Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 21, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 71 ENEMIES "6 CHEER TAFT AT MANASSAS Thousands Crowd Battlefield Today Where 50 Years Ago Union Ar- my Was Repulsed. CONFEDERATE FLAGS DISPLAYED President Speaks on Stand Wrapped With Stars and Stripes and Ban- ners of “Lost Cause.” BLUE AND GRAY SHAKE HANDS 2000080900000 OOS © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, 00000000060 06066000 William Argo, president of the State Bank of Clinton, IIL, died at his desk Tuesday afternoon of heart disease. Philip Dusch, a well known resi- dent of Dubois, Pa., died last night thirty minutes after being stung by a honey bee. A Georgia watermelon christened “Hoke Smith” and weighing 62 1-2 pounds, has arrived in Washington from Grady county, Georgia. The water surrounding the wreck of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor has been so far removed that all indications point to an explosion from the outside. Archbishop Farley of the Roman | Catholie church is at Long Branch, |N. J., convalescing from an illness| which is the result of the recent heat wave in New York city. Casimir R. Hofmann, father of Jo- sef Hofmann, the famous pianist, Enthuse When 48 Maidens Repre-| senting Each State Appear, Typifying Peace: | i { Mahassas, Va., July 21.—An ar of peace took possession of Manas | sas today. Thousands of men wear-| ing the Blue and the Gray filled i the old town. On the battlefield of | Bull Run near by was to be seen the | * 2 {it celebrated July 4, according to a| panoply of war, but the implements| of death and destruction were not there for the purpose that took them | there fifty years ago. Nevertheless, | they were reminders of those bitter | days when thousands of the youth Of‘ the North and South gave up their | lives in the first great battle of thei civil war. Manassas Beautifully Decorated. Manassas was beautifully and pro- fusely decorated in honor of the vet- erans and of President Taft and oth- | er notables who came to participate in the semi-centennial celebration. Many of the visitors reached town yesterday, while the morning trains! from Washington, Richmond and the | West added thousands to the invad- ing host. There was no regular program mapped out for the forenocon. It was “go as you please” with the visitors, | and they took in the sights with a| vigor that was remarkable, consider- ing the age of the veterans and the fact that many had come from a great distance. Crowds Begin at Daylight. At daybreak almost the crowd be- gan to move toward the historic bat- tlefield. Motor cars and all varie- ties of vehicles were pressed into| service. The battle memorials were | inspected and every bit of rising ground was climbed to get a clear view of the field where the sons of the nation’s best men went out for their country’s cause, and where the Confederate troops fought valiantly for what they thought right. The great majority of the veterans had not ted the field since they fought in it. War Days Lived Over It was remarkable how long and! well the soldiers remembered every | spot, every move, every order, every | incident of the great conflict. They gathered in groups and pointed out to the wives, daughters and sons who accompanied them the places where this or that commander held the en- emy back so long. They talked of reserve corps and attacks on their right, of cavalry charges and defense by the left. As they wandered around they would see a monument or a marker on which the inscrip- tion would particularly attract their attention. Then they would figure out among themselves, throwing sta- tisties to the winds, how many men were left of each brigade, regiment or company when the battle was over: Taft Speaks Behind “Rebel” Flags. This afternoon the veterans and their friends returned to town for the formal exercises of the day. The exercises were of a simple but im- pressive character. The speakers’ stand was located at the junction of Lee avenue and Grant avenue. Here President Taft, Governor Mann of Virginia, Congressman Carlin and other speakers of the day addressed a large audience. The speakers’ stand was decorated with the red, white and blue of the Star Spangled Banner, entwined with the Confed- erate battle flags, showing the peace and harmony existing between the two. Assembled about the stand were hundreds of men wearing blue coats and brass buttons who had fought for the Union; there were other hundreds in gray suits and gray caps who had fought for the Confederacy. 