Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 25, 1921, Page 1

REPORT Minnesota—~Generally fair to- night and Saturday, Not much change in temperature. - B5¢ PER MONTH Cause of Moorhead Man’s, Death Is Still a Mystery BODY IS FOUND IN AIR- TIGHT STOVE ON FARM “Relatives Not Satisfied With *..First Verdict. of Suicide, = o (By United Press) ¥ + Moorhead, March 25.—Whether a gruesome suicide or murder occurred the home of Virgil Ter- nty ’bnél}llorild‘mgr,t mystery after the of the'‘second ‘inquest s exhumed body. Testi- ‘mony last night would uphold either theory. The inquest is to be con- tinued tonight. - 1 Neighbors and” others festified as' to occasional éccentricities and physi- cians declared that burns showed:that the body: had been thrown into the stove after it was.dead, . Terrill’s body was found January 21 in-an air - tight stove in his farm home, where he lived:alonie, He was known as “pe- culiar,”” and atter a veredict of sui- icide the ‘body was shipped to Findley, - Ohio, for burial;- Relatives, however, were not. satisfied .and at their re- ‘quest thebody was shipped back forl|’ a second inquest. A5 g g ?‘ & + BLACKDUCK WRESTLER NOT ) ( 3 ") -ANXIOUS TO MEET CURTIS Conn TAustoon’ “of Blackdick has Fa indirectly issued_ challenges to meet - 4 ‘L. C..Curtis of this city on the mat, giving Curtis the impression that he thought the Bemidji man was 2 piker if he didn’t accept. In view of the ‘fact that Curiig is to wrestle for the world’s middleweight. championsikp] April 8, he did not deem it advisable] to‘take on:such,a:match at this time. Laustoon _weighs. abeut.185 pound and HD mn&fiqv[’er than Curtis, nevertheless, Curtis:knows he could handle him; with:ease. As an’expression of that confidence and ‘to let-Laustoon know that the Bemidji m#h:is open to all comers, Joe Marris, Curtis’ manager, went to Blackduck: yesterday afternoon with Lieut. Fladeland in his airplane to make Laustoon an offer that would make such @ match worth while for. Curtis. either . Laustoon nor lhis ‘manager appeéared very anxious to -take on the Bemidji man’s offer and consequently no match has been ar- ranged’ i MALE PHEASANTS T0 BE " ADDED.TO LOCAL FLOCK Game Vl.nls;[ep Cline Has Se- cured Six Male Birds; Two Are. Already Liherated — : PrE e, Six male ring-neck Ghinu& iyhen' ants are to be liberated on the Wag- ner farm,; on: irchmont road,. by Game Wikter Jolin Cline; ‘There has been a of female pheasants in this vie] _all winter. but no. male birds' ha¥e been seen in the flock. So tame have the female birds be- come' that "they have freguently shown lved near the Wagner 4 buildingss On obf information, Mr, Cline made ements 'to h:;e some malg bir ampng, the females. - Two fales ‘;gre set free A at that 16cdtiofi, this morning, two .i'- more_ willi be out tomorrow = . morning th& remaining two later. Two of the rihle birds are on ex- hibition_.in_A. i Palmer’s hardware store window. ey are fine speci- mens, as areé all the six secured. These birds are fare ifi this; vicinity and it is hoped by ca lly protecting them that the flock may grow much larger. The - I gamé warden is anxious _that the public refrain from molesting these pheassnt§ in:any way- as:they are quite thme and approachable, and on account of their similarity to other gl:me birds might be mistaken for them. REINCARNATION OF SALOON TO BE'GIVEN HARD FIGHT (By United Press) Washington, March 25.—Reincar- nation of--the- saloon through the drug store will be energetically fought; - John Kramer, prohibition commissioner, announced today. Kramer made the statement in con- nection with the regulations of the ale of real beer drawn up in accord- . ance with the ruling of former At- torney-General Palmer that real beer 55 can be sold as medicine. z Word has reached Kramer from va- rious sources to favor the signing of a new regulation that the stores may pell real beer. S \company, manufacturers of ice cream s { Ject LEGION'S MEMBERSHIP " DRIVE STARTS APRIL 1 l.oc;i l’é;t ‘-Dnvidu Into Two Teams to Sign Up Every Committee recommendations - for the proposed membership drive to be staged by the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion were ac- cepted in regular session Thursday evening at the rooms of the Civic and Commerce association. The plan submitted and accepted wili divide the paid-up membership of the past into two teams, one captain- tee and he will supervise . the two teams. Bvery post is to take an ac- e drive which will be- continue for 60 days, or untii A Each team squads of eight men each. The squad 'yill be divided into obtaining the highest number of; points in the drive will be given a $25 cash prize, and the highest uoring: individual will be given a cash prize | of $25 also. A systematic arrange- ment has been arrived at for the point scoring, the greatest objective being that of securing new members, Both teams will use every effort.in the early part of the drive to have all 1920 members enroll for 1921. Those who' have been accepted for