Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 17, 1921, Page 1

has | the: ~largest circulation Noxthern - Mj P . . The Pioneer is the on daily | 1 fi 100 ‘miles of Bm:ilgji ug AILY "PIONE VOLUME XVIIL. NO. 260 BEMIDJI, MlflN‘., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1921 r; Fair tonight and Friday. Colder tonight e eastern portion. Warm- Egfilp nofthwest section. 55¢ PER MONTH Amend;nen't Before Le:inhéure Sh‘ik'el at “Blue Sky” Promotion Schemes LONE SWINDLER FLEES WITH $128,000 SPOILS|d Single Family Bilked of $26,000 in Fake Oil Scheme, State Examiner Finds St. Paul,. March 17.—More money is being stolen from the citizens of Minnesota_every day by fake promo- ters than is stolen by thieves and highwaymex in an entire.year. That was the statement of G. B. Brubaker, exa’g‘i,:er do‘rd the state ;tbcum co; misston, made today i e g campaign begun by Minnesota farmr ers. put & stop to ‘“blue sky” swindjes in the state. “Wie don’t hear of a tenth of the actual cages in which Minnesotans are: swingled in . fake promotion schemes, angd woythless stog] mekr he said. . * Te aretashamed to ad- mit.they ha ung.- The mo- finkétola every year by nioters rufis up into the millions. ' One such: promoter took $128,000 out.pf one Minnesota community and .ot one of his yictims complaiped un- til he had‘fled with his spolls, Charles J. Andre, executive officer of the com- mission, said. Dogens of schemes 1ow | being worked are beyord the reach of the 1aw, he gaid, I B e “One Family Loses $26.000 “Singe sales:of stock must be li- censed in' Minnesota,”. he said, “the | fake.oil promoter has bégum to sell “units of interest’ ’in oil land Jeases.. The average oil'lease costs 50 ents to! $1 an acre; and the promoter sets] out to sell it again for '$50,000 or more. to persons. who know nothing about oil.and who don’t ‘stap to in- vestigate.” . . ! “A man and. his wife came to "us | a few days ggo,” said Mr. Brubaker | “They had been .picked for ;$26,000 in ‘the stock of an oil company that had been:refused a license. “Thyee men in ' ‘the months raiged-$36,000° o -a Ken- tuoky 61l 19488 "in another small Min- nesota_commijunity, and-split $22,000 of it among: themselves. - Promoters selling intereats 1n-a lease on-oil-Tand: in Wyoming .that had ‘been turned down by the'state\gedlogist, got'$33, 000 out of Sitizens of Hennepin cous ty. Ond Q‘,’the same men ‘Who pro- moted the $36,000 deal in Kentucky! oil leases picked up $50,000 last year in another ofl game. gL Would Strengthen Law. : In other promotion schemes, the. committion ‘has learned, subscribers have paid hard cash €or ‘a ‘privilege] guaranteed under the ©nited Statesi constitution. They have ‘purchaséd| for two years the ‘“privilege” of buy- ing merchandise for their farms. Tn an effort to drive the fake pro-| moter from the state, the Minnesota Farm Bureau, federation has begun a campaign to organize “blue sky”’ com- mittees in every county, to investi- gate: promotion schemes in which residents of the country are asked to invest. The federation also is back- ing an amendment to the securities commission I“%o provide state ra{-‘ ulation for schémes no¥ outsid control. Under the pr ment, now: before house . committees, state licettsin regulation would be provided for the seller of “any contract by which, for a consideration to be paid in adyadce, the issuer agrees: to.furnish to the purchaser of such contract, servigeinj the purchasing. of gogd;. wares _or merchandise.!” Vid e The amendment is aimed at mo) sound corporation, bat only at fakel promotion schemes over. which the/ state now has no control federation officers said. - CURTIS WINS MATCH AT PALM BEACK LAST NIGHT L.C. Curtis of this city sent a tele- gram to his manager, Joe Morris, this morning that he won his match at Palm Beach Tast night and will leave for Bemidji tomight. Curtis was matched againgt a Greek wrestler who has made a good record in the southern states. He will now return to ‘Bemidji and make preparations for the big match on April's. y The program which was taged by Tocal talent at the Grand theatre un- der the auspices: of _the Catholic again tonight at 8:15. house attended . Jast evening and in- dications are thatthe theatre will be well filled tonight. Irish songs, solos and choruses as features, 4 reading and an Irish dance {make up the program which is wound p by a ele sextette. The entire rogram is representative of the St. atp'c‘b': day spirit, Tast fow|’ i Bureau federation today placed the ¥ tamp of approval on the agricultur- | velopment ‘credits. 