Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 8, 1911, Page 1

= | l Al THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 9. NUMBER 8. TRICK BEAR CAUGHT INCOUNTRY BY BOYS Break for Liberty of Wrestling Bruin Who Won Laurels in Bemidji Ends: in Capture. RUNS FROM THIEF RIVER STAG Eludes Pursuers for Day and Night Foraging on Farms Until 16 Miles Away. ROPE ON NECK HIS UNDOING | Voluntarily Does Little Dance Which | Ends in His Being Lead Back To Owners, After having been at liberty more than a day and night in the vieinity | 000 ACRES FOR SALE That Amount of Beltrami County Land to Be Put on Sale By State Here on Wednesday, | OTHERS IN ON NEW LAW DEAL g Eight thousand acres of Beltrami county state land will be offered for sale Wednesday at 10 a. m., when the first sale under the new law will be held here at the court house. | Under this act, new appraisals will | be made every month until Novemberi in the counties of Beltrami, Koochiching, Itasca, | Louis and Roseau. Cass, | Aitkin, St.! CROOKSTON MAN BUYS HANSON STORE Edward Netzer Today Takes Posses- sion of Valuable Property Near the Postoffice. PRICE PAID IS HELD SECRET | | x | Staff of Clerks Will Be Given Oppor- | tunity to Retain Positions, Says New Proprietor, GETS BOOST IN HOME PAPER | ' | The terms of sale will remain the| isame, 15 per cent of the purchnse] | price down, and the balance forty years at 4 per cent. ! | Land which is to be sold In this |county is located in the towns m‘ Tnylur, Frohn, Port Hope, l[agahl ‘Turue River, Grant Valley, Jones 2l Eckles and Liberty. | Recommended By Morning Times to Bemidji as Hustling Business Man and Desirable Citizen. Edward F. Netzer, for many years | Dates for the coming sales in thei a prominent druggist of Cruokstun,' of Thief River Falls, the big ciuna-| various counties, together with num- | has purchased the George A. Hanson mon bear which appeared at the Brinkman theatre here last February, was captured by a .couple of badly frightened but determined farmer ber of acres to be sold, follows: \ Acres oflere(l’ Monday, May 8, 10 a. m. In- [ hoys, sixteen miles west of the Pen- nington county seat. The bear escaped from the stage| of a Thief River theatre. It is fca-| tured as a wrestler. In Bemidji his! record was clear as not an opponent | | was able to floor him. ' | Wise Bruin Runs Away. At Thief River it was announced! that William Klein, a wrestler of| note in that city, was to tackle the bear. Bruin must have learned of ! Klein's prowness for when it came ! time for the expected mateh, he had broken away and was at large in the! country. Searching parties were at once or- ganized but the bear wr all persuit, the | prairie, helping himself to farmers chickens, pails of syrup and any»" thing else that happened to come his| way and harmonize with a bear ap-| petite. | stler evaded ambling off on Boys Surprised at Strange Beast. | The manager of bruin, who \\clghs\ | more than 300 pounds and is seven | feet high in his stocking feet, offered | a reward of $250 for his capture. A short rope was tied about (he; animal’'s neck and this alone pre-| vented him from continuing to heedlDeclares Beltrami County ~Needs the call of the wild. Tt was by this| rope that the farn:er boys caught the | bear, after boys thought was a most surpr thing. When approached he reared up on his haunches and did a dance, They on the prairie but didn't believe that never P riday, he had done, what ll|e§ sing | before had seen a bear|your ternational Falls, Koochich- i ing county 5,000 May 12, Walker, Cass county..... 10 a. m, | 30,000 | Monday, May 15, 10 a. m., | Grand Rapids, Itasca coun- L T 30,000 | uesday, May 16, 10 a. m., | Carlton, Carlton county...10,000 Wednesday, May 17, 10 a. m., Duluth, St. Louis county. . .20,0()0‘; | Friday, May 19, 10 a. m., Ait- H kin, Aitkin county .......30,000' { Monday, May 22, 2p. m.. Ro- ‘ seau, Roseau county ......50,0001 Wednesday, May 24, 1 p. m,, | Hallock, Kittson county. ...25,000 Thursday, May 25, 10 a. m,, Warren, Marshall county. .35,000 ’ Friday, May 26, 10 a. m,, | Crookston, Polk county. ... S,OOO? Saturday, May 27, 10 a. m,, J Moorhead, Clay county.... 5,000 Thursday, June 1, 10 a. m., Detroit, Becker county....16,000 Friday, June 2, 10 a, m., Wa- | dena, Wadena county ..... 10,000 Saturday, June 3, 2 p. m., Long Prairie, Todd county. 