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

i BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1922 Minnesota: Cloudy tomight with possibly--showers-in . eXs" treme east; cooler in southellt. Saturday generally fair, . i KIWANIS CLUB TO HELP * ERECT LIVESTOCK SHEDS Comuu 'ee Encour-gen Num- bering of City Residences; Legion Man Speaks ———, Bemidji Kiwanians will assist the Beltrami Agncul;ural association ‘in the erection of addifional barn fa- cilities at the fair grounds as soon as plans for the Building have been completed. This action was |taken at the regular meeting of the Ki- wanis club Thursday noon when a resoultion calling upon all members to assist by ‘donating ‘a half-day’s labor was passed by that club. A special committee appointed to 'encourage numbering of houses in the city with W. N. Bowser ‘as chair- man, reported that other commit- tees are to be appointed soon to call on the owners of residents not numbered and encouraged them to put up numbers in conspicuous places. This project is encouraged.| 'since at present there are lots of louses which have no number what ever and others which have numbers 'which are not-readable. C. W. Swayze of Minneapolis, a representative of the American Le- glon was inducted into the Kiwanis 'meeting: Thursday noon, garbed and labeled as a typical Bolshevik. He was brought up to the meeting: by a member of the local police force and .introduced as a I. W. W. who had been picked up on the streets. With a very good makeup, he put over a short radical talk and was then introduced in his true mature so that he could explain the work of ‘the American Legion. R. J. Boardman, W. R. Laliberte and S. S. Wilson were appointed to constitute a -committee to arrange for the auto trip to the Grand-Forks convention in August. ) STORES TO BE CLOSED ALL DAY JULY-FOURTH Indications-are that the principal stores of Bemidji will be closed ‘[uesday, July 4, since a number of the stores have already signitied the intention of doing so, The fol- lowing 'downtown grocery stores have agreed to close all day and jremain “‘open ‘Monday evening for the accommodation’ of their custo- Baseball and Dgncinfi Are List- ed for Fourth. July Here; No. Commumty Ce[ebrnhon REMEN PLAN PUBLIC _DANCE AND CARNIVAL Picnics, .Mo_t:o_r Trips, G;lfink and, M{-Ddy 0ut|nga,,Are Bemidji_ will .apparently not have any . community celebration of July Fourth this’ year, althfllgh plans ‘were started a few days ago by a number of merchants to stage some sort: of a' celebration’ at Diamond Point park, These pluns failed ‘to mature and, as a result individual celebrations, picnics and outings are now. being planned. Baseball will occupy a prominent place in” the observance of the day here as will the dance carhival to be staged by the Bemidji. Fire depart- ment during the evening - of the Fourth, The Fire Department in continuation of its plan to raise funds to entertain the state fire- men’s convention here next*® year, will give a public dance at the new armory and' a ‘carnival -will be held in connection with it. An exception- ally - enjoyable evening s assured. \Good music has been secured for the dance and the public in general is invited to- attend. Bemidji and Thief River Falls will meet on' the afternoon of the Fourth for the third of a:series of baseball games to be staged at the fair grounds, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Thief ‘River Falls ‘ boasts an exceptionally - strong; organiza- tion’ this year.and has. been one of the leading teams in the Red River Valley- league. Bemidji: will - - have the' strongest- lmeup posslble and | three fast 2 are a the game on the Fourth of July will ‘be 'the best ofthe series. Birchmont Beach summer hotel is also 17(17lmmmg' a public dancing party fof the evening of the Fourth. Dot Van’s orchestra will furnish the music and a ‘very'enjoyable social affair-is assured. The = Bemidj Country Clup i makingt arrarge- hents for tournamerits to be staged all-day Tuesday and niembers of the ~ club are looking forward to a big day. Local ‘merchants have plenty of fireworks for the children of the . city and many:are having difficul-|S€€ fit. - ty in ‘waiting for the Fourth to come. Others are not waiting. but ‘are buying and dlspusmg of fire- BIRTHS ANDDEATHSAS jorks ' daily. There is every indica- . tion’ that Bemidji will fully realize| RBORTH) BY UNCLE SAM that .Independence Day has arrived| when July’ 4th dawns, even though no -community celebration has been arranged. A ‘number . of nearby towns and _communities are staging programs and it is' expected that a large num- ber of