Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 15, 1922, Page 1

" The' Pioncer is" the ‘anly daily within 100 miles of Bemidji an has the largest circulation in Northern Minnesota, A ~ WEATHER REPORT Minnesota.—Fair 'tonight gand probably Thursday; continued cold. 1922 85c PER MONTH VOLUME XIX. NO. 284 BEMIDJI, MINN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 15, BROWNDENIES | isopor mwsors|" st i s s Declares Under Oath Thltile Did Not ‘Tell Accused Not to Squawk - TESTIFIES REAL NAME ‘NOT BROWN BUT LOCKE Gummer to Take Stand Today; Case Expeéted to'Go to’ Jury Tomorrow (By, United Press) . Valley City, N. D, Feb. 15.—| Shades of the past rising up to trouble both Andy Brown and William Gum- mer in the effort being made by the state to learn who killed Maire Wick, || 18-year-old Grygla girl, hovered over |{ the courti . room yesterday as. Andy|] The Hundredth Anniversary of Birth of Rt. Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple t. Payl, Feb. 15.—In Protestant Episcopal church circles throughout a large section of the northwest today will be recalled as the hundredth an- niversary of the birth of the Rt. Rev. Henry -Benjamin Whipple, the so- called “Apostle of the Indians,” first bishop of Minnesota, and in many re- "|spects one of the most conspicuous figures in the American episcopacy. Bishop Whipple was_a native of New. York, and began life as a mer- chant, but finally turned his atten- tion to the church. In 1859, when he was 37 years old, he was conse- crated first bishop of = Minnesota. {'w hen he came to this section he be- & n at once the work of evangelizing| | g ! Indians, and his success in: that 2 ® d-was marked, The results of (2 efforts are expressed today in the bury Divinity School, St.. Mary’s ', and the Shattuck school, all at bault. P ir 'years Bishop Whipple stood as shampion of the. rights of the n, winning their confidence and e H e < Brown, pgl of the accused, llnflel‘.fla.frh'il\ove ‘by using his influence to shield denied damaging testimony which the’ state had presented, seeking to expose him as an accomplice in the gruesome ‘murder. . Marie Wick, the attractive young girl, whose vacation. ended in a hor- rible tragedy, was on the mind of Wil- liam Gummer, defendant in the mur- der- case, during the night after she checked in, is the evidence of even Andy Brown. Although denying firm- ly that their conversation ahout the girl had savared-of “wild women” and “another women for Gummer’s book,” Brown said that when he went to the hotel after midnight Gummer had told him of the good Togking girl who_ had checked .in _and" then had gone out with a- young man. i Brown on the stand told, under pro- tests, of his past, . His correct name is Leslie Locke, Brown having heen assumed ahout eight or nine years ago after . estrangement from his father, |- who when! last heard from lived at Sulphur Springs, Okiahoma. - He was in Texas when he toak'the name, had been married and had children. He had moved north:gradually from Tex- as working’ at his trade as'a painter, and had-been in North Dakota ahout three years. S i . He declared he had neyer been in Jail and under cross examination reit- erated his story told under direct ex- amination that he had'left the hotel ten minutes to one on the night Maric was killed, gone to a pool room and then to kis rooming house at the Ad- dison, which he did-not leave until after seven the following morning. He was proof against all efforts of the state to trip him up on this declar- ation. He; also denied that he had ever told or sent messages to Gummer urging him to “stand pat,” ‘‘to.stick,” or “not to squawk” and said if any- one so testified he had not told the truth. The witnesg yesterday had better control of ‘himself than at the time since he was firsg calfl;d by the state. To_ the direct questions, ‘‘did you write the name of James Farrell on the hotel register?” and “were you ind gistance and the nlost his trail. room 40 on the night of the murder?” the witness gave a prompt and un- qualified “no.” Valley City, N. D., Feb. 1".