Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 19, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER. WINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 8. NUMBER 350. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNBSDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1911. THIRTY-SEVENTH st e o soue | FAIR TOHAVE ROAD ' ; LEGISLATURE ENDS vetes-sics srao o ve BUILDING EXHIBIT !state’ The bill passed withoutamend- | ment by a vote of 55 to 9. It fol- Representatives O’Neill and Frankson lsoe::t::,"(s;el:rg:h; 2‘:?5:; :: ';‘:fi‘ Visitors atthe 1911 Sh!.e Exposition Nearly Come to Blows on Closing | ya-er dramatically arraigned the| Will be Given Opportunity to Day of Session. measure as unsafe and as making 1t Witness Construction of One impossible for a poor man to become | 3 o |a canidate for United States serator. | SENATE PASSES KEEFE MEASURE| He had several amendmeots and ARRANGEMENTSNOW BEING MADE | when Senater Ole Sageng, a staunch | | defender of the Keefe bil', objected | Minnesota Forestry Board, Which Was |t any amendments being tucked on, | This Year'sExhibition Will be of Greater Established by the Recent Legis- | SSn3tor Sullivan dramaticaily shout-| "pao .\ onal Value Then Any of hit N in Sessi |en:l: You can put the gag rule in its Pred minre; .low Jn deslon: operation if you want to; you can| . ECEstONS.. |gag me, but I warn you now that I! — “can do a little gagging myself.” | . : | Bemiasi Fiomser - Lomieretors Buresn! [his threat had the desired effect; Visitors at the 1911 M"f“““‘ St. Paul, April 19—After an .“hnd Sageng withdrew his objection | State Fair and Exposition will have | s 4 . ! |and amendments were presented but 'the opportunity of watching (he;‘ night session of the senate and ai The final vote on the | voted down. day of wild disorder—so wild that bill was 55 to 6. Senators Hanson, Speaker seriousness Sundberg and Saugstad voted “‘aye.” threatened to ask for militia to pre. | xxx i . ) s.rve decorum—Minnesota’s bloody| . \W. Hiliard of ”nppy’“d‘,mosl vital and general interest at | thirty-seventh legislature gave its' Koochiching county, was at the D€ Present time. UDlD-dllf pro | last frantic kick some time after |capitol yesterday and was much|#7€Ssive men, whether they live in | midnight last night and today at pleaged over the passage of two bills| the Cities or country, are mtuesled‘ { THE PEACE DOVE. construction of a scientifically per- ! |fect road. | Dunn in all “Good Roads" is a topic of tke| noon expired by constitutional limita- | which he had been instrumental in‘i“ improving the roads of their tion. "having passed and which will be of | particular districts and of the state. In the dyingmoments of the famous | great benefit to the settlers O(JBe:ter roads mean better business “thirty-sevenh” some legislation was | Northern Minnesota. One bill,l“d better general conditions. | buffeted through, the senate passing | Senate file, 655, provi fes that timber| PPl all over Minnesota are the House Keefe bil. providing for| cut by actual settlers can be paid for| 2WaKiDg to this fact. i the election of United States sen- a¢ the appraised value instead of | f}\:em);ers of '-hesbflafdxf fljfllfllfl;‘ £ ators by a popular vote of the people. | triple value, as ha: n th in | of the Minnesota State Agricultural | The upper branch also concurred inhh::fl: "I‘hse sez:::: bilf. cgzen;t:}s::ciety appreciate the importance of | will be insured by the numemus}'l‘o VISIT BE""]JI DFFIGE tertainments of its kind to have the Houseamendment tothe Moonan-| File 696, provides that settlers on 20d the @rowing interest in guod!bands and orchestras about the| |ever been presented to a Bemidji —Bart in Minneapolis Journal. ! Officers TEN CENTS PER WEEK. FARMERS OF QUIRING - FORM ASSOCIATION Will Be Known As the “Farmers | Agricultural Association” —To Aid in Country’s Welfare. {TO MEET AGAIN ON APRIL 29TH { Organization Will Eadeavor to Special- ize in Growing Vegetables and Grains —Also Interested in Dairying. At a meeting called recently of the farmers in and arou-d Quiring {for the purpose of organizing an Eagricultural association, much en- thusiasm' was shown, and that the toil workers of the vicinity will work for the good of the community was | assured. The acsociation is to be known as the “Farmers Agricultural As- sociation.” were elected, to