Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 25, 1911, Page 1

']_‘ —y " MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 8. NO. 329. BAGLEY FIVE GLAIM THEY WERE ROBBED Claimants of State of Minnesota| Basketball Championship Say | Rank Decisions Beat Them. WILL ENDEAVOR TO EVEN UP| | Bagley Paper Intimates That Profes-| v sor Miles, of Crookston, Who Re- | R. H. Schumaker, Captain General. fereed Was Unfair., That the Bagley basketball team | is comprised of five poor losers is evident from the press reports which ! have been received from that village. Last Saturday evening Bagley, who claims the basketball champion- ship of Minnesota, clashed with the Bemidji the Armory floor. The contest was one of the fastest that had been played in this city during the present season, and not until the final whistle had blOWlli five on was the outcome of the game certain. | | | prising to the Professor Miles, of the Crookston high school, refereed the game and| it is needless to say that no director of athletics in northern Minnesota is more fair than he. s In the game Saturday Bagley had to play to their limit, and that limit was just at the point which gave‘_,the members, presented Past Eminent | Commander Walter A. Gould, che outgoing officer, a the Bemidji players the game. The Bagley Herald says: “The basketball season 1s now over | the Bagley boys' last game beingi with the Bemidji boys last Saturday evening at that place, the game re-| sulting in a score of they | have not thrown up the sponge ""1WUU|.U given up all hope yet, and believe that victory crushed to earth will rise again. | “The boys have now organized a|Agricultural Expert Says Sowing of | contestants baseball team with George Courtney as captain, and are practicing daily preparatory for developing them- selves into one of the strongest, if| not the strongest team in northern| Minnesota, and as soon as conditions are agreeable for a base ball game, they will again invade the ground where gthey lost the day by unjust decisions, for the avowed purpose of returning home with the Bemidji boys' pelts on their shoulders.” PRAIRIE FIRE Motley, a Town Twenty Miles From Brainerd, Calls for Help. Motley, a town 20 miles west of Brainerd, fire and a call for help was sent in vesterday. immediately dispatched to pull out the cars on a mile siding of the Nor- thern Pacific railway at that point. A special engine was The wind blew whole country is dry. Water is at a low point in the river, wells and streams. The prairie fire is burning along the track east of Brainerd. AMID VERY STORMY SCENE Action on Resolution to Censure Min- nesota Legislator Delayed. St. Paul, March 25.—The house re- fused to take immediate action on the report of a special committee censur- ing Representative F. L. Klemer for his charges against Speaker Dunn. R. C. Dunn moved, after the report was made, to suspend the rules and take action on it at once. The motion was lost and the report will come up | later. After the vote on Mr. Dunn's mo- tion members tried to explain the stand they had taken and stormy scenes followed, half a dozen shout- ing at once for recognition from the chair. A resolution also will be introduced calling for the probe which Mr. Klem- er asked. It is doubtful if he will be censured without this investigation. { “Grain put into the ground at this; RAG'“G germinate a little during the warm- is menaced by a prairie; fiercely and the| (NINE ENTER COMMANDERY | Past Eminent Commander W. A. Gould Presented With Jewel. ! At the session of Elkanah Com- [ (mandery, number 30, which took | place yesterday afternoon, the instal- |lation of officers for the ensuing year was held, the following being installed: E J. M. Richards, Eminent Command- er. A. Currie, Generalissimo. | @. B. carson, Senior Warden. G. H. French, Junior Warden. | | H. F. Parshall, Prelate. ! | Harry Mills, Standard Bearer. i A. B. Palmer, Sword Bearer. M. E. Smith, Warder. i A. G. Wedge, Recorder. Earl Geil, Treasurer. ! After the completion of the instal- {lation, the Illustripus Order of Red| i Cross were conferred on the follow- !ing nine candidates from Interna- Falls: Abraham Olson, George Watson, F. H. Lang, George Snyder, Edgar Zimmerman, R. H. Monahan, H. A. McCormick, J. E. | tional Burdict and L. A. Ogaard. A splendid supper was served to; i fifty of the Sir Knights at six o’clock, by the Ladies’ of the Eastern Star, i for which they are deserving of much | credit. Following the supper Past Eminent Commander Tke Black, on behalf of very handsome Past Eminent Commander’s jewel Work was resumed in the evenlng} when the orders of Temple and | Knights of Malta were conferred. 