Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 14, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 9. NUMBER 91 20 ON UNIQUE TRIP; FOWLDS WOODS GAY Excursion By the Crookston Lumber Company Proves One of Profit and Amusement. |CANADIAN OFFERINGS BARRED [ 460 ACRES OF LAND ARE SOLD | Camp Cooking, Wrestling Matches and Dance Some of Features of | the Trip. | SOME FEAR GAME WARDEN| Apprehension That Partridge Prntec-! tor Was Present Was Without | Real Foundation- | More than 20 men and women ac- | cepted an invitation from the Crook- | ston Lumber Company to go on a free | excursion over the Great Northern | Wilton & Northern to Fowlds, pri-| marily for the purpose of inspecting the land in that vicinity. i The expedition, however, proved | to be more than a land seekers trip! for there were athletic events, merry| tramps through the woods and a| dance Saturday night that will live| in the history of Fowlds. Joke, But on Whom? Incidentally, there is much merri- ment over the mistaken suspicion of some of the party that a deputy game den had secretly joined the party | to protect young and unripe par- tridges. No such official went along, | fears of the merrymakers to the con- trary notwithstanding. More than 400 acres of land was sold on the spot and several requests | for additional reservations were made. All Pleased With Land. Jamos Sutliffe of Cedar Rapids, To-| wa, the only person from outside the | state who wetn along, was enthusias- tic over the evident fertility of the | soil. Mr. Lee of Red Lake purchased a tract while all other purchasers were from Bemidji. So much interest was displayed over the trip that the company has had inquiries as to when another ex- cursion will be run. It is not likely | that another such trip can be made | as the Wilton & Northern line is be- | ing dismantled. It is expected that by the end of this week that most of the line will be out of commission. The present plans are that the rails and ties be taken up. The logging timber in the Fowlds district is ex- hausted and the road, property of the Great Northern, is no longer needed. Dave Hodge Wrestles Three. The amusement features of the| Fowlds expedition included a wrest- | ling match in whivh Dave Dodge of Bemidji, former t1aining partner of Hackenschmidr tork on three men. Hodge weighs 165 pounds. He first tackled Sam Sie.(rscn and then Jule Achenback, who weigh 200 pounds. In no instance cou’d his adversaries throw him. C. W. Strohm.cyer and wife, resi- dents of Fowlds took charge of the| cooking for (te party and if left to= the excursionists Loth will have a placc in the Hall of Fame. The dance satirday night was at- ended by persons fiom Bemidji, Pu- posky and N:bisa. More than 30 connles attended. J. P. Riddeil lai charge of the exvcursion, whiclh “eft Bemidji Sat- urday noon and returned this morn- | ing SUCCEEDS WHERE OTHERS FAIL | Medical Authorities Discanntensnce]\ “Bone-Setters.” What Is a quack? Any unorthodox healer, we suppose, who offends the iatric trade union of his day by suc- ceeding where they fail. When a young English doctor sees with his own eyes a faith-cure at Lourdes he shakes his head, but he goes home and looks up cerebral suggestions and ganglions. The medical authorities discountenance “bone-setters,” but there is one with a consulting room in Park Lane who,.according to an article in the English Review, would appear to enjoy a remarkably satis- factory clientele in spite of boycott. Herbalists, too, come under the cen- sure of the Blue Book; yet we recall with a regretful smile the face and Higure of an Oxford Socialist—is his name not chronicled in The Life of William Morris?—who till lately plied the trade of herbalist in all +gration. commissioner, St. Panl. . |sult of a pin $10,000 FOR"SHOW SPACE Three Big Cities Pay This for Min- nesota’s Display at 7 State Land Exhibition in St. Paul. Minnesota will show from 150,000 her products at the land show in St. Paul December 12 to 23. Governor Eberhart has received word from the officers in the North- western League that the business in- terests of St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth have agreed to a deal where- by this state will be furnished ex- hibit space without cost at the land show. | ! to 200,000 persons a big exhibit of | | | |PREUS. TALKS OF FIRE BUGS SHERM BAILEY REAL DUMAS