Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 11, 1911, Page 1

V]_‘ [ WiNNESOTA — VOLUME 9. NUMBER 11 SKELETON TO CLEAR ONEOF TWO SECRETS Bleached Bones Discovered on Pen dergast Farm Thought to Be Robber or Suicide. This may have been a bullet wound. but the examining physician thinks not. The bones were found not more than two miles from the Rcc Lake bridge where the shooting took place, and the wounded man may have staggered that far and then fallen dead. If the deduction that the bones found have been lying there for four years, this would disprove the theory that it was Smith, WIND WRECKS BOOM BRICK WALLS FALL More Than 2,000,000 Feet of Logs Cast Adrift in Lake By Terrific Night Gale. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSD $500, The building 8 being erected by Contractor J. B. 'Hoke; and, it is said, he will stand Ythe 10ss. New brick will have to be used in the re- construction of the b“lldlng.v Lake craft had -a bad time bal- tling with the heavy seas and among the launches that were fllled with water and sunk, although under cover of boat houses, were thoge owned by Messrs. Thompson, Clavin and Huft- man, v The “Yankee Dood;_é.” a 40 foot EVENING, MAY 11, 1911. HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | BUSINESS ZONE OF LAPORTE WIPED OUT Early Morning Fire Destroys Every Store, Postoffice, Pumping House and Other Places: SCHOOL GIRLS IN REVOLT Refuse to Cook Dinner for Board of Education Because of One Day Suspension, TROUBLE ON SEVERAL DAYS TEN CENTS PER WEEK DEITZ CASE T0 GO T0 JURY TOMORROW Evidence Ends This Afternoon With Unexpected Abruptness, and Ar- guments Remain, Evi Poi ire. R POSSIBLY PUPOSKY BANDITS: h:ng::::zrt ff"fhf".whifisyx‘ffi?ihe NYMOREBUILDING BLOWN DOWN | power vessel, crashed into an oid|HIGH WIND FANS THE FLAMES Open revolt has broken out among | FACH SIDE TO TALK 3 HOURS skeleton may be that of Peter Lamire, scow bt the foot of Third street, and | the High School girls who go to it is recited that Lamire dropped then was driven hard ashore, but| MRRKS an tlie conkins e o aoeh Some Things Point to Body Being|out of sight four years ago and that|Structure Being Erected BylIver Wold | Was later released. - The bow was| Telephone Wire Down But Early Re- 8 o Defendant Will Face Pleas of Dis- That of Man Wounded By D nothing since has been heard of him. Sal 0 With A slightly damaged. £ . 8 Lo : Just don’t care a plate of fudge who 4 hat of Man Wounded By De- Heslasnaueiti o B for Saloon Goes. Over Wi Williard Matthews,,from Indiana, port Says 88 is Close to Kiowe it. trict Attorney and From Attor- puty Sheriff Johnson, hotel, now known as the West. His Crash, who comes here every year to spend $50,000. The girls are so thoroughly arous- | ney General, height was that of the skeleton’s| ~ the summer and who owns the sum- ed that they refuse, positively, to size. Lamire was known as a_handy mer cottage at Twlkn Oak, near cook a five course dinner for the ‘ OR WAS IT PETER LAMIRE? man around the hotel and was a|MAIL BOAT DRIVEN ASHORE |Riverside, and who. mekes the| WATER SUPPLY IS SHUT OFF board of education tomorrow evening. | VANIS ~ HINES TO TESTIFY s heavy drinker. On the day he dis- trip7in his trim launch “Betty” was & Check Found Indicating Dead Person Was Former Employe of 01d French Hotel. i | Has the mysteryof theescapeof the robber who shot Deputy Sheriff An- drew Johnson been cleared or ha: the strange disappearance from Be- midji of Peter Lamire been account- ed for? @ The discovery of a storm pelted, mud banked skeleton by F. M. Pen- dergast on his farm, three miles south of Bemidji, may clear one or| the other of these tragic tangles, | which have baffled officers of the law | for many months, | If the sun Dbleached and frost! cracked human THOUSANDS GIVEN INDIANS appeared, he is remembered to have said: “I guess this world doesn’t need me, I might as well end it all.” Distribution of More Than $100,000 at Red Lake Agency Now On— | Whites to Benefit. NO INTOXICATION IS PERMITTED The Red Lake Indians are today receiving a payment of part of mon- eys due them for sale of lands on their reservation; and each member Willard Matthews in “Betty” Far From Shore Without Oil But Finishes Perilous Trip. SOME THINGS THE WIND DID: | Broke Crookston Lumber company boom. More than 2,000,000 feet of logs scattered. Toppled brick walls of new strue- ture in Nymore. Swamps many launches and sweeps “Yankee Doodle” aground. “After a brisk breeze which blew all of Wednesday, the wind early last night increased to a gale which by midnight had reached sufficient to send more up all night, fighting the logs from coming into the Jerrard boat house and from wrecking his'own boat. He had a thrilling trip across the lake at 10 p. m., at which \time the lake was already filled with foam from whitecaps. = In the mi?fle of the lake his gasoline gave out and he was driven on the shore '!at Diamond Point, He walked totown, sécured gasoline and finished his voyage, in a tempestuous sea. hfr. Matthews said: b “My trip from Diamond Point home was one never to bei forgotten. I was fool hardy to venture out, but [ did not wish to stay