Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 6, 1911, Page 1

Marshall Member . were combined in a way to make it THE ’ VOLUME 9. NUMBER 162. SOUTHERN SENATORS OFFER TO AID NORTH Men Who Voted Against Congdon Bill Tell Pioneer They’ll Vote For New Measure. LENDE PLEDGES SUPPORT Who Talked Agains Previous Bill, Says He Stands for Square Deal. BROWN QUIET ON MOVE Warren Development Association Committeeman Prefers Not to Go on Record. When the Congdon bill, the only reapportionment measure considered by the senate, was up last winter 36 senators voted against it. As at present made up, 32 votes are necessary to pass a bill in the senate. It has been said that the present legislature if reconvened in extra session would do the same thing it did last winter—Xkill reapportion- ment. Southern Senators With Us. The Pioneer today is in a position to say that such is not true for it has in its possession written com- munications from southern senators who voted against the Congdon bill pledging themselves to vote for a re- apportionment measure fair to the North. Perhaps as remarkable a communi- cation as has been received by this newspaper since it suggested the cal- ling of an extra session this winter, is the following from A. O. Lende, who made a long and eloquent plea against the passige of the Congdon bill, whose district is the extreme southwestern part of the state and who has been pointed to as an op- ponent to reapportionment: Lende Pessimistic But Friendly. “Editor Pioneer: How can you ex- pect a fair reapportionment at the hands of this legislature which was so generous last winter as to confer upon the whole Northwestern part of the state an additional represen- tation of one-half of one senator? Be- ing treated that way in the regular session you still ask for an extra ses- sion to reconsider, at the hands of these same men, another bill to deal Jjustly by you. If you think that you can get justice from these same men who dealt with you so unjustly in the regular session then you have more faith in mankind than I have. T am frank to say that I shall gladly vote for a reapportionment bill which in my judgment gives you a square deal. 4 “Very truly yours, “0. A. Lende.” Another One Joins In. Branding the Congdon bill a politi- cal move, Peter VanHoven, senator from a St. Paul district, goes flatly on record as being in favor of a meas- ure extending proper representation to the North. Senator VanHoven voted against the Congdon bill. He| says: “Editor, Bemidji Daily Pioneer, Be- midji, Minn. “Would say that I will favor an equitable and non-partisan reappor- tionment at any time. The reason I voted against the bill at the last session was that it was a political reapportionment pure and simple and nothing else. In my| own county theé work was very coarse, the representative districts almost impossible for a good honest democrat to be elected and while the senatorial districts were not quite so bad, still the reapportionment was very unfair, to the democrats. While 1 am a democrat I believe in fairness and no politics should enter into the new reapportionment and I believe that both parties should have a fair representation on the reapportion- ment committee. “Yours very truly, “Peter VanHoven.” Brown Refuses to Talk. Senator J. J. Ahman of Richmond and other southern senators not only say they will vote for a “square deal” reapportionment bill but urge its passage as a proper proceeding and desirable act in all parts of the state. William J. Brown of Warren, a member of the executive committee of the Northern Minnesota Develop: ment association, dodges on publicly efforts should be made for a prompt reapportionment. Mr. Brown says: “I have been out of the State prac- tically all the time for the last two months and have just returned, and have not had time to give the matter you mentioned a great deal of thought. As an official of the North- ern Development Association, I would not’care to be quoted at this time for the reason that this matter is one that is proper to be considered by the executive committee of the asso- ciation. Respectfully yours, Wm. J. Brown.” Dr. Stone Says Yes. “If a just reapportionment is pos- sible this winter, let us have it by all means,” declares Dr. W. T. Stone of Park Rapids, a member of the lower house. The Pioneer hopes to be able to print his complete views in the near future. WIN BANNER, $28; WRITE POEM Summit School Pupils Gain Posses- sion of County Fair Trophy. The Pioneer has received the fol- lowing communication: “Bemidji Pioneer: Enclosed you will find a poem written by Henry Olson, 11, and Archie Beckwith, 13, in honor of the winning of the school banner presented by the Beltrami County Fair association for the best school exhibit. This is the .second year in succession that the Summit school has won the banner and it now becomes its property. The poem fol- lows: We have wen the banner, We have won the banner, For the Summit School! ‘We won it once, ‘We won it twice, For the honor of the school. It is blue and it is gray, And here in the school it will stay. It is trimmed with silver braid, And on the wall it is arrayed. ‘We worked hard for many a day, And in that slow but willing way. We won our banner. And when it came you should have heard The shouts from all the boys and girls. “Besides winning the banner the school won $28.85 in prizes. Prizes were given on sewing, painting, maps, vegetable exhibits, and other school work. Following is a list of the prizes: Minnie Beckwith, $2; Archie Beckwith, $1.25; Robert Beckwith, $.80; Louise Gilstad, $2.60; John Gilstad, $.95; Henry Ol- son, $1; Asidin Olson, $.50; Clara Ol- son, $5.20; Hilda Olson $5.10; Hew- ellyn Parker, $1.25; Arthemise Park- er, $3.60; Agnes Parker, $.75; Eva Parker, $.75, Tobias Thompson, §.35; School District No. 58, $1.35.” Ethel Knox is teacher of the Sum- mit school. BEMIDJI LOSES TO CROOKSTON In Game Called By Darkness, Cham- pionship Laurels Fade. For the first time in the last two years the Bemidji High School foot- ball team was defeated by a high school foe when at Crookston on Sat- urday afternoon. Crookston won by a score of 11 to 0. After the game a reception was given the Bemidji boys in the Crookston high school. The team returned to Bemidji at 1:30 Sunday morning. Owing to the fact that a preliminary game was played between the Crookston team and Red Lake Falls High School, the Crook- ston-Bemidji game did not start un- til nearly 4:30 and after three-quar- ters had been played it became so dark that it was necessary to call the game. Crookston was strong on forward passes, and used these plays to advantage, one touchdown during the first half, and another, and a goal kick in the third quarter com- pleted the scoring. Bemidji was ser- iously handicapped by the loss of two of their strongest men, who were unable to keep up in their studies. By the loss of this game, Bemidji also loses the championship of Northern Minnesota, which they have held for the past two years. A circus came across a town in New Jersey lately where the mayor and city officials refused passes with scorn. The circus proprietors did not recover their presence of mind in time enough to invite such unparal- leled official rectitude to join the cur- ios exhibits of the show. . Not since the days of the gold rushes has there been such a general strain on the labor market in Austra- lia as exists at the present time. In two states—New South Wales and ‘Western Australia—Royal Commis- sions are investigating the subject of labor scarcity,.and from each of the; other states employers organizations lare loudly bewailifig their inability procurey sufficient” hands to cope ‘with the large amount of work that is expressing” an opinion as to whether | waiting to be done. © Qutside News Condensed, & POOOOODOOOOOOO @ The weather: Tuesday cooler; with rain turning to snow. Mrs. Vermilya was today arrested in Chicago charged with the murder of Policeman Bissonette, with poison. The Mississippi and Gulf Coast Ex- position opened at Gulfport, Miss., today. The fair will continue until Saturday. e At Grantsburg, Wis., Sunday, El- mer Monson 14 years old, broke through the thin ice of a creek on which he was skating, and drowned. The socalled Italian barbarities in Tripoli have been brought to the at- tention of the United States and is now being considered at Washington. After three days’ rest President i Taft left last night from Hot Springs, Va., accompanied by Mrs. Taft, Miss Helen for Cincinnati, where the presi- dent will vote at tomorrow’s election. President Fallieres of France quietly celebrated his 70th birthday anniversary at Paris today. Con- gratulatory messages were received at the Elysee from many parts of the world. The case of Rev. James Freeman, who is alleged to have cut his wife’s throat with a pocket knife and then concealed her body in the cellar of her home, was called for trial today at Murphysbboro, Ill. The alleged man said his wife was receiving at- tentions from a physician of Carbon- dale, 111, At Lafayette, Ind., preparations have been completed for tomorrow’s celebration of the centennial of the battle of Tippecanoce, in which the little frontier army under William Henry Harrison defeated the Indians under Chief Tecumseh. The celebra- tion will be held on the battlefield and will consist of a reproduction of the battle, together with addresses by Governor Marshall and others. Nelson W. Aldrich, who was one of the Republican leaders in the United States senate for 30 yeahs, reached his 70th birthday anniver- sary today. Since his retirement from the senate last March Mr. Al- drich has devoted much of his atten- tion to the