CASESLEUTH | |Bemidji Game Warden Man ~Who | Got First Evidence Says Duluth | Sunday Paper. Presented Facts to State Fire Mar- shall Who at Once Began His Investigation. Pay $10,000 for Show Space. i At a cost of $10,000 the business; interests of the three Minnesota cil—} ies have bought from the league 3,-| 500 square feet of preferred space| at the show. Each of the seven| states will have a space of fifty feet | long and ten feet wide for their of-| ficial exhibit. H Any city, county or land company | desiring to make an independent ex- | hibit will be able to secure a limit-| ed amount of space near the state! exhibit on reasonable terms, but it is the desire of the league officers for this state that the best possible ex- hibit be made in the name of the state. These are the States. The seven states which are to be thus represented are Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North and| South Dakota and Minnesota. No| other states will have exhibits and | Canadian exhibits will be barred, the | whole idea of the show being “an! exposition by the seven states for the | benefit of the seven states alone.”” | Minnesota officers of the League| are J. H. Dight of Duluth and Chas. Patterson of St. Paul. Inquiries! about the state exhibit should be ad- | dressed to George S. Welsh, immi-| Information about concessior| space maye be secured from Will A. Campbell, of St. Paul, or from W. R. Mackenzie of this city who has| charge of the exhibits from Northern Minnesota. N FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON STREET | Hans Anderson Hurt by Unknown Assailant Sunday Afternoon. As the result of an encounter with | an unknown person, Hans Anderson is in the hospital suffering from a painful wound near his eye. He was found lying unconscious on the side- walk at Minnesota and Third street about 2 p. m. yesterday by Sheriff Hazen and Fred Bersley who took | him to the hospital. Chief of Police Harrington said this morning that, | while two persons were under sus-| picion, that no arrests would be made and that none would be until Anderson has recovered sufficiently ! to give a lucid account of how he be-| came injured. No one witnessed the trouble. The report that Anderson had been stabbed was denied at the hospital. Anderson is a bartender by trade. PIN SCRATCH FATAL TO MAN Wound Inflicted on Birthday Results in Blood Poisoning. Monmouth, 111, Aug. 14.—As a re- scratch inflicted on July 31, his twenty-third. birthday, Frank Boggs died here yesterday of blood poison. Lands in Lottery at Bismarck. Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 14.—Books were opened here today for the reg-| istration of prospective settlers on | the lands of the Fort Berthold In-| dian Reservation, which the Govern-| ment has decided to throw open to actual settlers. | miles from the Great Northern rail-| way, contains 342,000 acres. The drawing will take place in a few weeks. Secretary Fisher Off for Alaska. Seattle, Wash.,, Aug. 14.—Secre- tary of the Interior Fisher has booked passage on a boat sailing tomorrow for Alaska. The purpose of the trip is to familiarize himself with the actual conditions in the northern territory. | Speak Distinetly. Do not make the mistake of pitch-| ing your voice too low. It must be annoying to be forced to ask a per- son to repeat what they have just said, and mumbled words give a simplicity and honor. most unpleasant impression. | the escaped Puposky bandit. |about $8,000,000 per annum. |torch in Minnesota, is due in large Declares Publicity of Puposky Affair Has Cut Down the Number of Incendiary Blazes. It was a Bemidji man, Game War-| den Sherman C. Bailey, and not As-| sistant Fire Marshal Fullerton, who obtained the evidence which led to the trapping of the Puposky robbers and the subsequent arrest of Dr. D. F. Dumas of Cass Lake, according to an article in the Sunday edition of the Duluth News Tribune. It has been known that Mr. Bailey gave valuable assistance in the work of ferretting out the incendiary mys- teries of Beltrami and adjoining counties, but he has modestly re- ained in the background while the Pinkerton detectives and other offi- cials were being given columns of publicity. Has Illustrated Feature. | The News Tribune has a feature | article illustrated with photographs of Mr. Bailey, Sheriff Hazen, Deputy Sheriff Helmer, State Fire