Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 22, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 72/. LOAN ASSOCIATION | CREDIT TO BEMIDJI After Four Years of Life Organization is Found to be in Flourishing Con- dition—Great Benefit to City. FIN RATING IS HIGH Purpose is to Assist Residents in Building and Owning Own Homes —Entirely a Local Project. It was four years ago that a group of enterprising business men in Be- midji organized what is now known as the Bemidji Building & Loan asso- ciation, the main purpose of its for- mation being to better conditions here and to assist in the upbuilding of the oity. Heavy Immigration. At the time the association was or- ganized, Bemidji was experiencing a heavy immigration, which conse- quently meant a house shortage. Lo- cal business men were quick to rea- lize that some action must be taken to assist the middle classes of people in building homes for themselves, which would mean their permanent residence, and it was decided that a building and loan association would be a great benefit and would relieve the situation. All Are Benefited. The business of the association is to make loans to people for the pur- pose of erecting houses, which can be repaid in small monthly amounts, about equalizing rent. Through this plan many homes have been built in Bemidji that might not have other- wise been erected and, consequently, every merchant and interested cit- izen of Bemidji has been benefited. The first of August the association will be four years old and its finan- cial condition is rated very high. A Bemidji Project. Much credit is due to the directors and stockholders of the association | who have expended their efforts that the organization might be made a success. It is a Bemidji project, owned and organized entirely by lo- cal men and it is backed by money earned and spent only in .Bemidji. Every business man in Bemidji should take a keen interest in the plan and do his share in maintaining the success it now eny Every dollar that is loaned by the association on Bemidji . property, means just that much more to the business interests of Bemidji mer- chants, and the maintaining of a family almost permanently in our city. HAS THRILLING RIDE. Mrs. Martin Kenfield Travels Twelve Miles in Aeroplane. While in Duluth Martin Kenfield of daughter of George prominent Bemidji the thrilling experience of riding several miles in an aeroplane, the famous Lark o' the Lake. Mrs. Ken- fleld made the trip from the Duluth Boat club to the Spirit Lake branch of the club, a distance of twelve and a half miles in nine minutes, a speed of more tnan a mile a minute, at a height of more than 500 feet from the ground, beating a fast boat after it had been given a start of twenty- five minutes. While in-Bemidji last evening enroute to Brainerd, Mrs. Kenfleld related the story of the trip. Mrs. Kenfield says: she felt no fear at all and ‘will repeat the trip at the first opportunity. recently, Mrs. Deer River, Cochran, the contractor, -had McGarry Visits Bemidji. P. H. McGarry, of Walker, -owner of Glengarry, the popular summer resort located near that city, was in Bemidji last evening. For several years Mr. McGarry has been a mem- ber of the state legislature, house of representatives, and is now a can- didate for the senate. While in Be- midji he expressed himself as being * well satisfied with the situation and said that he is confident of election next November. Dance This Evening. Arrangements have been complet- ed for a dance which will be given this evening at Dreamland. The Harris orchestra, comprising three musicians of ability, will provide music. Mr. and Mrs, George Wright of Cromwell, Minnesota, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Burgess during the past week left for their home yepterdpy. Miss Ethel Burgess of Tower, sister of Mr. Burgess, and Miss Ann Hewitt of Soudan, are visiting at the Burgess home. The young women will re- turn to their homes next week by auto, when they will accompany Mr. and Mrs. Burgess who will tour to Duluth, Alderman R. E. Miller will go to International Falls tomorrow. .on | AN g T i Teheran, Persia, July 22.—Suitan) Ahmed Mirza, the sixteen-year-old shah of Persia, on attaining his offi- clal majority took the constitutional oath of office in the palace of the na- tional counc) The little shah, accompanied by the regent, Abdul Kassim Kham Nasser &} Mulk, drove to the palace of the na- tional council in a palace coach drawn by eight white horses. Large bodies of police and troops were stationed in strategic positions along ths route. RE-ENACT MURDER SCENE Witnesses Tell How Gaston Calnette Met His Death—Mme. Caillaux Halts Evidence of Employes. DEFENDANT DENIES STORIES Paris, July 22.