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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
new BAND LEADER HERE:
A. M. Remfrey Arrived From Grand
Forks Yesterday With His =.
Family.
MINSTREL DATE IS CHANGED

Bemidjis new band leader, A. NJ.
Remfrey, arrived from Grand Forks
with is family yesterday and he will
assume the uties of his new position
at the rehearsal next Tuesday night.
Mr.. Masten and his wife will 20 to
Grand Forks Sunday.
Mr.. Remfrey comes to Bemidji
we'll recommended as it is said that
he is a soloist as well as a leader.
He is also a piano tuner and will
probably organize an orchestra. Mr..
Masten goes to Grand Forks to take
charge of the Grand Forks Military
band for which he has contract for
one year.
The date for the band minstrel
show has been set one day later 50
that the show now is planned for
Friday and Saturday nights, April 12
and 13. The band will be assisted
by chorus of about twenty darkies.
The program will be made up of in
strumental numbers, songs and black
face jokes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
FIRE At TURTLE RIVER
Destroys Six Buildings and Threat.
ems Entire Town Early This
Morning.
PROPERTY LOSS ABOUT $4,000

Turtle River, March 29:-(special
to the Pioneer by phone)-six build
ings' were burned here this morning
in the worst fire that has eve er WIS.,
tied this village. It is estimated
that the property loss will be about
$4,000. For time it looked as if
the entire town would be wiped out.
but by hard work such catastrophe
was avoided. .--..
The fire started in dwelling
owned by A. o. Johnson and occu-
pied by A. Guyet. It is believed to
have started from a defective stove
pipe in the second floor as the en-
tire upper part of the house was on
fire before the blaze was discovered.
From the Guyet home, the fire spread
to and destroyed the village hall,
owned by A. O. Johnson; warehouse,
owned by A. o. Johnson; town Of
flee; vacant building; and dwelling
occupied by Mrs. Lattimer.
All of the goods in the A. O. John
son store were moved outside as the
building was in the path of the
flames. The store was not damaged
beyond the handling of the goods.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
Gretna Green Records at Auction

London, March, 29.-Many cele-
brated romances that occurred dur
ing the reigns of the three Georges
and William w, and in the earlv
Victorian era, were recalled by the
sale at Sotheby's today of the origi-
nal certificates of marriages at Gret-
ma Green. The lot embraced more
than one thousand runaway match
certificates, upon some of which an
peared the names of men and women
of wide celebrity.
Gretna was the nearest and most
accessible point in Scotland from the
sister kingdom, and in it's neighbor-
hood fugitive marriages were long
contracted. The practice is said to
have been begun by a tobacconist
named John Paisley, who lived to a
great age, and died in 1914. The
general assembly, in 1926, yainly at
tempted to suppress the system of
Greta Green marriages, but an act
passed in 1856 made such marriages
illegal after that year, unless one of
the persons married had lived in
Scotland Fl days.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
Annual Sham Battle.

Minneapolis, March 29-The Uni
versity of Minnesota and St. Thomas
cadets will have their annual sham
battle May 20. The annual inspec-
ton will be held at the University in
the morning and the battle at Fort
Smelling in the afternoon. Cadets
will go to Fort Smelling from Sep
tember II to II next fall for the an
nual encampment. The new camp
will be called Camp John A. Johnson.
For the sham battle, the varsity
troops will have 10000 rounds Of
ammunition, two field guns, signal
corps, wireless telegraphers, medical
and hospital corps. St. Thomas will
make the attack this year. The Uni
versity won the first battle and St.
Thomas the second SO that the fight
on May 20 will decide the tie.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
Taft to Visit Philadelphia.

Washington, D. c., March 29.-
President Taft is arranging for Wis
it to Philadelphia tomorrow evening
to fulfill several engagements for
which he accepted invitations some
time ago. The president will be in
the Quaker City only a few hours
and it is understood that no politi-
cal significance is to be attached to
his visit. In the early evening he
will address the members of the
Chamber of Commerce on the benefits
that will follow the creation of a
new commercial organization to take
the place of the present National
Board of Trade. After delivering
this address the president will be the
guest of honor at the annual dinner
of the Ohio society.
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New Farmers Club.

