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Osdjr Dally Wkld 100 MiU* of BessUjI *P BW.y VOLUME XVIII. NO. 99 VJ r- GUARDSO i SH wrm STRIKING WNERS:SHOTS EXCHANGED Fifteen Men Seriously Wound- i in Outbreak Betwe en Guards'and Miners EXTRA POLICE ESCORT i WORKMEN TO WORK i Several Injured Me Thought to Be Fatally Wounded In the Riot I (By United Press.) Butte, Mon., April 22. Fifteen men are in the hospital "seriously wounded, following clashes last night between striking miners and guards near Neversweat mine. Further outbreaks threatened today. Feeling ran high. Sporadic outbreaks were reported throughout the night. Guards were escorting workmen through the crowd of jeering strike pickets when a revolver shot rang out. A near riot followed when both sides opened fire with revolvers. Extra police are employed today to preserve order. Seven" wounded men are believed to beidying. (By United Press.) Butte, Mont., April 22.A general strike throughout Montana is brew-.' mg today following a strike clash near (By United'Press.) will rT? three fatally. Telegrams calling on .wooers, to strike w.ere sent broadcast today. E,ugh B. Haran was shot and killed, in the press room of the Daily Bul-^ lerin today. Joe Pabst was arrested,, claiming that the shooting was acci dental. Both were radicals. The.'key!'yesterday'in Bulletin is, a labor paper. an ^rancasco,,Ap^l/,22:.T-Regula|::sibie "arm:, .uToops: f?om-GanW Lew^ wete ordered to-.Butte by General Hunter Liggett today in connection"':?with &!s^rike disturbark*3S.v (MPLlMENT -f'^ PAID '5I:,___.,, Mr F.. W! tLangdon 'recently re^ cerved a letter from a'large cream ery company in Minnesota asking if he would send them a copy of the plans of his new ice cream manufac turing plant as they, had heard through Mr. Schemp -of the Greamery Package Co., of the many ideal feat ures of it. This arm contemplates the erection of a model ice-cream plant and want to embody the feat ure's of Mr. Langdon's plant in theirs. Mr. Schemp is the installation ex pert who inspects all the installing of tne equipment in the plants furn ished by The Creamery Package Co. and it was-upon recommendatio from him that Mr. Langdon's model was'suggested to the Creamery com pany contemplating the erection of a plant. TOBACCO DEMAND GROWSSTEADILY IN U.S. Washington, April 22 -The com puted per capita consumption of to batcco in this country has been stead ily gaining .since 1865, according to compilations made hy the Bureau of *p Estimates of the Department of i^rtculture. Before that: time, back is JL839,'it-seems -to havfj been S^^pouhds. Foilowihg1 the Civiabout war .the computed average is as low as 2 l^euotds, and this was followed by a climbing movement that heached 6.4 pounds in X905-19I* ahdv8 pounds during the followingifouryears. Tobacco consumption in 1790, the "oldest year for which it can be estir mated, appears to have been nearly 29,000,000 pounds in thisedtihtryvln 191? it was 1,000,000,000 pounds, while in 1918 it dropped back to 828,- 0*O,O0Q rising to 914,000,008!.pounds last year. Pre-war consumption was eight times the consumption forty years ^i, go, and in the war years apparently ~"-J text times that quantity. BRYAN MAY YET BE,',- DELEGATE IN NEBRASKA Omaha, Neb.r .April 22.-^ William Jennings Bryan will be delegate'from Nebraska to the democratic national convention, returns from nine hun dred and ninety-four precincts out of eighteen hundred and forty-nine, in dicated today. Two delegates running with Senator Hitchcock were named. Bryan was third. Hitchcock was en doxsed for president with little op position. Johnson was still leading by big majority .in the republican presidential vote. iai&iitA'i^^ ^i^jJi| KSt&H Well, that's just it, who is he?