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

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 14 8. ‘BOB’ DUNN, DOUBTS, BUT IS WITH NORTH Stands Squarely Behind Reappor- tionment But Fears Result of an Extra Session. HANDS ONE TO GOVERNOR Declares Executive is “Timid” and That He “Hasn’t Backbone in Him Like a Ramrod.” ! i THINKS WE'RE CRAZY ON ROADS Elwell Law Riddled as Menace to Highways; Believes Trunk Lineg. Talk Inopportune. an extra session is held you : l :+ will find Bob Dunn fighting in : | : the front line for justice for :! : Northern Minnesota ¥ * * "— : R. C. Dunn to the Bemidji Pio- : neer. Things are popping in the reappor- tionment fight like the crack of mus- ketry. « | Developments are coming so thick | and fast that it is hard to keep track of them. Can’t Print Them All It is a physical impossibility for the Pioneer to print all the infor-| mation it has. Letters from mem- bers of the legislature and others and | comments in newspapers are coming| in a stream and for the most part| they demand an extra session by Gov- ernor Eberhart to right the present| injustice to the North. Also there are some interesting| side lights. Many urge the extra| session not alone for the reapportion- ment but to adjust railroad legisla- tion as a result of the companies boosting back the cost of travel from two to three cents a mile and because of increased freight rates. | Good Roads Brought In. Another angle brought out in to- day's mail, in a remarkable commu- nication to the Pioneer from Robert C. Dunn of Princeton, is an argu- ment against the Elwell good roads law and a plea to cease agitation at this time for trunk roads on fllei ground that the proposed one mill | tax amendment would be endangered. | Mr. Dunn, while sounding the first! discordant voice for the proposed re-| apportionment program, pledges him- self to the aid of the North and pays his compliments to Governor Eber-| hart. Bob Dunn's Letter. Mr. Dunn sa; | the Northern counties are to receive | i will defeat the one mill amendment, |1 have been at it ever since the leg- ‘islature adjourned, and T am going of such a law. Mind you, I would register no kick if every Northern county was to get the full limit of the state-wide funds permissible un- der the constitution for ten or twen- ty years. But what I am afraid of is that the agitation for trunk line roads radiating from the large cities at this time will result in the defeat of the one mill tax amendment next fall and then the Elwell Law, even if operated, would be useless. As to Trunk Line Roads. “There is nothing to be gained by agitating the trunk line roads at this time for there will be no money available to speak of next year— about $200,000 of which no county could receive more than $6,000. There is $100,000 of the state Road and Bridge Fund for next year al- ready appropriated by resolution of the House and Senate. Then again, everything that could be accom- plished for the Elwell Law could be accomplished under the law I put through. If the one mill tax amend- ment carried it would produce a fund of say $1,200,000, of which, under my law, Beltrami county could re- ceive $36,000 in one year, if the highway commission so ordered it and that is all your county could receive under the Elwell Law. Sees Danger in South. “But the trouble is here: if the people of Southern and Central Min- nesota get it into their heads that the lion’s share of the Road and Bridge Fund for a term of years, they not only that but the legislature! might refuse to levy any state road tax whatever. I have always talked that each and every county should share equitably in the fund. “Now I hope you understand my position clearly. My vote, my tongue, my pen and my sympathies are all with Northern Minnesota and I am heart and soul in favor of good roads but 1 am fearful of the result of the trunk roads agitation at this time. Hopes North Can See It. “For the life of me I can’t see why my friends in Northern Minnesota can not see it in the same light I do. You know that the Southern Mine to Be Blown Up In Or&er to Demonstrate ‘The Dangers to Miners and the Work of Rescue. A mine explosion for scientific purposes is to take place at Pittsburg Oct,30-31. The exhibition has been arrang- ed by the federal bureau of mines for the pnrpose of showing to tlie miners some of the accomplishments that will tend toward a reduction in the number of deaths in mine accident people are suspicious and jealous of Northern Minnesota and that is the main reason they are opposed to a fair