Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 15, 1912, Page 1

“ b 3 "~ Y < B VOLUME 9. NUMBER 26, TATE EDITORS ARE IN SESSION Annual Meeting of Minnesota Asso- ciation Began in Minneapolis This Morning ENLIVENED WITH POLITICS Fact That Two Prominent Members Of the Association are Candi- dates for Office a Feature BEING GORDON AND EASTMAN Who Would Like to Receive Nomina- tions for Governor and Congress- man at Large, Respectively. Editors of the state of Minnesota, met in Minneapolis this morning, the occasion being the annual meeting of the State Editorial Association. The first meeting was held at the ball rooms of the Radisson hotel, and the other meeting will also be held there. i The meeting this year will be en- livened by the fact that two of the prominent members of the associa- tion are candidates for public office. The present president, S. Y. Gordon, is a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor and Alvah Eastman, for the Republican nomina- tion for congressman-at-large. E. H. Denu, manager of the Pion- eer, is slated for an address this af-} ternoon, but was unable to attend. The program for the two days fol- lows: Thursday Morning — Greeting by Mayor Haynes; response by Presi- dent S. Y. Gordon; president’s an- nual address; appointment of com- mittees and announcements by exe-! cutive committee. ! Thursday Afternoon — Address by James A. Tawney, “World’s Interna- tional Peace;” paper “The Editorial Page,” Theodore Christianson, Daw- son Sentinel; paper, “The Front Page,” E. E. McCrea, Alexander Post- News; address, “The Business End of a Country Paper.” Froday — Paper, “Cost System of Printing,” J. C. Morrison, Morris Tribune; address, “Second Class Postage,” H. V. Jones, Minneapolis; discussions; resolutions and reports of officers and committees; election of officers. ARE WEDDED IN . WHISPERS Voiceless Oregon Couple Engage Clen @yman Simllarly Afflicted to form Marrlage Ceremony. ‘The first wedding ceremony conduct: ed in whispers, so far as is known, oc- curred at Vancouver, Wash., when a Portland dentist marrfed a pretty young woman from that city, the wed- ding taking place at the home of Rev. Walter I. Eck, of St. Paul's English Lutheran church, Mr. Eck was at the church, when two stylishly gowned young women appeared and informed him that his services would be necessary for the happiness of Miss Martha Frances Owens, who was to become the bride of Dr. Hugh Charles Smith, both of Portland. The witness was Miss Fay Forrest Gibson, also of Portland. Two weeks ago, when endlng a prayer in church, Rev. Mr. Eck sud- denly lost his power of speech, and since then he has conversed in whis. pers. Trylng to recover his voice in vain, he whispered can’t talk; all I can do {8 whisper.” Touched by sympathy, the deter- mined brideto-be whispered back: “That will be all right. Just so long a8 it 18 quiet we don't care. We came over here to have a qulet wedding and you will do fine.” Goling to the pastorate, the two ta be married answered in whispérs the whispered questions asked by the voiceless pastor. All Used the Inside. The resolution of the New Yoak board of health which will abolish in all public places towels of the “com- men” kind—for the use of more than one person—recalled this story to a commercial traveler: “When I was on the road many years ago for a new York notion house I had to visit a cus- tomer in a little New England town, many miles for the rallroac ‘where fthere was one tavern. Over the wash bowl, which stood on & table in the so-called office, there hung & ‘roller’ towe), and it was that towel or none If you wanted to rid your hands of pome real estate before taking a meal, At my experience I looked the thing over and then used the inside, 1he proprietor, seeing this, said:* You New' Yorkers ain’t any smarter than other people—everybody wipes on the inside of a roller towel, and it makes ‘em-~last longer,.” COCHRAN GETS CONTRACT Bemidji Contractor to Cut 10,000,- 000 Foot of Timber for Be- midji Company. WILL START WORK AT ONCE G. W. Cochran and son have just secured a big contract from the Be- midji Lumber company to log 10,- 000,000 feet of their timber in town- ship 145, range 27 east of Bena. Mr. Cochran intends to start the work at once and will commence shipping logs