Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 2, 1921, Page 1

The Pioncer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest -circulation in Northern Minnesota / N ‘ VOLUME XIX. NO.89 NICHOLS ECLARES OLD SCH0 ENING, AUGUST 2, 1921 Y PIONEER MEET ONBOARD RIVER STEAMER State Commander BEMIDJI DELEGATION; FIGURES PROMINE} .Y Three of Four Delegates E%‘é ed to Committees Out of tal of 80 Committeemel:i \ ¥ (By United Press) Winona, Aug. 2.---Legionaires of Minnesota were afloat today, but they swere not “going across” this time. Delegates to the annual American Legion convention met on the big river steamer at' 9 o'clock and con- vention ses:fons are being held aboagd. The boat will dock here @t noon. The women’s Auxiliary con- vention was in session on ahother deck. Both sessions were to evolve mew dilscussions on 'the compensa- tion Wills before congress which Harding urged be dropped at this session. Mrs. Helen Hughes Heischler of Mankato, in opening the auxiliary convention, as president of the wo- . men’s department, was I tter in her denunciation. . Dr. A. Van Dyke loomed stronger than ever today as the pos le selec- tion™for next commander. His strong- est opponent seemed to be I. J. Gates of Kenyon. Mrs. Heischler is being boomed for national president of the women’s auxillary. Mrs. George Squires of St. Paul and Mrs. J. M. Bishop of Thief River Falls are be- ing ‘becomed to succeed her. ©ont of a total of approximately 86 committeemen serving during the present state conventjon of the Amer- ican Legion at Winona, the Ralph Grade post of Bemidji is being repre- sented by three committeemen. Last year, Bemidji)delegates were elected to two committees and it was consid- ered then that the local post was rated highly. When it is considered that there are at-least 400 posts out of a total of 483 in the state repre- sented at the convention, Ben\idjj has again got more than its share of committeemen. One member from each of the ten congressional districts is elected to each of the eight various commit- tees. C. L. Pegelow, commander of the Bemidji post, has been elected to serve on the resolutions commit- tee, R. D. McGee is chairman of the committee to report on the time and place for next year’s convention, and Paul Howe is a member of the finance comniittee. According to word received from the Bemidji delegation today, Ross- berg of Crookston is being supported by them las naticnal committeeman from Minnesota. £ Today’s sessions were held on the steamer Washington, and duning these sessions the various committee chairman were to submit their re- morts to the convention. This eve- ning will be,givem over td street danaing and dancing on the steamer, in addition to other. entertainments. Wednesday the convention will re- turn to the Winona armory, where department officers for the coming year will be elected, as well as a member of the natiomal execufive committee. Then, each district will caucus to elect its member on the state executive committee, and jto name its delegates and alternates to the national convention at Kansas City October 31. Bemidji’s delegatlon consists of C 1. Pegelow, Fred Fraser, Paul Howe and R. D. McGee, delegates, and B L. Johnson, John Gainey, John Dur- ache and Kern Olson, ‘alternates. MIDSUMMER INSTITUTE . - AT DULUTH SATURDAY The annual ‘midsummer institute, erop and live stock inspecfiion, will be held at the Northeast Experimental Station, Duluth, Saturday, August 6. A number of interesting features will be included in this inspection. A poultry flock culling will be conduct- ed by Prof. C. E. Brown. A demon- stration of sheep clearing land will be seen. Value of rotation of pas- tures for sheep iwill be explained; summer pasture for work horses and the summer feeding and management | of the dairy herd will be part of the ‘program. Prof. F. W. Peck, darector of agricultural extension of the Univer- sity of Minnesota, Hon. Hugh J. Hughes, director of jmarkets, state department of agriculture, and Prof. H. C. Eckles, chief dairy division of the Univers‘ty of Minnesota; will de- liver addreszes. A demonstration of the use of pie-| ric acid ifor clearing stumps and| rocks will be given by A. J. Schwan-| tes, land clearing specialist, 7| ducted largely for demonstration pur- ROADS NEAR BEMIDJI ARE BEING TURNPIKED State Highway Maintenance Department Puts Crew to Work Near City The state highway maintenance de- partment has arrived in Bemidji with four tractors, several trucks, road graders, scrapers and a camping out- fit and are camping at Diamond Point. The crew consists of about 15 men, who plan to carry on demonstration work in and about Bemidji, which work will consist of turn-piking streets and roads running into Be- midji. No charge will be made for the work to be done as it is to be con- poses. The entire department is un- der the supervision of Roy K. Bliler, with David Rose as superintendent. Included in the roads to be graded ind turnviked - are