Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 2, 1912, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 286 “SAGENG TO OPEN LOCAL CAMPAIGN State Senator From Otter Tail County to Speak Here Thursday Night. LA TFOLLETTE PROGRESSIVISM Subject Will Deal With Principles - Cn Which Wisconsin Man ® Will Run. MEETING IN THE CITY HALL Cailed for 8:30 P.-M.—Others May Make Addresses at the Same Time, sie Rageng, state senator and fam- ous peli deliver dress in the city hall tomorrow even- ician, will ine: At 8:30 p. m. Mr. Sageng is an arident admiger of Senator Robert M. La Follette and his coming at this: time is looked upon as being the first gun to be fired in this section by the La Follette campaign managers. His subject will be “La Folleite Progres- sivism.” Senator Sageng hail Tail county and has been active in He has from Otter polities for many years. sery ifure and while his ambition at *'mes bas led him to seek a seat Wasbington, he has never been able to win the necessary election. ‘The La Follette campaign in Min- nerota has been quiet to date but it is_expected that with the approach of th county conventions the campaign wiil hecome hot. While there is no iednitc knowledge that Mr. La Fol- lette will make a speaking tour of this state, it is said by those appar- ently in touch with his managers taa: he will do so if possible and will make a tour similar to the one’ in Morth Dakota. Considerable dissatisfaction ap- pears to be felt in this part of the stete cver the neglect of the state Rer:blican machine and state cen- trnl committee to use the preferen- tia' presidential primary as a means to ¢llcw the people to express their cliowce directly for their candidate Lo the nomination. It appears to be the opinion that the administration thns ecknowledges its own weakness and is afraid to trust the people. Senuwor Sageng speaks in Crook- tonight and will speak some- on the Great Northern line tomorrow night. He is making a shore tour of this section. ston PRACTICAL GIFT FOR BEGGAR Stranger May Have Meant Well, but His Kindness Was Not In the Least Appreciated. After suffering excruciating tor- tures for six months from doubling up a perfectly sound leg to fit on a wooden stump the crutch-bearing beg- gar finally succeeded in eliciting sym- pathy from a passerby. With kindly eyes the stranger eyed the cripple from top to toe. “You seem to be in & pretty bad way,” he said. “Yes, sir,” whined the cripple. “Couldn’t be much worse.” “Too bad,” said the sympathizer. “I must see if something can’t be done for you.” Hope beat strongly in the beggar’s ; breast and he murmured “God bless you,” with unusual fervor. Two days later the sympathizer ap- peared again and ostentatiously pre- sented the cripple with the material- jzation of his benevolent intentions. He gave him a new crutch, Sterilized Coal. Coal in the mines is one of the things freest from germs. Old-time doctors used to notice coal miners” wounds healed fast, though begrimed and besmeared with coal dust. For a long time it has been thought that | breathing in coal dust caused lung dis- eases in miners. Some experts find fresh coal is as good as sterilized, and say miners have lung trouble because they do not take the trouble to put off their damp and sweaty clothing be- fore going from the mine to their homes, thus taking cold in the open eir walk. Experts say - our minera ought to put on warm and dry clothes | at the mouth of the mine. But it feems the miners have minds of their own, and although the coal companies in some places fixed up hot and cold water baths and dressing rooms at the | mouth of the mines the men would not use them, but went home fo wash and dress, as had been their custom for generations. an ad- i morrow of the Lewis and Clark High {and is considered by experts the best fequipped and most modern 1 in both houses of the state! CPPOPOCOOOPOOOOOO & CURRENT EVENTS. @ POOOOPO0000000 0 Oxford Wins Annual Race. London, England, April 2.—Oxford won the annual race with Cambridge by six lengths. * Fiddling Bob Dead. Washington, April 2.—“Fiddling iBob” ,Taylor, senior United States Senator from Tennessee, died here today as he was unable to stand the shock of an operation for gall stones of the bladder. He was sixty-one years old and won his name because he always carried a fiddle on his po- litical campaigns. o | Mary Kelly Dies. | Minneapolis, April 2.