Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 24, 1911, Page 1

_.‘—qL VOLUME 9. NUMBER 304. - BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 24, 1911. DRAINAGE ENGINEER IS IN SPOT LIGHT Investigating Committees Named to Look Into Record of Ralph As State Official. PARSHALL GETS ST. PAUL CALL Representative 0’Neil Will Introduce Bill Bringing Legislature to A Close April Tenth. ’ (By F. A, Wilson) Bemidji Ploneer Legislative Burean St. Paul, Feb. 24.—George Ralph, | 25%: engineer of the state drainage com- | mission, is in the spot light. | Two investigations as to his offi- cial conduct are under way as the re-| sult of charges made against himA{ Speaker Dunn, authorized several days ago by the house to name an| investigating committee, has at last{ announced the make-up of the com- mittee as follows: Chisholm; C. polis; Donald Robertson, Argyle; J. J. Moriarity, Belle Plain and R. E. Cleon T. Knapp, A. Fowler, Minnea- Crane, Grand Meadow. “I have delayed naming this com-l mittee,” explained Speaker Dunn, “because I want to get men of un- prejudiced minds who would con-l duct an absolutely fair investigation. | T believe the committee I have named will do this.” While this committee was being named in the house, the senate unex- pectedly “butted in”’ by naming a committee composed of Senators Mur- ray, Works:-and Swanson to conduct a seperate investigation. x X % April 10 will be the date of final adjournment, if Representative D. P. O’Neil of Thief River Falls has his way about it. Mr. O'Neil will, with- in the next few days, resolution naming the above date on which the present legislature is to die. The senate has passed a resol- ution naming April 1 as the last day. 1t is likely that this attempt to shorten the session will prove suc- cessful. The legal limit of ninety days carries the session down to about the middle of April. The hop- pers of both houses are badly choked with bills—many of the most portant measures are yet to be acted There has been ljttle done so this Wednesday was ‘Washington’s birth anniversary and yesterday adjournment was taken out of respect to the late Judge Jag- gard. introduce a in- upon. far week. Winona isestablishing a reputation for distinguished—perhaps notorious would be a better word—ecitizens. Our present attorney general comes from Winona, as does also Senator M. J. McGrath, who got on the front page of the city papers a few days ago by getting up in the senate and calling President Taft a liar. Now the difference between tlie senator | and the attorney general is that after having called a man a liar, the sena- tor apologizes. Mr. McGrath used his strong language while discussing the resolution requesting congress not to pass the Canadian reciprocity treaty, Yesterday in the senate Mr. McGrath frankly admitted that he did not know what he was saying when he spoke in such a harsh man- “As a man and an official 1 have the great- est respect for President Taft,” said the senator. ner regarding the president. * KK “So many applications from Be- midji for the position raised compli- cations,” said Ralph Wheelock, pri- vate secretary to the governmor, in speaking of the appointment of An- drew H. Ostrem of Bagley to be boil- er inspector of the Bemidji district. “There were so many different fac- tions in Bemidji that we felt com- pelled to give the appointment to an outside man and Mr. Ostrem was chosen because of the strong recom- | his duties requiring him to | twelve years, mendations presented us in his be- half.” x X X It is announced ‘here that a call has been extended to Rev. H. F. Par- shall, rector of the Bemidji and Cass Lake Episcopal churchs, -to take charge of St. Peter’s church in this city, to succeed Rev. C. . Herbert Shutt, who has accepted a charge at Collins, Kansas. The feeling here is that Rev. Parshall will accept. He is ome of the assistants to Bishop Morrison of the Episcopal diocese of Duluth, with the title of archdeacon, visit many of the parishes in the diocese as missionary and personal represen- tative of the bishop. Rev. Mr. Par- shall formerly was the rector of the parih at St. Cloud, Minn, for and was appointed archdeacon three and a half years He is 44 years old and has a wife and two children. COLONIAL BALL GAY PAGEANT Participants Dressed in Revolution- ary Fashions. The posterity of which the Father of His Country was always aware celebrated the one hundred and seventy-ninth anniversary of the the Auditorium in St. Paul with the approved. ® The colonial ball given by the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion brought into direct association a near event in Minnesota history with the remote event that