Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 20, 1921, Page 1

o ¢ Tha Pioneer is the only d‘“i within 100 miles of Bemidji an has the largest. ecirculation in &rtham Minnesota. THE B IMIDJT DAILY OLUME XIX. NO, 78 CHAUTAUQUA FARCE COMEDY MAKES BIG HIT “The Bubble” Proves to Be Best Number of Chal_x__tauqua. Bill Yet Presented Here J. F. CONNER GIVES FINE TALK THIS AFTERNOON ‘Adanac Quartelte, With Fa- mous Ruthven McDonald, on Bill for This Evening “It’s an ill wind that blows no one good,” was at least one moral to be gained from “The Bubble,” which burst at the Chautaucua last night. “Rosie” was already to get married to Dick Graham, but Dad Mueller wouldn’t stand for it, even when he ran a little delicatessen store. When Joseph Mahlen, a slick young oil salesman, made Dad Mucller a rich man (on paper), Dad woudn’t have Dick around. But Dad’s oil stock, which had made him half a million in five minutes (again on paper), blew up about as quickly as he made it, together with, as Dad supposed, his $25,000, which he had given Mahlen to invest—and Dad Mueller was a sick man. Rosie’s Dick, anxious to do something to prove himself of the right stuff and worthy of Rosie, suc- ceeds in getting enough of Mueller’s stock sold before the “Bubble’” bursts; to pay Dad back. and then some, without Dad’s knowledge, and after the crash comes back with Mueller’s $25,000 safely tucked in ‘his inside pocket and other $25,000 for Rosie. Of course, Dad Mueller suddenly finds Dick is a smart man, and plen- ty good enough for Rosie. J. Moy Bennett, a prominent Broad- way favorite, plays the role of Gus- tav Mueller, of delicatessen fame, and he plays it superbly. Mr. Bennett’s years of experience on the stage has made him a star in such roles as he took last night. Josephine Wehn, as Emelie Mueller, showed herself to be a finished artist in impersonating the wife of Mueler. :Her impersonation was excellent.” The fact that she had just closed a season with Lionel Bar- rymore, previous to which she had been three years with Maud Adams, is at least some index to the high character of and demand for her tal- ent. Miss Billy Lee as “Rosie” was all that a demure little girl, deeply in love with her fiancee, could be. Her sweetheart, Dick, was all that was good and heroic and she was loyal to the core. She knew Dick was right and was finally rewarded for her faith. Her part was well taken. Karl Nielsen, as Dick Graham, Rosie’s sweetheart, was one of those young fellows brimful of pep and ideas, on the staff of a financial pa- per and in bad with his intended fa- ther-in-law, but finally becomes a hero when Dad needs him most. Fred J. Adams, as Joseph Mahlen, the vil- lian in the play, completed the cast and as all successful villians must do, made the audience hate him for his perfidy. He is also an actor of ex- perience in New York theatrical cir- cles. *‘The -Bubble” undoubtedly ' has been the strongest number on the| program so far. A record audience| greeted the players, the tent being filled to capacity and many standing. Oney Fred Sweet, who gave the lecture in the afternoon on “In the Other Fellow’s Shoes,” left with the; audience two strong truths. “Choose! a job that you can do well” and “make | that job a part of your life.” Sweet, in the other fellow’s shoes, has had many interesting experiences and de- duced from those experiences many useful life lessons which he gave to his hearers. This afternoon, J. F. Conner gave his lecture, “What’s in the Farmer’s Mind,” and the Adanac quartette gave a 30-inmute prelude of selec- tions which were greatly appreciated. Tonight the quartette will give the entire program ,and judging from the numbers given in the afternoon, and the manner in which they were received, the concert tonight will be splendid. The Adanac quartette is a Canadian organization of which the celebrated Ruthven McDonald, a Vie- tor artist, is the leader. Every mem- ber of the quartette has a voice of high excellence. DAYLIGHT BANDITS GET » $12.000 IN DIAMONDS (By United Press) St. Paul, July 20.