Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 8, 1913, Page 1

:and referendum, VOLUME 10. NUMBER 242. SENTIMENT IS FOR THE CASHMAN BILL Senate Supposed Not to Favor it, But Committee Voted 11 to § Friday on Recommendation. QUESTION RAILROADS’ MOTIVES ‘Opposition of Their Attorneys and Other Big Interests Has Result- ed in Favorable Feeling. ABSESSORS MAY BE APPOINTED Dunn Measure Passed House by 67 to 45—Does Not Apply to Cities of Over 5,000. By United Fress. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 8.—There seems to be a general feeling around legislative halls that the Cashman distance tariff bill is going to be- come a law. It gained quite an impetus yester- day when the senate railroad com- mittee recommended its passage by a vote of 11 to 6. ‘1.e senate has been considered as opposed to the bill. When the senate convenes Mon- day morning, Senator Cashman will endeavor to have the bill made a special order of business for next Friday. Should the bill come up then it is predicted that it will pass the senate, although the St. Paul and Minneapolis members are expected to be against it. Without taking issue as to the good or bad feature of the bill, or its prabable egect it is an lndlspu(‘ able fact that the opposition of rail- road attorneys to the measure has been the means of creating sentiment for it. The opposition of J. H. Beek, secretary of the St. Paul Association of Commerce, also reacted in favor of the bill, especialy among St. Paul representatives who are skeptical as to his real motive. v Opponents Do Not Impress. Very few speeches were made in favor of the bill thus far. The op- ponents have been given several hearings; the proponents will have their inning on the floor of the sen- ate chamber. They will be led by the author, who has compiled and gathered statistics which tend to prove that the rates would be re- duced, with certain exceptions, if the lowa rate schedule was applied to similiar commodities for similar dis- tances in Minnesota. Sight must not be lost of the fact | that the Cashman bill does not at- tempt to prescribe rates. That is left to the railroad and warehouse commission. It says merely that the lowest rate charged by any railroad, for transportating any article for a préscribed distance over its lines shall be the maximum rate for trans- porting the same article, the same distance over any other portion of its lines. ‘The original argument made against the bill was that it would increase railroad rates. “If railroad rates are going to be increased by the bill, I cannot un- derstand why the railroads should take such Interest in the measure” sald one senator yesterday. “I can- not conceive of the railroads want- ing to play the part of a philanthro- pist. 1f the rates are increased it will benefit them, so I can not re- concile their present attitude with their attitude in the past.’” Reapportionment has not yet made its appearance contrary to expecta- tlons. The members of the First dis- trict had a meeting today and the Hennepin members have not yet agreed to the bill. The senate bill will be introduced the day after the house bill is introduced by Represen- tative Warner, chariman ofthe com- mitte in that body. It is rumored that when initative passed by the -huosd Thursday, comes up in the sen- :ate, that body may try to amend it in the same respect as was attempt- ed in the house. Should the amend- :ment to do away with the circulation «of petitions be tacked on, W. I. No- \1an, who led the fight against the :amendment in the house, said yes- iterday that he would move that a ‘conference committee be appointed to' arbitrate the difference. - With the conferees appointed by Speaker Rines and Lt. Gov. Burnquist, both recognized progressive leaders, it is ‘believed that the reactionaries would JOSIAH QUINCY. — —_————— Former Mayer of Bosten, Tried With Julian Hawtherne Fer Fraud. have little chance of appointment. The result will be that the confer- ence committee will be in position to undo what the sennte may pro- pose to do. * The senate today adopted Sena- tor S. D. Works’ resolution for an in- vestigation of the grain trading question, independent of the house investigation. Senator Works, speak- Ing for his resolution, pointed speci- fically to the new Equity exchange of . Minneapolis as needing investi- gation, saying that James Manahan, the attorney of that exchange, is the attorney of the house committee and therefore it cannot be expected i that the house committee will invest- | gate the new exchange. Robert C. Dunn of Princeton pull- ed his county assessor bill out of the +dre and secured its pussage Wi the house by a vote of 67 to 45. When the bill came up on general orders Tuesday it was attacked in all quar- ters of the house and Mr. Dunn then stated to the house that he realized the sentiment of the members was against it. The measure applies to all coun- ties in the state except