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The Pioneer it the only daily within 100 miles of Bemidji and has the largest circulation -in Northern Minnesota. VOLUME XIX. NO. 253 TERMOFCOURT STARTEDTOOAY BYGRANDJURY Criminal Calend ar Is to Be Decided Up on By Grand Jury, Now Meeting PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR CITIZENSHIP HEARINGS Robert Miller, Convicted Last February on Murder Charge, to Have New Trial The preliminaries to the opening of the regular term of the district court began'this morning at 10:00 o'clock, when Judge B. P, Wright addressed the members of the grand jury before going into regular v. sion for the consideration of C\ hrmicht hA-fnre thai- ttnAv & brought that body. A large number of liquor cas\ j1 to await the action of the~ grand jury, will be considered, as will sev eral other cases, according to reports. The case of the state against Tom Won, a Chinaman, who is held on account of his alleged-attack upon another Chinaman by the name-of Hum Kee, will doubtless receive at tention. Sheriff Andrew Johnson has ap- We dnX pointed two women deputy sheriffs ^er close friendsi and American Le to act during the term of court. The gj T-naturali ation day I f P*i BISHOP BENNETT WILL CONTINUE HIS SERVICES Bishop G. G. Bennett will continue his services during the week. Each evening the bishop will deliver a brief address on the subject of the real na ture of the church. He will also de liver short sermons each evening as follows: Tuesday evening, "The Brand of Cain Wednesday evening, "The New-Born Man 5" Thursday eve ning, "The Whole. Family of God." On Thursday evening there will be another class for confirmation. The public is cordially invited to attend these'services. MINNESOTA OFFICIALS TO SUBMIT EDUCATION SURVEY St. Paul, Feb. 14.University of Minnesota officials today were to sub mit a survey to the legislature interim commission on education. The commission has been probing educational facilities of the state and will make a report to the next ses sion of the legislature. Several meetings have already been held and a number of witnesses heard. A large amount of informa tion has been compiled on which the commission will base its report. PRESENT WAGESCALE FOR MINERS FAVORED (By United Press) Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 14.Con- tinuance of the present basic wage .scale in the soft coal fields was rec ommended to the United Mine Work ers of America today. This is considered the olive branch of peace in the war of words between the miners and their employers, which threatened to develop into a strike April 1, when the present agreement expires. Coal operators must agree now to meet the miners if the strike ors refused to enter into an agree is averted. A majority of the/perai ruent^ RUSSELL K. BROOKS IS LAIDTO RESTMONDAY Parting Tribute Paid Deceased Ex-Service Man Who Died as Result of Service ''Russell Kenfield Brooks was laid to rest in Greenwood cemetery Mon day afternoon, following services at the Presbyterian church at 2:30. Rev. Lester P. Warford, pastor of the church, officiated both at the church and at the grave. The deceased, son of Mr) and Mrs. Quincy Brooks of this city, passed away at Prescott, Arizona last Tuesday morning after an illness-of more than a year, the greater part of which he was con fined to his bed at his home and in various! hospitals. Members, of the Bemidji Masonic orders, American Legion, school mates, friends and acquaintances of the deceased and his family gathered at the church to pay parting tribute to this young man who in the defense of his country during* the recent war /jontraetedj the disease which later brought about his death.' A member of the A. F. and A. Masons, the Ralph Gracie post of the American Legion, the 1920 Bemidji high school state championship football team and well and favorably known by all his ac & 'quaintances, his death is mourned by _^. A -a A f-* AYi ntrAnni a r^ ci* ofI where local soft drink parlor plr\. extendincl1eA theirfriendsic* sympathy the pnetprs and others were bound ove TOay whiotounitfeD this hour of hereavement. "he floral tributes at the ceremonj many and beautiful, and appro i ceremonies added to the rever ence of the occasion. The Presbyter ian choir, o$ which church the de ceased was a member, sang at the church as did W. R. Nelson. Close friends of the deceased, memberst oef the Masonic order and the American Legion, served aisl pall-bearers, while 2:30 ceasedL their\ work