Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 1, 1911, Page 1

o THLE BEMIDJ1 VOLUME 9. NUMBER 284. FARMERS PROTEST RECIPROCITY TREATY Give Vigorous Reasons Why Free| Wheat Would Work Serious Hardships. | FLAX PRODUCTION DECREASED Kondiuk, Lumber-jack, Die: Ten Minutes After Accident. Jliga Kondiuk, 31 years old, a lum- ber-jack, while walking up Minne- | sota avenue at the corner of Fourth | street last evening about 5:30 . o'clock, slipped and fell backwards in such a manner that his head hit the sidewalk, rendering him help- ! |0'Neil Behind Measure Appropria- ting $94,000 to Pay for Work Ordered By Wardens in 1910. i |BILL MAKES TREATING CRIME | Argue That United States Would|less. He was taken to the city jail | Representative Putnam Would Jail Lose Best Wheat As It Would Be | Used for Export. Farmers of the northernpart of the ! state are going to protest most vig-, orously agaiusi any free zdmlssmn‘ of wheat into the United States from ! Canada, as is one clause of the reci- procity treaty, and Congressman Steenerson will receive conclusive evidence of the feeling among the rural population. but real estate dealers of this section | sending monstrous protests, claiming that if Not only farmers, are already planning on the treaty were ever ratified it would | result in a pronounced setback m‘ the development of this section for | several years to come. They claim by the terms of the proposed treaty the agricultural section of the Nor- thwest is being sacrificed by making most of the concessions and getting | none of the material| benefits of the treaty. Among other advance the following| practically things they arguments: 1. That the price of Canadian wheat would not advance to the price of wheat on this side of the line, but that wheat here would fall to the Canadian level and be on a strict- 1y export basis as Canada is now. | 2. The TUnited States would get all of the poorer grades of wheat while the better grades would be used for export and thus gain a pres- tage in the European markets detri- mental to wheat shipped from this|” land I do not think there is anutheri“many rendered and was of value country. 3. American farmers would be induced to go to Canada, in great- er numbers than ever before and raise wheat from the cheap Canad-| ian lands where the virgil soil has not as yet been robbed of its fertil- ity, or in other words, millions of | acres would be farmed in a haphaz-| as was the Red River and big! crops produced for a few years be-! ard manner Valley in the early days, fore the soil demanded cultivation such as is necessary in all older | farming communities, and that dur- ing the first years of this production the suffer severely and a greater portion American wheat raiser would of the lands lie idle whereas under the present duty they would be cul- tivated and a flow of immigration checked from the States. 4. That the agricultural section vate drainage enterprises in the nore-| Mr. Hoaglduw it shall be, so far as possible, of the States have been getting the worst of the tariff arrangements for vears and that they are now en- titled to special benefits while the schedule of manufactured articles should be reduced. 5. They claim that the produc- tion of barley and flax would be de- creased to an alarming extent in the States under the proposed tariff, and point to the slump in barley prices’ here where the tariff was removed a few years ago. While there is a considerable contingent favorable to the removal of the duty numerically there will be much stronger protest nection of his name therewith, for | of oratory. against any material change at this time. No Objection to Smith. ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—The fal Falls. | failure. | legislature is over to be i but died 10 minutes later before any- | thing could be done for him. Kondiuk had been in Bemidji for ! or Fine Person Who Says, | “Whatell Yer Have, Fellers?” several days and yesterday seoured | a job from the Wheelock Employment Agenck, of this city, at Internation- | He was to have left for International Falls this morning. It was at first the opinion of the who fought fire in northern Minne- | discrimination from freight rates. | physician who was called, that death | sota at a time when they had no as-. | was due to a broken neck, but it | now appears that his neck was not | !broken, and that he died of helrt Kondiuk was an Austrian.| MAY REJECT RESIGNATION Withdraw from Fair Association. (By P. A. Wilson) . Bemidji Ploneer Legislative Burean St. Paul, Feb. 1.—Pay for men |surance that they would ever re-| | ceive remuneration for it is provid- |ed In & bill introduced in the House | vesterday by Representative D. P. 