Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 3, 1911, Page 4

"RED WING SCHOOL PLAGE OF TORTURE SWEAR WITNESSES (Continued from Page 1.) Rockne’s home town, another burst| of laughter which helped to relieve| the tr@gedy of the evening ensued. Mrs. Childs, next to the last wit- ness, is a middle aged ‘woman and gave her testimony in a clear, firm voice which at, times vibrated with indignation. It was she who ' de- clared she had rather cut the throat of her boy than have him sent to Red Wing, where she had charge of the tailoring department from 1902 to 1904, She took pains to inform the committee that she resigned her| position and that she never had any trouble with the superintendent.f Her graphic story was along the fol- lowing lines: Mrs. Childs’ Graphic Story. “Time after time officers of the| school would come to the tailor shop after such and such a boy. Off they would march them to the paint shop —sometimes they would come back __sometimes they would go to the hospital. If they did come back! they were trembling and as white as a sheet. “No, I never saw the whipping ma- chine—none of the women ever did. HELP WANTED WANTED—For the United States|,, army, ablebodied unmarried men between ages of 18 and 35; citizens of the United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write thc English language. For in- formation apply to Recrumng Officer, 4th St, and Minnesota Ave.. Bemidji, Minnesota. WANTED—One woman in each county who desires employment in home town. $15.00 per week. Be Independent a~d Self-support- ing. J.S. Ziegler Company, Como Block, Chicago, Il FOR SALE AR AR AN PN AN NN NN FOR SALE—General store, stock, building and fixture with 3 acres of land. Store now doing good cash business. Will sell cheap for cash. Owner wishes to move west. Address G. W. Frost, R. F. D. No. 2, Bemidji, Minn. FOR SALE—Case stands and racks, number 6, double news stand with rack for 8 full sized cases. Good as new. Sell regularly for £3:75. We have 6 of these at $1.50 each. Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co. Bemidji, Minn, But let me teil you that many is the timelhave heard those heart wrench- ing moans, and many the times have they taken pails of water and towels to the’p;lnt shop, and.I saw them and. the officers have told me how they whipped the boys. I saw seven boys, one after the other, led to that paint shop and I saw them af- | terwards in the hospital, sick in bed.” “Have you any animus toward the institution or Mr. Whittier?” Mrs. Childs was asked. “I have not. Never was there a cross word between Mr. Whittier and i myself but—""(and Mrs. Childs lean- Iled forward and glared across the | table at Superintendent Whittier) “I {am a mother and I have a mother’s | heart and I going to tell you the truth. I resigned from that school | because I couldn’t stand it to' see | those boys abused, .abused with the |knowledge and consent of Superin- | tendent Whittier.” Mr. Whittier accused Mrs. Childs of having made the sketch of the | whipping' machine in the hands of the committee. “I did give the sketch to Mr. Steph- ens,” said Mrs. Childs, “but I did not draw it. It was drawn and given to me by a boy wno was flogged.” “I Still Have the Scars,” Says Depati. 1 Ed Oliver Depati brought to a dramatic close the _testimony of the evening. He crowned his evidence | tendent Whittier as “the man who, if 1 am not mistaken, slapped me,” and T should think you would beashamed to appear before this audience.” “Do you know anything about this so-called whipping machine,” Depati was asked. . “Well, I ought to,” he replied, “I made the strap for it. The strap was four inches wide. I was whip- ped because I tried to get the boys to kick for some food that didn’t have cockroaches in it. They gave me be- tween 75 and 80 strokes and I carry the marks and scars to this day and if you gentlemen will come with me into another room I will show them to you now.” His offer was not accepted and De- pati continued to tell of abuses heap- ed upon him. He is the boy who got into trouble over the tobacco. “I got some tobacco and they were bound that I would tell where I got it and I was bound I would not. For this I got a double punishment I was slapped in the face, whipped so hard I had to stand up to eat for sev- eral days and I was strung up by my wrists for three days and fed on bread and water. FOR SALE—Lot 5 Sec.*28 T 148 Rl “There was another boy who was 33, 6% Acre Island in weighed down with 25 pound chains Turtle Lake, an ideal place for a|who was made to run around two summer resort. Good road from Bemidii or Turtle River.. A. O. Johnson, Turtle River Minn. BUSINESS CHANCES — FOR SALE—A bargain, bowling alley business; will sell my triple bow- ling alleys, lot and building, or sellalleysseparate. ¥. M. Malzahn, Bemidji, Midn, FOR SALE— Piano and sewing machine. Both in first class con- ditions. Inquire at 914 Beltrami | avenue or telephone 570. FOR SALE—One McCaskey ac- count register, cheap. 