Marshal Charles T. Keller and “Mike” Davis, The News Tribune says: ~ “Commissioner-of -Insuratice ¥ A D. Preus places the loss in the state by incendiary fires at 50 per cent of the whole. In the last few years the total loss in Minnesota has averaged So it ill be seen the brotherhood of the low match was reaping an annual income of about $4,000,000. Preceding Puposky Battle. “These figures apply to the time preceding the Puposky engagement. Since then the falling off has been discouraging to all concerned in the industry of burning houses. As a comparison: In the month of May, 1910, the fire losses in the state were $825,000. “Last May, the month following the exposure in the mnorth country, they fell to $270,000, or a decline of | $555,000. Mr. Preus, who keeps a close eye on such fluctuations, attri- butes most of the difference.to the exposure of incendiarism in the| northern part of the state. He says in his report: ‘So’long as this question is ag- itated and called attention to in the press there will be little in- . cendiarism.’ " Of Mr. Bailey’s part in the work the News Tribune says:, Gives Bailey Credit. “That gangs and individuals have become more careful of the use of the measure to an accident. The quest of a deputy game warden for break- ers of the law led to the finding of evidence which precipitated the Pu- posky episode. S. C. Bailey, former police chief of Bemidji, now game warden, ran into the nest of firebugs while inducing Dr. Dumas of Cass Lake to assist him in unearthing the identity of illegal deer slayers. “He communicated his knowledge to State Fire Marshal Keller, who did the rest. N. E. Helmer, private de- tective at Bemidij, helped in the winding up of the gang, remaining The reservation, 20 |Outside the Puposky post office, and shooting Behan, one of the robbers and firebugs, and standing up before Arch Criminal Mike Davis' automatic pistol, returning shot for shot. Sher- iff Hazen of Bemidji also took an active part in the undoing of the gangsters. Firebug Business Stopped. “The law will deal with the ac- cused and determine their guilt or innocense. But, according to Insur- ance Commissioner Preus, the pub- licity given the firebug industry has Practically wiped it out state.” Arrangements have been made for the holding of a national convention of the unemployed at Wash'ngton, D. C., to be in session from September 1 to 4. J. Eads How of St. Louis is the head of the orgauization. WHILE AFTER DEER SLAYERS] in this| (Copyright. 1911) ANTICIPATION TEN CENTS PER WEEK. FALLS HEIR AT AGE OF 86 “Uncle George” Wetzel, of Tenstrike, Returns From New York Where He Claimed Estate. |REFUSES TO OCCUPY SLEEPER|: -he_went to take over a Substantial fortume left him by a brother who died three months ago. “They said I couldn’'t make the trip,” said “Uncle George,” who is as spry as a much younger man, “but I told them that I could go anywhere after money. I got it, too, and I'll tell you what, its a pretty big lump.” First Settler in Tenstrike. Mr. Wetzel was born in New York, early came west to Michigan and then on to Minnesota and declares he was the first man to séttle at Tenstrike. “I am mighty glad to get back to old Minnesota,” said Mr. Wetzel, “it was so hot in York state that I just simply melted down. either. It did seem good:to see the grain here. Pretty hard traveling though. Been up two nights and I was glad to get off the train this morning.” No Sleeper For Him, “You might have celebrated your new -fortune by riding in a sleeper,” ‘was suggested to “Uncle George.” “No, siree. Not for me. None of them niggers puttering around me— I’ll set up every time first. The din- ing car darkies would also come along and try to coax us passen- gers to eat. I told them to clear out —that I would eat when I got good and ready and no thanks to them.” They Call Him “Grandpa.” Mr. Wetzel proceeds to Tenstrike this evening. “They will be waiting for me,” he said. “They call me grandpa there, although I haven’t a relative in the town.” COMES TO WORK; OPERATED ON G. B. Upham, Accepts Position Just Before Attack of Appendicitis. After having been in Bemidji less |than 48 hours, having come to ac- cept a position in the City Drug | Store, G. B. Upham of Duluth, be- came violently ill and was taken to the St. Anthony’s hospital where it was found that he was suffering from an acute and dangerous attack of ap- pendicitis. He was operated on this morning by Dr. Gilmore and has ral- lied satisfactory. Mr. Upham had planned on bringing his family here from Duluth in the near future. William Hillgrove Funeral Tuesday. The funeral of William Hillgrove of this city will be held from the Catholic church Tuesday at 8:30 a. m. The funeral was delayed, await- ing the arrival of a son from Mon- tana. The pall bearers will' be: P. J. Russell, Charles Nangle, R. Fen- ton, E, J. Gould, Joseph Risiar and |P- 3. O'Leaty. 