Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 7, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, No. 166, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURBA; STATE SCHOOL BOYS MAKE GOOD CITIZENS Incorrigibles by Treatment Accorded Them at Red Wing Entirely Re-~ formed —Commitment Reduced. FARM IS CARED FOR BY YOUTHS Many Improments Made by Board of Control and $3,000 Saved During Past Year by Management. The problem of caring for incor- rigible boys, many of them well ad- vanced in the early stages of crime and vagrancy, is a grave one, yet it is gratifying to know that of the hundreds of youngsters yearly com- mitted to the state training school at Red Wing better than 75 per cent of them develop into worthy, self- supporting citizens. This is what the records of the in- stitution disclose and they further show that while the responsibility of those in charge has increased, the percentage of reformations has in no way decreased. Increase is Shown. On August 1 last the population of the school was 213, a considerable increase when compared with the year previous when the registrations numbered only 145, but this low fig- ure is explained by the fact that be- tween 1912 and 1913 there were a large number of paroles and dis- charges. During the two years ending with August 1, 1914, 456 boys were re- ceived at the school. During the same period 252 boys were granted a final discharge from the school, while 59 boys had to be released because they had reached the age limit of 21 years. There were also 358 paroles. Between Ages of 8 and 17, Commitments to the school cover incorrigibles between the ages of eight and seventeen years. For- merly minor delinquencies were suf- ficient to bring about the transfer of a boy to the school, but with the in- troduction of the juvenile court sys< tem in the larger cities of the state and the development of detention homes, the number of registrations in thid respect has largely decreased. While reducing the number of com- mitments, however, these institutions and their work have added to the re- sponsibility of those in charge of the school as most of the children now received are more or less incorrigible and do not readily yield to correction- al treatment. Why Returned. Showing this feature of late com- mitments, and its relation to releases and paroles granted during the two years, 7 were brought back for leav- ing homes in which they had been placed, 16 were returned for vag- rancy, 21 for grand larceny, 1 for forgery, 5 for persistent truancy and 3 on account of drunkenness. The escapes from the school num- bered 87. Most of these were thor- oughly bad boys and were only com- mitted to the school -when other means of correction had failed. Despite this difficult feature of the present day commitments, however, success has attended the efforts of those in charge in the matter of re- formation,-and it is credited largely to the discipline maintained at the school. While not harsh, such dis- cipline is of reasonable firmness and all infractions are quickly punished. Constantly Watched. In furtherance of this discipline in February last Cottage No. 2 was set aside as a correctional building and here boys guilty of punishable acts are committed. They are under su- pervision day and night, and in or- der that those confined may realize that the way of the transgressor is hard various exactions are demanded. The rule of silence is heré enforced. All privileges are withdrawn. When not working those confined must stand on their feet for thirty min- utes and then sit upon chairs for the same period. No boy is sent to the correctional cottage except upon written order of the superintendent and then only after a thorough in- vestigation of the charges. The period of detention in the Correctional Cottage is from two to sixty days, depending upon the se- riousness of the offense. The average number under discipline since the cottage was opened has been twelve. ‘While corporal punishment has not been wholly abolished, to the credit of those in charge and the discipline maintained, only two boys have had to have the strap during the last two years. . But One Death. Last March the school suffered an epidemic