Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 20, 1912, Page 1

> distorial Society THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE VOLUME 10. NUMBER 201. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1912. TEN CENTS PER WEEK “THERE COULD BE |TRANSFER FREIGHT HERE | ONEY TRUST” Beginning next Monday, or as soon NO M after as is practicable, the Minnesota Iand International road will transfer jall of its freight for points north and south on the road in the Bemidji warehouse. Heretofore this work 'has been done in the twin cities, at the Minnesota transfer. in Duluth and Brainerd. The new arrangement iwiil allow for the sending of freight in bulk to Bemidji and then it will HE BELIEVES IN COMBINATION |be broken up into small package lots for local freight. The work will be { handled here under the supervision of . . .. iGeorge Walker and will take several Famous Financier, Now Bomiex‘ragwarehousew_ With Age, Prefers it to Competition | _Does Not Feel Vast Powers. | J. P. Morgan, Before Pujo Committee, Declares That The Question of Control is Personal. CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS GIVEN IN THE SCHOOLS THIS AFTERNOON | WAS ON THE STAND ALL DAYS Each of the two rooms of the same !grade in the Central building com-! bined this afternoon for a Christmas | {program. The first, second, third “Was Excused at 3:42 Thursday and |and fourth grades eaeh had a Christ- P di d to mas tree and the children were al-! Investigation Adjourne ilowed to give each other presents. January 6. In the High school, the high school and grade students assembled for a iprogram prepared under the supervis- ‘Washington, Dec. 20.—The Pujo momey trust investigating commit- | tee adjourned late yesterday after-| noon until January 6 when it will| resume its investigations. The com- mittee kept J. P. Morgan on the; stand until 3:42 in the afternocn. | “There could be no money trust.| All the banks and all the money in Christendom could not control mo-| ney. The question of control is per-; sonal as to money and credits,” de-| zlared Mr. Morgan yesterday, to the; committee. 1 The financier was led up to his an-| swer by the questioning of Samuel Untermeyer, counsel for the commit-f tee, who asked Mr. Morgan if “he did | not admit he had vast power and did] not feel it. Once, when the lawyer and the witness got into a discussion | of competition and combination, Mr.' Morgan said: “T'd rather have com- | bination than competition. I like a littde competition but I like combina-‘ tion better. Control is the important| thing; without it you can’t do a, thing, but no one man could mono-; polize money. One man might get! control of railroads or merchandise, | but never money and credit.” \ Mr. Morgan's declaration that! there “could be no money trust,”| =mphasized by a vigorous bang withi fist on the arm of his chair, came | toward the end of the committee’s’ meorning session at which the finan-: cier testified as to the relations oii the house of Morgan with several; great corporations. Mr. Morgan; testified that he had approved the, prices at which the subsidiaries of; the United States Steel corporation ! were taken into the big corporation. hi {was introduced for the first time. Fol—i ilowing is the High school program: | ,!loveless marriage with ion of Miss Knappen=and Miss Mc‘t Donald. The new boys’ glee club‘ Song. Grammar Glee club | Joe's Search for Santa Claus”. . ! ................ Jane Hayner} Debate—“Have we good reasons fm’\I SANTA’S “0. K.” THE POLITICAL POT IS BOILING AGAIN After Short Rest of a Month Loeal Politicians Lining up For An- other Struggle. MUNICIPAL ELECTION SOON Four Aldermen, a Mayor and a Police Judge to Be Elected in believing the reign of universal| peace and good wil lis at hand.” ;FORETOLD THE ELECTION Song, “Nazareth,”............. H .. .High School Girls' Glee club | “What Christmas Really Means” .............. Lottie McDonald Readings from Dicken's “Christmas Carol:"” A—*Two Views of Christmas” .............. --..Earle Riley B—The Christmas Party at Scrogge’s Nephew.Mona Flesher C—Christmas at Bob Cratch- TS o suons ime Dorothy Torrance | Song. “Anchored.,”............ | ..-High School Boys' Glee club i Won Many Votes By Open Door | Policy. ! o e Y COLORED, PORTER WA~ WISE BY United Press. Washington, Dec. 20.—There is an interesting tale in the origin of the CLEVER HAIR DRESSER CAUGHT AFTER WORKING FOREIGNERS ~open door policy” which Governor-| i elect Sulzer has announced will mark {his administration at Albany. Ac- cording to Sulzer the idea was origi- By United Press. Berlin, Dec. 20.—Posing as a rich Rumanian countess condemned to 4 nated by an old colored porter who | a Servian |had charge of the car in which he prince, Lydia Mehle, hairdresser’s as- | canvassed the Empire state prior to sistant, has been sent to prison for | the election and it is to the old negro swindling wealthy and amorous Ber-|that he gives credlt for the idea. liners. Attracted by her beauty, al—:’ During the strenuous campaign leged title and wealth, a prominent | days it was the habit of the candi- governmetn official was easily per-| date to return to his car in the eve- suaded to take the “Countess Der- |nings and, before retiring, to partake musie’”” out to dinner of evenings, and | of a late supper consisting of a sand- to lend her $100 to enable her to re-:wich or so. The old negro, whose turn home to ask papa's permission [name could not be recalled but which | ithe governor-elect says is positively| to call off the Servian match. She wrote him loving letters from [ the longest of any except possibly the Governor-Elect