Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 14, 1914, Page 1

- 'Valley, Tel. Co., Stevents, Mr. Sam, VOLUME 12, NO. 66, Hig TEACH WHAT IS WRONG WITH WORLD Senator Henry Hollis Makes Speech Which Causes Indignation at Har- vard—College Too Conservative REGARD SCHOOL OPINION AS JOKE Professors Look on Politics n.l a Low Pursuit—Institutions Fed By & Hands of Wealthy. By Congressman C. H. Tavenner.’ Washington, July 14.—“I was graduated at Harvard in 1892. I believe I am the first Harvard man of radical views to occupy<a seat in the Senate. “l do not fairly represent Har- vard College in the Senate of the United States. I am quite sure that Harvard College is not representative of the United States, nor of New England. She is too conservative, too highbound. She lags behind the times. She does not lead; she fol- lows.” Such were the opening words of a speech that has staid old conser- vative Harvard University boiling with genuine, but contained, indig- nation. They were delivered by Senator Henry F. Hollis, of New Hampshire, a Democrat and a radi- cal in politics. He is the first man answering to such a description to come to the Senate from New Eng- land in many a year. His address was delivered before an assemblage of Harvard alumni at Boston. It has created such a stir that it has been printed in the Congressionel Record, “In the middle West,” continued Senator Hollis, “the bond between some states and their leading un- iversities is very close. The state legislatures submit questions of public policy to the college faculties, and receive opinions which largely control their action. This is par- ticularly the case in Wisconsin. “Imagine, if you please, the leg- islature of Massachusetts request- ing an opinion of the faculty of Har- vard College! tion it would get on Beacon Hill it should find its way there. “Our leading college look on politics as a low pursuit, a nasty business. Our leading legis- lators regard college opinion as a joke. Both these attitudes are very real, they are equally mistaken. The college men regard most politicians as corrupt and insincere, while the politicans regard college professors s impractical theokists. Worse than this, they believe that all college views are attained by the great sums of money which have been bestowed on our colleges by men of great wealth.” Senator Hollis then went on to tell what is wrong with the aristo- cratic universities of the East. “College professors are dependent for their living on the governing board of the college; and. the gov- erning board must satisfy the rich men who make princely donation to the college. The belief is prevaleant among public men in Washington that every eastern college is eat- ing from the hand that has robbed the pockets of the people. Until this belief is dissipated congress will have little faith in our colleges or in college men. “The college will act the part of the old society man in politics it is likely to be snobbish, supercilious and overnice. The dominant note is the note of the old man, the con- servative. Our colleges represent a very thin crust of our great Ameri- can life. They are always respect- able, conservative, reactionary. The standpatter is conservative, wealth is conservative, the college iz con- gervative. They are all in the same boat.” Senator Hollis said the remedy is to democratize the college. “Most important of all, college men should be taught what is wrong with the world and the way to set it right; what poverty is and where it exists, what makes it and what will prevent it; what injustice is, its causes and its remedies; the reasons for high cost of living and the way to bring ic down; the problems of in- migracion, and how to make country lite worth living. They should be taught the brotherhood of man, the glory of self-cacrifice, the passion of . gervice to mankind.” Advertised Letters. List of unclaimed letters “UN- CLAIMED” for the week ending July 13, 1914, at Bemidji postoffice. | Men—Butcher, John, Eastman, Mr. ‘W. D, Hill, Tony, Johnson, Mr. C.: B,, Lickoff, Mr. Bill, Larson, Mr John A., McPherson, A. K., Red Lake' Smith,”Mr. D. R., Tveit, Mr.: Andrew, Turpeiner, Manuus, Vieri, Mr. G: Esther, Brown, ‘Women—Anderson, Thirza B., Freeman, Mrs. Frank, Mo- berg, Miss ‘Alice, Neumann, = Miss: iday afternoon. toria] Soctet 'y Associate Justice of Federal Supreme Court Diés Suddenly. Photo by American Press Assoclation. _ JUSTICE LURTON IS DEAD Member of Highest Court Is Stricken Suddenly. Atlantic City, N. J, -July 14.—Asso- ciate Justice Horace H. Lurton of the United States supreme court died here of heart failure. He was seventy years old. Justice Lurton was apparently in good health when he retired. About midnight he complained of feeling ill and from then on sank rapidly, dying at 5 a. m. Justice Lurton was born at New- port, Kv., in 1844. He was appointed chancelor of the Sixth chancery divi- sion of Tennessee by Governor Porter in 1874. Later he was judge of the supreme court of Tennessee and in 1863 was chosen chief justice of that tribunal. He was appointed circuit judge for the Sixth judicial district of the Unit- ed States hy President Cleveland the same year and was appointed by Pres- ident Taft to be associate justice of the supreme court of the United States in 1909, Imagine the recfl;; OUTING SUCCESS ASSURED protessors | More Than One Hundred Editors and Guests Announce Intention to At- tend Baudette-Spooner Affair. ENTERTAINED AT BORDER CITY With more than one hundred mem- bers of the Northern Minnesota Edit- orial association and their friends listed for accommodations during the outing which is to be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the success is assured. affair’s International Falls is preparing to entertain the editors while in the border city Friday morning and noth- ing will be left undone by the com- mittee there to make the visit an en- joyable one. The trip to Baudette and Spooner, where the evening will be spent, will be made by a special train on the Canadian Northern Fri- Saturday will be spent in making the Lake of the Woods trip and visiting Kenora, re- turning to Baudette Sunday where the special train will be in waiting for the return to Fort Frances. Many to Attend. Secretary Rutledge announces that the following have accepted the in- vitation to participate in the outing and have applied for reservations and accommodations, assuring their at- tendance, C. F. Scheers, Akeley Tribune, president Northern Minnesota Edit- orial association, and four; E. C. Kiley, president 1913, owner Grand Rapids Herald-Review; F. A. Dare, Walker Pilot, president 1912, and wife; Harold Knutson, president 1911, and one; A. M. Welles, Worth- ington Globe, president 1910; Fred C. Schilpin, St. Cloud Times, vice- president, wife and son; A, G. Rut- ledge, secretary-treasurer; George E. Erickson, Spooner News, - chairman exccutive committee, and wife; Asa Wallace, Sauk-Centre Herald, mem- fher exaeutive committee; M. C. Cut- “(Continued on last page.) FEPORTER ‘Mary, Skinner, Eva, Zimmer, Mru“ Peter Iantu‘r Bon.nd Over on Charge of Robbing Freight Car. HERE }A'GUST it s S s /| Jurist in - Petrie-Crookston and i Delay in Greating of Appropriation | Blakely-Neils Cases Yut@rdny.‘ for Financing of Bemidji Confer- N ence Cauiss Ol Flans, GODFREY REQUESTS INJUNCTION Peter Lentner, who last week was found in & box car of the Great Northern which had beeg ‘broken in- to, was yesterday afternoon bound over to the grand jury by Judge Crowell of the municipal court. It was at first believed that the defend- ant would plead guilty to the charge, City Attorney P. J. Russell appeared for the state in the case while the defendant was not represented.- The grand jury will meet September §. SAYS CHANGE NOT NEEDED Roy Landis Tells Northwestern Em- ployes Why Government Owned System is Not Desirable, Motions for ‘new trials in two SMALL GATHERING HERE TODAY |cases were made before Judge C. W. Sass % ¢ Stanton in his chambers at the court e ‘house yesterday. One was the case Nearly All Informed of Later Session [of Fred Petrle who several months . and Only 22 Reported When |°8° ‘was given a verdict of $1,600 Chief Rogers Called Order. against the Crookston Lumber com- pany for injuries done to his leg while unloading cars. The case was tried at Walker, Chester McKusick of this city appearing for the plain- tiff and George T. Simpson, a mem- ber of the Minneapolis law firm of Powell & Simpson, and former staie attorney general, represented the lumber company, With twenty-two of the one hun- dred representutivemgo! the 12,000 Chippewa Indians of. ’(lnnesotn in at- tendance, the second:annual General Conference of the Clsilllwwns of the state of Minnesota Was called to or- der by Edward Rogeis, chief, shortl: betore 11 o'clock thls- mornin, g Y| The motion as made by Mr. Simp- Until last week it had been expect- [5°0 Tequests that judgment e ed that the Chippewas of the sthte made in favor of the defendants, not- would be represented by their legal withstanding the verdict of the fury. number of delegates, one to each one Th.theiothet onss the 1 Natls Tant, hundred, but when.it' becaine known |D°T ¢OmPany, through its attorney, that the $1,500 appropriation to be [, Simpson, requests e Sioi e used in paying expenses of the visit- |[9iCt Biving W. T. Blakely $1,133 in ing Indians, as many 2s possible were informed of the postponement. PROVES FAILURE IN CANADA Employes of the Northwestern Telephone company and several other interested persons were told why gov- ernment owned telephoné services are not desirable, by Roy Landis of Minneapolis, Monday atternoon. Mr. Landis is one of the officials of the company and he has devoted much study to the'question of gov- ernment ownership, a subject which is being given considerable discussion of late. He brought forth the amazing fact that America with but six per cent of the world’s population has sixty- four per cent of the world’s tele- phones. Mr. Landis told of the in- crease in rates of the Canadian tele- phone service since it was purchased by the government in 1908. He quoted from an article in the Mon- treal Gazette which it said: “Some of the advocates of government own- arship seem to have thought that hav- ing gotten the government to take over the service, it would be easy to get cheap telephones by putting a part of the cost of a personal service for some of the people upon all the people.” “The splendid telephone develop- ment has been reached in America because of reasonable rates, efficient service and aggressive personal ini- tiative,” said Mr. Landis. ““Wide- sprend, publiciity, advertising and canvassing by the private companies have” driven - home to the public the value of the service. No government owned telephone system advertises or canvasses for business. “These methods have taught Amer- ica the value of the telephone, and have persuaded them that it is as es- sential to their comfort and happi- ness as food on the table or the roof over the house. The American con- ception of telephone service is un- known in Europe. Under govern- ment ownership the telephone is a luxury for the rich, and is likely to remain so as long as the governments operate the systems.” The United States has 9.1 tele- phones for every one hundred of po- Dulation, while for the same propor- tion Germany comes next with 1.9, and Great Britian next with 1.6, GOTHAM FEARS THE PLAGUE Extensive Precaution Taken by Quar. antine Authorities. New York, July 14.—Unusual pre- cautions are being taken by the quar- antine authorities to guard New York against the bubonic plague. All ves: sels from infected ports, including those from New Orleans, are thor- oughly disinfected on arrival and are compelled to uge rat guards. As a further guard against infec- tion Dr. Joseph J. O’Connell, health officer of the port, has appointed Dr. Oscar Teague of the Cornwell univer- sity research laboratory as director of the new bacteriological laboratory at Quarantine. SOLDIERS SUCCUMB TO HEAT Two Die and More Than One Hun- dred Are Overcome. Berlin, July 14—Two German sol- diers died and more than 100 others are i1l from sunstroke, by which they were affected in the course of mili- tary maneuvers at Frankfort-on-Oder. The weather was the hottest in Ger- many this year. ging contract, be set aside, and judg- ment ordered in favor of the. defend- Hope for Appropriation. ant. Both matters were taken un- At the session this morning it was |der consideration by the court. decided -to postpone the conference| Attorney Daniel DeLury of Walk- until Tuesday, August 11, at which |er, representing George Godfrey, ap- time every delegate, will be in at-[peared before Judge Stanton last tendance, even if the ‘appropriation |evening requesting that an injunction has not been made at that time. The |be issued restraining D. Dumas from' Indians are planning on having a|removing a building from the land of big time and the White Earth band |Godfrey in Itasca county. Dumas is will be one of the cfiief attractions. |represented by Henry Funkley of ‘A Permanent Organization. this city, who claims that the build- The organization of the Chippewas, | N8 Is the property of his client. The as formed at Cass Lake a year ago, |C2S¢ Was continued and will come up is permanent, its chief object being |Il several weeks before Judge Stan- to gain greater recognition at Wash-(ton in chambers at Glengarry, ington, thereby giving the Minnesota | Walker. Chippewas greater power in their A decision has just been filed by self-government. Many matters of Judge Stanton refusing a new trial importance will come up for con- | the case of George Kreatz, the Be- sideration at the August meeting. |Midil contractor, versus E. B. Mc- Jonald of this city. The case will All Officers Present. probably be appealed to the state su- Every officer of thé conference Was|yreme court. present ,at the session this morning, W. E. Miller, an attorney of Pine including Bdward Rogers, chief, | River, appeared before Judge Stan- county attorney-of Cass county and|ton this morning at 7 o’clock, on sev- captain and star end of the cham-|era) legal matters. He returned to pionship Minnesota university eleven |pis home on the 8:15 M. & I. of 1903; John Carl, vice-president; Nat Head of Red Lake, secretary, and John Morrison, treasurer and of- fielal-interpreter. - Ay it P Name Resolution Committee. In order that there be no unneces- sary delay at the meeting next month Chief Rogers this morning selected a committee of five to draw up reso- lutions which will be submitted at that time. The committee comprises, Gus Beaulieau, White Earth, Frank Cojune, White Earth, . John: Carl, White Earth, J. I. Cofey, Fond du Lac and P. H. Beaulieau, Red Lake. beyond his depth near Spring Park, ‘BILL’ RECEIVES NEW COAT ettt Nis Jents war'Eptiig N L B . not swim he sank. Traveling Dollar’s Instructions Badly |~ George F. Munn was drowned in Worn—Is Worth $1.25, Says Serpent lake near Crosby, Minn,, . while swimming out to a boat. Fair Store Manager. Miss Belle Norgaard and Miss KNOWS ALL BY FIRST NAME SEVEN DEATHS BY DROWNING Accidents In Water Minnesota. 8t. Paul, July 14—Four men were drowned in the Twin Cities and vi- cinity. Mike Bosick was drowned at the public baths at St. Paul, while his brother, Fred Bosick, looked on speechless from fright and unable to give an alarm. Jorgen Beck was drowned in the Mississippi river at Minneapolis. George Dustin, aged nineteen, was drowned in Crystal lake, near Min: neapolis. Sam Blomberg, printer, waded out Numerous . In Ernestine Weicht of Northfield, Minn., were drowned when they stepped off a ledge while wading in the Cannon river. “‘Bill’ is worth 31.26 of any- body’s money,” said Mr. Elliott of the Fair store when he gave him to the Pioneer for advertising space. “He will go farther and do more for his actual value than anything 1 ever saw before. I had him in the window for several days and he help- ed to make many a small boy happy.” The instructions on “Bill’s” back have become so worn that they are hardly readable. “Bill” left the Ba- zaar store on April-13, 1914, and has visited 27 different people since that time. Each time he was spent in Be- midji and on each and every single instance he gave entire satisfaction.|games were the evening’s pastime, At the Pioneer office today he was |after ‘which a dainty given a new coat on the back so that [served. The hostess was assisted in all may again be able to read what “Bill’s” desires are. He is now be- coming so well known that he calls most everyone in Bemidji by his first name. ‘Where he will be sent next and what he buys will appear in the col- umns of the Pioneer in some early future issue. Keep your eye on him so that his wish to stay in Bemidji will_at ali times be carried out. Machinists Win. The M. & I. Machinists have added another victory to their list by de- feating a picked team from Bemidji, the score being 12 to 8. The machin- ists have lost one of seven games played. They will play a double header at Big Falls next Sunday. Outside teams may have games by addressing J. W. Smith, Box 74, Ny- more Minnesota, Miss Esther Tennstrom entertain- ed a number of friends at a porch party last Grand Forks. The ulth, Delphine Anderson of Hallock, Over 1,800 young women are em- ploved in a Philadelphia publishing house. Ella Anderson, Mercedes Morrison, and Othelia Johnson. A thfle Too Clo,se To Sult w Boss payment for work done on a log-|- lunch was serving by Mrs. A. A. Westeen of guests were[meeting is looked forward to. Misses Esther and Iva Westeen of| Grand Forks Bay, Ella Laqua of Iron|: Miss Irene Logan of the county [auditor’s office has returned to Be- (midji after a week’s vacation spent River, Wisconsin, Ruth Bjorge, Du- Minnesota, Margaret McGhee, Ruth Riley, Margaret and Edna Anderson, |* Hazel Olson, Nora and Ella Hanson, ” Suspect In the Bailey Mur der Case, Freeport, N. Y. Accused of Murder. was in the physician’s office. Mrs. Carman. was just leaving the office. der, he said. dow. tomorrow. bread contests will be here. George Hayes of Island Lake. start until 10:20. evening. Music and|contests. W. B. Stewart, county at her home in Grand Rapids. Wi Case Against Mrs. Edwin Carman, Freeport, N. Y., July 14—The case! of Mrs. Edwin Carman, accused of; having shot and killad Mrs. Louise Ring to present his final proofs and Bailey in Dr: Carman’s office, will be 'secure a government patent to the presented to the grand jury today. The district attorney believes that provement on the land having ex- only. some person in the Carman hiouss could have known Mré. [oaleY veyors pased through the section and lieves he has a strong case against Dotified Paulson that they would be If Carman’s story is true then Mrs. 3 3 Batley's back was exposed to the as. 214 Paulson’s farm was claimed in sassin. Dr. Carman stood on the far List No. 163, and in July, 1913, the side of her, his left hand on the door :State Teceived a federal patent to knob and his right hand on her shoul- the land. { Only his right shoulder and his right elbow would then have. test, Paulson decided that under the been exposed to a shot from the win-| SCHOOL OFFICERS MEET Arrangements Completed for Session |able to have restored to him . Which ‘is to Be Held Here Tomor- |™"° row—Contest Children Coming: With several of the state’s most prominent educators in attendance, |Matter is also peculiar, as the law the annual meeting of the Beltrami |Fepuires the land in question shall county school officers will be held,Pe sold to the lowest approved ap- It is expected that every |Praisal of its value, and the proceeds purt of the county will be represent-|turned into the state’s educational ed at the meeting and that about sey- |fund. enty boys and girls of the corn and the lowest valuation on the Paulson Among the speakers will be C. G.|and unless the Schulz, state superintendent, Dr. W.|Taise that amount of cash, he will A. Shoemaker, president of the St.[De compelled, ‘shortly, to surrended Cloud normal school, T. A. Erickson, |Possession of the property to the rural school specialist of the state;state, and lose, at the same time, agricultural farm, and others, Among |2bout six years hard work. M. the county officers who are to talk |Iverson will look into the matter.‘ will be Charles Carter of Hines and There will be three separate pro- grams during the day, ome for-the|gnmmit Pupils Given Cash Prizes for school officers, one for the boys of the acre-yield contest and one for the girls of the bread-making contest. The first will begin at 8:30 a. m., While the contest programs will not |2t the beginning of the term last tendent of schools, announced this|Studies. afternoon that all arrangements are|ed to Agnes Parker, who will re- complete and that a very successful |ceive two dollars; second prize to ‘Women and men are educated to- gether in school and. college in Nor- By "HOP” BELTRAMI FARMER Martin Paulson May Lose Homestead to State After He Has Toiled Six Years in Making Improvements. FARM DECLARED SWAMP LAND Located Near Red Lake Reservation —State Auditor Iverson to Begin Investigation of Matter. E. H. Hooe, Norwegian consul at St. Paul, has taken the unfortunate case of Martin Paulson of this coun- ty, before Samuel G. Iverson, state auditor. Paulgon, the consul as- serts, has been deprived of his home- stead through government red tape and the consul asks the auditor's gocd offices in finding a way to help the man out of his difficulty. Paulson, said Mr. Hobe, in Novem- ber, 1904, filed a claim to a home- :stead of 120 acres, near the Red Lake |reservation, paying his filing fee to the United States government. He tnen went ahead clearing the land, and after a year or so built several READY FOR THE GRAND ]URY‘substantial farm buildings, acquired tlive stock and was in a fair way to become a prosperous farmer. Farm Declared Swamp Land. In 1910 just as Paulson was plan- iland, his fiive years of life and im- pired; a party of United States sur- jcompelled to classify the land he was A chart has been drawn showing'homesteading as swamp land, which the position of Dr. Carman and Mrs.' ,Would convert the ownership of the Bailey when the shot was fired, as ppopeny to the state of” Minnesota. described by Carman. Mrs. Bailey| Later in the same year, the state filed its selection of swamp lands Although advised to make a con- |existing conditions the decision would be against him, and made no protest, Can’t Even Get Filing Fee. Thus far- the Norwegian consul states, Paulson has been" un- -money ~ he paid .as fil- ing fees when he first took’ up the claim. It is also.pointed out.in the letter that under the decisions PROMINENT EDUCATORS TO TALK (_11 the federal courts, it is imposs- ible for Paulson to take up govern- ment land and on the same filing. The position of Minnesota in-the In this case, it is estimated farm would be about $7 per acre, homesteader ‘can GO0D SCHOLARSHIP REWARDED. Record Made During School Year. In keeping with the promise made fall, the school board of Summit, At noon a dinner will be served |district No. 58, has just announced tree of charge to those in attendance |the Prize winners of the school rec- at the meeting by the summer school |Ord contest, W. B. Stewart, county pupls of Miss Helen Hoover, instruc- [Superintendent of schools, tor in domestic science. Badges will |Just received a list of the winners. be worn by the girls and boys of the Every member of the school was giv- having en honorable mention, so well have superin- | the pupils attended to the school The first prize was award- Audin Olson, who will receive $1.76; third prize to Henry Olson; who will receive $1.25; fourth, Louis Gilstad, who will receive one dollar, and fifth to Archie Beckwith, who is to re- ceive twenty-five cents. The fol- land will each receive with, Winfred Parker, Thompson, Carie Thompson, Lillian T. Thompson, Minnie Beckwith and Eva Parker, Sortor-Whitney. Miss Catherine Whitney and Vic- at Turtle River Saturday evening at '8:30. Rev. Charles Gilman, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city, permored the ceremony. Mr. 'in Turtle River, lspent the past year with their aunt ;at Parkers Prairie, are visiting their ‘father. Mrs, J. Peterson, their nnnt, is also here. lowing are given honorable mention twenty-five cents, George Anderson, Gerald Beck- Leonora Thompson, Anna Thompson, Annie Parker, Clarence Gilstad, L. Parker,. tor Sortor were united in marriage and Mrs. Sortor will make their home . Margaret-and “Bill”. Klein, chil- - L Kdl‘el.l of William Klein, who : have: