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

B VOLUME 10. NUMBER 284. S WAS UNCONSCIOUS WHEN END CAME STOCK MARKETS DISCOUNT DEATH London and New York Each Report Price Flurries But With No In- dications of Serious Drop. WAS NEARLY SEVENTY-SIX Birthday Due April 17—Born in Con- ! neticut. But Was Educated in Boston and Abroad. WAS A BANKER ALL HIS LIFE Entered Father’s Counting House at| Early Age and Gradually As- sumed Responsibilities. By HENRY W00D. Correspondent of the United Press.1 Rome, March 31.—J. Pierpont Mor- | gan, the great American financier, ex- | pired at the Grand Hotel at 12:05! this afternoon Rome time. The end came peacefully while Morgan was still unconscious. Morgan'’s collapse was attributed to the strain incident to his appearance last winter before the Pujo money|M trust committee in Washington, ac- cording to a statement made today by Dr. M. Allen Starr, the eminent nerve specialist attending the banker. Morgan passed away after a week of critical illness. He has been un- conscious nearly all of the time since last Wednesday. Mr. Morgan would have been seventy-six had he lived until April 17. Death Has Been Discounted. London, March 31.—It was evident at the opening of the London market that the possibilities of Morgan's death had been discounted effectual- ly. While Morgan issues opened a trifle weak with fractional losses, there were early recoveries. As was anticipated, the announcement of the death of the American financier was not accompanied by any serious re- action. Excitement in New York. . New York, March 31.—The stock market opened this morning Wwith fractional losses and tense excite- ment on the floor-but with no indica- tion of a serious drop. Sketch of Morgan’s Life. No man of recent times has occup- jed a more prominent place in Amer- jcan financlal history than John Pierpont Morgan. He was in the banking business for more than half a cemtury, and during the latter years of his life he was unquestion- ably the financial dictator of the United States. When a panic seized Wall street in 1901 during the strug- gle for the control of the Nortiern Pacific railroad it~ was Mr. Morgan who came to the Tescue. Again, when in the fall of 1907 the Wall street panic was at its height, the financiers of the country instinctively turned to Mr. Morgan for aid and ad- vice. He heeded the appeal, and within forty hours created a pool of $40,000,000 and saved the nation from a panic that threatened to top- ple over many of the financial pil- lars of the country. Aside from these two mcidents Mr. Morgan probably will be chiefly re-| membered for the important part he took in floating the United States Steel corporation. The violent de- {lease to the New York Central; ARCHBISHOP |RELAND Noted Roman Catholic Pre- late of 8t - Paul, Minn. J.PIERPONT MORGAN, AMER DIED IN ROME THIS MO BILLIARD TOURNAMENT ON A billiard tournament, which was started two years ago and for which J7 L. George had collected™ $19 ™ im prize and entrance money, will be started in the Commercial club rooms Wednesday night. The tournament was decided upon before the Metro- politan and Commercial clubs were united and since then laid forgotten. broke forth from the thousands of investors in the United States and in Europe who put their money Into these securities, had been a thorn in r. Morgan’s side, and his chief am- bition in the years that followed was to see the steel securities in such pos- ition in the market that his most bit- ter critics would be forced to concede that he built the great'trust ou a sub- stantial foundation . As an example of business capacity of a remarkable kind, Mr. Morgan was almost without parallel. He was as capable as any of the Rothschilds in the money line and his achieve- ments as an industrial organizer sur- passed any ‘similar feats performed by other operators in the United States or abroad. ~Among the con- crete results of Mr. Morgan’s financ- ial genius were the reorganization of the Buffalo and West Shore, and its the reorganization of the Chesapeake and Ohio; the rearrangement of the Great Southern_and the reorganization of the Erie. - His influence was also . |materially felt in the Pacific system. Some of the achievements which he made incidents to his money and rail- road business are the present effic- iency of the Japan and China carry- ing trade, the consolidation of the Western Union Telegraph and the American Bell Telephone company, the combination of the coffin produc- ing and steel industries . and the launching of the Edison process of magnetic iron ore separation. Born in Conneticutt. Mr, Morgan was born at Hartford, Conn., April 17, 1837. His, early ‘schooling" opportunities -were the best. He graduated from the Boston ~—— 7Continued on last page). (Canvrioht )y NEWS FROM THE NORTH R i ‘, ’T Town of Prosper Organized—Sale of Shevlin-Mathieu Mill Reported— Gunderson Arrested. TRAINMEN ENJOY A DANCE Baudette,. March 31.