mem- bership, but have never paid their dues, will also. be approached early inghe drive, ‘number of trips to neighboring towns are being, planned in conjunc- of charge. Each member of the post will:be. notified within a few days as to which team they belong to, and a meeting of each team will be called before the drive actually starts. The executive committee of the post will meet in special session Tues- day evening at 8 o’clock at the office of the Minnesota Electric Light & Power company to complete the re- maining details of the drive and to consider several other matters of im- portance.to the post. A permanent committee-to secure employment for all ex-service men out of work will be considered at that time, A three-act comedy, “The Mol- lusc,” will be staged under the aus- pices of the post late this summer cr early in the fall. This number was boplsad throvgh a representative of the Redpath-Vawter chautauqua bu- reaulagt: night and afirst-ciays<pro ‘duction is assured. i ..~ The attendance prize was drawn cn the name of L. H. Tegtmeyer, but since he was not present, the prize will be-$§ for the next meeting to be held on Thursday, April 14. LANGDON PLANT BROKEN INTO FOR SECOND TIME One of the most popular 'places found by the local burglar brigade seems to be that of the Langdon Mfg. and soda water. Not contented with having called on this concern a week 8go Thursday night when they ap- propriated some extracts and $1.70 in change, iley felt it. their duty to make another call last night. Both plants were broken into with a little more success than on the pre- vious occasion. They secured $7.32 last night but left the extracts alone 8o far as could be ascertained. Mr. Langdon states that he feels as though he must be quite popular’ with the *““gang” as they never fail to remember him several times each year. 5 YOUNG PEOPLE INVITED TO METHODIST SERVICES The meeting at- the Methodist church tonight will be a special one for young people. . The young men and women of the church are plan- ning to attend in large numbers i body, and are making special efforts to interest a large number of other young people. ’ The pastor will take as his sub- e Crucifixion” and th cial music will be ‘“Fear Ye Israel” and ‘“Alone.” FIFTY-ONE EXAMINED KELLIHER CLINIC Fifty-ol at the heart and lung clinic conduct- ed at Kelliher yesterday and several other applicants were not examined ‘on account of the lack of time. The clinic was held in the Kellier school filgfkgdal:n:ml K . E. H. Smith 5 puiderdiie;disection of Dr. B cess, about forty, including the ladies, Entertaining and Miss Beth MacGregor. Much interest was shown by the |being in attendance. people of that community, Miss Mag- speeches were made by several of the Gregor reports, and it is being plan- ned that several doctors be sent there at various times to correct the de- fects found. SOUTHAMPTON MAY BE HARDING'S SUMMER CAPITAL Southampton, N. Y., March 25.— mer capital, according to | here today. President Warren G.| Harding was reported to have decid- | ed to spend a portion of the summer Ely. Cabinet members (Copyrighiny - The ’Hoi:sin_g Problem bid 5 I {€ ITS INFORMATION ~ YOUR SEERING QL' MAN Charged With Stealing Auto|ff tion with the drive and’ public meet-! 7.4 ings with interesting programs will | be staged by the Bemidji poz::, free A 1 and Are Sentenced to Reformatory Term St. (By United Press) Paul, their gallt. They were arrested near Little Falls after a gun fight with deputies/ who believed them to be guilty of implication in the robbery March 25.—William Francis Gove, 25, alias Burt Allen, and Robert Ford, 24, were convicted of grand larcény by the jury in dis- trict court late yesterday.. The two were charged with stealing an auto- obile belonging to Mrs. . eed;-Febraery- 18, bt bo North Coast Limited mail train. Gove told a story of having been hired by a man named Smith to drive an automobile into North Dakota to bring back a load of whisky. thought it was Smith’s car he was driving when arrested by Little Falls Ford, who said his home is in Moorhead, said that he was asked to ride and accepted the invitation. The jury deliberated for three hours. Judge F. M. Dickson questioned the men following return of the verdict and both stuck to their stories. were sent to the St. Cloud reforma- deputies. tory for terms of one to ten years. VELVA. NORTH DAKOTA. TO Velva, N. D,, March 25.—A new high school building which will cost between $75,000 and $100,000 is be- ing planned by the local school di- rectors. HAVE NEW HIGH SCHOOL ‘ (By. United Press) LAINEN WINS MATCH AT SHEVLIN LAST EVENING Charles Lainen of Bemidji won ov- er Buck Daniels at Shevlin last night n a|in two straight falls. of about the Lainen is to appear here in the preliminary match with Bun Dietz of Grand Forks on the = wres- spe- | tling bill April 8. " The first fall was t 0. Won in seven minutes, and the sec- pounds. same weight, ond in three minutes. Charles Curtis, son of L. C. Curtis of this city, won over Pete Lainen of Cass Lake in match. The first fall was won in 14 minutes, and the second in 14 min- utes. , The banquet given to the Scottish last evening at the guests. POLICY TOWARD RUSSIA IS NEARING COMPLETION ‘Washington, March 25.