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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-04-13

j. F. Willard of Minneapolis ar
rived Monday to attend the funeral of
the late L. O. Thorpe.
Mrs H. E. Lacy and son Robert
returned Monday from weeks visit
with relatives at Sioux Falls and
Yankton, S. D. u
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-04-13
Bank Wins

e The case q the State Bank Of Nor
ton versus Rexston Bjornbak and
Christ Pauison was presented before
the District court last week. 1t was a
court case. Christ Pau!son as one
iof the defeHdants was dismissed from
the case. Judgment on the proceed
tings was against Rexston Bjornbak
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-04-13
DELEGATES Elected

At the regular meeting of the Will
mar Fire Department held in the city
hall recently Peter Persen and Ole
Westgard were elected as delegates to
the Fire Convention to be held at In
ternational Falls in June. Wigley, of
the Majestic theatre, invited the Fire
Ladies' to the second show after
their meeting = =: = : -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-04-13
Sunrise Party

Miss Marie Berg, organist at the
Vinje Lutheran church, was pleasant
ly surprised at the church last Friday
evening by the church choirs. The
evening was spent socially and nice
lunch was served. Miss Berg received
severa! pieces Of ivory as a remem-
brance Of the occasion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-04-13

/ lqhtnins Set Fires in WOODEN Mills
B lightning struck both the Ltch-
field Wooden Mills and the plant OF
the american Kersey Co. during the
!. heavy doWnpour Of rain Wednesday
evening bekveen and Z o'clock. The
possibilities for q serious confiagra-
suoa were especially promising For
|tqnately the IRE department was able
tomake quick drive to the scene Of
tho trouble. No material damage was
done. Had the stroke come later in
the night disaster to the two plants
could scarcely have been avoided
Lftchheld Saturday Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-04-13
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DR. re


= The Dept. OF Commerce, Buraau OF
the Census has supplied the psibune
with statistics relative to drck age
conditions in Kandiyohi CountE TIE
survey which has been conduct Gov
cred % counties in center and nnath>
ern Minnesota. 4s>. ~ Pc, 81,
Kandiyohi County has ansaeresge
of $3.50 acres. She occupies sec o1nd
place among the % countiesconcerned
in acreage. Renville county hasslan:
area of 60, 600 acres sss.s 50
OF the '512,e4o acres in this cnunty,
66,279 are included in organized
drainage enterprises, Dec 81, 1913.
This is 1923 per cent of the total area
The cost OF drainage enterprises up
to the date above stated was 1892 ,5SS.
OF the % counties KandiyonT stands
eighth in order for drainage expeadi-
lures. Renville county sunk $1,S04,-
284 into drainage construction 3 y.
$50 wet, swampy or subject to ov-
erflow acres are found in the county.
Yellow Medicine county has -, 1873
of her 100000 acres in wet conditions
OF the $4,000 acres in the drainage
area in Kandiyohi county only '6,000
acres are unimproved. There are no
timbered acres recorded. Halt OF the
% counties are totally minus timbered
acreage. St =
+ In regard to unimproved 1andin the
drainage area. this county stands sec
ond only to Watonwan in the least
number OF acres, only lis Of Waton-
wan is unimproved and LII ofshandl-
yohi is thus lying.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-04-13

Mrs. A. L. Smith and daughter
Lucille returned Monday from visit
with relatives at Huron, S. D.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-04-13
STATE ST. DAY school
lit fII0N AT MANalATC

The e4th. Annual Convention OF the
1thnel 3 nnday School Associa;
Zion Is @ held in Mankato early in
thu, lal 10 dates have not been de.
fnitely Get . yet but It is expected
4 ssnnoaneemsats viii be made soon
Already several outstanding leaders
have been secured and it is expected
That this program viii set forth the
advanced plans Of Religious Educa.
ZION. s 4 $3.50. g. :; IS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-04-13
Case oienieeed

I'D Case Dismissed
The proposed jury case Of James F.
Coz, plaintiff, versus Oscar E.. Fran
zen, was dismissed upon motion made
by the plaintiff in District Court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
BOARD ATTACKS
 MANAGEMENT OF
 I. "A. G. RAILROAD
Ky Associated Press

