Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 19, 1917, Page 1

VOLUME XV, ,NO. 150. y JUDGE FISK BIN CAMPBELL LAKE DE- FENDANT OVER T0 ‘FALL GRAND JURY -Evidence Galore; Cross Held in Bonds of $500. ASES WOMEN TO VACATE WHILE BOY TELLS STORY OF INSULTS Deféndmt’s Witnesses Admit They Would Rather See Club Closed If They Lived On Highway. The hearing or the case of State of Minnesota vs. Roy Cross, charged with conducting a disorderly house near Campbell Lake e Judge D. H. Fisk yesterday afternoon Was ' terminated -shortly before six -o’clock last evening, and the“defend- ~ant bound over to the grand. jury.. . . The candid and well arranged ' tes-| timony of the witnesses -brought to|. the stand by State’s ‘Attorney .G tiam M. Torrance, so far overshad ed the efforts of A, A. Andrews, at- torney’ for 'the:defendant:in his at- tempt - - disapprove the same that it was plainly evident what the deci- sion would be. . .~ ~‘William Sprague, jitney driver, the first witness brought to the stand by the state, testified that, as a mem- _her of the club, it was customary for him to take men and women to the resort and there purchase a su- perabundance of liquor for them. He also admitted that he had purchased liquor from Cross instead of getting it from his locker, as the rules of the club provide. > A Bemidji girl was first brought to the chair by the state and " .. she testified that although she had heen to the club she had never drank liquor in the club house and en- deavored to shield the club in other ways. But, upon re-examination by Attorney Torrance, gave vent to her feelings and breaking into tears she d stated that Cross had promised she < ~~svould~be ‘well-‘paid- if she wonld «gtand” by the club, and that sheé had been promised a trip to Chicago. The girl then told of having drank ‘beer in the club rooms, and of seeing Edna Johnson and Della Shirk, wo- men of questionable reputation, ac- cording to the testimony of- Patrol- man- John Essler, at the club. Mrs. Fred Revoir testified that she had often gone to the club with Miss Edna Johnson, alone or in the com- pany of men who were strangers to her, for the purpose of getting li- quor. Mrs. Wesley Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Smith and * Mrs. Herbert Smith, all farmers living near Camp- bell Lake, testified that the frequent- ers of the place disturbed the public peace and endangered travel on the public highway, as well as insulting the women and children whom they met. i Leave Room. 1%&';‘3" cn‘l‘lli:!?eh?next witness on the stand, Mr. Torrance advised the women to leave the court room. He then called Earl Coy, 13-year-old son of J. L. Cdy, who lives less than one- half mile from the club, to the starfd. The story told in the simple words of the innocent little farmer lad was enough to make the stagnant blood of even the most immoral rush to the cheeks and blush with shame. The base insults received by the lit- tle boy from occupants of a car who had evidently been to Cambbell Lake are too grossly vile to put into print. The father of the lad also told of a shameful sight which he had wit- nessed on the road to the club a short gy tim~ e, Y G. W. Harnwell bore testimony of the disgraceful and unprintable ac- - ticns. a few weeks ago, of a party of men and women who, according to their own words, had obtained liquor from the club. . Many others bore testimony which was not to the credit of the club. Mr. Andrews called the. three One of the most interesting .and unusual developments of the Red Cross campaign to raise $100.000,- 000 during the week of June 17, is the action of corporations in declar- ing special Red Cross dividends. The procedure is to notify shareholders of the declaration of this dividend and to request their permission to turn it into the mnation’s gigantic humanitarian fund to alleviate suf- fering among our allies and to pre-; pare to meet the medical needs of our own men. H. P. Davisen, chairman of the ‘ Red Cross War Council, in a letter to| Cileveland H. Dodge, chairman of the council's finance committee, poifits out that this action by corporations is considered by the war council as of the greatest importance. At the same time Mr. Davison urges that 1 e County Attorney Torrance Introduces| héld ° “betore| Beoker brothers and several others § | WHEN NATION CALLS THESE BOYS WILL ANSWER _Photo by American Presa Assoclation. to the stand who testified that they had no objection to the club, al- though some of them admitted that if they lived -on the main highway to the club they would rather the club did not operate. Mr. Andrews and Mr. Torrance briefly addressed the court and the decision of Judge Fisk was immedi- ately given. The case will come up before the grand jury next fall. The bonds were set at $500. - County Attorney Torrance did not deny that he haa an abundance of additional evidence which was not introduced at the hearing. “I did not deem it necessary to introduce further evidence at this time,” was the attorney’s reply to a query. HOOVER DECLARES FO0D CONTROL ALONE CAN STOP PRICE JUMP (By United Press) Washington, June 19.