p.
!K
&
WHfcki 100 HUea
ef aMAjr
to Muster Moro Than
JOHN W. DAVIS MAY
JVSfe
BE COMPROMISE
8i7n' flu**\V OM Dry
Itank Deferred Until
This Afternoon
,elsesV. 'Jtty (Harold
1th the business of se
laeting a democratic presidential
dSnlnee finally in eight, develop
ments revealed that none of the ean
Stoatc* have sufficient strength to
'jrtn-niiaided. -*vy
if-Jronvieliable sources it wasJearo
Md that MeAdoo cannot possibly hope
toroll up-more than *00 vetea^more
than 100 short of a choice.
'i,Palmer is.expected to attain his
itnatvidual 'strength around 500 an*
& about 400. Veterans today de-
A* Glared that the man who has the
0 If
n*st,eliminated,nis
chance, i event three leaders
are Ambassador Joh
Davis.
WSan Francisco, July 2. (Hugh
Bailie.)The democratic convention
toVdaV^was due to adop platform
4K*o
start ballotingontaa candidate
HOT nomination. When ba6ting will
begin depends on the duration of the
floor debate on the platform. Some
Saturday
redicted that this may continue into
or even Monday,
Bryan's appearance on the floor in
*ht tale of leader of a drive f* a
e.dry Plank was deferred last
night because the long-session of the
?|olutIons
^.--,t
-us,'
f3
committee was expected
^itiy-Wis afternoon? -The-delegated
#ere alow in getting into the ball to4
Press')-
'fttf Francisco, July 2 (Hugh
-$ail~e). The democratic session
.convened at 10:8? this morning, with
$ousandB clamoring for entrance to
W packed auditorium:
ZWjUte* Prayer, Carter Glass read
"'"-the report of the resolutions commit-
%s% reading ttie platform with great
rttphams. He violently denounced
^^ubMca^cjjjairess.
^^Bryiitt was on the platform pre
pared to speak for an hour for the
dry* platform plank,,
MEMBERS OF COMPANY
& WW. RECEWEPAY
AT DRILL TOMORROW
Checks Have Been Keeetved to
Cover State Pay Dur
ing -Encampment
rvaptam'"._Daniel J. Moore, com
iiinding company K, has announced
_t there will be a company drill
njiorrow
nightof
beginning at 8
the rooms the Bemidjio'clock Civi
1 Commerce association. Regular
teitl uniform- including rifles, belts
and bayonets will be required at this
melting.
fhecks to cover the state pay for
^it^mambers of the company during
^the period of summer encampment
c$Wk-~aft*4ib*v-pir grounds have been
re-r
mt d*nd and wiH-be -ready for distribu
"il.Slf tibn tomorrow night. Federal pay,
which will mean an additional $1.50
per day, will be paid the company on
Wednesday of next week. The pay
ments to be made tomorrow night,
imount to $22.50 for each enlisted
mall. Every member of the company
is required to be present for drill
sinless properly excused because of
illness. "J&^S^^''">-
7
TOR^fflcHEONS
On Wednesday the Bemidji Civic
and Commerce association will re
sume the weekly noon-day luncheons
which were discontinued during the
monthTacation.to
-of June the attend-
ants a Apermitsession this there
-will be a program of excepional inter
sording to the present plans.
ie directors of the association
re been holding regular meetings
teh week to dispose of all routine
business but there are still many mat
ters,of importance which will be
brought before the members of the
organization for their consideration.
An excellent menu has been arrang
ed for the luncheon and it is-.especial
ly urged that there be a large attend
ance^ ,r
m*s8ft2
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BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDA
been -v*-15$fcL"'bful
WT1'
NINE CALLED BEFORE
JUDGE GIBBONS TBS
MORNING FOR SPEEDING
:1
r?BbeeWrigaadJ-Te^kless autoaoMlo
i3rtiWdurii tfce Mt few days have
of-lat and.uurs
ing last d**n# Tiols,tors of the
ci^peftd i
i
at mu-
nicipal court tik ,1-^n-report ,g
"Whea brought ov Judge J. F.
