Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 28, 1912, Page 1

- ber ‘throughout the country, the THE B —~ i MINNESOTA ] ISTORICAL | VOLUME 10. NUMBER 104. PART OF THE FAIR EXHIBITS SHIPPED Balance Will Be Sent to Minneapolis Friday for Use in Beltrami Booth. BUSY WEEK FOR COLLECTORS A. P. Ritchie, Mrs. Donald and a Score of Young Ladies at Work Sorting Samples. BUTTER IS BEING SCORED Dairy and Food Department Grading Products of Minnesota’s Famed Creameries. Beltrami’s state fair exhibit has been boxed and shipped to Minneapo- lis with the exception of a few speci- mens which are being held for the last shipment on Friday night. A. P. Ritchie, Mrs. Donald and a score | of young lady assistants have been at work this week sorting out speci- mens so that only the best will go and that they will be in first class shape. For a week collectors have been busy bringing samples to the fair committee’s headquarters next to the creamery. ‘There they have been ar- ranged and sorted according to qual- ity and the amount to be shipped de- cided upon. The specimens have been boxed in long boxes so that the grass- es will not be turned while on the road. Heavier products have been shipped separately. “We will be able to receive sam- cles until 6 p. m. Friday night. I cannot say at this time just what we need as we have not yet checked up but every sample of a good product will be received eagerly. What we do not send to the state fair will be used in exhibits in Minneapolis banks displays of the Northern Minnesota Development association and travel- ing exhibits of the railroads. Every good sample will be used.” Scoring of butter tubs entered for the state fair prizes began today in Minneapolis under the supervision of the state dairy and food commission. The entries also count for the fourth of the department’s series of six monthly contests. Scoring will be done by Andrew French, in charge of the exhibits, A. 0. Storvick, secre- tary of the state commission, and James Sorenson, manager of the state demonstration creamery at Al- bert Lea. Preparations for the county fair are gradually being completed -and as soon as the state fair is out of the way the work will go forward with a rush. ROOSEVELT IN VERMONT Montpelier, Vt., Aug. 28—Colonel Roosevelt is coming to Vermont to- morrow to begin a three days’ speech making tour of the state. He is scheduled to deliver his first speech tomorrow afternoon at Bennington and later he will be heard at Rut- land, Burlington, Middlebury, St. Al- bans and several other of the princi- pal cities and towns. In view of the long-time reputa- tion of Vermont as “the barometer state” in presidential campaigns, Colonel Roosevelt and his followers are naturally anxious that the Pro- gressive party shall make a good showing in the state election here next Tuesday. The same is true of the Republicans and Democrats. All parties are sending their best spell- binders into the state to aid in the close of the campaign. The Progressives hope to make a big cut in the normal Republican plurality, even if they do not win the election. With few exceptions, Vermont’s normal Republican plur- ality of 25,000 has been followed by a Republican victory in the nation in November following. If the third party succeeds in materially reduc- ing this plurality next week it will be accepted as a good omen by Col- onel Roosevelt and his adherents. Realizing the fight they have ahead of them, the Republicans are redoub- ling their efforts this year to main- tain the normal Republican plurality. Because of the significance which that plurality has been shown to have Wwith respect to the result in Novem- Vermont Republicans have received the assistance of the national organi- about the closing of a certain street Detrnit Mayor and Citizen Who Trapped the Grafting Aldermen. Employing Detective Willlam J. Burns, Mayor William B. Thompson of Detroit laid a trap for a number of members of the board of aldermen who were suspected of grafting, and eight arrests have resulted, while several more are likely. The men are charged with accepting bribes for bringing which was desired by a railroad com puny. Aundrew H. Green, Jr., the figure at the right, is the public spirited cit zen who furnished the money for the investigation. CLOSE OFFICE ON SUNDAY Hereafter no Mail Will Be Distribut- ed But Wil Be Sent Out ‘on Monday. FULL HOLIDAY FOR CLERKS Acting on orders received from Washington yesterday, Erickson has announced that begin- Postmaster ning next Sunday it will not be pos- sible to get mail through boxes or the general delivery window. The lobby of the postoffice will be left open so that mail distributed Saturday night can be taken out, but all Sunday mail will not be distributed until early Monday