Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 30, 1922, Page 1

The Pioneer is the o daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation 1= Northern Minnesota. - - -— BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER MINNELUI £ ot < AinTORICA! Minnesota — Unsettled tonight tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. VOLUME XX: NO. 35 LEGION PAYIN HONORST0 ALL NATIONS DEAD, *=~ B Amerlcn_n nglon Overseas Is Decorating Graves of Those Buried in Foreign Soil DAY BEING GENERALLY OBSERVED IN AMERICA Commander MacNider of Le- gion Sends Message to All Posts Here and Abroad (By United Press) ‘Indianapolis, Ind., May 30—While _..the home-folks today are honoring ,iithe soldier dead who rest in the :'poil of their country, the American ‘ Legion overseas is visiting and dec- rating more: than 32,000 graves of Amegicans, who fell and are buried in »fi?ieign soil. ys' Of these graves 31,400 are located in five cemeteries in France, 488 are in England, 140 in Scotland, 40 in Jre‘]fifl& and one in Spain. ‘Several thousands of dollars have been sent to the Legion’s committee in Paris, of which Cabot Ward, an American attorney, is chairman, to " be expended on flowers ana flags for the decoration of A. E. F,, graves, Local committees in England, Scot- land and Ireland and several in France will visit the cemeteries and minister personally to each grave. Many parents of American soldiers killed and buried overseas have re- quested decoration of their graves with particular kinds of flowers or with individual floral arrangements. Most of them have. requested the Legiog: to supply them with photo- graphs of the graves so decorated, and tke request is being complied with. For the larger part, however, the overseas graves will be decorated alike! the highest officer and the newest private soldier being honared | by an American’ flag and decorations , consisting of flowers native to the country in which the grave is loca- .- teds Reports to Legion headquarters here also show' that Memorial Day is being generally observed today, both in the North and South. In years " previous to the world war, stdtes of the old Confederacy observed differ- ent dates for the decoration of graves of Civil war dead than those obser- X ved in the North. The Legoin, however, composed of both Northern and Southern soldiers who fought in a common uniform, under a common flag, has adopted May 30 as its official Memorial Day and gradually the date is being adopt- ed in all Southern states as well as those of the North, East and West. Each year, too, the decoration of Civil War graves is being.assumed by the World War men a sacred her- itage, with |the increasingly ‘rapid passing on of the older veterans. Commander MacNider’s Memorial Day message to the Legion member- ship, being read today in the.organi- zation’s 11,000 posts in vthe United States and 22 foreign céuntries, fol- Tows: “Each Memorial Day through the past years we have watched the col- umn of gallant men pass by—proudly bearing their battle flags, fifes swirl- ing, drums olling—through the streets of the old town. A quiver has run up our backs, we’ve stepped a little brisker, our chests out a bit further even though our eyes dim- med for a minute after they had passed. These®men marching rev- erently, proudly- to do honor to their fallen comrades, have reminded us that we had many things to be proud of and grateful for-—that we were citizens of the.(United States of American and-that:these men had handed down to:uis:a free nation. “To us, fellow: Legionaires, this glorious day ista direct inheritence, not only as Americans, but as veter- ans of a war fought victoriously for a righteous cause and a better world. “Each man and wc’nsn whom we honor on this day wofl ‘the war for us—their part may' Have been smal and unsung, but to all of them equa’ honor is due. They gave their all. And as we line up with our post in our old regimentals—the proudest raiment any American can ever wear the uniform of our country—think of those Buddies who did not come back, of theih mothers and fathers who are watcing you, grateful for this little tribute to their boys.” REDLAKEASSOCIATION TOPROTECTSI'.'I'I'I.I-RS Anuon Taken 'By Mseting .at Waskish in K § With At a mass meetmg held at Was- kish by residents and farmers in the vicinity. a permanent body to be known as the Red Lake Protective Association was effected with Albert Smith as chairman and K. W. Kuck- en as secretary. The new organization immediately adopted a resolution strongly oppos- ing the establishing of a level at Red Lake above the 1173 mark and pro- tested against the construction of a dam, except one which will act as a spillway as soon as the above level is reached, The resolution, &r emphati- cally protests again. ssments of any kind