Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 17, 1909, Page 4

COUNTRY NEIGHBORS Live Correspondents of the Pioneer Write the News from Their Localities. Tenstrike. Tenstrike, May 17. To the Editor of the Pioneer: We had a very successful school entertainment Friday evening. The following were some of the teatures of the affair: “The Enchanted Garden”—Pri- mary department. The Flag Drill—Grammar de- wartment. The director of the school board made remarks well suited to the occasion—"The End of the School Year.” Judge Stanton of Bemidji, the speaker of the evening, conferred a great favor upon the people of Tenstrike in speaking to us on Fri- day evening. He isa staunch, prac- tical man, an advanced speaker and thinker. He promises us he will come again when not so weary from judicial duties. A public reception was given him while here and many embraced the opportunity to become acquainted with him. A. Citizen. Blackduck. Blackduck, May 17. Mrs. Pearl Burnell of Bemidji has been spending the week visiting her father and brother. Mrs. Draper has been entertain- ing her brother and his bride of Tenstrike for a few days. The many friends of Dr, Koch are anxiously awaiting a favorable decision in his damage suit, F. D. Thomas, the contractor and builder, is employed in government work at Red Lake, A pleasant social dance was given in the city hall Wednesday night, in honor of Ernie LeBarge and his bride. The Mesdames Cass Thompson and Ed, French were called to Iowa on account of the serious illness of their mother. D. H. Condon, while convelascing from a case of blood poisoning, is improving his time by visiting his daughter at Eagle Bend. Miss Derby, dressmaker at Mrs. Swain’s millinery parlors, will be absent for a couple of weeks, having gone to her homestead, near Quiring. Mrs. J. R. Stewart is rehearsing the little people for a cantata to be given soon under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Ola Bloss, who recently moved to Mizpah for the summer, spent Saturday evening in town visiting her sister, Mrs. Swain, and incidentally the dressmaker. Mrs., E.L. Oberg and the two youngest children returned home Saturday morning from a visit to Litchfield, Minn., where the baby will be taken for treatment of an affection of the nose. A forty-hour devotion at the Catholic church closed Saturday morning, Father O’Gorman being assisted by three visiting priests, among them being Father (’Dwyer of Bemidji. A large attendance was reported, especially at the even- ing services, at which excellent addresses were given, The Model restaurant and ice cream parlors, owned and man- aged by Mrs., T. A. McAllister, changes hands on Monday, when Mrs. M. ]. Garwood assumes management. Mrs. McAllister has built up a good business and won many friends by her genial ways, ‘“Mac” will be missed, especially by the young people. [Continued Tomorrow.] KOGH GASE WILL SOON BE IN HANDS OF JURY [Continued from First Page.] ods of treating diphtheria—one to cut the voice box near the Adam’s apple, and allow the patient to breathe through there or to insert a tube in the throat for breathing purposes. If that throat was as bad as Dr. Osborn had testified it was his solemn duty to suggest either of these two methods, but he didn’t. He only corroborated the treatmet of Dr. Koch. “When I put the hypothetical question to him, Dr. Osborn again set his seal of approval on Dr. Koch’s treatment by saying that it tonsilitis. Then he went on to tell you that there are many things in the bedside that cannot be included in the senator’s hypothetical question or in my own interrogations. So we cannot claim a better corroberation from the testimony of Dr. Lankester, Dr. Gilmore or Dr. Shannon, than we can from Dr. Osborn.” The next witness, so Mr. Mc- Donald con(énded, was Dr. Patton. He declared to the jury that Dr. Patton had said to give 5,000 unit doses, but the question that had been put to him was in cases of laryngeal diphtheria and on cross- examination he admitted he would not give antitoxin until there was a symptom of hysteria. In fact, he had corroborated Dr. Koch’s treat- ment. The counsel for the defense then took up the testimony of Mr. Brown, declaring that neither Brown or Patton ever had very much experi- ence in cases of diphtheria. He admitted that doseage is a question upon which physicians differ from 2,000 t010,000 units. No witness has told you that to administer 3,000 units of antitoxin is bad practice and you have no right to raise a presumption from the death of Oscar. Now, if Dr. Marcum con- sulted with Dr. Gilmore and de- layed giving antitoxin to himself until the fourth day you cannot judge that Dr. Koch was wrong in waiting until the fourth day to ad- minister antitoxin to Oscar. Mr. McDonald—¢If Dr. Koch had given 10,000 units Saturday afternoon and