Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 3, 1921, Page 1

" o The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest ecirculation in Northern Minnesota NASH, FINCH 0. PUYS NORTHERN GROCERY STOCK Transfer Took Place Tuesday, Says Former Manager T. J. Burke cf Business R, A. GADDE ASSUMES DUTIES AS MANAGER New Fir}n Is Recognized Among Leading Wholesalers in Northwest Today — Transfer of the business of the Northern Grocery company to the Nash, Finch company, of Minne- apolis, took place Tuesday, according to an announcement made by T: J. Burke, of the Northern Grocery com= pany, this morning. Inventory has been completed and R. A. Gadde, for 15 years connccted with the Nash, Winslow, Carlyle Co., of Crookston, has assumed his duties as manager of the new concern. T. J. Burke retains a stock interest in the new company t} * will not be active. He stated thi%, e and his family knew Bemidji as .7, od_town in which to live and wih °/ intain their residence here. °-».,' . The Northern Grocery conh. "<V built the three-story new brick bu. ing, in which it has been housed, i. 1909, and 'have in the intervening years built up a splendid wholesale business which has made Bemidji noted as a wholesale and distributing center in the lines sold by this firm. Mr. Burke, who has been the man- ager of the business, has had a wide experience in the wholesale grocery business, having been connected with the J. H. Allen Grocery company of St. Paul and the Gowan-Peyton-Two- hy Grocery company of Duluth for a number of years previous to the es- tablishment of the Northern Grocery company. - The new. firm is recognized as among the leading wholesalers in the northwest, having over 100 branch houses jin the western portion of the United States and Canada. The new branch in Bemidji is‘the farthest east hranch _so far openéd. An idea of “the Immensity of the new firm may be gained from the fact that last year the sales of the company amounted to over $55,000,000. Mr. Gadde, local manager of the Nash, Finch company, plans to move his family here as soon as a' suitable residence can be secured. He states that he has.great faith in the future of Bemidji'and Northern Minnesota. . No change is at present anticipated in the personnel of the employees of the company except the possible addition of new salesmen. CARUS0’S WILL LEAVES APPROXIMATELY $1,000,254 Naples, Aug. 3---“He is not dead, he canont be dead.” ‘With this cry the aged mother of Enrico Caruso threw herself across his body today. Those who witnessed the heart break- ing scene were deeply affected. The remains of the great singer looked lifelike. Caruso’s will, drawn in the Urnited States, leaves a fortune of approxi- mately thirty million lire, it was stat- ed here today. .At the present rate of exchange it would be about $1,- 000,254, GARLGCK AND BROTHER T0 PRACTICE TOGETHER Dr. DeWitt H. Garlock, brother of Dr. A. V. Garlock, mayor of Be- midji, arrived in the city Tuesday morning, accompanied by Mrs. Gar- and 'has associated himself with His brother. The firm will now be known as Drs. Garlock & Garlock and it will specialize entirely in eye, ear, nose and throat practice. The newly associated physician is a graduate-of the Wells, Minn., High sehool, studled two years at Hamline university at St. Paul, is a graduate of the University of Chicago and Rush Medical college at Chicago. The past 18 months he has spent at the Los Angeles County hospital, having Deen senior interne in charge of eye, ear, nose and throat department of the institution. He comes to Bemidji highly recom- mended and will add greatly to the present pesition of the Garlock estab- lishment. Dr. and Mrs. Garlock will make their home here permanently. LEGION POST TO STAGE PAGEANT ON LINCOLN (By United Press) Minneapolis, August 3.—A pa- geant depicting the life of Abraham TLincoln from boyhood to his assassin- ation will be presented tonight on the Commons at Excelsior by Clarence Clover post of the American Legion. The pageant will be repeated every night the rest of the week. Scores of disabled soldiers will lend reality to the reproduction of Civil war scenes. SCHOOL SIT \ WITH HEAVY MAJORITY Old Site for High School Gets 203 Majority in Special Election With a majority of 203 from 2 total of 1,197, citizens of Bemidji expressed their desire to have the new high school building constructed on the old school site between Amer- ica and Irvine avenues and Sixth and Seventh streets. This is the first of four elections where any site has been designated. The vote in Tuesday’s election resulted in 700 for and 497 against relocating the school on the old site. The vote was the largest cast on any of the individual sites. -The new school board will meet Saturday night to organize and eL%cL officers. The . following Tuesday night, the bg:\rd will meet in regulay) session. It is expected that some ac- tion on the building proposition will be taken at that time, now that a site has been designated, although mem- bers of the board had little or poth- ing to give out for publication today. Just what action will be taken is very uncertain, but it is expected that some attempt will be made soon to straighten out the present high school situation, which has been in a “mud- dle” since the old school was destroy- ed by fire last winter. : TRUST COMPANY.