Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 30 RETAIL GROGERS AND MERCHANTS MEET { Began Fifteenth annual Convention | At the Armory in St. Paul This | Morning. SEVERAL HUNDRED PRESENT. Governor Eberhart Heads Program of Speakers and It Is Expected Will Have Interesting Talk. (Special to the Pioneer) St. Paul, Feb., 21.—Having just| | finished the entertainment of the{ delegates to the Minnesota Editorial‘l association convention and the annu- al meeting of the Minnesota Retai st. ! the “Convention City”, today Hardware Dealers’ association, Paul, greeted the retail grocers and general 5 merchants of Minnesota holding their fiteenth annual con- vention in St. Paul armory. ! who are| Severa: ‘undred members of the organization, known as the Minneso- ta Retail Merchants association were present when John Lynch, president of the St. Paul Retail Grocers’ association called the convention to order and, | Grocers and General! after welcoming he delegates, turned | the convention over to President H., W. Kingsbury. Following prayer by | the Rev. David Morgan, an address} of welcome by Mayor Herbert P.| Keller, to which Vice Preisdents| George H. Filbert of Minneapolis and | George Schulenburg, of Duluth, re- sponded, the delegates were enrolled and committees on credentials, reso- lutions. rules and orders and consti-! tutions and by-laws were appointed. | Annual addresses and reports were“ then made by President Kingsbury, Secretary John J. Ryan, A. C. Ekelund and the chairmen of committees: H. J. Dahn. legislation; R. E. Burdridge, finance; | Simon Clark auditing; P. G. Hanson,l arbitration; C. W. Meneilly pure food | and Fred Lorenz, organization. | Treasurer following * The convention got down to -al business this afternoon when Thomas Gunness of Barnesville, spok: on ~Cost of Doing Business and Piofits.” Mr. Gunnes was followed by Curlis M. Johnson of Rush City, whose sub- jeet was “Dealers and Leaders.” J. C. Doncaster, secretary of tha Retail Grocers’ association, St. Paul and George M. Peterson, secretary Duluth | -7ail Grocers’ association talked on “Credits and Collections.” “Sates- manship,” was the subject of au in- terresting talk by J. S. Taylor, svire- | tary of the Minneapolis association and the afternoon’s program closed with an address by William Bailey of Belle Plain on “Cash Business.” This evening the delegates will be guests at a reception and entertain- ment given by the United Commer- cial Travelers. John A. Green, secretary and Hen- ry W..Schwab, treasurer of the Na- tional Association of Retail Grocers’| start tomorrow association will morning’s program. Other speakers | will be Fred Lorenx, Minneapolis.‘i George Welsh, state immigration commissioner, and J. H. Hellweg. President Wisconsin Retail Grocers and General Merchants’ association. | In the afternoon the delegates will visit the Jobbers and manufacturers of St. Paul. In the evening the de- legates will enjoy one of the real pleasures of the convention when a banquet will be given at the Ryan Hotel. Walter A. Pocock, manager of the hotel, will put forth his best efforts to see tnat the fame of the Ryan is sustained and rare entertain- ment as well as the best the market affords in food that will please the inner man is promised. J. W. Lux will introduce the toastmaster, Fred "Mason, Governor Eberhaft heads the program of speakers and it is said the state’s popular chief execu- tive will have some interesting things to-say to the grocers and merchants. The govornor will be followed by W. 1. Nolan, member of the legislature |the large general store of 1. amuse an audience. C. W. Gordon, of Gordon & Furguson, St. Paul, and E. L. Millar will be the other speakers. SHEVLIN HAS $22,000 FIRE Krohn’s General Store and Rauch’ Hardware Destroyed. Fire Sunday completly destroyed Iver Krohn and hardware store of Rauch, in Shevlin. The loss will $22,000. It was first thought that the whole town of Shevlin would be bur- ed, and the Bagley fire department was called upon for assistance. amount to about The Bagley firemen at once secured the .services of a Great Northern engine and a flat car, loaded their i.ucket brigade of twenty men on it and went to Shevlin. They :arrived just as the Shevlin firemen were gainiag control of the fire. Special Meeting. the firemen tonight, February 21, at 8 o’cleck in the fire hall. All mem bers are urged 10 be present. Chief, Eari Geil, SEVEN PERISH IN FLAMES Only Father of West Virginia Family Escapes With Life. Sutton, W. Va., Feb. 21 —Seven per- sons lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the home of J. D. Hardin in this city. Only Mr. Hardin es- caped, the six remaining members of his family and a.little girl who made her home with the Hardins perishing in the flames. The fire was caused by a natural gas grate.