—Before a throng that filled every nook of the assize court at the palace of justice em- ployes of the Flgaro reconstructed the scene enacted when Mme. Henrietta Calllaux, wife of the former premier and minister of finance, slew Gaston Calmette, the editor she accused of villifying her husband. 3§ Charles Giraudeau, a reporter; Hen- -| ¥ "Rouleay, & meNseagor,~ wnds Jesn-| Cercle, a telephona operator,. related portions of their experiences. They said Louis Voisin of the advertising department was talking with Henri Honore, an artist, and Eduard Mas- son in the room where Mme. Caillaux was walting to see M. Calmette. “We never mentioned Caillaux,” sald Voisin, “as she said yesterday.” Mme. Caillaux here interposed, say- ing, “I wish to ask M. Voisin whether sheet ready? and whether M. Voisin did not answer, ‘We have a great pa- per on Caillaux tomorrow? ” - “That is absolutely false, Voisin. Mme. Caillaux: “I heard Veisin say to his friend, ‘It costs dear, but we are letting loose the hunting dogs on all sides.’” Honore denied Caillaux had been mentioned. Masson’s deposition was read to the same effect. Louls Latzarus described the shoot- ing. He said he heard shots and ran to Calmette’s room, where Calmette had sunk in a state of collapse in a chair. M. Sirac, he said, was holding a woman by the wrists. She cried: “Let me go. I am not going to escape.” T Sirac then let her go, said the wit- ness, and she stood near the door, clear-eyed and with her face neither pale nor flushed. She seemed un- troubled by the fifteen editors who quickly gathered around her. #aid Held Funeral Today. Katie Welter, the twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Peter Wel- ter, who live near Fowlds, 22 miles from Bemidji, died yesterday morn- ing at the St. Anthony’s hospital. Death was due to peritonitis and she had been sick for only about two weeks. The funeral was held from the Catholic church this morning, Father Philippe officiating. Anter- ment was made in Holy Cross ceme- tery. < i v i Rockets to' be fired from the vUNJUS‘l'LY DEALT WlTil Mm]{ |refuse I will have you legally pro-j one of his friends did not say, 'Is the | & Work for Any Employer Demand- ing Services—Dare Not Refuse. REPEALING BILL IN CONGRESS Association Denm hr_ Me Day for Enjopment of Emfloyes—Seott | Stowart 10 X By, Congressman 'C. H. Tavenner. Washington, July 22.—Few-Ameri- cans would believe it if told-that in the United States there is a law which President. Of ']Q enables an.employer to say to a man, “You must come to work for ~me,| ‘'Wwhether you wish to or not. If you, At a regular meeting ness Men’s associatl Commeretal club root ’l‘uesday at- \ There is such a law, however.|ternoon, two new memfers were vo- Aid this law does not permit the|ted into the associatic man seeking work to go to the em-|market for fwm ployer and demand that he be given; eration wit.h‘uwdlel‘lt ipld 2 pic- employment upder the penalty that, the employer -cannot operate his vz:\enda.tion property if he refuses to hire the|Made to the Comm: olub, gek- applicant. ing it to circulate a pg ',ioq 80 ghat The law is a lMve law. It exists|tie caring for ‘the coulty poor eys- on American merchant vessels, where | 6™ may be’submitted o a vote of o' many medieval curiosities of -laws ]| the Péople at the fall are still in force. This law com-| The Smith-Robinson® plétely lacks mutuality, that necess-|Pany and “Morris D. Zurte of the ity in every contract which can bear |Faris were made membgrs of ‘the as- the test and scrutiny of fhe courts.|Sociation. . W. L. .Brogks reported The man must work for the employeri| PTogTess-in -the work<ef - soliciting or be legally blacklisted but the man |Stock in the Onfon Gra¥ers® associa- cannot force the employer to hire|tion, and stated that.jmore * than him; $1,300 had been _syx_h@acr éd. The as- The law in question is Sec. 4449 |Sociation needs ahout §4000 to carry of the United States Statutes, which/|Out Present plans and $he co-opera- pertains to the employment of tion of both farmer id merchant licensed officers on merchant ves- |Vas urged. - sels. And now that a repealing bill is before congress some of the vessel:| , A. P, Rn.chle, presldefl of the Bet- | owners are bitterly fighting any|ter Farming club and% change in the law. Some however, |the Merchants’ associai have frankly acknowledged that the|ent and when called bill is just. The repealing measure|ident E. A. Barker to is known as the Hardy bill. It has|ing conditions and rel passed the house and is now being|tween farmer and merct considered by the senate committee.