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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
BEMIDJI MAN FOR HIGHWAY JOB
Cook Wanted as Engineer for Bel
trami and Clearwater.

Ray w. Cook, prominent civil
engineer for Minnesota railroads and
who for several mouths past has
been engaged in the engineering bust.
ness in Bemidji, is being pushed by
his friends for the appointment OF
the newly created position of high
way engineer for this district which
is made up of Beltrami and Clear
water counties.
Mr.. Cooks father was professor
of mathematics in the University OF
Michigan and afterwards engineer
of Grand Rapids, Michigan, during
which time Mr.. Cook received valu.
able training.
The appointment Of highway en-.
gineers is to be made by the state
highway commission, composed OF
Louis w. Hill of st Paul, E. w
Babcock of Elk River, Clarence
McNair of Cloquet, and George w
Cooley, secretary, st. Paul.
These appointments are made
under the new Dunn Law which pro.
vides that assistant engineers shall
be appointed on merits and quail.
tications only and to hold office until
removed for cause. The law ap.
propriates$150,OO a year, $4,000
of which was available May Fl.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
Evidence Taken From Red Wing
Mans Own Testimony at Legis-
lative Investigation.
SUPREME COURT APPEALED TO
May Act as Board Of Arbitration to
Settle Entire Training School
Controversy.

St. Paul, May 22.-(Daily Pioneer
Special Wire. )-Things moved rapid
ly in the Whittier case here today,
Governor Eberhart launching two
plans by one or the other of which
the Red Wing Superintendent will be
forced to quit.
First, charging Superintendent
Whittier with brutal treatment of in
mates and with personal assault upon
one of the boys, Attorney General
Simpson, at the request of A. D.
Stephens of Crookston, backed by the
governor, has drawn the formal COM
plant to be filed with the Board of
Control.
This will be done unless the state
supreme court this afternoon re-
fuses to- act as a Board of Arbitration,
on the request of the governor.
The complaint is based on specific
instances today from the evidence
submitted during the Investigation.
The charge of personal assault is
based upon evidence Whittier him
self gave before the committee.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
THREE MORE FAVOR PAVING
Schneider, Baer and Woodward Urge
Proposed $4,000 Bond Issue.

Three more Bemidji business men
have added their voices in favor o;
voting the 100000 bond issue on
Wednesday, May 8 for the purpose
of paving eleven blocks in the bust
ness district.
E. A, Schneider. member of the
firm of Schneider Brothers said
There is no doubt about its being
a great thing. cannot understand
why anyone who understands the
situation, can oppose the prop
ositior.''
H. C.. Baer, Cashier of the Security
State Bank:
81 favor the $4,000 bond issue.
1t adds much to the appearance of
the city, and shows a spirit Of pro-
gressiveness. NJ iii
Harvey Woodward, real estate.
Pave by all means, should be the
motto of every citizen of Bemidji
who has the. welfare of the city at
heart. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
BEAULIEU CHARGES R1D1CULE1
McGregor Praises Work of O'Neill rs
Superintendent of Logs.

Decided exception is taken to tele-
graphic reports from Washington,
telling of charges preferred by Gus
H. Beaulieu of the White Earth re-
servation against William O'Neill OF
Cass Lake, superintendent of log
ging, by e. G. McGregor of this city
Mr.. McGregor is with Northland
Pine Company of Minneapolis and is
one of the best known lumberman
in this territory For three years he
was employed by Mr.. O'Neill and for
year worked with John D. Frater.
"Beaulieu is known as per-
petual agitator',' said Mr.. McGregor
today, "and when he makes such
charges as he does and gets them
into print, it is doing a great in
justice to one of the most competent
and deserving officials in the govern
ment log service. .r
according to the press reports,
Beaulieu accuses Mr.. O'Neill of ex-
travagance in his work. AS matter
of fact, the Cass Lake records show
that the cost of handling govern
ment logs is but 4.23 per cent of the
amount of money raised. This in
cludes fighting fire and other ex-
penses. Mr.. O'Neilrs superin-
tendency of logging is satisfactory
both to loggers and to Washington
and the attacks upon him are
unjust" ---'-.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
SUNDAY SHOWS CENSURED
Rev. S. E. P. White Deplores Attend
ance Of Children at Moving Pic
ture Performances.
ALSO TAKES FLING AT COUNCIL

