Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 31, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 10. NUMBER 235. REAPPORTIONMENT BILL IS EXPECTED One Will Be Reported By Senate Committee Headed By Johnson Today or Early Next Week. A. MITCHELL PALMER. e ————————————————— Pennsylvania Congressman Talk- ed of For U. 8. Attorney General. FEAR BREWERY INTERESTS Few Measures Bearing on Liquor Question Brought Up as Fight is Not Wanted at This Time. TWO CENT FARES AGAIN? Bendixen Bill Recommended to the House For Passage Yesterday— Schmahl Not Censured. BY United Press. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 31.—Sen. Victor L. Johnson, Center City, chairman of the reapportionment committee of the senate, expects to introduce the first bill of that nature today or early next week. Sub-committee meetings were held yesterday, and a meeting of the joint committee, consisting of the chairman of the different legislative districts, will be held today, for a final conference. The introduction of the workmens’ compensation bill, as drafted by the special sub-committee of the senate, is the beginning of warfare between employers on one side, and employes on the other. Both factions will fignt to the last ditch to secure all benefits possible, and some lively sessions are predicted. Fear Brewery Interests. It is being rumored around legisla- tive halls that the reason for so few bills being introduced in either body, which have a bearing on the liquor interests, is that no senator or rep- resentative wants to incur the dis- Dpleasure of the brewery element, for fear of prejudicing his interests when reapportionment is taken up. With the anti-brewery element in the minority in both bodies, there is no doubt but what the majority will try to re-arrange the legislative dis- tricts so as to add weak anti-brewery districts to the strongholds of the brewery interests. Consequently, no legislator is willing to introduce any radical anti-brewery bill at this time. This is one reason why it is generally predicted that every effort will be made to rush reapportionment through as early as possible. On the other hand, since the brewery interests can use the reap- portionment bill as a cudgel to intim- idate those legislators who do not want to be legislated out of exis- tence, it is equally possible that they will postpone action on reapportion- ment until the end of the session. 0ld Soldiers Can’t Agree. A controversy between two branches of the G. A. R. of Minneso- ta developed at the meeting of the house committee on appropriations when it considered a proposal to ap- propriate funds to send the survivors of the battle of Gettysburg to the semi-centennial celebration to be held at Gettysburg, Pa., next July. R. C. Dunn introduced’ the original bill at the request of the First Minne- sota regiment, which participated in the famous battle. - Objection was raised to its being passed under sus- pension of the rules and it was re- ferred to the committee on appro- priations. This measure provided for an appropriation of $30,000 to pay the cost of the trip and named a com- mission of First regiment members together with General L. A. Grant of Minneapolis to have charge of its ‘payment. Yesterday a second bill was intro- duced by Thomas Kneeland of Minne- apolis. It provided for an appropria- tion of $25,000 to be spent under the; supervision of the state adjutant gen- eral. +.r. Dunn objected to this measure. He said that as a matter of courtesy to the First Minnesota, its members should be given charge of the funds. General Grant favored placing the money in the hands of the adjutant general, while Captain Searles of Stillwater and Edward Stevens of Minneapolis favored turning it over to the Gettysburg survivors. No det- ion was taken. Two Cent Fares Again? Two cent passenger fares may be IW. R. MACKENZIE Photo by American' Preas Assoclation. returned to the people of Minnesota notwithstanding any adverse decision which might be given by the United States supreme court in the Minne- sota rate cases. The Bendixen bill, providing a two cent rate on all railroads which earn more than $1,200 a mile, was recom- mended for passage by the house rail- road committee yesterday by a un- animous vote. It will first be sent to the judiclary committee which will pass on its constitutionality. The Bendixen bill is framed to meet the objection to the 1907 two cent fare law passed by the legisla- ture. It provides that for all dis- tances of more than five miles within the state, no more than two