3 shortly “after midnight nast night, Los “Angeles; Sopt.-so.—»'flh navy where they were waiting for a St.|dirigible, C-6, crashed “into a canyon|of Lewis S. Post, ‘assistant secretary Paul train. ' : near Hollywood, a Los Angeles su-|of -the department of. labor, was Shipstead contributed $70 and his| hyrh, today. . Four members of the|asked by the executive committee. of | ;1 watch to the bandits. James Camp-|crew were injured.-The dirigible was| the: American Legion heré today. The Uniled Brese) bell, special agent for the Northern|en route from. San Diego to. San|committee charges that//Post is in|, Roanoke, .Va., Sept. Pacific, was robbed of his star, $40|pejry and it jammed into the canyon |sympathy with enemies (\#Ft’he United|heart of the average American boy A in-cash, his revolver and watch. \I'he| ypon it hecame. lost in a dense fog.|States and that his continuance in|Yi!! cherish a bitter enmity toward A e bandits rified a mail pouch but found! cj.o¢ “pilot Gordon MecDonald, of |office is a menace to the country the dastardly gambling interests that m RBT nothing valuable. = Leaving, the sta-} g, "nieo0 “sustained severe injuries | - R : corrupted his base ball fdeas, but no S S s |tion they forced Robert Anderson at ; Py > ’ boy will say today that he has lost - UP FoR Amm TRIP the point of guns to take them to su-| fo both legs. The injurles to other| NATION WIDE COAL nt, second. Herd: Ed. Rako,first; T. C. e;Guemsey: C. C. Vincent, can 'boy.) \ de Jersey: Ed., Rako, first; E. Piess. Copyrighted by him for the (Continued on page two) A 5 . faith in baseball e three are not believed -serious, Five ¢ perior in an automobile. He. drove STRIKE IS THREATENED ;. back to Duluth and notified the po- Members of thé crew escaped un- He is just one more factor of a lice. . No, trace -of. the bandits had | harmed. been found early today. 3 - PO A o PR WEATHEK REPORT London, Sept. 30.—Danger of a|estsuggestion of dishonesty and anx- nation wide coal strlkg» for Great|ious.to back up everything to main- Dritain was regarded as more threat-|tain 'for baseball the reputation it e‘}-‘iut- Reply. to: Cox’s ttacks in Two of His- Speeches ‘Yv_e_sterday CENSUS REPORTS. with frost, Warmer in western por- | when miners resumed '’ their strike square, wholesome and distinctly Am- Washington, Sept. 30.—The census tion. Friday fair and warmer. conference today. * erican.’ ’ farion, Ohio, Sept.30. (By Ray-l!bureau today announced the follow- d Clapper.)—Warren G.'Harding | ing population figures ‘for ~ 1920; % z = ack on his front porch today for| North Dakota, 645,730, 4n increase ; £ ort. breathing spell ‘before plung-|of ‘68,674, or 11.9 per cent; Ken-|. “into the seconid big'campaign trip |tucky, 2,416,013, an increase of ‘the southwest' October’ 6. 126,108, or 5.5:per cent. % arding has just. finished three of e y ‘most strenuous days of his en- political career, making over inty speeches in.three states. The idate:was somewhst. Lon o= from Washington, Sept."30.—The cénsus bureau today announced the:follow- ing population figures of counties ot] Minnesota: Carlson, 19,391, an in- crease of 1,832 or 10.4 per cent; Nor- man, 14,880, an increase of 1,434 or 10.7 per cent. = g Cons\iiution S5 \\ OWVTED STARES /) ntil yesterday- Harding hnd. re- ed aimost entx_rgly‘,fx;om\dxrect lies to Governor Cox and Frank- BEGINNERS’ BAND TO 4 D.. Roosevelt, democratic preci- BE ORGANIZED OCT, 12 but- twice yesterday| . Bemidji is soon to bhave a Begin-|’ “Harding showed fight. Only in re- ners’ band. At least an announce- n}y’jng to criticisms of, his ‘‘America | ment has been made that a class for t” slogan and later when answer- | beginners will be opened for about the charge that he is,dodging on |seventy-five boys'on ‘Tuesday evening, eague of nations issue. October 12, at 7:30 o'clock in t.he When 1 become. president. I, will juvenile band rooms, in the . City the pai'ty to. negotiate the treaty, | building, and every effort will be ‘daid Harding. “1 am very, sure 1 will|made to establish such a class. ‘yegotiate somethitig different from G. Oliver Riggs, director of the Ju- “that which was handed to the senate | venile band who will also- be in “ Py the present president.. charge of the new class, states that “f know one thing, very definitely, | the instruction will be given free of|" ermocratic nominee who says he|charge. All boys, interested are re- il perfect. accord with the presi-|quested to be in attendence at that A 2nt, wants America to go into the|time or send in their names to Mr. eague of nations negotiated at Ver-|Rigss. ) sailles. ¢ Jn order to handle this project suc- - “T say to you, I'am not in favor of | cessfully 'all members of the class| going into its 1, hope there is no must begin at t.he sathe time. No Mistake about that. I am frank