Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 26, 1912, Page 1

e IS IHT AWOQ AUITTUD. VoW neM 13 5 Yo eslppint@ sicisH zIsW z‘lssa ;m IripuodT 10 mesiby ralloibs v stdifiatni 5 g = zathrw VOLUME 9. NUMBER 255. 0TT0 BREAKS UP BLACK HAND GANG| Arrests Bunch of Eight Italians Whe Are Said To Have Been Operating Widely TRIAL AT SAULT STE. MARIE Scheduled for Tomorrow and Believed May Take International Significance SENT THREATENING LETTERS United StatessMails Used to Get the Messages to the Intended Victims Adam E. Otto, formerly assistant postmaster of this city. hand gang which had been operating' Of the ways' anil means committee|inat over 13,000 books -have heen!|® leader of in the vicinity of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Mr. Otto is at present a U. S. Postoffice inspector and was in Bemidji this morning for a time between trains. He left a noon for Duluth and will go at onc to Sault Ste. Marie where the trnl“h"" children :to ,Philadelppia to bel is scheduled for tomorrow, and it is said the case may take an interna-| tional importance. 1t appears that a gang of ltalian blackmailers had been operating in Sault Ste. Marie for some time befor the matter was brought to the at- tention of the federal authorities. Mr. | Otto was at once sent to the scene; and his investigations lead to the ar- rest of eight Italians who are to be tried tomorrow. The methds used were the usual ones of the black hand. unless a certain sum of money was de- livered fo a man at a named place, the home and family of the recipient would be blown up by dynamite. It is said that several were scared into paying the money but that the auth-, orities finally got wind of the matter with the result that they believe they have apprehended he offenders. Local Sault Ste. Marie papers give credit for the capture to Mr. Otto and speak highly of his work. Since receiving his appointment as an in- spector, Mr. Otto has done some im- portant work for the government but this is believed to be the best expres- sion of his ability so far. R R OR RCRCR RN “ THIS IS MY 66th BIRTHDAY “BUFFALQ BILL" 2920006606066 56 D@ D @ William F. Cody, the scout and showman who is know the world over under his cognomen of “Buffalo Bill,"” was born in Scott county, Ia., February 26, 1846. At the age of 14 years he began his career on the plains as a pony express rider. When scerecely 17 he joined the Seventh Kansas cavalry and served through several years of the civil war as a government scout and guide. After the war he contracted to furnish the Kansas Pacific Railway with all the buffalo meat required to feed the la- borers engaged in construction, and in 18 months killed nearly 5.000 buf- faloes, earning the name of “Buffalo Bill,” by which he is best known.! From 1868 to 1872 he was again en-| gaged in the government service as a scout, serving in the operations! against the Sioux and Cheyenne In- dians. Some years later, in the bat- tle of Indian Creek, he killed Yellow Hand, the Cheyenne chief, in a hand- to-hand fight. Mr. Cody has. been engaged in the show business the past thirty years, during which time he has been seen throughout Europe and America in exhibitions illustrat- ing frontier life. Congratulations to: Czar Ferdinand of vears old today. Thomas W. cier, 55 year old today. Bulgaria, 51 tist, 76 years old today. Camille Flammarion, tronomer and writer, today. Horace H. French as- 70 years old Lurton, Associate Jus- tice of the Supreme Court of the Un-| ited States, 68 years old today. As. a possible substitute for cot- ton, German textile experts are ex- perimenting with the Asiatic silk cotton three. To.enabie a person to keep his face | winds, short | Letters were | mailed to Italians telling them thatj | Lawson, Boston finan- | fibre of the! 2e06 0@ @ OUTSIDE NEWS COKDE}ISED @ PeCwvooooOode® LRCECRRECRE R R X R Brainerd, Feb. 26—The Northern Pacific shops have been put