Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 24, 1911, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 151. MATTSON STRONG FOREXTRA SESSION Roseau Representative Believes Re- apportionment Could Be Put Through this Winter. PRESIDENT MAXFIELD TALKS Head of Development Association De- clares it is Up to Delegates at St. Cloud. WORKS ALSO FEELS FRIENDLY Mankato Man Writes that Sounthern| Senators Are Favorable to the North. | portionment, must be passed in an extra session or it will be compelled to wait until : 1917. Justice calls for action : now, and I believe that several : of those who opposed it last win- : ter will favor it if given a : : chance through an extra session. : | We will not get it. however, un- :{ less we go after it with determi- : nation, and it appears to me that : inasmuch as the Northern Min- : nesota Development Association : . originally advocated reappor- : : tionment, it is proper for that : : body to adopt a resolution at the : : St. Cloud convention calling for : : an extra session for its enact- : ment. : “G. H. Mattson.” | A definite announcement from H. J. Maxfleld, president of the North- ern Minnesota Development associa- tion, that he will harmonize with a call for an extra session of the leg-| islature to pass a reapportionment bill; a firm stand by Representative G. H. Mattson of Roseau, prominent- 1y mentioned as a candidate for sec- | retary of state, that an extra ses- sion be held; a sympathetic letter from Senator S. D. Works of Manka- to, in the heart of the south and held | up as a leader against reapportion- ment last winter and a communica- tion from A. L. Hamilton, editor of | your article on the matter, which is the Aitkin Republican in which Be-| midji comes in for criticism as being unconsciously allied with the brew- ery interests working against reap- portionment, are some of the devel- opments of the day. Maxfield Willing to Help. President Maxfield, who lives in| Wadena, was in Bemidji yesterday | and freely admitted the importance of reapportionment and was frank to admit that if the delegates to the St. Cloud convention think it proper to: introduce a reapportionment resolu-“ tion and pass it that he will stand| by it. He also admitted that reap-| portionment has been mentioned as| one of the big topics to be discussed. President’s Statement. Mr. Maxfield’s official announce- ment follows: i “The Association has not, since the | legislature adjourned, advocated an extra session at its Duluth meeting in June. The Committee on resolu- tions discussed the advisability of| urging an extra session and decided | that it would not be advisable at | that time. The association decided ! at St. Paul at the meeting of the ex- ecutive committee in the closing days of the last session mnot to call on the governor at that time for an extra session. It is a question whether the bill could be passed at this time. However, if the sentiment at the next meeting in St. Cloud is in favor of the movement I certainly shall submit to the wishes of the major-| ity Mattson Speaks Plainly. Representative Mattson’s Mr. Mattson says: ~Editor Bemidji Pioneer: receipt of your letter and in reply will say that I favor an extra ses- sion of the legislature for the pur- pose of acting on the following meas- ures: Increase of railroad gross earnings tax to 5 per cent, reappor- tionment, federal state wide primary. made absolutely necessary as a re- sult of the rapacious and extortionate | ing the booze limits are giving open increase in freight and passenger rates by the railroads; the second, re- apportionment must be passed in an extra session or it will be compelled to wait until 1917. Justice calls for action now, and I believe that several of those who opposed it last {lows: made upon the members of the legi: | part of the state. isure that the semators of southern | that the agricultural region of north- | tief |an able one and a strong appeal to | ticle in one of the daily papers stat- . |ing that the mayor of your town had convic-| vetoed an ordinance extending the tions are strong and to the point. |limits in which the Duluth Brewing I am in | city. income tax and!ency, whether conscious of it or not, The first is|are hand and glove with the enemies| not get it, however, unless wWe go after it with determination, and it appears to me that inasmuch as the Northern Minnesota Development Association originally advocated re- apportionment, it is proper for that body to adopt a resolution at the St. Cloud convention calling for an ex- tra session for its enactment. The federal income tax and direct state primary bills were, as you are aware, lost in the eleventh hour, and the favorable disposition of these meas- ures would consume some very little time. “Yours truly, “G. H. Mattson.” Senator Works’ Letter. Senator Works' letter is of especial interest as he indicates that a proper bill may be passed. Senator Works’ letter in full fol- “The Bemidji Pioneer: Replying to your favor of recent date regarding the wisdom of introducing resolu- tions at the St. Cloud convention, would say in reply that personally I believe that if a man makes a pledge, | that pledge should be redeemed as a general proposition. “I am, however, of the opinion that | people of northern Minnesota are| making something of a mistake in the savage attacks that are being| lature or more particularly on the| senators of southern Minnesota. “There seems to be a feeling upon | the part of the newspaper fraternity, at any rate in northern Minnesota that they have not been treated fair-! 