Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 23, 1912, Page 1

i [ | —— 3] ue < = 1 1 VOLUME 9. NUMBER 304 STATE ROADS TO MEET AT BEMIDJI If Elwell Law is Upheld By Supreme Court, Highway Will Be Start- ed at Once. ONE TO BE WEST FROM DULUTH Runs To Grand Forks and Winnipeg, Connecting With Milwaukee In the East. OTHER FROM THE TWIN CITY Will Come Via St. Cloud and State Park Running to Internaticn- al Falls, Providing that the state Supreme court upholds the Elwell law, Bemid- ji will be the junction point of a state road from Duluth to St. Vin- cent and a road from the Twin City to International Falls, according to a statement made by C. M. King, president of the Northern Minnesota Development association, to the Pio- neer yesterday afternoon. Mr. King said that the law was at present be- fore the court to establish its con- stitutionality and that a decision is expected carly in May. During the past year, Beltrami county received $5,500 from the state as aid in the building of county roads. Under the operation of the Elwell law, the county, will have available, in any given year, twenty times $5,500 or $110,000 for the building of roads. The law provides that the state pays one-half the cost i =il the roads and that in any giv- e year, a county can draw ahead for ten years. The funds for this are raised by the present one-quarter mill tax so that no additional levy is made. An amendment to the constitution has been proposed by Bob Dunn which will increase the tax from one- quarter of a mill to one mill, which taken with the Elwell law if passed will bring $440,000 available to Bel- trami county for good roads in any given year. The northern part of the state needs roads before it can be settled and the Elwell law is de- signed to make this possible. Mr. King says that the Duluth-St. Vincent road is a part of a conti- nental road which will run through the northern part of the United States and southern Canada. At Du- luth, it will connect with a road to be built by Wisconsin from Superior to Milwaukee and thence to Chicago, there connecting with roads going east. At St. Vincent, it will con- nect with a road to Winnipeg which in turn connects with one running to Vancouver. It will also have a branch west of Bemidji whicn will run to Crookston and Grand Forks. The Twin City-Tnternational Falls road will come to Bemidji via St. Cloud and the state park and run north through Northome and Black- duck. Providing the Elwell law is held valid, Mr. King says that sur- veys will be started at once and work begun as soon as the money becomes available. Under the present law, the state commission gives each county a sum each year to assist in building the roads; under the Elwell law, the state commission will give the coun- ty ten times this amouht for any one year. It further provides that the county stands one-quarter of the ex- pense and the land owners the other quarter, making twenty times the present amount available for any one year, and cutting the county road and bridge tax seventy-five per cent. The Elwell law was upheld in the Ramsey county courts by Judge Olin B. Lewis and is now before the Su- preme court on appeal. Guarding Against Comparisons. A man in Connecticut recently ad- vertised for a wife “whose husband must have been electrocuted or hanged, so that she may be prevented from remarking what a fine fellow her | first husband had been.” Writing and Selling. “Your output of stories is mnot large.” “No, I produce only two a year.” *“Is the work of writing them so very difficult?” “No it's the work of selling them.”—Cleveland, Plain Dealer. Haggis Really an English Dish. The haggis, according’to iconoclas tie etymologists, is Scotch only. by adoption, having been a popular dish in English cookery down to the be. ginning of the eighteenth century. |agpured. LR R AR R R A R & CURRENT EVENTS. ® POOOOPOOOOOOOOO Ice Out of Lake. All the ice in Lake Bemidji went out this morning. s “Smash a Window. A runaway team last night broke the plate glass windows in the front of the Gill clothing store. The hors- es ran down Third street and the wagon slewed across the sidewalk crashing into the glass. . Enforce Ordinance. Chief Geil states today that the po- lice have received orders to euforce the sidewalk coasting ordinance and | small boys will have their wagons| taken away if they do not stop. The action is being taken as the result | of several small accidents that have happened during the week. P . Chandler-Richardson. Washington, D. C.,. April 23.—A notable wedding of the week will| take place tomorrow evening, when Miss Amy Richardson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Richardson, will become the bride of William Dwight Chandler, Jr., ensign United States Navy. Mr. Chandler is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dwight Chandler of Concord, N. H. and grandson of William E. Chandler,| former secretary of the navy. Slayer of Prison Warden on Trial.