---Three daylight ba; s today held up Jack Cohen of the Cohen Loan company and escaped with $12,000 in diamonds. Cohen told the police that they entered with revolvers drawn, bound him and, after JUVENILE BAND PLAYS " AT BIRCHMONT FRIDAY Concert Given at State College Tuesday Evening Enjoyed By Large Number The Juvenile band concert was en- joyed Tuesday night by the faculty and students of the State Teachers college and many other citizens, who gathered on the college campus, at 7:30 o'clock. Director G. O. Riggs and the band gave a 45-minute con- cert which was up to the usual splen- did quality of the Juvenile band con- certs. The concert given by the band Sun- day afternoon at Diamond Point was attended by the largest number of any concert given this season. The ‘band was in find form and gave a concert which did credit to the or- ganization. The band boys were treated to ice cream by Custodian Ditty, which was much appreciated and Andy Lee transported all the boys down town, on his launch “Thor” who wished to go home that way. The regular band concert will be given in Library park Thursd: eve- ning, at 7:30 o’clock. The concert is being put on at that hour in order not -to interfere with the chautauqua program. On Friday evening from 7:45 to 8:50 the band will give a concert at Birchmont for the guests of the hotel and all summer residents around the lake. Cars will be needed to trans- port the boys from town to the ho- tel, the cars to leave the City hall at 7 o’clock. Any citizen who will lend the services of their. cars for this purpose are asked to advise Mrs. Sanborn at the Ciwic and Commerce association rooms. The public is cordially invited to attend the concert at the hotel Fri- day night, and it s expected that a large number will go out from Be- midjil for the occasion. BEMIDJI, MINN,, Green Apples WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1921 PIONEER COMMISSION RATES ARE REDUCED ON LIVESTOCK Farmers Win Long Fight for TENNIS TO_U'RNAM ENT_IS PROGRESSING RAPIDLY Much interest is being taken in the second round of the annual tourna- ment now being played by the Be- midji Tennis club at its courts_near the State Teachers college, and three niore games were played off last eve- ning. Wilson defeated Brown,- 6-1 and 6-0; Murphy defeated B. L. John- son, 6-3 and 8-6; and Sylvester de- feated Noon, 6-0 and 6-0. INFORMAL DANCING AT . WAVILLE THIS EVENING The regular Wednesday evening «dancing party will be held at the Wa- ville Amusement pavilion this eve- ning with the Minneapolis Syncopat- oors furnishing the music. A very en- joyable time is ascured those who at- tend. HIGHWAY PROJECTS NOW WAITING ON CONGRESS New Construction Planned May Be Cut in Two If Aid Is Not Given Soon More than $3,000,000 of state and $4,0005000 of county-bond; improve- ments in 50 scattered localities well under way together with the $3,000,- 000-a-year maintenance system, the Minnesota highway department pro- gram for 1921 now in waiting on congress. Charles M. Babcock, state highw: commissioner, this week made pu a desire to add more than $2,000,000 of grading and gravel surfacing and $500,000 of paving to the construc- tion list this season. That will be made possible, he explained, only through the early passage by con- gress of legislation continuing Min- nesota’s federal aid allotment of $2,- 840,000 a year. “Unless federal aid is forth coming on the old basis,” said Commissioner Babcock, “the highway department must. cut in two its new construc- tion plans for this year. It will mean that highway users in Minne- |sota will recaive in 1921 only half the permanent improvements plan- ned. Barly passage of the so-called Phipps-Dowell or “farmers road” bill for which we have been fighting hard with the co-operation of the National Farm Bureau federation, however, ‘will result in the full measure of first year benefits under Amendment No. 1. Failurg of such legislation, or even passage of the, Townsend “rich man’s boulevards” bill, will seriously handicap the launching of the good roads program in this state. innesota citizens and public organ- izations, as before suggested can as- sist by petitioning members of con- gress to use their offices to brng about continuation of federal aid on ‘the old basis. Awards of $850,000 of (new, con- gtruction contracts late this month will be the last of the season, the commiissioner said, barring prompt, favorable action by congress. NAVAL MILITIA DANCE IS ENJOYABLE AFFAIR The informal dancing party held each, picked up valuables and money, niingled: with the erowds in the store. by the local unit of the Minne:zota Naval Militia and Naval Reserve The police were unable to find Force at the new armory Tuesday eve- them. A letter carrier.entered the|ning w: store while the bandits were working | was fa a very enjoyable affair and ly well attended. The Min- but they began examining articles in [ neapolis Syncopators furnished the the cases and he was not suspicious. 