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THE B VOLUME 11, NO. 301- -k BiN” forgot hlmmt ‘when he ¥ SAILORS OBJECTT0. [ y-ore—|STATESURETOHAVE | . ’ SINCUAIG FILES FOR |—— ——— IRAILROADACCIDENT DESERTION LAW ‘BUILDING AT FAIR: pcoe o REGISTER OF DEEDS| ———————|| RESULTS INDEATH o Bill Doing Away With Arrest of Sea- Committee Raise $85,000 in Pledges “Hello, girls,’ hecrled. Xk Bemidji’l Ma_yor,- For Sixteen Years Emil Unldhg, Whose Tagw Weu Cut Man Blocked in House Committee and $60,000 Automatically- Be- Why, hello “Bllly”” was Miss | o Regident of This City, Officially Off When He Fell Under Train, " ‘ ' Capitola Stewart’s 'response, ¥ S X ; 5 : 2 —Pass if Put Before Congress comes Due—Dedicate in June h Announces Candidacy for Office Dies Following Operation Mayor of New York Escapes Injury at Assassin’s Hands. Commander of Atlantic Fleet ~and the Battleship Wyoming. where did you come from.” * “Mr. Flatner of the Barker % BELTRAMI MAY CONTRIBUTE CAME HERE FROM PRINCETON Drug and Jewelry store brought & me in here to ses if 1. could % find a -pretty dress for his ¥ daughter Lillian. Oh, say, I & saw your brather Scott over at ¥ Roe and Markusen’s on the 15th & He wanted me to remind you % that if ever I saw you not to & send me out of Bemidji.” “We will surely xeep you in Bemidji.” was the prompt assurance, The dollar bill started out to % be called William. ‘Then he ¥ was nick named Bill for short and now the girls have become % familiar with him and call him “Billy.” _ Where the Segal Em- % porium will send him will be ¥ seen the first of next week.. - ¥ ORIENTALS MAY GAIN SEAPOWER WORKED IN WOODS AT SHOOKS : ‘| Endeavored to Catch .West Bound anunger;Caught Wrong Swing Arm and Thrown Under Money for Erection of Panama Ex- position Structure Obtained by State Organization of Club Holland Offers Itself as International 7 Sanctuary—Would Provide Neutral - Ground For ‘All Future Wars hwnys More or Less Prominent In Politics, Serving in Various Public Positions—Urged to Make Race By Congressman C. H. Tayvenner. Minnesota will have a state build- ing.at the San Francisco Panama-Pa- citic exposition in 1915. The com- ‘{mittee chosen from all parts of the state at the instance of the Confeder- ation of Commercial Clubs has Dledges and cash amounting to $35,- lOO‘O and the full $60,000 sought au- tomatically becomes available. It is Willlam McCualg, who',for the Emil Uselding, 35, died at the past two years has served as mayor i Samaritan hospital at Z o’clock this of Bemidji. today filed for candidate 4 morning, four hours after an opera- for Registe: of Deeds of Belfiami ; : tion had been performed for tne pur- coumy, after being urgently request- pose of amputating his legs, which ed by both city and country friends had been practically severed from his ( L body when he fell in under the mov- Dindseas ing west bound Great Northern pas- o Served On Council ] senger train shortly after 2 p. m. Mr. McCuaig has been a resident yesterday: x * Washington, April 18.—On April x 15th two years had passed since the Titanic sank to the bottom of the At- lantic carrying 1,517 human beings *3 with her. What has been the re- sult of the agitation which this great disaster aroused? Wireless has been installed on a few vessels; more and larger lifeboats are carried. KXk A Ak Ak A Ak hkhk Ak hkhkkkhkhk kb khk Ak A r A Ak hkhkhkkh |proposed to lay the corner-stone and of this city for the past sixteen years Uselding, who has been employed e But in the skill and number of |dedicate the structure Junme 25, if He' was tulen; to bl Batkor i L0 o ot ot et ok moli during the winter at the H. H. Cool- - sailors carried to handle these boats \somsit Drug end’ Jewelry store by R. & Be1. prof 0 Jocalipolly 1557 loskin S R Dossibje. 3 % gging D 5 there has been an actual decrease. H 5 L. Given of the Given Hard- |tiCs a gremg portion of this Lfme- i 1n BAIdl enoite to hE s . b o The present maritime laws, permit- 3 CD“_‘“Y May C{)ntnbnte ware company, who purchased «|He was ‘chalf‘man of the republican R R e e 2 %" ting legalized peonage by the ar-| @by American Press Association. Beljtramx county is supposed to some drugs with “Bill.” Then +|county committee for four years, rep- \fioa ivery, Batn this swmmer, = vest and imprisonment of deserting jcontribute §400 toward the con-|y Mr. Flatner accepted Bill as % |resented the First ward on the coun- S d ey A sailors, are rapidly driving skilled| pynAMITE O'BRIEN IS ILL struction of the building, according | part of his salary and used it %[l and has been chosen mayor of < eavored To Jump n sailors from the sea. In the next ¥ |te H. C. Baer, cashier of the Security for a new dress for his little & |Bemidji two successive terms.. e arrived at ?he station too late Titanic disaster there may be 1ifo-| Famous Bloskade Runner Stricken at | S1AC PARI Who is a member of the | girl . Watch for Bill next %| Before coming to Bemidii, he ro- ;0E::):;:tiltlhe-b;me:d:::iie;tt:u':l:t boats a-plenty. But if the sea is Newark (N. Y.) Home. jcommittee, and who was present at |y week. . x |sided in Princeton, Minnesota, where andstill, jump on. The vestibule of the day coach 8 was closed, but that of the dining = car was open. Uselding reached for the first swing arm, the one which he was prominent in business cir- cles. He ‘was also deputy sheriff of Mille Lacs county for four years. Personally and publicly Mr. Me- vough, or if launching conditions are| Newark, N. Y. April 18 Dyna.|IC MeeUns in Minneapolis at-which |k & & & & % % ¥ & % X X & X % at all difficult, the doomed ship may | mite Johnny” O'Brien, who gained| time it was decided that Minnesota as well carry no lifeboats at all, if| fame as a fillbuster and blockade rus.|©Wd ROt afford to be without repre- 4 the stewards and waiters who are|ner in Cuba’s revolutions, is serious»;senta“o" at the exposition. A com- KuNfi FOUNDTO BE INSANE P now called upon in emergencies to|1v ill at his home here. {mittee of the Commercial club is now Cnaig is known the county over as would have !iflefl him into the vesti- be sailors are unable to handle these| O'Prien is sixty-seven years old.,investigating-the possibility of mak- an honest man and officer, of cordial 4 bule, but missed. ~ He grabbed the HoAts: For the past thirteen years he has ing an appropriation, and congenial personality, likeable S O second arm but could not reach the Nebish Half Breed Committed to Fergus Falls by Judge Clark— served as chief government pilot ol the Cuban republic, a position given| D. M. Neill Issues Call him as a reward for his services to. When the state Legislature refus- steps-of the car and was thrown in under, the back wheels.passing over 3 his legs. - iy and with a large following of justly deserved friends. It was only after. The remedy lies with Congress— in the LaFollette Bill. This is the bill advocated by Andrew Furuseth,!the Cuban people. ed to appropriate money for a Min-| Caused Residents Much Trouble |receiving many letters from various q the legislative representative of the S e nesota building, D. M. Neill of Red ¥ {pants, ol the coumty s “well a8 per- Suffered Intenge Pain : 5 seamen’s union. It abolishes arrest Wing, president of the Confederation sonal requests from this city and sur- Depot employes at once rushed to / (HAS LONG CRIMINAL RECORD rounding country, that he decided to ‘heed tlre call. Believe Chances Good. for desertion and compels vessels to| WHITE WOLF 1S DEFEATED!o¢ commercial Clubs, carry a oertain guota of skilled sail- Koy ors, the test of skill to be three full years of apprentice service before the sailor can get articles of seamanship. But something seems to have hap- his assistance and the blood flow was stopped as much a possible. The C— unfortunate man suffered intense ' b That he will win out at the pri- pain, and for twenty minutes no wa- = maries is the firm belief and predic- gon or automobile could. e 'secured tion of his supporters, regardless . 