'Neil of Thief River Falls and Hen- y P. Webb of Sandstone. The measure provides: “Whereas, The appropriation for 1$14,000 for the present fiscal year Mackenzie May Not Be Allowed 10t enable the foresty commissioners Much effort is being made by those | [trami county Fair Association have the resignation of to prevent and suppress forest fires in a dry and dangerous season be- came exhausted September 1, 1910. “Whereas, The year 1910 proved | interested in the welfare of the Bel-| {0 be unprecedented in respect to t.o< drouth and preyalence of forest fires, Ww. R.|and the verified accounts of many Mackenzie, as secretary of the as-|Persons lawfully commanded by fire sociation refused. | this city said: “It seems to me that to allow th {wardens and duly rendered in sup- In speaking of the matter former' pressing principally forest fires |state representative J. J. Opsahl of‘ 1910, to the amount of $94,507.30 in | are unpaid, therefore, #iBe it enacted by the Legislature resignation of Mr. Mackenzie for lhj of the State of Minesota: {reason that he “will 16t be in Be-| ! midji until after the session of the‘; $94,507.30 or so much thereof as is accepted | Beeded; provided that before There is funds are thus expended to any per- would be rather foolish. “That theré is hereby appropriated any no doubt in my mind but what Mr, SOn claiming same the state auditor himself that service was man in the county who can fill the| claimed.” position as he has donme. It seems to me that the proper method to pur- sue would be to appoint some man | as an assistant to Mackenzie, until he is able to return.” DEFENDS WORK OF RALPH Hoag Says He Believes Drainage En- gineer’s Work Honest. | received: The Dbill was referred to the com- mittee on forestry and will not be brought to a vote for several days, but its final passage is anticipated. . KKK In the senate, yesterday, the fol- lowing resolution recently passed by the St. Paul Commercial Club was “Be it reselved, that we urgently request the Ieéials.mre and i the executive departments of _the | state to take such steps at their earl- iest convenience as will, as far as possible, prevent the further need- |less loss of life and property from George A. Ralph, state drainage|that source in the timbered portions engineer, whose work is to be inves-| tigated by the state legislature, has found a defender in W. R. Hoag, of | Minneapolis, who is conducting pri-| thern section of the state. was formerly professor of civil en-| gineering at the university and is now president of the Minnesota Sur-| veyors and Engineers society. His name has been mentioned as a possi- ble siccessor to Mr. Ralph. ing of the charges that were being ! made, relative to the drainage prop- osition, Mr. Hoag stated that he had heard his name mentioned in con- nection with charges recently made agamst Mr. Ralph. Mr. Hoag ex-| pressed his surprise at the makmg |of the charges, and also at the con- the reason that he has been 1ang‘ 'familiar with the work of the state asd of Mr.|contestant stated the case and Sena- He says that he has the| tor threat- highest regard for the integrity oi'Senator Haycraft, chairman of the drainage Ralph. commission, Speak- | of the state, and to that end we sug- gest that a sufficient and effective patrol system be inaugurated by the state, say, of one patrolman to every six square miles of territory, whose to prevent forest fires and to discover and extinguish them at their outset without waiting until they have de- veloped into raging conflagrations.” * KK J. J. Ahmann of Torah will con- tinue as a member of the state sen- ate. This was decided at a meeting of the senate yesterday afternoon. the Ahmann contest case having been made a special order for 2 p. m. Nearly every member of the senate was present as were also many visit- ors who had expected to hear flights The “flights” did not The proceeding were The attorney fog the materialize. very ordinary. Ahmann’s attorney replied. ened oppesition to the nomination of the commission and its members and | Elections Committee, expressed the Representative Walter 1. Smith of lowa to the vacancy in the Eighth cir-| of Mr. Ralph. He says that.he has | decision of the committee as favoring cuit created by transfer of Willis Van had differences of opinion with Mr. the seafing of Senator Ahmann and Devanter to the supreme court failed | Ralph as to the design and feasibilty & vote upon this recommendation by to materialize at the meeting of the senate committee on the judiciary.| for action it was promptly ordered re ported, not a dissenting vote being cast. Soldiers’ Home Quarantined. Leavenworth, Kan., .Feb. 1.