Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 6, 1912, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE - ® Socletd. F aistoried VOLUME 10. NUMBER 111. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1912, MINNESOTA # SOCIETY. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. WORK IS STARTED ON NEW CUT OFF Canadian Northern Building From Baudette to Pelican Lake on American Side. (SRR Dece-S THROUGH LAKE OF THE W00DS Second Short Line to Run From Stratton Northwest to Win- nipeg. VALUABLE CONCESSIONS GIVEN Road to Receive $25,000 and 5,000,- Acres of Land for Each Mile of Fill Across Swamps. ‘Word has reached Bemidji that the Canadian Northern surveyors have started work on two cut-offs for the present road from Duluth and Port Arthur to Winnipeg. These cut-offs are designed to do away with the nec- essity of stopping trains from Port Arthur and Duluth each time they cross the border in order that gov- ernment officials may inspect passen- gers and baggage. The present Canadian Northern line from Duluth joins the Port Ar- thur main line at Fort Francis, op- posite International Falls in Minneso- ta. The through line then goes west to Rainy River where it crosses to Baudette again leaving the state at International Boundary. A passen- ger from Duluth to Winnipeg crosses the boundary three times while a passenger from Port Arthur or points east crosses twice. This necessitates inspections by custom and immigra- tion officials and as a consequence the road finds that its through trains lose too much time. Surveyors are laying out two cut- offs. One will run from Stratton Ontario, northwest across Lake of the Woods and the prairie country into Winnipeg. The other will run from Baudette to Pelican Lake, a point about twelve miles south of Ranier on the American side. The Lake of the Woods cut-off will allow passen- gers irom the east to make the trip without crossing the border at any point, while Minnesota passengers for the Canadian Northwest will cross but once at the International boun- dary. It is believed that this sav- ing in time will allow the road to materially shorten its through sche- duies. Sir Donald Mackenzie, now in Win- nipeg, is quoted as authority for the statement that the road will receive a concession of $25,000 and 5,000 acres of land for every mile through the Lake of the Woods on the Cana- dian cut-off. This is an exepnsive! engin ng project as nearly every mile will have to be built on filled in rikht of way, the dirt for which musi be hauled long distances. The Canadian government has taken the stand that it will save itself in sal- aries and expenses more than enough to offset the amount of the conces- sion. The American cut-off will open up a new country through Northern Min- nesoia as it will run through parts of Beltrami and Koochiching coun- tics heretofore untapped by any rail- road. Settlers living along the line of the cut-off say that they are pleas- ed over the outlook since the road wili give them an air line into Du- luth and eastern markets. Taft at Waterways Meet. New London, Conn., Sept. 6.— President Taft visited New London today and delivered an address be- fore the convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways association. The address was delivered at historic old Fort Griswold, on Groton Heights. The president arrived on the yacht Mayflower and was greeted with a salute of twenty-one guns from the battleship Illinois now in the harbor. A detail of Connecticut militia acted as escort to the Hotel Griswold, where the president was entertained at luncheon. TEDDY STOPS IN AKOTA Grand Forks, Sept. 6.—Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Grand Forks this morning at 9:05 and stay- ed until 10:30 when he left for Far- go. During the time he was here, he addressed a mass meeting in the Au- ditorium and later an overflow meet- ing in the Y. M. C. A. At Fargo he will attend the state convention. Six big touring cars, belonging to James Dinnie, H. B. Finch, J. Nel- son Kelley, F. L. Goodman, S. S. Ti- tus and M. F. Murphy were waiting at the station when the train pulled in. The Colonel was escorted to the cars which took him for a short trip through the city. The Auditorium was opened at 8:30 and was packed before the Colonel arrived. In his speech he outlined the issues of the present campaign but did not develop any points heretofore un- touched. It is believed that his pres- ence at the state convention in Fargo will have a noticable effect in swing- ing the North Dakota votes into his column at the November election. FAIL IN RESCUE TRIAL (By United Press). Biwabik, Sept. 6.—The attempt this morning to rescue the three min- ers trapped in the Ruddy mine by eighty feet of water failed. The only chance of their safety lies in the possibility of their having escaped to upper levels when the flood water from the cloud burst began pouring The wives of two of the impris- oned men attempted to plunge to death in the waters of the shaft but were held back and prevented by their friends. with grief and anxiety. INTERNATIONAL in. The women are crazed (By United Press). International Falls, Sept. 6.