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

- Northern”Minnesota. | o . Minnesota: Partly overcast. to- night and Sunday; cooler.in west . and north tonight; ¢ X conti cool Sunday. L850 BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1922 Fourth Annual Session Ends ‘- Thursday Afternoon After Four-Day. Meeting BARRON QE CLOQUET ELECTED COMMANDER Bemidji Delegation Says That Virginia. Proved a Real / Hast to Convention “It won’t be long now,” was the common expression during the +fourth annual convention of the Minnesota Departmént of the Amer- ican Legion which -came to ‘a very successful ‘close "at 'Virginia, “Thurs- day afternoon, after being in session four days.-If some of those present have their way about, it won’t be Jong before the ex-service men get together again. The convention prov- éd a very enjoyable affair, though possibly a trifle too extended on ac- count of the recess Tuesday, - this’ day -being given over to the 40-8 Society. .~ i o= Pk e -~ Organization: of ‘the meeting was began Monday forenoon with the election of ‘the. various committee- men to ‘sefve ‘during the ‘extent: of ‘the meeting. The meetings then went into aection and later brought in their various reports before the con- Vvention proper. , Commander Don Whitman, Adju- tant J. D. Winter, C. M. Landom; _ Mrs. T, C. Bailey, Mrs. H. L. Huff- . ‘man, Mrs. Don Whitman and Mrs J. D. “Winter ' atténded -the conven- tion, representing” the’ Bemidji TLe- gion post and Auxiliary unit, the Auxiliary holding its annual conven- tion in conjunction with the Legion . mheeting: ™ The Bemidji Delegation, veturned homle Friday evening and reports a most enjoyable trip and .a profitable: convention. Of the Bemilji jdelegation Mr. Whitman' served ‘on- the Areémican-. jsm committee, Mr: Landon” on the New. Orleans ‘convention committee and Mr. Winter on the 'rules com- mittee and the state publication committee. Mrs. Bailey also served on committees ‘for the Auxiliary. Mrs. Huffman was ' jte-elected a member of the state executive com- mittee from the Sixth district. She attended ‘the‘conventien in this same capacity®and was very-active in’ the business of the convention. ~ Mrs. Huffman is also chairman of the Sixth district organization having Been clected at the district conven- tion here some time ago. The Bemidji delegation much impressed with the Virgini: Ligh school building, where the Le- gion’s meetings were held. This building including its equipment, is said to have cost two million ‘del- Jars. The Auxiliary held its meet- | ° ings in the Lyric theater, Election of officers for the Le- gion for the enusing year resulted ih Gerald V. Barron of Cloquet be- ing elected state commander to suc- ceed Dr. A. A. Van Dyke of St. Paul. Levi M. Hall of Minneapolis de- feated B. D. Grogan for national committeeman to succeed Ray Ros- sherg of -Crookston, first vice-com- mander;’ Ludwig 1. Roe “of Monte- vidco, second vice-commander; and Miss’ Anna Griffin of Minneapolis fe-clected third vice commander. Rev. Charles V. Ramshaw of Duluth s elected state departmen chap- Tain. Mrs. G. B. Goetz of Faribult was clected president of the American Legion Auxiliary, succeeding Mrs. Sandy Hamilton of' Minneapolis. Other officers named for the Auxil- iary were as follows: Mrs, M. J. (Continued on Page 6) BOYS” BAND WILL TAKE Four au es-are’ tp transpol the Bemil£ifi'x’f bfx‘ui ?; the mxé nesota State Fair. ~An-auto truck has beenyarrangad for to carry the boys’ luggage.,; The-boys are to go into camp at: the State Fair grounds Friday night, September i; and will probably leave Bemidji early Friday morning. Arrangements have also been made for the band to serenade the busi- ness districts of St. Paul and Min- neapolis Saturday. A public concert will be played at Minnehaha Falls Sunday afternoon between 3 and 5 o’clock, according to a contract just completed. The engagement at the State Fair begins Monday morning, September 4. " A large number of Bemidji people are expected to accompany the band and this organization is sure to give the city a fine bit of publicity. : The beys are now