hold office for the ensuing year, as fol- | lows: Larl Wallin, president. Fred Messerschmidt, secretary. A. Hendrickson, J. €. Youngman and Edward Deitrich, board of Duxbury-Haycraft-Weis bill limiting | the number of senators from any one county to seven. It was about this bill—a sgectre of reapportionment— that the tempest raged. It was over this bill that our own ]| representative, D. P. O'Neill of Thief River Falls threw the House into confusion by resenting with personal violence the repeated insults of Thomas Frankson, republican mem- ber from Spring Valley, Fillmore county. Mr. O'Neill did not, as printed by the city pap:rs, strike Mr. Frankson. He did grab the Fillmore member by the head and shoulders 2nd shake him like a terrier shaking a rat. Members rushed in and separated the angry lawmakers. The clash came as the House was |at the same time by Representative| M- Simpson has written to the good both the attorney general and the!D€€r to the Minnesota State Fair, lands previous to filing of plat are | f03ds and are planning to give the |2rounds, the vaudeville in front of audience. allowed to purchase the lands at| PeOPle who attend the fair this fall the grandstand that will fill out any| The entertainment this evening is their appraised value and if they are|3? ©OPPOrtunity of inspecting and possible waits in the racing program, C. D. Grinols, St. Cloud Postmaster, to be given under the auspices of learning every process of building a | the horse and automobile racing, the {0 [nyestis e i the Presbyterian church. unable to purchase the land at the| st 2 > to Investigate Po vings 3 time of the sale, they are to be com. Perfect road. Ata recent meeting spectular fireworks production which 3 | pensated for all improvements made. | of the board of managers, Secretary will be secured for the evening| Both these bills were introduced in|J: C- Simpson was instructed to/entertainment, the evening horse 2 5 =l ishow and a large number of special the Senate by Senator Guon \whx]el"”’Ake pecessary arrangements fi"‘s | 5 . . P e i P Assistant Postmaster Adam E. Otto, | similiar bills were put into the Houge | the Lustalling of this live exhibit, attractions, sn dnouncement of| ) "| Washington, April 19.—Freight rate | which will be made later. from the postal department in Wash- | aavances on shipments of malt from |ington, to the effect that on either{®uluth, Migas to Chicago, Milwaukee [MALT RATE IS HELD UP Information has been received by! Interstate Commerce Commission Sus- } pends Proposed Increase. Ferguson. The Senate files 'e,e‘ronds bureau of the Departmeat of | : : o) L | 3 _Racine, Wis., made by- the Chi- | substituted in the House for the Agriculture at Washington, asking JOY RIDE FATAL-TQ THREE‘,Apm Z1or 22. C.D. Grinols, posl-w“d Clng,. Wis.,-made hyshe : s 3 R | cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway, The bills were drawn for assistance in the matter of build- Negroes Killed When Auto Hits Tele.| Master of the St. Cloud postoffice, | were suspended by the interstate com- s sds | merce commission until Aug. 15, 1911. grash Pole. would visit Bemidji. Meanwhile an inquiry into the rea- Johnstown, Pa, April 19.—As the, The purpose of the visit of Mr.|gonapleness of the proposed advances 'fis“lt of an E“tm‘;‘““en&‘jw ride”| Grinols will be to investigate the|will be made. i o | who will direct the operations. | three negrces are dead and onme seri-| i 5 fiast state auditor. “The-e are matters et | ously injured. William Stewart, a ne-| anmer in which the postal saviogs) The plan of the board is to select | . f % sipae o 2 Insane Son Shoots Father. of keen interest to us settlers,” said gro chauffeur, took his employer’s car | bank in Bemidjiis carried om, St.| i 4t . i i | , - e Belle Plaine, Minn., April 19.