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r: i4 VOLUME 9. NUMBER 82. SIXTYMAYCOlnEIN ST. PAULAUTOTRIP Willis Drummond Writes Commercial Club That Bemidji Appeals as Delightful Destination. EXPECT TO START ABOUT AUG. 21 Cards Sent Out Inviting Members to Join Journey and Expects Many Acceptances. ABANDONS ITASCA PARK IDEA Tourists, However, Will Stop There on Way From Park Rapids, it is Thought. Bemidji beauty appears to "ha%e won a new honorthe visit of 50 orfrom 60 prominent St Paul persons who are expected to come in several au tomobiles Willis Drummond the St Paul business man and automobile enthu siast who as a member of the St Paul club has been agitating a tour to the Northern part of the state to start probably August 21, was so much delighted to receive an invi tation to bring the party here that he at once wrote the Bemidji Com mercial club as follows Wants to Make This Terminus. Dear Sir Your esteemed favor of 31st ult is at hand It is singular the idea of extending the automobile club run to Bemidji never occurred to me, for Bemidji is one of my favorite resorts As a matter of fact, I think it would be better to make that the terminus of the trip and Itasca simply a side issue because they will not be able to care for 50 or 60 people at the Park Wte could spend the night at Park Rapids, as now planned, run to thehabit Park and put in part of the day there, reaching Bemidji say about 8 0 clock in the evening If we didresults that, we would like to come back by the way of Lake George so as to take in McMahon's Camp at Mantrap before starting home Could you furnish us a pilot from the Park to Bemidji* Begins Real Work. I ha\e had the subject up withthe President Murray of our Club today and he will get out postal cards at once inviting members to make the trip which it is our desire to have about the 21st of August I have had no backing in the undertaking until now and took it upon myself to plan the trip and arrange through my friends lor the entertainment of the members 1 had in mind a run from here to Long Prairie the first day, with lunch at St Cloud, lunch the second day at Wadena and supper and an evening's entertainment at Park Rapids A letter from the Park, however, says it would simply be im possible to house so many people over night and your communication came opportunely, for it suggests a better scheme Sure of Crowd of Boosters. "I will appreciate anything you will do in the matter and assure you 1 will present it to the Automobile Club in the hope that we can bring about the outing Even if we had only 6 or 8 cars, it would be the means of showing to the Club the beauties of your region I would appreciate it if you could send me a map of the roads you use between the Park and Bemidji and Park Rapids and Bemidji, so that I may indicate in the guide sheet to be published about where we will have to go "I think you are safe in counting on an enthusiastic lot, if we start at all, and I sincerely believe we will start "Tell Frank Lycan that it will be up to him to hare some prairie chick ens and venison, even if out of sea son The question of entertainment will be taken up by the Commercial and Bemidji Automobile clubs as soon as definite word has been received from Mr Drummond Norway's King 38 Years Old. Christmia, August 3 Flags were displayed and the customary salutes fired today in celebration of the 38th birthday anniversary of King Has kon VII The King and Queen have but recently returned from England, where they were prominent partiei pants in the coronation festivities! TH*--"* E BEMHm SUGAR ANDEGGSSHOOT UP Both Household Necessities Go Sky ward But Present Price May Lower Soon. BURKE OFFERS EXPLANATION "Yes, sugar has gone up $1 a hun- dred," answers the grocer as the as tonished Bemidji housekeeper him why it is costing her more for sugar this week than it did last. TO PLAY WITH EXPRESSION "*S f During the past week or ten days, sugar has gone up from $6 a hun dred pounds to $6 25, then to S6 50, to $6 75, and is now selling for as high as $7 J. Burke, president of the North ern Grocery, wholesale dealers in Be midji, speaking of the sugar price raise, said this afternoon Because of the extremely dry con ditions in the old country and in Cu ba, the sugar industry has been much damaged Germany and Austria produce more than half of the entire" sugar output of the old country, and" the information that our com? pany has been able to seeure, the to tal loss of sugar in the old country amounts to about 33 1-3 per cent. 