Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 18, 1914, Page 1

. > A { ~"VOLUME 12, NO. 18. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1014, ; : PARKS DEATH T0 BE INVESTIGATED Huerta Promises To Conduct Thor- ough Investigation of Affair—Gen- eral Villa Moving on Saltillo. ENCOURAGES MUSIC IN RANKS Zaragoza Brigade Commanded by Raoul Madero, Brother of Former President—Was Cornell Student. EE R R R R + % Washington, May 18.—Spapish < Ambassador Riano has receiv- 4 ed a dispatch from the Mexican < minister of foreign affairs stat- <+ ing that vigorous investigation < of the disappearance of Order- <+ ly Samuel Parks immediately + would be made by the Huerta + authorities. + The dispatch was in reply to < anote sent by Mr. Riano, calling < attention to the anxiety of the < United States government as 4 to Parks. +* e b e b kb b ek kb Rl R R R R * Hippolito, Mex., May 18.—The army of Genmeral Villa was early astir in preparation for its advance against the federal garrison of Saltillo. News fhat a Constitutionalist party of 200 men surprised and routed 400 féderals near Paredon put the men in good humor and served to start the im- provised folk songs, in which the Mex- ican soldier delights. General Villa has realized the effect of music on the spirits of his men and the organization of bands and choruses has been encouraged. These ¢ing endless verses composed by them- selves eulogizing Villa, Carranza, their guns and horses. There is a keen rivalry between the men of the different brigades and the badges distinguishing the commands are proudly displayed. The men are well clothed, but are not distinctively uniformed. There is a sprinkling of khaki uniforms, but the greater number wear blue over- alls. The men, however, wear color- ed bands with the name of the brigade printed on them in black, to dis- tinguish their commands. The Zaragosa brigade is command- ed by Raoul Madero, brother of for- mer i'resident Madero, who, when his broth :r met his tragic death in Mex- ico C ty. was a Cornell undergraduate. DOCTOR CAUSES TROUBLE Mispah Physician Believes Minnesota & International Passenger Small- pox Victim--Orders Coach Locked DR. WARD GOES TO RESCUE There came near being a riot on the south bound Minnesota & Inter- national passenger train Saturday night when a Mispah physician (his name cannot be ascertained) saw what he believed to be a man suffer- ing from smallpox. He immediately rushed for the con- ductor, told him the seriousness of the situation and ordered him to lock the smoker, in which the al- leged sick man was seated. This the train official did, to the wonderment and indignation of the other travel- ers, among them being members of the Bemidji high school baseball team which had played at Blackduck that afternoon. Realizing the situation, the pros- pects of being placed in quarantine and the possibilities of being forced to undergo vaccination, four members of the smallpox party jumped from ithe train windows at Turtle River, but the watchful eyes of the strange doctor, who endeavored to protect the public health prevented the others from following suit. As the train rolled into the Union station the windows were ordered closed and all communication with the outside world was entirely shut off. Dr.L. A. Ward, Bemidji’ heaFt,l.l officer, was asked to investigate the seriousness of the smallpox case. Ee at once caused the passengers to be released “The man had the small- pox five weeks ago, but is all over it now,” said the.doctor. The train was delayed an hour. SNIPERS ARE RELEASED Men Caught at Vera Cruz Prove to Be Mexicans. ‘Washington, May 18.—The five so called South American snipers under arrest in Vera Cruz for firing upon American sailors and marines have turned out to be Mexicans and have Leen released in pursuance to the ac- tion taken in the case of other Mexi- cans arrested during the occupation. Lowell Lamreaux of Minneapolis, who has .aecepted an office position with the Bemidji Box company, ar- rived in Bemidji this morning. E. R. Brown of Minneapolis, is the guest of this brother-in-law, O. L. Dent, judicial ditch referee. : MREYNOLDS AND FOLK. Quarrel Over Proposal to Compel Mellen to Testify. Photos by & an Press Association. MUST AWAIT JURY ACTION George Howard Bound Over by Jus- tice Hoschied of Baudette on Charged of Having Hit Relative. BROUGHT HERE BY SHERIFF Because he struck his father-in- law, Israel Mecheau, over the head with a piece of gas pipe, following an argument, George Howard, of In- ternational Falls, will occupy a cell in the Beltrami county bastile in this city until the grand jury meets here next September, is the decision of Justice Hoschied of Baudette. Sheriff Johnson returned with -his prisoner Saturday night, Howard having been unable to furnish $500 bail. In speaking of the affair, the Bau- dette Regions says: Howard and his father-in-law, Mr. Mecheau, engaged in a little argu- ment, and just to convince the old man that he was in the wrong hit him on the head with a piece of gas ‘|mission and Attorney General RAILROAD PROBE Attorney General McReynolds Pro- tests Against Examinations of Wit- nesses—Says It Gives Immunity. MELLEN COULD END LOOTING Phosphorus Bill, At First Fought Against, Proves Boon to Match Manufacturers—Better Results, By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. ‘Washington, May 18.