Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 28, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 181. COUNCIL CLASHES OVER NEW SALOON Request for Liquor Transfer to Build- ing Recently Placed in Wet Zone Causes Plain Words. MOBERG CHARGES “FLIMFLAM” Bailey Objects to Insinuations and Council Finally Acts in Favor, Two Voting Negatively. FREE SKATfNG RINK ASSURED Plea Made by Nathan Given to Clear _Ice and Establish Lights Meets With Success. Although the thermometers regis- tered zero outside, things were at g council minutes last the. boiling point in the chamber for several night at the regular meeting of that body, as a result of renewed discus- sions of the liquor problem in Be; midji. It was an echo of the fight in} which the Duluth Brewing company succeeded in having its building, across from the City Hall, on Min- nesota avenue, included in the saloon zone. Transfer Request Starts It. As the number of saloons favored by the council at this time, the only way in which the empty building on Minnesota avenue can be established as a saloon is by the transfer of the license, and it was such a request made by Matt Thome who desired to take over the license of George Mc- Taggart, which started the discus- sior involving plain words and bit- ter thrusts. - Attorney Fisk was present and im-{ proved the opportunity to give the aldermen some free advice. Doubts the Procedure. Attorney Fisk told the council that in his opinion such a proceeding would be irregular and illegal, and quoted law to substantiate his con- tentions. To this City Attorney Russell re- marked sarcastically: “Thank you.” Moberg Speaks Up. Alderman Moberg, who opposed placing the involved building in the saloon zone, arose and with a show of some heat, declared that there had been “entirely too much flimflam- ming, false statements” and other undesirable things in connection with the affair. He mad it plain that he would oppose the requested transfer and that he did not think that the building should be used for saloon purposes. Bailey Makes Reply. Alderman Bailey replied to Mr. Moberg, and said that he did not think there had been any “imflam- ming” and that it was going too far to insinuate that any one had been telling an untruth, and that every alderman had a right to his own con- clusions and his own way of voting. Alderman Moberg refused to re- tract and said he did not care who he hit, he had expressed his convic- tions and was going to stand behind them. Transfer is Granted. ‘When the motion was put wheth- er the transfer be granted, which means the establishment of the Min- nesota avenue saloon, it prevailed by vote of 5 to 2, Alderman Roe and Moberg opposing the transfer, and Aldermen Brown, Smart, Bailey Crippen, and Bisiar favoring it, while Alderman-at-large L. F. John- son, did not vote. Alderman Klein was not present. City to Have Skating Rink. Nathan E. Given appeared before the council and requested that the .city elear a tract of ice and install electric lights, and to maintain throughout the winter such a-place :as the city skating rink to be free to all persons. There ywas some ob- Jection to this on the part of Al- «derman Tom Smart who questioned the propriety of spending the city’s money but when put to a vote the proposition carried. As a result a space of about 40 hundred square feet between the dock and the boat house will at once be cleared for the use of the skaters. a 3 Wants Pay for Feeding Woman, J. C. Smith, residing on Thirteenth street, also appeared before the coun- cil and made a request that he be reimbursed for having taken into his whom he said was without means or friends, and who would have suf- fered had he not taken care of her. The councilmen- could not quite see how the city could be responsible for some it had not ordered dome, and the attitude was that if Mr. Smith cared for the blind woman he did so on his own responsibility. However, the matter was referred to the poor committee, which will an investiga- tion and report its findings to the council at its next meeting. “CALLING” TEACHER COSTS $400 Otter Tail Parent Who Says School- ma’m is Thief of Time is Sued, Fergus Falls,, Minn.,, Nov. 28.