Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 24, 1912, Page 1

o — VOLUME 10. NUMBER 101. ROOSEVELT MAY COME TO SENATE Is Expected to Appear Before Com- mittee and Answer the Archi- bald Charges. PROCEED AFTER ADJOURNMENT Investigation Will Not Be Hindered By Closing of Sessions of Congress. SENATOR CLAPP PROMINENT Asks Witness as to Time When Cam- paign Contributions Were Made By Standard Oil. Washington, Aug. 24.—It was be- lieved here last night that Roosevelt will take the stand within a few days before the senate sub-committee in- vestigating the campaign expendi- tures, to answer the charges made yesterday by John D. Archbold that Mr. Roosevelt had knowledge of the use of Standard Oil money in his cam- | paign of 1904. The committee was divided last night over its future course of action. Upon the arrival tomorrow of Senator Luke Lea, one of the absent Democratic members of the committee, a meeting will be held to determine whom to call and where the next meeting is to be held. The statement made Friday by Jokn D. Archbold, financial head of the Standard Oil company, made -a clear cut issue between himself and Roosevelt, according to members of the sub-committee who would discuss the matter tonight. Archbold testi fied his understanding was that Roos- evelt knew about and endorsed the Standard Oil contributions that came through former Treasurer Cornelius | N. Bliss of the Republican national committee, who is now dead. Although Roosevelt publicly stated it was absurd for him to appear be- fore the senate committee, it is un- derstood he has consented to take the stand if desired, in view of the direct charges made today by Archbold. If Cortelyou is called it will be to ex- plain statesments made by Archbold that Cortelyou as chairman of the national committee knew of the Standard Oil contributions. The committee is authorized to continue its sessions after the ad- Jjournment of congress and the con- clusion of the session tomorrow will not interfere with the immediate summoning 8f other witnesses. John D. Archbold, pictured to the general public as the politician man- ager and directing genius of the Standard Oil company, took the wit-| ness stand today before the senate committee investigating campaign funds to tell his version of the con- tributions to the campaign of 1901, now a subject of dispute between Senator Penrose and Colonel Roose- velt. The star witness appeared at the hearing room half an hour before the appointed time and chatted with Sen- ator Clapp and Senator Jones. Sena- tor Penrose appeared ten minutds af- ter Archbold arrived. Messengers were hurried out to get Senators Ol- iver and Pomerene who were to sit as members of the committee. When the committee finally assembled Mr. Archbold was sworn and Chairman Clapp asked him what contribution the Standard Oil company had made to the campaign of 1904. “We made two contributions to the Republican campaign in 1904, one to Cornelius N. Bliss of $1 00,000 and | another to Senator Penrose of $25, 000,” replied Archbold. “Do you know when the contribu- tion of $100,000 to the Republican campaign fund was made?” asked Clapp. “I have no date in mind,” said Archbold. “Nor have T had time thoroughly to search with reference to it. My best recollection is that it was some time in September, 1904, I think about the middle of Septem- ber>* PUFFED RICE CAR HERE. Advertising puffed wheat and rice, a Studebaker car with an attachment | in which the food is puffed into the air, is in Bemidji, having arrived last night from Brainerd. Twenty-six miles out of Bemidji, the car broke down and was out of commission for sume time. The car has come through Northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and will go from here to Hibbing” The men in charge say that the company has ten such cars on the road, DR. LUTHER H. GULICK. —_— ey Head of Child Hygiene Depart- ment of the Sage Foundation. GIRLS NARROWLY ESCAPE DROWNING Thrown Out of Canoe Short Distance | Inside of Twenty Foot Drop Off Near City Dock. ing the drop off between the | boat houses of the Viking Boat com- |pany and the city dock by a few | yards, Jean Begsley and Mina Lund |had a narrow escape from a serious accident last evening, when their canoe upset and threw them into the lake. The girls fell in about three | feet of water. Joe Anderson and Carl Hanson | were close by in the Anderson launch and succeeded in getting the girls out of the water before any dam- !age further than a thorough wetting was done. | The accident happened shortly af- | ter the band concert and when but | few boats were left on the lake. Miss {Lund, who is a deaf mute, turned to {talk to Miss Begsley with her fingers. {She