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MINNESOTA ISTORICAL ®sociETy, TEN CENTS PER WEEK. | | | R R R R R R OR R OROR Y @ CURRENT EVENTS. ® CPOOOOOOOOOOOO®OS Inspect Warfield Plant. Professor Robinson’s class in phy- sics at the High school inspected the plant of the Warfield Electric com- pany this morning as a part of its field work. Charles Warfield took personal charge of the class, explain- ing the details and principles of op- eration of the plant. . Anniiversary is Celebrated. London, May 6—The customary observances today marked the second anniversary of the accession of King George V. In London flags were dis- played on all public and many pri- vate buildings. At noon a battery of - the Royal Horse Artillery in St. James Park fired a salute of forty- one guns. = Taking Testimony in Steel Suit. P Brown of Philadelphia, sitting as special examiner, the taking of tes- timony was begun today in the case of the government’s suit for the dis- solution of the United States Steel Corporation. It is expected that the case will not reach the courts for trial until the beginning of next year. . Bemlidji Independents Defeat Bagley. The Bemidji Independents defeated Bagley by a score of 15 to 7. Pe- derson piiched for Bagley and tossed an excellent game but the Beniidji boys hit him incessantly. bach and Meyers made the most hits for Bemidji. - The Bemidji line unj working. Achen- was as follows: Meyers ¢, Riley p, Tanner ss, Graham 1st b, Achenbach 2ndb, Murphy 3rdb, fielders, Grahan, Bailey, Malone and Klein. . The Confederate Reunion. - Macon, Ga., May 6—The twenty- second annual reunion of the Unit- ed Confederate Veterans opens here tcmorrow. Never in the history of the city have such elaborate prepar- ations been made for the reception and entertainment of people from abroad as has been made for this oc- casion. The entire city is profusely decorated. By tomorrow morning the great mass of visitors will have arrived, and it is estimated that fully 75,000 people will be here by the time the convention opens. . Minneapolis People Injured. Minneapolis, May 6.—Eight per- sons were more or less injured, three lof them seriously, a streetcar, a rail- New York, May 6-—Before Henryl way locomotive and two freight cars wrecked and a signal tower partly demolished when a Northern Pacific freight train struck a First avenue and Central avenue car at Central and Fifteenth avenues NE during the storm Saturday night. The car, with four passengers and the motorman on board, was carried nearly fifty feet on the pilot of the locomotive and hurled over on its side. The engine jumped the track and landed on one side headed into an embankment; col- liding on its way with the signal tow- er at the crossing. The'blinding rain falling at the time was blamed for the accident, togethér with the fact that the croulng ‘gates were not tlm Tty NECEATIIE DARE. CHICAGO PAPERS TIED UP. Pressmen, Stereotypers, Wagon Driv- ers, Newsboys and Electricians Strike. engaging in said busivess during the month of July, 1912, shall pay into the city treasury as such license fee the sum of six hundred ($600.00) dollars. All persouns, firms or corporations engaging in said business during the Chicago,May 6.