Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 31, 1912, Page 1

— - THE BEMIDJI "VOLUME 9. NUMBER 233, NEED MORE MONEY IN WAR ON PLAGUE State Tuberculosis Society Elects New Officers and Reports all Funds Expended. CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE IS LESS Increased Percentages to Local Asso-| ciations Cuts Revenue From | $3.100 to $2,500. ! EBERHART VICE PRESIDENT| Dr. George D. Head Chosen President, Dr. Taylor Secretary, and H. W. Parker, Treasurer. At the annual meeting of the Min-| nesota association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis at the old | capitol, St. Paul, the following officers were elected for the year 1912: President—Dr. Geo. D. Head, .\!iu—; neapolis. { | Honorary Vice-president—Gover- nor A. O. Eberhart. Vice-presidents—Mrs. E. H. Loy- hed, Faribault, and Dr. W. L. Beebe, “ St. Paul. | Secretary—Dr. H. L. Taylor. St. Paul. Treasurer—H. W. Farker, St. Paul. | Christopher Easton. old capitol. St Paul, will continue as executive sec- retary. & Secretary Shows Work Done. | Some of the items of the executive | secretary’s report were as follows: 54,874 pieces of literature printed or purchased. 2,539 packages of literature sent out from the office. : 29 press letters. 50 miscellaneous circular letters, 074 individual letters written. 58 addresses made by executive sec- retary besides those made by other representatives of the association. 1 complete tuberculosis survey of a | small rural district made. 4 county campaigns conducted. 2,500 teachers at 22 county teach- ers training schools addressed. Campaign of publicity for tubercu- losis bills before the legislature con- ducted. Assisted in securing appropriation for visiting nursing from eight coun- ty boards. Seal Sales Disappointing. : The total expenditures for the pre- ceding year were about $4,000 com- pletely exhausting the association’s mnds The treasurer reported $2,- 71 in the treasury, being re- ceip ince the first of the year from Red Cross Christmas Seal sales. The total net receipts to the association from its percentage on the seals, the executive secretary estimated would not exceeq $2,700 and might fall to $2,500. The net receipts last year were $3,- 100. The shortage of $400-$600 was to be attributed principally to in- creased percentages to local associa- | tions. The exact total of seal sales was not yet known, but it would be in neighborhood of 780.000 or about 25,000 more than the previous sea- son, How to Meet Deficit. The main topic of discussion at the meeting was how to meet the deficit. Moreover, many new opportunities for useful work having presented themselves to the association, espec- ially in the country districts, at least $1,000 more or $5,000 for the pres- ent year would be required. The consensus of opinion was that the needed $2,500 should be raised by dollar memberships. The association raised in 1911 through memberships and special donations only $700 and that mostly in the Twin Citles. “The main forward movement in this state along anti-tuberculosis lines must come in the future as it has come in the past from the state association,” says Secretary Easton. “In Massachusetts there is one hospi- tal or sanatorium bed for each two annual deaths from the disease. In| Minnesota less than one for each ten | annual deaths. Private Gifts Needed. “Until the legislature does some- thing substantial and adequate there is abundant need of the activities of the state association. Let everyone contribute his dollar to the agitation fund and also do what he can locally to create sentiment for state subsi-|* ]ms jer ana B. W, i checks KNUTE ROE BECOMES CANDIDAT Alderman of Third Ward Yields to Requests of Business Men. | Knute Roe today admitted that he would be a candidate to succeed him- sell as alderman in the third ward. “I firmly had intended to retire from the council at this time,” said Mr. Roe today, “but there has been so many persons. business men and oth- many outside my own ward— {who have been to see me and urged me to become a candidate that I have jrespounded to the plea of the people} |and have decided to permit my name to be used again. “Until a few days ago 1 hadn’t the| slightest intention of attempting to ILm'Aln an alderman. | figured that l had served my time as a member of | that body, but since there appears to be a genuine desire that I continue, I shall continue to serve the people, it they want me.” The