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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
CHARGES OF FRAUD IN
indian LAND DEALS
Federal and State Officers Be-
gin Suits in Minnesota.

st. Paul, Aug 31.-About 100 bills
in equity were filed in the federal cir.
cult court at Fergus Falls on behalf
of the United States government by
M. G. Burch, assistant attorney gen.
eral; Judge E. H. Long, special assist
ant. in the attorney generals Office,
and J. M. Dickey, first assistant dis
trict attorney for Minnesota, asking
that transfers and mortgages of vast
tracts of valuable timber land on the
White Earth Indian reservation in
Northern Minnesota be declared null
and void, on the ground that the allot-
tees, being full blooded Indians, had
no right either to sell or mortgage
their allotments.
Attorney General Wickersham about
a year ago began an investigation of
alleged swindling of full blooded In
dams of their lands and timber. The
Indian affairs department brought the
matter to the attention of the attor-
ney general, alleging that numerous in
terests were getting full bloods to de-
clare themselves mixed bloods, to sell
and mortgage their holdings at far
less than their real value. Under the
law, a full blood cannot sell or mort
gage his land and timber, but mixed
blood can.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
TO VIEW DITCHEs IN AUTO
Committee Will Make First Trip Of
Three Days Trip With Machine.

Ah automobile is to be used in the
inspection of the proposed drainage
bitches of Beltrami county. The in
spection is to be made bv the CON-
mittee appointedat mass meeting
ofbusiness men here last week, when
fears were expressed that if all the
{. bitches, as now planned, are con
structed, it will burden the county
with heavy taxes, as land along
some of the routes might be not
quickly settled. .,
The committee has repeatedly
been delayed in getting away but
President Wedge of the CONNER
cial club late this afternoon com.
pleted arrangements by telephone
with County Attorney Brown of
Warren to take the Bemidji CON-
mittee out in an automobile. The
committee will leave here tomor-
row afternoon for Warren and will
start from that place Friday morn.
ing for the bitches just over the
line in Marshall county, working
back into Beltrami county on
three days trip. -
VIC. Schroeder is chairman of
the committee and P. J. Burke and
L. F. Johnson are members. Mr..
Burke will be unable to make the
trip.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
.EDISON'S PICTURES TALK
Latest Invention of wizard" Shown
for First Time in Public.

New York, Aug. 31-"I take great
pleasure, gentlemen, in asking you
to watch positively the last appear
ance of the stage door Johnny.
He simply cannot fall in love, you
know, with a girl one hundredth
thousandth of an inch thick"
With these remarks Thomas A.
Edison began the first demonstration
that has been given to anyone ex-
cept his own experts of his kline.
tophone, otherwise his talking pic
lures. The picture that was thrown
on the screen explained itself liter
ally.
The figure of a man stepped
forward, bowed and then began to
talk. The lips moving in perfect,
unmistakable unison with the
words that could have come from
any place, it seemed.
The man dropped croquet ball,
its impact sounded instantly from
the floor. He pounded the table
with little hammer and there
was not the fraction of second be-
tween the sight and the second of
the blow. He dropped a plate
and as the pieces flew the crack
resounded.
Finally an automobile horn was
sounded and the demonstration
was at an end.
I am going to put metropolitan
grand opera into the hamlets of the
country in a couple of years." !"
said Mr.. Edision afterward.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
HANSON LATE IN FILING
-
Senator, With Several Others, Recorded
at St. Paul.

st. Paul Aug. 32-On the last day
for filing for the primary election
several men asked to have their
names placed on the primary bal
lot. These men are all aspirants
for places in the legislature. Others
will be added before the day is over.
Hugh T. Halbert, is expected to
file for the Republican nomination
to Congress in opposition to Fred
Stevens.
A. l.. Hanson of Ada, who has
for some time been working for re.
nomination to the senate from the
Republicans of the Sixty.6rst dis.
trict, filed.
The Democrats filed for nomina.
ton to the house from the Fifty-third
district. ]. D. Ressler of Park Rap.
ids is one, and Frank +. Lotta Of
Wadena is the other.
]. T. Mider Of Pine City, Thirty.
second district, wants the Demo
Gratis to nominate him to the house.
Charles G. Forrest Of Bagley
asks the Prohibitionists Of the
Sixty first district to nominate e
him to the house, and S. j. Fros-
haug Of Benson asks the drys to
make him candidate to the senate
from the Fifty-sixth district.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk of the City o
Bemidji, Minn., on or before Sept
18th 1910, for the furnishing and
laying of approximately 1850 feet of
4 inch water main and accessories.
The City Council shall open and
consider all bids at their regular
meeting held on the evening Of said
date.
Ten per cent Of the amount of
the bid in form of certified check
on a Bemidji bank shall accompany
each bid.
Specifications may be seen at City
Clerk or City Engineers office.
Thos. Maloy, City Clerk.
NJ. D. Stoner, City Engineer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
HOT after DUCK HUNTERS
Sherm Bailey Seeks Capture of Illegal
Hunters.

