Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 8, 1912, Page 1

R = VOLUME 9. NUMBER 213. - ‘BREAK LIQUOR RULE': RULE’ SOCIALIST WAR CRY Decide to Put Full Ticket in Field at City Election With “Reform” As Leading Issue. CRITICISE PRESENT OFFICIALS “Thought” Declares Laws are Being Broken in Bemidji With No One to Interfere’ MAYOR COMES IN FOR ROAST Chief Exccutive Referred to as Hav-| ing “Unmitigated Audacity”; High License Favored. That the Socialists of Bemidji are to have a full city ticket in the field at the clection on February 20 and that they will stand on a “high cense and reform” platform is shown | by an -approved” editorial in this | week's issue of their publication | “Thought.” This week's issue of “Thought” al- so has some slams for officials in Be- midji. The editorial says in part. What Thought Thinks About It. “We wish to inform those interest- ed in the Bentidji election of Febru- ary 20, that the Public Ownership| (Socialist) party will be in the cam- paign with a full ticket. “At the weekly meetings of the lo- cal the members have been consider- ing the different men for different of- fices, and should there be any criti-| cism it will have to come from the| outside, for the members have been very active in their choosing of the candidates. Favor Change in Liquor Policy. “We feel confident that you will all recognize that you will not suf- fer if instrusting the affairs of the y to these men. The question of high license was taken up at the last regular meeting, and was thoroughly discussed. None of the members seemed to favor the present condition of Bemidji, in fact they all, so far as I can see, looked upon that subject just the same as nearly everybody else that isn't in- terested in the saloon business. They recognize that the saloons control the city. “To the everlasting shame of this city, be it admitted that it is con- trolled by the liquor, industry and their constituents, and are we not reasonable in saying that to discour- age the vice in our city is to remove the cause which creates vice and cor- ruption. Takes Shot at Administration, “The laws which we have many advantages, but we recognize very little advantage under them. Bither our administration cannot in- terpret the laws or they care little for our laws. In what way can they interpret this law to so completely ‘fall down." “Revised laws of Minnesota: i “To be kept closed when—*All such public drinking places, except in ho- tels dnd restaurants, and in hotels and restaurants, all public bars and places where liquor is exposed or sold, shall be kept closed at all times during which the sale of liquor is forbidden.” Puts It Up to Mayor. “Even a child can see the attitude of the council and mayor regarding this law, and the mayor has the un- mitigated audacity of telling the peo: ple that the present number of sa- loons cannot be regulated with the present police force, carrying the ag- sumption that it had been tried. “It appears it is a matter of how long will the people of Bemidji be contented with their childish plead- ing to their self-appointed, bambooz- ling benefactors (?), and accept with chagrin the ‘merry ha, ha’ that they get for their stupidity. “Some of the main principles in the Public Ownership Party platform will be high license, less vice and a careful administration.” WRECK VICTIM ASKS Peter Ertz Begins Action Against the Minnesota & International. have '$5,000 Peter Ertz of Blackduck has begun action in the district court here to recover the sum of $5,000 from the Minnesota & International Railway company which he asserts is due him for injuries received 'in the wreck last week near Farley. Mr. Ertz has for his attorneys, John F. Gibbons and Chester McKusick. “| conclude the taking of testimony. | operations also will be called to the iattention of the grand jury. . | surance companies, of which the ac- ®®©®®06000000000 ¢ OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. ¢ 0060000000600 060 The senate committee which is in- vestigating the election of Senator Lorimer of Illinois today resumeq its hearings in Washington. Senator Lorimer is expected to remain on the stand three or four days, This will * Extraordinary precautions were taken for the protection of the im- perial train which carried King Emperor George and Queen Empress Mary and their suite from Calcutta today for Bombay. Their majesties will sail from Bombay on, Wednes- day. . An orgahization that will endeav- or to secure delegates from the State of Washington who will favor the candidacy of Woodrow Wilson in the Democratic national convention was formed at Seattle, Wash., today at a conference which was attended by a number of well known party leaders. ® A special grand jury convened at La Crosse, Wis., today to investigate alleged irregularities and inefficiency in the local fire and police depart- ments. It is expected that rumors regarding the participation. of city and .county officers in public con- |tracts and other