Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 24, 1913, Page 1

E BE LEGISLATURE NOT 'DOWN TO BUSINESS Semate Has Passed But One Bill of Gmnl_ Importance While House Put Through Three H H. DUNN IS UNPOPULAR His Stand Against the Cities on Re- s apportionment Has Reacted on Distance Tariff. [ SENATE TURNING PROGRESSIVE? Killed Duxbury Amendment Which : Would Have Hurt the Prim. ary Law. BX United Press. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 24—With the} Minnesota legislative session one- third over, it begins to look as 'if there would not be many new laws on the statute books of a general na- ture when the ninety day limit is reached provided it lasts that long. ‘To date the senate has passed -just one bill of any general importance. THat is the recall bill, and it is practically ineffective because by- its provisions petitions must not be cir- culated and twenty-five per cent. of thé signatures of voters in the dis- trict s required to initiate a re- call. The house has passed three import- ant measures in the Initiative and re- ferendum bill, the reapportionment bill and the woman's suffrage bill. The latter is a dead issue however, as: the senate killed it twice, first killing its own bill and then reject- ing the house measure. The house disposéd of-tonnage tax by a close vote of 61-t0-55. The reapportionment bill is ex- negted to pass the senate intact, or with - only slight amendments, but Inftative and referendum is not ex- pegted to fare so well, since it is generally predicted that the sénate will amend the provision in the “re- cnll‘ bill which prohibits the cir- cu!atlon of petitions and also by rais- |- lng the percentages of signatures re- quired. The two probe committes are mak- ing things merry, with the house cofumittee favoring the independent grain concerns and the senate com- miftee having announced its inten- ‘tion to investigate the independent coficerns just as vigorously as the house is investigating the Minnea- poiis Chamber of Commerce, under the guiding hand of James Manahan, congressman elect. H. H. Dunn Unpopular. H. H. Dunn, Albert Lea, who was popular enough in 1911 to be elected speaker of the house, “broke his pick” the other day when he went down to defeat by an overwhelming major- ity, after he tried in vain to kill the reapportionment bill in the house. That seeis to be taken for grant- ed- around legislative halls. Many make the prediction that he will be lucky if he succeeds in having even a local bill passed, while it looks like a foregone conclusion that the Cashman distance -tariff bill, which h¢ introduced at the request of Sen- ator Cashman, will lose prestige on account of his connection with the méasure, and that it is not at all im- probable that it will be defeated. *All during this session Represen- tative' Dunn has shown a disposition to work against the . citles. His spéech on reapportionment in which he tried to amend the measure to the extent of leaving the representation in’St. Paul and Minneapolis just as it is ‘at present, was calculated to in- aube country members %Yo line up against the cities. Representative Dunn. also was in the minority on the tonnage tax bill. Members from Northern Minnesota will not forget this when he is look- ing to them for support for some pet measure of his. Is the senate becoming progres- sive? The suspicion is based on the fact that by & vote of 32 to 17, the senate killed Senator Duxbury’s smendment to the election commit- tee's bill which proposed ‘to elimin- ate that provision extending the non- partisan feature to the primary elec- tion law. The non-partisan {nture is a pro- gressive idea. t—it was the Dem- ocrats who assisted the’ progressives kill the amendment. ~With a non- partisan county ticket those who are Row_Democrats may. be able to slip VOLUME 10. NUMBER 255. JOSEPH P. TUMULTY. —_———— | Appointed. by President Elect Wilson to Be Mis Secretary. —|tle from the start and Brown took a KEKKKEKK KK KKK KK KKK USE YOUR PRIVILEGE : Use your privilege and cast a % vote for your site for the new % federal building. Clip a ballot ¥ from the Pioneer, fill in the % blanks, sign it and leave it in % the Pioneer office or the ballot % box on the Pioneer corner. An ¥ unsigned ballot cannot be ‘¥ counted but signatures will be ¥ % kept ctonfidential. g * KRR KKK KKK KKK KK KK * ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok kK in office guise. The senate will get a chance to show whether it has changed front, when the initiative and referendum bill passed by the house, is voted on. If it is progressive, it will pass the measure as it passed the house. But all signs indicate that not only will the bill be amended so as to prohibit the circulationof petitions, but that the percentages will be increased. These provisions in the “recall” .bill reflect the sentiment of the senaturs to that extent. under