Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 29, 1912, Page 1

g — - B s T VOLUME 9. NUMBER 231, FIRST AID HERE IN | COMMISSION FORM Roe Receives Information From Na- tional Order of Which Woodrow Wilson is President. TO GIVE AWAY 50 PAMPHLETS| Known as “Story of Short Ballot” and Explains How Cities Have Become Prosperous, r ! | REPORT SOON TO BE MADE i | Committee Likely to Recommend . That Additional Literature Be Obtained at Once. i Fifty copies of “The Story of the Short Ballot Cities,” a pamphlet de- | seribing the commission form of city government, will be received by Knute K. Roe, of the Commercial! club commissidn plan investigating | committee, These pamphlets will be distribut. ed and it is probable that the Com-| mercial club will be asked to order enough for a general distribution a: they contain. the exa-t information wanted by persons investigating the | commission plan. ! From National Organization. In a communication from Richard S. Childs, secretary of the famous! “Short Ballot Organization.” national in scope, of which Woodrow Wilson is president, Mr. Roe iz advised as to the proper literature necessary for intellizent information in consider- plan. as sent Mr. Roe , one of Mnch\ avelt in l'a\'orJ emz 1 as follows: \ Quoted. ; wontrol should | be concentrated in vhe hands of a very few men, who would be so conspicuous that no citizen could help knowing all about them, and elections should not come too frequently. | The pamphlet entitled “The Shurt.\ Ballot,” offered as an aid in the movement “to simplyfy polities,” is| written by Mr. Childs, has 27 pages | and among other things says: What It Stands For, The dangerously-great power of politicians in our country is | not due to any peculiar civie in- difference of the people but rests on the fact that we are living under a form of democracy that is so unworkable as to constitute in practice a pseudo-democracy. It is unworkable because Why It Is Unworkable, First—It submits tc popular clection offices whicli are too un- important to attract (or de- serve) public attention, and, Second—It submits to popu- lar election so many offices at one time that many of them are inevitably crowded out from proper public attention, and, Third—It submits to popular election so many offices at one time that the business of mak- ing up the elaborate tickets nec- essary at every election makes the political machine an indis- pensable instrument in electoral action. Points Out Abuses. Many officials, therefore, are elected without adequate public serutiny, and owe their selection not to the people but to the mak- ers of the party tickst, who thus ‘ acquire an influence that is cap- able of great abuse. The “Short Ballot” is— First—That only those offices should be elective which are im- 1 portant enough to attract (and | deserve) public examination. Second—That very few offi- ces should be filled by election GUVET i i principle i | from the 1910 census: |81 cities. i the state having over 25,000 inhabi-| ; of persons to the square mile in 1910 | Compared with a population of 1,-| | ed secretary-treasurer . was with my wife, who only seyen ! 'who did not easily mistake an X for ! never, find again,and therefore, my sor- at one time, so as to permit ade- quate and unconfused public ex- amination of the. candidates. Explains the Suceess. Obedience to these fundamen- tal principles explains the com- parative success of democratic government in the cities of Great Britain and other foreign democracies, as well as in Gal- veston, Des- Moines and other American cities that are gov- erned by “Commissions.” The application of these prin- ciples should be extended to all cities, counties and states. As soon as possible there will be a meeting of the committee appoint- ed by the Commercial club and a re- jport will be presented and sugges- tions relative to the next step to be taken will be made. 14 CITIES IN BEMIDJI'S CLASS Only Three Have More Than 25,000; Land Area 80,858 Acres. The following figures are taken Principal cities—Minnesota has Minneapolis, the largest, has a population of 301,408, and St. Paul, the second city. a_population of | 214,744, Duluth, with a population | of 78,466, is the only other city in tants. from There are 5 cities having 10,000 to 25,000, 