Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 29, 1912, Page 1

Historial Sociely =_EE X GUIDE MARKS BEING PLACED TO BEMIDJI Automobile Trail Blazing Association Busy Installing Road Markers From St. Cloud. WILL PASS THROUGH BRAINERD And According to Report Will Strike Walker—Scheme Praised by , St. Cloud Journal-Press, CHAD JEWETT FAVORS PLAN President of Bemidji Auto Club Says That This City Should Install Posts Over All Roads. Little Falls, Nov. 29.—Roscoce B. Anderson and A. L. Meigs, represen- tatives of the Automobile Trail Blaz- ing Association of America, were here Monday placing their blue and white and other colored markers on the city electric light poles. - They are being used throughout the country by the trail blazing as- seciation so as to route the country for automobile travel. The blue and white trail starts from St. Cloud, rups through Little Falls, Brainerd, | Walker and on to Bemidji. The of- ficial garage is marked with a blue and white circle and in this city the F. P. Farrow garage has been design- ated as the official one. The official hotel will be the Buckman. Markers have different meanings. A large “L"” signifies that the trail leads to the left. The letter “R” is designated as the zuide mark to turn to the right. A large means railway crossing, danger, go slow, sharp curve or any- thing in the shape of a warning to a driver. These signals are always in the color scheme of the control. The. St. Cloud Journal-Press has given the association a good write up and the following is quoted from the paper: “To get as close to the old method of blazing a trail as possible, is the plan of the Automobile Trail Blazing | Association of America. Instead of wooden signs that can be removed by vandals or ed hunte s, the association has hit upon a color scheme that is far more effective. Red and white are th colors marking the main transcontin- ental route laid out by the A. A. A. Tunning from New York to the west- ern coast. “On the telegraph poles from New York to Seattle, following the best roads will be seen the red and white signs. If a turn to the left is to be made a huge 'L’ is seen. if to the right the mark is an ‘R.” while if there a railroad crossing or a blind turn ahead there is a large ‘X', “The ns were painted in St. Cloud Wednesday. The main road runs along the Tenth street bridge up to Fifth avenue to Second street, then to h avenue and out to the Cathe- dral. then west to the city limits. ed by Messrs. Anderson and Meigs, is to be the crossing point and night control on two big routes. The sec- ond road. known as the blue and Wwhite route. runs form Duluth through St. Cloud to Sioux City and then on to Omaha and Denver. This road branches off at the Cathedral and goes straight north. “The signs are at the level of the eye and painted in loud colors on the poles. They can be plainly seen at night as the lights will shine on them. “The scheme is a splendid one and | is to be followed out all over the country. Local automobile clubs that | desire to lay out roads can communi- cate with the national organization and a color scheme that will not in- terfere with the other routes will be|by the members of the Freshman- assigned. “The laying out of the routes will make St. Cloud a night control and will induce many automobilists to make tours of the state. The rep- Tesentatives received the hearty sup- (Continued on last page). jamong other reasons for his bringing{lin, now chief of the St. Paul police * TWENTY-SIX |BEMIDJI BOY HONORED DAYS TO CHRISTMAS Hallan Huffman Selected as Minne- sota Delegate to National Con- : vention of Deke Fraternity. | TO BE HELD AT MEMPHIS, TENN. | Hallan "« Huffman, son of C. A. and Mrs. Huffman, of this city, has‘ been selected to represent the Min- nesota chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at the national convention which is to be held in Memphis, Tenn., next Wednesday. 1 He will leave Minneapolis, wherei he is a Junior in the law department of the state university, next Tues- | The Drum Is Booming. So Is Christmas Trade. SHOP NOW. day evening, going to Chicago, wheref he will join the special train, which | will carry several hundred of his DUGAS FOUND NOT GUILTY fraternity brothers to Memphis, ar- riving in the city in time for the smoker to be held Wednesday even- ing. It is expected that about 800 dele- gates will attend the convention, and many prominent men of the United! States who were Deke’s in théir col- tlege days, will be there. Robert {Perry, the discoverer of the north| |pole will be one of the speakers. ‘ ! BUNN APPOINTED reason for being thankful Thangs- St. Paul, Nov. 29.