—A warn- ing that focd control alone can pre- vent iucther tiemendous increased food prices was the keynote in an address by Herbert Hoover to the United States Senate today. © *“The living cost right now is be- yond the ability of thousands to meet,” declared Mr. Hoover. He urged the establishment of food regulation departments in each state and a mobilization of housewives for a national organization. ADD HOOVER .... oo “The need of regulating wheat elevators is apparent,” said Mr. Hoover. He firmly protested against the leasing of elevators by individ- uals and leaving the elevators half filled, while the freight yards are congested. He advo.ates a sugar commission and a commission to regulate export and import prices. He expects a long era of high prices and says that ing capital for food administration. LIQUOR SELLERS MUST KEEP 0UT SIDE 2 MILE LIMIT (By United Press) Washington, June 19.—Secretary of War Baker today announced that liquor sellers will be kept outside the two-mile dead line around can- tonments and camps. Soft drink es- tablishments were welcomed inside this zone. o~ Red Cross Dividends Declared By Corporations Of Greatest Importance there be not the slightest coercton in presenting this matter to share- holders. “While nothing is more important to the work of the Red Cross than the financial support which might come to it through such means,” says Mr. Davison, “nothing could be more unfortunate than that the Red Cross should receive from any direction moneys that are grudgingly given, or worse still, given under any sugges- tion of ccercion. We feel that we should emphasize this, as we fear that very ill effects might attend cven a successful financial campaign, were it not made clear that all stockholders who dre to receive a special dividend thoroughly under- stand this position of the Red Cross with regard-to contributions of this nature.” ?:1{4‘ .i,{:pg ‘v,flfflfivflfl'éfiffifif‘ bt &l & we will need $150,000,000 as a work- BEMIDJ1. MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE 19, 1817. NOT YESTERDAY'S NEWS, BUT TODAY'S NEWS TODAY--BY THE GREAT UNITED PRESS '‘HE BEMIDJI DAILY P. 'l"heu'eollene boys are not playing at being wounded, but just performing one of their preparedness exercises. e |INDIAN AGENTS HOLD UP JITNEY LOADED WITH MEN AND BOTILES It was 3:30 a. m. on Monday morn- ing, June 18. Two husky Indian “|agents, J. P. Brandt and Tom Wold by name, lay in wait near the popu- lar Campbell Lake club house. Waiting for what? Indian agents generally lay for ‘“booze.” . But yon sav. "I thought Campbell Lake club house was closed.” Yes, so did we. But here’s what- the agents discovered. Not the minute they reached the scene,‘bul atter laying 1 wait 1in the open during the downpour of rain. An autgload of men and some bot- tles’sef heer evidently coming from the vicinity of the club house. Then began the chase, for the agents also g|had an auto nearby. On the narrow highway, Mr. Brandt with one hand on the wheel and a six-shooter in the other and Tom Wold on the run- ‘ning board, both cars going a merry clip. Bang, bang, bang, went the six- shooter and on rushed the cars. Lit- tle by little did the agents gain and at a widening of the road Brandt shot his car alongside the speeding jitney. Then came - the marvelous feat of one Tom Wold. His act would make a movie actor look like an amateur. He leaped from the run- ning board of his car to that of the jitney in the dark of night. The cars came to a halt and the bottles sailed through the darkness, but not all of them, for Indian agents have eyes like cats. They can plerce the darkness in a rain storm and some of the bottles were saved. Well, to make a long story short and relieve our readers from the ap- parent agonizing outcome, we say in conclusion