Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 22, 1913, Page 1

istorial S0 clet? " * THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 11. NUMBER 74 BLACKLIST OF OUR SOLONS IS KEPT Mulhall's Letters Show Who Were The Enemies—Friends Are Also Tabulated ACCOUNTS KEPT BY EXPERTS Was Furnished With Names of Con- gressmen Who Have Been Fa- vorable To Manufactures ‘Washington, July 22.—Refreshed by @ two days’ rest, Martin M. Mulhall, former lobbyist for the National As- soclation of Manufacturers, continued his story before the senate investigat. ing committee. A letter from Thomas Gibson, a New York financial writer, from whom David Lamar testified he got information to base his charge of an $82,000,000 forgery on the ‘books of ‘the Union Pacific railway, was put in the record. Gibson wrote he did not know La- & mar; did not now belleve there wa & forgery, and was sending out a retrac- tion to his subscribers. Paul D. Cra- vath, counsel for the railroad, put in a letter from a firm of public account. ants explaining the apparent discrep ancies upon which Lamar based his sensational charge. Mulball said all his accounts were kept by an expert who accompanied him cn his trips, evidently his wife. “She was driven crazy in the Sixth New Jersey campaien.” said he. “She ARCTIC SHIP DIANA. MacMillan’s Expedition Is Halted by Wreck of Ship. Photo by American Press Assoclation. The steamship Diana, having on board the Donald MacMillan expedition, bound tor Crocker Land, went ashore at Barge polnt, forty miles west of Battle harbor, i the Belle Isle strait. According to & message sent by MacMillan, she probably will be a total loss. The Stella Maris, & Newfoundland revenue cruiser, has gone to the assistance of the Diana. No details of the wrack have been received. CHRISIS NEAR IN MEXICO Alarming Reports Are Received At kept all my accounts, and she was the best politician I ever knew.” Money for Campaign Work. A Mulhall expense account dated Oct. 31, 1908, showed an item of $300 ks “pald to William M. Walsh of the ex- ecutive board of the Tenth, Eleventh and Fifteenth congressional districts of Pennsylvania to do general campaign work.” “I think we made a good friend of Senator Dolliver and he made me promise to call on him when we came to Washington,” Schwedtman wrote Mulhall Dec. 1, 1908. A long blacklist of congressmen. Republicans and Democrats, who had incurred the enmity of the National Association of Manufacturers and were to be opposed when they came up for re-election, wus presented by Mulhall. November 2, 1908, two days before election, Mulhall wrote Schwedtman: “Following is a list of congressmen I would advise having Mr. Van Cleave send telegrams to, who I feel sure will be elected and who have been our friends in the past.” The list included Sherman, Cannon, Burleigh, Dalzell, Denby, Dwight, Fairchild, Fassett, Fordney, Hepburn, Kiefer, Longworth, McKinley, Malby, Mann. Moon, Moore, Parsons, Payne, Rainey, and about forty others. ALLEGED SLANDERER SHOT South Dakota Woman Wounds Man . for His Remarks. Kimball, S. D., July 22.—Asserting her husband’s nephew made some slanderous remarks about her, Mrs. Cal Graham shot Walter Graham down with a 22-caliber revolver. The man may recover. The shooting took place near an ar- teslan well about eight miles south of Kimball. Mrs. Graham, accom- panied by her sister, drove to the place and called him out to fix the harness of the horse. She began shoot- ing at him, one shot taking effect in the chest. Mrs. Graham is now in jail. - $100,000 LOST IN UTAH FLOOD 8Sudden Ralns Demolish Bridges and Homes. Price, Utah, July 22.—Sudden rains, resulting in torrents of rushing water An Price canyon, have carried away railroad bridges, houses and sections of the Midland trall after nearly a thousands citizens of this city had turned out to do volumnry work on the roads. A house occupled by a Greek was washed away, carrying with it a trugk in which he had placed $2,200 savings. A bridge went out after a stage with twenty passengers had just ‘traversed it. Several homes in Castle Gate, near | {the east end of the canyon, were washed out. The damage is estimated at between $50,000 and $100,000. WILL PUSH SHAFER BRANCH Great Northern Drops New Rockford Construction Work. Shafer, N. D., July 22.—Orders have been given by the Great Northern rail- road to abandon construction work on the New Rockford-Lewistown line east of Wattford, the town four miles south of Shafer, and attention will be centered in the completion of the line west of Shafer, giving McKenzzie county an outlet by way of Fairview and Mondak, Mont., this fall. The western outlet crosses the- Yellow- stone rivéer near Fairview. Construction gangs east of Watt- ford have left the district, as serious engineering difficulties were encoun- tered and it was found impossible to complete the line this year. P e e . et et Washington—Awaiting Ambas- sador’s Arrival PRESENT CONDITIONS ALARMING Washington, July 22.