A farmers cooperative club was
organized in Summit a week ago
Sunday with charter membership
Of seventeen. The organization will
affiliate with the Blackduck Farmers
club, and it is the first of number
which it is hoped will be organized
in the near future in the neighbor-
ing towns. Officers for the ensuing
tern were elected as follows: Chas.
r. Parker, president; .Chas. Olson,
John Gilstad; secre-
tary; Henry Berg, BLACK
duck American.
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Will Use One Formerly Occupied By
Engineers of the 500
Line.
MANY COWS ARE AVAILABLE
Island Lake Farmers State They Will
Send the Product of Nearly
200 Cows.

Members of the Commercial club
together with the creamery commit
tee met at the Commercial club this
morning and arranged for the pur-
chasing of refrigerator and the
necessary working machinery. The
actual purchasing was left to r. L.
Given and Charles Warfeld as a
committee. 1t is expected that the
plant will be in operation in about
thirty days.
The new creamery will occupy
room in the Major building on Min
nesota avenue near the 500 freight
depot. This room was occupied by
the engineers of the 500 road when
the right of way was being built.
ssl,nEle boiler will have a capacity OF
ten horse power and the refrigerator
of eighty tubs.
Of the necessary funds, $1,1O0
have been subscribed by Bemidji
business men who will stay in the
company until it is fully organized
and the farmers are able to buy
this stock up at par. Efforts are
being made to have the farmers take
stock so that they can own their
own plant. The name will probably
be "The Farmers Creamery Com
pany.'
Applications have been made to
the committee for cream stations as
far north as Little Fork. Island Lake
is early on the list promising to send
the product of 200 COWS from that
vicinity. It is believed that 500
COWS will be available as soon as the
creamery is in operation. The COM
mittee appears enthusiastic and work
on installing the machinery will be
started as soon as possible.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
Another Allen CAPTURED.

Hillsville, Va, March 29.-Claude
Swanson Allen came out of a laurel
thicket on the Blue Ridge yesterday
and gave himself up to a posse that
has been hunting for him for nearly
two weeks. He declared that he did
not know where other members of
his family were located.
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2 Lorimer Vindicated.

Washington, March 29.-A special
committee Of eight Senators who
have been investigating the Lorimer
case decided today by a vote of five
to three that he was innocent of any
knowledge of legislative corruption.
Edward Hines also got vindication.
The case will come before the Senate
next week when protracted debate
will be held. a.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
Theater Changes.

A twelve foot entrance is being
built to the Grand theater today. The
former entrance was about three
feet wide and the new one will give
freer access to the building. It will
also assist materially in the ventila-
tion.
The Majestic steel picture booth
has been finished and is being install
led today. It is one of the most COM
plete and fire-proof booths in the
state and corresponds with the rec
concentrations of the state fire mar
shal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
Coal Strike Certain.

Cleveland, March 29.-Unless a
compromise is reached between mine
operators and miners here, $4,000
men in the bituminous fields will
quit Sunday night and the suspension
would in effect be a strike. At pres
ent there seems to be little prospect
of an agreement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
One Suspect Held.

Minneapolis, March 29.-Sheriff
Langum has arrested John Whelan
in connection with the Matthews
murder. He had blood stained un-
derclothes and long scratch on his
face. The state has added $500 to
the reward fund making $1,000
available to the finer of the mur-
derer
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Educational Topics Discussed.

Ann Arbor, Mich, March 29.-A
large number of school teachers and
principals are attending the annual
meeting of the Michigan Schoolmas-
ters' club the general sessions of
which were held today in University
hall. Vocational training, the social
center, and teachers pensions were
the three leading subjects dealt with
in the addresses and discussions.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
IS Alleged to Have Had Carna1
knowledge of Her When She
-. Was But Twelve.
SENDS SLY TO PENITENTIARY
Judge Stanton States He Believes He
Is Not Depriving Family
Of Support.

