Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 16, 1915, Page 1

. VOLUME 13, NO. 169. SUCCESS GREETS HARRY THAW AFTER NINE YEARS’ COURT FIGHT FOR FREEDOM Slayer of Stnnford White Released at Noon Today—Justice Hendricks Accepts Ruling of Jury in Case. HAS NO Pi.ANS FOR FUTURE Tells Newspaper It is “None of Your Business,” When Asked Whether He Would Board Water Wagon. (United Press) New York, July 16.—Harry Ken- dall Thaw, who nine years ago killed Stanford White, today walked from the court room here, a free man. Jus- tice Hendricks announced that he would accept the verdict of the jury in the sanity case, and vacating the order committing Thaw to Matteawan in 1908. He admitted a bail of $35,000, which Thaw furnished through a surety company. Attempts on the part of the state’s attorneys to block Thaw’s attempt to secure bail, failed. The bail was necessary as the state will appeal at once. There was no demonstration when the decision of Justice Hendricks was announced, presumably because the marshals had issued warnings that quiet must prevail. In his attempt to block bail the state’s attorney based his contention upon the asser- tion that Thaw is still insane. Thaw is Unconcerned. Thaw appeared unconcerned until the doors were unlocked and the rooms cleared when he grabbed the hands of counsel and newspaper men and pumped them up and down in ex- citement. None of Their Business. He announced that he had made no plans for the future and when re- porters asked him whether he intend- ed to mount the water wagon, he said: “That is none of your business.” Although Hendricks had not pre- viously announced whether he agreed with the jury’s verdict by which he is not bound in reaching his de- cision, there was hardly a person among the thousands who applauded Thaw who doubted what the court’s decision would be. They seemed to take it for granted Thaw would be freed. The legal formalities yesterday were brief. They consisted of Thaw’s appearance before Henricks and a formal motion by John Stanchfield, chief of Thaw’s attorneys, that the writ be vacated. The decision on the motion was reserved until today. Pittsburgh, July 16.—Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw was not surprised when she heard of Justice Hendricks’ ver- dict releasing Harry K. Thaw, and is preparing the home for his return. PUPILS VISIT DAIRY FARM Summer School Students Given Out- ing This Afternoon. Students of Bemidji’'s summer school enjoyed an automobile trip this afternoon, cars being donated by business men of the city. The school farm was first visited and then the party went to the Alfalfa Dairy farm where they saw the new clarifier, re- cently installed, in operation. The trip was made under the direction of Bueford M. Gile, agriculturist. SNOWBALL FIGHT ON TOP OF MOUNTAIN Seattle, Wash, July 16.—Led by the delegates to the Imperial council meeting which yesterday closed its forty-first annual session in this city, several thousand Shriners today snowballed each other on the slopes of Mount Rainier, crawled over glaciers, explored ice_caves, discov- ered new wild flowers and even scaled the summit of the great peak. Loaded with red fez wearers, spe- cial trains left Seattle shortly after sunrise and arrived at the Rainier National Park during the morning. After luncheon at the inn they went out on the side of the mountain un- der the care of trained guides, visit- ing Paradise Valley and several of the noted glaciers. Tonight the easterners will sleep on the mountains and tomorrow af- ternoon will return to Seattle. While a portion of the delegates and Shrine members were making the junket to Mount Rainier, several thousand more boarded an ocean-going steamer and cruiser for the entire day on Puget Sound, going west to the foot of the Olympia mountains and the strait of Juan de Fuca, and north as far as the Canadian boundary. Vieson Goes To Canada H. Vieson, who for several months has been directing the Bemidji band left this afternoon for Kamsack, Sask., where he has accepted the leadership of a large musical organi- zation. Mr. Vieson is -a splendid musician and much improvement in ° the playing of the band was noticed during his stay here. F* "GO CHINTATOWN %’ *_ IN MIDST OF TONG WAR %, Sax lé'o, ‘ecisco, July 16.—Terror lurks i °o ~ Chinatown on the Pa- cific coasu '&, *_because of the tong war which .