—Alarming re- ports of an approaching crisis in Mex- ico have been received by high gov- ernment officials. It was authorita- tively stated upon unimpeachable au- thority that the developments of the coming two weeks are regarded as fraught with tremendous importance to the Huerta government. So" delicate 1s the informatton they contain that an intimation of the ad- vices became known only with the stipulation that it was unofficial and that it should not be represented as being the view of any official of the United States government. Authori- tative publication of the nature of the advices, it was said, probably would precipitate the very ecrisis the dis- patches forecast. Meanwhile the administration is marking time on the Mexican prob- lem pending the arrival of Ambassa- dor Wilson from Mexico City, éxpect- ed Thursday or Friday. President Wil- son finds himself in the same state of doubt as to actual conditions in the rebellion torn republic as when he summoned the American ambassador to the capital. He realizes that even the Americans scattered throughout Mexico individually are unable to get a comprehensive view of the situa- tion. From the Mexican capital come re- ports that have turned every engage- ment into a federal victory and so far the administration’ has heard little from the constitutionalists. At the re- quest of Secretary Bryan, Surgeon General Blue of the public health service has ordered quarantine offi- cers at Havana and Key West to ex- pedite the passage of Ambassador ‘Wilson: OUTBREAK IN CHINA GROWS Another Southern Province Revolutionists. 5 ‘Washington, July 22.—Fukien prov- ince has seceded from the Chinese re- public, according to a dispatch to the state department from Consul Fowler at Foochow. The legation at Peking reports that the local government of Canton, in Kwangtung province, proposes to send 15,000 troops north within a week to engage the government forces. Joing Two Drowned While Fishing. Marquette, Mich., July 22.—M. F, Blasier and Joseph Merault, Mar- quette young men, were drowned in & lake near here while fishing from a coliapsible boat, which is said to have folded and capsized. ARE REST()REB Rate To Dnluth ove!wmt xm::m Formal Action Has Been Taken by Federal Circuit Court-Injunction Is Dismissed TWO0 CENT RATE IN FORCE Following Mandate of Supreme Court Judge Willard Favors Former Rate And Commodities Law. St. Paul, July 22.—Quickly, without formality or red tape, Judge C. A. ‘Willard of the United States circuit court of Minnesota, dismissed the cir- cuit court injunction against seven railroads in the state and officialy re- stored to effective operation the Min- Besota 2-cent rate and commodities laws, and cleared the way for consid- eration of the cases of the three roads not affected by the mandates of the supreme court. The motion for the dismissal of the injunctions was made by Attorney Pierce Butler, representing the stock- bolders of the roads involved. The injunctions were granted to the railroads in 1911 by Federal Judge W. H. Sanborn of the circuit court, who held the state rate law was unconsti- tutional and confiscatory. The su- preme court reversed this. The roads against which the injunc- tions were dismissed are: Great Northern, Northern: Pacific, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, Chicago and Northwestern and the Soo. A decree will be entered by the court in favor of the state officers, attorney genera! and the railroad and warehouse com- missioners, dismissing the injunctions against these roads and assessing the costs for the trials. Status of the M. and St. L. The status of the case of the gov- ernment against the Minneapolis and St. Louis road was presented to the court by Pierce Butler, representing the stockholders. ‘The mandate of the supreme court -{in this cage provided thdt a modifica- ‘tlomr of tire injunction could be'made at the request of the stockholders of the road or by the state. This ruling of the higher court was affirmed by Judge ‘Willard at the motion of Pierce But- ler. The case of the Chicago Great West- ern Railroad company is held not to be affected by the ruling of the higher court, since its earnings have not been sufficient to warrant the enforcement of the 2-cent rate. . A motion was made by the attorneys that this road be permitted to change some of its rates, not to conform with the rate law of the state, but to meet competition. The motion was granted by Judge Willard. Attorney Charles Donnelly, repre- senting the Minnesota and Internation- al Raflroad company, appeared before the court and explained the status of that road, which is not compelled by the ruling of the court to make a re- duction of the passenger rate. The In- ternational road will voluntarily make this reduction, sald Mr. Donnelly. MRS. PANKHURST ARRESTED 8uffragist Leader Who Outwitted London Police Is Captured. London, July 22.—Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the militant suffragette leader, who outwitted the police on Saturday, was arrested when she was entering a public hall to attend the weekly conclave of the Women’s So- cial and Political union. She had in- tended at the meeting to issue another deflant challenge to the government. ULTERIOR MOTIVES LIKELY General Felix Diaz Special Mexican Envoy to Japan. Toklo, July 22.—The probable mis- sion of General Felix Diaz of Mexico, ,who is being sent as a special envoy to Japan by President Huerta, was the subject of genmeral comment and ‘attention in Tokio. That there is an ulterior motive in the coming of Diaz is the_ opinion of Japanese diplomats. i It is believed by some that Presi- dent Huerta is taking this means to {exile General Diaz, his rival for the }mlarshlp of Mexico, while others pre- jdict that Diaz is coming to negotiate ‘an alliance between Mexico and Japan. And M. & L hfi{OFor % LOCAL AGENT CANNOT EXPLAIN Two cent rate on' _iho railroads out of Bemidjl to points in the state went into effect At: 12.01 o'clock Monday morning; July 21, which is a reduction of just-one third of the fare paid previous to this time. The new freight rates are also in effect. Change After Two years Prior to midnight Monday night and dating back to dnly 1, 1911, the fare on the roads in. Minnesota was three cents per mile, Tlie state of Min nesota enacted a two-c effect until the roads were ordered to return to the old rate of three cents per mile which order went into ef- fect July 1, 1911, ¢ The state of Minnesota appeuled from this order to the Bupreme court of the United States 'and the judg- ment of that court wad that the two- cent rate was fait #nd should have been in force since $he time the law was enacted by the“state of Minne- sota. The reduced r#fes at this time is the result of thi decision of the court. 3+ The new rate is:BoWwever not en- tirely effective to all ‘points in the state from Bemidji. Take for instance the fare to Duluth, which under the new rate over the Great Northern and M. & I is $4.10, and over the Soo is $4.50. It is just 180 miles to Duluth over the Great:Northern and 179 over the Soo. Why the charge dit- fers between these bw‘n roads is ex- plained by R. E. Flsl_:er. ticket agent as a probable mistake in the tariff, It the charge of two cents per mile were effective, the rate to Duluth would be 180 times 2 gents of $3.60, plus one half cent a mue.tor distance of 30 miles through Wisconsin or 15 cents making the . p;n»er charge of $8.75 The present best rate over two of] our roads is $4.10 or 2 5-18 cents per mile. Why the extra charge, could not be explained by the local agents, but efforts will be made to secure the facts for public informa- tion. The old rate to Duluth has been less than 3 cents per mile or $4.93 for 180 miles. The reason for this charge will also be explained, accord- ing to the local agents. Paving Undelayed by Rain Paving operations were not delay- ed by the heavy rainfall last evening and the crew was actively engaged laying the last few yards on the long stretch on Beltrami avenue. Only a third of this avenue has been paved but this section will soon be opened for use and the machine operated on another section. LOCKOUT IN CHICAGO ENDS Thirty Thousand Members of Building Trades Return to Work. Chicago, July 22.—Construction of $40,000,000 worth of improvements ‘was resumed with the return to work of 30,000 members of building trades unions. They were locked out more than a month ago by contractors in an attempt to stop the-calling of pet- ty strikes which frequently tied up work on large office buildings. The unions and contractors’ asso- ciations have:signed an agreement to arbitrate future differences. TO READJUST WHEAT RATES Tariffs From Mill City to. New York Held Unreasonable. "Defective Page ‘Washington, July 22.—The inter- state commerce commisgion held that all rail freight rates on wheat from Minneapolis to New York city via Chicago and Lockport, N. Y., are un- reasonable - to the extent that they. exceed the rate contemporaneously. on flour—25 cents per hundred pounds. - The railroads will be required by Oct. 1 to readjust ‘their tariffs so as to make the commission’s conclu- sions_effective. y. cent law in the summer of 1907 and:this rate was in|| SITE CONDIT10NS As Chairman Of Commission He Conveys Information Necessary Before Acceptance MET WITH POPULAR APPROVAL Deed Of Property To Be Examined And Approved By Attorney Gen- eral Smith The Normal School ~Commission together with the State Normal School Board are making arrange- ments to visit Bemidji about August 156th at Wwhich time the exact location and extent of the normal school site will be definitly fixed. The ' conditions submitted appear to be in direct line with the senti- ment of the citizens of this city and meet with united approval. If the State Normal School Board connot be present at this Bemidji meeting it will doubtless be represented by &' 'Committee’ who will act tur that body. In a letter to A. P. Ritchie, Chair- man Schulz advises that it is best not to have deeds recorded until they have been examined and approved by Attorney General. which is always necessary before the state accepts deeded property. Tt is probable that a meeting of the local committee, together with thg commercial club and the city council will be called in the near fu- ture at which time definite plans and arrangements will be made to properly -wait on the normal school |- bodies when they arrive here August 15th. Collins Up Again M. S. Collins was tried in Munici- pal court this morning on a charge of being drunk. He was fined five dol- lars which he paid. Collins was ar- -frested while-telling.several eompan- ions in umusually. - strong - langudge that the police didn’t dare arrest him, but Officer Lundgren interfer- ed and quietly landed him in the City lockup without a whimper. Netzer Clock Quits Work E. F. Netzer’s clock has stopped and the greater majority of business men and clerks for many blocks around are anxious to have it repair- ed. The time piece can be seen from the Markham hotel and from the amount of people who remark on its failure to work it is the most popular clock in the city. WOMEN MOTOR TO CAPITAL Scores of Autos Carry Petition Bear- ing Suffragists. ‘Washington, July 22.—Scores of suffragist laden automobiles are has- tening toward Washington, bearing petitions to congress for a constitu- tional amendment granting universal sufirage. The senate and house are to be stormed by the motoring women' July 31. Delegations are now on the road from Montana, Tennessee, Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsyl- vania, New Jersey and several other states. These early starters are speak- ing for the cause along the way. Extended preparations are being made for the general reception at Hyattsville, Md. H. Martin Williams, reading clerk of the house, has vol- unteered to act as announcer as the several state delegations arrive in their cars. SHIP AND CREW DISAPPEAR German Salling Vessel and Twenty Men Belioved Lost. Hamburg, July 22.—The German sailing ship Kilo, with her crew of twenty men, has been given up as lost by her owners. She sailed from Talcahuano on July 11 for Mejillones and is believed to have gone down on the coast of Chile, She was a vessel of 1,571 tons net, built at Glasgow in 1888, TUE_ IDEA OF & MAN O MY TEAM SPOWING— HIS WIND BY SMaNG- Caught Sellmg Liquor on Sunday— Plead Guilty To Charge In Municipal Court MAYOR WILL iEVOKE LICENSE C. Collins' was hailed before Judge Crowell yesterday morning on. two liquor on Sunday and one for keep- ing open on Sunday. He was only tried on the former charge to which he pleaded guilty and as a result the minimum-fine which was $25 and costs or $30.24 was imposed The fine was pald and Mr. Collins was released without bond until Wednesday morning when he will be tried on: the latter charge Citation papers were served upon Mr. Collins yesterday to appear be- fore Mayor McQuaig today. Mr. Me- Cuaig stated that he would undoubt- edly revoke the Collins license unless some -good reasons should be made in the defendants favor. Many local business men have spoken to Mr. Mc Cuaig in regard to the matter and did not appear to be in favor of re- voking' the license for any minor reasons which were stated. The May- or said that he did not believe in fav- oring any saloon keeper and will ren- der the same punishment-as iie would if no requests had been made. Frank Gagnon was also citated to appear before the Mayor today on similar charges, which if he is found guilty, he will also have his license revoked and ordered to . discontinue business. MAY BELONG TO BOTH Minnesota Woodmen Organize Nom- inally Until First Convention Is Held. D. P. ONIEL IS PRESIDENT R ¥ “'The Minnesota ‘Woodmen® have af- fecteda teiporary organization by selecting the following officers to go on the articles of .incorporation: Pres. D. P. O’'Niel, Thief River -|Falls Vice-Pres. W. S. Gulkerson, Mpls. Secrefary, G. M. Peterson, Duluth. Treasure C. L. Swenson, Albert Lea. Field Mdr. J. L. Sundean, Mpls. These officers will not have active duties but will be the nominal offi- cers until the first state convention is held. 1t is likely that the first state convention will be held during the state Fair week, At that time perma- nent officers will be elected, and these officers will have active duties. An interesting feature in the de- velopment of the situation is the ruling of former Attorney General George . Simpson, and a great num- ber of other lawyers, to the = effect that the Woodman Bill was left in such form after its amendment in the senate that members who join the state soclety can still retain their membership in the parent order thus enabling them “if they so like to double their insurance. Should the plan prevail under which the.Woodmen may double their insurance, it is considered that the outcome will be a great advant- age to families of Woodmen in the state of Minnesota, and this plan will eliminate in a large measure the bit- terness between the factions in this state. # SECRETARY’S ~ JOB VACATED W. C. Klien Releaved From Duties Of Office at Director’s Meeting At a meeting of the board of di- +|rectors of the Beltrami County Build- ing and Loan Association, held in the office of its Secretary in the O’Leary-Bowser - building, Monday afternoon, C. W. Klien was releaved from duty. Mr. Klein has been so busy of late with other business that he was unable to devote-the time to the building and Loan business deemed necesfary by the directors. BIG VALLEY FARM Closes Deal For $9,000 For Land Which Ten Years Ago Cost Him $10 Per Acre ALVIN GOODSPEED NEW OWNER charges, one for selling intoxicating | Is First Class Former And Will Continue To Make Improve ments On Property William Cassler, who ten years ago purchased what is now known the Valley Farm, for $10.00 an acre, Monday closed a deal whereby the farm becomes the property of Alvin Goodspeed, he having paid $56.25 per acre. the entire iract hundred and - sixty acres of omne costing 1$9000. " When Mr. Cassler took possession of this tract of land, it as one mass of jackpine. He immediately com- menced systematic clearing, follow- ing this up with proper fertilization and rotation of crop until he had placed his soil in such condition that it is now considered one of the best producing farms in this section of the state. Mr. Goodspeed and family have al- ready taken possession and under his instruction and farming ability, it is predicted that this 160 acre tract within a few years will be one of the best farms in the entire northwest. What is known as the Miller farm, about four miles southwest of this city on the banks of the Mississippi river has been purchased by Mr. Cassler and he believes by proper working of the soil that this property will more than double in value dur- ing the neéxt few years. This tract comprises only twenty acres but is located properly for an ideal truck farm. ; The sale of “the Valley Farm. is the second big transaction”Mr. Cas- sler' has conducted this season. Sev- eral years ago he purchased . 113 acres of stump land for $3 per acre which at that time was considered by many practically worthless. Sev- eral weeks ago this tract was sold for $2,400. That improved farm lands in this Jackpine district are rapidly increas- ing in value is selfevident. Very few farms, modernly equiped and im- proved, are bing offered for sale, in this section of the state, as the set- tlers who are coming into this com- munity are buying cutover lands and making their own improvements. CIRCUS FOR CASS LAKE. Bemidji Posted For Show in Neigh- oring City ‘Wednesday, July 30th the Haag shows will show in Cass Lake. Be- midji is being posted for the -show and many local people have already expressed their intention of attend- ing. It was reported this morning that the Great Northern would run a special on that date, but the re- port would not be confirmed by Agent Lloyd who stated that he had not heard of it and that they would not run a special unless they were guaranteed §$150.. The circus exhibiting promises to be one of the best ever seen in Cass Lake. It has never shown in the north country before this year. JOHN HIGHLAND IS DEAD 1. E. Dean Of Riverside, Idaho Writes He Has Information A letter was received by the post- master to the effect that John High- land formerly of this city is dead.and that he has full particulars. The let- ter is as follows: Bemidji, Minn. If there is any one in your city who wishes to know the particulars of the death of John Highland:for- merly of your place I will he glad to send it to them. Respectfully, J. E. Dean, U. S. L. E. 3 Riverside Idaho. P. S. He often spoke of a wife there. July 19th 1913. Football Team For Bemidji- Football has already become an in- teresting topic for the young men of Bemidji and if the prospects continue Bemidji will have a strong team this ] s fall. Many of the players in the “Big 3 ‘Bemidji” base ball team are former college and High school stars and from the amount of promising ma- terfal available . the enthusiasts be-