—The ad- This long Island city may be the sum- | ministration is rapidly approaching reports | a decision on the question of its pol- icy toward Russia, it was learned of- ficially today at the state department. An announcement is expected to be here as the guest of Dr. Albert H.|made soon which will probably de- including ; fine the policy. iHughes, Mellon and Denby were said | tends to go toward establishment of | Ito plan establishing residences near- freer.trade relations with the Soviet Russia, the preliminary persons were axamined [ g0 PTISH RITE MASONS BANQUET AT MARKHAM " (By United Press) This question of the Both Both men are 160 SPECIAL SERVICES AT LOCAL CHURCHES SUNDAY Special Easter services will be held at a number of the lo- cal churches Sunday forenoon and evening, the programs for these services to be- published in Saturday’s issue of The Pio- neer. Special musical features assure the public entertaining programs. DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER BOUT DRAWS INTEREST By .He L. Farrell. (United Press Btafl fzfgrres pondent) New York, el .—The Demp- Myrtle | sey-Carpentier &hn 05t 18 _going to be th denied | the greatést sporting event in history ‘| Tex Rickard believes. The world’s greatest boxing pro- moter talks of his pet match with all the pride of a father in a prodigy son. 1t is quite apparent that he rated it as a first class attraction from the start when he was willing to put a half million. dollar.: collar around his neck to make the match. Rickard smiles in the face of prob- lems that would drive the ordinary man to & brain expert. Heo is supremely confident that he will make enough money off the “*bat- tle of the age” to pay him for his time and trouble. “I had this match in mind the night that Jack Dempsey knocked out Jess Willard in Toledo,” he said to- day. “I've kept my hand on the pub- lic pulse since that day and I was so sure that it would be a winner thai I was willing to stake & fortune on it. He ‘““Sport foilowers worship idols in their own j;odern way. The turn- stiles of the base ball parks and the track when Babe Ruth and Man o War perform indicate just as much tribute to the modern gods asi the burning of incense in the olden days. “Everyone adimires the perfect man, the perfect fighter. The same thrill of combat that used to pack the ampitheatre in Rome when the gladiators fought, fills the modern stadium for foot ball and boxing, the modern form of showing physical su- periority. “Dempsey and Carpentier are per- fect types of manhood in two widely, different forms—Dempsey, the rush- ing tiger with a fierce attack; Car- pentier, the crafty, wise, fast moving panther. g The confidence I had that a meet- ing between these two would be the justified by the interest that been shown from the time the match was made. .‘We have a pile of applications two feet high from fans who have written in for seats. We must have returned checks to the amount of $50,000 that accompanied applications. Among the first was a letter from the Argentine ambassador in Washington asking for four seats for friends from Beunos Aires who want to have_seats right next to the ring. Hundreds of appli- cations have come from Canadians and one of the best known society women in New York asked for a ring side box. “It’s not entirely from a monetary standpoint that I believe it will be the greatest event of history. I'm just as anxious to see the bout as the most rabid fan and I'm going to see every round of it.” TRAFFIC. OPENED BETWEEN DETROIT AND BUFFALO Buffalo, N. Y., March 25.—Traffic between. Detroit and Buffalo form- ally opened today with the arrival of the steamer Rumania. The Rumania left Detroit yesterday. The arrival of the Rumania is the earliest since 1905 except the freighter Jupiter which arrived here March 20, 1919. in- greatest contest of history has been ! has | ORDERSISSUED FOR COMMUNST WALKOUT TODAY Communist Executives Order General Strike to Become Effective Tomorrow Many Figure to Continue to Live in Tents After All Trouble Is Over (By United Press) Williamson, W. Va., March 256.