Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 13, 1912, Page 1

- THE BEMIDJ1 D. fistortal Society 25 W g INNESOTA ILY PIONEE | HISTORICAL i SOCIETY. VOLUME 10. NUMBER 91. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1912. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. 1912 EXPORTS OVER BILLION DOLLARS Manufactures Sent From United States During Fiscal Year Just Ended Double Those of 1903. FOOD STUFFS NOT INCLUDED Proportion of All Classes of Products Sent Away Was Forty-Seven and One-Half Per Cent. HEAVY METALS IN THE LEAD Iron and Steel Top List, and are Close- ly Followed by Copper—More Antos Being Made. Exportation of manufactures in the fiscal year just ended more than justified the estimate of the Bureau merce and Labor, that the total val- of Statistics, Department of Com- | ue would in 1912 for the first time; cross the billion dollar line. That bureau, which has just completed its figures showing the exportation of manufactures, states the total value of manufactures exported in the fis- cal year at $1,021,753,918, of which $674,302,902 was the value of man- ufactures ready for consumption and $347,451,015 that of manufactures for further use in manufacturing. This does not include foodstuffs which have undergone a process of preparation or manufacture, since the bureau groups articles of that class under the general heading of “food stuffs” exported. This 1,022 million dollars’ worth of manufacturers ex- ported in the fiscal year 1912 is more than double that of 1903, three times that of 1898, four times that of 1896, eight times as great as in 1894, prac- tically six timeg as great as in 1890, and ten times as great as in 1876, the value of manufactures exported in a single year never having reached ! as much as 100 million dollars until the year 1873. Comparing 1912 with 1902, a decade earlier, the totals are: manufactures ready for consumption, in 1912, 674 million dollars, against 322 million in 1902; manufactures for further use in manufacturing, in 1912, 347 million dollars, against 132 million in 1902; total manufac- tures exported, in 1912, 1.022 mil- lion dollars, against 454 million in 1902, having thus increased about 125 per cent during the decade. This growth in the exports of man- ufactures is more rapid than that of the other classes of merchandise. Manufactures formed 47 per cent of the exports of 1912, against 32 1-2 per cent in 1902 and 18 per cent in 1892, This increasing share which manufactures form of the exports oc-| curs chiefly at the expense of food stuffs, which formed but about 20 per cent of the exports of 1912, against approximately 38 per cent in 1902 and 30 per cent in 189 The principal articles forming this billion dollars’ worth of manufac- tures exported are: iron and steel, copper, mineral oil, manufactures of wood, leather and manufactures thereof, cotton manufactures, cars and carriages, automobiles, and pa- per and manufactures thereof. total value of iron and steel manu- factures exported in the year was 268 million dollars, against 92 mil- lion in 1902, a decade earlier, and 29 million in 1892, two decades ear- lier. EVERETT COLBY. Progressive New Jersey Leader, Strong Supporter of Roosevelt. CASHIER LOCKED INVAULT Deputy sheriffs in Bemidji were warned at 1 p. m. to be on the look- out for two men headed this way from Cohasset. They carry rifles and are said to be heavily armed with re- volvers. Cohasset, Aug. 13.—(Special to the Pioneer by long distance)—The Cohasset State Bank was robbed of approximately $1,600 at 11:30 today by two masked men who locked F. J. Skocdople in the vault and then took all of the cash in sight. The men were heavily armed with rifles and revolvers. After leaving the bank, they went off into the woods to the west of town and have not been seen since. Sheriff Riley was at once no- tified and is out with a posse. Two suspicious characters had been seen in town during the morning but they were not told to leave. Shortly after 11 a. m., they entered the bank and at the point of guns forced Cash- ier Skocdople to enter the vault. As and went into the woods. The postoffice is next to the bank building and Postmaster Carrier heard Skocdople kicking on the walls, He managed to release him and the alarm was at once spread. Police in the surrounding country have been notified to be on the watch. Cohasset is eight miles west of Grand Rapidg on the Great Northern railroad, and about sixty miles east of Bemidji. The bank has a paid $500.. H. D. Reed is president and . L. Buck vice-president. Printers’ Baseball Tournament. Boston, Mass., Aug. 13.