Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 24, 1921, Page 1

i 5 ¢ mi iterested . in , clearing.. at today expressed-his i March 24.-—1 h T e R e et iitmers of the padk. s e T e has ' the: lirgest fyo:them Minnesota,. n o iRig A P . BEMIDJI, MINN., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 24,1921 CARDINAL GIBBONS DIES Deposits Guarantee ‘Attack of Illness : L 3 St. Paul, March 24.—State senators Preus to Clear Acre of Land|have a choice of two bank deposits . guarantée bills from which to pick. in One Minute, Is Plan of -{One is a’compulsory measure, the 5 er optional. S5 ST i The house late yesterday'after an all day session passed a bill of each kind. Three optional bills and two .| compulsory measures were before the Yo """ 1S CLOSELY' GUARDED Coroner Believes Letter May Have Direct Bearing on Solving Murder (By United Press) St. Paul, March 24.—Coroner E. B. Lewis of Dakota county today was closely guarding a letter from the hand of William Conama which, it is said, will help to solve the mystery surrounding the murder of the weal- thy Rochester billiard man. Police here are convinced that there is ‘“a woman in the case.” (By United Press) % .. Baltimore, Md., March 24.—James Fighting Today Through Cen-|Cardinal Gibbons died here today at tral Germany and Deaths [the aze ‘of 88.° The aged prelate B yielded 'to ‘an:illness which had con- Follow in Their Trail fined him to his'bed ‘the greater part of the winter. After fighting off one attack the cardinal was so weakened that ‘he could mnot withstand the Indications Are that Farmers Will Plant Big:Crops in All Sections. LABOR SITUATION IS POLICE OVERPOWERED house, - The optional bilt passed was second: rf Conama came here almost weekly FROM n?:scommittespbill ‘which-the house . INJATTACKS BY REDS|.' Cardinal Gibbons died at 11:35 a. CONSIDERED UNCERTAIN |, yisit her, it was said. Her name ¢ 5 m. ‘Monseignor Bonzano, apostolic is not disclosed. Detectives assert ‘défeated yesterday morning by a e of 67-54. : “"Late in the afternocon the house reconsidered it and passed it 66-54. The compulsory bill was copied aft- er the South Dakota law. It passed after a bitter debate in the house Conama was on the way here to see her when overtaken on the Jefferson Highway nine miles south ‘of here Monday and slain by a bullet from a .38 calibre revolver. The woman is described as about 28 and pretty. delegate to the” United States, Cor- . . rigan of the: Baltimore diocese and a Allies Contemplavte Seizure of {13750 num}:er of:jothler clergymen Frankfort as Further Rep- . |Were at the cardinal’s home when tas Further Rep- i death came. Cardinal Gibbons was aration Penalty born in Baltimore July 23, 1834, Much Construction Work and Seeding Will. Depend on; Labor Solution Governor J, A. O¥% one acre of land in Beltrami county in one minute, some time during the coming summer, if present plans of the land clearing association mater- ialize, according to Charles Carter, president. s This_wil} be done with the use of dynamite and the_pushing of a but- ton. The time and place will-be an<]. nounced at some future date. The land clearing project begun in this county’is attracting attenticn throughtout the entire Northwest and settlers are becoming interested to|. the extent that - hundreds' will be ht here through land dealers. : ! br%‘;lgarles ‘Carter agd F. R. Duxbury| Washington, March 24.—Workers gave evidence of these facts in short in the packing industry, numbering talks before the Civic and Commerce | more than 100,000, acceybed,t_he Te- association meeting Wednesday noon. | cent wage reductions of approximate: Mr. Duxbury, who recently returned|ly 12% and 15 per cent under an from an extended trip, stated that|agreement signed late yestetday by already the cost of starting this proj- their spokesmen with representatives ect has been repaid in the advertising of the five leating packers. thus far secured through farm mag-| The agreement: also provides for azines and weekly newspapers. the basic eight-hour day and for ex- “You can’t talk Minnesota any-|tension for six months, or to Septem- where but what' they bring up the{ber 15, of the war-time Alscl:luler 1and clearing story of Beltrami coun- t “for arbitration of differ- ty,” said Mr. Duxbury. “It’s“a gréat|en: thing*and _promises to -become the| The wage scale as agreed to cor- biggest project;ever launched in this responds with that put into effect section of the Btate.” March 7 by the big packers and re- " Mr, Carter stated that indications|duces the wage of all hourly paid were that the program as oul employes 8 cents an. hour -and which is. to clear at least-15,0 amounts to a reduction in piece-work acres this summér, will - be carried Jrate of 12% per cent., out. A. W: Stone of Park Rapids will have charge of theland clearing work " and land owners from all sections are DELBERT SMITH UNDER ARREST Located.Late Yesterday at Salt Lake City ackers md Employees Avert Strike and Settlement Is Now Agreed Upon (By United Press) St. Paul, March 24.