Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 3, 1922, Page 1

The Pioneer is the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation m Northern Minnesota. —_—_— T AR WEATHER . Minnesota — Partly. cloudy., ton: night and Sunday Slightly warm- er tonight in the south portion. - Y OLUME XX. NO. 39 ~ NE 3, 1922 CONMENCEM - EXERCISES ARE * WELL ATTENDED Fifty-three »dAbers of High School Class Get Diplomas ‘at Evening Program DR. LUCIUS H. BUGBEE . GIVES FINE ADDRESSES Twenty-one Teacher Gradu- ates Receive Diplomas Fri- day Forenoon at College Fifty-three members of the Senior class of the Bemidji high school re- ceived their diplomas Friday evening ; {ollgwing an exceptionally fine * graduation message delivered by Dr. Lucius Hatfield Bugbee, pastor of the Hennepin venue Methodist church, Minneapolis, at the new ar- mory: before the largest assemblage seen there for some time. Bemidji turned out well te hear this able speaker and to witness the gradua- tion exercises of the largest gradua- tion class in the history of Bemidji high school, close to 1,000 people being present when the exercises were opened with a selction by the high school orchestra. As the graduates took their places on the platform at the south of the spacious armory, the orchestra play- ed a processional, “War March from Athalia.” Invocation was pronoun- ced by Rev, L..J. Jerdee, pastor of the First Lutheran church of this city Miss Ruth Campbell, second high- est honor student of the class, gave the salutatory] laddress. This was followed by “The Water Lily” by the high school girls glee club, under the direction of Miss Martha Fibigar, instructor of music"in..the .public schools, who has now completed a very successful geries of teaching years here. ' . Miss Frances Sinclair, highest hon- or student, gave the valedictory in a " very able manner. Diplomas were presented the graduates as they left the platform by Dr. J. T. Tuomy, esident of the board of education. The recessional, “Graduation March” was played by the orchestra, also under the direction of Miss Fibigar. Preceeding the presentation of diplomas, Dr. Bugbee gave the ad- dres of the evening, leaving in the minds of his hearers a real, live mesage. Of special importanée to the graduates, his address was also most - fitting to .any assemblage of persons. He compared the present world of the graduating class to a step between the two worlds of life, the world of vision and the world of service, stating that he had no great- er desire for the graduates than that they might (continue Jdife building: visions in such a practical way that they could be of practical use in the world of service, Every person present seemed to derive a clear-cut message from Dr. Bugbee’s address, which was short and to the point, holding the atten- - iton of every hearerat every moment. The program showed fine prepara- tion of every hearer at every moment. seniors, in caps and gowns, appeared somewhat more dignified than the did during Friday forenoon when they enoyed a sight-seeing tour of the city in the large army truck of the Bemidji National Guard unit. The mory before the largest asemblage of the ways, A large number will undoubtedly continue their educa- tion at colleges and universities this fall, while others will ‘begin “at once their education in tH&¥okld of ex- perience. ¢ xi7 . Dr. Bugbee also gave the com- mencement address¥R¢ Bifk graduates of the Benidji St#f’Penthers col- lege Friday forenoon, The exer- cises were held i’ the large tent which has been erebted near the:col lege for the summier 'school.” Ap- proximately 500 persons-were in at- tendanec. The graduating class consisted of 21 members. A fine program was given and Dr. Bugbee gave another fine address. Those in charge of the programs for the college and high school commence- ment exercises are to be congrat- ulated on securing such an able speakar as Dr, Bugbee. Bemidji citizens showed their appreciation by turning out in large numbers at both programs, BALL FANS PROMISED FAST GAME T01‘\'l0RROWl D Strong Bmgleyil Team to Play Local City Team at Fair Grounds Sunday Bemidji will have a hard game on its hands when the Bagley city team plays the locals at-the fair grounds Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The visitors have a strong organization this year and will make a strong bid for vietory. The Bagley team, it is understood, will have its strongest possible line-up and will come here with the intention of adding another vistory to its already long list. The Clearwater county ‘team holds