Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 1, 1920, Page 1

. “the jury, VOLUME XV__¢ NO. Y% 54 JURY VERDRE,, |STATEAUDITOR (Y G I\\ HOLDS STORE GUILTY AFTER - PERJURY TRIAL Changed His Testimony Given Before Grand Jury D“T' . ing Liquon; Case ORDERED UNDER ARREST AT SEPTEMBER TERM “Use of Money Mfled in An Attempt at Bribery to Clear Accused ' —_— fter deliberating but ~iour hours,: : late Saturday, re;urned. a verdict of “‘guilty,” in the case of the g::.te against Frank Stqrey, _who was indicted .to\- perjury comm_n.ted in the September term of court, when ap- pearing as a .wunessvtor the state in a liquor - prosecution case against :Joseph Thiebault. Storey testified at the trial that he had purchased liquor from a man, whom he supposed was Thiebault at ‘times between May 7 and May 12, 1919, and shad kept a record of each purchase, and took a sample of the last purghase. . On the trial, he testified that Joseph Thiebault was not the man Who- sold him the drinks, and that he was sure of that fact! A i - “Tell Tale Evidence. Upon the trial of the perjury case the entire record of his testimony in the Thiebault case was introduced in evidence. In explanation of how he made his mistake in identifying Thiebault, he testified that he had made similar mistakes before, that one time in Michigan he had made a mistake in nine out of nine. cases or <100 per cent on mistakes, aAnd that, that was the ‘“best” record: he had ever made on mistakes. He could not remember the name of the town where he made ‘those mistakes, nor the name of the county attorney who prosecuted the cases, nor the name of the trial judge, nor the’ hotel where he stopped, nor any detail. Further on he admitted that he had gone to the county attorney in Mich- igdn, and advised him of his mistakes _and that the county attorney -had “ thrown out all theé cases. - He stated that he had gone to thj equnty atto_r- néy here, when he fourd out his mis- - takes at Baudette, but did not know whether the county attorney 'here would throw them out or not, but «went and told him just the same.” On the trial in the perjury case Storey admitted that a man had come .. from Bemidji to Duluth -last August d had offered him $200 to throw these cases, but_that he spurned the | offer. He further admitted that when he came to Bemidji he made the bus- iness place of that party, a place " where he frequently met with other witnesses in those liquor cases, and that he was not “sore” at the man who offered him the money. ¢ Bribes Are Offered. Evidence was offered on the part of the state-showing that $200 had beeri offered to Storey for “results” in the Dewey case, and that $2,000 was hung up, and to be paid to four] ~witnesses for the state if they cleared the whole bunch. Names of men who were involved or claimed to be involved in these transactions ‘were openly and fre- quently mentioned by the witnesses, .and include some well known citizens of Northern Minnesota and Bemidji. . Case Imvortant. In his argument to the jury, Coun- ty Attorney Torrance stated that he considered the case the most impor- tant case he had ever tried on behalf of the people of this county, because perjury, in its very nature, struck at the very foundation of (organized so- ciety and our system of justice; that if men could defy-an oath and delib- efately testify falsely that it would result in anarchy and the abolish- ment of law and order. In_his charge to the jury, Judge McClenahan stated that the case was an \important one, both to the de- _fendant and to thé state, because if the defendant was not guiity they should so declare’ by theix: verdict, and he would be restored to his liber- ty: that if he was guilty they shouid not hesitate in arriving at Such a verdict Because the offense was.one that struck at the very root and fofindation of our system of justice. Storey Out On Bonds. Storey is now out on bonds, having been granted a stay of forty days’ He has been ordered to appear before the court April 8.at .0 a. m., when sentence will be pronounced. Graham M. Torrance prosecuted the case for the state and Walter Dacey of Duluth and P. J. Rusgell of Bemidji wcre attorneys for the de- “fendant. The cage took three days time, in spite of the fact that matters ' MEMBER UNITED PRESS The Pioneer is s member of the-United | Press. Touday's world’s news todsy. 4 PREUS" AGAIN e 100,000 Acres of State Owned Land to.He Sold This Year r % LOCATED IN NORTHERN | PART OF MINNESOTA Nine Counties, lncluding‘ Bel- trami, Contain Huge - Acreage ‘One. hundred thousand acres of stdte land in Northern 'Minnesota will be appraised during 1920 and oftered for sale. The state still owns approximately one nfillion, nine hundred thousand acres of land,’ largely in Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Cook, Itasca, Kooch- iching, Lake, Roseau amd St. Louis counties. 