- Marsh Siding, Aug L31-Acting
upon quiet tips which. have been
given him within the last few days
Game Warden Sherm Bailey
made trip around the Big
Meadow in an effort to catch duck
hunters.
His coming apparently had
reached the ears of the illegal
hunters for none could be found,
although traces Of their law break
ing were discovered and arrests may
soon take place.
Somebody is going to be eating
some expensive ducks" said Mr..
Bailey.
Marsh Siding Locals.
Andrew Johnson, Republican
candidate for the nomination of
sheriff, visited here Saturday.
C. F. Tramp has sold his farm to
c. J. Pryor of Bemidji for 500.
MI. Pryor resold the place to Mr..
Moore of Bemidji, who will move on
to it as soon as Mr.. Tramp moves
to Canada, which will be within a
month.
M. Rygg went to Bemidji yes
terday with farm products for the
county exhibit at the state fair.
Miss Annie Bowers has returned
from weeks visit with Mrs, John
Wilcox OF Fowles.
Miss Arvilla Patterson has be.
gun an eight months term in the
Hall School.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
HOT FIGHT IN POLK COUNTY
Senator Stephens and Former Chaplain
Face Opposition, County Optionists.

Crookston, Aug. Ex-senator A.
D. Stephens, one of the most prom
iuent Republican politicians in the
state, today filed as a candidate for
denomination and one of the hottest
legislative fights Polk county has
ever known isaon between the Pro
gressive candidates, Senator Stephens
for the senate and Olaf N. Lindh
and Knute S. Aker for the house on
one side, and Representative John
Saugstad for the Senate and Repre-
sentative John Holton and w. A.
Marin for representatives on the
County Option ticket, after defeat
in the county convention held in
June. ~ .-.-
Messrs Lindh and Aker opened
their campaign at Lengby; Lindh's
home town Monday night, and from
this time forward until the primaries
are held every part of the county
will be canvassed and re.canvassed.
The county optionists have big
tent and will hold meetings in every
township in the county.
The progressives are making no
fight against county option but are
making campaign on development,
reapportionment, and broadened
agricultural education.
Senator Stephens has started
his campaign in earnest and from
now until the primaries will be
out among the farmers practically
every day, and as he is campaign.
er of experience. and an aggress-
i've fighter, his friends are not
worried over the outcome.
Mr.. Lindh is making no pledges.
He was a former chalpain of the
Minnesota House, and with Mr..
Aker, stands above reproach.
Both are supporting Senator Stepi1-
ems.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
Workman Unloading Trainloads Of
Exhibits for Exhibition to be made
Notable by Taft & Roosevelt
BELTRAMl BOOTH BEING BUILT
Displays From Northern Minnesota Will
Attract Unusual Attention-Ma-
chinery Exhibit Grows.
(By Staff Correspondent.)

Minnesota State Fair Grounds,
Hamlin Minn., Aug. 31.-Three
thousand persons are on the grounds
working like trojans to unload air.
ships, areoplanes, farm machinery,
stock, agricultural displays, race
horses, amusement paraphernalia
and the settings for the Pageant of
Nations" in preparation for the
state fair, the gates of which will
swing open to the public Monday
morning.
The great features of the 1910
fair will be the attendance of Presi-
dent Taft, who speaks at 4 P. M.
Monday and former President Roose-
Welt, who is to make and address on
the grounds Tuesday. Next to the
appearance of these notables, in
terest centers in the aeroplane flights
machines of the Wright and Curtiss
types entering the competition.
The unusually large number of
elaborate exhibits from northern
counties will attack attention.
BeItrami and Clearwater are both
arranging for creditable displays.
Work on these booths are under
way. Beltrami has the best To-
Gated booth in the agricultural
building.
Sign painters have their shops
on the grounds, and are making
flaming banners for the. decoration
of exhibits of all descriptions.
Teams by the dozen toll along the
oiled highways of the fair, taking
exhibits to the various buildings.
The amount of machinery, which
exhibit is always bewildering thing
to the layman, has increased greatly
this year.
One concern making farm machin-
cry this year has twenty-four instead
of the usual six carloads of machines.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
REDUCE FEE TO SEE TAFT
State Fair Management Decides to
Make Grandstand Free.

