Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 21, 1922, Page 1

The Pioneer. is the only daily ' within 100 miles of Bemidji and nas. the largest circulation. ; im Northern: Minnesota.. o U st ’ri a: Unsettled weather ~todight d. ..Sunday, Possibly liihhmi}&. Not. much change. in ‘emperature i, v > i . g ——— VOLUME-XX.;NO. 187 Sy i BEMIDJI, MII!N, ?TURDAY EVENING, OCT. 21, 1922 N PRICE 3¢ - » L o . = p, JHE 3 : = / f Bemidji High Defeats [BONDROBBERY ‘**%™stBor: . DISCOVER TH) Babson Calls Branch | 1 . Several instangeg have been report- & + . Banks As lnewtah‘e ; [ ed by members of the Civic and Com-} T ) ; L SRE 4.3 3813 1 - vl U ISR S merce -associatipn, who' are soliciting | : As Th Ch - m 4 ‘N < purchasers for potatoes to releve the | 3 . d . e ai!n =4 r " | i ) 3 - R anl F gy ‘ 5 & =3 | 3 i i A NS ) 5 ‘armers of er enormous crops this E ] 3 + N 12! ¢ . - ; , that prispective buyers h e . Lolig I Local Eleven Scores Twice “BJG BOSS” OF MINERS S B e il assacietion. s 0], 7 WOMEN ARE TO DEMAND | itcussion is-Called Hatutal | in First 'Half; Opponents GOES ON TRIAL MONDAY | Arrests of 36’ Persons in|Tiving some betefit from the sale. | County Attorney in Double DRY LAW ENFORCEMENT Outgrowth of * Federal L "Are_ Held :Scoreless ' ; St. Paul to Lead " Soon This is n?b@rue by any means:| gl Myatery Refuses LIy merve_-{Syntem | Ave § ; =1 s To Oth & The association has merely volunteer- . . —— | : Arr o : . : ! BEMIDJI MISSES TWO C. Frank Keeney Accused in © Other Arrests .led to assist in selling potatoes at a To Confirm Report Able Speakers Are Listed On|CITY BANKSTO BUY = T 1Rt 5 Connection With Death - reasonable price to all parties con- - $ise " 'NEAR-TOUCHDOWNS S ) ISII: i 'NORTHWEST IS FLOODED | cerned, and those who are doing the| WWOMAN IN GRAY CALLED Progsrnm for Missionary INSTEAD OF FORM NEW . eputy Sheri 5 soliciting are doing it absolutely with- ociety Convention - BY STOLEN SECURITIES | out compensation of any kind. Fifty MURDERESS OF COUPLE Y o B F g Entire Bemidji Eleven Puts| === — At : cents a bushel is the price asked, and General Business Continues VS arlestown, W. Va., Oct, 21—At- .. : although a number of residents prob- (By United Press) X} Up Strong' Game; Vn:ltory torneys for the prosecution and the [ Investigation Likely Not to|ably have purchased at a smaller Charlotte Mills’ Attorney| Baltimore, Md., Oct. 21—Lax en- o) l;n(;rnBvel,. "NNOW :)nly Means Great Deal defense - b arriving - here - toda: price, it is felt that this price would forcement laws has ‘interfered with 0 Below Normal : o R .g_ e & Be Completed for Several great’ly assist the potato growers of Apparently on Track of |foreign and home missionary work .for the Keeny trial which begins Mon- : b n Y y Sad it Tott i e Months, Officers Say this section. Perpetrator of Crime ccording to delegates to the Women’s 2 Bemidji high school added another |42y im Jefferson courity:cou Tt is hoped by those who are trying Foreign Missionary society who will | Wellesley Hills,Mass., Oct. 21— - victory Friday afternoon when its|" West Virginia union miner’s chief By Ualiea P to do a good turn for the farmers i . bezm' their annual convention here Ther.e has been much.discussion re- football team defeated the Thief Riv- | C: Frarik Kenneyy is-underindictment | ¢ po 10" 21—-:::;5;5 of 36|0f this community that the response New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 21— “?']'\';:'h::’m P 2 garding branch banks at the annual er Falls eleven at the latter place by | for treason, conspiraey and.in eon-| .. oo Kata ori the charge.of having to their appeals in the flmng will be | Two eye witnesses who Saw the mur- |, g un}; i1 ‘the nati::’?r 1;::‘; convention of the American Bankers 2 score of 12 to 0, both touchdowns | nection-with the Turder:of John Gore | o)™ P Tl U rities | naats ith ‘enthaaigm and a desire to | der of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall|jyys are made air-tight, and the gov- | Association which was held: recently being made in the first half. Al-|Logan ounty deputy during the/arm- | il oot Jead to the arrests of ansigh: and Mrs. Eleanor Mills have been dis- | crnment will be asked to take dras-|in New York, Owing to the contro- though Bemidji’s backfield was Tip-| 4" oo owunion miniers and sym- will.soon lead fo e Ariests 0t poR covered and have made statements|tic action toward curing the smug-[versy which this discussing.has de- to a prosecutor, it was reported here |gling of liquor, according to officers | veoped, Roger W. Babson was today i pled somewhat from the previous game at Duluth two weeks ago and local boosters hardly expected a vie- tory over the suposedly strong Thief River Falls team, thei» faintest hopes were realized and again Bemidji bids fair to ‘have a team that will estab- lish an enviable record for itself. |panel:of 23 veniremen “has been |y ;1o may lead to further