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

THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 10. NUMBER 171. Hifstorlal Soclety, RSN DAILY PIONEE BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1912. NORTH COUNTRY IS FOOTBALL CRAZY Entire Upper Half of Minnesota In- terested in Badger-Gopher Game Saturday. ALUMNI FLOCKING HOME About Fifteen Seats Sold In Bemidji and Late Comers Are Turned Away, SPECIAL PIONEER SERVICE Scores to be Received at End of Each Half and Special Account to be Printed Monday. SPECIAL FOOTBALL SERVICE. Realizing the interest in the Min- nesota-Wisconsin football game which is to be played on Northrop Field Saturday, the Pioneer has ar- ranged to receive the score of the game by halves. At the end of the second half, it will also receive a short bulletin on the game. messages will be posted on the Pion- eer bulletin board in front of the Se- curity State bank. In addition to this bulletin service, the Pioneer on Monday will print a special story of the game written by the editor who will attend the game. Not for many years has the north | country been as interested in a Uni versity football game as it is in the Wisconsin-Minnesota game which will be played on Northrop Field Sat- | urday afternoon. About fifteen seats have been sold to Bemidji people al- ready and others who have tried to get them have been turned away with | the reply that the stands are sold out. crowd will be the largest in the his- tory of University football. MANY ATTEND SHOW Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 12— Thousands of the school children of Minneapolis and St. Paul, chape- roned by their teachers and thous- ands of grown-up visitors flocked to the big National Guard Armory in this city today where the great North | western Products exposition, com- monly called “Land Show”’ is housed. The object of this exposition which far surpasses all similar exhibitions held in the Northwest in magnitude and importance, is to give to the pub- These | lic, especially to the home seekers and agriculturists a practical demon- stration of the tremendous possibil- ities of the great Northwest, which includes some of the finest and most productive agricultural districts in the United States. The seven states of the Northwest Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Ore gon are represented by state and dis- trict displays and in addition there are displays by a large number of individual exhibitors and various large corporations, including the big railroads of the Northwest. The ex- hibits are well arranged and com- prehensive in their scope. Particu- larly interesting is the exhibit of grains and fruits from the irriga- ful results obtained by means of a rational system of irrigation in local- ities which at one time were believed to be absolutely worthless for farm- ing and fruit growing purposes. One of the attractive of scenes in the various regions of the “Zone of Plenty”. painted on can- vass by skillful artists and covering the upper part of the walls of the big exposition hall, above the product ex- hibits. In addition to the displays from the seven states of the North- west there is an interesting exhibit epresenting wonderful resources of Alaska. The exposition will continue until November 23 and a large num- | ber of valuable prizees will be award- ed to the most successful exhibitors. BAND CONCERT TONIGHT. The first of the series of winter | indoor band concerts will be given by Indications now are that the {the Bemidji band in the city hall this evening. Complimentary tickets have been given those who have been sup- From the range country and Du-}'porting the band by contributions. luth on the east, from International Falls on the north and from Red River Valley to the west of Bemidji Minnesota and Wisconsin alumni are preparing to leave their homes and business Friday night to travel to the U. C. T. PARTY FRIDAY. The first of the series of dancing parties to be given by United Com- {mercial Travelers who have head- University and root for Alma Materlquarters in Bemidji will be put on in on Saturday afternoon. Every man and woman in the north country who can spare the time and expense will see the game which gives promise ofj‘ rivaling the famous 6 to 6 Michigan- Minnesota game of 1903. i Reports from the training camps‘! indicate that the Badgers have the! strongest team that Wisconsin has{ seni out in years. From Minnesota | comes the report that the Gophersi are green, inexperienced men but | fighters every inch. The re!ativei strength of the teams in the minds of tke sporting fraternity is shown by the fact that bets on Wisconsin range from 2 to 1 to 5 to 4. Very | little even money is being taken. Bemidji has no football game Sat- urday and local interest will be cen- tered entirely in the Minneapolis contest. At the present time there ave twenty-three University of Min- nesota alumni in this city and about half as many from Wisconsin. By J. H. Ritchie. Minneapolis, Nov. 14. — Tonight brings to a close the preparatory work of the Gophers for the Badgers. Not since the breaking off of the Michigan games has there been such deep interest on the part of the root- esr in a game on Northrop field. The highly advertised Wisconsin players constitute beyond question the strongest team Wisconsin has been able to produce in recent years. Min- nesota interest