5 #{[in which to carry him to a hospital. ! issued a call Notorious Chinese Bandit Loscs 2,000, \C he clubs of the state asking them ; . Dead and Woundad. ;Zr ;‘”;PGX'“;@; (‘ronttracts in }hLe William Kling, a half breed, who ol 'oMmisso] 0! - Peking, A e Wolt thel ot R e notorious by ¥ j080, of e sor | 5%, 10 Whichiehel sybactiber: to, the lowers in killed and wounded in the PUilding fund was not bound to pay for some time has made his living by doing odd jobs at Nebish, was pened to block this measure. In| ..o yaitle at Iichuanhsien, accord |OVEr his subscription until $36,000 jbrought to Bemidji this morning on |of the number who enter the contest Dr. Ward was called and for a time the last Congress the House passed it.| jng to the official report. ! of the $60,000. wanted had been sub-|2 Wwarrant sworn out by E. M. |pefore that time. They also contend it was Dbelieved the life of the man thereby going on record in its favor.| The erushing defeat of the brigand|seribed. Members of the committee | Tschoepe, by Constable H. F. Lamb, [that Mr: McCuaig will be the one could e saved. > It was blocked in the Senate. ~Dur-| occurred after he had captured and|have found that $35,000 was pledged. | charged with various offenses. man all factions can unite .upon at Decide To Amputate & ing this session the Senate has pass-| looted the town of-Sanyuanhsien. 3 o 5 For some time Kling’s conduct has |the polls in November. ed it, and now the delay is in the N}?;flg::gfils‘shi E;:‘:flfi?;%m{w._ led the residents of Nebish to regard House committee, which has the bill 0 f his as insane. When' brought te " z under consideration. CLUB DANCE WAS SUCCESS :’)agl‘"afi":h"‘,.‘;]'a:ef‘ ‘:es‘a‘g;‘e” in ¥¢| Bemidsi . this morning he was Im- The block seems to be the new in- ank 1o raise 99,099 more, L. |mediately taken before Judge Clark, C. Anderson, commissioner of the ex- ternational tready adapted by the re- ; Lt IETON, .« S 15 TBE. Pasil o who decided that the proper place for cent London conference on safety at|One of Winter's Most Enjoyable So- |” i In St. Paul recently.|yiy was in the insane asylum at For- sea. This treaty is now before the| o ; and has been assured that Minnesota's | oo gy 2. s . cial Affairs Staged by Members of |niilaing will be erected. ¥ < o : Senate. The conference at London e leti it Bottrond & Ohamiberiat hi On repeated oceasions, according agreed that the arrest for desertion Bemidji Athletic Association 4 amberlain, —archi-f,, 4o testimony introduced at the - tects, who volunteered their services, . N st b tinued treaties be- *{hearing before Judge Clark, Klin must ‘he; continued by Are presented the committee their pre- & i St tween the nations. This is the crux : e has insulted woman, and his general of ihewhile attal As long 6 sall- HALL ELABORATELY DECORATED |limenary- plans of the building, and conduct has led children of Nebish-to left last night -for San Fran- ors can be impressed into service, cisco to gather information about ghe | [CEATd-him only with fear. = The vessel owners will continue to hire One of the largest, most enjoyable climax came yesterday when 'he en- orews at ports where the ‘lowest|and successful social affairs ever | PCCilC Beeds. tered the store of Mr. Tschoepe, wages in the world prevail. Abolish |staged in Bemidji was the result of Structure of Doric Style where the latter’s wife was attending " arrest, and the wages of the highest-|last evening’s dance given by the Be-| The plans call for a building of [ to the postoffice, and complained of wage ports will be paid on all the|midji Athletic club.last evening. Doric architecture, two stories high, |a mistake in his change. He be- seas. More than one hundred couples|150 feet long and fifity feet wide, to|came insulting and as a consequence President Wilson sent Andrew |were in attendance, the dancers com- [be constructed of Florentine stone.