Chattanooga. December l6.-Thc Alabama Public Service commission launched an attack on the manage ment of the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia railroad when the petition Of creditors that the road be scrapped came before Federal Judge E. T. Sanford here today.
 Attorney Peters, representative of the commission, denied that the road could not be profitably operated. stated that mismanagement was causing loss, and asked that action go over until a report from an eX- pert who has just examined the prop erty could be presented to the court. Attention was also called to pro- vision of the transportation act that no road should cease operation be- fore receiving approval of the inter- state commerce commission and proper notice served on the govern ors of each state through which the road passes.
 Attorney Samuel Boswell Smith, for the petitioning creditors. the Rus sell Sage estate, denied the state ments of Attorney Peters and charged that the purpose of the Ala : bama Public Service commission was to collect $30,000 in taxes due from the bankrupt road. Following argu- mepts of counsel, Judge Sanford de- clared that he was unwilling to dis continue operation of the road at this time and fixed January as the date for taking proof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
BLAZE PUZZLES CHIEF
 OF FIRE DEPARTMENT I
Rv Associated Press

Nashville, Tenn, December 1b.- The phenomenon of a mysterious blaze, carrying unusual heat, but taking effect only in certain parts of a dwelling here today, is puzzling members of the local fire department, the chief stated.
 A sample of the oil used in stove from which it is believed that high ly inflammable gas was produced, thus making the fire possible, was sent to New York tonight for expert examination.
 According to the fire department S chief, the blaze did damage in va rious parts of two rooms, and died down without outside interference. A coal oil stove left burning low in the center of a room. when the oc- cupants went away, was melted by the teWif.c heat. yet the oil in It did not explode, nor was 1t com pletely consumed by the fire.
 The strangest effect related by the fire chief was that on a bureau Tn the room. He says that holes were burned through several pieces of clothing inside a drawer, as if a red hot iron had been thrust through them; yet the piece of furniture was not noticeably burned on the out side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
Lucky Tom O'COnner Is Still at Large;
 Tips AuaiI Nothing
By Associated Press

Chicago. December 16.-The trail of Lucky Tommy O'Connor led today to Palmyra Wis, 40 miles southwest of Milwaukee, but, like scores of other tips" concerning the where abouts of the man who was. to have been hanged yesterday for the mur- der of Chicago detective. it deyel- obed nothing.
 The discovery of mans body in a creek near Palmyra, corroborated with the story of a farmer that three men in an automobile had appeared at his home and demanded food, led to the theory that the man might be O'Connor or one of the two burglars who escaped from the Cook county jail with him last Sunday.
 Charles Wharton, assistant states attorney announced today that the description of the man fitted none of the three, and that unless the man were the driver of the automobile that O'Connor confscated in his es- cape. there was no possible connec- ton between the cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
District Attorney
 Says Mrs. Raizens
 Mind Is Very Acute
By Associated Press

New York. December 16.-Mrs. Lil- Han Raizen, who shot and instantly killed Dr. Abraham Glickstein at his Brooklyn office last Saturday, today was questioned in a two-hour exam ination by District Attorney Lewis.
 "She seems to possess a very acute mind" MT. Lewis said My main ef- fort was to find the trend of her mentality. She told me nothing that she has not told me before, and I asked questions purely for the sake of studying her mind
 Attorneys for Mrs. Raizen said they had found number of letters writ ten by her after the alleged attack of the physician three weeks before her marriage. These letters will prove, they declared. that Mrs. Rai zen's mind was unbalanced and that she was obsessed with the idea that Dr. Glickstein should be removed from her life for all time. Alienists engaged by the woman's attorneys will conclude their examination to- morrow, after which, it is said, the defense will decide whether to apply for a commission to pass upon her sanity In the event of their request for q connsssfon, District Attorney Lewis said he would employ alienists to assist in the prosecution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
VARYING VIEWS ON
 SILK DUTIES ARE GIVEN SENATOR'S
Taylor Asks Protection for Artificial Goods Made Out of Cotton LinterS-NeW
 Industry
By Associated Press