23 to 26 in| favor of Bemidji. | “The Bagley boys. though defeat- £d, claim the victory -m poinis, gt owing to the rank decisions of the| umpires who favored Bemidji, the| Bagley boys lost the game. ! “But the Bagley boys say The evening was concluded with ‘a luneh and speeches. A number of out of town Sir| Knights were present from Crook-| ston, Brainerd, Walker, Cass Lake and International Falls. DELAY ~ SEEDING| Grain This Early Mistake. Professor Thomas Cooper of the state university experiment station was asked if he thought it advisable to sow grain at the present time. He replied that he did not, and it is his opinion that the farmers who are now seeding are making a decid- ed mistake. time,” said Professor Cooper, “may est part of the day, but frost at inight checks its growth, weakens |the plant life and retards its even- tual development. 1 do not believe that it is advisable to sow grain un- itil it can germinate and come for- |ward with a moderately steady i growth. | “What we are advising, and ad-| ‘vising very strongly, however, is that farmers drag their ground im- loss of In this dry, windy wea- ther, the soil is losing moisture at a | rate that is about equal to one good This is especially true the soil has hardened and | cracked, the cracks leaving vents mediately to prevent the moisture. {rain a week. i where .Lhrough which the moisture can es-: |cape. If the ground is dragged and a dust blanket put over its surface, much of this evaporation will be pre- vented.” ! Brinkman Buys Auto. A transaction was closed yesterday whereby Fred Brinkman, of thel! Brinkman Theatre, of this city, pur~‘ chased an E. M. F. five passenger touring car, of C, W. Jewette, the Bemidji the | representative of | | Judge Clark Marries Couple. afternoon in the court Judge of Probate M. A. Clark. Mr. jheld at Akeley between the i not sending representatives, | was awarded second position. dot. John Currier and Alma Stornoen|will assist in the religious services were united in marriage yesterday|which wil be held in the Presbyter- house by|ian church during the coming week. Currier is a resident of Conell, Ont.,| hospital at Blackduck Wednesday while Miss Stornoen is from Kelliher. | evening. = : BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATUR@AY'EVENING, MARCH 25, 1911. AKELEY CONTEST s WON BY BEMIDJI Alfred Neuman Wins in Serious Sel- ections While Mona Flesher is_ Second in Humorous. PARK RAPIDS DISAPPOINTED Had Won Banner Three Years and Expected to Retain it—Given " . Last Place. Last evening’s declamatory contest high | schools of Grand Rapids, Akeley, Park Rapids and -Bemidji, Cass Lake was a | glorious victory for the high school | of this eity. { Of the four conles}nnts for the; serious selections, Alfred Neuman, of this city was the first to speak. He was in excellent voice, and the manner in which he gave the “Lance less than’ sur- spectators who had thronged the auditorium of the Akeley high cshool to be present at the contest. The decision of the judges lqet with the general approval of all present. t Mona Flesher, represented Be-! midji in the humorous selection, giv- ing “The Lady Across the Isle”. She was given second place; Akeley hav- ing been awarded first place. { The Park Rapids contestants were of Kanana” was no accompanied by no less than 50 men and women, and it was with much disappointment that they received| the news that their favorites had ‘< 'LEAVING HIS MARK ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. —Barth in Minneapolis Journal. 6000 PLAGE FOR YOUNG MEN Lieutenant Colonel Watrous Praises U. S. Army Service, Lieut. Col. J. A. Watrous, U. S. A,, writing of army dicipline as a pre- paration for life says: “I regard the U. S. Army as an ex- ceptionally good place for men. “Indeed I do mnot know a young man who could be accepted who would not be greatly benefited by a young been given the fourth or last place. 'term in the army. Park Rapids has held the banner for the past three years, and it was with much confidence that they en- tered the contest last night, hoping to retain the banner. William Powers the Grand Rapids contestant in the serious selections Miss Rica Graling, a member of the high school faculty, has had the under her direction since the preliminary contest which was held shortly before Christmas, | and at which time the winners of last night were selected to represent the high school of this city, out of 16 candidates for that honor. She is to be congratulated on the show- ing made by Mona and Alfred. Tenstrike Locals. Proceedings have been started to contest the town election which took place on March I4th. where the question of whether there should be license for liquor granted or not was placed on the same ballot as the officers, which according to law should have been om a separate bal- The result was 30 against saloons With 28 for. Jas Sturder- ant a socialist, was elected Mayor. Mrs. Wm. Fellows and daughter Alice, left Monday morning for Eagle Bend where they will visit with Mrs. Fellow’s mother. Wm. Fellows accompanied them as far as Bemidji. . J. G. Hammer was up to his stock farm’ north of Blackduck the first of the week. Mrs. W. H. Rice received the sad news of the death of her father early Wednesday morning, at Wav- erlu, Towa. Mr. and Mrs. Rice and son Stuart left Thursday night to‘ attend the funeral. They expect to be gone a week. Jas. Sturdevant and G. V. Thomas| were business callers in BemidjiE Tuesday. | Mrs. Kassell and son John left| Thursday morning for their home in Ayshire, lowa, after a two weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. Mapson. Mrs. Ingram and Miss Ethel were/ at Blackduck Tuesday evening. 