morning when it will go out on the first delivery. It is the plan of the postoffice de- partment to make Sunday a day of rest for clerks insofar as it is possible so that hereafter only emough clerks will be kept on duty to handle out- going mail. Following is a copy of the order: “The post office appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, provides: That hereafter post offices of the first and second classes shall not be open on Sundays for the purpose of delivering mail to the general public, but this provis- ion shall not prevent the prompt delivery of special delivery mail. “Under this law you will close the general delivery, carriers’ windows, and lock boxes and discontinue all deliveries by carriers on Sunday. You will note, however, that special de- livery mail is excepted and you will therefore arrange to have on duty a sufficient force to handle this mail matter promptly. “The department desires to reduce Sunday work to the minimum so that as many of the employes as possible may enjoy a complete day of rest on Sunday. You should, therefore, re- quire only a sufficient number of clerks to report for duty on that day in order that transit mail and the mail collected for dispatch may be handled without delay. If no mail is dispatched on Sunday a very early collection should be made on Monday (Continued on 1ast page.) YOUNG BACKUS KILLED Bullet Lodged in Head When Rifle Was Accidentally Discharged in House Boat. - RECENT GRADUATE FROM YALE International Falls, Aug. 28—Ray- mond Backus, son of E. W. Backus of the Backus-Brooks Lumber com- pany, was accidentally shot and in- stantly killed Monday afternoon in a houseboat on Rainy Lake. He trip- ped over a loaded rifle which dis- charged and the bullet entered his cheek and passed into his brain. The young man was twenty-two years old. Mr. Backus was entertaining a number of friends on the Backus houseboat, the “Loafer,” on Rainy Lake. Frank Bowman, a friend, was with him. The party was about twelve miles from International Falls at the time. ‘W. F. Brooks of the Backus-Brooks company received a telegram telling of the accident. No details were giv- en except that the parents were leav- ing for Minneapolis with the body. Seymour Backus, a younger brother of Raymond, is returning with the parents. The friends who were on the houseboat party will also return to Minneapolis at once. The private car of W. H. Gemmel of the Minnesota and International railway. was used to bring the funeral party to Minneapolis. Raymond Backus was graduated from the Sheffield Scientific school, Yale university, this spring. Before going to Yale he was a student in the University of Minnesota. While there he became a member of the Phi Kap- pa Psi fraternity. He intended to spend the winter at International Falls in the employ of the Minnesota and Ontario Power company, a corpo- ration in which his father is heavily interested. TWO MORE CANDIDATES OUT. James L. George, present county auditor, has filed for the Republican nomination for the office of auditor. ‘William Lennon, of Kelliher, has an- nounced himself as candidate for the Republican nomination for county commissioner from the Fourth dis- SCOOP zerorrin GoT A CaNOE Downy zation to considerable extent. triet. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. FOSSTON STORE IS ROBBED Fosston, Aug. 28—When the Eagle Clothing store of Fosston, owned by 0. B..Berge and-G. H. Anderson, was opened yesterday morning, it was found that thieves had obtained an entrance during the night and had made away with about $600 worth of goods. E The Eagle Clothing store and the general store of Larson, Johnson and Melford occupy one building. From the Eagle store, the thieves cut through the wall intp the other store and rifled the cash’register. They obtained about $6 and took property to the amount of about $50. Buggy tracks were seen leading to- ward Crookston but at this time no| trace of ‘the thieves has been found. In Crookston, a suspect- named Clar- ence Simpson was found wearing a new raincoat.. He carried a .32 re- volver. Among the artieles taken from the Eagle store were twenty-seven suits of clothes, four pairs of shoes, four dozen pairs of socks, and four dozen| neckties. Police of the surrounding country have-been notified and it is believed the men will be picked up soon as the bulk of the goods stolen makes concealment difficult. COMMITS SUICIDE By United Press. Andover, Mass., Aug. 28.