Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 15, 1911, Page 1

' declared that corporal THE BEMIDJI | T MINNESOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 4 VOLUME 9. NO. 320: ADMITS BEATING BOYS AT SCHOOL F. G. Kenny, Former Assistant Sup- erintendent at Red Wing Tells of Punishment. SAYS IT BROUGHT THE TRUTH' Matron of Institution D:clares; “Spanking” More Humane Than i Locking Up. i Coming all the way from Seabrnok,‘ Tex., to testify in the Red Wing boys’! training school investigation, F. G. Kenney, at one time assistant super- intendent of the school and the “of- ficial whipper” from 1908 until a little more than a year ago, told thej joint legislative committee Monday night how he had helped bare backs | of boys, place a wet towel upon themj and lash them with a leather strap. | “I punished some over the end of a bed, some over a barrel and one or | two—perhaps more—over a box.” hej said. ! “Did you strip them?" Senator Sul-!| livan asked. “Partly. ! pants.” i “What kind of an instrument did; | We took down their you use.” “A leather strap, about three and one-half inches wide, weighing about a pound and a half." “How many blows did you give?"! i | | “Average around thirty.” | “Yes, some higher and some low-; er.” “What was the highest?” “Fifty.” “Was whipping generally used?” “Spanking was.” i “What do you spanking? When you lay a boy over a box, bare| | i call his back and whip with a strap—! what do you call that?" “Spanking.” “Then what do you ping?” “When they're punished with a whip.” Mr. Kenney testified that it was the custom to keep on whipping un-| til the boy confessed, but the number{ of blows never exceeded fifty. He said that it usually brought the facts! call whip- from them. | “Did you practice the inculcation of truth in that way?” Senator Sulli- van inquired, ironically. i “Yes, when we knew positively the; boy was guilty.” i Mr. Hollenbeck, one of the boys, came to | be found in chains by a visitor. He said the boy had attempted to escape, had jumped into the Mississippi river, | but came out soon and raced down | Main street in Red Wing without a| stitch of clothes upon his back, and There he was captured and returned to the finally took refuge in a barn. training school and a chain placed upon his ankles more for' redicule He told also of | handcuffing Loren Van Buskirk to a| than anything else. steam pipe overnight because he had | run away. The weapons of \varfare} of the boys the school had amassed! the night they planned a general outbreak were exhibited Mr. Kenney identified them. The \veap-; ons consisted of pieces of iron, lead, ! and a short iron bar and similar slugs. He denied having a “billie in his hands when the quelled and declared he only s'.x‘ucl(I one boy during the trouble and that| time he used his fist. 3 The testimony of Miss Jennie Platt matron of the school, attracted close | and| insurrection was attention from the committee the spectators in the senate chamber. She said she had been matron for fifteen years. During all that time,| according to her testimony, she hadi never seen a boy punished and had| never heard one scream while re-| ceiving punishment. E “Once in a while, though,” she said “I have seen them comne to the table, look at me and smile and sit down carefully.” Miss Platt said she had never re- commended a boy to be whipped, and | sort. | s i chine or device?” | | there so long that when I take into | consideration the class of boys we | come case-hardened?” Semator Sull ibe allowed to go on without some- {me just the other day he had rather !is proposed in a bill introduced by |for a 10 o’clock 1lid for the whole | Kenney explained how Jake| lor. This is the lowest record for! was only administered as a last re- “Was there much of it?” Senator Sullivan asked. “No, she replied, “I should say the number of boys were very small. In only rare cases did they get it. The boys don’t want it the second time.” “You knew of the whipping ma- “It was never covered up.” “In your own mind, did you ap-| prove of it?” “I certainly did. 1 have lived have to deal with I do not object now.” “Do you mean that you have be- van asked quickly. “No, I do not. 1 think too much of my boys.” I “Do you think that laying a boy! iover a barrel and strapping him will%ms old age?” have a tendency to.reform him?” { “Well, that boy is one who can’t] thing being done.” i “Why not lock him up?” “That is very worse than whipping. A boy said to injurious. It is be spanked three times a week than be locked up three days.” “Do you mean to say that a whip- ping makes them more bright and cheerful?”” “It leaves them better off when locked in a cell or room.” x K% Representative Hopkins’ bill the non-partisan nomination of su- preme and district court judges has: been recommended to pass by the| house eiections committee. This