Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 29, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 78. HILSCHER EXPOSES RELIGIOUS QUACKS City Hall Crowd Listens to Remark- able Explanation of Faith Cure Success. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CRITICIZED Healing By Heathens, Churches and Spiritualists Held Merely Men- tal Stimulation. CITES STRIKING CASES PROOF One Woman, Sure She Was Il Op- erated on With Icicle; Goes Home Well. TDEAS ADVANCED BY HILSCHER In a blundering way, Christian Science does cure. Faith cures, magic, black art and spiritualism declared dangerous met- aphysical quackery- Disease of the imagination held as a terrible affliction which in some cases leads to unnecessary death. Healing by heathen, Buddhist or Roman Catholic methods admitted but hold that it does not demonstrate truth of the theories. Imaginary ills often are cured by arousing the sub-conscious mind and this can be done by a devout Presby- terian or shouting Methodist as suc- cessfully as by the metaphysical quacks. Holding up all forms of mental healing, from Christian Science to the jabbering of a Buddhist priest, as false teachings, largely earried on by metaphysical quacks, although admitting that physical ills can be abolished by mental stimulatien, Dr. Solomon 8, Hilscher of Iola, Kansas,. “delivered & remmrkable lecture-im-the: city hall last evening to a large crowd. Introduced by Mayor. Dr. Hilscher was introduced by Mayor Parker who declared he es- teemed it a great homor to be per- mitted to perform such a duty for 80 illustrious a visitor. Dr. Hilscher, illustrated his lecture with many humorous illustrations, but the serious conclusions he drew ‘ent the crowd out of the hall won- 1nz if half the people who assert are I, really are. Dr. 1 “ll:lchex;( assertedc that B;stl(:x, s, Kansas City an s r:l::,e;p‘:re l'n(eited with “metaphy- “c,;lh: \g:-csl:sl.mn‘ of the lecture, dealt with the subject ( f the human mind, the power of the its nature, and of sub conscious mind ‘B it8 influence on the body. The sub-conscious zhe)‘ mind was shown to be the” “::v‘:‘ ::: ing mental states, to varyiug 0 sleep, power never to forget, never to grasp intuitively the la. V% "f mathematics, the harmonies of s, and color, to be amenable to suge '9‘ tion and to control the involuntar,” activities of the body. Mind as Disease Producer. 1t was then shown that this part «of the mind becomes a factor in pro- «ducing the diseases of the body. The \distinction was made plain between ‘imaginary diseases, which are no dis- «eases, and diseases of the ~imagina- tion, which are severe.” it was also shown that the sub-| wonscious mind became a powerful factor in healing, especially the func- tional or nervous diseases, and that ithis fact becomes the scientific basis apon which a metaphysical quack operates. It was then shown that psyebology is popular today, that cunding men take the cautiously ex- pressed opinions of trained psycholo- gists, deelare them as facts and push their psychicnostrums very much as a patent medicine vender pushes his patent medicines and this is metaphysical quaekery. Takes Up Faith Cures, Dr. —various faith cures, magie, the black art, spiritualism and kindred things as fllustrations of metaphysical quackery. The subject of “New Thought” was discussed and indications shown of how it leads to metaphysical and also its dangerous religious tendencies were indicated. Christian Sclence was likewise dis- it was shown to be a system of philosophy, a system of re- ligion and a system of mental heal- quackery, cussed and ing. Admission was made that it did, in perform some a blundering way, Hilscher called attention to T0GO SAILS FOR AMERICA Jap Who Annihilated Russian Fleet in May, 1904, to Arrive in New York Friday. $10,000 FOR OFFICIAL WELCOME New York, July 29.