Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 29, 1910, Page 1

. B MINNESGTA | HISTORICAL SOCIETY. | THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER! VOLUME 8. NUMBER 62. " BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1910, TEN CENTS PER WEEK. NEW PLAY BOOKED FOR ONE NIGHT NEXT WEEK *‘St. Elmo”’ Scheduled to Be Given in the Armory Wednesday Evening— Popular Prices. St. Elmo” will be produced at the Armory opera house on Wednes- This an added attrac- day evening of next week. play comes as tion to those already booked for tournament week and is expected to provide pleasant entertainment dur- ing the evening it will be given. The play is a dramatization of the novel by the same name written bv Augusta Evans Wilson. The book was copyrighted and it was nut possible to prau\xce it as a play{ until the copyright expired. Dur- iog the life of the author, one at- tempt was made to produce a play but it did not suit her and she refused to allow it to continue. It so happened that tke copyright| expired the year the author died so| that it was possible to produce theé play at once. | The dramatization to be used here next week is the one written by Miss Grace Hayward. Sheis herself an actress of no slignt abi- lity and is now leading a company at the Metropolitanin Minneapo- lis. She is the wife of Dick Ferris. Miss Hayward’s dramatization has been used throughout the middle and western states and has always | met with a good reception. | “St. Elmo,” as a novel, was one of most widely read books of its day- 1t tells a story that is bewitching in romance, fervent in religious spirit, and has a power to thrill from beginning to end. It issaid that Miss Hayward’s dramatiza- tion has lost nothing of the original force of the novel and stays by the text closely. Manager Evan Carson says that the usual popular prices will be charged for “St. Elmo.” TELEGRAPHIC SPECIALS. | Fergus Falls, June 29—(Special to the Pioneer)—Fire broke out at 2:30 this morning in D. Currie & Co.’s soft drinks establishment on Lincoln avenue. Owing to the low stand of the river it was hard to secure good water pressure, and as everything was dry flames spread rapidly des- troying seven business houses. Washington, June 28, (Special to to the Pioneer)—In the Spokane rate case, the interstate com- merce commission decided today that the freight was uanreasonable and excessive. Just and reasonable rates on both class and commodity freight were established for the future. Trenton, N. J., June 29—(Special | to the Pioneer)—With less than half a minute to spare, Arthur Rase was saved from the eletric chair today by a stay of execution signed by Judge Minturn on a moving train and thrown from window to the condemned man’s lawyer. Rase was strapped in the chair and the electrician was wait- ing with his hand on the switch for the signal when reprieve reached prison. Ann Arbor, Mich,, June 28— Harry Burns Hutchins, dean of the law department, was. tonight elected president of the University of Michi- gan to sccceed Dr. James B. Angell. Chicago, June 28 —At 10 o’clock, when the Lee O’Neil Browne jury had been out 102 hours, it was an- nounced at the criminal court build- ing that there was little chance of an agreement tonight, Hettinges, N. D., June 29.—Paid representatives of the Milwaukee railroad company have been very active during the past few days in making a thorough canvass of this part of the state for McCumber, Hanna and Engerud. Promises of railroad favor for support of these names are being freely made. Minneapolis, Minn., June * 29— Five men were killed and eleven in- jured, two of them probably fatally by anexplosion which first wrecked and then set fire to the ssloon of Edward Bushay, five miles north of Minneapolis on the Anoka road this evening. The identified dead are Eugene Hamlin, Edward Hammish and Charles Siggelkow all residents of Minneapolis. Two bodies remain unidentitied. Dusseldorf, Germany, June 29— Count Zeppelin's passenger airship Deutschland, the highest developed of all the famous aeronauts models, lies tonight on top of the Teutobur. gain forest, pierced with pine tree stems, a mass of deflated silk and twisted aluminum. The thirty-three persons on board after a wild con- test with a storm escaped uninjured, descending a rope ladder from the wreck on the pine tops. Grand Forks, June 29g—H. M. Creel, 1n the field service of the government has submitted the fol- lowing crop estimate for North Dakota; Wheat, 25 per cent of normal crop. Oats, 3o per cent of normal crop. Barley, 35 per cent of normal crop. Flax, 40 to 65 per cent of nor- mal crop. Hay, 15 per cent of normal crop. Meadows and pastures, 20 per cent of normal condition. To secure the above results rain and plenty of it must come soon. SPORTING NOTES | Standing of the Clubs American Association Won Lost Pet Minneapolis. ... 