Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 13, 1911, Page 1

o VOLUME 9. NUMBER 13. SCHUCH SITE PICKED AS IDEAL FOR SCHOOQL =ce. s v some By Unanimous Vote Board of Educa- tion Selects it on First Ballot Cast. PEOPLE MAKE FINAL DECISION Will Be Put to Vote as Place Most Favored Out of Eleven Tracts Offered. -CITY WATER, HAY AND FRUIT H Price for all Property Named at $2,- | 750, While Adjoining Land is Held at $700 Acre. After extended and careful inves- tigation, the Bemidji Board of Edu- cation last night decided upon the Frank Schuch place, at Irvine ave- nue and Eighteenth street, three quarters of a mile north of the high gchool building, as the most desir- able site for the ten acre farm to be operated in connection with the new agricultural department of the high school for which the state is to make an annual appropriation of $2,500. Although the board feels that the | Schuch place comes as near to being ideal as can be found, it does not wish to assume the responsibility of’ making the selection and therefore decided that it shall be put to a vote of the people at the earliest moment, probably one week from next Tues- day, May 23. Has Fruit, Hay and Houses: The Schuch tract is entirely under has between two and| three acres of a fine stand of alfalfa, | cultivation, has 3,000 raspberry bushes, a tree- shaded lawn and a residence, hen house and “ other improvements valued at $1,000. The total price asked for the property is $2,750. This is an average of ‘about $150 an| acre. Should the voters decide that this is the proper place for the farm school, Mr. Schuch, the owner, says he will erect on his property a short | distance north, an up-to-date dairy barn together with a modern resi- dence. Lights and City Water. " The Schuch land is about 11| blocks straight north from the high school building on Irvine Cement sidewalks extent to within four blocks of the place while the city water mains reach the farm as do also the electric lights. The place is completely fenced and it has a windmill. The vote of the people on this place will be taken at the expiration of the official ten days notice now issued by J. P. Lahr, secretary of the! Board of Education. List of Places Offered. Offers for other tracts were made | by: Peter Larson, one and a quarter avenue. miles west, with 2 1-2 acres under | cultivation, part- | 1y fenced, at $50 an acre. A. P. Ritchie, one and three quart- ers miles southwest, all broken, $35 no improvements, an acre. H. E. north on Reynolds, one mile and a half Irvine avenue, ready for the plow, $100 an acre, J. P. Omich, one mile and a half north, not cleared, $25 an acre. Frank Wagner, one mile and a half north of the high school building $100 an acre. Quote Sacrifice Prices. ‘Wes Wright, one mile and a quart- eér northwest, land cleared, $50 an acre. Charles Nangle, three miles south- east, cleared, $50 an ‘acre. C. L. Heffron, one mile west, to be grubbed, $100 an acre. C. S. Vincent, three quarters of a mile north. This tract could not be considered as it contains but five acres. A. H. Harris, one mile north, 12 buildings, $150 an acre. In every instance owners or agents of the above lands, making the offer to the Board of Education ' placed emphasis on the assertion that they the prices quoted to the beard. Adjoining Land $700 An Acre Eighteen acres of land adjoining the Schuch tract and owned by A. A White is being held at $700 an acre. City Superintendent of Schools Dyer is much pleased with the Schuch tract as one favorable both by convenience and soils to make the farm experiments a calls attention to the fact that two or three acres will be under cutiva- tion as garden tracts to be worked by the grade pupils during the sum- mer months. ‘ He points to the fact that it is lo- icnted on a main thoroughfare thus| | being easily accessable to the public. It is significient that, although no member of the board knew how another member was to vote, on Lhel first ballot cast every member favor- ed the Schuch farm. W. R. Mackenzie said: “The se- | lection of the Schuch tract is in my judgement the very best that could have been found both as regards location and price. I hope the people of the city will appreciate the selection and confirm the choice of the board.” LAPORTE T0 COME BACK | Business Men of Burned Village Have Plan Already Completed for Re- building. Before the ruins of the fire which swept the business part of Laporte off the map