Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 4, 1920, Page 1

/ its 'way on straight foo\ . stouchdowns and a drop shalf-back would make from two to|ell’'s potatoes for him. _He was se- ..shpwed up fine, but tackled a bit too tion in Northern REPUBLICAN RALLY TO BE HELD TUESDAY NIGHT A republiecam rally will be held tomorrow night at the Elko theatre and speakers have been .. 'gecured to talk concerning the : yepubliean state and national = tiekets. ’ €Congressman Thomas E. - Schall, . the blind congressman, from the Tenth district, will be 'the main speaker of the even- “'ing. He is rated as one of the best speakers in the entire United States and. his appear- ~_ance here will afford an excel- Jent opportunity for all to hear him speak on matters of vital importance to the entire nation. _“In view of the fact that the Elko theatre is being used for this rally, the last showing of “Big .Happiness,” whiech. made ~ sweh a decided hit last-night, will be made tonight. Locals. Hold East Grand Forks _Eleven Scoreless, While Own Count Piles Up . NEW PLAYERS SHOW FIRST CLASS STYLE KITIHE FARMERS’ CLUB First Contest of Year Shows Need of 1 % Training i fox Comit, %, tests HOLDS IMPORTANT M [} \ . ¢ 2 -— & ' The. first battle g}\ ® 41920 High .school football reas! o, .over, Be- midji gladiators emg g victorious by the overwhelming < '51.to 0. Outclassing. East Grai ks High school alike on offensi defen- .give, Bemidji High Sat: nashed . Agent-in November Poultry * Culling Demonstration seven |regular;meeting at the Kitihi school The | house Saturday afternoon with C. me was, as are most early season 0. Smith presiding. The attendance .contests, loosely played. = Erring by was:slightly under normal on-account ‘members of , the Bemidji team was |of potato digging. noticeable thruout the game. Fumbles Several important matters of busi- and misplays marred the. game.|ness were disposed of. The club de- “Tackling, too, was far from being cided: ‘to co-operate with the Union perfect, timé after time a visiting { Sunday school in digging Mr. New- .accasional forward pass five yards on account of not being riously injured recently when his tackled now.and hard. No doubt this |oxen ran'away, throwing him out of week will find the squad abusing the |the wagon and breaking two ribs. tackling dummy regularly. The potatoes will be dug Tuesday ~The victors used a hard pounding|and the ladies will furnish dinner for ~attack which East Grand Forks was |the pickers. -unable to stop. However, they pirov- Arrangements were made to coop- od theniselves to be on their toes and |erate -with the county agent in a took advantage of all the errors of | poultry culling demonstration at the their opponents, three times recover-|next meeting of the club in Novemb- ing Bemidji fumbles. Despite the|er. It was also arranged to®meet at scrappy fight put up by the losers, |the Pennington hall October 8 and the result was never in doubt. hear an address by A. D. Wilson of New Stars Discovered. the Agricultural college in St. Paul. +»-Youths whose names have, been un- Plans re also completed with ieard in the Highjannals shone with [the count perintendent of schools the same-lustér. ds thé veteran stars to place agpump in the school yard of ‘the gridiron firmament. Esseci- at Kitihi. ™ i ally was this true of Riggs at rigit[ ~Last’spring the club bought'a hun- haif. He not only carried the bail dred pounds of certified seed potatoes - -wyell, but showed to best advantage|of the Irish Cobbler var! he defensive, up: forw: ‘mer Blacki alsp proved to be.a D! crying: the ball,” getting away, foriahout forty: number...of .ggod galus. Ca ooks at fultbaek passes. Art Olson. |agreed to raise seed to be sold for *high schedl star, |the benefit of the club. Three. plots ayer in [have been dug and it was found that ™ smashed the visitor's line at will. He | (average). The potatoes raised fromicancelled " the throwing | this seed are of hetter size and qual-|{ meeting was_non-political. olsp ‘showed .accuracy in forward passes, on -one occasion throwinga“pass to Stapleton for thir- ty 'yards-wiich netted a touchdowi. Stechman -at left end featured in catching passes, pulling one out of the air “‘a’la Boston” style. . He also Teatured.on the defensive as well as Powell., “The husky tackles, Lord and Boyce, stopped everything directed at them and on many occasions threw the runner for losses. ‘‘Dunk” Mc- Donald ‘was a tower of strength at center as well as passing in perfect gtyles to the backs. ‘The Tharaldson Brothers and Stevens at the guards ity than the seed itself. these potatoes for next year's plant- the community. E. Wymore read an interesting arti-| cle on-community life, and Mission- ary Cummings gave a short address. Before adjournment the ladies served a most appetizing lunch. STATE RAILROAD RATES INVOLYED IN HEARING (By United Press) St. Paul, Oct. 4.