Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 23, 1911, Page 1

‘e THE BEMIDJ1 D VOLUME 8. NUMBER 277. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, J-ANUARY 23, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BEMIDJI WIRES DE- NOUNGING FIRE CLAIM | table on the floor of the house. He Members of Legislature Also Receive | Protests Against List Sent Attor- ney General By Sheriff. | tive letter which Mr. Haines sells to | IMPORTANT BILLS THIS WEEK County Option Measure Will Be In-| troduced Tuesday.—New Threat Against Reapportionment. (BY P. A. Wilson) Pioneer Legislative Burean Jan. 23. Bemidji St. Paul, —Twin City' newspapers have received telegrams; from Bemidji denouncing the pmpo-1 sition to have the state remunerate! those persons who gave assistance at Baudette and Spooner following the forest fire of October 7, last. Protests against the claim sent to the attorney general by Sheriff Ha-| zen are also being received by mail | by members of the legislature, and the Hazen list has about as much chance of being acted favorably up-. “Pussyfoot™ Johnson would have as a candidate on by the legislature as for mayor of Milwaukee. notoriexy g Bemidji as a result of the attempt to collect pay While the undesirable gained by for the resi- renowned for its dents of a city open hearted charity may cause a pang in Bemidji. the effect outside is not turning out to be detrimental to the city’'s good name, as the Ha- zen bill is looked upon mostly as a joke, and it would not be surprising i it never awakened from-its pre- sent sonombalistic state. * % % Neither the house nor senate held a session today. The house will convene at § o'clock tonight for a brief and unimportant session, ex- cept that some important bills may be introduced. The senate will not meet until Tuesday at 11 a. m. x K X There is still a smaller number of bills introduced in each was the house than case two years ago. At present the senate has received 136 measures hile in the house 157 bills have been introduced. In 1909 at the end of the third week there were 218 bills in the house and 178 in the senate. * % % | In the clection contests in the | house, it can be said authoritively that the elections committee of the senate will report to have Senator Ahmann of St. Cloud retain his seat | being contested for by Henry J. Em- Cloud. The next | contest to be taken up will be that| of Ray Froshaug. mel, also of St Farrington against Senator | There is an impression | that Farrington will be seated. The | contest will be | last to be taken up. | * X X Representative Stephens-Saugstad insists, | and will bring the matter before the house this week, that the state law Mattson preventing the employment of boys under seventeen years of age. He | has in mind several youngsters who | are employed as pages in the house |* and senate. x x K “I will give you fair warning,” said a member of the legislature from | the southern end of the state, speak- ing to a member from Duluth, “that if you fellows make us bow to your wishes in passing a reapportionment bill we are going to put through a tonage tax bill”" To this threat the Duluth member replied: “You can go to hades with your tonnage“ tax bluffi—you have held that over us long enough.” In the meantime, the real reapportionment bill—that healthy child of the Brainerd con- vention, begins to look a bit puny, and anyone who has any nourishment to offer had better begin to get ready to offer it. Every little bit helps and it will all be needed. * % % Lynn Haines, the young man whose published arraignment of | members of the legislature of 1909, ‘was used as campaign material by | tative of a Minneapolis paper, al- | tory wealth,” | mention. | bill has been drawn the direction of ' haven't printed the rest of the Pio- | nor's determination to stand behind |GRANK THREATENS LIPTON | ton had an awkward adventure at his | request for financial assistance. Sir| | 1y communicated with the police. | of the Alaska peninsula. | the democrats—and some republi- caus—keeps in touch with the pro- of the present legislature by | pumng part of the time at the press | obtains this privilege as a represen- though apparently the real reason is to get material for a weekly legisla- | many of the country papers. Mr. | Haines is modest and unassuming | and would not be suspected of calling sedate senators and august represen- tatives “spineless servants of preda- and a good many other things too numerous—or violent—to Lynn’s pencil makes a; noise like a “mucraker.” | * KK | The present week should see more ' important work done on the reappor- tionment bill and the introduction of[ the county option measure, and for a “dry” measure the latter is going to prove a juicy morsel for the legis- | lators to chew about. The cnun(y" bill will be introduced on Tuesday probably in the senate, and | it will