Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 2, 1915, Page 1

A VOLUME 13, NO. 263." North Dakota Mystery Centers In Bemldj; 2 Arrested Letter Wntben u;, wiff at Grand Forks From Here G%e “egeription of Murderers of Emit® “wuan. WRITER OF NOTE REFUSES . * GIVE NAME; FEARS DEATH Two Arrested at International Falls, Believed Implicated in Crime; Will Reward Letter Writer. The solution of a North Dakota murder mystery centers in Bemidji today. An unsigned letter received from a Bemidji person and written on stationery of the Crookston Lumber company reading room here advising the authorities and giving descrip- tions of two men who committed the murder is the only clue the Dakota authorities have to the murder of Emil Sundman at Arvilla, N. D,, a week ago. Sundman was in company with several men from Larimore to Arvilla. He was robbed and shot. After lying all night on a country road he walked a mile and a half to Arvilla where he died before being able to give any description of the men. Dakota Sherift Here. Sheriff A. F. Turner of Grand Forks was in Bemidji yesterday at- tempting to find the author of the letter. He has had arrested two men at International Falls who answer the descriptions given in the letter. The North Dakota authorities- were unable to secure any trace of the murderers until a letter was received last Saturday from some ohe in Be- midji. The handwriting of the let- ter is either in a young man’s hand or a woman’s hand. The letter gave a description of two men who it said committed the murder. The writer of the letter gave as his or her reason of not signing their name ‘the belief that the men would kill the writer if they found out that the writer had ‘‘squealed.” Will Give Reward. “If the writer of the letter will make himself or herself known, I will protect them and I will amply reward “'them for their services,” said Sheriff Turner today. “I would like to have the writer make their identity known to either Chief of Police Ripple or the Editor of the Pioneer. The writers name will not be made public.” Sheriff Turner went to Interna- tional Falls this morning where the two men answering the description of the letter are being held. The men had guns on when arested, part of the chambers of which were filled with empty shells. At West Hotel. The writer of the letter advised that the men wanted were staying at the West Hotel in this city. The two men arested in International Falls have been staying at the hotel here. Sundman, the murdered man was robbed of a watch and five dollars. He had eighty dollars in his pocket which the robbers were unable to find. LIQUOR SEIZED AT ~ BRAINERD BY AGENTS Brainerd, Minn., Nov 2.—Indian agents active at Brainerd yesterday morning at the express office seized two five-gallon barrels of whiskey cosigned from Michigan to Ironton, arrested on a morning train Harry J. O’Brien, took him to Little Falls and arrainged him on a charge of intro- ducing liquor into Indian territory. O’Brien waived and was bound over to the federal district court at Duluth under $500 honds, which was furnish- ed. UNCLAIMED LETTERS. List of advertised letters “Un- claimed” at Bemidji, Minn., postoffice for the week ending Nov. 1, 1915: Men—Mr. Harold Haaland, Mr. Stan- ley Hunter, Mr. Olaf Johnson, Mr. Frank Kenfield, Mr. J. W. Lee (2), Mr. J. D. McDonald, Henry Olson, Sam Pendleton, Mr. Henry Willette, Women—Cora Brennan, Mrs. F. C. Corell, Mrs. Oscar Cox, Mrs. Jewe_l MecQuaid, Mis Helen Thomas - (2), Mrs.. Gilbert Tufferd, Mrs. Nora Tuf- ford, Miss Gertrude Wipper. REVENUE COLLECTOR HERE. i G. A. Aubol, internal revenue col- lector, .is’ in Bemidji today on busi- ness. ’ Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 2.—The annual meeting of the North Dakota HEducational association ~will take place here Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Officials expect 2,600 dele- gates. H. A. Schaefer Is Arrested On Serious Charge g Murder Nebish Accused of=Embezz!ement Deputy Sheriff George Denley Te- turned from Baudette last night hav- i!zg H. A. Schaefer of Rapid River, HARLEY MATHENEY i held on a statautory charge, in his AGGIDENTAI.I.Y anT custody. The 14-year-old daughter ¢ of Schaefer was the victim of his = act. His arres{ was made on the Birch Township Resident is Shot complaint of Edward Queal, a neigh- bor. White Hunting With Brother-in- Deputy J. R. Dundas made the ar- Law; Condition Not Serious. Christ N. Thompaon, tonqer post- master at Nebish, who was Prrelted by Deputy United States ,Marshal Frank Tufts on a charge of epbanle- ment, pleaded not guiléy this atter-| - New York, Nov. 2.—Herman Rid- noon before Judge Hiram A. Simons, | der, treasurer of the Democratic na- United States ocommissioner. His |tional committee and publisher of hearing was set for tomorrow morn-|the New York Staats Zeitung, died ing at nine o’clock. ¥ suddenly late yesterday of kidney The safe at Nebish was "Qlllmd" trouble in acute form. He was 66 several months ago and $269 was|years of age. Among a large num- ‘taken. Thompson alleges tha ber of prominent German-American ub was robbed. He was arrested |citizens in the United States, Mr. yesterday and was brousm to this | Ridder was one of the most con- city this morning. 3 spicuous figureu. He was at one | Postofice Inspectors C. F Egge | time president of the American News- and E. W. Fleming were placed in paper Publishers’ association. charge of the case at the time of the| - - ‘Monastir, one of the robbery. J. M. Dickey and; Samuel XK KKK KKK K x TELEGRAPH NEWS, x EEX KKK KKK KN rest after a short scuffle with Schae: fer who attempted to draw a gun tn kill Queal. Schaefer was arraigned before Jus-. Harley Matheney of Birch town- ship Was accidentally shot while | tice of Peace Frane Schmidt at Bau- | hunting Saturday afternoon. dette and was bound over to awnu He was hunting with his brother- | action of the grand jury. 2.—The Bulgarians in-law, H. Bright, aged 12 years, and He, was lodged in the county jail was walking ahead of the boy. here. The boy had his gun cocked and it was accidentally discharged, the tog, e v wutnener - ne| THRFE STATES VOTE His condition is not serious. Tfln AY 0" : S“FFMGE 10 DISCUSS LOWER | @ @ — . WATERS IN [EEGH I_AKE sylvania to Decide Whether Their Women Shall Be Given Vote. Meeting is Called at Federal Dam PR NIt OO SRS Dec. 8; to Affect 500,000 Acres of Land. Jackson, Miss., Nov. 2.—Governor Brewer has pardoned 11 convicts, six of whom are serving life sentences for murder, because they had allowed themselves to be used in experiments by which the United States public : health service has demonstrated to its '" l' unn llfl c ASES complete satisfaction that pellagra is 0 V)| caused by an unbalanced diet and can be cured by proper rations, 10 ‘Whaley, government officers, are in .Bulgarian| i, oity in regard to the case. ‘Thetown. is "coniniected by = —.g‘ turo ndicatesthat the n-fiuum A i have thrown aj rdm\ acero the en- A““T“En I"]u“c |0N tire ocountry. : The German has arranged grain to Aus miles ‘from the mearest frontier. this will speedily | Brainerd Brewing cmlfln!j Securss -shortage in Ger-| Writ Contending Beer is Not an Ardent Spirit. Winona, Minn., Nov. 2.—Whiie Robert Brewster was mourning the death of his mother who died several hours before and whose corpse was lying in an adjoining room, Dennis Smith, a crazed farm hand, entered and shot dead Brewster on account of jealousy over Irene Smith, a do- Vienna repoftl that in:a series of bloody. fightingin-the nagion 35 to 8 Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 2.—Plans were made today to extend the scope OPINIONS OF THREE MEN OF GRANTING THE whieh escaped Jdurlier ‘hflttbn of the hearing on the application of in the ’l’eutoniurweep thipagh Ser- the Indian lid in Northern Minne- bia. sota when Judge Page Morris of the The Austriandhave besm reported | federal court hears arguments Nov. two weske' attack | g Following the signing of a tem- against the Italians on fl?" lafizo porary restraining order - Saturday tront. night, Judge Morris yesterday signed an additional order to show cause in an application for a temporary in- junction brought by the Brgwlng company. Beer Unknown. In the Brainerd case it is'contend- ed that beer cannot be classed as an ardent spirit; that it was unknown at the time of making the treaty, and that ‘the Indian agents had no right to-prohibit its sale anywhere in, the mestic in the Brewster home. VOTE T0 WOMEN Federal Dam, Minn., Nov. 2.—Leg- islation affecting more than half a million acres of land in Northern Minnesota will be discussed at & meeting to be held here about Dec. 8, when the matter of lowering the high waters in the vicinity of Leech Lake will be taken up. ' Commercial Club Acts. This action comes as the result of a conference of the Federal Dam Commercial club and George A. Ralph, formerly Minnesota state drainage engineer. Representatives will be invited from all towns, vil- lages and cities along the Mississippi river valley district affected by the six Federal reservoirs which are lo- cated at Leech, Winnibigoshisa, Pokegama, Sand and Gull lakes and New York, Nov, 2.