Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 14, 1913, Page 1

COMPOSITE BILL HITS COMMITTEES County Officers to Be Made Non-Par- " islature Acts Favorably. SAGENG'S RESOLUTION Calls For Campaign lnvuhnh and He Will Probably Be lad.e NORMAL SCHOOLS CROWDED Moorhead and Winona Asking Legis- lature for Additions to Their Plants. Special to The Plonser. St. Paul, Minn.,, Feb. 14.—Coun-{. ty committees will be a thing of the vng if the composite. bill now. before the senate, which proposes-to amend the ‘primary election law by extend-| Ing the non-partisan feature to coun- ty officers, becomes a law. = The bill does not say that in-so many words, but that. will be-the ef- fect of placing county officers in_the nom-partisan class. There wlll be only the legislative nomfaees left to form a partisan committee. This was one of the points brought out yesterday in the rnacuulon of the bill which had been' made a spec- ial order of business for 11 a.. order to enable senators to be thor- oughly familiar with the measure,-it was decided to postpone final actior on-the bill.to Monday at 2 p..m. A lengthy discussion was started by Sen. Geo. H. Sullivan, Stillwater, who suggested - that the section in thie primary 14w which ‘provides for a clasaificatfon’ of ¢andidates by “div- iding them"tnto clasges; | ougm €0 be repealed. -He said it was a restrlctlon on the right of the voter 1o vote for ‘whoi ever he chogé, becatise he Was‘a lawed to vote only for a certain num- ber ot candidates in each clnfia ‘Sen- ator Sullivan thought Al namies ought to be plnced in one division, so that the voter could Sen. Ole Sugenx dnd several oth- er progreulve leaders objetted. It i3 understood, -however, that-Sena- tor Sullivan will' .’submit™ his’ pro- posal in the form of an amendient to the bill when it edmes up next Monday." May Investigate Administration. * Now that'the ‘senate has adopted Sen. Ole Sageng's resolution calling for the appointment of a joint com: mittee to investigate campaign con- tributions and expenditures, specu- lation is rife as to the personnel of the committee, house also will pass the resolution. One thing :seems- to ‘be taken. for srantad and that i that will be chairman -of the quizzing; committee. ‘With Senator Eiagenx at the belm, i the so-called stand pat element is wondering ‘what faction and. what party will ‘be favored and :white- washed by-:the committed. The author, in answer to a gues: tion by Senator Sullivan, -said that he proposed to investigate all party .- campaigns impartially. But it is pointed out that: while Senator Sag-| . eng may be sincere. in“this respect that the other mémbers of the com-| mittee may combine to “take a fall out of” the . Eberhatt. administra- tion. Normal School Crowded. The stite normal school board and presidents of the state normal schools met with the normal school commit- tee of the senate to discuss the bud- z@l premred by the board for the cofipg two years. Judge Ell Tor- rence of Minneapolis, president of the board, said that the board had trim-| med the budget to the lowest amount possible and had excluded the items of $76,000 for.a model. school at| Moorhead-and .$100,000 for a new assuming that thej-. Senator | . Sageng, as author of the. resolution;|{* o Quits as President of Phila- delphia Club. Following Charges. PASSES| " Photo by Americsn Press Asaociation, visit the two schoo]x before action. Liquor Money For Roads. The senate eommittee .on towns and counties recommends that . ten; per cent of the liquor.license money taking class which now goes into the coun- ty.revenue fund, be placed.in a-road ity ‘and q;pended or roads lendln; into the municipality. : Coroner Ds..C:-Jones of St, Paul, Coroner Gilbert. Seashore-and W. B.! ‘Anderson of Minneapolis, ppeared. to] nurge-the bill inereasing’ th -u.lglen of corongrs in Hennepln and Ram- and increading the coruners fees in other:counties. . . Semator H:.:N. Bez\sons blll auth- orizing county boards to spend $5,~ :000- for land for county fairs was] recommended to pass. MAYOR “BOB” DEAD St.. Paul, Feb. 14.