Ramsey, which has a county assessor under special law, but cities over 5,000 do not come under its provisions except by a three-fifths vote of the city council. The assessors are to be elected by county commissioners and their salaries are graded with some lattitude allowed -in each class, the amount being fixed by the county commissioneds. The county assessor superscedes all town assessors,but his work is reviewable, the same as now, by the town and county boards of equalization, and finally by the state tax commission. A FIRE IN CASS LAKE Special to The Pioneer. Cass Lake, Feb.” 8—Fire last night gutted the home of Martin Surface in the east end of Cass Lake. Al- though the department responded jutckly, the men were able to save but a few articles of furniture. Mr. Surface had $300 insurance on the house and an equal sum on furnish- ings. Crossed electric wires are believed to have caused the fire. The family was sitting in the front room during the evening. - The lights suddenly went out and when Mrs. Surface went into the kitchen to investigate, she found the ceiling on fire, She dashed a bucket of water on the ceiling but was painfully burned in the process. has been confined at the Samaritan hospital for some time, is reported much improved. SCOOP zrorter § R A BAD EXPLOSION Painfully Burned When Acety- lene Tank Lets Go. Special to The Ploneer. Northome, Feb. '8—Dr. Charles R. Ward, the only physician of North- ome, was painfully burned Thursday system in his drug store exploded was the only drug store in Nortome and it burned to the ground with the stock. Dr. Ward’s office books and furniture were lost also as he had rooms in the same buildiag. With his clothing on fire, Dr. ‘Ward rushed from the building and jumped into a snow bank. He suc- ceeded in extingnishing the flames but not before he was painfully bur- ned. contents is estimated at $5,000 with insurance unknown. Miss Floy Donaldson, sister of Mrs. Ward, left Bemidji- this morning to give what aid she could. Dr. Hen- derson, of Bemidji, happened to be in Northome at the time of the ex- plosion but had left the drug store to go to the botel. The tank which exploded stood in one of Dr. Ward’s offices. LOCAL OPTION PASSES Minneapolis, Feb, 8 — Senator Frank Clague’s bill allowing cities. ci less than 19 v00 tne right of local option passed the senate yeeterday by a vote of 54 to 1. The same bil: wa3 killed two years ago by hous2 offcers refusing to al- low the turnins tack of the clcck the last night of ihe session. The bill had passed botn houses but was wait- ing in the lower house for ccneur- rance in a s2nate amendment. At present only towns and villages have locai option LR R R RS S SRS SR S S ¥ SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES * HEEEK KKK KKK KK St. Bartholomew’s. Episcopal: .. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Bible class at the same hour. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 a. m. C. de L. Harris, pastor. Swedish Lutheran: - Rev. J. H. Randahl will preach at the Heart Lake church Sunday morn- ing. Sunday school at 12. Evening services at 8 p. m. J. H. Randahl, pastor. First Scandinavian Lutheran: Rev. Einerson of Blackduck will preach in the morning at 10:30 and in the evening at eight o’clock. Sunday school at 12. T. S. Kolste, pastor. First Baptist: Morning sermon at eleven o’clock. Subject, “Sin’s Contribution to the World.” = Evening address, “Some- thing to Live For.” Meeting for prayer and Bible study Thursday evening. The public is cordially in- vited. C. G. Chandler, pastor. First Methodist Episcopal: Preaching 10‘:45 and 7:30. Morn- ing subject, “Comviction.” In the evening Rev. A. H. McKee, district superintendent, will preach. Special music at both services. school at 12, Mrs. A. E. Nelson will lead the Epworth League services at 6:30. Topic, “Lincoln Sunday.” Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Everybody welcome. Charles 'H. Flesher, pastor. Among the out-of-town people in Bemidji yesterday were George H. Grant of St. Cloud; Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Hammery of Gonvick; Miss Ella Larson of Gonmvick; J. H. Heckman of Cass Lake; C. La Bell of Cass Lake; Sam Chem of Little Falls; C. P. Ellerigson of Northome; Miss Katie Van Pelt of Cass Lake; L. Lat- terel of Kelliher; E. P. Lee of Red Lake; Miss Elizabeth Fleish of Foss- ton; A. P. Mickleson of Northome; Mrs. Emil Lund of Nymore, who | Peter Berg of Northome; J.'S. Roem- er of -Crookston; C. "H. Sloan of Crookston and E. W. Collins of Zip- A \ATTLE MORE SPEED' CHAUFFEUR - WERE BARELN MAKING S\XTY fUES AN'HOUR- ple. Dr. Charles R, Ward at Northome | night when the ‘acetylene lighting| and set fire to the building. His| The loss on the building and| . Sunday | (Copyrikht) MACK'S WEEKLY Written Specially . For The Plonser. New York, February 8, 1918.— A quarter of a century ago the city of Detroit had a team'in the Nat- jonal League that boasted four of the ‘highest salaried afhletes in pro- fessional base -bail.