- When Mrs. Hardin awoke the entire first floor was ablaze. Awakening her husband, he seized two of the children and dashed for a stairway, which immediately col- lapsed. The two children were lost, while the father was precipitated to a point of safety. Mrs. Hardin. see- ing the stairway fall; jumped from the second-story window, receiving in- juries from which she died later. { The bodies of the five Hardin chil- dren and that of Ada Green were cre- mated. Medical Authority Dead. New York, Feb. 21:—News has been received nere of the death at Sassa- daga, Fla., of Dr. Emmet Densmore of this city. He was nearly seventy-five years old. Besides being a medical authority of considerable repute and the author of several books on hygiene and food theories he was an inventor, being associated with his brother James in the manufacture and intro- duction of a typewriter. Two Sunsets Per Day. There is one place in the world where the sun sets twice daily, and that is at Leek, in Staffordshire, Eng- land. The reason of this is that a jag- ged mountain is situated to the west of the town, and in the evening the sun sets behind it and darkness comes on. Then the first sunset occurs, the gas lamps are lit, and apparently night has set in. But it has not, for in the space of an hour or so the sun reap- pears again through the opening at the side of the mountain, and daylight again appears. Artificial lights are extinguished. and daylight again pre- vails until the sun descends below the opening and the second sunset occurs and night comes to stay. Warned. “T bave sent that heiress another let- ter protesting my affection and asking her to marry me.” said Count Fucash. “Yon want to he careful how you put that sort of thing into the malls,” re- plied the frank friend. “The postoffice department is getting mighty strict about anything that looks like a get- rich-quick enterprise.” — Washington Star. A Problem In Theology. Mr. Frank Fox in his book, “Aus- tralia,” describes the religion of the aborigines as “a species of devil wor- ship.” *“The good spirits—of the exis- tence of whom they . had some vague notions—did not. in their opinion, call for_much attention, since. being good. they would do nobody any barm. But the evil spirits, of whom there were many terrifying varieties, had to be conciliated.” “The High S By “the high seas” referred to in article 1 of the constitution of the United States is meant the open sea— that is, the waters outside the civil Jjurisdiction of any country whatever, which, according to the law of nations, is limited to one marine league, or three geographical miles, from the shore. Even the great lakes beyond the limit designated above are regard- ed as “high seas.” He who reigns within himself and from Minneapolis, who never fails to rules prejudices, desires and fears is more than a king.—Milton. ‘Thzre will be a special meeting of | BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1911. COUNGIL GRANTS TWO LIQUOR LIGENSES Clavin and Tanner and Gennis and Layon Given Permission to Sell 1 Intoxicating Liquors.. ALLOW FAY-COLLINS TRANSFER. | Report of Earl Geil, as city Treas- urer Accepted—Municipal Court $60 business. At the meeting of the city council | last evening the liquor license trans- ! fer application of Ed Fay to C. F.| Collins, was granted, and the bond! | |engine and firemen, togethér with a|of Collins acepted. | The ,liquor license application of_: Gennis and Layon was granted and} their bond for $2000, with A. E.