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ILLINOIS AND
DIANA COAL
INERSRETURN
TOWORKTODAY
Many Miner*' Local Unions
t_ Held Meeting* Yesterday
&P/-*, and Are Back on Jobs
COMPLIED WITH ORDER
Wi- OF PRESIDENT LEWIS
Operators Declared Production.
Would Be Back to Nor-
mal by Friday
(By. United PressJ
iiringltelitk-Aug '2? Coal is being
ted in Illinois. Many miners' lo
rheld meetings yesterday and were
back to work today. Ooperators de
clared that production would reach
normal by Friday.
(By United Press)
Indianapolis, Aug 2.Coal miners
who had been tying up the Illinois
and Indiana field unauthorized
.strikes, returned to work today in
compliance with the order of John
Lewis, union president, according to
word at headquarters.
(By United Press)
Evansville, Aug. 2 Unauthoriz
ed strikes are spreading into Ken
tucky fields. More than two hund
red monthly workers struck at the
Southland /and Midland mines at
Henderson. Indiana .miners are re
turning to wprk.
(By United Press)
Des Moines, Aug. 2.Miners in
eight Iowa mines struck today de
manding increased wages, according
to' operators here. Eighteen mines
are now idle) in this state. From
five to seven hundred miners are af
fected
$ pringi&etd?irrSgiii't *2f.^?mr-:
_r'nois\-miners'jbave won their fight."
Making this announcement Saturday
afternoon, President Frank Farring
ton ordered Illinois miners tn go back
to work toaay. President Wilson's
promise* to the miners of wage -ad-
just, he said, was a victory won by
the miners.
CITY TEAM WINS OVER
ALL-STARS ON SUNDAY
At the ball park yesterday after
noon, the Bemidji city team won over
the Bemidji All-Stars by the score
of 9 to 3 in a game quite loosely
played, ibut containing a number of
estertaining features. This game was
staged for the benefit of the city
team which'has been losing money
since the opening of the season, but
only a small attendance was present.
Whether or not Bemidji will continue
to have a ball team for the remaind
er of the season has not as yet been
reported.
The city team began the scoring
in the first inning with three runs,
^in the second inning two more were
talked- up and finally a total of
were secured before the All
St^rs began to make the rounds.
Loose playing by the city team al
lowed the opponents three runs in
one'intoning, but that was the limit
of the grand circuits.
.Federolf, Bush and Frank formed
the battery for the city team and
Earl Bailey, Claude Bailey and Utter
for the" All-Stars. Both teams were
patched up with players who had not
been seen in games here before this
season, but some of these put up a
-fine game of ball. Jimmie Lange se
cured three safe hits in three times
to bat against {he, EJailey brothers,
while others who.^afl played regu
larly on the city team and have had
a goot batting average were retired
to the bench several times.
LEONARDPOSTMISTRESS
INAUTOMOBILEACCIDENT
(Special to The Pioneer.)
Mrs. William McCrehin, merchant
and postmistress at Leonard and
known as a very careful automobile
driver, while out on a short pleasure
trip Sunday with her mother and
children, met with what might have
been a very serious accident. Mrs.
McCrehin, seeing several cars ap
proaching ahead of her, pulled en
tirely out of the road and stopped as
the first car approached. Had the
fayed in the road, it would have
her car by about three feet,
instead just as it was passing, it
Icknifed" and struck her car broad
fside, giving the occupants of both
care a bad fright and a severe shak
ing up. Both cars were damaged
.somewhat.
Accidents of this nature are be
coming more and more frequent and
in some cases are serving as a warn
ing to careless and speedy motorists.
