Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 15, 1911, Page 1

iy VOLUME 9. NUMBER 66. MACKENZIE OUT FOR LAND SHOW EXHIBIT Leaves in Effort to Obtain Displays of Grain and Grasses for St. Paul Gathering. SAYS IT WILL BE BIGGEST EVER Believes it to Be Greatest Opportun- ity Minnesota Has Ever Had to Advertise. 15 MEN ARRANGING DETAILS Headed By President of State Fair and Contains Name of Bemidji Man. Willlam R. Mackenzie left last eve- ning for a trip through Beltrami county to obtain prize exhibits for the Land Show at St. Paul in December of this year which will be participat-] ed in by seven states, viz: Minne- sota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Wash- ington. Great Preparations Being Made. Mr. Mackenzie, who is enthusias- tic over the meeting said: “The show promises to be the big- gest event of its kind ever seen in this country or any other. “Great preparations are being made on behalf of Minnesota to show up her many advantages over other states. Minnesota Products to Be Shown. “The committee of 15 Minnesota men named recently to represent the state are actively engaged in calling attention of our people to the great| necessity of making an exhibit second | to none. “The great crop of grasses, grains, vegetable and fruit which this state can produce will be shown in their most advantageous manner. Mackenzie on Board, “The committee in charge of the exhibits is composed of the“follow- ing: Chas. W. Glotfelter of Water- ville, president of the Minnesota State Fair; Geo. Welsh, state immi- gration commissioner; A. F. Woods, dean of the agricultural college, St Anthony Park; W. R. Mackenzie of Bemidji and Jos. H. Beek, secretary St. Paul Jobbers and Manufacturers’ Association. All exhibits for this show should be brought to W. R. Mackenzie, who now has an office in the Schroeder block. The exhibit will be properly tagged and handled to the best ad-| vantage. ARMY LASSIESTO LEAVE| Captain Kirchner and Lieut. Veach End Work Here, Characterized By 50 Conversions. EIGHT BECOME REAL SOLDIERS After more than a year's work in Bemidji, Captain Kirchner, in charge of the Bemidji Salvation Army bar- racks, and Lieutenant Veach, here a year on July 22, will hold farewell meetings tomorrow which will char- acterize the close of their work here which has resulted in more than 50 conversions, eight of which converts have joined the Army. On Tuesday night of next week Captain Kirchner and Lieut. Veach will leave Bemidji to report at de- partmental headquarters where they will be given a six week’s furlough. Lieut. Veach, at the end of the fur- lough will contiue Army work at ‘Watertown, S. D., but Captain Kirch- ner has not been assigned. The cap- tain came to Bemidji 13 months and 16 days ago, from Red Wing. Lieut. Veach came from the Army training college in Chicago. As has been the case in the past, the Bemidji barracks will be in charge of two young women, Adjut- ant Anderson and Lieut. Anderson, and although of the same name the young women are not related. The Salvation Army has been ac- tive during the past year and for practical results it was one of the most successful since that organiza- tion began operations here. Much relief work has been done by Captain Kirchner and Lieut. Veach. y Fay Templeton denies that she in- | Colfax, 2000000000009 9 © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. © 0000000000000 St. Paul’s new directory gives that city a population of 233,344. An agreement to vote on the Cana- dian reciprocity committee on July 22 has been reached by the senate. A. B. McLyneux of Cherokee was elected grand commander of the Iowa Knights Templar at their annual con- clave in Spirit Lake, Ta. The Oklahoma Supreme court handed down a decision recognizing as legal divorces obtained according to the old tribal customs of the In- dians. Dr. Ralph E. Gallinger of Concord, N. H., son of United States Senator Jacob H. Gallinger, was Killed in an automobile accident late at Pem- broke, N. H. Mary Garden was fined $140 in Paris yesterday because of an acci- dent in which her automobile struck Robin, the cyclist. Her _chauffeur was assessed $20. The imperial council of the Mystic Shriners has adjourned at Rochester, N. Y., to meet in Los Angeles in 1912, The parades, drills and spectacular features of 1911 are over. The farmers of Illinois have sent a petition to congress which bears this slogan: “Restrict the exporta- tion of phosphates and increase the grain crops a billion bushels a year.” A civil war veteran