Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 3, 1912, Page 1

T TS, "VOLUME 9. NUMBER 236. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. 200 BRAVE COLD T0 HEAR FARM TALKERS Meetings Here Today Bring Week's Total Attendance of Institutes Up to About 1,000. EXPERT SAYS: “HEN HALF COW” Minneapolis Man Explains That 6,- 000 Crates of Eggs Needed Here midji women attended this part of the day’s program. Smith and Bergh on Program. The subject of E. W. Smith of | farmers institute lecturers was on i“Farmers Club and Co-operations,” which was given late this afternoon and will be reported in Monday's Pio- neer. | Professor Otto Bergh discussed |“Corn Improvement,” at the after- noon session. Meetings Heard by 1,000. The meeting here today are the culmination of a series of gatherings at Beltrami county towns through- out the week. The first meeting was held at the hall near Becida on Mon- lPm‘kors Prairie, one of the mg\\lm-I 9000000060006 association. = ly of Minneapolis.to blind and dumb. e @ © QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, © ©9080¢00069006660 Senator Porter J. McCumber of North Dakota today is £6 years old. . 2 Only one bank robbery took place in Kansas in 1911, according to the report of the Kansas Siate Bankers’ Grief at the receipt .of the news of the death of her mother in Pitts- burgh, Pa., cause Mrs. Loretta Blake- become both An Italian war ship «t Perim, Ar- abia, took ten prisomers from a na- | tive pearl fishing vessel and killed COMMITTEE WANTS. COMMISSION FORM Men Appointed By Commercial Club to Report Decision at Tuesday’s Meeting. OTHER TOWNS SHOW SUCCESS | In No Instance Can One Be Found | . Con Benislicd !day. On the following days of the|two of the men who tried to escape | That Regrets Having Made an Be Supplied. :week meetings were held at Guthrie, | by swimming ashore. | the Change. | Tenstrike, Blackduck' and Solway, oo - | the total attendance for the week ap- The plan of an Amcrican sydicate ,“ = 3 et s 3 : IATH s GIRLS SERVE VISITORS LUNCH proximating 1,000 farmers. This is|to invest $3,000,000 to make Bermu: 004N, the second institute of the winter and |da the Monte Carlo of America has ”"‘a, (S| OPPOSITION ~ MAY DEVELOP Women Listen to Advice as to Con- venience and Cooking From Miss Rowe of Crookston. AT THE FARMERS' MEETING. Meetings attended by 200 persons. Woman speaker gives convenience | and cooking hints. Minneapolis poultry clares that a hen “is half a cow.” Shows how Bemidji could supply | 5.000 crates of expert de-! lier own demand for eggs a year. Cites Barnum man's profit of $3 a: day as example of what can be done| in chicken business. Parkers Prairie speaker gives lec- ture on “Farmers Clubs and Co-op- eration.” To be reported later. i Girls of Bemidji High School cook- | ing class serve dainty luncheon to! 200 farmers and their wives. More than 200 farmers and citi-| zens of Bemidji were fed by the glr]s\ of the High School domestic science class, under the direction of Miss Katherine Grest, at the the farmers institute held in the High School building today. | A feature of the day’s program, which was arranged by Professor Ot- to Bergh of the high school agricul- tural department, and held in con- nection with the State Farmers In-; stitutes, was the lecture on “Poul- try” by N. E. Chapman. poultry spec- jalist of the State Agricultural Ex- tension Department. Enthuses Over Poultry. i It was with much enthusiasm that | Mr. Chapman told of the advantages to be derived from the raising of poultry in Northern Minnesota, he told how, in proportion, the poultry of the Northwestern Experimental Station at Crookston takes in more than any other department on the farm and explained that in his opin-! jon the hen’ in Minnesota was “half as big as the cow,” and that there is no reason why she cannot be as big, as far as the income from her prod- uets is concerned within a short time. tentative plans for a third expedition of the speakers similar to the one {just completed. The next series, it is iplanned will be held the latter part {of March. McGuire Unable te Come, | A. J. McGuire, superintendent of | the Northeast Experiment station at | { Grand Rapids, who had hoped to bel present and address the farmers m- day, was unable to come at this time. | Although the weather was not en- tirely favorable to the gathering to-| day, the attendance was gratifying to nearly 200 of the farmers and wives | those in charge of the instmlte,. |braving a biting northwest wind to | be present. Dyer Aids Gathering. ! W. P. Dyer, city superintendent of | schools, assisted in the ar rangememsl for the day and spoke in favor of a broader and extenda2d