—The sympa- thy of the country in the clash be- tween the Interstate Commerce com- Mec- Reynolds over the testimony of the New Haven railroad officials will be with the commission. Somewhere in the financial jug- glery of New Haven affairs $12,000,- 000 vanished. The rich captains of indugtry who got away with this loot are just plain thieves. The fact that they stole the money through appar- ently legal forms does not mitigate the essential criminal nature of the offense. The facts were brought out months ago. The attorney general has been given ample opportunity to start eriminal prosecutions. But he has not done so as yet. He has not even submitted any of the disgraceful facts to a grand jury. And now, because the commission, acting in response to a senate reso- lution, is beginning a probe of the steal, Mr. McReynolds protests against the examination of witnesses on the ground that it will give them immunity in some vague proceedings which Mr. McReynolds is thinkng of stantng. No one doubts that those guilty of looting the New Haven ought to he sent to the penitentiary. But the question of the greatest good has been before the commission—whether the public will be better served by send- ing these men to jail (which would probably not happen anyway) and thus burying forever what may le the most important details of the gi- gantic theft, or by granting the im- munity the guilty witnesses may be able to receive by revealing the com- ‘plete conspiracy and thus enable congress; to pass laws which will pro- hibit such crimes in the future. Mellen, the late president of the road, will tell much more as a volun- tary witness before the commissivn than he would as a defendant in court. He may escape punishment, but he blocks the way to all future looting of railroads. The attorney general has been very slow in acting in the New Haven pipe. The blow would have felled an ox, and Mr. Mecheau took the count. Seven stitches were necessary to re- pair him at the Northern Minnesota hospital, and he also had a ‘bump the size of an egg on the back of his head. Howard was immediately ar- rested by Marshal Dundas and he ap- peared before Judge Hoschied the fol- lowing day. HONOR FATHER OF THE NAVY Statue of Commodore John Barry Un- veiled at Washington. ‘Washington, May 18.—Thousands of patriotic Irish-Americans from all sec- tions of the country gathered in Frank- lin park here to witness the unveiling of a statue of Commodore John Barry, the nation’s tribute to the heroic Irish patriot of the American Revolution, by many called “The Father of the Amer- ican Navy.” Miss Elsie H. Hepburn of Philadel- phia, great-great-grandniece -of Com- modore Barry, pulled the cord which uncovered the statue and President Wilson, James J. Regan, national president of the Ancient Order of Hi- bernians, and other prominent men delivered dedicatory addresses. A number of young folks enjoyed a picnic-at Diamond Point yesterday. Those present were: Edna Ander- son, Emma Klein, Louise McCready, Florence Gratton, Jenet Stechman, Dolly Koors, Elbridge Lord, Hovey Lord, Willie Ward and Norman Kit- tleson. Many an expert mathematician is unable to work out the sum of hu- man happiness to his own satisfac- tion. SCOO case. Phosphorus Bill Is Boon to Match Manufacturers. As it often happens after manu- facturers have fought remedial indus- trial legislation for years, only to lose in the end, the law when in operation, works so much to the sat- isfaction of the manufacturers that they would not go back to the old conditions if they could. This is identically what has hap- pened to the match manufacturers who for years fought legislation pro- hibiting the use of white phosphorus, which causes among match workers the dread disease “phossy jaw.” In its annual report this year the Dia- mond Match company said: “It had formerly been considered impossible to continuously use substitutes for white phosphorus with satisfactory results. This, however, has been satisfactorily accomplished, and we produced throughout the year non- ‘poisonous matches that were not only entirely satisfactory to the trade, but are greatly superior to the old-fash- ioned parlor match.” To Begin Play Practice. There will be a meeting of all