Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 12, 1911, Page 1

. VOLUME 9. NUMBER 192. DEMS BUSY TRYING TO GET TAFTIN BAD 0000000909090 09 0 > OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, ¢ POV OCO0000000O Arizona held her first State elec- tion today, voting for governor and other state officials, judges of the su- |preme and district courts and mem- bers of the legislature. . With Clark and Underwoood Avowed Candidates, Effort is on to Pickle Cheese Makers’ association began its dent’s retiilent's Rrogeam. eighteenth annual convention at Al- . bert Lea today with a large and rep- resentative attendance. The conven- tion will remain in session three days. The Minnesota State Butter and “UP AND AT 'EM” IS THE SLOGAN . Following a campaign that has been conducted with much spirit on | both sides, a special election’'will be |beld at Astoria, .Ore., tomorrow to |decide whether Astoria shall adopt the commission form of government | !in place of the existing plan. * WOOL IN LIST TO BE REVISED, Arrangements have been completed | | for the annual reunion and banquet | of the Head of the Lakes Old Settlers’ association, which is to be held to- House to Put Measure Through 0| orrow in Duluth. Several hundred Turn it Over to the Repub- | men and women who have resided in | Yican Semate. | this section for nearly half a century | will be in attendance. .. The Cunard liner Mauretania left| | Liverpool today with the expectation of establishing a new record for the | round trip at Christmas time. She| | will depart from New York within 32 hours after her arrival there and | will be due back at Fishguard as the Christmas ship on December 21. | - Mutilation of Payne Tariff to Be At- tempted Over Executive's Request for Trust Reforms. BY WINFIELD JONES Washington, D. C.. Dec. 12.— (Special) —The Democrats of the House, fighting for a record which will stand them in good stead in 1912, are determined that the tariff shall be the paramount legislative issue of this session, to this extent disregarding the message sent in by the President who dealt exclusively with the trust question. Accordingly, the Ways and Means committee of the House, headed by Representative Underwood, of Ala- bama, a presidential possibility, has already begun on the work of tariff| revision. The report of the tariff| board will be received and laid before | FUTOPe: the committee in all its details, but the report will end there unless the| tariff board recommends in line with |P¥ the Circuit Court which convened Democratic tariff prineiples. ial Findlay, Ohio, today the cuurt‘ swept clean of all Representative Underwood says | 40cket Will be swer o that the Democrats of the House are| Staldard Oil litigaticn, a situation| in Chio for| willing to treat the President fairly| D3t has not existed 2 and that they will await any reason- MA0Y vears. The various suits pend-; able length of time for his tariff| DS 2gainst the corporation and its board report. Beyond this, however, | subsidiaries will be dlsmvlsseq for the | the Democrats do not commit them- | é3s0n that all of the points involved selves, for they have ideas of their| . the suits were covered in the re- own regarding the revision of 'he\cent'decisions of the United States > : me Court. _ tariff and these ideas will be carried | >"P Y out regardles sof anything the wtariff | ’ board fna)‘ szy or doy | S. Edward Stibbins, the young man ! who is charged with first degree mur- To Revise Payne Bill. der as the result-of the mysterious | It is practically certain that before | killing of his father, Gebrge W. Stib- the session ends the Democratic Dbins, went on trial today at Vincen- | house will pass bills revising the nes, Ind. following schedules of the Payne tar-|shot and killed while feeding cattle iff law: |on his farm near Petersburg on the| Wool, cotton, iron and steel, and|night of November 17 last. The son, chemicals. E. Edward Stibbins, was taken into If the session drags along umnimstody and later charged with mur- next October, as is predicted by some | der upon evidence that he had been of the more pessimistic members of |on unfriendly terms with his father. the House, the Democrats will tackle The accused man is thirty-two years other schedules and will practically |0ld and a graduate of the State Nor- revise, so far as the House is con-|mal school. cerned. every schedule in the Payne law before the presidential cam-| After a lapse of more than thirty paigns begin. | years James B. McCreary, for the sec- When the House has done its part|ond time in his long career of pub- it will be up to the Republican Sen-|lic Service, was today inaugurated ate and a Republican President to|governor of Kentucky. The inaugu- look out for the interests of thm;"ation crowd was the largest ever party. { seen at Frankfort. Parade of militia companies, Democratic marching lclubs civie