'If such is the case, and the ^Ger many and Austria output has been damaged by half, it of course, means that approximately 17 per cent of the entire output of the old country has been lost However, the high price of sugar will not continue for more than a short time, as no beet sugar is now on the market Beet sugar will be on the market in another month Sugar is not the only article, that has gone up at a startling rate dur ing the past week, as eggs have in creased to 25 cents a dozen They are selling for 25 in the cities, and may go higher here Amateur Musicians Should jigok forU the Exceptional Notes7 If those amateur musicians who lament, Oh, if I could only play with expression," would only cultivate the of looking a little closer for the marks of expression, their play ing would be attended with better Here are just a few of the points for which a student should search before be has discontinued his investigation of the work After reading the piece through, and before attempting to play it, we should always look for the expres sive elements in itthat is to say, notes which are exceptional to meter, rhythm, key or mode in other words, (for the syncopations, long and short notes occurring by excep tion, repetitions, higher or lower auxiliary notes, chromatic notes, in tervals or chords, high notes re placing low notes, notes which change the direction or plan of" the rhythmical design, suspensions or appogiaturas, etc The pupil should discover the notes and passages re quiring accentuation* and should mark them himself, accents, stops, f's, sf's, ff's, p's, pp's, etc and cor rect all the faulty expression marks. In this way the player may come nearer to the composer's intention and make his music more interesting to his hearers.M Mathis Lussy. LA F0LLETTE A MAN OF BUMPS Cranial Contusions Indicate Enough Qualities to Elect Him President. No matter what Senator La Fol lette's political platform may ft* he could be elected tothe office of presi dent of the Unite* States: on his bumps" Figuratively the Wiscon sin progressive could slide into the coveted place on bis head. These conclusions have been reach ed by Dr Allen, president of the Aurora College, who recently made a study of Senator La Follette's cranial contusions. The jaw, says the edu cator, with wide and prominent chin, gives jowl enough for a general. The eye shows power of concentration, the mouth firmness and suavity, says he Then the width of the head is oited as showing executive ability, the height of the head, moral develop ment and a great bump that proves the owner possessor of a generous quantity of self-esteem. Finally the bump specialist drops technicalities and talks politics, saying that a Follette is the only man who, against Wilson, could poll the progressive Republican vote The summer boyIf I should try to kiss you, do you think your dog would bite met" The Summer *sGir (absently) He's never bitten any of my otherJ iMendaJU_, ANOTHERCAUGHTIN WALK RIDERS' WAR August Kisser, Out for a Spin tot First Time in Fire Years, if Grabbed Pays line. TWO AT BAR, RUT NO JUDGE How Likely That Cases Will Go Over Until Hext Week at Be quest of Russell. STIRRATT DEMANDS WARRANT Told to Appear in Court by Police man, Now Befuses, Unless Com- peHed to Do so. The war against bicycle riders on the walks of Bemidji goes merrily on. One new victim was gathered in by the police last evening and fined today. Two of the three men previously nabbed by the police were ready to face the judge as per appointment at 7 last evening, but as in the case of the previous evening, his noser Judge Pendergast, was not on the job. Stirratt is Indignant. The man hauled into court today was August Kisser. Gregg Malone and Alvin Olson were the two who appeared in the judgeless court last evening. Frank S. Stirratt, the third man caught riding on the walk by Patrolman Denley did not appear, nor will he appear until forced to do so regards "ros detention as a^rare'tn- justice, "and they are not going to 'get me until they do." "Mr. Stirratt's case will be taken care of," was City Attorney Rus sell's significant comment. Bnssell in Quandry. The cases against the three per sons, however, will now go over un til after the next meeting of the city council. The eity attorney does not feel quite sure of his ground, as he does not understand how an ordin ance can be only partially enforced, having reference to the custom of permitting the use of the walks at one hour in the morning, noon and night Kisser in Court. "Pretty expensive bicyde riding for a man who lias not been on a wheel for .2ve years, and -who w3Ht* Great Lakes Regatta, Detroit, Mich., Aug. 3.Many of the speediest motor boats from all the lake ports have gathered in De troit to participate in the second an nual regatta of the Great Lakes Pow er Boat League The regatta will continue over Friday and Saturday. NEW SCHEME OF THE THIEF Disguised as Agent, He Persuades Housewife to Smell Drugged. Soap. A clever near method of gaining entrance to homes has been invented by thieves, and is now being prac ticed extensively in New York and the larger cities of the state- Its very simplicity wiH prove a surprise. The thief appears at the door as anhaving agent for some fancy soap and dur ing the conversation regarding the merits of the product he has for sale he learns whether the housewife is alone. If this fact is established re instructs the ^prospective buyer to test the quality of the soap by smell ing it. Unsuspectingly ^this is