Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 11, 1921, Page 1

e e e e e The »oneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and bas the largest circulation in \tfl:rfl:em Minnesota, e e e A N THE BEMIDJI DAILY VOLUME XIX, NO, 70 Favorable Réplies Expected From' Fivé Nations ‘Asked to Take Part LAND ARMAMENT WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED Lloyd Gécrge Says that Peace Depends on Spirit Between U. S. and Britain (By United Press) ‘Washington, Juy 11.—(By A. L. Bradford)—This government expects favorable replies from all five nations which have received invitations to take part in the disarmament con- ference in Washington. The belief was expressed in”authoritative quar- ters that all powers invited will send representatives to the disarmament conference - at which the world’s armies and navies and the Far East problems will be discussed. That such an international gather- ing will secure the peace of the world, was the statement of officials in em- phasizing the importance of the steps which have already béen taken, and also why the proposals for the confer- ence were broadened to include land as well as naval compliments, to in- clude other principal countries as well as Great Britain and Japan. It is expected that many obstacles which have heretofore held up the conference will be wiped out before the conference meets. Officials also said that it is not yet - clear as to just how soon the confer- ence can be put under way or how it may be organized. It was pointed out that the question of land armament would almost ‘surely come up and that the conference might be broad- ened after getting under way. The decision to include land arma- ment in ‘the -discussion necessitated an dinvitation' to France and. Italy, both of which support large armies. The Yap question, which has been the subject of many notes between the inted States, Japan-and other-allied powers, has been one of the obstacles in the way of a disarmament agree- ment. This may. be settled before the conference. If not, it will come up at the conference, since matters per- taining to_the Pacific are on the list of subjects to be discussed. The Anglo-Japanese _alliance, ~another long obstacle in the way of an agree- ment, will-also be discussed. London, July,11.--~World peace de- pends more on the friendly co-opera- tion between: the United States and Great Britain than on any other single point, Premier Lloyd George declared in an address to the house of commons this afternoon. The premier made this assertion during his speech in which he virtu- ally accepted the invitation that Great Britalin take part in the disarm- ament conference: “The first prin- ciple of our policy is friendly co-op- eration with the United States. I am convinced) that upon that, more than any other single point, depends the peace of the world.” . The premiier said, “We also desire to maintain our friendship with Ja- pan. The Anglo-Japanese alliance is not only of great benefit to ourselves but to the peace of the Far East.” TWO BIRCHMONT GUESTS - STRANDED ON LAKE BEMIDJI Two guests of Birchmont hotel, Mesers.. Windsor and Kaufman, had an experience yesterday afternoon on Lake Bemidji they will not soon for- get. Confing down from Birchmont on the lake in a launch, engine trouble developed which permitted the launch to ride im the trough of the waves and dip waaer. Unable to get the engine started or get the launch out of the trough of the waves, the boys hdisted a distress, signal which was seen by some wWo- men, who [immediately phoned the police department. Chief Bailey des- patched a_boat ta the relief of the boys in «distress and succeeded in getting laid to them before their launch came to grief. They were brought to shore and immedjately taken to Birchmont in another launch. P hinad | LSS NEW BIRCHNONT HOTEL "RAPIDLY FILLING UP The reservations at Blirchmont ho- tel, which had been made some time ago by summer guests, are rapidly being taken up, a number of new guests arriving yesterday. F. S. Ly- can advises that practically all the available Toom is now taken and the hotel has the appearance of a busy seaside resort. The guests are generous in their praise of the service at the hotel and of the bathing and hoating facilities offered. The splendid reputation the Birchmont tesort has always enjoyed is