—Wil- liam Gummer was to take the witness stand today to tell his own story to the Jjurors who are to decide whether or not he killed Marie Wick of Grygla at the Prescott hotel in Farge on June 7 last. i The former hotel 'clerk who is charged * with the horrible crime against the young .Grygla girl was about to be called to the stand yes- terday afternoon by W. J. Barnett, his chief attorney, when it was found that Gust. Ohm, one of the jurors, had become so ill as to make it necessary to adjourn the trial until this morn- ing. BAUDETTE-WARROAD BUS CO. START REGULAR TRIPS SOON| A. Aronson, proprietor of the Bau- dette-Warroad bus line announces that as soon as the condition of the roads will warrant, the regular bus service between Baudette and War- road will be resumed. The bus leayes Baudette at 7:20 a. m, and makes con- nections with the Great Northern trains at Warroad. Round trips will be made daily except Sunday. REPUBLICANS MAY DROP . PLAN OF SPECIAL TAXES By Carl Groat. (By United Press) ‘Washington, Feb. 15.—Republicar: leaders of the house will try to raise the bonus funds by paring the budgets and through savings affected by the naval holiday, Representative Mon- dell of Wyoming, house leader, said today. The republicans -have practically decided to drop the plan of raising money by special taxes, a sales tax or bond issue, he said. Mondell, one of the outstanding soldier bonus sup- porters_ia congress, called at_the ‘White House but failed to see Pres- ident Harding, who was busy on a letter to congress. Mondell believes that congress will be able to raise the sum required. The sum is estimzted at $315,002,000. He believed and hoped :that a sales tax would not be envoked. ‘them’ from injustice, dishonesty, and aggression on the part of white men, and thus daring and often incurring the hostility of men of his own race who sought to make the Indians their prey: It was during these early years of his episcopate that the bishop did the work that unmistakably mearked him as’ a great character. To travel 3,- 1000 miles by team through an unde- ‘veloped country was a part of each ear’s labor. He went among the ndians as’ their friend, visiting the tribes even as far north as Red Lake, making long journeys where it was possible to travel only by canoe, on horseback,_ or afoot. .He endured (Continued on Page 6) EARLY SUNDAY ‘HOLDUP' INCORRECTLY REPORTED It ha sdeveloped since Monday eve- ning that the reported holdup in East Bemidji was incorrectly reported. It has now been brought to light that no holdup “was attenipfed, whatever, and that. the troublesome situation took place*about ‘one mile east of Nymore on the Cass Lake road. A number of Bemidji young peo- ple, after attending a dance at a pri- vate home on the Cass Lake road, left the house and started for home. There were 10 persons in the party, including a number of young ladies. They were accosted by a man who |ig thought to have been under the in- fluence of liquor. This man grabbed the drums from one of the musicians and threw them across the road into a_snowbank. When asked by one of the party as to what he was try- ing “to pull off,” he replied by puil- ing out a gun and ordering the young people to “beat it.” The party then hastened to the nearest house and called the police depurttdcnt. fSeveral police came and trailed the marauder for sor;;e ° attempt was made by the marauder to escape with the motorcycle which one of the boys in -the party had at t}ae dance, as was previously report- e MASONS TO CELEBRATE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY A.F.and A. M. Lodge !’I-nning to Hold Afternoon and Evening Session Feb. 22 Bemidji lodge No. 233, A. F. and A, Masons, will hold a special com- munication Wednesday, Feb, 22, to celebrate the birth anniversary of a great patriot and Mason, George Washington. The program for the day will commence mptly at 1:30 p. m. The afternoon session will con- sist of work in-the third degree, and some special numbers by the Masonic lguanette. At 6 o’clock the Eastern tar will serve a supper to -which all Masons are invited. The services of two distinguished Masons have been secured for this occasion to address the lodge on that day. Grand Senior Warden Albert F. Pray will take for his subject: “Our. Duty as Masons,” H .E. Swen- sonwill speak on “Masonry and Am- erica,” It is assured that both of these men have a real message for the Bemidji lodge. Both men are coming from Minneapolis especially to assist_in this celebration. Rev. William Elliott of this.city will also address the gathering. Invitations. are being sent to all Masons in the city whose names are available to the local lodge, and in addition to these all other Masons in the-city and visiting Masons are cor- dially invited to attend the entire ses- sion. The work in the third degree will be put on entirely by past masters according to the announcement made by G« M. Palmer, master of the lodge. A special communication will be held this evening at 7 o’clock when !the third degree will be conferred upon a class. All members of the A. IF. and A. M. lodge are urged to be | present promptly at that hour since lthere is important business to be taken care of - besides the degree work, Al (B7- United ®ress) London, Feb. 16.