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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-12
70 PLAY FOR ALLEY TITLE
Winner Of Match viii BE Hailed as
country's Greatest Bowler.

Cleveland, March 1.-THE winner
OF tonight's bowling games, Ia be
relied by Louis Franz, champion 81
this city, and Jimmy Smith, the best
bowler Of Greater New York, Will be
hailed as the kingpin Of American
bowlers. Tonight's match will be the
second half Of the home ard home
series rolled by the two men, the frat
having been decided In Brookly4 on
Feb. 90.
On Washington,s btrthdAy Smith
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St. Paul Union Stock Yarde.

81. PauI Union Stock Yards.
st. Paul, March 11.-Cattle-Go
to choice steers, $5.00@6.25; fair to
good, $4.5O@5.00; good to choice COWS
and heifers, s4.0O@5.00; veals, $3.50
$50. Hogs $6.3O@6.60. Sheep Weth-
ers, s5.00Q5.75; yearlings, $6.o0@6.s5;
lambs, $7.00@750.
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Highest Score Of Tourna nent.

11gHest SCUFe OF IouTnament.
Pittsburg, March lin the bowl
Ing tournament here Breuggerman Of
Sioux City, Ia. rolled 691. This is
the highest score of the tournament
and but eight points less than the
worlds record.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-12
Lumberjack Escaped from Bum Cass
Lake Jail.

Cass Lake, March 12.-(Special
to Pioneer.)-Oscar Meade, the
lumberjack who was arrested here
the first of the week for robbing a
fellow lumberjack of seventy dollars,
broke jail last night and made his
escape.
. The sheriff arrived here from
Walker last evening to take the
prisoner to the county jail at Walker,
but when he got to the jail he found
his bird had flown. Meade sue
ceeded, in some unknown manner,
in removing a strip of the door cas-
ing. When this was off there was
little trouble in getting out.
The authorities along the line
have been notified and the outlaw
may be captured before he gets far
away. ~ s.@.~ .5s.s
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Kills Her Son and Herself.

Rushyille, Ind, March 12.-Mrs.
Few Crist of Chicago, who was visit
Ing the family Of 3. w, Riley here,
shot and killed her fourteen.year.old
boy and then killed herself. !.,
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FOR SALE-Rubber stamps. The
Pioneer will procure any kind of
rubber stamp for you an short
notice.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-12

FOR SALE-My shares of stock in
the Record Pub. Co. Address E.
]. Taylor, Blackjack. .
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Two lots, new cottage,
nice location near Bemidji Lake.
$3.50. Half cash, easy terms.
H. A. Bliler, 1917 Bixby avenue.
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HOUSE FOR RENT-Inquire of
Frank Lane.
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Get your "Sunkist'' oranges at
McCuaig's on Saturday, IS cents
per peck.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT--Furnished rooms,
with or without board. Inquire
02I Minnesota avenue.
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" A n 5
ONE CENT A WORD.
HELP WANTED.

SALESMAN WANTED-No house
to house canvassing. Call on
business men, professional men
and others at their place of busi-
ness. You can make $50 week.
Experience not necessary. We
equip you fully with sample and
! sample case. Fine, pleasant work.
Your own boss. Work when you
please and 20 where you please.
You deal with the best class of
people only. When your days
work is done you have your money
in your pocket. Be independent.
Investigate this. Entirely new
proposition. Address, M. C.
Young, Mgr. 1852 Ohio St.
Chiago.
WANTED AT ONCE-Experienced
lunch counter girl. Inquire at
Armstrong;.
MISUNDERSTANDING. Inquire
at Brinkman hotel.
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MISUNDERSTANDING. Inquire
at Brinkman hotel.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
A JIM CROW DECISION

The Court of Appeals has
affirmed the fine of $500 imposed
on the Louisville Railroad Com
pany for failure to comply with
the provisions Of the Jim Crow
law. The Louisville s. lnterurban
Railway Company, which leases
its track from the Louisville Rail
way Company, escapes a fine, as
the Appellate COu t reversed the
judgment Of the Jefferson Circuit
Court in its case. 1t was held that
the Louisville & Interurban was
not responsible for te acts OF the
Louisville Railroad.
We are not acquai nted with the
facts in the case. The suppositior
is that a colored passenger rode in
a coach not especially assigned tc
the colored people. OF course il
could have been the other way
white passenger riding in a coacI
set aside for colored people, L
IS said that this is quite frequently
the case; itIislhe thing so Otter
complained Of when rowdy whit
men force themselves ont he col
ored people. According to tn
laws regulating such matters, al
/ offense is committed in either in
stance. Five hundred dollars is
good-sized sum Of money to pa
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so
AT REST!