—State rates in the matter of the railroad regulations in general and rates.in particular were ‘high on' many occasions. Higbe at wquarter showed up fine for his first game in ‘calling signals, but did not carry the ball (any on account of a bad nec] — ow They L“!‘B érgfld Forks Bemidii Stevens and %e:&h}“ln 1‘? Do"&'}:zr‘; involved in a rate case here today.’ | B a g n i 8. Kingtez| A. A. Flynn, commissioner for the}; fie’{)‘(‘)fi:‘alf”n lcg H. p:rgcen‘]nterstate Commerce Commission, i G B said the railroad representatives ; | | F. Purcell . Charge that the Minnesota Railroad H. Tharaldson T.g. 18 dis- ) and Warehouse commission g:{vc:" and i .Martln criminating in favor of intra-statej ‘Stapleton Tit. Marshalton | business in refusing to grant pas- ' Higbe q Borehess, Capt. |Senger rates (}l 3.6 cents per mile, Olson 1:h. Saunders and the commission contend it is not |, Riggs-Woock rh. Spain empowered to grant higher rates be- || Brooks, Capt. f. Anderson | ¢ause of the Minnesota law estab-|: Officials—Referee, M. C. Hayes, |lishing a maximum fare of 2 cents|; Umpire, Dr. J. Per mile. i Headlineman, RS S S i Timk”-”"’iuzw YORK CITY GOES ‘East Grand Forks: W. Diedrich, Bemidji John Simons, Bemidji Prof. J. W. Smith, Bemidji. . MEETING TONIGHT “The | regular monthly meeting of ! OVER FIVE MiLLION|! (By United Préss.) f Washington, Oct. 4.—The census|' Indians ar'not due until t polite, “It all depends.” leaning toward the South-paws. If a South-paw pitcher is decided upon by the Brookl; ac.eorflmg to Robbey’s idea imcluded all his players, then Ru ynll likely be named. Robinson ‘'said Rube probably will go to'the moupd if he shows as good stuff as he has in the last game with the Giants. G looks like the next surest candidate for the pitching roll. The dopesters have .it figured out that Cleveland will start either Bagby or Coveliskie, and if,either man serves a pitched ball today the Pole may get the call. A A A A A PAYS TRIBUTE tyAive bushels of good po-| HHélr: honor™at ‘Stiegel’s -grove; i ain | tatoes ‘resulted or. fitteen bushels of [here, today. B Governor ‘Jarnes 1 circled the ends or | crop to each twenty pounds of-seed|'was-jnvitéd to the cerémon: Members of the club are buying|he was greatly pleased with speech of Borah and said he knew he ing with the object of; establihhing|would be pleased jusp as much ‘with the pure strain of Irish Cobblers intthose he will make in- the 'future. i Harding said he was assured that Bo- —_— the R. A. Masonic Chapter No. 70 will be held tonight.” It is urgently| requested that all members of the; Chapter be present. PRICE OF DODGE CARS | T0 REMAIN UNCHANGED | The price of the Dodge cars will | remain the same according to a tele- zram received by Olaf Ongstad of the Bemid)i Auto Company from C. w.| Matheson. sales manager of that com- | pany. The telegram is as follows: “Dodge Brothers policy has been | to give full valne for prices asked.| “There will be no reduction in the present prices of Dodge Cars. News- | paper reports to the contrary are ab—} solutely untrue.” i The fact that the demand for Dodge ears is still greater than the supply has absolutely nothing to do with the decision to continue the pre-| sent price is a statement made from the factory offices. ‘ 1JUM1’S FROM PLANE bureau today announced the follow-|i ing 1920 population figures: City of New York, 5,620,048, an increase of 853,165 or 17.9 per cent; the popula-|! tion was previously anonunced as!' 5,621,151. - New York state, 10,384,-; 144, an increase of 1,270,530 or 13.9}1 per cent; Texas, 4,661,027, an in-|{ crease of 764,485 or 19.6 per cent;|: Idaho, 431,826, arr increase of 106,- 232 or 32.6 per cent; New Jersey, 3,155,374, an increase of 618,207 or 24.4 per cent. AND FRACTURES RIBS (By United Press) St. Paul, Oct. 4.—When an aero- plane went into z tail-spin over lake Johanna, Carl Lindquist. ae[oplane{ mechanic. of Chicago. jumped into the water and fractured several ribs L. E. Dunn, pilot of the plane. stuek! with the machine and was unhurt. The plane was not damaged. s “, “Bvery thing i .- (By United Press:) New York,‘Oct.