~ ‘g waged, in dark- ness and in se ‘etween the Suey Sings and the S. vs. The strife is especially bitt. ¥ Je. Gunmen crouch in every su.dow, stalking their prospective victims under the very eyes of the police. The Big On Tong is reported to be on the verge of joining the fray, while several powerful organizations are preparing for hostilities. ‘With the tongs it appears to be a point of honor never to cease the conflict unless the tally of killed and wounded during the war is even. Thus, when attempts were made to end the present hostilities, the Sen Sueys would listen to no peace pro- posals until they had evened up the score. Watchmen prowled the gloomy streets of Chinatown. There were shots in the njght, hurry calls for the patrol wagon, scufilings and sudden death. Now the Suey Sing tong has an- nounced that it will not talk peace nnless the Sen Sueys agree not to prosecute any Suey Sing men on charges growing out of the war. FARMERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BANKS’ PROPOSITION Several months ago Bemidji bank- ers announced that they would pro- vide a cement mixer and forms for farmers who desired to construct si- los this summer and the proposition is being taken advantage of by “a large number. Already Nels willeh: has completed a large modern silo and Charles Schroeder now has one under construction, the mixer fur- sished by the Northern National bau:: and the forms furnished by the Se- eurity State bank being used. Other silos are to be started soon, the farm- ers realizing that silage is of much benefit to them. SUPREME COURT SAYS ROAD HOUSE LAW VALID (Unitea Preus) St. Paul, July 16,—The Minnesota state supreme court this morning held that the anti-road - house law passed at the last session of tht legis- lature is valid. This decision revers- es the Ramsey county ruling which said the law is invalid because the rule requiring a two thirds vote had been suspended when the bill was acted upon. TO DEDICATE STATUE OF ROBERT LEE Baltimore, Md., July 16.—The statue of Robert Lee mounted on his favorite charger ‘“Traveler” will be dedicated here some time during the latter part of October, the State Bat- tlefield commission announced today. The statue is a memorial by the state of Virginia and will be situated on West Confederate avenue. In front of the memorial will be a group representing the walks of life from which Lee’s army was recruited. The group measures 16 feet in length and the figures are seven feet high. Lee will look directly over the group and all will face the “Bloody Angle.” GERMANS CONTINUE DRIVE ON WARSAW FROM NORTH (United Press) Berlin, July 16.—The Germans are continuing thier drive on Warsaw from the north and are sweeping on- ward through Przasnyaz. War offi- cials admit that the French have driven the Germans from a section of their trenches in the vicinity of Souchez. RUSSIAN WARSHIPS SINK GERMAN SUBMARINE (United Press) Athens, July 16.—According to a dispatch received here, Russian war- ships have sunk the German submar- ine U-61, in the Black Sea. NINE-YEAR-OLD BLIND GIRL TO SING AT SUNDAY SERVICE Those -who attend services at the Presbyterian church next will hear a little girl who is blind, Martha, the nine-year-old - daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Miller, of Cleve- land, Ohio, . who are cousins of the T. W. Bell family of this city, sing and play. Even with her handicap and youth Martha Miller is an accomplished musician and on sev- eral occasions has played and sung for the largest. churches in Cleveland and on Christmas of last year played in two different churches. A ‘high class piano will be procured for Miss Miller for Sunday evening while the regular church music will be played, as usual, on the pipe organ. Miller and.daughter are guests at the T. W. Bell home and expect to spend several weeks in Bem!dfi as their summer vacation. TO MAKE FIGHT ON OPTION Now Definitely Known That Question Will Be Carried to State Supreme Court—Claim it Unconstitutional TADELE LAwsnmnmnN PROBLEM OF COAL FAMINECONFRONTS ENGLISH OFFICIALS British Government at Last Being Foroed to Come to Grips With Trade Unions in Revolt Because of War Clever n.mmm of qumfln Gnlll'le to Appear in Bemml During Chau- - tauqua—Tigkets Selling. IS A PROMOTER OF PROGRESS ‘For many yéars looked upon ‘as a‘luxXury, but today is classed as a nedessity and f that Bemidji might keep pace with the procession, ;afrang: W WOULD CRIPPLE ENTIRE FLEET made for a five dfys‘ ent 1t will b of both fad/uémanst and in- spirational vlluo.’p There will be five spécial musical organizations, ond of ' which will bring Adele Lawsbn, the' young wo- man who became 80 pfimfln Here duy- ing her vislt withithe fyceum bureau The chautau- qua Wwill ‘bring prominent talkers. It is filled with enthgsiasim and cheers the human spirit/ The tickets are now on sale and: Kll.should aid Munitions Faoctories Also Dependent on Output of Coal—Permanent Higher Wage is Demanded. By J. W. T. MASON. New York, July 16.—The British government at last is being forced to come to grips with trade unionism in revolt because of the war. months the authorities have evaded frequent challenges of organized la- bor, but measures of military disci- pline are now becoming necessary to prevent a coal famine. the munitions factories dependent up- on the coal output, but also a short- age of fuel would seriously cripple the British fleet. therefore, is forced by the necessity of self-preservation to compel the miners to end their strike for higher course of last winter. covering the $600 gumnfee. The Lawson tria is made up of three young won;’n, Mlas Lawson, Miss Cox and: Miss; It would be dm;-.