Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 18, 1921, Page 1

““tion @nd thén The wioneer is the within 100 miles o?'n%d:fl has the largest' cifculation’ id \E:m}em Minnesota. BEMIDJI DAILY / BEMIDJI, M INN.,, MONDAY EVENING, JUL wucs o o o s Charmian Concert Party and Dr, John Marvin Dean Score a Big Hit Sunday - . DI GIORGIO ORCHESTRA PLAYS AGAIN TONIGHT Junior Town Promijses to be Interesting Feature for Smaller Children A more appropriate selection could not have been made for the opening of the Bemidji chautauqua than that of the Charmian Concert Party. They were “charming,” every one of them, and their selections were well receiv- ed. Jean Smiith captivated her hear- ers with her readings. With a most ‘attractive personality, and all her personality put into her numbers, she made a real hit with the chautauqua fans. Grace Wynn captivated her audience with her smiles before they even heard her voice. She possesses a clear mellow voice with an especi- ally clear enunciation. Her numbers were generously encored. Harry Lauder has nothing on Jo King when it comes to real Scotch songs. She has a way of singing herself into her hearers’ hearts and she did it yester- day. Her contralto voice is -a very pleasing one. Master of the violin, Helen Dvorak, upholding the reputa- tion of the fanfily name, thrilled the audience with her performance. Her selections were enthusiastically re- ceived. Helen Wing, with her quaint pianologues and her masterly work at the wano completed the party. ‘Frank S. Hollett, superintendent ot the Bemidji chautauqua, in his ope: ing remarks stated that the motto of the chautauqua was “smile.” How well the Charmian Concert Party have trained to follow the motto was fully demonstrated. In the. evening Dr. John Marvin Dean ofl New York dity in his lec- ture, “America’s Tomorrow,” carried his hearers through the past accom- _ plishments of the great Amelgan na- ventured™ “into _the wonderful possibilities of the fu- “ture. ‘Whether Amenica had reached the zenith of her progress and was started on the decline, was a matter to determine according as to whether greater men are guiding the ship of state, as to whether more noble prin- ciples actuate the great men of our qation today than in the past. and as ito whether our statesmen will see be- yound the petty mercenary and self- ish motives that are the basis of much of our legislation and get that Broader view of the needs of human- ity. Dr. Dean enumerated a number of the old fashioned things he would: iike to see more of. Hig plea was for tho amelioration of the poor in the crowded centres of population, , the better education of all people in the nation and the working out cf ¢ people that would gn fcrth with a smile to the performance f i‘s world- wide duties. The DiGlorgio orchestra gave a concert this afternoon and will give a thivry-minute preluie toright to ithe lecture by Wiherahiko Rawei on the South Seas. Miiss Visfan Brooks, in charge of the Junior Town, started her work with the children this ‘morning This promises] to be one of the most in- teres¥ing features of the chautaujua for the smaller children. CHARLES DE RUSHIA DIES AFTER EXTENDED ILLNESS Charles De Rushia of Mill Park passed away Saturday evening at the age of 69 years, at St. Anthony’s hos- pital, after a lingering illness of one year and eight months, during which time he suffered much. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, four married daughters, Mrs. George Deemer of Crookston, Mrs. Mike Sullivan of Sco- bie, Mont., Mrs. J. M. Radigan of Ta- coma, Wash., Mrs. Arvid Souja of Ely, Minn., and the following sons and daughiers of Bemidji; Emory, John, Ora, Tsabelle, Stella and Eunice, also a sister, Mrs. Isaac Thericault of ckduck. Bk'}‘he funcral services will be held Muesday morning at 9:00 o’clock at St. Phillip’s church, Rev. J. J. T. Philippe officiating. Interment wiill be made in. Holy Cross cemetery. i RO FUNERAL SERVICES FOR LIGHTNING VICTIM TODAY al services were iheld this ai‘tlé‘\l'l:;:orn [rfr Horace Watkins of Wilton who was killed by lightning early Saturday nforning. Rev. L. P. Warford, pastor of the First Presby- terian church of Bemidji officiated. Burial was made under the direction of M. E. Ibertson, funeral director. STRUGGLE AGAINST LIQUOR IS IN FULL SWING TODAY (Bv United Pressy Washington, July 18.