Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 22, 1911, Page 1

THE BE " VOLUME 9. NUMBER 20 LOUIS HILL CHIDES, THEN OFFERS T0 AID In Letter Here Today, Railway Presi- dent Says This is Homeseekers’ Chance. SAYS OPPORTUNITIES ARE LOST But Believes New Era of Settlement Is at Hand and Urges Vigorous Campaign. DESIRES TO TALK TO EDITORS Hopes to Be in Park Rapids to Ex- change Views With Newspaper Boosters. Louis W. Hill, president of -the Great Northern Railway Company, says that “Northern Minnesota of- fers greater opportunities to the| homeseeker than any portion of any | other state I know of” and then de-| clares that this part of the state is not doing as much as it should to secure rapid settlement, and pledges support in a home getting campaign. These statements are contained in a letter mailed at Seattle and re- ceived in Bemidji today by A. G. Rutledge, secretary of the Northern Minnesota EditorialAssoclation, who had extended Mr. Hill an invitation to attend the editorial meeting at Park Rapids, June 8. 9, 10. Mr. Hill's letter in full follows: Says We Miss Opportunities. “1 am greatly obliged to you for the invitation to the Northern Min- nesota Editorial Association meet- ing. I am particularly interested in attending such a meeting at this time as [ believe Northern Min- nesota offers greater opportunities for homeseekers than any other por- tion of any other state I know of. 1T made the statement in Montana and 1 sincerely believe it; but at the pre- sent the advantages and oppor- for some reason or other, are not being properly brought to the at- tention of homeseekers. i Offers to Aid Good Work. “It is true that many more have come into Minnesota this year than a year ago but I should like to see a more aggressive campaign under way and for that reason I should like to attend your meeting and exchange views with your members and if it is possible for me to make the trip 1 shall certainly do so. “We féel as if we were entitled to some credit for having awakened interest in agriculture in Montana during the last two years and in Oregon during the past year and during the coming year 1 think 1 see an opportunity to awaken the same interest in Minnesota, and I am | sure this interest will be awakened if your association takes a firm hold of it. We should like to co-operate with you in what little way we can. In times past conditions have not been so favorable as they now are. Knows of no Better State. “l think now is the time for Northern Minnesota to begin its development campaign and bring homeseekers and settlers into that portion of the state where oppor- tunities are so favorable. There is no other state in the Union that 0TTO SECRET SERVICEMAN Promoted from Assistant Postmaster to Inspector—Quits Militia and is Off for €hicago. BEGAN AS CITY’S FIRST CARRIER Adam . Otto, appointed assistanc postmaster of the Bemidji office whe . G. E. Carson was postmaster, yester- day received official notice from Postmaster General Hitchcock that he had been promoted to the secrer service work as a postoffice inspect- or. In his commission jyst received | Mr. Otto is given all the Jowers and authority of a secret service man. | Mr. Otto has been captain of Com- pany K of the Bemidji Minnesota National Guards. This office Cap- tain Otto at once resigned, turning it over to First Lieutenant John Hilla-| by. 2 | Mr. Otto left this morning for Chi- cago in obeyance to orders from the postmaster general to report to the inspector in charge of the Chicago| district, James E. Stuart, He will work out of the Chicago office. This is the first time that an in-| spector ever has been chosen from the | Bemidji postoffice and the distine- tion is due to Mr. Otto’s unusual| ability. He has been assistant post- master for the past five years. He began work in the mail service when he received his appointment as the first letter carrier Bemidji ever had. After eight months-of letter carry- ing he was made assistant post-| master. - Mr. Otto was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1876. He will retain his property in Bemidji and will con- tinue to look upon this city as his home. It is impossible to say who will succeed him as assistant postmaster but it probably will be some one from the present office force. BEMIDJI MAN FOR HIGHWAY JOB Cook Wanted as Engineer for Bel- trami and Clearwater. Ray W. Cook, a prominent civil engineer for Minnesota railroads and who for several mouths past has been engaged in the enginering busi- ness in Bemidji, is being pushed by his friends for the appointment of the newly created position of high- | way engineer for this district which is made up of Beltrami and Clear- water counties. Mr. Cook’s father was professor of mathematics in the University of Michigan and afterwards engineer of Grand Rapids, Michigan, during which time Mr. Cook received valu- able training. The appointment of highway en- gineers is to be made by the state highway commission, composed of Louis W. Hill of 8t Paul, E. W. Babcock of Elk River, Clarence I. McNair of Cloquet, and George W. Cooley, secretary, St. Paul. These appointments are made under the new Dunn Law which pro- vides that assistant engineers shall be appointed on merits and quali- fications only and to hold office until removed for cause. The law ap- propriates$150,000 a year, $20.000 of which was available May 21. THREE CARS TRY NEW ROAD Bemidji Machines Make Successful | Sunday Trip to Itasca Park. Three automobiles, owned by A. E. Witting, E. A. Barker and C. W. Jewett, made the trip to Itasca Park 1 know of, where you can get good dairy and agricultural lands at from | $3.50 and up per acre.” | W. A. Jackson, assistant traffic| manager of the Great Northern, has| . written Secretary Rutledge that it| will be impossible for him to attend | the Park Rapids meeting owing to| to a prior egagement. MORE SPEAKERS FOR DULUTH In Addition to Governor, Brown, Hartley and Others Will Talk. Positive assurance has been re- ceived from Governor Eberhart that he will be present at the gathering of the Northern Minensota Develop- ment Association in Duluth on June 1. He will speak on “State Develop- ment.” The convention program has been completed and in addition to what has already been printed will be added the following: Invocation, Rev. John Walker Powell; address of welcome, M. B. Cullum, mayor of Duluth; “The Effect of Agricultural Development on the Cost of Living,” G. G. Hartley, Duluth; “The Duties of Commercial Clubs,” C. L. Hanson, Thief River Falls; “Drainage Prob- lems,” W. J. Brown, chairman, state yesterday, over the new road, which will be completed some time this week, and which will, when complet- ed, shorten the distance to Itasca Park by ten miles. The party which made the trip, leaving here yesterday morning at 11 and returning early last evening was comprised of A. E. Witting and wife, E. A. Barker, wife and children, Harry Koors, wife and son, C. W. Jewett and family, all of |- Bemidji, Dr. John Koch and wife and James Reed, of Blackduck. MONUMENT TO FIRE VICTIMS Subscriptions Being Taken for Shaft At Baudette and Spooner. Efforts are under way to.secure the erection’of a monument by popu- lar subseription to properly mark the spot where the 28 victims of the Bau- | dette and Spooner fire are buried. It is the present plan to have a shaft ready for erection on October 7 next, the first anniversary of the hola-| caust. Lieutenant Foster, in charge' of the Red Cross work at Baudette, | who last week completed a grave 90 feet long and 7 feet wide for the final resting place of the fire victims, heads the subsecription with a con- TWO HELD HERE IN Lloyd Carlton and Young Wife in Jail as Result of Disappearance of J. 0. Nesbit, Woman’s Fnthex_-. Men Lead By Postmaster of Roshy Convinced Human hody Was Destroyed on Nesbit Farm. SHERIFF COMES TO INVESTIGATE On Way From Park Rapids With Cor- oner and Will Attack Tangle To- “" morrow. Bemidji and Park Rapids officers of the law have a murder mystery on their hands. Asg the result of a Sunday search lead by Postmaster I'rost of Rosby, the first station south of Bemidji on the Great Northern, evidences were found that a human being had been consumed by fire on the farm of J. O. Nesbit, just over the line in Hubbard county. Nesbit Mysteriously Missing. Nesbit, 72 years old, has been miss- ing for several weeks. Acting under instructions from Sheriff Petrie of Park Rapids, Sheriff Hazen has arrested Lloyd Carlton and his young wife Gena. Mrs. Carlton is the daughter of Nesbit, Both she and her husband are in jail here. McDonald Employed By Carltons. Sheriff Petrie and Coroner Des-| mond of Akeley are on their way to Bemidji and tomorrow will proceed to the Nesbit farm and make a com- plete investigation. SNee Attoriiey E. 