Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 26, 1921, Page 1

P et o i b | The Pioneer is the only daily within. 100 .miles- of Semmi and has the * 28t culation Northern Minnesota. = - Y o Sl ok E BEI IDJ1 DAILY PIONEE] VOLUME XVIIL NO. 288 ' BEMIDJI, MlNfi., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1921 MINNESQTA H I§TORICAL, S " g jght. - Cold wave in east and west. Sunday snow and much colder. Strong northeasct to northwest winds, 53¢ PER MONTH JOHNZILBERT Arrested Last Night at Funkley on Charge of Taking Property From Summer: Cottages STOLEN-PROPERTY IS FOUND AT ZILBERT w:i’vel Eummbon ana Committed to Jail to Await Grand Jury Action On March 5 the summer cottage of Tams Bixby, at Oakwood Beach, on Lake Bemidji, was broken into and a very considerable quantity of property carried-away, including a sewing machine, gasoline lantern, bedding, clothes, fireless :-cooker, spirit level, fishing tackle, dishes and books. Joseph H. Osgood, caretaker for the cottages there and. at Lavinia, dis- covered ‘the burglary shortly after it occurred, and, a: warrant. was issued for one John Doe, whose true name was: unknown. Mr. Osgood found that the perpetrator of this act had used 4 sleigh, drawn by one horse, and tracked the sleigh to where it met the main highway near the golf grounds, where the tracks were lost. A reward was offered for the dis- covery of the thief. Investigation was made by the sMeriff, Mr. Osgood and cottagers at Lavinia, aided by B. E. McDonald and residents north of Lake Bemidji, ' which resulted in a search warrant being issued on March 24 for séarching the premises of John Zilbert about two miles north of Lake Bemidji. Zilbert was absent at the time, but_ all the property in- cluding a folding cot, was found in his dwelling house and taken 'into the possession of the sheriff, John Zilbert was arrested last eve- ning near Funkley. . A hearing was had' this morning before the municipal court on the search warrant, and Zilbert attempt- ed to claim the propérty as his own, claiming that “he had bought. the property at different times from va- rious parties, most.ef them unknown to him by name. After 4 prolonged cross-examination by. the county at- torney he reached a point where he MINNESOTA STILL HAS FORTY BILLION FEET - /OF STANDING TIMBER Billion and Half Feet of ' Hard and Soft Woods St. Paul, March 26.—The total estimated timber stand in Minnesota, including soft woods and hard woods, is placed at 40,762,500,000 feet, W. T. Gex, state forester, has announced. Of this amount 20,100,000,000 feet -is classified as soft woods for e most part located in the northern the state. Siore than 50 per af ‘this'particular stand is under in diameter; Mr. Cox said. ance of the stand, or 20,- “Leet is clasified as hard 2oJudes all timber of i <} wood lots scattered ,\5’&;71’5 state, . the forester explainedti Of ‘the soft woods, more than one- third - is white pine while approxi- mately one-sixth of the total number of feet is Norway pine and jackpine. Other soft woods found in this sec- tion: of the 'state are spruce, balsam, tamarack cedar and other similar kinds. 5 The hard woods include oak of all species, maple, birch all varieties, aspens, basswood, cottonwood, elm; ash, hickory, walnut, butternut, cher- ry, willow, and similar grades. There 'are approximately 10,000,- 000,000 feet of aspen timber; 4,000,- 000,000 feet of oak including all var- jeties; birch, 4,250,000,000 feet. The balance of the stand makes up the Temaining number of feet, of which there is 500,000,000 feet of bass- wood. The total number of feet of soft woods in St. Louis county is 6,250,- 000,000; Lake county, 2,665,000,000; Cook county, 3,700,000,000 ; Itasca, county, 950,000,000; Koochiching, 4,500,000,000; and Beltrami county, 1,260,000,000, The hard wood stands in these counties is St. Louis, 1,250,000,000 feet; Lake, 500,000,000 feet Cook, 2,120,000,000; Koochiching, 1,290,- g00,000 feet; Beltrami, 517,000,000 eet. LANGDON PLANT BROKEN "INTO AGAIN LAST NIGHT F! W. Langdon had another paréy stated that he would not answer fur- | last night at his office, but he was not ther questions, and finally stated to| prgsent at the time. As on previous the court that” he would withdraw |occasions, his guests entered the back his claim of ownership to the prop-|way and proceeded to make them- erty and conmsented that it be re-|selves at home, opening the drawers turned to Tams Bixby, or whoever |of the desks and scattering the con- mig?t be the real owner. Zilbert was then arraigned on a charge of burglary in taking the property, - waived- examination, and ‘was committed to the county jail in default of $2,000 bail, to await ac- tion of the grand jury next Septem- Jer. FOUR BANDITS HOLD UP AUTO AND TAKE PAYROLL (By "Uhlted “Press, Chicago, 'March 26.