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

s & ) : umu;ssofl -~ |HISTORICAL SOSIETY. . VOLUME 9. NO. 327. KLEMER REFUSES TO MAKE APOLOGY Instead, Representative from Faribault, Repeats the Charges He Made Yesterday. committee bill. After all he For Literary Honors. ! Carson and Reynolds Reelected. ' amendments were in, it was voted to i rrint the bill in revised form z.d | ASKS FOR INVESTIGATION|riace it on general orders where it AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED senate was given over ta the elec- tions committee state wide primary law and even then no vote could be taken. Many amendments were of- fered and so many of them were pre- sented by Senator Mooan—who .aus a primary election bill pending--- that the measure now is regorded: more as a Moonan measure than a again will be discussed by the sen- SCHOOL DECLAMATORY CONTEST TOMORROW Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Cass Lake, _Akeley and Park Rspids to Battle THIS CITY WELL REPRESENTED | ‘ BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURS! | COMMERGIAL CLUB TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ¥ ELECT OFFICERS IT. J. Burke Succeeds A. G. Wedge as President of Organization— ate and final action taken. pr : Offers Resolution Asking That a Com- ‘A"":d Neuman To Give Seripus Selec- Articles of Incorporation are Amended - mittee of Seven be Appointed, Him- | “GAST ASIDE" TOMORROW! tions and Mona Flesher that of to the Effect That the Board of : self to Name Three. St. Paul, Mian., March 23.—(Dai'v Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—For the second time within twenty-fout hours. Representative Klemer of Faribault electrified the House ot Representatives by declaring today, as he did yesterday, that he was of the opinion: that the committees of the House had been “‘packed” for the special interests. He made these remarks when the | One of the Leading Plays of Present i Time to Be Produced Here. . The pessimist would like to have |us think differently, but the fact re- {mains the same nevertheless. varied are the factors due to this evolution. Mankind is evolving from the stone; age to the highest and many and the Humorous. | £ Preparations for-the declamatory | contest, which is to be held in {Akeley tomorrow, were completed | ;:his morning when Mon?i Flesher | !and Alfred Neuman give their | selections before the pupils of !he; { high school. 3 | It is customary for the hig schools. of Grand Rapids, #lrk Rap- | ids, Cass Lake, Akeley an Bemidji! to hold an annual declamatory con-| Directors be Raised to 15. Last evening’s meeting of the Be- ?midji Commercial Club was largely ‘} attended, there being nearlysevesnty i members of the club present. It was voted that an amendment to the articles of incorporation which Jhad been drawn up should be : | adopted. | This amendment was to the effect | that the number of directors should ibe changed to 15 members instead Evolution is slow and we in our|test, both in serious ar. ;humorour special committee, appointed yester- day to report on the language he used and the charges which he; made, reported to the House this morning that he should either be made to apologize or be censured. Klemer arose and refused to! apologize and offered a resolutioni asking that a committee of seven be appointed, he to name three, the speaker three, and the six members to choose the seventh, to completely investigate the organization of the House. A recess was then taken until 3 o’clock this afternoon. When the House convened this| afternoon it proceeded with the regular order of business aad up until 4 o’clock the Klemer resolution had not been reached. * ¥ ¥ The last public hearing of the in- the Red Wing training school was held in the senate chamber last night. Little evidence of importance was present- i i vestigating committee of ed but a review of all the testimony “There will be no more public hearings,” said Chairman Rockne, “but a few executive ses- sions of the committee will be neces- sary before a report can be framed was presented. so that just when the report will be presented I cannot say, although the committee wants to get rid of the task at the earliest moment.” There is no way of telling what the report will be, published predictions in the Twin City newspapers to the contrary notwithstanding. That there will be some censure of the school seems certain and' if there is not a majority report recommending that a new head be secured for the institution, it seems safe to say that a minority report to this effect will be presented. XXX After its boisterous morning ses- sion, the house got down to business yesterday afternoon and was so in- dustrious that it held a night ses- sion—the first of the sesion—and pased nearly a score of bill among which was the E. Warner measure, making the season for mink, musk- to! Representative Cal | Stone’s bill which sought to expend money in “an extension enlargement and beautifying of the grounds of the new state capitol building and pro- vide for a