Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 20, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 70. 31 PUPILS WORKING 44 SCHOOL GARDENS Boys and Girls Busy Raising Crops of Peanuts, Melons, Corn, and Other Vegetables. MAKE MONEY PICKING BERRIES Also Supply Their Homes With Fresh Things From Ground—Busy Now With Corn. ALL ARE TO MEET TOMORROW If Enough Attend Regular Friday Session at 3 P. M., Photograph " Will Be Taken. Thirty-one school children of Be- midji are now caring for 44 gardens| on the Board of Education's farm, north of the fair grounds on Irvine avenue, known as the Schuch place. This means that in addition to the technical and practical knowledge which they are gaining under the tutelage of Professor Otto Bergh, they are supplying their own homes| with fine fresh vegetables. Tempting Array of Vegetables. Here is a list of the things to which the gardens have been plant- ed: peanuts, watermelons, canta- loupe, cucumbers, squash, beans, peas, carrots, turnips, cabbage, toma- toes, radishes, lettuce, corn and po- tatoes. During the past few days, garden pupils have been picking raspberries on the school farm bushes. A total of 28 1-2 quarts have been picked and sold at 25 cents a quart. The plck ers are given five cents a quart and the remainder of the funds go into the board of education treasury. Important Meeting Tomorrow. Every Friday afternoon the young gardeners meet for a general instruc- tion session. This meeting tomorrow afternoon will be of unusual importance: first, because if there is a full attendance the class will have a photograph taken and second, because it will be “pay day" for the berry pickers. The official list of gardeners con- tains the following names: Names of Gardeners. Dave Vincent, Walter McDonald, Alfred McDonald, May Auger, Bea- trice Kirk, Marguerite Titus, Elvira Angvald, Olive Clark, Arthur Gal- chutt, Conard Meyer, Martha Grimm, Mary Heroux, Donald Smith, Georgg Galchutt, Edna Johnson, Clarence Montague, Viola Miller, Doris Hel- mer, Dorothy Kane, Arlo Achenbach, Albert Brose, Florence Thacher, Helen Olson, Willie Jackson, Myrtle Hayner, Clifford Montague, Carl Tenstrum, Frank Phibbs, John Stech- man, Clifford LePage, Roy Johnson. Girls Winning Honors. It will be seen by this list that nearly as many girls as boys have taken up the work and they are giv-! ing the boys a merry race for atten- tion to the garden work and for eneral neatness of land over which they bave jurisdiction. At the present time the gardeners ave cultivating corn for the second time. Some of the corn is the Min- nes.ta yellow dent variety and al- though its late planting makes it doattiul as to whether it will ripen, it any event can be utilized for fiaer. The wheel cultivator, recently donated by C. E. Battles is proving popular with the young tillers and is in use every day. A patent spray- er has been used on the potatoe vines with the result that all the bugs have been done away with. NEW STAMPS TO BE ARTISTIC Utility and Harmony Also to Be Com- bined in Next Issue of Stickers. Washington, July 20.—Utility, are and harmony, according to Third As- sistant Postmaster General Britt, will be combined in a new issue of postage stamps about to be authorized. The head of President Washington will appear on the first six of the series, while the last five will bear the like- ness of Benjamin Franklin. All of the new stamps’ denominations will be in Arabic and this, as well as the use of the separate color or shade for each denomination is expected to P2OCOOPPOOOOPOOOSPS © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. © POOO00CCCOOOOOO O Helen Ware is to begin her season in her new play, entitled “The Prince,” in Boston early in Septem- ber. Henry E. Dixey has just been en- gaged for the leading role in “Gypsy Love,” in which Marguerite Sylva will star. Damage amounting to §$1,500,000 has been done by the typhoon and floods in Luzon, one of the Philip- pine Islands. George V. Hobart intends to ex- tend his sketch “Everywife” into a play, which is to be called “Rhyme and Reason.” Robert E. Graham will sing the role of Sir Joseph Porter in “Pina- fore” in place of Henry E. Dixey. Mr. Graham sang the role years ago. Kitty Gordon is to go starring next season in “The Enchantress,” a new musical piece by Victor Herbert, Har- [ry B. Smith and Mme. Fred de Gre- sac. Lucy Weston is booked to play the [ title role of “The Quaker Girl,” when | Henry B. Harris makes the American i production of the musical play in October. On the morning of the day he was to be hanged for wife murder