Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 22, 1912, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY VOLUME 10. NUMBER 72. MEETINGS DRAW GOOD AUDIENCES Sunday Bible Conference Services Have Large Congregations in Spite of Rain. SERMONS IN THREE CHURCHES an Spoke to Presbyterians; S. A. Blair to Methodists. and R. | F. Sulzer to Baptists. ABRAHAM AND LOT CONTRASTED TUsed As Examples of Two Types of Christians—One Following God, the Other His Own Dictates. With a the| ge attendance at morning meetings in the thrase churches in spite of rain, and with a capacity congregation at the city hall in the eve ., the eighth an-| nual Bemidji Bible Conference open- ed in Bemidji yesterday. In the morning, sermons by visiting minis- ters in the Baptist, ere preached Methodist and Presbyterian churck-| es. In the evening the congrega- tions of these churches united in a service in the city hall. Dr. Ford Ottman, of Stamford Conn.. preached in the Presbyterian church in the morning contrasting | the lives of Abraham and Lot as two | types of Christians. Dr. Ottman said aham followed God's call and sct| himself aside while Lot went out into | the world. Ab n did more than he was charged with doing but as soon as he followed instructions hz prospered. On the other hand, Lot saved only through the interces-| sion of his friends and a1l he by going to the rich ci plain was “the smell of fire in his| clothes.” | In the Methodist church, { Blair, of Duluth, occupied the pulpit and told of twe of mission- ary work in He traced| the ships of i count and con of today. He also told of the| holding of the first service in Bemid-| ji. Mr. Snlzer addressed the congre gation in the Baptist church and he also spoke on missionary work «in Minuesota and the Dakotas. [ At the evening service in the city hall, R. F. Sulzer presided and the| pture lesson was read by Rever-| Flesher. ¢. Carl Amundson, offered prayer and Dr.| the ] of Ford Ortman delivered the sermon. Nymore, Dr. night to iu of his addr delive: ubject matter k. He will ses on “Im- perialism and Christ”, each lecture being a continuation of those preced- | ing. Dr. Ottman said that the uni-| verse, life and power center around | the person of Jesus Christ. He said | He had been promised a kingdom which had never been received. The| succeeding lectures will outline tho | teaching of the Scriptures concern- ing the position of Christ in the uni- ve The program for the week is as fol. lows: Monday, July 22. | m.—Address by Dr Tuesday, July 23. m.—Address by Dr. Ott- Ottman. 9:30 a. man. 10:30 a. m.—First address on Gen- | esis by Dr. A. C. Gaebelein. 3 p. m.—Address by Dr. Ottman 8 p. m.—The Bible Philosophy of | Pleasure,” Dr. Luccock. Wednesday. July 24. 9:30—Address by Dr. Ottman. 10:30—*"Christ and the Criticised™ | 2 p. m—Second address on Gene- | sis, Dr. Gaebelein. § p. m.—Address by Dr. Ottman. Thursday, July 25. 9:30 a. m.—“Progressive Grace,” by Dr. Luccock. 10:30 a. m.—Third Genesis, Dr. Gaebelein. 8 p. m.—"The Challenge of the La- tent,” Dr. Luccock. address oo & p. m.—“The Scope of the Gospel of John,” Dr. Gaebelein. Friday, July 26. 9:30 a. m.—Fourth address on Genesis, Dr. Gaebelein. 10:30 a. m.—“The -Master's Ap- praisement and Proving of Possibili- |throngs of visitors here for the big | ma State convention. | players appeared on the courts of the WOODROW WILSON. Recent Photograph of the Demo- Candidate. cratic Presidential @ 1912, by American Press Assoclation. CHILD KILLED BY SAND Turtle River, July 22 —Special to the Pioneer by long distance.—Hazel | Morey, the eleven year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Morey, was killed yesterday afternoon by being smothered in a cave-in of sand along a road south of town. Hazel and her smaller sister left home Sunday afternoon and started to play in the sand along the road. Some work had recently been done on.tks road and an overhanging bank where the playing. The smaller girl returned home and when Hazel did not follow a searching party was sent out. Her body was found buried in the sand of the cave-in. Although it was less than half an hour from the time she left howe until the body was found, efforts at resuscitation proved unavailing. The funeral service will be held tonight Rev. 8. E. P. White of Bemidji, ofi- ciating. Swedish Singers at Duluth. Duluth, Minn, July —The streets of Duluth are gayly decorated | vith the national colors of the United States and Sweden in honor of the fest of the Western American Union of Swedish Singers. The festi- val had its formal opening today and will continue until Thursday. suenge New Jersey Progressives to Meet. Asbury Park. N. J., July —The toosevelt State League of New Jersey has completed arrangements for the convention here tomorrow to ect - delegates-at-large to the Na- tional Progressive convention in Chi- cago next month. Former Governor . Franklin Fort will preside at the € For Michigan Tennis Titles. Port Huron, Mich., July A good field of high ranking tennis Port Huron Teunis club today in readiness for the annual tournament to decide the Michigan State opeu championship. Play in the tourna- ment will continue through the great- er part of the week. Blue Ribbon Meeting Opens. Detroit, Mich., July 22.—The Blua Ribbon meeting of the Grand Circuit opened at the Detroit Driving club track today and all the indications point to a week of great sport and 2 record-breaking attendance. The are in the finest fettle as a result of the meetings at Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. The two big events on the week’s program are the Chamber of Com- merce Stake, 2:13 pace, $5,000, which will be decided tomorrow, and the classic Merchant and Manufac- turers’ Stake, 2:24 trot, $10,000, -which is on the program for Wed- nesday. The entries in these events insure contests of the very best class. The free-for-all events, which come children were | |midji boys were out for revenge for|boat had plenty of fuel but it was| stables are filled with fast horses that | BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1912 TEN CENTS PER WEEK, SPLIT DOUBLE HEADER.. Minneapolis, July 22.—Minneapo- lis-Louisville split a double header Sunday, the score of each game being 4 to 2. Rossman’s home run gave the locals the first game. No hit was made off Laudermilk until the eighth inning of the second game, the cham- pions bunching four hits then for two runs. Louisville /did not make an error during the afternoon, Score— R. H. E. Minneapolis . ........... 4 8 0 Lontsville. . .ooniecomone 2 4 @ Batteries: Young and Owens; Kroh, Laudermiik and Schiel. Score— B.H.B | Minneapolis . ......c00nn 2 4 6| Louisvilis Batte: ios Waddell ..:d Smith; Laudermilk and Schiel. Kaws Defeat Hens. i Kansas City, July 22.- Rhoades was in fine form Sunday and won from Toledo 5 to 1 ywing | three hits. The visitors' only rua came in the ninth whe nerrors hy each of the outfielders.who dropped fiy balls, allowed Chapman to score. Score— Kansas C Toledo . Batteries: L. James, W. jisch. - James, West and Car- Brewers Win Easily. Milwaukee, July 22.—DMilwaukee| won a comparatively easy victory from Columbus here Sunday, finding LISTEN ! ! |Cooper at opportune times. - The iscore was 7 to 1. Nicholson pitched a good game for Milwaukee, being| |strong in pinches. | Score— MARCUM AND SMITH ELECTED. !were practically unianimously re- R. H. E.| . elected to positions on the school b Lo 721 1lhsard at the election held Saturday COMMBUE + o wsisawcns X 7 300 . Batteries: Nicholson and Schalk; |1ght. Out of a total of 194 votes Cooper and Smith, cast, Dr. Smith received 193, Dr. Mar- == cum 188, Mrs. Rogers 4 and Mrs. Li Indians Shut Out. H. Bailey one. In view of the fact St. Panl, July 22.