Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 13, 1916, Page 1

VOLUME XIV. NO. 221. MOTHER AND SON FOUND MURDERED- BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. WEDNESDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1916. = BIGGEST COUNTY FAIR - EVER HELD IS OPENED WITH SUCCESS SURE ./ Eleventh Annual Beltrami County I i 1 ¥ w4 7 7 of the fair. ™ Wed in the afternoon. Fair Has More Exhibits Than Ever Before. FARMERS CLUBS HAVE EXCELLENT SHOWINGS Schools Flood Booths With Exhibits; Tomorrow to Be Bemidji Day. The eleventh annual Beltrami county fair was opened today with every indication of a successful fair. The skies were clear and the weath- er man has promised three days of excellent weather. So many exhibits have been re- ceived in certain departments that _wthe exhibition spaces are crowded. The entire opening day was given over to arranging details. Agriculture and school exhibits are the most prominent exhibits at the fair. Largest Exhibit. The county schools will have the largest exhibit that they have ever had at the fair. Potato and canning contests are some of the features in- cluded in the school exhibit. Among the other exhibits are pota- toes, grasses, grains, vegetables, floral, canned and baking exhibits. The exhibits of cattle, poultry and horses are very good and larger than ever. Clubs Well Represented. Farmers’ clubs are well represented with exhibits. Grains, grasses and Toot crops are abundantly displayed in these exhibits. The clubs have ap- pointed capable men and women to supervise the work of installing their exhibits and every effort is being made to make the exhibits at attrac- tive as possible. The town of Northern club has an especially fine exhibit of cooking, 4 grains, grasses and vegetables placed \ very attractively in a booth decorated in green and white. The booth is an indication that much work has been done to make it one of the most attractive at the fair. Mesdames N. G. Reynolds, John Knowles and C. D. Arnold of Northern are in charge of the booth. Butter is Exhibited. The Summit Farmers’ club of Blackduck exhibit is in charge gf Charles Olson and is another splendid booth, exhibiting grains, stocks, vegetables, creamery butter, etc. Other clubs exhibiting are the Bet- ter Farming club of Grant Valley, the ‘Wide Awake Farming lcub of Pu- posky and the Equitable Farmers club of Frohn. . Although the individual exhibits have not all been placed there is every indication that every exhibit booth reserved will be used. z One exhibit which is attracting much attention is that of Carl Opsata, showing an extracted honey arrange- ment, Good School Exhibits. The rural school exhibits are the largest that have ever been shown. # ‘%Thirty schools have entered exhibits and extra booths were constructed to care for all entries. The Turtle River schools in charge of Miss Lil- lian McGregor have a splendid show- ing. The Blackduck school exhibits are also very good. W. B. Stewart, superintendent of the county schools, is in charge of all »the school exhibits. Stock exhibits are in charge of B. M. Gile, school agriculturist, and John Harris. Tomorrow will be .. ¢ day at the fair. Merchants will close their places of business at noon nm.i the en- tire city will attend the fair in an attempt to make it the banner day Schools will be dismiss- A special pro- gram of races has been prepared. The judges of the races are as fol- lows: Judges—A. P. Ritchie, R. L. Given and C. W. Jewett. Starters— F. H. Koors, Earle A. Barker and E. B. Berman. TEMPORARY INJUNCTION IN CLEARWATER CASE Judge C. W. Stanton of the district court has ordered a temporary injunc- tion restraining the Clearwater coun- ty commissioners from ‘constructing a new court house at Bagley, the let- ‘ting of contracts or the issuing of bonds for the same. ‘ The case was brought by several Tesidents of Clearwater county against the commissioners. BULGARIA MAY SUE FOR PEACE; KAISER CALLS HURRIED MEET Swiss and Dutch Correspondents At- tach Greatest Importance to Conference. NEW CABINET BEING FORMED IN GREECE Bulgarian Town Reported Taken by the French; Somme Situation Unchanged. London, Sept. 13.--Swiss and Dutch correspondents attach much import- ance to the present conference being held at the kaiser’s headquarters. Dispatches from Rome state that the conference was hurriedly called on account of reports that Bulgaria is planning to sue for a separate peace. London, Sept. 13.—A dispatch from Athens says that the French have captured the town of Sorovish from Bulgaria. - Petrograd, Sept. 13.—Austro-Ger- mans have unsuccessfully attempted to take offensive on the Halitz front. Paris, Sept. 13.—The Italians have joined the general allied offensive in the battle near Bukovorzuma. London, Sept. 13.—The situation on the British Somme front has not been changed. London, Sept. 13.—A dispatch from Athens says that King Constan- tine has accepted Zaimis ministry’s resignation. A new ministry is be- ing formed with M. Dinitrakopeulis and M. Cornillas being mentioned for its head. Bucharest, Sept. 13.