—The great- NO SET DIRECTION OF Laxt Around North End of Lake First, However, Considerable discussion has “been heard recently with regard to the right direction of travel around Lake Bemidji. The Pioneer has been asked to publysh information concerning the proper direction to travel in driving around the lake. As far as The Pioneer is able to ascentain, there is no legal direction of travel. Where the travel is on a state road the state laws of travel would govern and all that would be required would be to observe them. About five or six years ago, when the autbmobile club was formed in Be- midji, the road around the lake was traveled very liittle and the road was much more ‘fficult to travel on at hat time: % wble was experienced then by ri £ some autoists trav- eling one %, on and others the oppesite wa; %, 1lting in meeting at places whe ’%wns not possible | to pass. As a %, the automobile club passed a ri “on and gave a copy to each me\ “ to the effect that in driving ary the lake the direction of travel\ ‘1 b enorth from Bemidji around north end of the lake and back 3y of the sawmiills. This was dlly - 6b- served and signs were ph.ced at nar- row plages in the road on the east side of the lake stating that cars going south had the right of way. ‘While there is nothing compulsory iin this miethod of going around the the lake this way, it has become the| custom and is complied with by most of the Bemidji citizens. Those re:tid- ing at Lavinia, wlié wish to come out to the golf links or the Birchmont hotel, would, of necessity, have to travel in the opposite direction. Many auto drivers feel, however, that in Common Custom is to Drive| (s d &y 5 (Copyright) Y 18, 1921 P10 v -~ MINNESOTA HISTORICAL WEATHER REPORT Minnesota: Xab - tonight and Tuesday. Slightly cooler to- night. ] 65c PER MONTH UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL " PICNIC WELL ATTENDED driving around the lake for a pleas-|Four Union Sunday Schools ure drive it would be more conveni- ent for all drivers to travel around the nonth end of the lake first. FIRE DESTROYS BARN LATE SUNDAY EVENING Have Enjoyable Picnic at Goodmanson Farm A large cvowd frora the Northern, Lavinia, Big Lake and Swenson lake Fire of unknown origin destroyed|Union Sunday schools attended the the barn of Ed Lafleur at 621]all-day service at the G. T. Good- Twenty-first street Sunday night atlmanson farm on Long lake Sunday. about 10:30 o’clock. Other outbuild-lmy. sormons by Rev. I. B. Nordale ings, close to_the barn, were saved by the firemen who responded to the alarm. SECOND ROUND OF PLA in the morning and by Rev. L. P. Warford in the afternoon were great- ly enjoyed. E D. Boyce and H. E. Rice handled their subjects in an interesting ~manner—and were very well received. The Presbyterian quar- tet, Messrs. Given, Johnston, Boyce and Hannah rendered several appro- priate gelections greatly appreciated Members of ithe lR’emvid]'[ Tennis | by the audience, and the Big Lake olub are now ready to'start the sec- | Union Sunday school presented two ond round of the'r annual tourna-|exercises. ment. In fact one match has already | mings presided. been played, the remainder to be completed thiq week. In the first round Crothers de- feated Hines 6-4 and 6-1; Brown defeated Conger,7-5 and 6-1; Bleich- ner defeated Greguson 6-0 and 6-0; Smith defeated Given 6-1 and 6-1; Berglund defaulted to F. P. Wirth Johnson, and [Feir 6-1 and 7-5. in the afterncon or early evening may do so after) dark, Much interest iis being taken ‘in the annual tourna- ment, and the winner of the finals will be awarded a suitable prize. Ed. Bleichner and R. D. Dahl, who Red River Valley tournament ond round. MANY CROPS DAMAGED DURING' ELECTRICAL STORM (By United Press) Minneapolis; July 18.—Many cropg were damaged and many farm buildings wrecked by high winds and Sunday. At Wahpeton reports were recdived from crops. Many farm buildings| were buildings were destroyed by fire fol- lowing lightning. 5 FREIGHT PUSHERS WIN OVER HINES BY 7 TO it defeated the fast Hines team by a score of 7 to 3. made by the M. & I team--—-Bailey to Berrigan to Fred Phibbs. Ed Auger pitched fraght pushers and held the visitors batter up. hit a short fly which was pulled down ing the side. ows: Ed Auger, P.; Frank c.; Fred Phibbs, 1st; C. Bailey, 2nd; B. Berrigan, s.; B. Lappen, 3rd; E. Ripple, r.i. est struggle against liquor since the United States went on a dry basis is in full swing today. ankle. 