1y by the members of the southern There is, of course, an element of truth in this but I am} Minnesota feel very kindly towards northern Minnesota. They do not, however, feel like turning over to the Twin Cities the controlling in- terest in the legislature of Minnesota which is exactly what the Gongdon bill proposed to do. If you will an- alyze this bill closely you will find ern Minnesota got practically no re- northern Minnesota had allied them- selves with southern Minnesota in- stead of the Twin Cities, reappor- tionment would have passed last winter. » “Very truly yours, — - “S. D. Works.” Editor Hamilton Emphatic. A. L. Hamilton, editor of the Ait- kin Republican, writes a lengthy let- ter, part of which follows: “Dear Sir and Brother Editor: Your letter of a few days ago asking my co-operation in your crusade for an extra session of the legislature has been received. I have also read have the rights of the northern part of the state established by giving it equal representation in the legisla- ture. “l am in hearty sympathy with just reapportionment. * ¥ * “The governor at the Brainerd| meeting promised to call a special session if a reapportionment bill were defeated, and in the light of subsequent events, it appears that his excellency was carried away by the enthusiasm of the moment, and upon sober reflection afterward, if we are to judge by results, he has concluded that we have enough representation at the present time. Links Governor With Brewers. “In this opihion he is iz sympathy with the brewers and ihe other big interests who control the machinery of both parties in this state, for in the county option fight last year the brewers openly threatened to defeat reapportionment, and the threat was made good. At least, reapportion- ment was defeated. “Then again, when the government put the lid on your town, the gover- nor went to Washington, ostensibly to pick out a food expert, or some- thing of this sort, and it was charged in the public press that he had gone to the national capital to interview President Taft and ask him to re- move the lid. If I remember cor- rectly, he was given an enthusiastic ‘Godspeed’ by the people of Bemidji. “A few weeks ago I read an ar- company might sell booze in your This ordinance, it was after- ward stated, was passed over the mayor’s veto. Sees Hand of Enemy. “l am merely mentioning these facts to indicate that your constitu- of reapportionment and in extend- support to the interests that have openly come out against a measure that all are agreed on is just and right. How can we expect to get anywhere with.a reapportionment proposition in the face of such a con- dition? others overcome by an explosion of burg, 1., yesterday. Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, who is a native of Am- herst, 0., is expected there tomorrow to assist at the opening of a postal savings bank. The bank will be the first to be established in a third-class post office. To fit in with the schedule of Pres- ident Taft, who is to be one of the chief speakers at the annual meet- ing of the American Mining Congress in Chicago, the opening of the con- gress originally fixed for today has been postponed until Saturday. Spain kept a holiday today in cele- bration of the 24th birthday anni- versary of Queen Victoria Eugenie. Her Rcyal Highness was born Oct. 24, 1887, the only daughter of Prin- cess Henry of Battenberg and grand- daughter of the late Queen Victoria of England. The first national conference ever held for the purpose of furthering the social center movement will be- gin a three days’ session at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin in Madison to- morrow under the auspices of the extension division of the university and the Social Center Association of America. In the absence of her husband, who was working in the field, Mrs. Axel Johnson, wife of a prosperous and well known farmer, living 8 miles northeast of Braddock, N. D. yes- terday burned to death herself and six small children during a fit of temporary insanity. She locked the doors and windows, then set the house on fire with kerosene. As a sequel to the Manitoba man-hunt that attracted attention on both sides of the international boun- dary not long ago, George Brown, the and 1 am free to say that if|2llesed assailant of the Riverdale school teacher, will be placed on trial at the fall assizes which began at Morden, Man., today. Brown’s al- leged victim was Miss Gladys Price, a Tember of a prominent family and a young woman of excelent reputa- tion. According to the testimony given at the preliminary hearing Brown appeared at the country school where Miss Price was engaged as a teacher a short time after she had dismissed her scholars for the day. The man was in an intoxicated condition. After overpowering the young woman he dragged her into the adjacent woods and kept her a captive there for 36 hours. Only af- ter the man had fallen into a drun- ken stupor was his victim able to escape and make her way to a neigh- boring house. She was in a pitiable condition and for several days it was feared she would not survive the shock. The young woman’'s story any movement that will give us ajaroused the entire surroundigg coun- try and within a few hours armed posses were in pursuit of the alleged assailant. The chase extended across the border to Hannah, N. D., where Brown was arrested and later, it is said, identified by Miss Price as the man who had held her captive. Miss Price, who has since become Mrs. Frank Patterson, is expected to be the chief witness against Brown. In addition to the more serious charge Brown will have to stand trial for {the attempted murder of William Adams, a Snowflake hotel propritor, who was shot and seriously wounded in the man-hunt. WIGHTMAN RECITAL TONIGHT Bemidji Instructor Arranges Musical Festival at Presbyterian Church. At the Presbyterian Church, be- born, and songs by Andrew Rood will feature the program. worth League. A Raudenbush pia- no, furnished by James A. Terry. will be used at the recital. Miss McGillin’s Brother Killed. . Miss Ann McGillin, teacher in the Bemidji public schools, killed in an explosion. lin tonight leaves for Beliingham. He Got the Pass. “I want a pass.” “Pass? Ty.” “No; says free transportation live stock, poultry and fruit.’ Well, that’s a hen—there’s your poultry; “And apparently the brewing in- winter will favor it if given a chance through an extra session. We will (Continued on iast page) —there’s your live stock. pass.”—The Way-Bill. ©0060000000506609 © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. © PP00PP0000000200 @ Eight miners were killed and eight powder in the O’Gara mine at Harris- today re- ceived a message from Bellingham, Wash., that her brother had been Newport naval authorities discovered Miss McGil-|that Harry Buckholtz, who had been You're not entitled to a pass. You are not an employee. Sor-|nio for hiring a horse £nd bugsy T'm going on this trip with an aunt|the time. {(Copyright. ML) NEAR DEATH IN RIVER Roy Tagley Falls From Boat While Shooting at Ducks and Sinks in Iey Water. RESCUED BY MASTEN AND CARNS While hunting ducks on the Mis- sissippi river mear the Ma#en cottage on Sunday afternoon ..oy Tagley, son of the Nymore merchant, fell from his duck boat into 14 feet of water, where he struggled about for several minutes until rescued by Har- ry Masten and Charles Carns who reached the young man just as he was about to sink from exhaustion. Mr. Masten was spending the day at his cottage and his first knowledge of the accident was when he heard frantic cries from the river. He ran to the shore and there saw the young man splashing desperately about and crying wildly for-help. “Hold on for your life!” yelled Masten, “and we will soon be with you.” “The launch was quickly rushed to the young man’s side and he was pulled into the boat and taken to the Wold cottage where h2 was given dry clothing and later was able to go home. The young man said that the acei- dent took place when he stood up in the boat to shoot at ducks and when the gun exploded he lost his balance and fell into the water. PHILADELPHIA WINS 4 TO 2 Hit Mathewson 11 Times and Take Fourth Game of World's Series. Philadelphia, Oct. 24.—In the fourth game of the world’s baseball series played .here today Philadel- phia won over the New York Giants by a score of 4 to 2. Mathewson and Meyers formed the battery for New York and Bender and Thomas ginning at 8:15 this evening a piano | for Philadelphia. The score: recital will be conducted by Miss R. H. E. Ruth Wightman, of this- 3 Phifadelphia 7 ....: IS B s R | A violin solo by Mrs. C. R. San-|New York ......... sebaB @EE This makes the third game Phila- The recital is|delphia has won, New York having given under the auspices of the Ep-!taken but one- game. Tomorrow's game will be played in New York. |FINGER PRINT TEST IN NAVY Officials Find a Deserter and Fugi- tive From Justice: By using the finger print test the under suspicion, was really a desert- jer from the navy, and later it was learned that he was a fugitive from Jjustice. Buckholtz confessed to both charges. Buckholtz is wanted in San Anto- and selling the horse for $90 near the but here the anti-pass law |ranch of his father-in-law, Charles can be Dace who is well t¢ do and promi- granted to ‘necessary caretakers of inent. Buckholtz says he was drunk at He aiso says he enlisted in the navy in 1904 and deserted less a girl that’s a peach—there’s your|than two years Iater ia Philadel- fruit; and a nephew that’s a mule phia. He re-enlisted in Dallas this Gimme a|year and. was sent to.the Newport training — § CONFESSES TO MURDER IN 1895 Man Who Gave Up to Blackduck Of- ficers Pleads Guilty. Ajtkin, Minn., October 24.—John Sandberg, who confessed to officers at Blackduck to having murdered a man in Aitkin county sixteen years ago, was brought here and pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree when brought before Judge Williams. Sandberg’s story is that he owned a homestead two miles from Grayling in 1895 and-that fall went to North Dakota and worked in the harvest fields with a young man about 20 years told, known as “John.” They returned to the homestead later and when out hunting one day, Sandberg, who was walking ahead with the gun, turned and shot John in the head. As he sank to the ground he gave a cry of agony and two more shots were fired. That cry has fol- lowed the murderer all these years and while he has never told anyone, and his awful deed has never been discovered, he could no longer keep the secret. He says he does not know why he did it. He makes a full confession and is ready to take his punishment. Sandberg is 49 years of age and came to this country when 20. He is posi- tively clear in his mind and trans- actions connected with his homestead and its relinquishment are proven correct by the public records. He is remembered by Sheriff Haugen, and by L. L. Douglas, and they are of the opinion that the name of his vie- tim can be ascertained. County At- torney Hallum will probably call for a special grand jury and dispose of the case at once as the regular term of court closed a week ago and the next term will not open until May. FIELD LOST; FRIENDS FRANTIC Salesman Takes Wrong Trail Which Causes Over Sunday Alarm Here. Nat Field, a traveling representa- tive for the Pillsbury Flour Company of Minneapolis, who left on Saturday for Littlefork on a hunting expedi- tion became lost in the woods, much to the alarm of his friends here. Mr. Field started out from Littlefork but took the wrong trail and when night came, realizing that he could not catch the train for this ecity, he kept on in the same direction and finally arrived at a lumber camp where he ‘was forced to spend Sunday. His friends in the city became alarmed at his nonappearance and endeavored to reach him at Littlefork by wire, but, being Sunday, there was no op- erator at work. In the meantime Mr. Field had driven to Kelliher in an attempt to catch the Sunday train from Kelliher but found he was too late. He arrived in the city last night but has little to say regarding his trip. John Hormann Weds Grace Toombs. John Hormann and Miss Grace Toombs were united in marriage this morning at the Presbyterian parson- age, Rev. S. E. P. White officiating. They left this noon for a short honey- moon and will return Saturday. Both young people are well known in the city, Mr. Hormann being a member of the meat market firm of Pierce & Hormann. Mr. and Mrs. Hormann will make their home in this city. The wise woman knuows that as long as she can keep her husband guessing he will have no time for mischief. In Asking Leniency for Young Bar- { ber, Attorney Brown Says Girls Roam Streets. BLAMES LAX CONDITIONS HERE | When James Polrang, the young barber, held on charges made by a 15 year.ald _girl, appéared before Judge Stanton in. distriet court this morning, to enter a plea of guilty, M. J. Brown, who had been appoint- ed attorney for him, in asking the court to show leniency, delivered a scorching arraignment of conditions in Bemidji. “It is true that the young man here enters a plea of guilty, and it is a crime which could be punished as severely as a term of 7 years in the penitentiary,” said Mr. Brown. “Now; it is a fact that the condi- tions here are lax and that girls roam the streets daily and especially at all hours of the night, tempting the young men of the city. It is a condition of affairs known to exist and while this young man admits ‘he did wrong, he cannot be held en- tirely to blame. “I do not blame the girl so much and I don’t know that I blame her mother; I blame the conditions which exist in this city.” Attorney Brown also ealled the court’s attention to the character of the complaining witness, who al- though not quite 16 years old, and who has not been married, is to soon become a mother. Mr. Brown con- tended that it would not be justice to send his client, who previously has borne a good reputatior and who been in Bemidji less than a month when arrested, to the penitentiary. County Attorney Graham M. Tor- rance admitted to the court that there were certain extenuating ecir- cumstances in connection with the case, and that so long as the prisoner had made a clean sweep that leni- ency might come nearer to justice than a strict adherence to the harsh mandates of the law. In passing sentence Judge Stanton said that so far as he could remem- ber, in every case of a like nature, he had without exception imposed the maximum penalty, but that as a result of information which he had regarding the case from the attor- neys and otherwise, that he would be justified in exercising extreme leni- ency, and that he would therefore, sentence Polrang to 90 days in the county jail. After an hour’s delibzration the jury in the case of O. J. Weekley, charged with perjury, brought in a verdict of mot guilty. George New- ton, of Funkley, accused of maintain- found not guilty. Just Like Him. “Makes him awful .mad.” “What does?” “His Wife.” “How?”" Won’t give him a thing to find fauit about.” Keep on good terms with the small ‘brother of your best girl. In a few years he will be around with an as. sorted line of anecdotes with you for their subject. SEES CHILD PERIL HERE ing a gambling device, also was DUMAS IS HELD ON BLACKDUCK CHARGE Learns He is Included in Indictment With Gearlds and LeClaire and Goes to Court to Plead. SAYS “NOT GUILTY", BONDS $3000 Demands Separate Trial and This is Granted by Court, Date to Be Named Later. CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON | | {To Decide Which Case is to Be First Called, Ferguson's Prosecution Coming Last, { i Having learned that he had been jointly indicted together with Ed- ward and Edwin Gearlds and Ed. Le- ]CIaire for the alleged crime of arson {in the third degree committed at Blackduck on March 19 last, Dr. Del- bert F. Dumas. mavor of Cass Lake and recently convicted on a charge of an attempt at arson at Puposky was in the courtroom this morning to enter a plea of not guilty. No attorney for the state happened to be present and the willing Cass Lake mayor had to wait several min- utes before he could make his plea to the new charge. Dumas Ready to Plead. “We understand,” said Judge Mar- shall A. Spooner, for Dr. Dumas, “that an indictment has been re- turned. I call the court’s attention jto the fact that Dr. Dumas is volun-_ tarily in court.” Judge C. W. Stanton observed that there was no one present to repre- sent the state and declared a recess. In the meantime Attorney E. E. Mc- Donald, special counsel for the state in the arson cases was called, and when court reconvened Mr. McDon- ald moved the arraignment of Dr. Dumas, who waived the reading of the indictment and entered a plea of not guilty. Bonds were fixed at $3,000, which makes a total of $24,- 000 bonds now up on behalf of the doctor. The new bonds are being signed up today and in the meantime the Cass Lake mayor is at liberty on his recognizance. To Have Separate Trial. Judge Spooner, for the defendant requested a separate trial and this was granted. The date of the new trial will be determined at a confer- ence between attorneys for the state and the defense. It is understood that the case will come up at the persent term of court, the criminal calendar of which has been finished with the exception of the perjury charge against Ole Ferguson, grow- ing out of the Dumas case and the arson cases. Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Janes, who has been hunting near here, will return this afternoon. To Come Up at 4 P. M. Following the brief arraignment of Dr. Dumas, which followed the sentencing of Mrs. Ella Potts to pay a fine of $500 for having conducted a disorderly house and James Pol- rang to 90 days in the county jail on charges made by a 15 year old girl, which clears the criminal calendar so far as the county attorney is con- cerned, Judge Stanton excused the petit jurors until 4 p. m. today, and at that hour it will be determined in what order the arson cases are to g0 on. Edwin Gearlds Case First. It is the general understanding be- tween counsel for the state and the defense that the charges against Ed- win Gearlds will be taken up first. Attorney George Spear of Grand Rap- ids, retained to defend Edwin and Edward Gearlds, came to Bemidji this morning and will remain here for the next few days. He has ex- pressed himself in being in favor of bringing the cases to trial as quickly as possible. Ferguson Case Delayed. The perjury case against Ole Fer- guson will be delayed somewhat by the arson cases, as it is generally un- derstood that the charges against him will be, delayed until the arson cases are out of the way. Ferguson is here from Deer River. Dr. Dumas was joined in court this morning by his attorneys, Judge er and A. A. Andrews. He con- ferred briefly with them regarding e e (Continued on iast page.