Gibbons* this morning all paid fines
of $5 each. Those who Joined Judge
Gibbon's "Special Club" were M. A.
Greenblat, A. E. Gibson, Charles Run*
yan, Perry Garry, Leon Gould, Rus
sell iBrooks and Fred Walsh
Frank Berry, charged with being
intoxicated, also appeared in muni
cipal court this morning and was sen
fenced to a flne of $25 or 30 days in
jthe county jail. Failing to pay the
flne, he was taken to the Jail to serve
the sentence. Carl Hoagland, on the
same charge, was also brought before
the court, 'but his ase was dismissed,
HUMOR IS SOMEWHAT
CENSORED FOR BENEFIT
OF FRENCH PRESIDENT
Prefect Decrees No More Jibes
at President About Hi
Fall From Sleeper.
'.V
By rfenry Wood
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris, June 22. (By MailvJTo
the Paris perfecture of police belongs
the distinction o having inaugurated
what is probably the world's first of-
flciaJ municipal humor censorship.
It is imposed to protect "the dig
nity of the office of the President of
the. French.republic",and it was.de
signed* practically to restrain the
mirth of vaudeville actors, 'eqd-men
and stage wits in general who were
"utfseemingly" capitalizing an Inci
dent which, the prefect felt*was* toot
suitable subject matter for jest.
Hereafter all Jokes about pajama
ed Presidents, falling out of sleeping
cars, clean feet (as indicators of gen
teel blood and high political or social
standing) and the like are positively
barred from Parisian stages and
comic reviews.
He who trespasses these forbidden
premises of pleasantry does so at peril
of a visit from an "agent de police,"
with all its embarrassing possibilities.
Such is the gist of an official decree
issued by the Paris perfecture of po
lice.
President Deschanel's "grotesque"
Chute from bis Pullman window
wkhile the train was'traveling fifty
miles an hour and his "amuslngf
hike
pajama-clad, down the right of way
to the dwelling of a section hand,
called for such a flood of vaudeville
jokes and comic songs that the city
authorities felt impelled to stop what
they regarded as disgraceful and dam
aging ridicule of the Chief of State.
To the'better class of -Frenchman
the office of President of the Republic
symbolizes all the finest tradition of
French culture-and political life. To
personify these traditions, whether
acting as principal speaker at a ban
iquet, host- to a royal or distinguished
visitor from a foreign country, or as
official head of the government, is
probably the most important part of
the President's job.
Deschanel best-dressed- man in
France, famous for grace, social tact
and perfect bearing, seemed to meet
this requirement ideally.
Under these circumstances, the
nature of the President's accident was
iv. itself a severe blow to the pride of
French elite, ft wrankled to think
of the President having become the
laughing stock of the world, if even
fo a doy.
When, to make matters worse, the
stage folks began gleefully rubbing it
in, supplemening all the ridiculous
there was in the incident .with imag
inary details anything but compli
mentary to the President, France's
Old Line protested. Scenes became
common in Paris heatres, spectators
rising in their seats to complain
against a joke that "went too far."
Filially the police applied the gag.
The, jesters knew no limit. They
even quesibned the sincerity: of:
the
chief executive's tumble, making!in
sinuations which reflected, upon Etes
chanel's morals.
Songs recounted an imaginary
flirtation, between, the President and
the section-worker's wife,' Which, it
was insisted, really prompted his leap
from his berth.
Others enlarged upon the "clean
feet" story (the good wife told a
newspaper man the day after the ac
cident she suspected Deschanel's gen
teel origin Immediately when she saw
his feet were clean!) adding explana
tory details.
Some applauded the President for
having introduced the pajama into
the interior of France. (It probably
is true that many peasants had never
heard of a pajama.) The bard re
cited all experiences in correcting this
ignorance, ultimately culminating in
their discarding the time-honored
"robe de nuit" (nightgown).