for the co L ‘ion of a dam as they declare it % no way benefit the settlers, bu. % ve con- trary is liable to cause’ @ -rable damage. The settlers a, erve the right for suits for damag uid occasion arise. The action of this new o1 Ya- tion is in keeping with the ‘action taken by the Bemidji Civic and Com- mexce association some time ago and will meet with hearty accord of the citizens generally, as they desire to protect the settlers first of all, rather than to consider any rights of power companies at the expense of the settler. A copy of the resolution adopted was sent to Congressman Harold Knutson, Judge C. W. Stanton and to the Red Lake Conservancy Board. The four committeemen elected, one from each township, are H. L. Bowen. Waskish; Homer Hillman, Birch Island; J. Shivley, Red Lake; and T. Hoglin, Koenig, Messrs. Bowen, Kucken and Hoglin were the members of the resolution commit- tee. I P THIRTEEN STARTERS IN NATIONAL BALLOON RACE Interest “in Balloon ~ Racing Centers Upon Milwaukee and National Races (By United Press) Milwaukee, Wis., May 30—Interest in balloon racing will center upon Milwaukee today and tomorrow, where the national balloon races, with thirteen entries will be held. Full epuipment rof the thijteen ilots and aides arrived and follow- ing a series of trial flights today, the pilots will be ready for the starting signal tomorrow. The race is being sponsored by the Aero club of Wisconsin, August- us Post, New York, secretary of the Aero Club of America is on hand and will take part in the final in- spection work today. The official time of the start will be 3 o’clock central standard time. Balloons will start at five minute intervals. The start will be made in the order of numbers 1 to 13, the official entry number. Drawings for positions will be made today. All boundary regulations In crossing and recrossing from thg United States to Canada or Canada to the United States, have been waived by the Canadian government, according to an announcement by the contest com- mittee. The race will be run under the (Continued From Page 1) SRR s ‘The resting place of America’s be one of the most famous spots in BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1922 United States. ASSOCIATION MEMBERS KELLIHER HIGH SCHOOL ASSURED FINE PROGRAM| PLAYS HERE TOMORROW An interesting and instructive pro- gram has been announced for the regular meeting of the Civic and Commerce association to be held Wednesday noon following the reg- ular weekly luncheon, and it is espec- ially desired that there be a large attendance. G. M, Torrance, a member of the mommission, will give a short talk on the new proposed city charter whi¢ch comes before the voters of Bemidji at the primaries June 19. This an especially inter- esting topic at this time. Other matters are to be discussed including plans concerning the North- ern Minnesota fair to be held here in August. The merchants trade committee will not meet the first Monday in June but instead will meet on June 19, the third Monday. = 7 The Open Countx:y Just at the Threshold of a Social Development By DEAN EUGENE DAVENPORT, University of Illinois. L T e e e e I e o e e e T I L T ] The development of country life in America has been a slow and in many respects a complicated matter. The old-time three months’ winter school. has developed into the modern community high school, and in many localities the farmers’ sons and daughters can prepare for college while sleeping évery night under the father’s roof. The religious life of the community has not equally dereloped. ‘In . many respects we have gone backward, as compared with the early days, and there is no feature of fam life that needs now more earnest attention than the deve]opment of the country church. The best of modern country homes are now equipped with all modern cenveniences, and they are real centers of culture, but their number needs vastly to increase. There is no larger Pproblem before the American people today than is the financial machinery for facilitating the purchase of country homes. Ali m:all, the open country is just at the threshold of a eocial devel- ?pment.wluch ought to result in an American type of citizenship, not only industrious but cultured and in every way thoroughly consistent with the standards of a self-governing people. Visitors Confident of Victory in Second Meet.ing Between These Two Teams Kelliher high school is coming to Bemidji practically en masse in an attempt to administer a second trim- mingl on tthe Bemidji high school baseball team., The game will be played at the fair grounds at 3:30 and it is expected that there will be an excetionally large attendance. The Kelliher school met the Be- midji team Friday of last week and Bemidji lost the first game of the season. On Saturday, a return game was played with Northome and that team was trounced to the tune of 11 to 1. As it now stands, the Kelliher bunch has played five winning games and lost none. The Bemidji team has a record of four winning games with one lost to Kelliher. This gives Kelliher a claim to being the leading team in the tri-county field., The game tomorrow will practically decide the leader of the district, and the Kelliher crowd expects to win the game easily. A large number of rooters will attend the game, the Kelliher bunch to be very much in vidence. Superintendent C. G. Han- key of Kelliher has arranged for the Junior and Senior classes to take certain state examinations here to- morrow in order to give these classes an opportunity to attend the game. Baney will undoubtedly occupy the mound for Bemidji and a rare surprise is believed to be in store for the Kelliher bunch, Baney was unable to pitch in the game last Friday on account of a sore arm. It is especially desired that there be a large attendance of Bemidji boosters, A.F. & A. M. IS TO PUT ON SECOND DEGREE WEDNESDAY, Bemidji lodge No. 233, A. F. & A. M., will meet in regular commun- jcation Wednesday evening, May 31, and after a short business sesion will put on work in the second de- gree It is especially desired that there be a large atendance of mem- bers. Unknown Soldier” In Washington, which is destined in years to come to POLICE RESCUE THREE FROM OMAHA MANIAC (By United Press) Omaha, Neb., May 30—Police yes- terday rescued two 'yaung women and a man from a lonely shack on the outskirts of the city, where they had been captured and chained by mimes, a maniac. Mrs. James Jenkins and Miss Ger- trude McManahan had been without food since Saturday. The man, H. B. Boyd, was captured by the maniac Sunday when he heard the cries of the women and attempted to rescue them, The women, Grimes dug a hole in the earthen floor of the shack and told Grimes “that is to be your grave”. Then he threw the women down in the hole and assaulted them. Grimes succeeded in freeing imself and went for help. ANNUAL AUTO RACE AT INDIANAPOLIS TODAY Start 500-Mile Race on Brick Oval (By United Press) Indianapolis, May 30—Thirty-two drivers are scheduled to start at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today in the annual 500-mile race. The winner receives $20,000 and the other prizes range down to $1,400 for tenth place with $100 going to the winner of each lap in the long grind. The race is on the greatest course in the world, a two mile and a half brick oval. Grandstands circling the ‘track and the ten thousand auto- mobiles parked in the grounds will hold 150,000 spectators. Automobiles loaded with fans came from all sections of the country. Liceénse plates were seen from states far and near. The travellers lined up two abreast along the road lead- ing from Indianapolis to the Speed- way last night and camped in their cars all night. Hotels were crowded and' restaurants did a capacity bus- iness. Eddie Rickenbacher. famous race pilot and “ace” flyer with the A. E. F. paced the drivers around the track and, then crawled into the pits and permltted them to hit a speed of nem‘ly 90 miles an hour. ¢ Prizes Offered First, $20,000; second, $10,000; third, $5,000; fourth, $3,600; fifth, $3,000; sixth, $2,200; seventh, £1,800; cighth, $1,600; ninth, $1,600; | tenth, $1,400—total $50,000. In addition to this, thousands of dollars in accessory prizes and $100 for the winner of each lap will make the total stake $100,000. KING GEORGE HAS ENTRY IN TURF RUN TOMORROW England’s Big Turf Event Is National Carnival for Thousands (By United Press) Epsom Downs, Eng., May 30—The Derby, England’s greatest turf event, will be run tomorrow (May 31) over the historic Downs track, scene of some of the greatest equine battles during the past 130 years. The race which was worth about 7,00 pounds to the owner of the winner, is over a distance of one mile und a half (plus a few yards) and is confined to three-year-old colts and fillies (entered as yearlings) at uniform weights—colts 126 Ibs,, fillies 123 lbs. In addition to the interest in the big race itself, Derby Day is a national carnival, and countless thousands always picnic on the Downs without worrying much about the racing. Sporting enthusiasts, soci- ety leaders, erooks, itinerant vendors of refreshments, confidence men, pugilists, touts, members of the nobil- ity, middle and working class—in fact every type imagineable—jostle one another with the greatest good will on the road and on the track. Epsom being a frec (unenclosed course), there is no possibile way of accurately numbering a Derby crowd, which may vary from half a million’ to double that number. From an early hour all roads lead to Epsom and the aristocratic Rolls- Royce, the gigantic plebian motor Charabanc and the smart coaching “gix-in-hand” take their turn with (Continued on Page 8.) mnufluau:}dlfiffimmmmfl Machinery fcr a Twelve Months’ Marketing of Our Annual Production By EUGENE MEYER, JR., Néw Finance Corporation. e e e T e T L e LI ‘As a merchant nation we must study the changing conditions and ad- just our merchandizing and financing-operations to them. We must rec- ognize the necessity of sclling our agricultural products more gradually than we did in former years and the corresponding necessity of carrying our commodities for a longer period of marketing. We need the machin- ery that will make poseible a twelve months’ marketing. . The producers of basic commodities in America, T am convinced, are going to have more to say in the future than they had in'the past about .the marketing of their products. They will not be satisfied always to mar- ket their products in a lump at harvest time, to be held by others until the consumer is ready to buy. If it can be made possible for the producer, under normal conditions, to market his products gradually there will be many advantages. The producer will not be compelled to sell his crop at a particular time without regard to the consuming demand, and the danger of violent fluctuations will be considerably reduced. And nothing would be better for the pro- HENORIAL DAY s 3. o o APPROPRIATELY OBSERVED Services at Cemetery This Forenoon Well Attended; Appropriate Program J | ot SERVICES AT ARMORY HONOR SERVICE DEAD American Legion Auxiliary Sells Poppies Made by Disabled Veterans - — Bemidji citizens united with the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion, the G. A. R. and the G. A. R. Circle today in ‘observing Memorial Day. A public parade at 10 o'¢loek was the opening feature of the d,ly"l program, the line of march extend- ing from the city hall to Greenwood cemetery where appropriate exer- cises were held by the R. H. Carr post of the G. A. R., assisted by the American Legion. Music for the parade and for the services at the cemetery was fur- nished by the Juvenile band under the direction of G. O. Riggs. Fol- lowing the close of the services at the G. A. R. memorial monument, all the graves of ex-service men in the two local cemeteries were deco- rated through a fund raised by pop- ular subscription. Services will be held at the new armory this afternoon at 2:80, with Rev. William EJiott, rector of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal church, as the speaker of the day. Music was to be furnished by the Bemidji Adult band. Singing of appropriate lonél by the audience, led by Mrs. A, J. McMillan, and selections by a ma and female quartet, added to the reverance of the occasion. The afternoon program included two vocal solos, a reading and oth¥r appropriate numbers. Invocation ahd benediction were pronounced by Ré L. P. Warford. Conspicuous during the day wate the red poppies being sold by the - dies of the American Legion Ausil- iary. These poppies were made ~Iiy disabled ex-service men and the pro- ceeds from the sale are to go toward a worthy cause in this community. The poppy is the official flower of the American Legion Auxiliary &nd throughout the entire United Statés these poppies are being worn today. COAST GUARDSMEN TURN CAPABLE FIRE FleHTEls (By United Press) Elizabeth City, N. C. May 80-- Coast guardsmen turned fire fightérs when the town of Manteo, near whére the first English colony in Ame: settled late in the 1Bth century, threatened with destruction by flaméd, Fire swept through a 100 acre wood until they reached the edge of thé town, located on Roanoke Island. The man pn watch in the poust guard station at Nag's Head obsé¥- ved the smoke. The surfmen put off for the threatened town and af+ rived in time to aid effectively fn checking the fire, which was abotit to sweep a negro settlement. v | DONATES SPECIAL FLORAL ;' DECORATION FOR muvts Mrs. Tom Smart, who has recantly been aiding the dis-abled ex-servidd men by providing them work in the making of flowers for which she s found a large market, has now offek- ed to help decorate the graves of World War veterans in the local cemeteries. She has made a' number of special floral decorations, using her imitation ‘flowers, and these promised to add reatly to the appearance of the graves Memorial day, i i g e s 13 BEMIDJI GOLFERS PLAY DETROIT THERE JUNE 18 Members of the Bemidji Country club will journey to Detroit, Minf., for team match play Sunday June 18, and it is expected that there will be a large delegation from the local cluby All members are urged o take part in this inter-city tourna- ment and those players who intend ducer and the consumer—better for the nation as a whole—than to have |to go are asked to list their names # comparatively steady market and steady flow of business. with B, F. Anderson. ——ad