on full "Imc with indications that they will | remain on that schedule through the spring and summer. « | sponse to the call issued by Governor | Osborn two weeks ago the Mighigan sion today to comsider and act upon A measure prawdugg for-:a_ prm- Identlal prlmarv | = Boston, Feb. 58.dolonei ! Roosg:)| velt is here for five days and declares that there is no political significance lin his visit. On the train en route,| {he stated that his reply to the eight | governors will be made in New York | tonight. | Gary, Ind, Feb. 26:—With the starting of work in the rail mill to- !day the Gary Steel Works ! first time are running to the fullest |capacity. All rolling mills, axle, | plate, billet and bar mills and coke ovens are in full operation Washington. Feb. 26.—Represen- tative Underwood, of Alabama, an- nounced Saturday sthat he Wwad & ean- receives the | didate for the Democratic nomina-lml‘hl public library, credit for having broken up a black i tion for presidency. He is chmrmanjmitted her, anmul renort iand- the majority ' House. the Lawrence, Mass., Feb. The | ailure of -the -pofice and’ militia ‘to’ llow strikers of this city to send cared for has resulted in protests be- ng sent to Governor Foss from all jover the country. : Congress is: ex- | pected to make an inguiry at once. It is believed that matters will reach crisis today. . Nashville; ‘Tenn.; ‘Feb. 26:~—Rep-; resentative retail merchants from all i{parts of the south gathered in this {city today for the secord annual con- {vention of their associaticn. The meeting will last three days. .The most important matteg scheduled for consideration is the framing ef a pro- test against the parcels post measure inow pending in congress. !, Georgetown, Texas, Feb. 26:— Bzra W. Stephens, Harry Wuenske and G. F. Noack, three residents of | Milam county, district court here today to answer to a charge of murder in the first | degree as the result of their alleged | | participation in the lynching of An-| ;tonm Gomez, at Thorndale last June. | Gomez, a young Mexican, was lynch- ed after he had stabbed-Cliarles Z.| IShank to death. ° B * . Minneapolis,. . Feb. < 26.—A ‘still alarm turned in from 312 First aven- ue north called the fire department indication of having been the work of an incendiary. The building is locked and guarded pending investi- sation by proper authorities. A Ker- ~sine’ soaked cotton strip lead from the basement to an oil soaked pile ¢t boxes and barrels on the fourth floor.. The sprinkler system was for- goften, however, and it turned in a still alarm before the fire had a good start. = New York, Feb. 26.—The humor spotlight was turned upon politics and’ politicians Friday night at the annual dinner of Brethren of the Amén Corner, an organization of newspaper men, prominent doctors, lawyers and men about tawn. : ty’s annual publication, the following vas' found “in the “shippint news.” “Sailed: Schoolship Wilson, Clp- itain Harvey; from Princeton pier {with;a load of new 'textbooks.’ In trying to round Ryan rocks, captain slipped and :lost joverboard. = School- ship continued, rounding Pension point and after wallowing thirty: eight hours in Watterson bay put i at Carnegie pier for supplies. “Sailed: Wrecker Roosevelt, after: having been at anchor in \’Oystqr Bay for four years, put out to sea aithout pilot or chart, and head- ed immediately for Taft anchorage. | Caried no freight, I'Crew, insurgents. tuned only to Expected on Wireless ‘liars.” | vessell. signal seas.” | “Arrived: Four-masted frigate Taft: after first voyage, lying in harbor with numerous tugs, trying {to tie up to Delegate pier {having - sailed, through milstake’ mnoe ahmf low old chart if manifest is s(gned for second voyage.” “Bark La Follette, formerly sail- ing under own steam and with all is reported as having been immersed in water for several min- bluv'ril up by explosion which landed utes, as for/facial maseage, s ‘Wash- | entire ington: man has invented a elip te|w! close: the mnostrils and a rubber-tube dlfio D, to admit air through the mouth. hull on reef, showing that suppoaed to be in sailing con- had no rudder. claimg 3:/PUBLIC LIBRAR Lansing, Mich., Feb. 26:—In re-| | legislature ‘convened’‘in spectal ses-|-{ were arraigned in the! last night to 4 fire 'which gave every | In the Amen Corner Axe, the' sdeie} but rigged with | double set sails to catch any wind. | ; Refused to! Elihu Vedder, noted American a,_;rccognizo C. Q. D. signals any other high | Repnrte 1 FIRM SOGIAL ’Annunl Report Shows Th 000 Books Were Issued During Past Year PATRONIZED 'BY CHILDREN * ! Adults and Draw but 2,000 i Less Books |FINANCES IN GOOD CONDITION | for thej| |Cash Balance on February 1 Said ’ Over $1,000—Reading Room Well Attended L+ Beatrice Mj uhru;an af; ;he 78 has Jusl sul 1t shows :issued during the past year, apd thnt of that number, ‘nearly one—hn]t were taken out by dnld;en The re 'port_lol!owe' VW 4 To the Board of Directors: I have the hounor’ to ‘sibmit here- iwith the report of the Bemidji pub- lic. library for the' year 1911, the} second ‘in tHe Wistory of the library | Tt is my belief that the library has year as a social force in | the city’ than”' before, offering does larger opportunity for inquiry along : ‘industrial~ and |lines as well as’ fnrmshmg pleaaure tainment only. Eegumnon. | | i i Total elrc\\latmn for year 15,785 © iRéading and Réferends’ D213 Reading room open days 346 Aftenddnee 1.5 .. Magazines on file Daily pnpers ik A set”of new: Internationalr lopedias, 22 Volm, was ndded Total No. Vols. added for thfi,,}f | vear 1] “22 E'le?c“— Gifts to the Library. Books:—E. H. Jerrard, Mrs. W. L. Brooks, Mrs. Jean Donald, Mrs. Chas. Scrutchin, Mrs. F. S. Lycan, Father O'Dyer, Mrs. A. E. Welting. Potted Plants:—Mrs. E. B. Mc- Donald. Financial Report. Cash in fund Feb. 1, ’11$ 1,037.47 Received from Co. Treas. during vear ..... 1,669.06 I l $ 2,696.63 Books a‘nfl perlodlcalu . |Balaries .. $ I,m 13 4 bxbes| |, . Librarian's Guh Report. Fines ... . .$ 0w Lost books .... 2.70 Renting collections . 11.28 s 25.60 Cash on hand Feb. 1, '12 20.63 | s 56.23! H Disbursements. Frelght vicuis »ovuics $ 10.37 | Supplies, postage, etc. . 25.28 | ! $ 35.60 Respectfully submitted, (Signed), BEATRICE MILLS, 1 Librarian. dent 'rm has notified the Mexican government that g@gm‘hfl'mh stop. Four troops of the United | States cavalry are patroHing the Rio ! Grande with orders to cross if mec- essary to protect American life and property. One regiment of’ infantry snlvnge and three companies of artillery are Have llmly as mmy Cards as the' taken ‘a’firmer hold upon ithe com-|! { munity, that it has meant more this “educationak| to those who come to it for enter~- | ! | | | i | | | i | EL 3 1) S 117 «TEN.CENTS PER WEEK. 1“NO DUST ON' MY - - KNEES,” SAYS LEE u herl‘nqre,vl Shall Pay all my own . - Expenses Incident to the = = S0 bits 5970 1avel & noad Bed Jaift Baiaues 9 300 D{fi LR f g C. 3 *"f!.“ ,nn,b‘.fm B T} {Yong, Prairie Man, ss Candidate for Gnvernor, Presents hme (42150 Mvmfis System Whereby Prospee- at any time,:; “If, 1 am ; fort.unate enough -to be nominated and elected, there will be B0 dnat on my knees when 1 take the said William E. 4hee Tha’ statémfi‘nt ‘made to'the Pion-~ {eer 'this 'morning.: 'Mr. Lee is'd ean- { didate for; the Republican momination 4fon £overnor at the coming state con- f‘ F\'om Iocul Bnys by Cln;e. e Jdiss LF ? ier team until the final whistle Brain- jerd won from Bemidji in basketball Childrens cards 15826 to 25 at the city hall Saturday Adnit ~~196+night. THe game was the_ closest | and most exciting seen for some time Circulation. lon a local floor. Days open for issuing books. 299 At the end of the first half, the Children: game stood 9 to 8 in Brainerd’s favor. Non-fietion .. .......... 320 Brainerd came back strong and scored Fietion .. ............. 