01d Soldiers are Cheered. President Taft and the other speakers were received with enthu- siastic applause. The applause {report made by Raymond B. Fosdick, | | Mexico. died of heart disease at his home in i Berlin yesterday. He had long been' notable figure in the world of mu- Infuriated when informed by her| husband that he was about to desert iher, the wife of George Abbott fired | three bullets at him, one taking ef- fect, at Bloomington, 111, and he may die. New York city was overcharged $17,830 for the fireworks with which 21 commissioner of accounts, to Mayor | Gaynor. A heat wave struck Alaska yes- terday, the temperature in Valdez rising to 80 degrees. The warm weather is melting the glaciers and the streams fed by them are unusual- 1y high. John D. Rockefeller’s real estate in Cleveland and Cuyahoga county, Ohio, has been appraised at $6,000,- 000, according to an announcement made by the quadrennial board of ap- | praisers. More than forty persons were| killed and a large number were wounded in a collision of work trains not far from Merelia, Michoacan, The collision occurred in the Zuincho canon. William P. Chambers, father of Robert W. Chambers, the novelist, | was stricken with paralysis in the street opposite the family summer home at Broadalbin, N. Y., Tuesday. He died almost immediately. Because her husband’s mother made life miserable for her a New York woman had her arrested and Magistrate McGuire of Flatbush de- cided that a mother-in-law’s visit should not extend over ten days. Teaching of theology by mail is proposed in articles of corporation filed at Morristown, N. J., for the Correspondence School of Theology. The Rev. S. G. Ayres of Drew Theo- logical seminary is president of the school. Maj. George O. Squier, who was in charge of the signal department of the maneuver division, has just re-| turned to Washington from San An- tonio, enthusiastic over the possibili- ties of the wireless telegraph in time; of war. | W. H. Dickenson & Co., grain brokers and owners and operators of a large chain of elevators, have sus- pended business in St. Paul and in Minneapolis. Several large elevators in the Twin cities are owned by the concern. Gladys Thompson, aged 17; Lillian Osborne 14; Lee Baker 15, and Vir- +i1 Wilson, 17, by a verdict of a cor- oner’s jury are held for the alleged felenious drowning of Clark L. Wolf- kill, a rich bachelor ranchman, who was found in the creek near Clifton, Col., last Wednesday. Unexplained eruptions of large quantities of water, steam, sand and small rocks to a height of several hundred feet from the hot spring in the Norris basin in Yellowstone Na- tional park have been occurring dur- ing the summer. It is possible an- other geyser may develop in the park. A gun that will carry its projectile clear out of sight is the kind that is to be placed in the turrets of the new battle ships of the New York type. The gun has shown that it is with- out doubt the most powerful naval ‘weapon in the world. The shell will have a range of fourteen or fifteen miles. Thomas P. Wickes, who was a Yale classmate of William H. Taft, and who, while in the county jail at Oakland, Cal., received an invitation | .to the president’s silver wedding, was given his liberty yesterday by the Superior court. Wickes was convict- ed of obtaining $15 on a check on a bank in which he had no money. Lewis Strang, 26 years old, the well known automobile racing driver, who has driven Case cars in various sections of the United States, was in- stantly killed yesterday near Blue River, Wis., a village about 20 miles from Richmond Center, while pilot- ing a machine of the technical com- mittee on the Wisconsin Automobile MEN OF NOTE IN FLOCK OF TOURISTS List Includes Multimillionaire From Chicago and Judge Dickson of St. Paul. LATTER CLOSETOMAYOR KELLER Managed Campaign Which Resulted In Downfall of Democratic 10 Year Reign. HIS MAN MAY BE GOVERNOR | To Succeed Himself in Present Posi- tion and Then Face Call for Higher Office. More than 100 summer tourists have come to Bemidji during the past week, and are either in cottages on Lake Bemidji, or have gone farther out into the woods where they are camping or guests of summer hotels. Included in the list of this week’s ar- rivals are several persons of promi- | nence, such as Frank R. Maltby, the | Chicago millionaire and Judge Fred N. Dickson, the widely known St. !Paul attorney and politician. Dickson Comes Every Year. Judge Dickson comes to Bemidji every year for his vacation. When he came last summer it was just At- torney Dickson. Since then he has been appointed a member of the Ram- sey county district bench. It was he who managed the campaign which resulted in the St. Paul republicans overthrowing the Democratic strong- hold of ten years standing and elect- ing Herbert Keller mayor. Keller Looms Large. While Dickson has little to say {of the political situation in St. Paul, he does not deny that Mayor Keller will be a candidate for re-election and with two terms of “making good” as mayor to his credit, together with his ever increasing popularity that he may be regarded as an ideal can- didate to lead the Republican state ticket. Just when this may be, there is no intimation, but Mr. Keller is a young man, whose career lies before him and will not apt to flush his chances by making too early an en- trance into the state game. That he will be a candidate for governor some day, is the firm conviction of his friends, and he has many. Might Come to Bemidji. Mr. Dickson indicates that it might be possible for Bemidji to obtain a visit from Mr. Keller at some future time, although Judge Dickson will not permit himself to be drawn into any definite statement, as he feels it would be highly improper for him to do so. It is known, however, that Mayor Keller long has desired to visit the northern part of the state. Judge