Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 26, 1921, Page 1

% " duck, they will be entertained committee appointed for that pur- wihin. 100 i "m‘fl- humth. hmr.ne} ¢ ‘i Northern Minnesota, i dA L. Probably showers to md Friday. Slightly warm- northdast. Tonight cooler N Jorthwest portions Friday, VOLUME XXIV, NO. 28 BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1921 55¢ PER MONTH - M LOUISCOLLINS | Lieutenant-Governor to Blow _ Acre of Stumps in Place of Governor Preus PROGRAM COMPLETED FOR FRIDAY DEMONSTRATION Official Opening of Armory to Take Place at 8 O’Clock; Dance Will Follow P Although word was reéceived this morning that Governor J, A. 0. Pféus would be unablé £0 bé present Kriddy at the land clearing itions on account of sickpess;in nily, |plans were in no Wway:el and §¢ they will be; capried out i planned. Lieut, Gov lins will be present and Commissioner for Minnes Smith.-will agcompany:him. ‘The ‘party. will be Markham- hotel. from_ the sl the Union depot at 7:30 by tl nile band and breaktast wil ed the party @t 8 . o¢lol breakfast party, Wwill ¢ol visitors, one.rep nta; Hines, Kellfher, and 1! from Blackduck, one from each Be-i midji bank and newspaper, Mayor A. V. Garlock, Judge C. W. Stanton and President E, A. Barker of the Civic and Commerce association. Fresh trout which will be served at break- fast will be furnished by the Be- midji Trout club. e Following hreatl(fast, tlll; d}t;tntxg- uished visitors will be taken. to thed Thomas, Porte tarim north of Bemd by auto where the stum; blowi demonstration Will be gig‘i A does mot wish to. také their picnic lunch along with them, for 50 cél each. S T ) "Tractors, stump pullers, .bredKin |plows and other land cleaning andj o breaking machinery will give dem- onstrations ; during the program. Speeches-will beimade by Lieut.-Gov~ ernor Collins, Mark Thompeon, &y intendent of the-ataté expétimen farm at Duluth, an ers, prior to the blowing of. the stumps. . E Word has been regeived that Ad-] jursmt General. Rhinow' 'of St. 2&\:] and Prof, Hays, superintemient schools at Thief River Falls, will also be present. ¥ T § i The party will be escorted to the Blackduck .where a similar demon- stration will be held. It is expected] that a large number of Bemidji eiti-/ & cial clubs, which have been invited to send representatives, hayé respofided, and will be representéd hy deléga- tions. A letter was, recelvéd from the Cass Lake Commercial club ad- vising that a number from there would be present and smilar letters have been received from the cominer- cial bodies of jobher eitis. . } Upon the return: of L{eut.floover-; nor Collins and._party . from Bl;a;:k;_ ‘Stanton pose, of which Judge <. nto is chairman, until 8 o’cl hen: the party will be escorted to, new | armory and Lieut.-Governor Collins will perform the dédication .cei monies formally. opéning, the Haild- ing. The two military units wi be present in uniform. and musi furnished prior to the ¢o of the program by ihe eni Following the ceremony, will be given by the Fifth di Naval Militia @and, Company. Minnesota National Guarg, of the Lieut.-Governor and ty. ‘The dance is exceptionally enjoyable and largely attended social. function, a large. number of tickets already having been secured from the committee in charge of their d}snpsa]. i . TICKETS FOR DANCE ON SALE Afl.‘ ;‘m' $2.00, ‘500 be‘gé of the farm hbureau or not are Tickets for the dance at the armory. Friday night may be secyred from: members of the Naval Militia or Com- pany “K” or from, the secretary of the Civic and Commerce association. The price for the tickets will be $1.50 for members of military units or. former members of either organiza- tion and $2.50 to the public. Busi- ness and professional meén are pur- chasing them at $5.00 in order to further the rajéing of: the funds. bresom .= 1T T TURTLE RIVER ORGANIZES imental { 0"¢l p. m: for dinner. |at the Solway echool at ‘Wednesday, June 1,.in_Buzzle town- fect an organization. BIG SESSION ON JONE 1 ‘The last work for the summer season in the A, F. & A. M. lodge No. 233, will be done Wednesday, June 1, when 20 candidates will be glven the third degree. There will a geperal communication at 8 o’clock a. m., when 10 of the candidates 'will be given the third degree and the second communication, a special one, at'1:30 p. m., when the remain- ing 10 candidaates will be given the third degree. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon; R. E. Denfield of Duluth will give a lecture in ‘the Grand/ theater on Masonic research work. He will also give a 3 1 lecture in the evening. At 6 supper will be served by the fi Star lodge to which all M %vhether members at Bemidji orak\ ere are invited. $ Imé\ %}\nu are that there will be & lar \ber present from out-of- town I % Those who are intend- ing to ) ‘sent at the supper in ‘the evenh ‘e requested to notify scretary of the lodge, place may be re- served at th, ver. -\ © HIGH SCHOOL l(iIBI:S T0 ] ¢+ STAGB'TAG DAY FRIDAY Tomorrow Is tag day for the High__echool . oot ball boys’ sweaber fund: Sweaters are to ol given: to niiie boys and two ris for their athletic attain- ments. Thenine boys are mem- fbers of the staté, championship foot ball team of last fall. High sthool girls will be out with theitags aid the citizens of Be- midji nifght as ‘well face them first as last and get it over with for they will be caught some- where between sunrise and sun- gét. -'It doesn’t take much from éavh oné to make up the fund and the boys surely have earn- ©edthe sweaters. o—— ® m Sunday, May 29, the Clear- mmercial club will conduct fom_Clearbrook south e Jefferson ‘Highway Iton and Be- t! of adyertis- ing the “Old Settlers’ Reunion and Community Pienic’> celebrating the '!w;;lmy-’lltu‘x anniversary of the open- ng of the Red Lake reservation for tlement. The picnic will be held at Clearbrook, Saturday, June 11. The party will leave Clearbrook 4t 9' 2. m..and expects to reach Be- midjl between 12 o'clock noon and.1 Returning, he ‘party will drive along the *“Soo” ine through Pinewood and Leonard to Clearbrook. JOHNNY KIiLBANE WINS |OVER BRFTISH FEATHERWEIGHT T AT B TS VAR Cleveland, Ohio, May 2 erweight champion Johnny Kilbane, aking his first appearance in many months outpointed Freddy Jacks, tolder of the British featherweight crown, lin a 10-round mo . decision fight here last night. ‘g Membership Drive Completed “in South End of Cotinty; 718 Meinbers Secured Farm bureau unit meetings will] ' o | be held in various townships of Bel- trami coutity during the week of .y 31 to June 4, according to the o |fotlowing echedule announcéd by; nty Agent D. C. Dvoracek: Tues- , May 31, in Lammera township 8:00 p. m.; ship in the Buzzle hall at 8 p m.; ‘Thursday, June 2, iin Liberty town- ship at H. A. Fladhammer’s at 2 p. 4f,; ‘Friday, June 3, in Turtle Lake townghip at school district No. 131 lat 8 p. m.,; Saturday, June.4, in ‘|Notthern township at the Commun- ‘lity hall at 8 p. m. . All farmers dnd farmers’ wives in above townships whether mem- urged to e present to hear the local farm bureau discusged, and to per- ¢ It is very és- gential that all members be present, ag officers will be élected and a con- stitution adopted. The ¢ampaign for members of the (Farm Bureau cloged, so far as the drive 1s concerned, last week with the securing of 718 members. The 'work ‘was accomplished in' less time than was expected and the campaign- ers moved on to another county. iThe north énd of the county will be canvassed sometime in June, it fs ex- LOCAL FARM BUREAU UNIT [pected The Turtle River Farm Bureau unit was organizéd at a meeting held at the farm home of Georgq Soule in gection 17, Tuesday, May.24.. Eleven members of the bureau were present and the following offiters were élect- ed: Director, G. 1. Goodmanson, vice- director, C. L. O'Dell; secretary-treas- urer, Roy Lamion, The next meeting of the unit will be held the first Fri. day in June. N. B. Price, a bureau organizer, 'has remained in the county to con- tinue the soHcitation of members as there were a number who could not be seen the first call made and will be visited later by Mr. Price. ‘He will also assist County Agent Dvor- acek in the forming of local bureau units and explaining the workings of the organization. It is expected that Mr. Price will remain until July 1 on this work, ‘| St. Paul offices. H SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS - ADVERTIED FOR BIS Babcock Road Projects Today Are in More than 20 Scattered Localities More than $1,000,000 of special