Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 15, 1910, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI D ' ILY PION EER B [ WINNESOTA | : |HISTORICAL SQGIETY i VOLUME 8. NUMBER 194 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENIILJG, OCTOBER 15, 1910), SENATOR NELSON T0 TALK HERE THURSDAY Brings Jmportant Political Message to Bemidji Next Week for People of the North. COMMITTEE TO GREET HIM Band Will Be Out and Distinguished Visitor May Be Given Spin in Automobile. United States Knute Nelson will deliver an address in the Senator Armory opera house in Bemidji on Thursday evening of next week. This distinguished son of Minne- sota will be welcomed to Bemidji by a committee of prominent republi- cans, headed by Mayor John C. Parker. He will be met at the depot by this committee and the band, guard of honor up town. Itis probable that the Bemidji and will be escorted by a senator will be taken for an automobile ride about the city, as he is expected on the noon train. The appearance of Senator Nel- son marks the opening of the Bel trami coudty campaign. It is said that Senator Nelson has let it be known that he has a message of special importance to the people of northern Minnesota. Senator Nelson has made but few addresses and because of his duties as chairman of the Ball- inger Pinchot committee has not, until lately, been at liberty to do active campaign work. It was only by Herculean efforts that he was able to clean up his affairs sufficiently to go to work for the Republican state Central mittee. “I am happy to be able to lend whatever assistance I can to our party in this state,” said the senator to State Chairman Ed Smith, “and I am going to devote as much of my time from now on as the committee demands.” Senator Nelson goes from Bemidji to McIntosh and on the next even- ing, Saturday Oct. 22, he will speak in Crookston. BOWLERS AFTER BIG PRIZE com Minnesota Experts to go to Spokane for Great Contest. Spokane, Wash.,, Oct. 15.—Ten thousand dollars in prizes and $2,550 in guaranteed purses for the highest individual and three team scores will be offered at the 1911 tourney of the Western Bowling Con- gress in Spokaune, begining March 6 and continuing 10 days. The $1,000 prize for the high five-man team is the largest ever hung up in a bowling tournament. The other special prizes are: High three-man team, $750; high two-man team, $500; high individual score, $300. Expert bowlers will come - from Denver, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Duluth, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Mil- waukee, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New York and Boston and 100 other centers in the eastern, middlewestern and southern states, also from vari- ous parts ot the Northwestern and Pacific states. The entrance fée has been placed at $100, to permit teams to enter their members in the four special events. MAY YET BZ EXTRADITED Porter Chariton Turned Over to Fed- eral Authorities. New York, Oct. 15.—Porter Charl- ton, the confessed murderer of his wife, Mrs, Mary Scott Castle Charlton, was ordered turned over to the federal authorities in proceedings which have been instituted for his extradition to Italy. Judge Blair of the New Jersey supreme court declined to release +“Charlton and issued-the order for him to be placed in charge of the tederal officials. '| 803 East 15th street, STANTON FILES FOR JUDGE Judge C. W. Stanton. Although the time limit for filing independent petitions does not ex- pire until Oct. 18, Judge C. W. Stanton today recorded his petition with County Auditor Haynor asa nqnpartizan candidate for judee in the fifteenth judicial district. Five hundred names are required for this district by law but the Stanton petition has several hundred more than that number. The origin- al manuscript is filed at the county seat of the candidate’s home town and certified copies are sent to the seven other counties of the district. Judge Stanton left today for Akeley. He will be gone for several days. Judge Stanton, journalist, is junior judge of the Fifteenth Judicial = Dis- trict of the State of Minnesota; was born at Pine Island, Minnesota, in 1862; was editor and publisher of the Appleton Press after 1885; was elected judge of the Probate Court of Swift County, 1890-1891. He then moved to International Falls, and on the creation of the new judgeship for the Fifteenth Judicial District of the Staie of Min- nesota by the 1909 session of the. legislature, was appointed to that place by Governor Johnson, He was a candidate for re-election at the November election in 1908 and was defeated by B. F. Wright by filty-two votes and this in a re- publican stronghold was construed by Judee Stanton’s friends as a wonderful showing. The 1909 session of the legislature created a third judgeship for the Fifteenth Judicial District, and Judge Stanton was again appointed to the position by the governor., WOMEN OF STATE GATHER Notice Received Here of Meeting to be Held in Minneapolis. The following notice has been re- ceived by Bemidji club women: “Our Annual State Convention will be held Monday and Tuesday Oct. 24 and 