—Austrians are retreating from the Upper Maros and Aalta valleys. resistance the Rumanians captured Orsova. CEMETERY ASSOCIATION TO MEET SEPTEMBER 23 The annual meeting of the Bemidji Cemetery association will be held at the office of its secretary, Attorney P. J. Russell, September 23. CROW WING COUNTY]| FAIR IS OPENED Brainerd, Minn., Sept. 13.—-Twen- ty-six hundred dollars in prizes were to be given away in premiums at the annual Crow Wing county fair which opened today at Pequot. The North- ern Pacific railway is offering a sil- ver cup for the best dairy calves, the , idea being to induce breeding. VERMIN MUST BE KILLED IN REFUGE “Unless vermin is killed in a game refuge, the refuge will not amount to anything,” said .C. W. Odell, presi- dent of the Minnesota Game Protec- tive association, who with State For- ester Cox was in Bemidji today. Mr. Odell and Mrs. Cox attended a meet- ing at the Itasca state park. “One weasel will kill 250 game birds,” added Mr. Odell. ‘““The more game there is in a refuge; the more weasels, unless some step is taken to kill the vermin.” Mr. Odell is the “father” game refuge idea in this state. PETIT JURY CALLED; GRAND JURY MEETING The petit jury was called for the fall term of the district court this morning. The first jury case taken up was that of the case of Emma Hass against Fred Kaupt. 4 The grand jury is still in session. of the NDalactiva Without serious NIGHT SCHOOL FOR FOREIGNERS TO BE HELD IN BEMIDJI BEGINNING OCT. 15 Board of Education Accepts Sugges- tions of R. K. Doe, U. S. Nat- uralization Agent. SCHOOL TO BE HELD THREE NIGHTS A WEEK ‘School to Be Operated as Long as the Attendance Continues; Plan a Good One. Any foreigner desiring to learn the English language or any person de- siring to attend night school may do so in Bemidji after October 15, as the board of education has decided to inaugurate such a school. The school will begin about Oct. 15 and will re- main in operation as long as the at- tendance continues. School will be held three nights each week. It is believed that there will be a large attendance in the school. The board has appropriated $100 for the night scnool. Schools Necessary. The matter was brought to the at- tention of the Goard of education by R. K. Doe, U. S. naturalization exam- iner, who attended the meeting of the board Tuesday night. Mr. Doe point- ed out that night schools were abso- lutely necessary for the education of foreigners and for the men who are unable to attend day school. He told of the advantages of the school and of what was being accomplished by other cities. Practically all cities the size of Bemidji have night schools in opera-< tion. Approximately 640 cities and towns in 44 states are educating for- eigners. About 150 more towns have signified their intention of taking up the work this year. 1.600 Enrolled. At Virginia, Minn., 1,600 are en- rolled in the night school. At Hib- bing 800 have been enrolled. At Gil- bert, schools for foreigners are held in three sessions each day to accom- modate the mine shifts. One ses- sion is held at 11 o’clock in the morn- ing, another session at four o’clock in the afternoon and another session in the evening. The national bureau of education is preparing a text book of candidates for citizenship and adult aliens gen- erally. This embraces instruction in English, civics and allied subjects. The bureau will fully equip any pub- lic school if engaged in alien instruc- tion for this great and constructive naturalization work. C. L. Isted of the Crookston Lum- ber company who attended the meet- ing stated that he believed that a number of the foreigners of this dis- triet would take advantage of the op- portunity to attend night schools. SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6 T0 BUILD NEW SCHOOL Consolidated school district No. 6, town of Bemidji, will construct a | four-room, two-story brick school building. The board has voted to is- sue bonds not to exceed $12,000. The school has from. 60 to 70 stu- dents. The district will sell the old building and site and will construct the new building 90 rods south of the old one on the corner lot site. {BEMIDJI DAY AT RED LAKE FAIR, SEPT. 22 Bemidji day at the Red Lake Indian Agency fair will' be Friday, Septem- ber 22. Arrangements are being made for Bemidji people to tour to the agency. All autoists, who are going to the fair, are requested to meet at the Hotel Markham at eight o’clock on that morning. All automobiles should be decorated. ARMORY COMMISSIONERS TO MEET SEPTIMBER 28 The commissioners appointed by the city council for the purpose of award- ing damages and assessing benefits if any arise out of the condemnation of the strip of land on the east end of Fourth street which will be used as a site for the new naval militia ar- mory, will meet Sept. 28 for the pur- pose of hearing evidence and award damages or assess benefits. ‘ i MERCHANTS WILL PROTEST INCREASE -INTAXASSESSM'TS BY