-HEAD IS FUGITIVE IN MEXICO (By United Press) Chicago, Aug. 3.--~Warren €. Spur- gin, fugitive president of the Michi- gan Avenue Trust company, was un- der surveilance in' Mexico today, cording to word received; here. Spu gin was recognized when he left the ain at Martha to cross the line into -ico July 19. According to these re, ‘s he obtained a passport under the ..ame of Scott. INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAU . TO BE INVESTIGATED SOON (By United Press) ‘Washington, Aug. 3---Thorough in- vestigation of the workings of the Internal Revenue Bureau will be un- dertaken within a few days, Commis- sioner Blair announced today. Ces tain charges have been made again: the conduct of the affairs, said Blair. 0DD FELLOWS T0 BUILD - AT BELTRAMI AND FIFTH The lot owned by the Independent Order of Ogd Fellows, north of where thdir present hall is located, was sold last week .to A. \V. Scott of the Be- midji Electric Co. The old hall standing on the lot south was ailso sold t& Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott is at present occupying the building but in as much as the lot upon which the building stands now, is owned by the People’s _Oil company, the build- ing will be disposed of in the near future by Mr. Scott. . Having disposed of all the property which they owned betkeen Fourth and FVith street, the Odd Fellows have decided to build their new hall on the lots owned by them [on the northwest corner of Beltrami avenue and Fifth street. It was the inten- tion ‘of the lodge at first to erect a building 25 by 140 feet, and to erect it this fall. It is now probable that a building 50 by 140 will be erected on the Fifth street corner, but wheth- er it will be ercyted this fall or not has not been definitely decided upon. If bulilding operations are not started this] summer or fall, an early start will be made next spring and the building completed in the early sum- mer. 1t is understood that Mr. Scott will erect a new building on his newly ac- quired lot this summer. ARMY OFFICER RENEWS ACQUAINTANCES HERE General Sturgis of Camp Sherman, Chilllicothe,Ohio, was in the city to- day on his way to Cass Lake where he will vigit relatives'and friends for some time. General Sturgis is famil- iar with Northern Minnesota and especially with the Leech Lake ter- ritory, having been sent there in con- nection with the uprising of the Leech Lake Indians wheih took place in 1897. LABOR DAY COMMITTEE TO MEET FRIDAY NIGHT All members of the committee ap- pointed by the Central Labor Union recently to arrange a program for Labor Day, September 5, are request- ed to meet at the Moose hall Friday evening at 8 o’clock. An invitation is extended the Civic and Commerce association to appoint a committee to meet with the Labor Union com- mittee at that time. NORTH DAKOTA BOARD OF EQUALIZATION IN SESSION (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., August 3.—The state board of equalization is in ses- sion here today. Railroads, public utilities and other corporations are privileged to carry their grievances-to the board, which is composed of the governor, attor- ney general, commissioner of agri- culture and labor, state treasurer and commissioner of insurance. " BEMIDJ I ‘@\*ni) A Tl ;. I, MINN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1921 BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER SPECIAL MAINTENANCE WORK ALREADY ORDERED Chief Engineer Orders More Road Work Near Here After Investigation Trip Orders for additional and special maintenance work to \ bring state trunk highwuys through this section up to the preseribed standard was ordered by; W. F. ‘Rosenwald, chief maintenance engineer of the Minne- sota Highway department, followfing ation trip this week on which he visited this city. Trunk Highway No. 2 between Mc- Gregor and Altkin is im fair condi- tion except over new construction, the, egineer said. A fleet of heavy tractors now gper- ating west of Aitkin was ordered to shape and imprové Trunk Highway No. 35 between Hill City and Grand Rapids, but the south section between ‘Aitkin and IIill City is in good shape, according to Mr. Rosenwald. Trunk Highway No. 8 is in excel- lent. condigion from Grand:Rapids to the National Forest, the engineer ad- ded, but through the forest and on to Bemidji is sandy and has only a light foundation. It is to be improv- ed by new construction which is to be completed this fall. Engineer Rosenwald found Trunk Highway No. 4 in good eondition De- tween Bemlidji and Tenstrike. North of jthe last place another itractor fleet is at work and will continue building up the poor stretches thru to International Talls. The Anoka-McGregor section of Trunk Highway No. 5 is in good con- dition except for three stretches on wiich special work was iordered, it was announced. MINNESOTA STATE FAIR TO OPEN WITHIN MONTH (By United Press) St. Paul, August 3.