4 Section 5204, General 1913, provides that a maximum of one hundred thousand acres can be sold during any one year. Cruiser Law Changed. ‘Because of the statutory limitation on the wages of cruisers, a very small acreage ‘of state lands was appraised during 1919. At the special session of the legislature, last fall, this wage vestriction -of the law was removed and during the year now starting, | State’ Auditor J:.A. O. Preus plans to ‘appraise -the maximum of one hun- ‘dred thousand acres.. The appraising in each county will be based upon thé proportion. which the state lands in that county bear to the total acreage of state owned lands in the state. ~__.Reauests For Appraised. Each year, there are numerous re- ]quests for the: appraising of certain designated lands in'certain counties. It has”been the policy of the state auditor’s office to comply with these requests so far as possible and the applications for actual,settlers who desire to purchase state lands lying adjacent to their farms can and will be given the most careful attention. The lands to be appraised will also be chosen Within those areas which are contiguous to railroads and most easily put-under cultivation by pros- | pective settlers. e | : Lands Go At Auction. The lands will be sold at public .auction at the county court house as iprovided by law. The minimum price will be five dollars per acre and i will increase in accordange with the lestimates of the state appraisers. Two appraisers are selected, one by ! the state auditor and one by the gov- ernor. Under the terms of sale, fif- teen per cent is paid down at the time of auction and the balance any time within forty years, interest run- ning at four per cent. Revort Of Aporaisers. The report of the appraiser show- ing the character of the land offered is filed at the state auditor’s office in St. Paul and is always open to inspection of those interested. Copies of these reports will be placed on file with the county auditors or the coun- ties in which the land is located and will also be open for public inspec- tion. > . The tracts to be appraised during the coming season and which will go to make up the great area of new iand that will be offered to the pub- lic in 1920 ‘will be on sale beginning ;yith the:fall sale in October. J Quéstions Answered. Any suggestions, requests for ap- praisals or sale of state lands in this locality, or ideas relative to the se- lection and sale of tracts in this vicinity will be gladly received by Mr. Preus at' his office in the Capitol in St. Paul. TAXATION SYSTEM - TOPIC AT LUNCHEON All members of the Bemidji Civie and Commerée asso¢iation are urged to attend the regular noon-day lun- cheon on Wednesday and remain for the business session following. Attorney George W. Campbell will talk regarding the present taxation system. Several matters of import- ance to all will be brought up 3t this time. This will be the last meeting prior te the elegtion of officers on March 9. A splendid menu has been arranged. A A A A A A A A A A e were rushed with all possible, speed on the part of the state. ¥ The following men served on the jury: Lee Hiltz, Emil Eickstad, Joseph A. Hallan, C. M. Bacon, C. G. 'Stenmoen, Nels A. Rippey, Louis Graw, W. A. Worth, Fred Ramberg, Abe Montieth, Andrew Johnson and Edward Morrisson. > Statutes . GET TODAY'S NEWS DJT . AY BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1920 The sevenry or thé winter in the Eflst_' is Indicated by this phof_ngruph. 'pounds of ice and snow, the roof of a storage building in Cambridge, Mass., '1shing the structure. Luckily no one was inside when the accident occurre OUT OF TODAY'S PAPER ICE AND SNOW CRUSH BUILDING IN CAMBRIDGE ’ Weather forecast, 24 hrs., Matkham: Fair; fresh winds, which will diminish Weighted down by several thousand recently collapsed, completely demol- LITTLE FALLS LEGION DEFEATS LOCAL POST TEAM; SCORE 26 T0 19 ‘Games Now Stand Two to One in Favor of Gracie Post In a hard fought and closely con. night, the local American Legion bas~ ketball quint met defeat from Little Falls legionaires by a' score of 26 to 19. The Morrison county quint secured the first count which was soon evened up by the locals and throughout the entire - first half the contest leaned first toward Little Falls and then toward Bemidji. Several times our boys were ahea. in the first half but thiey were tunable to hold the margin, ‘the half ending .in favor of ‘'Little Falls. Once in the second period the scoré was tied with a 16 te 16 count and them the downstaters piled up 10 more counts while Bemidji secured only 3 more." ’ Three weeks before when Litjle Falls-came here for two games, both contests resulted in victories for the locals, the first game 17 to 10 and the second 19 to 11. Bemidji is.still in the lead one game.® Line-up and summary: Bemidji (19) B. F. P. T} Frank Phibbs ......... 10 0 1 Plummer .............3 I 0 1 Freg Phibbs ....... 40 v. 0 Berrigan .... W O R Graham, G. .. . 0 0 0 4 Free throws missed—1. Little Falls (26) B.F. P. T Meyers . .....ocecncnns 5 2 0 0 Tourtfllott . SR 4 0 0 O Grimes . . 5 10000 Sims .. .10 0 1 Graham . 10 1 0 Free throws missed—6. . Refereg—Longley, Little Falls. ume:RIj MEMORIAL " FOR NORTH DAKOTA (By United" Press) Btsmarck, N. D., March 1.