2 Saaie No crops theref 15 Big Potatoes in One Hill: Fifteen potatoes, making a : : total weight of 7 pounds, from : : one hill is the record for par- : tially grown tubers in this vi- : : cinity. The potatoes were dug by J. : French on his farm one mile : west of town and were by no : : means fully matured. B The potatoes were of the Ear- : : ly triumph variety and every : : one was of perfect shape. & 5 Mr. French says that no par- : : ticular hill was selected but that : : the 15 yield is merely typical : : of the potato crop this year in : : Northern Minnesota.... TAFT TO VETO ARIZONA President Hustles to Washington With Message Opposing State- hood Proposition. OPPOSES RECALL OF JUDGES Beverly, Mass., Aug. 14.—With his veto message on the Flood resolution providing for the admission of Ari- zona and New Mexico into the union practically complete, the president brought his week end visit here to a close last night. The president left Beverly last night for Boston in one of the White House automobiles and the message went with him. He took the federal express at 8 p, m., for Washington and he reached the capital this morn- ing. The president's veto is understood to be based largely upon the provis- ion for the recall of the judiciary provided for in the Arizona consti- tution. To the New Mexican consti- tution the president is understood to have no particular objection but the Flood resolution so couples the two territories that the veto must affect them both. 400 AT SCOTS SUNDAY PICNIC Freda McKinnon Dances Highland Fling and Bagpipes Furnish Music. Between 300 and 400 persons at- tended the picnic given by the Scotch of Bemidji at the outlet across Lake Bemidji yesterday. The weather was perfect and many interesting fea- tures marked the day’s program, eehief of which was the Highland ifling dance by Freda McKinnon. Masic on the bagpipes was furnished throughout the day. Refreshments were served and the affair was a so- cial and financial success. The Dic- nic was arranged by Dave McKeken and Nash McKinnon. 56,000 Union Printers in America. San Francisce, Cal., Aug. 14.—The fifty-seventh annual convention of the International Typographical Un- ion opened in this city today with delegates in attendance from the lo- cal branches throughout the United States and Canada. 'The annual re- ports show the present membership to be 56,285, a gain of over 4,000 during the year. During the year the organization ' paid a total of SCAPES GIRL'S CHARGES Henry Mattson, Arrested Following Bridge Assault on Young Dress- maker Released Today. WAS IN DEER RIVER AT TIME Henry Mattson, held as the pos- sible assailant ¢° a young Nymore dressmgker on the Mississippi river dismisesd from custody by Court Commissioner H. A. Simons, upon motion by County Attorney Graham H. Torrance. The man answered the description given by the young woman with the exception that sLe asserts the man who attacked her had no moustache, while Mattson, who was found in Cass Lake by Chief of Police Har- rington the wcrning following the sttack? has a moustache. It is, however, light in color, while his beard is black The young wom- an said ber assailant had a dark beard and that he was a foreigner. Mattson is a Fin:ander. In his strug- gle with the young woman he lost his hat and got into the water up 10 his knees. When found in Cass Lake he had nc hat and his trousers showed that tl:e; had been soaked up above the auiles. Despite thesz incriminating ecir- cumstances it was found that he had been employad 1t Deer River and that he had drawn his .heck at a time which would make it impossible to be in Bemilji at the time of the assault. No new arrests in the case are an- ticipated. BOY BREAKS ARM IN A JUMP Fred Steenstrup Fells; Riddell Hears Bone Snap, Gives Aid. Fred Steenstrup, the 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf N. Steen- left arm just below the elbow shortly after noon today. The lad was playing alone in the yard back of the J. P. Riddell resi- dence on Lake Boulevard. He was making a jump from the fence to a cross bar, erected for the purpose of hanging a trapeze, and fell to the ground. The bone broke with a snap that could be heard several feet away. The Riddell family were din- ing on the rear porch and hearing the bone break, ran to the boy’s as- sistance. 