Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 14, 1912, Page 1

(3} - 3 " I SOCIETY. VOLUME 9. NUMBER 25. GREAT NORTHERN [DIES AT STATE PRISON WRECK NEAR DOYON | Spooner Murdered Victim of Tubercu- losis Although Perfectly Healthy When Found Guilty Here Sixteen People Brought to Devil's Lake on a Special Relief Train CRIME COMMITTED 4 YEARS AGO | | | LIST THOSE WHO WERE INJURED' Xcws nas been received here of (the death of Martin Munn in Still-| water prison. Munn one of the 2 | principals in a sensational {ragedy £11 Coaches pt Observation CAr| 1 ion oeeurred in Spooner four and Go Into the Ditch. . It Kept a half years ago. The Track A man named Franklin, who work- | ed as a tinsmith for Williams Bros..| of Baudette, and whose wife conduct- ied the Union hotel at Spooner, ac-| CLAIM AGENT 0'CONNELL THERE |cused Munn of wrecking his home. Going to the hotel one night he! | found Munn there. A fight ensued and Munn shot| Fire in Tourist Car Discovered and'Frauklin through the heart. Put Out Before Gaining Much In the trial that followed which ! twok place in Bemidji he was cou-| Headway. victed and sentenced to be hanged, {but the late Governor Johnson, who B | was opposed to capital punishment, | Deviis Lake; D., H,mm“_f commutted the sentence to life im- Special Wire Service) —The Great | Prisoument. ] Northern North Coast limited, east Munn was a robust man when he entered the prison, but the confine-| | passenger train ran off the i ditched Tuesday night bout tr ment did not agree with him, and he fell a vietim of tuberculosis. and wi about @ mile and a halt east of Doy- an, N. D.. injuring sixteen people. —_— | A relief train was sent ont froll 6 6 6 6 G 6 S G S © 6 66 6 & | Devils Lake and returned at 2:30|s GUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, © o'clock with the following Injured e o 6 & & 6 & & & & & & & & people | | Seventy-five years ago today the| | village of Milwaukee was organized, | with Solomon Juneau as first presi- Grand Forks, both legs and arms|dent of the village board. At that broken and internal injuries. [time the village boasted of a popu- Clara Rusness. Inkster, contusion |lation of a little less than 700, which vight limb {has since increased to 375.000, ac- B. . Raldwin, Devils Lake,'cording to the latest census. cle bruised. | * M. A. Mace, 2718 | List of Injured- Engineer William Prindeville, . D Penn avenue: The Madison Avenue mansion re- north, Minneapolis, back badly hurt. | cently acquired by the New York Sever Berger, Osnabrock, injured |State Woman Suffrage Association as| oun the head, a home and headquarters for the or- Dennis Dlessas, a Greek, Minot, | ganization was formally opened to- briises on body. { day with a housewarming. The house . W, Colfa Bureka, Montana jcm\sisls of three stories and is equip- and back injured. iped with offices and all the conven- Mrs, (i \W. Colifax, Bureka, Mon-}iences of a modern clubhouse. tana. thrown through a window, and | P T back and feet injured I The annual meeting of the Wis- Patrick Shields, Granville, collar consin State Telephone Association hone and rib broken. {began in’ Madisou today and will con-| Willilam Henzie, Devils Lake. head | tinue over tomorrow. The Wisconsin and back injured | workmen’s compensation act, the con- Fireman A. Halverson, ruction of rural lines, and the dif- Forks, minor bruis | ferent methods of accounting and Holman and son, 6 years of age, | handling collections are among the| sovere bruises on head and body. !leading subjects scheduled for dis-| - Harvey. back injured. | Grar cussion. i A. J. Groff, cook, Minneapolis, in-| * H ternal injuries. { A State immigration convention as- tosie Hermann. Seattle, thrown|sembled in Sedalia, Mo. today to plan through window and back and feet!|an aggressive campaign to attract Turt, immigrants and capital to Missouri, The convention, which will continue in session two days, is largely at- tended by State officials, railroad im- fous condition with the possible ex-|migration agents and representatives ception of Engineer William Prinde-|of numerous commercial and indus- Engineer Badly Hurt. | None of the injured are in a ser- ville of Grand Forks..the extent of | trial organizations. whose internal injuries cannot be de-| * termined. One of the injured, Hol-| Mrs, Eleanor Hamilton Keenon, man cluims that he was traveling | who succeeded to the title of Chica- with @ male passenger who has not | go's Oldest Settler upon the death of yet been located, In addition to the | Fernando Jomes some months ago, ifered injuries of some con- | celebrated her eightieth birthday an- sequence, there is quite a number|niversary today. Mrs. Keenon was who suffered minor bruises and a se-| porn inside old Fort Dearborn and vere shaking up. has 1esided in Chicago all her life ex- 16 who st All But One Leaves Track. 