Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 12, 1910, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE NINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, " VOLUME 8. NUMBER 125, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER, 12, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. AGCUSED AGENTS IN BEMIDJI; DENY BLAME Sero and Davis Declare They Had Right to Believe Editor Oliver Might .Have Liquor. THRILLS EXPECTED AT TRIAL High Officials Taking Personal Interest in Case Which May Prove of Far Reaching Importance. More thrills are certain when N. J. Sero and James Davis agents of the Indian department, appear before Justice Ives at Cass Lake Wedues- day at 2 p. m. to answer to the charge of assault made by A. A. Oliver, editor of the Cass County Pioneer. Mr. Oliver was compelled by the agents to permit his grip to be searched for contraband liquor. In detailed statements to the Pioneer Mr. Sero and Mr. Davis who came to Bemidji from Cass Lake Saturday shift the blame of the trouble. Coming Trial May Mean Much. ‘The case is attracting widespread attention and althongh the technical charge is comparatively trivial, it involves the right of the government to search private luggage and its outcome likely will have much to do with the future course of the Indian department in its work of suppres- sing the illegal sale of liquor. The government considers the case of such importance that men of high authority are taking an active hand. United States District At- torney Houpt of St. Paul has ordered Assistant District Attorney E. S. Qakley of Duluth to come to Bemidji and take charge of the case and appear in defense of Sero and Davis at Cass Lake on Wednesday. “Pussyfoot” Johnson, whose head- quarters is at Denver, also has been notified. Likely to Go to Federal Courts. It is likely that the government will argue that a state court can not try a case against an agent of the government and thus the case ulti- mately would be brought before the federal courts. Mr. Sero and Mr. Davis tell practically the same story of the trouble at Bena. Before going into details regarding the trouble Mr. Sero said: Denies High Handed Methods. “The reports that there has been any general effort on the part of agents to hold up travelers and cause them to submit to an exam- ination is not true. Where we know that there isa bootlegging business being carried on, we do watch suspicious characters. This we do in a gentlemanly way and if we re- ceive courteous treatment in return there would be no trouble. There can be no doubt as to our authority in this line of work. We know that there has been illegal traffic in liquor at such places as Deer River and Bena and we are using the proper methods in our effort to stamp it out.” The account of the trouble with Mr. Oliver as told by the agents substantially is as {ollows in the language of Mr, Sero: Agents Tell of Trouble. ““We had been in Bena Friday forenoon .and had confiscated a quantity of lillegal liquor. We were at tiie depot when the after- noon train came in. Mr. Oliver got off, carrying a grip. He ap- peared to be somewhat intoxicated. ““His actions were so suspicious that Mr. Davis approached him and requested that he permit us to examine his grip in search of liquor which is prohibited in this terriiory. “Show us your authority? said Mr. Oliver, who attempted to pass Mr. Davis. Mr. Davis reached in his pocket after his commission and as he did so Oliver attempted to push by him, all the time heaping the vilest epithets at us both. The Grip is Searched. I got Oliver’s grip and searched it, but fonnd no liquor. I repeatedly “ws cautioned Oliver to be careful with what he said but he paid no atten- tion and he came toward us utter- ing loud oaths and calling us terrible names, Iclosed in on him and hit him a blow in the face. “‘We left his grip in the path and told him he could have it, but in- stead of picking it up he followed us and said we had jumped on the wrong person at last. “‘He went before Justice Foote and inside of fifteen minutes that eminent jurist had issued a warrant for our arrest on the charge of highway robbery. Constable Carmichael at- tempted to serve it on us, but I told him it wasn’t worth the paper it was written on. He said we would have togo to Boy River with him. We told him he had no legal right to interfer with us aud that we were going to Cass Lake, and we did. Permits Constable to Go Along. *‘Constable Carmichael went with us, but did not attempt to put us in jail. We stayed-at the hotel. All efforts to get a hearing were at first in vain, their plan apparently being to hold us there until Monday. When they saw that this wouldn’t work, Oliver changed his charge from robbery to assault and we were taken before Justice Ives Saturday morning. “Mr. Ives is editor of the Cass Lake Times and because ot the at- titude of his paper toward our work I felt that we could