Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 27, 1913, Page 1

o VOLUME 11. NO. 155. MRS. EATON ON WITNESS STAND Alleged Murderer Testifies In Her Own Defense—Woman Shows But Little Emotion BREAKS DOWN BUT Weeps While She Is Relating The Circumstances - Attending The Death Of An Adopted Child ONCE Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 27.—The ap- pearance of the defendant on the stand brought to a climax the trial of Jennle May Eaton, charged with caus- ing the death of her husband, Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton, by giv- ing him poison. Mrs. Eaton was calm and self-pos- sessed as she began her testimony. The jurors gave close attention to her story, which she told in a clear, well modulated voice, addressing herself always to her senior counsel, Willlam A. Morse. Under the questioning of the attorney Mrs. Eaton described her early life. She was born at Alexandria, Va., thirty-nine years ago, she said, her family later removing to Michigan and|tack Charles F. then to Washington, whence she met|Tammany Hall, and Edward E. Me- Call, the Tammany candidate for may- her first husband, D. H. Ainsworth, Her life with Ainsworth was unhap- | OF py. She said that her husband lost|to two positions and that she was forced to ald in the support of the family,|as selling books from house to house. |a note for §35,000, which he intimated . was the price paid by McCall for his nomination as a candidate for the Judgeship. Mrs. Eaton said that she placed her daughters in a school at Frederick, Md., and then took up nursing. In September, 1905, she went to Admiral Baton’s Washington home to attend the admiral’s first wife. g aamirae ret v " REGION TO STICK BY “JIN? the witness remained at the home to care for the admiral, who had been drinking heavily. Divorced and Marrled Again. Before meeting Admiral Eaton she had taken steps to obtain a divorce from Ainsworth and while attending the admiral she received her final di-| FIGHT FOR AUDITOR GEORGE vorce papers from Chicago. While in Washington she and Ad- miral Eaton discussed the possibility of their marriage, which the admiral sald would be best for both. They|&lon column, were married at Boston, July 25, 1908. She sald.that she had to ‘discharge three maids from the Brookline home because of the admiral's attentions to|ence in the state. In the current is- She added that her husband|sue he writes to James L. George them. hand . insulted her daughter, June. Mrs. Eaton lost her composure for death ‘of the infant which they se- cretly -adopted in 1909. admiral in their cottage at Sand Hills, while Mrs. Eaton bathed in the surf. When she returned to the cottage the baby was {ll and died a few hours|t® later. think that he can put you into tha discard. Do you know, to be under the influence of a drug|there are some people At the time her husband appeared and the witness told the physician who was summoned that “the admiral has done something to this baby.” HUERTA SENDS FOR DIAZ|:! Latter Requested To Proceed To Mexico City And May Be Forced To Comply Vera Cruz, Mex., Oct. 27.—General Felix Diaz received a “request” from the Mexican government to proceed at once to the federal capital. retary to the Mexican minister of war, | pe; arrived here on a speclal train With|chump as to ever tackle the job, but the Invitation, which was practically |if an order for Diaz to accompany him to Mexico City. tor anyone to hand you a trimming, General Diaz did not decide imme-|The voters of this county were a long time finding out that you had diately to comply and no effort was made to force him to accept the invl |th, tation. tentions he will not return to the fed- eral capltal, notwithstanding the “in- ly by Provisional President Huerta. Whether Colonel Vidaurrazaga bore orders to arrest General Diaz was not known. Diaz did not deliver a formal negative answer to Huerta’'s invita- tion. . Huerta’s letter urged Diaz to come to the federal capital immediately “for bis own prestige as well as for that |, of the government.” e It was written in affectionate terms and bore no resemblance to an official | .. command. LR R R R +* 4 ADVISES TEACHERS TO * DANCE TANGO. + s 5 New Haven, Conn., Oct. 27.— As an incentive to cheertul- ness William McAndrews, prin- cipal of the Washington Irving school in New York, told the Connecticut state teachers at their annual convention to dance the tango, the bunny hug or any modern dances they Hked. As another aid to cheer- fulness he advised the teachers to wear their best gowns to school.