3«-0[)1 short periods when she was with s - . {her Lusband at the front during the All of the cars with the exception | oo o of the observation car left the track. | " This car was partially derailed bm_f Ciriinsl Parley oifielited &t ithe :"'““ "_“:’,‘“f“e" .f‘l"“ :“‘““" up ? part o | ceremony in St. Patrick’s Cathedral he veliel train that reached thisiipig moming which made Miss Mar- clews | . . _|ion Edith Regan, daughter of Mr. 1t is claimed that a spreading of{o1q yie sames B. Rogan. the bride the rails was the cause of the wreck. : | ; of William Gunther Gardner, British Claim Agent T. P. 0' Connell of thelyyye gonsul in New York City. The railroad happened to be on the train | oqqing was attended by nearly 1,- :.uul did much in seeing that the in- 000 guests and was followed by an Jured were properly cared for. The|glaborate reception at the riotel Modern Woodmen lodge of Doyon | gpickerhocker, of which Mr. Regan was in session at the time of the|father of the bride, is the proprietor. wreck and the members adjourned p3 and went in a body to assist in n..‘i Following negotiations that have work of caring for the injured. | % {been in progress for several years, a general committee representing the | Norweglan Lutheran synod and the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America met in Madison, Wis., to- Fire Quickly Extinguished. Pire broke out in the tourist car immediately following the wreck.| fortunately it was discovered at once | and was soon extinguished. The 03 to arrange-the final details of a train was heavily loaded and Lho]pmn for uniting the two branches in- seenes following the wreck were pa-“ to one organization. The union will thetic until members of families haq|2Tect nearly half a million Norwe- tound their misstug loved oens: 1f"”‘" Lutherans, the most of them liv- ing in Tllinois, Towa, Wisconsin, Min- The train was traveling at its us-{ 8 8 TOn0 8 o an wal high rate of speed when it lofr| %0t North and South Dakota and Nebraska. the track and the engines and tend-| er lie fully four rods from the wreck litterally a mass of scrap iron. The! rumor that the mail clerks were in-| jured is without foundation. | re Distinguished public officials of both the United States and Canada were included among the passengers | who sailed for Panama today to view the progress of construction on the isthmian canal. Two members of President Taft’s cabinet, Secretary of the Interior Fysher and Postmaster auction block next. General Hitchcock, were among those Sir Herbert Tree nas astonished|in the party. Canada was represent- London by entering upon'a music hallled by the Hon. Clifford Sifton, form- engagement, presenting a dramatiza-|er Minister of the Interior and for tion of Kipling’s story, “The Man|many years a leading figure in pub- “Refused $5,000 for the Husband She Loved,” reads a h2aq line. They- ‘Il have poor old mere: man on the WILL PUSH LAKE - SHORE DRIVE PLANS Bemidji Automobile Club Decides That Aid of Commercial Club - Be Asked for Prompt Action ALL DEPENDS ON ELWELL LAW If Road ‘is Constructed Will Mean Much to Bemidji and Towns To The North $314 SPENT ON ROADS IN 1911 Direction Signs to be Plaved on All Highways Leading into Be- midji—As Far As Brainerd -“It all depends upon lhe constitu- tionality of the Elwell bill whether or not we will have a road around Lake Bemidji this summer,” said Dr. E. H. Marcum, secretary of the Be- ! midji Automobile club this morning, while taking of the recent club meet-! ing “and if the supreme court holds that it is constitutional it means that we will have the drive. “At the meeting we appointed a committee which will take the prop- osition up with the club, and urge that the State High- way Commisison we asked to report on their position in the matter as soon as possible so that no unnecces- sary delay may be continued the doctor, “the construct- ing of this road means a lot to Be- midji as well as to the towns lying north of us.” It will be Beltrami board of -county commis« sioners acted favorably upon the building of the new road under the Elwell law apd it was recommended to the Highway Commission for thenr £0ar. is very enthusigstii e reporis action upon the proposition. 