| Lincoln, Neb., April 23.—The case of Albert Prince, the negro prisoner who killed Deputy Warden Davis of the Nebraska state penifentiary last February, was called in court today for trial. The defense, according to counsel, will seek to prove that Prince had been treated with such | persistent and extreme cruelty by the prison attendants as to dethrone | his reason and render him irrespon- sible for his actions. i = i College Writers of the South. | Columbia, S. C., April 23. The | University of South Carolina is en-% tertaining for three days thé first| general meeting of the Southern College Press association, which was organized recently to promote col- lege journalism in southern institu-~ tions of learning. The institutions represented at the meeting include the University of Virginia, Univer- sity of Georgia, University of South Carolina, William and Mary Coilege, University of North Carolina, Clem- son College and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Majestic to Remodel. C. J. “Woodmansee, proprietor of the Majestic theater, has plans now under way which when completed, will give Bemidji one of the most modern and up-to-date theaters in the northwest. A twenty foot addi- tion has been added to the rear of the building, a new steel fire-proof booth has been installed, two addi- tional rear exits have been placed and the front entrances will be en- tirely changed. When completed this play house will have four dircet out door exits. The floor will be low- ered from the present row of front seats into the new addition and seat- ing capacity will accommodate about 400. The theater will be closed after to- night’s performance for a few days to permit the contractors to complete the work as speedily as possible. . Floyd Allen on Trial. Hillsville, Va., April 23.—In the same court room where a little more than a month ago the Allen clans- men shot down Judge Massie, Com- monwealth’s Attorney TFoster and three court attaches, Floyd Allen was called to the bar today to stand trial for the part he is alleged to have played in the celebrated trag- edy. Judge Waler P. Staples of Roanoke, who was appointed to con- duct the circuit made vacant by the tragic death of Judge Massis, sat on the bench. Immediately after court convened arguments were begun on petitions looking to a change of ven- ue. It is.generally expected, how- ever, that the trials will proceed in Hillsboro in accordance with the de- cision previously rendered by Judge Staples. The trial -of Floyd Allen will be followed by those of the oth- er two members of the clan now in custody. These are. Victor Allen, son of Floyd Allen, and Bud Mar- ion, . SKOVGAARD HERE TOMORROW. Famous Violinist to Appear With Own Company. Skovgaard, the famous Danish vio- linist, will appear in 'the city hall to- morrow evening. He will be accom- tago, Mr. Lee has been the subject of LEE AND RUSSELL HERE |Have Come to Address a E'eeting in | the City Hall Tonight at i Eight 0’clock, STATE AND NATIONAL ISSUES Wm. E. Lee and C. A. Russell will deliver addresses to the voters of Be- midji at the city hall tonight. The speeches will start at 8:30. -Mr. Russell will arrive from Brainerd at 4 o'clock and Mr. Lee from Long Prairie at 7:45. After having sup- city hall, Mr. Russell is not entirely a stranger in Bemidji as he delivered an address here about a month ago on “La Follette and Progressivism.” He formerly lived in Wisconsin for some ten or twelve years having come to Brainerd six months ago from Su- verior. Mr. Russell knows La Fol- lette personally and may have some- thing of interest to 'say tonight. Since he declared for county op- tion in his Wayzata speech a week mnch paragraphing by state politi- cal writers. It is believed in many quarters that the present adminis- tration would like to see countiy op- | tion raised as a campaign issue as that would mean the rallying of its| opponents to the support of Eber- hart. The meeting tonight is expected to have a material bearing on progres- sive Republican sentiment in this section, and-also on state polities. . NEW LIBRARY BOOKS. Adult Fiction. 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Inquiry Reveals Succor Was Close But Passed the Titanic. ‘With succor only five miles away, the Titanic slid into a watery grave, carrying with it more than 1,600 of its passengers and crew, while an un- identified steamer which might have saved all failed or refused to see the frantic signals flashed to it for aid. “This phase of the tragic disaster was brought out today before the senate investigating committee when J. P. Boxhall, fourth officer of the Ti- tanic, told of the unsuccessful at- tempts to attract the stranger’s at- tention. This ship according to Box- hall, could not have been more than|. five miles away and was steaming to- ward the Titanic, so close was it that from the bridge Boxhall plainly saw the masthead lights and side