'Hé approved the {being given serious consideration by NEW MANUFACTURING - Locnl Bunneu Men inter Into. qupmy to. By 9nqete M-nufucturmg lant il A new industry is soon to be started in Bemidji, the articles of incorpora- tion of which are now being publish- ed.. The Bemidji Concrete Manufac- turing company, a corporation com- posed-of local men are now negoti- ating for a site on which to erect their: plant for the manufacture of concrete brick, tile, ‘silo ‘blocks and other articles of a similar nature. The incorporators are Messrs. R. A. \a, M: L. Morse, W. K. Denison, H ,A. Northrup, A..7. Garlock, M. E. Ibertson and N, ‘ren. The of- ficers named are! Morse; vice-presi son;. secretary-trea The daily capacit! be manufactured and dried by a steam drying form of drying permits ing used 48 hours after in the drying kiln. New will be used throughout an\: pected that operations on will be commenced by April 1. * Rallway trackage will be connected up to the plant to permit shipping by carloads to out of town consum- ers, 1t is the intention of the company to also engage in the construction of buildings, both dwellings and business blocks. TFhe-,brick manufactured from the inigredients which will"be used by the company are said to be very popular owing to the fact that almost any shade of color can be ob- fdined.’ The breakage of brick is also reduced to'a minimum and the older he bricks become the harder they et. ) ) " The nmew company expects to be able to gupply consumers by June'1. ' Tlre site of the plant has not been definitely announced but it is expect~ ed §t will be somewhere in the Fourth 'ward where trackage can be secured. (By United Press) St. Paul, March '17.—President L. E. Potter of the Minneapolis Farm bill3 passed by the state legisla- | fure. ‘““The anti-gambling in grain measures was a great moral victory,” sald, “it ‘puts the state on record opposed to short selling in grain and . the legislation probably will form the basis for national legisla- tion to curb trading in futures. The bill can be and ought to be enforced.” VPottér was enthusiastic over the proposed ‘constitutional amendment to__establish a 'system, of ‘rural de-, measure making Chamber of Com- therce and Boards of Trade public Markets and said the farm bureau &bly take part in the ' negotiations for new ‘grain grading stapdards. “Some perdons”, he said are attacking ing the agricultural program enacted uyl ',he'legislatorslor political cdpi- ‘satisfiéd’ that the farm problems’ are the legislators. Minnesota’s First ‘Contributior |7 to Stricken Countries to ’ Be on Wiy Next Week i 4 (By United Press)’ St. Paul, March 17.—Minnesota’s first contyibution of corn’ to the starving Chinese and stricken coun- tries of Europe will be on the *way next Sweek, Nicollét county farmers will load two cars of corn next Wed- nesday, according to the farm bureau federation here today. ; . Blue Earth and LeSeuer counties will probably load a car each within a few days. Meeker county farm bu- reau reported that they had 1t {Te corn in the epunty but the farmers were anxious\to give money. , Fed- {eration officers advisell’ that momney. onld be accepted and corn purchas- ed with it. 2 1 BOLSHEVIKI PREPARING DRIVE ON KRONSTADT (By United: Press) - .