Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 1, 1911, Page 1

THE VOLUME 9. NUMBER 80. o= GRAFT HINT CAUSES SALOON ZONE CLASH Intimations of Undue Influence in Liquor Controversy Arouses Ire of City Attorney. READS LETTER FROM BREWERY Document Alleges Discrimination in Not Being Permitted to Operate on Minnesota Avenue. CONTEST RESULTS IN TIE VOTE To Be Settled Next Monday, Klein Being Absent From Couneil Meeting Last Night. Things waxed warm and merry nl’ the council last evening | when the recently begun fight to seg- meeting regate all renewed vigor when intimations of undue influence were buffeted about.| the council chamber by some of the aldermen. These hints at graft caused City Attorney P. J. Russell to get into the game with a letter from the Du- luth Brewing Company. The con- troversy centers around a building owned by the Duluth company. ‘Friends of this concern allege that other brewing companies are trying 1o get it's “goat.” One interesting sidelight in last night's episode was the admission on ¢ pa f y at s 2 2. the part of ‘hl‘r?;lll;xtlnh)rnn;ga? ;:‘;‘meun will approximate $800 and 1t 14 moré profitable o nay 8-$500 ) ron5qing our rule; to dojeveryibing license and run a saloon in Bemid, than it is to rent a building at $50 a month for mercantile purposes. The Storm- Bresks, _The storm_lrgh® when &1 took up the consideration of o dinance No. §7. { Ordinance No. 57 is a provision which seeks to do away with the or- dinance passed Dby the council sev- eral weeks ago which provides that no saloon shall be allowed on the north side of Fourth street, which in- cludes one saloon building owned by the Duluth Brewing and Malting company, opposite the city hall on Minnesota Avenue. Several members of the council who at the time the ordinance was first brought up and who had voted for it have since that time seen fit to change their votes, and it was due to this fact that the new ordinance was drawn up. Vote Results in Tie. The vote, a test as to whether the Bemidji Brewing company’s building should be included in the patrol lim- its, resulted in a tie, Aldermen Crip- pen, Bailey. Smart and Brown vot- ing for the new ordinance and Al- dermen Johnson, Roe, Moberg and Bisiar against it. When it was seen that Alderman Crippen who had voted for the first ordinance had voted in favor of the new one, Alderman Moberg was heard to say: “Changed your vote, didn’t you?" “Looks that way,” answered Crip- pen. “Somebody been getting to you?” asked Moberg. “I have voted the way I think is right, and I think that if a few more of our aldermen would do the same we would have less trouble,” replied Alderman Crippen. City Attorney Aroused. This aroused City Attorney Rus- sell who broke in with: “I speak from a standpoint of a citizen who has the interest of the city at heart, but I have noticed lit- tle hints of ‘somebody getting to somebody’ at several of our meetings. Now, then, if our meetings cannot be carried on in a business like man- ner with the members voting in the way they think is proper without being accused of being bought it is time for a change, I have here a let- ter from the Duluth Brewing com- pany, I had not intended to read, and had shown it to the mayor only, but I have changed my mind and will now read it.” Brewing Company’s Letter. The letter was dated July 15 and follows in full: “Duluth, Minn., July 15, 1911. “Mr. P. J. Russell, City Attorney, “Bemidji, Minn. “Dear Sir: “We cannot help feeling that we have been harshly and unfairly treated by your city council in pass- ing a ‘patrol’ ordinance by which saloons in the district|time is in round numbers $100,000, south of Fourth street broke out with |2 1aT&e part of which was put in at we are practically deprived of the use and benefit of our buildings, con- trary to the provisions of the consti- tution which provides that no persoa chall be deprived of his property without due process of law. We have been deprived of the usz o! the Arcade property for saloon L.purposes for which it was built and used since your city was platted. Someone may say: ‘they can rent it for a store.’ Yes, we have now an offer of $50.00 per month and con- ditioned that we make changes and improvements which will cost us in the aggregate of $1,200 and which would mean a total investment in that corner of about $12,000; fo which must be added taxes and in- surance, leaving us possibly 3 to 3 | 1-2 per cent on our investment. “The primary object of patrol lim- its is to keep saioons out of residence and shopping districts. Will any of your council men say that the Ar- cade is in either? We feel that we | have been discriminated against; but are totally at a loss to discover any reason therefore. Always Been Liberal. | “We have always insisted and have seen to it that our tenants lived up to the law and we have contrib-| uted to every fund for the welfare and development of your city. Our| total investment in your city at this| 2 time when other companies en- gaged in the same business were reaping a rich harvest without put- ting in a dollar in the way of any permanent improvements. “We do not mean, nor do we want you to think that we have been whol- ly disinterested. We felt and yet feel, as every person owning proper- ty there should feel, that the pros- perity of any city or community means individual prosperity. Paving Check is Ready. “You are about to pave eight or| ten blocks, our share of the cost of all good citizens should do. to help along public improvements, our check is ready to pay our share as 800m as we are notified that. it is dtited. We will do this, a.thnugh we are fully aware that we may al- low it to be taxed and cover a pericd of five years; all we ask of your city is a square deal, and this we hope your city council will give us, after a mature and careful consideration of this matter from the standpoint of business men. “In conclusion, we beg to remain, “Yours very truly, “Duluth Brewing & Malting Co., “By A. G. Johnson. “Diet. S. G.—M. “Dictated but not reread.” Comes Again Next Week. As the vote was a tie, another vote will be taken next Monday, at which time it is probable that the entire council will be present, Alderman Klein being absent last evening. The report of the committee on the poor was read, showing that. the committee had made an investigation and that the conditions found at the poor farm were of the best. The re- port was accepted. A permit was granted.to The Pack- ing Carnival company to give a five day carnival in Bemidji next week. SPOONER MAN IS JAIL BREAKER Joseph Hall, Arrested for Wife Beat- _ ing, Gets Look at Helmer—Flees. Spooner, located across the Bau- dette river from the village of Beau- dette, is not without its thrillers, for one of the most successful and at.the same time mysterious jail escapes ever accomplished in this section of the state was made there last week. Joseph Hall had been arrested for wife beating and placed in the Spoon- er jail, to await being brought to Bemidji where his case was to have been considered by the grand jury next month. Deputy Sheriff N. W. Helmer went to Beaudette to bring the prisoner to Bemidji and upon visiting the jail saw his man through the bars, but not finding the village marshall there went in search of him. The Spooner officer was soon located but on returning to the city jail the. men found that no prisomer was waiting for them, he having made 1his escape in less than half an hour. The jail was still locked, and after a short investigation it was found that the man had apparently worked his way out through a hot air flue hole in the wall, measuring 10 1-2 by 11 inches, actual measurement. A board was found with which the prisoner had worked the bars loose, and it was later found that it must have been found on top of one of the cell cages. Deputy Sheriff Helmer was in no way accountable for the man’s escape. Listen to some people and you will hear enough about ailments to fin 2 patent medicine almanac. Have Invested $12,000vn Corner- Fiaeis ¢ Such. Words .as “Technical,” “Seces- - | can -iin the Constitutional sion,? “Economy,” “Vitiated,” . all Other Studies to Go Down in Dismay. Aspirants for First Grade Certificates. Two more persons were today ad- ded to the list of 32 who appeared at the high school yesterday to take examinations to qualify as instruc tors for the children of Beltrami county. The quizzes will continue through tomorrow, at which time examina- tinns for first grade aspirants will be given. The tests are being conduct- ed under