Washington, December 16.-Con- flicting views as to the effect of silk imports on the American industry were presented today to Senate tariff framers. Horace B. Cheney of New York city, representing the Silk Association of America, said the in- dustry was seriously menaced" while Samuel Kridel of New York city, representing other manufac- turers as well as traders and lm- porters testified that since the im- ports constituted only per cent of consumption they could have little effect and on the whole would be beneficial by the stimulation ot American manufacturers.
 Hearing on the silk schedule Yirtu- ally were closed and 1t was announced that all hearings on the Fordney bill would be closed on January $. The rewriting of the measure then Will be started with a view to it's pre- sentation to the Senate as speedily as practicable, probably in February. Tomorrow the finance committee will take up articles under the sundrles schedule, such as buttons, toys, matches and feathers. Protection for the artificial silk industry was asked by Roland l.. Taylor of Philadelphia, representing the Tubiz Artificial silk company, which recently established a large plant at Hopewell, Va. The witness produced various samples of clothing made from artificial silk for the inspection of senator's
 Cotton Linters
 The capacity of the Hopewell plant is about 17,000.000 pounds of yarn annually, MT. Tailor said, the product being made wholly from cotton lin- ters. In order for his concern to compete in the American market with foreign manufacturers 1t must have a duty of S5 cents a pound on yards, he said. or 3S1k per cent ad valorem on the American valuation. The rate in the Fprdney bill is 45 cents pound or 23 per cent ad valorem on Amer ican valuation.
 In his presentation of the case for the silk association. MT. Cheney told the committee that imports of silk were increasing steadily while do- nestle production was declining, be- ing now about 50 per cent of normal. He presented charts to show that im- ports had increased enormously un- der the Underwood tariff bill and asked that rates in the Fordney bill be revised SO as to provide for duty of 3Sh per cent ad valorem on Amer
 (Confinued on Pags sixteen)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
FRANCE OFFERS OBSTACLE TO THE
 VA VAL REDUCTION AGREEMENT
New Bidder for Muscle Shoals
 May Oppose Ford
nv Assncinte,lpres

San tranclsco, December lb-krcd c. Hitchcock. vice president of the construction company which Is build ing here the Hetehy Ketchy project to supply San Francisco with water, departed for Washington today, in response Ito a government invitation to be on hand in the capitol Deeem- Der 26 to confer on proposal made by his company for taking over and developing the Muscle Shoals nitrate and power project on the Tennessee river. Other officers will leave shortly.
 Only bare outlines of the proposal have been given out here. Its prin cipal interest is to bring about max imum possible development of electri- cal energy and the sale of this at q profit. which would be shared with the government. The company asks lease of the completed project fer 50 years, and proposes to pay all con struetion costs, though under certain circumstances financial assistance might be asked of the government Estimates of those interested placed the governments profits under the arrangement at half billion dol lars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
WOMEN ARRESTED
 IN STRIKE ZONE
GuardSmen Still PatroIIing the Kansas Coal
 Fields
 By Associnfed Press

Pfttsburg, Kan, December 1s.- Four women said to have partici. pated in demonstrations in which non-striking union miners were driven from work early this week. were arrested tonight and are in the city jail here under charges of un lawful assemblage
 The women are; Mrs. Mary Bat tori. 4 years old. wife of a miner; Mrs. Mary Skubitz, 32 years old, wife of former deputy sheriff of Craw- ford county Mrs. Marie Daloney, mother of two children; Mrs. Fannie Vimler. widow of a miner
 The clerk of the district court had closed his office before the women were brought to Pittsburg, and it was impossible for the prisoners to get bonds accepted before tomorrow morning. By direction of R. J. Hop kins, attorney general, visitors have not been permitted to see the women since they were lodged in jail
 One man also was arrested today. He is charged with assault and bat tery, the county attorneys office said.
 Kansas national guardsmen, se,s here to assist in preserving order. tonight continued to patrol the coal fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
ASSOCIATION OPPOSES
 PRESENT MONEY SYSTEM
By Associated Press

