Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 6, 1912, Page 1

| MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 10. NUMBER 85. 'TEN CENTS PER WEEK. “CONFESSION OF FAITH” DELIVERED Colonel Roosevelt This Afternoon Ad- dressed Third Party Convention, Saying People Must Rule. EXPERIMENT IN Says Government Should Install, Operate and Own Railroads and Keep Fee of All Coal Lands. BEVERIDGE MADE CHAIRMAN No Opposition to Election of Former Indiana Senator; Negro Delegates Barred From Contested Seats. Chicago, August 6, 1912.—Arguing for the right of the people to rule, standing for the regulation of the courts and constructive control of trusts, and advocating the using of Alaska as a practical experiment in| government ownership of railroads, | coal lands. etc., Theodore Roosevelt | delivered a key-note address at the| Progressive Republican convention here this afternoon. The convention was opened Mon- day at 12:43 p. m. by Senator Dixon who read the call. Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana, was quickly named as temporary chair- man and the convention at once pro- ceeded to real business. Contesting negro delegates from | Mississippi and Florida were barred | from the convention by the national committee. It was first decided to al- low the negro delegates to sit as “supplementaries” but with no vote. They protested loudly at this and fin- ally the committee decided to throw out both negro and white delegations. | & Milton D. Purdy was chosen chairman of the Minnesota delegation ! when the delegates went to Chicago | Sunday night. Judge Purdy acted in | a similar capacity in the regular Republican convention in June. Hugh T. Halbert was selected for the | resolutions committee, C. W, Gillmore | of Pipestone, for the credentials, and | Jake Jacobson of Madison, for the rules, Colonel Roosevelt's speech was to have been delivered Monday night | but Chairman Beveridge had pre-| pared a lengthy speech and the| Roosevelt “confession of faith” was | postponed until this afternoon. In| order that his voice might be heard | in all corners of the great hall, a huge sounding boarding was built back of the speakers’ bridge. The platform | will be based on this address. Mr. LRloosereit’s speech strikes a note for his followers unl supporters in the new party. It lays down the plan of battle to be waged by the National Progressive party. He d se: zlmsei principies under twelve subdivisions— | namely, the helplessness of the old par- tles, the right of the people to rule, the | courts and the people, constructive con- trol of the trusts, rights of the wage- worker, the farmer, the tariff, the high | cost of living, currency, conservation, | Alaska and international affairs. “Thei two old parties.” he said, “are husks,: with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss ridden and priv- | ilege controlled, each a jumble of in- congruous elements and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly what should be said on the vital Issues of the da As opposed to this incon- gruity and insinc of action he as- serted that the ional Prbgressi\'h% platform will be “a contract with the people.” with definite and concrete pro- vision to be carried out if the people ratify the contract on election day as exactly and honestly “as if it were ac- tually enforceable under the law.” No Help From the Old Party Machines. Neither the Republican nor the Dem- ocratic platforms or managers show | any adequate recoguition of the mighty fact “that we are now in the midst of | a great economic evolution.” This irresistible movewment for economle change and improvement must be guid- ed “by common sense and the highest ethical standards™ in order to prevent reasonable evolution from becoming dangerous revolution. The Democratic party, as is indicated by its present rec- ord in congress, lacks the common sense and the Republican party, by its| record of stolen delegates at the Chi- cago convention, lacks the ethical standards. “The men who presided over the Chi- cago and Baltimore conventions and the great bosses who controlled the| two conventions—Mr. Root and Mr. Parker, Mr. Barnes and Mr. Murphy. Mr. Penrose and Mr. Taggart, Mr. Guggenheim and Mr. Sullivan—differ from one another, of course, on