Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 25, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED RVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Entered in the postofice at Bemidjl. Minn., a8 second class matter, SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM LIGHT TO BE THROWN ON TAX COMMIS- SION’S WORK. The State Boaxd of Equalization proposes to know just what the State Tax Commission has been doing in the matter of abatements of taxes during the past year and has ordered that the commission furnish the board with a list of all abate- ments made during the year, where the amount exceeds $100. A telegram from St. Paul says of the action of the State Board of Equalization in the matter: “‘Resolved, That the clerk of this board is hereby requested to secure by Friday next, from the honorable board of tax commissioners, a state- ment in detail by counties of all abatements and refundments of taxes made by past year, when the amounts in the case of such individuals and cor- parations exceeds $100. “This resolution, introduced by Thomas Maghan of Fillmore couaty was offered at the meeting of the equalization board Wednesday and was approved by the body. There was no debate. “The information, when secured will let a httle light into the work of the commission on this one point which as far as the public is con- cerned is rather vague. The mem- bers of the board behind it say it is necessary, as they want to know how much the assesssors being sliced, especially as to cor- porations. “The recommendations for these statements and refundments come from the county auditors and they aremade unknown to the regular taxing officials.” SHOULD LET EMPLOYES GO TO FAIR. W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Belttami County Agricultural Association, has suggested that the business men of the city should allow their employes to attend the fair at least once during today, tomorrow or Saturday, and the Pioneer be- lieves that the suggestion is a good one. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” applies to employes in stores as well as those in other walks of life. Anyone who attends the fair can- not but be impressed with the true worth of this county along agricul- tural lines, which will undoubtedly be the general pursuit of the future for Beltrami county. When the timber is cut we will have to till the soil, and anything which will educate along those lines should be welcomed. ANOTHER PLEA FOR SUPPORT FOR TAFT| Prosident Uses Foraker Inci- dent as an Argument. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 2 .—Secre- tary Loeb gave to representatives of the press a formal statement by the president which was called forth by the recent exchanges between William R. Hearst and Senator Foraker of Ohio. Mr. Hearst, in public utter- ances, had accused the senator of rela- tions with the Standard Oil company inconsistent with his duties as a sen- ator and his attitude as a representa- tive of Republican policies and pro- fessions. In his statement President Roose- velt makes another appeal for the support of Mr. Taft and declares that his defeat would bring “lasting satis- faction to but one set of men, namely, to those men who, as shown in the correspondence published by Mr. Hearst, were behind Mr. Foraker, the opponent of Mr. Taft within his own party, and who now are behind Gov- ernor Haskell and his associates, the opponents of Judge Taft in the op- posite party.” The statement embodies a letter ‘written by Mr. Taft to a friend in Ohio on July 20, 1907, in which the present Republican candidate for the presi- dency refused to acquiesce in the plan of the Ohio state central committee to indorse Mr. Taft for the presidency and Mr. Foraker for re-election to the senate in a single resolution. The president points out that Mr. Taft’s attitude has always been direct- ly opposed to that charged against Sepator. Foraker by Mr. Hearst re- garding the moneyed interests. The president cites the Brownsville affair as a case where the agitation ‘was ‘a phase of the effort “by the rep- resentatives of certain law-defying cor- porations to bring discredit upon the edministration.” It was, he says, in large part, “not a genuine agitation on behalf of colored men at all,” them during the | pj; returns are|’ 1S EVIDENCE ONLY HEARSAY Frank S. Monnett Discusses Haskell Charges. INTERVIEW WITH BRYAN H | Former Attorney General of Ohio Says He Simply Repeated What He Was Told Regarding the Standard 0il Company’s Bribe Fund and That He Can Neither Exonerate or Con- demn Haskell on the Testimony. Columbus, O., Sept. 2.