Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 31, 1921, Page 1

The Ploneer is the only daily within ‘100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE - FAINNESOTA | HISTO S VOLUME XVIIL NO. 241 BEMIDJI VANOUISHES CROOKSTON BASKETEERS Polk County Aggregation Led to 31 to 7 Defeat By Local High School M= TRIAL MA BROTHERS HELD Y TRIAL 5 STAGEDFOR it Outclassing their opponents in ev- ery department of the game, the Be- Geor and ~ i | midji high school basketball quint de- nae Robert Miller of feated the Crookston high sc?loo], bas- Carp Brought nge for ketball team 31 to 7. The Bemi Alleged Murder VIC "RBERGER * Judge Landis Disqualified as Trial Judge Because of Allegation quint lacked the speed and drive dis- played in the game against the Cros- by team a few weeks ago, but with Captain Higbe, Stechman and Powell dropping the sphere through the nets from all angles, the game was never in doubt. However, Crookston fought gamely and the Bemidji squad knew that it had been in a battle. Hen- dricks, left forward, was the only Crookstonite to' connect more than once and his field goals numbered but two. The counters made by the Red Riv- er Valley quint were from long range, their lighter weight preventing them from smashing through the rugged defense set up by the fighting Blue and White. Bemidji, on the other hand, principally because of their superior speed and power, were able to carry the sphere well under their basket for short, easy shots. Despite the improvement by the Be- midjians in their teamwork, there was still ragged playing and wild shoot- ing at times. A ‘number of compara- tively easy shots were missed at short range and the ball was fumbled fre- quently. Crookston’s play was mark- ed by fast and accurate passing with the sphere, which resulted usually in effective carrying down the floor. One reason that the Crookston quint was unable to score more often was the ‘unusually scrappy defense of Lord and Powell at guards. - Play slowed up somewhat toward the whistle time and Bemidji missed a number of easy shots, while fre- quent fumbling marred the play. The half ended.Bemidji 15, Crookston 3. Although a large number of fouls were called on both teams, the play ‘was clean throughout and the offenses consisted mostly of holding caused by over-anxiousness and technicalities. The Juvenile band assisted in put- ting pep into the crowd with a num- ber of selections which , {brought hearty applause. Summary MAY CHANGE DECISION AND ORDER NEW TRIAL BOUND OVER TO AWAIT GRANI:: JURY’S ACTION Socialists File Affidavit of Prej- udice Against Landis in Deciding Case Inquest Brings Verdict thnt A. H. Fenton Was Killed By Shot Fired By Miller * (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 31.—Victor Berger of Milwaukee and other so- clalist leaders today won a victory when one of the men upon whom they relied as a witness was convict- ed and sentenceu to twenty-five years imprisonment for violation of the espionage act. \ As the result of the Supreme Court action it is possible that the decision of Landis may be reversed and a new trial ordered before another judge. The decision, however, does not final- ly settle the case of Berger and ‘oth- ers. Judge Landis of the Federal Court at Chicago where the soclalists will face trial was disqualified as a trial judge when the socialists filed an af- fidavit of prejudice against him be- cause of a statement he was alleged to have made in pronouncing sen- tence on a man convicted of violating the Espionage act shortly before the Berger trial., The . decisibn of the court was six to three, Judges Day, Pitney and Mec- Reynolds dissenting. P MOORHEAD NORMAL FIVE PLAYS FARGO AGGIES TONIGHT George and Robert Miller of Carp, Minnesota, were brought here from Baudette Sunday morning by Deputy Sherift J. Dundas and will be held to await the .action of the grand jury for the alleged murder of A. H. Fen- ton, homesteader in the northern part of the county. The coroner’s inquest was held in Baudette Friday and the verdict of \the jury that A. H. Fenton cdme to his ‘death “by a shot fired by, one George Miller, assisted By his brother, Robert.” The Miller brothers waived exam- ination and were bound ovef to the grand jury, which will meet some time next month. The post mortem by Drs. Drake and Corrigan found that one bullet had gone thru Fenton’s stomach and lodged in his back hone and the other had blown the top’of his head off. Attorneys for the defense brought out at the inquest that both Fenton and Miller carried the same kind of a gun, and that it is possible that when Fenton fell, the gun he had in his hand might have fired the bullet that struck his head. There was but one empty shell in Fenton’s gun, and ac- cording to evidence -brought in by a neighbor he heard one shot fired and looking up saw an owl flying off in the air as though it had been fired at. Miller brothers claimed that there were three shots -fired. After the shooting they went to V. Crabtree and gave themselves up, saying that they had shot Bowman. Crabtree (By United Press) Fargo, Jan. 31.