14 having from 5,000 to 10,000, 22 having' from 2,500 to 5,000. and 37 having less than 2,500 inhabitants. Thet aggregate population of the 81 cit- ies is 889,763, or 429 per cent of the total population of the state. | Density of population—The total {land area ol the state is 80,858 square miles. The average number was 25.7; in 1900 and 1890 it was 21.7 and 16.2 respectively. The B\-: erage number per square mile for continental United States as a whole| in 1910 was 30.9. St. Louis county, with 6,503 square miles, has the largest arvea, and Ram- | sey county, with 161 square miles, | has the smallest area. Ramsey coun- ty, containing the city of St. Paul, has the highest density of.any coun- ty. namely, 1,389.3 persons per square mile, while Cook county has the lowest density, namely, 0.9. Population of the state—The pop- ulation of Minnesota is 2,075,708 751,394 in 1900, this represent an increase during the last decade of 324,314, or 18.5 per cent. During the same period the total population |of continental United States in- creased 21 per cent. The growth of | | the state during the last decade, al- thought substantial, was slower than dunng any previous decade. Slipp in Baudette Gun Club, Frank H. Slipp, formerly of the Bemidji postoffice force, but now a merchant in Baudette, has been elect- | of the Bau-| dette Gun club. The club is to buy| a modern new gun trap. Heavy Grief. As a specimen of heavy grief we have seen nothing more heart-rending than the following obituary notice, published in a German paper: “Today red, tomorrow dead. So it days ago ‘was springing over bench and table,’ and was burled yesterday. During her life she was a live woman, & U. For that reason everybody can | tell the extent of my Sorrow; so young "and so merry, and now burfed. What is human life? I have sald to myselt repeatedly within the past few days, and also yesterday in the church yard ! when I paid the sexton, who will also keep the grave mound in order. So cheerful a wife I shall certainly never, row is a righteous one. I wish that heav- | en preserve any man from a similar | 5ad fate, and thank for the flowers, as well as the Herr Cantor, the music | master of the choir, for the grave- | hymn, which went through and through me, but was very well sung.— Ackerman, Master-Locksmith.”—From | the Narrator. In Control. “A man always likes to feel that he is in a position to reward his friends and punish his enemies.” “That's true,” replied Semator Sor ghum; “sometimes I am tempted to take a position as janitor of a Dbig| bullding.” | 1,000,000 CARDS MAILED IN KANSAS TODAY Topeka, Kas., Jan. country of the world. its scope was ever planned for adver bears a picture of a woman sittlng on a throne with her 1aft arm encire- ling a bunch of sunflowers. . 29.—(Special) —In recognition of the fact that to- day marked the fifty-first anniversary of the admission of Kansasg to the Union and with a further view to calling public growth and prosperity of this section, the citizens of the Sunflower State loday started one million souvenir post cards on their journey in the mails to every community in the United States and to every civilized Probably no-other movement so widespread in attention to the tising a state. The Kansas postcard j west. i rates and methods of doing business, 11710° Swift deplored the fact. | 5 CANDIDATES MIX ELECTION FIGURES All Men Seeking to Be Mayor to Re- main in Fight, Making Result Much in Doubt. Made Strong Race for Council Last Year With Thomas Maloy and Malzahn as Opponents. HOW 1911 VOTES WERE CAST McCuaig Lost to Parker By Small Number, Grant Socialist, Polling 141 Votes. Three weeks from tomorrow Be- midji will wame the -men who-are to conduct. her a.fifurs for ihe ccmmg year. =~ At this time there are five can(h-% dates in the field for mayor at the| i election to be held February 20. Of the eandidates for mayor, George Kreatz is the first to file. This’ merely is a matter of form and the; other candidates will file in the next ifew-days. There are William Me- Cuaig, F: M. Malzahn, John Gibbons and L. F. Johnson. None to Withdraw. There has been some talk that one ore more of the candidates would withdraw, but none will admit this report to be true. The most recent entrant in the race for mayor is