the French hill from the Jefferson highway corner tc the old A. P. Ritcme tarm on the| baiks of the Mississippi; the road from near the Carr Lake school to- ward ‘the brick-yard to Central ave- nue in Nymore. The Diamond Point road and Four- teenth street in the city, as well as several other city street blocks, will be put into first-class shape by this crew. Bemidji is considered fortunate in securing this service and owes much to the men in charge including the superintendent and general super-| visor, R. K. Bliler. | FOURTH-CLASS POSTMASTER EXAMINATION SEPTEMBER 3 The United States civil service commission has announced an exam- ination to' be held at Bemidji on September 3, as a result of which it is expected to make certification to fill a contemplated vacancy in the position of fourth-class postmaster at Nymore, and other vacancies as they may occur at that office, unless it shall be decided in the interests of the service to fill the vacancy by rein- statement. The compensation of the postmaster at this office was $811 for the last fiscal year. Applicants must have reached their 21st birthday on the date of the ex- amination, with the exception that in a state where women are declared by statute to be of full age for all pur- poses at 18 years, women 18 years of age on the date of the examination will be admitted. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by the postoffice for which the examination is an- nounced. The examination is open to all citi- zens of the United States who can comply with the requirements. SPECIAL RALL RATE FOR MINNESOTA STATE FAIR Special excursion rates of a fare and a half to’the Minnesota State Fair, September 3-to 10, have been announced by the railroads. Tickets wiill be good from September 2 to 10, inclusive. The territory covered includes all of Minnesota; northern Iowa; South Dakdta points ad far west as Sioux Falls and Watertown; North Dako- ita points as far west as ‘Wahpeton, Fargo and Grand Forks; and Wis- consin points as far east and sputh as Superior, Rhinelander, Eau Claire, and La Crosse. The greatest exposition in history I's being: prepared for the half mil-| lion visitors who will file through the gates. Premiums totaling $121,- 600 are offered for all kinds of edu- cational exhibits. Permanent im- provements cosiling $235,000 are-be- ing made to house the exhibits and care for the crowds. The entertainment program fea- tures many thrillers. never seen in the Northwest Headliner of headlin- ers will be the thrilling passage of Ifeutenant James from a speeding auto to a low-flying airplane in front of the grandstand each day. Dr. Car- ver’s diving horse, ridden by a girl, will leap from a platform forty feet in the air, into a shallow pool of water. The "gigantic railroad collision, featured in 1920, will be repeated on a greater scale, before the grand- stand, Saturday, September 3, one day only. - BUICK AUTOMOBILE CO. ANNOUNCES NEW MODEL Announcement that the Buick Au- tomobile company has put a new four-cylinder line of car on the mar- ket was made yesterday by the Motor Inn garage, local distributors of the | Buick cars. The new models are the roadster, five-passenger touring, three-passen- ger coupe and five-passenger sedan. Spcifications show that the valve-in- head principle has been retained as well as many other specifications which were worked out in the six- eylinder mode!. Prices at the factory are: sters , $935; touring car, lcoupc, $1,475, and sedan, $1,650. i | 1 | road- inson, D. The action was $975; brought by Col. Hildreth, United | {chances now, and bodies are beling | Solway GOODNESS SAKES CTHIRTY — EK’HTT IN THE WORLD (A"k? BE KEEPING HIM? CAMPERS CONTINUE TO FLOCK TO LOCAL PARK Those Who Leave Are Boosters for Diamond Point, Says | Park Custodian Campers continue to flock to the | camping grounds at Diamond Point. | Bvery day finds a new bunch pitching ‘H\clr tents beside the lake and an- ‘U“\L‘l' bunch silently folding their | tents and slipping away According | to Custodian Ditty, the large major- ity came here upon the advice of other tourists who have been here 1;uul have been so well pleased with | the place that they pass the good | word along. ery few set out di- recently in search of Bemidji. Some | famklies who have been here during | previous seasons are coming back again. Those who leave are boosters for the place, according to Mr. Ditty, | which undoubtedly accounts for the |largo number that continue to come. ‘All that is necessary is to read the {uist of arrivals since last Wednes- | day to realize the widespread public |ity Demidji is getting from this source. The average length of stay at the camping ground is about two jor three days. f The following have registered ‘vll)cu Wednesday of 1 week: A. B. | Peterson and family, F. A. Peterson, }'i‘\\'in ley; A. J. Grandy, Ulen, | Minn.; Ed. Holmes and Wife, Apple- Iton, Minn.; Miss Mabel Arneson, Cot- | tonwood, Minn Dr. J. |and wife, Crtonville, Minn.; Magna Johnson, Appleton, Minn — |1 Stevens and wife, Sioux H. Shelves M LAW CAN'T RECOSNIZE EXISTENCE OF “DEAD” A Man, Legally Executed and Proncunced Dead, Is Not Liable to Courts Chicago, Ill., August 2.