arrests | said to be Ralph V. M. Gorfline, a Nevertheless, Bemidji missed two |drawn. Twenty of the possible jury-|in the D}zar};)orn station robbery in | ©ffice of D. IC. Dvoracck, county | vestryman of the church of St. Johns |in scssion here take action toward [3¢IVe System,” says Mr. Babson, “a - the Evangelist, whose automobile was | better enforcement of the Volstead branch bank organization practically cxcellet opportunities to win by a larger score on account of a fumble of the ball close to the goal line. Twice in the first half Bemidji barely missed an opportunity to send -over another touchdown, only to lose the ball through fumbling, However, the boys are to be con- gratulated over their success. Vie- tory over Thief River Falls means much to Bemidji, and a victory over Bemidji would have meant much to Thief ‘River Falls The local team now has hopes -and is expected to enter into the future games with an even stronger determination to win. Hickerson carried the ball over for both touchdowns. Once on a line smash.and again on a long run. Baney is credited with several long runs, he being.largely responsible for one of the two. touchdowns. Bemidji “ kept the -ball.on :Thief River’s side of the field most of the time, through . the efficient team work of the Be- midli ‘eleven. Thief ‘River made first downs, but seldom, punting out of danger apparently being the: big play, Captain Neumann, who' play- THV 1 n ! : ed left halfback during tfxe last half, SHOWSHEALTHY TRADE flooding the northwest with more TAG DRIVE ONTODAY\ the little land apparently to discov-| Dijley, chairman, will meet Tuesday is credited with a nice long run. than $500,000 worth of stolen se- i : Al | er the exact spot where the county | a¢rernoon, October 24th, at 2:30 P. much of an object for a country Every man on the team performed| gy, apion -Still Complicated, curities, ~Premature .publication ac. " |tine cut through the fields of golden-1pr "o tho'home of Mrs. John Harron b:“knfo ll‘(“p;hdep::x“ L the i remarkably and credit for the vie- | cording to the investigators, blocked At noon today $351,27 had been rod, crossed the little creck that di- 1219 Lake Boulevard. All members :;lx*gdua';nd}iitinguslwa;r:nht:n.e ::2; o; tory must necessarily - be -divided among the eleven players who took part The Bemidji line-up was as fol- lows: Rhea, right end; Woock, Xight guard; Tharaldson, right tackle; Pet- erson, center; . Neeley, left guard; Sullivan, left tackle; Elliott, left end: Bailey, quarterback; Hickerson, left halfback; Japp, fullback; and Baney, right halfback. Neumann substitut- ed for Hickerson in the last half. Lars Hakkernp, Leslie Boe and Gor- don Smith accompanied the team as Substitutes but their services. were not required.® Athletic Director Frank Kovach is well pleased with the showing and during the coming week will prepare the team for the next big game and another possible vietory, SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR TRANSPORTING LIQUOR pathisers, on Logan-and-Mingo coun- ties in . August 1921. 'Counsel-for: ‘the state have an- nounced the .unionileader will be first- tried- on-‘the murder charge. A men are farmers; - Union officials attach even greater importance to the Keeney trial than to the “trial -of ~William| *Blizzard) young mine union official who was acquitted of treason after a trial lasting several weeks. Keeney is the “pig boss” .and finding of the court will be a decided boost or thrust at unionism in West Virginia’s mines. Since the Biizzard trial, three sim- ilar cases have been tried and con- victions obtained in each case. Rev, James E. Wilburn, sympathizer, and John Wilburn, his son, were each convicted of murder in the second degree, in connection with the death of John Gore,' Sentence is expected to be pasesd when the court opens Monday. . Walter' Allen- was found guilty of treason, with a recommend- ation.of. a.jail sentence of 10 years. rather than death. - He is now serv= ing time in the county jail. LUMBER MARKET REPORT However, On Account of ‘Transportation In some sections the fall business has hardly come-up to expectations, while in’others,, the volume is great- er than was expected. Therefore, taking the country as a whole, says the American Lumberman, the lum- sons of the big New York and Chi- cago bond theft. 