Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 10, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 88. ! CHARGES BY HAINES NOW NAME MURDER In Most Recent Outburst, Legislative “Muckraker” Declares Anderson Was Brewers’ Vietim. BRIBERY-BLACKMAIL “EXPOSE” Writer Also Asserts That Wine and Women Were Used to Influence Law Makers: TELLS OF POKER GAME DODGE Insists Persons Who Wished Meas- ures Put Through Arranged to Lose So Much. Murder, bribery, wine and women and blackmail charges of a more dar- ing character than contained in any of his previous thrusts, are aimed at the “evil influences” behind the re- cent Mihnesota legislature, Lynn Haines in a contribution to the current number of the Minnesota | | | | | | | edition of “The American Issue,”” an | anti-saloon publication. J. J. Anderson of Alexandria, mem- ber, of the last session of the legisla- ture, is the person whom Mr. Haines says met a tragic death at the hands of the “system, and.of this case Mr. Haines sa Tells of Anderson's Downfall. At the last session a tragic thing resulted from this weapon of drink. It is a sad story, but every citizen in the state should know it. One of the staunchest insurgents was J. J. Anderson, of Alexandria. He was an ex- cellent legislator, with the deep- est comnvictions and most patri- otic purposes. Clean, courage- ous and immovably opposed to special privilege in every form, he took his stand with the pro- gressives and remained there to the end. Earlier in his life there was a period when he used intoxicants freely; but he con- quered the old habit and for years before coming to the leg- islature had been master of his appetite. Knew His Weakness. The brewery members knew of this weakness (they always possess each man’s history from childhood up), and for honest John Anderson the session be- came more than a battle between special interests and the people. The enemies of good government wanted to control his conduect and with diabolical subtlety they labored to revive the old love of liquor. Think of this man's struggle! The idea of drink, drink, drink, was kept constant- 1y before him for weeks. Final- ly the persistence of his perse- cutors prevailed. They induced him merely to taste. That was enough, for the flood gates of appetite gave way completely to the pushing, piled up, torrent of dozens of daily temptations and he fell before it. For a week he drank, drank, drank, and soon after adjournment, he died. The ystem” had added murder to its crimes. Cites Another Possible Plan. Under the heading of “Blackmail™ the Haines story has this to say: “Wine and women have enabled the cabinet to control many a mem- ber. In times past, when all other influences had failed, good men have been led into paths of intemperance and while intoxicated directed into the “red light district.” Following the “orders” were rarely disobeyed.” Taking up the subject of “bribery” Mr. Haines declares that a technical violation was avoided under the cloak of poker games. Of this he says: About Poker Games. “I believe that the buying and selling of votes for so much cold cash has been reduced to the minimum; but there are many indirect ways of accomplishing the same results. Op- tion schemes are sometimes used, as are also other methods too subtle for comprehension and so clever as to " place both briber and bribee beyond the reach of the law. Poker has been a favorite means of bribery and dur- ing recent sessions there were three different “legislative games” patro- nized regularly ~by members. It worked like this: If the representa- tive of some special interest or some “held-up” institution desired to get into the good Eraces of a certain (Continued ¢z 1ast page: NEW FAIR LISTS NOW OUT Contain Announcement of $50 Cup and Cash Prizes for Best Dairy Herd Display. FUNDS FOR EXHIBITION ASSURED Revised copies of the Beltrami County Agricultural Association | premium lists for the fair to be held here September 13, 14 and 15 were today placed in the hands of Secre- tary A. P. Richie for general distri- bution. The lists may also be ob- tained at any of the Bemidji banks or at the Pioneer office. One of the important changes in this year's list is the posting of cash prizes, in addition to the $50 silver cup offered last year, for the best herd of dairy cattle. There are four prizes: first, the cup, offered by the Interstate Dairy Association and now on exhibition in the Barker show window; $20 in cash and $10 and $5. The cup was up last year but there were no entries and a special effort is being