holding extra rehear- sals in” preparation’ for the various' chimney and no damage resulted to * in the next two weeks. | will 'be operated without a cent’ of is very Farm Furean News Service _‘Sjtate farm loan machinery to be horized by the Minnesota legisla- ‘after Amendment No. 1_(Kdral Credits) is adopted ‘on November 7 nse to taxpayers, according to. F. Reed, chairman of the farm- er’s committee that is urging favor- able action”on the amendment. “While it would be presumptive as well as unwise, to contemplate: the detailsiof legislative action, there are, certain fundamental:.. features that are sure to be included,” says Mr. Reed “One of the most import- ant of these is that the tax payers shall not pay a cent of expense in- cident “te ‘operating ' the :system. In loaning money to farmers, the in- terest raté charged will be just enough higher than that paid - on bonds to take -care :of + ‘necessary overhead expense. One.half per cent should be sufficient. PL “Another feature that surely will be recognized is an amortization plan. for\repaytent; that . .is, pay- ‘ments-:will-be extended over a:long period—30 {to .35 years. Each in- stallment ‘will be for - the - same amount, to be met annually or semi annually. Of each such payment a part will go to meet interest charges then due and the remainder will apply on the principal. The, older, the loan,- therefore, the greater will be the payment on the ‘principal; so when the''term expires, the’loan ‘is paid automatically.” X CHILDREN'S CLINIC IS CALLED A BIG SUCCESS Without the least doubt the in- fants’ and children’s clinic held here! Thursday and Friday was the most successful ever staged in Bemidji. Inclement weather Thursday detrac- ted from the attendance but Friday made up- for: lost ‘time::The. clinic was held at~ the Central school building . under the direetion of the Child Welfare Committee of the | Woman’s: Community. and. Civie-clubi | Mrs. R. L. Given chairman of the committee, ‘reports, that -40 children;| Fwere examined Thursday and 90 Friday. More children were brought to:sthe. clinic Friday than could be cared for. J £ : % “Mrs. Given also reports fine co- operation on the part of the com- mittee and the public in general. A similar clinic is being planned to be held ‘mext spring since the . clinic preceding - this -one wasi considered very successful also. Much interest was shown in this clinic, as evideno- ed by the number;of children taken there for examination. Dr.” W: A. Rupe of St."Louis conducted the ex- aminations, assisted by Miss Beth MacGregor l‘ocal nurse HOPE FOR - CITE No Insurmountable 'Difiiculties Exist in Path of Peace, Declares Pepper (By United Press) Philadelphia, Aug. 26—Hope for early. settlement ‘of ‘the anthracite suspension has beensrevived. After a conference last night with John L. Lewis, president of the mine workers ‘Senator George ~Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania declared that “no insurmountable difficulties exist in the path of anthracite peace.,” = Indication that the joint confer- ence, which ended abruptly last Tuesday, may be resumed in the near future was indicated in reports’| that Secretary of Labor Davis and Hymel -Davies probably will ‘hold a conference with Lewis sometime to- day. (By United Press): Cleveland, Aug. 26—The grip of the impending nation.wide trans- \| portation tie-up died today. Reports received ‘at headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive firemen and engineers _stated that knock ‘outs of the firemen occured early today at the termination of the Chicago and Alton railroad at Rood- Houje and Springfield, Il. The fire-|: rte'r at Roodhouse refused to work +fter it was alleged an attempt was made to dynamite the. round house and a hotel lodging strike-breakers, CHIMNEY FIRE CALLS [ 7 OUT DEPARTMENT FRIDAY i The fire department was called Friday at 11:30 o’clock to the Frank Herling residence, Fifth ward, be:|7 cause of a bad chimney fire. Mr. and Mrs.. Herling . expressed their appreciation and said the fire depart- ment ought to be complimented for its promptness in responding to the