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

" VOLUME 8. NUMBER 241. ' BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY E STATE SUPT, PARSONS VISITS BEMIDJI JALL 1s Secretary .of the “Society for the Friendless”” With Offices at St. Paul BEMIDJI JAIL ONE OF BEST Society Organized for the Prevention of Crime and Help for the ‘Prisoner. Rev. James Parsons of St. Paul, secretary of the Minnesota Division of the Society for The Friendless, is in Bemidji in the interests of his society. Mr. Parsons addressed the High school students this afternoon on the Relation of Education to Crime. He delivered a short talk at the Baptist church Sunday fore- noon, and was present at the Metho- dist Sunday school session, and gave an instructive little address. He spoke at the Presbyterian church last night on the subject: How Crimi- nals are being developed in Bemidji. In speaking of his work in Bemidji, Mr. Parsors said: “The object of my visit here is this: In the first place, to visit the county jail and get the situation from the standpoint of prison life and criminal conditions in the county. “In the' second place, to speak before schools and in churches with a view in getting intelligent know- ledge of the cause and cure of crime before the people of the community and third, to secure a number_ of|] members from the citizens of Be- midji who shall co-operate with us in purposes of the society. “Not only do we do educational work in church and school but one of the special purposes is to encour- age future laws in relation to the management of the criminal, both in and out of the prison. “Among the things that we are specially interested in just now is the building of the inebriate farm at Wilmar, which is one of the prime needs of the state at the present time, as many who should be con- fined in such an institution are being placed either in the reformatory at St. Cloud or the penitentiary at Stillwater. ¢Another matter that we hope to seein the near future, possibly at the coming session of thz legislature, is a bill that shall make the indeterminate sentence a law of our state. Another of the things which we are interested in getting reformatory for women. Also to extend the pos- sibility of paroll to men from workhouses and in fact to en- courage the people to be more considerate and more helpful in their treatment of those who have been unfortunate enough to be in- mates of our penal inttitutions.” - The Societ§ for The Friendless is an organization for the:purpose of doing actual work with a view to the preventing of the developing of crime among the tough and also to prevent the recurrence of crime in those who have been in prison serving sentence. In other words, the purpose of this society is for the prevention ard cure of crime and the relief of the friendless and distressed. The society does work in the prisons of the state, county iails, city prisons and workhouses, in reformatories and penitentiaries. The object of the work is to stimu- late men to do and to live right and do the things that good citizens should do when they get through with the prison sentence. The society, not only does good in a carrying forward the general|. lwchrk in prison, but when a man gets out of prison they have a temporary hpme at St. Paul to which they in- vite him to come, provide for him, give him a bed to sleep in and supply him with food. They make a home for him for the time being. In ad- dition to that, they see to it that he has work to do. After he has secured a place to work the society renders such assistance as may be necessary to keep him encouraged and enable him. to do the ordinary duties of life without getting into trouble. This society is an organization national in i*s scope with a national board of directors composed of lead- ing professional and business men of the twelve states in which this work is carried on. The Minnesota Division, with headquarters in Min. neapolis and temporary home in St. Paul, is a constituent part of the national organization, but wbich is controlled or managed by a local board of directors, which is made up of the following gentlemen: Judge Edward F. Waite, Minne- apolis, president; George A. Hormel, Austin, vice-president; Rev. James Parsons, St. Paul, secretary; W. G. Gardner, treasurer. Mr. Garduoer is comptroller of the Soo Railway com- pauny. In addition to these officers the board is composed of Dr. Rule of St. Paul, Prof. David H. Painter of Minneapolis, Superintendent Burt of the Pillsbury House of Minneapolis, President Bohanpon, of the State Normal'school gt Duluth and’ Judge An(d\lewAGfindeland. Warren, Minn. THREE PRISONERS RELEASED New. Jail at International Falls. The prisoners of Koochiching county who have been committed to serve terms in jail, by authorized courts of that county, have