The funeral services of VIM. w.
Seals, who died at the residence of
Albert Napier on the 9th inst. was
held at ST. James A. M. f. Church,
Tuesday, the 18th. The services were
conducted by Rev, Greenlea, assisted
by Rev, Norris of Butte A large
concOurse of people, regardless of the
inclement weather, turned out to pay
a last tribute to one who had, by his
life in this bailiwick, gained the re
spect and confidence of all who knew
him.
William Seals was born in Law
renee, Kans., in 1856, graduated from
the High School of that city, was
married in 1892, at Kansas City. Kan,
to Miss Jennie Dickson. He came tC
Montana in 1898, where he resided ur
til his death, at which time he was
the owner of a ranch consisting OF
GAO acres, near Helena.
Aside from a wife and sister al
aged mother and father survive hin
at Lawrence, Kans.
His remains will be temporarily dc
posited IN a vault at Forestvale' an'
later on will be taken to the home o
his birth for permanent burial
His entire life is mute teStlm0'
ial of his worth and sterling chara'
ter. The Plaindealer joins with
bos+ Of friends and acquaintances Il
extending our condolences to his b
reaved wife and relatives in TINS
their hour of sorrow,
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
HOW TO SOLVE THE RACE
PROBLEM
BY President Roosevelt

Let the white man remember
that to do justice to the colored
man is demanded not only by the
interest of the colored man, but
by the interest of the white man
also. Sooner or later every class
of citizens will feel the effect of
the raising or degradation Of any
other class. "All men up is a
much safer motto than "Some
men down" and it is to the in
terest of every class of any COM
munity that the members of
every other class shall feel that
industry, sobriety, good behavior,
the conduct that marks a man as
being a good neighbor and a
good citizen, should receive a
proper reward, so as thereby to
put a premium upon the develop
ment of such qualities. What is
known as the race problem is one
Of the most difficult of our prob
lens, and it exists in the North
as we'll as in the South. But oi
one thing we can rest assured
and that is that the only way IL
which to bring nearer the time
when there shall be even an ap.
proximately fair solution of the
problem is to treat each man or
his merits as a man. He shoulC
not be treated badly because h,
happens to be of a given color
nor should he receive immunit,
for misconduct because he hap
pens to be of a given color. Th
performance of duty should b
the test applied to white man an
colored man alike. The frs
duty which each colored ma
owes both to himself and hi
} race is to work for the better
ment both of himself and hi
race; for its educational, bu
f above all, for its industrial an
r moral betterment.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

Down in Billings the Republicans
are broad gauged and up with the times
through the leadership of Chas. Browning
and others. They have. shown at all times
they are willing to give due recognition to
the colored voters.
Last summer they sent to the State Conven
ton colored delegate, and at this session OF
the Legislature the preference OF the senator
from that county was for young colored
man, Mr.. William Jefferson, who is now an
employee Of the Senate.
Note the difference in such broad gauged
Republicans as Chas. M, Bayer, Mr.. Essylton
and others to the measly attitude OF the Ike
publican leaders of Lewis and Clarke County
and other localities which are dependent on
the colored vote for success. With the good
work accomplished for RePublicaniem II
this County in the last campaign not SUE
cessful candidate has been even grateful
enough to say "Thank You," much less t'
consider the proposition of giving recogn
ton to them by the way of political Preiei
ence. And while the local ticket IN thu
County was only partially successful at th'
last election, in view of the attitude OF th'
present regime, we cannot see how at 'h'
next election they would have any hope o
electing any part of their local ticket Al
takes colored votes to turn the trick.
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out for violating the laws; the
company will not pay it often if it
can prevent it,
We will remember this fact
through it all, that it is not the
companies that bring about the
separate car business In railing
at the situation we unthoughtedly
see the railroad company as the
object of attack, when in fact they
pay. the thing, no mind. excepting
when forced to do so through SEN
timent that has taken shape in law.
The companies do not care to run
an extra coach that is in so little
demand most of the time; simply
because it means extra expense.
In spite of this we get mad at the
railroad people-see the railroad
people, supposedly, when it is
the state, through the laws, made
in accord with the ruling forces
of that state. The railroad COM
panies will not do, it is noticed,
any more than they are forced
to do.
The vigilance of the white pa
trons guards against any iptru-
sion on their domain" they are
not interested in good accommo-
dations elsewhere. In fact, they
have no thought of what is going
on elsewhere. The company's ain
seems to be to satisfy them; SC
your equal accommodation notion
getssca mt attention. They ar'
not compelled to furnish them il
that extra sense of comply or pay
and similar to most concerns stav
/ off the complying until "you sho'
them"
4 We say, again, that among tn
5 good traits being taken on is ths
= of race regard. This thing
s growing, and if it does not resuI
c in some hurting quality quickto
I be shown-it will mean very muc
, good. In the past Negroes hay
: actually been known to have be e
e ashamed that they wefs associate
objecting to classification as muc
c through the disregard Of the rae
n as to the thought Of breaking dow
n race lines; that condition IS chan
o ing. Today Negroes are learnir
/ o put value on the raceto whlc
a they belong-"not ashamed OF m
h countryman." The tendency W
L take out the sting OF the "Ji
v Crow situation and which,
n continued, everything else bein
.e equal, will make useless the S,
l. tenn
rV--b.nrton d CA Special
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
PEACE /!
PROSPERITY!
UNION!!!
The SnOw-Storm

The sky had darkened in the west;
The sun meath clouds had gone to rest;
The darkened sky, the prophet old,
The coming of the blizzard told.
With a roaring blast the storm came
down,
over the hilltops over the town;
We gathered round the open hearth
With hands so full of Joy and mirth.
The wild wind through the pine trees
sighed,
And the white snow blew far and wide,
And while the wind howled round the
door
We listed to Grandpa's tales of yore
Carlotta Virginia Ford
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
DID HE CONFESS?

Boyd Conyers, who has been re
ported as confessing concerning the
Brownsville shoot-up, has the follow
ing to say:
II was asleep at the time the shoot
ing at Brownsville took place, and
knew nothing of It until was awak-
ened by the shots and ordered to get
your gun
81 was in no way connected with
the riot, and don't know anything of
the guilty parties. The alleged con-
fession secured from me is bogus, and
the story that tried to take my life,
as told by the Government detective,
is laughable. l have told all investi-
gators that / knew nothing of the
shooting, and that is all there is to it.
I was promised the broadest kind of
immunity by Mr.. Brown, but l have
seen no reason why should confess
something did not do"
In letter to Senator Foraker, Con-
yers speaks of the visit of Lawson to
Monroe, Ga, where he has been living
Conyers says he learned that Lawson
was there to ''pick him. and that he
had the "high sheriff tE. c. Arnold
arrest Lawson. As Lawson had no
opportunity to have private talk
with Conyers, his (Lawson's) fake"
report to the Baldwin Brown detect
i've agency which President Roosevelt
used in his message to the United
States Senate on December IA, made
2 Conyers angry, and he says Lawson
Y told lies" about him. That is un
doubtedly true. Senator Foraker
2 called the Senate's attention to the
[ fact that the Presidents high sound
8 ing, smooth, logical report is signed
I by Lawson with his mark" and, paus
ing to look around the Senate, the
h Senator added: "When this thing ii
e gone to the bottom of, all honest men
n will be ashamed of it.
1. Sheriff E. c. Arnold, of Monroe
h Walton County, Georgia, declareC
q tha, he has known Boyd Conyers al
n his life, and did not believe him guiltl
2 of completely in the Brownville riot
~ Il was present at all the convers;
h tions between Herbert ]. Brown an
Y Boyd Conyers," said Sheriff Arnold
il land was anxious to get at the fact
m in the case. Conyers did not stat
If the things attributed TO him by tn
2 detectives. Conyers has a good rep
? s tation here. and ] would believe whs
he said about the Brownsville affai
l did everything I could to aid Brow
:. and Lawson to get at the facts.
- his conversation with Brown, Conye
nv was asked to name the members
Concluded on last page)
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The usual Jim Crow bill has been INTRO
duced at this session this time by an unre
generated fire eater from the Cascades, VINO
is fearful of amalgamation of the CaucaS
ian, Chinese, japanese, and Negro.
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jim Crow signs are in force on upper
Main St. in all places except at the poker
games, and here the colored brother Is
given the glad hand, and is bid welcome
to walk right up and get rid Of his ready
cash.
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Some Of the successful candidates for once
were prolific in their protestations that 'he
colored boys should be recognized, but have
been silent since the election.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

As the New York Age grows in age II
grows in grace, and truly is setting high
mark in Negro Journalism.
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Washington, D. CA Special L
coin Stamp is to be issued, of the
denomination Of two. cents, in com
memOration Of the Tooth Anniversary
f the Birth Of Abraham Lincoln.
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7HF MONTANA PLAINDEALER.

,,,sbed Weekly by The Montana
PlaindeaIer Company.
BASS, :. EDITOR.
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Address all Communications to The Montana
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- - - ~ " N%G~~ ~ -
satisfactorily, and | am, of course,
like many others, anxious that
Negro musicians, who have the
qualifications, shall have the op-
portunity which was opened to
Them by the order of the Secre-
tary of War, above referred to.
"This, Mr.. Loeb, explains my
interest in the matter, and my eX-
cuse for troubling you and the
President, as l have been doing.
Yours very truly,
"(Signed) Emmet ]. Scott,
"Secretary."
Immediately upon receipt of
this communication, the following
notes were sent from the White
House:
November IS, 1908
"My dear Mr.. Scott:
"Your letter of the 10th in
'stant has been received, and | en-
close herewith copy of a sup
Elemental order which the Presi-
dent has just sent to the War De-
partment in the matter of the col
ored bandmasters.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) VIM. Loeb, Jr.,
Secretary to the President.
"Mr. Emmett ]. Scott,
"Tuskegee Institute, Alabama,
"November IS, 1908.
"To the Secretary of War;
"Whenever there is a vacancy
for bandmaster in a white regi-
ment, transfer a white bandmaster
from a colored regiment to it, and
fill the place by the assignment
of a colored man. This is to
carry out the spirit of the order
| have already issued. AS soor
as it can be done without injustice
| wish all the colored regiment
supplied with colored bandmast
fers.
"Theodore Roosevelt
The Negro people have had t'
fight for every recognition which
has come to them during all th'
forty years since the Civil War
and it is only to put on record th'
successive steps which have beer
taken to open this "door of hope
in the United States Army tha
this correspondence is submitted
The Negro people owe Presi
dent Roosevelt an especial vot
of thanks for this additional proc
of an earnest desire to open nev
opportunities for them. Nor
new positions have been opene
to capable Negroes under Nj
+ Roosevelt than under any forme
national administration.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
NEGRO BANDNASTERS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
AND EMMETT J. SCOTT Sc
CURE RFCoGNITIoN
FOR THEM

Dec. 2I.-The fight for Negro
bandmasters for the four Negro
regiments in the United States
Army came to an end, it now de-
velops on November IS, at which
time President Roosevelt issued
the order, behind which no techni-
cality can go to keep worthy and
capable black men from succeeding
the white men who are now band
masters in colored regiments.
The letter files of the War De-
partment show that Mr.. Taft, as
Secretary Of War, on January 20,
1907, issued the fist order, upon
larplication of Emmett J. Scott, of
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, di-
recting that black men be ap-
pointed to those four places as
rapidly as capable colored men
could be found to take the place.
After eighteen months, or more,
two of the regiments still had
white bandmasters the correspond
ence which here follows shows
that President Roosevelt acted
promptly when he determined that
while the letter of the order was
being followed, its spirit was not
altogether being respected.
Mr.. Scott, under date of Octo-
Der 10, 1908, wrote Mr.. William
Loeb, Jr., the Secretary of the
President, as follows:
"My dear Mr.. Loeb:
Some eighteen months ago, Sec
retary Taft, with the approval oi
the President, as ! understand it.
issued an order to the effect that in
the future no white man should bt
5 appointed as a bandmaster in col.
ored regiments.
"The Chief Musician of the
, Tenth Cavalry, Fort Mckinley
! P. l., it is reported, is white, anc
was re-enlisted to serve with the
Tenth Cavalry last August as the
Chief Musician. The Chief Musi
clan of the Twenty-fourth lnfar
try has not so far been supplanteC
with a colored man, although
f understand he is at present on tu
lough.
"Would it not be possible for boti
; of these places to be filled by tl'
{ appointment of suitable coloret
d men, thus carrying out in letter an'
e in spirit the order issued by Seer
e tary Taft, of which you are, o
Y course, we'll advised.
"Yours very truly,
= "(Signed) Emmett J. Scott
v $40 this a reply was set b,
Mr.. Loeb, which led to anothe
communication from Mr.. Scott
as follows:
IS "November I6, 1905
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..rnere is a destiny that shape" ou r
"a rough. hew il though we may
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"November 10, 1905

"Hon. William Loeb,
"Secretary to the President,
washington, D. {.
"My dear Mr.. Loeb;
81 am very much obliged to
YOU for the very complete reply
YOU have had sent to me, in re-
sponse to my letter of some days
ago.
"The Interpretation placed up
on the order issued by the Secre'
tarv of War, under date of Jan.
uary 10, 1907, a copy Of whlcf
was sent to me at the time by
Mr.. Taft, is not what | expected
with respect to the enlistment 0
bandmasters in colored regiments
81 cordially appreciate, no"
ever, the injustice of interpreting
the order in such way as to o'~
charge a man from a position }
which he has been faithfully sef'
ing. The position Of bandmastei
lis one of the high positions
the army which I believe the COL
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-30
We Are All towards
Before the "Great
God They"
same note.

One from young woman says in part .o..,on
school edncaton would do nyhng in the world secure
small parents too poor to send me to
take simple studies and they will talk about it.
The second letter says
in love with girl and she she loves me But
of the boys she is what she should be- marry %
broken. What can do?
The last says:
es nd RsdHs Ye s
wife of husbands brother is dead and they seem to think
And by this time you saying that these three people
are UTTER absolute, abject dodderng, bbering FOOLS
Aren't you!
The girl would edo anything" to get education Any
thing except to brave what THEY SAY.
The lover would die for his sweetheart but from
the breath of ide malicious gosspfrom the tattle OF
what THEY SAY.
Thelas woman will probably make herself hideous in
somber dress of mummery for fear OF what THEY SAY.
YOU wouldn't, would you!
During the next "a hours just keep tab the things
you do and don't do the things you say and don't say for
other than that you trying to do you
think THEY would do say.
And what is this ''THEY'' before which are all
cowards and to which sacrifice real selves, our
impulses, our ambitions and our lives?
Why is only that part of all of us that does not under
stand nor smpahize with, have faith in credit
decent motives to each of u.s.
Nine times Of ten when turn coward before what
sthey say it is only the better self in each of u.s. ndivd
uay surrenderng to the self OF all OF collect
lively.
Why!
Because when we were children we began to hear such
things tlis
ssWhat will people think of little boy who does tha?
'sAren't you ashamed to have people such dirty
dress a little girl like you?'
And so forth. Until THEY become standard and
our god
By the way, you are saying these things to your own
children, now aren t you?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-30

buried cat with impressive cere-
monies the other day, sent In a bill
to the board of health for rs cents
In full payment for the casket,
mourners. flowers and other fix
ings.
Its too much for burying a cat.
and ! won't vote for the payment of
the BILL" fntcrposed Vice President
Frankham.
As there wasn't enough other
members Of the board present to
pass the bill over his objection, II
went over until the next meeting.
when Frankham will attempt to
support his contention as to tho
! proper cost Of cat tuner Is.