agricultural education. PPOEVOOOPCHOCOOS® ® ABOUT THOSE WHO WORK. ¢ R R R R The first local union of printers in the United States was orsanized In {the year 1831. - The eight-hour day is enjoyed. by. Portland, Maine. —g e A new and at a meeting in Providence, R. I. R Ottawa, Canada, civil servants in-| —x — A co-operative store has been es- tablished by the union men of Oska- loosa, Towa, and promises to be a success. o o The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America is to convene in-Chicago on’ iMay 7 S-S Dallas, Texas, is soon to have a labor temple, which is intended to house all of the fifty-two labor or- ganizations of that city i —_— — fallen through owing to the opposi- tion of the authorities. . Starting from the explosion of an automobile, a fire destroyed the At- tleboro, Mass., opera house block, with a loss of $200,000. The business section of the town was for some time threatened with destruction. - Indictments charging murder in connection with the lynching of Zack | Walker, just, were returned against three of the alleged participants at Westches- ter, Pa. = A German squadroa will be sent [to American waters this year to re-| turn the visit to Kiel of the second division of the United States North Atlantic squadron under the com- mand of Rear Admival Badger in | June last year. * Gen. Sir Robert S. C Baden-Powell arrived in Washington this morning for a brief visit. Thie afternoon he reviewed the Boy Scouts of Washing- ton and vicinity from tihe north por- tico of the White House with Presi- dent Taft and Ambassacor Bryce. = Blackbirds, carrying infection from \the_South, are responsible for the horses from a disease akin to pella- gra, in the opinion of Kentucky’'s As-] promising union of | sistant State Veterinarian M. A. Pur-|prancis Times says: jewelry workers was recently mrmcd‘d\. who analyzed the brains of dead horses. Detective W. J. Burns is to be the tend to petition the government for|principal speaker at the annual din- a superannuation scheme. jner which will be of the Rockefeller Bible Class, given in New York Monday evening in the Cafe Boule- vard. The other speakers will in- clude President Faunce of Brown University and George W. Perkins, the financier. 2 . The case of:.Philip E. Burris, ac: cused of poisoning the Royster fam- ily at Robards, shortly before Christ- mas, will be called for trial at Hen- derson, Ky., Monday. Burris will be tried first on an indictment chhrg- ing him with the wilful murder of Henry Royster and Rer Davis, two of the victims of the poisoning trag- the negro who was burned | at the stake in Coatesville last A\lg—! i (€opyright, 1818) Crookston Man Must Explain Bring- ing Two Girls to Beltra- mi County: POSING AS ACTOR WHEN CAUGHT| Charged with bringtwo girls m‘ Beltrami county Crookston, ! where he has a wife, Ered Trible was | arrested at Fart swhile. fil-. all ‘the men in the building trades in | death of great numbers of Kentwek¥|ling an engagement os an. “actor,” | : and now faces a “white slave” charge. \ 3 In telling of the afiair the Fort “An act not on the boards took | place at the vaudeville part of the| show Royal theater, on Saturday af- more handed one or two to a bum ac- tor who by means of a forged letter of introduction, succeeded in getting! an engagement. “The so-called actor’s name was Fred Trible, at least that was the name he gave and he was very badly wanted by the sheriff of Crookston on a charge of being the principal in a white slave trade charge. “Mr. Blackmore after finding out he was no good proceeded to roast him and called him dowa for present- ing a forged certificate as to his mer- its as an actor. Trible did not relish this and drew a revolver which caused the manager to make a hasty exist. WI"TE SLAVERY C“ARGED‘. iimnuota‘ -Dnnkmg Len Beer. i : nounced by the United States in- : [+ July 1, 1911, were $1,131,728.58 ternoon last, when Manager Black-|QUIRING TEMPLARS ORGANIZE {here from Akeley where he reports R -Minnesota. peopls are not : : drinking so much beer as form- : erly, according to figures just an- : : ternal revenue department. The : receipts of the department since : a decrease of $253,888.05 from : that of corresponding 7 months : of the previous fiscal year. This : |: falling off extends to all articles : taxed by the government, but : by far the largest decrease is shown in beer. This tax is lev. ied according to th: amount of : wcheer.sold by _brewers . TQtnl in- ternal revenue collections for January, 1912, were $103,506.56, 1911, : and for January, : 984.63.. $117, Total: Abstainers to Number ol 15 Join New Lodge. At a meeting held at the Wood- man hall at Quiring a Scandinavian