—Thirteen are known to have been burned 1o death in a fire which destroyed a row of tenehent houses last ‘night. Abraham Lincoln—I go for all sharing the privilege of the government who assist in bearing the burdens, by no means excluding women. Woodrow Wilson—I be- lieve the time has come to extend the privilege and re- sponsibility of the vote to the women. Theodore Roosevelt—It is the right of woman to have the ‘ballot. It is the duty of man to give it and we all. need the woman’s help as we try to solve the many and terrible problems set before . us. successful after New York, Nov. 2.—A protest against the seizure of the American Brainerd | ship Hocking by a British man-of- war which carried her with a prize crew aboard into Halifaz, has been lodged with Secretary of State Lan- sing by Richard C. Wagner, president of the American Trans-Atlantic com- pany, the Hocking’s owner. DAILY WAR ANALYSIS Another seriols blow ~has been suffered by the democracy of Russia through the decision of the: decision of the czar to revive tlie post of chan- cellor of the empire -and . appoint Premier- Goremykin to -that: absolu- tist position, i The. chancellorship :is-an unusual office in Russia. ‘It has been filled only 12 times.in 200 Years,and has|se-called ~Indian . territory. ’l‘pe been in abeyance througheut the past | Brainerd brewery was closed o] ® generation. Its révival is unques-| month ago, so a restraining orddr [‘escaped death today, when the Coch- at Pine River. It will‘alse*include |} ¥ % ¥ X ¥ % % ; gx % % & % %% | tionably -due to tbs czar's desire to Wag 1ot necessary. The-attorneys in rane Dye and Print works were de- the representatives of all the water|. New. .York, Nev..3.~Today ~ the ot} the Braiserd vasoalso insist that the | stroyed by fire. ~The 1085 is estimated power compaifes that will be affected [ men of New York; Pennsylvania and | M- Goremykin “W thus enphnlzs territory-ean no longer be classed as [at $25,000. by this action, all of which are be- | Massachusetts' will say ® by -ballot |the approval of reactionary govern- | Indian country, as indicated by the tween St. Paul and Grand Rapids. whether their women shall be given |ment. ~Since the czar disiolved thejpresence of 400,000 whites against the vote. 7 duma, there havé been frequent riots| 7,000 Indians. Lands Are Flooded, A.heavy vote in New York and|throughout Russia. ' The people have| The bill of complaint in the Brain- In the vast tefr xtory aflicled ' | fassachusetts and a light vote in [felt that the czar has been attempt- | erd case goes into the whole question ifigf:(:h :::e:r:m ::;e\:;esa;dme:t Pennsylvania has been forecasted. ing.to fix his absolutism more firmly | of the change of the territory. The Boston, Mass., Nov. 2.—Twenty men, fifteen of whom originally were thought to have been: lost, narrowly ******i******t*********fi kKA A Ak A A A Ak ko khk kK — London, Nov. 2.—The war depart- ment officially announced this after- noon that a British torpedo boat had been sunk in a collision in the straits of Gibraltar today. Berlin, Nov. 2.—Heavy firing is reported between Austrians and Rus- siang in the. Galiclan Strympian re- ston. London, Nov - .—A dispatch to the Mrs. David B. Smith died at her’ home near Lake Plantaganet at six o'clock yesterday morning. 'She was 62 years of age. Funeral announce- ments later. London, Nov. 2.—A dispatch to the Times from Bucharest says: “It is reported in naval quarters here that Russian troops were landed at Varna in Bulgaria on the Black sea Friday.” Brainerd, Minn., Nov. 2.—A spring crocus growing alongside a mass of goldenrod was found here by L. A. Canfield, despite recent fall frosts. London, Nov. 2.—The Germans have occupied Krazuyevatz, the arse- nal town of Serbia, while their Bul- garian allies are pushing their way through the mountains to Nish, Serb! does’ not enter, Whirlwind finish campaigns , ended | OR the country, and national strikes|boundary question ! 3 dow land which is made useless each Lac _ | have been but narrowly averted. because Brainerd is admittedly in the year by the summer floods. Thege | !5t night. Barly this morning suff 1] y - |to prevent a revolutionary outbreak of the reservoir assert, are caused by | 10 Puttonhole the ":e“ P "l thley :r “dll the, ootirage Gt the-:autoeraty the spring waters coming down the |FiVed and make their final plea for | 2% SHEVLIN TO COACH = 4 3 The radicals of the duma- threat- Lausanna, Switzerland, Nov. 2.