to|boys will be admitted to the class aft- say I'.do not know precisely what|er it has once been formed. . sort of an association of 'mnations I Those who show remarkable abil- Cwill negotiate. I do know that Tj|ity and who advance quickly will favor an international coust and I|have an opportunity of being promot- favor a mew world relationship, butfed into the “Juvenile band. With ,-1 do mnot favor creating a super-gov-|this in view, rapid progress is as- ernment. sured. .Assignment of pupils to the * T would create a new internation-|various instruments will be made at| al relationship which ‘would turn the|the first me.eting alth_ough the in-| light of world opinion on its differ-|struments will not be issued at-that €nces.” time. % 77— in madeithe trip and |. (By:Bmy Sunday, to the Unlted" 30—“The: public eager to repudiate -the slight- | Minnesota weather: ' Fair torfight ening than at any time heretofore,|has had for years.—clean and on the! PREVENTION OF - ENCOURAGED BY LOCAL SCHOOLS National Fire Prevention Day Will Be Observed with a ; i Special Program NEXT WEEK DESIGNATED FOR SPECIAL CLEAN-UP ’ Committee: From Association to Inspection All Premises’ and B!:ildipn in City National Fire Prevention Day will, bq observed in Bemidji on October 9 with ' a program especially adapted for this occasion. Pupils of the Be- midji public schools will assist in mak- ing this program one that will carry against fires into every Bemidji home. October 9 has been -observed for many years as a day for a national observance of fire protective pro- grams, since this date is the anni- versary of the great Chicago fire in 1871. 5 / A committee composed of members of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce agsociation has -been appointed to occasion. “The Trial of Fire” will be staged by pupils of the local schools. This | sketch depicts a court scene with Fire !facing” the jury which finally finds {that Carelessness is the only cause entirely responsiblé for fires.”: This program together with a number of other entertaining and educational features will be staged either Friday or Saturday evening, October 8 or 9. The exact date will be announced later. Plans are also being made to secure & motion picture film ‘as an educatienal issue om- fire causes and | prevention, and this will be shown in connection with the above pro- gram, ; v The schools will also give to each 1home-an inspection blank to be filled out by the children with the assii ance of the parents. It is desired that each home make a report of this kind. These will be turned over to . the chief of the fire department who will file such data for future use. The Bemidji association has offered which secures the largest percéntage of blanks properly filled out. A. special request is being made that the local stores decorate their windows during the entire week of October 4 to 9 with such material ias will prove of benefit to the publie in impressing upon local people the necessity of better fire prevention. A prize of $15'is offered: to the store which puts up the best window deco- ration along this line. For the second best a prize of $5 is offered. During 'this week the fire chief will make an inspection of all properties and urge a--general clean-up of buildings, yards, furnaces, chimneys and the like. . The Woman’s Community and Civic' clib has been asked to .take part in thig project and this organ- ization will do all it can to make the clean-up a success. On Monday and Tuesday of the week following the clean-up week an inspection will be made by the fire prevention committee of the Bemidji association designated for each block. A complete report will be made by each ‘committee as to the exact con- ditions found to exist at that time. The reports will be submitted to the city council as well as to the associa- tion. In putting over this;project, the committee desires the " hearty co- operation of every citizen and resi- dent of the city in order to make the coming week one in which a general clean-up will take place, JURY WILL CONTINUE WORLDS SERIES PROBE Chicago, Sept. 30.—The Cook coun- ty grand jury will continue its in- vestigation into base ball, Chief Jus- tice MacDonald, of the criminal court, announced today. He said he '| would appoint the grand %ury as a special investigation body Monday, as its present term expires, and in- strunct members to. continue their probe. ) Mac Donald’s statement followed a published report that State Attorney McClay Hoyne had ordered the jury to discontinue its work because of no legal basis for the proposed indict- ments already voted against eight imembers of the White Sox team and lzwo gamblers. : FIRES WILL BE a message for ‘better frotection’ carry out a local program for this o give a prize of $10 to the school - R, [EES— ——