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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-19

Lake and rising young physician by
day and apparently ring leader of the
American crook trust by night, to-
day faces added evidence charging
him with incendiary fires, one
of which wiped out the thirteen
business buildings of the village of
Laporte, few miles south of here,
another a 100000 blaze at Super
ior, Wisconsin, the robbing of three
safes and other crimes of plumber
and carnage, during the past six
months.
This crime carnival is attributed
to the mayor who continues to pro-
test his innocence, by Joseph Field
ing of the St. Paul Pinkerton branch
and Assistant Fire Marshall Sam Full
lerton, who believes the net returns
during this time, which they assert
by no means covers the entire crimi-
nal career of DR.. Dumas, aggregate
thousands of dollars, which Dumas
is said to have generously distributed
with his associates, many of whom
stand high in the business circles of
the Northwest.
Added Sensation Promised,
AS soon as this evidence is prop
erly arranged arrests of business men
in Bemidji and Cass Lake will take
place. 1t is expected that before the
day is over at least ten men high in
business circles will have been
dragged into the case as having been
pawns played by Dumas who dealt
out to them share of the spoils,
Detectives are now on the way to
the Minnesota state prison to get
the sworn statement of man con-
victed under the name of Fred Hunt
er, and sentenced to seven years from
Grand Rapids, Mimi, on the charge
og bank robbery. When arrested in
Grand Rapids not long ago, Hunter
sent for Dumas, who proceeded to
employ an attorney for Hunter, who
is now said to admit that Dumas was
the guiding spirit in the work. of
himself and companions.
discriminating Letters Found.
1t became known this morning that
a letter from LeClaire, said by the
Chicago police to be the most expert
safe blower in the country, was found
in possession of DR.. Dumas, and in
which he refers to Dumas as "dear
doc" Another letter from DR..
Dumas to LeClaire contained the sal
utation, Friend Ed r.
When the safe of DR.. Dumas was
searched yesterday dynamite was
found. This frightened some of the
bystanders who backed away. Dr.
Dumas, who witnessed the opening
of his safe, advanced grabbed one of
the sticks of dynamite, exclaiming:
Dynamite Food for Cows.
what are you afraid of; they feed
this stuff to the cows '-.-s
To further illustrate his contempt
for the explosive, the mayor grabbed
a stick Of the dynamite and broke
it in two. .., 49,.
He asserted that the dynamite had
been purchased for a farmer who was
to blow stumps. Dynamite for
blowing stumps has percentage of
nitroglycerine of from forty to sixty
per cent. The dynamite found in
the Dumas safe contained more than
IS per cent of nitroglycerine.
Bring Nike" Says Letter.
The letter from DR.. Dumas to LIE
Claire, now in the hands of the
was written on DR..
Dumas stationery, mailed at Cass
Lake about two weeks ago and sent
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-19
Rex Warner Saw Wounded Man,

Rex Warner, proprietor of the
Hotel Puposky, rushed from his house
while the hail of lead was being sent
through the air, and he says that he
saw Davis and Bean run for the
woods; that Davis was wounded as
he stumbled several times and was
barely able to get into the timber.
1t Is now believed that a third
robber was with Davis and Bean the
night of the shooting at Puposky,
and that this man had charge of the
wires and cut them when the two
robbers went to the building, intend
ing to make sure that no communica-
ton could be had with Puposky, and
that this third man helped Davis to
get away.
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Continued on last pase.)
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-19
Rex Warner Says He Saw Davis
Stumble and Drag Himself Into
Woods.
TO SEARCH TWO VALlsEs
Property of Bandits, Found in Be-
midi Saloon May Add New
Evidence.