done The intruder can then 4ake what he win and depart without suspicion. anyone else sjhoofd he at home he ceaeas to try to sell Aspigaatt for Krit fltaili CutiBciUi eeDayaTEa ir^ww Held Site. CAM YOU Sixteen young women andieae. lone man took the examinations for first grade certificates heife yesterday, the last of a three day series of tests for persons aspiring to^heeome Instruc tors in the public schools or Beltra mi county, the first? two days being given over to secoftd grade certifi cate questions. All papers have been sent to the state examining board at the university and will be re turned before September 1. The examinations ^h&e were con ducted by Superintendent W. B. Stewart. Those taking- the- first grade tests were: -L Nellie Knott, Bemfdjf Stella Min ton, Bemidji Elisabeth MacGregor, Bemidji Dorothy- Moody, Akeley France* Bowers, Bemidji^ Vera Back us, Bemidji Alma Bartend, Brskine Tillie Barlund, Erskine Nellie Er icsson, Bemidji Helen South, Black duck Martha Gakmutt, Bemidji Petrine Ruskjer, Solway Agnes Back, Bemidji Edna Condon, Be midji Emil Larson, Boy Elver Oma Hannah Wilton and May Barrette, Ranier. The first grade tests Included the subjects of agriculture, ^physical geo graphy, algebra, general history, physics and geometry. The agricul ture tests included the following: What are the "eyes" of a potato? Explain how rich soil may become poor. What important elements are li able to become exhausted in the soils and what is a good way to re-supply each one? ~A A Show what special benefit comes to j* the soil by growing clover. T3ly never served any wnraijatj What is a dust mujeh? How is*lt ^Wnief' Sectored Mr. S^nartt, *So offig&^m^wtm *||ra* Give What is the codling moth? a method of getting rid of it. What is the Babcock Test? What advantage is there in its use by the farmer? TOGO ABBIVES LATE TONIGHT Will Proceed at Once to Washington for Official Welcome. Washington, D. August 3. Chandler Hale, third assistant secre tary of state, and Captain Potts and Lieutenant Cook of the navy have gone to New York to receive Admiral Togo, the celebrated ^Japanese naval commander, who is a passenger on the Lusitania which is due to-reach port at a late hour tonight or early tomorrow Secretarye Hale the-twmorning.officers naval hav been ll probably not be on one for another five years," said Kisser, who resides on the Foley farm, located three miles west of Bemidji, who was ar rested last evening by Chief of Police Joseph Harrington, after he had been given the minimum fine for the offense, $5.00 and cost or $8.00. Kisser's wheel was taken away Irom him when he was arrested but he was not lodged in jail and the bicycle was returned to him whenPresident he pleaded guilty to the charge be fore Judge Pendergast in municipal court this morning. detailed as aides to the Japanese ad miraLand will accompany him where ever he goes during his brief stay in the United States. According to present plans Admir al Togo will come to Washington im mediately upon his arrival in thetectives country to pay his respects to Presi dent Taft. will remain in thehave capital four days, during which time he will be elaborately entertained. Taft will give a big dinner in his honor at the White House Sat urday evening. Baron Uehida, the Japanese ambassador, will entertain his famous countryman at dinner Sunday evening and on the two even ings following similar functions will be given by {Secretary of State Knox and Secretary of the Navy Meyer. The admiral will visit the Wash ington navy yard and will "probably -go to Annapolis to inspect the naval academy. A trip to Mt. Vernon is another feature of the program The stay in Washington will end at noon next Wednesday, when Ad miral Togo and his party will depart for Philadelphia. BOY SCOUTS PICNIC WAITERS Appear is Uniform for First Time at ~.^r Presbyterian Outing-1^ "One of the most successful pic nics we have ever had, everybody the time of their lives, the weather being idea) and there not being one accident to mar the day's outing," is the way in which Rev. S. White, pastor of the First Presbyterian church told of yester day's picnic. Swings were hung for the children, and the grownups joined in playing) f^mes of all kinds, and the woman suddenly becomes un- while, others took to the Water like] association conscious, Concealed in the soap is "ducks.