Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 18, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PION VOLUME 9. NUMBER 121. 3 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA; MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1911 Ferguson, formerly a Cass Lake saloonkeeper, and the man for whom it is eaid, Dr. Dumas was holding the dynamite which was found in the mayor’'s safe following his arrest on June 17 last, was a witness here last week Dbefore the Beltrami county grand jury. It is supposed that Dr. Dumas would contend that Ferguson was to use the incriminating dyna- mite to clear land. Ferguson Charged With Perjury. The charge against Ferguson al- leged that he gave untruthful testi- OLD FEUDS BEING REVIVED|mony. As soon as he was arraigned WCLENAHAN TO TRY DUMAS ARSON CASE Swamped By Work in Chambers Judge Stanton Gives Way to Brain- erd Jurist. |Judge Marshall A. Spooner, chief : : : !counsel for Dr. Dumas, was sum- Different Factions Show Feeling and | nin" s ¢ Sentiment Seems to Swing Toward “Why was this man arrested,” de- {manded Mr. Spooner, “When the grand jury is still in session?” Attorney E. E. McDonald, appear-| ing for the state said: FERGUSON HELD ON $2,000 BAIL| “In justice to Dr. Dumas, 1 will say !that it would be no more than fair | that the hearing of Mr. Ferguson be . |postponed until after the trial of Dr. Arraigned Before Court Commission- | pumas.” | er Simons on Charge of Perjury | et Before Grand Jury. el Cass Lake Man. en the question was raised as m: e with which Fer- | d was bailable. (‘unr” Simons ruled that it and fixed the bail hond at $2,000. A. Christensen, a practicing Lake, and M. J. merchant, signed | Ferguson’s bond, his hearing was set | torneys for the state handling the|for Sept. 26 at 10 a. m. and he was | case against Dr. D. F. Dumas, Who|gjven his liberty, but not until after | last week was indicted on a charge of | e had protested his innocence and | attempted arson in the third degree, |had declared his arrest unjust. 1 arrangements are being completed | i for the opening of the Dumas trial at | Photos Were Taken. 9 a. m. on Wednes | The arrest of Ferguson was caused | county is tods | al evidence being presented by at-| | before Court Commissioner Simons, | DISCREDITS DUMAS YARN It became definitely known today |by Assistant Attorney General Janes that Judge W. S. McClenahan of | who is here to represent the attorney | Brainerd, would be present Wednes-| general's office in the prosecution of | day to sueceed Judge Stanton on the | Dr. Dumas. bench and that he would sit through-| That Ferguson had told the grand | out the present criminal calendar.|jury some kind of a dynamite story | Judge Stanton is swamped with work | is indicated by the fact that Detec- | to be done in chambers and Judge|tive Fielding, who went to Deer | McClenahan feit that it would be an | River to make an investigation, took | imposition to ask him to sit at the|with him C. C. Crippen, the Be- present term. | midji photographer, and that Mr. 9 . | Crippen took pictures of the spots Case Stirs:Tp, 014 Fights, where the dynamite was presumed It is doubtful if there ever before 1o have been used to blast out stumps | was u case in Beltrami county which | iy clearing land, has fanned the smoldering fives of the | -Ahout all we got was pictures of different factions of this part of the| arown: slrelthes™ was: Dabao: state, with angles which penetrate|(jve Fielding’s comment. the capitol itself, as has the present| Aqsistant State Fire Marshal Sam charges against Dr. Dumas. Fullerton left Saturday for St. Paul. There is no question but that pub- lic sentiment, at one time over- whelmingly against the mayor DtiH‘IGH SCHOOL DROPS “ECHO” Cass Lake, is swinging the other way —_— and the prediction is not iufrequem:‘pnpus Decide to Make Enlarged An- that his conviction by the state will| nual Take Place of Monthly. be a difficult, if not impossible, task. e That the state has an avalanche of | At a mass meeting of the students testimony to present against the doc-|at High School called by Miss Loe to tor there can be no doubt and it is|decide whether or not the school just as true that the defense is pre- |should try to publish another volume pared to melt away part of it; lmw!of its paper, “The Echo,” it was de- | much remains to be seen. | cided that the paper be discontinued. | The proposition was held up in all its What Happened Saturday. different lights and was thoroughlyl v of thrills iun the | discussed by members of last year's Dumas case, the mayor of Cass Lake|staff. Finally it was decided that the being arraigued at noon before Judge | publication of a high monthly en-| C. W. Stanton when he pleaded not|tails too much expense and labor, and guilty to an indictment charging at-| therefore, the proposition was turned tempted arson in the third