—With the ex- ception of a féw minor details the arrangements for the reception aad entertainment of Admiral Count Heihachiro Togo, chief of the Naval Staff of Japan and the hero of the great sea fight of May 27 and 28, 1904, in which he annihilated the Russian fleet in the Straits of Tsu- garu, are completed and the distin- guished visitor, coming here from England, where he represented the Japanese Goveryment at the corona- tion of King George, will be given a royal reception. Accompanied by his naval aide, Commander N. Tanizu- chi, Admiral Togo sailed today from tania, which is expected to arrive here next Friday, August 4. During the trip aeross the ocean Admiral] Togo will occupy the royal suite on| the magnificent steamer. Will Be Here 17 Days. For several weeks the State and the Navy departments have been busy arranging the plans for the re- ception and entertainment of Admi* ral Togo during the seventeen days he will spend in the United States as the guest of the nation. Presi- dent Taft appointed Capt. T. M. Potts, U. S. N., as the official repre- sentative of the Government and as the escort of honor of Admiral Togo during his stay in the country. Com- mander Hiraga, I. J. N, the naval| attache of the Japanese embassy in Washington, will act as the official representative of the Japanese Gov- ‘ernment. Guns to Boom in His Honor. The arrangements for the recep- tion of Admiral Togo upon his ar- rival in New York depend to some extent upon the time of the arriy, of the Lusit&nis.- Stionld-the-steam- jer arrive at night, the formal receg~ itlon will be postponed until the fol- lowing morning. It is hoped, how- ever, that the big liner will arrive at daytime, In that case the salut- ing guns of Governor's Island will greet the Admiral with a salute of seventeen guns, when the Lusitania passes up the Hudson. Should the Lusitania arrive at night, the formal salute will be postponed until Ad- miral Togo visits the army divisional headquarters on Governor’s Island to |return the visit that Major-General |Grant will make to him as official representative of the army in this {part of the country. Similar honors will be shown Admiral Togo on the occasion of his visit to Rear Admiral E. H. C. Leutze, U. S. N., the com- mander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard,: and by the United States warshi which the Japanese admiral should visit. Will Have Little Rest. It is safe to say that Admiral Togo will have little time for rest during his sojourn in the United States. Dur- ing his stay in New York one public function will be followed by another. Admiral Togo will be the guest of 1wnor at special receptions on Gov- er wo0r’s Island, at the Brooklyn Navy Yar? and other places and, regard- less o 8 recent order of the Navy Departuient, will be given every op- portunity' 10 inspect every part of the workin € plants at the Navy Yard, as well as every one of the warships, completed or in course of comstryc- tion, that are at present in the yard. Taft to Greet Him- In accordance With' the itinerary planned, Admiral Togo, when leaving New York, will proceed to Washing- ton, where the most elaborate ar- rangements for his reception and en- tertainment have been made. The visitor will be entertained by Presi- dent Taft, Secretary of the Navy Meyer, Secretary of State Kuux and other distinguished officials. ke will visit Mount -Vernon and place & wreath upon the tomb of Washina- ton, and will be taken on one of the | naval yachts for an inspection uf tie great Indian Head proving grounds. Congress appropriated $10,00¢ to de- fray the expenses of entertaiuing the cistinguished visitor. Then Goes to Canada. Admiral Togo will remain in Wash- ington four days and part of one day will be devoted to a visit to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., where special homors will be shown the great sea fighter. From Washington York, to fulfill engagements with the Japan Society of America and the Nippon Club of New York, whose guest of honor he will be. 'After a Liverpeol on the Cunard liner Lusi-| Admiral Togo - will return to NeW i toiowg in the followi TAX m sm/s SEVERAL lNCREASES Board of Abatement Sends Blackduck Class 1-A Assessment up 240; Tur- tle River Boosted 100. 