Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 5, 1911, Page 1

e FIGHT FOR SALOONS IN MAINE IS BITTER Effort to Dislodge Prohibition After Being in Force 65 Years Causes Caustic Campaign. VOTE SET FOR SEPTEMBER 11 Temperance Forces, Realizes Life of Present National “Dry” Work Depends Upon Success. “WETS” PERFECT ORGANIZATION Backed By Four Newspapers and Hope to Defeat “Rum Against Righteousness” Foes. Augusta, Me., August 5.—Sixty- five years ago today the Democratic legislature of the state of Maine en- acted the first prohibition law against the liquor traffic, thus setting an ex- | ample of state-wide prohibition which was not imitated by other common- wealths until many years later. In another month, on September 11 of this year, at a general election, the voters of Maine will be called upon to decide whether state-wide prohibition, which has been statu- tory from 1854 to 1884 and consti- tutional ever sinec, shall remain part of the state’s constitution or not. The Fight Now World Wide: Since the state of Maine enacted the first prohibition law, prohibition has made tremendous strides. The movement is no longer a state or even a national movement, but has as- sumed an international character. In many countries throughout the world the war against the liquor trafic has been taken up and the prohibition movement has met with varying degrees of success. For this reason the battle which is now being fought in this state is attracting world-wide attention. Maine was the pioneer of the pro- hibition movement and maintained state-wide prohibition continuously longer than any other commonwealth in the world. It is quite natural, therefore, that the coming election is awaited with the most intense in- terest throughout the world. Much Depends on Maine. It is generally admitted by friends of prohibition in and outside of the state, that a great deal depends upon the outcome of the coming election. In fact, it is believed that the result of the vote will be of the most vital influence upon the future of the pro- hibition movement. If the majority of the voters in Maine decide by their vote that con- stitutional prohibition, after a test of 27 years, was found by them un- feasible or undesirable, this decision would mean a severe blow to the hopes of the friends of prohibition, who, for years, have been working, inspired by the thought that some day all nations would combine in suppressing the liquor traffic. Bitter Campaign Now on. The campaign now in progress in this state, and which will continue for another month, until the last vote shall have been cast at the coming election, began practically immedi- ately after the election in September of last year, when it became certain, that a Democratic legislature had been elected, believed to be pledged to vote for a re-submission of the prohibition clause of the constitu- tion. People outside of this state can- not imagine how bitter and desperate is the fight between the prohibition and the anti-prohibition factions in this state. The campaign was begun by the prohibitionists with a rush and steadily increased in vigor and bitterness and there is every reason to believe that the remaining month will witness a campaign in this state, unparalleled in fierceness in the history of political fights. Put Curse on Their Head. So far the prohibitionists have been the aggressors. As early as October 15 of last year the Maine Sunday School association adopted by unanimous vote a resolution de- claring, “That any person who votc‘:,u or in any way influences others to vote, directly or indirectly, to so amend our constitution as to admit of a license of the liquor tdaffic, high or low, local or state wide, is equally guilty of giving his neighbor drink and putting the bottle to him as the rum seller, and the woe of the pro- phet of God is upon him.” That-is (Continued on last paga VOLUME 9. NUMBER 84. WANT T0 BE NURSE, GIRLS? | University of Mihnesota Will Make You One on Eight Hour Day Training. BULLETIN GIVES UNIQUE FACTS The Second Annual Bulletin of the Training School for Nurses of the University of Minnesota. has come from the press. It may be had upon application to the Dean of the Col- lege of Medicine and Surgery or to the Superintendent of the Training school at the university hospital, Minneapolis. The undertaking marks a new de- parture in the educational system of the state. nurses anywhere to be organized as a department of university instrue- tion under direct university control. Louise Powell in Charge. It has been placed in charge of the faculty of the College of Medicine and Surgery, and is under the immediate direction of Misg¢ Louise M. Powell, a woman of large experience and great enthusiasm in the work. The school is unique, not only in its university status, but in its edu- cational method. It provides a pre- liminary course of instruction in the sciences which are foundational to the practice of nursing, which is taken in the laboratories and lecture rooms of the College of Medicine, be- fore the student in entered in the hospital service proper. s On Duty Eight Hours. Its hospital teaching is graded throughout and gives senior nurses the opportunity of work in the out- patient department and in the homes of patients. Students have an eight- hour service, instead of the twelve- hour period which is usual in most of our hospital training schools. Requirements for admission to the training school include personal and tusiness references, the evidence of physical fitness, an age limit, and araduation from a first %iaas high. school. . % "The organization of the university hospitals has made the initiation of the training school a possibility. The Elliot memorial building which will be dedicated on September 5th, next, will provide 128 beds and will enable the school to enter a larger number of pupils. STREET HIRED FOR THE DAY Citizen Found He Could Not Inter- rupt Moving Picture Company. Recently a moving picture com- pany secured permission to use a |real city street for one of their | “street scenes.” While their actors Wwere busy a man came along and was told that he could not walk up the street while the acting was going on. He immediately threw off his dis- guise of a mild-manered passer-by and became an American Citizen. He declared that nobody had any right to stop him. The representa- tives of the picture company were firm. “Well, I'll leave it to a police- man,” roared the citizen, and he hustled over to a bluecoat who was standing near by. ~ “Can I or can I not pass along that street?” he inquired. “You can NOT,” said the police- man. “That street has been hired for the day. Get off of it. Get a move on. Beat it.” Much crestfallen , the citizen obeyed, went up another street, and was heard no*more. And the policeman, getting his cue, hurried into the middle of the street to take his part in the “show” and receive the congratulations of his fellow-actors. GREAT DISPLAY OF = WEALTH Rich People of Buenos Ayres Fond of Costly Motor Cars. Herman G. James, formerly with the United States delegation to the fourth International Conference of American States, in speaking of his impressions of the capital of Argen- tina, said: “In few other capitals of the world is there such a display of the wealth of the well-to-do as is found in Buenos Ayres. Among the thousands of automobiles seen there are rarely any but the most expen- sive French makes, and even the motor cars which are for hire are of the best quality. Costly furs are worn by calendar, irrespective of ac- tual temperature, so that it is not unusual to see the fashionable wom- en in their warm furs driving through the streets in which the children are playing in bare feet. At the opera and theaters the exhibition of .the latest Paris gowns and bril- lant jewels is astonishing.—Wash- ington Post. This is the first school for |, MACKENZIE 0UT ON “STIR 'EM UP” TRIP Bemidji Man Takes to Woods to Com- Pplete Reclamation Work and Ob- : tain Exhibits. = TELLS DULUTH REPORTER PLAN Lets Contracts for Clearing in Pine, Aitkin and Itasca and is Still at it. WILL BE HERE ON SUNDAY Then Leaves for Koochiching, Ex- pedition Being Land Demon- stration Tour. W. R. Mackenzie has broken loose again. He will be in Bemidji tomor- row, but will be at it again early Monday morning. The Duluth Evening Herald of Friday tells of it as follows: “W. R. Mackenzie, whose string of titles includes secretary of the Nor- thern Minnesota Development assoc- iation and immigration agent of the same body, is in Duluth today. Mr. Mackenzie is a member of the com- mittee appointed by the governor to prepare a Minnesota exhibit at the Northwestern land show and is also a member of the state reclamation board. What He is Doing. “His visit to Duluth is in connec- tion with his duties on the last two named bodies. He is taking part in the conference between the exhibit committee and Duluth people at the Commereial club and will talk over the reclamation work by A. J. Mec Guire of Grand Rapids, another mem- | (Ber-9f the board, “Mt_Mncknnzig.was.in Pine county and let the contract there for the clearing of a part of the land select- ed for the reclamation work in that county. Yesterday he was perform- ing a similar service in Aitkin coun- ty. Saturday he will be in Itasca county and next Monday will go to Koochiching county. Nearly All Contracts Let. “Nearly all of the contracts have now been let and the reclamation work is going along satisfactorily, according to Mr. Mackenzie. He sald today that by the time the next legislative session is held the recla- rwation board will be able to demon- strate that reclamation work as it is now being dome, experimentally, should be extended to a much larger scale for the acceleration of the de- velopment and settlement of the state. “Mr. Mackenzie says that the im- migration bureau of the. Northern Minnesota Development association will .soon be opened in St. Paul and that the work is getting under way. Interest in the development associa- tion has been greatly enhanced by the constructive work being done by the good roads committee. Convinced of Good. “‘The people in the western part of the state are satisfied that the as- sociation is seeking to really do some- thing to develop Northern Minne- sota,” Mr. Mackenzie said. ““They are delighted with the steps taken by the good roads committee and are ready to fall into line and further the work started by the committee.’ NOBODY WAS BEING KILLED Chambermaid Was Unduly Alarmed at Strange Sounds in Room. Taking parrots into the house is against the rules at the Manhattan but yesterday when a large Canadian family with a cage arrived from a ship and the head of it said they wanted a suite of rooms merely for the day, as they were leaving for home at night, Beau Brummel Hill, the room clerk, whé was smiling with the day, said he thought Polly might be accommodated just for one time. S = Polly’s cage was hung up in a side of the buildlng and the family | went out shopping. An hour or so | hear them.” Z EI)lSON iIAS day on the. first vacal in 22 years, chatted gaily with the reporters on his wuv} and his phil- osophy. “Have you anyuflu new up your sleeve?” he was asked“as he watched the long procession ufimlng on board. “No,” he replied.: “I-have just finished something new. My talk- ing pictures are compliete. Two hun- dred sets of them have been made, and they are wondet@l and they are perfect, You ought: %o see them and Mr. Edison has béen working for some time upon a devite to make the moving picture machines and ‘the phonograph take each/ other’s hands and furnish & ‘combihed entertain- ment. 4 Here are some Edisonian flashes fresh -from his colm’mtlonnl short circuit: “1 expect to live 160 years with my system of living. “Proper eating, sleeping clothing make up my$system. “I stay in bed six hours and its solid sleep and quite encugh. “I never intend to retire. Work mtide the earth a paradise for me and I don’t believe there is any para- dise up above. “My body. and I are still keeping at it for about eighteen hours a day and I seldom get tired. “I am better able to keep working now than I was at 25. z “This earth is a cinch if you take it right. “Agreeable work never hurts any- one. I'm no exception to the rule. “I'am not an individual; I am an aggregation of cells. and [ “I study music in my.ppare time. | [T I eat what 1 i]lh‘thnts not much; only half a hsdful of solids at a meal. “I was a business man for nearly half a century; now.I am merely having a good time.” To Settle Boundary Dispute. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 5.—Legisla- tive committees representing Wis- consin and Minnesota met at the state capitol here today to confer on a settlement of the long standing con- troversy concerning the interstate boundry lines in Lake Pepin and the Duluth-Superior Harbor. . PRODIGAL CAREER IS ENDED 0ld John Applegate, Whose Life Was Spectacular, Is In Jail, as Vag. After having squandered several fortunes, John Applegate, originator and builder of what is now known as Young’s million-dollar pier, in At- lantic City, is serving a sentence for vagrancy in the:Los Angeles county jail, California. The old man is now eighty-seven years old, and un- less some of his relatives or the triends he knew in the paimy days come to his assistance he will prob- ably end a somewhat spectacular career behind the prison -bars. The brief news dispatch &nnounc- ing that old Applegate has been sen- tenced to jail, destitute, has recalled the man to memory of many Phila- delphians. In the early nineties his prodigalities, both here and in New York city, caused a sensation. He was the first of the “tintype” pho- tographers, and while he ‘was in business he was said to-have made as much as $50,000 a year, his daily sittings at times passing the 800 mark and netting him nearly $1,000. He was algo one of the largest of the early advertisers, his signs and other odd devices being erected all over the city and along the greater por- tion of the river front.—Philadel- phia Record, The Indian’s Vision. More or less wonaerful accounts have from time to time been given of the powers of vision possessed by savage races. During a British an- thropological expedition ~ to Torres straits the visual faculty of the na- tives was carefully tested, and from these tests the - conclusion' was reached that the excellence of vision later the chambermaid on duty abont!shown by the savages has a psycho. those parts rushed to the telephone,loglcal origin; ,anans from _knowing w 1t to look murdered in a|for. k ““One] quires familiarity with" the environ- and called up the housekseper. “Somebody’s bein’ room up here!’ she cried. man’s groanin’ somethin’ fearfol and is ~ yellin’ ‘Help! Help!’ an’ I'm .Thus the: nower of an Indian to tell that 48 to say. when a - clvili ment he can-see as far as they can. afraid to open the door.” The cham-|the gex of ‘a deer at such a distance (bermaid was advised to go back and: unlock the door, and'by the time she [Bot there the noise had ceased. Look- ing in, she saw the parrot and nndm-— stood. —New York Su) that dfetinguishing features like MINNESOTA MONI)AY | Agent of Grand Forks Company Says First Work Is to Be Done on That Avenue. > END WORK BY OCTOBER 15 After Full Force is on, Block Week ‘Will Be Put Down, Declares Man In Charge. TO BE LAID IN THREE STRIPS Thus Avoiding Blockade of Street; Tar Joints to Make Cement Free L From. Cracks. Actual work in the laying of the begin Monday, at which time 25 men put to work. The tile for the storm and sanitary sewers has been un- loaded and distributed. J. P. Kennedy of Grand Forks, has arrived in Bemidji and will have di- rect charge of the paving as a repre- sentative of the Northern Paving & Construction company of Grand { Forks, which received the contract. In speaking of the work Mr. Kennedy said: Will Be Big Crew. “While a little of the preliminary work was done this week, the real work will start early Monday morn- ing, at which time a large-crew will have arrived from Grand Forks, and this force will be augmented by all the men we can get here. “All the material necessary has | been ordered and for the most part shippe d we look for its arrival on every train. g ““The -crew ' will gr&dunlly “be” in-| creased and before the pavement is entirely laid it will in all probabil- ity reach 100 employes. The work will be rushed with all practical speed.” Smart to Furnish Gravel. Tom Smart, the Bemidji drayman, will furnish the gravel for the pav- ing, he having received the contract. It is likely that only one cement mixer will be put to work, during the first few weeks, but another will be added just as soon as the laying of the storm and sanitary sewers has progressed sufficiently. Paving Begins on Minnesota. The paving will begin at First street and Minnesota avenue, run- ning up Minnesota avenue to Sec- ond street, over Second street to Bel- trami avenue, from there down Bel- trami to First street, if the contract- ors decide that the street between First and Second strets on Beltrami which is only a year old has_settled enough to warrant the laying of the pavement on it. City Engineer W. M. Evertte has examined the condition of the block, as has Mr. Kennedy and both have come to the conclusion that it is in good shape. " To Be Laid in Three Strips. As the Bemidji streets are 52 feet wide, the pavement will be laid in three strips, the side strips to be 18 feet wide and the middle one 16, while every 25 feet a tar joint will be placed. This is taken as a precau- tion against cracks'and breaks; and tat the same time keeps the street from being entirely blocked. According to Mr. Kennedy the con- struction company -expects that the eleven blocks of paving will have been conjpleted by the middle of October, and that when the full crew is put to work at least a block a week will be paved. GRASSHOPPERS SWEEP FIELDS Great Damage Done in Wisconsin By Swarm of Insects. Madison, Wis., Aug. 5.—Great damage is being done to fields in Wisconsin by grasghoppers, some sec- tions having been “plague swept” by swarms of insects. Burnett county has been especial- ly hard hit, and some counties in the more central portions of the state have not escaped. In some places the grain harvest has been pushed forward a week to/ prevent great losses from the ravages of these crop despoilers. ‘American League teams with the ex- ception of New. York. The first of 11 blocks of pavement will] and not less than six teams will be. BICYCLE MASS MEETIN Riders to Assemble at City Hall To- night to Formulate Demands to Council. 5 WANT USE OF CERTAIN WA]IKS Aroused by the suspicion that at next Monday_evening’s council meet- ing an ordinance will be introduced forbidding bicycles to be used on the sidewalks of the city at any time during the day, bicycle owners and riders, complying with a suggestion rhade by the Daily Pioneer, will hold a mass meeting in the council cham- bers this evening at 8 o’clock for the purpose of framing a resolution of some sort to be presented to the coun- cil Monday. While only two riders of bicycles have so far been fined for breaking the ordinance which forbids the rid- ing of bicycles on sidewalks, which ordinancehas been amended by the council to permit mill employes to ride between the working hours on back streets, there are four others under ‘arrest, pending action of the council. It is probable that the resolution to be adopted by the mass meeting this evening, will be for an ordin- ance providing that all bicycle rid- ers shall be required to purchase a license, a tag with a number, from the city clerk; that they will at all times be required to run at moderate speed; that they will at all times be under the supervision of the police; and t hat certain down town streets be excepted from those on which they may ride, buwt will provide how- ever that they may ride upon such other street sidewalks as they wish. Nearly every bicycle owner in the city has announced his intention of being present at the meeting this evening, which has been called by mill employes. NEW BOARD TO MEET School Officers to Be Named Tonight, Roe and Wedge Voting for First Time. NAME MAN TO COUNT PUPILS For thé first.time since the July school election the new board of edu- cation will meet at 8 o’clock this evening in the superintendent’s office in the high school building. The most important work of the