Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 23, 1916, Page 1

MAN ANSWERING /- DESCRIPTION OF FIEND REPORTED HEADED THISWAY Woman Reports That Man Begged for Food Eight Miles From Scene of Crime. MISS DAHL REPORTED TO BE RESTING EASIER School Teacher May Have Known Her Assailant; Posse is Enlarged. » LR R E R RS RS ESESESES MAN IS SEEN Blackduck, Sept. 23.—Mrs. Peterson, living at Dumbar Lake, reported this afternoon that she saw a man answering the assailant’s description passing her home this morn- ing. About 100 men immedi- ately began to investigate the report. The feeling against the fiend is cery strong here and lynching is feared if the man is captured. Thkhkhkhk kA AAhkx A Ak k& K e sk kK Kk Kk ke ok kA ok ok TR E KKK KK KKK KKK Reports received in Bemidji late this afternoon indicate that the posses are ‘“hot” on the trail of the fiend who assaulted and shot Miss Olga Dahl, the pretty 22-year-old school teacher at Round Lake school, Goodhope township, Itasca county, :Wednesday night. at Headed This Way. . One report is that a man answering to the description of the assailant was seen walking down the M. & I railway tracks towards Bemidji. Men have been sent out to investigate this report but up to a late hour this af- ternoon have been unaole to find any trace of the man. Another report is that a woman living on a homestead eight miles from the scene of the crime towards Northome reported that a man came to her home last evening while her husband was out on the man hunt and begged for food. A posse set upon his trail before midnight but no report has been received. District Aroused. The entire district has been aroused by the crime and the posses have been nearly doubled in number. Men from. Grand Rapids, Deer River, Brainerd, Blackduck and Bemidji have joined in the hunt. Officials &, believe that the man will be captured “"fore night. It is probable that } the man will not be taken alive as he is armed and may turn the re- volver on himself rather than be cap- tured. Today, watchers and the mother and father of the wounded girl are gath- ered by the bedside hoping that she may regain consciousness long enough torgive them some clue as to the iden- tity of her assailant. . Overation Per’ vmed. Late yesterday afternooa an opera- tion was performed, her eye re- moved ‘and billets extractéd. Her wgondition is ifnproved todfl.y and there is hope for her recovery She was conscious a short time yesterday and gave a description of thé an Whiféh y corresponded to the description Bf the man who begged food at the Lemien | home Wednesday morning. That the assailant was known to the girl, is believed by several offi- cials today. Constable Jones of Northome reported that on ’rueuduy ' Sseription, to the Round Lake s¢hodl, ~—jae stranger wb.mlng to go thé‘re ,/ Berlin, Sept the German-Bulgarian line, have béen Tepulsed. Subscride for the Ploneer. . he directed & Btranger nnsweriflk the |: treated toward Dubrurja, attacking | BREAK INTO MAIL BOX NEAR CASS LAKE Cass Lake, Minn., Sept. 23.—Post- office Inspector LaForge of St. Paul was here investigating the opening of mail boxes on the rural route and the destruction of mail found therein. The inspector was called here three weeks ago. Several pieces of mail had been de- stroyed and two boxes of sohes had been taken from the mail boxes, op- ened, and the shoes cut to pieces with knives. The penalty for the opening and destruction of mail is now from one to three years imprisonment, with an option of $1,000 fine. YEOMEN TO HOLD MEET IN BRAINERD (By United Press) Brainerd, Minn., Sept. 23.—The Minnesota Yeomen Field Workers As- sociation of the Brotherhood of Am- erican Yeomen will hold their annual convention in Brainerd Sept. 26 and 217. WILSON TO SPEAK AT OMAHA OCT. § (By United Press) Ashbury Park, N. ‘Y., Sept. 23.— President Wilson today accepted an engagement to speak at Omaha, Oct. 5 and Indianapolis, Oct. 12. SENATOR BORAH TO OPEN TALK FESTIVAL (By United Press) Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 23.— Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, Republican, arrived today to address a meeting called by the Republican state central committee here this eve- ning. His address opened the fall talk festival which leaders had plan- ned not to open until Oet. 1. STOCKS REACH A NEW HIGH RECORD (By United Press) New York, Sept. 23.