Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 30, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji add the largest circulation in .has Northern Minnesota BE VOLUME IX, NO. 87 KIWANIS CLUB TO RECEIVETS CHARTERTODAY Visiting Kiwanians Able to Play Cool Game of Golf Because of Weather WILL ENJOY FISH FRY LATE THIS AFTERNOON Country Club Golf Course to Be Scene of Much Action All Day Sunday Despite the cool weather, visiting Kiwanians, in the city for the charter presentation ceremonies this evening, are being entertained as well as pos- sible. Only about 20 had registered at the Elks’ club rooms at noon, but far more than that number were in the city. Golfing at the Bemidji County club course, north of Lake Bemidji, fur- nished the majority of the pastime for this forenoon and afternoon, and those who did not participate in the game, busied themselves about the city. “’lith today’s weather condi- tions, it "was easy to imagine that even the local goifers played a cool game. A cup has been offered by the local club for the city turning in the best score in the tournament which started this forenoon and was to be finished this afternoon. This first general get-together of the Kiwanians is to be at 5 o’clock this afternoon, when a fish fry will be held on the grounds of the State Teachers college. If rain interferes at that time, the fish fry will be held in the new armory. The Bemidji Kiwanis club will re- ceive its charter this evening with appropriate ceremonies at the new Birchmont summer hotel. This will be followed by a band concert by the Juvenile band, and later by an in- ..formal dancing party for the Kiwani- ans and, theix invited friends. District Lieutenant Governor J. O. Pollock of Fargo will present the charter. Although the Bemidji Country club is playing an important part in en- tertaining the local and visiting Ki- wanians_today, the course is also be- ing used by - & number of visitr trom urand Forks, rargo and St. Cloud, who are practicing for the in- ter-city tournament to be held to- morrow. Lunch will be served on the greens tomorrow at noon for 75 cents and it is. expected that the golfers will “make a day of it” at the course. Competition in tomorrow’s tourna- ment promises to be keen, and one of the largest crowds ever seen on the local course is looked for. CLIFFORD & C0. RE-OPEN INNEWLOCATION TODAY Retail and Mail Order Grocery Moved to Fourth Street and Minnesota Ave. Clifford & Co., wholesale and mail order grocers, re-opened for business this morning in a new location, hav- ing moved from the original site at Second street and Minnescta, in the new Kaplan building, to Fourth -street and Minnesota avenue, where a building has been purchased and put into first-class shape. The mail-order business of ithis company has been increasing since ithe company- first opened for business in Bemidji two years ago July 1, until at the present time, at least 40 per cent of the company’s business comes from out of town. One-day service is given neighboring towns on railroads. Two salesinen are kept on the road and out of town business continues to increase, thereby bring- ing additional trade to Bemidji. The new location was remodeled and repainted completely before the stock was moved in, and the exterior of the building will be repainted soon. The blacksmith shop at the rear of the store was also purchased by the company and will used soon as a feed warehouse. On the space be- tween the store and the present blacksmith- shop, it is planned to erect a joining building, making one big structure. This part will be used for the shipping department. The second story of the present store will be used as a rooming house. G. W. Clifford is manager of the establishment and Harold Kerr. has charge of the mail order business, spends part of his time on the road and is also in charge of the bookkeep- ing. BABE RUTH TIED WITH RECORD OF YEAR AGO New York, July 30.---Babe Ruth “Ring of Swat”, was just even today with his 1920 record. He went into the Yankee-Indian series today with 36 clouts on his list. {HEALTH BOARD OFFERS, MORE DATA ON DISEASE Symptoms of Unusual Outbreak of Disease Explained By State Board Amnother circular has been received from the State Board of Health for the information of the public regard- ing preventable diseases and it con- tains further details concerning pol- iomyelitis. Since the middle of April, centered: about Sebeka, Wadena county, and extending into the surrounding coun- ties, there has occurred an unusual outbrealy of disease in which early cases were so mild that medical at- tendance was not sought. The at- tention of the State Board of Health was first called to this outbreak about June 10 by phyiscians of Me- nahga and Sebeka. Most es, at first studied, pre- sented or less marked menin- geal sy, ©, s; many cases recovered withoub, 5 vent muscular impair- ment afy % rief illness of four or five days!, @ flren made up most of the cases,\ ‘@ ‘ew adults being at- tacked. A%k %& Y cases occurred in a large nu ¢ families and con- tact was trai 9 large percentage of cases. a rule, show a sudden