those who desire to take part in the home talent play, “In the Court of King Cole,” in the Athletic club the- atre tomorrow evening. It is urged that a large number be present to meet Mrs. Smith, as it is necessary that work begin at once. ~Miss - Lucy Brooks return<d THE CUB REPORTER MIS5 SNOOP GAVE ME & LUACY BSAN-AS LONG A5 T CARRY T WITHME - 1T WILL BRING, N ALLKINDS 0'G00D L uck g from Washburn, Wisconsin, this Imorning. ‘where she attended the Ju- nior ball. T s s AR I WUZ CAREFULTO PUT THAT LUCKY Defeat Bemidji Athletics in Opening Game—Soore 9 to 0. Bemidji’s Athletics were defeated in the opening game of the baseball season at International Falls yester- day, the border city agsregation winning by a ecore of 9 to 0. Smiley and Herbert did the battery work for the Athletics and errors on the part of the Bemidji players played a large part in the scoring. Interna- tional Falls has an exceptional strong team this year and expects to play some of the state’s best organizations. The Bemidji players who made the trip were, Herbert, Smiley, Paul, Gal- langer, Jacobson, Brfandon, Howe, Tanner, Bell, Klein, Murphy and Manager Daly. . BEMIDJI CLAIMS GRAVES Indian Twirler, Si;nei by Connie Mack Resident of Red Lake Agency —Now Playing With Raleigh. DRAWS ANNUITY FROM HERE While Bemidji has allowed Brain- erd and Walker to claim Joe Graves as a resident since he jumped into baseball prominence by signing - to pitch for Connie Mack, this city is rightfully entitled to the honor. Grdves, who is a youth of but nine- teen years, created a sensation by his wonderful pitching a year ago in Northern Minnesota. While doing the heavy work for Walker, Brainerd and International Falls during the season he had little trouble in win- ning from the state’s strongest or- ganizations. Brainerd first claimed to be the home of Graves, then came Walker, all fussed up because of the illegal advertising secured by the county seat of Crow Wing county. Bemidji has watched the fun, and now the truth is told. Graves was born on the Red Lake agency, receiv- ing ‘his annuity there, which has just been sent to him at Raleigh, North Carolina, where he is pitching in the Eastern association, preparing for a berth with Mack’s regulars. He is not a citizen of the United States, but simply a ward of the gov- ernment, not having received his al- Totmient; o ' PAID NINTH INSTALLMENT Red Lake Indians, 1,479 Included, Each Given $61.57, a Slight In- crease Over That of Last Year. PAYMENT AMOUNTS TO $91,075 The ninth installment of a fifteen- installment treaty, made by the Uni- ted States government with the Red Lake Indians, is now being paid at the reservation, and 1,479 Indians wilt participate. The per capita payment is $61.75, which is a slight increase over last year. The total amount to be paid at this payment is opproximately $91,075, two-thirds of which has al- ready been paid. Prior to securing his payment, each and every Indian must submit to an examination by the agency physician, who keeps @ card index of all patients. If he finds any who ought to be vaccinated he completes this work before payment is made to them. 3 “A G0OD LITTLE DEVIL” Famous Player Feature to Be Shown at Grand Theatre Tomorrow. “A Good Little Devil” is the title of the Famous Players feature which will be shown at the Grand theatre tomorrow_afternoon and evening. This film is from David Belasco’s mo- dern fairy play and is five reels in length. 1t is a wonderful imagin- ative comedy-drama and is commonly believed to be the master stroke of the author’s producing genius. The picture is produced with the entire original cast, including Mary Pick- ford, as Juliet. Lucky? Say, Lucky Is No Name For It! BUR-LEEVE ME | WHEN TPUTON F ) I s 1!, Al .solendid trout fishing. OPPOSES NEW HAVEN| “™===emsz vass wms INORWEGIANS [N BIG CELEBRATION Thousands Attend Independence Cen- teniary in St. Paul and Minnea- polis—Parade Is Feature. UNITE AT STATE FAIR GROUNDS Business Sections of Both Cities Dec- orated With Nations Colors—Many Reunions Held—Veterans Meet. St. Paul, May 18.—-The red, white and blue Stars and Stripes hangs be- side the red, white and blue cross flag of Norway throughout the Twin Cities and special trains brought throngs of Norsemen to the three-day independence centennial celebration which opened at the state fair grounds. With the business sections of both cities decorated with the nations’ colors, bands playing patriotic music and sturdy-sons of the ‘“vaterland” moving happily about, greeting one another, the spirit of celebration early became - infectious. Thousands of visitors are in the city. Norway's minister to the United States, H. H. Bryn, is attending the celebration and will be one of the speakers. Serpator Knute Nelson also is on the program. The feature of the first