—United States Steel, common, was sold at 116 to- day. Other stocks reached a new high record. There were 525,000 shares reported sold. GENERAL STRIKE IS CALLED FOR WEDNESDAY (By United Press) New York, Sept. 23.—Apprehen- sion wajts the effectiveness of the general strike order for Wednesday. The state board of conciliatory will start its sessions Tuesday in an at- tempt to avert the strike. Washington, Sept. 23.—Eight hun- dred thousand strikers will stay out all winter if necessary for victory, Samuel Gompers said here today. LOSS ENORMOUS IN ALBERTA FIRES (By United Press) Winnipeg, Man.; Sept. 23.—Four hundred square miles in the Peace river country, northern Alberta, are burning. Great stretches on the Blueberry mountains, west .of the Spirit.river have been cleared by fire. Huge herds of buffalo are being driv- en before the fire. The loss.is enor- mous. . STEPHEN SCHOOLS ARE ™ CLOSED BECAUSE OF PoLI0 Accoring. to the, Warren Sheaf of Sept. 20; the plblc, chiools at Stet phen, Minn have been, cloged. for the time being on acco\mt ot ln\fsntflb paralysis. .The seven-year o1d son Attor- ney jand Mrs. P, MéClernan has sue- cumbed to the dime ahd, B-l a pre- cautlonary meaguré read of the dimse tg% léhodln wn in .closed until the danger Jos. Bisiar, 1111 Dewey avenue, returned last night Minn. from Remer, SPECIAL TRAIN RED LAKE lNDlAN FAIR TO CONTINUE SUNDAY - WORl( BEGUN ON T0 RUN TO REDBY | NEW BUILDING SUNDAY; BEMIDJI DAY ATINDIANFAIR Rainy Weather of Yesterday Causes Postponement of Bemidji Day to Tomorrow. BELIEVED THAT LARGE CROWD WILL ATTEND Fair a Big Success; Exhibits Better Than Ever; Big Program for Tomorrow. X HRHE KKK KKK KKK *x *x The Minneapolis, Red Lake ¥ &Manitoba special train to ¥ Redby will leave Sunday ¥ morning at 9:30 o’clock. x Buses at Redby will take the fair crowds to the reserva- % tion. The train will leave *x Redby on the return trip at ¥ seven o’clock. e % &k ke ke k ok ok ok ok ok * K HEKEK KKK EK KK KKK KKK Bemidji day will be at the Red Lake Indian fair tomorrow. W. F. Dickens, siperintendent of the Indian agency, ‘today decided to’ continue the fair tomorrow to hold Bemidji day because of the rain of yesterday. The Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba railway will operate a spe- cial train and it is believed that a large number of people from this city will attend. Auto Tours, Auto tours will be made by Crook- ston, Clearbrook and Bagley motor- ists. The fourth annual fair is a great success; the exhibits are better than ever before; a keener interest is shpown and a remarkable display of the year's work is the result. There are 1,502 Indians on the reservation and fully three-fourths of them were on the grounds yesterday. Few Visitors, On account of the inclement weath- er the visitors were not there in such large numbers as it was hoped for and as the excellent exhibit warrant- ed and deserved. This wonderful fair is entirely the work of the In- dians themselves—the booths are erected, stocked and decorated in the most up-to-date method and style and reflect great credit on the six farm- ers’ clubs and the Young Men’s Pro- gressiye club, composed of young In- dian tarmers whose products were remarkable for size and quality. New Building. The large, new exhibit building, 40x40 is just completéed and was built by Indians and donated by them. The stock showed an improvement over past years, The beadwork is most interesting and excellently executed. The basket work and. needle work are a credit to the Indian woman, Her work. in the domestic science departinent is a revelation. Her bread, cake, pie and preéserves are as “‘as good as ‘mother used to make,” while the embroidery displayed is excelle"nt and highly ar- tistic. Gives Address. Mrs. M. B. Baker; 6f the State Az- rlcultuml college, gave a demonstra- tion on “canning” which proved of] great interest and helpful to.the In- an housewife. The baby welfare Booth was well attended ahd the proud mother was glad of an oppor- tunity .to ‘‘test” the health of -her DPapoose;.: The Indian brass hlnd rendbreq fine music ‘and.the day’s .claborate program< was éarrled nfi wltfi zést and zesl " Returned, Bhlde!ltl The booth. whith was in'charge of the ‘“returned- students’ decorated with pennants Haskell Institute, Kansas, Oklahoma, Pipestone; P Fort Shaw and the Btars a overshadowed a]l.. The Red Laké, Cross Mary’s Mission, schbol box wfi“o, l morg than ordq;ary merit, exemplity- ing the work /of the school: children as of the-highest 'merit and-. éxi 1-| D. lence. Al}, this good work is in-a large measure due to the untiring work of the superintendent, Walter F. Dickens. ;| fromthe wages. of -employ ON BELTRAMI AVE. FORGARAGE| Livery Barn of W. P. Foley Being Torn Down and Brick Building in Place. NEW BLOCK IS To cosT ABOU’].