Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 22, 1907, Page 1

e L THE B VOLUME 5. NUMBER 104. MIDJI BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1007. JAILY PIONE FORTY CENTS PER MONTH “CITY” BALL TEAM WON OUT IN GAME AGAINST COUNTY Clash Resulted in Conflict that Took Police and Fosse of Citizens to Quell.---Umpire Ike Black and Kangaroo Court, “It.”” In a desperate, bloody encounter | that lasted for two terrible hours| and necessitated the services of the entire police force of the ciry, all the deputies from the sheriff’s office and a posse composed of 200 law-abiding citizens to quell, the baseball team | representing the city of Bemidji yesterday afternoon defeated the nine organized by the county by a score of 19 to 16, the final out-come only being obtainable through the| courtesy of the captains of the two teams after a had been declared, an agreement being entered into to play an extra game toa finish the second day of the county fair, in this city, September 27th. The game had been the talk of the city for several days, and while the roster of members who should play with either team was not an- nounced until the day before the game, it was known that both sides were warily keeping tab on each other, with the result that there was much strife for supremacy. In order that there should be no favoritism shown, the services of Tke Black were secured as umpire. Tke sells “Hickory” hardware for the Kelley-How-Thomson company of Duluth, and is known over the whole north half of the state as “tuff guy to run agin.” His “umps” was arrayed appalling make-up that certainly struck terror to the opposing belig- erants of the ball game. On top of his head was jauntily placed a small| cap that covered about three inches square of his brain box. The gener- ous countenance under the hat was | a terrible affair. The left eye had been turned to a hue that resembled the bottom of a frying pan, and led one to believe that his good wife had been attempting to correct his evil disposition with the aid of the business end of a broomstick. A sweater that fit “like paper on the wall” adorned the manly bosom of Ike, and the mascular develop- ment that was all to prominent struck terror to both players and spectators. And for socks—there was one blue one striped with white, | the other being red, and the feet were encased in white shoes. “Umps” was also provided with a bird cage to cover the countenance. truce in an The two teams lined up as fol- lows: County—Wright 2b, Clark cf, Wagner 2b, Rhoda p, Sibley cf, Arnold rf, Conger ss. City—Geil 2b, Gibbons rf, Brink- Pickle 1b, Solberg If, | by the man ss, Mayer p, Cline 3b, Knox ¢ Dahl 1f, Miller cf, Washburn 2b. When the game was called, there | was a goodly crowd in attendance, the band and the two teams, headed “umps” above referred to, having paraded the streets, before coming to the park. Prior to the starting of the game, Col. Allen of the Sentinel, aided and abetted by several designing com- panions, established a kangaroo | court in front of the grandstand, | installing Judge H. A. Simon as the | court, and enlisting the services of five special policemen, who were given instructions to spare no one who made the slightest disturbance, or who was detected in violating any of the agreed rules that were to govern the game. The game started with a rush and during the six innings there was some good, bad and indifferent playing. In the middle of the fourth inning a number of spectators became enraged with the decisions handed out by the “umps” and a combined attack from front and rear was launched at the official. The special police and deputies rushed to the rescue of the “u mps” and his person was saved from great grevious harm only by the free use of their clubs, and the game pro- ceeded, after the belligerants §had been taken before the judge of = the kangaroo court and heavily fined and placed under bonds to keep the peace. The game finally ended in a score of 19 to 16 in favor of the city, the team getting revenge for the defeat of last year. At the conclusion, the two teams followed the band in a march around the diamond, the dead march being played for the benefit of the county “bunch.” A photographer took several snap shots at the teams and his “umps,” which will be reproduced later. The “Kangaroo court” did a land- office business. Every person (ex- cept ladies) who was admitted to | the grounds was summarily arrested and arraigned before “His Honor” Simons, who allowed no plea of “‘not guilty” to stand. He administered a stiff fine, which was paid on the spot and the culprit was allowed to go. Lack of space forbids a detailed statement of the charges that were filed, but the actions of the special officers and the court were laughable in the extreme, and the crowd was kept In continual good humor dur- ing the game, Skating at the Rink To- morrow Music by Evening Greetings To All the Band e have said 6 inches. of 100 as above figured.” Important Correction Concerning Waterworks Article. I notice in my article in last night’s paper pertaining to the city water works improvement that you have made a few typographical errors which changes the meaning of the article materially. The size of the proposed reservoir was to be 200,000 gallons instead of 2,000,000 as you quoted. Also you state that the largest mains laid in the ongmal system were only 9 inches when you should Also in a paragraph pertaining to the average amount of water consumed per capita I stnted in my article that expert engineers in various cities after long experiments, have shown that the average number of persons using water from one tap is only 5 and that the average consumption per capita per day when the water is sold through a meter is only 50 gallons instead of 100 as above figured; wherein you say “when the water is sold through a meter is only 5 cents a gallon instead This you will see conveys an entirely different meaning. the meter rate as now embodied in our water.ordinance is only 17 cents per 1100 gallons and slides as low as 6 cents per 1000 gallons, depending on amount used. The fact is that M. D. STONER. WAS MURDERED Big Falls, Aug. 22.