Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1921, Page 1

=y .. periment . 'The Pioneer is the only daily .within -100-miles’ of. Bemidji_and has' ‘the Northern Minnesota. Thrgest circulation in | == BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, FEB: 21, 1923 -~ Minn Probably mfi;d in porth and rain in, sout} 37‘11 ght and Tuesday.’ Cooler in fatern (portion Tuesday, egota Weather: 85¢ PER MONTH Permanent Organization Form- ed Subject to Completion of Fund Required " CHARLES CARTER IS ~ "¢ CHOSEN 'AS- PRESIDEN\ Execufive ‘Board of - Seven Is Elected and Will Meet Once a Month _ , A. permanent” organization of the Beltrami County Land Clearing as- sociation. was effected in Bgmldn Saturday, subject: to completion of “the finances, when Charles Carter was chosen president; ‘William Len- non of Kelliher, vice president, and A. A. Warfield of Bemidji secretary- treasurer. - ..., : N It was a most enthusiastic meet- ing ‘and ‘the. best of harmony and good-fellowship prevailed throughout. Farmers and business mer from ev- ery section of the county were pres- ent and expressed. themselves as be- ing heartily in favor of some definite program of. land clearing. N The executive board ‘' ‘elected is comprised of the following menibers: A. A. Warfield, Charles Carter, Wil- liam Lennon, E. E. Schulbe, Charles Olson, Thomas Porte and B. E. Twee- ten. This board will meet once a month in this city, the first date be- “*F. R. Duxbury “kicked” a bit of \enthusiasm into the convention when he announced that Bemidji would guarantee up to $4,000 of the $5,000 necessary to raise. Blackduck, Kelli- her, Tenstrike, Solway .and Hines and other centers quickly followed with the' assurance that each of their re- spective communities would go the limit. Harry Funston of the Soo railway was the first to address the meeting. He outlined-the progress made in the past_and urged that the work speed up, A M. J. Thompson of the Duluth ex- 1. station . pointed out_the justificatioh of " clearing land “in this section and showed where it paid to do it. “He compared the crops raised here with those in other sections, and by these: comparisons proved that 10,000 ‘acres cleared 'would increase the value one million dollars, A, J. Swantes showed how the work was started and how it pro- gressed. in Wisconsin. He pointed out that a definite program was nec- essary -and.that farmers agree - on signed blanks to clear a certain num- ber of acres. In Wisconsin the slo- gan is to clear at least five acres on every farm. 8.”B. Cleland, also of the univer- sity extension department, gave a interesting talk and declared that the time is now here for this county to act, because requests from a number of the other counties were in asking for help from the university. We can push the work in only onae county o begin with and inasmuch as the pro- position has been begun here, we are anxious to go through with it. ROCKWO0D TOWNSHIP BOY DIES AT ST. ANTHONY'S Donald E. Spangler, the seven- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Spangler of Rockwood townslip, died yesterday afternoon at St. Anthony’s hospital tolluwgng an attack of ap- pendicitis. ) The funeral will be held from the M. E. Ibertson undertaking parlors Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Dr. G.- H. Zentz officiating. Interment will be made in Green- wood cemetery. TWO ARMED MEN MAKE OFF WITH THEATER LOOT (By United Press) Minneapolis, Feb. 21.—Two armed men early today smashed a safe in the Shubert theater office and took $2,111 in currency and silver. " A night watchman discovered them. They dropped $1,150 and jumped into an automobile stolen in St. Paul and escaped. : KING BIMBO EXPECTED AT MINNEAPOLIS TODAY (By United Press) Minneapolis, Feb. 21.—King Bim- bo, ruler of Romany, was due here today to say whether or not’ Gypsy Princess Annie, 18, shall be the duti- ful wife of Stephen Allen. It is said he paid $3,500 for the princess. An- nie and Queen Mary, her mother, are in jail here. B. A KOLBE IS NAMED AS - PEOPLE'S STORE MANAGER At a meeting of the board of dis rectors and stockholders of th People’s Co-operative store Saturday. B. A. Kolbe was named to serve as manager of the local store, succeed- ing Ed VanAntwerp, who resigned Saturfay. Mr. Kolbe has taken over the management.of the store today. iy ing March % at 2 p. m. l N PAPA, WHAT ED WING MAN | BANK I{OBBERYCHARGES’ Confesses to Robbery of Bankk at Stockholm and Is Held | for Austin Theft . (By United Press) St. Paul, Feb. 21.