Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 21, 1910, Page 1

s THE BEMIDJI i ILY PIONEE Hnral Sodety, wwm HISTORICAL t‘ HMINNESGTA SOCIETY. " VOLUME 8. NUMBER 133, TAWNEY LOSES BY (,500; OTHERS WIN With Exception of First District, all The Present Congressman are Given Nomination. CONTEST CLOSE IN TWIN CITIES Stevens and Nye Have Close Call, But Miller and Lindbergh Have Walkaway. MEN NAMED FOR CONGRESS. First—Sydney Anderson, James A. Tawney. Second—B. H. Ward over C. A. Ellsworth, Third—C. R. Davis. Unopposed. Fourth—Fred Stevens over Hugh Halbert. Fifth—Frank M. Nye over A. H, Hall. Sixth—A. . posed. Seventh—C. A. Lindbergh over P. H. McGarry. Eighth—Clarence Alex McKnight. Ninth— Halvor Steenerson over H. O. Bjorge. over Volstead. Unop- Miller over St. Paul, Sept. 21—(Daily Pio- neer Special Wire Service) —Returns recived here from every district in that the named men were yesterday chosen as. republican candidates for con- gress from Minnesota. In the second congressional dis- trict, now represented by Congress- man Hammond and who was opposed for renomination by Oscar Quigley, the Westbrook editor, Hammond was renominated by an overwhelming plurality. ‘The republican contest in this dis- trict was between Ward of Fairmont the state show above NEW GLASSES CROWDED Sewing, Cooking and Manual Training Proving Popular in Bemidji. Manual training and domestic science, being taught taught for the first time in the Bemidji public schools, have become so popular that the classes are filled to the limit permitted by the facilities offered. Saperintendent of Schools W, P. Dyer today said: “The cooking and sewing classes ses have reached the point where they are crowded; all the desks in the high school are taken and we have all the pupils that we can accomodate. The 18 desks pro- vided for the cooking class are all taken, ““The two classes of sewing are complete, This goes to show that patrons appreciate the new courses and I am much gratified with the and Ellsworth of St. James. Ward’s plurality will be about 300. In the Minneapolis district Nye's lead over Hall is about 1,000 and in the St. Paul district Fred Stevens won out by scarcely more than 1,500 votes. Miller in the Duluth district had a walkaway, polling two to one over McKnight. McGarry made s poor showing in th2 seventh, Lindberg, radical insurgent, running away with the nomination by a plurality of more than 3,000. Tawney Badly Beaten. Winona, Minn., Sept 21—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service)— James A. Tawney, close friend of Speaker Cannon, and recognized as a “standpatter”, and who for sixteen years has represented this district, has received a crushing defeat at the hands of a young and heretofore unknown attorney, Syndey Anderson of Lanesboro. Mr. Tawney was defeated for the republican nominationby about 1,500. With returns complete from 150 out of the 271 precincts of this county, the vote . stands, Tawney 5,037; Anderson 6,521 giving Anderson a lead of 1,484. Tawney carried Winona county by 900 and Wabasha by 400 but every other county in the district gave Anderson pluralities ranging from 400 to 600. THOUSANDS RESUME WORK Miners’ Strike in the Southwest at an End. Kansas City, Sept. 21.—Thirty thou- sand coal miners of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, who have been on strike for five months, have returned to work, all of the mines in the Southwest having resumed opera- tions The contract under which the min- ers returned to work will n~t expire for two years. Oldest Lighthouse Keeper Dead. Washington, Sept. 21.—Willlam Welch, the oldest lighthouse keeper in the United States, is dead. He tended the Van Wics point beacon near Al bany, N. Y., continuously since 1858. He was ninety-three years §ld. The department of commerce and labor has appointed his youngest som, who 5 sixty-six- years old, to take hia place. co-operation shown by parents, “Two classes of cooking in the eighth grade receive instructions twice a week and in sewing, three times a week; in the seventh grade, once a week, These classas are taught by Miss Grest. Sewing instructions are given in the fifth and sixth grades by the regular teachers under the super- vision of Miss Grest. “Our manual training classes are also proving popular. A circular and band saw have been added to the equipment and pupils are doing advance cabinet work. During the periods that the girls sew manual training is being taught in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eight grades. “In the first, second, third and fourth industrial work such as paper folding, clay modeling and- basket|’ work is taught. “These lines prove enjoyable and we believe practical, developing cul- ture and refinement, and at the same time equipping the pupils with valuable knowledge witbout inter- ruption from their regular studies. MINISTERS IN LITTLE FALLS Conference of Methodists Opens With Much Enth.si.sm. Fergus Falls, Minn., Sept. 21.