Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 7, 1910, Page 1

. it THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER: i VOLUME 8. NUMBER 147. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1910. AT ical Society. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. GRAY SPEAKS HERE; BELIEVES HE'LL WIN Democratic Candidate For Governor Quietly Received by Crowd Which Saves Applause For Peterson. PLEDGES AIDTO PEOPLE OF NORTH In His Address And in Interview With Pioneer he Declares For ‘‘Square Deal All Around.” “Judging from the audiences I bave faced so far and the pledges of support I have received from republi- can sources as the result of my declaration for county option, I have every reason to feel that I shall re- ceive substantially the same vote in the district I have covered that was given to John A. Johnson two years ago,” said James Gray, democratic candidate for governor, following his address to 600 persnns in the opera house here last night. “If the same degree of enthusiasm is maintained throughout the re- mainder of the state, while I am making no predictions, I feel that I shall be elected governor of Min- nesota.” Mr. Gray opened his campaign at Fergus Falls last week and since that time has visited several cf the towns in the north central and north- ern Minnesota. Although Mr. Gray had said in | iincreased their cost you may be call- his speech that he favored the things for which Northern Minne- sota is striving through tke North- ern Minnesota Development as- sociation, the Pioneer improved the opportunity to place specific questions to the candidate follow- ing his talk, after Mr. Gray had pledged himself to a ¢‘square deal all around in behalf of northern Minnesota.” The first question asked Mr. Gray was: «“How do you stand on the demand of Northern Minnesora at the Croakston convention for $100,000 state aid for the im- migration department?” “I stand squarely behind 1it. The present appropriation of $20,000 is not only insufficient but totally ridiculous. It is most deplorable that we should permit homeseekers to pass through the richest district in the country to take up their resi- dence 400,000 strong in Canada.” The second question was: ““If the coming session of the legis- lature pass a reapportionment bill which is not just and fair and ac- cording to the constitution of the state will you sign or veto 1t?”’ “That question answers itself. No honest governor would sign an illegal document, but I realize what lies be- hind the question and I assure your people that I believe they should be given what three republican legisla- tures have failed to do—a just and equal reapportionment which will give the great domain of northern Minnesota that representation to which by every right of justice they are entitled.” At the opera house meeting, which was the third held by Mr. Gray on Thursday, he placed special emphasis on the justice of northern Minne- sota’s claim for a fair and just reap- portionment and for state aid to set- tlers in this part of the state. He reiterated his devotion to county op- tion and ridiculed Governor Eber- hart for what, Mr. Gray said, Gov- ernor Eberhart has not said. *“You know where I stand but as much cannot be said for the republican candidate for if he isn’t entirely silent he might as well be so far as expressing any real opinion or tak- ing any stand on a question so vit- ally important to every county in the state.” Mr. Gray’s remarks were well received but thc applause was stinted and the only real enthusi- asm of the evening came when Edward Peterson of St. Paul, state fire marshal, delivered a stinging arraignment of the re. publicans in general and Senator E. E. Smith of Minnesota in par- ticular, taking time to criticise Julius Schmahl as :“‘the one and only open-mouthed stand.patter in the state of Minnesota.” Mr. Feterson’s humoreus com- ments of the tariff bill delighted the crowd. His plan of attack was to show wup the high schedules on the necessities of the common people and the comparativly low schedules for the higher grade of of goods and luxuries. He riddled the woolen schedules and sarcas- tically told the people if they couldn’t afford flannels they might find recourse in the use of an article placed on the free list, dragon’s blood. Again he pointed out the increase in the knit goods used by every day folks and said: “If you can’t buy knit goods because « f their increased cost, maybe you will find solace in the use of another article as a substitute which you will find on the free list, and I refer to divy divy. I dont know what it is, but anyhow its on the free list.” Still another point was made with the advanced cost of stockings.” “I've been up in this country in the winter time,” said Mr. Peterson,“and