Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 18, 1911, Page 1

“tae ']_‘ VOLUME 9. NUMBER 68. “MIKE” DAVIS STILL IN SUPERIOR, MAYBE Persistent Reports of Bandit’s Pres- ence Causes Reporter to Make Careful Investigation. NAILS ONE “I SAW HIM” YARN Finds Convict By That Name Did Sleep in Hotel But He Proves to Be Wrong Man. POLICE RIDICULE ASSERTIONS Declare it Impossible Puposky Bandit i Could Have Received Secret Aid of Physician, Superior, Wisconsin, July 18.— 1f Mike Davis, yeggman and crook now a fugitive from justice and much wanted for his latest exploit, the par- ticipation in an attempted robbery and burning of the Smythe store at | Puposky three weeks ago, will stand up and be counted, he will relieve a strained situation that is baffling the police in both cities at the head of the lakes. He will also confer a lasting favor on Paul Davis, who has served two terms at Waupun and two at Still- water, the last one for burglary, com- mitted in Minneapolis. For this he received a sentence of five years from the Hennepln county district court on Feb. 2, 1904. He has told his friends that “for him the light of other days has faded and that in the future the narrow path of rectitude is the only one that he will consider.” Detectives Believe He is in Superior. Ever since the Puposky affair and the escape of Davis and the subse- quent search of Sam.Fullerton and the Pinkerton detectives for him there has been a persistent story that Mike Davis was at the head of the lakes. The detectives and those as- sociated with them in the develop- ment of what they claim will be the greatest exposure of organized graft ever developed in the northwest, have repeatedly expressed the opinion that he is hiding in Superior. At the same time they express con- fidence that they will be able to land their man in due time, and intimate that the reason he is not forthwith taken into cutsody is the fact that his friends are according him protection. However all this may be, the police at Superior have been consistent in their denial of the statement that Davis is here. They scout a story to the effect that Davis came; to Superior in a wounded condition after the gun fight at Puposky; that he was there treated by physicians secured by his friends and sworn to secrecy, and that ever since he has been taken care of. Such a thing would not be possible in Superior with its present force, say the police. Have Seen Davis. On the other hand, people in both cities who profess to know Mike Davis state that they have seen him, conversed with him and indulged in the refreshing pastime of an occa- sional libation with the genial and doubtfully distinguished Mr. Davis. He is given credit for having stated to them with rare nonchalance that the police didn’t want him and that he had nothing to fear from the offi- cers in either city. At such times, so o goes the story, Mr. Davis would buy apother round and board the street car for Superior. Yesterday morning what purportcd to be reliable information was to the effect that Mike Davis slept at the Arthur hotel in Superior, conducted by Buchanan & Hogan. Investigation at the hotel devel- oped that Paul Davis, conviet and with a record well known in the northwest, is and for some time has been a guest at the Arthur. He has been in Superior for several months and he has told his friends that the old life is forsaken and that in the future he will attempt nothing that might have a term at the pen as a sequel. Hotel Man Knows Mike: Ed Hogan, one of the proprietors of the hotel, discussed the matter freely yesterday afternoon. He said he did not have an intimate acquaint- ance with Mike Davis, but that he knew him. Upon being confronted with the statement that Davis had; occupied a room in his house Sat- urday evening, he stated that Davis had never been in the house. “I have been approached from sev- eral different sources today with the (Continued on Page 4) RACES FOR. FAIR HERE Automobile and Horse Contests De- " - cided Upon, Kenneth Mclver Be- ing Put in Charge. FLOOR FOR WOMEN'S BUILDING Several fast horse and automobile races will be held during the county fair, in September. This became known yesterday af- ternoon, when the directors of the Beltrami County Fair Association, visited the fair grounds and made an investigation of the condition of the track. The track is one of the fast- est in northern Minnesota, and was found to be in splendid condition. Kenneth Mclver was delegated to have charge of the races and the re- pairing of the track, and he was authorized to confer with the enter- tainment committee, comprised of Al Jester, Frank Arnold and