Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 24, 1912, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE it s 'QOEETV. VOLUME 10. NUMBER 204. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1912, TEN CENTS PER WEEK CHRISTMAS EVE CHRISTMAS FELT IN THE VERY AIR Gemeral Cold, Snappy Atmosphere And Undercurrent of Excitement Tell of the Season. N ASSOCIATED CHARITIES BUSY Merry Christmas! ! There, We Beat You to It. ! i Distributed Many Boxes .in Relief of Poor Both in the City and In the Country. Hope Santa Doesn't Forget | L iYou, and That You Have For- gotten No One Else PHONE GIRLS MUST WORK| ..God Bless Us Every One!" . | = Manager Nelson Says More Calls Are | ¢ It came upon the midnight clear, o Ever Be- |¢ That glorious song of old. Sy, Bandled Thgo. Dige B o From angeis bending near the earth, |* To touch their harps of gold., - ® “Peace on earth, good will to ® Bemidji has the Christmas spirit! 12 menn ; . It has been in the air for days but | From Heaven's all-gracious fore in Bemidji. King.” with the time for the arrival of His | The world in solemn stillness ¢ Maje: Santa Claus drawing so near, | lay and incidentally the time for shop—‘; B To hear the a.ugels sin. ping getting less, the atmosphere of ! & & & @ 4 ement has increased. The cold | weather has added just the snap so FIRE IN ST, PAUL loved in the “Nort' Contree.” The first church Christmas gram was given last night by the! Methodist Sunday school. Music | t was furnished by a four-piece orches- | . . i ira of trombone. violin, cornet and%Three'Story Bmld.mg Housing ¢ L] piano. Miss Vera Backus and Miss Johnson Type Plant Burned ! Jane Hayner each gave readings and; With Loss of $90!000‘ | the children from the primary de- | | partment were on the program for | seo { several numbers. The Sunday school | ! entertainment of the Presbyterian! St. Paul, Dec. 24.—Fire, causingl church will be given this evening, 'a loss of $90,000, partially destx‘oyedI that of the Swedish Lutheran on!the three-story building occupied by ! Wednesday evening, and that of the;('. 1. Johnson, manufacturers Off Episcopal on Thursday evening. | Printing supplies, and Mendler Bros”i Ladies interested in the new Asso-, brush manufacturers, Monday night. | ciated Charities have been busy for ! The firemen fought the flames sev-| several days investigating cases eral hours before they were under, where immediate relief is needed control. and soliciting funds with which to The origin of the fire is unknown.] buy food, fuel and clothing. Yester- e ———— i day the Salvation Army headquarters HIGH ARMY OFFICERS CALLED | were turned into a miniature store! TO0 WASHINGTON IN JANUARY“ as the ladies packed and sent out | forty boxes filled with food for Christ—: Washington. D. C., Dec. 24.7Most‘ mas and the following days. Potatoes, of the ranking army officers in the! four. apples, sugar and other staples 'United States have been ordered to be ' were included in every parcel. in Washington January 8 for an im-| ladies reported that the little portant conference to arrange the de-! irl who wanted a piano and a 'tails of the extensive plan for re-or- | dol! has Dbeen assured that Santa gnnization of the army. This is the | Claus will call on her and leave the last important act, concerning the toys. They were furnished by some army that the retiring administration | Good Fellows who heard of her wish | will undertake. and who furnished the Associated One such conference was held last Charities with money. The Associat- summer and initiated the project. | ed Charities not only is relieving The brief contemplates the abolition ' conditions in Bemidji bur several of the present army departments and ' boxes of goods have been sent up into ' creation of brigades as units in dif-! ne country. ‘ferent parts of the country. Those! W. J. Nelson. manager of the local 'will be arranged and proportioned in} t-lephone exchange, s that people'respect to the various arms of the talk more at Christmas than at any . service comprised as to be capable of other time of the year. Between 4 i troop-concentration at anad 30 vesterday afternoon. he says ! notice into the regular army corps. | that all of the ¥ cords used on the Some of the features of the plan| local boards were in use most of the would require legislation to give ef-‘; fime and that in many instances fect, Most of the others will be car-! n calls came in the girls had no ' ried out under executive orders. It is; cords left with which to plug in and { for the purpose of framing these tfiat; answer. Mr. Nelson said that it was the January conference is called. The | ihe first time in the history of the |officers summoned are: Maijor Gen-| exchange that the traffic had been so erals Thomas B. Barry, William H.| heavy. | Carter, Arthur Murray; Brigadier! Christmas trees have not found Generals Tasker H. Bliss, Ramsey D.| much sale in Bemidji because the peo- | Potts, Frederick A. Smith, Varion P. | ple who want a tree have a habit ufl Maus, Ralph W. Hoyt, Montgomery a moment'’s | | River Falls last Saturday on a war- | e been camping. e cwmen 1o FIRE AT INTERNATIONAL| | “PEACE ON EARTH; GOOD WILL TO MEN” ' (Copymght . ELECTION FIGHT GETS ATTENTION Moon-Harris Scrap For County Reg- i ister of Deeds, Attracting Notice of Entire State. THE SITUATION IS COMPLICATED Missing Ballots of Frohn and Gramt Valley Prove Stumbling Block in Recount. ! STATUS OF THE CASE CHANGED Amendment to Original Notice Al- lowed By Judge Stanton Alters Ground of Battle. Bemidji is attracting much atten- tion because of the Moon-Harris con- ;tesf. for the office of county register of deeds. Both men are well known’ in Northern Minnesota and that fact, together with the legal talent en- gaged in the fight, has focused much E. D, HOWARD IN JAIL" 5 camsmuss casor © POST OFFICE IS RUSHED | k! The herald angels sing, | ! ! “Glory to the new born King;” | | | Peace on earth, and mercy mild; | | God and sinner reconciled.” | | | Was Brought From Thief River Falls Friday on Warrant Charging Petty Larceny. | Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With angelic hosts proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem” ‘Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King.” | ] i . 