— School patrons in Otter Tail county will be careful about “calling down’" the teacher from this time forth. Miss Serene Langsjoen, who is teach- ing in district No. 20, in Tordensk- jold township, had occasion to send three boys home for disobedience a short time ago. One of them was a son of Ole Gunderson, of that local- ity. Mr. Gunderson took sides with the boy, and returning to the school with him, proceeded to tell the teacher what he thought of her. He accused her, among other things, of being a thief, saying that she had been steal- ing the district’s time by dismissing school early on Friday afternoons. His remarks were made before the students in the school, and were ad- dressed in part to them. Miss Langs- Jjoen immediately sued him for $2,000 damages, and a jury in the district court -yesterday awarded her $400. Nature's Monument to Washington. Among the many monumenss to Washington is the one which every visitor to the Cape Verde islands will remember as one of the most colossal and marvelous freaks of natural sculp- ture in existence. Along the farther side of the harbor of San Vicente, the principal town, rises a bold_ridge' of dark gray voleanic rocks, the crest of which forms an exact liken of our immortal George. seemingly Iying face upward, as if in a peaceful sleep. The hero’s large, bold features. the hack- ward wave of the hair. his massive shoulders and even the frill of the shirt front are all reproduced on a gigantic| scale with wonderful exactness. “fhe strange monument, sharply q\!tlln'ea‘ apalnst the deep blue of the Sropiest sky, is one of the first objects that meet one's eye in approaching the is- land. Its gigantie proportions, with the boundless ocean for a background, form a portrait wonderfully true to na- ture and overpowering in its magnifi- cence. Force of Lightning. It is hardly possible to use instru- ments for the purpose of figuring the forces of lightning, yet there are many other ways of calculating familiar to every mathematician. The amount of light given by a single lightning flash is enough to illuininate an area of two square miles. The bolt itself woild be visible several miles further off, but the remotest part of the re- glon mentioned would have as much light as would be given by a candle— quite enough to read by. To produce such a light it would be necessary to expend 13,000 horsepower for a sec- ond. These figures appear very large, but the time is short. The flash might be for only one-thousandth of a sec- ond, but the impression on the eye would continue for a tenth of a sec- ond anyway. Figured down to an exact hour this amount of force would mean only about four horsepower.— Electric News Bulletin. - The Moral of the Story. - Professor John Spencer Bassett, au- thor of “A Life of Andrew Jackson,” in one of his lectures at Smith college, repeated a well known story in regard to Stephen A. Douglas, closing with a moral which aroused peculiar interest. Douglas, as the narrative runs, was once sitting in a profound sleep in the corridor of the capitol when Adeline Cutts, a Washington belle, passed by. She did not know the sleeper, but was struck with compassion on seeing such a splendidly intellectual face under such conditions, and stooping down lald her handkerchief over it to pro- tect it from the flies. Douglas on awakening found the handkerchief, sought the owner and eventually mar- rled her. There was a pause, and then the professor added: “Young la- dies, the moral of this story is, have your pocket handkerchief marked.” A Lion’s Vanity. The intricacies of a great man’s character are often simplicities to his wife. Once, when .the present poet laureate had paid a visit to Tenny- son, his immediate predecessor, Tenny- son walked with him as far as the: gate which led to the highway. There, says Mr. Alfred Austin in his recent autobiography, ‘while ‘the elder poet-| stood leaning on the gate, a party of wide eyed sightseers appeared. “What a vulgar people the English are!” Tennyson exclaimed. ‘“They come here to watch for me, and when they see me they say. quite loudly. “There’s Tennyson!” ™ Mr. Austin afterward repeated this to Lady Tennyson, who smiled tender- 1y, but archly. ‘The weather: ‘Wednesday with high north wind. : China, and captured the entire tow: Samuel Rothchild, a member of ) Paris bankingfirm of that name, died there today. He was 83 years old, Ralph K. Mulford, driver of a Lo- cup race at Savannah yesterday. He went the 202 miles at an average speed of 74.63 miles per hour. wasg ‘held to-the grand jury by the coroner’s jury, ‘which today investi- Bissonnette. She. is under arrest, charged with having poisoned him. Earl Gray, who from the Governor Generalship of Canada, received congratulations in anniversary. - Many of ‘Lord Grey’s friends in Canada sent messages of greeting. The annual convention of the Ten- nessee River Improvement associa- tion, which is seeking a congression- al appropriation to aid in the im- provement of the Tennessee river so as to make it navigable the year round, met in Chattanooga today. Arrangements have been conclud- ed for the formal presentation to- morrow of the jubilee edition ' of Schiller’s works sent by the German Emperor to the German Literary club of Cincinnati. The emperor’s gift was made in recognition of the services of the club in promoting German culture. Only a small party of relatives and intimate friends will witness the wedding in Washington tomorrow of Miss Louise Foraker, daughter of the former Ohio senator and Mrs. Joseph B. Foraker, and Victor M. Cushman of New York. The wedding will take place at noon at the Foraker resi- dence in