—All Chicago Sat-/month of August, 1912, shall pay in- urday night read the Aurora Beacon- News, the Daily Calumet of Ham- mond, Ind., and a score of near-by tcwn publications that sprang into prominence on news'stands to fill- the gap left by the city’s newspaper strike. The morning papers, shrunk- en to four pages ‘without advertise- ‘|ments, ‘were on sale early today at “|Scattered police protected. news booths. ~ Two afternoon daflies succeeded in getting out & second edition, contain- ing partial accounts of the ball games but that was the extent of Chicago’s - [news Service today. With the stereo-{ typsu, gon drivers, newsboys and {fee the sum of tc the city treasury as such license six hundred fifty ($650.00) dollars. All persons, firms or corporations engaging in said business during the month of September, 1912, shall pay into the city treasury as such license fee the sum of seven hundred ($700.00) dollars. All persons, firms or corporations engaging in said business during the month of October, 1912, shall pay into'the city treasury as such license fee the sum of seven hundred fifty ($760.00) dcllars. All persons, firms or corporations engaging in said business during the blectrie; ns out today in 'sympathy{month of November, 1912, shall pay Q p]un Afor ‘the Sunday edi- ‘and last city. When this ions had ‘been issed srelt in devslonmnt‘n o pressmen with whom the|into the city treasury as such llanse r a four-hour eontarsnce engaging ln uld business during the All perlons, flrms or corporations into the eity trusury 88 such licénse - s--reached “thiee- of - the|fee “the. sum of elght humiml fiftty (‘350‘00 _dollars. month' of January, 1913, shall pay - into the city treasury as weh license J. L. GEORGE PREPARES A TABLE HIGHER LICENSE " GIVING COUNTY TAX STATISTICS UP T0 COUNCIL The hox soore of Ameri- | can Assoclation games will be posted on the Ploneer Ordinance To Be Shkows Total Assessed Acreage, Average Assessed Value Per Acre and b"”:‘:," board, oorner s hltntgoil.leed tln Meet- Average Rate of Taxation In Mills—Town of Kelliher Has the Fourth and Beltraml, each ng Ig alling for Highest and Minnie Lowest Taxation Values. day as fast as they come in ‘ ncrease, . _ 3MING TS " L - PAD LUCK TO BASED ON THE SLIDING SCALE J. L. George, county auditor, has|ships of Beltrami county. This table BASEBALL STANDINGS. : prepared a comparative table show-|should prove of mflteri;fl ;lflilueltifl 2 * 4 those buying or selling land in this o g3 i . g glaace the £ 5 0B :(1 a glance ““‘ oAl t“c"z:geao county as the tax rate of the town- American A‘:,’“:“tl“:‘;; F Provides For a Raise in Fee of $50 taxable lands on the county, e av- Shi]) is usually a strong point to be () .C. ; eraged assessed value per acre, and|considered. Following are the fig- gllnue:pnhs . ;:: ; ’ .::: Per Month Mh, hing $1,000 In - N ; " . v i olumbus . .16 4 March, 1913. the average rate of taxation by town-|ures: Toledo . . s 600 Statement Showing Acreage of Taxable Lands—Average Assessed Value |St. ?a?l] s fl .522 F4- a rage Rate of Taxation By Townships Leulsvifle » A R s b iy S g Lywnalip Kansas City 1 s FIRST READING THIS EVENING n Beltrami County. Milwaukee . 13 .350 : Total Acreage Average Assessed Indianapolis . 14 .333 Name of town Assessed Value Per Average Rate Acro Of Taxation 3 Vote Cannot Be Taken Until it - Yesterday’s Results. Alaska . ;S,ggg-gg $ ;«;g ‘;Zg mills | oledo 5, St. Paul 1. Been Heard Three Times—May- = Battle . .. 4,783, . i i H Benville . ... 16,916.23 1.33 56.1 f;:;i:fi:“: ?n?:;‘;‘unl‘(::s'lt o Veto-Power: B g GuL(OF Wimifs s MIT00138 o v w | maianapois 2, Kansas city 1. YNackduck . ,611. g ; i':um‘lt' . 1?:;:»3 :?f :g'z . National I.eng'ne. E. W. Hannah, alderman from the p.;‘.:-(upm " 17’486’24 3:94 57:9 o 22 104,1 L:;st [;2(}4 Third ward, will tonight introduce et 19,883,290 i 516 Nl::ll;;l;f; Ceeeees s to the council an ordinance provid- Chilgren 15,196.78 3.74 415 g en % - o550 ~ ing for an increase in the ligquor li- 5 Purand .. 