Dickson has gone to Al Jes- ter’'s famous summer resort at Lake Plantaganet. He will be here for a month. Storm King to Run. Beginning next Sunday, Hud Fisk, who has been in the automobile and gas engine repair business in Bemidji for some time, will operate the large passenger launch, Storm King. Reg- ular Sunday excursions to the dam will be taken and the boat can be chartered at any time. KKK KR KKK KKK KKK * GARDEN AND ORCHARD < * NOTES--JULY AND AUGUST * KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK By LeRoy Cady. Late turnips may still be sown on new land. Trim any apple or plum trees that are over-bearing. It pays. Allow no weeds to go to seed. This will make cultivation easier next year. Seed onions should now have pro- duced plants big enough for bunch onions. Boards should be used for bleach- ing early celery. Soil is apt to cause it to decay. The last of July or first part of August is a good time to bud apple or plum seedlings. Cut out sprouts about shade trees, plums and apples. They only take strength from the main plant. Save seeds of trees and shrubs, as they ripen, and plant them. This is one way to multiply your ornamental plants. 5 The will-high-bush cranberry com- mon in many marshy districts of the state, 18 good both as an ornament (Continued on last page association’s annual reliability run. on the lawn and for; making jelly: Expert for Northern memm Special Car and SHOWS VALUE OF HEAT UNITS Fuel Economy Instructor Connelly of the Northern Pacific railroad was in Bemidji yesterday, io talk to the employes of the Minnesota & Inter- national railroad of the proper use of coal. 5 While here Mr. Connelly gave jthree lectures, one in.the morning, one in the afternoon and another in the evening, and nearly every en- gineer, fireman, conductor, brakeman, switch tender and the round house men of the road heard the talk. The instruetor, who arrived in a special car from St. Paul yesterday morning, told of the different ways in which a locomotive eonld be fired, | showing how the expenise of the coal could be reduced nearly half by its proper use. { He explained fully th; vast amount {of money which couldibe saved by firemen in using one shovel full of coal less to every train gme. He also told of the waste which occurs daily coal, while an englne is standing motionless. In the special car were charts showing the amount of coal used last year, and the cost it was to the eom- pany. He gave examples of the amount of gas their was to an ounce of coal, showing experiments which were no less than surprising. Mr. Connelly will give a similar lecture to the employes of the Nor- thern Pacific over its ‘entire route, and he will not complete the work in much less than a year. He left last evening for Little Falls where he will lecture teday. CLAPP ASSAILS MONOPOLIES Senator Says Corporations Should Be Controlled by-Beople. 3 - Washington, July 21— Senator Clapp of Minnesota, chairman of the committee on interstate and foreign commerce, predicts that legislation for the control of corporations will be one of the important subjects con- sidered at the next session of Con- gress. “There must be combinations of capital to establish and carry on the great commercial enterprises, but that does not mean that monopolies are necessary,” he said in discussing government supervision of corpora- tions doing an interstate business. “I view with alarm the present tendency toward gathering into the hands of a few men the great pro- ductive industries of the country. I notice that a new corporation is be- ing formed in New York to take over such securities as banks cannot hold. With this new concern in New York fully one-seventh of the entire bank credits of the country, amounting to $15,000,000,000, will be in the hands of two corporations. In view of the vast power thus concentrated the Dpeople may well be alarmed. I think Congress will be forced, sooner or la- ter, to fix prices. “When any combination secures a {monopoly on anything the people have to use, then the people, through the regular channel of government, have a right to step in and say what prices they shall pay.” MUSIC AND ICE CREAM TONIGHT Bemidji Band Hopes Park Merrymak- ing Tonight Will Net $50. At the lakeshore park tonight, the Bemidji band, under the direction of Harry Masten will give a concert, featured by a vocal solo by Sherman Berge and a clarinet solo by “Happy” Anderson, clarinet soloist of the band. The wives of members of -the band will serve ice cream and coffee. This is done in an effort to raise $50 to apply as payment on the uniforms purchased for the band last year. Gideons Meet in Cream City. Milwaukee, Wis., July 21.—Pray- er and gospel meetings in forty-one | churches, numerous hotels, office buildings and factories and on many of the principal street corners of Mil- waukee will form a part of the pro- gram of the annual national conven- {tion of the Gideons, which began in this city = today and will continue over tomorrow and Sunday. The Gi- deons are an organization of-com- mercial travelers banded together to spread the gospel and to promote re- ligious and charifable work. Their special aim is to reach the traveling ‘public and to this end they have un- dertaken the stupemhnq‘mk of plac- ing a copy of the Bible wvery guest Toom of every States and from the unnecessary: burning of! Nine Men Held as Benig Suspects of Daring Holdup of Great North- ern Passenger. ANOTHER ROBBERY LAST NIGHT Crowd in Automobile Enter Eliza- bethtown and Make $500 Haul And Escapes. MAY BE SAME DESPERADOES Detectives at Work on Case Say Trip From Dakota Could Have Been Z Made. St. Paul, Minn, July 21.