Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 2, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 8 CLUB T0 CELEBRATE IN ITS NEW HOME At Meeting of Business Organization Last Evening, Social Session Planned as Feature: THREE NEW MEMBERS JOIN Removal Slightly Delayed Because of Non-Arrival of the Electrical Fixtures. ST. PAUL AUTOS MAY COME Effort on to Have Tourists Make Be- midji Stopping Place on Way to the Park. At a meeting of the Bemidji Com-| last mercial Club eveniung arrange- ments for moving the club into the new quarters in the modern brick building, Third street and Minnesota avenue, were discussed. It has been plannped to move into the new building on August 1 but it is now unlikely that the new home will be ready for another week, as the workmen have not quite com- pleted their work, and some of the new furniture and electric fixtures have not yet arrived. An elaborate opening is being planned for the new rooms, and at the meeting last evening the chair- man of the entertainment committee was authorized to arrange for a so- cial smoker, to be given as soon as the new rooms are put in shape, some time within the next two weeks. Ritchie Gets $50 for Exhibits. An appropriation amounting to $50 was voted to A. P. Ritchie, secretary of the Beltrami Agricultural Asso- ciation, and the representative of this county at the state fair, to be| used in securing exhibits for the county and state fairs. The club membership was in- creased by three new members: Roy Murphy, J. K. Given and O. B. Grotte. May Get Automobilists. IT plans of the St. Paul automo- bile club do not miscarry, a party comprised of the members of that organization will visit the northern part of the state before the last of | August. It is probable that they will con- clude to make the State Park their chiel point of attraction, but at last evening's meeting of the Commer- cial ¢lub it was decided that an in- vitation should be extended to the St. Paul club, to visit Bemidji as their destination, and failing in this 10 have them stop here on the way to the park. And no man appreciates advice like the chap who is in trougle. When poverty crawls in at skylight love hides in the cellar. the No man is a estimation. coward in his own He calls it nervousness. One can't always believe a wom- an when she is talking about her husband. No, Cordelia, the population of Cork isn't necessarily a floating pop- ulation. If a young man twists up his mus- tache just before bidding a girl good night, it isn't likely she'll be disap- pointed. Charles Dickson, author of “Three Twins,” “Bright Eyes,” and other successes, has practically completed the selection of his cast of principals for his new play, “An Average Chap.” A. H. Woods will produce “The Broken Rosary,” a new play by Ed- ward Peple, during the engagement of Dustin and William Farnum in “The Littlest Rebel,” at the Chicago opera house in October. A series of motion pictures of Mary Anderson in her home near Exeter has been obtained by E. M. Newman in connection with other material for his travel talks the com- ing season. The Chicago opera house, one of the most important playhouses in Chicago for many years, is to be torn down. The Marshall Field estate will build a $10,000,000 store and office building on the site. lan Macleren, the noted English actor, is now in New York, ready to go to work for Liebler & Co., who will place him either in “Disraeli” or “The Garden of Allah.” Mr. Mac- leren has never appeared in America, but enjoys a fine reputation in Eng- land. 1. €00000000000000 © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. ¢ 20006006000 000060 Mankato hag prohibited the dis- play of fruit on the sidewalk. At Ypsilanti, Mich., Ernest Thompson-Seton is instructing Boy Scouts who have camped in large numbers. Sir Robert Laurier has opened his reciprocity campaign in Canada and from now on until election he will make daily speeches in behalf of the proposed treaty with the United States. The condition of Pope Pius con- tinues unsatisfactory. Sinking spells continue and it is feared that the aged pontiff who has been weak for some time may pass away at any moment. “There should be a line on glasses indicating where solid beer ends,” says Harvey W. Wiley who is in- vestigating the brewers of the coun- try in an examination now no in ‘Washington. Bovine tuberculosis primarily is to blame for the high cost of living