** The Boy Scouts, dad in a sponge containing chloroform, their new uniforms, appeared, for the ilrst tihie a public and Ahey waifc-4 Fred Luderus, *o the Phillies,,^far ed on the table. The picnic was held 1 giving Honus Wagner a battle for at the outlet across the lake and^ths] the batting honors ^J||Kjg|tonal Benewed Efforts Begun to Locate Pu posky Bobber Who Escaped in Midnight Battle __ S GOVERNMENT TAKES A HAND Offers $200 and This Leads to As sertion That PostaTAuthorities Busy on Case. ~%i***~ 2,000 PLACARDS DISTRIBUTED Describe Much Wanted Man and Give Front and Side Views of His Face, Renewed efforts to capture Mike Davis, known aa^Manchester Curly, the robber who figured in the ated tempted burglary of the general store and postoffice at Puposky, on theof night of June 16, which precipitated the arrest of Dr D. T. Dumas, mayor of Cass Lake and the exposure of an alleged crime ring in Northern Min nesota, is being made by the state fire marshal's department, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, which says: "Employes of the department yes terday were mailing out 2,000 plac ards, bearing front and side view pic tures of the noted yegg, and offering 1500 reward for his capture Captors to Advise Hazen. "His description also was given, 'and captors advised to notify Sheriff A Hazen, at Bemidji. The plac ar rd Charles E Keller slgne state fire marshal. "In addit|on to this reward, which placard says that the government will also pay |200 for the apprehension of Davis. "In this the close relation between local government officials in the in vestigation that is still being con duceted in the neighborhood of Cass -Lake and Bemidji is first shown. "Keller declined to discuss yester day this latest move of his office in the Northern Minnesota sensation, further than to say that the neces sity of it had been decided upon re cently Reward is for Capture Only* "The placards are specific in stat ing that the reward is only for the capture of the yegg, and not his con viction. "Chiefs of police i n, cities and vil lages of the Northwestern States will be furnished with the placards, while others will be sent to police depart ments all over the country. "Though the attempted buglary of the Puposky store occurred the night of June 16, the combined efforts of the state firemarshal's office and de have failed to locate the yegg, who was at first thought to been seriously wounded HIDES JN BERTH TO BEAT WAY Discovery of Stowaway in G. N. Sleeper Reveals New Scheme. Fergus Falls, Minn., Aug. 3.A novel scheme of beating a railway company out of fares has been dis covered through the arrest of a man underneath a berth of a sleeping car on the Great Northern Winnipeg train shortly before its arrival in this city The man: was turned over to the police here, and a search under neath the berths revealed tlrree oth ers. It developed that all had been members of a carnival company, and decided to get to St. Paul with as lit tle expense as possible. Hair of the party accordingly paid fare and en gaged berths. All entered the sleep ers together,, and at a convenient time half of the men crawled under the berths and the other half took pos session of them. The quarters be came too cramped and the discovery followed. *JC ~~^.y-*"#*?*....d^^r*^ Minnesota Medical Societies Merge. Rochester, Minn., August 3.The Southern Minnesota Medical Associa tion and the Minnesota Valley Medi cal Society met in joint annual ses sion here today and arranged for the merger of the two bodies into one "Diamonds" by the gross were shown in police court this morning when J. D. McPherson was arraign ed before Judge Pendergast for peddling without a license. He was arrested last evening by Chief of Police Harrington while selling a "diamond" to one of the mechanics at the Bemidji garage. The stones whieh McPherson is the salesman of vary in price, sell ing for from 50 cents to $2. After an explanation that he was simply ad vertising the article and that he had sold one for the reason that the pur chaser wanted one, the judge decided to act as leniently as possible, and he was given the mnimum fine, that of $1 and costs, the maximum being $100 Seeming well pleased with the manner in which he had been treat at the hands of the court, the de fendant made each official a present either a "diamond" pin or stud in cluding an extra large one for thewith judge A Laporte man, Thure Almquist, was arrested yesterday afternoon, for drunkenness, and when arraign ed in court this morning, told of hav ing came to Bemidji just to get a "look" at the city and had intended to leave as soon as he had done this. He had no money, and upon promise to leave Bemidji in as short a time as possible, even though he had to walk, his sentence of 10 days in jail of a fine of $10 was suspended MURDERESS BECOMES A MOTHER Angelina Neopolitana Gives Birth to Girl in Canadian Jail. Sault Ste Marie, Ont., Aug. 3 Governor Ebefchart im Iflf-^j J- TUff it -(f,TTT-~"'- mediately .jtftferthe yefe?g^Beae ttto tog* .the hangman's noose "through petitions"of thousands of Americans, yesterday gave birth to a baby girl The child is to be placed in charge of the Children's Aid Society, which is raising the other four while the mother suffers life imprisonment for killing a husband who abused her, and who, she charges, attempted to sell her into white slavery. RESCUED MINER RESUMES WORK Missouri Mam Prisoner 72 Hours, is Anxious to Continue Duties* Joplfn, Mo, Aug. 3.Though he has just been rescued after being en tombed in a mine drift, 72 feet below the surface of the earth for three days, Jos Clary, taken from his pris on here yesterday, will resume his