—(By Long Distance Telephone.)—No posi- tive identification of any of the sus- pects-held as the men who robbed the Great Northern limited Thurs- day night, and as a result it was an- nounced at the Great Northern gen- eral offices here this afternoon that the reward of $1,000 for-the capture of the men had been increased to $2,500 for each of the-bandits. Nine Held at Fargo. At Fargo nine men are held as suspects and efforts are being made to fasten the robbery on some of this number. The report that some of the stolen loot had been found on some of these men has not been verified. Another Robbery Last Night. The most startling even of the day was the report of a robbery of the general store at Elizabethtown, Minn,, in Ottertail county last night. Men in an automobile broke into the store and took jewelry and money to the’amoun tof $500. Make Their Getaway. As Elizabethtown is within easy striking distance with men in an au- tomobile from the scene of the train robbery, and as the train robbers es- caped in an automobile, it is believed that the Elizabethtown robbers were the men who held up the train. The robbers escaped from Eliza- bethtown without interference and no trace of them is at hand, say the nmiessages from that place. GET CROOKSTON TENNIS BID But Bemidji Are Backward About Ac- cepting Because of “Newness.” The members of the Tennis Club of Crookston are making arrange- ments for a Northern Minnesota Tennis Tournament to be given in Crookston about August 1. Players from Cass Lake, Roseau, Warroad, Warren, Ada and Grand Forks will attend. Owing to the “newness” of the Bemidji Tennis club it is doubt- ful that they will be represented, al- though an invitation has been ex- tended. Buried Stump Delays Work. ‘While digging on Minnesota ave- nue near Third Street to place the telephone conduits, in which the wires will be placed in the near future, workmen ran-onto a large stump, which caused them hard work in getting it out. The workmen were down three feet when they ran into the stump, which had been covered up when the streets were graded several years ago. Seek to Improve Upper Mississippi. Alton, 1L, July 21.—The execu- tive committee of the Upper Missis- sippi River Improvement Association met in Alton today to discuss plans for the next annual convention of the association, which is to be held here in October. The committee in- cludes representatives of all the principal cities and towns between St. Louis and St. Paul. An Error Corrected. In reporting the raise of assess- ments on Bemidji lumber mills the Pioneer yesterday gave the Crook- ston mill assessment as being raised 1o $345,000 when is should have been to $245,000. Medical Director Retired. Washington, D. C., July 20.—After a long career of efficient service, Med- ical Director Samuel H: Dickson was 1 nmed on the navy retited list to- Famous Puposky Escaped Robber Subscribes for Pioneer and Says He Will See Suggested Stunt. NOW RESTING AT BIG FALLS Mr. Michael Davis, globe trotter, naturalist and sprinter, reknowned for his love of Pinkerton detectives and contempt of duck shot, has sub- scribed for the Pioneer. Mike sent an order in for the Pio- neer today. He forgot to enclose any money but his friends say, “that is just like Mike.” As a matter of fact it is currently reported that Mr. Davis has a hankering after getting things for nothing. Be that as it may, a receipt for a years subscription paid in full awaits Mr. Davis. All he has to do is to call at this office and identify himself. Mike mailed his order for the paper jat Big Falls. He signed his name in ink and enclosed the order in an en- velope, bearing the return card of Hotel Robinson. At the bottom of the order this notation was made: “I will be at the fair to see the Pinkertons chase Dumas.” All this is written in ink. Those who are familiar with Mike’s hand- writing say it much resembles that in the communication received by the Pioneer today. BATTLE GETS FIRST AID Beltrami District Number 81 Receives $3,000 for Schools as Provided for in Holmberg Act. INVESTMENT BOARD MADE LOAN Sshool officers of district number ['BL,.in which Battle is located have received official notice from the state investment board that the loan of $3,000, as provided in the Holmberg act, passed by the recent legislature, and is one of the first of the loans. District number 81 is one of sev- eral in northern Minnesota that will erect new buildings and put in courses in agriculture and home eco- nomics in order to get the state aid provided by the Holmbery act. Among the other loans made by the board were the following: School at Barnum, $13,490; school at Le Sueur, $5,000; school at Lanesboro, $8,000; school at Holland, $10,000; town of Granville, Kittson county, $4,000; village