Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 16, 1910, Page 5

aE —__—+- ’ 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. ~ Official Paper ef Ir4sca County, A CONTEMPTIBLE ACT. In the annals of the profession, the unwritten laws of journalism have never been more outraged than they were by the Independent in its so-called ‘‘special edition” last Friday morning, in which was given what purported to be an account of the recent fire, its origin, and the’ rea- 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- stroyed. 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 some- what subdued, the first thought was to save the books. While so doing several articles of clothimg, saturated with kerosene were discovered on the bei 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 in court. At the time the Independent’s spe- cial edition came out Friday morn- ing, nothing more, other tham that given in 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 coy- ering up a shortage in his accounts with the village. It also stated that the fire broke out on am _ 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 \pre@ing a limb, George Hewis was unable to make the read- ing of the meters and they were handed in jo Mr. Yancey late in the afternoon of the day of the fire and statements of light rentals bad not yat been mailed out. x it was a mean, cowardly, despic- avie 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 @f the lowes{ and vilest acta that could have 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 @coxs that drip from its sores. We boy our heads in shame that the high and noble calling, journalism, fucua taus be prostituted by one ‘uu is utterly unworthy to take by 1 nand, one whom he would con- @oun on a charge of arson without even a hearing. Men should pass tus 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 ete contaminate them with its 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, 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 community and the eradicated therefrom, people go about their for menace to any he is the sooner can sooner business without the thought that! there is. 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 hag caused it many sleepless nights. Why these sleepless nights? Again we répeat, why these sleep- less nights? If the Independent _ has seen anything that is contrary to law, miby has, 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 onj 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 elected him to 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 trial \ with the case, but on re- quest of the county attorney, who wished for more time in which to ob- tain evidence, it was continued to Monday evening. Sashes ee USA SS 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. a 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 souiething more than a frolicsome wish to give the South a pea ane an “Eo WHERE WISE MEN DISAGREE. It is plain that the federal income tax amendment is to rage around the possibility of its imposing a federal tax upon state or municipal bonds. This was the ob- jection raised by Governor Hughes and seems to have originated in the same recess of his punctilious mind as gave birth to his veio of the Scent passenger rate bill for New the opposition to We can find no word in the Eng-| 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 a * total much less than that of the older countries. Also 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. IF SOMEBODY WOULD TELL. A friend of Charles W. Morse, the ex-banker| and ex-financier who is mow in prison, was quoted in a dis- patch as follows: “If Morse would tel what he knows of the connection of fimanciers in New York with the panic of 1907, about a dozen men who stand high in the business world would be buying tickets to Europe and other places for trips of imdefin- 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 im 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 course; 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, pe ce SSDeP ee eS ESSE PEARY AND CONGRESS. The congressional committee which has been considering the proposition of giving extraordinary honors’ to Peary for a feat which, while extra- jordinary, is also extraordinarily value 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’: 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 amazii rate of speed he must have achieved |to get to the pole? It is dramatic | Justice that Congressman Macon should have pointed ont that accord- 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 with thim, and that as soon as he left them |behind /ne 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! pS Sa ae A THE UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL. Our university is to have a big, handsome student club building, to lial to President Northrop. His twenty ‘cost $250,000 to $400,000 as a memor- five years as the head of Minnesota’s educational apex have been those of | wonderful growth and progress, They have placed the university among the leaders| of her kind. It is fitting that rounding out of ‘this period should be marked by a monument, and that it should bear ithe name of the mar who during all if it should result that the federal one ee The American Ladies’ Tailoaing Co., Chicago, whome I represent have issued their Spring Fashion Portfolio. in mystore ..... ‘ It pictures in actual colors 66 of the most charming new style in man-tailored garments. Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts and It.shows 238 samples of fabrics, the latest weaves in Capes. YOU CAN HAVE A GARMENT MADE IN TEN DAYS Considering material and workmanship Prices are extremely low. 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It is fitting too, thati 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 imfluence in the life of our 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 ii should be worthy and in itself an in- spiration to both good manners and geod miorals. LARGE AUDIENCE ATTENDED PLAY Home Talent Cast Successfully Presented “An American Citizen.” The four-act comedy, ‘An Ameri- can 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 iby a packed house, in fact, the largest since W. J. 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 natural m their parts and their renditions gave evidence of consider- able histronic abjlity. M. A. Mulvi- hill, as Egerton Brown, carried his part so well, the audience were de- lighted when hie true character was unmasked. The part of Sir Humphrey. Bunn was handled by Wm McAlpine and the general verdict is 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. EB. J. Whaling, aa Otto Stroble, who always has some new scheme in view eine scored a decided hit in his character- ization of the part and he could not having been improved upon. Julia Durk made a very acceptable “Aunt Carola” and her scene with Cruger brought wmoars of laughter. H. E. Butler “doubled-up” in the parts of Lucas and Simms and his every 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, Jr., and his rendition won him in- stant favor with the audience, in fact, he carried off the honors of the evening. A feature of the fourth act was the singing of tette, which scored a decided suc- cess, The gowns and hats worn by the much interest among the feminine portion of the audience. The net proceeds of the play will be used in assisting to pay off the church debt. 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- jonable creations in spring and sum- mer millinery and invite the inspec- the Christmas carol, by a mixed quar-! ladies were very pretty and created; Easter Opening March 24 to 26. | | 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 Skovgaard Con- cert party is under the management of the Chicago Lyceum bureau and it ig stated there are none better. Skovgaard is a master at) the violin and it is expected that music lovers from a distance will be in attendance® 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 Mercantille store. mixes and kneads Bread thoroughly - in Three Minutes. Does away with Hand Kneading and makes Better Bread. 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