made to have this exhibit a feature this year and with the ad- ditional cash prizes it is believed that there will be several entries. The cash subscriptions necessary for the fair are coming in and these bY |in addition to the state aid and $250 appropriated by the eity council at its meeting Monday evening at the request of Secretary Richie assures sufficient funds to carry on the fair which promises to be one of the big- gest and best ever held in Bemidji. MANY INQUIRIES ABOUT LANDS People All Over the Country Inter- ested in Cass Lake. Many inquiries are being received from all parts of the nation by Geo. Welsh, state immigration agent at ~t. Paul, in regard to the 82,220 acres of land to be opened to entry iu the Cass Lake district at 9 a. m., August 22. Some 40,000 acres of this are_ ceded Chippewa. Ing lands upon which the timber has pesn cut and removed. ) As this tract was opened to settle- ment early in May of this year the greater portion has been appropriat- ed by “squatters,” who have the first legal right to enter. There are, however, many acres of valuable land in this tract still open. The 40,000 acres in township 157, range 28, and township 159, range 29, Koochiching county never have been open to entry before, and all who have settled on it prigr to 9 o’clock August 22 will be treated as trespassers and have no legal right. The first legal applicant after that time will obtain the tract desired. ERSKINE ON SCARLET LETTER Hawthorne’s Masterpiece Great in Its Universal Theme. The greatness of the story lies in its universal theme, its elevated tone, and the extreme simplicity of its treatment. The theme is the effect of sin upon the soul that commits it —especially of secret sin, since Dim- mesdale's experience makes the tale. All the characters are noble, as in a Greek story—strongly developed in themselves, and holding high posi- tion in the community, so that their experiences are large and important, as many critics have remarked, like the heroic adventure of Attic tragedy. This resemblance of tone is increased by the sense of destiny and retribution in the romance, dark and inexorable as ever the will of the gods was imagined by ancient poets. It is a kind of impertinence to speak of the technical greatness of such a masterpiece as “The Scarlet Letter.” Yet the reader would be indeed thankless who failed to note how much of his pleasure is in the solemn, musical cadence with which the story moves. The lofty manner eXtended even to the dialogues, so that the varied characters speak alike in a somber eloquence permis- sible in romance.—Erskine: “Lead- ing American Novelists.”” BOOK AGENT MEETS DEFEAT Northern Minnesota Poor Field for His Chosen Profession. “Can’t 1 persuade you to subscribe for a copy of our latest book on north polar exploration?” “No, sir; you couldn’t persuade me to take it as a gift. I spent four years carrying mail in North Dakota, two years driving a cab in Minne- apolis, and I've just escaped from Duluth. Got anything on hunting in central Africa?” If you don’t think well of your em- M.A.SPOONER BUYS LARGE TRACT LAND Makes Purchase of 1,338 Acres of Cut Over Lands From Crook- ston Lumber Co. ALL IN CLEARWATER COUNTY Advertising Done During the Past Two Years is Beginning to Bear Fruit. S. CAMERON ALSO BUYS SECTION Bagley Newspapers Make Comment and Credit the Men with Good Judgment. Never before in the history of the state has the clamor for land been] so keen as it is at the present time in this mnorthern country. From every state bordering Minnesota, per-! sons come tc make their selection. The advertising that has been done for the past year is beginning to show marked results. Nearly every real estate concern, every land owner and every promoter of north-| ern Minnesota progress have done something toward spreading the gos-| pel of overlooked possibilities in this section of the state. Offers 110,000 Acres. The terms and prices recently made by the Crookston Lumber Co. on its lands, amounting to nearly 100,000 acres of the best cut over lands to be found anywhere, has made it possible for those of most moderate means to own a small farm. The amount required to buy forty acres is $60.00. It’s yours then for twenty years if you pay the interest which is only 5 per cent annually- Some of our most prominent citizens are availing themselves of this splen- did opportunity to acquire land. - Judge Spooner Buys. Judge M. A. Spooner is among the list who has bought considerable land from the Crookston Lumber Company. The Judge is of the