Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 6, 1910, Page 1

s THE BEMIDJI DAIL PI Tl Lijstorical Society. MINNESOTA SOCIETY. NEER. ' VOLUME 8. NUMBER 42. MINE PROPERTY 1S THREATENED Engineers and Pumpmen Go Out in Hlinois, COLLIERIES ARE FLOODING Order of Union Officials Leaves the Mines Unprotected Against Water and Other Agents of Destruction. Appeal May Be Made to President Taft to Intervene in the Hope of Settlement. Chicago, June 6.—Destruction of a great deal of mine property, the oper- ators declarve, will follow in the wake of the order issued by the officers of the United Mine Workers of Illinois calling ocut on strike all engineers, firemen, pumpmen and emergency workers, More than 4,200 men deserted the mines and practically every mine in the state operated by members of the Illinols Coal Operators’ association is left unprotected against water and other agents of destruction. Reports received by members of the associa- tion in Chicago were that many of the wet mines were fllling with water. Officers of the operators’ association sent a message to Governor Deneen calling his attention to the seriousness of the situation. The governor re- ferred the matter to Chairman B. F. Shadley of the Illinois state board of arbitration, who immediately offered both sides the services of the board. The operators replied that in spite of the fact that “the particular con- troversy in question is hardly a sub- Ject for arbitration we are willing to arbitrate the entire subject.” It was stated that it is unlikely the miners will agree to arbitration. Mine Officials to Man Pumps. When the engineers and other work- ers walked out of the mines the oper- ators immediately instructed thelr mine managers and superintendents to man the pumps. The operators de- clared they fear these men will be driven away from the mines the mo- ment any work is attempted. In the event of trouble of this kind the operators will apply for a federal injunction against the miners and an appeal may be made to President Taft to Intervene in the same manner President Roosevelt did in the anthra- cite coal strike. The loss to industry of the state due to the increased price of coal imported from other states, It was said, is $1,500,000 a month and it will be pointed out to President Taft that the controvefsy is in re- straint of interstate commerce, as 25 per cent of the total coal production of Illinofs normally is shipped to other states, One of the principal demands of the miners is that the operators pay the wages of shotfirers. The operators declare if they were forced to pay wages of shotfirers it would mean an increase in the price of coal at least 3 cents a ton. About 600 shotfirers are employed at $4.50 a day. PRESIDENT TAFT PRESENT Monument to General Custer Unveiled at Monroe, Mich. Monroe, Mich., June 6.—With Presi- dent Taft in attendance as the orator of the occasion, the nation, state, city and adjacent farming “district united here in paying tribute to the memory of General George A. Custer, who, with 254 of his cavalrymen, was slain by Sitting Bull'¥’band of Sioux Indians at the battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876. A magnifient equestrian statue of General Custer, for which the legisla- ture of Michigan appropriated $25,000, was unveiled by the general’s widow, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer of New York, and among the other guests of honor was Nevin J. Custer, the cavalry lead- er's only surviving brother, who still resides on a farm near here in the neighborhood where the farmer and his military brothers passed their boy- hood. The president made a brief address in which he gave Custer high credit for his valor and deeds in war. ARMY AIRSHIP OVER LONDON Circles Above St. Paul’'s Cathedral in Dead of Night. London, June 6.—An army airship made a surprise reconnaisgance over London during the night. Leaving Aldershot at 11:30 p. m. the aerial crafl started for London in the teeth of a stiff breeze. It reached St. Paul’s two hours later and circled over the cathedral at a height of 1,000 feet. Returning, the airship arrived at the barracks at Aldershot at 3 a, m. The distance between Aldershot and London is about thirty-five miles and the time made by the alrship, first against and then racing with the wind, is considered excellent. Fireman Scalded to Death. Eveleth, Minn,, June 6.—Aaron Bu- bon, a fireman on a steam shovel at the New Virginia mine stripping in this place, was scalded to death. He wasg doing his regular work when the boiler which generated the power for | the shovel burst and Bubon was en- veloped in the escaping steam. Gifford Pinchot, Paul the night of June 11. has consented address: He making comment on his dismissal. While his address will be given to the club itself, wish, to hear him. It is possible that James A. Garfield will also be and talk on conservation. understanding that Mr. Pinchot will make no reference to his dis- missal or his difference with the President, in his speech here. The ex-chief forester is taking an of the National Conservation Con- gress to be held in St. Paul in September and is awaiting word from Col. Roosevelt before conferring with the committee to definitely fix the date. NEW PAPERS SERVED IN GLEARWATER COUNTY SUIT Special Term of Court Will Be Held June 7 to Settle Questions Now Involved. Papers have again been served on the board of commissioners of Clearwater county in the suit of Beltrami county against Clearwater to be due Beltrami, as the part of debt existing at the time of the separation of the two counties which Clearwater should assume. The new papers were an alternative writ returnable before the special term of court in this city June 7. A peremptory writ of mandamus was issued several weeks ago and returned before Judge Stanton, but the court held that an alternative writ was the proper procedure and that a hearing should be held to settle several questions involved. Attorneys C. V. Stenvick of Bag- ley and Spooner & Brown of Bemidiji will represent Clearwater county. County Attorney McKusick will look after Beltrami county’s interests, Another Less Than A Dollar Dinner. Four college girls of Miss Shep- pard’s senior class in domestic science gave the last class dinners, of the college year, recently, in the Domestic Science building, at the Experiment Station, at St. Anthony Park. Six guests were present. Fol- lowing is the menu; First course —Tomato soup, croutons; second, stuffed heart, potato puff, lima beans, Parker House rolls, mint ice; third, Waldorf salad, pastry sticki; fourth, Rhubarb pie, cream meringue, coffee, cream, sugar. The cost was 99% cents, or a little over 16 cents for each person. In the college dining hall the meals cost each student at this season of the year 15 cents, but the actual cost of the food eaten is about 8 cents. Resolutions. Whereas, By the decree of an over-ruling Providence; our beloved neighbor Laura Stewart was called h_'om her earthly suffering to a home where pain and sorrow are no more, be it therefore Resolved, that in the death of neighbor Stewart the mem- bers of Josephine Camp 2110, Royal Neighbors fully realize that they have lost an estimable member, be it therefore Resolved, that we extend our sympathy to the family and that .our charter shall be draped for thirty days, also that copy of these resolu- tions be sent to the family of deceased. Pearl Marin, Anna -Pague, Myra Stafford, Committee. St. Paul, Minn,, June6, 1910.— deposed chief forester of the United States, will address the Roosevelt club in St. This will be the first time since President Taft informed him that the govern- ment could somehow squeeze along without his services, that the forester to make a public has refrained from|‘ arrangements have been made for all others who present the night of the banquet|. It is the| . active part in arranging the details to recover $23,000 which is alleged | BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING; JUNE 8, 1910. rwar s e NORTHERN EDITORS CHANGE | To Address St. Paul Roosevelt Club. GOPHER GHEAMEHIES LEAD. NAME OF ASSOCIATION s Is Northern Minnesota Editorial Association. Ston Resolutions. Territory now Includes Thirty- Ask Better Train Service. Glengarry, via Walker, June 6.— One of the final acts of the North- Central Minnesota Editorial asso- ciation was to change the name ot the association to that of the Northern Minnesota Editorial as- sociation, and to extend the ter- ritory embraced in membership to include all the thirty-one counties if the Northern Minnesota Devel- opment association and also five other counties, making the coun- ties in the jurisdiction as follows: Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Carlton, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Kittson, Lake, Mahnomen, Mar- shall, Morrison, Mille Lacs, Nor- man, Ottertail, Pine, Red Lake, Roseau, Stearns, -St. Louis, Wa- dena, Anoka, Wright and Sher- burn, The association also took radical action relative to who should be eligible to membership in the assocation, and adopted a resolution to the effect that none but actual newspaper men editors or those employed as actual workers on the papers in the district shall be included in the membership and allowed to par- ticipate in the business meetings. It was also decided that there should be none but active mem- érs, no honorary members what- ever will be allowed. This latter.