out in the storm at Diamond Point all night. I head- ed ‘Betty’ straight in tl_;e teeth of the gale and she took to the waves in fine shape, but a less strong boat must have gone down. The. waves This Leaves Village Powerless and Building After Building Goes Up In Smoke. With the exception of the depot | and the News office, the entire busi- ness section of Laporte, a village of 400, twenty miles south of Bemidji on the Minnesota and International, in Hubbard county, was wiped out by flames which were discovered at 2:30 this morning, The total loss is estimated at well up toward $50,000 and included the destruction of the pumping station, postoffice, hotel and firehall. Other buildings burned were the general This dinnér had been planned as 8 pleasant little manifestation of the proficiency of the cooking class, but if the girls stick to their threat, made several times during the week and reiterated today, the board of educa- tion will go hungry so far as the «cooking class is concerned. It is the outgrowth of all but two members of the class having been ex- pelled for one day last week. The offense, the pupils claim, is vague but 18 traced to a five minute vacation on the part of the girls, when they really had no vacation coming. It was just at the close of the afternoon session. The class tarried on the way from the clas® room to the as- sembly hall. “Just for a minute,” the girls say, but during that minute Professor But By Time Judge Decides to Issue Subpoena, Lumberman Has Dis- appeared, Hayward, Wis,, May 11.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—All evidehce in the Deitz murder trial was closed at 2:26 this afternoon, after only forty minutes of rebutal by both the prosecution and the de- fense. Judge Reed limited the closing ar- guments for both sides to six hours, three hours for the Deitz side and three for the state’s attorneys. Deitz is Dissatisfied. Deitz objected to being limited to three hours but was told by the bones fail to clear|of the band, both adults and minors,|a fore were the highest I ev‘ér saw on the these mysteries, then the | than lake and {frequently iswept over- board, momentarily threatening to capsize her.” { | Robinson, instructor of science, ap- peared on the scene. Arguments fol- lowed and it is said that one of the girls told the professor to, “go sit on question | are beneficiaries. Superintendent Bishop, of the Red Lake agency, was in Bemidji yester- 2,000,000 feet of logs chash- ing through the new reinforced boom of the Crookston Lumber com- judge that a reasonable limit would have to be set. Judge Reed also reminded Deitz stores and two saloons. The fire started in the pumping| station and fanned by the strong arises: Whose body is it that has lain through the summer rains and wint- er snows, at last to be stumbled upon by merest accident? Bones Well Preserved. Coroner M. E. the skeleton in his possession. Ibertson now has The skull is in a fair state of preserva- tion with exception of one small hole, as also were the other bones of the body, which were of a man of more ! than average height. They have been examined by Dr. E. H. Smlth“ and Dr. D. L. Stanton, the latter a dentist, who attempted to make identification by the teeth but they bare no tell tale evidence, never hav- ing been filled. In the opinion of Dr. Smith the skeleton must have lain at the edge of the swamp where it was found for| at least four years. No marks of vio-| lence, other than the possible mutil-| lation of the skull, were found. The skull was found face downward, as it the man had fallen. Pieces of a! dark coat, a slouch hat, a jackknife, | a folding yard rule, a razor houe, a| piece of a tobacco sack and most sig- nificant of all, a baggage marked, “French Hotel, 65, Bemidji.”” The skeleton was found at noon yesterday by Mr. Pendergast while walking near a swamp on his farm. He at once notified the coroner. These are the facts of the tragic check find, and in the absence of positive | turbance of any kind. | being rigidly observed. { Effort to Catch Men Holding Body day. He explained that each Indian | is to receive $40.70. There —are 1,400 Indians who are members of the Red Lake band, and as many of the families number 5 or more, the total sum the heads of families will| have in custody will amount to more' than $100,000. The payment has been conducted | quietly and there has been no dis- Much of the money being received by the Indians today will be turned over to merchants at the agency on debts due and in buying additional supplies. There is an entire absence of in- toxication among the Indians, as the law relative to selling or giving away liquor to persons of Indian blood is BLACKMAIL ENDS TRAGICALLY Leads to Fatal Blunder. Great Falls, Mont.,, May 11.