LANGOTSLEAD
OVERFRAZP
i
Each Paid Fin* of IS for VfeU
tion of, Antomobik SpoWl
Laws ia City Umfc*
bfn^^ a number .of accidents Within
fa,
I
of tlie eit of BcmtdJi Con
local
policeeforce
ha
The Pioneer Mesaber f the Ualted Pr*M-USM* Wt* ftervleeToday's World News Today
ONEPUSAI
for Unifcutl SUtea
BURTNCRS NOMINATED
FOR rUSPItESENTATIVE
Indketiens A That Later
Roturns Will Giro
Frazier Lead
With four hunred precincts to hear
from out of a total of 2,064, Laager
is leading Frazier for gubernatorial
nomination of North Dakota by about
1,000 votes. The returns coming in
from the rural districts have cut
Langer's lead down and from the in
dications Frazier will more than over
come Langer's lead. Dr. E. F. Ladd
is now leading A. J. Gronna o* Unit
ed States senator. Olger B. Burtness
leads John B. Baer for representative
in congress. Baer is the nonpartisan
candidate and Burtness is the straight
republican candidate.
BERLIN IN 2071
TO HAVE BIG SUM
(By United Press)
Berlin, (By Mail.)As the result
of a bequest from' an American,'the
city of Berlin in the year 2071 will
have a vast fund at its disposal to
be used for welfare work among its
peopleand its animals. The donpr
is Adolf Melxer of Evansville, Indi
ana, who has transferred lftO.DQO.
marks to the city in memory of his
brother Charles Melzer. It is stipu
lated that the 100,000 marks shall
form the basis
ofloaned
fund,v*
the "Charles Melzer
shall be and reloane
until 4071 when the principle and
accrued Interest can be used for wel
fare purposes.
STATE FARM BUREAU
IS GATHERING FORCE
WHWERSff lP DRIVE
Membership Drives in Past Six
Weeks Net 75 to 90 Per
Cent of Farmers
St. Paul, Jujy 2.Minnesota Farm
Bureau'federation affairs, under, the
leadership of the executive committee
ana-*'. W.STenon, secremrj, -i._ __ (\nt
nces at University farm, are steadily
taking form and gathering force.
Membership drives put on the past
six weeks have been successful every:
where. In communities well canvass
ed the new memberships secured have
been runping from 75 to 90 per cent
of the total number of farmers in
such communities.
Fifteen counties of the state have
heartily indorsed the |5. permanent
membership fee and are on that basis
with assurance that many others will
take similar action.
The fifteen counties are Clay, Da
kota, Faribault, Isanti, Lac Qui Parle,
McLeod, Murray, Otter Tail, Polk,
Pope, Stearns, Swift, Traverse and
Wabasha,.
(Marketing problems are looming
big in the business affairs of the farm
today, and the American Farm Bu
reau federation believes that It is a
fertile field for development. In Il
linois the Farm Bureau is considering
the matter of a farmer-owned brok
erage house for handling the grain
sol.d through farmers' elevators.
FarmersV elevators in Illinois handle
65 td 76 per cent of the grain sold
in that state, if the farmers had a
brokerage house,it is contended they
would be able to sell their grain.di
rect to the big buyers, the feeders in
the south and to the export trade, in
stead of sending it to terminals. This
would* cut tlown the farmers' trans
portation costs and help to eliminate
the speculative tendency in grain.
U.S. DESTROYER SENT
TO MISSIONARY'S AID
(By United Press)
Washington, July 2.A United
States destroyer has been dispatched
to Messina to secure the release of
Paul Wilson and his wife, American
missionaries, who hare been captured
by Turkish nationalists, so the state
department was advised today by Ad
miral Driston, high commissioner at
Constantinople.
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1
SPEED REGULATIONS.