—Moorhead Normal schoo), basketball team is scheduled to meet JFargo Agricultural players here tonight. went to the placé where the man was, H}::‘“éi; " 53 I; 1") T1~ and says there were no empty shells | Higbe, AL D #nywhere-nesr where Fenioi was ly-{Sinons, 21 ... 1 0 o 0f{SENATOR JOHNSON DEMANDS ing, and that the crust on the snow | Stechman, ¢ 4 0 1 1' - REPORT OF NEGOTIATIONS was strong enough to hold them up.|Lord, Ig 0 0 0 1 There were no tracks near where Fen- | Powell, rg-c 3 010 (By United Press) ton was lying. When Crabtree re-|Naylor, rf 0 0 0 0l wachinston, Jan. 31.A demand turned to his home and told Miller |Hulette, rg 0000 B et ‘of. Axi ; brothers that the man they had shot (hat; tho rebort of Ambassadar ROl —_—— —— » ith was not Bowman,-they were dazed.| Totals 13 5 2 3 ::g sj,“;;’,‘,;im,;‘,'.fia"siiggf ul?:rew be Th&’“flfi““? -}:sgkan at 2:30 m;d lasted — made public was made today by Sen- un o'clock. County Attorney | Crookston— B. F.P. T.| ator .Hiram Johnson of California. Torrance of Bemid)i represented the | oy gricks, 1f 2 .0 0 3|The demand was made to Secretary ;l‘:altle and Middleton & Middleton the Grnnvn!d,'rf 1 1 1 1|of state Colby. 1ller brothers. : ‘Rtepokr% ar, thgt tll\,e Miller brnthlerg E::;;fi. g 8 ‘1) g mistook Fenton for Bowman, a neigl gor with wh;m t!:fiy are nit} to have/ fi?fig:: rlg ) g g 00 'g HVE HREMEN K]]ALED S een -on unfriendly terms for some 9 time, and that undoubtedly accounts Thors, ¢ - _0 _0 _0 9 AND Nmmm lNJURED for the statement made by the Miller Totals 3 1 2 —4 brothers that they had shot Bowman. Fenton had a saw rig at Carp and -was on his way home for the night when he decided to tale a short cut through Miller's meadow. Fenton carried a gun and had shot owls and rabbits on his way to and from home. - It is reported that the Miller brothers casasted guns. with them wherever they went, since they had heard a number of shots fired after dark on several occasions. The Millers are said to have been working on a hay stack in the meadow when a shot hit the stack, and Georgé Mil- ler opened fire on %‘enton, believing him to be Bowman and the one who firdd the shot. ATHENIAN LITERARY TO MEET TOMORROW NIGHT The Athenian Literary society of the Normal school will hold a busi- ness and social meeting on Tuesday at four p. m. in the school audijtor- fum. The following program is to be given: clarinet and piano solo, “Spring”’, by Raymond Farr and Es- ther Anderson; reading, by Elizabeth Baney; reeitation, by Isabel Hankey; “A Short Story,” by Lorena Frenen- dahl; mediey of songs, by four sailor boys and four lassies. PLANTING BROOK TROUT IN STREAMS NEAR GUTHRIE W. C. Klein, president of the Be- midji Trout club, and Herbert War- fileld returned Saturday from Guth- rie after planting 250,000 drook trout in streams near Guthrie and Laporte. Replanting of streams in Bemidji and adjacent counties is plannéd by the club before spring. chairman for the party, also will re- RA“‘MANAGE‘URGE : port findings in her nation-wide sur- 'l'o melm WORKERS vey that inquired into alleged injus- tices and discrimination against wo- —_— men found in various state laws. 1he report is being compiled thru assist- ance of women lawyers and after e haustive study of state and federal laws. Picturesque ceremonies have been planned, including presentation exer- cises for the monument to the pioneer suffragist Susan B. Anthony, Eliza~ beth Cady Stanton and LucretiaMott, which will be given to the Capitol ro- tunda. Another will be the pageant of women of all nations and #till an- other award of “distinguished service medals” to former pickets. (By United Press) Providence, R. L, Jan. 3T.—Five firemen were killed and nineteen others injured while fighting a fire In the heart of the business section here today. The fire, of unknown origin, started in the alley sweep- ing the entire block on Washington and Plymouth streets. The five killed were fighting the blaze from a ladder when the wall caved in precipitating them into the heart of the fire. Three were killed outright and the others died enroute to the hospital. Referee—Culver (Bemidji. CONVENTION TO DECIDE WOMAN'S PARTY FUTURE Thousand Delegates to Meet at Washington February 15 to Make Plans _ (By United Press) Washington, Jan, 31—Whether the National Woman’s Party continues as a separate political group will be de- cided by 1,000 delegates representing every state in the nation when they meet here February 15. Prime consideration in the decci- sion, officials said in commenting on the conventionl’s program, is whether the existing parties have made suffici- ent bid for support from women vot- ers. The third day’s session will be given over to reports of spokesmen from the republican, democratic, so- cialist’ and farmer-labor groups. The meeting will be the first na- tional gathering. of ~women voters since the ratification of the nine- teenth constitutional amendment. Important places on the program have been given to representatives of women’s organizations to report on progress in organizing women in Am- erica and abroad. Among bodies to report are the W. C. T. U., National Consumers’ league, Business and Pro- fessional Woman's league, ‘Woman's International league, Children’s Bur- eau and the Woman's Bureau of the depantment of labor. Miss Sue White, national research (By United Press) Chicago, Jan. 31.