Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 14, 1912, Page 1

Htorial Soctety S B VOLUME 10. NUMBER 92. YOTE MONEY T0 OPEN NEW ROAD Board of County Commissioners Al- lows $300 for Grading Last Mile in Whitefish Turnpike. TO CANCEL OLD WARRANT Sum to Become Available When Town Board Charges Off Debt From Its Books. SAVES FARMERS LONG HAUL Can Make Two Trips Now Where Formerly Made One to Blackduck or Tenstrike. Three hundred dollars was voted the town of Nebish by the county commissionerg this morning under a provision that the town board cancel an old warrant for an equal amount. The money was voted for the im- provement of a road between section 36-150-33 and 1-149-33. E. M. Tschoepe, of Whitefish June- tion, appeared before the commis- sioners this morning and asked that the board appropriate money for the opening up of the last mile of the road. It appears that when this mile is opened, farmers near Whitefish lake can get their produce to Nebish and Whitefish whereas now they have to haul to Blackduck. All of the road has been completed with the exception of this mile which passes through land owned by Pete Leonard. Mr. Leonard is said to have served notice that he would close the road Sept. 8 unless it was all opened. The men at Whitefish told the commissioners that if no money was available for the road, to vote $75 for a bridge and they would work out the road. Several years ago, the town con- tracted a bill against the county for| $300 and for some reason it was not allowed by the county auditor. The town has been carrying this dead warrant on its books for some time and the county commissioners decid- ed that in order to clean both mat- ters up they would vote the $300 on condition that the old warrant was killed. Mr. Tschoepe took the matter up with his town board this afternoon by phone and hopes to have the mon- ey accepted. If the work is done at once, it will make Whitefish the ship- ping point for a large number of farmers in nearby towns who now have to haul west to Blackduck and Tenstrike. Incidentally, they will be able to make two trips where they could make but one before. The opening of the road will. also give a graded turnpike from Bemidji to Whitefish and Nebish by the way of Puposky. NYMORE. Bert Hammond of this village and Ella Cummings of Mankato were married last Monday at Nye's hotel by the justice of the peace, Willis Nye. Close friends and relatives were the only guests present. They will make their future home in Ny more. Last evening they were chari- varied by a large number of young people here. Mrs. Claude Titus returned from Brainerd where she spent a few days visiting her mother. Mrs. J. L. Supry is on the sick list. E. O. Glidden returned this noon from Canada where he has been since the first of April. The M. B. A. order will give a dance Friday evening. Elmer Alton returned Friday from Grand Forks and Drayton, N. D., Wwhere he spent a few days on busi- ness. Alice Peterson from Brainerd is visiting her sister here. Anna Rebarchick is spending the week with Rose Olson. Paul Fisher of St. Cloud is visiting friends and relatives here. Leslie Larson left last evening for St. Cloud where he Wwill spend some time visiting his parents. Harry Bang left for International Falls on business Monday. Western Handicap Tourney. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 14.—The seventh annual Western handicap tournament, under the auspices of the Interstate Shooting association, has brought together nearly 300 of the best shots in the United States. The tournament is being held at the grounds of the Kansas City Gun club and will continue over Thursday and Friday. Some good scores were made 1o the initial events today. EDMUND B. DILLON. e e Esae— Candidate of Ohio Repub- licans For Governorship. NORMAN HELMER. Being the Address Delivered by E. E. McDonald at the Helmer Fun- eral Services Sunday, August 11. We would much prefer to sit quiet- ly in the mourners’ seat on this oc- casion, but, while we are bowed in sorrow, we are pleased to express a few words in eulogy of our departed friend. Mr. Helmer came to Minnesota in childhood, lived in Wadena county until he came to Bemidji some ten or eleven years ago. He was mar- ried at Verndale, and there were born to them a son and a daughter, who, with their mother, survive him. He was but thirty-five years of age, and, had he been spared to us, he would, no doubt, have enjoyed many distinc- tions and honors that are justly be- stowed upon the true and the brave. His early life was such as to direct his after course along the paths of rectitude. He was so well known that 1 pass without further mention the details of his life. While the assassin’s bullet was for Helmer's breast alone its sting was felt by all who knew him. The shock was felt throughout the state. As we weep, our tears moisten the floral tributes paid