—Hopes of settle- ment of the new crisis in Ireland was felt today when Winston Churchill, secretary for the coloniés, announced in commons that Michae] Collins had secured release of 15 unionists, cap- tured by the Sinn Feins on a raid into Ulster. Officials” further announced - that Collins, who is head of the Irish Fre¢ State provisional government, expect- ed the remainder:of the kidnappcd men would be released’ today. Mili- tary evacuation of Ireland. by the British army will be resumed tonight, according to a Dublin dispatch to the press association. HEARING ON WOOD RATE MAY BE HELD MARCH 7 Railroads Involved Are Given 20 Days Time to Approve Rate or Decline [USECE From Daily Pioneer, State Capitol / News Bureau. e St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 15.—It prob- ably will be about Marcn 7 that zhe public hearing on the propos2d lower rate for firewoed is held in Bemidji, aceording’ to information given - the Dzily Pioneer today by the Railroad and Warehouse commission. Complaint of the present rate was filed by Charles Carter with the com- mission under date of Feb. 7. Notice was immediateiy served on all the railroads involved and they have 20 days time in which to approve of the rate or decline. There is no indication so far that the railroads will voluntarily grant the rate requested. ~ Upon the expiration of the 20 days of grace—in thiy instance the date would be Feb. 27—the commission is required to give 10 days notice of ‘public, hearing. On that sort of a schedule it ap- pears that the earliest possible date for thq holding of such a hearing! would be Tuesday, March 7. _The Railroad and Warehouse com mission officials say frankly that un- less the railroads company with the request for -a reduction in. freight rates that the public hearing will be held at the earliest possjble date and that action will be speeded up'tothe best of the" ability of the commission. DOPE IS IN FAVOR OF GIANTS THURSDAY NIGHT Crookston’s independent basketball team won its 17th contest Monday night by defeating the Superior Am- erican Legion quintet by a score of 46 to 33. The game is reported to have been loosely played, both teams neglecting their defense. Houser and Sampson starred for the Crookston squad, Houser maxking 20 points for that team. Duff-was the shining light of the Superior quintet, with O’Neil a close second. A second game was to be played last night and: without a_doubt Crookston added one more victory to its long liste The Superior squad is to meet the Bemidji Giants here Thursday night in what promises to be a hard-fought game, although the Superior quint lost two games to Thief River Falls last Friday and Saturday,. the first 44 to 26 and the second 61 to 14. The re- sults of games on Thiéf River's small floor do not have much bearing on the sort of game the same teams can put up on a floor the $1ze of Be- midji’s. For that reason, it is expect- etl that the visitors will preseut a EIGHT ARRESTS MADE;HELDFOR TAYLOR NURDER Number of Prominent People Being Questioned Today ! Regardin’g Murder MACK SENNETT, FILM | PRODUCER, QUESTIONED Bootlegger Declares He Saw Woman Flee From House on Night of Murder I (By United Press) Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 15.—Mack Sennett, prominent motion picture producer, was questioned early today by the district attorney’s staff investi- gating William Desmond Taylor’s murder. He talked freely and offered every assurance in helping solve the mystery. Eight alleged black-mailers and professional drug men were arrested in connection with the case during the night. They were grilled by Wool- wine today as to their whereabouts the night of the murder and what they know about the killing. A num- ber of other prominent people, who heretofore have not been mentioned, were questioned by the investigators but their names were withheld. William Davis, chauffeur for Mable Normand, who drove her car when she paid her last visit to Taylor, agaiu ‘was questioned. A man named Ste- wart, a bootlegger, said that while trying to deliver liquor at the Taylor home the night of the murder, he heard a muffled shot and saw a woman flee from the house. Adolph Zukor, president of the Famous Players- Lasky Corporation, announced the reward of $2,500 for the capture of the murderer. FLOUR PRICES FOLLOW WHEAT MARKETS ADVANCE Minneapolis, Feb. 15.