therefore I have reason to believe that most of you people need stock- ings, but since the tariff bill Fas so ed upon to seek a substitute and I refer to fish skins.” Mr. Gray and Mr. Peterson went to Bagley on the night train last night where this.afternoon they will speak at the Clearwater couaty fair. Mr. Gray spoke yesterday before coming to Bemidji at Erskine and Cass Lake. “I haven’t had a meeting that pleased me so much as did the Erskine gathering,” said Mr. Gray, “as I had not been advertised to speak. The word got out that I was in town and they telephoned me that a crowd had gathered and wanted me to talk and I got upon a dry goods box and spoke my little piece. I was also much pleased with my reception in Bemidji and the audi- ence here was the largest I have as yet addressed.” In opening his address last even- ing Mr. Gray employed the oppor- tunity to pay a tribute to Cass Lake. He said in part: “I was told that it would be dan- gerous to go to Cass Lake; that we would find a city in arms against the United States government. We went over there this morning and had a meeting this afternoon. They had a platform draped with Ameri- can flags and there was an audience of men and women who applauded every loyal and American sentiment. Here, tonight, we have a much larg- er audience and I know that you, too, are as American as they are at Cass Lake and as free to know and to believe what you think is right as any audience assembled in America this evening, “The ticket which the Republicans put up in the state is a stand-patone from top to bottom. There is not a man upon it who ever said a word for Theodore Rooseveit in his fight against the special interests. There are some men upon it who would repeal the direct primary in this state. Those men will do nothing for you, if you ask their aid in hav- ing the United States senators elect- ed from this state elected by direct vote of the people. “We believe in the initiative and referendum because it is another great and beneficial enlargement of - [Continued on Page 4] GOES FREE OF GHARGE MADE BY OWN CHILD George Davis, Tried on Accusations of 13 Year Old Girl, Quickly Ac- quitted By Jury. RUST GUILTY, BUTNOT SENTENCED Man, Who Declares He Took Grip B.y Mistake, Convicted—Carlton Faces New Trial. George Davis of the town of Lib- erty, who faced grave charges brought by his own daughter, Mar- jorie, 13 years old, was acquitted by the jury in district court here and has been dismissed from custody by Judge Wright. In her testimony given at the trial, the young girl was especially bitter against her father and vehemently told of her hatred for him since the death of her mother one year prior to the time that the girl claims she was first abused. Attorney A. A. Andrews, for the defeunse, introduced testimony which convinced the jury that neighbor- hood rows had resulted in an attempt being made to *‘job” Davis and that the girl was put up to make the complaint against her father. Before being discharged by the court, Davis gave his promise *hat the girl would be sent to the state reformatory as he claims he has never been able to properly éovern ber. Late yesterday afternoon, the jury in the case of Andrew Rust, accused of the crime of grand larceny in the the second dégree, returned’a verdict of guilty. The case was unusual in that Rust admitted having taken the suit case containing articles of wearing apparel, which led to his arrest, claiming he had made an un- intentional error, mistaking the suit case for his own which resembles the one taken. The jury deliberated two hours before returning a verdict of guilty at the présent term of court, two other juries having disagreed in criminal cases and the one in the Davis case returning a verdict of not guilty. The case went to the this afternoon. The case against A. Burke, pro- prietor of the Star theater also ac. cused of selling liquor to persoas of Indian blood was then taken up. A. A. Aundrews and Henry Funklev took up the Rust case and sentence was delayed, 2 motion for a new trial being postponed, the case going over until the next term. A. E. Gravereau,accusedof furnish- ing liquor to persons of Indian blood, is on trial today, testimony in the case being furnished by government agents Sero and Matulys. It was erroneously stated that John Carlton, who was tried for highway robbery, had been released following the inability of the jury to reach an agreement. Carlton was not released but is in the county jail and will be tried again next week. Court adjourned this afternoon to meet again next Tuesday with Judge’ McClenehan on the bench. jury early Excursion to the Dam on the Yankee Doodle Sunday., 230. Dr. Frost visited Bemidji not long ago and several members of the Eastern Star here are under- going a period of deep thought. The Morris, Minn,, Tribune says that one Dr, B, M. Frost of Chicago, claiming to be a subscrip- tion solicitor for the Eastern Star Record, is a smooth swindler.