work of the National Monetary Commission, of which he is chairman. His home is at Provi- dence, R. T. Official Washington is displaying more than an ordinary amount of in- terest in tomorrow’s elections for an off-year. The returns from Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island are anxi- ously anticipated, for national issues have figured most conspicuously in the contests in those two states, and as a consequence the results will be regarded as some indication of the drift of popular opinion concerning the parties. The session of the United States Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, which convened at Jack- son today, promises to be made not- able by the trial of a number of those alleged to have shot-up the train of strike-breakers and committed other acts of violence in conmection with the strike of the railroad employes at McComb City. The men are charged with contempt of court in violating the terms of the Federal in- Jjunction. Many curious persons visited Part V. of the Court of Special Sessions at New York today in the expectation of ‘hearing some interesting testi- mony when the case of Harry Ulrich, accused of assault on Booker T. Washington, the negro educator, was called for trial. The alleged assault occurred on the night of March 19 last, in front of Ulrich’s house in West Sixty-third street. At the time of his arrest, Ulrich said that he had mistaken Dr. Washington for a burg- lar, and also that the negro had an- noyed his wife. “Daisy Cornucopia Pauline” is the name of the cow that has established a new world’s record by producing 34 3-4 pounds of butter in seven days. The cow with the crumpled horn of plenty as it were. At a dance given in New York the host wore a live snake wound around him. Opinion as to the inadvisabil- ity of this sort of decoration was on sober thought. Sixty-seven vessels arrive in Chi- cago daily during the navigation sea- son. This does not include the gaso- line launch that comes in at the end of a towline after having gone dead four miles out. invented a new grammar. nestly hope it contains simple direc- tions whereby people who think they the habit of saying “those kind.” A Kansas City girl wants $15,000 {damages for being mussed up by a young man who insisted on kissing. her. She deserves the money. A young man who can’t kiss a gitl without causing her hair to come {|down-ought to be severely punished. 000000000600 066006| crime was committed last June. Free-| probably freely given by the guests] A New Orleans school teacher hasjPrice. We ear-|Struck the trail made by a dinosaur are educated may cure themselves cf| * (Copyright, 1911) TO CONTINUE CREAMERY At Meeeting Saturday, Feeling Pre- vails That Institution Must Not Close This Winter, TO SUPPLY DEMAND FORBUTTER il | 3 1 { Although creameries in other towns are closing for the winter and although the B miy_i' _creamery has been in operation. oniy since July, the farmers behind the enterprise as the result of a meeting here Satur- day, will keep the creamery here running throughout the winter. Because of the falling off in the amount of cream offered to the local institution, it was feared that possi- bly the institution should have to close down during the cold months, and as a result-a call was issued for a gathering to be held at the City Hall on Saturday. “We Need It,” Says President. Several representative farmers were present and it was the unanim- ous decision that the creamery should be kept open. A. O. Rako, president of the creamery associa- tion, presided. He said: “If the creamery closes now it will lose its present patrons. All the work which has been done up to this time will have been useless. The creamery will do much toward keep- ing the country alive. We need it.” Manager F. M. Pendergast told of the efforts to get the cream in and he, too, believed the thing to do was to arouse new interest and keep the plant going. To Sell Butter to All 1t was decided that Buttermaker Jones be continued in his present position and the feeling predomi- nated that with the indoor feeding of the cows the supply of cream would again be increased and that by the first of the year that they will be the largest yet. A special effort from now is to be made to supply the demand for creamery butter. Up until now the demand has more than exceeded the supply. An active campaign to interest all farmers in the creamery and to show them how the institution will prove a lasting benefit- to them ' will be waged. The meeting adjourned with all present much encouraged. Fighting duels by proxy is’the lat- est pastime in Paris. Possibly the game was invented by a man with a sense of humor who feared that personal participation in a duel might cause him to laugh. himself to| death. Two dinosaur. footprints won the finder’s way through college, and he has sold another pair for a fancy If it turns out that he has after a hard night there will be a new millionaire in Colorado, ‘A1l British trade unions concerned in the recent great national and sym- pathetic strikes haye added to their memberahm as a result. example, lng the six weeks ended September -9, the Lo don Carmen’s Trade Unrq csmhllshed g ‘record. In that period they enrolled’ m'ooo new To give one| BOOST SOLDIER MONUMENT FUND Supper and Campfire at Grand Army Hall Well Attended. Many persons attended the supi)er given by the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic and the camp- fire following under the auspices of Robert Carr post at the Grand Army hall Saturday evening. The proceeds go into the fund being raised to pur- wood cemetery here. Mrs. H. W. Bailey was at the head of the supper committee and George Smith of the Grand - Army on general arrange- jments. Short talks were made by L. { G. “Pendergast, Rev. Martin, Super- intendent W. B. Stewart, Professor Otto Berg and Mrs. H. W. Bailey. Music, vocal and instrumental, was furnished by Misses Wunsch, Wheel- er, Ripple and Mrs. F. S. Bursley. Mr. Pendergast in his address con- vinced all present that the United States could defeat all the other countries on earth combined in mod- ern warfare. WANT T0 WORK FOR UNCLE SAM¢ Examination for Applicans to Be Held tn Bemidji on February 3. Postmaster Anton Erickson an- nounces that on February 3 next an examination will be held in Bemidji, under authority of the Civil Service Commission, “to fill vacancies in first grade and clerical positions in the custom house service, in the positions of deputy collector,” or other similar positions, the subjects and credits be- ing: spelling (20 words of more than average difficulty), 10; arith- metic, 25; penmanship, 15; report writing, 25; copying and correcting manuscript, 15; geography and civil government, 10. A rate of 70 must be maintained in arithmetic. Five hours is allowed for the examination. Insanity, tuberculosis, paralysis, epi- lepsy, blindness, cripples or physi- cally deformed, organic heart dis- ease, locomotor ataxia, cancer, Bright’s disease and diabetes bar ap- plicants from taking-the examina- tion. All contestants must be more than 18 years old. Examinations will be. held on the same day at Austin, Brainerd, Crookston, Duluth, Fergus Falls, Hibbing, Mankato, Minneapo- lis, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Willmar and Winona. RUSSELL IN IRON DISCOVERY Said to Be Interested With Other Be- midji Men in Finds at Northome. That there is a rich deposit of iron ore at Northome and that Attorney P. J. Russell and Colonel Pendergast of this city are directly interested is shown by the following item: sent out under a Northome date line: “Considerable excitement is being created around Northome by the vis- its to that section of the county by prominent mining men from the dif- ferent ranges. Among these have been two experts from Duluth and others from Viriginia who spent con- siderable time looking up the prop- erties of the Northern Minnesota Iron company. Attorney P. J. Russell and Colonel Pendergast who have consid- erable holdings near the company’s property spent a few days prospect- ing their acres and the Koochi¢hing- Vermillion company also of North- ome have contracted for cona.(deruble ‘diamond ‘drill work on their proper- ties east of Northome. e chase a soldiers monument in Green-| HARRIS' BROTHER DROWNS Bemidji Man Off for Porttand, Moth- er Being Seriowsly Affected By Son’s Disappearance. BROKEN RAFT TELLS OF DEATH That Charles Harris, brother of J. 0. Harrls, regiamr of deeds of Beltra- mi* dounty,-“perished mysteriously with ~his companion, Henry McCor- mac, on the Clearwater river in Brit- ish Columbia, far from any human habitation, is the conclusion of those who have searched in vain for the men who have been missing since September 20. A telegram received by Mr. Har- ris here this morning from his broth- er-in-law, P. Stennick of Portland, Oregon, reads: Sure He Wag Drowned. “Searching . party has returned from along thé Clearwater and found where the boys built a raft and seven miles below found pieces of the raft scattered along the shore, but no trace of bodies or their packs. Am satisfied that both were drowned. Am worried for ‘your mother for she may not survice the shock.” In response to this telegram Mr. Harris leaves Bemidji tonight for Portland to lend what comfort he can to his mother and sister who live in that ecity. - From there he will con- tinue on into British Columbia in a renewed effort to find .more positive trace of his lost brother, whom, he belfeves, must have drowned. Strangely Disappears. At the time of his disappearance, Charles Harris was out on a cruising trip through British Columbia. With McCormac he left Kamloops on the Canadian Pacific