—Delbert Smith told a woman a secret. It ended in his arrest at Salt Lake City late yesterday charged with murder and robbery of the North Coast Lim- ited mail car. Authorities searched throughout the country for more than a month before they found him and then he confessed. Smith robbed a Northern Pacific mail car near St. Cloud February 18 and escaped with nearly $60,000%im currency. When Zachary E. Strong mail clerk, resisted, Smith shot him three times. tal. The boy dropped from the traim and went to White Bear lake where he staya the rest of the night with Mrs. Grace McDonald, The following day, Mrs. Mc¢Donald, her mother, Mrs. Alice Hendricks, and a relative, Mrs. Elizabeth Ander- 290, . wWenta the latter's flat where) Smith had about - $40,000 of the money in a suitcase. Authorities ~arrested the three women and secured identification of the bandit. Then the search started. The trail led to Ashland, Wis., where authorities missed Smith by only a few hours. They recovered about $2,000 more of the loot and yesterday arrested Mrs. Bell Vidmar in Minne- apolis. Smith had left the money with her in Ashland. Late yesterday postoffice inspectors walked up to Smith in the Salt Lake City postoftice and covered him with guns, (By United ‘Press) Constantinople, Mareh 24.—The American Navy is acting as guardian fo the Crimecan refugees in the hos- Strong died in a hospi- LETTER FROM CONAMA {(E7 United ‘Press) ‘Washington, March)24. (By. Uiizga Eress)... plated seizure of Frankfort as a fur- as possible. ie& wage controversy in congratulat- A committee “from the Pleasant Secretary of Labor Davis and Valley- Farmers club led by Messrs. r‘e}irmntntiveu of the packers and Coffin and' Gardener brought up. the |employees jwho called at the White plan of a new road dixectly north of | House today to announce that a Bemidji and running to Red Lake:|strike has béen averted and a settle- Superintendent George .Cross of. Red | ment agreed to. Lake agency has x%cm;ed hsw,q_ 0 3 to construct the road on the reser-lpmypnyy pARK- PROJECT i i let’is secured vation, provided an outlet ecu! r RECEIVING-PUBLICITY south of the line. - The settlers inphat section are WFg-| 1y b1 oposed Bemidit State Park is the United States as evidenced by an SCOTTISH RITE MASONS BANQUET THIS EVENING CONSTRUCTION Indications Are that Building Activities Will Surpass Previous Years BUSlNéSS BUILDINGS WILL BE REMODELED Birchmont. Hotel, High School and.Doran Building Are Largest Planned \ With the work already started and that which is projected, building ac- tivities in Bemidji will soon be open in earnest. The double store and apartment building of Alec Doran is the largest single building enterprise outside of the new Birchmont hotel’ and the new school. Clifford and company are having some changes made in the interior of their present location and in the near future will move into the newly ar- ranged quarters. They will occupy the north half of the Kaplan build- ing, the store extending to the alley. ‘While the frontage on Minnesota ave- nue will not be as great as formerly the ground floor space will be equally as large. The remainder of the block will be remodeled for other stores. Drs. Larson and Larson are busy remodeling the building recently pur- chased by them and formerly occu- pied by the Third Street cafe. Bar- ney's Toggery Shop is now occupy- ing a portion of the east side of the building and the remainder is being divided into suitable quarters for the business of Drs. Larson and Larson. A waiting room, office, store room, two private examining rooms, a grinding room and edging room will constitute the suite. The examining rooms will be completely separated from the other rooms ensuring abso- lute privacy. The upstairs. will be used for apartments, A mnew steam heating plantihas been installed. Earle Barker announces his inten- tions to construct a building on the vacant lot immediately. west of: his.. present store. The buildifig will be two-story and will be used by him in connection with his drug and jewelry business. The front will be built to harmonize with the front on his pres- ent store. 