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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-12

One hundred and three tickets were
sold at the Redby station this morn
ing to Red Lake people who came to
Bemidji for the county fair. Many
are planning on spending the night
here and will not return until tomor-
row afternoon The M. and l. down
from the north carried a coach load
and the Great Northern at noon
brought in many more.
That all business places of Bemid-
il will close up shop Friday noon in
order that their employees may at
tend the fair Bemidji Day, is about a
certainty. Mayor F. M. Malzahn
makes the following appeal to the
citizens of this city:
's1n order to help make the
county fair of 1912 a success,
I, as mayor of the City of Be-
midi, respectfully request that
all business places be closed on
Friday afternoon to give all en-
ployes an opportunity to at
tend.
''F. M. Malzahn, Mayor
The banks this morning notified
the Pioneer that they would fall III
line with the Friday closing idea anc
would not transact business after
noon. Several of the clothing store:
have also said that they will close
at noon, and fair officials hope to SET
all of the business men take the same
stand.
While not as strong as some coun
ties in quantity the Beltrami TAI
can more than make up in qual1t.
for the exhibits being shown toda,
and tomorrow are first class. Tn
bulls and stations shown in the liv
stock exhibits are of first grade an
prove that the stock is being bre
higher each year.
w. T. Blakely, of Farley, entered
bull which took first in the three
year-old Guernsey class. While bein
led back to the stall after being judg
ed, the bull broke loose. 1t looked TO
a time as though he would cause
stampede among the horses tied t
the trees but he was captured befor
any damage was done.
The morning was spent by A .
Mcclure and A. E. Nelson judgin
the live stock. Following are tn
prizes which had been awarded q
noon:
HORSES.
A-1-2-W. T. Farley.
A-2-Special for draft ANNA
three years old or over; John M
berg, 1; Tom Smart, 2; L. o. Myhr'
3.
A-2-1-A P. Blom, 1; John Mol
A-2-2-W. T. Blakely.
A-2-3-L. o. Myhre, 1; A.
Blom, 2.
= A-2-3-A. P. Blom, 1; L.
Myhre, 2.
A-3-1-George Cochran.
A-3-3-W. T. Blakely. /; Job
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-12
WHO IS WHO
WILLIAM E. LEE.

Educated in the school of hard
knocks" Mr.. Lee has been success
sively and successfully, lumberjack
millwright, farmer, merchant, manu-
facturer and banker.
A citizen Of the first rank, he has
always been active in public affairs,
and has always been fright" as his
record in twenty-seven years Of pub
lie service shows.
He was:
Register of deeds, Todd county,
four years. So. .---.-.-...
Member Of normal school board, six
years.
Superintendent of state reforma-
tory, St. Cloud, two years. e.. -
Member of state fair board, seven
years.
Member of state board of control,
two years.
Member of legislature, six years.
Speaker of the house, one term.
Presidential elector, 1900.
Always deep student Of men and
questions, with opportunity for inves-
tigation augmented by extensive
travel in America and many foreign
countries, Mr.. Lee has met the wide
ly diversified and intricate problems
that have arisen during these years
of business and public activity with
an intellectual force and depth and
vigor which show the breadth and
maturity of his understanding of So
cial and economic affairs.
Mr.. Lee is held in high esteem by
his neighbors, and has their enthu-
siastic support. He has the conf
dence of thousands Of men through
out the state, and all testify to his
honesty, integrity and fair dealing.
From conviction, he has been a
lifelong Republican, and for nearly
forty years has regularly contributed
of his time and means to advance the
interests and principles of the Re
publican party. +
He has never lodged an issue, and
has always stood, and always will
stand, regardless of personal conse-
quences, squarely and openly fol
| what he believes to be the right.
Mr.. Lee submits himself to the
sacid test" and invites the keenest
scrutiny of his life, his career, his
past record and his present position
upon issues, and the evidences of his
! future actions liz
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-12
W. 7. Blakely's First Prize Guernsey
Narrowly Escapes Starting Good
Sized Stampede.
EXHIBITS ARE HIGH CLASS
Quantity is Necessary in Places But
Quality Shows an Uniform
Excellence.
PROGRAM FOR FRIDAY.

EVENT NJ. L.
Matched Race, out of 3 heats
miles.
Entrant Driver
Buick No. 3 Cochran Cochran
Ford No. Jewett JeWett
Parry No. Dargel Holmes
EVENT NO. 2.
Ladies' race, best out of 3 heats
2 miles.
Ford No. Jewett Miss Curtiss
Buick No. Cochran Miss Cochran
EVENT NO. 3.
Three mile race against time. Jew
EFT will attempt to lower his track
record.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-12
EVENT NO. f.

Australian Pursuit Race. Cars
are placed equal distance about track
and as soon as a car is passed it drops
out. Judges will decide the Win
ners.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Norman Heads |. o. o. F.

Canon City.-The forty-fifth an
nual meeting of the Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge of Colorado, its subordi-
nate organizations and the Rebekah
assembly, has adjourned. More than
1000 visitors attended. The following
grand lodge officers were installed for
the ensuing year: ]. NJ. Norman, Den
yer, grand master; J. c. Bell, Trini-
dad, deputy grand master; l.. A. Van
Hilborg. Cripple Creek, grand warden;
o. E. Jackson. Denver, grand secre-
tary; E. w. Erdlen, Salida, grand
treasurer; ]. E. Shook. Greeley, grand
representative; A. P. St. Clair, Denver,
grand trustee. The officers elect
ed by the Rebekah assembly were:
Mrs. Isabelle Hunter, Delta. president;
Mrs. Estalla Lonnacker, Canon City,
vice president; Mrs. Laura Weller,
Eaton, warden; Mrs. E. B. Beggs, Den
yer, secretary; Mrs. Mary Thomas,
Florence, treasurer. The 1913 meet
ing will be held at Grand Junction.
1t was voted to spend $4,000 on the
Odd Fellows home here.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
SPORT.

Eaton, 7; Cheyenne, 0. tells the
story OF the tierccst gridiron battle
seen at Cheyenne in years
Frank Moran of Pittsburg and Char.
lie Horn of San Francisco have been
matched to box ten rounds at Oakland,
Cal. october 80.
Most of the members of the New
York National League baseball team
left New York for their homes, ecah
one with check for s2,566l7 in his
pocket as his share of the worlds Sc.
ries receipts
Edward r. Sllvers twenty.four. Of
Alliance. Ohio. was killed in the last
period OF sCrimmuge OF football
game between the All Stars OF Johns
town, Pa, and the olympic eleven at
McKeesport. Pa.
The orc-diEgers from the School OF
Mines got revenge III Denver when
they wiped last years 5 to defeat off
'he slate, by scoring ~ points against
the Cowboys from the University Of
Wyoming to the latter's goosc-egg.
The Denver university football team
went down to defeat at salt Lake Be
fore the strong machine Of the uniycr-
sIty OF Utah by the oue.sided score OF
&C to 0.
The Chicago Americans won the city
championship from their old time
rivals, the Chicago Nationals, the score
being lG to o, making II four straight
Victories for the Sox.
The South Bend company Of the In
diana National Guard was ordered 10
be ready to go to Mineral Springs to
stop gambling. said to be going on a.
raee meeting there
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
GEN ERAl.