ushered in the nation. Instead of the Sibley house at Men- dota, to preserve which the ball was given, the stately home of the Wash- ingtons appeared in replica on the stage. ; " The receiving party. was in place on the stage before 9 o'clock, and after hundreds of gaily dressed men and women had been presented those who were attired strictly according to the colonial fashions disposed themselves in the garden before the great house. That was really the most charming picture the evening presented, although there was vastly more of animation later on. The entrance of General and Mrs. Washington was heralded by fifteen guns on the rear of the stage, the audience standing while the band at the same time played the “Star- Spangled Banner.” After the band played “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean”—by the way, as it is seldom played—the dancers formed for a minuet, which was led by Major Samuel Sturgis and Mrs. Archibald MasLaren, dancing on the left, and Captain Sedgwick Rice and Mrs. W. D. Mitchell, impersonating General and Mrs. Washington and dancing on the right. FOR CURE OF TUBERCULOSIS Pork and Beans Latest Fad to Oust Dread Destroyer. Rutland, Vt, Feb. 24—Pork and beans as a weapon against consump- tion will be tried by Superintendent Bartlett of the state sanitarium for consumptives. The report of Sir Hiram Maxim that this diet had proved efficacious with consumptive patients in England thas ied Bartlett to inaugurate a two weeks' diet of these dainties. “We've got the best pork and beans !in the country,” Bartlett says, “and if there is any virtue in this alleged discovery we will get the full benefit from it.” French Warships at New Orleans. New Orleans, Feb., 24—Three ar- mored French cruisers, the Gloire, Ad- miral Aube and Conde, anchored in the Mississippi river off Canal street, sent here by the French government to participate in the Mardi Gras fes- tivities. This is the first visit of French battleships in this port during Mardi Gras since the festivities were inaugurated. Six tundred French bluejackets will march in the parades. Miner Survives Leng Fall. Lead, S. D., Feb. 24—To fall eighty feet down a raise in a mine, be cov- ered with rock and debris and then escape with only a slight scalp wound and bruises, was the luck of W. M Ventling) a miner in the Homestake. Ventling fell clear through the raise, was dug out and, after refusing to go to the hospital, returned to work in a few hours. A ! great birthday Wednesday night at; pomp and dignity George Washington | LOBIMER'S PEA 1S ANSWERED Senator Beverage, of Indiana, Replies to Speech Delivered By Illinois Member. SYMPATHY IS OUT OF PLACE Declares Life Story of “Blond Boss” Has No Bearing on Subject of Bribery. k Washington, Feb. 24.—Notwithstand- ing the feverish anxiety of many sen- ators to dispatch business, and the especial desire of Senator Lorimer’s friends to get a vote.on the question of the validity of his election, there was little prospect at the beginning of the day’s session of the senate that any marked progress would be made during the sitting. Senator Beveridge took the floor at the beginning of the session and, as he told his friends that he had only half concluded his argument, the ex- pectation was that he would occupy the greater part of the day. After him Senator Stone was expected to make a brief speech in opposidofl to the I~ nois senator and the general impres- sion was that Senator La Follette ‘would ask to be heard at length in op- position. It is not the intention of the friends of Mr. Lorimer to allow his opponents to close the debate. Senators Gallin- ger and Burrows are among those who will be heard on his side. End May Be Far Distant. Bitter feeling has arisen among the contending factions, so that the pros- ! pect is that from this time on the debate wili be lively. One acrid speech provokes others. Some senators ex- pressed doubt whether the case could be decided before final adjournment. Lorimer’s friends now claim fifty-four out of ninety-one in the senate. The oppositien to Lorimer gives.nio fgures. Senator Beéveridge addressed him- self at the outset of his remarks to the speech delivered by Senator Lorimer in his own defense. Mr. Beveridge recalled the attention of the senate from the eloquence of Mr. Lorimer to “the record of sworn testimony before us—testimony given under oath and searched as by fire with fierce cross- examination,” and he added: “I shall ‘nothing extenuhte’ nor naught set down in malice. I shall ‘nothing ex- tenuate’ hecause I ought not; nor shall I ‘naught set down in malice’ be- cause I have no malice.” Mr. Beveridge said he had listened with peculiar