—Ernest W. Pitman, head of the W. W. Pit- man Co., one of the largest textile mill construction companies in New England, shot and killed himself at his home here yesterday afternoon. Letters to his ily were found near the body. . < Late this afternoon it was learned that Pitman had been subpoenaed to appear before the Suffolk county grand jury to testify regarding the planting of dynamite to discredit strikers during the Lawrence strike last winter. " John J. Breen, school commission er at Lawrence, and prominent in Suffolk county politics, was found guilty and fined $500 for planting dynamite. Breen testified before the grand Jury and Pitman’s summons followed. WOMEN _ CHECK BABIES Put Tags on Them While Marching in Mammoth Suffrage Parade in Columbus. LEFT ALL VANITY BEHIND By United Press. Columbus, Ohio., Aug. 28.—A pret- ty woman, dressed in white, with short skirts, small hat and stout walking shoes, stepped up to an at- tendant at the check booth, handed over a small bundle of humanity, and in return received an oblong piece of pasteboard on which was the num- ber 275. The woman was a suffragette. She was checking her baby that she might participate in the big suffrage parade, the important feature yester- day of the Ohio Columbus Centennial. Hundreds of other women, who are battling for the right to vote in Ohio, followed her example, the par- ade being led by women famous throughout America. Buttermilk and sandwiches were other | Judge Charles” W. Stanton today filed as a candidate for the chief jus- ticeship of the state supreme court. In the November general election he will oppose the present chief justice, Charles M. Start. Chief Justice Start was first elected in 1894 and was re- elected on a non-partisan ballot, Jus- tice Start is a Republican and Judge Stanton is a Democrat and each will have a good following from his own party. Judge Stanton was born in Pine Island, Minnesota, in 1862. Af- ter 1885, he was editor and publish- er of the Appleton Press. He studied law and from 1890 until 1894 was judge of probate for Swift county. In 1904 he moved to the then new town of International Falls and liv- ed there for four years. In 1907 he was appointed a judge of the Fif- | RAIN MARS RUN JUDGE C. W, STANTON, of Bemidji teenth judicial district on the crea- tion of a new judgeship by the legis- lature, the appointment coming from Governor Johnson. After being made judge, he and his family moved to Bemidji where they have since re- sided. In November, 1908, Judge Stanton was a candidate for re-elec- tion but was defeated by Judge B. F. Wright. In 1909, the legislature created a third judgeship and Judge Stanton was again appointed and in November, 1910, was elected to the position. His present term as district judge will not be up until 1914. Judge Stanton has made many friends by his impartiality on the bench and should have no trouble in carrying his own district by an overwhelming majority. His friends will see to it that he has a good vote in other parts of the state. STATES HIS PRINCIPLES. J. F. Rosenwald, candidate for rail- road and warehouse commissioner, presents the following principles as a | Dbasis for support at the coming pri- maries: 1. I stand for all transportation companies to file with the railroad and warehouse commissioners a state- ment of the cost of new railroads, equipment before such railroad be authorized to do business and that such valuation as is accepted by the commissioners shall at all times stand 2s the physical valuation to be used in computing rates. 2. I stand for an immediate in- vestigation and fixing of the origi- nal cost of all the railroads and their; equipment in the state and that such original cost shall be considered only in computing rates. : 3. I stand for the state railroad and warehouse commissioners enfore- ing an order compelling each railroad and common carrier doing business in this state to file with them a state- ment of all salaries paid to its offi- cers, attormeys, political attorneys, lobbyists, “blind pockets,” or by-com- panies, or any political committee or person for any election or other pur- poses, and that no such salaries nor contributions shall be paid nor made until approved by said board of rail- 4. Lastly, I believe the people should rule, regulate and control all transportation companies, therefore, I stand for the initiative, referendum and the recall of all officials, includ- sold by the women along the line of (Countinu~a on lsst page) ing judges, and a square deal for the people as well as for the corporations. Listens Like a Big One, Scoop PLAN LONG CANOE TRIP Grand Forks, Aug. £8.—Four hun- dred miles on Northern Minnesota lakes and streams will be canoed by four Grand Forks men, Dean Joseph Kennedy, and his son, Lawrence, At- torneys C. M. Cooley and Arthur Netcher. They will make their start at International Falls, Minn., the lat- ter part of the week, probably on Saturday, and will go through a chain of rivers and lakes to Lake Manitou. The return trip in a south- erly direction, will be made by an- other route. They expect to be on the trip about three weeks. They will use two ca- noes, and have a complete camping equipment, as they must necessarily camp along the way. Many miles of the country which they will pass is practically without habitation. Dean Kennedy has already been over a portion of the route. Lake Superior Mining Institute. Houghton, Mich., Aug. 28.