Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1912, Page 1

- "VOLUME 9. NUMBER 31, NAME YOUR CHOICE OF ALL CANDIDATES Pioneer Straw Vote Gives Oportunity For The Expression of Any Preferences. FOR PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR | Two Selections are Allowed on Each Ballot—Signatures Required | On Those Cast. | I WOMEN TO HAVE SUFFRAGE! EERTE | Their Preferences To Be Tabulated| Separately From Those of the Men. | = i In order to give the readers of this| paper an opportunity to express them | selves concerning the party nomina- | tions to be made for the leading na- ' tional and state offices, the necessary ballot blank is printed today and will | be repeated in each issue of the Dai- Iy until Thursday, Feb. 20. It will} be noted that no names are printed | n the blank, so that a free choice| left to the signer. Furthermore, first and second clroices are allowed | and those filling out the blanks have | been vequested to fill in both sp The ballots must be signed, but the signatures will not be revealed to | any except proper judges. Straw voles are being taken in alll parts of the country and are so in-| teresting that they are being studied | by political leaders with care. While | it is true that some people will not take part in a straw vote, yet the re- sults are looked upon as fairly rep- resenting the consensus of opinion in the community which is express- ing itself. The larger the vote cast, the closer it will approximate the actual opinion of the community. As the vote is not limited to men, it gives the women an opportunity to express themselves and it will be an interesting feature to note just how | far the two sexes will agree on can- didates. As the full name is required | to be signed to the ballots, the vote | of the women will be tabulated un-’ der a separate head and the results| published from day to day with the | results of the votes cast by the men. This feature has been overlooked by | other papers taking straw votes and it is expected that the women will take advantage of this suffrage right. Following is a list of names from which the voter may select. The choice is not, however, limited to this list: Bryan, Burke, Clark, Cum-| mins, Debs, Folk, Foss, Harmon, Hearst, Hughes, Kern, La Follette, sevelt, Taft, Underwood and Wil-| In the state, the names of Eb-| art, Gordon, Lee, Morgan and| Judge Stanton have been sugegsted | as possible candidates for the nomi- nation of their respective parties. Others may be added to this list also. | In order to distinguish between the votes of men and women, those submitting ballots are asked to sign their full name. In Friday's Pioneer, a list of the judges of election will he published. HOW THE RANGES WERE NAMED | Adirondacks: Derived from the! Canienga (Hohawk) Iroquois lan- guage, in which the original forn is ratirontaks, meaning “bark eaters.”’ Allegheny: A corruption of the| Delaware Indian name for Allegheny | and Ohio rivers, the meaning of the name being I Appalachian: The name was given by the Spaniards under DeSoto, who derived it from the name of a neigh- boring tribe, the Apalachi. Brinton holds its radical to be the Muscogee apala, “great sea,” or “great ocean,” and that apalache is a compound of this word with the Muscogee person- al participle “chi” and means “those by the sea.” | Blue Ridge: So called [rom the line | which frequently envelops its distant | summits. Catskill: The mountains were call- ed katsbergs-hy the Dutch, from the | number of wildcats found in them,| and the creek, which flows in them, mountains, was called Katerskill, “tomeats’ creek.” Ozark: The aux ares was said to refer to the bends in White River and was applied to the Ozark Moun- tains, through which the river pur- sues a wandering course—in other words, to the mountains at the bends of the river. Sierra Nevada: A Spanish term sig- nifying “snow-clad range.” (From' Bulletin 197, United States Geological Survey.) | ident on | the Baltimore convention. {been a resident of ! tection of | quarter of a century of strenuous ef- Second Choice.. * PRIMARY POLL FOR GOVERNOR First Choice Signature Write the names of your candidates plainly in the Sign your full name and return blank proper space. to the editor of the Pioneer. Signatures will not be published and ballots will be burned at end of the vot Prompt replfes are requested. e. ¥ D RN IO RRORRCRRONROREON + LATEST BY TELEGRAPH ¢! South St. Paul, Feb. 21.—Receipts | at the live stock yards here indicate a falling off in cattle over one year| ago and an increase in the receipts of | hogs and sheep. * Grand Forks, Feb, 21.