Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 3, 1913, Page 1

THE BEMIDJT VOLUME 10. NUMBER 237. SAM MARIN SHOT AND KILLED SATURI)AY NIGHT IN HIS SALOON BY LUMBERJACK | - Crime Committed at 6:15 as He Was About to Enter Barroom After Hav- ing Gone Up Stairs to Get a Pail—Many Men in Saloon at the Time the Shot Was Fired. MURDERER ESCAPED BUT WAS CAPTURED SUNDAY IN WILTON Asked for Food and Was Taken in Charge by Constable Adolph Guisness Who Held Him Prisoner Until Deputies Cahill and Bursley Arrived From Bemidji. THE PRISONER SAID THAT HIS NAME IS AUGUST JOHNSON Trouble is Said to Have Been Caused Over Money Matters—Bullet Was & .38 Calibre Steel From An Automatic--Passed Through Heart and Heavy Partition, Shot through the heart with a .38 calibre steel jacket bullet, Sam Marin, known as “Big Sam” walked about thirty feet and spoke several times before he died Saturday night. Marin was shot at 6:15, by & man who later gave his nams as August Johnson, as he came down stairs and was about to enter the barroom of his saloon, which is known as “Big Sam’s Place.” The saloon is located on Third street between those oper- ated by John Larson and Perle Davis. After the bullet left Marin’s body, it went through a two-inch oak partition. When found by Deputy Burs- ley, it was unscratched. In spite of the fact that there was at least one eye-witness of the shooting and that there were several men in the barroom, Johnson es- caped into the street and was not caught until Sunday afternoon when he asked for food in Wilton, The arrest was-made by Constable Adolph Guisness and Johnson was brought back to Bemidji by Deputy Sheriffs Cahill and Bursley. The coroner’s inquest was held and Johnson was ar- BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDA SHOE TRUST WINS United :States Supreme Court Hands Down Decision Applying “Rule of | Reason” of Standard 0il Fame and|: Says It is Not an Unlawful Mono-|. poly. | By United Press. Washington, Feb. 3.—The -United| Shoe company, which is the so-called “Shoe Machinery” trust, is not an unlawful monopoly under the Sher- man_anti-trust law. Its officers will escape criminal prosecution. . Applying the “rule ‘of reason,” of the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases, the court affirmed = the decree of Federal District Judge Putnam,. of Boston, who dismissed the crimimal indictments brought against five of- ficers of the company for alleged vio- latidn- of the Sherman law. BEMIDJI BESTS WALKER L2 ] Locals Take Visitors Into Camp by Score of 22 to 11 in a Game Whioch Was Hard Fought, [ FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON 7 ‘Defeating the Walker quint in & hard fought game Saturday night by a score of 22 to 11, the Bemidji High school team won its first game of the season. The game started off A ¥ Cost of lighting streets Street-—Ares and *3 Street—Arches .. Band stand n@dadoc Buildings ! Lighting cost this ING FEBRUA\RY 38, 1913, Chicago Police Ordered Not to, Arrest Hobos Holding Unlon Carde—News Item. COST 9&‘ STREET LIGHTING IN 1912 and building during fiscal year 1912.....$6,519.84 D. lights... SHORT TERM FAVORED National Senate Passed Bill Saturday Calling For Constitutional Amend- ment to Restrict Presidents, «$6,290.73 766,35 16.20 54.17 . $6,619.84| ° .$6,619.84 : Bill Introduced In fonate to Give People Board of Appeals in Rates and Servioes, GOVERNOR EBERHART IS FOR IT Says Voters Must Control But Politics Often Ehter Management of Municipal Enterprises, CALIS . FOB A COMMISSION Three Men to Be Appointed at Salary of $5,000 Per Year With Power to Appraise and Value, ‘| Special to The Pioneer. St. Paul, Feb. 3.—Designed to supervise and regulate all public util- ities in the state of Minnesota, a bill has been introduced in the legislature by Senator Murray, of Renville coun. 'ty, which, if enacted into law, will glve the people & board of appeals to which citizens may go with com- plaints against water, gas, electric light and other general utility com~ panies not giving satistactory service ‘or charging excessive rates. The measure is intended also to ald towns where municipally owned plants, con- trolled by politics, have individuals or factions at disadvantage. In his inaugural message, Governor Eberhart gaid: with a rush and although the Walker SINGLE ELECTION FOR SIX YEARS boys were never ahead during the en- tire game the Bemidji team was not sure of the game unti} the last few raigned in court this afternoon. “In my opinion, public utilities must be either owned or controlled by the people. Where control can be vested in a falr, impartial and com- Be. petent authority, removed as far as possible from political influence, it is far superior to ownership. - It has been found -by.experience that jt is very difficult’ to keep municipalfy owned plants out of. politics. As a general principle, it is true that the . state or the city should not go into any business which can be transacted as well by individuals. In the case of ‘public utilities, the selfish greed of human nature too often takes ad- vantage of the people’s dependence to < demand excessive rates or grant un- fair discrimination as between locali- ties and individuals. Even munici- pally owned public utilities are now realizing the necessity of state-wide regulation and .a strong demand for ..ov: 6,006.28 ....