Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 1, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 183. GRILLS NEW WITNESS IN GEARLDS CHARGE Continuing Cross Examination Spear Obtains More Information From Brandt, State’s Ally. CASS LAKE MEETING EXPLAINED | Mike Davis Present and 0'Neill Said He Had Men With Money on His String. | | HEARING OVER TO DECEMBER 15j Adjournment Taken With Under- | standing Defense is to Introduce Evidence Then. At the continued preliminary hear- ing of Edward Gearlds Wednesday | evening before Judge H. A. Simons in} municipal court, Attorney George| Spear continued his cross examina-! tion ©f A. B. Brandt, who the day% before swore to haying seen Gearlds| pay “Boston Blackie” O'Neill for hav-| ing burned a building at Blackduck| last spring in which Gearlds was fin-| ancially interested. By consent of counsel on both sides | the hearing was continued to Decem- ber 15 at 10 a. m. Attorney Spear, | for Edward Gearlds, indicated that at that time he would introduce evi- dence, in behalf of his client and in the continuance agreement it was un- derstood that if he decides to pro- duce such evidence he is to notify the court and attorneys for the state not later than December. 5. Admissions From Brandt, In his continued cross examination Brandt made some admissions in-ad-| dition to his previous testimony, one | of which was that he has been us- ing cocaine, off and on, with the ex- ception of the time that he was in the penitentiary, since 1904; that he had gone to Chicago, Milwaukee and other cities, but that he did not know what places he visited nor anyone he saw; that he wore a wig to effect a disguise and that while he has always told the same story to state authorities re- garding the Blackduck affair, that he was not summoned before the Beltrami county grand jury. State Rests Its Case. Attorneys E.. E. McDonald and Thayer Bailey for the state, did not seek to introduce additional evi- dence and Mr. McDonald but briefly | questioneg Brandt on redirect exami- nation but brought out the assertion that he was not wearing a wig when, he said, he had seen Gearlds in jail at Superior. “Are you as sure that you saw Mr. Gearlds in jail in Superior as any- thing you have testified to?" queried Mr. Spear. . Says He Saw Gearlds. “Yes, I think so,”” replied the wit- ness, who said Gearlds was in for an unnamed offense for four or five! months and he himself was in jail for 2 month as the result of having written a check on a Cloquet bank in ‘which his funds had become exhaust- | ed. After having left the Bethel So- ciety of Duluth on March 13 last, be- cause he couldn’t get along with the manager, Brandt said he.boarded at the home of Rev. Moody in Duluth until April 2. He said that Rev.| Moody now is in Virginia, Minn., running a hotel. Brandt told of go-| ing to St. Paul, registering at the Sherman house and that he pur- chased a hypodermic syringe and 50 cents worth of cocaine at a Wabasha avenue drug store, but could not say how much of the cocaine he used, but said he took several “shots” on the leg daily. Asked About Cocaine. “Has there ever been a month sine 1904, when you lost your foot in the railroad_accident, that you haven't used cocaine?” asked attorney Spear. “Yes,” replied Brandt. “When?” persisted the attorney. “When I was in the penitentiary, replied the witness, with a faint smile playing about his lips. He ad- ded_ that at different periods of time since his release from prison he has omitted the drug and that at the present time he is not using it. Court Holds Quiz Improper. “Why didn’t you appear as a wit- ness before the grand jury here?” was a question asked by Mr. Spear, objected to by McDonald and the ob- Jjection was sustained by the court. wig, but said he did not have it on when here in March at the time he says he saw Gearlds pay O’Neill $50, nor was he permitted to say why he effected such a disguise. He told of having met O’'Neill in Cass Lake in February of last year and that on | that occaston Mike Davis was pres- ent and that O’Neill had endeavored to get the witness to join him in some “stick-ups”’—meaning robberies —and that O’Neill at that time said: Tells What Was Said. “I got several fellows here who ‘have money on the string and we can do a good stroke of business.” : Brandt said he refused to join O’'Neill in executing his plans and that no oné was present at this meet- ing other .than O'Neill and Mike Da- vis. - Brandt admitted that he know Ed. LeClaire, and said-LeClaire and O’Neill are two different persons. BEMIDJI MERCHANTS LEAD B 2 Begins Special Sales For the Holiday Shoppers. Many Flock Here From Outside. BARKER’S SALES START PEOPLE midji are the order of the season