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

THE BEMIDJI D . VOLUME 9. NUMBER 118. = ILY PIONEER BEMIDJI, MINVESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1911. - TEN CENTS PER WEEK. " FAILS TO WIN GIRL; JUMPS INTO LAKE | » . Gilbert Slatter, Driven From Mclver | Home Aiter Effort to See Domes- | tic, Commits Suicide. ATIEMPTS TO FIND BODY FAIL + - Fatal Plunge Witnessed By Two Young Men in Nearby Skiff, Who | Fail at Rescue. ¥ ROMANCE OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS 4 Wooed Annie Anderson, Strenuous Courtship Landing Him in Jail Few Days Ago. Because Miss Annie Anderson, a domestic employed at the home of Kenneth Meclver, 1003 Beltrami av- | * , enue, refused to marry him, Gilbert Slatten, 30 years old, a carpenter, went to Lake Bemidji about 4 p. m i vesterday, after having beem ejected from the Meclver residence, stole a boat owned by County Treasurer - George H. French, rowed with a piece of board 100 yards from shore, jump- ed into the water and was drowned. Suicide Seen by Two. The suicide was witnessed by Wal- ter Slosser and Lawrence Kennedy, Grand Forks young men who have been spending the summer here, and who were rowing at the time from [ Diamond Point to the Bemidji dock. % Chief of Police Harrington was noti- fied and he at once began a search * for the body which has not yet been recovered. Although Slatten had been forcing his attentions on Miss Anderson for a year and a half and had been not only persistent but at times violent in his declarations of love, Miss An- derson is today prostrated over the death of the young man and shoul- ders the blame for his tragic end. Had Been Unable to Work. Slatten has been employed in the = construction of the Swedish Lutheran church, America avenue and Sixth street, and his erratic actions of the past few days attracted the attention of Rev. J. H. Randahl. ! & “The man seemed to be unable to 4o his work,” said Rev. Randahl to- day. “He seemed to be constantly | thinking about something else.’ On Wednesday of last week, while ' Mr. and Mrs. Mclver were attending | the state fair, Slatten went to the | Mclver home in search of Miss An- | derson, whom he first met at Rosby | 1S months ago, shortly after her ar- 1 y rival from Norway, the young woman > fl\-ing with her father and sister on b a farm adjoining the one on which ’ Slatten lived. Locked Up Over Night. It happened that when Slatten made his Wednesday call, Lewis [ Hatcher and Tora Johnson were pres- ent. Slatten insisted on gaining ad- miftance and when this was denied him, he kicked in a door. The police was called and Slatten was locked up __1\__.. over night. i Upon gaining his liberty he ap- « peared repentant, but renewed his ‘efl’orts at love making with increased zeal. He had offered Miss Anderson $50 in cash and trip to the old coun- try if she would become his bride, but this Miss Anderson apparently had no intention of doing, no matter what the inducements might be. " Acted Queer Yesterday. All yesterday forenoon Slatten paced up and down in front of the Mclver home. In the afternoon Mrs. Mclver came down town and Miss Anderson, fearful of Slatten, slipped | across the street to the John Moberg I residence. Slatten saw Mrs. Mclver leave, and believing the girl to be alone, broke into the house and ran- * >sacked it in search of the girl of his — dreams. Slatten was still searching when Mrs. Mclver returned. He encoun- tered her, displaying violent rage, and accusing Mrs. McIver of having concealed Miss- Anderson and pre- venting their marriage. He became so violent in - his.actions and lan- guage that Mrs. Mclver became - alarmed and called upon W. P. Foley for assistance. A strugsgle ensued, during which Slatten’s face was in- jured and he was pushed from the house with his nose bleeding pro-" fusely. Goes Directly to Lake. This was shortly after 3:30 and: Slatten went directly to the lake shore, cut loose the French skiff and paddled out into the lake where he teok off his hat and coat and with a scream