opin- ion that these lands will increase in value during the next few years to the extent of three and four times their present value. When asked why he bought so much land, he said, “I have been in close touch with the lands in Beltrami and Clearwater counties, and when you can buy them at the terms and prices the Crook- ston Lumber Company are offering, I -consider it a first class investment. The advent of the “Soo” road through this country has made property ad- vancement a certainty. I bought 1,- 338 acres in the vicinity of Clear- brook on the new Soo line because I think it a safe, sure and profitable investment.” Bagley Papers Comment. The Bagley Herald omments on this large purchase of land as fol- lows: “Judge M. A. Spooner and J. Cameron of Bemidji purchased con- siderable quantity of land, lying north of the town of Leon. The judge bought 1,300 acres and Mr. Cameron a half section. No stronger proof of the confidence these well known men place in the future of our county is needed- And the fact that men like these put money into our lands speaks worlds for our soil and our present and prospective out- look.” The Lumber company feels great- ly encouraged over the way people are seeking their lands. Their aim is to get out of the land business. ‘They have come to own this land by having purchased with the timber on it, but now that the timber has all been cut off they wish to dispose of the lands as quickly as possible. This accounts for these most un- looked for terms and prices. SYMPTOMS MADE TO ORDER Question Confronting Doctor Severe Test of Professional Ability. | A young Lady who appeared to be in perfect health entered the consult- | ing room of a physician. “Doctor,” she said, “is it absolutely essential that T go to Marienbad this year?” “Oh, perhaps not!” the physician re- plied reassuringly. “Tell me fully your symptoms. What do you ex-| pect to cure at_the springs?” “That is just what I came to you to find out, doctor,” she confessed. “You see, I have got to talk father over. ployer keep your thoughts to your- self. & ‘What do you go to Marienbad to-be cured for?” S e e KNOW 1T To 300 FACTORIES NOW SAFER Commissioner Houk Report Also Shows That Cern Shedder Pre- cautions Are Being Taken. NINE STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS| Nearly three hundred factories®in Minnesota have been made safer for those employed Iajthem by the state ‘buretii of labor, aseording to a report given Governor Eberhart yesterday by W. F. Houk. He is the first of the appointive officials to give a report of his stewardship. Relative to the safeguarding of life in the factories of the state, Mr. Houk says: “Terrible holocausts in Eastern factories recently have caused spec- ial attention to be paid to fire*pro- tection, and the following sugges- tions: Makes Safety Suggestions. “Provide new pr additional fire es- capes; improve facilities for egress from building by additional stairs, re- pairs to windows, ladders to roof; re- move obstructions from fire-escape ex- its; repair and extend fire escapes; designate fire-escape exits; provide fire extinguishers; recharge fire ex- tinguishers; provide metal recep- tacles for waste paper.” Many recommendations have been made to improve the conditions of health, comfort and morals in work places. The last legislature, taking cogniz- ance of the large number of acei- dents caused by corn shredders emn Minnesota farms, passed a law re- quiring these machines to be guard- ed. The guards were to be approved by the labor commissioners. Two new guards have been recommended. Child Labor Stopped. Considerable time has been devoted to enforcement of the child labor and compulsory education laws. Three orders were served on employers to comply with the child labor law. A total of 1,278 truancy cases were in- vestigated and most of the children were returned to school. Nine strikes and lockouts involv- ing 1,020 persons were investigated by the department. The most im- portant, the carpenters’ strike of the Twin City, commenced May 1 and lasted until July 29, and was settled for St. Paul by an agreement. COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR QUITS Mrs. Leonard Resigns Treasury De- partment Work After 47 Years: ‘Washington, Aug. 9.