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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-03
Promises to Send Copy if Needed in
Presenting Case to the Grand
Jury Here.
Niger IN WOOD PILE SEEN
Effort to Connect Dumas With the
Case Appears Foreign to Estab-
lished Facts.

ViggO Peterson has received slap
on the wrist by Governor Eberhart
as result Of his recent letter to that
official in which he reiterated his de-
sire to have certain affidavits filed
with the Peterson charges returned
to him.
Here is the reply sent to Mr.. Peter
son by the governor, who dictated
and signed the document:
The Governors Reply.
July 81, 1911.
Mr.. Viggo Peterson,
Chairman Board of County
Commissioners,
Puposky, Minnesota.
Dear Sir:
In reply to yours of July 2Sth,
I wish to state that there is alb
solutely no disposition on the
part of this Office to delay the
investigation Of the Office of
Sheriff Hazen of your county.
AS you have been informed.
( this matter was referred to the
s Aattorney General, who is the
constitutional advisor of the g
Governor in matters of this kind,
for an opinion as to the suffi-
* cheney of the complaint. The
Attorney General has not yet
rendered his opinion and could
not possibly do so if the files in
the case were taken from his of
fice
I have today written the At
torney General that if the aft
davits in question is necessary in
the investigation by the grand
jury, that copy should be made
for our files and the original af-
fidavit returned.
Your intimation in the letter
that this affidavit has been held
for the purpose of delaying the
investigation of the sheriff's of
fee is absolutely without any
foundation and wholly uncalled
for.
Very truly yours,
A. O. Eberhart,
Governor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-03

The summer boyIf should try
to kiss you. do you think your dog
would bite me!'' 5-s
The Summer Girl (absently r.
He's never hitten any of my other
friends. 5
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-03

Fred Luderus. Of the Phillies. IS.
giving Honns Wagner battle for.
the batting henDrs in the National
League.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-03
Cards Sent Out Inviting Members to
Join in Journey and Expects
Many Acceptances.
ABANDONS ITASCA PARK IDEA
Tourists, However, Will Stop There
on Way From Park Rapids, it
is Thought.

Bemidji's beauty appears to have
won new honor-the visit of so or
60 prominent St. Paul persons who
are expected to come in several au-
tomobiles.
Willis Drummond, the ST. Paul
business man and automobile enthu-
siast, who as a member of the st.
Paul club has been agitating a tour
to the Northern part Of the state to
start probably August p, was so
much delighted to receive an invi-
tation to bring the party here that
he at once wrote the Bemidji Com
mercial club as follows:
Wants to Make This Terminus.
Dear Sir:
Your esteemed favor of 31st ult.
is at hand. 1t is singular the idea of
extending the automobile club run
to Bemidji never occurred to me, for
Bemidji is one of my favorite resorts.
AS matter of fact, l think it would
be better to make that the terminus
. OF the trip and Itasca simply side
issue, because they will, not be able
to care for so or 60 people at the
Park
1--WE could spend the night at Park
nj
Park and put in part of the day
there, reaching Bemidji say about 8
o'clock in the evening. If we did
that, we would like to come back by
the way of Lake George so as to
take in McMahon's Camp at Mantrap
before starting home
Gould you furnish us a pilot from
the Park to Bemidji?
Begins Real Work.
Il have had the subject up with
President Murray of our Club today
and he will get out postal cards at
once, inviting members to make the
trip. which it is our desire to have
about the 21st Of August l have had
no backing in the undertaking until
now and took it upon myself to plan
the trip and arrange through my
friends for the entertainment of the
members. l had in mind a run from
here to Long Prairie the first day,
with lunch at St. Cloud; lunch the
second day at Wadena and supper
and an evenings entertainment at
Park Rapids. A letter from the Park,
however, says it would simply be i'm
possible to house so many people over
night and your communication came
opportunity, for it suggests better
scheme.
Sure of Crowd of Boosters.
Il will appreciate anything you
will do in the matter and assure you
l will present it to the Automobile
Club in the hope that we can bring
about the outing. Even if we had
only 6 or 8 cars, it would be the
means of showing to the Club the
beauties of your region. d,
Il would appreciate it if you could
send me map of the roads you use
between the Park and Bemidji and
Park Rapids and Bemidji, so that l
may indicate in the guide sheet to be
published about where we will have
to go.
Il think you are safe in counting
on an enthusiastic lot, if we start at
all, and l sincerely believe we will
start.
Tell Frank Lycan that it will be
up to him to have some prairie chick
ems and venison, even if out of sea-
son. 49,
The question of entertainment will
be taken up by the Commercial and
Bemidji Automobile clubs as soon ss
definite word has been received from
Mr.. Drummond &
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Offers 300 and This Leads to As
sertion That Postal Authorities
Busy on Case.
1000 PLAcARDs DISTRIBUTED
Describe Much Wanted Man and Give
Front and Side Views Of
His Face.

