Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 12, 1922, Page 1

AR The Pioneer.is the onl: d.u within 100-miles of ‘Bemidji has " the'” Nnrthern lflnnuou Targest ~cirttlation * m 8 h.._r WEATHER Minnesota — Partly cloudy to- r;:ght and Tuesday; warmer Tués. day. £ A. F. of L. Attacks Those Hostile to.Unions DISAPPROVES DECISION Council Announces lntenhcn to Fight Several Members | of Present Congress' ' | (By United . Press) Cincinnatti, Ohio, June 12—Blttet attacks on the present Cohgress and the forces hostile to union labor were outstanding in the Report of the American Federation of - Labor; submitted to the convention of the federation shortly after it opened here today. The council, declafrmg that| tha federation during the last year had successfully withstood many attacks against union labor, récommended a most aggressive policy for the fut- ure, Other main recommendations, pur- porting to reflect the views of the were: Strong opposition to the sales tax, the ship subsidy, anti-strike laws, all forms of political censorship of mov- ing pictures and anti-pickéting leg- islation. Approval of restriction of immi- gration, food relief to Russia, more federal aid for good roads, blue sky legislation, larger funds for the ‘federal employment service and the ~bill authorizing: co-operatwe market- ing associations. Denunciation dustrial Court. Child Labor Laws Strong disapproval of the Sup- , reme Court decision knocking out the child labor decision and other decrees of restricting picketing during la- bor ‘strikes, as well as a general denunciation of court injunctions in industrial disputes. Denunciation of the Judge Ander- son and Judge McClintic injunctions against coal miners. £ Disapproval of President Harding’s proposal for a national labor board which, it was claimed, would reg- ulate the unions. Disapproval of several decisions of the Railroad Labor Board and vir- tually "asking for ite elimination. Sharp attacks on the Esch-Cum- mins Railroad Law. Establishment of a Railroad La- bor Policy Board to arrange ‘for (Continued on Page Six ) MILLER MURDER CASE UP AGAIN TOMORROW THe second trial of Robert. Miller on the charge of murdering Archie Fenton at Carp, south of Baudette, will open at Brainerd tomorrow. A change of venue was recently secured from Beltrami county, Miller was convicted a year “ago last February in connection with Fenton’s death and was senteced to life imprison- ment. After beginning his sentence a new trial was denied by Judge C. W. Stanton of this city and then appeal was made to supreme court and the decision of Judge Stanton was reversed; giving 'Miller the right of a second trial.: ‘Request was,then made for a change of venue, Middleton ,&.. Middleton of Bau- dette will agajp, have charge of the defense. . Many "from the morth end of the state will attend as witnesses. Graham M, Torrance, county attor-’ ney for Beltrami county, will again represent the state, he having left’ today for Brainerd. The trial is expected to last at least a week. Miller has been out on bonds for some time and has been visiting rel- atives near Fergus Falls and at the same time recuperating his health which has been poorly since his con- finement in Stillwater state prison. £ the Kansas In- Halifax, N. S.—A traveling dental clinic will be instituted by the Nova Scotia division of the Red Cross, to operate ;among the school in the rural districts. e A= 1 e 2 e e children | cyélists appatenfiy could not get Report of Executive Council of :Jcaught at the home plate and the : [1ocal boys claim that one of these was REGARDING CHILD LABOR i i| double play, Heimers to Simons, in ! | catching his man -at the plate, were :|Krause struck out four in four in- ! | nigs and Hanson, Becida moundsman, ‘Trog, Ne-Hanson and Kehr perform- _!cbred two runs in,the third, three organized. workers of the country|: ¢ 'fle ‘Hnrley Dmdson‘bnseball team ‘of Bemidji journéyed to* ‘Bédida Sun- "vhere tl[ey ‘grossed bats with £ m. ‘The' motor~ used to picking the ball out of the grass which covered the infield and as ‘a result they took the short end of a9 to 7 score. The Bemidji boys ‘claim that the score was 8 to 7, which was