Bean, the wounded bandit who is
in the Beltrami county Jail, with his
legs shattered, seen this forenoon, is
suffering acutely from his wound,
which makes him nervous and wor-
ried.
1t is said by Assistant State Fire
Marshall Fullerton and the officers in
charge that Bean has today made a
complete confession, but the officers
refuse absolutely to give out any in
formation in regard to the confess
sion at this time; but that the state
ment will conform entirely to the
charges which have been made by the
officials connecting DR.. Dumas with
the safe blowing and incendiarism
as we'll as many other people, several
of whom are high up in political and
social circles
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-19
cass Lake Mayor Now Held Responsible for Destruction of La
Porte; also 100000 Fire at Superior and Long List
OF Other Crimes
DOCTOR IN BEMlDJl TODAY TO CONSULT JUDGE SP00NER

Efforts Deputy Sheriff eer and Detectives Trace Escaped Robber Fail and
Search Pupok Woods Has Been Abandoned and Other Towns
are Being Watched for Wounded Desperate
SAFE OPENED AND NINE STICKS OF DYNAMITE WITH FOUR CAPS ARE FOUND
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Were to Hide in Cabin.

Every effort to get inside inform
alton relative to this confession has
failed and officers refuse to divulge
word of it until later in the day or
tonight.
Bean has said that at the 'yegg"
meeting held in Bemidji last week,
Davis and Bean arranged that if
either of them was hurt while they
was blowing the safe and firing the
building at Puposky they were to
60 to cabin half a mile from Pu-
posky, where they could await the
arrival Of the other. The officers
knew of this and went at once to
the cabin and broke in teh door, but
no one was inside.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-19

Bring Nike" Says Letter.
The letter from Dr. Dumas to LIE
Claire, now in the hands of the
Pinkertons, was written on DR..
Dumas stationery, mailed at Cass
Lake about two weeks ago and sent
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
ORIGIN OF MOVING PICTURES
Sir John Herschel Discovered That
Both Sides Of Coin Gould BE
Seen by Spinning It.

The beginning Of the moving pic
lures was in this wise; Sir John
Herschel after dinner in 1926 asked
his friend, Charles Babbage, how
he would show both sides Of a shil-
ling at once. Babbage replied by
taking shilling from his pocket
and holding it to a mirror
This did not satisfy Sir John,
who set the shilling spinning upon
the dinner table, at the same time
pointing out that if the eve is placed
on level with the rotating coin
both sides can be seen at once. Bah
bage was so struck by the expert
ment that the next day he described
it to friend, DR.. Fitton, who i'm
mediately made a working model.
On one side Of a disc was drawn a
bird, on the other side an empty
birdcage; when the card was re-
volyed on a silk thread the bird APP
peared to be in the cage. This model
showed the persistence Of vision
upon which all moving pictures de-
pend for their effect. The eye re-
tains the image of the object seen
for fraction of a second after tho
object has been removed. This mod
el was called the thaumotrope.
Next came the zoetrope, or whee
Of life A cylinder was perforated
with a series of slots and within tn,
cylinder was placed a band of draw
ings Of dancing men. On the appa
ratus being slowly rotated the fig
ures seen through the slots appeared
to be in motion. The first systemati
photographs taken at regular inter
walls Of men and animals were mad
by Muybridge II. 1877.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
HIS WARTIME CIGARS.

Joseph Martin, a farmer of the
Leitersburg district, recently pre-
sented to his employe, Fred Hart
man, black cigar which he has had
in his possession since July 4, 1868.
Hartman tasted the ancient brand
and decided it was all right. Hart
mans verdict satisfied Martin that
he had made a good bargain when
the cigar, together with another like
it and $15 in cash came into his
possession in return for horse. The
deal was made with a confederate
soldier on the retreat from Gettys-
burg. Mr.. Martin will keep the 9th
er cigar for another of his dis
eliminating friends. Philadelphia
North American.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
RURAL CARRIERS MANY MILES.

Henry Cromwell, for more than
six years a rural mail carrier Of this
city, has just replaced his old mail
wagon with a new one. The old
wagon probably holds the record in
Kansas for service.
Mr.. Cromwell makes 30 miles a
day and has made 800 trips each
year, giving the old vehicle record
of more than 10000 miles in the six
years and ten months it was in SER
vice, a distance more than twice
around the globe. The wheels and
tires on the wagon when it was
thrown away were the same as pur-
chased with the wagon when it was
new.-Lincoln correspondence To
peka Capital.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
SPRINGS FROM FOUNTAIN.