call. The fire was confined to the the house. Jothers: :in - process 2 = =t [ REPORT it . GROWER futious Al WHEN STR!KES New President Asks Members Booking Orders; Movement : 5gnd'_Crhditon to Exercise Patience; Debt Problem e Farmers who have signed U. S. . Grain Grower contracts, as well as So Declares - Roger B‘b""‘! creditors, must exercise patience Relative to Railroad and while the new management endeav- Coali Strikes > | ors to place the company on a sound 3 financial basis, says a statement is- |sued by E. H. Cunningham, president. The demand for lumber is brisk and exceeds the ;npply offered for sale by producers. Lumber manufac- turers are very cautious about book- ing orders because the movement of bulky freight is becoming more re- stricted and it is more difficult to obtain ‘empty freight) cars for lum- FORECAST OF FUTURE new ber loading. On the Pacific rains LABOR DEVELOPMENTS| “As the new management of the have greatly lessened the danger o . U. S. Grain Growers, Inc., comes from forest fires with the result! into control,” the statement says Says People Want Laws to Avoid Strikes More Than Temporary Settlement “it has no Utopian schemes to pro- pose.' We recognize certain economic laws which can not be flouted, with- out inviting - disaster. “We plan to create a producers’ selling agency, which shall function in strict ‘accordance with ' ‘sound business methods and procedure. We do ‘not expect to establish any that log production has increased | and in turn the manufacturers have increased the sawing of lumber, ac- cording to the American Lumber- man.: 7, Offsetting this is the fact that the car supply is becoming more and more scanty on the Pacific Coast with the result that the movement of lumber .by rail is being cut down, particularly - at’ the mills which are located on small -roads or branmch roads. In the south, likewise the car situation is anything but good. Even where cats dre obtained and loaded they move very slowly, with the re- sult that comparatively little lumber is .ceaching the consuming markets. This undoubtedly is having the effect of stimulating the demand. In other’ words, some purchasers | will ‘place ordefs in several places and take a-chance on canceling the remainder after one order is re- ceivedy Also a certain element rep- resented among the buyers js bid- ding strongly for stock. This element does not represent the rank and file of the lumber trade, however, for there is a distinct tendency to take care of the old ‘customers and 7ot Wellesley Hills, Mass., August 2§ —People are not so much interested in the temporary settlement of the coal strike and the railroad strike as in developing plans so that they will not periodically re-occur. It is not enough to. kngw that we shall have coal this winter or that railway traffic is not now: suspended.. " If the people of this country are to be healthy, happy and prosperous, we must know that some plan is being evolved to prevent these strikes from reoccuring. In view of these facts Roger W., Babson was this week asked to make a forecast as to fu- ture labor developments. His diag- rosis of the strike situation follows: “When in Washington during the war assisting the secretary of Labor it 'was evident that the students of labor problems were divided into two distinct groups; one group be- lives in compulsary arbritration as : £ stock illustrated by the Kansas Industrial auctl.on o3 e Court, and the other group -stands Prices are advancing as they al-lpyrely for conciliation withoat any ‘ways “do . when ' orders exceed, the ¥ ompulsionsi Conseryatives ‘and (ra; supply but leading lumbermen are{gicals can be found'in both-groups. must exercise patience, “The' U. S, Grain Growers is in a deplorable condition, financially. It has a net deficit of $285,267.27. ‘While that is significant enough to trained financiers, it gives the gen- eral public no conception of the fi- nancial entanglements and complica- {tions that will have to be ironed out before we can hope to attempt ac- tual grain marketing operations. “We have no illusions concerning the outlook. We understand perfect- ly the_size of the task confronting the new management. We are mak- ing no optimistic promises that may prove impossible of fulfiliment. “Qur immediate and most urgent tically -everything depends upon the attitude they assume toward the new organization. Most of them are dis- posed ‘to be lenient, but not all. Just what the future may develop no man can say. At the proper time after we have gathered up the loose cads; we g,h_allt_mnk‘e,.