Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 21, 1911, Page 1

H THE BEMIDJ1 VOLUME 9. NUMBER 124. i BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1911, TEN CENTS PER WEEK., . GIFTS AWAIT PAIR WHO WED IN PUBLIC Merchants Joining in Market Day Program Willing to Make Pres- ents to Lovers. MEETING TONIGHT FOR PLANS| | Secretary Ritchie Announces Call For Committeemen to Perfect the Arrangements. PUBLIC AUCTION TO BE HELD| This and Other Features Plan to Make October 12 Great Day for | the Visitors. | in mind that this county was well represented and think so now. That is just the reason why I selected the same men to arrange the exhibit this year as helped Mr. Mackenzie last year. Any claim to superior knowl- edge of products or their arrange- ments for exhibition has never been made by me. I do not think it is quite fair that Mr. Mackenzie should expect me, a green school teacher, to put on as good an exhibit the first vear as he did with all of his knowl- edge and varied experience. However we submit the following| to the judgment of the people of this county: In 1910 it was necessary for a county to score 850 to get any morey from the state fair. In 1911 this mark was lowered to 800. Now, this means if it means anything, that mark of 8§50 in 1910 would be only 00 in 1911. Anyone who is used to grading will see this at a glance.!: ty or parties who broke into the : two standards|: In other words these were taken as mere passing marks. Grantings that they mean the same we still have 20 points more for 1911 exhibit than was given to that of 1910. Again in 1910 we had just 68 points above passing while in 1911 we had 138 above. In 1910 we earned $223.50. In 1911 we earned $237.29. It is true that we ounly took fourth A meeting of the agricultural com- mittee of the Commercial club has| been called for tonight by chairman | A. P. Ritchie which will be held in| the Commercial club rooms at §: o'clock. The purpose of the meeting | is to perfect arrangements for the| market day which is to be held in this city Thursday, October 12. I Merchants Enthusiaistic. i Since the first announcement of | the market day plan the first of the| week much enthusiasm has been dis- | played by the merchants of this city. | The general feeling is that a market day is what Bemidji needs to stimu- | late the farm trade in the city. Ev- ery merchant seems anxious to do his | part towards making this event al suceess. Many things have already Dbeen considered and talked of by the com- mittee and the merchants, among which are the following: To hold a public auction, to hold a public mar- riage, to give prizes to the family ng the longest distance, to the largest family, to the biggest couple, for the biggest load, for the load that will bring the most money at the auction sale and numerous other in- cidents. Want to Get Married? Chairman Ritchie askes that the first bride and groom desiring and willing to be married in public noti- fy him as early as possible, as the| first couple applying will be selected. lle wishes it also understood that all communications to him will be held confidential. | Many merchants have already ex- pressed their desire and have actually made offers in the way of gifts for the bride and groom. Many believe that it is not a question of securing| a couple, but that it is a question of | who will be the lucky couple. Even at this early date A. P. Ritchie's broad smile indicates that he has heard from possible candidates for this happy event. | | To Decide Tonight. At tonight's meeting it is expect-| ed that it will be definitely decided just what the program will consist of, where the auction will be held and where the public ‘marriage will' take place. It will also be decided as| to the kind of publicity that will be! carried on and just what methods will be adopted to bring the farmers into the city on that day. RITCKIE REPLIES TO MACKENZI In Signed Contribution to Pioneer, He Offers Explanation. To the public: After due delib- eration 1 have come to the conclus- ion that it is my duty to make a re- ply to an article which appeared in the Pioneer Saturday evening, Sept. 16, 1911, under the heading “Mack- enzie makes reply” but which should have been “Mackenzie makes anoth- er attack.” As far as I am individu- ally concerned, were I the only one attacked 1 should treat this attack as 1 have the others—with silent con- tempt, that while wallowing in its own slime, it might be the more de- spised. The readers of the Pioneer will re- member that a similar article ap- peared in its columns Thursday ev- ening Sept. 7, 1911. This article place in the contest in 1911, while we tied for third place in 1910. It| is also true that in 1910 there were but 8§ counties in the contest while| this year there were 14. 