25, at the Court House Conveution Hall in Minneapolis. “The hour for the opening session on Monday will be at 10:30 A. M., and it is essential that all members of the Association shall be in their places at that time. “Reports of officers and standing committees will be given at that session. ‘‘Addresses will be given by good speakers on both afternoons of the convention. “We are to have as our principal speaker on Monday evening, Mrs. Florence Kelly, who has done noble work for children and young people, both in Chicago.and New York, and who has 'served for the past four years on our National Board as Vice Presid nt. “The reception planned for the Radisson will give a delightful opportunity for social intercourse. “The chairman of the entertain- ment committee is Mrs. HW. Clark, Mrs. Clark will secure p.aces of entertainment for all out of town delegates and visitors, and requests them. to write te her at once. ¢ “All members of: local clubs, all state members and. all friends of equal-suffrage are urged to.accept of our hnspitnlity and attend this Con vention of ‘the. Minncsota Woman Suffrage Assoclanon. & (;“ovdul yours, Execu and banque! Tuesday evening atl CASS LAKE SALOONS OPEN; GLASH FEARED Mayor Dumas Wires Secretary Ballinger to Learn Just What Authority “‘Pussyfoot’”’ Has “THERE’LL BE NO BATTLE” HOUPT Wire From Washington Dec'aresInterior Department Reiterates Permission For Sale of Liquor. Cass Lake saloons are still doing businese at the same old stand. This, too, despite the fact this is October 15, the day on which W. E. Jobnson, presumaply in his right to enforce Indian bureau affairs, set as the date on which the places were to be doomed and as late as yesterday declared that his closing order as originally issued must be obeyed. The three Cass Lake saloons were a bit dubious about unlocking their doors this morning. Each of the proprietots face charges of having offered a bribe and were not hanker- ing after any more trouble, As the sun brightend, however, their nperve refurned and at 10 o’clock all the places were open for business. It was said over the long distance telephone at that hour that the places would proceed to do business, relying on the assurances of Secre- tary of the Interior Ballinger to de- fend them. Mayor Dumas is awaiting an an- swer to this message sent to Bal- linger: . “Reported in newspapers that Johnson will force closing of saloons. Adyise as to our status,” In St, Paul todav the Dispatch received by wire an interview from Ballinger in which he renewed his assurances to. permit the saloons to continue to do busi- ness, but his wording was not so strong as previously. He has not, so far as known, replied to Mayor Dumas’ message. It is now be- lieved that there is to bea clash of authority between Johnson and Ballinger and that if Johnson at- tempts to execute his order that he may be-removed from office, It was rumored in Cass Lake this morning that Mr. Johnson had left St. Paul last evening and that he would arriye in Cass Lake some time this afternoon. The telephone wire between Be- midji and Cass Lake went out of commission at noon and what may have happened there since that time is not known. x *“You ‘can depend on it that there will be no rioting” said Charles C. Houpt, United States district at- torney in!St- Paul. “Bearing arms against the tederal government is rebellion and treason and the Cass Lake citizens are wise enough “to know it. “We know nothing in this office of the case except what we have read in the newspapers. Johnson isa direct agent of the Interior Depart- ment and Secretary Ballinger. He is sent here to enforce the laws and it's up to him to do so.” ., Eli S. Warner, the St. Paul busi- néss man who met.the committee from Indian couatry towns in that city September 1, when the North- ern men protested against what they considered the high handed tactics of the federal officers, -would ‘not believe: that the saloons are going :o be closed. “It means bankruptcy for the towns,” he said. “The citizens say that pracucally the entire support of the schools is from the saloons, " The treaty law is obsolete. - It was made when the Indians’ were uncivilized and was the protection of settlers. Conditions are different now.” Body oi Missing Man~Found. Chicago, Oct. 16.—The body of Wal- ter B. Coles, president of the Keefe- Coles Printing - company, was found in Lake Michig: Coles disappeared a week ago and ‘relatives had asked the police of é.ll il “in the North- vest to search fe i, 1 gither; had been forcibly supreme |- REV. WKEE AIDS IN BLOW AT BALLINGER “Our state Baptist convention in St. Paul had two subjects . quite out of the ordiuary, both of which had a special ianterest to Bemidji, ‘“said Rev. H. Robinson McKee, pastor of the Bemidji Baptist church who has returned from St. Paul, “We were shocked by the news of the fire disaster in Beltrami ‘and ad- joining counties, and a voluntary offering of the delegates was taken up and $100 was thus .obtained for the relief of the sufferers. “Our convention also touched on the Cass l.ake saloon-closing matter in that a resolution was adopted condeming the reported action