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'i(U^ **i .i i,f 1 ytf !t The Pioneer is. the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation i Northern Minnesota. VOLUME XX. NO. 31 J With only one more week of school, commencement and the other functions attendant upon commence ment are occupying a prominent place in the minds of the class of the Bemidji high school which is scheduled for graduation this year. This is the largest class in the history of the Bemidji school, ^fty-five be ing listed for graduation. Events which figure prominently in the life of every high school graduate were begun two weeks ago with the staging of the Junior-Senior prom at which the seniors and the faculty of the high school were guests of the juniors. The next big event for the grad uating class is the senior class play which is to be staged at the Grand theatre this evening at 8:15 o'clock. A matinee performance was staged this afternoon for the benefit of the pupils and those adults who cannot attend this evening The Grand theatre will be no place for long faces this evening, it is assured* This play "A Pair of Sixes", is a real gloom chaser as well as. an artistic production. In dications are that there will be a packed house. Tickets are on sale at Boardman's drug store and all seats are reserved. The play is being staged under the direction of Miss Esther Young and promises to be one of the best class plays ever staged in Bemidji. Another prominent event for the graduation class is the baccalaureate service which will be held Sunday evening, May 28, at 8 o'clock in the Methodist Episcopal church, Dr. G. H. Zentx, pastor of the church having been chosen to deliver the address. The most outstanding event of the year, however, comes on Friday evening, June 2, when the commen cement exercises will be held at the new armory,. Dr. Lucius Hatfield Bugbee of the Hennepin avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Minn eapolis, will be the speaker of the occasion. In the forenoon at 10 o'clock he will deivfer the commen cement address for the graduating class of the Bemidji State Teachers ^jt Diplomas will be jprepented the iJF graduat.es by Dr., J. T. Tuomy, pres 'Ti jr^ ident of the board of education. The valedictory will be given by Miss Frances Sinclair, highest honor student of the class, while the salut atory will be given by Miss Ruth Campbell, second honor student. Other honor students are Misses Helen Sinclair, Carolyn Groves and Marguerite Donovan. To all of these events th publ is invited and it is especialy hoped that there will be a packed louse to greet Dr, Bugbee when he deliv ers his commencement address, A very suitable program has been ar ranged and a fine entertainment is assured. BREAD BAKING CONTEST HERE NEXT SATURDAY Bread bakers of the various boy's and girl's clubs throughout the coun ty will compete here next Saturday in a bread baking contest to be staged at the central school, to be gin at 9 o'clock. Contestants from practically every section of the county are expected to take part. The Home Economics instructor of the Northwestern School of Agricul ture at CrOokston will serve as the judge. There will be individual as well as team contests. MUSICAL PROGRAM FRIDAY STATE TEACHER COLLEGE A musical program, a program which precedes the commencement exercises each year, will be given in the assembly room of the State Teachers college Friday forenoon at 11 o'clock. The program will con sist of vocal and instrumental num bers and selections by the glee club. The kindergarten section will sing a bird song. The public is ?ordia.)v invited to attend. aEmicXcoMPANy HANDLES RADIO SETS The Naylor Electrical Construe tion company is not behind the othei radio fans in getting "tuned in" on this new wonder of the age. Their advertisement to supply the neces sary receiving outfits, appears on another page* They now have one of the better utfits set up and ready for inspec at their store on Third street, where the public is invited to come and acquaint themselves with the theory of wireless entertainment. If the lemand for these sets is worthy, the Naylor Company intends to stock them at various grades and prices, which are hard to get at the present time. ai jf/^ tlon H1U SCHOOLPREPARES COMMENCED EXERCISES i~fj&l S Largest Class in History of School to Graduate Here Friday Evening, June 2 DR. LUCIUS H. BUGBEE TO DELIVER ADDRESS Senior Class Play at Grand Theater This Evening to Attract Large Crowd ^PE^JS^P ^hyw,^^ji *$ "%wf ^IOT^V f^Wi xi MUSICAL ART CLUB TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETINGcollegJ. The Bemidji Musical Art club will meet in annual session at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce associ ation at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. Annual business will be attended to, reports of the various officers will be heard and officers for the new year will be elected* The present officers of the club are: President, Mrs. William Budge Vice-resident, Miss Ida Virginia Brown secretary, Mrs. A. J. McMil lan treasurer, Mrs. Tom Burke, and librarian, Mrs. A.. Greguson. Since the organization was formed a few months ago, there has been a continued activity along musical lines with the result that the club has enjoyed a substantial growths Excetionally entertaining programs have been given regularly