commission with power to | acquire lands therefor” was rocked gently to eternal sleep after some de- bate by a vote of 38 to 71. The house passed the Senator Putnam bill “authorizing the consolidation public drainage ditch proceedings in certain cases.” The house also pass- ed the Sundberg bill proposing a con- stitutional amendment authorizing the state auditor to levy an acreage tax on all lands insured against loss by hail and wind at the option of the owners for the purpose of creatingl an insurance fund against damage to crops by hail or wind storms and to provide for the manner of hand- ling and distri\huting such a fund. This bill now needs only the signa- ture of the governor. *x X X All of the afternoon session of the rat and beaver from March 15 November 1. | of daily mad rush do not realize the wonderful strides we are making. Many things that by their famil- iarity we do not consider are the stepping stones to the higher and noblest man is capable of. Lives without number strew the way of this onward rush, sacrifices to the evolution of Men preaching, warriors, poets, philoso- Writers and all up to now the dramatist who has contributed his- best that men evolve from brute force to the high- est he is capable of being. Plays, teaching a lesson have be- come the vogue for the simple reason the theatre occupies a vastly differ- ent position than it ever did in the history of civilation before, and now it is looked upon as a_teather along with being simply a place to laugh at some grotesque buffonery. For instance the big successes of the stage in the past three years are: “Paid in Full,” “The Lion and the Mouse,” “The Servant in the House,” man. phers make up this mass. “The Easiest Way,” “Just a Wife,” al plays with a purpose. Added to this list may be “Cast Aside,” the big success of the present season. It is a play by L. B. Parker, who ob- tained his theme in ballad of the same title written some years ago by Chas. K. Harris. The play deals with the eternal question of the sex problem. Mr. Parker has handled his theme in a remarkable way, blending his ser- ious situations with comedy. “Cast Aside” will ‘be the offering at the Armory tomorrow night. Seats now on sale at the City Drug store. BOMB FOR LABOR OFFICIAL Black Hand Carries Out Against Chicago Man. Chicago, March 23.—Frank Balazana, secretary of Local 233 of the Hod Car- riers’ union, ignored for two years the threats of the Black Hand, accom- panied with demands for $3,000, and later $2,000. During that time he re- ceived a dozen or more letters. As each letter arrived he turned it over to the police and assured rela- tives that ‘the Black Hand did not ex- ist. Six weeks ago he became ill with rheumatism and while near death ‘Wednesday night in a second floor room of his residence the force of a nitro powder bomb which was explod- ed near the dwelling tore out the ves- tibule. The heavy front doors were demol- ished, plaster and broken glass scat- tered into the street for a distance of thirty feet, and four families driven panic stricken from the building. . Threat TWO OLD TIME BROKERS DEAD Prominent on Chicago Board of Trade for Years. Chicago, March 23.—E. F. Rose, a familiar, figure around the Chicago board ot trade for nearly half a cen- tury, is dead. Mr. Rose became a member of the board in 1864, paying only $25 for his membership fee, and wasa successful trader for twenty years. Il health caused retirement in 1884 and he was appointed a special _ofllcerJ for the board. He was eighty-two years old. Edward L. Brewster, millionaire banker and broker, is- dead;from an operation at St. Luke’s hospital. & He was engaged in the brokerage business here for forty years. selections. The honor of winning Elrst place in this contest has gone tg the high school of Park Rapids foi_ the past three years, and both of the Bemidji representatives in the .Eontest to- morrow have been working ~hard and will enter the contest tomorrow with the determination to: bring the coveted honor home. At the preliminary contest held shortly before Ckristmas and in took part, Miss Flesher was awarded first place in the humorous and Mr, | Neuman first place in the serious by | judges, Mrs. W. E. Neal, M. J. Brown and A. J. Ritchie. Miss Flesher’s selection for to- | the Isle,” while Neuman , will recite | “The Lance of Kanana.” The judges which have been selected for the contest are as follows; Reverend Parish, Fergus Falls, Superintendent Carroll, Wadena and Superintendent Jensen of Eagle Bend. ARE ALL READY FOR TEXAS General Wood Submits List of 780 1 Names. Adjutant General Wood has certi- fied to the war department the names of about eighty officers of the Minnesota national guard who are. ableito attend the army maneu- vers in Texas. This list is in addi- tion to the thirty-four names sent to the department two days after re- quest was made for such informa- tion. With the supplemental list goes details of the amount needed for transportation to get the officers to the “front”. The time when it will be most convenient to go was also indicated, The war department that the officers of the guard who would be invited to the maneuvers would be picked from the lists sent in by adjutant generals. The last list furnished by General Wood includes the following: * Company K, Bemidji:: Captain Adam J. Otto, First Lieutenant John Hillaby. Company I, Crookston: Captain Peter . J.