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TRAINED HEN GETS
PIPEFORHEROWNEI
Leghorn Biddy, Made Famous By
Carrying Nails, Adds New Trick
to the List.
MOVING PICTURE SHOWS DEATH
Film of Leap to Death of Swimmer
Actor Now Being Shown in
the East-
FOTJK NEW YORK BRIDGES FREE
Discontinuance of Toll Means Loss of
Approximately Quarter of Mil
lion Year.
New York, Aug 4 By order of
Mayor Gaynor the tolls on the four
bridges spanning the East River
have been abolished. To the city
this will mean a loss in tolls of about
$250,000 a year, but as there will be
a saving in salaries of about $50,000,
the actual loss will not be more than
$200,000 a year. The Board of Al
dermen passed the ordinance abol
ishing the tolls upon the request of
the mayor without much opposition.
Vice Chairman Francis Bent was
practically the only member whp op
posed the measure He said he
strongly favored free bath houses
and similar institutions that would
benefit the poor but he did not be
lit-ve in abolishing tolls which, for
the most part, were paid by the
wealthy owners of vehicles drawn by
horses and of automobiles, who did
not care whether they had to pay
toll or not His protest, however, did
not prevent the aldermen trom pass
ing the ordinance
The HogiLOTO He-tt motlc *a.*nKraS by"
her publicity agent, the Tarrytown
correspondent of a New York daily
newspaper, has bobbed into print
again The last heard of her, she
was helping her master to build a
chicken coop, by holding the nails
so that her disabled master could
drive them into the boards Now she
seems to Ime learned another, equal
ly clever stunt Every evening the
hen's owner enjoys a quiet smoke
upon the veranda of his suburban
home His sitting down in the rock
ing chair standing ready tor him on
the porch, is the signal for the hen
to get busy She runs into the
house, brings out her master's pipe
and tobacco pouch and a match The
master takes pouch and pipe, fills th*
latter with tobacco and then the nen
strikes the match on the floor of t'i
veranda and holds the burning
match, while her master lights his
pipe What next'
Even the old Romans appreciated
the advantage of having "a friend in
court The large business interests
and particularly the "bad" trusts in
this country, recognizing this ad
\antage have always aimed at hav
ing their friends elected to the state
legislatures and to Congress and the
plan worked admirablyfor them.
The people may be grateful, however,
that there are a few isolated cases
in which "a friend in court" does not
avail the evil-doer. The other day
a certain New York Congressman
went out a revenue cutter to meet
one of the incoming German liners,
He went aboard the hner and when
the ship arrived at Hoboken, he tried
his best to help a young woman, the
buyer of a department store Phi
ladelphia, through the ordeal of the
customs examination. The inspec
tors came to the conclusion that some
laces had been undervalued in the
woman's declaration and refused to
pass her trunks Then the congress
man introduced himself to the in
spectors, hoping that his prestige
would help straightening matters in
a way satisfactory to the young wom
an. But the inspectors did not seem
to have much respect for the exalted
position of the woman's champion
and had her trunks sent to the Pub
lic Storehouse for examination La
ter it was found that the same wom
an bad been caught three years ago
in an attempt to cheat the govern
ment out of duties amounting to
$165.
That necessity is the mother of in
vention is neatly illustrated by the
clever manner in which an elderly
man, who rides every evening during
the rush time on the subway from
Brooklyn Bridge to 125th Street, haa
solved the problem of finding com
fort in a crowded subway train. Al
ter boarding the train he makes his
way to the front end of the car and
BEMID
there, irroanded by straphangerjuot
*ery age- and description, he' plac
idly sets up a portable stool and sits
down, reading his paper. Up to the
present time he has found no imita
tors.
Process servers in New York do not
enjoy a sinecure. In most cases they
are dealing with persons who have
a deep-rested aversion to being
served with legal papers. The in
genuity and patience of the process
servers is often taxed to the limit
and to chronicle the experiences of
any average process server would
make an interesting and amusing
book One of these process servers
had to serve papers on a certain phy
sician who had for a long time suc
cessfully evaded all attempts to serve
papers upon him. The official in
question, pretending to be sick, ob
tained admission to the physician's
private office and even submitted to
an examination. After the doctor
had finished his examination and had
prescribed for the process server, the
latter presented the papers he car
ried upon the physician. Of course,
the doctor was caught, but so was
the process- server, for the doctor
would not permit him to leave until
he had paid a fee of $2. When the
doctor appeared in court, the process
server tried to get his $2 back, but
the court decided against him.