18 BEMIDJI MEN ON CARPET Asked to Explain Why Amount mdmmmsy.mm Not Be Raised. TO REASSEMBLE ON AUGUST 10 At That Time Work Adjusting Lists Will - Be Completed—Auditor In the official minutes of the meet- ing of. the Beltrami county board of abatement several increases in as- Sessments are announced, while in a few instances the assessment in cer- tain classs was reduced. These récords algo show that 18 Bemidji business men were sum- moned to appear before the board; and explain why their tax assess- ment should not be increased. Some of these men will reappear before the board when it meets on August 10. Auditor’s Record Follows. The auditor’s official records fol- low: The Official Record. The Board of Equalization met in reg- ular annual segsion in the Commission- ers room at the Court House in Bemidji on Monday, July 17th. 1911 at 2 o'clock P M. Members present; A. E. Rako, 1st. trict. H. Clementson, District. Commissioner Dis- 2nd. Commissioner Myhre, 3rd. Cummissl’vner Dis- J. L. George, County Auditor. Absent; ‘Wm. Fellows, 5th. Commissioner Dis- trict. Meeting called to order by Chairman Peterson, and oath administered by Judge of Probate, M. A. Clark. Moved, seconded and carried to ad- journ to 9 A. M. July 18th. board reconvened at 9:00 A. M. July 18th. All members present. Meeting called to order by Chairman Peterson, and oath administered to Wm. Fellows by Probate Judge M. A. Clark. ~oved, seconded and carried to adjourn to 1:30 P. M. Board reconvened at 1:30 P. M. All members present. These Citel to Appear. Moved, seconded and carried that the following cooperations and individuals be cited to appear before the Board to show reason why their personal proper- ty assessments should not be raised. Geo. T. Baker & Co. E. A. Barker Hamm Brewing Co. M. E. Ibertson J. ¢. Lahr Douglass Lbr. Co. Turtle River Lbr. Co. ‘W. A."McDonald Chas. Nangle O'Leary-Bowser Gill Brothers E. A. Schneider ‘W. T. Blakeley Crooksten Lbr. Co. Kelso Lbr. Co. Shevlin-Mathiew Lbr. Co. Moved, seconded and carried to ad- journ to 9 A. M. July 19th. Board reconvened at 9 a. m., July 19. All members present. Lumber Companies Raised. Moved, seconded and carried that the valuation of the personal property of the Crookston Lumber Co, in Class {;;7‘ be raised from $227,650 to $244,- Moved, seconded and carried that the valuation of the personmal property of the Bemidji Lumber Co., in Class 17-a be_raised from $91,060 to $119,065. Moved, seconded and carried that the valuation of the Douglass Lumber Co., in Class 17-a to be raised from $2,100 to_$2,400. Moved, seconded and carried to ad- journ to 1:30 p. Board reconvened at 1:30 p. m. - AR members present. Moved, seconded and carried that the valuation of Class 1-D in the Town of Jones be increased 33 1-8 per cent. Moved, seconded and carried that the valuation of Class 1-D in the town of Lee be increased 25 per cent. Moved, seconded and carried to ad- journ to' 9 a_ m., July 20th. Board reconvened at 9 -a. m., July 20. Present Rako, Clementson, Myhre, Peterson and George. Absent, Fellows. More Raises Voted. - Moved, seconded and carried that the valuation of Class 1-A be raised as fol- lows in the following districts: City of Bemidji 15 per cent. Village of Blackduck 240 per cent. Village of Nymore 50 per cent. Village of Spooner 15 per cent. Village of Turtle Rive 150 per cent. Town of Battle 33 1-3 per-cent. Town of Buzzle 15 per cent. Town of Jones 40 per cent. Town of Lammars 25 per cent. Town of Langor 33 1-3 per cent: Town of Lee 50 per cent. - Town of Moose:Lake 33 1-3 per cent Town of Summit 100 per cent. Town of Spooner 100 per cent, Town of Spruce Grove 400 per cent. Moved, seconded and:carried that the valuation of Class 1-A be reduced as ng districts: ¢ Village of Baudette 60 per cent. Village of Wilton 65 per cent. - Town of Benville 25 per cent. jquantities of bluebgrries. ing, burned rapidly and the v%géw “Peterson, Am Cnmmusiwmp\mn found ! Distict. ~f{Seen-such's S | connection with the fire marshal’s ‘| resenting Ralph W..Wheelock. Frank BURNS 6'nunnmfis e ; THIRD PERSON PICKS 14 BU ; Two momen: Mmy by their| STARTS HSTEIIWSLY AT 9:30 three smail childfen, picked in three days’ time, 26 bushéls of blueberries, ‘Wwhich they b to Bemidji yes- terday afternoon agd:sold to W. G. Schroader for $7! cash, © Mrs. E.- M and Mrs. H. J. Smith of Yola, 32-miles south of here i Hubbard county, are ‘the women Under Control Shortly Before Mid- mghf,llutfiontmuuflnfilh!y z ’l'hulwnmg- TOTAL INSURANCE ONLY $4,400 The berries m@eflvuad in small boxes and when tgnul over to. Mr. Schroeder were dumped into: galvan- ized washtubs, thirleen of these re- ceptacles being - liskping full when the boxes were emptied. These 832 quarts of berries were Grocery- Store and Blacksmith Shop Consumed—Lumber Yard Saved By Hard Work. stock whieh bro 3 \ = Crookston, Minn., July 29. 