Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 8, 1912, Page 1

! | | | L T e i { 1 | VOLUME 9 NUMBER 240. SUPPOSED DESERTER WAY GETDISCHARGE For More Than Forty Vears Peter Trossell Listed as a Deserter Is | | Now Given Aid | FOUGHT IN MANY BATTLES| Could Neither Read Nov Write at Time He Was Captured While might otherwise . have been taken as an untrue story. Mr. Steenerson has tflkell deep in- terest in the introduction of this mea- sure and it is very likely that it will be passeq with out much trouble. During the past few years Mr.| Trossell has spent some time in the soldier homes of botlf Minnesota and Ohio. JAPANESE SILK IS REVIVED tChemical Process Has Been Discov- ered That Strengthens the Fabric and Facilitates Spinning. According to the North China Daily News the ladies of America and Eu- Tope are to have the restoration of the popular Japanese silk fabrics in large 0ut Corn Hunting NEVER KNEW HE WAS WRONGED | i | Bill Introduced by Steenerson Asking for His Hon- | orable Discharge. An echd of the Civil war was made | public this morning when it was an- nounced by Attorney P. I Russell of thig eity that a bill has been intro- duced in Congress, by Congressman ! Halvor Steenerson, at the request of | Mot Peter Trossell, | sell. whereby who for forty years has been Ii%tad | as a deserter from the military ser-; viee, will he given an honorable dis- charg The case of Mr. Trossell is a pathe- | l tie one. He was known as being one | af the truest and braves soldiers nf\ the civil war, end took part in all of | the rollowing battles, Ringold, Ton| 1ill. Dalton, Reseea, Rome. Lost| Mountain, Marietta, Battle Rouch, | Btig Shanty, Peach Orchard, Kenesaw | Mountain and Atlanta. i The Adjutant General of the State| of Ohio, has issued a certificate show- | ing that Peter Trossell enlisted Dec-! ember 3lst. 1x63. in Company 1isth Intantry. This certificate laso | shows that e deseried August 31st. | 1861, at Atlanta. . | 1t on the day Lis deser- tion is charged that he claims he with six others were ordered to enter a corn field, provisions being, scarce and | sather corn for his company. It was | while on this mission that he and his | companions were surprized by Robin-| son's Scouts and captured, with the exception of Alplionse Despardine, | who was shot and instantly kiiled. | Trossel could at that time neither | vead nor write. and at the present| time is very hard to be understood. Alter his capture, he was in prison at | Mellen. Ga.. for what he estimates at about seven months, and it was when that place was evacuated by the Con- federates, that he escaped. After, being aided in ene way and | another he wag at last taken to New Vork, where le was informed that| Lee had surrendered and the war was | over. Not knowing that it was nee- sary Tor him to report to anyone and he w to Canada, where he vis- ited his brother at Ottawa. e final- Iy difted back to the States, working in the woods in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and at other odd jobs until he came to Bemidji five vears! ago. It was not until three years ago that he discovered that he hadsbeen | wronged and at that time went back | to Chio where e hoped to have the | matter straightened out, but on his| arrival there he could only find that' a charge of desertion had been placed against him and that all his officers, | including Captains Shepherd and De- nell were dead. Because of the fact that he could not speak English he | never knew the names of the men who were \\'l'h him on the corn hunt- ing expedition. And he was utterly helpless to secure his honorable dis- charge or a pension. ! Mr. Russell was appealed to by Mr. | “Irossell and he at once took up the | matter with Congressmen Steenerson, | Mil'er, Hammond anq Champ Clark, | who have successfully had the tollow- ind bill introduced before Congress: | “Be it enacted by the Senate | and House of Representatives of | *he United States of America in | | | | | Congress assembled, That in the administration of the penson laws and the laws governing the National Home for Disabled Vol- unteer Soldiers, or any branch™ thereof, Peter Trossell, now a 1 resident of Bemidji, Minneosta, | shall hereafter be held and con- sidered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a private of Campany “K”, One ‘ hundred and thirteenth Regi- ‘ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Provided, that no penson shall accrue because of this act prior to the passage thereof.’” The fact that he took part in such battles as he did and as he could not talk seems to put truth in what ! supply and greater beauty than ever | - ressman ;i . Cong | it was spun into thread. | spinning into thread. One more hene-‘ : old-fashioned way. | dled to permit of translation—New { ecrow’s feet indicative of eye strain | like