— ‘Tent towns of striking miners, nest- ling in the hollows of the Cumber- land mountains here, have survived their first winter. The little colonies of white tops sprang up over night in Mingo coun- ty coal flelds when mine operators, delivering a smashing blow at the union's organization efforts evicted families from company owned homes last April and May. Strikers’ camps now dot the valley along the Tug river. There are five tent communities having between 456 and 100 families, aside from scatter- ed canvas homes. Organizers of the United Mine Workers of America esti- mate 3,000 men and their families lived through the year in these im- provised shelters. Deaths, diseases and other hard- shpis have been lighter on the miners in the Mingo fleld during the last year than usual, according to Martin Justice, a leader in the Lick Creek colony. “We've found the tents much healthier and better in many ways than the company housesi¥ Justice said. “Many men figure to continue living this way with their families, even when the trouble is over.” This winter has been particularly mild for West Virginia, though,” he added. Ways of introducing many modern comforts into the rude homes have been found during the winter, Wood- en floorings, carpeted over in some tents, have been provided. Glowing conl stoves have maintained suffici- ent heat for health and comfort. Some tents are equipped with phonographs and similar means of entertainment. The strikers receive a weekly ai- lotment from the union, sufficient for necessities. Union headquarters distributes $30,000 weekly, an aver- age of $10 a famlly, to strikers in this county. BABY FOUND DEAD IN SUITCASE IN BASEMENT (By United Press) Minneapolis, March 25.—Police to- day were trying to learn the paren- tage of a small baby found dead in a suitcase in the basement of Belmont apartments here by the janitor. The baby’ had beén dead several days, FORTY-THREE BOYS IN ONE COUNTY ARE BELOW GRADE Crosby, N. D, March 25.—Forty- three boys in Divide county last year reached their seventeenth birthday without having completed the eighth grade, according to statistics compil- ed by County Superintendent J. H. Phelps. GEORGE STEIN LEAVES CITY EMPLOY MONDAY George Stein will sever hig connec- tions with the city next Monday. He ‘was elected to the office of city clerk twelve yeurs ago and since that time has held the office continuously, be- ing re-elected by large majorities at each election, Mr. Stein leaves his connection with the city to become assoclated with the Bemidji Auto company in the capacity of office manager. During the twelve years of his city clerkship he has made himself almost indispensable and sincere regret is expressed at his relinquishing the of- fice. His amiable disposition and willingness to acgomodate any who wished information in connection with his office made him many friends. Mr. Stein will be succeeded by Mrs, Belle Denley who for the past two years has been employed in the county auditor’s office at the court house. FIFTEEN PER CENT OF 1920 ‘WHEAT CROP STILL UNSOLD Bismarck, N. D.,, March 25.—Tak- Ing {ssue with the estimates of the federal department of agriculture, John Hagen, commissioner of agri- culture for North Dakota declares that only 15 per cent of the 1920 crop ip North Dakota is unsold, Of ten million bushels, Commissioner Hagan estimates there are only 60,- 000 bushels unsold. BAPTIST CHURCH MAKING ADDITION TO STRUCTURE Expansion of the local Baptist church membership and Sunday school has made it necessary to en- large the church, and excavating has been in progress for several days at the east side of the present church building, where the addition will be constructed. A full basement, 18x30 feet, will be placed under the addition and the extra space obtained by the addition of the four rooms will be utilized for Sunday school purposes. RUSSELL BURNS TO HEAD HAMLINE “U” TRACK TEAM 8t. Paul, March 25—Russell Burns of Philadelphia has been chosen cap- tain of the Hamline University track team this spring. Burns has done some good running for both Hamline and the University of Minnesota, where he was enrolled last year. He succegls Ralph Henema who s/ now attending the University of Michigan, WORKERS ARE URGED TO FIGHT TO THE END Fighting at Eisleben Between Communists and Police Is Continued Today Berlin, March Z5—General strikes were ordered here today by unani- mous action on the communist execu- tives effective Saturday. The work- ers were urged to arm themselves and fight to the end, Seisure of fac- tories and sabotage on every hand were urged. The communist upris- ing in central Germany had subsided somewhat today but leaders were pre- paring for an extensive remewal. Four thousand troops were rushed into Saxony today. They were to be quartered at Elsleben where thousands of communists were flock- ing for a great demonstration to- night or Saturday. Reports here were that the troops had an open :flect but that the atmosphere was ense. P DEBS CALLS ON ATTY-GENERAL Daugherty Refuses : to Make Any Recommendation With Regard to Pardoning Debs (By Unlted Press) Halle, Germany, March 25. (By Carl D. Groat.)—German troops ar- rived here today to suppress the com- munist uprising; Fighting s ex- pected at any moment. The soldiers brought artillery and machine guns prepared for an onslaught from the workers in the big Leuna plant. A patrol of safety police was sur- rounded by a great mob at Eisleben during the night and the fight con- tinued until dawn. An ammunition wagon following the police was blown up. Police alone in two days of fighting haye lost seven men with twelve wounded. Bitter fighting con- tinues in Eisleben. The strikers are |mostly. copper miners long accustom- ed to facing death. The miners were surprisingly well armed and were compelled to surrender their weap- ons when captured. \ Train service was disrupted in the entire district but especially bad in the mining territory. Sabotage throughout mid-Germany included crippling of light and power plants. Miners declare they will join the general strikers Saturday, (By United Press) Washington, March 25.