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

THE BEMIDJI : e © i s sristorial Soctet? VOLUME 9. NUMBER 47. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1911. WILD SCENES MARK CROWNING OF KING Vast Crowds in Street Crushes to See George V. Pageants Marking Coronation Ceremony. 7,000 CHEER IN- OLD ABBEY Pent Up Enthusiasm Breaks Forth When Archbishop Pronounces ‘Words Creating New Ruler. PECK OF DIAMONDS; RICH GOWNS Scenes of Bewildering Splendor and Gorgeous Extravagance Mark the Day’s Ceremonies. 20 London, June 22.—"Be strong and af a good courage, observe the com- mandments of God, and walk in His holy way. Fight the good fight by faith’ and lay hold on eternal life, that in this world you may be crown- ed with success and honor and when you have finished your course re- ceive a crown of righteousness which God, the righteous Judge, shall give you in that day.” With these impressive words spoken by the Archibishop of Canter- bury there was brought to a close in Westminister Abbey today the cere- mony of coronation—the final sym- bolic rites with which George V be- comes, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britan and Ireland and of the British Domion- ions beyond the seas, king, defender of the faith, emporer of India. “God save King George!” rang forth from seven thousand throats within the historic Abbey. The trumpets sounded, the chimes of St. Margaret pealed, the great guns of the Tower of London boomed distant- ly down the river, and the waiting crowds outside took up the acclaim| boisterously. The Start From the Palace. The seething, feverish metroplis lay down to sleep last night tense with expectancy of the morrow. Be- fore dawn this morning the city was astir from center to circumference. The throbbing of the sunrise guns at the Tower and in Hyde Park Armory found the streets filled with excited, chattering crowds on their way to the Mall and other localities wherever a glimpse could be expected of the day’s pageantry. Buckingham Palace, naturally, was the principal center of interest in the early part of the day, as it was the starting point of the great pageant, The scene in the vicinity of the Palace was most animated. Streets were filled, windows were filled and the roofs of the surrounding buildings were filled with spectators. As the hour appointed for the departure of the royal procession approached the excitement became intense. The ap- pearance of their Majesties’ state coach at the gateway was the signal for a roar of cheers that could be heard blocks away. A Gorgeous Pageant. The foreign royalties came in for much notice from the crowds and the Duke of Connaught, Lord Kitchener and other notables were cheered, but it was not until the King’s proces- slon came along that there was any great show of enthusiasm. Their Majesties rode in the familiar stage coach of white and gold, drawn by sixteen cream-colored horses with grooms and out riders in scarlet livery. The King acknowledged the salutations of his subjects in a rather perfunctory manner as though his mind was occupied with thoughts of the solemn ceremonies to come, but the Queen bowed and smiled con- stantly. The procession wended its way through the Mall, Whitehall, Parliament Street and other brilliant- ly decorated thoroughfares. Every square foot along the route had been utilized for the accomodation of the spectators. Many American parties occupied desirable windows and stands. The Canadians, too, were much in evidence and special pro- vision was made for their accomo- dation by the Government. Three thousand were accomodated in thej| immediate vicinity of the Abbey, while others were gathered at the offices of the Canadian Government, and at the headquarters of the Dominion agents and railways. The progress of the royal cortege through the densely packed streets was a con- tinued triumph, which reached its climax on the arrival at the Abbey wherg there was a scene of unparal- leled enthusiasm which did not (Continued on Page 3) $132.50 IN FOURTH FUND First Day’s Canvass Results in Sub- stantial Encouragementfor Prop- er Celebration of Day. FIREWORKS FOR THE EVENING As a result of the first day’s con- vass for funds with which to cele- brate the Fourth in Bemidji $132.50 is assured Fred Brinkman of the soliciting committee. Those contributing are: Security State Bank... .$10.00 Duluth Brewing Company. 25.00 Lycan Hotel Company ..... 10.00 John C. Larson 10.00 J. E. Maloy ..... 10.00 Harry Gunsalus ...... .. 10.00 C. J. Woodmansee ..... 