improvements -for Minnesota trunk highways today were advertised for bids June 10 to 14 by Charles M. Babcock, state highway commission- er, all in addition to more than $2,- 000,000 of state’ and county. under- takings on which proposals are to be. opened during the next few days and virtual completion of the vast main-|- tenance' and patrol organization to spread immediate benefits to all parts of the 7,000-mile trunk system. Projécts=made public today are in more than 20 scattered localities and, include one $180,000 paving. project, 13 grading and graveling jobs, aggre-, gating more than $750,000, and $75,- 000 of new bridges. Commissioner Babcock and John H. Mullen, assistant commissioner and chief highway engineer, are continu- ing investigations .in the field .and promptly forwarding decisions to the There plans and specifications are worked out under ‘the directions of chief construction |’ and bridge engineers, O. L. Kipp and J. T. Ellison, and made ready for contract lettings. As further evi- dence of the dispatch with which the Babcock plan is being pushed, W. F. Rosenwald, chief maintehance engi- neer, and his assistant, M. J. Hoff- man, ‘agreed that by next week.a patrolman will be at work on nearly every 5 to 8 mile section of the en- tire trunk system. £ ELECTS NEW OFFICERS At a meeting of the Bemidji Bn- campment of the I. 0. O. F. held ‘Wednesday evening at Odd Fellows’ hall the semi-annual election was BEHOLD THE PROUD CITY CHAP WHO IN DEFLANCE OF HIS NEIGHBORS' ADVICE STARTED. § A GARDEN AND HAS SUCCESS FULLY GROWN A RADISH | PROGRAM FOK FRIDAY- 7:30 a. m.—Jgyenile band and committee will meet Lieu- tenant-Governor: Collins and Commissioner'of Immigration 0. H Smith ; 8:00 a. m.—Brook trout break- fast at Hotel Markham, 9:00-a. m.—Party leaves for Thomas Porte faruf on shores of Moval lake, £ 10:30 'a. m.—Address by Lien- tenant Governor Collins. 11:00 a. m.—Address by Mark Thompsen, Superintendent of Experimental- Farm at Duluth. 11:30 . r. m—Basket lunch and 'pionic ‘dinner. Town of Northern Farmers’ olub will serve dinner for 50 cents to those who did- not- brink- their own .- baskets. 12:00 noon—Lieutenant-Gov- ernor Collins: will push the but- ton whith will send an acre of monster stumps into “Eternity.” 12:03 p. m.—At a signal ev- ery man will rush on the acre, grab a root and heave it on a pile for burning. 12:30-». m.—Party will leave for Blackduck, ‘where program for the afternoon has béen ar- ranged by the Commercial club of that village. The program will ‘include .addresses, .stump blowing and land clearing. 5:00 p. m.—Party returns to Bemidji. 6:00 p. m.—Dinner at Hotel Markham. : 7:30 v. m.—Informal recep- tion at new armory. 8:00 p. m.—Dedication of armory. 9:00 p. m.—Informal dancing party at new armory. held and the following officers were elected: Chief Patriarch, Geo. “W. Rhea; Sr. Warden, P. L. Hines; Jr. Warden, Albert Smart; Secribe, Clin- ‘ton Crosby; High Priest, J. C. Mc- Ghee. CHITA CONGRESS BLOCKS VALUABLE CONCESSIONS (By United Press: Washington, May 26.—(By A. L.} Bradford)—The little known Chita government of Siberia has blocked at least temporarily the valuable eco- nomic concessions which Washington D. Vanderlip, the American capital- ist, is trying to secure from the Rus- sian Soviet government, according to advises reaching diplomatic circles; here today. A move was started re- cently in the Chita congress by mem- bers to separate Kamchatka’s rich in- dustrial resources from the. territory ‘of the republic of Chita, according to these advises. The movement is un- derstood by Russian diplomats to be inspired by the Soviet authorities in Moscow so as to yield the Soviét gov- ernment to give Vanderlip conces- siong for . development of the vast Kamchatka region. The present mem- bers jof the Chita congress in the leg- islature, as the result of the recent elections; oppose the Kamchatka question, but whether a vote will be taken on the question was not report- ed in advises here. \ SOLWAY SCHOOL CLOSES: |\ EXHIBIT AND PICNIC TODAY The schrool at Solway closed today with a school exhibit and a picnic dinner. H. A. Pflueghoeft, County Agent Dvoracek, Miss Lilleskov and J. C. McGhee, motored to Solway and attended. YEOMAN LODGE WILL MEET THIS EVENING ‘The Brotherhood of American Yeomen will hold their regular meet- 'ing this evening at the I. O. O. F. hall at 8 o'clock, and it ifs desired that all members be present. STORES AGREE TO CLOSING HOURS MEMORIAL DAY —_— As per agreement made some time ago by members of the merchants committee of the Civicand Commerce aseociation, stores will be closed in Bemidji Decoration day all day, with the exception of drug stores and sweet shops and these will remain closed from 1 o'clock to 6 p. m. (By United Press). Seattle, Wash., May 26.