a vie- tory over Gonvick, one of the strong- est teams in the Red River Valley league. © Bemidji, it is expected, will have practically the same line-up tomor- row as that which so ably defeated Tenstrike last Tuesday by a score of 16 to 5. In any event, the Bemidji squad will present a strong line-up against the visitors when they take the field to start tomorrow’s contest. Under the management of E. S. Cask; v, the Bemidji team has so far bé “at may be termed a winning oréx ion, only one game having been red to date, and that a twi- light g. @ against Cass Lake. Two previous % ories over Cass Lake blot out nfi.x ‘efeat. Caskey has ar- ranged a su "x schedule for the balance of th eason also and the Bemidji fans a. _assured a number of fast contests, Yoth here and out of town. ’ Rivalry in athletics between Bag- ley and Bemidji has always been keen and it is practically certain that there will be a large attendance at this game. It is also expected that the Bagley team will bring a large following. ARMORED CAR T0 STOP v FELD {ARRY oL’ B0 HEN 0 YOU GET PACK R (oNADAZ CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR IN CONVENTION HERE With Fine Programs Are Arranged Several Sessions for Tomorrow The Christian Endeavor conven- tion, which convened in Bemidji last evening for a three-day session, was called for the purpose of organiz- ing the Christian Endeavor societies of the district, there being about 26, ST. LOUIS BANK HOLDUPS (By United Press) ~.St." Louis, Ma:, ‘June '3—A “‘com: munity” three inch armor plated motor truck, equipped with place- ments for riot guns, will appear on the streets of St. Louis shortly, to prevent rapidly increasing bank mes. senger hold-ups. A chauffeur and one or two armed guards will ride inside. A safe will also be carried, “Jesse James was a piker compared with the bandit of today,” declared A. H. Heller, vice-president of the Bremen bank, in revealing the co- operative plans of the nine banks and trust companies to cope with the outlaws. The majority of the institutions have been the victims once or more of the bandits depredations during the past year. Daring hold-ups of banks have lately been succeeded by equally daring robberies of bank messengers on the streets and trolley cars. most of which, it is expected, will be represented at some time during the convention. -~ A few delegates arrived yesterday afternoon, and many more are ex- pected today and tomorrow by auto and train. The convention opened last eve- ning with a 6:30 o’clock banquet served to about 35 guests in the basement of the church, after which a social evening was enjoyed. No meeting is planned for this evening, but sessions are arranged for all day tomorrow, and a large crowd is ex- pected. At 6:30 a. m. a devotional service, in charge of Miss Ethel Bax- ell, superintendent of State Interme- diate C. E. Union, St. Paul, will be held. A vocal solo will be given at this service by Miss Carrie Arm- strong. At 11 o’clock the convention ser- mon will be given by Earnest Legon, field secretary, State C. E. Union, Minneapolis. Miss Grace Currie will play a violin solo and there will be an anthem by the choir. At 2:30 o’clock there will be a COUNTRY CLUB HOLDS _TEAM MATCH TOMORROW Sunday morning at 9:30 on the Bemidji Country Club Golf Links a team match tournament will be held in which practically all members of the local club are expectedto par- ticipate. The teams will be captained by F. S. Lycan and George Kreatz, each having chosen the players alternately. This match will be 18 holes, metal play and the results will have con- siderable bearing on the selection of the men who are to represent Be- midji in the championship game to be played at Detroit sometime in July. This team match will be one of the best of the season and all play- ers on the winning team will be awarded prizes. Every member is "} expected to be out, whether his name has been chosen or not, in order to determine the handicap and lineup for the games with other cities. .- The tie for second place in the Memorial Day tournament was play- ed -off Friday between Miss Donna Lycan and W._ N, Bowser, and Mrs. W. N. Bowser and F. S. Lycan, the former team winning by one stroke, Selbyville, Ind., June 3.—Mrs. Clara Gibson Carl was today found guilty by jury of second degree mur- der in connection with the death of her husband by arsenic poisoning. Mrs. Carl was charged with killing two husbands and her father-in-law for their insurance. The penalty in this state on second degree murder is life imprisonment. song and devotional service in charge of Raymond Hannah, follow- ed by a report of the annual com- mittees and election of officers. Miss Edla Nelson will give a vocal solo and an address on convention work will be given by Miss Boxall. Again at 6:30 o’clock a decision service, in charge of Earnest Ligon, will be held, and at this service the Men’s Quartette will furnish the music. The closing session will begin at 7:30 o’clock with a devotional and song service at 7:30 o’clock, follow- (Continued on page 6) BIG COMBINATION SALE ATTRACTING TRADE HERE The combination sale of Shavitch Bros. clothing store and Wilson & Company garment shop, which began Thursday, is attracting trade to Be- midji from distant sections of the country. The sale started: with a big boom and according to announcement will be continued all next week. Patrons of the stores advise that the bargains offered are quite un- usual and those who have come from a long distance say that the bargains warrant the expense of the trip. Other Bemidji stores are also pro- fiting' by this added patronage brought to the city and many are entering into a bargain giving spirit, all of which is being appreciated by the out-of-town trade as well as those living in the city. FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS SOM'THING | (MPORIAN];-'- ENJOY CONTEST FRIDAY The Spartans, one division of the Fifth B, Greek class, of which Miss Bessie Evans was teacher, defeated the Athenians in an out-door contest held on the Central school grounds Friday forenoon, the closing day of school, The Spartans won 17 points 2nd the Athenians 7. The Athenians however won the indoor contest of keeping quiet the longest, but the average of the indoor and out-door contests went to the Spartans The Spartans won the baseball game, the relay race, both the boys’ and girls’ chinning contest, the girls race, the broad jump and, the race around the block. The Athenfans won first place in the boys race and second place in the two chinning contests, the broad jump and the race around the block. The events furnished fine entertainment and athletic exercise for the contestants and from all reports the boys and girls enjoyed the contests in every way. ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1S NOST VITAL TO WORLD French Savant Urges Country- Men to Learn It as Step to Mutual Comprehension Washington, June 3 (Capital News Service)—Maurice Donnay, French academician and savant, who has re- cently returned to his home country after a short visit in America, said: “When one scts foot in America he is confronted by the fact that our country has not yet comprehended how indispensable it is to study the English language. I assure you that 1 felt this inferiority from the first day. It is what struck me most. Our professors and notables of all kinds have gone to America and have been invited to universities and clubs, They must have remarked on this inferiority. Why haven’t they told us about it? “Inglish is spoken in about two- thirds of the civilized world, Why don’t we speak it? What do we know of (English literature? Who can read the masterpieces in the orig- inal? We must learn English. It is imperative and a patrioic neces- sity”’. ) Forcigners generally believe that English is a difficult language to ac- quire. In its spelling, idioms and slang, its complicated grammar (which at that is less cumbersome than German or French grammar) and its enormous range in synonyms it undoubtedly is. But with a ing and writing familiarity with its fundamentals is not necessarily a If evidenee were needed to prove it, one S. Dabinsky, a Polish immigrant, can offer Mr. Dab- insky has been in this country onc year. When he arrived he knew no English. The National Society of Colonial Dames has just awarded him its annual bronze medal for the best patriotic essay. If a Polish immigrant can learn our language well enough in a year to win a prize, it is obvious that English cannot be considered to pre- sent insuperable difficulties for the average foreign student. TEXAS IS AROUSED BY RUMORED RACE RIOTS Two Negroes Are Killed By Officers Ambushed After Arresting Negro Teague, Texas, June 3—Freestone county, scene of the recent quad- ruple lynchings of negros quiet today after a wild n rumored race wars and mobi of hundreds of whites which resulted from a negro up ng which was found not to e State rangers patrolled the stre of the city to- day and all roads leading to Kirvin and” Simsboro. Reports of serious trouble started late yester when officers who had gone to arrest Henry Gibson, 19- year-old negro, were ambushed in Simsboro by three negroes and two of the negroes were killed in a gun battle. Immediately after the gun battle, rumors of the uprising swept several counties and roads were crowded with hundreds of heavily armed whites in automobiles. The whi army was estimated at 1,600, Har in the surrounding towns ieged as the whites armed In several places county highways experienced traf ams as hundreds of cars blocked the roads en route to the scene of the shooting. The trouble arose when Depuly Sheriff John P. King and Walter Yearly, ya citizen; went to armest Gibson. King declared Gibson was wanted in connection with a thre: to kill another negro and not in con- nection with the murder of Lula Au aley for which four negroes w recently lynched Gibson was @ rested and the party had s ried for Kirvin, about five miles from Simsboro. As they passed a house, shots p er over the offic heads, Ye: s dropped nid. The offic ground and two negroes broke from the house. Thre off shot and killed them as they ran. A white man who passed that way after he had scen the officers take wibson, ed the two dead negrocs in d and spread the alarm that they had either been killed or cap- tured by negroes. The report spread like wild-fire through the three counti JUVENILE BAND GIVES PUBLIC CONCERT SUNDAY A public concert is to be given Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Dia- mond Point Park by the Bemidji Juvenile band, in conncction with the formal opening of this popular sum- mer playground. Director G. 0. Riggs announces an exceptionally fine concert and there is every indi- cation that the formal opening will be well attended, provided the weath- er is favorable. Director Riggs states that every member of the band is expected to be present. The concert will be over at 3:30. A number of motor hoats are making special trips to Diamond point tomorrow for henefit of those who desire to atiend the formal opening. the ! SHOWS STEADY INCREASE Steady Expansion of Building and Industry Generally Is Stimulating Sales The lumber business continues to be stimulated by the steady expan- sion in building and industry gen- erally. The volume of orders is heavy, mills accepting orders for a good deal more lumber than they are producing. In fact, for the first 20 duction by 13 per cent; while for the last week orders exceceded produc- tion by 26 per cent. Stocks in man- ufacturers’ hands have been material- ly reduced. A number of manu- facturers are out of the market tem- porarily and are concentrating their efforts upon making shipments so that they may re-enter the market as soon as possible. Production has been increasing, that for softwoods, but the total vol- in board feet: Production, 3,819, 74; Shipments, Orders, 4,321,274,304. There to the result of the freight rate de- creases ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission, The reduc- tions are from peak rates and not from current rates. Study indicates that, as there have already been some reductions in lumber {freight rates, the additional reductions in these rates will be very small, MASONS WILL VOTE ON NEW HOME WEDNESDAY Final plans for a Masonic home in Bemidji will be acted upon at the meeting of the A. . & A. M. to be held next Wednesday evening at the Masonic hall. Members will vote at that time on the future home and on the type of building to be adopt- This will be the last business and it is ed. meeting of the summer very ne ry that every member of the Bemidji lodge living in this juris- diction be present. Beginning at b o’clock Wednesday afternoon, third degree work will be put on. At 8 o'clock the business IFollowing this, Il be completed. Lo take the de- session will be held. the degree work There is a large el gree work, and it is urged that mem- hers be present at the appointed hours so that there may be no delay in the work. After the close of the degree work, lunch will be served in the hall. COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE €0. BEING READJUSTED New York, June 3.—“Six months’ work on the part of the creditors of the Columbia Graphophone company has culminated in a satisfactory ar- rangement whereby the indebtedness of the company, both prineipal and interest, at the discretion of a re- adjustment committee, is postponed for a period of three years, leaving the company free from embarrass- ment through individual actions and in position to proceed aggr vely with its new policies of production and dealer co-operation,” says H. L. Willson, president of the company, in his first public statement since the readjustment plan was effected. “The Columbia company is not and never has been in the hands of a re- ceiver. A petition for such action was filed by small holders of stock but the plea was dismissed promptly. The agreement of a majority of note holders against the company to defer payments both on interest and prin- cipal from April 1, 1922, to August 1, 1925, after deducting an amount not in exc of aggregate bank de- posits on & ptember 15, 1921, is healthy indication of the faith they have in the carning capacity of the Columbia company under normal conditions. This plan could h been blocked by objections from 2 ¢ of the note holders, but not ume is increasing and that division of | General the lumber market is firm. Softwood | Tuesday morning, June 20, prices have been advanced quite gen-{afternoon there v;'ill e I;ln crally due to the steady pressure of [ the national board of disssbora heavy demand, according to the|g o'clock that e ors, American Lumberman. For the first|a meeti 3 twenty weeks of 1922, the National gee, ;::fl:;e::;ofi:e::::mi of 8 Lumber Manufacturers’ As-ociation|trict of Columbia and Alllk:f e reports the following vital statisties| 4t the same hour the cominittoe ':;. IFEDERA WOMEN Ten-Day Session of GNQH ral Federation of Clubs to ;;d Convene June 20 _.rli Y weeks of 1022, ordors exceeded pro-| MANY DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS ON PROGRAM Mrs, Thomas G. Winter, Hékd of Federation, Will Preside at Various Sessions [ (By United Press) Chautauqua, New York, June 8.— Between 10,000 and 15,000 wam- but the increase from mow on will[en from every state in the Union are be slower, as most big mills are run-|expected to gather there for ning and many of them are operat- ennial convention of the Geni ing night as well as day shifts. De-|Federation of Women’s Clubs, J mand for hardwoods is not so keen as|20-30. ks The executive committes of Federation will vening there will the has in charge the purchase and fur- 3,907,573,932; ] nighings of the $100,000 home in Washington, D. C., to be used for an- considerable confusion as| ¢jonal headquarters, will meet. , 3 On Wednesday, June 21, the board of directors will hold a joint meat. ing with state presidents and tional department and division chi men will meet jointly in conference with state chairmen. The national council of the eration will be in session 'Wedne: afternoon, June 21, with Mrs. T as G. Winter, president of the .G;l- eral cherution. presiding, The standardizing of state ¢ tutions, the building of juniop. | bership, the relation of the General Federation to other organizatioks and the advisability of forming lii- islative unions will be topick dls- cussed. ¥ The convention will be formallg opened Wednesday evening at tRé Amphitheatre, with Mrs. Winter Mrs. George Thacher Guerhsé, chairman of the local biennial board, presiding. Addresses of welcom will be made by Mrs. Guernsey, M Percy V. Pennybacker, president the Chautauqua Woman’s Clab official hostess to the convemtidf, and by Arthur E. Bestor, presideit of Chautauqua Institution, The report of the national pral- dent, Mrs. Winter, and of bther -ofti- cers, wil be given Thursday, Jume 22, That evening the Guild Players “l Pittsburgh will stage Molier’s mi§- terpiece, “Don Juan.” . Friday morning will be largely dé- voted to a discussion of internatd relations, participated in by wom from eight countries. g In the afternoon there will be fosr conferences, press and publicity, ar conservation of natural resolrcéh and education. Mrs. Read, chajrméh of press, will preside at the press cof ference which will be participated:f by noted magazine editors, repre| tative of the press associations, state federation press chairmen. . . Saturday, June 24, will be lfl"i devoted to a discussion of In American citizenship under q manship of Mrs, Pennybacker. Sn“— ers will include Hamilton E. Mae- Arthur of Glen Ridge, N. J., who will discuss “The Junior City”; Natiousl Commander Hanford MacNider, who will talk on “The America: (Continued on Page Six J 3 DUNWOODY INSTITUTE OFF, OPPORTUNITIES, \l-“oi( BAl an endowed institution, training to young men al the baking and milling ind Those from outside charged tuition. Under theé fi;&:‘ 4 the founder, it is free to 'residents &f ta the state. Ambitious youpg | from any place in the state of™) nesota thus have a chance to get! of charge instruction for spééi) training in bread making, in“_Mt woods. work, and in baking and’ill- per cen 3 per cent objected.” ing chemistry. L e %_ b