Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 24, 1913, Page 1

oo VOLUME 11, NO. 153. EMIDJI BEMIDJT, MINNESOTA,FRIDAY EVENIIEIG OCTQBER 24, 1913, ' FORTY CENTS PER MONTH . JESTER IN CHARGE OF MINSTREL SHOW Will Direct Rehearsals Of Play And Take Part Of Interlocutor—Work To Begin Soon SEVEN APPLICATIONS ACCEFTED Football Season Drawing To A Close —James Malone Named As Man- ager Of Basketball Five + Al H. ected to have complete charge of the minstrel show which is to be given sometime during December by the members of the Bemidji Athletic club Jester was last evening sel- and for the benefit of that crganlza—f tion. Mr. Jester has had considerable ex- work and his perience in minstrel selection had been expected. He wjll| also act as interlocutor. Reports of various committees were laid on the table owning to the fact that the chairman of the com- mittees were not present. C. S. Ran- danl, treasurer, was also absent and the financial report was postponed until the next meeting. President R. B. Lycan called the clubs atention to the fact that only a few were taking interest and that all of the work ne- cessary to make the club a success was falling on a few members. For example he named the committee ap- pointed for the dance which was giv- en last Friday and named the com- mittees that had been active. He also praised the decoration committee for their excellent work. To Decorate Club Room Decorating the club room and making it attractive to clubp mem- bers was also discussed and the chainman was instructed to appoint a committee to purchase deadening felt and compoboard which will be used to cover the walls of the room. |, This work will be done in the near future and the decoration committee consisting of Jack Herbert, Ja_mes Malone and Maurice Ryan was in- structed to commence active work in decorating the apartments. A motion was also made for the chairman to appoint a committee to care for the gymnasium for a period of three months. W. B. Maec- Lachlan was appointed chairman of this committee but the others were not appointed at last nights meeting but will be appointed at a later date. Seven New Members Seven applicants were voted upon and all were accepted. The club now numbere n ¥y 209 in membership The fee < ised at last rocting | 21 a3 the gymnao ium pas p"'v.naha, arrives an increase wi! be mrde. James Given reported for the com- mittee on gymnasium paraphanalia and stated that the outfit had been ordered but had not arrived. As football season a close a motion was made to elect a manager which will be organized in a few weeks, James Malone was unani- monsly elected manager and instruct- ed to commence active preparations for the games to be played. TUESDAY IS STATE APPLE DAY.| Hoped That People Of Minnesota| Will Observe Day Apple day, which will be .next Tuesday, will be more generally ob- served this year than ever before in United States, and it is expected that on the occasion set aside by the In- ternational Apple Growers’ nssoci: ation everyone loyal to the apple will eat at least one. It is the day when the householder should begin, the association says, to think of putting away apples for the winter. “This year’s apple crop,” D. F. Gamble of Minneapolis said, “has been estimated as representing 100 apples for every man, woman ani child in the country. And the ap- ple in its highest .state of develop-! ment is distincively a product of' the United States.” A. G. Plante formerly cnauffeur for W. P. Foley has leased the build-|’| ing formerly occupied by W. S. Chapman. Mr. Plante has had con- siderable experience in a shop and was formerly. assistant in his fath- er’s shop. He will make a specialty of horse shoeing and repairing but is capable of handling any work in|’ the blacksmith line. is drawing to| for the basketball team | | i SECOND TEAM TO QRGANIZE. Athletic Club to Be Represented by Junior Quint, Owing to the fact that the foot- ball season is drawing to a close and the basketball sgason is about to commence the young men of the city interested in the game are already planning on organizing. The Ath- letic club will not only be represent- ed by a fast quint but will also have a second team that promises to give their older first team men many in- teresting games. The young men planning on organizing the second team stated this morning that ef< forts would be made to play several games with the High school team if the contests could be arranged. GRANDRAPIDS PLAYS HERE Strong .Itasca County -Eleven To Meet Bemidji High School Team Tomorrow Afternoon