1f built the road will not only give Bemidji one of the wmost beautiful public drives in the state, but will also be a big benefit to such places as Blackduck, Northome and Interna* tional Falls, in that it will be con- structed along with the state road which is being planned from Inter- national Falls through Bemidji to Minneapolis and St. Paul. The committee apointed to wait upon the Comemrcial Club is com- prised of W. A. Gould, John Moberg and George Kreatz. F. 8. Lycan was selected as a dele. gate from Bemidji at attend the state association of Automobile - Clubs which is to be held in Minenapolis April 1.' 1 As the county commissioners of Clearwater county are the only board which has not designated a lo- cation for the state road which has been proposed between Grand Forks and Duluth, the club deemed it prop- er to appoint a committee to commu- nicate with "the Clearwater people and ascertain their intentions, for which Dr. Rowland Gilmore and A. P. White were named. It was also decided that direction signs should be plaved on all roads leading into Bemidji, and for this purpose a committee made up of W. L. Brooks, C. L. Bacon and W. N. Bowser were selected. These signs will be put as far down as Brainerd and to the state park. ¥ In a report of the secretary it was shown that $264.30 was expended by the club for road imporvement around Bemidji, and that an’ addi- tional $150 was spent in the shorten- ing of the Itasca Park road through Becida and Fern Hill Post Office. NO LAW TO PROTECT FLAG General Wood Says Stars and Stripes Should Always Be Suspended From Line or a Staff. ‘Washington.—Recent charges and denials of abuse and misuse of the American flag have developed the fact that there is no national statute mak- fng such acts punishable. Several states are sald to have sévere laws on the subject and the war department officials are hopeful that agitation will lead legislatures of other states to 1 adopt similar laws. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chlef of etaff of the army, contends that the national ensign should never he used as a table covering or be tacked up as drapery, but that it should always be suspended from a line or staff or. hung against the wall..It is a common practice on shipboard to spread the during services. This practice is con- demned in some guarters as a misuse lm’ the flag. An attempt probably will be made to obtain national legislation on this subject, but it is said that so many Who,” e life in‘ the Dominfon. sftected that the success of the a | tempt {s doubtful. - Cemmercial | | encountered,” | remembered that the | flag over the chaplain’s table or desk |- private Interests wolld be adversely i ; { | | | ' (Copyrignt, 1913.) (CAR AROUSES ~ INTEREST| “Has Met With Much Approval,” says State Immigration Commissioner Maxwell ;. | | | LITERATURE APPEALS TO- ALL H. J. Maxwell, cur new state Immi- gration Commissioner, after a week’s trip with the Minnesota: Exhibition that the “efficient advertising was ta- ken care of by Mr. Jones, the Great Northern Railway’s Immigration Ag-| ent at Des Moines, and it has been | thorough and complete in évery re-| spect. Everything has been done by the Great Northern and Burlington to make the Minnesota car a.success The ‘Bxhibit car has met with much approval, and 1 believe the trip is a success in every particular. All along, I noticed people’ knew comparatively nothing of Minnesota. ‘We are giving out information to peo- ple who never had a message from Minnesota. The literature seems to appeal to all. We had a large crowd at Oskaloosa. While there was not such a large crowd at Pleasantville and Swan, the attendance was very good, and keen interest was shown. There were good. crowds at both Nor- folk and St. Charles.” The Minnesota Car was furnished by the Great Northern Railway with- out charge, and is being operated by the Great Northern and Burlington for the benefit of the State of Min- nesota. BREN’S TRIAL STARTS Former Acting Treasurer of the Un- iversity of Minnesota Faces The Jury. The