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LAST SERVICE
WEJGIi CAJh,
BRINGS 50 COi IKTS
Powerful Appeal of Preacher
to Packed Tent Stirs Many
to Better Lives
(Contributed)
Two great services marked the
close of the union evangelistic cam
paign yesterday after [four weeks of
meetings in the big tent. In The
afternoon Evangelist Weigle held a
life service meeting in which he told
what it meant to follow Christ, and
of some of the unlikely bits of human
ity through whom God had chosen
to do great things. Then he asked
those whq were ready to go where
God wanted them to and do anything
He had for them to do to come
forward, and some twenty-five young
-people took their stand before him as
ready to 'enter into any .of the lives
of ministry in the church as Go'd made
plain the way,. Then,' as he asked
for any -who wanted to -accept Christ
as their Savior to come and stand
with these young people, several came
forward, two of them, a man and his
wife, as has happened several times
in these meetings, and they went
home to find the love and joy of
Christ dwelling there.
The closing service last night was
truly remarkable. The tent was
packed to its capacity, with over five
hundred people, and many stood out
side. The crowd sang with enthusi
asm the songs they have learned to
bve in the past four weeks, and every
body seemed to be glad they were
there. Setaie splendicf and telling
testimonies were given of blessings
from God to folks and families
through these meetings, and Dr.
Weigle preached on "Today, if ye
will hear His voice, harden not your
hearts." He seemed to gather all
the earnestness and love for the
souls of men and confidence in the
saving power of God of the past
month into this closing service and
with wonderful power pleaded with
men to use today, the only day we
know we have, to do the right thing
to get right with God. As he asked
for folks to decide for Christ and
come forward for prayer they began
to come, people spoke to their friends
and loved ones about the great de
cision, seekers filled the altar, the
front seat, the second seat, until more
than fiftyMwere kneeling -there ask
ing for forgiveness and grace and for
Jesus as Savior in their lives. Then
with shining faces they gave their
testimonies', with profound gladness
the congregation sang the doxology,
and the meeting was over. But bless
ings that will last through eternity
were left in the changed lives and
homes not only throughout the city
but through the surrounding country.
One family drove seventy miles to be
present at the services, yesterday.
Bemidji will long thank God for
this campaign and for the ministry
of Evangelist Charles P. Weigle.
With earnest, clear, loving, eloquence
he has made plain the things of God
in a way that has been a blessing
to all who have heard him. The
great regret expressed is that the
meetings cannot continue for another
month. One hundred and thirty-six
decisions for Christ were registered
and nearly as many" church members
made reconsecrations and found new
victory in their lives in fact all Chris
tians who attended came to new vic
tory and grace in their lives. Family
circles were completed in Christ, en
mities and suspicions were buried,
and it was like the clearing of a
fetid atmosphere with a refreshing
rain from heaven.
Best of all there was created a new
conviction that Jesus Christ is able
to save the uttermost. One of the
campaign songs was "The blood will
never lose its power," and in this
demonstration that- "the gospel ot
Christ is the power of God unto sal
vation" new souls have been set go
ing for God and all Christians have
received ^Tiew impetus to live in that
power and let God use them in bring
ing its redeeming power to other lives
MOTOR BOAT TRIPS ON
LAKE PROVESUCCESSFUL
Special trips on Lake Bemidji can
be arranged for either the Thor or
the Arpow, a 22 foot open motor boat
carrying eight passengers, in addi
tion to the regular trips which began
Saturday forenoon and w/iich are
proving to be very successful.
Andy Lee, who has put the Thor
into operation for the lake trade, has
prepared complete time tables for
the use of the lake resorters who may
wish to use this method of transpor
tation.
Since is has been found to'be im
possible to make a landing at Grand
Forks Bay, this stop has geen drop
ped from the schedule and passen
gers for this point will be set ashore
at Diamond Point. The* afternoon
trip beginning at 1 o'clock has also
been discontinued. The schedule now
calls for lake trips including stops
at Diamond Point, Lavinia, Birch
mont beach and Diamond Point, on
the return trip: in the order named
These trius will be -made regularly
starting from the city boat house at
10 o'clock, 5:Z0 o'clock' and 7:30
o'clock The evening excursion trip
beginning at 7:30 o'clock is proving
very! popfiUar The continuous round
trip'on the lake-may be had for 50.
cents for each person.