only other anununced candi- jdates in the third ward is C. A. Park- Hannah, the latter be- ing on the Socialist ticket. for private anti-tuberculosis associa- tions. “Dollar memberships should be sent to Christopher Easteu. executive secretary, Minn. A on for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculo- sis, Old Capitol, St. Paul, Minn,, being made out- to H. W. Parker, treasurer.” ON STATE EDITORS PROGRAM Manager Denu of Pioneer Down for Address in Minneapolis. In the official program, issued to- day, of the Minnesota State Editorial association, to be given in Minneapo- lis February 15 and 16, the name of E. H. Denu, manager cf the Pioneer is down for an address on “The Bus- iness End of a Country Newspaper.” The program and announcement, as made by President S. V. Gordon, of Brown’s Valley follows: “By courtesy of J. C. Tremain, the manager of the Radisson hotel, the sessions of the association will be held the ball room of the hotel, and | will begin promptly at 10:30 o’clock on Thursday morning. Sessions will be continued Thursday afternoon, Friday morning and afternoon. “Under the auspices of the Minne- apolis Commercial club a complimen- tary dinner will be served to mem- bers of the association and their la- dies in the club dining hall, prompt- ly at six o’clock Thursday evening, the service closing at eight o’clock. “By the courtesy of the Minneapo- lis paper anq supply houses, the mem- bers of the association and their la- dies will be given the rare opportun- ity of witnessing the yproduction of The Balkan Princess, oue of the most noted comic operas on the American stage, and which has been secured for the entire week in Minneapolis by the Nobles of Zuhrah Shrine at great expense. Thursday evening at 8o'clock. Thursday morning program: Greet- ing by Mayor C. Haynes of Minneapo- lis. Response by President S. Y. Gordon. President’s Annual Address. Appointment of Committees and An- nouncements by Executive Commit- tee. Thursday afternoon: Address by Hon. James A. Tawney. World’s In- ternational Peace. Paver—The Edi- torial Page, Theo. Christianson, Daw- |son Sentinel. Paper — The Front | Page, E. E. McCrea, Alexander Post- | News. Address—The Dusiness En{ of a Country Paper, E. H. Denu, Be- -midji Pioneer. Friday: Paper-—Cnst System of Printing, J. C. Morrison, Morris Trib- une. Address—Second Class Postage, H. V. Jones, Minneapolis Journal. | Discussions. Resolutions and Re- lpol’ts of Committees. By the removal from the state of past Secretary C. P. Stine, and the ac- ceptance of his resignation, the pres- ident has appointed as secretary, Carlos™very of the Hutchinson Lead- er. Glass was made in Egypt 300 B. C. dized districts tuberculosis hospitals and there will soon be no more need earliest date of tmnspnrent glaas was 719 B, C.. ©6600600600066006 0 © QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. ¢ O R R R R ORI RO The weather: colder; Thursday fair and northwest wind. - American Federation of Labor, is at Indianapolis today to testify before the grang jury investigating the al- leged dynamite conspiracy. * William J. Bryan at Dallas Tex., expresses the opinion that the Har- vey-Watterson and Woodrow Wilson controversy has aided the latter in his candidacy for the [)resi(lencz_ * Charged with being an acessory to murder, Joseph J. Etter of New York, leader of the great textile strike, was arrested by officers of the state po- ilice just before midnight at Law- rence, Mass. . Spectacular gre which for a time threatened to wipe out several struc- ture of the business district of Sioux City, Iowa, last night. destroyed the Mondamin Hotel. The loss is esti- mated at $300,000 partly insured. Arrangements have been complet- ed for the formal inauguration tomor- row of General Manuel Bonilla as president of Honduras. At the same| {time Dr. Francisco Bogrius will be installed in the office of vice-presi- dent. The two have been elected for terms of four years each. . Leading Demociats of South Da- kota met in conference at Pierre to- day to discuss plans for the coming state and national campaigns. As the primary system prevails in South Da- kota the state conference is the near- est approach to the old-time state conventions. Whether the South Da- kota delegates to the Paltimore .con- vention will support.Harmon or Wil- son for the presidency cannot be foretold as yet with any degree of certainty. 