7.50 W. W. Browne .... 10.00 Pierce & Harmon ..., 10.00 Fred Brinkman ......... 10.00 Frank Silversack .. 10.00 Edwin Geralds .... 10.00 There will be a meeting of the committees on arrangements and soliciting tomorrow at which time definite plans on the advertising and program of the day will be decided upon, The soliciting will be continued until a sufficient fund is raised to support the program in a way that races of all descriptions may be car- ried on, to pay the band and other expenses. . From present expectations it likely that there will be is potato jraces, three-legged races, pie-eating races, running races, including the 50 and 100 yard races, boat races, canoe races, launch races and log rolling contests, besides the annual tug of war and a ball game. A pretty fireworks display will be arranged for the evening. TOTS BEST DENTAL PATIENTS Women Come Next, Says Tooth Doc- tor, Who Talks of His Patients. “Who are the least troublesome patients, men, women or children?" was asked-of .a Bemidji dentist the other day. & “Women are good patients,”-he re- plied. “You would think that they would jump from pain quicker than men, but they don’t. Children who have not been previously frightened are better patients than women, and and as a rule they are not hard to handle. Why pain in the teeth is so hard to bear is a mystery. It is different from any other pain that human flesh is subject to. I have one patient who is a great boxer, and he does not think anything of getting a wallop on the jaw that will render him unconscious. A little pain when I am fixing his teeth will almost make him blubber like a baby.” BATTLE LAKE GETS BANKERS Ninth District Men at Business Ses- sion Here Also Name Officers. At a meeting of the ninth district bankers only a short business session was held because of the fact that the state convention was held in the dis- trict. Battle Lake was selected as the place for the next district con- vention. The election of officers re- sulted as follows: C. L. Conger, MclIntosh, president; G. O. Hafdahle, of Beltrami, vice president; J. L. Humphrey of Fosston, secretary and treasurer. A. L. Thompson and W. L. Winslow were elected to act on the executive committee with the other three officers. GOOD ROADS MEETING JUNE 27 Newly Appointed Commissioner, Mac kenzie, Here ; King Fails to Come, Owing to the fact that Charles M. King of Deer River, chairman of the good roads committee of the North- ern Minnesota development associa- tion could not be present at the board meeting scheduled for yester- day in this city, it was postponed until June 27. W. R. Mackenzie of this city, who has been named immigration commissioner, came to Bemidji yesterday from Duluth to be present at the meeting, and will re- main here indefinitely. TAFT IN NEW YORK CITY President Arrives to Address Cana- dian Club Banquet Tonight. New York, June 22.—Fresh from a pleasant reunion with many of his' old college chums at Yale, President Taft arrived in New York today in acceptance of invitations to address the New York bankers and the Cana- dian club tonight. The Aldrich cur- rency plan and reciprocity will fur- nish him with subjects for his two speeches. BANKERS ARRANGE BIG FARM MEETING To Have Representatives From Eight States at October Gathering in Twin Cities. CULVER HEADS ASSOCIATION Wedge Re-elected Treasurer and Frost Secretary—Farm Paper Reform Planned. IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS TODAY Meeting Come to Close Here After One of Most Successful and Im- portant Conventions. Coming to the most northerly coun- ty in the state in two special trains of palace cars, the Minnesota Bank- ers association yesterday listened to notable talks by former Congressman James A. Tawney of Winona, Lafay- ette Young of the DesMoines Capital and others, consumed 500 pounds of pike at an open air dinner in the lake shore forest, elected officers, and de- cided to call a bankers agricultural conference to be held in the Twin Citles in October with representa- tives from at least eight states. The bankers also decided to request the associations of North Dakota, Wis- consin, Iowa and South Dakota to join in a movement to remove the National bank act restrictions on the loaning of money of farm mortgages. Weld Couldn’t Come. The program was carried out as originally intended with the excep- tion that Frank Weld, president of the Moorhead Normal was unable to comg and deliver a talk. The local arrangements were in the hands of