L. F. Johnson and | there is speculation as to what effect his candidacy will have on the final outcome. man at large last year Mr. Johnson polled a.tsrong vote. B How They Voted Last Year. The tnl]owing figures are the offi- cials results of the 1911 election. For mayor the vote by wards fol- lows: 1 2 3 4 John C. Parker 63 85 107 110—365 Wm. McCuaig 94 65 71 72—301 Grant (Soc.) 29 37 50 25—141 For alderman at large: 1 2 3 4 Johnson 93 80 97 88—358 Maloy 56 54 57 63—230 Malzahn 32 49 64 38—183 For treasurer: IR 3 4 Rhea T 107 78 100 83—368 Geil 77 107 120 107—411 Geil Six Times Treasurer. Earl Geil has six times been elect- ed city treasurer and James Cahill has been city assessor for four terms. It is understood that a surprise or two will be sprung within the next few days by candidates for the city council. e TR Boston Welcomes Cardinal 0’Connell Boston, Mass., Jan. 29.—Boston abandoned customary vocationg to- day to participate ‘in the biggest demonstration in the history of the Catholic church.in this city—the welcome home to Willia, Cardinal O’Connell; head of the Beston arch- diecese. Later in the week a civic reception and elaborate = religious; ceremonies are to be given. Ray Dennis Buys Cain. Shop. Ray Dennis has purchased from Everett J. Cain the Cain barber shop on Beltrami avenue. Mr. Dennis was proprietor of a shop destroyed by the big fire two weewsk ago. He has taken possession of his new proper- ty. Mr. Cain contemplates going Express Probe Resumed in New York | New York; Jan. 29.--The Federal investigation begun last fall into the express companies, their ~ revenues, was resumed in this city today before Commissioner Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Every war brings into existence many new words anq as long aga as Last year J. H. Hale marketed 100,000 bushels of peaches from his farms ‘in Connecticut and Georgia Years ago he marketed the peaches of his Connecticut farm I:y means of a push-cart. The shrimps from the coast of t.he' Gulf of M xico are of good size, gen- erally fully three inches in length and frequently exceeding this meas: urement. They are mnch larger than hoge- c; xh.t. on ‘the Britis JOHNSON COMPLICATES CONTEST| As a candidate for-alder- |, | signedthéir nathes” the convention. LEAP YEAR ' CERTIFICATE AND SOUWERNIR zg W ‘AL CARDS T (Cnpyrlxht 1912.) INDUCEMENTS YouR HoNorR WHAT DO YOU (HARGE FOR A DIVORCE AR CO\)PLE; RR ABSOLUI’E Ly Eight Charter Members in Frohn _ Local Organized Sunday By Men From Bemidji. —_ ONE YOUNG WOMA!}{IN THE LIST | 8 .-At the home of John Colburn in | the town or wronn,iseven miles east of Bemidji" yesterday, eight farmers aeribers of a: new Socialist -local, the organization of which was perfected by a delega- tion from Bemidji. Twelve addition- al farmers made application for membership. Included in the origin- al eight is the name of Miss Elsa | Orhberg. The Bemidji Socialists who. went to the Colburn farm yesterday were: F:-M. Malzahn, J. H. Grant, E. W. Hannah, W. N. Weber, and J. Evan Carson. The farmers chose the following temporary officers: Chairman, .Ole Moen; Hans Hanson; treasurer, John Col- burn. Permanent officers, conform- ing to the rules of: the Socialist or-| ganization, will be made later. The original eight members in- clude: -John Colburn, Gottlop Ha- berle, A. J. Speck, N2Is H. Willett, Nels Nelson, Ole Moen, Charles Orh- berg and daughter, Misg Elsa Orh- berg. | Next week, or at some time in the near future, members of the Bemidji Socialist local will organize the far- mers of-Northern and Grant’s Valley. All who joined yesterday were active farmers in the town of Frohn. _ secretary, ROOMS FOR TEACHERS NEEDED Insufficient Number Offer to Care for Convention Visitors. _ City Superintendent of Schools W. P. Dyer requests that all persons who wish to shelter visitors during the convention of the Minnesota North [Central Teachers! association gath- erilig here from February 8 to 10 notify Miss Eliza Roe of the High School faculty at once. At this time an insufficient number of rooms are avaialble, in other places where the teachers have met there has not only been ‘an abundance of rooms but in| most instances free breakfast has been provided. If ‘sufficient encour- agement is given it is possible that the teachers.conveiition may becorne ! an annual affair for Bemidji. Ohio “Drys”. Plan’ Demonstration. Columbus, 0., Jan. 29.