Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 1, 1912, Page 1

VOLUME 10. NUMBER 3. - HARVESTER SUIT FILED YESTERDAY Government Asks For Injunction Re- straining Defendants From In- ter State Commerce. SUBPOENAS RETURNABLE MAY 6 Pleading May Be Entered Any Time Until June 6-Trial May Be In October. PROMINENT MEN iMPLICATED Are Well Known in the World of Finance, But Say Anti-Trust Law Not Violated. St. Paul, May 1.—Joel M. Dicksy, assistant United States district attor- ney, at 9 a. m. yesterday morning filed the suit of the government against the harvester trust in the] United States court. Immediateiy thereafter, Mr. Dickey went to Min- neapolis and saw Judge Willard in chambers asking that the power of subpoena be extended beyond th> state. The order was granted. The financial and covporate world has been expecting the filing of this suit for some time as it comes after a five year period of investigation by the government of the trust and its methods. The suit was filed by th» assistant attorney as Mr. Houpt is in Washington conferring with officials of the department of justice as to the prosecution. Subpoenas are made returnable va Monday, May 6, and the defendants will have until June 3 to enter theiz pleadings. It is believed that the case will come for trial in the Oc- tober term of court. The govern- ment asks for an injunctien barring e products of the Interndtional Harvester company or the Interna- tional Harvester company of Ameri- ca, its selling agency, from interstate commerce. It is also suggested that if the court believes public interesis would be better served that a receiv-; er be appointed for the company. The government alleges that tle harvester company controls nine‘.y; per cent of the trade in the United| States in harvesters and binders, enty-five per cent of the business in| mowers and fifty per cent of the busi- ness in binder twine. In some sec-| tions of the country, the company is/ said to have a complete monopoly. ft is said to do thirty per cent of the total business in all agricultural ma-| chinery. Following are the corporations and individuals made defendants: International Harvester company. International Harvester company of America. International Flax Twine company. Wisconsin Steel company. The Wisconsin Lumber company. Illinois Northern Railway company The Chicago West Pullman and Southern Railroad company. Cyrus P. McCormick. Charles Deering. James Deering. John J. Glessner. William H. Jones. Harold F. McCormick. Richard F. Howe. Edgar A. Bancroft. George F. Baker. William J. Louderback. Norman B. Ream. Charles Steele. John A. Chapman. Elbert H. Gary. Thomas B. Jones. John P. Wilson. William L. Saunders. George W. Perkins. Cyrus P. McCormick says the anti- trust law has not been violated. Big Cathedral at Nation’s Capital. Washington, D. C., May 1.—Emi nent prelates and laymen of the Epis- copal church throughout the country assembled in Washington today for the formal opening of the Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy Nativity. The services, which will continue the en- tire week, were opened with a ser- mon, this morning by Bishop Tuttl2 of Missouri, the presiding bishop nf the church. The Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy Nativity is to be a part of the Na- tional Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, the great Episcopal church edi- fice which is rising on Mount St. Al- bans, is one of the suburbs of the na- tional capital. The cornerstone of the edifice was laid several years ago by the bishop of London.” When com- pleted the cathedral-i§ “expected to surpass in size and*¥agiificence any similar edificeim America, with the exception of thé Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York city. ireceive will be $9 each from the gen- R RO R R RO R R R R R ] ® CURRENT EVENTS. © PPOOOOOOOOOOOOO Used Other's Money. B. F. Stewart was yesterday placed under $500.00 bonds to appear before the grand jury next September, hav- ing been arrested on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Lue Gibson ol Redby. It is alleged he converted to his own use $75.00 sent to him by Mrs. Gibson to pay her taxes. . National Road Subsidies. Washington, May 1.—The House yesterday aided the national good roads movement by passing a provis ion in the postoffice appropriation bill which would grant a subsidy :o all highways used in the rural free delivery mail service. These. roads would be divided in three classes with subsidies of $25, $20 and $15 a mile. It is estimated the cost to thz first year would be $16,000,000 to $18,000,000. Pay Day for Indians. Monday and Tuesday the Indians of the Red Lake agency received their annual payments ior the Thief River lands. These lands consist of eleven towns which were sold by the government and the money put in a fund payments from which are dis- tributed over a series of years. Ths payment at this time was $48.15 per Indian. The next money they will eral Chippewa fund which will be paid this fall. = Will Build on Star Island. H Cass Lake, May 1.—Special—Citi- zens of Cass Lake of their own voli- tion, have come forward with assi ance toward building a new two- story hotel, twice the size of the old one recently destroyed on Star Island. The new one will be ready for occu- pancy before June 15th, 1912. The new hotel will be known as “Star Island Inn.” Had the old Hotel not burned, it would have been openedl May Ist, as it was booked for capa city from that date. . North Dakota Men Coming. Minneapolis, May 1.—Minnesota La Follette men are beginning to worry ‘about the expected visit of their candidate to Minnesota. He has given assurance that he will come be- fore the primaries and his Manager Walter L. Houser, has announced that four or five days will be given to the| state. But Senator La Follette is campaigning in California, which does not have its primaries until May 14, and no word has been received from him lately. Geo. S. Loftus is going this week to Fargo to confer with H. N. Tuck- er and other North Dakota La Fol- lette men, and arrange for a cam- paign tour of the Ninth district by North Dakota speakers. District Convention Places. The Republican caucuses will bhe held May 7 in Beltrami county and all county conventions will be held May 13. The aistrict conventions are set for May 15 and the state conven- tion will be held at Minneapolis May 16 at noon. The places selected for the district conventions and the men who will call them to order are: First—Rochester, J. M. Diment, acting district committee chairman. Second—Mankato, C. L. Benedict, district chairman. Third—Farmington, Geo. J. Brad- ley, chairman. Fourth—St. Paul, George F.. Dix, named by state committee. Fifth—Minneapolis, Erie D. Luce, chairman. Sixth—Brainerd, Alvah Eastman, chairman. Seventh—Willmar, V. B. Seward, chairman. Eighth—Hinckley, J. Y. Brecken- ridge, chairman. Ninth—Thief River. Falls, Petterson, chairman. . John Methodists Convene in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minn.,, May 1.—In- terest in Methodist church circles now centers in the twenty-sixth dela- gated quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, which was begun in this city today. At the first sitting, which began at 10 .0’clock and lasted until noon, the formal ceremony of the opening were gone through and organization was effected, leaving everything in readi- ness for the vast amount of business {to come before the body for disposi- [ tion. Bishop Henry W. Warren of Colorado, the senior bishop of the Iehnrch‘ called the assemblage to or- der and delivered the opening atlv‘ dress. There are accredited to the| conference upwards of 800 delegat~s, who, with the fraternal visitors, come | from all parts of the world and rep- resent more than 3,000,000 communi- cants. Two of the delegates that at- tracted much attention at the initial isession. were Miss Italia Garibaldi, a granddaughter of the Italian libera- tor, and Dr. Li Bi Cu, a famous phy- sician of the Fukien Province of China, BASEBALL The box soore of Ameri- can Assoclation games will be_posted on the Pioneer bulletin board, ocorner Fourth and Beltrami, eaoli day as fast as they come in by telegraph. BASEBALL RESULTS TUESDAY. American Association. Indianapolis 10, St. Paul 1. Louisville 7, Minneapolis 7, called. Toledo 4, Kansas City 6. Columbus 7, Milwaukee 2. American Leagie Philadelphia 1, Bostoa 6. Chicago 3, Detroit 4. Cleveland 8, St. Louis 3. New “York-Washington game post- poned—rain, National League. Cincinnati 7, Chicago 5. Boston-New York game postponed —rain. Brooklyn-Philadelphia game post- poned—rain. i * ; BASEBALL STANDIN : American Association. Won Lost P.C. Columbus . .14 4 778 Minneapolis . .10 5 667 Toledo . ....,e:: 8 T 563 St. Paul .... 9 8 529 Kansas City . 8 9 471 Louisville . 6 8 .429 Milwaukee . :.... 5 10 323 Indianapolis . ..., 3 13 138 National League. Won Lost P.C. Cincinnati .10 3 7T New “York . 8 3 727 Boston . . [ 500 Chicago . 7 417 St. Louis .. 7 417 Pittsburgh . 7 417 Philadelphia . 7 364 Brooklyn 7 364 American League. - Won Lest P.C. Boston 3 750 Chicago . 4 W14 Washington . 5 845 Cleveland . 6 52§ Philadelphia 6 .500 Detroit . 9 409 St. Louis 9 .357 New York . 9 .182 Gophers Receive Isignia. Minneapolis, May 1—President George E. Vincent of the University will follow the time-honored custom, always regarded by President Emeri- tus Northrop, of presenting athletic insignia-to the members of last year’s football team, when he gives the Min- nesota letters, watch fobs and blank- ets to fifteen members of the squad on Friday noon at chapel at the uni- versity. Last . fall the Minnesota board of athletic control ordered the letters presented to fifteen men, and President Vincent will attend to the matter personally at the time desig- nated. Besides the gold letters to be placed on maroon sweaters, the men receive gold footballs on a silk watch fob, engraved with their names and the record of the eleven. Players who are granted an “M” for the first tima are also presented with a large mar- oon blanket bearing a gold “M.~’ Those who have won their blankets in former seasons will be given a gold star to be placed in a corner of the blanket. Eight choosen ones are to get blankets, this being their initial season on the Var- sity eleven. Wallender, Tobin, Alds- worth, Hayward, Ralph Capron, Me- Almon, Elder and Reub Johnson are the eight, .while Captain-Elect Mor- ell, “Biggy” Robinson, Harry Pow- ers, Leonard Frank, Lucius Smitk, Rosenwald and Stevens were the vet- erans. ®®®©®@®®Q®O@0§ ® e © Calendar of Sports for Today. © POOPPPCVWOQVOOO®O® ‘Wednesday. Opening of second annual National Capital horse show at Washington, D. C. Jimmy Perry vs. Charley Kennedy, ten rounds, at Chattanooga, Tenn.. Tri-State Baseball league opens its season, with Johnstown at Altoona, York at Harrisburg, Lancaster at Readings and Wilmington at Tren- ton. Central Association of . Baseba!l clubs opens its season with Muscatine at_Keokuk, . Ottumwa at Hannibal, Kewanee at Monmouth and Galesburg at Burlington. " Wisconsin-Illinois Baseball league opens its season, Madison; Appleton at Rockford, Wau- sau at Aurora and Green Bay at Pa- cine, = 3 of the fifteen|" with Oshkosh atf DEFECTIVE SOIL EXPERT SURPRISED Professor Willard Had No -ldu of the Number of Farms In Vicinity of Bemidji. SPECIAL * HERE ~ TWO DAYS ‘W. H. Gemmel, D. D. Tenney, and D. E. Willard were in the city Mon- day looking over the soil of Bemidji and vicinity. Professor Willard: is the soil expert of the Northern Pa- cific railway and had mever been in this county before. - He expressed himself as being surprised by the large number of farmg which have been made out of the c§t-over lands. During the day he vistted Schroed- er's farm and also the] High school farm near the fair grounds. The Northern Pacifid’ and Minne- sota and International’roads are to run a joint agricultural special over month and the first of June. special will be showing modern machingery, different kinds of soil, good 4nd bad seed, methods of testing, etc. ' Sieepers will also be provided for a:nymber of lec- The It will be the endeavor of those in charge of the train to show the farm- {ers-that it is to their advantage to use good seed even tl 5 more primarily. The special is sched- uled to be in Bemidji Saturday and Sunday, June 2:and 3. NEW MACHINERY DISPLAY. | A. B. Palmer Constructs Show Ground On Third Street: A. B, Palmer has constructed an outdoor show room for machinery, using the lot on Third street oppo- site the Palmer store. The machine- ry display consists of heavy hard- ware, feneing, gates, etc. It is an improvement fo the street as former- ly the space was used as a’dump and Tt That struck the eye: Mr. Palsi- er states that owing to the large number of settlers that have been coming to this vicinity of Bemidji this year, sales in machinery have been exceptionally good. American Irish Historical Society. South Bend, Ind., May 1.—Many persons of prominence wWere in at- tendance today when the American Irish Historical society opened its an- nual convention at the University of Notre Dame. Thomas S. Lee of Prov- idence, R. 1., president-general of the society, called the gathering to order and President Cavanaugh of the uni- versity welcomed the visitors. The sessions will continue several days. Parody Stricken Out. ‘Washington, May 1.—Because of criticisms of his recitation in the senate of a political parody on the “Apostles’ Creed” last Tnursday, Sen- ator Willlams of Mississippi has or- dered that the parody be struck out of his speech in the permanent cop- ies of the Congressional Record. Sen- ator Williams expréssed astonishment at what he said he regarced as a mis- construction by many Christian peo- ple. their lines during the last of this| composed of cars|’ turers ‘who will make the trip and|] | &ive talks at each stop.: an unsightly billboard was the first|_ Ambassador Bryce on World Tour:;, He May Retire From Diplomacy. James Bryce, British ambassador to the United States, accompanied by Mrs. Bryce, has just started on a round the world trip, which will include & visit to Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Bryce will visit these countries with a view of completing his work on the historical and political features of both. Although not officially stated in London or at ‘Washington, it is believed that Mr. Bryce is retiring from diplomacy to_devote the remainder of his life to the literary career interrupted by his appointment to Washington. _— MAJESTIC REMODELED. Ready to Open Thursday Night With | Special Attractions. Completely remodeled and decorat- ed, the Majestic theater will open for business again tomorrow night. Asaj| special feature for the evening, Mr. Sherman Berg has been engaged to sing two numbers and extra good films have been secured. It was geveral weeks ago that Man- | ager Woodmansee first contemplat~i changing his house in order to have! additional seating facilities. As the changes would have to be made while the front of the theater was opened, ‘he deferred his action until warmar weather. He decided to install a new picture booth when making the other changes. As the theater now stands, it is one of the best in the northwest. The room has been lengthened giving aa additional seating capacity of eighty-| four, boxes have been installed on both side aisles, and a new all-steel fireproof booth has been built in over the front entrance. The side walls have been repapered and. decorated with large pictures. Four direct ex- its have been provided so-that the entire house can be easily emptied in one minute and a half. * DBAD FROM CARBOLIC ACID, Lumberjack Com.m}tted Su'iéi(ie fion- day in Svea Hotel. Peter Pearson, aged about forty, committed suicide in the Svea hotal, the body being found about 4:30 yes- terday afternoon. From surrounding circumstances, it is believed that he took carbolic acid on Monday night. | When the chambermaids entered to |make the bed yesterday, they no- ticed he had not risen, so left the room. Returning at 4:30, they found he was dead and the coroner ‘was notified. Pearson had come <in’ from the woods about a week ugo and had $100 when he arrived: $43 were found in his pockets and-this will %e used to bury him if no heirs are found. At the present time, Coroner Ibertson has been unable to locate relatives but a further effort will be made. RO R R R R RO ® Late Marriage Licenses. k4 ® Alice Margaret Bryant to Paul @ Robinson. ® Francis-O’'Neil to Frank Jasper- ® som, * R R R R R R R R R R R R OR Y S v DTN DACE FOR SHE IS THE QUEEN OF MAY, TRA-LA, TRA-LA *|CLARK TEN CENTS PER WEEK ROOSEVELT - TAFT STRUGGLE IS CLOS Massachusetts Returns Indicate But Little Margin Between The Two. LA FOLLETTE VOTE NOT HEAVY Had Reached 1,130 When First Fig- ures Were Sent Out But May Go Up ILater. PASSES WILSON Democrats Give Speaker of the House Wide Range Above New Jersey Governor. ' Minneapolis, May 1—(Special to the Pioneer at 3:30)—All but three precincts in Massachusetts have re- ported and the vote now stands as follows: ‘Taft . . Roosevelt . La Follette Clark 3 Wilson . .... - 9,202 At noon today, Roosevelt issued a statement releasing delegates at large from primary preferences so that Taft' may get twenty-six to Roose- velt’s eight in the convention or visa versa. Boston, May 1.—2 a. m.—The struggle for the control cof the Massa- chusetts delegation to the Republican convention in Chicago between Taft and Roosevelt is so close that at mid- night with half the state tabulated, the two aspirants for the nomina- tion are running neck and neck for the presidential preference, while in- complete returns showed they had also an equal division of district dei- egates. On the preferential vote, the re- turns from 711 of 1,080 eiection pre- cincts gave Taft 45,239; Roosevelt 43,836; La Follette 1,130. On the other hand, Baxter, who headed the Roosevelt groiip, had 45,411 to 40,- 030 for Senator Crane, who led the Taft ticket. ) Returns from the districts showed Taft to be ahead in the First, Second, Third, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh and Thirteenth, while the Roosevelt dele- gates led in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Twelfth and Four- teenth districts. The closeness of the fight in the Republican. ranks overshadowed tle contest in the Democratic party. Re- turns from half the state gave Speak- er Clark 19,760; Gov. Wilson 8,597. The La Follette vote failed to reach four figures at midnight. Taft car- ried Boston by about 600 votes, but eastern -towns, including many in the Cape Cod and Plymouth districts, lined up strong for Roosevelt, while the central portion is evenly split The total vote for the two candidatas is about fifty per cent of that polled by the Republican candidate for gov- ernor last November. Politicians look upon- Massachi- setts as the key state as they believe that if Roosevelt can capture that delegation, he will be abie to win tha nomination and that Taft’s chances will be small. The closeness-of tha vote indicates that a desperate fight is being made between the two can- didates. - Mackay-Bennet Arrives. Halifax, N. S., May 1.—One hun- dred ninety bodies, among them those of Colonel John Jacob Astor and Isa- dor Straus, were brought to Halifax today on the cable ship Mackay-Bon- net, which had been searching an area of more than thirty square miles in the vicinity where the great Whita Star liner Titanic sank after striking an iceberg. ~George B. Widener’s body, although previously reported as recovered, was not among those on the ship and her commander explained that a body, at first thought to have been that of Mr. Widener, was buried as that of his valet. All told 306 dead were found, and 116 were consigned again to the sea: Not one name of prominent persoas missing was added to the list of re- covered dead by the Mackay-Ben- nett’s arrival. Sailors worked four hours unloading her and the dead were taken to an improvised morgne- in a curling rink where relatives will have opportunity to claim them. The cable ship docked at 9:40 a. . and it was not until after 1 p. m. that the last of the coffins had been removed from her deck. Only a Ed— s epre- ful of the bereaved and their sentatives came to the pler.