of scarlet fever, but it was quickly supressed. Eighteen developed and they were promptly isolated. There was only one death in the school during the two years. A farm is maintained in connection with the school which during the months of June and July last sup- (Continued on last page.) E. A. BARKER AMMOND LEAD IS 17,363/T0 CREATE MUCH INTEREST Many Precincts to Be Heard From |Huffman & O0’Leary Furniture Com- Before Plurality Can Be Known pany Inaugurates Unique Adver- On Governorship. tising Plan—To Give Away Piano AMENDMENT NINE MAY CARRY |CONTEST TO LAST UNTIL MAY 1 W. 8. Hammond’s plurality for| An advertising plan which should governor will not be learned until the |create interest in this community dur- official returns have been re@i¥ed. \iny ynegoming winter ana spring 1s More than 700 precinets in outside B that being launched by the Huffman jcounties are missing -from i e Chengnron & O'Leary furniture store of this collected at the state capitol by the | & OLEAry farniture store of thi twin city newspapers. In 2,342 pre-|City: They have already begun their cinets Lee is given 118,235 votes, to preliminary announcements and will 135,598 for Hammond, a margin of g:“ away.-absolutely. .free 2. new. 17,463 for the democratic candidate, | PI2YeT Piano. The gains for Lee were temporaily .The instrument ‘1 :1“100 Play:r checked today by complete returns planio and- s yow on “digpley I the from Stearns county, giving Ham- show window of the store. The plan mond 3,428 plurality there. The first of disposal is to give the piano to the official return came in yesterday from | Person securing the largest number Carver county. of votes by May 1st., 1915. C. A. Lindbergh is re-clected to Coupons for votes are issued with congress in the sixth district by about ach purchinge. made: at (his siote, 2,000 plurality over Dr. J. A. DuBois, | 100 Votes-belng given with each one according to unofficial returns now in | d011ars purchase. From this timeforth from every county. the Huffman & O’Leary store will State returns received on the con-|TUR Some striking ads calling atten- stitutional amendments indicate that |t07 to the bargains offered. No. 9, the so-called forestry amend- e ik ment, is the only one which has a| chance to pass. The constitution requires that the amendments must be approved by a majority of all votes cast at the elec- tion at which it is submitted. In 1912 sixteen counties counted cast 46,906| Rev. Ira D. Alvord, pastor of the votes and a majority would be 23,- Baptist church, has just learned of 454, Assuming that the vote'thig|the death of his father, Henry Al- year was approximately the same as[Vord, of Dodge Center, Minnesota, in 1912, only the forestry amendment | Who died at the hospital at Roches- has polled in excess of the required |ter, Minnesota, yesterday morning, HENRY ALVORD DEAD. Father of Bémidji Clergyman Dies at Rochester. T . H. MoGay, SematorMioot Biom ' Cass and Ttason Conntish; Saye “In_Leonard H. No!;fl, f;he Sixty- second legislative distrief, somprising Beltrami and Koochiching’ counties, has elected a senator whe'wiil be an [This Was a remark W last night by Patrick H. Mc@arry, of Walker, (who has just beem named- senator wheo is well known in Bemidji; -ear- ried his own county by approximate- ly four hundred votes,...but lost Itasca, the home county of Stock, his opponent, by only & lttle more than ome hundred. 3 E For many years Mr. Nord and Mr. McGarry have been cloge personal friends and the electiongnt the border city man was gratif; 10 the Walk- erite. Mr. McGarry refgrred to Nord as a man who gets ¢ and pre- dicted that his legislative eareer will be such that in four years his re- electionr will be unanimous. Such a recommendation, coming as it does from a man of MeGarry’s standing as a member of the lower house, where for several.years he has 5] 2 inent and '“mhly com- ator. of the The Woman’s Auxiliary of the; Northern Minnesota Development as- soclation, like its parent organiza- tion, is the first one of its kind in this country. Its objects, generally speak- ing, are the bettering of.all country life conditions. At thejr first’ con- vention, June 4 and 5, at Thief River Falls, Pennington