Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 30, 1912, Page 1

—y —— AILY PIONEE Hlatw;lul ty uim-n ; HISTORICAL IETY. T0 TRY TWO FOR CHINESE MURDER Cases Come Before Circuit Court at Portland, Oregon, First of Next Week. STRANGE TALE OF FEUDS Alleged Parties to the Killing Are Members of Different Classes | and Tongs. WOMAN MIXED UP IN THE CASE Her Confession Said to Have Led the Police to Arrest the Suspects. { { i Portland, Ore.. March 30—Strange | tales of Chinese feuds, intermingled! with the romance of love-making, are | expected to be unfolded in the ecir- cuit court here next week, when Wong Si Sam and Len Soon are placed on trial on the charge of kil- ling Seid Bing and shipping his body in a trunk to Seattle, The alleged principals in the trag- edy represented widely-separated classes of the local Chinese colony. Seid Bing, the vietim, was an Amer- icanized Chinaman of good family, th an inclination to be something a “sporl.” Ile was a nephew of | seid Back, onc of the best known | Chinese in Portland and reputed to| be a millionaire. In addition to be-; ing wealthy themselves the members | of the Seid family are Chinese Free Masons and are allied with the pow- | erful llep Sing tong. Len Soon, one of the pair accused of the murder, has occupied a place of considerable prominence and in-| fluenee among his fellow-country-| men. He is president of the Hop]| Sing tong In this city and is a form-| er president of the Hop Sing tong in san Francisco. Wong Si Sam, who is to stand trial with Len Soon for the alleged mur- der, is a Chinese of low grade, one of a numerous class who scrape out their living in any manner that; comes to hand. When arrested Wong Si Sam was employed as a cook on a river steamer. ttle Oi Sen, “the most beautiful Chinese woman on the coast,” is al- leged to have been the fourth of the leading characters in the tragedy and is counted upon by the prosecution to lend assistance in untangling the web of romance, jealousy and dead-- ly warfare that reached its climax in the slaying of young Seid Bing in the woman's apartments. Oi Sen is the alleged runaway wife of Ng Goui, a respected merchant of Pendleton, Ore. It is said that the bewitching young woman of the almond eyes found lite too slow in the eastern Oregon city. However this may be, it is certain that she deserted her husband and came to Portland, where she soon became a comspicuous fig- ure in the gay life of the Chinese colony. The authorities are believed to be in possession of all the details of the murder, as the result of a confession said to have been made by Oi Sen after her arrest. The story has not been given out to the public. Wheth- the killing resulted from a jealous quarrel over Seid Bing’s attention to the attractive Of Sen, or whether the deadly feud between the rival tongs motive for the crime lies in the with Oi Sen used merely as a bait to lure the victim to his death, can only be conjectured. « R R R “© AT THE FORESTRY MEETING © & [R— @ > Notice—The articles on the ¢ © forestry meeting will be re- © ¢ printed in the Weekly Pioneer ¢ @ of April 4. If interested, order ¢ ' a copy now. & Disagrees With Simpson, Mr. Welgh: I don’t *agree with Mr. Simpson who put the cost of burning brush under any condition at $1.50 a thousand and I don't agree with the man who puts it at from sixteen to twenty-five cents a thou- sand. [ think we can take those two systems and add them together and divide by two and get a reason- able price for burning brush. My belief is that every man who logs pine should be made to burn the brush as he cuts it. As far as the other fellow is concerned, you insist upon his burning his brush and here is the homesteader and the large ced- !have organized an employment bur- PPOOPPOOCCOPOOO® & CURRENT EVENTS. & R R R R R R RO S Saloon Changes Hands, Perle Davis has bought the Moose saloon from David La Belle. Mr. Davis states that he contemplates making some interior changes in the near future. . Complies With the Ordinance. Bemidji has an ordinance that pro- vides that awnings shall not come within seven feet of the sidewalk. 0. C. Rood and company have just completed the hanging of a new awning which complies with the or- dinance. The new awning is of the crank roller type. | . What Boy Scouts are Doing. Boy scouts in Petoskey, Michigan, eau. They agree to supply boys for persons who want wood cut, snow shoveled off the sidewalk, or any oth- er jobs done. Boy scouts of Logansport, Indiana, are anxious to get work in order to earn money with which to buy uni- forms and to go camping this sum- mer. There are twenty-eight boys in the troop under scout master L. O. Wetzel. . Queen City’s New Ball Park. Cineinnati, 0., March 30.—Cincin- | nati baseball fans were given their first opportunity to view the new grounds today, when the home team lined up for an exhibition game with the New York Americans. The new park takes rank among the finest baseball plants in the country. It cost in the neighborhood of a quar- ter of a million dollars. The grand- stands, pavilions and bleachers are of steel and re-enforced concrete and the entire seating capacity is about 25.000. Alaska Republican Convention. Washington, D. C. March 30.