degree|down. It was decided, however, that returned Friday by the Beltrami| the school should make a special ef- county grand jury, his ¢ being set|fort this year to publish an annual. for next Wednesday morning and on|The movement for such a book has top of this came the arrest at Deer|heen on foot for several years, and a River of Ole Ferguson on the charge step in that direction was taken last | of having committed perjury. |year by the Senior class, who took Nor was that all, Ferguson was charge of the final issue of the Echo. arrested on his farmi near Deer River|This year, however, the annual will by Deputy Sheriff Norman Helmer of he more elaborate and will be a big this ¢ who was accompanied by |hooster for the city and the school. | Detective Fielding and a photo-| Another meeting will be called in the grapher. On the way to Bemidji to|near future to decide on the officers arraign Ferguson. the party passed|to take charge of the book. through Cass Lake, and Detective Fielding and Deputy Sheriff Helmer | i tell about the same story of their|FAIR EXHIBITS ARE TO TRAVEL experience there, which is in effect N as follows: Beltrami Products Shipped to St. Distiitishce st i Take: Paul to Be Used on Display Cars. “When the train came to Cass Lake;‘ Exhibits on display at the county we were meet by Dr. Dumas and ; fair here last week have been shipped Walter Johnson, the latter a signer by Secretary A. P. Richie and his as- of the Dumas bond. Deputy Sheriff |sistants to St. Paul where they will Helmer was requested to exhibit the be arranged on the display cars of the warrant under which Ferguson was Great Northern and Northern Pacific arrosted and that the prisioner be|cars which are to tour the country taken before an attorney. When in-|in an effort to attract settlers to formed that it was the intention to|Northern Minnesota. All the exhib-| deliver Ferguson into the hands of |its have been removed from the fair | the court and not be exhibit the|grounds. President A. P. White and warrant before, both Johnson and |Secretary Richie were busy today Dumas created a seen on the train|sending out the prize checks. Offi-| and the depot platform by hurling|cials of the fair are well pleased with Pinkerton Detective Fielding Does Not Believe Cass Lake Man Nixed Up in Shubert Robbery. HAS DONE WORK ON THE CASE “I do not believe that Dr. Dumas had anything to do with the robbery of the Shubert theater, in St. Paul, last winter,” says J. C. Fielding of St. Paui, assistant northwestern man-{ ager of the Pinkerton National De- tective Agency, who is in Bemidji in connection with the Dumas arscn case. The late Frank Fraser, a’member of the St. Paul detective squad, who was shot and killed by Juhl, the es- caped Stillwater convict. and Mr. Fielding (the latter working for the Pinkertons) jointly investigated the Shubert theater robbery, last winter, and they went into the matter deep- ly. Asked today concerning the re- port published in St. Paul and Min- neapolis papers wherein local per- sons there attempted to ring in Dr. Dumas, Mr. Fielding declared it as his belief that Dr. Dumas had noth- ing whatever to do with the Shu- bert affair. “Furthermore, T don’t believe that Chief O’Connor has ever accused Du- mas of complicity in that robbery. I know that in the investigations which Fraser and myself made, we had Robinson and Cohen, whom they have arrested, under investigation,” continued Mr. Fielding. “When I got on the Dumas case, 1 let the Shubert matter drop as far as 1 was personally concerned; but I have always maintained that Gernt, the watchman, was the victim of robbers who tied him and got away with the money.” WONDERLAND PARK TG QUIT Owner Admits Loss of $10,000 Dur- ing Present Season. Wonderland park, the Minneapo- lis amusement enterprise, is to be sold at once by its present owners, or else wrecked immediately and sold for what the land and buildings will bring. Anouncement to this effect was made Saturday by H. A. Dorsey of Montreal, Can., president of the Park Construction company and orig- inal promoter of the well-known amusement resort. He is in Minne- apolis to close out his interests. “I shall call a meeting of the directors Tuesday,” said Mr. Dorsey at the Ho- tel Radisson. *“I will recommend that { Minn., violent language and demanding that the warrant be produced. It looked as if an attempt was to be made 10 overpower us, but the train started and ended the scene. Dr. Dumas| was on the train and came to Be- midji.” Dumas Happy in Court. Dr. Dumas got off the train here and accompanied the prisioner to the chambers of Court Commissioner H. A. Simons. He appeared in his usual jolly spirits and sat with his feet on the judge's desk during the examination of Ferguson. There was nothing in his attitude to indi- cate that he had been the principal in an exciting episode and he made no reference