Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 26, 1911, Page 1

THE VOLUME 8. NUMBER 28 0. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSD?AY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. THORNTON IS NO LONGER ON Jo0B Told by Superintendent of Tenth Di- vision That His Release Should | Have Come Months Ago. | 'an additional appropriation for pen-! GETS A CAUSTIC LETTER. ‘\when they have attained the age of | Accused of Insubordination in Recent | Message to Postmaster General Hitcheock. 4185 000 the age of 65 years, St. Paul, Jan. 26.—John L. Thornton, 000 the age of 70 vears and about' gemsas chairman of the grievance committee | of the railway mail clerks for the Tenth division, has been removed from | the service because he sent, in the‘ name of the railway mail clerks, a telegram ‘o Postmaster General Hitch- cock saying that the mail clerks were «dissatisfied with existing conditions. The telegram of dismissal was re-, ceived by Superintendent Norman Per- kins of the Tenth division and was transmitted to Mr. Thornton, in a let- ter written in a sarcastic vein by Mr. Perkins. The letter to Mr. Thronton follows: “I am in receipt of the following telegram from Washington: “‘By order of the postmaster gen- eral, John L. Thornton, class 3, Min- neapolis and Council Bluffs, has been removed for insubordination in notify- ing Postmaster General Hitchcock that he and other clerks refused to obey orders of their superior officers.’ “As a matter of fact, your removal sheuld have been made months ago. You have been all the time holding a | position, though not filling the place, thus keeping promotions away from some one 10 whom it properly belongs. “I presume it will be necessary for the committee to get a new chairman, but, as a matter of fact, did anybody but yourself and the Kennedys con- stitute the committee?” Letter Causes a Sensation. This letter has caused a sensation | amoug the railway have seen it. Whether or not the grievance committee will get a new ! chairman probably will be decided at a mass meciing to be held in St. Paul | some time this week. Mr. Thornton explained Mr. Per- king' remarks about his keeping his position in the following manner: “It was in December, 1909, that I, ‘wag injured in the wreck at Blakeley, Minn., able to return to work, in spite of the orders from the department. About the first of last September I made ap- plication for reinstatement, sending to the deparument officials the necessary doctors’ certificates. Since then I have not heard a word about my reporting for daty.¥ Mr. Thronton said in regard to the last paragraph of Mr. Perkins’ letter, ! in which he intimated that the com- mittee was composed of only Mr. Thornton znd the Kennedy brothers, attorneys and former mail clerks: | “That committee was regularly ap- pointed by the clerks themselves, but We are not 'elnng who the other mem- bers were." IS READ IN THE SENATE Governor Vessey Sgins Protest of the Mail Clerks. ‘Washington, Jan. 26.—Friends of the rajlway mail clerks of South Da- kota, who complained they were op- pressed beyond endurance by new | regulations of the postoffice depart- | ment, asked the senate to make an in- | vestigation. A telegram signed by the governor | and other state officials of South Da- kota asking that a committee of the senate be appointed to investigate the | ELOPING HEIRESS TO WED | Kunze of Minneapolis grievances was introduced by Senator | ! month. ! the survivors of the Civil war 100,000 | mail clerks who in which Mail Clerk Thorgen- son was killed. For months I was un- | ‘THE NEW PENSION BILL ' Will Carry an Appropriation of $50,- 000,000 if Made a Law. A bill which recently passed the| lower house of congress will, passed by the senate, carry with it| sions of about $50,000,000. | vides that veterans of the Civil war, 1t pro- 62 years, shall receive $15 a month; at 65 they will receive §20 a month; at 70, have reached the age af 62 years, 100,- 70,000 the age of It is | estimated that the veterans are now dying at the rate of 100 a day, or 136,000 a year. A late dispatch from Washington “disturbed” by the action of the house in passing the bill, change in the sentiment of the sen- 75 years. says that the senate is and that unless there is a ate it will not pass that branch. The | dispatch says that Senator Cannon is credited by senators with being largely responsible for the action of the house, and he left the chair and from the floor made a speech in sup- port of the bill. Amount Allowed Railroads for Carry- | ing Mail Cut Down $12,000,000. Postmaster General Hitchcock has| been making changes in the postal service during the past year with-a iew to economy and thus doing away with the large deficit which has been troubling the department for some years. About a month ago the return receipt card usually ac-| letters ‘v&as discarded except in cases where asked for. the first of the year another change companying the registered it was especially Heretofore all