trial of J. D. Bren, former acting treasurer of the University of Minnesota, indicted on the charge of failing to turn over public funds amounting to $19,488.26 alleged to, belong to various funds of the umi- versity, began in the district court in Minneapolis today. The trial will probably occupy two weeks. According to the report filed last week as a bill of particulars, Bren is“ charged with -$28,082.07, and is credited with: $8,593.81 in cash and deposit slips found after his arrest, which took place after he had told a sensational. story of being held up and robbed of $13,000 on the univer- sity campus on June 7. HORSE THIEF POOR TRADER Broncho Buster Keeps on Swapping Animals Till He gets an Un. tradable Nag. . Altoona, Pa—Charged with stealing a valuable pony from John D. Bloom- bardt of this city over a year ago, Charles Foust, a broncho buster, was arrested at South Park, where he was working {n the coal mines: ; Foust was employed to break ponies by Bloomhardt, and one day drove off with the Dbest one in the.lot. He 'told the police that he traded it off for a horse, getting something to boot each time. s Tt is suppos d.that he kept on trad: !dent of the Northern Minnesota Dev- | -and makingian-estimate-of-the-oest TEN CENTS PER WEEK. SOCIAL SMOKER DECIDED SUCCESS Visitors Enter Into Spirit of Even- ing and Return to Their Home City Much Pleased. MEN FROM BOTH PLACES TALK Willism 0'Neill, President of the Cass Lake Commercial Club, as Toastmaster Scores Hit. GREAT FUTURE FOR BOTH CITIES Bygones to be Bygones and Two Cit- ies to Aid One Another in Ac- complishing Things In response to an invitation by the Bemidji Commercial Club, members of the Cass Lake club accepted in- vitations to come here for a social smoker héld in the Bemidji club rooms last night. There was a good crowd present from Cass Lake and this i by ith the - CORFERENOE, BIGHWAY. PLoNS |CASE SARGUED TONIGHT|o" mooes e me vae it Progress on Good Road Pro- ject. |C. M. King of Deer River Eeportn{ | C. M. King of Deer River, presi-| elopment association and chairman of the good roads committee of that body, was in Duluth yesterday con- ferring with Secretary J. S. Pardee of the good roads committee and At. | torney Charles E. Adams in regard to the Duluth and St. Vincent road. Engineers of the state highway commission are already at work lay- ing out the detailed route‘of the road of construction. The petitions and the engineers’ reports will be submitted to the commission soon. Mr. King| is also working with interested peo- | pel on the International Falls and| Twin - City highway and hopes to! have the petitions for that road com- pleted within a short time. DYER TALKS ON LINCOLN Tells Students That Young People of Today Can Gain Much by Studying Him. POINTS OUT SIMPLE - STYLE This morning at chapel exercise period, Superintendent Dyer spoke to the 'students of tne high school on some of the traits in the character of Abraham Lincoln. After expressing his regret that more attention has not been paid to the anniversary of the birth of this great man, Professor Dyer went ¢ to say that although the Great Em- ancipator did not have a complete course in school, he was nevertheless well educated, and that it was due to his own efforts and love for books that he was so well versed in_theori- tical problems which he was later called on to answer. The lesson to be drawn from this is that the young people. of - today should realize and take advantage of their opportunities. The simpli- city and good-nature of Lincoln is also a trait that young people should admire, for if education teaches us to.draw away from the uneducated clasges, it becomes a detriment in- stead of a benefit to the student, Mr. Dyer also pointed out the sim~ ple, direct style of Mr. Lincoln’s speaking and commended it to high school pupils. : BANKER MORSE SAILS FOR ITALY Bank Wrecker Leaves to Take Health Treatments in Germany New York, Feb. 14.