The following communication
has. been received by The
Pioneer, and coming as it does
at this time, it will no doubt
ha useful information to its
!$aito"
ji Daily Pioneer,
idji, Minn.
r iKr: In view of the in
creasing' number of collisions
r"
^t-*'
oatweia' 'sutbniobiler caused by
virion of the lew by on*
t&sF-la* elher party it might be'
w^Uteadvise the public tiuough
tlto catummf of your newspaper
..ojf- the weeds permitted in our
fn the closely built up por
ajjos-'of 1he city where traffic
\rmora or less conjested, ten
miles per hour in the residence
ttrtie% fifteen miles per hour,
sad outaide of the closely built
uppertion of the city if the
nfte ef speed exceeds twenty
ffi mdefper hour such rates
P**d shall be prima facie
evidence that the person operat
p^l such'motor vehicle is run
Ujuhg afcaTate of speed greater
than reasonable and proper,
apd should be liable accord
ingly-
lf% going around a corner or
oufve in a highway ^abere the'
operator's view of the road
traffic is obstructed, if the rate
of: speed exceeds six miles per
hour such rate of speed shall be
prima facie evidence that the
parsoi operating such motor
vehicle is running at rate of
Speed greater than is reasonable
Wd pnper and should be held
liable.
.PhysiciansIt
hassbeen
ed1
N0RRIS GOVERNMENT
IffFIATED IN MANITOBA
Winnipeg, July 2.Indications to
day are that the Norris government
which'five years' ago swept from office
the corrupt Robling regime, after ex
posing graft on parliament buildings,
went down to defeat in yesterday's
elec^on8_-.
f1
*fet
_ "?*-_.l
EVENING, JULY 2, 1920 Weather forecast, Sfhrs.tonight. Markham:
stat-
that the law doe not limit
spee of an automobile driven
by a physician. This is not cor
rect. The statute is as follows:
''If a licensed physician shall
have his motor-vehicle stopped
for exceeding the speed limit,
while he is in the act of re
sponding to an emergency call,
the registration number of the
vehicle, and the driver's license
number may be inspected and
noted, and the physician shall
then be allowed to proceed in
the,vehicle to his destination,
and subsequently such proceed
ings shall be taken as would
havesfeeen proper had the per-j
son^vibteting the provisions as
to-speed not been a physician."
From reading this provision
of the statute it will be learned
that the law regarding the speed
of automobiles applies to phy
sicians, but may be excused
from immediate arest only, but
will be dealt with the same as
other persons violating the law.
Respectfully,
E. E. MCDONALD.
wfth
81~
rtf -.-fi the *ttv
ernment elected only 19, with two
elections deferred. Labor will have
12. seats in the new legislatu*e,"half
their membership being at present in
prison due to activities in the labor
strike of a year. ago. They won nine
of the seats in Winnipeg and suburbs
and one each in Brandon and Dia
phon. Coalition jf the labor-inde
pendents and farmers would defeat
the government only six conserva
tives were returned. It will be two
days before definite results of the
vote in Winnipeg is known as pro
portional voting: was, tried out.
ALL PREPARATIONS MADE
FOR WHGLE MEETINGS
Dr. C. F. Weigle, the Kentucky
evangelist will arrive in the city to
night and his assistant, Dr. Hobson,
will arrive tomorrow evening. Dr.
Weigle will spend tomorrow in con
sultation with the' various commit
tees who have in charge the various
departments of arrangements for the
operating of the series of evangelis
tic meetings to be held in the tent at
the corner of Beltrami avenue and
Fifth street.
Seven prayer meetings were held in
various parts of the city last night
preparatory to the opening of the
campaign and a union prayer meeting
will be held tonight at the Salvation
Army hall. It is desired that the
committtee who have in charge the
erection of the seats in the tent be at
the tent at 7 o'clock to confer with
Dr. Weigle with regard to the meth
ods of placing them.
The first tent service to be held
will be Sunday evening. Regular
services will be held in the several
churches participating in the evan
gelistic service on Sunday morning.
aCyi^toriL 'MtfiimiSii
fresh winds
Fair
MINNESOTA COMMERCIAL
SECRETARIES
ATCASSLAKE
MEET
WEEK
Bemidji Chric and Commerce
Asa*n Will Help to Enter.
tain Here for One Day
*"vr
Members ot the Minnesota Com-
IpdwHal "Secretaries Association will
giper^at Cass Lake next Friday and
Saturday to hold their summer outing.