the first of April at the rate of 100,000 logs per day and intends to cut 6,000,000 feet during the months of April, May and June and will finish the contract next spring. The logs are to be shipped over the Great Northern and delivered at the Bemidji Lumber company’s mill. © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. ¢ POPRORPOPOOROO6 9 Many of the principal high schools of Towa and Nebraska are entered in the interstate basketball tournament at the University of Omaha. The tournament opens tonight and will urday. B A number of religious workers of wide reputation are on the program nual convention of the Missouri Y. M. C. A., which met here today with a large attendance. The proceedings will continue over Sunday. . Havana, Feb. 15.—The American colony in Havana today paid its cus- tomary tribute to the memory of the victims of the Maine disaster by de- corating the graves of those who are buried in the local cemetery. This was the fourteenth anniversary of the blowing up of the battleship in Havana harbor. * . Many well known players conrtib- uted to the program at the beneéfit performance for Ted D. Marks given at Cohan’s Theatre, New York this afternoon, Mr. Marks, who is one of the best known of the old-time theatrical managers and vaudeville agents in New York, has been ser- iously ill for some time. . The first annual meeting of the Northwest Mining Convention began in Spokane today with an attendance of delegates from California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Al- berta and British Columbia. The meeting will last three days, during which time a wide variety of sub- jects relating to the mining industry will be discussed. * The pretty little Church of St. Cornelius the Centurion, on Govern- ors Island, was the scene of a bril- liant military wedding this P. M., > | when Miss Marion Allison, daughter of Col. James N. Allison, U. S. A,, and granddaughter of the late Judge J. W. Whalley of Portland, Ore., be- came the bride of Lieut. Jacob Earl Fickel, U. S. A. Lieut. Fickel is one of the army aviators. » Many visitors are in Mankato for the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Southern Minnesota Teachers’ Association which holds its Sessions at the state normal there, beginning this evening and continuing until Saturday. Heading the list of speakers at the convention this year are Jacob Riis, the noted New York sociologist, and Prof. M. V. O'Shea of the University of Wisconsin. * Progressive farmers from every section of the state filled the Cham- ber of Commerce auditorium in Ma- con, Ga., today when President R. F. Duckworth, of Union City, called: to order the annual convention of the Farmers’ Educational and Co-opera- tive Union of Georgia. Plans for in- creasing the membership and extend- ing the influence of the organization are to be discussed during the three days’ session. . Federal regulation of weights and measures in so far as it is necessary to secure uniformity in the laws throughout the country will be urg- ed by the conference of the State sealers of welights and measures, which began at the Department of Commerce and Labor in Washington today and will continue over tomor- row. As a result of the agitation on the subject the legislatures of 27 states already have taken .action looking to uniform laws to govern weights and measures. William A. Brady Is to produce a play by Bayard Velller, called “The Miracle.” will have the role of a fsmlnlne crook. | PPROPIOPOOOOOPQOO®OQ® continue over tomorrow and Sat-| for addresses at the thirty-fifth an-{ i BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY. 15 1912 FOOTBALL SCORED BY VARSITY PAPER Editor of Alumni Weekly Declares| Minnesota System is Commer- cialized and Unsportsmanlike EXTRAVAGANCE IN EXPENSES Asserts Gambling Spirit is Inflamed And Coaches Do Less Work Than Professors ARTICLE WRITTEN BY JOHNSON Under Caption, “Football, A Specta- ole or & Sport?”