onset,\ ,vature 103 to 105, pulse raple,..eadache, vertigo, stiff neck, pain in legs, vomiting and cons#pation present in majority of cases. Headache, stiff neck, pain in legs were common to mild cases; sore throat present in some, both drowsi- ness and restlessness common; in a few cases patients were very drowsy, going to sleep while being examined, delirium uncommon. Muscular im- pairment varying from slight weak- ness to complete paralysis of muscle groups has occurred in about 10 per cent of cases. More than 100 cases have been studied Dy representatives of the State Board of Health' and but 10 deaths have occurred. A careful clinical study of cases combined with laboratory examinations or more than 40 spinal fluids, together with au- topsy studies in one case, leads to the_opinion that this is an outbreak of polio encephalo-myelitis, that is, the disease is essentially epidemic. anterior poliomyeltis with the ence- phalitic type predominating. MANITOBA FANS TO SEE BIG FIGHT IN PICTURES The sympto, (By United Press) ‘Winnipeg, July 30.—Motion pic- ture men who. visited the boardi of censors were agreeably surprised when they were informed they would be permiitted to exhibit the Carpen- tier-Dempsey fight pictures. The pi tures have arrived and are Dro- nounced okeh. Fight pictures are not banned in Manitcha, said T. A, D. Benington, chairman of the motion picture censor board, so that Mani- toba fight fans will have an oppor- tunity of seeing the bout on the sil- ver sheet—a privilege denied in other provinces. SHIP CONSTRUCTION MAY BE STARTED SOON ‘Washington, July 30.---Work on three or four big ships the United States is building may be started shortly. Due to the increased cost of construction the four ships cannot be OPINIONS ARE VARIED ON DISPOSAL OF BEER (By United Press) Buffalo, July 30.—Police :are an- ticipating a small riot when Wey- land’s restaurant on Main street is torn down to make room foria new hotel, as the cornerstone holds two dozen Dbottles of real beer that were placed lin the stone in 1901. What will be done with the “vile stuff” is a widely discussed question lin Buffalo. Prohibition advocates want the beer to be placed in a museum or sent to the historical society to be placed on exhibition so that the little boys and girls who grow up without ever hearing of beer will know what the fatal stuff that made their ancestors such a low lot looked like. The stronger element of the prohibition party declare it should be destroyed. TWO BANDITS RIFLE MAIL IN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY (By United Press) Pittsburg, Pa., July 30.---Two ban- dits rifle the mail pouch of the crack Manhattan Limited on the Pennsylvania lines in the mountains near Letonia early today, and escap- ed after shooting John Lentz, a mail clerk of Thompsontown, Pa., who resisted. According to postal author- ities here, the bandits escaped with at least one pouch of mail. This ppouch was found near Cassandra, where the bandits left the train. — | | SHOOTING OF BEMIDJI MAN STILL A MYSTERY Story Told By Otto Voss Is Confusing; Wounded in Left Shoulder and Cheek i Otto Voss, 20, son of George Voss, 719 Twelfth street, was shot in the left shoulder last night while walking on the Soo railway tracks, a short distanca west of the bridge over the| Mississippi between 10 and 10:30‘ o’clock. : The story told by Voss to the po-| lice department is confused and it is| difficult to ascertain from it the de- tails of the shooting. He claims he| went downtown after supper and went to a theatre at about the middle of the first show, evidently leaving the theatre hefore the end of the sec- ond show. He stated that he started out for a short walk before going home and went down Beltrami avenue | past Koors Bros. creamery plant and thence down the Soo tracks toward Nymore. He remembers nothing more until he found himself on the railroad tracks. He staggered over to the Union depot where he got a drink of water and afterwards man- aged to get up to the garage of the Bemidji Auto company where he hired a car to take him home. After getting home, being unable to un- dress himself, he was helped by his sister, to whom he said there was nothing wrong with him. Examina- tion disclosed a wound in the left shoulder above the heart. A physi- cian was summoned, who immediate- ly went to the home and dressed the wound. completed with the money previously granted by congress. A test of the strength of the new movement probably will come in the house Monday or Tuesday when a vote is expected on the question of increasing the cost of conmstruction of the two battleships, the Maryland and California. NORTHWEST’S PRODUCEC TO . BE SHIPPED BY WATER Duluth, July 30.—Within a few days much of the northwest’s ship- ments of ‘butter, eggs and produce will be carried via' the Great Lakes instead of by rail to the east. ‘A new. fleet of refrigerator steam- ers on the Great Lakes will be placed in operation. The Great Lakes Tran- sit corporation will operate a fleet of seven steamers, equipped with modern refrigerator systems. W. J. Connors of Buffalo ds head of the corporation. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HAVE BIG TIME SUNDAY An all-day outing with a picnic dinner at noon will be enjoyed tomor- row by Knights of Columbus and their friends who attend the an- nual outing of the local order to be held at Blackduck lake, near Black- duck. Provision has been made so that all who care to attend may travel there and back by automobile at reg- ular railroad| rates. Cars will be availablg at the Northern Nationa! bank corner as early as 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, and the return trip may be made at any time, ac- gording to information given out by one of the committee in charge. A baseball game between Black- duck and Bemidji will be the feature of the afternoon, and this feature is sure to be worth the trip. Music will be furnished during the day by the Blackduck band of 35 pieces. A complete picnic dinner will be serv- ed at noon by the K. C. fc cents. All Knights of Columbus and their friends are invited and urged to attend. So far the police can find no mo- tive for the shooting and have no clue as to who did it. Voss’ right cheek is also skinned where, it is thought, another bullet grazed it. A number of citizens report having heard four or five shots fired last IDJI DAILY PIONEE BEMIDJI, MINN,, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1921 55c PER MONTH E.GEORGE [HARDER WORK AHEAD FOR Au-l AMERICANS .;-NORV%RD !V;AECONTINUES REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS HELD IN RUSSIA Soviet Decides to Americans in Order to Receive Relief - STARVING/HORDES ARE Persons Are Dying Daily From Lack of Food (By United Pr Riga, Latvia, July 30 lease all Americans interned in Rus demand that they must be release befcre relief cah be extended. en against the advise of those oppo: ed to the release of the Americans. to b hington advi overnment. communication is expected sent shortly to Wa: the United States (By Riga, Latvia, July 3 United Press) not touched by famine, according t unofficial dispatches received today. were massacred at when they tried to rush the town ani seize food. famine districts. mit that ics have br: <en out. vietims swooped down on habitants captured them and to turn them aside by force. (By United Press) London, July ported to the Famine Relief comm sion i Kamen## supplies million tons of food is needed. trains on their rcturn journeys. LEGION DELEGATION Delegates to represent Gracie post of the Ameri at the state convention next week, left Dere this morniu by automobile and expected to arriv in Minneapolis late this tion Monday forenoon. C. L. Pegelow, commander, R. McGee, Paul Howe and Jour alternates are ¢ pected the convention also. who are to attend as B. L .Johmson, John Kern Olson. Durache an night about the time Voss was shot. TOBERELEASED Release FIGHTING INHABITANTS One Report States that 20,000 According to this report a formal ing -A fight has begun ‘betweeng’starving hordes in Russia and inhabitants of districts| here | A party of hungry refugees| Ekaterinburg | One report said 20,000 men, women and childven were dying daily in the| Soviet papers ad-| irvy and other epidem-| ‘As the long columns of Tavenous towns where there is plenty of food, the in- tried | 30. — Sixty-threc| Russians of all classes have been re-|fuom her gras The committee is confronted with the task of getting| to ten provinces where one The| famine committee started work mov-| ing food into the stricken district by mail and moving thousands of per- sons out of these areas on the same " LEAVES FOR WINONA the Ralph|Mt. Glory jus an Legion | took them some time to follow the t Winona, | trail to the point where they could o ton {o | cral Mitchell, alternates are| | | | The Cen- itral Soviet at Moscow decided to re- sia in accordance (o the AmericanNorehglite arrived ‘here today from { This | ! . ¢ i i v the r e pwhere 8 starting a journey to action by the Central Soviet was tak-| doviver, B, C. e | of e | d | Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of | reach her. © | evening. | {wo miles to the temporary camp of They will make the balance of Lheithe Alpine club, where Dr. Bel! trip tomorrow, arriving in plenty of time for the opening of the conven- Those who left this morning 4t cyijes are building a raft to float leave this evening by train to attend Among those | party to d | that Northcliffe app: | to the United State: | George unpopular there. !she found herself imprisoned in a (By United Press) London, July 30.---The Northcliffe- Lloyd George war of words continued brigkly today. The press took up the battle of charging Northcliffe with the unpardonable crime of dragging the king’s name into politics, despite Northeliffe’s denial of the interview in which he is supposed to have given the result of the conference between Lloyd George and the king on the Trish question. ‘While accepting the denial, the press finally insisted that an explana- tion was needed as to why the inter- view was printed in the American edition of The Mail and not in the London edition. It was said to be evident that one of the editor ing the possible effect of the inter view and believing his chief had becn misquoted, suppressed the story in later edition of the paper. The Chron- icle, a Llowd George paper, declares s to have gone with intentions of doing his utmost to make Lloyd Harding Administration Is Now Settling Down to Real Task that Confronts it L. C. Martin (United Press Staft Correspondent) Washington, July 30.