by those high in official life from distant parts of this state. We knew him as a friend; they knew him as a loyal and brave public official who knew no fear when there was a duty to perform. The memory of Norman Helmer cannot be erased from our minds. This great assembly today tells in language stronger than words the high regard in which he was held. It is also a certain expression of approval of his fearless course in official life. An officer charged with the duty of pro- tecting our lives and our property is exposed to unusual dangers. We, in the hurry of a business life or idly seeking social pleasure, but little rea- lize that our property is secure and our lives made more safe because some almost forgotten public official is on guard. Our thoughtlessness is such that well may an officer believe that his loyalty to our interest and bravery in the discharge of duty are not appreciated by us. Not only that, but our thoughtless criticism of offi- cers generally, may well cause them to pause and wonder if the price they paid for our security is not too great. Helmer, in going to his death, was in the discharge of his simple yet dangerous duty. He was called upon to prevent the assassin from taking the life of another man. Some may say the cost was too great, but Hel- mer thought not of himself, the dan- ger or the possible cost. It was his duty to protect the life of the man threatened and how well he did his work is known to you all. Let us pause for a moment to consider whether or not any benefit to human- ity is to come from Helmer's death. The wiping out of the lives of near- 1y all of the court officers of the court, T think, in Virginia, the death (Continued on last page.) His BEAUTIFOL Ia.\ CITEDIMOR-HE WRITES YOUNG- COUSIN GLADYS 1S HERE Qv THE SEASHORE EXD ASKS ME TD CALL, By United Press. ‘Washington, D. C., Aug. 14—Pres- ident Taft this morning vetoed the steel bill, President Taft’s veto follows the action of the house yesterday in pass- ing the wool bill over the president’s veto by a vote of 174 to 80. The two-thirds necessary was made pos- sible by the defection of twenty-one Republicans into the Democratic ranks. Minnesota Men Go Over. The following Republicans went over to the Democratic side and as- sisted in passing the bill over Taft’s veto: Representatives Atkin, New York; Anderson, Davis, Lindburgh, Miller, Steenerson and Stevens, Min- nesota; Anthony Reis and Young, Kansas; Cooper, LaFollette and Morse, Wisconsin; Naugen and Woods, Iowa; Halgesen, North Da- kota; Kene, California; Lafferty, Or- egon; Warburton, Washington; Nor- ris and Sloan, Nebraska. At this time, it is not known ‘whether or not there will be an ef- fort to pass the steel bill over the president’s veto. k ALADDIN LAWN PARTY ‘ Boston, Mass., Aug. 14.—The “bil- lion-dollar lawn party” which Hen- ry G. Frick, the steel magnate, is to give at his Prides Crossing estate on Friday night of this week, promises to establish a new high-water mark for lavish entertainment among the North Star colony, whose summer residents include many of the weal- thiest and most prominent families in all sections of the country. Ex- cepting President Taft, every man present will be a millionaire, and the entire affair will be conducted on a scale of magnificence calculated to make the old New Englanders gasp with wonder. A Nahant contracting firm has signed a contract which obliges them to lay a smooth and perfect dancing floor on the Frick lawn between the hours of 7 and 9 on Friday evening and to take it up again between the hours of 1 and 3 on the following morning. This contract is typical of all the arrangements that have been made for the fete. It is Mr. Frick’s intention that his lawn shall present its usualy orderly and well-kept ap- pearance at dark on Friday evening and again at daybreak on Saturday morning, but for the four hours be- tween 9 p. m. and 1 a. m. it will be transformed into a fairyland. It is said that the party will represent the largest gathering of millionaires ever assembled at one time in this or any other country. ASTOR'S SON BORN Posthumous Child of Titanic Wreck Vietim Will Control One of World’s Largest Fortunes. By United Press. New York, Aug. 14.—A son was born to Mrs. John Jacob Astor at 8:15 this morning. It was at once named “John Jacob Astor.” Dr. D. P. Cragin, physician in charge, states that both mother and child are in the best of condition. The child born to Mrs. Astor this morning is the posthumous son of John Jacob Astor, the famous million- aire who went to his death when the Titanic sank last spring. It will share the Astor millions with Vincent Astor, son of John Jacob Astor by his first wife, and Muriel Astor, sis- ter of Vincent. It is probably the richest baby in the world and will some day control one of the largest of the world’s fortunes. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. WAR SHIPS VS. ROADS Case Will Be Discussed in Salt Lake City Last Week in August By-a Special Congress, $283,086,000 SPENT BY U.S. IN 1911 Salt Lake City, Aug. 14.—Which is the better: To spend $12,000,000 in building a battleship like the “North Dakota” and continue to send $1,000,000 after.it each®year for the upkeep and operating expenses or to use that sum on forest reserves, arid lands, good roads, the merchant marine navigable rivers and com- mereial harbors? This subject will be discussed by President David Starr Jordan of Le- land Stanford university at the forth- coming Trans-Mississippi congress which will be held in Salt Lake City, Aug. 27-30, in his address “The Case Against War.” Following his speech the floor of the convention will be thrown open to debate. Numerous peace advocates propose to take advantage of this privilege and are now loading up on statistics to scatter them in the “open forum of the West.” Advocates for univer- sal peace propose to point to the fact that the United States spent on pre- paration for war in 1911 the sum of $283,086,000.00. During the same year the country failed to build needed public roads, public buildings, and also failed to stamp out many preventable diseases among animals and men. She has al- lowed 500 people .to be driven from their homes by preventable floods. The war debt of the nations accum- ulated since 1700 reaches nearly $37,- 000,000,000.00. TO DANCE IN THE ARMORY. The young people who have charge of the high school dancing party which will be given Friday evening find that the city hall will be too small to accommodate the crowd ex- pected and have leased the Armory for the evening. According to the reports of those selling tickets, the party will be one of the largest and best of the season.’ DISTRICT 88 CONSOLIDATED. Kelliher, Aug. 14.—Disfrict 88 voted to consolidate by a vote of 33 to 0 last night. By taking this ac- tion, the district will receive $1,050 state aid for consolidated schools. ALEX EVERYWIND. Alex Everywind, of Ponemah, is eagerly looking forward to the first week in September when he will be one of a group or boys who will at- tend the state fair as the guests of the management. Each county in the state is entitled to one boy in this group and Alex won the contest in Beltrami county. Mr. Everywind is seventeen years old and has been raised on the Red Lake Reservation. At present he is enrolled in the Indian school at Po- nemah and has just finished the sixth grade. His composition on “Our Farm Home,” which was published recently in the Pioneer, was selected by judges as the best written on that subject. Alex Everywind has the distinc- tion of being the only Indian lad who will be in the boys’ camp at the fair and also has the distinction of being the first Indian boy.in this county to win over the white boys in a com- position contest. His case is attract- ing public attention all over the state. At the fair, the boys will be given opportunity to see everything and on their return to their homes will be asked to write on what they saw and learned. As prizes for these second essays, the fair management will give away a lot of young live stock of pure blood. If Everywind wins out in the state contest also, it should prove that the Indian schools are not wast- ing their time. ADDITIONAL SOCIETY C. W. Dudley, of Blackduck, came down this morning to attend the meeting of the county commissioners. Mr, and Mrs. I. C. Batchellor, of Grand Forks, arrived in Bemidji this noon and will spend a month in the Titus cottage at Lakeside. Mr. Batchellor is secretary of the Grand Forks fair. Scoop Makes a Seashore Call on Gladys™ SCOOP zeroxtix ERES A LETTER FROMTHE.) (* HIS BEE-00F \FUL NOUNG— cousIN-WILLT caLL P~ WATCH ME! HERESWHERE. T GO GETME A GIRL— GUESS TM NOT INSoFT | WHO WNOWS -SHE MIGHT™ | FALL 1IN LOVE WITH ME 4T S\GHT-CONSENT V0 BE MRS, SCOOP-; AND THEM Th BETHE EDTORS CousIN-=IN-Law/ ~ \S MISs — GLADYS IN—-HER. S aswen [Nassm- ME TS caLLl B AW 6o Ty A0 v 1t % PIONEER METHODIST DIES - . Mrs. Sarah §. Shannon, Mother of C. N. and Dr. E. A. Shannon, Ex- pired in Anoka. BURIAL IN MINNEAPOLIS TODAY Minneapolis, Aug. 14.