Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 20, 1921, Page 1

. BILLDEFEATED , vicinity relative to the establishment - Bemddji. 1bj1 DAILY PIONEER BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1921 DJIPARK BYHOUSE VOTE $40,000 = Appropriation. for State Park Defeated By Vote of 62 to 57 Today SENATE FAVORS STATE INTERIM COMMISSIQN Bill to Allow Cities to Levy Wheelage Tax on Motor . Vehicles Passes A(By United . Press) St. Paul, April 20.—The $40,000 appropriation for the Bemidji State Park was defeated in the house today |} by a vote of 62 to 57. “The above action kills all hopes.of’ Bemidji citizens and citizens of this of a state park at the head of Lake Hopes have been high up o _this time that the bill would pass. by a safe majority and the news of its defeat comes as a severe blow to those Who have been working hard for it. ‘Whether or not an atempt will be made to' bring up a similar bill at a later session of the state legislature. has not been anmounced- but it is thought that Bemidji will do so if there is any possible chance for put- ting it over: B (By United -Press) St. Paul, ‘April 20.—The state sen- ate 1s willing to have a Minnesota tax and revenue interim commission. Tt passed senator Putnam's resolu- tion to that effect today 39-10, the commission to’ have nine members, three senators, three representatives _|day afternoon when he fell across a CITY OFFERS TEN CENTS KELLIHER MAN CUT IN TWO BY CIRCULAR SAW Setter at George Strand Mill Meets Death Instantly Late Yesterday Afternoon A watch which Tracy Hopkins of Kelliher carried in the watch pocket of his trousers still shows the hour at which he met his death late yester- rcillar saw at the George Strand sawmill at Kelliher and was severed in two just below the abdomen, The deceased, who was about 85 years of age, had been working at the mill sinice the opening about ten days ago. He was. a single man, his parents liv- ing near Norden. Mr. Hopkins was employed as set- T on the carriage at the mill, but just how the accident occurred is not known for certain. The sawyer saw him just as he fell upon the saw, but had not seen him slip or stumple pre- viously. - The saw was stopped as soon as possible but not before it had done ‘its fatal work. It is said that Hopking fell against the back side of the circular saw and was car- edover with it until his body hit on the other side. ‘A knife, which he 'was carrying in his pocket, was near- 1y cut in two also. -The hands of the watch, which were stopped when the testh of the saw smashed the warks, gh‘gz/ that ‘the accident happened at County Coroner H. N. McKee was summoned at once and he prepared the body for burial after investigating the circumstances of death. Ar- rangements for the funeral were held up last evening awgiting word from the parents of the deceased. ¥ TRANSIENT ARRESTED ON GRAND LARCENY CHARGE Pleads Guilty to Theft of Liberty Bonds and Money at Kelliher Hotel CANADAMAY BEBONE DRY WITHIN FEW YEARS Majority in Ontario Placed at 200,000—Nation-wide Drive Is Already Begun PIONEER ENTERING NINETEENTH VOLUME PER HUNDRFD FOR FLIES ‘With today’s issue of The Be- midji Daily Pioneer, this city’s only daily newspaper and the only daily within one hundred miles of this city, entered upon the nineteenth year of its ca- reer. This fact alone tells the (By United Press) Waubegan, JIl, April 20.—This city offers ten cents per hundred for dead flies. This followed discovery by local health officers that when gentleman and. lady fly marry in Stanley Sebosie, a transient, was arrested yesterday charged = with story of the progress made since Toronto, April 20.—Placing the majority vote for ‘‘bone dry prohibi- and three members of the state com- misgion. ) ' amendment ‘was made today by Senator Putnam raising the pay for ewch member from $15 to $20 per day. (By Unltea Press) St. ‘Paul,"April 20.