1 want to ask this question—has| any of the readers of this article heard any one directly connected with the exhibit this year, try to be-| little the exhibit of last year? It is certainly not belittling to say and tell the truth that we scored 20! more points this year—that we drew more money—that we had 138 points to spare this year against 68 last year. It only means to me that we iare progressing in the right direc- tion. Would it not be better to say that both exhibits were good—that we are proud of our county exhib- its, and act upon the theory that: there is “Honor For AIL" —A. P. Ritchie. New Singer for Brinkman Theater. Miss Adeliade Hickman, who ar- rived here from Chicago today will begin her new duties at the Brink- man Family Theater tonight. She will furnish the music and-sing the illustrated songs at the local play house. Miss Hickman comes to this city recommended as an accomplished musician and a singer of ability. She was engaged at one of the most pop- ular vaudeville houses in the city of Chicago for the past three years. MINNESOTA BEST OF ALL T. J. Welsh Home From 6,000 Mile Trip, Compares This State With Those Visited. PROVES FASTNESS OF SOIL HERE T. J. Welsh, of the T. J. Welsh Lumber Company, who returned yes- terday from an extended trip through Wisconsin, Michigan and eastern states, has many interesting things to tell of his journey. The trip which extended over a period of four weeks, was made mostly for recreation. He left Bemidji August 24 and cov- ered a distance of more than 6,000 miles. “This is my first trip over this ter- ritory and I want to say that Minne- sota looks better to me than ever before,” said Mr. Welsh. “Comparing crop conditions of other states with those of our own, I feel free to say that everything looks healthier, freshier, bigger and better in Min- nesota than in any of the eastern states. Another thing I wish to em- phasize is the fact that thing ma- ture more rapidly in northern Minne- sota than they do in the states I have visited. 1 can account for only one reason and that is this—our days are much longer here and we there- fore get more sunshine during the summer months where we have day- light up to nearly 9 o’clock than do sections where it grows-dark shortly after 7. Two hours a day of sunshine means much to this north country. Michigan is Outdone. “When T left Bemidji we had been FAIR HOUSE IS ROBBED Exhibit Hall and Office Building Broken Into and Tools are Taken Away. ASSOCIATION OFFERS REWARD $10 Reward. : H The Beltrami County Agricul- : tural Association will pay the : : sum of $10.00 to any one giving : : information that will lead to the : : arrest and conviction of the par- : office and agricultural building : : at the fair grounds and carried : : away lumber, scythe, roll of tar- : : paper and various other articles : : belonging to the Association. A. P. Ritchie, Seec. Sometime between Sunday, Sep- tember 17 and this morning someone broke into the exhibit hall and office building at the fair grounds and car- ried away considerable property be- longing to the Beltrami County Fair Association. The property consists of scythe, tools, tubs, pails tar paper, lumber and other materials. Secretary Ritchie reports that these goods Wwere securely locked in | these buildings and that it was his intention to have them taken away today and delivered to a better place of safe keeping. Mr. -Ritchie believes_ that an ef- fort should be made to apprehend the guilty parties and that they be pun- ished for this offense. He has offered $10 reward which will be given by the association to anyone giving in- formation that will lead to the ar- rest and conviction of the miscreants. LYNN HAINES IN NEW FIELD Compiling, .in Washington, History of Ballinger-Pinchot Episode. -Lynn Haines, muckraker of the Minnesota legislature, has left this state for a wider field. He is now at ‘Washington compiling a history of the Ballinger-Pinchot episode which will be published in the near future. Whether he will remain in \Wash- ington when this is completed is not known, but it is believed that he in- tends to watch the national