—As soon as weather conditions permit work will start on the Liberty Mem- orial bujlding for which $200,000 has been appropriated by the state legis- lature. This is the first step .a the landscaping of the capitol grounds. A plan which would require an ex- penditure of one million dollars has been submitted to the board of ad- ministration by a Minneapolis firm. Among the other projected build= ings are a new capitol and the house of justice, a home for the supreme court. LEGION AUXILIARY TO E MEET NEXT MONDAY The regular meeting of the Women’s. Auxiliary of the American Legion which was to have been held tonight at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce association has been postponed until a week from to- night at which time the business originally planned for tomight will be taken up. WALKER DEFEATS * LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL The Bemidji High school basket- ball team lost another district title contest Saturday evening when' it journeyed to Walker and met the High school aggregation there. Walker was easily defeated earker in the season on the Bemidji floor but proved too strong for the local boys on their own small floor, win- ning the game by a score of 22 to 11. This 'is the second contest®in the third athletic district which the local team has lost, the other being the Little Falls gamje at Little Falls. tested battle at Little Falls Saturday} Railroads ‘Return’ fo - The Owners (By United Press) Washington, March 1.—~The na- tion’s railroads were, under private control again today, after more than two years government .operation. Hines remained at his desk ready to handle hurdfeds of compensation claims by various small roads, claims for other damages and other griev- ances _upder, federal control. This will -buasy until the first of Maj estimated. ~ j A Union leaders were meeting today to decide what to do next to enforce their wage demands. ACCOUNTING STATION ESTABLISHED N STATE Minneapolis will be the central ac- counting station for the state of Min- nesota for all postoffices except the first and second class, Bemidji being in the second class. That: means that Bemidji will re- port direct to Washington. The innovation becomes effective March 15 and will cut clerical work in half for the local office, says Post- master A. P. Ritchie. SENATOR BANKHEAD DIES. (By United Press) Washington, March 1.—Senator Bankhead of. Alabama died today. . RESALE PRICE ILLEGAL. (By United Press) Washington, March 1.—Resale price fixing by manufacturers is ille- gal, ~the supreme court declared today. BELTRAMI SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TODAY Action upon the proposai to build a new school building in the Hopkins community, besides two petitions to be acted upon regarding the organi- zation of two new school districts in the county formed the buik of the work to be taken care of at the meet- ing of the county board of education held today at the Court House, the board consisting of,J. C.! McGhee, county superintendent of schools, clerk; William Lennon, county com- missioner i/ from Kelliher, president; and Earl’Geil, treasurer. GUARD INSPECTION CLOSES THIS WEEK (By United Press) St. Paul, March 1.—United States Army officers’continued their inspec- tion of Minnesota State Guard units today. The inspection is to be com- pleted accordingy, to . schedule this week. Adjutants General W. F. Rhinow, commander of the state military forces, said today. Lieut. Col. John D. Burnett, was scheduled to inspect ‘B’ company of the Fifth'infantry at St. Peter today. His itinerary for the remainder of the wreek takes him to Morris, Crook- ston, Fergus Falls and St. Cloud. L®ut. Col. Hugo D. Swelton was to be at Long Prairie today to inspect “f" Company of the Sixth Infantry. He is to close his itinerary tomorrow | WILSON SIGNS RAIL BILL ON THE EVE OF ROADS TO OWNERS President Issues Proclamation to Workers; Urges Wage Settlement Washington, Mar. 1. — President Wilson signed the railrogd bill Sat- urday night, on the ewe of the return of the roads to their owners arld to private operation. In a proclamation issued at the time the bill was signed, Mr. Wilson vested ih Walker D. Hines, director general of railroads, virtually all powers conferred on the executive by the bill. Mr. Hines will also con- tinue to exercise the duties of di- rector -genersl, Which ‘ continie' Bes’ yond the return of the roads to private control, which was made at midnight last night. FUNERAL HELD SATURDAY FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Funeral services were held Satur- day at Williams for the late Prof. C. W. Rand, principal of the Williams public schools, at the Congregational church, Rev. Griggs officiating. Mr. Rand passed away on Tuesday, February 24, at the hospital at Roseau, following an illness with the influenza for over a month. He was taken ill while returning to Willlams from this city after attending the meeting of the Teachers’ Patriotic league held at the Bemidji High school, and instead of going home he went to the hospital at Roseau. ANOTHER ECHO OF CHILD WIFE'S DEATH (By United Press) Minneapolis, March 1.—fTrial of Oscar Lindgren, charged with murder in connection with the death of Mrs. Madelyn LaCount, last September, was to begin today. Picking the jury was expected to be even more tedious than selection of the tribunal that found Ralph La Count, husband of the girl, not guilty of the murder. * LaCount was freed by the jury Feb:uary 20, after a sensational trial. LaCount has been subpeonaed as a witness for the defense in the case against Lindgren. 5 Lindgren was a gardner on the estate of C. J. Winston at Northome, Lake Minnetonka, where Mrs. La- Count was murdered. NEW POSTMASTER NAMED TO SERVE AT LAVINIA W. W. Wire, of the firm of Wire & Howe ,has been appointed post- master of the village of Lavinia. This firm also operates a general store in Laviria and is doing a good business. Duripg the summer months they serve hundreds of tourists and summer resorters who make their headquarters in this popular village. RIVAL CANDIDATES IN SOUTH DAKOTA DEBATE Wessington Springs, S. D., March 1.—R. O. Richards and W. H. Mc- Master, candidates for the Republi- can nomination for governor of South Dakota in the primaries, which will be held March 16, continued their series of debates here today. Tomor- |row they will meet on a platform at Huron. The schedule for the remainder of the weeks takes them to Brookings, Wednesday; Watertown, Thursday; at Faribault, with an inspection of |Aberdeen, Friday, and Milbank, Sat- “H"” Company. urday., “PIONEER'S” CIRCULATION - Largest circulation of any psper i Nottk Central Minnesota. accepted on this- guarantee. vertising 4&:, PER “ COURT TERM | MEET LATTER PARTOF MARCH Novel 'lncident Occurs , In Case of Frohn Township on Bridge Suit el == . ] SEVERAL MATTERS OF ! INTEREST ARE SETTLED i quy Awards Payment to Farm Hand for Giving Six | Years’ Service LY 1 Two of the most novel incidents in the annals of the district court occurred in the February term of court, which adjourned on Saturday night to reconvene March 30, when County Attorney G. M. Torrance took the witness stand in two cases, In which he appeared as legal represen< tative for Beltrami county. % The first instance of this occurred in the case of the Town of Frohn vs. Goodman & Loitved, in which it was alleged on the part of Frohn that in the building of a concrete and steel bridge across a stream the footings of. the concrete pier supports of the steel pan were not as they should have been, that they became washed out from their bases, with the result that the structure became defective and dangerous to traffic. ‘Frohn taxpayers had the repairs made, sought to recover damages for the expense against the contractors, and a sealed verdict, returned by ‘the jury, held: ““We the jury, empaneled and sworn in the above entitied action find for ‘the plaintiff and assesses its damages in the sum of $586.” Mr. Torrance appeared in the mat- ter for the state and’in the course of Its progress acted as a witness, asking himself questions and answer- ing them. ) Bank Bandit Sent Upn. George Sherman went to Stillwater * {for attempting to rob the Farmers® State Bank at the point of a gun and iget away with it. He will serve an indeterminate sentence until the' parole or pardon board acts. The state against Arthur O. Rhine< hart,” charged with the crime of as~ sault in the second degree at Black- duck, had made the charge in the first degree, and it was changed to second degree. He was given two years at Stillwhter at hard labor, not to exceed two years. il Another Interesting Case. Another interesting case was where August Radi brought suit against Lucy Redel for wages for six years of work on a farm for her. He as- gserted that she only paid him $2 in that time. The jury thought he was entitled to $600, in addition to his . board and room and so awarded ity verdict. The Standard Oil Company did not | appear in its case against F. B. Cook and Mrs. F. B. Cook and the case was dismissed. The matter of suing Fred Brink- man of the Rex theatre on the part of Adolph Klein, arising out of the fire which caused the burning of the Rex, was another decided in favor of the defendant. Echo of Liquor Grist. Marie Thompson (Dutch Mary) was given 30 days in the county jail and fined $50, and if the fine is not paid 30 days more, for conducting a place wherein intoxicating liquor was sold, the last of the grist at the court term last fall. She was unable to face trial then, as she was sick at that time. In the case of J. N. Chase vs. Wil. liam F. Noble the decision was in favor of the complainant who was said to be entitled to the property in question, valued at $250. The Bemidji Iron Works recovered a verdict of $1,000 against the Na- tional Liberty Insurance company, and a verdict for $1,897 against the Agricultural Insurance company, both companies having insurance on the Iron Works when it was attacked by fire. RIDGEWAY FUNERAL. The funeral of Charles T. Ridge- way was held Sunday morning at 10 o’clock in the Baptist church, Rev. Kehoe officiating. Members of the Timberworkers’ union acted as pall- bearers and were, C. M. Booth, Knapp Brouillerd, Adolph Knutson, Mose Leterneau, Wallace Guy and John Feldman. Modesto, Calif.—Brceders and held a meeting to discuss resubmit- ting the proposition of.ohtaining by bond issue fairground fof livestock exhibitions. fl < which cost $1,100 and then - farmers oft Stanislaus county have | ADJouRNsTO | J W 1