Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 20, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 | : v ILY PIONEER! VOLUME 9. NUMBER 123. CLIMAX REACHED IN RECIPROCITY FIGHT Long Agitated Trade Pact Up to Can- adian Voters for Final Decision at Polls Tomorrow. LAURIER CHIEF CHAMPION| Predicts Sweeping Victory for Party Which Would Mean Prompt Ratifi- cation of Agreement. OPPONENT JUST AS CERTAIN Robert L. Borden Declares Conserva- | tives Will Win, Downing the | Proposed Alliance,, ! Lunweakened, will gain seats from the Government in the Maritime Provinces—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island—in Quebee, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia, | while Saskatchewan and Alberta will remain with the Government as at present. The Liberals, on the con- trary, maintain that they will in- crease their present large majority in the French-Canadian sections of Que- bec and the Maritime Provinces, and will make gains in Ontario and all throughout the West. Practically the reciprocity agree- ment with the United States has been the sole issue of the campaign. The Liberal press and Liberal speakers have argued its material advantages, while the Opposition has denied its material advantages and denounced the compact as inimical to the com- !mereial unity and national indepen- movement to-| ‘wards Continentalism, and as a far the | dence of Canada, as a step towards separation from mother country. Conservatives Sentimental. The Conservative have confined themselves largely to (he sentimental side of the recipro- ity question. The British flag, the maintenance of British and prof L closer relations with the States have formed the basis of Con- ervative speeches. The Liberals, on United campaigners | connection | the other hand, have sought to keep| the fiscal aspect of reciprocity to the | front and have scouted as absurd the | Laurier majority in the Elev enth Parliament, To carry reciprocity Laurier Government must be returned. To defeat reciprocity Conser- vatives must gain 23 seats. reciprocity will lead Canada away irom England and to the United contention of the Conservatives that|_ BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDI&ESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911. { (Copyright, 191L) TEN CENTS PER WEEK. | States. Influences in favor of recipro- It is conceded that if the Conser- ty gricultural class, West- ern Grain Growers' Association, low tariff advocates, British free traders, American settlers. Influences against reciprocity: Ultra-imperialists, British tariff reformers and Canadian allies. protected manufacturers, dyed in the wool Conservatives. B vatives have succeeded in convincing a majority of the electors that reci- Government will be defeated. It like- wise seems certain that if the Gov- . |ernment speakers have satisfled the ‘| voters that annexation is impossible the Government will be returned by ™ substantial majority and the re [ procity agreement ratified. Quebec Pivotal Province. | The French-Canadian Province of {Quebec is regarded as the pivotal | Province in the election. Here Hénri Claims of Opposing Leaders. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Liberal: Viectory is in the air. I fee] the s ““‘al( takes it s“"'l : M | Bourassa, the Opposition Nationalist preity old at (he game. 1 have |jeader. has vigoronsly denounced traveled over Canada more than | promjer Laurier as too imperialistic. once and today 1 find sueh en- [ S R v, of thusiasm as [ never found before. Montreal, and in speeches he has de- Robert L. Borden, Conserva- [ am confident that tomor- row the electors of Canada will cast their votes against the rati- fication of reciprocity and that the Liberal govexnment will be defeated by a substantial ma- Jority. | dian independence to Great Britain | by enacting a law for the creation of a navy which eventually will lead to | the conscription of the young men of | Canada. In addition to Bourassa the con- spicuous opponents of the Govern- | ment’s return are Clifford Sifton, for- mer member of the Laurier cabinet; procity tends toward annexation the| clared that Laurier betrayed Cana-| Ottawa. Ont,, Sept. 20.