bill | is a duplicate of Senator Putnam’s bill pending in the senate. bill persons to vote away from home onj men and measures that are vated: on| all over the state was also recom- mended to pass. - | i than i for! Senator Sullivan’s allowing XK i An amendment to the existing law for child desertion was introduced by | Senator Olson yesterday, classifying family desertion as a felony and pre- scribing a maximum penalty of a The mea- sure applies to parent or husband! year in the state’s prison. and is aimed particularly at wife/ deserters. xK¥ A 10 o'clock lid for the entire state Representative J. F. Lee of Alexan-! dria. Recently he introduced a bill state except cities of the first class, ; but his present bill takes them in al—“ s0. ! * K X i Only twenty-two bill thus far this session have been passed by the Leg-| islature and approved by the govern- several sessions. Two years ago at this date there were seventy-two bills that had been passed and signed by the governor. That was about an average record or a litle better. BEMIDJI SLIPP VISITS Was Formerly Assistant in Postoffice Here—Is Interested in Baudette. Frank Slipp, for several years as- sistant in the Bemidji postoffice, is in the city today. H Mr. Slipp is now interested at Bau- dette in the mercantile business. He% reports that everything is progress-| ing in the burned district and that his business is in a flourishing con-| dition. ! Together with his wife, Mr. Slipp s here today to attend to the ship-| ping of his furniture to Baudette. : ia week ago and will not go inml training again for another game. { Majestic Repeats Performance. | ther last evening, the management of the Majestic will comply with the | Minnesota, it was while the boiler-| repeat | makers were crippled by sickness. | performance. | Purdue beat Chicago twice, Indiana many special requests and last night’s Francesca De Rimini entire punishment every person in Bemidji. | ters who are no longer able to work. ~|as “much as $5,000, and a few gbt] ! they are no longer able to work, the ‘famuy suffers. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MANY LIVE ON $400 A YEAR SALARY One Third of Methodist Ministers Get Less Than $600 00 Per An- num. IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE MONEY Efforts Being Made By Joseph Rob- inson to Raise Superannuation Fund of $100,000. “Can a minister live on $400, sup- port a family and have money for! Joseph Robinson, formerly pastor of the Grace Methodist church of Duluth, but now identified with the northern Minnesota confer- Methodist Episcopal ence of the Episcopal churches as corresponding secretary for the superannuate fund, is in Du- luth trying to raise a part of the; $100,000 that is sought for a perma-| nent fund for retired ministers and their families, and he asks that ques-: tion in making his appeal for funds. This fund will take care of minis- The conference includes Duluth, Min- | neapolis, and all the towns and vil-| lages in northeastern Minnesota. There are in all 181 ministers in the| conference. i Some of these religious workers are getting as low as $400 a year. Forty of them are getting les than| $500, and fifty are getting less than $600. The highest salary paid in the district is $6,000. Several get $3,000. These figures show that on the av- erage the ministers are very poorly paid.Many of them have families, and it takes all the salary to barely exist. It is impossible for them to| save money, and many times, after death, or when the time comes when It is to give relief in such cases that the fund was started some time ago. At the present time there is $60,000 in the fund. Of this amount $30,000 is condition on raising $100,- 000. There are three sources of income. The local conference’s share of the profits from the book publishing house in Chicago, is about $1,500 annually. The collections from con- gregations and the interest from the permanent fund are the othersources. Under the plan the retiring pastor or the family gets $8 a year for every year of service. If he has been twen- ty vears in service, the amount is $160 annually. Each dependent child under the age of 16 gets one- fifth of this sum, and the widow, in case of death, gets one half. There are now forty-three families drawing money monthly from the fund. One family gets as high as $424 a year. The lowest amount paid is $36. There was $6,708 paid out in 1910. WILL NOT, PLAY MINNESOTA Purdue Bagketball Five Have Dis-rlowg; banded for Season. Purdue will not play any post- season game of basketball with Min- | nesota to decide the tie between the | gophers and boilermakers for the conference championship. due squad broke training more than| The Pur- i WEDNESDAY EV CAUGUS TIGKET ELEGTED Cass Lake “Wets” Win In Municipal ; Fight. Cass Lake, March 15.