Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 13, 1912, Page 1

NEW GYMNASIUM, IF 30 JOIN CLUB Young Men Look With Favor Upon ,Offer Made By Commercial Organization, EQUIPMENT TO COST ABOUT $400 To Include Shower Baths and Lock- ers and Other Articles Used By Training Athletes, LID CLAPPED ON POLITICS “Erroneous Impression Prevails,” De- clares Chairman Ralph Lycan in Explaining Point, Al a masg meeting of the young men of Bemidji held last night in the! Commercial club rooms, Ralph Lycan presiding, it was decided that the of-| fer of the Commercial club to equip| a gymnasium if at least 30 of the! young men woul@ join the club, be| accepted. A committee composed of Ralph Lycan, Hugo Sharff, J. J. McCullough, Joseph Herman and Albert Barker, have a petition to be signed by all| the young men of the city, pledging themselves to join the club. To Meet Again. This committee will meet on Mon- day evening at the Barker drug store to outline its work and on Friday ev- ening of next week another mas, | meeting will be held at the Comumer- cial club. At the meeting last nigh: Wepry! Reynolds assured the young men that the Commercial club would welcome them into its fold and that it would provide a well equipped gymnasium. Favor Club’s Attitude. “Well, just how far will the club go—what's their proposition?” quer- ied one of the young men, “You have heard it,” replied Mr. Reynolds. “The club would be much pleased to have you join—you would e taken in on an equal footing with all other members and would have a vote and voice in the affairs of that organization, but don’t make the mis- take of thinking that the club wishes to force you to join. It is as much for your own benefit as anything else.” Gym to Cost About $400. It is estimated that the cost of putting in a proper gymnasium will approximate $400. The initiation fee from new members is $10, so that if there are but 30 young men to Join it will cost the club $100 extra from its general funds to start the gymnasium which has been planned for the rooms to the rear of the pres- ent club quarters in the new Nangle building. Shower baths will be put in, Indian club and dumb bells, poles, horses, rings, mats, etc., purchased. It is estimated that the shower baths and lockers alone will cost close to $150. To Steer Clear of Politics. At the meeting last evening the young men made it plain that they were not organizing for any politi- cal purpose and looked with disfavor upon a suggestion at the dinner on Monday evening that they pick a candidate for mayor. “There is an erroneous impression | about the purpose of the club,” said Chairman Ralph Lycan. “The or- ganization of the young men never was intended for political purposes and we should steer clear of all po- litical squabbles.” There were 18 young men present at the meeting last night and sever- al of these had been instructed by others as to what their wishes were, and the consensus was that action be taken at once. New Zealand condenses and powders great quantities of milk. Some doctors say a regnlflr diet of beef makes people illtempered and cross. The per capita consumption of cod- fish is greater in England than in any other land. As late as 1513 the city of London | has only 13 doctors, counting surge- ons and all. The naval title “admiral” rived from an Arabic phrase means “ruler of the sea.” is de- which VOLUME 9. NUMBER 218, | [, P60 S © OQUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, © R R R R Coe 1. Crawford, United States sen- ator from South Dakota, is 54 years old today. . As a result of a threatened water famine, St. Louisans are drinking boiled water in an effort o avold ty- phoid fever. . With the summit of Mount McKin- ley as its goal, an expedition headed by Professor Herschel C. Parker left New York yesterday. . Mayor J. L. Taylor, who declared himself a Socialist, was defeated for re-election at Vancouver, B. C., by James Findlay, who-had a majority of 1,600 votes. * St. Rita’s Hall, the oldest of the group of buildings at Villanova Col- lege, .at Philadelphia, was destroyed by fire. College authorities estimate the loss at $100,000. . The stage on the line to Red Moun- tain toppled over an 800-foot cliff three miles from Ouray, Colo. The driver