Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 14, 1922, Page 1

: seven boys The Pioneer is the has the largest ' Northern Minzesota. daily only within_ 100 miles: qg'd:cnddfl and ulation 1 — L BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER MINNESCT2 RISTORIC A 9QCIETY Minnesota — Increasing ciondi- i ness; possibly showers Thursday, . and in west tonight; warmer west tonight. VOLUME. XX. NO, 48 BEMIDJI, MINN,, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1922 ate LOGOFBAC IS WELL KEPT Record of Annual Camp and / Outing Shows Why Boys Had a Fine Time “CAMP BY THE SPRING” MAKES BEAU BRUMMELS/2"d dinner parties to be given at the Baseball, Swimming, Tug-of- War and Other Sports En- - joyed; Eats Are Feature Bright and early Monday morni —to be exact June 5, 1922—twent]. husky members of the B. A. C. Clul met on the corner by the Presbyterian church with packs and kits of all descriptions to load up for the an- nual weeks outing trip. Trucks kept coming and unloading provis- ions until it looked like all the stores of Bemidji had been sold out for the special benefit of the boys; and the boys were there to see the eats pile up, and to speculate on just how they were going to taste, C. W. . Vandersluis, with his big truck, fin- ally came and all the camp outfits and provisions were loaded; and with Wy top of the load to \lcnd ballast, they started off for & Itasca Park camping grounds. Auto- mobiles loaded with boys followed, and all the encampment arfived at the annual camping spot at 10 o’clock, where under the supervision of H. A. Pflughoeft, Louis Neumann, D. S. Mitchell, Mr. Vandersluis and Rev. L. P. Warford, camp was set up. It was a difficult and strenuous task ‘which occupied the bunch until noon; but by that time all obstacles were overcome, and a nice row of tents were visible .on the high bank of Lake Itasca overlookihg the source of the Mississippi as it issues forth from the lake. 5 1o The first day was surely a real day in the history of camping., The camp cook, Louis Neumann, certainly. lived up to expectations, and manag- ed to fill 20 bottomless pits. After dinner all hands went down to the “0ld Swimming Hole” and mingled th the turtles and the frogs. Lat- er in the afternoon a great champion- ship baseball game took place be- tween the Swell Fronts and the Back Alley gang. Louis Neumann, Mr. Pfleughoeft, Merton Denley, Francis Rhea, John Smith and Winthrop Batchelder starred. The game was finally won by the Back Alley gang. The umpires were D. S. Mitchell and Rev. Warford, and it certainly taxed both umpires to keep the bunch straight. Supper came at last. ~ The wood choppers were set to work get- ting the fires ready, and the K, P’s were set to work under the direction of Louis Neumann. Soon the odor of bacon and eggs, fried potatoes and coffee filled the air and asted up- on the ever-growing appetites. Af- ter supper the beds were arranged and the smudges built, and . the watches set for the night. In addi- tion to patrol duty the watches were instructed to keep the camp-fires going all night, and to particularly watch the provisions so as to insure against the invasion of the many lit- tle wild annimals which infested the district, and seemed particularly hun- gry. The night proved a wonderful- 1y restful and quiet one for the first night. The watches, Angus Vander- sluis -10-12, John Bowers 12-2, Charles Funk 2-4, and Barney Hak- kerup 4-6, were to be highly com- mended. Tuesday awoke :bright and early. Everything ran smooth under the (Continued on page 6) ST. CLOUD BOY KILLS FATHER; LEADS SEARCH (By United Press) St, Cloud, ‘Minn., June 14—Jacob Stellar, 17, -led -authorities to the cellar grave where he had buried the body of his father, and confessed to the killing, according to the county attorney here today. Thomas Stellar, the father, dis- appeared Sunday. The son led searching parties. Neighbors told of trouble between the father and son and the lad was questioned. He fi- nally admitted to the shooting, first claiming it was accidental. The boy was held without charge pending in- vestigation by a coroner’s jury to- day. The elder Stellar was buried at Holding Ford following an autopsy. ; largely attended, ‘n the opening night, a banquet b g’ii'en each week at Birchmont, other on Friday evening. to these it is expected and planned that there will be a number of pri- vate dancing parties on other even- ings. Afternoon teas and evening dinner parties are encouraged by the management and Bemidji Ladies are