In scathing arraignment of par
ents who permit their children to
run wild, Rev. S. E. P. White of the
Presbyterian church, in his sermon
yesterday morning, took occasion to
severely censure Sunday night NOV
ing picture shows and incidently
flung left handed compliment at
the Bemidji city council.
Rev. White had told of a Crook
ston woman's complaint. regarding
the indifference of the rising gen
eration toward the church.
"She told me-" said Rev. White,
''that, in her estimation, if the par
ents of today were to sink into their
graves the church would be without
support. She deplored the lack Of
parental control and reckless indiff-
ence of the boys and girls. A petit
ton was presented to the city coun-
cil-as other petitions have
been presented to other councils-to
have the Sunday evening picture
shows closed but the petition was
tabled as other petitions have been
tabled
The ssother petitions" thrust was
taken as reference to the petition
presented the Bemidji council, pray
ing that the liquor license be in
creased to $1,000 although the min
lister did not say so in so many
words .r -.
OF the Sunday night moving pic
ture shows Rev. White, after scoring
parents for permitting their children
to distribute hand bills, said:
ut would. be far better to provide
other forms Of recreation for them
Provide some pleasant task for them,
take them for a stroll or for a
picnic"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
BOYS FIND DEAD STRANGER.
Discovered Sunday at Shevlin With
Throat Slashed With Razor.

Shevlin, Mimi, May 20. DAILY
Pioneer Special Service. Boys
wandering about the wood piles on
the south side of the railroad tracks
yesterday found the dead body of a
well dressed young man whose
identity is unknown. DR.. P. C.
Bjorneby, coroner of Clearwater
county, came to Shevlin this morn
ing and decided an inquest was UNI
necessary, as it was apparent that the
young man had committed suicide
by cutting his throat with razor,
which was found lying nearby. The
dead man came to Shevlin few days
ago and begged food from house to
house, although he did not have the
appearance of professional tramp.
He applied to Parks livery stable for
work and it is here that he stole the
razor with, which he killed himself.
Nothing was found on the body in
dicating the identity of the dead
man.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
PLAYS ON LOGS; BROWNS
Benjamin Williams Caught By Eddy
in Mississippi, Goes Down to
Death on Sunday:
EFFORTS OF COMRADES FAIL

While playing with logs in the
Mississippi river at 10 a. M, Sunday,
Benjamin Williams, 1S years old,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Williams
of Becida, fell into an eddy and was
drowned in rs feet of water.
The accident took place one-half
mile from the Williams farm, about
IA miles southeast of Bemidji. The
body was recovered at 1880 last eve
ming. The funeral will be held at
the Williams home at IL a. m. to-
morrow. Besides his parents, Ben
jamin is survived by five sisters and
two brothers, one brother, Charles,
living in Bemidji.
The young man had gone to the
river, as he frequently did, with two
companions, and one of them, Elmer
Johnson, got on two logs with Ben
jamin and pushed them out in mid
stream. The logs were small and
while the water was quiet, easily
handled.
Suddenly the logs were caught by
an undertow and swiftly shot into
an eddy. The logs whirled around,
throwing both boys into the water.
Elmer managed to swim to shore, but
the whirling waters dragged Benja-
min to the bottom of the river, and
held rim there.
His two companions, at the risk Of
their own lives, dove several times in
an attempt to rescue their comrade
but were unsuccessful. Help was
summoned and the body was finally
recovered.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
THREE CARS TRY NEW ROAD
Bemidji Machines Make Successful
Sunday Trip to 1tasca Park.

Three automobiles, owned by A. E.
Whiting, E. A. Barker and G. w.
Jewett, made the trip to Itasca Park
yesterday, over the new road, which
will be completed some time this
week, and which will, when complet-
ed, shorten the distance to Itasca
Park by ten miles. The party which
made the trip, leaving here yesterday
morning at II and returning early
last evening was comprised of A. E.
Whiting and wife, E. A. Barker, wife
and children, Harry Koors, wife and
son, c. w. Jewett and family, all of
Bemidji, DR.. John Koch and wife and
James Reed, of Blackjack.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
BEM1DJ1 MEN TO SAVE FORESTS
Several Willing to be one Of 20 Rang
ers or 200 Patrolmen.