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MAKEHEAVY
DEMANDS AS
PEAS TERMS
Poles Must Renounce Claim on
Important Cities and Give
Up Much Rolling Stock
COAL ANLV SALT MINES
TO BE HELD SECURITY
Main Bolsheviki Forces Are
Approaching Close to
Warsaw
Paris, Aug. 2.Poland's armistice
delegation was confronted by the fol
lowing demands of the Bolsheviki ac
cording to a Basle dispatch viz: Poles
will renounce all claims to Vila,
Minsk, Grodno and Cholm all war
materials and seven per cent of the
national rolling stock of the country
to be surrendered that Russia be
permitted to take over Poland's coal
and salt mines as security for the
Soviet administration in that coun
try, until nineteen twenty-^one after
which the Poles are to be allowed to
decide their future form of govern
ment.
London, Aug. 2.The main Bol
sheviki forces are operating northeast
and east of Warsaw at a distance of
'between ninety and one hundred and
twenty miles from the Polish capitol
according to the soviet communique
today.
The county board of education
meets in regular monthly session this
evening at the office of the county
superintendent of schools. This meet
ing was to have (been held this morn
ing but it was postponed on account
of the meeting of the board of equal
ization. Routine school matters are
to be attended to.
DENTIST TAKES OWN LIFE
AFTER SHOOTING TWO OTHERS
(By United Press)
New York, Aug. 2.Dr. John
Arenas, South American dentist, com
mitted suicide after shooting Ruth
Jackson, chorus girl, and Ignacfo
Marti, interpreter, the police were
convinced today. Jealousy was said
to be the cause.
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London, Aug. 2.rBolsheviki caval
ry raiders are operating sixty miles wh
north of Warsaw according to a die
patch from the Polish capital, receiv-fis not required to be a purchaseror
ed today At an early hour no defi
nite word came of Russian-Polish
armistice negotiations and British of
ficials plainly worried. They feared
the Reds intend to accomplish the
complete destruetion of Poland.
(fly -United Press). v*v
London, Aug. 2.Russian forces
are 50 miles fro* the important Po
lish city of Lemberg on the direct
railroad leading to it, according to
Warsaw official communication re
ceived today.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEETS THIS EVENING
EVENING, AUGUST &3MO ^WP***^**
HOLDINGS
OF BEMIDJI TOWNSITE
CO.GOUNDER'ttAMMER
Novel Gift Plan to Be Used
at Auction' Sale
of
Valuable Lots
attached to them, according to the
declaration of the auctioneer. All
that is required of a person to par-,
ticipate in the distribution of the
gifte is to be present at the sale, and
thai does not necessarily imply that
a person must wait a whole afternoon
unt|l the sales are closed before they
can determine if they will participate
in the distribution of the gifts. Pres
entations are made in front of every
lot to be auctioned. Some gifts are
raadyat the opening of the sale each
day and some at the conclusion, but
throughout the entire time of sale
giffe are continually being handed out
to the holders of coupon tickets
^:h are given each person in at
tendance at the
saler,
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and a person
do any bidding at the sale to partici
pate in the gift distribution.
The Heber Harter company, who
will conduct the auction sale for the
townsite company, come here from
New York city and bear an excellent
repmation for square dealing, hav-
ingnJonducted auction sales tn Min
nesota, for such prominent people as
Thorpe Brothers, Dickinson & Gil
lespie, and Confer Brothers of Minne
apolis} George H. Crosby of Duluth,
and J. H. McNiven of Chisholm.
They are commissioned to sell every
Ion for what it will bring at the auc
tion, regardless of the value of the
property, and that is what they pro
pose to do.
Representatives of the Heber Har
ter1
company have been in Bemidji for
several days preparing for the big
auction, which opens Friday after
noon at 2 o'clock at the corner of
Doud avenue and Fourteenth street.
