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.VOLUME 11, NUMBER 103. WILL BE TAKEN OVER BOUNDARY Thaw to Be Taken Back By The Can- adians—Proceeding is Simple. . LAW GOVERNS ASYLUM INMATES Can Be Turned Back Any Time Be- fore Five Years After Escape or Release. Sherbrooke, Que., Aug. 25.—New @est, Vt, will displace Shetrbrooke a: he setting place for the Thaw drams . ®ot later than Wednesday next. Thaw. lawyers concede they canno @ecure any more delay and are laying thelr plans accordingly. Immigration Maspector Reynolds, who will take Thaw over the border unless his law Vors find some way of prolonging the .etruggle, discussed his plans with o Press representative. “We understand that Thaw's law yors Bave agreed to drop the habeas esYus proceedings,” he said. “As @00k 4s they do so the prisoner will ¥ breught into court on the commit papers, which are admittedly and discharged. We will at @fce take him under our care. “We will proceed to Coaticooke and bold a formal court of inquiry to de fermine whether Thaw has been an famate of 2 lunatic asylum within five yoars. The merits of the case have »0 bearing. Whether he is sane is mot for us to pass upon, but we must decide whether he has been an inmate of an asylum. He will, of course, ad- mit he has been. Then we will un doubtedly reject him and will order that he return to the United States. WIII Go to Newport, “We understand that he plana to g back by way of the Derby line. From there he will proceed to Newpert. O!f eourse, the Dominion authorities al Ottawa have the power to reverse our deeision. They can decide to grant Mm a definite time in which to leave. But it is unlikely they will do so. A. ‘We are simply rejecting Thaw, not deporting_ him, his_ nenp)e wlll prob: &8ty not try“to mppeal.” Thaw has quarreled. bitterly with BMs Canedian lawyers. He claims there must be some way by which they can have his sanity passed on by the Canadian authorities. But they have assured him this is impossible, Thaw, not satisfled, has -telegraphed for tormer Governor Stone of Pennsyl- vaniz and two other American lawyera to come here. Thaw ig still an object of much sympathy and despite a cold, driving rain there was another crowd at the 3all anxious to catch a glimpse of him ot the window of his cell. Thaw’s lawyers declare that noth ‘g Chauffeur Thompson, held charged with bringing a lunatic into Canada, @ould say, would hurt his case. Thomp- ®on had expected his liberty and was bitserly disappointed when the hear- tag was put over one week. AUTHORITIES EXPECT DELAY “Alterney Jerome Ordered to Canada 5 on Thaw Case. Abany, N. Y, Aug. 35.—Willlam ‘Travers Jerome, appointed a special deputy attorney general to look after e Thaw extradition case, has been fmstructed to proceed at once to Cana- @a in this connection. This announce- ment came from the office of the at- forney general. It caused considerable comment for the reason that when the announce- ment was made of Mr. Jerome's ap- pointment as deputy it was indicated spécifically that his particular duties would be In the line of inducing the governor of whatever state to which Thaw might be deported to turn him over to the New York authorities. The state authorities now admit Wit & long delay may ensue before they can secure Thaw’s return to-this eowatry. AGITATORS ARE .DRIVEN OUT L W. W. Spe ors Barred Prom Palls- ade, Colo. Palisade, Colo., Aug. 26.—Backed %7 a strong. posse of deputies the tewa marshal is patrolling : Palisade %0 see that all I. W. W. peach pickers and packers, expélled from town, re- maia outside. Meotings have been in progress all week at whick L W. W. speakers wrged the idle men, gathéred to har- vest the Elberta valley peach crop, ®ot to work for less than 35 cents bourly, in view of the fancy prices the growers, ‘who offer 25 cents, re- @stved. The upshot was a demand on 4he mayor to drive the agitators out. The marshal executed the order. SEEK FEDERAL PRESS AGENT @evernment Wants Newspaper Mar to Help Boom Good Roads. Chicago, Aug. 24—The United oording. loeal - branch of the tldurll civil service’ commission. The position may be competed for by any male, but a trained newspaper man is. preferred. The position will l-I #88 day for each day mhwf- Barker said: on our advertisements. have been times when our wholesal- ers have fallen down, but Barker re-i deems in makes good his claims.” after an illness of omly NOTICE Athletic Club ‘Meeting - TONIGHT Gommercial Glub Rooms Last chance to be- come a member for $1 May be $5 or $10 after tonight. Be on hand with your application. PERFUME AD MAKES G00D 8till Retains Its Odor in The Pioneer Printed on Friday, July Eighteenth, BARKER'S CLAIMS