— Masonic Observer. | set £ GASS LAKE WINS 0UT; SALOONSREMAIN OPEN Secretary of Interior Ballinger Today Rescinds Oct. 15 Closing Order For all Towns Affected AGENT MATULYS IS RELEASED Will ‘Be Given Hearing on Bribery Charges Oct. 26—Attorney Gen- eral Cautions Mayor Dumas. The battle of Cass Lake will never be fought! Mayor Dumas and the forces be- hind him won without a shot being fired, the surrender of the govern- ment being practically complete. The following telegram was re- ceived from Mayor Dumas this morning: “The closing order has been with- drawn indefinitely by Ballinger.” The order applies to Moorhead, Walker, Deer River and other places where the saloons were to have been banged shut on Oct. 15, and comes as the result.of the agitation in which Cass Lake has been so prominently identified. The conference with Secretary Ballinger at Washington was partici- pated in by Mayor Dumas, Attorney J. M. Witherow, Mayor W. H. Davy of Moorhead, and S. G. Comstock, also of Moorhead. Mayor Dumas told Secretary Bal- linger that Cass Lake had not re- ceived fair treatment, at the hands of the agents of the Indian Bureau. He recited the instance of the Cass Lake agent who is said to have caused saloon men to pay his hotel bill. Mayor Dumas further represented that no bottle liquors can be ob- tained in any of the three saloons at Cass Lake and that not a drop of alcohol can be had for medicinal purposes even in the drug stores. He told the secretary in plain language that he could not be re- sponsible for the consequences if the agents attempted to destroy property as a result of the Oct. 15 closing order. He said the police force in Cass Lake was so small and that public sentiment was such that he feared the consequences, should the government agents attempt to destroy liquor. The order from Secretary Bal- linger will do much toward clarifying the atmosphere in northern Minne- sota but there still remains points of interest to be settled. The federal court decision in the Sero-Davis assault case in Minneapolis, Oct. 21, is expected to determine the precise rights of agents in their search for contraband liquor, although Secre- tary Ballinger’s action today will minimize danger of further friction along this line. Editor; A. A. Oliver of the Cass County Fioneer, published in Walker, was in Bemidji last night. He is the man who preferred the assault charges/against Sero and Davis. Mr Oliver faid: “There is one correction I should like tomake regarding this affair and that is that whatever I have done hys been from honest motives and inan effort to remedy intoler- able conditions and was in no way inspirel by the saloon intereste, My acts hmve been intended for the peoplejand aimed against men who, themsdves, are law-breakers.” Agent Matulys, who was arrested in Benidji yesterday, by Constable Matt Kennedy of Cass Lake, was taken fo that place yesterday after- noon and arraigned before Justice Ives. | His prelimnary hearing was Oct. 26 he was released oun his own recognizance and re- turned to Bemidji where he is giving testimony in district court cases. The specific charge against Matulys is that he extcrted %30 from Charles Hanson, an equal amount from Saloonkeeper Ted- ford of Cass Lake and g200 from the Hamm Brewing Co. to be applied on Matulys’ hotel bill for himself and wife at Cass Lake, with the understanding that the brewing company was to be allow- ed to ship in beer, that the saloon- keepers were to be unmolested and that no bad reports were to be sent in to the department at Washington. Attorney General Simpson has ad- dressed an open letter to Mayor Dumas which, although is now of little value because of Secretary Bal- linger’s decisicn today, is neverthe- less interesting. The letter reads in part: “My dear Sir: In your favor of Oct. 1 vou call attention to the methods employed in enforcing the law in regard to the importation of intoxicatlng liquor. You also call attention to the duty resting upon you to see that the state law is enforced and you suggest that be- cause license has been granted to certain saloonkeepers under the state law, that, therefore their rights should be protected by you. You. ask as to your powers and duties. “Therefore it is illegal for the state to issue a license for the sale of liquor therein because, under the constitution of the United States and these treaties that I have men- tioned, the importation of liquor is absolutely forbidden. “Your duty is to obey the law, state and federal. If this be the law, it is your duty to obey it, and it is not only your duty to obey it but it is the:duty of every person in the state of Minnesota to obey it.” BAGLEY HAS BIG FARM SHOW 275 Entries in Vegetable; 127 in Na- ture Grasses; 152 Stock. Bagley, Minn., 7.—The first day of the Fourth Annual Fuair of the Clearwater County Fair Association has demonstrated that the farmers of this county are fully alive as to what is expected of them in the way of assistance in making.an Agricul- tural Fair, a success. There were 275 entries in vegetable and root crop division, 127 in the grasses and grain division, 152 in the horse, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry division, 326 in the dairy and house- hold products division and 210 in the school division. The new exhibit building, which without question, 1s the iargest and most conveniently arranged exhibit hall outside ol the State Fair Grounds, is well filled and is a source of great pride to the people of the county. One of the best posted Agriculturalists in the State who has attended 14 different county fairs this season, after looking over the display, said: “Here is the best display of vegetables, clover and native grasses that I have ever seen gathered together under one roof, and Clearwater county can well claim to be the home of clover and native grasses, vegetables, timber and pure water as there is certain- ly no better to be found in the World.” Prof. A. D. Wilson, of St. Paul, and Prof. Geo. Danielson, of the Crookston Agricultural school, ad- dressed the farmers at the exhibit building Thursday on practical farming and dairying. Today James Gray, the Democratic candidate for Governor, and State Immigration Agent, George Welsh speak, and Saturday, U. S. Senator Moses E. Clapp and J. G. Winkjer, are on the program for addressess. s Pwm A MNP BEGINS PLANS TO MAKE NEEDS OF NORTH LAW Secretary Mackenzie Arranges For Northern Development Association Work Dec. I and 2 “ALL EYES ON BRAINERD” CRY Bills Will Be Drafted By Men of Promi- nence — Special Trains to Come From Cities. Exerting a power surpassed only by the legislature itself, the North- ern Minnesota Development Asso- ciation will meet in Brainerd, Dec. 1and 2, and draft bills which are to be the most important matters of legislation to come before the state law-making body at its coming session. The biggest men in the state will attend and participate in the deliber- ations of the Brainerd meeting. From Minneapolis and St. Paul will come two special trains of boosters; the iron range country and Duluth will send 75 more in special cars; while Bemidji, Crookston, Moorhead, Little Falls, Akeley, Park Rapids, Aitkin and the smaller towns -will be represented by large delegations. W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the association, has just retucned from Brainerd where he began arrangements for the coming mesting and let loose for the first time the slogan which is to ring throughout Minnesota, ¢«‘All Eyes on Brainerd!” Even at this early date Mr. Mackenzie is able to announce that men of great influence will lend their support in the drafting of bills for reapportionment, good roads, state aid for immigration and other measures, The good roads and one mill tax proposition will be taken cire of by Robert C. Dunn of Princeton. The bill for the handling of sales of state lands will receive the per~ sonal attention of State Auditor Iverson and Editor Hughes of the Farm, Stock and Home while others of scarcely less prominence will be heard on this subject. Willett M. Hays, assistant secre- tary of agriculture, will come to Brainerd from Washington and among other things will speak of rural school consolidation which alse will be discussed by Professor A. M. Dunton of McIntosh, Minn. Reapportionment is of so great importance that the action of the association will be taken only after mature deliberation and the bill, which is to be formulated, probably will come from the association sit~ ting as a committee of the whole. The total number of delegates from the 32 counties entitled to represen- tation is expected to exceed 200 while those attracted to the meeting for personal reasons or to aid the work of the association probably will swell the total attendance well up toward the thousand mark. Hotel accomodations in Brainerd are al- ready being spoken for and the Ran- ford Hotel of that city is making special arrangements and probably as many as 300 guests being cared for there. Other hotels will assist in properly caring for the crowd. N. J. Case was called to Minne- apolis last night. His sister, Mrs. C. Troppman is not expected to live. L. P. Eckstrom leaves for Grand Rapids today to install a gas plant in St. Benedict’s Hospital at that place. FOR RENT— Suitof 3 rooms and alcove furnished or unfurnished. 503 Beltrami avenue. —