+ Copenhagen, Denmark, Mateh 17. —&Bolsheviki authorities. are prepar- ing for a crushing offensive against Kronstadt, according to refugees here today. They declare that Minister of War Trotsky is massing artillery, air- planes and boats to carry infantry up to the island citidel between March 20 and 25, federation of the northwest will prob-|. SPUD STORAGE PLANS COMPLETED FOR - NEW BIRCHMONT HOTEL Statement “of = Business to Be Published y Facill FARMERS’ CLUBS BACK . MOVE FOR WAREHOUSE |monthly a statement of the receipts Adequate Storage and Market ies to Be Planned for Potato Growers All farmers interested in a potat warehouse and produce association at h. Bemidji are urged to attend a general |the construction of the building. meeting called for Saturday, March 19, at 1:30 p. m., at the Civic and [instructed to show every dollar dis- Commerce rooms, City hall, Bemidji. |bursed and to whom paid. The mneed of adequate storage and |preparation of - the corporation ar- At'a meeting "~ of the directors of the Civic and Commerce association All Farmers Interested in Spud| Tyesday, it was decided by a unani- Warehouse at Bemidji Are to Meet Saturday mous vote. that:the finance commit- tee publish & full list of the sub- scribers to the Birchmont hotel agree- ment. /It was felt that this was necessary in: order that the finance committee might be in a position to publish and disbursements of the Birchmont company. The association realizes the neces- sity of full publicity of all matters pertaining to the construction and operation .of ihe hotel. Arrangements have been made with the building committee to pub- ¢ |lish from tima to time a statement of the progress that they will make in The financé committee has been In the marketing facilities for ..farm pro- |ticles it was necessary to select ‘ducts “at Beinidji has long been telt (temporary board og,_diummfi&n’ ness men as well. ago failed to materialize. been a keen disappeintment to every-|treasurer. { o6 intérested and restlted in much § :discussion which finally }bore fruit in a meeting of representatives of five 'farmers’ clubs at the farm bureau of- szn L]’;::,‘;d %nhld‘nn;cfi“' D‘BL' Btax- fice about a month ago. ) nd B, A Barker. jzation- of a local co-vperative pro- The organ- not only by the hrxm‘;rsfbl“t ;‘he bl:ISi- which temporary officers. were select- t is felt that these i i mnrk;ting jfaci]itles should be-such ztfl' fl{g ‘:t},';‘ dgrstood thal 2 mesting that Bemidji would become the mark- 5 eting center not only for its immedi- l&;tcetxl;gn:n; o};‘lil::r:ns:i:l lz)\‘éutrl(\‘ t"’; di- ate vicinity but for a large section |po"cpocen ¢ AL ume of this part of the.state; and 'logi- o cally so because of its, Jocation and railroad facilities. The plans made for the oraginza- tion of a community market two years|T. S. Ervin, yice-president; C. W. ‘This has|Warfield, secretary; W. L. Brooks, lders will be called The _following temporary directors and officers were chosen: Officers—F. S. Lycan, president; ‘Directors—l'@. S. Lycan, T. S. Er- vin, C. W. Warfield, W. L. Brooks, B. In selecting these names, the com- ducé association, with the possibility mit'tee selected those men who sub- of ‘co-operation with other similar as-|scribed the largest amount of stock gociations of this entire district forjand bonds. more efficient marketing of farm pro- duce was discussed and outlined. Each representative present agreed | a]] lumber through o present the proposition to his club i have e Sedlers oo at the next meeting. All clubs but}jymber to.the hotel corporation at one voted t6 back such.a move und|ooct to them h An‘npggments have been made by the building committee to purchase Practically all of the appointed a committee to meet With|j, her hag now been purchased at Saturday. warehouse is good and necessary, get behind it and boost, and finally when thorough discussion. towards organization will be taken |gypee, at that time. similar committees from other clubs 3 for further deliberation and to ar- wholesale in the. west. range for a general meeting. -These |y S committées met Tuesday at the farm 50,000 feet, which the ‘bureau office’ and decided to call a 'general meeting at once. U4 warehouSe of 100,000, bushel capacity was suggest-12;. T, ed to_take care of.future needs. u‘he*fl"‘ winter. ‘| planfor: co-operation with other pro- ¥ difoe associations was heartily endors- | iS considered a splendid purchase for &d. These and other important recom- | the hotel. mendations will be explained and pre- gented for discussion at the meeting|with George Kreatz to have entire approximately The only is about Crookston Lumber company seld, to the Birch- mont company at $20 a thousand. | This was lumber which had been used at their camps at the head of the lake Ifigis perfectly good in every way, and at $20 a thousand lumber purchased locally Arrangements have been made charge of the construction of the ho- The meeting is cglled for 1:3Q D.tel’for the su i m. in order to give sufficient time for | furnish his ?)wn:l Zfofsl,’igg{en?i.