on Thursday morning, had stopped giving out leading business men of that place smoke were already planning a new and better town—brick buildings to re- place the frame ones levelled by the flames. Yesterday Charles Romans, form- erly of Bemidji and cashier of the Laporte State bank which burned; Harry Brununct who lost a hotel and saloon and L. A. Wideman, whose stock of merchandise went up in smoke, came to Bemidji and pleted arrangements for rebuilding a large part of the village. The first and most substantial structure to be erected will-be one com- {125 feet wide and 50 feet deep to be constructed of brick. This will be put up by five firms, whose business sections will be divided bp part walls. These firms are: First State Bank of Laporte; Harry Brununct, (saloon, hotel will not be rebuilt); A. V. Almquist, L. A. Wideman and An- drew Gohres. Mr. Romans said the destruction of the flames in the business section was complete, thirteen buildings be- | ing burned with a loss of more than $30,000 with $11,500 insurance. WHYMOTHER'SDAYIS OBSERVED Tomorrow is Mother’s day and will be properly observed by the residents and in the churches of Bemidji. Special programs will be given in at least one Bemidji church, and white carnations, emblems of the day will be worn by many. Mother’s day was first observed four years ago by Miss Anna Jarvis sary of her mother’s death. The thought came to her that all mothers, whether living or dead, should be honored each year. So interested did Miss Jarvis be- come in the plan that she began to further it by writing to churches, societies, people in official positions and al whom she thought would in- terest themselves in the movement, with the result that now many gov- as Governor Eberhart did, issue proclamations officially nam- ing May 14, “Mother’s Day” and its observance tomorrow will be almose universal throughout the United ernors. would not sell to private parties at! success, - He{ ONE BRICK 125 FEET WIDE| of Philadelphia on the first anniver- | BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURD; BEMIDJI MENNAMED T0 DULUTH POWWOW - Delegates Chosen to Attend Conven- tion Which is to Be Addressed By Governor Eberhart. MACKENZIE HERE WITH TIDINGS Red River Valley Counties on Fire With Enthusiasm, Declares the 3 Busy Secretary. WARNS ZENITH CITY BOOSTERS Sfiyl They Must Provide the Biggest Hall Attainable to Handle the Crowd. Beltrami Association At a meeting of the County held here this afternoon, the follow- Development ing were elected delegates and alter- nates to attend the convention at Duluth, June 1 and 2 Delegates—F. S. Lycan, Bemidji; Charles Middleton, Baudette; Charles Hayden, Blackduck; Albert Klevin, Bemidji; and Thomas A. McCann, Bemidji. < Alternates—L. 0. Myhre, town of Liberty; William Lennon, Kelliher; E. H. Rako, town of Bemidji; George Ericson, Spooner; and Andrew Lar- son, town of Lammars. u”}:enzie Bubbling With Zeal. P W. R. Mackenzie; secretary of both OO OOPOOOGD®OGOOGEODOG 5O 6 G the Beltrami and Northern Minne- | sota associations, attended today’s meeting, having arrived in Bemidji this where he spent yesterday following an extended tour of the Red River morning from Minneapolis Valley counties to arrange for proper publicity in the twin city papers which today print leading articles on the (;omlng Duluth convention. Mr. Mackenzie will be in Bemidji until about Wednesday of next week. He is bubbling over with enthus- iasm regarding the Duluth conven- tion and declares the interest mani- fest in the Red River counties of Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, Penning- ton, Red Lake, Polk, Norman, Becker, Clay and Wilkin, Mahnomen, assures large delegations from that part of the state. Governor to Talk. Mr. Mackenzie brings the informa- tion that Governor Eberhart will ad- dress the Duluth convention and that 5,000 invitations have been sent out to the land men of the state who are expected to attend and it is probable they will form a Minnesota Land Man’s Congress to boost the land show to-be held in St. Paul next December with delegates from Ore- gon, Washington, Montana, North anr South Dakota and Minnesota. “At all of the previous tions, I have been-able to make some sort of an estimate as to the probable attendance but I am up a tree this time,” said Mr. Mackenzie, “for it is going to be the biggest meeting we have ever had and the best I can do is to warn Duluth to provide the largest hall obtainable to accomo- date the convention.” conven- Pays Duluth a Compliment. “And just here I want to say that the Duluth business men are cer- tainly going to do their-share to- ward making the hummer. There no limit to what they ‘intend to do for the visitors and it will be an e«- celent opportunity for delegates ta take Duluth in and revel in the beauties of its magnificent harbor.” Acceptances to invitations for the convention have been received from many members of the Legislature in- States and Canada, - cluding not a few senators from,the | southern districts. 