Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 16, 1912, Page 1

THE BE | | | IDJ1 D ILY PIONEE VOLUME 9. NUMBER 272. PLATFORM SHOWS STAND ON ISSUES La Follette Comes Out Squarely on Questions of the Presidential Campaign. DECLARES FOR PARCELS POST Also for Direct Nominations and Elections Both for Nation and the States. RECIPROCITY IS ASSAILED States He Opposed it Before the Sen- ate, and That He is Against It Now. Madison, Wis., March 15.—When Roosevelt became president, the total amount of the stock’and bond issues of all combinations and trusts, in- cluding the railways then in combi- nation, was only $3,784,000,000. When he turned the country over to Taft, whom he had selected as his successor. the total capitalization of the trusts and combinations amount- ed to the enormous sum of $31,672,- 000,000, more than 70 per cent of which was water. Prices were put up on transportation, and on the products of the mines and factories to pay interest and dividends on this fraudulent capitalization. The foresoing paragraph is taken trom an editorial ¢ntitled “What We Must Do To Be Free,” signed by Pob- ert M. La Follette, in this week's issue of La Folletta's Weekly Maga- zine. It is one of the most complete and most analytical statements to be issued by the senator in the cam- paign. After deelaring that the trust problem is the most momentous issue of the campaign he announces his| platform as follows: { [ shall not undertake, within the compass of this editorial to discuss the issues, or indeed to more than suggest my position upon the vitally important ones. I believe in:— The initiative, referendum and re- call and direct nominations and elec- tions, not only as applied to states, but also in the extension of these principles to the nation as a whole. The equalization of the burdens of taxation, upon a property basis, through the adoption of graduated income and inheritance taxes: The Parcels Post; Government ownership of express companies and government opera- tion of express business at actual cost to the public; The reasonable valuation of the physical property of railroads, justly inventoried and determined, as the basis for fixing rates, and the exten- sion of the powers and the adminis- trative control of the Interstate Com- merce Commission. I would have the nation know how much of the $18,000,000,000 capitali- zation was contributed by those who own the railroads, and how much by the people themselves. I believe in the creation of a com- mission, with power to investigate and ascertain the illegal acts of all trusts and combinations, and with power to ascertain the reasonable val- uation.—not the monopoly valuation —of the physical properties of the great monopolies, beginning with the natural resources, such as coal, oil, and iron; in the creation of a tariff commission of experts clothed with real power to determine the valuation of all the elements of production, costs and profits, the reduction of tariff rates to the ascertained differ- ence between the labor in this coun- try and abroad. Instead of each of these government commissions inves- tigating the same facts independently I believe it would be practical for a single board of expert accountants, statisticians, economists, and engi- neers to be empowered to get the facts, not for the confidential use of the president or the departments, but for Congress and the public. I am opposed to ship subsidies, which, once entrenched, will become another corrupting influence in our politics. I am opposed to further extrava- gance, on the advice of interested persons only, in building battleships and political navy yards, and favor an unprejudiced commission to inves- tigate and report what is required in the way of national defense. I am opposed to the dollar diplom- acy which has reduced our state de- paremtn from its high place as a kindly intermediary of defenseless nations, into a trading outpost for (Continfed on last page) s ihim by the RCRCRORRCRE A A A A A 4 ®® © QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. ¢ PO OOOOOOO00O Gophers Win One. Bloomington, Ind., March 16—The Minnesota basketball score of 26 to 17. - W. C. Winton Dies in the West. Duluth, March 16.—W. C. Winton, a well known lumberman of Duluth, died Thursday in Los Angeles, Calif., of typhoid-pneumonia. * Drops Dead in Harness. Minneapolis, March 16—01d Roman, snow white pole horse of truck No. 5, dropped dead today after making a run to a fire. He had been in the service of the de- partment for twenty-two years and had never had a sick day. * LaFollette Won't Quit. Jamestown, N. D., March 16— “I'm on the right road and am going straight,” said Senator La Follette here yesterday. “If it is mot all right in 1912, it will be in 1916. If not in 1916, it will be in 1920. If not, all right then, it will be in 1924. T am no quitter.” Dr. Wiley Has Resigned Washington, March 16—Dr. Har~ vey Wiley chief of the government chemistry bureau, resigned yester- day. He said that he was tired of the