Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 11, 1912, Page 1

* va [0 amn *" gl P T "TIONEEF T MINNFSOTA HISTORICAL | SOGIETY VOLUME 9. -NUMBER 294. POLICE CAPTURE MAN LONG SOUGHT Believe William Merrill Responsible for Series of Petty Thefts of Four Weeks. ROOM FULL OF LOOT Found to Contain Property Belong- ing to City—May Find An- other Plant. DOGS ESCAPE THEIR JAIL Believed to Have Received Help From Outside Friends—Owners Kick on Tax. In William Merrill, the city police believe they have the man responsi- ble for a series of petty thefts which have been taking place for the past month. Merrill was arrested Tues- day night about 10:30 after he had broken into the Schwandt & Marin store. Later a search of his room re- vealed many articles known to have been stolen and he is said to answer the description of a man seen near the union depot shortly -before it was robbed of $19 about four weeks ago. The night police Tuesday night saw that the outside door of the Sehwandt & Marin store had been forced open. Calling help, the police entered the building and found that the inner door was also open. Mer- rill was discovered before the safe trying to open it. He was taken without resistance and at the station told where his room was located. He had also tried to enter the Gra- ham & Doran market but could not force the door. In his room, the police. found a saw, crowbar, hammer, etc., which were identified as belonging to the city. It is believed that he ‘has an- other plant somewhere in the city and the police hope to find this and uncover additional evidence. Jailed Dogs Escape. Fourteen dogs have escaped from the city dog hastile during the past week. Since the dog catcher has been operating, he has used the old city lock-up, now located on a rear lot, as a detention pen, the law stat- ing that dogs shall be held three days before being destroyed. In each case, the dogs have had assist- ance from the outside as in ome in- stance the cage was pried up and in another a hole was dug up from be- neath. Several dog owners who have fml- ed to get licenses and tags have | refused to allow the police to take the caaines as they claim to have paid a county tax and that an addi- tional city tax is illegal. The police expect to get a ruling on this point in the near future. Chief Geil says that a new “dog jail”’ will be provid- ed and it will be burglar proof. Honor Women of Confederacy. Columbia, S. C., April 11.—South Carolina’s everlasting memorial to the Women of the Confederacy, said to be the first monument to women ever erected independently by a state, was unveiled here today with splendid ceremonies. The governor and other officials, the state military and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the United Confederate Veterans and delegations of college students and other visitors from all parts of the state participated in the ceremonies. The monument was designed by F. Wellington Ruckstuhl of New York. The central figure depicts a Southern woman, dignified and beau- tiful, waiting to be crowned with laurel by the figure in the rear. On either side are other figures repre- senting the South, bearing laurel to lay at the heroine’s feet. The most important inscription on the monu- ment seys: “In this monpment ‘gen- erations unborn shall hear the voice of a great people testifying to the sublime devotion of the women of South Carolina in their country’s need.” ‘pMUAI0} 08 URD juemaSueiie o[} *SOWIOP OU JO7 JNOYI A ‘UepIng LI9A9 Wepu1w0 pue eouwo ey sappud ‘s8I0 puR’ 18eSj00; oy} SONEW Oy “S[ved PUB 109D jO SUD(E Oy} §O8EAIP OYS *GUIN0 03 3} #9JIIVO pUE [[Y B,puvqENY 8% dn #nd ‘8000 ‘dwred syeeaq puw MOV OUE ‘19 oMM 889[d[Y IsOm B\ oy puw ‘yioa oy} Jo jsowW SLOP eofesvs oq) jo ojwmdiey oyuy - ‘oM #T) J0 OR[WAP O} 0378 YOOM B WA /aaemes ueYO WIGMODIA owINSH | ONIOM PIVH ¥ oM owpieg Benefit is Postponed. ter intended to give Saturday for the Old Soldiers’ monument has ' been postponed until Saturday, April 20. . Bad Fire at Butte. Butte, April 11.—Fire broke out in the warehouse district here at noon yesterday and destroyed many buildings. The first to fall was the structure. Appeal was sent to Ana- conda when the fire was at its worst. The loss is estimated at $200,000. . Move School House for Saloon. St. Cloud, April 11—A school elec- tion at Gilman resulted in a vote of forty-six to nothing in favor of mov- ing the school house in order that a saloon might be licensed. Those against the motion left the meeting, which broke up in a fight, and are preparing several warrants charging assault. . Justice Hughes Fifty Years Old. Washington, D. C., April 11.