Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 15, 1912, Page 1

Historlal Society EEE X THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1912, VOLUME 10. NUMBER 172. . i WINWESOTA SOCIETY. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. TELEPHONE C0. TO |GET BADGER'S GOAT got Wisconsin’s goat today. Minne- sota may do it again tomorrow, and then again it may not, but there was Combi: orporations of Four binéd O rpo . no question about toaay's perform- Companies Set Aside ance. The Badge “Nanny” was tak- $10,000,000. en into camp. Decorated with the colors of the University of Wiscon- sin, the goat, a large black and white one, had been tethered to a stake on SYSTEM HAS 175:000 EMPLOYEES the campus of the University of Min- nesota and carefully shrouded with a tent of canvas. Two thousand stu- ‘dents, headed by the band, marched Distributi s Cove hutiew o8 Muney overs to the spot today, and with fitting Accident, Sickness, Death ceremonies the goat was “unveiled” and Pension. and led away. = Dr. H. L. Williams wielded the Isword that knows no brother on Northrop field last evening. Secrecy at football pracitce has been most pronounced all season and this week the lines have been more - closely drawn than ever before. But the last word in this respect was spoken by the Gopher coach yesterday, when he drove a dozen carpenters off the field, refused admittance to several former visitors and doubled the force of student guards and cautioned them to allow no one near the gates. CHICAGO STILL HOPEFUL Chicago, Nov. 15—With the end of the conference football season a the United States, not barring the|week away, Saturday’s game at Min- steel trust. !neapolis between the University of The people benefited are the em-| Wisconsin and Minnesota is expect- ployees of the American Telephone |ed to settle the conference champion- and Telegraph company, and Asso-|ship. If Wisconsin wins, the cham- ciated Bell companies, the Western |pionship will go to Madison. If Union Telegraph company and the|Minesota wins, the teams still will Western Electric company. The Be- |have Chicago to play on November midji employees of these companies |25, the last game of the season. are particularly interested in the | The University of Chicago coaches plan. Following is the outline of (and backers do not predict that the the plan as furnished the Pioneer by |Maroon team can hope to more than Ray Landis, of the Minneapolis gen- {make a fair showing against Min- eral office: ;nesotaA If Minnesota wins and at THE PLAN. isuch cost in crippled players, Chica- A fund of $10,000,000 for pen-|5° could defeat the team a week sions, sick benefits and life insur- | OW Saturday. the conference cham- pionship would be lost in triple tie, ance will be available on January|. . 3 first, for the 175,000 employees of with each of the leading teams hav- the Bell system and associated inter- | ing one defeat to its record. ests, and their families and depend- ! s & suarter ot & mivton oo | SUES FOR LARGE SUM INTEREST BEMIDJI EMPLOYEES Plan is Largest of Its Kind Ever Undertaken in United States. Theodore N. Vall, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company has announced a plan for employees’ pensions, disability bene- fits and insurance which will go into effect the first of next January. This plan is.probably the most comprehen- sive of its kind ever undertaken in This $10,000,000 fund will be made | good from year to year by annual ap- ! propriations on the part of the Amer- " N N g aga 3 -mil- ican Telephone and Telegraph com- galnst James B, Hageln, multimi) s . lionaire horseman of is ci v pany and Associated Bell companies, | maA ihid fcity, wee N & {filed late today in federal court by the Western Union Telegraph com-| ... . i y 2 N !District Attorney Wise pany and the Western Electric com- | B pany [$2,512,964. The plan for the distribution ng‘ti;‘;’e‘]‘s tal]fied'c]ord“iudhfmd e this fund has been characterized asi_. . . 0' def\a - °y flt '8 amount the most liberal. comprehensive and ;Evasn:enzo\e sbmcgmelnment lands ideal ever inaugurated. President T.| - e];:;gcfl? i: th(:.pifir?cli(;:tlag:(;cif p +which N. Vail has provided combi .y ined bene older, between September 1883 and uly 1895. New York, Nov. 15. — A suit to recover fits for superannuation. sickness, ac cident and death, for an industria army more than twice as large as| the standing army of the Unitea States. This provision is made entirely at | POWERS TO AGREE the expense of the various companies | interested, without contributions of | any kind from the employees them- | selves. The application of these vari- ed benefits will be strictly democrat- ic and will be for the benefit of all employees of every rank. The plan will provide for free change of em- ployment from one company to an- other, with full credit for combined terms of service. More than 7,000 employees of the Northwestern Telephone Exchange company, the Iowa Telephone com- pany and the Nebraska Telephone company, three Bell companies now operating as a working unit throug- out Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa and Nebraska will be affected by this| plan. The pension benefit is retro- active, affecting