7,688.39 12.43 42,3 i/ Chilcugs . . : b, ANT PATHON REAL“ZAT“@N cense after June 1. The ordinance as 2 9 5] . % - Bekles e i oy . |Pittsburgn . 10 412 Sheal g - %4 [@rawn provides for an increasing li- Frobn 18,656.87 5.67 475 v [Brovkm .. 2 1 =200 = |cense of $50 per month until the ’ Grant Valley 19,232.23 4.15 432 i‘;ilt;:l‘;hi.a. : ié 2 g;g ALL MUST SHOW: LIGHTS. CREAMERY DOING BUSINESS. GOOD SH00‘"NG ScoRES maximum of $1,000 per year is l 2 Gudrid . 6,545.52 3.64 331 : b % B , e reached in March, 1913, ot . 19.537.44 5.00 551 ” s New Law Compels Horse Drawn Ve- | Churned 280 Pounds of Butter Dur- An ordinance requires three read- Hagali . 18,112.04 7.10 7.1 Ch mfigo“re’;tyt:burg‘ 25- hicles to Be Iluminated. ing Its First Operating Week. ings before 1t can be voted upon. This Hamre . 10,736.19 2.46 436 7 e R PV o i 3 i ; 5 ol gl Sah e St. Louis 9, Cincinnati 11. Al vehicles, of whatever kind,| Two hundred and eighty pounds of Members of Bemidji Gun.Club Are|wii bring the third reading on Mon- Kelliher ©12,195.06 13.71 516 ) must display lights this year, accord- |butter were made by the Bemidji In Close Race For the Sil- day, the third of June. It must then Lamuners . 21,573.52 3.49 427 » Amertosn; Leagus, & P, |IM8 to 2 law passed by the last legis- | creamery last week and prospects are ver Cup be in the hands of the mayor for four Liberty 19,590.43 3.08 50.2 | o % s |1ature and which went nto effect the| better for a larger amount this week. : days for veto or approval and as soon < Langor 20,484.31 3.37 495 wa:;igo T i ¢ gog st of January. The effect of this|This butter sells at thirty cents a thereafter as it is published, it be- { Lakewood 10,273.92 3.20 53.8 | e 1o 1 tes|law will be to compel drivers of|pound, making the output for the comes a law. According to P. J. Lee . 12,388.85 1.93 43.7 Phn;’d] hin - o 3 '529 horse drawn. vehicles to put lights|week $84.00. The greater part of [ NEXT MEET TO BE ON FRIDAY Russell, city attorney, if approved Maple Ridge . ... 21,025.46 3.57 BLT I:fl’; “s 9 47y |On their ries so that they may be|this money is returned to the farm- during June, it would have a retro- Moose Lake . . 7,989.39 4.35 54.8 bet‘;-elt s iy "450 | Seen as easily as automobiles. ers in payment for their cream. - active effect on licenses granted be- McDougald 9,999.26 2.16 sLz v | Co 7S e a5 ‘gaq | Under the new law, if an auto hits| This morning, two more farmers| . tween June 1 and the dafe of approv- Myhre . 4,999.71 3.09 563 |1 ",‘mk """" Secvs a farmer’s rig at night, the farmer|shipped in cream and Buttermaker| Several good. scores were made at|al. s F Minnie . ... 5,603.%2 h43 706 W i as no recourse for damages unlessiPeterson says that the number ship-|the Friday shoot of the Bemidji Gun{ The council will not be called up- Northern . 17,074.61 8.41 41t 7 i & ¢ e can prove that he was showing a |ping is steadily increasing. The first | cluh ‘and. the attendance was- larger |0 (© taKe a vote on the question to- Nebish 21,185.07 6.34 86.3 |l e ’{)egtflaf‘_}"j Rfi}flts o [light:ana {hat e was-fret negligent.|can of cream shipped was by Richard | p0n ot any other meoting. ~Gray, night, but those in apparent touch Ohrien 5 e 2100.98 5.86. o BT Beer B | szl .Lg_ 5 T o o “Shouke £¥%as kiito -driver b ablo to|Oberg, of Avcbish. Fa TIRers Tear Ise| o s >|with the situation believevthat s Port Hope 17,426.30 4.75 474 7 wpoulsizyDetrolt 3. show thit' the farmer had no light, |land Lake some time ago assured of- | /ATSON and Symons continue to lead |expression of opinion will be heard. Quiring 10,882.50 2.76 62y ¥ it is possible that the farmer could (ficers of the association that they|in high.averages, but Dr. Palmer and| Following is the ordinance: . Roosevelt 19,197.90 3.16 474 7 (0000 PO®OO®®S® ¢ © © © ® ®|be hold for the damage done the au-|would ship in the product of 200 |Dan Rose, the present holder of the Ordinance No. Rapid River . 