county, which was largely attended and very. enthusi- astic, the following subjects were handled by speakers and formed the basis for a series of _resolutions, ‘which were later: 2" “A ‘woman: Coutlty. Visitor for everyieounty; In- cressing ‘the mumber of rural con~ solidated schools; = Endorsed . move- ment for county sanitariums; En- dorsed movement for.building roads through state lands; Endorsed county fairs and the Minnesota state fair, and other important state wide move- ments. The Woman’s Auxiliary wiil hold its first annual convention at Brainerd, Dec. 1, 2, 3, and 4. BUYS MORRISON FARM Renville County Man Plans to Farm On Large Scale Here. C. C. Maag arrived with his family today from his former home in Ren- ville county and will take possession of the John Morrison farm near Pu- ‘posky, which place he recently pur- chased. Mr. Maag bought the farm with all its equipment, including stock, machinery, household goods, fetc. Four children are with Mr. and Mrs. Maag and the oldest son is com- leting arrangements to come in the spring and bring with him several car loads of cattle, additional farm machinery and other necessary equip- sion of the state’s law-making body.” | . cases majority, having received 23,971, a scant lead of 517. NAME SHOW DATE Elks Minstrel Entertainment Will Be Staged November 27 and 28, Announcement was made this morning that the Elks Minstrel show will be staged at the Brinkman thea- tre on Friday and Saturday even- ings, November 27 and 28. Rehear- sals are being held several times each week and the show is expected to make a big hit. ment to complete a model farm. where he had been confined since July first. The body has been ship- ped to Eagle Lake for interment. Rev. Alvord will be unable to attend the funeral oh account of a severe at- tack of la grippe, and will also be ‘unable to occupy the pulpit tomorrow morning and evening. YOUNG MAN BADLY INJURED Avery Whitman, 18, Loses Eye and| ‘Hand While Blowing Stumps. Avery Whitman, 18, will lose his right eye, his right hand and a por- tion of his right arm as a result of a dynamite explosion which - took place Friday afternoon while the 'young man was blowing out stumps. The accident took place near Sol- way. The boy’s face and chest were badly burned and searred and at the hospital it is elaimed that although Needle Work Guild to Meet. Mrs. E. H. Marcum, secretary of the Needle Work Guild of the As- sociated Charities, announced this af- ternoon - that the society will meet at the home of Mrs. E. H. Smith on Beltrami avenue, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Members are re- Mrs. John Ziegler entertained at two tables of Five Hundred this af- ternoon. THE CUB REPORTER 'WAS MUMMIF! = \THE FUMES FROM ONE )\ OF THOSE NEW B \SHELLS AND - ‘quested to bring cotton patches for quilt work. Lhis injuries are severe and his-con- dition gerious, he will He was brought to Bemidji soon af- ter the aceident. A want ad will sell it for you. Scoop Sees The Point WHOT HAVE T HERE - CR [THi-MYGENERAL-1S A BN ERiEND OF Ming Who \ED BY ARDUND FOR FIVE \DANS ~OH HES A UMMy feated -Chippewa Chief for Place - ““: on County Board. oner But Socialist Candidate Con- sidered as Probable Winner. [cialist .opponent. court house today, with but three precincts missing, ‘gave Hayes - 203 and Morrison 287, a lesd of six;votes for ‘the former. : This total iricludes the votes of Minnie, Steenerson, Hamre and Benville. There are still three precincts to hear from, being Spruce Grove, Lee and Northwood. All three are con- sidered socialist strongholds- and. it is figured that they will at least give Hayes an even vote, if not a ma- Jority. Akerberg Probable Winner. H. N. McKee still leads Garfield Akerberg in the race for coroner, his vote being 1,263" to 1,246, a lead of 17. Of the precincts to be heard from, including the village of Spoon- er, Akerberg is believed to have been given a good vote, which if true will make him the winner. These two races are the only ones in the county which have been at all close. Torrance Lead Grows. Graham M. Torrance’s lead over Henry Funkley for the county attor- neyship continues to increase and h2 will be returned to office by a ma- Jority well