—Town 163, range 33 has been organized as the town of Prosper and the following of- ficers elected: Supervisors, Gordon McGuire Louis Neumiller. Clerk, Thomas Melby. Treasurer, Adolph Sorenson. Assessor, Ralph Everest. Justices, Thomas Melby and M. Marschalk. Constables, Hans Olson and John Arneson. and . —x— It is said here that the Shevlin- Mathieu interests in Northern Minne- sota will pass to the Backus-Brooks interests April first. It is under- stood that the transfer was- closed when Tom Shevlin signed the papers at Palm Beach last week. Spooner is looking for a boom as a result of the Backus-Brooks interests coming in here for the reason that Backus is a heavy stockholder in the M. & 1. and will probably push the Kelliher branch through to this coun- try.. In so doing, the M. & I will cross the Mninesota, Dakota and Western—a Backus-Brooks road— and furnish a road over which logs can be brought in to the Spooner mill. o Henry Gunderson, a carpenter re- siding in Baudette, was arrested last week by Deputy Sheriff Dundas on a charge of carnel knowledge of a fe- male child under the age of fourteen. He " was brought before Justice Schmidt for a hearing and bound over to the grand jury. If convicted next} fall, the penalty will be from seven (Continued on last page). SCOOP & REPORTER PSH-GUIET Now SCOOP— CROOKSTON f@lLL OPENS ;_,_vm,,.."‘““i‘&’ g Sawing to Start Tomorrow Morning and Will Continue Until Next November—Big Payroll. ICE THIRTY INCHES THICK At seven o’clock tomorrow morn- ing, the first log is to be cut in 1913 will be started through the Crookston saw mill. - Uraers were received last week from Minneapolis to start saw- ing regardless of weather conditions and the wheels will start turning to- morrow, A mill pond 100 feet wide and 1,- 500 feet-long has been cut in the ice and will be kept clear until the ice| ‘goes out of the lake. The men found the ice thirty inches thick in-the lake and several inches of snow on top of it. Snow was drifted eight feet deep between the: lumber piles last week but the thaw Friday and Saturday with a warm rain Sunday and sun to- day has caused most of it to.disappear. The yard men say that they will have little trouble if there-is not another fall of snow. The Crookston mill has a pay roll of about. 500 men and will keep them busy until late in November. The Be- midji mill does not expect to start sawing until the .ice goes out, ac- cording to a’ statement from their office. ROE’S COUSIN PASSED AWAY K. J. Lybeck of Petersburg, North Dakota, who has been confined in a hospital here for the past few days, with a third - attack of pneumonia, passed away Saturday night. - The body was taken to Petersburg, North Dakota for burial. His cousin and brother-in-law accompanied the = re- mains. Mr. Lybeck was'a cousin of K, K. Roe of this eity. Gas Engine Expert Selects Moderate Priced Car—Lakin and Moland- = er Also Place Orders. DELIVER MACHINE APRIL 20 Glenn H. Curtiss, the aviator, who is considered the greatest gas en; gine expert of the country today, re- cently placed his order for a six_cylin- ‘de_r, seven passenger, Mitchell touring car. The fact that he is able to buy a higher priced car is considered proof best to be obtained. _1hat men in this . section of the state are beginning to know the Mitchell car is also evident.. A. L. Molander and B. W. Lakfn of . this city are men who have been added to the Mitchell list of automobile owners. Because they have pinned their faith to the Mitchell, others are strongly considering the purchase of this make of car. An article which appeared in the Hornell, (N. Y.) Tribune-Times, is as follows: “Harry B. Richardson of this city, received this morning by telegraph, from Glepn H. Curtiss, the great aviator 0 is now at San Diego, Cal., an Order for a seven passenger six cylinder Mitchell touring car. “The. car will be delivered to Mr. Curtiss about April 20 at Hammonds- port where he will be at that time. There is great competition among the local dealers and Mr. Richardson feels justly proud of the fact that he was able to sell a car to the’greatest gas engine expert im this country.” 