—Flour prices followed the advance on the wheat market today, One of the biggest millers announced an increasg of 30 cents a barrel on city delivedy. Mill- ing ‘wheat advanced more’ tlan six cents a bushel on the Chicazo Board of Trade yesterday. \ SEWING MACHINE HEAD FOUND BY LOCAL POLICE A sewing machine head was pick- ed up Tuesday and the owner may have same by calling at the city police station, identifying the property and being informed as to where the head is now tob e found. CANADIAN PRIEST HELD FOR MURDER OF BROTHER (By United Press) Montreal, Quebec, Feb. 15.— Charged with deliberately murdering his half brother to get his life insur- ance, Father Adelard DeLorne, a Catholic priest, is held in prison here today. Father DeLorne is accused of hav. ing insured the lifc of his half brother Rayo DeLorne, 22, an Ottawa uni- versity student, for $25,000 and kill- ing him four days later. Rayo’s body with six bullet holes in the head was, found January 6. (By United Press) Superior, Wis., Feb. 15.—Mrs. Ross Richardson of Eau Claire, Wis., hus filed a suit against four insurance companies here to recover $63,000, which she claims as the insurance of her former husband, Edward Sailm- stad. Sailmstad = disappeared after + his cottage, near here, was destroyed by fire about two years ago. Bones, supposedly human, were found in the ruins of the cottage. Insurance companies refused to pay the policies, and have conducted a long search for the missing man. He was reported seen in various places, but never | brought_back. Last Christmas, the widow married Ross Richardson at Eau Claire. HAMLINE GLEE CLUB TO APPEAR HERE TONIGHT Packed House Expected to Greet Well Known Club on Northern Tour Music lovers of this community will have an npport\mit{} this evening to hear the Hamling University Men’s Glee club when that organization ap- pears at the Grand theater under the auspices of the Bemidji lodge of Elks. This glee club is considered to be one of the best in the Northwest and has everywhere met with a hearty recep- tion. Last year this club made a tour of the principal cities of the Pacific coast and other western cities, mak ing in all a 6,000-mile tour. The personnel of the club has been slightly changed this year because of last year graduation, but Prof. J. A. Jacger, well-known in musical cir cles in the twin cities, is still in charge of the club, which fact alone speaks well for the organization. . A matinee performance was given at 3:30 o’'clock this afternoon for school children especially, while the evening performance is intended more especially for the adults. An admis- sion charge of 50 cents will be made for the evening performanca which begins at 8:15 and there will be no reserved seats. Tickeéts are on sale Jat the local drug stores and indica- tions are that the theater will be fll- ed to capacity this evening. . The club presents a program which is sure to please all, both young and old, a variety of numbers being given. Included in the personnel of the club is Robert Naylor of this city, now a freshmam at the university, FIGHTING CONTINUES IN BELFAST SUBURBS Belfast, Ircland, Feb. 15.—House to house fighting in the suburbs of Belfast broke out again this after- noon. The death toll stood at 27. This morning's firing ceased when large detachments of troops were rushed to the scene where the fight- ing was going on. Ulster and Sinn Fein sharp shooters were trying to pick each other off, but many bullets were going astray. — e G. E. CARSON IS STILL IN VERY CRITICAL CONDITION G. E. Carson, who has been seri- ously ill at his home for the past two weeks, was reported slightly impl‘ovc.d at noon today. He seemed a bit brighter, but is still in a most eriti- cal condition. ) His physician is considering taking him to Minneapolis, where they may perform an operation, but no definite decision has as yet been reached. If he is sufficiently strong to stand the trip, this may be resorted to. very gble team when they rg_laur here. R’member WERE A KID, HOW Y00 WHEN YO0 6y 0 SNOWBALLING, AND~ NOW OH, PETER FILES SUIT TORECOVER | | SAILMSTAD'S INSURANCE| BEING HELD HERE TODAY CITIZENSHIP HEARINGS Petit Jurors Assemble Tomor- row to Take Up First Jury Case on Civil Calendar Applicants for citizenship in the United States appeayed before dis- trict courtc here today and 12 were accepted to citizenship after proper hearing. Several others were denied at this time for one reason or another and will be given an opportunity to be heard again at a later date or at the next term of district court. Patriotic services at 3 o’clock this afternoon marked the first attempt of this kind to impress upon the new- --made citizens the importance of citizenship. Under the direction of Miss Meartha Fibigar, instructor of music in the Bemidji public schools, a suitable program was given by a number of the school children. A representative of the American Le- gion presented each newly-made citi- zen with a small American flag, and talks wera made by the judge and the naturalization examiner. Tomorrow the petit jurors are to sembie at the court house and se- lection will be made for the first trial jury to hear the first case to be tried at this term of court. It is announced that this case will be that of Mildred Yan Kirk vs A. E. Gibson et al, where- in the plaintiff seeks to recover al- leged damages for injuries received in an automobile accident on Beltrami avenue last summer. Attorney C. W. Scrutchin will represent the plaintiff and Attorney E. E. McDonald the defendant. The grand jury is still in session and probably will be until late Fri- ddy, although several indictments are expected to be returned this after- noon. a ST. THOMAS AND MACALESTER MEETING AT HOCKEY TODAY St. Paui, Feb. 15.~-St. Thomas and Macalester colleges meet in a hockey game today. he game will be played on St. Thomas' rink. CCNTEST WINNERS TO ENTER DISTRICT MEET Roy Webster, who won first place in the oratorical contest at the Pres- byterian church Tuesday evening, will represent the Bemidji high' school in the district contest to be held there probably next Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Methodist church-when the various schools of the district will be repre- sented. The declamatory contest Tuesday evening was won by Miss Ruth Ceskey and she will represent the school in thg declamatory contest to be held at the district meeting. “The Vision of War” was the sub- Ject of Roy Webster's oratory, while Miss Caskey gave “The Hell-Gate of Soissons.” Other contestants were Misses Ella Elliott and Margaret Si wart, and Harry Hodgdon and Wil- lard Jameson. The judges were Rev. William Kamphenkey, Mrs. John Claffy and Mrs. J. T. Tuomy. The high school orchestra played a number of well re- ceived selections. At the district contest Walker, Cass Lake, Fosston, Blackduck, Bag- ley, Akeley, Park Rapids and Bemidji will be represented by one boy and one girl, the winner of each—the de- clamatory and oratorical—contest will represent the district at the state contest later in the year. UNTOLD WEALTH AWAITS PRODUCER OF TELLURIUM Flivvers Could Make “90 Per” Under New Power With Gear Ratio Changed By Herbert H. Little, (United Press Staft Correspondent) Madison, Wis., Feb. 15.—(United Press.) —Untold wealth awaits the producer of tellurium. A base, dirty, silver metal discard- ed in gold mining as refuse, has been raised to exalted value by the an- nouncement that a tellurium com- pound mixed with gasoline would in- ¢rease the efficiency of internal com- bustion engines to’ a point where every automobile, airplane and motor would have to be rebuilt to stand the strain of the new power. Liberty-motored airplanes with a present maximum speed of 142 miles an hour could reach a speed of 300 miles an hour. * Flivvers capable of 42 miles an hour, with gear-ratios changed, could make 90 with easc, under the new power. Dr, Victor Lenher, University of Wisconsin chemistry prufessor and n member of the National Research Council, was the center of the inves- tigation that culminated in this new process, discovered and patented by Thomas Midgley and Thomas Boyd at the Gencruf Motors laboratories at Dayton, O. . There’s a big horsefly in the oint- ment of thig magic-lamp discovery, however, Dr. Lenher told the United Press: “It will take 1,500 tons of telurium a year to dope the United States’ gas- oline consumption,” he said¢ “From known deposits there is a production of only 60 tons a year. There simply isn’t enough telluride to go around. That’s what’s going to make the fortune of some miner or yist who discovers comparatively (Continued on Page Six ) TAKEONMORE DEFINITE FORM Sen. Kellogg Still Appears to Have Upper Hand in Race for Nomination PREUS SURE TO HEAD REPUBLICAN TICKET Steenerson Sure to Have Big Job in Keeping Sageng From Nomination From Daily Pioneer State Capitol . News Burea Sty Paul, Feb. 16.