—Railroad man- agers are advised by the United States Labor Board to get together with their employees and work out a sen- sible settlement of wage controversy here tpday. The board suggested that the em- ployers get together with their men when the managers presented a peti- tion asking immediate abrogation of the national agreement and reduc- tion of wages of 500,000 unsettled workerse LNl - a HOTEL FUNDS REACH FIFTEEN THOUSAND \ Half Day Solicitation Rays of Hope for New Birchmont Hotel ; S Two hours solicitation of funds for the new Birchmont hotel this morning, by the vari- ous teams selected for the pur- pose, resulted in over $15,000 being subscribed. The commit- tee charge of soliciting the fund, ery hopeful of the out- come due to the attitude of the majority of those from whom they have solicited subscriptions to the stocks and bonds of the | mew company. Some citizens have not waited to be called on but have voluntarily offered to subscribe and have subscribed generous amounts. A number who were solicited asked for a little time to think the proposi- tion over and these will be called upon later. Some, but their num- ber was small, refused to sub- scribe. The soliciting committess met at noon for luncheon in the as- other. report tomorrow at lunch- eon in the association rooms and it is hoped by tomorrow noon that the hotel will have been made possible by the generous subscriptions of the citizen zens to think liberally on the ‘propositi going to be necessary for every one to sub- ibe up to the limit of her ability if the final result de- ired is to be obtained. “Think in Hundreds and Not " is the slogan of the cam- paign. STATE FOREST RANGERS MEET HERE TOMORROW Forresters of the state will meet here tomorrow and Wednesday at the court room in the court house to talk over plans for the coming year and to exchange views and jdeas per- tuining to forestry~ork. A number of county agents are expected to be in attendance also and the foresters plan to invite their co-operation in reforestation, conserving of forests, preventjng fires and the like. The first session will be called to- morrow forenoon soon after nine o'clock. On Wednesday the foresters will lunch with the Bemidji associa- tion at the regular noon-day lunch- eon and it is expected that a number of short talks on forest ranging work will be made at that time. BEMIDJI BOWLERS WIN SLICE OF PRIZE AWARDS The bowling team which repre- sented this city at the tournament held at Grand Forks ten days ago, figures in well for a nice slice of the prize money. The awards have just recently been figured out from the total proceeds of the tournament and the local team gets $73.50. A. Anderson, tied fcr second place in all events, figures in for $12.50; Anderson, fourth in singles, $17.50; Popp, twenty-first in singles, $6; Sie- vert and anderson, fifth in doubles, $20; and the five-man team, tenth, $17.50. Sound Asleep BEMIDJI1, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 31, 1921 g ‘Weather: Partly soméwhat unsettled to- nd Tuesday. Not much change in temperature. 55c PER MONTH THOUSEMEMBERS ssos| TODAY INSPECT PROPOSEDPARK Houu. Appropriations Commit- tee Looks Over Tract at Head of Lake Bentidji COMMITTEE TO INSPECT NORMAL SCHOOL TODAY e Legislators and Local Business Men Dine at Sanford Hall This Evening Five members of' the appropria~ tions committee of the House of Rep- resentatives are visitors in the city today, sent here to inspect the site of the proposed Lake Bemidji park. .| These legislators today are being shown about the city, being escorted thru the country adjacent to the lake, and being given an idea of why Be- midji and this section of the state de- sire such a park at the head of lake Bemidji. Those who are here in the inspec- tion trip are Representatives L. O. Teigen of Jackson county, Lewis En- strum of Roseau county, L. C. Dor- weiler of Stevens county, Ole Lager- son of Anoka county and C. E. Hul- bert of, Hennepin county. A delega- tion of local boosters is ententaining the reperesentatives today. All were taken to the Crookston Lumber company’s camp at the head of the lake for lunch this noon, and the inspection of the proposed park was made from there this afternoon. At five o'clock the legislators are to be escorted to the State Normal school and at six o'clock will be en- tertained at dinner at Sanford hall. Local business men who will also be present at the dinner are B. W. Lak- in,, . A. Barker, T. J. Burke, Judge C. W. Stanton, A. P. White and M. W. Deputy. The legislators expect to return to St. Paul tonight to make their report to the house CLEVELAND HOCKEY TEAM MEETS ST. PAUL TONIGHT (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 31.