Several applications of persons in
Bemidji and other Beltrami county
towns have gone into w. T. Cox, the
new state forester, for positions as
rangers and forest patrolmen. Mr..
Cox arrived from Washington a few
days ago and Immediately began the
work of organizing the forestry sys-
tenn. He will appoint 20 rangers
and 200 patrolmen within the next
two weeks. The rangers will be paid
at the rate of 81, 900 to $1,000 year
but few will be employed perman-
nently. The patrolmen will re-.
ceive from sos to $40 month and
the forester intimates that all must
be men Of experience.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
WOMEN TO VOTE HERE
Mary McFadden, in Bemidji to Make
Address, Declares Suffrage Vic
tory is in Sight.
LYCRITICIzEs LEGISLATURE

-
$50 g g Womans suffrage is going to win
in Minnesota. We lost our bill last
winter by one vote, but we. will pass
it sure at the next legislature
This from Miss Mary McFadden,
of St. Paul and the state at large, re-
nowned as a brilliant newspaper
writer and ardent supporter of wo-
mems suffrage. Miss McFadden also
has some right to the title of heroine
as she was ready and willing to make
speech before the recent legisla-
ture.
Miss McFadden came to Bemidji
yesterday and tomorrow will ad-
dress the club women of the ninth
district in session here on the topic
of "Woman's Suffrage" and the
above quotation came from Miss Nc
'Fadden today in her most serious
mood.
ut did hurt the women of Min
nesota," she continued, Ito think
that the senate should cast reflec-
ton upon the intelligence of the
men of Minnesota by refusing to
permit them to vote merely on the
question of a constitutional amend
ment permitting women to vote
But although we were disappointed
we bear no one any i'll will and we
are happy in the thought that we
shall win next time. We made won
derful progress during the past two
years; we lost in the senate by one
vote and our bill certainly would
have passed the House. We will
lose no supporters during the coming
two years and will gain new Ones
CAS- to the meeting of the Women
Clubs in Bemidji, am sure it will
be delightful event, as it could be
held in no prettier town. Incl.
dentally, it is significant that the
club women are taking up the ques-
ton of the franchise for women and
that they are is shown by the fact
that they have requested me to ad.
dress them at this meeting
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
WOMEN DELEGATES ARRIVING
Mrs. Charles Loring of Crookston
First Here for Convention.

Delegates have begun to arrive for
the convention of the ninth district
auxiliary fthe State Federation of
Woman's Clubs, which is to be here
Tuesday and Wednesday,. Mrs.
Charles Loring of Crookston arrived
in the city this morning, and this
afternoon visited the Bemidji public
schools. Mrs. Loring is a member of
the Crookston Board of Education
and is much interested in education
al work. It is expected that the bulk
of the delegates will arrive in Be-
midi tomorrow. Mrs. Highbee, pres
ident of the state federation will
reach Bemidji on the early morning
train.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
MONUMENT TO FIRE VICTIMS
Subscriptions Being Taken for Shaft
At Baudette and Spooner.

Efforts are under way to secure
the erection of monument by popu-
lar subscription to properly mark the
spot where the 2S victims of the Bau-
dette and Spooner fire are buried. 1t
is the present plan to have a shaft
ready for erection on October next,
the first anniversary of. the hola-
caust. Lieutenant Foster, in charge
of the Red Cross work at Baudette,
who last week completed grave 90
feet long and Z feet wide for the final
resting place of the fire victims,
heads the subscription with con-
tribntiOn Of five dollars.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
MORE SPEAKERS FOR DULUTH
In Addition to Governor, Brown,
Hartley and Others Will Talk.

Positive assurance has been re-
ceived from Governor Eberhart that
he will be present at the gathering
of the Northern Minnesota Develop
ment Association in Duluth on June
I. He will speak on estate Develop
ment." The convention program has
been completed and in addition to
what has already been printed will
be added the following: Invocation,
Rev. John Walker Powell; address
of welcome, M. B. Cullum, mayor of
Duluth; "The Effect of Agricultural
Development on the Cost of Living, F."
G. G. Hartley, Duluth; ''The Duties
of Commercial Clubs" c. L. Hanson,
Thief River Falls; Drainage Prob
lems," w. J. Brown. chairman, state
reclamation board, Warren.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
BAGLEY TO ADD FARM SCHOOL
Board Of, Education Also .Favors
New Normal Department.