turned in such a manner that | she lost her balance and the canoe |upset. The_launch was but a few | feet away and the men rescued the | zirls before they had swallowed much | water. | Had the canoe upset a few yards {further out, the girls would have been thrown into twenty feet of wa- | ter. | FORECAST FOR COMING WEEK. Washington, D. C., Aug. 24— Colonel Roosevelt plans to devote several days of the coming week to speech-making in Vermont, where the state election is to be held Sept. |3. Governor Wilson is to go to Wil- |liams Grove, Pa. on Thursday, to speak before a gathering of farmers. Upon his return to Sea Girt he will | receive several delegations of visitors | and probably will make one or more porch speeches. President Taft has a provisional engagement to attend the | Ohio centennial celebration at Colum- | bus, but he has made it known that any address he might deliver there | will be of a non-political character. | Beginning Monday and continuing “Im- nearly two weeks, the centennial | of the selection of Columbus as Ohio’s | permanent capital will he celebrated ‘in that city. Important conventions of the week will include the annual meeting of |the American Bar association in Mil- | waukee, the annual meeting of the | Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con- gress in Salt Lake City, the national | encampment of the Sons of Veterans in St. Louis. the biennial convention |of the United Garment Workers of | America in Indianapolis. the annual | meeting of the Union of Canadian | Municipalities in Windsor, Ont., and | the nineteenth International Peace | Congress, in Geneva, Switzerland. SCOOP &5 REPORTER | | | | i W LARGEST By United Press. farm crops and from farms in Minnesota, North Da- kota, South Dakota, Northern Iowa, Montana and Western Wisconsin this year will aggregate fully one billion dollars according to careful estimates made by reliable authorities and pub- lished in local agricultural journals. Jobbers are looking forward to the greatest demand for machinery and supplies in the history of the North- west. Minnesota farmers have enjoyed good crops for the past ten years means that their sales this winter will be the greatest they have ever known. | e TAFT Taft yesterday signed the new legis- lative, executive and judicial appro- priation bill, twice vetoed because it carried amendments to abolish the commerce court and limit the tenure of office of civil service employers to seven years. had been eliminated and the com- merce court was provided for until March 4, 1913, SENATE PASSES ARMY BILL eral hours of heated debate, during which the seven-year enlistment ten- ure provision was attacked as uncon- stitutional, the conference report on the army appropriation bill agreed to by the senate yesterday. senate, the bill was rushed to the house and that body agreed to the conference report without a dissent- ing voice. WELCOME OF ATHLETES continuous applause from thousands of spectators who from Forty-second street to Place, the victorious American ath- letes who took part in the Olympic games at Stockholm paraded to the city hall this morning to listen to addresses of Gaynor and other eminent represen- tatives of the city, the state and the nation. of the most notable of its kind ever seen in New York. In addition to the Olympic team the parade comprised divisions of regular froops from Gov- ernors Island and Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth, marines and blue- Jjackets from the navy yard, detach- ments of boy scouts, professional baseball teams and thou- sands of boys from the public schools bearing flags. United States naval collier Jupiter, the largest vessel ever built on the Pacific coast, was launched today at the Mare Island navy yard. The Ju- piter is 524 feet long and will have a displacement of 20,000 tons. vessel was christened by Mrs. Thom- as F. Ruhm, wife of Thomas F. Ruhm, naval constructor, who has had charge of the building of the ship. CROP IN; HISTORY St. Paul, Aug. 24—The value of livestock products Merchants say that the fact that SIGNS - BILL ‘Washington, Aug. 24.—President o ANTICIP URGED TO ENTER RACE Both those provisions 4 = Washington, Aug. 24.—After sev- was Promptly on being passed by the New York, Aug. 24.—Amid the lined Broadway Park welcome from Mayor The demonstration was one amateur and Collier Jupiter Launched. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 24.—The The Commander Judge Stanton Being Spoken of as Material for Chief Justiceship Against C. M. Start. IS CONSIDERED A TRIBUTE Judge C. W. Stanton, of this city, is being urged to file for the chief justiceship of the supreme court to oppose Chief Justice 'Start. Judge Stanton returned from St. Paul yes- terday morning where he had been attending meetings of the State Bar association. The Duluth Herald last night printed the following: Tribute to Judge Stanton. “Friends of Judge C. W. Stanton of Bemidji are endeavoring to induce him to consent to his candidacy for chief justice of the supréme court in opposition to Justice C. M. Start. If the Bemidji judge gives his consent, petitions for the placin gof his name on the non-partisan primary ballot will be circulated. “In view of the fact that Judge Stanton has consistently refused to be considered in the light of a candi- date this year, he will probably block the movement, but its very existence is a tribute of magnitude. Judge Stanton has made an excellent record on the.bench in the Fifteenth dis- trict. He has a wide acquaintance through the state and has personally populartity exceeded by that of few men.” Judge Stanton for a long time has been mentioned as a possible Demo- cratic candidate for the governorship but has always laughed at such talk, saying that he preferred to stay on the bench in this district. He said this morning that he was not a can- didate for the supreme court. ENTHUSIASTIC OVER ROADS. The Crookston Times last night said: “Charles Loring, pathfinder for the Bemidji tour next Tuesday and Wednesday, telephoned from Fosston shortly after noon to the effect that the party, including himself, Dr. Morley, Will Low and son Wallace and Tom Morris had reached Bemid- ji in good shape late yesterday af- ternoon and returned as far as Foss- ton at noon today. “They found the roads fine except- ing where they go off the road just beyond Bagley, but the road selected is good all the way and they made fast time with ease.” PO0OOOOD O @ (4 SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES © CROOOOOPOO Services will be held in the Swed- ish Lutheran church at 10:30 by Rev. A. A. Dahl of Ada. . Presbyterian. Sunday school will be held at 10 o’clock, Junior C. E. will meet at 4 o’clock, and Senior C. E. at 7 o’clock. . First Methodist Episcopal. Preaching at 10:45 and 8 o'clock. Sunday school at 12, Epworth League at 7. There will be special music in the morning. Prayer meeting will be held Thursday evening. Every- body welcome. Chas. H. Flesher,| pastor. . Scandinavian Lutheran. | The annual Sunday school picnic will be held at Diamond Point tomor- row. There will be no services held in the church. . Baptist. Rev. S. W. Scott will preach Sun- day morning at 11 o’clock. Sunday school will be held at 12:15, B. Y. P. U. at 7 o’clock. McIVER SEELS HIS LIVERY ‘W. P. Foley and William Hyatt on Friday purchased the livery business conducted by Kenneth MecIver and took possession this morning. The new firm will be known as Foley and Hyatt and will conduct a livery and sales stable having forty-five car- riages and sleighs and two Hupp au- tomobiles. Mr. Foley has been connected with the Mclver stables for the past two years and enjoys a large acquaint- ance in this city. His knowledge of the business gives assurance to the public of dependable service. Mr. Hyatt is also well known in Bemidji having lived here previously to his going to California, where he has been for the past year. The bill of sale calls for twenty horses, two automobiles and forty- five rigs, including harnesses, robes and other necessary paraphanalia that go to make a first class livery. Some repairs will be made on the building in the near future and all the rigs will be put in first class con- dition. Mr. Mclver stated that he has made no definite plans for the future, but it is expected that he will con- tinue his residence in Bemidji. Esther Was Traveling Some When She Passed Goat Island SLY THIEF REMOVES $201 P. A. Nelson Relieved of Roll By Matt Marxan in Former’s Store Friday Morning. HID UNDER NYMORE SIDEWALK. Having confessed to stealing $201 from P. A. Nelson yesterday morning, Matt Marxan, formerly employed in Bemidji as a printer, was given until Monday to get out of town. Mr. Marxan left at once. Mr. Nelson, who owns a refectory on Third street, left the money in the pocket of a coat which was hang- ing in the back room. Mr. Marxan was the only person in the store and as he was a frequent visitor, his go- ing into the back room aroused no comment. At noon Mr. Nelson put on his coat and at once missed the money. He could mot account for his loss but confided in an acquaintance. His friend asked him who had been in the store and he said that Marxan was the only person and that Marxan would not take the money. It seems that the friend knew that Marxan ‘was out from Minneapolis on proba- tion for having forged a check for $300 and he said he believed Marx- en had taken the roll. Chief Geil was notified and he and Mr. Nelson started after Marxan who had been seen going toward Nymore. They missed their man but on coming back to town found him sitting in front of Nelson’s store. He was at once accosted but declared he was innocent and the money was not found on his person. With the as- sistance of Sherm Bailey, Mr. Nel- son finally made Marxan confess that he had hid the money under a side- walk in Nymore. Mr. Nelson and the officer at once went to the spot indicated and found the roll intact. Mr. Nelson refused to swear out a complaint and Marxan ‘was not held to police court but was told to leave town by Monday.. BAKERY CHANGES HANDS. W. A. Gray has sold the Home bakery to George Anderson, the con- sideration said to have been close to $3,000. Mr. Anderson took possession Thursday morning. Mr. Gray left for Brainerd Thursday and has not yet returned. He is said to be look- ing at a business proposition in that By “HOP" MACKENZIE BUSY RAISING BIG FUND Out to Get $20,000 in Order to Carry On Work of Northern Minnesota Development Association. BELTRAMI PLEDGED $400 Reports Show $250 as Having Been Raised In Bemidji and $50 In Blackduck. MUCH INTEREST IN CROOKSTON Meeting Will Be Held Dec. 4, 5 and 6, and Secretary Expects a Full Attendance. W. R. Mackenzie, secretary of the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation is in Bemidji today and says that the work of raising money with which to carry on work of the association next year is progressing satisfactorily. Mr. Jjust raised several Mackenzie has thousand dollars in St. Louis county. W. R. Mackenzie is a hustler. came to Bemidji from Duluth last night, took the morning train to Blackduck, went out -and viewed some state land and got back jto Be- midji at 8 a. m. this morning. The land viewed is a piece being cleared by the state reclamation board of which Mr. Mackenzie is secretary. All of the counties which are in the Northern Minnesota Development association are being asked to con- tribute two cents per capita:to the development fund. A. G. Wedge; He of the movement in Beltrami county and this morning stated that the city of Bemidji had pledged practi- cally $250. Mr. Mackenzie this imorning reported $50 as being in the Blackduck bank with possibly more to more. No word has been received yet from Baudette and Spooner but Mr. Wedge is confident that the Northern part of the county will con- tribute also. Beltrami county has to raise $400. The entire fund, which will be close to $20,000, will be used in the maintaining of the work of the asso- { ciation and especially the show rooms in Minneapolis. If the funds are suf- ficient, a traveling exhibit may be sent out to all Western fairs in 1913. As it is, the association plans to op- en show rooms in Iowa and Illinois and possibly Indiana. Much interest is being manifested in the December meeting of the asso- ciation which will be held in Crook- ston December 4, 5, and 6. The ap- proach of the legislative season will make matters of legislation of great importance and a full representation is éxpected from all counties. Mr. Mackenzie, who is also secre- tary of the state reclamation board, said today that the clearing of seven of the ten tracts selected by the board has been about completed. The tracts in Marshall, Cass and Beltra- mi counties will be certified for sale next week and the other four will be certified soon after. The three back- ward tracts are expected to be clear- ed before the board makes its report to the legislature at the session next winter. FOSSTON HERE SUNDAY. Fosston and Bemidji baseball teams will play a game at the fair grounds at 3 p. m. tomorrow. The manage- ment of the Bemidji team says that the line-up will be practically the same as in the Walker and Bagley games. Fosston has been playing fast ball this summer and a good game is assured. Reunion of Scottish Clan. Glasgow, Aug. 24.—Historic Duart Castle, known to all visitors to the Isle of Mull, was the scene today of the first national gathering held by any Scottish family since 1745. It Wwas a reunion of the Clan Maclean, of which Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, Bart., is the hereditary head. The Maclean family is repre- sented in all parts of the world and is said to number not les sthan 25,- 000 membersin the United States and Canada. Sir Allan Maclean, who held Quebec against the American forees of Mongomery and Arnold, was a member of the clan, as also was Colonel Allan Maclean of Dela- ware, who fought valiantly on the side of the Americans in the Revolu- tion. e i MINNESOTA HISTORICAL | SOCIETY. secretary of the assoelation, is BEki—ad-=" | \ i v