been re- moved from the Beltrami county jail, the official place of incarcera- tion for Koochiching. county and taken to International Falls, to be committed to the new county jail at that point. But three prisoners remained m the Beltrami county jail to be transferred at this time, several others who have been incarcerated having either served their time or otherwise released. The three removed were: Nora McMillan, sentenced to serve thirty days 1n jail, on a charge of being drunk at International Falls; Ed. Bowen, accused of the crime of grand larceny 1n the second degree, alleged to havebeen committed at Inter- national Falls, and whu was held to the grand jury, being committed in defauit of bail; John Olson, commit- ted from Big Falls, being charged with having committed the crime of forcibly entering a meat market at Big Falls and taking a sum of] money estimated to have been about $80. The Beltrami county jail has been used as the place of imprisonment for all Koochiching ‘county prisoners ever since the orginization of the county on the northern boundary line. Koochiching county now has one of the very finest court houses and jails in the state, and the jail has just been completed and made ready for the reception of prisoners. H. W. Forrer is tbe sheriff of Koochiching county and ‘Ernest. Holler is his chief deputy and jailor Not Troubled. Irate Tenant—I asked you when I rented this place if you had ever been troubled by chicken thieves, and you said no. Every one of my chickens was stolen last night, and I am told that the neighborhood has been infest- ed with chicken thieves for years. Suburban Agent—I never keep chick- ens. ) 2 BAILEY ENFORGES GAME LAW Secures Payment of $50 Fine in the Municipal Court From Sweegel. Having fqiled to secure the proper’ tags and affix then to then carcasses of two deer prior to the close of the season durirg which one can properly have venison in his procession, was responsible Saturday for tbe arrest and conviction of Joseph Sweegel of Blackduck, who entered a plea of guilty, in municipal court here, to having deer unlawfully in his poses- sion. ‘ The arrest of Sweezel was made by S. C. Bailey of this city, warden for the State Game and Fish Com- mission, who obtained the evidence that Sweegel had violated the game laws, and Mr, Sweegal arraigned in municipal court in this city to plead guilty to the charge. So cofivincmg was the argument of the warden that Sweegal capitulated and threw himself on the mercy of the court. Judge Pendergast imposéd the mini- mum fine of $50 and costs, or in de- fault of payment thereof, to servé a term of sixty days in the county jail. Sweegal at first decided to serve the sixty days in jail, but after a few hours’ confinement in. the jail, the fine was paid and Sweegal was. re- leased. 5 " ‘Few arrests have heretofore been make for having venison in posses- sion after the close of the apen sear son, when - the possessor ‘personally killed the game, but ‘Warden Bailey, is'insisting on a.more rigid - observ- ance of the game law, hence the-ar- rest and convication of Sweegel. - - News From Hornet. Robert Shaw attended the Farm- ers’ Institute in Bemidji on Tues: day. : Through the combined of several homesteaders, a freight house has been erected at the Crookston Cedar spur. i LY PIONEER DECEMBER 12, 1910. ; lisfiofl“i = ciety TEN CENTS PER WEEK. Invites all to‘use Long Distance Phone Free of Cost. Maih 53 is Lucky ¥ Niiber TWENTY TOWNS ARE INCLUDED Patréns are Assared of the Same High Class Service as is Obtained in Person - ‘A.nother step toward modern merbhlndnln'( -and store perfection | has been inaugurated by T. J. Crane of this city. 1Itis the first system of its kind known in the State of -Min- nesota. Mr. Crane invites any shopper in Bemidji l‘nd‘twenty nearby towns to call up his store, Main 53 without It does not matter how small or how large an order you care to give, he urgent- ly asks that you should not hesitate to call as often as you like. Any orders received up to 3 o’clock in the afternoon will be delivered on that day to all . the towns included in tbe twenty. This telephone innovation was thought out by Mr. Crane and he wishes it used for the purpose of bringing the customer into closer touch with his store, Considerable qhop?ing -ig bveinz‘ done over the ‘telephone by patrons ‘who reside in the:city 98d there should be no rea- son whvy, through the free telephone’ toll charges to the patron. setvice offered, that it should not be extended throughout the courtry covered by the free telephone ‘serv- ice to Mo .53. The towns included in this service are as follows: Blackduck, Hines, Tenstrike, Farley, Turtle River, Walke, La- porte, Guthrie, Benedict, - Nary, Cass Lake, Farris, Rosby, Fosston, Lengby, Ebro, Bagley, Shevlin, Sol- way, Wilton