6,000 FARMER PLEADS FOR ROADS Them Above Everything Else. Writing the Stock and| Home, a Beltrami county farmer has‘ { this to say: | “I've been very much interested in good work for northern Min- ‘ynosota also in Mr. McGuire’s letters, | Farm, isay how much he paid for the store. | their coming. drug store, adjoining the postoffice, | Fourth street and Beltrami avenue. Mr. Netzer came to Bemidji today and took immediate possession of the store. Mr. Netzer did not care to Price Paid Private Matter. “I feel that is a private matter and } do not care to make it public,” sa1d| Mr Netzer. Mr. Netzer said that there would i be no change in the present staff of | clerks, at least not before June 1. “It is my intention to give all the i boys a fair chance,” he said. The staff at present is made up of Q A. Burroughs chief clerk C A. Well Liked In Crookston. “Mr. Netzer will take to the busi- ness 15 years experience at Wallace’s drug store, having been a partner for the last three years till recently, when he determined to engage in| business for himself. He is not only | a thoroughly competent druggist, but is a gentleman who will commend himself to the people of Bemidji, as has been the Crookston, where a very large following of warm case in friends regret his departure but real- ize the splendid opportunity that pre- sents itself there. “Mr. Netzer is in Bemidji, but Mrs. | Netzer will not follow for some little time till he has secured a suitable home and made arrangements for The departure of the family from Crookston ‘will be re- gretted in both social and business circles, Mr. and Mrs. Netzer having been active in both spheres for many years.” such actions could be characteristic ! Being one of the first settlers in this! | TROPPMAN BUYS UP BANKRUPT. of the bear family. part of Beltrami county, 1 thought 1} They grabbed the rope and later, might be of some help and tell our|Brings $8,000 Worth of Tibbs, Hut- bruin was taken back to Thief River where, last night, he was safely turn- cd over to his owner. SIMPSON, DISSATISFIED, MAY QUIT Refuses to Deny Report That He Is to Resign as Attorney General. News comes from the state capitol to the effect that George T. Simpson is to resign as attorney general for the state of Minnesota. Mr. Simp- son does not deny this report, will he confirm it. Tor some time Mr. has been a stony one. with Governor Eberhart have not been of the most harmonious nature and there are other men of power who look upon the attorney as at least an “eccentric” official. At the state capitol there probably is no more unpopular state officer, Mr. Simpson. By some he is regard- ed as hombasuc, and not above tak- ing credit to himself for work done by his assistants and predecessors. It is said that, should he resign, Simpson’s path His relations he will engage in the law business: in St. Paul. Mr. Simpson has been credited . with a yearning to be the republi- can candidate for governer in 1912. nor | than | wants. Lack of roads are our big-| gest drawback. We have a poor out- let to market, but still we are doing very all things considered. I think the state could help us. “Three years ago or so the county well, gave our town a county warrant to | put the money on the roads. We went ahead and did the work and is- sued town orders for them, then the state stepped in and ordered county not to pay those warrants. So there we are with that debt on {our hands, paying interest on it. It | does ot look like much help, does |it? Roads we need, and roads we | must have if we make this part of Minnesota attractive so as to get farmers in here with money to im- prove their farms. man with a little money and a will to work as there is anywhere in the state. Another thing is schools. They should come first, but we have | | got to have roads to get to school, so |1 put roads first.” Charles E. Ellis, special writer for the Duluth Evening Herald, was in the city yesterday for the first time. He was generous in his praise of Be- midji. the | “We have as good a-chance for a| chins Goods Here to Sell. F. G. Troppman has returned to Bemidji from Minneapolis where he and should | purchased more than $8,000 worth | ot the bankrupt stock of the Tibbs, Hutchins company, which recently went into the hands of a receiver. The goods are all new and up to date and were purchased at from one-half to three-fourths the ordinary whole- sale price. Mr. Troppman says a ibig sale will be held as soon as the| goods can be properly displayed. Robert Lincoln Kelley Leaves. Rev. Robert Lincoln Kelley of Chi- of the Baptist church, during the for Pierre, S. D., where he recent!y