cer- tain points, but these are the differ- euces which one corporation lawyer has with anofber corporation lawyer when acting for different corporations. They come together at once as against ALASKA |- Ibefore noon. J. G. DREW. He Is Vice President of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. SCORE THE ASSESSORS One Says 1. B. Olson Could Not Prop- erly Assess Peanut Stand While Others Roast Otterstad. HEARING NOT COMPLETED. Saying that I. B. Olson was unable to properly assess 2 peanut stand let alone a mercantile Bloston, representing the Berman Emoprium and the C. O. D. store this morning told the county board of equalization that the proposed in- ases in the taxes of the Lwo stores wag unjust. Mr. Bloston was given a hearing before the board shortly business, Ike Nor was -Mr. Blooston the only one to appear before the board. Start- ing at 2 p. m. yesterday the six members of the board have been hearing complaints and requests not to raise the assessments proposed. | Monday afternoon, the out of town men, consisting principally of opera- tors in cedar, were given hearings. They came prepared with stock sheets, contracts, ete. ,to show why their as: nents should not be rais- ed andtheir hearings took well to- ward train time in the evening. This morning local merchants were heard and there was a large number there with protests. E. D. Alger of Tenstrike. while speaking for the T. M. Partridge Lumber company yesterday stated that he“did not believe there was a as for himself he would hate to ap- proach one on the proposition to give him a low assessment.” said that much more attention was being shown the stocks of the busi- ness men than the stocks of the far- mers. A. E. Witting appeared for the Northern Cedar and Lumber com- pany of Blackduck. He said that it was proposed to grossly over assess the company on a small spur north of Funkley on the recommendation of Nels Otterstad. He said that not a stick had been shipped from the vard since the assessor had been through and that he had taken stock last Friday. Mr. Wittig told the board that by actual count he had 1,118 poles in the yard and it was proposed to assess him for 2,978 poles, and that he had 4,086 posts and that the assessor claimed he had 15,246. Napoleon LaPoint appeared for the Partridge-Dyer Lumber company of Baudette, E. A. Engler for the E. A. Engler Lumber company of Bau- dette, Oscar Hermanson for Larson Brothers of Kelliher, J. W. Naugle for the Naugle Pole and Tie Co., Ar- ther Woods for the Blackduck Coo- perage company, and Anton Zilbert for himself. Other out of town men were Mr. Dahlsthul of Dahlsthul and | Dudley at Shooks, J. C. Sullivan of Blackduck, L. Latterel of Kelliher, T. A. Cross of Blackduck, and A. O. Johnson of Turtle River. | Bemidji merchantg appeared hefore the board this morning. K. K. Roe was the first to have the floor and F. G. Troppman the last. Those who addressed the board were Charles Cominsky for Schneider Brothers| company, Dave Gill for Gill Brothers, Tke Blooston for Berman Emporium and C. 0. D. store, K. K .Roe for Roe and Markusen, F. G. Troppman, E. A. Barker, Warner Brandborg for the City drug store, Ray Murphy, A. N. Lahr, H. C. Daniels, Tom Hughes a_common_enemy when the dominion = (Continued on Page 3) imidji to associate himself with the single crook among the assessors and | Mr. A'lger\ Gould for T. J. Crane and Co., J. P.|_ = NEGROES APPEAL Chicago, August 6,—Special to’ the Pioneer by wire.—A hot fight is on in the Progressive convention over the seating of the mnegro delegates from Florida and Mississippi. Yes- terday they were barred from the convention by a decisive vote of the national committee and last night de- clared they would carry their fight to the floor of the convention and to Roosevelt himself. The negroes are contesting the seats of certain white delegates and the national committee first decided to let both sets sit but not to allow the negroes to vote. The negroes protested at this and were later barred entirely. The Minnesota dele- gation was against this move. They are not appealing to the convention over the heads of the national com- mittee. NEW DEPARTMENT MANAGER. Henry Cominsky, brother of Charles Cominsky, has arrived in Be- Schneider Brothers company in the capacity of manager of the furnish- ing department. ~Mr .Cominsky has been connected with this department of the Lindeke and Warner whole- sale house in St. Paul for six pears Do€s T TICKLE HENEY ? (Copyright.) SR “Nettles.” BILLS ALLOWED KY COUNCIL. Annette & Eldridge, poor, and is said to be well versed i his | Peyroll for July ... [ §1210.83| DOOTE oo ooe B2-T0 line. Warfleld Electrie Co. Beatrice Mills, freight.... 3.82 —_—— City hall current ...... 9.72 | Telephone company . ..... 8.20 To Attend Railway Opening. Thirteen lamps . 7.15|Schneider Bros., merchan- Washington, D. C., Aug. 6.—DrI.| General contract GL19: 08 | BIBE . wiviwiissiwas v 5.50 Albert Hale, of the Pan-American| Pumping contract . 140.00 | Wm. Peckles, six dogs .... 6.00 Union, starts today for Brazil, where| Library current .. s 2.70|E. F. Stevens, printing ... 2.50 he is to represent the United States!Street gang, July 14 to " |Falls and Cameron ...... 4.65 at the opening next month of the Angust 1. i g s 348.55 | Doran Bros., merchandise.. 108.07 Madeira-Namore railway. The rail-|M. E. Ibertson, pauper J. E. Harris, special police 9.00 way, extending hundreds of miles . 14.00|H. C. Geil, wood for poor. . 1.00 into the Brazilian interior, is regard-|C, E. Battles, merchandise, R. H. Murphy, veneer..... 1.50 ed as one of the greatest engineering | gtreet gang . . 18.20|Wm. Peckles 93.15 achievements of the age and its in-|Goodman and Loitved, esti | state Auditor, 2% anguration will be attended by repre- mate 4064.93 fees ...... ’ 190.00 sentatives of many countries. M. E. Smith, merchandise County Auditor 10% P bath houses ... RN T T i e IO s 900.00 fteen hundred elevator flmd"“—i(}oodman and Loifved,' side- Handle Factory, oak staves 11.25 tors employed in downtown office| walks ................ 15.75{Geo. Knutson ~.......... 13.50 buildings in Chicago have been ‘Wesg Wright, street cleaning 108.99 | M. E. Ibertson, merchandise 4.50 granted a wage increase of $5.00 a|Jacob Brown, hauling clay 50.00| Mrs. J. M. DuVal ........ 35.00 month and improved working condi- Sentinel, printing 15.64 tions in a contract signed with the|W. M. Everts ..... . 89.65| Asbestos workers at Cleveland, O., Building Managers’ association. Sheriff Hazen, board . 27.50 ' have a 100 per cent organization. Which ety s SRt s (Continued on last page) )¢ Photos by American Press Association. A geries of cloudbursts in Pennsyivania caused a score of deaths and did damage amounting tc a milifon dollars. great that railroad rails were twisted like lead pipes. The upper pic- v y the flood had formed a dam and washed out a bullding. The other picture shows & family howeless, grief stricken and bunery. > = Fln places the force of the resultant flood was so ture shows Bow the debris carried down b " Scenes Following Pennsylvania Cloudbursts Killed Score and Did $1,000,000 Damage. e b S o < BASEBALL LR AR EEREEERERRERE] ¢ STANDING OF THE CLUBS. © PVOOOOOOQCQOOOIOGES American Association. Won Lost P.C. Minneapolis . .....75 40 .652 Columbus . ... 71 43 .623 Toledo 44 617 Kansag City 59 482 St. Paul . 64 .453 Milwaukee . 63 .437 Louisville . 70 .386 Indianapolis . . 76 .356 Games Yesterday. Columbus 1, St. Paul 6. Louisville 1, Minneapolis 6. Toledo 5, Kansas City 1. Indianapolis 2, Milwaukee -13. National League. Lost P.C. New York 25 740 Chicago . 34 .650 Pittsburgh 38 596 Philadelphia 47 .495 Cincinnati 54 455 St. Louis 56 440 Brooklyn 64 .354 Boston 69 .281 Games Yesterday. Philadelphia 2, 3, Chicago 5, 5. Brooklyn 3, St. Louis 8. New York 4, Pittsburgh 8. Boston 10, Cincinnati 2. American League. - Won Lost P.C. Boston . ... 33 .676 Washington . 38 628 Philadelphia . 42 .580 Chicago 49 .505 Detroit . ..... . 52 495 Cleveland . ..... 55 .455 New York . 65 .330 St. Louis . 68 .320 Games Yesterday. St. Louis 12, Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 3, Boston 1. Detroit 4, New York 2. Chicago 7, Washington 8. BAND TO0 RECEIVE AID. The Bemidji band will probably be voted $200 at the next meeting of the city council. Under the laws of 1911, a city of 5,000 population can vote not over $200 a year for public amusements. It is proposed to give this sum to the band and to take it out of the extraordinary fund. Vint Ellis appeared before the council for the band last night with the result that the city attorney was instruct- ed to draw a resolution calling for the expenditure of the money and to have the same ready August 19. The band has had to pay for its own uniforms and music and this is the first aid that it will have received from the city. It has existed here- tofore on sums collected from the business men of the town each month. CREAMERY GROWING. The local creamery, through its secretary, R. L. Given, is continuing to branch out, establishing stations on practically all the roads running out of Bemidji. Efforts will be made to supply cream cans to some of the shippers in neighboring towns and thus secure at least a portion of the cream shipped frmo these stations. FIREWORKS DID 'NOT MATERIALIZE Council Meeting Monday Night De- veloped None of the Excitement That Was Expected. NO PETITIONS BROUGHT OUT Are Being Kept in Background Until Third Reading of Moving Picture Ordinance. CALL FOR PAVING BIDS Work On Nymore Road to Be Rushed In Case Special Bond Election Is Carried. Instead of developing the fireworks that were expected last evening, the |meeting of the council turned out to be a gentlemen’s smoker and ex- citement was lacking. The expect- ed petitions for and against closing moving pictures on Sunday did not materialize as the circulators decid- ed to hold them for the third reading of the ordinance. No amendments ‘were offered and it appears now that the ordinance will stand or fall as an unit at the meeting August 19. The council adjourned at 9:15 but in the hour disposed a large amount of bus- iness. A resolution offered by Tom Smart and seconded by John Moberg calls for the advertising for bids on paving Bemidji avenue from Third street to the south line of the Northern Groc- ery company warehouse and from a point east of the river bridge to the city limits. The pavement is to be eighteen feet wide and built accord- ing to specificationg furnished by the jeity engineer. The bids are subject to the special election for a bond issue which will be held August 20. IThe bids will be opened August 19, and then held over until the day fol- lowing election at which time they will be rejected, if the election is lost, or one will be accepted if the election carries. Action wag taken this way by the council so that if the election carries, as it seems cer- tain to at this time, there will be no delay in starting the paving at once. Complaint Laughed At. Shortly before the council was called to order, D. H. Fisk filed a complaint from Edward Fendrei, who is said to be in the employ of Wililam Begsley, to the effect that he had purchased whiskey in the Gunsalus saloon on July 7 and August 4 at 1 a. m. and that he had paid $1 for each of two bottles. The complaint ‘was read by Mr. Stein and was then passed around the table. Mr. Gun- salus was in the room. No action was taken and the complaint was handed back to the city clerk for filing. Bids for work on water main ex- tensions were opened last night and L. P. Eckstrum was awarded the contract over Doran Brothers. The bids compared as follows: Eckstrum Dorans 4-inch pipes laid....$ 1.60 $ 1.65 Valves and boxes ... 15.00 18.00 Special, pound ..... .10 12 Hydrants, 834 inch cover . ......... 60.00 65.00 Hydrants, 6% inch cover . .. 55.00 60.00 Appraisers Named. F. S. Arnold, W. N. Bowser, A. Klein, Chas. Nangle and John Dal- ton, all free holders in the ecity of Bemidji, were named as appraisers to view the land held by William Ross on Twenty-third street and to decide what it would be worth under con- demnation preceedings. The Ross land is the only strip which is keep- ing the city from opening up Twen- ty-third street. A report from the municipal court showing that $103 on July 6, $16.10 on July 13, $16 on July 20. and $10.85 on July 27 were paid in to the city treasury was accepted and filed. Robert Wallace was appointed a judge of election in the Fouth ward, vice Akerberg. Applications for li- quor license transfers of Harry Gun- salus, Lars Lind and M. Gustafson were laid on the table until next meeting. Andrew Dahl’s license was renewed. GOULD READY TO FILE. E. J. Gould announced this morning that he would file for the nomination for county treasurer on the Repub- Tican ticket.