—Two de- velopments today caused police to be- lieve they were nearly positive of the mystery surrounding the disappear- ance of Mrs. Kate Mahoney, missing Seattle woman. Mrs. C. A. Green, who lives on a houseboat at Lake Union, near Seattle, reported to po- lice today that yesterday she found the lid of a trunk to which locks of white hair were clinging. It was floating in the lake. A. F. Morris, a salesman, reported to police that he had overheard a con- versation in a hotel room, here in which two women and at Jeast one DRAWS TWENTY DAYS FOR WRITING FALSE EXCUSES Frank Murphy Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Writing Ex- cuses for Local Pupils Frank Murphy, 33 years of age, pleaded guilty this morning to a charge lof unlawfully writing exy- cuses for school children, permitting them to be out of school, Murphy was arrested yesterday morning after two boys had presented notes to their teachers asking to be excused from school in ‘the after- 1%0on. The handwiiiting being the same in both notes, the suspicions of the teacher were aroused, and investigation on the part of Truant Officer Hodgdon ded to the arrest ‘of Murphy, who first stated that the children had approached him re- questing him to write the excuses, but later admitted that he had ap- proached the children and offered to write them notes of excuse if they would report to him in the after- noon at a certain time and place. The use he intended to make of the boys is not known. Officer Horgson states that con- siderable of this violation of law ex- ists in regard to writing notes by unauthorized parties excusing boys trom school and the arresting of Mur- phy will be followed by similar ac- tfon in future cases of this kind, it is said. Murphy pleaded guilty before Judge Gibbons this morning and was sentenced to 20 days in the county jail AT LEAST ONE SINN FEIN 1S ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT (By United Press) Londonderry, Ireland, May 26.—At least one Sinn Fein has been elected to the Ulster parliament, according to first returns announced here today on the election Tuesday. Professor John F. McNeal, noted Sinn Fein leader, was the one member elected there. Sir Robert Anderson, Unionist, fol- lowing the Sinn Fein agreement, will refuse to sit. GERMANY CONVICTS HER FIRST WAR CRIMINAL (By United Press) Leipzig, Germany, May 26.--<Ger- many today convicted her first war criminal, Sergeawt Heinan was sen- tenced to ten months in prison and to pay part of the trial cost when he was found guilty of maltreating British and Belgian prisoners of war. Heinan practically convicted himself. ‘He admitted beating the prisoners with his fists and rifle butts but said he had been treated similarly when a recruit. Captain Mueller was the next de- fendant taken ibefore the court charged with improperly operating and supervising a prison camp with the result that an epidemic hroke out. Mueller’s defense is that he was jin charge only a month and that the epidemic did not start until after he left. MARYLAND PASTOR OUSTED BY PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY Winona Lake, Ind., May 26.