Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 18, 1912, Page 1

THE BE 5o mfi\e" ’ o VOLUME 10. NUMBER 122. CIVIL CASES ON IN COURT TODAY Judge Stanton and Petit Jury Re- sume Work after Adjourning for the Primaries. THE FIRE CASES GO OVER Thirty-one Against Canadian North- ern Set For Special Term on November 26. MAYO PAYS $500 FINE Was Not Given Prison Sentence on| Criminal Charge Growing Qut of Death of Akerberg. Judge Stanton opened distriet court this morning after allowing the petit jury to return home to vote in the primaries yesterday. The case of Chris RBolstad vs. the Minneapolis, Red Lake and Manitoba railroad was| taken up this morning and as soon | as it is finished the criminal calen- dar will be called. Bolstad is suingj the railroad for a personal injury said to have resulted from being ejected from a car. Although the criminal cases are to he taken up soon, mo one was able to state this morning which case would be the first called. This morn- ing, the sanity of Charles Swanland, the murderer of David Wistrom near Shotley last May, is the subject of an inquiry. Should it be decided that Swanland is sane, his case will p}"ob- ably be the first to be tried. Should it be decided that he is insane, other action will be taken. Frank Mayo appeared in court last week in answer to the criminal chargs connected with the death of Carl Akerberg in 1907. Mayo was a druggist in Bemidji at the time and allowed an unregistered pharmacist tc fill a prescription. By mistake, the pharmacist put in a poison and Aker- berg died. Mrs. Akerberg, the moth- er, sued Mayo with the result that she was given several thousand dol- iars damages. When the criminal case came before him, Judge Stanton said that the evidence in the ecivil case showed that there was no criminal intent in the filling of the preseription, although there was rriminal negligence, and he therefore fined Mayo $500 instead of imposing a prison sentence. The criminal ac- tion action marks the end of a case which has stirred Bemidji for several vears. The first case to come before the petit jury was that of Ella Lynch vs. | Ross and Ross. The plaintiff was cueing for the value of a horse said 10 have been leased to the defend- ants. At the close of the case for the plaintiff, Judge Stanton ordered a directed verdict for the defend-| ants, The case of Emma Campbell vs. sartin Arstad and Lauritz Ask went | to the jury but the verdict was for the defendants. All parties interest- ed are said to live in- the Northern part of Clearwater county in what is called the “Meadows.” The Dlain»‘ tiff is known as the.“Queen of the| Meadows” and was sueing the de- fendants for $6,000 for assault dam- ages. The case of James Clausen vs. the J. A. Irvine company resulted in a directed verdict for the defendant at the close of the testimony offered bv; the plaintiff. The case arose over a| lease of some horses by the plaintiff| to the defendants. { Samuel Sutor, of Cass Lake, won a victory over William Kirchoff when the former’s attorney asked that thej case be dismissed after it had gome to the jury. the “Pussyfoot” Johnson activity two years ago. put some liquor in Sutor’s cellar and that he sold it to Sutor. Some of Johnson's men discovered the goods and destroyed it. Kirchoff brought suit against Sutor to recover for the goods while Sutor claimed that he had not bought the liquor and so was not liable. It is probable that an- other action will grow out of the case. The court calendar contains thirty- one civil cases which are suits against the Canadian Northern grow- ing out of the losses caused by fires said to have been set by sparks from ihe railroad’s engines. By an agree- ment between the attorneys in the case and the court, the thirty-one cases are to come up November 26. The case was an echo of | Kirchoff claimed that he| BEmDJI MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY This Table Shows the Vfle in SEPTEMBER 18, 1912. Such Towns as Have Made Returns The plaintiffs in the Canadian Northern cases are Sadie E. Jessup, Sarah E. Orr, Wililam Hoscheid, Thomas Allen, Nels Fliet, Hans Ross- land, George O. Grovum, Wilhelm Zipple, John M. Carey, Alfred Lind- quist, Elias Sundholm, Charles G. Smith, J. P. Reiton, Thomas A. John- son, Carl Nystrum, William F. Zip- ple, V. A. Jacobs, Laura E. Butter- field, Julius Engebroten, Ottis Gro- vum, Maria Grovum, Anna T. Gro- -vum, Elizabeth A. Geiss, Bert How- ard, Wilbur E. Rowley, Anders Han- son, Severin Abrahamson, William Moir, J. J. Jinkinson and C. W. Speelman, Robert W. Stebbins, John L. Williams, J. O. Cowan and Thom- as J. Williams. Judge Stanton has thirty-six jury cases on the civil docket which are vet to come to trial. PINEWOOD. Ladies’ Aid society will meet with Mrs. Surma Thursday, September 26. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Sthol attended the county fair at Bemidji Friday. F. Blodgett and O. Hovde of Crook- ston called at Sthol’s Friday. Miss Effie Sines spent Monday in Bemidji. Hans Kirkvold transacted business in Bemidji Monday. Miss Maidie Sthol went to Bemidji Saturday to attend a daisy luncheon given by Miss Ella Parker for Miss Malone. Among those who were Bemid. visitors Friday last were .Martin Johnson of Pinewood and Pete Bakke of Aure. Miss Lottie Smith of Aure, who has spent the summer with relatives and friends at Comstock, returned to Pinewood Monday. She will spend the week with her sister who is teach- ing here. Mrs. J. Sines left for Bemidji on Tuesday. Mrs. Herb Dodge spent Tuesday in Miss Mary Hetland of Gonvick, ar- rived here Tuesday. She will visit her sister, Mrs. H. Dodge, for some time. Torpedoes Guided by Alrcraft. A patent has been issued to Brad ley A. Fiske, United States navy, for a | device that guides submarine torpe- does from an aircraft. The torpedo is the first transported through the air | to a point of desired proximity to a target by means of an aircraft, after which the propelling mechanism of the torpedo is started and then the torpedo is released to fall by gravity to the water. In the apparatus, a strap is employed for retaining the torpedo below the aircraft and a man- ually controlled lever releases a latch for the strap the lever also actuating transmitting mechanism to operate the starting device for the propelling | mechanism of the torpedo. Youthful Critic Aroused. A very young gentleman, after hear- Ing scme vigorous language from his father, called up his grandmother on the telephone and warned her: “You better come down to our house and see about the words your son has | been using.” Excessive Toil In Unsanitary Quarters Responsible for Disease That Shortens Their Days. Tl-health, we are told, is the cause of onefourth of the destitution in large cities. “The ratio is probably mush higher among the toilers of the sea,” gaid George McPherson Hunter of the American Seamen’s Friend so- ciety in The Survey. “Below deck in the recesses of the ship, twenty feet ‘beneath the sunlight, stokers stand on {ron plates in front of open furnaces, bend their backs to fill the coal shovel, and then swing the coal into the hot furnace mouth. The roll of the ship and the swing of the body throw an uneven strain on the lower part of the torso which causes hernia. “Novelists tell with great gusto of the sallors killed by pirates and bue- caneers, and sometimes by the ‘bucko mate.” All these amiable gentlemen of fortune never killed or maimed as many men as the forecastles of the ships that sail the seas. The medical officer of the port of London submits a table showing the minimum air space allowed for cattle in cowsheds, | and for individuals in military bar racks, workrooms, lodging houses and seamen’s quarters. Setting these side by side, it is shown that cattle are best off in this respect and seamen worst. The reports of the surgeon general of the United States Marine hospital service show continuously that seamen suffer in a startling man. ner from diseases, most of them springing from the inadequacy of pure air and healthful places in which to eat and sleep.” ASKED TO SHOW GRATITUDE Time for Son-in-Law to Prove Hime self Worthy of Favors He Had Been Recelving. “Son-in-law,” he said, as he called him into the library and locked the door, “you have lived with me now for over two years.” “Y-yes, sir." “In all that time I lmven’t asked . you a cent for board.” “N-no, sir.” “In all your little quarrels with my daughter I have always taken your part and decided in your favor.” “A-always, sir.” “I have even paid some of your bills.” “Y-you have, sir.” “And in every way helped you to get along.” “Y-you have been very kind, sir.” “I