Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 19, 1912, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 274. MILK ORDINANCE SAID DEAD LETTER Ritchie Addresses Council and States Present Law is Not Enforced. WANT MONEY FOR MONUMENT Robert Carr Post, G. A. R., Asks That A Sum Be Appropriated For Such a Use. ONE MORE PATROLMAN Mayor States An Addition to Present Police Force Will Probably Be Made. A. P. Ritchie last night appeared before the council in behalf of the dairy men and as a delegate of the Commercial club. He said, “When i W. A. Cassler appeared before the| Commercial club a few weeks ago he cited conditions that existed in the | distribution of milk in this city.| These conditions are almost alarm- ing. Being a dairyman myself it hardly behooves me to say anything from this viewpoint, but having been appolnted by the Commercial club to appear before you I could not shirk my duty. | “1 understand that the city re- quires a license from milk distribu- tors and I must plead guilty in notl having one, but will get one at once. 1 consider the license ordinance, how- ever, a ‘dead letter’ as it requires nothing that will better milk condi- tions. Tt is a farce unless conditions| are first investigated before a licensei is issued. Personally, it would be| out of order for me to take a-stand, but I am merely delivering a mes- sage from the Commercial club.” The council took favorably the suggestions made by Mr. Ritchie and | will probably take up the matteri with the state board of health, as-| the ordinance conflicts somewhat with the state law. W. A. Gould, president of the Com- mercial club appeared as a represen- tative of that body with the sugges- tion that the city during the coming summer should spend its energy and money for street repairs on roads coming into the city instead of on city streets. He referred particu- larly to the road west of the city and the one to Nymore. President Johnson stated that it; was the intention of the council to extend its efforts in this direction. Want Money for Monument. A committee from the R. H. Carr Post, with J. M. Fuller and William Schroeder as spokesmen, were pres- ent for the purpose of asking for a contribution from the city toward the building of a soldier's monu- ment to be erected in the cemetery sometime before the Fourth of July. The council looked favorably upon the matter and through president Johnson were assured that they could rely upon the city doing it's share. The spokesmen stated that they had succeeded in raising about $1,100 thus far, including the amount the county commissioners agreed to give. Mr. Schroeder stated that the three theaters agreed to give to the fund the entire proceeds of some one performance between now and the Fourth of July, the tickets to be furnished and sold by the soldiers. Some Hydrants Frozen. George Kirk, water superinten- dent, reported that a number of hy- drants were frozen about the city and that he had men at work thaw- ing them out. He said that there were three along Irvine avenue froz- en solid and that he-had employed the Warfield electrical devices in an effort to clear them. The printing for the coming year was awarded to the Sentinel at 24 and 4 cents per folio, under contract that all proceedings were to be pub-| lished not later than one week after they were approved.by the council. Dr. L. A. Ward was again given the office of health officer for $749.95 against bids from Drs. Shannon and Johnson for $990 and $1,000 respec- tively, The burial of the city pau- pers was given to Coroner M. E, Ib- ertson for $14 dach. The other bid-| der was R. H. Mulphy whose bid was{man named Charles Day, with whom Mr. ang Mrs. J. C. Eldridge he had had some difficulty. $22.50. and Mrs. H. Si Annette will take charge of the poor farm for the com- ing year., They are to recelve 41 cents per day per pauper for ten or (Continued on last page) i 5 [ Three days of celebration began to- istitution of POPCPPPIFTOIOIOIOIOES [y UTSIDE NEWS CONDENEED. ¢ PIPOPOIPSPISPIIIOISS Heavy Vote in North Dakota, Bismarck, N. D., March 19.—Fol- lowing the most strenuous campaign in the political history of North Da- kota, a state-wide primary was held today to give the voters of both par- ties an opportunity to declare their preference for candidates for presi- ident of the United States. The pri- mary was the first of its kind ever held in this country. Early reports from all sections of the state indicate an unusually heavy vote. The keen interest taken in the contest between Roosevelt and La Follette for the Re- publican indorsement has led to ar @ ® @ returns as early as possible. But | the primary system is new and many' of the polling officials more or less unfamiliar with their duties it is probable that the definite results of the balloting will not be learned be- fore tomorrow night, particularly in the event of a close contest. . Bishop 0’Connell Consecrated. Richmond, Va., March 19.