Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 26, 1922, Page 1

N \» VOLUME XX. NO. 58 BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING; JUNE 26, 1922 % DOLLARDAYTO BEBELD AGAN ONWEDNESDAY in This Issue-Bargains as Trade-Getters %" MERCHANTS PREPARING - FOR FOURTH OF JULY Celebrations Being Planned By Business Men and Bemidji en_very acceptable to the public and the merchants have paid for the low priced bargains through increases in trade. In this issue may be found the advertisements of those busi- ness houses which have entered in- ‘to the Dollar' Day plan again. All have bona fide offerings and it is expected that with favorable weath- er a large number of out of town customers will be attracted here. i % Fire Department Ap — o Dollar Day has been revive” / i will be bserved again = W Y June 28, by a number & i i stores which ‘are now mar,- . Spec- “ial offers to attract -~ a = greater amount of buying on this date. These Dollar Day even's have so far prov- I3 i | —H These merchants are still anxious to make Bemidji the trade center of this section of the stata and are risking considerable loss on this day in order to attract new customers here. They feel that once the new customers trade in Bemidji they will continue to do their buying here. Bemidji is logically situated to be the main trading center of North- ern Minnesota and these Dollar Day events are considered very -helpful in increasing the trading area. It ‘has been -sometome since’ . a similar event has been staged here i3 - and the result is exp be -that [ the residents of this trade’territory B will ‘welcome the revival of these events. Merchants are now preparing for increased business duting the early part of July. A number of these merchants have planned a Fourth of July celebration” to be held at iamond Point. In this way visitors will have an opportunity tofind out e & what Bemidji offers in the-trade line as well as in the line of entertain- 1 ment. The Bemidji fire department has planned a celebration for the evenings of July 8 and 4 and this will' be a community affair. All of these events are expected to bring additional visitors to Bemidji and consequently an increase in business. Many of the local merchants are beginning to feature Fourth of July goods in their show windows k already and others are planning to 3 do so at once. Although Bemidji may ' not delebrate in the “good old style” the activities already planned will attract many people here for'those days. 5 - Shoppers are urged to read the advertisements for Dollar Day this Wednesday and take advantage “of . what these merchants have to offer. These advertisements also have a number of Dollar Day bargains which-have not been included in the newspaper 'advertising. IMPORTANT CHANGE IN M. & L TRAIN SERVICE W An important change in train ser- o vice is announced by the Minnesota | & International Railway and the b Big Fork and International Falls Rail way, effective Sunday, July 2, whereby the night, train from In- ternational “Falls, Bemidji, Walker. Brainerq and intermediate points will make direct conmections at St. Paul for Chicago and all points east and south. Train No. 34 International Falls to Brainerd, will run ahead of its present schedule from Mildred to * Brainerd, and Northern Pacific train No. 12 will leave Brainerd at 4:05 A. M. instead of at 4:p0 A. M. as at present, arriving at St. Paul at | 8:53 A, M. connecting there with the C. B, & Q. 9 A. M. train, ar- riving at Chicago at 9:10 P. M. .Train No. 31 between Brainerd 4 and Kelliher, north bound, will run 3 five minutes later that at present. 4 No change has been made in ' the schedule for other trains on this line. Time tables have been circu- lated about the city and it is urged that travelers study these to famil- jarize themselves as to when trains leave the Bemidji M. & I. station. SIX CREWS ROWING IN ANNUAL CHANPIONSHI? Gr?nl Navy Crew Is Favorite to Add Second Victory to Brilliant List ' (By United Press) Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 26.