—(Special to Pioheer.) — Charles H. colored, a settler living about two Williams, miles from Big Falls, was shot and killed yesterday evening by James Godette, also colored, and who lives on a homestead adjoining that of Williams. . The first intimation that murder had been committed was when Godette came to town last eveniné to the authorities, saying that.he had shot Williams, the act being committed in self defense, according to Godette, who asserts that Williams first attacked him with an axe. P. A. Walsh,. sheriff of Koochi- ching county, who was in Big Falls, went to Williams’ claim and found Williams’ body lying ten feet from the door of the dead man’s cabin, There was a bullet hole just below the left ear and another in the side, both from the back. Sheriff Walsh placed two deputies in charge of the body, awaiting the with the face downward. arrival of Coroner Kinslaw, who will arrive from International Falls this evening. Godette was placed in the village jail, awaiting _the outcome of the coroner’s inquest. A few hot-headed residents of Big Falls talked of lynching the prisoner, but their mutterings not heeded. were Good For Millard. to a more lucrative branch of the Sheldon system of banks, and about the last of the week he will leave of the bank at International Falls, succeeding the present cashier who goes to Duluth. Mr. Skinner of Bemidji will take charge of the Big Falls bank. While we rise to con- gratulate Mr. Millard for the pro- motion he so richly deserves, we join in the general sorrow at losing him from our business and social life. For two years he has been actively identified with every public movement for the local good, and his genial comradeship will be sorely missed from his rank of friends here, who number practically every one who knows him. We would rather record his marriage than his removal from this village.—Big Falls Com- pass. All of which will be pleasing news to Mr. Millard’s many friends in Bemidji. Local news on last page ..... ey at 8 o’clock and surrendered himself; G. N. Millard has been promoted| Big Falls to accept the management | Godette claims that the killing of Williams was wholly an act of self- defense, and that but for his ‘quick actions, in getting away from the aim of Williams, wHo took a shot at him, he (Godette) would have been the victim of a tragedy. According to Godette,whose state- ment is yertified by his wife, he (Godette) and Williams had some words asthe result of bad feeling which has been between the two over a contract which Godette had with Williams to cut- the log timber on the latter’s claim, and which has been a bone of contention between Godette and Williams for some time past. Godette says that Williams threw an ax at him and then rushed into his cabin ‘and came out with a shot- gun. The cabins of the two colored men are but a few rods apart and when Williams went into his house for a weapon, Godette (so he says) also went to his house and secured a revolver. Godette says that Williams was the first to fire and that the man who'is now dead fired the contents of the shotgun at him (Godette). Godette says that none of the contents of the load in Williams’ gun struck him, and that he opened fire with his revolver, firing two shots, both of which hit Williams, who fell to the ground with his hands covering his face, the gun striking the ground but a few inches in front of the body. Mrs. Godette states that she was in the house at the time the shoot- NEAR BIG FALLS James A. Godette Shoots Charles H. Williams, With Fatal Effect.---Claims Deed Was Committed in Self-Defense.=-- Bad Feeling Between Two Men. ing occurred; that she heard three shots, the detonation of the first, (which it is claimed by Godette and his wife was the shot from Williams’ shotgun) being louder than the other two. Godette says that as soon as he saw what he he had done he imme- diately started for Big Falls to give himself up to the authorities, and he asserts that he.is desirous and anx- ious that the truth concerning the death shall'be fully determined, as he shot the dead man in self-defense, his own life being at stake. Godette claims that one of the irritating acts committed’ Williams was the recent poisoning by Williams of his (Godette’s) dog. Williams was a single man, and had lived here during the past six years. He operated barber shops here, at Fort Francis and also Du- luth, and at one time conducted a restaurant at Crookston. He has a sister in St. Paul and a brother on the Pacific.coast. He has always been regarded by most people of Big Falls as being of a peaceful disposi- tion. James Godette has lived on his homestead, two miles from this village, for several years, and prior to coming here was a resident of Bemidji. Althouge Godette was at one time a pugilist, he had long ago given up this avocation and has never committed any wrongful act in this community. ‘The trouble over the logging con- tract has existed for some time, and there is still litigation in the matter pending settlement, LIBERAL PREMIUMS FOR GCOUNTY FAIR EXHIBITORS Committee Issue a Liberal Premium, “List. Everybody Invited to Bring an Exhibit. The Pioneer today prints ‘in sup- plément form, the premium list of the second annual fair of the Bel- ‘trami County Agricultural associa- tion, which will be held in this city on September 26-27-28, There has been some hasty com- ment (made by persons who were evideptly talking in good faith, but Ilacked information in the matter) to' the effect that the offering of purses for horse races overtopped every other consideration. This is wrong. The premium list herewith given foots up to a total of $1034.25, and every premium is liberal when compared with those given at other fairs throughout the state. The lilt ln complete, wlth a few exceptions. There will be some special premiums, among which will be for a pulling match between horses, also for the