—“If I charged Governor Charles N. Haskell wrongfully it was because Charles B. Squires gave me his name.” Frank S. Monnett, former attorney general of Ohio, made this statement on the private car of William J. Bryan en route from Prospect, O., to Colum- bus. Mr. Monnett declared, however, that he could not exonerate Governor Haskell from the charges that had been made that he was a party to the $500,000 bribe fund of the Standard Oil company, nor could he condemn m. “All that I have against Governor Haskell,” he said, “is hearsay evi- dence and I have suggested that if the GOVERNOR CHARLES N. HASKELL OF OKLAHOMA. case were presented to a grand jury it would be shown whether Governor Haskell has been wrongfully accused.” Mr. Monueit denied that he made speeches in Oklahoma exonerating Governor Haskell, but that in fairness to the governor he had stated the facts as they had come to him and said that if the charges were proved he would return to Oklahoma at his own expense and denounce him. In justice to Governor Haskell Mr. Monnett stated that the governor had repeatedly asked an opportunity to disprove the charge and had been sub- poenaed to appear before the exam- iner who was taking testimony in the Standard Oil hearing, but that he did not so appear because the court had ordered the quashing of the testimony. *“I threatened to arrest Mr. Squire if he did not give me the names of the parties to the bribery proposition, ‘whereupon he mentioned Frank Rocke- feller, Ferd B. Squires and Charles N. Haskell of New York.” Mr. Monnett said further that Gov- ernor Haskell “telephoned, wired and wrote” asking an opportunity to ex- onerate himself and that Governor Haskell was the only one of the three men who did. NO EVIDENCE PRODUCED. Chairman Mack Discusses Charges Against Haskell. New York, Sept. % .—Chairman Mack of the Democratic national com- mittee said that if the same evidence was produced against Governor Has- kell, treasurer of the committee, as ‘was produced against Senator Foraker he would expect the treasurer to act as Senator Foraker did, but no evi- dence of such character has been ad- duced up to the present time. The national chairman said he had no com- munication with Governor Haskell or Mr. Bryan with regard to the charges that had been made. Mr. Mack said that Mr. Haskell had been selected treasurer by the members of the ex- €cutive committee and that he was not prepared to say whether his selection had been brought about through Mr. Bryan’s influence or not. Speaking of the report from Chicago that the campaign fund of the Repub- lican party was about $300,000, Mr. Mack said that the funds in the Dem- focratic treasury were less than that. @ said that no contributions had been Teceived above §$10,000 and that the committee would abide by the rule fnot to accept single contributions in amounts larger than that sum. Fresh Outbreak at Caracas. Willemsted, Sept. 2.—Letters re- -ceived here from Caracas announce a fresh outbreak of the bubonic plague in the Venezuelan capital. The disease is spreading and several deaths have occurred among people of the better class. AFTER AN ALL NIGHT TUSSLE Platform Adopted by Wisconsin Re- publicans. Madison, Wis., Sept. 2.L—The ad- ainistration of Theodore Roosevelt, the national Republican platform adopted at Chicago, the sentiment ex- pressed in the letter f acceptance of William H. Taft and support of the Republican nominees, William H. Taft and James S. Sherman, are endorsed in the platform of the Republican can: didates’ convention which met after | on Tesctations.” says in part; ¢ S “We favor the physical valuation of railway property as an element in fix- ing reasonable rates; we also favor publicity of campaign contributions and the election of United States sen- ators by direct vote of the people. “Laws of this state have been passed under the Republican adriinistration embracing these questions and we heartily approve of the efforts of out senators and representatives in seek ing to secure such legislation in con- gress.” The administration of Governor Da | vidson is endorsed and the committee points with pride to various laws en- acted under recent Republican state administrations. Reference is made to the primary election law as fol- lows: “We believe that demoralizing ex penditures of money in the primary election would be restrained were due publicity given -to such expenditures prior to such election.” The cause of the long session was the inability of the members of the committee to agree on compromise planks embodying the “Wisconsin idea,” the tariff and the “Mary Ann,” or second choice primary bill. E. A. Edmunds of Appleton, Tnited States Senator Isaac Stephenson’s candidate, was elected state chairman on the third ballot. TAFT BEGINS REAL WORK OF CAMPAIGN Leaves Cincinnati on His Long Western Trip. Cincinnati, Sept. 2 .