5 and C. M. Ascham loses by default to, defeated Bagby ] €Very one present was made welcome. Missionary W. S. Cum- The entire program was so thor- oughly enjoyed that by unanimous vote it was decided to hold another similar service about the first of September rather than wait for the annual service next year. A gener- ous basket dinner was spread under the trees during the noon hour and The Sunday schools participating In the sccond round, Plummer de- greatly appreciate the fellowship of feated Welle 6-1 and 6-4. The courts | the speakers and musicians have been put into fine condition and [town and also the kindness of Mr, one court is provided with electric|and Mrs. G. I. Goodmanson in throw- lights so that those who can not play |ing open their grove for the service. from MOOSE LODGE TO HOLD REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY The Loyal Order of Moose will represented the Bemidji club at the|hold its regular business meelinig al | Tuesday evening ai ’c p Crookston, were defeated in the sec-|Moose y}m”,e ;,,51 at“8 9.clock at the members are urged to attend. ICE-BOUND FOUR YEARS; STUDIES ARCTIC LIFE (By United Press) Seattle, July 18.—Captain Joseph during an electrical storm in west- I Bernard, scientist-explorer, was ern and northern Minnesota and east- [four years ice-bound in the frigid ern North Dakota Saturday night|wastes of the Arctic. _Bent on out-doing Vilhjalmar Stef- outlying sec- |ansom, he is going out for more. He tions indicating heavy damage o [iS now on the way to Nome, Alaska, to equip another expedition to study blowny down and crops damaged in|the-anthropology of the frozen re- the country around Fergus Falls. Two | gions. Commanding the schooner Teddy Bear, Captain Bernard set out from Nome in 1916, proceeding to Corona- tion: Gulf, 1400 miles to the north. Here the heavy ice hemmed in the vessel which was turned eastward aleng the Arctic islands. On August 19, 1917, off Taylor Island, the Teddy Bear was frozen fast in the ice, and Bemidji's M. & I. maseball team [there it remained, according to Cap- scored another victory Sunday when [tain Bernard until September, 1919. So Captain Bernard had plenty of The game was feat-|time to make observations. Iere are ured by three fast double plays, both|some that he made. That the Arciic peoples are being exterminated by disease and contact for the local|with civiiization. That food and clothing producing safe, getting out of a bad hole in the|caribou are becoming exiinct and fourth, with three men on bases-and |that within ten years the Canadian only one down by fanning the next|government will be forced to pro- The next man on the plate|vide for their subsistence. That ~whars between the various by Ed Ripple after a hard run, retir-jtribes and customs of retaining wom- en captives gave all the Arctic region The Bemidji line-up was as foll-|a commen language basis and similar Phibbs, | customs. Tokio.—The houze of peers of E. Bailey, c.f.; Pete|Japan. has rejected the Dill permit- Johnson, 1. f.; and Alec Cameron, r.[{ing women to attend political meet- 1. replacing Ripple who sprained his|ings. This has caused great indig- nation in feminist circles, FLYING CIRCUS By giving your sub- seription to the 'St, Paul ¢ Dispatch or Pioncer Press, you can help the Northern Minnesota Fair to have a real attraction here this all, the “Flying Circus.” William C. Anderson will call on you this week and he is authorized to take subscriptions in or- der to put' this project over, at least 250 sub- sceriptions are needed in order to secure the attrac- tion, The original con- test, which was started to secure this feature ha been called off, Let’s Have the Circus. HEALTH REGULATION ADVGCATED BY EXPERT By Carl D¢ Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin, July 1 To make world safe for posterity, Hirsch, noted Beriin sex would establish registrations. The: would e carefully kept from child- hood on, and would be available to marriage candidates upon mutual agreement. According to 1 ch’s theory, this would have a tendency to cheek so- cial diseases, and while he would not link it wyth any against marriage, he believes that it would operate to reduce undesirable marriage of the