They have opened a display window
in the Gas company's office at 315
Beltrami avenue, where a representa
tive display of the gifts to be pre
sented during the sales has been
made. WHEAT FUTURES
CONTINUE TO DROP
Chicago, Aug. 2.The wheat fut
ures continued to decline today.
March delivery showed a decline of
five cents and December delivery a
decline of three and a half cents a
bushel
Along the Ohio
PIONEE
Presentation of gifts having an ag
gregate value of over $2,500, will
be made to the people of Bemidji and
surrounding country who will attend
the gigantic real estate auction to be
staged by the Heber Harter company
starting Friday and continuing for
six days, which will close out the real
estate holdings of the Bemidji Town
site and Improvement company.
Though the land which is going
under the hammer comprises some of
the most desirable business, apart'
ment house and residence sites in
Bemiaji, and the'sale will surpass in
size anything ever attempted along
the same lines in the county, the
novelty of presentation of gifts, and
that exceptional value of the merch
andise to be given away, makes the
sale one of exceptional interest and
concern to every adult person in and
around the city.
The presentation of gifts, which
comprise ladies' gold bracelet
watches, silk umbrellas, silver dinner
set*, fern dishes, bread trays, sugar
and, cream sets, silver tea service,
hand painted Japanese china, rugs,
prayer mats and many other articles, .The board of directors of the Be-
are given away without any strings midji Civic and Commerce associa-
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SUMMARY OF RAILROAD
RATE INCREASE DECISION
Passenger fares raised 20 per cent.
Pullman car charges increased
one-half.
Excess baggage charges advanced
20 per cent.
Milk and cream rates put up 20
per cent.
Freight tariffs increased an average
of one-third, varying according to
territory.
Western lines given 35 per cent
freight rise eastern lines, 40 per cent
rise southern lines, 26 per cent, and
Mountain-Pacific coast lines, 25 per
cent.
New rates effective on five days'
notice, probably by September 1.
Increase in freight charges esti
mated as levying $12 per annum on
every man, woman and child in coun
try.
Order to remain in force until
March 1, 1922.
Decision expected to add $1,500,-
000,000 to revenue of roads.
Grant made to offset increase in
wages and to provide 6 per cent net
income allowed in new transportation
law.
Roads called on to expend one-half
of one per cent of aggregate value
of properties in improvements.
BEMIDJI ASSOCIATION
TO LUNCH WEDNESDAY
tion will meet in regular weekly ses
sion tomorrow noon at the Associa
tion rooms and after luncheon will
act upon important business matters
which have been brought to the atten
tion of the organization.
On Wednesday the noon-day lunch
eon will be held and all members are
urged to be present if possible. An
excellent menu has been arranged
for the occasion. Mrs. C. R. San
born, who began her new duties as
secretary of the Association this
morning, will be present at both oc
casions and it is especially urged that
everyone turn out to help her in her
work. All who have any suggestions
for the benefit of the organization
are urged to call at the Association
rooms at any time, since Mrs. San
born will be there to attend to all
important business.
JOHN BECKSTRAND IS
INJURED IN ACCIDENT
John Beck-rtrand of 412 Irvine ave
nue met with a serious accident Sun
day afternoon when returning from
Nymore to his home here. A passing
automobile offered his a chance to
ride and lie had accepted and was
standing on the running board .when
the car passed the Crookston Lumber
company garage and turned turtle.
