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\r\ 7* i Vr. The Pioneer the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji end has the lsrgest eirettlatioa in Northern. Minnesota. .a^fo"^*'^ I-+T- VOLUME XXIV. NO, 19 POUSELEiDER Declares Anarchy Will Reign in Upper Silesia If Germany Sends Troops There BRIAND WILL THREATEN FRANCE'S WITHDRAWAL French Premier tb Demand Support on Plan to K*^ Ger many Out of Coal (By United Press Schoppinitz, Upper Silesia1 (By Carl D. Groat.)Ana reign in Upper Silesia if Ge ipermfttted to send troops i country, Adalbert KOrfanty, leader, declared today in an in with the United Press. The Germans will he slaug\ 1 it they advance, he declared/' vtlsion of Upper Silesia giving P, less than she claims will result in anarchy, Korfanty said. "Appeals will he sent to the (leaders as soon as the allies reach a decision regarding Upper Silesia. But if the decision is not just," he' declared, "anarchy. Will follow." (By United Press) Paris, May 16. (By Webb Mllller. Premier Briand will threaten Prance's withdrawal from the entente if Germany .persists inrher '"anti-Po- lish" attitude, it Was predicted' at "of- ficial circles today. Briand refused to meet Premier Lloyd George untiil he had obtained a vote of confidence from the chamber of deputies em powering him to assert the utmost pressure. Briand and Lloyd Georige probably will hold) a private interview at Bo logne after the cabinet meets Thurs day. Lloyd George asked for the con ference to settle the differences of the two countries in the Upper Silesian controversy. It was (predicted here that" the meeting will be of the stormiest na ture. Briand being thoroughly aroused over Lipyd George's, state ment before the nous* of commons, a statement mad without consulting France's.interests,,,., Briattd, It was predicted, will de mand that France supported in her plan to keep the' rich. cpa.1 fields of Silesia away from the Germans and demand that France have a de termi/.ing voice in settling all con tinental matters involved in the Ver-. sailles treaty. FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP DRIVE SHOWING PROGRESS Memberships, numbering 350 (in the Beltrami County Fare have been secured1 Bureau fa .th southern townships of Beltrami county up to the end of last week. Campaign Manager Smith states that many lo calities are coming in splendidly with their memberships. Some of the cam paign workers have started,wording farther north in the districts east and west of redi Lake. Reports have and west of red Lake. Reports have not yet been received from them. The cold, wet weather and bad roads hampered progress in some places but altogether the campaign is progres sing very favorably. FARGO-MOORHEAD SHOPS WORK ON OPEN-SHOP BASIS Fargo, May 16.Fargo-Moorhead (printing establishments went on an open shop basis today, the ultimatum issued a week ago to striking print ers by the 48-hour league ofMhe two towns having expired. Eight out of twelve shops in the two cities were affected when thirty-one printers walked out demanding a 44-hour week. CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE BIG SESSION TONIGHT Indications are that the regular session of the city council this eve ning w"l be most interesting to all concerned. Bids will be received for (furnishing electric current for the city and the new White Way. The proposed ordinance to regulate mov %Ang picture houses with regard to children under 16 years attending certain shows -wiill be given the sec ond reading and it is expected that much opposition will be voiced at '_, this time. Reports of committees and the city engineer on a number of matters re ferred to them last meeting are also expected to furnish considerable dds cuseion, GOLF INSTRUCTOR AIDS BEMIDJI COUNTRY CLUB ,WL L. Crummy of Minneapolis, formerly golf instructor at the Min nekahda golf course, arrived in the city Sunday morning and has al ready begun his duties at the Bemidji Country club golf course. Mr. Crummy is an expert golfer and his services will of great asaistance to local golfers-.be STUMPS ANDROCKS FLY .AT KIT1CHI SATURDAY iz* ..Vi-i Demonstration School Being Held at turtle River Today. at Tenstrike Tuesday Stamps and" rocks flew at Kitichi Saturday and Manager A. ,W. Stone, of the land clearing association, grati fied the