provide that upon request of 25 per cent of the voters of any county the question whether there is | to be saloons will be sufficient to se-i cure a vote on the proposition. The | by N. F. Nor-| ton, a Minneapolis attorney, P. J. Youngdahl, superintendent of the anti-saloon | option under | league. _ * X ¥ Representative G. H. the Mattson | of Roseau is “Dreadnaught' of | He four stories tall ini the house. | his stocking feet and his diameter is\ sufficient to make pugilistic enthusi- asts yearn to have him’~Take up the | white man’s burden,” to putting with a view Jack Johnson to sleep. | * % x Modesty forbids us to call youu attention to the fact that on Thurs- | day of last week the Pioneer told | its readers all about $25,000 worth | of seeds to be distributed to fire| sufferers, if the Mattson bill pasges, | and on Friday evening and Saturday morning Twin City Duluth “story” up The big dailies and papers played the same on their first pages. neer story, telling about the gover- | a direct appropriation for the fire victims—but they will one of these Give them the meantime the Pioneer is still accept- ing bank notes, certified checks and silver dollars in scriptions. days. time. In payment on sub- Has Exciting Experience With Armed Lunatic. London, Jan. 23.—Sir Thomas Lip- country place with a supposed lunatie, who exhihited a razor to emphasize a Thomas excused himself from the visi- tor and notified the police, who took the man into custody. Early in the day Sir Thomas had received a telephone message purport- ing to come from Scotland Yard head- quarters and asking him to make an appointment for a detective who wished to see him. Later the alleged detective called, and saving that he was in desperate financial straits and must have help, produced a razor. Sir Thomas made an excuse to leave the room and quick- | ON THE COAST OF ALASKA Navy Department to Install Wireless Stations. ‘Washington, Jan. 23.—The southern | coast of Alaska will be brought into closer touch with the outside world by two additional wireless stations which the navy department will soon estab- lish there. The stations will be locat- ed at Unalaska, one of the Aleutian islands, and at Kodiak, which is south The collier Saturn will leave the Mare Island yyard on May 1 with an expedition to instull these stations The navy already maintains wireless stations 1n Alaska at Sitka and Cor- dova and the army at Nome and St, Michaels. | | Marei Insanity Caused by Joke. Blairsville, Ga., Jan. 23.—Bartow Brown, who was sewed up in the car- cass of a mule by some friends as a joke several weeks ago, has gone in- sane as a result of blood poisoning contracted from the mule's carcass. The four men responsible for the prac- tical joke, it is said, have fled the country. Brown_is not expected to recover. | Robert E. Peary PEARY CLAIMS ARE ALLOWED House Committee Favorable to Pending Bill. _ETIRES AS REAR ADMIRAL Report Finds That Explorer Came Within One and Six-tenths Miles From the Pole, Near Enough to Es- tablish His Claim of Having Been at the Exact Spot—Minority Report Arraigns the National Society. Geographic Washington, Jan. 23.—That Captain came within 1.6 miles of the North pole—near enough to establish his claim of having been |at the exact spot—is the decision of the house committee on naval affairs, which has been considering the bill to retire Captain Peary with the rank of rear admiral. The basis of the commmeex finding is the chart prepared by Hugh C. Mitchell and C. R. Duvall of the United States coast and geodetic sur- vey and based on Peary’s observa- tions. This chart shows that Peary went to the left on nearing the pole, due to an error in his instruments. Later he crossed toward the pole, his | nearest point being 1.6 miles. Representative Bates of Tennessee presented the majority report of the committee, recommending that Peary | be retired with the rank of a rear ad-| miral. A minority report submitted by Rep- | resentative Roberts of Massachusetts | does not question Captain Peary's per- formance, but arraigns the National Geographic society’s committee, which, he claims, announced its findings after | only a cursory examination of Peary's proofs. MAY LOSE BOTH HIS HANDS Conductor Clings to Outside of Coach for Forty Miles. La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 23.—Grabbing the rear handrail of the rear Pullman of his train, which pulled out while he was at the lunch counter, Conduc- | tor Diets of the Northwestern road was unable to get through the locked | trap and was forced to cling to the handrail outside the flylng traia for forty miles between Madison and Baraboo. His hands were so badly frozen they had to be wrenched from the ralls and he is now in a hospital, where they may have to be amputated. PENSIONS FROM NICARAGUA Relatives of Americans Executed by Zelaya to Receive Allowances. New Orleans, Jan. 23.