Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 1, 1921, Page 1

Northern 1 DAILY PIONE BEMIDJI, MINN,, WEDNESDAY EVENING, i JUNE 1, 1921 . WEX' REPORT Minnesota—Showers ~_probably nd_ Thursday. : Somewhat . in"east portion, A e Railioad Labor Board Reduces Wages of All Classes of Employees 12 Per Cent v DECISION; AFFECTS TWO Members of the cast have been " thly fol;“ dbout two Péact ially Every Road in'U. S. pugh interest having ‘been: g u&;}'g}fi@\:&@ the ugt were | Will: Be a-Paxty to Miss EsthqrhYour;gL director July 1 Decreases lish-in the -in, dj- ternoon: performance will b (By United, Pre ‘at 3180 Vit e Idren, ecially. for: wome: hic Prices. have been. set ’;: ,tivSs h:f:‘{i?w ! a 5, ‘hlg jwere disappoin in the decision of the railroad labor : board cutting ‘wages of all classes of railroad em- q ¢ and slashing \ofxs‘e i . decision lgg% {,mil;‘]_ ty the 11, caused by a blow or e of last year,’ 1) nt i ¢ . Byram of the; Chi- fi“mm ; laskes & St Paul lie, de. . ~#'We will have. fo find out 4 n} ch this decrease. will reduce ating costs before attempting to pay money, all late ' decreases to fol- low this wage cut. | is a'step in the right_direction, however, and will en used in the se- :‘;:pr;;rrsomfide“s; and upemployment on " The decision of the board affects lapproximately 2,000,000 railroad em- 'ployees, which . provides for cuts in every class of railroad.labor from en- gineers to common. .. Approximately 600,000 mainte- nance of way, employees ~are given wage reductions of ‘eight and a half cents per hour. “This decision provides: for reduc- tion of about 12 per cent in the pres- ent wages,” the board announced. While this decisiofi. announced ap- plies only to 86 railtgads, all carriers, not a party to it for{ reduction in all classes of labor are given until July. 1 to_sign applications for reduction. actically every = railroad in the country will be a party to the July 1 decreases. / man or Edward Merl"yninll,l‘i:;indf such blows. wezre £0 A Edivence w: ope! the - distarhin ot oF miegtimen about 6 -o’tlock*in the morning - of -'”fi.,c;,"fm'm’” 6, Brady, more. of |laction .of th _flqep;; of liquor, hac E espect £ 2 part. - From l!gmdlcatiqm this play while: she; waa: out;:: stock. intwill be one.of the best ever staged the barn. The. force of the blow|by a local graduating class. struck caused the breaking of Mrs. ——— filderr,tymén's o d!:lrln ,acc,oll:dm@ to | DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT TO er testimon llowing:: her 1n N o the hb\'xsg’? Brady threateried' the life _VISIT UNION'SUNDAY SCHOOLS of other.membexs of the family. L Mrs.. Merzy Rev. John O..Ferris of Minneapoli district superintendent of the Ame: cap;Sunday School union in Minne- sota, North Dakota and Montana, will spend Sunday, June 5, in conference with Missionary W. S. Cummings. X ngn];lers ota%he dinm- i 0 Were.i . Hurriedly dress- ihg?%“. ?’ Mmehr?;man, his daughter Catharine, and son Edward, came downstairs and thinking that Brady had left the house and had gone-to[visited a neighbor’s,” ‘Edward. -Merryman, |; closely followed by his' father; step- ped outside to.see if Brady had gone: Brady: hid hi irid the corner of the woodshed, coming. up. from| behind, it Mr. Merryman - sevéral]] blows -on the jaw, fracturing:it, and stunning him to such an extent that he fell to the ground and rolled over on his back. /'While: in this position, Brady is said to have ‘made a move- ment to kick Mr. Merryman in the; head, and, when in the act of doing so, Edward, the son, hit Brady over the head with a shovel, upon which Brady, though slightly dazed, made a strike” at him and ‘was hit a ' second time by Edward. _In the meantime, Mr. Merryman hgd risen from the ground and had secured an Indiani| club fromthe house, and, upon: co ing out towards Brady, the' latter im- mediately attacked him when he.was hit by Merryman with the club. Again Brady came at ‘Merryman, and.again’ By United Press) Washington, June 1. (By Raymond *“Clapper).—Revision: of many freight ‘rates is In! progress, President Hard- ing was informed during the confer- ence. with 'members of )the intert state commerce commission. Presi- dent Harding personally called on Chalirman \Clark of the Pnterstate commence commission following the announcement that the railroad board’ had decreased railroad wages by a total of $400,000,000. The visit to Clark’s office was President Hard- ing’s first action of the day. Ilm»nlx(le- diately after Harding went to Clark's Minneapolls, June 1.---Five men|office a call was sent out for the held- up. twio. bank messengers juat as | gommission’s experts who went to they were entering. ithd, Millers and foonference with the president and ‘Traders State bank at Fourth street!chairman of the federal rate making and: Fourth avenue here at 9:30 to-|hoqy/s day and escaped in a touring dar ¥ ! CALIFORNIA TENNIS TEAM By 2 . with; $16,000. B he hit him on the head with.the.club. "The bandits used a Willys-Knight PLAYS GOPHER NET STARS 2 parently the. Tol Y | Was cal y . Mr. fryman i d him|, ¢ . Migneapolis, June 1.---The U of standipg. My, Mefry pushed B ehought nothing of it.” Just a8 they aalifornia tenniis team was scheduled: started to eriter the bank the bandits|i; go aganist Gopher net stars. hero drew.up to, the curb and leveled auto- |y 4ay “Henry Norton, Clayton Lewis back from the door twice, telling him' that he co\éldhnot eom; insi:{’e.n 'l'ge daughter, - Catharine, then led Brady'lmaticy,” demiznded . the money. bags toda; b= around the house where he sat. down) mminlms €old ‘and cun-enc{a The :filfigogl&m:z .;'ga;he Gopher squad on the ground.' He again arose and!money was:to be used to cash checks : Stolen Auto and Demand Money From Clerks (By United .Press) UNTLL THURSDAY NIGHT Cradn!ing Exercises at State Teachers College Will Be Held Friday Forenoon The pageant, which was an- campus of the State Teachers Col- lege, has been' postponed until to- morrow evening. Those in charge of the pageant announce that it whll be held at 7 o’clock, early emough 80 that any who wish to attend the high school senior class play which is being given in the Grand theater will be able to attend both functions. The fasulty of the college gave a dinner to the senor class last eve- njing at the Markham hotel. The graduating exercises of the college ‘will jbe held Friday morn- ing, June 3, at 10 o'lcock, in the assembiy hall lof the college. Dr. George Brayton Strayer, acknowl- edged to be ome of the greatest American educators and authorities on education, will deliver the grad- uating address. Music will be given by the music depantment of the col- ge. In, the evening at 8 o'clock, Dr. Strayer will speak in the Methodist church under the auspices of the State Teachers College and: the pub- lic and high schools of Bemidji. The public ds most cordhally invited to these public functions. It is especial- greet Dr, Strayer Friday night, as ly desired that a large audience the address to be given by him is <cpnsidered ' to be of great value to all interested !im educational mat- ters. ¢ FAMOUS PLAYER FILMS WILL BE SHOWN HERE Photoplay lovers of Bemidji and environs have some rare treats in’ store for ithem 'during the summer months, as 's evidenced by an an- nouncement _eminating from the beoking offices of the Famous Play- ers-Lasky. Corporation, producers of the widely kumown Paramount pic- tures. (According to this onnounce- ment, a big contract has been enter- ed into with the Harding-Whaley company, managing the Elko and Grand theaters here, by the terms of whilch the local theaters will receive the; latest and finest ‘releases” of Tamous Players in rapid succession. The first of, the mew series 18 “Buried, Treasure,” featuring Marion Davies, which will be shown here Jume 13 @and 14. ] . June 15 and 16, Fatty Arbuckle will appear in *The Dollar-a-Year Man.” “Beau Revel,” a Thomas Tnce special, comes here June 22 and| 23, and begliyning June 24, “Mid- summer Madness' 'is scheduled for three days. Other features coming are Wil- liam ‘Hart in “0'Malley of the Moun- tain,” Wallace Reid in “The Love Special,” Dorothy Dalton in “The Idol of the North,” Douglas MacLean in “One @ Minute,” Bthel Clayton in “Sham” and.Gloria-Swanson lin “The Great. Moment.’' BE ASKED THIS WEEK | Advertisements for 1{ds for the| contract of erecting ‘the new high| ‘school bguillding in Bemidji will ap-| pear in the local papers this week, | according to J. T. Tuomy, secretary | of the board of education. E(Mds will be opened at 10 o'clock fMhursday, June 16. Copies of ithe| plans and specifications will be on| change, Duluth Builders’ Exchange, | Architect Broomhall's office. in Sell- wood building, Duluth, and the of- fice of the school hoard (in Bemidji. The plans are being checked and rechecked at the present time and will be ready" for use in a few days. 'RACE RIOTS 00T % “Today and March Them to Convention Hall STILL FIGHTING IN OUTSKIRTS OF TULSA Fire Encircles About Half of Area of Tulsa Just Before Noon Today Tulea, Okla,, June 1,—Tulsa’s race riots which took a toll of up- ward of 50 Yves was about ended to Convention hall. (Fighting continued on the out- skirts of the city but it was thought the racial war was about ended. Fire encircled about half of the area of the city fro mnonth to south of the disturhed sections at 11:30 a. m. Utmost iconfusjon prevailed ;among the fire fighters and police. . The flames spread-aeraAovreFmioe . ,.: flames: appeared in advance sections following the rioting by the negroes and whites, in' which six ‘whites and forty-four negroes were Kkilled. The death average available checked at Ypolice readquanters showed . fifteen whites were seriously wounded and seventy-five negroes hurt. When the ceased. i ‘The ridters headed by seviral companies of state troops .devoted their efforts to battling the blaze. Several blocks in the negro section were ‘razed. 'Special deputies were sworn in. Tw ocompanies of natfon- al guards, one of infantry, and one of national gunmen were entered in-’ to the riots. Negroes {were takan from passenger trains. Those taken into suctody were rounded together in school and baseball parks. (By United Press) Tulsa, Okla., June 1.---Tulsa’s race was ended today when troops round- ed up 3,000 blacks and herded them to a convention hall. The. blacks were marched with hats off from the scene of, the fighting blagk belt to the center of the eity. Race riots which broke out late Jlast night and continued until today were, cauged, when 200 negroes tried to storm a jail to release a megro charged with the assault of a white girl. Two'whitemen and one negro are known to be dead. Unconfirmed reports placed the death list at five whites and thinty negroes. Speclal députies and 2,000 guardsmen were rughed to the scéne early today and were preserving ord- er. No renewed outbreaks were ex- pectey. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PETER FRODAHL FRIDAY Funeral services will be held Fri- day' afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Wilton Lutheran church for Peter J. Frodahl, who passed away at St. An- thony ‘hospital Tuesday morning, at the age of 64 years and 7 months, The deceased leaves to mourn his death, besides the widow, one son, Hartvig Frodahl of Shevlin, and two daughters, Mrs. M. A. Dahl of Trail and Mrs. B. C. Rawdon of Pinewood. He was well known and beloved in the community and all who knew him speak highly of him and his family. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. L. J. Jerdee of this city. came back to-the rear of the house, [of fiour mjill employes today. when the daughter again took hin e.0f the: bandits were masked. away. By this time the police had{Phey. headed for St. Paul. . Police: of arrived and took Brady to the city[both cities eent. out flying squads jail, where he Femained until the f armed with shotguns and rifles and Jowing day, and was given a hearm, motor cycle policemen: joined in the in municipal court. He was sentenced 'wearch. B st A to jail and was taken there Friday| B T SCOTT T. BONE NAMED < 7/ * morning, but was later taken to the 3 AS GQVERHQR OF ALASKA St. Anthony hospital where his con- dition- hecame’ :worse,*and_he. finally: died early Tuesday morning. = Evidence tended " to: show that Brady had an uncontrollable temper, and especially so when under the: i fluence of liquor. '-Other. ioccasi when Brady “had thréatened mem-; bers of the Merryman home were cited. Ly ety Though not subpoenaed, H. M. Merryman. and. Edward: . Merryman,|? voluntarily gave their evidence in connection with the affair, stating that they wished to_ te i they knew in _connectit matter. @. A. R. AND RELIEF CORPS _ HOLD STATE CONVENTION ‘Wathington, ~June 1.—Scott T. Bone, director-of publicity of the Re. publican’ national committee, ly of Seattle, Wash., was named. go ernor of Alaska by President Harding| Lotat Kiwanfans - are promised “omel 15%5 out 'of the-ordinary when || he' ¢tub tomorrow ‘at 12:15 forthe regulis: weekly. luncheon and| ibusiness session' at the Elks club Mitchell, 8. D.; June 1.---Governor. MoMaster: willl be. here-tomorrow . o address the annual state convention of the G. A. R., and Women’s Reliet Corps which opened ' here 42 Veterans from all sectipns’ of -the state and their ladies are here for the sessions. MOLLA B ELI esting. talk con ;the .early.-days. in Bemidij, he having been one of the first white men to make this site his homie: Unique announcem of the meeting have been: prepared, these being "in the form of a min e newspaper, ‘“The Daily Kiwanian, g ) "lianad fontaining ia mumber of storfes| } - ‘Wwhich to bring out a large St. Cloud, Ia‘nnfie. June * -lattendance/at this session. tedt ~Mallory, ; : Molla i a Vo Sy igle champion, today. eliti-{, The regular meeting of the B. P. inated, Madgme. Vaufford of France|0. B will be-held Thursday evening from the world hard court tennisfat the Elks hall at 8 d'clock, and it tournament here. Mrs. Mallory won is desired that all members be 6-2 and 6-1 presemt. ., ., .. RSTEDT MALLORY | i BIG MACCABEE RALLY IS DECIDED SUCCESS About 125 Members From Out- of-Town Witness Initiation of Class of Eighty The rally of the Woman's Benefit assoclation) of the Maccabees held in the new armory in Bemidji all day Tuesday was very successful. In the morning there was the introduc- tion of new members, and the Foss- ton and Brainerd guard teams gave some fancy drills. Delegations were also present from' Deer River, Thief R)ver Falls, Crookston, International Falls and Blackduck. Approximately 126 attended from out of town. At the afternoon wession .Miss Francis Partridge, supreme regond keeper, gave a school of instruction, and one was also given by Miss Har- niet Olson, supreme deputy com- mander of Minnesota and Wisconsin. and commanders from; the different cities were introduced by Mrs. Ethel Robbins of Minneapolis. After the afternoon session the visitors wera accompanied by the local lodge to the Methodist church where a two-course banquet was served to about 176, The evening session was given over to the initiation of a class of 80 local ipeople. 'Mrs. Ethel Robbins, rally commander, initiated, and the Bemidy{ guard team did the ritualis- itie work. P Miss Francls Partridge and Miss Harriett Olson and her mother were honored guests. They left for thelr homes on the night train. Mra. Jen- mie F. Gordon also returned to her home Wt Internationay Falls Alis morning. In a resolution presented by Mrs. Margaret Olson, the assoclation ex- pressed its esteem to the supreme commander, the supreme record keeper, and to the deputy supreme commander for thei rco-operation ant untring effoits. It also extended thanis to Mayor Garlock for hi3 address of welcome, to the Iocal papers for their generous pubieity, to the Markham and Dalton hotels for their hospitality, to the Elks lodge and the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Christianson of the Fifth ward and to the Moose lodge for the use of their buildings for drill prac- tice and to the ladies of the Metho- dist church forj their sumptuous banquet. It also expressed grati- tude to Mrs. Jennie F. Gordon, dis- trict deputy, and Mrs. Kthel Robbins, special deputy, for their efforts, and to the members of the various com- ndittees and to all in general who contributed to the success of -the ra{l}y.n > I SCRIBES WANT ACCESS TO SENATE CHAMBERS News Gatherers Would Have Complaint Threshed Out on Senate Floor y L. C. Martin (United Press Staff Correspondent) ‘Washington, June 1.—The rights, privileges and freedom of the press in the senate wing of the ocapitol seem likely to become the subject of a vivaclous discussion din the open senate ere long. The news gatherers who keep the Amerjcan public informed of the do- ings in the upper house of congress are hoping to bryng about this open discussfon” of their «case. Under- standing as they do the power of publicity, they hope by getting their grieyances aired to win public sup- port. ‘When the Harding administration came (nto power, the first executive order opened thq White House gates, closed for years. From then on, the executive department extended a broader freedom to the public and the public representatives, the news- papremen. ‘Whtle this ‘gratifying (Contipued on Page 6) PICKS LAWYER’S POCKET WHEN “WEEPING FOR JOY” Blsmarck. N. D., June 1.---Frank Miller, transient, was given a thirty- day suspended sentence for a minor offense and told to “‘move on.” So great was his joy over his light pen- alty that he fell on the neck of his attorney and wept. ‘When Miller had left the lawyer found that his pock- ets had been picked and the $20 fee gone. LOCAL MASONS HOLDING COMMUNICATION TODAY Memberd of the A. F. and A. M. lodge ate ‘having a big time in Be- mildji today at the Masonic hall. At 9 o’clock thlg morhing the first reg- fular communication began with a large class to roceive the third de- gree. Thig degree work continued until noow. At 1:30 this afternoon, another large class received the third degree, this communication continuing untfl 5 o'clock. Following the close of the degree f work fthis afternogn, all mdmbers ‘of the lodge and wisiting Masons will | |gd .to the Elko theater where they will be addressed by R. E. Denfleld of Duluth on Masonic regearch work. A supper will be served in the basement of the Methodist church about 6 o'clock by the ladies of the Eastern Star order. At 8 o'clock all Masons will agdin convene at the Masonic hall where a program will be given. Following the program the session will be turned’ into a social meeting, ST ——— ) ERCHANTS AND CLERKSTOHEAR VALUABLETALK Local Business Men. and Their Employees to Meet Moaday at Association Rooms LONG PRAIRIE MERCHANT TO ADDRESS GATHERING ] Plans Will Be Formulated for Next Market Day Here and Date Will Be Set Bemidji merchants and clerks have a treat in store for them Monday eve. ning, June 6, at which time they will be favored with an address by H. E. Hart, of Long Prairie on “Business Building Ideas” and ‘“The Leading Merchant and His Job.” Word was received . this morning that Mr. Hart would be in Bemidti Monday evening at which time the second monthly banquet will be held by the merchants in the rooms'of the gemidji Civic and Commerce associa- on, Mr. Hart has addressed many busi- ness men’s conventions and has ideas which will prove of great value to merchants. He is president of the firm of James Hart and Sons of Long Prairie, which did a business of $410,- 0;)0 last year in a town of 1,600 peo- ple. They handle a line of general merchandise, hardware, furniture, machinery and drugs, and Mr. Hart will tell local business men what methods were employed in working up this volume of business. The committee én charge is prepar- ing an interesting program and urges that' all merchants and their clerks attend this meeting. The message to be brought by Mr. Hart will bel of in- terest to the clerks as well as the merchants themselves and each mer- chant is urged to bring his force of salespeople to hear this talk. Bemidji is fast becoming the trade center for miles around and the sue- cessful ideas put into effect in other 'localities will, if put into practice here, -enable -Bemidji . to.draw trade {#rom even a greater distance than is |now the case. In the past the merchant alone at- tended conventions, and on his return did the best he could to convey his ideas to his sales force, but was un- able to drive home the important points to his clerks in the same effec- tive manner as will be the case when the clerks themselves hear these mes- sages. The plan of the committee in ar- ranging thesa programs is to bring the convention speakers right here to Bemidji, so that all clerks and mer- chants may derive the benefit. The merchants are urged to at once arrange with their clerks to attend this meeting and to arrange for ban- quet tickets for them, so that ample table space may be arranged for. , Plans will be discussed for the next Market Day in Bemidji and the date will be decided upon at this meeting. MISS BROWN WILL ATTEND, NATIONAL FIRE CONVENTION When the National Fire Prevention association meets in annual conven- tion at San Francisco on June 14, 16 and 16, the firm of Reynolds & Win- ter of this city will be represented by Miss Anna Brown, chief clerk of their insurance department.. She will leave Bemidji'.Saturday in order to meet the. excursion train at Kangas City. She expects to be gone from Bemidji about three weeks. Bulletins of the fire prevention work already done in this city have been sent to every member of the as- sociation from time ta time and each member is more or less acquainted with the fire prevention activities here. In this line Bemidji has re- ceived a good bit of publicity through fire prevention magazines and pam- phlets and many. other cities have fol- lowed Bemidji's example. . At this meeting, every state in the Union, and nearly every city the size of Bemidji will be represnted in some way. Ideas for fire prevention will be exchanged and state and district problems will be discussed openly- MINNESOTA MISSIONS : OPEN SUMMER S8CHOOL (By United- Press) 80 Paul, June 1.—The”fif¢éenth annual- summer ‘echool ' of ns for “Minnesota socleties omu§ re today it the Olivet’ Congregational church. Delegates from churches all over the state are aftending. ' Missionaries. from lome and for- elgn flelds are to address the school every day duning the eight day pro- gram. The classes will end June 8. Dr. C. P. Wiles iof Philadelphia has charge of Bible study. Mrs. A. E. Jenka of Minneapolis is to presemt thd home mission study book, “The Unfinished Task of the Churches.” “Phe Kingdom and the Nation” will be ‘the book studied in foreign mis- 5, there will be a young people’s gally for /all young people, e slons classes. Sunday evening, June °