Little decency is wasted in this
country where dollars and cents are
concerned. A short time ago several
actors were engaged at Brady's Pond,
Staten Island, to enact for a moving
picture concern, a melodrama, in
which the hero plunges from a cliff
into the water to rescue the heroine
battling with the villain in a boat
The actor, who played the part of
the hero, was a good swimmer and
made the dive beautifully, but was
caught in the quicksand at the bot
tom of the pond and was drowned.
All the time the film of the camera
was reeled off and the scenes of the
only too realistic drama were thus
perpetuated on the strip. Now, the
concern in whose service the actor
lost his life, is widely advertising the
film which depicts the death leap of
the victim of sensationalism.
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Two St. Paul Men See Lake Loafer
Chewing Seaweed and Open
Fire.
FUSILADE NEARLY SINKS BOAT
Walker, Minn Aug 4 Two
prominent St Paul men figured in the
near-capture of "Dare Devil Dan,"
the muscalonge boss of Leech Lake,
who was sighted off Glengarry Point
for the third time this season.
It was ^early in the summer that
Dan appeared and rubbed a fin along
side the boat occupied by Albert
Pfaender of New Ulm, and nearly
scared the political ambitions out of
the man Ever since Glengarry
guests have been walking the banks
on a lookout for the monster.
Consequently, when Landlord P.
McGarry broke through the
screened porch the news that Dare
Devil Dan could be seen chewing sea
weed a short distance from the shore,
there was a general rush for the lake
County Attorney O'Brien of Ram
sey county and Dr Comstock of St.
Paul were the first to launch a boat,
armed with a lumbermen's peavy and
an automatic revolver
"Don't get behind him, he might
kick!" McGarry yelled from behind a
tree, as the doctor fired eleven shots
into the air
"Guess he's asleep," Mr O'Brien
said as they rowed up alongside the
big fellow. Then "ping" went the
peavy through the air, striking poor
old Dan square on the nose.
Aw, it's a log," shouted the Ram
sey county prosecutor, as he pulled
his home-made harpoon out of the
end of a water-soaked jack pine.
"Sure you hit the log!" yelled Mc
Garry, "but the musky is hidden un
der it Get after him
'Haven't got time," said O'Brien,
"the doctor shot two holes through
the boat, and I have important busi
ness in St. Paul to attend to."
"Too bad that log was in the way,"
said the Glengarry host, as the boat
reached shore.
The PolicemanThat banana skin
don't look much like a wrestler, does
it?
The BystanderNo.
The PolicemanAnd yet, in the
last half hour it's thrown three men.
"Comback Jim" is the title of a
new song written in honor of Jimmy
Callahan of the Chicago White Sox.
With Tenney, Kling, Bridwell and
Steinfeldt the Boston Rustlers have
quite a bunch of "grand old menof ^a,
baseball.' ^WVS^Sjif,
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VOLUME 9. NUMBER 83. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1011.
FAVORED WHIPPING
FAR BACK AS Ml
Diacxrvery Made That Board of Con
trol Long Has Authorized Use
of Lash at Red Wing.
THREE BOYS TELL OF TORTURE
Continue Story of Alleged Brutality
Said to Exist at the Train
ing School.
WHITTIER CANT BE FORCED ON
Ringdahl, However, Says His Testi
mony Will Be Obtained at the
Right Time.
St Paul, Minn August 4 (Daily
Pioneer Special Wire Service^That
the State Board of Control author
ized an established form of corporal
punishment in the Red Wing Train
ing School as far~back as 1903, is
included in the report made today by
a committee of the state board of vis
itors which has just concluded a vis
it to the Red Wing Institution.