Oscar had died you would today have had the same case before you, with this excep- tion, that they would have-stated Dr. Koch gave 10,000 units when there were no symptoms of laryngeal diphtheria at that time. You have had doctorson the stand who testified that the administra- tion of antitoxin sometimes results in death. You remember that Dr, Brown and Dr. Patton both admitted that with the symptoms up to Saturday afternoon, the case might be diagnosed as tonsilitis,” In taking up Miss Delia John- son’s testimony, Mr. McDorald declared that owing to her hysteri- cal condition her testimony was not entitled to much credit. Said Mr. McDonald: “You re- member her vivid testimony. There never was a time when Dr, Koch was there that not less than two of the family were present. It may be true, it may not be true. I think the same thing that suggested the desirability of a subpoena for Mr. Sullivan might have suggested a desirability of two witnesses to one. Ido not want to critisize Delia’s testimony, but she appears to be bound up in this case and might be seeking revenge from Dr. Koch and pursuing him ‘to the bitter end.’ It seems to me that a person who seeks consolation from the Father, who had become acquainted with Dr. Koch at Fergus Falls and the acquaintance afterward ripening into friendship at Blackduck, might have thought the doctor was care- less in his treatment of the case, but never would she have made a suggestion that there had been murder and declare that she would pursue him to thé bitter end, with- out some reason outside of that of an ordinary person. People such as these, are not entitled to as much credit as those who pursue the course of true and righteous people, even though by law they are. “Delia testified that when she came into the sick room, Friday evening, she noticed the diphtheric odor. No one else noticed it. She tells you no antitoxin was adminis- tered Saturday afternoon.” Mr. McDonald showed the jury the two injection barrels and said that Delia might easily have mistaken the one for giving strychnine for the anti- toxin tube. He declared her testi- mony has been very skillful and that if she were at all modest, as he thought she was, she would have stepped back while the doctor made his injections. After recess Mr. McDonald went on with his argument. “I desire to call your attention to Dr. Koch’s statement in'the Black- duck American: ‘The case was diag- nosed as laryngeal diphtheria and I so treated it, from the first.’ They expect you to base your judgment on that. That article and the in- demnity insurance are all they had to work on for this case. Dr. Koch did not diagnose the case as diph- theria from the first, and his actions during the frenzied reports which were current in Blackduck is a mat- ter outside of this case. They know that statement is false, but are will- That false statement is the only evidence produced in this case that Dr. Koch even had anysuspicionthat this case was diphtheria prior to Saturday afternoon. “When this was dxscovered Alfred went down to Dr. Koch’s office and said he wanted to know it the statement was true. Then he went out on the street and declared that if he knew one more thing that he would kill Dr. Kocn. Dr. Koch said to Alfred that what he intended was that he treated the case as diphtheria as soon as he so diagnosed it. ' «Ruth testified that Olga said to Dr. Koch, ‘Don’t be afraid; Alfred won't hurt you;’ and Dr, Koch replied, ‘I know he won’t,’ they referring to the “statements made by Alfred. Testimony has been introduced to show that Alfred followed Dr, Koch around town. They tried to make out that on the same night Rev. Barackman was at their home for devotional services.” Mr. McDonald declared that Delia was hysterical and revengeful, and then went carefully over Dr. Koch’s treatment of Oscar, pointing out that few physicians would have done otherwise. He procured the record of the State Board of Health to show that the doctor had anti- toxin on hand at the time of Oscar’s illness. He showed what careful at- tension the doctor had given the case, and exhibited Dr. Koch’s visiting list of patients in evidence. The counsel for the defense stated that he thought they had disposed of the questions whether Dr. Koch had antitoxin on hand, whether he administered it and whether he gave it in sufficient doses. In closing Mr. McDonald said: “Now, gentlemen, the effect of your verdict is of momentous im- portance. If you, by a verdict for the plaintiff, say to Dr. Koch that he had been criminally “negligent, that he caused the death of a be- loved brother, you stamp upon him the mark which cannot be oblit- erated in years and years to come. The stigma placed by you on Dr. Koch will, as Delia intended, follow him, to the bitter end.’ “We have established that Dr. Koch had antitoxin; that he used it twice on Saturday; that he had not the right to inject antitoxin into the body of a patient until there was a suspicion of diphtheria; that the boy was improving, and that death fol- lowed even where the best of . skill is used. Did you ever see a doctor so attentive and who gave such care? “There has never been a case of such importance as this in Beltrami *|county, and before a jury of such intelligence. You have given care- ful consideration to thls case, and I thank you.” Court adjourned until 2 o’clock and Senator Peterson’s address will be given in tomorrow’s Pioneer. Kiyo Is Well liecommended. The Obio State Joutnal of Colum- bus says of Kiyo S.Inui, the Jap- anese orator who will deliver and adress on “East vs, West,” at the Methodist church next Tuesday evening, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Study Club of Bemidji. “K. S. Inui, a Japanese orator, addressed the largest ~audience of the season. As he rises one wonders if the small, boyish-looking Oriental can be the person who won the hon- ors for the University of Michigan inoratorical contests with representa- tive Americans, but all doubt as to his ability is shattered when the young man begins'to speak.” Waifle Supper and Sale. The ladies of the Norwegian Lutheran church will serve supper inthe I, 0. O. F. hall Wednes- day, May 19, beginning at 5 o’clock, The ladies will serve cream waffles and maple syrup, not mentioning other good things to eat. The ladies will also have many good and useful articles on sale during the afternoon and evening. Everybody is cordially invited. Supper 25 cents e ‘IRISH DETECTIVE’ IS T BE GIVEN THIS EVENING Faor the Benom of St. Phillip’s Church. —Good Cast Secured for = the Play. “The Irish Detective,” a stirring melodrama in four acts, will be given in the city opera 'house this even- ing for the benefit of the St. Philip’s Catholic church. The play, which will be given under the auspices of the church, is a strong one and the cast which will present the play contains ‘the names of many young folks who will un- doubtedly make a hit. The following is the cast of char- acters and the snyopsis of the play: CAST OF CHARACTERS Lawrence Emmet McCarty, “The * Store__... Silas Buckthorne, Lookout Mountain______. ALex RipPLE Jason Thatcher, Town Constable -DANA GouLp Frank rown, From the Bowery .................... ALFRED NEUMANN Molly Scraggs, the Pride of Huck- insRun__.___ Ay ELLEN FULLERTON Kate Brierly of the Salvation Army s codlital ol BEATRICE GOULD Thankful Buckthorne, With an Impediment._ __ ---BERTHA DICAIRE PROGRAM March—"Royal Colors” ORCHEST! Overture—"Hits of 1909 ORCHESTRA ACT I ¢ Interior of Eben Scraggs’ store in the village of Huckins Run, Vt. . Song—*“Tipperary” .. _.._..._._.._______ RicarD FENTON Serenade—"To Thee". ORCHESTRA ACT I Home of Eben Scraggs. Song—"Kathleen Mavourneen”__________ A. Roop Caprice—"Tennette" _____________ McFall ORCHESTRA ACT I Scene 1—Six weeks have gone by. Parlor in Eben Scraggs’ house at Huckins Run. Scene 2.—Five hours are supposed to have elapsed between scenes 1 and 2. A country highroad. Scene 3.—The counterfiter’s den. Clcgg dapeet: St b RS Do s By “LitTLe Miss Epima” Song—"Kerry Dance” By Crorus GIrLs Selection—*“The American Beauty Waltzes”_ ... ___..___ Wilson ORCHESTRA : ACT IV Ten years elapse between Acts 3 and 4. Drawing room in house of Capt. Lawrence Emmet McCarty of the New York City Police. Notice to Contractors and Builders. Sealed bids will be received by the Bemidji Public Library Board up to 7:00 o’clock p. m., May 18, 1909, for the purpose of erecting a public lib- rary at Bemidji, Minn. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check in the sum of $500, made payable to A. P. Ritchie, secre- tary, as a guarantee that the success- ful bidder will enter into contract and furnish a surety company bond, in full of the amount of his bid. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of A. P. Ritchie at Bemidji, or at the office of Haxby & Gillespie, architects, Fargo, N. D All bids must be made upon blanks furnished by the Library Board. All bids must be for the building com- plete, including general contract, heating and ventilating, plumbing and electric wiring, according to plans and specifications. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. A. P. Ritchie, Secretary. Returned From St. Paul. Mrs. C. F. Walker and Mrs. G. E. Kreatz returned Sunday morning from the twin cities, where they had spent a week visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Walker went down for the purpose of attending the state convention of the Eastern Star, being d delegate from the local school, Cement Workers at Greenwood. I will have a crewof cement workers at Greenwood cemetery from now until Decoration day, who will be prepared to doany cement work desired at the burial ground. Phone 143 or 199. =—1J. H. Crouch. Miss Smith fAway. Miss Kate Smith, photographic|. | omiRAL soonn CH RETIRES Captain Mlmluk In Command at Brooklyn Navyyard. New York, May 17.