this: I’s easy enough to pass s | before. It is claimed that an expert | | connected with the Fuji Spinning com- pany has discovered a chemical proc-! ess which will be a great boon to the spinners and also to the admirers of Japanese silk. While Japanese sericulture was yet' in a primitive condition no chemical ised to soften the cocoon before Later the spinner succeeded in getting out a thin, soaplike substance, which ful-| filled the long-felt want with some success: but the diffieulty was that it | weakened the fabric and took away the natursl luster. Thus Japanese silk | has been steadily losing the popularity it once enjoyed and its market has | from time to time been encroached upon by the Italian product. Mr. Inouye has now hit upon a meth- od of strengthening the elasticity and | strength of the fabric, and at the same time greatly facilitating the! fit from this process will be that man- ufacturers will be able to obtain 15 per cent. more produce than by the ! Furthermore, the new. substance has an antigerm and anticorroding effect, | and will not injure the hands ot oper- atives. Some time ago an American is reported to have discovered a chem- ical compound which would preserve silk; and this is said to be something similar in composition to the Japanese invention. | OYSTERS RODE IN TAXICABS They Were From France and New York Frenchmen Craved Them | for Dinner. B. L. Bowles Is an express agent of unusual patience. He spent the last day of the year cold, but hopeful, on the French line pier, answering tele- phone cails from three French restau- rants, and merely smiled when, for the thirty-fitth time, a chef asked about “the oyster.” - “Please, La Lorraine, where 1s he with the oyster?” said the “impatient chef, “She is still down the bay,” sald “I think she will be here be- “What is it the diners will do if the oysters do not come?” When the chefs called up again Mr. Bowles had not time to answer. He was busy with the customs officials ar- ranging for the release of the oysters, which were in sacks. “Are these things brought here for breeding purposes?” asked the inspec- tor. “No,” sald Bowles. “They are French oysters, called ‘marennes vertes,” for eating purposes. There are about two hundred Frenchmen in this town who want to eat these oys- ters tonight with their New Year's dinner. I've got 200 dozen of them | and three taxicabs are ready to take them to the restaurants.” At 7:25 p. 70, when the taxicabs had gone north with the oysters, Mr. Bowles went into a booth and talked to the three chefs at once. The thanks that came simultaneously over the wire were too profuse and mud- York Tribune. Novel Way to Rest. It seems imperative for a certain member of the family to rest an hour after the noon meal each day. The ‘weather had grown mild, and to draw the shades so as to exclude the light kept out the air also, so the siesta lost much of its refreshing quality. A thick pad of absorbent gauze some eight inches long and four inches wide was finished with an elas. tic band just tight enough to hold the pad securely. This was slipped into place over the eyes. Days when the eyes burned or ach- ed a compress wet with cool salt and water was placed under the pad, and eyes and nerves were soothed at the same time. By the last named means the eyes were strengthened and the were ironed out—Harper's Bazar. - A Panaphr: “What is the meaning of that quo tation, ‘There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them as Wwe¢ may’?” “Well,” replied Senator Sor .ghum, “the proposition is somethiny | 1aw, but you don’t know what it's go | Ing to be till the Supreme court get through with it.” A Backsliding Santa Claus. Mrs. Peavish says_that before they Were married Mr. Peavish used to say that if she would let him be her Santa Claus he would devote his life to slid- ing up and down the chimney for ELKS CHARITY BALL PLANS COMPLETE Chairman Barker, of Committee on Arrangements, Says Dance of Next Thursday “Best Ever” 200 COUPLES Decontoi-n Will Begin Work on City Hall Sunday With Expectation Of Completing by Wednesday PURPLE AND WHITE TO BE US‘E/D Proceeds Are To Be Used for Chari. ty in Aiding Bemidji Poor— Tickets Two Dollars What will no doubt be the lesling suvini event of the season take place next Thursday evening in the i City Eall when the Elks Rl\"‘ their aannal Charity Ball. According to the committee on ar- rangements, of which Albert Barker, is the chairman, all plans for the af- fair are complete, and the decorating will be begun next Sunday. The oth- er members of this committee are M .I. Brown ang S. T. Stewart John Tennstrom, Bemidji’s cleval» decorator, has charge of the decorat- ing, and this morning said that he had fully decided on the marner in which “he will trim the hall for the occasion. Mr. Tennstrom is the man who so