—Cleveland's crack hockey players are scheduled to go against St. Paul athletic club skaters here tonight. A second game will be played here tonight. Thurs- day and Friday the Clevelanders will play the Duluth Hockey club there. COLD SPRING DAM IS WRECKED BY DYNAMITE (By Unfted Press) GRAIN INSPECTORS ARE OPPOSED T0 OLD SYSTEM Believe Restoration of - Old Grading Systems Would Cause Confusion (By United Press) St. Paul, Jan. 31.—Restoration of old grain grading systems now would result in confusion unless present safeguards are maintained, according to inspectors of the state g¥ain inspec- tion department. With legislatures and congress in session there has been some agitation, particularly among wheat growers, for changes in the grain grading laws now in vogue. The shipper and purchaser are giv- en equal and fair protection under present grain grades, inspectors at he_x:idquurtexs of the state department said. Many producers of grain, and the public_ in general, know little about the system of grading grains, it was pointed out, and as a result only those who are directly affected by present laws are concerned. When wheat, for instance, reaches the small town or cross-roads eleva- tors, it is graded, primarily, by the elevator operator with standard grain grading equipment. But the small clevator operatoroften is not as care- ful in taking the sample and grading them as required by law. ~ When the car of grain reaches a point where a state inspector takes his sample, it is probed in several palces with a long brass probe which reaches to the bottom of the car. It has ports so arranged that a sample can be taken from any depth in the car, and from any part of the car. These samples are placed in bags and taken to the inspection laboratory. Meantime the sampler has taken a rec- ord of the railroad company’s seal on the car and when he leaves the car, it is resealed with an inspector’s seal. The samples are carefully tested for moisture, weight and dockage. Foreign seed such as are bound to ap- pear are credited to doclage and only cne per cent of foreign material is permitted in wheat that grades No. 1. The laboratory tests determine the grade of the grain and government regulations preseribe the tests to be made. Every possible pregaution is taken against error and the shipper can call for a regrading test, and then if dissatisfied can take it to sev- cral higher officials or even to estab- lished boards who determine the cor- rectness of tests given. SOUTHWESTERN NEWSPAPERS MAKE BIG RAISE IN RATES San Francisco, Jan. 31.—Newspa- pers of San Franclsco and Oakland will Increase their subseription rates beginning February 1, according to an announcement made Saturday. Increased cost of production is given us the reason. The morning dailits of San Fran- cisco will be 21.16 per month instead of 90 cents. Two San Francisco even- ing papers will raise from 55 cents to 76 cents a month and from 3 cents to 6 cents a copy, while a third pa- St. Cloud, Minn., Jan. 31L.—A re-Iper will sell at 60 cents per month ward of $1,000 was offered today for the arrest and conviction of the par- ties who wrecked the famous Cold Spring dam with a charge of dyna- mite early Sunday. The explosion tore away a section of the dam and crippled the power plant. It is esti- mated one hundred sticks of dyna- mite were used. The dam has been the object of liti- gation for thirty-five years between the village of Cold Spring and farm- ers who declared hundreds of acres could be reclaimed were it not for the dam. instead of 50 and at 3 cents a copy insteas. of 2 cents. Approximately equal Increases will be announced by two evening publications of Oakland. VOCATIONAL TRAINING APPLICANTS EXAMINED Squad From Federal Board in City to Aid Ex-Service Men Near Here —_— Representatives of the Tederal Board for Vocational Training are in the city today to asslst ex-service men in Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Koochiching and Hubbard countics in obtaining vocational training in all cases where the applicants are found eligible. Those who are repre- senting the board are ¢. B. Bressler, Minneapolis, advisor; G .E. Hardy, eligibilfty officer representing the government; Adam Hehn, secretary; Dr. Alloway, of the medical depart- ment; Willlam Rochford of the con- tract depurtment; and Willlam Nor- ris, who i8 taking Mr. Bressel's place after today as advisor. A large number of ex-service men are in the city for examination and adjusting of claims, all necessary de- talls for claims being handled by the representatives while here. Those who are passed upon as eligible will be entered into training at once, if they desire. From $100 to $170 per month is the allowance granted, ac- cording to the condition of the man and his dependents. McGOWAN DEFEATS STAFF IN FOUR CONTESTS SUNDAY 8t. Paul, Jan. 31.