—Four bandits seized a payroll'of $13,500 when they held up an automobile just outside theé busy loop district and made a clean get away. James Edgars, postmaster for the T .D. Robertson Co., contractors, and two other employees had jast reached the warehouse the company is build- ing for the Chicago and Alton rail- road when the men rushed up to the automobile. ’ CARDINAL GIBBONS’ BODY LIES IN STATE AT HOME Baltimore, March 26.—The body of Cardinal Gibbons, dressed in the robes of his office, lay last might in the upper room of the arch episco- pal residence which had been occu- pied by him for miany years. Nearly all the archpishops and _ bishops of the United'States have sent word that they expect to attend the funeral Thursday. SOVIETS' ACTIVITIES Government- H that Soviets Are Attempting to Spread Bolshevism: (By United Press) Washingtno; March 26. (By A. 'L. Bradford) . —Revolutionary activities carried on_ from Moscow by soviet authorities ‘were big . factors in gov- erning refusal of trade relations, it was learned today. This government has knowledge that the soviets .will attempt to es- tablish bolshe¥ism in the western hemisphere as well as in Europe. It was to this that Seecretary of State Hughes: referred when. he said in his communication to the soviet government yesterday that the *United States would be “glad to have convincing evidence of a change of policy by the Russian govern- ment. - %, o e tents over the floor. Apparently Mr. Langdon had not left many things of a valuable nature to suit his friends for they not only invited themselves to his place of business, but some one—whether or not the same parties as the night be- fore is not known—took a door off Mr. Langdon’s coupe and replaced it with an old one which happened to be close beside the car in his garage at his residence. Just what the ob- ject of the thief was in doing this is beyond . understanding, says Mr. Langdon. / THREE HELD ON CHICAGO MAIL ROBBERY CHARGE By 'United Press) Chicago, March 26.— Three men today were ‘under arrest charged with the Union station mail robbery several weeks ago in which close to $700,000 in bonds were stolen. Po- lice said $34,000 of the Stein bonds) were ‘recovered when the men were seized. Those under arrest are William Kreitzer, bond salesman, Isadore Goldberg, electrical comptroller, and 0. A. Jetree, office manager of the Lawrence C..Stein company. FORMER PRESIDENT WILSON’S CONDITION IMPROVED TODAY (By United Press) ‘Washington, March 26.—Former President Wilson’s condition was re- ported improved today and his physi- cians -expected no permanent ill ef- fects from the attack of indigestion suffered shortly. after Mincheon yes-. terday, Kaowledse) MOORHEAD GIRL WINS . -DECLAMATORY CONTEST Madrjorie Gaullikson, . Moorhead, speaking on “The Littlest Rebel,” and Stanley Nelson, Buffalo, Minn., whose subject was “Vision of War,” were awarded first place in a de- clamatory contest late Thursday at the, Northwestern Conservatry of Music, 814 Nicollet avenue, six prizes, three for men and three for women, being awarded. Other winners were: Theodore Fancher, Fairmont, on “True Americanism,” and Ruth O’- Connell, Lakefield, on ‘“Madame Butterfly,” second; Truman Quavli, Windom, on “The Wandering Jew,” “Jeanne d’Are,” third. Twenty stu- dents took part in the contest. The winners were awarded scholarships in the school of expression of the conservatory. 8 /ith the | oyous E.aster Message BOOGSTER LAND CLEARING MEETINGS BEGIN MONDAY President of Association Urges “Pushing Back Brush Line” While Ground Is Firm Charles 8. Carter, presdent of the Beltrami County Land Clearing asso- ciation, urges all farmers to “push back the brush line” now while “Jack Frost” holds the surface of the ground firm, for ‘“at this time the old brush hook does better work.” T44Co to'it,’“until the frost is out from under the stumps and then blow them out,” the land clearing booster adds. This apparently is the sentiment of a large number of farmers and business men in this section of the county who are bent on making the drive a success in every way. The first of the series of land clear- ing meetings wili pe neld at Black- duck Monday. A. W. Stone, busi- ness manager of the association, will be assisted at the series planned for next week by A. J. Swantes, field manager of the land clearing depart- ment of the University Farm. County Agent Dvoracek and a number of other boosters will also aseist in starting the real campaign out with the right spirit. Other meetings planned far next week are as follows: Kelliher, Tues- day; Bemidji, Wednesday; Puposky, Thursday; Solway, Friday; Tenstrike, Saturday. Another series of meatings will be arranged for other points in the county within the mext few days. The purpose of the meetings is to bring before the farmers the pro- gram arranged for the land clearing drive and 'to create more enthusiasm in it. The brushing of