being fully maintajined and the widespread publicity it obtains from its guests is placing it before the tourfst public as one of the highest class summer hotels in the lake re- gion. ; \ " ABLE SPEAKER TONIGHT Plans for Anotiaer Big Bargain - Day Will Be Made at Open Meeting This Evening Merchants of the - city and their salesforces ard to meet at the rooms of the Civid and Commerce associa- tion this evening ait 6:30 for dinner, following which the regular monthly meeting of the merchants as arrang- ed by the Trades committee of the association will be held.. C. G. Peterson, of the Itasca Coun- ty Mercantile company at Grand Rapids, ,will be_the speaker of the occasion and a very instructive talk is assured. He is a merchant of wide experience and a very able talker. Several 1local business men have heard him before and assure the oth- ers that a real treat is in store for them this evening., Plans for another Market Day are exp gd to be made at this time and' s of vital interest to every local vchant, whether a member of the a\ 7 iation or not, to be present with \\& = salesforce,this evening. \ 2 SEARCH® ‘2 5TOLEN MONEY ANL 'ND WHISKY RUNNER (B, Tnited Press) Fargo, N. , July 11.---Captain Welch and h#A ides towed in an al- leged whisky' runner this morning when out searching for robbers who cracked the safe of the Sinclair Oil company early this morning. The alleged whisky runner, who gives his name as George Dolan ,is said to have carriied a large quantity of Sunny- brook whisky in hiis car. About $400 wad taken from the Sinclair Oil com- pany. safe, when it was cracked this morning. FORMER MOUNTED RANGER SEES BEMIDJI SETTLED Bemidji fis being visited today by one of the first white men to travel through this part of Minnesota. G. W. Beebe, of Waverly, Iowa., a mem- ber of the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers, 74 years ago, visited Lake Bemidji in 1863 hunting a band of Sioux Indians which had been re- leased from: Font = Snelling, where they, were prisoners, in order that they ‘might hunt and fish to obtain | suffickent. food. to keep them alive, ibut they did not return at the ap- poinited time. From Lake Bemidji, Mr. Beebe fol- lowed the Mississippi west to its sources and travelled west to Fort Rice, South Dakota, from where the journey was confiinued to the Cannon Ball river, still foilowing the trail of the Indians. At the Junction of the Cannon Ball and Yellow rivers the Indians were found, With Mr. Beebe are his sondin-law, William Myers, and C. L. Terry, both business men of Waverley, Iowa. Mr. Beebe's trip up the Mississippi from Fort Snelling in 1863, as he narrated it, was most interesting. Leaving Fort Snelling April 17, the trip was made through Sauk Cen- tre, always on the lookout for the ‘missing Indians. His experience as a soldier was not confined to that ‘particular trip. Inl 1864 he also journeyed through the Bad Land country of Dakota .and the Yellow- stone country, fighting Indians. He was corporal under Captain Bardon and was later promoted to sergeant. In 1864 Mr. Beebe travelled through the northwestern states over 3,200 miles and was stationed at Sioux Falls duripg the Civil war. “You may travel where you will, and I have travelled over much of the United States, but there is nothing to beat Minnesota and you have the garden spot of the state right here,” were the parting words of this old veteran of the plain and forest. HARDING AND LAKIN " TO MEET IN FINALS New Golf Association Will Be Formed This Year in Northern Minnesota G. S. Harding and B. W. Lakin will take part in the singles of the golf tournament at the Bemlidji Country club.” Mr. Lakin won his way to the final round by defeating Dr. D. F. MoCann 3 up and 2, and Mr. Harding won from Younggren by the same score. Mr. Harding and Mr. Lakin will play off their match this week. A new golf association wil be formed this year with clubs repre- senting nearly all the large cities in Northern Minnesota and North Da- kota. Alexandria is bidding for the first tournament and if it is deaided upon, the dates will be set for July 29, 30 and 31. - Bemidji will stand a good chance of bringing home first money with players like Ira Cool, B. W. Lakin and several others. 