Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 9, 1912, Page 1

VOLUME 10. NUMBER 6 157 WILL PETITION TAFT T0 -QUIT Office Holders Afraid They Are Fac- ing Defeat Because of Breach in Party Ranks, MAY APPEAL TO TEDDY ALSO Dispatch Says He May Be Asked to Withdraw in Order to Select Compromise Candidate. DEMOCRATS ARE FEARED Men Higher Up Concerned Lest Op- ponents Will Cover Them With Landslide in Fall, Washington, July 9.—A nation- wide movement to petition President Taft to withdraw as the Republican presidential candidate is being back- ed by a large number of Republican office-holders who feel that they face defeat in November unless the breach in the party can be healed. These men include members of con- gress, members of state legislatures that will elect United States sneators, state and county office-holders and party candidates. If the movement to petition Mr. Taft to withdraw suc- ceeds in gaining any volume, it is said these same men, in the interest of party harmony may ask Colonel Roosevelt also to withdraw as’ the prospective candidate for the inde- pendent nomination and permit a compromise selection of some man agreeable to both factions of the par- ty. It is the desire of the promoters of the scheme that a decision shall be reached before August 5, when the Roosevelt faction plans to held a con- vention in Chicago. The circulation of petitions, it was declared Monday, would start within a week. It was said the movement would begin spon- taneously in every state. CANNOT ENDURE THE PIANO - Chinese Servant Glves Notice When Employer’s Daughter Gets Old Enough to Practice. The fascipation of an untrammeled tife in New York had lured other Chi- nese servants away from western fam- lies who had migrated with their ret- Inue to New York, but John of the banker's family had remained faithful through two years of metropolitan temptations. At last he gaye notice and refused to tell why. Finally the manager of an employment agency offered a solu- tion of John’s defection. “It {s becausp your little girl has got big enough to practice on the piano,” he said. “John can’t stand that. ! “A Chinaman hates a plana. It takes a good deal to upset Chinese merves, but a piano 1s capable of com- pleting the job most effectually. Here- tofore there has been but little plano playing in your house; now that there 18 & prospect of several hours of prac- tice every day John clears out. “We have that trouble with many Chinese servants. There are planty of western families in New York who | would like Chinese help, but as soon a8 an otherwise willing servant learns that there is a plano in the house he declines the job.” FOR DISINFECTION OF BOOKS| Apparatus Devised by a Frenchman Removes Danger of Contagion and Doesn’t Damage Paper. The danger from contagion from books that have been in the hands of persons suffering from various dis- eases has led to the invention of va- rious methods of disinfection, of which none appears to be more effec- tive than an apparatus devised by Marsoulan of Paris. His process embraces two parts. In the first place, the books are placed in a “beater” where a strong current of air opens every leaf and an aspirator sucks out the dust and deposits it In aseptic water; then they are suspended in a disinfector, the covers being bent back and held by clips so that the leaves are widely opened and placed over & heater ‘which for a time subjects them to a temperature of 167 degrees Fahren- heit. The paper is not damaged, and the efficlency of the process is sald to have been demonstrated beyond question.—Harper'’s Weekly. Forests of Scotland. Sootland contains a considerable sumber of well preserved and impos- ing forests, cared for and protected for centuries. One of these forests sontains more than 5,000 acres, with many trees more than three feet in dlameter. B O R Copyright by Clinedinst. EX-SENATOR FRED T. DUBOIS. PINEWOOD. Among those who spent the Fourth in Bemidji were Ole Leitzheim of Is- land Lake, Jas. Hays of Deer Laka, and Mrs. Fink, Milton Fink, Jess Sines, Herman and Melvin Beckon. Henry Powell, who has been visit- ing his mother, returned to Black- duck Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fullerton of Be- midji, spent a few days of last week