Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 21, 1913, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER mistorial Soclety SOCIETY. VOLUME 10. NUMBER 276. WANT MORE DAMS ANDLOCKS BUILT Commercial Clubs of Upper Missis- sippi Country Adopt Slogan— “Bemidji to the Gulf."” TO ASK FOR STRAIGHT CHANNELS Believe River Should Drain Meadow Lands Instead of Making Soft Sponges of Them. WATER TRAFFIC CAN COME Potatoes and Lumber Can Be Shipped From Northern Minnesota to Louisiana at Small Cost. “Bemidji to the Gulf” gan adopted at the mass meeting of the upper Mississippi Commercial clubs held in Cass Lake last night. 1t was the unanimous sentiment of the meeting that active steps should be taken toward securing the construc- was the slo- tion of additional dams between Be-| midji and Minneapolis. the eonstruc-‘ tion of built locks in the dams already and the straightening of the COW IS CREMEATED Fire which destroyed the barn of Thomas McCarthy; a Bemidji saloon man, at 2 p. m. this afternoon cre- mated a cow and a dog. The firemen found the building ablaze when they arrived and were unabie to rescue the animals. The barn is said to have been total loss, It was in the rear of | the residence, 525 Twelfth street. The department was slow in arriv- ing at the fire as the alarm was said | to have come from the residence "of | Joseph McTaggart on Third street. The team was carried in the other; direction and the run materially lengthened. At one time it was un- derstood that Mclver's barn was on fire. 1t is said that the fire was stanedi by a five year old boy who lit a match : in the barn and set the hay on fire. | Several chickens were also cremated. | | N. M. E. A. T0 MEET IN | BEMIDJI NEXT JUNE A. G. Rutledge, formerly a news-| (paper man of Bemidji but now in the temploy of the state, was in Bemidji (yesterday and while here stated that !the Northern Minnesota Editorlal as- |sociation, of which he is secretaly,‘ { will meet in Bemidji, June 13, 14 and | |15. The meeting will bring about fifty or sixty of the Northern ’Vlinne-l {sota editors here for their annual out- 1 i ing. They went to Grand Rapids last1 | week. K. C. Kiley, of Grand Rapids, is; president qf the association and! LAST OF THE SNOW MAN BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1913, TEN CENTS PER WEEK McCUAIG WINS ON MANDAMUS ACTION But Victory is Shallow Since Decision Kills Chance of Keeping Out a Brewery Saloon. SIGNATURE IS UNNECCESSARY Court Holds License is Good Even If Unsigned So Tibbetts Will Occupy Former Marin Place, BUSINESS IS QUIET TODAY channel of the Mississippi where “‘Charles F. Scheers, of Akeley, is v:ce-fBanks and Schools Closed Today as flows through the great meadows. An executive committee of the' president and secretary of the Com- mercial clubs of Bemidji, Cass Lake, Federal Dam, Walker, Boy River,! Ball Club. Deer River and Grand' Rapids was appointed to p the ' matter in and out of congress in ord- er that action may be taken as soon as possible. By the building of a lock in the Warfield dam and the building of one more dam between | here and Cass Lake, Bemidji will be the head of navigation on the \h:~ sissippi. What was at first looked upon as! a “pipe dream”, gradually impressed | its importance upon the men attend- | ing the meeting until the project was! favored by all. William O'Neill, ex-! senator. made the opening and key | note address saying that while he did not expect to live to see boat passing: from Bemidji to New Orleans, yvet such ; a thing was a possibility if umkvrl efforts are made to obtain the right system of dams and locks. Mr. O’Neill poiunted out that the River Rhine is made to carry an enor-' mous traffic each year but that it not a better river than the Mis: issip-i pi. He said that the war department looked upon the Mississippi basin as the place for the storing of waters to Dbe used on the lower river when drouth comes but that at present the water never reaches Minneapolis he-, cause it is absorbed and evaporated in the great meadows. FHe advocated the appointing of a central committee of all the Commercial clubs interested in the project in may be taken with congress at once. Walter Neills, of Cass Lake, presid-: ed at the meeting and was assisted hy 7. 