—Attorney General Daugherty today refused to make any recommendation to Presi- dent Harding with regard to a par- don for Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader now, serving sentence in_the Atlanta federal prison. i (By United Press) Wasghington, March 25-—Unat- tended and without the knowledge of the public, Eugene V. Dehs, impris- oned soclalist leader, came to Wash- ington yesterday from Atlanta pen- itentiary and for three hours dis- cussed his case with Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty. The unprecedented trip of Mr. Debs was made with the approval of President Harding who recently requested Mr. Daugherty to review the case of the soclalist lead- er and make a recommendation on it. The attorney general in announc: ing late yesterday that Debs had vis- ited Washington and was on his way back to the Atlanta penitentiary, said that while there was no preced- ent for calling a prisoner to Wash- ington without guard, it had been decided in conference with President Harding that inasmuch as Debs had defended himself at his trial, he ishould come here to answer in per- son such inquiries as,the government desires to ask. Mr. Daugherty add- ed that he believed he had authority to place the prisoner on his honor and he had assumed full responsi- bility. HAMLINE LAYS PLANS FOR BASEBALL OUTFIT St. Paul, March 25.—John Kobs, versatile Hamline athlete, has been chosen to lead the baseball squad this season. Kobs {8 considered one of the best athletes turned out by Minne- sota colleges in recent years. At Ham- linc he is the peer of all other all- around letter winners, having earn- ed 12 out of a possible 14 insignia in |mijor sports. He has twice captain- |ed the basket ball quints and this year will lead the Red and Gray nine. Baseball prospects at Hamline are particularly bright this year. Seven veterans are reporting for duty, Smith, Kaplan, Kobs, Hartfleld, Ames, Lindgren angd Schroeder. Ben Beck, formrly of Nebraska Wesleyan and of the University of Nébraska, is,the Hamline head coach and will supervise baseball with an assistaht in active charge of the squad. . TWO HUNDRED MILLION SPENT FOR EASTER T0GS (By United Press) New York, March 25.—Father to- day faced the bills of more than $200,000,000 for mother’s Easter at- tire. Women of the United States have spent that amount during the last two weeks for Easter silks and satins, according to SJames Goold, re- tail editor of “Women's Wear,” and an authority on the retatl garment trade. “It has probably been the greatest Easter buying season in years,” Goold said today. (By Unlted Press) Halle, Germany, March 26—Fight- ing at Eisleben between commun- ists and police continued today. Twenty deaths were reported, raising total for mid-Germany to 40. While the police appeared to be gaining the upper hand, indications were that the communists will be reinforced. Officers warned that a great attack is planned. NORTHERN MINNESOTA GIVEN NEW ADVANTAGE Upper Section of State Will Now Be Classed With Those of Similar Climate Northern Minnesota grain and hay producers gained a distinct advantage this week when, at a conference of representative of different colleges in Chicago to revise the premium list and make other arrangements for the next international grain and hay show, it was decided to put northern nnesota in region 1, along with Montana, North Dakots, northern Wisconsin and other states or parts of states, at the same time leaving southern Minnesota in region 2, where it will be in competition with southern Wisconsin, southern Michi- gan and other states in comparatively the same latitude, Formerly all of Minnesota was in region 2. This rearrangement will give north- ern Minnesota corn growers a chance to compete with the corn growers of other states where climatic conditions are similar. Another advantage for northern Minnesota, from the Chicago conference, is that one class of flint corn was provided for region 1 and one for region 2, there being no flint classes in the various other regions. By this arrangement, northern Min- nesota growers can show their flint corn to much better advantage than they could in the past. About three- quarters of the state will be in re- gion 1. The dividing line will be the northern boundaries of Yellow Medi- cine, Renville, McLeod, Carver, Scott and Dalwta counties. T. E. Odland, who represented Uni~ versity farm at the Chicago meeting, brought back word of the changes made, also that the Chicago board of trade will provide another $10,000 premium list for the show this yean, G — et i | [