has visited Greeley, Col., after fifty-one yeats’ absence and found the heart of the city is on the site of a 160 acres homestead - he abandoned to go to war. The American state department has arranged with Mexico for the payment by that country of all loss- es sustained by United States citi- zens as a result of the recent revo- lution. The cabinet at Ottawa has com- muted to life imprisonment the sen- tence of death passed upon the Italian woman, Angeiino Napolitano, for the murder of her husband at Sault Ste. Marie. ® Western Kansas received its first soaking rain of the season Friday. Between Alemena and Phillipsburg the tracks of the Rock Island were washed away and trains delayed sev- | eral hours. ! . Albert Batterton, a farmer near 11, discovered that every one of a flock of twenty geese were blind. They had been out in a storm and it is believed their eyes were d by hail. N Pensacola, Fla., has refused to ap- propriate money for the mainten- ance of a Carnegie public library. The philanthropist had offered $25,- 000 if Pensacola would raise one- tenth of that amount. Calvin N. Kendal, superintendent of the Indianapolis public schools, has sent a telegram to Gov. Wood- row Wilson of New Jersey accepting the appointment of commissioner of education of that state. Petition for the recall of Mayor J. H. Graham and Commissioners R. J. Campbell and E. M. Leach of Wichi- ta, Kan,, have been placed in circula- tion there. The petitions charge in- efficiency and neglect of duty. The Wisconsin senate has con- curred in the new assembly bill re- apportioning the state. The special apportionment committee recom- mended an entirely new congression- al apportionment, but it was rejected. Senator Bailey’s free list amend- ment to the Canadian reciprocity bill was defeated in the senate at Wash- ington by a large majority. So evi- dent was the margin against it that Senator Bailey did not ask for a roll call. Judge Bordwell of the Los Angeles district court has set the trial of the McNamara brothers, charged with dynamiting the Times office, for Oct. 10. Clarence Darrow for the de- fendents tried to have the case go over until December. More than ten barrels of flies were gathered by 232 contestants in an anti-fly crusade at Worcester, Mass. The winner, who-gets a prize of $100, turned in ninety-five quarts, or a total of 1,219,00 fijes. He is Earl C. Bousguet, 12 years old. Charges that the big mail order houses of Chicago habitually misrep- resent their goods to farmers and other buyers by catalogue were made by opponents of a parcels post who appeared before the Lloyd subdom- mittee of the house in Washington. Reports from Northern Michigan indicate that there is now no danger of serious damage fro mthe forest fires, which have devastated great areas of timber land, destroyed vil- lages and farm property and render- ed homeless hundreds -af families during the last four days. Copious rains have fallen in the vicinity of East Tawas, AuSable and Alpina and lighter showers at other points in the fire zone. The wind also has de-| creased and the isolated settlements, 2 TICKETS IN FIELD FOR SCHOOL OFFICES Short But Breezy Campaign Ends Tonight When Three Directors Are to Be Chosen. THOS. McCANN RE-ENTERS RACE Goes on Ballot With Phillippi_ and Roe, the Latter Also Running on Second Ticket. POLLS OPEN AT 7 FOR 2 HOURS Women Are Eligible to Vote and It is Rumored That They Will Have Candidates in Field. What started in to be a quiet little school election has developed into a regular, young political whirlwind that makes a ‘noice in the last mo- ments of its existence like a real| political campaign. After .various conferences, an- nouncements of candidacies, with- drawals from the contest and re-en- tries, the final line-up of candidates at the election to be held tonight for the positions of three directors of the board of education seems to be found in the following two tickets: Here are the Tickets. Ticket No. 1—Two year term, K. K. Roe; three year terms, A. G. Wedge, Jr., and J. P. Lahr. Ticket No. 2—Two year term, K. K. Roe; three year terms, J. M. Phillippi and Thomas McCann. The unique position of being on two tickets appears to be about as| much of a surprise-to-Mr. Roe. one and he offers no explanation as to how it happened. Mr. Roe return- ed this morning from a few days visit with his parents at Winger. . McCann Re-enters the Race. The re-entrance of Thos. McCann into the race, after he had announced his intention yesterday of withdraw- ing, was