1 Rev. Barrackman of Blackduck Andrew Jacobson was taken to the “Af he makes vide-use of the lessons learned during an enlistment he will be better prepared to succeed in any other calling or profession that he may adopt than if he had not had the Army experience. ) “He will be better prepared for law, the ministry, for the career of a merchant, an educator, a manufac- turer. In the three years’ enlist- ment he ‘finds’ himself. “I know of no other calling where that discovery is so certain to follow. “The world has geen millions of wrecked men who were wrecked be- cause they had failed to ‘find’ them- selves. . “In the Army the man who is worthy to be classed a man learns, and learns well, the lesson of self control. “He obedience, acquires knowledge of men, learns how to treat them—Ilearns their real value. “If he is a gentleman when he in- lists his service will make him more of a gentleman if he is of good ma- terial. “He learns how to take care of himself, to shield his reputation, protect his health; he has an oppor- tunity to lay the foundation for good citizenship. “If he entered the Army awkward, uncouth, he is unbent. “His awkwardness gives place to learns grace in walk and general appearx ance. “He learns the value of time. “If he lacks self respect the im- portance of self respect is impressed upon him. “These are only some of the facts which prove that any young man would be benefited by a term in the Army.”—Army and Navy Journal. Marriage License Issued. Clerk of court Fred Rhoda issued the following marriage license this morning. John W. Grubb and Anna Dahl. The couple were this morning by Judge of Probate M. A. Clark at 10 o’clock in his office in the court house. married Municipal Court Doings. That Bemidji. has been orderly the last two days was made evideuti in the police court this morning when no one was arraigned before Judge Pendergast wheh court was convened ‘at 9 o'clock. . Scandinavian Lutheran. There will be services in the eve- ning at 8 o’clock. Sunday school at |noon. There will be no services in the morning because the pastor will hold services at Solway. Salvation Army. Meeting tonight at 8 o’clock, Ma- will conduct services Sunday at 10:30. Sunday school at 2. Meet- ing at 8. Preshyterian. bt Tomorrow we will observe the “Lord’s Supper” at the morning ser- We desire a full attendance of the members. Bible class and Sunday school at 12:15. ~Young People’s meeting at 7. Gospel ser- vice at 8. This is the closing ser- vice of the church year, all offerings to Benevolence and otherwise should be in. Remember the annual meet- |ing on Tuesday evening at 8. vice. Episcopal. Services inQ the evening. Sunday school at 10. Swedish Lutheran. Sunday school at 9:30. Service at 10:30. Evening service at 8. ‘Will also hold afternoon services in the Congregational church, Nymore, at 3:45, i Methodist. Services in the Masonic temple. Preaching at 10:45 and 7:30. Morn_ ing subject: Ministry of Tribulation. Evening subject: Life and our Pos- sessions. Special music. Sunday 7 school 12. KEpworth league 6:30, topic: “A Good Soldier.” Miss Gra- ling, leader. Prayer meeting Thurs- day evening. Everybody welcome. Chas. F. Flesher, Pastor. Baptist. Men’s bible class 10:00. Open to all men, particularily young men. Morning preaching service at 11— subject, “Payable on Demand.” i Bible school 12. Young People’s Union 7. Evening gospel service, 8. Theme: ‘A Man’s Hold on the Future.” Thursday at eight o’clock, the mid-week prayer and praise ser- The motto of the church in governing its relationship to the | stranger; “A Stranger Only Once.” | | viee. Attention, Redmen. All Redmen are requested to at- tend the funeral of Mrs. Jennie J. | Newton, wife ofs brother Thomas |G. Newton, which will be held at 2| | 0’clock tomorrow afternoon, from the residence, 212 Invine avenue. J. BISIAR, Sachem. { | Vacant Houses. There is no need of your house being vacant. I furnish good ten- :lnts property—John G. Ziegler. jor and Mrs. Brewer, of Minneapolis, | DEATH GALLS BEMIDJI GIRL i Twelve Year Old Daughter of John Tenstrom Died Today. } At 1 o’clock this afternoon oc- curred the death of Ruth En/gebeth Tenstrom, 12 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Tenstrom, af- | ter an illness of some time. Mr. Tenstrom is employed by E. A. Schneider as a decorator. The funeral will be held from the | residence’.an. America avenue Sun- day afternoon at % o’clock, and the body will be taken to Cumberlain, ‘Wisconsin, for interment, tomorrow | evening. BUILDING AT PINEWOOD Congregational Church to Be Erect- ed Soon—Farmers Settle There. | i | Plans are complete for Pinewood’s | new Congregational church. It is expected that work will be begun on the building of the structure as soon after the frost is out of the ground as possible. It is very likely that several well- to-do farmers from the southern part of the state will settle in Pinewood, before the summer is over as they have announced their intentions of securing land. Mrs. Jennie Newton Dead. Death came to Mrs. Jennie J. New- ton, 28 years old, wife of Thomas G. Newton of Fargo, in this city yes- terday afternoon. Mrs, Newton has been in ill health for several years, but it was not un- til last December that her condition became serious. She was born in Aldrich, Wadena county, this state, in 1882, moving to this city 8 years ago when her father W. W. Helmer, now a resident of this city, made Bemidji his home. She was married to Mr. Newton in | 1907 moving to Fargo, where they have made their home ever since. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Helmer, fath- er and mother, two brothers, N. Helmer and Earl Helmer, and two sisters, Mrs. N..Larson and Pearl | survive her. The funeral- will take place to- | morrow afternoon from the home of Mrs. Larson, 212 Irvine avenue south. i | Leg is Amputated. After an examination it was found jthat the left leg of Joe Ray, who was run down by a logging train day before yesterday near Lima, was crushed so badly that amputation would be necessary. . At a late hour this afternoon it was reported that Ray is in better condition than had been hoped for. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. . NO APOLOGY WILL BE MADE BY KLEMER Faribault Man Said Today, “I Shall Never Make an Apology or Re- traction, This Is Final.” DUNN RESOLUTION POSTPONED Senate Yesterday Passed the State Wide Primary Bill By A Vote * of Forty-Nine to Eight. (BY P. A. Wilson) Pioneer Legislative St. Paul, March 25.—(Daily Pio- Wire Service.)—No apology will be made to the House of Representatives by F. L. Klemer for making the statement that the com- mittes were packed for the benefit of special interests. This is Mr. Klemer's positive statement today and he declares he will adhere to it. = “I shall never make an apology or retraction,” he declares, this is final.” Efforts were made yesterday after- noon, last evening and as late as this morning to have Mr. Klemer apologize but he steadfastly refused. Following this a committee was ap- pointed conmsisting of H. H. Rines, W. I. Nolan and Andrew Davis, with G. H. Mattson as representative, to confer with the speaker. This committee succeeded in se- curing a postponement of action on the R. C. Dunn resolution presented yesterday to censure Mr. Klemer for not apologizing or retracting, hence the expected fight did not take place today, but will be on Monday. An amendment to Mr. Dunn’s res- olution will be presented on Monday morning, probably by Mr. Mattson, cutting out a call for a retraction and calling for a vote of censure for Mr. Klemer’s refusing to apologize. This resolution may pass, but it seems certain it will be opposed. * KK The senate yesterday Bemiaji Bureau neer Special “and afternoon { passed the state wide primary bill by a vote of 49 to 8. 8 8 3 The House, yesterday afternoon, by a vote of 84 to 28, passed the Spooner water ways bill. ACTORS WANT CLOSED SHOP Threaten to Strike Unless Demands Are Granted. New York, March 25.—The Vaude- ville Managers’ Protective association, replying to a demand of the White Rats Actors’ union for a “closed shop” in theaters presenting vaudeville acts, announced that the association will never consent to a “closed shop” and will reserve the right to refuse em- ployment to any vaudeville artist who violates his contract with any manager by refusing to perform because of the employment of nonunion artists. The White Rats threaten to strike 1t a “closed shop” policy is not inau- gurated. Harrison Favorite in Betting. Checago, March 25.—Although the election is more than two weeks in the future bets on the mayoralty race are already being made and gamblers are beginning to figure on odds, so far Harrison being favorite in every case. Voluntarily Pay Back Taxes. Boston, March 25.—Purely as a moral obligation and not on account of any legal liability, back taxes on W. | the estate of the late Quincy A. Shaw, amounting to $492,000 on property overlooked by the assessors in 1908 and 1909, have been paid into the city treasury, according to a statement fs- sued by the finance committee. Business Section Burned. Birmingham, Ala, March 25.—The entire business section of Fayette, Ala, eighty miles west of Birming- ham, in the natural gas fields was de- stroyed by fire. Twenty stores, the courthouse, jail, bank and other build- ings were razed. The loss is esti- mated at more than $200.000. Bomb Alarms Strikebreakers. Chicago, March 25.—A dynamite ‘bomb partially wrecked a storehouse of the Chicago Telephone company and caused a panic among seventy- five. nonunfon linemen‘ who were -asleep in the building. The company bas had & strike among the linemen