—The hot- test political campaign Canada has Robert Rogers, minister of public works in the Manitoba Government and head of the Conservative organi- witnessed since the days of Sir John MacDonald and the National Policy |7ation in the Prairie West; Richard was brought to a whirlwind finish | McBride, premier of British Colum- today with rallies and speechmaking | i, and Premier Hazen of New in virtually every city. town and |Brunswick. mlet from the Atlantic to the Pa-| Liberal governments are in power e |in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Is- Tomorrow the electors throughout |1and, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Al- the country will express their politi- | Derta. They have given the Govern- cal preferences and on their verdict |ment and reciprocity all possible aid depends the fate of the Liberal Gov-|in the campaign. ernment, which, under the leadership | of Sir Wiltrid Laurier, has been in | office for fifteen years, and also the fate of the proposed reciprocity pect | with the United States, for which Sir| Wilfrid stands sponsor. | inrocity if Sir Wilfrid Wi Writing on suobs in the New York Reciprocity if Sir Wilfrid Wins. 75 ¥ oderick Townsend Martin, d returns to power, the | the society millionaire, says: reciprocity bill will be passed soon| e are all familiar with the ludi- after the reassembling of parliamem} crous snobbery amoug English serv- next month, and at an agreed date | ants that existed in the time of Mr. both Canada and the United States| Pickwick. Not so many of us, how- will put the necessary tariff changes | ever. appreciate what snobbery exists | today in the realms of the servants’ c SNOBBERY BELOW STAIRS. The Way English Servants Ape Their Master’s Airs and Graces. into effect. If the Opposition wins a majority, Robert L. Borden, its leader, will be- come premier, reciprocity will be dropped and Canada will remain a high tariff country desirous of con- tinuing the present tariff relations with the United States. | The polls will open at 9 o’clock to- | morrow morning and close at 5| o'clock in the afternoon. Unless the | voting at large is unusually close it | is expected that the outcome will be known by 10 p. m. (Atlantic time). Laurier’s Last Campaign. The campaign is the last in which | Premier Laurier will participate, ac-| cording to his declaration made at the | beginning of the struggle. If he wins the contest, he will hold office continuously for a longer period than Sir John Macdonald. The campaign has been hotly con-| tested in all the Provinces, and al-| though conditions in certain sections | of the Dominion are rezarded as higa_| 1y favorable to the Liberal party the| result cannot be forecasted. Upon the whole, disinterested observers seem inclined to the opinion that the Government will carry the country by a reduced majority. How They Figure It. The claims of the two sides on the eve of the election are about as fol- lows: The opposition declare they | hall, 1 was once visiting Baron Ferdi- nand Rothschild, whe. my valet came to me and asked if he could go to Lon- don by the mormng train and get back in the afternoon. 1 said to him, “Why do you want to go?” He replied: “Oh, sir, as we are only stopping bere a few days, I did not put in my evening suit. and last night, you being a foreigner, I found myself ranked above all the others and had to take precedence of those who were traveling with dukes, earls and vis- counts. 1 outranked them all and took in the housekeeper to dinner. And my mortification was great when I noticed that every one of the men around the table was in evening clothes, and I alone was in my ordinary black suit. By the way, sir,” he continued, “per- haps you. being an American, don't | know that in the servants’ hall the valets and maids are always called | after their masters’ and mistresses’ names. They don’t call them Lady So-and-so. name. Thus. Earl €ork’s servant would be ecalled *Cork.’ And in the servants' hall they are seated at the housekeeper’s table in exactly the same grade and rank as that observed by their masters and mistresses upstairs.” Her Criticism. “I wish Fritz would write his figures plainer. | can’t possibly tell from his letter whether it is 1000 or 10.000 kisses that he sends me.”—Flegends Blatter. but simply’ by the last | INEW POTATO SHIPPERS Several Growers Near Ferris Tell | President Pendergast Crop Will i ! Be Sent Here. | SOLWAY NOW BEING WORKED) F. M. Pendergast, president of the| Producer’s Co-operative Association | of Bemidji, returned yesterday from | {a short trip to Ferris, Minn., where| | he spent the day in the interests of the association. He went with a view to buying a carload of potatoes for the local as- sociation. Although farmers in the vicinity of Ferris have an organiza- |tion of their own, while some have | been shipping their produce to other markets, Mr. Pendergast's visit re- sulted in securing a large number to ship their produce to the Bemidji warehcuse. Mr. Pendergast said: “We stand a fine chance to land| the majority of potato growers and other produce raisers in that vicinity for mext year's crop and will