cents a mile shall be charged if the railroad in questlon earned more than $1,200 a mile over its system .during the previous year. On distances of less than five miles a three cent fare is allowed. Mr. Bendixen has made a point that if a rallroad earns $1,200 a mile; the courts-will-hold the rate tea runble. Schmahl Not Named.” State officials in general are con- demned by the house commiitee on public buildings in a resolution adopted yesterday for dispensing li- quor in the state capitol building during the governor’s inaugural re- ception. The committce had under consid- eration a resolution cffered by Knud Wefald, who asked for a legislative investigation of the reported serving of “high balls” at the inaugural re- ception. This resolution was aimed at Julius Schmahl in whose office the refreshments were served. The com- mittee, however, refused to singlé out Mr. Schmahl. Its resolution con- demns the practice and instructs that it be not repeated within the capital building. KKK KKK KKKKKK KKK bl TURTLE RIVER. * KEHKKEKHK KKK KK KKK A. P. Johnson came up from Be- midji Sunday morning, returning on the Monday morning train. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Skriv- seth last Friday, a boy. Sam Case, L. T. Otterstad and N. A. Otterstad were Bemidji visitors Tuesday. | About a dozen from Farley attend- Eed the dance here last Saturday | night. Miss Mabel Stanley returned to Be- midji Monday after having spent sev- eral days here as the guest of Mrs. J. L. Dale. Cyrus Tournier came down from Mizpah Saturday night. E. Smith returned from the cities last Friday and wlll stay home for awhile. N. A. Otterstad transacted busi- Iness in Bemidji Wednesday. SCOOP rerorrer REPORTER SPRWG EQUINOX EVOLVED COMING THURSDAY Secretary of the Northern Minnesota Development Association Home For Sheep Meeting. W. R. Mackenzie,-of. this ¢ity, will return for the sheep meeting to be held in the High school next Thurs- day_afternoon. Mr. Mackenzie's du- ties as secretary of the Northern Minnesota Development association, keep him in Mlni:eapolis the greater part of the year but he is returning for this meeting. A. E. Nelson re- ceived word to this effect today. Mr. Nelson" also received a letter stating that President Magivny, of the South St. Paul Stockyards com- pany, would surely attend the meet- ing. It was learned this morning that International Falls was expect- ing Governor 'Eberhart next Wednes- day and it was declded to ask him to stop here Thursday. The govern- or was phoned but he stated that he could not go to International Falls. H. J. Maxfield, state immigration commissioner who will be here, was the county attorney of Wadena coun- ty up to one year ago when he ac- cepted his present position. Mr. Maxfield was the first president of the Northern Minnesota Develop- ment associatidn and has been ac- tively interested in development work for some time. He will tell of the benefits of c!elrlng land with live stock. WILL SHIFT HIS ~ MEN Tomorrow night the basketball game between the High school boys and the Walker team will be a try out for many of the players who have been- switched from -their ofd posi- tlons to néw ones. Coach Carson has been shifting the men from one-posi- tion to another to find out just where each player plays his best game. If conditions are favorable he will put in some of the second team men against the strangers. The line-up will probably be as follows for the first half: Olson or Johnson, center; Bailey might play guard part of the game but just where the folloying will play is only known by the coach: Tanner, Elletson, C. Bailey and E. Bailey, subs. Slater, Riley, Stanton and Graham. HRE KRR RHK KKK KK KK * NEBISH, x KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK Mr. H. H. Read, the National Pole & Tie inspector was a Bemidji visitor Wednesday. ' Mr. Horace Cann, “the push” for Page & Hill, was in Bemidji Wednes- day on business. Mrs. E. M. Tshoeope was shopping in Bemidji Tuesday and Wednesday, spending Tuesday night in_Farley visiting friends. Mr. Rice, the timber auditor of the Crookston Lumber Co., spent a few days in Nebish looking over the business of the company. Mrs. Fred Barr returned home Fri- day after spending the week in Be- | midji. Miss Julia Olson of Becida return- ed to her home Saturday morning, after visiting her cousin Mrs. Fred Olson. Mr. John Cook departed for his home at Crookston, Tuesday morn- ing. Mr. Albert Almendinger, of Hagili was a caller in town Sunday. Clyde Hagerdon, of Hagili, was on business in Nebish, Monday. The ice harvest has begun at Ne- bish. Contractors Dietel and Gill- man are supplying the town. If you want a jolly good time come to our basket social, Feb. 1. Our auctioneer has been studying old Jjokes for three weeks. If you have any send them up. Courd OUTELL ME SR-WREMER WEIIPE L 4 oment ‘nounced the (Copyright.) MAY RESUME. THE WAR Turkish-Balkan Armistice Believed Will Close Monday Unless Quick Action is Taken. THE DIFFERENCES' ARE SMALL London, Jan. -31.