| action was taken, so it was an- nounced, to prevent the possibility’ of difterent manufacturing con- cerns and supply houses and their agents to become members and attempting to get control of the affairs of the association. The members were very emphatic’ in their disapproval of reports pub- lished in certain twin city dailies as to politics being connected with the outing and condemned in no uncer- five Counties. tain tones any intimation that any- thing of a political nature should get into the outing or any of the tran- sactions of the association. The following resolutions were adopted: “Your committee on resolutions submits the following 'as express- ing the appreciation of the North- Central Minnesota Editorial associa- tion for the splendid éntertainment and lavish hospitality ' furnished by the citizens of Walker, and for the exceedingly good time which the members individually and collective- ly have enjoyed upon this occasion, their third summer outing. The friendly greetings of the people of this enterprising and public-spirited community will - linger long as a fragrant memory in our lives, We desire especially to thank our splendid host and prince of good tellows, the Hon. P. H. McGarry, and his daughter, Edna, and Harry Lee, for their kind 'attentions and innumerable courtesies shown us during our stay; to the honorable Mayor Scribner for the keys of the city; our thanks are especially due him for his many acts of kindness. To Mrs, C. R.' Sanborn, Misses Dorothy Huames and Edna Chase who attended much to our pleasure with music and recitations; also Hon. John T. Frater, Indian agent, for the opportunity. he-gave us to afn of the importaiiee; magnitude and beauty of Leech lake, and the enjoyable ride he provided, on the government boat, ““Ojiboway.” To the following firms and in- diviuals for the beautiful and useful presents they so generously and willingly contributed: American Type Founders Co.; Minnesota Type Foun- ders Co.; C. J. Johnson Mfg. Co,; Printers Supply Co.; Mergenthaler Linotype Co.; American Press As- sociation; Northwestern Newspaper Adopt Grook Union; Western Newspaper Union; Wright, Barret & Stilwell Co.; F. G. Leslie Paper Co.; John Leslie Paper Co.; Minneapolis Paper Co.; Mc- Clellan Paper Co.; Peyton Paper Co. We are not unmindful of the un- tiring zeal which F. A. Dare has shown and he has helped us to make the occasion the splendid success which it has been. We desire also to go on record as endorsing the action of the conven- tion recently held at Crookston in declairing for reapportionment of the state at the hands of the next legislature, for the conservation of the state’s resources and for the de- velopment of the magnificent en- dowment which nature has so lavishly bestowed upon northern and central Minnesota. We desire to express. our thanks and appreciation to the president, A. M. Welles, and the secretary, A. G. Rutledge, of this association for their services during the past six months, in arraneging for and carrying out the details of this out- ing and congratulate them upon their successfull efforts in our be- half. Whereas, The train service on the Sauk Centre division of the Great Northern railway, passing through the territory included in the mem- bership of tHis association has long been a subject for complaint by the.. people - of -this section, and by. the editors thereby effected: be it Resolved,” That this association continue its effort to induce the Great Northern railway company to improve its service on said line, and that a committee of three be ap- pointed from this association by the president to take charge of this matter with the end in view of im- proving this service. (Signed) * J. D. Haradon, % C. A. French, E. C. Kiley. NORTHERN MINNESOTA READY FOR DEVELOPEMENT Cutover Jack Pine Lands Can_Be Made Productive by a Little Effort. A. J. McGuire, superintendent of State Farm at Grand Rapids, is an enthusiastic booster for the farm lands for northern Minnesota. Mr. McGuire has lived in this part of the state for several yeears and has had a wide experience with the land of the Iron Range. He addressed the Developement - Congress at Crookston last week and pointed out that this section was ripe for larger agricultural developement. Mr. McGuire said in substance: “As long as crops grow, farmers can live in some kind of a way. Scarcity of farm products in Minnesota and Dakota, is not a theory but a fact, and this condition is so pronounced that the hunger line can be noticed in the cities of the states. For this there are three reasons: 1, Non agricultural nature of soil; 2, the absence of enough farmers; 3, the lack of the ability of thefarmer. The first _reason cannot apply to northern Minnesota as it is not dis- puted that it has agricultural super- iority. The Red River Valley is less than one third of Northern Minnesota and has one third of its population. I am speaking now of the cutover iron ore or Jack pine section. third of the area of Minnesota, three times the area of Denmark, the largest part of which is now unde- veloped. I have farmed these lands for the past six years. ‘The produc- tiveness of the soil and.the climate is just as good as the Red River| One| Valley but the absence of the farmers is the reason for its not having-been developed. Immigration usually follows the trail of least resistance, 80 the prairie has been settled first to a great extent. The timber section is left to the man with the pack sack. Without roads no section will be - settled rapidly. - The construction of roads on the prairie is comparatively cheap. T wo men and eight horses can construct a half mile of road on the prairie in one