—The season of birthdays is on in the Su- preme Court of the United States. Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Justice Hughes, the youngest member of the court in point of years. - Next Wednesday Justice Day will be sixty-three years old and Justice Vandeventer fifty- three. Class Play Date Set. Friday, April 19, has been set as the date for the class play of the senjors at the High school. The play will be given in the city hall and the proceeds will be used by the class to defray commencement expenses. Tickets are fifty and thiyt-five cents and are being sold by members of the class. Class tickets can bé exchanged for reserved seats at Netzer’s drug store. s Michigan Claimed for Taft. Bay City, Mich., April 11.—Michi- gan Republicans assembléd in state convention here today to select the delegates-at-large to the _national convention at Chicago. The early proceedinigs indfcated that the “Tart people would be able to name the delegates and frame the resolutions, despite a hard fight made by the Roosevelt supporters under the lead- ership of Governer Osborn. . New York Favors Taft. Rochester, April 11.—New York Republicans went on record today as favoring the renomination of Presi- dent Taft but declined to instruct its delegates to Chicago to that effect. The party also expressed itself as being opposed to the initiative, ref- erendum and recall. It is believed that New York expects to play an important part in the making of President Taft’s platform and the party will not support him unless certain concessions are made. ' . Missing Agent- Caught. Minneapolis, April 11.—William Nealy, formerly chief ticket agent at the St. Paul Union station, was locked up by the ‘Minneapdlis police yesterday pending the arrival of the St. Paul police. Nealy was brought to Minneapolis by a detective em- ployed by the bonding company which had made good his shortage. He was first found in St. Louis and from there taken to Chicago where he was taken ill with pneumonia and was in a hospital for three weeks. His shortage is believed to be about $5,000 which was used in gambling. . Biship McGovern Consecrated. Omaha, Neb., April 11.—In the presence of a great gathering of pre- lates and priests from a dozen states and of the Catholic laity of this city and vicinity the Rev. P. A, McGov- =rn was today consecrated bishop of Cheyenne, Wyo., in succession to the iTost Rev. James J. Keane, who re- cently became archbishop‘of Du- buque. The ceremony took place this morning in St. John’s church. The consecrating prelate was Arch- bishop Keene. Tiishop Scannell of Omaha and Bishop eration sermon. % on Land in Section 3. his ‘'home at Wahpeton, N. D., ar- rived in Bemidji this morning. He was accompanied by his wife and nine children and they will locate in section 3 in Ridge. and will live at -Nebish until the buildings on his farm are completed, ECRCRORCRCRCRCRCRR R R R R X © CURRENT EVERTS. LRI R AR RO R The benefit which the Grand thea- Olson business block, a four story WEBSTER ST.ATUE NOT INJURED SETTLER BRINGS TWO CARLOADS| ' be comin’. the town of Maple|de presumt tim Mr. McClellan brought two|mo’ col' were dis come f'om an’ de carloads of stock, farm implements|¥'ply ain' gwine give out raight now. and household furniture with him|So We fes miay's well CHALK USED TO Capitol Building Defaced With Many Comments on Men Serving at ‘Washington, \ Investigation Discloses That Holes Made By Sculptor Have Always Been Visible. MORTON MAY COME BACK It is Said He Intends to Improve His Rhode Island Avenue Residence, By GEORGE CLINTON. ‘Washington.