Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 19, 1921, Page 1

L g e et e, The- Pioneer is the only dsily. within 100 miles’ of Bemidji and has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota, THE BEMIDII DAILY VOLUME XVIIL NO. 258 BEMIDJI, MINN., SATURDAY-EVENING, FEB. 19, 1921 —— =i TESTINONY OF STHINOVIKIS HEARDBY JURY Only Eye-Witness to Shooting of Fenton Is Heard in Miller Trial -~ % :%‘RING & ae % "IMPORTANT D’ ARE GIVE, Conversation With 1 ter Shooting Is Told ness Stand by Simin Testimony was given in the murder case yesterday afternot J. F. Johnson, deputy coroner at . .u- dette; B. R. Burrows, undertaker; W. C. Montgomery, a mechanic in the garage wherg Fenton worked in Baudette last summer; and, the state’s star witness, Nicholais Simin- _ ovik, the only known eye witness of ~the shooting. The testimony of Simirovil was the most important offered by the state, in as much as he was the only man beside the Millers who actuaily saw the shooting. Siminovik testi- fled that-he was loading hay at a st:ck between two and three hundred feet from the stack at which the Miller boys were working and upon looking up from the stack around which he had been shoveling snow, he observed a man coming on ,skiis toward the stack of hay Wwhere the Miller ‘brofhers were working. He stated the man. was carrying his rifle in his right hand, with the rifle swinging by his right side. A shot rang out from a rifle, the sound of which seqmed to come from thel west or over where the men were loading hay. The man on skiis con- tinued to walk on still carrying his gun in his right hand and in a mo- ment a second shot was heard from the same djrection as the first. As this shot was fired, Fenton tottered backward but regained his position “RECRUITS WANTED FOR NAVAL MILITIA RANKS Lieutenant Barker to Receive Enlistments at Commercial Club Wednesday Lieutenant B. A. Barker of the Fifth division, Minnesota Naval Mil- itia, announces that on §Vednesday, Febrary 23, he will be at the Civic and Commerce. association rooms from 3 to 5 o’clock to accept enlist- ments in the naval militia. There are now, 35 members in the Bemidji company and Lieut. Barker wishes to recruit the numbers up to 55. He wishes to get about twenty more enlisted men. Committees will be appointed out of the present membership to assist in recruiting. It is desired that the full strength be recruited at once go tirat arrangement may be made to ' have uniforms ordered and on hand Jor the foryal opening of the Bemidji armory. The social life of the com- pany will be started as soon as the armory is opened and it is expected that there will be many attractions for the members after the regular activities are started. The present roster of the company is as follows; Bartholomae, E. W.; Batchelder, 1. H.; Boyce, Max; Cros- by, C. J.; Denu, Philip E.; Joran, Allan J.; Funk, Paul H.; Greguson, Alfred; Hendrixson, Eldon; Hodgson, Harry T.; Hulett, Oliver B.; Hur- locker, H. 8.; \Larson, Christie E.; McDougal, Duncan; Naylor, Robert; Olson, Ernest G.; Opsahl, Morris J.; Peterson, darry O.; Presser, Maurice M.; Raco, Charles A.; Richardson, Ralph A.; Riggs, Percy H.; Ripple, Edmund J.; Stapleton, Francis R.; Senear, Orville; Stevens, Alford L. Tharaldson, A. L.; Tharaldson, H. E_; Trafton, L. B.; wilcox, S. W.; Wilson, J. R,; Yillets, T. R.; Lamson, Vernon F.; Riley, E. J.; Thurber, Earl J. LOCAL SPEAKER WINS ORATORICAL CONTEST Lester Smith of the local high school, on the subject, “A Vision of and continued walking a few steps War,” was awarded first place in the when a third shot rang out and Fen- " ton fell forward on the snow. oratorical contest at the Methodist church last night. In winning first Siminoyik ran over to where the place, he is given the honor of rep- Millers were standing behind the hay lcad and was immediately asked by Robert, ‘“‘How many shots did you hear?” to which Siminovik replied, “Three.” - “That's right,” said Rob- ert. “He fired two and we fired one.” Siminovik was then told by the Mil- lers to get his team and drive home, which he did, the Millers following behind him. By the time