—The curtain may rise on the sgcond act of the Balkan war Monday. The Allles de-.| o'clock 1dst the prescribed course, bombardment of Adrianople will follow after a four day interval. Even at this eleventh hour, war is not assured. A-few hours before the Allies proclaimed the momentous de- cision the Ottoman government pre- sented their reply to the.joint note of the powers. Never has a diplomatic problem taken as swift and surprising changes as these peace negotiations. Instead of drawing the battle line at the question of surrendering Adrian- ople, they offer a compromise which comes so near to meeting the Bulgar- ian demandes, that settlement should not be impossible and they leave the Aegean Islands to the disposition of the powers. A difference between what Constantinople is ready to give and Bulgaria willing to accept has been reduced to such small propor- tions that even some of the Balkan delegates believe a compromise may be found. Constantinople asks simply the “| retention of a section of Adrianople, where the holy shrine is situated. Bulgaria always meant to leave the mosques and shrines to Turkey and even confer the right of extra terri- tory, thus giving something of the status of the Vatican in Rome. Vital differences between ~ the - nations amount merely to Turkey’s demand- ing shrines and the surrounding sec- tions.” S. E. THOMPSON 10 QuIT S. E. Thompson, who has been in business at Tenstrike and Margie for about ten years, has announced that he is about to discontinue his busi- ness at.both places and move to In- ternational Falls. - Mr. Thompson has dealt in merchandise, posts, poles and other timber at both places and in- addition has operated a farm near Tenstrike. The change will be made in about thirty days. When ln Doubt Play Trumps, Eh Scoop 7~ CANT FID ATHING 0N EATHER THE GREGDANE THING OR THE. MUNGORVAN BIZNUSS- | ves wnnenwruva ‘|his father from Virginia. ents take | BURNED BOY IS DEAD Howard Charback died in the St. Anthony hospital Thursday after- noon at 4:45. Funeral arrangements will got be made until the arrival of It is be- lieved, however, that the body will be shipped to Virginia ‘and in- terred beside that of the boy’s moth- er. Mrs. Charback died from burns received in a fire in Virginia three years ago.’ FIVE NEW PAPERS A DAY. Philadelphia, Jan. 31, 1913--New publications came into existence dur- ing 1912 at the rate of about five a day, according to bensus figures com- piled by the 1913 American News- paper Annual and Directory, publish- ed here today. The exact number begun is 1,686. In the.same period 1,660 were dis- continued, making the net increase for the year ‘thirty-six, about equal- 1y divided between the United States and Canada. As in recent years, there were many consolidations. Much the la}gest comparative grow- the was in the daily field. ‘The -publishing and printing in- dustry, is one that, in number of em- ployees, value of products, and value added by manufacture, ,is exceeded only by four others in .the entire realm of our country’s manufacture. The increase in value of output in this industry is remarkable. In ten years it was more than eighty-six per cent. The annual income of newspapers and publications is now estimated at $360,000,000—a million dollars a day—of which, perhaps, two-thirds is derived from advertis- ing. The current Annual and Directory describes 24,381 publications, of which 2,633 are daily; 17,285 week-l 1ly; 3,069 monthly. These are printed in 11,629 towns, which are likewise commercially ‘described. Publications issued in the’ mterest of various classes and lines of busi- ness ‘continue to be numerous. There are 208 such lists, running from the large ones, devoted to Yeligion and agriculture, to small groups, repre- senting soclology, womap’s suffrage, cement and concrete, moving - pic- tures, esperanto, etc. . Every line of activity has its printed exponent in these days. [strong Dpleas for Bemidji. BEMIDJI- BILL NOW IN One Calling for Normal School North of Moorhead-Duluth Line Fath- ered by Anderson. NORMAL BOARD TO SELECT