Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 1, 1912, Page 1

! - H THE BE VOLUME 10. NUMBER 55. BIG CELEBRATION FOR THE FOURTH Independence Day to Be Observed in Bemidji With 0ld Time Sports and Ceremonies. NEIGHBORING TOWNS INVITED Bills Have Been Posted Calling At- tention to the Offerings of This City. MANY CASH PRIZES ARE PUT UP $800 Posted for the Winners of Dif- ferent Events—Bagley Com- ing for Ball Game. Bemidji is to celebrate the Fourth of July in true old fashioned style. Not only will there be plenty of noise, but there will be plenty of en- tertainment for town and country people. The day will open with a sulute at sunrise, and from then un- til midnight, something has been scheduled for every minute. A. G. Rutledge, working for the| committee in charge, last week billed all of the towns on the M. and 1. from Walker to Kelliher, on the Soo from Federal Dam to Plummer, and on the Great Northern from Bena to Bagley. In each town, he freely distributed bright colored lithographs announc- ing that Bemidji would have a mons- ter celebration. Mr. Rutledge stated this morping that in spite of the fact that Cass Lake, Red Lake and Blackduck were to have celebrations he thought many would come to Bemidji from those points. The Indian celebration at Red Lake appears to be the one which will draw the most from Bemidji as a special train is to be run to Redby in the morning returning in the ev- ening. P. J. Russell, city attorney of Be- midji, will deliver an oration at 10 2. m. Thursday in the Library park. At that time, a short address will be made by T. J. Burke, president of the day, there will be some singing and M. J. Brown will read the Declara- tion of Independence. Music will be provided all day by the Bemidji band. The band will also play a con- cert from the bandstand at the dock in the evening. The committee in charge of the celebration will meet in the Commer- cial club rooms at 8 p. m. Tuesday night to consider further details. Following is a copy of the official | program: 10 a. m.—Library Park. “America,” band and audience. Remarks by T. J. Burke. Reading of the Declaration by M. J. Brown. Oration of the day by P. J. Russell. Il a. m.—On Third and Beltrami. Bicycle race to fair grounds, twice around the track and return. $10, $5, and $3. Potato race. Prices $3 and $2. Fat Men’s race-—minimum weight 200 pounds. Priz 5 and $3. Girls’ ra Pri $3 and $2. Prizes s, 1:30 p. m.-—Sports and races down town| 100 yard dash. Prices $8 and $4. Boys’ sack race. Prizes $2, $1, 75¢ and 50c. Ladies’ race. Prizes $3 and $2. Boys’ blindfold race. Prizes $1.50, $1 and 50c. . 2:30 p. m—Auto races at the fair grounds. Ladies three mile race. Prizes $10 and $5. Free-for-all five mile race. Prizes 0, $5 and § Five mile race against time. 3:45 p. m.—Ball game at the fair grounds. Bagley vs. Bemidji. Purse $100. 5:00 p. m.—Down town. Tug-of-war—City vs. Prizes $15 and $10. G:45 p. m.—City dock. Concert by Bemidji band. Tub race for boys. Cash prizes. Log rolling contest. Ptizes $5 and $3. Motor boat ‘races. 9 p. m.—Grand ball at city hall un- der auspices of Bemidji fire depart- ment. Country This WIill Do. Callahan—Oi want to git a book o put the photographs av all me rela- Hves in. Of think this wan will do. Shopman—But that isn't a family Album, sir;, that's a scrapbook. Callahan—Oh, that's all right, foung man; all av me relatives were jorappers. & 15 BALLOT TOTALS COMPARED IN 26 : ROLL CALLS AT BALTIMORE CONVENTION WILSON IN: THE LEAD. Total number of delegates, 1,088. Necessar} for cholée, E’G, Governor Foss of Massachusetts also has 43 votes, GIRLS ~ USE ~ PRIVILEGE Leap Year Shows Marked Increase in Number of Marriage Licenses Issued. THIRTY TAKE MONTH OF JUNE Records from the office of the clerk of court of Beltrami county show that local girls have not bLeen at all backward in taking advantage of their leap year privileges. Thirty li- censes were issued in June, an av- erage of one a day, as against four- teen for the same period in 1911. The largest number of marriage li- censes issued in one day in June, 1911, was two. These were issued on June 15. The largest number issued in 1912 was four. They were issued on June 26. No licenses were issued the first two days of June, 1911, or June, 1912. Indications are that the number of licenses which will be issued for the year 1912 will be far in excess of those of 1911, Under the present state law, cou- ples applying for a license are not required to swear to their exact age but must certify that they are of age and of no nearer relationship than second cousins. Licenses are issued in the county in which the home of the bride is located. The first July license was issued this morning to Miss 1llen Wein and August Thor- land. “Solld Gold.” - Commercially speaking, the term “solid gold” is a misnomer, since such gold has not been uged for many, many years. Some of the ancient Ro. man jewelry and some of that of the Renaissance period was, indeed, made of pure gold, worked up by hand with the crudest of tools, but since the old days there has been a constantly in- | creasing employment of alloys, for the reason that jewelers found that the harder the gold was rendered by good elloys the greater its wearing quall- ties and the more secure, therefore, was the setting of the gems it con- tained. Nowadays jewelry is of 18, 14 or 10 carats, according to the de- sign and character of the article, and it is much more frequently 10 than 18 | carats, Bird Slaughter Condemned. A strong protest is being made In Bouth Australia against the continual slaughter of such rare birds as the Ibis, the egrei, cranes and spoonbills to supply the demands of milliners. The slaughter is objectionable not i nly as destroying some of the most i beautiful and interesting creatures of nature, but, according to the Journal of Agriculture, also as rendering Bouth Australia ever more prone to plagues of grasshoppers, and is a prime cause of the decline of its fish resources. As the wandering birds dis- appear the crustaceans that destroy #sh spawn increase the multitude. Not the Original Liberty Bell, A correspondent of the Literary Di- gest avers that the famous crack in the Liberty Bell is not a crack, but only the fac-simile of a crack. Hisas sertion is that the original bell was in- deed cracked, but that the present bell 8 a recast from a model of the old one, with the crack filled up, though 200 LIVES SAID LOST IN BIG CYCLONE. Winnipeg, July 1.—Following a day of thunder storms and high winds, a cyclone struck Regina, Sask., at 6 p. m. Sunday night leaving death and destruction in its track. It is estimated that 200 people have been killed and reports place the property loss at $14,000,000. The Regina telephone exchange was wrecked and it is believed that the fifteen girls employed in the plant lost their lives. Other buildings destroyed are the Standard block, the First Baptist church and the Bacid and Bottell building. Only one tele- graph wire is working, all others be- ing down. A special train left Win- nipeg shortly after nine o’clock on Sunday night with doctors, nurses, ete. Coming from the south, the cyclone first struck the new parliament build- ing which has just been completed at a cost of $2,000,000. The build- ing is of steel and concrete and while badly shaken, still stands. It then swept northward, moving a path six blocks wide through the best resi- dence section. Automobiles filled with people were hurled into the air and landed several blocks away. At 8 p. m,, a few bodies had been taken from the ruins and many more were in sight. The town was in darkness as the electric light plant was ruined. Small fires broke out but were quickly subdued. - g1 g1 5| 5| 8 §| 411—Final on thirtieth ballot: . 5 3 5 B g &| Wilson 460, Clark 485, Underwood BALLOT : B El g : £/121 1-2, Harmon: 19, Foss 30, Kern L 5 g 5 i 2 | 2; absent 1-2. : : o e e — H X i ] 412—Thirty-fivst |ballot: = Wilson FiTEt -[440% 324 [117% 148 1 | 311475 1-2, Clark 446 12, Underwood Second 446% 339 3¢ | 111 % [141 2 feeewe| 311414 100, Boss 36 Kérn 2 and Hars Third . 441|345 |114%|140%| 1 2 31 g ’ i 5 : mon 17. Absent 2 12. 2:30 p. m. Fourth 443 |349%%|112 |136%|..... 2 31 GRS = vifth 443 1851|1194 (141%(.....| 2 31 401—The galleries were thrown Sixth . ... e L 1351 : 2 ! lopen to the public without tickets or Seventh 449336214 1128% 1203 | 1 L1 35 other eredentlals at 10:30 a. m, Mon- Elghth 448% 35;:& 123 1130 . ;- 311 gay. Delegates and spectators are Ninth . <462 |352% 1aE 1A 1 . 30| Slow to arrive. -Weather moderately Tenth . 556 [350%117% | 31 1 1 30| warm with good breeze. 11:13. Ileventh . 554 |354%|118% | 29 1 1 301 " 402—As Chairman, James ascends :r‘\\'e]tth 54911 354 12;:1 29 1 1 301 the platform, he is given a hearty Thirteenth . 5565%(356 |115%| 29 1 0 301 round of applause. 11:15. Fourteenth 553 (361 (111 | 29 2 2 30 403—Convention ‘dalled to order glnfteenth B 552 13621 (110%( 29 2 2 301 by Chairman James ~Who introduced \‘nxteenth 561 [362% (1123 29 1 2 30| the chaplain of the day. Chaplain of- Seventeenth . 545 3623 (1123 | 29 1 4% 30| ters prayer. At conclusion, Bryan F\«_!ishtee"t: . 532 361 1125 | 29 1 3%| 30| enters hall at head of Nebraska dele- Nineteent! 532|358 |130 29 T 1 30| gation and is given hearty round of Twentieth . .. 512 [388%(1213%| 29 1 30 |applause. 11:18, Twenty-first . .. 508 395311834 29 1 30| 405—Final of thé 28th ballot: T“t(‘"f}’-set?ond . 1500% (396% (115 1 - 30| Clark 468 1-2; Wilson 437 1-2; Un- Twenty-third . . 49711399 [11614]. .. ¥ 30| derwdod 112 1-2; Harmon 29; Bryan Twenty-fourth . 196 40215 (115%. .. 