and his lone passenger escaped by leaping as the vehicle fell. . Complete returns from the seventh district congressional election in Kansas show the election of George A. Neeley, Democrat, to succeed E. H. Madison by a majority of 1,600. | * Wolves in the country immediately {surrounding Kansas City, Mo., are becoming so much of a danger to the young stock and poultry that organ- ized measures are being undertaken to drive the wolves away. . There will be no prosecution of the members of the Russian colony at Los Angeles who are alleged to have | married without obtaining marriage licenses unless it is shown that girls so wedded were less than 16 years old. . An early morning fire at Regina, Susic., destroyed the five-stery build- {ing of the McCarthy Supply company here, entalling & losg estimated at $250,000, & seorr of < imen and chil- dren were rescued in their night clothes by firemen and carried down ladders to safety. . The sub-committee on arrange- ments for the Republican national convention, of which Harry S. New of Indiana is chairman, held its first meeting today at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. Details were discussed pertaining to assignments of head- quarters and arrangements made for individual rooms. * Resolutions passed by the New Ha- ven Association of Congregational Ministers provide that no minister of the association shall perform a mar- riage ceremony where elther of the contracting parties has been divorced under statutory charges or when the divorced party is unknown to him. The penalty is expulsion from the as- sociation. » In spite of the movement for uni- versal peace, the United States prob- ably will find itself engaged in an- other war about 1930, according to Professor Brander Matthews, head of the department of dramatic literature at Columbia. He says the law of a succession of events will count more than all of the arbitration movements put together. . Unprecedentedly heavy socialist vote, which probably reached 4,000, 000 and heavy socialist gaing proved features of the 1912 elections to the reichstag held throughout the Ger- | man empire yesterday. The election was marked also by the disastrous rout of radicals and far smaller in- roads into the clerical and conserva- tive majority of the last reichstag than was anticipated. Results at 2 o'clock this morning, although far from complete, show the socialists captured 21 seats from non-gocialist parties and lost only two, a net gain of 19. * Delegates to attend the annual con- vention of -the United Mine Workers of America to meet in Indianapolis Tuesday have arrived there. The convention will be attended by dele- gates from West,Virginia and central Pennsylvania northwest to British Columbia and southwest to Texas and Oklahoma. The convention will last two weeks. One of the questions is Wwhether the convention will rescind ‘the. resolution that placed John . | Mitchell before the alternative of giv- ing up his union card or resigning from the National Civic Federation. The question of renewing the agreé- ment with the operators, however, will overshadow all other matters be- fore the convention. The present agreenient will expire March 31 next. No atfempt is made to conceal the fact that-a general strike of both the bituminous and anthracite min- ers is among the possibilities. KREATZ ANNOUNCES HIMSELFFORMAYOR First Candidate Out for City Election On February 20; Promises City Faithful Service. LIKELY TO HAVE OPPOSITION Socialists Promise Fight and Several other Names are Also Being Considered. ROE TO QUIT THE COUNCIL Other Aldermen ‘Whose Terms Now Expire Are Tom Smart, Bailey, Kline and Brown. George E. Kreatz today made form- al announcement of his intention to become a candidate for mayor of Be- midji at the city election to be held here on February 20. In making his announcement Mr. Kreatz says: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of may- « or on the independent ticket to be voted upon at the coming. election to be held February 20, 1912. If elected I pledge myself to conduct the affairs of the city at all times for its best inter- ests. Mr. Kreatz has been a resident of Bemidji for four years and is a prop- erty holder here. He is a contractor and