of Princeton, $10,-| 000; county ditch number 6, Roseau [county, $7,500. Several smaller loans brought the total up to $79,- 290. District 77, another Beltrami coun- ty school district is considering mak- ing a request to the board for a loan in which to better their schools. SPOONER “ABLEST”—ALL WERE In Account of Bar Meeting ,Duluth Paper Refers to Bemidji Attorney. Judge Marshall A. Spooner, of this city and a former member of the dis- trict - bench, which position he re- signed to devote himself to private practice, attended the meeting of the State Bar association held in Duluth | this week, and in speaking of his presence the Duluth Evening Herald had this to say: “Judge Marshall A. Spooner of Bemidji, probably the ablest attorney in the state, the man who was selected by Dr. Dumas from the entire state association as the one best fitted to get him out of trouble, was early on hand this morning.” The compliment, however, had a handle on it, as the paper referred jokingly to every attorney present as “the ablest.” International Regatta at Duluth. Duluth, Minn., July 21.—Several score of hardy oarsmen from various] cities in the United States and Can- ada came to Duluth with their shells today, to take part in the annual regatta of the Northwestern Inter- national Rowing Association. Singles and doubles, fours and eights dotted the harbor at the opening of the re- gatta this afternoon and predictions were ventured freely that some of the records would go by the board before the final races are rowed to- morrow. Crews are here from Win- nipeg, “St. Paul, Duluth, Fort Wil= liam, Port Arthur and Kenora. The Actors’ Union reports,that it has. succeeded in. signing up every theatrical agency in- San’ Fn.pciwo SAYS RED WING BOY Beaten Next Day Until, in Order to Stop Torment, He Confesses to Untruth. SEES BEMIDJI LAD ABUSED Swears He Was Knocked Down and Teeth Kicked Out By Family Manager Scott. ARMS BLACKENED BY BLOWS Counted 50 Lashes, Then Lost Track But is Sure There Were Twice That Many, ° St. Paul, July 21.—(By Long Dis- tance Telephone.) —A former inmate of the Red Wing Training school for boys, declared at today’s hearing be- fore the Board of Control of charges brought by Ralph W. Wheelock against Superintendent Frank A. Whittier that he had been beaten with a slug while asleep in the boys’ dormitory. Also that he was pounded until he was forced to confess that he had planned a runaway when as a matter of fact he had no intention of doing s0. Proves Strong Witness. This young man proved a damag- ing witness for Whittier. He is a clean cut, manly fellow and i8 at present employed by the St. Paul rail- road company as a brakeman. He was committed to the Red Wing school March 20, 1908 and was par- oled March 8 last. His name was withheld by request. He gave a frank account of how he was alleged to have been awaken- ed by blows ia the dead of night from a slug in the hands of an employe of the school and how the next day he was so severely beaten that he told a deliberate lie in order to have the torment cease. “One night, he said, “I was awak- ened by a pounding on my face. W. D. Kinney, assistant superintendent, was standing over me beating me with a big slug. The rooms was full of officers. Counts Fifty Blows. “Later they took me down to the paint shop and Kinney beat me. I counted 50 blows then I could not count any more but I know there were twice that many.” The boy said he saw family mana- ger, Scott, knock Edward Potter down, call him all the names he could think of and kicked him all over the back. He told of another instance where Scott struck another boy in the face and knocked several teeth out. This Loy was sent to the school from Be- mid; ‘W. J. Hollenbeck of Minneapolis, a former inmate who testified yester- day, was recalled to the stand for cross examination. Did Not Attempt Runaway. Hollenbeck said he did not at- tempt to run away in the fall of 1906. He was chained in the guard house to keep him from running away. Twelve other boys were charged with the same offense. He said they forced him to say that he had planned to run away. “They kept on beating me,” he said “and asking me if 1 had not tried to run away. Mr. Hegland and Mr. Whittier did it. My arms were black and blue and swollen. Every time one got tired he would stop and ask me the question. “Finally the pain became so in- tense that I decided the easiest way out of it was to tell them that I had tried to run away.” FULLERTON BUSY AT EVELETH Thought to Be Investigating Myster- ious Burning of Theater. Eveleth, July 21.—State Fire Mar- shal Sam Fullerton was in Eveleth engaged, it is beliéved, in investigat- ing the fire which destroyed the New Empress Theater here a month ago. He refused to discuss his mission here stating merely that he was here on business. The theater fire is gener- ally thought to have been of incen- diary origin. After it was over oil was found about the piano and there were other indications of incendiar- ism. The council voted the mayor a contingent fund of $500 to assist in discovering the guilty , parties, but nmmsh ‘the ‘assistance of t.he local Labor ‘lmfle"m been done and no clues un- earthed so far as lho'n.