Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 30, 1910, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 D ILY PIONEE fl’istfii‘icfli’y S‘Ei':iiw‘ : BINNESETA | ' HISTORICAL ; 1 (SBCIETY, SR VOLUME 8. NUMBER 258. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY SVENING. DECEMBER 30, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. MEN AT DETROIT MEETING TAKE AGTION White and Red Men Gather to Dis- cuss Situation on the White Earth Reservation. INDIAN RIDICULES EASTERNERS “Philanthropic Sentimentalists Who Know Very Little About the In- dian,” He Says. Nearly 200 business men and re- presentatives of various commercial clubs in the vicinity of the White Earth Indian reservation gathered in Detroit yesterday and took active steps toward securing the settlement | of the title disputes over reservation lands sold in that neighborhood, ac- cording to H. E. Reynolds, secretary of the Bemidji Commercial Club, who attended the meeting as a represen- tative of Bemidji and returned to the city last night. Many Indians were present and some took promi- nent parts in the meeting. Congress declared in 1906 that‘ mixed blood Indians on this reser- vation should have the privilage of selling their lands. Settlers soon poured into the country and began to purchase reservation lands, but when settlement was well under way members of the Indians’ Rights As- sociation of the east and govern- ment agents declared that some of the Reds were being cheated, and the Interior department stopped the sale of lands. When agents of the department atempted to learn which Indians were full-bloods, many of the half-bloods claimed that they be- longed to the former class in order to get the larger payments, thus making it apparent that some of the | “noble Red men” ed. As the Interior department, business on th reservation is practically at a stand- still. The legitimate sale of the lands of the mixed blood Indians has been stopped, and the development of the country in the vicinity of De- troit is being seriously retarded. Four hundred cases over the titles to various pieces of land on the re-[ servation are pending in the courts| and nearly 700 more are ready to be | instituted. | The busines men who gathered at Detroit yesterday were determined to get the mater placed before the Washington authorities in such a| way that the exact condition of every Indian on the reservation,| full-blood or mixed, could be deter- mined, the question of titles settled, and business be resumed on the re- servation. C. M. Johnson of De-| troit was elected chairman, after President Charles Morris of the De- troit Commercial Club had called the meeting to order, and J. L. Pryor was made secretary. Mr. Johnson, on taking the chair, outlined the act of congress in open-| ing the lands to settlement, the in-| rush of men seeking farm homes, and the present condition of affairs. John W. Carl of Mahnomen, an edu- cated Indian, declared that the time has arrived when the Indian should be thrown on his own resources. Using Carl as interpreter, Chief Wil- liam Potter said that the list of full- bloods had been padded and is in- accurate, that the Indians have been fairly well treated on the whole, and that much of the agitation of the department and of the Indians’ Rights association was superfluous. J. A. Beaulieu of White Earth de- clared’ that a pernicious influence is creeping between his people and the good intentions of the government, and he refered to the members of, the had been defraud- | Signatures on the call for a caucus.” result of the action of the 1 Hennepin county have signed the e | call, and most of the Ramsey county | members have placed their names to lot Bagley, Indians’ Rights association as “phil- anthropic eastern sentimentalists who know very little about the In- dian.” Many other speeches against the present policy of the interior department were made by both white and Indian speakers. A committee on committees was appointed, consisting of A. Kaiser J. P. Holten of Grand Forks, J. T. Van Metre of Mahnomen, J. H. Baldwin of Frazee, and J. K. West of Detroit. Following the re- port of this body, committees on fin- ance, resolutions and on the trip to Washington, to present the mater to the Indian department, were ap- pointed, and later submitted their reports. The resolution committee supported the bill known as the “Clapp Amendment” but desired several minor changes in it. C. M. Johnson and Thomas Kenfield of Detroit were appointed two members and given the power of selecting the third to form the committee to go to Washington. A delegation of ten Indians from the tribes on the White Earth reser- vation will leave for Washington January 7 to assist the three from Detroit to secure definite action on the part of the interior department. GLAPP'S SEAT NOT IN DANGER Threatened Opposition Fades Before Active Work of His Supporters. . Members -of the Minnesota legis- lature have began to arrive in St. Panltoday for the 1911 session which opens next Tuesday. As the members of the rural coun- ties come in, the threatened opposi- tion of Senator Clapp approaches the vanishing point. The Senator’s managers at headquarters have ceased to worry. “When the up-country members | get in,” said W. W. Rich yesterday, “this talk of a fight on Senator Clapp will look like nothing more than a puff of hot air. We now have four Eleven of the 19 members from it. Members from outside the twin cities are waiting until they come in to sign with an occasional exception. Senator-elect C. W. Odell of Willmar sent a telegram saying he is for Clapp, and authorizing his name to be placed on the call. Gotch Challenges World. Frank Gotch has issued a formal challenge to Hackenschmidt or any other wrestler for a match for the championship of the world. Farmer Burns, who for years has been the champion’s trainer, made the formal announcement of the Iowan’s desire to re-enter the grap- pling game. Burns posted $500 as a forfeit to bind a match for the side bet of $20,000, putting the money up with an Omaha newspaper. The terms do not frighten Hack- enschmidt. Jack Curley promptly accepted for the Russian Lion and probably the only match Gotch will wrestle will be the invader from the land of the czar. Jack Herman, Zbyszko’s manager, offers to arrange a match for one-half of the side-bet stipulated by Gotch, but in view of Hackenschmidt’s acceptance, the Pole will probably be ignored. Court at Baudette. District court will be convened in naturalization papers February 1, Baudette for the purpose of granting Judge C. W. Stanton of the district court having filed on order with the clerk of court today setting that date for the regular district court term at that place. Clerk of Court and Mrs. Rhoda will leave tomorow morning for Mr. Rhoda’s old home in Long Prairie, Year’s day. past years. 2233333333333333333333333333333333333323333 33; 22 333353333333 23333333333332 333333333333 i‘)‘)”l‘li’”i@g It is with pleasure at this time, that we ex- tend you the greetings of the season. We owe it to you, patrons of this store, for our past year’s successful business. previous records in the history of our career. We trust that you, one and all, will enjoy with us many more years of prosperity, and our faithful endeavor will be to serve you even better than in Barker's Drug and Jewelry Store HEFEEEEFEESEE FEEEEEEEREEEFEE CEFEEECEEREELECEEE & It far eclipsed all CEEEEEEE CEFEEFERES EF EEEEFEF EEEEEFEEEFEEEEE C SPOKANE ADOPTS GOMMISSION PLAN Spokane, Wash., Dec. 30.—(Spe- cial.)—Spokane adopted the com- mission form of government yester- day by a vote of 6,438 in favor of the proposition to 4,111 against it, with one precinct still missing. A large number of women registered but comparatively few of them voted at the polls. Commission Form of Government. Eau Claire, Wis., has had the com- mission'form of city government only a little more than six months; but already the new system has proved itself so thoroughly that there is ab- solutely no thought of going back to the old plan. Bau Claire was a pretty good test, ‘too. Under the old political form of government, with officers elected because they were members of a party and councilmen elected be- cause they were party adherents and because they would work for ward interests even at the cost of city in- terests, matters were going from bad to worse. Taxes were high, the tax burden was unequally adjusted, the city was badly_in debt and its real needs were never met. All at- tempts at reform under the old sys- tem proved frutile, so the city tried the commission plan. Says a dispatch from Eau Claire: “Probably no city could have fur- nished a better field for trying out the commission form of government in Wisconsin than Eau Claire. Debt ridden, the people suffered under an avalanche of taxes that kept indus- tries away, not witnstanding that there are few better industrial lo- cations in this section of the state. The city government was expensive, as it provided for ten wards. Ward lines were wiped out by the commis- sion, which also found that the al- dermen of the last council, when they realized that they had reached the end of their rope, had quietly omitted from including in the budget for this year an item of §45,000, for which provision should have been made.” This was the situation the commis- sion government faced in Eau Claire. It was a hard test, but the plan has met it. By economies in other lines, the $45,000 which the council didn’t provide for has been made available for necessary uses, and that with- out sacrificing any real need in other directions. Taxes have not been lowered, because of this deficit which had to be made up; but, more important still, taxes have not been increased though for the first time in years the city’s needs have been fully met by the taxes raised. One of the first things the commis- sion did was to readjust assessment values. Like many other cities, assessments had been slipshod and unjust for many years. The com- mission, sitting as a board of review, equalized assessments with the re- sult, to quote the dispatch from Eau Claire again, “that for the first time in its history Eau Claire can boast of a tax assessment that has some pre- tense of being uniform.” When the many under assessed properties were brought up to the level with the average, and the few over-assessed properties had been reduced, there was a net increase in valuation that contributed toward holding down the city tax rate. For years the water works plant has been a bone of contention in Eau Claire. The commission got hold of it and is building an immence reservoir that will supply the city’s needs for years to come. The old council and the school board had been at loggerheads for years. The commission and the school board are working hand in hand, with resulting economies and better service. In short, Eau Claire threw out the old inefficient political government and substituted a business govern- ment, and the city is now levying the taxes that it needs, getting the re- sult it requires, cutting its garment according to its cloth and getting a dollar’s worth of results for each dollar of taxes.—Duluth Herald. Attend New Years Ball. At Armory Theatre, Saturday evening given under management of Armory Co. Cordial invitation ex- tended to all. Masten’s Orchestra will play. Tickets $1.00. Holiday Excursion Fu;et. To points in Michigan and East ern Canada via The South Shore. Please apply to agents for particu- lars, . g WILL HE FALL? GUILTY OF ILLEGAL FISHING Emil Arndt, of Backus, Used “Tip- Up” Method in Catching Bass. Deputy Game Warden 8. C. Bailey, of Bemidji, returned yesterday from Backus where he found that several of the state fish laws were being vio- lated. Emil Arndt was arrested charged with illegal fishing, \'havlng used a method of catching fish called “tip- ups,” by which the fish are caught by a hook attached to a line with a floater. Arndt was taken before Justice of the Peace T. W. Zaffks and plead guilty. The lake at Backus is one of nor- thern Minnesota’s most popular fish- ing resorts during the summer months and possesses many bass. “AULD ROBIN GREY” IS AT THE MAJESTIC Local Theatre Is Being Well Patron- ized By Large Crowds, The management of the Majestic Theatre considers himself fortunate in having secured two special fea- ture films from the Vitigraph com- pany for his New Year’s program. The one big feature is the repro- duction of the old Scotch play en- titled “Auld Robin Grey.” Several locals appeared in last evening's paper referring to this big feature which is considered one of the best feature films that has ever been pro- duced. It tells the story of an old love affair which is well known to many of Bemidji citizens, the film doing justice to the writer of the play. This film has been the chief drawing card in every playhouse where it has been shown, having packed theatres night after night. The management expects that after the first night's showing, his house will not be large enough to accom- modate the crowd. “The Wrong Box” is a comedy telling of an incident where a lover sends his sweetheart supposedly a package of cut flowers but through some unavoidable mistake the wrong package is sent. This is the kind of comedy that makes you laugh and grow fat. The illustrated song tonight will be sung by C. J. Woodmansee and is entitled “If the Rose Told You All it Knows.” Chief Harrington Warns Boys. Chief Joseph Harrington, of the Bemidji police départment, has had his attention called to the fact that a few boys have recently made their way into several'of the cottages at Grand Forks Bay, and made fires in|. the grates. Chief Harrington said to a representative of the Pioneer lat evening that such conduct as this would not be tolerated, and that he would arrest the firat boy caught breaking into a 'summer cottage. Let this be a warning. STRYGHNINE IN GIFTS OF CANDY Attemptat Wholesale Poison- ing at Plymouth, Wis. TWO ARE SERIOUSLY ILL Prominent Resident and His Daughter Partake of Sweets, but Their Lives Are Saved by Prompt Action—Boxes of Candy Left at Other Residences Also Found to Contain Poison in Large Quantities. Plymoutk, Wis.,, Dec. 30.