Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 21, 1911, Page 3

| ILLINOIS SOLONS INFISTIC BATTLE Senators Clash Over Refer-| endum Measures. REACHES POINT OF JAW Member From Chicago Resents Being1 Called a Liar by a Member From | Bloomington and Jumps Over Table | 10 Reach His Accuser—Combatants Separated Before Any Serious Dam-; age Is Done. | | Springfield, 111, April 21.—The reso- | ion providing that the question of | iative and referendum amendments | z0 the state constitution shall be sub- ted to a vote of the people was| pzssed in the senate, 49 to 0. = i Senator Frank H. Funk of Bloom- ington and Senator Walter Clyde Jones of Chicago engaged in one of most sensational personal encoun- | in the history of the Illinois legis- ure during a conference of Repubml lican senate members. Senator Jones charged Senator Funk with attempting to smother the initia- | tive and referenaum. | ‘You're a liar,” shouted Funk, as he | jumped over a table and struck Sen- ator Jones on the point of the jaw. Senator Jones whipped off his ses and made frantic efforts to e Senator Funk. | Immediateiy other senators became volved in the fray through their ef- to separate the struggling com- Senator Edward Beall of Alton| «dragged Funk back, while Senator Samuel A. Ettleson of Chicago threw rms around Jones and pushed him | corner of the conference room. GOMPERS AIDS MAIL CLERKS | Labor Leader Pleads for Lloyd Bill | Before House Committee. “Vashington. April 21.—Samuel Gom- | ers and Frank Morrison, presiden and secretary of the American Fed =ration of labor, respectively. ap-| peared before the house committee on reform on the civil service in advo- v of the lLloyd bill giving govern- nt employes the right to join lab+ ions. “he labor leaders submitted an ov ed by Second As t: st er General Stewart last March in ich it set forth that nizations among railway s were inimical to the interes the government.” ¥ Mr. (Gtompers asserted, had :n used as a threat to prevent mail ! from joining unions. He de-| ‘lared the department’s action was an | nfringement of the constitutional | rizhts of the clerks. The committee will make a thorough investigation. was lerks TRAMPS TO HAVE AN ORGAN “The Hobo News” to Be Issusd Weekly at St. Louis. St. Louis. April 2l.—James Eads How, millionaire hobo, has announced name of the proposed weekly nouthpiece of the “great army of the 1 hed.” It is to be “The Hobo | The first publication will bz | < | ad of asking at the back doors | lay 1. e £ handout of edibles the wayfarer | vill knock boldly at the front portal | of each rustic manor and offer the | edition of the Hobo News. ery member of the Welfare asso- intion is an authorized subscription | cent. A nickel will be asked for it nd there will be strong literary fea- “ures by Jack lLondon and others. B0TH VICTIMS WILL RECOVER and Wife Shot Down by Hus- band’'s Former Spouse. Chicago, April nd his Hannah, P ell My will re announcement Man 21.—Ge orge Weaver )t down in a Weaver, ac. | physi- wife ver' X-wite, over, of ing to ans. 1 With Mrs. Ella Weaver when she | dred the shots was Emil Huebner, ‘ormer husband of Mrs. Hannah Wea- er, when Mrs. Weaver was | ore or 5 married to lla happily 3 Weaver escaped, but| Heubner was arrested. —_— | Indians Urge Investigation. Washington, April 21.—A delegation | of Indians from the White Earth In-| an reservation, headed by a member | of the Beaulieu family, has arrived in Washington to urge an investigation | of the White Earth allotments and a | new roll of allotees. Their request is hased on the ground that many half- breeds, entitled to unlimited titles to| their allotments, have been listed | with fullbloods and have been given restricted conveyances of lands Judge Dies in Courtroom. Versailles, Mo., April 21.—W. H. Martin, judge of the Fourteenth j1- dicial district of Missouri, died sud- denly of heart disease in the coart- Toom W holding court here. He was sixty years old. His home was in Booneville, Mo. | clerks on Divis | sympathy WOULD MAKE IT COMPULSORY ‘ General Wood Wants Military Science Taught in Public Schools. | Washington, April 21.—Compulsory | military training was advocated by General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the United States army, in a speech at a banquet of the Sons of the Revo- | lution. General Wood considered the | American army in some respects inef- | ficient. He proposed that the public schools teach military science. An- other suggestion for improvement was | the shortening of the terms of enlist- ment in the army and militia, thus p | mitting the training ot a larger pro- | portion of men. MAIL CLERKS ARE INCENSED| | Asked Regarding Membership in the New Brotherhood. Grand Forks, N. D, April 21.—As a| result of a letter sent to railway mail | on 10 by Chief Clerk | McBride, in which the latter says that | he intends to put every clerk in the| district on record as to affiliation and | with the Brotherhood of ay Postal Clerks, one of the bit- terest shes yet experienced between the clerks and postoffice department at Washington has been stirred up. | government, it is clearly unlawful.” | GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES | Mr. McBride declares in the letter% that “‘as the obligation to brotherhood | means criminal conspiracy against the Duluth Wheat and Flax. ‘ Duluth, April 20.—Wheat—To arrive | and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.00; No. 1 Northern, 98 No. 2 Northern, 95@9%6¢; May, 97c; July, 977%¢c; Sept..| 91lc. Flax, $2.60. Minneapolis Wheat. | Minneapolis April 20.—Wheat— May, 964 @ Sept., 897%ec. 997%c; No. 2 Northern, 933 Agc; July, 973@97%c; | On track—No. 1 hard No. 1 Northern, 987% @993 Northern, 95@977%c¢; No. 4 @963 St. Paul Live Stock. St. Paul, April 20.—Cattle—Good 1o choice steers, $5.506@ 6.10; fair to good, $5.00@ good to choice cows and | heife: : veals, $4.50@6.00. | Ho! Sheep—Wethers, 1 $4.2 vearlings, $4.25@5.09; lambs, $5.00@ 6.00. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, April 20.—Wheat—May, 90%c; July, s @88c; Sept., 86% @ | | 50 Hogs—Light, $6.05@6.40; mixed.: Suoriety Bramd lthfi 87c. Corn—May, 50%@50%c; July,! 51%c; Sept., 521%c. Oats—May, 32%c; July, 32c¢; Sept., 31% @31%c. Pork— May, $15.47; July, $14.77. Butter—[ Creameries, 15@21c; dairies, 1‘5@18&! Eggs—13@16c. Poultry—Turkeys, l4¢; chickens, 13%c. MR. RENTER Have you ever stopped to think that every few | years you practically pay for the house you live in i and yet do not own it? Figure it up for yourself. | . Theodore Roosevelt says: “No Investment on earth is so safe, so sure, 8o certain to enrich its owners as undeveloped realty.” We will be glad to tell you about the City of Be- midji. and quote you prices with easy terms of Chicago Live Stock. Chiecago, April 20.—Cattle—Beeves, | $5.15@6.60; Texas steers, $4.60@5.60; Western steers, $4.80@5.75; stockers | and feeders, $4.00@5.70; cows and | heifers, $2 75; calves, $4.75@6.-| :‘_’;ggg fi“-i;‘_f‘f’!‘gh: payment if desired on some of the best residence 95@6.2 Sl;e,ep—‘ and business propertv in that rapidly growing City. Native, $3.00@4.70; yearlings, A letter addressed to us will bring you full particu- 5.25; lambs, $4.50@6.15. lars or if you prefer to see the property, call on H. 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