—Cities may be able to levya: 'oare. next year-but it will be only 10 The senate today paesed the Childs) Bill, 37-15: An imendment by George] H. Sullivan, which was adopted, re- duced the limiit of St. Paul's tax on ‘automobiles to one-tenth of .the state Ievy. Origindlly the measure provid- ed for 50 per cent limitation, then lit was cut to bne-third and finally to 10 per cefit. BOY SCOUTS BANQUET " BEFORE OPEN MEETING The program for the Boy Scouts banquet tonight in the Central school and their meeting in the new Armory after thebumguet has been completed and. a most: interesting - part -of. the program_will be the ion con- tributed by the Scouts themselves in doing the: ¥arious stunts.they. have arranged. 3 VT Supper. wmyh “yerved ut § o’clock 4in jthe Central gchool where each Boy Scout will.be the. guest of his father ‘or some otht afl. .. At 7:45; led by the Juvenile the-scouts will go to the new:armory for.the balance of ihe evenmingis program. . Mr. Pat- ten, an experienced-soout master Will address the boys, at the languet, and +the public in:tke new armory. The meeting in the prmory is-open-to tho public and every pne whocan: do so is urged to attend. . - £ there are any men who have pot 50 far indicated their desire to pro- vide for one scout at the banquet it s ;urged, that they do so ‘before six o’clock by. Teporting to R. 0. Bagby at the Central :school -office,- phone 274. 5 T YEAR neill\’hi" hit_homer .. with_two on, Cravath,: Phi off Beénton in: beating Giants:3:£0 0. ‘Cleveland and Detroit used 31 players in.a-three-hour game, Cleve- land winning, 1 to 10. Walker knocled two home runs and Dugan_one for Athletics. Cadore, Brooklyn, shut out Boston 1 to 0 in 11 innings. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs, Eugene Hensel this morning. Moth- er and baby are reported to 'be doing nicely. MYSTERIOUS MURDER ATTEMPT IS BAFFLING (By Uhited Press) St. Paul, April 20.—Police today ‘were unable to solve the mysterious murder attempt of Mrs. George Fox, 25, by 4 man wearing a black hood. The mystetions man entered her apartment last might, choked her until she fainted, bound and gagged her and then turned on the jets of the Bgas stove. - Her husband, returning home a few minutes later, found her unconscious. A mysterious “note reading “May Coch” was found on the table. wheelage tax on motor| April they have 131,000,000,000 off-: grand larceny in the first degree, for the first appearance of the pa- spring. alleged theft of two $50° Liberty |3 PeX: . bonds, two watches and some silver The plant from which The from guests of the Kelliher hotel. Pioneer-is issued is one of the boske ,it is believed, noticed the most modern in the state and is B s ICATE To nuimber of the room asszigned to two capable of landling any line of ASSIST CUBAN mowms :fiefiflgg;f;stf;e&%lfih:o:;!Tfle ;;1: printing and publishing. Many : 5 e D 0 i changes hav&: been made since y = ? 2 T i 5 “bi » ... A _banking- syndicate headed' bylunldcked, #Ehoske went inté the roomg, o ior ey the Guaranty Trust company of New ['got under the bed and remained there York, the National City Bank and|until his victims were asbeep, then hie Royal Bank of Canada has under-| lie secired the Joot and left. Wwritten “an acceptance credit to be He, himeelf, shared a room in the granted to the Sugar Financing and [#ame hotel with another man and Export company, a Cuban company went to the room after the robbery. formed by leading sugar and finan- When discovery was made of the rob- cial interests to assist Cuban growers |bery, the roommate of Seboske was and manufacturers of sugar. suspected, as he had left the hotel The Sugar Financing and Export [during the night and had later re- company is to have a paid-in capital | turned- He convinced the police of . ©f,$2,000,000, all of which has been his innocense but lated circumstan- TRAPPER BR]NGS BODY . fective one month later, subscribed by the Cuban Cane Sugar |28 1ed to suspicion of the gulll of | Corporation and the Cuban American Seboske, OUT 0F NORTH WILDS The result of the election will ibe . McClena- | the application of the dominfon law and subsidiary companies. § The syndicate proposes to grant m:?g:fi&fifx&g;fiw:fig;fi prohibiting the importation of liquor this company a