—Robert A. Smith, one of the most prominent ploneers of St. Paul and Minnesota, both _in politics and business, died Wedngesday night at 7:15: o'clock at his. apartments .in the Marlborough. Mrs. C.. W. Copley, his daughter, was the_only one present at his bedside | when the end came. Although he had been. failing rapidly for several days he rajlied- Wednesday, ' later came suddenly. - It was due to exhaustion, caused by his extreme age and the weakening effects of an attack of pneumonia from which he ‘was just recovering. .. His Life in Brief. .- Born, Jume 13, 1827, Booneville, ecrétary to governor, 1853-1856. ‘Appointed county treasurer, 1856. Elected county treasurer, 1867. Re-elected county . treasurer five terma. Organized bank, 1866. " Flected to the legislature, 1872. “Elected to the city councH, 1883. . Elected mayor, by the council, 1887, Elected mayor by the people, 1888, Elected to state senate, 1886. Re-elected mayor, 1890, ‘Defeated for mayor by F. P. Wright, 1892. Elected mayor, 1894. Appointed postmaster, 1896, Elected mayor, 1900, 1902, 1904 and 1906. Elected county commluloner, 1910, Re-elected 19120 school building at Winona, which are demanded: by those cities and would leave it to the legislature to deter- mine it it. wished to spend that addi- tional amount. Moorhead and S. H. Sonllen of Wl nona, members of the board, urge that the two. items be inserted.and) sald that crowded: condittongat: theef two ‘schools made the need almost imperative, Sena rolasum of Dalton sald that:it.would proBably L. A, Huntoon of| [tance uullr bill, in villages and cities- of the fourth’ sey counties from $4,000 to" $5,000 and death) Chicago, m u—Andraw Toekn Jtoehn, & quartermaster in the navy, of the: Misaissippi from Lake Itasca to_the gult this summer. - He plans to gét to Bemidjl about June 1, row up to Lake.Itasca, and then start down stream. . He will use a specfaiiy constructed metal boat. " FAVORS CASHMAN BILL Crookston, Minn., Feb. 14.—The Crookston Commercial club last night, iby resolution, urged the Polk county ‘representatives in the legisliture to vote and work for the Cashman dis- kJudse Watts and others urged postponement of action owing, to an evident lack of knowls edge of tne provisions of the bill and| the manmer: in which' the smaller cities would be affected. 2 ADDITIONAL . PERSONALS, Cass Lake ' Times: Archdeacon Parshall completed his annual visits lto the different missions, in com- pany with Bishop Morrison, who re- turned to his home in Duluth Tues- day-—the archdeacon. spending a few hours with: his family before taking up his regular work of:the diocese Wednesday. In talking over the phone with ‘the archdeacon’ he told us of their encounter with a bliz- zard near ‘the ‘White Earth reserva- tion which not only - caused” great physical discomfort = but -endangered thelr:Hves. Louls LaValiey sitertaifred a num- Ber ot “tils Triérida’ Wedneadny eve- ning, the occnslon ’ being his birth- day. ~ The tollowhls guésts were present: Mr. and Mrs. ~ Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. L. Bloomquist of Cass Lake, Mlss Kittie Gisle, Miss Lillian N : Schultz, Mrs. ‘Finstead, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey, Mr, and Mrs. C. LaValley, Mrs. F. Case and son, Mrs. McKin- non and three daughters. The fol- lowing assisted in the serving: Mr. and Mrs. Bloomquist, and Misses Kit- tie Giese and Lillian Schultz. Card playing and dancing was the divers- ion of the evening. ' L. Bloomquist furnished the music. A-surprise party was given:Thurs- day evening at the home of Mrs. J., C.. Cobb, in honor - of Ruth Wine- brenner, the ~ occasion being her birthday. Games ‘were'played ~and at eleven o’'clock a lunch was served by Mesdames J./C. Cobb and Dan Winebrenmner. . The following guésts were present: - /Misses Gladys Arm- strong, Alice, Hulett, Mable Booth, Margaret Nesbit, Viola * Voltz, Ruth Getchell, Ruth Miner, - Zenda Bell and . Messrs. Leslie Slater, Delbert Ellitson, Floyd Chandler, D’Arcy McGee, Floyd Hyatt,’ Alex Caméron, George Graham and