^atre We would all like to see the rest of his countenance-, but he wouldn't stand for it. This man lives in Bemidji. He's a jolly good fellow, when once you get to know him. Of course, those who know him too well may refuse to commit themselves. Find Him Out First. Next Monday afternoon and until he is found out, he will have in hiswhich pocket two tickets to the American Legion boxing contests, for the first two persons who discover him, and have in their possession a copy of The Pioneer with the above picture. We suggest that you accost him thusly: "Say, Mr. call ing him 'by name, "I think you aretis the man who has a free ticket for me to the Legion boxing contest." Then show him The Pioneer with the top of his head missing "and he'll produce the ticket. Remember the ticket is free. And remember that thee _,, nwl7-c.Ti ^'A. %iPicfoii of St/.. 3Aiii^i .the ri^rsi&^v :extension i toteati-t.arid opportunity to- attend^thjefes'tate 1 a:ir at Sjou.x !.City a^ the-resul"t..-''of"the state' contest at the :Minnsf)ta..Stat d^air. ""'**"1 Three lad*^ of-this 'county are to enjoy a trip to the stait6rk.|cc^d)nplishl fair this fal as the result of the Mr ed last year, and everyv"iteducement is-piahned for this season''to Secure mote competitors among the clubs.' The, .boys:',to...make the,state-fair trip this, fall ...are .Fred Webster "of Ne bieh, who won in the potato contest, Byron,Benson of this city, who won in the gardening contest,'and John Smithfealgo of Bemidji, who was judged the winner in the poultry contest. County Superintendent of Schools .C. ItfqGhee ana County Agent Dvoracek will take charge of the county' Cluu work from now on since Harry Olin, former club leader, has resigned his position as agricultural instructor of the High school. All communications concerning club Work should be addressed to one of these two men, who will conduct the work during the summer months MORE SUBSCRIBE FOR DISTILLATION PLANT SITE The most recent subscriptions for the fund to purchase the Douglas mill site for the Stellar company of Minneapolis which is to establish a wood distillation plant in this cty for the manufacture- of turpentine from the Norway pine stumps in clude the allotments from Lyc&n & Co., A. L. Dickinson, B. & D. Shoe store, and* 13. M: Sathre. President Barker of the Bemidji 'Civic and. Commerce association 'ur- ges that all who have been requested to make a subscription do.so- at once that the fund may be completed and the.deal closed. GOT WHIFF OF OWN BREATF. THEN HE PLEADED GUILTYband :(By International News Service) Corning, N. Y., April 22.Arrest- ed for intoxication, Mason Barney, twenty-four, of Hammondsport, was in douibt whether to plead guilty or not when he appeared before Judge Wheeler. "Well," said the Judge, "by thetoms, smell -of your breath 1 guess you were pretty drunk.'.' Barney placed his hands to his mouth and preathed out. He then put his hands to his nose. "Well, i guess I'm guilty, Judge," he sair. i "Ten Judge.. dollars fine," roared the WOMAN IS RECOVERING AFTER RARE OPERATION (By International News Service) "Tttilford, Kan., April 22.-^-A woman forty-four years old is recovering in a hospital here after having under gone a rare operation.' A portion of diseased bone in her spine was removed andVa- tumor cut from her spinal cord^',/^ J::-. CURTIS AND ALBRECHT BATHE FOR AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES Wrestling Contest at Grand Last Night Resulted in a Draw Program Good Battling for one hour and 20 min utes with toe and strangle holds bar red, and only pinned falls to count, L..C. Curtis of this city and John Al brecht of Minneapolis were given a draw at the finals at the Grand the last night before a large atten dance of enthusiastic fans. Soon after time was called at the beginning of the bout -Curtis suc ceeded in putting Albrecht on the bottom, and only once after that were both men on,their feet again. Al brecht with 180 pounds of wiry mus cle remainel on the bottom through practically all tne match showing great: defensive work in breaking the many body scissors and arm holds Curtis endeavored to work oh him. Curtis withopponen less than hisr boxing contest feei held at th Gran theatre May'SV Now hurry and find the man. Yes, he sleeps nights and is pretty much awake d[ay times. He eats, he sleeps, he talks he walks and some times rides in.V an automobile. Get busy arid pick him out. Urn iead|if :6'f UKj$stat boys^-ahd.. gi^2 ciub#conMe11 with county :ag eut D. C. [iJYDV&eekl .AgriciUtaraK-Instructor Harry J. Qii3, and Assistant County! w.or:-t fir lie had ever been in. ^iWr'Mi: tii&Astate bovs' "and eirls' -Superintendent Sc'hools.C. G. Han- bout was exceptionally interesting!. .reference to the' throughput' and it appears assured plans' forthg^'club ^.orlc.,fpr.,this.ea .inucjh..Interest, would ..be. shown in a ':sohr""'leams'will be: Ipinifed if pos- second match when ..Al b,rec,h.t' could ..jfe^e.teosen Wea^fei^ vilw(sfet^a*.the-vW^ ^s^j^^lMi!