—Rev. J. L. McElmoyle, Maryland’s marry- ing parson, was ousted from the pul- pit at Elkton, Md., today by the su- preme court of the Presbyterian church. The Rev. McElmoyle is charged with conducting a ‘gretna green” at Elkton and running a mar- man took part. They were plotting | riage marathon with another pastor to end Mrs. Mahoney’s life. Mrs. Ma- here. The charges that he had mar- honey disappeared in St. Paul soon|ried hundreds of elopers were upheld after she married James Mahoney,|by the judicial commitee of the Pres- age 36. She was 70 years old. byterian general assembly here. |BABCOCK WOULD PASS DOWELL HIGHWAY BILL Minnesota benefits under the Dow- ell bill will be so much greater than under another highway measure pend- ing in congress that farmers and other good roads friends here will serve their own and the public in- terests by writing to their represen- tatives at Washington to support the bill, C. M. Babcock, ‘state highway commissioner, announced this week. ““Why build a highway for the idle rich and leave our food and raw ma- ) terial for clothing at the far end of a mud road?” inquires the American Farm Bureau federation opposing the other bill. Commissioner Babcock agrees that the Dowell bill is best and urges its|' passage. Unlike the other bill, it provides for no high-salaried federal highway commission, means many good roads instead of a few boule- vards, and follows closely the federal laws which have operated to Minne- sota’s advantage in the past. “Write your congressman that you and your neighbors want the Dowell bill passed,” is the state commission- er’s request for co-operation. ° ° CARS WANTED TO TAKE GUESTS TO PORTE FARM —— C. W. Warfield, chairman of the committee in charge of ee- curing autos to take the guests of the city to the farm of Thomas Porte Friday reports that he has not had any offers made up to the present time. Notice has previously been given that cars will be needed and that Mr. Warfleld wishes the names of those who will re- spond with their cars. Tomor- row is the day the cars are needed and those who will of- fer their cars for this purpose are urgently requested to advise Mr. Warfleld at once. ® ® BRIAND SWINGS FRENCH TO TOLERATE GERMANY (By United Press) Paris, May 26.— (By Webb Miller) —Premier Briand appeared today to have swung French opinion into closest toleration for Germany. It was confidently believed here that the chamber of deputies will approve his gourse in. regard to.reparations and his handling of the Silesian sit- uation. A vote of confidence would serve to restore fully the cordial re- lations of the allies and permit the supreme council to proceed with plans for dividing Silesin between the Ger- mans and Poland. With railroad traffic restored in Silesia, allied detachments reported they were restoring order gradually. The situation was expected to be cleared up entirely when the Polish government answers the allied de- mand that she close her Silesian fron- tier. With France joining in the de- mand, it was believed Poland would obey. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO HOLD MEETING TONIGHT The Knights of Columbus will hold their regular meeting this evening at 8 o'clock at the Moose hall. All mem- Ders are urged to be present, JUVENILE BAND BOYS WILL SOLICIT FUNDS Business Men Will Be Asked Saturday .to Help Send Band to Convention In order to agsist in providing funds for the Juvenile band that it may go to International Falls June 14 and 15, at the time of the State Firemen's convention to be held there, band boys will ask contributions from the down- town section of the city Saturday. The boys are doing this themselves an are asking the oc-operation of the citizens. They have been asked by the fire- men of International Falls to play there at that time and the Interna- tional Falls people have promised to finance the board and lodging of the band boys while in their city. The money to be raised by the band boys is for their transportation only. The band secured the hearty ap- proval of the Civic and Commerce as- sociation in the request to collect funds in this way. The members of the Juvenile band have not yet had an outing since they were organized and in coming before the public at this time for these funds, they do not expect to put up the selling argu- ments which are generally used by the experienced solicitors of Bemidji. They merely expect to state their purpose and leave it with the citizens 2as to whether they wish to assist them in this way or not. It will be left with the individual entirely as to whether the cause is worthy of sup- port or not. As stated in a previous issue of The Pioneer a series of band concerts will be given by the band from June 1 to August 15. The boys are looking forward with a great deal of anticipa- tion to the trip to the “Border City” if sufficient funds can be raised for the purpose. b