—Over 300 | Roosevelt boosters gathered in the| Auditorium here for the meeting called by J. W. Scott, the Roosevelt| booster in North Dakota. The meet-| ing was marked by harmony and en- | thusiasm. i * i Joplin, Mo., Feb. 21.—The Missou- ri Democratic convention today elect- ed delegates to the national conven- tion to be held in Baltimore and in- structed -them-.to- vote' for— Champ Clark, speaker of the house, for pres-| every ballot taken before i + | Minneapolis, Feb. 21.—John Lind, president of the board of regents at | the University of Minnesota, was called as a witness for the defense in the Bren case this morning. At- torneys for Mr. Bren sought to show by Mr. Lind that negotiations were | begun early in June for a settlement between the University and Mr. Bren. | = Houston, Texas, Feb. 21.— Fire started at midnight last_night in a hotel at Houston, Texas, burned over an area a mile in length and seven blocks in width. Property loss is es- timated at $1,000,000. As far as can be learned no lives were lost. Among the properties destroyed are the St. Patrick Catholic church, twen- ty factories and $2,000,000 worth of raw cotton. Homeless people estima- ! ted at 1,000. i Mrs. Electra Kennedy of Califor- nia celebrated her 102d birthday a few days ago, and a cake of her own | baking with 102 lighted candles graced the occasion. Mrs. Kennedy was one of the first women to regis- ter when the suffrage law became ef- rective in her State and it is her ambition to vote for the next presi- dent of the United States.” She has California since '49. Mrs. Florence Kelly, known thru- out the United States for her efforts in behalf of working women and children, says-that when she began her years of social service she felt that work directly for the legal pro-| working children and working girls and women was more imperative and immediately neces- sary than suffrage work, but that she is now obliged to confess, after a fort, she would have done better to have given that time directly to se-| curing the ballot for women. Mrs.| Kelly was for several years associat- ed with Jane Addams at Hull House. A Short Course in traction engln-; eering will be given at University| Farm, St. Paul, beginning May 14th and ending June 17th, 1912. The in- struction will be similar' to that of- fered for several years past. The en- tire four weeks will be devoted to} the study of traction engines, both steam and gasoline, as applied to general farm work. The entire staff| and equipment of the division of ng-[ ricultural engineering are at the dis- | posal of the course, and.a splendid opportunity is provided for pursuing this line of study. The course is in the immediate charge of J. L. Mowry. For bulletin deseribing the course in detail, address J. M. Drew, Universi- | ty Farm, St. Paul, Minn, | LAUNCH SUPPLIES MISSING Boat Owners Complain That Small Articles Disappear at Various Times. ‘ OFFENDERS BELIEVED ARE BOYS Boat owners who have been win- tering their launches in boat hous- es along the lake shore have been complaining for some time past that they lose articl which are easily removable, have been disappearing at various times. Tt appears that the lake pirates confine their attentions, principally to~such articles as gaso- line, cushions, paddles, oil, and sun- dry supplies. The latest person. to suffer loss in this manner is L. J. Crothers. Mr. Crothers stated today that his boat house had been entered recently and a quantity of gasoline taken from a large steel storage tank. He also missed some paddles and smaller outfit supplies. Mr. Crothers furth- er states that he will reward any person who will bring him informa- tion of the offenders. Inquiries among other boat owners reveals that the depredations cover a long period of time, but that the irregularity of the occurances mark the crimes as not those of an organ- ization. It is beliéved that some idle boys are the-responsible parties but to date efforis to apprehend them ‘have proved unavailing. British imports of fruit amount ‘to more than $50,000,000 annually. Slate is being quarried commer- cially in 10 states, Pennsylvania and 0080000000600 00 © QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED © OO‘OQOOOQ?OOOQO@ State Fair director George Atchi- son of of Mankato, states that.a dog| show will be held at the Fair next fall, i Dr. Richard Burto‘\n. head of the: department of English at the Uni- versity of Minnesota, is to address: the Duluth Drama league Thursday i evening, Feb. 29. ~ . | It is reported that the Eveleth { council will instruct an architect at' its next meeting to prepare plans for : a $20,000 