'E. McDonald has been retained by the Carltons and in a long distance conversation with County Attorney Wooly of Park Rapids, Mr. McDonald was told that no date had been decided upon on which to hold the coroner’s inquest. The prisoners will be taken from Bemidji to Park Rapids tomorrow and held in jail there until they are given a hearing, which probably will be on Wednesday. Over the telephone Sheriff Petrie gave the following to the. Daily Pioneer: - Sheriff Tells the Story. “According to the information pre- sented to me, Nesbit has been missing since the first of March or April. say the complaining witnesses, Mrs. Nesbit was in Cass Lake. When she returned home her son-in-law, Carlton, with whom Nesbit had been living, said they had had a quarrel ‘with the old man’ and he had taken $60, told them to ‘take the farm and 80 to h— with. it’ and then disap peared, and has not been seen since. “The suspicions of the neighbors wag aroused over the disappearance of Nesbit and yesterday Mr. Frost of Rosby organized a searching party and found in the brush near the Nes- bit place, buttons, human bones, teeth and other things tending to show that a human body had been destroyed. “These facts were placed before me and I at once telephoned your sheriff, Mr. Hazen to make the arrests, which he did. I shall arrive in Be- midji with the coroner this afternoon and tomorrow we will investigate.” Carltons Arrested at Poor Farm. The Carltons were arrested at the poor farm, which is in charge of Carlton’s father. They protest their innocence. Carlton and his wife have been here with his folks for two weeks. In the county jail here today, Carl- ton said: “It is.certainly hard luck: I know | nothing of what the old man did after he left the house, on March 28 or 29. I was very’ much surprised when I was placed under arrest, but I have secured an attorney, and do not fear being convicted, as I am not guilty, nor is my wife.” BAGLEY TO ADD FARM SCHOOL. Board of .Education .Also .Favors New Normal Department. Bagley, Minn. May 2. (Daily Pio- neer Special Service.)—At a meet- ing of the board of education held cultural school and normal depart- ment to the Bagley high school. A contract has beén let for a ten acre tract of land to be used as a farm and application for state aid in sup- port of these departments has been reclamation board, Warren. tribution of five dollars. made to the state high school board. MURDER MYSTERY SEARCHING PARTY FINDS BONES | Elisworth, only twenty-four y ‘Alexandria; Vi a local hotel. “Accompanied by one WOMEN TO VOTE HERE Mary McFadden, in Bemidji to Make Address, Declares Suffrage Vic- " tory is in Sight. MILD: RITICIZESLEGISLATURE % 3, 5 oo e ok . “Womah's sulfrage i going to wiii in Minnesota. We lost our bill last winter by one vote, but we will pass it sure at the next legislature.” This from Miss Mary McFadden, of St. Paul and the state at large, re- nowned as a brilliant newspaper writer and ardent supporter of wo- men’s suffrage. Miss McFadden also has some right to the title of heroine as she was ready and willing to make a speech before the recent legisla- ture. Miss McFadden came to Bemidji yesterday and tomorrow will ad- dress the club women of the ninth district in session here on the topic of “Woman’s Suffrage,” and the above quotation came from Miss Mc The day on which he disappeared, [Fadden today in Ilrer most serious mood. “It did hurt the women of Min- nesota,” she continued, “to- think that the senate should cast a reflec- tion upon the intelligence of the men of Minnesota by refusing to permit them to vote merely on the question of a constitutional amend- ment permitting women to vote. But although we were disappointed we bear no one any ill will and we are happy in the thought that we shall win next time. We made won- derful progress during the past twn years; we lost in the senate by one vote and our bill certainly would have passed the House. We will lose no supporters during the coming two years and will gain new ones. “As to the meeting of the Women Clubs in Bemidji, I am sure it will be a delightful event, as it could be held in no prettier a town. Inci- dentally, it is significant that the club women are taking up the ques- tion of the franchise for women and that they are is shown by the fact that they have requested me to ad- dress them at this meeting.” THREE MORE FAVOR PAVING. Schneider, Baer and Woodward Urge Proposed $20,000 Bond Issue. Three more Bemidji business men have added their voices in favor of voting the $20.000 bond issue on Wiednesday, May 31 , for the purpose of paving eleven blocks in the busi ness district. E. A, Schneider. member of the firm of Schneider Brothers said: “There is no’ doubt about its being a great thing. I cannot understand situation, can osition.” v H. C. Baer, Cashier of the Security State Bank: oppose the prop- | “I favor the $20.000 bond issue. here, it was decided to add an agri-1t adds much to the appearance of the city, and shows a spirit of