at least two acres for every acre stumped will also be urged, thereby pushing back the brush line. It is especially urged that there be a large attendance at each of these meetings. @ 7 SIXTY-NINE HARDINGS IN WASHINGTON CITY (By United: Press) ‘Washington, March page Mr. rding! He's got & man’s sized job on his hands, for in Washington’s city directory there are exactly 69 Mr. Hardings. Not only that, but the Hardings occupy slightly over half a page in the big book of names. The other 41 possessors of the dis- tinguished appellation (for they total 110) are women. Included in the family are po- licemen, firemen, metormen and clerks, tinners, carpenters, chauf: feurs-and.detectives, But there’s only one president in the list and he is the only one who uses the prefix “W. G.” % True, there is William P. G. 26.—Boy, °|18 WHITE SOX PLAYERS AND GAMBLERS INDICTED Cook County Grand Jury Re- turns 18 Indictments on Charges of Conspiracy (By United Press) . Chicago, March 26.— Eighteen White Sox players afd~samblers were indicted by the Cook county grand jury in connection with the 1919 baseball scandal. Eighteem indict- ments were returned charging each man with the general conspiracy to obtajn money under false pretenses and operating a governed game. ° Those indicted follow: Clcottej Claud Williams, George Weaver, Fred McMullin, Hap Felsch, Joe Jackson, Charles Risberg and Chick Gandil, VERDICT OF SUICIDE IS RETURNED BY JURY ~ AFTER SECOND PROBE No Motive for Murder Found ‘After Second Inquest for Moorhead Man “(By United Press) Mooghead, March 26.—No motive for murder having been found the jury after the close of a sensational second inquest this morning declared that Virgil Terrill, bachelor farmer of Clay county, committed suicide in a state of temporary insanity by crawling into an airtight stove in his farm home. Mrs. P. A. Alesch, Findley, Ohio, a sister who returned with the remains and_ demanded the second inquest, testifiedithat the undertaker at Moor- head had written the undertaker at Findlay not to open the coffin be- cause the remains were charred be- yond recognition. Suspicions of relatives were arous- ed when the coffin was opened, she said, and the burns were found to be slight. The property of the deceased goes to the mother at Findlay. THREE BROTHERS ARE GIVEN SENTENCE ON SAME DAY Harding, governor of the federal reserve board, but this is the closest approach to “Warren G.” And there’s a Mrs. Florence Har- ding listed too, whose home is not at 1600 Pennsylvania. She is a former White Sox, players, L. Chase, former New York Giant player, Sport Sullivan, Rachael Brown, Abe At- tel, alleged gambler, William Burns, {former pitcher, Carl Zort and Benja- min Fanklin, both of St. Lonis, Ben clerk at the navy yard. Still, considering, our beli-boy has less of a job paging Mr. Har- ding, than he did Mr. Wilson, for the Wilson family occupies over four pages in the directory, about 500 names. . ® = © e o~ SPRING BRINGS SPEEDER BEFORE MUNICIPAL COURT Spring is here and with it comes the season for ‘‘stepping on the gas”. Carrying out the instructions is- sued by Mayor Gurlocj last Monday evening the local policejdepartment s on the lookout to keep auto drivers within the “speed limit.” The first to answer this spring to the charge of speeding was Sam Web- ster, Jr., who was summoned before Judge J. F. Gibbons in police court today. He was fined $10 with a strict warning against a repetition of the infraction. Chief of Police Bailey declares that the mayor's orders will be carried out and warns all would-be speeders to abide by the speed laws. and Louls Levi and David Zelzer of Des Moines. MEN’S ANNUAL HAM AND EGG SUPPER TUESDAY EVE Men of the Presbyterian church will serve their annual ham and egg supper in the church basement Tues- day evening beginning at 6 o’clock and continuing until 8. Plans are be- ing made to take care of the usual large attendance. TRANSCONTINENTAL FLYER IS SERIOUSLY INJURED (By Unised Press) Natchez, Miss.,, March 20.—Lieut. William D. Coney, transcontinental aviator who was seriously injyred near Crowville, La., yesterday, has about one chance in five to recover, attending physicians said = today. Coney was brought here for hospital attention. Chasing Runaway Airplane On Glare Iée Is New Sensational Outdoor Winter Sport Chasing runaway airplanes great expanses of glare ice in North- ern/ Minnesota is a new sensational outdoor winter sport that promises to put hockey and other tame pas- times in the discard. This game was practiced by Lieut. J. Earl Flade- land, well known Northwest aviator, who flew from Portland, N. D, in January to headquarters here for the winter. Lieut. Fladeland snd A. L. Gilbert made a flight to Red Lake agency and | while there the former proceeded to| carry some of the Indian boys in fiights over the lake. The first pas-| senger, little Pimmy Needham, was| safely strapped in his cockpit, ready to go. The lieutendnt stepped out to swing the propeller to start the mo-| tor, while Mr. Gilbert was to close | the switch when ‘“‘contact” was call-| ed. Tn the meantime Jimmy had un- conscicusly brushed the throttle wide open with his elbow, unbe- | known to the other two with the’ plane. ‘When the propeller was turned the | motor started off with a roar, and| as the ice offered no resistance the| airplane shot off as an arrow from a | bow. The left wing hooked Fiade- land and sent him hurling Iike a ten- on|an effort to check it, but it streamed ten: him out like a piece of cloth until he lost his hold, when he fell to the ice and was caught amidship by the tail which bowled him over as a ball of yarn. Lieut. Fladeland, who is on his fifth year of flying, has had this hap- pen before, but in a much less spec- tacular manner, hence he knew that the plane would swing to the left through the influence of the propel- ler torque, and proceeded to cut off and intersept it. He called to Jimmy, who was making a frantic effort to unfasten his belt and leap, that he might direct him to manage the throttle or switch, but to no avail. As anticipated, the plane swung to the left, but in a shorter circle than Fladeland had judged, with the re- sult that it charged at him like an angry buil. He dodged the wrong way and it roared toward him as ome animated thing with a griev- ance. A nimble sidestep saved him from tangling with the whirling pro- peller. He canght the left wing but was struck with a force that again floored him. In a fraction of a second he was {up again and seized one of the rear; wing struts. - Almost winded, and he started working in from one |wire to the other only to be forced oft by the powerful blast of the pro- Again he struck the ice and by the tail_which caught the back of his peller. was rendered unconscious head as it sped by. Now the plane raced lake a charging rhimoccros di- rectiy toward the large crowd of In- dians assembled. In their fright they were scattered like chickens. The plane veered to the left and missed them by a wide margin. Fladeland staggered to his feet once more, threw off his:mittens and closed n, this time catching the sec- cnd rear wing strut. Again he work- ed in towarnd the fuselage, clutched at the cockpit with one hand and miseed, but caught with the other, clinging desperately until he could draw himself up with both. In a jfraetion of a second the motor was throttled and idled peacefully after some of the wildest and most breath- |taking antics a plane has ever done. The lieutenant was weak and faint |from the exertion, Jimmy was as white as an Indian can be, and the crowd heaved a sigh of relief after the suspensg of so thrilling a show. {1t was all over in five minutes from |the time it started, luckily with no pin, Gilbert clung to the cockpit in'handicapped with cumbersome mit-‘one killed or injured. (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., March 26.—Three brothers were sentenced to the state penetentiary here on the same day by District Judge Cole. Ludvig and Max Frirer were given one year each for cashing worthless Eugene Frirer received one year on a grand larceny charge. TEACHERS HAVE CHANCE TO DEFEND THEIR OWN CASES United Press) N. D, (By Bismarck, removed until_they have been made acquainted with the cause of com- plaint and given an opportunity for defense, according to a recent ruling of th estate supreme court on a Will- iams county case. DEBS WEARS SMILE ON RETURN TO PRISON.LIFE Atlanta, Gn., March 26.—Eugene V. Debs returned to'the Atlanta fed- eral penitentiary yesterday to resume the routine prison life after his trip to Washington, where he discussed his case with Attorney General Daugherty. The soclalist leader, who is serv- ing a 10-year term on conviction of ylolating the wartme espionage act, was smiling and cheerful as he alighted from the train and in the brief time before he met the warden and was whisked away to prison, an- swering every question except those about his confrence and his chances for release. “I appreciate the confidence shown in me by letting me go alone and on my honor to Washington,” sald Mr. Debs, Tand I enjoyed the trip.” KILBANE NOT TO FIGHT UNTIL SUMMER COMES (By United Press) Cleveland, Ohio, March 26.— Johnny Kilbane, feather weight champion of the world, will not in-, dulge in any championship battles until summer comes ‘again. Then he will go to New York to bhox either Sammy Seiger or Billy De Foe. Kilbane has been in bed several days at different times for a period stretching through a month and is under weight. “What I plan to do first,” said Kilbane, “is to hike to the mountains with nothing but a carload of eat- able beef steak, a barrel of Sloan’s liniment, a trunkful of boxing gloves, and two sparring partners. I'vé got to get my health back and there is no place like the mountains for that. “Theg when I come down from the mountains, I’ll fight a battle in Cleve- land, one in Canton and another in Detroit. “By the time I have had three fights under my belt, I will be going good enough to step into New Yorl: and give the best of them a good run.” Kilbane is not going to New York (Continued on Page 6) DISPUTE OVER LAUNDRY CAUSES FREE-FOR-ALL An altercation shortly after noon today over laundry resulted in a bat- tle between the proprietor of the Chinese laundry on Second street and a customer of the laundry. The cus- tomer stated that he asked for cer- tain laundry which he had at the Chinaman’s place and was told by the proprietor it was not ready for him. Upon demanding the clothing even if it were not ready, the cus- tomer was immediately attacked by the Chinaman, according to his story. Both parties show considerable evi- dence of the conflict, the Chinaman being bruised about the face and the other party suffering from a blow across the head with a poker. The case will come up Monday be- fore Judge Gibbons in municipal court. checks and March 26.— Teachers in North Dakota cannot be BERLIN POLICE DISCLOSEPLOT OF COMMUNISTS Dynamite Public Buildings in Berlin Today POLICE THWART ATTEMPT TO SEIZE FACTORIES Warnings Issued to Public to Beware of Any Attempts to Bomb Buildings (By United Press) Berlin, March 26.—Plans to in- clude Berlin within the scope of the communist uprising were disclosed here today. The police reported they had obtained evidence of a plot to dy- namite public buildings, newspaper plants and monuments. They were unable to locate the main hiding place of the explosives and issued warnings to the public to beware of attempts to bomb. A thousand unemployed men sought to seize several factories on the outskirts but were quickly dis- persed by police. The communist newspaper received here today indi- cated government forces were’ rapid- ly controling the situation in' the main insurrection district. (By United Press) Leun, Germany, March 26.—Ger- man workmen who have seized fac- tories in comnection with the present communist uprising were to retain possession as the first step toward establishment of communist states. This was declared today by Max Kempling, Berlin communist who added they were prepared to disas- sociate themselves from all principles of humanity to accomplish their pur- pose. ““We have been too sentimental and tender for the last two years. We arg going to disassociate ourselves from all, principles. of humanity and émploy force—guns and so forth— just like the Bourgeoise; for it is our only hope,” Kempling declared, CITIES NOT REQUIRED TO PAY PART OF PENSION (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., March 26.— Cities are not required to pay 256 per cent of mothers’ pensions granted to residents, the state supreme court held in the case of Pierce county against the city of Rugby. SECRETARY WEEKS SAYS HE WILL GET BERGDOLL Washington, March 26.—While de- clining to say what steps might be taken to get Grover C. Bergdoll, Philadelphia draft evader, now in Germany, Secretary Weeks, in dis- cussing the case declared “we are goe ing to get Bergdoll if it is possible to get him. 1 don't believe we will recognize any statute of limitation in his case it one should exist.”” Secretary Weeks refused to dis- cuss the possibility of his extradi- tion by Great Britain for violation of British passport laws, but did say that he assumed that if the state of war between the United States and Germany were declared at an end, ex- tradition of the draft evader would be possible. SEVENTY-THREE ACCIDENTAL DEATHS IN QUARTER YEAR (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., March 26.— Acci- dental deaths in the state during the last quarter of 1920 were 73, an increase of two over the same period a year ago. Fourteen suicides were recorded for the period against none in the same quarter in 1919, TWIN CITY DETECTIVES BUSY ON CONAMA CASE Detectives Declare Murderer or Murderers Came From Ranks of “Sportive Rich” (By_United Press) Rochester, Minn., March 26.—Five Twin City detectives here are mak- ing every effort to uncover new clues to the murder of Conama, wealthy pool hall proprietor. Chiet of Police Earl Parker who returned from the Twin Cities last night said there was nothing new today. Some additional information in connection with Con- oma’s habits and associates was se- cured today, he said. Many prominent men and women of Rochester and the Twin Cities, it was learned, were among his associ- ates at gambling tables and social gatherings, Parker said. Some are being quesiioned and may be used further in the case when a testimony is wanted, he said. Indications were that the murderer or murderers came from the ranks of “the sportive rich”, detectives said,