the non-partisan «inuwuuwn:«anuu 7 HOR. ¥ NET. * ««i«i«fii«*«fi«k«f&# "Albert Everson, ,who has been vis- iting at the home of his uncle, O. P. Stene, for the past few weeks, re- turned to his home ‘at Hazel. He was accompanied by his aunt and cousin, Olga. The following temperance pro- gram was given by the literary. so- clety at the Winan school on Tues- day evening: Recitation, “The Smoker,” .................. Lucille Thom Recitation, “Somebody’s Boy,”. ... ................... Percy Thom Song, “Down with The Licensed Saloon,”. Miss Anvid and R. M. Cossentine necuauon, “A Fence or an Ambu- lance,”........... Florence Green Paper, “The Twin Destroyers, . .............. R. M. Cossentine Recitation, “The Model Saloon”. .. ...Ruth Green ‘The Tidal Wave . Sa- Mrs, J. D. Bogart Reading, ‘Recitation, “The Demon’s Coun- ................ Miss Anvld Song, “The Flower's Drink,”.. .. Miss Anvid,” R. M. Cossentine - Mrs. J. D. Bogart Mrs. Henry Plummer, who been quite ill, is able to .be again. Herman Thom took a load of cord ‘wood to Blackduck on Thursday. Robert C. Shaw, having completed the farmers’ short course at the Agri- cultural school at St. Paul, returned to his home Friday evening. Miss Nellie Shaw visited a few days at her home, returning to her school work in Blackduck on Monday morning. has about Athletes’ Blood Temperature. There have .been made at the Lon- don College hospital some curious ob- servations on the blood temperatures of athletes. 'The normal blood tem- perature of man is about 98.11 de grees Falirenheit. A young man after & run of 200 yards, showed a temper- ature of 100.76 degrees; another a temperature of 100.94 degrees; a third & temperature of 102.2 degrees after a run of half a mile. A mile run pro- duced an internal temperature of 102.8 degrees with one_ athlete and 108.6 degrees with another. After a three-mile run one young man had a temperature of 105 degrees, but this runner's ‘hiormal blood = temperature was 101 degree although he was in Just Before the Fight.- “So you are on your way to propose ‘to Miss: Pickelle?” “You bet! Wish ILATEST IN SPORTS me luck?” “Oh, I wish you luck, all ‘right; but it won't do you a bit of pod !lodlmmhmh;mw ‘espt you.”—Houston WANTS RECOUNT Defeated for the office of muniei- pal judge by one vote, John Gibbons announced today that he will'prepare papers asking for a recount. . Mr, Gibbons received 180 votes, A. M. It will be several days b!iore the pa- pers _are filed. Ad Wolgast was unable to get any- thing better than a hair line draw Saturday night on his fight with Tommy- Murphy in San. Francisco. He was lucky to get that and is con- sidered a “dead one” as far as-cham-~ plonship material goes. . . The fight Went twenty rounds. " Knockout Brown failed to knock- out Joe Rivers in Los Angeles Sat- urday night and was himself knock- ed out in the tenth round of a twen- ty-round contest. It was Rivers’ bat- terriftic punishment. TEACHERS’ - MEETING KARICKV’I Institute for Rural Instructors to Be " Held in Bemidji. As there is no -meeting of the North Central Teachers’ association this year, W. B. Stewart, . county superintendent of schools, has- de- cided to hold an inmstitute for rural teachers in Bemidji March 7. As the city schools will be in session, the morning will be devoted to visits to the schools and in the afternoon the teachers will listen to a program. Invitations have been sent to all of the rural teachers in the county inviting htem to be present and urg- ing them to ask their school boards for the day off. ~ Responses to date indicate that there will be a large at. | ARE ‘tendance. Mr. Stewart left for the northern part of the county Saturday night and will visit 8chools there for several days: cms TO THE cm-—nom Gloqnet Yonth neheved of $30: on ; Friday Night. g Walter Densler, who claims Clo- quet as- his' home, was a witness in police court this morning against Thomas O’Leary. against whom a charge of robbery had been placed. Densler, who is eighteen years old, claimed that O’Leary had robbed him of about $30 Friday night within two ‘minutes after he had stepped off the M. & I train. Judge Simons believed that the "|case was not of enough importance to hold to the grand jury and chang- ed the charge to .petit larceny. O’Leary was given ninety days in the | county Jail, REMODELING MILLINERY STORE The Bemidji decorators have be- gun work on the remodeling of the Lafontisee millinery store on Fourth street. The sales room will be pa- pered and painted and put in readi- ness for the spring opening which Crowell 181 and John L. Brown, 169.