— the reservoirs, which are full, the Antis Work Hard. ened to follow the example of the Y“.E FWTIMH. TEA" stream overflows, putting the hay The antis also were represented a Germans have béen ordered to the summon an official duma. when:'the Mediterranean sea to blockade Greck pa;rttl otl th: :;ulmmer.t T};ilremaindeir t:kex: more tl;e lfon:m«t)lt t\n:llwm'cti, legislature was prorogued, but their = 8 [ he lan elongs to settlers or pri street car and AN statemen s i : el Thot H shev“n of the C;ookgton : protest and flery oratiems: 1 of the settlers in that vicinity that| Should Pennsylvania vote for-suff- |, oo oy < 1imiee of their actbeities Lumber company and other interests| . = - Rotterdsm says: “It is if the waters in the reservoirs are|rage, the “Justice Bell,” duplicate of lowered to ask the government to|the Liberty Bell, which has been car- fon- tham street rioting to:-the czar he will take direct charge of fhe weig, mifitary governor of Brussels, rent the meadow lands on the federal | ried about the state for months with anti-Aemweratic. activities has. - coims| coaching of the Yale football team.| ., == ;o generally believed to have purposes. played, will be rung in Philadelphia. | ;yogive in Russia. The csmehas un-| charge of the team up to this tme |y, o1on¢ the American minister’s re- The territory to be affected lies be- | If suffrage is defeated, it cannot be questionably taken. much evedit for ‘will act as assistant coach devoting quest for the postponement of the should the summer floods be elimin-| til 1920. pire. - The Austro-German check has been removed from office and a new ated will mean additional agrioul: Fight Lasts 67 Years. not been due to positive virtues| MRS. DAVID B. SMITH military governor appointed.” ing to local land men. tion to New York voters today comes | quirements of the Serbian campaign Berlin, Nov. 2.—The war office an- 67 years after Susan B. Anthony first | and to the fact that all the reason- nounced today that during the month ‘morning to Sivert S. Melhus and|epn” The constitutional amendment | won along the eastern front when the ers were captured on the Russian and Miss Melvina Moe, both of Bemidji. | has passed the legislature and the|czar made himself commander-in- Serbian fronts. to -the people. Governor Whitman Nevertheless, the czar has.gained D e S ¢ will vote “yes” and Mrs. Whitman | local ‘prestige because the :invaders ]|, A have made no further important ad- Wu'insul cl“n Tu IS GONFISGATED | rase campeien. i In Massachusetts the men ‘are to|mand. Taking advantageof the mo- The steamer “Mud Hen” on the Red | giving women the right to vote. The | ently has -resolved to -prepare pre- Lakes was ordered confiscated today | suffragists’ campaign in this state|cautionary measures against -any| °The Bemidji Commercial elub will hold a regular meeting at the ¢lub ment. It is alleged that the steamer | the other two, although several big |his subjects. M. Goremykin, the most 18 was being used to introduce liquor |parades have been staged in Boston, | reactionary premier Russia has had [place in regard to the present rail- The owners of the steamer are|and those in Pittsburgh and Phila-|largely. increased -and-is-to marshal | gard to the locating of the new Fed- Cook Brothers of Redby. The steamer | delphia. all-the standpat forces eral building. All membeu “are re- villages bordering on the lake. against suffrage in each.of the states - The meeting will be called’at eight Arrests may be made. ! The vote cast was heavy. -o’clock: The czar, however, has been ‘able | territory set forth in-the treaty. floods, the residents of the vicinity |281sts were at every polling place { i seemingly has increased.- Mississipi river and when they reach | * tavorablojdecision; a7 A dispatch from Munich says that the leaders of the French revolution and crops under water for the greater | generally, but their.campaign has ; Migneapolis, Minn.,, Nov. 2.— ports. spirit“has failed them. Resolutiems vate owners. It is also the intention | than personal propaganda work. &°Mmck of more serlows=ubitruls | 188 Eoue to New Haven, Conn., Where |\, qorgt00d that General Sauberz- reserve lands for hay and grazing |its shackled clapper prominently dis-|gigoa:wsn the hait ‘of the-Téutontg| Coach Frank Hinkey, who has had|yeen responsible for the final refusal tween Bemidji and Brainerd and|voted on again in Pennsylvania un- the new military situation in the em- | his. attention to developing end men. execution of Miss Edith Cavell, has tural resources for this city, accord-| gupmjggion of the suffrage ques- |among the:Russians, but to the re- DIES AT HER HOME| A A wedding license was issued this | took up the fight for “votes for wom- |able Teutonic objectives had been of October more than 40,000 prison- vote today is a legislative referendum | chief of his armies. 