'music for the occasion. "Lower Charges on South St. Paul Market St. Paul, July 20.---Sharp reduc- tions im commisaions to be charged by livestock dealers on the South St. Paul market went into effect this week, on orders issued by the state railrcad and warehouse commission. Reductions of from 20 to 40 per cent were ordered by commi: n, fol- lowing hearing at which livestock commission firms and livestock pro- ducers were represented. Cuts in com- migsion rates represented a victory for the farmers, who contended that charges for handling aguicultural products should be reduced because the value of all farm prodncts has| declined to prewar levels. Weighing charges also were cut. The new! commission schedule is- sued by the commission sets the fol- wing rates: Cattle, 70c a head; $18 a car maximum. Calves, 30c a head; $20 a can maximum, in cars up to 36 feet in length. Hogs, -in cars not over 36 feet long, 20c a head, $12 maximum for single deck cars, $18 maximum for double deck cars; $14 maximum for single 'deck cars more than 36 feet long, $20 for double decks. Sheep, 20c per head, $12 maximum for single deck cars; $18 for double deck cars not more than 36 feet; §14 for single deck, $20 for double deck cars more than 36 feet long. When more than one kind of live stock gs in a car, $20 a car 26 feet long maximum, $22 for longer cars Less than car lots and driven in livestock, 80c a head for cattle if less than 15 head; 35 cents a head for calves, if less than 28 head; head for hogs if less than 25 he: 25¢ a head for sheep and goat. less than 30 head. Carload ra ply when the number is larger. New commissions for buying live- stock,are; Cattle, 50c a head with maximum of $12 a car; caives, 30¢ a head and $12 for a gle deck car; milkers and springers, $1 2 head and $20 for a car maximum. Tloss, 20c a head and $16 a car maximum; feed- ing migs, $15 a single deck car or $20 a double deck Sheep, 25¢ a head. $10 a single deck car and $15 (Continued on Page 6) ) BUFFALO BANKS ARE NOW HEAVILY ARMED \ Buffalo, N. Y., July 20.—Due to the increasing number of bank rob- beries throughout the United States, Buffalo banking institutions have in- stalled many safety devices to insure against robbery. Sharpshooters armed with automa- tic rifles, barricaded in an armor plate cage above the corridor of the Federal Reserve bank, are on guard to frustrate possible attacks by arm- ed bandits. The “pill box” contains seven loop holes and looks like a world war for- tification. Any point in the bank iz a target for the man in the cage. Additional night guards have been placed in banks and they are now armed with sawed-off shotguns. Besides visible means of warding off attacks the banks have installed police instantly to the bank where an attack was made and other appliances | that would trap the robbers. SCHUCK'S ORCHESTRA PUTS ON BIG DARCE AT ARMORY d the at- ¢ {Shanghai. secret appliances that would bring; tendance These dances will continue every Tuesday night. FREIGHT PUSHERS PLAY TENSTRIKE HERE SUNDAY Gene-(ral) Caskey, manager of the undefeated “freight maulers” team, had his colty, and a few older horses, out for practice at the city ball park Tuesday evening in preparation for a game to be played here next Sunday afternoon when the fast Tenstrike team will try to make the M. & I bunch think that they don’t know how to play ball. No donations have been asked by the ball team here this year, since all the boys are playing because they like the game, but they do ask those who still favor the national pastime to attend the games and lend their moral and financial support in that way. Every game this season has been of big calibre and worth more than the small price of admission ask- ed. : The game next Sunday promisecs to be another good one, and it is hopad that there will be a large attendance. CHINESE LABOR AFTER AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY Paid . Agitators Are Engaged in Organizing Laborers of Sleeping China Shanghar, China, July 20.---Paid agitators who have set the rest of the world on end through labor disturb- ances have awakened sleeping China and are today engaged in organiz- ing what they. hope will be a counter- part of the American Federation of Labor. Twenty thousand working men are on strike in Canton today and nearly that many have quit their jobs in Peking and Tientsin are to be the next points of attack and after that, if the preliminary movements against the employer in the larger cities arc successful, the plan is to extend the propaganda to the smaller commu- nities through the country. That foreign mothods have been adopted by the Chingse leaders is evi- dent and there is a strong suspi among the authorities that a forelgn- er is secretly directing the campaign. But thus fa; all efforts to discover the identity of the “Man Behind the Throne” have been unavailing. Laundry workers who commit may- hem on soiled garments by processing them through a course of rock-pound- ing in muddy water at three coppers the first of the lo- n their wrath and demand better treatment from their bosses:” An eight-hour day, double Sundays and full pay for nntionx and pay for overtime, half-day holidy on labor holidays were incorporated in their demands. The laundry owners were aghast. They had never been up against a proposition like that be- fore. Seldom had their menials dared to even raise their eyes to the higher- up, let alone demand or even beg bet- ter pay or working conditions. “It can’t be done,” they wailed. “But it will be,” grimly retorted the aroused employees. Whereupon they staged a parade demonstration and sugeeeded in calling out the car- penters, the masons, the cotton spin- ners and the sawyers. Daily other of the smaller craft are joining the ranks and what threatens to become a general strike is becoming more and more probable. METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL TO PICNIC NEXT WEEX The Methodist Su «sehool s} ATTENDANCE DECREASE WORRIES CLUB OWNERS Interest in National Pastime Has Fallen Off Since Early Part of June By Henry Farrell, Staft Correspondent) (United New York, July 20. are beginning to get concerned over the decrease in attendance at the major league bail yards. The 1921 season got away well and until the first of June the crowds cqualled the record-breaking attend- ance of 1926. Then the slump came. The Polo grounds, where the two New York clubs make their home, has been giving urmistakable evidence that interest in the national pastime is falling off. Crowds of 5,000 and less now sit in on the daily games where 10,000 were only fair last year, This, too, despite the fact that both the Giants and the Yanks are up in the race. Some of the wise followers of the game blame the slump on the “live- 1y ball,” which is making the games much longer_and less interesting. It is a fact that where games last year used to be played in an hour and a half to two hours, nine innings now run much longer and the spectators begin to file out to the subway and the elevated around the seventh in- ning. Others maintain® that bascball was lucky to be so late in getting a wal- lop by a general business slump. It seems more reasonable to believe that the fans are st Club owners for a dollar. The tight financial condition of the country is shown in the bleachers. During times of pros- perity the bleachers are almost de- serted on the Polo grounds, but it has been noticeable lately that the seats out in the sun are more popular thag the higher priced seats in the grand- stand. Bascball and the theatrical world have a lot in common in New York. The same clement that fills the thea- tres swells the crowds at the baseball games. “There is a lot of significance (Continuea on Page 6) STOCK JUDGING TEAM GOES TO PARK RAPIDS Beltrami “county’s livestock judg- ing team, consisting of at least 15 members, left Bemidji this forenoon for Park Repids where it was to in- spect at least two herds of cattlel this forenoon, returning to Bemidji this evening. One herd of Jerseys and one of Holsteins were to be visited and possibly more. Two carloads of boys from the Kitichi district and the remainder from the vicinity of Be- midji made up the judging team. The final judging contest will be held in August and the winner of the Class A and Class B will be entitled to a free trip t othe Minncsota state fair this fall. Activities in the boys’ and girls’ club work have been progressing dur- ing the summer and two potato demonstration teams have already been started. Among the