2 meeting al seems to Dbe| P00 POOO OO OO © Photographs of the Civil War. ® The Daily Pioneer ‘has pur- @ chased six three column - half @ tone reproductions of famous ®’Civil War scenes. ® The first three pictures, graph- # ic reminders of the nation’s & tragedy of fifty years ago, will @ appear in the ?lonesr Monday. @ It will show the three = story brick slave dealers’ beadquart- ers at Alexandria, Va. Other pictures will show three different views ' of .. General Ulysses S. Grant as he looked-in the midst of his herculean activ- ities of the fleld;~ - ‘Another photograph shows the defenses at Washington with the officers’ and goldiers, faces 50 plain that mey‘wiu‘fie recog nized by every ve&eun. ~Still another picture reprodnces the house where Colonel Ellsworth was Kkilled and gives a likeness of that young protege of Presi- dent Lincoln. % Then there are pictures of the swamp where bntt;‘e victims were buried and :ttge famous stone bridge at BulL.Run. As a newspaper feature we be- lieve that these war fime proto- graphs will prove of extraor- dinary interest. ji POPOOOOPPOOOO @ PO ODODIDPIDPIPDODDDOIDDODDIODDDODDDDOD O OO © BIG TRAINS FOR BEMIDJI? Rail Purchase May {Mean Establish- ment of Transcorjtinental Line. Long transcontinegntal trains made up of the most mxdern equipment may be in store for Bemidji within a reasonable length of time. The fol- lowing dispatch out of Minneapolis is self explanatory: “Through Constantinople over the Canadian .. Pacific, - Difluth, - South Shore and Atlantic and So line via Montreal, Sault Ste..Marie, Duluth, Superior, Bemidji and either Win- nipeg or the Kenmare-Portal routes, is reported to be the even- tual plan behind the placing yester- day by the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic of an order for 15,000 tons of steel rails. “This is one of the largest rail or- ders that steel companies have book- ed for some time. It means rails enough to relay a large portion of the Duluth, South Shore line and the practical reconstruction of the road. “The Canadian Pacific controls the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic through the majority stock owner- ship. The smaller road has long made a poor showing in earnings.” In a visit to Bemidji not more than a year ago President Pennington of the Soo intimated that such a rail- road was being considered. TO START ‘ BUSINESS COLLEGE A. E. Brown Picks Bemidji as Proper Place for Institution. Impressed with Bemidji as being one of the most progressive and met- ropolitan cities in Northern Minne- sota, A. E. Brown, owner of success- ful commercial schools, has decided to establish a modern husiness col- lege in Bemidji, ‘Writing from Farmington Mr. Brown says: “l am much pleased, after inves- | tigation, with Bemidji and 1 have de- | cided to establish a business college | in that ¢éity, for I believe that & fine institution of this kind can be start- ed there, proving a great benefit to the city, as reliable institutions have proven beneficial to other cities.” Mr, Brown wiil be in Bemidji next month to make arrangements for a building and to attend to other de- tails in connection with the new un- dertaking. PACKERS MUST STAND TRIAL Meat Magnates. Chicago, May 13.