physically ill-mated. He points out that mariiage is not merely an ethical alliance, hut that propagation of the race must be con- sidered. Should a card index system of all persons be maintained, both men and women would sec to it more carefully that they came to the mar- wage altar {it for such ceremony. But, as matters now stand, Dr. {Hiirsch eistimates that half of all childlessness is traceable to disease unconsciously contracted by the wife from a hugband who had earlier sown his wild oa Likewise, he figures thad. off the 3 00 blind in Germany, about 30 per cent lost the: sight through infection at birth. The cost of maintaining these Dlind is about 86,000,000 marks yearly. Under his system which has found: many professional supporters a vast reduction’ tin such cases would ocenr, he figures, and marriage candidates iwould see to it in advance that there was no danger of such tragedies in their cases. | Among professional me nin Ger- many today, there is a considerable movement toward “punification of marriage,” and thi st doetrine of the famous Hirsch is regarded as offering great potentialities in the direction of the present mavement. RITCHIE AND MOLANDER ARE ELECTED TO BOARD The annual election of members of the school hoard, which was held Saturday night, resulted in A. P. Ritchie and, A. L. Molander being chosen as a members of the school board for the next three yea P. Ritehie replaces Dr. E. I and A. L. Molander suct 5 hims The vot 5 cast were as follow: A. P. Ritchie, 180; A. L. Molande 146; J. L. well, 136; E. H. Smith, 124. The n 1y elected officers take office the first Saturday in August. A. |railroads paralleling the canal. SUMMER COLLEGE TERM T0 CLOSE FRIDAY NOON Applications Already Coming in for Fall Term Which Will Begin September 6 The summer term of the State ‘Teachers college will close July 22, at noon. There will he a pecial assembly of the students Thursday at 9:30 a, m. at which President. M. W.*Deputy will pre- de. On' Triday at 11 a. m. there will be graduation exercises for those who did not complete their work at the spiing term, but who have coms pleted the work and will be given diplomas. Tho fall tenm of the college will open September 6. Applications are being received already for enrollment tor that term. The dormitory accom- odations at Sanford .Hall are practi- cally all reserved and it ¥s expected that there will be a larger enroll- ment this fall than at previous terms, ‘The Juvenile Band will give a con- cert Tuesday evening on the campus commencing at 7:30 p.' m. The pub- lic is cordially {invited to attend the concert. PIONEER CRUISER RENEWS ACQUAINTANCES IN CITY W. J. Hilligoes of Tacoma, Wash., land ecruiser for the Great Northern Railway company, was in Bemidji today rencwing acquaintances. He has been a visitor in Bemidji sev- eral times since his first trip here in 1880, Due to the trip he made here at that time, he is eligible to call himgelf ona of the earliest pioneers. He has been spending the past few days at Lavinia with his brother, M. L. Hilligoss and family®of Grand IForks. He will leave here tomorrow for St. Paul, and expects to return to his home in about ten days. INLAND WATERWIIY STO AID AMERICAN BUSINESS w York, July 18 president of the rine league, stated today, next to the cfficient functioning of the United States merchant matine, the most valuable aid that can be given to Am- an ‘business will come thru the anization and use of inland water- . Ross, who was instrumental in the formation of the Gireat Lakes, Hudson and Atlantic Waterways as- soctation, pointed out that the water- ways conncgting the Great Lakes and the atlantit ocean cross the richest manufacturing section of the United States. Due advantage, he said, was, not heing taken of these fadilities for cheap transportation, while New Or- leans, with only one-fifteonth the population of New York, had become thae second largest port in the coun- try on account of its splendid water- ways facilities, Inasmuch as transportation I8 a heavy factor in the high cost of liv- ing, the utilization of waterways will go far toward liftings this Hurden from the people while still allowing the producers to realize their profits. It is claimed that rates on coal would be reduced 20, to 30 per cent if this commodity were shipped by the New York Barge canal besides releasing