another surprise of the day. S. J. Harvey, at present a member of the board, and who it is under- stood declined to become a candid- ate because of a request from men high in authority in the Crookston Lumber company by whom Mr. Har- vey is employed, is a co-worker with Mr. McCann in the mill here. “Yes, it is true that T have permit- ted my name to go on'the ticket,” said Mr. McCann to the Pioneer. “They called me up this morning and things worked out so that I agreed to enter the race.” No explanation is offered as to who “they” were. = The election tonight is to fill vacancies resulting from the expira- tion of the terms of J. P. Lahr, S. Harvey and A. A. Warfield. Three Directors to Be Chosen. The election will be held at the Central school building, Eighth street and Beltrami avenue, the polls being opened at 7 o’clock and continuing open for probably about two hours, although the state law provides that but one hour's voting is necessary. Women are permitted to vote at this election and it is expected hat many will avail themselves of this op- portunity to voice their sentiment as to the conduct of school affairs in Bemidji. - It was even reported late this af- ternoon that there would be a third ticket in the field composed entirely of women, but efforts to verify this report were unsuccessful. CLERGY GETS HALF FARE RATES New Order Effective August 1 After Restoration of 3-Cent Rate. Clergymen who have been com- pelled to-pay full fare for traveling in Minnesota during the past three years will be granted half fare on and after August 1. This is in accordance with a priv- ilege granted before the 2-cent rate became effective, and means the re- storation of a reduced rate which has been effective in all the territory of the Transcontinental Passenger as- sociation except in Minnesota. The clergy will be able to get this low ‘rate by getting an annual permit by writing to the chairman of the as- scciation at Chicago. The question’of granting reduced rates to state fares was discussed at' a meeting of the Western Passenger as- ‘which bave been constantly threaten- tends to return to the stage. ed with destruction, are now safe. J.|F. S. Arnold ... BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1911, (Copyright, ML)y B FAIR MEETING CALLED Secretary Ritchie Urficn Presence of All Directors At Gathering Set for Monday. P TO READJUST PREMIUM LISTS Business of vital importance to the Beltrami county fair which is to be held here September 13, 14 and 15 WA be.trausacted al.-4 mesting -of the directors of the County Agrical- tural association to be held in the Commercial club rooms at 2 p, m. next Monday. Secretary A. P. Ritchie urges the attendance of every one of the 22 di- rectors whose names follow: H. Eickstadt ... ... ... . A: G. Gilbertson ... Chas. Gustafson ... . Rowland Gilmore August Jarchow ... . .Frohn «...Buzzle . ..Tenstrike -Bemidji .. .Bemidji J. Jerome ... .Battle River A. H. Jester SR S Benridji Andrew Johnson . Battle River W..C. Klein ... . . . Bemridji J. G. Morrison, Jr., Red Lake Agency Thos. Morrison. .. ... .. Blackduck L. F. Parker ... J. P. Pogue ...~... Chris Rogers ... . A. G. Rutledge . C. F. Schroeder . Arne Solberg ... . Blackduck . .Bemidji -Shotley . ...Bemidji Grant Valley .. Battle River Nels Sorenson . « +e. ...JOnes Chas. Trondson . .. .Blackduck W. R. Mackenzie . . . Wilton G. E. Carson ... .. .Bemidji + «. .. Bemidji One of the things to be taken up at this time is a proposed readjust- ment of the premium 1lists. Mr. Ritchie is chairman of this committee and other members are C. F. Schroe- der and F. S. Arnold. Arrangements have been completed for holding the 1911 fair at the old fair grounds and certain improve- ments to the buildings will be made, if possible. o TO REMODEL TROPPMAN STORE One of Oldest Buildings in Bemidji to Be Made Modern. SING PRAISE FOR BEMIDJI Crookston Delegates to Modern Bro- therhood Convention, Pleased. Says the Crookston Times: “Mesdames Frank Arries and Ida Peterson, Miss Ziebeck, Dr. H. E. Nelson-and Messrs. C. C. Peterson and Will Millette returned this morn- ing from Bemidji, where they went as delegates to the district conven- tion of the Modern Brotherhood of America, which was held yesterday for the purpose of electing two dele- gates to the national convention at Denver the middle of August, which resulted in the election of Samuel Gibeatrof-Red: Lake Falls and I. E Creighton of Bémidji. -C. C. Peter- son of Crookston was a strong candi- date and got a good vote but not enough to win out. “All the delegates were highly pleased over the splendid entertain- ment afforded the visitors by Bemidji people. The “Convention was held yesterday morning and in the after- noon all were given a delightful boat ride. “In the evening a grand ball was enjoyed, the Bemidji drill team giv- ing a very fine exhibition of drill work at an interval, and a very fine banquet was served. All have words of the highest praise for the manner in which Bemidji entertained the visitors.” 