curiosity of a number who had gathered at the clinic, which was held in the Kitichi school, by shooting ,'lup in the ait" a big snag about 30 feet high and four and a half feet In diameter. The blasting demon stration was well attended and was conducted on the farms of C. C. Smith and Hogg. Operations were not confined to stump blasting, as some large rocks were blasted to show the method of removing rocks from land. Nowhere have farmers reduced their original estimate of land they were intending to clear thiB summer. On the contrary, Manager Stone states that it is very common to have farmers come to him and advise that they had pledged -10 acres, but have changed their mind and will clear 20 or 30 and some as high as 40 acres. "Many have doubled and trebled their original estimate," said Mr- Stone. All appointments were kept-last week with the exception of Silver Lake. Weather and road conditions prevented holding the school of in structions there. The demonstrations are ordinarily attended' by 25 to 35 farmers and any who are not present are to be instructed by those]who at- tend.- Mr. Stone is very optimistic over the entire campaign. Today a demonstration school is be ing held at Turtle River, tomorrow one will be held at' Tenstrike, and Wednesday at Hines. That will com plete the demonstrations for this week, the balance of the week being spent in making final arrangements for the big demonstration May 27 at the farm of Thomas Porte when Gov ernor J. A. O. Preus will be present. PRINCE OF WALES TO VISIT CROWN ESTATES (By United Press) -vt- 'London, May 16.The Prince of Wales left London last night on a seven days tour of the West of Eng land,, chiefly in his own Duchy of Cornwall. The prince is Duke of Cornwall* and there are large crown estates in the county which go with the- title, and from which he draws his niain revenues. His principal en gagement today is the unveiling of the Devon County-War'^memorial at*" Exeter. Tomorrp-vp the prince will motor over ti his Bradtninch estate and have a chat with his tenants on farm ing and breedtihg, while on Wednes day he will make similar visits to the Princeton and 'Dartmouth estates. Friday the Prince embarks on a gov ernment boat at Plymouth for a three days' stay in the Scilly Isles, which belong to his duchy. WHOLESALEMARKETFOR LUMBERSHOWSINCREASE WP! Price* Exhibit Greater Firm ness While Production Re mains Below Shipments The wholesale lumber, market con tinues to show promising activity, says the American Lumberman, the producers feel more optimistic each week. 'For tha week ended April 29, mills reporting to the Southern Pine Association 'booked order for 20 pet* cent more per mill than ever report ed for the corresponding weeks of other years. This does not mean that the week was the best in the his tory of the tindustry,- for it was not, but it does mean that buying is stead ily increasing and now, at a season when business generally slacks off somewhat, it continues to mount. Next to the southern pine market the Douglas fir market shows the greatest activity. Stocks on the Pa cific coast, as they are in the South are broken and buyers have difficulty in placing mixed car business. The most encouraging feature of the fir market 'is that the rail, trade(buy ing by retailers in the middle West and EastBhows an increase. The hardwood market is possibly not quite as active as It has been, but with .the shortage of stock, particu larly the upper- grades, prices' remain firm and are somewhat above the level which prevailed five weeks ago. Records compiled by a group of rep resentative Michigan hardwood manufacturers show that on the ba sis of present prices they are selling hardwood lumber at $7:15 a thous and feet leys than the cost of pro duction. From this it may easily be seen that advances would not be un likely. The demand for the pines produced in the west and for redwood and cy press shows (improvement. It is com ing very largely from the retail trade and in many oases is for badly mix ed cars which the manufacturers are not any too eager to accept. Prices On the whole exhibit'great er firmness. Production remains at a comparatively low level and is 'be- low shipments. TO HOLD ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT WERNER SATURDAY NIGHT An ice cream social will be (given at Werner