| Aubolee and A. 0. Kroken as sureties | accepted. | The application of Clavin and Tanner for a liquor licese was grant- | ed and their bond with Roger Martin acepted. There were two liquor license app- lications for the building wifcir hae been known as the “Blue Front” saloon, these being by Lars L. Lind| and Robert Nelson. The aldermen decided that the applications should be laid on the table until the next| meeting and the qualifications of both men looked into. With but one exception the bills were approved by the finance com-; mittee, and ordered paid. The report of the municipal court for the week ending February 11, as-having-turned:over $66.75 to the| city treasurer, was' accepted. | The report of the city treasurer,| Earl Geil, which was read at the meeting last week, but which was not accepted because of the fact that it had not ben signed by the treas- urer, was again brought up at the meeting last night and was accepted. The bids for wood were opened, there being three bidders. As H. W. Wright and E. H. Winter made 'the same price on 50 cords, the a- mount was devided between them. George Stein, who has ben acting as city clerk during the past few | months, informed the council that at the next meeting of the council, the liquor licese application of Albert Marshek would be brought up, and that at the council meetingtwo weeks from last night the application of Albert Valliere would be brought up for consideration. JOIN FEDERATION. OF LABOR Syracuse (N. Y.) Mail Clerks Take Revolutionary Step. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 21.—Two hun- dred and forty-eight railway mail clerks here took a revolutionary step for government employes by affiliat- ing with the American Federation of Labor, receiving a charter therefrom and electing and installing officers. The new organization, which stands on the same basis as a labor union, is to be known as the Railway Mail Clerks’ Protective association and is the first organization of postal em- ployes to join the ranks of organized labor. ' The clerks claim they have not the right to appeal and canpnot reach the department to better their conditions. |FIERCE STORM IN ALASKA Wind Reaches Velocity of Eighty Miles an Hour. | Cordova, Alaska, Feb. 21.—One of the worst storms ever experienced in Cordova and_the Copper river valley ended after three days of continuous rain and of wind reaching a velocity of eighty miles an hour. Snow me!! ing on the mountain sides caused bad landslides on the railroads running up the Copper river, but they are now cleared. The riveris bank full and it is feared that the flood will start the glaciers moving long before the Alas-| | ka winter is ended. Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania. | Pittsburg, Feb. 21.—One of tke heaviest snow storms of the season is being experienced throughout We: | ern Peunsylvania, Eastern Ohio and | West Virginia. In this city four inches were registered, while in the outer districts it is much greater. 1n a number of places it is a combination of rain and snow and wire communi- cation has been retarded. and L. P. Eckstrom as sureties ac-| ' MERRY MUSICIANS GOMING (s HOW e 7 > /. [ \3\\\.\\\\\“l We U.S. WALL WS LGl e IT LOOKS TO AN ORDINARY LAYMAN. —Thorndyke in Baltimore American. Refined Entertainment Will Appear ‘Here Next Saturday Evening. Oa Saturday February 25 there will appear at the Armory theatre the well known troupe of “‘Merry Musicians,” a refined entertainment embracing the desirable features of white - minstrels ang_ high class vaudeville. & = This fun making *Pierrots” with Eckbardt are not strangers to the theatre going public in this city. These Merry Musicians have in- deed proven the axiom “Lavgh and the world laughs with you.” happy jests and merry songs have brought joy to the hearts of multi- tudes. These Merry Musicians can all sing and do sing songs that you will often find yourself humming the refrain of long after this troupe has gone. You certainly cannot afford to miss this entertainment at a 25c-| 35¢-50c price. There will be a good orchestra in attendance. . Curtain 8:30 sharp. Advance sale at City Drug store. | RETURNS AT THE MARKHAM Complete Results of the City Election| Will Be Given. Complete returns of the City elec- tion which is being held today will be received at the Hotel Mark- ham this evenine. PAPERMAKER ATTACKS BILL Neenah (Wis.) Madufacturer Before Senate Finance Committee. ' Washington, Feb. 21.