that nobody was “pinched.” “Bu. the next time I catch that jitney driver carrying booze into dry territory, I'll confiscate booze, car, driver and everything that goes with it,” was the warning issued by Mr. Brandt. With the joigt co-operation of the county, Federal and Public Safety departments it is believed that little ‘it any disorder will result from the conduct or misconduct of public or private drinking parlors. TENNIS CLUB MEMBERS NAMED ON COMMITTEES H. C. Baer, ‘president of the Be- midji Tennis club, has announced the following committees and has given instructions for them to get busy on their respective duties at onece: Committee on grounds, N. E. Given, chairman; Oscar Nelson and Herbert Warfleld. Committee on rules, M. J. Brown, chairman; Dr. G.; M. Palmer and A: L. Barker. Com- mittee on tournament, W. L. Brooks, chairman; W. P. Dyer and B. M. Gile. The ground is now in splendid shape and the courts can easily be placed in fine playing condition. The Bemidji club, through its secretary, has accepted the challenge issued by the Red Lake club and the tourna- ment committee will in the near fu- ture make final arrangements for the first match of the year. 1,500— 2000 ARRESTS MADE ON MESABA IRON RANGE (By United Press) Minneapolis, June 19.—The de- partment of justice officials an- nounced today that 2,000 arrests are to be made on the Mesaba iron range of men who refused to register. Two hundred are now under arrest and the jails are overflowing there. EXTRA Tolnvestigate AllegedLW.W.| Uprising (By United Press) St. Paul, Junc 19.—The Public Safety commission has taken steps to investigate the alleged I. W. W. up- rising at International Falls. The Washington militia official also ask a fpll report on the accounts of the adjutant general's depart- ment. Watch Red Cross ~ Mercury Rise 4.600—| e -HELP IT TO GO UP BY GIVING . | B oricst Bociet? —=u CENTS PER MONTH GERMANY USESINK (By United Press) Petrograd, June 19.—Germany is using aleohol and.ink instead. of powder and bullets on the east front. Booze and notes are being used to undermine the strength. of the Rus- sian army. Efforts to stop communication be- tween the trenches have been ineffec- tive. Booze and notes have been found in the Russian trenches each morning, but in spite of this fact the morale of the Russian troops is improving. A tour made by Brusiloff, a Greek minister, reports enthusiasm in the trenches and stated that the church party adopted resolutions insisting 2 Companies Consolidate; Sathre Mgr. A dea] was consummaced Saturday, whereby E. M. Sathre will become manager of the Bemidji Consolidated Abstract company which is the re- sult of the amalgamating of the Be- midji Abstract company and the Sa- thre Abstract company. Mr. Sathre will move his offices from the Schroeder building to-the court house and devote ‘his’ entire time to the management of the new company. Officers will be chosen in the very near future at the stock- holders’ meeting, at which time some changes will be made in the by-laws. In speaking of the change, Mr. Sa- thre authorizes the following an- nouncement: “The Bemidji Abstract company and the Sathre Abstract company have consolidated under the name of RUSSIANS to fight to the bitter end. A report from Stockholm asserts that Germany is planning to return a large number of Russian prisoners in the hope of increasing separate sentiment in Russia. No Senan‘te Peace. “The worst results of our struggle for universal peace would be a sepa-. rate peace with Germany, which would destroy the results of the Rus- sian revolution and prove disastrous: to the cause of international democ-' racy. A separate peace is, in fact, impossible,” said M. Tseretelli, min- ister of ports and telegraphs in Russia. ) ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT . MANAGER TO LEAVE A. W. Johnson, who for the past two years has been manager of the Minnesota Electric Light & Power company, has resigned his position and expects to leave Bemidji July 1. As yet he has made no definite plans, but will either go into business for - himself or will return to Chicago as engineer for the General Electric company. GOODSPEED-RIPPLE NUPTIALS Miss Florence Ann Ripple, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Ripple of this city, and Frank LeRo§ Good- speed of Kinney, Minn., son @f. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Goodspeed of Kin- ney, were married this morning in the Catholic church, Rev. Fr. J. J. T. Philippe officiating. Miss May Ripple, a sister of the bride, bridesmaid and the groom was at- tended by John W. Goodspzed, his brother. The bride was atured in a gown of white crepe de chine and carried white bridal roses. She wore a veil trimmed with lilies-of-the- valley. The bridesmaid was dressed in pink crepe de chine and carried Beltrami Consolidated Abstract com- pany. The consolidation was brougnt about through necessity. Al long time ago when meat was 6 cents a pound, butter 8 cents a pound, eggs 8 cents a dozen, best skilled labor} $35.00 per month, the legislature fixed the prices on abstracts so that the abstracter at that time might re- ceive a reasonable compensation for his services. Since then the prices on commodities, labor and everything else except abstracts have gone up. To carry on an abstract business on a small scale and give the service that the public demands, is almost impossible to do and do profitably. “The two companies were up against conditions, whereby they would either have to reduce the ser- vice, increase the prices (which, by the way, is contrary to law) consoli- date or fail, “We consolidated and are happy to announce to the public that be- cause of thac fact we will be able to give the same superior service that the two companies have been giving in the past without raising the prices.” The Jefferson Relay Party pink roses. The music was given un- der the direction of Sister Dorothy. A wedding breakfast was served to the members of the choir and imme- diate friends and relatives at the home of the bride after the ceremony. Among the out-of-town people who attended the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schuflatowski and daugh- ter, Helen, and Miss Mamie Faller of Park River, Minn., Miss Lucille Goodspeed and Bert Qoodspeed of Kinney, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Goodspeed will make their home in Kinney where the groom i8 employed as craneman for the Swallow & Hopkins Mining com- pany. They will be at home to their friends after July 1. FIRE DAMAGE $2.000 A fire broke out about 3 o’clock this morning in the building former- ly occupied by the Model Bakery and about $2,000 damage was done. Very little damage was done to tae stock of the Bemidji Shoe Store which now occupies the building. Highway Will Arrive ‘in Bemidji June 26th The Jefferson Highway Relay run from New Orleans to Winnipeg which will night control in Bemidji June 26, is coming nearer and near- er and the time for getting our roads into first class condition is get- ting shorter and shorter. Before Sunday night’s rain _the roads between here and Itasca Park were miserable. Miserable as com- pared with the condition of this beau- tiftul highway last season. True, there was no rain to help keep the rogd in condition, but now that we have had the rain the contractors who have the upkeep {in” charge should get mighty busy. And they will, we know, because they have been waiting for this rain. The road west of the city through to Solway needs attention. Another good rogds day should be inaugur- ated before the relay party arrives. Contractors should get busy with the construction at once. The fact of the matter is Bemidji MUST do some- thing to keep the highway routing where it is and all citizens interested should join in this move. F. S. Lycan, chairman of the Bel-| trami county committee of the Jef- | R »3tvun DAamso e ferson Highway assobiation, stated that a meeting would be called in the near future to arrange for the en- tertainment of the relay party. The party will arrive here about 5 o'clock on the afternoon of June 26. They have been royally enter- tained at every stop. It has been one dinner party after the other, with speeches of every type by men who are nationally known. Bemidji will make every effort to equal, if not sur- pass, the best given thus far. The last report from the party was from Pittsburg, Kan., which reads: Pittsburg, Kan., June 13, 1917. ‘“The entry of the run into Kan- sas was celebrated by a big banquet, and after dinner, speaking partici- pated in by John Campbell, J. Luther Taylor of Pittsburg, Senator Robert Barr of Ft. Scott, Hon. Paul Nesbitt of Oklahoma, Senator John Malang of Missouri, Hon. W. H. Ryan of Girard. A. H. Shaffer acted as toast- master. All the Kansas directors were present except ome. Making schedule time.” —Jefferson Highway Man. was - | ANDBOOZEINEFFORT T0 MAKE FRIENDS )