St. Paul, Aug. 31-A compromise,
arranged with some difficulty by
Governor Eberhart and the manage
ment of the state fair, will obviate
the necessity of paying two admis-
sions to the state fair grounds to
listen to the president of the United
States when he speaks there during
the conservation congress.
The state fair management, look
ing upon the president as a star at
traction, had been inclined to charge
ali the traffic would bear and had
planned to have the president speak
in front of the grandstand, where
payment of double admission one to
the fair grounds and another to the
grandstand would be necessary for
those who desired to hear him.
The state fair management, insist
ing that it is necessary to make a
charge for general admissions, has
arranged to make admissions to
the grandstand free.
The president is to appear at
p. M. and after that time no charge
will be made to the grandstand.
The announcement that the Pin
chot-Ballinger investigating commit
tee might not meet in Minneapolis
at the time of the congress, contained
in an announcement from Alexandria
was regarded as significant. Senator
Nelson announces that he has not
heard from the various members of
the committee and is not sure they
will be on hand.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
cLAPP's ELECTION CERTAIN
Frank A. Day Admits Defeat Of Pre-
sent Senator is Impossible.

Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 81
Moses E. Clapp's seat in the U. S.
senate from Minnesota is not in the
slightest danger from the coming
legislative elections. Frank A. Day,
chairman of the democratic state
committee, admitted today that
there is not the least possibility fol-
the democrats to control the legis'
lature next winter and elect senators.
Even if we elect all our candidates
we would not have majority of the
legislature" said Mr.. Day. While !
have not full information and there
is still one more day for filing, am
quite sure that is the case. We have
more candidates in the field this yeal
than we had last time and have en-
tered several districts where we
have not made a fight for several
elections, but | do not believe We
have candidates enough in the field
to control the legislature even if we
elect them all. which we hardly hope
to do. B &,
Friends Of Senator Clapp have
been alarmed over the possibilities
of the county option controversies,
in case it is carried on without
much regard for party lines. Most
Of the county option candidates are
republicans. however.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
HELD UP BY THEIR B0NDSMAN
Divine Heaiers, Released on Bail, Sur
render at Point of Gun.

Divine Heaiers, Released on Bail, Sur
render at Point of Gun.
St. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 31.-Dr. James
Alexander Dowie and Rev. Bishop
Schrader, divine healers, were cap.
tured at the point of a revolver by
their bondsman, DR.. H. L. Walker, at
Wathena, Kan, five miles west of St.
Joseph, and put in jail.
The men are charged with a swim
die in connection with supposed $780,
100000 gold treasure, buried on an
island in the Gulf of Mexico. They
were released on $1,000 bond each,
with Walker as bondsman.
They walked to Wathena and their
bondsman, fearing they intended to-
escape, cap ured them six minutes be-
fore a Yves hound train was to leave
Wathena.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
INDIAN HUNTERS CAUGHT.
Walter Smith Convicted Of Illegal
Shooting; Fine Day Under Arrest.

S. G. Bailey of Bemidji, warden
for the State Game and Fish commits
sion, is rounding up" Cass Lake
and Leech Lake Indians who have
been gathering in the lake country
east of Guthrie, and southeast of Be.
midi.
The warden yesterday secured
the conviction of one Indian for
killing acquatic fowl out of sea-
son and he has evidence which he
expects will convict one or more of
the band within the next two days.
Mr.. Bailey was informed that a
band of Indians with their squaws
and children are canped on the
shores of Heart lake. east of Guthrie,
and he went down to investigate.
He found many Indians who had
apparently been killing ducks and
trapping and shooting muskrats,
all of which is contrary to the
statutes made and provided. -
The warden arrested Walter
Smith and took him before Justice
c. L. Anderson at Guthrie, where
the Indian plead guilty and was
fined $40 and costs, which he paid
Mr.. Bailey and also swore out
warrant for the arrest of another
Indian named Fine Day, charging
him with killing ducks and having
muskrat skins in his possession
during the closed season.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
CRlPPEN SUFFERS COLLAPSE
Physician Accused Of Wife Murder
Taken to Hospital.