six months’ open|gdrawer discovered something pasted urley, the Trapper,” is expected | {fom any province, state or country. credit, drafts under which are to be [t the bottom and covered with a pa-| !0 arrive home this week from a six The Sendy bil, which = wrohibits secured by sugar stored in independ-|per.. It proved to be one of the 1ib-| Veek's trip into the Canadian north, dhort, efroulting,” or the' SRIFATY ent warehouse in Cuba or in process |erty bonds concealed in the cover of | oM Where he brought back the within the province of lquor manu- of exportation. The principal amount | gn I. W. W, cand case. Seboske was |00y of a follow trapper, who fell a | factured there, will be' enforced, it of the drafts at any one tifie out- |taken into custody by the police and | Yictim to scurvy and died while alone is std, aa there 1s zo Inw witoh for standing will not aggregate in ex-|later confessed his guilt. in the wilds. bids the manufacture of intoxicating cess Ofb $20,000,000. The drawings| It is understood he will plead guil- ”’l‘he rcmn:l of McClenaghan from |Hauors in Ontario. are to be on the basis of $8 a bag and | ty before Judge Stanton and will re-| 13 -long and strenuous pllgrimage are not to run longer than 90 gdays. § s O e Saboake adwitted ho| and the burial of A. O. Reinhart, the | TOMMYe GIBBONS KNOCKS ke B Bad been doing the same kind of|illfated trapper, brings to a close the OUT FLYNN IN ELEVENTH JE J stealing in " ities but hi -|final chapter of a narrative which W'ETTS GARAGE CLOSED way:l escupe?:a“’p‘fi:e efm“:'ioc:? ;i_ only the followers of the trapping in- (By United Pross) s DURING FUNERAL TODAY | jce. by persistent eftort only, wero|the northland appreciate best, Newark, April 20.—Tommy Gib- The garage of the C. W. jewett |finally able to land their man behind | 1/ast week ~McClenaghan = turned bons, $t. Paul, knocked, out Porky company was closed this . alternoon |the ibars after an admitted career of | Reinhart’s body over to the family at Hynn l;n“thi ]elevelnl.,‘]ll nrlo‘i":dw‘l); a out of ect ] i bas Shawano, Wis., where it was burjed, | 12-round bout here la gat, nn respect to Miss Lucille Cooper, | slmilar crimes. ks was. batly beaten and had to he car- whose funeral services wer: almost a year to the day from the ELK Mr. Reinhart outfitted at The Pas, S LODGE WILL HOLD PERFORMED BY MOOSE |an.. in the spring of 1919 and start- NUMBER OF OFFICES MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT] . V1 ed north to locate a trapping ground, mmb LAST NIGHT £ tettling and building a cabin about The B. P. 0. E. lodge will hold d@%fifi;fi;‘g{::fl?&“l:;dnl:?r:tmilr; 200 mlllce:“norlh of Nelson House on| - % ' vl 4 North Indian Lake, a region little| After a few nights' wacation, the ity regular meeting Thursday ove-|the Moose hall in the presence of|known and farther morth than the|young Bomidii Y BurElers Tl eisted that sl aber b e O o oy and|myjority of the trapping grounds.|renewed their,activities last night. A members be | Mobseheart Legionaire lodges. ~The | ge'secms to have forgotten o take|fThe offices of the Bemidji Lumber e ceremony was performed by Judge of | 3 yemedy for scurvy with him, or|and Fuel company were entered by Probate J. B. Harris. The groom was|ojse he was not aware of ome. He|forcing a back door and 90 cents Aummuclmrok |stipported by William Floura, brother | jort a complete diary of his daily |gecured. Across the street was the & ) of the bride, and the bride by Mrs.|gyferings up within a few weeks of | oftice of the Northwestern Ol com- Gmmm m cuMAx B. Huer, sister of the groom. his death, the last entry being made|pany, which the young bandits visit- MThe #vedding ceremony, followed |, April 9, 1920. His body was|ed last,Saturday night and where the regular initiation ceremony oflround some time in February, last.