Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 17, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEE MINNESOT, SOCIETY. VOLUME 8. NUMBER 272. BELIEVES DEGISION WOULD BE UPHELD Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, Writes Letter Justifying Williard’s Opinion. INDIANS HAVE T0O0 MANY RIGHTS Probable That Game Commission Will Request Wardens to Keep Close “Tab” on Red Men. That the recent decision rendered by Judge Williard relative to Indian treaties not curtailing or abrogating the sovereign powers of the state of Minnesota over so-called “Indian country” has an indirect bearing on most part being purchased from the Indians. Through the efforts of A. G. Rutledge, then game warden at Bemidji, Sam F. Fullerton, executive agent of the state game and fish com- mission, and Major Scott, acting In- dian agent at the Leech lake agency, induced the Indian officials to desist in their practice of furnishing veni- son to the inmates of the govern- ment schools. Three years ago, complaint was made that the Red Lake Indians were killing carabou in the country north of Red Lake, and the Indian authorities at Wash- ington issued orders forbidding In- dians killing carabou at any time, anywhere in Minnesota, either within the confines of an Indian reservation or elsewhere. | It is now altogether probable that the game and fish commission will request wardens to keep a closer “tab” on the Indians and insist that they comply with the game and fish laws of the state, or vigerous prose- lecution will follow violations. the Chippewa Indians of hunting all kinds of game on their reservations i at all seasons of the year regardless| of the game and fish laws of the state | is admitted by persons who have fol- | lowed different suits which have been ! decided in other states, wherein the | Indians were made defendants in ac- tions for game law violations. | While it has been the practice of the State Game and Fish commission to deal very leniently with the red brother, and to allew him all kinds| of latitude in gaining a living by| hunting and fishing for his own con- sumption, the commission has known | that the time would come when test cases would come in the courts as to the real rights of the Indian in the matter. | Recently, at Cass Lake, an Indian was arrested having sold some' game to persons residing in the vil-| lage. The case was tried and the In- dian was acquitted, mainly due to the fact that an agent of the Indian de- partment who was at Cass Lake as- si the “Pussyfoot” Johnson liquor extinction for ing in the enforcement of order, gave it as his opinion that, as all of northern Minnesota had been practically declared “Indian country,” the Indians had a right to hunt and fish as the fancy took them, irrespec- tive of the state laws. It is said, on good authority, that the sub-Indiax agent at Cass Lake also sanctioned the selling of game by Indians, and 8. C. Bailey of Bemidji, who was the warden who arrested “Poor Lo” was forced to abandon the case. That the Indian should have been declared guilty of violating the state law and fined or imprisoned is cer- tain, as is indicated by a letter writ- ten by Representative Mondell of Wy- oming, who calls attention to a de-| cision of the supreme court which he believes 1s exactly in accord with the decision of Judge Williard in the Be- midj liquor case. “Following the precedent establish- ed in what is known as the Race Horse case,” says Representative Mondell, “the supreme court can only sustain the decision of Judge Wil- liard. The Race Horse case is exact- ly parallel to the Minnesota liquor case, wherein Bemidji saloonkeepers are involved. A great many years ago, the government made treaty with the Shohone and other Indians guaran- teeing the Indians the right to hunt on certain territory as long as the grass grew and the sun shonme, etec. Part of that territery became the state of Wyoming, and the state en- acted game laws fixing a closed sea- son for the elk. The Indians continu- ed to hunt elk at all times of the year and finally the state authorities ar- rested a number of them, and the case against an Indian named Race Horse was carried to the supreme court. The court held, first, that the was one of the sovereign powers of a state and, second, that the government could not by any treaty federal do anything that would in any way curtail or abrogate the sovereign power of the state.” Some few years ago, the govern- ment in advertising for bids for sup- plies included in the list of necessi- ties for the Indian schools a number of venison and fish, contrary to the laws of the state, the venison for the regulation of hunting of game ! Ed Nortenson, A Lumber-jack, In- jured Saturday Passes Away. Ed Nortenson, about 28 years