Sixteenth. street, the Rev. Roland Cotton Smith of St. John’s church officiating. A dozen Chicago policemen at- tached to the Desplaines street sta- tion were brought up for trial before the Clvil Service Commission. today Un’eharges sidneficiency-and negleoty of duty. The charges against the of- ficers result from the fight that is be- ing waged by reform and civic or- ganizations to clean up the West Side vice district, which is alleged to be under police protection. There appears to be little prospect of immediate relief for the housewife who complains nowadays that she has to pay twice as much for her brooms as she did a few years ago. According to the mambers of the National Broom Manufacturers’- as- sociation, who began their annual convention at the Palmer House in Chicago today, the steady:advance in the price of broom corn renders it impossible to lower the price of brooms. Bemidji Engineers Meet Tonight. There will be a special meeting of N. A. S. E. in the dining room of the I 0. O. F. hall on Tuesday night, Nov. 28, at 8 o’clock p. m. A1l mem- bers are requested to be present as business of importance will be trans- acted. J. M. Newman, president. Nothing Like Optimism. There’s nothing like optimism. Arm- ed with its breastplate, fitted with its rose colored spectacles, you can with- stand any pessimistic foe, see any rainbow of hope. These thoughts were forced upon a friend of ours who was waiting on _the corner for his wife the other afternoon. . Minutes, hours, passed and she came not. An opt- mistic friend joined him and shared his vigil. “Look again and see if Theodora isn’t coming.”” begged the husband. “No. ' 1:don’t see her yet,” answered the optimist cheerily. *‘But have cour- age. The women who are coming along the street look more and more like her every minute.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer. Self Convicted. “Say. pa,” queried smaill “what is gossiping, anyway?" “Gossiping. my son,” replied the old man, “if we get right down to the plaln, unvarnished facts, is lying. But why do you ask?” *‘Because.” answered the young in- vestigator, “ma says you do a lot of gossiping every time. your. business keeps ‘you late at the office.” — Ex- change. Bobby, Double Work In the Choeir. -Village Tenor (hearing complaints of the singing in the choir on Sunday)— Well, I do all | can, ma'am. but it’s them boys, vou know: i always 'as to ‘urry with’ my tenor and go back and ‘elp ‘em. with “their treble. — London. Punch: “My husband would be much more annoyed if the people didn’t come,” | she said. < He has not learned the lesson of life who does mot every day surmount a home and cared for a blind woman fear.—Emerson. 2 g 2 “Do yo'rthink women would improve Dalitics G “Well,” replied Mr. Growelier, “after listening to .the conversation on the | P . Tl say this for them: If front poi they ever start an investigatio: i 9000000000600 0609 © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. ¢| | 0606000086620 0669 - Rebels today rushed Nanking, |- zier car; won the seventh Vanderbilt|’ Mrs. Louis Vermilya, of Chicago,|" gated the death of Policeman Arthur (" recently retired London .today on his 60th birthday |- | (Covvrigt; )| to be made. tel La Salle. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. Wastern Governors Boost Thelr States In & 5,000-Mile Trip Through the East. CHICAGO, November:28.—(Special to Daily Pioneer)—Eight governors of northwestern states arrived in this ecity this morning and are spending the day here. which are exhibition cars filled with grains, grasses and fruits from the Northwest. A tour of the east is The program here today, following the arrival at 9:30 follows: Minnesota club of Chicago will.entértain Governor A. O. Eberhart. Chicago Advertising as- sociation will -entertain ‘Governors Shafroth, Burke and Norris. remainder of party at luncheon at Union League club. Entire party will go to Coliseum, inspect land show and take part in a special’ arranged program. This evening the Chicago Association of Commerce will ten- der banquet at Congfess hotel, followed by banquet by Chicago Real Estate board. The governors came on a special. train attached to Informa] reception at Ho- Land show managements will entertain the SEES END OF ALL WIRES EXHIBITS - TUBES OF RADIUM : the jail. That the doing away of all wires for the transmission of messages is merely a question of time was the assertion of Professor Wm. P. Patty, in his lecture and scientific demon- stration at the high school auditori- um last night before an audience which filled the room. Professor Patty exhibited a minia- ture wireless outfit showing how the sound waves were able to convey messages through space. He demon- strated how motors could be started and how submarine mines might be exploded by means-of wireless. Professor Patty also exhibited four small tubes of radium and proceeded to:show how erroneous an impression it is to think of the mysterious sub- stance as being an illuminant. He had the hall darkened and it then was just possible to-discern the soft phospherescent glow of the radium. Demonstrations in liquod - air, Such as freezing alcohol and mer- cury, and freezing the petals of car- nations until they broke like glass. HOCKEY TEAM IS ORGANIZED Plans Being Made for Winter Pro- v - - gram; Dance Thursday. The Bemidji = Hockey Team' has been .reorganized and the following officers elected: Manager, N. E. Given. Captain, Tom Newton. 