—Hearings on the McCat: bill to carry out the pro- visions of the Canadian reciprocity agreement were begun by the senate committee on finance. During the fore- noon the only witness was John Strange of Neenah, Wis, a paper manufacturer and former lieutenant governor of his state. Mr. Strange opposed the bill in vigorous language, charging that false sentiment in favor of it had been manufactured by a league of newspapérs which he be- lieved to be in violation of the Sher- man anti-trust law. Considerable difficulty was experi- enced by Senators Lodge, Cullom, Flint and- Stone in keeping Mr. Strange to his subject and obtaining from him reasons why the agreement should not be confirmed. Sometimes Senator Lodge sharply demanded something other than attacks upon .| the motives of newspapers in their de- | mands for cheaper paper. Takes Biplane to China. San Fraucisco, Feb. 2L.—Fung Guey, a Chinese, has left here for his native land, taking with him a Curtiss bi- plane, in which he intends to make ex- hibition flights. M is believed that he will be the first aviator to rise from the ground in China. Fung Guey has been experimenting with aeroplanes | for about two years. ' - ¢ troupe of | me weil wowo REAPPORTIONMENT Their | BLACKDUCK HAS Washington, D. C. Feb. 21. Special to Pioneer. Black- duck village population thirteenth census 942. HOUSE. PASSES - St. Paul, Feb. 21.—(Daily Pioneer 85 to 31, the House of Representa tives today passed a Reapportion- ment Bill, after three hours of de- bate. The fight for the reapportionment bill was made by C. A. Congdon of Duluth, chairman of the commi:tee, and R. C. Dunn of Princeton and other leaders on the floor. The vote is so much in favor of reapportionment that the triends ot the bill expect that the Senate will oot dare to turn it down. TO SETTLE “LID” QUESTION Liquor Men Will Institute Suits In Federal Court. St. Paul, Feb. 21.—The liquor in- terests are getting ready to institute a suit in federal court calculated to bring to a final determination the question of sales of liquor in the re- stricted Indian lands, embracing the entire territory of Northern Minne- sota included in the treaty of 1855. This announcement was made by F. W. Zollman, representative of the lquor interests. It is possible the suit will not be filed before April, but it is now in the course of preparation. The action of the government in ap- pealing the cases decided by Judge Willard has made the liquor men de- termined to settle the question of the validity of the old treaties and the bearing of subsequent laws FARMER SLAIN; BRIDE HELD | South Dakotan’'s Body Has Knife in Heart. « Aberdeen, S. D., Feb 21.—Philip Kreiter, thirty-five years old, a farm- er living four miles from Hecla, was found dead with a butcher knife stiek: ing in his heart. He held another | knife i his hand. His wife, Eva May ! Kreiter, twenty-five years old, is,un- der arrest on a charge of murder. It is alleged the woman had been stay- ing for some time at a Hecla hotel, but on Sunday went dut to the farm, where Kreiter had remained. The couple had been married but six weeks, it is said: and, removed to the Hecla neighborhood only a month ago Congressman Allen Dead. ‘Washington, Feb. 21.—Representa- tive Amos L. Allen (Rep., Me.) died | of pneumonia at his apartments here “ifllawing several days {llness. His 942 POPOLATION| Special Wire Service.—By a vote of | T0 INVESTIGATE ‘(}HABGES Joint Committee of Both Houses Named To Look After Stephens Charges. Charges made by A. D. Stephens of Crookslon, that cruelty has been the state training school for boys at Red Wing, will be investigated by a joint committee ~of three . senators and four representatives, appointed Saturday by the lieutenant governor and speaker. The commiitee will consist of Sen- ators A.S. Rockne, Zumbrota; Frank Clague,. Lamberton, and J. D. Salli- van, St. Cloud, and Representatives R. C. Dunn, Princeton; N. J. Holm- berg, Scared Heart; L. A. Lydiard, Minneapolis, and George D. Reed, Faribault. s It will meet early; this week to take up the charges, which allege the use of flogging machines and the cruel treatment of boys in many cases, all strenuously denied by Prof. Whittler, who asked the investigation. Icis probable that the sessions will be held first at the state capitol. and notices sent to ask persons with information to give it to the com- mittee. It will also