---The end of July finds republican politicians in Washington declaring that “‘the honeymoon is over.” By this they mean that the Hard- ing administration is settling down to the real tasks that confronted it. The politician for “honey moon,” to them, means the time of giving out choice patronage. Important jobs remain to be dis- tributed, it ds true, including many connected with. the enforcement of prohibition, which are more sought aftel n any other kind. But Hard- ing, having taken care of major ap- peintments, has not turned over much of the patronage work to John T. Adams, new chairman of the Re- publicary national committee. He W forced to this, his friends say, the increasing pressure of more important public busines: Politicians are interested in the alleged end off the “honeymoon pe- riod,” also because to them it mark the time when they may cease to be as careful, tactful and yielding to the heads of \he parly, as was consid- ered necessary during the time when the disposition of important jobs might hang, in the opinion at least of some jebseekers, on a' smile or a pleasant work or vote in congre: In other words, the wise and wear) 1 observers who stay around hington after year, are now watching for a little more indepen- dence from “the boys'™ when their views happen to conflict with those of the president or some of his ad- visors. The Adnvinistration ning full speed ahead friends repor Its observing, admit that it h show signs of life, and they are care- fully watehing for mistakes. Here are some of the “irons in the fire”: The disarmament conference. Negotiations and legislation per- taining to refunding of principal and interest of $10,000,000,000 in foreign loans. Settlement of the Pacific question Preparation of a treaty with Ger many, and of a proclamation formally declaring the state of war at an end. Discussions with the railroads re- garding settlement of their account. Tax and tariff revisions, which are in the hands of congress, and are be- are sol (By United Press) York, July 30. New ount enroute to shi\igton Torounto, He spent the day golf ing. WIFE OF PURDUE HEAD TELLS HORRIBLE TALE Relates Horrors Experienced Before Being Rescued From Mountain Crevice (By United Press) Banff, Alberta, July 30.—Mrs. Winthrop Ellworth Stone knows tor- ture. As the tales of her story reached here today, friends marve! that she alivi She has had but one hour of sleep in 15 days. After futile at- tempts to reach her husband’s crush- ed body in the abyss in which he fell, is now run- its observing equally begun to crevice of Mt. Eamon. The rope on which she came down was 15 feet and she could not find enough rocks to build a step to it. Tha pains of hunger and thirst were not her greatest torture. Ficrce light- ning accompanied by heavy rain storms threatened her during the three days of her imprisonment. The only water that reached her _whcn ing proceeded with in that body's melting snow from above trickled [usual manner. down to her. Reorganization of the shipping hoard. Reorganization of government de- partments, it is announced, can be- gin shortly, as a report of the reor- ganization committee is soon to be made. CHAIRMEN APPOINTED FOR LABOR DAY DOINGS ve heen On the eighth day her feeble cries were heard by Rudolph Aamer, a guide, William Payton and a guide named William Ford, of the Royal Police. They Eamon from the valley. It were Aamer let down a rope toy the ledge. When he reac Mrs. Stone collapsed. He carried her Chairmen of committees I named for the big Labor day celebra- tion. In each case the chairman of the committee is supposed to choose such members for his committtee a he wishes, from among those who are willing to assist on the commilttee. The commrittee chairmen chosen are as follows: { Speakers, M. A Bridgeman; sports and games, San- ford Ralph: program, D. Hunt; mu- sie, Paul Foucaul floats and/ par- les, Iarry Sylvester; refreshments and dinner, M. A. Aldricl The commitlce on arrangements Winnipeg gave her first aid. Later ie was carried eight miles on a stretcher to a camp at Marble Creck. her down Spray Creek to Banff. Gen- head of the Alpine club, is orgayizing and equipping a for Dr. Stone’s body. It may be some time before it is lo- cated. It is possible that it may never be found. will have a meeting in the mnear future, the time and place to he an- nounced later, to complete the de- talls of the celebration. GOVERNOR SMALL GOING T0 SPRINGFIELD NEXT WEEK (By United Press) Joliet, July 30.