of Secretary Ballinger in his decision to permit the salcons to remain open.” This resolution in part gaid: “Resolved, That we;approve of county -option as a“temperance measure and urge the support of all men seeking public office who stand for ‘the proposition. As represen- tative of the 25,000 Baptists of Min- nesota- we hereby approve of the great work of the Indian department in the suppression of the sale of liquor to Indians in the Indian territory of our state. We also note with regret the recent order of Sec- retary Ballinger whereby he makes possible the reopening of saloons in this territory where now they are closed, and do hereby express our disapproval of the backward steps taken, and urge that the treaty pro- visions to be lived up to. We also direct the convention secretary to forward a copy of this resolution to the Hon. R. A. Ballinger.” Rey. McKee voted for the resolu- tion. In fact it was adopted by an unanimous vote and Mr. McKee ‘described the discussion as “interest- ing.” BEMIDJI VS. GRAND RAPIDS Football Boys, in Weakened Condition, Tackles Exceptionally Strong Team. The Bemidji- high school football team is this afternoon putting up the fight of the season at Grand Rapids with the high school eleven of that place. - The Bemidji. boys, who have not suffered defeat ‘so far this year, went into the battle this afternoon. in a weakened condition. Neuman, the speedy halftback was put out of the game for the seasou, in the game with Crookston, two iweeks ago. Peck, the star tackle and Russeil, are both members of Com- pany K and are now on duty at ‘Baudette. The men ‘went into the fizht to- day and lined up as follows: "Le, Coixld;‘t, Johnson; lg; Lycan; c, W. Lepley:. re, A. Ripple; rt, F. Chamberlain; re. Bailey;. gb, Mc- Donald; Ib; Stantor; rh, Larson fb Hendrickson. The suhsmntes taken along were Epencer and M Official, Thayer the l‘eli\n‘ - The THIS SEASON’S HATS. AISTER WOULD. YOU MND TELLNG ME WHICH ONE. 18 MY IWISCONSIN SEEKS WISDOM Requests Secretary Mackenzie to Ex- plain Development Associations. The fame of the northern Minne- sota Development association has spread beyond' the state, its work having made so strong an impression upon Wisconsin that the state board of immigration of that state request- ed W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Development association to go to Madison and explain the workings of his organizatioz. Mr. Mackenzie accepted the in- vitation and proceeded from the Baudette-Spooner fire zone to the Wisconsin capital, there this morning. ¢l found the men of northern Wisconsin alive to the value of developmg that part of their commonwealth,” said Mr. Mac- kenzie, “and they are about to inaugurate a boosting compaign, The meeting was repsesented by many of the largest owners of land in the state, returning from “An unique event was arranged for the spring of 1911 at Owen Wis. At that time a‘demonstration in Itis expected that at least four large steam stump pulling machines will be shown, besides other methods of removing stumps, such as by dyna- mite and other methods, Mr. Mackenzie said the Wisconsin men were astounded over the propo- sition of Minnesota having to fight for'reapportionment. *“Former Attorney General of Wis- consin, W. H. Mpylrea,” said Mr. Mackenzie, “declared it was incon- ceivable that Minnesota should have to fight for proper representation. He said that in Wisconsin no such injustice was encountered as there is a state law making representation mandatory as the population in- creases.” MAKES CLEAN UP GOMPLETE stump pulling will take place. Chief Harrington, Backed by Mayor, Rids Bemidji of Undesirables. For the first time in the history of Bemidji this city is practically free from wandering women of the world. &Several days ago Chief Harring- ton, working' in harmony with Mayor Parker, began a. crusade against this class of persons and he has kept atit so persistently that not a character of this stripe, outside the ¢swamp” district, re- mains. In this work-Chief -Harrington has fortified himself with the or- dinance forbidding women 1n wine rooms, ‘and as a result the few ssloons” which harbored such women now refuse them admit- | tance S 4 “I think we have them all out of town,” said the chief today..® last case was an old timer here wha said she couldn’t be made go. I caught her ‘in a her: twelve hmnm in TEN CENTS PER WEEK. —Brinkerhoff in Cleveland Leader. CARLTON ON TRIAL; JURY KARD TO GET John Carlton, accused of highway robbery, is again on trial in district court here before Judge McClenahan. Carlton was once before tried at the present session of the district court before Stanton. The jury dis- agreed. He was defended by Henry Funkley, who also appears in his behalf at the present trial. County Attorney Chester McKusick is prosecuting the case for the state. Carlton is charged with having held up Jobn Lehuner at the point of arevolver on the lake shore in Bemidji last spring. Difficulty is being experienced in securing a jury. Only one juryman was secured from the regular panel. Judge McClenahan ordered a special venire of fifteen returnable at 9 a. m. today. 