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

THE BE ‘v“slnt\fi\ goctety MIDJ1 DAILY PION VOLUME 11, NUMBER 100. NEXT MOVE UP T0 WASHINGTON Envoy Lind Is Awaiting Further Instructions—Huerta More Friendly DENYING ALARMIST REPORTS Issues Official Statement That Nego- tiations With U. S. Are Continu- ing In Cordial Manner Mexico City, Aug. 21.—Further ne- gotiations looking to a peaceful settle- ment of the Mexican situation, follow- ing Provisional President Huerta’s re- Jection of President Wilson’s proposal as submitted by his personal repre- sentative, John Lind, would appear now to depend upon Washington. If the United States government is will- ing to reopen the controversy there is every reason to believe that the Mex- ican government would be willing. An official statement from Frederic Gamboa, the Mexican foreign minister, 8ays that the negotiations between Mr, Lind and the Mexican government have not entirely been broken off, but that they “are being continued con- fidentially.” This statement was giv- en to representatives of the Mexican newspapers for local publication. It was the first news given to the local press since Monday morning. Mexico’s reply to the United States, while couched in diplomatic language, was a definite rejecion of President Wilson's proposals as presented by Jobn Lind. Unless the Washington government sees fit to submit new propositions it I8 considered that the negotiations here will be closed. What the Mex- ican government may do appears largely a psychological problem. Leaders Are Conservative. The statement made by Dr. Urrutia, minister of the interior, on Monday night and subsequently denied, that the United States had been given un- til Tuesday night to recognmize the Huerta administration, is taken to in- dicate the attitude of at least a por- tion of the Mexican government. But the conservative element appears to have won the upper hand and is show- ing a tendency to continue friendly re- lations with Mr. Lind. Ex-Governor Lind is awaliting in. structions from Washington. He still is otpimistic and believes that the Mexican government may yet elect to entertain President Wilson's peace proposals. Regarding the character of notes ex- changed between the two governments Mexican officers refuse to enter into any discussion. The Mexican government sent to each of the foreign legations in Mex- ico City a note in which it was stated that the negotiations with ex-Gover- nor Lind were continuing in a cordial manner and denying that Minister Ur- ratio had made any statement which might be regarded as an ultimatum to the United States. Personal relations between Presi- dent Wilson’s emissary and the mem- bers of the government here are friendly. CREAM CAN EXPLODES E. C. Stiles Receives Badly Swollen Lip When Cover Flies Off Tues- day Afternoon. WILL PROSECUTE SHIPPER E. C. Stiles, buttermaker for the Bemidji creamery was struck in the face by a cover of a cream can Tues- day afternoon when a can containing cream shipped by E, L. Waldron of Cass Lake exploded. Mr. Stiles tests all of the cream coming into the Be- midji creamery and has rejected ship- ments from Mr. Waldron on previous occasions and has cautioned him several times about phipping poor cream. According to Mr. Stiles it is illegal to ship cream in that condition and he will take immediate ~ action agaipst the offender. He also stated that the cream had not been taken care of before shipped and that it was kept in a warm place where ad- ditional cream would be added each day. . This is the first accident that has happened in the Bemidjt Creamery since Mr. Stiles has taken charge but as the cans had not been opened he was not aware of any danger. Summer Resorters Leaving Many summer resorters on Lake Bemidji are breaking up camp and are returning to their respective homes in many sections of the United States. Those who have no children} are remaining until late in the fall but as school starts next month the children are preparing to take up their studies, H 166 CONTESTANTS ENTER Free Piano Contest Conducted By Schroeder Store Attracts Much Attention CUSTOMERS ARE CASTING VOTES With the Schroeder-Pioneer Piano Contest but two weeks under way, interest among the customers and contestant is beginning to attract considerable attention. ' To begin with each and every con- testant is given 2000 votes. One hundred .and sixty six have entered. Yesterday was the first day of voting Dozens who are gathering votes have not as yet cast theirs, while Wwho are anxious to let their