declares Dr. Merazenel who as- serts that the large losses of cattle! duction country. in the meat supply of the At Prairie Du Chien, Wis., Harry Schmidt,15, whose mother has been confined to the hospital for weeks and just returned home allowed her son to go to the river bank and gath- er clams. In one of these clams the lad found 2 pearl for which a jewel- er gave him $800 in cash. In the poll of editors of 4,000 wes- tern newspapers on their attitude revision 222 Minnesota editors voted for revision, 34 were against it, 19 favored revision of the tariff com- mission and 18 gave a qualified reply to queries sent out by the Chicago Tribune. An overwhelming number | of the editors to whom the Tribune addressed it queries replied in favor of tariff revision. Resolutions reiterating a request of an opinion from the attorney gen- j€ral as to the constitutionality as to| legislative act making appropriations for the Muscinka and Snake River ditches~were adopted by the state drainage at its meeting on Monday. The resolutions recite that a request for a ruling on this point was made as early as May 2 but no work has| as yet be received from the attorney general. With not one account overdrawn and the permanent school fund en- riched by more than $500,000 from the sale of lands during the calendar year and by $607,627.98 during the year, the state of Minnesota closes the fiscal year in better shape than ever before in her history. There was an increase during the last year of $735,486.43 over the receipts of the previous year. The total increase in revenue during the last year will approximate $1,000,000. The school fund at the present time is approxi- mately $26,000,000, probably the largest school fund in the United States. Several new laws went into effect in Minnesota on August 1. It is now a misdemeanor for book com- panies to discriminate against small school districts in favor of large ones. Additional state aid of $1,000 a year hereafter will be given all schools maintaining industrial and home economics courses. School certificates for teachers can now be revoked for the following reasons: Immoral character, or conduct unbe- coming a teacher; failure without Jjustifiable excuse to teach for the full term of the contract without procuring a written release from the board; tuberculosis or some other communicable disease. Another of the new laws extends the tenure of state office for the warehouse com- missioner to six years.Incidentally appropriations approximating$8,000, 000 is now available for different state departments. Seven persons were drowned late yesterday afternoon in the St. Law- Tence river when the steamer Sirus struck a shoal eight miles below Mas- sena, N. Y., capsized and hurled its 75 passengers into the river. Four bodies have been recovered. The steamer Sirus left here yesterday morning for Cornwall on the Cana- dian side with 75 persons bound for a day’s outing there. Most of those aboard were residents of Ogdensburg and Massena. The Sirus started on the return trip about 4 p. m. and her passengers were seated on the deck when the crash came. The deck was swept bare in a moment. The wom- en who could not swim clutched at camp stools and other portable ar- ticles, while others, upheld and aided by male companions, fought their way to the overturned steamer. Pic- nickers at International park, near by, in motor boats and skiffs rushed to the rescue and saved scores. * Oth- ers benumbed and exhausted were swept down stream to death. Those rescued were taken to International park and later brought here. from this disease has caused the re-|’ RIDE ON SIDEWALK? COPS WILL GET YoU Vigorous Crusade on to Protect Pe- destrains From Reckless Bicycle Owners. THREE PERSONS UNDER ARREST Must Appear in Court this Evening to Answer to Charges Made By Police. NEW ORDINANCE TO BE DRASTIC Will Make Offenders Liable to Dam- age, Fine and the Loss of Their Wheel. If you own a bicycle and use the sidewalks on which to scorch get ready not only to pay a fine or go to jail but at the same time pay dam- ages to any person whom you may knock down and also to lose your wheel. The crusade against reckless rid- ers is on in earnest. These Under Arrest. Today three men were arrested for having ridden on the walks: Gregg Malone, clerk at the Crookston Lum- ber company; I. B. Olson, Jr., West- ern Union messenger and Frank S. Stirratt, stenographer ot the Crook- ston Lumber company. All these ar- Tests were made by Patrolmen George Denley. The arrests were made yesterday and all were told to be in court last evening at 7 o’clock, but at that hour Judge Pendergast had gone to his farm so the cases went over until this evening at 7. «zss- Drawing Up New Law, Another feature of the crusade is the decision of City Attorney Russell to prepare an ordinance. to be read at the next meeting of the city coun- cil which will have as its purpose the making of more stringent rules for the riders of bicycles. This ordinance will make it a mis- demeanor to ride on the walks at any hour and makes the rider who runs into a person responsible for all dam- ages and gives the city a right to confiscate the wheel. The Present Ordinance. The present bicycle ordinance in its complete form provides: No person shall ride any bi- cycle, tricycle, or ride any ani- mal upon the sidewalks of the city, or coast thereon with any sleigh, sled, bob, toboggan or other contrivance. May Ride Three Hours Day. It has been the custom to permit persons to ride on the back -streets between the hours of 6 and 7 a. m. and from noon until 1 p. m. and in the evening from 6 to 7. ‘These privileges are still being ex- tended but when a rider is found on the walk at any other time, he will be arrested if a policeman can catch him. CHURNS 500 POUNDS DAILY Bemidji Co-operative Creamery Now Has 30 Daily Shippers. More than 500 pounds of butter is being churned daily at the recently established Bemidji Farmer’s Co- operative creamery. The price of butter fat which for the past few months has been at 26 cents a pound is likely to increase at any time, in- dicating that there will be an ad- vance in the cost of creamery but- ter. The creamery now has about 30 shippers who bring in cream dai- 1y. Numerous orders from out of town merchants are being received for butter, many of which cannot be filled, but with the increasing out- put these customers will soon re- ceive the amounts of butter they de- sire. To Harvest Western Crop. Montreal, August 2.—The Cana- dian Pacific today started the first of its harvesters’ excursions to the West, where the farmers are in need of 50,000 harvest hands. | When you see a couple in a ham- moek it’s a sign they are not yet one. “The most dangerous brand of flat- tery is the one we ladle out to our- selves. Treat an inferior as an equal and he’ll soon consider himself perior. WHITTIER MUST TESTIFY —_— Assistant Attorney: General Rules That Red Wing Man Can’t Es- cape Stand. REFUSAL MAY MEAN DISMISSAL St. Paul, Aug. 2—Refusal of Su- perintendent permit him to be called by the de- stitute insubordination on the part of the Red Wing:superintendent. This would not only make him li- able to instant dismissal but other penalties. This is the conclusion given out today at the attorney general’s office in answer to certain question sub- mitted to it by the board of control as to their right to order Mr. Whit- tier to take the stand for Mr. San- born, attorney for Ralph W. Whee- lock, in whose name the charges against Mr. Whittier have been brought. C. Louis Weeks, attorney general, has prepared an opinion today to be submitted to the board and it is giv- en out that Mr. Whittier must take the stand, and that his refusal might be a reversible error should the case be appealed to the courts. St. Paul, Minn.,, Aug. 2.—Assum- ing all the responsibility for pun- ishment inflicted in the girl train- ing school at Red Wing, while she was matron, Miss Edith A. Kassing now of Morganza, Pa., spent two hours yesterday in giving her depo- sition as part of the hearing in the complaint for the removal of Frank A. Whittier as superintendent. “I was employed at the State Train- ing School from June, 1900, to May, 1910, the last five years as matron,” testified Miss Kassing. She statéd that she spanked Mar- garet Burns February 24, 1910, with a ruler, but did not remove any clothing. “Did you ever, in inflicting pun- ishment, remove clothing?” asked Mr. Wilson. “I never did.” Nearly every girl summoned testi- fied that clothing bad been removed. Miss Kassing testified that she had punished girls for knocking down one of the teachers, swearing and threatening to fight the witness. This punishment ‘was inflicted with rubber hose. Miss Kassing said she had never given more than 25 blows and asserted positively that neither Mr. Kinney nor any other male at- tendants had assisted -in inflicting punishment. Miss Kassing testified to using rubber horse July 13, 1909, on Eva Loughlin and Sarah Fragzier but de- nied that a harness trace or tug had been used. She could not recall that she had ever punished Grace Taylor. She was present when Miss Perkins punished Belle Howard, a colored girl, Nov. 22, 1908, and declared that ‘Thomas G. Kinney, assistant super- intendent was' not present, she de- nied that Sarah Sarff hadi been ‘Whittier's eounsel to |- T6TIRE"RH 0 WA VErsE TGRS WIT B8N [ ronio management of the girls department, and administered punishment almost invariable without consulting Whit- tier. She said she made a daily re- port to Whittier in which she noted all punishments inflicted, but always did not state the number of blows. Miss Kassing denied that girls had ever been strapped down so that they could be more easily punished. AIR RACES NOW ON IN CANADA Flight from Hamilton to Toronto Op- ening Feature at Toronto. Toronto, Ont., August 2.—With an| aeroplane race from Hamilton to T« as the introductory feature, fo! be followed by an entire week of prize contests for speed, duration, al- titude, etc., the aviation meet which is tQ have its opening here tomorrow promises to be one of the most not- able and successful affairs of its kind yet pulled off in America. The aviation field, located within easy ac- cess of the city, consists of a tract two miles in extent, without obstruc- tions of any kind. Half a dozen avi- ators of international reputation are to participate in the meet, among them being Charles P. Willard, J. A. D. McCurdy, J. J. Ward and Lad- is Lewkowicz, the last-named being a young Russian aviator and the first one of his nationality to fly in America. “CORONATION” NOW ON HERE Pictures of English Historical Event Obtained Under Difficulties. Persons who were unable to cross the ocean to see King George crowned monarch of England can now pur- chase a comfortable seat in a Be- midji Third street theater and enjoy the sights without all the trouble and expense incident to a trip to London, to say nothing about avoiding the dread seasickness or the crowds which blocked the streets of the British metropolis. Bemidji probab- ly is the first small city in the state to get these pictures, which have been in such demand in the larger cities that it has been impossible to obtain them before this time. C. J. Woodmansee obtained the coronation films which were shipped direct to him from Minneapolis. They will be shown here for the first time tonight. VARDAMAN IS THE WINNER No Question But That He Will Go to TU. 8. Senate. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 2.—Practi- cally complete returns from all over the state of Mississippi give Varda- man a strong lead in his contest for nomination for the office of United States senator over his two oppon- ents. Returns which came in today made his election positive. Sam Montgomery, old time lum- ber crmiser for the Croquet Lumber company dropped dead at the Cro- quet hospital. Postal savings banks are to open in St. Paul and Minneapolis on Sep- tember 1. Bemidji was the first city in the state to have a postal savings | spanked with rubber-hose or ruler for general disorder in the dormitory. Attorney Sanborn for Wheelock endeavored to conmect Whittier with bank. S %l geived tod | The Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist|fr GROWS 100 BUSHEL 0ATS Koochiching Farmer Writes Macken- zie He Has Great Things for Land Show. FINE TOBACCO; PEANUTS PUNK That northérn Minnesota can raise fine grain and as &s valuable as any in the state is shown by a letter re- od W. B. Mackenzie ‘who will select the land exhiblui from the northern part of the state at the Northwestern States Land Show in St. Paul next Decem- ber. This letter is from a farmer in Koochiching county who tells Mr. Mackenzie that he has oats which will go at least 100 bushels to the acre. The letter to Mr. Mackenzie follows: “I have just received your letter and am interested in the land show which you write about. Will say I raised a little of everything on my farm here in Koochiching county in- eluding all kinds of grain and veget- ables by the car load. “I have oats five feet long and ex- pect that they will yield not less than 100 bushels to the acre. Last week my wheat thrashed out 26 bushels to the acre and it was number one grade weighing 59 1-2 pounds to the bushl. I will send you samples of this grain. “Hay on my farm also is good. My winter went 50 bushel to the acre. Last year it went 36 bushels. I have several grades of potatoes which are fine. I also have white dent corn the very best I have ever seen. I have cabbage by the car load. Onions by the car load, turnips by the ton, carrots by the ton, sugar beets by the car load, Hubbard squash by the ton and it is the best squash I have ever seen. 1 have 30 hills of Spanish tomato. 