Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 26, 1913, Page 1

THE VOLUME 11. NUMBER 78 TROOPS ON DUTY IN STRIKE ZONE Conditions Quiet in Michigan Copper District—-l_t[ines May Resume Work | NON-UNION MEN T0 WORK Will Enter Shafts If They Are Given Protection—25,000 Now In Trouble Calumet, Mich,, July 26.—Whether the coming of state troops to the cop- per country means an end to violence or fresh outbreaks was the chief sub- ject ot discussion in Calumet. Many look for clashes about various shafts 1 in spite of the policy of the Western “ Federation agalnst the use of force by the men. i Troops will be distributed among 1 the mines. Brigade headquarters will [ be in Calumet, with the troops’ tents { about the armory and adjacent field. Houghton, Menominee, Sault Ste. - Marie, Alpena and Sheboygan compa- nies have arrived. Unless it becomes necessary to pro- claim martial law General Abbey, commanding, will act under the sher- | iff's orders. | Many strikers gathered about No. 2 i Calumet and Hecla shaft, but made no ) serious demonstration. They threat- | 1 ened to go to the Superior boiler house 1 of the Calumet and Hecla and draw " the fires, but have not done so. Populace Welcomes Troops. l General closing of saloons is expect | ed It more violence occurs. Governor Ferris is being kept advised of de: velopments and is not expected here o unless the situation takes a critical 5 turn. Troops were welcomed by the people generally as the violence pre- saged more serious trouble. 1 ‘The Western Federation of Miners i is holding out for a conference with \ the mine managers. This, it is said, q will not be granted. It I8 belleved ¥ that while troops are here the mines ¥ will be reopened. It is sald moat of the nonunion men aré willing to go ‘ to work if shafts are guarded. Non- { union Bngifsh miners continue & leave the copper country on all trains. g 5 In the strike area of seventy-five i miles 25,000 or more men are idle These include surface and stamp mill hands. The smelters are still operat- ing. The strikers for the most part & are young unmarried Austrians, Finns, - Hungarians and Bulgarians. ) Two thousand strikers of Kewanee ? county mines, adjacent to the Calu- ! met district, marched Into Calumet { carrying Amesfcan flags. They were 1n an amiable mood. | HA8 NO TROOPS TO SPARE Sheriff Turns Down Appeals From { Outside Calumet. Calumet, Mich., July 26.—Although managements of the Baltic, Cham- U plon, Trimountain and Quincy mines want troops, because of riots there, s when deputies were relieved of stars, ! Sherift Crune is unable to spare any H of the soldiers now in Calumet. He i 1s fearful of more trouble locally | should men be sent away. | A dead line at the Calumet und Hecla shafts has been established by troops. It is stated that Governor Ferris will come to Calumet to personally take charge of the situation. i The local committees Iin charge of the Upper Peninsula Firemen's asso- | ciation’s annual tournament, in ses- slon here all week, have called off all remalning amusement features be- { cause of the strike. 4 BECAUSE OF RECENT RIOTS o 8ixty Sing Sing Prisoners Tra to Auburn, Ossining, N. Y., July 26.—Sixty con- It wvicts, the dregs of the New York city criminal class, were taken one by one from their cells in Sing Sing prison and placed aboard a train for the state prison at Auburn. Recent riots in Sing Sing caused | the warden to take no chances. Each convict was heavily handcuffed and shackled and then chained to his i place in the railroad car which had been brought inside the prison en- closure. A hundred prison guards did this work, while in the state armory a company of naval militia waited for a call to protect the town in case the transfer of convicts resulted in a prison mutiny. erred SEVEN ARE BLOWN TO PIECES Four Men and Three Girls Lose Lives . In Explosion. Beloell, Que., July 26.—Seven lives ‘were lost at Beloell whem an explo- sion of nitroglycerin blew one of the isolated buildings of the Canadian Explosives company to bits and secat- tored the dismembered bodies of four mmen and three girl employes in every {3 Arection. ‘Workers in other houses of the plant ‘were uninjured, the distance between the bulldings being great enough to Prevent the shock from producing oth- # explosions. P W. R. MACKENZIE Secretary Of N. M. D, A. The man who is responsible for to- day’s meeting and plan of organiza- tion. LAMB SELECTED MEDIATOR Next Ambassador To Mexico Given Task—Every Citizen To Vote TO HOLD IMPARTIAL ELECTION Ed LR R R R R LR New York, July 26.—Henry Lane Wilson, American “am- bassador to Mexico, arrived on his mission to discuss Mexi- can conditions with President Wilson and the department of state. Ambassador Wilson said . that he was opposed to sending a commission to Mexico to try to mediate between the war- ring factions. N R L Py LA R SRR X EEEERE X ‘Washington, July 26.—Information has been obtained that former Can- gressman John B. Lamb of Indiaua, who will be the next ambassador to Mexico, has been selected by Presi- dent Wilson to mediate between. the Mexicar factions with a view to.re- storing peace. The president will withhold official sannouncement of his mediation plan until after his conference with Am- bassador Wilson, which will take place next Monday. Mr. Lamb will call upon President Huerta and General Carranza, thi leaders of the strongest factions, antl urge upon them, in the interest of their own country, that they agree to & cessation of hostilities and the hold- ing of a fair election. Both Huerta and Carranza will be urged to take an active part in the election. Indeed it is the desire of the administration that the fullest op- portunity shall be given to every cit- izen eligible to vote under the Mexi- can constitution to take part in the election. Ample time will be given for the candidates to campaign. Thus for the first time In its his- tory Mexico, if the president’s offer of mediation is accepted, will have an impartial election, free from force or coercion of any kind. Becretary Bryan upon his return from his lecture tour was silent on Mexican affairs, but observed that fhe Iowa crops were fine. He went almost immediately to the White House to confer with President Wii- son. MASS MEETING OF WOMEN One Called at “Chicago to Protest Against 8chool Board. Chicago, July 26.—Backed by Miss Jane Addams and a score of promi- nent suffragists a movement was started here for a big mass meeting of Chicago women to protest against the resignation of Mrs. Ella Flagg Young as superintendent of the Chi- cago public schools. The mass meeting of women will be asked to make public demand upon the bord of education that they refuse to accept Mrs. Young's resignation. It Is probable that an effort will be made to force the resignation of ‘school board members charged with attempt- ing to Interfere with Mrs. Young's se- lection of text books. SCOO THE CUB REPORTER UNITED STATES NEXT TO RUSSIA If New Tariff Bill Passes It Will Still Be Second High In World SO SAYS SENATOR SIMMONS Clyaims That Present Tariff Is Out- rageous—Did Not Exist Until 25 Years Ago 10:30 a. m. and 8 p.:m. The ‘pastor will preach- at- Nymore in the Nor- weglan church at:2:30 p. m. J. H. Randahl, pastor. ST (i German Evangelical Lutheran: German Lutheran services will be held in the Swedish'Lutheran church “lon Sixth street and ‘America avenue, By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner.|at 2 p, m. Rev. Jnhfi’}gu]“_ of Inkster, ‘Washington, July 26—Even after |North Dakota wil the pending tariff bill becomes a law. only one other country on earth— |First Baptist: S Russia—will be maintain tariff rates higher than those of the Unied * Bible school at 10 a, m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and . 8° p. m. Young Peoples’ meeting at 7 p. m. Prayer States. This was the startling state- meeting and bible study Thursday ment of Chairman Simmons, of theland Saturday evenifgs. The public is Senate Finance Committee, in his an- alysis of the bill. It makes the Re- publican’ charge that the Underwood- Simmons bill is a free-trade measure look foolish. Said Senator Simmons: “I cannot understand how the authors and champions (of the Payne-Aldrich law). . . . can denounce this bill which. . . .after all its reductions retains an average ad valorem of over 26 per cent—an average higher than any other country in the world except Russia and possibly one other —can claim that this is a free-trade bill, unless they mean’ that all the world except Russia and ourselves; are at present on a free-trade basis.’ Our whole tariff history since the Civil War is one of legislative treach- ery and duplicity and a shameful be- trayal of the people for the benefit of a few. The tariff question as we know it today—did not exist until 25 years ago. Prior to that timeé the tariff rates, regarded then as high but much lower than any rates we have since known, were conceded to be unjust and inexcusable, not only by both political parties, but by the very beneficiaries of the tariff, the ‘manufaeturers:- But -the-influence of | the special-interest has been strong enough in, all these decades to thwart the will of the people, until at last the special privilege enjoyed by the interests came to be regarded as vest- ed rights, not only by them but by a great number of the people. An examination of tariff history, however, is sufficient to convince that modern high tariff is an unright- eous tax never contemplated by the legislators who first enacted a high tariff bill as a war revenue measure. Congress during the Civil War was at its wits’ end to provide funds to heartily invited, C. {G. pastor. ¢ Chandler, )] First Methodist- Episcopal : Sunday school ati10!a. m. Preach- ing at 11 a. m. and 8 pi'm. There will be special music at the evening ser- vice. Epworth - League at 7 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Every / body welcome. Charles H. Flesher;pastor. Presbyterian: Bible class andSunday School at 10. Morning worship at 11. The Rev. Albert Torbet, pastor of the Presby- terian church of Devils Lake N. D. will preach at this service. The Male Quartette will sing. Junior C. E. at 4. Young peoples meeting at 7. Ves- per praise service, led by a large chorus choir at' 8.."Mid week service for prayer, Thursday @e. at 8. The public is cordially inyited to alil these services. Rev. S; E.-P. White pastor. LEGISLATURE TOLD T0 ADJOURN In Special Message New York Solons Albany, July 28.—Governor Sulzer in a special message urged the. legis- lature to clear up at once the ‘busi- ness pending before it and adojurn sine dle. He added the assurance that he will make no further recom- mendations for legislation at the ex- traordinary session. This assurance means that a sup- plemental supply bill, needed to cover inoidental expenses of various state departments and of legislative investi- gating committees, will not originate with the executive. It is a disputed keep the armies in the field. The re- venues were derived principally from emergency internal revenue taxation. Manufacturers were required to pay taxes on raw material, on their fin- ished product, and in some cases on processes of manufacture. As a re- compense for this taxation, Congress point whether the legislature has the constitutional right to take the -in- itiative in such a matter. The business in question includes consideration by the senate of nearly & score of appointments to official po- sitions. The most important are those of Willlam E. Lefingwell and Charles J. Ch for public service commis- authorized prohibitive import duties, which gave American manufacturers the monopoly of the American mar- ket. After the war the special taxes on manufacture: were abolished, and it ‘was assumed- that the compensatory sloners; James M. Lynch, commis- sloner of labor, and James T. Mur- phy and Dr. Rudolph F. Diedling, com- ‘missioner of prisons. FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE tariff would also be repealed. But here the insidious legislative influen- ces entered the field, and the attempt in 1869 to reduce duties ended in a betrayal of the people. Freed from internal taxation, the manufacture- ers with a monoplized market began to grow rich, and they used all their influences to prevent the loss of this special privilege. Thus in law after law the high rates were maintained. The people of all parties, however, believed that the tariff would some day be reduced to the level maintain- ed before the War, But in 1889, fol- lowing a low tariff message to Con- gress from President Cleveland, Wil- liam McKinley, of Ohio, for the first time came out bodly for high protec- tion. The wealth of the country ral- lied to support him. High tarfff be- came the Republican issue, and even- tually it put McKinley in the White House. Pope Pius Preparing His Most Impor- tant Enoyeclical. Rome, July 36.—Pope Plus X., who a few months ago was believed to be on his deathbed, is. busily engaged in the preparation of a plea for interna- tional peace, which he intends to be the most important encyclical of his pontifical reign. The encyclical will be formally is- sued Aug. 9, the tenth anniversary of the holy father’s installation as suc- cessor to the late Pope Leo XIIL ‘The document will contain an ur- ent plea summoning the Catholic church everywhere to a worldwide ef- fort for permanent international peace. - It will call on the archbishops and bishops to begin the propaganda im- mediately and will instruct the dele- gates to those governments diplomat- foally related to the Vatican to make formal representations to the sover- eoigns of those natlons, urging their participation. 5 oF DISPOSITION-TLL LET HiM Go cHEAP You CaN anncfiva Paae JULY 26, 1913, STATE IS SHORT ABOUT $1,000,000 Says Beltrami County Must Wait A Year For $128,000 Ditch -Loan X HAS $§,000,000 OUTSTANDING George Says He Could Use It All To Good Advantage In Beltrami County 7 Upon making application for $128, 000 from the - state for construct- ing ditches numbers 15 and 16-in Bel- trami county north of the Red Lake, County. auditor J. L. George was ad- vised by State Auditor Iverson that the State of Minnesota was now $1,- 000,000 behind on aplications for loans from Municipalities and that it would not be able to meet his de- mand for at least a year. According to information received by Mr. George, the state owns secu- rities of other states to the amount of $6,000,000, paying from 3 per cent to 4 per cent interest. “Beltrami county alone could use the entire $6,000,000 on twenty years .time add $30,000,000 to its present valuation and pay it all back with interest,” said Mr. George to- day. “I am basing my.estimate on the added valuation of the ditch lands sold in this country during the past two months, practically every acre of it having been sold.” Land seekers are flocking to the court house daily, in an endeavor to secure lands recently improved by ditching. The matter of securing the money for carrying on this ditch project | The application of this county is still sioners when they meet August 11th The aplication of this country is still on file at the state auditor’s office and will remain there until the com- missioners decide upon another plan. It is proable that the bonds will be placed on open market and the money borrowed from another source. U. C .T. PICTURES - HERE Photographs of the U. €. T.’s who attended the convention at Crookston has been received by various ‘people in the city. The Markham hotel has obtained one and will have it framed and placed in the Lobby of the hotel. The picture is distinct and many lo- cal men and well known traveling men may be easily distinguished. Lumber Team To Fosston Tomorrow morning the Crookston Lumber Company baseball team will 8o to Fosston in Automobiles and play the City team of that place. Greg Malone will be back in the game and will play center field. Malone in- jured a finger in a recent game with the U. C. T. tesm: Smiley will do the twirling for the local boys and the nine will endeavor to wipe out -their defeat of last Sunday. Berrying Good Many Bemidji house wives have taken advantage of the excellent blueberry crop in this vicinity and every day a large number spend sev- eral hours gathering the fruit. The crop is abundant within the City lim- its and pickers can be seen each eveng at Diamond point and similar spots about the city. PRESIDENT \;ETOES THE PLAN Movement at Baltimore to Buy Wed- ding Gift for Miss Jessie. Baltimore, July 26.—President Wil- son has put a damper on the move- ment started here to raise a fund to purchase a wedding present for Mise Jessie Wilson when she becomes the bride of Francis B. Sayre. + Miss Wilson is quite popular in Bal- timore. S8he is a graduate of Boucher college and took an active part Tecent ly in the movement to raise $1,000,00¢ needed to retain that institution v Baltimore. = e FRED SHERMAN State Immigration Commissioner The new live wire at the head of the state’s most important office and who is feature on program in this city today. MAY ORGANIZE TEAM| Young Men Enthusiastic Over Idea 0f Strong Football Team For Bemidji TO ORGANIZE ASSOCIATION Several athletic young men of the city are planning to organize a foot- ball squad for Bemidji this fall and are now preparing a line up that promises a winning team for this city. They plan on commencing prac- tice early and be prepared to win every game from the start. They believe that very few cities in the Northwest have as good material available for a team as Bemidji.and the agitators are anxious to turn out | a winning eleven. i The name for the team will pro- bably be “Big Bemidg” and the play- ers will be the fastest men - in. the city. Those most interested in athelet- ics have. nugggstad that a “Big Bem- idag” Athletic Agsociation be organie-. ed”“and all'athletic enthusiasts about the city asked to join. In this man- ner enthusiasm could be kept rife and loyal support could be given the teams that may be organized. The young men are planning to hold a meeting and elect officers for their team and select appropriate colors for the “Big Bemidg” organ- ization. Many local business men ap- pear to be willing to back an organ- ization of this kind as they beleive that good, cleadn, fast athletics are of the best advertising for any ecity. SET DEDICATION DAY September 7th Is Time Fixed For Opening Of New Methodist . Church September 7th is the day set for the dedication of the New Methodist church in this city, at which time Rev, M. P. Burns, D. D., superinten- dent of the Minneapolis district will preside at the ceremonies| The new pews will be shipped from Minneapolis about August 18th and plans to complete all arrangements are already well under way. The con- tractors are now putting on the fin- ishing touches and about the first of August the cork carpeting will be here and which will be laid before the pews arrive. TWENTY FIVE COUPLES -DANCE “Rag Time Kids”- May Leave For Canada Soon SESeeee Twenty five couples were present at the dance last evening which was given by Horace A. Roberts in the City. Hall, Refreshments were served and the music was furnished by the “Rag Time Kids”. These musicians are planning to leave Bemidji for Saskatoon, Canada in the near future, where they have been offered a posi- tion with a theatre. BY hHO b Sherman, Mackenzie, Willard, Mec- Guire, Gile and Stewart. On Program MAY - EFFECT ORGANIZATION Suggests Building And Loan Associa- tion For Farmers—Will Be First Of Its Kind Farmers and Townspeople- attend- ed the meeting held at the city Ball this afternoon for the purpose of organizing a land clearing and loan association among the farmers where- by money could be raised to help the farmers buy cattle and clear their lands. The men on the program were Im- migration commissioner Fred Sher- man, W. R. Mackenzie, A. J. McGuire of Grand Rapids, E. A, Willard of St. Paul, W. B. Stewart and Bueford Gile of Bemidji. Their talks were in- teresting from start to finish, each having new ideas and all of which proved beneficial to the farmers. Mr. Sherman said in part: “l am very glad to meet with the Bemidji Commercial Club today, I have listened with interest to the re- marks that have been made and a ap- preciate very much the opportunity of taking a small part in this import- ant discussion. 1 always like to come to Bemidji and I find that many others feel the same , for so many people- tell me that they like to visit Bemidji. Just a few days ago I over- heard two men talking about this city and one said to the other “I have never been in Bemidji but it miust be a pretty good place for that town, gets its name in the paper more than any. other town of its size in Minneso- ta,” and then the other replied, “Well Bemidji is not the largest city in the state, but it is one of the best in the state and comes; pretty near be- ing the metropolis’ of northern Min- nesota.t ; z makes a favorable impression upon people, even'if they.are from Boston. I want to compliment, not only the citizens of Bemidji and Beltrami County, but all the citizens of Ner- thern Minnesota upon their splendid and persistant boosting qualities, for wherever one goes in this great north country, one meets everywhere live wires who are ever ready to say a good word for the present condition and future ‘prospects of Northern Minnesota, and that is what counts. Show me a county where a large ma- Jority of its people are boosters and 1 will show up a county that is get- ting new settlers and lands are going up in value every year: show me a city or village where a large ma- Jority of its inhabitants are boosters and I will show you a town that is growing and its people are happy and prosperous. Of course you have the —1 will not say knockers—but you have the pessimist, and it is right you should for if Northern Minnesota people were all such optimists as are my friends—J. J. Opsahl, W. R. Mac- kensize and many others, they would run up the price of lands to $1,000 per acre in thirty days. There is plenty of room for develop- ment in Beltrami County, which is true of all counties in Northern Min- nesota. You have in Beltrami Coun- ty a land area of 1,869,724.08 acres, and a population of 19,337 people. If we should eliminate the people living in the cities and villages of your .County we would discover that you have a rural population of 9,794 or only ome rural inhabitant to every 191 acres of land. Of course Baltrami County {is the second largest county in the state, but if you consider the five counties of Lin- coln, Lyon, Murry Pipestone and Rock in southern Minnesota, which have approximately the same average' you would find they have a combined population of 57,126 people and the rural population amounted to 39,656 persons, or one for each 47 acres of land. Perhaps to you it may seem that the development of this county is blow, but I maintain that Beltrami County is making good progress. 1 arrive at this conclusion from the fol- lowing figures: In 1895 the popula- tion of Beltrami County amounted to 1,364; in 1900 11,030 population; 1905-14,312 and in 1910-19,337. These figures alone prove that Bel- trami County.is being developed, and although I do not have the facts at hand, T venture to say, much faster than some of the counties. did in 'Southern Minnesota when that part of the state was experiencing pioneer " Now my friends I am representing the State:Board of Immigration; T am terested fn:the development of Min- ROMINENT MEN ADDRESS MEETING So you“see’ “Northefn ~ Minhesota