H. C. Baer, A. G. Wedge, 'W. L. Brooks and R. H. Schumaker, and there was no hitch in any of the convention plans. The bankers are gracious to the public for the assist- ance and particularly to all persons who aided in the fish dinner on the lake shore. At 2 o'clock this morning the bankers left in their thirteen special cars, drawn in two sections for In- ternational Falls where they spent today. Interest in the Bemidji meet- ing was heightened by the fact that this city is the seat of the Mayor Dumas-Puposky-safe robbery sensa- tion. The New Officers. Here are the officers chosen for the ensuing year: President—D. S. Culver, vice pres- ident First National Bank of St. Paul. Vice president—D. C. Armstrong, president Albert Lea State Bank. Secretary—Charles R. Frost, Min- neapolis, re-elected. Treasurer—A. G. Wedge, Jr., vice president First National Bank, Be- midji, re-elected. Members of the executive commit- tee—George A. Dutoit, member at large, president Carver County State Bank, Chaska. Mr. Dutoit was named chairman of this committee. R. W. Putnam, Red Wing; E. E. Shepard, Winona and W. 8, Wil- lard, Mankato. J. B. Galeanault of Aitkin, former state superintendent of banks, was named. vice president for Minnesota of the American Bankers’ associa- tion. Cliff W. Gress of the Citizens Bank of Cannon Falls was named on the nominating committee for the Amer- ican Bankers’ association for Minne- sota. May Go to St. Cloud. The election of officers was the concluding business of the conven- tion. St. Cloud was suggested as the next meeting place but it re- mains for the xecutive council to de- cide this. W. L. Brooks of the Northern Na- tional Bank wishes to call particular attention to the fact that all bills contracted for by the bankers during the convention yesterday should be presented to him at this bank immed- iately for payment. H. C. Baer, cashier of the Security State Bank and Mr. Brooks have this matter in charge and wish to dispose of same during the next few days. . Members of the Bankers associa- tion who attended the convention here wish, through the local bank- ers, to extend Rev. S. E. P. White a |unanimous vote of their appreciation | for the ‘manner in which the prepar- ations for the banquet were made. The resolutions, = considered the (Continued on Page 4) MANY WANT COUNTY JOB Scramble On for Ofice Made Vacant By Resignation Yesterday of Henry Funkley. CLEMENTSON IS NOT AT HOME Although it has been but 24 hours since Henry Funkley resigned as county attorney of Beltrami county, there are no less t_l;m'x six attorneys in Bemidji alone who nave been men- tioned as candidates for the vacancy. This list includes John L. Brown, P. J. Russell, Chester A. McKusick, G. W. Campbell, Gigham M. Tor- rance and M. J. Brown, There may be others who would be willing to serve, providing the commissioners _can not make a choice out of the above list. The special meeting of the county commissioners has been set for Sat- urday of this week. It is believed that all commissioners will be pres- ent, with the exception of Commis- sioner Clementson, who, .it i8 said, is away on a trip through the west and can not be here on Saturday. DANGEROUS STREET REPAIRED Second Street Befiem Beltrami and Bemidji Being Filled In. ) Street Commissioner. Carter has men at work filling = between Bel- trami and Bemidjl avenues on Sec- ond street, and the street will be in readiness for paving and cement sidewalks within the next few days. The work on the fill was begun after City Engineer Everts had made a re- port to the council asking that it should be fixed, which report was ac- cepted and the work -ordered done. Not only was the street in need of re- pair for the building of the sidewalk, but it was becoming dangerous for teams, and after eaoch rain it grew worse caused by washaways. s _3Te ANGRY BULL TRAMPLES M| Farm Hand Has Bones Broken Near Brainerd, Minn. Brainerd, Minn,, June 22.