Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 9, 1911, Page 1

V]_‘ ; TN ILY PIONEER. VOLUME 9. NO. 315. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1911. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. that he had been running. As a matter of fact, the iron companies /08" DUNN IN ANGER pay more taxes to the state in pro- READY TO QUIT HOUSE sorcen o e sroners s ame other with the exception of the —_— \ | banks.” | D. P. O'Neill, in explaining his Carries on Losing Fight Against|ote in favor of the bill ‘being fur- Tonnage Tax, And Resents Insin- uation as to His Truthfulness. ther considered by the house, said | | he personally favored a tonnage tax | | but that he recognized the,fact that | !many of his constituents were op-| posed to it and that on the final vote | ihe should cast his ballot against the | measure, but that he believed all j measures should have a full, free dis- House Adopts Oregon Plan With |cussion. | The following northern Minnesota 'irepresentatives voted for the recom- ! mendation to indefinitely postpone! | the bill: Mattson, Bouck, Dr. W. T.| | Stone and Robertson. | _ _(BY F. A. Wilson) | XXX { Bemidji Ploneer Legislative Bureau St. Paul, March 9.—*If a majority! With but little discussion and the of this house believe I am a liar I'll| unprecedented action of a unani- not remain a member of this body | mous vote, the house, yesterday af- another hour,” shouted Robert | Dunn, editor of the Princeton Union | ters of Minnesota a chance to name and once upon a time a Republican | United States senators. The bill candidate for governor of Minnesota, | bears the name of Representative | Mr. Dunn, red with rage, was de-|Joseph R. Keefe of Redwood although | Representatives Clinton | Other members of the house had in- Robinson of Winona county andltroduced similar bills. The Keefe | Thomas Frankson of Fillmore county | bill is almost an exact copy of the| and at the same time was following| Oregon law. It provides that can-| up a vigorous condemnation of the|didates for the United States Senate | Johnson and Frankson tonnage tax |shall file, depositing a fee of $100, Dill. |their names with the secretary of| It all happened at yesterday's ses-|State 20 days before the primary Candidates for the legis-| DIRECT VOTE FOR SENATORS Every Member Present Being Re- corded In Favor of Measure. ©. | ternoon, voted in favor of giving vo- nouncing sion when the house overruled, by a|election. vote of 70 to 41, the recommendation | lature which body finally elects lhe% of the committee on taxes to indefin-| United States Senators, are to sign| itely postpone the tonnage tax bill, |either one of two statements, the Representative Dunn, as chairman of | first of which is an unequivocal‘ the house committee on taxes, urged | Pledge to vote for the people’s choice | the adoption of the committee report . for the federal senate while the se-| and took occasion to say some bitter|cond is that the people’s choice will! things regarding a yellow cireula.rgbe merely considered as a re00m~i bearing the names of Johnson and?mendation. There were 110 votes| Frankson which purported to be ar-!cast, sixteen members being absent. | * % ! i With Speaker Dunn as its author. a bill was introduced in the house,| guments in favor of a tonnage tox and one of the things contained in| the circular was an editqrial credit-| ed to the Princeton Union. Mr. Dunn was vehement in char- | yesterday afternoon calling for an| ! appropriation of $150,000 for a gym- | acterizing the alleged quotation as; nasium for girls at the university on ~a wilfully garbled effort.” and Mr.lmn“neso[& | A bevy of pretty co-eds Dunn emphatically denied ever stand- | were present and they applauded the ing behind the sentiment expressed, | mere introduction of the bill so voci- ‘.feruusly that gallant John Lennon,! ed indorsement of the Bjorge five Der | representative Minneapolis, eent tonoage tex hill. | arose and moved that the bill be giv- Do you mean to say that thelep jtg gecond and third readings and | Princeton Union never printed such | po placed immediately on its final an editorial as appears in the Cim“"passage. Despite the sweet smiles of lar?" queried Robinson of Winona. | (e girl students, there were cries of which, in a word, was an unrestrict- from ~Its a damnable lie,” thundered the Princeton editor, who then pro- duced the issue of The Union in Feb- ruary. 1907, and read from it to show that the extract given by the circular changed completely his tone of argument. Robinson was “from Missouri” on the proposition and de- When his s reached on the roll, he rose and said: manded to see the paper. name we and find that the circular is not a misquotation.