^^^^ 'ICn%, 16 5* pounds, of Moptaiia met T. Erickson, 165 pounds of Crook stqn, for twovlaJls. King won thea .first fall in three minutes, and th(iture, second fall in 7 minutes and 32 sec onds, winning the match. Second preliminary in~which Mas ter Curtis and Master Stevens put up an "admirably scientific game for even grown-ups caused a good bit of en tertainment. Both lads were clean at the game and .showed a thorough knowledge of the fundamental points. Stevens was somewhat the larger of the two youngsters, but nevertheless he could not beat young Curtis. A draw was called at, S minutes and 30 seconds. As a semi-windup, Harry Johnson, 150 pounds, of Nymore, met Frank Smith, "140 pounds, of this city for two falls, strangle hold barred. At the end of 4 minutes emd 35 sec onds, Smith won the first fall with a body scissors hold. The'second fall required more time and after 12 minutes and 10 seconds of good snappy battling, Johnson won it. The entire wrestling contest was conducted in a very clean and orderly fashion throughout and appeared to please everyone present. MOTHER. INSANE. SLAYS HER FOUR CHILDREN (By International News Service) Elk City, Kan., April 22.The last chapter in the tragedy which cost the lives of Tier nve children was clos ed here the other day when the bodies of the mother/and her offsprings were laid to rest in the same grave. The body of the youngest child, a four months-old baby, lay folded in its mother's arms. M)rs. Cowart, supposedly in a fit of insanity, cut the throats of the chil dren and then drew the blade of the same keen knife across her own throat. The tragedy occurred in the tent home of the Cowarts while the hus and-father was at work in%n Elk City mill. MTTBDEfi OOHyESSED AT REVIVAL MEETING (By International News Service) Steubenville, Ohio, April 22.Dur- ing a revival meeting in Beech Bot- W. Va., Harry Miller, of Akron, Ohio, went to the "mourners' bench" and confessed he murdered eleven year-old Francis South, of Adena, March 26. He was arrested. The po lice say he is crary. Miller said he murdered the child with the butt of a revolver after he had requested the girl's sister to ac company him to a theatre, and Fran ces remarked that Miller was not a fit man. He said that he hid his shirt, smeared with blood, in a tree stump near the scene of the crime. The police will look for it. Kaplan talks on labor situa tion in Grand theatre at 7:30 tomorrow night. M?'1 Hi* Pioneer a Mtmbtr of the United PNHULMM4 Wft* SerrkeToday's World Now Today BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 22,, 1920 a weight of 22 pounds was working at a great disadvantage at all times. Right at the start one of his fingers were severely strained, and this ap^- pered to give him no little annoyance. Time ana again it appeared that Cur-j had a hold on Alorecht whic^ ho man could possibly break, but bigdeath Albrecht would somehow manage to break loose. Owing to the. fact that Albrecht has a match on tonight in the south-, era part of the state and was reher quired tb catcii tlie 11:20 o'clock train last*" night, it was announced at the end of an hour after the gong for the ("go" was sounded that the wrestlers would be allowed 20 more minutes in which to secure a fall. Several'" times during this period it seemed almost certain that Curtis was about ,to win a fall, but Al brecht was too clever for that, he still remained on the defensive un til the limit of time.was called. How ever Albrecht stated that he tried to play offensive by-getting, on-top at various'times, but b,e said "It can't be done." Once during the last per i-ort of time when Curtis had a