3 Nearly all the guests who are ar- riving at Birchmont daily are taking their golf bags to the course and it looks like @ banner year for the Be- midji course. Irving Fisk, finalist in the stale championship, is making his home for} a few weeks at Birchmont and pronounces the golf course in good shape and one of the finest in the state. BEMIDII REPR i | The young people of the Baptist Young People‘s union of the Bap- tist church of Bemidji were well rep- resented at the rally of the North- western Association of the Baptist| Young People’s union held in Park| Rapids Saturday and Sunday. De-| troit, Little Falls, Parkers Prairie, Bemidji and Park Rapids were rep-| resented in the association. | Rev. A. J. Hanson of Minneapolis, lately returned. from a trip through the Holy Land, was the principal speaker at the convention. He is al- so the director of rural education in connection with the Baptist church for the state of Minnesota. Miss Vera | Rice, formerly state young people’s | worker and graduate of the Baptist Missionary Training school of Chi-| cago, also Miss Ora Reese of the Northwestern association and grad- uate of the Chicago training School, delivered addresses. Miss Reese has been selected as a missjonary to Por-| to Rico and will go there in the near future. Those attending from Bemidji| were George White, president of the| Northwestern _association; James | Hubbell, Roy Jackson, Wilbur Mills, | Marcia Coe, Hilda Martin, Frances | }S{i'nclair, Ruth, Marie and Muriel | 1ce. LIFE. PROPERTY AND CROP LOSSES IN NORTH DAKOTA Wind, Hail -Storms Hit Northwestern Dakota; Much Damage and Electrical | (By United Press) Minot, N. D., July 11.—Life, prop- | erty and crop losses have been re- ported from the wind, hail and elec- trical storms which visited parts of | ngrthwestem North Dakota Sunday night. Peter Bungert, 58, of Minneapolis, was killed on the Paul Burnesten farm, near Van Hook, when he emerged from the basement in which the family had taken refuge. Clara Moon of Northgate lies in a Kenmare hospital and is not expected to re- cover from the severe burns suffered when lightning struck her father’s house near Northgate. Before the fire could be extinguished she was ‘unconcious. Crop damage was reported from the vicinity of Van Hook. At Blaisdell, a large barn on the John Berg farm was blown over. Several small build- ings on farms near Van Hook have been reported destroyed- A granary on a farm near Van Hook somersault- ed twice in the air and landed right side up about 100 feet from its foundation. NYGAARD YOUTH LAID TO REST IN GREENWO0OD The funeral of Elmer I. Nygaard, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Nygaard, 1217 Bixby avenue, who died Wednesday morning, July 6,, at his home, after an illness of three days, was held at the home Friday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. L. J. Jerdee, pastor of the First Scandinavian Lutheran church offi- ciating. He was eight years, four months and 22 days old. Death was caused by cerebro spinal meningitis. Mrs. Alfred Greguson and Andrew Rood sang “Abide With Me” and “Nearer My God To Thee” at the ser- vices. Among the many beautiful offerings were pieces from his Sun- day school class, parochial cl and the Ladies’ Aid society of the First 'Scandinavian Lutheran church. In- terment was made in Greenwood cemetery. H. N. McKee was funeral director. BEMIDJI, MINN,, MONDAY EVENI IRVINE AVENUE - SITE TUESDAY Third Special Eleaction School Sites to Be Held Here Tomorrow SCHOOL BOARD LOOKS FOR VERY HEAVY VOTE All Who Can Vote During| ‘Afternoon Are Urged to Make Room for Others A third special school election in- tended to designate the location of the new high ool building to he erccted in Bemid oon as a suit-| able gite has been designated and the plans of construction made to con- formy with the site selected will be held at the Central school building beginning at 3 o’¢lack tomorrow aft-| ernoon and continuing until 9 o’clock | This election is being held for the purpose of veting on the Irvine ave- nue site only, a “yes™ or “no” vote to decide whether or not this site shall be the location of the new school. This site was voted on once be- fore, in connection with two other | sites, the Bixby avenue site and the old site, and ran sccond in number of votes, although no site seeured a majority vote. The Bixby avenus site was down separately at a gpeefal election held last Taursday. | What dis commonly spoken of