light. Both with rockets and with the Morse electric signals did the yQung officer hail the stranger. Captain Smith and several others in the vicin- ity of the bridge declared at the time their ‘belief that the vessel had seen them and was signalling a repiy. Box- hall failéd to see the replies howev- er, and in’ any case the steamer kept on its course obliquely past the Ti- tanic without extending aid. DATE SET MAY 7. Precinet Elections for County Repub- lican Convention Held Then. May 7 has been selected as the date for the county precinct elections at which time delegates to the Re-! piblican- county convention will be elected. . The call will be issued.to- morrow by E. H. Denu and J. C. Parker, secretary and president of the county Republican organization. panied by Ethel May Wright, so- prano, and Miss Alice McClung, pian- ist. All of the members of the com- Ppany are highly spoken of by the press in the cities in which they have appeared and a good concert appears The county convention will be held May 13 and will elect eleven dele- gates to go“to ‘the district conven-| tion at“Thief River Falls, My 15. This convention will in turn clect| per they will proceed directly 1o the | RESULTS OF MomAYfl&fl American Association; St. Paul 10, Toledo .{ Minneapolis 11, Columbus 10. Milwaukee-Indianapolis game post: poned. Rain. Ee poned. Rain. American Leagne Detroit 4, St. Louis 7.1 ‘Washington-Boston gxme poned. -Rain. 1 Philadelphia-New York'gamo post poned. Rain. American League. St. Louis 6, Cincinnatt’9, New York-Philadelphfg game post-| poned. Rain. Pittsburgh-Chicago ™ géme - post’ poned. Rain. § Boston-Brooklyn game' postponed. Rain. o i RCRCRORCRCRCRR AR o AR R4 ®- Calendar of Sports for Today, © 0000 OCOOODDO® O Opening of Washinton a_ute shoot-| ing tournament at Spokane, Wash. Opening of Mississippi: §tate shoot- ing tournament at Laurel, Miss. Stake entries close foritts Grand Circuit meeting at Coluntbus, O. Abe Attel vs. Billy Carrol, 20 rounds, at Sacramento, Cal. Union Baseball Association open Helena at Solt Lake Cityand Butte at Missoula. i South Central Baseball League opens its season with Teyarkana at Longview, Paris at Marsha{l and Cle- burne at_ Tyler. 2 POOOPOOOOO9OOO O ® BASEBALL NOTES. e 0000000000000 00 More hard luck for Charlie Dooin’s Phillies. Catcher Killifer' is out of the game nursing a broken finger. The Southern League will use the the first time-in the history -of the league. ; . Manager Charlie Dooin, of the Phillies, believes.that Pitcher Mas- ters, a young recrult, will develop into another Alexander. The New York Giants will be the attraction at Cincinnati when Garry Hermann’s new baseball park is for- mally dedicated ‘on May 18. > Manager Jimmy Burke, of the In- dianapolis team, has released Lew Ritter, the veteran backstop, and signed “Nig” Clarke, the former Cleveland-St. Louis ecatcher. The Cincinnati Reds look strong enough to keep in the running this season, and perhaps Hank O’Day will show to the world that he is as good a manager as he was an umpire in former days. The Central International Baseball League, which was organized in Du- luth recently, will place teams in Winnipeg, Man., Grand Forks and Fargo, N. D., Duluth and Virginia, Minn., and Superior, Wis. The Montreal club' has s.gned a deaf mute by the name of Irving. Playing with- the Akron O and P. league team during last summer789 league team during last seasom, Irv- ing batted .322 and stole 10 less than 61 bases in 88 games. delegates to the state convention at Minneapolis on May 16. E 5 DEEE CTIVE Kansas City—Louiva‘ll%’nme posts| its season with Great F‘all? at Ogden,h DENU MADE PRESIDENT. Coming Year. E. H. Denu was elected president of the Bemidji Tennis club at the an- nual meeting held in the parlors of the Commercial club last night. Tom McCann was elected secretary and treasurer. The club plans to enlarge double umpire system thisu®ason for |fhe courts by moving the fence back fitteen feet. It was decided to strict- 1y enforce the rule that only club members can use the court. A fee of $3 was decided as the levy for old members and $5 for new members. - THREE FIRE CALLS, Department Runs Three Times in Twelve Hours. . Firemen were called from their beds at 3:30 this morning to a fire at 115 Mississippi avenue in the home of Mr. Evans. Through a mis- understanding of the call, the wag- on went to Tenth and Mississippi and by the time it returned the fire was out, having been - extinguished by a dipperful of water. Shortly after noon today, tue men were called to the “home of Harry Haines on Irvine avenue where a small fire had started in the chim- ney. The loss in both cases is said to be nominal. 3 At 3 p. m,, an alarm was turned in from Thirteenth and Park avenues this afternoon calling the depart- ment to the home of T. E. Lloyd. Sparks had lodged in' the roof and fanned by the high wind started a flame. 