day, while it costs $600 to build a half mile of good road through the timber. Is it worth while to develope this section? A township in Milaca County where cutover lands stood idle 20 years ago, last year sold $80,000 worth of butter. This can be done in 90 per cent of North- eastern Minnesota territory if the farmers were there to dq it. Wadena banks paid farmers the past year $110,000 for butter checks, These farmers are on lands similar to the vast cutover lands yet undeveloped in Northern Minnesota. Then as a Busmess proposition should not the moneers in this vast cutover region in Northeastern Minnesota be given every encourage- ment? Kept the King at Home. «For the past year we have kept the King of laxatives—Dr. King’s New Life Pills4-in our hdme and they have prov j a blessing to all our family,” wi 'st Paul Mathlka, ot Buffalo, N, Easy,: but sure remedy . for all Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles. Only 25c at all Druggists. ' Whlt Then? * In a cemetery at Middlebury, Vt, s ® stone, erected by a widow to her lov- Ing husband, bearing this Inscription: "Belt ln m«—um ,We ‘Meet Anh 3 BRAINERD UNIONS MAY NOT PIGNIG IN BEMIDJI Committee:-on Arrangements ‘Has Not Yet Materialized. —Would Bring 3,000 People: Bemidji may not get the annual picnic of the union shop men at the Northern Pacific shops in Brainerd. A committee was to have come to Bemidji last week to make local arrangements, but it failed to materialize and word comes from another source that the picnic may be held ona ground near Cass Lake. Several weeks ago, the union men voted to have their picnic at Bemidji around the 29 th of June, but since then opposition to. Bemidji has ~developed and the Cass Lake ground is under consideration. It is possible that the cemittee may come up here this week, but nothing definite has been heard from them. The picnic would be a great boost for Bemidji as it would bring 1800 men and their families on ‘several special trains. The union has never held a picnic on lake Bemidji before so that most of the men are strangers here. An effort is being made by the Bemidji - Commercial Club to make definite arrangments with the men in charge at Brainerd. CHILOREN WHO ARE SICKLY. Mothers who value thelr own comfort and tho welfare of thelr chilaren, should never go Withoy { “Mojher Gray's Sweet i | to any ut 8 of Powders !o‘r a‘_“]{ldm'lli a{( use D. s | be inc all Bru o stitute. Amnfim‘ luld Allm LeRoy, N, Y. k Olmsted, Le! Inuremng figuus showing the vast amount of butter produced in Minnesota, have just been compiled. According to authentic statistics, there is but one. point in. America which makes_more butter than St. Paul. That place is Omaha and there is but a slight difference be- tween the two. Nearly 10,000,000 pounds a year is made by creameries here from cream shipped from points through- out this state, Towa and South Dakota. Approximately 50,000, 000 pounds of butter, made in ad- joining territory, is-brought to St. Paul for shipment east. About two cars adayare now being sent out, About 40 per cent of the St. Paul article is being consumed here and the rest shipped to points as far east as the Atlantic seaboard. The butter made in St. Paul each year would cover the main floor of the state capitol to a depth of five feet. This building is 433 feet long. If all the butter were moulded into bricks, such as are offered the re- tail trade, and these bricks placed end to end, they would make a trail 3 inches wide and nearly as thick; the line would be 800 miles in length, equal to the distance from New York to Indianapolis. The bricks would make a wall 120 feet high and more than a mile and a half in length. If moulded into one mass, it would make a building about one-third as large as the state capitol of Minnesota. TELEGRAPHIG SPEGIALS. St, Paul, June 6—Broken heart- ed because he realized' that ill health would prevent him .from, -marrying “Miss: Kathryne Burns next Wednesday, Charles Vander- warker placed a revolver to his heart in a Nicollet avenue lodging House and pulled the trigger. The action was committed last night after he had been to call on his sweetheart, He died at the city hosbital this morning at 5 o’clock. New york, june 6, —Two fire- men were killed and 25 more over- come by the stifling fumes in fight- ing a stubborn warehouse fire near the north river front today. The fire was extinguished soon after ‘it broke out but its location in the heart of the warehouses along _the river made it hard to successfully fight the blaze. With the help of the river fire boats the blaze was put out after a five hours fight. London June 6,—Former Pres- ident Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt were entertained at luncheon by King George and Queen Maryat the Marlborough House today. bock DELAYS GONGERTS. Band Unable to Play Outside Until Some Necessary Repairs Have Been Made. Bemidji can have no band con- certs until the dock is repaired and put in condition to hold the crowds which usually surround the band stand on