cleverly decorated the Armory for the charity ball of last year. The color scheme to be used will be pur- ple and white. It is expected that more than 200 couples will attend the event, 200 having been in attendance at the 1911 ball. It should be understood that every cont-,abave_the expenses..of this ball| will be useq in aiding the poor of Be- midji, and is a charity ball in every sense of the word. It is ‘the custom of the Elks 'in many cities to have these annual balls, and rarely are the tickets sold for less than five dollars, but only two dollars will be charged for the Bemidji affair, as was the case last year. Every miember of the Bemidji lodge of Elks is expected to purchase at least one ticket. In speaking of the work which his committee hag been doing, Chairman Barker, said this morning: “All plans for the ball have been completed, and Mf. Tennstrom, who has charge of the decorating, will be- gin work on the decorating of the City hall Sunday. The ‘invitations have all been issued, and from pres- ent indications the dance next Thurs- day, will, as usual, be the saclal event of the season.” Drainage of the Zuyder Zee, A great project i1s again before the people of Holland—the draining of the Zuyder Zee. The sea, which, as every one knows; is at the north of Holland and covers an area of 50,000 hectares a hectare befng practically two acres and a half, Just half a century ago a scheme to drain the southern portion of the sea was first mooted and although it.xe. e i a.,/ ceived considerable support; the oppo- LARK OF BR'T]SH DUCHESS sition was greater, but now an asso- clatlon has been formed and a bill will|" be introduced into the chamber. The promoters see that with an increased population means must be taken to enlarge the country and this reclama- tion of the sea is suggested as capable of accomplishment. If the sea is con- auered there are several lakes which can be dealt with later. Rate Schedule Lacking. It was the day before Christmas in one of the big rallroad offices, says the San Francisco Call. They were talking about the good old days when they were all children and there was no interstate commerce commission. “Well,” observed tha optimist, “1 guess old Santa will come around as usual.” “Nope,” replied the grouch. “Don’t | took for him this year.” “Why not?” asked the optimist. ' “Well,” came the the answer, “un- der the new law he’s a common car- rier, and the old nan hasn’t filed hisg rate schednle ” Justifiable Suspicion. ‘“I guess I nfust be getting old.” - “Why do you think so?” “A pretty girl dropped one of hqr gloves on the sidewalk this morning and 1 permitted another man to heat we to it.” Change of Fortune. Knicker—They used to have trou- ble keeping the wolf from the door. her. And now it makes him mad to have to take up ashes from the grate. Rocker—Now they - have troublt keeping the Welsh nbhlt. from it WILL ATTEND| |f l Dr. Smith fllankq] Mr. Stirratt for TEN CENTS PER WEEK. { (Copyright, 1913) ul'i'f!'l'"“'?n”u il .’flm > IS GIVEN @ECEPTION F. §. Stirratt Leave Wisconsin, Why Next Week For% € Will Enter IS THANKED W WS WORK Last night the cpigregation of the! First Methodist chych gave a recep- tion in honor of M nd Mrs. Frank S Stirratt, whowsyi ve next week | for Prescott, ‘Wiscofsin, where they! will take up farmingag a livelihood. A large number pf the congrega- tion were present. A short program was given, which yas begun by a reading from . Ellis Parker's Buttler | by by Miss Clara Fpke, the Bemi(lji'l teacher of elocutio) Miss Fiske was rjpeatedly encored and responded sevepl times. 5 After Miss iske’s feading the Male | Quartett, composed }f Messrs. Wood- | mansee, Lambert, nd Lucas, sang a selection. . Herlook- er made a short addess, thanking the departing family foytheir services in connection with th| Surtay School and Epworth Leagtp. Mr. Herlooker matioued the fact that both Mr. and Xxs. Stirratt have been actively engaged in this work ever since they haw been here, and that much of the progress of the or- ganizations have b'en dne to their efforts. his work on the biilding committee and the board of trustees. of the church, and closed lis address by pre- senting him and hi Wwifg with a’ set of silver tea spoons! MrStirratt re- plied to the tributes of his fri#nds in 2 horst talk, in which hs enumeérated the circumstances pf his- becoming connected with the'church, and fie| history of his eflarts in its behalf. Her Grace of smherland Danced at London Masked Ball in Male Attre. S . A carefully concaled sensation of the brilliant “Aralan Nights Bal given at Covent Gaden, came to light in London when ijwas learned that among the glitterig throng of orien: tal dancers was hejgrace the duchess of Sutherland in ihle attire—that of | a maharajah. e incident was | deemed so seriousthat a family con- clave