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

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 21. CITY SURRENDERS T0 ARMY OF WOMEN Following Pretty Social Event at Noon, Two Days’ Convention Formally Opens. BIG PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT At High School Auditorium, Mrs. Higbee, Mary D. McFadden and Others Will Speak. GREETINGS FROM MRS. WITTING Banquet, Crowning Social Event of Gathering; Will Bring Meeting to Close Tomorrow Night. By MARY D. McFADDEN Bemidji capitulated uncondi- tional surrender this morning to the advance guard of women delegates. The Federated army will hold the town until tomorrow night. At which time they will close the tenth annual convention of the North District Auxiliary, Minnesota Fed- eration of Women's clubs, opened this afternoon in the library, with an invocation by Mrs. G. W. Campbell. The Federation will vacate tomor- row night after a feast. Tonight the Bemidji Study clubin- vites the men and women of the city and whosoever happens to be a chance guest within its precinets, to| attend the program to begin at 8§ o’clock at the High School auditor- ium. This is a choice program of music and song with a talk by the Minnesota Federation’s eloquent president, Mrs. C. G. Higbee, of St. Paul. Mrs. Higbee knows and will tell about the Federation’s part in pro- gressive state work, -and that has been no small part, and will display some interesting side lights on state politics as interpreted at the last legislature. Mrs. Freeburg of Blackduck will give a Browning reading, well worth hearing; there will be a discussion of woman suffrage of which much was heard and written during the above mentioned session of the Minnesota lawmakers. Misses Murray, Wheeler, McGil- lan and Graling have two songs, Mrs. C. G. Johnson will sing, and Mrs. Courtland R. Sanborn will play Ries’ “Suite No. 3" (violin.). At noon today the speakers and oflicers were entertained at lunch by Mrs. C. R. Sanborn, who was as- sisted by Miss Leali Berman. There were twelve guests and the decor- ations, were carried out in wood blossoms, the table being lighted with yellow shaded candles. Among the guests already in town are Mrs. Charles Loring, of Crook- ston; Mrs. J. M. Freeburg, Mrs. C. W. Dudley, and Miss Vesta Howard of Blackduck; Mrs. E. W. Davis of Detroit; Mrs. William Russell of Moorhead; Mrs. H. H. Hodgson,| Mrs. W. A. Marin, Mrs. A. A. Miller, | and Mrs. O. L. Bertleson, all of Crookston; Mrs. H. F. Bosworth of Ada; Mrs. S. Rosenthal, Mrs. W. B. Sheffield, Mrs. S. W. Vance, Mrs. Tom Morris, Mrs. Bert Levins, Mrs, J.-W. Wheeler, all of Crookston. Mrs. E. A. Witting, president of the local club, welcomed the dele- gates with a few cordial words of greeting, to which Mrs. G. S. Ches- terman, of Crookston, made grace- ful response. Three minute talks on the year's work in various clubs were responses to roll call. While the Minnesota Federation of Women's clubs has not declared for equal suffrage, the suffragists| note with pleasure a great and grow-! ing interest in the “short route" to| attainment of good citizenship ideals expressed in the invitation ex- tended to a suffragist not a member of any federated club, to read a paper on the enfranchisement of women, The suffragists regard every club woman as an argument for woman’s fitness to vote, because of the intel- ligence and personality of the aver- age club woman and the ease with which she grasps the significance of public questions and discusses them. The waiting for that hour when every club woman will be an adyo- cate, as well as an argument for woman suffrage, but that day, al- though it is approaching swiftly, is not yet here. The Ninth district could have chosen mno lovlier spot for the con- vention, and expressions of pleasure and admiration were general as the delegates approached the handsome library building today and looked out through pines and birches on beautiful Lake Bemidji. The con- vention is pdrticularly happy in its social features and the delegates are anticipating their boat trip with eagerness. At the library. this afternoon the sessions formally opened, Mrs. Wit- ting extending greetings. Mrs. G. O. Welch, of Fergus Falls, was delayed, and Mrs. H. H. Hodg- son, of Crokston, read her paper on “Woman as a Public Servant” in lieu of Mrs. Welch’s paper. Miss Martha Wilson, of the state library commission, whose work is of the utmost importance, especially in the smaller towns and citiés, made an interesting talk on “The Library in Civie Work” and after the pro- gram, a reception was tendered the visiting delegates. The library-auditorium was beau- tifully decorated with spring flow- ers and candles. Tonight’s program, to which the public is invited, follows: 8 p. m. Song, “Life’'s Golden Dream,” Misses Murray, Wheeler, McGillan, Grest, Graling. Address, “The commissfo Government,” Mrs. Brainerd. Song, “Du bist wic eine Blume,”— Pontius,—Mrs. C. G. Johnson, Be- midji. Address,, “The Federation and its part in progressive state work,” form of Mrs. Higbee, president state federation. Reading, “A Tale,”—Browning— Mrs. J. M. Freeburg, Blackduck. Address, “Equal Suffrage,” Miss Mary D. McFadden, St. Paul, re- presenting Woman’s Suffrage Association. Violin, “Suite No. 3"—Ries. Mrs. C. R. Sanborn, Bemidji. Song, “The Girl that Was Born on an April Day,” Misses Murray, Wheeler, MecGillan, Grest, Graling. No admittance fee will be charged. SCHOOL VOTE TONIGHT At 7 P. M. Polls Open at Central Building to Decide on Purchase of New Farm School. WOMEN ENTITLED .TO BALLOT At 7 o'clock tonight in the Cen- tral building polls will be opened to permit voters of the Bemidji school district to express themselves on the Board of Education’s.choice for the demonstration farm to be used in connection with the adding of an agricultural department to the High School. The Board has selected the Schuch property, eleven blocks North of the school building, on Irvine avenue, as the best site. It is an improved ten acre lot and can be purchased for $2,750. The polls will be open for one hour, or until all voters have cast their ballots. All women more than 21 years of age and residents of this school dis- trict are entitled to vote. HOT WORDS OVER SIDE WALK Andrews Tells Council it is Weak; “Grudge,” Replies Loitved. Heated, words flew in the council chambers last evening, when T. J. Andrews appeared before the council and asked that an investigation be made of the condition of his cement sidewalk, which was built last sum- mer by Nels Loitved, the contractor who was awarded the city contract last year. Mr. Andrews claims that his walk was built of a proportion of one part cement to nearly 10 parts sand, in- | stead of 5 or 6 parts sand. To this charge N\[r. Loitved re- sponded: “Gentlemen of the council, Mr. An- drews holds a personal grudge againt me or he would not chgrge me with building his walk other than in the way that it should be, but I am willing to have an investigation made of the condition of the walk, and if the walk is not built of the material it should be, I will rebuild it at my own expense, while if the walk is satisfactory, Mr. Andrews should pay for it.” To this Mr. Andrews replied: “I hold no grudge against Mr. Loit- ved, and allLI want to know is wheth- ! er you gentlemen believe that I should pay for an inferior walk.” A motion was then made, which met with the approval of both An- drews and Loitved, whereby the street committee and the city engi- neer are to investigate the condition of the walk. Gully Gets A Newspaper. Gully, one of the new Soo Line towns, is to have a newspaper, The Gully Reporter. Bennie Hanson, formerly of the McIntosh Times, is the editor. W. C. Cobb,| MACKENZIE'S HOPE Tells Duluth Reporter That Work of .Reclamation Will be Launched " on June 5, EXACT SITES TO THEN BE NAMED Equipped With Money Recently Ap-| propriated By State, Board Will Demonstrate. NOT“SENTIMENT”BUT“BUSINESS” Men in Charge Believe It Can Be Shown That It Is Practical to Clear Tracts. The members of the state reclama- tion board, W. R. Mackenzie of Be- midji, A. J. McGuire of Grand Rapids and W. H. Brown of Warren, will leave Duluth June 5 to definitely lo- cate ten tracts of land on which it will conduct its demonstration work under the act of the last legislature creating the board and providing funds for the work. The general location of the ten tracts was decided upon at a recent meeting of the board at St. Paul,. On the trip which will start June 5, the exact locations will be determin- ed and the board will prepare to get down to the actual work Mackenzie Tells of Work. “The work of the reclamation board will really not be