builder. Favors Commission Plan, “I have nothing to add to my bare announcement,” said Mr. Kreatz wWhen asked as to what - munieipal changes, if any, he would “effect if vlected: ¢ = - o “I will say this much,” he added, “I believe that the affairs of the city ought to be conducted with the same wiszn iy “| degree of attention as an individual conducts his private business and for that reason I believe that the com- mission plan of government would be a desirable change.” To Have Opposition. Up to the present time Mr. Kreatz is the only announced candidate for mayor, but it is believed that he will have opposition. The Socialists have said that they would have a full tick- et in the field and it is likely that still another candidate will develop and in this list the names of former mayor, John Pogue, William McCuaig and H. C. Baer have been mentioned. John C. Parker, the present may- or, has said that under no circum- stances would be accept a third term. Roe to Quit, On the board of aldermen, Knute Roe, alderman from the third ward refuses to become a candidate to suc- ceed himself. In the first ward, Alderman Brown’s term of office expires; in the second, Alderman Tom Smart’s and in the fourth Alderman Kline’s. In the second ward two aldermen will be voted for. ward that Fred Bursley was elected last year. He later resigned and S. C. Bailey was named to fill the va- cancy until the next election, which is the one in February. City Clerk George Stein will be a candidate to succeed himself. Call for County Convention Public Ownership Party. A convention of the Public Owner- ship party for the county of Beltra- mi and State of Minnesota is hereby called to ~onvene at two o’clock p. m., ‘on Feb. 12, 1912, at the Grand | Theater, Reltrami avenue and Third street, in the city of Bemidji for the burpose of nominating five delegates to the siate convention of said party to be neld on Feb. 19th, 1912, at Minneapolis, Minn. Notice is hereby given that at the hour from 8 to 9 p. m. on Monday, Feb. b5th, 1912, primaries of said party are to be held at the regular poling places in the several election districts in said county for the elec- {tion of‘one delegate from each elec- Fm“ district to said county conven- tion, and one additional delegate for each seven votes, or fraction thereof, polled by said party at the last gen- eral election, for its candidate for governor of the State of Minnesota. " County committee for the Public Ownership Party, Beltrami county, Minnesota: C. J. Larson, Cha.irmln, By A. L. Symore, Secretary. & ¥ Iron horseshoes were made lu‘ 481, Egyptlnn pottery dates fmm 2; | | four—mEyus Wil ber ‘Bemidii W. A. :Cassler and sofi mmmr It was in this} ANTICIPATION (Copyright, 1912.) NEAR DEATH FROM 0ATS W. A. Cassler and Son Overcome by Deadly Poison Developed While FATHER UNCONSCIOUS FOR HOUR While grinding oats in his barn with a gasoline enflne on his fnm,- -atter- noon were mysteriously overcome. Rosg first felt the effects and suc- ceeded in getting to the house un- assisted but his father continueq the grinding and in a few minutes be- came violently ill. Just as he fell his wife came to his assistance and suc- ceeded in getting her husband to the house. A hurryup call was sent to Be- midji for medical assistance but the doctor, realizing the peril Mr. Cass’ ler was in gave directions by tele- phone. Mr. Cassler was unconscious for an hour. Before relieved he suffered three convulsions. “I don’t know what made us il1,” sald Mr. Cassler who has recovered, and who was in Bemidji today, “but T know that T was just about as'near death as a man ever gets and lives to tell the story. It seemed to me that there was some sort of a deadly poison in the oats and I thought it migh be well to warn' others.” None of Mr. Cassler's stock suf- fer from eating the oats. tI was suggested that fumes from the gaso- line engine caused the illness but Mr. Cassler thinks otherwise. BOY SCOUTS TO HAVE OWN GYM Elect Officers and Make New Plans; _Invite All Under 18 to Join. The Boy Scouts of Bemidji met last evening at the home of Mrs. A. Lord and elected officers as follows: * Ed- win Simons, president; Glen Conger, vice-president; Earl Mclver, secre- tary; Herbert ' Warfleld, treasurer. ‘The