2,000 P.OUNDS CREAM IN More Than 500 Pounds of Butter Tarned Out By Creamery Three Days Old. BIG BUSINESS PROVES SURPRISE More than 550 pounds of butter have been churned in the first three days of the Bemidji farmers’ cream- ery which begun operations on Wed- nesday of this week. Thursday the first day on which churning was done,” 150 pounds of butter was made, yesterday 165 pounds was turned out and today the product is more than 230. The remodeling of the F. G. Tropp- man building on Third street and. Minnesota avenue, which will begin at once, marks one of the most notie- able changes in the history of build- ing in Bemidji. The building will be lowered to the street level, new floors and new ceilings. will pe put in, a new plate glass front will be put in on the Min- nesota side and part of the display windows will be closed on the Third street side and a new Coat of bottle green paint, will cover the outside walls. The contractors have just completed a new roof on the bnild- ing. “ F. M. Malzahn was the builder of this ‘store about 15 years ‘ago which! at that-time was the largest building in Bemidji being 50 feet wide and 140 feet long. The present: ownen F. G.-Troppman purchased the build- ing about 8 years ago and is now co p- ducting a retail dry goods business there. ~ i Mr: Troppman announces 8- rie- modeling sile to begin Tuesday, July 18, it belng necessary to dispose of sociation at Mackinac , but action 'nil‘m-tpone_fl. - S considerable & The demand for the first butter has exceeded expectations of those in charge of the establishment, and all orders have not been filled. Only Bemidji ‘merchants have as yet handled any of the butter, although out of town applications have been made for the product. ) C. H. Cleveland, the buttermaker, is much pleased with the showing so far, and this afternoon said: “] had expected that we would re- ceive only a small amount of cream during the first week of operation, but the way the farmers have been bringing it in and the standard of the créam they have brought us is a surprise, and if the grade of the butter contiriues 8s’the first three churnings-have been, I am sure that it ‘will soon gain a favorable reputa- tion throughout this part of the state.” : o Between 1500 and 2000 pounds of cream have been brought into the creaméry since the creamery opened. The first cream is being purchased at 23 cents a pound and the butter {is being sold at-25 cents to dealers: At the present time no butter can be purchased at the ‘creamery by..indi- 5 =9 OFF TO SELL $3,000 PEARL William Bates on Way to Chicigo to Dispose of Black Beauty Found in River Near Here. PICKED UP $125 GEMDAYBEFORE With his $3,000 black pearl tuck- ed away in an ingide pocket, William Bates, - thé7yaiing man who picked the gem from the Mississippi river near here early this week, left last night for Pine City, Minnesota, where he will be joined by his father, a pro- fessional pearl hunter. From Pine City the two will pro- ceed to Chicago to confer with Pea- cock, the Chicago jeweler, relative to the ‘sale of the black beauty. If he is unable to get as much out of the pearl in;Chicago as he believes he is entitled to, Bates said he would continue to New York. He does not wish to let the pearl go for less than $3,000 cash, and believes he should share in the profit of the sale to a second party. This was a banner week for Bates. The day before he found the black pearl, he picked up a perfect speci- men of the pink tinted pearl which he found to be worth $125. This, together with several smaller ones, he traded to the George T. Baker & Co., jewelry house for a $200 dia- mond. MORE MONEY FOR MAIL MEN Boast of $100 for Rural Carriers of Whom There are 41,562. Forty thousand rural free delivery carriers in the United States are to receivesalary increases as the result of a decision reached by Postmaster General Hitchcock. The order will provjde for the disbursement the cur- rent fiscal year of $4,000,000 which will mean an increase of §100 over the