reapportionment and don’t you think they will take the same view of the Elwell Law and vote against the one mill tax? I don’t think it, I know it. Hence I reiterate, this is an inopportune time to agitate the construction of trunk line roads ex- tending from the large cities. Let us wait until the one mill tax amend- ment is adopted and enacted into law. Very truly yours, “Robert C. Dunn.” Mahnke Will Fight to Finish. This one comes from C. F. Mahn- ke, editor of the Star Gazette at Moose Lake: “Dear Brother Wilson: I have your request to join in a crusade to bring about an extra session of the legislature this winter to pass a re- apportionment bill. Bless your soul, at at tic: J ed to keep at it.” B MATCHITT SNAKE VENOM TESTED Being Used at Faribault in Effort to Cure Children of Epileptic Fits at State School. MAKES REPORT Rattlesnake venom as a cure for epilepsy is being experimented with the state school for feeble-minded Faribault, according to a report to the state board of visitors by J. C. Matchitt, its secretary. harm has resulted, he says, but as to beneficial results the question is still open. A new state institution for epilep- So far, no s and feeble-minded is recommend- in the report. Mr. Matchitt says ~The Bemidji Pioneer: There is no show of passing an equitable re- apportionment bill even if the gover- nor convened the legislature in ex- traordinary session. I think I know the temper of the legislature as well | as anyone and 1 give it as my posi- tive conviction, that with the present | membership, a reapportionment bill that would do justice to Northern| Minnesota and the four cities can not pass. Strongly Favors Reapportionment. “There is no one who is more strongly in favor of reapportionment than I am but I realize the absolute futility of attempting to get a fair reapportionment at the hands of the legislature as at present constituted. | I doubt if we can pass such a meas- ure in the House and the Senate would surely kill it if we did. Those opposed would claim that after the| seven senator’s amendment is adopt- ed they would do justice to Northern Minnesota. We in Northern Minne- sota must act with the cities or stand no chance. This For the Governor. In any event I do not think the governor would call an extra session; he is a little timid, you know, and his backbone is not like a ramrod, but I repeat, even if an extra session is held there would be no reapportionment. “Of course if an extra session is held you will find Bob Dunn fighting in the front line for justice for Northern Minnesota. “Crazy Over Elwell Law?” “By the way, Wilson, gre your peo- to or as wi And Charley Cheney, writer of the Minneapolis Journal, although questioning the possibility of putting a bill through, says in his own column: “wife” or “mother.” “elder” strong. “The Bemidji Pioneer’s cpinion as good as any one’s and it does not over estimate the importance of re- apportionment.” Here’s a Hot One. An officer in the it And so while it looks as if the St. Cloud convention would deal with the subject, this much Governor Eberhart must act, one way the other. Origin of Common Names. Kings in the earliest days were merely “fathers of families,” and the word is derived from teh same source Queen at first meant An earl was an society, while “czar” and “kaiser” are both derived from “Caesar.” is or once was “dent de leon,” mean- ing the lion’s tooth, and vinegar- was |once “vin aigre,” which means sour ‘kin.” in the primitive ne. Manchuria’s Silkworms. The Manchurian silkworm is valuable variety and produces thread which is very This is largely due to the political Northern Minnesota Development association, who lives outside who of Bemidji and isn’t quite ready to have his name printed, sends in the follow- ing: “You are on the right track. Stick is certain: A dandelion thick and that the present institution at Fari- bault is overecrowded with 1,353 pa- tients and 200 applications on file, and will still be unable to care for all cases when the coming improve- ments increase its capacity to 1,500. That capacity he says, ought to be the limit for one institution. Mr. Matchitt found the schools for the deaf and the blind at Faribault in good condition, but the school for the blind in need of more room, the leg- islature having failed to appropriate for a new north wing to the main building. is BEMIDJI VS. AKELEY SATURDAY Team Leaves for Gridiron Battle in Morning—Grand Rapids Next. Tomorrow morning the Bemidji High School football team will leave for Akeley to play the team of that