leaped out of the boat. The blood soaked coat led to the theory that he had first cut his {throat, but this is disproved by the eye witnesses and the fact that he was bleeding when he left the Mec- Iver home. Walter Slosser, who has been con- dncting the grocery store at Lavinia, Aid not see the actual death leap, but his companion, Lawrence Kenued)}, did. Mr. Kennedy said: “We were just passing the Warfield iouse something more than 109 yards ott shore, when we heard a scream behind us, and looking around I saw Slatten drop his coat into the skiff, pause a moment and then tumble into the water. He was out of sight for a while when he came up, then went down and came up a second time, and that was the last I saw of him. We were unable to reach him, so we irowed ashore and notified the police.” Searching parties were at once or- garized and a systematic search is be.ng made for the body, but so far without success. MARRIED IN MAY; DIES Harold S. Wiley, of Turtle River, Fails to Survive Operation for Appendicitis. After a married life of less than six months, Harold S. Wiley, 22 years old, died here this morning following an operation for appendicitis, which was performed last Saturday. At his bedside was his weeping bride, his mother and A. W. Baldwin, his stepfather. The young man was employed as a bookkeeper at Turtle River for the Turtle River Lumber company. He was married last May to Ethel Por- ter in this city and the young folks at once took up their residence in Turtle River. The body will be taken to the young man’'s former home town of New Albin, lIowa. Relatives will go to lowa to attend the funeral. STATE SELLS 320 ACRES MORE Considered Good, But Big Sale Will Take Place in November. At the state land sale held here yesterday by Thecdore Nelson of the state auditor's office, 320 acres of land was sold to the following: J. J. Opsahl, 40 acres in Turtle River township; Thomas Sloan, 80 acres, Turtle River; George H. Ostrander, 83 acres, Turtle River; William H. Rice, 40 acres; Clark C. Spencer, 80 acres, both in the town of Northern. “We consider this remarkably good,” said Mr. Nelson, “as the land offered has been up several times be- fore. At the November sale we shall have the newly appraised lands up and expect a large sale at that time.” The complete amount- of lands to go on sale at that time follow: Monday, Nov. 6, 2 p. m., Wadena, Wadena county, $7,600. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 10 a. m., Park Rapids, Hubbard county, $28,000. Wednesday, Nov. 8, 10 a. m., Be- midji, Beltrami county, 27,000. Friday, Nov. 10, 10 a. m, Walker, Cass county, 40,000. Monday, Nov. 13, 10 a. m. Interna- tional Falls, Koochiching county, 17,- 000. Wednesday, Nov. 15, 10 a. m., Du- luth, St. Louis county, 36,000. Thursday, Nov. 16, 2 p. m., Pine City, Pine county, 3,200. I Friday, Nov. 17, 10 a. m.,, Axtkm,l Aitkin county, 40,000. Monday, Nov. 20, 10 a. m., Grand Rapids, Itasca county, 33,000. Tuesday, Nov. 21, 10 a. m., Crook- ston, Polk county, 4,000. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 10 a. m., Moorhead, Clay county, 760. Thursday, Nov. 23, 1 p. m., Bagley, Clearwater county, 8,200. Friday, Nov. 24, 11 a. m., Halloek, Kittson county, 23,000. Saturday, Nov. 25, 10 a. m., ren, . Marshall county, 33,000. Monday, Nov. 27, 2 p. m., Roseau, Roseau county, 18,000. War- GRAND JURY READY - FORDUMASDECISION Last Witnesses Heard and Indictment Expected to Be Returned Late This Afternoon. MANY PERSONS HEARD TODAY List Includes Fullerton, Smyth, Field- ing, Mrs. Tedford and Others From Cass Lake. JANES “CALLS” JOHN BENNER Aroused Because He Whispered, As- sistant Attorney-General Threatens to Jail Him. After considering a long list of witnesses whose testimony has ex- tended over more than two days, and has consumed more time than had been anticipated, the Beltrami county grand jury this afternoon heard the last testimony in the Dumas case, and an indictment is expected to be returned before the day is over. Dr. Dumas, who came to Bemidji