especially invited to do their enter- taining at this popular place. hotel at Walker last week was attend- ed by over 200 guests and consider- ing the difference in the size of Bemidji and Walker the opening of the Bemidji summer hotel is likely and expected to attract a ml,\ch larger attendance. opening will also have an opportunity to see the improvements which have been made since the closing of the hotel last fall. ' MOOSE LODGE PLANS OPENING OF BIRCHMONT STARTS SOCIAL SEASON Given Big Boost-at Open- ing Next Week With the opening of Birchmont summer hotel, on the north shore of Lake Bemidji, Tuesday, June 20, Be- midji's summer social activities will be in full swing. A number of Be- midji hostesses have already made plans for a series of afternoon teas hotel throughout the summer and in- dications are that the opening of this ggpnlar summer resort will in itself u be served at 6:30 o’clock, to be %ved by a dancing party at 9 Tickets will soon be on sale plate, including.the dance. an’s five-piece orchestra will %e music for this occasion + for the other dances to Birchmont this summer. aing July 1, two dances will one on Tuesday evening and, the In addition The opening of the New Chase Those who attend the NUMBER OF FEATURES * An unexpected feature of the post- poned regular meeting of the Loy- 2l Order of Moose Tuesday evening was the initiation of a class of ac- cepted candidates from Blackduck. Balloting on two nominees to fill the vacant office of prelate resulted in a tie vote and a second ballot was necessary. On the second ballot, W. Hannah was elected over Gunner Olson by one vote, and will be in~ ducted into this office at the next meeting. Martin Dunn reported concer- ning, the bazaar committee of which he is chairman. be held the last week of July. One feature of the entertainment will be a bolo contest for which R. E. Miller has been appointed chairman. The bazaar is to Director H. Z. Mitchell appointed Vice-Dictator Frank Annis general chairman of the committee to ar- range for the annual picnic to be held on the second or third Sunday of July, further details to be an- nounced at the next regular meeting next Tuesday night, at which time refreshments will be served for a small fee as an added attraction. STOLEN LIBERTY BONDS TRACED TO TWIN CITIES (By United Press) St. Paul, June 14—Nearly $1,000’ 000 worth of liberty bonds and other securities stolen in New York, Chi- cago and Philadelphia have been traced to the Twin Cities, postoffice inspectors told the United Press to- day. Probably $750,000 of these bonds have been sold either through unsuspecting bank clerks or accomp- lices of the bank thieves. Warrants have been issued. for 26 men, including bank clerks and bond salesmen in St. Paul, and only two had been arrested at an early hour today. The four “big men” sought in connection with the bond theft had disappeared when federal agents or- dered the roundup early today. According to J. W. Marles, post- office inspector in charge of this dis- trict, investigations during the last three weeks revealed that a number of bank clerks were co-operating in the scheme to dispose of the stolen bonds here. Bankers and trust com- panies, as well as bond brokers, are caid to have been victimized by the flood of stolen securitics. Scores of small and large depositors in the bank are believed to have purchased bonds at reduced prices. “O’er the Land of e Free and the ‘Home of the Brave”’ NEW BIRCHMONT SUMMER HOTEL ISNOW READY FOR GRAND OPENING OF SEASON NEXT TUESDAY Improvements Have Been Made Thruout Entire Sys- tem Since Last Fall SEVERAL NEW FEATURES ‘ARE ADDED THIS YEAR Popular Resort Now Capable of Caring for 200 Guests; Fine Season Assured Bemidji’s popular summer resort, Birchmont is rapidly being put into shape for the opening of the guest season. Although the entire struc- ture was. erected last year, opened to the public on July 4, and operated E. | for the short months with a capacity attendance, the management desires to keep the hotel, and the cottages which are operated in connection with the hotel, in first class shape at all times and consequently much addi- tional work has been done this spring. Guests will begin to arrive June 15 although the opening has been set for Tuesday, June 20, with a dinner and dance to which the public is invited. The erection of eight new cottages this spring has increas- ed the capacity of the hotel to 200 guests. Last year 165 guests was the limit of the hotel and cottage accommodations and this number was