— This city took a keen interest in the assembling of the Northern Minnesota Methodist Episcopal con- ference the first sessions of which were held yesterday. This conference includes the northern three-quarters of the state, embracipg the Minne- apolis, Duluth, Litchfield and Fergus Falls districts. Rev. C. H. Flesher and wife are here from Bemidji. Local committees have arranged to entertain two hundred ministers and their wives, that number being expected to attend. The conference proper assembled in Grace Methodist church at 7:30 last evening and was welcomed by Mayor Brown for the city and by Alderman McBride on behalf of the local church. Bishop Hamilton of Boston presided. Rev. J. B. Hingely of Chicago, who delivered the opening addre:s, is a former pastor and was warmly welcomed. The church where the conference is held was recently finished, and is the finest church edifice in this part of the state. The weather is perfect and the city never looked prettier than at present, with autumn foliage everywhere. - FOR POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS Board of Control to Hold Final Con- ference. ‘Washington, Sept. 21.—Attorney General Wickersham, Secretary Mac- Voagh and Postmaster General Hitch- cock, who constitute the board of con- trol for the postal savings banks, will have a preliminary conference before the cabinet meeting next week. 1t is understood the board is ready to recommend the establishment of one bank in each of the states and territories where it has been decided |- to make the experiment.” It is the plan to issue certificates of deposit in BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESPAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, '1910. STEENERSON WINS BY 8,000 PLURALITY Congressman Renominated Over Bjorge Carrying Every County With Pos- sible Exception of Becker. CROOKSTON GIVES HIM 9 TO 1 Tells Pioneer, Beltrami’s Result Pleases Him and That He Feels He Has Been Vindicated. Crookston, Minn., (Daily Pioneer Speciél Wire Ser- vice,)—Halvor Steenerson, insur- gent representative 1n the lower house of congress has won a won- derful victory in his race with H. O. Bjorge of Lake Park for the republican nomination for repre- sentative in the ninth district, His plurality will approximate 8,000, In the city of Crookston and Polk' county the vote was in Sept., 21— his favor at a ratio of about nine to one. In the town of Angus every one of the 72 votes cast were for Steenerson. There is but one doubtful county and that is Becker, where Mr. Bjorge lives. Complete returns pro- bably will show that Bjorge will have a small lead. Towns that two years ago went against Steenerson yesterday gave him a rousing vote, Congressman Steenerson gave the following over long distance tele- phohe to the Pioneer at 2 o’clock this afternoon: “I am much gratified over the splendid tribute. the voters of the ninth district have paid me. The returns we have indicate that it is about as nearly unianmous as one could ‘imagine. The vote in Bel- trami county pleases me much and I wish to thank my friends there. I feel that the election is a splendid vindication of the course I have pursued, and the work I have ac- complished, in congress.” Clay and Norman will give Steen- erson a plurality of between 400and 500. Two yearsago Norman went strongly against him. LaDu Wins in Fifty-second. Cass Lake, Minn., Sept. 21— (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service) —Returns received here indicate that Charles W. LaDu of Pine River, Cass county, out of a field of six contestants, has landed the nomina- tion for state representative from this district. He made his campaign on a strong “boost for Northern Minnesota” campaign. Lindberg for congress carried Cass Lake by eight votes. one form up to $9 and in other forms for $10, $20 and $50. They will be nontransterable and nonnegotiable. BAKER TELLS OF PEARLS Bemidji Jeweler Olfm Advice to Persons Hunting for Jewels. JEEREE [ { Recent rich finds ‘of peatls in the apper waters of the, Mississippi has aroused much interest in pearl hunt- ing. It is not always edsy to tell whether the pearls are valuable and for this reason the following from George T. Baker, the Bemidji jewel- er. is particularly appropriate; “Fresh water pearls are found in the Mississippi and its tributaries. Occasionally good pearls are found in the lakes but not often. The most desirable shapes are found, but but- ton egg or pear shape also have a good market value if they weigh one grain or more, but they must be symmetrical in form and have lustre. Indentations, lumps grooves and faded surfaces detract largely from the value of the pearl. ‘Slugs,’ ‘baroques’ and ‘burr pearls’ are names applied to pearls