friends know they are out to win have taken the first step. Remember that this' contest does not close until February 14th and it is possible that the winner has not yet entered the race. In addition to the candidates who number 1 to 166 the following have cast their ballots. Those who have not, have 2,000 votes to start in"addition to what they are holdifig back. 1—22,000 14—17,000 18—14,000 27—117,600 35—24,000 = 38—27,000 N 43—19,000 55—18,000 64—16,000 70—33,000 71—21,000 82—36,200 83—24,000 87—19,200 94—13,000 102—23,500 106—7,000 106—9,000 108—5,500 112—13,100 119—26,250 128—20,180 136—25,400 143—27,000 1561—29,000 1563—6,500 154—5,200 1566—5,180 166—5420 166—12,500 PLAY PROVES SUCCESS Musicial Comedy Written by Dan McCann Draws Large And Ap- perciative Audience some MONEY FOR CATHOLIC CHURCH Replete with keen humor and snappy songs the musicial comedy entitled “A Summer Romance” prov- ed one of the livliest and best staged home talent plays ever produced in Bemidji. Although the entire time required in the production, was only one hour and twenty minutes, the audience continued in an uproar of laughter and applause after each sketch and joke. Led by two pretty actresses ip Maude McCann as Vivian Hale ana Servia McKusick as Ethel Toliver the sketch was kept full of life and snap, their singing being especially sweet and fitting to the occassion. Richard Fenton and Al. Neuman as “Bos” were good. Their jokes and ac- tions were entirly new and drew a great deal of applause. Dan McCann and Wilbur Lycan proved them- selves stars and received their share of appreciation from the audience. Mrs. 0'Malley of Chicago sang two solos between the first and second act and would have been forced to sing several more in response to the applause if the curtain had not in- terrupted and turned the crowd’s at- tention to the group of pretty girls singing lively songs on the stage. The proceeds amounted to $178.25 which will be turned over to St. Phillip’s church. SCOOP zrorten REPORTER : = BEMIDJI MINNESOTA, THU‘BSDA(, EVENING AUGUST 21, 1913. THAW WILL MAKE STUBBORN FIGHT Engages Array Of Counsel To Oppose Extradition—Flaw In Legal Charge RELATIVES PLAN ON ASSISTING Heild Under Criminal Laws Of Which He Is Clear In The State Of New York Sherbrooke, Que., Aug. 21.—Pro- tracted conferences between three Canadian 1fwyers retained to oppose Harry K. Thaw’s deportation to the! United States indicacted that ‘his pre-| liminary arraignment in court would be postponed possibly for a week. No anfiouncement to this effect was made, but Charles D. White, employed over night to head the Thaw legal, forces, delayed throughout the fore-! noon in applying for the writ of ha- beas corpus necessary to produc Thaw in court. 5 Later in the day, it was said, Thaw’s lawyer would request that the case be put over. Decision in this matter rested with Superior Judge Globensky, sent down here from Mon- treal to preside during the so called “long vacation” of the court. Thaw spent the night in the hos- pital ward and in the morning, at the urgent telegraphic demands of his family, retained new counsel to fight deportation to the United States. Since his arrival here Thaw money has poured into Sherbrooke. An allen- ist has already been tentatively en- gaged. Thaw would welcome any test of his sanity, it is said. Relatives Hurrying to Canada. George Lauder Carnegie, his broth- erin-law, wired during the night that he was hurrying here with Thaw's| sister, Margaret, and cautioned them to delay all proceedings, if possible, pending _his arrival. Meantime Charles D. White, recommended to the Thaw family as Sherbrooke’s most astute lawyer, took charge of the case. The question of insanity was not embodied" 1n - the commitment which brings Thaw before the immigration authorities here. He is held merely a8 a fugitive from the “penitentiary at Matteawan,” where he was confined on a “criminal charge” for life. Thaw himself was quick to see the chances for fighting deportation on such grounds, for at Matteawan he was charged with nothing, being held as a lunatic acquitted of the White mur- der. The immigration officials, it was said, were aware of this ioophole in the commitment and were considering the advisability of changing the charge. However, should they deport him simpiy as an undesirable allen— a lunatic—it might mean his entering the United States via some state oth- er than New Yeork and this would in- voke protracted extradition proceed- ings, the outcome of which would be doubtful. KKK KK KRR KKK KK KK * ATHLETIC