to the incident. | this year's exhibition, both as to the number of exhibits and their quality and the number of persons who saw the buildings in the park be sold for what we can get, including the vari- them, |ous amusement devices, and the site | be sold at once for building lots. It The first session of the annual con- | O%°T3 about twenty acres, and would vention of the International Associa- | K€ @ hundred residence lots. I tion. of Fire Englneers was held, 1n| % going uut. of the park amusement business entirely to look after my | Milwaukee this morning with fire| R |ehiefs from mearly all of the princi- |2 JeF loterests. ~ Wonderland lost | pal cities of the United States ’“‘dia out 310,000_uus season, on account of cold and rainy weather. We made |Canada in attendance. Mayor Seidel | € : delivered an address of welcome and | % 800¢ Profit in June, but lost money since. I am not discouraged as the John Thompson of Toronto, president of the association, responded for the p(rk"bas made money every other visitors. The convention will con-|¥ 2% tinue its sessions four days. One of the features is an exhibition of fire apparatus of the most modern pat- tern and design. Dressmaking parlors at 1215 Bel- trami Ave. now open. “Miss Meta Stechman. Phone 587. T OFF FOR BLACKDUCK MEETING | Presbyterian Divines Assemble There For Sunday School Gathering. At Blackduck tomorrow in the Presbyterian stone church of that place and attended by distinguished | | Presbyterian speakers from many | towns in Minnesota and Dr. Chris- | topher Humble of Chicago will open for a three days’ session the Presby- terial Sunday School institute. | Rev. D. K. Laurie, of Thief River| | Falls, Sunday School missionary of | ithe Presbytery of Adams, and pastor evangelist; Rev. C. E. Boyden, pastor | of the Thief River Falls Presbyterian church and Rev. H. 0. Sweet, of Em~| erson, Manitoba, are in Bemidji to-| day on their way to Blackduck. } The complete program at Black- | duck follows: First session, 9:00 a. m. to 12 m; gseeond session, £ p. m. to 4:30 p. m.; third session, 7:45 p. m. to 9 p. m. | Dr. Christopher Humble, Chicago, 111, §. 8. exert and principal speaker. Robt. F. Sulzer, Minneapolis, Supt. of Presbyterian S. S. Missions in the District of the North- west. Rev. D. K. Laurie, Presbyterian S. 8. Missionary in the Presbytery of Adams. Rev. F. J. Barackman, Chairman of S. S. Committee in the Presbytery of Adams. Tuesday Morning. 9:00—Devotionals, Robert F. Sulz- er, leader. 9:2—The Primary Room, Its Privi- leges, Possibilities and its Problems, Mrs. J. M.- Bish- ©p, Thief River Falls. 9:45—Training the Junmiors, Mrs. E. W. Akers, Crookston. 10::15—The Teacher’s Preparation to Teach the Graded Lessons; How? Mrs. J. C. Parker, Blaekduck. 10:45—Subject selected, Dr. Chris- topher Humble, Chicago, I11. Tuesday Afternoon. 2:08—Evangelism in the Sunday School the Real Goal, Mr. John Pollock, Orleans, Minn. 2:30—How to Develop the Little Sunday School, Mrs. J. F. Montgomery, Angus, Minn. 2:00—Practica] Methods in S. S. Work, Mrs. Mathwig, War- ren. 3:30—The C. S. An Educative Force, Rev. H. R. Robinson, Gran- dine, N. D. 4:99—Blackduck Primary Class in “session, Mrs. E. L. Oberg, teacher, Blackduck. 4:20— Methods that Win, Mrs. E. A. Hastay, Blackduck. Tuesday Evening. 7:45—Closing Address, Dr. Chris- topher Humble, Chicago, I1l. ‘Wednesday Morning. 9:00—Call to order. Devotionals, Rev. D. K. Laurie, Thief River Falls, leader. 9:30—Presbytery Constituted. Roll Call. Dociset. 12:00—Recess. ‘Wednesday Afternoon. 2:00—Call to order. Docket. 5:00—Recess. 7:45—Call to order. Retiring Mod- erator’s Sermon, Rev. E. W. Akers, Crookston.. Celebra- tion of the Lord’s Supper. Thursday Morning. 9:00—Call to order. Devotionals, Rev. Romeo Drysdale, Mal- ~ lory, leader. 9:390—Docket. i SENATOR CARTER DEAD Distingnished Montanan Unexpected Passes Away Sunday in His Wash- ington Home. ‘BEEN IN PUBLIC-LIFE 22 YEARS Washington, Sept. 18.—Former U. S. Senator Thomas Henry Carter of Montana, for many years: a.notable and picturesque character in national politics, once chairman of the Repub- lican national committee and since last year chairman of the American section of the International commis- sion, died at his home Sunday of in- fection of the lungs. He was 67 years old. Mr. Carter’s career was remark- able, extending over twenty-two years of congressional and official life at Washington. This embraced the service as the first Republican elect- ed from Montana; two terms in the United States senate and executive positions as commissioner of the gen- eral land office, chairman of the Re- publican national committee in the second and unsuccessful campaign of Benjamin Harrison for the - presi- dency; president of the board of United States commissioners for the Louisiana purchase exposition at St. Louis and since last March chairman of the