ceaseless warfare waged against interests. He has ac- cepted a position as editor of the food, health and sanitation depart- ment of “Good Housekeeping.” . Allen Bullet Kills Another. Hillsville, Va., March 16—One more name was added to the death list of the Allen’s when Betty Ayers, thirteen years old, died here yester- day from being hit by a stray bullet. She had been called to the court room as a witness. Floyd Allen and his son, Victor, have been arrested. The seventeen members of the Allen gang have taken to the woods and several posses are on their trail. It is expected that fueds will be started as a result of the shooting as the men killed and wounded were mem- bers of the prominent families. The Walker Smoker The large attendance at the smok- er held in the Commercial club rooms last night was gratifying to those who had proposed that the Walker club be invited to Bemidii. These informal meetings cannot help but make for a closer relationship be- tween Bemidji and the towns en- tertained. The club should not stop with Cass Lake and Walker. A series of smokers with Bagley, Fos- ston, Crookston, Thief River Falls, Brainerd and International Falls would not only make for a closer feeling in business lines but would prove good advertising for this city. The following is a list of the Walk- er men: F. A. Dare, P. J. McGarry, Chas. Kinkle, Lew L. Krueger, Gust Kulander, Robt. DeLury, J. P. Byhre, 0. Naustvold, J. Shambeau, Bert Jamison, J. Perkins, A. McBride, Earl L. Pevye. Packed House Attends Play. A house that was packed to the doors witnessed the performance of «Blundering Billy,” given by home talent for the benefit of the St. Phil- ip’s church at the city opera house last evening. The local company was comprised of members of the St. Philip’s church and drilled by Mrs. William Sexton to whom much credit is due for pro- duecing so successful a performance. The following persons, each of whom carried out his part well, comprised the caste of characters: Alfred Neu- man, Richard Fenton, Aleck Ripple, Eddie Ripple, Ruben Ripple, Nellie Fullerton, Beatrice Gould and Bertha Dicaire. Mrs. Sexton gives as her estimate that the entertainment will clear ap- proximately $150, which goes into local Catholic church fund. Neat pro- grams were issued and the monies de- rived from this source amounted to about $50, which it is estimated, cov- ers all expenses. Freshman Class Meeting. Freshmen of the High school held a class meeting Tuesday evening at the request of the annual staff. H. | A. Simons, Jr., spoke to the class and urged them to get busy and turn in some material for the annual Charles Gerlinger had all the stud- ents who wished to buy an annual, providing the cost did not exceed one dollar, sign an order. The number of orders will be used to estimate of the number of books needed. A class party was suggested but was voted down. Speaker Clark has been compelled by the pressure of his officiel ‘duties to decline all invitations to make speeches in various parts of the coun- try. team defeated Indiana here Thursday night by a #Are you worth anything?" interested to learn that by paying unless paid for in advance, DO IT NOW | Petit Jury Brings in Verdict for the Defendant in the Kreatz i Case. DECIDES MCDONALD, EX’I‘ A COURT HAD EVENING SESSION E. B. McDonald was given the ver- dict of the jury yesterday in the case of George Kreatz vs. E. E. McDonald. Ir the- afternoon, the defense moved for a directed verdict but this motion was overruled by Judge Wright. The trial was continued last evening and the jury brought in a verdict for the defendant after having been out but a short time. The case grew out of the erection of the building, now known as the Rex hotel, by Mr. Kreatz in 1907. The complaint of Mr. Kreatz is said to have alleged that the work was com- pleted in December of 1907 and that in the following February, Kreatz filed a lien on the premises for the unpaid balance of the contract price. The foreclosure of this lien was al- leged to have been intrusted to Mr. McDonald who was charged with hav- ing neglected to attend the matter with the result that Mr. Kreatz sus- tained a loss. Mr. Kreatz was represented by W. A. McDowell, of Minneapolis, and A. A. Andrews. Mr. McDonald had Pat Daley, of Perham, and John L. Brown associated with him. Allen homestead. the night. taken to the jail. them. telegraph morning. of Maine. ter this trip. of Gibraltar. W. N. Weber was elected a delegate to the Crookston Socialist convention by the Bemidji local Thursday night. The convention will be for the nom- ination of a congressman from this district. Mr. Weber will go unin- structed. ‘water out of their carburetors. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1912, Just One Moment, Please Sefiously. we ask nyou—Are you worth anything!” If you are, it is because you know how to save and you will be Pioneer in advance after April 1, you save twenty- five per cent. We have cut the rate from $5 to $4 per year, All papers will be stopped April 1 Hillgville, Va., March 16.—(Spec- ial to the Pioneer)—The wife of Sid- ney Allen was shot and killed last night when the posse hunting for the Allen’s and their friends attacked the Tl;;l*s brings the death lia% up to five hn? one of the jurors;is not expected to'live through Allen was captured and Sidney, Floyd and Victor Allen are now locked up. A special jury has been called to try Minneapolis, March 16.—Pioneer service).—John F. Hill, chairman of the Republican nation- al committee, died in Boston this He was a former governor The Oceana, of the Peninsular and Oriental lines, collided with the Ger- man bark Pisaqua off Beachy head in the English channel this morning. All but four of the 280 crew and pas- sengers saved. The Oceana sank with $5,000,000 in bullion in her holds. She was to have been abandoned af- An Italian Atlantic liner is report- ed to have foundered in the straits Taft is the kind of progressive that makes progress. He plods steadily and surely on while his spluttering enemies go to the garage to get the @ St. Patrick’s day in the morning & @ there— [® 'Twas many & year ago— © 1traveled a road to Donaghmore & © With a girl I used to know, & © And she had a ribbon in her hair & @ As green as the emerald sod. & © And we trampéd that way as & @ gay a pair © As ever the dear soil'trod. @ 0000000009000 0069 & e P90 PCO0OPPOPOQR PROVERBS OF ST. PATRICK. © 9000000990009 Good men ought not to be voluble nor tell a le, for a lie is a great crime. Judges who do not judge rightly the judgments of the church are not judges, but falsifiers. Officers of the church ought not to take gifts, because “gifts blind the eyes of the wise and change the words of the just.” < Judges of the church ought not to have the fear of man, but the fear of God, because the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Those in authority in the church ought not to kave the wisdom of this world, for “the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God,” but to have the wisdom of God. It is better for us to admonish the negligent, that crimes may not abound, than to blame the things that have been done. Solomon says, “It is better to reproye than to be an- gry.” THE HARP OF ERIN ® @ ® for the Daily By THOMAS MOORE. ‘The harp that once through Tara's halls ‘The soul of music shed Now hangs as mute on Tara’s walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory’s thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more. INQUEST ON MONDAY .Coroner Ibertson Will Examine Body of Paul Fournier at Ten A. M. GEORGE CYR IN COUNTY JAIL Coroner M. E. Ibertson announced this morning that the inquestion of - Paul-Fournier would be held Monday morning’at 10 a. m. Tt has not yet been decided whether or mot a cor- oner’s jury will be called. Cy Four- nier, of Turtle River came to Be- midji this morriing and will stay un- til after the inquest. He is a brother of Paul Fournier. He says that it has not yet been decided where the dead man will be buried. People coming to Bemidji from Quiring and vicinity since the shoot- ing say that Fournier had terrorized the section ever since the killing of the Dahls. He is said to have threat- ened many of them and they say they feared that he would take advantage of them behind their backs.: Several of his neighbors wilt probably appear as witnesses before the coroner. Nothing new has developed in the story of the shooting. George Cyr is being held in the: county jail, but Mrs. Cyr is at liberty but is staying in the city. County Attorney Torrance this af- ternoon asked Commissioner Crowell that the preliminary hearing be con- tinued for ten days. He states that No more. to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells. The chord alone-that breaks at night -+ Its tale of ruin tells. Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes The only throb she gives Is when some heart indignant breaks To show that still she lives. THE STORY OF ST. PATRICK. Bemidji Irishmen and others who reverence the memory of Ireland’s patrop ‘'saint will do homor jtn the namezof; St. Patrick tomorrow. It is a day which is not only held dear by every' tyue son of Erin’s isle, ‘but which also recalls' 2 historical char- acter who had few parallels as a Christian apostle. . St. Patrick is fabled to have driven all the vermin of the island of Ire- land into the sea. Legends represent him as having been born at Kilpat- rick, near Dumbarten in Scotland about the year 387 A. D. When a lad of 16, it is related, he was sold as a slave and taken to Ireland by some Irish pirates. "He ‘is credited with having later converted that country to Christianity. * From reasonably authentic sources, it has been learned that Patrick’s grandfather was a pagan priest. His own father, it is said, was a Christian deacon, and his mother also a Chris- tian. Yet it was not until he came to be a young man that he gave him- the matter will be thoroughly inves- tigated and sent a man to Quiring this afternoon to investigate the mat- ter from that end. A post mortem examination of Fournier will be made before the coroner’s inquest. CAPT. RGALO AMUNDIEN reached the south pole December. 14, 191 m before his departure for the Antarotis region and VICTORIOUS EXPLORER AND HIS SHIP THE Tace to attain the south pole, in which representatives of ‘five countries participated, has' been won by’ Capt. Roald Amundson, the Norwegian explorer who discovered the Northwest: pa 2 . The fllustration shows a picture: of .Captain. tbe ship, Kram; in which; -|self over to the Christian faith. Patrick, history says, spent his §rat six months in Ireland in servi- tude under a Druid priest in the County of Antrim: He finally escaped, walked 200 miles to the west coast, |boarded a ship for Scotland and re- turned to his home. His stay was short, however, as three months later he was again taken captive. Escapes From Servitude. His second escape from Irish ser- vitude followed within a short time. On this occasion he went to Europe and for many years traveled over the continent associating himself with the recognized leaders of the. Chris- tian movement. First, he was with 8t Martin of Tours at the island mon- matery of Serius, near Monte Carlo. Next he spent considerable time with St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre. “+It is belleved that in the year 410 A, D., that Patrick was ordained as a ‘| priest by the bishop of ‘Auxerre. The bishop is reported with having taken ‘[ him‘ta England and later having sent ‘to Rome, where Pope- Celestinel t him ‘to convert Ireland.” This was about 432 A. D. ¢ 'alladius, who preceded Patri Treland, had failed. Patrick heard of his'death before he had left the con- ptaln Amun TEN CENTS PER WEEK. 2T o smonese.” JJCORN SEED FAMINE APPEARS SERIOUS Situation Begins to Look Grave as Scarcity Extends to All the Other Grains. COLD FALL HELD RESPONSIBLE Freezing Weather Caught Crops Be- fore Moisture Had Chance to Dry Out. FREE TESTS AT HIGH SCHOOL Agricultural Students Will Examine Without Charge All Samples Submitted. Professor Bergh, of the agricultur- 8l department at the High school, is authority for the statement that a sced famine threatens the morthwest, He says that it is not confined to corn only but extends to other grains as well. This condition, in the opinion of many, seriously threatens the food supply for the coming year. Investigation in the local markets today reveals that the seed famine is believed to have been caused by the early cold weather last fall which caught the grain before the moisture had been given a chance to dry out of the kernels. While some of the farmers had been able to get good seed others are having a hard time finding it. The list of farmers hold- Ing seed, as published in the Pioneer la::t night, should prove of material aid. It is believed that many of the farmers in this locality have not yet tested their seed corn and in order to assist them the agricultural class- s in the High school will test free of charge. any ‘geed. that is brought to them. . Their tests.will be conducted on a sclentific basis and under the Personal supervision of Professor Bergh, Speaking of the situation, Robert Given said, “It looks pretty serious.” W. G. Schroeder said, “The famine appears to be principally in corn seed only. The weather was too damp last fall and the seed spoiled in the shock. The man without good seed is up against it.” Charles Nangle said, “I have ordered my seed from North Dakota and it is on the way. Do not believe that the situation is as serious as some state.” Farmers who have been in the city Iately and have been testing their corn seed state that it does not run over 50 per cent fertile. 0000000000000 6 06 * BEMIDJI BRIEFS, ® 0000000000600 060 KEEREKEKK KK KK KKK KK KK % Your attention is called to % *. the story of the discovery of the * * south pole as written by Cap- ¥ tain Roald Amundson. The * Pioneer is the first paper to * bring this authentic story to * this part of the state. He wrote * it for a syndicate, it is copy- ¥ righted, and has just been re- x lnmmed.. His story is fascinating. * Kk k ok kk ok k ok * K * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2 Pilot- Coming. Rev. str’ank Higgens, known througnout northern . Minnesota as the “Lumberjack Sky Pilot,” is ex- pected to arrive in Bemidji tomorrow atternoon, coming from Deer River. In the evening he will preach at the Presbyterian church. Reverend Hig- gens spends the greater part of each winter in the Minnesota’ lumber camps and has been in the woods north of Deer River for some time. . Potatoes Pay. Gust Landmark yesterday received $209 for a crop of potatoes taken from one acre. The money was paid him by N. B. Nelson, of Leonard. His 1and lies in Clearwater county near - the Beltrami county line. He says that it did not cost him over $30 to raise the acre, which leaves him a neat profit for the work of one sea- son. ; . ¢ The younger boys: in the Bemidji High 'school organized a basketball tinent. Being more tamiltar with the|