for two min utes. The deceased leaves to mourn hfs death besides a host of friends and all who knew him, his wife, Mrs. Rus sell K. Brooks, a Json, William J. *jk*}pairt)nl5SfJln. and Mrs. ,Quincy Brooks two sisters, Miss Mabel Brooks and Mrs. Harold Hayner. Interment was made in Greenwood cemetery under the direction of H. N. McKee, funeral director. DECLAMATORY-ORATORY COKTEST THIS EVENING Three youngS mpn and three young ladies of the Bemidji high school are taking part in the .declamatory-ora torical contest which is to be held at 'the Presbyterian church at 8 o'clock this evening to decide which young man and which young lady will rep resent the school in the district con test to be held Friday evening at the Methodist church, when the various schools of this district will be rep- Misses Elyla Elliott, Ruth Caskey pnd Margaret Stewart will compete* to represent the school in the ora torical contest, and Harry Hodgson, Roy Webster and Willard Jameson will compete to represent the school in the declamatory contest. The} high school orchestra under the direction of Miss Martha Fibigar will also be on the program, for which a small admission charge is being asked- The public is urged to sup port Ithis contest ijnd) show' (its in terest in public speaking of this sort as being taught in the high school under the -direction of Miss Esther Young, instructor in English. MINNESOTA LEADS IN W00DR0W WILSON FUND "Minnesota Leads Wilson Fund Race" is fye headline appearing in a recent issue of the New York Times. This follows the announcement of George H. Partridge, Minnesota chair man for the Woodrow Wilson foun dation, in which he stated that Min nesota has raised two-thirds of its quota. Thet national fund-raising of $1.- 000,000 according to Mr. 'Partridge, in a telegram received from Hamil ton Holt of New York, has already passed the half-way mark. The pro gress of the campaign, in spite of wide-spread business depression, may be attributed, according to Mr. Par tridge, to the fact that the idea has found support among all classes. WATER SUPPLY SHUT OFF BY MISTAKE MONDAY NIGHT Bemidji's city water supply wa3 shut off for about 15 minutes Monday evening when the main feed valve which feeds the mains was shut off by mistake. While the cause of the water being shut off was being as certained by the water department numerous telephone inquiries kept the department busy. No damage except inconvenience to consumers had been ,reported this forenoon 1 FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLD E TO MILL PARK THIS MORNING Fire which caused no mentionable damege called the fire department to 131 Mill Park shortly after 7 o'clock this morning, The department was also called to 1122 Dewey avenue about 8 o'clock Monday morning be cause of a chimney fire. No damage was dene, however. (OoMfflfhtl a mtar member serve as honorary th at the court house.- Nine applicants i"^! are to appear before the court to Out of, heartfelt respect for the prove their right to citizenship -to deceased, the high school pupils at this great American nation. In ad dition to the nine new applicants there will be a large number of hold-, overs, who could not? for some reason or another, be admitted at previous terms of court. It is understood also that a num ber of ex-service men will be ,given citizenship papers* These are not required to have made previous prep aration. A splendid program is being ar ranged by the school children under the dirertiofl^o*MiS&^8'artha Fibigar and representatives of the American Legion have,also been asked to par take in this program. Addresses by Judge' B. F. Wright and R. K. Doe, naturalization examiner, will be heard by (the njewly-made citizen. The program is intended to impress upon the new Americans the import ance of the *tep, which they have taken and to start them off along proper lines as .citizens of the great est nation on the face of the earth. The petit jury session is called for Thursday morning at which time this body will convene and organize for the present term of court. There are a large number of civil cases to be heard as well as a goodly number of criminal cases. Robert Miller, who was sentenced to life imprisonment and who appeal ed the case to the supreme court ask ing for a new trial and was granted that request, will probably be tried again for the alleged murder of a man by the name of Fenton. Ar rangements for his case at this term of court have not yet been made, however. CIANTS MEET SUPERIOR