the tally recorded by the Bemidji scorekeeper. In the fourth inning, two Becida players were counted by the Becida team, 'A the first” inning” and Olson’s long ‘peg to home-in the fourth' inning; the the main features of game, seven in nin The Ben line-up included Tom and Dick" Simons, Smith, Heimers; Wiltse, Krause, Peterson, Olson, and Stahl. gan, Rude, 0., Hanson, Landgren, ‘ed for Becida. The Bemidji team in' the sixth, one in the eighth-and one in the rinth, while Becida scored two in the first, four in the fourth, and three in the seventh : F. Petrie, Pauter, Hau- |’ JS CROSSINGS ) BE mmmm President Symplflny With Cunpllzn Now Instituted- ' Washington, June 12.—(Capital News Service) —The Interstate Com- merce Commission compiles statistics of accidents involving loss of life or injury in which railroads are in- volved. According to these figures, last year 1,072 persons were killed and 4,818 persons injured in acci- dents at grade crossings, Most of these were automobile accidents, As a result, a campaign, having as its slogan “Cross Crossings Cautious- ly,” is being instituted by the Ameri- can Railroad association, which will endeavor to impress upon all who use th ‘d which passes over a rail- ro\:%% “, both in this country and f the need of stopping, ‘tening and of letting first. * President Hard- mplete scope the train %, Of thisc @ ing has said: of -such an effu ‘d mean the saving of thousan. « iives, the pre- vention of many more thousands of injuries and incidentally the preven- tion of a great property loss. “Of course, the idea! solution is elimination of grade crossings, to HORSE RACES AYTRACT LARGE CROWD SUNDAY Even Better Feature Program Arranged for Next Sunday; Two - Lone-Pacers Horse races, preliminary to bigger events at the “Northern™ Minnesota Fair to be held here August 15 to 19, pleaséd an exceptionally large crowd, ai the local -fair“/gounds™ Sunday, ‘afterfoon, preceeding the ball game between Cass Lake and the Bemidji clty team. The rdciiig' eventd started at about 2 oclock and desplte fre- quent delays ‘were well “enjoyed. “Topsy J.”, the lonc' pacer, proved a-real feature of the events. De- Spite the coolness of the day, the spacious 'grand stand was well filled and those in attendance remaineg until ‘the races were completely over, the majority remaining for the entire, ball game also. ' The 2:20 pacing event was ‘won by Gentry Herst, while the running. event went to the Hackensack entry in two straight ~heats. The 2:20 trot was also well enjoyed. The Bemidji Adult bard furnished a musical program throughout the afternoon. Plans have already been made for an even better racing card for next Sunday -afternoon, to begin at 2 o’clock and to be intermingled with a number of other feature events. Two lone pacers from the local stables will perform in a full mile event without driver or guidance of any kind except a running horse as a starter. pete for homors. - The Hackensack horse will again be seen -in'‘action against a runner from the Bemidji stables. There will alsq be a running race with a number of local ‘Ponies entered. Those horses/of ' the local stables | which were not seen’'Sunday will be entered next Sunday. A free-for-all pace will bring out: a large number of entries, while a mixed trot and pace will give a var- | iety of entertainment, Al Vietor, This event promises to be | | good, since the Tone pacers will com- || which all possible energy and means should be unceasingly directed. But the extent of our couniry and its railroad mileage make apparent that not for many years of utmost effort could this be effected. “There should be constant’ pres- sure for elimination of the danger spots, particularly in the more popu- lous areas, pending which there is need for just the kind of prevenia- tive effort that your ass)cumon ls nning. “Among these measures the most effeétive would seem to be to arouse in"'thé minds of drivers a sense of their personal responsibilities. When thoughtlessness is allowed 'to usurp the place ‘of vigilance, as too often happens, the scene is set for trage- dy.*" Reminders and still more re- fninders of the need for caution at railway crossings®are needed.” ROBERT WRIGHT PASSES ", “AFTER LONG ILLNESS Robert ‘Wright, 36 years of age, passed away at 1 o’clock this morn- ing at the home of his brother, Ar- thur Wright, corner of Fifth street and Irvine avenue, where he has ‘made 'his home for the past three yedrs, He had been ill for the past six weeks. ‘He leaves to mourn his loss a mother and brother living at Little Falls, a sister, Mts. C. W. Temple in Moosejaw Canada, and his ‘brother in Bemidji. The body will be shipped to' Little Falls to- morrow for burial, H. N. McKee, funeral director has charge of the arrangements. with ‘a trial récord of 2:07%, and|.} King’s Heir, with a trial of 2:13%, will be seen in action next Sunday. | These will be in addmon "to the pac ers already 'seen. " In'betieen the various heats of the' horse racing program, a number of entettainment features staged in front of ‘the grand stand. Included.ih these is a wrestling match |/ between“'two Bemidji ladies. L. C. Curtis will”'take on ‘all ‘comers, and |: there will' be "a number of boxing matches” between' local entries. Altogether “a ‘fine program is as- || sured and indications are that the, events will be well attended. FERSEL S The Royal-Arch chapter will meet |, at 8-0’clock this' évening in the Ma- | sonic hall and will put on work in}i the Royal Arch-degree. This will probably be the last degree work of the season and it is especially desir- er thnc there be a’large attendance. are to be|. mmm DAKOTA REPORTED FINE Prospects in Northwestern Part of Minnesota Also Covered in Thorough Survey “TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE,” SAYS ST. PAUL BANKER North Dakota Is Expected to r Liquidate Debts This Fall If Crop Comes Through (By United Pross) St. Paul, June 12—North Dakota is coming back. If the crops come through, North Dakota will be well on the way to full liquidation this fall. i Crop prospects in Northwestern Minnesota as well as thosg in North Dakota were brought back today by J. W. Wheeler, president of the Capitol Trust and Savings bank, who ended a 2,200 mile tour of North Dakota and the Red River Valley counties of Minnesota, “My impression of North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota is very favorable,” Mir. Wheeler told the United Press. “There is a full- sized acreage, in fact in some sections of North Dakota I think they should have summer-followed more. We saw thousands of new pieces in crops and a very small percentage of idle ground. The crops are looking too good to be true. The damage is yet (Continued on Page 3) DR. BAKKE OF WARREN HEADS DENTAL SOCIETY Dr. F. C. Bakke of Warren was elected president of the Ninth Dis- trict Dental society in annual meeting here Friday and Saturday of last week, the business meeting being held Saturday forenoon. Dr. F, I. Rog- stad of Detroit was elected vice-pres- ident and Dr. Paul Hagen of Crook- ston was re-elected secretary and treasurer. Dr. Bakke succeeds Dr. G. M. Palmer of this city as the head of the society. Dr, W. G. Courtney of East Grand Forks was elected delegate to the state executive council from this dis- trict. A most successful meeting is report- ed by the dentists attending and all were well satisfied that this was the enjoyed. The visiting delegates were well pleased with Bemidji and the entertainment afforded them while here. | BEMIDJI mcn MAY P!.AY PECT Cannon Falls and’ Bemld_n Now Being Lln d U r State Title Gnme dpy Bemidji high school will undoubt- edly figure again in the state cham- pionship circles, this time in base- ball, Recognized for the 1920 foot- ball' team which defeated Faribault at Northrop l:ield for the state title, athletic circles in the southern part of the state have also recognized Be- midji’s claim”to the baseball cham- pionship of the northern part of the state. As a result, a game between Can- non Falls high school and the Be- midji nine is now being arranged and may be played next Monday at St. Cloud. Cannon Falls and Madelia lay claim to the title for the south- ern part of the state, but so far Ma- delia has failed to meet Cannon Falls. In any event, all members of the Bemidji high school baseball team are urged to be out for practice this evening at 6:30 at the fair grounds. There is little doubt but that a cham- pionship game will be arranged, and if such is the case, Bemidji is given a fine opportunity to cop off the state title. This school, although in its first year of baseball, has a team which promises to ‘“cut the mustard” and “bring home the, bacon.” In any everit, Cannon Falls will know it has been in a real game, if this cham- pionship contest is arranged. Word has been received from Lew- is Doebler, coach of the Cannon Falls team, that he accepts the challenge recently issued by Bemidji through the Minneapolis Tribune, and that the challengp will be accepted offi- cially as soon as Supt. Bieto returns to Cannon Falls. Further word from that city is eXpected within the next d)ly or_ two and possibly sooner, SHEVLIN ELEVATOR IN RUINS AFTER EARLY SATURDAY FIRE The O. E. Peterson elevator at Shevlin was completely destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. It was first discovered about 3 a. m. and had gained such headway that prac- tically nothing was saved. The build- ing and machinery were partly cov- ered by insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown. {LOCAL FIRMS SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS ON NEVIS SCHOOL The Bemidji Sanitary Engincering Company and the Naylor Electric company of this city were the suc- cessful bidders for their respective lines of contract work on the new best meeting the district has everi op, ) bujlding to be erected at Nevis Minn, The school will be a $30,000 building, modern, and a splendid ad- dition to that village. | MRS. MARY B. KELLOGG PASSED AWAY SATURDAY Mary B. Kellogg, 78 ycars'of ngo: passed away at the home . of her grandson, Joseph Pogye, 507 Missis- sippi avenue, Saturday afternoon at 4:30 after an illness of a week with pneumonia. Funeral services are to be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Pogue home, with Rev. L. P. Warford of the Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be made in Greenwood cemetery under the di- rection of H. N. McKee, funeral di- rector. Mary B, Cornwell was born in Rochester, N. Y., October 12, 1844. On February 27, 1863, she was unit- ed in marriage to Edwin F. Kellogg at Bast Randolph, N. Y. They moved to Minnesota in 1880 and to Bemidji in 1899. Mr. Kellogg passed away on April 11, 1909. The deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. F. Pogue, and four grandsons, Frank and James, of Hib- bing, and Joseph and John, of this city, and six great grandchildren. Two brothers, Lewis R. Cornwell of Laton, Calif., and Joseph W. Corn- well of Riverside, Calif., also sur- vive. Mrs. Kellogg is well known in Bemidji and has a host of friends here who mourn her death. Frank and James Pogue of Hibbing, and their families, are now in Bemidji to attend the funeral tomorrow. LOCALS AGAIN DEFEAT CASS LAKE CITY TEAM Large Crowd Witnesses Game at Fair Grounds Sunday; Final Score 6 to 3 A regular “Fourth of July” crowd turned out Sunday to witness the horse races at the fair grounds, and the ball game between Cass Lake and the fast Bemidji city team. About one-half of the assemblage were from nearby towns, Cass Lake send- ing over all of her population that was not nceded there to wateh the town and attend to the babies who were too young to come. Although the Cass Lakers got a three-run lead in the second inning (which was all they were able to muster in the game), they did not discourage the Bemidji boys who managed to count up six tallies before the last man was out. Bloomquist and Oman did the battery work for Cass Lake while Camp and Gardner performed for Bemidji. The box tells the story, Gardner, who was imported from Puposky, did stellar work be- hind the bat for Bemidji, and pleased the fans as well as the management with his work. Bill Berrigan score and TFrank Phibbs were both out of the game, with in- jured hands. The third inning was the downfall of the Cass Lakers when Camp hit, E. Bailey walked, Fred Phibbs hit, Melhouse also registered a hit and Achenbach lifted one to the left fielder who dropped the ball, scoring Camp. E. Bailey and Mel- house scored when Pete Johnson knocked one for the longest hit of the game, but he only gets credit for a single because of a protest for cutting sccond in cireling to third. The protest was allowed by the Cass Lake umpire and Johnson was tagged out at sccond. Lappen distinguished himself with three errors, the most he has made in two scasons, : Bemidjl team goces to Interna- 1lls next Sunday to try to win laurels there, and the team is expected to be out every night this week for practice. It is evident from the crowd that turned out yesterday that Bemidji wants to have a ball ¢lub in the field. They may have attended to sce the (Continuea on Page 6) EARLY M;RNING FIRES DESTROY CITY. PROPERTY The fire department was called to two fires in the last two carly morn- ings, each occurings about 3 a. m. Sunday morning a barn and garage, property of J. W. Wilcox, Twelfth and Norton, were burned to the ground, and this morning a residencc story and half house, at the end of Tenth street west, was completely royed. Neither of the propert’cs oceup! time ur tkc fircu P ED " ® Trees Torn Up From Gronnd and Hurled Throulh Anr; Signs Blown Down = ;i FERRIS WHEEL HURLED THROUGH AIR TO BEACH Passengers Are ’l'llrnwl‘l Qut and Their Bodies Crushed Beyond Recogmhon ! (By United Press) New York, June 12—Nearly 50 persons are dead today, according to estimates, in the wake of the first cyelone in the history of New York. The cyclone struck late yesterday. The list of injured is estimated at approximately 100, ' The heaviest toll was taken at City Island Resort where a gale accompanied by sheets of rain, barsts of hail and lightning caused casual- ties estimated as high as 380 "dead. ( Island appeared toddy war wrecked, The storm assumed the fury and character of a tornado as it swept up the Sound. The low-hanging clouds that touched the water drift- ed along 90 miles an hour and leveled cverything in their path. "A''glass- cabin yacht was struck by the blast and went down into the water ‘and never re-appeared. New York pleasure beaches have been free from the peril of cyclones, Yut yesterday’s brief storm, howéver, had all the characteristics of a4 prai- rie tornado. It cut a swath up the bay. Pleasure yacths one-half mile from its path rode the rough water. On land the tornado assumed a ter- rifying proportion. ' Trees were torn up from the earth and hurled through the air. Huge advertising signs in New York, towering “over the city skyserapers, were slapped down as if by an invisible hand. Trees every- where bowed before the storm spredd- ing little branches on the zrnh‘nd. New York proper had a toll of 8ix killed and twenty-one injured when winds tore a ferris wheel from its base und carried it through the air to the beach. The passengers were hurled into the air and' their bodies crushed beyond recognition., i The gale swept into the amusement resort without indication of the ap- proaching storm other than a low- hanging, seemingly harmless dark cloud, : ? (By United Press) Columbus, Ohio, June 12—With three known dead and more than twenty injured, rescue parties todny searched the waters of Buckeye Lake near here for more victims of the tornado which swept the ‘resort Tast night., Five of the hundreds of nmah pleasure crafts, which dotted the lake when the storm broke, were still missing. : H i mwmm? TO MINNESOTA FAIR As a result of the bread baking contest held recently’ atBeniid}i, Ruth Essler of Bemidji won first in Class “A,” and Julietta Martin of Nymore won in Class “B.” Both are entitled to free trips to the mte lmr this fall. Class “B” denionstration team. consisting of Mamie Boyer, Leona Aehenbach and Julietta Martin madé a very credible showing in’the dif- triet, getting second place wnh lefl’s than one point behind the wmnmg team from Eldred, Minn. The dis- triet consists of the northwest’ coun- tics of the state. This team will demonstrate at the Northern Min- nesota fair in August. Bernice Kirk won first honors in the district in the individual cake demonstration. A large number ol girls competed in this class.” Bemlce has won the same honor once betore. d by tenants at thc|She is making a strong bid for the champion state baker this year, g { | x i |