Sulzer, of New York, | Mr. Untermeyer asked if he had DOt Rymania, but police inquires devel- named the board of directors of the‘[}ped that she had gone there to hire United States Steel corporatiom, but', titled heads of Europe, was known 1a.s “Uncle” to all. Mr. Morgan only said he might havel decided who should not go on.” His holdings of certain bank stocks he characterized as “not very much—about a million dollars.” ] wt a laugh went around the finan- | ut as a governess &t $10 a week. It| It was near the end of the cam- was also proven at the trial that sheIpraign when the candidate returned {Lad told another wealthy Berliner, to the car late one evening for the an architect, that she had been able | customary refreshment. The day tc break off the Servian engagement | had been especially strenuous. Three n order to marry her new admirer, | speeches had been delivered and an- whereupon elaborate betrothal festiv-|other was scheduled for that night. cier joined in heartily. {ities were arranged at a fashiomable Mr. Morgan, surrounded by Dearly notel, The prospective bridegroom a dozen of his partners and attor-|reaqily furnished her with a costly neys, answered all questions with | apparent freedom. He agreed that that the emperor of Austria had ac- through “voting trusts’” several of!cepted an invitation to shoot on one which existed in his company, a few |of her estates, he added a couple of trustees could name who in turn would name the officers | of the great interstate industrial or|jeq others railroad corporations. Mr. Morgan denied, however, that bhe believed interlocking directorates where two or three men held direc- torships in several banks, trust com- Danies or corporatioms, could bring about control and a unity of action. He declared that without a majority | on the boards such men could mot|By United Press. dictate affairs or control the cor- Belgrade, Dec. 20. — Marching porations. against the Turks a company of Ser- The financier took .issue with Mr. |vian troops found an opportunity of Untermeyer as to the opportunity of- {avenging 2 two-year-old crime, by fered a few men to control general |hanging Abdul Shalan, a notorious banking conditions, through such |frontier brigand. Two years ago participation as Morgan & Co. have|Abdul treacherously decoyed a Ser- on the boards of directors .of the|vian schoolmaster to his home near leading banks of New York. Guillam and shot him, afterwards Morgan showed little .of the testy, | boasting of the deed and defying the tart disposition so generally attrib-|Servians to capture him. The school- uted to him. master was @ popular writer of na- Almost extravagant tional songs, and finding themselves marked his examination. in the neighborhood of Guillam, a “T’'d tell you frankly enough if I|company of infantry obtained' leave similarly before being caught, but that they refrained from ymaking complaint for fear of public ridicule. SERVIANS HUNG MURDERER AFTER TRACKING HIM ALL DAY politeness jtrousseau, and when she remarked | the directors, |majds and a lackey. i The police believe that she swind- | | The candidate was tired. “Uncle,” with his trained powers of observa- | tion, noticed this and remarked: | “Mister Sulzer, don’t you go and worry about dat selection eause you (is gwine to win most sartinly. I'm {got dat premonition.” Thereupon the candidate resumed his campaign tactics, asking “Uncle” for whom he intended to cast his ballot. “I'se gwin to vote for you boss. We niggers know dat de man up at Al- bany has done pulled his latch string inside and dey say you is going to put it out agin. I suspec though dat it is going to be too high for most of poor coons to reach.” The following day the gubernator- ial candidate made use of the “open @door policy” for the first time in the campaign. He has since promised to put the string out again, low enough for anyone that wishes to reach. Sizing Him Up. ‘When you call the average young man honest he is likely to feel a mild sort of gratification. When you call him competent his chest begins to ' Five Days to | - Christmas Did You Ever Get Left? Well, You Will if You Don't Do That Christmas Shopping jat Once That Means Right Off —This Minute—NOW. | ——— THE LEOPARDS COMING Brinkman Theater First Secured Po- lar Bears and Now Present a Second Animal Show. TO BE HERE OVER CHRISTMAS Commencing with a matinee Sun- day afternoon and ending with a per- formance Christmas night, the Brinkman theater will stage an ani- mal act of trained leopards as its special holiday attraction. The ar- rangements were completed over long distance with Fargo yesterday and the act comes as an extra Christmas booking. The act is said to be one of the best trained amimal performances on the smaller vauderville circuits. It will be the second animal show to be seen in Bemidji this winter as the Brinkman staged Adler’s polar bears several weeks ago. Following the leopard act, the Brinkman will pre- 26, 27, 28 and 29. PREPARED FOR MONTHS TO SEE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF SUN BUT IT RAINED ALL DAY By United Press. London, Dec. 20.—The official re- port of the British Scientific expedi~ tion’s fruitless journey to the moun-= tains of Brazil to observe the total eclipse of he sun on October 10—it rained all day—is thus summarized: Duration of eclipse, 1123 seconds; bulge. When you call him a heart- breaker he slaps you on the shoulder and gives you to understand that he objected to your questions,” Morgan |to hunt the murderer. They tracked | retorted to Untermeyer at -one 'time. |him to his lair, 'and a gypsy was (Continued on last page). | found to aet &s hargman: considers you a person of remark- able preception and unerring judg- ment. preparation of charts ' and instru- ments at Greenwich Observatory, three months; length of journey out and back, 12,000 miles; absence from England, ten weeks; equipment car- ried, three tons; mnet results, nil. sent a musical comedy company Dec. | ARE TAKING TESTIMONY .