Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1920, Page 1

MEMBER_UNITED PRESS \ ' The Pioneer is a member of the United Press. Tuday's world’s news today. VOLUME XVIIL NO. 47 ! PLANHASBEEN- | ERC"CHARGE DESIGNATEDBY | UF KILLING HIS ‘Seven Counties Will Be Bene- “""" fitted, Including That . i of Bgltrami ‘COMMISSIONERS ARE NAMED FOR SERVICE Stanton and Grindeland Con- \ i \ duct Hearings; Order Contains Dgscription SN ing Its Deliberationg On Tragedy DEFENDANT SCORED manity’s page; Pretty Sr,enel Broken (By United Press). Minneapolis, Feb. 21.—Ralph J. LaCount was acquitted of a charge of murdering his sixteen year-old wife by a jury in the district court after six ‘hours deliberation last night. The jury' took only two ballots. Oscar Lindgren, gardner on the Winton etsate, where the murder was committed, is called for trial on a similar charge March 1. Lindgren and LaCount were indicted on identi- cal charges simultaneously, and La Count will be a witness for the de- fense. - According to the draipage and con- user:zncy plan, that has been'for some time advocated by the residents of the nbrthwestern part of the g‘tate, a district to be known as the “Red Lake Drainage and Conservancy Dis- trict” has been designated DY Judgp C. 'W. Stanton of the Fifteenth judi cial district, and Judge Andrew Grin- “deland of the Fourteenth judicial dis- trict. A commission composed of one ‘yepresentative from each co.un.ty af- _%ected has been named to aid in the various projects that are now being planned Dby those residing in the affected area. : R . Portions of Polk, Reg Lake, Mar< shall, Pennington, Beltrami, Clear- water and Koochiching counties will ‘be affected, The following commis- sioners have been named: Axel Nel- son, Marshall county; William Pas- kéwitz, Beltrami, both to serve for a period of two years; C. C. Selvig, Polk; E. A. Aubal, Pennington, and ‘Andrew Johnson of €learwater coun- 1y, each to serve for a term of four years. : ) . Putmoses Stated. - The purpose for which the- district was designated is set forth in. the <ourt order as follows: - .. ~That the territory affected is all tuated within the water shed of the Upper Red Lake, Lower Red Lake, ‘Red-Hake river and the tributaries of each thereof. That said territory s, principally- of agricultural lands,” with yillages and cities scat- tered throughout said territory. That _a large area of the lands in said terri- tory' are: wet, soggy and in need of drdingge. That in times of high water. the Upper Red Lake, Lower Red ke, Red Lake river, and the tributaries of each thereof, overflow . their banks, causing a large territory ‘to be overflowed and inundated, re- !sulting in great damage to lands and growing crops, and also hdving a tendency to injure the 1_mh1'ic health. ilization. is case? See what God does in His powers in said district -are not Pro-|inanite ‘ways fn our physical -umi. perly conserved. ; p . voise: L . Purpose of Project® *That a general description of the nature and purpose of the formation of said’ district is to conserve the - Bitterly aittacking Ralph LaCount’s testimony an his protestations of in- nocence concerning the murder of his, youthful bride, Madelyn, Frank M. Nye, asgistant county attorney, flailed and battered the expected de- Friday. - Handkerchiefs were much in evi- moment, and_during the larger por- tion of “Mr. Nye's plea he held the jury enthralled. : Stain on Humanity’s Pae. “Gentlemen of the jury, I come to my last duty in this case. It is a relief on both sides, I am sure, to feel that you men of experience are to take this case and do the way you believe to be right. “This is a serious case. No one, least of all I, can fylly portray the atrotity, the ferocity, the fiendish- ness of it. ‘It is a crime that almost makes us weep for our human nature. “That any one of us in the moment of passion could have committed such a crime brings all of us to a cgmmo; level, . - 3 our minds to a higher and purer civ- Scene Is -Broken. “That beautiful little lake on the shore of which lies this quiet cottage and the waving green trees scintil- water thereof, prevent the overtow |iating in the brilliant sunshine. The ot Upper Red Lake, Lower *|breeze is murmuring through the Red- Lake river and the tributaries thereof, the drainage of the lands in ‘isaid, territory and the furnishing of ufficient outlets for the ~drainage . -ditches already constructed ln. the -said territory by deepening, widen- -ing, ‘and straightening the channels of the rivers of said district and by the creation of reservoirs wherever necessary, and by the doing of- each and all of the acts and things provid- ! .ed in chapter 13 of the special session lawsdf the state of Minnesota'for the year 1919.” “he court order contains a com- plete description of all lands that. will -be included in the drainagé dis- atrict. The order also says that the ‘office and principal place of business of ‘the district shall be at the city of “Thief River Falls. BURNOUIST NAMES NEW COUNTY SHERIFF : (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 21.