Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 1, 1911, Page 1

\ VOLUME 9. NUMBER 2. SCHMIDT AND WIFE T0 JAIL FOR LIFE Slayers of Deputy Sheriff Harry Mc Cabe Quickly Found Guilty by Walker Jury. WOMAN CALMLY RECEIVES BLOW “They Got Us for Fair,” Her Only While Husband’s Nerve Prooves Just as Good. Comment, RECEIVE SENTENCE WEDNESDAY Attorney Scrutchin Surprised atf Quick Verdict and Has Little Hope of Leniency. On Wednesday morning of week Judge C. W. Stanton will sen- tence to life imprisonment—the only penalty possible under the law— Charles lenry Schmidt and wife who late Saturday afternoon were found guilty at Walker of having murder- ed Deputy Sheriff Harry McCabe on last. January The jury was out less than three hours. 1 had not expected a verdict so quickly,” Lemidji colored attorney, who peared for the defendants, today “and was at the depot when it was return- ed, on my way home, and have not seen my clients since. course, be in court Wednesday morn- inis when_sentence is passed. o tar| SHOWS HUGE EXPRESS PROFIT. as | know at the present time there| will be no request for a new trial and 1 do not have much hope of leniency at the hands of the court.” In the Walker jail the man and woman who have been convicted of deliberately slaying an officer of the law who had gone to arrest them on a charge of larceny, are the calmest persons in the village. Under the old law, Schmidt could have been sentenced to behanged, but the recent legislature did away with capital punishment, which leaves the penalty for first and second degree ! murder practically the same. “Well, they got us for fair,”" was the woman’s comment on the verdict which means prison walls to her for life. seemed even less purturbed. the rest of her Her husband Mrs. Schmidt, who is 38 years old, while her husband is 28 appears to have been the real “bad one” of the On the stand Saturday after: noon she made a poor witness in her two. own defense, as did also her hus- band. She is a coarse, loud woman little sympathy. She clainfed the shot which killed Me and excited Cabe was accidental. The tragedy took the Schmidt house near Cass Lake, Jan- place at uary 27. McCabe went to the place with warrants charging the couple with larceny. He notified Mrs. Schmidt that she was under arrest when he gained entrance to the kitchen. At the sawme instant, Sch- midt appeared from a side room with a shot gun and fired it point blank at the deputy sheriff. Cabe fell fatally wounded. Schmidt threw a blanket over the dying man and let it go at that, Al neighbor, who knew McCabe went to ‘r at a local hotel, spent a restless night | zen. the house to arrest the Sshmidts, ap- | and there is no noticeable change | peared at this time and arrested the man without trouble. They were hustled to the jail in Walker and every effort was made to get #cCabe to the Bemidji hospi- tal, but he died on the way. A short time ago when the snow disappearing, Sheriff DeLury paid a visit to the deserted Schmidt home and found'that the yard was against at- also and woman was mined with dynamite tack and that the house was stocked with dynamite. It |is said Charles Scrutchin, the‘ up-i I shall, of} the | Schmidt place was likely to be made at most any time. | The coming of McCabe alonedid not appeal to the Schmidts as being of sufficient importance or protend- |Ing enough danger to warrant the use of the explosives. ‘PARSHALL UNDER KNIFE ;Archdeacon of Cass Lake Forced to 1 Undergo Operation at St. Cloud for Appendicitis. HOPES TO BE UP IN TWO0 WEEKS Archdeacon H. F. Parshall, rector ishes, left today for St. Cloud, Minn., row for appendicitis. Rev. Parshall has been in ill health | for several weeks and for some time | has realized that an operation would [be necessary to save his life. His | to defer the event until he no longer | can do so with safety. | Up to the present time he has con- | tinued his church dutles and preach- ed yesterday as usual. He left from | Bemidji for St. Cloud today and if properly rested will go on the opera- ting table tomorrow. i Friends of the stricken rector be- lieve that because of his rugged con- stitution their will with- | stand the shock of the operation and [ be back at work within a month. Tt is expected that Rev. Parshall will not be able to leave St. Cloud within two weeks from the date of | the operation, and perhaps not that | soon. leader | Rate Hearing at St. Paul Brings Out | Startling Figures. St. Paul, May 1.—Continuing the | investigation of he Wells Fargo Rx- press company Attorney General George T. Simpson introduced evi- dence tending to show that the com- pany enjoys an earning ability equal | to that of any other company in the | United States. With a property investment of not more than $5,000,000 and assets of 33,000,000—of which $28,000,000 is in- vested in stocks and bonds, mort- gages, notes, loans and deposits in banks—the company not only is pay- ing 10 per cent dividend but is rapidly | accumulating a vast surplus. | While G. W. Hillman, expert ac- | countant for the state, was on the | witness stand Mr. Simpson asked: | “Assuming that the Wells Fargo company should go out of business as ian express company today, withdraw i all its agents and continue to live on the money it has Invested, what per cent could it annually pay on capital | stock?” | “Seven per cent,” replied Mr. Hill- man. AY GOIE.D TAKES A BRIDE | He 1s Third Member of Family to Wed i Within Year. | New York, May 1.