| takes place the first part of next month. The Lafontisee sisters purchased the flanger ‘millinery store last fall. HISTOhY’S MOST FAMOUS TOY Bright Stone With Which Boer Chilk dren Were Playing Led to Dia- mgnd Fleld Discovery. What is the most famous toy in fis- tory? We would give the palm not to any elaborate mechanical contrivance or lifelike doll, but to the simple, bright stone that in 1867 a Dutch far- mer found some Boer children using as a plaything: For the farmer #ent the stome to the Cape for examination and the re- sult was the discovery of the dlamond fields of South Africa. And the child’s plaything_found its way to the- Paris exhibition, where t sold for £500. According to a Japanese belief, dolls sometimes come alive, aequiring a soul in process of being played with by successive generations of children. Food is provided for them and they are treated with great care, lest neg- lect. should bring trouble upon the household. One pretty story tells how & childless husband and wife borrowed & doll that had gained a soul, fed and clothed it, and deservedly vmpored thereafter. All'this is in utter contrast. wlth the unpleasant theory of Varro about dolls. He held thht the dolls given to little Romans at Christmas—that is to say, at the Satarnalia—represented original sacrifices of human beings to the infernal god—London Chronicle. P-nn t-Raising Day. ‘The Toronto champions of the In ternational league will have Rochester as their guests on their pennant-rais ing day, June 2. It will be something new fiu- mmm players to- hel] h; team’s MADERO SHOT AND KILLED SUNDAY Deposed Mexican President With ' Vice President Suarez, Both INTERVENTION IS = PROBABLE Foreign Nations are Calling on Unit- ed States to Accept Responsibil- ities of Monroe Doctrine. (Copyright) i BLACKDUGK Communication With Funkley by Telephone Opened and Addition-" tarmers’ telephore connected ‘with thé Blackduck tele-| phone exchange.. Besides connecting Shooks. and’ Funkley, " they -connect with farmers in’Quiring, Battle Riv- er, Inez and Hornet. A line will be built to Kitichi lake as soon as a road 18 opened. J. E. Dade; putmuter of Black- duck, and J.- C. Thompson, county commissioner, are jn Bemidji today confering with the county surveyor over the laying out of an Elwell road south from Blackduck' ' through the Kitichi country to connect with the’ Duluth-St. Vincent state road east of Cass Lake and another road te run east from Bemidji to intersect the first road north of Cass Lake. At the present time the roads in- to the’ Kitichi country are few and hard to travel. Settlers are almost without communication with-the rest of the country. As soon as a road is built, a telephone line will follow. Five hundred dollars has been -raised for a telephone line from Nebish to Blackduck and this line will be built this spring. In order to raise money for more books; the Library association -of Blackduck will give a play “The Three Hats,” March 14. RUSSELL WAS TOASTMASTER Acted as Master of Ceremonies at K. C. Supper Saturday. About 1560 members of the Knights of Columbus were seated at the ban- quet tables in St. Phillips church on Saturday evening. P. J. Russell act- ed as toastmaster and responses were made by the following men: F. J. McPartlin, International Falls; J. Barron, C. Al Barron and J. J. No- lan, Brainerd; Father Ryan, North- ome; W. C. Boyce, Thief River Falls; Bd.>Galvin, ' Blackduck; :and Father Philippe, T. J. Burke, ‘Thbinas Mec- Cann and R, F. Murphy of Bemidji. Many of the speakers and a large + delegation from Bemidji went to Brainerd Saturday night for the in- stallation at Brainerd and returned to Bemidji last night. R.F. Murphy ‘went from Brainerd to Duluth. BAGLEY GIRIS WIN ‘4 TO 4 Defeated Girll Team: ‘!roin Deer niy- Special w !l. m ‘Bagley, = Fe Deer’ River girls ina bauketball mme here Saturduy night by a score of ley people umum after tha game] that the Deer Riv A, | Friday. GENERAL HUERTA IN TROUBLE Outside Districts Refuse to. Recog- nige Leadership and Are in | Open Revolt, 4 il##i!lii#iiiil* KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK FEDERAL BUILDING BALLOT. ‘Believing the following 1ocation to be the most desirable for the new federal buflding, T hereby cast one vote for it. Special to The Plonser. Mexico City, Feb. 24.—President Madero-and Vice President Suares, : deposed officials of the Mexican gov- ernment, were assassinated here Sun- day morning. The prisoners were shot in the back while unarmed and while not *© stspecting ‘that their vau were m danger. It isbelieved that the assassina- tions will bring on serious internat- ional complications Im- the new gov- ' 2 . Signature. - NOTE—Ballots will not be counted unless signed. Return to the Pioneer office’or plsee in hg]lut box at south-west corner Bel- "**r**f**ti}*t**tt** k * { *i****i***'fi******* T PLAY CASTE IS CHOSENMRS. MARKHAM INJURED| High School Seniors to Present “The Elopement of Ellen” in Bemdn March 28, London, Feb. 24.