was, called afStafford house, the magnmcent Sutheland residence, in St. James street. l { But it was not tk duke who caused the trouble, but e earl of Rosslyn,; the countess’ brotir, who ordered his ! sister to “give an ccount of herself.” The duchess tookumbrage at this| style of censor afl ci%ng his some- ‘what lurid careeryade him deflance. “I would like t knowf’ she is re-} ported to have E’L “who appointed you as censor: ofthis family’s. mor- als; so don’t tallyot.” A cross-examiniion elicited from| the duchess the fct that while she i did wear a man’glothes’at the. ball; and also painted Ir face to a swarthy hue f{o resemble hé eastern poten- tate, her trouser were very baggy and a cloak enveped her figure.. So at the conchion of the inquisi- tion the duchess fured that the ear! of Rosslyn owed Ir an apology. “You see it wqall perfectly inno- - cent,” she said, ,dfl | lempt for a woman. TRAVELING MEN T¢ DANE 'Bemidji Council 513 Has Issued (n- | vitations For Social Danc: On Saturday Evening Announcements have been xssue\l by the Bemidji council, 513, \f the social dance which will take " Saturday’ evening. William Finnegan and Thomas announce that Masten’s orches will furnish the music. The dance Saturday evening wi e the third of its kind to he given b; {the Bemidji council, since its orga lzation ln Bemxdjx nearly a year ago s Sl Publication of (he Eskimo ,Bulletln I Evidence of Progress of Twenty Years. ket I In the bad old days the masters/s the whaling vessels sailing from #n Franclsco to the far north usec/to Prince of Wales, in Beringstrait, it was .a rather ticklish job fc a white man to start a Bible clnsfi Still, H. A. Thornton attempted it, fut he was shot-dead by a boy of forteen, wha was killed in his turn his own kinsman. This affair ippened in 1890." Two vears after W. T. Lopp ap peared on the scene vwth his wife They settled at Cape P nce of Wales and year aiter year, intil 1903, they taught humanity to fie Eskimos. The reindeer was introdiced from Siberia and Mr. Zopp got Pis pupils to learn te rear the herds.| He also taught them boat bulldlnq carpentering, etc, and, to put a finalitouch to his valua ln the world—the Eskimo Bulletin, Old Volume Sold. Bunyan’s copy of Foxe's Martyrs” was offerad at Messrs, Sotheby’s rooms ii Londor recently. There were on}y two bids and the book was flnafllly%'ought in al $8,000. The vendors vere the trus tees of the Bedford Lit/rary institute The book was to hawe been sold ir London last May, the institute being in financial difficulties. -It Was expect ed to realize from {40,000 to $50,000 At the last moment/ however, the at torney general intefvened in order f¢ ascertain whether the trustees were empowered with t|}e right to gell the took, and it was Withdrawn from ‘thie sale. general came to the conclusion thai the sale could ndt be withdrawn, and consequently thebook came under the hammer. A firat edition of Walto “Complete Anglgr," published ln 1663 | at 35 cents, fetched $3,750. S Dead Slang. ~ Ts there anything so dead. as-deat slang? It must be quite fres] offends the nostril. And no one should talk slang without the assurance that it is both infantile and immorta}: Jo Galgworthy 1s modern. Man of Property” he produces the slang expression of the ‘eighties. daverdy woman.” It is a term of coi But is there ai one born: in the. eighties. who, sxplain that slang t bers it? You must get ,vnur ph United Commercial Travelers, Yor a' ra YEARLY .PAPER 0F ALASKA ble work, he had a small press brought from ‘the states, and it was not Ion! | after that h!s pupils were 3 is probably Lhe only yearly newspspm ook o tion " af After invest/gation the attorney "TO STICK BY LAFOLLETTE, | His Backers in Wisconsin' Say They Will Stand By Him Until He Personally Withdraws %ROOSEVELT CAN'T CARRY STATE \ i\ Milwaukee, Feb. §.—La Follette \lackers in Wisconsin say that they 1.stay with” him till he personally Jhdraws. B R anagers of La Follette. State Senator Blain says Roosevelt ill mot carry Wisconsin. Al Is-Still Under Arrest. Toney Byke is under arrest again This morning before Judge Simons he was given a senterice of 15 days in the county jail for drunkenness. NEGROPLEADED NOT GUILTY Natural Kindheartedness and Law of Gravitation Responsible for Ap- parent Theft of Chicken. A negro was once haled into court in a Missisippi town for the theft of a fancy chicken. The chicken in ques- tion was in the bag in which it was found ‘at the time of the arrest. When asked if he had anything to say in his own defense, the negro replied: “0’ co'se 1 is chicken. My natchel kineheartedness an’ de law ob grabbertation done put | de chicken in de bag.” i ed necessary by the magistrate, the prisoner stated: “I wus agoin' through de lumber yard an’ I picked up er plank. It didn’t have no ‘tickler value an’ de white folks