—Many annual tournament of the Printers’ Baseball association. The tourna- {ment will begin at the National iLeag\ie grounds Monday afternoon and will continue through the entire week. The participants will include soon as he did so, they took the cash | capital of $10,000, and a surplus of | visitors are coming to Boston at the The | €nd of this week to attend the fifth The chief growth in the exports of | [8IS Tepresenting the union print- iron and steel manufactures has oc-|®'s Of Pittsburgh, Chicago. Indian- curred since 1899, the total value of|2P0lis. Philadelphia, Cincinnati, the exports of iron and steel never |\ ashington. St. Louls, New York and having touched the 100 million do]_‘Bosmn, Many novel features have lar line until the year 1900, and 0“E]been arranged for the entertainment One of these will be in the year 1911, when the total was|2 4211y paper of sixteen pages, con- 1y crossed the 200 million dollar line |°f the visitors. amounted in 1912 to 115 million dol- | B2seball league. 231 million, against 268 million in| t2/M10g, among other things. a his- the year just ended. Machinery alone |[°TY Of the National Union Printers [TALIANS KILLTWO Posse of One Hundred Sent Out From Milwaukee to Seek Band of Four Slayers. By United Press. Milwaukee, Aug. 13.—Two men are mortally wounded as the results of battles with a gang here early this morning. One was shot while trying to defend his cash register. The oth- er, a policeman, shot when trying to stop the men. Four men, Italians, entered the sa- loon of Alexander Watzlavik at Wau- kesha this morning and endeavored to rob the register of its cash. Watz- lavik was in the saloon at the time and pulled a revolver from under the counter. In the struggle which en- sued, he was shot and fatally wound- ed. - The men escaped from Waukesha after maltreating Watzlavik’s sister who had come to his rescue. They started north toward Milwaukee ov- er the Northwestern railroad tracks. Patrolman Charles Korn, aged thir- ty, of West Ellis, a Milwaukee sub- urb, was the next victim. He had been warned to be on the lookout for the men and when he saw them ap- proaching, commanded them to halt. “Throw up your hands,” he said. “You are under arrest.” As Korn shouted, one of the men laughed de- risively and shot twice. Korn sank to the ground upon the railroad tracks desperately wounded. He called for help for ten minutes and then crawled three blocks to a house where he aroused the occupants. They gave the alarm. Korn is now in a Milwaukee hospital and is not expected to live through the day. A posse of a hundred men, led by deputy sheriffs, is now searching the country west of the city in the hope of finding the Italians. It is believed that the men are desperate and no chances are being taken. EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY KILLS MANY Fifty Thousand Said to Have Been Made Homeless When New Vol- cano Appears. By United Press. Berlin, Aug. 13.—Three thousand are known to have been killed in an earthquake in southeastern Turkey according to a message received here by the Tage Blatt. It was sent from Constantinople. It stated that 50,000 people are homeless and starving. An active crater appeared on the Asia- tic side of the sea of Marmora. Notable Celebration at Halifax. Halifax, N. S, Aug. 13.—Hun- dreds of noted visitors from various parts of the Dominion of Canada, from Great Britain and from many parts of the United States have ar- rived here to take part in the cele- bration tomorrow and Thursday in connection ‘with the dedication of the monumental tower which was erected on the wooded shores of the beautiful Northwest Arm, back of this city, to commemorate the 150th |anniversary of the first meeting of the Provincial Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia. Some of the most distinguished visitors, among them his royal highness the Duke of Con- naught, governor general of Canada, who has consented to officiate at the exercises, are not expected to arrive juntil tomorrow, the opening day of | the celebration, but the arrangements |are fully completed and everything |in readiness for the historic com- memoration. 7 THE CUB REPORTER agricultural implements, of which the year's exports amounted to 35 1-2 million dollars, or automobiles and parts thereof, which amounted to| practically 28 million dollars. Automobiles show perhaps the most rapid growth in the list of man- ufactures exported, having been, as above indicated, 28 million dollars in 1912, against less than one million in 1902, a decade earlier. The total value of complete automobiles ex- ported in the year is 21 1-2 million dollars, and to this must be added about four million dollars’ worth of parts of automobiles and 2 1-2 mil- lion for tires, making the grand to- tal for automobiles and parts there- of, including tires, about 28 million dollars, against 5 1-2 million in 1908 and less than one million in 1902, lars’ value, and this does not include T WONDER Now \& THAT QuEEN WOULD STAND .FGR A LTTE. | FLIRTATION — HOLD CORONER'S INQUEST Body of William Sherman Examined at Nebish