COUNTY BOARD Commission Appointed and Matter to Be Taken Up With State Commission. CITY COUNCIL HAS - APPOINTED COMMITTEE Meeting to Be Held Monday at Which Time It is Believed Board Will Act. Bemidji merchants at a meeting of the Bemidji Merchants’ associa- tion Tuesday decided to enter a pfo- test against the Increasds of valua- tions made by the county board of equalization. The merchants are of the opinion that the increases were unjust inasmuch as full valuation iwas reported in the majority of the 'CBSEB. Committee Named. H. E. Reynolds, C. E. Battles and W. N. Bowser were appointed 2 com- mittee to act with Mayor Charles W. Vandersluis, Alderman J. P. Lahr, Assessor T. E. Lloyd and City Attor- ney P. J. Russell, appointed at a re- cent meeting of the council to inves- tigate the matter. The committees will meet with the state tax commission to discuss the matter next Monday. The following letter was sent to the tax commission by Mayor Vanders- luis and Alderman J. P. Lahr. The letter points out the increases which are questioned and is self-explana- tory: s Y < Letter Fellows. . - ‘Minnesota State Tax Commission, St. Paul, Minnesota. Gentlemen—As chairman and as clerk of the city .of Bemidji board of equalization, we respectfully call your attention to the following existing conditions in our city and the changes made in the assessment by the Bel- trami county board of equalization. Our assessor, T. E. Lloyd, made the automobile assessment in compliance with the instructions received from a member of your honorable board. The list price was used as a basis and a 25 per cent reduction made for each year’s use, thus arriving at the as- sessed actual value. A car purchased in 1916 would be assessed at list price. Why should the county board make a raise of 25 per cent on this item? The owner of a car purchased this spring will then pay on a greater valuation than the list price. Injustice to Merchants. The assessor obtained the in- voices of at least one-third of our merchants when making the assess- ment and computed the assessed ac- tual value from these figures. The county board saw fit to raise all stocks of merchandise 25 per cent above the assessor’s figures. Will this not be an injustice to these mer- chants? In order to keep down our rate of taxation our assessor has placed a valuation on our platted property and structures even beyond the real value as can be corroborated by the fact that several of our property owners are not paying the 1914 and 1915 property tax, and have appealed to the district court for relief. The valuation of 1916 is identical with that of 1914, Lots assessed at $2,- 000 can be purchased for $1,000.00. Lots assessed at $800 have actually been purchased for $400.00. To Submit Evidence. In addition to this inflated value, the county board has now increased the valuation of our platted prop- erty and structures by 15 per cent. Was this done to equalize the valua- tion of our platted property with that of the village of Solway? . We are willing and anxious to sub- mit such videnee as you may desire to substantiate the statements made herein. ‘We respectfully request advice from your honorable board, regard- ing relief from the increases inflicted by our county board. Respectfully yours, s C. W. VANDERSLUIS, Chairman, County Board of Equali- zatioh, Mayor of Bemidji. J. P. LAHR, Clerk, . City Board of Equalization. GOVERNOR BURNQUIST TO VISIT IN BEMIDJI Governor Burnquist, Secretary of State Schmahl, Engineer Willard of the state drainage board, three or four newspaper men and’ perhaps State Treasurer Gooding will be in Bemidji tomorrow. They will arrive from Crookston and other points west of here where they inspected ditch contracts on the Roseau river. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PION } pstoricst KELLIHER WOMAN 300\5"7 % . VENTS PER MONTE ! MAY HAVE KILLED SON THEN HERSELF HIGH SCHOOL CAN ACCOMMODATE 171 STUDENTS; 227 _|HAVEBEENENROLLED Bemidji School are in Crowded Con- dition; New School Building is Necessary. BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ROOM CHANGED Every Effort is Made to Mieve Con- gestion in the Different Schools. ’ If you have room to accommodate 171 students and you have 227 stu- dents, how are you going to accommo- date all the students? That is the question that confronts the board of education, as this is the situation in the Bemidji high school. The high school will = accommodate 171 students, but 227 have already -enrolled this year. ¥ . Changes Ordered. At- a-meeting of.the.hoard-ef.edu: cation Tuesday evening the board. or- dered several changes in the high school to relieve the congestion. A new school is necessary in Bemidji but under the present conditions can- not be constructed. The board has ordered that the sewing room be divided into two class rooms. The sewing room will be moved to the mechanical drawing room and the mechanical drawing classes will not be held at the high| school at present. All Classes. Crowded, . All the