One of the natural marvels of
France has recently been made gen.
orally known. 1t is the fountain, OF
source, of the Coulomp, a small river
in the department Of the Bases
Alpes. Out of a mighty limestone
wall about 1900 feet high springs
a fountain Of water, yielding even
in the dryest times about 300 gal
Ions a second, and forming full
born river, which begins its career
with a series of leaps aggregating
100 feet of descent, 1t is thought
that the water must pass under the
mountain by subterranean channels
at least a mile in length.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
les Of her sclf-conatituted cham

cies Of her self-constituted cham
pion.
j was after eight when a servant
tapped on The door with his card. 1t
bore penciled noie asking for
few moments and after a little hesi-
tation she decided to see him.
She was shocked when she entered
the parlor and Brace rose to greet
her One eye was blackened, his lip
was split and there was heavy
bruise over one cheek bone, His
smile was the mockery of mirth, but
he grinned amiably and held out the
ring.
81 know l don't deserve it," he
said, humbly, 'but will you take
back the ring, dear? l think I've
learned my lesson. It's a pity l did
not have it years ago. 1t would have
done me good"
'Was there a fght?" she cried in
dismay Brace shook his head with
that mockery Of a smile.
"There was no fight" he assured
sadly. "Your-er-friend took me
into coal yard just below the cor
ner Of the street where we alighted
and gave me one frst-class thrash
ing for mashing"
"But you we're not flirting" she
exclaimed.
"Your friend w2s not the sort OF
chap who draws fine distinctions. -
he reminded. ''In fact, | sought to
explain that was not a masher, but
that we were engaged and there had
been a row."
"And he was sorry then" she
cried.
NO, assured Brace, u was
You see he thrashed me all over
again for being unkind to my sweet
heart"
"Why didn't you have him arrest.
ed?" she cried, Indignantly. al
was an outrage"
"Quite the contrary" said Brace
81 thanked him. We parted gooC
friends 1t was on his advice tha
| came up here to ask for anothe
chance. He gave me his addres
and told me to tell you that if
got gay again to send for him
With the muscular Mr.. Murphy hoy
ering in the background, are yo
willing to give me another chance
Bess?"
Il think she faltefed, "tha
l should like to have Mr.. Murph
come to the wedding" and she hel
up her finger to receive the rim
again.
1t was plain to be seen that HaE
! good had had his lesson.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
MAINE CENSUS NOTE.

One of the few double four gen.
Grafton families in Maine is the
Groyes-Gage family. The youngest
member is Paul Holmes, one year
old. He has two great-grandmoth-
ers, grandfather and a grandmoth-
er on his mothers side. One Of the
great-grandmothers, Mrs. Naomi
Groves, is eighty years old. The
grandfather is George Alonzo Groves,
a famous Maine guide. The second
great-grandmother is Mrs. Clara
Gage. The grandmother is Mrs
Eliza Groves, daughter of Mrs.
Gage. The members of this family
all live in Smithfeld in one house.
Their aggregate age is 2s1 years.-
Portland (Me.) Press.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
WOULD HAVE CAUGHT TRAIN
II There Was Some Law About Clocks
In Public Places Running
Correctly.

"It seems to me, said a man who
has Just missed his train, "that there
ought to be some law about clocks in
public places. The man who sets
up such clock, which he does pri-
marily for his own benefit, really
takes upon himself at the same time
duty that he owes to the public;
it is his plain duty to keep the clock
right. If I could have my way
about it | would let no man set up
a clock in a public place without
first getting permission from the
public authorities, aud | would re-
quire as a condition Of this permis-
sion that the clocks owner should
give a guarantee, with a heavy for
feiture attached, that he would keep
the clock running correctly. Then
| would have public inspectors who
should regularly inspect these clocks
and see that they we're kept 50 run
ming. In case of failure would
have the penalty rigidly enforced.
This seems 50 simple that l wonder
we haven't had such a law long ago.
If we had one now l wouldn't have
missed my train
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
ONE ON FATHER.

Herbert, aged Az, had annoyed
his father until that individual
finally lost patience. Thinking to
get rid Of him for few minutes by
a simple ruse, he said:
Hurry, son, to the window and
see the big parade"
The little lad ran to the window
and climbed upon chair, while the
father smiled at the success of his
little lie.
The smile was still on his face
when a tug at his coat tail and a
Hurry, papa, quick p caused him to
start toward the window.
'What is the matter?" he asked
"Come and see the elephant in
the paradep said the boy.-Metro-
politan Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
LIFE OF TELEPHONE POLES.