—Dause pitched |ij,a; there was but one ticket in th| consistent ball in the oepning game!p o e vote is f 1 A N . z | cousidered heavy of the series with Indianapolis Sun- and an endorsement of the work of day, winning the second shutout the two officials. game of the season. Score— R. H. E | St. Paul ...ooeis 5 9 2 Did Not Break Down. Indianapolis . < 0 3 4. captain MacLachlan says that the Batteries: Dauss and Marshall; |fifteen minute delay of the City of| Linke and Clarke, |Bemidji Sunday while returning| |trom her dam trip was caused by the| BAGLEY BADLY DEFEATED. |fact that an auxiliary valve on oue| Bagley sent a baseball team to Be- |of the fuel tanks was cut off without| midji Sunday. It went home quietly;his knowledge and it prevented gas-‘ after being defeated 5 to 0. The Be-|oline being fed to the engine. The| the Fourth of July defeat. A good |some time before he discovered that | Drs. E. H. Marcum and E. H. Smith | PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED. Mrs. Ed. Anderson, of Bemidji, and Maurice, Bray, of Blackduck, each won one dollar last week for being the first persons to tell the Pioneer that the ad without a name, run un- der the “Live Wire” department, be- longed to Nelson and Thorson. Grace Peterson, of Bemidji, and Edward Gerlinger, of Spur, won the second prizes. This week, the mistake in the ad will not be printed until Wednesday night so that daily and weekly read- ers will have equal chances in win- ning the prize money. Prize winners cannot compete again but any one can compete until they do win a prize. One dollar goes to the first person ir the city and the first person in the country who send in the correct an- swer. Ohio suffragists are canvassing the state in a private trolley car, making ampaign speeches from the back platform at every settlement where crowd saw the game. |one tank was shut off. an audience can be found. Copyright, 1912, by American Press Association, ties,” Dr. Luccock. (Continuad on last page.) later in the week, also have been well filled. ey England's King and Queen Photographed Recent Royal Tour In Wales. King George and Queen Mary recently miade an interesting tour in Wales, during which they inspected the Mer- thyr collieries and got an insight into the workings of a coal mine. They happened to be in the vicinity when some seventy-five miners were killed by an explosion and visited the scene and expressed their sorrow. “The upper pic- ture shows King George emerging from & colliery. The other picture shows the king and gueen with Mr. McKenns, the home secretary, just behind them. Mr. nmyuwmmgmmmmmnmm —— - ¢ dent and is now a director. WASHBURN NEAR DEATH Former Minnesota Senator, Stricken While on European Trip, Speed- Home on Special. BUILT FAMOUS FLOUR MILLS Minneapolis, July 22.—In a race with death, William D. Washburn, former United States senator from Minnesota and a member of the well- known Washburn family, is being rushed to his home in Minneapolls aboard a special train on the Soo line, the road he built in his younger days, and of which he was the first presi- The spec- ial is due to arrive in Minneapolis soon before noon Monday. Physicians aboard the train have given up hope, but are trying to prolong life as h2 has expressed & desire to die in his home here, “Fair Oaks.” News of the critical condition of the former senator was first brought to Minneapolis Saturday in a tele- gram to his son, W. D. Washburn, Jr.. a member of the state legislature. The telegram was filed in Sault Ste. Marie and stated that Mr. Washburn was dying and was being hurried home. The message was sent by Mrs. Wash. burn and Edwin C. Washburn, a son of the former senator, and stated that in the opinion of the attending phy- sicians death was a matter of but a few hours. Though immediate friends of Mr. Washburn knew that he was in poor health and that a European tour be had been making was cut short be- cause of his illness, the telegram to his son yesterday was the first inti- mation that his condition was seri- ous. The family home at Fair Oaks had been closed for seeralv months. Hasty preparations were made last night for opening it. Up to the time that he left for Bu- rope in February Mr. Washburn though eighty-one years of age, had taken an active interest in his busi- ness and was at his office daily. The trip abroad was undertaken because Mrs. Washburn had been in poor health., Edwin C. Washburn, a son, accompanied the couple. MORE SPACE AVAILABLE. Crookston, July 22.