—T. J. Beltz of Red Wing may have been responsible for several lone-bandit escapades in this section during the past few months. Belte, who was arrested at Red Wing Saturday and confessed he had robbed the state bank at Stockholm, Wis., is in the 'Washing- ton county jajl today on a charge of | robbing the state 'bank at Austin,! Minn., on.January 24. s il Cashier Harry A. Swanson partial- ly identified Beltz as the -man who locked him and a stenographer in the bank vault and escaped with $3,200. The Washington county sheriff tooly Beltz from Red Wing to Stillwater on a warrant. . SENATOR WELTY SCORES APPOINTMENT OF LANDIS Charges that Baseball Mag- nates Appointed Him to Stop their Suits : (By United Press) Washington, Fep. 21. (By Herbert Walker.) —Direct charges that the baseball magnates appointed Judge ; Landis of Chicago as arbriter of the organization to defeat suits against them, were made by Senator Welty of Ohio today. ’ Wielty was before the house judi- ciary committee which is hearing the impeacliment charges made against Landis by the congres: n. “His ap- pointment was a plain attempt to block justice,” Welty charged. “Organizers of baseball ~named him him in hopes this action would stop the prosecution of the White Sox players indicted for throwing the 1919 series at Cleveland for $240,- 000. Several members of the commit- tee indicated that they have found no grounds for Welty's charges. Chair- man Voistead and Welty clashed sev- eral times, each claiming they were being insulted by the other. - Vol- stead told Welty to stop making a speech and give them a chance. MRS. J. F. CARTER PASSES ~ AWAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL Mrs. J .E. Carter, fifty-five years of age, died yesterday afternoon at St. Anthony’s Hospital having been brought there Tuesday suffering from stomach and bowel trouble. ' Mrs. Carter’s home is south of Bagley and the funeral will be held from Bagley _on Wednesday after- noon.. She is survived by her hus- band and four children.” GREAT BRITAIN SENDS "~ TROOPS INTO SILESIA (By United Press) London, Feb. 21 (By Ed. L. Keen) —Great Britain is sen{ing four bat- talions of troops to supervise the Up- per Silesian plebiscite, it was an- nounced today at the close of the ses- sion of the allied supreme council. Other nations had agreed previously to send detachments. French, ian, Belgian and Japanese represen- tatives attended the foreman session HELD ON | TELEPHONE COMPANY NOW TAKES CASE TO COURTS “In an order dated February 9, 1921, the Minnesota Rai]roadryané Warehouse commission denied our | application for iicreased rates,” sa; W. B. T. Belt, president of the Nortn- western Bell company, in a state- ment issued today. “Wie regret very much that an appeal to the court is necessary in order to protect the interests of the telephone users, the telephone.em- ployees, and the telephone investors. However, it is essential that wé must have additional revenue if we are to meet the requirements of the public for service, and court action is the only channel now open to us.- “In denying an increasg in rates, the commission made no finding as to w)gethu' or not this company is re- ceiving sufficient revenue to meet the requirements of the public for service and provide a fair return to investors in the business. The com- mission’s action was taken in spite of the fact that it had information, veri- fied by its own experts, which show- ed conclusively that this company’s tevenues fall far short of its needs. “During the year 1920 the ex- penses of this company in Minnesota exceeded its revenues by more than $300,000. The stockholders were compelled to stand this loss in addi- tion to the fact that nothing was garned to -pay them a return on their investment. Furthermore, operating expenses now are higher than a year ago and will result in a much greater loss in 1921 if present rates are con- tinued. “Pursuant to the order of the com- mission on its own motion to investi- gate our telephone rates, charges and practices,” says President Belt, “the Northwestern company has spent during the last three years approxi- mately $500,000 in taking inventory and appraisal of its property in Min- nesota and in submitting complete returns of all operations, earnings anq expenses and justification of its various rules and regulations now in effect.” GIBSON RETURNS FROM . OKLAHOMA OIL FIELDS A.,E. Gibson returned yesterday morning from Creek county, Okla- homa, where he and several of hu asdociates from Waterloo, la., are drilling a .deep test oil well. They are now down 1,056 feet and expect to bring the weil in about April first. At 690 feet they had a 4 million foot gager but cased up and went on down. They expect to strike oil in the shallow sand at 2,100 feet but they are going right on down to the deep sand which is found about 3.- 200 feet. . Mr. Gibson advises that the Carter Ol Co., a subsidiary of the Standard 0il Co., brought in a big well about 10 days ago, 790 feet from this well He also says their well should be a better one as it is highar up on the structure. The location of this well is between the Cushing and Beggs pool in what is known as the Slick pool. COUNTY CORONER WILL HOLD INQUEST ON BABY FOUND DEAD A newly-born baby was found in a room in the old Kaplan building Saturday afternoon, the mother of which is now in St. Anthony’s hos- pital, having been taken there Satur- day night. The babe was dead when found, no medical attendance hav- ing ‘been present, according to re- ports, when the baby was born. The mother of the baby, Josephine Jordan, had come from Minneapolis and had taken the room for the day. in Downing street drafting schedules for a series of meetings, the