8 n. Mr. O'Neill was fol- lowed by J. Burke who endorsed the prejec ed the plan was feasible. P. M. Lar- son of Cass Lake told of the efforts made by the Cass Lake Commercial ciub alone that the other clubs had been called in to assist because one voice was apparently too weak. County Attorney Torrance was in- a “silver tongued orator’” ted that “sliver tongued” more appropriate, 12d Mai- shall. head the United Sta For- estry Service in Ca Lake, said that the war department was censirueting the greatest system of reservoirs in the world on the uvper . Mr. Marshall stated that the dams al- ready in hoid back 100,000,000,000 eubic feet of water. “We cannof drink it all,” he said, »and should do something with it. It is ours. There are 80,000 horsepower developed by water falls between here and Minneapolis and this entire re- servoir system is to hold back water enough to keep the power up in the dry season. Wee are given no consid- eration whatever and the eountry is T (Continued on last page). troduce: but in would be order that action - and stated that he believ- ipresident. The local arrangementsy for the entertainment of the associa-| tion have been left to Presldeml 'Whlte and Secretary Baer of the Com- | imercial club. Preliminary pldns in-| {clude a banguet at which Judge Stan- ton, formerly president of the associa- )tlon will preside, fishing trips, dl!tO| Itrips and sight-seeing tours. | | CLAIMS MADERO'S DEATH Good Friday is Legal Holiday in Minnesota, MERC}LANTS READY FOR EASTER | The streets in the business section ! {of Bemidji looked almost deserted this morning as the banks were closed ; and no children were passing to and' EXTRA COMMISSION - APPOINTED lludges of District Court Pick Fifteen Men to Submit New Charter to People of Bemidji. WAS RESLLT OF A PLOT‘from school. As Good Friday is a! 'legal holiday in Minnesota, the threelMUST REPORT IN SIX MONTHS San Francisco, March 21.—-Colonel ! Manuel Blanche Alcade, publisher of | the New Era, a Mexico City newspa- | banks refused to do business. The; govemment through was on the job all day. 1 Menchants who have been making| the postoffice, | Judges McClennahan, Wxight and per, generally regarded as the mouth- . preparations for Easter for some time] | Stanton, of the Fifteenth judicial dis- ipiece of the late President Madero’s; the assertion that he was “in a posx- jtion to prove” that Madero was shot' to death and Vice President Suarez, E‘astex Sunday than has been on at! strangled in the natiomal palace on {the night of February 23 and the:day is fine. the women are planning} -bodies taken to the prison in an auto-, mobile. “The reported assault by the .guards,” says Alcade, “was merely a! iruse, u part of the plot. The intimate friend of Madero, ac-| rcompanied by his family. escaped ?fmm Mexico by disguising himself. | | Alcade said Madame Madero told! +him there was no hope for Madero, -basing her fear on an interview she, sitad with American Ambassador wil-, son on the afterncon of February 22, where she went to implore Wilson fo intercede and save Maderc’s and Saurez’s lives. Alcade declaved Wilson. declined to intercede to save him from arrest and death. He said after he (Alcade) had pro-: tected fifteen American families in; his school where he commanded 300 ; soldiers, he went to Wilson, after the ldance will probably be given the fol-; Huerta coup, fearing arrest, and ap- pealed for aid. Soon afterward aj friend told Alcade, he asserts, tlmt; Wilson turned the names of Alcade and his brother over to the secretary of tue interior, who ordered their ar- Alcade, his family and brother i { { ! GRAND RAPIDS HERE SATURDAY; Tomorrow night the Bemidji High! school basket ball team will clash with the’Grand Rapids team. Both! teams will enter the game determined { to win. The local teain met defeat| at their hands a few weeks ago but believe they can win back the honors| lost. The manager of the rink re-| tused to let the team have the hall for ten dollars but will pay all expenses! for the total gate receipts. This takes all responsibility off of the bas- ket ball managers hands but there will be no chance to clear any money. h-ue been disappointed in the weath-| administration, has arriyed here w1th er but report sales abhove normal for;ml this month to date. There will prob- a.hly be more snow on the ground: any other time this winter but if the to wear their new bonnets. ! . In order to bring the vacation near- ‘er the middle of the semester, the