TRUTHFUL On Friday July 18th the entire edi- tion of the Pioneer was perfumed with Ricksecker’s Attar Tropical per- fume purchased at Barker’s Drug and | Jewelry store, and in an ad in that edition Mr. Barker made the claim that the perfume would retain its odor on the month, paper for at least a Today August 25th, the odor is still there, just as fresh asif it were put on yesterday. Many people thought it a mere joke to make such claims and ridi- culed the Pioneer for permitting the publishing of such a statement. The display ad read: “Say! Smell of those bottles: Hold this ad close to your nose. That’s right now smell, of that for perfume? .. You'll:-bo-able! 1 to smell this perfume a month from now as well as today, etc.” What do you think In speaking of the'incident Mr. “We make good always ' There may this event and always| ATHLETES MEET TONIGHT. Local Club Will Hold Important Business Meeting, Voting on applications of over 50 Bemidji men and boys and discussing the purchase or leasing of the Be- midji Armory will be the principal business to be brought before the Be- midji Athletic club when they meet at the Commercial Club Rooms this evening at eight o’'clock. Other bus- iness of importance connected with the athletic teams that are being or- ganized will also be discussed. " PALMER BACK ON J0B, “Dad”, Publisher of Nymore Inde- pendent Recovers Health, “Dad”. Palmer the venerable “Iron man” of the Northern Minnesota Editorial association has fully recov- ered after an.illness of two weeks and is again on the job pushing the pen for his snappy publication, the Nymore Independent. “Dad” is giv- ing our neighboring city a lively news sheet and is receiving splendid support from his advertisers. Obituary. Death entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Safford, Friday, August 22, 1913, and took their four months old daughter, Opal Jewel, two days. Services were held at the house Sat- urday at 3:30 p. m. by Rev. Flesher and interment was made at Green- wood cemetery. “To fair to bloom on earth, God : however, will not yield from its posi- n‘?fim. State i!nerh May Follow Example Set by Washington—May Defer His Message. ; MAY RECONSIDER REJECTION If Intimations Which Have Reached President Wilson Can Be Re- ROOM WILL AT Every day several varieties. of grains from dlfler']nt»neetlnns of Bel- trami County arrive at the prepara- tion rooms which have been opened next door to the others Barber shop. Bight girl; ‘e been em- lied Upon. ployed to sort tlu Eraing and other po produce -brought 'in by Beltrami County farmers. chlrlel F. Schroed- Wasnington, Aug. 25.—Develop- er, secretary of fluaelum! County. Fair association urges the farmers to bring in their exhibits at their earl- lest convenience ag the room will be closed Thursday and those in charge must be given time to pack the exhi- ments in the Mexican situation are moving swiftly toward a point which officials expected to determine wheth- er President Wilson would read his special. message to congress Tues- day. Direct advices from Mexigo - City that Provisional President Huerta might wish to reconsider his repee- tion of the American proposals before pany the committée #0 Minneapolis President Wilson laid the negotia-|*"d belD armnge ¢ Beltrami Coun- tlons bare before the .world hul;’ booth. The farmers who have sent changed the situation and the preat.|!® eXhibits up to Saturday night ar dent’s plans are contingent upon the| JohR Eichstadt, moves of the next few hours. and wheat. President Wilson interrupted work| Hugo H‘“’*J'"’ and blue stem. on his message long enough to get a| Siyer Beatten,: on’ stem. few hours’ recrcation on the golt| - Ray Cooper, oatsjon atem. links. J. A. Heath,.five row barley straw gestions have been made to the |and timothy. usyc:x government since the Albert Heath, Ddlsh Select oats, @ of notes which indicate a tend- caroni wheat, i barof the H‘:;;“ Of | early Russtam-oats, timothy red top, " mpif‘:ym eM“fc: cuya ::“ black oats, five row barley, blue stem, Earasa would be sent to|Straw, early Ruaslfi straw, Lincoln Washingicu by Huerta on a confiden-|0ats straw, and Kel!ncky blue grass. tial missicu is credited here to the Nels Wilett, blue: stem, timothy, ‘extent that it is known 4hat Huerta;medium red clover. Stock vegetables:: are has under consideration s plan to slowly and Mr. Schroeder is sending send an envoy to the United States to talk unofficially with President Wil- out an appeal to faFmers to bring in samples of this class of produce. #on, as Mr. Lind did with Huerta. — Would Choose Gamboa. " It is believed, however, that Fred- erick Gamboa, minister of foreign re-|Q' # lations, would be the man chosen by STATE Tkoo S AT ERIE Huerta for the mission, if such is in- —— Serious Strike Riots Cause Governor - | Btates 18 not known as yet, but as to sell'd te CMI_- evidencing a desire to. reconstder- the:| =5 o~ gt Tejection of the American pro-| - z v vosals the news is regarded as of tended. Whether such a suggestion would much significance. That the American government, exhibit of rye meet the approval of the United Erie, Pa., Aug. 25.—With two troons of state constabulary patrolling ‘thé streets and the calling of a general strike threatened by the Central La‘| bor union the strike of 2,000 molders and 200 machinists assumed. a urlaus aspect. One hundred and sixty troopers ar- rived here following serious -outbreaks in which a strike guard, Edward Sha fer, was badly beaten by a “inob ot strike sympathisers. He wab rescued by police and taken to a hospital, where he is in a serious condition. Darly in the evening a squad o policemen, who had been guarding one of the dozen shops where men are on strike, was fired upon. A score of shots were exchanged, but no one was hit. Wholesale arrests of both strik- ers and strikebreakers were made after the arrival of the troops. They ere charged with beln: participants in the outbreaks. The outbreak was the recurrence of similar affairs that ‘have occurred nightly since the operation of the mill by strikebreakers. A short time ago the sheriffs appealed to Governor Tener for troops. The governor seht & representative here to investigate: It was a result of the representative's report that the governor ordered out the troops. Cole Younger Joins Church: Lees Summit, Mo, Aug. 25.—Cole] Younger, the former bandit, who serv- od many years in the state peniten: ¥ary at Stillwater,: Minn,, in connec- tion that Huerta must be eliminated @3 a . factor in the situation is likely to be made plain to the Mexico City administration before Gamboa comes, %0 that his mission would constitute a supplementary procedure to’bring about. such an understanding. Something definite, however, is be- ing awaited by the United States and it is unlikely that this government will wait very long for tangible evi- dence on the part of the Huerta gav- ornment to recede from its position. The present intention is to have Pres- ident Wilson proclaim in the message to congress on Tuesday the policles the United States will pursue and which ‘the nations of the world, it is expected here, will firmly support. NEW TYPEWRITERS FOR SCHOOL Six New Underwoods Added to Com- mercial Department. Six new Underwood typewriters have been added to the Commercial department of the Bemidjt High school. This makes a total of 12 typewriters which the students will have for practice work. Many new students are expected to enter this department this term and as many of them take typewriting at different periods of the day the Superinten- dent believes that the present number will be sufficient to supply the num- ber taking the course. The machines | were purchased through William Smith. dank robbery, joimed the Christisn cohwrch at/ a revival meeting hefe. Younger was paroled from the &:‘n | tentlary several years Ago. at time ho has lectured and beem emnected with a Wild West:show. DENIES BULGAR ATROCITIES Missionary Arrives in London to Re- pudiate Reports of Crueity. London, Aug. 35.—Rev. Lyle D. Makes New Aerial’ Record.” - Chicago, Aug. 25—Glenn: L. Mar- f Commissioners for Foreign M's- | aeroplaries when he flew for 16 ‘min‘ :lonu, arrived in London with fwe| utes and 10 seconds with three. wotn- English colleagues for the purpose of| 8 aboard his air craft. The total denying allegations that the Bulgarian | Weight of the four was 515 pounds: troops had committed atrocities at|¥he former record, held by Tony T0 SEE W|L50N Farmers Bmm Produots to Be|. coming in’ on with the notorious Northfield: Woodruff, a missionary. at the Phillp. | il of Los' Angeles fuublmmg ‘a newf popolis station of the American Bosrd | passengef carrying record for hydro JESS ‘WILLARD Delivers Fatal Blow to Opponmt in ‘the Ring—“Bull” Young - ¢ Succumbs, BLOW ON JAW PROVES FATAL and Fails ' to Recover Consciousness, . Los Angeles, Aug. 25.—John W. Young, Jr., known'in the ring as “Bull” Young, - the prize fighter who was knocked out Friday night by Jess Wil- lard, died at a Hospital where an' op- eration was: performed to relieve cere- bral hemorrhage. The surgeons who performed” the operation gave con- cussion of the brain as the cause of eath. v 2 Jess Willard, who ‘had been placed under technical arrest after the fight pending the outcome of Young’s in- Juries, was taken into custody on a charge of manslaughter tmmediately after- Young died. Young was found to be suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage produced by a violent fall in the eleventh-round, when Willard put him down with a terrific right hook to the jaw. ‘A right hook to the jaw, preceded by a left jab which half turned him around, sent Bull Young ‘to dreamland and returned “Jess Willard winner in the eleventh round of their scheduled twenty-round go. Young was exam- ined by fouf physicians as he lay in the ring, and was pronounced in no danger. unconscious, to a hospital. Battle Was.a Farce. The battlé was a farce until the last round. Willard towered" over his op- ponent and seemingly hit him at will, while Young apparently was so. much muscle bound he cotild not straighten his arms. Early in the fight Willard cut Young’s face to ribbons. An operation-on Young’s skull in an effort to relieve a. cerebral hemorrhage. e he failed torrally. ... .. ~¥oung; Whose Wsuuue carger wos limited to'two years, first came to Los Angeles less than.a year ago &8'sparring p’urtner for the late Luther McCarty, who was killed in a bout with Arthur Pelkey at Calgary, Alta., Can., ‘several weeks ago. The promoters of the fight, Thomas McCary and Al.Greenewald, and the referee, ‘Charles Lyton, gave them- sélves up to the authorities when they learned of Young’s death. It was said they would ‘be held as acceasoriesA stmoNs TO MILWAI!'KEE Bemidji Youth Makes Good at News- papér Work, After spending the past few days on i’ vacation visiting friends and relatives in the eity Hiram A, Simons, Sentinel and for the past three months west end reporter for the Du- luth News Tribune, left last night for Milwaukee where he has accepted a reporitorial position on the Mil- waukee Sentinel. Mr. Simons has had a great deal of experience in newspaper work and will doubtless ‘make good at his new position. ~ TO PLAT CEMETERY. Land Purchmd by Catholics to Be Consecrated. Immediate plans will be made by Father J. J. T. Philippe to have the ten-acres of land recently purchased by the Catholic'church for cemetery [pirposes, platted and other necessary improvements made.’ Bishop Corbett of Crookston will come to Bemidji in the n grounds but no definite date has been set as yet l‘p}" this ceremony. Thé s;mvmg plle ‘at the Crookston mill caught fire this afternoon and at press:time was.still burning. It is not kuown: how the fire was start- led.: The. mill:is closed down until ““|thie fire can be put out. He was then removed, still! was at first pronounced a success, but! | It STUMP MEETING FRIDAY On Organization of Agrioul Loan Association. CLUBS TO sx-:mi DEI.EGATION‘ The Land Clenring meetlng of the Beltrami county farmers will be held in this city F‘riday, August 29, at organization will report. H. B. Rey- nolds, chairman of the committee, sald: “We will suggest that farm- ers clubs organized in this county se- lect a representative from each club to act as a committee whose duty it shall be to effect a permanent Farm- er's Agricultural Loan association.” The meeting next Friday promises tic ever held here. Of the fourteen clubs now organ- ized in this county each-have agreed to send a delegation to the Bemid]i meeting. - FARM CLUB ORGANIZES Turtle River Township Farmers Hold Successful Meeting at Bass = Lake School House, BEGINS WITH THIRTY MEMBERS ; [ S The Turtle River Township Farm- er’s-club successfully organized at a meeting held Saturday morniag in the Bass Lake School house and have a membership of more than thirty members. The club informal- ly organized the Sunday previous and held Saturday’s meeting for the pur- pose of legalizing the association. The following officers’ were chosen for the coming' year: A. D. Simp- kins, president; J. S. Wheeler, vice president; G. I. Goodmansee, treas- urer and Madeline Gary, secretary. These are all good wide awake offic- fals.and under their ‘supervision ‘the jclub_has a-most. promising “future.’ The members are a hustling lot and anxious and enthusiastic and big tiings are expected from this o'rgnn- ization. The club will hold regular meet- ings once a month, The next meet- ing will be held at the home of J. Skrivseth. The women have arrang- ed to prepare a fine chicken banquet and the regular business meeting will be held during the afternoon. The meetings will be'an al] day affair. The Bemidji men who attended the meeting last Saturday were B. A. Barker, Bueford Gile and W. L. Brooks. “No Mr. Brooks did not get any pie to eat this time, but he is no back number when it comes to eating cake made by the farmer’s wives,” said Miss Gary today. Mr. Brooks is the Bemidjl banker who established the pie eating record at a recent farm club meeting. BEMIDJI NINE WINS GAME