‘ $10,000 Building Owned by Sam Simpson; Contract is Let to Ed Jackson - of Bemidji. Work was begun today on the tear- ing down of the W. P. Foley livery barn on Beltrami avenue preparatory to the construction of a brick block for a garage and livery barn. The new building, which will be completed by Dec. 1, will cost about $10,000. It will be constructed of brick and will be one story. Sam Simpson of Minneapolis is the owner of the building. Ed Jackson, Bemidji contractor, will construct the building. The present wood structure which is being torn down is one of the first to be constructed in the city of Be- .mlei ‘Mr. Foley is- moving his ~ livery equipment to the barn on the corner of Irvine avenue and Third street until the new garage and barn is completed. The garage will be 50x100 feet and will be located in the front of the building. The livery barn will be 40x50 and will be in the rear of the building. HHHKEKKKK KK KKK KKK ¥ , STALES OF TWO CITIES” _* HHEHKE KKK KKK KKK (By United Press) Minneapolis, Minn.—Bright lights of Minneapolis were today blamed by Walter Dahline, for his arrest charged with embezzling $300 from Scheffer & Rossum, wholesale sad- dlers, of whose company he was the cashier. St. Paul, Minn.—Game Warden George Wood, Hibbing, has reported to State Game Commissioner Avery of a running gun fight with two Ital- ians shooting song birds on Little Deer river near Virginia, Minn. Wood says he ordered the Italians to halt, when they fired. He returned the fire, and wired that he thought he hit one Italian. St. Paul, Minn.—Minnesota’s real estate tax ‘assessment will show a $60,000,000 increase this year, the state tax commission in session to- day, found. The United States Steel corporation in St. Louis county is as- sessed $13,000,000, a large increase. ILLINOIS TO HAVE ___ EUGENICS LAW (By_ United Press) Chicago, Sept.. 23.—Illinois is to have a_real eugenics law .if a fight begun today to that end and backed by prominént members of the bench and municipal and state leaders is successful in the next session of the state legislature. : Half wits and other mental defec- tives are ‘aimed at in . particular, while restrictions against the mar- riage of the physically unfit also will be incorpornted in t'he proposed law. ‘IN SOUTH AMERICA (By United Press) Buenos Aires, Aug. 25.—(By mail) —Strict orders were given today by the. municipal government..to... the suthurluel at the Chacarit: tery to_ zfierb precaution: a; auother iggers’ strike.: Thé - cemi leri. the most ‘nitder city control. is_fihdbeially. embarras ‘clalg, as a measure of cently withheld8. per, plo; . way of reducing. pay without sayl outr.ig§t that it ha8 been cut. rravedi {i.!;!h th Jefl Burgem, son and Mrs. R. Bur, opehtbd on last mnight for appendici is. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess intend to leave for Chicago the first of the week, if the condition of their son permlts -~ W Hlnoflul Soolou i*‘l'&’i«k‘ki{il*** ROCHESTER SPUDLESS *x * x x * *x x * x ., Sept. 23. * ¥ —For twenty- hours, this ¥ * week Rochester was out of po- ¥ % tatoes. Not a merchant had * any-to sell. x * * * x *x x x * *x *x *x x * « * x . J. J. Reiter, groceryman, groceryma,n created a stir by appearing with a small potato as a stick pin. He declared tubers are almost as valuable as diamonds. KEK KK KKKK KK KKK HUGHES MAKES SEVEN SPEECHES IN INDIANA (By Unitéd Press) Laporte; Ind., Sept. 28.—Refreshed by a night’s rest Charles E. Hugh® today started a windup of the Indi- ana campaign. He will deliver seven speeches today and is confident of the Hoosier electoral votes. Never has a presidential candidate wcrked so hard to get the votes. STATE CHARITY BOARD MEETING (By United Press) Stillwater, Minn., Sept. 23.—The State Board of Corrections and Chari- ties opened a four-day session here today. 