While this report was not made to
the State Board of Control and does
not constitute a part of the -testimony
in the Whittier hearing, which was
resumed at the state capitol today,
it doubtless will Ibave an important
bearing on the case
Three Boys Tell of Torture.
Aside from the testimony of three
boys, who told of having suffered se
vere punishment, the most important
development of the hearing was that
Superintendent Whittier can not be
th complainant to testify.
%afrman Ringdahrs rulfBg on t&s.
pofnY follows1
"Conformable to the attorney gen
eral's opinion this is not a civil ac
tion proceeding in a sense in which
these words are used in that provis
ion of the statute which permits the
calling of an adverse party for cross
examination.
No Right to Call Whittier.
"The board holds that the com
plainant has not the right to call re
spondent for cross examination. But
it reserves to itself the right, how
ever, to call and will call the respon
dent to testify in the regular and us
ual manner after the complainant's
witnesses have all been heard."
Mr. Whittier said that he was wil
ling to go on the stand at any time
and would raise no technical objec
tions.
Visitors Hake Discovery.
While they were at the training
school, the board of visitors found
a small book of regulations which
provided that every case of corporal
punishment should be reported to the
board of control. The next rule is,
"No corporal punishment shall be ad
ministered except by the superinten
dent or assistant superintendent or
under their direction."
The committee calls special atten
tion to the fact that this regulation
book, issued in 1903, does not re
quire that corporal punishment must
be administered in the presence of the
head of the school or his assistant.
TOGO LANDS THOUSANDS CHEER
Hero of Battle of Japan Pleased With
Noisy American Reception.
New York, August 4.Right royal
was the welcome to Admiral Togo
when he landed in New York today
to begin his brief visit to the United
States and Canada on his way home
from the coronation in London. The
Battery walls and the docks were
crowded as the Lusitama, which ar
rived late last night and on which
Admiral Togo was a passenger,
steamed up the bay, and^thousands
of people were in the vicinity of the
pier to cordially welcome the victor
of the great battle of the Sea of Jap
an. As the liner passad through the
Narrows the forts on either side
tor As soon as the customary for
malities had been concluded tee Ad
miral departed for Washington inJ
company with Assistant Secretary of
State Hale and the naval officers who
have been detailed to act as his aides.
Admiral Togo was in the best of
aa
$
spirit
an
appeaw?
-_ greatly enjoy his noisy receptionto
Youth from Grand
CASES 60 OVER TO WEEK
One more victim, a 'young man
from Grand Forks, was gathered in
by the police today for having violat
ed tiie ordinance which forbids the
use of sidewalks for bicyeies.
"This brings the total number of
persons who have be*g thus detained
up to six, and more ^arrests are to
follow, declares Chtef Harrington.
Two of those grabb^^y the police
have paid fines in polic*hpourt.
The other four cagj have been
permitted to go over.^ntfl next week
in order that some delate action can
be taken by the conn.cp at its meet
ing next Monday evening..
There has been x^ {peneral
ance on the part KJ
resist-
bicycle rid-
ers who- appear to bj^gjlliing that the
"off the sidewalk" ^ji should be en
forced, although f) ne, labor under
the impression tha^-ft^ will be per
mitted to ride at certain hours of the
da A
It is known th^&rty Attorney
Russell looks upon^ Jp ^hree-hour-a-
day" rule as in dirt violation of the
ordinance.
In view of the^'ack of interest
shown on the part *J the bicycle rid
ers it is possible tt.? Astringent en
forcement of the ordinance requir
ing wheels to be keitinem 'the walks
at all hours of the^ aj| will be made.
Efforts to hold %JBS meeting of
the riders have betni. abandoned be
cause of lack of in,* rest.
OUT FOR HCHI?: USD PEARLS
Merry Party, including Minneapolis
Folks, Make $50 Haul.
What primarily had been intended
to be merely a cjfay's eating on the
river and in the woods turned out to
Jbe_a nrofitabJg^xcjfij^Stear lor Fraaak.^
and Charles Wadeea^d^their wiveg
all of Hector, and Mrs. B. Brechet
and children Louis and lone and Mrs.