. And Dwells At Length on Alleged Evils A scathing denunciation of the football system at the University of Minnesota, as being highly profess- ional, thoroughly commercialized and serving merely to furnish a spec- tacle rather than a sport, is con- tained in an editorial published in the current issue, of the Alumni weekly, the official organ of the gen- eral alumni association, published on the campus. The article, which was written by E. B. Johnson, secretary of the asso- ciation, under the caption “Football —A Spectacle or a Sport?” is the feature of the issue, and dwells at length on the alleged evils that have crept into the system at the univer- sity. Games are scheduled for purposes other than pure sport, extravagance has crept in the expenditures of the athletic association, a gambling spir- it is inflamed by the gridiron sport, the men are trained with care for a supreme struggle - rather than for thei® physical benefit--these are some of the charges in the editorial. The point afso i5 raised as~tv the propriety of paying a coach, who spends a few hours daily during a three-month season, more salary than professors who devote their en- tire time the year around to college activities. PUT IN RECEIVER’S HANDS. Orchard Compnniél Officers Charged By Investors A receiver has been recently ap- pointed for the Columbus River Or- chard Company at Seattle, which is bonded for $5,000,000; the Wash- ington Orchard Irrigation & Fruit company, and other companies sub- sidiary to the first bonds of the Or- chard company, have been sold all over the United States. The com- panies have no available assets, ac- cording to brokers and attorneys in the case. Serious charges are made by in- vestors and-creditors against the of- ficers of these two companies, organ- ized to develop desert lands along the Columbia river. F TIMOTHY BH;JGS §1,092 Single Wagonload-of Seed Raised on | Ten Acres .of Land Brought K That Amount. BY C. H. COFFER AT SANDSTONE A single. wagonload -of timonthy {seed was sold at Sandstone, Minn., recently by C. H. Cooper,- for $1,- 902.50; it weighed 4,370 pounds, and was raised on ten acres of land which ‘was sown-ten years ago on top of the wild sod. It has nefer been plowed. Mr. Cooper is an imyalid, unable to leave his chair, and.therefore must hire all his work domé. Beltrami County‘had over a half a million acres of ‘rich, black muck lands, (easily cleared,-when drained, ‘and also. easily draified because-they are located on'-top- of the watershed or divide between the rivers), which will produce fully as'much timonthy, i not. more per acre; than Mr. Coop- er's land near Sandstone, and this acre. lnclnfflng full mineral right. STADSVOLD ELEGTED CAPTAIN Fosston Athlete Will Lead University Cross-Countfy Team. —= Sidney Stadsvold, Fosston, Minn., member of the SigmaiChi fraternity and freshman law student, was yest- erday elected captain.of the universi- ty cross-country team: for next sea- son. He succeeds Fred E. Tydeman. The new captain has been at the university four years and will gradu- ate from the academic department next June. He has been active in track athletics since éntering college and last fall made his’letter on the cross-country team. : Stadsvold will be remembered in Bemidji as he was captain and star end of the Fosston football eleven-at one time. X CAN VOTE FOR MAYOR AT GRAND Manager Bo;d -Hulmi;inntefl Plan For Straw Vote on Four Can- didates, Bemidji theatre goers will have an opportunity to vote for their choice for mayor tonight and tomorrow night at the Grand Theatre, where Manager Rood has inaugurated a plan for a straw vote on the four candidates for that office. “The can- didates are William McCuaig, George Kreatz, L. F. Johnson and F. M, Mal- zahn. ‘The straw vote was begun last ev- ening and will continue three nights, and the winner will be announced from the canvass at Saturday even- ing’s performance. Laura Nelson Hall, who has left the cast of “Liverywoman,” will ap- pear in London in “The FEasiest ‘Wal.” A teaspoonful of spirits of turpen- tine added to two gallons of warm water will restore the brightness to carpets that are dulled with dust. After sweeping the carpet thorough- land can be ncquiregi,;lor $1.25 per] WRIGHT HEARING MANDAMUS CASE Park hpuil Jurist Listening to Ar- guments in Connection With Judge Appointments WANT JUDGE IN EACH WARD. Public Ownership Party Claim That They Are Entitled to One Judge In Each of Four Wards - DEGI!ION MAY END THE CASE {1t Judge Holds in Favor of Council Sooialists Will Probably Let Matter Drop : Having been adjourned from last evening until this morning, because of the fact that Judge Wright