SUPPER AND DANCE TO FOLLOW Coach Bestul and high school football warriors have completed preparations for the game with Grand Rapids which is to be played tomorrow afternoon at the fair grounds. The Bemidji boys have not had a contest for two weeks and are in perfect physical condition for the game. Grand Rapids is coming to. Bemidji with a determination to win and the game will without doubt be the best to be seen in high school circles here this year. For a while this morning it looked very much as though the game to- morrow would be called off. The dis- pute being caused over the selection of a referee. Grand Rapids named their official and Bemidji theirs. The result was that Coach Carson of ‘Grand Rapids announced that the Rapids team would cancel the game his squad of if the man selected by Bemidji be allowed to referee the ctontest. In or- der that mo hard' feelings be caused both Coach Carson and Coach’ Bestul decided that Jacobson, coach of the Athletic club eleven, be named as the only official of the game. Girls of the high school will give a supper from 5:30 to 7:30 tomor- row evening in honor of the visit- ing players and rooters, to which the public is invited. After the supper it is probable that a dance will be held. Work On Foundation. Active work commenced yesterday laying the concrete foundation for the Markham annex which is now being constructed. No delay in the work has been caused as yet al- though considerable time was neces- sary in excavating and preparing for the foundation. CLAIMS CHAMPIONSHIP OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA jand will be well scattered about the! T0 HAVE PRINTER'S UNION Bemidji Members. To Organize This Evening Will Form Plans For Drawing Charter WILL MEAN NEW WAGE SCALE For some time printers of Bemidji have been anxious to form an organi- zation in connection with the Print: ers Union, and in order to form plans for the drawing .up of a charter a meeting will be ‘held this evening at which all printers who are interested are expected to attend. 3 The placing of the Union in Be- midji will mean the revising of the present wage scale now in use here and lessening the nine hour shift to| eight, as in all cities where the unirm laws are in force. Ross Prentiss, linotype operator at the Sentinel, is circulating a petition whicl: ail printers who are already‘ members of the union are signing,! and evers effort will be made to! complete arrangements and receive| the right t~ organize here. ! Among the benefits of the Union! are the $500 insurance in case of death, and care of the sick. In case of illness, a member. is taken to the Colorado Springs home where he is alowed to remain until restored to health. The home is a million dollar affair and is the pride of all mem-| bers of the printers Union. HALLOWEEN NEXT WEEK Authorities Preparing To Care For Persons Destroying Property Special officers wil be sworn in’ for Halloween and will be on the watch throughout the residence sec-| tion of the city. Several parties and entertainments are being arranged| for that date which will aid in keep- ing many youngsters off of the! streets. | “Fun will be alowed but as soon as anyone ‘commences to destroy pro- perty the arrests will commence" gaid Mayor William MchaIg this morning. vivayl Anyone caught destroying proper- ty will be dealt with the same as any derson at any other time. The officers appoint will be plain - clothes men city and outskirts. | Some entertainments may be planned by the Bemidji athletic club for this date which will aid in keep- ing the young people under control. U. C. T- Dance Tonight The second of a series of eight dances to be given during the win-, ter by the Bemidji lodge of United Commercial Travelers will be given in the city hall this evening. Invi- tations stated that the dance would be given on Friday evening October 25, which was a mistake. | was « shot, the murderer IS ACCUSED OF DOUBLE MURDER Divorced Husband Of North Dakota Woman Under Arrest—In Role .. Of Farm Hand - !|sHOT PORMER WIFE AND CHILD | Brobably Mortally Wounded Husband —Visits Home After Twelve. ! Years Absence Ray, N.'D, Uct. 24—Pitiful calls for help, so feeble that they were gearcely audible as ‘far as the road, attracted H. H. Drake when he passed the farmyard of his neighbor, D. T. Dlllun He found Dillon near the barn: lying probably mortally wound- ed hy ritle bullets. THe dead body of Mrs. Dillon was near and in a bedroom of the house another murder was’ revealed in the finding of Dillon’s twelve-year-old Qaughter Lela. The murcerer, it is alleged, was C. L.’ Culbertson, divorced husband of Mrs, Dillon. He was arrested at Tem- ple, near here, on a_ train, an hour after he left this city soon after the shooting. Culbertson, it is alleged called at the Dillon home, ‘where he had been directed by a neighbor, and asked for work. Mrs. Dillon recognized him as the man from whom she parted twelve | years ago, but she dared not reveal to_ her hushband the man’s identity. The new farmhand had supper with the family and immediately afterward went with Dillon to the barn to help with. the evening chores. Upon entering’ the building Dillon leaned over a grain bin to procure some feed, evidence shows, when he apparently ' standing in the doorway of the barn. .Two bullets entered his back, one | struck his neck and another his face. Mrs. Dillon heard the shots and probably divined what was occurring in the barn, - She ran from the house toward the scene of the shooting; a bullet met her and she fell dead.; 'he murderer then went to the nouse;” t retire, from the farm, i McGaffigan Wins Couch - Dan- McGaffigan of Nymore won the leather couch which was given to the, holder of the lucky- number on the bazaar tickets. The couch was won last evening at the close of the three days bazaar. Itasca Term Adjourms Having adjourned the Itasca coun- tyterm of court Judge Stanton left for St. Paul today where he has a case set for hearing. Lee LaBaw re- turned to Bemidji yesterday. Attorney Thayer Baliey left this af- ternoon for Bagley. FOOTBALL ELEVEN OF THE BEMIDJI ATHLETIC CLUB. This team hns gone through the 1913 season without a defeat and clmllenges any team in the state. Back row, from left to right, Rube Ripple, sub; Hendrickson, half; tackle; Brinkman, guard; Lundberg, centre; Holseth, guard; Peck, tackle; Bell, end. ..anacfive 7 Paae obson, full and coach; Ed Ripple, sub; First row, left to right, Brando n, left end; MoDonald, quarter; Feir, half; Jac- Lycan, captain 'and sought the " bedroom of the] ~~aughter Lela, who was preparing *o shot the -girl dead and fled;. HAD TWO HOUR TERM Bagley “Session’ Of Court Short—-| Judge McClennahan Returns What was persaps the shortest term of district court in the fifteenth Judicial district was completed, when after being in session for less than two hours Judge W. S, Maz- Clennahan, of Brainerd, adjourned the Bagley session. Only a few cases were on the calendar. No grand jury had been notified to re- port. Bemidji lawyers who. attend- ed the short term were Judge H. A. Simons, United States Commissioner, P. J. Russell and. C.. W. Scrutchin. Judge McClennahan and George Muofly, his " official court _reporter, passed through . Bemidji = yesterday |/ enroute to their home in Brainerd. MORE LANI) BUYERS HER +|Nine Men From Iowa Vlsu: Beltrami County—Stopping At Pilsner Hotel APPEAR PLEASED WITH OUTLOOK Nine husky citizens from Iowa ar- rived in the city Wednegday evening with a view of buying land in this section of the county and developing up-to-date farms on Northern Min- nesota soil. Eight of them came from Rolfe, Towa and one from Hancock and all are making their headquart- ers at the Pilsner Hotel, on Minneso- ta avenue. The men went out on a land seek- ing expedition all day Thursday and all seemed well pleased with = the outlook. In the party are Ben Hurley C. F. Hurley, James M. Smith, F. F., Maassen, E. M. Calligan, George Mil- ler, Dick Miller, C. C. Elbert and C. R. Jones. Their object is to buy 'land in one community and thus' form a settlement to which they wil later urge their Iowa friends'to come, T NONEY IS RETURNED Amon.nt Paid For 1912 Tnxes On Normal School’ Land Sent Back To City Tredsury ity STATE COMMISSION APPROVES Money amounting to $575.86 has been returned to the city of Bemidji treasury by James L. George, county auditor, because of action taken by the state tax commission relative to 1912 taxes on. land which is to be; occupied by the normal school. ‘When the money was turned over to the county in payment for the taxes it was rather doubtful if it could legally be returned to the city The matter was taken up with the tax commission with the result that they decide in the favor® turn. of the re- ROOTERS TO ACCOMPANY TEAM Local Supporters Of City Eleven To See Brainerd Game Many local rooters plan on. accom- panying the Bemidji Athletic club football team to Brainerd Sunday where they will meet the eleven of that city. Owning to the weather which' has prevented the team from cal eleven is not in as good a condi- tion as .t was when the Brainerd ‘team: played here but as the same men will be used in the game it s probable that little trouble will be experienced ip carrying off a victory. Returns Without Child Mrs. E. E. Smiley returned to Bem- idji yesterday from Blsmarck North Dakota, where she ‘had gone in pur- suit of her 16 year old daughter who had left the city without notice for Glendive, Montana, where her fa- ther now resides..Mrs. Smiley was not accompnnied by her daughter, Miss Ethel as the girl had chosen Her. father as her guardian and as her father was at Bismarck, where the :girl ‘was held, almost as soon as the . mather the 'girl nad her option of whlch_ one, she wished for her guardian.” Dickens In (hty Superlntendent W. F. Dickens' of the. Red Lake Indian Reservation is spending ‘the day in the city -visiting <{friends and transuqting buslx\au. . practicing for the past week the lo-] OTTO DEALS IN GERM LETTER CASE Bemidji Man Designated To Unearth Criminals Sending Deadly Germs Through Mails MAN AND WOMAN ARE SOUGHT Postoffice Inspectors Say They Oh-~ tained Clews From Oddities Of _Typewriter—Quote Otto e Agmn. Ca.pt Adam E. Otto, tha Bemidjl man ‘who some time ago was promoted ' to "the pasmon of postal inspector has had a feather placed in his hat, and this time because of information which he has been able to unearth dealing with the germ etter casses, which have startled the authorities of Chicago. In these cases the senders of the letters have informed the receiver that if certain amounts of money were not left at certain places that germs contained in the letter, and for which only.'the sender knew a remedy would gradually kill the re- ceiver. . L Letter_Examined Dottors were kept constanly with those that'had received the letters. The letters were examined and found to contain germs, the kind of which have not been made public. The postal department placed sév- eral inspectors on the case, one of which was Capt. Otto. The Bemidji man, who visited here last week, took much interest in the, case and as a consequence he has been able to solve a large portion of the mys- tery. In an interview with a Chicagzo news reporter Mr. Otto said. Quote Otto “I know the make of the typewrit- ef used-by the blackmgiler. I have established. certain peculiarities in that information of certain letters and we are possessed now of definite clews, which, at present, I am unable to divulge. Through a careful study of the letters of a typewritter page, it is possible to locate to locate the. machine upon w;_hl,;:(!,n g_x.:e letters were written, e “THe "quulity of ., typewrmng in these letters is exceptional,” 'The writer was possessed of a practiced touch for the letters are all even density. This would not’be the case were the writer ‘an inexperienced manipulator. I think the plot is that jof a man. The letter’s text reveal him as a good grammarian and a man of at least a fairly good knowl~ edge of medical subjects. Penalty a Severe One “As ¥as explained in the Daily News yesterday it has been establigh~ ed by the Columbus laboratories that there: were germs in the letters. The nature of the disease has not yet been made public. I believe that it is some form of the sléeping sickness that was prevalent in southern states last year. At the laboratories it was said that the germs in the letter were of an excedingly virulent nature.” | - “How many persons do you believe have received these .germ letters®” Inspector Otto was asked. “That I would rather.r‘mt say just now,” he replied. Possibility that the letters were sent as a weird form of jest was sug- gested. “Jest or no jest” replied the in- spector, “the senders are guilty of an offence against the government. A severe penalty is attached to the crime.” Then he continued. “The perpetrators of these plots are no ‘low brow’ blackmailers. There is a master_fl._gl, ‘though per- verted, mind behind this affair. As a rule we regard such letters as fakes. These, howeveér, look reak™ Search is being made for two. in- dividuals—a man and a woman—in connection with the blackmailing - campaign. CATHOHG BAZAAR OVER : - Closing the three days tesuvitles the ladies of the St. Philip’s Catholic. church served a chicken supper to over 300 people at the city hall last night. Until late in the evening a large ‘crowd of people remained in the hall where several hundred dol- lars worth of household articles and novelties were gurchnefl. As all of the tickets for the bazaar are not in yet the exact amount taken in is not_known but the proceeds of the three days wlll ufidoubtedly reach over $600. -