—Some one with a grievance or with an unbalanced mind bas been scribbling on the walls of the capitol in “a large, free hand” with blue chalk various uncomplimen- tary comments about great and al- most great statesmen doing their country’s service in Washington. No matter - what the motive which in- spires the scribbling, the act is one of a vandal because it disfigures the and the watchmen are trying to catch the culprit. It will be remembered that" nut long g0 & large plece was cut out of the pil painting of “Perry at Lake Hrie.” Bince then & special’ watch has been dalism. False Alarm- About Webster. Washington was much disturbed a day or two ago when it heard that somebody with & chisel had chipped pleces out of the marble trousers and the marble coattail of the statue of Daniel Webster which stands In Statuary hall. A close inspection has led-to the discovery that the” Webster memorial has not been injured by the_ and of man. Elliott Woods, the su- perintendent of the capitol, says that the holes which were discovered in the Webster statue were put there by the sculptor and have been plainly vis- Ible ever since the itatue was erected. Bome one suggested that the vandal who was at work was a new kind of moth which had developed an appe- tite for marble garments. Former Vice-President Levi P. Mor ton has made up his mind to come back and live in the capital for eight or nine months a year for the rest of his life. He owns a beautiful resi dence on Rhode Island avenue, where be lived when he was vice-president of the United States under Havrieon. When Mr. Morton went out of office the Russian ambassador moved into the residence and, following him, came Secretary of State Elihu Root, and then John Hays Hammond. Mr. Mor- ton himself lived there-for a few months two-years ago. Morton Mansion In - Perll. There is a fine arts commission which is supposed to take cognizance of every attempt to increase the beau- ty of the capital, a cognizsance which embraces the overlooking of improve ments {n public buildings. The wish has been expressed that the commis- slon might extend its espionage to private dwellings, for some of the beautiful old places in Washington. have been remodeled by their socially ambitious purchasers into mere resi- dence monstrosities, in many cases glaring and in most cases unbeautiful, It .18 understood that Vice-Presi- dent Morton Intends to spend $60,000 to improve his Rhode Island .avenue home. Today it is beautiful as it is, 8 warm red brick pleasing to look upon and suggestive in every way of comfort. It is now said that it is in- tended to give the house a more state- ly appearance by the introduction of white marble in places. The old house has been a comfort to the eye of many a Washingtonian man- and visitors, and the changes are awaited with trepidation. Algernon’s Philosophy. Algernon gave the elevator rope the. Decessary jerk which sent the car on its upward journey before reply: ing to the question propounded by Mr. He was assisted by | Topfloor, and then: “‘Wot does I.t'ink ob dis weder. Garrigan of Sioux City. Bishop Ti-|8ah? Well, sah, ef do good Lo'd like hen of Lincoln preached the conse-|t0 take de ’sponsibl'ty fo’ it, I won’ say nuffin. But 'pears to me tain’ ve'y pleasan’ to hab de air so chilly dis time de yeah, w'en de sp’ing am ’spose’ But, as we say down In Sou'f Ca'lina, de weder has jes' got to run its co'se.” It like de dip’t'eria, Will Locate in Town of Maple Ridge|or de maleerla, or de mumps or any nuffin’ yo' oder .disease, dere ain’ cayn do to keep it down 'cep’ take de W. M. McClellan, formerly an en-|medsum de doctah subsc'ibes; an' | gineer for the Great Northern with |reckon dat the medsum fo' de col' wed- er is plenty steam heat an’ a good wa'm overcoat an’ jest wait till de up de f'es. But I reckon, Mistoh Top- flo', he ain’ in no hury to do dat at | ‘cos dere’s plen ake up our min’ to libe in hopes ‘or ‘dle to spare, 8s my folls say down home, Dis y0' ABUSE STATESMEN| walls of the building, and the police | kept to prevent repetitions of the van- | (Edward F. Dunne, on the Democrat- good: Lo'd got time to 'tend to swkin’ : (Copyright.) BASEBALL TEDDY WON . ILLINOIS Completed Returns Indisste He Car- ried Entire State Exoepting One District. JOE CANNON 1§ ‘BENOMINATED | Minneapolis sad §t, Paul Take the Opening Games of the Tenth Season. Chicago, April turns from the primaries held in Il- linols Tuesday ‘glye - Rooseveit s ‘~overiaideot...145,000.4 Champ Clark - won over-. Woodrow | ‘Wilson by 147,500. Charles S. De- neen.was renominated for governor by a plurality of cloge to 80,000 and Minneapolis, St. Paul, Columbus and Toledo won the first games of the tenth: American Association: season yesterday. Scores in | every game were close. Generdlly fair weather wes handed out by the weather man although it was not as hot as is usual ic ticket, won by a plurality of close to 30,000. Joseph G. Cannop, former speaker of the House was renominated over his nearest competitor by & tWo 10y the gouth at this time of the year. one vote. Willlam B. McKinley was| ;.o Cantillion, manager of the also renominated for Congress from Minneapolis team, refused ‘to predict his district. Chicago voters Went|ynay tho Millers would again win a against womun suffrage by a tWo t0| popngn but said that tho men were one vote. The issue was not voted|;, good condition and would have no on_outside of this city. excuse to' make if the game went Roosevelt lost the Afth distriot bY [azainct them. Ollle- Anderson, . of at least 900 votes insuring President Willmar, one of the new league um- Taft™at least two delegates in the| ;i op ofciated in the Minneapolis- national convention: Louisville game. : The box scores: TEAC“ERS ACCEPT 0F FERS Minneapolis 030003000 6 11 Louisville 000021001 4 8 2 Batterles—Minneapolis, Olmstead, Owens; Louisville, Laudermilk, Sch- Board of Education Makes Severalllel. Umpires, Chill, Andetson. Appointments For the Com- 734 o ing Year, St.Paul 00040000217 181 Indianap’s 15000000006 9 0 Batteries—St. Pnul,; Kargef, Mur- ry; Indianapolis, Meri, Pearce. Um- MIS8 KNAPPEN ‘WILL REMAIN pires, Biofhalter, Connelly, R H e B RHE Several new teachers were ap-|Milwaukee 000020210 5 9 2 pointed by the school board at its|at Toledo 100002111 6 151 meeting last night. One High school | Batteries—Milwaukee, Hovlik, teacher, Miss Knappen, decided ‘to|Marshall; Toledo, F#kenberg, Carish. accept the contract offered by the|Umpires, Hayes, Irwin, board and will again teach English k) next year. Other than making -the RHE appointments, the board took no ac-|Kansas City 21201 1010 8133 tion beyond allowing the usual bills, |Columbus 010015120 10 11 2 The following teachers hate been| Batteries—Kansas City, Rhoades, signed for the next year: 0’Connor; Columbus, Cooke, Smith, Beatrice Eddy, domestic science.|Umpires, Ferguson, Handiboe. Miss Eddy is a graduaté of Stout In- stitute, and is a daughter of the dean of the engineering department at the University of Minnesota. She|monty of practice work and exhibi- is from Minneapolis, . tion games, the two-. major baseball Anna Austin, New.Prague, mathe- leagues start today on' the champion- matics. ship season of 1912. The indications Marian Long, Brainerd, music. point to aggressive and well contest- Nannie Anderson, Atwater, pri-|eq campaigns in both organizations. mary. The sixteen teams start the race as Alpha Erickson, Thief River Falls, | 11ows: primary. National—Philadelphia at Boston, Mary Turritten, Minneapolis, pri-|New York at Brookiyn, Chicago at mary Cincinnati and mt-bnrsh at St Elva George, Wells, fourth. grade. Louls. Katherine Seehan, Wells, inter- Armerican. St mu % Detroit it Cleveland, Wuh gton at Mhmie Kersten, st Cloud, arith-| pyqjadeiphia and ‘Boston ‘at = New: metic in seventh and eighth grades. v and! for President. ! dm " Thgmsaehl-‘ SN binTp e Ball Season Begins in Earnest, New York, April 11.—After a TWIN CITY. TEAMS WIN _uumm!@x inZ.. tha BROOKS IS~ PRESIDEN | Will Head Creamery Association for Coming Year—Select Board of Menagers. WAITING :NOW FOR NEW BOILER | | { At a meeting of the stockholders ot the new Creamery lmelltion at Zi|the Gommercisl club rooms last even- ing.. the Luilawidg officers and board of managers were elected: président, ‘W. L. Brooks; secretary, R. L. Giv- board of managers comprise the above elected-officers and T. J. Bur- ke, N. W. Bowser, F. S. Lycan and A. A. Warfleld. This new association is entirely independent of the old one and will assume no obligations binding the old agsociation. As 10 farmers have en stock, then company will be * comprise® 'eritirely of Bemidji business men, but the privilege of taking :stock is extended to any and all farmers who so desire. The plan appears to be, according to President Brooks, that after the creamery is in operation and the company is organ- ized and on a good footing, any farm- er desiring to purchase stock at its then present value from any of the stockholders has the opportunity to do so, thus ultimately turning the creamery-over to- the farmers. | ‘Withs the present set of business men