Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 2, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 11. NUMBER 30. .. THOMAS SPEECH A PUBLIC SERVICE Such is Way in Which Congressman Tavenner Relates To Recent Talk of Colorado Senator. Dk CONSIDERED SECOND TO WILSON Dealt With Methods Used by Sugar Trust In Getting Favorable Mentoin Before Congress. EMPLOYEES FORCED TO WRITE Were Informed That if They Did Not . Do So They Took Chances of Losing Their Jobs. By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner. Washington, June 2—By his recent speech in the Senate exposing- the methods used by the beet sugar trust to manufacture false and artificial public sentiment against the tariff bill, Senator Thomas, of Colorado, has performed a public service, sec- ond only to that of the president in calling attention to the insiduous tarift lobby, the most powerful which ever operated in Washington. Senator Thomas’s speech gives the public some idea of the pressuré na- tional legislators: must withstand . when they attempt to pass laws which K the special interests oppose but which .. the people want. Senator Thomas and his colleagues, Senator Shafroth, as well as two rep- resentatives at large, Edward Keat- | ing and E. T. Taylor, were elected in Colorado last fall on-the Democratic ticket by pluralities ranging from 45,000 to 50,000 votes. While the platform did not specifically endorse the removal of the duty on sugar, it endorsed all the actions of the last Democratic house, one of which was to pass a free sugar bill; and Repre- sentative Keating ran on a straight free-sugar platform. It was evident that Colorado, with its extensive su- ¥ gar industry, voted for free sugar by . . a plurality of 45, 000. The special session of congress met. The tariff bill, providing for free su- gar,-was-introdiced. - And then what happened? i:From all_parts of Colo- rado letters began pouring in on that state’s senators and representatives protesting against free sugdar. So numerous and vehement were these letters and telegrams that they. ap- parently indicated a tremendous re- vulsion of feeling in the state toward the sugar tariff. Any honest legisla- . tor might ‘well hesitate before he voted against such an overwhelming expression of public opinion. Senator Thomas, however, went be- hind the erturns. He got in com- munication with Thomas S. Price, an intelligent man formerly employed by the Great Western Sugar Company at Longmont, Colorado, who told the senator how the fictitious public sen- timent was manufactured. He wrote: “You will no doubt receive letters from employe sof the factory here, as they are compelled in an underhand- ed way either to write them or take chances of losing their jobs by re- fusing.” Price enclosed a form letter which the sugar companies ordered their employes to copy, sign and mail to Washington. This letter does not speak for the sugar company, but is all for the poor farmer and the poor wage earner. After instructing the employes how to direct the letters, trc instructions were: “A letter to Hon Woodrow Wlison, President of the United States, Washington, D. C., will do a lot of good. If you are a 2 Demolrat, tell them so. It will carry more weight. In this way thousands of employes " of* Colorado sugar mills have been “influencde” to write to their senators and congressmen, urging them to vote (Continued on last page). ADDRESS BUSINESS MEN Evangelist Honeywell to Deliver Talk Which Made “Hits” in Other ° Towns Tuesday Evening. DINNER WILL BE GIVEN MEN Sunday was the great day of the tabernacle meetings thus far. Large audiences. attended every service and fifty people committed themselves to the Christian life. Tuesday eveninz Mr. Honeywell professional men. This address has in other cities, been productive of much good and has attracted large crowds. All classes and ages, both men and women are welcome. A dinner for men will be given by the ladies of the churches in 'the Presbyterian church Tuesday from 12 m. to 12:30 p. m., followed by a con- ference and prayer service from 12:30 to 12:50. ANl men who can do so are urged to be present for both the Ainner and conference. glves a special address to business and | ACTORS ARE NOT ALL BAD B()RI)ER CITY NINE Archdeacon Pulhn]l Says That Honeywell Statement Not Entirely True—Knows From Experience. SHOULD BE AIDED, NOT KICKED With the statement that he did not wish to enter into a controversy of any kind, Archdeacon Parshall last evening dealt at length on the re- mark made Friday evening by Evan- gelist Honeywell, relative to eighty per cent of actors and actresses be- ing of an immoral character. Mr, Parshall stated that in his opinion the statement was untrue, and that he thought so because of ex- periences he had met with during his fifteen years of clergy work. It was his idea that followers of the stage profession were put face to face with many discouraging circum- stances and that the clergy of the world should endeavor to aid them in leading good lives instead of “kick- ing them when they were down.” COLONEL COLLECTS 6 CTS. George Newett, Editor of Supposed Libel Retracts Statements Made * in His Weekly. “DEAL BLOW TO ALL SLANDERS.” Marquette, Mich., June 2.—Soon after taking the stand in his own be- half in the libel suit brought against him by Theodore .Rogsevelt, George Newett, editor of Iron Ore, in con- nection with the article printed by! Newett some time ago relative to the Colonel’s being a drinking man, re- tracted the article. The Colonel having waived dam- ages after the defendant had uttered! a retraction, the jury awarded the nominal amount of six cents, provid- ed in such cases by the law of Michi- gan. Each party to the suit will have, to pay his own expenses. Judge Flannigan instructed the jury to bring in a verdict for the plaintiff, which it did without leav- ing the. box. The colonel-left for.€hicago and the east at 5:30 o’clock that evening less than two hours after the con- clusion of the case. | The climax of the case came like the conclusion of a drama. “The plaintiff rests,” remarked Attorney James H. Pound in a matter-of-fact manner, any every eye was turned toward the table where sat the de- fendant and his attorneys, Horace Andrews of Cleveland, and William P. Belden of Ishpeming. “The defense will call Mr. New- ett,” announced Mr. Belden, and a ruddy-cheeked man, whose color did not disguise the fact that he is suffer- ing from a serious illness, took the chair. In his hand he carried a man- useript. " Mr. Newett was well along in his reading before the Colonel, whose position seemed like that of a man about to leap forward, lost the tense look on his face. “It is fair to the plaintiff to state that I have been unable to find in any section of the country any individual witness who is willing to state that he has personally seeri Mr. Roosevelt drink to excess.” At this the plaintiff smiled and re- laxing, spoke a few words in the ear of attorney Van Benschoten. The latter smiled back at him. The colonel broke into a smile again when Mr. Newett, speaking dis- tinetly and’ with emphasis, said with reference to the mass of testimony adduced by the plaintiff, “I am forced to the conclusion that I was mis- taken.” “I-have once and for all dealt a blow to these slanders,” said the colonel. Walks From Warroad to Bemidji. Word comes from Baudette that J. J. Opsahl, together with two cruis- ers, has begun his hike from War- road to Bemidji, in an endeavor to gain information concerning the country through which the railroad which he is advocating will operate. SCOOP ierorter REPORTER SCoop 1T WAL ALWANS BEER OF T, BY SALE OR TRADE. AND STERTING- 0pT WiTH & 'WALLOPS BEMIDJI Handed Players of This City 21 to 3 Defeat Yesterday. Took Advantage of Opportunity of Rates and Visited Canada—Also Go Through Paper Mills. TEIP MUCH ENJOYED BY ALL|: Return Gnme Wlll Be Played Here a Week From Next Sunday.—Team To Be Strengthened. Nearly 100 baseball fans and pleas- ure seekers took advantage of the excursion ‘rate made by .the Minne- sota & International railroad between International Falls and Bemidji yes- terday. In the baseball game, the chief attraction, the border city nine simply had the time of their lives, winning by a 21 to 3 score. Seven- teen hits were collected off the deliv- ery of the Bemidji twirlers, Paul and Smithson, several of them being for extra bases. Aside from the fact that their pitchers were not in true form the fielding of the Bemidji boys was good and many plays of the sensational order were pulled off. Barl Bailey; playing shortstop for Bemidji, made a difficult play when he grabbed a hot grounder with his ungloved hand and whipped the ball to first and got his man. Another feature of the contest was the nerve exhibited by Boscoe the Be- i midji receiver, who with his catching iglove removed caught a ball thrown from the infield and tagged out a jrunner endeaving to score from third. Two of his fingers were dislocated and his hand otherwise injured but he stayed in the game. The three runs made by Bemidji | were earned being the. result of eight hits. To many of the Bemidji visitors at International Falls the sight of Cana- da just across the river was-new, and they took advantage of their oppor- tunity, payed their toll on the big wagon and railroad bridge leading to Fort Francis and visited the neigh- boring ccuntry. Another sight of interest for the Bemidji folks was the paper mill, The baseball team will play Inter- national Falls here a week from next Sunday. The Bemidji team will be strengthened for the game. All report that they were well en- tertained in the border city and that nothing was left undone to make the trip an enjoyable one. SHIP MANY FISH AT BAUDETTE Send Out 45 Tons Each Week—Catch Large Sturgeon. Eighty-eight boxes of fish, amount- ing to 13200 pounds were loaded at the Baudette fishery, located at the mouth of the Rainy river, one day last week. This represents the catch for three days and gives some idea of the amount of fish that is being taken out of the Lake of the Woods. During the same length of time the catch for the various fisheries at the Baudette end of the lake was 300 boxes or 4,000 lbs, which means that the catch each week is about forty-five tons. The fish is shipped by express to the Chicago and New York markets. One sturgeon caught at the lake Saturday weighed ninety 1bs., and htirty 1bs of Caviar was tak- en from it. This one fish netted about fifty dollars. The fishermen are enjoying one of the best years ever known on the lake. While in - -Minneapolis last ~week Frank Koors manager of the Model Bakery, was successful in securing E. R. Lambert, expert cake baker, to succeed J. W. Angvall, who is about to open a bakery of his own " in" ‘Sioux Falls, S. D. Mr. Lambert’s wife and two children are also here. "o on, ANTHONY, WiTH ME. TEST International Falls Baseball Team ABOUT 100 FANS MADE THE TRIP Bemdji’l Chiet with Certiorari Wi Mike 0’ O’'Donnell, is being fo] in district court. ‘When'O'Donnell’s Secrutchin took the Judge McClennahan ti a writ of certiorari M returnable before Judge Stanton -at two o’clock this u(ternuon This writ is an orde; Eo show cause ‘whether the law had been violated when O’Donnel] sold Imuor to a post- ed man, to such an ak!ent that ‘his license should be reco P. J. Russell; city attorney, is rep- resenting the mayor in/the matter. e s lGS CROKER TO CANYASS CITY fiig Sales Force to l{‘ke House to House Solicitation-ort flolden Rod Vacuum Clefim-. SPECIAL PRICE TO Oill RmERS g E. D. Croker, state'mainager of ‘the Hugoo Mtg. Co., is infhe city with his sales force, giving “demonstra- tions of the Golden Rod ~ Vacuum Cleaner sold the world:over for $10. Mr. Croker offers $100 b either man- ufacture, merchant or Hgusewife, who can prove to him, that ter hand power vacuul better work than the Vacuum Cleaner will dd egardless of price. “Remember I amg}ad to stand| back of this statemenf,” said - Mr. Croker. A child can.Zoperate " the Golden Rod:. It pieks»ap ravelings, | threads, pieces of paggr, ..erumbs, otc., from. the. surfacedht; your-rugs. and carpets. There i8 no necessity in beating your rugs if you use the Gol- den Rod, for it:gets the dirt from in and beneath the floor covering, It cleans upholstering, mattresses, or tufted furniture. It gets the dirt along the edges of-the wall and in the corners. The life of the Golden Rod Vacuum Cleaner is claimed to be ten_ years, and a written guarantee goes with each machine.. To thése who now have “Every- body’s” cleaner ,a satisfactory allow- ance will be made in exchange.: To Pioneer readers Mr. Croker will-make a special price on this ideal machine. ere ig a bet- clenner doing INITIATE K. C. CLASS AT “FALLS” Several Members of the Bemidji Lodge Were in Attendance. Several Bemidji men, members of the Bemidji lodge of the Knights of Columbus, went to International Falls yesterday, where they attended the initiation of a large class of candi- dates. Among those who went were Ray Murphy, A. A. Andrews, E. J. Gould, Charles Gould, Mike Downs and Mike Corrigan. , MISS COOMS WEDS J. H. FALLS Sunday morning at 10 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs.” Frank Frost on Twelfth street the marriage of James H. Falls and Miss Lillian Cooms, both "of this city was solemn- ized. The ceremony was witnessed by a few relatives of the contracting par- ties. Rev. Charles H. Chandler. of the Baptist church officiated. . Mr. and Mrs, Falls will make thefr future home in this city. Commercial Club Meeting. Members of the Bemidji Commer- cial club are urgently requested to be present at the regular meeting to- morrow. night. Much b}lainess of im- portance will be discussed. The Boss Isn’t Very Strong For Cleopatras [WHILE Wi 15 A VeRY VALuASLE. olden Rod | EDITOR WHO CHARGED T WITH *l*fiii#iiill‘ii* x‘lkliiiiili ki*#*iii tro Corporation- ,New York. ii*i#%iiili#l’*i#d Copyright by International News Service; supplied by New Process Elec- Although a Colonel, Roosevelt does not profess to be a colonel of the Kentucky Colonel type—towrit: He was never (Jag’d) in his life: The .above is an illustration of George A. Newett, editor and pub- lisher of Iron Ore, a weekly paper at Ishpeming, Mich., in which he pub- lished an’ article calculated to put the Colonel in the “Boose Club” and as_a’‘result Newett was sued by the Bull Moose leader for $10,000 dam- ages for libél. Roosevelt received a six cent verdict. Jens Nelson, His Wife and Mrs. Holt Have Thrilling Experience When Machine Turns Turtle. ‘When the steering wheel on the Nelson, a Bagley .druggist,. went wrong yesterday morning, an : acci- fatality took place. Mr. Nelson, his wife, Mrs, Holt and her daughter, all of Bagley, had started for Lake Itasca together with several other cars from Bagley. The Nelson car was the last. ) The trip had been successful as far as Moose Creek, five miles south of Shevlin. It was here that Nelson lost control of his car and before he could bring it to: a stop it had plunged over the embankment and into the creek, turning over in so do- ing. The Nelson’s .were pinned under the machine, and in the water, where they remained for about half an hour before help was successful in assist- ing them out. Their were consider- ably bruised and burned, but neither of their lnjuries is regarded as ser- ious. Mrs. Holt and her daughter were thrown from the car, receiving injur- ies about her back and neck. She was also unconscious for several minutes. L. P. Eckstrom of Bemidji, who viewe dthe machine a few minutes after the accident states that the car is ‘badly damaged. STATE FORESTER VISITS BEMIDJI Together With ‘Supervisor Hirkner, Investigating Conditions Here. For the purpose of gaining inform- ation as to methods used by Minne- sota relative to its forests, Supervisor of Forestry Hirkner, of the province of Manitoba, was in Bemidji Friday. He was accompanied by State Fores- ter Cox. Together with District For- est Ranger L. F. Johnson they went to Cass Lake Saturday where they visited Star Island and investigated the work being done by Mr. Marsh- ment forests there. From Cass Lake, Mr. Cox and Mr. Hirkner went to Hibbing and other range points. Mr. Cox will return to St. Paul tomorrow. BAGLEYITES IN ACCIDENT{DISTRICT JUDGES BUSY Stanton In Chsmbers, McClennahan in Brainerd, and Wright Grinding out Justice in Aitkin, (INJURIES ARE NOT SERIOQUS|HUBBARD TERM NEXT WEEK Wheels of justice in the Fifteenth judicial district are turning at a rap- id gait and the three judges, McClen- nahan,. Stanton.and Wright, are-be- : busy either in. chambets or | holding court in sevéral of the eight counties comprising the district. Judge Stanton is in chambers this week, listening to motions and other He will leave for Brainerd next Monday where he will relieve Judg McClennahan who will go to Park Rapids where he will open the Hubbard county term a week from to- automobile owned and driven by Jens: ‘defit- which “Tuckily “aid ot "énd in "a’[ i Judge Wright has'been at Aitkin since the term at ‘that place started several weeks ago and will in probability remain there until calendar has been cleaned up. In order that George Moody, Judge McClennahan’s court remain in Brainerd so that he ‘may have an opportunity to catech up his work, a switch in court reporters is likely to take place -mnext week. Moody will report for Stanton at Brainerd while the latter’s reporter, Lee LaBaw will go to Park Rapids. reporter, may 12 FROM KOOCHICHING TO GO Following is a list of men from Koochiching and Benton who wili attend the big Northern Minnesota Development convention at Hinckley: From Koochiching county—J. Allen, Littlefork; C. S. Jameson, Lit- tlefork; John D. Kibbey, Internation- al Falls; Anna E. Shelland, Interna- tional Falls; R. 8. McDonald, Inter- national Falls; L. H. Slocum, Inter- national Falls; Franz Jevne, Interna- tional Falls; Robert F. Chute, Ray; ‘William Durrin, Northome; Ulveldal, Big Falls; Harold Royem, Birchdale; George Clark, Ranier. From Benton county—A. H. Tur- rittin, Sauk Rapids; W. H. Lord, Fo- ley; J. M. Thoen, Rice. .| recent revolt against the government. | ENLARGE M. & 1. ROUND HODSE COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT. This evening will be held the re- gular meeting of the city council. Much business of importance will be all who is in charge of the govern-| [ealled to Grookston Friday because of - : 128 NENSTARTWORK ON NEW LAKE ROAD Under Directions of A. A. M James Black Workmen and Two Teams Began Operations. COMPLETED IN szmu. WEEKS From the Money Collected This Morn- ing smsv was Taken in by Selling of Tags Saturday. MINSTEL MONEY NOT ALL IN.YET Many Who Sold Tickets for Show Fri- day Night Late in Turning in , Cash—Will Reach $900. Loaded with pick axes and number two shovels 28 workmen: and: two teams, headed by A. A. Tord and Jas. Black, left for.the :head.of the lake this morning, wheré work was begun on the completion of the road around the lake. i e About $500 has been collected. for the payment of the expenses of ‘the rcad by ‘the glving of ‘the big min- strel show and-tag-day. *As yet the total amount nwle by the minstrel show is not known as many of those who sold tickets have not turned in-their money. . It is es- timated, however, that the amount cleared will run somewhere . over $200. The road to be built will run fmm alout one mile this side of Rocky Point to Lavinia. The impression which _ has been formed by many that tmx road is simply being built for the ‘purpose of adding new pleasure rides to the al- ready large list of the members of the Bemidji~ Automobile club is a2 false one.- The truth of the matter is that the road will serve a large benefit to the ~ farmers of the Turtle River country and north end of the lake. ‘It is probable that several weeu will be taken up in completing thg work which was_ started this morn- ing. CRCUS IS COMING SOON T Oklahoma Wild West Show Will Give Two Performances in Bemidji June Thirteenth. INDIANS AND COWBOYS IN IT Bemidji and surrounding country is being billed for the Oklahoma Ranch Wild West shows, which will exhibit here Friday, June 13. There will ‘be two performances _l here, the first at 2 p. m. and the final ] T— one at 8 p. m. The exhibition will open with a picturesque line-up of all the celebrities with the show, in- cluding Col. Zack Mulhall, the fam- ous Oklaohma ranchman, rider and sure-shot, and his scarcely less fam- ous daughters, Lucille and Georgle. There will be pride-winning cowboys and cowgirls from the - Pendleton Round-Up, the Cheyenne Frontier day and the great Stampede, which drew thousands of people from all over Canada and the American Northwest to Calgary last fall. There will be noted Indian chiefs. Mexican bull- fighters and an entire company of ? rurales, fugitives from Mexico be- cause of their participation in the s Wild West day opens at 10:30 with what is declared to be & most picturesquely-novel street parade, will be seen on the streets of this city. Contractors Began Work of Con- struction Saturday Morning. Work on the addition to the M. & 1. - roundhouse began Saturday morning. Libby and Nelson, of Mjn- neapolis, have contracted - to build the structure which will be of hrlc* 3 and half the size of the present build- ing. There will be a fireproof wall between the old building and the new one and the machine shop will be rebuilt with a small addition whlch ! | will be also constructed of brick. The ; > work 18 expected to be completed by - the 16th of July. NEPHEW OF MES, CARTER DEAD 'diiWomcdledtoW _’l‘hmlofhmkwnnwn. Mrs. A.'A. Carter ot Bemidjf, was = the death of Her nephew Willfam: Walton, 9, who was drowned inlg- 2 Lake river Friday while running : #ad feature of the little fellows . desith 18 the fact that he went down 11y a few feet from the spot Where fwo sisters were drowned levml 2