- Eide, Tirst "Lieutenant William Woelk, Second’ Lieutenant Gustave Johnson. Company’ L, Thief River Falls: | Second Lieutenant William B, Fuller, Campany M, Hibbing: “Second Lieutenant, Walter S. Crandall. v RESENT CHANGE OF OFFICZRS Employes of Hudsohs Bay Company 3 Go on Strike. { Edmaonton, Alta, March 23.—Many changes have been recently made in the .personnel. of the Hudsons'Bay company in all ‘parts of the West and the entire staff of employes at stores, steamboats and mills at Peace River, with the entire district corps, ‘quit when S. A. King, district officer, was asked to regign. For the first time in 300 years’ history of the Hudsons Bay company wholesale changes are being made, but this is the first general re- sentment displayed by employes.: - which 15 pupils of the high school| { morrow is entitled * The Lady Across! indicated | L. A CHEMIST CLAIMS THAT FOODS WILL BE MADE DIRECTLY FROM THEIR M‘IN!RAL CHEMICAL IN- GREDIENTS. —=Wild | Superintendest Dyer Urges Those Who Intend Joiaing Clas to Notify Him. It has been announced by W. P. Dyer, superintendant- of the Bemidji public schools, that in order. to in- stitute 2’ normal department in connéction with the Bemidji schoo!s a class membership of not Jess than 8 must be assured. " | "It is urged by Suverintendent Dyer that those who intend to enter the normal department at the first of next year let him know to that effect in the near future so that he may secure a teacher. | Some of the laws which govern the establishing of a department| here are as follows: A comfortable class room shall be set apart for the exclusive use of this special instruction, preferably in a grade building. The work shall be placed in Fo“ “uHMAL BE‘PAHTME"TTinstructions in these branches, | full year’s work in a training depart- especially in the rural schgols of the | state. For earning a common school certificate, or credits toward one, in any training department of a high | school, the following rules will be! observed: 1 Work must be pursued in the training department for the full school year of :nine months, . and in compliance with _the . rules’ . of the High School Board. * % - Final marks of 75 in any second grade subject, earning by the com- pletion of one year’s work, will be accepted in place of an examination in the subject toward the grade of certificate the candidate is entitled to receive. Students who have completed two years of high school work, and the meat, including the practice teach- ing and observation, will receive a second grade certificate. Those - who have finished three years of the high school course and have, .in addition, completed the work of a training department will charge of a special instructor bolding a special certificate granted by the state superintendent for this work. Such certificates will be granted only to teachers of approved ex- perience, who are thought to have special fitness; and who qualify by examination. ’ Instruction is required by law in the following branches: Reading, writing, literature, geography, arith- metic, English grammar, American history civil government. The arrangements of subjects shall First Semester: English Grammar. Geography. Second Semester: Arithmetic. | American History. For the Year: Reading and Literature, Practice Teaching. All students in a training department shall do such 'amount and kind of practice teaching and observation work. as the high school inspector may re- quire_during the full school year of {nine.months This shall represent the equivalent of not ]ess than sixty {minutes ot such work each school| day. It is desirable that practice| reaching should consist in part of teaching in a model school, typical of an ungraded or rural school. Itisnot the intention of these| egulations to bamper the manage. ment of schools, but rather to insist upon conditicns under: vih_in‘h_ the | time, and energy of a competent in- structor and mature students, with a suitable room and library, may be devoted to working out the problem of scholarabip in:the common school branebes, with a viewto improving. | Presbyterian church tomo-row after- | noon at 2 o’clock, be issued a first grade certificate. ‘The second grade certificate will be made valid for one year and the first grade for two years. They will be accepted in schools seeking to earn the special state aid. A certifi- cate of either grade will not be issued to any one under eighteen(18) years. < For the acceptance of credits and the issuance of certificates based | on a training school course, the re- commendation of the county and| the city. superintendent will be re- quired. MRS. KRONQUIST DEAD Died Last Evening At the Home of H. C. Annette Here. Last