Schuman, all of Minneapolis. Pearls
worth $50 were found by the happy
crowd about two and one-half miles
below the dam- One pearl, found by
Mrs. Brechet was of almost perfect
formation and beautifully tinted, and
although not of great size is valued
at not less than $30. Louis Brechet
found a handsome pearl of more than
ordinary value. The party had a
picnic ulnch and took a tramp
through the woods, a novel experi
ence for the visitors from Minneapo
lis. The remainder of the day was
spent in the river searching for clams
which were found in abundance.
STRIKING DRUG STORE CARTOON
Barker Store Progressive in Prescrip
tion Department.
A cartoon drawn by C. E. Zimmer
man of Chicago and reproduced in
this issue of the paper in the adver
tisement of Barker's Drug and Jew
elry store, is a good demonstration of
the relation of the doctor to the pre
scription department of a drug store.
One will not work well without the
other.
Mr- Barker wishes to call the at
tention of the readers of this paper
to the fact that his prescription de
partment is always given the closest
and best supervision of any in the
state.
He makes a specialty to go after
the prescription business of this sec
tion of the country and has been very
successful. His drugs are all of the
very highest quality and doctors of
this city and the surrounding towns
never hesitate to recommend this
store as most reliable.
NEW FIRM BEGINS BUSINESS
Huffman, Reynolds and Harris Take
Over Insurance T. J. Miller Co.
Fourteen fire insurance agencies
which up to the present time have
been handled in Bemidji by the T.
Miller Co have been sold* by that
concern to a new firm made up of
Charles A. Huffman, James O. Harris
and Harry Reynolds, and this firm
will conduct the business from now
roared a salute and passing into the'oiu *The insurance included policies
harbor the ship was greeted with a on plate glass, liability, hurglary, mb-
blast of whistles from all the craft tor boat, plate glass, autpmfcbile and
in the vicinity Representatives of, other lines. The new firm also will
the civic, naval and military author-1 furnish toonds, make loans and eon-
ities were on hand to greet the visi-jdaet & general real estate business*.
Mr. Huffman prohafcly will take care
Gf the inside work, whieh is to be
continued at~the Miller office, while
Mr. Reynolds will lead in the out
side work. Mr. Harris will not take
an active part in the new firm at this
time: All members of the company
^men. 3^^^ htudnesa
least.
Bemi
(NOTEThe following graphic, heart-rending story is told by Mrs. Belle Pear-
SQEUUL prominent Minnesota club woman who has taken active part in the hearing
now on relative to the Bed Wing training school and Is offered by her as another
link in the chain of evidence which has been forged about Superintendent Frank
A. WMt&er, who since charges were made:, last winter by formr senator A.
Stephens of Crookston that brutality existed in the Bed Wine school has been
called upon to face damaging evidence from 1mwat^ of the school as well as
persons, both men and women, who are familiar with the conditions there. "The
story Maggie" was given to the public first through the columns of the Minne-
apolis Tribune and it is repeated here because of its touching pathos and be-
cause it is authentic evidence in the heart-gripping evidence against the Red Wing
superintendent.)
WAS told the other day when I desired to bring forward facts to sub-
stantiate tfie testimony of one of the girl witnesses in the Red Wing
casethat there would be no corroboration of the corrobative permit-
tedI would then like to set down the following facts under the head of
cumulative evidence:
In the years 1964-5-6-7 I was chairman of the Mothers' Club Commit-
tee in the Minnesota State Federation of Woman's Clubs.
In the early part of February. HMM5, a young woman came to my home,
saying she had been directed to me as the club woman who had charge
of the affairs of children.
She gave me her name, Susan Benton. She had been appointed as as-
sistant matron at J^pe Girls Training School in November, 1905, and be-
gan her duties December 16 of the same year.
When engaged by Mr. Whittier he had asked for complete secrecy as
he did not wish the news of another change to-get into the papers.
She stated that she was the tenth or eleventh officer to have been dis-
charged in the preceding five years. *$
After six weeks of serviee she had been discharged without one word of
warning or complaint.
Smarting under this sudden change she had applied to Mr Whittier.
"There is no fault to find in your work, you have broken no rules, but
complete harmony cannot exist if you remain," was his explanation.