—What looks like an attempt to poison the members of three well known families came to light here. In the absemce of the families boxes of candies were left on the doorsteps of the residences of E. E. Eastman, secretary treasurer of the Plymouth Veneer company; J. E. Curtis, vice president of the Ply- mouth Brewing company, and Will- ijam Holding. The candies were in home made boxes and consisted of chocolates, lemon drops and other confections. In each was placed a card with best wishes and signed “Guess From Whom?” ' On the return of the Eastman fam- ily the members ate some of the can- dies and Mr Eastman and his daugh- ter Sarah were taken violently il. Analysis showed that some of the candy conta’ned enough strychnine to kill two persons. ALDRICH IN NEW MERGER His Company Secures Control of Ma- lay Rubber Concerns. San Francisco, Dec. 30.—The Con- tinental Ribber company, controlled by Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, which is a part of the United States Rubber company—the “rubber trust’—has gained control of four of the biggest rubber plantations in the celebrated Malay states. This information was given out by Peter Archibald Grimes, a rubber magnate of India, who received the news from . Singapore. Mr. Grimes says the Aldrich company plans to break the rubber market of Europe, aided by the tariff wall of the United States. Mr. Grimes owns stock in all four of the companies concerned and de- clares that he intends to return to Singapore at once and demand that the merger be dissolved. BOMBEXPLOSIONS NUMEROUS Another One Occurs in New York's Itallan Section. New York, Dec. 30.—Black Handers are again believed by the police to be responsible for another of the fre- quent East Side bomb explosions. The latest one wrecked the grocery store on East Thirteenth street of an Ital- {an who had received threatening let- ters demancing $2,000. Flying glass caused the painful in- jury ‘of one woman, an aunt of the proprietor, Geordino Sagano, whe, with his family, lives In the rear of the store. The violent shock created 8 panic in the tenement and the im- mediate neighborhood and did several thousand dollars worth of damage to the building and nearby property. BEMIDJI IS INTERESTED Commercial Club Will Discuss Com- .misgion Plan of City Government. Bemidji is actively interested in the commission plan of city govern- ment. A meeting will be held by the Commercial Club on next Tues- day evening and at that time the idea will be thoroughly discussed. Alderman Roe, of the third ward, has been taking much interest for the past few months in the commis- sion plan and it is his hope that the Commercial Club will look upon the plan favorably. The city of Spokane, Washington, adopted the commission plan at an election held yesterday in that city. Mankato, Minnesota, has been try- ing the plan and regards it as a success. Social Friday Evening. There will be a 15c¢ social in the new basement of the First Baptist Church, Friday evening, Dec. 30. A surprise awaits you. All are in- vited. RESCUED FROM HER CAPTORS 8eattle Girl Held Prisoner by Japa- nese Becomes Insane. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 30.—Mary Har- rls, an eighteen-year-old white girl, who was rescued from Japanese cap- tors Christmas day, was committed to the state hospital for the insane by a lunacy commission in the superior court. The girl had disappeared several months ago and had been held a pris- oner in a hotel in the Japanese quar- ter. On Ch''stmas morning she man- aged to re~ch a telephoné and im- plored the police to come to her res- cue. The pc’ice searched the building three times and ‘at last broke down the door of a small back room, where they found her in a helpless condition. The girl told the examining physi- clan that she had been given drugs and “sake” by the Japanese and had been beaten. FIRST IN NEW YORK STATE Two Cities Merge Under Commission Form of Government. Fishkill Landing, N. Y., Dec. 30.