and Fowlds. EHAN_E NAUG“RATE& COURT OPENS TOMORROW HONE INOVATION ... Wright of Park Rapids will Sit Through Short Session. An adjourned term of district court for Beltrami county will be held at the court house in this city, beginning tomorrow morning, when a number -of court cases will be taken up and considered and dispos- ed of. f No jurycases will be considered all of those cases which hung fire at the term adjourned last month having either been dismissed or tried and finally adjudicated. ~Quite a number of court cases * will be considered, not many of which are of any par- ticular importance, although a few cases the litigation involves fairly substantial sums. > Judge Wright, who presided at the closing days last.: month and ad- journed the term until Tuesday of this week, will be on hand and will have charge of the trying of the re- maining cases. He will arrive in Bemidji this evening from his home in Park Rapids. At the suggestion of Judge Mc- Clenahan, senior judge of the Fif- teenth Judicial district, Judges Wright and Stanton have entered into an agreement with Judge Mc- Clenahan whereby, bereafter, neither of the three judzes will be required to sit on.the bench away from his home city longer than three weeks at' a time. Through this arrange- ment, the work of the diatrict/is more evenly divided, and inlong terms, like the present term at Graud Rapids, all'three judges will have sat three weeks at a time. Judge“Stanton,” who | has been™ pre: siding at Brainerd, came t& Bemidji Saturday night. He will relieve Judge McClenahan, at Grand Rapids, and Judge McClenahat will sit at his home city of Brainerd, while Judge Wright presides in- Be- midji. Tubbs White Liniment relieves rheumatism, sore throat, cold on the lungs, inflammation anywhere. City Drug Store. THE SILENT SPECTATOR. 7 =Mucauley in New. York World. £ L] /5 P ACCEATIA\/I DAACE = ‘| ed than the previous one. ‘| produces good, clean, refined vaude- _|.ville and Nymore patrons show their | appreciation for these performances JUDGE SPOONER T0 FILE BILL OF INEQUITY Will Raise Question as to Whether Be~ midji Is In Wet or Dry Territory. SALOONS SAFE TO DEC. 20TH. Restraining™ Orders Served Were Ounly to Tide Matters Over ~ Temporarily. The liquor dealers have reasons te- feel hopeful, at least until the twentieth of this month, when Judge M. A. Spooner will file a bilk of inequity, the design of which is to raise the question as to whether Be- midji and the surrounding territory is now within the proscribed terri- tory covered by the treaty of 1855. He will also make application for a restraining order against the special officers of the Indian depart- ment, until the determination of the application for a temporary injunc- ‘tion has been reached. At this time the merits of the question will be argued and submitted, probably be- fore Judge Willard and Morris of the United State Circuit court at Min™ neapolis. The deoision of this court, it is: lexpected, will ‘determine wether or not the provisions of the treaty of 1855 .as respects Bemidji and -im- midiate vicinity have been abrogat- ed. If the temporary restraining or- der is issued’ by the federal judge, the twelve Bemidji saloon keepers whd “haye-had injunctions served-on- the Indian" agents will not be mo-~ lested. At least not until the de- termination of the question and then - only in case the court should decide that the provisions of the treaty of 1855 are still in force. The purpose of the restraining orders already issued by. the court. commissioner here were only served for the purpose of tiding things over temporarily until applicaton could be made to the federal court for a re- straining order, which isnow up te Judge M. A. Spooner of this city. GOVERNMENT POSITIONS OPEN FOR APPLICANTS A call has been issued by J. M. Shoemaker, who is in charge of the éxamination department of the U. S. postoffice, for February 4, 1911. Examinations will be given for the positions of clerks, inspectors, deputy collectors of Internal revenue, store- keeper, deputy United States mar- shall and general positions of similar charabter of United States service. - Those wishing to make applicat- ion for examination previliges have up to January 2, 1911 in which to give their notification. All applications may be addressed to J. H. Shoemader, Secretary, Post- office Building, St. Paul, Minn. 600D SHOW AT NYMORE Dr. Prentice has Succeeded in Packing the Nye Hall Nightly Dr. J. M. Prentice, who with a troupe of five actors, opened with re- .| fined vaudeville at Nye’s hall in Ny- more, last Thursday, will continue to play at this house for the balance of the week. ’ The hall has been crowded from | the opening night and each succeed- performance was more largely attend- His show by the large attendance. HISTORICAL saClETY. L & fjoe=—