Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 15, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER. S SOCIETY. VOLUME 9. NUMBER 119. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. O'NEILL HERE; SEES VICTORY FOR TAFT | Believes Popular Discontent Against President Wanes and That His Election is Assured. THINKS NELSON -ALSO IS SAFE Confesses Admiration for Ole Sa- geng But Doubts His Strength in State-Wide Fight. NOT UNWILLING TO RUN AGAIN Thief River Law Maker Makes Known Under What Conditions He Will be Candidate. There is no quetsion but that Taft be renominated and. vill be re-elected because he is showing up stronger all the time, al- though it admitted that there has been a good deal of criti- cism of him,” said D. P. O'Neill of | } Thief River Falls and representative | | 1 believe, | he must be of tnis district in the lower house of the state legislature. Mr. O'Neilll came today to attend the Beltrami| county fair E If He Were a Democrat. | ~It is easy enough,” continued Mr. O'Neill. “to criticise a man in office, | but if the democrats had a man in folks might find out what real criti- cism is. ~ At the last session of con- gress the president showed the demo- crats that they could not play horse with him. Some of the things he did | and stood for are not popular in this' part of the country, but at that the | president is admired for having dis- | played backbone.” { Friendly Toward Sageng, but— Mr. O'Neill had some nice th.ngs to say of State Senator Ole Sageng} of Otter Tail county, but deprecates | the idea that he would loom as a| formidable candidate against Knute Nelson for the United States senate via the popular vote route. Senator Nelson decides that he | | to stay in Washington,” said ; Mr O'Neill, “there probably 1sn’t| anyone in Minnesota who can keep | him at home.” | May Be Candidate Again. “IWill you be a candidate to succeed vourself in the house?” was asked. ~Qh. 1 don't know.," replied Mr.| O'Neill, “I haven't given the matter much thought. A couple of Bemidji| men came to me a while ago and, asked the same question and 1 told} them that if they were satisfied withl my work and wished to give me an | endorsement 1 might consider the | matter. There will be no liquor is- sue up and there doesn’t seem to he“ an excuse for much of a fight. Ir‘w there is to be a fight and the expense | swhich that means, 1 don’t want any of it.” Sort of Flirts With Senate. 1t is generally understood that A. L. Hanson. at present senator from this district, will retire at the end of his term and Mr. O’'Neill was asked | why he didn’t switch as a candidate for the upper house. | “No, 1 guess not,” he said, “and anyhow, Senator Hanson was elected | last vear for four years.” Extra Session? No Use. Mr. O'Neill reiterated his belief that it would be a needless expense | to convene the legislature in special session and declared he was tempted to reply to the Duluth Herald’s ar- guments and that he feels sure that he could convince that paper that if the railroad taxes are increased that it will be the people who “pay the freight.” Mr. O’'Neill will return to Thief River on the afternoon train. “Just come over to see how wmuch bigger your pumpkins are this year than they were last, and how much i | {by their teachers Wednesday on ac- Outside News Condensed. P PO HDPPOOOOOO O G > @ The Weather: Generally fai, to- night and Saturday; not much change in temperature. Sugar has advanced to 8 cents a pound with prospects of further ad- i vances. Evidence of a vast gambling and vice “ring” has been discovered in| Chicago. Italy celebrated today the seventh birthday of her future king, the little | Prince of Piedmont. | Government officials in Chicago be- | lieve they have nipped a $500,000 ] swindle in the arrest of S. A. Potter. Springfield, 111, is hit by threei successive storms of almost eyrlonic | proportion, which swept central II- linois Wednesday. Many of the younger school chil-| dren of Kansas City were dismissed| count of the excessive heat. A tem-| perature of 95 degrees was regist- ered. The Hon. Richard Olney, who was attorney general and later secretary of state under President Cleveland, today celebrated his seventy-sixth birthday anniversary at his summer home in Falmouth, Mass. State control of public utilities was the leading subject discussed today by the conference of the governors at Spring Lake, N. J. The principal papers were presented by (}overm:br| McGovern of Wisconsin and Governor ! Carroll of Iowa. i Secretary of War Stimson and| Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff of[ the army, are busily engaged clear-| ing up