—The third wad- ‘ding within a year in the George J Gould family took place when Jay | Gould, second son of the railroad mag: | nate, and Miss Anne Douglas Graham, only daughter of Mrs. Herbert Vos, were married at St. Thomas' church. The bride, whose mother before her marriage was Princess Kaikilani of | Hawali, was given away by her step | father, and Kingdon Gould was the best man. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. Dr. Ernest M. Stires, | rector of the church. NO HOPE FOR KITTREDGE Me Former South Dakota Senator Is Near | and has prospered at his trade. Death. Hot Springs, Ark., May 1.—Former | United States Senator A. B. Kittredge | of South Dakota, who is critically ill |in his condition. i The brother and sister of the sena- |tor arrived and were recognized by the sick man. Attending physicians entertain no hope for the patient’s recovery. His weakness is more pronounced and his physicians say that the end is ap- proaching. Identity of the Vessel and Details Are Lacking. of the English steamer reported lost off Cape Vittano, on the northwest ex- of the Cass Lake and Bemidji par-| where he will be operated on tomorA! | active church duties has caused him | this ! ENGLISH STEAMER IS LOST| Vigo, Spain, May 1.—The identity | LEAPS INTO RIVER; SANITY QUESTIONED Edward Stride, Bemidji Piano Tuner, Escapes International Nurse ;—i‘nih at Suicide. From TELLS STORYTO PROBATE JUDGE Declares Il Health Caused Him to Imagine Enemies Were After Him In Hospital. | | MAKES BREAK FOR LIBERTY | Final Plunge in Cold Water Brings | i Back His Senses—Will Be ; ‘Cared For Here. { | BEdward Stride, 34 years old, for { seven years a piano tuner in Bemidji, ibllt who has been in International i Falls the past five weeks where he escaped from a hospital and jumped into the Rainy River in an apparent attempt at suicide, was today ex-| | amined by Judge of Probate Clark as | to his sanity. In court this morning Stride ap- | peared rational and told a well con-| | nected story of his misfortunes. He told Judge Clark that he became ill | while in International Falls while at {\wm-k tunning pianos and that hs} | voluntarily went to the hospital in| | that place. At the hospital he said | a feeling came over him that some- | one would harm him. This fear grew so strong that he determined |tomake his escape. Ed w During the afternoon of the tjrstr | day that he was at the hospital, ac- cording to the story tol{ by Stride, he managed to dress while no one was | looking and crept unobserved from | i the hospital. | Once he had gained his freedom the sick man cautiously made his way to a point some distance above International Falls and found a se- cluded nook on the bank of the Rainy river. Here, Stride said, he brooded over his troubles until in a moment of desperation he decided to end it all by jumping into the water. The water, however, was not deep but it was cold and this brought him back to his proper senses and he climbed out as quickly as possible. Thoroughly drenched and chilled to the marrow, he made his ‘way back to International Falls. He later was taken in custody and the examination as to his mental condition here today was the result. County Attorney Funkley, after | having satisfied himself that Stride is not in a serious condition, asked J. H. Grant, who is a member of the same Socialist lodge to which Stride belongs appeared in court in his behalf, what suggestion he had to make as to the care of Stride. “I feel,” said Mr. Grant, “that with proper care Stride will regain his! health and I am willing to take the responsibility of seeing that he re- ceives proper care.” Mr Grant was allowed to take charge of Stride. | Stride is well known in Bemidj, | He | has always been known as a compe- | |tent and industrious worker. Re-| icently he became a naturalized citi- E He is a native of Sweden. : | IMATTER MAY BE PROBED | Alleged Irregular Appointments’ to Consular Positions. Washington, May 1.—Jimes A.| { Tawney, former representative from | Mingescta, and Hernando de Soto | Mceney, former senator from Missis: | sippi, have been subjected to a goflfli deal of criticism by subordinate offi | cials of the department of state and Democrats in congress on the ground ! that they forced . the appointment of two men to the consular service in | violation of civil service regulations | .