5 Assistant captain and - treasurer, Chas. L. Engelbert. In order to properly finance the organization a masquerade has been arranged for Thursday evening, the proceeds of which will go. towards the support of the hockey team. The team -expects to play match games with surrounding towns and practice meetings will be held twice a week, - Tuesday-and Thursday ev- enings. SOCIALISTS ANNOUNCE 5 TALKS. To Be Given at City Hall by Men Prominent in Their Banks, Socialists. of, Bemidji announce a series of five lectures to be given by some of the most eloquent talkers in the Socialist ranks, the list including, one womap, Mila Tupper Maynard.| The complete list together with the date and mame of the lecturer fol-| lows: = Tuesday, December We are:Gouged,”” * : élfi Men Sleep in Bemidji ¢ Jail First 20 Days in November : During. the first 20 days of the : present month, 250 men sought : refuge and sleep in the Bemidji : : Jall. Most of them-came ‘from : : North Dakota and wers.on their : Way East from. ‘the thresh district of the West. ner night was when 37 of the : : homeless wanderers piled into : Each man is compelled : : to give his age, nationality and : : occupation. The majority of the : : men are middle-aged. : R .S HOSPITAL MAKES KNOWN NEEDS In Thanksgiving Letter Requests are Made for Monuey or Other Gifts. Because of the increased expense incident to the enlarging of ‘St. An- thony’s hospital more money and a greater number of supplies are need- ed for the carrying on of the work of that imstitution in Bemidji. As a result the Sisters of St. Benedict have sent out‘the following letter: “Dear Friend: As in former years at this time of Thanksgiving, we have asked our friends .for aid to help us carry on our work of caring for the sick poor, who have no means to defray their hospital expenses, so this year again as we find ourselves more heavily burdened on account of the new addition we have-been com- pelled to build to our hospital, it be- comes more difficult to meet our cur- rent expenses. For this' reason we are forced to appeal -to our friends for contributions of money, eatables, blankets, night dresses, etc., as they choose. Thanking each and all, in advance for any. favor given, and praying God to reward your charity Wwith his choicest blessings we re- spectfully remain, yours most grate- fully; Sisters of St. Benedict.” TO URGE EARLIER STATE FAIR Secretary Ritchie Calls Meeting of County Association for Saturday. Secretary A. P. Ritchie, of the Bel- trami Agricultural ‘association today [ issued a call for a meeting of the di- rectors and all’ persons interested to be held in the Commereial club rooms on Saturday of this week at 8 D, m. At that time the question of passing a resolution calling upon the state fair management to hold ‘that exhibition two weeks later than a present will be taken up. ty has passed such a resolution and: it is the general understanding in northern counties that such action be taken in order to give the farm prod- ucts of the north a better chance ai ‘the Hamline show. Secretary Ritchi suggests that it Beltrami favors sucl a move, that the resolution be take: 10 St. Cloud and that the matter be placed before the Northern Minneso- ta Development -association’ at. i 'convention on December 8 and At * EPISTLE AMUSES HOSPITAL Gets L;tter ’fgom “Lumberjack” Who Was Displeased With Request for “Free Feed.” DECLARES HE WILL RETURN At St. Anthony’s hospital today, there is considerable amusement as a result of the receipt at that institu- tion of a letter written on the Crook- ston Lumber Company Club free reading . rom stationery, signed by “Pat,” and which reads as follows: “Bemidji, Novbr. 