FIVANCEPLANS AREANNOUNCED FOR FAIR HERE Total of $3,000 to Be Raised to Put Over Development Already Started DEVELOPMENT OF FAIR DEPENDS UPON BEMIDJI Crew of Men Already at Work Clearing Up New Ground Purchased Recently More than 50 men and women are making plans to spend a large part of their time during the summer to make the development of a Northern Minnesota Fair a success. Few of these people will derive any financial benefit directly, and none of them \:'_ill receive one cent in salary. No one is to benefit by the devel- opment of a successful Northern Minnesota Fair in a financial way except the business and professional interests, and the individual proper- ty owners of Bemidji, and it is urged that everyone in the city get behind the committee |and talk “District Fair.” Those who will derive indirect financial benefits'by the reason of a successful fair are to be asked to con- tribute to the $3,000 fund necessary to make up the budget. A crew of men is already at work under the direction of A. P. Ritchie tearing down the old board fences and clearing up the new ground which has been purchased. At the east end of the new addition, extending from Beltrami avenue to Bemidji avenue, will be provided a parRing space_ for automobiles and all the trees in that space will be removed. Between Beltrami and Minnesota avenues a part of the trees will be re- moved and on that part adjoining the old grounds will be provided a “mid-~ way” or street for concessions, car- nivals, etc. The new grandstand will be built immediately nnrtl: of this street and concession stalls at the rear of the grandstand will face the “mid- way.” At the south of the midway, spacd will be left for an industrial building to be constructed by Be- midji merchants, Near the point where Minnesota avenue ends at_the fair grounds will be erected the Women'’s building, and extending to the west to Irvine ave- nue, a park will be provided for farm- ers who wish to picnic at the fair. The new stock building will be built at the north of the auto parking space. Auto entrance will be on Sixteenth street between Beltrami and Bemidji ave- nues, the stock entrance on Bemidji avenue and the main entrance on Bel- trami avenue. No teams or autos will I be allowed to use the main entrance. As soon as the $3,000 is subscribed, the finance committee will authorize the department heads to go on with their plans as outlined. The commit- tee has prepared a list of suggested contributions, but the chairman states that this suggestion need not limit the contribution. This list is.merely an expression of the committee as to how the raising of the sum of $3,000 can best be divided among the asso- ciation members so that all may carry their share of the load. The money will be asked for about July 20, no- tices having already been sent out giv- ir]u; the exact details of the finance plans. OCCUPANTS ARE INJURED WHEN BOX CAR HITS AUTO An auto accident occurred at the ‘M. & I. railway crossing near the Crookston: Lumber company's plant last evening, when a box car struck an auto in which Sherrill Case and Miss Helen Davies were returning home from the dance held in Be- 1d | midji. They were both badly bruised and taken to the hospital for at- tention. Mr. Case received some bad cuts, and it was thought at first that Miss Davis had fractured a rib, but she was able to leave the hospital this morning. The car was badly demolished and the occupants feel that they were fortunate dn mnot being more seriously hurt, PINEHURST LODGE OPENS FOR BUSINESS ON SUNDAY Pinehurst Lodge, 11 miles north- east of Deer River on Deer Lake, owned by Thorpe Brothers of Minne- apolis and operated by Mrs. C: W. Mead of Nebraska, will be opened for business Sunday, May 29. The road from Bemidji to the Pinehurst Lodge is said to be in good shape by, way of Blackduck. The hotel is large and roomy and there are also 12 cottages located on the narrows between Moose lake and Deer lake. At least 100 people can be accomodated there at one time. 0DD FELLOWS TO HOLD SUPPER AND MEETING The I. 0. 0. F. will hold its reg- ular meeting Friday evening at Odd Fellows hall. Supper will be served at 7 o’clock and at the business ses- slon there will be second dezreq work. All members are urged to bq present, e