3 Federal agents are picking up loose ends of the investigation which will solve the mysterious theft of $2, 400, 000 worth of securities from a mail truck in New York on Oct. 24, 1921. Chicago, in which $1,500,000 worth of securities and cash were taken in a daylight raid, Tim Murphy, Chicago labor czar, ic appealing his-sentence of six years at.Fort Leavenworth for alleged com- plicity. in-this crime. Other mail and bond robberies in Cincinnatti; Kansas. City and San Francisco, may be solved, according to-the United States District Attor- ney, Lafayette French. Eight of the twenty-six persons for whom indictments were issued yesterday had not been apprehended early today. The remainder had either been arraigned or were to be arraigned today. Bank officials, bank brokers and bod salesmen are involved Many of them did not realize the securities they were handling were istolen, it was._said. = i Federal agents are concentrating on the source of supply six months ago when the- federal investigation first became known. - Federal au- thorities were hopeful of catching red-handed the men responsible for their plans. They assert, while they are confident the ring leaders of the gang will eventually be captured, the investigation may not be concluded for months Eight of those arrested were ar- raigned and ten more were expected to be lined up today. All of those arraigned have been released on $5,- 000 bail with the exception of Stan- ley McCormick, former vice-pri dent of the Minneapolis Bond Broker- ber business is in.a healthy condi-|age; whose bail was fixed at $10,000. tion and a very considerable number of orders continue to reach the pro- ducers. Here and there orders are being sought by manufacturers but as a rule so-much difficulty is ex- perienced in getting: cars that the manufacturers have to turn down rather than seek new business. . Or- ders exceed the ability to.ship with the result that most unsold stocks are piling up at producing points. While trade in the farm districts possibly has mot reached the total DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT The Daughters of Rebekah will hold their regular meeting Monday evening at- 8 o'clock at the K. C. hall and all members are requested 1o be present. ANNUAL FARM BUREAU | MEETING NOVEMBER 22 Director of the Beltrami County Farm Bureau association met at the agent, Friday afternoon and, among other things made plans for the an- nual meeting of the association to be held Nov. 22 and 23 in Bemidji. The Land Clearing association is to hold its annual meeting at the same time, it ig planned, All of the farm bureau units of the county are ex- pected to be represented at the bus- iness meeting and the publicdn gen- eral is invited to the entire two-day session. } - A program of real merit is planned and will likely include such speakers ag Dean Coffey of the state college of agriculture and F. W. Peck, di- rector of the University of Minnesota Extension division. Prizes for the‘county in the State- wide land clearing and brushing con- test will be awarded at;this meeting and altogether a very interesting and instructive session is assured. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY contributed by the purchasers of tags in the drive being put on all-day and thig evening by the Ladies’ Auxil- jary of the Lutheran hospital. One farmer gave a sack of potatoes, and plans are being made to auction this off downtown this evening. Everybody who comes downtown is being asked to contribute to the cause and after once being tagged they are being asked to buy another. Any amount is being accepted with the idea that the buyer will give as much as he can spare. The receipts from this tag day will go into a fund for which the Aux- fliary will purchase the wnecq:sary supplies for the hospital, which was only recently opened by the Lutheran Hospital association after being clos- ed all summer. today, as County Attorney Strickler summoned five persons to the court house for questioning, Strickler, however, refused to confirm the re- port. One of thuse to be questioned is mysteriously burned a few days after the tragedy- The other is Barbara Tough, an up-stairs maid in the Hall home. The grand jury has adjourned until Monday, No indictments are to be returned before nect week, (By Florence M. North, Attorney for Charlotte Mills. Written for the U. | P.. Copyrighted 1922 by the U. P.) New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 21— A woman in gray, the murderess of Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills, is no char- acter of fiction but a real flesh and blood woman of New Brunswick, about whom our net is slowly closing. Hear the detailed story of the search for her. She was seen, this woman in the long gray coat, at the crabapple tree on the Phillips farm on the afternoon before _the murder. .This much I told before, but I am now in a position to disclose where she went from there and the identity of the people who could name her if they dared. The woman in gray, after passing vides Sommerset and Middlesex coun- ties and disappeared into one of the little houses of a foreign colony about a half a mile from where the bodies of the rector and the sexton’s wife were found. The day after the discovery of the bodies, two men from this colony were taken from their homes under arrest and were examined by the authorities, A long knife was taken from the home of one of them and their houses were searched. This