1 30(1; Kern 1. I‘wvemy»fir:h 5 469 |405 108 29 1 30 Final of the 29th ballot: Clark 168 wenty-sixth . ........... 163%[407% (1123 | 29 1 30| 1-2; Wilson 436; Underwood 136; Harmon 29; Foss 38; Kern 4. 406—J. B. Stanchfield, of the New York delegation, asked the permis- sion of the convention to explain his vote. Went to the platform 11:46. 407—Mr. Stanchfield denounces “Bryan’s filthy treatment of the New York delegation.” Loudly applauded. 11:50. 408—Mr. Stanchfield continually interrupted by cheers' and also de- risive laughter. Chairman James is having a hard time 'getting a fair hearing- for the gentleman from New York. 11:55. 409—Mr. Stanchfield concludes his speech by declaring his personal vote for Wilson of New Jersey. He states that he and the New York delegation are heart ahid soul for the nominee whoever he may be. “41.59: 410—In a poll of the New York delegation, Senator O’Gorman votes for Wilson and is loudly applauded. New York poll shows nine for Wilson but the entirely ninety is cast for Clark under the unit rule. New St. Paul Chief. St. Paul, July 1.—Captain Martin Flannigan was appointed assistant chief late Saturday by the St. Paul police board. The prediction that his advancement would make him in reality the head of the St. Paul po- lice department did not materialize however, because F. M. Catlin, now acting chief as well as president of the police board, will continue in those capacities and devote his en- tire time to the actual and active ad- ministrative supervision of the de- partment. Helght of Folly. A woman is foolish to marry a man for his money, but then the man 18 twice as foolish to let her.—Detroit Free Press. Then He's a Genius. The man with a new idea 18 & crank until the idea succeeds.—Pud- Qeprright by Hasis & Ewing. EIGHT HORSES SUFFOCATED, St. Paul, July 1.—Eight horses were suffocated and three others so severely burned that it was neces- sary to shoot them at once in a fire which damaged the large stables of the Golden Rule department store, at 370 East Ninth street, St. Paul Sat- urday night. The fire was discovered by the watchman, after all the drivers had left for the night. He turned in an alarm. The barn was filled with smoke when the fire department ar- rived, but the firemen entered the stalls and: succeeded. in dragging out twenty-two frantic horses. In the course of the rescue work several of the firemen narrowly escaped severe injuries. Three of the animals brought out were found to be severely burned and as their frantic kicking endangered persons in the crowd attracted by the fire they were shot at once by police- men. . Some of the other horses broke away through the crowded streets but were captured. The damage to the building, which is a large brick structure, is estimat- ed at about $4,000. The cause of the fire is not known. The watchman who turned in the alarm says the flames made rapid progress and that when the firemen arrived the building was full of smoke and the horses Struggling to breaks out of their stalls, May 1 a Hollday. A Milwaukee school teacher asked her class of small boys and girls ta prepare lists of all the legal holidays that they knew of, and to put them in the order of their importance. Christ: mas and Fourth of July stood about equal in the number of first places ac: corded them, and upon but one _paper in the lot appeared “Moving day, May 1,” as the most important of American d'nhead Wilson. ¥ legal holidays, SOMETHING S tN THERE ! still ghowing the lines of the de- tect. FOOLISH SEASON a° RUSTY GETT(NG KIND TEN CENTS PER WEEK, OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD. NEW PHONE TO WHITEFISH Blackduck Farmers Organize Com- pany to Build Line Into Adja- cent Country. g $2,500 WAREHOUSE PLANNED Blackduck, July 1.—Members of the Blackduck Farmers’ club held a meeting _here Saturday at which: about thirty were present for the morning session and sixty in the af- ternoon. The meetings were ad- dressed by Professor Bergh of Bemid- i, who spoke in the morning on “Co- operation” and in the afterncon on “Soil Management.” Other address- es were to have been made by Pro- fessor Dyer, of Bemidji, and C. E. Willard, development agent of the Northern Pacific but they were un- able to be present. « . A telephone company was organ- ized to build a line from Blackduck southwest to Whitefish Junction and give the farmers in that couniry di- rect communication with this point. The company has been put on & firm financial basis and it is understood that work will start at once. The phone line to Battle River has been completed and the success of this undertaking had a material in- fluence on the Whitefish project. An organization was also formed to build a potato warehouse in Black- duck and trial plans and specifica- tions were looked over and discussed. 