—Mrs. Sarah S. Shannon, widow of the late Robert Shannon, long a resident of Hamline, died at 3 p. m. Monday at the home of her son, Rev. W. A. Shannon, in Anoka. She Was in her eighty-ninth year. Mrs. Shannon and her husband set- tled in Blue Earth county, in 1856, coming from Illinois. Her family saw much of the troubles and dan- gers of pioneer days, and more than once had thrilling experiences with the Indians. She was compelled to leave her home because of the threat- ened- hostility, of the Indians, and for a few days was in-the house of a fam- ily that was killed the next week. The family removed to Hamline in 1882. Mrs. Shannon was always ac- tive in Methodist church matters, the early circuit riders often making her house their home while on their travels. She was the mother of nine chil- dren, eight of whom survive. After the death of her husband she had made her home with the children, in Oregon, Montana and Minnesota. The surviving children are Dr. E. A. Shannon and C. N. Shannon, Bemid- ji; A. S. Shannon, Billings, Mont.; John W. Shannon, Stevensville, Mont.; C. E. Shannon, Muskogee, Ok- la.; Rev. B. M. Shannon, Emmet, Ida- ho; Rev. W. A. Shannon, Anoka; and Mrs. E. 0. Crandall, Hillsboro, Ore. There will be a short funeral ser- vice at Anoka today at 10:30 o’clock and the regular funeral service will SHERIFF FINDS NO TRACE OF THIEVES Riley and Posse of 100 Return to Co- hasset at 11 P. M. Last Night Af- ter Unsuccessful Search. TWO TAKEN NEAR COLERAINE Were Brought to Grand Rapids But Released After a Comparison of Descriptions, CHARLES B. BROWN NOTIFIED Chief of Bankers Protective Associa- tion Caught in International Falls and Told of Robbery. Cohasset, August 14.—(Special)— Sheriff Riley, of Grand Rapids, and his posse of 100 returned at 11 p. m. last night without having found the two men who robbed the Cohasset State Bank Tuesday morning. The DPosse found traces of the men where they had broken down brush in the woods but were unable to catch them. Two men were taken on the Coleraine road last night and brought to Grand Rapids but were released when it was found that they did not answer descriptions of the two men wanted. Charles B. Brown, of Minneapolis, chief of the Bankers’ Protective asso- ciation, is at present in International Falls. He was notified last night and at once put his men to work on the case. Officers of the bank believe that the men will be picked up soon as the alarm has been spread all over North- ern Minnesota. - The two robbers were seen by nearly everyone in Cohasset as they had hung around the depot all morn- ing. As the depot agent left to at- tend to some matters, his daughter heard one say, “It’s about time to go now.” On the agent’s return, ac- companied by D. A. Dunn, they heard Postmaster Carrier calling to them to let Skocdople out of the vault. Carrier is an invalid but called when he heard Skocdople kicking on the vault walls. Skocdople gave the men the combination by calling through the door. Mr. Skocdople describes the men as follows: One is large and tall, light complexion, wore overalls and a tan shirt. He had about a four day beard. The other is small, sandy complexion, lean, fair, and wore a soiled gray suit. H. D. Reed, president of the bank, is cashier of the Scandia-American bank at Crookston. ELMQUIST DODGES “H00D00.” St. Paul, Aug. 14.—To avoid the superstition of the thirteenth of the month, C. E. Elmquist, railway com- missioner, late Monday night filed for the six-year term of railway and ‘warehouse commissioner. He is op- posed by Judge Rosenwald. The last legislature changed the terms of the commissioners so that after this year, there will be one of the three elected for six years at each election. be held in Joyce Memorial church in Minneapolis at 2:30, conducted by Rev. Peter Clare. Burial will be in Lakewood cemetery, Minneapolis. Doctor Shannon and C. N. Shannon both left Bemidji last night to at- tend the funeral of their -mother, Mrs. Shannon spent two weeks visit- ing her sons here in 1909." GROTTE AT GUTHRIE. O. B. Grotte, who sold out his var- iety store to F. H. Megroth some time ago, has bought the Anderson store at Guthrie. The Grotte family went to Guthrie last night. By "HOP" T 7 C‘é ) AND WhaT I~ SARS THES —B3e\ o GREETING YoU ] § 2 Feeer |in-chief of the imperial navy. WILL SELL MOOSE HEADS. St. Paul, Aug. 14.—The state game and fish commission has for sale twenty-one bull moose heads, guar- anteed to give satisfaction to the most ardent supporter of the Progressive party. They will be sold by H. A. Rider, executive agent, at the state capitol, for $75 to $150 each, first come, first served. ‘Word from the East that the sup- ply of bull moose heads has become exhausted prompts Mr. Rider to offer succor to those who must have moose heads to be happy. The heads were mounted by the commission after be- ing seized by wardens who found the animals in the possession of hunters, out of season. The prospects are good for moose hunting in the north woods this win- ter, according to reports of game war- dens. Prince Henry is Fifty. Berlin, Aug. 14.—Prince Henry of Prussia, only brother of the German Emperor, received a flood of congrat- ulations from his relatives and friends in many parts of the world today on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday anniversary. Prince Henry has been connected with the navy since boyhood and is regarded as a high authority on naval matters. In 1902 he visited New York to attend the launching of Emperor William’s yacht, Meteor. Four years later the Emperor appointed his commander- 3 —