Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 2, 1912, Page 1

s L myself.. Py L 3 orisd 997 ILY PIONEE ——— | MINVESOTA ISTORICAL SOCIETY, VOLUME 10. NUMBER 82. - AN OPERATION TO REFORM BURGLAR Minneapolis Physicidns to Use Skill In Effort to Change Course Of Boy’s Life. WAS INJURED WHEN ELEVEN Attended Circus and Was Struck On Head By Pole When Tent Fell In a Storm. HAD CAREER OF PETTY CRIME Nearly Four of Past Ten Years Spent In Correction Schools of Red Wing and St. Cloud. Minneapolis. August 2.—Two | Minneapolis surgeons will operate Saturday on the skull of John S. Howard, twenty-one years old, a self-confessed burglar, to see if they can relieve a pressure on his brain and thus cure him of his criminal traits. Young Howard now lies in the city hospital, to which place he was taken yesterday from the county jail. He will be removed to Asbury | hospital tomorrow. The physicians intended to operate today, but post- poned it a day. Dr. Albert H. Parks and Dr. A. E. Wilcox will perform the operation. They made a minute ex- amination of the boys skull yester- day and believe they can relieve the pressure on his brain. When John Howard was eleven vears old he attended a circus. Dur- ing the performance a storm came up which blew down the tents. A huge] pole struck the boy across the temple. He was unconscious for four days and doctors despaired of his life. Af- ter a long siege of illness he recover- ed. Before the accident, his nmeigh- bors had often remarked what a model boy he was. He was a minist- ers son and had never been known to| do wrong. Accident Changes Character. After the accident his whole char- acter seemed changed. Within less than one year he was sent to thej training school at Red Wing on the charged of incorrigibility. He was kept at this institution for fourteen months. For three years after his release he led a model life. The old trouble came back on him again and! he was arrested on the more serious| charge of burglary. For this offense he served three years in the St. Cloud reformatory. He was released from the St. Cloud | institution about a year ago and un- til his arrest, July 15, had worked in the flour mills. June 19 his mother sent him to a home on Ninth street to inquire about renting rooms. He visited the house three times} without finding the owner at home. | On his last visit the door was un- locked and he entered. No person| was in sight. A watch and a few trinkets were lying in plain sight. “It seemed impossible for me to re- sist the temptation,” declared Young Howard in his bed at the hospital last night. | 1 Stolen Watch Pawned. The watch was pawned next day. | Three weeks later he returned to the| pawnshop where he was recognized | by the proprietor and turned over to| Detective Chief Louis Hanson. He at once confessed to the burglary and secured Fred H. Ayers as his attor- ney. Mr. Ayers became interested in | the boy’s misfortune and took his case up with Dr. Parks. A conference was held which was| attended by County Attorney Robert-| son, Mr. rs and Dr. Parks, which resulted in Mr. Robertson recom- mending to Judge John Day Smith that Howard be freed on his own re- cognizance and to be left in charge|moth musical festival under the au- of Dr. Parks and Mr. Ayers. was ordered yesterday by This Judge Smith and the lad will remain at the|here today with a large attendance City hospital pending the outcome of the operation. When seen last night at the hos- pital, Howard was reading a prayer book given to him by his mother. “I’d rather die than live any longer in my present condition,” sobbed the boy. “Every now and then a buzzing comes to my head. -It will be alright for a few months, but eventually that old feeling comes back. I know I should’nt steal, but I just can’t help 1 will be willing to under- £0° Qything if only the doctors can do something for me.” Insert Silver Lining. | to divide the estate of the late H. F. BRADLEY A. FISKE. He Is Conducting Inquiry Into the Accident to the New Hampshire. Photo by American Press Association. FAMOUS SOCIALIST COMING Emil Seidel, former mayor of Mil- waukee, and at present candidate for the vice-presidency of the United States on the Socialist ticket, is an- nounced to appear in Bemidji, Sun- day, August 18. Emil Seidel was an unknown shoe- maker when he was elected mayor of Milwaukee two years ago. In the last election, he was defeated by a combination of Republicans and Dem- ocrats although his vote gained sev- eral thousand over that cast when he was elected. Impartial obser- vers have declared that his rule of Milwaukee was good and many of the changes he inaugurated are being continued today. Mr. Seidel is now on a campaign tour and will probably speak on po- litical issues to his Bemidji audi-| ence. CHURCHES LOSE BEQUESTS. Fargo, N. D., August 2.