Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 8, 1922, Page 1

R & The Pioneer. is the only daily. e within 100 miles of Bemidji.and . has - the ' lafgest circulation.’'\in i E 3 81 Northem/llljumsota. i ! : i a 1 DAILY PIO! "'dight and Saturday; 'Copler Minnesota:Generally ok to- rtions : Satar-: night andweast po; day. VOLUME XX, NO. 120 BEMIDJI, MINN., FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 8, 1922 Executlve"'f‘oun_cil of A.F. of L. To Hear Strike S : o, Bemidji High Coac. . ies' First Call To i Gndlron - Candidates lPrnclice Will Be Started in Earnest Monday at the Fair Grounds . SEVERAL 1921 PLAYERS TO RETURN THIS FALL Tentative Schedule of Games Already Arranged; Will Include the Best The first call for high school foot- ball candidates for the 1922 season will be sounded Monday afternoon by Frank Kovach, new athletic coach- Kovach played fullback and half- back repsectively in 1916 and 1917 on the Stout Institute eleven of Me- rominee, Wisconsin. Several of the boys who have been ing out every evening at the Central school grounds practicing passing, kicking, receiving passes and catching punts but practice in earnest will not be started until Monday afternoon at , the ‘fair grounds when it is expected that. all candidates that are mow with the BEMIDJ1 " BOYS ENJOY CRUISE ON PADUCAH Word received from the U. S. S. Padueah, naval reserve training ship for this district which is now making a Great Lakes cruise, is to the effect that the Bemidji boys who are oxn the trip are enjoying it and expeet to return to Bemidji about Sunday. Louis Neumann is reported to be in his old place, working for ‘“Doc” in the “sick bay.”. Joe Bavis is on the bridge and has a great time with the signal flags. The boys left Detroit Tuesday fur Duluth, at which port the ermse will come to a close. COUNTY BOARD REFUSES DRAINAGE FUND REQUEST Commissioners Insist Upon Be- ing Shown Benefits of Pres- ‘ent Red Lake Plan No more money will be spens by Beltrami’ cqunty in preliminary work on the Red Lake river drainage pro- Bemidji boys band at the state fair and those that are one the Naval Militia cruise will report ready for; real work. Five Letter Men Missing ject until the county commissioners havé been” shown that tho ‘benefits to. be received by this county will | warrant, further expenditure of pub- lic money. This action. was taken at When the sheepskins were passed |the regular monthly meeting of the around last June five went to_foot-} Beltrami county boargd here_ this week ed one letier men. Max Boyce, captain ] when the commissioners voted unan- nd right tackle, who was proclaim- [imously against.the appropriatiof of of the best scholastic tacklesmore money to c: arry on rthe pre- in the state, by former college grid-[liminary work. iron stars who saw him play, is gone. will also be missing, as will Hulette lin the northwestern part The Red Lake Conservancy dis- Ledfors and Hodgdon, guards|trict, made up of several rountiss of 1he at half back and Jahr at guarter- state, has financed the preliminary back, due to graduation. Many Players Returning The men expected to uphold Be midji’s prestige on the chalk lined field, returning this year are } and Baney at_end; Sullivan, husky 165 pound tackle-and from- whonr much is looked for; Neumard at' full- back; Cline, Hickerson and Davis at halfbacks; Bailey and Cpushrier .ati quarter, and Peterson,: Funk, and Ellioft in the center of the From the second team last year and who no doubt will be heard from this year are Lars and Barney Hik- kerup, both husky line candidates and Minnick a possibility for the backfield- Douglas Neely,.a big fel- low who played on the Warsaw high school eleven of New York’last year at guard, is also out for a position. _ interest In Games Pl The schedule as Kovach ~ would like to play it has béen drawn up and presented to the athletic as- sociation officers, who will follow it out as far as possible in arrang- ing the games. The first game on the schedule may be played with Blackduck on September 16 at the Red Lake Ind- jan Fair. The officers of the Indian fair would like to have the Bemidji and Blackduck high school football elevens meet there on the last day of the fair as the feature attraction but due to the late opening of sehool here, which will give the local team less than, a week of practice it is doubtless if Coach Kovach will attempt a game so soon, One game that is definitely booked is that with Cathedral High school of Duluth and which will be played at Duluth, Oct. 7. The Catholics last year had about the best eleven at