|chie said: Under the present statute, every| “I do not believe.th: licensed officer—captain, mate en-|as a, rule has.any. p: gineer and so on—must be willing to;| g0 to work when called upon by vessel owner.. He must work unless|becoming more friendly and that they he can give some reasonable excuse.|hold no grudge agaii’it the mer- The steamboat inspection service |dhant.” In answer to the question, acts as judge of the reasonablness|“why does the farmer ne well as the of excuses, and there is no appeal |city mian send away #6r his sup- outside of-this service. The courts}plies?” Mr. Ritchie said are powerless to interfere. “He does because 'he elieves he All grdinary excuses, however, are/can save money by 8o dding, ‘and not ecause he can t get El 1 ““Tamsure t e 1 taw, have perhaps rarely seen fit to|would be better satisfied with a cash exert that power, probably through |price for his produce than:two pri- the fear of public opinion. . No man|ces, one for cash and one:in trade. has been forced to work against his;|1f he got the cash he would be less will, although he might legally be|apt to send it away for merchandise so forced.. The ship owners plead |than he does today.” this before the Senate Committee; Picnic for Clerks, M;ei reprzsem;xtatrves ozhthe li:el“sed' The merchants expressed a desire officers admitted that there had been:|; oot a5ige a day for @ clerks’ picnic fev]va c:lse: uf_im;;ressment and instructed Secretary Sathre to i “t! © :fg"! cant thing s this.|,gyice Seott Stewart, -one of the e ‘steamship inspectors do not ac- prime movers in the clerks’ associa- cept as a reasonable or lawful excuse tion, to that effect. Mr. Stewart is for not working the fact that the connected with the Rae & Markusen lxcenseq officers may be having a grocery stora~and will make a can- wage dispnte-with the;yessel owners, vas of the clerks and report at the In -other wo{'ds, this law forbids next meeting of ‘the association. strikes. If licensed officers go on a The association recommended that strike they.are In danger bt locsing the Commercial club be requested to their certificates from the govern- take up the matter of changing the trade dgath 4 & T lcounty poor. At present the city What is -;‘,he result Capt. Wescott, of Bemidji looks after all the poor of California, speaking for the mas- o Ty fnd themaelves NiguA hey ters’ = gates. The purpose of this recom- cors’ and matos’ assoclation, told the | yengasion 1s that a petition be circn- enate Committee that second mates|y,ioq asking that the proposition be on the Great Lakes get $70 a month, | gyppjpteq to a vote of the people and can work only eight months a at the fall“eleotion, year—$560 for a year's work by 8| “mne meeting was visited by the man who spent years and an aver. following members of the Bass Lake age of $1,500 securing the certificate Farmers’ club, Messrs. Kieser, Skriv- giving him the right_to serve as|j.u Sandon;ndcoodmanson mate. S : The vessel owners forbid labor i A organizations among these licensed l!elgumclty. A. A. Melges, formerly of this city, officers, and the latter, being help- 2 less, must comply. . |at one time being connected with the “The cheapest thing in the world | Melges Brothers wholesale establish- is a human being,” observed Senator [Ment, but who duringthe last fow Vardaman, a member of the com-|Years has been engaged in the real mittee. “Most of our laws, especi-|eState business, arrived in Bemidji ally navigation laws, have been |this morning. Until recently the written in the interest of corporations | Melges family lived in:Oalifornia, but instead of individuals. In times|DOW Teside in Minneapolls, past the laboring people have had i very, very few friends in our law| making bodies. -This law is a sample of that kind of -legislation.” _ hibited from working at your trade forever. 1 will take away your license.”” . nic voted and & Three Buy Fords. Threa Ford automobiles have been sold by the Northern:Atito -company during the bapt week:, one. going to ground to destrop aeroplanes are a French invention for which great accuracy is claimed. SCOOP THE. CUH FEPCRTER C. W. Stiess, with the Minnnpolis Lintholm Brot mo! Bnudette, one Rubber company, Mlnneapolis, is inlto Charles Warfield and one to L. ‘the city on business. Brnstnd ‘of Bagley. Now It IS Up To The Boss |midji today, were guests of the edi- To Bag A New Wlld Cat Wflham T. Cox’ Gon!en W1 Forelt (Ranger Jolnign. Uy G A—— William T: Cox, state forester, was in ‘Bemidji tgday,.leaving on e {noon train¥of Cass*Lake. Mr. arrived dn Bemidji ev Int n%ional Fglswwilere he s.nant ves fa@ehaing itp_mattefs per- ba.lmngi to_the const; ion._of Koo- chiching oo\mtx firdnmks.