49 23 .678 St. Paul 634 Toledo. . 629 Milwaukee 439 Kansas City. 431 Indianapolis . 417 Columbus.... .403 Louisville.... .. .352 National League Won Lost Pet Chicago . 38 19 .667 New York. 34 22 .607 Pittsburg . 25 .545 Cincinnati. 29 .500 Philadelphia 29 473 St. Louis. . 443 Brooklyn 429 Boston ... 350 American League Won Lost Pet Philadelphia 38 20 .655 New York. 21 .625 Detroit 25 .587 Boston. . 27 .534 Cleveland .. 28 .462 Chicago. .. 25 31 .446 Washington . 29 37 .393 St. Louis. . 16 40 .286 Yesterday’s Results. Amercian Association Minneapolis 7--Columbus 2. St. Paul 18—Toledo 3. Indianapolis 1—Milwaukee 2. Louisville 5—Kansas City 4. American League Boston 4—Philadelphia 3. Cleveland 5—St. Louis 0. New York 9—Washington 7. Chicago 8—Detroit 5. National League Philadelphia 1—New York 9. Brooklyn 4—Boston 9. Pittsburg 6—St. Louis 4. Chicago 11—Cincinnati 1. ONE DEAD AND FIVE INJURED Driver of Auto Was Racing With Elec- tric Car. Hammond, Ind., June 29.—Peter Rip- ley, aged fitly, of Hammond was drowned when he was pinned under an antomobile which turned turtle into a creek between this place and ompanions were d, but will probably re- cover. They are: Miss Bernice Erackett, Frank Baker, George Heiser, Frank Betz, Jr., and Frank Betz and Miss Brackett met the rest of the party at lLuke Iront park and they had supper together. Later they started for Hunmond. Be. tween Hammond and Roby Irving Betz. who is reported to have heen racing with an interurban electric car, lost control of his machine and it dashed, from the road. The dead man and his injured com- panions were brought here by the crew of the interurban car. SHIP SOUTHERN CATTLE T0 NORTHERN PASTURES Farmers in Dried Up Sections Urged to Pasture Stock Where Fields are Green and Shady. Northern Minnesota farmers are offering with open arms their green fields and pastures to the cattle owners of southern Minnesota, northein Iowa and South Dakota. From recent reports the hot weather has practically destroyed every blade of grass in these sections and the cattle owners are compelled to ship their stock to the stock yards at whatever price is being offered. As fast as the northern Minnesota farmers are learning the conditions they are extending every effort to have those cattle shipped into the northern part of the state where they can be well fed and fattened. “It seems to be a pity that the farmers and cattle owners of southern Minnesota do not know of the extensive feeding grounds we have in northern Minnesota,” said W. G. Schroeder today. “We can feed several million head of cattle and on feed that will make them fat.” He continued to say that it seemed too bad that southern farm- ers were not aware of this fact and that there should be some means of letting them know what we have in this country. There is no need of shipping cattle to the stock market at prevailing prices when they can be shipped into northern Minnesota and well taken care of until the farmers are ready to dispose of them, and get a good market for their stock. Every day new developments showing the advantages of northern Minnesota over other sections are being brought to public attention. Northern Minnesota is well blessed with lots of grass and ideal climate. It is a natural dairying country and is fast becoming recognized as such, Commission houses in Bemidji will receive cattle on consignment and place them with farmers in the surrounding country. Farmers in the southern part of the state are urged to take advantage of this opportunity. FIRE CAUSES HALF MILLION DAMAGE Block In Business Section ol Paterson, N. J., Destroyed, Paterson, N. J. June 29.—Five hun- dred thousand dollars’ worth of prop- erty in the business section of Pater- Bon was destroyed in an_early morn. ing fire. ” No lives were lost, but five firemen had narrow escapes from death when a heavy wall toppled over close by the epot where they were stationed. All of them were injured, two seriously. The fire swept a block on Main street from Ward street. Help from six outside towns had to be asked for by the local firemen and at times during the three-hour fight with the flames it looked as if the losses In the big fire of 1902 might be equalled or exceeded. Five firemen were injured by a fall- ing wall and others had narrow es. capes. . The burned buildings include the Van Dyke Furniture company’s store, a five-story structure, where the fire started; the fourstory Tockwood Bros." furniture store building, the three-story Donahue building, Daly’s moving picture house and a number of smaller structures. ¢ Hard work by the firemen saved the Paterson Opera House, adjoining the Donahue building. BERTH RATES REMAIN SAME Roads Secure Postponement of Order Until July 4. St. Paul, June 29.