—Mrs. H. | F. Chaffee, Thomas and Walter Reed | have been appointed administrators | Chaffee, lost on the Titanic. The estate will be divided under North Dakota laws, one-third to the widow and the rest equally between five children. Effort was made by Mrs. Chaffee to prove a missing will which is al- leged to have made Plymouth Con- gregational church of Minneapolis and the International Sunshine so- ciety of Minneapolis beneficiaries, but | without success. There was no testi- mony as to the amounts supposed to have been left. Testimony was given that Mr. Chaffee was at work on the provi- sions of a will on his return from Europe but that it was doubtful if it had ever been formulated or any exact amounts fixed for the Minnea- polis institutions. Off for “Bull Moose” Convention. New York, August 2.—The New York delegates to the National Pro- by a considerable number of Roose- velt rooters, left here on a special train today for Chicago. Musical Festival at Duluth. Duluth, Minn., August 2.—A mam- spices of the United Singres’ Michigan-Minnesota association opened of visitors. A program of concerts and competitions extending over Sat- urday and Sunday has been prepared for the festival. Gibbons for High License. Leonardtown, Md., August 2.—A bitter campaign closed in St. Mary’s county today, preparatory to the holding of a special election tomor- row to decide whether the liquor li- cense rate shall be raised to $200. The high license advocates are con- fident they will win the election. Their cause has been considerably strengthened by the active support Dr. Parks intends to insert a sil- (Continued on last pags.) of Cardinal Gibbons and the local SPECIAL TWENTY-TWO DEAD Minneapolis, August 2.—Special by wire.—Twenty-two are dead and seventy injured as the result of the collapse of a machine factory at Nuremburg. Minneapolis, August 2.—Special by wire.—Mazzuma, Nevada, swept by flood early this morning. BASEBALL COPOO9O O ¢ STANDING OF 6000006060606 Boston . ........ Washington . Philadelphia . . Chicago Detroit . Cleveland New York . St. Louis . Games Yesterday. Detroit 3, Washington 6. St. Louis 2, Boston 1. % Chicago 2, New York 1. American Association. Games Yesterady. Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 3. Brooklyn 3, Chicago 9. New York 5, 7, Cincinnati 4, 5. Boston 0. Pittsburgh 1 Louisiana Progressives. New Orleans, La., August 2.—Fol- publicans of Louisiana held a state convention here today for the selec- tion of delegates to the national Progressive party convention at Chi- cago next week. Lost P.C. Minneapolis . 39 646 Columbus . 40 .633 Toledo . ........ 42 615 Kansas City . 56 .486 St. Paul . 62 446 | Milwaukee . 61 435 Louisville . 66 .386 Indianapolis . 74 .360 Games Yesterday. Louisville 7, Kansas City 6. Toledo 0, 1, Minneapolis 2, 3. Indianapolis 5, St. Paul 9. Columbus 10, Milwaukee 5. National League. Won Lost P.C. New York 24 741 Chicago . 34 .630 Pittsburgh . 37 590 Philadelphia . .. 42 .528 Cincinnati . 51 469 St. Louis 57 412 Brooklyn " 60 .368 Boston . ......... 25 67 272 lowers of Roosevelt among the Re-| (Copyright) BIG DITCH CONTRACT LET. The contract for Ditch No. 10 was let yesterday afternoon te G. E. Brown, of Litchfield, Minn. The contract price was close to $50,000. The ditch starts about four miles north of Kelliher. H LAKE CLEAN OF L0GS. A crew of men from the Crookston {Lumber company has been kept busy picking up stray logs on the lake for several weeks with the result that the shores have been picked clean twice. The double booms are !holding the logs in the ponds and |extra heavy chains are kgeping the "booms from breaking. “The work is |done by the Crookston Lumber com- |pany and it is paid for each log of the Bemidji Lumber company that (it picked up. The lake is freer from |dead heads this summer than for many years past. PUTS OUT