---A man legally executed, pronounced dead, and then revived by means of a pul- moton; could commiy any crime known to law, and not be liablel to prosecution and legal punishment. The law couldn’t recognize his ex- ‘istence. He might walk into the court room of the judge who sentenced him and kill the judge who pronounced his fate, and no hand could be laid on him. . On the other hand, he would have no protection under the law, no mat- ter what offense might be committed against him. THis is ond of the phases of the legal question that has been brought up since the attempts to resuscitate into life the bodies of Sam Cardinella and Nick Viana, murderers hung here recently. The law is taking no held several hours by the authorities after hanging an hour before they are turned over to the dead man’s family. Chicago jurists are divided over the status of a person who might be thus revived. Judge Hugo Friend and Judge Da- vid Brothers take the stand outlined above. Asgistant State Attorney Lloyd Heth declared such a complication would free the man. “He could walk out of the morgue, and the law| couldn’t touch him. But he couldn’t marry and couldn’t vote. If he were beaten up by a citizen the citizen couldn’t be punished for anything more serious than cruelty to animals. “There was an old theory that if the rope broke, the law was fulfilled, and the man couldn’t he hung again,” said Judge Hay'y Rishe. “That idea is not according to modern law. Either he’s dead or alive. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HOLD REGULAR SESSION The board of county commissioners is holding its regular session today. On account of the special session | which was held last week, there is little business to be transacted and| it was expected that practically all of | it will be completed today. The board of equalization finished its work yesterday. The expenditures of the county on the state road under the Babcock sys- tem extending from Cass Lake to have been- tabdlated and await the approval of the highway en- gineers, after which it is expected that the county will advertise for bids for the sale of the bonds to cover the amount, and this amount will then be refunded by the state as a part of the construction account on the state| highway system N. P. FINED $1.000 for VIOLATING 16-HOUR LAW (By United Press) i Fargo, N. D., Aug. 2.---The North ern Pacific) railway mpany wi fined $1,000 this morning in Federal| District Court by Judge Aamon for| on of the sixteen-hour law at| N States attorney, . |If this s done, and America has <LGOK BEFORE YOU LEAP” IS ADVICE T0 VOTERS Wiil the air be purest near the downtown smoke stacks and de- pots,\and across the street from a bis horse barn? What kind cf air will come across the swamp, two blocks west of the old site, from the city dump .grounds 7™ Can a tcacher get the best attention of a pupil in a loca- tion where engines are switch. ing cars nearby, or where the noise of the business portion of the city at present is but a couple of blacks away and where in a few yecars it will be sur- rounded by business enterprises? Is it wise to place a school where there will be absolutely no place for playgrounds? Do vou want to put a $325,- 000 school building, the finest building in the city, where it cannct be seen from the princi- pal highways? Do you want to pay, some time later, from $50,000 to $75,000 to acquire additional grounds arcund the school site by pay- ing for residence property, when for less than a tenth of that amount an adequate site may now be secured? Can a school be kept clean where it is located on a well traveled, dusty street? Have you weighed the advice of architects who have been ask- ed to renort on the old site, and have stated that it should be abandoned? Do you want a school site where it is casier for the pupils to go downtown after school or during spare hours and idle their time than it is to go home, where they should go? Do you know that new high schocls built in cities the size of Bemidji in the last five years are being moved: from two and three acre cites and are being put on 10 and 15 acre tracts? Have you considered that if the present site be abandoned and used either for business or residence purposes, you will in- creace the aseeesable property of Bemidji $75,000 to $100,000 as an offset of a few acres of now vacant property? Are you thinking of the wel- fare of the children of Bemidji and of nothing else? That is what schools are for and ONLY that! p WOULD KEEP NATIONS FROM GETTING MONE (Copyright by United Press) seilington, W. Va., August “Keep the nationseof the world obtaining moncy for the next w 2,— T power to do it, as President H will demonsizate at the conf he has called for limitation of arma- ment.” In that manner the gituation