irregularly formed, uneven and with knotty surface and when mounted are used as scarf pins, brooches, pendants etc. A very common kind of pearl growth is attached to the shell and seems to grow like a wart—these have little value if separated en- tirely from the shell, but with a part of the shell make fine specimens for rings, scarf pins and La Vallieres. “It is not advisable to try and improve a pearl as one is likely to do more damage than good. %The prices paid for pearls vary— being a luxury the price is largely goverened by the demand for differ- ent kinds. “Frequently when a pearl is found the finder becomes excited and itis apt to be valued much higher than it should be. When'a fine pearl is found it should be wrapped in cotton or soft paper, ib&_ poor specimens| and slugs can be carried in any kind of box without much danger of injury. “At the present time pearl hunt- ing has become popular in this as in other localities on the Mississippi river and I trust that this informa- tion will be of valueto many readers.” Burglar Gets Five Years. La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 21—J]ames Howard, a burglar, who was sen- tenced to the penitentiary for seven years for complicity in several post- office robberies Dear here, but who was later realeased through the effort of attorneys, has been sentenced again to five years il the penitentiary at Madson; Howard was found guilty of burglary near Madson, Wis. Lewis For Governor. T}enton, N. J, Sept. 21,—Vivian M. Lewis of Passaic was nominated unanimously for governor by the re publican state convention today. WHY HE WAS HAPPY. HANSON BEATS BERG; O’NEIL DOWNS KROHN Ada Man Wins Renomination as State Senator, Losing But one County, Beltrami COUNTY OPTIONIST = VICTORY Both Men Were Endorsed by the Min- nesota Anti-Saloon League— Vote Here Incomplete A. L. Hanson has been renomi- nated as a republican candidate for the state senate over Albert Berg of Spooner. D. P. O'Neil of Thief River Falls has defeated Iver Krohn of Shevlin for the republican nomi- nation of state representative from this district, Hanson carried Clearwater by about 600; Red Lake by 200, Nor- man by 387. Manohmen is close. Both Hanson and O Neil are pro- nounced county optionists and have received the endorsement ot the Minnesota Anti-Saloon League. With the exception of Beltrami county, neither Berg nor Krohn carried a county in the district, Clearwater, Mahnomen and Norman piling up substantial pluralties for Hanson and O’Neil. In Beltrami county with twenty precincts to be heard from Berg re- ceived 794; Hanson 637; G. L. Han- son 41. O’Neil 530; Krohn 771 and Delorme 65. HANSON WINS RED LAKE Thief River Falls, Minn., Sept. 21 —(Daily-Pionieer-Special Wire Ser- vice)— A. H. Hanson of Ada has carried Red Lake county for the nomination of the state. senator on the republican ticket over Albert Berg of Spooner by approximately 200 votes. . D. P. O'Neill has carried the county as a candidate for state repre- sentative over Iver Krohn by about 700 votes. All parts of the county has been heard from and the final returns cannot materially change the figures as outlined above. At noon Han- son had a lead of 166 “and O'Neil 589. Delorme’s vote was light. Berg Carries City of Ada. Ada, Minn.,, Sept. 21— (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service)— Norman county gives Hanson . a majority over Berg of 322. In this city, Senator Hanson’s home town, Mr, Berg received a majority of eight votes, With a few precincts yet to heard from the vote stands: Berg, 642; Hanson g64. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. MANY LISTEN TO RETURNS Pioneer-Markham Bulletins Heard liy More Than 200 Persons. More than 200 persons packed in- to the Hotel Markham lobby last night to listen to the election re- turns as received by the Daily Pio- neer-Markham service. The returns were late but the was interest sogreat that many remained up until an early hour this morning. The first complete returns came from the town of Wilton. This was followed by the complete vote from the first ward, Then came bulletins from the first congressional district indicating the defeat of James A. Tawney, and this proved to be one of the real thrillers of the evening. A bulletion which brought a burst of applause was the news from Ada that Albert Berg had carried that village, which is the home of Senator Hanson., - Other bulletions were flashed in from Crookston, Cass Lake and Du- luth as well as a“continuous supply of messages from the Twin Cities. The crowd was in good humor, for the most part, all the way through. There was but little betting, al- though as late as 10 o’clock Alex McNabb wagered $50 that Berg would be nominated over A. L. Han- son. Another big crowd gathered at the Rex hotel where returns were also received. Wausau Finds Big Pearls. Wausau, Wis.,, Sept. 21—Pearl fishing may become an industry in Wausau. Since the completion of the dam of the Marathon Paper Mills.company, three miles south of here, the water below: the dam' has received and uncovered thousands of clams on the shores. Pearls as large as peas have been found. lowa City Man Dead. Iowa, City, Iowa, Sept. 21.