~ Clements Edwards of Albert Lea is theory of the officials that the sgh_itremity of the peninsula, has not yet ! the man whage appointment to the’| midts had made these plans to guard against an attack by a force of de- puty sheriffs, for it was generally known about town that a raid on the been lezrned. She was of 2,500 tons and carried & cargo of coal from Penarth, Wales | to Genoa. Whether there were casualties {s not known, post at Acapulco, Mex. Mr Tawney is said to have secured. William W Kitchen of Gulfport, Miss., who is a son-n-law of Senator Money, is alsc sald to have obtained his job througk favoritism. | ;B * Builder: ing lespector: “Thanks.” “No; | didn’t find any violations in your building.” —Robinson in New York Tribune. DEWEY DIDITI3 YEARS AGO This is Anniversary of Famous May Day American Victory in Har- bor of Manilla. HOW BEMIDJI GOT THE NEWS It was thirteen years ago today that Admiral Georgq;bewey sent his battleshiPs across-thie mines in Manil- la_harbor, capturingsthat Spanish ity 3gd eftectylly; blocking Spain'a| Sheldon Hollingworth, a diciple of effort at further warfare with- the United States. The news of the Dewey victory of that May day was flashed around the world and all the newspapers of the larger cities flashed: screaming extras of the victory. Bemidji at that .time was on the map and that was about all. was no railroad here at that time, although the Great Northern was on the way arriving here in July, 1908. Some of the same business men who were here at that time are still in Bemidji. In the current issue of Weekly Pioneer advertisements ap- pear for the firm of O'Leary & Bow- ser, Hazen Brothers, Brinkman and ‘W. 8. Chapman. Mr. Chapman at that time was engaged in the butch- er business. The news of the Dewey triumph did not reach Bemidji until May 2 for the excellent reason that there were no telegraph or telephone wires and the mail service, which was daily was from Park Rapids. The news therefore came from Park Rapids the day following the Dewey entrance to Manilla. SPENCER TO GET NEW POSITION Bemidji's Former City Engineer to Enter Service of State. Chas. Spencer, of Park -Rapids, who for several months last fall| acted as city engineer for Bemidjl,! has been appointed Assistant State!| Engineer and has for his district | Hubbard and Wadena counties. His duties will be the construction of state highways and general sup- ervision of all roads and bridges in | the district. Mr. Spencer has resigned his posi- tion as county surveyor of Hubbard county, the resignation taking effect | today. ! POSTAL BANKS A SUCCESS | o5 nuronn mac ariivd trom Ohine System Will Now Be Extended tc Cities of More Than 10.000. Washington, - May 1.—The foriy- eight experimental offices of the pos tal Hank system “have made good,” il was partment ted, wouls by 8 speedy ex:ension of the system te iarge cities Thus far depositories havebeen;lo cated only {n cities with less than 10, 000 population. : = '{as guests of the city made a fashion- There | the way to the court room. y“The Magna Carta of the Sinner.” announced at the pt}smrfice de | MAY DAY TRIO FACES JUDGE Two Secure “Positions” With City; Third “Beats It.” Three men who spent last night {ably short call on Municipal Judge Pendergast this morning. - Their visit was not entirely satisfactory. Harry Week was the first to de- liver a May day greeting to the judge. Harry had wandered so far from the straight and narrow path that a| policeman gathered him in on charge of intoxication. The judge changed Mr. Week into ten days. Perfect Rest, frankly admitted that he was drunk. Sheldon .explained that he didn’t come to Bemidji often and that he sought to improve the opportunity to get out of town. Mr. Hollingworth “beat it.” Herman Foyer, the last of the sad-eyed trio, did not need to be told He had before. For the next twenty days Herman will assist Street ‘Commissioner Carter in mani-| curing Bemidji highways. been there PREACHES TO ODD FELLOWS Rev. Kelley, Himself a Member, Holds Special Services, In commemoration of the 91st an- niversary of the founding of the Odd| Fellows lodge, Rev. Robert Lincoln Kelly, himself an Odd Fellow, held special services in the Baptist church | yesterday morning. | Members of the Bemidji Odd Fel-| lows lodge together with members of the Rebecca lodge, women’s aux- iliary of the Odd Fellows, marched from the hall on Beltrami avenue, to the church 1n a body where 100 seats had been reserved for them. Rev. Kelly dwelt upon the beauties of true fraternalism and cited John D. Rockefeller as one who, despite his great wealth, may envy the per- son who has real friends, placing emphasis on the word “real.” Special music had been prepared| and Miss Grest sang a solo. His subject i1n the evening was: He said that he considered the Mag- na Carta of 1215 the most important document ever signed. It was of| more importance than the Declara-| tion of Independence in 1776 or the Emancipation of the slaves in 1865. Scores Still Dying of Famine. San Francisco, May 1—The trans. where it distributed foodstuffs among the famine victims for the Christian Herald and the Red Cross society Those aboard the vessel declare the tamine victims are still dying by tke scores. Owen Will Support Pact. ‘Washington, May 1.