With bated breath, a room full of
spectators sat in District court yes
terday afternoon and today listening
to Alice Wilcox and other witnesses
tell of her alleged mistreatment by
Fred Cook. The girl was but thir-
teen years old last December and
Cook is on trial charged with car
nal knowledge, the act being said to
have taken place May 81, when the
girl was but twelve.
Alice Wilcox was the first witness
placed on the stand by the state and
for four hours yesterday afternoon
she stood direct and cross examina-
ton and told a determined story of
her treatment by the defendant. The
testimony showed that Cook had
been living, with Alice and her moth
er, in the capacity of hired man, on
the Wilcox farm in the town of Ben
vile. She further testified that he
had mistreated her several times be-
fore the one act complained of in
the indictment.
On May 81, Cook is alleged to have
again mistreated her. But in the
meantime the girl had told her moth
er and two men had been hidden that
day in the garret to catch him in the
act. One of them, Martin Windness.
gave his testimony this morning and
was unshaken on cross examination.
The other will be examined this af-
ternoon. Witnesses and PRINCIPALS
are all we'll known parties of the
town of Benville, which taken with
the youth of Alice Wilcox brings un-
usual interest to the case.
p William Sly Sentenced.
William Sly was sentenced to the
state penitentiary yesterday by
Judge Stanton as punishment for
grand larceny in the second degree
of which he was convicted the fore
part of the week. The term is one to
five years. Sly's attorney made a
plea that because of his wife and
children that the sentence be a fine
or Jail term. The county prosecutor
objected as it appeared that Sly had
used questionable methods in trying
to establish his innocence. The
judge stated that he did not believe
he was depriving Sly's family of ma
terial support by sending him to
Saltwater and so sent him to that
place. ...
Gearlds Pleads Not Guilty. g.
Edwin E. Gearlds pleaded mot
guilty. to the indictments charging
him with selling liquor on Sunday
and also to public woman. It
was agreed with the county attorney
to try this case after the two cases
of the State VS.. Anderson on similar
charges. The Anderson case will
follow the Cook case and the Gearlds
case will be followed by the state VS..
Flatly. -. .a... H.. - - .-~a .s.S:. -
Judge Stanton this morning an
nounced that a judicial ditch hear
ing will be held here Friday, April
19. MI. " ~ .s ~. j..
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29

This idea of "busting" the monev
trust is bad one. What we COM
mon folks want is more trusters and
fewer busters. ..r -. .-s-
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29

When Uncle Sam get through vac
cinating the tropics the microbe will
not be so closely confined to business
and will have more time for outdoor
sports.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-29
BOOKS ON GARDENING
Miss Mills Has Received Several
Works of Interest to the Plant
Lovers.
ARE ON FILE IN THE LIBRARY

Miss Mills, librarian at the public
library, has laid in supply of
books on gardening. They will be
particularly interesting to those who
are planning gardens or flower beds
for the coming summer.
The list Of books is as follows:
Three Acres and Liberty. -. Hall
Woman's Handy Garden. 49,. Ely
Garden Making. g.............B Bailey
First Lessons with Plants. Bailey
Principles of Fruit Growing. Bailey
Asparagus HeXamer
Onion Culture .......... .Gremer
How to Make School Gardens.
Celery Culture ,..-.........Be -. .Beattie
Gardening for Profit. Henderson
Inc rotate fraser
Home Vegetable Gardening.,.
-. 81. ~. *. -. -. .u. rockwell
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-03
NEW LODGE MAKES
1919 PER CENT GRADE

King solomon lodge No. 400 examined
the three principal officers of the new
Masonic lodge known as Birmingham
Masonic lodge on the first three de-
grees In Masonry and on opening ana
closing the lodge last night at the Ma
sonic temple. The three principal or
ficers, O. S. Finch, worshipful MASTER
Ernest Matthews, senior warden, and
II. c. Crelly, junior warden. made the
astounding high grade of 1913 per cent
there being only one mistake and it
was a slight slip of the junior war
den. Worshipful Master w. II. Wolver-
ton, committeeman on work, w. j.
Whitaker, Deputy Grand Master
II. c. Miller and Past Grand Master
Ben NJ. Jacobs were the examining
committee and paid the new officers
many high compliments on the excel
lent showing made. The committed
stated they believed this to be the
highest grade ever made by three Of
ficers under the gruelling test of an ex-
animation. The new lodge VIII be in
stituted on Wednesday night, July 10
by Deputy Grand Master II. A. Miller
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-03
A terrible skin-trouble
cured.
Her husband feared the worst. But
BIB. saved her.