lawmak- ing body in the same manner as he watched the state legislature and publish a catalog of the vices and vir- tues of the members as he has done the past two sessions in Minnesota. If he is successful in this newer field he may remain in Washingtor, but it is probableé that he will return tu Minnesota in time for the 1913 leg- istature.” MANY PURCHASE LANDS List of Persons Who Have Bought Tracts Offered By the Crookston Lumber Company. DISPROVES SPECULATION TALK ‘The fact that most of the land sold by the Crookston Lumber Company, which runs up into thousands of acres, has been sold in forty and eighty acre tracts is evident that the larger percentage has not been sold to speculators. Many of the larger tracts of land were also sold to par- ties who actually plan on settling and developing the lands purchased by them. Claude H. Siems of St. Paul, who purchased a large tract near Island Lake has already begun active work towards developing a modern farm. He has had shipped to his section several car loads of lumber and is planning to commence the erection of a modern home and modern barns’ and outbuildings. Much of the land will probably be cleared this fall and winter and’ Mr. Siems expects to stock his farm with sheep and cattle. Nearly 100 sales have been made by the Crookston Lumber Company since their announcement of offering cut over lafids at $1.50 per acre down was inspired from the same source,!eating ripe tomatoes for several|and the balance in 20 years. This and for the same purpose—that of discrediting the exhibit and those in charge. No comment whatever was made to this attack, for reasons giv- en above. 1 ask that the readers take the two articles and compare them and see for themselves if both can be true. Does this mean that a man must be at close range to make a correct report? 1 know nothing of the exhibit last vear excepting what I have gotten weeks and when I reached points in Michigan I found that they were just beginning to ripen there. It was then that the reasons of early matur- ity in northern Minnesota were dis- cussed. - “I made it a point to get into con- versation with someone on the trains and in the cities I visited about land and crop conditions in their own sec- tions. In Virginia I found that the best land sold from $100 an acre and from others and I have always had (Continued on last page) immediately gave purchasers the op- portunity of owning a forty "acre tract of land at an immediate cost of but $60. stood, still in force and. hardly a day passes by but what several sales are made at the local office. been sold is pretty close to the 20,000 mark. The three largest buyers thus far are Judge M. A. Spooner of Be- midji, Claude,Siems of St. Paul and (Continued on last pag2 This offer is, it is under-!tyrned down. POOOOO®O® _@@@@ © Outside News Condensed, © O R R IR O O R CRRONROSRC IR The Weathier: Friday fair and warm; light southerly winds. Peoria, 111, is to have President Taft as her guest for the entire day tomorrow, and until near midnight, when he will depart for St. Louis. Shipped in a registered package from the Northwestern National bank, Minneapolis, to the Sioux Falls Savings bapk, Sioux Falls, $10,000 in currency has disappeared. A monument to the memory of Col- onel 9. 0. Miller was dedicated with interesting exercises at Lebanon, Ind., today in connection with the annual reunion of the Wilder brigade. Canada is today voting and the outcome will determine whether there is to be reciprocity with the United States. The result probably will be known by 10 o’clock tonight. Viscount Yasuya Uchida, the retir- ing Japanese ambassador, left Wash- ington today for Seattle, from which place he is to sail for Japan next Tuesday. Pending the arrival of his successor the embassy here will be in charge of Mr. Masanao Hanihara, the first secretary. Many questions of interest and im- portance to life insurance men are slated for discussion: at the sixth an- nual convention or meeting of the American Life Convention, which op- ened at Pittsburgh today for a three days’ session. T. W. Vardell of Dal- las, Texas, is presiding. An important meeting was begun at Mazleton, Pa., today by the execu- tive boards of the three anthracite districts of the United Mine Workers. The purpose of the meeting is to de- cide upon a time and place for a con- vention of the hard coal miners at| which the demands to be made on the operators next April will be pre- pared. Fearing