1] i STEAMER “MUD HEN , has been prominent in tl_1e pro-suff- vances- since his assumption of com- I]m_l] "EE“'B T“IIG“T vote on the constitutional amendment ment, therefore, his mijesty appar- by officials of the Federal govern-|has been more conservative than in }later outburst-of demogracy among rooms tonight. - Discusions will {ake into Indian treaty territory. similar to the big one in New. York | in many years, is to have-his powers| way service given Bemidji and in re- has been used to ply between the The “betting was four to one quested to be present. lattle Near Border: Casualities Heavy Armies Flee After Defeat; Over 400 Dead on Field; Indians Arrive - Too Late to Assist Villa. REFUGEES FLOCK TO STATES FOR PROTECTION Carranza’s Force Numbers 7,000 While Villa Has Over 15,000; No Food for Two Days. BULLETIN. Douglas. Ariz.,, Nov. 2.—The Villaistas have been defeated and are retiring eastward from Agua Prieta, leaving 400 dead and wounded on the battle field. Two thousand Yaqui Indians ar- rived too late to reinforce Villa. Villa soldiers declare that the army has had no food for two days. Many Auga Prieta build- ings have been destroyed. Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 2.—Nine He- brews and four United States soldiers -_ were wounded in Douglas the result ' of a rain of bullets by Villaistas at- ‘tacking Agua Prieta across the. bor- der today. Today’s engagement opened at day- break with Villa preparing to use heayy artillery. Casualtfes on both siles in yester- day’s fighting are believed to have been heavy. Villa snipers crossed to the Amer- ican side and began firing at Carran- za gunners. No efforts were made" by United States troops to carry out the threat to fire on either faction, allowing soldiers to file across the border into Douglas. Refugees continue to flock from the besieged city into Douglas hotels and .internment camp. It is believed that Genera] Calles’ defending force numbered only 7,000 | Sessions of the _court-martial were against Villa’s 15,000, X Battle Starts in Evening. What appeared to be a general at- tack on Agua Prieta began; it -6:30 Lo’clock Tast™ night--when the forces - began Teavy- firing fi sides and advanced on the town. The firing ceased when the Villa troops has reached the wire entangles ments on the east side of Augu Prieta- and began to dig themselves in. Meanwhile the Carranza garrison - was sweeping the Villa forces from all sides of the town, with rifle and machine gun volleys guided by search lights. alF American Shot. Within a few hours after the firat gun was fired, machine gun bullets and shell fragments showered over American territory, seriously wound- ing Louis F. Taylor, a restaurant waiter, and endangering scores of American soldiers in trenches south of the United States army camp two miles east of Douglas. Taylor was shot down in front of the United States cusfom house, ‘where more than 70 machine gun bul- lets fell among a throng of soldiers and Mexican women and children ‘who were coming across the line. The bullet struck him in the middle of the black as he turned to run to cover and his spine was seriously injured, paralyzing him almost completely. Shells and fragments of shells fell near this city. Mexicans Warned. General Thomas Davis, command- ing the 6,000 American troops on duty at the border promptly warned the commanders of both Mexican fac- tions to change the direction of their fire, and citizens on the American side were not endangered thereafter. BOWLING LEAGUE T0 ORGANIZE WEDNESDAY The Bemidji bowling league will be organized Wednesday night at the ‘Gould alleys. Ten teams will comprise the league. Each team will’ be required to pay into the treasury. of the league ten dollars to be used for prize money. Officers will be elected at the meeting Wednesday: night. Boston, Nov. 2.—Before a court- * | martial at the Charlestown navy yard Rear Admiral William Nelson Little, - retired, today faced charges of neg- lect and carelessness.. The govern- ment contends that alleged defects: in submarine K-2, constructed by the Fore River Shipbuilding company at Quincy were overlooked by Rear Ad- miral Little while he was on duty a inspector of machinery in velull bo- ing built at the Fore River. yu- oben, i A glance at the wan eolu-i holn you sell it.