London, Aug. 31.-Dr. Hawley H.
Crippen, jointly accused with Ethel
Glare Leneve of the murder of his
wife, has suffered nervous collapse
and was removed to the hospital ward
of Brixton JAIL
Solicitor Newton says that his client
has given him an explanation of the
farewell message found among the
prisoners effects by Inspector Dew,
which will throw different light on
the matter when it is made public
The message was read in court at
the arraignment of Crippen and Miss
Leneve and indicated that the writer
contemplated suicide during his flight
to Canada on the steamer Montrose.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
Auto Ride Kills War Veteran.

Plainfield, N. j., Aug. 31.-His first
automobile ride proved fatal to Henry
Vroom, an octogenarian resident of
Plainfield, who is dead at his home Of
heart failure. The excitement of a
two-hour ride, part of which was at
the big cars top speed close to six
ty miles an hour-proved too much
for his weakened heart. Vroom was a
Civil war veteran and che possessor of
six medals awarded Tor conspicuous
conduct on the battlefield.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
Band Dance on Labor Day.

The Bemidji band will give a
dance in the city hall Monday even-
ing, in honor of Labor Day. Harry
Masten. leader Of the band, will
furnish an orchestra of picked musi-
cans. This is the second dance Of
the series being given to raise funds
to pay for the band uniforms.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
EDISON FAILS TO ANSWER
New Jersey Residents Ask for Plan to
Kill Mosquitoes.

Orange, N. j., Aug. 31.-Several resi-
dents of Northern New Jersey have
sent Thomas A. Edison petition urg-
ing him to turn his inventive genius
against the Jersey mosquito, whose
ravages this year, they say, have been
the most serious in many years.
II am never bothered by the mos
Quitoes," Mr. Edison told some of his
neighbors when the subject was
brought up. "You see, am just deaf
enough so that 1 can't hear them COM
ing. think their hum must be worse
than their bite, for everybody growls
whenever a mosquito huns"
Mr.. Edison has made no formal re-
ply to the petitioners.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
Small Tornado in Kansas.

Smith Center, Kan, Aug. 31.-A
small tornado, accompanied by a ter
iflc hail storm, laid waste an area a
..ile wide and about ten miles long
sorth of here. Houses and barns
we're lifted from their foundations.
Jutbuildings were wrecked. Trees
we're shorn of heir foliage and up
rooted. So far as known none were
injured.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
TH|RTYONE ASK OFFICE
N0DEM0CRAT IN LIST
Twenty-four Republicans and Seven
Public Ownership men Make
Up Tickets.
ONE WOMAN ASKS SUPPORT
lime Limit For the Aspiring Ca ndi-
dates Expires at Midnight
Tonight.

Ihlrty-nine men and one
woman seek nomination to politl-
cal offices in Beltrami county.
There is not democrat in the en-
tire list, twenty-four being re-
Publicans and seven members of
the public ownership party. Miss
Clara Heffron is the woman, and
she seeks to be elected county
superintendent of schosls.
Filings were completed today
as this is the last day permitted by
law on which candidates can thus
get on the ticket.
The filing fee for county Offices is
S1O thus Beltrami county is enriched
$500 by the aspiring patriots.
Late filings at the county auditors
Office include M. E. Ibertson, repub-
lican candidate for the nomination
for coroner.
w. B. Stewart, republican for
county superintendent of schools.
Oscar Krantz, county auditor on
the public ownership ticket.
l.. A. Hanson, public ownership
for county commissioner from the
third district.
]. P. Omich, first district county
commissioner on public ownership.
A.. L. Lynaes, aclerk of district
court, public ownership.
DR.. c.. J. Larson, coroner, public
ownership.
J. Evan Carson, Judge of probate,
public ownership.
Henry Funkley, county attorney,
republican.
John Wilmann, auditor, republic
can.
Wes Wright county commissioner
first district, republican.
M. G.. Slocum, judge of probate,
republican.
James L. George, county auditor.
Republican.
Roy K. Bliler, county surveyor,
republican.
I. B. Olson, register of deeds, re-
publican.
Other filings are:
H. w. Alsop. county auditor, re-
publican.
R. C. Hayner, auditor, republican.
w. G.. Schroeder, commissioner
first district, republican.
Lars O.Myhre, commissioner third
district, republican.
G. w. Campbell county attorney,
republican.
F. w. Rhoda, clerk of court re.
publican.
Andrew Johnson, sheriff republi-
can.
Clyde ]. Pryor, court commission
er, republican.
! ]. O. Harris register of deed, re-
publican.
! Chester McKusick, county at
torney, republican;
| L. o. Opsota, county treasurer,
republican;
| A. E. Rako, commissioner first
distrsct, republican;
G. F. French, treasurer, republic
can;
! A. N. Benner, sheriff, republican.
| J.G. Morrison, commissioner third
district, republican.
Mr.. Morrison was employed by the
government as superintendent of
the Cross Lake Boarding school at
Penomah for eleven years. He has
+. 4
resided in Minnesota since 1893 and
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-08-31
Candidate for County Commissioner
.. -%.. Third District. ta1