which are not unlike those of other cities. Trade from every direction is flockinginto the city these days, the early shopping habit having been ac- quired by outsiders as well as among the residents of the city. Bemidji merchants are actively en- gaged in preparing for the holiday trade and the stores are taking on an appearance that has been notic- able only in former years as late as the middle of December. The most unique advertising plan inaugurated throughout the entire northern portion of the, state has been sprung by E. A. Barker. His Introduction of five great Saturday sales before Christmas has set the buying public-on edge and: the secret ‘of just what will be sprung next, is creating much talk, especially among the women of this community. PIONEER MAN TO GIVE TALK Manager Denu on Program for Edi- torial Gathering in January. The program for the meeting of the Northern Minnesota Editorial as- sociation which will be held at Long Prairie on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 19-20, has been announced by the president, Harold Knutson, and it is as follows: The Cost System—E. D. Cross, St. Cloud; Harvey James, Breckenridge; Rudolph Lee, Long Prairie. Foreign Advertising—Its Blessings and Evils—Fred Schilplin, St. Cloud; E. H. Denu, Bemidji; A. M. Welles, Sauk Center. Piano Contests—Some Experiences —J. V. Barstow, Royalton; C. A. French, Monticello; H. M. Wheelock, Fergus Falls. The Front Page and the Value of Headed Articles—E. E. McCrea, Al- exandria; W. E. Verity, Wadena; A. L. Sheets, Long Prairie. How Can We Best Build Up Our Subscription Lists—Chas. T. Kelley, Menahgo; E. B. Dall, Pine River; A. L. LaFreniere, Grand Rapids. MANY AT HOCKEY TEAM DANCE Fund for New Suits Given $10 Boost; Four Prizes for Dancers. . More than 150 persons attended the dance given for the benefit of the newly formed Hockey club at the City Hall last evening. About 60 couples danced and there were sev- eral spectators. More than $50 was taken in and the cash netted for the fund to be used in buying Hockey uniforms was boosted nearly $10. Masten’s “six piece orchestra fur- nished the music for the dance and altogether the occasion was such a merry one that another dance will be given for the club at a date to be named. Four prizes were awarded as follows: -~ best dressed man, R. J. Reide; most comical, ‘Mr. Walker; best dressed woman, Mrs. Sam Paquin; most comical- woman, Mrs. Reide. Mrs. Reide created much laughter with an Zbbreviated gunny sack gown and hat of pasteboard boxes. Gotch Throws Hammerschmidt. Minneapolis, Dec. 1—Frank Gotch, champion wrestler, tonight defeated Carl Hammerschmidt, champion*of Germany, in a finish match here. Gotch won the first fall in 14 min- utes with a leg hold and the second in 10 minutes with a half Nelson and leg hold. The witness admitted gvearing a Wha's got the Button? Sales among the merchants of Be-!reserve and other places east and | .| their plans ‘uibqrmu!y.fl' LORCRCRCRORCROROR R RCRCOR 2 2 2 © QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, © LOR I CIRCIORCIRORR LR OM 3R B RO The weather: erate west winds. High winds and cold weather pre- his transcontinental aeroplane fight from Fort Worth, Texas. Bursting of a car wheel set the air brake and - brought the east-bound Twentieth Century Limited to a sud- den standstill near Brooten, N. Y. No one was injured. The Missouri Supreme Court in an opinion by Judge Woodson, held that the Missouri ‘'sixteen hour railway trainmens’ law was nullified by the federal sixteen-hour law. By maintaining an average speed of 75 miles an hour for 411 miles, David L. Bruce-Brown, a young mil- lionaire, driving an Italian Fiat, won the grand prize road race at Savanah yesterday. A wireless message from King George and Queen Mary was among the many felicitous greetings re- ceived at London by Queen Alexan- dra today on the occasion of her 67th birthday anniversary. Chief Magistrate MeAdoo, who wit- nessed “The Playboy of the Western World,” in Néw York at Mayor Gay- nor's request;feported to the mayor that the play‘is quite harmless, not {immoral and entirely within the law. | Brush fires in the Cleveland forest | south of San Diego, Cal.,, swept over large areas of unimproved lands. The fire region now extends over, ap- proximately 500 square miles. Princess Victoria Patricia, the younger daughter of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, sailed from Liverpool to- day on the Empress of Ireland to join her parents at Ottawa for the Christ- mas holidays. For the purpose of aiding farm- ers of South Dakota, many of whom face financial ruin as the result of the crop conditions, the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway will transport