over the three hundred mark. “Pendy’s” Lead 228. Judge Pendergast’s majority over ‘Williams for representative remains practically the same as yesterday, the vote being, Pendergast 1,342, Wil- liams 918, a majority for the veteran of 423, \ Nord Still “Running,” - Nord’s “victory over F. A. Wilson for the senate is beconilng iore and more “one-sided. as the late returns come 11 "dHd°he now:deads by a ma- Jority of 1,5% AR XA KKEE * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES * e R R e e R Congregational (Nymore) Bunday school at 11 a. m. Preach- ing at 7:30 p. m. G. M. Peacock, pastor. Catholic. Low mass at 8 a. m. High mass at 10 a. m. Sunday school and bene- liction at 1 and 2 p. m. Vespers at 7:30 p. m. Father J. J. T. Philippe. First Scandinavian Lutheran. Sunday school between 12 and 1 o’clock. The confirmation class meets every Friday at 4 p. m. Osmund Johnson, pastor. Episcopal. Regular morning service and Holy communion at 10:30. There will be special music by the choir. Sunday school at 9:30. Archdeacon H. F. Parshall. Swedish Lutheran. (Contintued on last page.) Mrs. Charlotte Barwise, of Staples, arrived in Bemidji this morning and will spend the winter at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Lilye. Mrs. Barwise is 85 years old. their home this noon. Severence-Harris. . - Lela Harris and Archle F. Severence recover. | were married at the Methodist par- Sonage this morning at 11 o’clock, Rev. Charles W. Gilman officiating. 0f Careying A Joke Too Far James F. fiyfl’Appun to Have De- McKee Still Leads Akerberg for Cor- Indications are that John G. Mor- rison, chief of the Minnesota Chip- Dewas, has been defeated in his can-. " |didacy for the third district commis- sfonership by James F. Hayes, his so- The count at the Services in the morning at 10:30. | Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lilye and chil- dren of Cass Lake, who have spent ‘the past week as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Lilye, returned to STATE T0 ASSIST. BELGIAN REFUGEES 700,000 Homeless Women and Chil- dren to Be Taken Care of By Thoughtfulness of Minnesota. THOUSANDS STARVING, IS CLAIM Returned to Congress After Two -Years. of Retirement. Movement Started by J. J. Hill’s | Daughter Bringing Financial Aid For Purchase of Food Supplies. Bemidji has been asked to help the suffering Belgians, More than 700,000 Belgians are now refugees in England, France and Holland where they are without shel- ‘ter or food. Ambassador Page of (the United States has cabled from his office .in London that thousands of { Belgians will starve before the Amer- ican ships carrying food can -reach heir ports, and that thousands more iwill starve to death this winter un- jless Americans give help so badly needed. For Food Only. Photo by Amarican Press Association. On account of the urgent need re-’ Nicholas * ‘Longworth, . Republican, |lief funds have been started in every former representative in congress, {part of the United States and many turned the tables on his Democratic fmen, women and children will be opponent, Stanley E. Bowdle, in the |saved by the prompt work. Miss ;}:tcrtxl&n 0:“01:?: ’;s‘!rrilm;g"fi;@?‘:fi:l Clara Hill, daughter of James J. Hill, stantial majority over the man who!'h® “Empire Builder,” is at the head defeated him' fo yoars. ago. 'ol the movement in the northwest — jand already she has raised $3,000 and lwm\ her committee is working hard BIG GAME SEASON TO OPEN | to sccure immediate help. The tand iraised in the northwest will be used only for the purchase of food. To Use Every Dollar. Every dollar will be used and nothing of any kind will be charged for organization. According to Miss 2 Hill, the fund will disposed of OVER 200 LICENSES ISSUED]through the American ambassador in London. She issued the following appeal this morning. Miss Hill’s Appeal. The appeal is to the people of the northern Minnesota in search of deer |northwest and is issued by Miss Hill and, moose. Deer are reported as|as the treasurer of the St. Paul Bel- more plentiful than in several years|gian Relief fund: “I appeal to your and many have been seen near and :::;’v"‘l’:g ’;’;p‘l‘;bfiflgz‘l‘;‘:m"’"Ev:‘; within the city limits. Moose areigoiay contributed represents an al- to be found in the northern part of {lowance of flour for ome person. fer the _county. 