—The ten indieted milllonaire packers of . Chicago, charged with criminal conspiracy un- der the terms of the ant must stand trial, unlei legal technicality can be found to save them. Judge Carpenter, in the federal of ENING, MAY 13, 1911. Judge Overrules Demurrer of Chicago | recently defeued cnndidnta for. Qv- SAILBOAT ACCIDENT ‘CAUSES ONE DEATH| ¥ Wind Causes Boom to Knock GMer Johnson into Lake Where Sinks in Deep Water. ‘ EFFORTS TO GET BODY FAILS Grappling Hooks Bring Up Flesh fiut High Waves Cause Work to Be Suspended. SHOCK . MAKES SISTER ILL Becomes Hysterical and Condition is So Serious That Physician is Summoned. Bulletin: e Late this afternoon the body. of Johnson was recovered by John Severson. While attempting to sail a small boat on Lake Irvine, Gunder Johnson, 19 years old, at 9:30 this morning,| was knocked into the water when a | sudden gust of wind jerked the boom, striking the young man on the head and knocking him into the - lake where he drowned. His brother Charles Johnson, 27 years old, was with him at the time: and gave the alarm. Rescue boats quickly put out from shore and al-! though Gunder came up to the sur- face four times, he had disappeared in 20 foot of water before aid could reach him, P ‘Waves Made Recovery Hard. Four boats, under charge of Charles Johnson and Policeman Den- ley, used grappling irons in an effort to recover the body but, owing to the brisk breeze which was blowing to- day, the waves were so high that the body could not be recovered. YAt noon the work was abandoned ufitil the waves subside. At one time it was thought the body had been found as one of the hooks brought up a piece of human flesh. The accident took place while the young men were out for a pleasure trip on an old row boat rigged up with a sail. The brothers had learn- ed to manage their craft with consid- erable skill and but for the fact that the wind unexpectedly caught their sail, would have been in little dang- er. Comes Up Four Times. The blow from the boom stunned Gunder who sank like a stone. His brother retained his place on the boat and four times saw Gunder rise to the surface but always out of his reach. Gunder’s father, C. M. Johnson, lives in Mill Park, near which place| the accident occurred, and is ployed as a Minnesota & Internation- al secticn hand. Gunder worked as an oiler in the Crookston lumber mill. He was a member of Company K and Bemidji lodge of Modern Woodmen of America. Sister Il From Shock. News of the drowning of Gunder -em- reached the Johnson home in Mill; Park soon after the accident. Mabel, Gunder’s 17 year old sister, could not believe her brother was dead and when finajly convinced that he was, became hysterical and her con- dition became so alarming thatit was necessary that a physician be called to atend her. ;. DICKINSON = QUITS CABINET Secretary of War to Be Succeeded By Henry L. Stimson. _Washington, May 12.— (Daily Pio- neer Special Wire Service.)- Secre- tary of War Dickinson, Democr: ftic member of the cabinet, resigned his position today. He will be succeed- ed by Henry L. Stimson of New Yark, rnor of that state DEECCEATIV/IE DAALE COMMENT ON DEITZ CASE Former Acquaintences of Outlaw, Now in Bemidji Say He Had it Coming, “HER0” JOE HARRINGTON SAYS News of the conviction of John Deitz zirst was recefvea In Bemidji in the form of a bulletin to the Daily Pioneer. Interest in the case is manifest by the frequent telephon: callg received at this office and opin- ions of Deitz and the verdict were expressed by many, some of which follow: H. C. Baer, cashier of the Bemidji Security State bank: “I have known the Deitz family for five years, and there is nothing that I might say that would be in their favor. Deitz is a criminal and law-breaker. I feel that the jury did only - right. Having had business interests in the vicinity of the Deitz home I be- came well acquainted with him. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and - when a number of his fellow lodgemen attempted to persuade him to discontinue his fight against the lumber company and the state, he turned them away and it was at all times dangerous for an outsider to approach his shack, so strong was his feeling. Deitz in my opinion.” ' J. P. Riddell; who is now connect- ed with the Crookston Lumber com- /pany in this city and who for four ‘yem\iias in-gharge of uxe logs at as not a brave man, | ‘Cameron* Dém, sald:= “Deitz has received what he has long deserved and should receive no sympathy; he is an outlaw and a murderer. During my time at Cam- dangerous.” Joseph Harrington, chief of the Bemidji police departihent, has known Dgitz for 25 years and until 1907 was' personally acquainted with him, and'says: “I have known the Deitz boys for many years and until this trouble came up several years ago, I had never heard anything but good of them. T believe that Deitz showed himself to be a hero when he sur- rendered, thereby saving his family from being shot to death.” : VETSMAYSPURNMEMORIALCASH Grand Army Men Divide on Wisdom of Asking $300 From County. Bemidji veterans of the Civil War are