personal sympathy to Senator Lorimer's story of his rise from humble estate to the high place. There were many senators, he said, who from an even earlier youth had borne even heavier burdens. But they had asked nothing of the world on that account. Not Relevant to the Question. - “But while I was affected as a man by that appeal,” said the speaker, “I was curious as a judge that the sit- ting ‘members did mot recite ‘these things before the senate’s committee it he or his attorneys thought-them material or relevant. His account of his popularity is interesting, and ex- plains much of his political strength, but it is not relevant to the question of bribery which we are now consider- ing. “His newsboy experience and the devoted friendship between himself and ‘Hinky Dink,’ resulting therefrom, is engaging, but it is not material as to the corruption of Holstlaw, White Beckemeyer, Link and others. “While my sympathy and approval as a man were aroused by this pic- turesque and praiseworthy incident in the sitting member’s life, my judg- ment as a member of this court, was not affected, for my judgment was not appealed to. The issue we must de- termine is that of the validity of the election, challenged here on the ground of bribery. On that grave charge no limit was thrown.” LOSS IS HALF A MILLION Big Fire Wipes Out Portion of White Plains, N. Y. White Plains, N. Y., Feb. 24.—Fire destroyed half a flozen blocks in the business center of the city, causing a loss estimated at $500,000. The big hotel conducted by Admiral Dot, who attained fame while travel- ing as a dwarf with the Barnum & Bailey circus; Lexington hall, the Morrell building and the Brandous block were destroyed. Guests at the hotel made their way to the street in their night clothing. Br, McKim to Receive Annuity. Baltimore, Feb. 24.—It was learned here that: by the arrangement made with Captain Emerson, father of his divorced wife, Dr. Hollins Smith Mec- Kim will receive an annuity of $7,500. A trust fund of $150,000 has' been created, the income of which will be pald to Dr. McKim, who agrees to drop all of his threatened suits against the Emérson family. 3 M. B. A TOMEETIN BEMIDJI Convention Will Be Hald Here Early In Jene; Arrangements are completion by a committee comprising Joseph Bisiar, Charles Hammond, A. A. Car- ter, M. A. Clark and James Greville, far a big St. Patfick’s day dance which is to be lglven“i:_m the evening of March 17 by the Bemidji lodge Modern Brotherhood of America. The purpose of the dance is to raise funds with which to use during the district convention of the broth- erhood, which is to be held in this city early next June. The Minnesota State Bankers are also to hold their annual convention in Bemidji next June. ANOTHER FIRE AT SHEVLIN Livery Stable and Feed Barn Des- troyed Yesterday Morning. Early yesterday morning fire was discovered in the Shevlin Livery and Feed Barn, which totally ‘destroyed that structure, whieh was one of the he lost his life in 'the burning structure. The fire started.in the hay loft and it is the general opinion of many that a hobo, who wag seen climbing into the barn at a late hour Wednes- day evening, started the fire, and that he lost his lif 1 the burning struccture. This i8 the third big fire loss Shev- lin has met with during the past month. - i WILL NOT AGGEPT GALL Reverend Parshall Says He Will Not Take St. Paul Church. While in Bemidji yesterday Arch- deacon H. F. Parshall, of Cass Lake, said, concerning his call to a St. Paul church: “Yes, I have received a call to go to St. Peter’s church, in St. Paul, this church is located on Dayton’s bluff and has a great future, but I am not going to accept the call, as I am perfectly satisfied here, and feel that my work is here.” Bemidji members of the Episco- palian church are very much pleased with Reverend Parshall’'s decision not to accept the call. ROOSEVELT FOR RECIPROCITY Also Favors Fortification of the Pana- ma Canal. Chicago, Feh. 24—Colonel Roose- velt warmly advacated the proposed reciprocity trade agreement with Can- ada and scored congressmen who, he said, were responsible for hindering the confirmation of the agreement by means of an “annexation” scare. From Canada he turned his atten- tion to peace advocates who seek to| prevent the fortification of the Pana- ma canal &nd claimed it the clear and apparent duty of the United States to fortify the canal. Colonel Roosevelt was cheered when he advocated the proposed reciprocity: agreement 'with Canada and praised President Taft for the efforts the pres- ident is extending toward its confir- mation. Dock to Cost $3,000,000. Victoria, B. C., Feb. 24.—Official an- nouncement is made that the British Columbia Marine Railway company will build a dry dock to cost $3,000,000 at Lang’s Cove, Esquimalt. The dock will be 900 feet long and 100 feet wide. It'is the intention of the ship- builders t¢ equip a modern shipyard for the construction of cruisers and destroyers for the Pacific squadron of the Capadian navy at Esquimalt. Mission Worker Weds Chifigman. Seattle, Feb. 24.—Harry Toy, aged twenty-four, a Chinese” merchant ot this city and Port Angeles; Wash., and Mrs. Daisy Dayis, aged twenty-one, formerly a worker in the Methodist Episcopal Chinese mission in Port- land, were,married here.by the Rev. 557 BAGS METHODIST CRACKERJAGK SOLD This Was the Output of the Bemidji| Factory Saturday February Eighteenth. 1000 BAGS FOR TOMORROW Mrs. Naugle’s Sunday School Class Stirs Up Enthusiasm Among En- tire Congregation. The output of the “Methodist Crackerjack” factory was 557 bags Saturday February 18th. The Sat- urday before, which was the open- ing day, the output reached over three hundred bags. The force of seventeen salesladies has been sytematically organized and the management:of the plant expects soon to reach the thousand mark after a perfection of the sales depart- ment. Mrs. J. W. Naugle under whose direction the class is working feels highly elated over the progress thus far made. The class alréady has a fine start as its share of the church building fund and the success thus far met with furnishes plenty of en- thusiashh to spurn them on to do greater things. Tomorrow is Crackerjack day as will be every Seturday and a record breaking sale is anticipated. There are still many people in Bemidji who have not tasted this delicious com- fection, known as Methodist Crackep- Jack and those ‘wishing to enjoy this pleasure:should telephone.their order: to the factory at 609 Bemidjl Ave. -‘The telephoné number {8 455. GONSOLIDATION ~ FAVORED Metropolitan Votes Unanimously to TUnite Two Organizations. At a meeting of the members o; the Metropolitan club held last eve- ning in their club rooms it was voted that the Mdtropolitan club should accept the proposed plan of the Com- mercial club, whereby the two clubs unite. The vote in favor of the propos- ition was unanimous, there being no objection whatever. CROOKSTON PLANS sGHO0L Will Erect Building for Needs of Ad- joining Districts. Crookston, Minn., Feb. 24.—The Crookston ~ Commercial club has named a committee of eight to con- fer with outlaying rural school dis- tricts with the object in view of a consolidation with the Crookston in- dependent district. The Central school, which almost adjoins the high school, is in such a condition that it has been necessary to brace the walls to keep ‘them from falling and two rooms were declared unsafe by the city engineer. To make provision for the future, and provide also for the lacest meth- ods in domestic science and training, the school board proposes to erect a new and modern school building to cost $150,000. By offering such ad- vantages it is believed that several of the adjoining rural districts will agree to a conmlidétion, thus making the one building suffice for many years to come. S The idea is to have a line of scheol busses running in_several directions from the city, and give rural students ‘within a reasonable distance from the city all the advantages of the latest W. T. Osbarne, bastor of ‘the African - Methodist church of this city. Toy. is. ‘wealthy, dresses iu the height of fash- and best in education. This will be the first experiment by a city of this size in Minnesota. ; - High School and Big Bemidg Fives Will Meet for City Title. This evening in the Armory the re-organized Big Bemidg basketball team will clash with the high school boys for the championship of Be- midji. 1 Although the members of the Big Bemidg five have- mot been doing much practicing they expect that they, will win in the contest this evening. The high school boys have one of the best basketball organizations in northern Minnesota, and with the extra practice that they have been holding during the past week ought to at least hold their own tonight. In this evening’s contest, Big Be- midg will put such men as Brown, Frank Getchell, C. Gould, Erickson and Newton on their lineup, all of whom played with the Big Bemidg five when they were unbeatable. The high gchol lineup will be as follows: Captain Larson, centre; Moritz and Bailey, forwards; Peck and Spencer, guards. MERRY. MUSIGIANS COMING Refined Entertainment Will Appear Here Tomorrow Evening. Tomorrow evening there will ap- pear in'the Armory theatre the well known troupe of “Merry Musicians,” & refined entertainment embracing the desirable features of white