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

VOLUME 10. NUMBER 1 96. PARCEL POST T0 JURY STILL OUT i START JANUARY | T e First Map of Units Received In Be- midji Yesterday and Guides Are Expected Daily. AFFECTS ALL U. S- POSTOFFICES Chief Clerks Authorized to Hire Ad- ditional Help to Care for Ex- pected Increase In Traffic. case of Wilhelm Zipple against the Canadian Northern railway was still out. This jury has been debating since 4:40 Thursday afternoon. FINED THE LIMIT By United Press. St. Paul, Dec. 14;the first prose- i cution in Minnesota under the new child labor law resulted in the max- imum penalty being imposed upon ‘Walter Pooler proprietor of the Hasty Messenger service. He pleaded guilty to having employed Samuel -Glick- man, sixteen years of age, as a mes- senger. Judge Finehout, in muni- FARM AND FACTORY PRODUCTS |¢'P2! court, fined Pooler $50. | Are to be Carried by Uncle Sam Un-‘ der New Law—Special Stamps Must be Used. Albert Worth, assistant postmaster of Bemidji, has received one of the first parcels post maps to be issued by the government. The guide which -accompanies the map has notv’yet been received but is expected every day. The Bemidji postoffice has received authority to hire extra equigment and carriers as necessary to provide for the increase’in business expected after January 1 when the new parcell post law becomes operative. The map shows every parcels post unit in the country and each is num- bered. In order to find the rate to any particular city in the country, the guide -is ‘consulted to find the number of the unit. As the units are numbered consecutively east to west and north to south, it is the| work of a moment to see in which | zone any unit lies as the zones are | traced out in red ink. Any zone cut| by a red ink line is considered as| having the rate of the lower zone. Regulations to cover the workings| of the new parcels post system were wade public by Postmaster General | Hitcheock today. 1 The system will be effective throughout the entire postal service! at the same tlme and will affect every postoffice, city, rural and rail- ‘way mail transportation rout in the! country. 4 Every precaution will be taken by | the postoffice department to have the mails moved with the usual dispatch, | and all postmasters, superintendents and inspectors have been directed to thoreughly familiarize themselves/ and subordinates with every phase of the new system. ishot. NEGROES FOUND IN DEN WITH WHITE GIRLS By United Press. | Chicago, Dec. 14.—As a result of the Lucille . Cameron-Jack Johnson marriage, the Chicago police are on the lookout for the intermingling of whites and blacks. In a raid on a loop hotel this monpng, five white ‘women, two of them Young and pret- ty, were found with seven negro men. All of the men are said by the police to be ex-convicts or known thieves. Evidence was found that the entire party had been smoking opi- lum, -~ SPOPNER MARSHAL KILLS PITT RESIDENT BY FIRING TWO PISTOL_ SHOTS INTO HIM Spooner, Minn., Dec. 13. Harvey of Pitt, Minn., died in the Spooner hospital from two shot wounds inflicted by Marshal A. H. Fryberg of Spooner. The shooting took place in front of the village au- ditorium Tuesday night. The deceas- ed leaves a widow with four chli- dren. Marshal Fryberg is under ar- irest. Marshal Fryberg had been instruct- ed by Mayor E. W. Koefed of Spoon- er, to take a billy and a gun from, ana arrest Frank Taylor, an alleged bad man. Koefed went with Fryberg through the different saloons and Taylor was located. The marshal was outside on the lookout. When he saw the supposed Taylor come out, the miarshal is said to have cried, “You are under arrest,” and fired the first The sufiposed Taylor was John Harvey. Harvey walked off until the !second shot was fired, when he fell. The marshal yesterday said it was the first time he had used his new au- tomatic gun and that he had fired as a bluft. Mr. Hitchcock today expressed the ! hope that the public would familiar- | ize itself with the nature of the new service before attempting to use it.| Information will be available at any | postoffice in the country in a few days. i The regulations provide that par-| cels of merchandise, including farm and factory products, but not books | and printed matter, of almost every ! -description under eleven pounds in weight and measuring as much as six feet in length and girth combined, except calculated to do injury to the mrails in transit, may be mailed at any postoffice ‘for delivery to any ad-| dress in the .country. The delivery will be made 'to the homés of people living in rural or star routes as well as those living in cities and towns where there is a delivery by carrier. ‘Where there is at present mo de- livery -carrier the parcels will go to the postoffice as is in the case with ordinary mail. The postage rate for the first zone HISTORIC HOME BURNED IN WATERTOWN YESTERDAY Watertown, Wis., Dec. 14. — The historic Carl Schurz home, occupied by the famous German-American statesman for many years, was com- pletely destroyed by fire today. TIME TABLE CHANGES. On and after Monday the Red Lake passenger train will arrive in Bemid- ;i from the north at 9:35 a. m., and will leave on the return trip at 1:30 The east bound freight on the Great Northern leaves at about 5 p. m. The west bound freight on the Soo is now due to leave at' 9:46 a. m. WARNS AGAINST HOLIDAY FIRES The Nation Fire