—The an- nual election was held here yesterday and it was a battle between the cau- cus ticket, the peoples’ ticket and the wets and drys. The caucus tick- et was elected from top to bottom.| The town wet wet by a vote of 197 to 67. | The council ballot was in most all cases very much one sided, the cou- cus ticket winning out by a large ma- jority. The vote for candidates was as follows: President— i Dumas, 175. Johnson, 94. Trustees— Carter ) Jones ) No opposition. Harding ) Recorder— t Ittner, 129 Oman, 113 Treasurer— Hole, no opposition Assessor— F. L. Gorenflo, 00 opposition Justice of the Pesdce— Koehn, 179 Cummings, 90 Constabe, one year— Dan Lilly, 180 Peter Peterson, 91 Constable, two years— Patrick Cain, 173 Ed. Brouilette, 83. NYMORE ELECTS OLSON A. L. Synnes, Socialist Candidate, De- feattd By One Vate. . .. | In what was perhaps the most in- teresting vilage election ever held in Nymore John Olson defeated A. L. Synnes, the public Ownership can- didate, for president of the council by one vote, the votes being cast as follows: President— Jon Olson, 53 A. L. Synnes, 52 Trustees— E. C. Alton, 52 Alex Dundy, 49 1. B. Raymond, 71 L. F. Larson, 55 G. H. Evenson, 19 Fred Brockway, 34 F. D. Bardon, 34 Recorder— ‘Willis Nye, 51 Treasurer— Ole Gunderson, 50 F. 1. Bispham, 35 S. A. Johnson, 19 Assessor— . W. 8. Ridgway, 32 T. J. Martin, 73 Justice of the Peace— I T. Smith, 34 T. J. Martin, 51 Constable— | William Kaiser, 70 ‘William Christenson, 70 T. McManus, 34 Raymond, Alton and Larson were the winners in the fight for trustees. Maple Ridge Election. The result of the election held yesterday in Maple Ridge was as fol- Supervisor — | Norman Williams . ! Clerk— ‘William Carlson Treasurer— William Tisdell | Justice of the Peace— J. W. Wileox Constable— | The Purdue schedule ended a week | Owing to the very inclement Wea-|earlier than those of other colleges.‘j While Purdue lost two games to is a most|twice and Northwestern twice. Pur-|ficially, that Tenstrike yoted that no beautiful film and should be seen by | due will not play with the Columbia | more saloon licenses w be grant- team if Columbia comes west. Frank Ford - 4 Road Overseer district 2— Frank Ford Road Overseer district 1— John Olson Tenstrike Goes Dry. It is reported, although not of- of i that village. | could not be held in the club rooms | Drug store for the “Gladiator” which |is to be played here tomorrow eve- CONSOLIDATION WENT INTO EFFECT TODAY Property of the Metropolitan Club is Now Owned by Members of Com- mercial Club. PURCHASING PRICE $1201 Board of Directors For Ensuing Year Elected at Meeting Held Last Evening. Last evening’s meeting of the Be- midji largely attended that the session Commercial Club was so in the O’'Leary-Bowser building, so its was held in the Metropolitan Club rooms. Owing to the fact that both the president and vice-president of the Commercial Club were not present at the meeting F. S. Lycan was appoint- ed to preside. H The Metropolitan Club members who wished to become members of the Commercial Club were granted membership with the understanding that they are to pay a $10 initiation tee. ; It was decided that a general meet- ing should be held a week from this evening for the purpose of amending the present articles of incorporation and the by-laws. With last evening's meeting the terms of.the members of the board of directors ran out and the follow- ing were elected to the board; F. §. Lycan, T. J. Burke, J. L. Georg;, A. G. Wedge, R. H. Schumaker, E, A. Schneider; A. P. White, W. L. Brooks: and F. S. Arnold. As soon as A. G. Wedge, returns to the city a call will be issued to the board of directors and the election of club officers for the ensuing year will be held. The Commercial Club membership has been enlarged to 120. The money which is to be used in the purchasing of the fixtures of the Metropolitan Club was turned over to the secretary of that club today, and from today the members of the Commercial Club who were not mem- bers of the Metropolitan Club may have the use of the Metropolitan Club.rooms, which, in the future will be known as the Commercial Club rooms. The total cost of the fixtures amounted to $1201.29. THE GLADIATOR TOMORROW Sanford Dodge to Appear Here in That Play At the Armory. Seats are now on sale at the City ning in the Armory, with Sanford Dodge in the leading role. In speaking of the play the Law- ton Daily Star said: “Mr. Dodge, as Nero the Gladiator, was superb. He has that rare qual- ity, magnetism, to a high degree, and this with a splendid voice and vigorous physique, build the char- acter to masterful proportions.” NELSON HAS wIII’BS BROKEN Kelliher Lumberjack Brought to Be- midji Hospital this Morning. This morning’s Minnesota & In- ternational passenger, from Kelliher, brought Martin Nelson to Bemidji, and he was placed in the hospital. It appears that Nelson, while working in the woods near Kelliher. was struck by a tree in such a man- ver that several of his Tibs | were broken. He will recover. {township. election held = -yesterday GONGERT TONIGHT Bemidji Muical Organization Will This evening in the city hall the Bemidji band will give its March in- door band concert. No Bemidji music lover should fail to attend the concert this evenimg. Director ' Masten has arranged a special program for this evening and it is expected that the concert will excell all previous ones. This evening’s program will be as follows: 1. 