Charles { Hickman died in his cell at Beaver, Pa., moaning his wife’s name in his delirium. | “What the Doctor Ordered,” the comedy by A. E. Thomas which is to follow “Seven Days” at the Astor Theater, in New York, will then go to Boston. Andrew Gernand, 88 years old, is dead in Baltimore after passing for- ty-five years of his life in a vain ef- fort to solve the problem of perpet- ual motion. The composer of “The Girl of the Golden West" dedicated his work to | Queen-Mother Alexandra, who sent a letter of thanks and a jeweled pres- ent to Puccini. J. C. (“Bud”) Mars, who was in- jured at Erie, Pa, last Friday when his aeroplane fell, prove and he probably will leave the | hospital tomorrow. A stranger whose automobile re- fused to run yesterday gave it to Ce- jeil Hancock, a 12 year old farmer boy near Hammond, Ind., and took a train for Louisville. Police Commissioner Waldo of New York reported yesterday to the may- or that the recent increase in the price of ice is due to the greed of the so-called “ice trust.” Dr. H. W. Wiley, head of the Unit- what the mince meat preparations sold by grocers is made. The body of a man killed in an El Paso (Tex.) street during the bat- tle of Juarez May 9, has just been identified by his widow as that of William R. Griffith of Cleveland, O. The largest turtle seen on the Chelsea beach, Massachusetts, this season was captured by Aomane Cla- ennette. A large copper penny fell out of its shell. The coin was minted in 1770. Three ticket speculators have been sent to jail in New York for violating the law. Hitherto they have been fined only. It is expected jail sen- tences will break up the violations of the law. Hugh Sweeney of Indianapolis, who had been detained by the New York immigration authorities as not being a citizen, was released yester- day on proving that he had served in the civil war. The new corrupt practice act which has passed the Massachusetts legis- lature gives defeated candidates a chance successfully to contest the election if they can prove the winner violated any part of the law. Lily Elsie will come to this coun- try next winter in “The Count of Luxembourg.” This is the new op- era by Franz Lehar, in which Miss Elsie and Bertram Wallis waltz up a circular staircase of twelve steps. The excessive heat caused the can- cellation of the Sothern and Marlowe engagement in New York. Mr. Soth- ern will sail for England for his summer holiday and Miss Marlowe will go to her home in the Catskills. The Belgian aviator Olieslagers in a monoplane made a flight of 626 ki- lometers (388 miles) at the Brussels aerodrome without a stop. This beats the world’s record for distance in an uninterrupted flight, held by Tabu- teau, of 584 kilometers (362 miles). Adele Verge, the French maid who shot and dangerously wounded C. Frederick Kohl at San Francisco on June 8, was freed from the charge of attempted murder, but was remanded to the Superior court for examination as to her sanity. Kobhl is recovering. The center of population of the United States, as enumerated in the prevent the confusion of which con- bcensus of 1910, is four and one-half ventions of postal clerks have com- plained. Elsie Leslie is to be George Arliss’ leading lady in “Disraeli.” miles south of- Unionville, Monroe county, Ind. In the last decade it moved west thirty-one miles from a continues to im- |, ed States bureau of chemistry, hasi |started an investigation to show of BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1911. POSTMASTERS IN SESSION Dade of Blackduck and Tagley of Ny- more Represent Beltrami county at Crookston Convention. STEENERSON TALKS OF WORK Beltrami county was represented at the annual district postmasters convention held in Crookston yester- day, Postmaster J. E. Dade of Black- dGuck and Postmaster 0. J. Tagley of Nymore being present. Other postmasters present at the convention were Stephen Singer of Kratka, Pennington county; J. P. Mattson, Warren, Marshall county; Chris Wiedenhoefer of Fisher, Polk county; John A. Lunden of Stephen, Marshall county; Secretary Bucking- ham of Argyle, Marshall county; E. P. LeMasurieur of Hallock, Kittson county; John E. Elg of Eldred, Polk | county; Peter Moen of Shelly, Nor- man county; John Gregorson of Fer- tile, Polk county; C. Steenerson of | Climax, Polk county; and W. S. Bar- tholomew of Avon, Stearns county. One woman, the postmistress of| Roosevelt office attended the conven- ! tion. President.: Bartholomew Talks. State President W. S. Bartholomew gave an address on District Organiz- ations, in which he gave an outline of