‘ 4 (by. Henry L. Farrell): Robertson’s National league champions held: the fo: todayvat Flatbush, contrary to the customs of past years when both halves of the world series casts did various warming up stunts before a free ‘house .om the eve-of the batite. Speaker ‘kept the American.league cham 0MEITOW. % ready;,’” Charles: H. Ebbets, president of the i Broaklyn club, said today. - “The field has been shampooed, combed' and ‘massaged hy &’ corps: of diamond barbers. | temporary stands are completed and the players are all stand-| ing by. Everything is all set. | Indians Are 'th;pu. to/’An-ive at Flatbush Until Tamorrow and Brookl;n !{-tion-lo Have Field to Themdely All'lmu;h Contrary to Usual: Custom Wiibert vi/all. alone Tris pions: at home. The Mayor John J. Hylan will toss out the first ball tomarrow He'll Continue Stumping (By United Press) Fremont, Ohio, Ohio, Oct. 4. id by Sepator .Warren G..Harding en “he unveiled a bronze tablet 4 néar engagement : In'4 statement by Harding lie said the T After the business of the day, C.{rah would continue speaking. BEMIDJI TOWNSHIP FARMERS CANCEL OCTOBER MEETING On account of the busy season and potato harvesting, the regular meet- ling of the Bemidji Township Farm- ers’ club, which was to have been held next Saturday, October 9th, has been cancelled and no further meet- ing will be held until the regular meeting in November which will be held November 13th. (Copyrighity (By, ety and these| Raymond Clapper.)=—Tribute to sols especially in break- |were distributed to five farmers who|djers who. fell in the world war was m and front boxes will 'be occupied by a host of prominent state i gmz;ns, military, natval afhdhpol ical personages. The blare of d ands, sonorous notes of ,the strong plugging singers, which Will/ Co-operate With County| kept the fans quiet in Cincinnati and Chicago, la not be included in the ticket at Flatbush. ; . The only question featured today was about the pitché trying for the all important first game. Cleveland and Manager Robinson dismisses the curious with the curt but Manager Robinson is known, how: No word was fo REVEALS CLUE mite Hidden in N. d (By United Press) Ost. 4.—Florian Pittsburgh, Pa., st year, will . They were ‘coming from ever, to have a S5l Rhard, which “Marquardt Grimes Y. Zelinska, 29, of Brooklyn, today told police that enough dynamite was ge- ew- York to blow.up.\ g B Definite cln Wall street explosion’ were by palic thru the arrest of. Zeliska. Police said he had a¥nitted be was at the time ot the explo- in Brcokly sion. 5 will be turmed over’/to gov authorities. p [ T et BOOSTER CLUB D : VERY Booster club of the school was a very enjoyabl This s the first of a series of or of visiting athletic year. Music was furnished sCharles Van, pianist. / ifii114171//, 7 I 1113750700 11400107 ; hat lilhy_lénd- to the arresy..of .thase -résponsible for .thel on Saturday evening by the Girls’ Bemidji parties to be held by the club-in hon- teams believed to have ‘Yéen unedarthed Six sticks of dymhantite,” about 26| feet of fuse and a number of detona- tion cups were found in a’yellow suit- case which the prisoner carried. Aft- er-a preliminary henring-today, he ernment High e affair. dancing this by Mrs. 'y . T e The; /////// ’///“5/:/”/// 1/, P) g . FIRE PREVENTION DAY TO' BE OBSERVED HER! Fire waste, throughout th country is excessive, and is sap-~ ping: the. country’s prosperity. Reduction. ofthe: fire waste s’ an' important. part. of the. cam- paign for ‘the conservation of national resources. b fi~Fire losses and the cost of re prevef in. the United Sfifit&’ m&nt annually to $450,000,000, or more than the total American production of gold, silver, copper and petrol- eum in a: year. The cost of fires is one-haif the cost of all new buildings erected in a year. Over five thousand are killed and 50,000 are injured as a result of fire.. Fire Prevention Day is to be observed in Bemidji this year and that day falls on October 9, the aaniversary of the great Chicago fire. Every citizen and resident is- asked to take part.' COMMUNITY AND CIVIC CLUB HELD FEDERATION DAY PROGRAM SATURDAY l!lumb.er of Interesting Talks Are Heard by Women at Joint Club Meeting and the Mothers' club. A most i teresting program was given business had been transacted. tion. ennial convention of the Moines last June. and to urge the co-operation of w men in this cause. A, E. Nissen of The Women's Community and Civie club held its second monthly m-zet- ing Saturday afternoon at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce Association in a Federation Day pro- gram with the Woman’s Study club after Mrs. R. H. Schumaker and Mrs. B. Philiips read comprehensive pa- pers on national and state federa- Mrs. Smith of Cass Lake gave a very delightful resume of her ex- periences and impressions at the bi- National Federation of Women’s clubs in Des Harry E. Reynolds, chairman of | the fire prevention committee of ths Bemidji 4ssociation, appeared beforc the club to plead the necessity of fire prevention measures in this city A, the Mintesota Highway Improvement association, MADE BY DEER - RIVER SOLDIER ks Arraigned for Alleged Charge of $50 for Securing ' Aid for Blinded Soldier | CHARGES ARE SWORN TO BY PAUL NEWTON Was Resident of Bemidji Until Year Ago When He Moved to Deer River . ; (By United Press) 2 St. Paul, Oct. 4.