Bemidji people. will include one or more. of these celebrations in their rounds” that day. Many, mo doubt are planning {all-day motor trips ard will welcome the oppor- mmty to. enjoy what the surround- - ing communities have to offer. g S 5 Nangle Store, Clifford. & Co., Edd Bros. meat shop. Monday evening will nndoubted» ly find the stores -busy. Picnics and all-day outingd are being planned by a large number of Bémdji people and all these will be given an op- portunity Monday evening to do their shopping for the . Fourth. Banks, barber shops and similar places of business will be closed all day.. There will be no issue of the Bemld:x Daily Pioneer on the Fourth in order. that the employees' of the company may use the day as they Burenu of Cemus luues Vital Statistics on Births and Deaths During 1920 Washington, June 30 (Capital News Service) —TheBureau of the Census has issued its annual volume of birth statistics for the year 1920. It includes figures for more than 82 per cent of the United States, or what is known as the“registra- tion area”. From its pages the in- formation is obtained that “in the birth registration area of the Uni- ted: States in- 1920 there were 1,- 508,874 live births, which represent a birth rate of 23.7- per 1,00 popu- lations; ' as ngamst 1,373,488 . live births reported in 1919, with a rate of 2! Of the 1920. births, 775, 322 were males and 733,562 were females or a proportion of 1,067 males to 1,000 females. “The total deaths in the birth regristration area in 1920 number- ed 836,134, of which 438,201 were - MEXICAN REBELS RELEASE PRISONERS AT OIL CAMP (By United Press) Washington, June 30—Mexican rebels under ‘the leadership of Gen- eral’ Gorozaye have released 85 at the Pecora camp of ‘the Coronado oil company - near: Tampico. They were being held for ransom. Six Amgéricans were_among the captives, the state department was advised today. ¥ males and 397,933 were females. Of T E!.E(.T Two MEMBERS the-129,631 death of infants under 1‘0 m scml. BOARD 1 year of age, 73,737 were males 3 A Land 55,794 were females. or a pro- portion of 1,322 males to 1,000 fe- “the” last day{males. “There is a marked excess of births over deaths in every state in the ‘birth registration area. In Ver- mont the figures are lowest, the ex- cess being 1,873 for 1920 against 1,947 for 1919. A marked excess MondfiY. July. 37, for candidates to file for election to the scbaol Dboard of Independent Twa members are to be elected for three-year terms “at ‘an ‘election to be held Saturday, July 15, at the Central school ‘building - from 7 o’clock p.sm, until voting has ceased or around 9 o’clock. The .terms of J. W. Smith and Mrs. Florence F. Netzer are expiring at this time. Bids for equipment for the new high school building have been gone over by the board and the equip- " ment has already been selected. In- asmuch as_various items were se lected from: the ‘several bids, the complete. tabulation of articles and the successful bidders has not been made. as yet. v and wherever the deaths out num- ber the births the excess is usually mortality rate of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 births in the birth registration area'is 86, rang- ing for the states from 62 in Ore- gon to 116 in South Carolina. In 1919 the infant mortality rate of the birth registration area was 87, ranging from 63 in Oregon and Washington to 113 in South fio [0 The history ofs ~all ™ is also" shown: for mearly every city || among the colored: population. The |; NONPARTISANS LEA Apparently No Doubt But That| McCumber Is Defeated for . Senate Re-Nomination FRAZIER, NONP” RTISAN, LEADS “ETURNS Nesgo/ fifj Baker f fi}l Race; No f A Democrats (By United Press) - Fargo, June 30—Lynn J. Frazier took the lead in the senate race when a total of 1,400 precincts had reported. In 1,424 precincts the |senator was 636 votes behind his Nonpartisan opponent Lynn J. Frazier, for the Republican nomi- nation for senator. The sudden spurt for Frazier can not’ be. regarded at this time with too much significance. Correction from cotrespondents in three coun- ties were in Frazier’s favor. This was showed by returns from heavy League precincts and some Inde- pendent precincts are still outstand- ing. There is no possibility however of McCumber regaining the lead, (By United Press) Fargo, June 30—Defeat of Porter J. McCumber in the Republican pri- mary probably means that North Dakota will have two Nonpartisan League senators in ‘Washington There are a-few who would gamble that Lynn J.' Frazier can.be beaten by the Democrats after defeating McCumber. in'hig own party. _Sena- tor Ladd, also Nonpartisan, is now in Washmgton, his term having not yet expired. Although there are about ’75,000 votes yet to be counted in the pri- maries today: there seems to be no doubt whatever that McCumber was beaten. Former Governor Frazier took the lead at one stage. with on- ly about ope-half of the vo ount- vious’ votes in North Dakota indicates that Frazier ‘will get the majority vote of nearly 20,000 it was claim- ed at headquarters. Defeat of Senator McCumber was looked on by administration Repub- licans as a ‘calamity. " The impor- " [SECOND PERFORMANCE OF FOLLIES PLEASES “The Follies of 22" made another hit last evening when it was staged for the second evening before an even larger attendance than that of the first night. The performance was carried out well and was heart- ily received by those present. The common expression is that Bemidji possesses .a wealth of tal- cnt for such a show and that: the selections made were very good. The special scenery and lighting effects carried out by the Modern Art Productions, St. Paul, added greatly to the staging. Much: credit for the success of the production is due J. C. Kelly and G. V. Cannon of the producing company. | Following the afternoon ‘perfor- mance yesterday the Knights of Columbus under whose auspices the |play was staged, entertained at dinner in the K. C. hall for the members of the cast and after the evening performance a dancing party was enjoyed at the hall. John M. Cogwin acted as chair- man of the committee in charge of the ‘production for the Knights of Columbus., Although the production wa snot as great a -financial success as had been anticipated, it was a decided success in every other way. OVER THOUSAND LEPERS AT LARGE IN AMERICA Washington, June 30 (Capital News Service)—Dr. C. H. Lavinder agsistant surgeon igeneral of the Public Health: Service warns ' the nation of the-dangers -of its 1,200 lepers now at large in 25 states. He plans to sk Congjreds for funds and authority to round up all lepers and provide suitable quarters for thenr. ‘While remarkable results are being obtained In’ combating Yey- rosy in other countries, it is on the| linerease here,” he said. “In - the tropics, motably in /Hawaii, lepers are being cured by the use of chal- moorga oil, one of the new discov- eries. “But we have no success with it here, due to a difference in the blood consistency in this climate and of this race. “We “have. built_a léprosarium at | Oarrvillg-La:: It hag %o oms £8xonly’ 200 patients-and-now every avail- able bed is occupied. “We are compelled to inform health’ officers who come to us that there is no room. As it is next to impossible for each city to construct its own' leprosarium, the sufferers tant: position of the Senator as head of the financial committee and en- gineer of the tariff bill makes l—us loss keenly felt. “If 1 am elected in: November I expect to aline myself with the pro- gressive Républicans and work faithfully with the Democratic bloe,” (Continued on Page 6) DEMONSTRATING FEEDING VALUE OF 'RATIONS TODAY (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., June 30—Sixty head of calves thet have been fed in groups of six each are on ex- hibition at the farm school today to demonstrate the feeding value of different rations. Representatives of packing firms commission houses and several cat- tle experts will speak. are at large and each day some one - comes in' contact with them, adding the possibility of the disease béing communicated to others.” OLD CUARDS WORRIED OVER DAKOTA RETURNS (By United Press) Washington, June 30 (By L. C. ‘Martin).—Old Guard leaders in the senate are in the doldrums today over the apparent defeat of Senator McCumber ‘in' the North Dakota prnmm‘y Not in years have the regulars shown so much concern over the defeat of a colleague. McCumber is one of the old timers. Only three Lodge, Warren and Nelson, have served longer than he in the senate. COMPROMISET DE VALERA IN COMMAND OF IRISH INSURGENTS PREVENT TIE-UP s pesom et s Ao Fifty Injured as Result of Now UNDER w AY Three Days' Fighting Railroad Labor Board Seeks Agreement at Conference With Roads and Unions MAINTENANCE OF WAY PLANS MAY END ALSO Despite Prospect for Agree- ment, preparations Are Con- tinued Today for Walk-Out (By United Press) Chicago, June 30 (By C. R. Lynch).