day was a big parade. one lire forming in St. Paul and the other in Minneapolis, the two uniting at the state fair grounds. That point, the center of the celebration, saw a crowd that rivalled some of the September fair crowds. Many Reunions Are Held. The forencon was devoted to re- unions of the various “bygdelag.” Almost every building on the grounds, from the Horticultural building near the street car loop to the most dis- tant building on Machinery hill, was the scene of some reunion. In each place a crowd of from a few dozen to several hundred gathered. The old timers swapped stories about the fatherland and their pioneering ad- ventures in their adopted land. Old acquaintances met and shook hands and strangers, hailing from the same “bygd,” socon became friends. Norwegian veterans of the Civil war had a reunion in the St. Louis county building. The Fifteenth Wisconsin regiment, composed almost entirely of Norwegians, had a reunion in the Territorial Pioneers’ log cabln. % No formal meetings were attempt- ed at.any.of.the reunions of the bygde- lag, but each was devoted to informal meetings of the men and women from the same community in the old coun- try. “THE SALESLADY” MA! GOOD. Considered Best Comedy Staged by $t. Clair Players. “The Saleslady” was produced at the Brinkman theatre last evening by the St. Clair Stock company before an audience which completely filled the house. The play is considered as being the best staged by the stock company during their engagement in the city. The rich comedy introduced by Margot Beaton and Connie Hal- lett, the department store girls, caused much amusement and Riley Meyers and Charlie Jackson as the Hallroom boys were good. Richard Fenton, the Bemidji amateur actor, appeared with the company for the first time and his work as the Irish park policeman delighted the audi- ence. Mrs. Torrance’s Father Dead. Attorney Graham M. Torrance to- day received information that W. C. ‘Webster, Mrs. Torrance’s father, died at his home in Butler, Indiana, Sat- urday. Mrs. Torrance had been at the bedside of her father for several days, having gone to Butler a week ago upon learning of his serious il- ness. The funeral was held today. Mr. Webster was 63 years of age. Funkley Catches Trout. Henry Funkley arrived in Bemidji this morning from his farm in the town of Buzzle, where he made a fine catcn of brook trout. Mr. Funkley stocked a fresh water creek on his farm several years ago and now has He had six beautiful specimens with him.; GENERAL AGUILAR, Rebel Commander Reported to Have Captured Tuxpam. Dispatches to Washington report the capture of Tuxpam, sixty-miles from Tampico, by rebels under Gen- erals Aguilar and Blanco. The in- formation was sent by Consul Cana- da, at Vera Cruz, who received the news from Spanish refugees. MOTHER™ TONGUE BULLITIN Saxon and Celt Lead in Citizens of Foreign Birth, = - ‘Washington, May 18.—Of the 32 243,382 persons of foreign white stock in the United States in 1910, the Eng- lish and Celtic, including Irish, Scotch and Welsh, had the largest represen- tation, according to the mother tongue bulletin issued by the census bureau. As reported to the census bureau the total foreign white stoek whose mother tongue is English and Celtic number 10,037,420. -This number rep- resented 12.3 per cent. The German group had 10.8 per cent, Italian 2.6 per cent, Polish 2.1 per cent. Yiddish and Hebrew 2.1 ent, Swedish 1.8 per cent, and Norwe n 1.2 per cent. SENTENCE IS SUSPENDED William Grecian, Confessed Chicken Thief, Must Leave County—Return Will Mean Term in Prison. RELEASES CLAIM TO HOMESTEAD On condition that he will leave Beltrami county, never to return, William Grecian, who Saturday con- fessed to having stolen 50 chickens from farmers of Eckles and North- ern, the indeterminate sentence im- posed by Judge C. W. Stanton was suspended. Under the provisions of the sus- pended sentence, Grecian must re- main out of the county, and should he in any way violate any of the clauses of the agreement, he will be taken to Stillwater to serve from one to five years for grand larceny in the second degree. Grecian was represented by Charles Scrutchin, while Graham M. Tor- rance, county attorney, appeared for the state. Three years ago Grecian contested the claim of a young woman in the town of Eckles and has lived there' since that time. He has now releas- ed his claim to the land, and it has been filed upon. RETURNS FROM MEXICO. Frank Brady, Brother of Bemidji Teacher, Visits Here. Frank Brady, who for three years has been one of the jackies on the battleship Rhode Island, which dur- ing the past six months has been stationed at’ Vera Cruz, is in Be- midji as, the guest of his sister, Miss Lillian Brady, who . teaches the fourth grade in the public schools. ‘Brady is on a