pro- gressiveness.” NG Harvey Woodward, real estate. “Pave by all means, should be the motto of every citizen' of Bemidji who has the' welfare of the city at DEFFCTIVE ' EVENING, MAY . with his regiment. why anyone who understands the! 22, 1911. IFTY years #go the north was shocked by the killing of Colonel E. E. Bilsworth of the New York souaves. ears of age, u noted drillmaster and a protege of President Lincoln, occupied He saw a Confederate flag flying from the roof of the Mars| of his zouaves he made his way to the roof, seized the flag and wag carrying it down thie stairway when James T. Jackson, the landlord, shot him dead. The souave killad Jackson immediately. BEAULIEU CHARGES RIDICULED McGregor Praises Work of 0’Neill as Superintendent of Logs. Decided exception is taken to tele- graphic reports from Washington, telling of charges preferred by Gus H. Beaulieu of the White Earth re- Cass Lake, superintendent of log- ging; by E. C. McGregor of this city. Mr. McGregor is with Northland Pine Company of Minneapolis and is one of the best known lumberman| in this territory.” For three years he’l was employed by Mr. O'Neill and for a year worked with John D. Frater. “Beaulieu is known as a ‘per- petual agitator’,’ said Mr. McGregor today, “and when he makes such charges- as he does and gets them into print, it is doing a great in- Jjustice to one of the most competent and deserving officials in the govern- ment log service. “According to the press reports, Beaulieu accuses Mr. O'Neill of ex- travagance in his work. As a matter of fact, the Cass Lake records show that the cost of handling govern- ment logs is but 4.23 per cent of the amount of money raised. This in- cludes fighting fire and other ex- penses. Mr. O'Neill’s superin- tendency of logging is satisfactory both to loggers and to Washington and the attacks upon him are unjust.” PLAYS ON LOGS; DROWNS Benjamin Williams Caught By Eddy in Mississippi, Goes Down to Death on Sunday. EFFORTS OF COMRADES FAIL While playing with logs in the Mississippi river at 10 a. m., Sunday, Benjamin Williams, 18 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Williams of Becida, fell into an eddy and was drowned in 25 feet of water. The accident took-place one-half mile from the Williams farm, about 14 miles southeast of Bemidji. The body was recovered at 7:30 last eve- ning. The funeral will be held at the Williams home at 11 a. m. to- morrow. Besides his parents, Ben- jamin is survived by five sisters and two brothers, one brother, Charles, living in Bemidji. The young man had gone to the river, as he frequently did, with two companions, and one of them, Elmer Johnson, got on two logs with Ben- | jamin and pushed them out in mid | stream. The logs were small and while the” water was quiet, easily | handled. Suddenly the logs were caught by |an undertow and swiftly shot into an eddy. The logs whirled around, throwing both boys into the water.. the whirling waters dragged Benja- min to the bottom of the river, and held uim there. His two companions, at the risk of their own lives, dove several times in an attempt to rescue their comrade but were unsuccessful. Help was summoned and the body was finally recovered, PAGE servation against William O’Neill of ; Elmer managed to swin to shore, but} House, SUNDAY SHOWS CENSURED Rev. 8. E. P. White Deplores Attend- ance of Children at Moving Pic- ture Performances. ALSO TAKES FLING AT COUNCIL . e In’ 4 scathing arraigiment of par- ents who permit their children to run wild, Rev. S. E. P. White of the Presbyterian church, in his sermon yesterday morning, took occasion to severely censure Sunday night mov- ing picture shows and incidently flung a left handed compliment at the Bemidji city council. Rev. White had told of a Crook- ston woman’s complaint regarding the “indlfierqnce of the rising gen- eration toward the church.” “She told me,” said Rev. White, “that, in her estimation, if the par- ents of today were to sink into their graves the church would be without support. She deplored the lack of parental control and reckless indiff- ence of the boys and girls. A peti- tion was presented to the city coun- cil—as other petitions have been presented to other councils—to have the Sunday evening picture shows closed but the petition was tabled as other petitions have been tabled.” The “other petitions” thrust was taken as a reference to the petition presented the Bemidji council, pray- ing that the liquor license be in- creased to $1,000 although the min- ister did not say so in so many Wwords. Of the Sunday night moving pic- ture shows Rev. White, after scoring parents for permitting their children to distribute hand bills, said: “It would be far better to provide other forms of recreation for them Provide some pleasant task for them, take them for a stroll or for a picnic.” BOYS FIND DEAD STRANGE:Z Discovered Sunday at Shevlin With Throat Slashed With Razor. " Shevlin, Minn., May 22.