Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 12, 1912, Page 1

THE BEMI £ VOLUME 10. NUMBER 64. : 7 PANAMA CANAL IS CAUSE OF STRUGGLE Great Britain Objects to Bill Before Congress Which Favors Ameri- can Ships. DIPLOMATIC NOTE LECEIVED Government Asked to Hold Up Ac- tion Until England Can Be Heard in Matter. STEVENS OPPOSES CHAIRMAN St. Paul Representative Said To Be- lieve Stand Taken By Sulzer is Not Equitable. Washington, July —Lines were drawn Thursday night for the great diplomatic struggle between the United States and Great Britain over the guestion of whether this country may discriminate in favor of Ameri- can vessels in the administration of the Panama canal. The discussion may terminate in the submission of the question to the Hague tribunal. A series of diplomatic and legislative conferences today developed the fact that the forces in the American gov- ernment which favor American ships free passage through the canal are in control. These forces take the posi- tion that there is nothing in the Hay- Pauncefoote treaty by which the can- al was built, to prevent this conces- sion. The diplomatic struggle, precipl- tated by a note received today from Mitchell Innes, in charge of affairs| of the British ambassy, is expected to be fought along the following lines: Great Britain will take the position that the Hay-Pauncefoote treaty pro- vision which forbids discrimination in favor in the interests of any na- tion in the conduct of the canal, would operate against the provisions of the Panama bill now under con- sideration in the senate. This posi- tion will be supported by a lengthy argument now on its way from Lon- don by mail which will be presented to the state department and trans- mitted to congress immediately on its arrival. The United States will hold that so long as the ships of all foreign na- tions arve accorded the same {reat- ment in the use of the canal the United States may pass American ships free, or rebate the tolls charged them. This position was taken by the house when it reversed the re- port of the house interstate and com-/ merce committee, which would have prevented free passage to American ships and passed the present bill. The ultimate passage of the measure now before the senate seems assured. The) men behind the bill in the senate| said today that the British note| would not delay its consideration. | After a conference with President Taft, Representative Sulzer of New York, chairman of the house commit- tee on foreign affairs made a state- ment supporting the bill. He said: Stevens Favors British. “Of course I am surprised that the British government now objects to the United States government regu- lating the tolls of its own ships through the Panama canal. Howev- er, nothing serious will come of the objection. We will treat it with the dignity it deserves. “The treaty is plain and clear. The British government should not and cannot complain if no toll discrimina- tion is made against the British ships in favor of ships of other nations.” It was generally understood that|Milwaukee . this position is supported by Presi- dent Taft and Secretary of War Stim- sonm, in direct charge of the Panama administration. On the other hand, Representative Adamson of Georgia, | chairman of the house interstate and foreign commerce commission and Representative Stevens of Minnesota, ranking Republican member of the committee supported the British po- sition. England’s Youngest Prince. London, July 12—Prince John, the fifth son and youngest child of King George and Queen Mary, had a birth- day anniversary today. Though the Prince is but seven years old and stands fifth in the line of succession to the throne, his birthday anniver- sary is marked by the firing of the customary salute in the Long Walk and all of the other official-honors ac- ROGER C. SULLIVAN. Former Democratic National Committeeman Frem lllinois. @ 1912 by American Press Association. SPECIAL CONCERT TRIPS. In order that people living at the head of the iake may spend the even- ing in Bemidji and that Bemidji peo- ple who wish to spend an-evening at the head of the lake may do so, Cap- tain MacLachlan will make two trips with the City of Bemidji this even- ing. On the first trip, the boat will leave the dock at 7 p. m. and return at 8 p. m. On the second trip, the boat will leave at 10 p. m. and re- turn at 11 p. m. It will stop at north shore points ¢ne half hour la- ter. The following program has been prepared by band director Alden Remfrey: . 1. March—Battery Park.....Thayer 2. Medley overture—Bits of Remick’s Hits ..... . Selection—Maritana . . Overture—Rival . . March—That Baboon Baby- Dance " Fischer ‘Waltz—Moonlight on the ..Lampe Freeman o - Hudson ............... Herman 7. Medley overture—When the Whip-poor-will Sings. .....Evans . March—Chicago Daily . Weldon BASEBALL COOOPOOPPOOOO®O®OSG® 3 © STANDING OF THE CLUBS. © PPOOOPPO0POOOO O American League Won Lost P.C. Boston ce...B3 25 679 Washington . ....48 32 .600 | Chicago ve...43 32 5738 Philadelphia . ....42 33 ..560 Cleveland ..40 39 .506 | Detroit . .39 39 .500 St. Louis 21 53 .284 New York .. 19 52 .278 Games Yesterday. Washington 3, Cleveland 9. National League. Won Lost P.C. New York 16 .781 Chicago 28 .606 Pittsburgh 29 .52 Cincinnati 36 526 Philadelphia . 37 456 St. Louis 48 392 Brooklyn . . 45 .364 Boston . 55 286 Games Yesterday. Brooklyn 2, 3, Cincinnati 3, 2. Chicago 11, New York 7. St. Louis 9, Boston 6. + American Association. P.C. Columbus . 656 Toledo . . 632 Minneapolis . .609 Kansas City .489 .440 St. Paul .... A1L Louisville . 393 Games Yesterday. Milwaukee 2, Louisville 4, Kansas City 7, Indianapolis 3. St. Paul 1, Toledo 2. Minneapolis 5, Columbus 1. Boston Ancients at Windsor. London, July 12.—The members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company of Massachusetts paid a vis- it to Windsor today under escort.of their namesake organization of Lon- don. The chief purpose of the pil- grimage to the royal borough was to place a tablet upon the house which now stands on the site where Rob- able "Artillery company of London, and founder and first' captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery corded to the older members of the roysl family. ert Keavne, member of the Honour- | DULUTH BOOSTERS COMING Three Hundred Due to Spend an Hour in Bemidji Thursday Morn- ing, July 18, MAKE THE LONGEST STOP HERE Duluth boosters, to the number of 300, will be in Bemidji for ome hour Thursday, July 18. This is the long- est stop made on the three day trip, with the exception of International : | Falls and Crookston where the Du- luth men will spend nights. The special is due in Bemidji at 10:15 a. m. and will leave at 11:15 a. m. Starting from Duluth on Monday night, the boosters will go direct to Brainerd where they will have break- fast Tuesday morning. Their train will leave Brainerd at 9 a. m. and run through to International Falls reaching there at 6:40 p. m. No stops will be made at Bemidji on Tuesday and stops of from five to thirty minutes willl be made at all villages between Brainerd and Inter- national Falls. Wednesday the boosters will start from Fort Frances and make the trip through Baudette, Warroad, Thief River Falls, Red Lake Falls and St. Hiliare to Crookston for the evening. A big time has been planned fdr Crookston, a parade with red fire be- ing one of the features. The special will leave Crookston early Thursday morning and will run through to Du- luth, making stops of from five min- utes to one hour at every station. H. V. Eva, secretary of the Duluth Commerecial club, in a letter today to the Pioneer, says, “It is hard for us to stop long at different towns in covering so much territory. We made a visit to Bemidji and spent consider- able time there last fall and hope to come again some time when we can stop longer. What we desire just at this time is an oppertunity. to- meet your business men and come in closer touch with them.” The Duluth men will be taken to the Commercial club upon their arrival here and will spend the hour there meeting their friends. \cupyrunt ) MANAHAN FOR CONGRESS. St. Paul, July 12.—James A. Mana- han Thursday anndunced his can- didacy for congressman-at-large. He has the backing of the Minnesota Progressive Republid‘m league and will file on the Republican ticket. Mr. Manahan left the Democratic party about two years ago when the LaFollette movement first came into prominence. He has been associated with George S. Loftus, president of the league, in railway legislation and litigation before the ' railroad and warehouse commission and the Inter- 'state Commieres” Commissiom. = In declaring his candidacy, Mr. Manahan sets forth his platform and the main plank is a determination on his part to fight for a reduction in the cost of living. DOUBLE WEDDING AT WYNNE. On July 3, at Wynne, occurred the double wedding of August Thorland and Miss Ellen Weum, and Syver Pe- derson and Miss Stena Weum. The Rev. P. Parks, of Shevlin, performing the ceremony, which took place at the home of the brides’ sister, Mrs. Only the immediate family was present Geo. A. Hayes, The house was decorated with ferns and wild roses. A dinner was served later by Mrs. Hayes, being as- sistéd By Mrs. Jax B, Wymime. - Mr. and Mrs. Thorland will make their home at Bemidji where he is employed at the Crookston mill. Mr. and Mrs. Pederson will make their | home at his farm at Turtle Lak Photos copyright, 1912, by American Press Assoclation The visit of three German warships to this German Warships Entering Hampton Roads: President Taft and Party on the Moltke. country is being made. the occasion of a national welcome. At Hamp- ton Roads they were visited by President Taft and Secretary of the Navy Meyer, and other formalities were arrang. ed for the. different polnts at which the squadron was scheduled to touch. coming into Hampton Roads. From right to left are the Moltke, Bremen company of Massachusetts, lived in the 17th century as a boy. the kaiser’s navy. The Moltke is the fiagship of the squadron._ The lower picture shows Renr Admiral von Rebeur- The upper picture shows the visiting fleet and Stettin, three of the stoutest crulsersin . “|the action of the convention and ask- BETTER FAIR FACILITIES Agricultural Building Floor Space Has Been Increased 6,041 Feet By Building An Addition. MORE COUNTIES TO SHOW. Hamline, July 12.—Special to the Pioneer—With the completion. of the addition to the agricultural build- largest permanent building devoted to the exhibition of agricultural products in the entire world. The new part, built between the east and south wings of the old struc- ture, contains 6,041 square feet, making a grand total in the build- ing of 38,873 square feet of avail- able floor space. This is not only the largest agricultural building in the world, but it is the largest amount of floor space under one roof on‘the Min- nesota state fair grounds with the possible exception of the grand stand, in which there are four fleors instead of one. Even this immense building will not be large enough to properly house the county and agricultural ex- hibits of the 1912 state fair. Last year the old building was crowded with thirty-four county exhibits. This year forty-six counties have ta- ken space for exhibits and there are a half dozen more that have not yet decided, so that the total number of county exhibits this year will pro- bably be fifty or practically sixty per cent of all the counties in the state, This remarkable showing insures the state’s resources and possibilities being perfectly mirrored at the state fair. It is also making Superinten- dent Craig and Secretary Simpson resort to mathematical calculus in an effort to find room for all of the counties and for the market garden- ers and other agricultural exhibi- tors besides. They insist, however, that all will be provided for if.they have to build still another addition. Refuse to Back Taft. Chicago, July 12—For the first time in its history the Hamilton club has failed to ratify the action of the Republican convention and pledsge its support to the nominees. That the club which is recognized as one of the leading Republican political or- ganizations of the country, should fail to come into line quickly has been greeted by the Progressives hére and elsewhere as an indication of the strength of the sentiment in favor of Colonel Roosevelt and the third par- ty movement. The Roosevelt men were outspoken * |in their denunciation of the tactics of the Penrose-Barnes-Bradley combina- tion and declared the proper course Wwould be to fail to take any action which would bind the club as a unit in the campaign. A meeting of the political action committee of the club was cailed for the ostensible purpose of ratifying ing the club to pledge its support to President Taft. - The ‘Roosevelt men, it is declared had determined to fight any such ratification, but this was unnecessary as the committee itself | proved to be an anti-Taft body from| _ FOR BOOT LEGGING John Burke, John Schulze and John Humphrey Brought Before Judge Simons. . SOLD LIQUOR TO INDIANS Taken Into Custody By Officers Bran- non and Buckman After Several Days’ Watching. NEARLY 2 YEARS OF INACTION Men are First t6 Be Apprehended Since Pussyfoot Johnson Invasion in Fall of 1910. After having been pPractically inac- tive since the Pussyfoot Johnson cam- paign in the fall of 1910, agents of the Indian bureau, of the department of the Interior, are again on the trail of those who are selling liquor to In- dians. Wednesday, two men were arrested at Whitefish and charged Wwith boot-legging. Thursday, ome man was arrested in Bemidji. Agent C. C. Brannon and Deputy United States Marshall C. B. Buck- man are the officers operating in this vicinity. They arrested John Burke and John Schulze at Whitefish on a charge of furnishing liquor to In- dians. The men were brought before Judge Simons as United States com- missioner and their cases comtinued until July 16. After a morning spent in “gum shoe” work, the officers finally locat- ed John Humphrey in Bemidji as the man who furnished whiskey to Char- lie Paul, an Indian. Humphrey was also brought before Judge Simons and his case was continued until July 15. Thursday aftermoon, the officers went to Redby with a warrant for the arrest of Sam Hays charged with furnishing liquor to Indians. Hays has been running a pool room in Red- by for some time and it has been common knowledge that he has been furnishing liquor to Indians from the Red Lake reservation. Hays left Redby before the officers arrived and they proceeded at once to Red Lake. In the mean time, Hays returned to Redby but left again before the offi- cers came back from the Red Lake agency. This morning he was still at large and the officers are search- ing for him. Humphrey was caught yesterday by the officers after giving some whiskey to Charlie Paul, an Indian from the Red Lake reservation. Humphrey is said to have bought a bottle of whiskey at the Internation- al hotel saloon. He then took it out in the alley and after taking one drink handed the bottle to Paul. Th2 officers were also on the trail of an- other Indian but failed to find any liquor on his person. The agents say that Bemidji sa- loonkeepers are above the average in their observance of the Indian law and that most of the boot-legging is done by lumberjacks and homestead- ers between Bemidji and the reserva- tion. Following the hearings next week before Judge Simons, the cases will probably be ‘turned over to the Unit- ed States district court which will sit in Fergus Falls in September. Uncle Sam Leads. The standing of the various na- tions at the Olympic Thursday af- ternoon, according to the official an- nouncement was as follows: United States . Sweden ....... Great Britain . Germany . France . . Finland . South Africa . *Denmark . Norway . . Italy . . Hnugary . Bohemia . . Russia . 1919 60 68 00 0o &1 Australia . ...... 2 This table includes events of every FANESOTA 1A TORICA THREE ARRESTED