first of which will be held at 4 p. m. at St. James place. It is understood her home is in Red Lake. On account of the circum- stances surrounding the case an in- quest will be held by Coroner McKee. SEE ey GIVE ME N | TESTIHONY OF GEORGEMILLER HEARDBY JURY Details of Shooting Are Told By Younger .of Miller Brothers on Trial CLAIMS THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED BY EACH Testimony of Siminovik Is Con- flicting on Number of Shots Fired The larger part of Saturday after- oon, in the case of the state vs. George Miller, was consumed in hear- ing the testimony of George Miller. The testimony given by Miller was largely the same as other witnesses testified previously “in the trial that he had told them following the shoot- ing. He tated he and his brother Rob- ert had gone to the Diedrich meadows BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA i ACCEPTS PRIVATE FUNDS 'Branch Banks Will Be Opened in Fifty-three Counties for Private Funds (By 'United Press) Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 21.—As a measure 91 retaliation, the state own- ed bank ‘of North Dakota today be- |gan accepting private accounts in | competition with all- privately own- ed banking institutions of th® state. The move was threatened at the last election.. At the same time it was announced that .branch banks will be’ opened in fifty-three counties of the state. In- terest rates to be paid on deposits will compare favorably with the most liberal, it is announced. Heretofdre, the state owned bank accepted only public funds. . AGRICULTURAL MEASURES -FACE APPARENT DELAYS (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 21. (By L. C. iMartin.)—Western and southern ! farm-state senators today were in a combat to decide whether the agri- cultural measures or the railroads should have preference in their neells considered. By a vote of 35 ayes and 36 nays, the motion introduced by Senator Gronna of North Dakota 1to take up tne agricultural bill was idefeated. The Gronna motion to permi, consiGeration of the Winslow bill provided for part time' payments to railroads of sums due them from the government. : KNUTE LAWRENCE IS TAKEN TO FERGUS FALLS An insanity hearing was held Sat- urday night before Judge Jamieson of Walker in the absence of Judge ‘Harris, on Khute Lawrence, 63 years of age, who had been brought from Big Falls last week to the St. ‘An- thony’s hospital and who later be- came unmanageable. The examina- tion resulted in sending the patient to Fergus Falls. He was taken there yesterday afternoon by Dep- uties J. R. Dundas of Baudette and.| William Duncalf of Bemidji. IM’KINNON BOY INJURED WHEN THROWN FROM PONY Joe McKinnon, son ‘of Ben McKin- non of 215 Minnesota avenite, was thrown off his pony “Sunday and quite seriously injured. He was car- ried to his home by his father. [t I8 reported that he will be confined to his bed for some time. RALPH GRACIE LEGION MEETS THURSDAY NIGHT Legion meets Thursday night at the rooms of the Bemidji Civic and Com- merce association beginning at & o’clock and geveral matters of im portdnce are to be taken up. Conse- quently a large att:ndance is cspe- clally urged. Newly-elected Com- mander John M. Culver will preside. Among the matters to be disposed of is the election of an adjutant to take the place of Thayer Bailey, who has declined the office. An inang- ural address will be delivered by Mr. Culver and this part of the program promises to be very interesting. He will map out his plans for the post during the ensuing year, D Ralph Gracie post of the American | {to haul hay, Nick Siminovik had ifollowed them about half an hour af- ter they had arrived there, and they and Nick were engaged in loading their loads about 250 or 300 feet apart from separate hay stacks, when he saw a\man coming up the meadow about 500 or 600 feet from them. He a gun and was walking on skiis. A short time afterwards he again in the direction of the man after he had advanced to within about 400 fect of him, he stated, and he noticed the man on skiis leveling his gun at him. He jumped off the load and his brother Robept jumped off the stack at the same time. Both itook refuge behind the hay load, | George stated. A shot was fired by | Fenton, so George stated, and short- ly afterwards a second shot came from Fenton’s direction. The wit- ness stated he then shot two shots in the air from his rifle to warn the !man on skiis that he, too, was arm- ed. A third shot from Fenton whistled - through - ‘the* kay;: Miller stated, and at this time George shot over the back of his team of horses |at the man whom he supposed was | Bowman. He stated he did not take |aim, but shot quickly before he had | brought the rifle to his shoulder. He v the man fall and heard him dastinetly, “What are you fellows shooting at?” To this Robert re- plied, “Who are you?”, The wound- ed man then shouted, “Come here | quick.” Robert again asked, “Who are you?” The reply from the man came again, “Come here.” The man was then resting on his left arm and his body was in a half sitting posi- tion. ¢ After the shooting, George