Siminovik got home it- was getting dark and the Millers passed his place on their ‘way home. The stack at which were loading hay was hundred and fifty feet from the spot ere tne man was shot. The dis- the Millers resenting the district at Macalester in the state-wide contest. Miss Ragn- hild Moe, also of the Bemidji school, ‘won second place in the declamatory contest. Her subject was “The Swan Song.” Blackduch high school was award- ed first place in the declamatory con- gest, its representative being Miss Mary Williams on “Geane Deftrez.” Second place in the oratorical contest was awarded to Fred Nernke of Park Rapids on “John Adams Favor- about two ing Independence.” The other schools represented were Akeley and Cass Lake. The local tahce between the stack at which High School Girls’' Glee club gave two Siminovik was working and the place Selections which were well received Fenton fell was etated to have been ah about two hundred and eighty feet added to the program. d the High School orchestra al:o Judges were e e and the two stacks at wiich Simin--Miss Jessie Bringgold of Grand Rap- ovik and the Millers were working ids, Miss Frances Lapham of Deer were about two hundred and forty River and Superintendent G. H. feet apart. Siminovik stated he had Sandbury of Crookston. a clear,uynobstructed view of all par; ties. f After going home the Miller broth- ers together with the wife and fam- .ily of Robert Miller went to C. R. Crabtree’s farm and told of the shoot- ing in the afternoon. Crabtree is the constable for that township. From Siminovik’s testimony, bot he and the Miller brothers wer much excited over the shooting. In going home from the. meadow, hob-, ert Millet asked Siminovik to drive behind his sleigh and even had George stand in front of Siminovik’s team to keep them back. Simino- vik pulled out from behind the (Continuea on Page 6) TELEPHONE COMPANY RENEWS RATE FIGHT Petition Filed With District Court to Restrain Denial of Rate Raise (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 19.—The Tri-State Telephone company today renewed its fight for higher rates in Minne- sota. The company filed a peti with the United States District cour for an injunction restraining the state railway and warehouse commis- sion from enforcing its decision deny- ing the company the right to in- crease its rates. When the commission’s was announced, Commissioner Put- nam issued a statement explaining why he digsented from the ruling. He claimed thé detision was mot consti- tutional. Commissioners Jacobson and Mills - concurred in refusing both the Tri-State and Northwestern cothpanies permission to increase rates. CARUSO SPENDS BEST NIGHT SINCE RELAPSE New York, Feb. 19_—*‘Caruso spent the very best night since his relapse;} and he is sleeping peacefully,” Dr.} g, 4 4 00 a. | public take advantage of this oppor- Francis Murray announced at 8: m. today. CAFETERIA LUNCHEON IS LARGELY ATTENDED The cafeteria luncheon given last evening in the Civic and Commerce oms by the ladies of the Civic and Community club was very largely at- tended and was a splendid success in every ‘way. 'The luncheon commit- tee was taxed to its utmost to pro- vide for all who came. The net proceeds of the dinner were $100.60. The committee on arrangements consisting of Mrs. H. Rasmussen, chairman; Mrs. Earle Barker, Mrs. Leila Sanborn, Mrs. Charles Nangle and Mrs. Harry Bridgeman desire to convey their ap- preciation to all the members and friends of the club who so generous- ly contributed in many ways towards the success of the dinner. - Many contributed eatables and others their services in their various capacities, all of which were much appreciated. MAN JUMPS ON RUNNING BOARD AND SHOOTS DRIVER (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 19.