the supervision of County Superintendent W. B. Stewart. The examinations yesterday and today were for second grade certifi- cates. Strange as it may seem some of the tests which appear the easiest are frequently the ones which cause the would be teachers to flunk. Superintendent Stewart says that frequently the spelling test proves disastrous and this, too, with words not generally regarded difficult to spell. For instance, the present spelling list is made up of the fol- lowing. Can You Spell These? ““’Sentences, expenses, sepirate; feop- Aardize, commissioner, adjacent, equi- lateral, monotonous, aggrieve, di- mensions, supplementary, contagious, architect, prohibition, scientific, maintenance, economics, vitiated, technical, bulletin, creamery, conven- ience, reservation, elementary, seces- sion. In composition, one of the tests given was this: Jumble of Errors and Logis. “Copy the following, making cor- rections: “dr oliver wendell holmes says mr bright remarked to the school that in every one of us there are two persons first there is yourself and then there is the other fellow now one of these is all the time doing things and the other sits inside and | tells what he thinks about the per- formance thus I do so-and-so act so- and-so seem to the world so-and-so but the other fellow sits in judgment on me all the time.” History Causes Heart Failure. strikes terror to the hearts of the perspiring victim. Here is a sam- ple: 1. What European nations have held possession in- North America? What ones still have possessions in North America? How did the oth- ers dispose of theirs? 2. Exploration of the Middle West: Mention the early explorers, the approximate time of exploration, the purpose, extent, and results. 3. Explain each of the following terms and state to what period of history th y belong: Carpet-bagger; Embarga Act; “Fifty-four-forty or fight;” Navigation acts; “Free Sil- ver.” 4. Explain “Reconstruction.” rWhat was the difference in the views of Lincoln and Congress in regard to the “reconstruction” of the South? What was the aim of Congress in passing the “Tenure of Office Act?” 5. What did the United States gain by (a) War of 1812, (b) Mexi- War, (c) Spanish-American War? 6. Mention five books which you would like your pupils to use in studying the periods of the Civil War and “Reconstruction.” 7. What was the origin of the Northwest Territory, and what regu- lations were made for governing it? What states were formed from it? 8. (a) Name five important men Convention, (b) Who was one of the foremest defenders of the new constitution when it was being considered for adoption by the states? How many amendments have been made to the Constitution? 9. Give five impm-tanz Teasons. for taking the census. HISTORY ALSO IS BOTHERSOME: 3¢ NOW TAKING THE TESTS Tomorrow Will Be Given Over to! History is another subject which |- (Copyright, 1911) “IWIN,” SAYS mm Sure He is Victor in Today's Con- test as Candidate’for United Jackson, Miss., A ocratic. | primary held throughout for the purpose of nominating United States senator, an members of the legislature and State officials. The three-cornered senatorial fight, in which Senator Leroy Perey, ex- Governor James K. Vardaman and C. H. Alexander are the rival con- testants, is the all-absorbing feature of the election. Fight Centers on Vardaman. The senatorial campaign closed last night in a whirlwind finish. The fight has been one of the most parti- san in the history of the Common- wealth, and has attracted wide at- tention because of the prominence of the contestants and the many bit- ter personalities exchanged on the stump and in the press. In the con- test the entire State has lined up for or against ex-Governor Varda- man, whose acts and utterances while serving as chief executive fre- quently attracted the attention of the entire country. ‘Throughout the campaign Senator Percy and Mr. Alexander have made Vardaman the sole object of their at- tacks. In their speeches delivered throughout the State they have not hesitated to charge Mr. Vardaman with the misappropriation of public funds while governor and have de- elared him guilty also of other acts of personal dishonesty- Believes He Will Get 90,000- While Mr. Vardaman has many| Puts Out Thief River Lights; Crook- mmfimfl!&hflwfiafl. .Ymmed with logs %0 as to pre- |vent the running of water, keeping it at such a2 jow stage that Thief River Falls, Crookston and Grand | Forks are without enough water to turn their power for electric lights, i8 the condition of the Red Lake Riv- . Never before 0 lnng as it can The jani 18 seven' miles long, With no way of breaking it. New York, August 1.—In accord- ance with arrangements previously made the Wells-Fargo Express Com- pany today took over the business of the Pacific Express Company, which has been operating over the Wabash, Wheeling & Lake Erie, Missiuri Pa- cific, Iron Mountain, Cotton Belt, Texas & Pacific and International & Great Northern railroads. BICYCLE RIDER IN COURT Man Who Ran Into Peter Decaire on Way With Medicine at Time of the Accident. WHEELS ORDERED-6FF WALKS It developes that it was Arncld Virnig, a cement layer living at Fourteenth-and Park, was the man who ran into Peter Decaire last Wed- nesday evening, the blow causing My. ‘| Decaire to become unconscious and ] knoeking one of his teeth out. Mr. Decaire at first refused -~ to political enemies he undeniably hasiProsecute Virnig but changed his 8 large personal fellowing and no{mind, had him arrested and he was one vemtures to predict that he wiRk- tried in police court this morning be- be “snowed under” at the polls to-|{fore Munmicipal Judge Pendergast. day. Most unbissed onlookers in-| Virnig pleaded guilty and was in a cline to the belief that the result {fair way of having the severest pen- will be 80 close“&s' to necessitate a. |Alty possible imposed when evidence second primary and that Vardaman | W8S revealed showing that the bi- certainly will be in it, with either jC¥cle rider ac the time of the acci- Percy or Aléxander eliminated. dent was on his way with medicine The total vote today is expected to |for his sick wife. run between 100,000 and 115,000. It was further shown that on lasv. x-Governor Vardaman’s managers |Sunday Mrs, Virnig _gave birth to a declare that he will be an easy win- |daughter. 2 ner, defeating both opponents by a| City Attorney P. J. Russell con- decisive majority. Mr. Vardaman |tended that ‘a man who wou)d make himself asserts that he will get 90,-|Daste to aid his sick wife and who 000 votes. has so recently become the fatlier of ; 3 a child, might well be shown some Snap for the Governorship. mercy by the court. Next to the senatorial fight the{ The judge thought'so too, and im- |contest that is attracting most at- posed the minimum penalty, $5 and tention is that between Theodore G. costs, the cost amounting to §$3. Bilbo and Wiley N. Nash for the aomination for leutenant governer.f positive in their assertions, howaver, The primary aiso will decide thef that reckless riding on-the sidewalks nominations for secretary of State, must not be tolerated. |l“»t°l'l!'!y general, auditor, treasurer{ Another angle of the bieycle agi- fand a nllllbfi‘r of minor State officials_ ufion today was the stopping of all ’l‘hu urlously muarlera 'tti ‘the The. judge and city attorney were Maneuver Showing Haw & Sodier May Be Completely Surrounded and_Made Captive SENATEKILLS FARMER BILL Free List Measure Loses By Tie Vote, But Kern Compromise Goes Through- TAKES THE TARIFF OFF WERTS| - ‘Washington, D. C., August 1— Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service) The Ho er free Tist bill ex- empting free tariff duty on agricul- ton, bagging and other articles was defeated by the senate today by a tie vote of 39 to 39. Senator Kern of Indiana, democrat, offered a compromise amendment placing meats on the free list, when coming from: countries that do not admit American cotton, wheat, oats, thorses, cattle and hogs fi-ee from duty. The compromise measure adopoe,E by a vote Qf38 to 40. was PRAISES FREE SEED RESULTS State Agriculturist Makes Personal Inspection of Grasses in Beltrami. of inspection of the fire zone of last fall, Andrew Boss, agriculturist of the University of Minnesota, has sub- mitted the following to the North- ern News of Spooner: “I have just concluded the inspec- tien of lands.on which free grass seed. was sown this spring and am pleased to say that all that I have Seen seems to have been carefully put in and well cared for. Timothy in many places is heading out and clov- er is blooming around the edges of the fields or where sown with out nurse crops. some seed this year and will reseed, making the grass thicker next year. Where sown in -oats it is coming ‘well, but will wiit when the oats are cut. It would be a good thing to cut the stubble as high as possible thus protecting the grass. If rains come soon it will be all right any- way. Your people have handled the seed well and the settlers who re- ceived the seed have made good use of it- If all is doing as well as what 1 have seen Northern Beltrami Co. will benefit much from the grass seed shipped in by the state.” CARNIVAL COMING TO BEMIDJI Packing Company qu License Five Days Next Week. For five days next week, Bemidji "is-to nave the Packing Carnival com- pany—whatever that may mean. A license was granted the company by the council last night at the rate of $10 a day, $50 for the entire Bemid- ji engagement. The carnival com- | Cass Lake this week. It is said to be made up of two attractions: a dog, pony and goat show and a mer- Ty-go-round. The council expressly " |provided that the carnival pitch its tents on land not helnndng to the eity. tural implements, cereals; beets, cot~|, After having made a personal “trip | Both crops will form |’ pany is entertaining the citizens of |LoMsiana, Minn: ACTION INCLUDES A THREAT K Uuless Eberhart Now Withdraws De- mand, He Will Lay Plot Bare, He Tells Keller. INTIMATION FOREIGN TO fix_&@ ‘| Petition for Removal nf Shenl Ifihd Several Dlys Before Arrest oi' : Cass Lake Mayor. St Paul, August 1—(Daily Pioneer to Attorney General Simpson asking why the papers relative to the charz- es against Sheriff Hazen should not. - be returned, the attorney gemeral will tell why action on Lha charges has been deferred. b Governor Gets Viggo'tl’gthn Governor Eberhart. yesterday n— ceived a second letter from Viggo Pe- terson demanding the _return the Hazen charges, which bad -for ‘their purpose the removal of the Bem-llfi county sheriff. " Governor. Eberhart referred tins second letter to Attorney Genéral Simpsof this morning with a asking him why the papers can not be mt\u-ned._ P Mr. Simpson lmmedillely turneé | $his:Jetter over to Chas. Keller, state fire marshal and instructed “Bim’ at once to produce the withdrawal .of this letter .or the whole situation would be laid bare. Mr. Simpson intimates . that the friends of Mayor Dumas are attempt- ing to have Sheriff Hazeu remnved before the September grand jury. - Governor in Albert Lea, - As soon as Fire Marshall Keller ré- ceived this ultimatum from Mr. Simpson, he and ‘Sam Fullerton con- ferred with Ralph W. Wheelock. Governor Eberhart is in Albert Lea this afternoon. He returns to- morrow and will take up the matter at once. Sounds Peculiar Here. The position of the attorney gen- eral probably will cause comment in- asmuch as his insinuation that the present move against Sheriff Hazen is a n effort on the part of Dr. Dumas and his friends to secure the appoint- ment of a sheriff through whom' they might pack the jury which is try the Cass Lake mayor here in September. 1t will be remembered that Viggo Peterson’s charges against Sheriff Hazen were in the governor’s hands as long ago as May 27. ‘The arrest of Mayor Dumas did not take place until June 17. ; “A Joke,” Says Andrews. A. A. Andrews, associated with Judge Spooner in the defense of May- or Dumas, when shown the dispatch from St. Paul this afternoon, was in- clined to treat the matter as a joke. “This is the first we have heard of such a plot,” was his comment. “As a matter of fact we would be as satis- fied with Hazen as sheriff-as anyone else.” : Judge Spooner is not in the city. CONFERENCE FUND IS SHORT $50 Raised Chautauqua Next Years. There is a deficit of about $50 in the fund necessary- to pay the bills incident to hloding the Bible confer- ence here last week. A subscription list is open to all who wish to sub- scrlbe to it. The eonterenee brought mml Here from New York, clnu— Brainerd, Blac! pah, Cohassett, - er, Spicer, Walker, Rapids, Little Falls, erson, the last three towns beiug in North Dakota. More than 2,000 - | sheets obBemidjl bnopfing Mhlu!l Special Wire Service)—Unless Goy- lernor Eberhart withdraws his letter