-un to flnd three Not only are re’ versatile musi- y than theése. Miss iplished fAutist and a master of the ist of fine accom- ahly {8 one of the young women of cal and l.ltemy Lawson 18 an acc vocalist. Miss’, violin and also a SUIT FINANCED BY LIQUOR MEN The government, It now seems certain that the le- gality of the Minnesota county op- tion law will be determined by the state supreme court. Although Moor- head has been “dry” for two weeks, it now becomes known that the for- mer ligyor dealers will not give up their fight on the law and will carry their case to the eourts. y The 'saloon men will declare that | | the Minpesota county option‘law-is unconstitutional when Moorhead because of the fact that Moorhead has a home rule charter. Proceedings will be begun by the at- torney for the liquor dealers as soon as he can get the briefs in the case ) The suit will be financed by all of the liquor dealers, with help from the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Milwaukee brewing business done in liquor sales here prior to the enactment of the.county option law amounted to approximate- 1y $4,000,000 annually. In the ten days that Moorhead has been dry at least one of the predic- tions of the “dry workers” has come true—the county.and city jails are practically deserted. but five arrested thus far in July on charges of drunkenness and vagran- A year ago the arrests on these charges totalled 30 and 40 a day. Want Permanent Increm The point at issue betwel miners and mine owners i increased wage itself, but ner of its application. ! tors are willing to pay morg’ but, because of the unusual'® ditions, they want the advahee to be temporary and to take the-form of The miners r&t\lse this proposal and demand a permanently higher wage to become immediately At the same miners refuse to submit their case to mediation and thus they invite a conflict with the government’s regu- lation compelling arbitration of in- dustrial disputes during the war. Situation More Serious. The situation is the most serious because the coal miners are the aris- tocrats of British trade Their national union is the powerful in’ the'country; they re- ceive a higher average wage than do any other organlzed worki: they have lung posseflsed a privileged position in labor circles. Powerful Opponent. The British government, therefore, in its first wartime encounter with trade unionism, has as its antagonist the most powerful could be chosen. MISS ADELE:LAWSON. mos’t brlliant of plapists and a read- These three ladies will combitfe their talents in entertainment offerings of Vocal ‘and instrumental duets, solos and trioc wlll be happily’ arranged throughout the delight of all lov¥ literary enterta -atrong “company “in; - that there areonly three- of them. They come to-Chautauqua on opening day. Hverybody will be delighted vnth these gifted young ladies. wide variety. - {be ‘program to 8.0f muskul and _There has been| RUNS 70 MILES EACH DAY GERMANY TO ABANDON SUBMARINE WARFARE IF ENGLAND ENDSBLOCKADE (United Press) Washington, July 16.—Secretary of State Lansing and the German am- bassador, Count Bernstorff, conferred How far the gov- ernment can go in arbitrarily bring- ing the miners to terms is problema- ‘There are 150,000 members of the union and they hardy men, accus- tomed to overawing the weaker trade “City of Bemidji” Carries Four Daily Excursion Parties to Head of Lake. Boating on Lake Bemidji is more popular this summer than in several Captain MacLachlan of the ““City of Bemidji” has found it neces- sary to make four regular trips each day in order to accommodate the The first boat leaves Bemidjl at 9 a. m,, the second at 1 p. m., the third at 3 p. m., and the last at 7: In making this schedule the boat covers 70 miles, every resort on the lake shore being touched, and one barrel of gasoline is used. Today a party of Birchmont Beach summer hotel guests enjoyed an excursion on The miners expect to make their fight on the enticing basis of the (u- ture of the-trade union cause. sympathetic support can be enforced from the other unions, the govern- ment may be compelled to reopen the mines by hastening an arbitration award entirely favorable to the men, irrespective of the merits of the con- This may be what miners are working for, hoping thus to win a trade union victory greater than any other in England’s history. this afternoon. Lansing was reticent about telling the purport of the meet- ing but it is believed that if England will cease her starvation blockade, Germany would cease her submarine The general impression President Wilson will stand for the preservation of neutral rights. Some have understood that the chief ex- ecutive will give Germany a flat no- tice.that she must accept the Wash- ington governmnet’s i others think that nothing in thé na- ture of an ultimatum will be given. However, none presume to say what the president will do. ROAD ON EAST SHORE OF LAKE CANNOT BE USED BECOME CONVENTION CENTERS St. Paul, Minn., Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minne- apolis are rapidly becoming great centers for conventions, according to officers of the Association of - Com- The facilities of the two cities, the opportunities for short side trips to Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes and the recreation facilities of the two combined cities, as well as the municipal auditorium in St. were given as the reasons for the in- July 16.