Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 11, 1913, Page 1

P VOLUME 11. NUMBER 65 ~THE HOUSE HAS 12 SINGLE TAX MEN “Next To Socialism,” Says Tavenner Single Tax Is Most Radical Political Doctrine SENATE HAS THREE MEMBERS With But One Exception All Are Representations of The Demo- cratic Party By Congressman Clyde H. havenner. Washington, July 11—Quietly and unostentatiously the great and .growing movement of the Single tax has been placing its representatives in"Congress, until now (the fact is Just becoming known they are almost numerous enough to constitute a fourth party in the national legis la- ture. There are 12 Single tax advocates in the House, all but one of them bearing the Democratic label. In the Senate there are three—the first re- presentative of a revolutionary econ- omic doctrine to attain the upper branch Congress. Next to Socialism, Single-tax is the most radical political doctrine gain- ing adherents in America. As most people know, it proposes a single di- rect tax—a tax on land only, and not on the improvements on land. The Singletaxer hopes to discourage speculative holding of land and to compel its development by taxation, thus creating an increased demand for labor and securing to the work- ingman a greater share of the wealth he produces. Up to two years ago, there were but two Singletaxers in Congress Representative, now Senator, William Hughes, of Paterson, N. J., and Sena- tor Owen, of Oklahoma. Senator Hughes is a proven friend of the common people, and- is now President Wilson’s closet friend in Congress. Senator Owen,._though.one of the young men of the Senate, has become one of its leaders. He took a leading part in the recent recorganization which wrested control from the reac- tionary element. He is Chairman of the important Banking and Currency Committee, which will pass upon the banking reform measures. Senator Owen is a believer in the guarantee of bank deposits, a proposition ab- horrent to Wall Street and big bank- ing interests, but in mighty high fa- vor with the plain people of this country. ¥y The Congress which assembled March 4, 1911, brought five Single- taxers into the House as members. They were Henry George, Jr., of New York; William Kent, progressive Re- publican of California; David 7. Lewis, of Maryland; Frand Buchan- non, of Chicago; and John W. Davis, of West Virginia. All of these are Democrats except Kent, a progressive Republican. All attained national fame in their first term in Congress; and all were re- elected to the present Congress. Henry George, Jr., is nationally fa- mous as the son of the founder of the Singletax movement. But in Con- gress he has attracted great attention, especially by his work In exposing the taxation valuations in Washing- ton, D. C.,, where the homes of the wealthy were greatly undervalued. Kent, who came to Congress as a fighting progressive, became disgust- ed with the Republican party, and last fall successfully sought re-elec- tion as an independent. Lewis the new chairman of the Committee on Labor, has become well known, principally because of his services in writing the progres- sive provisions of the parcel post law. Buchannon has been a tower of strength for labor in Congress. He has introduced many bills for labor, and has kept continually on the fir- ing line for the working people. Buchannon was working at his trade of structural iron worker when elec- ted to Congress. - For a number of years he was international president of his union. David has proven to be one of the legal scholars of Congress. He is an eminent lawyer, a fine orhtor, and a public spirited representative. It is freely predicted that he will be ap- pointed a federal judge during the ‘Wilson administration. This spring, when the new Con- gress assembled, it was found that seven _additional Singletaxers had come to the House, and one to- the Senate. The new Representatives who advocate the Henry George doc- trine are: Robert Crosser, of Ohio. Though a young man, he is the author of the initlative and referendum amendment to the Ohio constitution. Robert G. Bremner, of New Jersey, editor of the Passaic Daily Herald, nl 3 man so esteemed in his district that KKK KKK KKK KKK KK IR KKK KKK KKK KK ¥ MCLOUGHLIN IS VICTOR OVER AUSTRALIAN DOUST * KRR KRR KSR KKK KKK KRR KKK KK Corporation, New York. America’s Champion Takes Final In Straight Sets. Maurice E. McLoughlin, America’s | champion tennis player, who defeat- ed Stanley N. Doust, captain of tl\e\ Copyright by International News Service; supplied by New Process Electro Round Of All Comers Tennis Singles Australian Davis Cup team, in the fi- nal round of the all-comers’ singles, in thre straight sets, 6-3; 6-4; 5-7 he was nominated unanimously against his will and elected by a big majority, IR ¢ Warren Worth Bailey, of Penn- sylvania, one of the finest of the new men in Congress, and an original progressive. Mr. Bailey has been an ardent follower of Henry George since 1893. Back in the '90’s he was the owner of the Vincennes, Ind., News, which he made the first Singletax newspaper in the United tSates. He was for a time president of the Chi- cago Single Tax Club. He is now the editor of the Johnstown, Pa., Daily Democrat, which has become a pro- srossive_beacon.-light in Ponnsylvan-. ia. Edward Keating, of Colorado, edi- tor and owner of the Pueblo Leader Last fall Mr. Keating ran as Dem- ocratic nominee for representative-at large. His platform declared for the | removal of the duty on sugar, and, although Colorado is one of the chief sugar beet growing states, he was elected by a plurality of over 45,000. Horace Worth Vaughan, of Texas, one of the eminent lawyers of his state. Louis Fitzhenry, of Bloomington, 1ll., formerly a newspaper man, but since 1897 a lawyer. Stephen A. Howorth, of Rapatee, 1., farmer. In the Senate Henry F. Ashurst took seat as Senator from Arizona on March 27, 1912. He is a Singletaxer. His career has been a rugged one. At various times he has been a cow- boy, hod carrier, lumberjack, clerk in a store, and newspaper reporter. He began to practice law in 1896 and since then served several terms in the Arizona territorial legislature. Real Gainsborough. A great dealer, now dead, once told me that sauntering into an auction room he observed the portrait of a hoy in a hat, ascribed to Gainsborough He had that power of eye which can plerce through superimposed paint, and looking deep down into that pic- ture he felt certain that the hat was an addition and the boy a girl. He bought the portrait for a song, to find that his dream had come true. It was a true Gainsborough, and the likeness of a beautiful girl. What had prob- ably happened brings a drama before us. Some old Squire Western had disinherited an eloping daughter, had pulled the Gainsborough down, and sent it to a country dauber for trans- formation. “Pash his wig and buttons (only the oath was worse,” if he would evar look on the undutiful, ungrateful baggage again. The picture had cost good money, and must be kept, though bad she had proved. It should be a POLANDER IN TROUBLE Accused of Making Threats Which Frightened James Ford To Seek Refuge TRIAL UP THIS —AFTERNOON. Charles NoVack was hailed before Judge Crowell this morning in Muni- cipal court charged with carrying concealed weapons. NoVack was ar- Tested on-a complaint sworn out by James Ford, who has been chumming with the accused for the past two weeks. Ford claims that together with several other parties they were playing “smear” in “Spide’s Saloon’” the loser to buy the drinks for the crowd. NoVack lost the game, but when it came to buy, he tried to make Ford pay claiming that he was broke. When Frod refused, NoVack grew angry -and according to Ford threatened to fill nim full of lead, and displayed the butt of his revol- ver. > Ford immediately swore out a war- rant for his arrest on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, was later changed to assult. Sargent Bursley and Chief Lane which made the arrest and stated that No- Vack told them a different story than he had told in court and that he had later denied that he ever had onme. The trial was adjourned until this after- thrown the pistol away and noon.. Early Transit In London. Lady Dorothy Nevill, who remem- bered when' sedan chalrs were used, remembered also, and mentions in her Reminiscences, - the first London (Eug.) steam bus, which ran for the firat time just 80 years ago. The in- ventor was Walter Hancock, and the first appearance of the vehicle, a cum- bersome affair named the Era, created much excitement. It carried 14 pas- sengers and ran from-Paddington to the bank at a charge of 6d all the way. Its success led to the introduc- tion of several other buses, but they were withdrawn in consequence of the turnpike acts of 1840. to the prince of Wales’ garden party at Marlborough house in 1878,” writes & correspondent. “Sir Moses was then ninety-three. The party was on Sat- urday, so his Jewish principles pre- vented him from using his horses, but boy.—Walter Siehel, in T. P.’s Weekly of London. the men were not his servants. They were not forced to labor. all right.” “I saw Sir Moses Monteflore go in a sedan chair So it was B : HIBBING POLICE NAB: GEORGE COLE Deputy ' Sheriff Denly railed Him To Range City And Will Return GAVE OFFICERS ‘SLIP” JUNE 24 Was Charged With Keeping Disorder- ly House In Nymore, Released On ‘Habeaus Corpus Writ. George Cole, who.'through his at- torney C. W. Semtighin gained his freedom, after : being: held in . jail waiting the action éf the Grand Jury, was apprehended B the police at Hibbing through’somé. ' clever work on the part of deifit% sherift Denly and will be brought %o Bemidji by that officer sometiine}:today. A. M. Crowell as goyrt commission- er after a hearin v‘c a charge of conducting a disorderly house in the village of Nymore, bound Cole over to await the action of the grand jury and upon Cole’s refusal to give bail committed him to the county jail. A writ of habeaus corpus: was immedi- ately obtained by hig attorney and the matter was heard before Judge Stan- jton within a few:jhours after com- mitment was isued. Upon the grounds that the offices held by Mr. Crowell, namely .court commissioner and ‘i mumicipal judge were inconsistant and incompatible and for these reasons had no author- ity to issue a warrant as court com- misioner, Judge Stanton discharged the prisoner. v The warrant fori the re-arrest of Cole was placed inithe hands of the sheriff immediately after the court rendered its decision, but Cole “got wise” and “skiddoed”. .Bull Dog G;iYCI Clue Several weeks ago Mr. Cole had Rapids and Mr. Denly. “got wise” and followed the dog, knowing soon- er later that man and dog would meet. Just what information ~Mr. Denly secured there is mot known, but the police at Hibbing were on the lookout and arrested him - this morning. =X Upon his arrival in the city he will be brought before Judge Cro- well on substantially the same charge for which he was arrested in June. CARTER VICTIM OF JOKE Called To His Home By Son Who Was Afraid His Father Was Keeping Late Hours BEATS OFFICER'S CAR HOME Wishing to attend one of the lo- cal theatres last evening, W. A. Wal- ker obtained the services of Street Commissioner Carter to act in his place as night man at the police sta- tion for a short time last evening. Mr, Carters son, knowing that his father was working, called up and asked for a police man to be sent to 527 Eight Street, stating that mur- der had been committed. Mr. Carter turned on the police signals and in a very few minutes Cheif Lane, Ben Lundgren and De- puty Sheriff Denly were at the sta- tion. John Larson’s automobile was brought into service and the officers crowded into the car and opened the throttle wide for the sceme of the crime. Mr. Carter -had disappeared after the officers put in their appearance but was later discovered at his home ‘his~pet= pulidegiesinphed —to-Grand- - EXKDHEKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK K& ¥ ANTI HOME RULERS ADOPT STRINGENT PREVENTATIVE. KRR R KRR IR RN KRR KKK KKK R tro Corporation, New York. This picture shows the Tremoval from a stable at Hammersmith, Lon- don, of the 4,000 rifles that were seized there by the English customs ofticials. The day following the seiz- ure, 500 rifles were also seized in SAGENG AND BROWN HERE Return To Bemidji For a Short Stay After Visiting Cass Lake and Park Rapids INSPECT ERSKINE SITE TODAY Brown, members of the normal school commission arrived In’ the city last evening from Park Rapids and took the early morning train for Erskine, for the purpose of inspecting their site and proposition for the sixth normal school. After having left Bemidji the com- mission visited Cass Lake and Park Rapids, the other members coming up as far as Walker and from there returning to their respective homes. Tuesday, July 15 is the day sel- ected by the commission for a meet- ing, which will be held at St. Paul and at which time the several pro- positions will be gone over and the final selection made. The two members who visited here had little to say regarding the pos- sible outcome, further than that they would be fair and unbased in their decision. State Fish Car Here Many cans of trout were left in Bemidji and vicinity by the Minneso- ta Game and Fish Commission which stopped over in Bemidji yesterday. A number of cans will be takn to Ne- bish for the lake in that vicinity. ‘While here the members of the com- mission will enjoy several days va- cation on fishing tripswith -Game Warden Bailey. Megroth Builds Addition F. A. Megroth, proprietor of the Megroth Variety Store is building an addition to the rear of his store to make room for additional stock, ‘Wwhich he has recently purchased. Mr. Megroth aims to carry one of the largest stocks of variety goods in the northwest. when the officers arrived there.. No crime had been committed and the youth who had played the trick stated that he had only turned in the al- arm to get his father to come home. THE CUB REPORTER SCOO! New York City Is In Bad With The est Zero in Bulletins. Our idea of wasted energy is that pamphlet issued by the department of the interior giving explicit directions for climbing Mount Rainier. Copyright by International News Service; supplied by New Process Elec- Arms Thought To Be Theirs Are Seized By Engish Customs Officials. Senator Ole Sageng and W.. W.|, Dublin and were received from the same stable. It is thought that the rifles were for the arming of men in Ulster who are opposed to Home Rule MAY PARDON DR. DUMAS Father Of Convicted Man And Friends Make Effort to Secure His Re- lease From Stillwater. BEFORE PARDON BOARD MONDAY the grounds of “miscarriage of iustico'“mmatiamt. will be made to| secure’ the release of Dr. D. L. Du- mas, who was given an indeterminate sentence September 10, 1912 in the penitentary after being convicted of attempted arson which grew out of the famous Puposky raid. L. J. Dumas of Minneapolis, the aged father of the convicted man, vis- ited Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith and talked over the.case with him. Smith is a member of the state pardon board, the others being Gov- Eberhart and Chief Justice ernor Brown. The board meets next Monday when a large number of cases will be taken up. Itis understood that sev- eral Minneapolis men of the elder Dumas .have taken the matter in hand and are making a strenuous ef- fort to produce sufficient evidence be- for the pardon board to show that conviction of the former Cass Lake mayor was a miscarriage of justice. KK F KKK KKK KKK KN x -. CUPID’S COURT. * KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK Gravelle-Parker Yesterday afternoon at 4 P, M. at the Brinkman Hotel Miss Josephine Parker of Red Lake became the bride of George Gravelle, also of Red Lake FERGUS ESCAPE AT ALBION, MICH. Tells Sad Murder Tale to Police- man Frank Hoyt Of That City. WROTE TO RUSSIAN CONSUL Governor’s Office Asks Judge Clark “_ To Throw Light On The g Case Ludvig Steska, the powerful Pole, whose arrest at Blackduck and hear- ing at Bemidji last March caused 80 much midnight excitement on the streets of the city, has been accid- enly discovered by Frank Hoyt a police of Albion, Michigan.” Steska _ escaped from the Fergus Falls asy- lum May, 19 after smashing a win- dow with a chair. Not knowing the man was in- sane, Hoyt listened to a long story of a mysterious murder in one of the Crookston Lumber company camps near Blackduck, Minnesota. Steska related in his story that one of his fellow workers was murdered and he (Steska- ran' eight miles to = notify the Blackduck police, who locked him up and chained him. Then he was sent to an insane asylum, from which place he escaped after three months confinement, and since that time has endeavored to interest B someone, who would take steps to : | bring the guilty jarties to justice. Hoyt wrote the Russian consul at 23 Chicago saying that he had evidence | of the murder of a subject of the | czar. The consul refered the matter to George Authier, secretary of the | governor, who submitted it to the 5 | | state board of control. Upon a reply from the board of control, Mr. Au- thier sent all correspondence with a b letter to Judge M: A. Clark asking him for further information - that . ~ , would tend to throw light on the case. ! The details of the case as appeared in the Pioneer of March 12, at which time he was committed to the asy- i lum at Fergus Falls by Judge Clarke are substantially as follows. He became violent on the streets of Blackduck and was locked up. Af- ter breaking two pairs of handcuffs, tearing the clothes off of officer Thompson’s back, he was brought to Bemidji. = The train was met by a dray with a’cot and Steska was strapped to the cot and taken to the county jail. He yelled all the way out and kept the noise up until taken out of town at 6:30 in the morning. Judge M. A. Clark and Doctors Marcum apd Henderson were routed out of bed and a trial was held at 2 a. m. The man was so violent the officers were afraid to loose ' his schackles and deemed it expedient to get him to the asylum as fast as pos- sible. The doctors gave him mor- phine which they said would have killed two ordinary men and it ap- parently had no effect. During the fight in the jail at Blackduck, Steska was hit a dozen times over the head, on the ears and in the ribs with a lead billy but Thompson said that he never even winced. 5 In speaking of the case Judge Clark was of the opinion that the man would be brought to Fergus Falls The ceremony was performed by judge Clark and the witnesses were Simon and Gustav Fairbanks. Both young people are well known in Bemidji and have been here on many occasions. Coroner Reports Suicide Coroner M. E. Ibertson reported to- day that Charles Martindale, age 66, committed suicide last Wednesday in the town of Battle, at the homestead of Robert Monterville. Mr. Monter- ville is a blacksmith and Mr. Martin- dale was making his home there, tak- ing care of the crops. ‘|est crowd ever attending the conecrt with a view of deporting him back to the Old Country as it is very pro- able that the man is not a citizen of the United States. BAND CONCERT TORIGHT s Will Play on City Dock If Weather - Permits—Program Arranged : Commencing at 8 P. M. this even- ing the Bemidji band will render ft's o2 third open air band concert on the city dock if the weather permits. The band boys have been practicing reg-. ularly this spring and efforts are be- ing made to have each concert better than the last. The one this evening promises to be one of the best given in the city this summer and the larg- is expected to be present. Markham Team After Games Markham Hotel baseball fans are anxious to schedule games with the local teams of the city and are now challenging the Bemidji Barbers who will probably play their first game with _the Markham team. Only one game has been played by the chal- lengers as yet but as that proved a victory by an overwhelming score they feel that they are capable of ying with some of the ‘?mr