1t is fine and is a good crop. I also have 40 hills of sweet potatces and they look fine and 1 think they will ripen beg fore frest comes. 1 also have 30 hills of peanuts but they look pretty poor. Included in my crops are also some California beans which have shown a wonderful growth. I have Boston yellowed eyed beans and they are fine. 1 also have a patch of tobacco plants which show up in great shape. “Now let me know just what it is that you want in the way of samples and 1 will send them to you as soon as T can. Please let me know how to preserve and put up the grain3 and grasses and let me know if there are any premiums offered. You must understand that all my crops are grown under common care and feld ‘conditions. Please let me hear from you. % Yours truly, _ C. J. JOHNSON, Ogilvie, Koochiching Co., Minn.” " New Road to Cross Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo., August 2.— Governor Hadley and the State Board of Agricultare gave a public hear- ing today on the matter of the pro-| and Kansag City. |mas and other cases. HANDS OFF HAZEN GOVERNOR DECIDES Following Peace Meeting With Simp- son, Eberhart Announces no Ac- tion to Be-Taken. |ACCUSES DUMAS OF PLOTTING. Sees Grave Peril in Alleged Effort of Mayor to Get Sheriff He Can Control. FULLERTON NOW ON HIS WAY Comes to Crookston and Then Pro- ceeds to Bemidji to Continue Investigations, St. Paul, Aug. 2.—The charges . against Sheriff A. B. Hozen will not be returned nor will the investiga- tion of the attorney general be rushed, but rather will they be held pending the outcome of the Dumas case as originally planned by the at- torney general. This is according to the decision announced to have been reached as the tween Governor Eberhart and At- result of the conference be- torney General Simpson. Governor is Now Mild. The governor’s office also insisted that it hal not intended to dictate to the . attorney - gemeral, - that ‘the “entire-—rmtxtter —wus~ discussed in the conference and it was decided that the best interests of the state, and incidentally, the successful pro- secution of the Dumas case, was far important than the Hazen charges. And that the latter there- fore could rest. So cooled off, in fact, have things in general become that the attorney general has insisted that he did not demand the withdrawal of the letter but had merely suggested it. One paragraph in the Peterson let- ter aroused Simpson, it is said. This was the part of the letter which referred sarcastically to the return of the Peterson letter and on this point the governor said: “There is no disposition in this of- fice to retard the investigation of th¢ Hazen charges.” Simpson Quite Indignant- Simpson will address a letter to the governor stating that in his opin- ion, and in the opinion of the state more fire marshal’s office, it would be more advisable to hold the Hazen charges until after the Dumas trial. No secret is made at the capitol of the alleged fact that Dumas’ friends are said to be behind the charges filed against Sheriff Hazen, and that the Dumas crowd is anxious to get Hazen out of the way. Governor Eberhart returned to the capitol this morning and about the first thing he did was to take up the Hazen proposition with the attorney. general. He is said to have keenly resented the accusation made by Viggo Peter- son that he was wilfully holding up the charges against Hazen, and still further displeased with the wide pub- licity given the latest Peterson letter by the Twin City and Duluth news- papers. Fullerton on the Way. Sam Fallerton, assistant fire mar- shall, will leave here tonight .for Crookston, where he goes to investi- gate the mysterious fire on Saturday,- at which six - buildings were con- sumed, ineluding the auditorium. From Crookston Mr. Fullerton will proceed to Bemidji to continue his work in connection with the Du- . “Alas, it is thegirl who ‘can’t play 8t has a mania for working the