Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 23, 1909, Page 2

| THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER A A A A A AN A AN PUBLISHED BVERY AFTERNOON. A A A A A A A A AA A ANANANANAAS BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. B e Tatered in the postofice at Bemidji. Minn., second class matter. S nAnArAnArNNA SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM — e A TRUTHFUL STATEMENT. Says the Laporte News: ““To hear the way the Cass Lake people talk, would make one think they had the legislature Canonized. But the fact is, were it not that Duluth capitalists were interested in some of the $3.00 “cut over” lands about there, Wilkinson would be an easy winner over the reservation burg.” And it might be added,with equal truth and emphasis, that were it not for the backing given the Cass Lakers and their aiders and abettors by the brewers and whiskey ‘“‘inter- ests,”together with the gigantic steel trust, the matter would have been left to the selection of a competent board which would not have been influented by any ulterior motives. The backers of the ‘‘general bill,” and more particularly Bemid ji, agreed to leave the selection of the site for the normal school to ANY FAIR BOARD, not particulatly the normal school board. As it now stands, the ‘‘interests,” through their representatives in both branches of the legislature, are dictating where the normal school shall be located, and the people are being given not one consideration in the matter And there are a few fellows in this north part of the state who have sided in with the “bunch” who will have sincere cause for regrets. GOVERNMENT WILL PUNISH NO ONE French Strike to Be Regarded as a “Wave of Folly.” Parls, March 23.—In spite of minor delays the adjustment of the strike of the French telegraphers and postmen that has disorganized the business life of France for a week or more is considered virtually in sight. Many of the employes have returned. to work. A meeting attended by 5,000 strik- ers was held, when it was decided that the recommendations of the strike committee in the matter of a settlement constituted a surrender to the government, because the resigna- tion of M. Simyan, under secretary of posts and telegraphs, has not been secured. Consequently another com- mittee was appointed to see Premier Clemenceau. It is the general opinion that the strikers will emerge victorious and that the government has saved its dig- nity in refusing to oust M. Simyan. This official, however, already has been practically eliminated. He had no share in the recent negotiations and in the future Minister of Public ‘Works Barthou will treat directly with deputations from the employes’ asso- clations. Furthermore, the govern- ment agrees to regard the whole af- fair as a “wave of folly” and to wipe the indiscretions off the slate; in other words, to punish no one. The newspapers of Paris are review- ing the strike movement as if it was over. The socialist papers claim a victory, the government organs are gratified at the end of an unfortunate misunderstanding, while the inde- pendent-conservative press says the incident furnishes an eloquent lesson of the dangerous state of socialism to- wards which France is drifting. FIRST GUN IN TARIFF DEBATE Chairman Payne Opens Discussion of Pending BIill. Washington, March 23.—The first gun in the tariff debate was fired in | the house of representatives by Mr. Payne (N. Y.), the majority leader and chairman of the committee on ways and means. Before he began his remarks an agreement was reached under which, while the bill is under consideration, the daily sessfons shall start at 11 o’clock instead of noon. In opening Mr. Payne declared that the country was overwhelmingly in favor of a protective tariff. It is an American policy, he said, and it seemed to be acquiesced in by the great majority of the American peo- ple. He did not believe, he added, that there was a man within the sound of his voice that would rise in his seat and say that he was in favor of tearing down every customhouse in the United States from turret to foun- dation. PART OF MONEY RECOVERED lowa Safeblower Found Hidden in a Strawstack. Shenandoah, Ia., March 23—The safeblower found In a strawstack two miles from this place has confessed to having assisted in robbing the Fir® Natlonal bank at Imogene Saturday and with the officers -went to the strawgtack and dug up $1,500 of the $6,000 taken. Two other suspects have been located at White Cloud, twenty miles north of here. The rob- ber in jail refuses to give his name. CONTROL BOARD House Commitice Submits Its Report, NOT SEEKING ACTUAL FAGTS Majority Report Says That It Appears That the Examiners Were Actuated by a Desire to Find Something for Which They Could Criticise the Members of the Board of Control. Senators Hold Gloomy Mesting. St. Paul, March 20.