employees now work ing for all Bell companies. The Bell system and associated in- terests provide employment for about 176,000 people; of this number 130,- 000 are employees of the Bell tele- Phone system. The total yearly pay for the whole group is about $115,- 000,000, something over $80,000,000 being paid out in wages by the Bell telephone system alone. The terms by which provision is made for the needs of age, illness, accidents and deaths, may be sum- Paries, Nov. 15—That the powers |have agreed definitely among them- selves what policy they shall adopt in the future in the Balkans was stated on semi-official authority here today. No matter what the allies do, it was stated, the powers will not clash. ASTOR GETS $65,000,000. Arrives at his Twenty-first Birthday And is Master of Fortune. New York, Nov. 15.—William Vin- cent Astor, head of the American branch of the Astor family since the death of his father, John Jacob As- tor, who went to his death on the steamer Titanic on the morning of April 15, 1912, reached his majority today and by virtue of this fact came into the full control of the Astor for- tune which is conservatively estima- ted at $65,000,000. When the estate was appraised by experts shortly af- ter the death of Col.John Jacob Astor to determine the amount of imheri- tance tax to be paid, the aggregate value of the estate was placed at be- tween $75,000,000 and $80,000,000. As these figures are official and pro- bably as nearly correct as possible marized as follows: Pensions under .he circumstances, the smount of the fortune into the possession of i (Copyright.) THE DEER SEASON IS ON [ Sz TUNGSTON LAMPS DROP l . May Reduce Cost of City Lighting System in Residence Section. CITY NEEDS MORE GOOD .LIGHTS The fact that tungsten lamps lrave taken a drop of forty per cent will be of special interest to Bemidji, in as much as it has at the present itime a large number of incandescent lamps scattered about the city, which by the tungsten. Fifteen to 25 watt tungsten lamps that formeriy sold at 50 cents now cost 30 cents at retail, 40 watt lamps formerly 55 cents now retail at 35 cents, 60 watt lamps, formerly 75 cents now 45 cents, 100 watt lamps formerly $1.00 now 65 cents, 150 watt lamps formerly $1.50 now $1.00. Residents formerly burning the in- candscent lamps can now afford to purchase tungsten lights, which throw out more light and burn less juice. The use of this lamp is ad- vocated by the Warfield Electric jLight company of this city and they are anxious to co-operate with the citizens along the lines of installing lights which will mean a saving to every individual in the cost of ele- tric current. It has many times been suggested that the small incandescent lamps on the numerous street corners be replaced and in the face of this drop in the cost of the tungsten lamp, it it presumed that the light company will replace these“little red lanterns” with a bright shinning tungsten. Some business men have suggested that these lights be also lowered so that the street will be more bene- fited. In addition to giving a better light, less current will be consumed, which should ultimately reduce the cost per light to the city. JURY FINDS ALLEN GleLTY La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 15.—After being out two hours the jury called on the case against Dr. Ralph C. Al- len, sharged with soliciting females foor purposes of prostitution, return- ed a verdict of guilty. Sentence was withheld until Saturday. 1-ROUND HOGAN KNOCKED OUT. New York, Nov. 15.—Leach Cross, of this city, knocked out “One Round Hogan,” of California, in the third Male employees who have reached | Which young William Vincent.Astor |round of a scheduled ten-round bout (Continued on last page). came today, may easily be estimated: tonight. P | discarded furniture, rugs, in all probability will be replaced! {Not a home in this city but has its quota of stoves perhaps, a wheel| barrow maybe. QA few cents for a want ad and some one who nceds the very article that lies rotting in your garret will call and pay you for it. You are better off— new owner is pleased— and the article itself is contributing to the re- duction of the high cost of living. ILOAN AGENTS ARE GUILTY Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 15.—J. L. Leader of Cleveland and H. C. Miller of Akron, both loan agents, peaded guilty to bribing a legislator with $100 and were fined $500 each. The birbes were offered to influence votes against an anti-loan bill. FOOTBALL TO BASKETBALL ‘With the Grand Rapids football contest last Saturday the high school eleven disbanded. The season was successful and the championship was landed for the third time during a period of four years, Crookston being the victors last year. Basketball is now taking up the spare time of the school atheletes, and prospects look encouraging. Several candidates are after each of the positions, which in- sures a hot fight for each of them. Coach Carson, who led the football warriors to victory, will also have charge of the basketball five. GERMAN PROGRAM AT HIGH This afternoon at two thirty the Sophomore-Senior literary society held a meeting. After the business of the society had been attended a German program