—Judge Willlam H. Taft has begun the first of the three speechmaking trips he is to ac- complish before election day. He left Cincinnati in a special train and the trip is to extend to Fargo, N. D, on the north; Denver, Colo., on the west, and St. Louis, Mo., on the south. The train, which is to run as a special throughout, consists of the private car Constitution, which is to be occupied by Mr. Taft and his immediate party, in command of Colonel Daniel Rans- dell, sergeant-at-arms of the United States senate; Rev. Dr. John Wesley Hill of New York, who will make speeches also; Dr. J. J. Richardson of Washington, D. C., a throat special- ist; Fred W. Carpenter, private sec- rotary to Mr. Taft; James T. Williams, Jr., representing the national chair- man and the national committee, and Gus J. Karger, publicity manager. Senator Dolliver of lowa will join the party later and will remain with it during the greater part of the trip. Two other cars, with sleeping ac- commodations and baggage cars, are for the accommodation of newspaper writers, local committeemen and oth- ers who may be invited. There were a number of friends and admirers of the tandidate at the train to see the departure and sent up a cheer as the candidate made the start for the real activities of the campaign. AT GEORGE ADE’S FARM. Taft Addresses Large Crowd of Indi- ana Farmers. Brook, Ind., Sept. 2 /—All forenoon, from miles around the countryside, buggies, carryalls, hayracks and farm vehicles of every description crowded the roads leading to Hazelden, the country home of George Ade, where Judge Taft delivered an address. ‘When the candidate, seated in the humorist’s big auto, reached the farm he was driven through a veritable gauntlet of vehicles hitched to the tel- ephone poles, fence posts, trees or anything else calculated to restrain the horses. Not only were Ade’s neighbors pres- ent in force, but there were delega- tions from all over Indiana and from Cincinnati and Chicago. Combining political symbolism with practical hos- pitality Mr. Ade furnished the lunches for all in “full dinner pails.” Judge Taft addressed the throng from a grand stand erected to give a sweeping view to Ade’s corn crop, his blooded cattle and his aristocratic dogs, which had the run of the lawn. In beginning his address Judge Taft alluded to his host as the “Indiana sultan of Zulu” and declared that the Philippine originals had no advantage over Ade as an entertainer. Then, with all the evidences of rural pros- perity about him, the candidate began a discussion of political conditions as they affect the farmer, Banker’s Sentence Commuted. ‘Washington, Sept. 2.—The pres- ident has commuted the five years’ sentence in the Baltimore city jail im- posed upon William H. White, the bookkeeper and paying teller of the Canton Natfonal bhank of Canton, to three years and four months, with al- lowance for good conduct. White was convicted in January, 1907, of embes- zling several thousand dollars from the bank. MR. BRYAN IN MICHIGAN. Canfers With Party Leaders and De- livers Two Speeches. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 2/—This is Bryan day for the Democracy of De- troit and Michigan and the arrival of the Democratic presidential candidate from Buffalo found the Detroit hotels crowded with a large representation of the party’s rank and file. After breakfast Mr. Bryan entered upon a series of conferences with Michigan Democrats and with party leaders from some other states who came here to confer with him. Among the conferrees were members of the various state, congressional, state and city committees of Detroit and Mich- igan; National Committeeman John A. Lamb of Indiana; Chairman Lloyd of the Democratic congressional commit- tee; John 1. Martin, who was sergeant- at-arms of the Democratic national convention, and National Committee- man Finlay of Ohio. Mr. Bryan spoke at Ann Arbor in the afternoon and Detroit in the eve- || an all night tussle in_the committee’ ning. : Fisheries Congress in Session. ‘Washington, Sept. 2/—Many for- elgn countries and practically every state in the Union were represented by the 500 delegates . in attendance upon “the- fourth International Fisher- ies Congress, which met here. Its sesslons ill. continue for five days. The meeting was presided over by George M. Bowers, United States commissioner of fisheries. Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor delivered an address of welcome on behalf of the United States government; Henry L. -West, commissioner of the District of Columbia, welcomed the delegates to the city, and Dr. Hugh M. Smith, pres- ident of the American Fisheries so- clety, extended a greeting on behalf of that society. Following the ratification of the election of the president and secre- tary general of the congress Professor Herman C. Bumpus, the president, as- sumed the chair. This was followed by balloting for the election of vice presidents and other officers and the appointment of various committees. International SENATOR FOfiAKE-R TO REPLY Will Take His Time in Answering Roosevelt’s Statement. Cincinnati, Sept. 2 .