yesterday, expecting to learn the re- sult of the grand jury deliberations, was on hand again today, and admit- ted that an indictment was to be ex- pected. As a matter of fact it would not be surprising to some if more| ‘| than one indictment against the Cass | Lake man is brought in. At noon all witnesses with the ex- ception of two had been examined.! These two witnesses occupied the at- tention of the jurors untll about 3 o’clock. The greatest secrecy is maintained by the state as to who and what the character of the testimony has been and by whom it was given, when the identity of witnesses can be covered up. Assistant Fire Marshal Sam Fuller- ton was the first man to enter the grand jury room to testify this morn- ing. Then came John Benner, who was warned yesterday afternoon by Assistant Attorney-General Janes to| desist talking with state witnesses. Others were: William Munbhall, implicated early in the case and ar-| rested, afterwards being discharged; D. C. Smyth, father of Bert Smyth, the state’s witness; Dr. Stanton, who was with Dr. Dumas at the Commer- cial Club rooms about the time of the Puposky affair, and Charles Nelson, a saloonkeeper of Cass Lake, a new wit- ness in the case. John Lane of St. Paul, said to be| under indictment of the Ramsey county court on the charge of having aided a prisoner to escape from a pc- liceman at the Union depot in St. Paul, has been here today. “It is believed that the state will take up with the grand jury the al- leged incendiary fire at Blackduck, to the Gearlds Brothers of this city, as soon as the Puposky case is dis- posed of by the jury. The Benner incident took place yesterday afternoon. John had been subpoenaed as a witness before the grand jury. He had been whisper- ing to at least one of the other wit- nesses, “Pal” Kennedy, and this caused Assistant Attorney -General Janes to smell a rat and pointing an accusing finger at Benner he said: “You cut that out, and cut it out quick, my man, or I'll throw you into jail.” Benner looked like a small boy who had been caught whispering in sehiool,-and from then on maintained a silence, Mr. Janes instructing Bail- iff Lundgren to arrest him if he fur- ther violated the rules, Among those from Cass Lake sum- mohed before the grand jury were: Chas. Tedford, and Mrs. Woods, a sis- ter of Tedford, and there is an air of .- mystery surrounding whatever connection these may have with the Dumas case. Behan is closely accompanied by Detective Fielding or Deputy State iFire' Marshal Heimbach and some- times by both. Dr. Dumas expressed amusement today over the publication in outside papers to the effect that he was be- coming down-hearted over the out- come of the charges against him. “If 1 am less jolly than usual,” he said, “it is news to me. For I feel as confident of the outcome now. as I have at any time. This talk that the case is causing me to become dis- couraged is simply newspaper dope.” MIXUP AT THE CROOKSTON FAIR Effort of Birdman to Escape to Little s+~ Falls is Successful. The third annual fair of the North- western Minnesota Agricultural so- clety, now on in Crookston, saw some by-play which was not on the fair posters. This was when Deputy Sher- iff Burkhardt met the Northern Pa- ijcific train for St. Paul from Grand Forks at 1:05 in the afternoon armed with writs of attachment which he served on Agent Handy, the conduc- tors, the baggageman and any other Northern Pacific employe who hap- pened around, then boarded the train and unloaded the Kenworthy-McGoey Curtiss aeroplane under a complaint sworn out by George H. Webster, booking agent for the Kenworthy- McGoey combination in which Web- ster alleged that he had a contract from the birdmen to fly four days during the Crookston fair, whereas, they had tickets bought for Little Falls, Minn., where the flying ma- ’lchine was also billed, and Where they were advertised to appear on Thursday and Friday at a fair. Late yesterday the tangle was straightened out and the birdmen {continued to Little Falls where they plan exhibition flights this afternoon. | P E— By operation of law Rear Admiral Uriah R. Harris, governor of the Na- I val Home at Philadelphia, was placed on the retired list today on account of age. He is succeeded at Philadel- phia by Rear Admiral Reynolds. SAY! MA. FARMER That special offer we made you sometime ago s till holds good. Here It Is Again The Daily Pioneer per year - - This price is good only .. 