Henry Austin, fifty-four. lawyer, edi-
ing an operation.
Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific, says the New York
financiers are willing to eypend mil
lions in development of railroads in
the West and Northwest.
Forced by a recent Supreme Court
decision to curtail expenses, Chicago
naturally begins by cutting off the
free baths, affecting 100000 persons
who frequented the seventeen bath
houses.
After spending six days in Mercy
hospital at Chicago after being shot
in Milwaukee on the 14th by John
SChrank, former President Roosevelt
left on the 2lst for his home at Oyster
Bay.
The foreign trade OF the United
States in September, both in exports
and imports, made new high records.
For the nine months of the current
year, also, new records were estab-
llshed.
William Rankin, oldest college grad
uatc in the United States is dead at
Princeton. \. j., at the age of 102
years. Mr.. Rankin was born in Eliza.
both in 1910, and graduated from VII.
liams college in the class of 1881.
Law and order watchers who have
been gathering evidence against Jack
Johnson's notorious resort on West
Thirty.first street for the past two
months, unknown to the police, placed
before Mayor Harrison evidence that
on thirty different occasions Johnson
violated the l o'clock closing law in
Chicago.
Theodore Roosevelt and party ar
rived at Soisette L, L., four miles
south OF oyster Bay, and the train WAS
'routed thither in order to avoid any
crowd Only handful Of persons we're
on hand when the colonel stepped
from his car and walked, unassisted,
to an automobile. He was driven i'm.
mediately to Sagamorn Hill.
Porfirio Diaz. formerly president OF
Mexico, is living practically in poverty
in two,room flat in Paris, according
to Mrs. Alexander Tweedle, the Eng.
lish writer, who has come TO this Coun-
try for a vacation.
The Muncy twins, samuel and VII.
Lam Muncy. who will be ninety three
next Christmas, walled over from
their farm, two miles, to Babylon, y.
Y. climbed the stairs leading 10 the
election bureau and registered. They
are the Oldest twins in the United
States and have followed the bay for
living all their lives.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
WASHINGTON.

Thomas Fortune Ryan testified that
he paid 100000 in 1904 to, help elect
Judge Parker and to preserve the
Democratic organization, mostly for
the latter purpose.
Official interest centered on the sit
uation in Mexico, where the rebellion
which has been in progress for months,
has taken on a new and formidable
phase under General Felix Diaz.
The State Department has been ad-
vised that great excitement prevails
throughout Cuba over the presidential
election which takes place November
/. 1t is understood that General Mon
teagudo, chief of police of Havana,
and the ministers of justice, public
instruction and interior have resigned,
although only the resignation of the
minister has been accepted.
Funeral services for Robert Fl. Haz-
ard, newspaper man who Travelled
thousands of miles with President Nc
kinley, President Roosevelt and Taft,
During the ten years he was a White
House correspondent, were held at
Washington. Hazard was with Presi-
dent Mckinley when the President
was shot at Buffalo. President Taft di-
rected that floral wreath be sent in
his name.
The Supreme Court overruled the
demurrer of Colorado and certain
northern Colorado irrigation concerns
to the suit of Wyoming involving the
right of Colorado 20 divert headwaters
of the Laramie river in Colorado The
court announced that the ruling was
without prejudice and that Colorado
and co-defendants were given ninety
days in which to file answer to Wyom-
ing's complaint
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24