much is known publicly but what I have learned is that while the men were Still under arrest, their wives were heard to say that if they were not released, the women would tell all they knew. My investigators went to them to find out what they had to tell and they told of the woman in gray, the murderess, disappearing into the (Continued on Page 6) - |announcement was made by Mrs. C. of the society. The society, representing 600,000 women throughout the country, will draw up resolutions voicing tie sen- t.ment of the church societies through- out the country, which have been active in demanding that the women act. Herbert Hoover, secretary of com- merce, is scheduled to address the conference. Bishop Fred B. Fisher will address the 53rd anniversary meeting of the society, Oct, 29, on “The World That Waits,” Other speakers include: Bishop William Fraser McDowell, Washing- ton, D. C.; Professor John R. Mott, New York; Bishop Matthew Clair, Libria; President Mary E. Wooley, Mount Holyoke College; Bishop B. Fisehr, Calcutta, India; Miss Welthy B. Honsinger, of China; and Dr. Ida Scudder, Vellore, India, The conference will be closed with a reception at the White House, thru courtesy of Mrs. Warren G. Harding an honorary member of the society. 'PRESBYTERIAN DIVISION TO HOLD MEETING TUESDAY The dining room division of the Presbyterian ladies aid, Mrs. B. A. are requested to be present. BEMIDJI MUSICAL ART CLUB HAS FINE PROGRAM American Music of Civil War Period Enjoyed by Club Friday Afternoon Ameican music pf the Civil War period means some of the old, old favorites. That these are indeed old favorites was proven by the large at- tendance at the Bemidji Musical Art club program Friday, and by the in- terest exhibited by those present. Preceding the regular program an M. Jacobson concerning a musi interviewed - regarding the probable outcome. “Of course the discussion is the natural outgrowth of the establish- ment of the Federal Reserve Banks. Before the days of the Federal Re- existed, although it was an uncon- scious and invisible organization. For instance, ,the small bank in: Indiana took orders from its correspondent bank in Indianapolis; and the In- dianapolis bank took its orders from a still larger bank.-in New-York. The heads of a few of the New York banks would hold a conference at the home of the late J. Pierpont Mor- gan or at the home of Mr. Baker of the First National Bank, and decide upon a policy. This policy they would then pass along tos the large banks of Boston, Chicago, Philadel- phia, Indianapoils, St. Louis, New Orleans, and other large cities. The banks in these large cities. would in turn pass the same policy on to the Small banks in their, districts. There were no contracts of stock control ex- isting between the banks, but there was an invisible control ‘which was very powerful. With the organiza- tion of the Federal Reserve banks, the clearance of check at par, and leg- islation against interlocking director- ates, this, control was given .a tre- mendous jolt. No longer is it ithe country foankp®from the city banks. The large cities have .be- come more independent of New York and the country banks have become more independent of the large cities, As long as the money rates were high this did not wory the city banks, but during the past year when money rates have been declinig, the large city banks have distinctly felt the loss of their former pawer. Hence, they are looking around for some plan to get their country following back again. . “There is n hope of breaking up the Federal Reserve System which is functioning very gatisfactorily. The men connceted with the Federal Reserve Banks are active and ani- bitious. They are building perma- nent and substantial banking houses and are accumulating great resources. They are issuig reports and -other publications which appeal greatly to the country banks. The larger city (Continued on page 6) Mike Brisbin, who was arrested a few days ago for transporting in- toxicating liquor, appeatred beflore |test to be carried on in th | of this city, Thig movement i !sored by the Musical Art club and hoped for, building continues to hold |. up well for the season in the cities spon- ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER TO Judge C. W, Stanton Friday and entered a plea of guilty. Brisbin transported liquor to a log- ging camp north of Bemidji on Octo- ber 12, the result being that the log- ging crew became intoxicated. He was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and to a fine of $50. BEMIDJI REPRESENTED AT NEW ORLEANS MEETING Mrs. Hallan\Huffman of this city, _ president of the Sixth District Amer- ican Legion Auxiliary and a member of theistite executive committee from Ahigidistrict is new: in-New Orleans iwHereshe attended the national con- ‘wentiof of the Ametican Legion and Auxiligrys o .l ¢ viMrs, Heffaman left Bemdiji