experimental but will be in the nature of a dem- onstration,” Mr. Mackenzie said to a reporter in - Duluth. “We are sure of our ground and are practically cer- tain of what we can do, but deeds,| ngt.words, will eonvince the state. “We are sgtting out to demonstrate that the clearing of tweity acres on each 80-acre tract owned by the state and to be sold for settlement is a good business proposition. Just Matter of Business. “There is no sentiment in this pro- ject, except, the natural sentiment of every man to see his state de- veloped. We will not appeal to sentiment to extend the reclamation work, but to business sense. “The state has great tracts of land to sell. While the land is owned by the state, the agricultural resources will not be developed. Development depends on the land getting into the hands of the individual settler.Many people who would like to settle in this district are held back by the ignorance of clearing methods or lack of capital with which to keep going until a sufficient acreage is cleared to yield profitable crops. ~Sees Success Ahead. “I believe this reclamation work will demonstrate that it is.practical for the state to clear twenty acres of each 80-acre tract and to spread the clearing cost over the eighty acres. Then when a settler enters on the land, he will be in a position to start his crops immediately and he may clear the remainder of his land at his leisure, or as the capital becomes available. The cost per acre on the eighty acres would not be much higher and the land would be much more attractive to prospective set- tlers.” CASS LAKE NAMES' BOOSTERS Prominent Persons Designated to At- tend Duluth Development Meet. Cass Lake, May 23.—At a meeting here of the Cass County Development Association President Charles La Due having removed from the county, Dr. D.°F. Dumas was elected presi- dent pro tem and later was elected president of the association. The meeting was an enthusiastic | one.. The main business was the election of delegates to attend the big meeting at Duluth on June 1 and 2. The following delegates and- al- ternates were elected: Delegates—C. E. Marshall, Cass Lake; E. L. Forbes, Pine River; George Lydick, Cass Lake; John King, Walker; Chris Burns, Cass Lake. Alternates—Dr. D. F. Dumas, Cass Lake; Charles Kinkle, Walker; George J. Silk, Pine River; Lester Bartlett, Cass ~Lake; W. B. Jones, Sylvan. o M. N. Koll, who is a member of the executive committee of the Northern Minnesota Development association, as well as all other charter members of the association in Cass county, will be present in full force. The next meeting of, the associa- tion will be held at Walker on June 28, Chapultepec castle is one of the i8e to unl(n the presidency of Mex MURDER CLUE DISCOVERED Search Lead By Sheriff Petrie Re- sults in Human Bones Being Gathered Up. FOOT HACKED WITH AXE Investigations today lead by Sher- iff Petrie of Park Rapids and par- ticipated in by nearly 40 men brought to light greusome finds on the Nesbit farm, five miles south of here, tending to confirm the theory that J. O. Nesbit, 72 years old, was murdered, and because of whose dis- appearance Lloyd Carlton and#wife, daughter of Nesbit, are in jail here. Sheriff Petrie, accompanied by Coroner M. M. Nygaard of Hubbard county, in which county the crime is presumed to have taken place, ar- rived here this morning and accom- panied by Sheriff Hazen and Attor- ney McDonald, retained by the Carltons, went to the farm. Sheriff A. B. Hazen of this coun- ty and Mr. Nygaard returned by team this afternoon. Mr. Hazen says a coat _button, which Mrs. Nesbet says her husband had sewed on his sweater himself, was found as was also a knife which she says Mrs. Carlton gave her fath- er for a Christmas present. A foot, apparently hacked from the ankle with an axe, and which- had beén burned until the clothing biirned off, was alsq collected as evidence. The Carltons will be -taken Park Rapids tomorrow morning. to CITY TO RAISE BRIDGE 4 INCHES Structure Over Mississippi to Peumtg Freer Nav:gatmn. In answer to the petition which was presented to the councila week ago requesting them to:reconstruct the bridge at the outlet of Lake Be- midji, over the Mississippi, so as to allow ‘all motor boats on Lake Be- midji to pass under it, the street committee reported to the council. The report was to the effect that the bridge is now four inches lower | than the railroad bridge, and that the boats can pass under thg railroad bridge without difficulty, and recom- mended that the city bridge therefore be raised four inches. ‘The report was accepted and the street. commissioner was authorized | to raise the brldge the necessary Fee gr the Sad Mght "l ing but hustlers among its citizens.” | vessful bidders for the four official residences which Porfirio Di: ico. Part of nn castle 13 oucuplad CPOPPPOOCPOOO®OOGO® ¢ Tax Rate in Some Fourth Class ¢ ® Cities, & @ — @ ® Brainerd ........ 