Protection asso- ciation has issued a holiday fire bulle- tin giving warnings for stores, churches, bazaars and the home. It advises a close watch on gas jets near —within distances not exceeding fifty miles—will be five cents for the first pound ‘and three cents for -each additional pound. The rates increase for each successive eight zones imto wihich the country is :divided, the maxium rate being twelve cents a pound, which will carry a parcel across the continent or even te Alas- ka and the Phillippines. . Tor a fee of ten cents a parcel may e fnsured and if the parcel is lost in the mails indemnity to the amount of the value not to exceed fifty dol- Jars will be paid to the sender. The law provides for the use of distinctive postage stamps and these now are being dlst‘rfl_mted to post- (Continued on Page ¢) decorations; on smokers; against changes of electric wiring without comsulting inspectors; decorating Christmas trees with cotton; permit- ting children to light candles, and against leaving matches within the reach of children. NIMBLE WIT. While the king was. looking at a pit pony which had been brought up for his inspection, the pony proved somewhat restless. “I expect the daylight worries him,” said the king. “No, sir,” replied the miner. “It is the head-stall he doesn’t lilke. He can’t see your majesty plain enough.” —London Spectator. — John | . |money. for the capital and effort in- REALIZATION OVER 600 AT MEETING Bemidji Find Workers Find ‘Good Au- diences On the First Week of & Their Institute Tour. MANY AT HIGH SCHOOL '!'Oljfij Over GQQ people have attended the farmers’ meetings held in’the sinall towns surrounding Bemidji during the past week by A. E. Nelson of Be- midji; F. B. McLaren of Wrenshall; andeMiss Margaret Bull. of the Uni- versity of Minnesota. Thirty-eight attended the morning session at the High school today and the number will probably be trebled this after- noon. on the best ways of clearing cut over lands. cut the trees and brush, fence in the piece and turn it over to pasture for two or three years. “In this way;” he said, “you can go in on this piece at a small expense compared with stumping it when the stumps are green. In the meantime the land has not been left idle but has been giving you a return through your milk and cream.” Mr. McLaren strongly advocated over lands as he said that it had been Ihis experience that this was the cheapest method in the end. He urged the farmers to pay more atten- tion to their root crops, to plan on |more green feed for stock in winter and to use every possible method to make their farms return them more | vested. o Mr. Nelson spoke at the morning meeting and again this afternoon at 1 o’clock. Miss Bull held a:special meeting for ladies at 2. p. m..in the domestic science room giving an in- formal talk on ways of simplitying household work. “There is no use of making a drudge of yourseif,” she stated. “A woman has just as much ‘and more use for brains in the kitch- en as her husband has in the ba.rn or out iz thé fields.” Mr. Nelson and Harold Dane left at 3:35 for Nebisk where they will speak at a meeting in the Hay Creek school house Sunday at 2 p. ma. FIRST WRECK THIS WINTER ON SUPERIOR IS REPORTED Duluth, Dec. 14—t was reported ‘here yesterdy that on unsigned wire- less message had been picked up stat- ing that the freighter Alaska had been lost with its crew of twenty- two men. Communication was cut off before the signature. could’ be sent.’ . Mr. McLaren this morning talked| on the best ways of claring for over|: He advised the farmers to|. at the end of that time and stump it |. the use of dynamite in clearing cut|. % Eleven Days to Christmas - ..3.....2&&‘0..... 000000290000000008000000 Today Alone Is Ours. Tomorrow NeverComes. Do Your Christmas _Shopping TODAY. “It is with feeling of gratitude : : that I turn to the God of genius, : to offer him prayer, for that won- : : derful miracle he has brought. : about, whereby he hath given : men the power to hand down to.: posterity the greatest success of : my career, ‘Queen Elizabeth.’ It : : is a great joy for me to know that : ¢ my masterpiece is within the : reach of all the people through- : out the universe, and I hope it : will be appreciated before and : : long after I am gone.”—Sarah : : Bernhardt. JOHNSON FOUND GUILTY— FINED $50 AND COSTS AND THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL Special to The"Pioneer. * Cass Lake, Dec. 14.—Walt John- son, arrested .here Thursday for sell- ing lquor in his drug store, was found -guilty yesterday afternoon by a jury of selling liquor to a white man. Sentence of $50 and costs and thirty days in the county jail were imposed. His.preliminary ‘hearing on the Indian charge will be held Tues- day and he ‘will-probably not be tak- en to Walker until after tha,t hear- ing. CROOKSTON HASICE RINK AND WARMING HOUSE FOR SKATERS Crookston, Minn., Dec. 14.