—A trap laid by Hartfield G. Conrad, one of the wealthiest men in the state, and his brother, in which they hoped to catch the men who last year stole the body of the former’'s one-year-old son from its grave in a cemetery here, resulted in the killing by the Conrads of Joseph Hamilton, former sheriff of Cascade county, a friend who was assisting the broth.rs in their plan to capture the grave robbers. proof there is much speculation as to who it was who found so lonely a | burial place. | May Be Wounded Robber. | Some things indicate that the | skeleton is that of Leonard Smith | child’s body would be returned to him Recently Conrad was notified his if $1,500 was left beside a lantern he would find burning at a lonely spot on the Fort Benton road. B Making up a “dummy” package, the Conrads went to the place in an auto- pany; toppling a brick building be- 9 ing-@rected in Nymore by Iver Wold, sending waves into more than .a dozen launches and lifting the big| United States mail boat, “Yankee Doodle” high and dry. Other damage of a minor char- acter was done and the violence of the wind was so great that many large buildings rocked, frightening occupants. Strong New Boom Gives Way. The Crookston boom gave way at 2:30 this morning. Only two log- men are on duty at night and they were powerless in the teeth of the gale. last winter and precautions were made ‘0 have it withstand the severest test. Its purpose was to protect the logs as they were shipped in.. Not all of the logs got away but W. B Lakin, superintendent of the logging department, estimates that consider-' ably more than two million feet broke away. None of the logs will be lost as they can be picked up by a company steamboat, and as soon as the wind subsides work of collecting the logs will begin. The collapse of the building in Ny- more came at 4 a. m., when the brick walls, twelve. feet in height, of the Wold building, being erected to be occupied by a saloon, were swept over like so many building blocks. The The boom was erected L ARMY. (AVIATOR: MS--KILLED! _— Lieutenant Kelly Plunges From Ma-| chine at San Antonio. San Antonio, Tex., May 11.—Lieuten- ant George M. E. Kelly of the Thir- tieth Infantry, U. 8. A, was killed in a fall from a Curtiss aeroplane at Fort. Sam Houston. He was making a flight and, when about fifty-feet from the ground, shot forward from his seat, landing on his head. His skull was fractured and he died in a few moments without. regaining conscious- ness. It is believed the accident was caused by the unexpected starting of the engine while Kelly was making a landing. JACK JOHNSON IS WILLING Will Meet Jim Fiynn If Assured of $10,000 for His End. Chicago, May 11.—Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion, declared he would take pleasure in “knocking the head off” ] reman Jim Flynn, Al Kauf: amann’s conquerer, if guaranteed $10, 000, win, lose or draw. He has received a wire from Cass ‘Walsh, promoter of the Empire Ath- letic club of Kansas City, asking his terms. . If the terms are accepted “Johnson| says the battle must take place be fore June 1, as he sails for England on June 5. Actress Poisoned by Rarebit. Chicago, May 11.—Miss Bertha Per- kins, one of the leading characters in Sam Bernard’s “Home from Milwau- kee” company, is in a critical condi- tlon here and physicians declare she wind which was blowing at the time, leaped with the speed of a traip-down both’ sides-of the -main: street. With the burning of the power house the water supply was shut off and nothing could be done toward stopping a spread of the fire, which probably could not have been con- trolled, because of the wind, even though the water supply had been plentiful, The business places in swept zone were: K The State Bank of Laporte. Charles Romans, formerly of Bemidji is cashier. Crandell’ general store. The postoffice building. Barber shop. Two saloons. Stewart general store. Hotel. Soft drink place. Several residences also are on this the fire street and are believed to have been E times.—A telegram destroyed. It is believed that all of the above places were completely destroyed, although details are lacking because the telephone connection can not be made with Laporte. Early this morning a message was received confirming the report that the entire business district of the vil- lage had been destroyed, but since may not recover from the effects of a Welsh rarebit, which caused ptomaivoe | damagedoneisestimated at more than poisoning, followed by pneumonia. ! 0T TO BE LIGHTLY BROKEN. that time no messages have been pos- sible. & tack.” . ‘ ‘=Aligphow, thievgirls were out of “school for a day. Then came the request for a sup- per for the board of education and the girls take the position that, un- der the circumstances, if the board of education wishes to dine at the school house, they will find the cook- ing utensils all in proper order and the gas working fine. The girls involved are: Gertrude Malone, ‘BessCochran, Lillian Coch- ran, Bése Brannon, Beryl Neil, Gladys Stanton, Beryle Begsley and Maude McCawley. given zeros in their class work on the day that they were suspended. They were all Town of Liberty. During the past week fires have caused some apprehension, but all danger now is past. The village of Puposky was threatened at difterent received Thursday by Luther Pierce, which was said that his brother Frank had died that morning at Winnebago City. His mother, who went with him there, will return in a few days. —NMrs. Jim Cavanaugh who went to Minneapolis for* medical treatment some time ago is improving and will return in the near future.