Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 3, 1912, Page 1

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"MANY rlw_ VOLUME 10. NUMBER 57. BIG CELEBRATION FOR THE FOURTH Eagle Will Scream With Delight Ov- er Safe and Sane Program Ar- ranged for Bemidji. SPORTS AND RACES Provision Made for Contests at All Hours of the Day, Starting at 11 A M LARGE DELEGATIONS COMING Walker and Bagley to Turn Out in Force—Baseball Game in the Afternoon. Auto, boat, bicycle, and foot races, band concerts and speeches have been arranged for tomorrow to make the day the best Fourth ever celebrated in Bemidji. For several weeks, a big committee has been working out the details of the celebration and this morning announced that every event would be run off on schedule time. Promptly at 10 a. m., T. J. Burke will ask for order in the Library park and led by the Bemidji band, the people there assembled will sing “America.” Following the singing, Mr. Burke, who is president of the day, will have some remarks to make. M. J. Brown will read the Declaration of Independence and will be followed by P. J. Russell who will deliver an oration. At 11 o’clock, the small sports and nraces will be started on Third street. ‘The event of the morning will be the bicyele race from the corner of Third and Beltrami to the fair grounds, twice around the track and return to the starting point. No contestant will be allowed to use the sidewalk and special guards will be stationed all the way to the fair grounds to see that the conditions of the race are fulfilled. Seven entries have come in at press time. Other races at this time are a potato race, fat men’s race, girls’ race and 200 yard dash. The big event of the afternoon will be the auto races on the fair grounds track. These will start promptly at 2:30 and will follow the other small sports held at 1:30 down town. En- tries for the auto races must be in by 6 o’clock tonight. At press time, it was learned that Harriet Cochran, in a Buick, would race Olive Curtiss, in a Ford, in the ladies race, the prizes being $10 and $5. Herman Dargell has entered his Parry in the race against time and the car will be driven by C. W. Jew- ett. In the free for all, only five cars will be allowed to enter. Entries have already been made by Geo. W. Cochran in a Buick, John Moberg in a Chalmers, and C. W. Jewett in a| Ford. The other two entries must be in to F. A. Wilson by 6 o’clock tonight. The Australian elimination system will be used in this race. Following the auto races, Bagley and Bemidji will clash in a baseball game. Smiley and Hermanson have been announced as batteries for Be- midji and Emerson, the Indian who once played here, will pitch for Bag- ley. Hermanson is a new catcher for Bemidji and is said fo be a mater- ial addition to the team. Following the ball game, there will be a tug of war between a city and a country team. After the tug of war, a greas: ed pig will be liberated and will be- long to its capturer. ‘Water sports have all been set for the evening. Entries for the launch races must be made to Charles War- field not later than noon of the Fourth as the handicaps must.be set before the races start. Entries for the tub race should be made to Pro- fessor Dyer before noon. F. A. Lam- bert has promised to have a buoyant log ready for the log rolling contest and several of the Crookston and Be- midji river men will be present to try for the prize money. In the evening, the Bemidji band, under the leadership of Director Rem- frey, will play a concert of twelve numbers - from the dock bandstand. At 9 p. m. there will be a grand ball in the city hall given under the aus- pices of the fire department. Word was received in Bemidji this marning that large delegations are coming tomorrow from Walker and Bagley and others are expected from along the M. and I line north. Mer- chants were busy decorating their windows today and the city will have a gala appearance with its flags and bunting. The committee has asked that all citizens bear in mind the fact that each event will be started promptly at the hour scheduled and there will be no walting. GOVERNOR THOMAS R. SHALL, 8ON. Nomlnated for vice-president of the United States on the Democratic tick- et. MAR- INDIANA'S FAVORITE BAND PROGRAM. Thursday, July 4, 1912. Alden Remfrey, Director. . March—Memphis, the Majes- EIC] PO — Alexander 2. Caprice—Basking in the Sun- shine ... ... Cameron 3. Selection—Miss Nobody from Starland . .....000000 . .Howard 4. Overture—The Fall of Jer- IER0 . cviicntomninan Maillochand 5. Waltz—Sweet Remembrance ..................... St. Clair 6. March—Pride of Bemidji .................. A. Remfrey (Dedicated to the Bemidji Band). 7. Medley Overture—War Soggs of the Boys in Blue.....Laurendeau 8. Selection—Barry of Ballymore 9. March—Under the Double Eagle fecesaiads ‘Wagner 10. Overture—N. W. Band Car- nival . « .. .Southwell 11. Selection—All Alone. . sesieebee e aee Von Tilzer 12. March—Lights Out......McCoy BUNNY BEAT THE MOTOR CAR Rabblt- Ran So st the -Chauffour Had to 8f -t to Keep Him In Sight. ‘The scene was on the road to Point Place. Illuminations were furnished by the moon and stars. Besides the rabbit and the auto there were one man and two girls, also a chauffeur. The big automobile was speeding along the highway, sending its white light ahead, when suddenly right across the path of the rays from the head lamps shot & young rabbit. The chauffeur slackened speed, hating to hurt the little creature, and then the rabbit hopped back into the center of the road again, gave one look Into the blinding glare of the lamps and start- | ed the race. Straight down the center of the smooth, white highway he shot on ahead of the car, and the chauffeur speeded up & bit just to see how fast the race was going to be, but he could not catch the rabbit, not by ten feet. That little critter’s feet went so fast there did not seem to be any there, and just a speck where the long ears bobbed with the motion of his little body and a brown blur of hair. And still he ran, on and on, keeping his distance ahead of the big machine as if the light had hypnotized him and he could not stop, while behind in the car big, lazy pursuers laughed and watched and begged the chauffeur not to run him down. There was no such chance. The rabbit was too quick. When he was tired of the sport he hopped to one side of the road as the car went by, tipped up his tiny head and winked out of one pink eye as he looked at the speeder and its occu- pants with a quizzical curve of his lit- tle mouth.—Toledo Blade. QUEER THINGS ABOUT PAIN Patlent May Feel It in Limb That Has Been Amputated, or In ‘Wrong Place. Pain sometimes behaves in a curk ous fashion. There was a soldler in London, after the Boer war, who com. plained of excruciating neuralgic pains In his right foot. This very much amused his friends, for he had lost his right leg. The explanation was that the pain happened to be in the trunks of those nerves, which had sent branches to the foot. Sometimes a patient comes to a doctor complaining of pain in the knee, and he is greatly surprised when the doctor tells him that the site of the affection is not the knee, but the hip. We are all familiar with the pain under the shoulder blade which comes from an afflicted liver. The stomach, too, can produce pain In many parts of the body. .A disor dered stomach will give us pain as far away as the head, and, when one gets a cramp in his toe, it is often due to acidity of the stomach. ‘Swallow a pinch of soda and the cramp will dis- Aappear. . An aching topth wiil produce neural- glc pains in the face, and very often & violent pain at the back of the head 18 due to the faraway kidneys, which themselwes may suffer no pain at the time. 2 2 BERGH TO LEAVE. BEMIDJI Has Accepted Position of Professor of Agromomy in the Crookston Experimental Station. ASSUMES DUTIES AUGUST FIRST. Otto I. Bergh, for the past year professor of agriculture in the Be- midji schools, has accepted the pro- fessorship of agronomy in Crookston state experimental station and ex- pects to take up his new duties about August 1: He was urged to come at once but refused to leave Bemidji un- til he had finished his summer gchool work. 33 % The offer of the professorship came as.a complete surprise not only to Mr.. Bergh, but to the school board as well. He had intended to remain in Bemidji for another year, but as the Crookston position offers a larger field he feels that he cannot afford to refuse the offer. Otto I. Bergh was brought to Be- midji from Wisconsin where he had beer® with the soil survey. Wiscou- sin had decided to make a preserve of 2,000,000 acres of timber land and wished to select only such land as was not good for farming. Professor Bergh, who had just graduated from the university, was