HERE THURSDAY NIGHT Teachers Will Play Hibblng Here FridayHig School Teams to Travel The Bemidji Giants will play only one game with the' Superior Ameri can Legion basketball squad instead of two as originally planned, it was announced late Monday. Games had been arranged for Thursday and Fri day evenings but only the Thursday night game will be played since th6 Teachers college has"a game here Fri day evening. Defeated by --Thief Rivef Falls'and sure to be defeated by Crookston tonight, the Superior team will run up against a hard com bination here, although a fast game is looked for by local fans. The State Teachers college will play a return game with the Bibbing Jun ior college at the new armory Friday evening. That squad defeated the Bemidji teachers 22 to 5 last Friday night at Hibbing, hut a much closer game is looked for on the Bemidji floor. The high school squad will play the Crosby-Ironton squad at Crosby Saturday night. At the first meeting of these two teams on fhe Bemidji floor, Crosby won by a score of 31 to 21 with the first period 14 to 14. Another hard game is looked for Sat urday night. The high school sec ond team faces a hard game Friday night when it journeys to Deer River to play the high school squad of that village. Deer River recently played the State Teachers college a hard game, .losing* by an 18 to 17 score and the high school second team will undoubtedly have a big job on its hands to keep the scoring fairly even. A. F. AND A. MASONS TO PUT ON THIRD DEGREE WEDNESDAY Bemidji lodge, A. F. and A. Masons will meet in regular communication Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock at the Masonic hall Third degree work will be conferred upon a class of candidates and it is urged that all members be present promptly at 7 o'clock since there is important bus iness to be disposed of after the de gree work is completed. M. E. BROTHERHOOD TO HOLD MEETING TONIGHT The regular monthly meeting of the Brotherhood of the M. E. church will be held Tuesday evening in the base ment of the church. At 6:30 o'clock a ham and egg supper will be Served to which all the men are invited nd this will be followed at 8 o'clock by a debate on the cancellation of the European debts, by Messrs. C. L. Is ted, R. L. Given, E. H. Denu and J. C. McGhee. JEWISH RELIEF DRIVE IN STATE OPENSFEB, I I February 19 has been set as the opening date for the campaign in Minnesota for the Jewish Relief com mittee for war sufferers. Although the date has been advanced a full month on account of the immediate need for funds with which to carry on the work of mercy in Central and Eastern Europe, Minnesota will be ready, according to an announce ment made by J. H. Schanfeld of Minneapolis, state chairman. Despite the fact that American Jews during* the past five years have contributed $47,000,000 for this pur pose, the necessity for continuing the work' 19 so, urgent that there is no doubt at, state headquarters at 900 Hennepin avenue that the full amount to which Minnesota is pledg ed, $250,000, will be raised by March 1, BEMIDjr DAIL PIONEE &^d BEMIDJI, MINN., TUESDAY EVENJNG, FEB. 14, 1922 St. Valentine's Day BELIEVE DRUG QUEEN KNOWS MURDER DETAILS (By United Press) Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 14.The queen of the dopes was hunted today in the William Desmond Taylor mur der mysteiy. This woman, head of a powerful drug ring operating in Hollywood, knows the circumstances of Taylor's killing, in the belief of Sheriff Eugene Biscarlaus and Depufy Sheriff Frank Dower. All known mem bers of the ring, including its queen, have gone into hiding. (By United Proas) Denver, Colo., Feb. 14.William D. Taylor, slain movie director, was not an Irish lord as he claimed, but. jus.t the son of a "goojield-fashionetl Kansas farmer,' according to Mrs. Petroff of Denver. Mrs. Petroff claims to be a cousin of the director. His father was Os car Tanner, who came to Kansas from Ireland. Mrs. Petroff said he settled in Kansas because he wanted tor be near his brother, her father, who lived in Topeka. The murder ed man was married in 1901, accorJ ing to Mrs. Petroff. BALFOUR BELIEVES THAT BRITAIN WILL RATIFY (By United Press) London, Feb. 14."I would not doubt for one minute that Great Bri tain will ratify the Washington arms conference treaty," Arthur J. Bal four, who was head of the British delegation, declared on his arrival here today. HAMUNE GLEE CLUB TO APPEAR HERETOMORROW Special Matinee for Children at 3:30 Performance for Adults