1 * { IS UP FOR TRIAL SATURDAY. ! | | Come, Desire of Nations, come! | | l i | | ! Fix with us thy humble home; | | E. D. Howard, who was employed ! Rise, the woman’s conquering ‘ | | | | | for a short time this fall by the| seed, Pioneer, Sentinel and Marcum Print-| Bruise in us the serpent’s ing companies, was arrested in Thief head; Adam'’s likeness now efface, Stamp thy image in its place, Second Adam from above, Reinstate us in thy love. | Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King.” rant sworn out by J. B. Hanson and charging petty larceny. It is said | that the charge was based on the a1~§ leged forging and passing by Howard | of a 25 check on the Marcum Print- | ing company. | 1loward came to Bemidji in Octo-| have had experience in the advertis-: ing departments of several Chicago! —_——— parers and was taken on the Pioneer| | staff as a subscription man. He was|Burned Out Upper Story of H. L. with the Pioneer for a fortnight. Frank Store Sunday Later he was employed by the Sen-; . tinel and the Marcum Printing com- | Mommg' pany, but it is said that he had not been in the employ of either for a| week before the alleged passing of the check. Soon after Mr. Hanson | cashed the check, Howard left town. | IToward was arranged before J“dge.damage to ‘the H. L. Frank & Co.l Simons Saturday but the case was|VvAriety store building and contents continued over a week. He is being|and the household goods of H. L. held in the county jail until his case|Frank. The fire is attributed to a, will come before the court. defective flue, the flames following/ its course into the attic and for a |time threatening the destruction of WILLIAM J. BRYAN SLATED he building and conents. After con- FOR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR |siderable hard work, the fire depart-| - ment got three streams Washington, Dec. 24.—William J.|onto the flames and in due time had Bryan. who was the guest of his son, | them extinguished, but not until a W. J. Bryan Jr.. in Washington yes- terday, will be secretary of state in|been done, a large part of which was| President Wilson's cabinet. This, it|due to water. The building and was learned last night, is positively | stock of merchandise were well cov- settled, according to close friends of International Falls, Dec. 24.——Fire: Sunday morning caused considerable| total damage of $3,000 or more had. taking an ax and cutting the one they like out of the woods. | MacComb, Walter Schuyler. Several of tiJEIK. Evans, Clarence H. Edwards, Ed- Robert stores have been forced to put on am | gar 2. Steever and Edward J. Me- extra delivery rig for several days. There will be but one delivery of mail tomorrow and that will be made the first thing in the morning. The general delivery window will be open from 10 to 11 a. m. On another page in this issue of The Pioneer may be found Christmas greetings from the majority of the Pemidji merchants. The Markham hotel has prepared a special dinner for Christmas and the menu is published in full elsewhere in this issue. Many Bemidjie people are planning to eat at the hotel rath- er than go to the trouble of getting up a home-cooked dinner. The Mark- ham dinner will be the most complete served north of the twin cities and would compare favorably with many of the city hotels. Clernand. The proposal to eliminate the ne- gro as an American soldier is a topie slated for consideration when the conference meets. Some officers favoring the plan are prepared to urge it on the ground that in the Philippines the natives are said 1o resent the appearance among them of the dark troopers and that there are signs of dissatisfaction in Hawaii, owing to the fact that the Twenty-fifth infantry, a negro organ- ization, has been ordered to the islands to form a permanent garri- son. Friends of the negro soldiers are preparing to make a strenuous fight in their behalf, pointing to the splen- did record in time of war in Cuba and in the Philippines. Mr. Bryan in congress. This state- ment was made all the more positive in view of a report published this morning that Mr. Bryan would in- sist upon being appointed secretary of the treasury if he entered the cabi- net. One senator, known to be in the closest political relations with both | Governor Wilson and Mr. Bryan, said last night that Mr. Bryan had his choice between the state department jand the treasury department and !that he selected the first named port- folio. This senator explained that if Mr. Bryan could have followed his personal inclinations he would have preferred being secretary of the treasury, believing +w~+ = that office he would have had an opportunity to licies long dear to his heart. carry out certain administrative po-|forced panic, he thinks, but none the But Mr. Bryan realized that the|to work political disadvantage to the mere announcement that he was tolwilson administration. tion on the piano and household goods was small and their damage great, the greater part of the fire be- ing confined to the upper story of the| building. The fire bid fair, at times, to get beyond the