1 was* much impressed with the evident sincerity of Miss Benton and I
spent the entire afternoon listening to her recital of incidents which oc-
curred during her stay at the schoolI will briefly mention threewhich
have direct bearing upon the present situation.
The day of her arrival at the school she was" kept waiting half an hour
for Miss Kassing who then came in, flushed and panting.
"I've been having a tussle with a girl," she explained. "I had her
locked up down stairs in the basement and when I opened the door she
sprang upon me. I had to call in the men to subdue her. We've got her
handcuffed now."
"If the girls are dangerous like that I won't dare stay," said Miss Ben-
ton, laughingly.
"They are all criminals, but they are not all so bad as
replied the matron.
Miss Benton went on to tell about one delicate girl in whom she had
become greatly interested. She htf told the child that possibly her fath-
er and mother would take her after she was released from the school.
One day a sentence uncomplimentary to Miss Kassing appeared upon the
wall of the third floor hall.
It was laid to this little girlwho stoutly denied it. She was then
taken to the matron's room and whipped until she finally confessed to
having written it.
That evening Miss Benson said, "Ida, my folks will never want you, if
you do such naughty things and lie about it."
"Oh, Miss BentonI didn't write itI didn't-J'
"But you owned up to it."
The^cji^d^jnirst into an agony^of Aepjs, and sobbejg eat, "She said she
woaM fait me down in the ioe6^*^aaftA ^^f^gg^Ma^wmtSli aanmr-agg:
I'm so afraid of the rats. I said I wrote it, but oh, I didn't."
(The writer of this article has talked with six different girls concern-
ing this instance and they all agreed to the same facts).
For this crime Ida also lost all her record12 badgeswhich she had
"earned^straight"as the children there say. A yea^s work.
Miss Benton had been a trained nurse and was greatly distressed that
at that time there was no physician for the girls, save the doctor for both
schools, who only came when they hung out a flag. "He only came once in
this six weeks and then I flagged him," she said.
"I called him for Maggie, a little Family girl, who was the last child
out in line. She walked painfully at the very end %md was so white and
awful looking that I remarked to a teacher 'I always turn my head when
that child passes. I can't bear to look at iiershe looks like a dead
child.'
'I have the same feeling,' she replied'some of the officers cuff her
and kick her into line, but I couldn't.'
Miss Benton continued, "I was one day called to this childI found her
crying bitterly and in evident distress.
"I reported it to Miss Kassing.
'Oh, the miserable little thing she is just putting onkeep her out
of bed,' was her reply.
"A few days later it occurred again, and I again went to Miss Kassing-
"She seemed very angry and said 'Oh, all that ails her is something
that happened to her before she came here when she was eight years old
keep her out of bed she is all right.'
"At the end of a week I was again called.
"Maggie was lying on the floor in such distress that I determined to
take the matter in my own hands^I flagged the doctor.
"Upon seeing her he was irritated into saying: 'It is the worst condi-
tion I ever saw in my life.'
"Immediately after this I received my discharge," continued Miss Benton.
"I can't get those poor children off my mindI want to do something for
themcan you club women help me?"
As immediate relief seemed imperative it was decided upon conference
to take this matter directly to the governor.
He granted us an audience and gave Miss Benton's story the closest
Attention.
When she came to the story of Maggie the great heart of Governor
Johnson was touched.
His sad face grew sadder and he rose and paced the floor.
"Poor child! Poor child!" he kept repeating and I noticed that his eyes
were moist.
Can there be greater tribute to this noble man than the fact that he
suffered over the wrongs of an unknown child!
In conclusion he asked that Miss Benton send him a certified statement
so he could lay the matter before the Board of Control, and he asked that
my name be added to the document as additional guarantee.
March 31 I received the following letter:
STATE OF MINNESOTA
Executive -Department
St. Paul
March 31, 1906.
Dear Mrs. Pearson:
I do not recall at this tune whether I made acknowledgment of your
letter of March 9, but do so now It is unnecessary to say that contents
of same interested me greatly and you may rest assured that so far as your
suggestions are concerned I will be very glad to follow them as far as pos-
sible
I have the honor to inform you, at this time that the State Board of
Control has provided a female physician for regular attendance upon the
Girls' Training School at Red Wingfr
This is certainly one step in the right direction, and is one of the fruits
of your interest and labor in this matter.