320 Bel- tram Aves FOR Sale —The Launch ‘“Del Marca,” Inquire of D. R. Burgess. MISCELLANEOUS e USSR IPOTOTPIIN WANTED—Second hand buggy in good repair. Inquire of Bemidji Brewing Co, acres all day long and when the at- tendant came to give him bread and water he refused and begged to be killed and the attendant knocked him down.” | The committee thought it had about” all the information Depati could give and had excused him when he said: “There is another thing I want to tell you about before I go, and that is that for six weeks the pigs at ths school had nothing to eat and they squealed so for feed that they kept us awake at night and ome night T killed a pig whose hindquarters had been eaten off by the rest of the pigs.” “Why, the committee, must con- sider this boy’s sanity in consider- ing his testimony,” was Superintend- ent Whittier’s comment. shelves. High C Metal and Tan, $ pair. Bemidji King Quality Shoes The Gentlemen's Shoe Our spring stock now on the Lace, Button and Blucher, Patent Leather, Vici Kid, . Velore, Gun Seg Them in Our west Window O'LEARY-BOWSER (0. ut and Oxfords, 3.00 to $6.00 a by pointing his finger at Superin-||| Call attention to the congress of new apparel now on display, for the most part personally selected by Mr. Crane in New York. A short call will give " Everything Ready-to-Wear our store friends a correct idea of the prevailing modes. When a new style is brought out in Gotham representatives of this store send it on by special shipment--so that the word new applied to Crane & Co. garments has a distinctly new-in-New York meaning. We know the best dressed woman round about look to this store for their clothes, and we see to it they are as correctly gowned as tho they lived in the hub of America’s fashion center. Dresses in modes for all manner of wear--styles that are New Dresses individual, Individual Suits We would like you to see a certain modelat $45, long shawl collarfastened with three buttons. artistic and harmonious in design and |one piece with two color scheme, designed exclusively for Crane & Co. patrons. ses, frocks of white or colored wool Lingerie Dres- cess top, 6 gores, Challies and fine wash Voiles, also|and up. Foulard,. Satin It seems a hopeless task to put into words the shlmmermg “beauty of an Evemng Cown or the tailored elegance of a Suitor Coat. To see them in all their spring blitheness it is neces- sary to have our salespeople help you into them before a large mirror on the garment floor. The Crane & Co. extends this courtésy to its patrons at all times but especially during these and Veiled effects. Price $20 and up. “Exhibit days”--without any buying expectations. Clearing Infants Dresses All slightly mussed or soiled dresses left from the February sale, marked for immediate clear- ance. A sale of great importance for the little folks. Short Dresses at 85¢ Sizes 6 mo. to 2 years—dainty $1.5) value. All Grib Blankets 1-2 Price Bath Robes and Kimonas I-2 Price All 15¢ and 20¢ Bibs, 10c Special Values---Muslin Underwear All the values embracing the hundreds and hundreds of garments m this sale are special values. Among the serviceable medium priced styles, a few that stand out with special distinction for this selling are: $2.50 Night Gowns $1.67 Of sheer nainsook with com- plete yoke and softly falling yokes with lace oremb. .Regular | “baby sleeves” of valenciennes. - $1.50 Night Gowns $1.18 i’retty styles of cambric and nansook. Lace and ribbon trim- med. $1.18. Our Entire line of Children’s Undermuslin, size 2 years to 16 years on sale at 10c, 15c, ‘ 28c and B0c a garment. Gauze Knit Union Suits and Separate Vests Street Suits, Traveling Suits, Dress Coats, Auto Coats; Sweater. Coats, Petticoats Novelty Jewelry, . Neckwear, Underwear, Boys Wash Suits and Rompers. Northern Minnesota’s Only Ready For Service Garment Store Bemldjl ’ Minn. and Drawers Kayser fine rib lace knee, no sleeve union suits, pink, white and blue.. $2,00 Lace or tight knee union lults at BOc and up. Misses and Children’s union suits 50c¢ and up. Ladies Venetian silk vests $3.50 sz 15 values special Ladies gauze vests 75¢ values, pmk white and blue, special Gauze vests at 16¢ and up. Gauze drawers at 26c and up. Clearance of all silk and* wool unlon suits at 1=2 price. Drawers, Special Skirt Value Here is a special number of dress skirts, in the much wanted styles made up in Serge, Panama and mixtures with yoke effect, pleated and button trimmed a strik- ing handsome skirt regular $8.00 value giving straight lines. This lovely Suit is Alice blue. Beautifully braided models $25.00 Combination Suits--Special All French and American made Combinations selling at 1-3 off their rightful price. $1.25 Corset Covers and gsc %me% Back of coat i1s under arm gores, Skirt has Prin- button trimming. Superb models in Serge, Scotch Tweeds. One piece back Coats and shawl collar set off with bands of wide braid. $22 to $36.50. We are now showing new and swagger sweater coats for spring wear, slip over and but- ton style in a pretty range of plain colorsand color combina- tions. All chilarens and in- fants sweaters on sale at (-4 off. STORE NEWS We are about to open a com- plete Baby Shop. This will be the only store in northern Minnesota which will have an exclusive department dedicated to the needs and wants of the Cradled Darling and little toddler. You will hear of it soon. Third Street ==