not secure a fair trial from him, so took a change of venue to Justice Lange. He dis- missed the charge against us at my request on a techincality. A new and properly drawn warrant was then sworn out against us on the same charge. The state requested a change of venue back to Justice Ives and our hearing comes up before him next Wednesday.” GET SEED CORN THIS WEEK University Bulletin Tells Farmers How to Select Best Ears. The department of agriculture of the University of Minnesota has designated the present week as the one in which seed corn should be selected, and a bulletin issues the following instructions: ““Spend one day during the week selecting seed corn. Go through the cornfield with a sack over your shoulder and select at least - forty ears for each acre you expect to plant next year. Then next spring select from these best ears only the very best ones to plant. “Select only medium sized ears that have matured early enough to indicate that they will ripen in even unfavorable years. Large ears are not necessary to get large yields. For nortbern Minnesota select dent corn ears no longer than from seven to eight inches, A good stand and an ear on every stalk is what makes large yields. “‘Select ears that have well shaped kernels, with broad tips, have strong germs, are high in feeding value, and yield a good proportion of corn to the cob. ."Seed corn must be thoroughly dry before freezing weather., The same day corn is husked putina room where there is a good circula- tion of air, have each ear free of contact with other ears. ASKS MILLIONS FOR HEALTH New York Department Promises Re- sults for Expenditures. New York, Sept. 12.—It is to cost just $4,076,578 to care for the health of this city next year, if the estimate submitted by the health department is allowed to stand by the board of es- timate and apportionment. The esti- mate shows an increase over the fig- ures for 1909 of $1,328,855, but the de- partment will try to show correspond- ing value for the expenditure. In the one item of milk inspection the department declares that $184,780 must be spent to pay the salary and expenses of sixty inspectors, a veteri- nary surgeon and two medical inspect- ors. Aviator ‘Expected to Recover. Sacramento, Cal, Sept. 12.—Physi- cians attending Charles K. Hamilton, the aviator, who was injured in the wreck of his machine at the state fair grounds, gave out a statement after a third examination tnat Hamilton’s condition is fayorable. They now be- lieve no permanent injury has ‘been aufforad oy z ‘DIETZ WILL KILL'EM,’ SAYS BEMIDJI OFFIGER N. J. Sero, Who Once Tried to Capture Wisconsin Outlaw, Tells Why He is Dangerous. SHERIFF IS DENIED STATE TROOPS Governor Says Soldiers Can Not Be Used—Clash Expected Within Next few Days. Madison, Wis., Sept. 12—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service)—"If the sheriff of Sawyer county ‘makes a formal request of me to order out state troops to assist him in the capture of John Dietz of Cameron Dam I shall refuse to do it,” said Governor Davidson today. “He has aright to swear inas many deputies as he may need and it is not up to the soldiers of the state to assist a sheriff in the dis- charge of his duties.” Sheriff Madden has not announced what plans he has for the capture of Dietz, but says he will get him with- in the next few days. Bemidji Man Knows Him. «I don’t believe John Dietz can be captured without loss of life,” said N. J. Sero in Bemidji today, Mr. Sero is a special agent of the government and at one time went to arrest Dietz on a federal charge of contempt of court, By mis- take William Dietz was arrested, “The Dietz home practically is impregnable,” said Mr. Sero. “Is is located in clearing, and from this house of logs' Dietz, who is an expert rifle shot, can pick off any person who dares venture out into the open. He often has shot through a man’s hat just to scare him. Protected at Night by Dogs. ‘‘His log fort can not be approach- ed at night because he has it sur- rounded with trained dogs. “My impressions of the man were that he is mentally unsound, in as much as he believes that everybody is trying to do him an injustice. I THE RAINBOW CHASER LAST $00 RAILS SEPT. 24 Passenger Traffic - Assured Not Later } Than December 1. The Jast rails tobe laid on the new Soo line will be down and all connections made to Ruffy Brook by Sept. 24, according to information at the Soo headquarters here to- day. The stretch of track yet to be laid is less than 25 miles and the construction crew frequently lays two miles of track a day. The rails are today about five miles west of Bemidji. It is not likely that there will be a passenger service within the next two months, but placing it conser- vatively it is safe to say that a ser- vice will be in operation by Dec. 1. The roadmaster says that it will take him six weeks to ballast up the new line and while ballast trains are at work it would be