registered letters were enclosed in stout manila wrappers as a safe guard. like letters after being stamped to distinguish them. This will do away with the use of the ex- pensive wrappers and a good deal of labor in handling registered mail, but it will be a little more difficult ordinary ito keep tract of them. A new form of money order also went into use the | first of the year. This is also much | simplified and will save time and labor in making out orders. The postmaster general is making a re- cord as an economizer in many |things. Even the amounts allowed | the railroads for carrying the mails ha\e been cut down some twelve mil- |lion dollars during the past vear, and this is probably the biggest sav- ing in the plan of retrenchment. Crawford (Rep., S. D.), who caused “‘ License for Marrlage of Roberta de| to be read in the senate. It was 1eferred to the senate com- | mittee on postoffices and postroads. FOUR MINEHS FATALLY HURT | vania Colliery. ‘Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 26.—An ex—\man seemed in a tremendous hurry‘ Killed Thawing Dynamite. Belle Fourche, S. D., Jan. 26.—In thawing ten sticks of dynamite with which he intended blowing stumps from a lot, August Kaskiteka, a Fin- lander, lost his life near Snoma. An explosion occurred and he was blown to pieces. He was thirty-two years old. Scores of mine workers ! Janon. | Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 26.—Just be- | fore the marriage license office closed | & well dressed, handsome young man, | who gave his name as Stephen Glaser, | bis residence as New York and his age as twenty-four, secured a license to| adelphla, aged eighteen. The young | plosion of powder or gas at Lhe‘ Hughestown No. 10 colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal company at Pitts- ton wrecked a section of the mine and killed or injured a number of work- men. Six men were brought out of the colliery by rescuing parties, four of them being fatally and the other two seriously burned. It is not known definitely how many men were in the mine, but the officials say they believe there is only one man missing. managed to escape by getting out of emergency openings as soon as the | shock of the explosions was felt. and declined to answer a casual ques- tion asked by Chief Clerk Watson of the marriage license office. Not until the marriage licenses were published did it become known that the bride-to-be is the young girl who | eloped last year from Philadelphia to Chicago with F. Cohen, a waiter old enough to be her grandfather. As soon as Glaser received the necessary pa- ' per he fled and dropped completely from sight. Neither he nor the girl are registered at any of the Los An- ‘geles hotels and no one authorized to | perform the marriage ceremony can | be found who has tied the knot. Probing Lodge Election. Boston, Jan. 26.—The office of Dis- trict Attorney Pelletier has received the first batch of alleged evidence of coercion in connection with certain votes for Senator Lodge and a careful investigation will be begun. Pelletier declared that if the evidence showed any violation of the law he would act if it is| $25 a month and at 75, $36 al The records show that of | GHANGE IN POSTAL SERVICE| = With | affecting registers went into effect. Hereafter these will | be discarded and the registers sentl LEGISLATURE VOTES ON REAPPORTIONMENT House Passes Bill Providing For Not Less Than 126 Representatives and 63 Senators. SENATE VOTED AGAINST IT | Resolution Calling for an Investiga- tion of the District Swept By ! Fire Last Fall Passes House. (By P. A. Wilson) Pioneer Legislative Burean St. Paul, January 26, 1911.—Re- | apportionment held the stage in both | | \the House and the Senate yesterday. | The joint resolution fixing the num- | ber of senators at not more than 63 and the number of representatives at not less than 126, was voted on in each branch. In the Senate it was lost by a vote lof 22 to 39. In the House it car- | ried overwhelmingly. The resolu- tion came up in the House, last week, !on motion of C. A. Congdon of Du- ‘luth but was placed on general or- | ders, although an effort was made to pass it under suspension of the rules. \Vhen it was reached today under ‘general orders, Mr. Congdon spoKe armly in favor of its passage and 'he was supported by two leaders of the house floor, L. C. Spooner of | Morris and R. C. Dunn of Princeton. ! J. N. Johnson of Canby offered ian amendment to the resolution, striking out the reference to the state constitution which provided that the reapportionment should be made on the basis of population. It was up- jon this motion that the bulk or the }orawrial fireworks was discharged. iThe motion lost by approximately a three to one vote. In the Senate the fight was bitterer and the attitude of the solons is | taken by some to indicate opposi- | tion to reapportionment in any form. This position is hardly tenable as the vote was not upon whether or 1not reapportionment is to be made but dealt