~ am satisfied that your B.B.B.
saved my wife from the grave, writes
MIR. V. c. Kirby of Toccoa, Ga. "She
no doubt had blood-disease from the
way the doctors described And B. B. B.
has certainly done the work for her..
Mrs. Kirby's case was unusu-
ally severe. And ]. B. Brooks
of Atlanta, Ca, states that the
physicians were completely baffled
by it.
Anyway it was very stubborn case
of skin trouble" he says. but after
her taking B.B.B., called to see her
personally and she was looking fne!'
Nearly all skin-complaints
come from impure blood. And
B.B.B.is one of the most thorough
6iood-cleauseys ever discovered.
That is why it has such remark
able effect on skin-troubles of
every kind. 1t cures them from
the inside. And that makes the
cure permanent and complete.
Tell your druggist you are
bound to give this splendid medi-
cine a fair trial. He will supply
you. For your own sake insist
on it.
If necessary write to the Blood Balm
Co. Philadelphia or St. Louis. YoHr
money back If BIB. fats TO Aetp yow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-03
TAFT DELEGATES
CONTROL IN OHIO
Defeat an Anti-Taft Candi.
date for GubernatOrial
Race

Columbus, Ohio. July 2.--Taft dele
gates, who controlled the first session
OF the republican state convention three
weeks ago by majority of only 2SE,
came back today and by a majority
of more than 100 defeated an ant'-Taft
candidate for governor and adopted
platform approving the Chicago plat
form and warmly commencing the ad-
ministration of President Taft.
Common Pleas Judge r. Il. Dillon OF
Columbus was named as the candi-
date for governor. Gen. r. b. Browne
of GAINESVILLE, past commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic. was NOM
mated for Lieutenant governor
The platform as adopted was claimed
by Roosevelt supporters as thorough
" progressive. 1t pledged support of
the working mans compensation act
and favored an "eight-hour BILL
Direct election of United States SEN
ators, the short ballot uniform tax
rate and pure water and pure 1000
legislation was promised
The minority report. on which the
first test of strength came. was iden-
tical with the ma jority report. 1t omit
ted. however, an Endorsement of Pres
ident Taft and the Chicago platform.
1t was tabled by a vote of 426h to
BOIL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-03
ADDITIONAL BONDS
NOT NECESSARY
Will Be Nearly a Year
Before More Funds Are
Needed for Canal


Washington. July with nearly $780,
00e, oOc in the cash drawer of the treasury.
officials today expressed the belief that
1t will not be, necessary to issue addi-
tional bonds for the construction of the
Panama canal for nearly a year. The
purchase and building of the waterway
to date has cost the United States $780,
4s7, 900. of this amount $751; 900 has been
paid out of the general fund of the treas
uly and the remainder from bond issues.
Balancing its books for the fiscal year
Just closed the treasury department is
sued a statement showing that the army
cost $780, 1872 900. against $3.50, 10000 the pre-
vious year; the navy s1S5,5560oo, against
s119, 9ss 900 and pensions $154,197.ooo, against
s157, 1851, 600.
The postal deficiency for the year. &C
cording to unrevised figures, was 1,56S.
600, while $22,6160oo was paid out in in
terest on the public DEBT
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-03
ATTORNEY APPEL.
IS AGAIN fined

Los Angeles, July "A mild cross ~
animation of Detective William ]. Burns
and an outbreak directed at Judge Hut
ton by Attorney H. II. Appel of the de-r
Tense which resulted in the imposition Of
a fine of s25 for contempt were features
of todays session of the bribery trial
of Clarence S. barrow.
Burns testified that me was cognizant
at the time the trap was laid for barrow
and that Detective Guy Biddinger took
Darrows money while pretending to be3
tray the secrets of the Mcnamara prose-
cutions.
Burns denied that he had ever made
the statement in public that he proposed
to get Gompers.
When Burns was excused from the
stand he was served with a subpoena by
the defense.
Appers fine was imposed for talking
back to the court Appel said he would
not pay it.
Judge Hutton gave HIM until 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning to do So
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-03