divided as to the propriety of asking the county for $300 to aid in the observance of day, May 30, Commander Smith of the Robert Carr Grand Army Post called the veterans attention to the factthatthe last legislature passed a bill present- ed by Colonel Harrison'White, re- presentative from Luverne and him- self a veteran, permitting county commissioners to make such an ap- propriation. The bill became a law, and Commander Smith feels that use should be made of it. T. H. Pendergast, a member of the post, doesn’t believe county aid is necessary for a proper observance of the day. He says: : “While I feel that too much cannot be done for-the observance of Memor- ial day, I do-not think that the Be- midji post of the G. A. R. would be justified in asking the county for this $300. Our post is in good finan- cial shape, with the exception that a-few fothe old soldiers are back in their dues. It seems to me that the proper stand for us to take if we are to ask the county to aid us, would beito ask the county to donate to us enough to pay up these back dues. The city has llrendj voted to‘glve $100 toward the Memoy,al day pro- gram, and th together with what | oney we have, should' be énough.” nd in’ the melntlmb plans for Memorial JOHN DEITZ FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING HARP AND SENT T0. PRISON FOR LIFE eron Dam he was always considered | TEN CENTS PER WEEK After All Night Deliberation Jury Convicts Outlaw, But Frees Wife and Son. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL DENIED Must Go to Waupun and Once Each Year Be Confined in Solitary Cell. ! LESLIE NOW SEEKS ATTORNEY Goes to Minneapolis in Hopes Appeal or New Move Mn'y Be arranged For Father. : Hayward, Wis., May 13.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)— John F. Deitz was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp in the battle of Cameron Dam last fall. Mrs. Deitz and her son Leslie vwere found-not guilty. The jury deliberated from 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon until 8:30 this morning. Deitz was brought to the court room as soon as the judge had been notified that a verdict had been agreed upon. Deitz Smiles at Verdict. When the verdict, which means life imprisonment and solitary con- | finement one day out of each year, was read, Deitz’ lips curled cynical smile. Mrs. Deitz at first assumed an attitude of anger “but later gave way and wept piteously.* “I can’t give John up. I won’t let them take him away,” she sobbed, as she was led from the court room. in a Receives the Sentence. This afternoon Deitz was again ar- raigned before the judge and formal sentence to life imprisonment in the Wisconsin state penitentiary at Waupun, was imposed. Hanging is not permitted under the Wisconsin statutes but the law provides that every person convicted of murder in the first degree must undergo solitary confinement one day out of each year. Judge Does His Duty. In passing judgment on the sen- tence of Deitz, the judge said: “John Deitz, you have had a fair trial and a jury of your peers have weighed the evidence carefully and found you guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree. W_hil_e the court regrets that legal counsel ‘was not provided to protect your _h;» terests, it can be guided only by the verdict found and it is my duty to impose upon you this sentence that you be confined in the state peniten- tiary at Waupun at hard labor for the rest of your natural life and that on the eighth day of October in each succeeding year you be kept in soli- tary confinement.” May Ask for Appeal. Deitz immediately made a motion for a new trial but this motion’ was promptly denied. The prisoner was given ten days in which to file a bill of exceptions and a new motion. Deitz said he was undecided as to whether he would appeal to the su- preme court. . Leslie Deitz left this for Minneapolis to employ an attor- ney to draw up a bill of exceptions and to advise him as to whether an appeal would be justifiable. Deitz will probably be taken to the state penitentiary on Monday. i afternoon " Child Is Fatally Burned. St. Paul, May 13.—Burning kerosene which poured over the eighteen- months-old son of Mrs. Mollie Schreib- er caused burns that resulted in the death of the child at the city hospital Where it was taken after the accident. ‘The ‘mother was severely burned while attempting.to save the child’s | lite_and the bome, which also was e by v.lre num 8.