—Tossed into the air by a vicious bull and then stamped on by the beast Har- vey Williams aged 31 years and single, had his collar bone and three ribs broken. The bull, after tiring of stamping his victim, left, and Williams crawled to the home of his employer, George Wetherbee of Crow Wing station, eight miles south of Brainerd. Williams had gone into the pasture and the animal , who previously had been gentle, attacked him before he could run. The bull has no horns, otherwise Williamg would have been gorded to death. L F. JOHNSON FIRE RANGER President of Bemidji Council Chosen for Position Under New Law. Chief Forester W. T. Cox has offi- cially apointed Lawrence F. Johnson, alderman-at-large and president of the Bemidji city council, as fire ranger to work out of the city. He will ‘be in charge of five or six patrol- LAFE YOUNG JOKES AND GIVES ADVICE Tells Bemidji Best Thing to Do is to Pave as Soon and as Much as Possible. PAYS TRIBUTE TO OLD “FIRST” Also Calls Upon Every Amerioan to Be Patriotic and Work for Hon- est Living. HANDS BANKERS A “JOSH” Su‘yl He Likes Fat Ones, Also Bugs, But Objects to Manner of Mak- ing Living, Layfayette Young, editor of the Des Moines Daily Capital, a power in Towa politics and for a short time a member of the United States sen- ate, delivered a happy talk at the final session of the bankers held in the Armory last night. While he made a strong plea for patriotism, and urged the upbuilding of Bemidji, much of his time was devoted to lighter and humorous sayings. Here is some of the philosophy which he handed the bankers: Young’s Idea of How to Live. “A man who loves his country is not going to steal from it. The man who is taught patriotism will stand by it. “Do you know why a man slugs another? Why, to get money with- out working. “Do you know why they are burn- ing houses in your near vicinity? To get money without work. “In God’s name, we must have work and patriotism to make thg United .8tates of America what it is.”” ” Senator Young paid a tribute to Minhesota, and said: Pays Tribute to Old First. “I never think of the old Minnesota regiment at Gettysburg that I don’t feel like going out and giving three cheers for common American man- hood. Every man of them, either dead, wounded or present—mnot a man missing in that old regiment. Nobody unaccounted for, therefore, all glory to the Old First Minnesota.” This advise, Mr. Young offered to Bemidji: “Now I have a little advise to give the patrons of your ecity. I would advise you to pave your principal streets as soon as possible. It will help. I am a city builder by pro- fession. I have observed the growth of cities and I will tell you tonight that the best investment any grow- ing or ambitious town can make is an investment in pavements, Clear off the lake shore before it becomes to valuable. You will want to own your own lake shore after while. Don’t let the other fellow get poss- ession of it. I can not see from the circumstances surrounding the city men, who are yet to be named. [ but what you ought to have a great WHERE? city. to have & constituancy and field of your own, if you get a headway in You are far enough from rivals agriculture before lumber expires. Lumber finally fades away and you will have to have something else. (This advice is purely gratuitous.) I want to see this city grow.” One on the Bankers, Here is one the speaker handed the bankers: “Naturally I feel close to the banker and the closer I get to him the better I think it is for me. I like a national banker, a nice fat roly-poly national banker with nice fat hands, no callouses or wrinkles in them. I like a nice fat slick, greasy bed-bug—the only objection I have in either case is the way he makes his living. men are as well thought of as the man who behaves himself.” ROBBER BOLD IN GRAND FORKS Davis Bragged About His Ability to Crack Safes Open. Grand Forks, N. D., June 21.—It now developes that Mike (Manches- ter Curley) Davis and Martin (Billie) Bean were in East Grand Forks for some time during the late winter and early spring. Bean was in East Grank Forks for several months but Davis was there for about two weeks in the month of March. While in East Grand Forks Davis told freely of his various escapades. He made the boast that he had served time on several occasions but loudly pro- claimed that before he would again 80 behind the bars, he would take his own life. Davis during his stay across the river did not seem to be at all retic- ent about his trade. He told his cronies there that he was a profes- sional safe cracker and boasted that he was one of the best men in the business, He declared that he had on more than one occasion cracked a safe in the rear of the store on the Fourth of July while the owners were out in front watching the par- ade. The giant fire crackers he claimed helped to drown the deto- nation of his explosive. Davis further said that a great deal of the safe cracking in the | gmaller towns was hired work,. in ich. tié~8afe blowers were hired, by the banking officlals to do the work. He said -that he'had on sever- al occasions