& frank state-, ment.” = SPEEDY JUSTICE RESULT OF GRAND RAPIDS TRIAL W. Stanton of this city home Friday night after sitting at the trial of John H. Lence, charged Hyatt, who was shot in the pursuit of his duties as deputy sheriff of very hopeful of preventing a run-|hyestigation leads me to belive that away market, which in the endltporeig s field forjhoth of i these: ks, injury: to themselves. as. Well [ineg” of work: Labor disputes in as to the consumer. connection with general industries such as the textile industry, the boot T“KNIN(;AT[EN“ON To . land shoe industry, and possibly the 'steel industry, should be kept on a LAND CLEARING PROGRAM| conciiation. basis. It surely would : 3 5 " I'be a mistake to atempt compulsory > s Sl arbritration in connection with these The falling mercury and harvest- 1businesses which are operated solely ing of crops brings to the foreground]for profit. The best means for the land clearing program of Bel- av;)idi‘x‘lg m)“l;lhc i"fl“i 4“11195::'“35 i N is by keepin; esc indastries in two trami counfy, the chief fe'atu.re for majzr lagorg ouoe, e imoup to the fall being the organization of | " tyictly “union” and the other brushing crews which is now being|group strictly “non-union.” Let the done with all speed possible. (Continued on Page 5) Edson Washburn, manager of the land clearing association, reports two new teams organized in Ten Lakes -township, one in Jones township and of organization TOURIST PARTY SPENDS FEW HOURS IN BEMIDJI of court was immediately planned, | Howard Harmond, another deputy sheriff, who was shot through the left lung, the bullet passing through his body, was a witness ‘at the trial. Lence was found guilty and a verdict of ¥irst degree murder was returned by the jury Friday night at about 9 o'clock. The convicted man was im- mediately sentenced to life imprison- ment at Stillwater. The special term of court was started Tuesday. On the jury were seven women and five_ men. Ralph A. Stone and Col. Pratt served as attorneys for the state, the latter being commanding officer of Hyatt’s former regiment. Attorneys for the defendant were A tourist party comprising Robert Kreiser and wife, Ole Kjod and wife, Mrs. Kreiser’s sister, Dr. James Fol- lett and wife, William.Lambert and wife, K, J. Chapin, John Moody and Perry F. Loucks, were piloted to Be- midji from Grand Forks by Harry Wood and wife, who wére formerly residénts of this city. The party spent several hours in Bemidji and left for Itasca Park this morning. They all hail from Water- north of Pinewood. The Ten Lakes Farm Bureau unit met st the home of Leo Anderson Thursday and the unit was enthusias- tic about the land clearing program, Mr. Washburn reports. The matter of organized effort in-all farm activi- ties was enlarged -upon by R. N, Ohmstead, state leader of farmers’ clubs. Thig is 'a day of organization in every line and such organization is encouraged, especially in regards to farm units. The next meeting of this unit will be held-at the home of Joe Johnson on September 28. town, S. D., and attended the Ki- wanis convention at Grand Forks. They will return by way of the park, Park Rapids, Wadena, and Fargo. Alexandria N. J. Minvihil. D Circus. Time—The Tail End of the Parade GIEY LoOK AT THE 11)BALOON.! LooKiT! y Y € = %‘."