—A pub- lec skating rink has been opened in the'city park and is in charge of John Smith. The rink has been open be- tween 2:30 and 5:30 p. m. and 6:30 to 10 p. m. - All children under six- teen have to leave the rink by 8:45. JOHN L. BROWN THE ATTORNEY The Ploneer last night stated that M. J. Browr was an assisting at- torney in the Wilhelm Zipple case. John' L. Brown was: flm attorney in/ point. WILL BE GIVEN HEARIN S Next Step In Moon-Harris Election Contest Will be to Hold a Hear- ing Before Judge Stanton. IS NOW A QUESTION OF IAW Attorneys have been busy for the past two days arguing among them- selves the status of the Moon-Harris election contest case. The official re- turns of the canyassing board gave Harris a majority of five over Moon Moon started a contest and inspectors were appointed to count the ballots. They found that those from Frohn and Grant Valley were missing and . . |reported that on the count as they could make it, Harris was ahead of :|Moon fifteen votes. Upon looking up the record of the votes cast in the missing towns as sent in to the auditor on the return . |sheets, it was found that if the votes of these towns as indicated were ad- mitted in the recount; Moon would win the office by three votes. It is said that the question which will . |come before the court will be as to the admission of the figures given of the recount. Minnesota had a simsilar case + | brought before the supreme court in 1909 on an election contest concern- ing a tax amendment. This was re- ported in 106 Minnesota. The deci- sion in this case, according to several Bemidji lawyers, was that when the contest was made on all of the pre- cinects and some were found missing, the missing precincts could not be taken at the count returned by the officials but are disregarded. If this is followed out in the Moon-Harris case, Mr. Harris will be declared elected by fifteen votes. 1t is said that had Mr. Moon learn- ed of the loss of the ballots of Frohn and Grant Valley, he could have con-| tested all of the others and taken these at the figures given in the offi- cial returns. Had this been the case and the recount allowed by the court, Moon would win the office by three. The date for the hearing has not been set by Judge Stanton. It will depend on the outcome of this hear- ing whether or not the matter will be taken to the supreme court. STOLEN GOODS SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN BEMIDJI Crookston, Minn., Dec. 14.—Jennie Thatcher, alias Jennie Anderson, is being tried here for robbing several stores at McIntosh. It is claimed that a part of the stolen goods were found hid in her room in Bemidji when it was searched. The state has twenty witnesses in the case. f ! *|Christmas trade FIRST SECTION CHRISTMAS AND FALL TRADE GOOD Bemidji Business Men Consulted To- day Express Themselves As Well Satisfied. OUTLOOK IS SAID EXCELLENT All Lines Reported Increased Sales During Past Months And First Class Prospects. OPTIMISM IS UNIVERSAL HERE No One Found With Gloomy Views —Out of Town Orders In Bigger Volume Bemidji merchants without excep- tion .express themselves as having had as-good or better a fall trade this vear than last and as expecting rec- ord breaking Christmas sales. While eome lines consulted do not have in- creased trade at the holiday season they all report Bemidji business con- ditions as satisfactory. Not a mer- oha t consulted had a'gloomy view ot trade conditions. ; hé following interviews obmn«l vgjth Bemidji merchants over the telephone this morning generally re- flect an optimistic spirit and belief that this yea.r wfll be a recard break- er.” S Henry Comlnsky of Schnelder B:oc;' —“Obristma# - buying is opening up very good. There are prospects of: a\ excellent trade.” David Gill of Gill Brothers—“Pros- peots are the very best. Everything is coming in great shape.” Mrs. Berman of the Berman Em- porium—*“Christmas trade is start- out in fine shape and I believe it will continue good.” F. A. Megroth—*Business is fine. is starting up Im good shape and increasing steadily.* Walter Elliott of the Fair store— “Christmas buying is opening up in fine shape. We are more than satis- fied.” Bob Given of Given Brothers — “Our general business this fall and winter has been the best we have ever had.” Charles Nangle—*“Trade has been good all fall and Christmas stock is moving in good shape.” Mrs. A. P. Henrionnet—“My mill- inery trade this fall has been better than that for several years past.” Mrs. Macready of Abercrombie’s— “Business is fine. Our Christmas trade is better than I expected.” Earl Barker — “Fall and winter trade has been very good. Prospects for our Christmas trade look better than ever.” Ed Netzer—“My fall and winter trade this year has been better than the average. Christmas prospects are very good.” J. P. Lahr—“Christmas trade im furniture is starting slowly but I ex- pect a material increase next week.” Ray Murphy—“My fall trade has been pretty good. It is early yet for Christmas furniture trade.” Battles’ Hardware store—“We have had a very good fall and winter busi~ ness and no cause for complaint.” A. B. Palmer—“Fall and winter business is better than at any time in the past and collections are good.”™ W. N. Bowser of O’Leary-Bowser Co.—“Fall business has been goed and Christmas stocks are moving in good- shape.”” F. 8. Lycan of Lycan and compary —“Bemid}i is such an attractive place for traveling men this fall and win- ter that we have been hard pressed to accommodate them. Work on our new annex will start in a few days.” ‘Walter Brandborg of the City Drug store—“Our fall and winter busineas is way ahead of last- year. Up to Dec. 12 our sales were over twenty-- five per- cent larger than the corree- ponding time last year.” George T. Baker of George T. Bak- er.and company — “Business is in great shape. Our out of town sales” have doubled from last year and loeal sales have increased twenty-five per (Continued on Page 4) e