Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 17, 1911, Page 1

HISTOBICAL SOCIETY, VOLUME 9. NO. 322. REAPPORTIONMENT DEFEATED BY CON- TEMPTABLE TAGTICS Senate Slaughters Congdon Measure 27 to 37, But Governor Still Hedges on Special Sesssion. TONNAGE TAX BILL DEFEATED Influence of John A. Johnson Seen in: Death of Measure Originally Drawn By Henry Bjorge. . (By F. A. Wilson) Bemidji Pioneer St. Paul, party pledges; March Association, and blind to the demands of Governor Eberhart, the senate, shortly before seven last evening, killed the reapportionment| o’clock bill which recently passed the house. The vote was 27 to 36. 1\ The death of the bill came as a dramatic climax to the fight of a month which has been waged by the| woefully unrepresented sections of the state. | W. R. Mackenzie, who, as secre-| tary of the Northern Minnesota De-| velopment association, has been prominent in the work, today dic- tated for the Pioneer readers: [ “The probable defeat of the Cong- | don bill was known to its friends The means used to were in; most cases contemptable. A senator,i for some days. change friends of the bill, well known in northern Minnesota,; engineered the deal, and many| friends who “didn’t really want to lose their office were easily con-| vinced. One northern senator went back on his pledge to support the Congdon bill. The club of Tonnage tax was held members signed over northern Minnesota but they refused to yield, and stood by their guns. “The'fight on behalf of the friends of the bill was clean cut, and we have no regrets. My own personal regret is that any man living in the ninth district should have been guilty of treachery to his section.” Mr. Mackenzie's shot at the sena- tor well known ip northern Minne- sota was of course aimed at S. D. Works of Mankato, who at one time reapportion- ment, while the “northern Minnesota senator” mentioned by Mr. Macken- zie was Charles N. Martin of Barnes- who, despite signed approval of the Congdon bill, turned traitor to the measure at the last minute, and voted against it. Governor Eberhart today refused to make any public announcement as a result of failure of the bill but shows every indication of standing by his promise of reassembling the declared in favor of vill, legislature in case proper reappor- fails. To the morning papers Governor Eberhart said: tionment ~I am naturally disappointed over the refusal of the senate to recon- sider the bill. extra session The question of an| cannot be considered | at this time as there is not a chance ! _. | will be regular women members of for the senate to take action. 1 felt certain the bill would be defeated in! its present form, but that it would! be amended. “The pledged to reapportionment and 1 legislature is absolutely can see no valid excuse for a failure to carry out such a pledge.” While many members doubt that any practical result could be obtain- ed from the same senate, which has once turned down reapportionment, none appear to doubt the move of Governor Eberhart’s declaration as a last resort, an extra session will be called. As a matter of fact, the last glimmer of hope must now center in just such action for while it is true that two reapportionment bills still remain to be considered, and others may be presented, it is not seriously thought that the senators who voted against the Congdon bill, will vote for any sort of a reapportionment at the regular sewsion, Legislative Bureau | 7 { Hoven ana Works. 17.—Ignoring| deaf to the- pleas ofi the Northern Minnesota Development | Minnesota |~ | some of the states'to the west of us. | { \menlt during the afternoon. In a subsequent communication the Pioneer readers will be told of the actual death scenes of the Cong- don bill.. 3 Following ah effort on the part of Senator George H. Sullivan, of Still- water, to have the bill re-committed to the senate reapportionment com- mittee, final vote on the measure was taken as follows: { For the bill—Amann, Boyle, Che- adle, Denegre, Dunn, Dwinnell, well, Fossen, Froshaug, Pugh, Rustad, Sageng, | swanson, Wallace, and Wilson. ford, Benson, Carpenter, lague, Coller, Cork, C. F. and L. O. | ale, Donaldson, Duea,™ Duxbury, idlotzbaeh, Handlan, Haycratt, Klein, | Lende, McGrath; Marden, Noonan, i Murray, Nelson, Odell, Olson, Peter- ison, Poehler, Putnam, Rockne, Scha- | ler, Stebbins, Swanson, Thoe, Van-| * K X At the time the senate was killing| reapportionment the house was mur- dering the tonnage tax bill by a vote of 70 to 48. ‘This is the same meas- | ure that was passed by the legisla- ture two years ago, and vetoed by! Governor Johnson. Henry Bjorge was the author of the 1909 bill, while Frankson was father of the measure at this session. opposition to the bill was largely influentia in its death yesterday. x K X L. D. Brown, member from Little Falls, has to his credit the shortest bill yet presentéd to the legislature. Governor Johnson’s Yesterday he iptroduced a meas- ure with reference to financial state- ments about people or corporations. The entire bill is as follows: El- | Gunderson, | T..D. and -V. L. Johnston, Pauly, Saugstad, i Sullivan, G. H. and J. D. Sundberg, | Against tite bill—Anderson, Bed- | Cashman, | COMMERCIAL GLUB PLANS REGEIVED Thomas Johnson, Bemidji Architeot, Announces That He Will Begin Work Immediately. Will Comprise Large Parlor And | Billiard, Card and Stewarts Rooms With; Private Office. i This morning the plans for the new Commercial Club building were received by Architect Thomas John- son, and show that the club rooms i are to be modern in every respect. ed by Charles Nangle, on the corner of Third street and Minnesota ave- nue, and of which .the lower floor is to be used by him as a grocery store, is 256 by 90 feet. will be from Third street, and the rooms will be reached by a stair stewart’s and secretary’s room. The front portion of the building will be devoted to a large parlor, 238 feet. pool tables. There will be a card room 23 by 12 feet, and' a private “Every false, malicious and injur-| office for the secretary 12 by 13 feet. jous statement as to the financial| Directly opposite trom the card room condition of any person, partnership | or corporation shall be a mlsfiemean-j or and punishable as such.” 1 ) * x % | Erection and équipment of a plant | near Stillwater for the manufaeture | of dynamite, fuse and caps is propos- ed in a bill introduced by Senator Johnston, calling for an appropria- tion of $100,000. The product of the plant will be sold, excepting that which may be demanded by the state board of con- trol. - Convict labor, so. far as prac- ticable, will be used in operating the mant. * X X The spirits of some Northern Min- nesota members were somewhat ruf- fled when Representative Kelmer, in the discussion of the bill for an ex- periment in clearing twenty acres on each of ten forties, said that it ‘would cost $§150 an acre to clear the land and also that the reason that northern Minnesota did not get set- tlers was not because it did pot have the stumps cleared away, but be- cause it did not have the climate of As the statement was made during the roll call and in explanation of his vote, it could not be challenged, but it was the topic of some com- AUTHORIZES WOMEN POLICE| Bill Now Pending Before New Jersey Legislature. Trenton, N. J.,, March 17.—There the police force of every New Jersey city and town next year, if a bill pending in the legislature is passed. The executive committee of the Equal Franchise league has started a campaign in support of the bill and every woman’s club in the state will join the movement. The bill specifies that the women may be assigned for duty in dance halls, moving picture theaters, public parks, recreation centers, etc. KENYON LEADS IN CONTEST Comes Near Landing the Senatorship From lowa. Des Moines, March 17.—With the slipping of seventeen, many of them “standpat” leaders, away from Judge Deemer, Judge W. S. Kenyon leaped to the fore in the race for the senator- ship. A second ballot was attempted, but on the motion of Senator Dewolf, Democrat, the motion was defeated. It was predicted by the leaders of all factions that had a second ballot been taken Judge Kenyon would have been elected. He received sixty-five votes, twelve less than the necessary num- ber. will be the stewart’s room which will be 7 by 12 feet. There will be two toHetg. 3 The entrance to the commercial club rooms will be of white Bedford i stone and enameled brick. Large plate class windows will be placed in the front of the Nangle store, which will have a marble base. The store entrance will be from Third street. BAHN'S SKULL FRAGTURED Gotch Throws German Champion Over His Head. Chicago, March 17.—Frank Gotch, champion wrestler, last night threw Henry Bahn, known as Samson, the 260-pound German champion wrest- ler, so hard it caused a fracture of the German’s skull. Physicians at the match declared Bahn was seri- ously hurt. The men were to have wrestled for two out of three falls. After they had struggled seven min- utes and twenty seconds, Gotch ob- i tained a leg hold and tossed the Ger- man over his head. Bahn landed lon the back of his head unconscious. The match was awarded to Gotch, who later announced he had signed a contract to meet any_ wrestler in the world. Fashion Notes. nnd‘ Fashions of much note and merit can be obtained right in this city— right now; womens garments that are the essence of last-hour styles; correct t@ the last detail. Much in- terest is centered in the new arrivals from Ney York and Cleveland of ‘Womens spring now being shown first at Crane & Co. The famous:Crane & Co. suits in a world of latest fabrics and clever ideas are also here; garments so. noted for their beautiful lines and absolutely perfect fit. Crane & Co. suits re- quire the least (if any) alterations; a feature appreciated by most wo- suits men. to the lady readers of the Pioneer a cordial invitation to come in and ac- quaint yourself on the leading and latest authority in apparel spring. for Coming—1I! Trovatore, | BUILDING TO BE 25 BY 90 FEET| The building, which is being erect- | The entrance to the club rooms | which leads to a hall between the* which will be 18 feet 10 inches by Directly in the rear of the| parlor wil be the billiard parlor, | which is 33 feet 8 inches by 23 feet,! and is arranged for four billiard or‘ Crane & Co. have expressed to the writer a sincere desire to extendl : lup. ot Wi ington.” BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1911. GOMPLETE FEBRUARY TERM With Finish of flivil Cases Today ‘Petit Jury Exoused. | ! —_— Four civil -cases have been dispos- ed of in' district! court today, this! { bringing the Fel;ornl.fl term. to a‘l The case of Andrew Wold versus the Crookabon Lqmbar company, in which Wold is suing to recover some wages, he alleges is due him was completed this afterncon, and the petit jury was excused. ‘Court has been in session but a little more than ftwn weeks, with 'Judge C. W. Stanton presiding dur- ing the entire term, and during that , period 63 civil cases and ten criminal | cagses have been disposed of. Three men, namely, Gust Rachuy, Joseph Jenkins and Charles Stebbins ihave been convicted and sent to the | state penitentiary. | Gust Rachuy was convicted of a statutory crime and sentenced to a term of seven years, Joseph Jenkins, convicted of assault in the first de- gree was given' one year and Charles Stebbins convicted of a statutory crime was given 10 years at hard labor in the state prison. $00 CROP SPECIAL | This evening the Soo Line Crop ‘Improvement special will reach Be- il midji, after a tour of northern Min- nesota. It is generally understood that an exhibit is given in two of the cars of the special train. 1At 8 eibek in fi% eveming-a meet- Img will be held in the Crookston Lumber company reading room, on the corner of Beltrami avenue and Fifth’ street. Professor Wilson, of the sta.e agri- cultural farm will address:the meet- ing in regard to dairying and no one who is interested in either farming or dairying should fail to attend. “PIGS IS PIGS” AT MAJESTIC Ellis. Parker Butler’s Famous Story To be Feature Film, Ellis Parker Butler’s famous story of “Pigs is Pigs”, will be the feature film at the Majestic the balance of the week. It is a very good production of a story which has become a standard in the recent humorous productions of literature. “Trailed by an Indian,” is a West- ern drama representing a child stolen by two cowboys, and trailed by an Indian. The scenery through which the chase leads is well worth seeing. Admission 10c. nightly. “ Three = shows Doings in Municipal Court. Bert Tronnes and Carl Roodstad were arraigned before Judge Pen- dergast in Municipal morning on charges of drunkenness both were fined five dollars and costs, and paid _their fines. Frank Kylie and Ed. Carlin were arraigned for drunk and disorderly conduct, and were fined §15 and costs or thirty days in the eounty jail. Beorge Bass was found guilty of disorderly. con- duct and given a twenty day jail court sentence. TILLMA: .« FJOR HEALTH South Carolina Senator Admits Iliness Will Prove Fatal. Augusta, Ga., March 17.—Senator Tillman of South Carolina admits his illness will prove fatal and that he is only waiting for the end. | The senator was_ in Augusta and said he never would recoyer when he was told he was looking better:’ “I am weak,” he said, “and not able to do much. ~ T shall err recovei the' stroke which caused my. col IN BEMIDJI TONIGHT - “|and roads falls upon a few. this | family. .| return hundreds to the channels of SUPT, McGUIRE TALKS ON MINNESOTA NEEDS Experiment Farm Head Says North- eastern Minnesota Needs Roads, Drainage Schools and More : Settlers. ENTIRE STATE OWNS THAT MUCH Ten Million Acres of Land in Timber and Cut Over Section Abund- ant in Agricultural Pro- ducts. i “Reapportionment is not the only need of northern Minnesota and it is hoped th.at in the strife of this issue, other and more vital issues wil not be lost sight of in giving all sections of the state equal represen- tation, based upon population, sdid Superintendent A. J. McGuire, of the Northeast experiment farm, ‘in Farm, Stock and Home. “It per- tains to the southern part of the state as much as the northern. It {wil result in giving northern Min- nesota greater representation than it now has, but this in its self is mno remedy or relief for the burdens that are crushing the hopes and lives of thousands of settlers in the tim- er section of northern Minnesota. “It should not be necessary to in- crease the number of legislators in northern Minnesota to get justice from the rest of the state,” co tinued Mr. McGuire. “The state has derived its great shool fund (and perhaps the greatest in the world) from northern Minensota. The tsate timber-of northera.Minne- sota ‘added millions of dollars to the school fund of the state and yet to- day from sections in northeastern Minnesota, where this very timber was cut, there are struggling settlers that cannot afford a school for their ‘Why? Because the state holds large areas of land there, and this land pays no local tax, or tax of any kind. Because road build- ing is ten times as expensive in the sections and few roads make few set- tlers, “The burden of taxation for schools ‘When the state removes the timber for the benefit of the whole state is it any more than justice that the state should give ‘the cut over land some return for the timber in the way of children. agsisting the settler who must take the land and build roads through it at great expense and remove the stumps before a crop can be secured. “Roads, drainage, schools and| neighbors for the settlers are the real needs of northern Minnesota. Reap- portionment may be necessary to secure these but it should mot be. Not only should the state give greater assistance in the road build- ing, drainage and schools but it should clear and fit for cultivation a part of the land it sells. It is no gain to the state to sell a man a piece of land that has neither road or market, nor an acre of land ready for cro|; produetion. A man who tries to live on this land is a loss to the state and to himself and his Northern Minnesota needs more wagon roads, more school funds and more farmers. “These are needed now, be greatly aided by the present leg- islature. It -need be considered no act of charity. It is a business prop- osition. For every dollar invested by the state in development, the farm- ers following this development will and can trade. - “There are over -ten millions of acres of land in the timber and cut over sections of northern Minnesota as abundant in agricultural products as any like area in southern Min- nesota. It is largely unoceupied through lnck of roads, and lack of; confidence and support trom the rest of the state. Here and there a farm- er will hang on untll he gets the road and the' school ldvnnuge of elvfli‘nflon, ‘and ‘build up ~a farm which in productivenéss and profit cannot be excelled anywhere in the state, : i “Three hundred and fifty bushels of potatoes per acre, four tons of clover hay per acre are yieidl that the value of ithe sofl and these are land no better than millions lying idle. Northern Minnesota has pos- sibilities in agriculture second to no other section of the state, but due to the fact that the patural condi- tions there are hard to overcome, these possibilities aze slow in devel- opment. The help of the state is needed and it is time the state should realize that it is a matter of busi- ness and even a matter of justice.” DODGE SCORES AS NERO Many Enjoy the “Gladiator”—Will Play “Faust” This Evening. One of the largest audiences that have witnessed a production of any sort during the past year was pres- the “Gladiator.” “As Nero, the Roman Gladiator, Sanford Dodge portrays the part to perfection. “The love of contest and combat ‘springs eternal from the human breast,’ and last night i the arena scene, whergin the Gladiator was vic- sorloua, wherein moments of intense excitement, and admiration for the victor, Nero. “In fact, every moment from the beginning of the play until the cur- “{1ain in the last act were moméents of thrill and pleasure,” says the ‘Wichita Daily News, and the Pioneer | pgTees: Tonigth “Fauat” will be played, a play in which it Is sald Mr. Dodge far excels all other plays for which he has become famous &8 an actor of ability. ’ In speaking of “Faust” and Mr. Dodge the Nevada City Union says: “There was a packed house at the Nevada theatre last night to greet Sanford Dodge and his excellent com- pany in thejr elaborate production of “Faust.” This piece was staged here years ago by Lewis Morrigon, who ‘was' a noted actor, but the rendition by the Dodge company was even bet- ter than that of the Morrison com- pany. Mr. Dodge won a warm spot in the hearts of his audience by his clever acting and demonstrated that he is an artist of the top-notch class. There is a strong supporting com- pany and “Faust” proved interesting even to the most critical.” In a speech rendered between the acts Mr. Dodge paid a high compli- ment to the Bemidji orchestra under the direction of Harry Masten, say- ing that it was the best musieal or- ganization that he has had the pleas- ure of playing with this season. BAUDETTE TEAMSTER KILLED Employe of Lumber Concern Caught Between Logs and Cart. John Hussar, an Austrian, em- ployed by the E. A. Engler Lumber company of Baudette as a teamster, was killed early yesterday afternoon. He was hauling slabs in a dump cart to the river bank through a ra- vine slippery with ice, when he slip- ped, was caught between the cart and a pile of logs and crushed. Deputy Coroner F. E. Johnson was at once summoned, and the coroner's jury, upon examination, found that death had resulted from strangula- tion. There were a few bruises about the head. The deceased leaves a wife in Austria and has two broth- ers-in-law living in Baudette. Inter- ment took place today. I Irish Social Tonight. This evening in the basement of the Baptist chu:eh there will be g‘lvenvan Irish social. There will be 8 program and a short playlet en- titled “Burglars’s . * ent at the Armory theatre last eve-‘ ning and saw Sanford Dodge play | PRESENT GORPS OF TEAGHERS RE-ELECTED Board of Education at Recent Meet- ing Decide Instruetors Should all Be Returned. BICA GRALING TO TOUR EUROPE School Treasury in Splendid Condi- tion and A Debt of $9,000 Paid off In Past Year. _ At the recent meeting of the Be- midji board of education the present corps of instructors were re-elected for the year 1911-1912, without ex~ ception. It is expected that all but three or four will accept to return to Be- midji next year, and it has already been announged by Miss Rica Graling instrubtor of Latin and German in {the high school that she and her sis- | ter Eva Graling, who formerly taught Clogquet, will tour Europe during the coming summer and winter, thus leaving that important position open. The teachers have until a week from tomorrow to either accept or refuse the nomination. That the financial standing of the board was in unexpectedly good con- dition was made evident by the treasurers report, which shows that a debt of last year amounting to !‘6,000 has been paid, this being in the erecting of the new high school building, and also the building of a school at East Bemidjl which cost $3,000. It is expected that the financial standing of the board will-be in bet- ter shape at the end of the present school year than it has ever been in. The board expects to pay off $12,- 000 in bonds during the next year and have a sinking fund for the purpose. The Superintendent, W. P. Dyer, reported that there was a total en- rollment during the nionth of Febru- ary of 980, to a comparison of 960 the year before, and that there was a daily attendance of 897 to 865 the previous year. 1t was decided by the members of the board that for the present the establishing of an agricultural de- partment in connection with the high school work should be dropped. BAGLEY TO PLAY BEMIDJI Fastest Game of Season to Be Played Tomorrow Evening. Saturday evening in the Armory the basketball fives of the Bagley and Bemidji high schools will clash. The game tomorrow evening will be the last opportunity for Bemidji lovers of the sport to witness a con- test, and as the Bagley team is made up of five of Northern Minnesota’s best athletes the game gives promise of being a good one. The Bagley Midgets will play Be- midji seventh grade as a prelimidary and as both teams are made of boys 13 or 14 years of age the contest should be of unusual interest. The high school boys have ‘been practicing hard with the Bagley game in view, and as they realize that they are to meet a five that claims the state championship, and rightly does, they will enter inm the game full of fight. Larson, the Bemidji captain, who was not in good con- dition in the Grand Rapids game last week, and who is, when well, one of the best high school centres in this part of the state, is again in good condition, and ig expected to play an even game with the star Bagley man. Another feature of tomorrow’s contest will be the playing of “Red” Johnson, formerly of the Bemidji kigh school, and left tackle on the center and for Ba_zley. < here and who is mow teaching at - football eleven who will play guard