Be-! midji schools will close week after inext for the usual spring vacation. U. C. T. DANCE POSTPONED. The High school plays, which will be given on March 28, are progressing! ‘rapidly. The armory has been en !gaged for that date and an admxssion charge of thirty-five cents has beel made. Fifty cents will be charged for| reserved seats. inoon those taking part in the playsi of tne grade children and au admis-| ‘sion of fifteen cents will be made. .Tne U. C. T. committee * as postponed 'the daunce which they intended to give on that date so as not to intet- fere with the High school play. Their lowing week. FARROW TO MANAGE HOTEL T. E. Farrow who for nine years thad charge of the hotels in Yellow- stone Park has been engaged by Louis ‘W. Hill of the Great Northern rail- way to manage Glacier Park hotel, the unique mammoth log hostelry at the eastern gateway to Glacier Na- tional Park. Mr. Farrow will take-charge of the new tourist hotel when it opens for the first time this season. International Falls Press: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Strickland left Mon- day evening for Bemidji, in whuich city Mr. Strickland has accepted the position of assistant cashier of the First National bank. Their many friends were Sorry to see them leave this city but rejoice with them over the good position offered them. itrict this morning appointed a char- commission for Bemidji. Under {the petition on which the commission | iwas named, it is to submit a com- {mission form of government charter |to tne voters of this city. ! According to the state laws, the !men named for the commission have| jthirty days in which to file their ac- {ceptances of the appointment and six {months in which to draft and make 1a report. The new charter is then! ysubmxtred to the voters and lf passed, }bocomos operative within the statu- {tory time. The commissioners . are jall men who have been residents of Bemidji for five years or more and are freeholders. ' The following men were appointed {by the judges: F, 8. Arnmold, W. N. On Thursday aflep‘BO“hPlv K. K. Roe, G. E. Carson. A.|form his duties or who has failed to P. White, J. J. Opsahl, F. S. Lycan, J. Bitter in his criticism of Wilson, Will put on a matinee for the benetit| M. Richards, Fred Rhoda, E. 4. Shap- non R. H. Schumaker, David Gill, B.| . MeDonald, F. M. Malzahn, T. J. {Burke. All of the men signed the | petition as being in favor of .submit- ting a commission form charter to the people. CASSLER SELLS HIS FARM ‘W. A. Cassler, a farmer in the town of Grant Valley, has sold his farm to John T. Ries. The farm contains 112 acres and it is said that the purchase price was $2,500. The condition of Miss Anna Skeim the young woman who was so badly times by Bennie Tinjum at her school inear Glyndon, continues to improve and her chances of recovery are grow- ing steadily better. She passes ex- cellent nights and is free from the headache that has troubled her. There is still a little fever, but her general condition has steadily im- proved during the past few days. The danger from lockjaw ‘has practically passed, and everything looks promis- ing #for Miss Skeim. Her father and mother are faithful attendants at her bedside.—Moorhead News. I injured -when she was shot taree| }fiovmmm SIGNS BILL | e . | ilienpportionment Now a Fact After Three Pens Have Been Used— All Are Given Away. REVISE STATE -CONSTITUTION { | | i g | I | | | { | St.Paul, Minn., March 21.—The legislative reapportionment bill |reached Governor Eberhart Thursday {afternoon and was promptly signed. | Three men asked the governor for the | pen with which he signed the bill ex- |tending a long-delaved justice to Northern Minnesota and the governor {said “yes” to each. He found a way {out of this apparent difficulty by buy- ing three fountain pens. With one {he signed his initials, with" another ihe signed the first half of his name, and with the third he signed the last Khalt‘ Then the fountain pens wemI to W. R. Mackenzie, secretary.of the‘ {Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation and a faithful and untiring worker for reapportionment in the {last two sessions; to Cyrus M. King fof Deer River, president of the asso- iciation. and to Representdllve Cleon XT Knapp of Chisholm. The removal of members.of charter commissions who do not attend to itheir duties is provided for in a