1t is proposed to put $2,500 into the plant and to make it complete enough to care for the crop of this section of the country. It is expected that the warehouse will be completed before fall. LATE SOCIETY. Vernon Malloy, of the Crookston Lumber company, was taken sudden- ly ill on Thursday evening and was removed to St. Anthony’s hospital on Friday morning where he was op- erated upon for appendicitis. Mr. Malloy is resting easily now. His sister, Miss Rose Malloy of Minne- apolis, arrived in the city on Sat- urday and will remain with him for some time. Carl - Hanson returned Saturday morning from Minneapolis where he had spent the past week with rela- tives and friends. Miss Logan of Grand Rapids, has accepted a position in the county au- ditor’s office. Miss Logan began her work this morning. Mrs. H. W. Bailey has returned from Jamestown, N. D., where she had spent the past three weeks as the guest of her daughter. She was ac- companied home by her little grand son, Floyd Rathman, who will spend the summer here. Mrs. Bailey was met at Wadena by her son, Thayer . |Bailey, who returned hime with her. ‘W. A. Gould, Miss Etta Gould, Miss Grace Bailey and Mr. and Mrs. H. A, Scharf drove to Itasca state park in the Gould car yesterday morning, re- turning home last evening. We wish to thank all those who assisted during the illness and death of our son and brother, and especial- “{1y: Rev. Chas. H. Felsher for his kind- ness. - Mrs. E. M. Ostby, Mrs. W. A. | Robbins, John, Emil and Joseph Ost- e NO- HOPE FOR A DECISION AT ONCE Baltimore Managers Agree That Early Monday Ballots Will Not Decide Contests. NOMINATION IN DEAD LOCK Clark and Wilson Forces Separated By Personal Contest Started By Bryan. SITUATION IS COMPLICATED Underwood Spoken of As Having Best Chance if Leaders Decide to Throw Vote. Baltimore, July 1—Hope of a nom- ination on the twenty-seventh bal- lot for president was practically abandoned by Democratic leaders on Sunday night. When the national convention adjourned for Sunday it was believed that some solutior of the long deadlock would result irom the conferences between the cham- pions of the three leading candidates but it developed that the time set had arrived for the withdrawal of either Speaker Clark, Governor Wilson or Representative Underwood. It was not expected that the first ballot Monday would materially dif- fer from the twenty-sixth. Cam- paign managers possibly might have reached some agreement of interest if interest in the deadlock had not been dwarfed by the personal controversy that developed between Bryan and Clark. The visit of Clark to Balti- more and his arrival too late to at- tempt a vindivation of himself before the convention overshadowed every- thing else as the subject of the Sun- day gossip. Should Clark and Wilson fail on the next two or three ballots it was predicted that there would be a turn to Underwood who had held his nor- mal vote from the first to the last. The Underwood forces were watching for just such a contingency and claimed to be prepared to take full advantage of it. Whether the Alaba- mia candidate could win or not was the subject of much speculation, but outside of the delegates who had vot- ed for him on the twenty-six ballots, there did not appear to be much en- thusiasm. Baltimore, June 30—After twen- ty-six roll calls, the Democrats are still without a standard bearer for the coming presidential campaign. After two days of repeated balloting, the delegates were forced to adjourn at 11:07 Saturday night until 11 a. m. Monday morning. Champ Clark reached his high wa- ter mark on the tenth ballot, since then it has been steadily declining. On the contrary, Woodrow Wilson’s vote has been increasing with Clark’s decline and it looks at this time as though the nomination of a progres- sive would be forced. The shift of New York to the Clark camp was taken by others to indicate that Clark had made an alliance with the New York leaders which are said to be con- trolled by the Morgan-Ryan-Belmont crowd. An attempt to force a dinmer ad- journment Saturday failed. The Clark forces wanted it to give them opportunity to rally but the Wilson ‘men fought and prevented it. The Wilson gain was slow coming by ones and twos and when it was seen that a nomination was hopeless, an- adjournment was taken until 11 a. m. Monday. i . On the final ballot Saturday, the twenty-sixth, the candidates stood as follows: Clark 463%, Wilson 407%, Un- derwood 1121, Harmon 29, Mar- shall 30, Foss 43, not voting 1%. Ervin Addresses Farmers. On Friday, Tom Ervin, of theé Bel- trami Elevator and Milling company, addressed a company of farmers at Gully. The farmers are planning on a co-operative elevator and called on Mr. Ervin for some practical hints a8 to elevator oper NINNESOTA ISTORICAL