-~Reduced berth rates between Chicago and the Twin Cities and the Head of the Lakes and between the Twin Cities and Seattle, as provided by an order of the inter- state commerce commission, will not go into effect July 1. The Pullman company and the rallroads owning and operating their own sleeping cars haye succeeded in gelting a postpone ment of the order until July 12 Whether the postponement Is to con tinue will be determined July 7, when the Pullman company and the rail- roads concerned will seek a temporary injunction against the order -from the clrcuit court at Chicaza. MILLION AVAILABLE OUT OF SCHOOL FUND State Board of Investments Decides to Sell Foreign Bonds Now Being Held. COUNTIES TO BE LOANED MONEY FOR IMPROVEMENTS Decision Will Enable Municipalities to Drain Much Land Which is Now Swampy. At a meeting of the state invest- ment board in St. Paul Saturday, it was decided that when necessary to meet applications for money to be used by municipalities in local improvements, the board would dis- pose of the bonds of foreign states which .mature within twenty years. These foreign bonds are 'now held in the school fund of the state and Auditor Iverson says that at present $6,100,000 is-on hand. The investment board met with W. R. Mackenzie and W. J. Brown, county attorney of Marshall county, who were a committee from the Northern Minnesota Development association, for the purpose of dis- cussing and considering the question of the sale of bonds of other states now constituting the permanent school fund of Minnesota, to obtain money to loan to the counties of this state for drainage and other improvements authorized by law. The investment board consists of Gover- nor Eberhart, John Lind, Auditor Iverson, and Treasurer Pettijohn. Mr. Mackenzie and Mr. Brown pointed out to the committee thata large part of the school fund of this state is invested in bonds of other states. Thus the money paid into the Minnesota school fund is loaned to other states for their improve- ments while some of our counties find it hard to get money. These foreign bonds are bearing interest at the rate of 3% per cent, but the municipalities are willing to pay 4 per cent, It was further shown that the swamp land grant of this state was granted to this state with an express proviso that the proceeds of the sale of the granted lands was to be used first in reclaiming the ,lands by drainage, and that the association is not requesting the board to comply with those requirements but only that the funds from the proceeds of the sale of those lands be loaned to the counties wishing to make the improvements, and not have the im- provements handled by the board itself. The board’s attention was also called to the fact that at time of the school land grant of this state, it was provided by constitutional enactment that the proceeds of the sale of the lands granted by the federal govern- ment for school purposes should only be invested in bords of this or some other state, but that this consti- tutional prohibition did not extend to the swamp land grant of the state for the reason that original grant from the federal government was not primarily for school purposes but was only appropriated to the purpose of the schools of this state by sub- sequent state enactment, and that there has been a popular misconcep- tion of the powers of the state invest- ment board with reference to the loaning of this school fund. It was argued further that these drainage bonds of the countries of this state are in fact municipal bonds, having behind them the credit of the county issuing the same besides. being secured by assessments upon the lands bene- fited, and that the security of these bonds as an investm~ntof the state school fund was equal or superior to the investment 1n bonds of for- eign states; and because of the higherrate of interest paid on these local bonds and the return to the state by reason of the gen- eral improvement within this state, the board of investment should ex- ercise 1ts discretion and sell the bonds of foreign states .where the same could be done without sac- ricing the interests of the school fund of this state, FIRE DANGER INGREASED BY EARLY GELEBRATION Chief Benner Warns Parents to Keep Children from Endangering Lives and Property. Chief of Police Benner has issued a warniug to the children of the city. Many have been shooting off their fire works during the - week and in some cases, serious accidents have been narrowly averted. It is against the law to fire explosives in the city limits, and the Chief wants the premature celebrations stopped. Several children have been shoot- ing off firecrackers in the alleys and back yards. Attention of the parents is called to the fact that everything combustible is as dry as tinder now and that if a fire is once started, it will be hard to put it out under prevailing wind conditions. Alleys are bad places to shoot off firecrackers as a spark can fly off many feet and may not be discovered for several hours. A fire in the rear of Roe & Markusen’s was narrowly averted today after some children had shot off firecrackers in the alley. Chief Benrer wants the parents to see that the children confine their enthusiasm to next Monday and not endanger their own lives and city property before or after the Fourth. Preacher In Bartenders’ Union. The Rev. Wallace M. Short, pastor of the First Congregational church, one of the largest and most aristo- cratic churches of Sioux City, Iowa, has caused a sensation by refusing totake partin a joint prohibition crusade started by the churches of Sioux City. - The Reverend Short says he doesn’t believe in prohibition. He says that he has, “with a definite and friendly purpose, sought to in- crease my acquaintance among the men who are engaged in the liquor business.” Rev. Short capped the climax when he joined the barten- ders’ union. He is a regular attend- ant upon their meetings, so far as his duties will allow. “I have in recent months been in many saloons in several big American cities,” he says. As usual, this has all created a nine- day wonder, and the church people are divided over the question. Armory Decorated for the Dance. Jim Carlton, who is managing the dance to be given by Company K Friday night says that the Armory will be decorated with the same decorations that were used for the military ball. Some of them are up yet and the rest will be put up at once. Five hundred posters announcing the dance were printed today and distributed around town. Some of them will be sent to the villages within eight or ten miles. The Armory has a large floor and will be able to accomodate any sized crowd. POLITICAL ANNOUNGEMENTS Candidate for Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as candidate for the republican nomina- tion for sheriff of Beltrami county at the primaries September 20th. 1 respectfully solicit the support of the voters of this county. Andrew Johnson. Candidate For County Attoraey. 1 bereby announce myself a candidate for the Republican nom- ination for the office of county attorney of Beltrami county, subject to the primaries to be held Septem- ber 20th, 1910. G. W. Campbell. Announcement. I hereby announce myself as candidate for the Republican nomi- nation to the office of county at- torney at the primaries to be held September zo. I chosen, I _will do my best to fill the office to your satisfaction. Chester McKusick Announcement. I hereby announce myself as can- didate for the nomination for sheriff on the republican ticket at the pri- maries held Sept. 20, 1910. A. N. Benner. Special Summer Teaching. Parents wishing children who did not make their grades this last _year, to do special work in making up, so they will not have to stay in the grade two years, can make arrangements for such work with Miss Mildred Woodruff, corner of Irvin Ave. and 14th. street. Phone 4. gy A sixth grade class is now form- ing, terms per week, $1.50 for class of five, $1.00 for class of ten. Ice Cream Special. Pints 15 cents—quarts 30 cents. Bemidji Candy Kitchen. WESTERN FARM HANDS MAY ORGANIZE UNION Agitators Say Laborers are Not Paid Enough and Want Material Increase in Wages. Several organizers, not affiliated with any of the recognized labor bodies, are working among the farm bands of the Pacific Northwest to get the men to form unions and then stand for a raise in wages, The minimum wage is to be from $3.20 to $2 per. day, and the pay of machine-men will be increased from $6.50 to$7 and from $10 to $12. Sacksewers and forkers will get $5 per, day. If'is estimated that over 100,000,000 bushels of-grain will be harvested this season. \ Severalattemptshave been-made in Washington and Oregon to organize farm laborers, but so far they have not been successful. However, the farmers admit that it such an organization- could be formed they would have to pay almost any price demanded by the men. Frank Trader, who*appears to be the head of the organizers, says it is proposed to form a local union in every grain district