—Relatives of Leroy Cannon, the Harrisburg (Pa.) man who, with Leonard G. Groce of Galveston, Tex., was executed by or- der of President Zelaya, will receive a large pension from the Nicaraguan government, according to Consul Paul Mason of New York, who arrived in this city from Nicaragua. Consul Mason received $1,000 Amer- ican money and a commission as colo- nel in the Nicaraguan army in recogni- tion of his services. TO TAKE EFFECT SHORTLY Express Companies Announce Reduc- tion in Through Rates. New York, Jan. 23.—Officers of Ca- nadian and American express com- panies have announced a reduction in through rates, soon to take effect, be- tween all offices of the United States and many of Canada. It is explained that several of the Canadian oom- panies have held back up to the pree- ent because the customs regulations on the Canadian border require so much extra work that a reduction in existing rates would, in many oases, work a hardship. lowa Vote Unchanged. Des Moines, Jan. 23.—The joint bal- jlot on United States senator by the Towa legislature resulted as follows: Young, 26: Funk, 22; Kenyon, 24; By- ers, 11; Garst, Franke, 2; Judge T. M. Towner, 1; Claude Porter, Dem- ocrat, 45. Absent and not voting, 20. Necessary to elect, 80. Commands Cruiser Des Moines. ‘Washington, Jan. 23.—Commander J. C. Leonard has been appointed com- manding officer of the cruiser Des Moines, succeeding Commander John F. Luby, who died on board the vessel while en route from Liberia to the TUnited States. Mail Clerks of La Crosse Protest. La Crosse, Wis, Jan. 23.—Mail clerks running out of La Crosse have joined the general protest against Hitcheock's economy plan and despite the “gag” rule have petitioned Con- gressman Esch to help secure a read- justment. Hot Brick Causes Suffocation. Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 23.—Joseph Atkinson, aged eighty, one of the old- est residents of Stutsman county, re- siding near Pingree, met death by suffocation, smothering from the smoke caused by a heated brick in his bed. MID-YEAR - EXAMIAATIONS W. B. Stewart Announces That They Will Be Held Next Month. SECE A ‘W. B. Stewart, county superintend- ent of schools, announced this morn- ing that the mid-year State High School examinations for the high school and the rural school students of Beltrami county will be held on February 20 and 21. will be given in Higher Algebra, American History, English Grammar, Geometry and Solid Geometry. ! Mr. Stewart said this morning that | | he would like to have all those who | intend to take the-examinations, turn wr in their names and the name of the | subject that they wish to be examin- | {ed in by the fifth day of February, so that he might arrange for the ex- aminations. Examinations \GOUNTY DIVISION UPHELD Minnesota Supreme Court Says Form- ation of Pennington is Legal. | | Pennington county has been firmly | established by the supreme court.| This county was recently aeperated‘ {from Red Lake county by a vote at the last general elecéon‘ The ques-! tion was presented to the supreme |court by the officials of Red Lake icounty on the point that the laws giving any portion of a county the ‘lught to seperate itself from the | county are inconsistant. The su- | preme court held that when laws are | inconsistant with each other the last | one passed by the legislature is to| be taken as the sense of the legisla- tive body. The ht;r law passed by the legislature legalizéd the division of Red Lake county and the crea- | tion of Pennington county, firmly es- tablishing the new county. DETAILS NOT MADE PUBLIC Final Agreement om Reci- procity With Canada. CONFERENCE AT AN END Concluding Session Held at Washing- ton Behind Closed Doors and An- nouncement Made That a Statement | Would be Issued Probably Next Thursday—Certain Formalities to Be Completed Before Text Is Published. Washington, Jan. 23.—The Amer- fcan and Canadian reciprocity com- missioners have held the last session of their treaty conference. All of the members were present and also Secre- tary Knox. They met behind closed ; doors at the state department and shortly afterward announcement was made that an agreement had been | reached. At the conclusion of the session the commissioners jointly issued the fol- lowing statement, which was all they could say in regard to the result of their undertaking: “The negotiators have reached an| understanding, which, when certain formalities are completed, will be made public at Washington and at Ottawa. It is thought this may be done next Thursday.” Asked if the statement that “cer- tain formalities” would be completed probably by next Thursday meant that Secretary Knox and the other American commissioners would go to| Ottawa the commissioners merely re- plied that to answer that question or any other would be a violation of con- fidence contained in the understand- ing agreed upon. The fact was established that mo more meetings will be held in Wash- ington. William Paterson, Canadian commissioner of customs, and W. S. Fielding, minister of finance of Can- ada. have left Washington. The other Canadian representatives will depart shortly. | Quarantine Against Dogs. Helena, Mont.,, Jan. 23.