5 . Before a distinguished portion of the Roman Catholic hierarchy of the United States, including the -three American cardinals and numerous archbishops and bishops, the Most Rev. F. Prendergast, archbishop of Philadelphia, was today invested WItH ‘the sacied “palliuni’” This"in-| signia is the official recognition by the church of the archbishop’s power to succeed to the functions of the late Archbishop Ryan, who died Febru- ary 11last. ~ - Following the state mass conven- tion of the anti-saloon forces at Co- lumbus yesterday, the advocates of woman suffrage had their innings here today. The purpose of the dem- onstration was to impress upon the members of the constitutional con- vention now in session the serength of the popular demand for equal suf- frage. Delegates from all over Ohio attended the meeting and applauded the speeches urging the incorporation in the new constitution of a clausing giving women the franchise. = Arrangements have been completed for the secong census of the Panama Canal Zone, which will be begun to- morrow. The census will include an| enumeration of all residents of the Canal Zone, and employes of the isth- mian canal commission and Panama Railroad company residing in Colon, Panama, Porto Bello and at other places outside the Canal Zone on the isthmus or in isthmian waters. ‘The first census of the Canal Zone was taken four years ago and showed the population to be 50,003, of whom nearly 25,000 were employed on the canal or railroad. work. - George W. Perkins, who started his business career as an office boy in Chicago and later became a part- ner of J. P. Morgan and company in the banking business, was fifty years old today. The financier did not per- mit the anniversary to interfere with his ordinary routine of work. Just at present, Mr. Perkins is an exceed- ingly busy man, for, if rumor is eor- rect, he is looking after the financial end of the Roosevelt presidential boom, in addition to giving his time and attention to the many great bus- iness enterprises in, which he is in- terested. When asked to give his ad- vice to the young men who are eager to succeeq in life he replied: “Keep pegging away. Time and conditions may change, but the old rule remains the same, that there is no success without keeping everlastingly. at it.”” The Chinese B. C. < Slavery in the United States was begun at Jamestown, Va., 1619. | In spinning cotton the hand spin- ning wheel was used until 1776. /- It is stated that the weekly: royal ties of Mr. Edison from moving ture inventions amount to $8,00 “Austrian scienists are prepart for a South Polar expeditio: member of the party 1o st 1 Frank Morrison, secretary of the| inventad paper 170 {recollection is that a copy was kept & lmve done nothing Wwrong in this mat- (Copyright. 1812.) ANTUCUPAT(I@N JAILED FOR KILLING DEER by Game Warden Bailey, Given ANIMALS NUMEROUS AND TAME Caught in the act of transporting on a hand sleq the carcass of a deer he had slain, A. D. Bates, of Black- duck was taken before Justice A. L. “Obery Aff'élaé-fimk‘ 5y Game War den Sherman C. Bailey of this city. Bates pleaded guilty and was given a sentence of $50 or 30 days in jail. He chose the latter and is now locked up at the county jail here. Game Warden Bailey had learned that slaughter of deer was going on. At this time of the year the animals are shedding their horns and are un- usually tame. They are present in large numbers and are easily shot. Proceeding to Blackduck Mr. Bai- ley overtook Bates who was tugging at-a sled on which rested three-quar- terg of a carcass of a fine buck deer. Efforts of Bates to deny that he had shot the aninial failed and he finally admitted to the game warden that the remaining quarter of the animals was at his home. His arrest and sentence quickly followed. “It is true,” said Mr. Bailey to- day, “that there is deer present in large numbers in different parts of the county. They do not appear to fear human beings at this season and for that reason it is easy to kill them. Because of this tameness we are taking extra precautions to pro- tect the animals from lawless hunt- ers.” The conviction of Bates is the first for shooting deer out of season that has been made for several days. Oth- er suspicious cases are now being in- vestigated. STEENERSON DENIES - GUILT Issueg Statement in Connection With A Whik Earth Investigation. ‘Washington, Jan. 31.—Declaring that he had done nothing wrong, and speaking from recollection, Congress- man Steenerson ‘gave the following statement relative to the application for an allotment on White BEarth in his name: “When I secured the pass- age of the so-called Steenerson act, giving the White Earth Indians addi- tional allotments of- 80 acres each, 1 was adopted by a tribe in a ceremon- ial manner. As part of the ceremony, I recollect that I was presented with a document under which I was en- titled to an allotment. I refused to. take it, but when I was told that when an Indian gives a man any- thing he is offended -at a refusal to accept, I took ‘the document. - My at the agency and another sent to the department here. I have heard noth- ing and know nothing :[urther about the matter, and had supposed the de- partment had ignored the document entirely “and ‘forgotten about it, I on said ‘he would: Blackduck Man Canght Red Handed | . Sentence of 30 Days. o fis in_the caseiand| Tl-us Cow Earns $2 a Day . Three hundl'ed and thirty 3 : pounds of milk a week, at which rate 75 pounds of. butter can be : | : made in a month, is the present : record of a cow in the W. G. : chroeder herd. Butter is retail- : ing at 40 cents a pound, so that : the Schroeder cow is producing : $30 worth of butter a month, or : : at the rate of $1 a day. Howev- sold at a dollar a day more than : the mere butter output, making the 350-pound-a-week hossle a : | : $2 a day worker. The average amount of milk from a ‘cow is : : 200 pounds a week A good cow will give 250 pounds and when one hits the 300 mark the dairy- : men say it “is going some.” S S5 x WOODMEN REVOLT THREATENED Boost in Rates, However, Not Yet ‘Discussed in Bemidji. Although there has been no ex- pression by the Bemidji camp of the Modern Woodmen over the action of the national body in increasing in- surance rates, it is evident that the same spirit does not exist over the entire country. - The following from the Minneapolis Tribune will be of interest to many who have ‘been watching the movement in the lodge: According to John L. Sundean, leader of the insurgent element of the Modern Woodmen of America, oppos- ed to the increase of insurance rates adopted by the recent Chicago con- vention, Modern Woodmen camps in many states may secede and endeavor to maintain independent Woodmen organizations. “The increased rates will make a difference of about $15,000 a month to the 7,000 Woodmen in Hennepin county alone,” said Mr. Sundean. “The insurgents did not have a fair show at the convention, and, already St. Paul insurgents are working. a deal to bring about the withdrawal of Minnesota Woodmen in a body. “While the rate increase was vot- ed through by 153 majority, I am positive that two-thirds of the dele- gate were and are opposed to the plan. They were simply "overpow- ered. 2 “As the leader of the opposition, I do not blamé any state for seced- ing, because the administration forc- es would not listen to any comprom- ise, but forced it through. However, | unless Woodmen in given states are permitted under the law . to operate under a lower table of rates, we ad- vige them to stick to the ship.” Mr. Sundean is coxj’templaung the establishment of -an independent ‘Woodman paper to be called The Kill the Bill. He says he has already received a number of subscriptions. Professor Has Mumps. Profeéssor W. Z. Robinsen: is on- fined to his home with mump! Mr. ‘Robinson was taken- sick last even- ing and was unable to take up.hfs work in the High School this morn- ing. His classes will be taken care!: [fagriculture of ‘the Bemidji demonstration. ‘candidate for mayor. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. " FARMERS COME SATURDAY To Gather for All Day Institute at “Which Time Expert Speakers Will Be Present, |SPECIAL SESSION FOR WOMEN er, the milk and crsam can be : | On Saturday of this week at the High School the final meetings of the series of farmer institutes which are being held in this county thig Week will take-place. - - Today information was received that it is probable that A. J. McGuire of the Northeast Experiment farm at Grand Rapids would be one of the speakers, Other persons who are to talk will be: E. A. Chapman of Minneapolis, a poultry expert, who will deal par- ticularly with the problem of success- ful chicken raising. E. W. Smith of Parker’s Prairie, a Tegular institute worker, who will speak on hog raising and potatoes. Professor Otto Bergh, instructor in High School, will speak as probably also will