the end of the pier. The council authorization has been passed for some time and the delay has | been unusual, but it is hoped that the dock can be repaiied at once. Tom Smart was given charge of the work by the council but he has been called east by the serious ill- ness of his father. this morning he turned the papers for the lumber and other materials over to City Clerk Maloy. Harry Masten, director-of the Be- midji band, says that the concerts cannot begin until the dock is in | shape but that the band any time. . The new un been here for some time and the Before he ' leRt: boys are anxious to return their| e |'value in good music. The band will| | ned this s\lmmer by several TEN CENTS PER WEEK. CONSIDERED A STEP FORWARD Why Progressives Voted for Railroad Bill. WORST FEATURES CUT OUT Measure Has Been Radically Amended Since It Was Reported From Com- mittee and as Finally Passed Bears Little Resemblance to the Original. Progressives Dissatisfied With Sec- tion Creating Court of Commerce. ‘Washington, June 6.—“A step for- ward” is the explanation made by many senators of their action in vot- ing for the senate railroad bill That is the reason that close con- tests on many important amendments were followed by an overwhelming vote of 50 to 12 when it was passed. It was a case of taking that or noth- ing and the dissatisfied ones decided to accept the bill for the good it con- tained and to hope for the day when the objectionable features might be eliminated by amending the new law. The creation of a court of commerce which is to be devoted entirely to the consideration of case§ growing out of the interstate commerce law will be the hardest to swallow by progressive senators. Against the court there was urged: “The claim of lack of necessity. “That if it had been in existence during the last three years it wonld have been called upon for the trial of only twenty-eight cases. “That its creation would be an un- oonstitutional act. “That it was unwise to place such tremendous interests as are involved in the transportation business under the jurisdiction of a small body of men. Rallroads WIill Control Court. “That in time the railroads with thelr great influence would get thelr own men on the bench of the court and that its creation was a useless ex- Dehsa The features of the bill most favor- able to railroads as it was reported by the interstate commerce committee were eliminated before it reached the final vote. These provided for the re- peal of the Sherman anti-trust aet to the extent of permitting railroads to enter into agreements as to rates, for the merger of railroads and for the alleged control by the interstate com- merce commission of the issue of rail- road securities. The latter, said La Follette, left open to the railroads six different ways of issuing watered stock. There are a number of provisions in the sen- ate and house bills that are identical in terms and this cannot be altered by the Conference committee. Expert statesmen have said that some of these will have a beneficial effect in keeping freight rates within bounds, but for the most part they are clear only to people skilled in the transportation problem. Quick Settiement Suggested. Washington, June 6.—At a confer- ence between Representative Mann of Illinois and Senators Aldrich, Elkins and Crape it was suggested that the house might accept the senate amend- ments to the railroad bill and a con- ference avoided. If this course should be taken it would permit of the ad- Journment of congress’ within three weeks. FAILS TO MEET OBLIGATIONS lowa Interurban Road Insolvent. Des Moines, June 6.—The Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern road, operating- interurbans between Des Moines, Ames, Boone and Fort Dodge, with 150 miles of track, was declared insolvent by the United States circuit court. The petition was filed by the Old Colony Trust company of -Roston, which sought foreclosure of a mort- gage of $3,500,000. The rallway was unable to meet the obligations and find & purchaser of bonds. The liabil- ities are placed at $3,000,000. Homer Loring of Boston and Parley Sheldon of Ames were named receivers. Hostile legislation, particularly the 2-cent fare law, was blamed for the_ failure by the road’s attorneys. DECLARES IT AN INSULT Natlonalists in Egypt Denounce Roose- velt's Speech, Geneva, Switzerland, June 6.—The Egyptian Nationalist commlttee"has 18" sued a violent protest against the sen- timents expressed by Theodore Roose- velt in his speech at the Guild hall in London, in which the former president of the United States expressed the opinion that Great Britain should show a firmer hand in Egypt: The committee declares that the speech was an insult not only to Ew rope and Egypt, but to the whole civil- ized world, Killed by Bear Hunter. Duluth, June 6.—Neopolion Gebeau, twenty-two years old, accidentally shot and killed John Stordhl, a boss employed at the Spring mine at Auro-. ra, about twelve miles from that vil- lage. Gabeau was hunting bears. Is Declared HISTORICAL