what work could be done and is being done by them. Elias Steener- |son, postmaster at the Crookston office, spoke briefly on “Postmasters’ Conventions—Are They ‘Worth While?” The speaker brought much force into his arguments and they ‘were so strong that no doubt was left in the minds of the listeners. Editor John P. Mattson of the Warren Sheaf, who is also postmaster in that city read an excellent paper n “What is Needed by Postmasters {of the Third Class Offices.” | Congressman Steenerson told of the workings of the United States postal service in an interesting man- ner. In part the Congressman said: Steenerson Tells of Workings. “The postal establishment of the| United States is the largest and most beneficent, the most far reaching single government enterprise in the world. It has 300,000 employes. The annual travel by railway cars, car- riers and messengers is more than 365,000,000 miles, a distance greater than five trips from the earth to the sun and return. Last year it re- ceived, handled and delivered 15,- 111,607,806 pieces of domestic mail matter, weighing 1,432,361,383 pounds, at a cost, including foreign mail of $229,977,224.50, and average of $2.50 per capita. Returns were $224,128,657.60, or $2.44 per capita. A deficit of $5,848.56, or six cents per capita. “There is no government service that comes in such close contact with all the people, or which effects them as the postal service, and herce there is no department of the government service in which they take a greater or more lively interest.” NEW COMET IS EYED NIGHTLY Kiess’ Wanderer Target of Telescopes at Yerkes Observatory. Nightly observations of the latest “celestial tramp,” known as Kiess' comet, are being taken at Yerkes ob- and Prof. Sherburne W. Burnham, ‘who put in much of their time view- ing Halley’s comet when that wan- |derer was visible a year ago. The new comet was “picked up” by the observers at Yerkes July 8, the day following the receipt of a dispatch to Prof. Frost from Lick observatory telling of its discovery. “We have been watching the new servatory by Prof. Edwin B. Frost| é BOARD BOOSTS TAX OF BEMIDJI FIRMS ton Going Up to $345,000 and Next Biggest $119,065. MERCHANT CLASSES IN RAISE Additional 40 Per Cent is Added to Valuation Turned in By the Regular Assessors. SCHNEIDER OFFEBS OBJECTION — Contends Injustice, énoeeed: and Will Continue Argnment at the August Meeting. After being in session for four days, the county board of equaliza- tion, which is comprised of the board of county commissioners and the county auditor, adjourned this after- {noon to meet again August 10. The biggest boost in any of the assessments made by the assessors was in the taxing of the Bemidji mills, the outcome resulting in the assessments of the Crookston mill being raised from $227,600 to $345, 000, and the Bemidji mill from $91,- 066 to $119,065 and the Douglas from $2,100 to $2,400. - Merchants Given Boosts. The retail merchants assessment classes 16-B and 26-A, were raised| 40 per cent. E. A. Schneider, of the Bemidji firm of Schneider Brothers, appeared | before the board this morning in an endeavor to have his assessment lowered. Mr. Schneider said that he was not-satisfied- that- is-assessment was correct in’comparison with those:! of the various other Bemidji stores, and gave a brief outline of his reasons. Wins Partial Victory. Auditor George, a member of the board, was convinced that the as- sessment of Schneider Brothers was too high and made a motion that it be lowered. - The motion was not seconded, although the other mem- bers felt that the assessment was not right. Nothing was done with the assess- ment, other than that Mr. Schneider was asked to appear at the adjourned session of the meeting in August to further explain his case. The personal property assessments for the county this year show a fal- ling off of about $90,000. SPOONER ON THE DUMAS CASE Tells Duluth Reporter WarrantIssued Before Crime Was Possible. The Duluth News Tribune prints the following: “Judge M. A. Spooner, of Bemidji, at the St. Louis last evening, was asked for an interview on the Dumas case. He is the attorney for Dr. D. F. Dumas of Cass Lake, charged with attempted arson. Judge Spooner de- clined to talk about the case except in a very general way. “He said something however, which appears to have been overlooked by the correspondents, or at least has not been featured. The judge says that the original warrant served on Dr. Dumas at Hibbing was issued ap- preximately ten hours before the al- leged offense was committed. In oth- er words, that