alleged grafting Mayor James Rolph, Jr., the suc-| cessful candidate of the reform| element in the late election at San Francisco was inaugurated today, to- gether with the other officials elect- ed last fall. Coincident with the be- ginning of the Rolph administration San Francisco puts into operation a new form of city government almost identical with the commission plan. The plan provides for the handling of city and county affairs by a com- mission of eighteen members. * The cases of Charles L. Shaw and seven associates, who were indicted recently on charges ol using the mails to defraud, ave expected _to come to triakin the Fedcral court at St. Loius this week. grow out of the alleged sale of worth- less stocks in the Continental Life Assurance and International Fire In- cused men were promoters or officers. Both companies are now in receivers’ hands. ROGERS HAS 11 CHILDREN Remer Lumberman Who Met Tragic Death in Duluth, Buried Today in Aitkin, LONG BEEN ACTIVE IN NORTH William Rogers, 64 years old, the tie and post man of Remer, the new Soo town near here, who was killed by a fall down an elevator shaft in the Lonsdale bullaing at Duluth last week, is survived by a widow and 11 children, the youngest being two years old. The children are: Edward, an at- torney of Walker; Mrs. John Warren, White Barth; Charles, of Seattle; Ar- thur, an electrician of Walker; Miss Mabel, a teacher, Flashor, N. D.; Mrs. Frank Leonard, Aitkin; Silvey, attending school in Aitkin; Ralph, of Remer; William, in school at Walk- er; Sperl, at school in Aitkin, and Cagherine, the baby, aged 2 years. Mr. Rogers had been a resident of Minnesota for 35 years. He was an active man, whose operations in the timber business centered around “Rogers” siding, on the Soo Line, ten miles from Remer. The siding was named after him. There he delivered much freight for the road. His fam- ily lives on a farm near Remer. ‘ The funeral and interment took place today at the old home in Ait- kin. It is not known how Mr. Rogers came to take the fatal plunge in Du- luth. He wag badly crushed by the fall and died soon afterward. BYRD, WRECK VICTIM, RECOVER Two Other Leave Hospital; Others Still Being Treated Here. Huston Byrd, the West Virginia liveryman, who was so seriously in- jured in the - wreck at Farley last week, and who was brought to the hospital here has shown such im- provement that today it was said he will recover and that he will be able to leave the' hospital in another month. Mr. and Mrs. B. Lee¢h, of The" charges | LARSONWASTO QUIT Man Ground Under Car Wheels Told Companion He was Ready to Be- gin Work on His Farm, “Tell Delia I Won’t Be Out Tonight,” He Said and Ten Minutes Later Mu-: tilated Body Found. Widow Bears Up but Moans That " Four Years Married Life Happiest . She Ever Knew. “Call Delia on the 'phone and tell her I won’t be out tonight,” were the last words ever spoken by Henry S. Larson, killed in the railroad yards, while acting as switchman for the Minnesota & International. This message was shouted to a fel- low trainman whom he wished. to in- form his wife that, because of the cold and the late hour at which he was to finish his work that he would not go to his farm. Had Planned on Quitting. Only a few minutes before he had said to.a trainman that “this is get- ting too cold for me—guess this is a _good time to quit railpoading and stick on the farm.” It was believed at the time that Larson meant that with the ending of his day’s work his railroad career was to end. Ten minutes later his mutilated body was gathered up in a basket. Some time ago he moved.anto a farm four miles south of town gnd had completed arrangements for-és-| tablishing a dalry. “Happy Four Years,” Says Widow. An uncle from McIntosh who had been aiding Larson in getting a start on the farm has told the grief strick- en widow that she need not fear for a home. The young woman has borne up bravely under the sudden and tragic death of her husband but sobs over and over, “It was the happiest four years of my life.” The young couple were married in 1908. 5 Funeral in St. Cloud Today. The funeral was held in St. Cloud today, the home of the dead man’s parents. Archdeacon Parshall of Cass Lake conducted the services. The coroner’s jury here late Sat- that death was accidental. Death Traced to Cold. It is believed by some of the train- men that Larson slipped on the frost covered rails, the temperature at the time being 30 degrees below zero. Larson is not known to have been a member of any fraternal organiza- tion but carried old line life insur- ance, but as it was taken out when he was employed in a flour mill it is not known whether the money can be collected because of his employment as a switchman, NEW EDITOR FEARS IRON FIND “0ld Man” Atkinson of Hibbing Hopes for Quiet; Fears Prosperity. Claude M. Atkinson, that’s his le- gal name, but he is better known as “the Old Man of the Hibbing Mesa- ba Ore,” has purchased the Northome | Record, formerly