schools in Bemidji are in a crowded condition. Practically all classes are overflowing and the en- rollment has not been completed. In Nymore the school building is very crowded and ‘classes are being held in the Congregational church. The classes being held in the church are also very crowded. At the meeting of the board Tues- day, J. P. Lahr, clerk of the board, was instructed to secure a bus driver for the northeast part of the district. There are 12 children in this district who attend the school at East Be- midji. Miss Lucile Steidle, a graduate of the commercial and normal depart- ments of the high school, was ap- pointed clerk and librarian in the of- fice of Superintendent Dyer. The resignations of Miss Ethel Lyon and Miss Laura Michiner, in- structors, were accepted. CLARK NAMED ON SANATORIUM BOARD H. M. Clark of the Clark Pole & Tie company has been named as a Beltrami county member of the Lake Julia Sanatorium board to succeed Charles W. Warfield, who has re- signed. KOOCHICHING COUNTY HEARING OCTOBER 2 Attorney M. J. Brown, who has been named commissioner to conduct hearings in the investigation of the -1 charges of misspending of $200,000 in Koochiching county by officials, has returned from.a conference held in St. Paul with Governor Burnquist. The hearings in the case will begin at International Falls, Oct. 2. 160 ACRES OF LAND SOLD AT STATE SALE Six hundred dngrten acres of state land were sold at a'sale conducted by Oscar Arneson of;the state auditor’s oftice this morning- 8 kT Oscar Arneson-and Captain Guy Eaton of Duluth are in the city to attend the sessions of district court in connection with "timber trespass | Bodies are Discovered by Authorities Called to Investigate Woman’s Sanity. AUTHORITIES FIRED AT FROM WITHIN HOME Father of Woman Reported to Be Missing; Coroner and Sheriff Investigate. Mrs. Jessie Irving, wife of William Irving, and her five-year-old son were found dead early this morning in their home near Kelliher. They had both been shot with a rifle. Whether or not they were mudered or whether Mrs. Irving shot her son and then committed suicide is a ques~ tion to be investigated by the auth- orities. Father Missing? The father of Mrs. Irving who has been living at the home has not been located this morning, according to reports. The husband has been working in North Dakota and is expected to ar- rive home today. . Early Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Ir- ving was reported to have stopped men on a tractor.near her home and told them that “something awful was going'to happen.” % Something to Happen. - ‘/Oh, something awful, awful is g0~ ing to happen,” 'she ‘is reported to have said.” "“Bill' is down town and is going to get married and come back and kill us,” she said. The tractor men told her that they could not be of any assistance and continued their journey. Later another man was stopped by her and the same story was told. This man when he arrived at Kelliher told the authorities that he believed the woman was insane. Authorities tele- phoned Sheriff- Johnson: who imme- ii.ilately sent Deputy Skinvick to Kel- iher. Men Shot At. In the meantime Kelliher authori- ties went to the home to get Mrs. Irving. They motored to the home and when but a short distance from the house were fired at from within the house. They ordered the driver to turn around but the driver “kill- ed” the engine. The men had to get behind the car for protection and sev- eral shots were fired from within the house. The men then returned to Kelliher. Later in the evening several men went to the house again and reported that they saw Mrs. Irving’s father standing with one child in a room. He was reported to be holding a rifle. Authorities went to the house again late in the evening but as the house was dark did ot enter. Both Found Dead. Early this morning Deputy Skin- vick and Kelliher men went to the home and found the house locked. They broke in and found Mrs. Irving lying on the floor in a bed room in a pool of blood. She had been shot in the head. A rifle was found near by. In another room was found the five-year-old son dead. He had been shot. The room showed no signs of a struggle. It is reported that the father of Mrs. Irving has not been located. ‘Whether or not the mother and son ‘were murdered or whether or not Mrs. Irving shot her son and then committed suicide could not be as- certained at Kelliher this morning. Sheriff Johnson and Coroner Aker- berg were called to Kelliher. They left this noon in an automobile. Mrs. Irving is reported to have been about 35 years of age. TWENTYZGET CITIZENS PAPERS IN COUNTY Twenty men were granted naturali- zation papers by R. K. Doe at the op- ening of the district court yesterday. Mr. Doe is the U. S. naturalization examiner. CONTRACTS ARE LET FOR NEW TOWN HALL ‘Contracts have been let for the construction. of a_new town hall in the town of O’Brien to P. A. Skrief. The hall will be a frame building. Frank Cook of Nebish was awarded the contract for clearing the site.