about October 1 going to Minrieapolis where ~vith hér-gister, Miss' Lyle Burns, she ;joined azparty composed of Nation- al Adjuthnt Lemuel-Bolles and Mrs. Bolles,” and together they went by auto to New Orleans, arriving there about; a week before the convention opened- The convention closed Fri- day 2nd the party will return to Minneapolis in about a week. Mrs. Fuffman expects to return to Be- midji about Nov. 1. “Word received from her stateg that she is enjoying the tri 2 delegate to the national ition of the Legion this year, nevertheless this city was represent- «d by a committee of the state execut- ive committee of the Auxiliary. and towns. One situation balances the other so that with 2n increase in the demand from industrial consumerg the market for building lumber is very good. So far as.can be ascertained .uere has been no over-building this sum- mef;.in fact, the demand for homes is almost as far from being satisfied as it was at the beginning ot the year. Consequently, retail lumberman lo- cated in cities ad towns are expect- ing a good business in 1923 and not a few of them are aticipating a great- er volume of business than has been |. secured thig year. In addition, it is expected that conditions will im- prove in the strictly agricultural dis- tricts, with the result that more lum- ber wil be consumed by the farm trade. Industrial demand for lumber con. tinues good and furniture dealers, for example are getting a good deal of business through furnishing equip- ment for new homes. The outlook is for continued expansioh in the “n- dustrial activity rather than a con- traction; so it is believed that the demand for industrial lumber will hold up well. Therefore, viewed from all angles, the demand for lumber should remeai good, but the situation is complicated by transportation conditions. Lum- ber manufacturers can ship only a part of thier production and buyers can secure material to satisfy only a part of their wants. Consequently until the transportation situation is cleared up the lumber industry will not enjoy the volume of business gen- cral conditions warrant. NOW LSTEN To ME WILBUR- YOU COLLECT ALL YOUR PLAYTHINGS AND BRING fIEM INDOORS 1flleu’ YDU PACK ‘EM. AWAYIN THE BASEMENT FOR THE WINTER AND™ LWILL | | bW OEE, details will be announced later. Herman Wolfe of Spokane, Wash., sang a group of.songs, “Vale” (Rus- |sell), “Dupa” (McGill), “Life and :Denth" (C. Maylor).. Mr. Wolfe | possesses an exceptionally fine bari- tone vioce, carefully placed, flexible 1and evenly modulated. He sings ! with an ease and artistic expression that is very satisfyjng. To enthus- iastic applause he responded with an ' ¢ncore “Pale Moon” (Logan). The regular program opened with a quartette, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginia” in which the solo part was taken by Miss Ida Virginia Brown and the refrain carried by Miss Brown, Mrs. W, Budge, Ray Hannah and Nat Given. This number was | sympathetically sung and well re- ceived, "' Mrs. A. E. Nelson and Mrs. L. P. Warford read interesting papers on “Home, Sweet Home” and “Stephen Foster’” after which a tableau repre- senting home was given, accompanied by Blache Dodge rendering the old loved song on the violin. ‘Old Black Joe” and “Swanee River” were also presented in tableau with Mrs. Juliug | Smith as vocalist of these numbers. Mrs. Edith Ness accompanied by ' Miss Leila Stanton on the violin and Mrs, G, O. Riggs at the piano cleverly executed a whistling solo, “Listen to ENJOY CONCERT:BY: RADIO The Royal Arch Chapter is to- meédt Monday evening at 8:30 at the Mas- onic hall. A radio_concert is sched- uled for the entertainment .and a very interesting session is assured. A large attendance is requested. SCHOOL ELECTION WILL BE HELD NEXT SATURDAY A special school election is to,.bé held by the voters of Independent School District No. 7 next Saturday cvening, Oct. 28, at .the Centra] school building between the hours of 7 and 9 o’clock for the, purpose of voting on two, propositions . relative to school land. - J One propostition provides through its passage for the purchase of that portion of the fair grounds. just north of the school, comprising approxi- mately 11 acres. % The second proposition provides for the sale of the agricultyral farm just north of the fair grounds, 'Lae | consideration in each case -is $5,000, approximating a trade of properties. The intended purpose of this; I8 that the school, now. located at the head of Beltrami avenue, mgy have the Mocking Bird”. | ‘[y for these songs. The entire audience, led by M A J. McMillian sang “America” and “America, the Beautiful” as f rumbers. with Rev. Blaine Lamb | sh g colored slides made expre odequate. grounds for.a campus and athletic field: in its immediate viein- ity- This will mean no cash outlay ever, the property stll remaining roperty, the transfer putung different management, how-