—Po- lice here are holding a man whom they claim, answers the description of “Gyp the Blood” wanted in New York in connection with the murder of Rosenthal. The man has been photographed and his picture for- warded to the New York officials. He will be held until they are heard from. FAIR HAS SURPLUS (By United Press). St. Paul, Sept. 6.—Total state fair receipts to date estimated at $171,- 500. This practically covers the defi- cit of $39,000 carried over from 1911 and caused by the rainy days of the last fair weekk. Two of the biggest days of the fair, Minneapolis day on Friday and Automobile day on Satur- day, are yet to come and it is be- lieved that a safe surplus will be laid up for next year. POLICE ARE BUSY (Covvright.) FOOLISH SEASON & S < 13T DAY Can’t Fool Anvbodv- ATTENDANCE IS 984 Number of Children Enrolled in City Schools Expected to Pass the 1,000 Mark. PROF. DYER SUBMITS FIGURES Attendance figures compiled Dby Professor Dyer this morning from yesterday’s record cards show that there are now 984 students enrolled in the Bemidji schools. As the at- tendance record is increasing each day, Mr. Dyer believes that the 1,000I mark will be reached next week. The directory gives the population of Be- midji as 6,620, so that it would ap- pear that one out of every seven per- sons in the city is enrolled in the schools. | Following are the attendance fig- ures by grades: High School Building. High school, Miss Loe and staff..126 Grammar grades, Miss Hall and staff . PR |1 First grade, Miss Turritte 31 Second grade, Miss Myhre ... 42 Central School Building. Kindergarten, Karna Anderson.. 43 First grade, Nannie Anderson... 44 Second grade, Miss Obert...... 44 Third grade, Miss Schmidt...... 36 Third grade, Miss Flor ...... . 401 Third and Fourth, Miss Brady... 38| Fourth grade, Miss Feehan.... Fourth grade, Miss George. . Fifth grade, Miss Faust .... Fifth grade, Miss Kleve Sixth grade. Miss Vance Sixth grade, Miss Mosford 39 Model school, Miss Hill ........ 28 Fifth and sixth, Miss Brunner.. 37 Northside School. First grade, Miss Murphy...... Second and third, Miss Sargeant. Eastside School. First to sixth, Miss Krohn 35 To Inspect Irrigation Works. Calgary, Alta.,, Sept. 6.—Leaving this city tomorrow, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and their par- ty will enter upon a week of travel that will embrace much interesting sightseeing and carry them into the heart of the Canadian Rockies. The first important stop will be made at Gleichen, where their royal High- nesses will inspect the great irriga- tion works and the huge dam that is being constructed by the Canadian Pacific across the Bow river. A short stay will also be made at Cochrane, 5| the summers. in the foothills, after which the roy- al train will proceed to Banff, which point will be reached one week from today. WHO IS WHO Being one of a series of short biogra- phies of some of the men who are coming before the public at the primaries. ANDREW JOHNSON. Andrew Johnson was born in Clear Lake, Iowa. in 1872 in the month of May. Both of his parents were of Swedish blood, having settled in Towa but a few years before his birth. He lived with his parents on their farm until he was nineteen years of age when he moved to Minnesota. ANDREW JOHNSON. He settled in Grand Rapids at first, working in the woods in the win- ters, and working for the street rail- way company in Minneapolis during This work kept him busy for five years and then he de- cided to take up a homestead in Bel- trami county. In the spring of 1900, Mr. Johnson filed on his homestead near Foy. He left at once but re- turned in March 1901 and lived on the homestead, until he received his patent papers. He still owns the property. Since receiving his patents he has been surveying and cruising. In Sepiember 1907, Mr. Johnson was summoned to Bemidji to serve on the grand jury. In October, he was appointed a court deputy to act as death watch over Merton Munn and Peter Mathieson, both convicted of murder and under sentence of death. This watch he kept for nine- ty days. After the men were taken to Still- water, Mr. Johnson was appointed a deputy sheriff by Sheriff Thomas Bailey and he continued to serve in that capacity until laid up in the hos- pital by a bullet wound received in a battle with Puposky postoffice yegen. At that time he was a dep- uty under Sheriff Hazen. In June 1910, he left the hospital and started campaigning for sheriff but was defeated in the primaries by but thirty-one votes. In February (Continued on Page 5) DONALD SMITH WINNER His School Garden Plot Scored An Average of 96.94 on Three In- spections. MARGUERITE TITUS SECOND By winning first place