—(Daily Pioneer Special Service.)—Boys wandering about the wood piles on the south side of the railroad tracks yesterday found the dead body of a well dressed young man whose identity is unknown. Dr. P. C. Bjorneby, coroner of Clearwater county, came to Shevlin this morn- ing and decided an inquest was un- necessary, as it was apparent that the. young man had committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, ‘which was found lying nearby. The dead man came to Shevlin a few days ago and. begged food from house to house, although he did not have the appearance of a professional tramp. He applied to Park’s livery stable for work and it is here that he stole the razor with. which ‘he killed himself. Nothing was found on the body in- dicating the identity of the dead man. ' J. P. Hennessy, the lumber travel- er from Bemidji, was a business visitor to the city yesterday.—Fargo Courler-News. GOVERNOR STARTS. of Stephens to File Direct Charges. ¢ Man’s Own Testimony at Legis- lative Investigation. fily Act as Board of Arbitration to Settle Entire Training -School Controversy. St. Paul, May 22.— (Daily Pioneer | Special Wire.)—Things moved rapid- ly in" the Whittier case here today, Governor Eberhart launching two plans by one or the other of which the Red Wing Superintendent will be forced to quit. First, charging Superintendent Whittier with brutal treatment of in- mates and with personal assault upon one of the boys, Attorney General Simpson, at the request of A. D. Stephens of Crookston, backed by the governor, has drawn the formal com- plaint to be filed with the Board of Control. This will be done unless the state supreme court this afternoon re- fuses to.act as a Board of Arbitration, on the request of the governor. The complaint is based on specific instances today from the evidence submitted during the investigation. The charge of personal assault is based upon evidence Whittier him- self gave before the committee. SENATOR NELSON ATTACKS TAFT Also Bitterly Denounces Proposed Canadian Reciprocity Treaty. ‘Washington, May 22.—(Daily Pio- neer Special Wire Service.)—Charg- ing President Taft with evading the constitution and beating around the bush, Senator Nelson today made a bitter attack on the Canadian trade agreement and the president at a meeting here of the senate committee on finance this morning. MONOPLANE IN PARIS KILLS CABINET OFFICER Paris, May 21.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—France paid a terrible toll for her reckless en- deavor to gain supremacy of the air when a monoplane, the driver of which had lost control, decended in the midst of a group of cabinet offi- cers killing the minister of war, Berteaux and injuring the prime minister, his son and another well known person. WOMEN DELEGATES ARRIVING Mrs. Charles Loring of Crookston First Here for Convention. Delegates have begum to arrive for the convention of the ninth district auxilary o fthe State Federation of ‘Woman’s Clubs, which is to be here Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Charles Loring of Crookston arrived in the city this morning, and this afternoon visited the Bemidji public schools. Mrs. Loring is a member of the Crookston Board of Education and is much interested in education- al work. It is expected that the bulk of the delegates will arrive in Be- midji tomorrow. Mrs. Highbee, pres- ident of the state federation will reach Bemidji on the early morning train. BEMIDJI MEN TO SAVE FORESTS Several Willing to be one of 20 Rang- ers or 200 Patrolmen. Several applications of persons in Bemidji and other Beltrami county towns have gone into W. T. Cox, the new state forester, for positions as rangers and forest patrolmen. Mr. Cox arrived from Washington a few days ago and immediately began the work of organizing the forestry sys- tem. He will appoint 20 rangers and 200 patrolmen within the next two weeks.. The rangers will be.paid at the rate of $1,000 to $1,200 & year but few. will be employed ‘perman- nently. The patrolmen will re- ceive from $65 to $70 a month and: the forester intimates that all must be men of experience. 3 - WAR ON WHITTIER Causes Attorney General at Request PERSONAL BRUTALITY ALLEGED Evidence Taken From Red Wing SUPREME COURT APPEALED TO