difficult to run regular trains, Freight trains carry- ing building material to the new townsites will be the first to be run. carried on a conversation with him at a distance of about fifty yards. He was behind a rifle 'and I am willing to admit that he is a dan- gerous man, It needn’t surprise anyone if two or three persons are killed before the sheriff gets Dietz, and this he will now have to do.” AEROPLANE CIRCLES LONDON Millions of People View Aviator's Marvelous Flight. London, Sept. 12—Two million peo- ple went wild with excitement over a marvelous aeroplane flight by Cruest *Willows. He flew from Crystal palace to St. Paul’s cathedral, twice circling the great dome of the old church, and then cruised nonchalantly over the very heart of the city before returning to Crystal palace. - Willows’ flight” was '.about fifteen miles and the daring of it lay in the fact that he chose a course that prac- tically permitted of no place to alight had his machine gone wrong. His flight took him twice across the Thames. ‘When the aeroplane was sighted above the city London’s houses and shops emptied as if by magic and ex- cited throngs that completely blocked trafic and gave the “bobbies” a féar- ful half hour cheered the aviator madly. COURT TERM TO OPEN; ‘ 98 GASES SCHEDULED Grand Jury Convenes Tomorrow But Jurors Will Not Report Until After Primaries. EIGHTEEN FACE CRIMINAL TRIAL Two Nymore Village Officials and For- - mer County Commissioner are in the List. The fall term of district court for Beltrami' county convenes in Be- midji tomorrow, when the members of the grand jury will meet. In order that there may not be too much of court at the time of holding the primary election, Sept- ember 20 the members of the petit jury were requested not to report un- til September 22, when the trial of cases will be taken up. An order to this effect was filed some time ago by Judge C.W. Stanton of this city, who is expected to preside at the term, There are at present on file with Clerk Rhoda for trial seventy-seven civil cases, a number of which will undoubtedly be settled before trial is called. There are eighteen criminal cases on the calendar. The other cases are of minor importance, Nine persons are confined in the county }jail, await- ing the action of the grand jury, on charges varyiny from assault and grand larceny in the first degree to an attempt to commit suicide, Of the criminal cases, O. J. Tag- gley, president of the village council of Nymore, is the defendant in four counts; Fred Hammond, ex-village recorder of Nymore, is defendant in four counts; Wes Wright, ex-county commissioner, has two counts: Sam Hayes of Redby has two and John Kolar, a homesteader and cruiser and locater living near Domaas on the north shore cf upper Red lake, has been indicted on three counts. The civil calendar contains a large Tllis cartoon from the pen of Naughton first appeared in the Duluth- News Tribune. It is so vividly convincing of the mistake that so many persons are making in pas- sing THROUGH such rich counties as Beltrami, that the Daily Pioneer requested per- mission of the News Tribune to permit its reproduction. we today print on page 2 a valuable communication from M. D. Stoner who tells how Beltrami county could be transformed into “‘one vast dairy farm.” In harmony with this thought | to Madison to confer with the gov- number of various kinds of cases, including personal injury suits, claims, etc. The term promises to be a lengthy one. " Father O’Dwyer Gives Books. Rev. Father O’Dwyer of the St. Philips church of this city today presented the public library with a valuable collection of “books, which were donated by a local friend. Sells Fish Illegally. C. Studley pleaded guilty today before Municipal Judge Bailey to having illegally sold white fish. He paid a fine of $10. GHIEF ~ WARNS CHILDREN Visits Every School Room in City; to Enforce Curfew.’ Aroused by repeated lawlessness committed ina bold and in some cases expert manner by lads still in knee trousers, Chief of police Har- rington today visited every school room in Bemidji and told the chil- dren that they must behave them- selves or they would be locked up. “I ‘warn you all,” said the cheif, “that I am going to get you if you are out on the street after the cur- few rings at 9 p. m; I am also going to arrest any child whom I find to be a truant and the same thing will happen to those boys who have been violating the law in a good many different ways. “There is going to be some radical reforms made by some of the bad children of the city, or else they 9 will get their names in print and themselves into jail.” Chief Harrington showed that he meant business for after he had finished his rounds of the schools he came down town and captured a boy who has been too busy to take up his studies. The boy is in schoel this after- noon and is glad of the chance to be there. PIONEERS MEET THURSDAY Three Prominent