Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 19, 1912, Page 1

3] f i HE BEMIDJI et i, MINNESQTA REFORM IS URGENT DECLARES BONYNGE * Adoption of Uniform Banking Laws Sadly Needed Says Financial Ex pert Here. DEFENDS COMMISSION'S PLAN Believes Higher Monetary Standard is to Result if Scheme Proposed is Adopted at Once. DENIES ANY PARTIZAN EFFORT Emphatic on Point That Both Re-| publicans and Democrats See Good to Be Derived. Abouc 150 men who were present | at the City Hall last night were much impressed with a discussion of the currency problem by Robert W.! Bonynge, recently resigned as a mem- | | ber of tiie monetary commission, and| who urges uniform state banking| laws and who declares that if the | National Monetary commission’s re-| vised banking system is adopted there ultimately will be nation wide unitorm legislation. Thomas .J Burke, president of the Cowmercial lub, introduced Mr. Bonynge speaks to- ainerd. What Bonynge Said. “The plan of the National Reserve | assoclation permits membership by state banks ,providing they reach a ceriain standard,” Mr. Bonynge said. “This wi’" mean, if the association is establishba, that banks' themselves | will raise tkeir own standard so they can join the association and gradu- ally uniformity in the banking laws of the different states will come about, for the rules of ti¥ association will apply uniformity everywhere. ~As the standard required for mem- bership in the association is, as a rule, higher than the standards now enforced by the different states, the gradual voluntary raising of their own'standards by the banks will tend to in at required by laws of the Ponynge. Mr. night in Br I leforms Chief Aim. “Tha. one of the many results we l)elie‘ the new system will bring about, but it is not the immediate continued. “We are striv- form of our banking sys- tem, for the business of the country is erying for it. No one knows when an emergency like that of 1907 may arise—and that is just what we want to prevent. . “By that T do not mean we want any one, and Congress in particular, to take snap judgment on the plan suggested by the commission. I say ‘we’ because it is hardly more than a week ago since 1 resigned from the commission and I can’t get out of the habit. We want it studied careful- ly, and if any oen has any sugges- tions to make that will improve it we want him to make them, for we want as good a system as can be had.” The commission’s bill is now before the House and Senate committees, and before it is reported back feor passage further hearings will be h»l(l; in the . consideration of the hil]_: Though he made no effort to canvass the situation, and so does not know whether it will be possible to obtain action on the bill at this Congress, Mr. Bonynge believes its outlook is favorable. Both Sides Indorse Measure. “It is a non-partisan measure—it has been kept out of politics so far, and we hope it will continue to be,” he said. “The bill has the unani- mous support of the members of the commission, and that, to me, is one of the most remarkable things about it. There were six Democrats and nine Republicans on the commission, but there was no a dissenting vote, 1 don't know when that has happened before. “Because it is a non-partisan meas- ure. I do mot believe the fact the House is Democratic and the Senate Republican will hurt it any. Rather 1 think it will help it, for its non- partisan character can be continued more advantageously. “It is the omly monetary bill be- fore Congress noWw. Senator Newlands of Nevada has a plan where he would make each of ‘the forey-eight states a independent reserve association. In- stead of the fifteen districts with a POIIPPPPPROCOOOS ©® Man Who All But Capped Lid ¢ On Here, Has New “Dry” Job, © OB O R R R R R CRCRCR R R W. E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson who is actively engaged in temperance work as a private citizen, - Pussyfoot Johnson, who, as chief special officer of the federal Indian bureau closed many saloons in Northern Minnesota and who was blocked in his determination to make Bemidji a dry town by injunction proceedings on the part of liquor dealers here, and who recently re- signed from the government service| is continuing his fight against the saloons as a private citizen. The following announcement has; been received: “1he Presbyterian Committee Temperance takes pleasure in an- | nouncing that January 1st William E. Johnson, former Chief Special Of- ficer of the U. S. Indian Service, en- tered upon his duties as Special In- vestigator and Press Representative of this Committee.” Mr. Johnson