—8ix of the best varsity crews in the United States will battle today on the Hudson River for the annual in- ter-collegiate championship. Navy, Washington, Cornell, Syra- cuse, Columbia and Pennsylvania will make up as fine a field as ever fought for ‘the championship of American waters. ; 3 The 5e§t\Navy crew, perhaps the fines nation that ever sat in an ell, was the favorite to .d inter-collegiate cham- «) a brilliant list, including world\y championship and one —cer-collegiite title. Rowing its.last race as a combi- nation,- the: Navy was ambitious not only to win the honors again, but to establish a -new world’s record for three miles that will put its crew down ‘on the record book in indelible letters. ~ Coming from the far west where in won the championship of thePacif- ic Coast by an overwhelming victory over California, the fine Washing- ton crew was listed among the dark horses that might have 'a chance to upset the midshipmen. The east laughs at the crude stroke of the far west, but the critics have come to consider any western shell that is paddled by eight young giants with power to cover up their rough stroke. California last season added em- phasis to ‘the example Stanford taught several years ago, that form isn’t the only requisite in the boat. Cornell is regarded highly by-those who have seen the Ithicans working out on the Hudson. The erew con- sists- of eight capable oarsmen, who were schooled as freshmen and soph- omores by: the late Coach Courtney and is'a great combination, ~ Columbia, Penn ‘and Syracuse, while not regarded as highly as the other trio yet are not figured entirely out of the running. Most anything’ can happen in a rowing race and just a_little_break would -make it any man’s race. ° While the Navy looks to be a sure winner, interest in the race will not be-destroyed, as the battle for sec-|. ond place should be a sizzler./ The spectators along the Hudson banks last year got their big thrill, not out of the Navy’s sweep to an easy .wvic: tory, but out of the teriffic conflict waged between' California and Cor- nell for second place. DISABLED WAR VETERANS MEET IN SAN FRANCISCO Veterans to kPnradé ;l'uendly; _Conveyances for Those Un_able to Walk San Francisco, Junt 26, (United Press).—Twenty thousand men who were wounded, disabled, or partially disabled in the world war met in San Francisco today for the annual convention of the Disabled Ameri- can Veterans of the World War. -Betterment of their own ,condi- tion and ‘the’ conditions of all men who fopght “to keep the world safe for Democracy” was the main topic before the convention. The delegates began arriving last week. Some were on crutches, A large proportion carried canes for something more than decoration. Here and there was a man with one arm gone. Scores wore heavy glasses which told a story of eyesight nearly gone. . 1t was a gathering of the’men wh had fought and bled and they came with solemn thought for their com- rades who had died. Demands for adequate hospitals for mental and tubercular cases were to occupy a prominent part in the con- vention program. Reports ready to be laid before the convention showed that numbers of men mentally dis- abled are being crowded into private and ‘public institutions where they sleep on the floors at night and men suffering from tuberculosis contract- de during the war are walking the streets of cities and villages without hospital facilities to care for them. Predictions were made by officials of the organization that resolutions condemning delay and inefficiency in spending millions already appropriat- ed for hospitals would be passed. Vocational training will probably rank next in importance. Experts of the ‘organization have prepared a re- port on forms of rehabiliation to be submitted for the convention’s con- sideration., Not all of the convention week however will be devoted to hard work. (Continued on page 6) RALLWALKOUT SEEMS CERTAIN; CHECKING YOTE Strike Call to Be Sent Out By Ordering Men to Walk Out Next Saturday VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY IN.FAVOR OF STRIKING P T3, Cessation of Letting Out Work Under Contract Will Not Prevent Walkout — (By United Press) Chicago, June 26,—Strike of the 1,200,000 railroad employees July 1st appeared certain today as the policy committee of the shop craft met here to canvass the strike vote. The strike. call will be sent out ordering’ the men to walk out Sat- urday according to the best available information. The vote of the 11 railroad unions affiliated with the railroad department of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor was over- whelmingly in favor of the walk out in preference to the acceptance of: wage cuts and working rule re- visions ordered: by the United States Railroad Labor Board. A move by the board to avert one of the causes for a strike by order- ing the railroads to cease letting out work under contract will not pre- vent the walk-out. Thirty additional cases of protests by unions against the letting