—The Ohio Anti-Saloon League. has made ar- rangements for a big mass conven- tion to be Held in Columbus tomor- row' simultaneously with the visit of President Taft. The announced pur- pose of the demonstration is to im- Dreéss upon the Ohio constitutional convention the importance of anti- Tlicense provision iIn the State consti- ‘tution. Prominent prohibition speak- ers from several wany, are producing a ‘steel nllny h safes mad FARMER SOCIALISTS UNITE »|lease by the The: Krupp works at Essen, Ger- K Dumas Denies Journal Yarn; Up for Mayor if Call is Strong. Dr. Dumas was in The Times : office yesterday and read the pre- : : tended interview of himself in : : the Minneapolig Journal and de- : : nied emphatically thst the Jour- : : nal man had interviewed him at : : all, that he had no talk-with him and did not “go ashore” at Min- : : neapolis. The doctor denies em- : : -phatically that he is or will be a : candidate for the legislature, : © and- says, that if the people of Cass Lake desire that he become : their candidate for mayor again : and will exhibit their- desire by : giving him a good round major: :.ity at the caucus for nomination : he may consent to run again, but : : at present will make no prom- : : ises.~ The doctor realizes the pe- : cularities of the situation and : has determined -not to ask friend : or foe to support him; the nom- : : ination to be conmsidered at all : must be practically a spontane- : : “ous opinion of the voters of the : : village to insure his considera- : : tion.—Cass Lake Times. E cenereman ¥ SNEAD-BOYCE MURDER TRIALON Eloping Wife of Prisoner May Ap- pear as Witness at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. (Special) —Public interest Snead-Boyce sensation was revived today when the case of J.'B. Snead was called in court for trial. Snead is to be tried on a charge of first degree murder. His victim was A. G. Boyce, Sr., whom' he ‘shot and killed in the lobby of a local hotel on January 13. The killing was a se-| quel to the elopement last Novem- ber of Snead’s wife and A. G. Boyce; Jr., son of the man whom Snead killed. A few days before the trag- edy Snead, who is a prominent bank- er of Amarillo, had returned with his wife from Winnipeg, where he had found her in company with the younger Boyce. Able ' counsel has been retained to defend Snead and preparations for a great legalifight are being made. The: vounger Boyce has remained in Canada since his re- ‘Winnipeg authorities and it is not believed that he will réturn to Fort Worth for the trial of his father’s slayer. Neither is any- thing definitely known as to the part, Mrs. Snead, wife of the accused, will play in the trial. Immediatel; after the return from Winnipeg the bank- er placed his wife in a sanitarium, where she had been cenfined previ- ous to the elopement. ~After the kil- ling of the elder Boyce she left the sanitarium and is now believed to be sheltered by relatives. 29.— JUDGE ~LOCHREN - IS Former Federal Judge in Dies at Age of 80 Ye: Minneapolis, Minn., January 29, William Lochren, for many years Jjudge: of the United States’ district. court, is dead at hig home Lochren, who was 80 Years of was L3 natj ot Ireland co in. the | i{of these flowers. -| observed here as Carnation Oay, and THIS IS “CARNATION DAY” Bemidji All But Forgets Anniversary of Birth of William -McKinley, Martyred President. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. COLD SNAP T0-HIT PRING-LIKE. WAVE ture of Year and Other Places Re- port Same Condition. BUT WASHINGTON SEES STORM To Develop in Far West and Sweep Northwestern States the Last of Week: ICE HERE NOW 38 INCHES THICK Duluth New_spapgn; Predict Complete 3 l‘reenng for First Time of Lake : Superior. This has been the warmest day of the year. Up to a few days‘ ago that wouldn't be . saying - much because - Christmas day since the stingy-thermo- meter has refused ‘to budge as high as even zero, with but two or three exceptions. Following a light fall of snow on Saturday ‘night and Sunday, the clouds floated away and today a flood of sunshine hag started the eaves to dripping, thermometers in the open registering close to 50 above. But Ca.n’t I.ast TLong. “Tdo good to last, kowever,” is the OBSERVED IN MANY PLACES sary of the birth of the martyred Dpresident, William McKmley, but all ¥t “Sorwdl . S Because of President McKinley's fondness for carnations, it became the custom, ~following his tragic death to obsérve the anmiversary of the day of his birth, by wearliig one “Yes, we have them in stock,” said A. E.. Webster, proprietor of the:Be- midji greenhouse, “but there has been- no unusual demand on account of ‘Carnation day,’ although we can supply orders at - the rate of $1.25 a dozen.” | Floral Tributes on Grave. Canton, 0., Jan. 29.