Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 14, 1911, Page 1

o . THE BEMIDJ1 VOLUME 8. NUMBER 271). BEMIDJI ON MENU OF LAWMAKERS ST. PAUL BANQUET “Pussyfoot Olives” Also Have Place | on List of Things to Eat That Went to Make Feast Notable. EBERHART CRACKS A JOKE Believes Minnesota Legislature as Good as One in Illinois and Ex- plains his Deductions. (BY F. A. Wilson) Bemidji Pioneer Legislative St. Paul, 14.—Never before was there such a dining and wining and merrymaking as marked the magnificient banquet given by the business men of St. Paul in honor of Bureau Jan. the legislature and attended by nearly every member of that body as well as the governor, his staff, state offici- als, mayors of the Twin Cities, mem- bers of the supreme court and other men of might. The event took place in the spacious palm room of the new Saint Paul Hotel. Six hundred and eight persons were served and the feast and entertainment following was prepared at a cost of $8,000. The wine bill alone—light wines, including champagne were served— | would buy a house and lot, despite the fact that not a few of the guests sail under the county option banner. Incidently it was noteworthy that a good many glasses were turned up- side down. It was the first time in the history of Minnesota or probably any other state when an entire legislature was invited as honored guests. Aside from the magnificence of .the ban-| quet it was notable because of --e| spirit of friendliness developed by | men from all parts of the state for| St. Paul and as an indication of the| effect upon thelegislature was shown | by a resolution of thanks introduced in the House by of New mously passed by that body. Representative Pfaender Ulm and unani- There was no set program of set speeches but Governor Eberhart, Lieutenant Governor Gordon and |€veDiDg. Mayor Keller each made brief re- e marks. the lieutenant governor com- | Scandinavian Luthsran. ing the nearest to saying something| There will be services with com- serious. Mr. Gordon deplored the Munion in the morning 10:30. Sum- tax methods permitted in the United |day school at noon. Evening :er- States Senate and expressed the hope | Vice at 8 o’clock. that state senators would not follow | ;“’T this bad example. | Governor Eberhart was in a jolly| Men’s Bible class 10. Morning mood and was loudly applauded by the banquetters. As the chief ex- ecutive rose, the lights of the ban- quet hall were extinguished and a spot light was thrown on the govern- or. ~This is the first time that I was ever really in the limelight,” said Mr. Eberhart. “1 can't see you but 1 know that this is the best legisla- T think it is almost as good as the one in II- ture Minnesota ever had. linois and, if press reports are true, the Illinois legislature is the very best that money can buy.” The feast was a glorious one and it required steady efforts on the part of the guests from seven p. m. Wednes- day evening until midnight to wade —or rather eat—through the menu, and it was Thursday morning, good and strong, before the festivities came to a close, a program of vaude- ville stunts from the leading thea- ters completing the evening's enter- tainment. At this notable gathering, Bemidji was decidedly spelled “menu’, and here it is just as it appeared on the handsomely print- | ed program: Canapes Caviar—Lake of the Woods Blue Points From Minnesota Blue Book—Revised Statutes 1911. Pussyfoot Olives Bemidji Almonds Green Turtle Captured in Mississippi River Deep Water Channel. Medaillon of Red Lake Salmon Cleo- patra— Cucumbers Open Season by Special Permission of Game Warden Ryder. Larded Tenderloin of Native Beef, | ‘Well Dunn. | Prize Winners from Crookston Exper- iment Station. Took $100,000 prize at South St. Paul Stock Show. Potatoes a la Burnquist. ! Punch Parlimentary | Poorfood Serial 23—Guaranteed 99 i per cent Water. Roasted “Red Wing” Squabs. Hennepin County Pease | Salad Capitoline St. Louis County Ice Cream Fantasies of Minnesota Cheese Grape Juice. Minnesota Cider. Cigars. | Still Water. Extra Session Coffee In addition to the showing made | | | on the menu, Bemidji was represent- ed at the tables. W. H. Gemmel, general manager of the Minnesota and International, who is always a| booster for Bemidji, was there and% as the result to a pretty compliment to Bemidji and the Daily Pioneer, | your correspondent attended as a | courtesy from the St. Paul Business | Men's League and Manager Roth of | the St. Pal Hotel. A. G. Rutledge | |of Bemidji also attended. i | RN I There will be no business done by jthe legislature until next Tuesday, adjournment being taken yesterday | until that time. This was opposed |in the house by Donald Robertson. g ok kx ok % Representative O'Neil has a bill placing the blame for defective