|was thrown from the building. -The Furuseth as a delegate to the Lon-|pletely filling the large floor. 1t |The front of the building will face {warrant and committment followed. don conference. This gaunt, sad|is doubtful if a prettier dance has|the general exposition circle, while| Kling has always been known as Norwegian was the only sailor who |ever been held here. Under the|the rear will overlook the Pacific |more or less of a trouble-maker, and was a mefber of the conference.|supervision of Ralph B. Lycan, as-[ocean and the “Golden Gate.”” It|the instance will be remembered When he saw that the conferces were sisted by Harley Hanson, the, hall | Will be not more than 200 feet from | when he was arrested and charged agreed upon the infamous arrest for |had been attractively decorated for|the shore of the sea, and, according |with having set a trap-gun. The 1 desertion he cabled his resignation to|the oecasion. Strips of white and |to Commissioner Anderson, one of the | death instrument was discovered by | the President. And in place of this |red crepe paper hung in festoons the |best sites on the exposition grounds. ;J. J. Opsahl, who was cruising. ¥ 7 rough sea-faring man the President |entire length of the large dance hall, |The location was chosen more than a |Opsahl noticed wires on the ground { appointed Senator James Hamilton [and the colors of the club were artis- {Year ago, by commissioners sent|and following them discovered the Lewis, of Illinois. tically displayed in covering the wall |from Minnesota. loaded gun. He has. served sev- Can Congress at this date recede|of the handball court. eral other short terms for various from its position of hostility toward| Remfrey’s orchestra of six pieces| DROPS 250 FEET TO DEATH |crimes. !, the arrest of seamen for desertion |furnished the music for the dance. — Records in the office of Sheriff simply because this London confer-|From a financial standpoint the af-|Workman on St. Paul's New. Cathedral | Johnson show that Kling was arrest- ] ence has so decreed? If Congress |fair was a success the treasury cf Is Killed. ed on October 21, 1911, and that he l does so act, many believe it will|the Athletic club being enriched St. Paul, April 18.—Falling 250 feet |was convicted and served a 45 day . The wheels of the coach cut one = leg off just above the knee and the WAT'I‘S GETS 60 DAY TERM other just below the knee. Dr. A. B. e - Henderson and Dr. E. H. Smith were - called into consultation and it was ] decided best to amputate, Uselding = Young Man Arrested Here Tuesday| s placed on the operation table on Spooner Petit Larceny Charge |shortly after 9 o’clock last evening, Two packed houses saw “Quo P ot but was in such a weak condition Vadis” produced in motion pictures Found: Guilty. by Justioe that only one leg was amputated. at the Grand last evening. This is ; Death came at 2 a. m. the picture which has received the | BROUGHT TO BEMIDJI TODAY : Friends Arrive endorsement of hundreds of ministers Several friends of the dead man audFpnetEs Rho ive giv.en it thely Stanley Watts, the young man |arrived in Bemidji this morning and approval and pronounce it as being| oy o cpent the winter in Bemidji, | will arrange for the funeral. A com- 5 inspiring and of such an order that |, ;, . oploved by the Bemidji Box|panion who worked with him at 177 Hmbilds <gpeotitors “with “an _“"’ factory company, and who was ar-|Shooks, says he was a hard worker bounded reverance for the things| ...;" yere last Tuesday by George|and was well thought of by all who that are sacred and spiritual. Oae|non oy geputy sheriff, charged with |knew him. The body is being held - ofjite h‘E.FESt com))]ln.lents yas pfl.m petit larceny must spend the n«fxt at the Mclvery and O’Leary Under- by Archbishop Spaulding of Ilfinois, twa months as a guest in the Bel-|taking parlor. “QU0 VADIS” ATTRACTS. MANY Two Large Audiences-See World's Greatest Motion Picture Produced seal the doom of the white sailors.|about $60. from where he was at work in the top- | term for setting Qhe/trnp-gm'x. It will put the world seapower in the The frappe bowl was presided over | most pinnacle of the new Roman . hands of orientals it is declared, and |by Misses Moritz and Emma Klien, | Cotholic cathedral, = Michael Hofer, = s the white sailor will be no more. aged twenty-four, an ironworker, was HASTY EXITS Tu. SAVE LIVES - N 5 - instantly killed. Nearly every bone SR ! My prediction is that if the House Accepts Position Here pereles et Male L Fire Damages Last of Mill City's Nu. Py committee lets this Dbill out the| p 1y peterson of Litehfield, has| FHofer, who was employed by Com- merousy Savimills; House will pass it with a rush, and arvived in Bemidji and will in the | tractor W. J. Hoy, had been at work Minneapolis, April 18.—Four hun- that arrest for desertion will be abol-| ¢ 41116 have charge of the office of | O% the cathedral building only about|dred employes were forced to make . two weeks. = Together with Richard|a hasty exit through every hole af- ished in American ports. | ivi p the Given Hardware company. _Pe-|pegt another ironworker, he was as| fording egress when fire broke ‘out - Holland Offers International Sanctu-|terson is a man of much experience sisting in-hoisting a beam, when, it| and threatened to destroy the North the famous orator and religionist. | . 3 £ The picture will be shown for the| i UMY b“m"z' el Will Investigate Is 1s the result of having been| p g Keck, claim agent for the shows "will be given the first start-| . A him when arraigned before Carl M.| ..o 0 om onq will investigate. IRESRE 901600 tast M 990, AR s o ab Snvois | a0 g - er, where he was' taken by Sheriff |\ o o oy b b e pp R KRR KR DISTRICT DEMS TO MEEI arrest and where the warrant was KRR KR KKK RKKKKK KKK | sworn out last September. 7 " Y Watts was convicted of having Episcopalian Purpose of Considering Advisabil- |friend, and when taken to that place, munion service at 10:30. — A ing®an i wore the-clothing he had been ac- ity of Placing Man in Race cused of stealing. Swedish Lutheran ; ] be- | There will be no Sunday school. Ser- 'AMES MENTIONED this ‘morning, and has already be- i SEVERAL o1 gun serving his term. Justice Wess- | vices in the evening at 8 o’clock. man imposed a fine of $50 or a jail [There will also be services in Nymore democrats of the sixth congressional | to pay the fine. in the Swedish language—J. H. district in Bemidji on next Thurs- _ Randahl, pastor. day, April 23, the purpose of which Giveri. Five-Day Term ing a democrat in the field for con-|dismissed from the Samaritan hos-| ~Sunday school at 11 a. m. Preach- COnBross, LA pital, where he had been an inmate|ing at 7:30 p. m.—G. M. Peacock, Democrats of the district have|for some time, was given a five-day | pastor. el e b found guilty of the charge against| Great Northern, arrived in Bemidji Andrew Johnson, on the night of his % SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES. * Meeting to be Held Next Week For|gtolen some clothes from a Spooner| Sunday at usual hour. Com- He was brought back to Bemidji Communion services at 10:30. There is to be a meeting of the|term of 60 days. Watts was unable|at 2:30 in the Congregational church is to consider the advisability of plac-| Frank Roohr, who Was yesterday Congregational. (Nymore) ‘been informed of the meeting it is|jai] term by Judge Crowell in munic- i “Y E in the hardware business. is saif, the rope broke. Star Lumber company’s mill, the last|likely that a large number will be ipal court this morning, when he was Baptist The little kingdom of Holland, 2 The sudden release of the heavy|remaining of the once numerous Min-[i; attendance. avralensi an @ ioharge:of petlt AF-| 5 tephaib SeBIEL 10 a m-Dreath . without a strong navy or the means Fatal .Apartment House Fi weight threw young Hofer over and | neapolis sawmills. N ¥ Db 59 -Rire, o . ; i There are several men Who are be-|ceny. Roohr upon. his release from |ingat 17 a, m, @nd 8 p. m, B. Y. P. 3 to build one offers itself as a sanc- Cleveland, April 18.