free of charge seed wheat and flax to all points on the line west of Con- de as far as Lebeau .and to points north of ‘Conde to Leold: ™ - Representatives of many nations have assembled at The Hague to take, part in the conference for the sup- pression of the opium traffic. Effort will be made to regulate the ship- ment of opium, restrict the cultiva- tion of the poppy, authorize the search of vessels for contraband opi- um, and finally to create an inter- national commission to carry out the agreements. The $125,000 theater erected by the government in Washington for the benefit of the inmates of St. Eli- zabeth’s Insane Asylum was opened today. The theater is to be .devoted to the display of moving pictures, which alienists declare to be a great aid in curing insanity. The theater is called Hitchcock Hall, in honor, of Ethan Allen Hitchcock, who was sec- retary of the interior at the time the appropriation for the erection of the building was passed by Congress. At Rockville, Md., the trial of Richard W. Allnutt, accused of mur- der, will be taken up next week. He is charged with having murdered his sister, who was slain at her moth- er’s home on March 14 last. Allnutt, was desirous of taking his wife to his mother’s home to live, but there had been objection. This is said to have angered Allnutt, who grabbed a pitchfork and attacked his sister, Mrs. Veirs, his aged mother, and the latter’s old friend and companion, Miss Jane - Rawlings. Mrs. Veirs' skull was crushed and she died. Dur- ing the long period of his confine- ment in jail the wife and aged moth- er of Allnut have been steadfast in their loyalty to him. Three noted criminal lawyers have been engaged for the defemse. Allnut will allege he was insane. DOUBT DUMAS CASE DELAY Brainerd Expects Trial to Go For- . ward When Called Next Week. Brainerd, Minn., Dec. 1.—-State Fire Marshal Keller spent a short 1time between trains in Brainerd and was reported to have also visited Ait- kin. The rumor that the state wants a continuance of the Dumas case ap- pears to have no foundation. E. B. McDonald of Bemidji, who is the as- sistant of - Assistant Attorney General Janes, while here declared the state was ready and anxious for a trial. Sheriff Hazen of Beltrami county was at Deerwood Monday and it is believed was there on some mis- sion of the state, indicating that th trial ‘would go on. Dumas is al preparing for trial and was in fair Saturday, mod- | vented Robert G. Fowler resuming|. U!llllllllfll | I Il l Il | il | | i A & I i ll m i | | LEAP FROM TRAIN fot 3 ¥ i Walter Hill, Fall§ on Rails at Cass Lake. : i ‘While aecompanyi’i;g Walter Hill, son of J. . Hill, from Northcote, Minn,,-to Duluth with a car of draft | horsies, :Charles” Mcllsaith, 29. years old, made a leap for a rapidly moving caboose at Cass Lake, missed and fell beneath the wheels, having his right |leg and arm ground off and receiv- ing other injuries from which he died in St. Anthony’s hospital here, where he was rushed on a special train. Mcllsaith was employed on the Hill farm at Northcote. His father, at that place, was notified and came to Bemidji for the body which had been prepared for shipment by Ray Murphy, the undertaker, and the funeral and interment will be held at that place. i Mr. Hill was much effected by the tragic death of his companion and employe and pays the dead man a high tribute. When he learned of Mcllsaith’s death Mr. Hill wept. train was switching at Cass Lake. The young man erroneously thought the train was pulling out and that unless he made the leap that he ‘would be left when as a matter of fact the train was merely making for the switch. At the moment he made the effort to swing on the caboose the train was moving rapidly and because of the snow and iee and probably be- cause he was not an expert in mak- ing the leap he fell and in striking the ground his arm and leg landed across the rails, the rear wheels of the car cutting them off. For m few moments he was conscious but soon became senseless. : Mr. Hill quickly arranged for a special to come to Bemidji and a re- cord breaking run was made the speed exceeding a milea minute but there was no hope for the in- jured man and he died in about an hour after he reached this city. Mr. Mclisaith was in charge of the car of horses which were being taken to Duluth to be used in the woods this winter. The horses were from the Hill farm at Northcote where Mc- Ilsaith was employed. The dead man was unmarried. MARINE OFFICE OPENS TODAY Recruiting Station to Be in Charge of Sergeant Harry E. Henderson. * Acting upon telegraphic instruc- tions from Washington, Robert L. Denig of St. Paul, in charge of the United States Marines recruiting sta- tions in this district, has established lans. The.office uffman, Harris n Beltrami av- E. Henderson Burkert of st ance with previt opens today i & Reynolds bulldin enue.. Sergeant Hai { ference with his attorney at Brainerd | Tuesday. ~People generally of this city fully believe that the [cember 6 and those who- have bus ness with the court have arranged Charles MclIsaith, Traveling With| . RUSHED TO: BEMIDJI ON SPECIAL| ° The accident occurred while the| Pennsylvania 21, Cornell 9. Carlisle 12, Brown 6. St. Louis 6, Syracuse 6. ¢ Vanderbilt 31, Sewanee 0. ¢ Wentworth 12, Wesleyan 0. : Central College, Pella, 0. : Notre Dame 0, Marquette 0. : SRR sae Be Held This Winter. Crookston Daily Times says: or so in the city trains. tion and said: request at the last session. representation. have. much of a partisan measure. the republican turbed as far as possible. not just or proper. passed.” "’ al' Falls, Fort Francis and the Armory. half at noon for lancheon. Thanksgiving Football Results. ¢ Colorado 11, Colorado School : : of Mines 9. < Socials 5, Eckersall’s All- : Stars 0. : Penn College, Oskaloosa, G, : HANSdN SURE BILL CAN PASS|d2Y of State Immigration Commis- Ada Senator Hopes Extra Session Will | “Senator A. L. Hanson came up from Ada this morning en route to Thief River Falls and spent an hour | scheduled through delayed Senator Hanson was asked regarding the extra session proposi- “‘I hope an extra session will be called. I feel sure a reapportionment bill would be passed, but it would not be patterned after the socalled Hanson bill which I introduced by “‘We might as well get away from | endeavors the idea that the southern members are going to vote themselves a lesser It would be impos-|death is still too great to cause much sible to eliminate one or ‘two per- haps, but as a whole they will vote to retain their present membership, though they are willing to give us representation based on what they|enzie has arranged to open a display “‘The socalled Hanson bill'was too It hit at the democratic members and left membership undis- This is “‘A T2-senator bill could have been passed at the last session and I be- lieve a 65-senator bill would have 81 JOIN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Services Consuming Day’s Time Wit- nessed by Out of Town Visitors. . In the presence of many persons, several of whom came from St. Paul, Belle Plaine, Brainerd, Internation-|erhood of David attended the third other. towns, a class of 31 was initiated in the Knights of Columbus here yes- terday, the exercisés being held in|church of this city. Miss Clara Fisk, The exercises began at 10 a. m. and lasted until 6 p. m., with the exception of an hour and a A social MAY NAME MACKENZIE | | Governor Said to Be Friendly Toward Bemidji Man for Place Vacated by Death of George Welsh. | MENTIONED BEFORE FOR OFFICE *| St. Paul, Minn.,, Dec. 1.—As the | result of the death here on Wednes- sloper George ‘Welsh _ from_typhoid pneumonia, it is freely predicted that Governor Eberhart will name W. R. Mackenzie to fill the position. Some timé ago there were persist- ent rumors that Mr. Mackenzie was for the place but )I.lr. Welsh silenced them by letting it be known that he had no intention of resigning. ! Mr. Welsh had been immigration commissioner since 1907, when the office was created and He has held it ever since, working zealously for the upbuilding and settlement of Min- nesota being especially active in his in behalf of Northern Minnesota. While the shock of Mr. Welsh’s speculation as to his successor, the whispered conclusions about the capi- tol are that Mr. Mackenzie can have the place if he wants it. Mr. Mack- room for the Northern Minnesota De- velopment association’s immigration commission in Minneapolis the first of the year and he may not wish to give up this proposed work. It is believed, however, that Mr. Mackenzie will accept the place if it is formally offered him by Governor Eberhart. Governor Eberhart will not be at the capital for several days as he now is east traveling on the “governors’ special.” KING DAVID BOYS EAT TURKEY Also Listen to Oratory and Music; Four New Members Taken In. Thirty-seven members of the Broth- annual banquet of that organization held on Thanksgiving eve in the basement of the First Methodist teacher of elocution in the Bemidji High School, recited two humorous selections. . Miss Mable Flesher sang a solo accompanied by her sister, Mo- a recruiting station' here in.accord-| [|A buffet luncheon was Served in the [initiation class. session was held in the evening from 7 to 11 p. m. and at this time several short talks were made, including re- marks from Representative D. P. and Andrew Clare of Grand Forks. Bemidji, 12 from International Falls, The degree team came from Brain- erd and was made up of 30 men un- der the direction of James J. Nolan. evening at the club rooms: on Third street and it was here that the social session was held: Father Phillippi, na, and -the program was concluded by a recitation by Maurice Witting, treasurer of the brotherhood. The banquet, which was in Q'Neill of Thief River Falls, one of | Mrs. M. F. Cunningham, was a suc- those' who had just: joined the order |cess in every way. cranberry sauce, scalloped potatoes, Of those who joined, 12 were from|macaroni and cheese, cabbage relish, Dpickles, pie and coffee formed ™the two. from Blackduck, one from Ny-|menu. more and one each from Thief River|Qlive Cunningham, Gladys Kreatz, Falls, Cass Lake and Grand Rapids:|Mona Flesher, Hazel Wells, Ruth Wightman and Eva Getchell. king, Hiram Simons, Jr., acted as toastmaster. Bertle Backlund, Ellis Finch, Arnold Hurd, Harold Hayner, Edwin Simons and Fred Cutter. L, |made by -~ Mrs. Cunningham, ‘Rey. who recently assumed charge of the|Fiesher, Delbert Ellstson, - - {Bemidji parish, was a member of the | jones, Jesse ‘Head, Elmer Anderson 3 “(and others. After the charge of Roast turkey, The supper was served by The Toasts were given by 200 DEAD DEER HERE INSEASONNOW OVER Between 5,000 and 10,000 Shot in Northern Minnesota During Twen- ty Day Period. FIVE MORE DAYS FOR SHIPPING In Bemidji 539 Big Game Licenses Issued; State Sends Out Total of 19,000. QUAIL "SHOOTING ALSO ENDS About Only Thing Left for Sportsmen is to Chop Hole in Ice and Catch Certain Fish. In the 20 day hunting season which came to a close yesterday it is estimated that not less than 5,000 and possibly as many as 10,000 deer and 100 moose, were slaughtered in northern Minnesota. < In Bemidji with the shipping sea- son open for five days more, the Great "Northern Express company today had handled about 125 deer while the Western Express company has han- dled enough more to make the total close to 200. Seven moose are known to have been taken through here. iy 539 Licenses Issued Here. County Auditor George issued 539 big game licenses and 144 for small game. Each of these cost the holder $1 but the county derives no revenue, County auditors are allowed- ten per cent for issuing the licenses and the remainder of the money goes to the state. Although the hunting season for deer and e closed at midnight tiast night “the —big-game licenses-- read “good until December 15.” The law makes it legal to ship game killed previous to December 1 up to and including December 5, but why a license should be marked good un- til December 15 is a puzzle that Au- ditor George has not been able to solve. Sent Out 19,000 Licenses. H. A. Rider, of the state game and fish commission, sent out 19,000 blank licenses to county auditors, most of which were sold. ‘While few returns have been made to the executive office, Mr. Rider es- timates that between 5,000 and 10,- 000 deer have been slaughtered dur- ing the twenty-day open season. Sev- eral weeks probably will elapse be- fore an accurate estimate may be based on returns from county audi- tors. The season has not proved unusu- ally hard to hunters—a very few cases having been reported of men being shot. Some horses and cows, which had the misfortune to resemble deer in color, have been slain. 1t is now unlawful to shoot quail, partridge, ruffled grouse, pheasant, wild duck, goose, or any other variety of aquatic fowl. Likewise, it will be unlawful to shoot elk, caribou, beav- er or any variety of pheasants. These are protected at all seasons of 'the year. Can Fish Through the Ice. The sportsman whose yearning for amusement will not permit him to remain indoors, may chop a hole in the ice and endeavor to catch black, gray or Oswego bass. He may also seek pike, muskallonge, crappies, perch, sunfish, catfish, sturgeon, pick- erel, suckers, redhorse, carp, bull- heads, white fish or trelipies, with- out infracting any state law. Not until April 15 does real fishing open and then any trout except the lake variety, may be taken. The season for pike, muskallonge, crap- pies, perch, sunfish, catfish and stur- geon will reopen May 1, after having been closed two months. The season for black, gray or Oswego bass opens May 29. RUSSIA BEGINS WAR TODAY WITH PERSIA St. Petereburg, Dec. 1.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service)—War between Russia and Persia can only be averted by a complete backdown Short talks were ‘Walter d initiated by Persia and as Persia refuses, Rus- sia today dispatched troops to Teher- an to enforce the demand that Sheus- ter resign. The Persian National as- sembly by a large majority has re- - banquet the jected Russia’s demands. y