—(Special Wire) | giving day when he was found not!Governor Eberhart today reappointed | guilty of operating a disorderly house { Justice Bunn to the supreme court, when arraigned before Judge Simons{to Succeed Justice Brown who has| in municipal court yesterday. been promoted to chief justice. Bunn| Dugas was arrested several days|was defeated for re-election and for! ago, on charges made by Ernest Nor-|the second time has been appointed een, lumberjack, wno claimed that|to the supreme bench. Attorney Cat- West Hotel Proprietor Charged With Operating Disorderly House Is Allowed Freedom. CHARGES MADE BY LUMBERJACK hot full of holes by excit- Cloud. under the plan propos- i the action, that -he had been releaved of twenty-five dollars. He was first arraigned Wednesday morning but the case was at that time continued. Another case before Judge Simons was that ‘of L. G. Johnson, known as Bemidji Slim. who was arrested on a {charge of drunkenness yesterday morning and was given a suspended jsentence, and who during the after- noon again obtained too much “Tom and Jerry” and as a consequence got | twenty days. | BEMIDJI PASTOR ISSUES BOOK. | Reverend T. S. Kolste Author of New | | 122-page Cloth Bound Volume. | A new bhook, issued by Reverend i S. Kolste. pastor of the United| | Norwegian church of this city, is! |just off the press and will be placed ton sale throughout this section of {the state as well as in other states. iThe book will also be sold in Norway. | i"An Exposition of the Second Epistle of Peter,” is the title of the new | ;lmok. It is printed in the Norwegian !language and was published in Co- Jpenhagen. The first edition will com- !prise 1.000 copies. The book con- ;rains 122 pages, of good book pap@r.‘ {type set in twelve point and cover | cloth bound. Reverend Kolste will {himself distribute the book with the | iassistauce of his representatives as |soon as the first shipment arrives. | Tt will sell for 85 cents a copy. LAKE BEMIDJI STILL OPEN. Looks Like Record Breaker This Year—TLatest Date Before, Dec. 1. | If weather conditions continue for janother week the closing for Lake Bemidji bids fair to outdo all prev- {ious records, according to captain W, B. Maclachlan. The latest date for ‘freezing was December 1, and theI earliest date during past years was November 10. With but a few days left the latest date will have passed and another broken record will be added to the big series of 1912. PROGRAM WELL ATTENDED. Witnessed by the members of the eighth grade and many outsiders, the {program given Wednesday afternoon | Junior Literary society, was a suc- cess and the young people who took |part are to be congratulated. The farce entitled “Wooing Under Diffi- culties,” was a continual cause for laughter, and the other numbers were much enjoyed. department was named to succeed THE BEMIDJI DAILY PI VOLUME 10. NUMBER 183. 23— Thakac BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1912. CHAMPIONSHIP GOES T0 WILLIE RITCHIE £ Wins Over Ad Wolgast, Former Title Holder In Sixteenth Round Following Foul. VICTOR SHOWS CLEVERNESS Had Champion Constantly Worried and Clearly Outpoinaed Near End of Battle. {“FIGHT HIM AGAIN TOMORROW,” Says Defeated Man After Protesting That He Fouled and Claims Roughness. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 29. — Willie Ritchie of California yester- day won the world’s lightweight championship, when he was fouled twice by Ad. Wolgast in the sixteenth round of their fight at Daly City. Wobbling on leaden legs, his eyes glazed and his body reeling, Wolgast, the congqueror of Battling Nelson, struck Ritchie below the belt and with a wave of Griffin’s hand, the Michigan boy was disqualified. By his ring generalship, his cour- jage and splendid fighting ability, Ritchie won the championship divis- ion. Through round after round of toe-to-toe milling, Ritchie earned a clear title to the crown he wears, {W. P. Dyer a reception was held | fifteenth Judge Hallam who was elected to the W_ithfil}is Awa.sp.ish 1ett tor the face'and supreme bench by defeating Judge his stinging right cross. Bunn. Wood was renamed adjutant general. 2 latter part of the sixteenth round. | The unexpected end of the sched- RECEPTION GIVEN MISS MURRAY juled twenty round fight came after At the home of Professor and Mrs. |those at the ringside noticed in the round that Wolgast’s Wednesday evening in honor of Miss|Strength was waning a mite. The Ethel Murray, who during the past|boys faced each other in the sixteenth two years has been the supervisor of |Ritchie confidently carrying the mill- music in the Bemidji public schools|ing to the now serious champion, and who leaves tomorrow for St.|from whose face a sneering smile Cloud where she has accepted a po- |passed. sition at the normal school as in-| As Wolgast was going away Ritch- structor in music and drawing. All{ie made him wince with a two hand- of the high school and grade teach-|ed volley to the mid-section and then ers attended the reception and Miss|quick as a flash, a crushing right Murray was presented with a suit!|Was shot out and caught the Cadal- case and an umbrella. |lac fighter fairly on the jaw. He fell {back on the ropes and staggered, fpitching forward in another instant FIRE DESTROYS SIOUX NEWS. | toward his corner. Ritchie crowded Sioux City. Ia., Nov. 29.—(Special | him and as he raised his head the Wire) —Fire of Unknown origin gut-|San Franciscan repeated the right ted the plant of the Sioux City News |cross. Wolgast, the invincible went this morning. Loss, $25,000, with sprawling. partial insurance. | ‘Continued on last page). 