—Mary Kelly, of Sparta, Wis., died yesterday as a| result of injuries received while try- ing to prevent fire from injuring the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as Donahue. Her clothing caught fire while she was holding oune of the babies. Pumng it down, she fled the‘ room with her clothing one fire. She was badly burned and was taken to; the hospital at once, but doctors were unable to save her life. . To Dedicate New High School. | Spokane, Wash., April 2.—Hun-| dreds of alumni and alumnae of Spo-; kane’s High school and noted educa- tors from various -cities in the northwest have arrived here to at- tend the formal dedication here to- school building, which cost $500,000, high | school building in the northwest. The school will accommodate 1700 students. | . | Neutral lin Delaware. Dover, Del., April 2.—Members of the Democratic state committee of Delaware assembled here today to de- cide upon the date.and make other arrangements for the state conven- tion, at which delegates to Baltimore will be selected. It is understood that the delegates will go to.the na- tional convention without instruc- tions. This is due to the fact that the prominent party leadérs in Dela- ware are about evenly divided in their choice between Harmon and Wilson. Jews Observe the Passover. | New York, April 2—The one mil- lion Jews of Greater New York, in common with their brethren the world over, today celebrated the Feast of the Passover, or Pesach. It is the spring festival of the Jews, and in ancient times was the first of the three great pilgrim feasts, when the people of Israel gathered from the remotest sections of the Holy Land and went up to Jerusalem to offer thanks in the Temple. The festival was ordained to commemorate the re- {demption of the children of. Israel {from their bondage in the land of Egypt, where they had been held as slaves more than 400 years. During the eight days of the cele- bration the place of bread in every Jewish household is taken by a spec- fally prepared and baked cake known as “Matsos,” consisting ‘of flour and water only, without any leavening ingredient. It is estimated that more than 100,000 barrels of flour are used in New York alone making the “Matsos” for the annual festival. Unlimited Joy for the Fans. Chicago, Ill., April 2.—The um- pire’s cry of “play ball” in the far west today ushers in the 1912 sea- son of professional baseball games and before the diamonds are aban- doned next fall something like 30,- 000 scheduled contests will have been won and lost. The American associa- tion will be the next to get under way, starting on April 10, one day earlier than the National and Am- erican League, the Cotton States and the Southern. The Texas League will begin its season April 12, the Northwestern League April 16, the International League and the South Atlantic League April 18, the South- eastern League April- 15, and the | Western League and New England | League April 19. The last week of {April will see the start in the Vir- |ginia Ledgue. Texas - Oklahoma !League, Ohio State, New York State, | i Connecticut and Central Leagues and Carolina association. The Blue Grass League will play its first games on the first day of May and the Central association, Tri-State and Wisconsin- | Tllinois organizations ‘will start the isame day. The -following day will| {see the opening of the season for the | Three-I League and the Western Can- {ada League. The Southern Michigan {League season will begin May 8, the Canadian League May 14, the Ohio- Pennsylvunln League. .May 15, the Appalachian’ League May 16; the (Copyri, RATE CASE IS CALLED Minnesota Lawyers in Washington Are Ready to Argue Before the Supreme Court. MAY BE REACHED THURSDAY ‘Washington, April 2.—Counsel for both sides in the Minnesota rate cases ceed with the arguments before the Supreme. Court. They include At- torney General Lyndon, A. Smith, Thomas D. O’'Brien and Edward T Young, representing the state, and C. W. Bunn, Pierce Butler and Hale Holden, representing the railroads. Jired How, who-also appeared in be- half of the railroads in tpe trial of the case in Minnesota, is not expect- &l to come to Washington, as he is reported to be on a case in Michigan. The Minnesota attorneys are awaiting the arrival of counsel in other rate cases that are on the Su- preme Court docket for argument next week and probably will hold a conference tomorrow with a view to agreeing upon a division of time and order in which the cases will be pre- sented. It is doubtful, however, whether the order in which the cases be changed, and this will prevent the Minnesota case from being reached before Thursday and possibly not un- til the following Monday. It is ex- pected that the court will