and Jury Decide Death By Suicide. KILLED BY .25-20 RIFLE BALL MiSS ~ER-AH- \)\-‘\- 'WELL DEAR ME IVE, At a coroner’s inquest held at Ne- bish last night, it was officially de- cided that William Sherman, whose body was found Saturday after he had been missing for a week, came to his death by commiting suicide. Coroner Ibertson, Dr. Sanborn, Coun- ty Attorney Torrance and Deputy Sheriff Cahill went to Nebish yester- day afternoon, held the inquest last night and returned to Bemidji this morning. Sherman’s body had lain in the woods for a week before it was found and was in a badly decomposed condition, owing to the rain and warm weather. Upon close examina- tion it was found that a ball from a .25-.20 bullet had killed Sherman. The ball entered the head about one inch above the left eye and came out the back of the head on the right side but about one and one-half inch- es higher than the pdint of entrance. At the inquest it developed that Sherman’s gun was found Iying across his left arm and in such a po- sition as to indicate that he had pulled the trigger. The ball had gone clear through the head tearing out a large portion of the skull at the point of exit. The body will be buried at Nebish today. POLLS OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M. Polls will be open until 8 p. m. tonight at the different voting places in Bemidji for the purpose of allow- ing newcomers in the city to register. The state law says that a man must live in his precinct thirty days and in the state six months before he can vote. Virginia to Have Forage Day. Richmond, Va., Aug. 13.—Tomor- row is to be “forage day” in Virgin- ia, and in its observance the Old Do- minion will establish a precedent for other states to follow. Governor Mann has issued a proclamation to the farmers of the state urging them to meet in the court-house towns of their various counties and exchange views and information on forage crops, with a view to increasing the amount and variety of the hay, grass- es and other forage crops raised in Virginia. It Was a Good Beginning, But a Punk Ending TS Yoo BAD HaT WHAT'S YOUR HURRY 7 LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS. Names of Those Who Won Places in Socialist Races. 1.—100 yard dash— First, Walter Jones—$3 Stetson hat at Schneider’s. Second, Earl Riley—$2 in trade at McCuaig’s. 2.—Ladies’ rowing race, long course. First, Mrs. T. J. Andrews—one dozen photos at Hakkerup’s. Second, Mrs. - George Donaldson— willow rocker from Ziegler’s. 3.—Boys’ exchange race— First, Herbert Warfield—season ticket to the Brinkman. Second, Ellis French—$1 in trade at Megroth’s. % 4.—Whistling contest for men— First, Chas. Neumann—25 tickets to Dreamland. Second, Wallace Chandler—$1 in trade at J. Peterson’s. 5.—Oldest lady present— Mrs. Bogart—§$4 dress at Berman’s. 6.—Running race, girls over 14— First, Mrs. Doualdson—$3 hand- bag at Troppman’s. Second, Alta Ferrier—$1 in trade at Megroth’s. T7.—Boys’ swimming race— Chris. Neumann—10 tickets to the Grand. 8.—Barrel contest— First, E. J. Aldrich—$2 hat from Gill’s. Second, Ed. Anderson—50-1b. sack of flour from Nangle’s. 9.—Race for girls under 14— First, Avis Guyer, $2.50 knife from Omich’s. Second, Eva Joslyn—Two gallons Model ice cream. 10.—Ladies rowing race, short course. First, Mrs. George Donaldson—$5 hat from Henrionnet parlors. Second, Mrs. C. M. Nelson—$2 rug from J. P. Lahr store. 11.—Apple contest for ladies—. First, Mrs. Broske—$3 pair of shoes from O. C. Rood. Sécond, Mrs. George Donaldson— $2.50 camera given by City Drug store. 12.—Largest family present— First, Mrs. I. B. Olson—100 Ibs. flour from Schwandt & Marin. Second, Mrs. John English—10 1bs. Bemidji butter, given by O’Leary and Bowser. Third, Ed. Leflour—$1 in trade at Hanson and Erickson’s. 13.—Whistling contest, girls over 14. First, Julius Olson—$1.50 umbrel- la from Carlson’s. Second, Margaret Brandt—$2.50 pen knife from Omich’s. 14.—Tug-o-war— Joe Vein, Bemidji Pioneer for one year. 15.—Two mile launch race— First, Happy Anderson—Pair of BOARD FILLS VACANCIES Mary A. Vance Appointed to Teach Sixth Grade and A. E. Nelson In- structor in Agriculture. SCHOOL JANITORS ARE NAMED Jesse Scarrett was elected head janitor of the Bemidji schools and given personal charge of the Central school at a meeting of the school board last night. The board now meets on the second Monday of the month. Other janitors elected were George Titus for the high school, J. M. Phillipi for the Northside school, and W. S. Duffy for the school farm. Miss Mabel Wheeler resigned as a teacher in the sixth grade two weeks ago and Miss Mary A. Vance, of Wi- nona, was elected to fill the position. A. E. Nelson, of Lincoln, Neb., was elected instructor in agriculture to take the place of Otto I. Bergh. The following report of the audit- ing committee was read and ordered filed: We, the undersigned, have exam- ined and checked all vouchers and books of E. H. Marcum, treasurer of Independent School District of Be- midji, and found same correct in ev- ery respect and submit the follow- ing report as compiled from the books and records of the treasurer: General fund— Balance on hand August 1, 1911 . $ 188.20 Receipts during the year. 46,703.76 Total . P . 46,891.96 Disbursements . .. . 46,739.51 Balance on hand August 1, TBAL & vosinnvvis wravavaraveria 152.45 Sinking fund— Balance on hand August 1, LILL: 5 s i aisioiimia .$11,032.79 Receipts during the year. 5,961.05 Total . . 16,993.84 Disbursements . . 12,012.00 Balance on hand August 1, 191D jeamsns sdindiain e 4,981.84 Grand total of all receipts 63,885.80 Grand total of disburse- ments . ..... weer.... B58,751.51 Total on hand, August 1, WY . seasssavarie 5,134.29 Orders registered but not paid by the treasurer for want of funds..... 11,214.14 Due from state— Agricultural department.. 2,500.00 Normal department ..... 750.00 Associated district No. 49 Total 7 seiieenisiaee Bonded indebtedness— $8,000 due July 15, 1913. 150.00 3,400.00 (Continued ob last page.) (Continued on last page.) By "HOP" {other trip to get him. DEPUTIES ARE SENT FOR AUGUST RADI Wife and Ten Year 0ld Son in Fear of Lives and Appeal to Officers for Protection, BOY WALKED TO BEMIDJII Father Beat Him Cruelly on Sunday And Lad Fled Fourteen Miles to Seek Aid. MAN WANTED NOT AT HOME Bailey and Bursley Bring in Wife and All Guns and Ammunition Fonnd In the Home. Armed with two warrants, one for an arrest and the other a search war- rant, Deputy Sheriff Bursley and Game Warden Bailey went to the home of August Radi nine miles east of Turtle River yesterday afternoon to bring him to Bemidji. Radi was not found but his wife accompanied the officers to this city. Radi is accused of having threat- ened to kill his wife and his ten year old son. Sunday morning, Radi en- tered the house in an ugly mood and beat the boy so badly that he fled from the house in fear of his life and walked the fourteen miles to Bemidji alone. He did not even stop to get his hat. He said that the woman, who is his step-mother, was in dan- ger of her life and that help should be sent at once. The officers drove to within four miles of the house and proceeded the rest of the way on foot. They ap- proached the house with arms ready for service as they had been warned that Radi might shoot on sight. He wag not expected home until night- fall so they brought his wife to Be- midji and took all of the guns and ammunition that e had in the house. Mr. Bailey also found several musk- rat hides in such a state as to show that the animals had been taken out of season. It is said that Radi has a very Jjealous disposition and is subject to fits of almost insane anger. The of- cers left a note saying that there was a warrant out for his arrest and that he should come to Bemidji at once. In case that he does not come to this city today, the officers will make an- Mrs. Radi is being quartered at a hotel for a few days. She is Scandinavian but Radi is a German. Mrs. Radi said last night that sev- cral times he had placed a gun to her breast and threatened to shoot but had not. She said both her life and the boy’s were in danger. The boy’s head was badly cut in the as- sault Sunday. BAZAAR'S NEW MANAGER. H. A. Plate Comes From Barry, Il to Take Charge of Bemidji Store. H. A. Plate, formerly with the Nov- elty Department store of Barry, IIl, arrived in the city last week and took the active management of the Bazaar of this city, having bought the inter- est of W. A. Norelius who succeeded O'Leary and Bowser. Mr. Plate’s plans are to make this store one of the leading dry goods emporiums in Northern Minnesota. Through his efforts the Novelty Department store is said to have become the ieading store in Barry. NAME IS CHANGED. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Beltrami County Building and Savings association held in the Com- mercial club rooms Monday after- noon the name of the association was changed to read, “Bemidji Building and Loan association.” This was done for the purpose of shortening the name, which has been found rath- er cumbersome to attach to all legal documents when making out papers. The loan privilege was also extended from $5,000 to $10,000, which will enable the directors to make loans to better advantage. Dedicate 1. 0. 0. F. Temple. Hamilton, Ont., Aug. 13.—More than 1,000 Odd Fellows representing all of the local lodges of the order in Ontario and some from the neighbor- ing Provinces gathered in Hamilton today for the annual grand lodge meeting. The big feature of the con- vention will be the dedication of the $60,000 Odd Fellows' temple recent- 1y completed in this city. The dedi- cation ceremonies will be held to- ‘morrow afternoon. 7 $ i -