Defeats Grant Valley Team Yester- day Afternoon. Yesterday afterncon a baseball nine consisting of fast local players drove to Grant Valley where they clashed with the team of that town- ship. The Bemidji boys gave the Grant Valley team their first whip- ping of the season by defeating them by a score of 12 to 3. After winning from the postoffice clerks for three successive games and trimming other teams from Bemid§i and vicinity the Valley boys could not face defeat, but proved game and immediately challenged their winning opponents uturé to consecrate . the|for another game Which will prob- |in the 2:25 class making the mile’in ¥ ably be played in the near future. Charley Paul pitched for Bemidji. Planing Mill Burner New. grates have been installed in the planing mill burner at the Crook- ston Lumber company mill and it is sgain In use. For several days the refuse from the planer was carried to the shavings pile. took his flower to heaven.” Adrianople. Jannus, was three minutes. SCOOP ierorter REPORTER ‘Defective Page The Plckmgs Are Poor To-day, Boss By "HOP” ARE o0 e IRET \ e e ) hHTERVIZY?, to ‘be the largest and most enthuulu—- |side of the regular routine_of hille | ways discussed. - No important _ ‘| will be taken regarding the gas fran TAMS BIXBY CALLS HELD BY POLICEcomns v i s moee COM.CLUB MEET!NG Snmmrnomel}wunonmn!o- midji Gather With Bemidji Men - to Discuss Tourist Hotel. —_— MAY ORGANIZE STOCK COMPANY Was Knocked Out in Eleventh Round |which, time the special committee on |Walter Marcum Returns From Iowa With Proposition From Man to Build. Tams Bixby, Muskogee, Oklahoma; A. P. Chandler, Fargo, N. D.; E. W. Ashley, Minneapolis; Dr."J. W. Vi- dal, Fargo, N. D.;-E. Allen, Minnea- polis; H. F. Blake, Minneapolis; €. G. Gowran, Grand Forks, N. D.; M. Titus, Mentor, Minn., met with the Bemidji Commercial club this after- {noon for the purpose of organlzlng a stock company fof the erection of '‘a summer ‘hotel on the east shore of Lake Bemidji. . - The move is a popular one and many local people have express- ed their intention of taking stock in the new proposition. The above 1fst are men who own summer homes on the shores of Lake Bemidji and with : their support the proposition is as- (sured. Walter Marcum who has been_ in Iowa for the past month returned this morning with the news that he had an Towa man in view who will build and operate a tourist hotel on the shores of Lake Bemidji provid- ing the site be donated. Mr, Mar- cum has been in Towa representing the Reynolds and Winter real estate firm, = With the above named men ftn- terested in the summer hotel prop- osition and with the possibility of an outsider coming here to open one, it is believed by those who .ought to know that a stock company, will*be organized at today’s meeting. ' .. September Severith, the hunting session for prairie chickens -and. ducks will open in the State of MY nesota. Many-local hunters hav: beeén treining their dogs-and. doln‘ great deal of dractice :hooung diiring the past few weeks, but as" yat vérr few cases of violation of the game laws have been geported. .. Deputy wardens have been placed through- out the county to search suspicious parties, Yesterday many rigs were:: searched but no fowls were found al- though many had guns and dogs. Game Warden Bailey appears sat- . isfied with the manner the Beltrami .. County hunters are living up to the game laws and reports less trouble with violators than the wardens in the surrounding counties are having. . To shoot any fowl which are prohib- ited at this -time of the year wonld Bailey. Every lake is being watched . dens have been employed to ulut in enforcing the laws. HORSE RACES HELD SUNDAY- Bemidji Mc Wins From MM m Feature Race. % Horse races between the fastest nags in Northern Minnesota was the main attraction for Bemidfi people yesterday afternoon. - The following was the outcome of the races. - Pady- reska won over Ashland Lockheart'in the 2:10 heats, making the mile‘in’ 2:15. Amy G. won from Gordon W. 2:28. Sadie Salmore also entered this race but made a poor showlig. ~ In the 2:15 class Nellie M. took first with Dannie ‘Bright a close second. Grace Red crossed the tape for third place “with zlp Bnng tollow‘ln fourth: place. * ° s Bemidji Mc and Fleetfoot, both . owned by J. P. Pogue of Bemi@jl . were booked for a feature race -in: - - which Bemidji Mc won in two min- utes and 33 seconds time, -COUNCIL IEETS 'romolu mnm«ummw Business to Be Discussed. Very little Inlslness will be trqn acted at the city councfl meeting eut- and grading business which s _|chise as Mr. Anderson, the rep: mean prosecution, according to ‘M. :, at all times and ‘many’ deputy war- <.