Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 13, 1907, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER; VOLUME 5. NUMBER 175. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, Nbv MINNESOT i ICAL: EMBER 13, 1907. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH WILL ENDEAVOR TO HAVE DEATH PENALTY CHANGED Herbert Watermer, Half Brother of Merten S. Munn, Will Make an Effort to Save Life of Munn, Who Is Sentenced to Hang. Herbert E. imprisoned in the Beltrami county] jail in this city, awaiting his execu- | on February 7, for having| killed August Franklin at Spooner,} has been in the city today consult-| with Munn as to what steps are able to be taken to lessen the severity of the penalty imposed upon Munn as punishment for his crime. { Watermer had a long talk with| Munn, in the latter’s cell in jail, today, in which every act of Munn’s in connection with the | killing of Franklin was thoronghly; gone over,and the condemned man’s | side of the story was gone into very| thorougly. | Mr. Watermer is determined to prevent the execution of Munn, if it| is possible to do so, and with that| end in view, will get all the evidence' possible, with the intention of secur- | ing a new trial or having the sen-| tence commuted from hanging to| life imprisonment. | Mr. Watermer says: tion ing adv the “I am con-| Watermer, a half-| brother of Merten Munn, who is| fident that Munn is not guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree, in the killing of Franklin. A lot of the evidence which was given against Munn, was, I believe, untruthful,and, owing to Munn’s lack of funds, the case was not given the attention that so serious a charge should have merited. “Asa half brother of Munn, I have known him ever since I was born. I have never known him to commit a crime previous te the kill- ing of Franklin, and wherever he has lived he is well liked. He was sober and industrious and, Ibelieve, was as good a citizen as any man. “Munn was born in Neenah, Wis- consin, 32 years ago. Both his parents are dead, and he was com- pelled to hustle for himself. “I shall leave no stone unturned tosave his life. I am sure that the truth of the circumstances surround- ing Franklin’s death, when presented to the board of pardons, will result in commuting his sentence to life imprisonment.” WILL SPEND THE WINTER | IN THE ISLE OF PINES| B. N. Hobson of Kelliher Will Live on a Plantation in the *‘Sunny South.” B. N. Hobson, the pioneer Keili- her saloon man, was in the city yes-| terday, closing np a few businesss‘ affairs preparatory to his leaving for | the Isle of Pines, the first of next month, where he will spend the winter on the plantation of O. F. Wissler, the well-known Minneapolis cigar manufacturer, who makes this | territory regularly, and is well known among the trade in this section, Mr. Hobson has rented his Kelliher property for one year, and will re- main away from Beltrami county during that interval. Flaherty Buried at Rock Island. J. J. Ellis returned yesterday evening from Rock Island, Illinois, to which place he accompanied the body of Edward Flaherty, who died on the 3rd inst. as a result of being shot at Puposky. | The body of Flaherty was buried at Rock Island the day after Mr. Ellis’ arrival at that place, and the funeral service was held under the | auspices of the Rock Island lodge of Odd Fellows. There was a large attendance at-the funeral, Flaherty| having evidently been well thought of at Rock Island. Had Successful Hunt. F.S. Lycan returned yesterday from the southern part of the state, where he had been for a week enjoy- ing a hunt for small game. Mr. Lycan was a member of a party made up of his brother, W. S. Lycan of Crookston, D. E. Swygart of St. Paul and Walter Wilmont of | Minneapolis. They went to LaSeur and hunted in that vicinity for quail and other game birds. They were successful in bagging a good bunch of birds, including quite a number of quail, several of which Mr. Lycan brought home with him. SENTENGED TO SERVE THREE YEARS IN ‘“‘PEN” Ole Torgrimson Plead Guilty to Haying Committed Assault in the Second Degree. Ole Torgrimson, a pugnacious farmer who lived about eight miles east of Bemidji,in the town of Frohn, plead guilty yesterday before Judge Spooner to a charge of assault in the second degree and was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the state penitentiary at Stillwater, as punishment for his numerous acts of violence among his neighbors. Last August, l'orgrimson visited Bemidji, and after imbibing consid- erable of the “‘red stuff,” that always inspired him with a desire to clean up the neighborhood in which he lived, returned to his home and got into an altercation with some of his fellow farmers, with the result that two or three of them were given sound beatings. Torgrimson was subsequently arrested on the charge of assault in the second degree and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury, at the fall term of court. Torgrimson was indicted by the grand jury and the case continued. A few days ago Torgrimson decided to plead guilty to the charge of assault in the second degree, and Judge Spooner imposed a penalty of three years in the “pen.” ‘Torgrimson’s reputation as a fight- ing man, and his disposition to “‘mix things” whenever occasion offered, would indicate that he deserved all he got at the hands of the judge. Sheriff Thomas Bailey, accom- panied by George Tanner, took Torgrimson to