reached on several occasions. Reservations are coming in daily and this season promises to be one of unusual activity. Many of last season‘s guests are returning, a num- ber of them for the entire season. Indications are that the hotel and cottages will be filled to capacity throughout the entire scason. The Bemidji-Birchmont Hotel Co., owners of the Birchmont system, now has in operation 17 cottages in connection with the jhotel. Every cottage is equipped with electric lights, hot and cold running water, tub bath, toilet facilities, in addition to screen- ed sleeping porches, The larger cot- ROAD CONDITIONS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION The highway committee. of the Be- midji Civie and Commerce associa- tion is mow endeavoring to secure a suitable highway connection with towns south of Bemidji. A meeting was held by the committee Monday evening and the road conditions dis- cussed openly, with the result that action of some kind is to be taken to insure better roads leading to Bemidji from the south. Today the committee planned a tour along the road out of Bemidji to the south to see what steps can be ‘taken to connect up with the Scenic highway four miles south of Cass Lake. At the present time the route from Park Rapids to Be- midji is said to be in bad condition, the same being true of a number of other roads to the south of Bemidji. tages have a fireplace and a shower bath in addition to the equipment of the smaller cottages. The hotel proper has been newly decorated this spring and now pre- sents an even better appearance than last season. Ventilating doors have been added to all of the sleeping rooms, these doors to prdvide ade- quate ventilation during the night. New furniture has been added to the office and lobby equipment as well as to the bedroom equipment. The new cottages have all been sup- plied with new furniture and the older cottages have been touched up with a number of new articles of furniture. The entire grounds surrounding the hotel have been graded, re-secd- ed, and decorated with shrubbery and flower beds. A lattice fence has been ecrected, seperating the main grounds from the yard and buildings at’the north end of the hotel proper. Four new artesian wells have been added this spring, making a total of six flowing wells of a depth of 76 feet. These wells supply the ho- tel and cottages with an adcquate volume. A complete spraying sys- tem consisting of nine sprayers has been installed and this system sup- plies the grounds with lake water whenever needed. The artesian well water is far too cold to insure pro- per vegetation on the grounds and for that reason a pumping system has been connected up with lake wat- er. A feature attraction which prom- ises to provide plenty of cniertain- ment for both young and old has now been ordered and will b up as soon as it is received, This con- sists of a water toboggan slide with 12 toboggans, cach toboggan equip- ped with rubber tired wheels. These four-foot toboggans will shoot down a 60 foot incline from a 16 foot tower. The slide will be so erccted that persons on the beach may en- joy watching those using the slide. No other summer resort in this sec- tion of the state is equipped with one of these and it is expected that it will prove very popular with persons of all ages. Golf, tennis and croguet grounds are also available for the guests of the hotel. Boats and s.addh.- horses can also be secured, thereby offering a variety of cntertainm.ent. Guests are also assured excellent cuisine. The management has been very fortunate in uring the ser- vices of William Gilliam, for scver- al years chef at the Rogers Cafe and the Lafayette Club, Minneapolis. Mr. Gilliam is considered one of the foremost chefs in the morthwest and Birchmont patrons are assured excellent service. Miss Maric Mercier, who served capably last year as head waitress, will again have charge of the dining room and will be asisted by a corps of competent waitresses. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Byer, who so satisfactorily managed the hotel last ceason will again’ have charge of the management. Both Mr. nd Mrs. By- er have had unlimited experience in their line and patrons will welcome their return. Mrs. E. B. Fuller of Fond du Lac, Wis., sister of Mrs, Byer, will have charge of the bookkeeping. In adding to the cquipment of the hotel this scason the kitchen has not been overlooked. A steam cooker, which prepares vegetables for serv- ing in onc minute’s time, has been installed. The kitchen contains the latest and most modern equipment found in any firstclass hostelry.. Just to demonstrate the possibilities of the equipment, a peck of potatoes can be pecled in the electric pecler, washed in the same machine, and cooked in the steam cooker in one minute and a half. The Birchmont system is owned and controlled by 162 local stock- holder all of whom take active part in its progress and weiffare. All in its progress and welfare. All plete and its popularity is rapidly in~ creasing. With favorable weather, this season promises to be the best ever enjoyed by the Bemidji institu- tion. SPEEDING ON BIRCHMONT ROAD DRAWS OPPOSITION Much opposition has been voiced by residénts along the Birchmont road and by the management of the Bemidji-Birchmont hotel Co. rclative to automobile spceding and several of the residents are about to “declarc war” on such speeders. The hotel will soon be occupied by guests, many of whom have children, and other residents along this road also have children, all of whom are in grave danger because of the speeders. These people have decided to see what can be done to prevent speeding and it is evident that somcthing will be done soon. In any cvent, auto drivers are asked to co-operate with residents along that highway in order to prevent accidents. INSURANCE EXPERTS TO BE ASKED T0 MEET HERE The one-hundred-thousand-dollar club of the central division of the New York Life Insurance company will be given an outing in some sect- jon of the Northwest next Septem- ber and Bemidji is being considered for this annual cvent. D. S. Mitchell, local agent for the company, discussed the p ssibilities of this outing at the meeting of the association directors Tuesday noon|all lectur and indicated that about 300 men would attend this gathering. The company looks after the ex- pense of the outing and desires to charter or practically take over onc or two hotels for the occasion, which TEN MEMBERS OF I W. W. GO TO TRIAL ON COAST Case Expected to Establish Whether Membership Can Be “Criminal Syndicalism” (By United Press) Sacremento, Calif., June 14— Ten men went to trial here today on charges of “criminal syndicalism” in a case which is expected to establish legally whether membership in the I. W. W, is sufficient grounds for criminal prosecution. Widespread prosecutions, it was believed, would follow any conviction in this case. All ten were witnesses two months ago in the trial of J. A. Casdorf and Earl Firey, tried for “criminal syn- dicalism” here, and convicted. The men were called by the de- fense to give expert testimony as to the character of the I. W, W. organi- zation. “Are you a member of the I. W. W.?” each witness was asked by the state and each replied affirmatively. Whereupon arrests on charge of ,g‘niminnl syndicalism” was made im- fmediately as each witness left the stand. Witnesses called” to give expert testimony who answered that they were not I. W. W. members were disqualified and not permitted to tes- tify, on the grounds that they could not be experts upon the character of the organization if they were not members, The California “criminal syndi- calism” law was passed during the war and imposes a maximum of ten years in prison as a penalty for any statement or action contrary to the established order of society. Its constitutionality has been upheld by the California courts. While the majority of the prose- cutions under the law have hinged upon I W. W.. Membership, these cases stand out as the first large prosecutions in which I. W. W. mem- bership alone has been an issue. The ten men on trial are C. B, Larue, Pete Beazley, J. O'Mara, W. Rutherford, J. R. Nash, Tom Zanger, B. Kyler, Walter Smith, H. M. Ed- wards and Andrew Anderson. CARRIED INTO COURT; HEARS MURDER CHARGE (By United Press) 14—Carried in- Montevideo, June to court by the ba bury heard a charge of first degree murder placed against her. Attorneys for the girl who shot and killed Oscar Erickson last April entered a plea of not guilty for her. Judge G. E. Qvale ruled that the offence was not bailables The de- fe announced a writ of habeas corpus would be issued and taken be- fore the supreme court to determine whether the girl .could be released on bail. It was agreed that if the supreme court did rclease her on bail the amount would be $10,000. Miss Salisbury was carried back to her jail cell just in time for her evening meal. She is regaining her strength, Soon after the shooting, phy: 4 feared her mental and physical condition might causc her