the warrant was is- sued at 3 p. m. on June 16, and the offense was committed around 1 a. comet since July 8,” said Prof. Frost at Williams Bay, Wis. “It is not an especially bright comet and it is not visible to the naked eye. It rises in the east between 1 and 1:30 a. m., and probably could be seen with a just about that time. several days. There is not much tail to be seen just now. The comet is not near any bright star, but rises in an almost vacant space, so that does not understand his sky would meet with difficulties. in a few days.” President to Speak at Manasses. ident Taft has arranged for a trip feld of Bull Run. m. of June 17. Judge Spooner made 10 comment on this matter. “Judge Spooner when asked if he could consistently give out an idea of the line of defense at this time, said that he could not as the state pair of strong opera glasses if it were { hag not indicated just what it is go- not for the moon, that is so bright ing to claim, further than what was brought out at the preliminary hear- “I doubt whether it will be visible|5ng of Behan, and what has been to the naked eye, but cannot tell for | printed in the newspapers.” Leo’s Anniversary Mass. Rome, July 20.—The eighth anni- it is hard to find, and the man that | versary of the death of Pope Leo XIII ‘was observed today with a requiem We probably } mass, which was celebrated at the will have more complete data on it | Saered College in the presence of the high dignitaries of the church and a mumber of invited guests. Washington, D. C., July 20.—Pres-{ ; King and Queen Leave Edinburgh. July 20.—The royal to Manassas, Va., tomorrow to take!qisit to Scotland ended today with part in the big celebration of thejthe departure of the King and Queen, point six miles southeast of Colum-|Blue and the Gray, near the battle-{ the Prince of wale- and Princess|She was uneons:-jm “for mme fims wete‘ fired dlreefly "t ‘him, one mir- .| bus, Ind. Edinburgh, Mary, for London. - ‘| ning. JOKE LEADS TO LASH Former Red Wing Inmate Testifies He Was Abused When He Joshed About Pig: WHIPPED BY STRAP, HIT BY FIST St. Paul, July 20 (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service).—More testi- mony of a blackening character for the Red Wing school marked the re- sumption of the hearing today before the board of control on charges brought against Superintendent Frank A. Whittier. Raymond Lynch and John Morris, former inmates of the Red Wing School, but now members of the St. Cloud reformatory, testified that they had been whipped on the hands with a strap, spanked on the back, beaten with fists and shackled in the guard house. Both alleged that cruel and inhu- man punishment was of frequent oc- currence. Raymond told an incidence where an innocent joke led to an unmerci- ful flogging. He together with another boy, he testified, were out walking one day | With Mr. Barrs, a florist at the school {when a pig ran across their path. “There goes your brother,“ Ray- mond said he told his boy compan- ion, Barre thought he was the .one referred to and in a moment of an- ger, the boy testified, Barre grabbed him and gave him a whipping. WERE BOYS AGAIN FOR A DAY | Stanton and Burke in Party Which Makes Merry at International. “E. W. Backus, Judge Stanton and J. E. Cowan must have shown the | party of visitors who spent Saturday and Sunday up the lake with them a jmighty fine time, judging from the joshing which was indulged in by the party at the train yesterday eve- ning when the visitors were leaving,” says the international " Falls Daily Journal. “The weather wasn't the finest imaginable while they were on their outing but they made it a real period of recreation by forgetting their business and professional cares and responsibilities, and it is said that even Steve Coliins of Grand Forks, who was the patriarch of the party, became so rejuvenated by breathing the ozone of this region that he enjoyed the pranks of the crowd as much as he would have done fifty years ago. “The return trip was made Sunday night, the party landing at Fort Frances, where they spent the night. The day yesterday was put in in- specting the mills and although the visitors were themselves men of large affairs, they marveled at the size and importance of the manufacturing institutions of which Mr. Backus is at the head, and went away impressed with the idea that a city of at least ten thousand people is assured when the things Mr. Backus has planned for International Falls reach fruition. “The visitors were: Steve Collins, capitalist, of Grand Forks; M. F. Murphy, capitalist and