- The national game had .not then' “developed into the huge commerehl proposition that makes the present time an age of opulence in salarfes. In-the Spring of '87 the owners ' .of the Detroit club negotiated jwhat was up to that time the most-gigantic deal in base ball when it‘bought the fran- chise ‘of the Buffalo team and took over “among olm players “the orginal Big- Four—Dan ' Brouthers, Hardie Richardson, “Deacon”. White and Jack Rowe. Although this celebrated diamond quartette formed the nucleus of a team that brought Detroit two pen- nants and a world’s: championship, and which had on its roster several other famous stars -of. the 80’s. and early 90’s, among them Charley Bennet, “Pretzel” Getzeln, Fred | Dunlop, “Lady” Baldwin, Ed. Han- lon and Sam Thompson, the- proposi- tion was a losing venture, .- After carrying the team at a loss for sev- eral years the management was com- pelled .to sell the franchise. While the Big Four made Deétroit a winner the salardes :paid them practically bankrupted-the owners. S The present Detroit club: has an- -other “Big Four”. proposition on its hands and if the owners of the club meet the:salary::demands they, too, may find it & hard -matter to keep the good ship off the rocks. In' Detroit the impression prevails that Cobb, Crawford, Stranage and Dubue have agreed to hold out until all have signed at their own figures. President Frank Navin announces that ‘he will postively not meet the demands of the players.: The play- ers on the other hand have shown no inclination to compromise. Without these stars the club would be a tail ender. As -one critic aptly.puts it, “If Navin pays what the players de- mand he won’t have any money: left, and if he doesn’t, he won’t have any ball‘ club left.” LA S Speaking . of high salaried - “Big Fours” how many clubs in either of the major organizations could afford to pay wages to Mathewson, Wag- ner, Cobb and Bresnahan and twenty other athletes of more or less prominence -and hope to have ac- counts balance on the right side of the ledger at the end of the season? P Frank Chance is due to arrive in {New York early next week to as- Suburbanites Couldor Parcel Post as » Rpecles of Pa ‘| general of McGraw’s ability. SPORTING LETTER eume his duties as manager - of the local American League team, It is rumored he will bring Qrvie Overall, the former Cub star pitcher, east with him, and try to put through a deal that will-make the big-twirler a member of .the Yankees. ~Overall quit the Cubs claring- ho would not play . .for Charley Murphy any longer.-. Re- cently he has been pitching for semi- professional " teams “in “California tiveness. Chance .and Orvie are] great pals and the latter would like to return to the big show under his old-manager. - It Presldent Murphy, of the Cubs, will listen to reason a deal may be put through at - next week’s big meeting. . oo “Big Chief” is the latest monicker for John J. McGraw, manager of the National League champion. Mac now has two red skins on his pay roll in Jack Meyers and Jim Thorpe. ‘What McGraw is going to do with Thorpe now that he has that widely advertised athlete gafe in his tepee is ‘proposition for - the - future. -The little manager frankly says that he hasn’t the faintest idea at the pres- ent time. The Carlisle warrior will leave for the training camp with the first load and will be put through the regular stunts with the other rookies. With his ideal, clean: limbed and broad-shouldered build. Thorpe may “develop into = a ~ dia- mond star under the direction:of a It goes| without saying that if there’s big league base ball in him the Giants’ manager will bring "it to the suy- face. E oo An unusually dull period con- fronts. New York boxing fans next week. A. GILMORE FUNERAL MONDAY. Funeral services for the late A. Gilmore, of Kelliher, will be held from the Episcopal church Monday afternoon at 2 p. m." The next civil service examina- tions in Bemidji will be held on April 29.- The examinations will be for those who desire a position in the government service:in the follow- ing positions: map engravers, clerks at department of Washington; elec- trotyper, finisher and ‘moulder, ele- vator conductors, for department service, press feeders at government printing office, stereotyper for. same office, stenographers and typewriters for all service, typewriters for all service and typewriters for Philip- pine and al service. 