the justice which will be meted out to him and the possible vengeance of the neighbors of the young girl he outraged; Edward Da- vis, yesterday at Morden, Can., took a large dose of strychnine. So large was _the dose however, that it had but “little effect. The doctor said had Davis taken one twentieth of the quantity he ‘would have died. “The Orient in Providence,” prob- ably the most elaborate and compre- hensive missionary exposition ever held in this country, was opened in Infantry Hall at Providence, R. I, to- day, to continue until October 7. Gov- ernor Pothier, Mayor Fletcher, Presi- dent Faunce of Brown University and other notables were present at the opening. To answer for a murder alleged to have been committed 46 years ago, former Lieut. Daniel W. Ryars was arraigned in court at Bonham, Texas, today. Captain Ferris and his son were the alleged victims. Following an argument over politics Ryars is said to have shot young Harris and then his father. He was indicted in 1865, but escaped while awaiting trial and was not located until a short time ago. Admiral Goni, one of the-most dis- tinguished officers of the Chilean ‘| navy, is expected to arrive in Wash- ington early next week for the pur- pose of .witnessing a ballistic test conducted by naval ordnance officers at the Indian Head proving grounds. The United States is endeavoring to interest the South American coun- conducted by naval ordinance officers tures, with a view to securing that trade for this country. The tests at Indian Head will be designed to dem- onstrate the efficiency of American ar- mor-plate and armor-piercing projec- tiles. COMPLETES KOOCHICHING DITCH State Engineer Ralph Tells of Many Difficulties Enconntered. Ditches 59 and 60 in Koochiching county are virtually complete and the finishing touches will be made in a few days, according to George A. Ralph, state drainage engineer, who has just returned to St. Paul from Northern Minnesota. The ditches have been the cause of a great deal of annoyance to the drainage commission, as they were built through a floating bog that set- tled after the dredge. They have been redredged seven or eight times in some places. The contractor ap- plied to the legislature last year for $17,000, which, he said, was what the ditch had cost him above the con- fract price. His application was The ditches will be in- spected by the commission October 10. Mr. Ralph reports the farmers have about completed the gathering of The nmumber of acres that have|their crops and that happier people than the Northern Minnesota farmers are hard to find. They have just har- vested the best corn crop they ever had. Many farmers have selected rtheir seed for mext year. T JURORS; DUMAS CASE HALTS Following Exhaustion of Regular Panel, Affidavit of Prejudice is Filed Against Sheriff and Coroner is Ordéred to Make Return of Special Venire of 20 Saturday COURT WARNS AGAINST “PROFESSIONAL JURY GETfER.” Morning Session Consumed by the Examination of Men toTry the Case, Two Farmers and a Section Hand Being Accepted While Homesteader Who Believes “Abetting” Means “fo bet” is Turned Down Seven jurymen secured, a special venire of 20 to be completed by Cor- oner M. E. Ibertson as the result of an affidavit of prejudice filed by Freeman P. Lane, one of the atfor- neys for the defense against Sheriff Hazen and a suspension of the case until Saturday morning to permit a return of the special venire, are the developments today in the trial of Dr. Delbert F. Dumas, mayor of Cass Lake charged with an attempt at ar- son. When court adjourned yesterday four men had been accepted to serve as jurors as a result of the first day of the trial and when the nocn re- cess was taken today three more men were in the jury box Yut the ragular panel had been exhausted. ‘When it became apparent that a jury could not be secured out of the regular panel of 15, Attorney Lane presented the affidavit’ alleging prej- udice on the part of Sheriff Hazen which meant-that Coroner Ibertson was to perform the duties of sheriff throughout the Dumas trial. ‘When court reconvened at 1:30 this afternoon Judge McClenahan in- structed that the coroner be sum- moned -and when Mr. Ibertson ap- peared. the court said: Court Instructs Ibertson. “Things have happened which make it necessary for you to assume the duties of the sheriff. I am about to issue an order for a special venire of 20 men. It will be your duty to see to it that these