4 two months shipped to the ‘American: - Thvidiel. Gouiigs county ‘auditor,| commission for the feeding™ of tons and agsistants have.been busily.en- combatants in-Belgtum.. ~Work is di- gaged today :making ouf big gdme [rected by the American ambassador hunting licenses and at noon moreltu Great Britian and American am- than 200 had been issued. William ybassador to Belgium. All subserip- Klein, of the county auditor’s office, [tions are most gratefully recefved.” secured the first license issued. \The money should he sent to Miss Every hunter must possess a li-[Clara A. Hill, 240 Summit avenue, St. cense, even to hunt in the county [Paul, Minnesota. within which he is a resident, said Many Cities Assisting. Sherm Bailey, chief game warden, Many' cities are assisting in the this morning. Each hunter is.en-ly, yoment and even the smallest con- titled toikill one deer and.one male .y 1ion ig appreciated. antlered. moose. Shipping : coupons are attached to each license, amnd these are to be placed on an animial ‘immediately after it is killed. A per- GERMANS MASS TRooPS son is entitled to but one license. Deer and moose can be kept in one’s | [possession for five days after the| close of the season, November 30, and longer upon the securing of a permit, obtainable from any game ‘warden for one dollar. Then money is then turned over to the state game and fish commission. . The law provides that non-resi- dents of the state may secure big game licenses at a cost of $25 and that deer can be shipped from the state. Moose can be shot, but neith- er sold nor shipped from the state. Hunters Will Take to the Woods in - Search of Deer and Moose Tuesday Morning—Reported as Plentiful Just three days more and hundreds ; of hunters will take to the woods of | (American Press.) Paris, Nov. 7.—Once more Lille holds the center of attention along the fighting line in the north. The Germans are massing troops there in .enormous numbers. It is considered certain that they will make another attempt to hack their way through to the coast from south of Lille. A success would isolate the large allied force and cut the coast lines com- munication. BEMIDJI PLAYS FOSSTON. Mrs. Test Dead. Mrs. E. E. Test, wife of Rev. E. E. ‘est of Mizpah, died at a local hos- pital this morning at 7 o’clock. She 'had been ill for some time and had been at the hospital for the past three weeks. The body is held at the Huffman & O’Leary undertaking par- lors, and will be shipped to Mizpah in the morning and from there to Mount Sterling, Illinois, where inter- ‘ment will be made. Rev. Test is the pastor of the Presbyterian church of Mizpah. Interesting Game of Football in Progress This Afternoon. One of the most interesting foot- ball games of the season is taking place on the Bemidji gridiron this afternoon, the high school eleven of this city meeting that of Fosston. The ‘Fosston boys. in perfect battle trim and determined to win, arrived in Bemidji this noon and were confident that the measure of Bemidji would be taken. The blue and white eleven expects to win the game, although Leaves for Benson. several of its star men are not to Judge C. W. Stanton will leave this|be included in the lineup. evening for Benson where he will pre- side at a Swift county term of court. Judge Stanton for many years prac- tieed law in Swift county. i By "HOP’ 0g"7 Ship Body to Hendrum. Yesterday afternoon, the body of ‘Arthur Elzig, age sixteen, of Margie, ('who died at the St. Anthony’s hos- pital Wednesday, was shipped to Hen- drum, Minnesota, for burial. Mr. ‘Elzig had been ill for some time and 'had been in Dakota all fall, but was unable to work while there. Two Are Fined. On complaints sworn out by 8. C.~ Bailey, game warden, L. Sorter of Turtle River township and Lee Hiltz iwere arraigned in municipal court 'this morning and each fined $10 by i Judge Crowell, for attempting to kill deer. The season opens next Tues- ‘day. = Will McGhee of Minneapolis spent yesterday in Bemidji. While here jhe was a guest at the home of Mr. .-and Mrs. J. Peterson, Jr. 3 - = e i) Defective | Page