thousands of coal cars operating over This would involve a joint rail and wa- ter rate, and the coordinating of the railroads and waterways, but once the hostility of rail interests is over- come and co-operation takes its place the result will be of maximum bene- fit to all concerned, CANOEISTS ARE HAVING VARIED EXPERIENCES Koors and Neumann Run Into Well Filled “Cootie” Nest and Soon Check Out Word received recently from John Koors and Louis Neumann, who are traveling from Bemidji to New Or- leans by canoe down the Mississippi river states that they are making good progress and having “the exper- ifence of their lives. The LaCrosse Tribune and Leader-Press recently carried a splendid story telling of their visit to that city. The boys left LaCrosse Tuesday morning. A letter has heen received by Mrs. J. H. Koors, mother of John Koo which was written Thursday at Cass- ville, ‘Wis,, and stated that by the time the letter reached its destination the boys would be below Dubuque, lowa. ‘A river steamer gave them a 30- mile lift and a good meal, and for this the boys are very thankful, They expect to reach St. Louis, Mo., by the end of this week, provided they can get another lift, otherwise it will take them at least another week. gverywhere the boys have stopped they have reported a glad welcome, and judging from the newspaper re- ports from along the river, they are giving Bemidji a good bunch of pub- Liefty. The LaCrosse paper states that “the boys are tanned a rich mahog- any color by the sun, but look heal- thy and happy and stated that they are hgving a wonderful trip.” Sev- eral experiences are reported, sev- eral of which show that the hoys are having varied recoptions on the trip. One experienca as related by the boys while at LaCrosse was pubiish- od by the LaCrosse paper as follows: There are some things a good deal worse than mosquitoes,,” asserted Neuman, “We slept one night at the farm house of an old Finn up the river and were awakened in the mid- dle of the night by something biting ue, I turned my flashlight on the bed and found it was swarming with mil- lions of cooties. We ran down to the water and jumped in and spent the rest of the niight floating down the river in the canpe.” “Wd are learning a lot on this trip, said Koors. “Our experiences o far show us that a Finn won't tell you anything if he does know, while an Inishman will tell you whether he knows or not.’ * T0 CONVENE TOMORROW (By United Press) Minneapolis, July 18. e 1921 convention of the American of Bank- ing which opens its convention here tomorrow promises to he a memorable one, not only because of the lareg attendance and the excellence of its program, but beeause of the hospital- ity of the neighboring chapters which will entertain the delegates during the meeting which lasts until July 22 Tor the flrst time (in the history of the Ingtitute the program for the organization’s annual conventfon provides for a women’s gathering planned an attended exclusively by women. On Monday evening, July 18, the women delegates and guests will bo entertalned at a reception and dinner at the Donaldson tea rooms and later in the evening will attend a special performance at the State theater. Arrangements are in the hands of a committe composed of Minneapolis hankers’ wives and un- der the direction of Mrs. Roy Young, wife of vernor, Young of the Fed- eral Reserve Ban kof Minneapolis. A large number of prominent gpeayers will give addresses includ- ing W. T. Waterfall, vice president Dodge Brothers company, Detroit, Professor David Friday, Uni- v of Michigan, and C. B. Teine- man, Chicago, secretary of the Insti- tute of American Meat Packers, MAN AND WIFE KILLED WHEN TRAIN HITS CAR (By United Tress) (Marshall, Minn., July 18.---A. H. Dale of Lind, Minn., and his wife were almost finstantly killed and a 14-year-old daughter probably fatally hurt when a Great Northern train hit their automohile near here Saturday. Their son, 22 years old, was serfously injured. POLAND AND RUSSIA MOBILIZING TROOPS (By United Press) Copenhagen, Denmark, July 18.--- Enmity between, Poland and Russia threatened to burst into open war- fare. Boty countries were reported mobikizin Poland has called out two classes of troops. Russia is said to have mobilized several classes. The service to which the latter will be called is not known. The reports said the soldiers would likely be sent into action along the western boun- dary. AGED RESIDENT OF LEONARD PASSES AWAY Jeyps Olson, 83 years, 7 months and 4 days of age, passed away at his home.about four miles south of Leon- ard in Dudley township, Clearwater county TFriday. The remains were sent to Roberta, Canada, today for burial. " WILL DISSCUSS USE OF PICRIC ACTD TUESDAY All Interested in Use of Picric Acid for Clearing Land Urged to Attend ‘ \ g v A. J. SCHWANTES WILL ADDRESS GATHERING Beltrami County is to Receive Allotment of Three Cars for Land Clearing | — In order to discuss the value of picric acid for land clearing pur- poses, a meeting has been called for ‘tomorrow at the rooms of the Civie and Commerca association at 2 o’ clock. All persons interested in the use of this new explosive, being alr lotted by the United States departs ment of agriculture, are urged to attend this meeting. A similar meeting is to be held at the county seats of nearly every nor- thern county where land clearing is being dome. Beltrami county is scheduled for two meetings, the sec- ond to be held at Baudette Thurs- day, July 21. A. J. Schwantes will address the Bemidji meeting, an Mark J. Thompson the Baudette meeting. The allotment for this coun- ty is three carloads. The United States department of agriculture has allotted to the Uni- versity of Minnesota for the use of land-clearing farmers in Minnesota 744,000 pounds of picric acid, a high grade explosive left on the hands of the war department at the close of the world war. This allotipent is to be distributed by the division of agricultural en- gineering and agricultural extension of the university on the basis of the number of farmers and the percent- age of cleared land in the timbered counties, at the price of 7 cents a pound, which covers only the cost of making the explosive into cartridges, plus ireight charges from Sparta, Wis,, which will “amount o about 2 cents a pound. No farmer will be alldwed to or- der more than 500 pounds or less than- 100 pounds. The orders will be placed with county agricultural agents, During the week from Monday, July 18, to Saturday, July 23, meet- ings will be held at county seats at which the use of the new explosive in blasting stumps will be fully dis- cussed. Speakers from the University Department of Agriculture will be present. At these meetfhgs farmers will be able to learn how to use the new explosive, how much it costs, and how much they may get. Picric acid is described as insensi- ble to outside shock, friction, or any condition common to agricultural blasting operations. It is not so easily ignited as most explosives used in such work. The amount of moisture usually present in land-clearing work affects the acid, which is in powder form, no more than dynamite. The stuff does not freeze and has no poisonous cffects. An explosion is followed by a dark gray smoke so that the fumes and gases given off by an operation in the open may be easily avoided. Picric acid is a power- ful explosive—about equal to TNT of war fame and slightly stronger than the ordinary dynamite. BOY SCOUT TROOP NO. 3 TO GO TO DIAMOND POINT Boy Scout troop No. 3 will meet this evening at the Civic and Com- merce association rooms in the City building at 7 o’clock, and from there they will hike to Diamond Point, where swimming will be enjoyed. Following the swim, a wiener roast will be helde There are 26 boys in this troop and it is expected tha they will all bel present. Rev. W, F. Kamphenkel and Richard Cota have charge of the troop. e ity COST ONE DOLLAR TO HAVE NAME OF “MARY” South Hadley, Mass.,, July 18.— Miss Anna Edwards, 80 years old, of the clasd of 1859 of Mount Holyoke college, nished to do her share in ralsing the college endowment fund. She wrote every girl by the name of “Mary” who had attended Mount Holyoke and requested one dollar inl the name of “Mary"” Lyon who founds ed the college. 1 The responsq was astonishing. Nearly a thousand have already been heard, from. Apparently Mary is a popular name, 2 5 ODD FELLOWS ENCAMPMENT TO MEET THIS EVENING A special meeting is called for the . 0. 0. F. Encampment this eve- ning in the 0dd Fellows’ hall at 7:30 for the installation of officers, and it is urged that all members be press ent on mime, so that those who dey sire can attend the Chautauqua. __,