stated, his brother Robert called to Nick Siminovik to come over to where the Miller brothers were. Siminovik ran over and asked Robert, “Who, Bob, Who?” To which Robert said, ac- cording to George, “It’s Bowman.” Robert then told Nicly to get his team and go home. Asked as to why they did not go over to see the man who was shot, George replied he was Bowmans around and he was afraid to go. After this the Millers drove home behind 8iminovik. After reach- ing their home they changed their hay ‘rack for a wood rack, got Rob- ert Miller’s wife and family of three children.and drove on four miles fur- ther to Crabtree’s to get help for the wounded man and to report the shooting to Crabtree, who was the town constable. | The most conflicting portions of | the evidence given was the fact that Nick Siminovik, the only known eye- witness of the shooting, testified that there were only three shots fired which he heard, that he saw the man on skiis after all three shots were lfired and that he was carrying the rifle in his right hand when he first saw him and continued to carry it that way until he felt forward on the snow after the third shot. All three shots, Siminovik testified, came from ithe direction of where the Millers |were loading hay. George Miller testified there were six shots fired, three by the man whom they sup- him, the first two to warn the man that he was armed and the last one which he fired over the horse’s back and after which he saw Fenton fall on the snow. The defense rested this morning {and the prosecytion and defense will ideliver their pleas to the jury this [nfternoon. It is expected a session will be held this evening at which time Judge Stanton will charge the jury. LACK OF SNOW CAUSES POSTPONEMENT OF CARNIVAL (By United Press) Faribault, Feb. 21.—While the East is struggiing with a foot of snow, Faribault postponed a winter sports carnival today because there is no snow, noticed that the man was carrying| looked | afraid there would be others of the | posed to be Bowman and three by! BEMIDJI BUSINESS MEN URGED TO COMPLETE FUND A Southern Beltrami County Land Clearing association was or- ganized last Saturday afternoon. It will go through if those who have not yet contributed will do their part and help put over the financial part of the program. If it is not completed, the cam- paign will go to St. Louis c6unty, where the money is now tendered and those interested are anxious to: double the amount of money asked. s There are a number of large business interests in Bemidji in every line that have not contrib- uted. Some of these lines of busi- ness will reap the largest benefits, provided they have the banner. The banner will tell the farm- ers who their real friends are in Bemidji. If you have a_ banner floating in your place of business it will not take long for' your farmer friends to know about it. If it is not there they will learn of its absence as quickly. They are taking a real interest in the job and are going to do their part in the land clearing. | This is the last call to be made through the papers. We have several subscriptions not yet re- ported. Add yours to the list so we_can finish tomorrow. Yours for “over the top.” F. R. DUXBURY Chairman, Finance Committee HEAVY SNOW CRIPPLES NEW ENGLAND STATES ! New York Digging Out Today After Biggest Blizzard in Twenty Years (By United Press) Boston, Mass., Feb. 21.—With |seven deaths reported, train and trolley service at a”standstill, and shipping along the coast reported tied up, New England today is en- {deavoring to uncover from the heav- iest snowfdll since 1898. Four of the seven dead are. fishermen. A four-masted schooner is in distress off the harbor. Coast guards have gone to its assistance. " (By United Press) New York, Feb. 21.—New York was digging out after the biggest blizzard since 1900. The snow fall wag twelve and one-half inches and was accompanied by a thirty-five mile an hour wind., 7 CITY TEAM -WILL PLAY EXCELSIOR TOMORROW Fast Game Is Assured Here When Downstaters Meet Locals Tomorrow The (',IP' basket Dball team will play the fast Excelsior City team at the armory tomorrow night and also Wednesday night in what promises to be among the best games to be seeny here this season. The visitors are in first class shupe and have not met defeat this season. The Bemidji boys are anxious to try thelr skill against the invaders and will give the Excelsior bunch a hard game. The local team is composed of M ron Plummer, Frank Phibbs, for- wards, Alec Cameron and George Graham, guards, and John Simons, center. Fred Graham will also be used in these games, the captain an- nounces. In prepgration for tomor- row night's battle, the City team will go through a hard drubbing to- night from six toseven o'clock against a pick-up team led by “Fuzz” Johnson, a former Bemidji star. Be- midji basket ball fans are urged to support the home boys in this under- taking to stage a first class game of basket ball on the local floor. Con- giderable expense Is involved and support will he needed to help the boys win. RETAIL CLOTHIERS MEET NORTH CENTRAL STATES T0 LAY FORESTRY PLAN { Twelve Items of Proposed State Forest Program to Be Taken Up February 24 PLAN WOULD TAKE OVER LAND AT FAIR VALUATION All Land Suitable for Timber Growth Would Be Used as Public Forests (By United Press) Chicago, Feb. 21.