7 Abercrombie & McCready will also place a new brick front in their store as is also the intention of Drs. Lar- son and Larson. It is planned by Architect Charles B, Funk, who has these alterations in'charge, to have the new fronts of all these buildings in harmony. When completed, the front view of the several buildings willkg'rve the appearance of a solid lock. ing the county board of commission- ers to appropriate money fr the *o%h |the United States a sevidenced by an the agency Yoad, this giving Bemidji article in ‘the Park Intérnational, ‘a a more direct route to the waters of |Washington, D. G., Dputiltcation, which Red Lake, The matter wis referred to ives the project a good boost under the traffic and highway committee of an article outlining proposed park Directors of the Bemidji Produce association have organized by elect- ing the following officers: A. P. Rit- chie, president; C. L. Strowbridge, vice-president; and M. C. Larson, sec- retary-treasurer. i Drake of St. Paul, had traced him by means of a letter he had written to St. Paul asking for moncy. Smith was broke when arrested, ac- Wilseonisin Rapids; ‘Wis., March 24. —Oliver Buck, 24, is near death here today, as a result of revolver wounds JJames Cardinal Gibbons was born St. Paul, March 24.—Coming of (By United Press) ]pnsents, Thoma;bp,nd Mary Gibbons, nil‘iism |§° Minnesota farmers. A .con- i in | sidera munists fought today for control of had come toiAprica from Ireland in lo aumber. of Bewspapers; ln the gavernment. They instituted a[land when the future cardinal was|DPast week that farmers have taken to two-years'old. | the fields, and bankers, commenting many routing property destruction, land and then, upon his fathers’ business reyiew’ issued by the Mer- and 25 deaths followed the trail of death, returned. with his mother to|chants National ‘Bank of ‘St. Paul, yards at Hamburg to the mining re- | Orleans -where, when 17, he clerked Balmy weather was reported from gions in the south and even to thefin a:grocery store. all seotigns of. the state, - Represen- Ellicott City, Md., and graduated in factories 2ud farm Jjournals told « Police fought the Reds off but in 3 ’ & 1| Dankers that they felt certain Minne- some cases were overpowered by the |1897- - He then entered St. Mary's ¢ i) this spring. ' It was noticeable, how- french at Eifleben. . Hand grenades, (Continnyd ‘on. Page. 6) ever, that the labor situation is re- rifles and mac! e guns were use n the fighting. Banks were robbed and UN"ED STATES NAVY they are assured'competent help at £ a fair wage, the problem of produc- Mines were rendered useless. They were_either flooded or the railroads Farmers. throughout the state seem work here were held off by Red pic- to be willing—anxious—to co-oper- kets. Public officialg resorted to the Kb ey Fg e w izations of the American Legion re- he cabinet went into on Wi rdin 10; = these appeals and received secret re- |Pitals of this city, whose Tamilies garding: employient of former” ger the central and southern counties ad- After a long and steady trial the cab- | absolute necessity of evacuating refu- | jtted th a h ed they were disgusted with the inet decided that the Reds were get-|gees from Constantinople has result- : '€ | imported laborers. High wages were Iasr should be declarsd. "% |city and leaving kinfolk beliind, 11 pnfi, It the quallty-of IAB0S oras said Efforts were made to connect the [ i the hospitals, 'The American Navy but thi nection was not shown, |of the sick people thus separated from Minnejota; eervice anicatt, ot em: u s con: as n ) A loyment, probably will be in demand it was said. The regiom covered |their families, . oot . . L The Russi g b Preliminary- indications are that side and Helle on the south, extend-|The Russian summer embassy atliye sugar companies will accept un- ing its greatest width into Saxony. Buyk-Dere has been turned into a ning company, which canned about erican’ Red Crosf Such . is the ip-| 4 et adequacy -of: fac’ S fOr-taring” fof 1,200, acres. of mweat.caun lagh yonr; this year. These facts are believed to able for refugees more than half of | jngicate that smaller canning com- o the patients are sleeping on the floor. ther reparations penalty against the )¢ Germans. Frankfort is an import- Every day brings additional reports of important road building projects, district and is now at the end (I}[h::: M:yl;nze bridgehoead. struction plans, but it is known that g o T T construction. work involving several degree of Masonry and their ladies|be decided upon until the labor prob- will banquet at the Markham hotel | lem is solved. NIZE quet being the Maundy Thursday DIRECTORS ORGANIZE ovc: vene, e ceansy , Tutest| MAN KILLS SELF will ‘address the banqueters this eve- ning. gree are to be present in addition to the same number of ladies. Follow- in Baltimore: Fuly 23, 1834. His|spring has brought a message of opti- Berlin,. March 24.