—Within one month Minnesota’s annual state fair 1will be under way. A Twin City air derby will be one of the big features of the fair this year, according to aviators "here. Plans are to bring a squad of flyers from all parts of the country togeth- er here for airplane races and stunts. Prizes will be offered for competi- tive events. Thomas Canfield, secretary, said the exhibits this yecar will surpass those of last year by far. “Business is getting back on its feet,” he said. ‘“Manufacturers are out to sell their products now. They have been conserving resources and cutting production during strenuous fipancial times, but now they are “coming back.” “Manufacturers generally figure that where it is expensive to keep salesmen out in the territory, it is a cheap method of marketing products to exhibit them at the state fairs, and advertise.” The fair will open September 3 and continue until the 1ith. ALL-DAY”SERVICES AT MOOSE CHAPEL SUNDAY The Mcose and Riverside Union Sunday schools will unite in an all- day service at the Moose chapel south of Sheviin Sunday, August 7. Rev. and M Stenstrom of Ny- more and the Misses Amadna Homme and Clara Nordbo will speak during the day. Missionary Cummings will alzo be on the program. Communion will be celebrated by Olson at the morning C: bezins promptly at 10:30. Those who plan to attend are urged to bring a basket dinner and stay all day. NOVEMBER 11 PROPOSED FOR DISARMAMENT MEET (By United Press) Washington, Aug. 3. — The United tates has proposed Novembe# 11, Armistice Day, to the powers as the date for the opening of the Washington dis- armamcnt and Pacific confey- ence, it was said today at the state depariment. CLOUDBURST DOES HEAVY DAMAGE AT CANYON CITY (By United Tress) Canyon City, Coio., Aug. 3.— Thousands of dollars damage was done to gardens and property here early teday when a wall of water 14 feet high swept down the narrow Arkansas river through Canyon City. Resi- dents of the lower portion of- the city were forced to flee before the fiood. Railroad traffic was at a standstili for several hours. A cloudburst in the Royal Gorge caused the fiocd. FIRE ADDS T0 PERILS IN PARTS OF SIBERIA Senator France Says Famine Conditions in Russia Are Unparalleled (By United Berlin, Aug. 3.—I!ames arc sweep- ing famine and plague-ridden d triets in Siberia, according to reports received here today These reports were the first indication that the famine spread to Siberia. Heavy clouds of smoke are obscuring the heavens and adding despair to the hungry refugees. A dispatch received today from Riga quoted Senator IFrance of Mary- land, who emec d from Moscow, as saying that famine conditions in Russia are unparalleled, but the pow- er of the Soviet government is not killed. Twenty million threatened with death whiel the British and Amer ernments are uely offering a tance under insidious terms which are ant to be the death-plows to Sovitism, according to a Moscow wireless picked up here. Press) persons were by f amine ) gov- v (By United Pre London, Aug. 3.—America’s food army is already mobilizing for its in- vasion of Sovict Russia to relieve the famine stricken victims. Supplies are stacked high in the warcho of Central Europe, and the doors will be opened as soon as Soviet officers release American pris- oners ir rdance with the demand of the United States, Lyman Brown, in charge of the relief work here, de- clared today. IRISH PEACE PROPOSAL . (By Umited Press) London, Aug. 3.—*“I am informed from a most authoritative source that the DeValera cabinet and the Dail Eircann have decided with in- material ¢l to accept Premier Lloyd Georg peace proposal as a basig of discussion,” lobby corre- spondent ¢f the Daily Sketch wrote today. 1t is expected that the full body of the Dail Eireann will indorse the cab- inet’s decision. The most difficult step now is to get DeValera and Craig, premicr of Ulster, together. ANNUAL MOOSE PICNIC WILL BE HELD SUNDAY —_— Excellent Entertainment Being Arranged for Moose, Women and Their Families The annual picnic of the Moose lodge and Women of Mooseheart Le- gion, will be held Sunday, August 7, in the big timber grove east of Lake 3emidji and south of the outlet of the M ppi river. Tor the tr portation of those who have no cars to take them to the picnic grounds, the large passenger boat will make trips from the dock at the foot of Third street and will run to the-outlet, which will be but a short distance from the picnic grounds. If this is not sufficient to transport all the members and their families, other arrangements will be made. A picnic dinner will Be furnished by the Moose lodge, free of all ex- pense to any member of the lodge. The picnic members, the members of the Wom- en of Mooseheart Legion and the im- mediate members of their families. There will be a splendid program of cntertainment for both children 85c PER MONTH will be for the Moose|? and grown-ups. “A. A. Richardson has been named chairman of the pro- gram and sports committee and has already started making final arrange- ments, Dictator G. W. Harnwell will make his report of the Toledo convention and hi; visit to Mooseheart after the and it is expected that every and his family will be present at the pienie. VIRGINIA CHOSEN FOR 1922 LEGION CONVENTION Winona, Minn., Aug. Virginia was yesterday selected for the meet- ing the American legion ate convention in 1922. Crookston d wanted the convention but s invitation was not presented on the convention floor. Rochester_announc- ed it wanted the convention in 1923 and Detroit: put in a bid for 1924, The convention “floor” was a deck yesterda fons being held afloat on the Mis ppi river. The convention was to close aboul neon today after the election of state officers for the coming year amd a member from Minnesota to the Na- tional executive commitiee, It is ex- peeted that several of Bemidj'i del gation wily retnrn some time tomor- row, although a number expect to spend the rest of the week in the southern part of the sl MINNEAPOLIS SYNCOPATORS TO GIVE DANCE AT WAVILLE An informal dancing party will be given at the Waville Amusement Pa- vilion this evening by the Minneapo- lis Syncopators. An enjoyable eve- s assured those who attend, and ions are that there will he a uttendance, BEMIDJI GOLFERS TAKE BIRCHMONT INTO_CAMP Jemidji golf, players took the Birchment team into camp Tuesday afternoon, defeating them in an 18- hole tournament. The team compris- ing Dutcher and Jumper was the only one representing Birchmont to win their o The cony. It ayed Tuesday was mateh, which was t Saturday. All Bemidji players gave a good account of them- selves in/ the game yesterday and in- terest is now so intense between the two competiing teams that another mateh will probably be arranged for date. IMcCOOL CAPTURED NEAR NEW RICHLAND TODAY Accomplicve in Dunn Murder Is Captured After Escape From Asylum (By United Press) St. Paul, Aug. 3.---] nk McCool, who escaped from the State Insane Asylum at St. Peter after over-power- ing a guard, was captured early to- day at New Richland, Minn., the pa- trol policeman anunounced. Patrol Agent Whittier captured McCool aft- er a chase from Mankato to Waseca and thence to New Richland, McCool was serving a thirty-year sentence for the murder of George Connery and as an accomplice in the murder of Alice MeQuillan Dunn. McCool will be transferred at once to the Stillwater penitentiary to fin- ish serving his term. (Bv, United Pressy St. Peter, Minn, Aug. 3.---Frank MeCool, one of the slayers of Patrol- man George Connery of Minneapolis, {land accomplice in the murder of Mrs. Alice MeQuillan Dunn in St. Paul in || August, 1917, escaped Monday night from the ward for the criminally in- sane at the state hosp here, Felling one guard in his bold dash for liberty, fighting fiendishly with a mop handle through a crowd of nur- cos and patients, three of the lat- ter planning to escape with him, ) Cool made his w to a window, jumped a story te porch roof, leap- ed another story to the ground and césappeared in the wooded bottoms of the Minnesota river, MICHAEL MICHELSON CAME TO DEATH BY UNKNOWN CAUSE Michacl Michelson, who was found dead near the M. & 1. coal dock Fri day night, came to his death from an unknown cause, is the verdict of the jury which held inquisition Tues. day over the remains of the deceased man. Consequently, the order was given for burial, and interment was made Tuesday afternoon in Greenwood cemetery. Services were held Mon- day afternoon at the home and also at the Presbyterian church. Follow- ing the services, the body was return- ed to the undertaking establishment until after the inqu ST. LOUIS COUNTY GETS FIRST OF PICRIC ACID St. Louis county gets the first car- load of the 37 car londs of pieric acid allotted to Minnesota by the Unid States department of agri- culture and to be distributed by ate university men with the help of count) to farmers of nor- thern Minnesota for use in clearing their Jand. Twenty-seven carloads of the 37 have been apportioned to 16 northern counties on the basis of area, number of farms, amount of undeveloped land, and the rate of clearing during the last ten year period. The order for thd first .car was made up by 95 farmers living within 25 miles of Duluth. Prof. William Boss, chief, of the division of agri- cultural englineering at University farm, estfimates that this carload of pieric acid will clear about 500 acres off average cutover land. Order blanks, he says, have been left at all banks in the cutover district where they may be secured by any farmer The orders the county desiring toiclear land. are & mbled through agent's offfce. Picric adid cents a pound f. 0. b. cars at Sparta, Wis., and Callup, N. M. Freight from Sparta in carload lots will av- erage about two cents a pound and from New Mexico about four cents. WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA CHEESE PRODUCERS TO MERGE (13y United Press) Sheboygan, Wis., Aug. 3.—A mer- ger of the two largest cheese produc- ers’ associations in the United States will be consumated next Monday at Madison, according to President Krummrey of the Wisconsin Cheese Producers’ association. The Wiscon- sin produc and the Minnesota cheese producers will enter into a contract to pool their interests. The decision to merge came as a result of a conference of the directors of the two associations at Plymouth last vlveck, President Krummery said to- day. PREUS SPONSORS TW’I.I‘; CITY DERBY FOR FAIR (By United Press) St. Paul, Aug. 3.—Governor Preus today sponsored the Twin City na- tional air derby to be staged during the Minnesota State Fair to be held the first week in September. Flyers from all parts of the United States and Canada are expected to enter the air derh DES MOINES LOSES STREET CAR SERVICE AT MIDNIGHT (By United Press) Des. Moines, Aug. 3.---This city of abount 120,000 population will depend entirely on motor bus transportation after midnight tonight. The street car system which has long bheen los ing money will cease operation. FRANCETOASK AF-A ALLIANCE AT CONFERENCE « Will Endeavor to Gain Public Approval of Anglo-Franco- American Treaty . Y 1 MAY BRING UP WHOLE EUROPEAN SITUATION Conference Will Probably Take Up Pacific and Far East Problems First (By United Press) WasHington, August 3.---Disarma- ment and Pacific conference was virt- ually underway today. Negotiations hoatween the United States and Great Britain and Japan have been hinging on the agenda for the forth coming conference, it was Jearned. This agenda which is to outline in general the scope of the Pacific and Far Kastern discussions in the Washing: ton parley is constituting one of the most important basis of work in the' whole conference. ' By Russell Browning, (United Press Staft Correspondent) Washington, August 3.---French delegates to the Washington disarma- ment conference will endeavor to ob- tain public proclamation by the Unit- ed States of the principles contained in the Anglo-I"ranco-American treaty agreed to in Paris by Presl(i}nt Wil son, but refused ratificationf by United States senate, accordini to formation reaching the United Stat today from a reliable diplom. source. France feels that it wouldg possible to g N cussion concerning land armament on aimed at possible future Germal gression, and to obtafn: | Rrench (delegates | wilk . |l France's willingness to gece lic statement of prinéiple United States in liew of formal signed treatyy, One European c¢o be represented at conference has already out byXQuay-d’Orsay. as A0 Whetl or not supportj would be yecorded the Frengh suggestion, it was learned. Phis information verifies the be- lief that the whole European situa- tion will} be brought up for discus- sion, inclnding the Russian question. The attitude of the American gov- ernment is that the Russian situation is a matter which must be dealt with by each sovereign power, but a dis- cusston of international principles as applied to Kurope could scarcely avoid consideration of Russia, in the opinion of diplomats here. Whtle the agenda for the confer- enco has net been decided on as yet, diplomats here who are in touch with the exchange of ‘notes leading up to the conference invitations, are agreed that the conference will proceed along these broad Kines. First, thq settlement of War East- d Pacific problems as a prelim- y to any naval disarmament. onid, the question of American participation guaranteeing Kuropeam security as a preliminary to French land disarmament.s Third, ;actual discussion of land and naval disarmament. Fourth, an economic survey of Ru- rope with special reference to protec~ tion jof America’s commercial inter- esls with Germany and to the ulti- mate payment of the allied debt owed the Unjited States, ! Tifth, discussion of the Russlan question, CONGRESSMAN KNUTSON MAKING VISIT HERE Congressman Harold Knutson ar- rived in the city this morning and will be !lin Bemidjl and vicinty the remainder of the week. Mr. Knutson was guest of the Bemidji Civie and Commerce assocfation at luncheon to~ day and spoke briefly, He is in Be< midji for the purpose of investgat< ing the matter of the opening of the Red Lake Indian Agency for allott- ment and sale of such land as may not be allotted, and also for the pur= pose of going over the matter of thel Red Lake drainage and conservancy, project at the outlet of the Red Lake ern in Mr. Knutson, with Tndian Commisa dloned Burk of Washington, together| with a number of Bemidjii citizens, expect to go over the reservation; Saturday and hold a meeting at Red Lake in the afternoon of that day for the purpose of discussing reserva« tion matters. | il NORTHERN FARMERS' CLUB | MEETS ALL DAY TOMORROW There will be an all-day meetingj of the Northern Farmers’ club Thurs- day at the Northern Community hall. Dinner will be served at noon by Mrs, Hans Neilson, after which a program will be given in the afternoon. All members and friends are invited to attend. . i | | 4 ! |