—Commeinting ‘on'. [the Mexico- killing, the Globe todly v urges intervention. - “The honor of a great republlc 18" involved in the terrible tragedy. The » United States is under obligations to~ - the ‘rest of the ‘world “to maintain * some semblance of order in-'Mextco. The world has a right to expect the - 3 United States will accept the respon- = : ‘] sibility as well as reap the advan- BRAIN MAY BE AFFECTED |tages of the Monroe Doctrine,” was ~|the Statement made in the Globe. Enooked Down by Sled Hauled by Dog Sunday Morning and Was Un- conscious for One Hour and Half SHORT COURSE ENDS FRIDAY -Mexico City, Feb.” 24.—The bullet riddled bodies of Madero and Suarez were given over:to their friends this - morning. - Madero’s body was re- ceived at his home by his brother and sister, Mercides. % The spirited girl exclaimed: “Cowards and assassins, all’ of you! Your punishment will come—ydéu murderers who . shot _two:unarmed men in the back. You traitors! Mrs. George Markham was knogk- ed down and seriously injured while on her way to church sfinday morn- ing. Mrs. Markham, accompanied by Miss Harrison, was on Minnesota avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets when they were approached by a dog hauling a boy on a sled. Both stepped out-in the street to give right of way. ‘The dog ran’out in the street and the sled, skidding, - caught . Mrs. Markham’s feet and knocked them from under her. She turned a half sommersault and landed on the back of her head. She was- carried into the home of Mrs. Henry Marin where she lay unconscious for one hour and a half. Mr. Markham was near the corner of Eighth street at the time of the accident and at once hurried to the aid of his wite. She was taken home in the afternoon and the attending physician stated that there was no fracture but that the-brain might be affected. -Mrs. Markham’s hands were in her muff at the time she fell 80 that she was unable to help her— self. “ This is the first accident of the kind which has happened in Bemidji and it is expected that the police will be ordered to keep boys with dogs off the sidewalks in the future. Practice on the senior play of the High school which will be given on March 28, has been started. The play is full of life and is the kind of a comedy that is bound to keep ' the audience in good humor. The play is entitled, “The Elopement of EI- len” and those selected to take part are as.follows: - Richard Ford Leon Battles Molly, his wife. .. .Esther Fleishman Robert Shepherd, Molly’s :brother. .Lester Achenbach Mat Ten Eyck, chum of Robert's cee +Claude Mclver Dorothy Mark, engaged to Max. Vo .Edith Ryan June Haverhill, of Wellesly college making investigations of econ- omics. .. .Flora Todd The young Rector..... Don Shannon The short course in the . High school will close this week and di- plomas: will be presented to the stu- dents that have: successfully passed the examinations for this }mmrna next Mexico City, Feb. 24.—Senora Madero and the wife of Pino Suares, . the depoaed vice president, on Satur- 'day obtained an audience with Pres- ident Huerta in behalf of their im- . prisoned husbands. Senora Mndero did the talking, after the yreuldent 5 had granted an intervlev, and ex- - plained that the women were not pleading for their husbands.so much as that they wanted to learn from an officlal source what the government - intended to do with the men, thus re- lieving their suspense. 4 President Huerta treated the wo- men with the greatest kindness and . consideration and assured both that Madero and: Suarez should suffer no bodily harm. He said they would be safe from death -and cruelty and would ‘be triéd in strict accordance with law. Senora Madero and Senon. Suares, aeemmgly greatly heartened, depart- ed with a semblance of composure, apparently trusting to the word of the new president. <+A high authority: Saturday stated that Francisco Madero' was .in no danger of losing his life. - Forelgn Minister De_La Barra won his paint . in the cabinet m'sument over l(:‘ dero’s fate. 3 2 3 Latest advices reach! ng the upl- * NEW BRIDGE PROPOSED Farmers Have Federal Permission For One in Frohn.~ - SOz An act of congress last week granted permission to the county commissioners of Beltrami county. to ‘uc ufl Bemd): Man Receives Appomtment OTTO TO BE AN AIDE sippi river in. the town of Frohn. The bridge will cross on the section line between Sections 23 and 14. It A. E: Otto of Bemld:ll, formerly a captain in the Third Minnesota:reg- | The Bag- |1 is propmd to erect. a steel bridge at a cost .of $3,500 and the matter will |4 € hetore the comit_,y commisafon- | tal last night showed that active re:, - bemon has broken out in. five qtu 'and in as many more the peopl ]uve declfired _against . the Dias-Hul President Huérta rouly is' putting .into mwueo i Dpolicy of peace by turcs ofilm., ‘ang iment and head of the Bemidji mill- by the ice early in 191 5 will connect the Swenson. { with the south’ Nymore road so'that i farmers living on the north side of | in Bemld]l Sltul‘dly to visit his fa; ily aml to get his nmonl tun-d