—The National Soldiers’ home here was placed under quarantine following the discovery of five cases of small- pox among civilian attendants. There are nearly 3,500 veterans at the home, besides 200 attendants. | of various ditches but it was in cases |the entire senate followed and it ' When the nomination was called up, | where there was an opportunity for| was unanimously in favor of the | valid and honest differences of opin-|Torah man who was given a rousing jon from an engineering standpoint and that so far as Mr. Hoag is aware | round of applause. It claimed that he was not a citizen of the work of Mr. Ralph has been effi-| the state. cient and of proper design from an| engineering standpoint and that' he| knows nothing in the work or char- acter of Mr. Ralph to afford the | slightest ground for criticism. * K ¥ “What'll you have, Fellows?" will be a dangerous invitation if a bill in- troduced in the house, Monday, by Representative H. A. Putnam of BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WE]?NE ] 'DEATH RESULTS FROM FALLIMEN WHO FOUGHT FIRE T0 REGEIVE REWARD had been Battle Lake—not graces the Revised: qatuuu of the State of Minnesota, h be it known to all men that the _Pntnm proposi- ition makes it a §lsdemeanor to |treat in public. the bill: “It Saj free drink.” The bill also provides that every saloon shall dis- {play a prominent § with this {wording: “Publie ting is° pro- “hibited by law.” ‘who dares defy the mandate is subject to a fine of from five to ten dollars or imprison- ment of from five toi ten days in the county jail for the first offense and from ten to twenty dollars or.ten to | twenty days in jnil for subsequent | iolations. | | ! * % fx ! | Protests contimue to pour in |against the Cashmax{ Distance Tariff i bill now pending in the senate. This | measure would affect Bemidji inas- i much as there would be unfavorable x KK Attorney General Bimpson has re- quested the Legis! to increase hjs number of auuunu to five and that he be nrovirled two stenograph- ers. * l * Senator Boyle: of Eveleth has a jurors $3 a day, $3 being allowed for Sunday when the juror comes more than 15 miles. RACHUI PLEADS NOT BUILTY Man Charged With Serious Crime Says He Did Not Commit Act. Gust Rachui, vesterday who was arrested on a chlrgev of carnal knowledge with a under the! age of consent; wae aed before Court Commissioner H. A. Simons this morning, and entered a plea of not guilty. . Judge Simons set the day for his preliminary hearing for Saturday at 10 o’clock, and fixed his bond at $10,000, and as he could not furnish it he was ordered to be taken to the county jail. M. A. Dwyer, of Redby, appeared before Judge Simons yesterday after- noon, to answer to a charge of con- ducting a gambling house at Redby. February 10 was set as the day for the preliminary hearing in his case, and upon the consent of County At- torney Funkley he was allowed to return to Redby, until the day ot the hearing. BAGKS FIRE AID PLAN Gn‘vernor Eberhart is back of the movement to procure a direct appro- priation for the relief of the fire suf- ferers in Northern Minnesota. The attorney general, it is said, has fail- ed thus far to figure out any way of legally making the appropriation.| He cannot see how it can be done! under the Constitution. This has no effect upon the atti- tude of the chief executive. He has| told G. H. Mattson, of Roseau coun- ty, to go ahead with his bill and that he can depend upon the administra- tion for all the assistance it can give. As a result, the bill will be intro- duced shortly calling for an appro- | priation of about $20,000. The gov- | ernor says he will use the authority | of his office to see that the law goes linto effect and that the money is | There are certain members of the House who contend this means | that the governor will place himself in direct opposition to the Consti- ‘tutian and that anything that he | may seek to do can be stopped by the courts. There are hints that the matter will at once be'carried to the courts, if the law is passed. There is no opposition to aiding the fire sufferers, but the opponents ‘sny that it is a dangerous procedent 'to establish. It is for this reason ‘that the bill will be fought when it |appears. Mr. Mattson, as well as | the governor, expect a fight, but they feel the measure 18 jmt ‘nd should be put through. used. shall be unlawful to:give another a| bill in, making the remuneration fori" {men, the present driver of the fire| " |FIRE DEPARTMENT HOLDS MEETING Volnnfier Firemen are Assigned to Company Positions for the Ensu- ing Year. NEW HOOK AND LADDER NEEDED Members Vote that Present Driver of Fire Team Be Retained, and Recommend Him to Council. At the regular monthly meeting of the Bemidji Pioneer Fire Department held last evening Volunteer in the council chambers of the city hall, the members of the department (were assigned to their company posi- tions for the ensuing year, as fol- Tows: Hose Company No. 1—Ray Dennis, captain; John Falls, assistant cap- tain; C. H. Williams, chemical fore- man; Alec Doran and S. C. Daly, John Goodmen, nozzlemen; John Hillaby and Albert Halvorson, line- men and R. F. Murphy, hydrantman.