control of the de- partment, but the boys fought her out bravely in blinding black smoke and finally subdued the devastating flames. The Frank store was doing a big holiday business and the fire there- fore came at a time to make Mr. Frank’s loss much greater than it would otherwise have been. As it is, however, he is thankful that his loss 'Was no greater. be secretary of the treasury would have led to a panic in Wall street, a less one that would have been used {of any day in any Christmas season ‘days of rest this week and then ex- of water' |z general exodus at Christmas time. | ered by insurance but the protec-|Sale,” published in | attention here. J. 0. Harris, the present register of deeds, was re-elected to office at the general election in November by five votes, according to the official count of the canvassing board. C. 0. Moon, the losing candidate, who is deputy county auditor, ran on the Socialist ticket while Mr. Harris ran as a Re- publican. Soon after the electionm, Mr. Moon filed a notice of contest in the district court clarnming that all ONLY ONE DELIVERY TOMORRBROW | of the precincts contained errors in the count. Judge Stanton then ordered a count of the ballots. F. S. Arnold Albert Worth, assistant postmas-|was appointed inspector by Mr. Maon, ter, stated this morning that the|Thayer Bailey was appointed inspeec- amount of business handled by the | tor by Mr. Harris and the two chose postoffice yesterday was the largest Fred Rhoda, clerk of the court, as the third inspector. A count of the ballots was then made and errors were found in thirteen precincts. Onm checking over the precincts it was found that no ballots had been counted from the towns of Frohn or There will be one morning delivery | Grant Valley. tomorrow and the window in the, COunty Auditor George was called postoffice will be open to the pub)ic!ulmfl to produce the missing ballots from 10 to 11 a. m. The men in the' Put after a search replied that they postoffice are looking for about two Could not be located. The inspectors then reported to the court that they pect to be buried next week in the Were unable to count the ballots from packages which will be sent under Frohn and Grant Valley but that the parcel post law which becomes.lefl"i“'-" out these two towns, Harris effective January 1. thad a majority of fifteen. By taking At the express offices, packages| (lese two towns at the figures of the have been piled knee deep for three|Oflicial canvass, Moon would bave a or four days but in spite of the large;“‘ajor“5' of three: number to be handled deliveries have| The next step in the case was tak- been prompt and outgoing service B last week by the attorneys for Mr. Business Handled Yesterday Was the Largest Volume of Any Day in Christmas Season. to date. He stated that business was quiet this morning but that the day would probably total larger than yeserday. better than was exnected. Mr. Lloyd, | Moon who appeared before Judge of the Great Northern and Northern | Stanton and asked to amend their Express companies, has been work-!0riginal notice of contest. The orig- ing nights and Sundays with his men | inal notice had claimed that errors in an effort to keep up with the Wwere made in all of the precincts af traffic. {the county. It was asked to amend All railroad lines are reporting in- |0 that errors would be claimed in all creased traffic, especially south Drecincts except Frohn and Grant "alley. The amendment was allow- d by the court. Had the original notice been al- owed to stand, it is the opinion of iseveral attorneys that Harris would CHEAPEST HAM EVER SOLD |have been declared winner of the of- The following story is taken from, fice as there is a state supreme court an interesting article entitled “Be-|decision to the effect that in case of hind the Scenes at the Bargaina recount and any portion of the bal= the January:]ots are missing for any reason so bound trains. The country here i said to be so new that there is stil ‘Woman’s Home Companion: “Sometimes an error creeps into the published announcement of a big store, due to the negligence of the proof-reader or to the compositor in the printing office of the paper. It is rarely funny in its results, although it may make humorous reading when first issued. {that they cannot be counted. they {are excluded from the count. By al- {lowing the amendment, the status of jthe case became changed so that the ‘iformer decision does not apply. | For several days the attorneys for Mr. Moon have been introducing evi- dence in support of their claims. Mr. iMoon, Auditor George and others “One day a department store in|have been on the stand. County Aud- New York advertised Hams at 4¢ a 1b.” Rather cheap, you say? Well, one hundred and thirty odd persons thought so too! For that was the number that asked for the ham at this ridiculously low price the morning the ‘ad’ appeared. It ap- peared that the printed proof 0. K.’d by the grocery buyer and sent down to the newspaper office for insertion in the day’s issue read ‘lI4c a 1b.’ The first numeral had simply dropped out of sight, 125 sales were made at a loss of ten cents per pound.” ‘Sugar-Cured | itor George at a loss to know how the ballots disappeared as his vaults have been open to county officials, their employes, attorneys and others- of responsibility known to the audi~ tor who nave had business in them. The case will go over Christmas and bids fair to cost the county a neat sum before it is finished. It is understood that no matter which side- wins, the matter will be taken to the supreme court and will not be finally settled until that court has passed its decision. WRNESOT A HISTORICAL % f