Bagley, MINI. May 2. DAILY Pho
neer Special Service. AT a meet
ing of the board of education held
here, 1t was decided to add an agri-
cultural school and normal depart
ment to the Bagley high school. A
contract has been let for a ten acre
tract OF land to be used as a farm
and application for state aid in sup
port of these departments has been
made to the state high school board.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
OTTO SECRET SERVICE man
Promoted from Assistant Postmaster
to 1nspector-Quits Militia and
is Off for Chicago.
BEGAN AS CITY'S FIRST CARRIER

Adam e. Otto, appointed assistant
postmaster of the Bemidji Office whe.l
G. E. Carson was postmaster, yester-
day received official notice from
Postmaster General Hitchcock that
he had been promoted to the secret
service work as a postotfice inspect.
or. In his commission just received.
Mr.. Otto is given all the powers and
authority of a secret service man.
Mr.. Otto has been captain of Com
pany X of the Bemidji Minnesota
National Guards. This office Cap
tain Otto at once resigned, turning it
over to First Lieutenant John Hilla-
by.
Mr.. Otto left this morning for Chi
cago in obeyance to orders from the
postmaster general to report to the
inspector in charge of the Chicago
district, James f. Stuart. He will
work out of the Chicago Office. ~.
This is the first time that an in
spector ever has been chosen from the
Bemidji postoffice and the distinc-
ton is due to Mr.. Otto's unusual
ability. He has been assistant post
master for the past five years. He
began work in the mail service when
he received his appointment as the
first letter carrier Bemidji ever had.
After eight months of letter carry
ing he was made assistant post
master. ~.
Mr.. Otto was born in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, in 1875. He will retain
his property in Bemidji and will con-
tinue to look upon this city as his
home.
1t is impossible to say who will
succeed him as assistant postmaster
but it probably will be some one from
the present Office force. q
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
M0N0PLANE IN PARIS
KILLS CABINET OFFICER

Paris, May 21.-(Daily Pioneer
Special Wire Service. France paid
a terrible toll for her reckless en-
deavor to gain supremacy of the air
when a monoplane, the driver of
which had lost control, decended in
the midst of group of cabinet Off
GERS killing the minister of war,
Berteaux and injuring the prime
minister, his son and another we'll
known person.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
SENATOR NELSON ATTACKS TAFT
Also Bitterly Denounces Proposed
Canadian Reciprocity Treaty.

Washington, May 22.-(Daily Pho
neer Special Wire Service. )-Charg-
ing President Taft with evading the
constitution and beating around the
bush, Senator Nelson today made a
bitter attack on the Canadian trade
agreement and the president at a
meeting here of the senate committee
on finance this morning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
Men Lead BY Postmaster Of -Rosby
Convinced Human Body Was
Destroyed on Nesbit Farm.
SHERIFF COMES TO INVESTIGATE
On Way From Park Rapids With Cor.
oner and Will Attack Tangle To-
morrow.

