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

| i . 4F THE BEMI 4 VOLUME 9. NUMBER 72. BIBLE CONFERENCE OPENS HERE SUNDAY| Notable Divines Will Speak in Diff- erent Churches in Morning; Union Services in Evening. MANY FROM NEARBY TOWNST | Tenstrike, Blackduck, International Falls, Cass Lake and Other Places Represented. MEETINGS TO CONTINUE WEEK Solway Livery anflt Found at Farm- er’s Home Near Cass Lake Yesterday. | SOLD BY THIEF WHO ESCAPES The team of horses stolen from George Ellis, the Solway liveryman, and believed by some to have been used by Mike Davis, the Puposky robber in his final ge-a-way, was found yesterday by the owner and Sheriff Hazen at a farm near Cass Lake. * The team had been sold to a farm- er, and there is no trace of the thief who displayed the great daring in following the sale for the east, prob- In Presbyterian Church and Will Be Addressed By Luccock, Gaebe- | lein and Hilscher. | Sunday will mark the opening of| the seventh annual Bible conference for Bemidji. The conference will last eight days, including two Sun-| days. It is not a denominational af-! fair, and every one is cordially in-| vited to attend the services. | Among the speakers who will par- ticipate in the week's conference is| Dr. A. C. Gaebelien of New York, editor of “Our Hope" and many works | of bible exposition, who will appear| at the various sessions throughout the week. He is known over the| United States through his platform | work and his books. | i ably Superior, suspected of being the headquarters of a den of crooks. Goes to Cass Lake Via Bemidji. Something more than two weeks ago a man giving the name of J. E. Brown, and asserting that he was a picture agent, took a team from the Ellis livery at Solway. He said he intended to sell pictures on the way to Red Lake. It is now known that he came as far as Bemidji and then continued on to Cass Lake where he offered the team for sale, demanding $200. When he was unable to get this amount he went on from Cass Lake around Pike’s Bay to Cuba where a deal was made with a farmer to sell him the team for $125.50. His Nerve Was Good. That his nerve is good is shown by Br: Tacovck: Comes Back: {the fact the he went into Cass Lake Dr. George N. Luccock of Chicago, pastor of the Oak Park Church, who has been present at every bible con- ference held in Bemidji, with the ex-| ception of the last, during which time he was in Europe, will again be a speaker. | But one of the three speakers is altogether new to the bible canfer- ence this being Dr. 8. 8. Hilscher of+ lola, Kan. Among those from outside of the state are Gustave Ober and family of Baltimore, Maryland, and H. L. Hal-| quist and wife of Parksville, Mo.,| and others who have not as yet noti- fied any of the Bemidji pastors. Many Towns to Send Delegations. Large numbers of delegates will attend from Blackduck, Tenstrike, International Falls, Big Falls, Pine River, Brainerd, St. Paul, Minneapo- | lis, Duluth, Crookston, Bagley, Foss- ton, Cass Lake, Deer River, Grand| Rapids, Cloquet and Clearbrook. Many of the visitors will secure rooms with private families, wrme‘i others will remain at the hotels dur-| ing the conference. For a time it was thought that a| number of the visitors would be| given an opportunity to camp, but for various reasons this idea was abandoned. | Tomorrow’s Services. | Tomorrow’s services will be dis-; tributed between the three churches, | the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyter-,| ian. At the Methodist church Dr. Hilscher will talk, at the Baptist Dr. Gaebelein will talk and at the Pres- byterian Dr. Luccock will talk. The services Sunday morning will begin| at 10:30 o’clock. The evening service, which will begin at 7:45, will be a union ser- vice and will be held in the city hall. | with the farmer and had a bill of sale made out. There were sus- | picions at the time that everything was not just as it should be, but as no one had any proof the thief was not interfered with and he left on the afternoon train the day he re- ceived his money from the farmer. in some way. Mr. Ellis learned that’ his tesm-was at_Cass Lake and ha came to Bemidji yesterday and in company with Sheriff Hazen pro- ceeded to Cass Lake where he found his horses. Mr. Ellis took possession of the animals and drove back to Solway by i way of Bemidji today. It has been pointed out that “Brown” might easily have picked up Davis from one of the many empty cabins in the woods near Pu- posky and landed him at some point on the railroad outside the Bemidji danger zome. $10,000 MORE FOR FOREST AID This Sum to Be Used in Minnesota