'ghe fires were nll‘put out with nominal losses. Listorgy Soctety : [~ WINNESOTA | HISTORICAL ; SOCIETY. INDIAN ~ RULING FILED Elected to Head the Tennis Club for| Judge Willard Grants a Permanent Injunction Against Pussyioot Johnson. CANNOT CLOSE-LOCAL SALOONS Judge C. A. Willard of the fcderal court in St. Paul yesterday ruled that the effect of the Indian treaties had been wiped out by the admission of Minnesota into the union when he issued a permanent injurction against W. E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson from closing or émterfering with the saloon# in Bemidji. The goy'rernment agents worked in northern Minnesota in the fall and winter of 1910 and Judge Willard is- sued a témporary injunction i Jan- uary, 1911. The government con- tended its right to keep liquor off former Indian lands under treaties containing an anti-liquor clause. The case will be appealed by the gcvern- ment at the September term of the circuit court -of appeals in Denver. It was in December, 1910, that Johnson, then a special agent of the Indian bureau, began his campaign at Bemidji to close every saloon on Minnesota lands that had been ceded by the Indians to the United States under’ treaties which had included provisions that no liquor should be sold on such lands. Mere than a doz- DANLE “EVERYBODY’S DOING IT” = ! ] | TEN CENTS PER WEEK. —— 'FREE SUPPER FOR VISITING FARMERS Will Be Guests of Commercial Club | If They Come to Hear J. 3. Hill. | REGISTER AT THE CREAMERY Must Leave Names There and Will Then Be Given Tickets For The Meal. | | | | | | | | BROOKS WRITES LETTERS Asks Dairymen to Start Sending In Cream on- Monday—Cash Paid On Delivery. Farmers who come to Bemidji to hear James J. Hill speak tomorrow ievening will be given a free supper |at the Methodist church providing {they obtain tickets at the creamery !lby registering their names during i | ithe afternoon. This arrangement has been made by the Commercial jclub and it will treat the visiting .fnrmers as its guests. Supper will !he served at 6 and as Mr. Hill is not scheduled to speak until 8:30, am- ple time is allowed for eating. The Bemidji creamery will be ready to receive cream next Monday ;and W. L. Brooks, president of the association, is sending out notices to as many farmers as he can reach that cash will be paid for the cream on delivery and all are urged to send in their cream as fast as possible. It is believed that the creamery will be ready for inspection tomorrow and farmers who can are urged to come in the afternoon, inspect the cream- ery, have supper as guests of the Commercial club, and hear Mr. Hill in the evening. * Speaking of -the notices, Mr. Brooks said, “I have been unable to reach all of the farmers because the list of names is not complete. I hope, therefore, that each farmer will consider this a personal invita- tion to send his cream to Bemidji. He will receive cash for it.” Mr. Hill has written' that he will have something to say of especial in- terest to the farmers but beyond that tells nothing of the subject matter of his speech.” He is scheduled to ar- rive tomorrow afternoon at 5:20 ov- er the Great Northern, coming from St. Paul via Sauk Center. His party will be taken for an automobile trip through the country near Bemidji, ¢oming back to the city in time for dinner at the Markham hotel. The dinner will be attended only by the directors of the Commercial. club. After his speech in the’ Armory, which will begin about 8:30, Mr. Hill will be driven to the Commer- cial club rooms and there he will hold an informal reception -until the time for his train to leave. Direc- tors of the Commercial club wish that every farmer in this vicinity be present at the address if possible. _ en saloons were closed here, and Johnson and his deputies carried the warfare into several other towns in northern Minnesota, only to be halt- ed by a temporary injunction issued by Judge Willard. Citizens ot Be- midji and other cities had practical- 1y ‘united in carrying the casc into court and their counsel, Marshall A. Spooner, set up the assertion that the old treaties were no longer ef- fective, because they had been-auto- matically abrogated as to the liquor and other clauses by the admission of Minnesota to the union. Both Judge Spooner and Mr. Houpt were in court before Judge Willard Saturday when the judge intimated he would file his decree yesterday, making the temporary injunction permanent. Mr. Houpt said he Wwould seek to have his appeal heard by the circuit court of appeals at the September term in Denver. MORE PINE ROOSTERS. Club’ Elects Officers and Five New Members Monday Night. Frank Lycan was elected White Pine Rooster; or. president, of the Pine Roosters at a meeting Monday night. Other officers elected, which correspond to vice-president, secre- tary and treasurer, are Bull Pine Rooster, W. L. Brooks; Jack Pine Rooster, Tom McCann; Norway Pine Rooster, Ray Schumaker. Tamarack Roosters who will acts as trustees are —