subpoenas are served either by yourself or by your deputies. It has come to me that there are persons in this city who de- sire to do jury duty in this case. I ‘have no information that you have any knowledge to this effect and I take it that you are familiar enough with the duties you are now called upon to perform as not’ to subpoena such persons. “The professional jury getter is a pest and a public nuisance. He is pestiferous and undesirable from ev- ery standpoint. “While I do not mean to instruct you as to what part of the county these men shall be drawn, you are familiar with conditions and should summon the men from such localities as in your judgment would be most desirable.” Ibertson to Keep Mum. Mr, Ibertson asked the court if he should ~subpoena only persons who are not familiar with the case and who have not read too much in the newspapers. “You must simply aim to pick fair men and you can’t know what they know about the case for you should not conversé with them regarding it and should not in fact, even per- mit them to know that they are wanted for service in this particular trial.” Judge McClenahan explained that he desired a return from the special venire as soon as possible. “Well, judge, I have a funeral in the morning,” explained Mr. Ibert- son. . “Of course a funeral is something that can’t wait,”” admitted the court, who. suggested, “You, of coufse, can appoint deputies.” Delay Admitted Reasonable. Mr. Ibertson indicated that he de- sired to devote his perspnal attention to the matter as much as possible and both the attorneys for the state and defense agreed with the judge ‘that the proposition was one ‘of such im- portance that a reasonable delay could well be tolerated and for that reason Saturday morning at 9 o'clock was named as the time when the 20 extra men are to present themselves to be examined as to their qualifica- tions to sit as jurymen. . Judge McClenahan at once called upon Mr. Ibertson, the new acting sheriff, to appoint a deputy to act with Deputy John Morrison, appoint- ed by Sheriff Hazen in guarding the jury and Mr. Ibertson named as such deputy S. C. Gregg of Bemidji. The court explained that Deputy Dumas Jury to Date. Peter Maule, Ten- : strike. 5 Otto Smith, log secaler, Black- : duck. : E. J. Gould, : midji. . John Thullen, farmer, Hornet. 2 B. J. Jenkins, section hand, : Blackduck. James Perkins, farmer, Clem- : entson. H. 0. Halvorson, farmer, Bau- : : dette. farmer, merchant, Be- Morrison was busy in the grand jury room acting as an interpreter. The judge also emphasized the impor- tance of keeping the jurymen as completely shut off from the outside world as possible and specifically ad- monished against permitting any member of the jury from reading any newspaper. He also cautioned against any communication between the jurymen and outsiders. Fire Marshal is Here. .- Fire Marshal Keller arrived in Be- midji- this morning and will remain throughout the remainder of the trial. Sam Fullerton, deputy - fire marshal, who was delegated on the arson investigations here which led up to the arrest of Dr. Dumas, has not been in court since it convened yesterday. Dr. Dumas appears in court alone, none of his relatives being in Bemid- ji at this time. He sits behind his attorneys and closely ~follows the questioning of the jurymen and al- ways gives his consent before his counsel -accepts a juror. During the recesses he chats and jokes with those about him and insists that the most annoying thing to him about the trial is the expense. Begins at 9 A, M. It was shortly after 9 o’clock this morning when Judge McClenahan called court to order. Court Reporter George Moody of Brainerd relieved Lee LaBaw of this city. The jury appeared fresh for the day’s work, having been given com- fortable quarters in the grand jury room at the court house. The jury is in charge of deputy sheriff John Morrison. Attorney Lane followed his affida- vit of prejudice against the sheriff early. In explaining his action Mr. Lane said: “It should be understood that I do not file this affidavit because I have personal feeling against the sheriff, because I have nome. In fact, I do not know Mr. Hazen and I have only reason to believe that he is himself fair but the affidavit is filed because it appears that there has been some effort on the part of his deputies which might jeopardize the chances of the defendant. “It merely is an effort to secure ab- solute justice and we do not mean