—Mjke Sullivan, St. Paul attorney, charged with charged with charging Paul Newton, formerly of Bemidji, a blind soldier, $560 for alleged services in securing compensation under the war risk in- surance, was to be arraigned before United States Commissioner Samuel Whaley, here this afternoon on & warrant sworn out by Alfred Jaques, United States district attorney. Saul- livan asked for a preliminary hearing instead of waiting for the grand jury. It is reported that Paul Newton was a resident of this city until about a year ago. At the present time he is making his home .at Deer River. He is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Newton of Bemidji. D}(OPS SUIT-TO TEST AMENDMENT VALIDITY (By United Press, Washington, Oct. 4.—The District of Columbia court of appeals today granted the government motion for dismissal of a suit brought by suff- rage opponents to test the validity of the Ninéteenth amendment. Attor- ney Charles F. Fairchild, who brought the suit, said they would appeal to the United Staten supremd delivered a snappy talk on Amends|court.--. n)ggnt No. 1. £0 be-voted ofi"in N er. He urged .the; importance of voting for good roadd and cautioned the women not to fail to vote on the amendment since all ballots not marked are polled as negative. " Coffee and cake was served at the enjoyed this part of the meeting especiallys ‘Membership dues were collected, twenty-five members renewing their membership. Th committee is most desirous of re-enrolling all of last year’s members and to add as many new ones as possible. So far only 51 out ‘of the 239 members have paid their dues for the ensuing year. it if old and new members will send The committee will greatly appreciate their dues to Miss Donna Lycan. In this way a tedious house-to-house canvass will be unnecessary. WEATHER REPORT (By United Press) Minnesota weather: Fair tonight and Tuesday. ern portions Tuesday. ‘élose of the program and everyone Warmer in East por- tion tonight and in west and south- -| whether the FIVE, CHILDREN BURNED" TO DEATH IN FARM HOME. 3 (By United Press.) Merill, Wis., Oct. 4.—Five children were burned to death in the fire which destroyed the farm home of Edward Nelson near Irma, Wis., 12 iles north of here, carly today. elaon and one son were burned in an endeavor to rescue the others. Mrs. Nelson escaped uninjured. The five children ranged in ages from five to sixteen years. COX TAKES BRIEF REST BEFORE RESUMING FIGHT (By United Press.) Dayton, O., Oct. 4 (By Herbert Walker).—Confident that his cam- paign has gained greater momentum as a result of his tour of the west, Governor Cox today was planning to take a brief rest before resuming the fight in the middle west and east. Virtually every democratic leader who met him yesterday on his return from St. Louis, talked of a re-actiom that had commenced throughout the country within the last week, also they said sentiment in his favor had been growing. (By United Press.) Dayton, 0., Oct. 4 (by Herbert Walker).—“The campaign is devel- oping in final referendum on the treaty of peace with proposals for & league of nations to prevent mutual war,” Governor James M. Cox told a delegation of women voters, after asserting that ten years ago anyone who suggested a national referendum would be necessary to determine United States would enter the league to prevent war would have been ridiculed. The governor predicfed the women of the nation matter. RUSSIANS NOW CRYING FOR PEACE. SAYS REPORT (By United Press) London, October 4.—The Russian- Soviet government has reached its most extreme’ crisis, according to a Manchester Guardian which was re- ceived in Moscow. The correspondent gaid the Russian people were crying for peace at any price. SUCCESSOR TO STEELE (By United Press) Minneapolis, Oct. 4—A special elec- tion may be necessary to fill the place of Judge J. H. Steele, Hennepin coun- ty district judge, who died Saturday. 1t is too late now for a candidate to file for place in the November elec- tion. will not approve of scrapping this . < 2