The average life of an untreated
seasoned pole depends so much upon
the kind Of timber, its condition
when set, the character Of the soil
and the climatic conditions, and
these are all so variable that def
mite statement as to the average
life is difficult. Most companies can
closely estimate the average life of
their poles as controlled by their 10
cal conditions by referring to their
pole records. The average through
out the country, however, is appar-
emily somewhat as follows: Cedar,
1872 years; chestnut, IL years; cy-
press, 8 years; pine, 61a years; iu-
niper, 81a years. Electrical Record.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
HICKORY LUMBER SCARCE.

The value Of hickory lumber at
this time is $50 thousand, and the
high grades are selling at $50. The
total value Of hickory production is
not less than $19,OOO,OOO annually.
At the present time it constitutes
not more than five per cent. Of the
standing timber Of the United
States. The supply in Indiana and
Ohio, where the best wood formerly
grew, has been almost exhausted.
At present Arkansas is in the lead,
followed by Tennessee, Indiana,
Kentucky and Ohio National Mag
azine.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17

gar, while she stared at the adver-
tisements with unseeing eyes and
grieved over her lost ideal.
Presently Hapgood finished his
cigar and entered the car, taking
seat beside tn" girl. He spoke to
her sharply and imperiously, but she
did not answer and with a growing
irritation he spoke again He did
not bride his tongue, and presently
the blue eyes overHowed and two
tears rolled dcwn her cheeks.
Over in the opposite corner a
burly workman rose slowly and sig
nailed the conductor to stop. The
car came to a halt and the conductor
threw the doors open with an in
junction to step lively.
The Irishman took firm grip on
Hapgood's collar. "These dom dudes
do be the divvil, miss" he said, gym
pathstically, as he lifted Hapgood
from the seat with mighty jerk.
II am with this LADY," spluttered
Hapgood. 'Iet go Of me, you
scoundrel."
The man looked at Bess inquir-
ingly. She half rose in her seat,
and then shook her mead. The Irish
man tightened his grip and jerked
Hapgood off the car platform.
Scarcely knowing whether to
laugh or cry, Bess rode on to her
desHnahon, but once in her own
room she solved the problem by
electing to cry. She was really fond
Of Brace, and she could not decide
whether she was more sorry for the
broken engagement or her action il
turning him over to the tender mer
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
HApCOOD'S
LESSON
BY DON SEYMOUR

-, sat sEun5 di me aaFar- |
tisements let into the panels above
the car windows with eyes that were
filed with tears. The quarrel had
come, j1st as everyone said it would. |
There we're many things about
Brace Hapgood that were very win
ming, but from the cradle he had
been the pampered child Of an in
dulgent mother, and had come to
regard the whole world as being Gre
ated for his especial comfort.
Ii the early days of the engage
ment he had deferred to Bess, but
once the solitaire argued authority
he had gradually commenced the
process Of training that was to fit
her for the position of his wife.
Meek, loving little Bess stood it
as long as she could, but this after
noon, coming from the Templeton's
tea, he had scolded her all the way
down the street. AS they were wait
ing for the car, she slipped off her
ring.
"You had better take this" she
said, in a choked little voice. 81
don't think that II want to marry
you, Brace. l don't want to be
scolded for every little fault"
TIN not scolding," he said, cross
ly, as he slipped the ring into his
pocket. 'I'm simply trying to show
you the right way. There must be
one head to a household. We can't
both rule"
81 don't want to rule" she pro
tested, "but don't want to be ruled
with rod of iron"
$50 you think Pm domineering,
he said, sharply. Tf l did not care
for you 1 would not try to set you
right" !,
"I don't want to be set right" sht
walled. al just want to be left il
peace. Please go. l can get home
very well alone"
81 am going to take you home,
he said, decidedly. "This rowing il
public is disgraceful, but Pm goinl
to see that you get safely home"
He followed her aboard the car
but remained outside to smoke ci
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
EUNICE WANTED TO KNOW
She Wondered If the Lady Would
Have Died If She Had Only
One Bercuosls.

