Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 28, 1910, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEE Historical Soci ety Y {STORICAL QCIETY. " VOLUME 8. NUMBER 139, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENIN(;‘:, SEPTEMBER 28, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. WORK STARTS SOON ON $20,000 DEPOT Plans Call for Construction of One of the Finest Railway Stations in the_State. WILL BE MODERN AND OF BRICK Soo and Minnesota & International to Share Expense of Construction— Side Tracks Being Laid. Work on Bemidji’s new $20,000 union depot is to be started in the near future. Plans and specifications are be- ing prepared at the Soo head- quarters, a general understanding having been arrived at with cfficials of the Minnesota & Inter- national. The depot is to be built by tlese roads, the expense being equally divided. The building is to be located on First street, between Beltrami and Minnesota avenues, The building is to be of brick con- struction, 120 feet long and 30 feet wide. ‘There isto be a paved plat- form and a brick walk between the tracks. The depot will be modern in every respect and will be one of the finest structures of its kind in the state. It will be modelled somewhat after the Northern Pacific depot at St. Cloud. There is to be two large waiting rooms with tile floors. Then there is to be a ticket office with modern fixtures. baggage and express room and a covered driveway. The building is to be illuminated by electric lights and the ventilation will be the hest possible. A rought draft of the plans has been seen but the detailed plans have not been received, although they are expected within the next few days. Upon receipt of the plans and specifications bids will be advertised for and as soon as the contract can be let the work will be started. A Soo construction crew arrived in Bemidji this worning and began the construction of the sidetracks here. The rails were distributed to- day and by tomorrow night it is ex- pected that all the sidetracks will be in place. With the completion of track lay- ing, the work of the engineering headquarters is about completed and several of the members of the en- gineering staff at the Soo’s Minne- sota avenue office will shortly leave the city, and the office likely will soon be closed. Soo Contractors Finish Work. Johnson, Rogcrs & Curtis, the Soo contractors yesterday finished their 12 miles of work west of four Legzed Lake and today began loading their outfit for shipment. Work trains are surfacing the track from both east and west ends. Card of Thanks. 1 desire to heartily thank the friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted me in my sad bereavement; also for the many beautiful floral offerings. In a like affliction may you also be so blessed with friends. Mrs, C. J. Pryor. TWO PLACES TO BE VACANT Roosevelt and Sherman Not to Attend Dinner to President. New York Sept. 28.—Neither Colo- nel Roosevelt nor Vice President Sher- man will attend the dinner gt the NINE GOUNTIES STILL ouT Beltrami Not the Only Tardy One in Presenting Election Returns. Nine counties have as yet failed to _report to the secretary of state the result of the ‘primary election held on Sept. 20: i Beltrami is one and the others are St. Louis, Itasca, Jackson, Lake, Olmstead, Hennepin, Dakota and Cook. The state canvassing board has begun the work of going through the returns. The board consists of Jus- tices Jaggard and O’Brien of the state supreme court, Judge Graham Powers of Granite Falls; Judge O. P, Lewis of .St. Paul and Secretary of State Schmahl. Beltrami county returns are now in the hands of County Auditor Hay- ner and as soon as they can be veri- fied they will be torwarded to the secretary of state, probably tonight. The Daily Pioneer is prepaiing a table of the official vote cast for every office in the county and will publish it probably tomorrow. DIETZ ~ ROASTS SHERIFF Cameron Dam Outlaw Also Ridicules Wild Reports. Winter, Wis., Sept. 28—Many resi” dents of Wisconsin have freely criti- cised Sheriff M. E. Madden of Saw- yer county for his failure to capture John F. Dietz. To allof these criti- cisms Sheriff Madden is silent, Now comes Dietz himself with the sug. gestion that Madden is negligent. In a letter he says: “Don’t you think Madden has been somewhat neligent in his duty as a peace officer in smothering six so-called criminal warrants since the inception of his term of office nearly two years ago. “If ‘Madman’ is going to take me ‘dead’ I fail tosec the benefit of postponing his pleasure for days, weeks, or months. “Ira C. Edwards of Minneapolis was here three days and two nights. He rounded up 2 bunch in Winter and made them divulge the truth, although it was not their intention to do so. “The best one was Dr. Burns, who said he saw me brandishing a smok- ing revolver—my pistol is smoke- less—exclaiming, ‘I’'ve got one of your corporation pups.’” Some time afterwards, when the doctor was telling it over, he claimed I sai ‘I’ve got one of your prominent citi- zens.’ When he was asked, ‘Now, doctor, which did he say,’ he de- clared, “Well, really, I don’t know.’” That Deitz has reason to believe there wiil be no attempt to arrest him is evident from the fact that he visits the town of Winter when- ever the notion strikes him, MRS. PAULSON DIES HERE Mother of Mrs. Henry J. Unruh Suc- cumbs After Long Illness Mrs. Jennie Paulson, 50 years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry J. Unruh, 117 Twelfth street, at an early hour this morning. Mrs. Paulson had been in ill health for a long time and since July 4 has been confined to her bed. She made a brave struggle against a compli- cation of diseases but physicans and Hotel Astor next Saturday night of |relatives realized that it would be un. the National Republican league !n honor of President Taft, the Times says. According to {ts Information Mr. Sterman has declined the invita- tion unequivocally, while Colonel Roosevalt &xplal that he did not see hew he could attend, although ke would ilke 10 be present. Managers of the affair, however, are credited with bLelieving C. | Roosevelt may yet. find b (G attend Witty. The following epigram was written on Dr. lsune Letsom, a once well known Euglish physician; When folks are sick and send for me successful and the end therefore, was not unexpected. s Mrs. Paulson came to Bemidji last November when Mr. Unruh came here from Minneapolis to accept a position as teller in the First Na- tional bank. Mrs. Unruhis Mrs. Paulson’s anly child. The funeral services will be held at the Unruh residence on Friday at 2 p. m. The services will be con- ducted by Rev. C. H. Flescher of the First Methodist church. Inter- I purges. bleeds and sweats 'em. _ If after that (hey choose to dle What's that to me?- 1 Letsom. ment will be made here in Green- wood cemetery. : POLITICAL BOMBS TO BE EXPLODED SOON Defeated Candidates Intimate They Did Not Receive Square Deal and Talk of Contests. SEVERAL TO FILE INDEPENDENTLY Judge Stanton’s Nonpartizan Pelition to Be Followed By Others For County Offices. Bombs are expected to be popping in Beltrami county politics within tte next few days. Several of the candidates who failed in their efforts ta land on the ticket are a long way from being satisfied, and there is any amount of low voiced grumbling, some going so far as to more than hint at illegal voting, but none is yet bold enough to come out and make definite charges. At least fcur of the defeated mén are talking, or have talked, of ask- ing a recount. To contest an elec- tion means quite an expense, so that no one is going to rush blindly into such a proposition. ‘The most likely person to ask for a recount is Auditor Hayner who on the face of the official returns has lost the nomination to James George by 57 votes. “I am still undecided as to what course I shall pursue,” said Mr. Hayner this-afternoon, “‘but it is not entirely unlikely that I shall ask for a recount in some precincts.” Andrew Johnson who lost in his race for the republican nowination of sheriff to A. B. Hazen, by eleven votes, said today that he would not contest the election. He believes a recount might change the result buthesays he has not the funds neces- sary to carry on such a contest. Of the other candidates who may contest, none will say what may be done. A defeated candidate has five days in which to inform the canvassing board of his intention to contest the election, following the canvass of the vote by the board. The chairman of this board is Viggo Peterson, chairman of the board of county commissioners. The board is ex- pected to meet soon, possibly to- morrow. Other interesting developments are also taking place, Indepen- dent candidates are preparing petitions and some are already be- ing circulated. One of the first to be shown was that of Judge C. W. Stanton, who will be a non-par- tizan candidate to succeed him- self as a member of the district court bench. It is said that there will be in- dependent candidates for the offices of county attorney, sheriff and county treasurer. Freshman Class Meets. The class of 1914 of the Bemidji High School was organized last night and the following officers were elected: Wilbur Lycan, president. Mona Flescher, vice president. George Morrison, J. Jr., secretary. Carter Cutter, treasurer. Miss Reca Graling, instructor of the languages, was appointed super- visor. Blue and gold were chosen for the class colors. FEAR CHOLERA ' EPIDEMIC Hundred Thousand Persons Flee From Naples Rome, Sept. 28.—With the removal of the censorship startling details of the cholera epidemic at Naples are being received. A number of persons have died in the streets and the pop- ular excitement is such that the po lice Lave great difficulty in maintain ng rublic order. 1t iz reported that 100,090 person of the Letter classes already have fl.c from_ Naples. > Squaring Himself. Mrs Henj What do you mean. sir. by felling Mrs. ‘Torker's hushand you never ask ‘my_advice about any- thing? Henpecke— Well, Maria, | dou't = Yau dou't wait to'be asked.” W \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ W\ \ Wi s 4 AN =\ \ \\\ Zi\ =3 = ) \\i\\\p LY \‘:\\ N H\ Y 0 m/w " §i { .