Bill Walker. Miss Anne Mc@Gillen acted as ch&p- eron. John- Koors -entertained’ at a ‘val- entine party Thursday evening from 6:30 to eight o’clock: = The fol- lowing guests were in attendance: Geraldine Hagerty, - Margaret Sym- ons, Ellen Crothers,” Margaret Lord, Ruth Richards, Vera Dempsey, Eva White,. - Mary’. Warfleld, = Margaret’ Klein, Verna Barker, Ruby Collard, Grace Curry, Ralph Markham, Carl Crothers, Arthur O'Leary, -Rupert ‘| Stéchman, Eban ‘Bowser; John™ Rich- Chester Noll,| color; ards, Earl Markham, and Walter . Barker. =~ The scheme was pink and white. ~ Mrs. Koors . was assisted in serving” by’ Mrs, A. Lord and Misses Dullle Koorl' jand Marie Rlymond plans to row the 2,600 miles length] " . < * their keys, not Gradustes of the Ummif.yotlin High Bchool Basketbll Team To Meet Inorenss ix' Price of One Dellar o|% maxiag ?m:n%g A nesota Living in Bémidji Com- - mhmpxmammm Hundred in Four Weeks Helps ‘: s ot i b i St ; ot knowing Du mmm Mm"‘ ‘| % next few seconds t send # Tonight the High schoot basket aall team ‘will play the Deer River team in Alumni. of the Unl?%llty of Min- nesota living in Bemidjl last night unt their xreeunu ‘the sthree wnants of the Unlv 'ty'.,wi;é' are the guests of ‘homor. tonight .at the annual banquet of the General Alum- ni assoclation. Dr. Folwell, the firatd president of the University, is cele-] brating his elghtieth birthday, to- day. The greetings were sent on heart shaped cards furnished by the Alumn.L| assoclation, each card being marked. with a nrlpt initial of the president Lake by a large gcore and five. of to whom it was addressed. The fol-| the range cities Including Brainerd. lowing alumni: of Bemid}i had their|Last year Brainerd -.was Bemidji’s names signed to the cards: A. A.|8trongest opponent and undoubtedly Andrews, Alice Austin, Mr. and Mrs. h‘;:n;‘;?m‘:':“”; S H. C. Baer, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Brown, for either team as both are running Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Dane, Misal jone for the championship but as Beatrice Eddy, John F. Gibbons, Misa|yet Deer River is in the lead as they Ruth Holton, Miss Donna Lycan, Migs [have: won every game played while Bernice Pendergast, Dr. C. R. San-|Bemidil ias lost one. This game will born, Dr. E. H. Smith, W. B. Stewart, declde whidh ls, the better.team : From reports recéived here of the G.-M. Torrance, Abbie M. Trask, Ber- visitors, they are heavy and appear tha M. Trask, and Mr and Mrs: E. F. capable of playing a fast, clean Netzer. game. If Bemidji should take the Vil ‘arrtve 1 Bermiiil at 14, Great Northern nn‘ will be met by a large mumber of the ngh school students and the local team. The game will start promptly at 8:30 with Tnmgr and Earl Bnlley’ a8 forwards, and Johnson at center. ‘The game promises to be fast as the Deer River team comes here with son planms to put in three sustitutes the second half and zqake the teams more evenly matched. CASH REGISTER' COMPANY’S i il . STPLAY DEER RIVER TONGIT BRAINERD GAME - SCHEDULED the roiler: rink. - The Deer P.korsboyaq Claude Balley and Elletson as guards| a clear record having defeated Cass lead during the first halt, Coach Car-] 3 '—B;huli Monroe w '" vmmlmmmmmnx o 15 GOING Lp Mm«o Govmutm Been Called tom'enp | 0 PORK »y m Press, . | Iilti’ iiiiiifikili 1% Mexico’ City, Feb, .14.—The & % & Cable building ih- which the % ¥ American newspaper corresbon & o # dents write their diapatches was & e « hit flve timea by shells. within & % five minutes time Thursday af- & % ternoon. The correspondents ¥ 4 stuck to their desks throughout’ & % the din of the explosions aiid' the: & % cadle _operators - remained af’ ¥ # them &ll to their fleaths, every & # corresdondent .apd operator en~ % 1918/ * Esged in furnishing the Ameri- & % can piblic with news of the ho- x 4 tle raging in the capito), per- * 1| % formed his duty - with . Moct * Pork Is golng qp For tha»fir-t % coolness. ¥ “"’%&"!Jflflm . hogs at: m. Ciui‘l&i%*itl{,fi «. February 1912, Recelpts at the| principal markets ‘have fallen - off| 800,000 pounds from the correspond- ing period in 1913.' The Union Stock- yards company in South St. Paul quoted the following prices and re- celpts yesterday: =) D il 4 Recelpta| . 