- “If you have only 4 two,” he said, “save your sec- 4 ond best for Sunday.”” B e b o ol 2 ol b b oo oo ofe ofs ol ko ole o ol e b b e e o o * % ofe e o ot o e e ok KR e Megroth's Variety Store will be open avenings from now on. ° Adv. @ 1813, by American Press Association. John A. Hennessy continues to at- welcome surh action. Editor Noonan Of Baudette Scores several letters ‘to persons of promin- auditor the first time when she described the | SPrings the. followinge . g Dear Jim—We are mighty glad to hear that you are going to be a can- The boy was left in the care of the| didate to succeed- yourself as county auditor, and here’s hoping that you Just naturally knock the daylight in- that all you have to do is to flop into a chair, light a twenty-five cent seegar, elevate your trilby’s your head, and boss around a bunch sers, Jim. There’s no one can dispute their assertion that you have a good look}ng and obliging staff, but when they say that you have a snap, they are up the wrong tree. That office was in a horrible mess when you en- tered it. The office slationery had the words ‘“State of MESSENGER GOES BY SPECIAL|printed on it, but the “State of Con- = fussion” right. We know for a fact that you burned midnight oil for many and many a weary night getting things straightened out. Perhaps you swore Colonel Manuel Vidaurrazaga, sec-|softly under your breath, and then tion of letting you escape now that Unless General Diaz alters his In-|they have you. velopment meeting destroying the vitation,” which was signed personal-|silence for Baudette, and we will drop in, smoke a few of your seegars and talk things over with you, club commenced Saturday S at the home of Mrs. 0. Berglund. SCOO. WILL DECLARE JOHN A. HENNESSY. Makes Bitter Attacks on Tammany and McCall. Dispatch From Mexico Says Congres- sional Candidates Will Request Huerta To Remain In Office 170" HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION Chooses—Less Than 5,000 Votes Cast Mexico City, Mexico, Oct., 27.— (Special to the Daily Pioneer)—. Re-. turns from Mexican elections-today showed that less than five thousand votes were cast. This number includ- ing Mexico City where there . are eighty thousand voters. - '| In spite of the meager voting"con- gresional candidates, with the ap- ‘| proval of President Huerta, will de- clare themselves elected, and their < |first act, it is declared, will’ be to call the presidential -election void. They are then expected to “request” Huerta to remain president an in- terim until another election can be held, which will be when Huerta chooses. g Murphy, leader of of New York city. He defies them gue for libel and declares he will Mr. Hennessy serted tbat he had held in his hand FOOTBALL . SUPPER A -SUCCES! Meny Crowd Entrance .To -Dining Room Miss Wager- Superintends : Past records were broken in meal serving Saturday evening when the girls-of the Bemidji high school .ser- ed nearly 200 Bemidji-peoplé at sup- per in the Odd Fellows Hall. Every- thing was in readiness at five o’clock when the doors of the dining room were swung open and the which jammed the hall allowed ad- mittance to the room. From five urn- til eight o’clock a stream ot hungry people crowded the halls awalting thelr turn to:be admitted to ‘the din- ing room. - i The young ladies assisting in the dining room were the -:Misses, Ar- villa Kenfield, Olivia Clark, Hazel Hulett, Alice Hulett, Jeanette: Steca- | man, Grace - Peterson,.Edith--Millg, Ruth Miner and Gladys Armsfrong. upper was prepared-in the kitchen by Helen Minnick, Ella Dagle, Ma~ ble Booth, Dolly Koors, Ruth Wine- brenner, Fred Cutter, Eldridge Lord, John Stechman, William Ward, Dudley Lane and Miss Mable Wager who superintended the force. Glen Conger collected the donations use- ing the Conger car. WILLHAVEBOWLING TEAM Five Best Pin Spillers Of Bemidiji To Meet Those Of Surrounding Towns During Winter Again In His Regular Weekly Letter Column crowd IZditor Noonan of the Baudette Re- is running a weekly letter and each week addresses of Beltrami county, and anyone who has nerve enough to Jim, that who think above pretty girls? They are punk gus- Minnesota” TO STAGE BIG: TOURNAMENT would have been nearer For several years bowling has not been so popular as this year, and towns of this section of the state are planing on forming teams which will represent them in contests with’ fives of other cities, Bemidji had a team last year which went through the .entire sea- son without a single defeat. Manager Gillette of the bowling alley’ says that this year even a better ‘team will be formed and that -better scores are being made than a year ago. Gillette has twice broken “the alley high score, two weeks ago roll- ing 288 and Friday he sent "‘the pins spilling for a total of 289. Many of the bowlers are securing scores of over 200.and to. form a team a team of five players who:will beé among the best will be much.less difficult than a year ago. It is probable that Manager Gil- lette will start a tournament - in which four of five teams will‘take part. According to plans teams. of-the following places will be brought to Bemidji for games;’ Grand Rapids, Crookston, Hibbing, Deer River, Vir- ginia, Brainerd and Chisholm. rhaps you didn’t, for being a you did we don’t blame you. No, siree, Jim, there is no chance e goods, and they have no inten- We wlill be down there.at the de- Yours sincerely, THE REGION, Commence Practice Practice on the “District School” comedy that will be staged by the embers of the Bemidji Dramatic evening hen the members of the club met THE CUB REPORTER PRESIDENTIAL | ELECTION VOID i cimie'se Will Be Held When Present Official | *"22o"t” held in Minneapolis order. ever recorded for a meeting of ‘the association. The committee consisting of W. E. Fra- zee of Detroit, R."A. Hoorn of Fergus [Falls, Rud Stenvad,” Redwood Falls, Sever Nelson of “Dawson and John Christofferson of Cokato, were pres- ent and a great deal of business re- lative to the:development of the or- Banization was- tranbaoted, = - - ticles upon the convention and in- one paper C.:W. Jewett was cleverly; sketched by a cartoonist, Mr, Jewett is an active booster for the associa- tion and is agitating a large atten- dance for the February meeting. Be- lieving that uniting the two Dakotas to the order will be carried Mr. Jewett predicts a bright future for the organization. HIGH SCHOOL TO BE. FAST Basket Ball :Quint Will Be Better fact that the Bemidji high school will this year have one of the best basket ball quints in the history of the in- stitution. Four of last will be back in the lineup, the rcgu- lars ‘lacking ‘only Captain Baliey at schedule will be framed. by the star. tackle in the first game of-the season playéd a month ago at '13th street. A small ' chimney fire All Presidents Look Alike To Scoop EVENING, 0CTOBER 7, 1013 RN LOSES | T0 GRAND RAPIDS Itasca County .Boys Out Luck Wearers Of Blue And White And Win By One Lone Touchdown 8t. Paul, candidate foi -congre Tenth district, ‘{ll! i race for the’ Re i 1o . for governor, agcording to George 8. ‘Loftus, his- political na ; | — % “Mr. Mani | 3 the Tenth district,-hut b boen | FOCALS GAME TO LAST wmsm urged by so mény pedple to. get Into ’ — % the fight for governof-that sidering’ it,” sald, has received som attue. vaiy| Kribs Crosses Goal Line After Fifty . Yard Dash—Farrell And Mr. Manahan Haynor In Limeligh Noyember. iR ok fes ot :;‘t“'m:':e Tentioned| 1t ever a” Bemldil high sehool for the governorship; probably will be leleven was deserving of' victory it brought out and-recefve the endorse-| was the one which fought the heavy Toage, mas. the. pitsement o 0. H |Grand Rapids tea to standstill on Richter, .chajyman’ of ‘the governing|the Fair Grounds gridiron Saturday board of the Jeague. : afternoon, only to lost by'a 7 to 0 score. £ - qmi one reason can be given for the :defeat, this belng that the Be- midjt-boys were qut. lucked, Grand Rapid’s touchdown came 4n the sec- ond quarter when Kribs, the speedy end of the Grand Rapids team broke away after circling the end. Farrell A Star While every player of both teams played good football, one member oi each stood out brilllantly in. his play. these being Farrel at full for Grand Raplds and Haynor the Bem- idji back field man. Time after time Haynor was called 'upon to carry the ball, and ‘rarely did he fail to gain. Once it-looked as though he would be able to carry the oval across the 'goal line, but he slipped on the muddy field and before he could re- cover two opponents were upon him. The star of the day was Farrell, This player, who Is in his second year. of high school football was a tower of strength in circling the ends, hitting the line and his defen- sive work was the best seen in Bem- idji this year. Together with Whaling Farrell backed up the Grand Rapids line and gains through ithem were' almost impossible. ¥ Riley’s Absence Felt < Riley’s abgence, from quarter was keenly felt. This plucky little play- er was disqualified by faculty action the.day before the game, leaving. the team_without his services: This ne- cessitated the playing of Tanner, a second stripg man, in his stead. It 'was Tanner's first game and that he 'was. nervous was noticeable. Tan- ner lacked the experience of Riley and was slow in getting of the sig- nals, in this way causing much thne to be lost. Even with this fault Tanner is deserving of much credit. Elletson, the Graham boys, Bailey and Klien were Bemidji boys who played especially well. Grand Rapids haes an experienced backfield in Lee, McAlpine, Whaling and Farrell. These players work to- gether well, and are heavy-and fast. Whaling is considered one of the best halves in the northern half of the state. His work Saturday was not up to his usual standard but he al- lowed ‘but few opportunities to slip past unnoticed. Bemidji made a game fight to score in the last quarter but lost their chance by a bad fumble on ‘the Rap- ids 16-yard Mne, The same teams will play at Grand Rapids Saturday. ' JEWETT ATTENDS MEETING Presides At Meeting Of Minnesota Re- tail Automobile Dealers Associa-, | tion In Minneapolis : —— MAY UNITE Dmfl TO ORDER C. W. Jewett returned this morn- ing .from Minneéapolls where he at- tened the Minnesota Retatl Automo- bile Dealers**Asoclation convention which has been in session’ during the past week. Mr. Jewett i presi- dent of the association and presided at the buslness-me?tln'sn which were held. “A- similar convention will oe sometime in February during ~which an effort will be made to make the Association tri-state by uniting North ~ Dakota and South Dakota to the Minnesota, The attendance at.the Minneapo- lis convention was one of the largest entire - executive Minneapolis papers featured ar- the proposition of Than Last Year Present indications ‘point to the years stars forward. It is expected that a heavy Operate On Lycan Ralph- B. Lycan, captain of the big The Lineup Bemidg football team is confined to| Bemidji—Graham, le; Slater, It; his room at the Markham hotel fol-|Klein, .. 1g; Sullivan; “¢;- Cameron lowing an- operation performed at the hospital Saturday on his foot, being caused by an injury received Swisher, Tg; Simons, rt; Elletson, re; Tanner, q; Hayner, fb; Balley, rh, Grand Raplds—Powers, le; Moorcs, 1t; Price, lg; Gilbert, ¢c; McLean, rg; ‘Riley, rt; KrKibs, re; Lee, q; Far- reH, tb; McAlpine, rh; Whaling, 1h. Referee, Jacobson. Touchdown, Kribs. Goal from touchdown, Whal- ing. Head linesman, Brandon. Grand- Rapids. Although painful the edptain would not allow the operation to be performed umntil after the close of . the - schedule, - playing in the Brainerd &nd Grand Rapids games ‘when hardly able to navigate. Lycan will be laid up-for at least a week. Alec Ripple In City Alec Ripple arrived this morning from Brainerd where he has been confined in the hospital in that city for several weeks. Mr. Ripple is now recovering rapidly from his injuries which he received in an accident on the railroad near Fargo. Hé plans on remaining in Bemidji “about two waeeks: before resuming his dutles as fireman on the Northern Pactic road. Chimney Fire Saturday Saturday afternoon the Bemidji Fire department was called out to the home of James McManus at 516 caused the occupants of the house a small amount of excitement. The ser- vices of the department were not necessary. i Loses Much Flesh: Since Being Relieved of ° Responsiblility. @ 1913, by American Press ‘Assoclation. Ex-President William H. Taft is get- ting thin. This picture was taken at Princeton during the dedication of the Cleveland Memorial hall afd shows that Mr. Taft has lost much flesh aince being relleved of the responsibilities of gulding the destinies of the nation. Mr, Taft's health is excellent and he enjoys vigorous exercise. NOW PREPARING PROGRAM Entertainment To Be Given By Senior Sophomore Literary Socity Creating Interest NUMBERS ARE KEPT SECRET Members of the Sophomore-Senior Mterary soclety of the Bemidji Hizh school will give a program next Fri- day afternoon that promises to be es- pecially appropriate - for the day. Every: selectiopr will be a suitable number for -a ‘Halloween entertain- ment and the ‘special numbers which are now being arranged with the as- sistance of “the faculty promise to be features of the program. These special numbers will not be disclosed to the public until they are announc- ed from the stage. The program will commence about 2:30 when Miss Arville Kenfleld will give a piano solo. After this selec- tion. will be a talk on the history of the day and-its observance by Ralph Johnson. This number will be followed by & 'recitation by Bertel Backland entitled “The Broomstick Train.” Miss Ruther Miner will read a paper on “Ghost and Goblin in Lit- erature.” Following this number a quadruple recitation will be given by, Florence Freeze, Jeanette Stech- man, Robert Shaw and Arthur Breen. Miss Helen Minnick will give a selez- tion from “The Legend of Sleepy Hol- low” and as the final number Miss Hazel Hulett will give a recitation entitled “Seein’ Things at. Night.” Just what portion - of the program will be divided to make room for the special numbers is not known at present as it appears to be impos- preparing the program. Hunters' Get Good Bag . Leé Heffron and Wesley McTaz- gart returned this morning from Three Island Lake where they have been. hunting. Mr. Heffron jolned Mr. Taggart Saturday. Upon their return to Bemidji they brought back fifty ducks. Russell Operated On - ..-Byron Russell underwent an op- eration this morning for appendecitis He is reported as improving rapidly. Mr. Russell was taken to the hospital several days ago when he was taken suddenly ill while hunting near Mud Lake. B. W. Lakin went to Minneapolis last evening on business. sible to obtain any facts from those|¥ * FIRST MAYOR T0 “SERVE TWO YEARS To One And Three Year Terms Acoording To New' Chaster . —_— |18 MISUNDERSTOOD BY sou — Many Voters Led To Believe That New Council Would Name "Mayor —Duties Of The Mayor Given Since the date of the spécial char- ter election has been made public and voters of the city are discussing the probibility of fta .passfng, mueh talk has been heard about the fact that :he citizens of the eity will not be al.swed to name a mayor, but that the commissioners at their first meet- ing would choose a head, This opinion has become somewhat general and the Ploneer Is anxlous to put its readers right on the mat- ter. The facts of the matter are that If the charter should carry at the special election, three commis- sioners will be elected, one to serve for one year, one for two "and the other for three years. The charter says .that the commissioner named for.the two year term shall ba known as the mayor. Quoting the proposed charter, it says: Mayor for Two Yeara, Section 6.—Term of office. The term of office of the mayor and two commissioners shall bo three ~years . each; - Provided That, dt the first election held under this: charter, one com- missioner shall be elected and hold office for one year, the mayor shall be elected and hold ofice for two years, and one commissioner shall be elected and hold office for three years; and on the ballots used at such first “election the candidates shall be designated as for one, two, and three years respective, Another matter which has given voters much worry is in not know- ing just what duties and rights the mayor -will have under the charter. Relative to this the charter says; Duties of Mayor. Section. IL.—Duties of Mayor— “Veto Power. The mayor shall be. president of the city council and chief executive officer of the city, but shall have no veto power. He shall sign all bonds, contracts, and other obligations - required to be signed by. the chief executive officer. If any notice or process is served up- on him in any proceeding in which the city is interested, he shall forthwith inform the council, and the council shall notify the city attorney. In the absence, ~ disability, or default of the mayor, the other mem- bers of the council may select one of their number to tem- porarily perform his duties. Elections will take place on the third Tuesday of .February each, year, when one new commissioner shall be named or the present hold- er of office reelected. Four weeks from tomorrow, Nov- ember 25, the special -.charter elec- tion will be held, and this evening the council will meet in special ses- sion for the purpose of naming the election judges. KRR KK R KKK REKK * FOOTBALL RESULTS * KRR RKEKRKKKK KK KK West Grand Rapids 7, Bemidji 14. Marines 14, Adams 0. Malcalester 13, Minnesota Aggies Hamline 21, Brookings 0. Carleton 56, Shattuck 7. Fargo College 0, Fargo Aggles 0. Winona High 16, Pillsbury 6. Minnesota 30, North Dakota 0. Wisconsin 7, Michigan Aggies 12. Chicago 6, Pudue 0. Illinois 10, India 0. Iowa 78, Northwestern 6. ‘Michigan 33, Vanderbilt 2. South Dakota 42, Denver 0, Misouri 21, Ames 18. Nesbraska 7, Haskell 6. East > Dartmouth 6, Princetion 0. Harvard 29, Penn State 0. Yale 0, Wash, and Jeff. 0. Pittsburg 20, Cornell 7. Army 2, Tufts 0. < Navy 76, Maryland Aggles 0. Penneylyania 7, Carlisle 7. Syracuse 36, Reserve 0. Gould Reinstated i Edmund Gould who ' received ‘of- fictal re-instatement * papers from _ Washington several days ago com- menced active duty in the Bemidji - office today. Mr. Gould has been em- ployed at the Charlés Nangle grocery _|store since his arrest on a charge of- taking money from registered ~mail" which he was cleared of by the writ- ten confession of Clayton Collard.