Scouts reorganized and started with & new membership of 23. It was decided that the Scouts furnish a gymnasium in the basement of the Preshyterian church. A gift of $25 has ‘been donated for this purpose by a friend of the club. A meeting will -take place every two weeks in the church. - Rev. 8. E. P. White, Scout- master, talked to the boys on “The Advantages of Being a Successful Scout.” Further: plans for the new year were discussed in detail, efter ‘which a lunch was served. The Scouts desire all boys under 16 years of age to join. Scoutmaster White says that he wishes this step to make no. dif- ference with the boys in attending the church they are_accustomed to attend. There are over 12,000 dairies in London suburbs. ever he goes near the kitchen Btove On Friday . evening of next : : week in the Presbyterian church : the men of Bemidji will appear ¢ in the unique exhibition of mak- : : ing button holes, or attempting : : to make them. A% the same time : : the women will be required to : : show their skill at whittling, and : to prevent any serious result phy= : siclans and.Red Cross nurses may : be on hand. v-vv‘-v OO PP TG D EPISCOPAL CHURCH. . Sunday school will be held at 10 o’clock. Evening service at 8 o’clock. SWEDISH LUTHERAN. .Sunday School . will be held at 3|- p. m. Services will be held in the evenlng at 8 o’clock followed by a general prayer meeting. SCANDINAVIAN LUTHERAN. Services-will be held in the morn- -|ing at 10:30, Sunday School will be held at 12 o’clock. Evening services will be held at-8 o’clock. FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL:~ The subject of the sermon at the morning services which are held at 10:45, will be “Christian Courage.” The evening preaching will be on “Contending with strong foes.” In the morning Mrs. Dunning will sing “Fear not O Israel” by Dudley Buck. Sunday School will' be held at 12 o’clock, Epworth - League at 6:30, The topic at Epworth League will be “The Religlous Paper a Modern Prophet.” Prayer meeting will be held on Thursday evening.. A cor- dial welcome to all. Chas. H. Flesh- er, pastor. STOVE AT WAI.KEB BLOWS UP Male Fire Builder Loses His Temper . and “Nightie.” Graphically does this week’s Walk- er Pilot describe the explosion of a stove caused by a man who was per- forming 2 woman’s work. “Says the pathetic Pilot: “The kitchen range gave Arthur Lindeke quite a jolt the other morning and Art has come to the conclusion that building the sun rige fire is no part of a man’s work. He had just removed a sock to wipe up the kerosene he had spilled on the floor, when he heard a peculiar gur- gle in the stove, and thinking per- haps he might have stuffed the cat into the fire box along with the shav- ings, he quickly raised the M to|2 take a look, when the water front in the stove burst. Art just had time to"dodge two chunks of ice and a quart of water coming in the:direc- tion of his head, but not quite quick enough to escape a live ¢oal ‘which lodged in'the pocket of his mighty and vaccinated him two times on the breast before he could get the shirt off. Arthur now wears an asbestos; jacket and a baseball- mask when- New Telephone Books Out. Revised' editions ~of the Bem‘lgm telephone directory are bein uted today. The books FERRIER HELD; BOND $5000 Young Man Involved in Spoomer Sparring Match Waives Examina- tion Before Crowell. BONDSMEN NOT YET SECURED Leslie Ferrier, the young Spooner hnber, arrested - fol!uwhm nwe@rp- “[ ARderson, Wwho appeared. with Fer- rler ‘at a public sparring match on New Year’s night, was brought be- fore Court Commissioner A. M. Crow- ell here yesterday. Ferrier, represented by Attorney George B. Erickson of Spooner, waiv- ed examination. His bail then was fixed at $5,000 and ‘up to this after- noon had not been furnished; al- though it ig understood that as soon ‘as friends in Spooner can be com- municated with the bond will be ar- ranged. ~ Ferrier was brought to Bemidji by Deputy Sheriff Norman Helmer. County Attorney Torrance present- ed an amended complaint. The charge involved is that of manslaughter. Ferrier’s case will come up before the Beltrami county grand jury which meets here the latter part of February. 