Speakers to Address Them at Fair Grounds. On Thursday—second day of the Beltrami county fair—the Old Set- tlers will be the honored persons of the day. They are to be addressed by District Judge C. M. Stanton, and former Judge Spooner of Be- midji and Congressman Halvor Steenerson of Crookston. Members’ ribbons may be ob- tained from Secretary H. Stechman; president George Wetzel or Earl Geil. They costtwenty-five cents each and this includes admittance to the grounds. Secretary Mackenzie, who return- ed yesterday from the state fair, is hard at work on plans for the county fair which opens Wednesday. Today he is devoting his attention to live stock entries, whicn exhibit promises to excel anything ever before seen here in that line. Rev. E. M. Hulett pastor at large for the northern part of this state for the Baptict Church will speak at the Baptist Church Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. REDMOND TO TOUR AMERICA Irish Leader Will Be Accompanied by i Several Companions. New York, Sept. 12.—A notable par- ty of Irish leaders will leave for Amer- ica Sept. 17 on a tour which will take in most of the large cities of the South and West. The chief figure of the mission will ' be John T. Redmond, the leader of the Irish party. He will be accompanied by Joseph Devlin, M. P., secretary of the United Irish league in Ireland, and Daniel Boyle, member of parliament for North Mayo, and others. WILL NOT BE TAKEN ALIVE Dietz Holds Back Sheriff Who At- tempts to Arrest Him. Hayward, Wis., Sept. 12.—Sheriff Madden alone attempted the arrest of John Dietz, the Cameron dam fugitive from justice. but was held back at-a distance by the entire family, all of whom are armed. Dietz said he would not be taken alive. Madden has gone ernor. RETURN WITH PRIZES WON AT STATE FAIR Men in Charge of Beltrami Exhibit - Bring Back Several Un- expected Triumphs CORN DISPLAY WINS FIRST PLACE Ties ltasca for Award on Grasses and Potatoes—Total Few Points From Leader. With $250 in cash prizes to their credit and carrying credentials show- ing unexpected triumphs for the Beltrami exhibit at the state fair, those in charge of the display have returned to Bemidji. Despite the good showing made byvthe official awards, a good many persons who saw the display con- tend that Beltrami should have had first place in the northern section. It was the first real exhibit Beltrami county has ever made. The following table shows the official awards for each county: How Beltrami Stood. u g s B ] NORTHEEN & = 2 8 32 , SECTION G Z 8 5 8 3 8 « S58:z83¢%3 CEEEEE R - 119 121 112 102 127 29 100 129 67 68 60 65 63 58 60 50 25 30 27 45 22 20 32 30 51 56 70 68 50 — 73 40 Tame Grasses. 91 90115110 80 30 110 87 Millet, etc.. 63 64 63 58 63 2 85 58 Potatoes.... 132 131 128 147 126 125 147 123 Stock Vegetables.. 91 80 84 79 40 45 80 50 COulinary Vtbls.... 79 80 92 72 68 86 T5 Fresh Fruits.. © 31 5 sau BHWNL - — £3.50 30 4 — 41 2 880 78 45 5 8 6 Afis@smmmmmm It will be noticed that Itasca county, where the state experimental farm is located was below Beltrami in awards for grain, grains in sheaf, corn, culinary vegetabies and tied that county on tame grasses and potatoes. Beltrami won first place on corn. Exhibits Cost About $500. The cost of preparing the Bel- trami exhibit was well up toward $500, as there was considerable ex- pense attached to gathering the ex- hibits, getting them into shape and shipping them to the fair grounds. The exhibit, however, won cash prizes amounting to $250 and did an untold amount of good for Beltrami county. W. G. Mackenzie, August Jar- chow and Charley Schroeder had charge of the exhibit at the fair. Mr. Jarchow and Mr. Mackenzie returne« yesterday morning, leav- ing Mr. Schroeder to see that the exhibit was expressed here today. It is to be displaped at the Bel- trami county fair this week, and will be complete except for some of the fruit and vegetables which could not stand reshipment, The committee in charge of the booth express thanks for the aid given them by Floyd Brown of Be- m1dji, George E. Ericton of Spooner and Lon Parker of Blackduck. At the Brinkman Tonight. The Vynos in “A Musical Farm Yard” in this act there are a number of novel features never seen here before in an act of any kind. Wolfe & Wills- present “The County Sheriff” a comedy playlet in two scenes. Gus. Bruno Dialet Comedian and Linquist. In presenting these acts to the theatre going public. Manager Brink- man has secured three of the best acts that have been seen in this city for many a day—Mr. Brinkman says— “Believe Me”—I just came from the state fair and saw these acts in Minneapolis and they are fine. Boy Burglar Comes Back. Claude Mastin, the 14 year old lad recently sent to the Red Wing training school after he had pleaded guilty to a larceny charge, is being brought back by Deputy Sheriff Ca- hill to appear as a witness before the grand jury, which meets here tomorrow. 4 8 §