—Senstor Owen, progressive Democrat of Okla- homa, has lined up for Canadian recl: procity and told President Taft that he was- strongly disposed to vote for the. measure without amendment. EXPERT MAY NAME SITE Those in Charge of Selecting Agri- cultural School Site Unable to : Make Selection. DYER URGES PROMPT ACTION No definite conclusion was arrived at Saturday evening when the mem- bers of the board of education and e -61tH4 agricultural “committes of the Commercial club met for the purpose of deciding which, in their opinion, is the proper place to lo- cate the new agricultural school. The matter was thoroughly gone over and several of the members of the committee explained as to where they believed the proper place for the school to be. Several favored the Larson place which: is located one mile west from Irvine avenue on Fourth street. This farm has established wonder- ful records in growing corn and veg- 'etables, and corn 15 feet high grew thére two years ago. The school board, as well as the members of the agricultural commit- tee, feels that much depends upon the deciding of the location of this 8chool, as, they believe, the progress which will be made by the pupils in this department will be watched by the entire state. It is probable that some land ex- pert will be brought to Bemidji to aid in the selection of the land. W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji public schools, feels that jevery day that goes by in which no selection is made causes a delay that will greatly hinder the work of the first ye;r of the new department. Although the Superintendent has as yet been unable to secure the ser- vices of a director for the department, he has several men which he is con- sidering and the name of the man who will take charge will be an- nounced soon. VETERAN FROM HERE PICKED UP Joseph Miller, 75 Years Old, May Be Insane at Hastings. Probate Judge Clark today receiv- «d a message from the chief of police of Hastings, Minn., which said that Juseph Miller, 76 years old of Be- midji, had been picked up while wandering about in a dazed condi- tion. y A Judge Clark immediately wired back instructions that the man be examined as to his sanity and that he be committed at the Hastings asylum if found mentally deranged. Mr. Miller was a well known char- acter in Bemidji. ~Until six months 2go he lived on a farm near here. ‘He is a veteran of the Civil War and has been in-poor health: for some jtime. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. TONS OF FISH DEAD Solid and Result Threatens Pestilence. MANY CATCHES HERE TODAY Small Army of Anglers Begin Oper- ations at Sun Light, Some Shy Licenses. ; NEW IAWS ARE STRINGENT Only Certain Sized Pike May Be {[ Taken and But Fifty Pounds Shipped. With no more than one hundred visitors present to participate in the ceremonies—some of them whom have violated the new law compelling outsiders to take out a license, the fishing season opened in Bemidji today, with the lake dotted with fishermen despite the chill resulting from the cold wave of Saturday. Good strings were being brought into the city early this morning, a few of the more ambitious rolling out of warm beds at sunrise to lure the rike with tempting bait. Coincident with the opening of the fishing season comes the information from Game Warden Bailey that thousands of pounds of fish are dead unless they are scooped up and may result. In Mud lake at Puposky ‘thous- ands of fish litter the shore. “This is due to the fact that, ow- ing to the drought of last year the lake was low iast winter, and the | water froze to the bottom,” explain- ed Mr. Bailey. “This caused the fish to be smothered and persons living in that district inform me that the situation is serious.” At Lake Robedeau, near Hines, the same condition prevailed during the winter and recent attempts to get buckets of water resulted in more dead fish getting into the bucket than water. Mr. Bailey warns the fisherman from outside points against violating the new laws and calls attention to the fact that only fifty pounds of fish—and then only certain kinds— can be shipped out of the state. Other things to remember are: Pike less than fourteen inches in length can not pe caught. No more than twenty-five fish of any one kind should be taken. Black bass cannot be caught until May 29. Fishing by light now becomes il- legal. “There is plenty of fish in Lake Bemidji this year,” said Mr. Bailey, “and there is no reason why the pres- ent season should not be a successful one. The ban 1s, of course, on for the rest of this month against black bass, but the other kinds of fish may properly be caught. “It will be illegal to fish in Turtle lake, Lake Julia or Movil lake as they are to be stocked. Lake Be- midji has been stocked with pike and trout fry will be put in some time this month.” No arrests for illegal fishing were made today. THREATEN TO FIGHT MADERO Mexican Rebels Said to Have No Love for Leader. Los Angeles, Cal, May 1—That the revolutionary Liberals of Mexico will be fighting Madero, as well as Diaz, in a few weeks, is predicted by Antonio Figueroa, one of the leaders of the Liberal junta having its head quarters in Los Angeles. “We have no more use for Madero,” he said, in discussing the situatlon, “than we have for Diaz. They are both of the capitalistic class.” An. automatic machine gun, it is said, has been purchased in Los An- gelea for the Liberal forces and has been shipped to a point on the border. SEASONOPENS WITH Drought Causes Low Lakes to Freeze in lakes not far from here, and that ~ buried pestllence in-vertai - plutes