7,853.67 5.71 455 . | Calendar of Sports for Today, © tomobile. cows and it is expected that these|cup, are less than two points in the| An ordinance fixing the Heense fee Summit . 19,998.62 7.34 5668 " 000000 COOOOOG GG shipments will start this week. rear. The following shoot will be held | t0 be paid by all persons, firms or cor- § Spooner . 12,624.30 3.15 57.9 4=t - » v Friday afterno porations engaging in the business of- 2 Spruce Grove 7,303.10 1.93 47.7 » | Pennsylvania interscholastic ten- The Pittsburgh Pirates lost the op- ; : Th;’ 2 Win‘"‘- S hot 100|selling intoxicating liquors at retail Shotley 11,577.93 2.10 60.3 » |nis tourn{ament at University of lening game, the first since 1907. With Pitchers Gregg, Mitchell and oy nsmon have.olo or by the glass or drink or in quan- e 3.875.49 177 59 » |Pennsylvania. Since 1887 the Pirates have won 18 |George, all lefthanders, the Cleve-|Pirds and their averages stand as fol- Sti68 1k than five gallons wmfl‘:: ¢h Aliss i 18.338.47 418 56.6 Tommy Houck vs. Young Britt,|and lost 8 games played 6n the first|land Naps are well fixed in the way IDWEG e City of Bemidji & e . 'y . . b = 3 PR oo o e e sta s e e b B i Turtle Lake . 15,290.44 7.42 50.9 » [|fifteen rounds, at Baltimore. day of the season. of port-siders this season. 5 Lyai'son Sien The city council of the City of Be- Taylor . 17,483.08 3.28 499 Symions . 18.25 midji does ordain: Walhalla . ........... 6,307.31 2.24 52 ” : = 15 Section 1. All i . » s Dr. Palmer . .18.00 n 1. persons, firms or Wabanica . <. 9,613.61 2.60 544 Cable SteamShlp Mackay_Bennett and Her Crew‘ Dan Rose .18.00 corporations, before engaging in the Zippel 5,700.97 3.02 ;9; ; Heffron . . 17.50 business of selling irtoxicating lig- Unorganized . L. 77,24897 5.11 7.3 * . . . . . o gs - Seh 16 uers at retail or by the gl drink g 3 -Scharft . .. .16.00 0 or by the glass or drin] Includes Which Picked Up Many Bodies of Titanic Victims. S oy |t cuankitios of Toss tias 95, S0 Special Lycan . . .15.00 . [lons, shall, before obtaining a li- | City of Bemidji ........ 5,081.87 30.77 il 62.7 = Bailey . . ....13.33 cense so to do, pay into the city treas- | Village of Baudette . ... 791.19 10.88 585 Hisuraon o o 12.00 ury of the City of Bemidji as such li- | Village of Blackduck .. 705.68 898 B g3 . @ R 49.05 cense fee the certain -sums of money Village of Funkley .. 218.95 4.43 425 b at the times and in the manner fol- Village of Kelliher .... 1,154.58 2868 73 7 Brandborg lowing, to-wit: Village of Nymore ..... 580.48 15.07 4 59.4 Hazen . ... All persons, firms or corporations Village of Redby ...... 438 » Crothers . A engaging in the said business during Village of Spooner ... 790.73 64.58 e 67.8 Dr. Marcum . the month of June, 1912, shall pay Véllage of.'l‘ul'tle 3|ver., 583.20 5.03 53.6 The member with the highes! ay-|into the sity treasury as such li- V!Ilage of Te‘nstnke cee 2,027.73 3.96 ” 1206 7 erage at the end of the season will|cense fee the" sum of five hundred Village of Wilton ..... 1,493.87 3.79 423 ” win the silver cup for the coming!ffty ($550.00) dollars. - —= year. All persons, firms or corporations WAL 1o e s 786,583.29 Avg. $4.79 Ave. 57.7 7