mewly created “International Joint commission, American section,” especially charged with Canadian boundary matters. An Ohioan by birth, an Iowan by adoption and a Montanan long be- fore that state was admitted to state- hood, Mr. Carter jumped to the fromt almost from the outset of his work in congress. Perhaps the most remarkable of all his forensic achievements was his de- feat cf a big river and harbor appro- priation which he regarded as a “grab” measure during the McKinley administration. President McKinley did not favor the bill and Mr. Carter, a strong ad- ministration supporter, began 'a speech against it at 10:50 o’clock at night and talked continually until noon of the day following when the session of congress expired. ROBINSON TO FLY 1,917 MILES St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 18.—Hugh K. Robinson, the aviator, has been: nom- inated by the Trans-Mississippi Riv- er Flight association to make the Minneapolis to New Orleans Hydro- aeroplane flight of 1,917 miles which, when accomplished, will set a new world’s record for cross country fly- ing. Robinson will start from the sur- face of Lake Calhoun in the heart of the residence district of Minneapolis ion Wednesday morning Oct. 1 He will fly for a purse of $20,000 faised Dby the river cities in which he'is to] give hydro-aeroplaning exhibitions. His course down the river will be easy stages and the start timed for the opening of the deep Waterways convention in Chicago. Every effort will be made to make the flight the as to call attentiomto the length and, COOOPOOO00OOQ00OO © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. © 00000000000 00600 The Weather: Fair Tuesday; mod- erate to brick northwest winds. A school for millers, said to be the first ever opened in the United States, has been established and will begin its sessions at the Pennsylvania State College tomorrow. C. P. Rodgers, third aviator to at- tempt to win the Hearst $50,000 prize for flying across the continent, sailed from New York yesterday, landing at Middletown, 80 miles away for the night. Four members of the family of F. | Klein, postmaster and notary public of Roefield, Wis., and a servant of the family were killed when a passenger train struck their double buggy Sun: day evening. Elaborate preparations have been completed at Sault Ste. Marie for the wedding of Miss Emily F. Osbora, daughter of Governor and Mrs. Chase S. Osborn, and Richard Sanderson of Ridléy Park, Pa. Henry Clay RBeattie, Jr., the con- victed wife murderer, was taksn to Richmond, Va., Sunday from Chester- field in an auto by a deputy sheriff and placed in the Richmond city jail where he will remain until taken to the penitentiary for execution on No- vember 24. Disguised in a tight fitting coat be- longing to the wife of Warden Jones, worn over a white shirt and with his features concealed under an old hat and white veil, Michael Sodoleski, 34 life prisoner for murder walked out the front door of the Ohio state pris- |on between 4:30 and 5 o’clock Sun- day afternoon. Under the disguise he wore a gray suit belonging to the warden’s son. In full view of a crowd of 50,000 persons, shortly after President Taft bad left the state fair grounds, at Syracuse, a big racing automobile plunged at 75 miles an hour through the jace track fence late Sunday, crashing into the crowd, killing six men outright, decapitating a boy, whose father was among the killed, fataily injuring three who.later died in hospitals, and seriously injuring eleven more. A proposal that rural carriers be permitted to furnish lists of people along their routes to business houses and the adoption of the domestic par- cels post will be discussed at the an- nual convention of the National Ru- ral Letter Carriers’ association, which opened in Milwaukee today. The carriers are of the opinion that these two steps would go far toward wip- ing ocut the annual $25,000,000 defi- cit in the mail service. ‘When President Taft speaks before the Mational Conservation Congress at Kansas City next week it is prob- able he will make clear the adminis- tration’s future attitude in Alaskan affairs. The president is understood to be determined to settle as soon as possible the vexed questions that confront development in Alaska and may preach his doctrine not only at the convention here but at other points which he will visit during his tour of the West and Northwest. The second day of President Taft’s visit to Michigan brought him to Sault Ste. Marie’s famous gateway to the upper lakes. Upon his arrival there shortly after noon today he found the ecity gayly decorated in honor of his visit. Governor Osborn was on hand to give him welcome and the crowd that thronged the vi- cinity of the station and all the streets of the downtown section was probably the largest ever seen there. Among the visitors were many Cana- dians