ma. On the other hand, the revised
Pe-ru-na is a better remedy for some
conditions than Ka-tarno. They are
both intended as catarrh remedies.
They have both done great work IN
relieving catarrh, chronic and acute
Many hundreds OF cases Of chronic
catarrh have recovered while taking
Ka-tar-no and the same is true OF the
revised Peru-na during the last six
years since its revision.
There Is a difference, however. In
the two remedies. Whenever catarrh
is associated with constipation then
the revised Pe-ru-na Is the best. In
deed, this is exactly why the revision
was made, to meet such cases. But
where no laxative is needed, where the
bowels are regular or inclined to be
loose, then the old Pe-ru-na (ka-tar-
MOI is the better remedy.
Pe-ru-na. Man-a-lin and La-cu-pia
manufactured by the Pe-ru-na Com
pany, Columbus, Ohio. Sold at all
drug stores.
SPECIAL NOT1CE.-Many persons inquire
for The Old-time Peruna. They want the
Peruna that their Fathers and Mothers used
TO take. The old Peruna Is now called Ra-
tarno. II your druggist or dealer does noa
keel 1t for sale write the Katarno Company,
Columbus, Ohio, and they will tell you all
about 1t.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
10000 sULGARlANS AND 10000
TURKS IN DEATH.oRAppLE
AT KIRK klLlSEE.
SAY SULTAN LOSING
COkSTAkTiNOPL REPORTED IN
PERIL; SERVlANS, GREEKS
AND MoNTENEGRINs WIN.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-From Vienna comes n re.
port via Sofia that 10000 Bulgarians
are attacking 100000 Turks under
Mukhter Pasha and that many tEous-
ands have fallen on both sides.
According to this dispatch des-
perate attack by the Bulgarians, VINO
have captured some of the outer
works, cost them 1000 killed and H.
900 wounded as they apparently at.
tempted to take Kirk Kilisseh by
by storm instead OF waiting for the
siege artillery. Many Turkish pris'
oners were captured by the Bulgarian
forces during their hasty advance.
On the other hand Constantinople
reports that the Bulgarians were
tween Kirk Kilisseh and Adrianople,
the Bulgarians retreating with heavy
loss.
Military experts here agree that
though the Bulgarians eventually
may capture Kirk Kiisseh when they
attack Adrianople. which is strongly
fortified, they will face stupendous
task
The headquarters staff with the
King and the Scrvian prime minister.
left Nisch, Servia. for Vranje
Fighting has begun in earnest
but only short official dispatches
are communicated. They show
the second three columns ad
yancing simultaneously and carefully.
The sharpest fighting apparently has
been with Albanian irregulnrs, who
are said to have been moved down by
hundreds by the Servian quick-fire
guns.
The successes gained by the Ser
vian troops have opened the way to
Prischtina on one side and Kuman-
ova on the other.
Crown Prince Danielo Is personally
commanding operations.
Roads have been blasted in .he
mountain side to allow the passage
of heavy artillery, which has been
mounted on the heights around Tara
bosch.
Tho Express understands that Gen.
era Sir John French has been re-
called to London from Denver, 1t is
supposed in connection with the Bal
kan war.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
AN EPIT0ME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DO N G 3, ACHIEVE.
MENTS, SUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Miss Polly Fountain. 1O4, died at
her home in Centralia, Mo.
John Pera, mill worker, was shot
and killed by policeman in South
Chicago after Pera had stabbed four
men.
All Idaho Is mourning the death OF
Senator Hepburn, who has been a
prominent figure in the history OF that
state since 1888.
The populace of the city of Gary,
Ind, turned out en- masse to pay their
last respects to their dead hero, Billy
Rugh, the newsboy.
The trial of Clarence S. Darrow, the
Chicago lawyer, who defended the Nc
Namara brothers, has been set for No
vember rs at Los Angeles.
The situation at the Utah Copper
Company's mines in Bingham is near
ly normal. over one thousand men
are at work and the number is to be
increased.
Before 200 patrons of a cafe at St
Louis, a well-dressed man suddenly
drew knife from his pocket and
stabbed to death his woman compan'
ion and then took his own life.
The pride of the office at the Demo
cratic national headquarters at Chica-
ga is Miss Esther Ackerman of Engle-
wood. She Is the official stamp stick
er. She stamps 10000 pieces of mail
daily.
Mrs. Sadie Ward, wife of Carl Ward,
is dead, and Mrs. w. B. Cox is in a
Salina, Kan, hospital seriously injured
as the result of a mysterious double
shooting. Both husbands are travel
ing men.
Il guess I'm some good, after ALL
Billy Rugh, the forty-one-year-old Grip
pie whose withered leg was amputat-
ed to save the life of a girl by a skin
grating operation at hospital in
Gary, Ind, spoke these words and then
died
Atlantic City. supported by New
York, Philadelphia and New Jersey,
captured the 1913 convention OF the
National Association of Life Under
writer's over Denver by the close mar
gin OF two votes at the Memphis
meeting.
The hail required for the release OF
John Schrank. who shot Colonel
Roosevelt, WAS raised from $500 to
$4,000 because it was learned that a
moving picture firm was prepared to
procure his release temporarily that
it might photograph him.
Twenty-Five policemen escorted Gov
ernor Hiram w. Johnson in Chicago
from the Grand Central railway sta
ton to his hote!. The large guard
was ordered by Chic, OF Fo,ice Nc
Weeny, as a result of the attempt to
assassinate Colonel Roosevelt.
Court officers at Chicago forced
their way into the home of Jack Cur
ley and removed n maid in the employ
OF Mrs. Curley, formerly Miss Marie
Drescher, Denver society girl, to the
courtroom The girl will be asked to
give important testimony of things
that happened in the Curley home dur
ing Jack Johnson's visits, when he
met Miss Lucille Cameron, the beau
tiful young white girl who he is
charged with entiCing as white
slave.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
FOREIGN.