6,480 | three . baskets in quick succession. IAdult: Bemidji then tigh and by Non-fiction .. ..... 254 |ting baskets mm.fiid Flotion. . vunwe s Tws s #,731 | overcame Brainerd® ahead by four points. The local boys were unable to hold their advantage felngry H‘tg ettty | ?‘l_,f"‘!‘! which usually netted Brainerd one game was tied until point. Thy 3 R mibias hen & Bbla- erd player dropped a basket and put half. 0D (BEEN, chadiss h-ee throws and Ripple made scores of thirteen. Brainerd had twenty chances and Alderman scored eigh- teen, making it the fouls that de- cided the game. Bemidji made six field goals and Brainerd four. Both teams gave:good exhibitions of guarding making it almost impos- sible for the forwards to get away for free baskets. Following the game, the high school orchestra played for a dance. The attendance was large. Score: Brainerd 26, Bemidji 26; officials, Stanton and Callan; goals from field, Bemidji 6, Brainerd 4; BIH Ripple, 18- fo Bw z-g ng ‘t,:,r&s mlssea 5; Alderman 2, rnsmte—gd | &%) Fire Bell Calls Up Vision of Blaze of Visions of a flre a de » matyexo Fhe spindg Bemidji people rly Sunday morn- ing when the fire bell and whistle gave warning of another blaze. was soon learned however that it was but a slight blaze in the shop of T. Baudette which was {with a nominal loss. licating th extinguished No Ditch Bond Issue. No action was taken by the board their the |of county commissioners at meeting Saturday relative to Idi[ch bond issue. 0 __ & allowed to go over uk & | could be reached and meeting set for tomorrow. e b9l62, oGS, i BB Y basket ttell Mfie ;flrd m ; to 1 This makes the ninth line into American territory mustof l\ictary for Purdue putting the Boil- ermakers at the head of ‘the Confer- isaid to be over six feet. /RS et (1 | In a game which belonged to elth ;‘ i int, i 2 | t::ntg?s:gl?;; gfiefi%‘nts hfi‘; i 8 SUNDAY bl PHE AR SOPAY o 110 1/Roihs Mogth Agey v'*i} ugvofw #nd daily at the kitch- on range' and sink is the routine laid “laged and optimistie, pastor of Lid- ence. Three of the Purdue men_ are! . Hope u a giant that can be easily ,‘ Nl:'w Bov scour 0mcms; imms TASE GOES OV {Brdifierd Thiedi: mamu /a.m'munnn,noncu ne-elecn Taft as A}:nmey Sayl Tml ¢ Honorary President and Roose- {velt Vice-president UTIVE BOARD \ 3 Bt ¢he gpyal meeting of the na- tional council of the Boy Seouts of America, President William H. Taft}?: | again . was.. elected. honorary. presi- ‘dent of the Boy Scouts of America. Colonel ~Theodore Roosevelt was elected honorary vice-president. Co- lin H. Livingstone was chosen presi- dent. aj ro uws vice preside: The other officers elected are . Du- . Me- etre rr Jor- an, Palo al., an liam D. Boyce, Chiclgv. I11.; treasurer, Geo. D. 'Pratt, Brogklyn, N. Y.; members i the s AR i laney, Bristol, Tenn., Robert Garrett, gfi.lh {r; Lee F. Hanmer, New ork, N. Y. William G. Hinckley, inckley, Me., John Sherman Hoyt, ge\iza"'\'mflm Y., Jermeiah W. Jenks, Ithaca, N. Y., Milton A. McRea, De- it’ M lliam D. Murray, New Nfi‘p eorge D. Potter, Phila- delphin, Pa., George D. Pratt, Brook- lyn, N. Y., Frank Presbery, New York, N. Y., Edgar M. Robinson, New York, N. Y., Mortimer L. Schiff, New York, N. Y., Lorillard J. Spencer, Jr.; New York, N. Y., Chief Scout, Ernest Thompson Seton; National Scout Commissioners Daniel Carter Beard, Colonel Peter Bomus and Adj. Gen. ‘William Verbeck. sfimé' find ¥hedlber Says it is the so: FeY. gon o e Servant Problem Pt Anf ikes Creefulness E”kine}‘v@sh Feb. 26.—Several hours weekly at the washtub and down by Rev. D. E. Wilson, middle= | gerwood Congregational church, Spo- kane. Besides dispelling mental fa- | tigue, he thinks his plan will lead to {tire sclution of the vexed servant problem. and make the fireside more: cheerful. He says there is no healths ,wr exercise for a man than doing a pshing, though son ¥ : {tario of Canadian-Scotch parents. He and Mrs. Wilson were married in tussle wit servant question they heir own work, 8o Mr. the result that he became highly pro- ficient as a housekeeper. At e with his pastorial work. Mr. Wil- X leson wu pressed into service, with{e ventio) % is-at present making a toyr ‘of dofthern Minnesota feeling out “thie’ éen'nmem nthils‘section of the state.