Armory. The drill floor is planned 62x70 feet. i “Armour & Co., have bought a'large warehouse at Cohasset, according tc! a recent report from that place. It is said the parties making the deal! left a large order with the Cohasset | Wodenware company. i * { Commercial club men from: south- | ings of the Minnesota Federation of Commeretal clubs in Minneapolis are | planning the orgapization of a, southern Minnesota development as- | soclation based on tRAt of morthern | Minnesota. | Rodney J. Diegle, formerly ser-| geant-at-arms of the Ohio state sen-| ate must serve three years in the state penitentiary for complicity in| legislative bribery. The state "Su-| preme -Court has confirmed the de- ! cision pf the lower court in which Diegle was convicted of alding in the alleged bribing of Senator L. R. Andrews. - s . Congressmen investigating the| condition of the White Earth Indians | find five hundred cases of tracoma among the full bloods on the south- ern part of the reservation. It is be- lieved they will recommend the ex- penditure of $1,000,000 from the Chippewa tribal fund for the care of these Indians and that the plan in- cludes the erection of an old peo- ple’s home and hospital at Pine Point. Tracoma is an eye disease which has practfcally defled treat- ment in old age and which has im- paired the eyesight of many children in the distritt. * £ Gopher football dates for 1912 were announced yesterday by Man- ager Helon Leach and are as fol- lows: Sept. 28—Ames at Northrop Field. Oct. 5. —South Dakota at North- rop Field. Oct. 19.—Nebraska at Northrop Field. 3 Nov. 2.—Wisconsin at Northrop Field. Nov. 16.—Illinois at Northrop Field. Nov. 23.—Chicago at Northrop Field. | The announcement of the above schedule will silence the agitation | for a game with Harvard and Michi- | gan of the 1912 schedule. It also gives Minnesota but one game on the road, playing six games on the home field. J. E. Essler has started a wood ward in the Sam Hay stand, dealing in tamarack, jack pine and hay. Vermont leading in the industry. The oldest may of the heavens, con- taining 1,460 stars, was made in China 600 B. C., and is in the nation- al library at Paris. * Arthur Dickinson was fined $25 and costs in police court this morn- ing. .He was charged with disorder- 1y conduct at an _election booth yes- terday, ern Minnesota attending the meet-| L HOTEL KELLIKER T0 OPEN| Spacious Hostelry is Completed by‘} Thomas Johnson For George ! Gunderson. GRAND BALL THURSDAY RIGHT| Hotel Kelliher, the ne: Just.completed for George Gunderson of Kelliher- by- Thomas Johnson of | Bemidji, will be formally opened to| the public tomorrow evening.. The event of the evening is to be a dinner followed by a ball in the spacious. dining room. The Blackduck orches- tra of eight pieces has been engaged to furnish the music during the even- ing. v The hotel is located one ' block from the Minnesota and Internation- al depot and is situated in the heart of the Kelliher business district. It is a three story frame building, 80x 74 feet, with a concrete basement. The building is steam heated and lighted by electricity. There are for- ty-nine rooms, forty-two being used for sleeping purposes. The office, dining room, kitchen, bar room, and coat rooms are arranged on a commo- dious scale and are said to be well lighted. It is said that the building and contents represents an invest- ment of about $20,000. Mr. Gunderson has been a merch-| ant of Kelliher for some time and is | well kown to people in this vicinity. His large investment in this line ap- pears to prove his faith in the future of Kelliher and its surrounding coun- try. It is expected .that the dinner and ball will be attended by a large number of people living in towns along the M. & 1. (Copyright, 1912.) — e g THE SECRET CURSE OF THE WORLD !By K. K. Roe: {of us to get together and boost for | Bemidji no matter what our political preferences may be.” i Hostelry|8hall be able to make improvement | |icity one of the best in which to live ‘it looks as if Congress would pro- 6066060606060 600 6] ¢ POST ELECTION STATEMENTS ¢! POLOOVEOOOPOOOOS® “We cant’ all win. It is up to all » By George Stein: “It pleases me very much to be| returned to office by such a large numper of votes. \Experience is a 00d: teacher and I believe that I the coming year in the conduct of this office.” 