2 JOHN CRAIG DIES IN BEMIDJI Grand Rapids Lumberman Yields to Disease of Years’ Standing. John Craig, 57 years old, for nine years a prominent resident of Grand Rapids, Minn., and during that time the general mamager of the Itasca Lumber company’s camps of that city, died at St."Anthony’s hospital here at 6 p. m. yesterday. Mr. Craig has been suffering from - diseased bones of the ear most of his life, but he had not suffered seriously from this trouble until the last five months. His condition became so serious several weeks ago that he was brought to Bemidji and two opera- tions were found necessary. From the first operation, little hope has been entertained for his recovery.although he was” thought to be improving at times. During the past few days he sank slowly.. The body was taken to Grand Rapids today for burial, and the funeral will be.held there from the Catholic church there Monday at Dp. m. Mr. Craig is survived by a ‘widow, and five children, the oldest son being.17- years old, and the youngest a girl of five, Several per- sons from Bemidji and other towns will attend the funeral. COMMERCIAL CLUB TO MEET Specmllieehng Called to Arrange for < P:omment Visitors. - - There will be a speclnl maeung ot the Bemidji Commercial club on Mon- |'day evenlng to perfect arrangements e he TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ABOVE ZERO FIRST TIME IN 3 WEEKS Final Arctic Blast, However, Deilyl Trains, 4:15'a. m. Passenger Be- ing Hours Late. Comes From Duluth and Attempts to Labor Without Sufficient Amount of Clothing. OTHER PARTS OF COUNTRY COLD Snow Falls in San Antonio and Cor- pus Christi Reports Tempera- = ture of 30 Degrees. It is skidoo for the boo weather now. % After playipg tag with mercury between the below zero marks since Christmas, the cold wave today was sWept -into the arctic regions where it belongs and for the first time in- three weeks the thermometers are today above the zero mark and the Weather man says that they will do still better tomorrow. tion was mnot without its side. serious Trains are Late. The morning train on the Minne- sota & International due at 4:15 a. m. did not arrive until 9:45 a. m. Difficulty in k‘aeping up steam and frost filleg rails Which made- it upsafe to run a train rapldly caused Lthe delay. .Last nlaht, southbound M’éfl e 11:30 @id not. arrive thtil nearly’ a. m. Willing Worker Frozen, Oscar Pepurbet, 57 years old, sent to the woods near here’by the city of Duluth, worked in scanty attire during the 25 below period and as a result was brought to Bemidji with fingers and toes serlously frozen. He was sent back to Duluth. “ Today Daniel Gracle brought an Austrian lumberjack in from Kel- liher. The Austrian was found to have had his feet badly frozen. How the Relief Came. Press Dispatches from Chicago says: “Relief from the long cold spell is in sight. A warmer wave which al- ready has started east from the Rocky Mountains is expected to reach the Great Lake region and temperatures considerably above the zero figures that have been reported for more than a week is the forecast. “Temperatures - throughout the west and as far ag the Canadian northwest moderated somewhat yes- terday. Similar change brought out by a south wind is looked for in the lakes region tomorrow and Monday. Calgary, where. the oncoming weath- er was beginning to be felt, reported 4 degrees above zero instead of the 35 below of Thursday, and Medicine Hat was 4 degrees warmer than Cal- gary. Warmer in Chicago. “Chicago’s temperaturés yesterday varied from a minus 3 degrees to 12 degrees above zero.. At Sioux City, Ia., the temperature reached 35 be- low, breaking all records there for the last 23 years. Aberdeen, 46 be- low, was’ the coldest point in South Dakota. Pierré reported 36 below, Mitchell, 37, Sioux Falls 38. In Far- g0, N. D., 38 below, :the lowest in 19 years, was recorded. “No local freight trains have ar- rived for ten days at Lanesboro, Ia., creating a scarcity of foodstuffs. The supply of flour, sugar, potatoes.and kerosene, together with fuel, is near- {1y exhausted. “Snow in Sunny South “Many deaths were reported in va- rious parts of the cmmtry due to the flrut time in 13 years, and flmeJn 15 years in Beau- iristf reported & AGED WORKER BADLY FROZEN. But the last of the arctic exhibi- ,