—Governor Burn- quist has appointed John P. Wall as ‘sheriff of Koochiching county, to sugceed Hugh MeclIntosh, who disap- peared nearly four weeks ago. trees and the birds are singing, All of nature is calling on.mankild to get'down on its knees and thank God for His kindness. . “Yet this scene is broken into vio- lently by the desecration of a fiend in human form, who brutally murdered a trusting wife.” RAIL UNION LEADERS "FLAY CONTROL BILLS (By United Press.) Washington, Feb. 21.—A commit- tee of the railways union officials submitted to the president today a memorial characterizing the labor provisions of the Esch and Cummins railroad bills as absolutely unwork- able. The Esch-Cummins bill is be- fore the house for action today. The committee wa& composed of the same three men who last week conferred with the president in re- gards to the wage controversy with Rail Director Hines. POSTOFFICE OBSERVES WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY Regular holiday hours will be observed next Monday at the Bemidji postoffice, in conform- jty with the regulation of the government, whenever a mna- tional holiday- is observed. Washington’s birth anniversary following such is the day ob- falls on Sunday, and the day served in a legal way. There will be no rural deliv- in the morning. The window at ery, and only one city delivery the postoffice will be open from 10 to'11 o’clock. - 500 DELEGATES EXPECTED. A (By United Press) % Columbus, O., Feb. 21.—Five hun- dred delegates and Visitors are ex- pected to attend the 23d annual An- | niversary Convention and Realm of Rhadamanthus Ceremonial of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen which began here today. . _A feature of the convention will be the initiation of a class of 500 new candidates into the main. society ranks by degree staffs from Cleve-||\ land, Akron and Newark, Ohio. These teams will compete for a silver loving cup. / ] - BEMIDJI DAT NEWDRAINAGE. |LCOUY"“REED T JUDGES| YOUNG WIFE BY COUNTY ATTORNEY Declares Cl'-imex Stain on Hu- fense in his opening plea to the jury ; dence by the women spectators at the| 1o total number will be from the “These cases should, and do, take | GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF TODAY'S PAPER BEMIDJI, MINN,, SATURDAY EVENING, FEB, 31, 1920 of street cars stalled in the snow and abandoned. EXTRAVAGANZA WILL | GIVEN MADE DIRECTOR: BE GIVEN BY PUPILS ATTHEGR.AND.FEB.27 4 An6Es. was elected ident of About Sixty Will Take Part|ciation” in convention at St. Paul. William Ryan, Little Falls; was elect- ed vice-pregident. : New directors named are C. D. Ing- dahl, St; Paul; L. Decker, Austin; C. B. Legvitt, Minneapolis, and N. K. Given, Bemidji. J. A. Johnson, Preston; Charles St. Paul, Feb. 21.—E. P. Babcock, \ in Production; Parents Should Attend That the citizens of Bemidji may know the progress the children of R Bemidji’s public schools are making g‘"l‘al’ Rfloya]ton, and C. L. ']s“l"’d' in the study of music, a musical ex- aths‘“, irowel;e applgingeu delegates travaganza. will be given by the to the ngtional convention. pupils at the Grand theatre on Febr- uary 27, under the direction of Miss N. E; GIVEN RETURNS. : Martha Fibigar, instructor of music. N. E: Given of Given Brothers Hardware returned this morning The presentation is “Hiawatha’s Childhoodiiiand s reblele with many from Minneapolis, where he has ‘been attending a meeting of the Retail interesting features, including a Hardware Dealers association held “dance of the fire flies.”” About sixty students will tgke part ;0" ihe past week. While away he also called at the State {in production and with the exceptfon of a few solpists from the High school Headquarters of the American Legion in .reference to matters ‘connected Lincoln school "and the .Central v " school. This 48 a eclassic production v;'lith ""'i "°';°l post of which he is especially adapted to chiidren’s|the mewly elected commander. voices. The boys and girlg are tak- ing great interest in the work an are rehearsing regularly. - That the students of the schools may have an opportunity to be pres- ent, a special matinee will be given for children only on the afternoon of February 26. Two soloists from the High school, Miss Mildred Argall and Frederick Stevens, wil} be in the cast in which there are also five speaking parts. |head of the lakes to the sea. {Parents especially are urged to Canadian grain men in particular plan their affairs so that nothing will l'are pushing the project, which would interfere with their attendance at enable ocean going vessels to load on the production Friday evening. Lake Superior for European and At- i lantic coast ports. Canadian grain BABCOCK PLAN MAPS men estimate a saving of 5 cents a bushel on wheat shipments to Eng- land could be realized with the deep HERE FOR SUBSCRIBERS| waterway compietea. : The plan involves the placing of B . our dams in the St. Lawrence river Maps‘ showing the route of the| ;i necessary locks and equipment trunk highway system for the state deepening the river and terminal im- of Minnesota under the proposed|provements at ti Babcock plan and voted upon at the 24‘60,()"00,000? apestinaad el of general election this call as Amend- RGN AN ZERO EFFUSION OF GRAIN MEN BOOSTERS FOR DEEP WATERWAYS (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 21.