Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 15, 1911, Page 1

o —— TH E BEMIDJ1 D. ILY PIONEER. VOLUME 9. NUMBER 296. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. APPORTIONMENT BILL IN; VOTE ON FRIDAY Friends Say it Will Go Through asked for the Walker sanatorium: With 85 Votes and Pass Senate. | hydrotherapeutic apparatus; $2,000; iboiler plant improvements, $6,500; brick work, $5,000; repairs and bet- terment (1913), $5,000; current ex- penses (1912) $250,000; current ex- 1penses (1913) $250,000. | The following appropriations were ! Domestic building to include pow- | er plant, smke stack, kitchen, dining |room and amusement hall, $35,000; | completion of same in 1913, $35,000; _ proving roads and grounds, $500; COMMITTEE FAVORS FROSHAUG | i i Claim That Farrington Has Faued} To Prove Him Illegally Elected ) (By F. A. Wilson) | Bemidji Pioneer Legislative Bureau| St. Paul, Feb. 15.—At last a reap- ! | portionment bill is before the Legis-“ lature of Minnesota. Quick action is to be had on the} bill for instead of going through the' tedious routine process it has been! made a special order for Friday at 11! a. m., this week. It was introduced in the House! this from the morning, coming committee on reapportion- ment, of which C. A. Congdon of Du-; luth members ; of the committee out of a total of 27| indorse the bill. The| quartet is made up of} is chairman. Four refused to dissenting the following representatives of the| southern part of the state, Albert P. Libera of Winona, Thomas Frank-| son of Spring Valley, W. H. Wescott of West St. Paul and Knute Knutson of Swift Falls. All are republicans. | The bill provides a senate of 61! members,— one each being dropped‘ from Hennepin and Ramsey counties| —-and a house of 126 members as atl present, the representation to be| divided as published in The Pioneer| of last Saturday with the exception of a typographical error which made it appear that the new district of Beltrami and Koochiching was to| have two representatives when, as a matter of fact. there is to be one sen- ator and one representative. The bill practically | submitted to the house and there seems to be no doubt but that it will pass that body with a substantial majority. has been every member of By some it| is said as high as 80 votes will be cast for it in the house. The decision to make the bill a special order for Friday means a be-| ginning of the crisis of the fight for | fair reapportionment for after the measure has passed the house it will| go over into the hands of the enemy —if there is any enemy—the senate. | “This bill", said a man largely in-| strumental in the drafting of the| measure, “will have 85 votes in the| house and it will be passed practi—} cally as it stands now by the senate.” | * X % | Only a few thousands less than $5,000,000 is the total amount asked | | ditional water main, 1500 a year for 1912 and 1913; cur-! | seat. power plant equipment (1912), $6,- 500; completion of same in 1913, $6,000; home for engineer, 1913, $2,- 500; boat house, $1,000; launch and row boats, $700; water purifier, $2,- 100; cold storage building, $2,000; steel tower and tank, $2,500; $1,500; filter beds, $2,500; additional water supply } pump, 1913, $900; clearing lands and grounds and improving same, $150; for same purpose 1913, $150; topographical cross section survey, $1,600; repairs and betterment,$1,- | rent expense, 1912, $30,000 and the same for 1913. i x X % In the senate yesterday a drastic measure to regulate reapportionme :t in the future was introduced by Sen- | Haycrary | ators Duxbury, Moonan, and Weis. The bill provides for a! vote on a constitutional amendment | which will limit to four the number| of senators of any one county aad; the total membership of this brancn of the legislature to its present siz2 i *x X X Dr. George E. Vincent, newly elec- | ted president of the University of Minnesota, has sent a letter to the| senate accepting the invitation to address a joint session of the legisla- ture in the house chamber at 11 o'clock “tomorrow morning. x x % | Dr. W. T. Stone of Park Rapids is indirectly responsible for the house suspending its rules in passing the| joint resolution of the senate calling for an investigation of the training school at Red Wing as the result of | charges made by former Senator A. D. Stephens of Crookston. Dr. Stone presented a resolution calling for a house committee of three to investi- gate the school. Speaker Dunn an- nounced that the senate had just passed a joint resolution bearing on the same topic. tion was read, the Stone resolution went over and the joint resolution, The sermate resolu- calling for a committee of seven— three from the senate and four from the house—was adopted. x X X In the senate, this morning, the| elections committee of which Sena- tor Haycraft is chairman, reported in favor of seating Senator Froshaug of Benson, declaring that Ray Far- rington, the former senator who at- tempted to replace Froshaug in the senate, had failed to prove that Fros- haug was not legally entitled to his This is the last of the election contests. Senator Froshaug has de- ‘clared in favor of fair reapportion- ad- | BITTER ATTACK ON REGIPROCITY Representatives Dalzell of Pennsyl- vania, and Underwood of Alaba- ma, Opposed to Agreement. ARRAIGNS THE NEWSPAPERS Declare Greed for Free Print Paper Is Behind “This Free Trade Pro- position.” ‘Washington, Feb. 15.—When the house met consideration of the Cana- dian reciprocity agreement was re- sumed. Representative Underwood of Alabama began debate in favor of the measure. The reciprocity bill, Mr. TUnderwood declared, was made neces- sary by the failure of the maximum and minimum provisions of the Payne- Aldrich law. These provisions, he claimed, were wrong in principle. They made the minimum rate the gen- eral rate and provided for an in- creased rate as a retaliation for high rates against this country. The prin- ciple thus established was one of coer- cion and not calculated to bring about good feeling. Mr. Underwood contended that in an ideal bill the maximum should be the general rates. That the president could grant substantial concessions to | those countries willing to do the same toward this country. Representative Dalzell followed Mr. | Underwood with the principal speech in opposition. He began by assailing the newspapers of the country and de- nouncing the reciprocity agreement. Mr. Daizell complained bitterly of the haste with which the bill had been rushed through the committee on ways and means and brought before the house. Calls It Newspaper Bill. “This is a mewspaper bill,” he de- clared. “Newspaper greed for free print paper ‘ig behind this free trade proposition. Opposition to the meas- ure has been minimized and a false sentiment created in favor of it by the newspaper interests. This bill is uncalled for by the majority of our people. It is unrepublican and incon- sistent with the policy of protection.” Mr. Dalzell was interrupted by ap- plause from the Democratic side. “It is an abandonment,” he resumed, “of the doctrine of protection and an espousal of free trade. It is class leg- islation of the most obnoxious charac- ter—it strikes at the American farmer.” Mr. Underwood, in his speech, had said he did not believe the reciprocity act would reduce the price of farm products. It would demonstrate, he declared, that protection so far as the farmer is concerned, was humbug. The American farmer is too independ- ent in his field, Mr. Underwood said, to need a protective tariff. UNTIL BIG FINE IS PAID Greene and Gaynor May Have to Re- main in Prison. ‘Washington, Feb. 15.—Greene and Gaynor, the contractors who were con- victed of complicity in the river and harbor frauds at Savannah, which sent Captain Carter of the army to prison, probably will be compelled to remain in prison for debt after the expiration of their criminal terms, notwithstand- ing the efforts of Colonel J. Hamilton of the legislature for the state hos-|ment and his intention is taken to Lewis of Chicago, who is here as coun- pitais for the insane and other public institutions, in the bill presented by Lewis C. Spooner in the house, yes»‘ The bills takes such | places as the hospitals and asylnms‘ for the insane at Anoka. Hastings,} Fergus Falls, Rochester and the| schools for the blind, the deaf and the! feeble minded at Faribault. the Red Wing training school, the state pub- terday. in lic school, the St. Cloud reformatory, Walker consumptives, the Stillwater prison, the sanatorium for St. pled children and the | Paul school for indigent, the erip- Minnesota Liome school for girls. The hospital for the insane at Fergus Falls is given the largest cur- rent expense appropriation, $250, 000. The St. Peter asylum comes next at $245,000. The total appropriations for Fer- gus Falls as outlined in the bill fol- low: Extention to rooms and dormi- tories, $5,000; kitchen building, $5,000; tunnel, $1,000; renewing plumbing $5,000; paint and mason shop, $3,000; improving slaughter house, $1,000; dry cow and breed- ing barn and root cellar, $3,500; young stock and calf barn, $1,000; addition to horse barn, $500; im- mean another vote for that measure | when it gets to the senate. | * x ¥ In an effort to make labor troubles impossible in Minnesota Representa- tive Knutson has a bill in the house which provides for arbitration in the case of a strike or a lockout when- ever a concern employing ten or The bill gives the governor general ad- more persons becomes involved. ministration of the act and the com- missioner of labor is to act as re- gister of all boards of conciliation. This board is to be composed of three men, one to be named by the employ- er, one by the employe and these two to choose the third. Upon re- quest, from either side, the governor shall establish within fifteen days such a board. * ¥ ¥ Representative Green has a bill in the house providing a penalty of from $5 to $25 or 30 day in jail for | minors who obtain liquor by saying they are twenty-one years old. Per- sons aiding a minor by representing them to be of age are to be fined $10 to $50 or 60 day in jail. * X X Charles W. Bouck of Royalton yes- terday introduced a bill authorizing the board of control to permit the sel. In addition to their penitentiary sentence a fine of $593,000 was im- posed upon them and this fine they are seeking to swear off on the ground of poverty. Colonel Lewis had an interview with the attorney general, but was not en- oouraged to hope for any leniency. The department of justice believes there is = fund of $650,000 awaiting Gaynor and Greene on their release The attorney general hopes that by requiring the contractors to remain in prison he will force them to disclose the hiding place of the money and pay their fines. Captured on American Soil. ‘Washington, Feb. 15.—Nine Mexican insurgents were captured and turned over to the United States marshal at | Pelae, N. M., by United States cavalry, according to a report of General Blise to General Wood. The insurrectos, it is said, crossed the border in search of food. lowa Deadlock Continues. Des Moines, Feb. 15.—The twenty- first ballot for United States senator showed that the deadlock still con- tinues, the only change being three votes for State Senator J. U. Sammis of Le Mars, grand exalted ruler of the | Elks. use of such number of prisoners in penitentiary or St. Cloud reforma- tory “as deemed proper for service in repairing and maintaining any of the public roads within a reasonable distance of the place of detention.” HAVE ST. VALENTINE BOXES Bemidji Public Schaol Children Had Enjoyable Day' Yesterday. St. Valentine’s day was appropri- ately observed yesterday by the school children of Bemidji. In the Central school building each room had a_ valentfne box and the pupils were allowed to send valen- tines to their friends and teachers. One little girl of the kindergarten was heard to say: “My, I am happy today. am happy on Christmas and Valen- tine day.” I always joyment during the afternoon. Mil- ton Miller, who was five years old brought a birthday cake to school, and this together with the valen- tines, made the afternoon pass merri- 1y. TAWNEY AGAINST RECIPROCITY Washington, D.! C. Feb. 15.— (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service) —-It became known today that Re- presentative Tawney of Minnesota | voted against, instead of for , the Canadian Reciprobity which was passed by the house last night. This was disclosed today in the Congressional Record. agreement, -FEATUHE AGT AT BRINKMAN Ponight Will Be Ffial Appearance { of Five Gaffney Girls. | This evening performance at the Brinkman will be the final appear- The Great LeCall, who have been making such a hit during the first half of this weeks show. The Gaffney Girls have something new in a girls act, and it is mighty in which many pretty changes in wardrobe are made to interesting, THE CAFFNEY CIRLS Appearing atthe Brinkman help make a finished act. The act is supposed to be staged in a theatre dressing room, the opera | star is late, and after she arrives, the “pbunch” do their act, then upon re- {have their usual arguments. | For a surprising, artistic novelty act that will amuse and entertain to the highest degree, we | the Gaffney Girls. One of their best numbers is a burlesque on the hobble skirt. The great LeCall, the contortionist is in all probability the most remark- able exhibition of the kind on the | stage today. LeCall is more than a recommend | contortionist, he is a human rubber | man. Marriage Licenses Issued. | Clerk of court Fred Rhoda yester- day issue a marriage license ‘to Charles English and Celia Towles, both of Beltrami. county. The kindergarten room, under Miss | | ‘Whiting, was the scene of much en-| ance of the Five Gaffney Girls and! turning to their dressing room they |. A. D, STEPHENS STILL STANDS PAT Says Statement He Made Concerning Red Wing Training School For Boys Is True. ABUSES PREVALENT THERE Institution Should Be Rechristened “A School of Crime,” Says Form- State Senator. A. D. Stephens stands squarely be- hind the statements he made before the legislators who were in Crooks- ton Saturday to visit the Agricultur- al school, regarding the conditions at the Red Wing Training School for boys. He has known for some time past of the abuses going on there, |and before making the statements {he did to the legislators he confirm- ied the information he had received before, and secured the consent of a person standing high in St. Paul, and whose name will be divulged ‘when the legislative investigation is started, as the same party will aid the work of investigators. Repre- sentative Donald Robertson, who was one of the commrittee, is also quainted with some of the facts and gave assurance that he would lend his influence in sifting the matter ‘to the bottom. Mr. Stephens stated | further in an interview yesterday: | ac- “The investigation will further show that the system of taking care of delinquent boys at Red Wing is iis antiquated in every way and en- | tirely out of harmony with what is jadvocated by Judge Ben B. Lindsey, and should better be rechristened ‘a school of crime’ than one to correct | delinquents and abolish crime. “Unless whitewash is applied, and 1 do not believe it will be, the condi- tions at Red Wing will be found as I have pictured them. There are agen- cies now at work which should re- veal the conditions. The boys will |leave the school convinced that they |are criminals, rather than the re- | formative results desired.” Mr. Stephens says it is now up to the legislature to make an investiga- tion and see if the statements he has made are not correct, and then do all possible to rectify them. A Misunderstanding. There seems to be a misunder- standing concerning the report the board as published in the Pioneer The amount stated to have been turned in by McCuaig was for the balance of the year, from February 1 to March 1, after he had turned in his yearly report to fhe council. ‘While superintendent of the water board Mr. McCuaig turned over $4435.24 to the city treasurer. of the superintendent of water last evening. SEVEN [INJURED IN WRECK Great Northern Train Almost Hurled Into Columbia River. ‘Wenatchee, Wash., Feb. 15.—Seven persons were injured, three of them seriously, when Great Northern Train No. 4, eastbound, went into the ditch fifteen miles west of Wenatchee. The more seriously injured are: Charles J. Tegeler, head brakeman; skull frac- tured; D. K. Webster, mail clerk; Cor- win N. Wilson, mail clerk. The entire train was almost hurled into the waters of the Columbia river. Some of the cars were thrown off the embankment a distance of 100 feet, within fifty feet of the edge of the water. | The passengers were brought back to Wenatchee. TO PROBE COPPER MERGER Resolution by Clapp Questions Viola- tions of Sherman Law. | Washington, Feb. 15.—Investigation | of the so called copper trust is con- templated in a resolution introduced | by Senator Moses E. Clapp. The reso- | ition directs the attorney general to make inquiry concerning the relations | between the United States Metal com- pany and the Amalgamated Copper company and the Anaconda Copper company with a view to determining whether the relation does not consti- tute an unlawful merger in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The resolution was referred to the committee on the judiciary. BAND GONGERT TONIGHT Bemidji Musical Organisation Will @ive Special Program. This evening in the city hall the Be midji city band will give their Feb- ruary indoor band concert. The concert this evening &ives promise of being the best given by the organization this winter. Director Masten has secured two soloists who will take part on the program this evening, and he has also given the band several new se- lections which will be played this evening. Miss Mable Hanson, of Fertile, so- prano, will be a feature on the pro- gram. Sherman Berge, of Minneapolis, but who is now making his home in Bemidji, will sing. This will be Mr. Berge’s first appearance in Bemidji as a soloist. The attendance at the baritone, January band concert was the best of the con- certs given this winter, and it is hoped by those interested in the wel- fare of the band that an even larger crowd greet the boys in their effort this evening. Tonights program is as follows: 1. March—“The Two Bills”"— Wmn. Sweeney 2. Selection from “A Stubborn Cinderella”. ...... Jos. E. Howard 3. Patrol—“Of the Guards- men”..... ..F. H. Losey 4. Barotone Solo by H. S. Berge—“The King of the Vikings, Am I”..... H. S. Philips 5. Overture—“Light Calvary” SR ....F. V. Suppe What's the Mat- ter With Father”.....J. P. Lamp 7. Clarinet Solo played by H. E. Anderson—Comin’ Thru the Rye”... E. S. Thornton March—*“Universal Peace” ..J. P. Lampe 9. Soprano Solo by Miss Ma- bel Hanson—a. “But Why,” b. “Eecstacy” ............ .......... .. .Frederic: K. Logan 10. Selection from DeKaven's Comic Opera—“Robinhood”” ........... George Wiegand March — “The Canton- ians” .+..Russell Alexander 8. T0 GHANGE GONSTITUTION F. J. McPartlin Would Follow Feder- al Law in Swamp Land Sales. Reminding the legislature that Minnesota has administered her swamp land grant from the federal government in a way contrary to the terms of that grant, F. J. McPart- lin of International Falls wants a constitutional amendment submitted that will bring the state constitution in line with the federal act provided that the states receiving these grants should apply the proceeds, as far as necessary, “to the reclaiming of said lands by means of levees and drains.” In direct conflict with this, the Minnesota constitution, adopted in 1858, under which the state was ad- mitted, provided that the proceeds of swamp land sales should go, half to the school fund and half to the per- manent state institutions fund. The lands have been administered on that basis and the legislatures have fol- lowed the state constitution rather than the act of congres. The conflict between the two has been frequently commented upon, but no steps have ever been taken by the federal government to ecompel the state’s compliance with the terms of the grant. The state has spent money for drainage of these lands out of its own revenue fund. Mr. McPartlin says that there thought of attempting to secure any of the swamp land fund. for reclama- tion, but wants the constitution amended so the proceeds from swamp land sales in future shall go to de- velopment of tha_g region. is mo| HIGH SCHOOL TOHAVE NORMAL DEPARTMENT Held Last Evening—Sucoessful In Other Schools. STATE WILL GIVE AID OF $750 Will Be Of Much Benefit In Secur- ing Of Teaehers for Rural Districts. At the meeting of thé Bemidji Board of Education held last evening in the superintendent’s office in the high school building, a resolution was passed whereby a normal department will be placed among the educational advantagea of the Bemidjl schools. public The normal department is to be in- stalle@ next fall, and is for the par- pose.of giving the girls and boys of |the high school a chance to obtain | teachers certificates, for the fir'st and {second grades. It is expected that | many outsiders will take advautage :ot the course, In speaking of the institution of the department into the Bemidji schools, W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji public schools, this morning said: i “To establish a normal school de- partment here seems to me to be the best means of securing the result de- sired for the educating of high school Sfiperintendent Stewart, of the Bel- trami county schools, tells me that it was with a great deal of difficulty that he secured his teachers for the rural schools of this county last fall, he having been forced to go outside the county in several instances for teachers. “Thief River Falls, Warren, Grand Rapids, Park Rapids and Aitkin all have the normal department in con- nection with their high schools, and the result has been a grand success.” A high school student who has haa one year of high school may then take a year in the normal course and secure a second grade teaching certi- cate; while a pupil with three years high school work may take a years course in the normal. graduate from the school, and obtain a first grade teaching certificate. Any mature student may take the normal course, but it is the aim of the school board to have only Jun- iors and Seniors take up the work here. The state glves an aid to each high school of the state of $750, with the request that no class be started with less than eight students. It is very likely that the Bemidji class will be limited to fifteen pupils. Superintendent Dyer was instruct- ed to secure am instructor. Several land offers were consider- ed last evening in connection with the proposed agricultural department in the Bemidji schools. All offers were laid on the table for the time being. HOCKEY ~ GAME SUNDAY Crookston and Bemidji to Play Here For Championship. Arrangements are complete for the Crookston and Bemidji hockey game which is to played here next Sunday afternoon. Although defeated at Crookston several weeks ago the Bemidji seven are working hard and are of the opin- ion that they will be able to win the Sunday contest. There are but a few hockey teams in this part of the state, and the con- test Sunday will go toward deciding the northern Minnesota champion- ship. So Decide School Board at Meeting - _student.: for rural school -&% g