—With solemn ceremony and in the presence of a notable gathering of clergy and laymen, the Rt. Rev. Denis J. 0’Con- nell was consecrated today as Roman Catholic bishop of Richmond in sue- cession to the late Bishop Van De Vyver. The solemn service was held in the new cathedral, which was crowded to its utmost capacity. The new bishop comes to Richmond from San Francisco, where he has served as auxiliary bishop since 1907. He is a native of South Carolina and for several years was rector of the Am!% erican College in Rome, 3 . Rounds Out Century of Notable Work Philadelphia, Pa., March 19.— day at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in honor of the com- pletion of its first century of exist- ence. It was founded in 1812 by a small group of young men, princi-| pally chemists and others engaged in the drug trade, and from a humble beginning has developed into an in- world-wide reputation and has proved of the highest value to the advancement of sciencé in| America. will"be participated in by scores of {eminent scientists and educators from all parts of the country. . American Railway Engineers Meet. Chicago, March 19.—Many noted railway engineers connected with the large railway systems of the United States and Canada are in attendance tat the thirteenth annual convention of the American Railway Engineer- ing association which opened here to- day at the Congress Hotel and Annex for a three days’ session. The open- ing session was devoted to the an- nual address of the president, reports of officers and the consideration of some of the twenty-one standing and special committees. The principal feature of general interest will be the banquet tomorrow evening, when the members and guests will be ad- dressed by L. F. Loree, president of. the Delaware and Hudson Co., New York; Hon. F. D. Monk, K. C., M. P,, minister of public works in the Do- minion cabinet, Ottawa, Ont.; Ray Morris, banker, and director of the Railway Age Gazette, New York. . To Test Murderer’s Sanity. Salem, Va., March 19.—The com- mission composed of Dr. W. E. Drew- er and Dr. J. C. King, which is charged with examining into the san- ity of Joshua F. Raines, the con- fessed slayer of Miss Eva M. Cham- bers, a school teacher of Roanoke county, resumed its work here today after an intermission of two weeks and heard a number of witnesses. Upon the result of the investigation and the report of the commission it will depend whether Raines will have to stand trial for the murder of Miss Chambers or whether he will be sent to the state institution for the in- sane. Raines is a prosperous farmer of Roanoke county and lived with his wife and two children near Cave Spring. Some time ago gossip led to differences between Raines and Miss Chambers. = Raines tried to have her removed from the school, but failed, The situation was aggravat- ed by the fact that Miss Chambers filed a suit against Mrs. Raines, ask- ing $10,000 damages for alleged slan- der. On the day of the murder, Jan- uary 24, of this year, Raines went to asked her to drop .her suit against Mrs. Raines. Miss Chambers refused and Raines became so furious that he drew his revolver and fired four shots at Miss Chambers, killing her in her tracks, Before the murderer gave himself up he went to a neigh- bor's farm, and fired five shots at a One of the shots hit Day in the right arm. Raines made no effort to flee, but voluntarily surrendered to the sher- iff, confessing his crime, but refus- ing any additional information. see Miss Chambers at her home and|. rangements being made to secure tH¥H SESSIONS IN CITY HALL|CHICKEN RAISERS TO MEET|KILLED BY PASSING TRAIN Council Turns Room Over to Meeting 50119“1“ to Cousider " Constitution Body of A. Rice Found Early This of Fire Prevention Society MARSHAL KELLER IS EXPECTED The ceptenary exerciseS; Throngh:the courtesy of -the leity-i .[The . recently organized = Bénxidjl = council the fire preven{.lon meetings [ Poultry club will meet in the High mnu, ‘Was run over lnt Hl!nd by a to be held here Thursday will use the | school this evening at 8 p. m. The|Great Northern train last night. The city hall. night. addresses. State Fire Marshal Keller is ex-|program has also arranged for enter- |tragedy. pected to attend the meeting and to make one of the addresses. be accompanied by several of his as- sistants and during the day they will make an inspection of the down town buildings and as many of the outly- ing builds as can be covered during the time at command. The men who ,mnke the inspections will travel by Dairs. Chief Geil and Commissioner Car- ter state that the people are comply- ing with clean-up orders fairly well but that there is still plenty of work to be done before the visitors arrive. The warm weather yesterday took off a large part of the ice on the streets and assisted Mr. Carter in cleaning|their household goods and stock|made of the body. them up. It appears generally conceded among insurance men that the fire .