primarily with the size of the two houses. If the vote today can be looked upon as a test of re- | apportionment strength, the meas- ure is as good as killed now but it is | more reasonable to assume that the | vote in the Senate was not an indi- | cation of the strength of the oppo- | sition any more than the vote in tfle House shows the number that will support a reaportionment bill. * KK {assembling yesterday afternoon, passed the University emergency ap- propriation bill, carrying $646,000 {for that institution. This measure | has been before the House several | times and on each occasion developed strenuous opposition. It was twice reported for progress and an effort was made | to put it back on general orders after | being reported out to pass. W. F. made two ‘speeches yesterday in favor of the measure and he was backed by most of the leaders of the House. It fin- ally passed by a vote of 79 to 44. It is evident from the attitude of | the members toward this bill that the | uni\'ersity ill call for about | $5,000, 000 will meet with opposition and will be seriously pruned before the House gets through | with it. | * % ¥ | | sity measure was John G. Lennon of | | Minneapolis. | general violent | Among the friends of the Univer- After the vote was taken there was some doubt in the| !mind of Mr. Lennon as to wheher | the bill had carried. He suggested to the speaker that if necessary it| J‘wuuld be a good thing to call in the | |absentees. The request was greet- |ed with laughter and Mr. i Lennon was informed that the chair had no authority to furnish the required in- | formation. XK One of the most spectacler fights of the session developed over E. J. | 1 The House immediately after re-| appropriation | Fuchs’ bill to penbu street railway companies to grant free transporta- tion to employecs; of the fire and police departmen The bill was favored by all the representatives and St. Paul and% Duluth. The !cuuutry members! were strongly against it, looking upon it as some | the country. The bill was attacked | by R. C. Dunn on the ground that it was an entering wedge which would ultimately destroy the anti pass law. The final vote put the bill on the cal- endar by 39 to 69. The author of the bill believes he will have no difficulty getting it through the House but has expressed no opinion as to the attitude of the Senate. | x ¥ ¥ { The resolution calling for an in- | vestigation of the conditions in Bel- | trami, Koochiching, Itasca and Ro- | seau counties, resulting from the for- jest fires of last fall, was passed by the lHuuse, As a result a commission consisting of members of the House and Senate will visit the fire zone {and report to the House upon the needs of the afflicted residents. { Farmer Bought 26 for $138, Sold 10 for $150. Several months ago a farmer living several miles west of Bemidji, and who is interested in the dairy busi- ness, bought 26 pigs for $138. He has had to buy feed for them feed he gave them was skim milk. The pigs up to date having cost him $147. Recently he sold 10 of the pigs for $150, thereby gaiqi;pg $3.60 on the 10 pigs over the ampunt which he payed for the 26. The remaining 16 pigs all weigh about 300 pounds each and are worth about 11 cents a pound. Brinkman Wrestles Seven Minutes With Animal Weighing 400 Ibs. Eddie Brinkman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brinkman, of this city, last evening stayed seven minutes with the big 400-pound bear, which is appearing at the Brinkman Theatre this week. The owner of the bear offers a re- ward of $50 to any man who is able to throw him. Young Brinkman is a big powerful fellow, with lots of nerve, and he stayed with the bear at last evening'’s entertainment, until the owner of the bear made them stop wrestling. Card of Thanks. I desire to extend my sincere thanks to those who so willingly as- sisted me in my late bereavement. May you be spared a like affliction. Mrs. George E. Cook. HAS ROOSEVELT'S APPROVAL | Platform of Recently Organized Pro- | gressive League. New York, Jan. 26.—That Colonel Theodore Roosevelt approves of the platform of the National Republican league is shown by an article by him in the current issue of the Outlook, of which he is contributing editor. Colonel Roosevelt's name, however, | does not appear in the call sent out ! by the new organization. In explana | tion his friends say that if he had participated in the movement it would have been hailed at once as | a third term propaganda and much of | its usefulness destroyed. That the colonel is in favor of the | things for which the organization | stands is proven conclusively by the | Outlook article, which is over his | signature. La Follette Jointly Elected. Madison, Wis.,, Jan. 26.—United States Senator La Follette was formal- Iy re-elected, in joint session of the Wisconsin legislature, by a big ma- jority. Chief Clerk Shaffer of the as- sembly read the record of the vote in both houses, which showed La Follette received 24 in the senate and 59 in the assembly, out of a grand total of 129 votes. 