'TWAS ONLY A DREAM Wolgast was in a bad condition, | when he fouled Ritchie twice in the Exercises Will Be Held at the Brink- man Theatre Sunday Afternoon at 3:30. JUDGE STANTON TO SPEAK The annual memorial services of the Elks lodge will be held at the Brinkman family theatre Sunday af- ternoon at 3:30 o’clock. This is a regular annual event, which is held each year on the first Sunday in De- cember, the day having been fixed by the Grand lodge. Judge C. W. Stanton will deliver the memorial address and Reverend H. F. Parshall the invocation. ¢ The members of the Elk lodge will meet at the Elk’s hall at 3 o’clock and march in a body to the Brinkman theatre. A special request by the exalted ruler has been issued request- ing all Elks in the city to be present. The officers will meet at the hall at 2 o’clock. The public is extended a cordial invitation to attend this meeting and it is anticipated that a large meeting will be held. These exercises are held each year in memory of departed brothers. SEVENTY COUPLE AT DANCE U. C. T. Again Prove Themselves Royal Entertainers. More than seventy couple attend- ed the second of a series of seven dances to be given during the winter by the Bemidji council of the U. C. T., given in the city hall last even- ing. The boys of the grip again proved themselves entertainers of the first jrank and many explanations of “had the time of my life,” could be heard following the Home, Sweet Home |waltz. Remfrey’s orchestra compris- !ing six pieces furnished the music and its members were the recipients |of many congratulations. NEW COINS FOR CHRISTMAS, Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 29. — For |the time being the United States {mint in this city has been converted !into a veritable Santa Claus work- {shop, for the manufacture of hun- !dreds and thousands of shining gold ‘pieces that will nestle in the toes of |many stockings at Christmas time. &]mmense numbers of bright eagles ]and double eagles are being turned out to meet the Christmas rush. The :demand for the minor coins, quarters, jdimes, nickels and cents, so necessary to the holiday shopper, is greater than ever before. The coinage of | pennies alone will amount to hun- |dreds of thousands of dollars before |the demand of the holiday season is \suppliedA | ——— ————H —_— ———————9 — —————— — — —_— e —_— —_— —_— —_— — —— _ _ _ e LCemoviohe v ONEE TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ELKS' MEMORIAL DAY|FIRE CASES T0 BE TAKEN UP TUESDAY When Settlers and Canadian North- ern Railway will Endeavor to Settle Cause of Conflagration. OCCURRED TWO YEARS AGQ Are to be Tried Before Jury and is Merely Adjournment of Septem- ber Ferm of Court. SEVERAL HUNDRED WITNESSESS General Oppinion is That Trials Will Last During a Period of Nearly a Month—Stanton to Preside. Following an adjournment of the. September term of district court, Judge C. W. Stagton will on next Tuesday morning call the cases of the thirty northern Minnesota set- tlers against the Canadian Northern railroad, in which the settlers are en- deavoring damages for their losses caused by the conflagra- tion of when they were burned out of house and home. Considerable interest is being shown concerning the cases, as the outcome will be sure to have much to secure two years ago Jenfluence on future fire cases, Several hundred witnessess will be called during the progress of the cases, and if all are tried, which will probably not be the result, near- ly a month will be taken up. The cases will be tried before Judge C. W. Stanton and a jury. Both the settlers and the railroad will be rep- resented by prominent lawyers and the cases are sure to be bitterly fought as they envolve several hum- dred thousand dollars. Charles Lor- ing of Crookston, a member of the firm of Steenerson and Loring, and Albert Children of Williams, will ap- pear for the plaintiffs, while the defendant will . be represented by Wasburn, Bailey and Mitchell of Du- luth, Pierce Butler of St. Paul and E. E. McDonald of Bemidji. 4 STEALS RUBBERS; LANDS IN JAIL Bob Lloyd Endeavors to Sell Officer Bursley Stolen Goods. Following a hot chase through the streets of Bemidji business district, Bob Lloyd, who had stolen a pair of rubbers from the Nangle store, was arrested in Spider’s saloon Wednes- day afternoon. John Breen. a clerk at the store discovered Lloyd just as he made a leap for the front door after taking the rubbers and rushed after him. i The chase that followed was interest- ing for Lloyd, and he raced for Spid- er’s, believing that there he would be safe . { He was soon after approached by Breen, to whom he generously offer- ed to sell the rubbers. Breen at once saw the joke and though a fitting manner in which to conclude it would be to call an officer. Officer Bursley was called and upon his arrival Lloyd took him to be a probable looking purchaser and again endeavored to make a sell. Bursley took the rub- bers but refused to dish out the cash. Judge Simons gave Lloyd two hours to get out of town. He has left. 0DD FELLOWS ELECT TONIGHT. Regular Semi-annual Election of Offi- cers will be Held This Evening. The 1oealllodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will meet at their hall this evening at eight o’clock in regular business session. The offi- cers for the ensuing term of six months will be elected. A special program has been arranged for to- night and the outgoing officers have made a special request that all mem- bers be present. An invitation to visiting brothers has also been is- sued. { | i | | |