the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. Nelson. Miss Matilda Holm who was called home by the illness of Mrs. H. Holm, returned to Bagley Monday. Miss Maidie Sthol spent Saturday in Bemidji. Nels Koppang, Matt Berg, J. Fink, and P. Bakke, transacted business in Bemidji Monday. Archie Fenton of Bemidji was the guest of the Klinger family over Sua- day. Miss Bertha Klinger came home from Bemidji Friday for a short visit with her parents. TAMARACK NEWS. If there is a more fertile section in the state of Minnesota than that ly- ing along the Tamarack river, no one has discovered it. No man needs a more delightful country to live inm, nor will he find one in which he may ‘be more prosperous or enjoy the éom- forts of life-in a higher degree, while the soil is rich enough to-afford o' the comforts that the earth promises to those who are industrious and of a thrifty turn. Martin Peterson made a trip to Be- midji last week to make final proof on his claim. Wm. Smith is visiting with friends at Perham. Peter Olson was transacting busi- ness in Kelliher on Monday. Mrs. D. J. Norman and son Carl, spent Tuesday at Otto. Mr. and Mrs. Frish left on Monday morning to visit with relatives in the southern part of this state. Ole Norman and wife entertained a fewd of their friends on the Fourth, all those that were present expressed themselves as havin ga most delight- ful time. Sunday :chool will open next Sun- day at 2,50 p. m. at the home of Mrs. P. Sarfi. Evcrybody welcome. Inscrutable Way of Providence. ‘With reference to the final extinc- tion of the latter day successor of the Delmonico restaurant, it is re- lated that two Germans, fresh from Chicago, once visited New York, and one well acquainted with the city in- vited his friend to dine at Delmoni- co’s, where a dinner for two and a bottle of wine were ordered. The place and fare were praised until the bill of $11 was presented. This they considered an extortion. They pald, however, and while ‘walking down Broadway the excited German commenced to swear at the supposed extortion. His friend then said: “Do not schwear, Yawcop. It is wicked to schwear. God has pun- ished that man Delmonico.” “How?” “I haf mine shpoons.” pocket full mit The Intruder. A certain boat coming up the Mis- sissippi one day during the.flood lost her way and bumped up against a frame house. She hadn’t more than touched it befors an old darkey rammed his head up through a hole in the roof, where the chimney once came out, and yelled at the captain on the roof: “Whar’s yer gwine wid dat boat? Can’'t you see nothin’? Fust thing yer knows yer gwine to turn dis house ober, spill de old wom- an an’ de chil'en out in de flood an’ drown ’em. What yer doin’ out here in de country wid yer boat, anyhow? Go on back yander froo de co’n fields an’ get back into de ribber whar ye b'longs. = Ain’t got no business sev'n miles out in the country foolin’ roun’ people’s houses nohow?” And she backed out.—Life. One Drop. A drop of blood that might be pended from the point of a oontains about a million of red Bus- i KLUCK-ZITTLAU ‘After two months of wearying travel, during which time she crossed the greater parts of two countries and also the Atlantic ocean, Miss Ida Zittlau arrived in Bemidji Monday afternoon on the Soo from Duluth. She came from Germany to Bemidji to meet the lover of her childhood, Karl Kluck, to marry him, and to make her home with him on his farm at Fowlds. The wedding took place at 8 p. m. Monday night in the parlors of the Rex hotel. Judge Clark performed the ceremony and the bride was giv- en away by G. G. Winter. Mr. Win- ter had acted as correspondent for Mr. Kluck in his negotiations with the steamship companies, government, officials and railroad men, and Miss Zittlau went to his office immediate- ly upon arriving in Bemidji. The ceremony was translated for the bride by one of the girls at the Rex Karl Kluck is located on a farm near Fowlds. Last Saturday he re- ceived word that his bride would be in Bemidji that night and he started for this city at once. He missed the Red Lake train at Puposky and so walked in, making a tramp of over twenty miles. Miss Zittlau, however, had been delayed and did not arrive in Bemidji until Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Kluck left for Fowlds on the Red Lake train this afternoon. PROGRESSIVE DAIRYING. Professor Bergh says that there are seven steps in progressive dairying: 1 weight and test milk; 2, feed a proportionate ration (one pound of feed to three pounds of milk); 3, give cows proper care and comfort; 4, use a pure blood dairy sire; 5, use the best cows as breeders; 6, sell poor stock for beef; 7, co-operate in sell- ling the product. State Banks are Growing. St. Paul, July 9.