is located at Laurel, Maryland. This is the first time that it has been possible to print a picture of Mr. Johnson. During his service for the government he would not permit a photograph to be taken. mission’s plan. But the trouble with his plan is there is no head to it, no co-operation. Perhaps it would be 'better to have forty-eight different heads than the present 7,000 but the commission’s plan is still better. Folk Scheme Criticised. “Former Governor Folk of Missou- ri has another plan considerably like that of the commission’s, calling for a reserve association, only he would have the president appoint the direc- tors and officers to take the associa- tion out of politics. It would seem plan would throw it right cs, and that is just what we have been trying to prevent. “I have seen very little criticism of the commission’s plan, not any of a detailed character. I did see an edi- torial in the New York Times attack- ing the plan because it gave New York but 10 per cent representation in the association, though it has 30 per cent of the country’s banking re- sources. Illustrates Safe Guard. “That illustrates how carefully the commission has endeavored to safe- guard the plan to prevent the cen- tralization of banking power that is so much feared and that exists at present. Now the smaller banks in flush time, send their extra cash into the reserve banks to earn the 2 per cent paid, and, because they may re- ceive a call any time for the money, these reserve banks cannot invest. this money for any length of time so they are compelled to loan it on the stock exchange, and consequently that is where the money is centralized. “No, I can’t talk politics—I'm up here on a non-partisan mission,” he answered laughingly to a question regarding the national political sit- uation. But he did comment on the trust situation and the policy that should be pursued, to this effect: For Non-Partisan Trust Policy. “That question should be ap- proached just as has this one of mon- etary reform, from a non-partisan standpoint. Polities should be kept entirely out of it. The business of the country is demanding some kind of constructive legislation—some- thing will have to be done. The Sherman law will have to be chang- ed. “I don’t know whether this Con- gress will be ready to act. The Sen- ate’s finance committee is now inves- tigating the question, I believe. Some]| business men are suggesting gover: ment control—I suppose the comm tee will look into that. given the question much study late- ly, and so I haven’t any suggestions to offer.” There will be a meeting of the Eastern Star tonight at Masonic hall. LRI R RO CRORCRORCR RO R X © QUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, ¢ 00000000000 060 0 The present demand for French champagne amounts to nearly 40,- 000,000 quart bottles a year. L Albert J. Earling, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Peul Railway company, is 63 years old tosf* day. . The Bureau Veritas of France un- dertakes to print each year the num- ber of merchant vessels lost at sea by all nations. . A mosquito census or survey -has Jjust been completed at Georgetown, British Guiana, where 2,500 back yards or premises were examined by health officials. * In the golden age of 300 peaceful years under imperial Rome crime al- most ceased, Gibbon says, because no man could escape the jurisdiction of Rome, for Rome then was the whole world. ® A notable feature of Spain’s cork industry. s the remarkable increase in the export of cork waste and shav- ings. As new uses are continually being found for cork the waste mat- ter is becoming more valuable. ® For six years a diver hag been en- gaged in an unparalleled task be- neath the walls of Winchester Ca- thedral, England, laying new founda- tions to replace the original work performed in the Thirteenth century. - Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, candidate for the Democratic | presidential nomination, visited Ann Arbor, Mich., today and was given an enthusiastic reception by the Wil- son club of the University of Michi- gan. . Mrs. John Wesley Sparling, who is accused of poisoning her 22-year-old- son and suspected of having caused the deaths of her husband and two other members of her family, was today given a preliminary examina- tion at Bad Axe, Mieh. = = i President Taft will attend three dinners in New York tomorrow even- ing, those of the Society of the Gen- esee at the Hotel Knickerbocker, the Bar association of the City of New York at the Waldorf-Astoria, and the New York Jewelers’ association at the Waldorf-Astoria. Al arrangements have been com- pleted for the conference and ban- quet to be given at Milwaukee to- morrow by Republicans favoring the renomination of President Taft. It is expected the rally will be attended by a thousand or more of the promi- nent party leaders of Wisconsin. . The 105th anniversary of the birth of General Robert E. Lee was cele- brated throughout the South today. In practically all of the Southern States the day is observed as a legal holiday. Banks and public offices were closed, and in most places the schools were opened only in the fore- noon to allow commemoration exer- cises to be held. - The original manuscript copy of America’s national hymn “My Coun- | personal property tax list, as being|Crookston, try "Tis of Thee,” written in 1832 by Samuel Francis Smith, is now in the famous Vatican library in Rome. At one time it was owned by David Pell Secar of Bridgeport, Conn., having been presented to him by the author. The Rev. M. Maher, while visiting Mr. Sera a few days ago, saw it and suggested that it be sent to the Vat- ican library. * Several hundred delegates repre- senting the postal and customs ser- vices and other branches of the civil government were present today at the opening in Washington of the annual convention of the United States Civil Service Retirement asso- ciation. The convention will last two days and will be devoted to a thorough discussion of the various bills now before Congress for a re- tirement system for the government employes. . President Taft last night commut- ed to expire immediately the 15 year sentence for violation of the national banking laws under which Charles W. Morse, the New York banker, and “ice king,” served two years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. The commutation sentence which - | gives Morse his complete freedom, but which unlike a pardon, does not re- 1 haven’t|Store his civil rigths, was -granted upon the recommendation of Attor- ney General Wickersham and Sur- geon General Torney, U. S. A. Ac- cording to the surgeon general’s re- port to the president on his condi- tion, Morse could not live a month longer in confinement, and even with natjonal head ag provided in the com- Please be present. Mrs. Geo. Kreatz, liberty he probably would mnot Ii six months. G BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19 1912. Secretary’s Report Shows Association Has 56 Members; Lost Fight With Legislature Reviewed. Long Prairie, Minn,, Jan. Editorial association, which opened a two days’ session this afternoon. The feature of the afternoon was ledge in which he calls attention to the fact that the association has grown from a membership of eight to 56, and adds: bers. Of the 60 who have joined, four of the brothers have written ward. Those who have died are: “C. J. Pryor, manager of the Bemidji Pioneer, an business associate of the secretary hereof. “A. W. Sheets, the veteran owner of the Todd County Argus. Transcript. na Pioneer-Journal. “President Wwere appointed, at the meeting held \EDITORS AT LONG PRAIRIE ¢ B=tow- HERE Last mGHT ‘30’ and have gone to their last re-|from Bemidji. Knutson and myself |egg. But Promised Rise in Temperature Appears and is to Continue. Government thermometers regist- ered 24 degrees below zero last. night jand early this morning. When the sun rose the mercury did likewise, and at noon it was well above the zero mark.- At 4 p. m. it had slid FAVORS IMMIGRATION Pmivs back of neighborhood of zero mark and -according to the forecast will not get much below there tonight, while tomorrow if the prophesy 19.—|comes true, the highest temperature (Special) —Many editors from North- | for nearly a month will be recorded. ern Minnesota are here to.attend the |Seasonable temperatures are reported it : e T 3] meeting of ke Northern Minnesota severe storms have taken place ith- | posds-of-the eountry -and no- in the ‘past 24 hours. the annual report by Secretary Rut-| SEMIDII LOSES TO CROOKSTON Team Drops Hockey Game 7 to 0 and Misses Train Home, By a score of 7 to 0 the Bemidji “All told, we have had 60 mem-|HocKey team went down to defeat in the Crookston rink last night. Nor was that all the bad luck for the boys The game was called at 8 o’clock but by the time it had formerly business|been finished and the team had its paraphernalia ready to return, the 10:20 p. m. train had left so that the boys from Bemidji did not arrive in the city until noon today. The game was an uneven contest, the Crook- “E. M. LaWond, of the Little Falls|ston boys making 5 scores in the first half and two in the second, and suc- “Charles G. Eastman of thé Wade- | cessfully blocking Bemidji’s effort to avoid the embarrassment of a goose It was too cold for good hockey playing and the Bemidji team was at Staples, last January, as a com-|handicapped by the Crookston rink mittee to do all possible to have a|which is much larger than the one bill passed by the legislature requir-|on which they had been practicing on ing the official publication of the in- Bemidji. The Boyd, line-up follows: goal; . Hanson, desired by the readers of the news-|point; C. Nelson, cover point; Fisher, papers and a help to all taxpayers. rover; Herbert, center; Carlson, right “I was at that time a clerk in the|wing; M. Nelson and Peterson, left house of representatives, your committee. act jointly with us. the Hutchinson Leader (a social member of this association) and my- self met with the printing commit- having the bill progressed. Later, kill the measure entirely, but we managed to have it resurrected and forwarded nicely in the senate. “It was different in the house, Gazette, was in charge ‘of the bill. Despite every effort of the committee, and was ‘sidetracked’ for other meas- jures of more personal value to the closing hours was never reached on the calendar, going into oblivion with measures that a turbulent legislature failed to consider properly. “T would suggest that this associa- tion co-operate heartily with both the State = Immigration Department of the Northern Minnesota Develop- ment association, as well as contin- uing the friendly relations that have always existed between the editors and the development association, as our aimg and purpeses must neces- sarily be mutual.” = - and the|wing. Bemidji: matter ~was pushed vigorously by |rushia, cover point; The State Editorial | Ingelbert, association appointed a committee to | wing; LaBonty, left wing; timekeep- Carlos Avery, of |ers, Crookston, Mills; Bemidji, Bod- however, where Representative Moyle Edwards, editor of the Breckenridze the bill slumbered most of the time members of the house, and during the the hundreds of ~other meritorious Scarrot, goal; De- Glven, rover; center; Newton, right in; referee, Dr. J. F. Boles. tee of the senate and succeeded in TO PLAY BAGLEY NEXT FRIDAY however, there was an effort made to | Bemidji Basket Ball Team Also Plans Other Match' Games, Bemidji may yet play out a part of her long schedule of basketball games, if the plans of Manager Ryan and Coach Robinson carry. Although it is not possible to get a place to play downtown, the team is planuing on playing in the High School gym- nasfum. Since there is. not room enough there to seat a large crowd, only teams whose expenses will not. be great can be played this season. There is room on ‘the sides of the gymnasium to place about 115 chairs without crowding, and if all these seats are filled enough can be taken in to pay the expenses. Bagley, Fosston and other near-by teams will be invited here to play. The first game probably will be played a week from today against Bagley. Practice will begin next Monday. " The line- up probably will be, center, Peck; forwards, '~ Bailey . and Elletso: guards, Ryan and Ripple. -Lester Achenbach, Don Shannon and both George and Fred Graham are 1I FERRIER TO HAVE LIBERTY Young Man Held in Connection With Sparring Match Death Has Bail Bonds Ready. ATTITUDE WINS HIM FRIENDS Leslie Ferrier, the Spooner young man held in-connection with the ‘match on New Year's night, returneq yesterday to Spoomer. Judge B. F. Wright of the district Jbench is ‘at present in Spooner and Ferrier's friends have prepared bail bonds. which they will present to Judge Wright and as soon as they are approved by the court, Ferrier will be released, and will have his free- dom at least until the grand ju meets here February 27. & Ferrier, who is only 19 years ‘old, is largely looked upon as the victim of circumstances and while techni- cally he may be guilty of a crime, many persons belief it would be an injustice to punish him to anything like the full extent of the law. Since the death of his sparring op- ponent, Ferrier has conducted him- self in a way that has gained him many friends. He had an excellent opportunity to become a fugitive if he had so desired but he not only re- mained in Spooner but insisted on at- tending the coroner’s inquest. It would have been a simple mat- ter for Ferrier to have slid across the line into Canada where his extradi- tion would have been a difficult mat- ter under the circumstances but in- stead of doing this he promptly pre- sented himself when he learned that a warrant for his arrest had been demanded following the coroner’s in- quest. ALL SHEVLIN MILLS TO CLOSE Wheels to.Stop Out of Respect to Lumberman All of Saturday. From Minneapolis and Chicago to the coast, in Canada and the United States, every activity of the various Shevlin companies will cease for the entire day Saturday, which is the day of the funeral in = Minneapolis of Thomas H. Shevlin. The order is- sued today from headquarters in Min- neapolis applies to the Shevlin-Car- penter Lumber company, the Shev- lin ,Carpenter & Clarke company, and to all the allied organizations. The two offices in Minneapolis, those in Chicago and = Winnipeg, the retail lumber yards in the twin cities and ‘Winnipeg, Crookston, Fargo, Grand Forks, through the Dakotas and Can- ada; and the. eight manufacturing plants at Crookston, Bemidji, Frazee, Cass Lake, Spooner, Rainy River, Fort Frances and at Libby, Mont., will all shut down. The January meeting of the Faculty Woman’s club at the university Saturday, will be omitted. 5 {Thomas L. Shevlin and H. C. Clarke are expected to arrive in Min- eapolis with Mr. Sheylin’s body from Pasadens, tonight or Saturday )i;tpml & SR " death of Carl Anderson following a | TEN CENTS PER WEEK. NO CHARTER CHANGE Time Limit for Required Publication Expires But Special Vote May © Bemlt, 'COMMISSION PLAN TO BLAME Pending _lnvufigatinn By Commercial Club, Suggested Amendments are Held Up. 5 JOHNSON OUT FOR COUNCIL To Oppose Alderman Klein With Wa- ter Department Reform as His Campaign Cry. Proposed amendments to the char- ter as offered by the charter commis- | sion will not be voted on at the com- {ing general election. The time limit for making the re- quired publications has expired. “There has been so much talk about the Commercial club taking up the commission plan form and other things that the course to be taken by the commission has not definitely been decided upon,” said City Attor- ney P. J. Russell this afternoon. Must Be Published Month. The law requires that changes to the city charter must be published in three English newspapera four Weeks before the date of election. The charter commission had form- ulated certain changes, among them the proposal to extend the term of office for mayor to two years and the term of office for alderman to two years, each to receive remuneration. At present the aldermen serve two years and the mayor is elected an- - ally ‘and nefther receive pay.. - Like Commission Plan. Also the proposed changes sought to establish a park commission but as this falls directly in line with the commission plan, it is one of the rea- sons why the previous determina-- tion to submit the suggested changes at the coming general election on Ferary 20, has been abandoned. i TFive Men Investigating. At present there is a committee of five appointed by the Commercial club investigating the working of the commission plan in other cities and it will make a report as soon as pos- sible. It is then proposed to take up the question with the charter commission and if a decision can be made regarding the changes to be favored, a special election will be called. : Candidates Fearless of Change. Under the present conditions per- sons elected to office at the coming general election will have no assur- ance that by this time next year the city government will have under- gone a complete and radical change. Nevertheless this.does not deter candidates from coming forward. Al- ready there are four candidates in the field for mayor: George Kreatz, William McCuaig, F. M. Malzahn, and John Gibbons, and it was rum- ored today that Matt Phibbs would Join the merry crowd, but to the Pio- neer Mr. Phibbs said: = “Not me. I've troubles encugh of my own.” Johnson Out for Council. A new candidate for alderman in the first ward came out today, C. G. Johnson, whose principle campaign plank will be “reform in the water department.” Mr. Johnson will op- pose William Klein, who at present is a member of the council. “At least 25 business men came to me and urged me to make the race,” said: Mr. Johngon, “so I decided to do it for I believe the time is ripe for a little fearleés work by some member. of the council.” TO DEDICATE UNITED SCHOOLS E M Phillips - Tells of Plans for Koochiching Consolidated Distriots. Four new - consolidated rural schools in Koochiching. county will be dedicated next week by E. M. Phillips of the state department of public instruction. They are at Big Falls, Northome, Birchdale and Lo- man. The school buildings are equipped: with ‘the appliances of the most up-to-date city schools. Though they are not large; the two at North- ne and Birchdale b ATCOMINGELECTION -