best four-horse logging team. ' These will be an- nounced in full later, and will be inserted in the regular premium list book, which will beé issued and dis- tributed next week. The program for the fair is going to be an attractive one. Among other attractions already announced, the secretary has been authorized to negotiate for two balloon ascen- sions during the fair, and also for a number of paid shows in the grounds, the latter being conducted on a per- centage basis. ‘The finance committee is meeting with good success, and the fair will undoubtedly be one of the very best’ ever held in this part of the northwest, A, W. Layman of Duluth, special agent tor the general land office at Washington, D. C., came in yester- day afternoon from the “Zenith City,” Mr. Layman left last evening for Blackduck on ofichl business. R S manner in which Williams met his| by CROOKSTON TIMES GIVEN ROAST FOR WRONGDOING The Crookston Journal Declares Its “Esteemed” (2) Con- temporary Clips and Prints Matter Taken from Pioneer, Without Giving Credit to This Paper. The Pioneer has on several occa- sions called attention to the pirati- cal acts of the Crookston Times, since the present management of that paper took hold of the Times, in taking articles bodily from the columns of the Daily Pioneer -and brazenly publishing the matter as original, entirely ignoring the usual courtesy observed among ‘‘white” newspaper men and crediting it to us. The Times has been so glaringly direlict of late that its contemporary, the Crookston Journal, takes the Times man severely to task, as fol- lows: The Daily Colic, issued on Second Street made a bungling attempt to deceive the public last evening in trying to shirk the ‘responsibility of sending a dispatch to the Pioneer Press of recent date in which the statement was made that the break in the dam was threatening Crooks- ton and the highest water in years prevailed here at the present time. The Times endeavors to give the impression that some one in the Times office does not represent the Pioneer Press. If this was the intention it was a deliberate attempt to deceive and worse than a lie, for the Pioneer Press is represented by one of the Time’s staff. ‘The Times has published several sensations regarding a little trouble at the dam, which would give an outsider the impression that Crouks- ton was in the throes of a Johnstwon flood, and the story published in the Pioneer Press and which caused ‘unfavorable comment on the part of the business men of Crookston emananted from the Times office. The item in the Times last even- 3ng which accuses the J ournal of ‘periodical mudslmgmg" is headed in big black letters “Is Hard Up.” The Journal desires to state that it is willing to submit a comparison between its news columns and those of the Times to the public. The Journal will admit that it does not clip column after column from the Bemidji Pioneer and the Grand Forks Herald and have the consumate gall to mark it “Special to the Journal,” a practice indulged in by the Times on a wholesale scale. The Journal does clip liberally from both papers, but there is no attempt to give the public the impression that it is red hot news from the wire when it is the embalmed sort clipped from another paper and arriving through’ the mails. If the heading of the Timesarticle had reference to the financial stand- ing of the Journal we would refer the publisher of the Times to any of the banks where we believe the rating of the publisher of the Journal will be found fully equal to that of the “man behind the gun” in the Times office. If the Journal desired to “throw mud” further, it is not lacking in first-classs material, and the story wuu!d be an interesting one, cover- ing territory from Iowa to sunny California, the latter a great“health” resort. J. P. LAR WILL EREGT HANDSOME-BRICK BLOCK Will Be Equipped for an Up-te-Date Furniture and Undertaking Establishment. J. P. Lahr of this city will erect a handsome two-story brick block on the lot which has been occupied by his frame structure, adjoining the new Schwandt-Schroeder block, on the southwest corner of Minnesota and Fourth, Mr. Lahr desires to hasten the construction of the new block and today moved the old building to the rear of the lots and had a crew of men beginning to excavate for the foundation, The new block will be 25x64 feet with a basement, two stories, and finished in pressed brick, and when completed will cost between $5,000 and $6,000. of his furniture and undertaking business. The first floor will be used for the furniture stock, while the second floor will be so arranged that it will make an exceptionally com- plete suite of undertaking parlors, which will include the morgue, work- ing room and the show room, and also a room where funeral services may be held when desired. ‘The plans of the building have:al been prepared and accepted and Mr Labr has engaged the services of John Washburn to erect the block. When this block and the Schroeder & Schwandt building are completed, the appearance of the Minnesota-Fourth street corner will have been very materially changed for the better. Earl Hazen is taking an enforced lay-off from his duties as brakeman on the M, & I, having injured his foot yesterday at Tenstrike, when a “knuckle” fell on the foot and caused him to “navigate” witha limp. He will be able to be on deck again in a few days. It is Mr. Lahr’s intention to use the entire block for the conducting Local news on last page Need attention. you less now than after awhile. It .won'’t cost you anything to have them exam- ined anyway. It will cost Your Teeth Dr. G. M. Palmer Formerly of Minneapolis ¥ Bemidji. . They can be had at package. . The Pioneer has just received n..la.v'ge shipment of Souvenir Envelopes which ndvertme the beauties of Everybody | ahould use these envelopeo and help advertise the best town in northern Minnesota, - Business men dem-mg to use these can have them printed with return card. SOUVENIR 1?2 ENVELOPE% z the oflioe at 15 oents per -)a«ws«naa«nama-n-)” )