—German com- 1829. They returned to their native [rural sections announced during the Teign of terror through mid-Ger- T He got his early education in Ire- |upon these activities, for the weekly the demonstrators. from the, great|America, making his home in New|!orecast unusually early farm work. outskirts of Berlin, He_ enterel St. Charles college at|!atives of canning companies, sugar g i s gota farmers would plant big crops great orowds and were forced to en-|Seminary in Baltimore and was or- 4 R garded by farmers as uncertain. If public buildings dynamited. g : £ CARING FoR REFUGEES tion will greatly be simplified, bank- ers say. torn out.. Miners who desired to ate with local posts and state organ- Berlin government for military aid. vice men. Hundreds of farmers in ports from the center of disturbance. |have been separated from them. The s f work done last summer and fall b. ting the upper hand and that martjalfed in hundreds departing from the; Y to have been considerably beiow par. Russian Soviets with the uprising, {has undertaken to keep track of all ¥ P ¥ i = during’the crop season. ) spread gradually past Berlin on one The number of sick is increasing. ey refugee hospital equipped by the Am- limited acreage. The Fairmont Can- the. ek, that In a1l hogpitals avall-| Rbects to" Back: £ MmlILe WOty panies expect to operate at capacity. ant industrial city in the dismantled as well as business and residence con- Local meinbers of the Scottish Rite | millions of: dollars will not definitely at 7 o’clock this evening, this ban- i , arrived in the city this afternoon and Bighteen local members of the de- ing the banquet, the evening will be iati legislation. ‘The article speéaks high- | "4)j the steps necessary for affilia- inflicted by ‘her husband,. Thomas i % j a d s cogd i R erabons also advised the asso- B o e e D Ferming | tion With the State Potato Exchange gompleted at the Masonic danciig | onestor Buck, 42, who ended his own Sreding €0 org, bent hers. Smith e s B | were discussed and agreements filled life after wounding his wife. Mrs. charge of murder and another charge Back is in Riverview Hospital with three hullets in her abdomen. The Bucks formerly lived in Minneapolis. The came cstranged recently after ci ation of a story concern- ing Minneapolis man- and Mrs, Buck. Mrs. Buck, it was said here, left Minneapolis and came ‘here to live with her parents. ciation that Nebish was starting thel iands of virgin pin erection of a new and modern con- solidated school - which will in -all “RAINMAKER” ENGAGED ‘BY CANADIAN FARMERS probability- be completed this. summ Is Under Contract to Set Up Mr. Lux of the promotion depart- ment of the Ward Systems company Equipment to Produce = Rain in- Summer of robbery. It is said he will waive examination. HARDING MAY REVIVE WASHINGTON SOCIETY Social Life, Suspended During Wilson Administration, May Be Revived Soon out and signed. It was strongly urg- MOOSE EIEET—D—-ELTGX’EE ed that each shareholder secure at least another before the next meeting TO NATIONAL MEETING The Loyal Order of Moose in’ ses- of the board on Saturday, March 26, when in corporation will'be complet- ed. sion Tuesday evening appointed Dic- tator G. H. Harnwell as deltgate to the-national convention of Moose to be held at Toledo, Ohio, in June. of Chicago, was introduced to the club. He stated that lie was here con- sulting with citizens, with regard to the erection of - & modern fire-proof hospital for Bemidji. He compliment- ed the association. on-its progressivef, spirit and expressed belief that ‘the hospital projeét could be put over with ease. A 2 : Wilbur Lyean, who has ‘recently associated himself with the manage- ment of the Markham hotel, was in- troduced to the club as one who has not ‘been actively engaged in Be- midji_ sifice. leaving for the service of his country in 1917. Mr. Lycan gave a short and inter- The association will undoubtedly be ready to begin operations not lat- er than April 15. Call of the Great Outdoors (By_ United Press) Medicine Hat, Alta., March 24— The coming of “Rainmaker” Hatfield has-aroused, intense interest among farmers.of ‘Alberta and Manitoba. “He "is under contract to set up :gni_lnment which is to produce rain, = . & ¥y talling four or more inchnes during esting talk, expressing astonishment|ihg period between May 1 and Au= at the many new facesin”the citylgust 1 within a hundred mile radias and at the splendid work being donefof "Medicine Hat. The rainmating by the association. apparatus i§ to set up at Chagpice Lake, 20 miles from here. LOCAL BUSINESS COLLEGE ~The operations are expected to in- TAKES EASTER VACATION (By United Press) Washington, March 24.