in each of the three judgings of the Bemidji school gardens, Donald Smith, won first place for 1912 and will be pre- sented with a blue ribbon. Donald is the son of Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Smith. Second place was won by Marguerite Titus. Miss Titus also won second on the third judging which was held on August 30. She will be given a red ribbon. Florence Thatcher won third and will be given a brown rib- bon. The gardens were judged first the latter part of June. The second in- spection came in July and the third last Friday. Each inspection was made without warning so that the children had to keep their plots in first class shape all of the time. E. C. Bergh, brother of Otto I. Bergh, and Al Jester were the judges on the third inspection. Following is the standing on the “honor roll,” or fifteen highest for the third inspection: Name Per Cent 1. Donald Smith .......... 99.83 2. Marguerite Titus 98.83 3. George Teeters .. 4. Harold Haines .. . 5. Martha Grimm ........ 97.83 6. Alice Dyer ............ 96.83 7. Florence Thatcher ..... 96.66 8. Lawrence Harvey 95.50 9. Charles Raco 94.66 10. Ella Norrie .. 91.00 11. George Dyer 89.83 12. Edna Johnson .. .88.33 3. Carlton Crothers ....... 817.50 14. John Cahill ........., 86.16 15. Clara Reilly .. ceen .. 85,66 Following are the averages of the three inspections and the final standings in the contest: 1. Donald Smith .......... 96.94 2. Marguerite Titus .92.38 3. Florence Thatcher 90.55 4. Alice Dyer ....... 5. George Teeters .. 6. Harold Haines .. 7. Martha Grimm 8. Lawrence Harvey 9. Ella Norrie 10. Charles Raco . 11. John Cahill ... 12. Carlton Crothers . 13. George Dyer ... 14. Edna Johnson ... 15. Arlo Achenbach .. .79.96 The prize ribbons will be given by the Pioneer and distributed next week. FOURTH DAY OF FAIR A BUSY ONE Nine Hurt by Runaway Horse, the County Exhibits Judged and Roos~ evelt Makes Speech. BELTRAMI SCORES 982 POINTS Ties with Polk and Hubbard for Sixth Place in the Northern Min. nesota Division. SAYS BOSSES WERE DETHRONED The Colonel Declares Direct Presiden- tial Primaries Overthrew Penrose and Lorimer. St. Paul, Sept. 6.—Thursday at the state fair was marked by a series of minor accidents, the presence of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, and the judging of the county agricultural exhibits. The attendance figures are not yet complete but it is believed the record for the day will pass that of Thursday of last year by close to 20,000. A runaway horse dashed into a crowd yesterday morning and in= William Hicks, of Storm Lake, Iowa, was trampled by the horse and his right leg was brok- en. The others were scratched and bruised but not seriously injured. In the county contests, compeli- tion was keen in the Northern divi- sion and although Beltrami scored 982 as against 938 in 1911 it was un- able to better than tie for sixth jured nine people. place. Roseau won first in the Northern division with 1070; Cass second with 1028; Becker third; Clearwater fourth; Red Lake fifth and Beltrami, Hubbard and Polk tied for sixth. Douglas won first in the central division and Houston in the Southern division. Beltrami won money. Colonel Roosevelt reached the fair grounds at 11 o’clock and received an uproarious welcome. The crowd about the platform, which had beem growing steadily since an hour ear- lier, numbered in the thousands, and only a part of the people could get near enough to the colonel to hear him. The nomination of Woodrow Wil- son at the Baltimore convention was assailed by Roosevelt as the work of the Democratic bosses, in the opening of his address. $181.25 in prize Says Bosses Were Dethroned. In his campaign for the Republi- can nomination, Colonel Roosevelt said the bosses were dethroned one after another in states in which there were direct presidential primaries. “We beat Franklin Murphy in New Jersey, Senator Penrose in Pennsyl- var and Senator Lorimer in Illi- nois,” he said. “But no Democratic hoss was beaten in his own state. “In most of the Democratic primar- ies the vote had been against Mr. Wil- son. In most cases they were carried by Mr. Clark. In no case in the pri- mary vote before the convention was a Democratic boss beaten in his own state.” “The bosses of the Democratic party were enthroned in power by the re- sult of the Baltimore convention. The fundamental difference between the Democratic and the Republican boss- es was that the Republican bosses knew that our triumph in the Chicas-, g0 convention meant their death knell and in the Baltimore convens tion it was that bosses themselves who arranged the outcome because it perpetuated their rule.” The nomination of Mr. Wilson was arranged by Mr. Taggart of Indiana, Mr. Sullivan of Illinois, with Mr, Murphy of New York finally joining in. Colonel Roosevelt denounced the Canadian reciprocity act as “a Jug- (Continued on Page 5) e HISTORICAL | ‘; ; aE = e ki