2 Scoop Thought He Was Barney Oldfield Nesh- ’“‘i GM:!;L“ 2 £\ Mo, MADAM- WERE. INSDEY" Rueurbowsl %) THE conCLiMiTs— MaDE ™ Stow NG pown! alistic, Sublimated Messenger lorvleo-—Nowo tom- VISITORS O WAR PATH| two years ago, de-|. GAME | TONIGHT "IN . ABMOREY and showing all his former effec-|. (Xt HAVE TB SLoW Down MANY CANDIDATES AFTER CITY OFFCES i.".; b”' o Fllmg Shows That Twea- -ty-six Men are After Ten Elective Positions. VOTERS T0 DECIDE FEBURARY 18 Little Excitement Manifest But The Current Seen Against 0ld Time Leaders, ‘THREE ARE QUT FOR MAYOR Ballots will Be Headed by Malzhan, McCuaig and Johnson— All ; Aldermen Runing, Koors Out in the Second, Harry Koors, of the Fitzsim- mons-Baldwin company is cir- " culating a nominating petition for alderman of the Second ward, The petition will be filed tonight. At!er midnight tonight, it will he ‘| too late for-the filing of any nomin- Cass Lake Team, snengtm,d], ating petitions for ‘offices to be filled Two Men, to Defeat Bemidji and Win Tost Laurels Tonight the High school baske ball. team';wil play its third gam of the n when: the" Cn!fl it clashes with ke team @t the’ armory. at_the municipal election Feb. 18. At noon teday, it was predicted that all petitions: being cireulated had beea filed and #hat the slate could be made up. The nominations which have beén made are as follows: Mayor—William McCuaig, nnernl ,|merchant; L. F. Johnson, forest ran- ¢ |&er; ¥. H: Malzahn, present mayor e |and real estate dealer; Alderman-at-large—A. M. Bagley, -president of the Bemidji Handle fac- Thie game will b called at 8:15 and |1017: B. F. Murphy, furnitare dealer those whigswish to skate bafore-h%]9nd- undertaker: Joky, game and between halves will be al-|F Ib second Iand goods; "‘d real lowed to-do so. The line-up will be practically the estate. First Ward—Johu Moberg, nresenl: same as in former games, Graham |2lderman and contractor; and C. J. and Olson have been _playing well Larson, - optical dealer. the.last two weeks and are nuuhing the regulars-for a place on the-team. Possibly each of these players will get a chance to play in tonight's game. An informal dunce will be giv- en ‘in the' 0dd ‘Fellows hall immed- fately after the game in honor of the visitors. A réport came from Cass Lake:this niorning that the high:school team of that city had been defeated by the ‘Walker team by the score of- 32 to 19. - If the Cass Lakers win this evening’s game it will mean' a"great deal for.them as Bemidji has de- The visitors. will cashier Northern National Bank; G. feated Walker. Second Ward—S. C. Bafley. pres- ent ‘alderman and game warden; and T. W. Bell, millwright. Third Ward—Jos. Bisiar, present alderman and piano and sewing ma- chine dealer; J. P. Omich cigar and curio dealer. * Fourt Ward— C. C. Crippen, pres- ent alderman and photographer; J. Peterson, Jr., news stand and con- fectionery dealer. City Clerk—George Stein, present clerk. City Treasurer—George W. Rhea, present incumbent and assistant work hard to win tonight's game as|A- Akerberg, clothing merchant. a vlctory tonight will put them back championship Wwhich'they’ lost by losing last night’s n the run for: the game, Superlntendent Allen V. " of Cass Lake ,will referee the game tonight, The Cass Lake team will'be streng- Assessor—L. B. Lloyd, agent Great Northern Express company; Thomas Maloy, former city clerk; and Frank Schroeder, clerk for Otta G. Schwandt. Judge of Municipal Court—Hiram Simons, present judge and former thened by the addifion of two regular | 281t of the Bemidji Townsite com- players who were unable to be in the-line-up last night. any TATISTICS . Cost of the Bemldjl fire departmen for 1912. Vol. Dept. for mfidlng res.$1,084.00 Dormitory ..: pany; John L. Brown, attorney; John F. Gibbon, attorney; H. J. Loud, attorney; A. M. Crowell, present court commissioner; and L. G. Pendergast, one time justice of the peace. Politicians are having a hard time to interest voters in the election. t|The ‘excitement which has marked former ‘municipal elections appears to be lacking although many of the 171301014 time groups are in the fleld with New equipment. 650.00 | their candidates. Although the sur- Salaries ... .-+ 1,198.833face is plactd, there appears ‘to be Barn and horse‘expense 220,33 [plenty of discussion and action be- Material and ;npulrn. ces 72.63 | neath. The voters are shying away Total ' Paid the. thirty five calls.. Cost yeaf 1912 Cost year.1811 . $1,243.44 3 “2|looking: for election as Judge of mu- from the old time leaders and are ceeess...$3,396.49 | doing thefr own talking. artment for attending Up to one week ago, it appeared that Mayor Malzahn would probably $3,396.49 | be re-elected but it seems that his 2,153.05 )’ stock has-taken a decided drop since the Marin -murder. It appears to be the general opinion that he is now a weak candidate. The present ad- ministration was severely scored af- ter the shooting and the voters seem {to be ‘hesitating about approving the. present state of affairs. “The large ber of candidates nicipal“court precludes any possibili- “{ty of prophuy of the winner. The resent ‘judge was appointed by the governor at the death of H. W, Bail- ey, former and wishes an’ in- '{dorsemént” of hls administration. L, | 6. Pendergast was justice of peace be [fore_the office of municipal judge was created. A.° M. Crowell is at pruent ‘court eomm!-ioner and was