—Everett Me- Gowan won the plaudits of the skat- ing world Sunday in defeating Art Staff in four races before a big gath- ering, Recently he defeated Norval Bap- tie in a series of six races. Ben 0’Sieckey is the next on McGowan’s list. They wiil meet in a series of four races either Friday or Saturday. McGowan took a 200 yard race with Staft in twenty seconds, winning by a narrow margin. He Had 35 feet to spare in finishing the half mile, BOOZERUNNER RING EYPOSED 0 OFFICIALS Blackmail Methods Alleged to _ Have Been Adopted to Quiet Witnesses DOMINION OFFICIALS TO INSTITUTE PROBE Canadian Officials Refuse to Reveal Information Held on Booze Ring (By United Press) Minot, N. D, Jan. 31.—Exposure of a “booze runners’ association” in which Canadian officials are said to have declared a colored man in Mi- not is the master mind may come a3 the result of extradition proceedings whieh_will be instituted in Minot by Dominlon officials against five men. Insfle information of the associa- tion is said o have been given by Theodore Olson and Robert Hurley captured in a wild west holdup stag- ed in an automobile at the Robert ndrist home near Weyburn, Sask., n December. Olson and Hurley are said to have turned “King's wit- nesses” declaring they were double- crossed by men higher up in the ring. - (By United Press) Minot, N. D., Jan. 31.—Blackmail methods are alleged to have been adopted by the members of the “booze runners association’ in pre- venting witnesses from testifying at Weyburn, Sask., last week in An- drist's report. Andrist is sald to have received a letter signed by the association and mailed in Minot warn ing him that if he testifies ““he must tak® consequences.” \ He was also detailed to warn Olson and Hurley that if they told what they might know they might as well book passage for Europe. Canadian officials refused to reveal informa- tion which they have of the ring. In the robberies last December 16 cases of whiskey were taken from Andrist’s home. TELEPHONE COMPANY JOINS ' NATIONAL THRIFT MOVEMENRT A savings plan provided for the 11,600 employees of the Northwest- ern Bell Telephone company has just been announced. This ,action was taken, President W. B. T. Belt explained, as a part of the national thrift movement. The plan provides that any em- ployee within his option may fill out an agreement, designating a bank of his choice and telling how much he wants deducted from his wages and deposited to his credit each month. The employee under the plan will retain possession of the bank book, the account to be in his name and he may at any time withdraw all or any portion of the amount which has been deposited to his credit. The company merely forwards a check to the bank each month covering the amount de- ducted from the employee’s wages un- der his authorization. As a part of the savings plan the telephone company expects to furnish household budget books for free dis- tibution to thoso of its empioees who may desire them. ‘OCKS OF WHEAT IN U. S. 320 MILLION BUSHEL JAN. 1 The stocks of wheat in the United States on Jan. 1, 1921, are estimated Ly the Burcau of Markets and the Bureau of Crop Estimates, United States Department of Agriculture, to be 320,000,000 bushels, which is ap- proximately 40 per cent of the total available on July 1, 1920, and com- pares with 417,000,000 bushels on Jan. 1, 1920. After deducting an nverage carry-over of about 70,000,- 000 bushels, there remains about 250,000,000 bushels in this country available for export and domestic re- quirements during the six months from Jan. 1, to July 1, 1921. Of the 417,000,000 bushels on Jan. 1, 1920, about 109,000,000 bushels were carried over into the next sea- son, as compared with the above aver- age, leaving 308,000,000 bushels for six ‘months’ export and domestic re- Guirements, These figures do not in- clude flour stocks or flour equivalents, neither do they tale imports into ac- count. GERMANY MAY REFUSE TO PAY ALLIED INDEMNITY (By United Press) Berlin, Jan. 31. (By Carl D. Groat) * —Immediately after a session of the Reichstag today it was reported that the German government intends to refuse to pay the $56,000,000,000 in- demnity demanded by the allies un- less the terms are materially altered. The Reichstag suddenly adjourned after a short session ‘““because of the servility of the situation.”