Following is sent in by R. G.
Caldwell of Yuma, Ariz.:
Six-year-old Eunice was over
heard discussing with her brother
the death of lady in the neighbOr-
hood. She said
Brother, what did the lady die
WITH" She was told tuberculosis.
'Ts tuberculosis very bad?" she
asked.
every bad" said her brother.
"Do people always die when they
have tuberculosis?" she queried.
Nearly always" replied hel
brother.
After a few moments she said:
Brother, l wonder if she woulC
have died if she had had only ont
berculosis." J."
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
SOFT AND HARD PULLS.

The painless dentist gave a
mighty yank and the tooth of the
bleeding patient clattered upon the
floor.
81 thought you said you could pull
teeth without painf" yelled the VIC
tim.
81 can pull them without pain,
said the dentist, gently, 'but when
l do l don't pull them hard enough
to make them come out"
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
SOME NEW DANCES.

Paris society is reveling in several
new dances that promise to be as
popular as was the famous cakewalk
in its day, says the London Daily
Mail. They are the tango, an adapt
ed Argentine dance, something like
the once popular mattchiche; the
feria, built on Spanish dance, but
essentially French, and the kenac,
founded upon a Canadian step, and
a Spanish polonaise.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
GLACIERS ARE FADING AWAY
Retreatlne to the Mountains, Say the
Scientists, and Seemingly
Offer Proof.

Scientists aver that, save over a
small . ga, the glaciers of the world
are retreating to the mountains. The
glacier on Mount Sarmiento, in
South America, which descended to
the sea when Darwin found it, in
1886, is now separated from the
shore by a vigorous growth of tim
Der. The Jacobshaven glacier, in
Greenland, has retreated four miles
since 1850, and the East glacier, in
Spitzbergen, is more than a mile
away from its old terminal mo-
raine. In Scandinavia the snow
line is further up the mountains and
the glaciers have withdrawn 1900
feet from the lowlands in century
The Arapahoe glacier, in the Rocky
mountains, with characteristic
American enterprise, has been melt
ing at a rapid rate for several years
In the eastern Alps and one or two
other small districts the glaciers are
growing. In view of these facts we
should not be too skeptical when old
men assure us that winters nova
days are not to be compared with
the winters of their boyhood.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1911-06-17
MIGHT BE FAR WORSE.

Diogenes had just emerged from
his tub.
Rather cramped quarters, old
man." remarked passerby.
"Oh, yes" said the philosopher,
smihngly, ''but then I'm thankful it
isn't a 8 p. m. street car"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-10-27
SALE BY ADVERTISEMENT

Notice is hereby given, that default having
occurred in the terms of that certain mortgage.
made, executed and delivered by c. A. Moor,
mortgagor, to the Coal Harbor Lumber Compa-
ny, a corporation, mortgage, dated the 18th.
day of May, A. D. 1910, aud filed for record in
the office Of the register Of deeds in and for
Mclean county, North Dakota, on the Slst. day
of May. A. D. 1910, ct 800 o'clock a. M. and re.
corded in Book " B-S2'' OF mortgages at page
81, the same will be foreclosed by a sale OF the
premises in. such mortgage and. hereinafter de.
scribed, at the front door of the court house
in the city of Washburn, Mclean county North
Dakota, at the hour of 10 O'Clock a. m. on the
Goth. day of November, A. D. 1911, to satisfy
the amount due upon said mortgage on the day
of sale aud the costs of this foreclosure and
sale.
The premises described in said mortgage apd
which will be sold to satisfy the same are. de-
scribed as follows, to-wit: The west half of the
west half of the. northeast quarter (wl.t OF Wa
OF NEAj of Section Seven "a, in Township One
Hundred Fifty (15Ol North, Of Range Eighty
one .8l): and the Northeast Quarter NEA) OF
Section Three ~ in Township One Hundred
Fifty $50 North, of range Eighty-one (Sl.)
There will be due on said mortgage at the
date Of sale the sum of Eleven Hundred Thir-
teen aud 44-1OO (sl1l3.44 Dollars.
Dated at Washburn, North Dakota, this ilth.
day of Oct. AID. 1911
The .Coal Harbor Lumber Company.
~ACOrporation,
Hyland g. Nuessle.
Attorneys for Nort4agee,
Washbnrn. North Dakota. 1921