is deep in that thef surprising advance in football of a totally green team has placed the team in the final round of a champ- ionship fight when only the most san- suine rooters had expected it to pass the qualifying round. According to the most dependable (Continued on Page 4) the city hall tomorrow evening. About 100 invitations have been sent out. LOST CHILDREN FOUND. Leon and Carl Currier, two small boys who were reported to the po- lice the first of the week as lost, were yesterday found on Third street in Duluth, according to a phone mes- sage to Chief Geil. The children left their parents at Bena about ten days ago. CHANGE IN THE FAIR STORE. Walter A. Elliot, manager of the Fair store, is installing a new bal- cony in the rear of the store and will use the space exclusively for the dis- playing of dolls and their accessor- ies. Mr. Elliot says that already he has received a car load of Christmas goods but that they have been stored in the basement until the gallery is completed. NEW YORK LAND SHOW. New York, Nov. 14. — The 1912 New York Land Show, which is to open in the Seventy First Regiment Armory tomorrow, is expected to bring together one of the largest gatherings of agriculturists in the world’s history. The gathering will include experts from the various ex- perimental stations and colleges and farmers from about every section of the country. The exhibition itself will consist of exhibits of agricul- tural machinery and farm products of every kind and from every section of the United States and from Can- ada, Mexico, Alaska, and Porto Rico. The show will continue until Decem- - | ber 2. tion districts in various parts of thel Northwest, which show the wonder- | decorative | features of the show in the big arm- rory building is a gigantic panorama HAPPY DAYS” (Copyright.) His First Shave. GOVERNORS ARE CHANGED| | | Few States Return Old Executives! and Democrats Win Majority of New Positions. HADLEY AND 0SBORNE ARE OUT; t { | Washington, D, C., Nov. 14.—Many changes among the chief executives of the different states will take place| next January at a result of the rec-| ent elections. Of the twenty-eight states that balloted for governors only nine re-elected their present ex- ecutives. The governors fortunate; enough to be re-elected for another term are Simeon E. Baldwin, Demo- crat, of Connecticut; Eugene N. Foss, Democrat, of Massachustts; Adolph 0. Eberhart, Republican, of Minne- sota; Coleman L. Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina; Ben W. Hooper, Republican-Fusion, of Tennessee; Oscar B. Colquitt, of Texas; William Spry, Republican, of Utah; Francis E. McGovern, Republican, of Wis- | consin, and Aram J. Pothier, Repub- lican, of Rhode Island. Of the new governors twelve are Democrats and eight are Republic- ans. Elias H. Ammons, Democrat, suc- ceeds Governor Shafroth, Democrat, in Colorado. Charles R. Miller, a prominent cit- izen of Wilmington, succeeds Gover- nor Pennewill, of Delaware. Both are Republicans. Park Trammell, at present attor- ney-general of Florida, will become governor in succession to Albert L. Gilehrist. Both are Democrats. John M. Haines, Republican, will succeed James H. Hawley, Democrat, as governor of Idaho. Edward F. Dunne, former mayor of Chicago, has been elected by the Democrats of Illinois to succeed Gov- ernor Deneen, Republican. Governor Marshall of Indiana, who will be vice-president of the United States after March 4, will be succeed- ed by another Democrat, Samuel M. Ralston of Lebanon. In Iowa, Governor Carroll, Repub- lican, will be succeeded by George W. Clarke, also a Republican. Mr. Clarke is at present lieutenant-gover- nor. The state of Michigan followed the lead of the nation by electing a “schoolmaster” to the office of chief executive. Woodbridge N. Ferris, Democrat, who will succeed Governor Osborn, Republican, has devoted his life to educational work. Governor Hadley of Missouri, Re- publican, will be succeeded by Elli- ott M. Major, Democrat, who has served at attorney-general of his state. Governor Norris, Democrat, (Continued on Page 4) of q Oppor.nity stares up at you from this page. ;.q“t may be a better? High School This Morning on " position—just the cot-| tage you want to rent —a,_chance to own a house on easy terms—| a new cook—an ambi- tious employe—what not? € Want ads bristle with the intimacies of the work-a-day world. You can ill afford to over- look them with your daily reading. FROHN FARMERS OUT Sixty-nine In the Opsata School Tuesday Listen to High School Lectures. A. D. BAILEY ON PROGRAM Sixty-nine farmers attended the meeting at the Opsata school in the town of Frohn Tuesday night when the Bemidji high school extension workers went out to give addresses. The meeting was the best attended of those held to date and the high school people are enthusiastic over prospects in the town of Frohn. A. D. Bailey, instructor in manual training, talked to the farmers on the construction of hog pens. It was Mr. Bailey’s first trip but what he said | was listened to eagerly. Later in the winter he will be prepared to ygive practical suggestions on build- ing barns and other farm buildings. Miss Beatrice Eddy talked on the “Farm Kitchen” and A. E. Nelson re- peated the talk on the “Dairy Cow” which he gave about ten days ago in the Eickstadt school in Frohn. Mr. Nelson was able to illustrate his talk with new