43.00 mills ® @ Rochester ......50.00 mills & @ Little Falls .....40.75 mills & ® Faribault .... 39.70 mills & © Albert Lea ... 35.00 mills & < Austin .. 42.20 mills © @ *Mankato . 39.00 mills & @ *Red Wing .. 39.07 mills & ® *Crookston .. 25.43 mills & 4 *BEMIDJI 17.07 mills & @ *Owatonna . .16.00 mills & @® * (indicates) Does not include & @ State, County or School tax. & R R R R RO RCRCRORORCY “PAVE” IS WHAT THEY SAY Four More. Business Men Add Their Opinions on $20 000 Bond Issue. ‘W. G. Schroeder, general merchant and dairyman: “I favor paving, and will be glad to pave in front of my store as well | as the Fourth street side, if the bond issue is passed next Tuesday. 1 feel| that if the contractor who ‘is given the job is required to live up to the specifications called for the pav- ing will easily warrant all the money 1t will cost us.” G. A. Walker, agent Minnesota & International depot: “I believe that to pave is the prop-i er thing, and I hopé to live to see the day when the entire city will be paved.” - N. L. Hakkerup, photographer: “I have pavement in front of my place of business, and am much in favor of paving the streets as they have been named by the council, and hope that more will be paved next year.” George Kinney, real estate: “To pave will showa spirit of pro- gressiveness, which in the long run cannot help but push our city to the front. People notice a town or city that does things, and why not ' let Bemidji be known over the entire northwest as a place possessing noth- Home Made Navy for Canada. Ottawa, May 23.—The official an- nouncement that Canada’s navy is to be home built eliminates all possibil- ity of American steel or machinery Leing used. - The names of the suc: cruisers tnd the six destroyers will be made public within a few days. Kills Himself in Nightmare. o New York, May 23—Dreaming that he was battling with a-burglar who had broken into his house to rob, John McAleenan; son. of “MeAleenan, the pawnbroker,” “uncle” to most of the | White Way habitues, put a bullet .through his head and ‘died two houm will have to t if he-fulfills his prom: 'y mmury nnt Street Dressing But Work of Dis- tribution Starts. OPPOSED BY MOBERG AND BISIAR An offer was made to the city council last, evening by the Crookston Lumber company, through Mayor Parker, whereby the company agrees to give shavings to sprinkle Bemidji streets where necessary, the only con- sideration being that the city pay the wages of the man who drive the team distributing the shavings, and that the Crokston Lumber company furnish the team and the wagon. The offer was 1avorea oy Alderman Smart and others, but was opposed by Aldermen Bisiar and Moberg. W. B. Lakin of the lumber com- pany was authorized by Alderman Smart this mcening to go ahead with distributing the shavings.. Alderman Moberg contends that “shavings tends to make a road spongy and that it makes it hard to repair. We should not allow shav- ings to be put on the roads.” Alderman Bisiar was surprised this afternoon when he learned that the shavings were going down. “I thought we decided that we should mot accept the offer at the meeting last night,” hé said,“and the information that the company has gone ahead with it surprises me. I will oppose the bill to pay the man for driving the wagon when it comes up.” MOTORCYCLES MUST KEEP OFF If These Machines or Bicycien, Use Walks, Owners Face Arrest. Owing to the many complaints which he has received as to the reck- less’ manner in which certain per- sons are using the sidewalks to ride bicycles, Mayor Parker last evening requested the council to ° authorize Chief of Police Harrington to arrest any person found riding a motor or bicyele on the sidewnlks, which was done, Chief Harrington said. “I will see that this request is strictly enforced, and the only time during: the day that we will allow | bicycles on the sidewalks will be be- tween the hours of 6 and 7 in the morning and evening and between 12 and 1 at noon, and then only on the back streets: This should be remem- four inchss. i DEEFEATIVVE DAAE later: - ~ Dbered, for the law will be entorced.’ MIXUP OVER SHAVINGS Council Fails to Accept Offer for STEPHENS SHOCKED AT /SIMPSON; WILL GO AFTER WHITTIER Crookston Banker, in Bemidji, An- nounces Intention of Taking Ac- ‘" tion in Scandal. SEES PERIL BOARD OF CONTROL Will Proceed to St. Paul Without De- lay and Will Arrange Final Plans, 'SUPREME COURT DODGES TASK In Note Handed in Today, Chief Jus- tice Says Tribunal Cannot Act As Arbitrators, St. Paul, Minn, May 23.—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service.)—In a brief note this morning the supreme court declined to act as a board of arbitration in the controversy be- tween the governor and F. A. Whit- tier. The note was signed by Chief - o Justice C. M. Start and said in part: “We have no jurisdiction over the matter as a court and if we should consent to act as arbitrators, it would establish an. undesirable precedent. ‘We should embarrass the court and directly tend to impair confidence in it. We are, therefore, constrained by our views of judicial duty and pro- priety to decline to comply.” Dissappoined over the action of George T. Simpson, attorney general of Minnesota, with having disclosed the fact of his drawing a complaint against Frank A. Whittier, superin- tendent of the Red Wing training school, after the complete under- standing that it should mot- be .. divulged until action was taken, former Senator A. D. Stephens, in Bemidji today, announced his in- | tention of proceeding to St. Paul to 1 také personal control of the move- ment to remove Mr. Whittier with- out further delay. What is more, Mr. Stephens can- didly admitted that the Red Wing £ scandal had become so complicated = as the result of peculiar rulings from the attorney general that it is more than probable that two members of the Board of Control will probably feel that they should not have set as judges after being witnesses for the Whittier defense in the charges. As to the report out of St. Paul that Attorney General Simpson had prepared a form of complaint at his request Mr. Stephens said: “It is true that the complaint was drawn at my suggestion by the attor- ney general, but it was our under- standing that nothing public was to be said about it. Mr. Simpson was- to mail this complaint to me at Crookston by registered letter. It may be there now, as I haven’t been home for the past few days. A “I shall proceed to,St. Paul, after a day in Crookston, and I shall then take the matter up with the Board of Control and attorneys. It is possible that after this I may file i the complaint. In any event I shall i devote a little personal attention to { this matter.” ' : Mr. Stephens has made an ex- haustive examination of points of law bearing on the case and is satisfied that the Board of Control has a right to remove Mr. Whittier without another hearing. “It should be remembered,” said the Crookston banker, “that the leg- islature accepted the investigating re- port condemning Whittier but left it for some other body or official to determine what should be done with him. “Then again, if the Board of Con- trol hasn’t the power to discharge Mr. Whittier, every member might personally be present and see the - - boys flogged to death and still be un- able to remove Mr. Whittier unless a private citizen ftled complaint. “By the way, I have received vol- untary offers from persons ready to Fie file complaint against Mr. Whittier, 2 * but I am ready and willing to do that = myself, if we decide that is the best course.” Mr. Stephens did not wish to com- ment at length at this time on a re- cent published letter from S. W. Lea- vitt, former member of the Board of Control, but indicated that certain other letters written by Mr. Leavitt, - now in the possession of Mr. Steph- ens may furnish® interesting side- 2 lights at some time in the mear fu- ture. Mr. Stepl\ens came to Bemidji this ~ morning from Little Fork, where he had been on business connected with his bank there. He loft this after- 20 noon for Crookston, 13