—The seventeenth annual meeting of the Lake Superior Mining Institute be- gan here today and will continue un- road and warehouse commissioners. |til the end of the week. Daily ses- sions are to be held for the discus- sion of mining methods, uniform min- ing laws, workingmen’s compensa- tion, safety appliances and other sub- jects. Between sessions the members will visit the various mining ranges in this vicinity. By "HOP" THE Boss cansiT ) STILL {F HE- ~ OF AUTO TOURISTS - Last Tew ¥iles of Crookston Tour to Bemidji are Made Under Disagree- able Circumstances. "HAD GOOD TIME AT FOSSTON Visitors Were Entertained at Dinner By Commercial Club, 150 Sitting at the Tables, | MANY ATTEND RECEPTION HERE | Bemidji People Unite in Making Vis- itors Feel at Home—Band Con- cert Inside. With the cars showing signs of a hard struggl nearly th 2gainst rain and wind, v machines of the Crook- ston-Bemidji auto tour pulled up be- fore the Rex hotel shortly after six o’clock last night. Excellent weath- er and roads had been found by the tourists until within a few miles from this city when one of the worst thunder storms of the season over- took them and the rain fell in tor-_ rents. The run from Crookston was made without marring features until the storm caught the tourists. Side eur- tains were quickly placed but even With that protection the occupants of some cars were wet before the ho- tel was reached. One car had no top and the driver was the only one seat- ed when it came down Beltrami av- enue. Clothing stores were opened for a few minutes and the visitors fitted out with needed dry apparel. E. A. Barker, his wife, family, and Ned Jerrard of International Falls, W. L. Brooks and E. H. Denn, Chas. Borchardt and H. A. Plate and Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Marcum went to Foss- ton yesterday morning and met the tourists. The entire party were the guests of the Fosston Commercial club at dinner and the journey to Bemidji was resumed at 1 p. m. At Fosston, the dinner was served by the ladies of the United Lutheran church and over 150 people were seated at the tables. L. G. Hancock, president of the Commercial club, welcomed the guests and S. S. Stads- vold followed with a briefer one. Re- sponses were made by President Lor- ing, Dr. Morley, official pacemaker, and Andy Stephens. “Fosston certainly did itself proud,” said one of the tourists this morning. “They had a dinner there that was fit for a king. The roads into Fosston had been dragged for seven miles out and were in ideal con- dition.” At Bagley a stop of forty minutes was made. The Crookston club was augmented by cars from Erskine, McIntosh and Fosston. After supper last night, the tourists were the guests of the Bemidji Auto and Commercial clubs at an informal reception in the club rooms. The Bemidji band was un- able to play on the street because of the rain and so was housed in a rear room of the club. This morning the “City of Bemidji” was used to take the guests on a trip around the lake. Owing to the heavy rain last night, many of the cars will stay in Bemidji for a day or two until the roads dry out somewhat, although some started back early this morning. Many of those who came in the cars are plan- ning to go back to Crookston on the train this afternoon and leave but the driver to return with the machine. Following is a list of the out of town arrivals: Pilot car (Loring)—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Loring and daughters, Helen and Genevieve, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Low and daughter Mary. Pacemaker (Morley car)—Dr. G. A. Morley and wife and daughter, Donna, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wilder of Grand Forks, and Blanche Heath, representing the Crookston Daily Times. Press car (Dotson car)—J. P. Dot- son and wife and sons, Perry and Al- lan, and Mrs. F. C. Bracelin of Fargo. Checker (Robbins car)— E. W. Robbins (secretary) and wife and children, Katherine, Harold and Ken- neth, and Miss Phrona Kirsch. Repair car (Fournet car)—Charles Ebbighausen and William Espe. Car No. 1 (Stone car)—Will Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Thayer Bailey of Be- midji, and Miss Ida Stone. Car No. 2 (Misner ear)—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Misner, Mrs. H. C. Misner, Miss Helen Misner and Da- vid Falk Rosenthal. Car No. 3 (Taylor car)—Mr. and T (Conunued on 1ast page)