in ckarge there can be little doubt of the success of this new en- terprise. The business will be run on & cash basis and any one bringing cream to the new creamery will re- celve his money_upon delivery. The creamery will begin making butter as soon as the new boiler ar- rives, as -the butter . maker, Oscar Peterson of St. Hilaire, expects to he ready for work. next Monday. L\r\en‘nl and Vicksburg met in Vicks- ’|bnrg. The schedule calls for a sea- son of 120 g‘mel Southern League mwe Starts, en; treasurer, A. G. Wedge. Thelj, TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BEMIDJI HAS A NEW MUSICAL DIRECTOR | Mile. Hap-Hazzard Engaged To Con- duct the Famous Military Band. DRESS IS OF PARISIAN DESIGN Has Been Made Especially For This Occasion—Shoes Are Smallest on the Market. IS TO BE DOUBLE ENGAGEMENT Will Show on Friday and Saturday Evenings at 8:30 P. M. in the City Hall.~ }lle. Hap-Hazzard and her famous Dilitary band will be one of the star .|attractions at the minstrel show Fri. day and Saturday nights in the city hall. Mlle. Hap-Hazzard has lived in Eemidji for some time but her tal- ents as a musical director were not discovered until the director of the band failed to appear at a rehearsal one night and the young lady was pressed into service. Mille. Hap-Hazzard is to be dreesed n a specially imported French crea- tion of the latest steyle. The skirt was designed by the leading Paris- ian modiste and is of an ulta-mun- dane style, the hobble having been constructed of less material than any other gkirt ever known to have bcen finished. The shoes, in reality, they are the tiniest slippers the mar- ket affords, are French to an ex- treme, the high heels causing Made- molgelle to execute fandy steps. At noon tomorrow,-the men who will give the minstrel show will parude the down town streets under e Jead of the. mtw band. Tite parade will not be made in cos- iume but those who will take part the evening’s entertainment have hzd suitable costumes made, It is 84id that the scenic effects are of a character néver beforé attempted to introduce to a Bemidji audience. The show is being :given by the Ecmidji band assisted by several slecial soloists and is for the pur- pore of paying off the balance of the uniform debt. The show will run Friday and Saturday night, starting each evening at 8:30 and going two kours and twenty minutes. Tickets are fifty cents for adults and twenty- tive cents for children and no seats wiil be reserved. Tickets may be tought at the door. GEARLDS NOT ~ GUILTY Jury in District Court Returns Ver- dict After Being Qut Till 10P. M. SEVEN mmY JURORS DRAWN Edwin Gearlds was found not guil- ty of selling liquor on Sunday, Feb- ruary 4, by the jury of the District court yesterday. The jury was out until 10 p. m. last night. . The ver- dict was returned in spite of the fact that the state had two witnesses who New Orleans, La., April 11.—The|5Wore that they had bought intoxi- race for the championship pennant|¢ating liquor in Edwin Gearlds® sa- of the Southern league began today |100n on Sunday, February 4, and one with games scheduled in Birming-|Other who swore she had been served ham, Atlanta, Memphis and New |Dbeer there on another Sunday in Feb- ¥ tained the|TUAry. :)‘::z:l:sw:!:mplom Cilibe The case of the state against John Flately for being open after hours on i 5 & the night of February 4 was again Father of Field Houpital Retires. |i,yen up this morning and at the Washington, D. C., April 1l—|;,0; agjournment seven jurors had Col. J":‘:dv";h&?m"“ I:logd'le:: been secured. ‘The defense used its the: Unit Army right of peremptory challenge on Carps, °1°:°"t;" otive ““’;' ::v‘l:‘; three but the state at noon had mot ty years in the army today, used one. It is belleved that fhe been transferred to the retised list|y v wij be completed and evidence by -operation of law on account of |i,s oquced this afternoon. age. Col. Hoff is known as the crea- ISR PR R tor of the United States Field Hos- pital as it exists in the army today. More . New York, April 11.—In resuonse the development in sanitation as a|to the call of the Presiding Bishop, h“of medical science. Col. Hoff |the Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle of Mis- entéred the army soon after the cloge {ops l-qmblafl in this city Ml’ for e eivil war. He was conspien-