7 § 3 -COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING. The regular monthly meeting = of the Commercial clib will be held. in the club rooms Tuesday. evening, Never Sneete In War Time, Scoop that he believes the Mitchell is the)ity of Bemidji. LINDLEY M. GARRISON. Former New Jersey Vice Chan- 3 cellor Now Secretary of War. ar- Garrison ‘was in , ‘Cincinnati Sun- day and s in Colum’Bus foday. BULGARS PUSHING ON By United Press. :, London, March 31.—The 'Bulgar- ian troops today pierced the Tcha- talja lines and are thirty-five miles from Constantinople. There is no great Turkish -force between ‘them and the ecity. SEND OUT RETURN CARDS Return postal cards signed by A. H. Kuhlman, agriculturist of the Be- this week to the farmers in the vicin- The cards were au- thorized recently by the Commercial club and ask tHe farmer to state the number of acres of idle wild land, number of sheep wanted, ability to pay, other live stock ‘and number of acres under the plow. The answers will give the club a line on the num- ber of sheep wanted by~the farmers. NO DUTY ON FLOUR By United Press. Washington, March 31.—Accord- ing to inside information, the Un- derwood tariff bill provides for free flour. The present tariff is twenty- five cents a barrel and is satisfactory to the milers of the northwest. ICE ‘PRICES ANNOUNCED Ice prices for the year 1913 by the Smart-Getchell Ice company are an- nounced elgsewhere in this issue. The prices show no material increase over last year and in addition, steady customers will be furnished ice for eight months for $12. NO COUNCIL MEETING. city council this evening. Next Mon- day night a regular meeting will be held and the liquor license ordinance will be given a second reading. By “HOP” RIGHT BEWND THAT BusH A MEXICAN FRIEND 0F— MINE HAS HIDDEN A Peoy STRAW CARRIERS DISGUISE -] \T WILL BE 4 CiNeH T 'PASS THE FEDERAL LINES IF NOU KEEP YoUR. FACE midji High school are being sent out | IR 2 0000232222202 00222322322 {everything but their lives. URGENT CALL FOR‘ MONEY FROM OHIO GREAT EXPENSE IN RELIEF WORK Number of Demi' Materially Cut But the Thousands of Homeless Need Train Loads of Food. {CINCINNATI IS IN DANGER | River Has Inundated Large Part of City and Hills are Crowded With Refugees. DAYTON IS BURIED IN MUD Slime and Filth Cover Streets and Interiors of Flooded Homes— Pure Water Scarce. THE FUND -AT I’RESS TIME st. Phi!llpschurch ~~---‘-$ 25.00 Methodist church ........ 10.45 M. D. Stoner ... . 10.00 Dell Burgess ... . 5.00 Bemidji Pioneer .. 5.00 V. M. Owen, of Hines . . 5.00 Leonard church .. 3.70 Epicopal church 3.45 G. E. Carson ... 1.00 Presbyterian church . 8.42 Baptist church ...... 2.70 KKK KRR KKK KKK KKK HOMELESS NEED MONEY Governor Cox, of Ohio has sént out an appeal for funds with which the Flood Relief commission can carry on its work. Although the deat™ Mat has be.. cut, there remzin thousands of homeless people who must be fed and sheltered until they can make other ar- rangements. Dayton {s with out pure water, light or drugs and the expense of bringing in food, water and drugs must be borne by this committee. A large part of Columbus has been laid waste. There are thousands of farmers in the valleys of the Big Miami, Ohio and Scioto rivérs who are des- titute. The Ohio river is ris- ing and more people are losing everything but their lives. The Bemidji money will be sent tonight and the Pioneer office will be open from seven to eight to receive cash . or checks. KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KX ****_*****t*****************t* By United Pross. Dayton, March 31—Dayton is to- day without a water supply except. that being brought in from neighbor- in cities in bottles. The river water is not fit for use as it is heavy with There will be no meeting of the jmud apd filth. The city water works is still out of commission and appeals are being sent out for bottled water. Governor Cox today said that while the death list has been materially cut there are thousands who have -lost He ap- peals’ for funds with which to con- tinue the relief work. In addition to the Miami and Scioto river valley suf- ferers, the Ohio river is now in flood stage and a part of Cincinnati has al- ready been inundated. ‘Secretary of War Garrison -is in | _|Ohio in charge of the work being done by the government. . He left Dayton Saturday, went to Cincinnati and is now in Columbus: He wired ‘| President Wilson that the death list cline in the securities ‘of the steel trust during the depression of 1903~ ’04, and the storm of criticism that ‘would not reach 500. = s It is believed that the greatest loss of life will be among the children who