have tried to be, my boy, and 1 think you appreciate it.” “II do, sir.” “Thanks. Kindly tell your mother in-law that the poker chips which she picked up in my room this morning were dropped out of your pocket, and we'll call it square!” Aerial Taxicab Is Tésted. Some remarkable flights have been made by the aerial taxicab built by Bleriot for a European firm, A 140 horse power engine has been install- ed in place of the 100 horse power motor with which the machine was originally equipped. Loaded with about 650 pounds of ballast, it carries & cargo equivalent in weight to that of four passengers besides the pilot. As yet no four pascengers have ven- Time When Mr. Crotchety Wants to Be Let Alone, and He Doesn’t Care Who Knows It. “When I'm reading the newspaper,” sald Mr. Crotchety. “I'm like a dog with a bone. I don’t like to be inter- rupted. My newspaper hour is to me a time of great enjoyment and I ke to have it all to myself, unbroken. This clear, printed page on whick is epread before me the news of the world i8 a marvel; a mental meal of many courses, with a new bill of fare daily, a feast unfailing and of endless varlety, and I love to take it without a break in my enjoyment of it. 1 don’t like to have.anybody speak to me or approach me when I am reading a newspaper. I want then to be let alone, and so even when Mrs, Crotchety comes up and says: “ ‘Stephen, when yon go down town reply rather absently and without looking up, and if' she persists with ‘You know, Stephen, don't you, that I—.why, then, I fear, I reply almost Deevishly: ‘Yes, yes, Il attend to that, but now—-—; and then I turn back ta.the paj place I have lost, but with the current of interest now broken or lessened be- cause I have permitted myself, just a little, to lose my temper. “But they don’t break in on me often. Sometimes they start to speak to me and then they stop. More than once I heard this said: ‘Don’t speak to him now; he’s reading the paper.’ And that makes me feel a little mean and sometimes I say: ‘No, no; that’s all right. What is {t?” But as a rule, I confess, I let em wait till I'm through, for the newspaper is one of my chief enjoyments and it disturbs me much to have that enjoyment broken.” Bad State of Mind. Peevishness,if indulged in too often, brings on a sort of permanent “grouch.” If we allow ourselves to get irritated and disagreeable over in- fAnitesimal troubles, pretty soon every- thing that doesn’t go just our way will be regarded as a particular slam of fate, and we will get the fixed idea that lite is treating us very badly in- deed. ‘Won by Degrees. n seems to have finally made a conquest of that Scadmore glrl. Wonder how it all came about.” “The first time she saw him she gave him her eye, the next time they met she gave him her arm, it wasn't Jong before he was holding both of her hands, soon after that he won her heart, and ghe lost her head and gave herself to him completely.”"—Judge. To Destroy Ants. Ants that frequent gardens or houses may be destroyed by taking flour of brimstone one-half pound and potash four ounces, and set them in en iron or earthen pan over-the fire unt{l dissolved and united; after- ‘wards beat them to 3 powder and in- fuse a little of the powder in water, and wherever you sprinkle it the ants will fiy to the place. "ck' Young Is a Writer. Cy Young, the veteran, iz writing, telling his views of what a youngster tured to take their seits in the taxi- cab body. THE CUB REPORTER | SCOOP | The court will finish the other civil cases and the criminal calendar and NaH- Y0V WILL GET HEAVY WITH THE UMPIRE. = NEXT TIME, should have in order to make good in the big leagues. Say It To His Face, If You Dare, Scoop GEE MISTER 0L MISSED THE BEST =|(THiE ONE THING THAT SURE ) GETS MY NANNY IS To ““and gearch for the | marks, - The postal shower is likely to be come an institution. It ‘is designed | for the benefit of a friend who has gone to live in a strange place. The shower was originated by a woman living in St. Louis to encourage her son, a young lawyer, who had estab- lished an office In San Antonio, Tex. owing he was bashful the mother wrote to all her friends, asking that each one send a post card to-him, with lnms cheering message. In many cases a friend would encourage her own friends to write also, and thus the list grew. The