spark arresters on the person who inspects | them. [ Sunday Sermons in Bemidji | Swedish Lutheran. Services at 10:30 and 7:45. day school at 9:30. Sun- Episcopal. There will be no service Sunday. Sunday schoool at 10. “on the map”, al-| Underwood though the map perhaps should be| Pleaded with the delegates to keep Mr. Met‘hodlst. Services in the Masonic Temple. Preaching 10:45 and 7:30. Sunday School 12. Epworth League 6:30. Topic,—"“Our Relationship One | With Another.” The pastor will lead. Special music morning and service 11. Subject— “Inspiring Confidence.” Sunday school 12:15. H. E. Rice, Supt. B.Y.P. U. 7. Topic—"Lessons from great lives.” Evening service 8, with a good song | service and short gospel address. | Special music by choir. | Presbyterian. ‘ Services tomorrow at the usual bours conducted by the pastor. Morning worship at 11. Sunday School 12:15. Young Peopl’s meet- ing 7. Evening service at 8. The | public is invited. EXCITEMENT CAUSES DEATH Tragic Occurrence at Meeting of Min. | nesota Agricultural Society. | Minneapolis, Jan. 14—C. B. Clark. | aged sixty, of this city, delegate at the | State Agricultural society meeting, dropped dead after making an impas- sioned speech seconding the nomina- tion of J. M. Underwood for president Mr. Clark was a life member of the society and had lived in the Mill City many years. After C. W. Glotfelter of Waterville had been nlaced in nomination against Mr. Clark arose and | Underwood in office and give the so- ciety the beuefit of his experience. The excitement of the occasion | eaused Mr. Clark’s heart to weaken and he swooned at his seat. He was carried to the curridor and died before | a doctor could reach him. More Railrcad Rates Suspenaea. ‘Washington, Jan. 14.—The inter- state commerce commission ordered a further suspension of the increase in class and commodity rates in the ter- ritory east of the Mississippi river un- til March 15. The order means a sav- ing of millions of dollars for shippers. listordeal Sociels “WINNESOTA HISTORICAL BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING: JANUARY 14, 1911. STATE BANKERS WILL MEET IN BEMIDJI Minnesota Association to Hold Their Annual Meeting Here on June Twenty-first. 900 FINANCIERS TO BE PRESENT The June Gathering Will Be First of Kind Ever Held in this Part of State. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 14.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—An unanimous endorsement was given the report of the agricultural com- mittee which recommended extensive agricultural education and the ap-| pointment of a commission to invest- | igate educational matter in the state, | together with a selection of Bemidji as the next annual meeting place, on June 21, comprised the action taken | late yesterday afternoon by the exe- cutive council of the Minnesota State Bankers’ Association. Fourteen members of the council were present at the meeting includ-| ing W. L. Brooks of Bemidji and W. A. Shaw of Clearwater. The selection of Bemidji as the next meeting place of the association will give about 900 Minnesota bank- ers a chance to see conditions in the northern part of the state. It will be the first meeting of its| kind in this part of the state. ! MINNESOTA CITIES’ GROWTH Census Figures Announced for Those in Excess of 5,000. ‘Washington, Jan. 14.—The director of the census has announced the pop- | ulation of the following cities and vil- lages in the state of Minnesota having a population in excess of 5,000, as shown by an official count of the re- turns of the thirteenth census: City. 1910. 1900. Albert Lea . 6,192 4,500 Austin . . 6,900 5,474 Bemidji . . 5,090 2,183 Brainerd . 8,523 7,524 Chisholm, . 7,684 Cloquet . . 7,031 3,072 Crookston, . 1,559 5,359 Duluth .. .78,466 52,939 Faribault . . 9,001 7,868 Fergus Falls . 6,887 6,072 Hibbing .. . 8,832 2,481 Little Falls . . 6,078 5,774 Mankato .. 10,365 10,599 New Ulm . . 5,048 5,403 Owatonna . . 5,658 5,561 Red Wing .. . 9,048 7,525 Rochester . 7,844 6,843 St. Cloud . 10,600 8,663 Stillwater ..10,198 12,318 Virginia .. 10,473 2,902 WILL MANAGE DEFENSE FUND Announcement Made by John F. Deitz, Cameron Dam Defender. Sheboygan, Wis., Jan. 14.