—Grain men of the entire northwest are cooperating with other shippers in the effort to “put over” a deep waterway from the ment No. 1, have arrived at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commer: association and are ready for distribu- tion to those who subscribed for ? oy , UNIVERSITY ‘PROF: g Information regarding the distribu- tion can be had by calling H. M. Stan- ton, secretary of the association. NORTHOME GETS FIRST COAL IN TWO YEARS ' Northome, Feb. 2—The 250 per- sons who live in this little Koochich- ing county town hailed with joy the it arrival of the first coal car in two| Goddard based his statement on years. the statistics gathered by the draft Although more than 75 per cent of boards. the furln';ces in’ l:%mes in thfe totwn SAFm are coal burners, the owners for two FIRST FILM To BE SHOWN NEXT MONDAY years voluntarily have used wood to On next Monday evening, February relieve a reported coal situation. 23, J. M. Sexton of St. Paul, manager IRON WORKS RECOVERS Loss m PLANT FIR of the Minnesota branch of the Bm. ployers Mutual Liability Insurance A verdict of $1,000 .in favor of the |company of Wisconsin will put on a plaintiff was returned by the jury in|free moving-picture show at the Rex the case of Bemidji Iron Works Co. |theatre, entitled “The Awakening,” vs. Natfonal Liberty Insurance -lo. |and a poster received by the Pioneer The case before the court today is|says its a “love story with a punch” the matter of the Bemidji Iron Works | and. the same poster also says, “It’s Co. vs the Agricultural Insurance Co.|going to be a peach of a show’—with This also has to do with insurance on | the fuzz off, it is reasonable to pre- the property of the RBemidji iron|sume. § Works company, which suffered loss But Sexton is an enthusiast over by fire recently. > this picture. It is a presentation of - inside facts on safety first and has 35 000 Sucxms HAVE some laughs thrown in for good i) BEEN ROUNDED UP measure. By Ralph Couch . Thrilling stories 'of factory life will be presented and all dry statis- ._(United Press Correspondent) Washitigton, Feb. 21.—Approxi- tics will be eliminated. Scenes of carelessness in motorcycle riding mix- ups in shop scenes, accidents in a mately 35,000 slackers have been rounded up so far, the department of justice made known today. variety of careless inattention, and to get right down to seriousness it’s These arrests. represent the work of months. / (By United Press.) Cleveland, O., Feb. 21.—“Seventy per cent of the adults of the United States have not the intelligence of the average ten-year-old student and a change in school system is neces- sary to meet this condition/® Dr. H. H. Goddard of the Ohio state uni- versity told the National Council of State Normal School Presidents and Principals in convention here today. a production depicting what is liable to happen for wkich an employer might be responsible and teaches a lesson. = . PIONEFH New York city has been: experiencing one of ihe\\vorstsnowstorms in its history, and its means of extrlcntmé it- self proved wholly inadequate. Kor days vehicular traffic was alinost at a standstill. The photograph shows a line STATE HARDWARE MEN| IN LINE FOR SUFFRAGE. Largest circulation o] Central Minnesota. on this guarantee. Weather forecast 24 hrs., Markham; Storm brewing in direction of wind. —— 45c PER MONTH" * 5 . 1iE, NEAREST KIV RECEIVE: CERTIFICATES' 'IN MEORLAL Sent by France to Closest - Relative of American Soldier Dead SYMBOLICAL GROUP DEPICTING VALOR List. of ",Those. From Beltrami County Who “Carried On” ““Over There” French Memorial Certificates, to be delivered to the nearest of kin to the United States service men, who fell on the fields of France in the world war, have been received by the Ralph Gracie post of the American . legion and were 'sent out by mail today. . The certificate bears the following inscription signed by the former pres- ident of France: “To the memqu of (name of sol- dier or sailor) of the United States Santa Fe, N. M, Feb. 21.—The|of America, who died during the House of Representatives of the New | great war—the homage of France— Mexico Legislature has ratitied the|the president of the republic. R. federal woman suffrage amendment| Poincare.” by a vote of 36 to 10. The Senate Symbolical Group. adopted the resolution by vote of 17 p A a to 5. Governor O. A. Larazbolo is| On the certificate is a symbolical expected to sign the resolution today.