visit the in- siitution and examine the inmates acd employes. STEENERSON practiced on inmates of the INSISTENT Minnesota Congressman Wants Action in Military Pay Bill. Representative S‘eenerson, of Minnesota, chairman of the House commit'ee on mi'itia, insists the miiitia pay bill be given -con ivera uon betore adjournment. He ‘n- roduced a resolu‘lou ye terday pro viding for the cons'deration of tre increase under special rules commit tee 10 rerort his resolution. The bill upon which he demands action provides nomi al compepsa- | uon for militiamen, that they may be more directly responsive to the orders of the Secretary of War., Notice. All members of the order of | Knights of Pythias are urgently re- quested to attend the funeral of {Charles Saxrud tomorrow at 1 |o’clock. Services at Presbyterian church. Members will please meet at Eagles Hall nnd march to church Thayer C. Bailey, C. C. The club dance which was schedul- daughter, Miss Laura E. Allen ot Al-|ed for Thursday night in the City fred Me., and son, Dr. . Edward C. Al- len of Boston, were with him when he died. years of age and had been a member of congress since 1899. ) Mr. Allen was seventy-four ball, and tc which invitations have already been issued, has been post- poned indefinitely. - There ‘will be no Ciub dance this week. : MINNESOTA HISTORICAL BEMIDJI APPALLED BY HANSON’S DEATH Prominent Young Druggist F;ud Dead in Store at Early Hour this " Morning. CAUSE MATTER OF CONJECTURE. Friends believe Alarm and Melan- cholia Owing to Il Health to be Chief Reason. Georg A. Hanson, one of Bemidji’s best known and most popular young business men, was found dead in his drug store at an early hour this morning. Becoming worried because of his failure to appear at their home, Mrs. neighboring This visit revealed the astounding fact that his body was there and lifeless. A physician was immediately sum- moned who, after investigation, made the positive statement that death had Hanson requested a friend to go to his store. resulted from the swallowing of a deadly acid. and lunhufieipruufl the opinfon that the poisonous drug must have been self-administered. The state of mind which could have prompted such an act by the decedent must, of course, be in a large part conjecture, but his near- est friends are firm in the belief that it was induced by melancholia, re- sulting from his recent ill-health, which physical condition so alarmed him that 1t-extended to & mental affliction. Mr. Hanson was 29 years of age. He was a graduate of the University of Minnesota as a pharmaceutical chemist. For about two yelrn. past he has been the proprietor of a pharmacy here and, by his business integrity 4nd recognized care and skill, had attained an enviable rec- ord in the community.: He leaves his widow, a bride of a few months. His other surviving near relatives are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hanson, who reside at Fertile, in this state, and four sisters. He was a member of the local lodge of Elks, the Commercial Club and the city fire department. * CREAMSEPARATOREXPLODES Mail Order house machine replaced .by the DeLaval. An accident that might have re- sulted seriously, ocurred Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gust Berg, town of Bemidji, about nine miles east of the city. Mrs. Berg was operating & cream separator known as the “Improved Economy Separator” sold by the Sears-Roebuck Company. It was running at about half speed when the bowl exploded, scattering milk and cream all over the room. Had any portion of the bowl come in contact with any person in the room, it might have proven fatal. As it was, the family became thorougaly frightened and had the machine taken away and repiaced by a “DeLaval” separator. The Given Hardware Company who have the agency for the DeLaval separators were at once notified and asked to install their machine, which is absolutely safe in every respect and is also cofisidered the best cream separator on the market, and it is needless to say such an accident would be impossible with this sepa- rator. This is just another lesson to. be learned, about patronizing mail order houses. There is never a time when one can not do better by buying from a, home merchant, than by sending away to mail order houses for sup- plies. 3