ain’t er goin’ ter grudge de pore | nigger de plénk. I ain't took no mo- ! tice dat de p]anl\ wus warm. Ihader! e v, to0...I disremem- ¥ ®d de bag fur, but I wus | er golu along an’ I seed dat chicken er settin’ on dat limb what had ice all | over it, an’ de chicken sho’ wus cole. Den my natchel kineheartedness, whut 1 done tole you about, got de 'longside uv de chicken. An’ he sho’ wus grateful fur dat warm plank to stan’ on. Now I never noticed dat de en’ uv de plank whut was on de groun’ wus in de bag, an’-when de chicken step on dat plank de law uv | grabbertation done kotch holt er him an’ throwed him in de bag. Well, boss, hit semed like de han’ uv Providence jus’ took him an’ walked off wid hi but boss, T ain’t never stole dat chick- en. 'Deed I never did” 3 Fear Well Founded. “I fear,” sadly said the postage stamp, when it found itself fastened to to tacgs 2 B = 4 A Misanthrope. _There is no use wasting sympathy on a man who can’t be happy with ‘| good health, good meals and good weather. Morally' Speaklng. Morally speaking, the person usual ly alluded to as the man higher up is | Ington Star. - They refuse to recognize | " |chairs are reserveq and the I ain't stole dat A further explanation being deem- | bes’ uv me an’ I done put de plank | done- put de chicken in de bag, an’ I} & love letter, “that I am not sticking i VINCENT SPEAKS ATARMORY TONIGHT Arrived This Afternoon from Duluth At 3:30 Over the Great Northern RECEPTION COMMERCIAL CULB Will Be Informal, Giving Citizens Opportunity to Meet the Noted | Educator RESERVE SEATS NTUMBER 300 Program for Friday is fo be Carried As Planned by Superintendent Dyer. | Doctor George E. Vincent, presi- ident of the state universily arrived in the city this afternoon at 3:30 5o‘clock, over the Great Northern rail- {road and was met at the depot by the | reception committee of the Commer- cial Club, of which A. P. White was chairman. The lecture this evening will be Iheld at the Armory building where a special entertainment program has been prepared by Superiniendent W. P. Dyer. The girls chorus will rend- er a selection and Mastea's fourteen piece orchestra will be cn hand to give a few seJections, aftcr which Dr. Vincent will give an address on “The Duty of the New School. Immediately after the lecture an informal receptiqn will be leld at the | Commercial club rooms where all -will {be given an opportunity to meet the president of the university, whose desire it is to get better acquainted with the Ccitizens of Northern Minne- sota. Light refreshments will be sery at the reception rcoms. T Reserve'seat tlokets have been sell= ing fast at the Neter Drug store and !1those who have not yet secured seats |still have the priviledge of doing so | before the doors are opened. The gen- eral admission will be fres, but prac- tically all the good comfortable small charge of cents will be made to help defray expenses of the associa- tion. The regular planned niogram for tomorrow will be carried out and a general admission fee of 25 cents will be charged at any of the sessions. Badges may be obtained for 50 cents which will admit to all sessions. ARREST FOLLOWS DISTURBANCE Mabel Bates Given Order to “Clear v‘ Out” of Bemidji by Tonight. After causing such a disturbance |that a police officer had *o be called Mabel Bateg was -arrested yesterday |afternoon, in"a downtown notel. Mabel came to Bemidji three weeks lagu from Wisconsin, and ever since has given the police more or. less trouble, but until yesterday it has not been necessary for them to place ‘lu-r under arrest. She was arraigned befere Judge Si- {mons, in municipal court this morn- jing and pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and was given a fine of 155 00 ang costs, 2 total cf $8, but prnu her promise to “clear out” by |six o’clock this evening, the sentence | was suspended by the judsze. Socialists Wrought Up. ! As a result of some few socialists | whose expressions led to the belief tllat_ they conceeded the defeat of their candidate for mayor at the com- |ing election, has wrought up consid- erable feeling among some of the {members of the local. - C. J. Larsen reports ‘member of the local is of the firm be- lief at this time that F. M. Malzahn will be elected on the 20th of this month. They appear ‘to be making the campaign of their lives and hope to carry other offices as well. I { Auto Club Meeting. | ~Tomorrow evening in the Commer i cial Club rooms there will be a meet- ing of the Bemidji Automobile Club the meeting being called at 8 o’clock. As there will be much business of lmportmce«o be disg\lssed probnb— the club, it is urged tha: as many members of the club as possible be present at this'meeting. Anyone in- this mesting,, - that every - 1y more than at any other meeting of . terested in good roads should attend ° -