in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. He declares that the present scale, ranging from $2.50 to $7 a day, is not high enough, “‘especially,” he adds, “at a time when the farmers will be glad to pay more than leave their crops in the field. Fifty cents is the initiation fee and we will have enough members at the start to see the thing through. Our members won’t work with those not identified with the organization. Efforts are being made by ranchers and orchardists to bring men into the country from eastern, central and southern states, and in addition to these it is likely that students from a dozen or more col- leges in various'parts of the country can be enlisted to assist in harvest ng the grain, grass and frait crops. GERMAN OFFICIAL CHANGES New Men in Ministerial Pos! % Foreign Capitals. Berlin, June 29.—Baron von Kider len-Baechter has been appointed sec- retary of state for foreign affairs, suc ceeding Herr Wilhelm Edler von Bchoen, who is made German ambas: sador to France. Prince von Radolin, who now occupies. the Paris post, will retire to private life. Baron von Rheinbaben’s successor as Prussian minister of state and finance has not been named as yet. and at IN CHARGE OF BROWNE JURY Balliff Whalen Loses - Twenty-two Pounds During Long Vigil Chicago, June 29.—Ome of the out- ward indications of the terrific strain under which everybody connected with the Lee O’Nell Browne bribery trial is laboring was shown in the appearance of Bailif Whalen, who has been in personal charge of the jury ever since | it retired. The bailiff, who is not a corpulent man at best, has lost twen- ty-two pounds during his elghty-three hours of service. With loss of flesh to the balliff, who s experienced in criminal gourt methods and is accustomed to long ‘waits, it is belleved. that members of the jury must have Qnred much worida FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT BRINGS MANY VISITORS Over 1,000 Expected—Naval Parade Proposed For Monday Evening On Water Front. N As near as can be estimated at present, over 1,000 people will be in Bemidji next week to attend the six- teenth annual tournament of the Northern Minnesota Firemen’s as- sociation. Thief River Falls, Red THOMAS R. JOHNSTONE Chief of the Crookston Fire Department, Treasurer Northern Minnesota Firemen's Tournament Association, Treasurer National Firemen's Association. Lake Falls and International Falls have not yet been heard from as to whether or. not they will send teams. If they do, the number will run close to the above figures. Six teams have been entered in the tournament to date. Hallock will send twenty men, Warren will send twenty-five, Ada has reserved rooms for thirty-five, Crookston has reserved rooms for twenty, Black- duck will be down with twenty and Bemidji will have the entire depart- ment. The three Falls are members of the association, but Secretary Cunningham has not yet beard that they will enter teams this year. In addition to the six teams en- tered, Argyle, Stephen, Kennedy, Bagley, McIntosh, and Cass Lake will send delegations but will not enter teams. Several other towns which are located nearby are ex- pected to send delegations, but as nothing definite has been heard from them,- they are not put in the list, It is quite possible tbat the handicap launch race on Monday night will be preceded or followed by a parade of all the boats on lake. Dwight Millet bas charge of the races and believes that time caa be found before the grand ball at 9 o’clock to havea parade from the dock half way to the Point and back. The plan as proposed is that the smaller boats go first and the larger ones last. [Each boat would be assigned a division according to size so that the small boats could keep out of the way of the large ones. Rowboats will form oune division, canoes another, and the launches will be divided into several. If the scheme is carried out, owners will be asked to decorate their boats in the national colors. First Squad To Northome. 8quad Ne 1, of Bemidji Rod and Gun club, weut up to North- ome on the early train this morn- ing to hold a practice shoot with the first squad of the Northome club. The Northome men will re- turn the shootin a week or ten days. = Those making the trip are Dan Rose, D. D. Miller, T. R. Simons, L. G, Crothers, and A. B. Palmer, Big Log Fire at Orth Word has been received here from Orth that the Backus-Brooks Lumber company lost between 500,000 and 1,000,000 feet of logs by fire yester- day. The blaze is supposed to be of incendiary origin and was started sometime Sunday night. All efforts to put out the fire have proved fatile. No estimate of the loss can be ob- tained..