evening about 6 o’clock occurred the death of Mrs. Nellie ‘Kronquist, who has been illl health for some time. Mrs. Kronquist was the mother of Mrs. H. C. Aunette, Mrs. Stalquist and Anton Paulson of this city, nd‘ who were at the bedside at the time death came. 4 b The funeral will be held from the in Clerk of Court Fred Rhoda has issued the following marriage licenses during the past week: Chris Nelsou and Minne Arneson. | Thorweld Hanison and Sens Lone. AGGUSED OF SELLING LIQUOR George Moffett Said to Have Sold Whiskey to Indians. Another candidate for Stillwater was lodged in jail at Cass Lake yesterday charged with giving liquor to Indians. - The prigoner is. George, Moffet, who claims Maine as his| dent. home. 7 Yesterday afternoon while Mar- shal Dan Lilly was making the rounds noticed a number of Indians sticking pretty closely to a white man acd his first impression was that they were after a touch of fire water. The marshal kepta close eye'on the bunch and they finally entered an out house in the rear of the old Coveny saloon building. Officer Lilly followed and just as the Indians were accepiing the booze he appeared on the scene and it was only a few minutes before the entire aggregation were placed behind the bars. Moffett asked for a hearing immediately and same was giving him. The prisoner pleaded guilty and | was brought to Bemidji last night. He was arrajgned before Judge Stanton who appointed P. J. Russell his attorney, after a short talk with Mr. Russell, the defentant entered a plea of not guilty. He will be tried at the next time of court in Walker. Doings in Municipal Court. Ed, Kennedy was arraigned be- fore Judge Pendergast in municipal court this morning on a charge of drunkenness, uponthe utderstanding that he would leave town tence was suspended. Harry Roney was given his choice between faking a jail sentence of 20 days or being fined $10 and costs for drunkenness. Jesse Wilson, a~ colored woman was fined $5and costs for being drunk which she paid. sen- .MOST OF THEM ARE PASSED Oklahoma Negroes Permitted to Enter R Canada. ~ Emerson, Man., March 23—Three cars of Oklahoma negroes have ar. rived, here on the way to Calgary and Edmonton. They brought many house- hold goods and appear prosperous, but were held at the border, pending ex- amination. All of those arriving during the morning from St. Paul passed and Wwere allowed to cross the line, but two leaders of the party that arrived pre- lously, and one of their companions, were debarred because of physical dis- ‘ability. . The latter are members of familles. Dr. Jones, United States consul gen- eral at Winnipeg, is here by instruc- tions from Wi of remaining at 9 as at present. The following members of the club | Were elected to fill the 6 new posi- [tions; W. A. Gould, B. W. Lakin, G. | E. Carson, W. P. Dyer, A. P. Ritchie, W. G. Schroeder. Those who were named at the previous meeting to { the board of directors are as follows, A. G. Wedge, W. L. Brooks, A. P. White, R. H. Schumaker, T. J. Burke, F. S. Lycan, E. A.Schneider, Frank Arnold and J. L. George. After the election of the new mem-~ bers of the board of directors they were installed in office and the elec- tion of club officers of the ensuing s year was held, resulting in the fol- lowing manner; T. J. Burke, President. ‘W. A. Gould, First Vice-President. A. P. White, Second Vice-Presi- G. E. Carson, Treasurer. H. E. Reynolds, Secretary. T. J. Burke the newly elected head of the Commercial club has been one of Bemidji’s most prominent busi- ness men for several years, having lived here since the establishing of the Northern Grocery company wholesale house here several years ago, he being president of that con- cern. ‘W. A. Gould and A. P. White the first and second vice-presidents of the club are both well known in Be- midji business circles, Mr. Gould being interested in the Bemidji Lum- ber company while Mr. White is the president of the Northern National { Bank, in this city. To the office of treasurer, G. E. Carson, was re-elected. Mr. Carson i ] is the vice-president and treasurer of the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing company. H. E. Reynolds a Bemidji Archi- tect was re-elected to the offiee of secretary. The members of the board of dir- ectors met this afternoon for the purpose of naming committees for the ensuing year. MANY ENJOY BOSTONIANS Armory was Crowded Last Evening When the Ranson was Produced, Those who were. present in the Armory last evening at the produc. tion of the Ranson given by the Juvenile Bostonians and who had gone with the expectation of witness- ing one of the best musical plays of the winter were noty/disappointed. The songs were im the most part new and the jokes were all of the variety that would ~make anyone laugh. 4 Joe Ray Injured. While walking down the’ railroad track 2t Lima Spur this morning Joe Ray 37 yearsold was hit by a train. He was thrown ieceiving a large cut onthe forehead and he may lose his left leg. . He was brought to_the Bemidji | groes in being Hospital.