grant ad- ditional time for the argument of each of the cases and that a larger allowance will be granted in the Min~ nesota cases, because of the question of the valuation of the railroads, tha is an important 1Issue before the court. Frank B. Kellogg, government counsel in the Harriman merger cases, also is in Washington to ap- pear before the court. These cases, however, are assigned for argument after the state cases, and will cer- tainly not be reached until week af- ter next: TOWN OF NORTHERN. Mrs. Ora Whiting returned home Friday after a visit of a few weeks wiin relatives at Clitherall. *Uncle \Johnny” is again visiting | his niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. C. Wilcox. Arttur Glidden and S. Sorensen spent the latter. part of this week hauling Mrs. - Grover's potatoes to Marsh’s siding and loading on cars. Miss Mary ‘Hannah is spending a few woeks with Mrs. C. Wilcox. Elder J. W. Smith’s family de- parted for Bonesteel, S. D., the '26th. where they will make their hiome. G. Guy Buell takes control of the, school at “the “East School house" Mongay, April 1. Farmers have disposed of most of their potatoes at §1 and now. anxi- ously await the disappe: rance of the Snow -so that they may, beg‘lm{a ing The “Farmers Milling falready sawed “Kitty” League May 28, and the Mid- |Const League June 1, are-in. Washington, prepared- to-pro-] EXTRA | ANDERSON FOUND GUILTY. Louis Anderson was found guilty {in District court this afternoon of failing to keep closed a public drink- ing place on'Sunday. The jury re- tired about 2 p. m. and brought in the verdict fifteen minutes later. Another jury was at once drawn and IAnderson is now being tried on a charge of selling liquor to a minor. Paul Schatte, age 19, ig the youth in the case. v 3 . " The Cyr examination has been put over for one week. . Ninety-eight dog licenses have been issued up to press time today. . Washington, April 2.—The wool bill passed the House after a sharp fight by a vote of 189 to 92. Commercial club meeting tonight in the ¢club rooms. Several important mafters to receive attention. . take their hike of Wednesday. at 10 a. m. Boy Scouts will Thursday instead Meet at the church . Four persons, three hoys and an old soldier, were arrested by pollcg this morning for violating the bicycle ordinance. The police state that the {now stand on.the court calendar win |12 Will be rigldly enforced. . Charles Cominsky, A. J. Abercrom- bie, and Tom Wilson were drawn on a special venire for the petit jury Monday. Joseph Todd, C. J. Gould, apd D. T. Hoyt were excused. e . New York, April 2.—Six thousand tons of potatoes arrived here today from London, enough for 24,000,000 meals for an adult. The price quoted here 18 $3.25 per bag of 168 pounds. The government collected a duty of $50,000. DAIRY INSPECTOR COMING Leidenberg of Fosston, to Meet With the Creamery Committee here ; on Wednesday. |ARE IAYING CEMENT FLOOR F ki H. A, Leidenbers, of Fosston, dafry and food inspector for this'district, "will meet with the creamery com- Tow and go over with them the plans for the new creamery. Dpass state fnspecttcn'ut once and will have the inspector:.come early in or- der that no mistakes. mns be made. Men started laying a cement floor, | in the Toom in the Major bleck today and it i8 expected that it will be ished by tomorrow moon at the latest. as the floor has. hardened. iminee of the Commercial club tomor- The commit-4 tee is anxious to have the crumery¥-‘mr nlches;left dnocoypledic HOLD BOND ELECTION 00O POOOOOODHOO :ATTHEFORESTBY mmeg ® Notice—The articles on the ¢ © f meeting will be re- © © printed in ‘the Weekly Pioneer ¢ © of April 4. If interested, order ¢ © & copy now. s @ CRPOOOPPOOSOOGOGS G (Continued from Yesterday). Many Varieties. Mr. Marsghall, supervisor of the na- tional forest at Cass Lake: “Mr. Chairman: The conditions of brush burning are a good deal like ‘Heinz’ pickles. There are five hundred and fifty varieties. As to how brush should be burned. You can go-at it in two ways. Brush is burned for two reasons, to clear the land for re- forestry and for fire protection. Qur rules are rigid and the cost would be from fifty to seventy-five cents and up to ope dollar, on such rigid rules. We are simply burning for “fire pro- tection and I don’t consider that the cost is going to run so high. “I think some of thé men are mis- taken as to Mr. Cox’s idea. They are not to burn every bit of brush. I think Mr. Cox is very liberal in his views, and he admits that conditions warrant that brush can be burned wholesale in some