mining operations tomorrow if the doctors permit him to leave his dark ened room. If not Friday he will be at work as usual Saturday morning. Mining has no terror for him, Clary says, because he believes that he has had his turn with accidents that cause so many deaths in this district. ELEVATOR 100 YEARS OLD Today Harks Anniversary of Otis Patent, for High Building. Boston, Mass., August 3.One hundred years ago today there was born the little town of Halifax, Vt., a man whose inventive genius led the way for the erection of the skyscrapmg buildings that now dis tinguish every American city, and in cidentally added millions dollars to the value of the real estate. The man was Blisha G. Otis. Hi invention was the elevator, undoubt edly one of the most important and useful inventions of the nineteenth centry. Without the facilities offered by the elevator for reaching any de sired height the tall buildings of to day, it is hardly necessary to state, would be wholly impractical,, Otis began life as a farmer, but his inventive genius led him to turn bis attention txrmechanical pursuits. Af ter engaging in various lines of man ufacturing in Albany, Troy and one or two other places he finally located in. Tonkers, where he was given charge of the erection of some build ings for a manufacturing company. In erecting the building it became necessary to construct an elevator for use on the premises, and in connec tion with this Mr. Otis devised a plan to prevent the fall of the- platformmoney in ease of the breaking of the hoist ing cables. It was this safety device that brought die elevator into prac tical use. f~^ Mr. Otis^nrst demonstrated the safety and utility of his invention at the: international exposition held in .New York city in 1*55:^4 Promises to Send Copy if Needed Ja&a Presenting Case to the Grand ^*mM Jury Here, 'NIGGER IN WOOD PILE" Effort to Connect Dumas With the Case Appears Foreign to Estab hshed Facts. Viggo Peterson has received a slap on the wrist by Governor Eberhart as a result of his recent letter to that official in which he reiterated his de sire to have certain affidavits filed the Peterson charges returned to him. Here is the reply sent to Mr. Peter son by the governor, who dictated and signed the document The Governor's Reply. eased. Aattprnej General, who is the torney General that if the affi davits in question is necessary in the investigation by the grand.^ jury, that a copy should be made for our files and the original af .fidavit returned. Your intimation in the letter that this affidavit has been held for the purpose of delaying the investigation of the sheriff's of fice is absolutely without any foundation and wholly uncalled for Very truly yours, A. O Eberhart, Governor The Sentence That Hurt. In his letter to the governor last week the document. contained this sentence* Up to this time I have done my full duty, and if the chief execu tive of this state will counte nance the condition of affairs ex isting in this county, in the face of incontrovertible evidence^ and refuses to return the damag ing proof which has been sub mitted for the purpose of an in vestigation of a corrupt county official, the people of Beltrami county want to know it. It was announced at the state capi tol yesterday that the governor and attorney general had decided the public weal demanded that no action be taken against Mr Hazen until af ter the Dumas trial, although it is-f generally understood there that "there is a nigger the wood pile."*4* Had Time to Aot SEENT^^S ^sSfeS July 31, 1911 Mr Viggo Peterson, Chairman Board of County" Commissioners, Puposky, Minnesota.' Dear Sir In reply to yours of July 28th, I wish to state that there is ab solutely no disposition on the part of this office to delay the investigation of the office of Sheriff Hazen of your county. As you have been informed, this matter was referred to the^ J%s*% && Jtej constitutional- -advisor o- the-^CSal^ Governor in matters of this-kind, for an opinion as to the suffi ciency of the complaint. The Attorney General has not yet rendered his opinion and could not possibly do so if the flies in the case were taken from his of fice I have today written the At- The Peterson charges were filedl with Governor Eberhart on May 2T last, at which time Mr. Peterson?* asked for immediate suspension of" Mr. Hazen pending a full investiga tion. Dr wa arrested June^~lKS^ ti7 ^-.rDuma^W3s "Jatrs In the petition filed last May Mfcf" Peterson charges that during his en tire tenure of office Sheriff Hazenf "continuously, systematically, wilful ly and corruptly practiced methods constituting gross malfeasance and nonfeasance office," and that he has corruptly obtained large sums of from the county for which no services have been rendered. That Sheriff Hazen "wilfully,8 knowingly and corruptly," "made and verified claims and presented the same to the Board of Commissioners, which claims were-not &ue and that the management of the jail has been (Continued on lastipaca.^-- A- ._ i- f- -?3-