it as a reflection on the sheriff.” Austin Turned Down. William Austin, a farmer of Neb- ish, was the first man tp be examined for jury duty this morning. He said he was married and had three chil- dren. He formerly lived in Tenstrike and prior to that time in Bemidji, coming to Minnesota from Wisconsin. He appeared to have formed some opinion in the case and Judge Spoon- er challenged him for actual bias and the challenge was sustained by Judge McClenahan. = “B. J. Jenkins,” called Deputy Clerk of Court Beehler. Jenkins Doubts Newspapers. Mr. Jenkins said that he had Kved in Blackduck for three years and that he is now employed as a section hand by the Minnesota and International Railroad Company. He came here seven years ago from Blue Earth County. He is married and has two children. Judge Spooner resumed the same line of attack which he had used yesterday in questioning the proposed jurymen as to whether he had been approached by any member of the sheriff’s office regarding the Dumas case. He admitted having read of the case in the newspapers and Judge Spooner said: “If I am correctly advised there hag been but one side published in this controversy and I take it that you be- lieve that present day newspapers are given to sensationalism.” “Yes,” said Mr. Jenkins. “You believe and insist that a jur- or should not make up his mind till given positive proof,” insisted Judge Spooner. Attorney McDonald Objects. To this attorney McDonald for the state interposed an objection alleg- ing that it was improper examina- tion. Judge McClenahan decided that the question was a proper one and the proposed jiryman answered, “Well, yes.” Judge Spooner followed this with: “And you could fairly and impar- tially try this jury with the evidence presented.” To emphasize his point the attorney slammed his hand down on the table. Attorney McDonald took Mr. Jen- kins in hand, and said: “And you ceuld try it impartially without any table emphasis, could you not?” “Certainly,” said Mr. Jenkins with a smile. Jenkins was sworn in and took his place in the jury box. James Perkins of Clementson said he also was a frequent visitor at Bau- dette and Spooner but that he had not been through the fire of last October although he was a homesteader. Said he did not know any of the state of- ficials and that he had read little of the Dumas case. He was likewise sworn in to hear the evidence and took his place as juror No. 6. Then came Hendrickson who was down on the official jury list as Neal Hendrickson but in reply to a ques- tion from Attorney McDonald he ad- mitted that his real name was Mat. Attorney McDonald then objected to the court to the man as not being the person who had been summoned to do jury duty. Judge Spooner con- tended that there was no question but that he was the man and Judge McClenahan permitted the examina- tion to proceed. Judge Spooner pro- ceeded along the usual line,when he was interrupted by the court who said he thought the identity of the juror should be established and to avoid any embarrassment to either side the judge conducted the exami- nation himself and satisfied himself that it was an improper spelling of the name which had caused the mix- ui) and that the person in court was the man intended for jury duty. Wobbly on English. When Attorney McDonald began his examination he became suspicious as to the ability of Mr. Hendrickson to understand the English language. Several tests of English words were . put to him, such as “accessory,” “presumption,” “abetting,” “recon- ciled,” “reasonable doubt,” “burden of proof,” “attempted arson,” “felon- iously,” “combustible and courteous.” Abetting he figured was when a man bet and he freely admitted that he did not know the meaning of the word courteous, or most of the other words given. The state raised the objection that Mr. Hendrickson would be incompetent as a witness and the defense admitted the likeli- hood and the would-be juror was dismissed. Halvorson Last Man, H. 0. Halvorson, living six miles east of Baudette, was the last man of the regular panel to be examined. He gave his occupation as a farmer. He is married and has four children (ranging in‘ age from 14 to 25 years. He came from Iowa to Minnesota and at one time was a merchant at Aus- tin and Benson, Minnesota. This was back between 1889 to 1907. This is the first time he has served as a juryman in Beltrami county. And he never before had served as a juryman except in justice court.