—The Autofists who have planned trips around Lake Bemidji should aban- don them for the time being, there being several st upon which extremely difficult where a large number of cars have met difficulty in passing. these is at the foot of a steep hill near the Wa-Ville hotel, and another is between the MacLachlan pavilion and the railroad tracks at the outlet. Lavinia may be reached by using the new state road to the head of the lake and then taking the road used in making trips around the lake. merce today. THEATER BUILDING SOLD A. T. Carlson Purchases Structure in Which Grand is Located... A. T. Carlson, proprietor of the Carlson Variety store, has completed a transaction whereby he becomes the owner of the Grand theater building on Beltrami avenue, between Third and Fourth streets. was formerly owned by J. fi. French. Mr. Carlson plans to eventually move his store to his newly acquired prop- The lease of the:Grand does not expire until May of next year. Tennis Tournament Games. Two games of the tournament were played last evening, John Hedges winning from Dr. Myers, 6-2 and 6-0, and Forest Halgren de- feating R. L. Given, Several games will be played today and it is expected that the fourth round will be ended by the first of The building $50,000 IN FRAUDULENT MONEY FOUND IN CHICAGO 6-2 and 6-4. - Chicago, July 16.—The police here have raided a counterfeiters’ den and A want ad will rell it for you. RAILROADS LIKELY TO OPPOSE AMENDED TARIFF LAW (United Press) St. Paul, Minn., July 16.—Evidence that the railroads of Minnesota plan to fight the amended Cashman dis- tance tariff act, was contained today in the answer of several roads to the railroad and warehouse commission. The case was one in which the roads were asked to show cause why the -| 8t. Paul, Minneapolis and Minnesota transfer should not be made a com- mon point for establishing freight rates on Minnesota business. Under the original Cashman law, the roads contend, they had the right to charge for freight shipments on the mileage basis. They contend that the order of the commission would. compel them to carry freight ten miles free. FEATURES WITH CARNIVAL Patterson Shows, Better and liore Complete Than Ever, to Appear in Bemidji July 26 to 31. ARENA OF TRAINED ANIMALS One of the leading carnival com- panies in existence, the Patterson shows, will appear in Bemidji the last week in July. The attractions are of the best, many improvements in equipment and features having been made since the carnival visited here three years ago. The feature of the shows is of course the Patterson-Backman com- bined Anglo-Saxon Trained Wild Animal Arena, with performing Afri- can lions, Major Dumond’s fight with an 'untamable lion, Prof. Bray’s per- forming Teddy bears, educated dogs, military ponies, performing elephants, the only riding tiger in the world, | high school horses and many cther _ | features, making it a show without a rival. Whitaker’s autodrome, wherein is featured Mable Whitaker, the fear- less lady driver, in a terrific race on a 75-degree incline track against two motoreycle riders, gives a thrill that makes your hair, if you have any, stand on end. D. C. Whitaker, the manager, is the originator of motor- dromes. Pattersons big Annex, with J. J. Bejano as manager, offers eight big shows. for_the cugtomary. price of one. Prof. Profilus is a paper tearer and performs almost unbelieveable feats with any ordinary piece of paper. Then there is the fat boy from Arkan- sas, the fat woman from Bulgaria, midgets, sword swallowers, the hu- man pin cushion and everything that goes to maké up a big circus side show. There are many other at- tractions. GERMAN CONTROVERSY MUST BE SETTLED FIRST (Unitea Press) - Windsor, Vt., July 16.—President Wilson does not intend to recognize General Carranza merely because he has occupied Mexico City. He favors waiting for a more decisive &tep and this will be the next move after the German-American controversy has been settled. Reports concern- ing famine conditions in MexIco say they are improving. Physicians say that the president’s present physical condition is the best since he entered the White House. Chautauqua Season Tickets Adults, $1.50; Children, $1.00. For sale at the following places of business: First National Bank, Northern Na- tional Bank, Security State Bank, Geo. T. Baker & Co., E. A. Barkeg, City Drug Store, Netzer's Drug Store, The Bazaar Store, The Pioneer Office, O’Leary-Bowser Co., F. G. Tropp- man, Huffman & O'Leary, Given Hardware Co., Schneider Bros. .Co., W. G. Schroeder, Otto Schwandt, Gill art’s Grocery, C. E. Battles and Ahefl- crombie & McCready. Push your business as kitchen cab- Iinets are pushed and you can't fail. SCOOP zerorter 0nce A Newspaper Man---Always A Newspaper Man By "HOP” BUHLEEVE ME-\F I EVER GET MY HANDS ONTHAT™ | BALD HEADED OLD BiLLY SWIM- SO YOUR WIFE. WONT BE WISE. = TLL BE AT TH' PIER WITH OUR HYDRO-PLANE AN WE LL TAKE A FLY Tver W_:_hL STA GOAT OF A B0SS OF (3> SCOOPS-TLL = VEACHHIM HIGHER GRADES TO BETAUGHTINRURAL SCHOOLS OF COUNTY Distriot Officers Realize That !oun‘ People of County Must Be Provided With Educational Opportunity. TEACHER ESTABLISHES RECORD - Pupils of Kate Abbott, District 98, Qualify for Semior High School Work—Increase in Attendance. As a consequence of the school dis- trict officers’ meeting held here this week, attended by exactly 120 offi- cers, refiresenting 50 districts, a large number of junior high schoois will probably be added to the rural schools of Beltrami county during the next year. The officers have been forcibly re- minded that the boys and girls of the country districts who have completed the grades as far as they are taught in their neighborhood school, are en- titled to higher education and they are to take advantage of the oppor- tunity to provide it. Under the plan favored subjects up to and including first year high school will be taught, and even this will gradually be added to. W. B. Stewart, county superintend- - ent of schools, is enthusiastic over the interest which is being taken in the matter and he is of the opinion that much benefit is to be derived. The idea is to keep the older boys and girls interested, it being illustrated that the country schools are a leaven which will raise rural life to higher levels and make of Min- nesota an Eldorado; that they can lead in “the crusade for community improvement, and, through their efforts, call back:to the farm the sons and daughters who have left, and keep those that have remained thoroughly satisfied with their lot. A closer relationship be- - tween school and home is the aim, and . its accomplishment is to_be at- tained. A Record Established: There is one teacher in Beltrami county who- ig+deserving of praise. This is<Kate” Abbott of district’ No. - 98, known as the Matheny. school. Although the attendance at ~this - school is not large, Miss Abbott, by early and late overtime work, has been able to prepare her pupils for fourth year high school work: Im addition she teaches the lower grades. In the high school work offered in the rural schools the pupils will be allowed to take the state exam- inations and advance just as though they were attending one of the state’s largest institutions. Beltrami Gains 454. “We now have enrolled in our schools of the county 5,414 pupils, or an increase of 545 over last year,” says Mr. Stewart. “Of these 4,704 are drawing apportionment which is 508 more than last year. The amount per pupil is $7.63 and the amount of the apportionment is $32,015.48. Last year there were 754 pupils not en- titled to apportionment or a loss to the schools of the county of $5,333.37. This year there were 699 pupils who did not earn their apportionment, or a decrease of 55. The law now pro- vides that every school district shall have at least six months of school in~ stead of five as formerly and it is feared that this will increase the number of pupils not drawing appor- tionmeént. In Beltrami county the average term is nearly eight months long. . = Draw $30,475 State Aid. “There are two high schools, seven graded schools, three graded, 44 A, 33 B and 6 C rural schools drawing special aid amounting to $30,4765. If every boy and girl could draw appor- tionment in Beltrami county schools, we would be able to increase our total special aid from nearly $63,000 to over $68,000. “At the state examinations last spring, 999 papers were written and 547 were sent into the state depart- ment for correction. One in ten, ap-* proximately, took the examinations in the rural schools. z “Our industrial work is also at- tracting much attention from = the boys and girls, about 400 children having entered the potato contest; 60 in the bread contest and 26 in the corn contest. There are 26 organ- ized clubs and more than 30 schools have served hot lunches during the year.” g ¢ MINNEAPOLIS RECTOR TO PREACH HERE SUNDAY One of the most prominent Eplleo—rv palian ministers of Minneapolis, Rev. 1. P. Johnson, rector of the All Saints church, has accepted an invitation extended by Archdeacon Parshall and will preach next Sunday’s sermon af 'St. Bartholomew’s church. Rev. John- son, who is a smker of extraordin. ary ability, is spending a short vacs- tion at TPurtle River. -