—To exclude hydrophobia Governor Edwin L. Nor- rls issued a proclamation establishing & quarantine against all dogs- from !tween the teams of the Freshman | midji five had hardly realized that |two men playing a much stronger Oregan and several counties in Wagh- BEMIDJI DEFEATS DEER RIVER QUINT High School Boys Win From Itasca Basket Ball Tossers By a 23 to 12 Score. OPPOSING CENTRES' STAR Game Was Fast At All Times With the Blue and White Always in the Lead. In the second basketball game of the season for the championship of northern Minnesota, the Bemidji high school boys defeated the quint from Deer River by a score of 23 to 12. The score does not tell in itself how ¢lose the contest really was, not once during the entire game were the Bemidji boys in a position of sure victory, the Deer River team eing in the game right from the first blow of the whistle until time was called for the end of the game. A curtain raiser was played be- fore the big game of the evening be- and sophomore classes, the contest resulting in an easy victory for the Sophomer class. “Rabbit” Bailey was the star of the game scoring nearly all of the points for the win- ning quint. The Bemidji-Deer River contest| started right after the curtain raiser was over. Deer River won the toss and choose to defend the west goal. Deer River began the game wma a rush scoring & basket before the Be- the game had begum, but the basket only put the blueand white boys on their mettle and they had scored three baskets before the Deer River team again scored, this being on a foul. Brice and Captain Larson, the op- posing centres, were in the game and after the ball at all times, these game than their team mates, and being the the stars of the contest. Larson scored eight times during the game for a total of 15 points, while Brice scored all but two of the Deer River 12 points. The first half of the game result- ed in a score of 11 to 7. Coach Robinson of the Bemidji five was very much pleased over the outcome of the game, but says that the boys were not pushed at any time and that they did not play the game they were capableof putting up. Coach Robinson began the basketball season with anything but an encouraging outlook but he put the boys to hard practice and the de- feat they received at Fosston last week only made them work harder and they entered the Deer River contest detérmined to win. The lineup of the Saturday even- ing game was as follows: Deer River—Brice, centre; . Mc Cullan and Martin, forwards; Gut- ry and McDonald, guards. Bemidji—Larson (captain), cen- tre; Elletson and Moritz, forwards; McDonald and Spencer, guards. Baskets thrown: Brice 2; Mar- tin 1; Larson 7; Elletson 2; Spen- cer 1. Goals from fouls: Brice 6; Larson 1; Elletson 2. Referee, Lindsey. Umpire, Stanton. Scor- ers, Bailey and Johnson. Bemidji will play Bagley at Bag- ley next Friday. Marriage Licenses Issued. Clerk of the District Court Fred Rhoda has issued the following mar- riage licenses during the past week. Steve Thompson of Clay county, Minnesota, and Jennie Maesse, of Cass county, North Dakota. Charles Donager and Bessie Thor- son, both of Beltrami county. Frank Peterson, of Hennepin coun- ty, Minnesota and Sophia Howard of Beltrami county. WHAT BAUDETTE THINKS Did Not Believe That Bemidji Men Wanted Remuneration. That the citizens of Baudette did not feel that the remuneration bill to the legislature was authorized is made evident in a reecnt issue of the Rainy River Region, published at Baudette, it says: “As far as the residents of Bau- dette are concerned it wasn’t neces- sary for such men as Jim O. Harris, Sheriff Hazen asking for remunera- tion for services in connection with the visit ofthe Bemidji party to Bau- dette the day after the fire. We ! know these gentlemen so well thn':l none of us for 2 moment belleved | that they authorized their names to| be mentioned in the matter. It | was known to us from the start that their visit here in our time of dis- | tress was due solely to their goodness | of heart. On behalf of the fire suf- ferers, the Region again thanks these gentlemen for the magnificent | aid they rendered.” MRS. THERESA SUKERT DEAD Death Due to Heart Failure Follow- ing An Operation. Mrs. Theresa Sukert, 44 years old, wife of John Sukert, died in this city Sunday afternoon from heart failure. ~Mrs. Sukert has been ailing for some t{me and on Wédnesday was taken to the St. Anthony hospital, where an operation was performed. Mrs. Sukert rallied from the opera- tion and was apparently getting on nicely, when she was taken with heart failure, which resulted in her| death. Mrs. Sukert is survived by her husband and ten children who mourn her death. Mr..and Mrs. Sukert were married in Germany twenty-four years ago and came to America in 1892, settling in Crookston, where they resided for | four years. They came to Bemidji in 1896 and have made their home five miles west of this city for the past fifteen years. Funeral services will be held from the Catholic church in this ecity to- morrow forenoon at 10 o’clock. Rev. Father O'Dwyer will have charge of the services. Burial will take place in Greenwood cenetery. A Capable Company. On January 27, Shakespeare’s ideal comedy “Twelfth Night” will | be presented here by Manager C. P. Walker’s company of English play- ers, including William Yule and Violet Eddy. This organization toured the west last season in “As You Like It” and made such an im- pression that their return in the new comedy is sure to be greeted by a crowded house. Mr. Yule is one of the leading Shakespearian comediaus while Miss Eddy has won many ad- mirers by her charming betrayals of the immortal bards dainty heroines. A massive scenic equipment has been provided for the comedy which will be staged in five acts and sixteen scenes. L 0. 0. F. Install Officers. At the recent instaliation of offic- ers in the I. 0. O. F. lodge the fol- lowing officers were put in office for the ensuing year: J. M. Phillippi, N. G.; R. L. Given, V. G.; C. F. Schroeder, secretary; Earl Geil, treasurer. Band Rehearsal Wednesday. Director Harry Masten .of the Be- midji city band has announced that the band will not hold its weekly re- hearsal tomorrow evening but will practice Wednesday evening in- stead. | Tom Burke, Rev. S. E. P. White, G.| L. Crothers, R. F. Murphy, W. C.| Brandborg and P. M. Dicaire to deny | connection with the bill prepared by“ PUBLIC OWNERSHIP TIGKET DECGIDED At an Adjourned Meeting Held Sat- urday Official List Made Out.— Petitions to be Circulated. POGUE IS NOT A CANDIDATE Issues Statement Whereby He Says That Under No Consideration Will He Run Again. At an adjourned meeting held Saturday evening the Public Owner- ship Party decided they would run the same ticket for city offices at the February election as was published in the Friday issue of the Daily Pio- neer which will be as follows: J. H. Grant, for mayor. Garfield Akerberg, for city clerk. Earl Geil, for city treasurer. F. M. Malzahn, alderman at large. N. L. Hakkerup, alderman first ward. F. W. Bell, alderman second ward. J. Evan Carson, alderman third ward. Charles Swedback, alderman fourth ward.ward. E. W. Hannah, city asasessor. J. P. Pogue, who was for several years mayor of Bemidji, today said to @ representative of the Pioneer that he would under no circumstances be- come a candidate for mayor of the city at the coming election, and that if any such statement has been given out by anyone that it was unauthor- 1zed by him. The petition of Mayor Parker is Deing circulated and-is about ready to be filed. No opposition to N. L. Hakkerup as alderman in the first ward has as yet been made known, but it is thought that a candidate will enter the race against Mr. Hakkerup to- mOrrow. Alderman Bursley, of the second ward and Bisiar of the third ward have their petitions about filled, and have as their only opposition, the candidates of the Public Ownership Party. No new candidates have come out for the office of city clerk leaving Charles Hoyt, George Stein and Gar- field Akerberg the only candidates for the office. BEAR AT THE BRINKMAN Reward of $50 Offered to Any Man Who Can Throw Him. A real Alpine bear, the only one of its kind in captivity, weighing about 460 pounds and standing 6 feet 11 1-2 inches when erect, is the big attraction at the Brinkman Theatre tonight. Captured when a 15 pound cub by his present owner, Mr. Stevens a Spanish actor, high up in the Swiss Alps five years ago. This bear has had an interesting career and inci- dently received a thorough training. | He dances in time to music in a var- iety of ways; does athletic stunts and shakes hands, but his specialty is wrestling, at which he is a wonder and appears to understand the game according to rules and style. A re- ward of $50.00 will be paid to any man who will wrestle the bear and throw him—on the stage at the Brinkman tonight. The other act, Miss Ida Clare, the dainty English Soubrette. = Motion Dpictures include a good series of films. “The conquering hero,” How Fools- head paid his debts.” Skating Enjoyed By Many. Many Bemidji men and women took advantage of yesterday’s weath- er and spent the afternoon skating on the rink near the city dock. A hockey game was played between the city team and a team composed of scrubs which resulted in a victory for the city team. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ILY PIONEER.