was summed up today by Thomas A. Edizon, Henry Ford and H. F. Fire stone as they, . on the shady bank of a rippling We Virginia brook munching sandwiches and frizzled bacon, s ENRICO CARUSO DIES AT NAPLES EARLY TODAY & World’s Greatest Stilled After Op for an Abcess (By United Press) Min Marker and wife, R. Chris Minneapolis; Mary W. Christy, Day- Ohio; E. Wherry, Albert I Minn.; Charles 15, Cabbey and family Omaha, Neb.; J. F. Groh, ;. H. Bauer, [Cleveland, Minn,; Mrs. A. J. Reint: Tenor l’, Bird Island, Minn.; Mrs. J. F. eration |Groh, Cleveland, Minn; Mrs. G. M. | Bauer, Cleveland, Minn.; Ole Koylto, ¥argo, N. D.: B. P. Lolum, Haten- Idal, Minn.; Theodore J. Anderson, {Hatendal, Minn.; Mrs. P. H. Bau- {man, Vera L. Bauman, Leavenworth, ; Veda Alton, Mrs, Will Alton, | v and family, OL SITE SHOULD BE ABANDONED » SAYS OLD SITE IS INADEQUATE - FOR STRUCTURE Nichols Says Present Block Owned By District Lacks | Natural Advantages | | WOULD ALSO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL GROUNDS | Heavy Vote Is Expected Before Polls Are Closed Tonight; Both Sides Active Some tome ago the school board asked Arcihiteet Arthur R. Nichols of Minncapolis, one of the best author- ities in the northwest on building Isites, to give his opinion on the three sites under consideration at that time, |On July 5, Mr. Nichols made a writ- | ten report to the school board com- menting on the various advantages and disadvantages of the three sites. Mr. Nichols placed ‘the Rixby ave- nue site as his first choice and point- od out his reasons for so doing. The rvine avenue site was his second choice and his opfinion on the present Isite was as follows: “The present block owned by the | district, located between Irvine ave- {nue and America avenue, from Sixth |to Seventh street, is entirely inade- |quate to the needs and requirements of your buflding and its surround- |ings. o make use jof such a site {would, in my opinion, require the |aequidition of additional property for playground purposes, and this being in a section of the city which is built {up would make the financial consid- lerations excessive. KEven were the entire block to be acquired between 1Kz Naples, Italy, August 2.---Enrico [N Carugo, the world’s™ greatest tenor ..., g Texas: Jadith Avere, Mit- . W. B. Malloy and fam- the present site and the courthouse, this has not the natural advantiges nof the opportunity for development the required number have been se-| n | died here at 4 o'clock this morning. His grand voica was stilled forever when he failed to rally from an oper- atiion for ana 5. He never really recovered from an operation for| pleurisy, which he underwent last winter. ast Sunday the famous tenor and his wife, the former Dorothy Ben- jamin, went to a sanctuary in Por peii valley, where he offered pra and thanks to the Virdgin for the | recovery of his voice and gave twenty | an offering. | On Saturday he felt a pain in his abdomen. That was the first warn-| ing. Ile called a physician who ad- viced Wm to go o Naples, to con-| sult a speci ‘They diagnosed ihe case as peritonilis and prepared to operate. | thousand francs a | (By United Press) : Culver, Ind.,, August 2.---M. Caru-| |c0, sei of the great tenor who died was bowed with grief when | He whether or not he stated. has not decide Jwill zo to It |TRADING ON NEW YORK | EXCHANGE HALTED BY FIRE (By United Press) Now York, August 2—Trading| fon the New York KExchange was de- Jayed until noon today hy a fire 'Iw-i hind the north end of the insulation hoard. Although the fire, was oul by 111 o'clock the trading ,room. was filled by such dense clouds of smoke | [{hat trading was (delayed still fur-| ‘!l]wr. 'MISSION T0- HAVE NEW ~ STATE AID SCHOOL SOON The county board of education at {its regular monthly meeting Monday | Ilet the contract for remodeling the farm dwelling at the Mission into a| one-room schaol house, to Wil]ium', Fairbanks of Cass Lake. | The school will be equipped so that Ithe district will be entitled to the Iregular state aid. | i County Superintendent J. C. Me- Ghee advises that this is the third |school this year which will be built in| | od territory and ecquipped |unorganiz | for state aid. A new school is being built on the north shore of Upper Red lake in Red Lake township at the | present time. | | Applications of teachers for schools| lin Beltrami county are coming in in! |large numbers. About one-third of| red at this time. JUVENILE BAND MEETS FOR PRACTICE TONIGHT| e | Director G. O. Riggs announces| that the Juvenile band will meet for| practice this evening at 7:30 and that| all members are requested to be pres- lent. The Beginners’ band will mee for practice Wednesday cvening nt‘ 17:80. o | Presbyterian church at 2 o’clock yes- ily, Lenox, S. D.; Lesco Rifford, J. I3. Fifford, Lake City, Towa; ace B. Reidesel, Dorothy and Hubert Reide- sel, Lanesboro, Towa; A. A. Green and wife, W. A, Hatcher and family, Mis- Souri Valley, Iowa; E. W. Iverson and