Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 5, 1912, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ * aistorial. Soctety, ‘HERRELW VOLUME 10. NUMBER 137. JURORS WILL BE KEPT PRISONERS Men Selected to Hear the Dynamite Cases at Indianapolis Leave Jail Only for Exercise. v PROSECUTOR READS STATEMENT Contains Over 800 Typewritten Pages and Witnesses Will Not be Called Until Monday, A. M. TROUBLE COVERS FOUR YEARS ‘Complaint Alleges That Work Be- .gan in 1906—Defense to Be Rep- resented By Harding, (By United Press.) Federal Court House, Indianapo- lis, Ind., Oct. 5.—At the opening of the dynamite conspiracy cases today District Attorney Miller continued the reading of his opening statement ‘containing 800 typewritten pages. At the conclusion of the reading of Miller's statement, Attorney Hard- ing will open for the defense, but it was not expected that the taking of testimony would start before Mon- :day of next week. The first to be heard will be the 150 identification ‘witnesses, District Attorney Miller said that the dynamite conspiracy on which the indictment was based covered five years beginning in 1906. He :told how John J. McNamara, secre- tary-treasurer of the Iron Workers, -employed Ortie McManigal, the in- former to do “jobs” of dynamiting in Boston, Hoboken and elsewhere. He told of how Frank C. Webb of New York wrote to McNamara, ask- ing him to send “hiy friends” east for “two other jobs.” Miller said that “friend” meant McManigal and the “jobs” were the -dynamiting of a viaduct in Hoboken :and of a new theatre in Boston. The jurors will virtualy be prisom- «ers during the entire hearing and will leave the federal building only for exercise. The new structure here, :one of the most modern in the coun- .try, has sleeping quarters for jurors +on the fourth floor. When it was conceded that the -dynamite trials would last at least three months, the jurors were aghast when they heard judge Anderson’s sorder that they were to be confined cand kept together until the case is « closed. The jury to try the dynamite con- spirators was completed late yester- +day afterndon. The twelve men se- lected are: Samuel Morrison, North Vinson. James .N. Smith, Winchester. i Seneca Chambers, Anderson. William Jackson, Greencastle. Marion E. Dobbins, Maxwell. Frank Dare, New Lisbon. Job I. Thomas, Jamestown. Allen Spalding, Sharpesville, Martin P. Davis, Forest. ' T. B. Brookshire, Roachdale. Frank Sutton, Nebraska. .Jesse D. Barger, Ridgeville. Before the examination of venire- men was concluded the government rejected three men because they ad- mited they had strong opinions that the indicted men were guilty. Charles G. Foresman, of Muncie, Ind., said that he was prejudiced -aaginst the forty defendants because :Ortie McManigal, the informer, con- «cealed a large quantity of dynamite :and nitro-glycerine behind his house. The explosive, he said, was discov- -ered concealed in a barn in the rear «of his premises, which prejudiced him against the accused men. He ‘was excused. CHAMBER TO MEET. Washinton, D. C. Oct. 5.—The first annual meeting of the Chamber «of Commerce of the United States ‘will be held in this city during the ‘week beginning January 20, 1913, This was decided upon by the board of directors in Boston last week. Seventeen were present to discuss the affairs of the National Chamber. All unfinished legislation of the sixty- firs tcongress affecting business in- terests was assigned to committees for stud yand report. A referendum on the subject of a national budget was authorized to be immediately submitted to the commercial organ- izations of the nation. The directors remained in Boston to participate in the International Congress of Chom- ibers of Commerce. The diredtors will next meet in St. Louis, Missouri, November 19, to ararnge the pro- gram of the January meeting. DR. RUSH RHEES University of Rochester President, Who Raised Large Endowment. LA R R R R R R R R RN Y © SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES ¢ 9000000000000 0 0 First Baptist Church. C. G. Chandler, the new pastor of the First Baptist church, will con- duct the regular services of the church both morning and evening on Sunday, October 6.—Chas. Guy Chandler, pastor. Swedish Lutheran. Services at , 10:30 a. m. Sunday school at 12 o’clock. Evening ser- vices at 8 p. m. Rev. J. H. Ran- dahl, pastor. First Scandinavian Lutheran. Morning services at 10:30. Sun- day school at 12 o’clock. Evening services in English at 8 o’clock. Rev. T. S. Kolste, pastor. First Methodist Episcopal. Preaching in the morning by Rev. S. W: Scott. There will be no even- ing services. Sunday school at 12. Epworth league at 7. Prayer meet- ing Thursday evening. Rev. Chas. S. Flesher, pastor. German Lutheran. Sunday school at 2:30 in the Bap- tist church. Preaching services at 3 p. m. Presbyterian. There will be service tomorrow at the usual hours. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching services at 11, Junior C. E. at 4. Young Peo- ples meeting at 7. Evening Gospel fervice at 8. Mid-week service of prayer on Thursday evening at 8. The public is cordialy invited to all these services. S. E. P, White, pas- tor. TWO CONFESS MURDER. (By United Press.) Janesville, Wis., Oct. 5.—Harry Berger, eighteen, and Edward Myer, twelve, confessed to the police last night that they made a criminal at- tack upon Mathilda Bergersterman, who was found dead two days ago. They admitted that they were with her when she died. The girl’s father, who was arrest- ed and charged with murder, was released. The Meyer boy’s face-still bore marks of scratches received in the struggle with the girl. “FATHER” CLARK GOES ABROAD. New York. Oct. 5.—Dr. Francis E. Clark, founder and president of the World’s Christian Endeavor Union, acompanied by his wife and son, sailed today for Europe. The party will spend the winter touring the Holy Land and later will attend Christian Endeavor meetings to be 'held next spring in Norway, Sweden and Finland. SCOO! TLL TAKE You THE CUB REPORTER -} Washinton, -Oct.: 5. —“I. asked .no BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1912. DRIVERS READY - FOR GRAND PRIZE| (By United Press.) Vanderbilt Cup Course, Milwau- kee, Wis,, Oct. 5.—The following drivers and cars were entered in the grand prize event scheduled to be run at 10 o’clock this morning: Driver. Barney Oldfield .. Ralph De Palma . Spencer Wishart . George Clark .... Teddy Tetzlaff Bob Burman Joe Dawson ... Erwin Bergdell . Hughie Hughes .. Ralph Mulford .. Harry Nelson .... . Oldfield’s post entry was made posibble by the death of David Brouce-Brown, whose place on the entry list was left vacant. The announcement that Oldfield would enter the 410 mile grind was mad folowing a conference of pro- moters during which it was agreed that as long as an open entry exist- ed it might as well be filled by Old- | field. E. E. Hewitt, the Pacific coast owner of Fiat racing cars, agreed to put his extra racer at Oldfield’s disposal. Hewitt’s extra car was one he brought along in case Teddy Tetz- laff’s Fiat should be diabled in speed trials. WANT Anmi;k’ WILEY Oldfield is under contract to use a |National Association of Cleaners and certain brand of tires, and rims for the use of these threads had-to be procured. ROOSEVELT DENIES HE MADE PROMIS man to contribute to the campaign fund when I was elected president of the United States and I wish to re- iterate that Mr. Bliss and Mr. Cor- telyou both asured me that no prom- ise had been made as a return for any contribution. Neither they nor anyone else having authority asked me to act or refrain from acting in any matter while I was president, because any contribution had been made or withheld. Gentlemen, could I put it more sweepingly?” In these words Colonel Theodore Roosevelt summarized his-testimony yesterday at the close of the first part of his hearing before the Clapp committee of the senate investigat- ing campaign funds. The Colonel specifically denied that he ever asked for contributions to his 1904 campaign fnud or that he had known of any contribution by J. P. Morgan. To these unequivocable statements Colonel Roosevelt added again that he had ordered the return to the Standard Oil company of any contri- bution it might have made in 1904; that he had been assured-by George B. Cortelyou “only yesterday” that he knew of no such contribution; and that he did mot believe Corne- lius N. Bliss had ever demanded a contribution from John D. Archbold or from any corporation by any methods of extortion. William J. Loeb followed Colonel Roosevelt on the stand before the Clapp campaign investigating com- mittee late in the afternoon. At 4:54 p. m. the committee ad- journed until 10 a. m. Monday. ENTHRONE BISHOP WELLER. Fond du. Lac, Wis., Oct. 5.—The enthronement of Rt. Rev. Reginald Heber Weller, who succeeds the late Bishop Grafton as head of the Pro- testant Episcopal diocese of Fond du Lac, is to take place tomorrow in St. Paul’s Cathedral. The service will be simple, at the special request of Bishop Weller. B Scoop Thought Now T PLace e 8 “ad” for certain man ‘Dyers to Fight A@ulhention of All Fabrics. SAY PURE SIIK IS RARE. (By United Press.) St. Louis, Oct. 5.—Wanted: Wiley to fight for “pure cloth.” This might stand %a\pgrmnent A Dr. ers and various associations geal- ing in goods for wearing apparel, now lining up to drive from the mar- ket the deadly “adulterated fabric,” which is fast eating great holes in the pocket-book of the ultimate con- sumer, or see that it is branded and not passed off a “pure food.’ ’ The National Dyers and Cleaners asociation jumped boldly into the fight at the recent convention in St. Louis by passing a resolution favor- ing legislation to brand adulterated goods. They have pledged to their support other associations whose members handle fabrice in different ways and together with various man- ufacturers and dealers associations will send a committee to Washinton to work for a national law requir- ing the branding of adulterated goods, just the same as the pure food law requires the branding of adul- terated foods. “The average housewife does not know that fifty per cent of the silk sold over the counters.is adulterat- ed,” said W. D." Wade, chairman of the committee on resolutions of the Dyers association in St. Louis. “The general impression is that silk does not wear well, whereas pure silk is the best wearing material manufac- tuerd. ‘The average silk dress will fall to pieces after being cleaned be- cause it is adulterated. But pure silk can be dyed and cleaned and then made_over. “A manufacturer in some instances takes sixteen ounces of silk and makes from 150 to 175 ounces from L. If your silk “rattles” or “rustles’” it doesn’t mean much, according to Wade, for you may be carrying around a mixture of glass, and tin, with a little silk thrown in. Silk is woven as a sort of web, and, ac- cording to information furnished the Dyers and Cleaners, some manufac- turers fill in the web with glass and tin mixture. 3 A “pure wool’ bill has been intro- (Continued on last page). DRWER WHILE Yoy, &s e CADDY, GO 0N ANTICIPATION pyright.) ;1 cturers, deal-|- FOOTBALL RETURNS{TO VISIT MINNESOTA The Pioneer has arranged for foot- ball returns on the following games today. The returns will give the final score only and will be posted on the bulletin board at the Security National Bank corner as fast as they are received: Bemidji vs. Akeley. Minnesota vs. Ames. Wisconsin vs. Lawrence. . Chicago vs. Indiana. Illinois vs. Illinois College. Northwestern vs. Lake Forest. Michigan vs. Case. Nebraska vs. Bellevue. Cornell vs. Oberlin. Harvard vs. Holy Cross. Princeton vs, Lehigh, Pennsylvania vs. Dickinson. Yale vs. Syracuse. Results of all of these football games cannot be found in any of the city dailies reaching Bemidji before Sunday noon. Watch the - Pioneer bulletin board every day. William J. Bryan to Speak. at Sev- eral Points In This State During October Campaign Tour. LEAVES LINCOLN SUNDAY NIGHT (By United Press.) Lincoln, Neb., Qct. 5.—Additional eanwgin dates for W. J. Bryan have been announeed. by Charles W.. Bryan of the national committee. Following Governor Wilson’s visit Sunday, Bryan will leave Lincoln Sunday afternoon for South Dakota. Wakonda will be the first speech that Bryan will make in South Da- kota, early Monday, October 7. He will speak at Yankton at 10 o'clock gnd will go by special train from ‘¥ankton north and west through South Daksta, completing his day’s tour at Pierre. On the eighth he will go east from Pierre, speaking at towns en route to Aberdeen, where he will close his South Dakota campaign with the night of the eighth. The ninnth and tenth of October will be devoted to North Dakota, where he will close the North Da- kota speaking dates with a night meeting at Fargo October 10. He will leave Fargo on the morn- ing of the eleventh for Minneapo- lis and St. Paul, speaking at the in- termediate points and closing his Minnesota tour with night meetings at Minneapolis and St. Paul on the eleventh. October 1 2to 14 will be spent in Towa. October 16, 17 and 18 will be de- voted to Indiana. October 19 to 22 will be spent in Ohio. AMES IS CONFIDENT. Minneapolis, Oct. 5.—Confidence is en route to Northrop fleld. But it will not hearten Minnesota root- ers. It is coming in the shape of a coach, eleven husky regulars and a number of substitutes, who will wear the red and yellow of Ames. - It has been four yéars since the Aggies have crossed the Minnesota goal line, and fourteen since they have left the field victors. In 1908 Minnesota was at the big end-of a 15-0 score, and in 1898 at the small end of a 0-6 result. This year they feel they will win. * The Iowa farmers have left Ames, and by this morning will be quarter- ed in Minneapolis. Before starting on his expedition Coach Clyde Wil- liams gave out a bear report con- cerning the condition of his men, but, reading between the lines, it can be seen that the Towa teacher is more than reasonably certain his pu- pils will be able to teach those of Dr. Williams a few of the fine points of the modern game. Man Kills Four Bears. Albert Wessburg, one of the jew- elers of the George T. Baker and company store has returned from a vacation trip at the west end of upper Red Lake.. He reports that duck hunting was fine and that dur- ing his vacation his party shot sev- eral hundred ducks during a period of about three weeks. He ran onto 8 bear and thre cubs and managed to kill all four of them. Mr. Wess- burg has photographs of his trip. SOCIALIST TO LECTURE. Nellie M. Zeh, a Socialist lecturer, will give an address in the city ‘hall Thursday, October 17. She claims to have the remedy for poor jobs or lack of jobs, poor farms or lack of farms, drudgery and the high cost of living. . TEN CENTS PER WEEK. Are Urging Voters to Cast Ballot For " Proposed Amendment to State - Constitution. WOULD INCREASE ROAD FUND Act Provides for One Mill Assessment On All Taxable Proeprty to Raise Raise Money for Highways. NEEDED IN NORTHERN MINN. Counties Will Be Able to Build More Wagon Routes By Using Aid as Provided in Elwell Law. Commercial eclubs all over the state of Minnesota are urging voters to vote for the Dunn constitutional amendment at the general election November 5. The governor when in Bemidji stated that this amendment is of greater importance than the governorship itself. . According to the present law of the state a majority of all the elec- tors voting at the November election is needed to pass the amendment. Consequently, every vote that is not cast in favor of the amendment is cast against it. - The Dunn amendment provides for the leving annually of a one mill tax on all the taxable property of the state for the purpose of rais- ing a fund to be used in the construc- tion of highways and bridges. The present law provides for a tax of one-quarter of 2 mill and it brings in about $300,000 a year. The El- well law provides a way for coun- ties to build roads by the state pay- ‘ing-half, thé coutity one-quarter and the property owners the other quar- ter. The Dunn amendment pro- poses to increase - the state fund available from $300,000 to $1,200,- 000 -a year. The three counties of Hennepin, Ramsey and St. Louis, containing the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth, pay over sixty per cent of the taxes of the state. It has been estimated that for every dollar 2 man in Beltrami county pays to the state in taxes, the county receives a return of two dollars in state aid of various forms. By means of the Dunn amendment, the three cities will be called upon to do their share of the building of the state roads. The money is especially needed in Northern Minnesota. ‘Because of the fact that the amendment will be a direct benefit to the people of ‘the country while those in the cities will receive in- direct returns, it has been pointed out that the voters in the country districts must stand for the amend- mént splidly if it is to carry. A vote not cast in favor of the amendment is cast against it and the amendment must pass if the series of state roads for which petitions have laready been filed under the Elwell Act are to be allowed. The cities are mnet solidly against the amendment as many realize that good roads are es- sential to the community and needed for the upbuilding of the cities also. ‘Following is the text of the amend- ment: Section 1. The following amend- ment to section sixteen (16) of ar- ticle nine (9) o fthe constitution of the state of Minnesota, is hereby proposed to the people of the state for their approval or rejection; that is. to say, changing section sixteen (16) of article nine (9) of said constitution so that said section six- teen (16) shall read as follows: “Section 16. For the purpose of lending aid in the construction and improvement of public highways and bridges, there is hereby created a fund, to be known as the “state road and bridge fund,” said fund shall include all moneys accruing from the income derived from investments in the internal improvement land fund, or that may hereafter accrue to said fund, and shall also include all funds accruing to any state road and bridge fund, however provided. ‘The legislature is authorized to _ add to such fund, for the purpose of constructing or improving roads and bridges of this state, by providing, in its discretion, for an annual tax devy upon the property of this state of not to exceed in any year one mill on -all the taxable property within the state. Provided, that no county shall receive in any year more than three (3) per cent, or less than one-half (1-2) of ome (1) per eent (Continued from first page). COMMERCIAL CLUBS FAYOR DUNN TAX