Washington, December 16.-"A National Honest Money Association' was created today at the closing ses- Sion of the monetary conference called by Senator Ladd of North Da- kota, to discuss agricultural relief from what was described as present. day negotiable financial, and credit system. w. H. Harvey of Arkansas was elected chairman of the asso- citation.
 The conference also adopted reso- lutions ,indorsing the opposition re- gently said to have been expressed by Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edi- son to the use of gold as a basis for credit, and favoring the establish ment Of national currency through the issuance of bonds, as suggested by Mir. Ford in connection with the Muscle Shoals project.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
Ny FaUorite Stories
The Identical Article
By IRWIN s. COBB

Shakesperean stranded small in This still Shakeperean obtained the local hotel until remittance Chicago had funds he attention.
 he pushed pushed the pushbuon without getting Then he of bed his collar through the hallway until he the rotunda the office floor
 Bell boy! Bell boy!" he called his speaking
 Whatcher want?" back youthful mpeftneny Bell said Thespan dry to be brought to me forthwith
 "Gwan said the boy You didn't Aa shirt when this
 That" said the actor, " the laundry whtdf reer"
 Copyright, 1921, by the Central PreEs Association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17

Lindenfeld is described as aScousin of Rosa Luxemburg, the German radical socialist leader, who was shot to death in Berlin early in 1913, after having been beaten by a mob fHs confession, the police state. gives the names of the ringleaders ard tae New York address where the bomb was manufactured. and says also that the bomb was intended for J. F. Nor gan, but exploded prematurely.
 Sylvester Cosgrove, an American department of justice agent at whose request, in behalf of the department, the arrest of the suspect was brought about. declared that Lindenfeld has agreed to turn states evidence and is willing to return to America, where he has wife and two chll- dren in New York.
 The suspects written confession, according to the agent, says that s30,000 was promised for the job to be divided among four or five per sons and that the money was re- ceived by New York communists from the Moscow third internationale.
 The Polish police say he was ex- posed in Warsaw in 1918 as Rus sian secret agent. fleeing to America shortly afterward.
 Five Principals
 According to Cosgrove and Paul Attendorf. who trailed Lindenfeld. the suspect, in hIs concession, names five principals now in Europe who slarsi the money for the job. One of ths principals, the concession shows, was a woman, who, from a window oppo- site Mir. Morgans office, observed the financier's movements for days, and from her reports the bomb was timed to explode about the usual time MT. Morgan came out for luncheon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
CYST OF THE NEWS
GENERAL

 Democrats will vote to ratify four power pact. Think Newberry amply justified, reasoning unique. Eastlake's child may testify at trial. Work starts soon on Tuskegee me- gro federal hospital.
 STATE To make Warrior pay, says Ash burn. Huntsville officers break records. Tuscaloosa bank planning new home. Allen dismissed by city recorder.
 LOCAL Cost of operating county depart- ments to be fixed. Fund for Mercy Home hears goal. Two members of Post 1 arrested. County rejects ~Dunn's bid on road bonds.
 Chaufeurs' license blanks received by city.
 Eighty gallons of 1iquos seized in city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
Work Starts Soon
 on Tuskegee Negro
 Federal Hospital

Washington. December 1 - tSpecial.)--In order, to assist In
 relieving the unemployment sit- uation. Col. Edward Clifford, As- sistanf Secretary of the Treas ury. announced today that the treasury department would im-
 mediateiy undertake construc- tion work on various hospitals to the amount of $fa,762, ,O0O. Among the largest hospitals on which work will be begun nt once, Colonel Clifford announces, is that to be located at Tuskeere for the treatment of former ne- gro soldiers suffering from tu- bercuIosis and mental diseases. This hospitad will cost $.,2JO, ,OcO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
Alleged Members
 of Gang Captured
 in the Mountains
By Associated Press

Lexington, Ky, December 16.-Cale Noble and Tom Noble, two alleged leaders of the attack on the Breathitt county jail last Saturday morning, have been captured over the mountain in which they took refuge, according to 8 telephone message received here late today by Mrs. V. G, Mulligan from her husband, who, with his blood hounds, went to Breathitt county from Lexington Wednesday morning
 No particulars of the. capture were related to Mrs. Mulligan by her hus- band.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17