2 from Minneapolis| sort of city graft at the expense of | BIG MONEY IN PIG RAISING| to the amount of $9, and the other| STAYS LIMIT WITH BEAR SAYS ON STAND HE IS SLAYER Aged Indian, a Witness for the De- | fense, Confesses in Grand Rap- ! ids Trial. |WIFE STRUCK, HE ALLEGES Bowstring’s Story of Murder Results in Exoneration of Wife and | Daughter. One of the most dramatic scenes ever witnessed in an Itasca county court room developed yesterday when Joe Bowstring, an Indian, testifying on behalf of the defense in the case of the state against Jim Gogle Eye, charged with murder in the first degree, confessed to the crime. In October of last year the dead body of John Caldwell, a settler north of Bena, was found near the bank of a small stream with fatal knife wounds. A number of Indians | were arrested on suspiicon and in- idmments were finally returned by the grand jury against Gogle Eye, fJoe Bowstring, Susan Bowstring, his l wife, and Was Bowstring, a daughter, §about 20 years old. | Bowstring, an old man, testified yesterday through an interpreter. To the surprise of every one, he de- clared that he had killed Caldwell himself. He described the scene vividly. He said Caldwell had made his wife, a woman about 60 years old, Caldwell had struck her re- peatedly in the face and was about to kick and strike her again when the witness and Jim Gogle Eye came uw. As Caldwell, who had been drink- ing, according to the witness, stag- gered back toward the old squaw, Bowstring drew his knife and rushed at him. He had driven the blade into Caldwell’s heart before Jim Gogle Eye could interfere. The result of this and other testi- mony in the Bowstring case was a directed verdict in favor of the de- fendant. County Attorney McQuat then asked Judge Stanton to sentence Bowstring for first degree of murder upon the stréngth of his testimony. Judge Stanton explained that it would be impossible for him to adopt such a suggestion. Having heard Bowstring testify, the court ordered the county attor- ney to proceed with his trial. There was no evidence with reference to the wife and daughter of Bowstring, and as to them the motion was granted. The court dismissed the case of the State vs. Stupar at the close of the evidence for the prosecution. The charge was murder in the first dergee. NOTHING .DOING AT DANVILLE Sheriff Unable to Subpoena Witnesses for Vote Probe. Danville, Ill, Jan. 26.—Inability of Sheriff Shepard to serve subpoenas in the grand jury investigation into the alleged traffic in votes in Vermillion county caused a quiet day in so far as grand jury action was concerned. A typewritten list of questions is being used by the inquisitors in ex- amining all witnesses in the vote scan- dal. In spite of Foreman Isaac Wood- yard’s determination few of the po- liticlans who are closely familiar with the situation believe this grand jury will achieve the results it seeks. i Boy Meets Violent Death. Port Edwards, Wis, Jan. 26— Charles Fisher, aged sixteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Fisher of Nekoo- sa, met death in a horrible manner while at work in the paper mills here. The boy was engaged in trying to ad- Jjust a belt on one of the pulleys when his clothes caught on the shafting, which was rapidly revolving, and he as whirled about several times before the machinery could be stopped, break- ing both of his legs, one arm, several ribs and otherwise mangling his body. Mexican Rebels Railying in Texas. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 26.—Sheriff P. J. Edwards, accompanied by fifty United States infantrymen from Fort Bliss, left here for Bolvo, Tex. to intercept a body of revolutionists who are mo- bilizing on the American side of the tiver below- El Paso. an attack upon Susan Bowstring,| SAUGSTAD GASE TAKEN UP Arguments in Polk County Election Contest Started Last Night. Minneapolis, Jan. 26.—Arguments -in the Stephens-Saugstad*contest case of Polk county were presented before the senate elections committee last night. A. D. Stephens, the contest- ant, was represented by W. B. Doug- las and Edward P. Sanborn of St. Paul, and G. A. E. Finlayson of East Grand Forks. John Saugstad was represented by Edward T. Young, A. A. Miller and W. A. Marin. In the course of the arguments Mr. Douglas explained that the supreme court decisions could not always be relied upon because of the haste with ‘which they were prepared. The contention of the Stephens men is that intimidation was prac- ticed, that votes were not properly counted, that the sticker which car- ried Saugstad’s name was improp-| erly placed in many cases and that the spirit of the primary law that a| defeated candidate for the nomina- tion shall not be a candidate for the general election. In answer to this Senator Saug- stad’s attorneys claimed that the con- stitution provides for the eligibility of candidates that it gives the right to a voter to vote for whoever he pleases. That the elections were con- ducted in an orderly manner and that | Senator Saugstad received the major- ity of the votes. The final count gave Saugstad 2,997 votes, Stephens,| 2,773, a majority for Saugstad of 224. | LITERARY SOGIETY MEETS Have Interesting Program Including Debate. Last evening in the High School auditorium the Literary Society of the Bemidji High School, held its regular semi-monthly meeting. About forty people, including several visit- ors, were present. After a short business session, the following program was rendered: Piano Solo. ... .Clara Dicaire Recitation, A Friend of the Fly Melvin Galchutt Cornet Solo ....... Donald Shannon Debate, “Resolved, that Robert E. Lee was a greater general than U. S. Grant.” Affirmative: Regnauld Barbour and Alex Ripple. Negative: Maur- ice Ryan and Harold Hayner. The judges, Misses Wager, Patrick, | and Bickford decided in favor of the negative side. In the absence of the regular critic, Miss Loe, Prof. Dyer made the criti-| cism of the evening’s program, and gave the debaters several good point- ers. This is the first debate given by the society this year, but another on Woman Suffrage is slated for Feb- ruary 8. Two Jens Hanson’s In Bemidji. | In last evening’s issue of the Pio- neer it was said that a man by the name of Jens Hanson had been arrest- ed and given a fine by Judge Pender- gast of the municipal court of $13 for disorderly conduct. It appears that there are two Jens Hansons in Bemidji, Jens Hanson, the owner of the saloon at 203 Third street, and the Hanson arrested yesterday; the Hanson who was fined was not the saloon Hanson. Municipal Court Doings. Carl Berg, a lumber-jack, who has been around Bemidji for the past several weeks was arraigned before Judge Pendergast in the municipal court this morning on a charge of being drunk. This is the third time within the last few days that Berg has been arrested on a charge of be- ing drunk, and this morning Judge Pendergast gave him his choice of either taking a jail sentence or get- ting out of the city; he left. MUCH INTEREST IN CITY ELECTION Public Ownership Party Have Unop- posed Candidates for Treasurer and Alderman at Large. SEVERAL MEN ARE MENTIONED. Only One Has Filed Petition With Clerk—New Man for . Mayor. Much interst is beginning to be manifested in the coming Bemidji city election. At the present time the public ownership party has a candidate in the field for every city office. There are at the present time three public ownership candidates who have no™ opposition, these being Earl Geil for the office of city treasurer, F. M. Mal- zahn for the office of alderman at large and Charles Swedback for al- Alder- man Chamberlain having said that derman in the fourth ward. he will under no circumstances be- come a candidate for re-election. There talk of George W. Rhea coming out for the is considerable office of city treasurer against Earl Geil. sented to allow his name to be used Mr. Rhea has not as yet con- as a candidate, but it is very prob- able that he will run. h Several prominent business men are being talked of as candidates for the office of alderman at large, but at the present time tney have not consented to their names being used. Mayor Parker and J. H. Grant are the candidates in the field for the of- fice of mayor and there is consider- able talk of another man entering the race soon. Only one candidate has as yet filed his petition with the ciy clerk, this being George Stein, who is out for the office of city clerk. PLEASE FARGO AUDIENGE Show at Brinkman Tonight Good— Wrestling Bear Still on Bill. In a recent issue of the Fargo Courier News it has the following to say concerning an act which appears |at the Brinkman Theatre tonight: “Large audiences are thronging the Bijou theatre to see the Rambler Girls. The dancing trio are simply ravishing, and from their first ap- pearance in charming white costumes to their funny finale freak dance in male costumes, they call forth ad- miration and applause from everyone present. “One of the Miss Ramblers scores a marked success singing the new song, “Under the Yum Yum Tree.” You s_honld surely hear her. The two ballet girls are more than fascinat- ing; from their first saucy kick to their retiring bow they are the cyno- sure of all eyes and the cause of un- stinted applause. Dancers have never appeared to better advantage than do these captivating girls in their rich pink and spangled costumes. “You will surely enjoy hearing the Rambler “girl with the voige” sing “That Beautiful Rag.” It is a comedy song and is rendered in unusually amusing fashion. The windup of this clever sketch is exceedingly funny. The three Rambler girls, all in male attire do an original freak dance on the order of the “Yama Yama” dance in “The Three Twins.” “You miss a rare treat if you fail to see these handsomely costumed sing- ers and dancers.” The wrestling bear will remain during the last half of the week," Manager Brinkman * havifig ~made special arrangements for this feature.