and with six pack horses and two Indians started north along the Clearwater. After a month’s work they were forced to set out af- ter supplies, 35 or 40 miles down the river. From the time the two men start- ed on this trip nothing was heard of them. They did not reach the fort they had hoped to get their supplies. Cruisers with whom they were working became suspicious and noti- fied the missing man’s relatives in Portland and a searching party at once was organized with the result as shown by the telegram printed above. STATE TO SELL CLEARED FARMS. Tracts Prepared by Reclamation Board Ready Next Spring. At the first state land sales next spring, the ten acre tracts cleared under direction of the newly created reclamation board, will be offered for sale, 'according to an announcement just made by W. R. Mackenzie in Minneapolis. Mr. Mackenzie member of the board. One of the farms to be offered is one located near Blackduck and others will be those at Pine River in Cass county, Little- fork in Koochiching and Warroad in Roseau. There are ‘six other tracts and these will be placed on sale dur- ing the summer of 1912. The four first tracts will be sold in time for purchasers to put in‘erops nn-lns- is -a] SNOW AND WIND T0 MARK COMING WEEK Warning Bulletin From Washington Says Serious Disturbance is on Way From the West. TO BE FOLLOWED BY COLD SNAP Forecast Says that Present Rain Will Be Followed By Quick Change to Winter Weather. GALES AND RAINS IN EUROPE Loss of Lives and Property Reported Sunday From Western Europe and British Isles. Pronounced weather changes throughout the United States are pre- diceted by the weather bureau in its forecast for the week, issued last night in Washington, which also an- nounced that western Europe is in the grip of a severe storm. Sever in Europe. “The severest storm of recent years over western Europe and the British Isles,” says the bulletin, “was central Sunday morning over north- ern Scotland, where the barometric pressure was 28.14 inches causing gales and rains over western portions of Scotland and resulted in consider- able loss of lives and shipping in the adjacent waters. This storm will move eastward over northern Europe the first part of the coming week. Many Changes Due. “In the United States the coming week will be one of the pronoumced weather changes. The disturbamces that now hover over the Rocky moun- tains-and-British -Columbia will ad- vance slowly eastward and will be preceded by unsettled weather, local rains and mild temperature the first half of the week in the middle west and the southern and eastern states; rains are also probable Monday and Tuesday in the north Pacific states. Will Become Colder. “Following this disturbance, the pressure will rise rapidly and decid- edly colder weather will overspread the northwestern states Tuesday and Wednesday and advance eastward ov- er the middle west Wednesday and Thursday and the eastern states the latter part of the week. It is prob- able this cold change will be attended by snows in the northern states.” FINED FOR KEEPING RESORT Dickenson to Pay $58 and Wife Must Improve Reputation of House. Charged with having conducted an immoral resort at 302 Second street, known as the old Martin Rosen stand, Arthur Dickenson and wife Leola were found guilty before Judge Si- mons this afternoon on the technical accusation of conducting a disorder- 1y house. Dickenson was fined $50 tand costs, making a total of $58.50, but sentence of his wife was suspend- ed for 60 days during which time, she was given to undestand, the repu- tation of the place must be improved. Clara O’Brien and four Finlanders gave evidence which convicted the Dickensons, whose place has been under suspicion by the police for some time. The Finlanders told of the loose manner in which the place was conducted, explaining that Mrs. Dickenson and young women went from: room to room making overtures to the male roomers. They swore that efforts were made to get them to pay over $5 each. Dickenson was given until Friday to pay his fine. Quartet of Drunks in €ourt. “No one Knows How Dry I Am,” might have been sung by a quartet in police court this morning for four prisoners who hade been gathered in to sober up were arraigned before Judge Simons. John Granvi of Du- luth and Martin Johnson were given until 6 p. m. to scoot. Henry Otto and John Klemmet each paid a fine of $5. James Coyne Released. John Coyne, arrested several days and held on a charge of having re- sisted an officer, was today released from the city jail. A Pennsylvania judge has declded that it js.no part of a woman’s house- hold Work to milk cows. But where - The work of clearing has|was his consistency when he also de- been carrled on under tlie provisions | cided that she might collect the eggs of a law passed last winter. _ |and feed the chickens? v s