gccepted a call. |MRS. SCHENK TO BE FREED ‘lndlctmenn Against Her Will 8e | Quashed in Final Disposition. Wheeling, W. Va, May 8—¥inal disposition of the case of Mrs. Laura F. Schenk, charged with the attempr ed murder of her millionaire husband, has been postponed until the Septem- ber term of court. ‘When the case Is brought up then it is stated on good authority, the in dictments against ‘her will ‘be quashed: - ! meeting on .'ime 9. cago, who has been the acting pastor | past two months left this morning| BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1911. GOVERNOR MAY COME Plans on to Have Him Here June 8, on Way to Editorial Meeting. VINCENT T0 ADDRESS WRITERS Efforts to have Governor Eberhart the guest of Bemidji on the night of June 8, on his way to attend. the meeting of the Northern Minnesota Editorial association, are likely to be successful, . A. G. Rutledge, secretary of the | editorial association, today received the following from Ralph Wheelock, secretary to the governor: “I am very.glad to get your letter with details as to the proposed trip { to Itasca park. Until the Governor returns, I can not make any positive engagement. for June 8 in Ben.idji, to arrange it, he will be glad to come that way.” Should Governor Eberhart find it| possible to come, his entertainment will be looked after by the Commer- cial club. It is possible that he will i deliver a public address. Mr. Rutledge also has been noti- fied the President Vincent of the state University, Dean Woods and former Attorney General W, B. Douglas will : attend the editorial COURT FAVORS ];IG PACKERS | Rules That They Need Not Produce Alleged Lorimer Evidence. | Chicago, May 8.—Judge A. J. Petit, m the circuit-court, declared that the Illinols senate could not force inspec- tlon ve shoprlvate accouuts Having | - Tward miaos this effect, was to uphold the writ of habeas corpus obtained by Tilden, G. W. Benedict and W. C. Cummings after they had been arrested on charges of contempt of the state sen- ate, in refusing to present the ac- counts to the Helm committee. The decision required nearly an hour to read, and included a quantity | of the verbatim testimony taken ho-i fore the Helm committee at Spring- | fleld. It was seen from the first few minutes reading that the judge was inclined to uphold the contention of the defendants’ attorney, Nathaniel C. Sears, that the senate had not ‘the right to force entry to the private ac- counts of a person named as indirectly as Sears averred Tilden was, especial- ly when that person under oath de- | clared none of his accounts would throw any light on the subject at {ssue. ‘Tilden was named by Clarence Funk, of the International Harvester com- | pany, as a person to whom he was di- rected to send a check for $10,000 to make up a fund of $100,000 alleged to have been used in electing United States Benator William Lorimer. Case May Be Appealed. Attorney John J. Healy, represent- ing the Helm committee, was given ten days in which to file exceptions. He indicated that the case would prob- ably be reviewed by the appellate court. Judge Petit based his decision in large part on the premise that the whole proceeding before the Helm committee was invalid. “It will be clearly seen,” said the court, “that.the main question in- volved here is whether the senate committee had the power to order Mr. | Tilden to produce his books. A wit- ness appearing before a committee has the right to know what particular inquiry is going on—the record here | tails to show that. | "“There also must be evidence to show that the witness had evidence in his possession that was material to | | the inquiry being conducted. In addi- | uon‘ the subpoena duces tecum in | this particular instance failed to de- |seribe any particular books or papers | that were wanted.” | 5 VIGOROUS PROTESTS LIKELY! Shelling of Mazatlan by Mexican Fed. | erals Against Rules of War. | Washington, May 8.—That the Mex~i i ican situation has involved itself i | most serions complications, not only | with the ‘United States but with Eu- lrupean nations, because of the shell- | ing of Mazatlan, was the statement made here by authorities on interna- | | tional law. The bombardment of an unfortified town is positively prohibited by the accepted rules of war which have been in effect for nearly two decades. Every European nation represented by its citizens in Mazatlan, it Is ex: cted wlll mnke )Izornm pr although I am sure that if possible! the west. i | Rural DEITZ GIVEN BLOW Deputy Sheriff at Battle of Cameron Dam Testifies That Shots Were Fired From Cabin. STATE'S EVIDENCE AT LAST IN So Strong That Conviction of Defend- ant is Being Predicted in Hay- ward Courtroom. TRIAL TO LAST ALL OF: WEEK Prisoner, However, Declares He Will Rensonable Speed. Hayward, Wis., May 8.