Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 16, 1910, Page 4

i Brand Ravics Wreratas' Review Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE ———_——————— Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second- Class Matter. A CONTEMPTIBLE ACT. annals of the profession, laws of journalism In the the have never been more outraged than they were by the ‘Independent in its socalled ‘special edition” last Friday morning, in which was given what purported to be an account of the rea- unwritten recent fire, its origin and the° son therefor. Fire broke, out in the Village hall about 2:30 o'clock Friday morning destroying the contents of the store room and damaging the contents of the recorder’s office. They are locat- ed in the southeast corner of the building. The alarm was quickly re- sponded to and in a short time the fire was extinguished. The damage to the building fis estimated at not over $500, which is insured for $3,000. In the recorder’s office several of the books were damaged slightly, the consumer’s book being partially de- The desk was damaged to some extent. A hole was also burn- ed through the rear end of the desk. The room itself was damaged more b water and smoke than by the flames. After the flames had been what subdued, the first thought was to save the books. While so doing several articles of clothing, saturated with kerosene were discovered on the bed of the desk and on the floor about the desk, This immediately gave rise to. the suspicion that the fire was of an incendiary origin. When it was learned that Recorder W. C. Yancey had taken the 1:08 train for Deer River he was suspected of the crime and the marshal at that place was ordered to arrest him. He was given a hearing before Court Commissioner Pratt about 4 o’clock, a. m., on a charge of arson, Presi- dent A. C. Bossard being the com- plaining witness, and gave bonds in the sum of $1,000 for his appearance stroyed. in court. At the time the Independent’s spe- cial edition came out Friday morn- ing, nothing more, other than that the foregoing paragraphs, was known about the case, the evi- dence being circumstantial, yet the edition contained an article stating that the fire had been set by Re- corder Yancey for the purpose of cov- ering up a shortage in his accounts with the village. It also stated that the fire broke evening following the day on which the heaviest water and light coilections were made. The independent knew it was a liar when it stated this and we can prove it. The water rent- als are not due until April 1, and on account of \bre@xing a limb, George Hewis was unable to make the read- ing of the meters and they were handed in to Mr. Yancey late in the afternoon of the day of the fire and statements of light rentals had pot yat been mailed out. it was @ mean, cowardly, ee aviec and contemptible thing to do, to thus arraign and judge a man, even before he had been given a hearing and it =will go down in the history of the village as one @¢ the lowest and vilest acta that vould fave been perpetrated by any ue who would call himself a man. An yet, this mental wart, this human parasite, is allowéd to live in a ci- \ lzed community and feed upon the @ cus that drip from its sores. We L our heads in shame that the high and noble calling, journalism, #.csua tous be prostituted by one ‘uu is utterly unworthy to take by t nand, one whom he would con- agoun on a charge of arson without even a hearing. Men should pass tics human buzzard, a bird of prey . ch feeds on carrion, by with aver: ed heads—should shun its presence ys they would a pestilence, a plague +-ere # contaminate them with its «ou! and ghoulish thoughts, given in out on an some- | DEFECTIVE PAGE We can find no word in the Eng- lish language which will fittingly express our opinion of he who would thus wantonly and without reason condemn aman for the heinous crime of arson, when he has only ‘been charged with the crime. Courts were created, judges” provid ed, for the purpose of protecting the dmnocent and spunishing the guilty, for deciding on right and wrong, and yet, who ever heard, in a civil- ized community, of a man being con- demned without a hearing. A hu- man being whe would do this is a menace to any community and the he is eradicated therefrom, the sooner can business without sooner people go about their the thought that always someone near who would swear life away on the slight- est provocation. Further along in the article the Independent, with its unveiled in- nuendos, states that during the past three months it has seen things which has caused it many sleepless nights. Why these sleepless nights? Again we repeat, why these sleep- less nights? If the Independent has seen anything that is contrary to law, why thas, it not so reported to the proper authorities? Does it not know that in failing so to do, it has been compounding a felony? Or is it just natural and inborn vindictiveness that has caused this moral outcast to make such a statement. It should be placed on) the stand and compelled to explain this statement, Wm. C. Yancey has lived in Grand Rapids since his boyhood days and he has enjoyed the confidence and es- teem of the people in that they thrice there is | elected him ito the office of village recorder, and he could undoubtedly have had the office another term, had he so willed. Aside from the question of whether or not he is guilty, justice, if nothing more, de- mands that he be given the benefit of the doubt until there is reason to know otherwise. His business record has always been one to which any- one might well point with pride and many think it is out of the ques- tion that the crime, for which he was charged, could have been commit ted, by him. At the hearing Friday afternoon, Mr. Yancey, through his attorney, stated he wished to go to immedi- ate triat with the case, but on re- quest of the county attorney, wished for more time in which to ob- tain evidence, it was continued to Monday evening. ech SURE Se a RIGHT AND WRONG WERE THERE The demand for a revision of the poem, “Barbara Frietchie,” made on the ground that “a shade of sadness, a blush of shame” did not overspread the features of the Southern leader, since he had nothing to be ashamed, of, is, no doubt, a logical outcome of the sentimentality of the time, which wants to banish all thoughts of the right or wrong of the War of the Rebellion. The humorist who with mild satire dubbed that war “the late unpleasantness,” could have no idea that his sarcasm would one day come to be the actual estimate of the struggle. But we are dangerously near his definition. Such ideas, if pushed too far, are likely to produce a reaction. There was a right and wrong of the Rebel- lion. if the North is so far willing to gloss over the actual facts as to say that, after all the South be-; lieved it was right, and let it go at that, there is no harm done. But when it comes to being betrayed imto a habit of mind which admits that the right and wrong were imextric- ably mixed, and that one side pre- vailed only by the force and weight of numbers, possibly we shall have to} rewrite the history of the War, and find that after all the North was moved by sowething more than a frolicsome wish to give the South a beating. REE SR Ban See WHERE WISE MEN DISAGREE. It is plain that who the opposition to’ the federal income tax amendment] five years as the lead of Minnesota’s| Part so well, the audienc: is to rage around the possibility ot its imposing a federal tax upon state) | wonderful growth and progress. They Humphrey. Bunn was handled by Wm or municipal bonds. This was the ob-, ;bave placed the university among the| McAlpine and the general verdict is jection raised by Governor Hughes and seems to have originated in the same recess of his punctilious mind- as ae gave pirth to his j ordinary, is also extraordinarily value |should have pointed ont that accord- Onin napios | On the other side stands Senator} Root equally as great in legal ability, equally as careful @ guardian of state’s rights and, in the popular mind, far more committed to the guardianship. of the rights of cap- ital, Here two masters of the law disagree, hence may the opponents of any income tax, let the people beware and stay on, the safe side. We know of no state whose income tax is greater than two per cent. That also, would be the limit of any federal tax, which with both opera- tive, would, make ai» total much less than that of the older countries. Also if it should result that the federal! government had ‘the right to tax| state securities and it should exer- cise that right, which is so im- probable with congressmen depend- ent upon states for their jobs, the result would not be as burdensome ag some might think. The income on $100,000 of 3-per cent bonds would be $3,000. A 2-per cent tax on this would be $60, which would be just six one hundredths of one per cent on the _ principal. Evidently the basis of Governor Hughes’ argument is a theory, not a condition. PASE ES Se IF SOMEBODY WOULD TELL. A friend of Charles W. Morse, the ex-banker| and ex-fimancier who is mow in prison, was quoted im a dis- patch as follows: “If Morse would tel what he knows of the connection of financiers in New York with the panic of 1907, about a dozen men who stand high im the business world would be buying tickets to Europe and other places for trips of imdefin- ite length.” The impression that the panic of 1907 was artificial, and was intended to scare agitation imto silence and un- dermine Roosevelt’s power with the people, has been deepseated and it is not yet eradicated. The recent near-panic in Wall street, plainly de- signed to affect congress and the su- preme court, looked like another at- tempt at the same sort of thing only better controlled. The one of 1907 got away from its instigators. There is no proof of these things, of COUTees if there were that dozens. of mag: nates would have to make haste if they got the boat for Europe before somebody got them. Playing with people’s prosperity is pretty dangerous business—if the people find it out. As yet they only suspect, pa PEARY AND CONGRESS. The congressional committee which has been considering the proposition of giving extraordinary honors’ to Peary for a feat which, while extra- less, has decided not to do anything for him unless he submits proofs. That is the only reasonable course for the committee to take. Peary’s position apparently is that he will not furnish congress for nothing that which he can sell for a good round sum. That good round sum will be his reward, and if he refuses to prove his case before congress it should be reward enough. Remember how Peary said that Codx’s story of his dash to the pole was absurd because of the amazi rate of speed he must have achieved to get to the pole? It is dramatic justice that Congressman Macon ing to Peary’s own siory, he could travel only an average of 9.06 miles a day so long as he had white men i with him, and that as soon as he left them |behind /he traveled at the | rate of 26.4 miles a day. What a fearful handicap the com- | pany of white men must be in polar achievements! ————.j6W.~___ THE UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL. Our university is to have a big, handsome student club building, to ‘ial to President Northrop. His twenty cost $250,000 to $400,000 as a memor- educational apex have been those of leaders} of her kind. It is fitting that rounding out of this period should be marked by a veto of the monument, and that it should bear}m J, Whaling, as Otio Stroble, who Feent passenger rate bill for New the name of the mar who during piatenrs has some new scheme in view ‘ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1910. RIESE SS REESE SESS EE SESE RSS TEESE ECEE SE CSES EEE EP REE ES OP SSSESHSSSSHECSSSSH SES eeeeee A \rder Your Easter Outfit § : : = * Here at Hote | § * * * i = «Order N * * 6 O&N is E Sunday § arch 27 is Easter Sunday} * Saf * : The American Ladies’ Tailoaing Co., Chicago, whome I represent i : have issued their Spring Fashion Portfolio. 1 have it on show - re in my store .... aan atl Neen Se cies te iit : 4 : : It pictures in actual colors 66 of the most Chariiieg: new style in i : man-tailored garments. Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts and i : Capes. It shows 238 samples of fabrics, the latest weaves in Pd cloths and silks. . . . . 1. hc Gy NOS ASM araen Bere : : 3 * * - * # © YOU GAN HAVEA GARMENT MADEINTENDAYS * * * : Considering material and workmanship : Prices are extremely low. : * * i (= DON’T FORCET TO INSPECT THIS LINE BEFORE PLACING YNUR ORDER i * * - i 9 # = THE SAME PERTAINING TO MEN'S GARMENTS = # * a | THE PIONEER STORE, °°"™ SESKERLT. i Grand Rapids : * ss tnchocheclpabeckoctectoctecheckoctockeclecteiectoobesioahocbeabocteatetieciechedtoctechecincbockeclectoctechesbockockeskocheatochoskoabe sBostodteatoshocloatockeckooboctekootoctockookeclockockoclookectostest this time controlled the institution’s destinies and administered its af- fairs. It is fitting too, that this me morial should be of a form to both dignify and anchor the college life of the individual student. Nowhere is a building, such as is intended, more essential than as an adjunct of a university located in a large city. Its tendency will be to free the student body from the thrall- don of the city, and to avoid its temp- tation. It will, also, solidify and unify the students as a body, and give to each one the immense benefit of a closer personal acquaintance with all the others, uplifting the mass to the higher manly level and bring- ing to full effect the example of the best and truést of them all. The contributions will not be limit- ed to the alumi and should not be Every citizen of Minnesota should a preciate the value of such a building, and should wish to do his share in placing this influence in the life of onr university. It should be large enough for the needs of the 3,000 boys who are there, many of them taking their first flight from the parental roof, while architecturally it should ibe worthy and in itself an in- spiration to both good manners and ‘eeud morals. LARGE AUDIENCE ATTENDED PLAY Home Talent Cast Successfully Presented “An American Citizen.” The four-act comedy, “An Ameri- ean Citizen,” which was presented by local talent under the auspices of St. Joseph's Catholic church at-the High school auditorium Friday evening, was greeted by a packed house, in fact, the largest since W. J. Bryanj spoke herd. | The leading parts, those of Beres- ford Cruger and Beatrice Carew, were taken by James D. Doran and Mary D. Ehle, respectively, and their inter- pretations could not ‘have been im- proved upon. Both seemed perfect- ly matural m their parts and their renditions gave evidence of consider- able histronic abjlity. M. A. Mulvi- hill, as Egerton Brown, carried his @ were de- lighted when his true character was unmasked. The part of Sir he made a very stately looking gentle man. Mrs, A. J. McGuire, as Lady Bunn, acted the part in a way whic won her much favorable comment. scored a decided hit in his character- ization of the part and he could not having been improved upon. Juta Durk made a very acceptable “Aunt Carola” and her scene with Cruger brought moars of laughter. H. E. Butler “doubled-up” in the parts of Lucas and Simms and hisevery ap- pearance on the stage created ripples of merriment and his actions during the close of the third act brought down the house. Ruby LaMere also had a double role, that of Annette and Georgia Chapin. She gave ample evidence of feeling at perfect ease on the stage and no single criticism ‘could ibe made on her rendition of either part. Howard Doran, as Merci ury, was a typical London urchin and Howard McLachlan, as the French waiter, gave a good representation | of the role. Last, but not least, is the part of Willie Bunn. This part was handled by John Costello, dy., and his rendition won him in- stant favor with the audience, in fact, he carried off the | honors of the evening. A feature of tthe fourth act was the singing of the Christmas carol, by a mixed quar-! tette, which scored a decided suc- cess, The gowns and hats worn by the ladies were very pretty and created, much interest among the feminine portion of the audience. The net proceeds of the play will be used im assisting to pay off the church debt. Easter Opening March 24 to 26. | Ehle, Doran & Joyce announce that they will hold their Easter mil- linery opening at their parlors on Kindred avenue, between Fourth and Fifth streets on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 24 to 26. They will have on display the latest fash- ionable creations in spring and sum- mer millinery and invite the inspec- tion of the ladies of Grand Rapids and vicinity. Veteran Editor Here R. J. Bell, lawyer, diplomat and publisher of the Roseau County Times, of Roseau, has been in the village for the past week, visiting with ihs sons, R. R. and Claud Bell. Mr. Bell has always occupied a prom- |inent position among the pioneer boosters for Northern Minnesota | and he is considered one of the best posted men in this section of the state. In speaking of the father it will not be amiss to mention that the sons are well known and respect- ; ed business men in the village and they also have a host of friends. Mr. ; Bell makes an annual pilgrimage to Grand Rapids each year. Seats Going Fast. Seats for the Skovgaard concert, which are on sale at Itasca Mercan- tile store, are going fast and it is ‘anticipated they will be greeted by a | Packed house. The Shavers Con- cert party is under the ma: | of the Chicago Lyceum bureau and it is stated there are none better. i Skovgaard is a master at the violin and it is expected that music lovers at this concert. The price of admis- sion is 50 cents and 35 cents and the company will appear here under the auspices of the High School Ath- letic association. The Carleton Glee Club. The Carleton Glee Club will be here Tuesday evening, March 22, under the auspices of the High school association. This glee club, composed of male voices, has made a decided hit wherever they have appeared and no one should fail to attend. Seats can be reserved at the Itasca Mercantile store. BREAD MA mixes and kneads Bread thoroughly - in Three Minutes. Does away with Hand Kneading and makes Better Bread. SOLD BY Wed. & hd PUWETS HARL WARE wit UNIVERSAL KER from a distance will be in attendance”