old, a lumber-jack who has been employ- ed in Camp 4, Nebish, died at the St. Anthony Hospital in this ecity this morning from a fractured skull. Mr. Nortenson was injured on Sat- urday while cutting logs, the broken limb of a tree falling on his head. He was brought immediately to Be- midji and placed hospital. | Mr. Nortenson became unconscious | upon receiving his injury, and never regained, consciousness before he died. Undertaker R. F. Murphy has tak- en charge of the body, and is holding the corpse until word is received from some relatives. It is believed that Mr. Nortenson has a sister at Will- mer, Minn,, and one at Moorhead, Minn,, but their names are unknown although every effort is being made to locate them. Arrangements for the burial will not be made until some word is re- in the ceived from Willmer or Moorhead. PEACE IN BUILDING TRADES Wage Scale for 1911 in New York City Is Signed. New York, Jan. 17.—The 1911 wage scale of the 100,000 union men who enjoy membership in the New York Building Trades council has just been issued. The schedule is based on eight hours’ work per day, with Satur- day half holidays and all legal holi- days observed. Work on Sundays or holidays or after the noon hour on Saturdays must be paid for at over- time rates. The schedule includes: Bricklayers, $5.60 per day; plumbers, $5.50; car- penters, $5; masons, $5; ironworkers, $5; metal workers, $4. decorators, $4.50; boilermakers, $4.25; painters, $4. Helpers in the various trades re- ceive from $3 to $3.50 per day, with overtime at 75 cents an hour. Peer's Son to Marry Actress. London, Jan. 17.—Another link be- tween the peerage and the stage is about to be welded. The much photo- graphed musical comedy actress, Zena Dare, is betrothed to the.Hon. Maurice Vyner Brett, with whose brother ru- mor recently connected Miss Dare’s name. The alliance seems to be ap- proved by the family of Viscount Esher, whose guest Miss Dare fre- quently has been during the last three years Two Unknown Men Killed. Minneapolis, Jan. 17.—Two men were instantly killed and their muti- lated bodies thrown more than 100 feet when train No. 29 on the Min- neapolis and St. Louis railroad bore down on the two. who were on their way to work two miles west of the Minneapolis city limits. One of the bodies was decapitated and parts of both were scattered along the rails. To Cut Burned Over Timber. Washington, Jan. 17.—A bill author- {zing the cutting and selling of the burned timber on the homesteads in Minnesota, Montana and Idaho, as a result of thie forest fires last year, will be reported favorably from the com- wmittee on public lands within a few days. Senator Nelson is author of the bill. Ambassador Bryce May Retire. London, Jan. 17.—Rumors that Am- bassador Bryce contemplates an early retirement from his post at Washing- ton are again current. Sir Maurice de Bunsen, British ambassador at Madrid, s once more mentioned as the possi- ble successor to Mr. Bryce. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, .-IANUARY 17, 1911. STEPHENS FIGHT ON; NEW RAILROADS TAX Senate Committee Takes Up Contest of Crookston Banker who is in St. Paul to Direct Case. DEMOCRATS TO NAME SENATOR. Hammond Most Likely to Receive Empty Honor—Baptists Wire Plea for Appeal in Lid Case. (By ¥. A. Wilson) 5!"111&11 “ Ploneer Legislative Bureau St. Paul, Minn,, Jan. 17.—There are to be happenings of real interest, | this week, in the Minnesota legisla- ture which reconvened at 11 o’clock | this morning after an adjournment from last Thursday. Two important features marked the day; real work by the elections committee on the Stephens-Saugard contest and the in- troduction by Representative C. H. Warner of Aitkin of a five per cent gross earnings bill. Late this afternoon the democrats of both houses will meet in caucus at the St. Paul Hotel for the purpose of determining upon a candidate for the United States Senate. likely that this empty honor will go It appears |to W. S. Hammond of St. James, con- gressman from the second district. A. C. Weis of the Duluth Herald has also been prominently mentioned. Today’s meeting of the election committee marks the first real work in the effort of Andrew Stephens of Crookston to establish his legal right to occupy the seat in the Senate now held by John Saugstad of Climax who got there by the “sticker” route. The former senator from Crookston is in St. Paul and will take a personal hand in the conduct of the contest which his friends hope will put him back in the Senate where he won a reputation as one of the leading legis- lative lights in the state. ook ok The Warner bill increasing the gross earnings tax for railroads from four to five per cent is one of the most important measures so far to be in- troduced at the present session, and in case it becomes enacted into law, will mean a substantial increase in the revenues of the state. The bill provides that a certain percentage of the increased revenue be turned into the road and bridge fund. There probably will be strong objection on the part of the railroads to an in- crease in gross -earnings tax, which has crept up from two per cent to the present four per cent, having safely passed through legal attacks which has placed the right of such a tax before the supreme court who found it constitutional. ) oo ook oa Prohibitionists and church people still refuse to accept the Willard de- cision, raising the liquor lid in north- ern Minnesota, as final. Resolutions urging that the case be appealed to the supreme court have been passed by the First Baptist Church in St. Paul and the following telegram was sent to Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Ballinger: “The First Baptist Church of St. Paul, a congre- gation of the Young People’s Society, by a unanimous vote, respectfully urge that the Indian lid case be ap- pealed to the supreme court. We also desire to express our appreciation of the efficiency of W. E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson and the gréat good he has done our state.” P ‘Word has been received here that Senator Knute Nelson's bill authoriz- ing the cutting and selling of burned timber on the homesteads of Minne- sota as the result of ‘forest fires will be reported favorably from the Senate committee of Congress within a few days. - This bill authorizes the cut- ting and sale of timber, the proceeds to be deposited with the treasurer of the United-States and to be known as the “burned timber fund.” s They are now spe:;k:ing of him as Sam “Y-not?” Gordoh in referring to the lieutenant governor. MRS. HENRY SEADO DEAD Death Comes After an Illness of Less Than Two Weeks. Mrs. Henry Seado, 27 years old, died this morning after a short ill- ness lasting about ten days. Mrs. Seado suffered a seyere attack of peritonitis more than ten days ago and never recovered. | As Miss Lena Luebeck Mrs. Seado came to Bemidji nine years ago from Grand Rapids, Mich., and resided here two years prior to her marriage to ‘Hgnry Seado, which occured in Be- {midji. She is survived by her hus- band and three- children, a boy 5 years; a girl 3 and another girl 1 1-2 years old. 3 The funeral services will be held at the residence, 521 Mississippi ave- nue, tomorrow. afternoon at 2 o’clock, following whi¢h interment will be made in Greenwood. Rev. Geiseler, the German Lutheran pastor of Cass Lake, will conduct the services. Besides her husband and children, Mrs. Seado is survived by her mother, Mrs. A. Meyer of Grand Rapids, Mich. and two brothers, F. H. Leubeck of Grand Rapids, Mich., and M. A. Leu- beck of Bemidji. Mrs. Meyer and F. H. Leubeck have arrived in Be- midji from Grand Rapids and will remain over for the funeral. TWO PERISH IN BUTTE WINE FIRE Serious Damage to Property Is Threatened. DESPERATE BATTLE IS ON Heroic Measures Being Taken to Pre. vent the Flames From Reaching the Ore Bodies, Where It Would Be Ex- tremely Difficult to Extinguish Them. 8everal Workings Suspend and Two Thousand Men Are Idle. Butte, Mont., Jan. 17.—Amalgamated mine officials express every hope that they soon will have the fire in the high ore mine under control and be able to avert one of the worst mine fires from the standpoint of loss in the history of mining. Two men lost their lives in rescuing others. The flames are about 2,000 feet from the pumps of the high ore mine. This property is 3,000 feet deep, the deep- est in Anaconda hill, and keeps the greatest number of the Amalgamated mines free from water. Stop the high ore pumps any length of time and the mines, being all connected, would be flooded, resulting in loss which would foot into many millions. The Bell, Diamond and Speculator mines are suspended and about 2.000 miners are idle. Desperate efforts are being made to confine the flames, for fear the fire may reach the ore bodies, where it would be extremely difficult and per- haps impossible to extinguish. fumes, two seriously. According to stories told by survivors Shift Boss James Kearney and Miner Mike Be- lange lost their lives in effecting the others' rescue. The fire has been located close to the Butte and Balaklava mine, a prop- erty owned by Twin City and Duluth people. WOULD OUST BALLINGER Senator Purcell of North Dakota In- troduces Resolution. Washington, Jan. 17.—Senator Pur- cell- (Dem., N. D.) has introduced a resolution declaring Secretary of the Interior Ballinger to be an unfaithful servant and asserting that he “should 1o longer be retained in that office.” Purcell is a member of the famous Ballinger-Pinchot investigating com- mittee and based 'his resolution upon the evidence developed in the inquiry into charges made by L. R. Glavis and Gifford Pinchot. Purcell supported the Democratic report censuring Ballinger. At Purcell’s request the resolution wag read and laid on the table. Sena- tor Hale manifested anxiety as to what was intended, but did not pursue his inquirfes when he found that mo ac- tion was contemplated’ (mgedllvly. A number of men were overcome by | NEW BEMIDJI JAIL IS GOMPLETED Contractor H. F. Bosworth Turns Over Building to City—Is Mod- ern in Every Respect. IS ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF New Fire Department Quarters Fin- ished—Other Improvements Are Made in City Hall. Bemidji’s new and modern city jail was turned over to the city today when H. F. Bosworth the contractor who has had the building in charge turned over the keys to Chief of Police, Joseph Harrington. The plans for the jail were drawn by Harry Reynolds, the Bemidji archi- tect. Mr. Bosworth also had charge of the building of the addition to the fire hall and new dressing rooms for the city hall theatre. The jail is modern in every respect, being fitted with the latest improve- ments in the line of jail fixtures and it also has the very best system of water works. The jail consists of four rooms, a room which will be known as a bull pen, where the drunks will be put, the main cell room, female depart- ment and a hall. The main cell room has three cages in it which will hold two prisioners each, a total of six. The rooms are seperated by 1-4 inch steel doors. The bars of which the cages are composed are of 3-4 inch steel, as are the bars which have been placed at the windows. The sash and frames are made out of steel, not any wood being used whatever in the construction of the building, making the jail entirely fire proof. The walls are composed of 10 inches of reinforced concrete lined with four inch hollow tile and vine- ered with pressed brick. The ceil- ing is made of reinforced 10 inch concrete, and the roof is made of steel. The floor is composed of 12 inch concrete. The new fire hall has been com- pleted and this addition gives the de- partment plenty of room. New stalls have been put in for the fire team, the doors of these stalls working by elec- tricity, the moment an alarm is turned in a huge gong rings and the doors are thrown open allowing the horses to run to their places beneath the hanging harnesses. These stalls are modern in every respect. The dressing rooms of the city hall are new and are an over the old ones. SENT TO INSANE ASYLUM improvement John Young, of Wilton, Found to Be of Unsound Mind. John Young, of Wilton, was ex- amined by Judge of the Probate Court M. A. Clark yesterday afternoon, as to his sanity and was found to be of unsound mind. Judge Clark com- mitted him to the insane asylum at Fergus Falls. The chief cause for the action taken in regard to Young was that on several occasions he has attempted suicide. It was found that the rea- son why Young was insane was be- cause of the fact that he was kicked in the head by a horse several years ago and that he has never been right mentally. since. Young was taken to Fergus Falls yesterday afternoon by Sheriff A. B. Hazen and Thayer Bailey. * Brockway-Wahl Wedding Yesterday. At four o’clock yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wise, Nellie Brockway, of Bemidji, and Charles L. Wahl, of White Moun- tain, Michigan, were united in Mar- riage by Judge H. A. Simons. The ring ceremony was used. ; 0. W. PETERSON Crookston Basso, Who Will Sing at Band Concert BAND CONCERT WEDNESDAY 0: W, Peterson, the Crookston Basso, Will Sing Tomorrow Night. Tomorrow evening in the city hall the Bemidji Band will give their Jan- uary indoor concert. A feature of the concert will-be the singing of Oscar Peterson, the Crookston Basso. Director Harry Masten has been working hard on the program and the concert tomorrow night promises to be one of the best that has ever been arranged. The following are the members of the Bemidji band: Harry Masten, director, H. E. An- derson, Peter Peterson, George Rhea, V. L. Ellis, manager, Herbert Wood, Charles Cummer, George Kinney, Oscar Larson, W. B. McLauchlin, Harold Smith, Fred Post, Paul Fou- cault, Harry Grindall, -E. J. Lind- quist, P. G. Curtis, Alex Kittleson, Clyde Petrie, Walter Marcum, Del- bert Elletson, Tom Newton, Wm. Tibbetts, Alfred Neuman, H. S. Berge, A. B. Palmer, Ernest Neuman. Tomorrow evening’s program will be as follows: 1. March—“Cleveland Industrial Exposition”. .. .Floyd St. Cloud 2. Selection—“The Goddess of Liberty”. ...Jos. E. Howard 3. Medley March—“Think it over MAXY” s v oainonene Robt. Recker 4. Song—“LeCor” (the horn) by ..... ..A. Flegier Mr. 0. W. Peterson 5. Overture—“Tancred”... Rossini 6. Mohammedan Serenade.“Imain” Selection—“Bright Eyes” SE e e e . .Karl Koschua 8. Song (a)—“Little House of Dreams”...... John W. Metcalf (b)—Persian Serenade (¢)—“The Nightingale Has A Lyre of Gold” Mr. 0. W. Peterson 9. March—"“The Trombone Bliz- zard”....... .E. Philip Serenir Mrs. E. H. Winters accompanist =3 Peter Milbach Improving. Peter Milbach, the Bemidji tele- phone lineman, who was so seriously injured last Friday, by having a pole fall with him, was reported this af- ternoon as getting along as well as could be expected. Sent to School at Owatonna. Olive Simonson, 13 years old, was yesterday afternoon committed to the State Public School at Owatonna, the Minnesota school for dependent and neglected children, by Judge M. A. Clark of the probate court. Boost Price of Small Gems. New York, Jan. 17.—Owing to the increased use of small diamonds in the lacelike designs that are now popular in jewelry, the diamond monopoly, made up of the De Beers, the Premier and the German Regie companies, have entered into an agreement cur- tailing the output of small diamonds. As a result Maiden Lane jewelers are today expecting an early advance im the price of smaller stones. Dies Trying to Save Deer. ‘Ware, Mass,, Jan. 17.—Efforts to succor a wounded deer which was floating down Swift river on an ice cake cost Stanislaus Donlan his life. ‘When he saw the predicament of the deer Donlan rushed out on the ice, which gave way beneath him. John Skuse, a companion, was nearly drowned in endeavoring to rescue TEN CENTS PER WEEK. COUNGIL REGEIVES SEVEN APPLICATIONS FOR LIQUOR LICENSE Making A Total of Ten to Be Voted Upon Within the Next Two Weeks. TORRANCE WARNS ALDERMEN Reports of the Fire Department and Municipal Court Accepted and All Bills Ordered Payed. Seven new applications for liquor licénses were read to the city coun- cil at their regular weekly meeting last evening, making a total of ten applications before the council at the present time, counting the three which were read at the last meeting, those of Thomas Bailey, John Croon, and Thomas McCarthy, the seven new applications were those of F. Dudley, Chris Olson, J. Hanson, E. C. Jones, H. Stechman, C. E. Munhall and John Bye. The three first named applications will be voted upon at the next meet- ing of the council, and the seven read at the meeting last night will be voted upon on January 30. City Attorney Torrance said last evening that he had found a law in a statute of 1909 which stated that any member of a council who did not fully look up the qualifications of an applicant for a liquor license before voting upon a license was gullty of & misdemeanor and should lose his seat as a member of the council. After this announcement by the city attorney each member of the council asked the clerk for the names of the ten men making applications for li- censes and made a memorandum of them, none of the aldermen seemed willing to risk their seat. A member of the council asked how many saloons Bemidji could le- gally possess at ‘this time, to which he received the answer that the limit was 34, Alderman Chamberlain who was presiding at the meeting then said “I guess we can get along with the limit.” Every one present at the meeting readily agreed with this remark. Bills for the 'past week were read and ordered payed. The report of the municipal court for week ending January 9 as having turned in $66.95 into the city treas- urer was accepted as was the report for week ending January 16 for $46. The Pioneer Volunteer Fire Depart ment Relief Association report was read to the council to the effect that there was a balance of $1,5630 in the treasury. The report was accepted. The city clerk was authorized to submit the amount due to the ine- briate hospital, at once. This amount will be 2 per cent of the money paid into the city treasury for liquor licenses from July 1, 1910 to January 1, 1911. It was voted that hereafter all wood brought to the city hall build- ing to be used in the heating of that building should be measured by the day janitor in order that no short cords be accepted. It was also voted that the street committee should arrange to have all telephone poles which have had the wires removed and which are not in good condition to be taken away at once. It was one of these poles which fell last Frjday nearly caus- ing the death of Peter Milbach, a telephone lineman. Notice. The members of the Star of the ‘West, Rebekah Lodge, No. 183, are requested to be present at the meet- ing January 18 as the grand master, grand secretary and grand patriarch will be present. Members of the Subordinate Lodge and Camp are cor- ~ dially invited to be present. By or- Donlan. - der of the Grand Master. HISTORICAL |