—Accompanied by a selute of thirteen guns the blue ensign of Rear Admiral Casper F. Goodrich, commandant of the Brook- lyn navyyard, was hauled down and the command of the yard turned over to Captain Joseph B. Murdock. All RIAR ADMIRAL GDODRICH the officers at the yard and the Ma- rine band took part in the ceremony. Rear Admiral Goodrich, who was recently retired, does not expect to be retained in active service, though it has been rumored that he will be made general supervisor of yards, an office that has only recently been cre- ated. He will spend the summer at his home at Pomerret, Conn. EAMES SUED FOR $100,000 Mrs. Elsa de Gogorza Wants Big Sum From Prima Donna. Philadelphia, May 17.—Mme. Emma. Eames, prima donna, was served with & summons in a suit for alienation of the affections, brought by the wife of the famous baritone, Emilio de Go- gorza. The amount of money Mme. Eames is asked to pay as the price of the affections is $100,000. De Gogorza already has been sued for separation by his wife, who al- leges he has abandoned her. The sep- arate maintenance suit was brought in New.York, but the alienation pro- ceedings were begun in the Philadel- phia courts, this being the legal resi- dence of Mme. Eameg, who formerly was the wife of Julia® Story, artist. Mrs. Elsa de Gogorza, the aban- doned wife, does not make any charge of immorality against Mme. Eames in either suit. She alleges her husband, De Gogorza, is entirely under the in- fluence of Mme. Eames and that he is the madame’s soulmate in a truly artistic sense. She adds that this destroys and kills the love he once had for his wife. TO TEST PROHIBITION LAW Manufacturers Decide to Take Action in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn, May 17.—The manufacturers of liquors and beer and the wholesale dealers are to test the constitutionality of the laws recently passed by the legislature to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intox- fcants in Tennessee. This decision was definitely reached after a two days’ conference of attorneys em- ployed to represent the brewers, dis- tillers and wholesalers. General Luke E. Wright, former secretary of war, will actively partici- pate in the litigation. COACH TURNS OVER _ NUMBER OF TIMES Two Score Persons Injured in Wreck Near Odessa, Mo. Kansas City, May 17.—Between thirty and forty persons were injured, some of them probably fatally, by the ‘wreck of Chicago and Alton train No. 14 near Odessa, Mo. The dangerously hurt, nine in number and all women, were from Oklahoma and Missouri. The cause of the accident is not known. The track was torn up for a distance of 400 feet. The train was made up of three cars and an engine. All the cars and the tender left the track. The en- gine stuck to the rails. The rear car turned over two or three times and most of those hurt were in this car. Several of the more dangerously hurt were rendered unconscious and it was a long time before their names were learned. Those of the crew and the passengers not hurt immediately set to work glving the first aid to the in- jured. In response to talephone mes- sages sent from a nearby farmhouse all the physicians in Odessa were rushed to the scene, while a relief train was started out of Kansas City. All kinds of vehicles were pressed into service at Odessa and the in- jured were taken to that clty and to hours before he was crushed to death beneath his overturned automobile the rumor spread .through this city BY ORDERS FROM CONSTANTINOPLE Turkish Officials lnstfucted to Massacre Armenians. | SOME REFUSED TO OBEY Governor of Aintab, Asiatic. Turkey, Called a Meeting to Consider the Message and It Was Decided Not to Carry Out Instructions—Same Ac- tion Taken by the City Officials of Cesarea. Aintab, Asiatic Turkey, May 17.—It #8 learned here that the local gov- ernor received from Constantinople on the day following the outbreak of anti-Christian rioting at Adana a mes- sage suggesting the killing of Arme- slans as a precaution against insur- rection. The identity of the sender of the communication has not been disclosed, but he was closely connect- ed with the official life of the admin- istration then in power. The gov- ernor communicated this idea to cer- tain important persons of Aintab, who called a meeting of the beys to con- sider it. The beys, almost to a man, refused to have anything to do with the proposed massacre, whereupon the governor let the matter drop. Officials Prevent Massacre. Cesarea, Asiatic Turkey, May 17— Vigorous action on the part of the clty government prevented a massa- cre of Armenians at Cesarea. When the governor received a telegram from Constantinople directing him to take sharp measures against Armenians and Syrians he tore the confhunica- tion up. He then sent for the com- mander of the troops and asked him it he had a similar message. Upon recelving an affirmative reply he de- manded that it be given over to him. The commandant demurred. The gov- ernor then took a revolver from his desk and, covering the commandant, said: “Unless you hand that message over to me at once I will blow off your head.” The commandant surrendered the dispatch. ADANA FULL OF REFUGEES Twenty-two Thousand Outsiders Be: ing Fed in That City. Adana, Asiatic Turkey, May 17.