&iféf Definite steps |ete., -all of which is included in this There s also an understand- It is hoped that every|ing with him t; farmer growing potatoes will malke fof less thlan }?:siflége l}:zteilslsthum it his business to attend, listen, take | ceive an additional $500 in bonds as part in the discussion, and if con-layp inducemment for ewiciency in csonf vinced that such an organization and | gryetion The local plumbers and hardware the association is working, support it dealers have also agreed that if this with 100 per cent loyalty. _— EXPLOSION MAY, BE FATAL class of material is purchased through them, they will also furnish it at wholesale price. . If any stockholders desire infor- FOR TWO—14 INJURED |mation on the details of the con- Detroit, Mich., tracts it is hoped that they will imme- ‘March 17.—Two |diately take the matter up with one men were reported to have been fa-|of the above directors or officers, tally wounded and 14 others injured|Who will be more than glad to an- by an explosion of a quantity of sup-|SWer any questions and to show any poséd T.N.T. late yesterday in the 5 rear of a store here. He said the farmers generally are|" g books or records that mi - o might he re. *| feat of MINNESOTA BREEDERS Noy Sought by Ass’n. . il St. Paul, March 17.—Building up 8 Fi the livestock industry in sections of McPartlin, International Falls;|the northwest where producers have £ been hardest hit by falling prices. Proposes Bill for General |credit stringency and unfavorable Occupation Tax weather is the object of a financing plans worked out by a group of Min- nesota farmers. The Minnesota Here- ford Breeders’ association today an- TAXES ALMOST EVERY nultinced it would arrange long time credits to enable northwest farmers ENOWN OCCUPATION | purchase pedigreed stock with the b purpose of developing improved herds, and to prevent any lowering House Passes Measure Provid-|of hish standards of livestock pro- i e duction. ing for Submission of Income The association has completed ar- Tax Amendment rangements with Minnesota breeders — to furnish gt least 100 registered sires to individual farmers or co- operative farmer organizations, and (By United Press) willc;;nder:x:;ts to u:at);e ?eegu}ry fi- N e _|nancing a gements, J. S. Jones, ti St. tP““]l;fll;i‘g:‘;:, 11;’: f:f:‘-‘ti 0;:0\;)1:2_ secretary of the association, said. Sriy d"x Tondh re S ion taxes, | - the interest of the northwest's Keidirs 11’::“15'}'131&&;33&& o make (livestock industry, Lheknoremrd as- & i . sociation' has undertaken to make the occupation’ tax a polite @ubsti-|ypo"necessary credit arrangements,” te for the tonnage tax on iron OTe.|pg gyid, ““The Minnesota breeders he butcher, baker, doctor, lawyer, yave confidence in the future; they anker and broker—even the plumber (gye sure that men who are handi- nnq the electrician—may be tgxed ’f‘capped now will be able to pay later n.l.ull.proposed.by Representative Me-/on. The farmers have been assert- Partlin of International Falls goes|ing their right to more liberal credit through. His general occupation tax to tide them over a difficult periad. bill was offered in the house during Now this group of Minnesota farmers the senate discussion of the occupa-|practicing what it preached, is ready tional tax on iron ore which passed|to give other farmers the help they the house recently. need.” It covers ten classes, taxing every professional, trsnde or husin,ci::l: from | WORKMAN IS INJURED 1 per cent to 6 per cent. e iron industrinl] occup:’}t}i‘on N;a; calls for 6 IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD per cent levy. The McPartlin mens-| yran Miller was quite seriously ure is believed to be aimed at the de-|nsyred Tuesday when he fell from all proposed occupational|iye scaffold where he was working taxes. It would tax almost every|oy a building at the Bemidji Lumber known profession and business in|and Fuel company's yards. He is now some form. e at his home, 707 Minnesota avenue. Vnolgnt opposition was expressed|and will probably be confined for by business.and professional men and|some time. He suffered severe in- tradesmen today. The MsPartlin|juries to his back. bill was referred to the committee {on taxes. The senate tax committee set a public hearing on royalty tax for 7:30 p. m. Monday and the hear- ing on the iron ore mining occupa- tional tax for 2 p. m. Tuesday. TRl ’ ClloslNG The house passed the measure last Clara_Smith Hunon\ Probably night providing for the submission of a constitutional amendment for a _Will Know Her Fate Sometime Today state income tax. STANDARD OIL COMPANY AGENTS IN SESSION HERE A district meeting. of'the agents of, the Standard Oil company I8 being held here today. The meeting takes in all agents north to International Falls, east to Remer and Deer River. At 7 o'clock this evening, a dis- tillation test will be made in the gar- Courthouse, Ardmore, Okla., March age of the company, at their plant on|17. (By Carl Victor Little)—Clara america avenue and Second street. [Smith Hamon probably will know her Messrs, L. J. Shields and Melvin Dock |fate today. The jury which sat on of the Duluth office are in attendance | her trial on the charge of murdering at the meeting. the wealthy and influential Jake L. . Mamon probably was to be given the HIGH AND NORMAL SCHOOL case within a few hours after the court opened at 9 o’clock today. STUDENTS ATTEND SERVICES At the opening of court Judge Tom hn‘;‘;g;ee':‘n?nfl?::;“:; ft’:g:ti H:]‘::zz: Champion was to rule whether or not ioee 3t tho Mathodist church tonight | the_defense attorney would hate 1o in a body. The boys' High school present agruments to the jury. “Wild Slea club has also been imvited to|Bill" Melean, leading defense attor- sing: Tonight's service will be for | eV and his assistants are so confl- students throughout. This does not dent of winning without argument mean that only students are invited that they waived the right to pre- to attend. sent the case to the jury. Prosec Every one is cordially invited to tor Prince Freeling said that he was tho service and it is expected that it | Btitled to 2 chance to present the will be one of the most interesting case to the jurors and demanded that services of the seres, Superinten- the court force the defense attorney dent R, 0. Bagby will give a short | 10 talk: The prosecution has the right to talk to the students in addition to the addresses given by the pastor. open and close arguments, Freeling declared. It was opened by Prosecu- (By United Press) tor Brown. The speed with which (Copyrihy NEW HAT WiLL MAKE VENUS/, INKLE ILL [ St. Patrick’s Day (Clara’s trial was rushed through has heéen a record for sensational mur- der trial. It was started just a week ugo. ’ INDICTMENTS AGAINST WHITE SOX DISMISSED Trial of Gamblers Alleged to Have Fixed Players Is Again Postponed (By United Press) Chicago, March 17.—Indictments against seven White Sox baseball players with throwing 1919 world series to Cincinnatti were dismissed today by Judge William Dever. The judge said he had no authority to dismiss the case against the eighth player, Chick Gandil, because Gandil had never appeared in court. The trial of the gamblers alleged to have fixed the players was indefi- nitely postponed. The indictments were mnollied on motion of States Attorney Robert Crowe who said that he would be un- able to go to trial by May 2, the date set for opening of the trial by Judge Dever. Winnipeg, Man.