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—Af- ter having announced that the state had closed its evidence in the Deitz case, the prosecuting attorney today requested that one more witness against the defendant be permitted to testify. This witness, Frank Thorbahn, ar- rived in Haywood this morning from He was one of the deputy sheriffs at the battle of dam, Cameron Witness Causes a Sensation. Thorbahn caused a sensation by testifying that he found empty shells nnd five extra magazmes IJ_ wto- TC has been testified several times that Mrs. Deitz sald after the sur- render: “We did no shooting in the cabin. If there was any shooting it must have been from the Deitz was stationed.” barn where Defense Now Has Inning. The testimony of Thorbahn goes to show that shots were fired from the cabin. He is the last witness for the state, and Deitz was expected to begin his side of the case late this efternoon. Deitz says he will hardly be able} to get all the evidence which he wishes to present in this week, bat that he will get it in as soon as pos- sible, so that the case can go to the jury. | Deitz Conviction Predicted. The feeling prevails here that the state has built up so strong a case that Deitz, in his ignorance of the law, and unprotected by an attorney, will be unable to over come. CITY SCANDAL AT THIEF RIVER Members of Council Face Investiga- tion on Corruption Charges. After months of murmuring com- plaint against certain filembers of the city council of Thief River Falls, the discontent has broken into open indignation and an investigation is ! being made in an effort to prove that there has been corruption At a mass meeting of citizens dissatisfied with the council it was voted to em- ploy the services of Attorney Charles | E. Boughton to make a complete in- vestigation of the alleged =miscon- | duct. "Recent.efforts to patch the BRUSH FIRES ARE MENACING Residents in_Vicinity of Du. luth Fight Flames. Duluth, May 8.—Brush fires about the city caused mich uneasiness until the wind died down. Several farm: houses and summer residences were jeopardized, but uone of them were destroyed, although in some cases {Bard battles had to be put up against the flames. The fires were burning on every side. Men were fighting them at Eagle Lake, Fond du Lac, New Duluth, Plke Lake and Colbyville. The wind fanned the flames and for a time it looked as though assistance would have to be asked of the Sty fire department. The idying of the wind brought rellef. ' BY LATE WITNESS Send Case to Jury With Al | i ago while doing church work among trouble up without publicity failed.! PARSHALL IS RECOVERING Survives Operation for Appendicitis Performed at St. Cloud and Will * Soon Be. Up. HAD BEEN SUFFERING MONTH St. Cloud, Minn., May 8.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)— Archdeacon Parshall of the Cass Lake and Bemidji parishes, is improving rapidly from his operation for appen- dicitis, performed .in this city last Friday, and today is feeling much stronger. The archdeacon will be confined in the hospital for at least a week, and will not be able to return to his duties for a month. He was taken ill about a month the Indians, and has been suffering much up until his operation. Mrs. Parshall is in St. Cloud with her husband, and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Beatty. The operation was performed in the hospital here by Dr. Beatty, an old friend of the archdeacon. FINDS SOIL UNHARMED BY FIRE| | Thomas Cooper Also of Opinion That Forests Can Be Protected. After a thorough examination of the soil in the vicinity of Bnudette! 1Pds SR 1m0 an hitked ifontat - Cooper of the State Agricultural College, declares it was not damaged | to any degree by flames. He made careful tests and feels certain that the ground retains all of its fertile qualities. While in Bemidji Mr. Cooper also expressed the belief that under the new forester law, with Willilam T. Cox at the head of the forestry bureau, that there need be no danger of serious fires in the for-' ests, after the system is once in work- ing order. He also had a good word to say of Assistant Forester Tierney, who is an old school mate of his. $100,000 FIRE AT GRAND RAPIDS, TRAIN CUTS. OFF WATER SUPPLY Henry Hughes $40,000 New Brick Building and $35,000 Store Stock Destroyed Sunday Morning. EXPENSIVELAW LIBRARIESBURN Former Senator McCarthy’s Books Alone Insured at $2,500 and Other Losses are Heavy. RAILROAD FACES DAMAGE SUITS Firemen Claim to Have Had Flames Under Control When Engine Run Over Hose, - f ~ Grand Rapids, Minn., May 8.