Another French military aviator.
Lieutenant Blanc, was killed at Cha
Ions. France.
William Marconi's right eye was re-
moved by DR.. Bayardi, noted Turin
surgeon at Rome.
General Felix Diaz, nephew of Cen
eral Porfirio Diaz, the deposed presi-
dent OF Mexico, raised the banner of
Rebellion at Vera Cruz.
German participation at the Panama
Exposition at San Francisco is prac-
tically assured, although formal action
has not yet been taken,
The king arrived at Hunger7ord,
Eng, to remain few days as the
guest Of the Hon. John Hubert Ward
and Mrs. Ward, who was Miss Jean
Reid, daughter of the American am
bassador.
The Seventh regiment pf Servian in
fantry is reported to have been virtu-
ally eXterminated by the explosion of
Turkish land mines after crossing the
frontier into the district of Novipazar,
according to a news agency dispatch
from Belgrade.
Greece is flushed with victory over
her ancient foe. the Turk. but she
paid the terrific price of 1900 lives
in the two days engagement around
Elassona. The reports state that the
| Turks withstood the long-range fire OF
the Greeks for two days, and the
Greeks, fired with the hatred of years
| standing, resorted to the bayoaet.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
SOMETHING AKIN TO GENIUS
Young Man With Financial Ability
So Well Developed Should Make
Mark in World.

DO you think there is any such
thing as financial genius?'
Il am sure there is. l know young
man who has 1t in marked degree.
After he had persuaded beautiful
daughter of one of our most prominent
jewelers. to become his wife he went
around and induced the old man to let
him have an engagement ring at the
cost price"
Il don't see any indication Of re-
markable financial genius about that"
'"Wait. When he and the girl broke
their engagement he took the ring
back to her dad and got him to pay
eight per cent interest on the money
that had been invested"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Army Stops at Gate Of Vera Cruz.

Vera Cruz. Mexico,-With a federal
army under General Beltran adyauc-
ing on the city, the vessels In the har-
Dor crowded with $1,000 refugees, the
rattle of musketry frequent, Vera
Cruz expected to see her streets
drenched in blood Suddenly a mes
senger from the federal commander
reached General Diaz with an offer TO
declare truce until daybreak, Gen.
eral Diaz consented and sent his
troops back to barracks
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
DECREASE IN STATE TAX LEVY.
Board of Equalization Makes 1t 41-18
Mills; Was 4 1-1O Mills
Last Year.

Denver.-A slight decrease in the
state tax levy for the coming year
over last years figures has been made
by the board of equalization. The levy
was fixed at lis mills at meeting
of the board. Last year it was lilo
mills. This decrease was caused by
reductions in the levies for interest on
insurrection bonds and for general rev.
enue, which more than offset the levy
made for the first time for a sinking
fund for registered bonds of the Sc
ries of 1897.
The total estimated revenue from
the levy will be $1,61S,l60, which is al.
most the same as it was last year.
THE estimated total valuation of the
Nate for 1912 is i2O,O0O,00o.
The state tax commission was sus.
tanned ir all its decisions on protested
corporation assessments.
The following is the detailed levy:
Total
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Jackson's Relief.