|(hey secured about $40 at that time. - %1;” Mooso lo(li)ge, 1:‘9 5“}‘;:" M’"‘,’l‘_‘;}‘ Mr. Reinhart was well known in|anothér try was made last night at Briand Will Endéavor to Show| P48 & member of the loige. og|Fort Frands, Ont, and by the em-|the ofl dompahy's offico with no suc- ¥ women ot loosehear! gion served |,1ovees of the Crookston Lumber|ceds so far as has beem discovered. that Military Action Iy |refreshments at the close of the wed-| Company at that place, having been | The next scene of operation was the g ding ceremony. The Moose orchestra | yree years in the employ of E. J.|smith Lumber company’s office on Now Necessary turnished a number of selections dur- | [ ottord, now of this city. Fourth street. Here they were re- ing the reception to the bride and #arded by getting $31. Entrance was e gained 4o the office by a window on tion" in-Ontario at 200,000, the Rev, Dr. A, 8. Grant, secretary of the On- tario Referendum committee has an- nounced immediate steps toward pro- curing measures against the manufac- ture of intoxicating liquors in the en- tirg dpminion. 1y J Dr. Grant declared the manufac- turépemplo or *importation- of -~ Hquor will be. prohibited throughout Can- iada within five years. As a Tesult of Monday's vote Bix provinces—Alberta, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Prince Bd- ward Island and Ontarlo—now are dry and government control of liquor 1s in effect in Quebec and British Co- lumbia. New Brunswick and Yukon iterritory will hold a referendum dur- ing the year. The government proclamation af- fecting Ontario will be issued in two months, the legislation becoming ef- ard of the publication even bet- ter than it was.a year ago. Duluth, April 20.—S. veteran trapper, better known (By United Fress) The ibride was presented a beauti- the north side of the building. The London, April 20, (By Ed. L. Keen) | ful silver service by the Moose lodge money was secured at the Smith Lum- of “hi-jackers.” Reed found no liquor but 40 pounds of dynamite and percussion [Faced with the neécessity of reach- Pl GOING with conferences of allied leaders. Senate expected to puss the Colom- | SEARCHS FOR HOOTCH George's millionaire secretary, Sir| Washington, April 20. (By Ralph |resentatives for tariff on raw mater- panied by three generals will endea-|fied pure by the government now is © Minot, N. D., April 20.—Captain the situation is to take military ac-|ed States custom service =aid here to- [treaty late today by a vote which dynamite. A barn eight miles north see that all drastis action to German |toms service, was seized from border |dispose of a controversy which has caps so arranged that they could be cussion with the Germans. ‘Allied policies for Germany were be-|&nd the ladiesof the legion presented ber company’s office between seven ing an agreement before May 1, the The first will be held over the aweek- BMNG FOR BUYERS hlglr:l l:r?:’r’:’buse the ways and means 3 : ' .~ BUT FINDS DYNAMITE Philip Sasson, at Haythe. Couch.)—Nearly 1,000,000 quarts of {ials and invelced articles. vor to persuade Italy and Great Brit- | begging for legal purchase at a dollar Washln’:fi;n, ’:\pfill;'be.’i’rhe senate|John Reed of the Minot police force tion. It was recognized gemerally|day. probably will e well over the requir- ‘observance of the peace terms are{rum runmners. Before offering it for |been waged with the South American meanwhile, is withHolding plans for |than 80 per cemt alcohol. ing drawn to a focus today. tidd a spray of flowerfs. and ton o'elock at night. next two weeks promise to be filled Ml i A end in the home of Premier Lloyd committee heard southern tariff rep- Premier Briand of France accom- | whisky, gin and fancy brands certi- (By United Press) o D L e et o oMt Aswort ot ‘the Vait- |ia oxpected Lo ratity the Colombian | ¥as searching for hootch and foond that the supreme council will either The'wh«lsky, for sale by the cus- {ed two-thirds. The senate thus will acted ‘upon or submit to further dis-|sale the customs service had it test- |republic ever €ince the department of calling fiew classes to the colots, fully up to the pre-war standard. the Panama canal site from Panama. distance of the barn. of hefe , was a suspected rendezvous; France, |ed and mone is offered which is less |Para revolted in 1903 and