Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 17, 1912, Page 1

. V— " meet the fast VOLUME 9. NUMBER 28, WALKER NO MATCH FOR BEMIDJI BOYS, Iigh School Basketball Five Easily| Defeats Cass County Team by 58 to 14 Score. TEAMWORK CAUSE OF VICTORY' | Visitors Could Not Stop Repeated Plays of the Local Quint and Scored Only Six Baskets BRAINERD MAY PLAY HERE Meet Walker Next Week and Would Arrange Game For Here to be Played on Same Trip In rather a one sided, but never- theless exciting game of basket ball| played here last evening, the Be- midji high school five easily defeated | Walker, the score being 58 to 14, i At no time during the entire con- test were the Bemidji players in dan- ger, and before the game had gone| five minutes had scored 16 points to| their opponents 2. The game was featured by the ex-! cellent teamwork of Bemidji, who re- | peatedly took the ball from one end of the floor to the other and it was an exception when a basket did not result. | Peck, Bemidji centre, and Ripple] forward, were the chief point sget- ters for their team, and both made baskets from seemingly impossible positions, bringing forth much ap- plause from the side lines and gal- lery. Although Bailey, at forward for Bemidji threw only four field bask- ets, his work in handling the ball, played no small part in the home team’s victory. He is an aggressive athlete, and the manner in which he would rob his larger opponent of the ball, was gratifying to the little fel- low’s many admirers. As usual Ryan and Ackenbach gave | their men little oportunity at| basket throwing, and only six bask- ets were secured against them. - | 1t is probable that Bemidji will Brainerd basketball team next week. Brainerd is to play Walker, at Walker, and it is their desire that Bemidji arrange to give them a game here the next day. The lineup last evening was as fol- lows:— Bemidji—forwards, Bailey and Captain Riple; centre, Beck; guards, Ryan and Ackenbach. ‘Walker—forwards, Hallier and Johnson; centre Oliver; guards Parks and Hess. Baskets, Johnson 3, Hallier 1, Oli- ver , Bailey 4, Ripple 9, Peck 8, Ry- an 3, Ackenbach 1. Fouls thrown, Ripple 8, Oliver 2. Referee, Stanton. Umpire, Allen. Timekeepers, Morrison and Whitney. Scorers, Mortiz and Whitney. DAM WORK CONTRACT LET Winnibigoshish Dam Will Be Exten- sively Improved During Com- ing Summer. Jackson & Co., of Cass Lake have just been awarded a contract for hauling 400 tons of stone from Win- nibigoshish rapids to Winnibigoshish dam, a distance of six miles. The contract price is $3.75 per ton and it is proposed by Messrs. Jackson & Co., .to haul ten tons of rock each load, using four horses to draw it. The government is intending to make extensive improvements at Winnibigoshish dam during the com- ing summer and is shipping in dredg- ing machinery from the Cull river project where they have just finished work. 1t is also understood that the can- al between Winnibigoshish lake and Leech lake will be built the coming summer. Last summer and fall, bids: were advertised for this work twice, but the specifications were such that no contractor was willing to bid on the same on account of the fear of| . | A sample shipment of American quicksand. » The government appropriation has been made and it is expected that the government machinery will be used in doing the work. The canal is in- tended to be used to run the surplus water from the Winnibigoshish reser- voir over into the Leech lake reser- voir as the latter is capable of handling much more water than fis | carriers and drivers, O R R R R R R R OR © QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, ¢ POEEPPPIOOOOOOO® Congratulations to: The Duchess of Albany, aunt of King George, 51 vears old today. | Willijam Faversham, well actor, 44 years old today. Hon. G. H. V. Bulyea, lieutenant- governor of Alberta, 53 years old to- day. David ‘F. Houston, chancellor of Washington university, St. Lonis, 46 years old today. | known | » A wedding of interest to New York society today was that of Miss Med- elon Weir, daughter of the late Levi C. Weir, who was president of the Adams Express company at the time of his death, and Oliver De Grey Van- derbilt, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Oli- ver De Grey Vanderbilt of Orange, N. J. The ceremony wds performed in the fashionable St. Thomas’ Church this afternoon and was followed