| District Qourt Now i8 Hearing Evi- dence in the Moon-Harris Elec- tion Contest Case. L. T. Bjella, judge of elections in the towns of Frohn, was placed on this morning and he testified as to the regularity of the Frohn election and the count of the ballots. Mr. Bjella had not finished his testimony at noon and was again placed on the stand this afternoon. C. 0. Moon, one of the principals in the case, was put on the stand by his counsel yesterday afternoon and was subjected to a severe cross-examina- tion. He was asked to tell of his duties as deputy county auditor, and was quizzed as to his part in the checking in of the election ballots. Mr. Moon testified that as far as he knew, Mr. George, Mr. Alsop and himself were the only persons who knew the combination of the auditor’s vault. James L. George, the county audi- tor, was placed on the stand this morning and he also was asked to tell of the work of the office. He was subjected to a cross-examination by the defense. GOOD MEETING AT BECIDA Miss oull and Messrs. McLaren, Nelson and Flesher drove to Becida yesterday for the farmers meeting held there and found an audience of about forty persons. The addresses were made in the afternoon and the ' four returned to Bemidji about seven o’clock. This morning they went to La Porte and will be in Guthrie this evening. The meeting in Walker to- morrow will finish the run of two weeks. Mr. Nelson will return to Be- midji and Miss Bull and Mr. McLaren will go to Minneapolis from Walker. TAFT ACCEPTS CHAIR AT YALE Washington, Dec. 19.—Taft has de- cided to accept the proffer of the Kent professorship of law at Yale, and probably will take up his duties at New Haven early in the spring. Taft gave several reasons for the de- cision. He said that owing to the fact that he had appointed most of the members of the United States su- preme court he felt he couldn’t ap- pear in cases before that tribunal and that he had named many federal judges in Ohio and didn’t desire to vractice law in that state. According to ‘the Yale contract he can engage in any other oceupation he desires, not being restricted merely to lecture 0 Yale students. the witnes stand in the district court | mmmunmmn.[ February. DEMOCRATS AFTER THE OFFICES Two Have Eyes on Postmastership; Russell Wants Cass Lake Land Office. .After a rest from polities of about one month, Bemidji will soon be in the throes of another campaign as the pot for city officers has already started to boil. In additien to this, the few Democrats of which the eity, can hoast are lining up for federal appoinments, 1o Peb™yry, the city will elect an, . 1810%Tman from each ward, a mayor, and a judge of the municipal court. The first of January the mayor will be forced to appoint a mew chief of police when Chief Geil assumes the duties of county treasurer, Certaip lederal appointments are to be made soon and the Democrats are lining ul; ! already. Tt is said that Charles Hoyt, an in- surance solicitor; is slated by Mayor Malzahn to succeed Chief Geil as head of the Bemidji police. This ap= pointment will have to go to the council for ratification but the mayor is usualy allowed to have his own way with the police. John Moberg from the First ward, Sherm Bailey from the Second, Joe Bisiar from the Third, and C. C. Crip- pen from the Fourth will be up for re-election. As far as can be learned at this time no opposition has yet come out in the open. Three or four different dark horses are being groomed for mayor as all factions seem to wish to unite to beat Mayor Malzahn. It is recognized that in a split field his chances for re-elec- tion will be first-class and harmony will be the key note of the oppositiom. Anton Erickson’s term as postmas- ter will not be finished until 1916 and the only way to get the office open for appointment is to have him removed by petition. It is understood that L. F. Johnson has his eye on the job but unless some such petition is circulated, he will have to wait three vears for his chance at the appoint~ ment. Other Democrats who are said te be lining up for federal appointments are A. P. Ritchie who would be a can- didate for the postmastership in case there is a vacancy; P. J. Russell, wha. is said to have his eye on the office of receiver of the land office at Cass Lake; L. G. Pendergast who has been been groomed for municipal judge; and William Russell. son of P. J., who is being groomed for clerk of the municipal court to replace D. C. Smyth. It is believed that the municipak campaign this winter will be fought out on clean cut lines and that party politics will be forgotten as far am possible. There is a decided move= ment in the city for the commission form of government and some effort will be made during the year to have a charter drawn up and 2a special election held. CHANGE IN LUMBER FIRM The M. E. Smith.- Lumber company has been dissolved and the Smith- Robinson Lumber company is now conducting the business. The new firm is composed of M. E. Smith, Anna_ B. Smith and William Z. Robinson. Incorporation papers for the mnew company were filed Deecmber 10 and the capital stock is given as $50,000. Mr. Robinson, who by the incorpora- tion takes an interest in the firm, was formerly instructor in sciences in the Bemidji High school. B e T T e