+ “AINT GOIN' TO BE NO KOREA.” ‘\'\n it \\ WA SR * “‘\"\\\’nlfl‘\‘\. B : A\ A1 W,y Ve, Mg B A —Bart in_Minneapolis Journal. PLAY GROOKSTON SATURDAY High Schoal Football Team Faces Hard Fight. s o The Crookston and Bemidji high schools will meet on the gridiron here Saturday for what will be the first championship foot ball contest to be played in Bemidji during the 1910 season. Coach Robinson regards the Crookston eleven as adangerous ag- gregation.. . The, ;g.mpkslon team played Grand Forks to a standstill. The Bemidiji lineup will consist of practically the same as the one which defeated Fosston last Satur- day, with the exception that Gould will be at left end, he having fully recovered from his recent injury. McDonald, although quite seri- ously hurt in the Fosston game will play quarter. - Neuman who played in the back- field for the first time in Saturday’s game, showed up to such an’extent that he probably will remain at right half. Titue and Russell are having a great fight for the center position. There will be three-busses to the grounds. Tickets willbe on sale at Hanson’s Drug store and Gould’s cigar store. WARMER WEATHER COMING After Rain, Which Soaked Entire Coun- try, Fair Days are Promised. The rain of the early part of this week soak almost the entire country, extending from the Da- kotas to Florida. Tabulations of the precipitation have been forwarded to the United States Weather Bureau and show the downfall in this vicinity to have been: Park Rapids 1.75; Moorhead ,75; Detroit .85 and at Minneapolis .50 while down in the southern part of the state .go fell at Winnebago, .9o at Worth- ington and 40 at Rochester. There is no official record made of precipitations in Bemidji. The thermometer here last night edged down to 38, which is one degree cooler than “has before been recorded this fall The barometer now indicates continued fair and warmer. The warmest point record- ed yesterday ‘was 64. 'As’’early as 10 a. m. today- it was. 60 ‘and ' this afternoon’it was up to 70, Catholics Purchase Property. The members of the St. Philip’s congregation . have purchased the ' Douglass property on Beltrami Ave:, which will be. used as the residence of their pastor, Rev. Father John O'Dwyer. The consideration was $4,000. L ; © VACANCY ON THE TIGKET FILLE WisconsinRepublicans Name Attorney General, PLATFORM CAUSES DELAY Committee Works Far Into the Night and Resumes Work on Draft Early in the Laud Pinchot's Consérvation Policy and Denounce the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Measure. Madison, Wis., Sept. 28.—A meeting of Republican party leaders resulted in the choice of the following for par- ty honors: State chairman, Senator Henry Krumrey of Plymouth; chair- man of the platform convention, Sena- tor C. Owen of Maiden Rock; attorney general nominee, Charles H. Crown- hart of Superior. The platform experts among the Re- publicans, after labering until 1 o’clock in the morning, were up and at it again in an endeavor to have a draft ready for the resolutions committee by the time the convention was called to order. It was said that the docu- ment was still far from complete, and it was expected that the resolutions committee would occupy considerable more time getting it in shape. 1 Congressman Lenroot, Secretary of State Frear and others stated that no Morning—Democrats Wil } matter what the delay in framing the document, it would be presented to the convention only after a free and full discussion by the resolutions com- mittee. As Senator La Follette is ac- knowledged as leader by 112 of the 137 members of the committee it is safe to state that no matter how drawn the platform will clearly ex- press the views of the progressive senator. Democrats May Laud Pinchot. ‘When the Democratic state conven- tion met here it was the general be- lief that Gifford Pinchot would come in for a blind endorsement in the plat form—his name, though not men- tioned, to be plainly inferred. The plank was prepared recently and lead- ers of the convention declared that it was certain to be adopted. It read: “True to the policy and history of our party, we favor the. conservation of our nationel resources and denounce the present administration, and espe- cially Secretary Ballinger, for. dis- missing from the public service tried and true officers, whose only aim was the preservation to the people of such resources.” A tariff plank substantially as fol- lows was regarded as certain of adop- tion by the Democratic convention: “We hold that the Republican sys- tem of tariff protection, like any other system of laws which enables the fa- vored few to take, without consid- eration, a large portion of the earn- ings of toiling millions, is economical ly unsound, politically corrupt, con- trary to sound morals, and is legalized robbery.- “We denounce the Payne-Aldrich tariff act as an indefensible master- piece of injustice, legally authorizing remorseless. extortions of the many to enrich the few through the operation of trusts and monopolies, which it fosters.” His so. “What defense,” asked the grafter’s ‘wife,’ “did you make when you faced’ | the investigating committee?” “I vehemently called the ‘man who had brought the charges a llar.”—Ohi- _cago Record-Herald. 