boys and girls who will be entitled to free trips to the fair will be the winners of the following branches of the club work: two in the stock judging contest, one in po- tato contest, and possibly three more if the team wins in this district, one in the garden contest, one in the planning to hold its 1 pienic Thursday or Friday of next week at umond Point. The definite da wiil be announced later. poultry contest, two in the bread baking contest, one in the pig contest and one in the calf contest. - ying away from the|, . because they have other places |, ALLEGED WORLD SERIES THROWERS STAND TRIAL Bill Burns Tells of Visit to Abe Attell on Stand as State’s Evidence (By United Press) Chicago, July 20.---(By Carl Vie- tor Little).---The “Black Sox" de- fense, like a pack of wolves, grappled at the throat of Bill Burns, confessed renegade, today. Three of the form- er black leaders, who he declared threw the 1919 world series to sure- thing gamblers cauged seven former White Sox stars to Dbring charges to get the squealer xamina%ion. *“Black- realized unless they tured the damning evidence prac- ticed by Burns, that their clients were in danger. The picturesque “Ropes O'Brien re a red necktie and a blue stripe shirt.. “How much money have you re- ceived from Ban Johnson,” shouted Ropes. The court upheld objections of the state and the question then went un- answered. Bill Burns resumed the stand as states evidence aghinst the former members of the White Sox club. “Before the third game he went to Abe Attell,” said Burns. “‘He 8 him for the $20,000 he agreed to pay for the first game. He said $10,000 was enough and that no man would be paiid by Arnold Rothstein. Attell took me to a room and he took the $10,000. I was toeld that he kept a wire open all of the time be- tween New York and Chicago during the negotiations and also duning the game in order to keep informed how things were going.” The defense attorneys objected con- tinuocusly as Burns told the story in a matter-of-fact way. K. C. ANNUAL PICNIC TO BE ENJOYABLE AFFAIR Arrangements for the Knights of Columbus picnic at Blackduck Sun- day, July 31, are about completed. A baseball game between the fast M. & I team and Blackduck has been an- nounced for that day. A large number have signified their intentions of going with the K. C.s on this pienic, which promises to be a gala affair. RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS MEETING AT ST. PAUL St. Paul, July 20.—Salary revision and other matters of service reform were discussed at the convention of Minnesota Railway Mail Clerks’ asso- ciation, which opened here today at the St. Francis hotel. Program ar- rangements are in charge of C. J. Wentz of St. Paul. MINNESOTA EDITORS GET SET FOR OUTING Bemidji Newspaperdom to Be Represented at Annual Summer Outing Lditors and their families from the twim cities, southern and western Minnesota, were (o leave the twin late today for Duluth to parti- cipaie dn the annual sammer outing of the Northern Minne: 1 Lditord i Secrelary A, R. Rutledg rge of the party, which will ocenpy two 1 Soo line conches. At Duluth, H. P. Phillips of Mahno- men, president of the association, will join the party and head its tours to Carlton county and to the Messabu range citie The ¢ yrial party will be driven by auto from Duluth up the valley of the St. Louis river to Clovuet. State Senator (Fred Vibert, owner of the Cloquet Pine Knot, will head a tou ing party northward from D “The day’s program includes an in speetion of the lumber .and other manufacturing industri 1t Cloquet and a tnip to the forestry station, three miles west of Cloquet, where the forestry department of the Uni- versity of Minnesota s experiment- ing. i the afternoon at Ja Cooke State park, the editorial champion- ghip races and contests will be con- ducted. P were donated by the printers supplymen's associations of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The day will be coneluded at Cliub lake, with supper at the pavilfon and speeches by O r IT. Smith, state commission- mmigratio: Neil H. Swanson, publieity and finvestigation director for the Minnesota Farm bureau, and N. J. Holmberg, state commissioner of agriculture. A trip will be made Saturday over the Massaba firon range, going from Duluth by special train to Virginia, and motoring across the range to Hib- bing, with stops at Eveleth, Buhl and