| department is as complete as can be|south of ‘Bagley. —_— expected of a city of this size and|more of their old neighbors to come 3 that the only thing that keeps the|in the near future. fire rates up is the risk lrom waste | of the Bohemian colony who bought piles, etc. The meetings will take place in the afternoon and it is expected that several of the visitors will make|DPointed to draft a constitution and|roaq, Mistakes Are Costly The Pioneer is giving you a Daily news service that at eight cents a week you cannot afford to miss. After April 1, it will not be fur- nished unless it is paid for in advance, The new rates are a big saving over the old---saves you 25 per cent and saves us Worry and bad accounts, The Pioneer will come on these terms; cash in advance only. $4.00---one year ~ $2,00---six months $1.00---three months 5 and Hear a Vlned Program. Morhing on. Great Northern “Tracks. Free. HIGH, SCHOOL TO BE - USED|GAME HERE FROM CASS LAKE This action was taken 1ast | ;) .} oo atarted about two weeks ago |aceldent oceurred about, fitteen rods g east of the crossing of fourth street west and the Great Northern rail- As far as learned at present there were no eye witnem to the at which time a committee was ap- - submit it tonmight. A committee on The body was found at 1 &. m. and Coroner Ibertson was notified at once. The body was cold when found chicken raising contest among the|gng it is the coroner’s opinion that children of the city to see who can|he had been dead for some time raise the best pen of fowls to be|probably having been killed by a shown at the county fair this fall.|freight that passed about 9 p. m. In The club expects to be able to meet |the dead man’s pockets, the coromer twice a month during the hatching|found a check for $100 signed by a season” and to discuss the problems{Cass Lake saloon keeper and about connected with the early stages of |$35 im currency. chicken raising. It wag learned that Rice had re- cently come from €aass Lake, his home being in Dayton, Minnesota, where Farmers for Bagley. he is said to have a wife living, An Bagley, Minn., March 19.—(Spec-|effort has been made to sommunicate ial to Pioneer)—Five familles With|with her as to the disposition to be An examination reached here this morning from|of the body indicated that Rice was northern Iowa, and will locate on|under the influence of liquor when farms. in the town of Nora, just|killed, They expect two tainment this evening. He-yily Plans are also under way' for a ‘When the reformers get to reform- ing they make the Indians pay the bills. They form part lands in the town of Nora last year. MARCH WINDS @ W. L. Kling, of Nebish, was in of drunkenness.. He is the party who is said to have set & gun trap which nearly killed J. J. Opsahl last fall. . Judge Wright Leaves. After holding court here for sev- eral weeks, Judge B, F. Wright left for Park Rapids this morning. He expects to go to Grand Rapids next Wweek to Rold a term there. - Roosevelt Town Man Dies. Peter K. Peterson, of the town of Roosevelt north of Pinewood, died last night at the age of 62. He was stricken with paralysis. Mr. Peter- son was the father of Halvor Peter- son. . Erickson Postmaster Again. Anton R. Erickson, postmaster of Bemidji, has had his appointment confirmed by.the Senate March 13, This action was taken'at the same time that Mahlon Pitney was con- firmed for the Supreme Court. . Ditch Bond Money Paid. County Treasurer French an- nounced today that the county had been paid $223,177.76 for the ditch bonds recently authorized by the commissioners. $220,000 represents the face of the bonds and the excess is-the accrued interest. » V0000990000000 ® BRIEFS. 0000900000000 police court this morning on a charge TEN CENTS PER WEEK. CORONER'S JURY EXONERATED CYR Verdict Stated He Shot Fournier But That the Said Act Was Justified. TOOK STAND ON OWN DEFENSE Was Allowed to Tell His Story of The Shooting and Previous Events. TESTIMONY IS SUBSTANTIATED Other Witnesses Corroborated His Story—Wife Was not Called. “We, the jury, find that said Paul Fournier came to his death on Thurs- of George Cyr, in the township of Quiring, county of Beltrami, state of Minnesota, by a bullet from & Win- chester rifie in the hands of one Sheriff Dan Petrie Coming. Dan Petrie, sheriff .of Hubbard county, is expected in Bemidji to- night to take charge of a Maltby man who was taken in by the local police last night. It is expected that a statutory charge will be sworn out by the daughter of the prisoner and that he will be taken to Park Rapids for trial. They live in the town of Richmond. 