A.P. White, relative to the races. An examination of the main build- ing of the fair grounds revealed that it is badly in need of repairs, and Frank Arnold was named to see to it that the work was done. A new roof will be put on the main building, and the women’s depart- ment building will have a floor. This insures a women’s building exhibit. At a meeting of the directors held at the Commercial club yesterday it was decided that the program list should be revised and reprinted, and additional inducements for cattle ex- hibits provided. Secretary A. P. Ritchie explained the bill passed br- the legislature of 1911, appropriating nearly double, or a total of more than §700, the amount received from the state last year. EARTHQUAKE EXPECTS MEET Gather From all Parts of World at Manchester to Study Seismology: Manchester, July 18.—The fourth biennial’ meeting of the Internation- al Association of Seismology was ca'led to order here today by Dr. A. Schuster, F. R. S., the president of the organization. i of the association have been held at Strassburg in 1905, The Hague in 1907, and Zermatt in 1909. Although the association has been in existence but a short time, it has accomplished a great deal and accumulated a great mass of the most valuable statistics and scientific data in regard to earth- quakes. The present session, which will continue until Saturday, is well attended and practically every civi-| lized country of the world is repre- sented by experts in seismology. Many subjects having an import- ant bearing upon seismology will be discussed during the remaining four days. One of the most important is the suggestion of compiling two great catalogues for 1906, one of all per- ceptible earthquakes, the other of what may be called unfelt earth- quakes, of which the only record was made by the seismographs in the va- rious observatories throughout the world. The work of the Internation- al Station at Reykjavik will be thor- oughly considered and a plan dis- cussed to establish other, similar sta- tions in various earthquake centers in various parts of the world. Among the papers to be read will be one by Prof. Hecker on “The Tides of the Earth’s Crust.” ALL TRACKS TO BE PATROLLED Railroads Take Fire Precautions on State Forester’s Order. State Forester W. T. Cox has di- rected the railroad companies in nor- thern Minnesota to place patrols over their entire mileage in the territory menaced by smouldering forest fires. This territory covers all the territory north of Pine City, Little Falls and Detrcit. The directions call for pa- trolmcn for every eight miles of track, and that they be equipped with speeders. Mr. Cox says that the railroads are responding to the order. He has prepared a new notice on cloth, which will be posted in woods ‘wherever there are liable to be camp- ers or hunters. It asks them to put out little fires, and not to -burn slashings, except where it is im- possible for fire to run in the woods. He warns campers and hunters not to leave fires burning and to build in clear spaces, away from stumps, logs and peat. Iowa County Officials Meet. Fort Dodge, Ia., July 18.—More than 150 county clerks, recorders, auditors and sheriffs, are in attend- ance at the annual meeting of county officials, which opened a three days’ session here today. Among the ai- tending officials are sixteen women Previous meetings " GET DR. DUMAS CASE| @rand and Petit Lists for Use at Sep- tember Term of Court Have Been Completed: CARLTON GIRL CHARGES ALSO UP This With Accusations Against Mayor of Cass Lake, Most Important Work of Session. RHODA OFF FOR BAUDETTE Meets Judge Stanton at International and Will Proceed for One Day" s Work. Petit and grand jury lists for the fall term of district court for Bel- trami county which convenes Sep- tember 12, have been drawn by Clerk of court Fred Rhoda, Sheriff A. B. Hazen and Willis Nye, justice of the peace. The grand jury will meet on, the morning of September 12, and after being charged as to its duties, and its foreman being appointed will consid- er the cases which is to come before it, which will include the widely heralded charges, against Dr. D. F. Dumas, mayor of Cass Lake. The grand jury will also consider the Jack Carlton case, in which the defendant faces charges brought by a nine year old girl. The Grand Jury List. It is probable that these cases will be the first considered by the jury. Following are the lists: Grand jury— John Peterson, Baudette. Ey Sather, Liberty. “Gilbert Tafford, Port Hope. Bernard Johuston, Foy. Henry Pingle, Maple Ridge. George O. Leach, Taylor. Peter Hermanson, Blackduck. A. D. Glidden, Northern. T. N. Rode, Bemidji. 