shont furlough and will soon return to the battleship, which is one of the biggest and most mod- ern of the government’s boats. Dr. €. P. Brady of Minneapolis, another brother, is also here. 0. L. Breckner, principal of the Cross Lake Indian school,"at the Red Lake reservation, spent Saturday and Sunday in Bemidji. = By "HOP” F GOSHBUT T LUCKY- Now B i Bow- THAT MIGHTAXBEEM A & POT 0’ GLUE INSTED OF A £~ DOUBLE POPULATION IN FIVE YEARS Ditches, 738 Miles In Length, Bene- fiting 854,516 Acres of Swamp Lands, Aid County Settlement. RED LAKE LAND NOW VALUABLE Demonstrated That Soil Drained is Well Adapted to Growth of All With 738 miles of drainage ditches established under contract in Bel- trami benefiting 854,616 acres of swamp lands to the extemt of $2,083,759, as estimated by the viewers, and costing $1,126,190, to build, the tax sales of 1913 and 1914 have proved very satisfactory and pleasing to the officials under whose supervision the ditches have been es- tablished, and the work of construc- tion has gone forward. ‘These ditches have not all been completed, but the work is so far along, ‘that the results can be fore- seen, and it is plainly shown that the country north of Red Lake is being made habitable, and that five years more will see hardly a tract of vacant land in the so-called big swamp. Last year’s tax sale resulted in homestead filing on nearly 120,000 acres of this land, which has this year been placed on the tax lists, and will aid in paying the expenses of the county from now on. Amounts to $25,000. This year’s sale was more largely attended, owing to the fact that it had received more advertising, and the general public began to. discover that there is an opportunity to se- cure homes at reasonable prices. And as the amount of open or vacant gov- ernment lands was considerably less than was offered a year ago, the bid- ding resulted in quite a large sum of bonus over and above the amount of the delinquent interest for which the sale was made. Auditor George has not yet completed his records suf- ficiently to show the exact amount of bonus collected, but says it is in the neighborhood of $25,000. This bonus is first applied to the payment of the ditch lien against the land and any excess above that is de- livered to the proper government of- Helals for their disposal. “In most cases the bonus does not amount to. quite the total of the lien and in such cases there will be nothing coming to the government. But some of the bids exceeded the lien, and there will be quite a snug sum to pay the gov- ernment for the benefit of the Indian Department. When one considers the original area of wet and overflowed lands in this county he must realize the won- derful work undertaken by the offi- cials. Compiling from the official records, and other sources, Beltrami county had 1,451,520 acres of wet lands, which has been reduced more than one-half by the various drain- age ditches under way. Give Passable Roads. These ditches not only drain the land, but for almost every mile of ditch the county receives a mile of good passable roadway. These dit- ches have been so laid out and des- ignated that when the various pro- jects are completed it will give the settlers a road to market which will be passable at all times. A few years ago these lands were without any material value and state- ments were often made by lumber companies that the drainage of these lands would kill the tamarack and spruce, but with these extensive drainage ditches, the rainfall which is approximately thirty dinches an- nually, will be sufficient for the growth of all right timber. These vast wet lands, which are at ¢this time almost void of timber, and those that carry a emall amount of timber can when drained be replanted with trees that will grow to a marketable value. Dairying Causes Wealth. One traveling through this section of country will find that many of the homesteaders where lands have county, been drained by ditches have made considerable start in the development of agrigulture and have succeeded in growing grass, grains and vegetables which demonstrates the adaptability of the land for farming. Clover and timothy grow luxuriantly and many of the fields now under cultivation have been producing excellent crops continuously for the past eight or ten years. It has been demonstrated that this land is well adapted to the growth of grains. The future will show in Belrami county a great growth of dairying which has been a source of much wealth in other sec- tions of Minnesota. There is no finer soil for the growth of celery or other such veg- etables as these wet lands after they are re-claimed. In some parts the wild cranberries grow in profusion ‘which indicate that this industry is likely to obtain as near a magnitude (Continyed on last page.)