CALENDAR. | Resister of Deeds, J. 0. Harris, has |issued a Beltrami county calendar for the use of men interested in county affairs. He has had 1,000 copies printed and if necessary will provide more. Distribution of the calendar will start next week. It is printed on heavy card board and contains the names of the county offi- cers, board of county commissioners, district judges and the names and ad- dresses of town and village clerks. It also has a statement showing the acreage of taxable lands, average assessed value per acre and average | rate of taxation by townships in Bel- | trami county. The calendar shows the months of the year 1912 and also tells when real estate and personal taxes are to be paid. NEW PAVING PROGRESSING. | The contractors, Goodman & Loit- |ved have completed the block on |Fifth street and are working on Fourth street between Minnesota and IAmerica avenues. They expect to |finish this block before Sunday. DOG DAYS ABOUT HERE. Several cases of poisoning to per- sons having gone in bathing in | weedy parts of the lake are reported. The weeds are beginning to ripen in the lake and advice is being sent out to keep the children from bath- ing. The head of the lake is clear of the poison. Band Concert Tonight. The Bemidji band will play its reg- ular weekly concert from the band stand on the city dock. Steadily improving with each weekly concert, the band last Friday night played a program that was a real pleasure to those who heard it. Tonight, Herb Wood appears as soloist in a barytone selection, “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep.” Following is the program for the concert tonight: 1. March—From Tropic to Tropic ................ . Alexander 2. -Overture—Jollification ...Mackie 3. Reverie—Lake Breezes ..Remfrey 4. Characteristics—St. Vitus Dance . Holmes Y. Regiment . +eeeaas. . Boyer 6. Baritone Solo—Rocked in the the Cradle of the Deep.. Rollinson Played by Herb Wood. 7. Waltz—Spanish Silhouettes .. . Pomeroy Columbus. .. . Buser Alden Remfrey, director. 5. March—Joyce’s 71st N. 8. March—Knights of clergy. of the king’s own country is KING GEORGE. Copyright, 1912, by American Press Association King George Photographed With Boston “Ancients” and the Stars and Stripes. WHITELAW REID. During the visit to London of the Ancient axd Honorable Artillery Company of Boston King George was photo- graphed with the artillerymen on the steps of Buckingham palace. The mannot in uniform is Ambassador White- law Reid. ' Between the king and Mr. Reid is Captain Appleton, of the “Ancients.” Adjutant Cody. At the left are the stars and absent. At the other side of the king is stripes and at the: right the regimental colors of the visitors. The fiag -|& Markusen, Carlson IMILITIA MAY BE PAID | Pepper Bill as Reported to House Pro- vides $195,269 for Distribution TUnder Proper Conditions. i - GUARD MUST KEEP UP STRENGTH Washington, August 2.—The an- nual amount to be paid to the Min- nesota National Guard under the mil- itia pay bill just reported to the House by Representative Pepper of Towa, is $195,269, if proper condi- tions are complied with. The organization must be kept up to the minimum strength, and no men must lose pay due to non-at- tendance at drill or other duty. Un- der the same conditions the South Dakota Guards would receive $70,- 832, North Dakota $54,395, and Montana $46,689. Commissioned officers of the state militia are entitled, under the bill, to receive a percentage of pay re- ceived by officers of similar rank in the regular army. Fifteen per cent of the pay of enlisted regulars will be paid to enlisted militia, contin- gent upon their attendance at not less than forty-five regular drills any one year, with-a proportionate amount for attendance at a smaller number of drills. Regimental officers are to be paid five per cent of regulars, company officers to get ten or fifteen per ecent according to their duties. Officers doing a larger amount of work to receive proportionately higher. pay, $200 being paid to eolonels, $360 to captains, $200 to first lieutenants, $170 to second lieutenants, and $135 to enlisted men per annum if they attend the required number of drills. On the question of whether na- tional guards can be put on foreign soil in time of war, the bill provides that the militia must first become part of the regular