0. P. Hauson, Lee. A. L. Collard, Bemidji. Ben Anderson, Shotley. H. J. Ritter, Eland. C. Alevendinger, Hagali. Melvin Rognlin, Wilton. Coblin Thompson, Hamre. A. L. Morris, Port Hope. Earl Geil, Bemidji. L. 0. Opsata, Bemidji. Carl Koarno, Otto. Roy Wilson, Nebish. M. Flint, Bemidji. Hans Imsdahl, Pitt. Here Are the Petit Jurors. Petit jury— B. J. Jenkins, /Blackduck. John Workman, Redby. C. H. Smith, Moose Lake. Sam Benson, Hornet. William Edwards, Nebish. Sam Ellis, Blackduck. John Kyler, Spooner. 0. A. Lone, Moose Lake. Martin Larson, Turtle Lake. ‘W. H. Boyer, Bemidji. ‘William Kruse, Bemidji. Peter Sarf, Funkley. 0. S. Huset, Frohn. John H. Thullen, Blackduck. H. 0. Halvorson, Baudette. Neil Hendrickson, Baudette. Peter Maule, Port Hope. James Perkins, Clementson. Otto Smith, Hornet. C. A. Wiser, Moose Lake. E. J. Gould, Bemidji. Joseph Tisdell, Liberty. ‘William Autin, Nebish. Job Guy, Bemidji. Rhoda Goes North. Clerk of Court Fred Rhoda left this morning for International Falls ‘where he will be met by Judge C. W- Stanton, and together they will leave for Baudette, where tomorrow there will be a special term of court. The term will last for one day. Citizen- ship papers are to be considered. Mr. Rhoda will return to Bemidji Friday, while the judge will con- tinue the Koochiching county term, over which he has been presiding during the past week. 4 GO FAR TO HONOR TOM JOHNSON Delegation From Cleveland Places Flowers on Grave in Brooklyn. New York, July 18.—The grave of Tom L. Johnson, former mayor of Cleveland, in Greenwood Cemetery, JURORS NAMED WHO | Eager Settlers Anxionsly Waiting for Government Land to Be Opened for Entry. 50,000 ACRES ALREADY SPOTTED Pegister Lester Bajtlett _of the United States landof at Cass Lake, reports that there Ks aniety among the-settlers on the’ céiga Chippews lands from which the timbér has been cut in the vicinity of Cass Lake and which were opened for settle- ment early in May, as to the time when they will be opened for entry. The general land office has advised the Cass Lake office that the lands will be opened to entry early in Aug- ust, but as thirty days’ notice must be given and the same has not yet been received from the department, it is not regarded as probable that entry will be possible before some date in September. Forty or Fifty thousand acres of the land has already been settled by squatters and a line has already been formed at the Cass Lake landoffice by persons awaiting the opening of ‘the lands to entry. In addition to the Chippewa lands, two townships, 159- 29, located on the Red Lake reserva- tion are to be opened. As fast as the remaining Indian lands are logged off they will be opened to settlement and entry. This will result in the development of much desirable land situated in the immediate vicinity of Cass Lake. Prospective entrymen usually ap- pear on the ground early each season, look over the land, and as so nas any of it is open to settlement immediate- ly take possession. The opening of these lands is having the effect of bringing to Cass Lake some of the best class of settlers and Cass Lake business men feel renewed assurance in its future. nmficm UP IN CANADA Parliament Re- luemblel With Fight On Pact Leading Issue. Ottawa, Ont., July. 18.—The Do- minion Parliament re-assembled for the resumption of business today, fol- lowing the recess which was taken to enable the Premier and other of- ficials to attend the coronation and the Imperial Conference in London A large number of western and lower province members came in yesterday, and the delegates from Ontario and Quebee, who always arrive Ilast, reached the capital this morning. A wide diversion of. opinion exists among the mémbers as to the prob- 2ble outcome of the session. The proposed reciprocity pact with the United States is, of course, the fore- most item on the agenda. gram in regards to the measure, will likely be determined in a large de- gree by the prospects at Washington. A hard struggle is in prospect here. 1t is generally believed that the Op- Brooklyn, was decorated with flowers today by a party of his former friends! and ~associates, who had made the pilgrimage from Cleveland to New York, for the sole purpose of placing; tokens of their friendn‘hlp and devo- tion upon Mr. Johnison's grave on the finlunlry of his blflh, .