2 p. m. (By Long distance telephone).—Fire of unknown origin which began at 9:30 last evening destroyed _six buildings, including the auditorium, near the business district, and were prevented from sweeping imto the Atlas and Robertson lumber yards S only by heroic efferts:on the part of HEAD COMPLETELY TORN OFF|the firemen. At .11: t i Dan Robi Who itted Sui- At .11:30 last night the fire was £ : under control, although it did not cide Thursday Died Instantly. - |purn out until an early hour this Sitting upright in a chair, with a morning. The “total loss is now placed at 30-30:xifle between his legs, was thely; 000, with a total insurance of way in which Coroner Thertson of but $4,400 Bemldji found the body of Dan Rob- 5 inson, 66 years old, who committed No Lives Were Lost. suicide about 9:30° Thursday even- No lives were lost and no one was ing, at his home three miles east of | seriously injured. n._today, none being shipped out of the city. The two Yola wemen are not the only onéa who haveibrought in large Only on Thursday: one wnpim brought™in 14 bushels which sheihad picked her- self. i At Plummer Was Made Believe “Leg Wu__nl!t. VICTIM INSISTS ON 'LIMPING Incidental to the Dr. Hilscher lec- ture in the City Hall last evening, Mayor John Parker, who introduced the speaker, inspired by the imagin- ary ills-deductions of the lecturer was constrained to tell this ome. lieving you are sick assertion,” said the mayor. = “Why, only a few days ago I was down to Plummer where there is a man by the name of Hoganson, whom I have known for a long time. ~ “Hoganson is a good fellow but now and then he takes a nip too many. ‘Well, when I was in Plum- mer the other day Hoganson was ‘dead to the world.’ Some of the boys there decided to play a trick on Hm. “They took Hoganson in tow lnd bandaged one of ihs legs and told him when he awoke that he had ‘broken his leg, and Hoganson went limping around like a man who had fallen out of the window. “Couple of days later, Hoganson went to sleep again. This time the boys took the bandage from the leg i*was on and put it on-the other. Thus Hoganson has had both his legs broken, but now he limps in the ‘one that was broken last and you can’t make him believe but what he is & wounded man.” AR R R R R AR R R X R R 4 OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. © 0000000000000 600 The Aero Club of America has placed itself in line with aeronauti- Hines. As soon ag the suicide was| How the fire started is a\m.vstel'y discovered Mr. Iberfson was notified, | which has not been solved. The and when he arrived on the scene|figmes first were seen in the muditor- only a sheet had been placed over|iym. That structure,-an old} build- the body, it having been left as when 1 soraner] to the nearby bufld upon returning to Bemiid}i this morn- B . ing, “the head, from the mouth up, was completely torn from the rest of -Tever {:!un unable &Qluk-lt The fire occurred just off the mlln part of town on Main Street just north of Second street. The auditor- the body and laid at various places|jym, a large brick veneer building in the room, while the body re-|wnich has been used as a roller skat- mained in an upright position, as|ing rink for the past few years, owned though “the old fellow was sleeping. by Billings, Stephens and: Hitchcack He had enough money to pay for his | was entirely burned. The value of own burial which took place today.” |the building was $8,400 and was in- Robinson had often spoken of hav-{gnred for but $2,000. ing been a member of Morgan’s Raid @ Store B ers, during the Civil War. The building next to that, a two- After viewing the body the coro- rer decided that ne inquest was nec- |Story frame building owned by Kel- sey and occupied by Kronick & Fi- essary -and ordered that it be buried. dal, grocers, was a total loss. The in- surance on the building was but $700 and the loss will amount to from $1,- 200 to $1,500. The stock owned by Kromick & Fidal was a total loss, the value be- ing $2,000 and on which no insur- ance