—Will- Mr. Hillyard, who lives in a town. Piece of road on the fair grounds | to the ball of the Coachmen’s and Por-]\,[oud having receatly been named 1‘ iam Latzka of Belle Plaine, while out House files. % | by Attorney E. E. Southwark of \DE this road and it is believed that | Shakopee and have the approval of | the government will detail an engi- taking a vote on recalling the “six | jnstituted—"and the action of the | senator” bill from the senate where, | |egislature certainly will be appre- | it is now claimed by many, it had (jateq by our people.” | been illegally sent by Speaker Dunno. X x % | Friday afternoon Mr. O’Neill | delivered a ringing talk on the folly AC!;HZ underlthe pr:vm‘:}:.)s o the. and injustice of the “six senator”| 0€W forestry law, the ) \nnesota;) bill and based his arguments onifo;estr!y ‘:;m'd n;e; “kfl:: s;“: ctapv-w such undeniable arguments that Mr, | 'l yesterday and too EAISEStEDns ship where 103 contests have been | that will be of future use and so lo-| lers’ club. After leaving the ball he| 'of the government engineer, one' smashed the car into a telegraph pole, | t© Start one cf the departments. Stewart is the only occupant who es-| It is very likely that several post- caped death. He is under arrest. ‘office inspectors will also visit Be- Al N | midji on the days above named for process in the building of the perfect QWA BUTTONWORKERS WIN | the purpose of becoming better road will be completed each day dur- T {acquainted with the running of the g:g ;h: f:" S:Etnn;f: thpt' 4‘:1 After Seven Weeks' Strike. ‘pns(al bank. o Saturcay, Sept. Sth, there will| - yp o atine, Ta, April 19.—The 2,500 | be a complete road of the most i“"; union buttonworkers have won their!ST‘TE IHSPEch" Tfl"IGHT proved type. seven weeks’ strike here. The union | cated that it will be accessible to! all fair visitors. Under the direction Union at Muscatine Is Recognized Frankson was unable to make any toward revolutionizing the state’s People interested from all over | sort of a showing in reply. This|SYStem of preventing fires and other- Gaused Mi. Fiatkson to becomeiwise protecting forests. All mem- bitter toward Mr. O’Neili. VYester-| bfrs :f lh? b”'»d with the exception | the fair will have the benefit of the | day he contiuued a series of slurring | ® Johu Lind was present. A. G. perfect road. This plan is new in y | remarks intended for “the gentle.| Wedge, the Bemidji banker, is a new | Minnesota although it was tried last wan from Pennington,” bt M. member of the board. The most ithe state will have had the benefit| | of learning the road processes and | is recognized "and the workers are| given the right to organize, the right to watch the count and weighing of their work, and a committee from the| employes in each factory will in the| future settle all difficulties with the employers. O'Neill curbed his Irish temper“mp‘"“"' work of the board was to| agree to proceed to employ a chief| [ AT ] yeat at one or two of the country’s| WEALTHY DAKOTAN IS DEAD| Compuny K, the Bemidji member other big fairsand proved of remark- | gjoux Faiis Man Suffers From Strain | of the state x.nilifia 'will be Eivenl its able educationa! value. of Wife's Trial for Murder. annual state inspection this evening. until as a last thrust Frankson N i called out: | forester at the earliest moment, The “DIl get you, old fellow. 171 board has been in communication send you to oblivion.” “I told him to stop talking to me in that manner,” said Mr. O'Neil in speaking of the incident, “and when he swore at me I reached over and grabbed him by the neck and shoulders and gave him a good shaking. [ would not hit him for 1 did not wish to cause a disgrace- ful scene in the House chamber.” When the House adj:urned, Mr. Frankson in passing Mr. O’Neili made the remark: “I'd like to bave bad this happen somewhere outside the House cham- ber.” Mr. O'Neill heard the remark and he shauted: | “You can name the time and| place, sir, and 1 will be there and I plead no protection on accouat of| my gray hairs.” 1 Mr. Frankson, who is 42 years| old while Mr. O'Neill is 62, did not press the challenge. | It was as a result of the disorder| into which the entire house was| thrown by this episode that Speaker Dunn shouted: “'If necessary to preserve order I| shall call on the governor for (raops! to be stationed in this hall. I mean | what I say, and I will notify the| governor to be prepared for such an emergency.” The passage of the Keefe bill by with three expert foresters. One While an effort will be made to | have the 1911 State Fair and Ex- position of greater educational value forester of Warhington, D. D., upon | recommendation of Gifford Pinchot, is being seriously considered. A selection will be made shortly. Gen. managers has decided that while | eral Andrews was appointed secre-| | tary of the board, which means that| the venerable forestry commissioner } is not to be crowded out as a result| of the new law. | necessary to the success of a well| rounded exposition. KK ‘hizh class and novel entertainments | By tonight the Senate and House ‘ which will probably be piaced to- chambers at the Capitol will be‘ze(her somewhere along the lagoon! stripped of their contents and des | where they will be accessible but| erted. Members, for the most stili not obtrusive to those who do! | part, lug home everything farnished | Dot wish to visit them. The shows |thein by the state, that canbe lugged, Dave Dot been determined upon as Sioux Falls, S. D, April 19.—Mose | Major Pratt of Anoka, of the! {In the field with his father, August | Latzka, shot his father twice, it is | alleged. One bullet hit the elder man |in the arm. The other entered the | breast. The victim of the shooting is | | not expected to live. William Latzka | | was taken to Shakopee to be exam- ined as to his sanity. | Lad Kills Sister With Gun. | Tvanhoe, Minn, April 19.—Stella Kubot, aged twenty, daughter of John | Kabot, is dead as the result of a gun- | shot wound inflicted upon her acci- | dentally by a younger brother who in Major Pratt of Third Regiment to Walking away from the Kabot home | & swung the gun across his shoulder ' and in so doing caused the weapon to be discharged. i Fight May Go to Courts. | Chicago, April 19.—Chicago’s long i gas fight will probably end in the | United States supreme court, which | | Will be asked to decide whether the company is right in charging 85 cents Kaufmann, & wealthy resident of Sioux | second battalion of the third regi~! per 1,000 feet, as is now charged, or Falls, whose wife a few years ago| was the defendant in a sensational | than any of its predecessors, the | case in which she was charged with | : A amusement features of the fair will | having murdered Agnes Polreis, a six- |about expired, those who wish to| {not be neglected. The board of| {eemyearold domestic, dropped Jead | join the company will be given an, | is on the street near his home. generally believed that his death re- [not of first importance they are | 282inst his wife, whom he loyally and | constantly supported throughout her trouble. Ohio Man Attempts to Wipe Out En- tire Family. - i Youngstown, O., April 19.—Grant Riekerd, a plumber, attacked his wife | and five children with a gun and axe and killed his wife and three children and probably mortally wounded the other two children. He then shot and ment, will have charge. As the three-year enlistments have | 3opportuuity this evening, as a} | amusements on the fair grounds are | sulted from worry over the case| muster will be held. As this inspection is of more lhan% usual importance to the future wel- | fare of the company, it is earnesllyi }the company as possible be present.J | To Discuss School Consolidation. | Thete will be a mass meeting at| Deer Lake in the townsbip of Liberty next Saturday, at which time the | consolidation of the Liberty schools| 77 cents, the rate at which Expert W. J. Hagenah declared gas can be sold at a profit. Lincoln’s Roommate Dead. Bloomington, Ill, April 19.—Henry Brown, aged ninety-two, a roommate | of Abraham Lincoln when the former president was practicing law here. is dead on his farm near here. e v P Kills Girl and Himself, 1 It has been décided to secure snme‘ KILLS FOUR AND HIMSELF desired that as many membersof _Brainerd, Minn, April 19.—On the way to & dance at St. Mathias, Bertha Jordan, aged fourteen, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jordan, was shot and killed by her jealous lover, Charles Kunde, ~aged twenty-one. Kunde then killed himself. A Pair of Cheerful Liars. The crowd in the little country store Wwas watching the rain when Deacon will be discussed. Professors W | Witherspoon remarked that he'd seen .1, it rain it anybod; - | B. Stewart and A. M. Dunton will ' p,q4 see:bl‘;“ru.x: hg:?n:.body w; o ) | One thing, however, has been de- ‘ i h""y!r to Go mshflv"rd' address the gatbering. “Deacon, how hard did you ever see ings. Many of the members leave! cided upon and that is that nothing | 5\ “o/.0ton, April 19—Without the it raing . - . | risk of missing prayers the members | 't “Well, sir,” said “ for their homes on the late trains will be allowed on the grounds that | of the house of representatives here- EGKHAHDTS TI‘"S EVE"I"G} upon a time, when lm:ud:c;';;n:l:: today. Senator Ilanson goes at once does not furnish moral, high grade |after may be late whenever they like. | {had an old cider barrel laying out in to his home at Ada and Represent entertainment. All varieties of ghed daillf s“I:mmamlms dulf: e T [ hols 1d a 'ouden have been ordere Speaker | ounghole up, and, woul tive O'Neill to- Thief River Falls, 1€2ks Will be barred from the fair|Clark to be printed each diy‘?i&me iWell K Musical Organization to 't rined oo haf& into :’I:Izb::nl::;o‘l: ) " |grounds. The board of managers Congressional Record. The request ' °C BoWA g2 that water couldn’t run out of both Who. "4 a5 united in making this decision| V25 Made by Representative Ash- | Appear in Bemid ;em;s f-::denou:h, and it swelled up vl | brook of Ohio. | and busted!” receiving much and George Atchison, chairman of | a | | | | Then Reuben Henry spoke up. He oraise for the dignified and fair the amusement committee, Robert | Works of Art Destroyed. | | 21d he'd never seen it rain very hard, . e P e e : | but he'd seen £ manner in which he presided during | Crickmore, sapervisor of concessions,| Brussels, Belgium, April 19—The | 20K Dishy;cold westh s alth tiati killed himself. Boxes are furnished them by the yer ough negotiations are under i | way. | state for packing up these belong-| Lieutenant Governor Gordon, by the way, is This evening, in the city uperlll er. Somebody said, “Rube, how cold last trying moments of the session, 20 Secretary Simpson will act as | city hall at Charbeck, a suburb of the | house, the Musical Eckhardts will| did you ever see it get?” : 4 of 2 .| caDital, wi;h its priceless works of | | He said, “Well, sir, one time when I | i . 8 | is mucl of mus -1 . 7 | Brown's Valley until Saturday. He|\pe g ounds, 2 | Cohels mas deBtroyed by fire. ‘(T | | 1n hog killing time, we had a kettle of ifi;ex:xte:z were killed dltxringadeeperatelzaniznion has appeared in Be»[ boiling water setting on the stove, In addition to these 3 effort to save some of the contents of | .1 { and we took it out in the yard, and it SN -fine the bulldings. It is believed o.hernu‘[m'd" lfefore. gnd 2k "“-", beemm 80 doggone quick the ice was was of incendiary origin. lmcngulud as one of the leading en'| pot»—National Monthly. | will continue to resume his work as| |editor of the Inter-Lake Tribune. |entenninment of amusement sezkeul the yard with both ends out and the | directors, The members of the association |are putting forth every effort to make the organization a success, and all are unanimously in favor of an endeavor to make the county {around Quiring a progressive farm- ing community. | Itis understood that the farmers will endeavor to specialize in the |growing of vegetables and grains, and a few are becoming more or less interested in dairying. The next meeting of the associa- tion will be held on Saturday, April 29. | \AUTOMOBILISTS ORGANIZE | Bemidji Machine Owners to Have Club This Summer. | . . Tomorrow evening in the Com- mercial club rcoms the automobile owners will meet for the purpose of |organizing an automobile club. | Plans for the club have been under way for some time, but only recently have those who are at the head of | the movement received the by-laws !and resolutions from the Duluth and Minneapolis clubs which-are to be used in connection with the establish- | ment of the Bemidji club. { Every thing is in readiness for i the meeting tomorrow, the by-laws | and resolutions having been drawn |up, and officers will be elected. ' TALKS ON GOMMISSION PLAN | | John Hamilton of Des Moines Addresses Bemidji Citizens. John Hamilton of Des Moines, | Towa, who is much interested in the | commission form of government for | cities, addressed a large audience of Bemidji citizens on the proposi- | tion last evening. While Mr. Hamilton did notadvice Bemidji to vote upon the form. at this time, he did suggest that a dele- gation be sent to visit several of the cities which are now tryicg the plan - to ascerfain whether or not they favor it. He spoke of the plan as being a success in cities where it is being tried, and that in Des Moines, his home town, it is being carried on ‘in a very satisfactory manner. Auction Sale! I have for sale fifty head of Draft horses and Mares which will be of- fered for sale at Auction at Bagley, Friday, April 28, 1911, at 9 o’clock a. m. S BLAKELY LBR. CO.