“lly 18. vill persist in its efforts to block any progress of the bill. and a general election, with reciproc- ity as the chief issue, would appear to be inevitable, though the Govern- ment leaders affect to believe LINE AT CASS LAKE| The pro-| position will resume filibustering and | - " DINNER CALL AT A SUMMER_RESORT _ SAYS BAUDETTE IS IN DANGER Cox Warning Results in But $2,500 Being Turned Over to Michigan. The Minnesota board of the Amer- ican Red Cross met yesterday in St. Paul, in the office of Governor Eber- hart and decided to appropriate part of the surplus left in its hands for the relief of fire sufferers in Michi- gan and Ontario. The board -set aside $2,500 for Michigan and $2,500 for Ontario, subject to the approval of the national board. = There re- mains in the hands of Treasurer Ken- neth Clark $18,292 from the sum col- lected last fall for relief of the suf- ferers at Beaudette and oflier north- ern Minnesota points. = W. T. Cox, state forester, was called in to give information about the Michigan and Ontario fires. He asked the board to appropriate $3,- 000 to build fire lines around Bau- dette. He declared that Baudette was in greater danger from fire now than it had seemed to be last fall be- fore the disaster. The members of the board were > | doubtful whether the national board would allow such use of funds, and Governor Eberhart will take up the matter with the national board. Those present at the meeting were Governor Eberhart, Kenneth Clark, Archbishop John Ireland,- Insurance Commissioner J. A. O. Preus and H. A. Tuttle of Minneapolis. $10,000 TO FLY FROM PANAMA Director of San Diego Show Offers Prize for Perilous Flight. ‘Washington, July 18.—The feat of Harry N. Atwood, the aviator, in fly- ing to Washington from Boston in a biplane, may be more than duplicated if he should carry out his announced intent to fly from Washington to Chi- cago. The daring young aviator was received by President Taft, who de- clined an offer to-Tide aloft. One of the men who was deeply impressed by Atwood’s achievement was Col. D. C. Collier, president of the San Diego Aero Club, and direc- tor-general of the Panama-California Exposition, which is to be held in San Diego in‘1915. Col. Collier said that he would guarantee a purse of $10,000 to Atwood or any other Am- erican aviator who would fly from Panama to San Diego, carrying news of the completion and opening of the Panama Canal, an event which is not much more than two years distant. The announcement was greeted with much interest. It is probable that other - cities on the Pacific Coast " | would add to this purse, making it a prize_well worth trying for. | FUEL EXPERT IN SPECIAL CAR Northern Pacific Man to Give Public Lectures in North Bemidji. On Thursday and Friday evenings of this week the fuel expert of the Northern Pacific railroad company will deliver public lectures on the economy of fuel. These talks, which will be made in the special car in which the feul experts travel, will be primarily for railroad men, but the public in general is given a cordial invitation to attend.” The talks will If this course is|begin at 8 p. m. The car will be left pursued a dissolution’of parliament|near the Minnesota & International roundhouse in North Bemidji. “Im- press upon them,” sald Agent: Walker in making the announcement. today, “tlla act that everyhody elcome MILL TAX PROVES PUZZLE County Commissioners Sitting As Board of Equalization Solving Bemidji Problem. FINISH TOMORROW AFTERNOON Members of the board of county commissioners and the county audit- n&.,wmprislflufle board of equaliza- tion, have N in session sfnce yes- {terday aftersioon, and in all proba- bility will not complete their labors until late tomorrow. Up until noon today no taxes had either been raised or lowered, but there has been a number of in- stances where mistakes are evident in the assessing and these will be acted upon before the board adjourns tomorrow. The main item which looks ag though a mistake'had occurred, is in’ the assessments of the three Bemidji lumber mills, the Crookston mill, the Bemidji mill and the Douglass mill. According to the assessment on the Crookston mill, the assessments on the Bemidji and Douglass mills are too low. The three assessments will be equalized. The other taxes which do not agree with the figures of the board are be- ing compared with “the -assessments of last year. 3 PAYS $25 FOR DRINK ON TRAIN Brainerd Man Discovers Conductor Knew What He Was About- It was a busy day in the munici= pal court today, three cases of widely nature being before Judge J. H.