by a large reception at the home of the bride’s mother in East Firty-second streeet. | . One hundred and fifty gunners, armed With | double-barrel shotguns, a ton of ammunition and pikes, will start for Marshall, Wash,, early tomorrow morning to participate in the big- gest hunt ever arranged in this part of the country. It will mark the be- ginning of a campaign organized by | the Inland Empire Game Protection and Propagation Association with the object of clearing intermountain ! country of jack-rabbits, which have damaged crops for many years. The game bagged by the army of hunters will be presented to the Salvation‘ 9rmy for distribution among the poor | of Spokane and other cities. i + Hebrews who stand high in their communities as citizens and men of affairs are arriving in Los Angeles to attend the district convention of | the Independent Order of B'nai B’-!| rith, the most prominent of all the | Jewish fraternal and charitable or- ganizations in the world. The con- vention, which will be the 59th an-| nual session of the district organ- ization, will begin its meeting to- morrow and will be participated in by delegates from all of the Pacific coast section. TUnder the rules of succession, the convention will elect is now first vice-president, to the presidentcy of the grand lodge. 1 * The annual motor boat show, given under the auspices of the National Assiciation of Engine and Boat Man- ufacturers, opened today in the Six- ty-ninth Regiment Armory in New York and will continue through the coming week. Every available foot ot space on the main floor and on the elevated promenade of the big armory is occupied with attractive exhibits, which range from the smallest parts used in the construc- tion of marine engines to luxurious- 1y furnished and completely equipped power cruisers of forty feet and| more in length. All of the promi- nent makers of engines and motor boats in the country are represented. . Interest in a sensational tragedy which stirred Denver last summer will be revived Monday, when Frank Henwood will be placed on trial for the murder of Sylvester (“Tony”) von Phul. Henwood, a well known man-about-town, shot and killed von Phul, an amateur ballonist and wine salesman, in the barroom of the Brown Palace hotel on May 24 last. According to the testimony at the trial ill feeling had existed between the two for some time as a result of a quarrel over a woman with whom both were said to be infatuated. The woman in the case was Mrs. John M. Springer, wife of a Denver banker, who secured a divorce from Mrs. Springer soon after the murder of von Phul. In his attack on von Phul Henwood shat G. E. Copeland, a min- ing man of Victor, Colo., who died from his wounds several days later. Henwood was tried and convicted of the killing of Copeland and is now under sentence of life imprisonment. ~ The Amalgamated Lace Curtain Operatives of America will hold their] annual convention at New York, May 2. During December, 1911, the Switchmen’s Union of North Ameri- ca paid out $16,500 in death and dis- ability benefits. In six years 1,793 criminal aliens have been expelled from the United Kingdom. Year before last seven of them were Americans, last year 16. tomatoes was recently unpacked in Sheffield and the fruit was found (o be in a very satisfactory condition. Only one tomato showed any sign of a bruise. ; We imported last year $17,643,- 000 worth of art, 20 years old and over free of duty, besides $673,125 worth of art works produced abroad supplied by nature, while the form- er is not large enough te hold it all, by Americans. We exported $998,- 821 worth of painting and statuary. Isidor Golden of San Francisco,.who| . CLOSE OF CAMPAIGN T0 BE INTERESTING Candidates for Various Municipal Offices Claim Early Victories— None See Defeat. “NOTHING TO IT,”. THEY ALL SAY Office Seekers, With Election Only Two Days Away, Feel Their Election Practically Assured “MY CHANCES GOOD,” SAYS RHEA Independent Candidate For City Treasurer Certain That Voters Will Elect Him Over Geil Only two days remain before the municipal election will take place, and at this time the various candi~ dates can see nothing but a victory. “Nothing to it,” they say, and with a sternness that would almost make their listeners believe they were stat- ing that which will truth. ments which a Pioneer. reporter has overheard from the candidates: For mayor— “From the reports that reach me,” says William McSuaig, “I feel confident that I am going to be elected next Tuesday.” “Fair treatment to all,” is the manner in which L. F. Johnson tells what he will do if elected. George Kreatz says, “I am making the race because re- quested to do so by many of my friends, and T feel that I will win."” “I feel that my own election is practically. assured, while my party will undoubtedly elect at least two aldermen;” Says F. M. Malzahn, the Socialist candidate. For treasurer— “I am confident that the vot- ers of Bemidji will elect me to the office of city treasurer next Tuesday. 