The confession, as described by the American agents, terms the prema- ture ex blosion "a mechanical mis- take' for which the bomb makers are blamed, Lindenfeld estimating that the bomb exploded from h to f5 minutes before the intended lime The plotters also accuse the driver of the wagon which brought the bomb to Wall street of having erred in not leaving the wagon nearer the Morgan office.
 Ten Thousand Words
 Cosgrove and Attendorf estimate that LindeEfeld's confession covert more than 1o,505 words, ana assS r, that the details lit in with the mass of other Information in their pos- session.
 Further pkrtions of the confession referred to by Cosgrove show that Lindenfeld Anew of the plans for mere than a week prior to the explo. sion, but depies any actual part in the bombing preparations. He gives New York addresses of various in- dividuals involved in the plot, most of whom have sinSe left the country and also gives Nay York address where the c9mmunistsSare alleged to have paid oyer the cash to the plot ters.
 Cpsgrove ayers that his\informa- ton shows Iindenfeld had close con- nections with Moscow. from Where he received funds regularly. Blythe Polish secrei service, it Is asseried that the suspect attended at least one conference at Moscow of tn {. third interuitionale; that he was born in Mo COW, has many relatives here and ttrries a Polish passport. For most If the time since March he has ben living in Warsaw. pos ing as an American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
PROGRESS IS MADE IN DISCUSSION OF
 FAR EAST PROBLEM
Other Issues of Conference Remain at StandStiIl-Brit- ish Frankly Dispose of
 the French Proposals
By Associated Press

Washington, December 16.-The negotiations for reduction of naval armaments struck an unexpected ob- stacle today while the far eastern discussions were making unexpected progress.
 France furnished the latest
 complication in the naval prob-
 lem. and. although details Of her
 attitude were carefully concealed.
 she wns represented as desiring
 to launch n capital ShipbuildinE program on scale that would
 scrap inc whole sip scrnpping
 plan agreed on by the United
 states, Great Britain and Japan,
 In the far enNtc-.. cOnVerSatIo-s
 the question of the JrpanC
 withdrawal from inc kaio Chow
 railroad in Shnnfung. which sf
 hours ngo seemed to have
 reached n stage of considerable
 'ieiicacy, was brought suddenly
 AR AhE punt VI al AA
 nent between the Japanese .nd
 Chinese delegates.
 Other issues of the arms confer ence remained at standstili. al- thought in the Senate the attack on the four power treaty was renewed by Senator Reed. democrat. Missouri, and administration spokesmen took notice of the debate long enough tO say that they did not regard tho treaty as obigating the United States to take military action.
 Abolish Submarine
 In the new naval committee of ] the British formally presented their request for abolition of the subma rine, but discussion was deferred aitI it was indicated that the point would not be pressed with any hope of sue cess. The request was all but lost sight of in the stH created by pre- sentation of the views of France
 What actually happened with re- speet to the French proposal was screened behind the interdiction or secrecy that surrounds the meeting of the committee of 15. secrecy which was agreed upon today by the committee itself. An official spokes- man oA tht bfillsn deleSdtiOn, how ever, made bold to say that Urs French had presented a building pfo- gram that would give them ten 8. ; 00oston superdreadnaught during the ten years subsequent to 1925. and that Great Britain, the United states and Japan all had objected.
 Secret Sessions
 Developments that followed this disclosure gave evidence of brew ing storm over the question of se- ereey for sessions of the committee. The French declined to comment. saying that under the discipline of the state department" they were pledged to keep quiet An official American spokesman followed sth. same course, saying that the situa- ton was that the committee met at II o'clock and adjourned at 1;40 Tn meet again tomorrow.
 Both the French and Americans expressed surprise that anyone had Ventured to reveal what transpired
 Continued on Page tIxteen)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
BODY FOUND
By Associated Press

New Orleans, December 16.-The body of Robert Garry, 30, salesman for a New York clothing concern, was found in his room of local hotel today. Coroner O'Hara declared Garry tad shot himself. He resided in New York city.