present salary of $900 for all carriers on standard routes, with pro- portionate increases on the shorter routes. Congress provided. last session for. the expenditure of this extra $4,- 000,000, but left it to the discretion of the Postmaster General as to how much of it should be expended. Mr. Hitchcock decided to authorize the expenditure of the full amount. His desire to compensate the carriers for any additional burden which mdy be placed on them if the parcels post system he has recommended for rural routes ‘is approved by congress was the important consideration, Mr. Hitchcock declared, which led him to make the authorization. In the current year the rural ser- vice will cost the government, about $40,000,000, the estimated loss being about $25,000,000. The postmaster general expressed the belief that the parcels post system under proper management, would insure the main- tenance and proper extension of the rural free delivery service as a self- supporting branch of the postal ser- vice. 5 | The rural delivery system was started fifteen years ago with elghty- ‘three carriers, who were paid only « for a time will have its chief office TEN CENTS PER WEEK - READY T0 BET $50 DR. DUMAS ESCAPES Detective Fielding Said to Be Willing to Lay Wager Own Victim Never - Goes to Stillwater. 2 SOME SEE. SUICIDE. - HINT Others Believe the Assertion Means Pinkertons Fear Juries Will Prove Stubborn, BAD MEN MAY BE LOCATED Persistant Rumors That Davis and LeClare Will Be Arrested With- in Next Few Days. “I am willing to lay a wager of $50 that Dr. D. F. Dumas is never sent to the penitentiary.” This assertion is credited to De- tective Fielding, who has had charge of the Pinkerton men on the Dumas case. What Mr. Fielding meant by this assertion “is not known by the as- tonished persons who heard the re- mark. His Own Victim. Fielding and his men, together with state and county officers have been busy collecting evidence which has been sufficient to bing the mayor of Cass Lake over to await‘the action of the grand jury on charges of at- tempted arson and robbery, and which it has been said is sufficient to crown the doctor “king of Amer- ican crooks.” Sees Fear of Suicide. And yet in the face of this comes the above assertion; say reputable persons, from the lips of Mr. Fielding. One explanation is ‘that Detective Fielding believes that Dr. Dumas will commit suicide, rather than become a convict,and in supportof this theory the alleged assertion on the part of Dr. Dumas that he would “beat . it and take a couple along for com- | pany,” ’is cited. 2= Another explanation offered for Mr. Fielding’s assertion is that he figures a jury in Beltrami or ad- joining counties would not conviet the Cass Lake man no matter what the evidence might show. No One Wants to Bet. Incidentally, it is significant that up to date there has been no one will- ing to risk $50 on the proposition. Sheriff Hazen who left yesterday for Duluth to serve a warrant on “Sandy” Young, who is suspected of having aided “Mike” Davis in burn- ing the Geralds building at Black- duck, has not returned. Assistant State Fire Marshall Full- erton and Detective Fielding are ex- pected to return to Bemidji the first of next week. Something Doing Soon. It is understood here that definite information has been obtained tend- ing to show that after Mike Davis and LeClare had blown the safe at Shevlin they quarreled and that = Davis finally landed in Grand Forks where he met Behan, who was arrest- ed the night of the Puposky raid. 1t is also said that LeClare has been located and that both he and Davis will soon be under arrest, although the case has passed the stage when 3 '4‘ these reports are taken seriously. However, it is safe to say that the 3 next week will see additional devel- opments of a sensational nature in the Dumas case. e E. E. McDONALD BECOMES MINER Bemidji Attorney Vice President of Company to Explore Cuyuna. = Attorney E. E. McDonald of Be- midji, together with H. H. Baker and C. H. Millg of Brainerd, have organ- ized a mining company, which will explore the Cuyuna .'range lands, The nmnewly organized company ° has - a capital of $15,000, and in Brainerd. The company’s first = officers are H. H. Baker, president S and treasurer; - McDonald; vice- : president, and C. H. Mills, secretary. During fhe last week the New York water reservoirs were lowered by the enormous amount of 2,000,- 000,000 gallons. Unless heavy rains come it will be necessary:to take the most radical measures for conserving