Lodge of Independent Order of Good Templars was organized with 15 charter members. The lodge which that locality was orgunized under the direction of August Brodin of Chisholm. Mr. Brodin i: the district chancellor of the order. He came having launched an organization with over thirty members. The Quir- ing lodge starts out with the follow- | Dr. F. L. Blakeslee, includes many prominent residents of | INSTALS 19 LIGHT PLANTS, Dr. Blakeslee Now Successfully Op- erating Electrical Equipment in Many Places. ! i i | | | | | | | whose farm home northwest of the city is mod- ven to,its own slectrical light-| ing and power plants. Dr. Blakeslee’s latest deal was with the town of Oakes, N. D., and { the equipment there is similar to the others installed. of good faith and is to have the plant in actual operation not later than| June 1 ofthis year. The Dakes plan is to be direct cur- rent, with 'a’force of 220 volts and a 24 hour service. The company Electric Light and Power company, | furnish the electricity. Dr. Blakeslee extends the city the privilege of ‘buying the property after five years and agrees that at no time cents per kilowatt, and power at LATEST WORK DONE AT OAKES: ing-equipment; has reccntly-installed | in 19 towns of Minnesota and other! | northwestern states, clectrical light- | Dr. Blakeslee has given the town | of Oakes a $5,000 bond as guarantee | which is to be known as the Oakes; has leased lots adjoining the Oakes! city hall where a building will shel- | ter the three dynamos which are to; will he charge & higher rate than 14 | |roniuZ That Socialists Here Will | Declare Against Proposition to { Try New Plan. That Bemidji should change her | Dresent system for a commission plan !of government is the decision of the | committee of five, of which Knute K. ‘Roe is chairman, appointed recently {by the Commercial club. This committe€ has prepared the following report whkich is to come before the Commercial club at its reg- {ular meeting on Tuesday evening of next week: The Committee's Report. Bemidji, Minn., Feb. 2, 1912. We, the undersigned, consti- tuting the committee hereto- fore appointed by the Commer- cial club-of Bemidji to investi- gate the commission form of government, and to report the result of our inyestigation, re- spectfully report as follows: That the adoption of the Com- | mission form of government by ) the City of Bemidji is advisable and is feasible, and We recom- mend that the charter commis- { " sion be invited to appointa com= mittee from among its members | to meet a committ=e, appointed { by the Commercial club, for the { Dpurpose of considering : and drafting a charter embodying the commission form of govern- ment. Signed By All Members. The report is signed by all mem- bers of the committee as follows: Knute Roe, Frank S. Arnold, A. G. Wedge, Jr., H. E. Reynolds, H. E. Reynolds and Graham M. Torrance. This” decision by the committee was only arrived at after its mem- | bers had investigated the commission plan, particularly as to its success in the cities where it has been given a.trial and where it is at present be- ling used in the conduct of municipal affairs. Liked, Where Given Test. The committee learned that in no instance where a city has changed The Eggs We Need. The National Print Cutters' Asso-|edy. “Chief Readman was called and |ing officers ?“‘;CW ““-""e‘“l‘:f?‘yc f";' from six to, efght cents, with a de-|from the old to the commission form Mr. Chapman said: clation of America will hold its an-| b .| took Trible in charge and the police |lOWIng the Witaiors WK B | scending scale. |is there any desire to change -back Bemidji needs 6,000 crates of | nual convention at Philadelphia, Pa,| Governor Judson Hatmon of Ohio, | of International Falls rotified. The | Carison. Jotko Joptii "l WIS | At his electric plant on his farm |and that in nearly every instance as- oggs a year. That would give |Deginning with April 27. was sixty-six years old today and the | gnrigt then came and identified him [Vi¢e t:empl?a;'- Carl Walin. chaplatn: | here Dr. Blakeslee has originated | tonishing improvements and savings every resident of this little city e —x= occasion was marked by the receibt|ag the man wanted and he was at (\;veit edmpP 3 secrotary: Henry | 2LY mew idéas and improvements.