from across the border. The fifty-sixth annual convention of the American Association of Gen- eral Passenger and Ticket Agents be- gan i1s sessions at St. Paul today with Colonel Samuel Moody, passenger traffic manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, presiding. The convention will continue for several days. One of the timely topics to be discussed is the recommendation that railroad passengers be charged extra for us- ing high-class equipment. It has been suggested that a quarter of a cent a mile be added to the price of a ticket for a passenger using an observation or a parlor car. In sup- port of the proposal it is contended that the railroads expend large amounts to furnish this class of trav- lelers fast train service, luxurious sur- {Toundings, and special attention of various kinds. - The association will thoroughly discuss the matter, but any action it may take will be pure- 1y advisory in its nature. A motable feature of the convention will be the banquet tomorrow night. Among those scheduled to speak-at the ban- |Crea of the Pennsylvania system, maximum benefit to science as weuruet are James J. Hill, President Mc- the possibilities of the Mississippi] river and the importance of the eities located on it. & Robinson was selected | ¢ from more than forty applications. ;J;'nme and Germany. | Vice-president Daly of the New York | Centiral lines, and several representa- ives of government railways in HIGH WIND BRINGS SUDDEN DARKNESS Damage to Electric Wires Causes Churches and Theaters Inconveni- ence for 10 Minutes. PIANIST SCORES AT MAJESTIC Unable to See Notes or Keys Hazel Fellows Plays Melodies and Wins i Her Audience. BEMIDJT BOYS AT BRINKMAN Make a Hit With Song and After Fall, Receive Applause and “Boguet.” | The violent wind and rainstorm shortly after 8 o'clock last night caused damage to the electric light i wires which forced the company to shut off the light on arc and down- town cireuits, plunging that part of the city into darkness for a period of ten minutes. Churches and Theaters Dark. Included in the places darkened were the churches and the Brinkman and Majestic theaters. At the Brinkman a musical act was in progress and although the audi- ence laughed-and began to applaud the skit went ahead as if nothing had happened, three large candles being pressed into use for stage illumina- tion. Hazel Fellows to the Rescue. At the Majestic a reel of motion pictures was being run when dark- ness enveloped the place. Instantly, Miss Hazel Fellows, pianist, began playing in the dark and during the time that the_lighis were out eon- tinued to play, with but one false note, all the popular melodies, and won hearty applause for her difficult feat. Lights Soon Turned On. Services at the churches were but slightly interrupted. Repairs were made as quickly as possible and the lights turned on. Bemidji Singers Get a “Boquet.” Two Bemidji young men, Lee King, manager of the Armstrong cafe and J. J. Williams of the Daily Pio- neer force, won tumultous applause and a “boquet” at the Brinkman last evening when they sang for the first time in public the old Irish melody, “Where the River Shannon Flows.” Fall Pleases Crowd. The theater was crowded. The young men singing in tenor voices made a hit. Bowing their approval to the storm of handclapping, they attempted to make a graceful retreat. In some way, in the darkened thea- ter, Mr. Williams, slipped and fell heavily to the floor, which aroused the crowd to repeated applause. Then Comes the Boguet. Quickly arising Mr. Williams start- ed to follow Mr. King to a seat in the main part of the playhouse, when both were confronted with an usher who ceremoniously handed over the “boquet,” which was made up of a 10-pound cabbage, in the center of which was a large lemon. The relic is on display at the Armstrong cafe. Cut Out the Flowers. The two singers enjoyed the joke as much as anyone, but refused to re- spond to an encore. However, the next time they sing they declare they shall insist on “no flowers.” SLATTEN’S BODY STILL IN LAKE Suggestion Offered That More Ener- getic Search Be Made. Somewhere in the chilly waters of Lake Bemidji the body of Gilbert Slatten, the young carpenter who, disappointed in love, last week com- mittad suicide, still floats. Complaint has heen made at this office that no systematic search for the body has been made. “Isn't the city supposed to make some effort to recover a body,” was one expression made to- day, “no matter if the dead per- son is a penniless person not in his right mind? In the name of de- ‘cency and humanity shouldn’t some- thing be dome. I don’t think the body has been searched for longer ' than an hour’s time. They say there are no grappling iroms. Isn’t it up to the city to have such things? Can anyone say that it is right to permit that young man’s body to float amqnnd in the lake?” 3 -