was carried. The upstairs of the building was occupied: by Mr. Kronick. His household goods loss will amount to $800, their value be- ing $1,000 with insurance $200. Empty Structure Goes. The next building, owned by C. D. Billings of Grand Forks, a two story frame building, was unoccu- pied on the ground floor, but the sec- ond story of which was occupied by John Lewis and family, was a total loss, its value being $600 and on which no insurance was carried. FULLERTON HERE; KEEPS QUIET Says No Development in Dumas Case, So Far as He Knows. : “I am here strictly on business in office,” said Assistant Fire Marshal Sam' Fullerton, who came to Bemid- 31 today. Mr. Fullerton -arrived in Bemidji last evening from Walker where he had gone to make an.investigation of the burning of the Walker box fac- tory on the night of July 9. Mr. Fullerton was asked if there had been any late developments in connection with the Dumas case. He replied: “There is nothing new, as far as Iam concerned, in the Dumas case,| The rear of the same floor was oc-, and I do mot know what the mext|cupied by Wm. Tribble whose loss’ steps will be. I see Detective Field-|was $200. . ing nearly every day when I am at The next three building, one a one home, but we have nothing new to|story frame building owned by Bil- make public, and as far as I know.” |lings, one a blacksmith shop. occu- Mr. Fullerton will leave tonight|pied by Hanson and the other owned for his home in St. Paul. by Kelsey were entirely destroyed, the loss on these being $3,000. e SACRED CONCERT THIS EVENING = %:nm '::.’fi.f;w Wiheth: Bible Conference to Close Tomorrow : Night. Address by Dr. Gaebelein. Pioneer Special Wire Service).—The| Dr- G. N. Luccock and Dr. S. S- state board of control today decided|Hilscher having changed places on to_await the decision of Attorney|the Bible Conference program yes- General Simpson as to whether or|terday, in order to l_llow Dr.. Lue- nct the case against Superintendent eonk.tn leave for Minneapolis this Whittler is & civil or criminal case|morning, Dr. Hilscrer gave his lec- Yefore compelling Whittier ‘to. testi- | ture nn-“The'_ Unseen World, Hell, fy in the investigation. A request|at this morning’s sessiom, and Dr. for Whittier's testimony on the stand | Gaebelein talked on “The Eplstle of was made by Attorney Sanborn, rep-|Jude.” Dr. Goebelein will give the 1t 2 closing address._tomorrow. evening. Wilison, Whittier's attorney, con- There was no session this afternoon; tendg that it is. a criminal ease, and | but this evening a sacred concert that Whittier does not need to'testi-| Will be held in the city hall. There will be morning services Sunday in the Presbyterian, Metho- Red Wing, Minn., July 29— (Daily church and Dr. Hilscher at the Bap- ‘Town of Bemidji 60 per eent. Town of Grant Valley 70 per oun.“ healings but not as effectively or as|brief visit to Philadelphia, Admiral (Continued on last page (Continued on last pagey % = |tist. Dr. Gaebelein will also talk in Soners e the afternoon, in the Presbyterian, Peak, carrying physicians to the aid of Emily Stay, 17 years old, of Paula stroyer Perkins, and is in a North Carolina sanitarium, is suffering from cal organizations abroad by barring out fights over large cities. “Joseph H. Jordan, an attorney of San Francisco,: in believsd" to. hv drowned ln the ‘bay mesr Ctlllorn the Matteawan, N. Y., institution for the criminally insane, renewed efforts are being made to secure-the release of Harry Thaw, slayer of Stanford White. Gunners aboard the United States battleship New Hampshire off Pro- vincetown, Mass., last night used box kites as targets and proved by their accuracy. that there is little danger n’m uropl:ne attacks at sea. _Harry Darnell, a balloonist living inChicago, missed his hold on a bal- loon: trapeze 700 feet in the air over Plainfield, Ill, and was dashed to death in the Dupage river. The sight ‘was witnessed by 2,000 picnickers. Henri Bernstein, the French play- wright, yesterday fought his third duel-at Paris with Mauriee Pujo, who ‘was second for M. Lecour, who was not able to fight because he is in prison.. Pujo was wounded in the right arm. At Winona last night the Bay State flour mill was wiped out by fire. Loss $250,000. LaCrosse