- : Con; nuing the . conversation, he ] : “Furthermore; I shali-pay all iof my own expenses incident to the campaign. 1 do not feel that any man can serve the people when he is un- der obligations to the interests for campaign fands.” “The real issue of the coming cam- paign is not that of competing men. It is. the_fight to control the state comentiun Shall-the convention be controlled by machine or, by the people? In former conventions, the interests'have manipulated the wholé thing 7 the ‘people are to control the convention 'this year, they will htve to. e atieast tweniyfive per cent. stronger than the machine, for the latter has prestige, money and skilled ‘politicians ‘at its * command. The people cannot neglect the prima- ies and then hope for results.” Fali fefm w;;;n i £5 “PHe: case of ‘the 'stité' verses’ Dr. mmss Will' g6 over'to ‘the fall term | said gmmey A/KAns i mfil “Thé ' indict’ the ‘one elnrglng ‘him w]th entering a'building with“intent h ‘commit a‘crime therein.” '« Interest’ in:‘the’ term' of district jurt to be opened here ‘tomorrow ap- ghlré t0'be" centered in' ‘the' Damas dse. ¢ 'Assistant’ Firetmarshiall Sai Progms:ve: first, Lee second. ° llerton ‘arrived in’ Bemid; yeslér—‘ “In, my coming eamaim br y and Attorney General Siiiith and/|pose to put the Progressive move- istant Janes are expected to aT~iment as of first importance and Lee’ b early) tomorrow ‘morning ffom|of second. I find that all through | thie “horthern® and “western part ‘of the state“the Progréssive movemeéntct e’ is' strong. With the people wuh iWhom I have-tatked; the movement the principle at stake, and not so . ion 38 'being paid to can- 2 % not anydetion would’ result: The'| ndictment on° which Pr, Damas was Sdulefl to'Have bee: ti‘i’efl at lhis' a e Piposky ‘dffdi: te convention; that éipectwto comie over froi sl be a,secondary matter to.find; the right.man to lead the fight. Get ths' macliine ‘out-first, and ‘then if ‘they’ oniinate” e, -alf ‘right!” '3 e’ drrived in” Bemidjf this” moming ‘over the Soo line cm;ung from Thief River Falls. His trip hag’ “Vake n lexandrm, Fergus Falls, ; 4 ‘\Ioorh} ,.Ada, Warren, and ,Thief, "River, Falls., . He. said. that.he was:.i :::::V f;;:: m";ze;;f&“r;' m?h:? 10oking ower . the territory:so thati’: pent re-freezing have put;a crust, op | Vhew the time came to maKe the real . [‘e -Snow-strong-encush-to support campaign; ‘i;ewli'ould be m.touch with . ot Asa, c&psfgutncgfghey ny, thg 1_‘.!":?5 i folves ’“e ng on th g dj{. Change: Need.ed in Lind Sy:tem e i ger “‘fian* ‘andling state lands. Mr. Lee rovers repnrt coming’ on' the haif $hten carcasses of "eer, but that traps|' said’tfiat ot present there yas,ng, ino, formation on file as to the nature hd pofsen plaved near thé iéatiliave llz"mw"‘mmm"&me 5f the lands The stale had for sale. bm&‘; e, looking'“# 7€hé" presént “records, ] Telose: liaser coula’ ot tfiements and : in - the, %‘ac y ui‘tliemupeetlvé et tall® whether ‘His land was i ber_"‘ praiffe ‘or "Hill country. e, after having selegted diies Very. brfik;lléflug a,year in the procens { dry "good; [ 8 would) advocate, . he, ‘said, “&u (-accuraté ' 'surveys' the-'deschiptiona’ be ' placed ‘o’ file th the courity auditor together mm——-—-———-—me price per acre at whi h th = to sell, the, Jand, Then len;uid rice-of the land and nmq\ 2 poni-it :at once:(This: would: aliow: pame of the men to Settle in Minme- i satatwho’ are’ now' going flmmgh‘{o other shtes 2 Tands’ \Into the hands Gf specu nto",'“; 1d recommend that a provision be M: oi; ? 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