army. After that no question will be raised as to such right, thus meeting the ques- tion in this respect that was raised not long ago. DECORATORS BUSY. During the past few weeks the painters and decorators have been actively engaged in retouching the buildings and signs about the city Which adds materially to the appear- ance of the surroundings. The Roe Variety and other store fronts have been painted and many new and attractive signs are being pdaced about the city by the Northern Sign company. Passenger Train Derailed. The north bound passenger on the iM. and I was derailed at Farley early this morning. No one was injured. The accident occured as the train was slowing into the sta- tion and the engine jumped the switch. Damage was confined to a small stretch of track which was torn up. It is said that people in the sleeper were not awakened. The south bound train was delayed two hours getting into Bemidji at 10:15 a. m. Passengers from Layinia were TEN CENTS PER WEEK. MAN WANTED BY POLICE IS CAUGHT “Whitey” Lewis, Alleged to Be One of the Slayers of Herman Rosen- thal, is Captured. WAS HIDING IN CATSKILLIS Found Working on Farm and Was Ready to Board Train for Escape When Arrested. MAY FIND OTHERS NEAR Report Says “Gyp the Blood” and “Lefty” Lewis Have Been Tracked to the Same Vicinity. New York, August 2.—“Whitey” Lewis, one of the four gun men want- ed by the police as the actual mur- derer of Herman Rosenthal, gam- bler, was arrested in the Catskiil mountains this morning and was to- night being taken to Kingston, New York, to be lodged in the county Jail. This was announced at police headquarters by Inspector Hughes, who said three of his detectives had located Lewis at Fleishmans, N. Y. a summer resort forty-six miles from Kingston. After searching the re- gion for nearly two weeks the detec- tives found Lewis working on a farm, Inspector Hughes said, and to- day arrested him just as he was to board a train at Fleishnians to make his escape. The prisoner will be brought to New York on an early train tomorrow. It was reported at police head- quarters tonight that “Lefty” Lewis- and “Gyp the Blood,” two of the al- -leged murderers still at large, had been tracked to the same vicinity and their- arrest would soon come. News that at least one of the fugi- tives had been trapped was received with great elation at police head- quarters tonight because of criticism directed toward the department for failure to arrest the fugitives charged with the actual killing. With the ar- rest of Lewis the police now have in custody two of the four alleged as- sassins, the other “Dago” Frank, who is now in the Tombs, a fellow pri- soner of Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, who is charged with insti- gating the gun men to kill Rosen- thal. Big Summer Party August 16. Alumni of the Bemidji High school, graduates of 1912 and members of the 1912 Chippewa staff have band- ed together to give a summer party in the city hall the night of August 16. The party will be informal and the men are expected to dance in shirt waists. A committee will trans- form the hall into a fairy land, the floor will be waxed and thoroughly polished, the best music possible will be obtained and handsome souvenirs will be given to each couple present Any money that will be made from the party will be used toward pay- ing off the deficit of the 1912 Chip- pewa. It is expected that’a large number of summer visitors will be present for the dance. OUT FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY. A. M. Crowell, at present court commissioner, has announced himself as a candidate for the office of coun- ty attorney. Mr. Crowell will run on the Socialist ticket. SMITH TO RUN AGAIN. St. Paul, Minn., August 2.—Walter J. Smith, state treasurer, Thursday filer for re-nomination on the Re- publican ticket. Edward L. Erick- son, deputy state treasurer, is named as his campaign manager. Harry Reyholds I Harry Reynolds is confined to his home at Lavinia with tonsilitis. To Have a House Warming. About fifteen Pine Roosters will 8o to Whitefish Lake Saturday after- noon for a house warming at White Pine camp. The lodge has been completed and furnished, a deep well has been driven, under brush has been cleaned out, a small gas- hmnsh;to ‘Bemidji in the H. C. Baer|oline launch placed on the lake. The i i