the work of the war depart- ment preparatory to leaving Wash- | ington early next week for an exten-| sive tour of inspection of the mili- tary posts and defenses in the South and Southwest. Many distinguished veterans of the civil war are in Provindence R. I, participating in the annual reumion of the Society of the Army of the Po-! tomac. This morning was given up to the business of the meeting, but tonight and tomorrow the visitors will enjoy entertainment provided for them by the city and citizens. Today marked the beginning of the annual celebration of Mexiecan Inde-| pendence Day. At the instigation of the authorities the customary cele- brations throughout the republic were modified or abandoned altogeth- er, owing to the present disturbedf conditions and also to the fact that| in previous years the holiday has in- cluded the birthday celebration iui honor of President Diaz. ‘l | LAST BAND CONCERT TONIGHT Director Masten Arranges What| Probably Will Be Final Program. | S il | Although the Bemidji band has furnished music for the county fair now on here, and will play at the fair! grounds this afternoon, Director Har- ry Masten has prepared a program to| be given at the lake dock this even-! ing. This probably will be the last | open air concert to be given thisl | year. | s coseuionsiy| DEMIDJU'S BIG FAIR | Efforts to Ascertain Constitntionali | of Road Measure to Be Made Di- ! rectly to the Courts. SIMPSON'S OPINION NOT WANTED Friends of the Elwell rural roads measure are not anxious to have the attorney general’s office pass upon its constitutionality and it becomes more apparent each day that the act will be tested in the courts just as soon as some county tries to float a bond is- sue. In view of the uncertainty of the status of the measure, it is urged that no one will buy bonds issued to an- ticipate assessments to be paid for road improvements until the act is declared valid by the supreme court. Under the law the persons living along and in the vicinity of a public highway built under the act are as- sessed for one-fourth of the cost. The state pays one-half and the county the remaining fourth. Several appli- cations for state aid under the bill have been passed upon favorably by the state highway commission, but in most of these the one-fourth of the expense has been raised by voluntary subscription and in this way the ob- (Continued on last page) HELD ON CHARGE MADE BY GIRL : James Palrang, Before Court Commis- sioner Simons, Has Case Continved. James Palrang, a barber employed ‘n the Ray Dennis shop. was a:1est- ed yesterday on charges made by Grace Currant. who gave her age as beiween 15 and 16. \. ~.mons and his case was continued ior ten days. reag s lccked up in the county jail. | Palrang was;. | taken before Court Commissioner H.| . In the meantime Pal-|. Schools Close, Business Shut Up Shop and Mayor Declares Half Holiday so All May Attend. SPORTING PROGRAM AT 3 P. M. Automobile, Foot and Other Races and Sporting Events to Be Given, With Music By Band. AWARD OF PRIZES COMPLETED A. J. McGuire of Grand Rapids, Judge of Livestock, Suggests that Dis- plays Be Made Larger. Today's Official Program. The official program for tolay : follows: Auto Races. : Exciting auto raees, beginning : : at ome p. m. sharp. The track : will be in first class shape. Don't : : miss 'em. . Big Ladies’ Auto Race—Miss : Cochran vs. Miss Ollie Curts : Two mile race. Best two in three. Australian Pursuit Auto Ruce : : —-Large entry list. 3 Five Mile Match Race—Jonn : Moberg vs. Chad. Jewett. 3 One Mile Race Against Time— : Chad. Jewett will attempt to re- : : duce the mile recora of the track, which is now 72 seconds. ] ~ Foot Ball Game—High School : The girl alleges that while acting 855.5"Team vs. Picked Eleven. liler cscort late at night, Palrang teok i¢vaniage of her. James Doyle, ar- e:ted here by the police on a charge of selling whisky to an Indian was arraigned before Commissioner Si- ncns this morning and his case also as contimed until September 23. He was locked up, in charge of the sheriff. FIRE LAND FAIR BIG SUCCESS| Attorney Middleton Declares Bau- dette Exhibition Remarkable Show. “It was the greatest little fair T ever saw,” said Attorney C. R. Mid- dleton in Bemidji, in speaking ot the North Beltrami fair held in Baudette last week. <“All the exhibits were from the land which were swept by the forest fires last fall, and a better collection of vegetables and grains wouald be hard to find. The potatoes a'one were eye openers. They were exira large and perfect in shape.” Mr. Middleton said Baudette was so p cased with the showing made that they have arranged to send what ex- hibits may be selected to be displayed at the Northwestern states land :how to be held in St. Paul next December. SAYTMR. This price is good only That special offer we made sometime ago still holds good. FARMER you Here It Is Again The Daily Pioneer $3 u per year - - - - - - 1 to “(mail subscribers) that is to subscribes who have the paper come through year in advance.) The Weekly Pione per year - - prettier the babies are, if such a thing is possible.” the mail and where the subscription is paid (one full er .. 