president of the International State bank of this city but whose home is at Grand Forks; Jerry Bacon, proprietor of the Hotel Dacotah and president of the Times Publishing Co., of Grand Forks; T. J. Burke, head of the Be- midji Wholesale Grocery Co.; W. A. Smith of St. Paul, special agent of the Great Northern railroad, and P. Doran, a prominent citizen of Du- luth. “The outing had its inception last spring at Grand Forks when Judge Stanton was there to deliver the Elks’ memorial address. It was planned then that the gentlemen from Dakota who were members of Sunday’s party should meet the judge here in the summer time and togeth- er enjoy a brief outing on Rainy Lake. As it happened, Judge Stant- on drew this term of court and Mr. Murphy had to come over to attend to business in connection with the International State bank, which facts enabled the gentlemen to carry out the plans which they had partially formulated at Grand Forks in the spring.” LIGHTNING DISROBES A WOMAN Not Stitch Left on Body But Ske Es- capes Uninjured. Grover, Colo., July 20.—Mrs. Hen- rietta Wilson, living ten miles north- west of Grover, was struck by light- Every stitch of her clothing and her shoes were torn from her body. The bolt melted the bowl of 2 spoon she was holding in her hand, leaving the handle in her grasp- Not a single mark was made on her ' body. BULLETIN: St. Cioud, July 20.—(Daily Pio- neer Special Wire Service.)—Chief Special Agent Al Ray of the Great Northern has just received a message from one of his detectives, J. J. Davis, at Buffalo that three of the robbers had been captured, but that the fourth escaped. Part of the stolen booty is alleged to have been found on the men now under arrest. St. Paul, July 20.—(Daily Pioneer Special- Wire Service.)—After hav- ing been held up by daring and mask- ed robbers, the North Coast Limited, No. 2, of tne Northern Pacific ar- rived in tli= city at 7:55 this morn- ing. The robkers who secured more than $1,000 in cash and some jewelry, held uv all of the occupants of the sleepers, ghortly after 11 o’clock last, night while the train was dashing throigh the night between Valley City and Buffalo, at the rate of 50 miles an hour. There Were Four Robbers. There were four robbers and one s believed to have been wounded by Pullman car Conductor A. Beljard of St. Paul, who fired one shot at the bandits from the rear of the train as they escaped in the darkness. In a return fusilade Engineer S. Olson was hit in the breast by a bul- let from one of the robbers’ revol- vers. One of the robbers took up 2 posi- tion on top of the rear car while his three companions went through the sleepers, the day coaches not being molested. Fire Shots to Frighten. One of the men took up-a pesition at the end of the car and fired sever- al shots to intimidate the passengers, the other two men then went down the aisle, robbing the passengers in their births, and when there was any show of resistance their victim was dragged out into the aisle and rough- 1y handled. The robbers took for the most part only money, although some diamonds were gathered in. A bunch of watches taken from women were left on the car floor.! After .the men had made their cleanup and had started to make their get-a-way Conductor Beljard fired through the glass door and saw one of the men “hunch-up” as if he had been hit. Beljard had an auto- matic revolver but was unaccustomed to its use and was unable to fire more than oue shot. The robbers are presumed to have boarded the train at the water tank just out of Valley City. Grand Forks Version. Grand Forks, N. D. July 20.— Word has been received in Grand Forks-early this morning that No. 2, the East bound North Coast Limited of the Northern Pacific, was held .up by three masked robbers near Buff- alo, N. D., about 11 o’clock last night. The men secured $500 in cash by going through the passengers, shot Engineer S. P. Olson of Fargo twice in order to make him stop the train, and made a successful escape in an automobile, which they had awaiting them near the scene of the robbery. The performance as executed, was one of the most daring ever perpe- trated in this part of the country, and showed that the men were no amateurs at the business, as every movement was cleverly planned and admirably executed. When the train stopped at the High Bridge at Val- ley City the three men boarded and went into the day coach. Hearvily armed and shooting recklessly in |order to intimidate the passengers, they first lined the train crew up in one end of the car and then proceeded to search the passengers