—A compromise to prevent the strike of the 400,000 railroad shopmen tomorrow was sought by the United States Railroad Labor Board today in a conference with union heads 'and executives. Confident prediction was made that such an agreement would be reached by high officials. Reports that a basis of agreement had al- ready be¢n reached at a private con- ference with Ben Hooper was ex- pressed today, but was unconfirm- ed. The reports state that a confer- ence at 1:00 P, M. would be merely a public announcement of the agree- ment. It was predicted in some circles that by the proposed conference all railroad executives would agree to discontinue the project of contract- ing for shop work and the unions would accept the $60,000,000 wage cut ordered by the Labor Board. Should the agreement be reach- ed resulting in an order calling off: the strike the maintenance of way strike call will not be issued. Union lcaders believe the maintenance of way strike call has been held up pending outcome of the conference Despite the prospect for an agree- ment preparatious were continued today by both railroads and Unions fop the walk-out. DANCiNG AT BIRCHMONT SUMMER HOTEL TONIGHT Birchmont Summer hotel opens a series of bi-weekly dances this evening with an informal dancing party to begin at 9 o’clock and con- tinue "until 12. The dance given there on the opening night proved a very enjoyable affair and the management assures just as enjoy- able parties throughout the entire summer season. Dances are to be given each weck on Tuesday and Friday evenings. The public is in- vited to attend. Dot Van’s orchestra will furinsh the music. NASH COFFRE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED IN THIS ISSUE Winning contestants in the Nash Coffee Co. word contest recently staged by the Minneapolis concern are published in that company’s ad- vertisement in this issue. Bemidji contestants failed to win, only one person from Minnesota being includ- ed in the prize list. ~ omm— On the Road of Good Intentions YES SIR 1M eoy-T SURPRISE THE WIFE AN’ WEED THE GARDE TheRe ARE MORE WEEDS THAN- AWY- THING BLSE A SHELL BE 2 TICKLEP PINR WHEN SHE. SEES HER GARDEN 7= LOOKS BETTER %;- NOW ALLRIGHT (By United Press) Dublin, June 30—Eamonn De- Valera, former president of the Irish republic, assumed supreme command of the insurgents today. The an- nouncement was made that De Val- era had openly declared war against the Collins government. This ‘ndi- cates a general civil war throughout Ireland. It is believed that the in- surgents under DeValera will make an effort ‘to overthrow the free state government. ' Three lorry loads of British forces were captured at Black Rock by in- surgents, it was reported hereq The Four Courts fell to the state troopd at 9 A, M. today. The flight of the rebels was marked with intense fighting, Thirty were killed and approximately fifty in- jured during the three days fight- ing. (By United Press) London, June 380—The Four Courts has been blown up, accord- ing to reports to the British gov- ernment today. The report lacked confirmation, A mine was ignited by the fire and blew up one of the buildings in the Four Courts group, according to a central news dis- patch. Following the receipt of this report it was announced that Four Courts was afire. (By United Press) Belfast, June 30—Bodies of three brother officers, captured recently at Macroom, were found today dangling from a tree, according to reports reaching here. FOUR COURTS ROCKED BY SECOND EXPLOSION (By United Press) London, June 30—Thirty free state soldiers were killed or wound- ed” when the mine blew up Four Courts in Dublin, Winston Churchill announced in the heuse of commons today. Several, buildings near the Four Cotrt#broke into flames as {the result of the blast, he said. Churchill-also ‘announced part of the insurgents had ambushed a con- tingent of British troops, wounding two. The colonial office announced that the rebels had surrendered the Four ' Courts unconditionally, A sccond explosion rocked the Four Courts district at 2:00 this afternoon. Great volumes of flames shot high into the air. Eighty per- sons had becn killed and injured in the first explosion, it was announc- ed today. LIVED FOR 36 YEKlis IN LEPER SETTLEMENT Sends Greetings to ‘“‘Outside World” From Solitude of Rock-Bound Island By R. A. Donaldson (United Press Staft Correspondent) San Francisco, June 30 (United Press).