CLUB MEETING *x . *x * Monday August, 26, 1913 % % Important meeting of Athle- & * tic Club at Commercial Club & * Monday evening August 25, % * 1913 at 8 o’clock. * * Carl A. Johnson, & * Secretary % XK KKK KKK KKK KK CANDIDATES OUT TONIGHT Will Appear For First Practice At Fair Grounds Candidates for the Bemidji Ath- letic Club track team will appear this evening at the fair grounds at 7 o'clock and will be put through light practice for the field meet ‘which will be held during the county fair on September 10th Ith and 12th, Many men from the villages around the county have expressed _their intention of entering the meet. The fair association will purchase the shot and other minor apparatus which will be necessary for the meet. == FARMERS ARE T0 MEET Will Discuss Methofh of Clearing Beltrami Coutty Lands August 29th. G W. R. MAGKENZI% TO ATTEND - L3 Tuesdaynight a'comittee appoint- ed by the Beltrami €ounty Develop- ment association metiin the Reynolds and Winter land offic for the purpose of calling a meeting’iof all who are interested in the cleiring of land in this county. The dafe for the meet- ing has been .set for' August 29th and will be held in the city hall. All of the farmers throughout the county are urged t0 be present as able speakery who' have had ex- perience and are well educated upon the subject to be discussed will ex- plain easy procesies of pulling stumps and clearing; the land. The farmers who have organized clubs will attend #h Dodies and many of them who Have had a great deal of experience in. clearing their own land will give ‘their ideas and state what can be done for the small- est amount of money. The meeting is decidedly a devel- opement gathering and the commit- tee believes that the majority of farmers about the county will at- tend. The business men are also urg-| ed to be present as every acre of land which is cleared will prove to be profitable for the Bemidji busi- ness men in the futiire. Bueford M. Gile and Delbert A. White were appointgd as additional members of the committee and will! aid in making this meeting for the farmers a success. According to the members of the committee, the Bemidji business men | are working for the well fare of the Beltrami County Farmers and| any aid which they can render in’ developing progrss, which the farm- ers or rural clubs mey wish to make they appear willing to offer. Many believe that by exchanging ideas the farmers will perfect a pro- fitable way in which to rid their land of stumps and the purpose of this meeting will' b% to induéc’ the farmers to explain any way in which they may have to clear their land with rapidity and at a small cost. W. R. MacKenzie, Secretary of the Northern Minnesota Developement Association will be present and aid the committee and farmers in making the meeting successful. KKK KR KR KKK KKK F ATTENTION MEN! . * %k * * ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok & Tonight at the fair grounds * candidates for the track meet * will gather for the first time * If you care to enter or not, be * on hand. ¥ The time of meeting is 7 * oclock. 4 The place is the Fair Grounds The object is to elect a cap- tain and get a line on entries. Everybody should get out and * boost. This first meeting will ¥ mean everything for the suc- * cess of the athletic club. Will * ou be there? * KR KK KKK KKK KKK % % ok k Kk ok k k ok o *! SCHROEDER HARVESTING Reports Field Of Barley That Ex- cels Anything in County Charles F. Schroeder reported to the Pioneer this morning that he was ready to harvest the finest field of Barley he had ever seen. He stated that he would have the pho- tograph of the field taken tomorrow as a better specimen of Beltrami County products could not be shown. Mr. Schroeder is mow harvesting his crops which he states are of the best in Northern Minnesota. Sign Falls—Breaks Window This afternoon a sale sign hanging in front of the C. O. D. Store on Third street blew down ‘and crashed through the plate glass window. Two pairs of shoes were badly cut but PROF J. N. Lenker Who Speaks At The Swedish Lutheran Church Tonight A A A AAAAAAAAAAAAAANANANANAN LENKER SPEAKS TONIGHT Scandinavian In Graded And Country Schools Prof. J. N. Lenker, of Minneapolis who speaks at the Swedish Confere- ence this evening on “the language and culture of the north of the old world for the north of- the new world,” advocates a three language education as in Europe, first place to be given to English the national tongue, second place to the family or settlement language, regardless