young man got so0 much mail matter: that San -Antone people got to think he was a person o. some consequence, and they took ta him In great style. The “shower” worked 80 ‘well in this instance that the story spread. Now the ideais gaining popularity by leaps and bounds and bids fair to spread while the supply of lonesome friends holds t. this morning will you—' I am apt to, ou Teaches Bird Life in School. Georgia is putting on her statute books a law that a bird day shall be observed in the public schools, the Memphis Commercial Appeal re- ‘This is not to be a holiday, but a day set apart for instruction in ‘bird life and uses, so that children may be educated along these lines to such an extent that the birds of the state may receive the protection they should have. Not only will children be in- structed as to bird manners and hab- its, but they will be particularly im- pressed as to the usefulness of the lit- tle creatures in keeping down insect life and thus protecting trees, fruits and growing crops. Few children think of birds as serving a useful end, They regard them as things of beau- &y merely or else as legitimate prey for slingshot and gun. Solar Eclipse Affects Wireless. During the recent solar eclipse an Interesting test was undertaken be- tween the radio station of the Royal dock yard in Copenhagen and -the Blaavandshuk station op the coast of Jutland, so as to ascertain the effect of the eclipse upon wireless transmis- sion. It transpired that the telegraph- Ing became more distingt and reliable as the eclipse progressed, and that it was most distinct shortly after the culmination of the eclipse. The view that it is the effect of the solar light upen the atmosphere which 1is the cause of radio telegraphy being much better at night than during the day seems thus to be confirmed. Grandchlld of George IlI. The Grand Duchess Augusta Caro- line of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Europe's oldest princess, celebrated her 90th birthday recently. She is the only surviving grandchild of George IIL Makes Immense Difference. The difference between a long and short yarn is very well illustrated by the difference of one’s feelings-in hold- ing a skein for ene’s grandmother or for one's sweetheart. Avaid Tedlous Gossip. Cautlously avold talking of the do- mestic affairs either of yourself or of other people. Yours are nothing to them but tedious gossip; theirs are nothing to you—Chatterfield. CHESTY WITH THE UMPS AND T JELLS TAKE HM OFF" AN DARNED| / Mr and Mrs. Nels Otterstad enter- tained on Sunday at their new home or Point Comfort, the occasion being the fiftieth birth anniversary of Mrs. Otterstad. An elaborate dinner was served at noon, covers being laid for eighty-five guests. Those = present were Mrs. A. O. Johnson, Oscar John- son, Julia Benson, Josephine Sadik, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Williams, Mr. ald Mrs. Bridgham, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Ethel Wiley, Mrs. Clark of Louis- iana, Mrs. Dougherty, Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Hancock, Ruth Guthrie,” Guy Simpkins, Mr. and Mrs. Stre, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Erickson, Mr. and Mrs. L. Otterstad, Mrs. Mary Gal- laher, Mr. and Mrs. Goodmanson, Mr. and Mrs.- Frank Latimer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sander, Miss Ollie Por- ter, Mr. and Mrs. Larkin, Mrs. Bald- win, Miss Violet Vanhouse of Kel- liher, Mesdames Broske and Elletson of Bemidji, Rev. Kolste, Fred Rhoda and J. L. George of Bemidji, Frank Sadik and Mr. and Mrs. Brown of Crookston. The afternoon was pleas- antly spent.. Rev. Kolste of Bemidji gave-an address, which was enjoyed by all. Miss Beth Horton, who teaches school here, left Friday night for Be- midji to spend the week end with friends. Mrs. Clark of Louisiana, is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Porter. Martin and Hubbard Rimer, who have been living on the Just farm this summer, left Saturday fer St. Faul, where Martin Rimer will spend the winter. Hubbard Rimer will go to some point in Ohio. Mrs. E. Roberts left Friday for Rochester, Minn., where she will vis- it relatives for several months. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Craver spent Saturday in Bemidji. Albert Skrivseth returned Thurs- day from Duluth. He will visit with bis relatives here for several weeks, when he will leave for St. Paul to resume his studies at the agricultur- al school. Motors In Arabia. Aden, Arabia, 1s five miles from Steamer Point, the shipping junction of that region. Heretofore camel carts have conveyed merchandise for export and import. But camels arg slow and the carts are unwieldy. The camels could, at their best, make only two round trips a day between the town and the wharf. The road 1s steep and full of gravel and flint. But this d@id not deter business men’ from employing automobiles as substitutes for camels, says an exchange. One skin exporter pald $4,000 for a three and one-half ton, twenty-two horse power French truck, which he used in leu of the camel carts. It carries fifteen bales of skins and makes six round trips daily. The Aden-Steamer Point automobile service will shortly test a steam car that has been rebuilt into a gasoline gar. The intention is to revive the passenger service. Mt cost §1.360 to convert the car, whieh originally cost $2,916. A chauffeur has been obtained from England to make the tests. The owners declare that if the car is a success they will have five others placed in service. By "HOP” Nas-an’ T WENT Yo THE. 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This is the only real contest which developed in Beltrami county. George French and 0. J. Tagley and M. E. Ibertson and Dr. Ward have contests all their own but at press time it looks as though both of the present officers would be returned. Governor Eberhart appears to be strong in the cities and able to mus- ter a substantial strength in the country so that it looks as though he will carry the county. The strength of the opposition is divided between S0 many that the governor has it- easy. Congressman Steenerson is having a fight to beat Peterson in this county but reports from Crook- ston say that he is carrying the west- ern part of the district by a lafge margin. So few second choice votes were cast that they have been disregarded, with but few exceptions, in the above tabuldtions. As other towns come in, they will be added and the complete tables published from day to day. MANAHAN THE WINNER. (By United Press). St. Paul, Sept. 18.—Congressmen Sydney Anderson, of the First, Fred C. Stevens, of the Fourth and Halvor Steenerson, of the Ninth, appear to be sure of nomination on the face of such returns as have been received here. James Manahan, whose nomi- nation for congressman at large is conceded, is the only out and out Progressive to win a nomination on the state ticket. It will probably require several days to get in the official returns. The second choice vote is light and it is not believed will materially af- fect the results. SHOWS BIG PRODUCTS. R. C. Hayner has on display in his real estate offices a selection of some of the prize winners in the agricul- tural line at the county fair. Among the selection he displays a large pumpkin weighing eighty-six pounds. He has been told that this was not a pumpkin by some farmers who should know and he is desirous to find out ujst what specie of vegetable it is. Any cne knowing something about vegetables will confer a favor by stepping into his office and exam- ining it, so that a conclusion may be reached. Other vegetables displayed are a large squash weighing forty-one pounds, a Hubbard squash weighing thirty pounds, a yellow pumpkin weighing forty-one pounds, all of which were exhibited at the county fair by John Binaes of Red Lake agency. A radish weighing 10.25 pounds and raised near Blackduck also features in the Hayner exhibit. C. L. Johnson near this city also has displayed some fine potatoes, three of which together weigh more than five - pounds. DO YOU WISH TO GO? A. E Rako, chairman of the board cf county commissioners, is in re- ceipt of a message from George A. Srow, chairman Utah board of con- trol, advising him that he is entitled to appoint five delegates to the Twen- ! tieth National Irragation Congress ta {be held at Salt Lake City, September 20th to October 3rd, and those wish- ing to attend this meeting are re- quested to send him in their names. Mr. Snow states the Congress is an 2ssured success and promises to be the most interesting and important with the largest attendance sinee the congress was otnnlud <