did not understand that there were to be any questions of fact.to be brot out and did not bring his court sten- ographer, the writ of mandamus case brought against L. F. Johnson and others, comprising the city council, by F. M. Malzahn, in behalf of the Socialists of Bemidji, was taken up at 10 o’clock. Attorney Weber for the Socfalist opened the case by asking that para- graphs 3, 4 and 6 of the defendants answer be stricken from that docu- ment, which motion was overruled by Judge Wright, and the exception noted. George Stein was called as a wit-] ness, and in answering questions tes- tified that he is the city clerk of the city of Bemidji and has been for the past year. He also told what his duties as.city clerk consisted. Through Mr. Stein, Mr. Weber in- troduced into the testimony certi- at the 1911 election, he evidently wishing to prove that the party which he represented took part in that election. F. M. Malzahn, who is the Socialist candidate for mayor, was next called and he testified that he was a Soeia- list and that he had in his possession the charter showing that the Be- midji local was a member of the state Socialist party, Other witnesses called were Dr. Larson, and John Ziegler both So- clalists, It 18 not likely the decision of Judge Wright will have any bearing on the election to be held next Tues- day, as the Socialists will probably let the matter drop if decided against them, while the council will appeal, thereby taking it over the election. At the conclusion of the case this afternoon, Judge Wright, who will leave tomorrow morning for his home in Park Rapids said that he would probably decide the matter to- morrow and would mail his decision, Ida St. Leon, who has been starring ly, wring a cloth out of the water|in “Polly of the Circus,” will have a and wipe the surface uf the carpet, | new play next season, in which ‘she Last year 140,000 antomobiles Were | first against the grain and then with | will star under the mlnagmpnfi manufactured in this country. In this play Grace George it. Frederick Thompson. 5 THE AWAKENING ficates of nomination of the Socialistaf¥ - High School Boys Instead of - Fosston school quint will play here tomor- row night instead of Fosston, as pre- viously announced. As Walker has been playing a strong game thus far this year, it is expected that the contest tomorrow will be an interesting one from the start. Walker recently defeated Ake- ley by a'large margin. Akeley was also defeated by Bemidji last Fri- rday by a score of 30 to 7. The game will be played in the City Hall, and will be followed by a dance which will be given by the band boys. It is very probable that the Be- midji basket tossers will journey to Fosston Saturday and meet the quint of that city on that day. The Bemidji boys have put in a binson says that if they are defeated by Walker it will be because they are outclassed. - R R KR KK H KKK KK KKK NEW RATE MEETS * That the new rate on the % Daily Pioneer of $4.00 a year +* is making a big hit is evident, % as many of the business and % professional men have expressed -tliampelyes ‘approying the mew X price and plan;! “It meaha a saving of $1.00 * a year, and it s far better to & _pay for it in advance, than after- wards,” said a local business man to-day. In this evening’s mail more than 1,000 letters and bills from this office were sent out. You will receive one by your letter carrfer in the morning, unless your account is paid to April 1, 19),2, as_this is the date fixed, whien the new raté goes into ef- fect. ‘Your bill wfll read; Daily Pioneer from <., to April 1, 1912 §... This amount is figured at the old rate. Then you are priveledged to include with this payment your choice of $1, $2, or $4, which pays for three, six or twelve months in advance, respectively. Then, when your subscription expires you will receive notice from this office ten days prior, to that effect. If your records do not correspond with the bill ¥ mailed you kindly take the mat- X ter up with this office at once, % as we do not wish to stop any « paper - April 1st, unless abso- * lutely necessary. *_’l*i#**i*lk!kfi{i Khkhkhkkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkkhhdkhkkk HFTY FOUE MEN INDICTED Of Conspiracy. Indianapolis, Feb. 15.