— From the lonely solitide of the rock-bound leper seitlement of Kalawoa, on the island of Mol- okai, Brother Joseph Dutton has sent to the “world outside” greetings on his 79th birthday. : Brother Dutton has been at the Kalawoa scttlement for 36 years. He bas never sct foot off the lone- ly_ island since he first went there, when, fired by ideals of scrvice to humanity, he began his ministra- tions to the leper boys and young men, himself always under the shadow of the living death. Brother Dutton is the true suc- cessor to Father Damien, the mar- tyr pricst and first worker of the settlement, who was so deeply ad- mired by Robert Louis Stevenson, and whose work Stevenson defend- ed in the famous “Father Damien Letters.” . Unlike Father Damicn, who fell a vietim to leprosy after years of devotion to nursing the unfortun- ates on Molokai, Brother Dutton has always maintained his good kealth. He is a civil war veteran, having retired after the close of hostilities with the rank of captain. He was at that time something of a Beau Brgmmel, dashing, gay, and loving the pleasures of life. Suddenly, in his 35th year, it dawned on him that he was wast~ ing his life. He determined t6 sal- vage it through religion, His relig- ious fervor aroused, he entered the Trappist monastery at Gethsmane, Kentucky, and determined to bury himself from the world and spend his days in sclf-abnegation. While in the Redemptorist mon- astery in New Orleans, he chanced upon a magazine describing the work of Father Damien and" his (¢ontinued ou Page Six ) GERMNS Mysteno\n Quest May Be Koy to Next Great War; Allies | Called Powerlesi~ RAY DEVELOPMENT MAY REVOLUTIONIZE WS Interallied Commission FM# That German Militarist: Fail to Obéy Terms* = | By Carl D. Groat Berlin, June 30 (United Press)— German scientists, in secret, . are secking the great?-Ray, which| may prove the key to waging. the, quxt war, The Interallied dlsarmnment‘eom- mission realizes this full well, but cannot ferret out thé exast sé\m:at of the expirements, ror can it well under its powers preve scientific research, The?-Ray in itself may or mly not be warlike: it may prove too & boom to humanity. Hence the com- mission is powerless to act, but it knows that if German science. keej up its record of other years: it a good chance to, discover this hid- den ray which scientists of . other nations, too, are huntmg as & p sible war weapon., The question-mark ray lies mmt- where between the X-Ray and the ultra-violet ray. There are, with rays a series of octaves, as in mose. The field between the X-Ray ahd the ultra-violet ray consists of spv« eral octaves—an untouched. . field, which may contain a ray that would strike death and destruction " to peoples and their goods: Revolutionize Warfaré" _Mcmbers of the Interallied- com- nlmsmn believ - that there n\ly developed a rdy which will tionize wasfary. g experiments have provei’ An’Italian clainmed: several ypm m‘ to have discoverdd a ‘ray. ™ could be transmitted through fln air to ignite heaps of ammunition;at a distance. Investigation' - -pto! however that he was using a to wssist in his “expirements’ blowing up munitions. That there are rays yet unexplolt- ed is certain, Whether they podess a deadly power or action beneficient however is still a mystery. An out of this mystery arises the peclflll\‘ dés- ignation off the much sought :ny —the ?-Ray. The Interallied disarmament con\- mission also finds that the German militarists are badly delaying work which should long since have ‘beéh accomplished. ! Tihs information came from & member of the commission ' who pointed out that particularly with the matter of munitions factoi allowed Germany for present 1 thereis a tendenéy to balk the tente representatives at every The central govvrnment Chancellor Wirth is not blam this procceding. In fact, = ente officials who have had business:ito transact with the chancellop “find him an honest, straight-forward man who has done more than any other official since the war tow the fulfilment of German - obli tions and restoration of zoo ire- lations with the outside world: Officers Cause Dalay: But officers of the old :chool lflll in the army establishment, are pit- ting obstacles in the commihlfofl Vh They decline to dismantle ! a8 rapidly as the commission dgmifl And they act apparently on Gfiu theory that théy can pursue, nub;. dilatory tactics that they will tire out the commission. The commission inténds M [ until the disarmament work, is cdin- ‘pleted and completed to satisf The plan put forth by the tarists for converting ‘muni (Continued on page 8). NORTH DAKOTA 10 STATE POTATO EX (By United ¥ g Larimore, N. D., Ju;e 30—En- thusiasm over potato, farming will crystallize here today ‘in the, formm tion of a state potato exe lm The exchange was, mggelfA the state farm bureau and. v in cooperation with’ that. ing its legal, transportation, ity, legislative and sfatistic partments. EE The new organization mlL prove the grade and quality. of p tatoes through local ormin sy advertise the product, and bulld uy new markets. It will not, g : be a sales organization in’the sense of the word,