19, 1911. “Mother Superior Sistirs, “Hospital City “I 'was today up to the hospital, asked for some breakfast. I got it 2 small slices of bread old and dry wraped up in a paper. I am a lum- berjack I have had a hospital ticket for many years, have always give money, when you have been around beggin, you have had the last money from me. aint you ashame of it, you Deopel are drawing big amounts of money from lumberpacks every months, and cannot help a man out with a meal. I will soon be back. try you for a meal again It mihgt not be bad for you to.give the ser- vants orders to give a man a good meal and not old crusts not fit for a pig. I will soon be up to find out if you will be better. Sincerely, Pat.” As a matter of fact no person ever applies_to the hospital but that they |are given something to eat and all the consideration their case demands /and while at the hospital the letter iis regarded as the outpouring of a ‘crank, it was suggested that it will ‘'be well for the public to know that such ‘a condition as intimated by the “lumberjack” ‘ig the very thing that could not happen. |FARMERS MEETINGS ARRANGED i Becida, Solway, Buena Vista, Farley, and Bemidji to have Institutes. Professor Otto Bergh, instructor of agrietulture in Bemidji High School, land who has charge of arranging far- mers’ institutes in this vicinity, the second” week in December, has com- pleted plans for meetings at Becida, ‘ Buena Vista and Farley. ers have been secured and will e Mr. Larson, of Berner, Minn., perienced institute talker, and Professor Bergh, City Superintendent W. P. Dyer, and A. P. Ritchie, the latter appearing at each institute in behalf of the Farmers’ Co-operative agsociation. . The institute in Bemid- i will be held December 9, and Miss e, instructor of home economics in the Crookston Farm School, will one of the speakers, and a special Wwill be made to secure a large fance of Bemidji women. at her _During the day the institute fiere & noon-day meal will be e cooking ¢lass of the Be-| MAXFIELD T0 QUIT ASSOCIATION CHAIR Wadena Man to Announce ' Retire- ment as President at December - Convention in St. Cloud. TAFT INTERESTED IN MEETING Instructs Imxm'gration'Expert to Be Present and Deliver Address to People of Minnesota. BRAINERD IN RACE FOR 1912 Wants Sessions to Be Held in That City—Strong Delegation Assured From Beltrami County. ‘When H. J. Maxfield of Wadena, president of the Northern Minnesota Development association, delivers the opening address before the meeting of the association in St. Cloud on De- cember 8, he will announce his of- ficial withdrawal from the associa- tion. ‘ . The matter of electing officers will be a part of the association’s work at St. Cloud, and Mr. Maxfield will make it plain that he will not serve in any official capacity any longer. He has been president ever since the association was formed, but a press of private business makes it impos- sible for him longer. to give his ser- vices to the organization in any offi- cial capacity. He spoke enthusias- tically of the benefits of the organi- zation thus far and is hopeful for the future. Taft Shows Interest. President Taft has shown an in- terest in the St. Cloud convention. An invitation was extended by See- retary W. R. Mackenzie to P.- V. Pow- derly, chief of the burean of immi- gration- and naturalization, depart-> ment of commerce of Washington, and this invitation was referred by Mr. Powderly to President Taft. In a communication now addressed to Secretary Mackenzie, Mr. Powder- ly not only accepts but says he was told to do-so by the president. “The president directs me to accept the invitation,” writes Mr. Powderly, who is to speak on the subject of immigration. Many Delegates Being Named. Almost daily different county de- velopment associations are naming delegates to the St. Cloud convention and while the reapportionment ques- tion appears to predominate as a point of interest, the fact that good roads, immigration and development of the lands will be discussed, are by no means overlooked. There will addresses made by competent men.on each of these subjects. Beltrami to Send Delegation. It is believed that the number of persons to go from Beltrami county to St. Cloud will be the largest which has ever gone from here to attend a development convention. Baudette will have a good crowd, some Wwill go from Spooner, and practically all of the other towns of the county will have a representative, and it is hoped that 25 will go from here. Brainerd Wants It Again, Not only-will a large delegate go from Brainerd, but a determined ef- fort will be made by that town to capture the convention to be held in December of 1912. St. Cloud is making preparations to handle the crowd of visitors on December 8 and 9 with as much com- fort as possible. Nearly all of the hotel reservations are gone, but ac- commodations may be had in private families. GOOD PRICE FOR STATE LAND Eastern Marshall County Soil Brings High Figures. ‘Warren, Minn., Nov. 28.—In this city Saturday occurred the biggest sale of state land in the history of Marshall county. Twelve thousand acres were sold at from $8.50 to $15 Dper acre. Most of the bidding on this land was done by farmers living in the vicinity’of the land. Much of the land was sold to Iowa and Illinois farmers, who intend to move to this county and farm it. At the Kittson county state land sale held Saturday at Hallock, over 6,000 acres were sold at an average price of $12 an acre, In all cases the land was sold at figures about 50 per cent higher than its appraised value.. The land is lo- cated in the eastern part of Marshall- county. . B B O