body scissors hold on Albrecht making it impossible for him to move, Al brecht exclaimed that he was in the The FOR SALE Modern chicken /"coop. Inquire"'700 Minnesota l^Ave. Phone 257. j^ltf This ad ran one time and Mrs. J. C. Parker called this morning to take it out chicken coop, was sold. STAGE BEAUTY IS EXECUTED AS SPY I (International News Service.) Budapest, April 22.In von Pern yi, th^, leader of the Budapest ballet, has, according to news received here from Transylvania, paid a tragic pen alty for Jier beauty. Mile. Pernyi, acknowledged to be the most beauti ful woman in Budapest, long resisted all overtures for her hand. Shortly after the departure of the Ruman ians from Budapest after a' stay of several months, she was reported "missing." It was rumored ^hat a high officer on the staff of General Maderescu had been fortunate' enough to cap ture the heart of the capricious danc er. A short paragraph in a Ruman ian newspaper recently announced her death for spying against Rumania. Mile. Pernyi had apparently ex-, cited the'envy and hatred of the Rumanian women, for from a letter she wrote to a friend before her she declared she was the victim of. a hideous plot, and that incriminat ing documents had been placed in her baggage, which formed so powerful an indictment against her that even friendship with General Mader escu's staff officer availed her noth ing General resentment against the 'Rumanians is felt in Budpaest, as Mile. Pernyi was a universal favorite. 4 BLAMES SOLDIER DIVORCES ON LJIS. OP GOVT. BONUS )(By International News Service) Cincinnati, Ohio, April 22.Most divorces in cases where American soldiers were bridegrooms are due to the- financial affairs of the husband as' a tesult of a lack of proper con sideration by (JIG United States gov ernment" uuring the period of recon struction." said Judge Chsirles W. Roffniau'. v^tionally known court judge of hi city, in. a statement is sued here. Judge Hoffman declared the gov- -.firnment:- should .have assisted these ,men top Vitions_\yh.lcli PIONE would enabled 'theiti tojvnjovldo the comforts of life ^io^dQfJSfi^jf*wg %-H'esv %'m peliev$/i{ Uncl4'"Sam'hafl placed, his soldiers oii their feet again so thn.t the wife could see something besides, life struggle and poverty as her fu many of. these domestic diffi c'ulties m%ht have been avoided," he said LAUNCH CRUSADE AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS States a least a. half annuallyt nearly a thousan ant tuberculosis workers willf launcDoubls !afternoon (By Internatonal News Servicer St. Louis, April 22.In an en deavor to reduce the death rate from pany will conduct a sawmill business tuberculosis and to save the United upon the co-operative plan, the coV- the Crusad the Barred Cross, at the sixteenth an nual meeting of the National Tuber culosis association, which opened here today. For the next three days these lead ers from every part of the United States, and even from the Phillipine Islands and Porto Rico will discuss how the white plague can be abated. Discussion will deal with every phase of the problem. There'will be presentations by the leading labora tories of the newest discoveries in research in tuberculosis, the leading physicians of the country will pre sent papers to show the latest me thods in the treatment of the disease social workers will discuss methods and programs of the campaign, and prominent laymen will offer ineir contribution toward the solution of the -problem. FEED SHORTAGE CAUSES MOCB STOCK MSS (By United Press.) Winnipeg, April 22. Cattle are dying.by the score all over western Canada owing to. the late spring- pre- venting them getting on the pasture and the lack' of feed in the west. The spring is very late this year and the ground is so frozen that there is no feed yet. The flour mills have been idle since the first of the year owing to the lack of export orders and there has been no mill feed on the market for several weeks. Hay is being shipped in from Ontario by the train load and from the grass country, of the west but there was no idea in mind that the spring would be so late following