Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 31, 1912, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI mm:\a\ somit? I1.Y PIONE] ~ WINNESOTA TORICAL VOLUME 10. NUMBER 80. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1912. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. RAILROADS MAY CARRY MEN FREE Representatives of State’s Free Em- ployment Bureau Believe Lines Would be Ahead in the End. BIG CALL FOR HARVEST HANDS Number That is Needed to Gather Record Crop is Estimated at Close to Fifty Thousand. ARE COMING FROM FAR EAST Shipping Agencies Bringing Labor- ers From Buffalo, New York, and Near By Points. Special to the Pioneer: St. Paul, July 3L-—On of the great scarcity of harvest hands account in the northwest and the threatened gathering the immense crop which is now practi- cally assured, railways may be asked to carry men free. Representatives of the state free employment agen- shortage of help in cies which Minnesota conducts, will try to show the roads that they can better afford to take men to the fields without price than they can to have the harvest go ungarnered. The railway laws of Minnesota may, however, prevent free rides. J. H. Wilson of the St. Paul state free employment bureau, is quoted as saying that 50,000 men are needed to gather the crops of the North- west and Canada. Men are being sent from as far east as Buffalo, N. Y., through the St. Paul office to harvest fields. It is expected that the lack of men will be felt more keenly in three ‘weeks, although calls are now coming for men from many sources. In some places they are paid as high as $3.50 a day and bankers and business men generally are taking a keen inter- est in the effort to get men, because ihey know that the farmer must have help at this time in order to realize the splendid prospects which have excited the imagination of every resident of the Northwest this sum- mer. The railways are reporting shortages of men for their own work in the west. A large amount of railway construction is being under- taken north and west of St. Paul and the men who usually can be found in this part of the country are now at work somewhere. Laborers are needed at once in South Dakota, 1,500 being the num- ber needed around Watertown alone. A hundred and iwenty-five men, hired by the St. Paul road yester- day for section work on the double! tracking of the main line in West- ern Minnesota, left Minneapolis last night for Mountevideo. Only three of the passengers were on the train when it pulled out into Montevideo before noon today. Fitteen hundred men were at work on the St. Paul between Minneapo- lis and the South Dakota line Sat- urday and the number hag fallen to @00, The men have bolted for the harvest ficids. To Break the News to Taft. Washington, D. C., July 31.—Men who will be prominent in the notifi- cation of President Taft of his re- nomination began to arrive in the capital today. Much public interest is manifested in the notification exer- cises, which are scheduled to take place at the White House tomorrow forenoon. If the weather is favor- able, Mr. Taft will receive the noti- fication committee on the rear por- tico of the executive mansion, which overlooks the ellipse and down past the Washington monument toward the Potomac. He will speak from the portico, with the committeemen grouped below him on the lawn. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the visitors will be the guests of the president at luncheon. New Long Branch Theater. Long Branch, N. J., July 31.— The new Broadway theater, just com- pleted at a cost of $100,000 and said to be the finest playhouse at any summer resort in America, is to have its formal opening tomorrow night. For the initial attraction Charles Frohman will present for the first time “The Girl From Montmar- tre,” with Miss Hattie Wililams and SENATOR KNUTE NELSON. Photo by American Press Assoclation. Who today filed for re-election un- der the Keefe law. NELSON ANNOUNCES. St. Paul, July 31.