—Chin music clatter at the capitol is getting good. Good men and true are dropping in from all parts of the state and while filing for one office or another im- prove the opportunity to get an car- ful—always in whispers. Not that the carth would shimmy or that the stars would fall if whispers wern’t used, but long ago that became the ortho- dox manner of transmitting gossip, some of which never would or could happen. It may have been trumpeted on the noisy pages of public prints, but within the hallowed precincts of the capitol it must be whispered. Just now it is whispered that Frank B. Kellogg is going to trot off with the republican convention nom- ination to succeed himself as United States senator and that unless the “Jimmycrats” and Nonpartisan co- horts get in the way, the honorable Frank B. will have nothing to worry about. 4 This, too, despite Fred Hadley and h usty typewriter have been doing stirving service for Judge Oscar Hallam. Fred, as edit- or of the Winnebago Enterprise, has lined up some of the country press for the judge. There also is a Hal lam organization on the job in the twin cities and paid advertisement in tha daily press ask eontributions to the Hallam campaign fund. But the wisest of the wise whis- perers, whispering from their prized standpoint of prophets and not as par- tisans, whisper it out this way: Kellogg has the support of 80 per cent of the republican press of the state and with the combined support pf every one of the daily newspapers in the twin cities and Duluth with th.» possible exception of one daily in St. Paul. Added to this is the strength of the republican organization thru out the state, so far as it exists to- day. That does not mean that the judge has not many influential friends on the job for him. He has. But the white haired boys who oil the ma- chinery are mostly lined up for Kel- logg. In the third place, the oppo: tion to Kellogg doesn’t appear to ha anything desperately wrong with his record. Some Kellogg men frankly admit that their man hasn’t a knack of appealing to the people but they insist that view in a fair light his term of office reflects ¢ t, especially to a one-term member. In the meantime (he Hallam boys are whooping it up and it is whisper- ed that said whoops may be made to pay dividends at some future date. Since Governor Preuy issued a pub lie statement announcing that he was u candidate for the office of governor and no other, the contest for the he: of the state ticket no longer is a con- test. so far as who would attempt to get the nomination away from Jake. So far as the demacratic nomination is coneerned, there are whispers that the fact that the Nonpartisans aré endeavoring to have a finger in the pie. The demo- cratic war horses are chary of such a move and it may not amount to any- thing, but it would tickle Townley to slip it over. . There is a feeling &t Lhe state cap- itol that one Halvor Steenerson has a man_sized job on his hands in dis- | lodging Ole Sageng, who is credited with being quite as versatile a politi- cian as he is farmer. Ole has let it be known that he will seck approval of the Ninth district republican con- vention for the nomination for con- gress, the position which Mr. Steener son has held since his clection to the fifty-eighth congress. The fact that Mr. Steenerson has made a bid for the convention nomination but refuses to (Continued on page 6) JUDGE STILL WONDERS WHO WAS CHEATED MOST (By TUnited Press) St. Paul, Feb. 15.—Judge J. W, Finehout was trying today to learn who was “cheated most” in a trade of a tractor for bonds. E. L. Zimmer of Eau Claire, Wis., bad the bonds and M. L. Patterson, North Dakota farmer, had the tra tor on a Stillwater farm. They trad- ed. Zimmer charged Patterson with larceny declaring the tractor no good. It took another tractor to haul it away. Patterson declared the bonds $1,000 worth on paper—were wortia only about $12 in cash. “Yes,” said Judge Finehout at the preliminary hearing, “I know about those bonds. I had some of them m+- self. Tl sell mine for about 20 cents."” N The conrt was to resume kb of their troubles today. =