—John F. Deitz has issued the following state- ment: “I realize that not only in this state, but throughout the land, sympathy is expressed and a desire to see justice done is uppermost in the minds of the people. It is readily understood that to obtain a fair and impartial trial means must be had so our cases can be properiy presented to the jury. Many people desire to aid, and, at the earnest solicitation of my friends, 1 have consented to take charge of the general defense fund.” Stepson Accused of Murder. Stillwater. Minn., Jan. 14—Willlam H. Elias, aged sixty, a resident of Stillwater for thirty years, is dead with a bullet in his heart and his step- son, George Sears, aged seventeen, is in jail. He alleges that the shooting was accidental, but admits that he pointed his father’s’32-caliber revolver 1t his parent when the latter, return- jag home in an intoxicated condition, rndeavored to put Mrs. Elias out of the house. Famous Minstrel Is Dead. Dubugue, Ia., Jan. 14 —Otis Bowers, who for a quarter of a century and more has brought laughs to the thea- ter going pecple of the United States, idied in a sanitarivm at Davenport, la., where he went a few days ago for treatment. Bowers attained his great- @st notoriery while in partnership with Bobby Beach in a minstrel troup play- 1 ing in all parts of the country. Both Victims May Recover. Indianapoiis, Jan. 14.—Although the police believe Alice Poehler, of a well to do family of Guthrie, Ind., carefully planned to slay Carl V. Storey, scion of a wealthy Columbus family, here, it was stated at the city hospital that Storey had a fighting chance for re- covery. 7be girl, although slightly improved, is' desperately wounded. Ito take part in the “Experience MORE EDUGATORS TO SPEAK Prominent School Warkers Acoept Bemidji Convention Invitation. 'W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji- public schools, said today that he has received several accept- ances to invitations which he has sent to a few of northern Minnesota’s most prominent educators to speak at the teachers’ convenmtion which is to be held here next month. The following are the names of men who have been added to the list of speakers since the mames were published in the Pioneer last week: Superintendent R. E. Defeld, of the Duluth public schools; Superinter d- ent A. N. Dunten, of the McInto schools, and Professor A. S. Kingford, of the Moorhead Normsi-Seliool. - Superintendent Dyer announced that because of the fact that the pro- gram could not be arranged so as to allow the convention to be concluded Friday evening, that the meeting would be continued to Saturday morning. 3 The leaders of the round tables, Miss Edna Hilland and Professor W. Z. Robinson of the Bemidji schools, Miss Jany Mills, of the Walker schools, and Superintendent O. F. Hawkins, of the Akeley schools, are busy preparing a program and list of topies which will prove interest- ing to the teachers during the con- vention. Young People Hawe Social. About twenty young people gath- ered in the Baptist church last night Social.” Numerous games were played and dainty refreshments were served. FOUR KILLED IN ~ CRASH OF TRAINS Nearly Dozen Others Injured on New York Central. WRECK OCCURS AT BATAVIA Boston and Butfalo Express Staniing at the Station Run Into by Another Passenger Train on the Same Road and the Rear Sleeper Demolished. Disregard of Signals Said to Have Been the Cause of the Disaster. Batavia, N. Y., Jan. 14—Four pas- sengers who were probably asleep in their berths aboard -the New York Central railroad’s Boston and Buffalo westbound express were ground to death as that train stood at the Ba- tavia station. Two others were fa- tally injured and the condition of eight is more or less serious. Eight others are less seriously injured. The engine of train No. 23, the New, York Central's = Western express, struck the rear of train No. 49, the Boston and Buffalo express, with such force that the rear car of train No. 49, a sleeper, crumbled before the impact. The engine was reduced to wreckage, beneath which the four dead were found. The mutilation of their bodies was such that early identification was im- possible. The plunge of the engine continued through the sleeping car into the rear of a day coach. Asleep When Crash Came. Nearly al' the passengers were asleep when die shock came. There were desperate struggles with debris and many of the passengers mnot re- ported among the injured at the hos- pitals were completely exhausted witn their efforts to extricate themselves from the shattered car and to help the injured. Scalding jets of escap- ing steam from the punctured boiler of the locomotive added to the torture of those disabled and delayed the work of rescue. Officials and uninjured’passengers of both trains used every available means of removing wreckage from those pinioned beneath and six hours later it was thought no more dead or injured would be found. Disregard of signals by the engineer of the Western express caused the wreck, according to a statement issued by Superintendent Everitt of the West- ern division of the New York Central. Banker Ends His Life. Colfax, Wash., Jan. 14—John Ter hune, vice president of the St. John State bank, committed suicide by shooting himeelf through the head with a revolver. Na cause is known RESULT OF FALL MAY MEAN DEATH Peter J. Milbach, Bemidji Telephone