—According to figures compiled by Kelsey L. Chase, state superintendent of ‘banks follow- ing the call of June 14, the deposits in state banks grew from $118,037,- 691.25 on February 20 to $123,866,- 907.72 on June 14. Six new state banks were reported. Overdrafts on June 14 were fifty per cent less than one year ago. ey > Ml 2 g ¥ OF TIMES HE STAn LIKE THt5 AT BAT, WA LIE AMD BINGEOD TOAT | PALL FER A tiome. RUN GEE ! FELLER. 1T WAJ A i PEACHERNG o & aT { =) -"-"{’/A % SPECIAL TERM AT BAUDETTE. Judge B. F. Wright and Fred Rho- da, clerk of court, left this morning for Baudette where the judge will open a special term of court.Wednes- day morning. The calendar has at present six civil cases and Do crimi- nal cases. It is believed that the term will take several days. DIRECTORS T0 MEET. The directors of the Commercial club will hold a meeting in the club rooms at 8 p. m. tonight. All direc- tors are urged to be-present. Rainfall Hes 7A rain storm broke and vicinity last nf§id¥$hat brought with it enough rain to mature a large part of the standing crop. The storm started about 2:30 and 1.7 inches of rain fell before it stopped. The level of Lake Bemidji was raised two inch- les. Wife of the President Watches Démocrats ;S L Tflay Select Man to Rul{ _:Agaitfst Her Husband. Fuotos copyright, 1912, by American Press Association Mrs. Willlam Howard Taft decided that she wanld like to SPECIAL SUNDAY TRAIN. The Great Northern will run a special train from Melrose to Bemidji Sunday, July 21, leaving Melrose at 6 a. m. This train will give city people an opportunity to spend a day in the Park region of Northern Min- nesota and is an experiment to see if there is enough business to warrant the running of a Sunday train on this line every Sunday. Assessor Boosts Ice Tax. Minneapolis, July 9. — Edward Fortier, first assistant city assessor, boosted the assessed valuation of the r Bemidji|Cedar Lake Ice company ten cents a ton-because-of the small cakes of ice he had been receiving this summer. Mr. Fortier argued that as the piece was so small, ice must be a valuable commodity and so raised the valua- tion from twenty-five to thirty-five cents per ton. convention In- amfiou.’go she took a tic convention. . She occupied a seat in. the SECOND DIRECTORY READY Is Being Distributed by John H. Ley, its Publisher—It Contains 2,648 Names. POPULATION SHOWS GOOD GAIN ‘With figures indicating an increase in population in Bemidji of 8.8 per- cent during the past two years, the segond edition of the John Ley city | directory made its appearance Mon- day affernoon. “Fhe book is'a few pages smaller than the first edition, owing to the abbreviations used, but contains an increase of 535 names. The population of Bemidji is given as 6,620. Nymore is given 893, making a total populatien here of 7,513. The Bemidji city directory is is- sued every two years and is a handy reference book. It gives a complete list of names of all persons over tho age of eighteen who live in Bemidji, Mill Park and Nymere. Wives names are given after husbands. In the book there appears a full street direc- tory with the residences which cor- respond to the numbers. John H. Ley, the publisher of the directory, is a resident of St. Cloud and also publishes directories for oth- er small cities in Minnesota and North Dakota. Mr. Lay says that Be- midji has grown rapidly the past two years materially, as evidenced by the paved streets, new buildings, etec., and that the increase in population is a natural sequence. In the directory are included the list of persons residing in this city, a list of all secret orders with their officers, list of churches, banks, and hotels, street and avenue guide, a nu- merical street guide, and a business directory by occupations. Editorial Outing Abandoned. Duluth, July 9.