—John G. Masterson, founder of the Lowe Jewelry Manufacturing company of Iowa City, was killed in Denver, says a telegram to his kinsfolk here. A streetcar ran over him. ' Details are lacking. He was 34." A wife and two sons survive. STEVENS APPEARS LOSER Returns Indicate His Defeat at Hands of John Saugstad. Crookston, *Minn., Sept, 21— (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service) —A., D. Stevens probably has been defeated in his effort to be nominat- ed as a republican candidate for the state senate. His lopponent, John Saugstad claims the nomination by 200 votes. There are several precincts yet to be heard from. At 2 p, m; Senator Stevens figur- ed that if his strength kept up he would win the nomination by 200. Discriminating theatregoers who both enjoy and appreciate light com- edy and drama-and acting of a high order will have an opportunity to in_ dulge their taste in this direction, FIGHT GLOSE - FOR SHERIFF ~ AND AUDITOR Hazen Leads on Returns Now in But Johnson Declares He Will Win in Tardy Precincts. FOUR BUNCHED FOR AUDITOR Hayner Leads But is Only Few Votes Abead With Spooner and Baudette FUNKLEY FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY Schroeder Defeated For Commissioner —I. B. Olson Shows Strong For Register of Deeds. This is a list of the probable win ners for Beltrami county offices at the primary election yelt.erdny: Auditor—R. C. Hayner. Treasurer—George H. French. Register of Deeds—]J. O. Harris. Sheriff—A. B. Hazen. Judge of probate—M. A. Clark. CountyAttorney—Henry Funkley. County commissioners, first dis- trict—A. E. Rako. Third district—L. O. Myhre. This list is based on returns re- ceived from thirty voting precincts, including, Bemidji, Blackduck and Nymore. * The contest for auditor is ex- ceedingly close and complete re- turns may swing the nomination to either Alsop, George or even Wilmann. = The vote on auditor from the re- turns now in stands: Hayner 480; George 420; Alsop 381; Wilmann 354. Spooner and Baudette are yet to be heard from and should even a part of the vote cast for Berg be bunched for any one candidate it will mean his election. The close fight for auditor is du- plicated in the contest for sheriff Hazen and Johnson running neck and neck. The vote for sheriff stands: Hazen 890; Johnson 719; Benner 190. While official returns have not been received from Kelliher it is understood that Johnson gets 50 votes there to Hazen’s eight. John- son contends that his strongest territory is yet to be heard f-om and that on the face of returns now in his nomination is assured. The contest for county attorney was too tame to be exciting, Funkley running away with the nomination, having a lead of 335 votes. Chester McKusick the present county attor- ney has polled 338 to Campbell’s 527 Funkley having as many as these combined. . For treasurer George French has the nomination cinched. His present lead over Opsata is 612, the vote being French 1,048; Opsata 436. J. O.- Harris has a safe lead for the nomination as register of deeds, although I. B. Olson developed sur- prising strength in the country dis- tricts. The vote now stands, Harris 971; Olson 665. If the northern for the most widely known theatrical company now touring. The North- west will be seen at the Armory Opra House for three nights commencing on next Monday night Sept 26 when the: Eckhardt Theatrical Company will make its initial bow before a Bemidji audience. i On Monday night, Sept. 26 “Are You a Mason,” will be the first night’s offering, and if you fail to see it you will bave missed a wonder- ful performance of a very interesting and amusing comedy. It will be the first time this company and bril- liant comedy has been seen in this city. It goes with snap and speed, vulsions of laughter. Reservations can be secured in ‘advance st/ Han- lw'g Drug Store. 7 and is said to be simply irresistible | and sweeps an’ audience into con-| precincts go as strong for Olson as they probably did for Berg the Harris plurality will be materially reduced. M. A. Clark, present judge of pro- bate, has secured the renomination, the present returns giving him a lead over the combined votes of Carl Heffron and M. G. Slocum. The vote stands Clark 909; Heffron 376, M. G. Slocum 238. ‘W. G. Schroeder has been retired from the board of county commis- sioners by A. E. Rako of the town of Bemidji. The complete vote is in and standsas follows: - Rako 374. Schroeder 321. Wes Wright 138, Although John G. Morrison re- [Continued on Page 4.} 8 e ————— i | §