and EauClaire was called on for aid and the former department made the trip of 30 miles in 31 minutes. * A special train was sent up by the Colorado cog road route shortly after midnight to the summit of Pike’s Valley, Okla., who ecollapsed -there earlier in the night owing to u:e al- titude. Ensign Robert S. Young, U. S. N,, ‘who disappeared July 11 from the de- a mental breakdown, say New York alienists, who examined him after he was found by friends in that city a few days ago. £ A head-on collision between a crowded excursion train containing about 150 persons, and a regular pas- senger train, bound from Vanburen to Bangor, Maine, at the:little back- woods settlement of Grindstone, on the Bangor and Aroostock railroad, late last night, resulted in at least eight deaths: As Sheriff Spain stood in the cell of John. H. Prather, in the county jail at Oklahoma City here today, waiting to lead him to the scaffold, an order was received from Governor Cruce, commuting, Prather’s sentence to life imprisonment.. Prather was one of four negroes charged with having murdered W. A. Archie. Nashville Prelate 70 Years om. Nashville, - '!dk&tymmln'm “Certainly is something in this be-. With a change of management at| W.. A. Gould and A. A. Warfield. OATH AND PEOPLE DEMAND IT Here Deplorable; That Bespon-- sibility Be Fixed. *~ < ASKS WHY ATTORNEY GENERAL Y Wants to Know of Chief Executive ; if He is Powerless to Re- = 2 cover Papers. ; Viggo Peterson, chairman of the Beltrami board of county commis- sioners, has addressed the following extraordinary cnmm\lmufion to Governor Eberhart: Puposky, Minn., July 28, 1911. Hon. A. 0. Eberhart, Governor, St. Paul, Minnesota. Dear- Sir: Your esteemed favor of the 26th inst., referring to my re- quest for the return of the peti- tion and accompanying afida- vits in the matter of the investi- gation of Sheriff A. B. Hazen, is received. Makes Pertinent Query. _ Your reply to me that I should ‘write the Attorney General, re- = questing their return, seems to me a very extraordinary pro- ceeding, inasmuch as I have had no correspondence with that of- fleial regarding-the matter. Am < 1 to-infer thnrym are pewer- “‘The matter of the investiga- tion of tie sheriff of this county is a matter of the utmost im- portance to my constituency. The conditiofi existing here is most deplorable, and demands aggressive action in the premis- ises. I was impelled to take the steps I have taken, by the oath of my office, and the people of this county—excluding the law- less element,—want the respon- sibility for the delay in this vi- tal matter definitely fixed. : Sl The People Want to Know. Up to this time, I have done my full duty, and if the Chief Executive of this state will coun- tenance the condition of affairs existing in this eounty, in the face of uncontrovertible -evi- dence, and refuses to return the damaging proof which has been submitted for the purpose of the investigation ‘of a. corrupt s county official, the people of Bel- trami County want to know it. I again request the return of all the documents sent you. _Yours respectfully, e Viggo Peterson, = Chairman Board of Coun- ty Commissioners, ~Bel- trami County. To Ignore Attorney General. Mr. Peterson mailed this letter from Puposky yesterday and it reached the state capitol this morn- * ing. The governor's suggestion that Mr. Petetson apply to Attorney Gen- eral Simpson for the documents will be ignored until Mr. Eberhart has re- plied to the above communication. CHARTER COMMITTEES NAMED Each Will Now Meet Once a Week for Next Three Weeks. With the election of P. J. Russell = as chairman-and Fred Rhoda as sec- retary, the first meeting of Bemidji’s charter commission was held last evening, and the committes on the i various' clauses were named ‘as fol- = Tows: Taxation—Fred Rhoda, E.-E. Mc- % Donald and P..J. Russell. Public Improvement—1J. C. Park- er, F. S. Lycan and Kenneth Melver. Finance—A. P. White," R. H. Schumaker and E. J. Swedback. = ~ Water-and light—I. F. Johnson, Health—Dr. Rowland Gilmore, S. C. Bailey and C. W. Schroeder. Each of the committees is-to meet at least once a week, during the next three weeks, and at the epd of that time there will be & general m of all the eommltteulz hich &