in Evening The Hamline University Men's Glee club of St. Paul will sing at the Grand theater tomoirow afternoon and evening under the auspices of the Bemidji B. P. O. Elks. This or ganization is one of the best known in the northwest. Last year a to tal of 76 concerts were given in a 6,000-mile tour and everywhere the club met with hearty support and much favorable comment from its heprers and from press. Although the personnel of the club has been slightly changed from ti of last year, it is stin under the su pervision of Prof. J. A. Jaeger who is prominent in musical circles in the twin cities. The tour which the club is now making started at Glencoe Feb. 1 with practically every date filled until Feb. 17, when the tour closes at Lit tle Falls. Lastl night and the night before the club sang at Fargo, N. D., and tonight is scheduled to sing at 'Grand Forks, A special matinee will be staged tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 for the benefit of the school children. Ad mission has been set at 25 cents for the children at the matinee. The evening performance is intend ed for the adults and for this a straight admission charge of 50 cents will be made. Tickets are on sale at the various drug stores. There wiii be no reserved seats, those coming eprly getting their choice. Included in the personnel of the club is Robert Naylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Naylor. Sr., of this city. a graduate of the Eemidji high school with the class of 1921 and now a freshman at Hamline. A varied and interesting program will be given and it is assured that it will be one which will appeal, to all classes of people. There is 'con siderable expense attached to the ap pearance* of the club here and it i Urged that the general public suppoi this exceptionally fine entertainment. ITT) AUTODEALERS PUTON MINIATUREAUTO SHOW Columns of Pioneer Will Be Used Next Week as Show Rooms for Autos Bemidji has not yet grown to the size where it can support an auto show, although a building of the nec essary size is available and nearly all the practical and popular cars arc represented by energetic dealers, who are ready and anxious to have those who are interested in an automobile for spring, come in and see the "new est wrinkles" in the cars that are be ing built for the coming season. The next best thing to take the place of an auto show will be the Automobile Edition which the Pioneer will place before its readers Tues day. This edition was planned for an earlier date but many delays were encountered 111 gathering the mater ial .for such an undertaking and as a result the date has been set for Tues day, Feb. 21. Nearly every dealer in the city is co-operating with the Pioneer in mak ing this a regular Automobile "Show Window" thet will be taken right to the readers' homes where they can study the merits of the various cars FnThe quiet of'tneh- fiTcside an"d later f*Mni. L. Jeidee, a report of th parsonage fund by I. Nygaard, treas urerl. Rev.t Lshowing can go to the different show rooms and see the cars, after they have learned something of them. One outstanding feature on all the cars for spring is the, lower prices. There will also be a number of an nouncements from tire and accessory dealers. LEGION DESIRES EMPLOYMENT FOR NEEDY EX-SERVICE MliN The Ralph Gracie post of tlie Am erican Legion is in touch with a num ber of needy ex-service men who are out of employment and who would appreciate either temporary or per manent jobs. Those who have either smell or large jobs to offer are asked to communicate with the adjutant of the local legion post or Miss Lila Stanton, secretary of the Civic & Commerce association. Almost any kind of work will be appreciated by those out of employment nnd these men are anxious to take on even short jobs if no other kind of work is avail able. ASHLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NAMES LEADERS Ashland, Wis., Feb. 14The an nual meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce will be held here to night. The organization will elect officers for the coming year Tues day, Feb. 21. TO DISCUSS EMS AND FAULTS OF UNIVERSITY (By United Press) Minneapolis, Feb. 14Evils and faults of the University of Minnesota will be discussed tonight at the first "Gridiron Banquet" of the school. President L. D. Coffman was the first man invited and the first to ac cept. Other university officials and faculty members will be present. Gov. Preus and state officials, together with twin city