been hired by bank offi- cials who had made poor invest- ments to rob the bank., Dollar for dollar insurance against burglary meant that a safe cracking affair would allow them to get out of the hole and this means, according to his story, was resorted to oftener than peaple generally believe. He further declared that although he hag tried safe-blowing in North Dakota that he was through with this state because of the level land. The kind of land he wanted to work in was land rolling in its nature with woods nearby. There is also a rumor to the effect that while he was in East Grand Forks Davis carried on a long dis- tance telephone conversation with Dumas at Bemidji. East Grand Forks people who know Davis claim that he is a des- perado of the worst type, and ex- press the opinion that the search be- ing made for him is being carried on with a great deal of care. Human life, they say, is no object with Davis, and he would not allow the killing of a man or two to stand in his way. (Copyright, 1911) Wb = 3 iy ) Coodl Bafes S ey | | IR@ ST Talke N @;W'\W As a rule these |- TEN CENTS PER WEEK NEW THRILL SOON IN ROBBERY CASE Detective Fielding Back in Bemidji Admits That “Something Big is o LECLAIRE MAY BE CAPTURED Believe Noted Safe Cracker is in This Vicinity and Will Soon Be Caught. DR. DUMAS IS HERE AGAIN Poses for Twin City Newspaper Artist and Continues to Be Optimistic. With the arrival in Bemidji from St. Paul this morning of Detective J. C. Fielding, interest in the Dumas affair is divided between St. Paul and Bemidji. Mr. Fielding says that Sam F, Fullerton, deputy state fire marshal will not arrive in Bemidji for several hours, possibly not before tomorrow, and that developments of a sensa- tional character are assured. Marked Money Traced. “Forty dollars of the marked one hundred dollars which was given to Dr. Dumas at the yegg meeting in Bemidji last ‘Wednesday has been located,” says Mr. Fielding. “We do not care at this time to divulge where the money is, but we can easily trace the currency directly to the possession of the doctor, con- firming our statement that the de- tective with the robbers in Larson’s saloon in Bemidji gave the doctor the marked bills. In fact, Mr. Full- erton and our agency are.going to back up with evidence every asser- tion.we have 'made with relation to this affair.” LeClaire May Be Caught. There is a suspicion that Ed Le Claire is in this vicinity, and rumor has it that the detectives and other officers are keeping a sharp lookout for the man who bears the reputation of being about the most skillful safe blower and most desperate criminal in the entire country. The officers will admit nothing in connection with LeClaire but say something big is liable to drop any moment. Says He Saw Davis. A prominent resident of Cass Lake who was in Bemidji yesterday as- serted the he saw Davis at Cass Lake Sunday following the Puposky fight, but that he was afraid to give out the information because of vengeful acts that might be committed towards his person or property which he owned at Cass Lake. The officers are looking into the matter. _Reward of $1,00 Offered. Detective Fielding said this morning that Governor Eberhart had added to the original reward of $500 offered for the capture of Davis mak- ing the total $1,000 for the appre- hension of the robber who made a clean get-away from the store at Puposky. Every train that comes in and goes out of Bemidji is being watched in order that no outside crooks or cracksmen may get here to assist in thwarting the officials in gather- ing evidence. . Dr. Dumas in Bemidji. Last night, additional information was given the officers relative to fires in another town near Bemidji which are to believed to have been of an incendiary nature. Dr. Dumas was in Bemidji last eve- ning. He posed for a sketch by “Rawson,” artist for the Minnea- polis Tribune and was in high spirits. Prisoner’s Wife Here. Mrs. Bean, wife of the prisoner in jail here, arrived in Bemidji this morning. Mrs. Bean who is making her thome with Archie McKinnon, could not be found this morning. When asked as to whether Mrs. Bean was in Mrs. McKinnon said: “Mrs. Bean lives here, but she has not been in since early this morning, and upon leaving she said nothing as to where she was going. I do not know when she will return.” There is never anything the mat- ter with the right thing in the right place. The trouble is that the person who dosen’t amount to much is a lot more ubiquitous than the person who does