organizations and mili- As a part of the campaign launch-} ed by the club women of Iowa to in- |crease the physical welfare of the| people of that State, Dr. Margaret; | Vaupel Clark, of Waterloo, Iowa,| sailed today from New York for| | England and will spend the next 12} months studying the methods of baby . Fight is to Be Bitter. The fight over the tariff in both|tary cadets was the feature of the; branches of Congress during this ses-| day. Another feature was the pres- sion is destined to be bitter. The!ence of hundreds of Confederate vet- Senate contains one man, Senator La- erans, who were doubtless attracted Follette. who is an avowed candidate ! to the inauguration by the general for the Republican nomination for |feeling that Governor McCreary prob- President and the Wisconsin Senator ably will be the last one of their will overlook no opportunity to put|number who will be chosen as chief President Taft in a hole. | executive of the Blue Grass State. At that time the President pleaded | ————— that he wanted to await the report | of the tariff board before signing any | bills revising the tariff, although the| executive did not deny that there were some schedules in the Payne tariff law that were bad. . Now that the tariff board is about ready to report, Mr. Taft cannot fall back on this plea, although he might re- fuse to veto subsequent bills on the theory that they did not coincide with the findings of the board. This, however, would be a dangerous poli- tical step for the President to take, and it is not believed that he would STEENERSON Says May May Aid in Fight For Be- midji Federal Building. Postmaster A. R. Erickson today | received a letter from Congressman | Halvor Steenerson in which he asks that the business men of Bemidji get | together and prepare a map of the |city showing its suburbs including ithe village of Nymore. He believes | that this will be of material assist- ance in the securing of the new fed- 5 d Would ! ora) puilding for Bemidji. In his let- dare to again veto bills sent him Y| (. Conoressman Steenerson says: Congress. |1 called upon the Committee on Pub- Two Senators Want to Be President. |lic Buildings and Grounds, but they On the House side, there are two had not yet prepared the list of ques- tentative Presidential candidates. | tions to be answered by the towns Speaker Champ Clark and Represen- | Who are candidates for pablic build- tative Underwood are both being ings, but said-they would have them boomed for the Democratic nomina-|ready in a few days. As-spon as I tion ,and it is not beyond the range | get the blank I will forward it to you. of possibility that one or the other|In the meantime I wish you would of them will be the opponent of the |have the map prepared showing Ny- Republican nominee. ‘!more and other suburbs.” Aside from th economic question | —_— involved, therefore, it is necessary| The Ladies of St. Phillip's Catholic that the Democratic House watch po-';clmrch will give a card party Wed- litical fences closely. The House nesday evening in the Knights of wants to go to the country on a|Columbus Hall, formerly the commer- “tariff revision downward issue” and |cial club.roems. This will be given if leader Underwood has his way this|for the benefit' of the church.. Re- will be the dominant note in the next | freshments will be served at the close campaign. of the evening. rearing in the various countries of | made, according to Sheriff Hazen the As a result of action to be taken |trial here in September. | $500 more in the hands of Jack Dal- | attempt was made to bribe him but 'that in neither case was there any The elder Stibbins was|zen affidavit,” says County Attorney OFFERS ADVICE! THRILLS PROMISED IN ARSON CHARGES Following Announcement of -Alleged Effort to Bribe Sheriff, Comes More Comp!iegtim. TSI MORE ABOUT COUNTY'S BILLS Hope Expressed That State Will Not Get Wrong Impression Regard- . ing Beltrami. WITNESS BRANDT - “SCOOTS” Said to Have Left St. Paul in Taxi| Breaking Faith With State Officers. S That there are to be more develop- | ments of a startling character as a| result of the arson case prosecutions and the Puposky affair is admitted by men who have been conductingi the prosecutions. It is understood that the new move will in a way in- volve the charges made public by As- sistant Attorney General Janes in St. Paul yesterday. It is true that Sheriff A. B. Hazen has informed Attorney General Simp- son that an attempt was made by Dr. Dumas to bribe him to pick the jury in his behalf. The alleged attempted bribe was first of September when he was sub- poenaing witnesses for the Dumas Details of the Alleged Plan, The sheriff says the Cass Lake mayor approached him and offered $500 in cash and that he would place ton, a Bemidji saloonkeeper to be paid following the Dumas trial, af- ter the jury either had brought in & verdict of acquittal or disagreement. The sheriff also says that a second money actually paid and that he told the Cass Lake mayor each time that | he could not be bought. County Attorney Not Informed. “I know nothing of the Sheriff Ha- Torrance, “except what I have seen | in the press dispatches. I take it that if such a document has been made it is in the hands of the attorney gener- al. No suggestion of any sort of a prosecution regarding the matter has been made to me, so that so far as I know there will be no prosecution as a result of the affidavit, but in any event such news under the circum- stances naturally would come from the attorney general’s office.” Attorney E. E. McDonald, special counsel assisting the state in the prosecution of the arson cases has re- turned to Bemidji from Brainerd. He said he had seen a copy of the Hazen affidavit and that it includes an at- tempt to improperly influence him at a meeting at the home of former County Attorney Henry Funkley when Attorney Freeman P. Lane, at- torney for Dumas, was present. Fear Wrong Impression. Hopes are expressed here that the state will not get a wrong impres- sion relative to the positior assumed by Beltrami county relative to inci- dental expenses regarding the arson cases prosecution. Chairman Viggo jPeterson and Commissioners Myhre and Fellows who were present when | Assistant Attorney General Janes of- fered his explanation last week in- :sist that the board will pay all prop-| er expenses and their position at the time the assistant attorney general spoke to them must not be construed to mean that Beltrami wishes in any way to embarrass proper prosecu- tions. Chairman Peterson says he has no personal feeling in the matter and that he will o. k. all legal bills. Brandt Disappears in Taxi. St. Paul, December 12.—A. Brandt, paroled convict and aide of the state in the Northern Minnesota arson | cases, whom the St. Paul police were {asked to arrest by George T. Simpson, | attorney general, in a telegram sent | | from Brainerd at 10 o'clock Thurs- | |day morning, walked out of the| | Northern hotel at 9:15 Friday night,‘ | jumped into a taxi and rode away,| ‘according to statements made by H.! { F. Chandler, proprietor of the hotel. | | Mr. Chandler and Bud Bailey, with | whom Brandt is said to have ar-| ranged to tend bar in a Hibbing sa- | loon, expect to call on the attorney j general and give their version of the WHATS® YOUR NUMBER ? Barker’s Button Gag Growing In- tensely Exciting Among the THURSDAY IS LAST BUTTON DAY | The general trend of conversation among the citizens of Bemidji and the surrounding country is practical- ly all holiday talk and much of it concerns the merchants of this city. The one merchant they all seem to talk about is E. A. Barker and his “Button, Button gag.” To begin with the children became more interested than did. the older folk, but as the matter was brought more clearly be-|: fore the grown ups the interest cen- tered among them and is now at fev- er height. In talking of the proposition today Mr. Barker said: “There are 'a few people who are under the impres- sion that they can bring in 5 but- tons, not purchased and present them and receive a souvenir. This isn’t the proposition at all. To begin with the buttons were distributed, DPresumably, one to a person, and the purchase of four additional entitled the holder to one of our souvenirs. These additional buttons can be ob- tained only by making purchases of a $1 or more at this store, each dollar purchase secures one button, and each set of five buttons secures a sou- venir. “A great many think that all but- tons have duplicates. This is also a mistaken idea. All buttons do not have duplicates and all duplicates do not appear on articles at one time. Every person who makes a purchase of one dollar is registered and is giv- en a button. In this manner we can keep a close tab on how the buttons were obtained and if they were se- cured by the person presenting them. “On Thursday of this week, which is the last ‘Button Day’ I will place every ini duplicate ‘button on some article in my stock and I want to add right here that there will be some of the best gifs yet of- fered among them. Here are three that should interest somebody. A diamond set signet ring, a genuine alligator hand bag and a Hull um- brella.” The following persons have already secured giffs via the button route. Will your name appear among this list before Thursday night? Mrs. C. W. Warfield, Miss Meta Peterson, Luella Lauritzen, Mrs. E. H. Marcum, Mrs. F. C. Gustafson, Hugh Whitney, Mrs. N. Evans, Sher- man Berg, Mrs. Fred Bursley, Harry Smyth, Minnie Bailey, Mrs. Vanuder- sluis, Miss Gladys Kreatz, H. A. Si- mons, Mrs. Lycan, Miss McCready, Elizabeth Erickson, Mrs. W. A. Car- ter, Mrs. Geo. French, Miss Marie Cahill, Miss Ruth Naugle, Mrs. A. P. Henrionette, Miss Marie Prokep, Oscar Rudd, Miss O. Warner, Violet Voltz, E.- L. Benner, A. B. Palmer, Dora Hazen, Mrs. M. Downs, Miss Alma Loitved, C. J. Woodmansee, Dr. Ward. - . The Hockey Team will give a affairs. Though Mr. Simpson had “nothing {(Continued on iast page Hall. Masten’s ash th : What Red Cross Seals are; How |: They are Used; First Supply | Here Sold; More now on Way The first consignment of Red Cross Christmas stamps for Be- : midji have been sold by mer- chants here, under the supervis- : jon of the Woman’ Study club. More -stamps have been ordered : {: and are expected tomorrow. The : seals, or stamps, are sold at a penny each and the money thus | : obtained is used to fight tubercu- : losis. The government permits : | : such stamps to be placed on the !: back of all mailable articles. : : Buginess men and others are : using these seals on their mail : : of all kinds. They may be used : on the face of checks, on bills, on legal documents, and on commer- cial papers of all kinds. Every : seal is described as a bullet in : : the battle against tuberculosis. : : A Red Cross bulletin just issued by the Minnesota Anti-tuberculo- : sis Society, says: “In practically every city of this state and in a : large number of villages thé Red : Cross Christmas séals are now : : on sale. It-has been impossible : : for the, state agent to keep pace : with the orders. Everywhere : : there is a surprising enthusiasm : for the cause which would appear : : to be evidence that the anti-tu- : : berculosis campaign of the past : : three years is beginning to bear : fruit.” - ; H EXPERT MONEY MEN COMING To Talk on Currency Reform in the “Citizens League” Campaign. to be named, men of national promi- nence will come to Bemidji and talk on proposed monetary reforms. These talks will be made under the juris- diction of the “Citizen’s League of Minnesota,” of which Thomas J. Bur- ke of this city is a vice-president, and which begins its campaign in Minnesota at Red Wing tonight. The Bemidji Commercial club has charge of arranging for the meeting in Be- midji. At the Red Wing meeting to- morrow night John H. Rich of Red Wing, president of the Minnesota league, will introduce National Presi- dent John V. Farwell of Chicago and Professor William A. Scott of the TUniversity of Wisconsin will be the principal speaker. Curtis L. Mosher, secretary of the league has announced the completed list of vice presidents of the league, as follows: Minne- apolis, Dr. Cyrus Northrop; Roches- ter, Dr. William J. Mayo; Duluth, F. A. Patrick; St. Paul, C. L. Kluck- hohn; Winona, H. C. Garvin; Fair- mont, A. L. Ward; Mankato, George M. Palmer; International Falls, E. 'W. Backus; Bemidji, Thomas J. Bur- ke; “Little Falls, M. M. Williams; Litchfield, A. W. Kron; Brainerd, 1G. D. La Bar; Stillwater, A. G. Trie- bel; Morris, E. J. Jones; Austin, George E. Hormel; Luverne, S. B. Nelson; Fergus Falls, Elmer, Adams; Moose Lake, C. F. Mahnke; Roseau, G. H. Matson; Willmar, A. E. Riee; Faribault, Stephen Jewett; Brecken- ridge, William M. James; Benson, H. W. Stone; Crookston, A. D. Steph- ens; Red Lake Falls, Neill M. Wat- son, M.D.; Feley, John F. Hall; St, Cloud, Alvah Eastman; Hutchinson, W. W-. Sivright; Argyle, H. L. Mel- gaard; Halloek, E. A. Nelsoa. :ithan at any other gathering of the | In the near future, at a date yet Delegates Return and Say Gathering Was Hummer; Too Much Poli- tics Says Opsahl. ! MACKENZIE AGAIN SECRETARY | Beltrami county delegates to the St. Cloud convention of the Northern | Minnesota Development association | divided in that city, some remaining at 8t. Cloud to visit relatives and oth- ers proceeding to St. Paul to attend the land show, while still others have returned to their homes. It is the concensus of opinion of those who have returned that more interest was manifest at St. Cloud association. Generally speaking the delegates gracefully accepted the de- cision of the convention to-avoid the | extra call, although J. J. Opsahl of this city; a delegate to the conven- tion, is frank in his assertion that | there was “more politics than devel- opment” at the gathering. : International Falls was chosen as the meeting place for the June meet- | ing and Little Falls is looked upon as the most likely point for the gath- jering a year from now, although | Thief River Falls may contest for| that honor. C. M. King was elected president to succeed H. J. Maxfield of Wadena, and W. R. Mackenzie of this city was named secretary to succeed himself, the selection being made by acclama- | tion. Walter J. Smith was re-elected treasurer. H. V. Eva of Duluth takes W. E. Richardson’s place on the exe- cutive committee, and W. J. Brown of Warren and M. N. Koll of Cass Lake were re-elected. L. M. Rice of Park Rapids and A. M. Ogaard of Koochiching were ad- ed to the good roads committee, The | substitution of L. B. Arnold on the| {immigration committee, succeeding W. A. McGonagle, was ratified by the| convention. A surprise was sprung when Rep- resentative Dan P. O’Neill of Thief River Falls moved to eliminate from the resolution submitted by the com- mittee that part relating to the sev- en-senator bill. Before anybody knew what was happening the motion had carried. A motion for a reconsidera- tion was made, the reconsideration was voted in response to an eloquent plea by Senator James P. Boyle of Eveleth and the clause was restored to the resolution. May Kane Becomes Mrs. James Carter James Carter and Miss May E. Kane were united in marriage last evening at 7:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Carter, Judge M. A. Clark performing the ceremony. The bridal pair were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mitchell. Miss Kane is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Kane of this city and has made her home here for several years. Mr. Carter| is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Carter, and is employed as a brake- man for the Great Northern Railway Company. Mr. and Mrs. Carter will make their home at Crookston. EXTRA SESSION IF LAW PERMITS —_—EEmsrT e Attorney General Indicates Absence of Governor Places Duties on Lien- tenant Governor. TO ACT AT ONCE IF POSSIBLE While Eberhart is in Washington, Official Notice for Convening Law- makers to Be Given. RESULT ST. PAUL CONFERENCE | Gathering in Merchants Hotel Causes | Present Unexpected Move to Be Made Tomorrow- 1 | St. Paul, Minn., December 12.— | (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service) |—TIf he has the power to do so, and {Attorney General Simpson had indi- icated that he has, Lieutenant Gover- nor Sam Y. Gordon will call an ex- ture. This was decided following a con- ference here this morning of friends of the lieutenant governor at the Merchants hotel, at which the liteu- tenant was present. Call May Be Out Tomorrow. If the attorney general satisfies the To U T R S ol «K ‘TELL OF S’I" CLOUD MEET tra session of the Minnesota legisla- [ | lientenant governor of his legal right and that such action could not be rescinded by Governor Eberhart, the jcall for an extra session will be is- sued tomorrow evening. Governor Eberhart is at present in Washington with the western gover- nors and the point has been raised that when the governor is absent from the state, the lieutenant gover- nor becomes governor. Lieutenant Gevernor Gordon ad- dressed the following to Attorney General Simpson: Gordon’s Appeal to Simpson. “The question has been raised as to whether or not the duties of the governor’s office falls upon the lieu- tenant governor during the absence of the governor from the state. My attention has been called to the rul- ing of the supreme court in a case decided by them to the effect that the temporary absence of the governor from the state constitutes a vacancy in that office. If such is the case I have no desire to evade any respon- sibilities that would be placed upon me. By reason of this circumstance and my official position, “I, therefore, turn to you as attor- ney general of the state and request that you give me your opinion on this question as soon as possible. “Very respectfully yours, “Sam. Y. Gordon, “Lieutenant-Governor.” Has the Right, Says Simpson. ‘While refusing to discuss the point raised in the Gordon letter this morning, Attorney General Simpson says informally: “The constitution seems plain in designating absence from the state as a vacancy and the right of the lieu- tenant governor in assuming the title of governor and transacting the busi- ness of the state.” Gordon’s Comment. Lieutenant Governmor Gordon this afternoon said: “I do not want to assume the dut- ies of the governor in this way, but if the governor imposes the obliga- tion I am in duty bound to look af- ter the affairs of the state. My letter to the editor of ‘The Scandi’ at Du- luth, shows plainly that I have been of the opinion that Governor Eber- hart’s absence entails no extra re- sponsibility on me. If Attorney Gen- eral Simpson says I am governor I will assume the duties until his re- turn.” Governor Eberhart has not been heard from. ST. PAUL LAND SHOW OPENS St. Paul, Minn.,, Dec. 12.—The Northwestern Land Products Show, under the auspices of the Northwest- ern Development League, opened in the Auditorium today with every available foot of space occupied with exhibits. The object of the exhibi- tion ig to aid in the development of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mon- tana, North Dakota, South Dakota, ‘Minnespta and Alaska. Scores of at- ‘What an awful thing it would be if the son in whom your hopes are cen- “The é;vg-mn" will be played in|tered were to grow up to be a col- | stock houses. jlags professor. Sas e = tractive booths are filled with sample Droducts from the soils, lakes, rivers, forests, mines and factories of the Northwest.