9300 to (mail subscribers) that is to subscribes who have the paper come through the mail and where the subscription is paid (one full year in advance.) The Weekly Pione per year - - = $100 Only when paid one full year in advance. Sub- scribe today. Send money order or cash to ‘Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Company Bemidji, Minn. Mrs. Nora Tedford, wife of the late! O R R RN CROROR R COPOOOOOIVOOOO®O® G| The Weatker: variable winds. Friday fair. Brisk . At Grand Forks an elephant in the Gentry Brothers show was shot yes- terday. The elephant had a leg brok- en in a wreck. The tenth anniversary of the death of the late President William Me- | Kinley was observed with simple memorial exercises at Canton, Ohio, today. This afternoon a number of magnificent floral pieces were taken ito the mausoleum. Four warships of the Pacific fleet, the California, West Virginia, South Dakota and Colerado, are to sail to- {morrow from San Francisco on a | cruise to the Hawaiian Islands. The four cruisers will be accompanied on the trip by eight torpedo boat de- stroyers. instantly killed and his father Dun- can Beaton injured late yesterday af- ternoon when their big 35-hors:pow- er Reeves threshing engine broke through a wooden bridge across Oak Creek six miles southwest of Bot- tinueau, N. D. The northern I[owa and southern Minnesota conference of the Free Methodist Church began its annual meeting at Plymouth, Iowa, today with Bishop Wilson T. Hogue, of Ev- anston, Ill., presiding. The sessions of the conference will continue through an entire week. John, otherwise known as “Dog- skin,” Johnson last evening confessed at Madison, Wis,, to the abduction and murder of little Annie Lemberg- er, the 7 year old child whose body was found in Lake Monona on Sat- urday morning last, and was imme- diately sentenced by Judge Anthony to'life imprisonment. “I shall say,” announced Attorney Wilson for Whittjer at the training school hearing yesterday, “that the governor is a cross between a mistake and a misfortune. The misfortune is the death of his illustrious predeces- sor. The mistake is in his incum- bency of the position which he oceu- pies but can never fill.” President Taft's vacation ends to- day, so far as his stay at his summer home is concerned. Tomorrow morn- ing, acccr‘npanied by his secretary and the ever-present secret service of- ficers, he will motor into Boston, and in the evening will depart from that city on his 13,000-mile tour to the Pacific coast and back to Washing- ton. Distinguished visitors from many sections of the country are in Provi- dence for the fortieth annual reun- ion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. The reunion will begin to- morrow and continue over Saturday. Among the notable participants will be Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, Gen. Ho- ratio C. King, Gen. John E. Black and Edwin Markham, the poet. “General” William Booth was the central figure at a great public re- ception given in London today to mark the termination of his evange-: listic tour of the United Kingdom. The tour was made in a motor car and occupied twenty-six days. Not- withstanding his 82 years the vener- able founder and head of the Salva- tion Army is looking forward with eager interest to his coming visit to America. The Wolgast-McFarland boxing bout billed for Friday night was called off at Milwaukee by the Na- tional Athletic club shortly after midnight after a conference of club officials following a lengthy confer- ence between the club representa- tives and county officials together with acting Governor Morris. It was evident from the stand taken by the acting governor and Sheriff Arnold with the backing of the district at- torney that any attempt to put the contest on would not be permitted. In the presence of the largest and most notable gathering of dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church that ever assembled in Ogdensburg, N. Y., the celebration of the sacerdotal ju- bilee of the Rt. Rev. Henry Gabriels, bishop of Ogdensburg, began today with a pontificial high mass of thanksgiving. Among the eminent prelates in attendance were Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, apostolic delegate to the United States, Arch-' bishop Farley of New York, Arch-! | bishop Gauthier -of Ottawa, and sev- eral bishops. James Beaton, aged 23, was almost | the burning of a building belonging |® QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. ©(MANY SEE VARIED EXHIBITS AT FAIR More Than 300 Distinct Displays at Beltrami County Exhibition, In- cluding Stock. PRIZE PUMPKIN WEIGHS 60 LBS. Also Fine Specimens of Squash, Oth- er Vegetables, Fruits and Collec- tion of Grasses. TOMORROW IS TO BE A BIG DAY Banks and Other Business Houses to Close and Double Prograr of Sports to Be Given. Following a morning of mist, rain and leaden skies the sun broke through the clouds at noon and this afternoon many persons are on the grounds to see the displays of the Beltrami county annual fair. Tomorrow will be the biggest day of the three, many of the leading business houses of the city closing at noon. All the banks will close, the Daily Pioneer will print.at noon and the schools will suspend. Already the work of awarding the prizes is on, Superintendent A. J. McGuire of Grand Rapids; Professors {Thomas Cooper. and = George Baker and Daniel E. Willard of St. Paul, development agent of the Northern Pacific, having arrived to assist in this work. There are’three entries for the State Dairymen’s association $50 cup prize for the best dairy herd. The Bemidji bank furnished mu- sic this afternoon and will be on the job again tomorrow. The entertain~ ment program will start tomorrow promptly at 3 p. m. 300 Exhibitors. More than 300 exhibitors have en- tered articles for prizes. Nearly ev- ery article on which there were priz- es offered in the premium list recent- ly published are exhibited. The judges selected for the vari- ous departments follow: Stock judges—Otto Bergh and Prof. A. J. McGuire of Grand Rap- ids. Vegetables and grains—Professor Cooper of the state agricultural col- lege and his assistant, George J. Bak- er. Domestic display—Mrs. C. G. John- son, Mrs. W: N. Bowser and Mrs. E. H. Smith. School display—DMirs. E. H. Denu and Mrs. G. W. Campbell. Some of the exhibitors who have brought grain, vegetables and fruit ,and other displays are, N. G. Rey- !nolds, John Goodman, Carl Opsata, IJ G. Palmer, August Jarchow, C. F. nSchroeder. V. L. Ellis, E. D. Bentley, H. B, Akkee, Lee Hill, Gus Bullow, C. C. Chamberlain, E. M. Britton, W. J. Worth, E. A. Rako, A. A. Chris- tianson, Geo. Miller, F. M. Malzahn, W. A. Garrison, H. Krohn, Peter Amundson, A. P. Blumm, A. Larson, Peter Radel, J. Eickstadt. These Win Potato Prizes. } In the potato exhibits there were eight prizes awarded for each of four kinds of potatoes raised, Burbank, Carmen, Early Ohio and Early Tramp. The prizes awarded for Bur- bank potatoes follow: Ora Whitting, N. G. Reynolds, G, A. Buell, J. H. Randell, Lars Eber- line, Bell Whitting, F. Adams, Geo. Worth. The Carmen potatoes: August Jarchow, John Sorenson, John Patterson, Red Lake Agency, S. 'F. Adams, Geo. Kirk, W. G. Schroe- tder, L. O. Myhre. The Early Ohio: 5 August Jarchow, Lars Eberline, Geo. Kirk, F. N. Johnson. The Early Tramp: G. H. Buell, J. H. Rendell, Geo. H. Miller, August Jarchow, N. G. Rey- nolds, Ora Whitting, Chas. Schroe- der, The biggest pumpkin on display is being exhibited by A. L. Godbout. It lls known as the Quaker pie pump- kin and weighs nearly 50 pounds. C. +(Continued on last page) MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.