—Brilliant uniforms and evening dress, compara- tively little used here during the Woodrow Wilson regime, are belng slicked up in anticipation of the re- sumption of the colorful social whirl under the present administration. Ofticial Washington has pagsed through eight lean socfal years and is hungry. The absence of the gayety that characterized past administrations was attributed to the war, Wilson™s illness and the Wilson personality. White House functions were compara- tively few during the first four Wil- son years and they were rare events indeed during the last four years. The Hardings have hardly inhabit- ed the White House long enough to make their way about the numerous rooms and corridors without the aid of guides, but the impression has-heen received by the socially-famished that a return to the old days is in prospect. Resumption of dances and dinners at the White House is being watched with keen interest aside from the po- litical and socal phases. Will the shimmy, the toddle and other “ad- vanced” dances of the past few years be permitted in the Presidential res- idence? Or will the presidemt, through the master of ceremonies, ban the shoulder-shaking, heel- clicking, and floor-tapping dances and decree a return to the very prop- er and stately dances of the past de- cade? The foregoing questions are engag- crease precipitation- 100 per cent The Bem{dji Busifiess college closes at half ‘of the total precipitation during that period and will receive compen- will be resumed as before. 3 a8 $8,000 for a four inch rainfall. uchAnoNoF Hatfield erects standards holding North Dakota delegates to the Chi- . ! cago meeting April 6 will go ‘‘de- (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., March 24.—Less tion.” These weére the instructions of the [of Commissioner Hagan. Farmers cannot afford, and cannot borrow, would carry a ‘“‘real North Dakota _ punch.” The meeting was united in He believed the acreage in the state would be reduced 1,600,000 FATALLY WOUNDING WIFE],,,.)» ot eive un. he cried, The i ing the attention of the families of our own statesmen and those of the embassadors, over and above the natural average today for the ususal Easter vacaton. sation at the rate of $4,000 per inch | ¢ " vy pans of certgin kinds of salts.and im- PLAN is mfl’ m N. D. duces vaporization and precipitation termined to.work for a unification of g wheat acreage and more diversifica- meeting vesterday after the commit- H 4 to plant extensively, he said. Those advocating a central markéting acres and that dairying and poultry rainfall. Hatfleld will take credit for only The school will be re-opened on Wed- nesday, March 30, and the studies or fraction thereof up to four incheés, the maximum consideration being (By United Prssd) WHEAT ACREAGE MAY BE - Fargo, ‘N, D Mareh 24—The| REDUCED IN NORTH DAKOTA the marketing plan of the committee of 17, the wheat growers’ associa-|tion will result from present financial conditions in the state, in the belfef tee had gone out for a third time to amend. the resolution so that they|who have the money will not risk last year’s losses again. raising of producers of ready money . will receive more attention, agency but divided upon the plan. Delegates selected represent both sec- tions, SATHES C. F. Grinager, proprietor of the Sunshine Grocery on Third street, some_time ago purfhased the building on Minnesota avenue now occupied by the City Meat Marhet, and at the expiration of the lease which the present occupants have, will remodel the premises into a modern grocery store with apartments above. William MecDermid, proprietor of McDermid’s soft drink parlor and pool room, has purchased the building now occupied by Maloy’s confection- ery and will move into that location May 1. There will be considerabie remodeling done on that building, it is understood, before Mr. McDermid moves in. Additions to the Rex theatre are also planned. Manager Brinkman announces that the present capacity is not sufficient to accommodate the patronage and it is possible another 25 feet in width may be added to the present building. The Matson-Ritchie Lumber com- pany is waiting for additional mate- rial to arrive before starting its lum- ber sheds and office. As soon as sufficient material is received, con- struction will be started. As announced some_time ago, the (Continued on Page 6) NORTHERN COMMUNITY TO ORGANIZE SUNDAY SCHOOL Missionary W. 8. Cummings will organize a Synday school in Northern townshjp Edster Sunday, March 27. The organization meeting will be held in the Northern Community hall. SECRETARY OF WAR ASKS STATE DEPARTMENT AID (By United Press) Washington, March 24.—Secretary of War Weeks today sent to Secre- tary of State Hughes all papers in the case of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll with the request that Weeks be ad- vised what further action to take, ‘Weeks asked that the state depart- ment con:flier the sftuation from an international standpoint and tell him what should be done to secure the surrender of Bergdoll and the release from the German prison of two Am- ericans arrested for attempting to capture a military draft dodger. This was, learned and announced by the United Press exclusively yesterday, WA