In the person of Thomas Fortune Ryan
at one of the leading hotels the other
night To look at Thomas you would not
believe 1t of him. He is a very plain and
unpretentious looking Irishman. He does
not look the part of brigand. | gave
him every opportunity, but up to this
writing he has made no overtures to me
that would induce me to throw the pow
erful influence of my pen to his side OF
the question. I was alone, all alone, with
this pirate Of finance in his room for fully
30 minutes and came away with my watch
and 81 80 intact.
For a brief period I sat in his suite OF
apartments with nothing to disturb me
but my train of thought. My train OF
thought was decidedly on the blink, and
all was still.
I might have taken undue advantage of
the situation and surreptitiously extracted
some real valuable secrets of the big in
terests from some of Mr.. Ryan's private
papers, but I did not. / would scorn such
methods, besides that his rolltop desk was
securely locked.
During the proceedings of the con-
vention yesterday two lifelong pro-
hibitionists of the Alabama delegation
fell off the water wagon with a loud
splash. Overcome by the long vigil
of intense concentration of thought
they produced small vial OF the vim
tage of 1910 and were secretly trying
to make away with 1t when discovered
by the eagle eye of ]. Ham Lewis, who
was occupying the chair Affronted that
such stunt should be pulled off with
out his giving the presiding officer an
opportunity to participate. ]. Ham
pointed them out to the audience with
a finger of scorn, also with all the rest
of his fingers.
The last report is that Representa-
tive Hobson is still throwing fits In Ia
different languages.
Since the nomination. of woodrow
Wilson all attempts to get an inter-
view with William Jennings Bryan have
failed. His ideas concerning the pros
poets of another glorious defeat are
not known. But it is understood that
he looks upon the situation as almost
hopeless. He is, 1t is said, wrapped up
In three or four layers of intense
gloom He fears that the foolish peo-
pie of the country are going to plunge
the party headlong into a victory In
November.
Some of the politicians here declare
that there is absolutely no way for the
party to lose. This Is indeed a sad
outlook for Teddy and william. The
third party born in Chicago just few
days ago and carefully nourished
through a narrowing week in Balti-
more by It's wet nurse from Nebraska,
has received a severe setback and 1t
is feared will never get over the teeth
ing period in store for it,
Too bad-the only thing left for Ted
and Bill TO do is to take back seat
and watch the show in which they
were both only so recently the most
prominent performers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-03
FLINT SAYS THAW
STILL DANGEROUS
His Release From Mattea-
wan Would Be iii Advised,
Alienist Thinks

White Plains, n. J., July 2.--Dr. Aus
tin Flint, insanity expert, on the wit
ness stand today, said positively that
Harry K. Thaw. slayer of Stanford
White. who seeks to prove that he is
now sane. is a dangerous paranoiac
and that his release from Matteawan
would be Ill advised.
DR.. Flint said the first decisions
Thaw had were in 1903 or Whereabouts,
when he thought detectives were fol-
lowing him and that Stanford White
was trying to kill him. Mr. Shearn
undertook to prove that the Monk
Eastman" gang in New York was really
after Thaw and offered in evidence a
written report to that effect from a de-
tective agency. DR.. Flint retaliated by
saying that 'paranoiacs generally APP
peal for protection to judges, district
attorneys and detective agencies.
Mr. Shearn made another attempt to
prove by quoting from previous tes-
timony that White was after Thaw
and had been overheard to say. I'll get
the - Pittsburger before morning"
Armed with large book on insanity,
Mr.. Shearn, Thaws attorney. fired
question after question at the aged
alienist. But although he was under
this examination for more than three
hours DR.. Flint could not be made to
contradict himself.
DR. Amos T. Baker who was in di-
rect charge of Thaw during the first
years of his confinement at Mattea-
wan, was called as the second alien
list on behalf of the state. He gave it
as his opinion thatTha Is a paranoiac.
Mr. Shearn severely examined the wit
ness in an effort to show bias as it
has been by the Thaw interests that
DR.. Baker was hostile toward Tha "
while he had him in charge. DR.. Ba-
ker admitted that his relations with
Thaw were strained.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-03
JUDGE INTOXICATED
WHILE ON BENCH

Seattle, July 2.-Testimony that Federal
Judge Cornelius II. Hanford was under
the influence of liquor while on the bench
was given to the judiciary sub-commit-
tee of the House of Representatives to-
day by Edwin ]. Brown, lawyer, dentist
and socialist leader in Seattle.
Brown told the committee that he ap-
peared before Judge Hanford In 1904 as
counsel in habeas corpus hearing and
that the judge was plainly under the in
f1uence of liquor. A year later Brown
moved TO the neighborhood In which
Judge Hanford lived and frequently came
home on the car with him. Brown said
that about once month he had seen
Judge Hanford apparently intoxicated.
]. o. Taft. an architect who has known
Judge Hanford by sight for seven years,
said he had frequently seen him intox-
icated on the street cars.