the admin-|set off with a small charge and ob- This is |istration of Theodore Roosevelt got|literate everything within shouting |Penrose of the senate finance com- CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES ——— ¥ Production of Lumber Con- tinues on Scanty Bu}s in All Sawing Regions Despite the fact that uncertainty as to the betterment of the building labor situation continues in some sec- tions, building as a whole continues to show progress, says the American Lumberman, of Chicago. The most jpronounced activity is to be found in the construction of small houses, and retai} lumbermen are selling a very respectable volume of lumber for this purpose. In fact, in a number of cases the actual number of feet of | lumber sold this year exceeds that sold during 1920. TFor example, in one of the largest Ohio cities, where a careful record: was kept, it was found that during March the number of feet of lumber sold was approximately twiice the number of feet sold during the corres- ponding week in 1920, but that for 1921 the total in momey realized was only slightly greater than for the much smaller amount sold during 1920. ' This stresses the size of the reductions in the retail prices of lum- ber, reductions which, of course, were first reflected in similar reductlons in the wholesale price. Preduction of lumber continues upon a scanty basis in all manufac- turing regions. The majority of or- ders placed are for rush shipment and show t¢hat Dbuyers are not an- ticlpating thelr requirements, but, because of good tramsportation con- ditioms, feel that they are justified {n expecting to get their orders thru rom the sawmills promptly and thus patch up stocks which are be- coming rather badly broken in many cases, Prices have not shown any appreciable change in trend, though the market does show a somewhat firmer underlying tendency. FOUR ARRESTED FOR DRUNRENNESS TUESDAY . Four, “drunks” were arrested last night and pleaded gullty to being in- toxicated this morning before Judge Gibbons. Baéh drew a fine of $5. Frank Berry, an old offender, was also arrested, charged with being drunk. The judge did not glve him the op- tion of ‘a fine but imposed a straight genténce of 10 days in Jjail. INSURANCE COMPANIES + COMPETE THRU SERVICE (By United Press) 8t. Paul, April 20—There will be no competition as to rates among Minnesota concéntratiqn ' insurance companies, it was decided at a meet- ing ‘of 82 compaf ies here late yester- day. %‘he Minnesota concentration rat- ing bureau was organized and a gen- eral manager will be appointed. The governing board will draw up classi- fications and rates and the companies will compete only through the service they give. 20,000 MUSIC MAKERS GOING TO CHICAGO Chicago, April 2 The “man who hath no music in his soul” is warned to avoid Chicago the week of May 9, when 20,000 representatives of the vention. Everything musical will be present, from jazz to grand opera, French harps to pipe organs. “Music drives away gloom,” de- clared Matt J. Kennedy, chairman of the entertainment committee. “Mu- gic s essential to the settlement of present day political and economic conditions. A musical instrument is as mecessary in the home as the kitchen sin Harmony will be the keynote of the assemblage. JUVENILE BAND MEETS AT 7:15 THIS EVENING The Juvenile band will assembdle tonight at the band rooms at 7:15 prior to going to the Central school from where they will escort the Boy Scouls 1o the new armory. The band will @lso render geveral gelectlons at the armory. SUBSTITUTE FOR SALES TAX IS BEING SOUGHT Members of Committee Admit They Are Uncertain as to Source of Revenue » (By United Press) Washington, April 20.