Stillwater this morn- iug'to begin serving his term ‘of three years in the state penitentiary. M. & 1. Baggage Room. The large amount of baggage handled at the M. & I. depot has so over-crowded the small room in the depot, used as baggage room, that the M. & I. officials have decided toerect a building inde- pendent from the depot, to be used as the baggage room. The new building will be a frame affair, the dimensions of which are 16x18 feet, and the work of construction was commenced this morning. The new room will be a matter of great convenience to the local baggage- man. Thanksgiving post cards at the Pioneer office. Local news on last page ighy 1907 The Ho2 T o hcimer Chienzo Fa:hion governs colors and shades and says browas and elephant grays for this fall. Our stock gives you unlimited B choice in the matter of styles and pat- terns, and as to “quality,” Kuppen- heimer is enough to say—it means “best.” Prices $10 to $30. We like to fit out the boys and youths because the mothers are so ap- preciative of quality and and they watch thie wear of clothes. as clothes. Money Cheerfully Refunded (277 Clothing House When yeu spend your Fall Clothes Money you want to get satisfactien as well We'll give you the clothes at attractive prices, and we’ll give you satis- faction regardless of price. | You'll enjoy these .erisp fall days more if you have a fall overcoat that you like to wear. We have a great va- riety of fabrics and patterns in Over- coats at prices from - $10 to $35 “Comfortable Shirts” describes Shirts. Any workmanship, Prioes $1 to $2.50 Everybody buys a new Cap for the winter. Buy a Gordon Cap and be sure you have the best that money can buy. 50c to $2 ion colors, any fabrics, Prices PREPARES FOR WAR Federation of Labor Takes Staps to Meet Challenge. WAYS AND MEANS DISCUSSED Declaration of the Manufacturers' As- sociation to Spend $1,500,000: In Fight on Organized Laber Brought to Attention of Convention, Norfolk, Va.,, Nov. 13.—~The Ameri- can Federation of Labor, i twenty- seventh annual convention here, took aggressive steps toward the establish- ment of a universal eight-hour work- ing day in America and began action looking to ways and means for the raising of a sufficlent fund to fight the present war that its executive coun- cil reported had been begun through the Manufacturers’ assoctiation with an available fund of $1,500,000 on hand by the latter to wage battle against organized labor, with partic- ular aim by the Manufacturers’ asso- ciation against the efforts of the American Federation of Labor for the amelioration of the conditions of the working classes and “wealth pro- ducers” of the country, The federation authorized President Gompers to appoint special commit- tees for the consideration of both of these questions, the committees to re- port during the present sessions. President Gompers also was author- ized upon recommendation of the ex- ecutive council and unanimous vote of the federation to appoint a third special committee to provide ways and means for the increased circula- tion of the American Federationist, the official organ of the national body. A resolution was presented by James O’Connell of Washington call- ing for a report by committee of a bill to be presented to the next con- gress giving the same relief at law to employes in Unitéd States navy yards who may be disabled by accident or to heirs of navy yard employes who may be killed while in the pursuit of their occupation as that enjoyed by persons employed by private corpora- tions. The report of the executive com- mittee declared that the federation is without sufficient funds to meet"th war that the Manufacturers’ associa- tion will be able to put forth and asked for action by this convention for the raising of the necessary funds. Attention was called to the fact that the American Fedération of Labor at present has only a per capita fund of 6 cents per year for the meeting of all expenses and emergencies, FAVORS WOMAN SUFFRAGE Resolution Adopted by the National W.C.T. U, Nashville, Tenn,, Nov. 13.—The fifth day of the Women’s Christian Temper- ance Union was replete with inter- est. The report of the resolutions committee was accepted after some discussion. The convention declared for the same standard of purity for both men and women. It declared also for woman suffrage. Mrs. George of Pennsylvania offered a resolution the object of which is to stop football. An interesting argu- ment followed and many champions of the game spoke. It was voted down. The following was adopted: “We rejoice that the secretary of commerce and labor has inaugurated an inquiry into the disgraceful traffic in women and young girls at present carrfed on in our country whereby in- nocent young Wwomen are brought from and carried to foreign lands un- der the pretense of securing honor- able employment, but in reality are taken to dens of infamy. We appeal to the nations of the earth to bring this Iniquitous traffic to a speedy ter- mination.” Mrs. Carrie Nation asked to be al- lowed to address the convention, but her request was refused. She later spoke to a large audience just across the street. | FEDERATION PROPOSED. Organized Rallroad Employes May ‘Work Together. New York, Nov. 13.—Plans are be- Ing discussed’ for a federation of rail- road employes, according to the ‘Times, so that strikes of the mem- bers of one brotherhood will involve a strike of the other. The organiza- tions are the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, the Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen, the Order of Railway Conductors and the Order of Rallroad Telégraphers. 