Chisholm. The party will stop at Hibhing Sat- urday night, where a banquet will be served. The special train will carry them back to Duluth Sunday and the outing will conclude with a boat ride on the bay and the St. Louis niver. Pemidji newspapers will be repre- gented at the outing by G. B. Carson of The Pioneer, who will leave with Mrs. Carson and daughter, Margaret, for Duluth Friday night, and by H. Z. Mitchell, editor of The Sentinel, who will leave for that place this evening. B. H. Denu, business manager of The Pioneer, who has been spending the past three weeks in Wisconsin, ds also ‘ted to be prezent, en route home. Cifamaa L national adjutant THOMSONPLA) RUMMY TO TUNE ON PHONOGRAPH Good Nature of Austin “Wizs ard” Is Standing the Test 4 in Moore County Jaik , | TOTAL THEFT MAY BE ONLY HALF A MILLION Knows He Will Either Win or Lose This Week and Is Keeping Jovial e (By United Press) Austin, Minn., July 20.---"Come again, 1 am always at home” called Cy Thomson between the bars of the Mower county jail to the United Press correspondent today. That was a mple of his drrepressible jovialty. His good nature Is standing the test in jail. Cy is not worried about the huge sum he is alleged to have stolen from his employer, George A. Hormel & Company. Syncopated tunes from a tiny phonograph in a corner of the cell furnished jazz for game of rummy between Thomson 1d the president of, the Oakdale wms Co., H. L. Goss. Thomson couxed his cell mate into a game of hand ball in their limited quarters, Auditors examining Thomson's ac- counts indicated the theft would total only around $600,000. “Is that the exact amount?” Thompson was asked. “No, )it isn't,” he replied. “What is the exact amount? you know ?” “Yes, I know, but T am not telling,” he replied. He was informed of the statement of J. C. Hormel that the assets of the Oakdale farms will cover the amount. “Of course they will, I told you that at the time,” he said. Jailer Carmichael asked Thomson if he knew the verse in the Dible about the door-keeper to heaven. “Well, 1 can quote scripture, but what do you want to know for?” “If that job Is any easier than mine 1 am going to apply,” drawled the Irish turnkey. Thomson saw the point. He has more company than any other prisoner in spite of the report That only members of Wis family will be allowed to see him. Thomson thinks it will be all over this week. He has assumed a sambl- ing spirit. “I know T will either win or lose this week,” he said. “I am anxious to know the results of the meeting of Hormel and Co., directors in Chl- cago today, Do LARSON BROS. GROCERY OPENS THURSDAY MORNING Larson Bros. Grocery store will open for businessiin the new Kaplan building tomorrow with a complete line of groceries and the manage- ment announces that deliveries will be made to all parts of the city. The new firm consists of Louis V. Larson and Ole Larson. The former was formerly with the Lemire grocery it Federal Dam and both were at one time connected: with the International Lumber) company at Redby. They have moved their families here. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION SCHOOL CLOSES FRIDAY Tho school for religious instrue- tion of the young closes a successful six weeks' term Friday noon and the parents and children of the school as well as of the Sunday school of the First Lutheran church will picnic at Diamond Point Friday afternoon. A ghort program will be given by the children. Miss Gudrun Peterson of @raftor, N, D., has been the teacher. All are cordially invited to attend the picnic and program. BLACK AND YELLOW TRAIL ASSOCIATION IN SESSION (By United Pressy Tracy, July 20.—The annual meet+ ing of the Black and Yellow Trail as- sociation convened here today for a two-day session. One of the most im- portant matters to be taken up at this meeting is the selection of a route from Madison, Wis., to La Crosse, Wis. Recommendations for a publicity fund will be made and it is prob~ able that a tour of inspection will ba made over the entire trail, this fall. LEGION EXECUTIVE T el L SPEAK HERE FRIDAY (BY United Press) i “St. Paul, July 20.---Lemuel Bolles, of the Anierican Legion, will not speak in St. Paul Fri« day. Word was received here that Mr, Bolles, who is filling speaking engages ments of the iate I'. W. Galbraith, Jr.y will speak at Bemidjl Friday. Thurs, day he will speak at Crookston and,* Saturday at Duluth.