200 ..2800 $3 ABOVE FEBRUARY Elliott, former ‘secretary of = com- merce and ‘police in the Philippines, and- authority on intérnationl-law, - made this statement here last night, after a-caréful study of conditions in” the revolt. “The Panama will be the sou the United State,” said Judge Ellfote, “Intervention is imperative if the United States would preserve amic- able relations with European powers. If the United States expects foreign Cattle 5 nations to_observe the Monroe doc- HOGS A must intervene and' furnish Price-Range Bulk-Price protection to foreign citizens lving = Today, Feb. 13, ..7.90-8.00" 7.85-8.00 | in - Mexico, Inumntlon will. not Yesterday, mean the mere ln ing of a few Feb. 12 .......7.85-805 7.90.7.95|mArines to Drotect the interests of Week Ago, non-combetadts, side Fob. 8, ......7.40-1.45 7.40-7,45| Tt Will mesnl alonk wir, the most serious ‘that the United States has been involved in -since the war:of the rekellion.” - : REPRESENTATIVE SALES. 96 Hogs, 70 Hogs, 42 Hogs, . £ 12 Hogs «.... -.212 SHEEP AND LAMBS Lambs ... . 4.26-8.25 Mexico City, Feb. 14.—At five o'clock last evening it was reported’ that Geiieral Dias had demnaded the surrender of -the national -palace. Befors dark the fire on both sides OFRY 20 GUILEY The next game scheduled is with | Yearlings . . 5.00-6.75| was intermittent, but-apparently less : Brainerd tor next s-iurdny nisht Bucks . 2.80-3.26 |'vigorous from the federals. The gov- Oinclnuati, Ohio, Feb. 14—The yp ypyq oity, Wethers . 4.26-5.50 [ernment troops recelving ammunition Jury in the case of John.'M. Patter- B i’ veee.. 2.25-5.26|in small con-lgnmenu, 1t 1s sald they son and twenty-eight other officers g Y Market: steady to strong. * * - lare n-umm 23 ASE and. former officials of ‘the: National ELKANA“ lNSPECTIoN KILLING CATTLE New. York;-Feb: “ Im M- 3 Cash Register’ company, charged by the government with violation the|® Sherman anti-trust law, at midnight returned a verdict of “guilty as charged in all three counts of the indictment.” The indictments ‘were returned a year ago, after the government inves- tigation. | ‘The present trial occupled fifty days, The National’s expense at the trial was $500,000 and the gov- ernment’s $260,000. -Elkansh Commandery, the local lodge of the masons, is receiving its annual inspection today. - Rey. !f F. Parshall, of Cass: Lake, commander of Elkanah lodge is in the city forithe inspection. The inspecting officer is Eminent Sir.Knight Jesse Norton, grand senior warden, of ‘Duluth. With him are Sir 'Night H. L. Dres- ser, senior warden of _the Duluth commandery, and the Right-Eminent . George H. Stowe; xraml wmmlnder, The maximum sentence of each|of Wadena. John G. Morrison, Jr., man_on the three counts is a $15,000 aml Omar Grayvglle are here from Red. fine 4nd a year and a half in jail. _|Lake to.attend the inspection. £ . 6.765-8.75 00 -7.00 . 8.00-3.65| . 3.50-4.00 eeees 4:60-6.00 . 4.26-9.00 Steers . Cows and heifers Canners . . Cutters . Bulls .. Veal Calves . Market: steady to strong. Veal calves steady. STOCKERS AND FEEDERS Feeding' lteem, ™ :900-1000 1ba. .. 6.60-7:25] Stock Steers, 500-900 lba. 4.50-7.00 Stock Cows and heifers .. Stock bulls red men were hired Thursday .by. the. depot quartermaster at Governor’s Is- land to man the four transports now: 'being held at Newport News, Va., to: Carry troops- to Mexieo. ' The crews,: - including’sallors, firemen,. ollers and stewards were to sail for Newpo News tomorrow on’a Dominion Hines neunar and burd the vessels. vm Crusz, Mexico, Feb. u i Gemn and American pay roll mney guards on the lnurmtloul railway were killed and Tobbed hy l boay L fitty rebels ‘at Vanegas, - | Thursday. - Other employcu on . 3.75-5.60 lu. vanrobbd uter in th a.y. * | |treight train of twenty cars was (S- * | ralled and ‘burned. “All traln’ t |in San Luis Pososi Baa:-beén- discol tinued bmuu of the daniger ot nfll