— Senator Knute Nelson made his formal entrance into the senatorial race under the Keefe law today. Papers were filed at the office of Secretary of State Schmahl by one of the senior senator’s close political associates. Before the end of the week it is expected that a formal declaration, supplementing the filing, will be made by Senator Nelson, and that his friends will begin mapping out his campaign. Men close to the senator said Monday night that they were not at liberty to give out any details of the tentative plans for the Nelson campaign. ’ STATE IS PROSPEROUS. The state fiscal year closes today. Standing and special appropriations provided by the 1911 legislature, ag- gregating $7,662,900, become avail- able tomorrow. In this is included $52,900 for the contingent funds of the varioug state offices. The road and bridge fund has $327,000 ready for use, and a little more is still to come from counties which have not reported their tax{ settlements. There Is in the state treasury $1,518,200 in the general revenue fund for use of schools. Ramsey, St. Louis and Hennepin counties came to the rescue of the state in the closing days of the fis- cal year and made advance pay- ments on their June tax settlements so that the general revenue fund will not show an overdraft of $250,- 000 as had been anticipated. St. Louis county sent in $150,000; Ram- sey county $100,000 and Hennepin county $100,000. As $100,000 is to be transferred from the University support fund to the general revenue fund, the latter will appear with a balance at the beginning of the new year. W. J. Smith, state treasurer, today sent out $108,000 to country banks to be retained until the school ap- portionment in October. Beveridge for Governor, Indianapolis, Ind., July 31.—The nomination of a complete state ticket on a platform declaring for woman suffrage, the initiative, referendum and recall, a minimum wage for women, the commission form of city government and the election of Unit- ed States senators by direct vote, is the program mapped out for the In- diana state convention of the Progres- sive party to be held here tomorrow. The party hopes to persuade Albert J. Beveridge, former United States senator, and an ardent Roosevelt man, to accept the nomination for governor. If Beveridge declines, the gubernatorial nomination ‘may go to former Congressman Frederick Lan- dis of Logansport or Horacs C. Stil- well of Anderson. Noted St. Louis Hotel Closes. St. Louis, Mo., July 31.—The Southern hotel, for many years one of the best known hotselries in the country, closes its doors tonight. The closing of the hotel is said to be due to the disinclination of the proprie- tors to renew their lease and the faijl- ure of the owners of the property to find another lessee. The future of the hotel is in doubt, but it is gen- erally believed that it will be re- opened. Upper Peninsula Firemen. Gladstone, Mich., July 31.—The annual convention and tournament of the Upper Peninsula Firemen’s as- sociation began here today with an attendance of firefighters from many towns. The tournament will con- tinde until the end of the week. Third Party in Delaware. Dover, Del,, July 31.—Roosevelt Republicans in Delaware assembled here today for a state convention to complete organization and select del- Richard Carle heading the cast of players, egates to attend the Progressive Na- tional convention at Chicago, g AIR MEN ESCAPE DEATH Grand Forks, July 31.—Aviator Frank Bell and Parachute Jumper Geo. A. Kolb were nearly killed at the fair grounds Tuesday evening about 7:15, when the former’s Be- noist Tractor biplane, at a height of about fifty feet, turned turtle. The accident happened about a mile di- rectly north of the grandstand, just as the two men were going up for the parachute jumping act. Getting away in fair shape, Bell ‘was driving his machine against a wind that had risen suddenly. With- out warning, a control wire snapped. One side of the biplane slumped, and the next moment the other side was swung completely over, and the ma- chine landed in the field, almost a wreck. Kolb was thrown through the air about thirty feet, landing on his face. He suffered bruises about the head and a slight injury to one leg. Bell staid in his seat and narrowly missed being struck by the heavy engine. He was badly bruised. Yo To Crookston in 1913, At the annual meeting of the Min- Tesota State Sportmen’s association, held at ‘Wa.icad last week, Thomas Morris, of Liookston, was clested president and Adolph F. Raucu sec- retary and surer, and it was voted to kcld fLe 1913 shoot in Crouksten. At the state shoot at Warroad, Barber landed the professional high average and Nashoid of Fargo the amateur high average, Barber shoot- ing better than 95 per cent and ‘Nashold over 90.per. cent.: ~ i There were. seventy-four shooters at Warroad and at Crookston an- other year there will be better than 150 guns. - CHIN WITH THE WATCH THE THERMOMETER- COMPLAIN Of SHORT . (Copyright) TREN \CE- MAN_} AND WEIGHT SPECIAL ANNQUNCEMENT. There will be a meeting of young people interested in High school matters at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in the basement of the Library. Mem- bers of the class of 1912 and espec- ially of the Chippewa staff are urged to attend. Questions of importance rcage-next week. %, will be settled at this meeting. Maine Progressives Meet, Portland, Me., July 31.—The in- surgent Republicans who carried Maine for Roosevelt last spring ral- lied here for a state convention today to select delegates to httend the Na- tional Progressive. confention at Chi- rding to the present plan the resfilar Republican state ticket will be indorsed, but a new set of presidential electors will be nominated. BIG TIMBER CUT. From figures furnished by the Northern Pine Manufacturers’ assoc- iation and individual hardwood deal- ers the timber cut in Minnesota for the year 1912 will be 2,000,000,000 feet. This includes all of the soft and hard woods and the wood that is small enough to manufacture into lath. The sawing season is on 4in force, most of the logs having been shipped to the big mills. Lumber company crews have been pulling logs off sandburs all summer. In many places, especially abont Cass Lake, there have been many millions of feet of timber that have “jill- poked” on the sandbars and banks for several years. This timber is be- ing salvaged ag fast as it is possible to operate. The lumber thus se- cured, it is believed, will materially augment the cut. Rogues’ Gallery Pictures of Men Wanted For Murder of Gambler Rosenthal In New York. l‘ The New York police department bas sent broadeast pictures and descriptions of the wen wanted for the wwur: i der of Herman Rosenthal, a gambler, who was shot shortiy | partnership between the police and gambling houses. Two of the men are Loiis Marks, alias *'Lefty Louie,” ' Louis Baker, alias Charles Raymond. and Harry Horowitz, allas “Gyp the Blood,” alias Levy, alias Jones. twenty-three. stands five feet elght Inches and welghs 145 pounds. eyes. oefore he was to tell to the grand jury a story of alleged alias Marks Is He has a sallow complexion, dark hair and brown Horowltz is twenty-five vears old, weighs 130 to 140 pounds and is five feet four and three-quaiter inches in i height. He bas chestnut black hair, brown eyes and dark eomphxlml. Both are_smooth lhlvan. Bafia are pmtu- ;llonuthhve-l.nd knownnmnumwlththmrnu SENATOR WASHBURN DEAD End Came Late Monday Night in His Home at Fair Oaks to Which He Had Been Rushed. FUNERAL IS THIS AFTERNOON. Wililam Drew Washburn, former United States senator from Minneso- ta and pioneer miller, lumberman and railway puilder, died in “Fair Oaks,” his Minneapolis home, at 10:16 o’clock Monday night. Death attributed to ailments due to old age, superinduced by a cancerous growth on his left side. He was eighty-one years old. For thirty-six hours Mr. Washburn lay in an unconscious state prior to his death. He died without recog- nizing the members of his family, who were present, excepting Stanley ‘Washburn, a son. Stanley is still in the mountains of: British Columbia, it is presumed as no communication has been received from him. Funeral services will be held in Fair Oaks today at 3 p. m. Rev. Marion D. Shutter of the church of the Redeemer will officiate. The body lie in state Wednesday from noon until 2 p. m. The home will be open during these hours to friends who wish to view the body. The services will be open to all friends. The active pall bearers will be Frank Crosby, John Pillsbury, Frank Holmes, Benjamin Stephenson, Wal- ter Macomber, W. H. Kellar, William Martin and David Morrison. The honorary pall bearers will be Martin B. Koon, W. H. Dunwoody, James Bell, Edmund Pennington, Geo. Brackett, Loren Fletcher, C. M. Loring, F. G. Winston, E. Moulton, Clinton Morrison, W.A. Lancaster, W. D. Hale. Interment will be cemelary. William Drew Washburn was 81 years old January 14 last. He has been a resident of Minnesota since 1856, when he first came to the state as a young lawyer, just graduated from Bowdain college and having studied law for two years in the of- fice of his brother Israel. He first entered politics in 1858, two years after he came to the state, being elected to the state legislature and serving one tera. He was ap- pointed surveyor general of Minne- sota by President Lincoln in 1861, in which position he served four years. When he retired he engaged in the lumbering business, establish- ing one of the first large mills near Anoka in 1870, and did much for the development of the lumber trade in Minnesota. In 1870 he was returned to the state legislature for one term, and in 1878 was elected to Congress, serving there six years. Four years later he was elected to the United States senate, and was a member of that body until 1895, While he was engaged in the lum- bering business in the early seven- ties he was also_busy promoting rail- roads in the statt. He originated and built over forty miles of the Minne- apolis and St. Louis road in 1869, and completed it in 1877. In 1885 he started the construction of the Soo in Lakewood NO DISCORD IN THE THIRD PARTY Those Who Attended Convention In St. Paul Tuesday Launched Move- ment With Enthusiasm. FOUR REPUDIATE ROOSEVELT Electors Won't Serve With His Des- ignation and Places Will Be Filled Later With Progressives. FARLEY FROM NINTH DISTRICT Red Lake Falls Man Elected as Dele- gate to Chicago; Arnold on Res- olutions Committee. The following were named as dele- gates to the national comvention of Progressives in Chicago, August 6: Delegates at Large. Hugh T. Halbert, St. Paul. P. V. Collins, Minneapolis. C. W. Gilmore, Pipestone. Alternates at Large. James F. Spencer, Rochester. M. 8. Norelius, Lindstrom. ‘W. L. Dickey, Wayzata. District Delegates. First, H. W. Libby, Winona; Sec- ond, George W. Patterson, Worthing- ton; Third, J. C. Applegate, Cannon Falls; Fourth, A. D. Start, Harris, Fifth, M. D. Purdy, Minneapolis; Sixth, F. J. Sharkey, Staples; Sev- enth, J. F. Jacobson, Madison; Eighth, John Saari, Duluth; Ninth, F. H. Farley, Red Lake Falls. District Alternates. First, T. T. Kelly, Owatonna; Sec- ond, P. F. Dehnel, Worthington; Third, 0. J. Parker, Le Sueur; Fourth, C. J. Villaume, St. Paul; Fifth, J. W. Little, Minneapolis; Sixth, A. M. Wells, Sauk Center; Seventh, E. J. Sells, Fairfax; Eighth, Charles Morse, Cromwell; Ninth, N. S. Hegnes. St. Paul, July 31.—Without a dis- cordant note the third party move- ment in Minnesota was given form and substance and launched at the Auditorium Tuesday amid enthusi- asm far out of proportion to the num- ber of delegates. From every congressional district in the state came delegates actuated by the same motives—thoroughly to repudiate William H. Taft and un- falteringly to support Theodore Roosevelt. With but four exceptions the presidential electors gonsented to serve as Roosevelt electors, and their resignations, if not already sent in, will be filed at once. Four Refused to Serve. Of the four exceptions only in one instance does the refusal to serve carry with it a repudiation of Roose- velt and the progressive cause. J. Rundquist of Grasston stands alone in his loyalty to Taft. Second in importance to the re- pudiation of Taft by the Progres- sives of the state was the notice Per- manent Chairman J. F. Jacobson, Madison, served on the delegates that there would be no third state ticket. The Progressives will not yield to the Taft organization in this state any ground gained at the caucuses last May. In Minnesota, the movement is only one to get Roosevelt’s name on the ballot. His supporters will par- ticipate in Republican primaries in strictly local matters, and as Mr. Ja- cobson said, “name a Progressive state ticket from top to bottom.” Milton D. Purdy of Minneapolis, called the convention to order by reading the call. H. T. Halbert start- ed the first demonstration for Roosevelt when he placed Judge Purdy’s name in nominatton for tem- porary chairman. There was no op- position to Purdy. Roosevelt’s name, linked with Purdy’s, was applauded, and Purdy was named temporary chairman by acclamation. Judge Purdy’s address formally launched the third party movement in Minne- sota. Despite the fact that this is the busiest time for the farmers, the various congressional districts were represented by more than 500, the number which the leaders of the movement had anticipated. Naturally the Fourth and Fifth congressional districts were best rep- resented. James A. Tawney’s dis- 1ine, and was its president until 1889 trict sent twenty delegates. The second district, where Governor (Continued on Iast pape)