Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 6, 1921, Page 1

— 1 DAILY PIONEER ably showers in no) in northeast and east slightly warmer in east tonight. New Wall of Waiter Let Loose| th By. Breaking of ‘Dam Hits *City “Another Blow DISEASE ‘APPEARING IN WAKE OF FLOODS Danger of Epidemic Increased By Scarcity.of Lime and Other Disinfectants (By United Fress) Know! dead. Colorado fioods at Pueblo, 31; Willard, 4.% Total known dead, -35. Ufidchmh\j,hw many - are rep_omd missing. 3 Dama, - property, farm lands, rai ds, |electric lines, and highways cénservatiyely es- timated at' $50,000,000, . i (BY United Press) Pueblo, June '8.—Thirty-five . are known' to have been‘drowned: in the Colorado deluge, according to a siir- vey of the fidoded ‘area by the #« Press at noon today. ; Thirty-oné of these bodies are in. the.‘morgues ‘at Pueblo, and the - other four in sur- rounding towns. . Hundreds are miss- ing but may - -have Mled to higher ground. for- safety. the flooded Colorado district is now placed at $60,000,000. It will take days to complete the checking of the casualty list. % : (By United ‘Fress) : 9, Qo] une'§. (By Sam F. Freed.)---A river: gone mad today held the refugees of Pueblo’s flood in constant terror.; eping._down. the. . rampaging| :Arkansas river, a new wall of water, | let doose. e breaking 0f the Gam- ity Her blow: early: - 1 ation i nerye shattered after three days of fighting #he fload: ch took & toll of approxi- mately 30 lyes and a million dol- lars. worth ot property. Troops rac- ing with death rushed all directions to warn the inhabitants of the com- ing five foot wall of water. Women and children, obtgining - their first sleep since the flood broke Friday, were aroused: and ordered to higher ground. Engines rushed up and down the valley as fat as the roads had_been-prepared, sirens sounding _shrill notice of new danger. Tho water, rising rapidly early to- day, reached ita crest and started to recede agefin at 7 a. m. It did not reach the mark set by Sunday night’s. rise. It was the fourth wave of water within the clty—-the first struck when ithq first cloudburst di- luged the city, the second when a le vee. gave way and the third when Beaver Dam, 35 miled from the city, gaye way Sunday afternoon. flood today came Mefore the water had receded from Sunday’s deluge. The roan of the mad water could be heard half ‘a mile from ' the river, where the.United Press headquart- .ers are established. . Although' fresh .floods have not taken new lives as far as could be learned nor caused any great addi tional loss they have hampered re- lief work. Roads comstructed to bring food and clothing from Colo- rado Springs are washed out with every new rise of water. The city to- water and medical: assistance.. For three days Pueblo has been without electric light, power, water, gas, tele- iphone or street car servicem No mail has been receiyed:and steam railroad transportation. to and from the city. is paralyzed. Every important whole- sale mercantile hoyse and the major- ity of retail stores were washed and stocks ruined, Disease has appeared in the wake of the flood. Diptheria and pneu- monia attacked the children. Eape- cially after the warning calls were sounded of ‘new floods approaching, mothers in many instances were forc- ed to wrap their sick children in iblankets and:carty them to safety. One agedi'woman' near the United Press offices asked the soldiers to per- mit_ her to ijisk the danger of the flood- sweeping through her house in order that her grandchildren suf- fering from diptheria might not be «disturbed. Because\ of the ‘danger she was ordered to move. The spec- itre of a ‘new epidemic of djsease hung . over Pueblo ‘today, ‘ with all modern facilities suspended, Wiomen, children and ~men -could mot even wash their hands and face, the only water available came in milk cans from Colorado Springs or from sur- face and artesian wells. The Arkansag river. rushing agimst the city like an angry snake carried signs that the death toll again threatened to be much greater than the 30 or more lives sacrificed in the Friday cloudburst. The dan- ger of an epidemic is increased by the scarcity of lime and other power- ful disinfectants... The.Red Cross is on guard against outbreaks of ty- (Continued on Page 6) perty loss in|8Tes8 UD The || day is in dire, need of food; clothing, | 55c PER MONTH | 'tise’Old Settlers’ Picnic to Be Held Saturday, June 11 Between . thinty ‘and thirty-five automobile- Joaded with members of e Clearbr: Commercial club ar- rived 1in Bemidji Sunday afternoon |about 12:30-on their sociability run and. were, ‘¢scorted to the plant of _ BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1921 Koors Brothers where they were en- |' tertained. Many of them had brought thalr picni¢ lunch with them and this wail. supplemented through the gen-|: erobity of - Koors Brothers by ham ‘which wag haked for the occasion, to- .| gether with, Hquid refreshments and fice créam, . '‘They ,were met at Wilton by one lone ‘car: from “Bemidji, driven by Harry Koors, who escorted. them.to ‘Bem{djy. * Although notice had been |. sent early in'the week of thdir com-|: inz,r,flfls‘wu all that greeted them. [ hey had finished dinner, an: promptu-program was given them | ietifig "of _songs by Kern Olson, || ks by members, of the Koors insti- tutjon and:. a: .complete demonstra- tion of the making.of ice cream, and § Music wias Clearwater | by only onie of the city’s institutions. .. The’dbject of the visit of the Clear- ‘brook ipeople was to advertise the old wettlers picnic which is to ‘be held at ‘Clearbrook Saturday, Juns 11. The ipicnie” is to: celebrate the twenty- fitth ‘anniversary of the opening of the Red Like Indian Reservation for gettlement, = There is to be a big pa- rade at 10t a..m., led by a band of Chippewa Indians in native costumes showing’ the“different stages of pro- to’ the present day. There will be'a number of prominent speak- ers, including Senator L. E. Potter, presidént of the Minnesota Farm Bu- Téau Fedenation "and J. M. Anderson of the State Equity exchange, Two barbecued beeves will be served and the. Ladies’ ‘Aid of the community will, serve: Tunch and.. refreshments throughout the entire day. game 19 scheduled, and music galore will ‘be furnished by the Cmb‘rmh M . Do! %ner day e, later translated. he business houses of the will: bo closed all day and ! 1 posters, already out for the occd |state that the celebration wi stijictly A community affajr. ! “The pecple of Clearb: and_sur- rounding country are JogRing? for- ward to this c:ie\bra.tiv A big- gést thing in tire history V0l j/eom=- munity and are making ‘reparatons accordingly. It is expectéd that a large ‘defegaion from Bemidji will attend. i Long Prairie Merchant to Give l..qcal»h(uineh Men, Ideas for “gig'er,Bulineu" Py “Tonight’s the : Night'’. f ‘clerks and ‘merchants. Thé mofithly (banquet takes place at the Clvic.and Conimerce’ association rooms at 6:30 after -whidch a short business session will be held. . s H. E. Hartof Long Prairie %ill be the Ghief speaker and will tell the merchants ‘and clerks how he: ¢on- darcts @ ~husitesy of over $400,000 a year in a town of 1,500 people. Hils ‘message Wil instill in-the mind¥ ‘off the merchants and clerks ideas, which, 1f ‘put into practice, may mean hundreds of dollars to the wide-a-wake business men /of this city; -It/will 4lso mean tHe bringing of hundreds: of new customers into this city who are’at the present time doing, their shopping elséwhere. | The ‘program committee has. ar- ranged for a few special humbers by a popular male quartet, Which, to- gether: with the address by Mr, Hart will comprose the evening’s program. All merchants are requested to be present with their force of clerks. iThe date for the mext market day ‘will.be set'and plans fof giving prop- er-publcity to this event will be out- lined {in detatl. FOURTH OF JULY RIGHT The village of Puposky. is making preparations for a monster Fourth of July celebration.. .They promise that there will be something doing from sunrise to sunset and way late into the night. A From the e at sunri xplosion of twenty guns til the wee hours there 'will be fiih for all, both old ‘and young. A baseball game (and Puposky has some team) is scheduled for the af- ternoon, ‘a- picnic ~ dinner, races and sports, bowery dance, ahd fireworks, all will play‘an important part in the big. holiday. celebration. -An .invita- tion is extended to the citizens of Be- midji to take part in the festivities. daytschool sessions in two years: jand considerable Prof. Harold F. Humbert of Bos- ton University, acting educational superintendent for the Minnesota Sunday Schoo} assod!ation, will ‘ar- nive {n Bemidji at 6:05 today, .to hold an: institute for training teach- ers,’principals and leaders in Christ- dan Summer schools. ‘This institute is one of nine to be held at strategic centres throughout the state during June, andi it is ex- pected_that a large number of two- week Christian’ summer schools will be held ‘as a result. ‘These schools will give, in a two- | week period, 2% loursof the day for 12 days, ag much religlous instruc- given i regular-Sun- Mr. Humbert has made a specialty «of Buch schools and has recently ibeen ¢lected to the faculty of Boston Uni- versity. The institute sessions will begin at 9 a. m. and will continue through- out the day. ‘The sessions will be held at the Presbyterian church and ‘ahd other workers interested in this new phase of religious education. GAS COMPANY WHISTLE IS TUSED TO LOCATE MANAGER The Wwhistle at the Bemidji Gas company’s plant was .blown = four jblasts at about 10:30 this forenoon excitement was aroused among those who heard it, believing it to be a fire signal. Such was fiot the case, states J. L. George, it bélng blown merely to locate the manigger who was wanted at the plant..’ This is frequently done, says Mr. George, when the whereabouts of thie manager is not known at efth- er the office or the plant. PéliTER RESOLUTION ORDERED FAVORABLY REPORTED TODAY (By United Press) ‘Washington, June 6.—The. Porter resolution, which house leaders are backing as a substitute for the Borah disarmament plan was ordered favor- ably. reported by the house foreign affairs committee today. P COOKING DEMONSTRATION AT ASSOCIATION ROOMS Practical demonstrations of cook- ing Mazola, Karo and Argo will be glven free of, charge at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce as- sociation Thursday,” Friday and Sat- urday of this week under! the aus- pices off the Corn Produce Refining company. Miss Tyner, graduate of the University of Columbia; is giving @ series of lec on how.ito fry fiisH, “on make deliclous French pas- try, or brown-custard pies, or Thous- and Island dressing, and other inter- esting subjects. A different program has been ar- ranged for each day, showing .the and Argo.can be used. There will be courses teaching the best methods of frying and boiling chops or stéaks; aleo. in_sweetening; shortening and preserving, as well ‘as cake making and the preparation of puddings. - Of ‘unusual dnterest will be the ppecial ‘course on salads. At each lecture, the instructor will demon- strate the making of some one of the standard salads, as well as a number of those with which few women. are as yet acquainted, Domestic science classes and wom- en’s clubs, and other women's or- ganizations are especially invited to attend these lectures in a body, as- sured that their afternoon -will be thoroughly enjoyable and a source of satisfaction and profit to them, many ways in which Mazola, Karo|, 'FOR BIGTIME TONIGHT Tents Are Up and Everything Will Be in Readiness for Big aning Night ‘The \Mmoqhnmr opens tonight on ‘Third streét, of the Rex theater. { inds are being erect- ed this: aftermdon, ‘and everything will be-in readiness when the open- ing hour comes. A merry-go-round is set up ready for- business. There will' be, fun, stacks of it, lots of mu- sic and attractions ‘of -every kind. A bazaar band will furnish, music dur- ing the evening and it is planned to have the Union: band play on the streets before the opening. Joe Norbeck, whose picture ap- pears in the back page of this (issue, is here ready to meet all comers in wrestling. . Arrangements are being ‘made for a wrestling match between local mat artists and Norbeck. A special tent has been erected to ac- comodate wrestling fans who want to see the wrestlers perform. The Women of Mooseheart Legion will have a special tent.for serving refreshments. The bazaar will be open each mnjight during the week, closing Saturday night, June 11. BREAD BAKING CONTEST- HELD HERE SATURDAY The individual bread baking con- test in which members of the Hines, Solway, Carr Lake and Bemidji schools participated was held in Be- midji Saturday. Mrs. Grace Thacker, dean of wo- men at the State Teachers college was the judge of baking. The first prize in class’'D. was won by Argie Boyer, of the Carr Lake school. First prize in Class A. was awarded to Jardice Wallace, of the Bemidji schools. The winning of these prizes will give Miss Boyer and Miss Wal- lace a free.trip to the Minnesota statel fair this fall. . The team diemonstrafion contest for the county was held several days ago at which Carr Lake was awarded first prize. A number of teams have competed in this district but the win- ner of the district has not yet been announced. PROF. HAROLD F. HUMBERT Prof. Humbert will hold an insti- tute for teachers, principals and lead- ers in Christiany Summer schools at the Preshyterian church. He is a member of the faculty of the Boston University and is now serving as edu- cational superintendent for the Min- nesota Sunday school association. STATE TRUNK HIGHWAYS * ARE IN FAIR CONDITION St. Paul, June G6.--Minnesota trunk ‘highways in general are in 'good to fayr comdition, according to weekly bulletin issued by the state highway department. Heavy rains make conditions poor in many sections, especfally in the northeast and southeast parts of the state. More favorable weather dur- ing the last few) days, however, and the work by patrolmen which has been started in many localities have ibrought marked improvement, ac- cording to W, F. Rosenwald, chief maintenance engineer, Further bet- terment from effective malintenance will follow rapidly, he said. ; ‘Thé summary of reportg from dist- riot superintendents on trunk High- way conditions in sections near Be- midji follow: . No. 4---Fair— Jackson to Interna- tional Falls. South state line — good— Jackson —fair— Windom — gool— Sanborn —good— Redwood Falls —good— Morton —good— Olivia —fair— Willmar —good— Paynesville —fair— M. T. H. No. 3 —sgood— . Sauk Center —good— Long Prairie —good— Wadena — fair— Park Raf: ids —good— Itasca Park —good— Bemidji —good— Blackduck —good— Gemmell good— International Falls. No. 8—Fair— Dulth, Bemidji and East Grand Forks. Duluth — good— Floodwood —good— Swan River —good—. Grand Rapids — good— Deer River —sandy— Cass Lake —fair— Bemidji —falr— Bag- ley —fair— Fosston —fair— Ers- kine —fair— Crookston —fair— East Grand Forks. No. 19.—Good— Brainerd, Walker and Cass Lake. Brainerd —good— Pine River —good— Walker -—con- struction —fair— ICass Lake. UNITED WORKMEN WILL HOLD MEETING TONIGHT The Ancient Order of United Workyen will hold its regular meet- ing this evening at 8 o’clock at the 1. 0. 0. F. hall. Deputy M. B. Dénc- kert of Minneapolis will be- present at the meeting and it is urged that all members be present. LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS BACCALAUREATE SERMON To a crowded house in the Method- ist church, in which seats had been re- served for the 1921 high school grad- uating class, Rev. L. P. Warford, pas- tor of the Presbyterian church, de- livered the baccalaureate address Sunday evening. The large class, in caps and gowns, occupied the center row of seats in the church, while on either side and in the balcony were the friends of the class and many oth- ers who had come to hear the sermon. Rev. George Kehoe and Dr. G. H. Zentz assisted in the service, and Rev. L. P. Warford, taking as his text the parable of the talents, gave an, im- pressive address. full of encourage- ment, but containing the warning of the great responsibility which “the owner of talents miust bear. He es- pecially drew attention to the man to whom two talents were given, stating that, in all probability, there would be very few of the five-talent class and he hoped none of the one-talent class in the group of young men and women of the graduating before him. The two-talent man represented the great common peoplé, and yet in the sight of God was equal with the five- talent man. The talents of time and heart were the great ones in posses- sion of the members of the class and Rev. Warford urged that they be used to theix fullest capacity. 1 | COMMUNITY: PICNIC IS DECIDEDLY SUCCESSFUL Assistant State Commissioner of Agriculture Gives Fine Address to Farmers Before a large and enthusiastic micnic audience, John H. Hay, assist- ant state commissioner of agricul- ture, gave one of his espedially ap- propriate addresses Friday afternoon, June 3, on the Bergh farm near the shores of Lake Marquette. The weather had cleared up, apparently especially for the occasion, and the members of the farmers' club of Be- midji Township and Grant Valley and their friends turned out in large numbers to enjoy the picnic and hear \Mr. Hay. From beglinning to end Mr. Hay's address was one of encouragement and inspiration. “Minnesota today is the centre of the most prosperous section of the mation and is the part of ithe country to which all other parts ate looking with more or less envious eyes because of her prosper- ity, Seld he, ‘““Those of the north had chosen the pine and the lakes for its surroundings and those of the south had chogen the prairie and lev- el country. Each must have chosen that which they liked best and they therefore should-see to it that they made their choice fulfill their expec- tations.” He stated that nowhere in the world was it possible for young men and young women to start life to- gether or a piece of land as they could in Northern Minnesota where land may be had for a mere nominal price. Home life and ity great change in ithe last few years was dwelt upon. The duty of the farmer to see that his wife shared some of the modern things in the home as well as he in the barn and in: the flelds was im- pressed upon the man. Altogether Mr. Hays’ sincere manner and words left no doubt in the minds of his hearers but that they had a heritage in Northern Minnesota which none could surpass. RALPH GRACIE POST TO ' MEET THURSDAY EVENING Ralph Gracie post of the Ameri- can Legion will meet in regular ses- sfon Thursday, night at the rooms of the Clvic and Commerce association at 8 o'clock., Several matters of im- portance are to be taken up at this time-and it is espevially urged. that there be a large attendance. A re- port of the membershilp drive to date will be one of the interesting feat- ures, it is expected. Committee re- ports will also be made at this time. New committees for the year have lheen wppointed recently ‘and it is thought that several new projects wilk be brought up for djiscussion. Whether or not the local legion post will have charge of the Fourth of July celebration this year, as re- quested by the Civic and Commerce assoctation, Will probably be decided at this meeting. COLORADO FLOOD SWEEPS WESTERN KANSAS PLAINS More Than 100 Miles of Tracks on Santa Fe Road Said to Be Under Water (By United Press) Topeka, Kans., June 6.---The Colo- rado flood was sweeping over west- ern plains of Kansad today, accord- ing to reportd received by local rail- road officials at the Santa Fe general oftice. Officlals here, with only one telephone ¥he remaining intact in the flood) distrct, were tryng 'to keep in touch with the situation. No traind were being run west of Dodge City and Caulfornia passeng- ers were being routed via Amarilla, ‘Texas. : More than 100 miles of Santa Fe tracks were said to be under water by the Pueblo and the Kansas rain. Dodge City expected the flood waters to reach thete thig afternoon. Hut- chinson will probably not get the flood water before Tuesday night, it was sald. ' Wichita, Kans., June 6.---Except that many bridges are being washed out, the flood is doing lttle damage fin western Kansas according to spe- cial dispateh today at Syracuse. 35 miles east of the state line. The Ark- ansas river has risen five feet in the last 12 hours. It is coming at rate of an finch an hour. Farmers are mov- ing out of the bottoms. The Syra- cuse dispatch sald the river was not expected to rige more than eight feet. It musg rise over ten feet to cause great damage. PLATTE RIVER BOTTOMS AT DENVER UNDER GUARD (By United Press) Denver, June 6.---Police guards were thrown around the danger zone at the Platte river bottoms here ear- ly today as the result of the streets overflowing. Families in the dlst- rict were warned to be ready to leave on a minute's notice, it the stream continues to rise. The Platte river and Cherry Creek run through the southwestern part of the city and have been banked fully the last three days. The rail- Toad tracks, factories and many resi- | league dences wiill be flooded if the stream continues to rise. LEAGUESFATE 1P T0 COUNCE NEETINGTODAY Fundamental Question Is on Abandonment or Revision of League Covenant FIRST MEETING SINCE HARDING’S REFUSAL Question of Mandates Is Also an Important Topic to Be Decided This Session By Henry Woo (Unitea Pess Sta Corrf.ipondam) Geneva, June 6.—With the meet- ing of the Council of the League ot flat[ons li‘lelr?i today, the fate of the eague Wi n all probably i & nitely decided. 2 Db ool Sunday. The meeting wfll be the first one that has beem held since President Harding’s definite announcement that the United States can mever join the league in its present. form. It is expected that all of the al- lied powers have definitely decided upon the attitude they wish to take as regards the league and ithe coun- cil will be in a position to formulate definitely the league’s future. ‘The fundamental question to be declded will be whether, it will be necessary, advisable to abandon en- tirely the league as now established, or whether it will be possible to work over the covenant and the league’s present organization in such a manner that they will eventually be acceptable to the United States. In addition to the fact that the delegates on the council of all the ullied nations will have deflnite in- structions/ on thiis point from their respective governments, it is also ex- pected that former Premder Viviani of France will be able to give a fairly definite idea to the council whether or not the present league can be made acceptahle to the United States. Much wilt unquestionabl: depend jupon his personal ohservations in the United States on' this point. At the same time, there will be slmultaneously in session at Geneva two big , .commissions, on both of which Miviani is one of the principal members. These are the commis- sions for amending the covenant and . for jpreparing definite plans for in- ternational disarmament. In ‘the case Vivianl reports that the present league organization can be worked over to meet American dideas and the council has definite in- structions from the different allied governments to work towards this end, no time willl therefore be lost. While the amendment commission was appointed by the League's as- sembly last December it was stipulat- ed that all proposed amendments to be passed upon by the next assentbly in: September must be submitted be- fore March 30th, it has already been declded to sidestep this restriction jin the event the covenant can be made acceptable to the United States. The above limit has therefore been made applicable only to amendments suh- mitted by members states, while any amendments submitted on behalf of the Unitéd States will be received up untjl the very time the next assemb- 1y» meets” in Séptember. 1t 19 expected likewise that Vivi- ani will bring some very definite ideaq as to President Harding's pol- Wiey for international disarmament. As Viviani' himself is chairman of this commission, it is expected that he will try and shape the work of that commission to meet the views of the Unlited States. Aside from the fact that the com- ing council meeting will thus decide the future fate of the league, the meeting will also be one of the most important yet held. It will be up to the council to take some decision on the official protest of the German government which has been made to the league against the occupation of additional Rhine territory last March. BEqually important decisions will have tp be taken by the council on the question of the Council in Paris iin March the United States filed a protest against the awarding of the mandate for the island of Yap and against the awarding of mandates for Mesopotamia to England, under the terms of the Anglo-French agreement, which “would glve these two coun- tries = monopoly on the oil produc- tion of Mesopotamia. As a result -of this protest the connell postponed action on the man- dates till the June meeting and in- vited the United States to serd a delegate to the coming council im order to present the American views. A score of other important matters are on the program. As a conse- quence the meeting of the council i expected to last at.least two weeks. ‘At the assembly meeting in Sep- tember, the league as a whole and as it is now constituted will be called upon to accept or reject Whatever steps may be taken towards working over the league to meet the Wishes of the United States. A number of the . leading personalities of the league are preparing projects whdm it 48 hoped will render, the United partfcipaton possble. One of these projects by, Foreign Minister Benes of Czecho-Slovakia provides that tha ‘be reorganized to( carry ouff certain definite, specified ends, suchy as the enforcement of peace treatiesy