as| the Trvine avenue site, and that| which is to be voted on tomorrow, is| a tract of land beginning intersection of Irvine avenue and Fifteenth street, running ecast a dis- tance of 612 feet, thence north feet, thence west 612 feet, thence south feet to the point of begin- ning. this tract being a portion of the SW1; of SW1, Scction 4, T. 146, range ‘33. Just what action will be taken by | the school board shonld this site fail to carry has not been announced. It | is expected that a heavy vote will be cast, and’ for this the scheol bhoard has made practicglly the same ar-| rangements as for the Bixby avenue election when the crowd of volers was taken care of wilh ease. Those who can vote in the after- noon .are especially urged to do so, ‘that those who necessarily have to vote after working hours will not be required to stand in line so long. Every person entitled to. vole on school matters is urged: to cast a bal- 1ot tomorrow so that the result of the election will be the choice of the ma-+ jority of the voters ¥n' the district. MARNE VETERANS MEET AT MILWAUKEE JULY 13 (By United Press) Milwaukee, July 11.---Plans were completed) today for the 3rd arne Division convention, to De in ses- at the| sion here July 13, 14 and 15, at which : more than 1200 former members of the division were expected to be pre- sent. 7 The committee has found it advis- able to handle the gathering on a cou- pon basis. On registering each mem- ber. will receive a book covering ad- mission to all meetings and covering most of the expenses of the conven- tion. {pedition being ol | could working separately, and work: EXPEDITION TO SEARCH FOR “LOST GOLD MINE” (By United Press) Edmondton, Alta,, July 11 n ex- nized here today to search for the “lost gold minc™ of Lost river. The mine” has loag been one of the romantic {raditions of tne North and is believed co be fnbulous- 1y. rich. Anparently thers have becn only two men who knew how to find it. The one, a waadering Indian from the Mackensie river district, came into Fort St. John's with a gold nugget as big as a walnut and though he could not talk any dialeet, under- steod by local Whites or Indians, he indicated by signs that he had found the lumyp in the dry bed of a stream to the northwest. The other was a white trapper who returned, from period trips into the wilderness with a quantity of coarse gold. ‘i time he spent his trea: ure lavishly and then disappeared again, out ing the efforts of track- ers who tried to trail him to the source of his wealth. He s found frozen to death on the trail one day and took his seeret to the gri The expedition now being organiz- ed will proceed on the assumption that the mine is in the bed of a dry river, known as the Lost river, be- cause it no linger contains water ex- cept after heavy rains, and the bed will be prospected thoroughly. A. W, STONE ENCOURAGES LAND CLEARING CLUBS Urges Farmers to Plan Club " for Each Community to Speed Up Clearing ‘Wherever the Community Land Clearing club plan has been taken up and worked it has given- very plea ing results, the men together ac- complishing muc¢h more than they d|ing in crews is much more pleasant than working alone. A. W. Stone, manager of the-Bel- trami County Land Clearing associa- tion, says this is a good time of the year for ncighboring farmers to plan together for call clearing and to or- ganize a club for doing the work to- gether. Crew work is much more ef- ficient in most all phases of the work such as blasting, running a stump puller and piling, and such equipment as is needed might better be pur- chased and used collectively than by each individual “The members of the club should be neighbors living close together, five to seven men being enough. The basis of the amount of work done on each farm should be by the day, a certain number of days to be spent on ecach man’s farm, the exact num- ber of days to be determined by each organization,” he Anyone wishing prin organizing a land clearing club in his community may call on A. W. Stone of the land clearing association for help in doing 0. it it @ TROOP 3 OF BOY SCOUTS T OMEET THIS EVENING Troop 3 of the Boy Scouts will meet this evening} at 7:15 at the and Commerce rooms and it is sired that all members of the Troop he present. BAPTIST ;UNDAY SCHOOL HOLDS PICNIC WEDNESDAY The Baptist Sunday hold its annual Sunday Wednesday afternoon and evening at Diamond Point. — = MINNESOTA HIST g in south, prob- £) orth tonight and Jlake Su- 55c PER MONTH STICK TO WOOL POOL Producers of that State] Are Preparing for Huge Wool Pool This Year (By United Press) Springfield, 111, July 11.