officials and newspapermen have been invited. Only men will be permitted to at tend the banquet. It will be fash ioned after the gridiron banquet held t Washington each year, in which senators, representatives and news papermen participate. While the Washington banquet has been mostly humorous affiair in years past, it is expected the Minnesota banquet will be pn a more setious basid CASS COUNTY ORGANIZES FOR MORECLEARED ACRES Farmers in Nearby County Plan to Beat Record Set in This County Last Year The farming and business interests of Cass county have united in a move ment fostered by the state university and the farm bureau to clear up cut over lands for purposes of crop pro duction. In the last five years, the late of clearing 111 Cass county has been an average of only 1.3 acres per farm a year. It is estimated at this rate it would take 551 years to clear up the remaining cutover land in Cass county. Beltrami and Itasca counties mul tiplied their land clearing operations five or six times in 1921, and the Cass county men purposed to do as well if not better in 1922. Nearly 200 farmers and business men represent ing all parts of the county recently met at Walker and organized a land clearing association, and laid plans for follow-up meetings which are to be held over the county by represen tatives of the land clearing section of the university, by the county farm bureau, and by the state forestry de partment. The meeting was address ed by university and railway and de velopment association men who are interested in the future of the county. ihe hrst series of meetings will be held at the leading community centers in the county, such as Cass Lake, Federal Dam, Backus, Pine River, Hackensack, Pillager, Shovel Lpke, Reiner and Boy River. The meeting at Cass Lake was held Mon day, Feb. 13, nt Shovel Lake, Feb. 27, Remer, Feb. 28, and Boy River, Mar. 1. The dates for the other places have not been arranged. Farmers and business men will woik together at three meetings in planning attack on the land clearing problems of each community. A second series of meetings will cover the county in a much moie in tensive way, the plan being to hold a land* clearing meeting with evoi.v farnl bureau unit. The umversit the farm bureau, and the state foics try depaitmcnt will be represented at all thesct meetings. Land deal ing slide.v will be shown. Cass county has been allotod two carloads of picric acid from the sec ond consignment which has been made Minnesota by the feiernl government. The fact, too. that dynanutu prices ere being 1 educed all along the line will also spui to land clearing opera tions in the north FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE Recently the First Lutheran church held a meeting to welcomo the mem bers who joined during the year 1921, at which time the annual reports were read for the various activities of the church by G. Thompson, treas urer by Mrs. Martin Moo, secretary, of the Ladies' Aid society by Miss Ruth Nelson, secretary of the Lu ther league and Miss Mabel Croon, treasurer of the league by Mrs. L. J. Jerdee, superintendent und treas urer of the Sunday school, and Olaf Ops&hl, secretary of the school, A report on Missions was made by J. Jerdee read his an (repor a membership increase of ICO during the year. The Ladies' Aid had an increase of 3. members, the Sunday Bchool 76, and the Luther league 46 durign the same period. The confirmation class has an enrollment this year of 35 mem bers, an increase of 21. The congregation was greatly en couraged by th eincrease during the past year. At this meeting the La dies' Aid served free lunch nnd all who attended were inspired by the accomplishments of the church and its various organizations during the year. ACCOUNTANT ARRESTED ON TECHNICAL CHARGE Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 14.The ai rest ol Herman Brissman, St. Paul accountant, on a technical charge here yesterday was seen to day as part of the defense ot A C. Townley, under indictment in Fargo. Brissmnn was arrested on a charge of "unlawfully assuming the title of a certified public accountant in the state of North Dakota." The chargo was brought by Joseph Coghlin, Non partisan member and member of the state department Brissman was re leased on bonds and the case was set for Feb. 18. Townley was! recently arrested at Fargo on a charge of being an ac complice to an alleged illegal note to the Scandinavian-American bank at Fargo. The charge grew out of ex aminations in