By Federal Government. Government money to the amount of $10,000 a year will be spent in the protection of the forests in northern Minnesota. An agreement between the state and federal governments under the Weeks law has just been perfected, and government foresters are already on the ground to take charge of fire protection at the head- waters of the Mississippi and other navigable streams. The government aid will mean much to this section, as dry weather is threatening a re- petition of disasterous fires. State rangers will be concentrated, as they can be withdrawn entirely from the territory looked after by Uncle Sam’s men. The Weeks law is for the protec- The week day meeting will be held | tion on the steady supply of water in the Presbyterian church. At| 10:20 o'clock Monday morning Dr. | Luccock will talk on “A Volunteer| for God,” and in the afternoon at 3 o’clock Dr. Gaebelein will talk on “First Address on Romans 1-8, and in the evening Dr. Hilscher will talk on “The Eternal Christ, from Ever- lasting to Everlasting.” The official “greeting” follows: The Official “Greeting.” to visitors “The officers of the Bemidji Bible giving Conference take pleasure in this program to the publie. “The personnel of the program for this, the seventh, session is strong. “Dr. A. C. Gaebelein, of New York, editor of ‘Our Hope' and many works of exposition, is too well known from coast to coast through his books and platform work to need any word from us. As a Bible scholar, expositor and teacher, he has few equals, and the program committee has been fortu- nate indeed to secure Dr. Gaebelein for this conference. very Brings Message From Abroad. “Dr. George N. Luccock, of Chi- cago, pastor of Oak Park Church, needs no introduction to our confer- ence. He has beeti ‘with us each year save the last, which he spent in Eu- rope. This year he comes with a for navigable streams, recognizing water for navigation. It makes pro- vision for the purchase of land for forest reserves, and also an appro- | the secretary of agriculture may use in co-operation with the state | with private owners of timber. plan and map of the scheme of forest protection be filed, and this has been done by W. T. Cox, Wfi 000, and Minnesota is the only state | To Dissolve Wellman Company. decree of the court the pedition,” a corporation formed finance the polar of Walter Wellman, expediti He had ballon, (Continued on last page or assests. STOLEN TEAM RECOVERED his transaction and left immediately | that the forests have an effect on the rainfall and on a steady supply of priation of $200,000 a year which or One requirement is that a complete ANOTHER ROBBER THRILLS PUPOSKY Lone Thief Enters Maltrud’s Store in Daylight, Helps Himself to ~ Cash, Escapes. \\. Runs to Cover of Woods But His Capture is Believed a Matter of Minutes. {BROKE IN THE BACK DOOR { Takes Advantage of Temporary Ab- sence. of Clerk and Gets out { ‘Without Detection. Once more Puposky has been the scene of a robbery, and once more |the robber has escaped. The latest theft was made yester- day afternoon in broad daylight when the store of Peter Maltrud was | broken into and the cash dmwer! robbed- of $8 in cash. The Thief Escapes. The thief escaped using the same, trail successfully traversed by his more notorious predecessor, Mike | Davis. He may not be as success- ful in covering up his tracks, how- ever, as Puposky officérs are hot on his tracks and his capture is hourly expected. The theft took place in the middle of the afternoon at a time when the clerk in the store had gome out in front to play catch. | Helps Himself to Cash. #~The thief seized upon the oppor- | tunity to_break in the back dor-and| Pproceeded at once to the cash draw- er where he helped himself to the cash and ran out the same way he got in. | The robbery was soon discovered and the man was traced some dis- tance through the woods. Bemidji was soon notified so that this city lcould be watched for the man should he make his way toward this place. Marvel at His Audacity. The audacity of the man in com- mitting a robbery in daylight in the same town where a fight with de- tectives and Bemidji officers took !place only a few weeks ago, is caus- |ing much comment, and some even g0 so far as to say that the robber of yesterday was none other than Mike Davis, although this, of course, is merely a wild flight of imagina- tion. After taking all the money he could find in the cash drawer the robber picked several small articles on his way and just what the total value of the stuff taken is can not be told, as there is no way of know- ing just what was taken. 