'The situation looks good and my friends are sure of a victory for me,” says George Rhea, the independent candi- date. “I hope to be re-elected, and there is no question but that ’, will,” says Earl Geil. For clerk— s “I feel that I will win this year by a larger vote than I did last,” is the way George Stein puts it. “The situation at the present time is very encouraging to me, and my election would not sur- prise me,” is the comment of -Garfield Ackerberg, Socialist candidate. For assessor— James Cahill in regard to his election says, “It looks as though I will be re-elected.” “I feel that I have a good chance for election,” says Evan Carson, the Socialist candidate: All the candidates for aldermen are confident of election, and none see where they can possibly be de- feated. Potiving ae o ew ot oo con-| ALLEGED MURDERER HERE THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY. Bishop Guertin. -Rt. Rev. George A. Guertin, Ro- man Catholic bishop of Manchester, N. H.,, was born in Nashua, N. H., February 17, 1869, of French parent- age. He was educated in St. Charles Borromeo College in Sherbrooke, Quebec, St. Hyacinthe College also in the Province of Quebec, and in St. John’s Seminary, near Boston. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1892, and was assigned as assist- ant in a church in Manchester, N. H., until 1896, when he went to Le- banon, N. H., for four years, and then was in St. Anthony’s church at Manchester, N. H., for seven years as pastor. He was consecrated third bishop of Manchester in 1907. The fourth and fifth grade gave a sleigh ride party last night. They were chaperoned by their teacher, Miss Inez Patterson. Miss Inez Patterson will entertain a few of the Freshman class this evening at-the home of Mrs. 0. And- erson. Games and music will be the evening’s entertainment. The guests will include Jean Richards, Margaret Anderson, Clare Nanagle, Margaret McGee, Margaret Thome, Gertrude Huntosh, Elizabeth Titus, Julia Mo- ritz, Mabel Booth, Harriet Davids, Raymond Lord, Leslie Slater, Will Walker, Merl Spencer, Edwin Si- nions, Roy Wells, Alvin Olson, Julius Miller and D’Arcy McGée. result in thé. ‘| half -of Cass Lake and most of Star «Copy: [ - “Old @lory” WHI Bs Unfuried 1,000 Feet Above Tidewater to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the | Writing of the Star.8; gled ! Indian Chief Believed to Have Killed His Wife Placed in Beltrami County Jail. REPRESENTED BY W. N. WO00D Chief Lon-ga-ge-shij, ‘the Indian who is believed to have caused the death of his wife,. whose dead -body was found on Cass Lake, tour miles within the Beltrami county bound- ary line day before yesterday, was brought to Bemidji yesterday after- noon by Deputy Sheriff James Ca- hill, and placed in jail here. TO INITIATE LARGE CLASS | | Knights' of Columbus Will Confer Three Degrees on 65 Candidates At Brainerd SPECIAL CAR FROM HERE TO GO | Sixty-five candidates will be ini-| tiated into the Knights of Columbus | of Brainerd' tomorrow, when the ini-| tiating team of Minneapolis will con. fer three degrees. i ’ About thirty-five members of the Bemidji lodge will leave this even- ing in a special car for Brainerd and ‘W. N. Wood, the young Cass Lake attorney, has been named to defend the chief and he appeared before Court Commissioner Crowell this morning and waived a preliminary examination becausé of the fact that the grand jury will be in session soon. The body of the dead squaw was also brought to Bemidji yesterday and according to County Attorney Torrance a post mortem examination will be held some time before the inquest which will take place at 9 o’clock Monday morning. A rather interesting feature of the finding of the dead body to those who are not familiar with the boundaries of Beltrami county, is that it was discovered just three miles from Star Island,-Cass Lake’s well known sum- mer resort, and that more than one- Island are in Beltrami county. TAKES HINT; QUITS TOWN Ole Stokke Thought to Have Given Liquor to Indians Told to Leave - Cass Lake DUNN HELD TO GRAND JURY Ole Stokke who has been under suspicion of furnishing liquor to In- dians in Cass.Lake although not act- ually caught in the act of handling it over was given notice this morning by Marshal George Dederick that he must leave immediately and not re- turn to Cass Lake or actlon would be taken against him. He did not stand on the order of his going but immediately went to the Soo depot and took the local freight out of | town, The action of the authorities against James Dunn and Louis Cat- alino apparently convinced Stakke that the bootlegging season in Cass Lake is at an end. Several others have been under surveillance and more arrests may follow. James Dunn who was held to the i grand jury on the charge of furnish- ing liquor to an Indian was taken to the county jail this morning to await | the action of the gpand jury in May. . It 18 reported that he had stated for help in furnishing bail and if he did not get it he would plead guilty. to the charge, and go before the dia- trict fudge to receive immediate gen- {that he would write to his relatives| will take part in the Other towns from this part of the state who will be represented are: initiation. Crookston, Duluth, . Grand™ Rapids, | Cass Lake, Walker, Bena, Blackduck, Big Falls, St. Cloud and Tnternation- al Falls. 3 There will be a special train back to Bemidji tomorrow night which will run through to International Falls. The special will be equipped with sleepers. A banquet will be served to the delegates at the close of the initia- tion which will take all day. POGUE WRITES ON FLUSHER Former Bemidji Mayor Suggests That Minneapolis Street Cleaning Plan Be Used Here ALSO USED IN OTHER TOWNS J. P. Pogue, former mayor of Be- midji, who is now in Mineapolis, ‘writes the following letter in regard to the street cleaning plan of ‘Min- neapolis, and suggests that it would: be a cheap way for 'the paved streets| of Bemidji to be cleaned: Minneapolis, Mlnn: Feb. 16, 1912, To The General Public and Tax Pay- ers, Bemidji Minn. Gentlema I was in Minneapolis and .-saw a demonstration of a street flusher operated by a gasoline engine con- nected to a rotary pump, which forces 'the water: through 7 inch adjustable nozzles in-a way that it drives all the dirt and dust to the curb, and it appeared to me that this surely would be the best way R for taking care of our paved streets, and it appeals to me the cheapest in the future, while one team takes the place of two, in our present inten- tion of the City Council ' by using| both the street sweeper. and street sprinkler. L 1 find that our sister cities such as Fargo,. Bozeman, Mont., “and Fair: bault, Minn,, are all using the new:|: equipment, and I being inne- |: apolis at this time and seeing thfs; my attention was attracted tor.z'h§ future of this equipment. &% : Yours Truly, = ‘¢ ¢ “ J. P. POGUE. . | i Mr. Pogue will return to. Bemid, cipai :lengaged in the clothing business. He i Item, CLOTHING DEAL IS CLOSED| Charles Cominsky Buys E. A. Schnei- der’s Interest in Bemidji Cloth- _ing Business. SCHNEIDER TO LEAVE BEMIDJI A deal was recently consumated, whereby Charles . Cominsky of this city becomes part owner and manag- er of the Schneider Brothers Cloth- ing store on Third street in this city. Mr. Comisky purchased the inte est of Emil A. Schneider and will sac- ceed him in the management of this well known clothing emporium. He will be remembered as the proprietor of the Palace Clothing house on Minnesotd avenue, which was recent- ly destroyed by fire. Under this new management the store will be con- ducted along the same conservative business lines as in the past. Mr. Schneider is at the present time closing his business interests in the city of Bemidji and will make his future home in Minneapolis. Ben Schpeider retains his interest in the business and will continue as an as- sociate of Mr. Cominsky. The Schneider Brothers’ store was con- ducted in this city for the past nine years and has grown to be one of the largest and best known clothing houses in Northern Minneosta. It is the aim of the new manager to give even better service than in the past and to improve both stock and price, all of which will tend to build up the clothing business in Be- midji. Mr. Comisky came here from St. Paul four years ago where he was is a practical clothing man and un- derstands his work well. He is de- sirous of holding the same patronage the store has enjoyed in the past, and will extend every effort to en- large the store's-list of customers in the future. With the leaving of Mr. Schneider, Bemidji loses & man who has been | one of it’s most progressive business | men during the past nine years, and his place will be hard to fill. i Bible Claz3 Organized. A number of young men of the Présbyterian church met last evening at ‘the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Battles for the purpose of organizing a Bible Class. .A constitution was| adgpted and election .of “officers fol- lowed. The officers elected were as folgo’ws: George Shearer, president; Percy Markham, vice-president; ph Gracie, secretary and Douglas ald, tr _ After the busi- ‘members of the. class are Shearer, Percy Markham, ‘A.G. Weinhart, Raymond Hanna, Chgs, Gerlinger, George Klungness, Ralph Gracle, Harold Haynor, Basil Hanna, Walter Hatch, Caro Peterson, Douglas Donald, Raymond Lord, Leo ‘Batties and Orville Titus. : muasium ‘of the High ening was spent in .playing TEN CENTS PER WEEK. WRIGHT QUASHES MANDAMUS WRIT City - Attorney Russell Receives De- cision of Park Rapids Jurist in Mandamus Case RESULTS IN CASE ENDING Not Likely That an Appeal Will be Taken and Election Not Inter- ferred With JUDGMENT FILED THIS MORNING | Aadaic | Councilmen Much Pleased With Out- come of Case—Statutory Costs Must be Paid By Plaintiffs Judge Wright has decided in favor | of L. F. Johnson and others, ¢ompris- ing the city council, in the writ of mandamus suit brought against them by F. M. Malzhan, in behalf of the Socialist party, in an effort to com- pel the council to show cause why they should not appoint at least one Socialist judge in each of the four wards of the city, for the coming election. City Attorney P. J. Russell, who has représented the city from the be- ginning in the case, and who made the argument when the case was tried here, which has caused the judge to decide in favor of the coun- cil, received the judgment last even- ing, and this morning filed it with Fred Rhoda, clerk of court. The conclusions of law by which Judge Wright governs his decision. are as follows: “That the plaintiff herein is not entitled to a peremptory writ herein. That defendants -are entitled to judgment dis- charging and quashing the alter- native writ herein. “Let judgment be entered ac- cordingly. 6 B. F. WRIGHT, Judge.” Needless to say, the councilmen are much pleased with the outcome of the case. i It was announced this morning that the statuory costs of the case will have to be paid by Mr. Malzahn. MILLER MADE PRESIDENT St. Peter Man Unanimously Elected After R. C. Dunn Rejects- Of- ferred Honor. OTHER OFFICERS ELECTED H. C. Miller, editor of the St. Pet- er Free Press, was agreed on Friday by members of the Minnesota Edi- torial association for president of the Association. R. C. Dunn of Prince- ton, who was the popular choice yes- terday, refused absolutely to serve and forbade having his name pre- sented. Mr. Miller has been active in the -association for twenty years. Mr. Miller was placed in nomination by W. R. Hodges of Sleepy Eye, and G. B. Bjorson of Minnesota seconded the nomination. “Most any man can be governor,” he said. “The govern- or is machine-made, but not so with the head of this organization.” The election was unanimous. The rest of the officers were quick- 1y chosen and the association finished its work late today. Thé meeting was one of the most successful ever held and a recordbreaker in point of attendance. ; The other officers elected are: First vice president, G. B. Bjorn- son, Minneota. Second vice president, P. Schae- fer, Ely. Third vice president, elius, Lindstrom. M. S. Nor- Secretary, Carlos Avery, Hutch- inson’ Treasurer, David Ramaley, St. Paul. . % Executive committee: C. C. Whit- ney, Marshall; Frank J. Meyst, Min- neapolis; W. E. Easton, Stillwater. Giants Off for the South New York, Feb. 17.—An initial push was given the baseball season 'with the departure last evening of ‘a - ‘bevy. of Glant recruits for St. Louis n route to the South. . = -