—One in an instant his body was shoating Eighty. men saved their lives by|. < 3 \ ing-a . m. . M, ¥ 4 X 3 £ Woman d {ing prominently mentioned as candi-|the hospital went to the store of[y. gt 7 Dr. M. D. Fuller will - tuary for the big, armed brawlers| was Kkilled, five other persons were |tOWard the ground. jumping from the windows of the sec-| & i . at 7 p. m. Dr. M. D. \‘ among the mations. | The proposa | ljured and 100 driven to the streer| At the same time Best was striv-| ond floor to the ground dates, but as yet no one has an-|Roe & Markusen where he secured |preach both morning and evening. i 14 siinde by Dr. H. W. VanLoon, the| ¥hen fire destroyed the Fish apart.|INg to regain his balance, lost when| Andrew Smith, working on a gang|nounced his candidacy. some groceries and had them charged | Mjd-week prayer meeting Thursday - ments. the beam gave him a blow on the|saw, was severely burned. Superin- 4 —_——— shoulder. He was saved from Hofer’s | tendent D. J. Flannigan risked his ton. Dr. VanLoon proposes that| ya,qy Bertha Dawkins acts as an |fate only because his hand fortunate-| life - trying to stop the flames with since it is impossible for Holland o |ypgerstudy to Queen Mary, of Eng- ly caught a support. However, his| the emergency hose, but got out of; to the hospital. His conduct aroused | gvening at 8 p. m. Everybody wel- Dutch historian, who is in. Washing- suspicion, and. his arrest followed. S gde S e _ Notice to Water Consumers Monday, April 20th, is the last day for discount on water bills. About 60 per cent of the popula- Presbyterian attempt to keep up in the race of shoulder was severely injured by the the building safely.. The fire s!an.ed A S e nations for the largest armaments land, 1 from an_overheated bearing. GRORGH Ry Wlnor Oirmany diyosiin slties, Bible clas;a and S\:day :choul at that Holland be declared neutral ” B 7 10. Morning worship and sermon 4 THE CUB ¢ 9 oyt s " » - it B S 5000 ~ Somefimes The “Law 07 Moses” Is Very Safisf By "HOP” |1, Feras, it safety to war vessels of other na- REPORTER ~0me lmes e aw oses S ery a ls. yln : y Dles meet(nsg “M’:;l li;e‘ngnrgflmfel tions. \ - service at 8. - W seryice for = PINCH * 2 ~TM THE ‘|prayer on Thursday evening at 8. - S=—1 : M OFF\CER)E) > HAPPIEST - i TRERY > ME- L\ & The public is conally invited to ail ‘ DIVORCE CAUSES T7AGEDY 2 ) = . ( X o B Pea I . these services—S. E. P. White, pas- - Bellaire (0.) Husband Fatally Wounds tor. . = Wife and Kills Self. Bellaire, O., April 1S.—Angry be- cause his wife refused to pay half the costs of a divorce action he had // First Methodist > ) & Morning worship 10:45. Subject %. é / & ' “He Must Increase, But I Must De- lnstlu;‘ted fflgrhltfill‘t“e:erl“fl.{::;n Lugil N\ _ 2 ,,/'" s R Sunday echool - 12:00. :lt:lo; f::a] n:munds He lhc.:xg )sxll‘fefl- o 4 3 / N L ; . |Junior Epworth League 8:30. Lead- % by himself, Two of their young children i E 3 2 > P er, Alicf ‘Witting. Epworth League, by, witnessed the tra~ely. 7 7:00; ~Leader, Miss Brunner. lfven- Gitgters 30 Tt Starsr. Freser ers i 5 _ | meeting Thursday night at 8:00. All /{are cordially invited to these Ber- - vices. -—vchsrles W Gilman, mm'. Dwellers on the seacoast of one part of France claim 'to prevent sea- sickness by filling their ears with vaseline. Yt Ijnfficiv.