8100 Only when paid one full year in advance. Sub- scribe today. Send money order or cash to Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Gompany ‘Bemidji, Minn. Deg Races, Foot Races, Bicycie : : Raeces, and the biggest and best : : exhibits ever shown in fthe : Northwest. This is to be the big day of the fair. Business houses, including all the banks, clese at noon, and efforts will be made to set an attendance record for Beltrami county fairs. At 2 p. m. the Bemidji band will givea short down town concert and proceed to the fair grounds where they will furnish music for the pro- gram which begins at 3 p. m. Mayor Declares Half Holiday. Mayor Parker has declared a half holiday and the schools dismiss at noon, the pupils being admitted to the grounds free. All the exhibits are in place and the displays and attractions this af- ternoon will be the best of the three days exhibition. / Prizes are Awarded. Prizes have been awarded, the judges who came here from outside points having completed their work A list of the prize winners will be printed later. yesterday afternoon. Superintendent A. J. McGuire of the Northeast Experimental Station at Grand Rapids left for home last evening after having acted as judge for the cattle display. the fair as a whole, but believed Bel- trami should offer additional induce- ments for the display of stock. Many Attractive Displays. The center of attraction is the ag- ricultural exhibits and here will be He praised found marvelous proofs of the fer- tility of Beltrami county soil. All exhibitors who wish to. leave their exhibits and they will be shipped to the Minnesota car which will travel throughout this United States the months. Secretary Ritchie will take charge of the products and will look after the shipping. Exhibitors will confer a favor upon the fair management by giving them notice this afternoon. during early winter T0 TEST ELWELL LAW|LAST CHANCE TO SEE |TAET OFF ON 46 DAY TRIP Will Travel 15,000 Miles in 24 Mid- dle and Extreme Western States. WILL VISIT MINNESOTA CITIES | Beverly, Mass., Sept. 15.—Presi- dent Taft bade adieu to his summer home this morning, and, accompa- nied by his secretary and assistants, departed in an automobile for Boston where he makes his start tonigat for his record-breaking speaking tour of the Middle and Western States. Prior to leaving his home he spent more than an hour looking over and dic- tating replies to some of the many that in upon him on his fifty- messages of poured fourth birthday anniversary. congratulation From tomcrrow morning until the morning of November 1, when his private train rolls into the station at Washington, the president will be kept constantly on the move, mak- ing speeches, attending receptions and dinners, reviewing parades and traveling. The trip will occupy forty-six days, during which time the president will visit twenty-four states and travel approximately 15,000 miles. He is scheduled to deliver nearly 200 set speeches, in addition to innumerable impromptu addresses. The first speech of the trip 1s to be made tomorrow morning at Syra- cuse. There the president will deliv- er an address to the farmers and [others assembled at the New York state fair. Leaving Syracuse he will go to Erie and from that point he will head straight for Michigan, where he will spend four days. From Michigan he will go to Illinois and Missouri. - After-leaving Missouri the state through which he will pass, in about the order of his crossing them, are Kansas, lowa, Nebraska Colora- do, Wyoming. Utah, Nevada, Califor- nia, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota. Wisconsin, Indiana and Maryland. Some of the larger cities and towns where he will stop, after visiting Sy- racuse and Erie, are Detroit Bay City, Grand Rapids, Peoria, St. Louis, ‘Kansas City, Hutchinson, Topeka, Waterloo, Des Moines, Ottumwa, Omaha, Lincoln, Hastings, Cheyenne, Laramie, Salt Lake City, Pocatello, Boise, Walla Walla, Lewiston. Spo- kane, Tacoma, Bellingham, Everett. Livingston, Sheridan, Deadwood, | Lead, Aapid City, Pierre, Aberdeen. Mankato, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha Chica- go and Pittsburg. The itinerary. it is to be noted. covers the most of the states which may be regarded as debatable ground in the coming presidential contest, and the most attention will be paid to the sections where the support of the La Follette-Bourne organization is supposed to be strongest. In his speeches the president will discuss| five principal subject—tariff, recipro- city, currency. the peace treaties, and conservation. M. & 1. SPENDS $7,000 EERE Contractor Kreatz to Remodel M. & L. Depot; Building Engine House. George Kreatz, a contractor and builder of this city, has begun work on the construction and remodeling of the old Minnesota & International | freight and passenger depot. The contract was let to the Bemidji man over a number of other bidders from both in and out of the city. The old building will be turned | about and enlarged. The work of re- modeling will alter the appearance of the building entirely. The addi- tion will be of frame construction and will cost approximately $3,000. The work is to be completed in “thirty days. Mr. Kreatz has about completed an engine house and boiler room for the same company near Nymore. The building is of brick construction and will cost $4,000. Work of putting on the roof is about to begin and the building will be completed within the next two weeks. When completed it will be one of the largest and best FOURREPORTS MADE IN DR. DUMAS CASE Grand Jury, After Three Days’ Grind, Prepares Documents as Result of Evidence in Arson Case. TO0 BE ARRAIGNED TOMORROW Until That Time Specific Charges Against Cass Lake Mayor Will Be Kept Secret by Court. SAID TO INVOLVE NEW PERSON Believed Indictment Has Been Re- turned in Connection of Blackduck Affair—Dumas in Court. At 11 o’clock this morning, after deliberating for three days, the Bel- trami county grand jury returned a report in the Dumas case. What indictments were returned, and against whom, probably will not be known until tomorrow. Looks Like Four Indictments. Judge Stanton received four docu- ments, presumably indictments, from Foreman Morris of the grand jury. “The persons involved.” said the judge, “will be arraigned at 2 p. m.” Shortly after this announcement Judge Marshall A. Spooner, chief counsel for Dr. Dumas, accompanied by Attorney A. A. Andrews, who is assisting in the case, and Dr. Dumas, entered the court room. Agree to Arraignment. The -attorneys-held a.short confer- ence with Judge Stanton, after which it was announced that while the ar- raignment would take place this af- ternoon, that Dr. Dumas would ask for a continuance until tomorrow, and that this would be permitted. Blackduck Case Involved. The grand jury went into session at 11 a. m. Tuesday and has heard many witnesses on the Dumas charg- es since that time. It is known that witnesses were called to tell what they knew about the burning of a building at Blackduck last spring, and it is believed that one of the in- dictments presumed to now rest in the hands of the court will be against a person not before openly charged with crime. Again Grinding Away. The work of the grand jury had practically been completed yesterday afternoon, and when it reconvened this morning, it did not take long to clear the deck for action. Immediately after the first reports had been returned, the grand jury re- assembled and Assistant Attorney Janes entered the grand jury and it is presumed that he is presenting evi- dence in an effort to cover still an- other angle of the Dumas mixup. In case of indictment the accused | man is given four days time in which to prepare for trial. He is arraigned, bail bond fixed and the case set for trial. ROOSEVELT HUNT COST $80.000 Smithsonian Foots Three-Fifths of African Expedition Bill. Washington, Sept. 15.—In round numbers, the cost of the Roosevelt expedition into Africa under the aus- pices of the Smithsonian Institvtion, was $80,000. The expenses of the actual hunting were divided, the Smithsonian paying about three- fifths and Colonel Roosevelt about two-fifths. The division of expenses ceased, it was said at the institution today, when Colonel Roosevelt start- ed on his tour of Egypt and Europe, homeward bound. Secretary Walcott is the only per- son who knows who were the contrib- utors to the $57,000 spent by ike in- stitution in defraying its three-fifths of the expenses of the hunt. He has assured the board of regents that not oLe penny of money appropriated by the federal government was used and that the money was all collected by built engine houses in Northern Minnesota. him personally from friends of the colonel. MINNESQTA HISTORICAL H H §