‘ns pfl) ¥ided foyghy- the -provisigns: of the last legislature. While 1% Bemidii|’ the forester, | conter{gg_‘y!@ Lafe Johnson, forest ramger. Mr. Cox and his .wite, Pho was *al1 4 Fe- tors on Lake of the Woods outing trip, 2y --TI a O ROV S ; DIFFERS FROM| BflMH}PI:'kN b v o, _a B AH‘MW‘“M.\'Ag Government EEFERS 'T0' BOARD OF HEALTH St. Paul, July 225(Specjal tathe foneer., A’l‘hs{bo&?};\dw voted-that=t-preters-to be:a separate department. The efficiency. commission ;has re- commended that health and the care of the institutions be joined in the department of public welfare. It is an honest difference of opin- ion which will very likely rise in more than one place. =~ 5 The board of health says that the work is too important to ‘be subor- dinated to anything else and they {fell that in the department with the institutions it would ~be oversha- dowed. ’ The efficiency commission main- tains that if the work is done in the most advantageous way, its import- ance has been sufficiently consulted. The work is not subordinated to any other thing when the administration is placed under one or anofiher divi- - |sion. As for the separate. department, the efficiency commission has not seen the need of another-administra- tive officer to oversee the health de- ] partment. The health officer of course is to-'continue under any arrange- ment the executive head of the de- partment, the man who runs it. To hire a high priced director merely: m To place the appointment of the health officer in the governor’s hands direct, would be possible of course, ‘though the efficiency commission has recommended that such offices should: be permanent_expert help, whereas the governor’s appointments are very likely to change with the governor. It is in one sense, hardly fair to put any appointments directly, in his hands that will not be his own se- lection, at least men for whom he | will assume full responsibility. The department could be left out- side the state government where it is now. But not in agreement with the efficiency commission’s plan. The efficiency commission was asked to recommend a business organization of the state government. A ‘business organization does not allow for any independent governifients, -ngx’ de-| tachable boards running, wild. : i ¥ Oswalt-Trotter,” William Claude Oswalt and Junie Trotter, both of Des Moines, Iowa, were married at the clerk of court’s office today.at 12 o’clock, Judge M. A. Clark officiating.. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Miller of Kellinér acted as witnesses,. ;.Mr. Oswalt has been .{n this vicinity for the past six weeks and is in the employ of the Towa Bridge company, which position he i has held for the past five years. The | bride ‘arrived ‘on, the four o’cldck | train thls morning from Des Moines. Mr: and Mre.Oswaly wll! Teturn’ to | Des Moines, this fall ;a8 soon ag Mr. Oswalt has completed nla work n bridges-in thislocality. ° Goes On Fishing Trip. Charles R. Rank of Minneapolis, ‘who is interésted im this section of the’ country to the extent of owning ‘considerable ditch lands, arrived in Bemidji this morning and will spend the week on a flahing trip. Mr, Rank . makes frequent trips to Be- midji and is 'hoostlng the county con-; stantly. Sepai{te —bepartments Should be |, a_ discugsion of the Irish home situation. CASEGOES T0 GRAND JURY Judge Crowell Finds Evidence of Suf- .IMIES F. ’DERHOTT. Dead at City’ Mkmm—r- _Sought Protection " Under Bulul. : femen Several Washouts Along Takeihors, - Basements Flooded and ~Other Losses Bem]t of Rain. mewma m'rs momr. m @by American Press Assoclation. —_— A.0. H. MEETING IN'NORFOLK More Than Four Thousand Delegates in_Attendance. Norfolk, Va., July 22—Upwards of 4,000 thousand delegates are herc for the forty-ninth biennial convention of the Anclent Order of Hibernians. ‘Practically every section of the country ig represented. A feature of the convention includes rle ficient Strength to Hold Charles Only Two Arrests police station yesterday. raigned this morning one man was fined one dollar and the sentence of the other suspended. . Ten. persons have paid two-dollar fines for viola- tion of the state auto laws in. Be- midji. . day was taken in the case of Mrs. R. F. Murphy versus R. F. Murphy, this morning. for the defendant and Graham M. Torrance for the plaintiff. “ Lindbloom for Grand I.a.rceny. Cw TO ;2 ROBBED Fm wfimr&fism flcient strength' to