—The Unit- S | {here with' all other ed States government today arrested almost all of the 54 men indicted in It took into custody within a few hours the dynamite conspiracy cases. practically the entire official staff of the International - Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, including the chief officers, members of the executive board and about 20 business agents and former -business agent. These included ‘Frank M. Ryan, president; John T. Butler of Buffa- lo, first vice president, and Herbert S. Hockin, second vice president, and successor of J. J. McNamara, secre. tary-treasurer, and each of these men Was requested to give $10,000 bond for his appearance for arraignment delagdlntu on March 12. Fourteen of those indicted are a\eh Tequired to - furnish $10,000 bonds and 40 are each required to. furnish $5,000, making an aggregate hond reguired of $340,000. “Some ot those whom the: govern- ment were unable to. find today are Cass County Five Will Clash: With GAME PLAYED AT CITY HALL It has been announced by Manager Morris Ryan of the High school bask- et ball five that the Walker high hard week at practice and Coach Ro- | *i*******t********i*i*tt‘*t*****ttt*i*i Eleh to Face 126 Different Charges TEN CENTS PER WEEK SALOON MEN T0 FAYOR JOHNSON So Decided at a Meeting of Saloon- keepers Held in This City Last Evening. KREATZ TO STAY IN RACE Brands Statement, “That He Will Quit as False and Unanthor- JNO. GRAHAM MAKES AFFIDAVIT Denies That He Told 0'Donnel That Kreatz Would Withdraw in Favor of Johnson At a meeting of some.of the sa- loon men ehld in this city last even- ing it was decided to support L. F. Johnson for mayor at the coming i election. It was brought out during the course of the discussion that should this support be thrown Johnson’s way Kreatz would withdraw ' from the irace. In an interview with Mr. Kreatz he firmly denied the rumor and wishes it emphatically under- stood that he had no such intention and authorized no onme to issue such a statement. The following affidavit was furn- WIT“ APPROV AL .ishied this office by Mr. Kreatz for the purpose of showing that the statement made at the saloon meet- ing is false. State of Minnesota, Co\mty of Bel- trami, ss: John Graham, being duly sworn, says that he understands that the statement ‘was made by one Mike O’Donnell at-a Public-Meeting of the saloon keepers of Bemidji on the ev- ‘ening of the 14th: dsy or'Per,; 1912, that*he, Graham, had told the said O'Donnell, that if L. F. " Johnson should be indorsed for Mayor by the said saloonkeepers that George E: Kreatz would withdraw as a candi- date for mayor. = Affiant further states that he nev- er made any such statement to Mike O’Donnell or to any other person ‘whatsoever and that any statement that he has ever said that the said George E. Kreatz would withdraw as a candidate for mayor is absolutely false. JOHN GRAHAM. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of February, 1912. - A, A. Andrews, Notary Public, Beltrami County, Minn. % My commission expires on the 21st day of November, 1914, CATALINO GETS SIXTY DAYS Cass Lake “Bootlegger” Pleads Guil- ty Before Judge Wright. .County Attorney Funck returned last evening from -. Park - Rapids bers before Judge Wright in the case .| of State of Minnesota vs. Louis Cat- alino who pleaded guilty on the charge of furnishing liquor to In- dians. Catalino had been bound over to the aistrict court by Judge Ives in spite- of his plea of not guilty, and after spending the day ixf Jail decid- ed to plead guilty and was taken be- fore Judge Wright, who sentenced him to sixty days in the county jail House Valentine Party Misses Myrle Methven and Hazel Hulett entertained 'a number of their friends last night at a valentine party, at the home of Mrs. Methven. The house throughout was beautiful. 1y decorated with ribbons, hearts, and other devices suitable to the oc- casion, The evening was spent in singing songs, pllyln; games' and solving conumdrums at which prizes were won by Leslie Slater, Minnie Huntosh and Delbert Elletson. Re- freshments were served by Mrs. and Miss Methven. Those present were: Misses Nellie Erb; Julia Kleve, Hazel Hulett, Maude Slater,” Myrtle Meth- ven and Minnie Huntosh and Messrs. Delben Elletson, Harry Gflndnll Hi- where he appeared in court cham- . at Walker. -