3 Mr. Riddell hustled the boy to the hospital where Dr. Gilmore set the broken member. Togo -Sight-seeing in New York. New York, Aug. 14.—Admiral To- go had a busy day today. During [the forenoon he received a number of visits from distinguished mili- tary representatives. At luncheon he was the guest of honor of the Japan Society and the Peace Society of New York. This afternoon the Admiral, accompanied by Capt. Pot- jte, chief of the Naval Intelligence u of the U. S. Navy Depart- ment, went on an extended sight- seeing tour of the city, returning in Lu_me for a dinner arranged in his $122,677 in old-rage pensions. honor at the Knickerbocker Hotel. 1 Bridge ‘Phursday-night, wis- todap- .- strup, Twelfth and Dewey, broke his| . FAST TRAIN JUMPS; 4 KILLED; 30 HURT Eighteen Hour Limited, Pulled By Two -Engines, in Smash at Fort Wayné. RUNNING 50 MILES AN HOUR Locomotives Sideswipe Freight, the Three Tangling Mass of Wrecked Steel. RAIN CAUSES FARIBAULT WRECK Rock Island Train Runs Into Min- " mesota Washout But No One is Injured. Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 14.—Four persons were killed and thirty in- jured when a Pennsylvania eighteen hour train, en route from Chicago to New York jumped the track on the ‘western outskirts of the city at 6:30 o’clock last evening while going at the rate of 50 miles an hour. Three Engines Tangled. In leaving the rails the two en- gines pulling the passenger train sideswiped a freight engine and the three piled up in a mass of bent and twisted iron. The baggage car, smoker, buffet and two sleepers turned over in the diteh. Injured Were in Diner. Most of the injured were seated in the dining and smoker cars, when the accident occurred. Thirty or more injured are now in the hospitals and it is believed that at least four or five will die. Bad One at Faribault. Faribault, Minn., Aug. 14.—The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific pas- senger train No. 19 west bound was partially wrecked here yesterday, when the train plunged into a wash- out. While the tender, baggage car, smoker and day coach left the tracks, and toppled half way over, no one was injured. 200 Feet Track Ruined. The track for 200 feet was plowed up. The wrecking crew, while retarded in its work by mud, had the track replaced this morning. Rain Flooded Town. trains were detoured over the Min- neapolis and St. Louis track. The washout followed a six hour rain that over ran sewers, flooded cel- lars and did further damage to the over-wet crops. VIG30 PETERSON, JR., ARRIVES Weighs 9 Pounds and His Father is b a Happy Man. Viggo Petercon, Jr. arrived at an early hour th’s mornizg and already is lending his busy father, who is chairman of the Beltrami coutny commissioners, all the assistance that a 9 pound son can lend. Although Puposky is really his home, Viggo, Jr., showed his partiality for Bemid- by being born here. Incidentally, Viggo, Sr., is so happy that he doesn’t care a—very much whether the at- torney general ever renders a decis- ion in the Hazen case. Mrs. Peter- son is doing nicely and as much can be said for her husband’s cigars. In the meantime the young county com- missioner is making everybody with- in hailing distance sit up and take notice. BURNED BY HOT SOUP; DYING Boone, Iowa, Woman Frightfully Scalded While Preparing Meal. Boone, Towa, Aug. 14.—Mrs. Dav- id Hennessy is at the point of death in a local hospital as the result of an accident in which hot coffee, wa- ter and vegetable soup were spilled over her, burning her severely. Harmon Avoids Bryan. Columbus, 0., Aug. 14.—The Jef- ferson Club, the insurgent Democrat- ic organization of Franklin County, held its annual outing at Olentangy park today with William J. Bryan as the guest of honor and principal speaker. Governor Harmon declined l.:g invitation to attend the: nt.her- In the meantime the Rock Island -