was given. Miss Murrary has been busy with the musi cal part of the program and had pre- pared something special which was in the nature of a surprise to the students. The program wil appear in Saturday’s paper. ining in the THE TURKEYS ARE HER Are Being Held For Safe Keeping by the Pastor of the Preshyterian Church. TO BE SERVED AT MEN’S DINNER Turkeys for the men’s dinner, which will be given Wednesday eve- Presbyterian church have arrived and are pronounced by ' Rev. S. E. P. White to be beauties, having all the necessary require- ments, essential to a Thanksgiving feast. “They are young, fine, fat and | Jjuicy”, said Reverend White' this morning, “and owing to the scarcity of this bird at this season of the vear, I'll tell no one where they are! being kept. five shooter and an automatic high power rifle, which I beleive will be ample protection.” The dinner will be served by the men of the church on this occasion, | and if one judges from their past reputation. to feed the multitudes that may assemble on this event. “ THE GANG TESTIFIES New York, Nov. the Gambler Rosenthal murder were itold by the three gunmen— “Gyp the Blood,” Whitey” Lewis and “Lefty Louie”’—today in the picturesque langauge of the Bowery. The three men told almost identical stories of the murder, accusing “Bridgie” Web- ber, Harry Vallen and the mysterious stranger of firing the shots that kill- ed Rosenthal. Themselves they pic- tured as innocent bystanders, lured to the spot by “Bald” Jack Rose. “Dago Frank”, the fourth gun- man, all testified, was not on the scene at all. Frank will have a chance to tell his story today. NEW TESTIMONY TUESDAY ‘Washington, Nov. 15.— Taking of testimony in the government suit for dissolving the United States Steel cor poration will be resumed here next Tuesday. CARL MORRIS BACK IN THE RING Shrevesport, La., Nov. 15.—Carl Morries, the Oklahoma “white hope”, is to be seen in the ring here to- morrow night at a boxing show to be given under the auspices of a local atheletic club. His opponent will be Cass Tarver, a big fellow hailing from Texas. The two are scheduled for a ten-round contest. 15.—Stories of 1‘ ISLAND LAKE BAR TENDER SENTENCED Draws One Year and One Day in Federal Prison at Fort Leav- enworth. PAYS $100 ADDITIONAL FINE Judge H. A. Simmons Called As Wit ness in Case to Indentify Bottles. HEARING WAS HELD LAST MAY Was Bound Over to Federal Term of Court At Fergus Falls, H. A. Simons, judge of the muni~ cipal court of this city returned from Fergus Falls, where he was called on legal business and where he also act- ed as a witness in the case of the United States versus Ed. Collins the Island Lake bartender, who was ae- cused of selling liquor to certain Red Lake Indians some time last April. At the hearing in May before Uni- ted States court commissioner H. A. Simons, Collins was bound over to the Federal Grand jury which met in Fergus Falls this week. He was tried in Judge Morris’ court on the charge of selling liquor to the follow- ing persons, said to be of Indiam blood; John Summer, aged sixteen, Clifford Sitting, age eighteen and Ben Lawrence age twenty. “The fact that the men were all under age in addition to the fact that they were of Indian blood and resi- dents of the Red Lake Indian reser- vation was convincing enough evi- dence to convict any person,” said Mr. Simons this morning in speak- ing of the trial. Collins was found guilty and was sentenced to the Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth for a period of one year and one day and given a fine of $100. Testimony during the trial brought out the belief that there I am the possessor of awere not enough people in the vil- !lage of Island Lake to profitably sup- port a saloon, without it derived am income from some outside source. The court impressed the fact upon the defendant that all will be seri- ously dealt with who sell liquor te Reverend White will!]ndians wether they are of age or have to look up additional turkeys |not. Some of the civil cases and also the White Earth conspiracy cases were {continued over to the next term of court. It is expected that all other business will be cleaned up tonight at which time the court will be ad- journed. SMALL CROWD HEARS CONCERT | First of Winter’s Series Was Held in City Hall Last Night. The Bemidji Band gave the first of, a series of conserts at the city kall last evening. Although the crowid was small it was enthusiastie, and accorded the band repeated em~ cores. Efforts will be made in the future to secure a larger attendance, as it is believed that the citizens of Bemidji appreciate good band musie H. MAYERS BUYS DAIRY LUNCH. Took Possession of Old Armstrong Stand Yesterday at Noon. A deal was consumated yesterday whereby Harry H. Mayers became owner of Abell’s Dairy Lunch Room on Beltrami avenue, who will con- tinue the business along practically the same lines as it was conducted in the past. Mr. Mayers enjoys an unusually wide acquaintance in Bemidji and this section of the state, and accord- ing to his friends, should meet with success in his new venture. Mr, Abell will leave for parts im Canada, Monday, where he will look over the field for a location in the restaurant business. HISTORICAL