50 TO TAKE TEACHERS QUIZ Examination to Be Held Here and at Spooner, July 31. “About fifty will take the state ex- aminations for first and second grade teachers’ certificates, when the ex- aminations are held in Bemidji July 31 and August 1 and 2, but this will be a large decrease in the number of those taking the annual examina- tions, the reason being that no sum- mer school was held in Bemidji this year.” = This from County Superintendent of Schools W. B. Stewart this morn- ing in discussing the coming teachers’ examinations. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SA' | USES SAME TRAIL AS DID DAWIS| This will be the second teachers’ examination held in Bemidji this 1 summer, the first having been held Minnesota. The amOUAt to be spent | here in June when 22 took the exami- {in any one state is limited to sw".nntion. New Jersey and Wisconsin. Requests have also been received from Massa- chusetts, Connecticut and Maryland. | Augusta, Me., July 22:—A hearing was had today in the State Supreme Court on the petition to dissolve by ‘mar, history, penmanship, reading|thank, on behalf “Wellman | and spelling. Chicago Record-Herald Poplar Ex-| in ped to reach the North Pole by means of a starting from Spitzbergen, but failed. There are no liabilities to receive the full amount. Others| certificates will be required to take which will receive aid this year are examinations in the following sub- Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, jects: algebra, physics, and any of the two following, geometry, physi- cal geography, agriculture and gener- al history, while those desiring the privilege of teaching in the second grade will take examinations in the following: geography, arithmetic, civil government, composition, gram- There will be examinations - for those in the northern part of the this city two or three years azo to|county at Spooner, on the same dates as in Bemidji. Along with the subjects : named those examined wilk be required to take the professicnal test, which in- cludes questions in how to manage school and classification. Those desiring to secure first grade | 7 I (Copyrigat, 1m) | - YOUNG MOTHER INSANE Mrs. George Burr, With Mania for Killing Own Babies, Committed to Fergus Fr.lll GIVES TESTIMONY AGINST SELF After frequent attempts to kill herself and her children, a boy born May 12,-and a girl three and a half 2 - Fomro—oldy | wife of George A. Burr of Liberty township was today by Judge of Pro- bate M. A. Clark and an examining board of Dr. Sanborn and Dr. Shan- non, committed to the state hospital for the insane at Fergus Falls, to which place she was taken by Dep- uty Sheriff Helmer and Dora Hazen, assistant jail matron, this afternoon. Mrs. Burr appeared rational in Judge Clark’s court room this after- noon, taking the stand and telling of her ailment, which according to her own testimony had been caus- ing her much trouble for the past two years, and that it only became known to her husband a year ago when he arrived &t his home and found her beating the walls. During the last year Mrs. Burr has made repeated threats to take her own life and that pf her babies, as| well as to burn the {house. On one occasion while her hus- band was workinga short distance from the house he was attracted by the crying of the oldest girl, and running to the house found his wife with a heavy string bound around her aeck tied so tightly that he had to use his knife lo free her. She bore the marks of the string for more than two days. “For days I would go without feel- ing ill,” she testified “and then if anything should go wrong, or ‘I thought it was wrong, I would go crazy, and want to kill myself and the children. I remember also of wanting to burn the house.” If any of the furniture was touch- ed during one of the woman’s spells she would threaten to kill herself. - Mr. Burr has made repeated efforts to have his wife cired, but her case has failed to yield to medical treat- ment. BAND FESTIVAL BRINGS IN $31 Lawn Fete on Lake Shore Last Ev- ening Proves Pleasant Event. Although it was a wee bit cool for ice cream, the beauty of Bemidji's lake shore park and the pleasing strains of the Bemidji many to the musical festival last evening and $31,35 was taken in by those in gh;fie of the refresh- ments. The procéeds go toward pay- ing for the band hniforms. The af- fair nets the b: about $18. The! director, Harry i#asten, wishes to the band all those ‘who aided in th¢ affair. Those in charge of the refgshments were Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Falmer, Mary Bowe ;and Ruth Wightpan and the young women who servej were Misses Beryl Neal, Maude Mcauley, Grace Mec- Cauley, Marvel ¥ontgomery, Gladys Vye, and Kate | e-. The band ex- pects to give anfther of these festi- vals In two 5. TURDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1911. band lured |the close of one of the most interest- HEARING MOVES TO RED WING Inmates and Two More Girls to Be Heard There Next Thursday. St. Paul, Minn., July 22.