75 2 * By William McCuaig: “I desire to congratulate Mr. Mal- zhan on his victory and wish him every success in the office to which he| has been elected. I am of course grateful to those who supoprted me so loyally and to my friends in the| first and second wards for the spen- did majority they gave me.” * By George Kreatz: “I am very much pleased with the result of the election. I would nev- er haveicome out for mayor in the first place if I had thought there ‘would be four candidates in the field. Mr. Johnson gave me his word of honor and assurred me that if I were to announce myself that he would vote for me and give me his support, and as he came out the way he did, nothing pleases me more than to have him defeated.” * By F. M. Malzhan: “1 wish to say that I owe my grati- ‘tude to the voters of Bemidji for their support in electing me to the! office of mayor of their city. Now that the strife of the election is over I trust we will get together for the good of all, and work in harmony for the betterment of our city. There is much to be done that can be ac- complished only by our united effort, and to bring about such changes and improvements that will make our is my greatest desire. 1 will stand eady ‘at all times to do all in my ‘power for ‘the general good'of us all. "I haven’t the slightest ill feel- ing toward my strong opponents or their supporters, and I think that we [ are none the less friends.” PENSIONS MAY BE INCREASED Congress May Add $25,000,00 An- . nually. to Present Load. | Washington, Feb.' 21.-—Pensions 'may add another large item to the mational expense account. In fact, ivide for an expenditure .of about $25,000,000 annually #n addition to what is now paid out. The Senate ‘committee has voted in favor of that program while rejecting the Sher- ‘wood bill, which would have entailed ian additional expenditure, it is said, £ some $75,000,000. Congress has always been opposed to putting the names of pensioners n a list open to public inspection. (The Senate committee, however, vot- ed h_ly;g} very close margin to make | votes out of 925 cast. Those | - TEN CENTS PER WEEK. MALZAHN ELECTED MAYOR OF BEMIDJI |Won. Over McCuaig by Nineteen Votes And Lead Johnson By Twenty-two TOTAL VOTE BREAKS RECORD Authorities Say That it is the Larg- est Ever, Cast in a Local Election. RHEA WON BY CLOSE MARGIN Carried Three Wards but Geil’s Lead In the Third Caused Some Angiety F. M. Malzahn was elected mayor of Bemidji at the municipal election held yesterday.. He ran on the So- cialigt ticket and won over his near- est opponent by nineteen votes. Mr. ! Malzhan was given a total of 309 The total vote ¢ ) {18 said to be the biggest ever cast in F. M. MALZHAN, MAYOR ELECT OF BEMIDJI. | this city. Willlam McCuaig stood second on the final count with a total of 290 votes. Johnson totaled 287 and Kreatz 39. An analysis of the results by wards shows that Mec- Cuaig carried the First and Second wards, Malzhan carried the Third and Johnson carried the Fourth. Next to the fight for the mayorship, that for city treasurer was the clos- est, George Rhea on an indepedent footing winning from the present city treasurer Earl Geil by a plurali- ty of 39 votes. Rhea carried all but the Third ward, which went to Geil by 2 wide margin. The new city officers will be the folloving men: . Mayor—F. M. Malzahn. City clerk—George Stein. City treasurer—George Rhea. City assessor—James Cahill. Alderman First ward—W. C. Klein. Alderman Second ward — Tom Smart. Alderman Third. ward—E. W. Hannah. Alderman Fourth ward—R. E. Miller. Following is the official count as certified by the judges and clerks of election and tabulated by the city clerk: For Mayor. John- Me- Mal- Kreatz son Cuaig zhan First ward . 13 36 95 49 Second ward 8 68 96 69 Third ward . V5 61 134 Fourth ward 8 108 38 57 Totals 39 287 290 309 F. M. Malzhan was declared elect- ed mayor. « For City Clerk. Stein Akerberg. First ward ..... 146 44 Second ward ... . 168 63 Third ward ..... 134 126 Fourth ward .... 142 54 590 287 Totals George Stein was declared elect- ed city clerk. it For City Treasurer Rhea Geil First ward ....- 113 6 Second ward . 121 112 Third ward ..... 106 152 Fourth ward .... 124 % Totals ....--- 464 415 George Rhea was declared elected. For City Assessor. Totals James Cahill was declared elected. For Aldermen: 89; Johnson, First ward: Klein, 59; Hakkerup, 43. W. C. Klein was declared elected. Second: ward: Bell, 93; Smart, 143. 5 g Tom Smart was declared elected. Third ward: Roe,. 102; Parker, 30; Hanah, 134. E. W: Hananh was declared elect- ed: 3 5 Fourth ward: Miller, 75; Brown, 638; Knopke, 55. 5 R. E. Miller was declared elected. The votes will be recounted and an official - certification '~ made &t the council meeting tonight, 3 HISTORIGAL ’ Cahill Carson First ward 135 51 Second ward . 137 84 Third ward . . 115 139 Fourth ward . 114 62 501 336 X - 3 H | i i | - | i 1