next Saturday night in aid of the new Sunday school whjlch has just been opened there. ,_ JP ^'Wff^f 1 'HUMAN FLY" PERFORMS HERE FRIDAY EVENING Thrills experienced by Bemidjians who have Seen airplane wing-walkers climb about a plane flying at a great height aerial artists fly through the air under the "big top," or an excit ing automobile race will be remem bered only as mere ripples of the nerves when they see Jack Williams, the world's most famous building scaler, climb up the front of the Grand theatre building Friday eve ning at 7 p. m. Immediately follow ing this stunt, Williams will appear in person at the Grand theatre, accom panied by his six musical maids where he will tell his experience in scaling walls. Williams will come to Bemidji, on his way to Winnipeg, where he is scheduled ^.to: cjijnbv the. Canadian 'toWn^s-tallest structure. He. has just concluded an engagement in Minne apolis where he scaled the Andrews hotel and performed several acrobatic stunts from the top of the building for the benefit of thousands who had gathered to witness his stunt. Williams is the original "human fly." More than 500 men acting un der this name have been killed in at tempting to copy his feat. He has scaled every skyscraper in the United States, including the Woolworth building in New York, which is 56 stories high and the world's tallest structure. TWENTY-FIVE CHILDREN EXAMINED. AT KITICHI Twenty-five children from infants to 12 years of age were examined at the baby and nutritional clinic held in Kitichi school Saturday. Nurses Llnnea Anderson, Jennie Mostu and Beth McGregor were in attendance, ftnd Dr. Otto Groebner of St. Paul conducted the clinic. Others from Be midji were also present. Some unusual physical defects were discovered in the clinic, much of the trouble being ear affection. A com munity dinner was served in connec tion with the land clearing demon stration and the clinic BARN AND CONTENTS BARELY ESCAPE ELECTRICAL STORM & f: The.barn of A. C. Graff, o- the Shoresi of Wolf Lake, narrowly escap ed being turned to the ground dur ing the electric storm of last week. Lightning struck the cupola on the roof, entered the barn and followed the hayfork track to the end of the harn where it followed the studding itb the ground. The barn was flull of hay ahd feed, none^of which, how ever, was damaged. ROYAL ARCH MASONS h'.- MEET THIS EVENING The Royal Arch Masons will hold their regular meeting tonight at the Masonic hall. A large attendance is urged. CHICAGO-ALTON FLIER hTO AN OPEN SWITCH (By United Press) Bloomington, 111., May 16.Inves- tigation intat the attitude of the per sons who were in the wreck of the "Hummer," the Chicago & Alton crack flier, was started jtoday. The "Hummer" going 50 miles an hour plunged into an open switch at Shir ley, seven miles from here last night. George Suttles, fireman, who was pinned under the wreckage Is report ed fatally injured. Twenty others were hurt. '!,:^*F?*'fs^.''^^f',!' BEMIDJI, MINN., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1921 To and Fro MINERS'WAR QUIETER AFTER TROOPS ARRIVE Authorities Fear Attacks on Mining Towns on Tug River May Be Renewed (By United Press) Williamson, W. Va., May 16. Peace hopes in the Mingo county miners' war were strengthened at sun-up today when snipers positions in the West Virginia hills were quiet. Authorities, however, feared new attacks on the little mining towns in the Tug river valley might open at any time. "Hie' industrial war be tween the^tjfikijBg: miners and company employers was) quieter yest erday than at any time since the disturbances began late Thursday morning. The casualty list of six dead and an indefinite number wounded was not changed by early reports here today Arrival at Pike county, Kentucky, of two companies of Kentucky guards men quieted snipers. Other detach ments were sent to Alburn and Mc Carr where heavy fighting was in progress last week ami another com ipany was 3tutioneti tear Merrimac. A truce in Alburn, Blackburn and McCarr sections has been arranged. HAYWOODWILL RETURN TO ENTER LEAVENWORTH (By United Press) (London, (May 16.William J. Hay wood will return' to the United States to serve his 20-year sentence in Leav enworth, he declared today in an ex clusive statement wirelessed to the United Press from Moscow. The I. W. W. leader, whose disap pearance brought bitter criticism from hiiS associates who were also un der sentence for hampering the na tion's war activities, announced he will return after the third Interna tionale and other conventions held in Moscow. Haywood's bondsmen will not suffer loss.(Copyrighted 1921 by the United Press). MOOSE LODGE TO HOLD MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT The Loyal Order of Moose will hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Moose hall. A so cial hour will be enjoyed after the business session, and a large attend ance of members is desired. BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB WORK TOBEA FEATURE T. A. Erickson, state leader of boys and girls club work, announces that one copy of an illustrated 24-page folder of boys and $Irls club work at the Minnesota State Pair September 3 to 10 will be placed! 4n every club house in Minnesota. The back cover page will have a statement to the effect that "the Min nesota fair will present the greatest exhibit of boys' and girls' food con test work ever shown anywhere in the world." Almost $10,500 will be spent in prizes and premiums for the boys and girls. A girl's camp, the sixth annual, will provide a week of practical, edu cation and entertainment combined and will be held at University Farm. It will be (in charge of Mrs. Margaret B. Baker. One hundred and eighty farm boys are entitled to membership in the boy's camp on, the fair grounds. R. C. Coffin, a minnoapolis Y. M. C. A. leader, will be in charge of the camp. ^'iw T~r: MtaMBMi aMMaki CARPENTIER ARRIVES FOR GO WITH DEMPSEY (By United Press) Now York, May 1G. (By Henry Parrell.)Georges Carpentier in vaded America today to fight' Jack Deihpsey for the world's bonding ehimpionship. Looking rather pale and thin the 'Frenchman walked down the gang plank from the liner Savoie shortly after 11 a. m. He was received with cheers by the big crowd on the docks. "I am going to win this fight," Carpentier said earnestly to the news papermen who thronged around Mm, **I will win, no matter how long it lasts, but I hope is will be short. The betting in Paris when he left there was about fifty-fifty. Carpentier said he weighed 17S pounds and that be felt fit. He planned to leave at once for the training camp at Manhasset on Long Island. Light training "Willi be in dulged in for eight days after which the challenger will get down to real work. GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEMER HELD ON FRAUD CHARGES (By United Press) iFargo, May 16.C. W. Birs, North Dakota's get rich quick schemer, who attempted to show a short cut to wealth through the rabbit farm, serv ed three years in the penitentiary in British Columbia1 for a promotion scheme it developed here when he was questioned by government de portation officials. Birs has been in the county jail for about a year, hav ing served nine months on a charge of obtaining money under false pre tenses. He is now- held on charges preferred by federal authorities of using the mails to defraud. ALLEGED ILLICIT NARCOTIC SELLER HAS HEARING TODAY (By United l*ress) St. Paul, May 16.Br. J. B. Lewis, Dakota county coroner, arrested re cently on a charge of illegally selling narcotic drugs, was to have a hear ing today before Umited States Com missioner Francis D. Tiffany. Lewis has been at liberty on $3,000 bail. Doctor Lewis resisted search of hiB person when federal agents raided his office at South St. Paul. His at torney, J. M. Dickey, entered a plea of not guflMy at the preliminary ex amination. TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO BURNING WITHOUT PERMIT Roy Lovelace of Cass Lake and An tione iPotvin of Bena, who were ar rested by United States Forest Ser vice officials for iburnrtng without permflts and allowing fires to spread on the Minnesota National Forest near Cass Lake, pleaded guilty in Municipal court Saturday and were fined |25 each and costs. It is ex pected that additional arrests will be made this week. STATEROADWORK TO BE WELL UNDER WAY SOON (Br United Press) St. Paul, May 16.Road work Willi be well under way within a few weeks, State Highway Commissioner C. M. liabcock said today. The 1921 program includes num erous grading projects, but only one hard surfaced roadway. The main highway leading north west from the Twin Cities to St. Cloud is to be completed. One link from Big Lake to a point near the state reformatory at St. Cloud is to be completed at a cost of about ?600,- 000. ONEE S 3, PREUS PROCLAIMS WEEK FOR FOREST PROTECTION May 22 to 23 Is Designated ait Period to Be Devoted to Forest Instruction Governor J. A. O. Preus has pro claimed next week, May 22 to 28, Forest Protection week. He urges educational and instructive exercises to bring to the people of Minnesota the serious and unnecessary losses re sulting from forest fires. The proclamation of Governor Preus was issued at the request of President Harding, all governors be ing requested to make one. Minne sota has been among the worst suf ferers through forest fires. The loss has run into many millions of dol lars and hundreds of lives. "If forest Are waste is permitted to continue it will rapidly hasten a future timber shortage. As conservators of animal and bird life and of water, our for ests are essential to our industrial and sooial welfare," the proclama tion states. The governor called on all people to co-operate in preventing forest waste. He especially urges newspa pers and officials and teachers in school^ to emphasise the need for forest protection and give, adequate Instruction in the need and methods of forest fire protection. In the years 1916 to 1920, inclu sive, the loss from forest fires was 185,000,000, covering an area of 66,- 488,000 acres, the federal department of agriculture informs us. Minnesota has been among the worst sufferers through forest fires, the loss in this state alone running into millions of dollars of property and hundreds of human lives. The federal forest service spends over a million dollars a year in de tecting and suppressing forest fires. The Minnesota legislature has ap propriated S125,000 for this purpose for the coming year. State and fed eral fire fighters, however, will ac complish little without public co-op eration in preventing and suppres sing fires. DENVER CELEBRATING MOST TUNEFUL WEEK (By United Press) Denver, May 16.4A11 Denver is whistling, humming or singing, wherever possible this weekDen ver's Music. Week. Beginning today, thirty-four, aen arate tyipes of concerte will be given in the city auditorium, the civic cen ter,-churches, theaters and clubs. High school orchestras and glee clubs, amateur and professional mu sicians and community choruses will combine to make this Denver's most tuneful week. Community singling will be held in factories, stores, city Are station, mu sic stores ahd charitable institutions. A municipal chorus of 300 wil sing "Martha' 'two nights at the city au ditorium. STATE UNIVERSITY AIDS FARMERS CLEARING LAND Co-operative Projects in North to Furnish Data for 90 Per Cent of Cut-Over Area Staff men of the land clearing sec tion of the agricultural engineering division of the state university are co-operating with six cut-over land farmers of Northern Minnesota to determine the cost of clearing land, the best methods of preparing newly cleared land for cultivation and the Mind of crops' that can be raised first to the best advantage on the types of soils encountered in the north. The trials are to be made this year and next on acre lots near Be midji, Walker, Little Fork, Boy Riv er, McOrath and Blackduck. The iBemidj! acre is jackpine sand the Walker acre a heayy sandy loam soil with light clay subsoil the Little Fork acre a clay loam soil with heavy clay subsoil the Boy River acre mixed sand and clay with heavy sub soil McGrath acre a clay loam soil with heavy subsoil, and the Black duck acre a stralfght clay subsoil. Minnesota Geological Survey data go to show that combined the six acres are representative of soil consitu ents of 90.5 per cent of the tillable portion of) northern Minnesota. One-third of every acre is to be disked only one-third plowed super ficially, and the remaiining third plowed deeply. Oats and barley are to be planted two plots of each on the disked and plowed tracts so that the plots may be checked against each other when the crops have ma tured. In addition, cultivated crops, such as potatoes, rutabagas and sun flowers, are to be grown on two plots on each of the disked and plowed tracts. Under the co-operative plan agreed upon the farmers furnished the dy namite, caps and fuses for blowing out the stumpB. They must also pile and burn the debris, prepare the land for the reception of the seed and at tend to the cultivated crops and the harvest at the end of the season. The university men contracted to blast the stumps and to keep correct rec ords of the labor and amount of ma terial used. The state is to furnish all seed and do all the (planting. At the end of the season the state is to have the products raised on six square yards of each plot from which to compute the yield per acre, the re maining produce to go to the farmer. S^Sl tMinnc Tuesday, west ahd south tonight. MMM^M 88c PER MONTH SUPREMECOURT UPHOLDSTAXES ONRESOURCES Federal Government Wins Tax ~Suit on Increased Value of Natural Resources SUIT WAS BROUGHT BY LA BELLE IRON WORKS Decision Means Many Millions of Dollars Will Remain in Federal Treasury (By United Press) Washington, May 16.The fed eral government, by a decision of the supreme court, today won one of the most important tax suits in recent years when the court held that the increased value of natural resources held by a corporation is profit and therefore taxable as Income. Justice. Pitney read the decision of the court. The decision mean* that) many millions of dollars -will lie kept iim the. federal treaeury, ac cording to government estimates. The suit was brought by the LaBelle Iron works, a VUrglnia corporation, when the commissioner of internal revenue imposed a tax on it Of more than $1,000,000, for the increased value of ore lands in the Mesaba range. This was done on the gronfldt that the value of the lands which origin ally cost $190,000 has increased to $10,105,400. The increased! value was imposed by stock dividends is sued by the government increasing It by $0,915,400. The- increase, the company con tended, was not profit, but an in crease for the invested company. RAIDING OF SINN FEIN MEETING PLACES CONTlNtfES (By United. Press^ hr London, May 16.'Raiding of Sinn Fein meetUnig places continued today as the result of 11 attempts to fire 'buildings in London and surrounding towns yesterday. Suspected Sinn Seiners and followers were taken to the ipolice stations for an executre examination. The discovery of pen ciled notes on the addresses of rela tives of members of the Royal Irish Constabulary brought out the first beliief that Incendiarism was meant as a reprisal for uprisings in Ireland. Extra police forces were on watch to day in the district attacked. N. D. STATE SUPREME COURT REVERSES JUDGE'S RULING (By United Press) Bismarck, May 16.War with Germany has ended as far as the state moratorium act is concerned, the majority of the state supreme court held In deciding the case Of Herman Olson versus The Gowart Lenning-Brown company. The deci sion reverses District Judge Cole of Fargo. The court held that the war terminated armistice day and the Biifit was instituted in October, 1920. HOPES ABANDONED FOR CREW ONBARGE IN LAKE MICHIGAN (By United Press) Sault Ste. Marfle.,'Mich., May 16. Hope was abandoned for the sev en members of the crew on the barge Mestec which broke loose from steamer off White Fish Point in a snowstorm Friday night. The oth er barge which broke away waB pick ed up Sunday and brought here. WOMENJURORS WILL TRY AFFINITY SLAYER (By United Press) Chicago, May 16.The date of tie the trial of Mrs. Cora Orthwein, pret ty affinity slayer, charged with kill ing Herbert C. Zeigler, Goodyear Tifa and Rubber Co. executive, will be set today. Mrs. Orthwein la to appear In court with her attorney, Ben Short. The defendant, who is charged with manslaughter, was well-known In, Chicago's night life before the trag edy. Hen.luxurious apartment on the ''Gold Coast'! was the frequent scene of many gay parties. Following the death of Ziegler, Mrs. Orthwein (told police, "I loved Herb, and I killed him." She will ask freedom on the grounds of self-defense, claiming that Zeigler #n a drunken frenzy, broke into her apartment after she left him at a drinking party in a cabaret. The state charged she killed Zieg ler after he told her that he was go ing back to his family and give up the old life. Prosecutimg Attorney Heth an nounced that he will attempt to get a woman jury to try Mrs. Orthwein. 'Wen juries alw.ays acquit affinity slayers," said Heth. "I am anxious to see what the reaction of a, woman. Jury would be." m?ii i rfifi-Vryif