---Illinois farmers are preparing for a huge wool poel this year, according to officials of the state agricultural! ociation, who had charge of the poul last year. One million and a hal{ pounas of wool were pooled in the state last year. H. W. Mumford, director of the live stock marketing burean of the Ilinois Agricultural association declares that future state wide 0= operation in the marketing of wool was assured Dy the w armers held together last vear de fastest falling markets in many ve irowerd who pooled their wool in 1920 received from two to 15 cents more a pound than farmers who dis- posed individually of their wool, ac- cording to the reports of furm bureau advisors. While unorganized farmers were selling their wool for from 10 to 16 cents a pound, the state stock was holding two-thirds of its stock: for pnices of from 25 to 32 cents a pound. Orders for sacks so far this year are already far ahead of the total orders of last ,year, and two cars of wool have been received in Chicago rom Hancock and LaSalle counties. 1llinois, although standing 10th in wool production, is one of the ten states that are organizing wool pools for 1921. Theso state pools are the forerunners of w national pool that will ensure a better price for all wool growers in the United States, accord- ing to farm bureau officials. One hundred thousand pounds of the wool pooled in Iliinois was sent to spinning mills last January for farmers who ordered blankets, suits, overcoats and auto robes to be made of a portion of their sheep's wool. FROM A PRISON CELL TO COLLEGE DEGREE (By United Press) w York, July.11.---One of the high honor students graduated from Columbia University this summer was Frank Tannenbaum, whose notions of world reform have been somewhat modified by his experience a sol- dier, and are far milder t he was one of the leaders of' the tur- bulent mobs that invaded churches in this city in 1914, The ideas that he held then earned him a year in the penitentiary on Blackwell Island. The ideas that he has now have won him a degree and election to Phi Beta Kappa, highest honors in economics and history at Columbia and promise to make him an author of outstand- ing distinction in his chosen field--- organized labor in America. Tor Tanmenbaum, though only B7 years old, Is the author of what it is said to be an extremely import- ant book, “The -labor movement.” Tannenbaum’s entire boyhood edu- cation consisted of eight months in New England rural school. That was in his twelfth year. When he was thirteen he came to New York and for the next eight months worked at all sorts of jobs from waiter in a res- taurant to elevator boy. When he was 21 he went to Blackwel for a year for, 1. W. W. activi Ie emerged from prison convinced of the necessity of an education. lie contrived to get into Columbia, and Teft/ it with a $2000 fellowship for 1 research work. Ultimately s, he intends to return to work in the railroad shoy M. B. OF A. TO HOLD ITS REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT The Modern RBrotherhood of Am- erica will hold their regular meet- ing this evening at the I. 0. O, I hall at 8 o'clock, and all members are urged to be present. SHIP SIRENS PROCLAIM HOUR OF TRUCE TODAY Peaceful Looking Police Re- place Sentries When British- Irish Truce Is Effective Dublin, Ireland, July 11.—As the clocks of Dublin struck the hour of noon today, the sounds of the bells were drowned in the roar of ship sirens, which declared the hour of the truce between the British forces and Sinn Fein. Citizens gathered on the corners of the streets after 12 o’clock when the armistice became effective. Groups of Black and Tans strolled from their barracks and troops fraternized to talk with the people over the pros- pects for a permanent peace. The soldiers, long conspicuous on the streets, have disappeared. Instead of soldiers standing sentry duty with fixed bayonets, peaceful looking po- lice paced the streets today. SPECIAL MEETING OF MOOSE TUESDAY NIGHT There will be a spedial meeting of the Moose lodge Tuesday night at 8 o'clock for the purpose of confer- ring initiations on candidates and transacting business pertainfing to thefr new hall. As this will prob- ably be the lastj nitiation conferr until September, it is urged that all candidates be present. VERNON URGES ' QUICK PASSAGE OF BONUS BILL State Commander of Legion Says Mellon]s Figures Are Misleading & DECLARES COMPENSATION BILL IS NOT A BURDEN Only Two-Thirds of Amount Appropriated to Adjust Cancelled Contracts A St. Paul, July 11.---“The American Legion is exdrting every ounce of ita energy to prevent the postponement of action on the federal adjusted compensation bill. It is working to secure passage of the bill at the pre- sent session of congress,” declared State Commander A. V. Vernon, who passed through St. Paul Friday night on his way home to Little Falls, Minn., from a speaking trip in South Dakota in the interests of the Ameri- can Legion National Speakers Bu- reau. . “The American Legion adjusted compensation bill has the practically unanimous support of the ex-service men and women of the country. It has, 1 feel sure, the support of the great majority of the American peo- ple who have considered the matter wothout prejudice or bias. It was unanimously endorsed by both bodies of the Minnesota ILegislature at the recent session. 1t passed the Nation- al House of Representatives by a arge majority. 1t has twice been ap- proved by the Finance committee of the United States senate. It has been endorsed by the legislatures of many states 'in addition to our own. The United States Chamber of Commerce is reported to be heading the fight on the bill, but T am glad to be able to say that practically ev~ ery commereial association in Minnc- sota to which the bill has been ex- plained, has endorsed it. “Secretary Mellon's figures are grossly -misleading. The estimate of Secretary Houston who issued the swme sort of statement, showed that if all ex-service persons took the ¢ bonus, the total cost would be §$1,- 342,000,000, and no other option in the bill provides for an increase of mora than forty per cent, or a total cost, if all took the most expensive option, of $1,878,000,000. The only way that the lirge figure can be ur- vived at is by figuring compound in- terest or the amounts of insurance certificatesy payable many years in the future. “If one figures interest on the face value of the outstanding bonds ot a municipality or corporation [frori now until due, ho is staggered if he aceepts the total as the indebtedness of his city or corporation. Neither ' [ bankers nor corporations figure that way. Such a presentation of the matter seems to be unfairly mislead- ing and can only be calculated to frighten the country into the repu- dintion of its obligation to ex-ser- vico persons, by conveying the im- pression that the bill will entail the immediate oppropriation of Dillions of dollars and would serlously eripple the financial condition of the treas- ury. “The fidings of thd ways and means committee of the senate head= ed by Senator Smoot are exactly the opposite, and state thaff means can be found for the payment of adjust- od compensation, and say that the appropriations to carry it into effect would notibe burdensome. Some of the ablest men in congress are thosa (Continued on Page 6) BURKES ESCAPE INJURY WHEN AUTO TURNS OVER Mr. and Mrs. James Burke and two grandehildren and Miss Rose Burka met with an auto acdident Sunday, but fortunately escaped without be~ ing” injured. On a new road mearn Clavin’s farm near Birchmont a car approached them, and in order ta avoid 2 collisiont Mr. Burke had to turn so far to the side of the road that fhis car ran into the ditch and overturned. The auto was broken and had to be brought to Bemidji for, repairs, ‘;‘ GIANT BOMBING PLANE TAKES TOLL OF FIVE (By Unifed Press) Moundsville, W. V: July 11—+ Army officers from Washington and Dayton flying field are en route hera to conduct an investigation into the airplane aocident yesterday which took' a toll of five deaths, injuredj more than a score and destroyed 16 automobiles.| i The accident occurred when a giant Martin bombing plane, taking off from the local flying field, plung- od into a line of automobiles. Onq of the gas tanks on the machine exa ploded pouring fire over the gasoling tanks, which then began exploding, Most of the dead were ted in their automobiles. & J