place. The Bemidji boys will leave sor Bailey of the manual training de- at 6:30 a. m. accompanied by Profes- partment, it being impossible Coach Robinson to go. The team will return on the 7:45 p. m. Sat- urday Great Northern. Bemidji is confident of success, as several of the old men are now back on the line-up. The players and their positions on the team are as follows: ¢, Sulli- van; ends, guards, Olson and Shan- non; ends, Moritz and Hayner; gb, Bailey; fb, Hendrickson; half-backs, Mac- Donald (eapt.) and Peck. The high school team is in fine condition now, {and can hope for success in the big game of the season, which will be played with Grand Rapids on the Be- midji field next Saturday. a a for tackles, Lycan and Ripple;! ple all gone crazy over that Elwell law? For heaven’s sake, study that law which includes forty-nine sec- tions of the drainage law and see what you can make out of it. The severity of the winter, which causes the silk worms to spin a cocoon enough to withstand the cold. Un- like most other silkworm, also, the Manchurian variety feeds upon the oak trees which are abundant in Pert Paragraphs. Men never gossip. But if you want a piece of news spread broadcast just law is unworkable. No county will ever issue bonds under the provisions that region. tell the woman who tells her hus- band everything. 200, F5a0s TRaFE D HALL Banners of All Nations to Feature Weekly Event Tonight. all the nations of the world have been arranged in the City Hall for the weekly dance of the Bemidji Dancing Academy. This is the most elaborate decoration so far under- taken for these evemts. The. flags are strung throughout the hall and under the electric light present a maze of color. Masten’s orchestra will furnish the music. GORDON OPPOSES EBERHART Brown's Valley Candidate Indicates He is Candidate For Governor. Minneapolis, Oct. 20.—Sam R. Gordon has broken his silence and in a letter to Ole O. Canstorp of Elbow Lake, published today in the Elbow Lake Herald, the lieutenant governor discloses his feeling with regard to the governorship. The letter says that “soon after the first of the year will be sufficiently soon to open the campaign.” In his letter Gordon sounds the keymote of his coming eampaign by condemn- ing the present arrogant machine controlled methods of the party in Minnesota. It is apparent he is pre- paring to bid for the support of the republicans who are dissatisfied with the administration of Eberhart. The Elbow Lake Herald, which publishes the correspondence, joins in declar- ing that Gordon is the man, and says that as lieutenant governor he has proved himself a sane progressive. Gordon has held aloof from any declaration either for Taft or La Fol- lette, and on that account is not high in favor with the leaders of the La Follette progressives, who also are opposed to Governor Eberhart and have been trying to induce Congress- man Lindbergh to became o candi- Appeal for Native Talent. A New York hotel man, who has just returned home after scouring Europe for cooks, complains that they are a scarce commedity abroad. The condition is one for which hotel men themselves are largely to blame. Why don’t they encourage native talent in | the cooking line instead of filling \‘ their kitchens with foreigners?— | Rochester Democrat and Chroniele. Among the guests at an Indian { dance were Mr. and Mrs. Walsingham Kick-a-hole-in-the-Tepee, Misses | Gwendoyn and Cleopatra ‘Buffalo-Fat, { Miss Hayzelle Saw-the-Bear-Go-Into- a-Hole and her brother, Algernon, and Charley Fell-Off-the-Bridge, and. his sitsers,” Claudia and l’endnpe—* ! President Taft will be present. More than 200 flags represem.ing‘ date for governor. - GEARLDSHERETOMORROW | Bemidji Man Arrested at Portland for Alleged Conspiracy With Dr. Dumas, Expected in Morning. FERGUSON CASE UP SATURDAY 1t is expected that Edward Gearlds, arrested in Portland, Oregon, by Sheriff Hazen, will arrive in Bemidji tomorrow morning to answer charg- es that he planned with Dr. Dumas to burn a building at Blackduck, which was owned by Gearlds. The building burned on the night of April 13 and when Assistant Fire Marshal Sam Fullerton made an in- vestigation, he reported that the building was partially destroyed and that he had found that holes had been bored in the walls, and that oil had been poured into them. It has been currently reported that a joint indictment against Doctor Dumas and Gearlds was returned by the recent grand jury in the Black- duck case. Judge Spooner, who has been chief counsel for Dr. Dumas, is not in the city, and it is not known what de- fense Mr. Gearlds will make. 0. Ferguson, the former Cass Lake saloonkeeper and at present a farmer near Deer River, who Was arrested and later indicted on a charge of per- jury, as a result of testimony in the Dumas case before the grand jury, will appear before Judge Stanton in the morning. This arrangement is the result of a conference here yesterday between Ferguson, his attorney A. A. An- drews, and Dr. Dumas. It was agreed by attorneys for the state that Fer- guson should be given until 10 a. m. Saturday to demur or change his | plea. REV. FLESHER HOME AGAIN Bemidji Pastor Attends Minneapolis Conference and Visits Fergus Falls. Rev. Charles E. Flesher, pastor of the First Methodist church of Bemid- ji, has returned after being absent several days attending the conference of the Northern Methodists held in Minneapolis. Following the confer-| ence Rev. Flesher went to Fergus Falls, where he formerly was located, and spent a few days in that city. Immediately upon his arrival in the city he took up the work of com- pleting the basement of the new Methodist church which soon is to be used for regular services. { Association. "{celebration in honor of the comple- | The .[of the Bureau of Mines, {{nors Carey of Wyoming, Hawley of i{1daho, Sloano of Arizona and Spry of ‘i Utah, ‘|2 month elapsed since the commission POOOOOO9S00000 0 © QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. ¢ POV 9O0PPLOOOS The Weather: Fair and slightly warmer Saturday; moderate west winds. Boston University today installed Dr. Lemuel H. Murlin as president of that institution. From two to six inches of snow fell throughout the Black Hills yes- terday. This may materially change the plans for Mr. Taft’s entertain- ment at Deadwood, S. D., on Satur- day, as it may prevent all out-door speaking. Fifteen hundred Milwaukee pub- lic school teachers of Milwaukee have joined in preparations for an elabor- ate banquet to be given in the Audi- torium tomorrow night in homor of Carroll G. Pearse, superintendent of the Milwaukee schools. The affair is to be in recognition of the elec- tion of Superintendent Pearse as president of the National-Educational Citizens of half a dozen counties of southern Kentucky gathered to- day at Burnside, and joined in & tion and opening of Lock No. 21 on the Cumberland River. The con- struction of the lock is the most provement of the upper Cumberland and its completion” will give navig- able water the year round from Nash- ville as far up the river as Burnside. program committee of the annual session of the American Min- ing Congress to be held in Chicago next week announces that in addition to President Taft the notable speak- ers will include Secretary of the In- terior Walter L. Fisher, President B. F. Bush of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Dr. J. A. Holmes, director and Gover- The electrocution of the negro, Norval Marshall, which took place at the State prison at Raleigh, N. C., today, establishes a record for speedy justice in North Carolina. Scarcely of the crime for which the negro pays the death - _penaity, which was a criminal atteek on a2 woman in War- ren county,N. C. After attacking the woman the negro shot and seri- ously wounded her father and the sheriff of the county. “Arkansas on Wheels,” a special train of eleven cars carrying 150 representatives business men of Ark- ansas, mayors of cities, a brass band and company of singers and enter- tainers, left Little Rock today for a tour through six States to exploit the prodwets and commercial advant- ages of the Commeonwealth. The train carries four cars of exhibits of the fifty-five counties and it is planned to give a bag of Arkansas rice fiee to every housewife who visits the train along the route. American sky gazers are not di- rectly interested in the annular eclipse of the sun which takes place tomorrow, for in this section of the world the phenomena will not be visible. The path of the annulus will begin on the east coast of the Sea of Aral and moving in a direc- tion will pass over the islands of] Hainan and New Guinea and ter- minate in the South Pacific ocean. As a partial eclipse it will be visible over nearly all Asia, Australia and the northern part of New Zealand. The sixth International American Purity Congress, which is to meet in Columbus, Ohio, Monday for a session of four days, promises to be one of the most representative gatherings of 'moral reformers, church workers, humanitarians -and philanthropists that has ever assem- bled in this country. The progress of the international campaign to sup- press the white slave traffic will form the leading topic of discussion. More than fifty persons will appear on the program, representing leaders in moral and social movements through- out the United States and Canada. Eugene Ely, the aviator, whose parents live at Davenport, Iowa, was killed at the Georgia state fair grounds at Macon yesterday after- noon shortly after 3 o’clock, when his machine failed to rise from a sensa- tional dip and plunged with him 50 feet to the ground. He fell in the presence of nearly 8,000 persons to the middle of the enclosure of the race track, after almost clearing the machine by a desperate leap when he realized his peril. His body was brok- en in scores of places and he died a few minutes after regaining con- sciousness just before the end long enough to mutter: - “I lost eomntrol— 1 Enow 1 am going to die.”” . How to Acquire it. “You must have patience, patience and still more patience.” notable step yet taken for the im-| “MANSLAUGHTER” SAYS MURDER JURY lq Accused of Having Shot and Killed Two Co-Workers at Kelli- her, is Convicted. NEW TRIAL MOTION IS PENDING In the Meantime Sentencé Will Be Deferred By Judge Stanton Before Whom Case Was Heard. WEEKLEY PERJURY CASE IS ON Gully Well Driller Charged With Having Sworn to Depth of 115 Feet When it Was But 95. “Guilty of manslaughter in the first degree!”™ This is the verdict brought in by the jury in the case of Stanley Pryz- {inilsky charged with murder in the | first degree, as the result of death by | shooting of two lumber camp work- ers near Kelliher, on the night of September 30. i The jury went out at 3:15 yester- day afternoon and did not arrive at a verdict until ten o'clock last night. John L. Brown, who appeared for the defendant, gave notice of a mo- tion for a new trial and pending this motion, which will be made tomor- i Tow, sentence was deferred | Weekley Perjury Case Now On. | In aistrict court before Judge Stan- ton today, the charges of perjury against 0. J. Weekley, of Guilly, are being taken up. It is contended by the state that the defendant gave false testimony as to the depth of a well which he had drilled for John Williams. The following men make up the Jury: A. H. Hintosh, J. W. Peck, T. J. Martin, L. F. Johnson, M. O. Matson, J. K. Titus, F. E. Anderson M. Bol- den, Walter Helmer, J. M. Phillippi, L. L. Edwards, John Wallen. What the Prosecution Contends. County Attorney Graham A. Tor- rance is conducting the prosecution, and G. W. Campbell, assisted by John Samuelson of Duluth, represents the defendant. It is the contention of the prose- cution that Mr. Weekley took a con- tract to drive a well for Mr. Wil- liams and that although he went down 95 feet he attempted to charge for 115 feet. The price agreed upon was $1.50 a foot, and Williams paid for 95 feet. ‘Weekley then sued to collect for 20 feet more, and it was in this suit that it was alleged he committed the perjury. Court Officers on Stand. The first witnesses in the case were Clerk of Court Rhoda and Court Re- porter Lee Labaw, who gave testi- mony relative to the legal record. It is expected that the case cannot 20 to the jury before late tomorrow. It is understood Mr. Weekley will attempt to show that he drilled a deeper well than he ever received pay for. RAIN BLOCKS GAME; $3,000 EACH PLAYER Philadelphia, Oct. 20.—Rain and wet grounds for the third successive day prevented a game in the world’s baseball series. Although the rain has stopped falling the grounds are in such condition that playing today was out of the question. Players who will share in the splitting of the receipts for the world series are assured of enjoying the biggest slice ever handed out. In previous years $1,800 was a high-water mark, but when the present series ends indica- tions point to the individual players drawing down as much as $2,000 apiece. For the three games already played the receipts have totaled $195,914.50. Of this the players are due to receive $105,793.08, and the game at Philadelphia tomorrow, the last in which the players share, shounid add at least $25,000 to the purse. This means close to the $3,- 000 mark for each of the winners and at least $1,000 above the best mark of previous world series. “But how shall 1 aecquire it?” All men are slaves, but some of Lthem have a wide choice of owners. “By getting a box of sulphur matches and lighting your pipe with Wisdom of Talleyrand. “Opinion,” said Talleyrand, “is a good check but a bad guide in goy- | ernmeént.”—New Age.