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

WINNESOTA | HISTORICAL VOLUME 9. NUMBER 170. 219 FOR; 59 AGAINST EXTRASESSIONCALL Canvass of Newspapers of State Show Overwhelming Majority in Fa- vor of Move. 80 FROM SOUTHERN COUNTIES All Unite in Opinion That Reappor-| tionment Bill Should Be Passed This Winter. ONE EXCEPTION IN BELTRAMI All Other Publications Recorded as Boosting in Present Effort for Prompt Relief. i If there has been any doubt as to public sentiment regarding the de-| sirability of calling an extra session of the legislature this winter it is dispelled as the result of a canvass of the newspapers conducted by the Du- luth Evening Herald. The Herald says: “More than two hundred newspa- pers, published outside the three! large cities, have joined The Herald in its demand for an extra session of | the legislature. “This list has been compiled at some trouble and expense in order to prove to Governor Adolph O. Eber- hart that this newspaper is not alone ! in making the demand for an extra| session, but that it expresses the wishes of the people of this state. “Circular letters of inquiry were| sent to representative newspapers in all parts of the state. Every county | was represented in the inquiry. Re- plies have been received from most of the country newspapers that have and express decided opinions on pub- #is matters of importance. Still Coming In. “The canvass is not yet complete. Replies are still coming in, and they are maintaining about the same ra- tio as shown in the results so far, published tonight—which are that about three out of four of the free country newspapers are demandingD¥ it. an extra session of the legislature. Replies coming in after today will be kept for a second instalment to| be published later. “While 219 country papers join in the demand for an extra session only 58 oppose it. “This list includes papers in every | county of the state. “The list of papers joining in [hel demand for an extra session includes| a majority of the newspapers pub-| lished in each of a majority of the counties of the state. “It includes ALL of the newspapers published in a number of the coun- ties. ol “It includes the leadings newspa- pers of the state published in for- eign languages. City Dailies Left Out. “It does not include any daily| newspaper published in any of the three large cities of the state. [ “The Herald did not canvass the city press. “It was not necessary. “HEvery daily newspaper in Duluth, St. Paul and Minneapolis, except The Herald, is either openly opposed to| an extra session of the legislature or timidly silent on the subject. Most of them have come out openly in op- position to it. “The Herald did not canvass the daily press of the large cities for two reasons: “First, because it knew how these newspapers stood and that they were opposed to an extra session. “Second, because it regards the country press as more truly represen- tative of public sentiment than the city press. The Session Is Wanted. “By no possibility can it be ques- tioned, in the face of the showing;!or The Herald makes tonight, that the|missioners |to put through besides in that time | voring an extra session would be sat-| {increased. and reapportionment. pro- |1ation. H. C. BAER. i | Chosen By Board of Directors as Sec- | ened in Winnipeg today. ‘retary to Succeed Harry Reynolds. {the organization are in attendance | At a meeting of the Board of D ‘VC}ub last night, the resignation of, {Harry Reynolds as secretary was ac-| cepted and H. C. Baer, cashier of th Security State bank was named as his successor. Three other persons were consid- jered for the place: K. C. {A. G. Rutledge and Barl Geil. | When informed of his appointment | Jackson, | Itoday Mr. Baer said he would accept | and devote as much of his time as! possible to his new duties. i Mr. Reynolds, who has served as ,the club’s secretary since August,i 11910, succeeding Al. H. Jester, was compelled to give up the position be-| cause of a pressure of private busi- ness. Mr. Baer, the new secretary is rec-| ognized as one of the substantial and | progressive young business man of the city. legislature, - could be held for less than $25,000, would be ample for an increase in railroad taxes and for re- apportionment; and it would be easy half a dozen other measures of first| importance like the statewide pri- mary, the recall and the income tax.