places and there are certain places where it should not be burned wholesale. There are little islands where it would not bother much if we never burned any brush at all. As to leaving the burn- ing until fall, I think that' would be pretty dangerous. Fall fires_are a great deal worse than spring fires. I have fought fires when the ground was frozen so hard I could not shovel dirt to fight the fires. In the fall if the ground is dry clear down, it is School Board to Give People An Opportunity to Pass on $5,- 000 Issue, ARE FOR THE NORTH END very hard to put it out. I think it is a good deal better to burn the brush in the spring. “There are places where the costs of burning run up to a dollar, but I don’t think on the whole that it costs that much. I think in this meeting, A’school bond election will be held in the Central school tomorrow ev- {ening. at 8 p. m, The question to be decided is whether or,not . the school district shall "1issue $5,000 bonds with which:to build an addi- tion to the north end school and in- stall necessary heating and tollet facilities. The petition was first presented to the school board some time ago but not action was taken and it was fin- ally decided to have the clerk call an election. A majority of those voting will carry the bonds and unless some unlooked for opposition materlalizel it is probable that the issue will pass. Members of the school board say that an addition is not needed at the north side at present but that one would relieve the congestion in the Central and High schools. Blackduck Locals. Blackduck, April 2.—(Special)— Mrs. A J. Paul died here yesterday morning. Mrs. Paul was but twen- ty-three years of age and leaves a husband and six weeks old baby. She had been in poor health since the birth of the child but on Saturday is said to have been feeling better and engaged somewhat in her household duties. Sunday night she was taken with convulsions and died -Monday morning. The funeral will be to- morrow afternoon and services will be read in the Presbyterian church. The K. of P. lodge will be in charge. Seventy-five farmers attended an institute meeting at Hines yesterday. They were addressed by E. M. Smith of Parker’s Prairie. Blackduck schools are closed for their Easter vacation. Principal Wesley Peik is spending the week at his home in Minneapolis. Miss Nellie Shaw is spending the week with her parents in the town of Hornet. - W. L. Wood, of the Blackduck Cooperage company, has returned from a trip to Big Falls and Little Fork. The plant here is installing a 180 horse power - boiler. Mrs. J, BE. Dade is spending a few days with her parents at Little Fork. Superstition Royalty Respects. Canterbury ~Cathedral, like most Gothic cathedrals, is decorated with innumerable niches for statues. At Canterbury a series of these niches is occupied with statueg of kings and gueens of England, and there are only An old tradition has it that when all'the niches are filled the throne of England will come to an end. Queen ‘was approached with a view to.a statue of herself being placed in- one of the four remmining niches, but. 8ty was aware of the old tradition, and refused. One" wonders whether in thie future |y b En where the lumbermen and the state forestry service are together, that it is simply each one finding out what the other wants and establishing a policy and let the lumbermen know what the law means, that the brush would be burned when the forester deems best. Mr. Cox here has done his utmost and the lumbermen will meet him half way and I think it will work out alright. In some cases, it is true that the land costs $1.50. The lumberman is running for the money that is in it, not to see his'wheels go round. But you that have to dis- pose of that land some day, isn’t it possible that this brush burning will in some way increase the value of that land. You will get a higher price per acre. If you take into con- i|sideration the mere burning, it may inerease the value of the land and offset the burning of the brush.” (Concluded Tomorrow). HORNET NEWS. A large crowd attended the Liter- ary society Tuesday night at the Wi- nan school. Mr. and Mrs. E. L Oberg, Df. and Mrs. J. M. Freeburg, W. E. Peik and Miss Nellie C. Shaw drove out from Blackduck and ren- dered the following pleasing pro- gram: Duet-—“Bright Star of Hope,” Mrs. Oberg and Dr. Freeburg. Reading—“Laska,” Mrs. Freeburg. Solo—*“Felice,” Mrs. Oberg. Address—“Bacteria on the Farm,” Mr. Pefk. Solos—“When Song is Sweet,” “I Love You Tguly.” Dr. Freeburg. Reading—“How Salvator Won,” Mrs Freebursg. Duet—“Dear Lover,” Mrs. Oberg and Dr. Freeburg. A little later in the evening sand- wicaes, cake and coffee were served. All returned to their homes well pleased with the evening’s enter- taiament. 