Renewed efforts to capture Mike
Davis, known asaManchester Curly,
the robber who figured in the at
tempted burglary of the general store
and postoff1ce at Puposky, on the
night of June Is, which precipitated
the arrest of DIR. D. T. Dumas, mayor
of Cass Lake and the exposure of an
alleged crime ring in Northern Min
nesota, is being made by the state
fire marshal's department, according
to the st. Paul Pioneer Press, which
says.
Employees of the department yes
sterday were mailing out 1000 plac-
ards, bearing front and side view pic
lures of the noted yegg, and offering
$500 reward for his capture
Captors to Advise Hazen.
His description also was given,
and captors advised to notify Sheriff
A. B. Hazen, at Bemidji. The plac-
ards are signed by Charles E. Keller,
state fire marshal.
In addition to this reward, which
by Governor Eberhart i'm
mediately after the yess,s seeap Tie
placard says that the government will
also pay $500 for the apprehension
of Davis.
In this the close relation between
local government officials in the in
vestigation that is still being con-
duceted in the neighborhood of Cass
Lake and Bemidji is first shown.
Keller declined to discuss yester-
day this latest move of his Office in
the Northern Minnesota sensation,
further than to say that the neces-
sity of it had been decided upon re-
Gently
Reward is for Capture Only.
'aThe placards are specific in stat
ing that the reward is only for the
capture of the yegg, and not his con-
viction.
Chiefs of police in cities and VIII
lagos of the Northwestern States will
be furnished with the placards, while
others will be sent to police depart
ments all over the country.
Though the attempted burglary of
the Puposky store occurred the night
of June 16, the combined efforts of
the state fremarshal's Office and de-
tectiYes have failed to locate the
yegg, who was at first thought to
have been seriously wounded. =
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Stirratt is Indignant.

The man hauled into court today
was August Kisser. Gregg Malone
and Alvin Olson were the two who
appeared in the judgeless court last
evening. Frank s. Stirratt, the
third man caught riding on the walk
by Patrolman Denley did not appear,
nor will he appear until forced to do
so.
] They never served any warnapt
on me, declared Mr.. stirraft. who
regards his detention as grave In
Justice, and they are not going to
get me until they do"
"Mr. Stlrratt's case will be taken
care Of was City Attorney Rus
sells significant comment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-03
Kisser in Court.

Pretty expensive bicycle riding
for a man who has not been Ion a
wheel for live years, and who win
probably not be on one for another
five years, said Kisser, who resides
on the Foley farm, located three
miles west of Bemidji, who was ar
rested last evening by Chief of
Police Joseph Harrington, after he
had been given the minimum fine for
the odense, $500 and cost or $500.
Kisser's wheel was taken away
from him when he was arrested but
he was not lodged in Jail and the
bicycle was returned to him when
he pleaded guilty to the charge be-
fore Judge Pendergast in municipal
court this morning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-03
Russell in Quandry.

The cases against the three per-
sons, however, will now go over un-
til after the next meeting of the city
council. The city attorney does not
feel quite sure of his ground, as he
does not understand how an ordin-
ance can be only partially enforced,
having reference to the custom of
permitting the use of the walks at
one hour in the morning, noon and
night.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-08-03
The Sentence That Hurt.

In his letter to the governor last
week the document contained this
sentence:
Up to this time have done my
full duty, and if the chief execu-
tive of this state will counte-
nance the condition of affairs ex-
listing in this county, in the face
of incontrovertible evidence,
i and refuses to return the damag
ing proof which has been sub
mitted for the purpose of an in
vestigation of corrupt county
official, the people of Beltrami
county want to know it.
It was announced at the state CAPT
toll yesterday that the governor and
attorney general had decided the
public veal demanded that no action
be taken against Mr. Hazen until af-
ter the Dumas trial, although it is
generally understood there that
there is a niger in the wood pile
Had Time to Act.
The Peterson charges were filed
with Governor Eberhart on May 81
last, at which time Mr.. Peterson
asked for Immediate suspension of
Mr.. Hazen pending a full inyestiga-
ton. DR.. Dumas was arrested June
II.
In the petition filed last May Mr..
Peterson charges that during his en-
tire tenure of Office Sheriff Hazen,
continuously, Systematically, wilful-
" and corruptly practiced methods
nstituting gross malfeasance and
nonfeasance in Office, 2 and that he
has corruptly obtained large sums Of
money from the county for which no
services have been rendered.
That Sheriff Hazen 4wilfully,
knowingly and corruptly, . amade and
verified claims and presented the
same to the Board of Commissioners,
which claims were not true and that
the management Of the Jail has been
lContinued ON last paga
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(Continued On last pags
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In his letter to the governor last
week the document contained this
sanfanca.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-10
prys Aco1A FLORIDA wEDN EsDAY MORNING May TO- 1911

These boats are of deep draft, the
Minnesota is drawing 27.4 feet, the
Vermont 27.6 and the Mississippi 26.3.
The Florida is larger than the boats
we have with MS and will draw more
water, Of course. 1t is not our inten-
ton to show that there is no another
harbor in Florida in which these ships
could go, but 1t Is the truth, neverthe-
less.
Some of the harbors have plenty of
water inside but they have a bar that
cannot be crossed. while Pensacola has
a channel five hundred feet wide ex-
tending from the wharfs into the gulf.
This deep sea channel is more than
thirty-thre feet deep in low water.
Yes. the silver service presentation
will take place in Pensacola, but all
Floridians are supposed to come over
and take part In the ceremonies. This
Is a state presentation in which thou
sands of individuals have taken part to
make 1t possible. II it had not been
for the individual effort there would
be no silver service for the ship that
will bear the name of Florida.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-10
Commencement Exercises
At the University.

The Journal is In receipt of an in
vitation to attend the commencement
exercises at the University of Florida
to be held ON the 26th of May. With
the invitation is commencement cal
endar which is full of good things for
those who are fortunate enough to at
tend. The exercises will extend over a
period of FIVE days. beginning Friday
and ending Tuesday morning.
This has been a banner year for the
university school and the commence
ment exercises are in keeping with the
work of the year.
DR.. Murphree has made the Unfver-
sity of Florida one of the best schools
in the south, He is an honor to the
institution and the latter is a credit to
the state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-10

Apparently founder of the Watch
Tower Bible and Tract Society,"" editor
of a paper called the Zion Watch
Tower, he propagates his errors in a
series Of books entitled "Millennial
Dawn" Therefore I use the words
'Millennial Downism" to describe this
heresy, or rather collection of heresies,
for they are many. To denote himself
I use his initials. &C. T. R." Let US
see what he is teaching about the per-
son Of Christ.
1. I'VE are told" says c. T. R,
that our Lord before He left His
glory to become q man was IN a form
of Coda spiritual form, a spirit
being; but since Paul tells US
that He took not the nature of angels,
one step lower than His own, but that
He came down two steps and took the
nature Of men-He became a man; He
was made fiesh.'''
In this short statement notice the
following errors: (a) It is not per-
missible to translate PauI's words in
Philippians 2:6, "in a form of God" as
If it were one out of many of Gods
forms. AS to rendering them "a spir-
itual form" and then advancing from
that to a spirit being, such procedure
is the action of an ignoramus or a
sophist, or both combined. It is anIy
equalled by hss enrontery in tr&aO
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-10
Give Us
The Information.

Now comes the information from
ralIahassee that the proposed invest1-
cation Of the state officials Is nothing
but a farce and there will probably be
nothing to the matter. Maybe so. but
we doubt It.
we do not believe any state Official
has been guilty OF any conduct unbe-
coming the dignity of gentleman or a
state o6acial, but the report has been
sent broadcast throughout the country
that there was ground for suspicion
that some Of the state ofacfals were
getting more than was coming to them
legally, and that kind Of a report hurts
these men and hurts the state Of Flor
ida
Since the report has started 1t must
be carried through or the people in
Florida will believe that the state Of
ncials are getting theirs and the
legislature was bought of.
If there was no ground for suspicion
at first. then the legislature should
have found something of value to at
tend to instead of dabbIing in some
thing which did not concern It. 1t is
an injustice to the state oTf1cers for
the investigation not to be thorough
one in every detail If the investiga-
ton proves that everything is all right
no one will be damaged. and ON the
contrary the people win know that the
states business is being properly at
tended 20.
On behalf OF the people of Florida
The Journal asks for the information.
If there is an officer that is not within
his limits we want to know about it.
II they are faithful servants of the
people we want to know that also and
get all suspicion out of our minds that
the investigation aroused.
Give us the information-the truth.
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make void the Iaw?" So here clearly
Christ's mission Gin part) is stated to
be the bringing to nought or making
"of none effect" CRom. 3:3) him that
had the power of death that is the
devil" And that He did by dying
Himself.
Should the man who thus displays
his ignorance of Greek (and this is
no solitary instance) profess to know
1t, and affirm in the face Of IL all that
he does know it, then I have a worse
name for him than ignoramus. Ignor-
ance OF the wonderful language in
which the Scriptures of the New Tes-
lament were written is no crime It
is a misfortune. But to know it, and
all the while conceal it's true meaning,
because that meaning is destructive to
the theories one has constructed and
proclaimed far and wide to be the only
doctrines consistent with that meaning
is a crime. But If we shrink from
such conclusion. and believe rather
that this profession, this affirmation,
is false, what follows? That a man
who comes to US with a lie in his right
hand is worthy of no credence either
in his Interpretation Of Scripture or
in his teaching.
Do hear you saying. What harsh
words!
My friend. have you considered
what is at issue? The honor of the
person OF Christ, the eternal destiny of
human souls, and the' glory of the
Gospel-these are at issue. II this
mans teachings be indeed true, then
all the teachings Of the church, from
its Head down to the humblest Of its
prea cheers, are false Consider further
what this man says of the church's
glorious Head:
2. when Jesus was In the flesh He
was a perfect human being; previous
to that time He was perfect spiritual
being; and since His resurrection He
is a perfect spiritual being of the
highest or divine order" That is TO
say that Jesus before His incarnation
was merely a spiritual being, HIGHER
than the angels but lower than God.
At His incarnation He ceased to be a
spiritual being, and became a human
being, for neither was Jesus a com
bination Of two natures, human and
spiritual. The blending of two ma
lures produces neither the one nor the
other, but an imperfect, hybrid thing.
which is obnoxious to the divine ar
rangement-"
You will perceive that c. T. r.
is first guilty Of the old Ebionitic
heresy; that he then brings In part of
the Arian error; having blended these
two exploded doctrines. he proceeds to
argue against the Monophysite error.
mistaking in his ignorance this error
for orthodox doctrine, in order to exaIt
his own hybrid thing"
More?
Respectfully.
ARTHUR T. RANSLEY.
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lating the words of John IL "and a
God. was the Word" and explaining the
words "a god by reference to Psalm
1876. Readers of the Greek New Tes-
lament will readily admit that my de-
scription of such conduct is mild COM
pared with that which it really de-
serves, seeing what the aim and OBJ
iect of it really is: To warp Scripture
from its intent, and lead the simple
astray from the truth therein con-
tanned.
Cb) Where is his authority for say
ing that He took not the nature Of
angels? In Hebrew 2:16 there is no
mention Of nature" Literally it reads:
For not indeed of angels takes He
hold; but of the seed of Abraham He
takes hold" This twice-repeated verb
occurs nineteen times in the New Tes-
lament and is translated thus: Caught
him." HE took the blind man by the
hand" "Barnabas took him." lay hold
on eternal life" In each case there is
the idea Of help. For instance. when
Peter was sinking our Lord put out
His hand and caught him." How
simple, then, read in the light of other
Scriptures, is this statement! 1t has
nothing to do with natures" II states
simply that our Lord did not help
angels; it was men He came to help.
But someone may plead: In our
Authorized Version it does speak of
natures. True, but you Will observe
that the words are in italics. which at
once tells US that there are no words
in the original corresponding to them.
But c. T. R. by his own words places
himself outside the benefit of this plea.
supposing we grant it. for in his
preface he writes: 1.-THE quotations
from Scripture in this volume are not
always from the common English YER
sion; we have endeavored to give the
reader such TRANSACTIONS as would most
clearly give the sense, from the stand
point of the oldest Greek manuscripts"
Think of a man who does not know
Greek speaking in this lordly manner
of the oldest Greek manuscripts!
say. does not know Greek" for II he
has ever learned 1t, either he has for
gotten its very rudiments, OF most
cleverly conceals his knowledge. There
is an example of this In his treatment
of the devil in the verse just before.
C. T. R. is very fond Of quoting: He
might destroy him. that had the power
of death. that is, the devil" (Heb.
2.14). for from it he proves Cat least
he thinks he does) the final annihila-
ton Of Satan. Did he know Greek he
would know that the word translated
destroy" means really bring to
nought." For instance, in Luke 1887 1t
is translated "cumbereth." The fig
tree was not only unfruitful in itself.
I,,,% i% also fpiYYrad fha soil II y,7oda
nought of all the nourishment- Of the
soil, OF all the sunshine and rain. of all
the care and attention bestowed upon
it. Its response to all this was moth
ing" It brought forth no fruit. And
this is a very good Illustration of the
meaning of the word rendered here,
destroy" And Paul uses 1t, for in
0teaca IN Rcm<D 3:21 do ~ then
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VOX.POPULI.
REPLIES TO DEFENDERS
OF PASTOR RUSSELL
Klondyke, Fla, May

Klondyke, Fla May 2, 1911.
Editor Pensacola Journal.
In recent issue of The Journal Mrs.
Georgia Rice, Mr.. Porter and others
call for facts" in regard to Pastor
RusselPs teaching.
have carefully examined his
writings and find that he is the con-
structor of heterogeneous mass OF
error, remarkable for inconsistency and
still more remarkable because he
claims to base it all on the words OF
Scripture
Passages of Scripture. when under
stood, are abused very often: when
tehy are Inexperienced they are
abused always. What says Cooper:
"Of all the arts sagacious dupes In
vent,
To cheat themselves, and gain the
worlds consent,
The worst is Scripture warped from
its intent"
And this Charles T. Russell has not
failed 20 do.
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It VIII Happen
In Pensacola.

Some OF the state editors are at
tempting to poke little fun at Pensa-
cola and intimate that the silver SER
vice may be presented to the battle
ship Florida at some other port be-
sides this one.
The Journal wants to impress upon
the people Of the state that the pre-
sensation win take place here-that II
cannot happen elsewhere.
To Illustrate. At present there are
three OF the larger type battleships
sailing In Pensacola bay thoroughly al
home. There is plenty of water and
there is no danger of running aground
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-10

An effort is being made to have the
railroads allow stop-over privileges in
the south as is done in the west and
the north This will give homeseekers
and tourists the privilege of visiting
many places that they would otherwise
have to pass by. Although Florida has
not suffered to any great extent from
the present way of doing things, for
Florida. in most cases. is the objective
point, the homeseeker tickets should
allow stop privileges and the
roads should not discriminate against
the south any longer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-10

Collecting street taxes and using
the money for other purposes does not
please the Graceville Advertiser. 1t
says that some two hundred fifty dol
lars have been collected by the town
officials since September and that
practically none of it has been put on
the streets, where 1t belongs. 1t seems
that just such instances occur in many
Of the smaller towns and is a cause Of
general dissatisfaction among the
citizens. The street tax money should
be used exclusively for building
streets, and If used in that way all the
time the streets of the smaller towns
would present an altogether different
appearance.