published by John Wilm, a Bemidji boy, and owned by Editor A. F. LaFreniere of Grand Rapids. Mr. Atkinson is in Bemidji today looking up a shipment of new equipment for his Northome shop. “You know,” he said today, “I'm & little bit skeered about Northome af- ter all.. I 'bought in there because its a beautiful spot and_I had planned| on reveling in the delights of the for- est while my paper was earning me a living, but now they are putting in a diamond drill_on the well grounded suspicion that there’s iron ore there and it is going to be just my luck to have Northome burst town.” Some time ago prospectors conyinced ‘land owners ‘that a rich bed of iron ore was present at North- ome and- the present ncuvlty result. A modified form of camera obs Lorimer, left the hospital today and continued on their way to Minne- apolis. All other wreck: pl.thnu are 8till in the hospi'.ll BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDA DEATHCAMEON DAY LAST WORDS MESSAGE TO WIFE|' FUNERAL TODAY AT ST CLOUD|- urday afternoon returned a verdict| into a bigi] (Copyright, 1912.).g —-— i llllliimlnlmimln l nrmw\ I GoT THE BLAOM IN’ CRITTER (N THERE AT $50,000 FOR . COLD CHILLS COUNTY JAIL ’Psyl()ne Man Park Rapids 8o Frigid Midnight Party Breaks Up Alone $1,100 for Timothy. on at 9 P. M.; Conmmissioners Order More Heat. FOUR RECEIVE MORE THAN $1000 " After having inspected the county Jail -heating plant which has been i o 7 4 That Northern " Nl'nn‘num .ig re- mnrknbly well ing of gra by lattet this cify from Ahe’ Park Rapids Mil- ling and-Elévator Co., of- which Rep- resentative L. H..Rice of :Park Rap- ids-is & member. This letter shows that, in addition ‘to what others have paid out for grains, his ‘company alone has paid /$50,000 ‘on last fall's crop of timothy and clover seed, one man alone receiving $1,100. for. the seed raised on 40 acres beside the val- ue of the straw which- will pny the costs of raising. Those who made shlpmentn worth $1,000 or more to the Park Rapids elevator are: Wm. Flannigan of Hubbard.:$1,100 Geo. McGrain of Ponsford 1,100 ). Roy Doran of Hubbard.. 1,300 C. W. Catler, Park Rapids... .$1,200 Smaller yields paid: well-algo, some smal farms harvesting: as .high as $50 per acre from their fields of ‘tim- othy and clover. ; Large fields of rye threshed -out as high as 34 bushels to the acre, the price pald being from |the liquor license for Beltrami coun- 75 to 85 cents' per -bughel:, . . ty for the ensuing year ghould be There is still a large’ quantity of |$600. | seed out which -has mnot yet been, The board lormed two new towns, threshed on account of deep:snow. - |as follows: Town of “Wheeler’— : “| to include th whole of Township 162, Range 32, being first township north MACKENZIE FOR STATE: TICKET {of Wabanacs. ‘Town of “Northwood” —to include the whole of Township Bemidji Man Mentioned as Candidate | 157,38, first township north of Benn- for Secretary of State. ville. The sum of $400 was anproprlatefl Polmcll writers in u\a Twin Cities } tor clerk hire in treasurer’s office. papers say that W. R. Mackenzle of| George Ostrander was reappointed this city is a polulble republican can- | anitor of the court house at $75 a didate for the position of secretary of | month. state to succeed Julius Schmahl. | commissioners Rako and Peterson Charles Cheney in the: Minneapolis and Auditor George were named ‘a Journal says: “W. R. Mackenale of [ urchasing committee, and lereafter Bemidji is:talked.of as apossible:can-| 16 bill will be'paid unless the order didate for seeretary of'state. The|sor supplies is signed by two mem- hustling immigration commissioner of | pers of the committee. the Northern Minnesota' Develnpment . Dr.. Einer Johnson of Bemidfi association may get into the race Commissioners Myhre and: Clement- against Julius A. Schamhl.. Though kson were named board of health for not a‘candidate for state immigration |- nors:niud ‘territory, and Dr. John- commissioner, ‘Mr. Mackensie would |'son'g compensation’ was fixedat $20 have ‘accepted ‘that place, and he i8|iner day and traveling expenses when under no obllgltlona to. the secretary actually employed. of state or other .members of the[ ' Nelg A. Otterstad of Turtle River ‘Mattson of-Roseau and |'yas named-supervisor of ast J. T. ‘Johnson -of Fergus Falls haveland. appraiser of state lands fo) 1912, considered semng into the game and |'a¢ ,.hry of ;5 per day. thsy."llh Mackenzle, ‘are from the ninth district. The argument - ad- daring the pre nt ¢ mnp, the rd of eounty commissioners, be- fore taking adjournment last week to [meet again Feb. 6, at 2 p. m., ordered repairs made. The ;lafl heating apparatus had be- come so defective that it was impos- sible. to keep a living temperatare in the: forepart of*the building. On New | Year’s eve a party of young folks | whom Mrs. A. B. Hazen, wife of the sheriff, had lpvlted to a watch night party, were forced to leave at 9 p. m., on account of the cold. Heating ‘men advised that a new heating plant, separate from that of heat forithe jail, be installed but the board decided that it would be best to make: certain repairs in the pres- ent pipe system. The -commissioners decided that TWO0 NEW TOWNS ESTABLISHED mable irrs Mt Tobbe the courthouse, which is furnishing|. PRIZES OFFERED WOMEN Socialists Not Only to Admit Them | Free to Lecture Tomorrow Evening, But Four Get Gifts. MILA TUPPER MANARD TO TALK In an effort to convert women of Bemidji to become Socialists, those in ’fl:m ‘of ..the meeting tomorrow ulght in the ety hall at which time er-Mayard 15 to speak |’ on “The Trust Busters,” ‘announce that not only will all women be ad- mitted free but that the following gifts will be made to them: First prize—Pair of gold spectacles (fitted free of charge).—Donated by ‘Wrs. Larson & Larson. Second Prize—One half dozen $10 photographs—N. L. Makkerup’s stu- o. Third prize—One - $2.00 fountain pen—J. P. Omich’s souvenir store. Fourth prize—One box of fancy eating apples—J. B! Hanson & Co., grocers. Numbers will be passed out to the women as they enter the hall, the corresponding numbers will be placed in a hat and the rst four num- bers drawn will designate that the holders of the duplicate numbers will receive the gifts. MOBERG HURT BY FALLING LOG Two Toes Crushed and Remainder of Foot Badly Lacerated. John Moberg had one foot. badly bruised, the first two toes being crushed, and the remainder of the foot severely lacerated by a falling log at his lumber camp at Ball Club Saturday afternoon. He was hurried to Bemidji on the first train and Dr. tion will not be necessary. FIGHT INQUEST ON AT SPOONER Investigation Bemg Made of Bout That Resulted in Anderson’s Death. At Spooner this afternoon a cor- oner's inquest is being held over the body of Andyew Anderson who died following a pugilistical exhibition in the Spooner City Hall on New Year's night. . The inquest was to have been held before but the mecessary ar- rangements could not be made, " A machine Has been invented to ‘paste paper labels on bottles. - Kangeroos are great feeders. With- in a given time one of them will eat .a8 much as halt a dozen sheep would vanced for Mackenale {s.thut if, Gov- | E. E. x@onm) TAKES rflm favorites ln,rsll‘m, being used in A. E. Henderson found that amputa- TEN CENTS PER WEEK. (42 BELOW COLD MARK HERE; WARM WAYENOWONWAY Lowest Point Last High@ 24 But Mer- cury This Afternoon Had Crawled TUp to Zero. ST. PAUL SHAKES AT 18 BELOW Frigid Blast Continued to Sweep Northwest Sunday, Many Trains Being Delayed. WORST IN 23 YEARS AT LACROSSE Wisconsin City Draws 37 Tempera- ture and at Pierre Thermometer Registered 28. Wmner ‘Weather Coming. ‘Washington, Jan. 8.—Snow : : sleet and unseasonably cold : : weather throughout the entire : i country ushered in this week, ac- : : cording to a special forecast is- : : sued by the weather bureau. : : General reaction to warmer con- : ditions will mark the close of the : week. 4 T After having touched the 42 below mark Saturday night, the cold wave that hag been on the job for a week, decided to relent and the shriveled thermometer mercury has since been on the climb and at 3 p. m. was perched on the zero mark. Last night the coldest notch reached was 24 below. A biting breeze early swept from the east. lacross Laks _ Bemidji l_ g slightly to_ the south w mewhat - tempered, although no one has an- nounced any lawn parties. Browne Caught in -Cold. ‘W. W. Browne, proprietor . of Browne’s cafe, arrived in Bemidji to-- = day after an unpleasant experience £ with the cold. 7 w “All the trains were badly tied up,” Mr. Browne said, “and it took just twice as long as usual to go any place.” In Bemidji today -the regular schedules were being followed, for the most part, on all roads. 18 Below in St. Paul. St. Paul, Jan. 8—The thermometer - registered 18 degrees below at 3 a. s m. today. Train service is still de- . *| moralized. 7 Coldest in 23 Years. LaCrosse, Wis., Jan. 8.—With the thermometer registering 37 below ze- ro Sunday, LaCrosse experienced the coldest weather in 23 years. There is much suffering throughout the city and charitable organizations are doing their utmost to relieve the situ- ation. Train service is demoralized. 35 Below at Chippewa Falls. Chippewa Falls, Wis. Jan. 8.—The government thermometer reglst_ered 35 below here last night. There was an average of 20 below all day Sun- diy. Coldest in 25 Years. £ Pierre, S. D., Jan. 8.—This portion of ‘South Dakota experienced the coldest weather in 25 years. The gov- ernment thermometer registered 28 below zero. M. & I. ROAD WILL NOT EXTEND General Manager Gemmdl\ Denies Re- port of Building Line to Winnipeg. ‘Brainerd, Minn., Jan. 8.—General Manager W. H. Gemmell of ‘the Min- i nesota and International railway, in a long distance message from Bemid- i1, -issued an emphatic denial of the story alleging rallway building and said the report of ‘the buying of the Funkley-Kelliher line from the b@r Company and the he Kelliher to.