selected as one of the commission because of his knowledge of practical farming and soils. Prior to going to the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Bergh was principal of the high school at Hendrum, which is his home town. ' While in Bemidji, Mr. Bergh has made a host of friends and his an- nouncement comes as a decided shock as it was understood that he would be here at least for another year. He took the initiative in organizing the Poultry club, was one of the chief backers of the Potato Growers asso- ciation, and has aligned himself with many other organizations of farmers in this vieinity. In his school work in Bemidji, he hag‘brought his department to a point where it is-known as one.of the best of the state and men come many miles to study his methods. = Mr. Bergh is popular with his students and fellow instructors. While he is being made the subject of congratula- tions on his new position, his friends are sorry to see him leave Bemidji. His vacancy here has not yet been filled. b 1'pe S'tar Spangled Banner— L S SRR N LR P R D S LA S PR DR 3 8.8 882 4k 2 e ek battle was ov vessel restl Wi~ A = s of the Amarican forces on the seas an d writing of “The Star Spangled Bann: national anthem, This poem was written by Franci fleet in Chesapeake bay under a flag of truce in an sffort to arra Mr. Key was detained on board a was still flying when darkness hid the sce, , but he did not know which anxioty he thought of the th Banner” When dawn came he saw the flag * ot Scott Key, p wh I waving. > Long May It lfUa'de‘ arked ths beginning of the war of 1812, a conflict which was made memora- d which toward its close gave rise to the or,” the song now generally regarded as an attorney who had gone to the Brl nge for the release of a_prisoner of the attack was made on Baltimor , and toward morning the firing ceased. Key knew. th: Sept. 10, 1814. The flag le was victori and wi P the deck of the l‘l’:: and composed’ most of the lines of “The Star Spangled ’fimgfiga Cass Lake Farmers Elect. Cdss Lake, July 8.—(Special)— The annual meeting and election of officers of the Cass Lake fire depart- ment and relief association was heid Monday night ‘and resulted in the following elections: fire department, A. F. Ittner, chief; Dan. Lilly, first assistant; P. J. Keatag, ¥econd as- sistant; D. V. Wardner, secretary, and H. W. Dugas, treasurer. Relict association, C. F. Nelson, president; James Leary, vice-president; D. V. Wardner, secretary; treasurer, H. W. Dugas; trustees, Frank Bateman, Magnus Johnson and Al Marshik; finance committee, Pat«Cain, Dan Lilly. BATH HOUSES ARE READY. ° Street Commissioner Carter today completed the erection of two bath houses on the north shore of Diamond Point. One will be used by men and thie Othér by Woien. Botl are"8 by 16 in size and have eight semi-en- closed stalls on the inside. No locks are provided but the houses are close to the shore where they can be eas- ily watched. The bath houses are free and may be used by any one. - DENOCRATIC NOMINA oty [RETRTIPEN TION FOR THE BATTLE IN LAS VEGAS Jack Johnson and Jim Flynn to Fight For World’s Heavyweight Cham- .;7 . pionship July 4. BETTING SAID TO BE LIGHT P00V 00000000600 ® Facts about Championship Fight, ¢ Contestants—Jack Johnson & of Chicago and Jim Flynn of & Pueblo, Colo. b K4 Place and time—Las Vegas, ¢ N. M., Thursday, at 2 p. m. @ Title at stake—The world’s & heavyweight championship. @ Length of fight—Twenty-five ® rounds, in @ ring. @ Rulés—Marquis of Queens- & berry. ® Referee—Ed. W. Smith, of & Chicago. @ PPPOPOOPOPOOO®O O Las Vegas, N. M., July 3.—Visi- tors from many parts of the country Lave been coming throughout the day to see the battle for the world’s pugilistic championship between the Dresent holder of the title,~ Jack Johnson, and Jim Flynn of Pueblo, Colo., and interest in the contest ex- tends to all classes. From the train- ing quarters of the rivals the an- nouncement has been made that both men are in perfect physical condition and ready for the struggle tomorrow afternoon. As a betting proposition the fight does not promise much. To date very few dollars have been placed on the result. twenty-four foot PPOPPVPPOOOO®OO Rain Bénefits Crops. Rain which fell in Bemidji Tues- day morning was general in this sec- tion and farmers say was a material help to the 1912 crop. The precipi- tation measured .07 of an inch, Placing the Blame “‘Oply unmarried men wanted!’ That’s the third job Eliza’s. lone me :)ut of this morning!”—London Opin: lon, _— Did Not Know. “Did you hear the new opera in New York?” “Yes” “It was sung in English, wasn’t 1t?” “I was told 80."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. —_— Nation’s Water Power, In tha United States it is sald that there are water powers available rep- resenting 37,000,000 horsepower, of Which only one-sixth is developed. _— “Time for Courtesy. Life it not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.—Emer son, 4 No Procrastination: % ‘Woman never puts off till tomar What she can say today.—Lite ‘. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. DEMOCRATS NAME TWO PROGRESSIVES Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Mar- shall Chosen to Lead Fight Against Republicans, BOTH ARE NOW GOVERNORS New Jersey and Indiana Men, New in National Politics, Finally Sweep Convention, BURKE HIGH ON TWO BALLOTS North Dakota Executive Withdraws His Candidacy for Sake of Par- ty Harmony. Baltimore, July 3.—Immediately following the second ballot for the vice - presidential nomination on which Governor Marshall of Indiana lacked less than a hundred votes for the nomination, the name of Gover- nor Burke of North Dakota, his clos~ est contender was withdrawn and the nomination of Marshall made by ac- clamation, making the Hoosier the running mate of Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey who was nom- inated late Tuesday afternoon for the presidency. Immediately following this action the convention at 1:56 a. m. adjourned bringing to dn end the long drawn out battle of balloting. First ballot for vice-president: Marshall 389, Burke 305 1-2, Cham- berlain 167, Hurst of Illinois 77, Preston 68, McCombs 18, Osborne 9, Sulzer 35, Wade 26, absent 46 1-2. On the second ballot the three lead- ers stood: Marshall 645 1-2, Burke 387 1-2, Chamberlain 12 1-2. Baltimore, Md., July 3.—The Dem- ocratic national convention became a love feast Tuesday night when it met to select a running mate for Gover- nor Woodrow Wilson. The intense bitterness of the past week seemed to have disappeared. ‘When the convention suspended the regular order of business, the nomination of a vice-presidential candidate shortly before 11 o’clock to make way for the reading and adoption of the platform, six candi- dates for the vice-presidency had been placed in nomination, they were Gov- ernor Burke of North Dakota, Gover- nor Marshall of Indiana, Elmer W. Hurst of Illinois, Martin J. Wade of Iowa, James H. Preston of Maryland and Champ Clark. : Champ Clark was urged to accept the vice-presidential nomination but refused to allow his name to be con- sidered. Baltimore, July 3.—Woodrow Wil- son was nominated for the presidency of the United States at 3:35 Tuesday afternoon by the Democratic nation- al convention. The nomination came on the forty-sixth roll call and was the climax of a long up-hill climb. Early in the day, it was seen that Wilson would be the nominee and the first break was noted in the forty- third ballot when he gained 108 votes. On succeeding roll calls, state after state swung into line and on the forty-sixth roll call he received 990 votes to 84 for Clark. On mo- tion of the Missouri delegation, the nomination was made unanimous. Senator Bankhead withdrew the name of Oscar Underwood after the forty-fifth ballot. . Senator Stone at that time also released the Clark del- egates to vote as they wished. A mo- tion to nominate by acclamation met with opposition and the forty-sixth roll call was ordered. Missouri and California stood for Clark to the end. The convention then adjourned un- til 9 p. m. Tuesday night at which time it would consider the momina- tion of a vice-president. School Bonds Voted. At the school election held Mon- day night, the proposition to sell bonds for $6,000 in order to build an addition to the North school was passed by a vote of 53 to 1. Paving is Started. John Goodman and Nels Loitved have started the grading which is necessary before the pavement on the four blocks recently authorized by the city council can be laid.- The blocks to be paved are Second street, between Bemidji and Beltrami, Third between Minnesota and Americs,* Fourth between Minnesota and Am- erica, and Fifth between Minnesota and’ Beltrami. - it i

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