Fargo in which the Bishop-Brissman Co., of St. Paul was involved. TONSORIAL ARTIST SELLS TICKETS TO "BARBBER'S BALL" Minneapolis, Feb. 14.Detectives today were looking for a tonsorial artist and a young lady accomplice, and about 1,000 other young men and women would also like to find them. For the last two weeks the professor and his accomplice have been busy selling tickets to a bar ber's dance. Last night about 600 people found the hall dark and cold. CONFERENCE ON BONUS NOW WAITING ON PRES. HARDING Washington, Feb. 13.Republican conferees on the soldier bonus bill are waiting on President Harding be fore going further with the efforts to find a satisfactory means of laitnv \hc money for su a bonus. MinnesotaGenerally fair to night and Wednesday somewhat unsettled in northeast portion to night not so cold tonight. S5c PER MONTH OPERAHONSOF SWINDLETRUST AREUNCOVERED Chicago Police Swoop Down on Office of Novacolite Co. and Arrest President FOREIGN-BO RN WORKERS DEFRAUDED O MILLIONS According to Office Manager of Concern, Escaped Man Was Leader of Trust (By United Prwil Chicago, Feb. 14.Operations of a gigantic swindle trust, which robbed the foreign born of millions of dol lars were unearthed today as police sought Leslie Harrington, who fled Chicago shortly before his office was raided, following the probe of Ray mond Bishoff. 25, who admitted he drained $4,500,000 from the Lithun lan stockyard employees. Harrington was sought as police swooped down on the office of the Novacolite company and arrested President Luke Burns, Secretary Thomas Moran and Office Manager A. A. Lebecki. According to Lebec ki, Harrington was the power of the frenzied financial operators. "We have given promissory notes for about $1,400,000 since the office began. People came to us with their money and wanted us to invest it for them. We made them accept stock in the Novacolite company." Large books of promissory notes were seized in raids by police. MARKET INFORMATION NOW BEBING SENT BY WIRELESS (Uy United I'ross) Washington, Feb. 14.Wireless now playing a very important part in making the American farmer the best informed farmer in the world. National and local agricultural mar ket reports are now spread broadcast throughout practically the entire country by means of the wireless tele graph and telephone, and are being received by state bureaus of mai kots, agricultural schools, and hun dreds amateur wireless operators, and thence relayed Jo farmers, ship ping associations, Bunks, and other agricultural interests. SAYS SAFETY OF AMERICA IS DEPENDENT UPON NAVY (By United Tresa) Washington, Feb. 14.The sufety of the United States depends upon keeping up an efficient navy, it was declared today before tlie house naval affair committee. Admiral Koontz, chief of naval operations, made this' statement to the congressional committee investi gating the situation which will result from the reductions and restrictions in naval affairs directed by the five power limitation treaty. BANDITS RIFLE SAFE OF MAYOR OF MINNEAPOLIS (By United Frew) Minneapolis, Feb. 14.Mayoi George E. Leach of Minneapolis lost $14,000 in negotiable papers and pearls when bandits robbed his safe here last night, he said today. The safe was in the office of his brothet, Walter C. Leach and was rifled of Liberty bonds, other securities and jewels. Among the securities he lost were $1,500 in Liberty bonds he pui chased while overseas with the A. K. F., and which he prized highly. McGOWAN MEETS McLEAN AT WINNIPEG TONIGHT (By United Press) Winnipeg, Feb. 14.Everett Mc Gowan of St. Paul and Bobby McLean of Chicago meet here tonight in ti series of ice skating races. McLean formerly held the world speed skating championship^ EIGHTEEN DEAD AS RESULT OF FIGHTING AT BELFAST, (By United Freii) Belfast, Ireland, Feb. 14.Casual- ties in the street fighting here be tween Sinn Fein and Ulster men mounted to a total of 18 dead and 50 wounded today. There was in termittent snipping all during lliu night. BISHOP BENNETT WILL ADDRESS ASSOCIATION Bishop G. G. Bennetli of the Du luth diocese will speak at the regular weekly meeting of the Civic & Com merce association Wednesday noon following the noon-day luncheon. Min nesota has no public speaker who ex cels the bishop in entertaining forcp ful logic on timely questions, and it is urged that there be a large af tendance to hear the bishop at this time. Music will be furnished by t!-e Riggs orchestra and altogether .i very interesting piogram has been piepared,