—A total of 22,000 refugees aré being fed in this city. Three hundred wounded persons are being cared for at the American and other hospitals estab- lished in Adana. It is estimated that 4,000 out of the total number of refu- gees are {11 and 400 of these are suf- fering from measles, dysentery and typhoid fever. On account of under- feeding and exposure the mortality is great among the children. AS CIVILIZATION ADVANCES Marked Increase of Insanity Among the Japanese. Chicago, May 17.—Advancing civ- lization is bringing increased insan- ity in Japan, according to Dr. K. Saito, director of the Aojama hospital for the insane in Tokio. Dr. Saito is a guest at the Congress hotel. “Fifty years ago,” he said, “insanity In Japan was rare. Thirty years ago ft began to increase and after the Chino-Japanese war there was further increase. The increase was even more marked after the war with Rus- sia. I believe that as clvilization ad- vances in Japan insanity becomes more general, due to the struggle for existence.” Dr. Saito is making a tour of the world inspecting hospitals for the in- sane. MEANS THREE YEARS' PEACE Arbitration Agreement Binds All Un- ion Men of Great Falls. Great Falls, Mont., May 17.—An ar- bitration agreement of far reaching importance to this community was finally agreed to by the central labor body of this city and through its op- eration no labor disputes are likely to arise in Great Falls for the next three years. This agreement, which was offered by the Cascade County Trades and Labor assembly to the hoard of com- merce, representing the employing and business interests of the city, and ey e including 21,000 union men, provides that for the next three years there shall be no increase or reduction of wages; that employers signing it shall employ union labor and that all dis- putes shall be subuitted to a board of arbitration. RUMOR PRECEDES ACCIDENT Report of Young Man’s Death Comes True Twelve Hours Later. Salinas, Cal, May 17.—Twelve that Percy Morse, a well known farnhbises sKicting thejtrack, young seed grower, had been killed on the road between here and Wat- sonville. Just twelve hours after the rumor was circulated Morse was found fatally crushed beneath his wrecked machine. But in the mean- time Morse had driven into town in his machine to disprove the rumor. After circulating about for some time to show his friends that he was really alive he departed alone in the car for ‘Watsonville. RIVAL COMMITTEES ON HAND Columbue (0.) Democrats Anxious to Entertain Bryan. Columbus, 0., May 17.—Two rival committees with automobiles were at the Union station when William J. Bryan arrived here. The board of trade committee was represented by former Congressman Lentz, who, with former Sheriff George Karb, got hold of Bryan as he emerged from his car and escorted him to an automobile printer for A. A. Richardson, the view photographer, is away on a half.week visit with the family of her brother, Otto Smith, who is a photographer at Cloquet. before the committee from the Jeffer- son olub saw him. Bryan was taken ‘to National Committeeman Harvey Garber's home. The other committee other persons were seriously injured by & strest car collision with a street paving machine near Madison avenue Former Mayor Killed in Wreck. Memphis, Tenn., May 17.—R. J. Rawlins, former mayor of Lennox, a suburb,' was killed and half a dozen street. Passengers in { Calumet Baking Powder ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. WANTED—Girl for general house work apply 811 Bemidji Ave. WANTED—Good girl for general housework. 113 Ninth street. _———— FOR SALE. FOR SALE—A 6-room house,nearly new, hard-wood floors, located on two-thirds of an acre in Block 1, Lot 3, White’s addition, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets on Irvin avenue. Nice garden. Small payment down and $16 per month,with interest at 5 per cent until paid. Call " at house for further particulars. FOR SALE—Five-room well built, good location. Rents for $20 per month. A bargain. Call at 509 American Ave., for particulars. FOR SALE OR RENT—Five room cottage, 1023 Minnesota cottage, avenue. Good location. 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