—The Duluth Com- mercial club will not entertain the Minnesota Editorial association this year as had been planned. The ex- cursion has been abandoned. But thirty-three persons, only eight of them bona fide newspaper men, had accepted the invitation. q “ Files for Sheriff. Andrew Johnson filed for the office of sheriff Monday afternoon. Mr. Johnson ran against Sheriff Hazen two years ago being an independent candidate. This year he will enter the primaries as a Republican can- didate. * Sarah Platt Decker Dead. San Francisco, July 9.—Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker, of Denver, former presi- night following an operation for in- testinal trouble. " candidate for| FURNISH GRAVEL Unofficial Statements Lead Commer- cial Club and Counil to Make Formal Application. WILL SAVE CITY ABOUT $3,000 Engineer’s -Estimates Call for 2,000 Cubic Yards and Total Cost of Abont $10,000. BOND ELECTION ON JULY 23 Ordinance To Be Passed Next Mon- day Night and to Be Signed and Published the 19th. Stating that his road would be wil- ling to furnish one-third of the grav- el necessary for the paving of the Nymore road, W. H. Gemmel yester- day advised the council and the Com- mercial club to take the matter up with the Great Northern, Soo and M. and I. officials. Action in the matter ‘was taken by the council at a spec- ial meeting last night and President Johnson and Mayor Malzahn were in- structed to sign a detter with the Commercial club. It was also learn- ed at the same time that unofficially the Great Northern had stated that it would furnish its share of the grav- el. According to the estimates of the city engineer, it will take about 2,- 000 cubic yards of gravel for the pavement of the road. If the rail- roads furnish this gravel, and it ap- pears at this time that they will, it will mean a saving to the city of at least $1.50 per yard or $3,000 on-the cost of the paving. The engineer's estimate for the improvement calls for an expediture of $10,000 which would thus be cut to about $7,000. The money for the paving is to be taken from the sinking fund which at this time has a surplus which 1s only drawing 2 1-2 per cent interest. The bonds are dated for twenty years 8o that the money can gradually be put back into the sinking fund, but the cost of the road will be distribut- ed over twenty years. It developed at the council meeting last night that the new Great North- ern depot is to be placed at the foot of Minnesota avenue and that it will not be necessary for the eity to straighten the street and lay nmew crossings and approaches. The city will have to fill in a small Y back of the depot so that there will be a proper approach to the building. The new plans for the depot have not yet been drawn so that conmtractors have not been asked to bid. The ordinance calling for an elec- tion on the bond issue for the road was read the second time and the date for the special election definitely set for July 23. The ordinance will’ go to the mayor on July 15, and will be signed by him and printed on July 19. The election will then take place the following Tuesday. Graders have started work on Fifth Street preparing the bottom for the paving which is to be laid. The ex- tra dirt which is being hauled out is being dumped in the alley on Beltra- mi between First and Second streets _ MALCOLM NEWS. Most everybody from Malcolm cel- ebrated the Fourth of July at Grygla and everybody enjoyed the ball game between Germantown and Grygla, the score stood 17 to 15 in favor of Ger- man town. Peter Treness drove down to Thief River where he will meet Henry Johnson who will take the team back while Peter goes to North Dakota to do carpenter work. Alfred Benson, four year old son of Gelbert Benson, while playing fell and cut a bad gash on his forehead on a tin can. Dr. Adkins, the new doctor at Grygla, was out and sewed the wound up and the boy is getting along fine. But Howe went to South Dakota to_spend the Fourth of July. No More “Hell Fire.” ‘Washington, July 9.—By unani- ‘mous action Monday, the Internation- al Bible Students’ association adopt- ed a resolution unreservedly repud- iating, as thoroughly unseriptural, the teaching of a place, state or con- dition of “hell fire and brimstone” for the torment of the wicked. It ' was the sense of the convention that