—Joseph Claus, tion | 33, is dying with a bullet in his head. t [ Police believe he had been double crossed 'by a moonshine customer. A man jumped on the running board of his automobile last night and fired the shot. Police found a quantity of moonshine in the automobile and a decision | greater quantity in Claus’ home. STRICKLAND GILLILAN SPEAKS HERE WEDNESDAY Strickland W. Gillilan, America’s greatest poet humorist, will appear on the program for the last number of the Lyceum course held by the Wbman's Study club, at the Metho- dist church on Wednesday, February 23, at 8 o’clock. Mr. Gillilan promises to furnish an entertaining and instructive pro- gram and the club urges that the tunity to hear-him. i The End of A Perfect Day WONDERFUL BARWARDS AN EVERYTHING v -d SI. CLOUD HIG BEATS BEMIDII Locals’ Chances for District Title Are Now Tied With* Downstate Quint St. Cloud high school’s basket ball quint evened the count with the Be- midji quint at St. Cloud last night by a score of 29 to 10 and a third gamé will now be necessary to decide the standing between the two teams for the district title. The deciding ghme will undoubtedly be played the early. part of next month, and Crosby is men&loned as the probable neutral floor. Bemidji started the scoring last night \with a field/basket by Stech- man in the first few minutes of play. The Saints evened the count with two free throws and then took the lead, piling up a score of 19 during the first half. Bemidji failed to score again in this period. In the second half, the locals showed up much better and played the down- staters 8 to 10 in that period. Coalch J. W. Smith states that St. Cloud put up a whirlwind game and Bemldji has no alibis to offer what- soever. Smith claims the locals fail- ed to play up to their usual stand- ard In the first half and lays this en- tirely to the Bemidji teani. The sec- ond half proved much bpetter for Be- midji, but the boys could not come back and make up for the big lead geined by St. Cloud in the first period. ‘ N Siminski and Ernst each netted four fleld baskets for St. Cloud, the Bemldji baskets being made by Hig- be, two;‘ Lord, one; Stechman, one; and Higbe two out of four free throws. St. Cloud netted seven out of ten free throws. A large and enthusiastic crowd witnessed the game and indications | are fhat many followers will accom- pany the teams to see the decisive battle. MATSON AND RITCHIE 'TO OPEN LUMBER YARD Retail Building Material and Fuel Yard to Be Opened at Third and America Bemidji 18 to -have a new ‘retail building material and fuel yard in the near future. erly manager of the local yard of the St.” Hilaire Retail Lumber Co., and A, P, Ritchie, postmaster, wili bs in- corporated under the name of the Matson-Ritehie Lumber Co., and will carry on a retail building material and fuel business. A site has been secured at the corner of Third street and America avenue where buildings and offices will be built as soon as lumber ar- rives. M. L. Matson stated, when inter- viewed, that lumber 1nd other mater- jals have been ordered and are ex- pected to arrive about the first of March. Both Mr. Matson and Mr. Ritchie will be actively connected with the business as it is Mr. Ritchie’s inten- tion to leave the postmastership, his term having diready expired. Mr. Matson has been-engaged in the retail lumber business for a num- ber of years and is thoroughly famil- jar with all phases of the business, “TEAMWORK” IS SUBJECT OF TALK T0 swm-:msi Manager of Crookston Lumber Company Delivers Very Interesting Talk “Teamwock” was the subject chos- en by C. L. Isted, manager of the Crookston Lumber company, in his address to the students of the Be- midji Business college on Friday aft- ernoon. Mr. Isted handled his sub- ject in a most pleasing manner and his talk held the close attention of the students. He stated that much had been said in the past few years about effi- ciency, but thay efficiency does not go far anough. “We must have team- work,” said Mr. Isted, “by teamwork 1 mean co-operation. Teamwork is civilization. In early times there was little or no teamwork. The savages were independent of each other, each worked for himself in providing food, hovel and clothing, and from the birch tree made his own canoe. Our forefuthers had their garden patch, made their own clothing, candles, and soap. They traveled by oXcart, or on horseback. Through teamwork, today we have machine made food, clothing and manpy of the nccessities, of life. We cannot make these things can make them. FRENCH FOR GUARD TREATY American Troops Are Expect- ed to Be Withdrawn From Coblenz Soon (By United Press) Paris, Feb. 19..