meeting will be the election to suc- ceed Dr. E. H. Smith as president, J. P. Lahr as clerk and Dr. E. H. Marcum as treasurer. There are two new members on the board, K. K. Roe and A. G. Wedge, Jr., successors to A. A. Warfield and S. J. Harvey who did not seek re- election to the board. The new board will be comprised of J. P. Lahr, Dr. E. H. Marcum, Dr. E. H. Smith, K. K. Roe and Edward Jackson. Aside from the election of the board’s officers, the dates of the reg- ular monthly meeting for the on coming year wil] be chosen. The clerk has received several ap- plications for the appointment as census taker for the school children of Bemidji, which is to be completed this month. Whilé it is not definite- ly known as to whether the appoint- ment will be made tonight, it is probable that it will be. % INDIAN CHIEF STRICKEN DUMB Chippewa Who Named Leech Lake in Bad Shape at Walker. Chief Wah-bum-un-nee of the Chippewa tribe of Ottertail Indians, now living at Walker, and the one Indian who has the distinction of giving Leech Lake its name, has been rendered deaf and dumb by a stroke of paralysis. He is one of the oldest braves on the Leech lake reser- vation. Long before the government surveyors invaded Northern Minne- sota, Leech lake had its name. Years ago while standing on the shore of the lake at Ottertail point, the chief saw a huge leech in the water. Calling to his tribesmen he pointed ‘ont the leech and said in Chippewa: “Big leech in the lake.” The Indians called it by this name long before it was interpreted into English language and put on the map as Leech lake. Even among his own tribesmen Chfef Wlh -bum-un-nee is pointed out as the Indian who gave| sl RS e | Leech lake its name. Detroit seems fo have it on all the | - and the moment his eyes rested on ‘| the advertisement- he realized that-a- - - SUDDEN FORTUNE FOR ABERCROMBIE Bemidji Man Learns of Death of’ Millionaire Aunt Through Small Newspaper Ad. CERTAIN HE IS PERSON WANTED Relative in Canada Was Sister of His Father and Married Man of Vast : Estate, ANSWERS PRINTED REQUEST Now Wants Official Confirmation, But Says He Will Not Be Dis- appointed. One day a proprietor of a confec- tionery store and the mnext direct = heir to riches involving the distribu- tion of more than $1,000,000" is the < good fortune which appears to be in store for John Abercrombie of this city. News of his sudden wealth came to Mr. Abercrombie by accident, a friend stumbling upon the following want ad in a St. Paul newspaper. This Ad Did it. LOST RELATIVE—John Ab- ercrombie, who was living at Cass Lake, Minn, in 1898, is entitled to a share of the estate of the late Sarah A. Parker, his aunt, and he or anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked to com- municate immediately with the undersigned. Geo. J. Alexander, Richmond, Que., Can. Mr. Abercrombie moved from Cass Lake to Bemidji several years ago fortune had strangely been thrust upon him. She Was His Aunt. “The woman referred to,” said Mr. Abercrombie today, “certainly is my aunt—she is a sister to my father.” Mr. Abercrombie at once wrote Mr. Alexander in Canada. He ‘does not question the authenticity of the advertisement. There was nine children in the Abercrombie family, of which this aunt was one, John being the second N oldest of a family of five. There were three girls and two boys. Married Wealthy Man. Twenty years ago she married an 5 aged man by the name of Parker 7 This man was reputed to be worth £ more than $1,000,000. He died a few = years ago, leaving all his wealth to Mr. Abercrombie’s aunt. This wealth was added to by the acquisi- tion of several thousand acres of = Canadian land. Mr. Abercrombie does not know how many of his wife’s brothers and sisters are living, so that he is at a loss to hazard a guess as to how much he may be entitled to, but ad- mits that it “looks good.” Auditor George Sees Ad. The advertisement containing the &3 glad tidings was first discovered by James George who called Mr. Aber- crombie up. It appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on August 4. Despite the fact that he appears to have suddenly come into a fortune of unknown value, Mr. Abercrombie refuses to become unduly excited and assumes the attitude that it “may mean much, or it may mean little and I will not be dlsappolnted in any - event.” Mr. Abercrombie is proprietor of a confectionery and curio shop on Bel- trami avenue in this city. CIRCUS FOR BEMIDJI FRIDAY Bobby Fountain Shows to Give Two Performances Here. Bemidji is to have a circus, besides o having a carnival next week.. On next Friday ' morning the ' Bobby Fountain shows will unload its circus for a one day stand, giving two per- formances, one at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and another at 8 o’clock. in the evening. "And besides, don’t forget that parade at 1 o’clock in the afternoon which will pass down the principal streets of Bemidji. Archbishop Blenk 55 Years Old. New Orleans, La., Aug. 6.—The Most ‘Rev. James E. Blenk, head of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of.. New Orleans, wlll be 55 yenrs old to-