| “A majority of the newspapers fa-| isfied, however if railroad. taxes are vided. “Eighty newspapers favor taking up reapportionment; and it is inter-| esting to note among these eighty newspapers a number from Southern Minnesota counties which have noth- ing to gain directly from reappor- tionment, and some of which will lose Among these newspapers are the following: Southerners Demand It. “The Hokah Chief, Houston coun-| ty. , senatorial contest is a straight race “The Starbuck Times, Pope CoUnty. | poiweon Senator Jeff Davis and for- “The Janesville Argus, Waseea| ! qo o0t O 0 hen Brandidee L ) Jr., who is expected to be his only “The Waterville Advance, LeSueur | o o 4 = P00 e represent. COURLY: ) . ed the Second district-in Congress mu:‘h; Redwood Gazette, RedWood | tor ton years and has a strong fol- “The Herman Review, Grant coun- ty. “The Alexandria Citizen, Douglas county. “Though there are scattering votes for a number of measures, aside from railroad taxation, favorites, clearly are reapportionment, the statewide primary, presidential primary, the re- call, initiative and referendum, dis- tance tariff and- the income tax, in the order named. 18 Want Primary Extended. “Eighteen newspapers call for the statewide primary, seventeen for the recall, fifteen for the initiative and referendum, fifteen for a distance tar- iff law, and eight for the ratification of the income tax amendment to the Constitution of the United States. There are several votes for the Spoon- er waterway project, workingmen's compensation act, the development of Northern Minnesota, regulation of express rates, ete. “Four newspapers favor the ton- nage tax on iron ore. “A noteworthy fact is that very few newspapers call for liquor legis- One paper only calls for county option, and one for statewide prohibition. Two or three call for a law extending local option to in- clude cities of the fourth class—10,- 000 inhabitants and under. One calls{them all, whether their advice has| for a long prohibiting county com- from issuing liquor 1li- people of this state want and demand | censes—the so-called ‘roadhouse law.’ an extra session of the legislature. “It is simply a question whether the people, or those influences surround- ing the governor which have stayed | the hand that might before this have penned a call for an extra session, are | most powerful in this state and with the state administration. “Besides the demand for an extra session, this canvass of the state press makes another important fact plain, The country press does not believe that a long session or an elaborate legislative progrem are either likely or necessary. Favor 30 Day Session. “A session of thirty days, which, Not to exceed eight mention liquor | legislation of any character.” Only One Against It in Beltrami. The Herald publishes several col- umns of comments from the newspa- | pers together with a list of the pa- pers for and against an extra ses-|the coldest so far recorded this sea- In Beltrami county the news-|son. sion. papers in favor of an extra session in clude the Bemidji Daily Pioneer, the| % —_—_— Bemidji Sentinel, the Blackduck Am- erican and Baudette Region. No rec- ord is at hand regarding the Ten-| strike Tribune, but the Spooner News | There are only seven-tenths of a man is opposed. Brazillan toboccos contain 10 per according to qualified officials of the cent of nicotin. |COMMERCIAL CLUB NAMES BAER | i Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Brandon and | rectors of the Bemidji Commercial:a number of other points. | state. -{ton women coming to? [CRCR R R R AR R R R RCRCR & 8 © QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. © PCOVOOOPR00000OOQ The éveather: Thursday fair and ‘warmer; moderate northwest winds. ienry Sienkewaiz, author of “Quo Vadis” was shot while out hunting today near Warsaw, Poland. He will recover: Oscar Koski, aged 21, of Queen, Ontonogan county, Michigan, froze to death while on his way from a dance |at Ontonagan. Death from the fall of an aero- plane was the fate at Berlin today of Plecher, flying Albatross. The aero- plane was smashed and the aviator’s neck broken, death being instantane- ous. The annual congress of the Salva- tion Army for Western Canada op- Officers of from Calgary, Medicine Hat, Edmont, Three boys were drowned in “the Little Arkansas river at Wichita, | Kan., yesterday, when a steel boat in !which they were rowing sank. The {fourth boy swam ashore. The dea S |Guy Brewer, 13; Don Brewer, 14; Wilson Dorr, Two bodies were recovered. b & Hioke Smith retired from the gov- ernorship of Georgia today, prepara- tory to taking up his duties as United States senator, to which office he was | elected by the last legislature. Three aspirants are in the race for governor to fill out the unexpired term. The selection will be determined by the Democratic primary early in Decem- ber. | Miss Olga Roosevelt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roosevelt and cousin of former President Roosevelt, because the bride of Dr. J. Brecken- ridge Bayne, a prominent physician of Washington in that city today. The ceremony was followed by a large reception at the residence on Massachusetts Avenue recently built by the bride’s father. ~ The first session of Canada’s new- 1y elected twelfth parliament opened at . Ottawa today. The spectacular function in connection with the as- sembling of the new parliament has been reserved for tomorrow, when his royal Highness the Duke of Con- naught will open the proceedings in On this occasion there will be the customary military display— the cavalry escort, guard of honor and royal salute. United States Senator Jeff Davis went to White County, Arkansas, to- day to deliver the opening speech in his campaign for re-election. His successor will be chosen by the legis- lature to be elected next year.- The lowing throughout the State. Instead of being executed today in accordance with the original sen- tence imposed upon him, Harry Wil- son, the boy murderer in jail in Dig- by, N. S., has been granted a re- prieve of one month, with good pros- pects that he will escape the gallows altogether. - Today the full bench convened in Halifax to take up his case. The crime of which Wilson was convicted was the murder of his brother, George Wilson. The trag- edy is alleged to have resulted from a quarrel when both the brothers were intoxicated. b NORTHROP REFUSES TO RUN Will Not Be Candidate for Governor or Congressman-at-Large. Dr. Cyrus Northrop will not per- mit the use of his name for political honors. In a statement given out by himself he announces his definite decision not to be a candidate, either for governor or for congressman at large from Minnesota. The state- ment beyond which he would say nothing, follows: “I am very greatly| obliged to all the friends who have given me advice on the subject of my being a candidate for congressman at large or for governor, and I thank been for or against my being a can- didate; but I have decided the mat- ter, and shall not be a candidate for either position.” i 14 Below Last Night. A still further drop in the tem- perature sent the thermometers last night down to .14 degrees below zero, | Warmer weather is promised | for tomorrow. The loafer’s idea of pleasure is to| watch other men work. | Nobody is crowded in Nevada.! i to the squara mile. g S they may smoke. What are our Bos- (Copyright, 1911) BOQUET FOR BELTRAMI Auditor Especially Praised in Public Examiner’s Report Which Also Finds Fault. MANY READJUSTMENTS ASKED In a report from the public exami- ner’s office on the examination of Bel- trami county affairs as found by As- sistant.Public Bxaminer O.~B:-Fohn*| son, County- Auditor George, and county officials as a whole are paid a compliment and the following rec- ommendations are made: “Auditor and Board of County Com- missioners, Beltrami County, Be- midji, Minn.: : “This department is in receipt of the report of examination made by ‘Assistant Public Examiner C. E. Johnson of the affairs in your coun- ty, covering a period from May 8, 1909, till Sept. 1, 1911, and shawing a balance in your treasury in the lat- ter date of $102,561.86. “Mr. Johnson reports that the de- positary bond of bank No. 5 expired May 25, 1911. We trust that the Board of Audit has procured a new bond for this bank. “He also reports that the bank s:al was omitted from the $5,000 tond of bank No. 9. This should be attached at once. “Discrepancies are reported be- tween the auditor’s and treasurer’s balances as follows: Auditor: Warrant Acct., short, $1,628; Re- demption, short, $10; Funding out- standing Ind., over, $9.31; Building Fund, over, $1,628.69. Treasurer: Redemption, over, $10; Funding Outstanding Ind., short, $9.31; Building Fund, short, $1,628.69. “These are probably all transfers and should be checked out. “The Board of Audit made two ex- aminations in 1910 while the law calls for three. “The tax lists should be checked with the treasurer’s receipts and the collections register. - “We trust that by this time th certificates and the tax lists have been properly-filled out, according to Section 876 R. L. “Section 522 R. L., pertaining to the publication of the county's af- fairs, should be complied with in the future. A “Section 904 ‘R. L. should be com- plied with in the future. “The county attorney, coroner and county commissioner failed to file their 1910-fee statements as provid- ed by Section 603. “Your probate court should ask the sheriff to furnish sub-vouchers for | expenditures of $1 or more in the transfer of insane to the hospital. property sold from your county poor | sonal property contained there, ac-| |cording to an invoice of May 18, 11809, The balance of this property | should be located and, |the city, should be charged to the | city and the city held accountable to the county for its care. - “The legality of the reimbursement of your sinking fund from the returns of your bond issue is questioned by this department, inasmuch as your | bonds were issued to cover floating indebtedness and as there were no outstanding warrants, this could not b& considered as floating indebted- ness. It will be necessary for you “t7*levy a tax for the purpose of re- paying your sinking fund. “The matter of accrued interest on your bond issue should be turned over to your county attorney for set- tlement with the company. It seems that only $219.38 interest was paid while there should have been an amount considerably in excess of that. “The following overcharges should be refunded: War. ENTERS 384 Viggo Peterson, per diem signing warrants 1237 Same . 1800 Same . 4270 Same . “The services in signing warrants are paid by the salary allowadnce and 1 would say that the attorney general has recently held that the 1911 law prohibits the paying of mileage to the chairman of the.coun- ty commissioners for travel when en- gaged in signing warrants. Warrent No. 2571, Viggo Pet- | erson, per diem for commit- i tee work between Oct. 28th “I do not know what committee work this is. Would like to be in- formed. “Warrant No. 3337, L. O. Myhre.‘i commissioner, refundment of $5, fil-| “Refundment was illegal and should be collected according to at- torney general’s opinion No. 97, Re- port of 1908. “Warrant No. 3338, A. E. Rako, refundment of $5, filing fees for pri- | mary election; same as above. ernment of the county affairs in the|liVes- best shape that it has been in for a number of years in Beltrami county. He makes complimentary remarks about your auditor and says that 'wlth the system he now has, the work of your county will be brought |into excellent condition. 4 “Kindly report on the progress made in the above recommendations. “Congratulating your county upon its affairs I beg to remain, “Yours very truly, “Andrew E. Fritz, “Public Examiner.” | water. KRR KH KKK KKK KKK K it used by |Cass Lake Mayor Together With Be- han and Davis Accused By Fed- | eral Grand Jury. “NOT GUILTY” Fergus Falls, Minn., (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Servige) —The grand jury in the federal court bere today -returned a joint indict- ment against Dr. Dumas, Martin Be- han and Mike Davis, charging them with “conspiring to commit an of- fense against the United States Gov- ernment,” the crime being the al- leged attempt to rob the Puposky postoffice last June. Dr. Dumas and his attorney, Judge Spooner, had morning and had been notified to be on hand at 12 o’clock but failed to |appear and the arraignment was de- No. | ferred until the afternoon. After noom, Dr. raigned immediately and entered a plea of not guilty. he will be brought to trial at this term of court. | The case against Gus. Beaulieu and his associates for alleged conspiracy to defraud by inducing White Earth Indians to sell lands which they had no right to sell, is to come up for trial next Monday. Thére are three trial this week. Judge Page Morris is presiding. and Nov. 7, 1910, at $3...$30.00 | FILM SHOWS WATER TRAGEDY Graphic Portraits of Austin Horror Affect Persons Who Saw Disaster. Traveling men from Pennsylvania ing fees for primary election. |18 Bemidii who have viewed the mo- tion pictures of the Austin flood dis- aster now being shown at the Ma- jestic theater declare the photograph- ic reproduction to be graphic revela- tions of what great Austin dam gave way and the wall of water rushed down the nar- “Mr. Johnson reporte that the gov- TOW Valley crushing property and| | Some of have seen the pictures recognize not only the destroyed buildings but are personally acquainted with persons shown in the views, including the| telephone girls who gave the alarm. The film shows howa mighty mass of the dam was hurled along by the wa- ter a distance of 150 yards. ages of the filood are followed, a trag- ically realistic panorama view of the valley of desolation being shown by the pictures, even to the overturn-| ing of locomotives and the smashing of big buildings by the force of the| Hockey Team Reorganized. i farm does not cover all of the per-\D MAS A AN l DICTED Atteation to the faet | PLEA Nov. 15.— arrived during the Dumas was ar- It is not believed civil cases for happened when the the persons who The rav- This is not an edict of law but is re-| & aquired by this department and really | demands no hardship of the sheriff. | % That’s what did it. x Want Ad Sells Two. * * “Two heating stoves for sale— & apply at this office.” The Hockey Team is reorganized and will give a dance at the Cityi ;‘Hall tonight for the purpose of rais-| | ing funds to keep a new rink. A cor-| A1 state officials and all federal em: | % ployes are required to do this same thing, and, permit me to state here, that this department appreciates the Board of County Commissioners de- manding sub-vouchers for expenses, where the amount exceeds $1. “Mr. Johnson reports that no re- fundments or overcharges reported in the last examination have been made. Boston women have a club where | These should be placed in the hands: of the county attorney for collection. ms’ that the statement of i dial % % day. They get rid of what you % % don’t want and get you what & * Pioneer want ads are doing ¥ orchestra. you do want. & | ber. * One-half cent per word per ¥ & issue. That's all. * KKK KKK KK KKK It is a pity that women camnot |.make their heads grow to fit the hats they wear. & e e invitation just such things as this every giMusic will be furnished by Masten's masquerade on the 30th of Novem-; A ‘health lecturer who wish to live long to eat sauer- kraut, as it contains the longevity germ. But perhaps the desire lo live long might be somewhat checked by |plantations have spread to neighbor- a steady diet of sauerkraut. is extended to all. They will also give a advises people TEN CENTS PER WEEK. FRITZBEGINSPROBE OF SHERIFF'S OFFICE Public Examiner in Bemidji at Re- quest of Governor to Make In- vestigation. 5 ASKED FOR BY HAZEN HIMSELF . When Official Arrives, He Finds Sher- iff is Hunting With Assistant Att\orney General. CHARGES OF LONG STANDING Filed Last Spring By Viggo Peterson 2 Who Alleges Gross Misconduct > In Office. Andrew E. Fritz, public examiner 3 {for the state of Minnesota, arrived 5 in Bemidji today to investigate seri- ous charges against Sheriff Alvin B. Hazen, which have been pending since last May. A few days ago Sheriff Hazen wrote Governor Eberhart calling his that charges were pending against himself and asking that the governor take some action. Out Hunting With Janes. The sheriff at the present time is hunting moose in the northern part of the county with Assistant Attor- ney General A. L. Janes. Mr. Fritz arrived in the city this morning and was disappointed not to find the sheriff in the city, but ihe will remain until the sheriff re- turns. Peterson to Come. o In the meantime, Viggo Peterson ‘of Paposky; chairman of the Beltrai- s mi board of county commissioners, Z who last May filed the charges to- gether with affidavits, tending to show that Sheriff Hazen has been guilty of malfeasance and nonfeas- ance in office, has been summoned. Mr. Fritz said today that he came to Bemidji at the request of the gov- 3 N\ ernor to make a thorough investiga- e tion of the sheriff’s manner of con- ducting the duties of that office and as to his ability to continue such work. Reports to Governor. Following his investigation here Mr. Fritz will make his report to Governor Eberhart and the chief ex- ecutive will then be in a position to act, although the probable procedure will be for him to pass the informa- tion on to the attorney gemeral. At the time, last spring, when Chairman Peterson filed his charges with the governor they were passed along, as is the custom in such cases to the attorney general for a ruling. ’ No Ruling Ever Made. Despite every effort on the part of Chairman Peterson no ruling ever has been made by the attorney gen- eral's office and the cry of “polities” frequently has been raised in connec- tion with the affair. George Authier, political writer in the Minneapolis Tribune says: Dope Given Authier. Following the conclusion of the Dumas case in Beltrami county, Governor Eberhart faces another serious situation in that section. Charges were filed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, Viggo Pe- terson, a Socialist. Whatever Mr. Hazen's action may have been, the state found him a use- ful and faithful servant in its prosecution of the Beltrami gang of fire bugs. The governor has received a letter from Sher- iff Hazen, calling attention to the fact that the charges have been- made and asking, in fair- ness to himself, that an imme- diate investigation be made. The governor has decided to take action. He will send Public Ex- aminer A. E. Fritz to Bemidji with instructions to make a thorough and complete investi- gation. The governor will be guided by the public examiner’s report. Hazen Out of Case. Mr. Hazen was unable to act dur- ing the Dumas trial here, the duties of sheriff being performed by Cor- oner Ibertson, as the result of an af- fidavit of prejudice filed by the de- fense. Sumatra is famous the world over for its cigar wrappers, and tobacco ing isles.