(—Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service).—The hearing in the Red Wing Training School investigation was adjourned this afternoon, not to meet again un- til next Thursday when the hearing will be resumed in Red Wing at the school. Boy witnesses of the school Will be heard and two girls will be brought to Red Wing from Stillwa- ter. . WOOLLEY RESIGNS -HIS OFFICE] Offcial Who Prosecuted Carlton der Charge Goes to Minneapolis. ‘W. W. Woolley, county attorney of Hubbard county, who recently prose- cuted Lloyd Carlton and wife of this city on a charge of murder as the result of the death of her aged fath- er, Peter Neste, has resigned to ac- cept a position in Minneapolis. This week’s Hubbard County Clipper, pub- lished at Park Rapids, has this to say: “W. W. Woolley, who was elect- ed county attorney last' fall, has handed in his resignation' to the county commissioners who have been in session this week and today they have appointed as his successor, M. J. Woolley of Akeley. Mr. Woolley has resigned to accept a position with the Gatlin Institute of Minne- apolis, St. Paul and Duluth, in fact he has already accepted the new po- sition which carries with it a salary of $2000 per year and expenses.” IVERSON OBJECTS TO COLLIER’'S Declares Charge That State Land Goes to Speculators is Untrue. A charge made by Collier’'s Week- ly in an editorial this week that state lands in Minnesota are falling into the hands of speculators almost en- tirely is denied by State Auditor S. G. Iverson. Mr. Iverson says that 75,000 acres of state lands have been disposed of this season, and most of it to actual settlers, as he says the records will show. As to the criti- cism by Collier’s that settlers cannot get information about the land of- fered for sale, Mr. Iverson says the state appraiser’s report is open to| everyone, showing the amount of! timber and prairie land on each tract, the surface, character of soil, value of timber and number of acres of waste land. Sales are limited to| 320 acres to any one person. LIQUOR VOTE ON IN TEXAS Unusually Large Number of Ballots on Prohibition Question. Dallas, Texas, July 22.—Following | ing and bitterly fought campaigns in | the‘history of the state, a. special election- is -in progress throughout Texas today to decide upon the pro- posed amendment to the constitution for state-wide prohibition. The early reports from all quarters of the state indicate an unusually heavy vote. ‘The anti-prohibitionists declare they will win by a substantial margin. Similar expressions of confidence are also heard at the prohibition head- quarters.. The definite result may not be known before Monday, par- ticularly if-the vote is close. - “The new play by Augutus Thomas NOW PUSHES HAZEN CASE Governor Demands Attorney General to Turn Over the Documents Long Filed. RESULT OF PETERSON’S LETTER Viggo Peterson appears to have at last succeeded in arousing Governor i‘:{hart to. gction on. the. charges P against Sherlt IHazen. — Sl =T Early this week Mr. Peterson ‘wrote the governor, asking to return affidavits submitted with the peti- tion alleging wrong-doing on the part of Sheriff Hazen. The governor has permitted the petition to rest in the hands of At- torney General Simpson, who has failed to render a written opinion, as provided for by law. Now the guvernor, as the result of Mr. Petersom’s letter, demands that the attorney gemeral turn over to him “the petition and all other doc- uments’” bearing on the case. Of this the Minneapolis Journal says: “Governor A. O. Eberhart today re- ferred to Attorney General George T- Simpson the request of Viggo Pet- erson, chairman of the board of county commissioners of Beltrami county, that his affidavits charging malfeasance in office against Sheriff A. H. Hazen be returned to him. “Early in the spring Mr. Peterson made the charges against the sheriff of Beltrami county but no investiga- tion has been ordered. Now he says he wants his affidavits returned. The attorney general is asked by the gov- ernor to look over the charges and all other documents and see if the charges make sufficient basis for an official investigation. “Mr. Simpson was not in his office today but his answer is expected