I hereby announce myself as re.
publican candidate for the nomina.
tion for the Office of County Com.
missioner in the third district ol
Beltrami county. .~~..S~.'
a. ]. G.. Morrison, Jr. ~.
Amador ledger., 1910-05-20
Card Sharper Caught

Moscow. The remarkable trick of a
Moscow card sharper, who for thirty
years past has played for high stakes in
the chief clubs here has been revealed.
He has made a full confession. EX-
planning that his eyes were weak, he in
variably wore dark spectacles in the
evening. He generally took part in
game called "bank. in which the
eights and mines of each suit are the
chief cards. In his waistcoat pocket he
kept preparation of phosphorus, and
by touching the backs of the cards
which he wished to mark, he rendered
them slightly luminous. BY means of
his dark spectacles he recognized them,
whereas nothing was apparent to the
other players. After a few deals he
woueld play with absolute certainty,
and, of course, won large sums.
Amador ledger., 1910-05-20

The torsional or twisting vibration OF
fine iron wire under the action OF
magnetic lines of force having spiral
direction is the basis of the novel wire
less telegraph detector of Prof. Rossi
of Turbn. The wire is stretched very
near two permanent magnets with like
poles adjacent. 1t is also placed in the
center of a coil in which a helical flux
is set up, and on rapidly alternating the
current through the coil the wire twists
back and FORTH or has a reciprocal rotary
motion. A mirror at The center OF the
wire reflects a beam of light upon
screen. Vibration stretches the reflec-
ton out into line, and with an antenna
connected, the osciIlatory currents set
up therein cause variations in the vibra-
tons of the wire and consequently in
the length of the reflected line. AS the
wire has natural period of torsional
vibration transmitting instruments may
he so attended as to produce a maximum
effect on the receiving screen.
A cloudy emulsion pressed from the
green fruit of the Martinique banana has
been found to contain 10 per cent of
rubber, equivalent to so per cent of the
dry weight of the expressed Juice.
Analysis showed that the green banana
skins contain as much as 20 per cent OF
rubber while the dried skins yielded 7
per cent of rubber, and per cent OF
wax, resin and chlorophyll Some
varieties are reported to be even richer
in rubber than the Martinique Canans.
Extraction seems to offer no special
difficulties, and it is predicted that
rubber from banana skins may become a
commercial success in the near future.
The telephone telegraph is the idea of
three Danish engineers, and its purpose
is to leave a recorded message for any
subscriber called when awav or other
wise prevented from responding to the
call. The transmitting apparatus in
cludes a keyboard like that of the ordi-
nary typewriter. The receiving ap-
partus prints the message on a tape in
ordinary characters, and single COM
munications or series of them can be
sent at any time, to await prompt atten-
tion on the subscribers return.
Amador ledger., 1910-05-20

In the death of Edward VII the British empire depores the
of popular sovereign upon the throne
He passed away critical PERIOD when questions of vital
camorng for settlement Bnt the removal of
the late king from the sphere of action and the proamng
of his successor will have little bearing pom the solution of
the issues agtang the empire We apt to think that
the death of king must necessarily be gravey disturbing
factor in the affairs of any monarchy This idea without
foundation when it the British government The
king but the nominal head of the nation and has little
say shaping the policies of the government When queen
Victoria died. sarmis predicted the end of monarchy but
a ripple caused thereby affairs moved along as
smoothly under Edward under the reign of his ustrious
mother And The accession of George to the throne will
be the signal for any violent changes of policy The
president the United States has far greater power shap
ing the policy and modng the laws in this country than
the king of England weds in mapping the path be taken
by his government If he attempt impress his
individual ideas upon his ministers and parliament after
the pattern othe president securing the passage admin
istration through which
regarded perfectly in keeping with the authority vested in
the chief magsatethere would undoubtedly be howl of
dissent of radical departure from tmehonored
precedent Kings popularity styled rulers but Eng
land the king does not rule.