—No answer to the statement issued by President Roosevelt will be made just yet by Senator Foraker. The senator said that he had read what the president had said, but that it was a matter which he did not care to discuss off- hand and he preferred to wait till he could look up various letters and other data on the subject discussed in order that what he might say could be final. These records are not in this city and therefore not readily available, so that it might cause some slight delay be- fore he could make any statement in regard to the matters discussed by President Roosevelt. IT 1S SERIOUS. ize the Seriousness. The constant aching of a bad back, 1 The weariness, the tired feeling, The pains and aches of kidney ills Are serious—if neglected. Dangerous urinary troubles fol- low. A Bemidji citizen how tc avoid them. Clark Roberts, living at goo American Ave., Bemidji, Minn_,I says: ¢I suffered severly for two or three years with a pain in the {small of my back. The pain would come on very suddenly and last for two or three weeks, caus- |- ing me much misery and discom- fort while it lasted. The kidney secretions were dark and un- natural in appearance, and there was much sofeness across the kid- ney regions. I went to the Owl Drug Store and procured a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills. After using them a short time I began feeling very much better. I havenot suf- fered from any trouble with my kidneys since. The kidney secre. tions have become clear and I have felt better in-every way.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s and take'no other. ‘ Try Our Beech-Nut Brand shows you| /. \ Sliced Bacon Roe & Markusen Some Bemidji People Fail to Real- | . ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. B T USRSt s SO WANTED FOR U. 5. ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, between ages of 18 and 35; citizeas of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read, and write English For information apply to Recruit ing Officer. Miles Block, Bemidji Minn. WANTED—Girl for general house- ° Work. Inquire at W. G. Schroed- er’s store or residence. FOR SALE. § B T PSS N FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a mb})er stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE—16-inch dry slab wood $1.25 per cord delivered. M. E. Smith Lumber yards. Phone 97. FOR SALE—One new six horse power Fairbank’s Morse gasoline engine. Douglass Lumber Co. FOR SALE—Household furniture, practically new. Will sell cheap. Inquire 808 Bemidji avenue. : FOR SALE—Good residence prop- erty. Inquire 923 Minnesota avenue. _ FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Furnished with Jor without board. Model Bakery. rooms, Over ! FOR RENT:—Two furnished rooms, 1121 Bemidji avenue. LOST and FOUND A AN PPN SN, LOST—A black double cashmere shawl between Blakeslee’s farm and the Methodist Church. Fin- Dr. Blakeslee. MISCELLANEOUS. PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays 2:30to 6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. Harriet Campbell librarian, WANTED—To purchase ten to forty acre tract of land near City of Bemidji. Address all communi-] cations to Box 501, Bemidji, Minn. WANTED—Position by experienced stenographer and filing clerk. References. Phone No. 4. Inez Woodruff. YOU CAN get a hat ‘most any- where. But if you are particular about appearance and quality you'll choose a MORA from our complete new stock Allsizes, Softs and Derbies Gill Brothers Bemidji STORMS do not deter the telephone shoopers. All stores equipped to handle jelephone orders. Try shopping by telephone. Order the Northwestern gling along with poor vision, who today if they had consulted acom- petent specialist and worn glasses when there was yet time to pre serve the sight. Be on the safe side, if you suspect that your eyes are failing let us advise whatis best for the eyes. DRS. LARSON Office over Post Office Looking around us we sce many persons in middle life, strug- might be enjoying normal sight Specialists in Scientific Treatment and Correction of Eyes Just to remind you of the importance of sav- ingyourteeth. That’s my business. DR. G. M. PALMER The DOUGLASS LUMBER Co0. Have opened a Retail Lumber Yard at their mill on LAKE IRYING, BEMIDJI, where they carry a full stock of everything in the building line, including lumber, moulding, lath, shingles, ete. . . . . .. Have PLANING MILL and can lumber as desired. work Our Prices Before Building Lath...............$1.25 per M. Cedar Shingles...$2.50 per M. Guarantee good grades, reasonable prices, prompt delivery and fair treatment Get TELEPHONE 371 — BUY A GOOD LOT With the growth of Bemidji good lots scarcer and gcarcer. are becoming We still have a number of good lots in the residence "part of town which will be sold on easy terms. For further particulars write or call Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONS, Agent. Swedback Block, Bemidjt. Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber and bwlding material of all descriptions. Call in and look over our special line of fancy glass doors. We have a large and well assorted stock from which you can make your selection. WE SELL 16-INCH SLAB W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. Co. BEMIDJI, MINN. Office 931 P e ANCHOR CEMENT BLOCKS OUR. CLAIMS; Continuous Air Space. Moisture Proof. Can be plastered on without lath- ing or stripping with perfect safety. Any width from 8 to 12 inches, For sale by Anchor Concrete Block Co. OMICH & YOUNG, Proprietors. Yards on Red Lake «Y.”