Lineman, Dm‘pl Forty Feet With Pole. SKULL FRACTURED; JAW BROKE Was Cutting Wires at Top of Pole When it Fell Carrying Him With it. At four o'clock yesterday after- noon at the corner of Bemidji avenue and seventh street an accident oc- cured which may cause the death of 1 .. Milbach, of this city. Milbach, who has been employed by the Northwestern Telephone Ex- change for several months was cut- ting wire at the top of a forty foot pole and had just finished his work when, the pole fell with a crash carrying Milbach with it, as he had not unbuckled his safety from the pole, which he had been using to hold himself in position while he used his hands in cutting the wires. As the pole hit the ground Mil- bach’s head was thrown against it with tremendous force, rendering him unconscious for the time being. He was hurried to the hospital where it was found that his skull had re- ceived a fracture and that his nose and both jaws were broke. It was stated at two o’clock this afternoon by one of the doctors, in whose care Milbach has been, that) the gmfortunate. man was. resting more easily at that time and that in his opinion he had an even chance of recovering. The pole which fell with Milbach, when standing had the appearance of being perfectly sound, but the base bhad entirely rotted away, leaving only the telephone wires to hold it in an upright position, and with the wires cut and the weight of a man on it, it fell without any warning whatsoever. Milbach was for a time a member of the Bemidji police force and is well known. He is married and has two children, three and five years | old. WOULD STOP FOREST FIRES Andrews Believes Man Who Starts Fire Should Repair Damages. General C. C. Andrews, forestry commissioner, in talking in St. Paunl of possible forest legislation this ses- sion, recently said: “The law proclaimed by Moses over 3,000 years ago was this: ‘If fire break out and catch in the border of standing corn and the field be con- sumed, he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.’ If the wrong doer had no property he was obliged to make compensation by his labor. Our law is much milder. It is not one case in twenty with us that a man whose negligence causes damage by fire makes restitution. “Our Minnesota law exempts from execution a man's dwelling, eighty acres of his farm, and more live stock and other property than the average resident of the forest regions posses- ses. Under such circumstances to require a man who sets fire between May 1 and November 15 to make a fire break a rod wide of bare earth between the place of fire and the property of another which might be endangered, is not unreasonable.” Puposky Store Changes Hands. R. E. Smyth, who has been in the mercantile and logging business at Nebish for the past several years, today closed a deal whereby he takes possession of the Puposky Mercan- tile Store at Puposky. The store FOSSTON DEFEATS BEMIDJI High School Basket Ball Five Loses First Contest. “They were bigger than we were,” was the reason a member of the Be- midji high school basket ball team gave this morning for the defeat they received at Fosston last evening. And as the score was 32 to 22 the ex- planation looks as though it might be true. The first half of last evening’s con- test was all in favor of the Fosston five, the team of that place rolling up & score of 21 to 6. But in the second half there was a change and the Bemidji boys clearly outplayed their opponents, securing 16 points to 11. The lineup was as follows: for Bemidji, Elleston, and Ripple, for- ward; Moritz, Spencer and McDon- ald, guards and Larson centre. For Fosston, Novould and Rue, forwards; ‘Waley and Larson, guards, and Kron- schnable, centre. COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT Keokuk, Iowa was the first city to adopt the plan of three commission- ers for its city government, and people there believe it has proved that this is the best form of city gov- ernment ever tried in this country. The commissioners there took of- fice with a foating indebtedness of 20 Der cent of the amnual revenue and no funds. In six months they have placed the city on a cash basis and paid off $39,000 of the old bond- ed indebtedness of the city. There has not yet been a divided vote in the Keokuk city council. There have been differences of opin- ion and there have some times been quite lengthy arguments, but, by the time,a vote was reached, it has al- ways been unanimous, and has ex- pressed the best opinion of each of the three men. The election which adopted the commission form of government was| held July 2, 1909, and the city coun~{ cil in office at that time, instead of trying to have the affairs of the city in the best possible condition at the time they should give up office, seem- ed