_’& ¥ S iy IKNEWA FELLER) ™ 3 —" ) CD'EDTN Df‘;'@f;fi:“ %CE THAT HAD A | [ WHERE DID YE| IEND THAT SHOOK = ikl s \NYER T'GET DOWN) HANDS WITHADANL I'LL BETCHER - ¥ FORPAWONCE, YES SIR 1C0ULD BE A HEY JOHNY D. CIRGUS PERFORMER,} DOES YER MOTHER T1.L. BETCHER —<~{KNOW: 1 COULD, concern is with the creditors. Prac-| (By United Press) St. Paul, Aug. 26—Fred . Fulton|] lost oné ‘and’ saved himself ~ from losing three other fights last night. Billy Miske laid the ferocious plas- terer cold in one minute of fight- ing climbed from the ring. When Mike Collins, Fred's former man- ager, told him he was yellow Fred revived enough to poke Collins on the nose and start the gore flowing. Collins is - as Irish as his name. He tore in; Mike Gibbons appeared in the ring and Fulton made a wild swing. “Did you mean that?” Gibbons, ready for a killing. “No, no, no sir,” stammered Ful- ton. Then Tommy Gibbons told Fred he had better go to the showers and behave himself. Fred went. Ole Anderson, Minneapolis police~ man beat Chief Korems, Ft. Snell- ing Indian so badly .in four rounds that referce George Barton stopped the fray. Emil Engberg knocked out Ernie Fayles of Rochester in the first round. Dago Joe Gans of St. Paul kee in six rounds. Jimmy Josephs outpointed Paul Milnar in four rounds.; EVANGELIST AT NYMORE . LUTHERAN CHURCH SUNDAY Services will be conducted by Evangelist William _ Vasvig in the Lutheran church, Nymore, Sunday evening at 8 o’clock and all are wel- come . H. Z. MITCHELL HONORED AT KIWANIS CONVENTION H. Z, Mitchell of ‘the Bemidji del- egation to the district convention ofy the Kiwanis club at 'Grand Forks, which came to a close Friday eve- ning, has been elected lieutenant governor for the Minnesota territory Mr. Mitchell is. secretary. of the Be- midji Kiwanis club and a very ac- tive Kiwanian. A. E. Pickard of St. Paul was Itasca county, on July 3. Hyatt pass- ments including n 1 ed away July 17, and 4 special term u‘l Friday, with dancing Friday eve- Hinterest from a far country elected governor of the district and W. C. Green of Fargo was elected licutenant governor for North Da- Speedy justice is the result of a kota. The convention; Friday went|market in the Mississippi special term of district court held at|on record favoring the Great Lakes |states. But the Mississippi Valley Grand Rapdis this week. Judge C.|Tidewater project and indorsed the |states all report a surplus over last returned | program of the Kiwanis Internation- | year’s crop. al. A monster parade was given Fri- with ‘the murder of Major Earl P.|day noon with 33 clubs participating. surplus in the exporting Three bands and two drum corps also took part. Special entertain- a picnic, were enjoy- ning. WASHINGTON SYSTEM OF PLAYGROUNDS IN'CHINA Oriental 'Kingdom Interested in Physical Education Methods of Capital Washington, Aug. 26 (Capital, News Service)—Ming Chao Lut, at- tache of the Chinese Legation in the Nation’s Cap#tal, has written ‘o Howard Anderson, R. A. McOuat and the Supervisor! of Washington, D. C.’s playgrounds, asking for infor- mation regarding physical education- al facilities provided for Washing- ton’s children with a view to intro- ducing the same methods into his own country. He said in part: “I shall be much obliged if you will kindly advise me how much you have paid for the different so:t of physical apparatus, what is your management of the playground, and whether there is the necessity of providing the youngsters with a specialist or instructor in play. 1 shall also be very grateful if you will be good enough to give me some pamphlets or spefication plans, .if you have any, for I shall like to in- troduce your best system like this to young China whenever I have a chance to get in touch with some of our progressive educators or those’ who promote the welfare of 4} | the young folks in the Orient.” Educatipnal authorities interest- ed in the spread of modern ideas in the Orient,see in this request the opening wedge for disssemination of playground knowledge in the East. Supervised play, a very modern ad- dition to primary education, has proved so succesful as an introduc- tion to , and a furthering of, school work itself that it is belived it would vastly increase the possibili- ties of modefnizing far eastern thought could it be successfully planted on Oriental” soil. Incidentally ‘Washington play- ground authorities who tug vainly at congressial purse strings in an endeavor to get mote and better playgrounds for a city