drawings as in a moment of absent mindedness he had left the old ones in the village of Wilton. I MR. STEENERSON TALKS | | iAddresses Assembled Students In the “Citizenship.” | \BOARD HEARS A VICTROLA | | Halvor Steenerson, from this district, congressman was escorted to }the High school this morning by An- iton Erickson and M. J. Brown and he gave an address to the assembled students at 10:30. Mr. Steenerson talked on “Citizenship” and dwelt some time on the benefits of |present school system. | While Mr. Steenerson was talking to the high school students, the eighth grade classes were listening to a Victrola concert played by Miss Ethel Murray, supervisor of music. M. J. Brown, Dr. Marcum, J. P. Lahr, and Dr. Smith, members of the board, were present during the concert.! Miss Murray says that a Victrola is being used to inculcate a desire for better music into the students. Different members of the board expressed themselves as pleased with the work done by the Victrola and one will probably be purchased for the schools. the RETURN THEIR CHILDREN. On an appeal from a decision of M. A. Clark, judge of probate, the cases of A. J. Higgen and wife and Mrs. Betsy Loberg, were argued be- fore Judge C. W. Stanton in his chambers at the court house yester- day. The cases were for the possession of four children of the Higgen’s and one child of Mrs. Loberg, the state claiming, according to Judge Clark’s decision that the parents were not proper people to have charge of them and directed that they be placed in the keep of the Home for the Friend- less located in Minnea,polis. The defense at once appealed to the district court with the result that the Higgen’s case was reversed and the children, three girls and one boy, given back to them. On motion of County Attorney Torrance the Lo- berg case was dismissed. LAKE IRVINE FROZEN. Lake Irvine froze over Tuesday night and the zero weather last night added to the thickness of the ice. One more night of freezing weather and the ice will be thick enough for skating. Several small boys were down this morning but did not ven- ture out. The temperature was down to zero last night. There were several ice pans on Lake Bemidji this morning. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. TAFT SAYS HE WAS SURPRISED Did Not Believe Roosevelt Would Show Strength That He Did In General Election. PROGRESSIVE PROGRAM POOR. Considers It Contemplates the Impog.. sible and Calls It Hollow and Impractical. FIXES CANAL TOLL RATES Action Taken Under Authority Given by Congress Last August— Hired An Expert. (By United Press). ‘Washington, Nov. 14. — The fol- lowing statement was issued today by President Taft concerning the fu- ture of the Republican party. It has caused much discussion among poli- ticians. “l ‘was very hopeful the result would be different,” said the presi~ dent. “I was surprised at Roose- Roosevelt’s strength., I had hoped that we might pull through but I was not in a condition of mind to be greatly disappointed. “The difficulty I find with the pres- ent Progressive program is that it contemplates the impossible. If the country could stand the burdem, I would like to see the attempt made in order that the people might learn its hollowness and impractibility, and show the character of many of its promises. “The sheet anchor of popular gov- ernment is in the division of the peo- ple into two great parties. But onece more the Republican party will be able to gather about it many who will recover from the bull moose fev- er. It will also gather in many who voted the Democratic ticket because they preferred to defeat the bull moose party.” Washington, Nov. 14.—President Taft last night issued a proclamation fixing the rates that foreign shipping of the world shall pay for passage through the Panama canal. The proe- lamation was made under the author- ity given by the canal act, passed by congress in August, and establishe@ the merchant vessel rate of $1.20 per net ton of actual carrying capacity, with a reduction of ten per cent on ships in ballast. The provisions fol- low. - “1--On merchant vessels carrying passengers or cargo, $1.20 per net vessel ton—each 100 cubic feet—aof actual earning capacity. “2—On vessels in ballast without passengers or cargo, forty per cent less than the rate of tolls for vessels with passengers or cargo. “3—Upon naval vessels, other than transports, colliers, hospital ships and supply ships, fifty cents per dis- placement ton. “4—Upon army and navy trans- ports, colliers, hospital ships and sup~ ply ships, $1.20 per net ton, vessels to be measured by the same rules as measured in determining the net ton- nage of merchant vessels. “The secretary of war will prepare and prescribe such rules for the measurement of vessels and such reg- ulations as are necessary to carry this proclamation into effect.” The president based his declaration of rates upon the reports and investi- gations of Prof. Emory R. Johnson of the University of Pennsylvania, and an expert designated by executive or- der for the task. Johnson’s report was also made public last night. He says the canal should be upon a self-sustaining basis in twenty years, should compete suc- cessfully with the Suez route for the traffic of Europe with South Amer- ican west coast points and with New Zealand, but cannot be expected to compete successfully for Europe's trade to the far east.