— Beacon has been chosen for the name of a new city which is to include the towns of Matteawan and Fishkill] Landing. Theé voters of both places were given an opportunity to express their prefer- ence for one of two names, Beacqon or Matteawan, and the former was se- lected by a majority of 196. , The affairs of the new city will be directed by the commission form of government—the first of its kind in New York state. JOINT COMMISSION PLANNED United States and Canada May Unite on Rate Regulation. ‘Washington, Dec. 30.—As a result of a long series of conferences between Judge Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the interstate commerce commission, and Hon. J. P. Mabie, chief of the railway commission of Canada, an agreement has been reached to recom- mend to the governments of the Unit- ed States and Canada the creation of an international railroad commission which shall have supervision over rail- way rates in effect between the coun- tries. TWO WOMEN DEAD THIRD 1S DYING Gas Explo!ion in Apartment House Results in Bad Fire in St, Paul Last Night. CREMATED .IN .THE .FLAMES Score of Others, Including Ada Girl, Suffer Minor Injuries—Discov- ery Was Late. St. Paul, Dec. 30.—(Daily Pio- neer Special Wire Service.)—Two women are dead and one fatally in- jured and a score of others are more or less seriously hurt, as the result of a fire which started at 2:30 a. m. today from a gas explosion on the first floor of the Concord apartments, 95 East Eleventh street. The fire burned -at least twenty minutes be- fore being discovered. An unidentified woman was cre- mated after she had run back into the building twice. She is believed to be a sister of Mrs. Rose Moore, who is so seriously burned that she is not expected to live. The other victim is Miss Anna Erd. Among the injured is Miss Anna Rienertson, 24 years old, a dry goods clerk, whose home is in Ada, Minn. = STATE FORESTRY BOARD WILL ASK FOR $30,000 Commissioner Will Request Seperate Appropriation to Guard Against Fire. St. Paul, Dec. 30.—The Minnesota state forestry board met yesterday and agreed to ask the coming legis- lature for appropriations in aid of their work aggregating $30,000. This request of the state forestry board has nothing to do, however, with the appropriation which will be asked for by the state forestry commissioner to protect Minnesota from forest and prairie fires during the dry season of the next two years. Ten thousand dollars is desired for roads, fire lines and trials in and around Itasca park. Other moneys wanted are: For care, improve- ments and repairs to the park, $5,000; continuing tree planting on Pillsbury reserve, $2,500; for care, imprvement and trails in Burnside forest, $10,000, and for contingent expenses of the forestry board, $2,500. The Burnside forest of 20,000 acres in St. Louis county, and so called because a portion of it bor- ders the beautiful trout lake of that name, remains without any improve- ment. To aid in this work $10,000 is asked. During the past two years the board has given much attention to Itasca park, which is designated by law as a forest reserve. Under the act of April 17, 1909, the board has accepted from the Pine Tree Lumber company a donation of 3,300 acres on the conditions that the donors have the right to cut the bal- sam, ceder, pine, spruce and tamarac eight inches and over in diameter, four and a half feet from tne ground within ten years, and the state with- in such period to pay all taxes; the state also to have the right to buy certain marked trees. The board is considering desired changes in the state forestry laws. COUNTY TREASURER'S AGGOUNTS GORRECT Accounts of the county treasurer of Beltrami county, George French, were found to be absolutely correct by the county board of audit, which met at the court house today. The report of the board shows $99,192.54 in the county treasury. Clerk of Court Rhoda, Auditor Hayner and Viggo Peterson, chairman of the county commissioners, form the auditing board. The board found that the sinking fund had been reduced from $63,000 to $52,500, owing to the recent ac- tion of the county commissioners in taking up 23 of the $1,000 bonds on the court house. The county paid premiums and interest on the bonds amounting to $1,840.27; these would have come due June2, 1917, and the county saved $8,050 by taking up the bonds at this time. = The sink- ing fund is maintained as a perma- nent deposit with the county depos- itories. 3 H i