possib- 1y secure the crops of many for this! year. Although we are still a new |organization things look mighty | bright for us. It seems that the| farmers in every community have| been waiting for us to open a ware- { house to which they might ship their produce and they all seem highly elated over it.” Today Mr. Pendergast spent in Sol- way and vicinity working among the | potato growers and farmers there. These farmers also have been in the habit of shipping their produce to| other markets. The association has| been formed so that every farmer liv- ing in this community can become a part of it by subscribing for shares of stock which are at the time being sold at the nominal sum of $2 a share. The association has sent out postal |cards and has had published in the newspapers coupons convenient for the farmers to fill out and sign. The coupons and postal cards contain practically the same form showing what potato acreage each farmer is raising, what kind of potatoes and | how. large a crop he is expecting. SETTLER COMES FROM OMAHA e | Frank Juracka Makes Purchase in) i]\‘[flple Ridge and Begins New Home. Frank Juracka and family of Oma- ha have arrived to go to their re-| cently purchased home in Maple| Ridge township. Mr. Juracka has; purchased 80 acres on the shores of | a small lake. He will begin the con- struction of a new home at once. He! is so much pleased with this part of | Northern Minnesota that he declares; his Bohemian friends now living in [Nebraska here to take up farms. i Mrs. Carcline Dilly Dead. Mrs. Caroline Dilly, 55 years old, | |died Monday night at her home sev-; en miles from Tenstrike. Mrs. Diily| had been suffering from heart trouble for some time and her death was not| unexpected. She leaves a husband and children. The funeral services| Trial of Cass Lake Mayor One to Hear Newspaper Articles, Sam K. st e AR e s * Dumas Jury to Date. : DUMASCASEJURORS Begins Without Delay and First Man Examined is Accepted as Fair the Evidence. JURYMEN ARE T0 BE LOCKED UP UNTIL TRIAL Fullerton and Sheriff’s Oifice Figure In Quizzes Put to Talis- men By Attorney’s For Defense. mined if possible 1o get jurors who have read little or nothing concern- two ract cRmE cmARGES STREET WIRE SLASHES BOY Orne Man Alleged Robber; Other Ac- ' ing the Dumas case. Peter Maule, farmer, Ten- : E. B. McDonald for the state, went ‘; strike. into the matter of talismen l;aving & Otto Smith, log scaler, Black- : |formed an opinion. | duck. :| . E J. Gould, merchant, Be- : | Eyler is Excused. : midji. | In the examination of John Kyler lx * { of Spooner | quizzed him | Attorney McDonald closely regarding the {burning of I ! roperty i At noon today one juror, a sturdy {and as to the nxf]foclle\'f;-l::nfls::;;efiali: |tarmer and the first man to be ex-|at Baudette and Spooner last fall up- amined, had been chosen to sit in the |on him as to his interest in news of | case brought by the state against Dr. ithis character. Mr. Kyler admitted o= |that he never would forget the big he will attempt to bring several of |, cused by Step-Daughter. Before court convened this after- | noon at 2 o’clock, Alexander Jordan, indicted on a charge of robbery of the first degree, was arraigned beinre“ Judge McClenahan and entered a plea of not guilty. * The robbery is alleged to have tak- en place in Maple Ridge and Peter Burett is the complaining witness in the case. Thayer C. Bailey appeared as the| attorney for Gordan and County At-| torney Torrance..-<gpresented the state. The case will come up for trial following the disposition of the Du- | mas case. Judge McClenahan informed those | petit jurors who have been examined in the Dumas case and rejected that | they would be excused from duty! until next Monday morning. There still remains eight members of the petit jury to be examined for the Dumas case but this list is ex- pected to be exhausted by tomorrow noon and special venire will be in or- der. Z Another arraignment made in court this afternoon was that of Fred Cook, living in the Rapid River dis- trict, who faces an indictment re- turned by the grand jury as the re- sult of charges made by the defend- ant’s 12 year old step-daughter. Henry Funkley appeared for the pris-| oner and entered a plea of not guilty, | the trial to come up at a later date| at the present term. The charges against Cook are of a particularly revolting character and punishment in case of conviction will bring with it a severe penitentiary offense. Other indictments are expected to be returned by the grand jury against other persons. The grand jury is ex- pected to be in session for several days to come. SLATTEN'S BODY FOUND Discovered by Three