| Warner. Adam Ara, arrested for drinking whiskey on a train, paid $25 for his drink for he did not appear in court and forfeited his cash bail. Satur- day evening Ara boarded the mid- night passenger for Staples and pulled out a bottle of liquor. “You must not drink that on the train,” said Conductor W. H. Denny very politely but firmly. “There is a law against drinking on trains and we must see that it is enforced.” “Oh, what are you giving us,” said Ara. “This is a free country and the * | constitution lets a man take a drink when and where he pleases.” He was handed over to Officer Barney and later released on bail, which he forfeited when he read up on the new law and found out where he stood. E. G. Williams, who was shot through the ear by his wife and had her arrested, failed to press his suit against the lady and the case was consequently dismissed. A. T. Thompson was arrested by Deputy Game Warden W. H. Onstine for catching pike from Clearwater lake, the claim being made that it was a stocked lake. The case was dismissed as no evidence was put in showing it was a stocked lake.— Brljnerd Dispatch. Is After Cannon’s Place. Mattoon, Ill, July 18—W. D. 0’Day, supervisor of Neega Township, Cumberland “County, has announced himself as'a candidate on the Repub- lican ticket for Congress in the éight- TEN CENTS PER WEEK SOCIALISTS MAKE ‘SQUARE DEAL’ PLEA to Know Why They Were Refused Free Use of Hall. |ANSWERED BY MAYOR PARKER Declares Political Organizations Who Use City Property Must Expect To Pay for It. $6000 BRIDGE IS PROPOSED Estimated Cost for 26 Foot Structure Over Mississippi—Telephone Lines Go Under Ground. Bemidji Socialists are up in arms because they were refused free use of the city hall in which to have Lena Morrow Lewis deliver her lecture a few evenings ago. Last night a delegation of Social- ists from the Bemidji local stormed , the city council with demands to - - know why Mayor Parker had refused them free use of public property. E. W. Hanna, secretary of the Be- midji local, headed the delegation and other members were Dr. Carl J. Larson and Garfield Akerberg. Mr. Hanna acted as spokeman, and when he had finished Mayor Parker said: “It is a good thing for me, I guess, that the commission form of govern- ment does not prevail in Bemidji at the present time, for if it did it looks as if there would be a recall now in progress.” “We Want To Know,” Says Hanna. Mr. Hanna said: “I am here this evening to ask the members of this council for a square deal and to know why one set of tax payers has to pay for-the use of the city hall for a public gathering, while another set of tax payers, can secure it free of charge. It does not seem quite right or just. It seems to me that this is the proper time to ask-as to who is in direct charge of the hall. All we want to know is why we can- not get the hall when others do.” “Who has ever got the hall free of- charge?” Asked the mayor. “Why, only last week the M. B. A. Lodge had it for two sessions.” Re- plyed Mr. Hanna. “Yes, the M. B. A. Lodge did have the hall, but that orzanization is nct a political order.” Said Mayor Park- er. As to Commission Meeting. “Well, isn’t it true that the hall was let to a commission form Jf gov- ernment speaker some time ago, and wasn't it let free of charge,” refort- ed Hannah. “The city hall was given over to Mr. Roe that evening, out of respect to him as an alderman who had pushed the commission movement in Bemidji. It did not appear to me that this was letting the hall to any political organization. I have made it a rule to charge for the use of the hall whenever it is used by a political organization or for dances, or in fact for anything for which admission is charged,” the mayor said. “Well, what we would like to know is, who has charge of the hall?” asked Hannah. The Mayor Explains. To this Mayor Parker offered this explanation: “The city hall is under the control of the mayor and the city council, and the council has put it in the hands of the mayor, and what is more they can take it out of my hands just as soon as they wish, without hurt- ing my feelings in the least. If the hall continues in my hands, every < political order shall pay for its rental. 3 “The work of cleaning the hall be- fore and after the meetings, amounts to about $7 and that is all I asked the Socialists to pay.” “We have to let the band have the hall two evenings a week, because it is an organization that we have. to help support, and the militia has the hall two evenings a week, and as the hall ought to pay for its own use, I dna’t see how we can possibly let it out free of charge.” Upon motion of Alderman Bailey the matter went over for one week, when the mayor will be expected to report on how best to handle the hall. Frank Lane’s request for a con- tinuance of his liquor license was granted. - - Favor $6,000 Bridge. g City Engineer Everts made a re- eenth district against Jonep : G. Can- port_estimating the®: “cost of a brlflge ~ ‘(Continued on Page 4)