—After forty- seven years in the service of the Treasury Department as’ the chief of counterfeit detectors, Mrs. Willa A. Leonard, 71 years old, mother of Ma- jor Henry Leonard, commandant of the Portsmouth, N. H., naval station, bias tendered her resignation to Sec- retary MacVeagh. For thirty-five years thousands of dollars a day have passed through her hands, bills and bank notes of a suspicious appear- ance, and during that time not & DID Yoy EVER WE MUST HAVE SomMe SWeLL comPANY TO THE MI53U3 HAS) ORDERED D AROuUND THE POTATO PATWH P 5 ST ceeesesas : Bemidji is to Handle 150,000 : Bushels Home Grown Potatoes : That the potato crop of Bel- : : trami and adjoining counties is : : to be ome of the biggest in the : : country and that it will be worth : : more than $200,000 to the farm- : : ers of this country is indicated by the following from W. R. : : Mackenzie, who is familiar with crop conditions in this section. : : Mr. Mackenzie says: : “Crops of all kinds are looking fine throughout Beltrami county. : : There is 8 much greater acreage : : of corn this year than ever be- : : fore and the farms resemble velg,: : much the country where corn is : : king. 3 54 “The potato crop far exceeds : : any acreage ever before planted, : : and in_the opinion of those in : : position to know place the aver- : : age yield at about 175 bushels : per acre. % H “I believe that the Bemidji : : market will handle at least 150,- : : 000 bushels, largely Burbank : : and Carmon. 3 : “Oats, wheat and barley all .: : show big yields, while vegetables : : of all kinds are of the greatest : : yield and finest quality I have : : ever seen. “The hay crop is fine, : there is plenty of it.” and : SEES BAD POLITICS IN OPINION Sam Gordon Takes a Fall Out of Simpson’s Mustinka Ruling. Sam Y. Gordon, potential candi- date for gubernatorial honors, scents politics in the opinion of Attorney General Simpson holding the appro- priation of $35,000 for building an outlet for the Mustinka river ditch unconstitutional. This appropriation was once vetoed by Governor John- son, but it was reappropriated by the last session of the legislature in a special act. The bill was passed to afford relief to settlers whose lands were overflowed because of the diver- sion of waters through the presence of the state ditch. Lieutenant Governor Gordon says in his Brown’s Valley paper: “At the session last winter a new bill was enacted appropriating ‘the same sum, which was readily passed. There were very few votes against the measure in the House, and if our memory serves us rightly, it was passed in the Senate without a dis- senting vote. The measure was passed on by some of the ablest lawyers in the legislature and an amendment was added to the original bill upen recommendation of a conference com- mittee (principally of able lawyers) who sought to guard against the probability of the law being declared unconstitutional. - “This decision of the attorney gen- jeral, if adhered to, means that the state can damage and overflow lands of settlers at will, and there is no redress. It is not good law, because it is not fair and not reasonable, but is rank injustice. “In conclusion, we are-of the opin- ion that there is considerable history back of this Mustinka ditch bill mat- ter that has not yet come to the sur- face, and that the unconstitutionality of the law may have a slight mixture single mistake has occurred. of politics.” . If 8 man .dies of starvation his ‘| estate. BIRD HUNTERS WARNED Game Warden Bailey Explains That Chickens Can Not Be Shot Un - til Sept. 7. PARTRIDGES ARE PLENTIFUL “Beltrami county hunters seem somewhat confused as to just when the praj chicken shooting season begins this year,” sdid Game Ward- en S. C. Bailey this morning. “The fact that the law provides that from August 15 to September 1 dogs may be taken out hunting, but that guns cannot be used and that from September 1 to September 7 guns may be used by shooting blank ca-tridges, seems to*be a stumbling block for'many of the hunters. “The chicken shooting season does uet open until September 7, and as botl fchickens and partiridges are iful this year they will be hunt- ed mtre than in the past few years. I intend to pay special attention to the law violators who break the chicken law. “Another stumbling block, as far as the huntsman is concerned is the law which provides that the part- ridge hunting season does not open until October 1, nearly a month la- ter than the chicken season opens. “Farmers and travelers say that partridges are numerous and that they can be seen daily in large cov- eys, and there are more of these birds in the woods this year than for many years past.” TO USE 5,400 FOOT FISH SEINE St. Louis Firm Agrees to Rid West- ern Waters of Damaging Carp. Fishing with a seine 5,400 in length- and 30 feet in width, op- erated