bill} introduced in the senate by Senator L’Herault of Minneapolis. The dis- trict court may, on the request of the |commission, remove any member of the commission who has failed to per- iattend four comsecutive meetings without being excused. i Representative Gunnar B. Bjornson ‘of Minnesota, 1 . Holmberg of Ren- ville and W. 1. Nolan of Minneapolis Thursday afternoon introduced in the house the long-expected bill propos- ing a constitutional convention to re- |vise the ancient and much-patched constitution of the state of Minnesota. It provides that the question shall be voted on in November, 1914, DAN SULLIVAN DEAD -Dan Sullivan died in-St. Anthony’s | hospital last night from dropsy. Fe was about sixty-eight years old and as far as can be learned leaves no relatives. Sullivan has been cmployed in the woods for the past several years as blacksmith for the Crook- ston Lumber company. No’inquest will be held as death was due directly to liquor. He will be buried as a county charge by Coroner Ibertson. NO STRAWBERRIES FOR EASTER Roe and ' Markusen advertised strawberries for Easter, but owing to ‘the recent rains in Florida the berries reached Duluth in bad condition and as a result there will be no berries for Bemidji folk Sunday. late Sam Marin. STANTON RAPS CITY CHARTER Says Present Instrument is so Com- plex It is Hard to Find Law on Any Pojnt. Denying the writ on the ground that a liquor license does not need the signature of the mayor in order to be valid, Jufige C. W. Stanton this morning refused to grant F. S. Tib- betts a writ of mandamus. While the - victory was a techmical one for Mayor McCuaig, Mr. Tibbetts is al- lowed to open a saloon in the former ‘| Marin place without the mayor’s sig- nature to his license. Action in the case was brought by Mr. Tibbetts after the city council had granted him a license to open a saloon in the building occupied by the granted at the first meeting of the new city council after Mayor Me-~ Cuaig had asked that it be not grant- ed. The mayor refused to sign the license and although City Attorney Russell ruled that the mayor’s signa- ture was not necessary, no saloon was opened and the action on mandamus was brought. In the argument before Judge Stan- ton this morning, counsel for the mayor alleged that the facts contain- « in the petition of Mr. Tibbetts did not constitute sufficient grounds om which to base his action. He alse alleged that there was nothing in the charter .or general statutes of the state which made it mandatory om the mayor to sign any license. His last argument apparently pleas- ed counsel for Mr. Tibbetts since if the writ was quashed on that ground, as it subsequently was, he could open a saloon without a license signed by the mayor. Counsel for Mr. Tibbetts did not attempt to argue the point but allowed it to rest. It is unders stood that the saloon will be opened at once. A case in point cited this morning was that of a member of the Flood- wood council who had brought am action before Judge Dibell of Duluth on a mandamus case. The writ was denied him but on the ground that by being a member of the council it would put him in a dual position if Le was to operate a saloon and so would be contrary to public policy. The settlement of the Tibbetts case means that the hands of Mayor Me- Cuaig are tied when it comes to cut- ting the number of saloons doing bus- iness in Bemidji. He has the right te revoke any license but the council hag the right to grant one in its place se. in case of any real fight between the mayor and the council, an endless chain of grafting and revoking H- censes could be the only result. Two bills bearing on the question have been introduced into the legis- lature. The first is an amendment to the present law limiting saloons to not more than one to 500, but allow- ing as many as were in éxistence at the time the law passed, to read that as fast as a license expires they shall be dropped until the number reaches one to 500. The second is the Nelson bill which covers practically the same ground. The difference is that the. Nelson bill will cut the number at once whereas the other, if it passes, will take longer. Judge Stanton took a fling at the present city charter this morning when he said that in order to find out the law in this city, the whole charter must be read each time. MINNESOT A HISTORICAL The license -was -