—Vindication for S. W. Leavett and the other members of the state board of control who were concerned in the famous coal rebate deals reported by the public examiner is contained in both the majority and the minority report which the public accounts and expenditures com- mittee presented to the house. Both reports agree that in asking for and in accepting the rebate from the Northwestern Fuel company the mem- bers of the board acted in good faith and with the intention of saving mon- ey to the state. Both agree that the practice of accepting secret rebates for the state is inadvisable. This practice of rebating has been discon- tinued, however. The reports differ in that the ma- Jority report holds that the board was acting within the law, while the mi- nority report, signed by the two Demo- cratic members of the committee, Al- hert Pfaender of New Ulm and F. L. Kelly of Mankato, says that “in view of the requirements of the law that all the contracts of the board shall make rules in regard to supplies and contracts so as to insure competition and publicity, and prohibiting the tak- ing of gifts or. gratituties from deal- ers in supplies, it is the opinion of the undersigned that such a system of rebating on the part of state officials is not permissible under state laws. ‘While it may be a shield under cover of which financial gain may come to the state, when centered in the hands of faithful officials, when practiced by upscrupulous and designing officials, it may become an instrument of op- pression used for private gain.” Called “Unfair and Negligent.” The majority report finds that ih several matters in which the public examiner reported that the state had lost money he had not taken into con- sideration differences in quality or oth- er conditions. Because he failed to get these explanations the examiner is called “unfair and negligent.” As far as the coal rebates are con- cerned, the bid of the Northwestern Fuel company was the lowest in the aggregate, without the rebate, and the tract anyway. There was one lower bidder, O’Gara, King & Co., but the board did not consider that because it had had contracts with this company before and had trouble in getting coal when it was needed and promised. The majority report says that the criticism of the examiner is almost exclusively upon the judgment of the board exercised in the purchase of coal. “Your committee believes that the value of the board depends almost entirely upon the judgment of its members, and according to the opin- fons rendered by Attorneys General Douglas, Young and Simpson, the ex- aminer has exceeded his authority in thus criticising the judgment of the board.” The majority report adds the fol- Jowing fling: “It appears to your committee that Examiners Heilbron and Cederberg in making their ex- amination of the board of control have been actuated more by a desire to discover something for which they could criticise the members of the board than by a desire to find the actual facts.” Senators Hold Gloomy Meeting. It was a glum lot of senators for the most part who attended the meet- ing of the senate committee on reap- portionment. The subject under dis- cussion was the cutting down of the number cof senators from sixty-three to forty-nine. Some of the members whose districts would be linked with cthers in the southern part of the state which already have strong sena- tors were decidedly downcast. Each one who faced the prospeet of losing his district in the amalgamation was eager with suggestions as to a different arrangement of the counties, but none was anxious to take definite action. When Senator George R. Lay- bourn of Duluth took the floor to de- nounce the other members for trying to delay the reapportionment_bill the rest of the members took fright and excluded all representatives of the press. Whatever was said to the northern senator was said behind closed doors. C. A. Johnson of St. Peter wanted to have another meeting next week to consider the matter more thoroughly. hen Senator Laybourn demanded to now whether the committee was go- ing to kill the plan. He said that the present condition in the northern part of the state is outrageous. He de- clared that it is not right nor fair to delay the introduction of a bill until too late to pass. The committee decided to give each member a copy of the proposed rear- rangement of districts and to take ac tion next weels PROBABLY LOST IN BLIZZARD No Word Received From Six Men in Balloon. Los Angeles, Cal, March 23.—No word has come from the six men in the balloon “America.” /It 1s feared they have been lost in the mountains In the midst of a terrific blizzard now raging there, The big balloon ascended from Tour: nament park in Pasadena at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon with Captain N. E. Muller_and five other men in the bas- 1S VINDIGATED board had decided to give it the con- | ket. There "is ‘@ “strong probability that the men have perished in the mountains. The last trace of the balloon was when it appeared through the clouds in Grand canyon, on the slope of Mount Lowe, the big bag containing 76,000 cubic feot of gas was being driven then by a strong north wind towards the peaks of the range. One of the worst storms in years is raging in the mountains. Four feet of snow has fallen on Mount Wilson and nearly two feet at Mount Lowe. It would be impossible for the men to present snow storm. They have with them only a meager supply of pro- visions and but little warm clothing. HAVING SUPERVISION OF THE RAILROADS President Taft to Reorganizs Government Departmants, ‘Washington, March 23.—President Taft is preparing to carry out his promise to reorganize the branches of government which supervise the op- erations of the interstate railroads and industrial corporations. By his direction the attorney general, the secretary of commerce and labor and the interstate commerce commission now are exchanging views as to the new plans to be adopted to secure the most efficient results and personal conferences will begin within a few days. Thus has begun the work which Mr. Taft regards as the most important of his administration and its purpose will be, as Mr. Taft himself expressed it, to render the reforms already in- augurated lasting, to protect business from heedless and unnecessary inter- ference and to do away, once and for all, with those methods which have brought ‘disrepute upon the good cor- porations as well as the bad. Affecting as it does every branch of the industrial life of the country, its prosperity, in fact, the monumental character of the work which Mr. Taft has set out to do will be realized at once. Bandit l.eaders in Fatal Fight. Culiacan, Mex., March 23.—Valerio Quintero, a notorious bandit and head of a band of robbers, was killed in the outskirts of Badiraguato in a pis- tol duel with Jose Ontivariaso, an- otker bandit leader, whom Quintero ‘was trying to drive out of the country. The-men met unexpectedly, but Onti- variaso was quicker on the draw than his rival and shot Quintero four times before the latter could get out his revolver. = - S i . - ] make their way any distance in the | Wanted In Minnesota. Philadelphia, 'March 23.—Charged with escaping from the Stillwater (Minn.) penitentiary- Harry MoClain was arrested here as he emerged from the Eastern penitentiary after serving an jmprisonment of nine years for robbery in this city.-"McClain was taken before a magistrate and held to await requisition papers from Minne. sota. GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, March 22 —Wheat— May, $1.13@1.13%; July, $1.13%. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.15%@1.158;; No. 1 Northern, $1.141%@1.14%; No. 2 Northern, $1.12%@1.128; No. 8 Northern, $1.09%@1.11%. St.. Paul Union 8tock Yards. St. Paul, March 22.—Cattle—Good to cholce steers, $4.50@5.00; fair to good, $4.50@5.00; good to cholce cows and heifers, $4.00@5.00; veals, $6.76@ 6.60. Hogs—$6.35@6.70. Sheep—Weth- ers, $5.50@5.75; yearlings, $6.00@6.85; lambs, $7.25@7.65. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, March 22.—Wheat—To ar- rive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.15%; No. 1 Northern, $1.14%; No. 2 North- ern, $1.12%; May, $1.12%; July, $1.- 13%; Sept., $1.01. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.61; May, §1.60; July, $1.59%: Sept., $1.39; Oct., $1.34%%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago,- March 22.—Wheat—May, $1.16%; July, $1.02% @1.02%; Sept., 96% @968%¢c; Dec, 973%c. Corn— March, 643%.c; May, 66% @66%c; July, 65%c; Sept., 65cy Dec., 58c. -Oats— May, 54c;. July, 48¢c; Sept., 40%ec. Pork—May, §$17.65; July, $17.67%. Butter—Creameries, 22@29c; dairies, 20@25c. Eggs—18@19¢c. Poultry— Turkeys, 17c¢; chickens and springs, 15%ec. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, March 22.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.70@17.15; Texas steers, $4.50@5.50; ‘Western steers, $4.10@5.50; stockers and feeders, $3.40@5.45; cows and Jeifers, $2.00@5.60; calves, $6.00@ 8.25. Hogs—Light, $6.45@6.85; mixed, $6.55@6.95; heavy, $6.60@7.00; rough, $6.60@6.75; good to cholce "heavy, $6.76@7.00; pigs, $5.35@6.35. Sheep, $3.50@6.00; yearlings, $6.10@7.40; lambs, $5.50@7.90. How’s This? ‘We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Cata rrh Cure. s ¥. J. CHENEY & CO,, Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac- tions, and finarcially able to carry out any oblisations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, ‘Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. 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