min- strels and Pig!; class vaudeville. This fin making troupe of “Plef- rots” with the well known Eckhardt are not strangers to the theatre go- ing public of this city. These merry musicians have in- deed proved the axiom “Laugh and the world laughs with you.” Their 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 atford to miss this entertainment at a 25c, 36c and 50c price. There will be a good orchestra in attendance. Advance sale of seats at the City Drug Store. LID ON IN KOOGHICHING County Attorney McPartlin Issues New Saloon Order. In its last {ssue the International Falls Echo says: “County Attorney McPartlin has issued notice that the saloons of the county must hereafter comply strict- ly with the law governing the closing of saloons, requiring that they sus- pend business between the hours of 11 p. m. and 5 a. m. week days, and all day Sundays. Mr. McPartlin states that the law will be rigidly en- forced, and that he will further re- quire that saloonkeepers use more judgement in the mater of selling liquor to men intoxicated, to the end that there may be less of drunken- ness.” * i The Dairy Cow. The most desirable point regard- ing a dairy cow, is good, rich, and pure milk; second, as large a flow of milk as we can get without de- minishing the quality of the milk. Cows fed on “The Clover Leaf Dairy Farm” give an unusual high test above that required by state law, which is 3 1-2 per cent for milk and 20 per cent for cream. Are you getting milk nnd:cream that will meet the legal test? T mnot call at Schwandt and Marin and secure pure, rich milk with an official test of 4 6-10 per cent and cream 24 per cent. Prominent Business Man of This City Dies After Two Years Lingering Iness. INTERMENT AT GRAND RAPIDS Was Native of the State of New York and Pioneer Resident of Minnesota. Henry Cortland Tuller, aged 50 years, died at his home in this city last evening. The announcement was not unex- pected as he had been seriously ill for the past two years with a malady which caused an anaemic condition. Mr. Tuller has been & resident of this city during the past four years and was prominent in business circles, being a member of the firm of E. H. Winter & Co. He was a native of the state of New York and came to Minnesota in 18856, first locating at Madison Lake, where he remained until 1891, when he removed to Grand Rapids, in which village he was engaged in the mercantile business until his removal to Bemidji. h He is survived by his wife and one child, Lucy Fame, 3 years of age, a brother, George Tuller and five adopted children, Miss May Shook of Duluth, Miss Hattie Shook of Hines, Ed Shook of Remer, Will Shook of Cass Lake and Mrs. Percy Scribmer ‘of Northome, who was formerly Miss Florence Shook. Since the death of their parents seventeen years ago, Mr. Tuller has cared for the Shook family. His first wife, who dled seven years ago, gave the little or- phaned children the care of a mother. Four and a half years ago Mr. Tuller married his second wife who sur- vives him. Mr. Tuller was a member of the Bemidji Methodist church for the past four years, and has won the re- spect and esteem of all who knew him, Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow forenoon at 10:30 o’clock, Rev. Flesher of the Methodist church officiating. The body will be taken to Grand Rapids on the noon train and interment made in the Grand Rapids cemetery beside the’ body of his first wife. Rev. Flesher will accompany the body to Grand Rapids and conduct the burial service. FAGE SERIOUS SITUATION Methodist Church Made 1.2 Per Cent Gain In 1910. Spokane, Wash. Feb. 24.—“Every member gained by the Methodist Episcopal church in 1910 represent- ed an expenditure of $1,000 and a property investment of $7,000,” de- clared Rev. Dr. E. Blake of Chicago, in an address before a convention of Methodist Episcopal Sunday schools of the Columbia river conference in Spokane, which was attended by del- egates from all of the northwestern states. “The Methodist Episcopal church is facing a serious situation,” Dr. Blake added. beré was only 41,337 in 1910, an in- crease of about 1.2 per cent. This convinces me that the old methods of evangelism are not producing results. We have never had more evangelists than at the present time and they have never accomplished so little as now. Th weakness of modern evan- gelism is that it makes its appeal to adults, when it is a matter of fact that 85 per cent of all conversions are under 18 years of age. The church must make its appeal to youth and the earlier this is made the bet- ter the result will be for the church.”. MINNES HISTORICAL SOCIETY., - CALLED BY DEATH 0TA “The net gain in mem-