bent upon giving the commission- ers the worst possible start. Al- most every account in the city treas- ury was overdrawn and the balances shown remained only on paper, there ‘was no actual cash on hand. This situation being generally known, the citizens turned out all of the old or- ganization and put in a commission of so-called reformers. The commissioners, upon taking of- fice, immediately started an investi- gation to ascertain where they were. They raised a small fund with which to pay off the back salaries of city employes, then about two months overdue, from mulct taxes and other sources. There were outstanding at that time, city warrants amounting to about $18,000, drawing six per cent interest. A number of these war- rants were drawn against funds which had been exausted several months. The council considered the matter and decided that they did not want to cast discredit upon the city by refusing to pay these warrants, but they thought that the holders should stand some share of the in- convenience. They passed a resol- ution agreeing to assume the pay- ment of any outstanding warrant or just claim against the city then due, provided the holder of the warrant or claim would agree to accept the face without interest. The holders of practically all of the warrants agreed 1@ this at once and in this way the city was saved either several lawsuits or about $350 interest. The ob- jectors,- after consulting counsel, were glad to take what was offered. 20 MEN IN LIST TO GET PAY FOR RESGUE WORK Sheriff Hagen Sends Names to Attor- ney General and Bill Allowing Payment to Be Prepared. PHYSICIANS DOWN FOR $200 Deputies Put in at Rate of $3.00 A Day and Expert Cruisers at $4.00 A Day. (By ¥. A. Wilson) Bemidji Plomser Legislative Bureau St. Paul, Jan. 14.—A claim has been prepared by Sheriff A. B. Hazen of Bemidji providing pay for twentx residents of Bemidji who hastened to Baudette and Spooner at the time of the forest fire on October 7 last and gave what aid they could. This was the first relief expedition from the outside to reach the sufferers. The claim was today presented to the attorney general to receive his promised sanction as to its legality. The attorney general will turn the claim over tothe house committee on claims and it is probable that a com- mittee bill will be presented to the house in the near future. This relief squad was in charge of Sheriff Hazen and Deputy Sheriff A. G. Rutledge and to this little band. is given much of the credit for bring- ing order out of lawlessness and chaos. In addition to Sheriff Hazen and Chief Deputy Rutledge there were fourteen deputies and three profes- sional timber cruisers. _ Rev. S. E. P Wit 9 the- ian” church, is in the list and five Bemidji physicians. Eighteen mem- bers of company K accompanied the expedition but they have been paid by the state through the adjutant general’s office. The total amount asked for the deputies, outside of Sheriff Hazen and the physicians, is $250.50, for time varying from three to six days. Sheriff Hazen'’s fees Ior traveling per diem and cash paid out, $66.95. The physicians, Doctors A. E. Hen- derson, L. A. Ward, E. H. Marcum, C. R. Sanborn and E. H. Smith, are down for $200 each, on the ground that they worked ceaselessly day and night. The professional cruisers are scheduled to receive $4 a day. The list of names in the claim which was presented to the attorney general by Mr. Rutledge, who recent- 1y resigned as deputy sheriff, follows: John Taylor, cook, six days; John J. Rose, Lewis Bennington, J. F. Es- sler, professional cruisers, four days each; O. A. Minor, S. E. P. White, P. M. Dicaire, Al J. Moon, A. A. Carter, four days each; C. W. Brandborg, Charles Swedback, L. G. Crothers, C. J. Woodmansee, John McDougald, T. J. Burke, J. O. Harris, R. F. Mur- phy, C. L. Wight, three days each. This is the list sworn to by Sheriff Hazen as the men he selected to make the trip. Band Will Practice Monday. On account of a social being held in the city hall on Tuesday night, Jan. 17, the regular band practice will be held on Monday night. All members of the band are requested to remember this and be present on that evening as it is the final prac- tice before the conmcert. The band boys are greatly pleased over their new and handsomely fitted up quarters in the city hall, which is being donated to the band by the city council. Peddler Fined $15 and Costs. Chief of Police Joseph Harrington yesterday arrested a man who gave his name as S. LaVine on a charge of peddling without a license. La Vine was arraigned before Judge Pendergast in the municipal court, during the afternoon, and upon being found guilty was fined $15 and costs. The man had been peddling dress for his act. ‘will retain its old name, —Duluth Herald. Presbyter- «