—A substi- tute for the sales tax was being sought today by congressional com- mittees handling revenue raising legislation. Members of the commit- tee admitted that, with the defeat of the sales tax certain and with pledges made that this congress will eliminate or reduce existing profits, income and other taxes, they are uncertain where the government is going to get the money. As a consequence, the taxpayers cannot know for about six months how much the government intends to take from them. It will be at least September before the tax legislation: will go through, according to Senator| mittee, " cm 0 mmss‘F QRBTHRES v - .. DESTROYEQUR music industry gather for annual con-{go 0 town near Seattle and during Additional Fire Fighters Have Been Rushed to Hubbard County Fires INSPECTOR SAYS FIRES « INCREASE IN NUMBERS ' Forestry Department Sparing No Effort to Stamp Out Fires in Northern Counties (By United Press) St. Paul, April 20.—Forest fires have burned four homes on the edge of Dorset, Hubbard - county, accord- ing to reports to the state forest de- partment today. Additional fire fight- ers have been rushed there. A. E. Pimley, state forest inspec- tor, who is scouring the north woods in an airplane reported that fires in Hubbard and Cass' counties are be- coming more numerous and.theré is much danger of them spreading. The timber, he said, is very dry. A new fire was discovered last night at Leech Lake. ‘The forestry depart- ment said every effort is being made to stamp out the fires scattered over the dozen morthern counties. Addi- tional forces of fire fighters are being enlisted whenever the necessity arises. MOTORIST LOSES CASE _ AGAINST 500 RAILWAY The complaint entered by a Du- luth motorist against the Soo Rail- way for damage to his automobile last fall when the front wheels were hit by a passenger train near Cass Lake was heard at Walker yesterday. On motion of Judge M. A. Spooner, attor- ney for defendant, the court held that the complaint was insufficlent. D. M. Conners was present and serv- ed as & witness in the casé. F. L. Quale, travellng representative for the Seo Line, was also present, CAR.OVERTUENS AND ONE BOY IS KILLED INSTANTLY (By United Press) Velva, N. D., April 20.—Lloyd Masteller, 18-year-old son of Frank M. Masteller, Dodgen merchant, was instantly killed one mile east of here early Tuesday morning, when return- ing from a dance at Voltairew ith a party of boys. The car in which they were riding was overturned, SEATTLE MAN KILLED IN FALL DOWN STAIRS Word has been received here by County Attorney Graham M, Tor- rance,, of tho accidental death of his brother-in-law, Harry Stewart, of Seattle, Wash. Particulars of the a cident have not been received by 1\15" Torrance further than that Mr. Ste art had been a guest at a hotel in the night had aurisen in his sleep, opened a door leading down u col crete stairway and had fallen head- long down tho stalrway, causing in- stant death. - Mr. Stewart was secretary of the Carnation Milk company of Seattle and was well known in business cir- cles on the Paclfic coast. Mrs. Stew- art Is a sister of Mr. Torrance. PRAIRIE DOGS SOUSED (By United Press) Cheyenne, Wyo., April 20.—Wyom- ing prairie dogs are the latest vic- tims of illegal hooze traffic. When a sheriff’s posse visited the country west of Cheyenne recently in search of moonshine stills, members of the band saw staggering prairie dogs, un- able to find the “front door” to their holes. Investigation showed that several pints of whiskey had been ‘“cached” in various prairie dog holes and had been broken with the conse- quence of a spree in dog-town. GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN CROSSES BURNING BRIDGE (By United Press) St. Cloud, April 20.~—When the fast mail on the Great Northern turned a curve near Albany yesterday after- noon it saw the bridge over two riv- ers directly ahead of them wn fire. 1t 'was too late to stop and the engi- neer threw open ths throttle and shot across, Warning was given at Albany and the Orfental Limited was detoured by Breckentidge. SHIP WORKERS’ STRIKE SAID TO BE APPARENT (By United Press) New York, April 20.—With the ship operators and employees appar- ently deadlocked on the question of wage cut, the prospect of a great z:rmg strike May 1 was apparent to- V. The Ship Owners’ association an- nounced that wage reductions of 20 to 30 per cent will be put into effect on that date when the present agree~ ment expires,