—Charles Morse, the bank wrecker whose 15-| year sentence in the federal peni tentiary at Atlanta was recently co muted on ‘account of illness, board- ed the Hamburg-American * line steamer Kaiserin - Auguste Victoria tonight ‘to sail at 10 6'clqck tamo row for Burope. He will take trea ment at Bad Nauheim, Germany. - room. . T. J. Burke, president of the Be- Socialist Mandamus Suit Which has|midii club, called the gathering to Been Brought Against City Coun- order and presented William O’Neill, x ident of” th ¢il To Be Settled: president of” the Cas$ Lake club, as toastmaster of the evening. Mr. Burke first extended a welcome to Cass Lake and expressed the hope that such meetings as this would be held more frequently. o Sl When Mr. O'Neill took charge of seems very likely that the So- 5 e h elglist-clty council controversy which _t e Fflthenng, he delivered a short has been on-gince the appointing of talk in which he replied to M_r. Burke the .~ %.for_the:coming. city elec-|{Saying that he _was . glad to. be tlon, will be concluded this evening,|here ' and that he believed X‘he: tl;e. ";“;e; Wg‘ ;e ‘lg”i‘fed inlne expressed the sentiments of the e hands of Judge B. F. Wright of 5 Park Raplds- Othel: A'.ne". who had come over to The writ of mandamus brought|Bemidii with him from Cass Lake. against the council for the purpose|He referred to the fight Cass Lake of causing them to show why they |put up against Bemidji for the norm- should be compelled to appoint at{a] sechool and while Cass Lakers were least one Socialist judge in each of 1 the four wards, has caused no little amount of excitement in Bemidji po- | PYgones be bygones, and predicted litical circles, and Judge Wright’s de- |that there was a great future in store cision tomight will be watched with |for northern Minnesota. much inferest by the voters of the|. miastmaster O'Neill first called on city. . City Attorney P. J. Russell win|F- S Lyean. who talked briefly and He was followed represent the council and Attorney |urged good roads. Weber the Socialists, and it is be-|by M. N. Koll of Cass Lake, who told leved that several witnesses will be{a funny story and spoke of the work examined: 2 being done by the Northern Minne- The case will be tried in the dis- 1 ¢t Associati a trict court chambers at the court satat:Developmen Ssogiation, an house and is set for 8 o’clock. he in turn was followed by W. P. e Dyer who spoke of the beauties of Bemidji and the value of the'timber DECORATING COMPLETED {snc soi in this part of the state. J. J. Opsahl spoke of the earlier history of the north country and out- Elk’s Charity Ball Room Trimmings "¢ l":““s o s ":’“’f“t o B;:‘“‘ o factory development of e territory In Place Ev sud B emhmg-n“dy tributary to these two towns can be For Big Events successtully carried on. Others who talked were Charles Warfield,” Dr. Christianson, W. A. TAKES PLACE TOMORROW NIGHT| Gould, Dr. Dumas and Christ Burns, and all of these speakers were sure i : that there is to be unusual activity I the arranlng of the c02%)rgm now on in this part,ef the claie corners and placin; f the ooth. this attrmoon (e dabotating|*00.that It s only by pulling togeth. for the Dbig Elk’s Charity ball which |°F the best godd can be obtained and is to take place tomorrow evening{the desired aims realized. While ‘was. completed by John Tennstrom,|none of the speakers made an at- who has had charge of the plans. tempt_at being eloguent, —they all _Never has an executive committee| (/"4 in.their beliet of the fu- ol any of the previous charity balls e in Bemidji trimmed the hall in sucn|ture of northern Minnesota. At the concluison of the set pro- ::_:l;, l:;;m:g::r‘;!:o::l:;e :vk::“:tg gram of talks, President Burke told which gives promise of ‘belng the|the men from Cass Lake that the “event of the season” are sure to be|club rooms were there for their use cn; tured by its grand appearance. an,i that they could enjoy themselves Tckets for the ball are going like|iR 20y Way they wanted; that the he cakes and it fs estimated that|billiard and pool tables were there no léss than 300 peopje will ettend.|[fOr them as was also the card rooms and that they could -al- - : 7 - - low, high or-any old ball’” that they "BAND BOYS TO GIVE DANCE |wanted and with this extension of B R courtesy the formal meeting of the Will iFollow. Bemidji-Fosston Basket|evening disbanded and. the visitors - Ball Contest Friday Evening gan playing games and generall: 7 — " |amusing themselves. . By et TRIAL BEFORE JUDGE WRIGHT glad they won, he believed in letting On._ Friday. evening the Bemidji band boys will give a dance, to which the general public is invited. he dance will follow the basket|The Dbail game which is to be played be-{u tween the high school teams of' Foss- |w : lin'u;sbra‘ : HISTORIGAL