—The first open hearth reverberatory furnace in Man- jtoba has commenced operations at Selkirk, about ten miles northeast of Winnipeg. Its equipment is said to be of the most modern type, and all machinery is operated by electric- ity supplied by Winnipek stations. The plant represents an investment of $1,000,000, DAY [ STATE FARMERS SHOW FAITH IN VARIETY BASIS Diversified Farming Making Big Strides in Minnesota, as Shown By Reports FARMERS PLANNING TO GET MAXIMUM INCOME Indications Are that Variety Plan of Farming Will Make Big Gain This Year St. Paul, March 17.—The year 1921 promises to be memorable as record- ing an unusual development of Min- nesota agriculture on a’ diversified basis, judging from ' information gleaned from every section of the state during the past week for the weekly review of enterprises issued by the Merchants National bank of St. Paul. : Although Minnesota farmers hold unusually large quantities of wheat and .other graing and although not much hias been said thus far regard- ing the!{Wheatiiacreage for this year, it has been noted. quite often that farmers have not been backward in making plans to obtain a maximum income from their land, stock and poultry resources. Diversified farm- ing has made great strides in the state for several years. Bankers and conservative business men are in- clined to believe that the progress will be even more = noticeable this year. Some of the reasons follow: Success of farmers on trunk line highways, who sold large quantities of produce, especially on Sundays, last season, to motorists. Impend- ing drive by sugar beet companies, in- cluding the company at Chaska, for unlimited acreage. Aggressive cam- paign of state, district and county farm development associations. Pure bred cattle and hog activities. The fact that a number of counties which have started to prepare for their fall fairs are behind movements to award prizes to boys' and girls’ clubs for blue ribbon exhibits. Unprecedented land clearing activities in the north- ern counties, Development of the clover industry. Demands from oth- or. states for Minnesotas’ high grade cattle and hogs. Publicity which Minnesota stock and dairy products are receiving in farm journals, trade magazines, business reviews and the lile. Bankers have made practically no comment for several weeks on the grain sitaation. A recent statement issued by the federal department of agriculture announced that grain stocks in storage are unprecedented but many Minnesota bankers incline to the opinion that farmers through- yout the state have quietly disposed of a considerable part of their wheat, oats, corn and other grains. Never- theless, it is a fact, according to mill- ers, that elevators in Minnesota are filled and that at no time has the movement of grain to market been noticeably heavy. This quietude in the grain field may be contrasted with increasing activities in practically ev- ery other branch of farm business. EMPLOYEES OF PACKERS SHOW FAVOR OF STRIKE (By United Press) Chicago, March 17.—Packer em- ployees voted practically unanimous- ly in favor of strike, union leaders sald today. The official results of the vote probably, will be announced to- day. Unlon delegates to the conference will be heard in Washington next Monday. They will urge that the Alschuler arbitration pact recently cancelled by the packers be enforced on the grounds that it is really in ef- fect. FACTORIE? IN ENGLAND PRODUCING FOR RUSSIA (By United Press) London, March 17.—British fac- torfes hummed today turning out pro- duects for Russia. A council on trade agreement yesterday with the soviets was marked by immediate activities in every industry. Although warnings have been given that the greatly increased trade is not possible immediately, manufac- turers hastened to prepare for the future. LOCAL LEGIONNAIRES TO HOLD MEETING TONIGHT Plans for a membership drive, in an effort to secure the membership of every ex-service man and woman in this community, will be decided upon at the meeting of the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion to be held this evening at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce associa- tion. A report will be made by the box- ing show held last week, and other important matters will be brought up for discussion. A large attendance is especially urged. .