$ 514.56 .Increase due to installation of additional lights, and changlng the arches frpm a midnight to all night service. Lighting cost last eTu AE Story of the Shooting. four years of age and worked in As near as can be learned from the| NO'th Dakota and the Minnesota . & lumber camps. minutes of play. - t th ? men who were in the saloon a o e s man, of medium build with| The winning of this game means & tional amendment which would re- time of the murder, Marin was shot ¥ strict the president of the United his |2 pair of steel blue eyes. ‘| great ‘deal for the team as Walker T v ?.::;Bhe;;:f;?fifoffe:m: t‘t:l; p: Investigation Saturday - night re-|has played five games before Satur- _’ x ',‘.‘ X *f *.f' !*,** x * f.’ x * * x X * * * * I XX I KX :;‘é,‘:;&; b:l: gwle t:::l o‘fy;i:o year; liee. Saturday aight.and Sunday, | ealed that he had purchased _the|dsy's game and came here undefoat- X ~SPRING™MAY BECEARLY X X e %|and Theodore Roosevdlt snd Willias ADpat thaty.l'ohisor.x vt eaite i‘nlo ammunition for his gun about 11:15ed. This was the second game for Be- | ¥ H. Tatt D‘ v 001::“ o i am l:p sn:oo Saturday morning. He|l? the morning. It Is belleved that|midji but was a sample of what they|¥ - Amy ground hogs llving in % i d»;omfl:ee ngt fle: ‘:ln W:s orod o drink and when he uid fop |ALt€T leaving the Marin saloon he in-|really can do. The Walker team only | ¥ the vicinity of Bemidjl which & ; IR e ey ;’: : ‘; $20 bill. It s:ld that | teRded to get in another saloon and|shot two fleld baskets and their for- * came out from their holes yes- ¥|& chapter in the history of the ¥ :g&rrow lll:arg:o gn:tvole. e 2 a2 sald that | ningle with the crowd a few minutes | wards appeared to be playing in hard | ¥ terday, were assured that it was %| % Rosenthal case opened Saturday * etiak E res-day. Seht, in Wh!ilch ;;’lr nx:h vh;ae o“;'m.;mh O le) 4| for an alibi and then quietly change|luck as they made several good at- * time to get up as spring is com- «| & morning when a daughter was ¥ “"fe“ veg' dolned: with;maiy’ Re- i w m un cnnson SOBered | his clothes and leave the city. The|tempts to shoot baskets and failed.|* Ing early this year. The sun did | & born to Charles Becker, . the % | DU licans in opposing the restricted un.J . i is that Marin Jater|cB25¢ by Lundgren, who did not|The visitors outweighed = the locals * not shine all day and shadows %|+& former police lieutenant, now E;esldint‘lallt:’m, kthe senat«; B-df:)pted o 1:1;0":35 ordy Llls 3 : alr an:rin know of the murder at the time, kept |but the Bemidji team was faster on|* Were - unknown. Mr, | under sentence of death in Sing t °'tg4 :"t 2;' % Sesdlalion by & By conts for a rooms . yobase Jor | nim from the down town district. |its feet. Walker's center shot the|¥ Groundhog, or Mr. Woodohuck | Sing prison for complcity in & Y Re Tantge Wit d JACeRte LR FOPTY, (401080 Sam Marin was a brother of John|fouls and missed but two out of the{¥ as he is better known, seen his | the gambler’s murder. 120 anERage-which 1t 1a Dropose to his room after dinner and slept, . . Henry Marin, of Bemidji, and|nine chances. +« shadow, he would have returned % Mrs. Becker is desperately ill & | to insert in the constitution in place i ¥ for nbo\:t‘ thrT: :Aour:‘.i \:’hhenhhe cakmg W. A. Marin of Crookston. He is The winning of the game was due % to his hole for another sl]eep of ¥ at-the Woman’s hm.lpltal and the x|of :h]el fl;s? paragraph of article 2, is down gtairs, It ee at hie asked| )y ived by a wife, five daughters | partly to the excellent guarding of | ¥ Six weeks. A groundhog’s hole X|-& doctors say there is little hope ¥|as follows: Marin for the $17 balance that he % runs about four feet under- ¥ of saving her life and-her baby. &| The executive power shall be vest- and a son. Funeral arrangements|C. Bailey and Elletson. Tanner and 1 Earl Bailey were the stars of the|¥ ground and is usually between ¥ The infant weighs twelve ¥|ed in a president of the United States |such regulation comes from producers = claimed he had coming. Marin told|, . not yet been made. him that he had $11 coming. At the coroner’s inquest held this|game if any could be picked and|¥ forty and fifty feet long. * pounds but the anxiety and %|of America. The term of the office of [and consumers alike throughout the "1 then realized that I was UD|,pernoon, Dr. Ward traced the|played a game altogether too fast for | % % ¥ K ¥ X XK KX 4 & X K% ¥ | grief, which have darkened the | president shall be six years; and no|state. agalnst the old game,” said Johnson| ., .s6 of the bullet in Marin's body. | the-big Walker guards. Johnson at lite of the mother since her hus- % |person who has held . the ofiice by| “Owlng to local conditions and iu- i Sunday, “and decided that it would|pou s o S o Bolmers | conter bl band was accused of ordering *|election, or discharged its powers or|fluences, it is impossible for a local = ) played a good game but was , bo better to take the $11 than 105 it| ociineq that Johnson was the man to | closely guarded by the Walker cen.| COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING the murder of Rosenthal last &|dutles, or acted aspresident under|commission to be as successful in the all so I asked him for that. He turn- whom he had sold bullets Saturday.|ter. A dance was held after the game The regular February meeting of July, the physicians say, have so %|the constitution and laws made in|regulation of these utilities as & 3 ed away and would not answer and I| arion Hazen and Fred Bursley told |in the Armory hall in honor af the|the Bemid}i Commercial club will be|* affected the constitution of the *|pursuance thereof shall be eligible to| state-wide commission. i r::luht- went over and sat down. . |of finding the bullet and empty shell. | visitors and the many rooters that|held in the club rooms Tuesday eve-|X child that there is little likeli- hold again the office by election. ~ |ing authority and the regulated are It was about this time that Marin|p L. Keane, an eye witness, describ- |accompanied the team. The line-up A hood that she will survive. «| The president, together with a vice|too closely related and dependent asked his cook for a pail and as the| i yho snooting in some detail. Diép-11of ihertwo teams vk g Tallows: ning. As there are several matters of | . . o o & & x 4 & & & & & % % & & & | president, chosen for the same term, |upon local conditions and it is almost cook had none, Marin went up stairs uty Cahill said he was called to Wil- Walker—11 Bemidji—22. importance to be brought up at the {shall be elected as follows: impossible to be impartial and fair.” to get one. One of the men in the|, - and brought Johnson back. Oliver. ... e Johm;an meeting, the officers desire a good - ‘The resolution proposing the con- The Murray bill provides not only i saloon, D. E. Keane, was asked by The coroner’s jury was composed Johns‘,n': el bk attendance. T“E TONNAGE TAX IS stitutional amendment now goes to|for supervising municipally owned the cook to go down cellar and| ¢ Ajpert Kleven, E. F. Netzer, Scott|Halller. . . .. ,|the house. If ratified there by a two- | plants, but those conducted by cor- L throw some wood on the fire. “Little % i = thirds vote, it will be submitted to|porations as well, Citizens may go to 4 Stewart, Roy Dennis, William Hazen |Nelson. . .. TflE BIG ISSUE Now Sam” Kirby was in charge of the bar| i+ Jo1: Tennstrom, Roskwick. . & ...... .Eletson| PICKED THE WRONG WOMAN. the legislatures of the states and will | the utilities commission and ask. for Keane came out of the bar room just i s o S Hess and Rogers, Walker subs.| In the February American Maga- become effective when three-fourths|an investigation of any-rates or serv- as Marin came down stairs. Graham, Bemidji aulb sine James Montg‘omery Flagg, the|BY United Press. of the forty-eight states of the Union |ice ‘given by any plant owned by a “I happened to look into the wine : ) = g St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 3.—Tonnage | have officially approved 1it. municipality or by a corporation. =2 | room,” says Keane, “and I looked| A warrant was issued Jast week for May Play Superior, famous wit and artist, writes and| T/ ", big issue now before the| Repeated attempts were made to| The general provisions of the bill right down the muzzle of that re-|p oo\ q ywrents but ho had ‘lett| A S2me has been scheduled be-|lilustrates an amusing article aboutyoyge, while reapportionment, work-|change the resolution so it Would not|follow: volver. 1 fell back and as I did heard tween the “Big Bemidg” basket ball|the adventures of a man named Billy |mens’ compensation and public utili-|affect past’ presidents, or the presi-| State public utilities commission to the man call out ‘Hey, there,’ or|foWn when officers went to serve it.| ..