out of contracts were before the railroad labor board to- day. Heads of the shop craft union are convinced the strike by the 11 un- ions will tie up all the lines just as effectively as if the engineers and firemen should walk out. The roads |* might be able to keep up:some sort of service for a féw days by the use of’strikc breake: MOVEMENTS UNDER WAY TO CLOSE COAL STRIKE (By United Press) ‘Washington, June | 26— Two n,ovements toward ending of the nation-wide coal: strike now in its thirteenth week were under way here today. Secretary of Labor Davis acting under the direction of President Harding is making an ef- fort to bring about a conference of coal operators and miners by which the walk-out can be ended. President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers is here to con- fer on the matter.-In the senate a new and drastic_plan for federal and state intervention to halt the strike was under consideration. This was said to involve recom- mendations that some legal proce- edings be taken agamst the striking miners. wiomin e e RS, LENSHALL Arm Chair and Magazine Help Signalman:Pass Time When Traffic'ls Light Between Nashwauk and Taconite on Trunk Highway No. 35, a lone watchman sitting in an arm chair between 30 ag+ 40 feet from the ground, is perclied in a tree to aid vehicles passing.that way. Just at this .point the hill is about a half- mile long now being used while the intended highway is under construct- fon. This hill is impassable for more than one car at a time and those approaching from one direction can not see those approaching from the other until it is too late. The hill is so steep that it would be almost impossible for a car going down to stop, should it meet a car coming up. This watchman is there to see that two vehicles do not get on this hill at the same time. Approaching auto drivers honk their horns as they near the watchman’s hang-out and he sig- nals whether or not the road is clear. In this way many possible accidents are avoided. The watchman is em- ployed by the state highway depart- ment and when there is no traffic he is allowed to pass the time in reading or other entertainment. A ladder, consisting of pieces of board nailed to the tree trunk, affords the watch- man access to his high perch. Tour- ists are surprised to find this man “up a tree” but after passing the hill they agree that his station there is very important. News concerning this watchman and the way in which he handles the traffic was brought to Bemidji by Tony Huotte of the Flour City Fuel and Transfer Co. of Minneapolis, who with Mrs. Huotte is making a tour of the state, calling on Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Borgen while in Be- midji. Mr. Huotte and Mrs. Borgen are cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Huotte will have made between 1300 and 1400 miles when they reach Minn- eapolis again, all within the state of Minnesota. HARLEY-DAVIDSON NINE - DEFEATS TURTLE RIVER In a real slug-fest, the Harley-Da- vidson team of Bemidji- bested the "[Turtle River team Sunday at the latter place by a score of 19 to 1b. The game was exceptionally close until the first half of the third in- ning when Pitcher Krause of the Bemidji team bumped over third baseman Ritchie of Turtle River, who was standing on the base line. This resulted in a mixup which mar- red an otherwise clean game. Rit- chie was unable to continune play- ing and Krause was ordered out of the game, Higbe then took the mound for the motorcyclists and kept his op- ponents hits well scattered during the remainder of the game. Dres- sler of Turtle River and Himes of Bemidji hit for hme runs in the fourth and sixth innings, respec- tively. A. Blakely, right ficlder for Turtle River, made a great one handed catch in the seventh inning that robbed the motoreyelists of what looked \like a sure two base drive with the bases full and re- tired the side without a run. Archie Reed of the Bemidji mine gcored five runs and handled many diffi- cult plays in good style. DIES TODAY AS RESULT OF JOY Stricken With Paralysis When Blood Vessel Burst in Her Brain Saturday Night STROKE FOLLOWS BIG HOME-COMING AFFAIR Effect of Her Death on Gov. Small, Acquitted, Is Feared By His Physicians (By United Press) Kanakee, Ill., June 26—Mrs. Len Small, wife of the Illionis governor died of overjoy today as the result of her husband’s acquittal. Mrs. Small was stricken with par- alysis when a blood vessel burst in her brain Saturday night. Speeialists rushed to her bedside declared that the nerve strain of the trial coupled with the great joy of her husband’s victory caused her death. She was stricken just after the home-coming cejebration in which thousands of friends of the gover- nor’s family had gathered on the lawn of their small mansion. Turn- ing to her husband she said “I be- lieve I am going to be ill.” She col- lapsed in his arms. The kind and affectionate de- votion which Mrs, Small showed to- ward he husband during his trial won the admiration of all who saw the couple t Waukegan. She was constantly at his side. The effect of her death on the governor is feared by physicians. “Thank God she lived to see me vindicated,” he said. “My enemies brought this great sorrow on me’.” BRAINERD SHUTS OUT BEMIDJI NINE SUNDAY Brainerd shut out Bemidji Sunday in a game which proved to be all Brainerd’s, the down-staters win- ning by a score of 8 to 0. Bemidji played a ragged game at times, this being largely responsible for the scoring. Several substitutions crip- pled the Bemidji team, a number of the regular players being absent. Camp ably held the mound for Be- midji, at times playing the bulk of the game himself. He worked him- self out of a number of difficult situa- tions into which errors had put him, the infield being largely responsible for a number of the errors. Brainerd gave a good demonstra- tion of the game of baseball, show- ing that city possesses a strong ag- gregation. Soderlund pitched an ex- cellent game for the down-staters, with Carron behind the bat. TWO HIGHEST OFFICIALS ENCOURAGE EDUCATION Public Utterances of Highest Officials Held Important By Legislators Washington, June 26, (Capital News Service)—Senators and. Repre- sentatives in favor of the Towner- Sterling bill to establish .a Depart- ment of Education with a Secretary in the President’s Cabinet are highly encouraged over recent. public utter- ances of the two highest officials in the land. In a speech made to Princeton men, President Harding assured them that there was noth- ing beyond the power of a well- educated man to attain, and said he envied the young men who had the opportunities for going to college. “It's much more fun to be a col- legian tha a President,” he ended. Vice-President Coolidg/z has de- cided views on the subject of pub- lic school education and the need and benefits of ‘all kinds of educa- tion. He has just erystalized his views for publication in a paragraph which is being widely quoted. He said, “The greatest service which ed- ucation dust perform is to confirm our faith in the world, - establish our self convictions, and maintain an open mind. The heritage of all the past is either mean nor insig- nificant. It is a high estate. The work of the world is neither un- dignified nor degrading. It lacks neither character of nobility. It is the means and measures of all real manhood. It is truly the creation and redemption.’” The Towner-Sterling bill will cor- relate and make interacting many educational agencies which today function more or less ineffectually because working at cross-purposes with others; it will aid the. states to a better public school system and thus, in Mr. Coolidge’s words, “con- firm our faith in the world.” FORDNEY OF MICHIGAN NOT UP FOR REELECTION * (By United Prets)’ Washington, June 26— Repre- gentative Joseph W. Fordney of Michigan, chairman of the powerful house ways and means committee announced today that he would re- tire from congress at the end of the present congress. Fordney, who has been a member of the house for 24 years, said he did not seek re-electin this fall, but would give his entire attention to his lumber business. GOV. SMALL ACQUITTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON Found Not Guilty by Jury on Charge of Embezzling Funds Belonging to Illinois (By United Press) Waukegan, Ill., June 26— Gov- ernor Len Small was acquitted late Saturday afternoon on a charge of embezzling state funds on which charge he was indicted a year ago by a grand jury at Springfield, IIl, Conspiracy and operation of a con- fidence game were also included in the charge returned in the indict- ment. Fred Sterling) lieutenant gover- nor, and Vernon Curtis, banker of Grant Park, Ill, were indicted with him, It was charged in the indictment that during the terms of Small and Sterling as state treasurers, mil- lions of dollars in state funds werc loaned to the Grant Park bank of which Curtis and his brother, the late Edward Curtis, were owners at least two per cent interest. This money, the grand jury said in a statement, was in tur loaned o Chicago packers at from five and a half to eight per cent interest. Small, Sterling and Curtis pocketed the difference in interest, it was alleged. Small at first claimed immunity from arrest. His attorneys in court at Springfield, claimed that the ar- rest of the governor would be & surrendered of the exccutive to the judiciary branch of the state gov- ernment, which would be contrary to the constitution. Attorneys fur- thermore advanced the theory “the king can do no wrong” in pttumnb- ing to prove Small’s immunity from arrest. Judge E, S. Smith, at Springfield overruled the appeal of the gover- nor and handed down a decision saying the governor was subject to arrest—that “Illinois had no king.” Small then tarted a trip inspection "of the highways of Illinois. He (Continued on page 6) lnnul!y within the rext few years: RENID Will Be Asked to Give Final Verdict on Engagement at , Minnesota Fair: STRENUOUS TRAINING CONSIDERED NECESSARY, Bandmaster Riggs ‘ O;tlinu Reasons Why Parents. -to Make Decision , Bandmaster G. O. Riggs states that parents of the members of the Bemidji Boy's Band' will be ‘asked at tomorrow night’s meeting to give final verdict as to whether or not they wish the band to accept the engagement at the = Minnesota State Fair this fall, The boys thems selves have voted unanimously to accept and it is now up to the par- e.ngs to accept or veto the .propo~ sition, - Mr. Riggs further statea that-the contract sent by the state fair as- sociation calls for long hours and strenuous work of a.very high cless and that in order for the baym:to do this work in a satisfactory man- ner and not make too much of - & strain on them, it will be necessary for each and every one of them to do even harder and more contin- uous work, to prepare for it, than they have ever done up to this time. Further that it will be necessary for each and every boy to attend every rehearsal, all concerts or at ny time the band is called out and ‘to keep up his regular home practice, in fact to be on the job all the time until after the state fair. Sickness should be the only excuse for being absent from any of the work: states Mr. Riggs. This does not mean that the boy cannot be employed at some ' ather work during the summer:but it does mean that every member of the b¥nd should be in or near -Bemidji' all the time and be subject to-the cdll for duty from now until after the ‘state fair. ¢ The bandmaster states that it will be unwise to take the band to the state fair unless avery strénuous program of training is done' durlig the summer. Their regular concért series similar to last summer, ¢an'be followed with much less strenuous training, but playing for thé ‘Min- nesota State Fair is- different and requires that even any adult ‘band should be in the best of training." It is hoped to work out some plan at the parent’s meeting to ‘be ‘held at the Civic and Commerce assorla- tion rooms tomorrow ecvening at'8 *clock which will meet the situation and that the Bemidji Boys' band will attend the big fair, since every one who has heard them play. this season is of the opinion that they surely must be one of the beat boys’ bands in the United States -and should attend the biggest fair in the United States this year. HARLEY-DAVIDSON TEAM PLAYS H. S, NINE TONIGHT The Harley-Davidson baseball team will meet the high school nine at the fair grounds this evening in what promises to be an interesting exhibi- tion. The public is invited to attend. Members of the high school tesm are requested to report for 'practice at 6:30 at the fair grounds, " — { “The citizens of 'Bemidji'and és- pecially the members of the Park Board are to be complimenteéd on t1e tourist camping grounds maintain- ed at Diamond Point . Park,". aaid Jason Weatherhead of Ada, who with his . family left for home - Saturday after several days outing in: the teft- ed city on the shores of Laky /He- midji. a1 “It is my opinion that flw_Ph- mond Point tourist camp will shnual- ly attract thousands of: visitors to Bemidji,” said Mr. Weatherby; ‘and the Park Board is showing comnjenid- able enterprise and foresight in-p¥e- paring for,the increased numbers:of visitors by enlarging ' the campig grounds. S “In selecting Frank Patterson sy park policeman the board ‘made sn excellent selection and -visitors sye appreciative of his efforts in- after their comfort and welfare, Last year ‘more ~'tha tourists camped at Diamond Yoint, and visitors predict,”that, this number will increase to-:10;000-an¢