'An affidavit of prejudice t the sheriff was filed also an affidavit. of prejudice against the coroner. . It was finally agreed that Deputy Sheriff Cahill prepare -the special venire. At11 o’clock the special venire had become exhausted, after a total of eight jurors were sworn in. Judge LcClenehan instructed Deputy Sheriff Cahill to prepare another venire of twelve and these men re- reported at 4 p. m. today, and it was expected that the juty would be completed before court adjourned until Monday. Judge McClenehan will be succeed- ed by Judge Wright. In the case of A.T. Hatcher vs. E. J. Swedback, which wason trial Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the jury yesterday returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. BOY SCOUTS RUN 4 MILES Raymond Lord Wins in Chase Led by Rev. White. The Boy eS(:rmts of Bemidji were taken on another chase through the woods today by Rev. S. E. P. White wholed the thirty-five youngsters a BEMIDJI BOYS GHOP WAY TO FIRE VICTIMS Bury Three Men, Last to be Found Dead in Baudette-Spooner District. BAILEY AIDS IN SAVING TEACHER Young Woman Miraculously Escapes Near Zipple—Work of Relief Well in Hand. Reports from the Baudette- Spooner fire district today show that no more dead bodies since the dis- covery of Martin and Nels Klakeg and John Alfvéson in a tangled cedar jungle seven miles from Baudette, bave been found, and that the work of relief is going ahead so splendidly that but little real suffering remains. Twenty men of Company K from Bemidji, under command of Lieu- tenant John Hillaby, were assign- ed the task of recovering the dead bodies of the persons named above and under their direction burial was made, The work ot recover- ing the bodies was extremely diffi- cult, as tke mijlitiamen were oblig- ed to chop their way through thick undergrowth, With her feet blistered and burned in a fierce hot fire raging abcut her, Miss Margaret Donahue, a teacher in a district school near Zipple, well known in Bemidji, lay for more than twenty-four hours in 2 small sand pit until rescued by a relief party. Thomas Bailey, formerly sheriff of Beltrami county, was one of the lead- ers of the rescue party which found Miss. Donahue. The party was headed by Captain Hatcher. Miss Donahue was in a pitable plight, both her feet being badly burned. Gangrene had already started. In addition to teaching school, she was holding down a claim. On reaching Baudette Miss Dona- hue was taken to the emergency hos- pital and placed on a cot near where three typhoid patients are being treated. William Rulin, sole survivor of the unfortunate Rulin family has reached Baudette, after a tramp of thirty miles through the burnt country. He saw no dead bodies. Two more carloads of supplies have arrived at Baudette, one of cots and medical supplies consigned to General Woods from St. Paul, and one from the Sunshine Society of Winnipeg. Covernor Eberhart has arrived in St. Paul and in speaking of his observations said: “A personal investigation of conditions convinces me that while the loss of life has been exaggerated the loss of property has been even greater than at first supposed. The destitution is very great, and at this season of the year, relief measures must be pushed rapidly to prevent actual suffering, and it will have to be of greater magnitude than the merry chase for more than four miles. which' was covered in an hour and a quarter. Raymond Lord won the contest with Chester Otto second, Floyd Madson third, Ralph Johnson fourth and Willie Ward fifth. The trail led from the Presbyterian church, Fifth street and Minnesota avenue, north between Minnesota and America avenues, then to the timber east of the fairg rounds, thence through the brush and dense under- growth to the lake near Diamond Point, then west to the timber and in circles south and then home. This is the second fox and *The | NEEEANATI\/E DANC hound event for the Scouts and they are so enthusiastic over the run through the woods that they have petitioned Rev. White to permit them to take a longer jour- ney, cooking a noon day meal in the forest. Rev. White will not permit this during the present dry weather, fearing fires, B »koouvnlt. Imt“‘ m: general public realizes. The work is now pretty well in hand, and we hope to avert any serious suffering.” The work of raising funds in Be- midji is going forward and at the Northern National Bank about $200 has been received. In Min- neapolis Mayor Haines has issued a proclamation asking the pastors of the churches to present the needs of the sufferers and to take up a collection. This will also be done in at least one Bemidji church, The total fund is expect. ed to reach $150,000. FIRE NOW GOMING _SOUTH - Roosevelt, Minn.,:Oct. 15.—The fire has run twenty ‘miles south and southeast of Roosevelt. - It has crossed the Big muskeg and burned’ over all the government reserved pine section 159, range 35, and many miles southeast of there. Smoke shows that a fire is burn- ing twenty miles south of the Big muskeg in the midst of the biggest untouched pine district left in the. state. There was no loss of life for fifteen miles south’ and southeast o!