Wilson (who has met his friend
whom he hasn't seen for some time)-
Let me see, you knew poor old Jack
son. didn't you?
Johnson-Yes, I knew him well.
Wilson-Then you will be pleased
to hear he is out OF his misery at last
Johnson-You don't say so. Poor
old fellow; but l always thought he
would pop off suddenly. When did
he die!
Wilson-Oh, he's not dead; it's his
wife.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
pamaaInn Testimony Against johnson

Chicago.-The testimony of Lucille
Cameron, the white girl whosa asso
citation with Jack Johnson, the negro
vugllist, caused an investigation by
the United States authorities to ascer
tain II the Mann act had been violated,
10 said to have been the most direct
the federal grand jury has been able
60 obtain. II is said that the girl. who
Las turned against the negro. made
highly damaging statements.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
jury Lenient With Murderer.

Aspen. - Voluntary manslaughter
with a recommendation for clemency
was the verdict returned by the jury
June shot and killed the wife who had
deserted him, and wounded Christie
pher Tence, the man whom she had
followed to Aspen from her home in
Deadwood, s. D.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Uraes state Control Of Land.

Greeley.-That the states of the
West should control their own miner
ais, forests and irrigation enterprises
was a policy advocated here by Gov
ernCr Thomas r. Marshall of Indiana
in the only speech that the Democrat
ic candidate for vice president will
make in Colorado.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Breaks Jail to Chastise Spouse.

Pueblo.-To give one of her former
husbands whipping was the avowed
purpose of Anna Bryant, aged twenty
two, in breaking out of the city jail
here. Lucille Peary, another prisoner,
escaped at the same time, and neither
have been recaptured. The Bryant
woman is charged with bigamy.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Pe-ru-na and Ka-tar-no

I have receiv-
ed a letter from
a young lady,
who asks me:
rs the old Pc
ru-na (Ka-tar-
no) better than
the revised Pc
ru-na?"
Either medi-
cine has It's
place. One IL
adapted for one
condition, q n :
other for anOth-
er. ka-tar-no Ia
a better remedy
for some cOpdi-
tions than the
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Ross Killed by Person Unknown

Brighton. Colo.-UnwilIing to de.
clare chat Howard Ross, the l9y,ar.
old Denver messenger boy fired the
Ghot which killed his father, II. Emile
Ross, while protecting his invalid
rtopmothcr from injury, a coronor's
Jury here returned verdict tina, Ross,
Sr., came TO his death as the result
OF guushot wound inflicted by par.
gs unknown
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Oldest Weld County Man Dies.

Gill.-William Ballantine, the old
est man in Weld county, died at his
home here. He had justt finished read.
ing the last verse of the thirteenth
chapter he had read in his Bible dur
ing the day. Mr.. Ballantine was nine
ty-four and had lived many years in
Gill
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Roosevelt, Reaches Home; EeeIs Zinc

Oyster Bay. y, "a week Of abso
Lutte rest will put Colonel Roosevelt
IN the best Of condition. said his ply
f'cians. At the end of that time, II
he follows the strict regime which has
leen planned Tor him, 1t is expected
that no will be able to take up the
campaign in its closing days.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
At a Distance.

She certainly tries to obey her
mothers injunction not to let the
young men get too near"
why, saw young man with his
arm around her last night"
Il know, but she had a faraway look
in her eyes"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
sehrsnk Sorry he shO, en.PrssIdent

Milwaukee, Wis.-John Schrank
has arrived At the stage OF being sorry
for his attcmpt upon the life OF Col
uncl Roosevelt. according to the state
meuts cl two prisoners at the county
jail who are on trial In municipal
court