in the day coach, one by one. In all they se- cured about $500 frem this part of their robbery. Narrowly Escaped Death: Then the sleeping car was entered and in order to awake the occupants of the berths a shot was fired down the center of the aisle, narrowly miss- ing the head of one of the passengers and embedding itself in the wood work. After searching the occupants of the berihs, they clamored out of the diner over the baggage and ex- press cars to the engine, reaching that part of the train, when mear Buffalo. They ordered Engineer Ol- son’of Fargo to stop the train so they could get off, and when he refused to comply with their wishes, two shots TEN CENTS PER WEEK FOUR ROBBERS GET -$1,000 FROM G. N. SLEEPERS; CAUGHT another striking him on a rib, in- juring him slightly. After being wounded and seeing that the men were desperate, Engineer Olson stopped the train and the three men, who were all masked with polka dot handkerchiefs, jumped quickly from the train and ran into the darkness. Engineer Olson, who is one of the oldest engine pilots on the system, was brought into Fargo with the train and is resting easily at his home there. Had Automobile Ready. After leaving the train the rob- bers went to an automobile, which they had waiting nearby and were rapidly flashed off into darkness. The train was run into Fargo, where United States marshals hurried back on a special train to pursue the miscreants. Posses also started out of Buffalo 15 minutes after the news of the robbery was received and every surrounding town and city in the Northwest was phoned or notified by telegraph to look out for the robbers. A peculiar part of the robbery is the fact that the express and mail cars were not molested by the men. It is not known what amount the cars contained, but usually the North Coast Limited carries rich hauls and it is thought the men took longer in P.| going through the day coaches than they planned on, or they would have tried their hand at blowing the ex- press safe and rifling the registered mail pouches. The Grand Forks police are watch- ing closely to see whether or not the robbers are coming this way. Of course, no description is available, but suspicious looking strangers will have to give an account of themselves on reaching Grand Forks. FOREST WARNINGS OUT “Help” Posters Issued By Cox Calls TUpon All to Take Precautions Against Spread of Fire. SAYS ALL MUST OBEY LAWS “Help” is the title of a poster with which W. T. Cox is preparing to _ placard the northern woods to get tlie closest co-operation possible in putting out incipient forest fires. Re- cently a ranger traced a forest fire to a railroad construction crew which in' burning its slashings did not watch the fires carefully. This rang- er compelled the entire crew to fight the forest fire started in this way. It is estimated that the state received about $1,000 worth of services grat- uitcusly. Mr. Cox believes that this method is much better than prosecu- tions and fines after the fire has done its damage. The poster reads as fol- iows: “Preserve the forests by preventlng forest fires. Let every one help. “Settlers in particular are asked to assist in preventing fires in the woods. Look out for the little fires and those smouldering in the swamps, they may soon become big ones and endanger your homes and property and those of your neighbors. Slash- ings should not be burned, except when it is impossible for fire to run in the woods or when enough help is at hand to make the burning safe. Talk this over with your local ranger and with your neighbor and get their * assistance. “Campers and hunters cause many fires through carelessness. It is a poor woodsman _that leaves a fire burning. Let each one act the part _ of an independent ranger, and make the woods a safe place to be in. Clear a space for your camp fire. Build it away from stumps, logs, duff, and peat. Make only a small fire. Be sure it is out when you leave. Put out any uncared-for fire you find, if you can. If you can’t, notify a ran- ger, any public officer or the owner of the land. “Even young timber has a value and it will soon be worth more. Ev- ery one of us loses money if the trees burn up before they are cut and put to use. &5 “It pays to be careful. If you al- /low a fire to escape, you are liable for the damage it does, and to a fine and imprisonment. The state law in' - Tegard to forest fires is strict, and it is the duty of every citizen to help the rangers enforce it. By doing so you will be adding wealth to the state and making Minnesota a safe [iplace to live in.”