death. STATE TEACHER COLLEGE ENROLLMENT NEARS 500 With close to 500 students enrol- led already, the annual of the Bemidji State Tea began its regular elasses this morning. and ummer term chers college Registration continued today more are expected to enroll before the registration period closed tonight. The summer sessions at Bemidji are attractive because of the natural advantages of climate, physical sur- roundings, excellent program and strong faculty. Tuition is free to all who sign or have signed a dee- laration to teach in Minnesota. Others pay a tuition of $5 for the term. A charge of $4.50 is made for cach student who enrolls to cov- er the free use of all text books and the library and free admisison to ‘ntertainments and other school functions arranged by the school administration., The fact that the summer school has started is very*much in evidence due to the fact that such an addition- al number of young people in the will last from two to thirce days. |city is casily noticed. A large num- Efforts on the part of the association {ber of rural school teachers have will be made to secure the outing for Bemidji. o ‘avnilm themselves of the opportun- d, lity off District Attorney Woolwine Is Candidate for Democrat Nomination for Governor NO STRONG CANDIDATE YET OPPOSES JOHNSON Republican Choice for Gover- nor Is to Face Woolwine in Hard-Fought Campaign By M. D. Tracy (United Press Staft Correspondent) San Francisco, June 14—Thomas Lee Woolwine, militant district at- torney of Los Angeles, has thrown the first dash of pepper into Califor- nia’s political pot, His announcement that he would become candidate for the Democrat- ic nomination for governor at the primaries still more than two months away, put a little cdge on the here- tofore flat mixture which the pot contained. Senator Hiram Johnson was the first expected to form a storm cen- ter in the primary campaign, but weeks have gone by and one after another the available men to oppose Johnson have decided they did not care to run against him for Repub- lican senatorial honors, At this time it would look as if the primaries would be a little more interesting than a curtain raiser at a four-round boxing show and that California must look to the general clection in.November for its excite- ment. 3 Woolwine's announcement that he would seek the Democratic. nomina- tion for governor, followed annoutiv cement by former U. S. Senator James D. Phelan that he would not run for the governorship. This left Woolwine as the dominating figure in the Democratic ranks. Republican candidates for the nom- ination include Friend William Rich- ardson, state treasurer and ‘newspa- (Continued on Page Bix ) « SAXAPHONE NUMBER WILL FEATURE THURSDAY CONCERT “Havana Moon”, to be played by the saxaphone section department of the Juvenile band, is the feature number of the program to be given Thursday evening in Libraty park, under the direction of G. O. Riggs, bandmaster, A Fine progyam, has been arranged and it is especially desired that there be a large attend- ance. The boys have been putting in plenty of hard work during the pust few days in preparation’ for this concert and as a result this week’s coneert is certain to be even better than those of the carlier sea- son. The concert will be given at 8 o’clock and the public is invited. The program will be announced later. KIWANIS CLUB TO STAGE FLAG PROGRAM THURSDAY The program for the regular meet- ing of the Kiwanis club Thursday noon includes flag exercises, appro- priate to Flag Day (today). Mem- bers of the G. A. R. post have been invited to participate. A fine pro- gram has been arranged by the news- papermen of the club and it is desir- ed that there be a large nttehdance. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CAST MEETS THURSDAY Thursday cvening at 7:30 is the time set for the meeting of those who agreed to take part in the “Fol- lies Of ‘22”, which is to be staged-ab . the Grand theatre June 28 and 29 by the Knights of Columbus. B@r‘ Kelly of the Modern Art Productian Co. of St. Paul will be jn the city Thursday morning to start the re- hearsals and it will be necessary, for all those taking part to be on time at all the meetings so that the produc- tion can be put into shape for: pre- sentation to the public. All those who have not been asked, who did not appear at the first moet- ing of the cast, are requested: to meet Thursday with the cast in the basement of St. Philips church, where parts will be assigned and the rehear- +sals started. 0 B A