as yet il provided withethem, hope that this ay arouse Congress to ‘a better r "tion of the needs of American ¢ ren in what should be the gicr cducational center in the Countiry, the Nation’s Capitol. IN MINUTE BY MISKE| Present Marketing ' Situation Discussed by H. J. Hughes, Director of Markets snapped | SAYS CARLOT SHIPMENTS MUST BE BEST POSSIBLE R. C. Rose of University Farm Puts on Demonstration of Potato ‘Grading — 5 A highly profitable potato grad- ing school was held at the Marsh Siding potato warehouse on Thurs- spectacular ‘reforms. Our members |outpointed Jack Curran of Milwau-~ day, August 24 at 1 p.m. Arrange- ments for the demonstration . were made by County Agent D. C. Dvor- acek who acted as chairman,. He in- troduced Hugh J. Hughes, in charge of the Bureau of Markets, . State Department of Agriculture who dis- cussed the present potato . market- ing situation.. He stated: “Taking the crop of last year as a fair average, a yield of three hundred forty-six million was con- sumed by a population of one hun- dred million people, or each person used a little less than four busheds for table and seed puproses during the year. “This year the total crop produc- tion of the country is estimated by the United States Department of Agriculture in its August 1st re- port at four hundred and forty million bushels. Maine stands alone in having a less yield than last year. Every other state in the Union has an increased yield mainly on’ ac- count-of increased -acerage. .._!‘The -requiremants of ‘the” terri- tory east” of Pittsburgh are prac- tically covered by the products in that territory, including Virginia and some imports from Michigan. This leaves the tremendously in- creased potato crop of the northern states and of the west to find a - Valley “Taking the figures given by the Federal Department there is a net potato states of sixty-two million bushels, and in the territory where these mil- lions of extra bushels of tubers must be marketed there is a surplus over last year’s production of nineteen excess over last year’s crop of eighty one million bushels. Grant- ing that the potato crop of Minne- sota is shorn down to the level of last year, this tremendous surplus can not be overcome nor ignored. the market demand on the part of the consumer promises to. be dull; under léss favorable circumstances buying may come temporarily to a standstill, cspecially in case of an y freeze and a subsequent jam of ill conditioned cars on the mark- et. “Under conditions such as these, st be a radical changs in the of the shipper if he is o avoid serious financial loss. Whaen there is a strong buying demand the dealers in the distributing centers are not so particular about qualil “In a year of bad markets the: trade conditions become disastrous to a shipper of poor stuff. The reme- dy as far as there is any remady in the situation lies in putting up cach and cvery carlot shipment in the best possible manner, “Under the conditions that obtain or a weak market the consignment of cars to unknown dealers is a dangefous procedure. A consigned car is not a sold car, and the only safe procedure is to make arrangc- (Continued on Page 6) FORMER RESIDENT HERE ' ‘LAID TO REST FRIDAY Louis Kane, 61 years of age, a former resident of Bemidji, pasred away at his home in Virginia Sun- day, August 20, at 1:30 o’clock. Fu- neral services were held here Friday afternoon from the Huffman & O’Leary undertaking parlors, Rev. Scott officiating. Interment was made in Greenwood cemetery under the direction of O. M. Olson, funeral director. . Mr. Kane was born in Kentueky March 30, 1860, and came to Be- midji in 1900, being engaged in the railroad business. For 17 years he was employed by the Crookston Lumber company as a contractor. Three years ago he moved to Vir- ginia and bought out a restaurant with his son. He is survived by his widow, Jennie M. Kane, and three children, Vern 0, of Virginia, May Caster of Los Angeles, and ‘Dorothy iwra of Lemon, S. D. He is alsq i __ survived by four grandchildgen, 1 . Y million bushels making a total net - “Under more favorable conditions .