cause his -being| bound over-to the grand:jury, Judge Crowell of the.municipal court, yes- terday afternoon ordered that.Charles Lindbloom be held on the charge of grand larceny. Lindbloom is' man arrested by Deputy George Den- ley last Saturday on a charge of hav- ing robbed a ‘companion, Fehr, of $115. the Edward The eviderice ,as ;produced at the preliminary -hearing yesterday was very conclusive and it appears from the stories of witnesses that the crime was premeditated and involves Jack Flatley; a bartender in one of the Third street saloons. Both Fehr and the defendant were tnder the’infitenct of liquor at the | tlme of the crime. Ciished a check of the Walker & {Akeley’ Luniber ¢ompany, for which firm he had been working. North Dakota farmer. Graham M. Torrance, county at- torney, appeared- for the state in the matter; and C. W. Scrutchin repre- deiited the defendant. Fehr had just He is a IN MUNICIPAL COURT Recorded - in VFive Days. midji_police, two cases were registered at the - When ar- A postponement until Satur- Thayer C.Bailey appeared Pioneer want ads bring results. By "HOP" "_|ithe late hour of the storm not giv-. *lembankment in such torrents that: -| gerous holes. Ennfl.ll 'l‘ot&b 4.15 lnnhel in slm't Period of Two and One Half Hours 5 —PhanenAuBnrnedOnt. g One iian killed, many baflamenm flooded destructive ‘washouts tlong lakeshore and streets.severely dam- aged tells’ the story of the rain: and electrical storm, the. heaviest’in = the city’s history, which ‘visited Be- g midji ‘between 10:30 and midnight Beves last “evening. z A note book, bearing the n‘me-rof James Dale, was the only means of identifying ‘the body of a man found ‘under the band stand’on the 2 city” dock early this morning, ‘death having-been caused by his being: e struck ‘by lightning sometime dur- z : ing ithe storm. The body of the man was notdiscovered until ‘after day- light/"a traveling man finding it just - after- the north bound Minnesota & Infernational train arrived.’ Coromer 2 Ibertson was at once notified’ of -the finding of the body and decided that no inquest’ was necessary. - Dale was about 23 years old. > Not Well Known,” ~ £ While Dale had been seen in Be- - ‘midji by several people, what hé N was doing here is unknown, it be- ing claimed that he has held various & jobs. He was clothed in hew. over- alls, jacket and trousers. It is sup- posed that he sought shelter 'beneath the band stand and that he 'wu struck by the lightning bolt lwhit!l splintered the structure. He will - = = probably be buried by the city. 2 The first rain fell at 10:30,.after; an evening of continuous: thunder and: |heavy. Jightping.- -The.Fain. . m_ perfect torfents, the rainfal-as sn— nounced ‘by Charles ' Warfiela, ~who-- cares for the government -rainfall . apparatus here, amountingto 4.16in- ches, the heaviest in fifteen years, ac- 7 cording to the records. On June 27 3.05 inches of rain fell. Many farm- - ers report that so heavy was the -+ rain that their crops have been dam- - laged to large extents. Nymore Home Struck. Lightning struck the home of Le- ander Bloomquist, Nymore, tearing off one side of the building and do- ing- considerable other -damage. The ‘bolt first struck the chimney. The = extent of the damage is not known. = The building was insured. 3 "Phones Burned Out. 5 Many telephones throughout the < i city ‘were hburned out, Trendering them entirely useless. Both tele- 2 ‘'phone and electric wires were blown & down in all parts of the eity, al- - though the lights Dburned during the .. oy ] entire night. It will not ‘be known :‘ = % just’ how. much damage was done to the electric lines until this evening when ‘the lights will be turned om, ing the electricians opportunity to 3, secure’ information as-to all places in which damage was done. - o3 $ Lakeshofe Damages. = In several places along ‘the lake- shore the water rushed . down the" destructive washouts occurred— In one place between Ninth and Tenth the boulevard road caved in, meces- sitating that a large fill M’m-@e, Streets in every part of the city were fiooded, the sand and gravel being carried away, leaving large and dan- .. - Many basements were. flooded in both the resident and busi~ mess districts of' the city, and losses from thjs source will mtnl mny dol- lars, ' 3 The north end of the Liberty tele- o 'phone line 'was considerably dam- .- aged. 3 Wind Not lh.mmng ‘While reports come’ from nwby | districts telling of the disastrous re- sults of the wind, Bemidjl did mnot suffer. COMMISSIONERS. ADJOURR Will .continne Work of Eqn;lmhon AR i Board Next Week. in leulon being