—The withdrawal of American representatives on the reparation eommission, formally an- nounced today by Roland W. Boyden, has severed the last official connec- tion of the United States with en- forcement of the treaty of Versailles. American troops still remain in the Coblenz area but their position is regarded as diplomatically unten- ablo and they are expected to be or- dered home at once. The abandon- ment, of that section of the Rhine territory, it is belieyed will mean that the place will be taken by French forces. Occupation of the Coblenz area by French troops will permit France to make another military demonstra- tion against Germany In keeping BANDITS ROB WISCONSIN . STATE BANK AND ESCAPE — Police in Twin Cities Guard All Entrances on Lookout for Bagk Robbers 4 (By United Press) Hudson, Wis., Feb. 19.—Bank ban- dits held up and robbed the Stock- holm State Bank at Stockholm, Wis- consin shortly before 10:00 today and escaped toward St. Paul in an automobile. Police in the Twin Cities were notified and are guarding all roads. { H. H. Anderson, cashier of the bank, said the bandits secured v.,900 in currency. He saw an automobile coming across Lake Pepin. .t stopped in front.of the bank and one man entered. He drew a gun and de- manded money. The cashier started handing it out when a customer en- tered and the bandit turned the gun on him. i The customer fled and the bandit jumped into the automobile which was driven rapidly away. The ma- chine was seen on the road to Hud- son and believed to be headed for St Paul. » [ St. Paul, Feb. 19.—The State Bank ‘at Stockholm, Wisconsin, was held ,up at 9:40 this morning. The ban- (dits_are believed to be en route to | St. Paul. {OWNER OF BURNED STORE DOES NOT KNOW OF LOSS (By United Press) Minot, N. D., Feb. 19.—Although since Tuesday, E. H. Boyer, who is a buying trip, ‘has no word of it. As far as telegraph and telephone com- !munications go Minot has been iso- lated from the outside world since the storm of Tuesday night and Wed- nesday, INDUSTRIAL COURT HAS ORDERED STRIKE'S END (By United Press) Pittsburg, Kansas, Feb. 19.—Alex- ander Howat, district president of the United Mine Workers, has been ordered by the industrial court to 2all off the strike in the Mackie mines that drew him a year jail sentence for contempt of court. At the same time the industrial court removed the cause of the strike by settling the controversy over the age of Carl Mishmash and ordered the company to pay the boy about $226 in back-pay. Howat said he presumed the men would be go- mglback to work when the boy was paid. RUNAWAY TEAM BREAKS HUFFMAN & O’LEARY WINDOW A team of horses belonging to a farmer named Johnson, who lives on a farm on the east side of Lake Plantaganet, starting from Third strget, ran away from their owner, turned north on Minnesota avenue with the warning rendered yesterday ;and ran up the sidewalk on the west as cheaply and as well as machines‘ “Trade, commerce, and all indus-' by Premier Briund. He declared that tries ‘have sprung from teamwork.'while France does not wish to act If we should stop teamwork we would independently of her allies ehe is in vevert to an unmcivilized state, but a position to carry out on her own ‘M. L. Matson, form-) we are not going to stop, but are going on to better and greater things. | ‘“The recent war showed the value of teamwork. Germany was all weld- ed into one vast team for a single! purpose. During the first two or three | years of the war the allies were ihandicapped because they lacked | teamwork, but they finally developed it on a great scale and.soon won the war. ; “Abraham Lifreoln showed his {power for teamwork when he built up his cabinet and Wworked with; men who were antagonistic to him. I, would not hive been able to get along in this world.” “Frank W. Woolworth succeeded in this five and ten cent stores through teamwork with his employes. . Before he died, by this teamwork he