City Superintendent W. P. Dy- er. At noon the girls of the High School cooking class will serve a free lunch to the farmers, their wives and others attending the institute. In the afternoon there is to be an important meeting fally for the women at which time Miss Bess Rowe of the Crookston farm school will conduct a cooking Miss Rowe was here at the last institute’and made a deep impression with her remarks on do- mestic. economy. JOHNSON IN RACE FOR MAYOR Declares it is Now His Intention to Remain in Contest. L. F. Johnson, alderman at large and president of the city council, to- day said that he would continue as a “I shall stay in the race until the ballots are: counted,” is the way Mr. Johnson put it to the Pioneer. “You understand I did not want to get into this con- test in the first place and had intend- ed to keep out of it. - However, pres- sure has been brought to bear on me ang I have given my word to stay in the race and while I may not win I| shall make the best race I can.” This -rmake four candidates, the others be- ing Willlam McQuaig, George Kreatz, and Fred M. Malzahn, the sociallsuc candidate. s Glass windows were first introduced into England inthe eighth century. The manufacture of tobaeco has Joutstripped every other manufactur- ing industry in South: Africa. According to a Prasbyterian mis- stonary bulletin two Chinese Christ- ian ‘laymen. recently walked 430 arranged espec- | | summoned by th FATAL FIGHT IN BRAINERD DEPOT Former Employe of Bemidji Man Killed in Midnight Struggle in Waiting Raom. QUARREL OVER WHISKEY CASH Liquor Had Been Purchased With Pension Money of Old Soldier From Pequot. | ; ITWO ARE HELD AS WITNESSES Coroner Believes That Death Was Due to Fist Blow or Fall on Steam Radiator. In a fight over money furnished by Willis Graves, an old soldier of Pe- quot, for the purchase of whisky, William Gunderson, a former employe of D. E. Herbert, of this city, was killed by fist blow presumed to have been delivered by William Burke at the Minnesota and International de- | pot at Brainerd. " Gunderson’s death was instantan- eous. Were Waiting for Midnight Train. At the time of the fight the three men were waiting’ for the midnight passenger bound for Bemidji. They had been drinking whisky which had been furnished by Graves, with funds obtained from his pension check. Burke accused Gunderson, who had been sent for an additional bottle of liquor of keeping some of the change. Gunderson denied this and in the fight which followed Gunderson was hit near the temple and fell to the loor. Frantically Seeks Aid. “Burke “realizing that his Victim had been seriously hurt, ran to a hydrant and filled his hat with wa- ter which he dashed in the face of the nrostrate Gunderson. This had no effect and Burke ran up the street to a drug store to seek aid, and when told where he could find a physician, started on a run to get the doctor. Runs Iffo Policeman’s Arms. While on this mission Burke ran into Patrolman Barney, near the Brainerd First National Bank, and to the policeman told the story of the tragedy. Burke at once was placed under ar- |rest and is now confined in the Crow Wing county jail. Work for Bemidji Man. Mr. Herbert, proprietor of the Un- ion Lunch Room here, today said: “Gunderson hag at times worked for me in different cabacities, but not recently. He was a lumberjack, harvest hand, and drunkard, but at that he was a good fellow and faith- ful worker.” Trio Had Been Drinking. With Gunderson and Graves at the time the fight resulted, was William Cullen, formerly a resident at Motley. Following the fight the yard clerk and other employes notified doctors and Dr. R. A. Beise responded. He found several persons in the waiting room endeavoring to restore Gunder- son, but life had been extinet for some time, and is said to have been instantaneous. In falling the dead man struck the radiator. Two Held as Witnesses. raves and Cullen are [being held at Brainerd as witnesse}L Graves is 68 years old, and quite eaf. In the jail he says he knows lit{le about the trouble, and expresses | ’mlv oncern {about the outcome ( I {len is 41 years nlm A at Motley. Kallisspell, Mon Coroner Coroner Dean | and immediately“be| tion. An inquest will be held: Believed death was caused either by .the blow of a fist or that Gunderson broke his neck whun e fell on the radiator. -~ » Wntch_es “Were. flrst consu-ucted in Pln.n forts - inyented in Itfly nhnut 1t st i i i