| Hose Company No, 2—S. T. Stewart, foreman; George Hanson, assistant foreman; Fred Baumgard- ner, Frank Ripple and D. R. Bur- gess, nozzlemen; Floyd Brown, hy- drantman; Clarence - Grover, - line- man; M. F. Cunningham, chemical foreman; Paul Winklesky and J. K. Given, chemicalmen. Hook and Ladder—C. C. Crippen, foreman; A. N. Gould, assistant foreman; D. D. Miller, Mike Downs jand R. Russell, axmen; N.-E.°Given| and Charles Swedback, ladders and | J. R. Miller, hook. | Fire Police—J. P. Pogue and Al- bert Marshik. The members of the department voted unanimously that Garry Bren- team, be retained and that the ap- pointment be recommended to the city council. It is with more or less difficulty that the hook and ladder truck is taken to fires, the truck having to be tied to some wagon, in a manner which is very dangerous. The mat- ter was called to the attention of the chief last evening and when the as- sistant foreman of the hook-and lad- der, A. N. Gould, proposed that a tongue be put on the truck Chief Geil said that owing to the lightness of the build of the truck and the narrowness of the axles, it would be very dangerous to those riding on the truck in going to a fire, as it would be so easily tipped over. The firemen decided that a new truck should be asked for of the city coun- cil, as soon as that body felt that they could afford to purchase one. There were no new applications for membership to the fire depart- ment at the meeting. The reports of the January fires were read and accepted. Only one bill was read and this was ordered paid. Following the business session of the fire “laddies” a social hour was spent with pipe and story. Band Rehearsal Tonight. Director Harry Masten of the Be- midji Band announced this morning that the regular weekly rehearsal of the band will be held this evening in the band headquarters in the city hall. ARCHBISHOP RYAN IS BETTER But Doctor Says He May “Drop Off Any Minute.,” Philadelphia, Feb. 1.—Archbishop Ryan had a restful night and shows a slight improvement. His heart is| weak, however, and he is still in a se- rious condition. The Improvement shown in the con- dition of the archbishop brought re- lief to his devoted household who have anticipated thé worst for the last three days. Dr. Ernest La Place, one of the at- tending physicians, in discussing the improvement, said that the archbiabop is suffering from heart trouble “|here in connection with the plan. | to have the address very soon. “and vert both of his star pitchers to (HELD TQ, GRAND JURY Judge Simons Holds That Rohrer May Be Guilty of Arsom. In the preliminary hearing held before Judge H. A. Simons, court commissioner, yesterday, Frank Rohrer, who was arrested last Fri- day on a charge of burning a dwell- ing house at Turtle River, was bound over to the grand jury. Rohrer is the owner of the house which was burned and during the testimony of the complaining wit- ness, C. W. McLaughlin, he, Mec- Laughlin, declared that the defend- ant had come to him during the fire and told him that if he would keep his mouth shut he would give him $25. : The house was insured for $400 and during the past three years the owner had recelved only a little over $150 tn rent, HAMILTON TOVISIT BEMIDJI Says That He Would Be Pleased to Come at Later Date. K. K. Roe, the Bemidji alderman who has taken a deep interest in the proposed plan of having the citizens of Bemidji vote on the commission plan of municipal government, has received the following letter from John J. Hamilton, of Des Moines, Towa, in regard to his giving & talk Mr. Hamilton wrote Mr. Roe a week ago to the effect that he would be nable to_yigit Bemidji and this is his reply to Mr. Roe's second letter: 2 Des Motmes; Jan. 89. 1911 | Mr. K. K. Roe, - Bemidji, Minn. Dear Mr. Roe:— Your esteemed favor of the 27th inst. is at hand. When I wrote you before, it was under the impression that you had Since now you say that a date in the spring or summer will answer your purpose it will be a great pleasure to make the visit; which I think I can do in the latter part of April or early part of May, if agreeable to all concerned at the time. Very truly yours, JOHN J. HAMILTON. Mr. Hamilton understands the working of the commission plan thoroughly, and has completed a book on the subject. ORANGES FROM CHANCE'S | GROVE ARRIVE HERE Included in the train load of Cali- fornia oranges which just reached here from the coast are several cases from Captain Frank Chance’s grove near Los Angeles. The “Peerless Leader” of the Champion Chicago Cubs, has shipped all of the present crop from his old ranch and at present is looking over his new grove recently purchased. According to reports from Chance he stands to make a big profit this season. Hé personally overlooks all the picking and shipping of his or- anges and it is a common sight to see him carrying his men from place to place in his big auto. Chance grows two grades of or- anges on his ranches—the famous “Sunkist” brand and the “Red-Ball,” equally as popular on Eastern tables. Last spring, while on his way to lead the Cubs on their spring train- ing trip, Chance brought a suit case full of his own oranges along with him. It was his intention to treat his players. But he happened to mention the fact to one of his fellow passengers, with the result that only five were left when he finally reach- ed Chicago. Pitchers Mordecal Brown and Orval Overall, of the Cubs, will spend a couple of weeks with Chance this ‘winter and their boss hopes to con- = i NEW MOVE MAY FORGE VICTORY FOR THE NORTH Fearing Disruption of Party Over Reapportionment, Republicans of Senate May Hold Caucus. DWINNELL TAKES THE LEAD Declares Voice of People is Plain and That It Should Be Heeded By Honest Men. & (BY ¥. A. Wilson) Bemidji Pionesr - Legislative Bureau St. Paul, Feb. 1.—Consclence stricken Republicans have seen the handwriting on the wall and are go- ing to do something probably never done before in the history of the state. They are going to hold a caucus to decide what can be done with faltering brethern who have in- dicated that they are going to per- mit personal ambitions to take pre- cedent over reapportionment. As now planned, the caucus will be limited to the Republican members of the senate. This unique strategy in favor of reapportionment must be credited to a city senator, W. S. Dwinnell, representing the 40th district in Minneapolis. 7 “T favor such a caucus” is the un- equivocal declaration of Senator Dwinnell, “We have been referred to as boodlers and grafters but I believe as a body the legislature of Minnesaota needs to offer no exeuse ‘! as to its honesty. ~The Republicam % S party clearly expressed its attitude o in favor of reapportionment at the state convention and in the platform adopted. “This makes our duty plain and I believe that to hold a caucus of the Republican members would eclarify the atmosphere. There is much at stake. In days gone by the Repub- lican party has turned a deaf ear to the voice of the people and a Demo- cratic regime has been the result.” Senator Dwinnell is today circu-~ lating the call for The caucus which reads as follows: ‘Whereas the Republican party in its platform is pledged to re- apportionment, and whereas the governor, and other state offi- cers as well as most of the Re- publican members of the Senate, made a like pledge to the people during the campaigns, and whereas the defeat of reappor- tionment will be charged against the Republican party, and there- by party capital for the opposi- tion, now therefore the under- signed Republican senators here- by join in a call for a party caucus to be held on Thursday evening, February 2, for the purpose of considering the resol- ution determining the basis up- on such reapportionment shall be made. The significance of the remarks of the senator from Hennepin, now made public for the first time, is appreciated when his commanding position as one of the most powerful members of the present legislatufe is taken into consideration. 1t is true that the call for the cau- cus has not been signed but it is scarcely within the realms of possi- bility that any senator could ignore such a meeting and this would mean that the waivering senators who now threaten to thwart their party and ignore the call of the people will be dragged to a meeting where they will be “smoked out”. = There was no vote in the senate, yesterday, on the Hackney resolu- tion limiting the membership of the senate to 63 members and the house to 126, because the senate did not get to it. This resolution was brought up under suspension of rules, last week, and was acted upon adversely. It then went to general orders which means that it is now to be consider- orange growing. he may drop off any minute.” (Continued on last page.)