—Today was by thousands of others all over the United States. It is the anniversary of the birth of the late President William: McKinley. e . was born sixty-nine years ago.. Many hand- some floral pieces were placed inside the McKinley tomb on Monument Hill. 7 Washington Remembers « McKmley Washington, D. C., Jan. 29.—The anniversary of the birth of William McKinley was ttingly” observed in Washington today. Senators and representatives, heads of ‘depar tments and many other officials and = em- ployes of the Governmaat wore car- nations, the favorite flower of Pres- ident McKinley. . Hundreds of other residents of the _capital followed the official ‘example, ‘and the result was that ‘the local florists Wwere scarcely able to supply thie demand’ for.pink carnations. “The: habit of Mr. Me: Kinley of wearing s carnation was 80 pronounced during his lifetime that his friends would havé been sur- prised had he failed to have his fay- orite flower as a boutonniere. ‘It was his invariable custom ‘on his trips to and from Washington to give the carnation which he alwnys wore -in. his. buttanhnle, to ‘the engifieer on the train, With'an'expression of thanks for a safe journey 2 French Starts Store at Gonvick. : E. N. French and'conipany of this | at Gonvick. F. L. Rddy will- be man- ‘gen This is “Carnation day,” anniver-|" 29 —(Spebinl) elors into: benedicts. snd maids into mlmne ls moan of the weather pessimist and he points to a forecast out of Wash- ington to substantiate Lis wail. Some -idea of the extreme cold so far this winter is shown by the fact that ice on Lake Bemidji has frozen 6 a depth of 38 i newspapers hazard the guess th: entire surface of Lake Superior will freeze, an almost nnprecedented achievement of the weather man. Moorhead Gets Warm Facts. Considerably - higher temperatures and a general fall of snow were re- ported from stations over the north- west last night, according to the re- port issued from the Moorhead gov- ernment weather bureau. Every sta- tion in Minnesota, North and South Dakota and-Montana reported” tem- peratures above zero. ‘St. Paul reported’ 16 above zero with ‘cloudy weather; Havre 18 above and clear weather. . Duluth 10 above and snowing with an inch and a half o fsnow, Miles City 28 above, Bismarck, 20 above; with 2 inches of snow; Helena 28 above, Devils Lake 2 above, and a half inch of snow. Pierre 22 above, Huron 20 -above with .6:of an inch of snow, and Wil- liston 24 above anqd .1 of an inch of snow. The the south-temperatures were about the same last night as Satur- day. St. Louis reporting 36 above with cloudy - weather and Kansas City 24 above and a trace of snow. " Cold Wave to Come. — Washington, Jan.. 29.—A marked rise in temperature overspread the Eastern states today, according to a weekly forecast issued hy the weath- er bureau, and moderate tempera- ture will prevail over the- eastern half of the country during the great- er part of the coming week. “Over the Middlewest, the North- west and on the Pacific slope,” says the bulletin, “normal temperatures will prevail until near-the close of the week when a change to decided- ly. lower temperatures will over- spread these regions. The cold wave will appear in the ~Northwestern states Friday or Saturday, wherce it will advance eastward and south- ward. over practically all districts east of the Rocky mountains. _Storm to Start in West - “The disturbance which now. cov-~ | clty have opened a new arug store | o= the Seuthwest Will adyance to the Eastern states and be attgm_ied by ‘(Continued on last page). o YEAR"wanmNfi! BELLS 10 RING hoimle ‘conversion of blch~ peoted to result from hes, . 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