and one talent was staged. It is especially desired that) all members of the club be present for the annual business meeting tomor row. LOCAL BALL TEAM AGAIN TROUNCES PARK RAPIDSthe, Baney Holds Hubbard County Squad to Four Scattered Hits Score, 14 to 7 The Bemidji high school baseball team again defeated the Park Rapids high school team Wednesday after noon at Park Rapids by the score of 14 to 7. Baney was on the mound for Bemidji and held the Hubbard county team to four scattered hits and retired eighteen via the strike out route. Park Rapids, however, was able to cross the rubber seven times, due to erratic fielding on- the part of the Bemidji team, as well as misplays. Maas, pitching ace for the Hubbard county seat high school team, start ed on the mound and struck out two of the three men to face him in the opening frame. Bemidji started the scoring in the second inning and sent four men across the plate. Hicker son was safe at first when Petrie dropped his fly to left field. Baney's single to center scored Hickerson af ter the latter had stolen second. Baney stole second and. Hurst struck out. Boe was given a life- when Maas dented him witn a pitched bnl'. Cline then scored Baney and sent Boe to third with a pretty drive for two bases to left center. A wild pitch allowed Boe to scorS and put Cline on third from where he scored a minute later on a passed ball. Bemidji"" added two more runs in tTie third on a hit batter and two hits by Cushner and Boe, making the count 6 to 0 in favor of Bemidji. Park Rapids counted their first run in their half of the third. Ny gaard singled to left for the first hit off Baney and went all the way to third when Hurst let the ball go through him. The next two men whiffed the air and then Nygaard stole home as Cline returned the ball to Baney. Bemidji came back with one more run in the fourth when Bailey walked after Neumann struck out and scored on Rhea's pretty drive for two bases to left center. Baney crossed the rubber for Bemidji's only run in the fifth when he lean ed into one of Maas* fast ones for a home run to deep right field. In the ninth, with one gone, Baney again hit to deep right field for the circuit, scoring Hickerson ahead of himself. Rhea also hit to deep left center in the ninth inning greeting Auer who had replaced Maas. The drive was easily good for the circuit, but he was called out by Umpire Malloy of Park Rapids who claimed he did not touch third base, Bemidji scoring six runs and putting the game on ice for good. Baney then sent back the three men to face him in the ninth by striking them out and the excitement was over. The "victory gave Bemidji the championship of. the Northern Min (Continued on Page 8.) BEMIDJ I DAIL fc ASSOCIATION ENJOYS TALK ON STATE CLUBS 1 Apparent Abandonment of Lath Mill Brought to Atten tion of Ass'n Members A. Gittleson of the agricultural of Crookston addressed the members of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association Wednesday noon on Boy's and Girl's Club work throughout the state. He stated that there were over 3,000 boys and girls enlisted in the work, who last year produced about $60,000 worth of products at a cost of about $21,000 He stated further that the work was growing and considerable in terest was being tak^ in the work by the young fo 11 1 Abe Grosmar *^fe ^ention to the apparent A. lath mill Irvine an^ members to\ the mill goinw I will takev the stock requrv mill", said Mr. CL to keep forty nreij, provide a market ly as well as employment "If five ,or six! men, $5,Q00 or $6,000 I wiir put in in cash $6,000 or $7,000 more in order to keep the business going. I know that with the contract the mill r.ow has we can make a good profit on investment". The matter was referred to the Industrial Committee, of which El mer E. Swanson of the Minnesota Electric Light and Power company is chairman. C. S. Carter, a member of the Tri State advisory board brought the matter of fuel rates before the di rectors and briefly discussed the cut over land development, with regard to securing long time loans at a low rate of interest. of the Lake 'ation *'eep ^ers men. ill raise BITUMINOUS COAL PRICES JUMPED SINCE STRIKE BEGAN (By United Press) Washington, May 25All bitum inous cbal prices in mines throughout the country jumped since the nation wide strike began April 1. Statis tics of the national coal association printed in a magazine here today show that the price of most grades of coal had been increased from 25 to 50 per cent. The price of a few grades has been doubled. TONNAGE TAX ON IRON ORE CONSTITUTIONAL (By United Press) St. Paul, May 25,The tonnage tax on iron ore was held constitu tional by Judge Tillman Johnson of Salt Lake City in Federal court. The ruling was handed down Wed nesday evening. Attorneys for the Oliver Iron Mining company and seven allied concerns gave notice today that an appeal will be taken. More than 40 iron mining companies are interested in the tax case, The law pasted by the last legislature places a state tax on the occupation of iron min ing, and the tax is, determined by the tonnage of ore imined. It is called occupational tax by the 'state. The mining companies declare the tax is unconstitutional on the ground that the ore is placed in interstate commerce the minute is it contracted for and therefore not liable to state tax. The tax will mean about 3 VJ per cent more revenue to the stale. The present suit involves only about $1,000,000 in taxes, since last year was a very light production ycir in the iron mines. A. F. & A. M. PUTS ON WORK IN THE SECOND DEGREE Work in the second degree was put on by the A. F. & A. M. in special communication at the Mas onic hall Wednesday evening. Next Wednesday evening there will also be work in the second degree. It is now planned tp wind up thedegree work for the summer with work in the third degree on Wednesday June 7, at which time a special dis pensation is exected that a class of ten may be'taken in. MAKING READY FOR CULTIVATION The above scene, of which a photograph was taken during the land clearing demonstration at Tenstrike Monday, is illus- trative of what can be done with all cut-over lands in Beltrami county, in order to prepare these lands for cultivation in quick order. BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1922 AIRCKAFIML fLAY BIGPART INFUTUREWAR Rival Armies Not to March to Enemy Borders Will Travel Through Air CLAIM NEXT WAR WILL LAST BUT WEEK OR TWO Sea Experts Predict Future Battles Will Be Terrible in Every Department By David L. Blumenfield (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, May 25When the next fgreat war breaks, rival armies will not march to enemy borders as Ger many did in 1914. Instead they will entrained in giant air loriesFifth aveliue buses of the skiesand whizzedjat break neck speed to the front There they will be landed under the cover ot smoke screens''to man the giant tanks (alreauy almost to an accomplished iact) which will trawl along the beds ot rivers to come to the surface opposite enemy towns there to hurl tneir poison gas shells, their tire bombs, their high explosives and their disease spread ing projectiles on the sleeping people. Trenches will hardly periorm such a leading part in the next war as they did in the last for the simple reason that events will move more swiftly. Of what use would the trenches be, experts say, when explosives used will be so powerful that a batallion dug in will go rocketing heavenwards by the mere pressure of a button or the hurried whisper into a field tele phone. And what of the men called can non fodder in the late war'.' Again the experts claim that the old order must change. The fighters of the next war, they say, who are to take the place of our modern infantry will be^ strange looking creatures- Uniforms as wa know them will be extinct. In their place men will appear as giant crust aceanshuge crablike beings, cov ered from head to foot with bullet proof steel grotesquely masked against fumes. Some experts think that they will move electrically that motors which will propel.them along in their armor, at the same time pumping oxygen into their steel cases so that they may walk and breathe with ease despite the weight and encumberance ot their protect ive metal.i If the infantry are to be covered with steel armor, what of the men who are to man the super-tanks men tioned in the last chapter? Death in Tanks Tank experts already forecast that they will be clothed in a kind of a diving dress, in case the tank should be blown up when on its riv er journeys by the anti-tank destroy ersheavily armored submarines capable of traveling either on land or in the water at hundred mile an hour speed, carrying tank death in their electric projectors which will (Continued on Page 8.) STORES TO CLOSE Bemidji merchant* are re quested to close their places of business Memorial Day from 9:30 o'clock for the remainder of the day. This request is made by the trade committee of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association that the day may be observed to its fullest extent. The trade committe also re quests that every merchant co oerate with the American Le gion and the G. A. R. to make the observance of the day a LUTHERAN HOSPITAL BY FALL IS NOW ASSURED That Bemidji will have a new hospital by early tall is now prac tically an assured fact. Indications are that the Lutheran Hospital Association will begin active work on one unit of their new, modem, iire proof hospital soon Some thirty thousand dollars has already been subscribed and practi cally all of this has been secured outside of the city of Bemidji. These subscriptions are now due and are coming in rapidly. A campaign for added funds will be made in'the city soon and when $60,000 has been secured, the work on the building will be rushed with all possible speed, according to re ports. The new site which was pur chased some time ago is on Four teenth street between Bemidji and Bixby avenues. It is on this site that the first unit of the new build ing will be erected. The St., Anthony hospital is to close June 1 and from then until early fall Bemidji will be compelled to get along without a hospital Three additional directors have been added to the Lutheran Hosp ital Board: J. L. Elwell, Rev. L. P. Warford and H. C. Baer.. NEW HOTE AT WALKER TO BE OPENED JUNE 8 Judge C. W. Stanton Is Chosen to Give Principal Address at New Chase Hotel Judge C. W. Stanton has been chosen to deliver the principal ad dress at the opening of the New Chase Hotel at Walker Thursday evening, June 8, when the new eighty-room hostelry will be formally opened to the public under the man agement of W. F. Finnegan and Loren Chase. A large number of Bemidji people are planning to attend this event which will be featured by a banquet and dancing program.. The banquet is announced for 8:00 o'clock and dancing is to start at the same time in the annex, or Hotel Isabel, Dot Van's orchestra of this city music for the occasion. Mayor Wilcox of Walker will de liver the opening address. The toastmaster will be G. Kuhlander. Other speakers .on the program are Senator P. H. McGarry, E. P., Stead and Representative Daniel DeLury. The city of Walker is adver tising this New Chase as their "Mill ion Dollar" hotel. It overlooks beautiful Leech Lake and has 80 rooms. The Isabel has 20 rooms, which gives this ample accomodations for summer tourists and visitors. It will be operated both summer and winter. The hotel grounds comprise sev eral blocks of lake front and have been beautified with shrubbery, flowers, terraces, lawns and trees. Screened and glazed porches around this beautiful building afford guests the finest accomodations. B. A. C. CLUB TO ENJOY BANQUET FRIDAY NIGHT The annual banquet of the B. A. C. club will be held Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock in the basement oi the Presbyterian church. This an nual social event of the club is look ed forward to with a great deal ot nleasure and a good time is assured all. The members are requested to be there promptly at the appointed hour so that the serving tnay begin then. FREIGHT RATE CUT TO REDUCE LIVING COSTSfreightd (By United Press) Washington, May 25.The na tion's cost of living bills will prob ably be reduced nearly one billion a year as the result of the 10 per cent reduction in freight rates. This means a saving of $10 a year for ev ery person in the country. The reductions cut the nation's freight from $300,000,000 to $400,- 000,000, according to official figures by government experts showing the cost of living. They estimate de creases or increases in freight charges are more than tripled when finally passed on to. the consumer. The department of justice, it was learned today, has orders from President Harding to see that the rate cut is passed down to consum ers just as the increases during the war were quickly passed down. The rate reduction is to be effective on or before July 1st. ODD FELLOWS TO PUT ON SECOND DEGREE WORK FRIDAY There will be second degree work at the regular meeting of the I. O. O. F. tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the Moose hall, and it is urged that all members be present. YEOMEN LODGE HOLDS REGULAR MEET TONIGHT The regular meeting of the Broth erhood of American Yeomen will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the Moose hall. It is desired that there be a large attendance of members. PIONEEiH? PUBLIC PARAD=P= E TOCEMETERY: OPENSMEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM FEMALE ROBBERS AND BANDITS INCREASING (By United Press) Chicago, May 25Women robbers and bandits are on the increase, ac cording to record of Chicago police. A greater number of robberies by women have been reported during the first part of the present year than ever before. While women crim inals were formerly connected with robberies involving a small amount now the charges often run into thousands of dollars. Most of the women robbers gain entrance into homes by posing as maids. Police today sought a maid who gave her name as Agnes Swanson who was employed at the home of Owen Brewer, wealthy gold coast merchant When the family was away irom home, on the third day after the maid was employed, she walked out with $15,000 worth of jewelry and silverware. MINNESOTA CREAMERIES OPEN NEW YORK OFFICE State Association Takes Over Entire Establishment of Danish Producers (Farm Bureau News Service) The co-operative creameries of Minnesota at last have their own di rect representative on the eastern market. The Minnesota Co-operative Creameries association, Inc., an nounced today that M. Sondergaard, American manager for the United Danish Butter Associations, Inc., has become its New York representative The Minnesota association has taken over the entire establishment of the Danish organiza'ion at 105 Hudson street, New York City. For the first time in history, the dairy industry" of Minnesota, as a whole, has its own agency to protect its interests on the important ter minal markets of the east. Prices, charges, scorings, supply and deman and every other phase of marketing in which the incomes of Minnesota co-operative creamery pat rons are concerned will be watched by the New York office. The new eastern office already has done service for Minnesota farmers, according to A. J. McGuire, man ager of the state association. Mr. Sondergaard has reported the arrival in New York of the first carload of eggs shipped co-operatively by Min nesota farmers" under the state-wide egg marketing plan worked out by the creameries association at a con ference last month. The carload came from Glencoe. The possibil ities of this marketing plan were in dicated, Mr. McGuire says, in the report from the New York office. "The carload of t'ggs from Glen coe is receiving many favorable com ments here because of the fine qual ity of the eggs," Mr. Sondergaard said. "1 am informed that these eggs are some of the finest that have ever arrived in the market at this time of the year. If Minnesota can furnish this grade of eggs, I see no reason why we should not be doing a big business in eggs as well as butt"21"-" Never before, Mr. McGuire said, have Minnesota farmers been allowed to find out, as a whole, that their eggs were recognized as a high-class pi oduct on the eastern markets. The new office of the Minnesota dairy farmers on the New York market, he said, will protect the interests of the producers by seeing that Minne sota products arc marketed at the highest price their quality commands, and that the farmers get the full benefit of higher prices paid for high quality. TRACTOR HAS MANY USES ON FARM As was demonstrated at the land clearing show at Ten- strike Monday, the tractor has many uses on the farm in North- ern Minnesota One of the uses towhich it is now put is snov in the above picture where it can be scon hauling stumps frrni a field which is being cleared. "^^?CT^^lf,'|f?-fsp^ WEATHER MinnesotaGenerally fair to igh/ and Friday somewhat ,er Friday in south portion. 5 Cents Per Month Completed Plans for American Legion to Be Announced at Meeting Tonight MORE MONEY NEEDED TO DECORATE GRAVES Appropriate Exercises to Be Held at Cemetery Program at Armory at 2:30 Complete plans for the observance of Memorial Day in Bemidji nejet Tuesday, May 30 call for a very appropriate program, which, if given the hearty support of the public in general, will be one of the most appropriate programs ever held hero on this memorial ocassion. Ob servance of the day will be started with a public parade at 10 a. m., the marchers to assemble at the City building at 9:45. After* leav ing the City building, the line of march extends south on Minnesota avenue to second street, east to Beltrami avenue, thence north to Fourteenth street, west to Minnesota avenue, thence to Irvine avenue, and Greenwood cemetery. All ex-service men are expected to take part in this program in Uni term if possible. The National Guard and Naval Militia units are to inarch in formation. The G. A. R. and the G. A. R.| Circle will be escoited to the cemetery In auto mobiles. School children are not to march in the parade this year, but are expected to take part in the exercises at the cemetery. The Ju venile band will furnish the music for the line of march as well as at the cemetery. Complete plans for the Legion members will be announced to them at the regular meeting of the post to be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the rooms of the Civic and Com merce association. This meeting is of direct importance to every mem ber of the post and it is desired that there be a large attendance. The services at the cemetery will be begun with a musical-selection by the band, followed by a reading by William Schroeder, commander of the G. A. R. post. Prayer by the chaplain of the G. A. R. will then be observed, followed by a roll call by Adjutant Cheney of the It. H. Carr post. The adjutant will then place flowers on the G. A. R. memor ial monument. This will bo followed by a salute by a firing squad of ex service men of the World war. Taps will then be sounded by Bugler Fl letson, followed by a salute to the dead. Benediction will be pronoun ced by the chaplain of the G.| A. R., followed by music by the hand and the singing of America by the as sembly. Graves of all ex-service men in the two local cemeteries will then be decorated by the school chil dren, through a fund now being raised by popular subscription. A much larger sum is needed for this purpose than has already been sub scribed and it is urged that the mer chants of Bemidji donate at once to insure the proper decoration of graves. The afternoon program will Ibe held at the new armory, beginning at 2:30 with a selection by the Be midji Audult band. The audience will then sing "The Star Spangled Banner," led by Mrs. Dorothy Tor rance McMillian. Rev. L, P. War ford will pronounce the invocation, followed by a solo by Dr. E. R. Two. A selection will then be given by a Ladies' quartet. Frank Grntton will give a vocal solo, followed by the Gettysburg Address by Lester Smith, A male quartet will then en tertain with an appropriate selection. Rev. Wm, Elliot pastor of St. Bar tholomew's Episcopal church of this city, will give the address of the day and a very able address is as sured. Rev. Eliiot is a forceful speaker and entirely capable of ad ducing and holding the attention of such a large audience as is ex pected on this omission. Then will follow the singing of "America" by the audience, led by Mrs McMillian. Benediction will be pronounced by Rev. Warford. The recreation Billiaid Parlor offeis a prize of a one-pound box of candy or a box of 2I cigars to the Bemidji olayer making the most safe hits in the baseball game here next Sunday against St. Ililaire. The at the fair grounds DEMOCRATS HAVE VOICE IN FRAMING BONDS BILL (By United TrcsR) Washington, May 25Division of Republican senatorial ranks has given the Democials a decisive voice in the flaming of the soldier's bonus b)I1- Unle.i the Republicans use the McCumber plan of the third bonus plan with a loan provision or the Smoot paid-up insurance plan with out any loan or cash provision or some way compromise between the two, Democrat- will be able to foice the adoption of either plan they favor. Indication, today were that most of the Democrats would support the McCumber idea in preference to Smoo'.'s. i