SITE Walter Anderson, representative in the state legislature from Badger, onTuesday: ntfoduced & bill calling. for “asixth “normal school “t6*be Yo= | cated north of a'line drawn from Moorhead to Duluth. -The house committee already had under discus- sion bills calling for the locatien of a school at either Cass Lake or Thief River Falls. The Anderson bill, or “general” bill as it is known, was introduced in order that the selection of a site| may be left 'to the state normal school board. .' This board is com- posed of one mgmber from each nor- mal school district and three from the state at large. D: 0. O'Neill, representative from this district, stated before and after the.election that he would not introduce a hor- mal school bill other than a general bill but did introduce one fixing Thief River Falls as the site. A hearing was held by the house committee this week while the three bills were under consideratfon. . E. E. McDonald and J. J. Opsahl appear- ed before the committee and made It appears that Thief River Falls is making an active effort to get the school but should one be recommended by the house committee, it is ‘deemed prob- able that it ‘will be the general bill, TRAINING SCHOOLS. ANNOUNCED _ W. B, Stewart, county superinten- dent of schools' has received a notice from the state department of public instruction that’ teachers examina- tions for school certificates of the first and second grade will be held in Bem{dji Thursday July 31, Friday August- 1, and Saturday August 2: Those for professional” certificates will be held at the state University and the five normal: schools Wednes- day afid. Thursday July 30 and 31, and Friday and Saturday, August 1 and 2. ~ There will be no examina- tions for common school" certificates this spring. Examinations in arith- metic, American history, English. grammar, and geography will be held| in high, graded and rural schools, March 24 and 25: By “HOP* TEN CENTS PER WEEK. WORLD PICTURES AT THE BRINKMAN ‘William Burton, Jr., Formerly Staff Pbotogi-upher on Great Papers, in Bemidji With Views. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS SCENES Are Thrown on. the Soreéns to Illus- trate Different-Phases of Crowd- ed City Life, JACK JOHNSON IS . FEATURED |Has Photos of Negro Champion at Time of His Wedding and While in Jail. . i e William Burton, Jr., one of the world’s best newspaper - photograph- ers, 'is the headliner at the Brink- man. this. week and his act is one of the most novel ever shown in Be- midji. Mr. Burton throws a series of fifty pictures on the screen, each one to illustrate’ a human interest story told by the photographer. The pictured were taken while he was staff photographer. for the St. Louis Times, Chicago .Tribune, Leslie’s Weekly and other papers. WILLIAM BURTON, JR. Among the pictures which® Mr. Burton shows are life size pictures of Jack Johnson taken at the time of his marriage to Lucille Cameron, the white. Minneapolis girl, and while Johmson was in a Chicago jail, held on a charge of violating the Mann white slave law. He ‘also has pic- tures of “Billy” Rugh, the crippled newsboy, who gave his life as a result of skin grafting in order that a girl might live. The picture shows Rugh, the girl, and funeral scenes. Other pictures that Mr. Burton has with him are child ‘studies in St. Louis and Chicago parks and tene- ments, a photo-of an ice gorge in the Mississippi at St. Louis on which he was awarded a_special premium by Leslie’s, one of some door step babies being raised by a Chicago orphanage, views of Theodore Roosevelt and Governor ‘Hadley at the Chicago avia- tion meef, and street scenes ln big American cities. Mr. Burton’s act is probably the only ‘one of its kind in America to- day. ‘He came to Bemidji from the range country and has:played Du- luth, Superior, Aberdeen, Fargo, and other big.cities-in this section.” He goes from here . to the twin cities. Two pictures which he has not with him’ are-those taken at‘the time of the time of the great stockyards fire in Chicago when Chief Hogan and twenty men lost their lives. The pictures shown at the Brink- man’ are instructive and have & les- “lson -in each:which is not far below “| company’s offices. have been .moved ° the ‘'surface. - Mr::Burton will be in Bemidji until Sunday night, & - HAVE MOVED OFFICES. ..The Western Union . Telegraph from the Marmm ‘hotel building to The phone Night the telephone office. number remains the same. messages to be sent after 8:p. m, will | be taken by Fargo over lont distance wlt!lmlt sxtra charge: