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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
TRIMMED THE EVELETH
MILITIA TEAM

The Virginia City Basket Ball
team journeyed over the hill to
Eve'eth on Tuesday evening and
trimmed the Eveleth Militia team
to the tune of "a to 9. This was the
first game of the season for the
local boys, and although they
were playing on a strange floor
they showed to attendants that
with a little practice they would
be capable Of meeting any team
in this section on equal terms.
1t is in respect to opportunity
for practice, however, that the
local boys are handicapped, at
present having no place where
they may have regular practice,
let alone any place 30 play return
games with any outside team.
However, a movement is on foot
seeking permission for the use of
the high school gymnasium for
couple Of nights weekly.
The lineup in the Eveleth game
was as follows: R. F. Eaton; L..
F., Carey, Meehen, c., Kettlety;
R. g., Simons, captain, l.. G. Nee
han, Hovland.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
BICKF0RD RINK WINNER

In the finals for the Reid & Co.,
trophy at the curling rink on Sat-
urday evening the Bickford rink
carried off the honors, defeating
the Murphy rink by a score of
16 to 7.
On the Boylan & Co trophy the
game has resolved itself between
the Bickford and Watt Kinks,
Watt defeating the Coffey rink
in the semi-tinal on Monday even
ing. The finals in this event will
be between the Watt and Bick-
ford Kinks tomorrow evening.
Commencing early the coming
week play will be commenced for
the Virginia Harware Co.
trophy and for the consolation
trophy offered by the Virginia
Store Co., while play for the Nc
Donald cup will follow closely. TO
date the ice is in fine shape, but
a warm day will "kill' the glaze
on the new ice in the old roller
rink. The ice in the old rink will
last much longer, being built from
the ground and being better pro-
tected.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23

AS the big baseball leagues
maintain scouts whose duty it is.
to penetrate the lengthy and un-
sickled in quest Of promising
bush leaguers so does the the as
ISOLATION maintain talent detective
corps.
: iAdolph E. Meyers, one Of the
best known showmen in the west,
is in charge Of this department. j
At amateur theatricals, in OBJ
scure picture shows, with fy-by-
night transforming troups this
Sherlock Holmes seeks embryo
Dockstaders and Hoffmans.
Once the promising beginner is
sighted the vaudevillian Nick Car
ter, takes him or her, under their
guiding wing. The proper ma
terlal is provided and no ex-
pense is spared to develop the
butterfly frop the caterpillar.
Many an artist prominent to-
day in the realm of variety owes
their success to the judgment of
Mr.. Meyers.
The Allardt circuit will, with
the opening of the new house
here, be divided into two circuits,
the southern and the northern.
All the theatres north of Chicago
will be in the northern division.
The acts that will appear here
will be routed not only through
the Allardt houses but into several
of those owned by close allies of
the big firm.
1t is planned to open every act
on the Northland division of the
circuit at the Lyric. From here
the shows will proceed to Fort
Williams and thence back to
Superior, St. Paul and Minneap-
oils and south to the southern
points on the big wheel.
IN an address before the State
Grocer's Convention Governor
Eberhart brands the cry Of trust
and brewery domination Of the
last legislative body as false. No.
body expected the governor to ad-
nit the ALLEGATION. but the voters
of Minnesota have formed decid-
ed opinions on the question and
have certain state senators and
representatives "pegged" for flu
ture chastisement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
H|BB|NG WILL NOT. Be- MOVED
Oliver Iron Mining Company Of
ficials Gives Out Authorize
tive Statement

The recent issuing Of a temper
airy restraining order at Hibbing
preventing the Oliver Iron Mining
company from blasting at a GER
tain ponit in the vicinity of i'm
proved property has started a re-
port that the company is about to
mature plans for the removal of
the village to another site, says
the News Tribune, and there has
been considerable interest mani
tested in real estate circles there,
according to Hibbing people who
have been in Duluth Of late. But
there is no real foundation for
the rumor that THE steel corpora
ton designs doing any such thing,
as an official said yesterday:
""The Oliver Iron Mining COM
pany will not have to enroach on
the improved district of Hibbing,
with (he possible, exception Of
one or two lots, for the next Is
years, and possibly longer The
report that the company is plan
ming to move the village of Hib-
bling is without foundation. Any,
thing of that sort is not contem-
plated, and it is something that
is not likely to engage anybody's
serious attention for years to
come"
Reports in Duluth are that
some Of the Hibbing people have
gotten the idea that the mining
company is about to acquire a new
site for Hibbing, and options for
land in localities which might be
picked up for such purpose have
been in good demand: The theory
is held by many that the town will
be moved in a southerly direction,
when such action is taken.
1t is we'll known that Hibbing
is underlaid by iron ore, and that
it is controlled by the steel cor
poration, and that some day the
village will have to be moved.
The only incentive, perhaps, for
an early removal would be that
the town is growing and the job
might be larger and more expen.,
sive with the lapse Of time. The
removal Of Hibbing to a new site
would not be without precedent
on the Mesaba range. 1t will be re-
called that good part of Eveleth
was removed to make room for
opening the Spruce mine, and
Sparta was also removed. Eve
leth was a much smaller town at
the time of it's removal than now.
The removal Of iIIOOirg will IL. Il
large undertaking, for while it is
a village in name, it is a little
city in size, having population
of around 10000, with free mail
delivery, and otherwise modern
and up-to-date.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
VIRGINIA OUGHT TO
DO AS WELL

We note by the dispatches in
last evenings Herald that at the
Canadian 500 $4,000 was raised
in four days for a Y. NJ. C. A.
Seems as though Virginia, which
badly needs such an institution
ought to be able to duplicate this
record and place the establish
ment of such an institution in the
sure thing" line. Let's try it
some day, and see how it would
work out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23

lovers throughout the land.
On an ordinary day during the
height of the theatrical season it
is no uncommon thing to route
300 artists in a single day. The
bookings range from some new
conner who is to appear in the
most obscure 5 cent theatre to the
high priced features Of interna-
tional fame which are schedul-
ed for early showings at the new
Lyric.
1t would seem that an organiza-
ton as large as the association
would not concern itself with
the bookings of the smaller
houses. This where the far-sight-
ed general managers wisdom is
seen.
with the present acts of stan
dard reputation now on the books
it would be possible to supply
every house in the association
with artists for several years to
come without playing any re-
peaters,' said Mr.. Bray recently.
"But after that the deluge. Ac-
tors like ordinary humans become
passe. Like a prize fghtes, they:
seldom come back. We must
constantly be training new talent,
else it would be but 9 question of
time when the standard Of vaude-
vile would deteriorate. --.@ .=.5s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
DEFEAT HIBBING
HOCKEY TEAM

The Virginia and Hibbing High
School hockey teams came to-
gether on the Hibbing ice yester-
day, with the odds in favor Of the
local boys, who brought home a
victory to the tune Of 3 to O. This
is the second defeat rendered the.
Hibbingites by the local boys this
season, the first game, on the
Virginia ice, resulting in a score
of 4 to / in their favor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
WIRE FENCING WANTED

Sealed bids will be received by
the Virginia Park Commission up
to eight o'clock p. m.,, March 9Th,
1912, for the purchase of sixteen
hundred feet Of wire fencing.
Specifications and further infor-
nation may be obtained of the I'M
dersigned, and bids should be filed
with him. :>--.s -.. :
By order Of Virginia Park
Board.
OTTO A. PORTER .
ecretary.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
DEFEATED TWELFTH CURL.
ERS BY ~ POINTS

In the curling contest between
Virginia and Eveleth Kinks yes
terday, played on the ice Of either
city, Virginia won the Mcdonald
trophy by a total score of q
points. The contest brought
about a closer relationship be-
tween members Of the opposing
Kinks, and it is the plan of inter-
ested ones to have similar con-
tests come oftener another sea-
son.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23
NEW LYRIC PART OF MA
MOTH ALLAROT WHEEL
Loci Home of Variety Link Be.
tween U. S. and Canada.

tween U. s. and Canada.
Because Of the situation of Vir-
ginia midway between Superior
and Fort Williams theatre goers
OF the eastern Mesaba territory
will be enabled to see such a
grade of variety shows as has
never before been offered in a
city the size of Virginia in this
country or Europe.
When information" reached H
j. Sigel, the Virginia Snowman
that the big Allardt Wheel had
arranged for theaters in Supe-
rior and Fort Williams he i'm
mediately preceived that it was
almost necessity for the great
circuit to have one house on the
Mesaba range to facilitate the
routing of the shows.
Mr.. Sigel Immediately entered
into negotiations with L. F. AL
lardt Of the mighty show syndi-
cate. The Lyric is the result.
The house will be operated jointly
by Mr.. Sigel and Allardt Brothers
Amusement Enterprises.
The opening Of the new play
house marks the advent of the
biggest circuit of vaudeville
theatres controlled by one firm
and the entry of the greatest of
all amusement amalgamation, in
to this city.
Allardt Brothers, are beyond
the shadow Of doubt the most
powerful vaudeville magnates in
the middle western states or
Canada.
The great talent mart, Western
Vaudeville Managers association,
which will book the Lyric and
now furnishes the attractions for
the score of Allardt theatres in
addition to 100 more in the CEN
trail states, Canada and the SOUTH
brooks no rival as a gigantic COM
blnation of brains and money that
has revolutionized the vaudeville
business and brought order out
of chaos.
At the present time the Allardt
interests control theaters in In
diana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Ontario. Most of their
playhouses are devoted to moder
ate priced variety, although they
have several that are now playing
attractions and one that is the
home OF stock companies.
The vaudeville house now in
operation by this firm consist Of
Orpheum, South Bend, Ind,
Broadway, Superior; Orpheum,
Gary, Ind; Orpheum, Hammond,
Ind; Grand, Joliet, ILL.,; Or
pheum, Joliet; Lyric, Danville,
H.; Orpheum, Champaign, Ill. !;
Majestic, Springfield, ILL; Or
pheum, Peoria, ILL.,; Gayety, o.
tawa, ILL.,, and Idea, Fond du Lac.
Wis; Orpheum, Fort Williams,
Ont.
The Allardt houses in the
Northland empire, all of which
will be open within a month, in
clude the Orpheum, Racine, Wis,
and Lyric, Virginia. Shortly be-
fore the blaze that consumed the
Healy theatre, Hibbing Mimi,
the firm leased the range play
house. 1t was intended to play
the acts in the Hibbing house in
conjunction with the new Lyric in
Virginia.
The destruction of the Healy
necessitates some minor altera-
tons in the routing arrangements.
The Allardt concern now has the
matter Of building a new house
Of their own to be ready for open
ing by the fall season of the pres
ent year, under consideration.
Most of the houses operated by
the Allardt firm have been erected
within the past two years and
none of their vaudeville theatres
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17

which each was acquainted, and which
each had sanctioned in prior conventions
This explains the extraordinary con
duct of Roosevelt. He could not enter
upon such analysis of the evidence as
would prove Taft's regularly elected dele
gates in the minority, without inevitably
subjecting his own spuriously creden-
tailed delegates to an examination SO
critical as would expose the falsity OF
his own condition that he had an honest
ly elected majority of the delegates.
He therefore deliberately chose to claim
everything, to cry fraud, to bully the
national committee and the convention
and having thus created condition
which would make impossible calm in
vestigation of cases upon merit carry
the convention by storm.
"That this is the true psychology of
the Roosevelt proceedings becomes per-
fectly plain. He was there to force his
own nomination or smash the conven-
ton. He was not there to preserve the
integrity of the Republican party and
make il an instrument for the promo
ton of progressive principles and the
restoration of government to the people.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17

SEES WILSON
Go Over the Political Situation
Together
CONSIDER DEBATABLE STATES
Herbert Knox Smith Resigns Office That
He May Join Progressives-Hilles
Goes to New York to Organize
for the Campaign.
CONSIDER DEBATABLE STATES

Seagirt, July 1.-THE political BATH
ground in the Democratic campaign was
placed before Gov. Wilson by Oscar W
Underwood yesterday. State by state
the two went over the map, making q
list of debatable states, which included
Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Maine, Connect
cut, New Jersey, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Underwood. before
the conference, consulted the congress
men in those states.
Representative Underwood met also at
the governors Office Perry Belmont
Thomas j. Ryan and Charles ?. Don
molly, the latter two Democratic leaders
of Philadelphia.
While Coy. Wilson was talking with
Lieut.. Gov. Conway of New York, Perry
Belmont, with whom the governor also
had an appointment, arrived at the State
House. Belmont in an interview said:
Publicity OF campaign contributions
is only one of the several things
wanted TO talk with the governor about" "
Mr.. Belmont had less than five min
utes to wait before Mr.. Conway left.
II called merely to felicitate Gov.
Wilson on his nomination" Mr.. Conway
said.
"Did YOU discuss with him your own
prospective candidacy for governor OF
New York;
II did not; not word" he replied.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17
HILLEs GOES TO NEW YORK.
He Will Organize For the Coming Cam.
paign.

Washington, july l7.--Charles d
Hilles, chairman Of the Republican ma
tional committee, left Washington early
yesterday for New York to organize the
campaign for the reelection of Presi-
dent Taft. Mr.. Hilles, il was said yes
terday, had not severed his connection
with the White House and it is believed
he will resume his position as secretary
to the president next November.
Mr.. Hilles has not settled many of the
problems incident to this position, He
left Washington with no distinct idea
as to the personnel of the Office force he
will employ His first selection probably
will be the director of his literary bu-
reau. r. V. Oulahan. former Washing
ton correspondent Of the New York Sun
has been considered for this place. Mr.
Hilles is not expected to spend all Of
his time in New York, but viii be in
frequent consultation with the president
and other party leaders here as long as
Congress is in session and is expected to
visit the headquarters to be established
in Chicago and the West.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17
ROOSEvELT'S PURPOSE
WAS MERELY SELFISH
Declares La Toilette in an Editorial in
His Paper-Said Roosevelt Didn't
Dare TO Reveal His Own Basis
of Votes in Convention.

Washington, July l7.--Under the cap
ton, The Case of Mr.. Roosevelt" Sen
ator La Toilette has written the fol
lowing editorial in the current number
of La Follette's Weekly:
Bryan at Baltimore, foregoing all
chance of his own nomination, marshall
ing all his forces, Drawing Tammany and
the trusts, to rescue his party from
their domination carrying the convention
for the adoption of the most progressive
Democrat platform yet offered, and the
nomination of the most progressive
Democratic candidate available, was a
towering figure of moral power and pa
triotic devotion to civic righteousness.
Roosevelt at Chicago, backed by mon
ey derived from the stock watering
operations of the steel trust and the
harvester trust organizing what are
now confessed to have been fake con
tests as to nearly two hundred delegates
in order to control the Republican con-
vention and secure his own nomination,
refusing to aid in making progressive
platform bound to have the nomination
or destroy the Republican party. was q
most striking example of misdirected
power and unworthy ambition.
Roosevelt had as great an opportu-
nifty to serve the progressive cause at
Chicago, as Bryan had at Baltimore.
But Roosevelt was serving the man, not
the cause. He wanted one thing -he
wanted the nomination. And yet he did
not have enough votes to nominate MINI
self upon any honest basis. He did have
enough delegates in that convention Ill
timately to have nominated a real pro-
gressive and adopted strong progress
sive platform. He could even have noun
mated Hsdley on such platform, and
progressive Republicans could have sup
ported Hadley in much the same spirit
as hundreds of thousands of them will
now support Wilson. Neither Hadley
nor Wilson are veterans in the progress
sive ranks. Neither of them has been
tried by the severest tests. Both ap-
pear to be men of high ideals whose rec
ords, though short, give promise.
But Roosevelt would not consider
Hadley. He would have no one but
himself. At the first suggestion of Had
ley, he ordered the third party, manoeu
vres, lest he lost his followers.
IF he had the evidence to prove that
Taft could not be honestly and fairly
why did he not direct his
lieutenant to present that evidence TO
the national committee and then to the
and the country so clearly
that the convention would not have
dared to nominate Taft, and that Taft
could not, in honor, have accepted the
if made.
The reason is obvious. An analysis
of the testimony will, | am convinced,
show that neither Taft nor Roosevelt
had a majority of honestly or regularly
elected delegates. This the managers
upon both sides well understood. Each
was trying to seat a sufficient
number of fraudulently credited dele
gates added to those regularly chosen
to support him, TO secure control OF
the convention, and steam rolf the nom-
1t was a proceeding with
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17

Otherwise, he would have directed his
floor managers to contest every inch
of the ground for progressive platform
before the committee on resolutions and
in the open convention.
But Mr.. Roosevelt was not governed
by suggestion of that spirit of high
patriotic and unselfish purpose of which
Bryan furnished a magnificent example
one week later in the Democratic con-
vention at Baltimore. Instead, he filled
the public ear with sound and fury. He
ruthlessly sacrificed everything to the
one idea of his being the one candidate.
He gagged his followers in the conven-
ton without putting on record any facts
upon which the public could base a
definite, intelligent judgment regarding
the validity of Taft's nomination. He
submitted no suggestion as to a plat
form of progressive principles. He clam
ored loudly for purging the convention
roll of tainted delegates, without purg-
ing his own candidacy of his tainted.
contests and his tainted trust support.
He Offered no reason for third party
excepting his own over-mastering craving
for third term"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17
TURKEY REJECTS PEACE PLAN.
Declares War Will Continue Until Condi-
tons Agreeable Are Submitted.

Constantinople, July 1.-THE grand
vizier in a statement in the chamber an
nounced that the Turkish government
has refused all the proposed conditions of
peace as unacceptable. Turkey, he said,
intended to maintain her sovereignty in
Tripoli and the war would continue until
conditions of peace agreeable to Turkish
dignity had been submitted. The grand
vzier added that he had received sat
isfying assurances that Russia had no
hostile designs against Turkey. The
chamber voted confidence in the govern.
ment almost unanimously.
1t is reported that Mahmoud Muk-
htar. the former minister Of marine,
has been appointed minister of war to
replace Mahmoud Sefket Pasha, who re-
signed a week ago
Rome, July l7.-General Garioni sends
a dispatch stating that the entire divi-
sion under his command attacked and
captured Sidially at dawn Monday, after
several hours desperate fighting with
large Turkish forces from Regdaline and
Zoaro to the west of Tripoli. The Turks
are reported to have suffered heavily
and are now in full retreat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-17
WOULD DISSOLVE
THE STEEL TRUST
Recommendation Agreed Upon by the
Majority of the Stanley Investi-
eating Committee.

Washington, July Members of the
House Stanley steel trust investigating
committee yesterday practically agreed
to recommend dissolution of the steel
corporation.
The fun committee will meet to-mor-
row to determine upon the majority re-
pcrt. Plans of the minority will by that
time be definitely outlined. Republican
members will meet to-day and prepare
to submit their purposes to the full COM
mittee, The majority report prepared by
The chairman, Representative Stanley,
has been approved by all the Democratic
members except Representative Little
ton, who is in New York. Mr. Stanley
and Representatives Beall of Texas and
McGillicuddy of Maine except to confer
with Mr.. Littleton there to-day. They
expect he will approve the majority re-
port.