An excellent program has bee ar
ranged for the occasion and it is ex
pected that nearly every member of
the association will be in attendance.
The program includes the follow
ing: On Friday at 12" o'clock after
the "registration has been completed
and all information for. the two days
meeting has been gtfen out, a .big
get-acquainted dinner/will be held. In
the afternoon, Caryl Spillers, secre
tary of the Red 'Wing Chamber of
Commerce, will speak on "The Mod
ern Community Organisation." David
Hurlburt of the International Falls
Commercial club Will talk on "The
Secretary in the Community." At
6:30 o'clock that, evening the Cass
Lake Commercial club will introduce
those present to a big 9sh dinner H.
N. Harding, mayor of Cass Lake, will
deliver the address of .welcome, which
will be responded tow,E. C. Hackett
president cf the Commercial Secretary
ies. Dr R. R. Price will speak on
"The Spirit of Community Co-Opera-
tion." At 8:30 o'clock there will be
ay concert by the Cass'Lake band.
Saturday's program' Will begin with
the talk on "The Minnesota Asso
clation of Commercial Secretaries,"
by J. S. Cady Of tbewnneapolis Civic
and: Commerce assocflnlpn. Another
get-together dinijer will be served at
noon, followed by an,address by R. B.
Beach, secretary of thli Chicago Asso
ciation of CommerceWs In the after
noon the Cass Lake ^romerclal club
will take the memwVs, through the
Ten Sections, Star Is^id, and all the
wonder points about(^he lake, ending
up with a dance at^ffae pavilion In
the evening. VtV
The secretaries Will then be
brought to Bemidji .^jiere entertain
ment will be furniSh'ed for the day
by the Bemidji Clvi^'Jand Commerce
association. NEW YORK CENTRAL
TRAIN WRECKED
(By United Press.)
Middleton, N. Y.V July 2.Forty
persons were injured and twenty of
them seriously, when a New York
Ceneral train was derailed.
ANNUAL REGATTA OF
VALLEY POWER BOAT
ASSOCIATION HELD
First Regatta Held Since War
Promises to Be Larger
Than Previous Ones
Burlington, Iowa, July 2.All ar
rangements are Completed for the
great annual regatta of the Mississip
pi Valley Power Boat Association,
which opens in this city this after
noon, and in which it is believed
some of the existing World speed re
cords may be shattered by "Miss Tor-
onto," "Miss Detroit"^ and other fa
mous speeders which' have been en
tered in this Western classic event.
The "Valley" regatta is the big
gest aquatic affair held anywhere in
the west and Is one of the most im
portant events of his kind held in
America. This is the first important
regatta since the close of the war and
some of the famous boats which will
endeavor to set up new records will
incorporate many of the motor Im
provement and refinements which
were developed during the war. The
larger type of boats'will be powered
in many instances srtth Liberty mot
ors, the famous engine which Secre
tary of War Baker called the great
est achievement of 'this country dur
ing the war period.
Burlington Is arranging to enter
tain an immense crowd of people and
will stage a civic 'celebration larger
than anything ever' before under
taken here.
The famous Jackie band from the
Great Lakes Naval Training station
has been sent to Burlington for the
week by Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels, and there will be a naval'dis
play and naval boston hand. Bach
evening there W4JWB a big display
of fireworks and Burlington will be
in gala dress over'the "Fourth."
The boat races open Friday after
noon at 1:30 o'clock and coninue
each afternoon on Saturday, Sunday
and Monday. S:'.,',[
The program op'raclng is so ar
ranged that each afternoon there will
be one heat1
of vajabu races so that
pracically all of in* 'boats "^M ap
pear on the race cojarse each day.
The Northwestern' Telephone oper
ators enjoyed a Reiner roast last
evening at Diamdpa Point. Those
present were Misses Elm Thompson,
Inez Berg, Delphine Baudette, Elvers
and Aurora Angvall, Minnie Swinside,
Hellen Thurber? Nellie Crowell, Merle attack the life of the nation^
Hanson and Leona Carlton. {Continued on Page Eight)
'.iff "iii.i-., iViT^ ,^Vw*^ll IW"l
SUBHfTTEDBY .S
Rape** Virginia
Leagtse Praises Onje^Sf'
^ar Ta* Surrey^
BLAMES REPUBUCAN
CONGRESS FOR a C.
tkfn of Railroads ElJKciant,
Will Curb Profifor.
Sends-greeting'to'll
son, commending his achiet
the interest of the cc
the whole world.
Condemns in general terms the re
publican congress.
League of Nations,
Repeats the Virginia ptaipk with lit
tle variation, condemning the' action
of the senate republicans ih adopting
reservations and the separate peace
resolution and advocatinjf ritification.
of the peace treaty and suohvmeniber
ship in the League of Nations aa
would in no wise impair hatioiial in
tegrity or independence.
Canduct of the War.'
Praises the administration'* eon*
duct of the war, commending fh
patriotic efforts of American,citizens
to aid the government/and. praises
the military and naval forces with,
mention of General J.tJ.,Pershing
by name. 't'
Fiaaae*. /Mfe
Again incorporates tte^ language
of the Virginia democrats in extolling
the federal reserve syateaii add the
financing of the war and'ijn condemn
ing the republicans far xtrsVagance.
Taxation.v,$^
Criticiies the republican congress
for failing to revise wartune tax
schedules and demands a,{survey of
tax conditions by the coming con
gress. Denies republican^cwjhns of
economy, declaring that io. money
was saved except at?' theawpehse of
the efficiency of governme^ bureaus.
High Cost of
Blames diminished-
high prices and dee)
licans are responsible
delayed peace and failed^
the president with jnecei
tion.
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PLATFORM OF
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H*t\J
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tV
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San Francisco, 3vfj 2.^-Tie demo
cratic platform as drafted l^tW sub
committee of nine and
the full committee, dec:
fication of the peace trejsi
quisite to preserve the
integrity of the nation,
the Irish question Can
legitimately before the
Nations for settlement, ai
on the subject of pi^UtlonO
It advocates, cclleotive bargaining
for farmers, opplises coaiptisory ar
bitration of labor, dispute declares
for recognition jfta new Mexican
government when it ass established
order, und calls on the legislatures
of Tennessee, Florida and North Car
olina to ratify the suffrage amend
ment, i
In many respects theV platform
follows that adopted by the Virginia
democrats and publicly approved by
President Wilson. The League of
Nations plank in particular\ra taken
virtually as a whole from,the Virginia
platform, though in otnef* reJpecU
there have been modifications, and
many new subjects have/ been ddded.
A summary of the subc^thmittee's
draft follows: vu!,
On for
WW*-
it they
provide legisla-
War- lrtJlKf^
"Condemns the repubUcans for their
use of appropriations i1'investigating
the conduct of the war^i^
Profile^ag^'AY:
Pledges the party to enactment and
enforcement ot suh legislation as
may be required tb bring profiteers
before the bar of criminal justice.
&#*' O
Reaffirms democratic'"tifrifT doc
trines and declares fa a s-esearch on
the subject by a nonpartisan com
mission. \'S
Budget.
Defends President Wilson's veto
of the budget bill and advocates a
budget system partially, under direc
tion of the secretary of the treasury
with consolidated auditing!
Postal Serrie*Vv
Commends democratic administra
tion of the postal service arid*makes
a blanket declaration for higher sal
aries for postal employees.' Advo
cates greater use of motor vehicles
in transportation of miil
and^exten-%\
sion of the parcel post.
Free Speech.
Declares for free speech^and a
free press except
insofa:
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ss^it may