handled over a thousand stores in the United States and seventy-five in England.” | In closing, Mr. isted eaid, “Who can produce texmwork? Tenmwork-| ers. thdse who can adapt themselves, who can work with others. Only those who can do this need expect to win out. The person who expects success ax a teamworker does not look for slights or for trouble. lle must be a diplomat; Ms credentials are unselflshness, tolerance, good fel- lowship, the kind of a fellow who would give all and take and expect nothing. Credit is usually given to those who seek it least and deserve it most, not to those who would monop- clize it. Quly teamworkers can rise to the top under modern conditios. Business today spells teamworl.” PRICE EXPERT SHOWS DECLINE IN FOODSTUFFS Washington, Feb. 19. (By Ralph Couch.) Food is now 21 5-10 per cent cheaper to the cconsumer than six months ago, Ethelbert Stewart, gov- ernment price expert, announced to- day. ““The decline seems to be a real sus tainahle development in the general price situations,” said Stewart, “‘and not based entirely on =easonahle changes which are so often effective. 1t is impossible, of course, to predict how long it will continue.” responsibility those provisions of the peace treaty which provide for mili- tary action. CLIFFORD AND COMPANY OPENS FEED DEPARTMENT Clifford and company opened a flour and feed department in thé side of the street. They struck the wheel chair of Mr. Huttman, which was standing on the sidewalk and hurled it through the big plate glass window of the Huffman & O'Leary store, The team was caught by W. G. Schroeder before further ~ damage was done. {LAND CLEARING BACKERS ARE IN SESSION TODAY room recently occupied by the Han- son's Barber shop adjoining their store. This department of their busi- ness has been growing continually feed has been felt for some ttfne. CITY TEAM WILL PLAY EXCELSIOR TWO GAMES| | Northwest Champions of 1918- 1919 Play Local Team at Armory Next Week Bemidji basketball fans are as- sured two fast games next week, Tuesday and Wednesday, when the Excelsior City quint comes here to nicet the Bemidji City team on the lncal armory floor. Practically the same line-up as is rried this year won the indepen- ccnt_championship of the Northwest ior Excelsior two years ago, and the boys are out for another clean slate this year. They have defeated all| the best teams in Minneapolis except | Battery A and the Ascensions, whom they will play in March. "They de- feated the Como Athletic club ag- gregation 39 to 16 and the Como quint was defeated by Battery A on the Battery floor by only one point. The fact that Excelsior has won eight gtraight games this year and! has not yet tasted defeat signifies that two fast games will be assured local fans, when the visitors run up About one hundred representatives from the villages and townships of the county were in session this after- “Lord Kitchner said ‘If I had llfl'—lzmd the need of a special room for[noon in the Civic and Commerce as- been able to get along with people!the wholesale and retail of flour and | 4oejation rooms to formulate an asso- ciation and adopt resolutions to gov- ern the management of the land clearing campalgn which is to be put on in, the county the coming summer. Much enthusiasm was in evidence all sides. All the towms and villages pledged to raise their quotas for finishing the proposition. A di- rectorate was ceted which will form the governing body of the movement. HAS NEW DEVICE —— (By United Press) Ambrose, N. D., Teb. 19.—D. A. Pierce, harness maker, hus invented a device for holding grain bags when they are being filled at the threshing machine separator. BEMIDJI TROUT CLUB REPLENISHING STREAMS The Bemidji Trout club, under the direction of President W. C. Klein, yesterday distributed one hundréd thousand trout fry near Rosby and crecks out of Bemidji. On Monday, two hundred thousand fry will be djstributed at points north of Be- midji and at Kelliher and Black- duck and Tenstrike. This will be the last of the trout against the local line-up on the Be-| midji floor. Both games will be call- |ed at 8 o’clock and a large attendance is looked for. The locals are putting in regular practice in preparation to give the Excelsior gang a real battle. s planting until fall, Mr. Klein an- nounces. Nevertheless the club ex- pects to put in a lot of bass during the coming season, also pike in in- land lakes that are at present de- pleted of game fish, * /WEATHER REPORT. finnesata = Weather: Fair to- fand’ probably Sunday. Not fiucb' change in temperature. 