—That the states of the Middle West take over at a fair valuation, and administer as ipart of a system of public forests, all tland suitable for timber growth upon | which private owners refuse to prag- tice forestry is one of the proposi- tions for state forestry laws to be i proposed to the North Central States Forestry conference at the Union League club’s conference of gover- nors on Thursday, February 24, Twelve items of a proposed'wtate forest program to be suggested to the eight states represented at the con- ference were made public today upon the arrival of Warren B. Bullock, secretary of the National Forestry committee to assist the Union League club in its preparation for the inter- state conference, The state forest program proposed was originally adopted by the Ameri- can Paper and Pulp association, the paremt organization of the paper manufacturing industry in the U. 8., and written by the association’s-com- mittee on forest conservation, - of which R. S. Kellogg, chairman of the national program committee, is a member. The national committee was formed to help the U. 8. Forest Ser- vice enact legislation for a national forest policy, and includes the Am- erican newspaper publishers as well as manufacturers and consumers of forest products. This policy, embodied Jin the Snelt hill, is nowy. pending. in congress. ‘The program will be offered to the governors’ conference as a basis of discussion, but includes many feat- ures already endorsed by the tri- state conference of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio a year ago, and now pend- ing in Wisconsim The program includes the follow- ing points: That all soil shall be made produc- tive of the crop to which it is best adapted or for which there is the greatest public need. That while agriculture and fores- try are based upon soil production, the methods necessary for forestry and the time involved are so different from those of agriculture that fores- try demands an entirely different form of administration. That state forest policies shall be initiated and carrled out in co-oper- ation with the national government jund with private owners wherever and to the fullest extent possible. That state forest legislation shall establish general principles and pro- cedure only and vest in a properly constituted and non-political body acting through technically qualifed representatives, the responsibility for the fixing ot regulations and enforc- ing them. That the paramount and imiaed- jate consideration in any forest policy is the creation and maintenance of effective means for the prevention and control of fire and all forest lands of whatever ownership and that every owner of forest land shall be required to conduct operations thereon in such & manner as to avoid creating a fire menace to adjoining property. That forest surveys, land classifi- cation, forest research and forest education shall be provided for. That there shall be such changes and adjustments in prevailing sys- tems of taxation as will enable all forest lands to be equitably taxed thereunder, yet will not discourage TODAY AT MINNEAPOLIS (By United Press) Minneapolis, Feb. 21.—Retail iclothfers of Minnesota launched a i three day convention here today. Jobbers and manufacturers of the Twin Cities are furnishing enter- [tainment for the visitors. Andreas i Burkhard, president of the national clothiers' association, is to address the convention. SINN FEINERS CAUSE | DAMAGE AT MANCHESTER (By United Pressy Manghester, Eng., Feb. 21.—Sinn Feiners, for the second tfme, caught the Manchester mill in an incendiary campaign, inflicting damages of al- most $200,000 in ten fires over the week end. Severay factories were completely destroyed, All ten fires broke forth simultaneously. Indica- tion are that all had been planned. All were started with hay dipped in kerosene. The firemen were un- lable to fespond to all calls, the holding of private forest land for future crops withous impairing local revenues. The state upon request shall as- sist the private owner of forest land to make them continuously produc- tive threugh the preparation of working plans, supplying planting material and supervision of silva- cultural operations free of charge or at cost. “ ® That the state shall be empowered to take over at a fair valuation and administer as part of the system of public forests any land which, after competent examination, is classified as suitable only for timber growth, in case the owner refuses to avail himself of the opportunity and as- sistance provided by the public to encourage forestry upon private lands. That the acquisition of forest land | by the state is essential to a sound forest policy. That all state owned forests shall be utilized for continuous production both for direct returns in forest pro- ducts and indirect returns in soil protection, game and recreation. BN B