|in the conduct of the city’s affairs an egg for every day In the year. | The city government of Fitchburg, |at Columbus of many congratulatory | once deported. ‘alfre erson.' cGe Fy’()hu BIY | At one time last summer he puzzled | have been effected. At the present time that number | Mass., requires that only paper bear-| messages from various parts of the| ~«¢ appears he went from Crook- Nelson, SreRsuich; ke tgren. Bemidji by sweeping the horizon| The next step in the present to of eggs Is not nearly provided |Ing the paper makers’ union label |country. Governor Harmon is the ston with two girls to Baudette, fl“"‘:“:{ “;_;’“]“”’ AC' e Ctoreons | with a ‘shaft of light which caused |bring about the change here will be - for by the number of hens here shall be used by the city officers. oldest of the several Democrats Who |4y ence to Rainy River and Fort Fran- | Marsha ,Mlja 'mar fiar :?n,nligua; i1 'some of ‘those who saw it to think|for the Commeérelal club té take 8o now, and there is no excuse for | —x— are prominently mentioned for the|ceg The girls hastily departed when |Edwin Chilgren, sen T aemus Nop|@n airship was on the job. It was|tion- on the committee’s report, this condition. | The total r_mmher of'or'ganizgrs at|presidential nomination . this year.|mriple was lodked up snd have not ther Arx‘xt:on,t LU t’l; ! I;Jg‘ns:sA“e 2| Sater. didsorerad’ that sD. Blakeslee | which, if favorable, will mean that Why, in a little village located | Present holding commissions issued | He is four years older than Speaker |poon geen since. £ s‘;:'l m“;‘“ t‘e“e \:yi e d"e had perfected a powerful searchlight. | it will then be up to the charter com- in Renville county, 5,430 crates |DY the American Federation of La-|Champ Clark, eleven years older| «priple’s wife and family at Crook- Ci sren.t epu ysma;s al e ewo ?; g e expreis Tt i s o T of eggs were shipped out dur- |bor is 1,594, an increase over last|than Governor Woodrow Wilson, and 500 are meantime existing without |V 11 l:e; every Sunday at the Woo adslsability of euiag RERA with iis ing 1911. | year of 132. sixteen years older than Represen-|pis gypnort, and the chances are they |Man hall. MODERN HOTEL FOR KELLIHER| " —_ . ! —x— tative Underwood. will have to get along without him A R & TR What Barnum Did. | The lockout in the British cotton . for another year or %0 as the charge|pann CONCERT FEBRUARY 28 40 Room, $20,000 Structure, to Be| Socialists lday Oppou It. At Barnum, & town near Du- trade is the result of application of The Philippine exposition and ¢ar-| ynqor which he is held is a serious R e - Opened There February 12. 1f, ultimately, it is deemed wise luth, one man received 10 dozen the employes for a 5 per cent ad-|nival, for which preparations have| . ..der the Minnesota State laws.” % = 5 _ . to sound ‘the sentiment in Bemid)i egegs dally from his chickens, |vance in wages. The workers affect-| been making for nearly a year, was ot 1 swfllflnfipgl":?l‘i’;" onfelr"lgfil:‘de for| Kelliner's modern new hotel s {0 o0 oeition, teh call for spe:_ during December and sold them ed by the lockout include 130,000 opened at Manila today and will be __g_ 3 nearly ready for the public. This ial election will be made and the vot- for 40 cents a dozen. His ex- |women. continued through the coming week.|CAN'T FORGET FATAL SHOT it e ek o week’s Kelliher Journal says: “With | . " o il be given a chance to o, pense for feed was on the aver- ' X = The exposition is held on Wallace Gt the nest.indeor éoncert ot the the carpenters putting on the final express their oplnion as to the desir- age $1 a day, so his daily profit A novel strike has taken place in|Field, a large tract close to the bay|Man Found Insane Here, killed Cul- | Bomidji band will be Reld on Weq. | ARishing work, thé furnishings and | i or discarding the present was three dollars. i Switzerland where five of the gener-|which was formerly used as a camp- prit While Policeman. fiesday.eyening, Februarys287ing the | iXtures being installed, the new Ho- |\ nicinal means of doing business. So you farmers want to re- |alsin the Swiss army have struck be-|ing ground of the United States e Gity Al A¢ ehat tim?a e tel Kelliher, the modern forty-room | .\wpile there has as yet been slight member that there is no excuse |cause they do not regard their annu-|troops.| The exhibits consist princi-| Ole Tweeton of Shotly has been G 3; eclai eeit. eiYensa " by Heas building, will be opened to the pub- opposition to the plan, it is known for your having only 16 head of |al remuneration of $700 sufficient|pally of rice, cocoanuts, fruits of all committed to the insane asylum at mre!" it :mm;unced Tatos il be lic, Moniday, February 12. The “ewuthnt, generally speaking, the com- poultry on your farm when it |wages. kinds, hemp, rubber, maguey, palay |Fergus Falls by Judge of Probate given. This probably will be the 1agt | 1otel is & credit to Kelliher, contain-{ i ciion plan is not favored by the i ought to be four times that num- i —X— of many varieties, corn and other |Clark. Mr. Tweeton was