—(By Telephone to the Pioneer.)—Fire which broke from unknown causes at 2:30 Sunday morning com- Plétely destroyed the Henry Hughes department store and building, at a total loss of probably more than $100,000 with only partial insur- ance. Soon after the flames were seen pouring from the structure the Grand Rapids volunteer fire department under command of Chief H. D. Bow- out |ers was at work and after a hard fight had the flames practically un- der control when a Great Northern train pulled in and cut the hose in two. Proper Signals Were Displayed. but, they say, precautions were taken to stop any incoming trains; that proper signals and lights were dis- played. For some reason, however, the engineer failed to stop and this, proved disasterous as the firemen did not have sufficient hose to recon- nect and reach the fire. Thus cut off the firemen were powerless. Efforts to check the flames with a bucket brigade were useless and the best that could be done was to protect surrounding buildings. It is said that the Great Northern will be expected to pay the losses. EBERHARTHONOREDINSPOKANE | | | Speaker Tonight at Flower Banked | Meeting of Former Minnesotans. .Spoksne. Wash., May 8.—(Daily| Pioneer Special Service.)—Governor Eberhart of Minnesota is in Spokane and he and Governor Hay of Wash- ngton will be the chief speakers at | the Minnesota club banquet in the Hall of -the Doges in Spokane to-i night. The hall will be decorated with the moccasin and rhododen- drons, state flowers, and a profusion of apple blossoms. John H. Bowers, president of the club, will be toast- master. Governor Eberhart will re- spond to the toast, “Our Former Min- nesotans,” the governor of Washing- ton toasting “Our Resident Minne- sotans.” E. E. Engdahl will speak of “The Minnesota Scandinavians in ‘Washington.” One Arrested at Point of Gun; Other Tries to Chop Way to Liberty. Two “bad men” from Blackduck are in the Beltrami county jail here. One, arrested at the point of a revolv- er, is awaiting the action. of the grand jury on a charge of having placed liquor in the hands of axn In- dian and the other, Jack Smith, who attempted to chop his way out of the Blackduck jail with an axe is‘up for thirty days for minor offenses com- mitted while under the influence-of liquor. James Daly is the man held on the liquor selling charge. He is supposed to have given liquor to Peter Kickum, a person of Chippewa Indian blood. He was arraigned be- fore Court Commissioner Simons here | Built a Year Ago; Cost $40,000. The first floor of the building, which was a modern brick structure | built a year ago, at a cost of $40,000, | was occupied by the Hughes firm carried a $35,000 stock of groceries, dry goods, clothing, hardware and other general merchandise. The loss to Mr. Hughes on the building and practically total. The store was one of the largest in nor- thern Minensota. On the second floor doctors and lawyers had offices. Here, too, the loss was complete. Occupants of the second floor were: former Senator stock was ‘1McCarthy, attorney; Spear & Stone, attorneys; Frank F. Price, attorney; James D. Doran, attorney; the Itasca Products company; Dr. Costello and . Dr. Gendron. The law firms lost: valuable law libraries. Former Senator McCar- thy carried $2,600 insurance on his library, which was considered one of | the most complete private libraries BLACKDUCK "BAD MEN” IN JAIL|;, the state. Mr. Hughes is well known in Be- midji. He made Cass Lake his home for many years, having been connected with the C. M. Taylor mercantile store.Since his removal to Grand Rapids Mr. Hughes has mad: frequent visits to Bemidji and is close to the busines men here. Not So Crazy as He Might Be. Herbert Bibbin, cook in A. D. Grignon’s camp at Pitt, who was sent to the asylum at Fergus Falls a couple of weeks ago, jumped off a freight train at Pitt the other( day and securing a shovel made a bee line for the camp and dug out of the m\gn}! a purse containing $60 which he had hidden at the time of and in default of bail was locked up: | bis detention. SuBlentoe no¥e arTUSS LIe UTECKS,