family, J r, Minn.; J. Merrill, RRed Lake Falls, Minn.; R. Jack, Grand For N. D.; Minneapo- lis; Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, J. H. Lam- brix, Minneapolis; T. L. Karr, J. F. Pemble, Indian lowa; J. Imsdahl, Baudette, Minn.; J. A. Gjelhang and ife, Bandette, Minn.; J. F. Hatten and family, Yakima, Wash.; E. Erick- son, Black River Falls, Wis.; John Halderum, Harry Halderum, Devils Lake, N. D., John E. Burns, Minne- apolis Dr. €. R. Spain and children, Arkansas City, Kans.; Mr. and Mrs. (Continued on Page 6) TODAY AFTER SERVICES Funeral services were held at the terday afternoon for Michael Michel- son, who was found dead ncar the M. & L. coal dock Friday night. Short services ‘were held at the home in Ny- more prior to the services at the church. Rev. L. P. Warford offi- ciated. Mr. Michelson was born in Wasa, Finland, on February 15, 1868. He remained there until 19 years of age, when he went to Ingland. There he remained for three years and became a member of the Church of England, and throughout his life he has led a faithful Christian life. From IEng- land he went to Australia, where he stopped for seven years and was em- ployed as a surveyor. He then re- turned to his home in Finland to stay for two years, and after that he came to Amegea. For the past 13 years he has been an employce of the Minnesota & In- ternational Railway company, where he faithfully discharged his duties through tfic years until his death last I'riday. His many friends will miss his cheerful, well known figure. There one daughter, Martha Anna; two sis- ters and one brother in Finland, and one brother in Australia. He was a member of the M. B. A. fraternity. Following the funeral services, the body was not interred yesterday, but was returned to the undertaking par- lors and an inquest as to the cause of his death was to be held this after- noon. As soon as the cause of death has been arrived at, the burial will be made. | NORTHERN FARMERS’ CLUB ' HOLDS MEETING THURSDAY The Northern Farmers’ club will meet at the Northern Community hall Thursday, August 4, for an all-day meeting. Dinner will be served by Mrs. Hans Nelson at noon, and a program has been prepared for the afternon. Al members d friends wre invited to bo present, P inshis wife, Anna L. Michelson; | that exists in the other two sites. It is, therefore, my opinion that in con- sideration of the meeds and require- ments of iie constant growth of the city to the north, this site should be abandoned.” The relative advantages and dis- advantages of the other two sites as pliven by Mr. Nichols are explained in detail in his repont but injag much as these are not under consideration in connection with today's (voting they are not considered essential in today decision. The above opinion of Mr. Nichols is directly in lien with that of the architect who was engaged to draw the plans for the new school building and also in line with the other opin- fons of educators of national reputa- tion, who have visited Bemiddl and expressed (hemselves as hoping that Bemidji would not build a beautiful new school on the old site, but rath- er on an adequate site with the prop- er amonnt of ground surrounding it. The polls will be open this after- noon at 4 o'clock and will remain open until 9 o'clock p. m., at the Central school building. It is expect- ed that a large vote will be registered, as it Is understood consliderable work has been done by both those opposed to and in favor of bullding the new school on the old site. PROVIDES FOR CREATION OF COURT FOR FOREST FIRES Croation of an ry court to try forest fire damage cases, result- ing mainly from the Moose Lake dis- aster and brought by St. Louis, Carl- ton, Itasca{ and Aitkin county resi- dents Jagainst raflroads, is provided for in a law passed by the late leg- islature. From one to ten auxiliary judges are provided for, the first to be appointed at once by Governor J. A. 0. Preus and additfonal judges as recommended by sitting judges in the counties involved, and to be clected at the next election. Iach judge is to receive $6,000 a year, TROUBLESOME TARIFF * CONFRONTING CONGRESS — (By United Press) Washington, August 2---Once mora congress has shed its coat and tackled that legislative stumbling block of political parties---the tariff. To pasg a tariff bill and not ruffle somebody’s feelings 1s as difficult as petting a porcupine without getting gaffed. Therefore, enacting a tariff bill is not a favorite congressional indoor sport. Several senators were sighing over the mournful prospect of wrestling with the vexatious subject, when Sen- ator Ashurst of Arizona, remarked that he regarded the tariff in the same light as the late Seénator Tay- lor of Tennessee. “Fiddling Bob"” wag stumping his state and during a speech a man In the audience arose and asked, “Gov'nah, tell us what you think of the tariff.” “I think we ought to pay off the ’lilfiff and get rid of t,” shot back l(hc senator, o e e e ST i