1 A federation of this kind was sug- gested when the late P. M. Arthur was head of the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Engineers, but the plan fell throdgh because the engineers did not take kindly to it, being conservative in the matter of sympathetic strikes. The' brotherhoods are federated on some of the individual railroad sys- tems, but this has acted so far as a preventive of strikes. Dozen Lives Endangered. Gallipolis, 0., Nov. 13.—A log raft ran into the show boat carrying the Bryan Stock company six miles above this city and sunk it. The company of twelve members narrowly escaped from drowning, but by herolc efforts managed to reach' here, where they received ald and were cared for. The raftsmen were arrested and jailed at CARPENTER AND LAMB CO. WILL LOG EXTENSIVELY Dempsey & Dougherty,Sub-Contractors, Will Cut 5,000,000 Feet, North of Deer River. The Carpenter & Lamb Lumber company of Minneapolis, for which concern A. A. Goodrich of this city is resident manager, will log on an extensive scale in the country north of Deer River, on the Itasca Log- ging company’s railroad, during the coming winter. Dempsey & Dougherty, who are cutting timber for the Carpenter & Lamb company, expect to cut about 5,000,000 feet of pine before next spring, which will finish their con- tract with the Carpenter & Lamb company, the original amount of which was 40,000,000 feet. The timber, which will be cut by Dempsey & Dougherty, is located about thirty miles north of Deer River. The logs will be hauled from the camps to Deer River on the railroad and dumped into the Miss- issippi River, to be rafted down the stream to Keokuk, Iowa, where the Tabor Lumber company, purchasers of the logs, will saw them into timber. Mr. Goodrich went to Deer River last night to see how the work of building camps this winter is pro- gressing, north of Deer River. Maybe 'Twas Bogus. Kelliher Journal: A man was seen on the streets of Kelliher Mon- day with a handful of green stuff that closely resembled money. A mob of men immediately gave chase, but the stranger succeeded in mak- ing his get-away into the tail timbers. How the stranger got this far into the woods with real money ‘is a mystery. Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. TO VOTE ON PROPOSITION TO BOND FOR NEW ROADS Battle River Settlers Are Determined to Have Good Roads Between Their Farms and Kelliher.---Held an Enthusiastic Meeting L.st Week. Kelliher Journal: A mass meet- ing of the settlers of the town of Battle River was held at Saum post- office Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of discussing the advisabil- ity of bonding the town for $6,000 with which to construct roads in the town of Battle. The meeting was yery successful and harmon; ious, over a hundred settlers being present. Several citizens made short speeches on practical road building and their relation 15 the community, Those preseat also expressed themselves in favor of constructing only substantial roads, and not attempt to scatter the work along a long route. The sentiment of the meeting was unanimbus in favor of bonding, and a special election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 19, to vote on the proposition, and a majority of the voters were present and expressed themselves unanimously in favor of bonding the town it is not probable that the proposition will fail to carry. Should the bonds carry, the money will be used in extending the Kelliher-Battle River road from the present terminus on the town line to Red Lake, along the route surveyed last year. Some money will also be expended on the road on the south line of Battle River township. The county board at the next meeting will let a contract for bnilding two miles along the line from the southeast corner, and it is the intention of the town authorities to complete the remaining four miles. -_— OBTAINED BIG YIELD OF GLOVER AT PILLAGER C. L. Lasher Tells of Wonderful Re- sults of Clover Raising on His Fine Farm. C. L. Lasher of this city, who, in addition to conducting several mov- ing-picture theatres throughout the country, is a farmer of known repute, has this fall accomplished much in the raising of clover seed. Mr. Lasher owns a farm at Pilla- ger in Cass County, where he has for several years raised agricultural products on the most up-to-date plan. He states that he made a very enviable record this year in the production of clover seed on his farm. A peck of clover seed was planted on two acres of Mr. Lasher’s Pillager farm, which produced a crop netting $104 for the seed which was harvested from the clover. Eight Thousand in 1910. Kelliher Journal: A. E. Schusser went” to Bemidji last Saturday to- spend the day in that hustling and fast growing metropolis of Northern Minnesota. There is no more progressive and erterprising townthar. Bem nd the, predic- tion -is freely made that she will have a population of 8,000 in 1910. Local news on last page crombie, Uniform Tablets The public schools have adopted a uniform tablet which the teachers have re- quested all pupils to use. These tablets were put up at the Pioneer office and are on sale at the following stores: Pioneer Stationery Store, M. E. Ibertson, Mrs. Aber- ~ Scott Stewa.rt, Floyd Brown, Wm. Mageau Frank H. West @ Co.