the hgad of the lakes, being tied with Super- ir Central and Denfield high of Du- luth for the head of the lakes con- ference championship- While backers of the Bemidji cleven are casting covetuous eyes on the 1922 championship, they are (Continued on Page 8.) KU KLUX KLAN RITUAL SHOWN NEWSPAPER MEN (By United Press) Minneapolis, Sept8—The first ritual of the Ku Klux Klan in the northwest »was witnessed by news- e- paper men:drom a distance last night. | | Member the Klan, in white yobes anduhigh peaked headpieces more than:1000 strong, went through the spooky rites of the order initiat- ing 100 candidates. The newspaper men were picked up in an automo- Lile and taken to a field on the out- skirts where the Klan stood with a fiery cross, American flag and an altar bearing an open Bible and un- sheathed sword in the center, while | the ritual was going on. Newspaper men were taken out and then escorted pack to town. They were warned not to attempt to identify any of the participants or ceremonies. The King Kleagle read the ritual from 12th chapter of Romans. Rhea | WOV line. |. work-to date and this weck the Bel- trami ‘commissioners received a re- quest_from that board for additional motey> Although it is said that the otk is mearing . completion, the comimissioners- feel that - Beltrami pty, is. receiying .practically no direct benefit from the Red Lake project as it now stands and abso- lutely refused to give it further sup- port until shown where the expend- itures are warranted. __Stone Peterson of Solway ~was awarded the contract by the board at this session for a short distance’ of highway between Solway and Pinewood, a stretch of road which is in poor condition generally. Mr- Peterson’s_bid amounted to $924.40 Sections 19 to 30,. inclusive, in township 158-38 were set over into unorganized District No. 119, upon | request of the residents of those townships. This request shows that the unorganized school system in this county is progressing under the lead- ership of the present board of ed- ucation. AERIAL TRANSPORTA“QN lmprovemen-t-s’::: Antiquated Almost Before They Are Tried, Data Shows Washington, Sept. 8 (Capital News Service)—That transportation is to be revolutionized through the use of the air is the belief of many of the savants of the nation’s cap- ital, who are following with the most intense interest the startling devel- opments of the last few months in aviation. The Scientific American draws at- tention to the probability of a con- tinuous upper air current blowing {rom west to east at a velocity ap- proaching 300 miles per hour, and suggests the possibility of traveling from San Francisco to New York in eight hours by taking advantage of the high gale and the airplane speed- From London comes the word that the British Air Ministry is experi- menting with aerial transport for soldiers, with a view to moving a larg ebody of troops in a short time from place to place, a feat which if accomplished would revolutionize all existing ideas of war. It is here pointed out that a thousand machines capable of carrying 25 men and equipment each, could put an-army on the continent in two days. The London Daily mail has offered a $5,000 prize for the longest flight in a motorless plane, the competi- tion to take place this month. It is possible some American Airmen will compete. French, British and Belgian avia- tors are cerdited with much amaze- ment and no little worry about the | German motorless plzne successes, cne which has established a record of three hours in the air and caused a talk of transoceanic flight without a motor. ’ > - - - ——— Closes Successful »Engagelv:ienl at State Fair-Fopis - Grandstand €oncert - 34 % L The Bemidji- Boys band will return home in triumph Saturday night af- ter a most successful engagement at the Minnesota State Fair and a number of side entertainments. The boys are scheduled to leave the state fair. grounds. at 7 o’clock Saturday morning;: making the trip the same way as they'went down, with four auto busses, a‘motor truck with their baggage and instruments, and several touring cars driven by. the parents of the boys. This schedule is expect- ed to bring them home about 9 or 10 o’clock Saturday night. They will have supper at Walker about 7 o’clock, according to their present schedule. According to a telephone com- munication from Miss Leifa Stanton secretary of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce asociation, this morning the band has made -a wonderful showing in the twin cities and at the state fair. Although the weck has been a strenuous one, the boys are all reported to be feeling fine aad enjoying the time of their young lives- Last night the entire band enjoyed a dinner at the Ryan hotel, St. Paul where they gave a concert last Sai- urday night at the request c¢f the management. Following the dinner party, they were the guests of Theo- dore Hays at the Capitol theater, St. Paul, he being the manager of the theater. Thursday afternoon the band paraded in front of the grand stand at the fair grounds and ve- ceived a hearty welcome on all sides. Tonight at 7 o’clock they are schedul- ed to play in front of the urand (Continued on Page 8) ENROLLMENT IN GRADES "~ SHOWS FINE INCREASE Through an eror in compilation, the enrollment in the Benridji grad- ed schools has been incorrectly an- nouncegd. The -announcement made Wednesday showed a decrease in the number of pupils registered- Such is not the case, it is now learned and the entbllment counts up well to- ward the mark set before school opened. The fous grade school buildings were ready at the opening of school to accommodate about 1,100 pupils. .The_correct enroliment to date shows a total of 1074. Of this num- ber 560 are at the Central school an incresad over last year. The Lin- 2oln school has an enrollment of 318 the North.school 134 and the East school 62. Regular class work has already been started in all grades and the school year has begun in earnest: ALBERT HENDRICKS TO “OPEN NEW TAILOR SHOP Albert Hendricks is opening up a new tailor shop over Gill Bros. clothing store on Third street. He is doing tailoring, cleaning and pressing. Ladies’ tailoring work is a specialty. BIRCHMONT HAS HAS FINE YEAR, 'REPORTS SHOW Stockholders Enjoy Banquet and Hear Encouraging Reports for Year INCREASED BUSINESS IS SHOWN IN REPORTS Improvements Made This Year Keep Birchmont Resort Among the Finest About seventy “five -stockholders of the Bemidji-Birchmont Hotel com- pany were guests of the hotel man- agement at a banquet Thursday evening. The spread was considered one of the finest ever, fit for king, prince or potentate, being deli¢ious, ap- petizing and satisfying. The service | rendered was second to none in the country- “No wonder the hotel is so well patronized and guests so thoroughly satisfied,” said one of the stock- holders after concluding his meal. This in a large. measure tells the story of the splendid success of Birchmont the past two years. F. S. Lycan, under whose super- vision the hotel is being conducted was called upon for a report of the summer’s business. Mr. Sycan pre- sented some tnteresting facts and figures showing the tremendous in- crease in business over the previous year to the delight of all present: = The report covered the period up to September 1st. It showed in de- tail the amount of ‘money reccived from the various departments and the new equipment and cotages ad- ded to the institution, which revegl~ ed that the plant valuation has reached the onejhundred thousand mark. g He pointed out the many improve- ments ‘made, including buildings grounds, - /shrubbery, refinishing, furniture, bedding, autos, toboggan slide, etc., which now give this in- (Continued on Page 8.) LAUNCH DRIVE TODAY FOR HOSPITAL FUNDS The first steps toward the drive for a $35,000 fund for the North Central Minnesota Lutheran Hos- pital has been launched. Letters to the ‘citizens of Bemidji were mailed out today, a copy of which appears on another page in thisvissuc. The letter is a direct appeal to the citizens, pointing out the great need of a hospital in Bemidji and urge all to take stock in the enterprise. The old St- Anthony property has been acquired and work on improvements and the construc- tion of a new heating plant will be begun as soon as funds are available It is the plan to operate this hos- pital this fall. hospital | DAUGHERTY INJUNCTION .. TO CAUSE LEGAL BATTLE To; Determine Goyernment’s Power in Controlling (By United Press) By ‘Lawrence Martin Washington, Sept. 8—The Daugh- erty injunction against the striking railroad shopmen has set in motion | developments which in the opinion oi observers here will have a mark- ied effect on legal and political his- tory within the next few months. These developments include. A great legal battle, more intense than any similar court fight that has preceeded it to determine how far the governmeat can go in control- |ling by injunction the conduct of | labor unions or any other group of | citizens. < political fight aimed direct at somé republican candidates for Con- gress who have either openly ap- proved the administration’s strike policy or have merely failed to dis- approve it. An effort to liberalize the United States court by obtaining appoint- ments for impending vacancies' of liberals. New York, S 8—DBert M. Jew- ell, head of the striking shopmen af- ter conferring with railroad execu- tives, has agreed to a plan for settle- ment of the railroad strike with eight or ten roads, according to the Dow- Jones financial ageney today. The agency says Jewell conferred with President Warfield of the Sea- board Air Line and with Senator Cummins. Chicago, Sept. 8—United States marshals today succeeded in serving notices on leaders of railroad strik- ers of the issuance of the Daugher- (Continued on Page 8.) HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS T0 REGISTER MONDAY Registration for the Junior and Senior departments % Bemidji’s new high school will'gin '« Monday, September 11, at 1:30 p. m. and continue all day Tuesday. All stud- ents must be registered before Wed- nesday morning, announces J. W. Smith, principal of the Junior and Senior High school. Those registering are to use the east side entrance to the new build- ing, and are also notified that book rental fees must be paid in advance. The Junior high school will be- gin regular all-day class work Wed nesday morning at 9 o’clock and the Senior high school will begin its regular class work at 1:30. The regular school hours will be cbserved beginning Thursday morning when class work will begin at 8;15. | s P HARKER GETS CONTRACT TO REMODEL PLUMBING Roy V. Harker of this city has been awarded the contract to re- model the plumbing plant at the Great Northern Depot. It is under stood that he will begin work at once. R’member WAY BACK WHEN A MAN COULD PURCHASE :GRAPES WITHOUT AROUS ING SVSPICION-BUT e Gompers Pl Before L DELINQUENT HUNTERS ‘ARE GIVEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16 Minnesota small game hunters will be given a chance between now and the official opening of the hunt- ig season on September 16th to file their reports with the State Game and Fish Commissioner covering small game taken during the 1921 season. Those who fail to report will be refused licenseqy Those who Jhave lost the official report card attach- ed to their license may report by letter. Letter report must contain names and numbers of game birds taken, name and address of liccensce and if possible number of small game license and from what county issued. KIWANIS CLUB OFFERS TO DRESS UP BEMIDJI Committee Will Visit Wards and Urge Dressing Up for Women’s Convention In behalf of the women’s clubs of Bemidji, Mrs. T. C. Bailey ap- peared before the Kiwanis club at its regular meeting at the Elks club rooms Thursday noon and requested that the Kiwanians take an active part in putting the streets and alleys of the city in spick and span condi- tion for the state convention of the Minesota Federation of Women'’s clubs to be held here September 13 14 and 15. . {‘Although the majoriVy of the streets, alleys and vacant lots are in flair shape,” said M Railey, “still there are a number of places that might present a better appear- ance, and we do not want anything but good things said about Bemidji when the 600 or more ladies leave here .after the convention. The club agreed with Mrs. Bailcy most heartily and a committee was appointed, with W. L. Brooks as chairman, to cover every ward in the city, and whenever nccessary ask property owners to coopcrate with the club that the city may present as neat an apearance as posible during the coming week at least. Thursday’s meeting was in charge of A. L.- Molander, Alec Doran, C A. Huffman and Ed. Netzer, the lat- ter acting as chairman. The attend- ance prize a case of soft drinks do- nated by Mr. Netzer, was won by Dr. A. V. Garlock. Miss Ragnhild Moe, who recently returned from an extended vacation entertained at the piano and assist- ed during the club singing. M. J. Brown assistant attorney general was the speaker of the day and he gave a very interesting and instruc- tive talk on “Law Enforcement.” MOTHER AND SON UNITED AFTER 21 YEARS SEARCH St. Cloud Woman Locates Boy. Snatched From Her Breast By Former Husband St. Cloud, Sept. 8—Twenty one years search of a mother for the baby snatched from her breast by her husbend, has been rewarded through the cfforts of the Red Cross Pawnee, Oklahoma. Mrs. Henry Ingle-Randall has found her son—now owner of oil lands in Oklahoma and wealthy. Mrs. Ingle and her husband separa- ted in Harrisburg, Pa., when the boy was two years old and the mother only cighteen. One night as she sat in her mother’s home in a Harris- burg suburb, two men and a woman entered and caught up the boy as the mother swooned. From that day until recently she never heard from him. The father brought up the son on a Mexican ranch in ignorance of his | mother. Ten years ago, he confided to a peon on the ranch and the peon told the boy. The lad, Frank, then thirteen struck out immediately in search of his mother. He worked as a farm hand in Oklahoma, bought land and later he discovered his| property was valuable. He then went to the Red Cross in Pawnee and told his story. Mrs. Ingle came west and married A. L. Randall of St. Cloud She was ill in a hospital when word came from the Red Cross of her son. She left the hospital and boarded a train im- thediately for Pawnee, and found him now nearing 24 years of age. “I am perfectly happy now that I have found my boy,” she said. abor Cguggil s Plans To Puti General Strike Topic Says Demand of ‘Many Unions for General Strike Will Not Be Ignored EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO OPEN MEETING SATURDAY Wisconsin Labor Preparing Impeachment Proceedings Against Wilkerson (By United Preas) Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 8— Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, ‘to- day planned to place the question of a general strike, because of the Daugherty injunction, before the executive council of the federatiop. “The demand of many of the un- ions for a general strike will not be ignored,” said Gompers. “I will place the matter before the counecil and we will act in accordance with our conscience and not with . any fear of the attorney general. The council of the federation is to meet here tomorrow and; Jprobably will last a weck.” Gompers saill the de- mand of labor for a sympathetic strike is becoming more insistent. Several unions have adopted a resolution favoring a general strike and hundreds of unions are on rec- ord favoring a nation-wide walk out according to Gompers. The council of the American Fed- eration of Labor is not vested with power to call a general strike, but leaders who have already met here state that in this case leaders of in- dependent unions would accept the recommendations of the council al- most as a mandate. o Gompers in an Interview with the United Press charged president Harding with breaking faith ~with the striking shop workers. According to Gompers, Harding promised the rail workers to use the big stick to make the railroads accept the first Harding proposal for peace. This included unimpaired seniority rights for the workers. Harding turned the big stick into the Daugherty . injunction, Gompers said. !Minneapolis, Sep#h 8—Prepara- tions for starting impeachment pro- ceedings against Federal Judge Wilkerson and demand for the resig- nation of Attorney General Daugh- erty is the answer of the Wisconsin labor to the drastic railroad injunc- tion obtained in Chicago. POWER FARMING PARADE AT STATE FAIR TODAY St. Paul, Sept. 8—Power farming day was observed at the Minnesota State Fair today. A mammoth parade with several hundred tractors drawing full loads was staged on the race track. Power farming machinery is be- ing emphasized at this year’s state fair. All of the leading types of tractors are being shown in numbers. One of the features of the Fordson disp , showing the various use of the tractors is a farm demonstration- SOCIAL WORKERS HOLDING CONFERENCE AT GLENWOOD Glenwood, Minn., Sept. 8—Social workers from throughout the state are convening here for the opening of the thirtieth annual state confer- ence of the social service workers today. Several other social service orga- nizations conventions here at the same time will hold joint meetings. The main convention lasts three days. ENTOMBED MINERS NOT BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE (By United Press) At the Argonuat Gold Mines, Jackson, California, Sept. 8—Hope of rescue of the 47 entombed min- ers from the depths of the Argonaut gold diggings is virtually dead today The blast heard, at first thought te be signals from victims were caused by powder left in the mines being exploded by the fire which is sweep- ing through the mines, it is now said. Dense masses of poisonous gasses are pouring from the Argonaut mouth. Rescue squads are digging doggedly ahead trying to break into the Argonaut from the adjacent Kennedy mine, but it is feared that when they open the sub-chamber where the men are trapped, they will find only corpses. It will be four before the underground cham- can be penertated. The miners b buried since August 27y have “I have nothing to worry about now.” |