to- morrow. If he does not think the charges sufficient the affidavits will be returned to the commissioner.” Up to noon today Mr. Simpson had made no answer. TWO0 MEN SENT TO PRISON Thief and Burglar Sentenced at In- ternational Falls By Stanton. . Two of the six criminal cases on the_Koochiching county calendar of the present term of district court have been disposed of, these being the cases of the state vs,-Fred Kelly, charged with grand larceny in. the second degree, who was found guilty, and sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary by Judge Stanton, the maximum sentence being five years. The other case disposed of was that of the state vs. Gus John- son, charged with burglarizing La Chapelle’s saloon in Littlefork, who was found guilty and given an in- definite sentence.. Joseph Johnson who was arrested with the convicted man for /the crime was discharged. Both cases were prosecuted by At- torney F. J. McPartlin. Had Their Pictures Taken. More than 20 of the 31 school chil- dren who have gardens gathered at the Schuch place yesterday afternocon and after receiving their regular weekly . instructions from Professor Otto Bergh had their pictures taken bears the namé “The Devil to Pay.” RECIPROCITY BILL PASSES SENATE BY VOTE OF 53 T0 17 Now Becomes Law When Signed by President Which Will Be Next Wednesday- NELSON AND CLAPP - OPPOSE McCumber Also Shouts “No” So Loud That There is General Laughter in the Chamber. TAFT BEAMS HIS PLEASURE Particularly Pleased Because Action Was Taken Before He Left for Beverly. ‘Washington, July 22— (Daily Pio- neer Special Wire Service).—The Canadian reciprocity bill passed the senate today with no amendment by a vote of 53 to 27, all amendments had previously been defeated. It now becomes a law upon the president’s signature. The bill can not be presented to the president, however, until next -Wednesday, the House having ad- journed at 12:09 p. m., until that ‘time. - Legislative rules require that the reciprocity bill, a House meas- ure, be engrossed by the House, while the latter body is in session. Final Vote this Afternoon. It was just 1:36 p. m. when the bill passed the Senate. - The final votes came at the close of a lively session which began just after 11 a. m. 3 ““There were numerous roll calls with various amendments but no at- tempt at any time to delay final ac- tion. Senators Nelson and Clapp voted against the bill. McCumber Shouts “No.” Senator McCumber of North Da- kota shouted “no” so loud when his name was called that a roar of laugh- ter followed. Senator McCumber made a lengthy speech against the bill a few days ago, declaring among other things that its passage will mean a yearly loss of more than $75,- 000,000 to the farmers of Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Senator LaFollette led a vigorous but unsuccessful fight against the bill. Now Up to Canada. The Canadian parliament will act upon a like bill in the Canadian capital at Ottawa the coming week, and it is believed the Canadian law- makers will accept the pact by a substantial vote. President Taft made no attempt to conceal his pleasure over the pass- age of the bill in the Senate today. He was particularly glad it had passed prior to his departure at 5:35 this afternoon for a week end’s visit at Beverly. Mr. Taft will be back in Washington Tuesday morning: BOY SCOUTS TO CAMP WEEK Plana for Expedition in Woods Dis- cussed at Meeting Last Night. Bemid}i Boy Scouts will begin a ‘week’s camping trip two weeks from next Monday, August 7. This date was selected at a meeting of - the Scouts with Scoutmaster Rev. S. E. P. White last evening, and another meeting will be held a week from next Tuesday at which time the final plans will be made Tor the week's camping. Mr. White will haye charge of the boys during the entire ‘week, and all of their work in con- mnection with the Boy Scout regula- tions will be done under his super- vision, as has been done in the past. Each boy will be assessed an equal amount, and it is probable that moth- ers will be asked to donate a small part of the food to be used' by the boys. At the next meeting the daily menu will be decided upon, and the routine of work will be partially made out. Religions Workers At Lake George. Lake .George,. N. Y.. July. 22 Nearly five hundred religious work- ers, representing practically every state and territory in the United States and many parts of the Domi- - nion of Canada, are in attendance at - the conference of the Men and religi- ous Forward Movement which opened at Silver Bay today to continue un- in a group. til the end of the month, -