by a powerful windlass, is the work in which employes of Bartho- lomew Brothers of St. Louis, Mo., will engage the middle of this month, in an effort to clear the lakes in Spo- kane county, Wash., of carp. The fish will be sent to St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, and other eastern points in refrigerator cars. It is es- timated that the total shipments will amount to more than 50 cars. Trout, bass and other game fish caught in the draws will be put back into the water, according to an agreement with the firm and J. A. Uhlig, fish and game warden of the eounty. The seine fishermen will be accompanied by a state officer, who will see that the game fish are'protected. War- den Uhlig says that carp weighing up to 30 pounds have been eaught on vegetable and fish bait in the vi- cinity of Spokane this summer. It is estimated that the carp have de- stroyed billions of trout eggs dur- ing the last few years. Had No Use for Earrings. : The Greeks and Romans, ' good Judges of feminine beauty, did not re- gard the earring as indispensible. Neither the brush nor the chisel of the representation of Venus or any poetic figures with pendants in the ears. e E gdlnfi@fltngn. 3 PETERSON THANKS GOVERNOR FORHINT Tells Eberhart He Will Comply With Suggestion to Present Hazen Case - to Grand Jury. AGAIN DEMANDS AFFIDAVITS Informs Chief Executive That Being Poor Man, Should not Be Made to Get New Ones. IS SILENT ON “DUMAS” ANGLE Insists, However, That He Will Con- tinue Fight for Square Deal to Taxpayers. In a letter addressed to Governor Adolph O. Eberhart today, Viggo {Peterson declares his intention of making criminal charges before the next Beltrami county grand jury against Sheriff Hazen, and .in this communication, Mr. Peterson thanks the chief executive for his sugges- tion as to this procedure and reiter- ates his request that the affidavits filed May 27 last with the petition asking the removal of Sheriff Hazen be returned to him. . Puts it Up to Eberhart. Mr. Peterson’s letter to the gov- ernor follows: August 10, 1911. Hon. A. O. Eberhart, Governor. St. Paul, Minnesota. _ Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 31st ultimo, and note that you will have the affidavits sent me if necessary to have same placed before the grand jury. Yeur suggestion of taking the charges before this body is-a good one, and I agree with you, and be- lieve it therefore mnecessary to have the affidavits, and I am pleased to know that you will send them. As you are possib- 1y not aware, I am a poor man, and the expense of procuring new affidavits in the matter would work a great hardship on me, and I therefore wish to thank you for the suggestion, and I shall look for the return of the papers as soon as you can have had the copies made. Yours very truly, Viggo Peterson, Chairman Beltrami Board of County Commissioners. Result of Governor’s Suggestion. This letter is in reply to the one recelved by Mr. Peterson from Gov- ernor Eberhart on August 3 and in which was contained this paragraph: 1 have today written the at- torney general that if the affida- vits in question are necessary in an investigation by the grand jury, that a copy should be made for our files and that the orig- inal should be mailed to you. Peterson Full of Fight. Mr. Peterson, in Bemidji today as a member of the board of equaliza- tion, said he had no comments to make on the governor’s and attorney general’s decision that the charges against Mr. Hazen must not be pushed until after the Dumas trial on the ground that it is Dr. Dumas who is behind the movement to re- move Hazen, although the Peterson charges were filed nearly three weeks before the arrest of the Cass Lake mayor. “There is only one thing I will say at this time, although I may have something more to say later on, and that is that I shall do everything within my power to see to it that the taxpayers of Beltrami county are no longer imposed upon by any cor- Tupt official.” BAGLEY RESIDENCE BURNS Home of William Holt Destroyed . While Family is Absent on Visit. Bagley, Minn., August 10.—(By Long Distance Telephone)—At about 3 o’clock this morning the home of William Holt together with its con- tents in this city was completely de- stroyed by fire of unknown origin. The total loss is between $2,000 and $3,000, with insgrance of $2,000. The Holt family is at present visit- ing in the southern part of the state and the place was unoccupied. Even if a man has good sense it How proud we are of the things|doesn’t cut mueh of a figure in'a love affair.