'March— - - - - - “Hostraiser’s” by W. Paris Chambers 2. Overture—“Bob White’s Musical Melodies,” - - - by Harry L. Alford 3. Gavotte _ Caprice—“In Stately Pride,” - - - - Chas. J. Rockwell 4. March— - - - - - “Battle Royal” by Fred Jewell 5. “Tannhauser March” - R. Wagner 6. Solo—“A Son of the Desert Am I" Andrew Rood 7. “Schubert’s Serenade.” by George D. Barnard. Arranged 8. Trombone Characteristic — “St. Vitus Dance” - - by G. E. Holmes Medley Overture—“Bits of Re- mick’s Hits” - - - - J. B. Lampe 10. National March—“Daughters of Ameriea” - - - - by J. P. Lampe BLACKDUGK TOWN RETURNS © Twenty-five Votes Cast at Hines Election. . . Word from Hines this morning is 0 the effect!fhat the result of the was as follows: Supervisor— S. 0. Berg, 25 Clerk— Martin Dawson, 25 Treasurer— ‘William Hines, 25 Asgessor— John Jorgenson, 23 T. €..Newcomb, 3 Justige of the Peace— F. A. Jenkins, 25 Constable— ‘Wm. Vail. The total number of votes cast was 25. GOOK SETTLES IN BEMIDJI Duluth Civil Engineer Comes ‘Here to Make Future Home. Because of the fact that his busi- ness interests in this locality are such that he would have to spend a large portion of his timte in Bemidji, R. M. Cook, one of Duluth’s most prominent civil engineers, has de- cided to make Bemidji his place of residence in the future. Mr. Cook will have offices with Harry Reynolds, in the O’Leary—Bow-} ser building. | Peoples Ticket Wins. ! Yesterday's Port Hope election re- sulted as follows: Supervisor— A. J. Trusty Clerk— ‘Wm. Girlinger Treasurer,— Gaily Souder Justice of the Peace— Prosper Albie Constable— J. C. Souder Sime Wins in Lamers. Yesterday’s election in Lamers re- sulted in the following manner: Clerk— 0. C. Sime Trustee— Peter Dille Assessor— Joseph Lindell Treasurer— Mike Wold. GHARLES STEBBINS GIVEN 10 YEAR TERM Man Convicted Saturday of Statatory Crime Sentenced by Judge Stant- ton This Morning. JOSEPH JERKINS GIVEN 1 YEAR Must Go to Stillwater Prison For Having Fired Three Shots From Revolver at Martin Rosen. This morning at 9 o’clock Judge C. W. Stanton, who is presiding at this term of district court, sentenced Charles Stebbins to 10 years, at hard labor in the state penitentiary, and Joseph Jenkins received a semtence of one year. Last Saturday evening the jury in the Stebbins case brought in a verdict of guilty after having been our about 8 hours. Stebbins was charged with having committed a statutory crime by little Olive Simonson, his 13 year old niece. The charge on which Jenkins was convicted was that of assault in the first degree, the jury bringing in a verdict of guilty late Monday eve- ning, the jury supplementing its verdict with a request to the court to be as lenient as possible with the defendant. The case of James Larkins versus the Oak Grove Handle company is now in progress before Judge Stant- on. Larkins is suing to recover dam- ages for alleged failure on the part of the handle company to accept tim- ber that they had purchased. A number of cases have been dis- missed by the court during yesterday and today, and several cases have been disposed of in various ways. There are but five civil cases re- maining on the calendar, with no more criminal cases. It is expected that the February term, which is the present term, will come to a close some time during the present week. BAGLEY VOTES TO GO DRY Entire Citizens Ticket Elected Into Office. Yesterday election results in the Village of Bagley were as follows: President— J. J. Sundet, 95 0. Barness, 66 Trustees— H. C. Peterson, 95 S. M. Bugge, 95 E. R. Sletten, 159 P. C. Bjorneby, 69 Dan Rolland, 68 Recorder— T. T. Sater, 96 Axel Ringborg, 66 Treasurer— Jens Nelson, 157 Assessor— T. L. Tweite, 96 L. L. Omdahl, 66 Justice of the Peace— 0. O. Blegen, 128 R. J. Rudser, 93 Constables— G. Holty, 169 George Daniels, 92 A. L. Reff, 57 The entire citizens ticket, or dry ticket, was elected while the vote as to whether the village should go dry or not resulted in favor of going dry by a vote of 92 to 70. Doings In Municipal Court. This morning in municipal court William Noon and Frank Little were arraigned . before Judge Pendergast on charges of drunkenness. Noon paid his fine of $5 and costs, and Little was ordered to leave town as soon as possible. Coming—I1 Trovatore.