---Governor Len small, Illirois governor, I8 going to Springfield next week. Tho exctu- |tive, who arrived here today on his tour of the Ilnols roads, said he would be in the capitol as soon as he finfshpd three more counties. The governor was still silent as to what plans he had made. COAL DOCK OPERATOR FOUND DEAD LAST NIGHT Michael Michelson, coal dock op- crator for the Minnesota & Inter- national Railway company here, was found dead last i the evening near building which he has used for an office. When he did not return home for his supper last evening at 7:30 the family became alarmed and noti- fied friends, who went in search for him. An autopsy was to be held this afternoon and it is possible that an inquest may be held to decide the cause of his death. He had been in Bemidji for the past 13 years, 9 of which he had been in the employ of the M. & I. as coal dock operator- He leaves a wife, Anna, and a daughter, Margaret. Tuneral serv- jces will be held Monday afternoon, with short services at the home in Nymore at 1:30 o’clock and services at the Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock. Rev. L. P. Warford will of- s felate, i e M e W i e BT A & acquaintance, go Finch followed Osborne to the depot _|and back again, bought a dinner at the Quick Lunch on the ticket. appeared before Judge at the hotel there. and secured the stolen watch. They given a hy of court. and took the money from his pocket. DRAWS NINETY DAYS IN JAIL FOR STEALING Nymore Man Sentenced to Hard Labor for Theft of Railroad Ticket to MUNICIPAL COURT HEARS SERIES OF PETTY CASES Two Transients Bound Over to Await Action of Grand Jury for Stealing Watch John Osborne, a timberworker who has been employed in the Cochran camp ame to Bemidji a few days ago with $60 in his pocket, met up in town with a man by the name of Joe Finch, a railroad worker who lives in Nymore, and apparently struck up an Tiring of the friend- lLip, Osborne paid Finch $2 Friday to keep him away from him and leave him alone. Osborne later went to the Great Northern depot and bought a ticket for Grand Forks, N. D., intending to to the harvest fields to work. ter which Osborne restaurant for both himself and Finch. Upon looking for his rail- road ticket, Osborne discovered it s gone. The agent at the station was notified not to refund the money Finch later made ap- plication for the refund stating he had bought it a short time before. He was immediately arrested by Pa- trolman Arnold and arraigned on a e of stealing the ticket. He pleaded not guilty and was held over until this morning when he again Gibbons and ded guilty. Judge Gibhons sen- tenced him to 90 days at hard labor in the county jail. Finch has a wifo and family in Nymore. . Joe Mathews and G. Stewart, tran- sients, were arrested Friday charged with stealing a watch from a man from Funkley in the Quick Lunch. The. two men, Immediately went to Diamond Point, where they engaged a jitney, and drove to Wilton. Pa- trolman Arnold was immediately dis- patched to Wilton in another car and found both men' upstairs in a room He arrested them shit back to Bemidjl and ming before County Attor- ney Graham M. Torrance. They were bound over to the grand jury to appear at the fall term Bonds of $2,000 each were required of them. _ Charles Begeman of Funkley was arrested Thursday on a charge of were bro steallng $2 from the same man who was robbed of his watch In the Quick Lunch on Minnesota avenue. Thoe vietim of the robbery was aslecp in a room above the Quick Lunch when Begeman went into the room (Continued on Page 6) STONE URGES FARMERS T0 ORDER PICRIC ACID Time Limit for Ordering Picric ‘Acid Extended; Orders Now Total 31,000 Pounds | PR “Beltrami county leads, others may follow. Let us make Beltramt county tha first county ia Minnesota to place its order for iis full allct- ment of pleric acid expiosive to ba used for land, clearing purposes,” urged A. W. Stone, manager of the Beltrami County Land Clearing as- sociation, in reporting the total nium- ber of pounds of the explosive for which orders have already been plac- “It had heen expected that ord- ers for 40,000 pounds would be plac- ed at this time,” states Mr. Stone, “hut owing to, a shortage of order planks the time limit for placivg or= ders has been extended to August 8, to allow time for distributing tho new supply, just received.” Orders have already been placed for 31,000 pounds of picric acid and it all who are planning to take ad< vantage of this cheaper explosivey which is being allotted by tie Unit- od States government through the state agricultural department, will place their orders without further delay, Beltrami eounty will he the first county in the state to take up its allotment. Mr. Stone urges that all orders be in before August 8. PBeltrami county has been allotted 60,000 pounds, or three cariozia. or that amount, one carload, or 20,000 ounds, goes to Baud:tte for farm- in that vicinily. The remaining 40,000 poundy is for distribution souh of Red Lake. If orders are placed for the entire amount for this end of the county, one carload will be spotted at Be- midji and one at Blackduck. Otler- wise those in the vicinity of Black- duck, who have placed their orders, will be required to come to Bemidii for their allotment, according to in- formafion given out by Mr. Stoné to< day. I ] e e ]