of what it is, if enough pupils are found to maintain a class, and then let the child chose the third language for his future business or cultural devel- opment. The language talent of the pupil and the common simple univer- sal laws of human speech can be de- veloped better by the study of two languages than by one, In Cincinnati, 15,000 pupils study German in the, eighth grades, in Indianapolis 7,000, . Cleveland 10,000, and in Milwaukee 80,000 and it has been demonstrated that a pupil taking as allowed by the Minnesota law, one hour a day in the settlement language and five hours in the national tongue will acquire better marks and a broader-education through the eight grades than if all six hours were devoted to one langu- age only. The time to learn a second lan- guage says Prof Lenker is in- early life. The one thing the mother teach- es the child in its first six years is language, and it is not dome by a book through the eye, but by exer- cise of the ear., tongue, the organs.of human speech, which should be bet- ter developed by the school, by con- tinuing .the work on the foundation laid by the parents. STUMP PULLER HERE FOR FAIR Will Be Demonstrated To Farmers And Tair Attendants What will undoubtedly prove one of the most interesting features to be shown at the Beltrami County fair is a one man stump puller which will be demonstrated by a representative of the A. J. Kirstin Company of Es- canaba, Michigan. This company has written to Charles F. Schroeder Secretary of the Beltrami County Fair Association asking for permis- Sion to demonstrate the machine Permission was readily granted as the Fair Committee appear anxious to have any .device that could pos- sibly aid the farmers in clearing land or developing their farms shown at the coming fair. CYCLONE KILLS 1, INJURES 18 Fierce Gale Hits Greenbush About 6:45 Wednesday Evening Greenbush, Minn.,, Aug. 21:—A cyclone struck about four miles north of this city about 6:45 last evening and killed one person and = injured eighteen others. Houses, barns and out buildings were destroyed in an area of about five miles long and two miles wide. Trees were uprooted and everything within that stretch has been either shattered or carried no other damage was done. Talk About Your Fog Horns---You Onght To Hear Shovels =_=E——S ‘bearing the same name. away. TEN CENTS PER WEEK JOHN WISE PRAISES SITE AT BEMIDJI Member of State Normal -School Board Devotes Four Columns of His Paper in Describing Bemidji and His Visit Here PRESERVE RUGGLES TIMBER FOR STATE PURPOSES Discuss Advantages of City Calling Attention fo Rail- road Facilities, Sanitary And Natural Conditions, Surroundings Advantages & John Wise, that portly, smiling |al distriet. The surrounding land at newspaper man and member of the State Normal School Bodrd who hails from Mankato, Minnesota was so ta- ken up with Bemidji and what she| offered the state for the Sixth nor- mal school that he went home and told his people about it in his paper, The Mankato Daily *Review. He| wasn’t stingy with his space either jand what he said was so good that we have been unable to cut the ar- ticle no matter how hard we - tried. to use shears on it something would be left out that our readers should know, so here goes the entire ar- ticle. “Last Wednesday it was the pleas- ure of the writer, together with other members of the State Normal board to visit thriving little city of Be- midji, the county seat of Beltrami county, this state, and beautifully lo- cated upon the shores of the lake The city| was recently designated by the spe- cial commission appointed by- Gov.- Eberhart and authorized by an act' of the last legislature, as the place for ‘the building of the Normal school, and-thé purpose: of the board’s visit at this time was to inspect the site which is to be given by the city of Bemidji to the state and upon which the néw Normal will be located. The special commission has already viewed the site and. two members of the same, Representative Brown of St. James and C. G. Schulz of St. Paul, the latter also being a member of .the Normal board were there on Wednesday. The visit, too, Wwas upon the invitation of the citi- zens' committee of Bemidji who have secured the tract of land for the school site and before tendering the same to the state they desired some expression from the Normal board as to the size of the tract, location, etc. The deeds to-the land will be soon formally tendered to the Normal school commission, who will present their report as to designation of the city, together with deeds to the land, ete., to Gov. Eberhart on October 1st next. : Board Met in Duluth “The Normal board held its regu- lar quarterly session in Duluth on Tuesday, and having finished its la- bors there, enjoying the hospitaliey extended and entertainment provid- ed by Mr. J. L. Washburn, the resi- dent director of the school there. Five of the nine members left that even- ing at 8 o’clock o’clock for Bemidji, arriving there at 3:30 o’clock the following morning. ““The full day was spent in Bemidji and the entertainment provided oc- cupied every minute of the day up to 11:30 o’clock at night, when the members of the party took the train for their homes.