7 Subjects to be qanslder_ed‘ are S0-| ¢ial insurance, employment of Imni- | grant girls, employment conditions in Northern Minnesota, public and pri- vate employment agencies, defective children, standard of child placing, care of feeble minded, social hygiene, diseases of middle and later life, the milk problem, what has been accom- plished in tuberculosis prevention. It is also planned in connection with the convention to have a meeting of the boards of county commissioners in the state. The committee of the Civic club of Stillwater has the arrange- ments for the convention in charge. BISHOP MORRISON _ VISITS IN BEMIDJI F shop Morrison of Duluth was a visitor in Bemidji today enroute to th. Red Lake Indian agency. He wiil return to Bemidji Monday and hold services in the Episcopal church Monday evening. MEXICAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ADJOURNED New London, Conn., Sept. 23.—The Mexican-American joint commission, striving to find an effective and mu- tually zatisfactory plan for the main- tenance of peace on the border, ag- journed last night until next week. The reappearance of Villa forces at Chihuahua City and the possibility that General Carranza’s army may. encounter fresh difficulties in dealing. with bandit organizations on the bor- der was again, the basis for most of the discussion at the conference yes- terday. The Mexican representatives listen- ed to the report of General Bell at Bl Paso; forwarded to the American commissioners; but from - officlal sources in Mexico, no word of Villa’s activities was received. THREE WOUNDED IN L. W. W. FIGHT Iflont., -—Three e ter y in a rulé an piaml fi‘;ht reen citizens of-Jud} mfld southwest of here, § ~band of 80 Nien .who had beer e}dp ol &, Great About 50 peatit trial W’;orkem rendered and S. A. Cutter left this morning for Backus where he will hold civil ser- vice examinations today. UMANIA SILISTRA FORTRESS ABANDONED BY THE GERMAN-BULGAR TROOPSINRETREAT Berlin Reports That the Bnlza.rmm Have Captured Calimikh Svetihuka. TURKS TO REPLACE %s | German Nayy Captures the British Steamer Colchester; Russian = Boat Sunk, (By Uhited Press) London, Sept. 23.—An unconfirmed wireless dispateh from Rome says the German-Bulgariaid troops are retreat- ing from Rumania. The Rumanian fortress of Silistra which - Generil Mackenson took several weeks ago has been abandoned. Berlin, Sept. 23. —(Official)—The Bulvarians have captured Calimish Svetihuka from the allies in Mace- donia. 56 Air Battles. Paris, Sept. 23.— (Official) — French aviators participated in 56 air ‘battles ‘down ‘ten enemy fiers. This is the greatest aerial activity., London, Sept. 23. —(Dmcial)-—'l'ho British drove forward along \the highway leading to Baphaume last- night. East of Zourcellette, a strong- 1y fortified system of German trenches has been captured. Turks to Aid. London, Sept. 23.—Large bodies of Turks are moving nortnward through Bulgaria to join the Germans and Bulgarians engaged in heavy fight- ing with the Russo-Rumanians in Do- brudja. The Turkish reinforcements were called to replace the Bulgarians shifted to the Macedonian front. The Turks are composed of veterans of the Dardanelles campaign. Berlin, Sept. 23.—(Official)—Bul- garian counter attacks repulsed 20 battalions of Russo-Rumanians in Dobrudja. Boat is Sunk. Petrograd, Sept. 23.—A Russian torpedo boat sank three Turkish ships and several sailing vessels at Port Ergeli, near Constantinople, last night. London, Sept. 23.—For the third time within a fortnight the British raided the German aerodrome, Wes- term, in Belgium, doing much dam- age. 9 Berlin, Sept. 23.—The German navy last night captured the British steamer Colchester. TIMBER TRESPASS | CASE IN COURT The first of the state timber tres- pass cases was taken up in the dis- trict court today, Leonard Perritann being accused of taking timber from. state lands near Kelliher. Attorney P. J. Russell is repre- senting Mr. Perritann .in_court and County Attorney Graham M. Torrance is presenting the case for the state. The state completed its case at noon. Guy A. Eaton, John A. Mec- Donald, John C. Krueger Tim. Barn- honts and H. A. Campbeil testified. The defense opened its case at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon. JURY AWARDS $1,500 INOTTO AFFELD CASE A jury in thé district court, after being out 17 hours, returned a ver- dict for $1,600 in the case of Otto Affeld, a8 special adiministrator of the' éstate ‘of 'Bruno “Affeld, t.galnpt Harlex . Murphy. - re @ibbons & Huffman re - resented &he plaintif and Bdgerton Dohs, Bracelon & Cronin and E. B. ¢Donald. represented tht defind- f. was alleged that Brunf t%d was killed when an :utomo e drf by Mr, Murphy frightened . a A dfiven by the boy’s mother. - dent occurred near Puposky. Mr. furphy is-the contractor who ¢on- structed the Lake Julia sanatorium. erday _and _brought . S S S— | =