released l-u"v‘indoo;- neart ot the. veason Ala AR ing besides the lobby forty °°mm°'|50clzlisu! and opposition from this ber, and that in Minnesota the The Miners’ Federation of Eng-|products of the island. psring from that institution, having S %hs latontion ofthe Tand to makeldious rooms, steam and electric light- | party may be expected to develope in hen is today half as big as the |land has decided to take a vote on - been declared rational after beging TS e e h G e, Tha ey ed, with all modern conveniences. | po o iqsi. cow as far as its product is con- i the question of national stoppage of Great preparations are being made|retained four years. The case of Mr. dunes Nast oveutng was‘ o teng Work on the building was commenced | sk cerned. {the work in the mines in February,|in London for the welcome of King|TWweeton is a most peculiar one. About s dssplia thie bl te atEnar last fall, and Manager Gunderson’s} 3 - . Wives based upon the question of a mini-|George and Queen Mary on their ar-|12 years ago he was a member of the _:‘lzc: b;ing pla:ge Mnst’en‘s i promise to have a first-class hotel by! The Goveinment’s criminal case For Farmers’ ! mum wage scale. rival home from India where they at-|police force of Crookston, and in the e oMY R i ah At pHeE Tl spring has been more tiuan fulfilled.|against the 16 firms and 32 individ- I “Conveniences in the Farm Home" was the subject on which Miss Bess —_x— The Union Hall association, a hold- Rowe of the Crookston Agricu]turaléi“g company for labor unions, has School spoke and her lecture Was bought a building lot in Racine, Wis., much appreciated by tire wives of the|in the business center of the city and tended teh great Dusbar at Delhi. Their Majesties are cxpected to ar- rive at Spithead tomorrow night. They will remain on board during {the night, and early Monday morn- lcourse of hig duties it was necessary {to shoot a man, the homicide ‘being |that time the matter has weighed {heavily on Mr. Tweeton's mind. He| | declared justifiable, but ever since! the proceeds are to bo turned.intoj the band’s general fund. i Phonograph in\enth{] by T. A. Bd-i f lic, being erected at a cost estimated And ‘indeed the finished structure far exceeds the expectations of the pub- to exceed $20,000. The new hostel- ity is worthy of the substantial uals in the so-called Rathtub Trust, who are alleged to Lhave obtaimed Icontrol of 85 per cent of the annual output of enamel ironware bathtubs, sinks, lavatories, etc., in the United ison, 1877. 3 3 farmers as well as the farmers them- | intends to erect thers a $25,000 la-! selves, and it was quite evident from |bor temple. the interest that was shown during her talk that a large number of her suggestions will be followed. Misg Rowe Talks to Women. Coxes Resolutions favoring the construc- tion of a national labor temple at | Washington, D. C. and the removal {of international headquarters of ev- This afternoon Miss Rowe gave alery track and labor -organization in short cooking lesson to the women,|the United States to that place were using the domestic seience cooking|adopted by the Washington State room for her work. Many of the Be-|Federation of Labor. harbor. During her progress to the landing the steamship will pass be- tween double rows of battleships and |cruisers and will receive royal sal- ute from each ship. Picadilly, Hol- born and other thoroughfares through which the King and Queen will pass on their way from the station to Buckingham Palace ars being elabo: {ng the Medina will steam up the|Dbecame remorse and melancholy, and| about four years ago showed signs of mental breakdown. Shortly before his firgt committal to 'the asylum, he chopped off the forefinger .of his right hand, declaring that with that mem- ber he pulled the trigger that result- | \ed in the death of & fellowman. rately decorated. . ’Dhe first subserl] on Jlbrny, Phi- 1. " | ing with' private banks and provid: Tho Avizona State Federation of Labor was organized at a recent con-| ventlon in Phoenix. ey The long cherished dream of the' | Australian labor parly, the ¢r=l!ibl£ of an ‘Australian state bank, co@pet ing the labor government wfih a ‘|growth of Kelliher and surrounding (country, and .will provide ample and commodious accommodations for the travelitig public. Plans for the op- but. it is safe to predict that it will be in entire keeplng with the slmc- powerful ' flnmclnl rm; is ening have not yet been announced, | garded as one of the most important States, will be called for trial in the Federal Court at Detroit, Mich. The case, which has been pending in thé courts for nurly two. years, is re- (n the anti-trust cunpalgn of Attor»- (~ )