Bemidji and Park Rapids officers
of the law have a murder mystery on
their hands
AS the result of a Sunday search
lead by Postmaster Frost of Rosby
the first station south Of Bemidji on
the Great Northern, evidences were
found that human being had been
consumed by fire on the farm of j. o.
Nesbit, just over the line in Hubbard
county. ri. $3.50
Nesbit Mysteriously Missing.
Nesbit, u years old, has been miss
ing for several weeks
Acting under instructions from
Sheriff Petrie of Park Rapids, Sheriff
Hazen has arrested Lloyd Carlton
and his young wife Gena. Mrs.
Carlton is the daughter of Nesbit,
Both she and her husband are in jail
here. -. .-.
Mcdonald Employed By Cartons.
Sheriff Petrie and Coroner Des-
mond of Akeley are on their way to
Bemidji and tomorrow will proceed
to the Nesbit farm and make COM
plete investigation.
- Attorney e. e: Mcdonald has been
retained by the CARTONS and in a
long distance conversation with
County Attorney Woody of Park
Rapids, Mr.. Mcdonald was told that
no date had been decided upon Oh
which to hold the coroner's inquest.
The prisoners will be taken from
Bemidji to Park Rapids tomorrow
and held in Jail there until they are
given hearing, which probably will
be on Wednesday.
Over the telephone Sheriff Petrie
gave the following to the Daily
Pioneer:
Sheriff Tells the Story.
According to the information pre-
sented to me, Nesbit has been missing
since the first of March or April.
The day on which he disappeared,
say the complaining witnesses, Mrs.
Nesbit was in Cass Lake. When
she returned home her son-in-law,
Carlton, with whom Nesbit had been
living, said they had had quarrel
with the old man and he had taken
$50, told them to take the farm and
go to h with, it. and then disap
peared, and has not been seen SINCE
''The suspicious of the neighbors
was aroused over the disappearance
of Nesbit and yesterday Mr.. Frost
of Rosby organized searching party
and found in the brush near the Mes
bit place, buttons, human bones,
teeth and other things tending to
show that human body had been
destroyed.
'These facts were placed before me
and at once telephoned your sheriff,
Mr.. Hazen to make the arrests,
which he did. l shall arrive in Be-
midi with the coroner this afternoon
and tomorrow we will investigate. /"
Cartons Arrested at Poor Farm.
The CARTONS were arrested at the
poor farm, which is in charge of
Cartoons father. They protest their
innocence. ..e.r
Carlton and his wife have been
here with his folks for two weeks.
In the county Jail here today, Carl
ton said:
ut is certainly hard luck. I know
nothing of what the old man did after
he left the house, on March % or 29.
l was very much surprised when I
was placed under arrest, but 1 have
secured an attorney, and do not fear
being convicted, as l am not guilty,
ic INV fp .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22
But Believes New Era of Settlement
Is at Hand and Urges Vigorous
Campaign.
DESIRES TO TALK TO EDITORS
Hopes to Be in Park Rapids to Ex-
change Views With Newspaper
Boosters. 49,

Louis w. Hill, president of the
Great Northern Railway Company
says that ''Northern Minnesota Of
fers greater opportunities to the
homeseeker than any portion of any
other state | know Of and then de-
clares that this part of the state is
not doing as much as it should to
secure rapid settlement, and pledges
support in a home getting campaign.
These statements are contained in
letter mailed at Seattle and re-
ceived in Bemidji today by A., G..
Rutledge, secretary of the Northern
Minnesota torialAssociation, who
had extended Mr.. Hill an invitation
to attend the editorial meeting at
Park Rapids, June 8. 8, TO- Mr.
Hills letter in full follows:
Says We Miss Opportunities.
Il am greatly obliged to you for
the invitation to the Northern Min
nesota Editorial Association meet
ing. l am particularly. interested
in attending such a meeting at this
time as I believe Northern Min
nesota offers greater opportunities
for homeseekers than any other por-
ticn of any other state l know of. I
made the statement in Montana and
l sincerely believe it; but at the pre-
sent the advantages and oppor-
for some reason or other, are not
being properly brought to the at
tention of homeseekers.
Offers to Aid Good Work.
at is true that many more have
come into Minnesota this year than
a year ago but l should like to see
a more aggressive campaign under
way and for that reason | should like
to attend your meeting and exchange
views with your members and if it
Is possible for me to make the trip
l snail certainly 90 so.
"We feel as if we were entitled
to some credit for having awakened
interest in agriculture in Montana
during the last two years and in
Oregon during the past year and
during the coming year l think l
see an opportunity to awaken the
same interest in Minnesota, and | am
sure this interest will be awakened
if your association takes firm hold
of it. We should like to cooperate
with you in what little way we can.
In times past conditions have not
been so favorable as they now are.
Knows of no Better State.
81 think now is the time for
Northern Minnesota to begin it's
development campaign and bring
homeseekers and settlers into that
portion of the state where oppor-
tunities are so favorable. There
is no other state in the Union that
I know Of, where you can get good
dairy and agricultural lands at from
$3.50 and up per acre."
w. A. Jackson, assistant traffic
manager of the Great Northern, has
: written Secretary Rutlcdge that it
will be impossible for him to attend
the Park Rapids meeting owing to
to prior engagement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-22

]. T. Hennessy. the lumber travel
er from Bemidji, was a business
visitor to the city yesterday. Fargo
Courier-News.
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