5 * Will Report on Crops. J. J. Opsahl has been appointed by H. J. Maxfield, commissioner of im- migration, as the agent in Beltrami county to repgrt crop conditions onge a montli“fo" the state-offices. F. =Kalberg.was appointed from:Clesr- gater, M. N. Koll of Cass Lake, for Cass county, and George P. Watson, of International-Falls, for Koochich- ing county. . Dead Man Only Drunk. Verne Randall, of Grantsburg, Wis., while under the influenec of liquor last night, entered the Grand theater and went to sleep on the floor near a window. The police were n‘lfled that a dead man had been tqnd at the Grandand they at once went to the scene of the sup- posed trdgedy. Randall was locked up in the central station. Two Cent Summer Fare. According to a statement made yesterday in’the Twin Cities, the Great Nomern, Northern Pacific and Soo lines have' declared a two-cent fare from the Twin Cities to summer resorts during the coming summer. George Cyr. We believe said George Cyr was justified in said act. (Signed) Joe. E. Harris, J. P. Omich, W. H, Utley, W. M. Everts, A. A. Carter, Carl Heffron.” & The above verdict was reached by the coroner’s jury in the case of Paul Fournier at the inquest conducted by Coroner Ibertson last night in the city hall. After hearing the testi- mony the jury took but a few min- utes in which to return its verdiet. The hall was well filled with specta- tors. Chief interest centered about George Cyr and his story as told on the witneas stand was eagerly listen- ed to. Mr. Cyr volunteered to go on the stand and his counsel, B. E. Mc- ; Soasenting - the examination was at once faken up by County At- torney Torranee. -The story of the. shooting was illustratediby photo- graphs taken last Sunday at the scene and also by the gun and dirk which figured in the tragedy. George Cyr's Story. The story told by Mr. Cyr during the examination was substantially as follows: = “T have lived in Quiring township for the past six years doing some logging. Am married and have one child—a girl. I have known Four- nier about twelve years although he is ‘ah uncle. He had a homestead and I first knew him when I lived at Buena Vista several years ago. We had always been friendly until the day before the shooting. “When Fournier first was sent to the penitentiary in the Dahl case, I took over some of his goods for a It is said thatithe rate will go into effect May 29 and will be offered daily for the balance of the year. The limit of the tickets will be thir- ty days. - Local agents have not been notified of the rate but state they believe it will apply to Bemidji. Orangemen in Session, St. Johm, N. B., March 19.—The question of a uniform ‘Dominion mar- riage law is one of the principal mat- ters to be considered by the New Brunswick Grand Lodge of Orange- men in annual session here. The Grand Lodge met this morning and will continue itg sessions over tomor- TOW. Maine Democrats in Session. Augusta, . Mo., March 19.—The Democratic state convention to select six delegates to represent Maine in the national convention at Baltimore assembled in the city hall here today with United States Senator Charles F. Johnson presiding. Occupying seats on the phtlorm were Governor Plaisted, Senator Garrlner, Congress- men McGillicuddy and - Gould and other feaders who helped to place the Democratic party in power in Maine a year ago after the Republicans had held almost undispited sway. for sev- etal decades, A marked division of’ sentiment appesrs among the ludug in regards to “indorsement of & ndidate .for the presidential.nomi- ‘mation. = Woodrow Wilson. the preference of Senator Johnlon and a number of others who «tand high in the party councils, but it is consid ed dotbtful if the Wilson sentiment 18 strong enough to result in an in structed delegation. 2 price of $260. When he returned I 8till owed him a balance of $25 and he wanted the money. This I gave him the day after he asked for it. At that time he said he was going to 'the Rainy River country. ~He re- turned in the fall of 1910 and went to work for the Crookston Lumber company living at the landing camp until about March, 1911. While there he came to see us on Sundays frequently. “He quit the lumber camp in March and went down the Mississip- pi on a drive returning fn the fall of 1911. He then lived with Robert Logan and we logged a forty on shares. We each drew half of the money, but I also got $4 per thous- and additional for the hauling and sledding. Fournier drew $103 and I drew $145. There was no trouble of any kind over this deal. Quarrel ia the Barn. “Last Wednesday he came over to my place. Dick Ebert and his wife were visiting us. He said he came to get some jars of Logan’s, that we had and we went out to the |barn to “get them. He took eight but 1 told him my woman sald that there wére only seven there of Lo- gan’s. He also wanted a set of up. He sald, ‘Well, we'll have to have & settlement’ I told him that te had already been paid for them and that there was nothing to settle. He then went away and said he was coming back Thursday to’get & table, ".l'hlll‘ldly morning he came over . Defore breakfast and entered with- out knocking. l-‘lauld ‘P've come to day, March 14, 1912, at the house. sleighs but I refused to give them