™ Representative Frankson had also, despite the strenuous explanations of the Princeton representative, de- clared that the Princeton man had editorially indorsed a tonnage tax. These assertions as to his integ- rity and truthfulness angered Mr. Dunn as he hag not been angered for many a day and jumping to his feet, under protection of “I rise to the question of personal privelege,” he declared, in a voice that meant busi- ness: : “1 have virtually been accused by two members of lying. Now 1 want to tell you. one and all, that if a majority of this house thinks I am a liar, I'll not remain a member of this body an hour longer.” He could get no farther because of a burst of applause which continued for several seconds, a thrilling tribute to the high esteem in which the Princeton man is held by the house of representatives. = However, the house turned down his committee re- port and made the tonnage tax bill a special order for Thursday of next In denouncing the bill, Mr. Dunn said: “There is no demand for this bill except in the imagination of a few demogogic politicians. Two years ago, a man put in this same kind of a bill and had it passed. Last fall, in the great ninth district, he tried to go to Congress and when the votes » were counted he-didn’t even know week. ~I have read the editorial‘ {*No, No, it is too important a meas- | ure to rush through that way.” Then | some one suggested as an amendment to the Lennon motion that the bill | be given its second reading and ;placed at the head of general orders, | which means early consideration, and | | this was done. i KK | Practically every newspaper in the state is interested to the extent of { $100 in three bills given to the house ilate yesterday by Representative Spooner which seek to straighten out the tangle which has arisen over the ‘payment for printing last October, ‘]proposed constitutional amendments. | | Mr. Spooner succeeded in having the i bills placed on general orders and | this means that they will soon be | considered by the house and there is | scarcely any doubt but that the pay-| ! ment of the money will be authorized. | Representative Conley has a bill |in, making it illegal for an intoxi- cated person to attempt to drive an | automobile prescribing a punishment {of a fine of from $50 to $100 or trom | 30 to 90 days in jail for the first of- fense and the same punishment iori the second offense with the addition | that offenders may be disqualified | for driving an automobile for a per-| iod of one year. | * KX Reapportionment has again been delayed but a definite date for con- sideration by the senate has at last| been set. It has been made special | order for next Thursday. Doings in Municipal Court. { This morning in municipal court.} James Deacon was arraigned before Judge Pendgqrgast on a charge of drunkenness, and was fined $5 and costs or 10 days in jail. The defendant paid $3 and the sentence was suspended. {an average of past five years. EAU GLAIRE FAVORS COMMISSION PLAN Wisconsin City Mayor Has Nothing But Praise for This Form of Gov- erning Municipal Affairs. ELIMINATES PARTY POLITICS Method Was Offered by Old Council and Many Citizens Who Now Ap- preciate Situation. Yesterday Alderman K. K. Roe, who, together with several of Be- midji’s most prominent business men, is taking much interest in thel commission form of municipal gov- ernment for this city, received the following letter from Mayor Fleming of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which city has been under the plan for a short time: Eau Claire, Wisconsin, K. K. Roe, Esq., Bemidji, Minnesota. Dear Sir: Your letter at hand, and in reply will say that from study and exper- ience I am satisfied that better re-| sults in the administration of muni- | cipal affairs are secured for less mon- ey, under the Commission Plan than was possible under the old system of Mayor and twenty councilmen. The change to a non-partisan, sal- aried system permits simple, direct, prompt, public disposition of muni- cipal business, and this pledses and protects -the taxpayers. Below I submit a summary of some of the features and developments: The change to an organized, sal- aried system. It fixes responsibility; eliminates partisan politics; obtains respect for law and regulation; devel- opes and extends interest of citizens in plans and policies, transactions and affairs of the municipality; maintaining improved organization for business. Council meetings are regular, frequent, fully attended. Hearing and reports are prompt and thorough. Troubles and complaints are quickly adjusted. Care and economy in all lines. It presents the necessity, opportunity and incen- tive for officials to study, improve {and advance public interest. Owing to the adverse financial con- dition fixed against us by old council of Mayor and twenty aldermen, { which was not in sympathy with new plan, our tax rate this year is a little higher than that of last year, but is Citi- zens know and appreciate the situa- tion, and freely state they do not ex- pect much tax rate relief for at least another year. It is also understood that the rate does not fully measure i the results of administration, and we are fully justified in stating that the people are well satisfied with plan and the outcome of our ten months of administration. Trusting that this will assist you and regretting oversight in not an- swering your first communication, as we are always willing to give any possible information lines, I am along these Very truly yours, J. B. FLEMING, Mayor. {ROD AND GUN GLUB TO MEET| Bemidji Organization will Hold Meet- ing Tonight. There will be a regular meeting of the Bemidji Rod and Gun Club to- night at 8 o’clock, sharp, at Crother’s Hall. Business of importance and election of officers. - All members are urgently request- ed to be present. T. R. Symons, President. D. D. Miller, Secretary. Tae LANCUAGE STERILISER. Tue TEREE-SLEEVED POR STRAPHANGERS, 1T s s e aad our 3 - good umbselle ows s for the borrbwges —Morrow in Punch. COMMISSIONERS MET TODAY| Members of Beltrami County Board‘ In Session. | i This afternoon at 2 o’clock the Beltrami county board of sioners for the March session which in all probability will be a very | SHORE ODEL S e There is no business of special im- | portance to come before the body at |this session of the board, and mot! i much businesg will be transacted ex- | cept that a large number of bills will be investigated. All commissioners were presem.E this afternoon. commis- W. B. LUTZ VISITS BEMIDJI SUPPER TOMORROW EVENING Scandinavian Lutheran Church La- dies’ Will Dine Public. Friday evening, March 10, a supper will be served in the I. 0. O. F. hall by the Ladies’ of the First Scandinav- ian Lutheran church. Supper will be served from 5 to 8 o’clock, and an excellent menu has been prepared. A charge of 25¢ will be made for the' supper. The menu follows: | Fruit Soup Meat Balls Roast Pork I Mashed Potatoes Cabbage Salad Pickles. Baked Beans. Cranberries. | Fruit Salad Cheese Rye and White Bread } Coffee, Cake Big Fork Couple Married. Yesterday afternoon, in the Bap- | Reading,—“A Day at Niagara”— Soo Line Traveling Agent Here In In- | tist parsonage, Fohner Bjorge and! | Forrest Cochran were united in mar- | |riage by Reverend Robinson McKee. | | The young couple will make their | home in Big Fork. | ‘W. B. Lutz, of Minneapolis, travel- 5 ; ing agent for the Minneapolis, St. Paul, Sault Ste. Marie Railway is in the city today. Mr. Lutz is in Bemidji for the pur- pose of completing arrangements for the Soo Line Improvement Special which will be here next week, According to Mr. Lutz Professor Wilson of the State Agricultural School will be with the exhibit, to- gether with several other men inter- terest of Crop Car. STORM IS MOVING EASTWARD | Immense Damage Caused Along the Pacific Coast. | San Francisco, March 9.—After play- ing havoc throughout Central and Northern California by causing wash- outs, floods and damage to growing | crops, the storm of the last four days,| according to the weather bureau, has begun to break up and move eastward. The storm has been unprecedented in the velocity of the wind and the | heavy rainfall, | In several cities, notably San Jose, boats have taken the place of the GAMPAIGN FOR 600D SEEDS | ““r.conas™ siree o moin saa or. ‘;mm lands were submerged, result-| | ing in great loss. bi '\ Railroad traffic has been interrupted on every line in the northern and cen- h | tral parts of the state. i of Select Grain. | At sea the storm has raged with| | fury all along the coast from San Die} | o to Oregon. Forty familles were rendered home- Much interest is being manifested | less at Watsonville and the business by the Beltrami Elevator & Milling | POrtion of the town was under six feet company, of this city, in the com-| ol weter; 5 | paign for good seeds, and who have, ‘ REACHES AMAZ'NG FIGURE during the past two months been on ‘ ot | Total a still hunt for select grains to be ested in agricultural lines. Bemidji Company Has Five Carloads of American , Investinqnn in & Mexico. : | | New York, March 9.—That the total have together in their elevator five | of American dollars invested in Mex- |carloads of the following variety of | icO_Teaches the amazing figure of T % , . $1,500,000,000 was the assertion of grains: No. 169 blue stgm wheat; | gnanciers here. . maushure- barley; spring rye; Swed-! With the exception of the hardware | oats | trade, which is dominated by Ger- lmxms, the street railways and meat | packing, which are financed by Cana- | These grains were all grown on | dian and British capital, and the cof- | seed farms and on clean lands. fee indfish}'.y, Whi;:hliz a native con- cern, all lin - | - Samples of these grains can be. se- tfo!led by A‘;:rl?:an: HREy areigon cured by writing w’tpe\mimng com-| The American railway and mining pany. | investments are great and constantly An order was received’ today from increasing. Mexican ¢ompanies have headquarters in nearly every big city Grand Rapids for a full car load of | in the United States and the money seeds, and as the farmers in that | fOT their exploitation comes from the _ : .. | investing public of this country. 5 neighborhocd live within a few miles | qp o banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & of. the. State Experimental Farm tney 1 Co. is the financial agent of the Mex- know the _vfi‘ue‘ of good seed. i im-zovern-menh used for seed purposes, and they now | {ish- select oats; early Illinois | and white Russian oats. \day, March 22, should be public. [hisilectures, and the people of Be- LITERARY SOGIETY MEETS High School Students Held Interest- ing Program Last Evening. Last evening in the high school assembly room the Literary Society of the Bemidji high school held its regular-semi-monthly meeting. Over forty members were present. A short businesg session was held and then the program was given as follows: Dialogue,—“When I Was Young"— Dorothy Torrance Cathryn McGregor Claude Mclver Recitation,—“At the Country School” Hazel Hullet Recitation,—“Green Mountain Jus-| tice”— Alma Loitved Reading, “Miss Maloney on the Chi- nese Question”— Merle Methven| Violin Solo,— Leiner Skrivseth Recitation, #“Hard Times”—Ruth Miner. Recitation, “A Spring Idyll”—Mona Flesher. It was decided that the next meet- ing, which is to be held on Wednes- On that occasion a special program will be rendered and the general pub- lic is invited, SANFORD T0 LEGTURE HERE State University Professor Will Talk on “Venice and Venevian Painters” 1 Announcement was made this af- ternoon by W. P. Dyer, superintend- ent of the Bemidji public schools, that on Monday evening of next week Professor Maria Sanford of the Uni- versity of Minnesota will lecture here on “Venice and Venevian Painters.” Professor Sanford is known over the entire United States because of midji are indeed very fortunate in obtaining an opport'unlty to listen to him, The lecture will be given in the high school assembly room, and a small admission fee will be charged. Reach’s Guide Is Out. Reach’s baseball guide, the first welcome visitor of the season, is at hand. The Reach guide is unusually attractive this season, containing pic- tures of both the Philadelphia cham- pions and the defeated Chicago team, both individually and collectively, and is also well supplied with pic- tures of the minor teams of the coun- s : 3 FRANK VAN TASSEL JURY IS STILL OUT Jury In Assault Case Had Arrived At No Verdict At Late Hour This Afternoon. HAVE BEEN OUT 24 HOURS Fred Miller, Charged With Forgery, I8 On Trial Today—Rachuy Tak- en to Stillwater. At a late hour this afternoon no verdict had been returned in the Frank Van Tassel assault case. The jury was charged by Judge Stanton shortly before 5 o’clock last evening and have been in delibera- tion ever since. The case of Van Tassel in which he is alleged to have struck John Lehner over the head with a hatchet, has been on trial three times‘in district court, the first and second juries dis- agreeing and the third jury hag had the case under consideration for 24 hours. The case now occupying the at- tention of County Attorney Funkley is the Fred Miller forgery case, inm which the defendant is accused of having forged several checks in this city last month. Graham Torrance is defending Mil- ler. It is very probable the case will reach the jury this arternoon. Gust Rachuy, who was found guilty of carnal knowledge day before yes- terday was taken to Stillwater last night, where he will begin his seven year term in the state penitentiary today. WILL PLAY GRAND RAPIDS High School Basketball Quint to Meet Fast Range Town Team. Tomorrow evening in the Armory the high school basketball fives of Bemidji and Grand Rapids will clash. Grand Rapids has defeated some of the best teamg in this portion of the state and are coming to Bemidji tomorrow with a determination to win back the laurels they lost when they were defeated by the Bemidji eleven last fall. On the other hand the Bemidji boys, fresh from their victory over Cass Lake, will enter the game to win, and the fact that a Bemidji basketball team has never defeated a Grand Rapids quint will be a factor that will count largely in the out- come of the contest. Should Bemidji win the game and then defeat Bagley next week they will undoubtedly be in the running for the championship of northern Minnesota, although it now looks as 'though there would be at least three quints who could rightly claim that honor. In the Friday contest the wearers of the blue and white wil have their best lineup of the season in the game; Captain Larson, will be at centre, and as this player has out- played his oppogenm in all games played this year, it is more than like- ly that the Grand Rapids centre will have his hands full; at forward Be- midji will play “Rabbit” Bailey and Moritz, while rather light this Set are fast and understand the points of the game thoroughly; Coach Rob- inson will in all probability play Peck at one guard, while the other guard position will be taken care of by either Spencer or McDonald, either of which should be able to hold the “Rapids” forwards. Clerk of court Fred Rioda yester- day issued the following marriage license: g Lloyd Carlton and Gena plpn, both of Beltrami county.'