— The farthest north Republican con- vention meets today at Cordova, Alaska, where the territorial conven- tion assembles to select delegates to the national convention at Chicago. | In order to attend the Cordova gath- ering some of the delegates are| obliged to travel distances of a thou- sand miles or more by dog sleds over | deep snow. The Taft campaign man- agers have received word from Gov- ernor Clark indicating that the pres- ident may count upon the vote of the Alaska delegates in his contest for renomination. R R R RO R OROROROROROR * News Forecast for Comiing Week B R R R RO R R RS Washington, D. C., March 30.— The Wisconsin primary election on Tuesday is expected to furnish the leading subject for political discus- sion of the week. Delegates to the national conventions of both parties will be elected in the primaries, un- der the new Wisconsin law. The best impartial judges of the situation in the Badger state concede that La Follette will carry the majority of the state delegation, with delegates reported in many cases to favor Roosevelt for second choice. The state is strongly progressive. The Taft men are active, but their hope apparently is not to get a major- ity of the delegation, but.to prevent La Follette from having an unani- mous vote from the state. On the Democratic side ,Wisconsin seems to present about the same sit- uation as Oregon and Nebraska, all being primary election states with taree tickets in the field. Harmon is supposed to be stronger in Wis- consin than in the other two states and, backed by the solid conservative vote, it is thought possible the Ohio governor may win over Wilson and Clark, who will have to divide the “radical” vote between them. Democratic primaries. will be held in Alabama Monday for the se- lection of delegates to the Baltimore convention. The voters will express tneir preference for president in the primaries, but the delegates will be named later in the state convention. There is no doubt but Alaska will give a decided vote for Congressman Oscar D. Underwood and the dele- gates will be positively instructed for the Southerner first, last and all the time. At the same primaries candidates for Congress will be nam- ed, also minor state officers to be voted for next fall. The tours of the presidential as- pirants will be watched with inter- est. Colonel Roosevelt is to be heard in several cities in the middle west, While Senator La Follette plans to invade New England. The reception of the Wisconsin senator in New England will afford an' opportunity for an interesting comparison, as both Faft and Roosevelt recently vis- ited that section. Champ Clark has accepted an in- vitation to,speak at a Democratic banquet in Louisville Saturday night, ar operator and the pulp wood fel- (Continued on'Jast page) while William J. Bryan and other party, leaders will be heard at a sim- flar sathering in Des Moines. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SA MONDAY IS . TURDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1912. | If by Monday nooé your paper, The Daily Pioneer, is not paid for it will be stopped. If you ‘cannot send it to the ) office, telephone and our, collector will call, Make arrangements some way to keep your name list, on the subscription s Get word to this office before Monday noon, Telepfione 31, — EXPECT LARGE NUMBER Attendance at Annual Sunday School _ Convention May Break All Records. RAILROAD RATES ARE REDUCED St. Paul; March 30.—<(Special {0 the Pioneer).—From the indications. so far received by the committee in charge of the convention of the state Sunday School association it is evi- dent that hundreds of active Sunday school workers will attend the big St. Paul meeting, April 9, 10 and 11. The program for the meeting which is the fifty-fourth annual con- vention is filled with a host of prac- tical talks which will give Sunday school workers, officers: and teachers renewed inspiration for their work. The meetings will begin each morn- ing at 8:30 and addresses are sched- uled until 10 o’clock at night with a suitable time for meals. All the railways of the state have granted the rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip so that the attendance at the convention is ex- pected to break recent records. Del- egates are requested to ask for a re- ceipt when buying tickets for St. Paul. Warren Still Dry. ‘Warren, March 30.—The village council has just decided that license did not carry at the recent election. This will keep the village in the dry column for another /year. o Blackduck, Minn., March 30.— (Daily Pioneer Spegial Wire Service) —More than 200 farmers from the vicinity of Blackduck gathered at the city hall this morning to attend the farmers’ meeting = which was dressed by outstde speakers: Never_before .in-; the history, of Blackduck was so much enthusiasm and co-operative spirit shown as at this meeting. H. H. Hughes, editor of the Farm, Stock and,Home of St. Paul, and E. H. Smith of Parkers Prairie, connected with the experi- mental farm there, addressed the meeting. J. J. Opsahl of Bemidiji, and A. R. Jedlika, of McIntosh, will make ad- dresses this afternoon. An evening session will be held at which speech- es will be made by various speakers including H. H. Hughes. The Com- mercial club of that city have' also planned a smoker and banquet for the farmers and town folk. The club extends a cordial invitation to out of town people and especially re- quests that Bemidji be well repre- sented. Music will be furnished by the Blackduck orchestra. At noon today a lunch was served to the farmers. - Hillsville, Va., March 30.—Friel Allen, the youngest of the efiht Al- lens under indictment here, was cap- tured yesterday at the home of his father, Jack Allen. Sidna Allen, and his nephew Wesley Edwards, are the only two not captured. Friel Allen says that the two men are prepared to resist arrest at all costs, BETTER COME DOWN ad- NEW STEEL WATER TANK Will Be Built in Bagley to Replace Wooden One Damaged By Bagley, March 30.—The wooden. water tank of the village, which was destroyed or greatly damaged by fire last New Year’s night, is to be re- placed with a 50,000-gallon, flat bot- tom steel tank, the contract which was’let Monday night by the village water and light commission to the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery company, calling for its completion within sixty days. The cost is to be $2,130, with the provision that a de- duction of $110 is to be made should certain parts of the. tower not be condemned. J. F. McCarty, artesion well con- tractor, of Minneapolis, has his big machine already under way for this place, and will set about driving an artesian well just west of .the power plant perhaps before the week is"ov- er. The well is to have an eight inch casing. Socialist Paper to Run. Girard, Kansas, March 30.—Fred D. Warren, editor of the “Appeal to Reason” announced yesterday that that paper had not suspended and had no intention of so doing. - {\f{' A ‘| we witl mies the point Tremesstudy ’ TEN CENTS PER WEEK. 0666660660600 R R R R R R R RN Y By Pastor C. W. Foley. April 7.—“The Appearances of the Risen Lord.” - Cor. 15:1-11. 1. The Peculiarity of the Chap- ter—It sets forth the heavenly char- acter of the church. With the ex- ception of this chapter, this epistle is given to the place of the church in the world, and its practical work- ings. In this it differs from the epistles to the Ephesians and Colos- sians where the heavenly character of the church is constantly kept be- fore us. 2. The Occasion for the Epistle— The critical condition of the church in' Corinth. The condition was a peculiar one. Like the seven church- es addressed in Revelation, there was that which was commendable though much that was condemnable. The commendable feature was the presence of faith, which was never in question. The condemnable things were numerous, 1. Faections. 2. Immorality. 3. Serious disorder in their work and worship. This epistle shows conclusively that it is possible for one, whose standing or position Is perfect in Christ, to be in state or condition most imperfect, even de- plorable. 8. The Bearing of the Fifteenth Chapter on the Preceding Ones.—We understand from 15:12 that the doc- trine of the resurrection had been called in question by some. We have no difficulty in putting things to- gether—Ilaxity in moral life would most naturally make the doctrine of the resurrection a repellent one.| Paul evidently presents it as a cor- rective. Notice that Paul gives the second comnig of our Lord Jesus Christ a conspicuous place in the opening of his letter, and now closes it with no uncertain sound regard- ing the resurrection of the dead. There is no escape—*“We shall all be made manifest before the judgment seat of Christ.” It is quite evident that the first eleven verses, setting forth as they do the appearance of the resurrected Christ in such an in- disputable way, form the foundation upon which Paul builds his argu- ment for the resurrection of:the dead. ‘We see then how vital 'they are, but them in the isolated way suggested by the lesson division. Paul’'s manner of opening this chapter sustains the view we have taken. The opening words have the ring of disappointment - and re- proach. Their confusion was not due to any neglect on the part of Paul as a teacher, but to their own negligence. “I mow declare unto yoru_(dnew). brethren, the gospel which I once before predched unto you.” “If anyin willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching” (John 7:17), but confession is-the sure result of indifference in a prac- tical way to the teachings of scrip- ture. “Alternate -or Parallel Lesson—Mis- sionary Lesson.” 3 Isaiah 2:2-4; 11:1-10. Topic—“The Gospel shall umph.” Golden Text—Isa. 11:9. Nothing could possibly be plainer than that this scripture does not re- fer to this present dispensation. Note 2:2-4-—This is declared of the “lat- ter days.” Again, it is “when the law shall go forth out of Zion.” When Jehovah shall “judge between the na- tions.” The time when the weapons of war shall be beaten into agricul- tri- |"| before, shall the earth be full of the _{ment.” ‘|Dunning at the “|Sunday school will be held at 12 tural implements—surely there is no prospect of it mow. The verses of the eleventh chapter are equally clear. The plain statement is that it shall be when Jehovah shall “slay the wicked,” “smite the earth,” and “rule with equity.” These are the days of grace, “man’s day,” during Wwhich Satan is “prince” and “god” of this worldi—Who dare question it? The day when hostility shall cease, and serenity reign. Then, and not knowledge of Jehovah. IN THE BEMIDJI CHURCHES. Episcopal, ¢ Sunday school will be held at 10 o’clock, evening services at 8 o’clock German Lutheran. The German Lutherans will meet for their regular services Sunday af- ternoon at 3 o'clock in the Baptist church. Sunday school will be held at 4 o’clock. All are welcome. Paul Roehrs, pastor. First Methodist Episcopal, The pastor's subject at the 10:45 services will be “Excuses,” and at the evening-service at 7:30, “The Judg- A NEW RAILROAD Notice in Winnipeg Paper Lays a Strong Foundation for Belief in Another Line. BUILDERS ARE NOT KNOWN May Be The Work of Great North- ern, Milwaukee, Grand Trunk or 8t. Louis Lines. BEMIDJI RIGHT IN THE LINE Route Said to Include Clearwater County and Will Probably Run Eastward. According to a notice that recent- 1y appeared in the Manitoba Gazette, a new railroad is being projected from Winnipeg southeast to the United States with the Twin Cities as the probable objective point. The notice calls for the construction of a road to cross the international line about twenty miles east of Emerson, Manitoba. No one seems to be able to state what road is contemplating movement and it is rumored that the line will be built either by the Great Northern, Minneapolis and St. Louis, Grand Trunk and Chicago, Milwau- kee or St. Paul roads. The construction of such'a road would give reservation people and northern Minnesota homesteaders a quick line to the Twin Cities. It would also probably run’in a south- easterly direction through - eastern Red Lake and Pennington counties with Bagley as its objective point. In case the road comes.in. to Bagley, it will probably parallel the Grekt Notthern tracks to Bemidji and then run south.. Such a line would open up a rich farming country to the east of Thief River Falls and north of Bagley and Bemidji which has not yet been materially touched. The notice appearing in the Ga- zette is as follows: s NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that an ap- plication will be made at the present session of the legislative assembly of Manitoba for an act to incorporate a railway company for the constric- tion and operation of a line of rail- way from a point at or near the city of Winnipeg and thence extending in a general southeasterly direction to a point on the boundary line be- tween Canada and the United States of America at or near section one, township one, range five, east of the principal meridian in said province. Dated this twenty-ninth day of February, A. D. 1912w George A. Elliot, solicitor for ap- plicants. Roosevelt in St. Paul. St. Paul, March 30.—Another plank in the platform upon which Col. Roosevelt is to fight out his cam- paign was brought forth in a speech which he made here last night. Tak- ing as his subject “The Wel!are of the Farmer,” he said that the move- ment for conserving the country’s natural resources and for helping in the betterment of country life, had not been carried forward in the per- iod since the end of his administra- tion. He advocated ‘a policy of gov= ernmental activity in this direction. In his speech here Roosevelt said the progressives stood for conserva- tion and betterment of country life. “For the last three years,” he con- \tinued, “there has been, as regards both of these, first, a reaction, and second, when under a storm of open reaction was abandoned, a weak and halting action without forceful cen- tral leadership which cafl only come- from a deep and abiding conviction.” The colonel referred . to his ap- pointment of the national conserva- tion commission, and added: “Unfor- tunately, the policy thus begun was completely reversed by the-appoint- ment of Ballinger and the dismissal of Gifford Pinchot.” X P Speaking of the movement for bet- terment of country life, Roogevelt ex- pressed the belief that the farmers should adopt a co-operative sysem. The male quartet.will sing at the morning services and Mrs. evening. services. o'clock and: Helen Minnick will haye charge of ‘the Epworth league at vival meetings wi e Commencement at Carlisle.: Carlisle, Pa., March 30. —Many. visitors are arriving here''to attend the exercises of commencement week at the ‘United ; Indian gchool The progra m with v o wilt luhersc’l‘ in to-