- Their First Visit To Bemidji “With most of the party, Wednes- day was their first-visit to Bemidji and while all had heard and read a great deal about the city, they were indeed surprised at what they saw, the city was beyond: their expecta- tions, Bemidji has about 6,500 popu- lation and is growing rapidly. It is located in the heart of what will in the near future be a rich agricultur- = —_——— sixth state | the present time is quite. heavily Wwooded, but it is being rapidy clear- ed and where cultivated crop yields have been very heavy. Located on Bemidji Lake “As Defore stated, Bemidji is lo- cated upon the shores of the beau- tiful lake bearing the same name. The lake has sixteen miles of heavily timbered shore in its natural wild state, and here and there around the entire lake are many summer homes and cottages, some being owned by pedple living. long distances from there. Two very large lumber mills, which are operated. day and night, are also located upon this lake. * A large summer hotel on the lake shore ‘contemplated in the near fu- ture which when provided, will make Bemidji ‘a still more popular and at- tractive place for summer visitors than now spend the warm summer months there each year: The fishing is splendid, and good sized boats and yachts are operated on the lake, both for public and private use. Is Busy- Gity “Bemidjf s a, nfesperous business .center’ and favorably located. - The city is well built both in the business and residence’ districts, and has thir- ty six blocks of concrete street pave- ment. Next year the paving will be considerably extended tlirough the will also be boulevarded. The thor- oughfares are wide and well kept, as are also the lawns and sidewalks, the latter being almost entirely constructed of cement. “Bemidji has a splendid water sys- tém, owned and operated by the city the water being obtained from a se- ries of deep wells. It is clear and pure, somewhat softer than that in Mankato. The entire city is thus sup- plied with water that is fresh, clear and pure. Sanitary Conditions Good. “Having installed a complete sew- er system the sanitary conditions of the city are excellent, there being but very little sickness. The city is a health as well as a lake resort; and owing to the pine forests about a great many hay fever patients as well as those suffering from asthma visit Bemidji for relief, and get it. In addtion to having large and fine business houses, schools, church- es, public buildings, residences, etc., Bemidji has some wholesale houses that supply the territory tributary and enjoy a large trade. There are three banks, two national and one state, a daily newspaper, the Bemidji Pioneer, ably edited, and also a weekly newspaper, the week- 1y Sentinel, both of “which have good circulations. Will Have New Federal Building “A new Federal building, an appro- priation of $75,000 having already been granted by congress for the same will be built during the coin- ing year. “The hotel accommodations . are the very best, such as are seldom found in a city of ~its size. The Markham House is the name ‘of the leading hotel, and, it is splendidly conducted -enjoying a reputation throughout - that section that keeps it filled at all times. The .enlarge- ment of this hotel is now under way. There are also two or more second class hotels. Bemidji’s Commercial Club The Commercial club of Bemidji lis made up of men who “do things,” as is evidenced by.the rapid stri.des the city is making. The club occupies nicely equipped and furnished rooms for the holding of its business ses- sions and conferences, as well as for social affairs and: the entertainment of the members and visitors in the city, - 2 2 “The city also has a large and active auto club that is pushing the good foads movement, both in work on the roads and in the expenditure of mon- residence districts where the streets’