This certainly does not conclude some of the reforms we hope to bring
about there, but I thought you would be interested in knowing of this, at
^ours very trnlypf -s
JOHN A. JOHNSON,
'V.sL *-?$- ^S^sh^Mkt ''"'Governor.
^JThiffaetter did not refer to punishments and the fact that children were
stm undergoing such unjust outrages so preyed upon my mind that I arose
in the middle of the night and wrote so strong an appeal to tire Board of
Control as tie hour and my mood could frame.
I referred them to the case of Ma, as described i a Miss Benton's affida-
vit, and I aaid: ^j^^r:. -1. ^%Siti
"Gentlemen: I-can not rest when I think of my own children, warm and *8Un. or two before he signs for
Continued on Page $)
F. S. MARSHAL HAS WARRASir^^^
Sew Arrest Had Been Planned to Be?" ^f|J
Made on Last Saturday, but S
Paul Men Cause Delay..
WHAT JUDGE, QUESTION RAISED
Cases Against Mayor Comes up at
Regular Term Next Month, Stan
ton May Preside*
Dr. D. T. Dumas of Cass Lake, who
since the sensational charges made
against him by Pmkerton detectives
in June, has attempted to keep out
of the public eye by attending to his
business in a fluiet manner at Cass
Lake, is continually being forced in
to the limelight by officers who ac
cuse him of wrong" doing, and today
he faces re-arrest as the result of
work done by men in the United
States secret service of the post of
fice department.
Warrant is Out.
It is not denied by federal officers
that a warrant has been issued for
the arrest of Dr Dumas as the result
of the attempted robbery of the post
office at Puposky and that the war
rant will be served within the next
few days, possibly tomorrow. As a
matter of fact it had been planned
to serve the paper on the doctor last
aSa&icd&^jbjgt for_ some reason the
"United States marshal' and frafte
State district attorney's office in St.
Paul caused the move to be delayed.
It long has been known that the"
postal authorities were working on
the case against Dr Dumas and much
valuable assistance has been given
by Bemidji officers who, although
they have had little newspaper pub
licity, have had more to do with the
collecting evidence than anyone else.
Will Find Dumas Waiting
it is not possible to say who will
serve the warrant on Dr. Dumas, ex
cept that it will be a deputy United
States marshal. In fact the publica
tion of the fact that a warrant has
been issued for Dr. Dumas was' not
originally intended for the newspa
pers, although they have known of
the federal move against Dr. Dumas,
and have purposely kept quiet in or
der that undue publicity would not
interfere with the plans of the offi
cers.
Dr Dumas, who is under $10,000
bond will not, it is said, be difficult
to find when the government man
lands in Cass Lake with the new war
rant. The mayor probably will be
brought to Bemidji and arraigned
before Court Commission H. A. Sim-
monu.
The case against Dr. Dumas
brought by the state fire marshal's
office with the assistance of Pinker
ton detectives will come before the
grand jury which meets here the
tenth of next month and his trial, if
indicted, will follow at the term of
eourt at that time.
Who Will Be the Judge?
Who will preside at the Dumas
trial here is an open question. If
for any reason Judge Stanton, whose
home is in Bemidji, should be un
able to preside, or make the request
that he be relieved, which is not
likely, Judge McClenehan of Brain
erd or Judge B. F. Wright of Park
Rapids, would be the presiding judge.
Sam Fullerton, assistant state fire
marshal, who has been prominent in
the Dumas case, left Crookston last
evening for Eveleth where he is to
prosecute four persons charged with
having burned a theater in that city
recently.
No Need to Ask.
"Does your wife ask you for
things she knows you cannot af-
ford?"
"She hasn't asked me for a thing
since we were married."
"Great! How do you manage it?**.
"When she wants a thing she does
not ask me she tells me."
Ty Cobb's contract is out this year"
and the Detroit clnb will most like
ly have to pay the Georgia "Peach''
next season.
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