—C. G. Selvig, superintendent of the school of agri- culture here states that wupon the completion of the new class room building here the school will be able to accommodate an increased num- ber of students. The school at Crookston is a branch of the state University and also the Northwestern Experiment Station under the college of agricul- ture. Tt caters exclusively to boys and girls from the farm who wish to take a course advanced over that offered in the high schools. It aims to fit young men and women for farm life and to give its students the training necessary for good citizen- ship. The fall term will open October 1 and will close December 20. The ‘| winter term opens Jamuary 7 ana 'l closes March 28. A common school. education is all that is necessary to GARDENS JUDGED A SECOND TIME Plots at School Farm Looked Over On Saturday by Jester, Ritchie and Jarchow. STUDENTS NOT WARNED Knew Nothing of Coming Inspection So That Several Were Caught. Unprepared. DONALD SMITH FIRST AGAIN Was Also Leader at June Examina- tion and Has Good Start Toward Donald Smith was voted the best school garden at the second meeting of the judges on July 20. Donald also won first place on- the-June judging and if he wins a good place on the third, will probably receive the prize for the best school garden of the year. The judges were Al Jester, A. P. Ritchie and August Jarchow. Owners of the gardens were mot told that the judges were coming last week and some were caught napping with the result that several changed Dlaces. Each judge scored each gar- den separately and the averages were taken to indicate the relative stand- ings of the owners. The gardens were judged on 1st, appearance and clean- liness; 2nd, thoroughness of tillage; 3rd, condition of the crop. The first visit of the judges oecur- red the last of June and the third and final visit will be sometime dur- ing the month of August. Prizes will be given to the pupils having the highest averages on the three judg- ings and also for the students grow- ing the best varieties of each plant. Otto I. Bergh has charge of the school gardens and says that the crop is in a good thrifty condition and that prospects for a heavy yield are excellent. He called particular at- tention to the cabbage, potatoes, to- matoes and onions which are above normal in their condition. Following _is a list of the first twelve as selected Saturday by the Judges: 1. Donald Smith, 2. Florence Thatcher. 3. Alice Dyer. 4. Harold Haines. 5. George Titus. 6. Ella Norrie. 7. Martha Grimm. 8. Lawrence Harvey. 9. John Cahill 10. George Galchutt. 11. Marguerite Titus. 12. Edna Johnson. GOOD YEAR FOR PEDAGOGUES. Minneapolis, Minn., July 22.—P. M. Magnusson, instructor in social science and psychology in the state normal school in St. Cloud, is consid- ering the advisability of coming out for the Democratic nomination for governor. He will make definite de- cision in ten days. If he files he will be the second man from academic life to announce himself for governor on the Democratic ticket. Prof. C. M. Andrist of the University of Minne- sota already having filed. Mr. Magnusson is a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus college and of the University of Minnesota. He took a law degree at the University of Min- nesota in 1896. Rev. G. Wahlund of Warren, Minn., has received a letter from Dr. Magnusson in which the St. Clond man stated his intention to come out for the nomination. He made the race for secretary of state in ome of the Johnson campaigns. HEARD RINGLING’S CALLIOPE.. While talking to the Minneapolis Tribune over the long distance tele- Phone, this morning, Harold Dane. editor of the Pioneer, was able to hear the calliope of Ringling’s cir- cus as the parade went past the Tri- bune building. North Dakota State Fair. Fargo, N. D., July 22.—The pros- pect of bumper crops in North Dako- ta this year has served to increase public interest in the annual state fair which opened today. The dis- play of farm implements and ma- chinery is the best ever seen here. The live stock, horticultural and oth- er departments of the fair also are ‘well filled with exhibits. A large at- tendance of visitors is expected dur- ing the week. " WINNESOTA | HISTORICAL i