~ the Superior team but as] who set out to hire a cook. Following ties are the principal topics before|dent in office when it may finally be|consist of three members, to be ap- is an extract showing one of Billy’s|the senate of the legislature. ratified by the states. All these ef-|pointed by the governor at a ull.ry or something like that and then there | the doors of the Northern Auto com- the game. If possible the game will| experiences -at .. an employment| H. P. Bjorge of Lake Park is the|forts fajled. Two votes taken again|of $5,000 a year. was a shot. ‘Big Sam’ sald ‘Boys, I'm | P20 garage, entered the bullding|, "1 woq o0 or around the fifteenth | agency: author of the tonnage tax measure,|demonstrated that the senate did not| Total expenditures of the board . shot’ and walked the length of the|and tooK a Prest-O-Lite tank and oth- of February. = Superior has a fast| “Billy was trying to describe the|which does not differ greatly from |care to exempt any.person from the|not to exceed $75,000 per annum. e in’ and sank to the floor.” teams in Duluth and other citles. | suddenly grasped the agent by the|ago, and .which was vetoed by Gov.|ion. diction over property rights, facjli- In the confusion, the murderer ADDITIONAL LOCALS. The local boy& have played ~four | wrist and ‘pointed rudely. Jobmnson, after it passed both the| An amendment by Senator Hitch-|ties, franchises and service of &l -~ walked out of the saloon, ran down| o T Johnson went to|53Mes and have won them all by big| ‘There! the one with the black- house and senate. cock, which would have exémpted|steam railroads, street rallway, trac- > ‘You, there’ or ‘throw up your hands,’|It I8 82id that he ran a machine into| o.® "a0n 10 "date has been set for bar and sat down. He said ‘I'm all |°F ®uto accessories. bunch and has defeated some strong|sort of a cook he wanted, and he|the bill which he offered four years|operation of the single term provis-| The commission shall have juris- - Third street and turned down Minne- Increase this :vear - Note: ‘Washington, Feb, .3.—A constitu- New Yol‘k Feb. 3.—What i promised to. be another tragic ¥ * *k‘k*****t****************i‘k WARRANT OUT FOR KREATZ scores. They are expected to make a|liat with the white feather duster on| The reapportionment: measure,. it|past presidents and made the new |tion railway, electric railway, canal, sota avenue. He was seen running| Baudette last week. He is expected| o4 ouing with the Superfor|it? She looks like what 'd prefer to|1s expected, will be introduced early | provision take effect Mareh 4, 1917, [express, subway, pipeline, gas, elpo- by Ben Lundgren, former deputy ek tonlght, team. Brémlon, Bemidji’s star for-|have around the house; bring her |this week, by Senator Victor L. John- | was voted down 42 to 27, ‘and an|tric light, heat, power, water, ofl, sheriff, and Lundgren followed. The| Fred Tydeman, of Minneapolis, at-|ward, has returned from Little Fork man took to the alley back of Nan-|torney for the state board of health,|and will Bénin play on the team. gle's store, to America avenue, and|was in Bemidji over Sunday on busi-|Neuman will be able to play by the then down the embankment to the ness. He left for Cass Lake this|fifteenth and the team will have ‘all railroad yards. A Great Northern|noon. its old strength back. freight pulled out about that time son, chairman of the reapportionment |amendment by Senator Sutherland, to exempt the president in office when the constitutional amendment. may finally be ratified, was defeated 38 to 29. sewer, telephone, telegraph or other utility in public use. The commission shall have power _ to appraise 'and value the property of any public utility, fix reasonable, Just individual rates, tolls, clnrpl over; let me talk to her.’ «‘She’s looking for a maid her-|committee of the senate. self,’ smiles the agent. ‘That is Miss| Public hearings. on workmens’ Vera Lipsalve of the Winter Gar-|compensation and public utilities will' L be held this week. i = o den! B i v terast v SCOOP Reporiy Monday Is An Awfal Slow Day For Good Stories By “HOP” o e s found. Sunday afternoon about 4 p. m., Johnson walked into Wilton and asked for something to eat. " He had been out all night and appeared famished. Constable Guisness saw him and from behind ordered him to throw up his hands. Guisness did not even have a jack knife with him. The key to the jail could not "be found so Johnson was guarded until the Bemidji officers arrived. He was placed in the county jail in Bemidji.|. Here he was identified as the man ‘who was. seen:in the saloon prior to|- the shooting . Johnson said that he was a Dane by birth, had been in this country twenty years, was thlrtx- compel any public utility to eofiply with municipal ordinances; extension of existing facilities there is sufficient business to just such extensivn; prevent discrimina~ tion in rates of one locality against another; prohibit . the _issuance of stocks, stock certificates, bonds,6r other evidences of indebtedness with- out authority from the board; pro- hibit a corporation from'capitalising any contract for consolidation, mer- WMT A MINVTE. ! prohibit selling, leasing m(tudu or dilmllng 14 rights or merging public utility without ¢ . e S G e ————