one of the sever est winters on record. KANSAS, MISSOURI AND IOWA CONVENTIONS MEET (By United Press.) New York, April 22 (By Harold Jacobs).'With one republican and two democratic conventions under way today, politicians were still seek ing' to determine the full effect of Tuesday's primaries. Democrats in Kansas were selecting twenty dele gates to the national convention, and Missouri thirty-six. Iowa republicans were choosing twenty-six delegates to their national convention. Weather forecast, 24 hrs., Mar*1. Unsettled, increasing winds, warnW* (By United Press1.) STEAMER WAYHAUT SINKING. London, April 22.Wireless! from United States shipping board steam er Wayhaut today said vessel' Was sinking. Aid was sent. GRAIN STOCKS RALLY QUICKLY. Chicago, April 22..Grain futures rallied on the-board of trade today following yesterday's 'sensational drop and, aided by heavy buying, jumped from one to five cents over opening. New York, April 22.Stock mar ket' rallied sharply today after bear drive during second hour. After cautious opening which indicated traders did not know which way the market was heading. New lows were recorded in industrial group. Near noon, however, the market turned sharply and advances of one and half points were scored by active stocks. COMMISSIONS RECOMMEND ALLOWING GERMANY ARMY Paris,, April 22.Interallied com mission has recommended that Ger many be allowed an army in excess of one hundred thousand men, as provided by Versailles treaty, news paper lintransigeant said' today in dispatch from San Remo. The pres ent conference of premiers will end April 26, reconvening in Paris, May 5, reported. WOULD BUILD SHELLS WEIGHING 2V TONS (,Uy Intermitiffiial News Service) ondon. April 22.Britain's retort .to'the French 150-mile gun is an in-,porting timation from Sir Robert Hadfield, the great steel manufacturer, that he is prepared to build shells weigh ing- two and one-half tons, 21 inches' in diameter/ capable of perforating two and one-half feet of luird-facScl armor at a distance of ten miles. The shell can be constructed if a gun is found capable of firing them. The .v.ue.-'t sun thus far is the. "Woolwich Infant", weighing inch tons, liriii? an eighteen weighing 1 ton i) cwt. Draw Up, Articles of Incorpor,a- '&-* hen and (gfficers Elected Co-Operati ve Plan _r milliond dollaris thi VY Seven farmers in the Pleasant VM-J ley district have associated for the" purpose of forming a co-operative association incorporated as the Pleas ant Valley Co-operative Sawmill com*, pany, with the principal place of by'st)- ness in Alaska township. This com-, poration to begin on May'l..._ and Geddes 'jie ambassador from continue for a period, of thirty years. Five members of tlie company have beeri selected as directors until the first annual meeting of the stock holders and until their successors have been elected and qualified. Un til'such annual meeting, the officers of the company have been selected as follows-: President, M. W. Knox vice-president, F. V. Gardner secre tary, N. L. Knox, and treasurer, J. C. Vogler. PLENTY OF CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR FOUND (By United Press.) St. Paul, April 22.Within the next three weeks Minnesota's po litical melting pots will have simmered down to the real business of cook ing. Republicans will begin the elimina tion process the tail end of next week when precinct caucuses will ballot on state officers. The republican state elimination convention is called for. May 8. An unusually large crop ot candidates for governor promises to make the con vention one of the most interesting in state politics. Democrats of the state will hold their elimination convention shortly, afterward, but will not have half the trouble selecting a candidate to lead the state ticket, it is believed. If a majority of republicans go to the state convention uninstructed' there will- be plenty of fireworks for control of the convention. Among the republicans seeking the gubernatorial endorsement are Julius Schmahl, J. A. O. Preus, M. J. Dowl ing, W, F. Schilling, Dr. Frank Nel son, Thomas Frankson, S. G. Iverson and Franklin F. Ellsworth. Henrik Shipstead, placed in nom ination by the Non-Partisan league caucus as a republican, will not go into the state republican convention, it is believed. r., U. OF VERMONT OPENS MEDICAL SCHOOL TO WOKEN Burlington, Vt., April 22.For the first time in the history of the Univer sity of Vermont women are to be ad mitted to the medical college next Fail. The announcement was made by Dean Henry C. Tiskman and act ing-President Guy W. Bailey. PREMIERS NOT ACCOMPLISHING Are Spending Large Part of Time in Discussing Turkish Question EXISTING FEELING SHOWS DISSATISFACTION French See Britain, Italy and Japan Aligned Against France 1 4 fro ."hell FARMERS UNITE IN" (By United Press, Camillo, Cianfarra, April 22.^As the fourth, conference of the allied premiers opened ^oday apparently little had been accomplished. So far the premiers have spent practically all of their time discussing the Turk ish question. The settlement of the Adriatic question which Italy had hoped for at this meeting apparently has been postponed until the May". meeting in Paris. Indications of.' a breach between the premiers wer^ many. French correspondents made no effort to conceal the situation re to their newspapers an alignment of Great Britain, Italy and Japan against the'attitude of France that she lias the,right to enforce the clauses of the peace treaty which most- vitally affect her. PRAYER EFFECTUAL .IN HEALING CHIPPIES (By International News Service) Lexington, Ky.., April 22 Two reniaiicrble cures-ascribed to prayer I are repm-tod by. friends of .James M. liiek r., a faith healer Following a forty-minute prayer jv.ith Micbsori,'Mrs, Foxliall A. Dain 1 yvrf'iolil, sieyenty-six years oli widow of the turfman and mother of Alger non Daiugertield, .secretartdilto^?ed-^ethfo.y,.el^|i New. .Yor1*.. ^ok*^^ ^he'could iJse her left arm, wn'lc'h-'she li'art-not JiitPtl for yeav.s or^ account of neuritis. ^^^yf.-^.- Mrn. Kate Spears, slfx'ly years old, who has hardly walked for years, said that after praying with Hiekson she could walk up and down stairs and go about the house as well as ever. NEW BRITISH ENVOY FACES DIFFICULT TASK (By International News Service.) __o London, April 22.Si AucklandtGrea Britain to the United States, is fac ing a difficult'task, according to Dr. Arthur Lynch, who recently returned from the United States and who has outlined .the situation in an article in the Daily Express. Yet Dr. Lynch .believes that the "government has made a good choice" for the job. Dr. Lynch pays tribute to the American's ability to distinguish be tween "man" and "manner" and feels certain that Sir Auckland will measure up to America's standard of a man. Continuing, he says: "The main thing is to recognize the big interests of America, the fact that henceforth she is destined to be a great world force, and that, amongst other things, she may soon be out for the biggest navy on earth, or on ocean. "The internal resources of the country are vast beyond comprehen sion, and the era of external ex pansion has came. We will meet the Stars and Stripes everywhere, and the cardinal principle in the whole foreign policy of this country must be friendship with the States. Those who talk otherwiseand they exist here in abundanceare like children playing with a live bomb. "Then there is the curious political phenomenon to note that thought the individual Yankee is keen on the dol lar, the United States moves on ideal istic motives.. No nation in the world has a finer record in this respect." CARRANZAWANTSPEACE WITHSONORA.REPORTED (By United Press.) Washington, April 22. President Carranza is now attempting to make peace with Sonora revolutionary forces, according'to General Alvardo, representative of Obregon revolu tionists here. SPECIAL MATINEE OF VAUDEVILLE EEVIEW A special matinee is being arrang ed for Saturday when the American Legion Vaudeville.Revue will appear at the Grand theatre at 2:30 in the same show as. will appear at the eve ning performance at 8. This mati nee has been arranged for'the chil dren especially and will be moderate* ]y priced. .1* J(f .w til if .m (i*$ A'i *S 41