85c PER MONTH MAIL BANDITS HOLD UPNORTH COAST LIMITED Suspects Are Captured at Little Falls After an Automo- bile Chase ROBBERY DISCOVERED ) | AT MINNEAPOLIS DEPOT Has Not Been Recovered, Weapons Found (By United Press) Minneapolis, Feb. 19.—Two men believed tp have robbed the mail car of the North Coast Limited train No, 12, on the Northern Pacific, of $300,- ,000, were captured at Little Falls early today after a running revolver fight with deputies. One of the deputies and one of the alleged ban- dits were wounded in the fight. B. C. Strong, a mail clerk, was wounded dwhen he attempted to resist the ban- its. Deputies met the two zen on the outshirts of Little Falls. They open- ed fire when they were ordered to “===="|his clothing store has been burned halt and the fight lasted while the automobiles raced over a mile. The several weapons were found in the automobile in which the two men were attempting to escape. The ac- cused men gave their names as Buck Allen and Bob Ford. The bandits had boarded the gail car at St. Cloud. Mail Clerk Stfong was forced to bind the other two clerks and then was lacked in a lock- er. When Strong attempted to break from the locker he was shot. Other members of the crew did not know of the robbery until the train reach- ed Minneapolis, and then the mail clerk was found bound. The bandits had left the train at the suburbs of Minneapolis. |BARKER DRUG STORE HAS STAMP VENDING MACHINE Mindful of the disease germs that lurk on postage stamps and the danger therefrom, the Barker Drug store on Third street has had in- stalled a Shermach Sanitary Stamp Seller which is operated in a similar manned to a vending machine and from which may be secured any num- ber of two-cent or one-cent stamps desired. It enables customers of the store to secure postage stamps without 'having to wait for some one to serve them and without causing that feel- Ing which is likely to somewhat em- . barrass a person who uses the serv- fces of a clerk in making a purchase which brings no profit to the mer- chant. Mr. Barker says the machine is there “at your service, help your- self."” The Barker Drug store is one of 25,000 drug stores in the United States that have been selected by the !Sanitary Postage association of Am- |erica to place in use one of these stamp machines. WOMAN PURCHASES N. D. PAPER AND IS NOW EDITOR (By Unitetl Press) Deering, N. D., Feb. 19.—Mrs. Irene Hughes joined the ranks of wo- men editors in the state when she purchased the Deering Enterprise from W. S. Wright. Mrs. Hughes was formerly of Lusk, Wyoming. FARM BUREAU LEADERS PLANNING LABOR BUREAU Estimated that Farmers Could Save Thousands of Dollars Through Its Service (By United Press) Wheaton, Minn., Fep. 19.—Farm hureau representatives here are planning a farm labor service bureau which will keep track of the flucta- tion in wages, supplies, and demand of farm labor in the Northwest dur- ing the rush seagons. Every com- munity in North and South Dakota and Minnesota would be covered by the Bureaus. It is estimated the farmers would be saved thousands of dollars an- nually by keeping informed on wages. The supply of labor could be largely controlled so as to eliminate sur- plus labor in some sections and a shortage in others. No attempt will be made to fix wages, it is said. The plan will be subject to approval by the execu- tive \council of the bureaus of the three states interested. i ROCHESTER VS. WINONA (By United Press) Winona, Minn., Feb. 19.—Roches- ter Junior college basket ball players were scheduled to be here today for a game with Winona Normal school Loot, Estimated at $300,000, - either in Minneapolis or Chicago on loot was not recovered. A mask and \