|group placed on a cenotaph. The New Mexico is the thirty-second state | central figure of the group symbolizes to ratify. the sofil and spirit of the American army, which helped France to main- MISSISSIPPI WOMEN LOSE. b NEW MEXICO SWINGS MAKING THIRTY-TW Mississippi Senate Follows the House and Rejects the Amendinent tain liberty and justice. The sword Jackosn, Miss., Feb. 21.—The Mis.|is not in the scabbard, but ready at sissippi senate has rejected the|any moment to protect and defend ‘woman suffrage amendment to the|the weak and oppressed, symbolized Federal tonstitution by a yote of 16|in the group to.the left by a mother to 31." It previously was rejected by|holding her baby to her breast, and the houes, 106' to 25. to insure freedom and justice to the T coming generations, represznted by DEDICATE SPEEDWAY. the figure of the kneeling boy, pray- i Los iAngelef. Cai., Feb. 21.—Eigll1- ::.lgcefmd thanking :God for; (eliver een of America’s fastest automobile : drivers were to take part in the race At the right, the figure of a man, today that will initiate the new Los| chained and shackled, symbolizes .the Angeles speeaway. Such men as spirit of evil and the vn;tory over our Durant, Hearne, Pullen and DePalma | €nemies. ~Also at the right, crowning . wil compete for the $25,000 prize. the spirit of America, stands Glory, Roscoe Sarles has placed a $500 | Who rejoices with the old war vet- side bet that his Frontenac will go|eran, standing to the left of the the fastest lap. principal figure, symbolizes the armies, which are always ready to fight for the good of humanity. American Eagle Poised. ' Universal fame is symbolized by the winged figure flying over the group and trumpeting to the world the great triumph in which the United Berlin, Feb. 21.—Efforts of the|States participated. The American Russian soviet government to estab- | €agle, poised on the staff of peace, lish trade relations with the United | Watches zealously, and stands ready States took a new turn today, when|t0 SWoop in case our enemies again it was learned authoritavly that Vic-| endeavor to disturb the peace of the tor Kopp, soviet agent, has attempted | world, so dearly acquired. to feel out American officials in Ber- The entire group is framed by a lin on the proposition. * | border of oak and laurel leaves, Kopp has been in ditect communi- | which are always awarded the vic- ) cation with American officials and|tors. At the foot of the cenotaph the business men, but apparently his ef- | flags of France and America are forts have met with little success. draped and joined together by a wreath, which is the mark ot grati- tude and homage that France pays to American sons who gave their lives for liberty and justice. The lines engraved on the wall behind the group are taken from one of Clearbrook, Feb. 21.—It is with| Victor Hugo’s poems, and when much pleasure that we announce that| translated read: * Judge Harris of Bemidji, judge of|“For those who devoutly died for {)}:obate of Bf]trami county, will 1give their country, e memorial service address here is T Sunday afternoon, at 3 o’clock in It:is fl’i};t t:: tfl::x; I;z:]l;’l: 'fzome and the Norwegian church. PE3Y 3 Judge Harris is a man of pleasing Nearest of Kin. personality and an able speaker, and The certificates which have been we hope that every member of the|received are addressed to the follow- Melvin Johnson post of the American|ing parties to whom they have been legion will be present. mailed: SOVIETS WOULD OPEN "TRADE WITH THE U. . By Carl D. Groat (United Press Correspondent) e . Andrew Brink, Bemidji—brother-' ANNUA[’I.'I (B:ANOUEgA“‘AB ;n;ll(:;n'net‘h J. Mclver, Bemidji— Mrs. Melina Halseth, Bemidji— mother. Andrew Tickets for the annual banquet of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce as-|father. sociation may now be secured at| Henry S. Willecox, Bemidji—un- $1.50 each, from H. M. Stanton, sec-| known. retary of the association. It is urged| Adolph Klein, Bemidji-—father. that those who desire to-attend secure| ' Daniel K. Gracie, Bemidji—father. their tickets early enough to be sure Gilbert Nelson, Tenstrike — un- of one, since the Markham can not|known. accommodate the entire membership| John Ward, Nymore—father. of the association. Mrs.' Mary Schumaer, Bemidji— unknown. . & Mrs. Emma Smith, Nymore—sister. Mrs. Elsie Bashor, Nebish—wife. Stormeon, Kelliher— REV. WARFORD ARRIVES 1 AT BEDSIDE TOO LATE Word was received this morning to| Mrs. Elsie Beldt, Bemidji—un- the effect that Mrs. A.'A. Warford | known. died Thursday in fNew York. , She| Ole L. Stortroen, Bemidji — was the mother of Reva Lester P.|brother. Warford, who left for the east two| Fred Juememann, Blackduck— days ago, but did not reach her bed-| brother-in-law. side in time to see her alive. Mrs. Anna- Rognlien, Wilton— Regular services will be held in|mother. the Presbyterian church Sunday| Puleno Eickstadt, Bemidji—mother morning with Rev. S. W. Scott| T. O. Gelen, Aure—father. preaching the sermon. There will be|] Jacob H. Ollom, Nebish—father. no preaching services in the evening. Mrs. 8. S. King, Bemidji—sister. | } | R P e ——