His shoulder was broken and several
internal injuries were suffered. He
was at once taken to the St, Anthony
hospital where medical attention was
given him. His condition was con
sidered very serious last night but to
day he is very much improved, hav
ing gained consciousness again
Details of the accident have not
been reported but it is thought that
some accident happened to the steer
ing gear of the car and caused it to
tip over sifter control was lost. The
name of the owner of the car in
which Mr. Beckstrand was riding has
not been reported. i
UNITED STATES RECOGNIZES
COSTA RICAN GOVERNMENT
Washington, Aug. 2.The state
department announced that the gov
ernment of Costa Rica is recognized
by America
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RAILROA OT
BILLION ANDA
HALFDOEASE
IN REVENUES
Schedules to Take Effect Sep*
tember 1st, to Continue
to March 1, 1922
NEW PASSENGER
FARES UP 20 PER CENT
State Railroad Commission to
Be Asked for Its Approval
of I. C. C. Action
Washington, Aug. 2.The big rate
increase granted the railroads by1
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it
the
commerce commission is expected to
become effective about September 1.
Railroad companies today are pre
paring new schedules, raising passen
ger fares 20 per cent, as authorized
by the commission These must be
auproved, and five days later the new
scale goes into effect. The railroad
companies are preparing to ask the
state railroad commissions to approve
the decision of the commerce commis
sion.
Washington. July 31.Authority
for the railroads of the country to in
crease their revenues by approximate
ly 12.600,000,000 was granted today
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion.
Freight rates will be advanced about
one-third passenger fares one-ilfth
and Pullman charges one-half.
Coastwise and inland steamship
lines and electric railway companee
also were granted permssion to In
crease their freight rates in propor
tion to the increases granted to the
railroads serving the same territory.
No estimate of the aggregate amount
to result from .these, advances has
been made
Raise Seen BY September 1
The new rates, which are to con
tinue in force until March 1, 19?2,H
wilj become effective on five days no
tice by the carriers to the commis
sion and the public, and they must be
in operation before January 1. Since
the government guarantee expires on
September 1, the carriers are expected
to bend every effort to put the ad
vances into effect by that dale
Increases granted by the commis
sion are designed to offset the $600,-
000,000 wage advance awarded by
the railroad labor board and to pro
vide the 6 per cent net income on the
aggregate value o. th* railroad prop
erties, as permitted fllder the trans
portation act. The jRgregate valuer
of all of the railroadPwaa-'ealuafttad
by the commission as $18,900,000,-
000 against a book value of $20,040,-
000,000 given by the carriers.
Freight Increases to Vary.
The 20 per cent increase in pas
senger fares, excess baggage charges
and milk transportation rates and the
50 per cent surcharge on Pullman
fares authorized by the commission
will be general thruout the country.
Freight rate increases will vary ac
cording to territory, with 40 per cent
in the East 25 per cent in the South
35 per cent in the Westthat Is from
the Mississippi river to the Rocky
Mountainsand 25 per cent in Moun
tain-Pacific territoryfrom east of
the Rockies to the Pacific coast, not
including Alaska.
The commission, in its 36 page de
cision, made no attempt to compute
the amount of increased revenue the
carriers would receive by reason of
rate advances. It did say, however,
hat the increases were justified in
view of the rapidly changing rendi
tion^ as to prices and the necessity
of providing adequate transportation
t'smlfties during and after the period
of readjustment.
SEVERAL WILL TAKE A
FLIGHT IN HYDROPLANE
Those who wish to take a trip with
Lieutenant Salisbury when he comes
to this city by hydroplane on Tuesday
afternoon, August 10should hand in
their names to Huffman & O'Leary
Mr Salisbury is coming here for the
purpose of representing th Salisbury
& Saterlee company of Minneapolis,
manufacturers of metal beds and bed
ding, and will call on the local firm
which handles that company's line
exclusively in this city. He has of
fered a free ride to one member of
the firm and Mr. Huffman says that
he will take this opportunity to "go
up in the air.
W Hosselton, druggist, at the
Barker Drug and Jewelry store, and
Walter Barker have handed In their
names and will make the trip togeth
er Several others have signified their
intention of taking a flight but as yet
no others have listed their names.
Lieutenant Salisbury is an experi
enced flyer and will take as many as
he has time for on regular trips at a
price of $15 for one or $20 for two
persons. He expects to arrive here
about 3:30 o'clock Tuesday after
noon.
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