Men in Launch Floating Near Boat House, Quarter of Mile From Point of Suicide. FUNEMLTOBEELDATFBOHN‘ While starting on a trip across| Lake Bemidji at 6 o’clock last even- ing, A. O. Kroken and Andrew Au- holee of the Viking Boat company | and Dwight Miller in a Vikingi launch, discovered the body of Gil- bert Slatten, the young carpenter who last week jumped into Lake Be- midji as the result of his infatuation for a Bemidji young woman. The body was towed to shore and Chief of PoHee Joe Harrington was| notified. i The body was taken from the wa- ter and carried to the Ibertson Un-| dertaking establishment where it is being prepared to be taken on Friday | Mrs. L. P. Christenson lives. On the water soaked and bloated| body was found $52.10. The body had been in the water six days and had floated moré than a quarter of a mile from where the young manjumped from a rowboat into the lake and was in deep water Eldon Hendrixson Runs Into Barbed | Line on New Pavement, Face Be- ing Injured. | | CITY NOW FACES DAMAGE SUIT . | Eldon Hendrixson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hendrixson, 922 Park avs enue, ran into.a.barb wire that was stretched across the new pavement on Minnesota avenue in front of the City Hall, last evening shortly befm'eJ 4 o’clock, which cut two large gashes | in his face, one in the right cheek and the other across the mouth tear- ing the lower lip down to the chin. The boy was walking along Min- nesota avenue and started to cross| the street in front of the city hall| and was thrown to the hard’pave- ment when the wire caught him in the face. Dr. Einer Johnson was called and found it necessary to take nine stitches in the cut on the cheek: and five on the chin. Wires were stretched across sev- eral places on Minnesota avenue and also on Beltrami avenue. Chief of Police Harrington immediately took up the matter with the street con- tractors and had the wire removed in front of the city hall and informed the foreman in charge that the city had an ordinance which prohibited its. Later the wires were taken down on Minnesota avenue but still remained up on Beltrami avenue. Mr. Hendrixson who formerly lived at Cass Lake telephoned Attorney Funck of that city the circumstances and it is understood that Mr. Funck has been employed to endeavor to collect damages from the city. CLEARWATER FAIR HUMMER Exhibir Building Already Filled With Displays; Open Tomorrow. Bagley, Minn., Sept. 20.—There are indications that the Clearwater | county fair which opens in this place | tomorrow to extend over three days, will be the biggest and best ever held here. The exhibit building is al- ready crowded with displays and more are continually coming in. The official program follows: Thursday: Full day given to arranging dis- play in Agricultural Building and Stock and Poultry, Departments. Friday: 10:30 to 12 a. m. Judging of stock with lectures on good points and how to select stock. 12 m. to 1:30 p. m. Judging of agricultural and mis- cellaneous exhibits. 1:30 p. m. Ad- dress by Col. R. A. Wilkinson of Lake Elmo, Minn. Saturday: 1:30 p. m. address by George H. Welsh, State Immigration Commi sioner. 2:30 p. m. sports of all kinds such ! . South end |to the fown af-Frohn. where a sister; | 23.tn& of ‘war, North va. Son Clearwater county, foot and sack rac- es, balloon ascensions, etc., etc. Notice! There wili be a .meeting of the agricuttural committee at the Com- mercial club-rooms this evening at 8 o'clock to perfect arrangements for will be held on Friday at Tenstrike. when found. market day. A« P. Ritehie. |the state fire marshai's office, Pin- D. F. Dumas, mayor of Cass Lake, charged with attempted arson in the third degree as a result of the plot laid at Puposky on June 16 last by kerton detectives and officers of Bel- trami county at which time Martin Behan was captured and Mike Davis escaped. Frequent reference by attorneys for the defense were made as to the alleged charges that Dr. Dumas had planned the destruction of buildings and—~that—he~had furnished nitro-| glvcerine for the blowing of safes. | Wants to Know if They Read. “Not that those charges are true,” Judge Spooner would say for the de-| fense in examining prospective jury- | men, “but I want to know if yoy have | read about these things.” f And some of the men declared that they had not. Judge W. S. McClenahan of Brain- | erd is presiding. Owing to the seri ousness of the charges he instructed | fires but there was something about his manner that the state did not like and he was dismissed. Peter Sarf, the next prospective juror examin said he lived in Funkley where he operates the coal house for the Minnesota and