—A party was held at Petri’s Saturday -night. The Petri family will soon move to Canada.—There will be English ser- vices held at the Long Lake school house Friday evening by Rev, Gisler of Cass Lake. KILLS ONE AND WOUNDS TWO that he would have to confine his ar- guments to facts shown by the evi- dence--in-the records. : Close Tomorrow Morning. District Attorney Sam. J. Williams will make the closing arguments for state and talk one hour tomorrow morning. The closing arguments for the de- fense will then be given for three hours. The state will close with a two hour argument by former Attorney General Sturdvent. Adjournment was taken at 3 p. m. until tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock. Deitz Wanted Hines, Deitz requested the judge to issue a subpoena for Edward Hines, the Duluth lumberman, recently in- volved in the Lorimer bribery scan- dal, who-happened to be in Hay- wood. The judge, fearing that Hines had no material evidence was inclined not to issue the subpoena, and wnen 1 finally decided to do so, Hines had left town. RIDER HERE TONIGHT WITH FISH Executive Agent on the Way With Car of Pike and Other Fry. S. C. Bailey, local warden for the state game and fish commission, re- ceived a letter this morning from H. A. Rider, executive agent of the game and fish commission, saying that the game and fish commission’s car, the “Glenwood,” would be in Be- midji this evening at 6 o’clock, with a supply of pike and other fry, for ‘ho, with Swan Johnson, an accom- Mobile. Hamilton was to follow on % P TR i & Al % W who, w wan | 3 CH horseback and take the grave rob-| | Diamon obber Creates Havoc 'Be- | distribution in this strict. T. plice robbed the postoffice at Puposky | pers by sarprise. fore Being Captured. Rider is well known here. For many early in the spring of 1910. The Pu- posky robbers were discovered com- ing toward Bemidji. at that time chief of police and An- drew Johnson, then deputy sheriff, hastened out to the Red Lake bridge, Albert Benner, | Coming to a point where a light was| burning some distance from the road, they dropped their package and pro-| ceeded on their way. About a mile| farther on they found the lantern| burning by the roadside and realized | they had made a mistake. Salt Lake City, May 11.—Joseph W. Axtell, hotel fireman, was shot and killed while trying to stop a bandit ‘who had robbed a pawnshop of $6,000 worth of diamonds. Before he. was overpowered and turned over to the police the fleeing years he was deputy United States marshall and lived at Little Falls, and often visited Bemidji. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SHOT | Returning to get the package again robber shot E. E. Wellman (hrou::h two miles west of town. They saw | they saw stooping over it the figure of| the body and F. D. Higenbotham in % A the robbers coming on a hindcar and | 8 man, who straightened up with a the leg. He gave his name as J. J.| South D‘kfi"‘s‘““ ttorney Alfeged gun in his hand as they approached. Moris, a ranchman. Wellman is at a Victim of Revenge. when near enough ordered them to| B onrads immediately opened fire hospital and is thought to be mortally | Redfield, §. D., May 11.—William Is- throw up their hands. the man dropping at the first shot. In- wounded. senhuth, stst:'s attorney of “Spink vesti | R e ty, was shot and seriously wound- The desperaddes replied by jump-| vestigation disclosed that they had county, nand a4 i killed their friend, Hamilton. 1 PEACETREATY NEARLY READY | ed here by William Tomsha, it is al- fng -from the. hafidear. and opentne, Harfield Conrad and Arthur Conrad — leged. Issenhuth was struck in the fire on the officers. Johnson and Benner returned the fire, and Swan Johnson dropped dead, but his pal, although believed to wounded escaped. He was a man of more than average height and had a‘dark coat. Was Hole Made By Bullet? In the skull of the skeleton found have been are the sons of W. G. Conrad, million- aire banker, cattleman, rancher and capitalist, thrice candidate for the United States senate from Montana, and in 1908 a candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination for vice president of the United States. Inclusi ‘Willle—Papa, what are trial mar- riages? Mr, Hennypeck (with surpris- Cabinet Will Confer Upon Measure on Friday. ‘Washington, May 11 —The final draft of the arbitration treaty to be submitted to Great Britain will be laid before the cabinet Friday. Though Ambassador -Bryce of Eng land is-absent from Waskington it is yesterday is a hole near the temple. ing spirit)—All of 'em, my son; all of ‘em!—Puck. o8 7 - DEFECTIVE PAGE not doubted by officials here that the final draft, after being -approved by the cabinet. will_prove acceptahle to hip and hand. He will recover. Tom- sha was examined for insanity two: Weeks ago, but was discharged by the {Insanity board. He blamed' Issenhuth for instituting these proceedings, it is said. Forty Miners Entombed. London, May 11.—Forty men were entombed by an- explolion. that Wrecked: St. Margaret’s coal mine near shaven. It is feared that all him, it =