2 — & PUPILS ENTERTAIN PUBLIC High School Plans Public Performance for Benefit of Athletic Fund. High school pupils, assisted by their instructors, will appear before the public in an evening’s entertain- ment of dramatic and musical selec- tions in the auditorium of the high school on the evening of Friday, Oct. 7. A small admittance fee will be charged, the proceeds going to the athletic fund, principally for the benefit .of.tne football and basket- ball'teams. = et The program will open with a selection by the newly formed high school orchestra. The girls glee club will sing, Miss Graling of the high school faculty will give a dramatic reading. Miss Maud McCauley will give an instrumental number on the piano and this will be followed by a solo sung by Andrew Rood. - "Alfred Neuman is down for a readirg and Charles Kummer will play a baritone horn solo. The teachers double quartet will sing and one of the rare treats of the evening will ba a violin solo by Mrs. C. R. Sanborn, DEFAULTER SUED BY BANK Russo-Chinese Institution Seeks to Recover $400,000. New York, Sept. 28.—The New York branch of the Russo-Chinese bank has brought suit for $400,000 againgt its erstwhile youthful cashier, Erwin J. Wider, now awaiting sentence for looting the strong box of more than $500,000. This move to recover the money indicates that the bank does not place much trust in Wider’s story that he lost all his stealings in Wall street. He Didn’t Borrow. A reference book on Russian history being needed right on the spot, the lit- erary hack said he guessed he would go around to Clarke’s to borrow his. He went to Clarke’s, but he came back without the book. “Didn’t he have it?” the man’s wife asked. “He did, but I badn’t the merve to ask for it. Clarke's plan of advertising boak. borrowers scared me off. Before I'had a chance to mention Russian his- tory he steered me past 'shelves where every few inches a dummy stood sand- wiched in between real books. The labels on all the books were conspicu- ous, black lettering on white, and they set forth some mighty interesting sta- tistics. “‘“Three Musketeers,” borrowed March 25 by John Smith. Not re- turned’ After I had read about a dozen of those dummy labels T said it was:a fine day, wasn’t it. Clarke sald yes, it was, and I came away. To ad-| vertise to subsequent visitors that I bad borrowed one of Clarke’s best bogks was a little too much notoriety for: me.”—New York Sun. He Knew It. “ATommny.” said the teacher, “you kncw very well you have no good ex- cuse for staying away from school yesterday.” “I know It, teacher,” replied the lit- 3 fellow. “but it wasn’t my fault” “Are you sure it wasn't?’ queried the teacher. 3 ‘es, ma'am.”’ answered Tommy. “f tried my best to think up a good excuse, but I just'couldn’t”—Chicago |DEMOCRATIC LEADER FOR COUNTY OPTION James Gray in Keynote Speech at Fergus Falls Adopts Anti Saloon League’s Plank. PARTY LEADERS ARE STUNNED Candidate Takes Action Despite Atti- tude of State Convention and Big Men of Party. Fergus Falls, Mion,, Sept. 28— (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Ser- vice)—James Gray, democratic can- didate for governor, before a large audience here last night, came out openly for county option. Not only did he go squarely on record in behalf of this issue but delivered a stinging arraignment of the brewing interests, His action in this matter created a sensation as his attitude is exactly opposite to the state convention which nominated John Lind. The Minneapolis convention would not even permit Prof. Ander- son of the University of Minnesota and a delegate to reada county option resolution howling him off the plat- form asa most undesirable delegate. Mr. Gray in his address last even- ing also charged Governor Eberhart with being closely linked with “the interests.” On county option, Mr. Gray said: “In my opinion county option does not mean prohibition. It simply means that it will be up to the people to say what shall be done in regulating the liguor traffic, and who can there be who would deny the public a right to say how their community shall be operated? ““It seems to me that county option is extending to the citizens a just power and one to which they are en- titled and as the man who has been chosen as the leader of the demo- cratic party”of this state I pledge myself to aid in obtaining this right in Minnesota.” The was Mr. Gray’s first political address of the campaign. He made a good impression upon his audience. What will be the effect of his determination to join hands with the Anti Saloon league upon party leaders can only be guessed at, but it is predicted that the most influ- ential leaders and the men who have heretofore furnished the democratic campagin fuads will not be particu- larly pleased. PEORIA CATHOLICS SEE NEW INSULT FROM ROOSEVELT Peoria, 111, Sept. 28—(Daily Pio- neer Special Wire Service)—Theo- dore Roosevelt has caused another religious sensation, which promises to become even more famons than his experience with the pope in Rome. The former president accepted aa invitation from the Knights of Columbus here to attend a banquet in Peoriaon Oct. 12, Today it became known that he had also accepted an invitation from the Methodists to lay a cornerstone while in the city. As a result of having accepted the Methodist invitation the ‘Cathelic bishops of this diocese declare that members of their church can not de- cently attend the banquet because of what they believe—because of all the circumstances—to have been an insult to their church when Col. Roosevelt accepted the Methodist invitation. Editor’s Child Dies. Norval Alfred, the 14 months old son of Albert Anderson, editor of the Clearbrook Journal,died in Clear- brook yesterday morning of summer complaint. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 p. m., Rev. Nessett officiating.