Interna- tional and that he came to Funkley from Eagle Bend. He declared the 1rst newspaper account of the Dumas case was read by him in the Daily Pioneer about a month ago. “Hadn't you heard any discussion of the case,” queried Judge Spooner. “Ob. I had heard a little,” he re- plied, “but 1 read no newspapers at the time of the trial.” Ripple Laughter. A ripple of laughter was produced when Judge Spooner asked, “Mr. Sarf, what are your working hours?"” “Well, T work from 5 o’clock in the morning until 10:15 at night,” re- lied the witness. “Well, you don’t have much time the use of barb wire in the city lim-| that the jury be confined and “kept|for gossip.” admitted Judge Spooner. away from outside influences” as| “Of course I don’t work that long | much as possible, and John Morrison, explained Mr. Sarf. |the Indian deputy sheriff of Red| point Judge McClenahan [Lake, was placed in charge of the [said he would declare a recess but jurymen for the present. B < (sired that the jury in the Dumas Judge Begins Quickly. | case should be confined. We have no suggestion to offer,” replied Mr. McDonald. When court convened at 9 a. m. Judge McClenehan said: “I understand the Dumas case is Does the defense wish me to so |the first one on the criminal calen-|instruct,” said the court turning to | dar.” Judge Spooner, and when that attor- With these few words, and with-|ney had signified following a confer- out any preliminary motions or ar- |+nce With the other attorneys for the guments the famous case against|defense, that he would leave it to the Cass Lake’s mayor and practicing|judge, the court announced: physician was on. “Peter Maule,” called Deputy Clerk Jury to BeTocked Up; of the Court G. O. Beehler, and an| “My experience in cases of such elderly man with white hair and al-|importance has been that it is desir- most as white beard stepped up and |able to cut off the jury from any pos- ‘was sworn. sible outside influence and as much Mr. Maule gave his age as 64 and- as 1 dislike to cause these men such his occupation as a farmer near Ten- | inconvenience, 1 shall have to assume strike. the responsibility for such a step. = The sheriff will’appoint some one to Spoaner‘and Moloyald Ask Qflesnomllake charge and any arrangement first wished to know if the state de- ~ Judge Marshall A. Spooner con- !ducted the examination for the de- | fense, while Freeman P. Lane, the Minneapolis attorney and A. A. An- | drews, aiding in the defense, now and | then offered suggestions. E. E. McDonald, appointed to rep- resent the state, flanked by Assist- ant Attorney-General Janes and Thayer Bailey of this city, asked the questions for the state. Alfred W. Mueller has also been sent from the | attorney-general’s office as special at- | torney to aid in the prosecution. Maule Looked Good. In his examination Judge Spooner put emphasis on newspaper articles dealing with the Dumas case and closely questioned every talisman as to whether he had talked to any -nember of the sheriff’s office. The published assertions of Deputy Fire Marshal Sam Fullerton were fre- quently referred to. Only a few questions were asked Mr. Maule, both sides appearing satisfied that he would make an ideal juror. Especial force also was laid by Judge Spooner- on the alleged state- ments made by Sam T. Fullerton, deputy state fire marshal, published from time to time. Publieation of the evidence given at the prelimi- nary hearing by Martin eBhan was also gome into thoroughly, it being apparent that the defense is deter- for comfort can be made.” Deputy Sheriff Morrison was sworn in to guard the jury. Following the dismissal of Sarf, Otto Smith of Blackduck, a log scaler, was examined for jury duty and ac- cepted E. J. Gould, a Bemidji merchant, was next up and both sides Were con- vinced that he would be fair and he soon found himself in the jury box as Juryman No. 3. ‘Then came John Workman, a Red Lake laborer, who finally was chal- lenged for actual bias by the state and this was sustained by the court and Workman was dismissed. _ Trial to Last Two Weeks. 1t developed during the course of the morning session, that the state expects to consume about a week or ten days in the presentation of its cvidence and that the complete trial probably will extend over a period of more than two weeks. Copies of the Daily Pioneer were piled on the table in front of the attorneys for the defense and Judge Spooner made frequent reference to them, asking the talisman if he had read such and such an article deal- irg with the Dumas case. Sam Benson was the mnext ian ealled for jury service and he was challenged at 4 o’clock, just before recess was declared for actual bias.