2 Mrs. O. P. Stene, who has been cooking at the Tom Abramson camp near Haupt, returned to her home on Thursday. A number from here attended the farmer’s meeting in Blackduck on Saterday. Guy Angell went to Montana on Monday. A Amazon River. 1t has been stated In official consu- lar reports that the aggregate navi- gable waters of the Amazon and trib- utaries for all sorts of craft is estl- mated to exceed 45,000 miles. The {average depth is from 40 to 150 feet and the average width from 6 to 40 miles. _At the mouth mear Para the Tiver Is 138 miles wide, including the is- | land of Marajo and the northern and southern outlets. The finmense vok | ume of water discharged marks a path of yellow water in the biue of the Ats | lantic easily distingulshable lor uo miles at ges, creating a TEN CENTS PER WEEK. CANNOT PASS A SPEED ORDINANCE City Council Powerless to Regulate Automobiles Under Present State Law. DRINKING FOUNTAINS PROPOSED Tom Johnson Says They Will Be Ap- preciated By People, Especially During Sammer. MANY BILLS ARE PASSED City Pay Roll, Lighting and Inci- dental Expenses Run March To- tal Near $2,500. As long as the present state law is in ferce, the city council has no power to regulate the speed of auto- mobiles was the opinion expressed by City Attorney Russell last night. Section 365 of the state laws for 1911 states that machines shall not go faster than is reasonable, but any fines levied under the law would go to the county and not to the city. Mayor Malzahn had brought up the matter of a speed ordinance but the council was unable to take any ac- tion. Tom Johnson asked the council if it would not be advisable to provide drinking fountains for people and horses. Several expressed them- selves as opposed -to a fountain for horses as it would be apt to spread disease, especially glanders. No defi- nite action was taken last night but it appears probable that at least one fountain will be installed this spring and it will probably be placed in the Library park. The matter of a pub- lic rest room was left with the com- mittee for another two weeks as it is to be taken up at a meeting of the nmercial-club tonight. - - - £ communication from the state bourd of health ordering the inter- ior of the jail to be whitewashed was read and the clerk instructed to see that it was carried out. The build- ing committee was -also instructed to meet with the county commissioners Aprl 23 and arrange for repairs to the pcor house. The clerk was in- strocted to purchase a safe and chairs for the new office of the su- permtendént of water works. Stoves to Come Out. The council decided that the stoves on the stage of the city hall would be removed at once. It was decided to install steam heat in the build- ing this summer making stoves un- - necessary another winter. This ac- “ tion was taken as a result of the rec- ommendations of the assistant state fire marshal at the fire prevention meeting here a short time ago. The city engineer was instructed to thaw -cut the septic tank and put it in first class shape again. A report of the clerk of the municipal court showing receipts for week ending March 2 of $229; March 9, of $15; and March 16, of $147.20, was ac- cepted and filed. An ordinance lim- iting the activity of hotel runners was given its first reading. Mr. Trask’s bill for damage done because of poor city water was referred to the water committee until the next meet* ing. Andy Anderson and J. E. Maloy wern granted licenses and bonds ac- 1 |cepted. Many Bills Allowed. Several of the council took issue witn the mayor in his appointment to the police force as special officer of an vnmarried man. It was suggest- ed that in the future only married men be emplayed on city work. The following bills were allowed: ‘Warfield Electric company, ¢ity hall, March ......$ 11.61 Same, poor farm lighting. 7.26 Same, general lighting for city . 504.15 Same, pumping contract. 140.00 Same, light repairs ..... 14.40 Sam-, light for library .. 6.40 Same, thawing mains . 100.00 Same, for piston pump 59.06 City payroll, Hllfll cee.. 1,220.28 ‘William Everts, m see 15.00 J. Jerome, poor hrm labor - 19.00 Wiltiam Peckles, scavenger 10.00 Same, disposing of 9 dogs 9.00 Same, scavenger 52.60 L. P Fckstram, repairs . 46.94 o, other repairs ...... 4412 Bemid)i decorators, ity hall - 13.76 2.25 5.50 WINNESOTA | HISTORICAL ; SOCIETY. SN