Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 7, 1913, Page 1

THE VOLUME 10. NUMBER 290. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA MONDAY E © DEMOCRATS WILL CONTROL SESSION ¥ Sixty Third Congress Has Many K\ . New Faces, New Measures ¢ And New View Points GALLERIES PACKED T0 CAPACITY 7o Camp Clark Was Again Chosen Spearker Amid Tremendous 3 Applause, JOINT COMMITTEE NAMED A i Notify President Wilson that all i : was in readiness for = k .his wishes. ' BY United Press. Washington, April 7:—With Pro- gressive Democracy in full control " the ranks of the Republicans deplet- ed and their old leaders gone, the opening of President Wilson’s spec- §e ial session of the 63rd Congress to- day, was eloquent of transition from Nineteenth to Twentieth century po- . litical government. New forces were in the ascendant; new phrases passed easily from togune to tongue. New measures and new viewpoints favor- by the older men were in harmony with the confident claims of the new e men fresh from the people, Who crowded the House benches and filled in the Senate picture. Yet the ceremonial with which the House began its sittings was as old N as its tariff problem. The formal pro- cedure that was in vogue when Henry Clay was on the floor served by mu- tual consent today. The crowds that filled the galleries from early morn- ing to witness the show were able to ‘predict and nod recognition at each step. i Clerk South Trimble stood at the speaker’s desk at noon, and rapped for order. Chaplain Coudon offered praper. Trimble directed the reading of the president’s proclamation call- ing the special session. Then the roll was called. The roll was answered in order of the states, with the territories and dependencies following. George V. Taylor of eAlabama @uswered first, A and Manuel Barnshaw, commisioner from the Philippines, was last. In the long list were 294. Democratic and 145 Republican and Progressive members, besides the delegates and commissioners from Alaska, Hawalii, Porto Rico and the Philippines. The Democratic majority was overwhelm- ing, its responsibility complete. Absent from familiar stations were “Uncle Joe” Cannon, long dictator of the House, “Nick Longworth, son-in- law of Col. Roosevelt, Victor Berger, PROF. JOHN B. MOORE. Columbia_Instructor Coun- selor to State Department. @ 1018, by American Press Assoc tion R H K KKK KK KKK * N. M. E. A. Visitors Last Week. *| KHKKKKKK KKK KKK KKK The following people from North- ern Minnesota registered at the im- migration rooms of the Northern Minnesota Development association in Minneapolis last week: Arne Solberg, Fosston; F. A. Dare, Walker; J. W. Naugle, Bemdii; Miss Arabelle Neal, Bemidji; L. F. Rice, Roseau; T. S. Kalberg, Bagley; P. J. Espeseth, Clearbrook; E. J. Wanke, Wanke; Albert Anderson, Clearbrook; M. G. Scofield, Brook Park; J. D. Har- adon, Park Aapids; E. C. Randall, Hinckley; C. A. Warren, Hinckley; Charles Trondson, Blackduck; Geo. J. Silk, Pine River; M. J. Kolb, Bagley; G. P. Jones, Bagley. GRAND HAS -FEATURE .ACT. pioneer Socialist memeber, and many another who figured largely in Con- gressional news.of the past two years. On the new cane-seated benches half [ encircling the rostrum, were the suc- } cessors of 117 members who failed to [ return, and thirt-five men chosen from additional districts or from states at large. Only five of the 142 new members had ever sat in Con- gress before. The clerk announced a quorum pre- sent, and stated that vacancies exist- ed in three districts—the Thirteenth Ay Massachusetts, First South Carolina, [ and Tenth Texas. He announced the next business to be the election of a speaker. Champ Clark of Missouri was plac- i ed in nomination for a second term ¥ on behalf of the Democratic caucus. i/ James R. Mann of Illinois was simil- arly presented by the Republicans. Victor Murdock of Kansas was named by the Progressives. The roll was call- ¥ od in alphabetical order, and Clark ? was declared elected. A committee of the three parties was named to escort him to the chair, amid applause that swept the galleries and echoed thru the chamber and the corridors be- yond. Election of the clerk, sergant-at- arms, chaplain and minor officials was secured by resolution, offered on behalf of the majority caucus. The Republican minority submitted its list of candidates as a subsitute, which was promptly voted down.,The officers were immediately sworn “in. Resolutions of a routine nature, such as always accompany the con- vening of a new Congress, then were adopted and the Senate sent in word that it had named a committee to act with a House to notify the president that all was ready for his wishes. Under time-honored precedent, the lottery of seat-drawing was the next scheduled procedure. But the rear- chamber, et rangement of the House (Continued on last pa; Tonight Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nie- hols of Nymore will present an act with-seven-Stitz dogs. The dogs have been raised in Nymore and have been trained by Mrs. Nichols. They do some clever stunts and will undoubt- edly make a big hit with the audi- ence. No extra charge will be made but the regular 5 and 10 cent admis- sion charge will hold good for every performance. The Nichols have been on the road with their troupe of dogs but they met with some trouble in Moorehead where some of the dogs became sick and were u form their act and they to return home. Tonight’s mance will be the Moorehead incident. perfor- first after the NEW COLLECTION AGENCY. A new collection agency that will be known as the Titus-Moore Bel-| trami County Collection Agnecy has opened offices over the Palace Meat market. Both young men are well known in Bemidji and are working hard to make a success of their new business. They will accept bills for collection of any kind and a rate charge will be made according to the work necessary n collecting. BOYS LEAVE HOSPITAL. Chester Otto and Homer Oranger have left the "hospital where they have been confined for the past two weeks with -injured hands. Both young men were injured about two weeks ago. Otto will save all his fin- gers and they will not be stiff but it will be necessary for him to undergo another operation and artificial joints made. BACONS RETURN FROM WEST. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bacon, who have been spending the winter inCali- fornia returned to Bemidji Saturday morning. They spent much of the time in Los Angles and visited San Francisco, San Deigo and other im- portant cities of the West. Miss Har- riet Cochran who left with them is now visiting friends in Portland, Ore- gon. tlimitation, SUBSTITUTE BILL READY Senate Tefiper&nce Committee Drafts One to Take Place of Nelson’s ¥ to Reduce Saloon .Ratio, WILL COME UP THIS WEEK l.y United Press. St. Paul, April 7.—The senate temperance committee has offered -a bill as a substitute for the Nelson bill, which will come before the sen- ate this week and which is expected to pdss. The Nelson bill provided |that the number leity in Minnesota shall mot exceed one for every 500 population. The senate bill amends it to read that the of salooms in any |existing number shall be cut down |twenty per cent a year until the correct number is reached. Following is the full text of the committee bill: b A Bill For an Act to Amend Section I Chap- ter 75 General Laws 1909, Limit- ing the Granting of Licenses for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: * Section 1. That section I of Chap- ter 75, General Laws 1909, be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: “Section I. From and after the |passage of this act, the number of licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors which may be granted by any county or municipality shall be lim- ited to one for each five hundred of population or fraction thereof in any township, town, burrough, village or city of this state, such population to be determined by the last preceding state or national census; provided, that in all cities, villages, burroughs, towns and townships where a_great- er number of licenses may _have been granted or- issued at the time of the passage of this act, than would be permissible: under the foregoing it shall be lawful, and the local authorities are hereby au- thorized in their discretion, to grant and issue licenses in excess of said “|limitation, but the total number of licenses so granted or issued each calendar year shall be at least twenty per cent less in number than the to- tal number of licenses granted or is- sued during the preceding year, and the reduction shall continue until the total number ‘of licenses in force in any such township, town, burrough, village or city shall equal one for each five hundred of population .or fraction thereof as ascertained by the last preceding state.or national cen- sus.” Section 2. This act shall take ef- fect and be in force from and after its passage. . MACLACHLAN REPAIRING BOATS. Capt. W. B. MacLachlan is repair- ing his passenger boats and expects! to launch them about the 25th of this month. He has ordered 100 new life savers and a fire extinguishing apparatus which he will install in the “City of Bemidji” his fast passen- ger and mail boat. Mr. MacLachlan will make his regular trips around the lake this summer as he has changed his plans regarding his mov- ing his boats to Cuyuna. He has pro- mised the mill men that he would take them to the mill on April 25 as he belives the lake will be open at this end on that date. GRAND RAPIDS DIDN'T COME. The bowling match between the Bemidji and Grand Rapids five which was to have been bowled here yes- terday was mnot held as the Grand Rapids team did not show up. The 1local team has been preparing for the match for some time and were prepared to win from the Grand Rapids quint by a larger number of points than they did on the Grand Rapids alleys. If possible an- other match will be arranged with that team in the near future. (Copyright.) AKELEY A BUSY TOWN Commercial Club Has Secured Can- ning. Factory for- 1915 and - Land for Necessary Crops et T. B. WALKER IS’ INTERESTED Special to The Fioneer, big meenng of the buginess men and | farmers living in the country around Akeley and after a public discussion ion the question it was decided to es- | tablish a canning factory and have the same ready for business for.the, season of 1915. President Neill of the Federation of Commercial clubs of Minnesota, A. E. Chamberlain, development commissioner of the Great Northern and other prominent gentlemen were | present. T. B. Walker, of Minneap- ohs, owner of a greater part of the land 'immediately adjoining the townsite, was successfully urged to plat out the land in small tracts of five and ten acres, to be cleared for raising produce for the proposed tactory. The work of platting was complet- ed this week and the lots placed on the market, with the result that it has required two men to make out land contracts, the land being dis- posed of very cheaply and on most reasonable terms. Akeley is a saw mill town of 2, 700 and at one time it was thought the town would" follow in the wake of other saw mill towns and become extinct after the mill completes saw- ing a few years hence. An average of 5,000 cars of lumber a year has been shipped out for the past four- teen years. The timely action of the Commercial club. will make possible a larger and more permanent busi- ness. - 5 Demonstrations have proved the soil of exceptional merit. There are sixty-seven lakes: within a radius of ten miles and the lands are especial- ly adapted to dairying and stock- raising. A new creamery has re- cently been completed. The Com- mercial club is now communicating with big contracting firms with a view ‘of having them clear the cut- over lands for the new owners, so as to have the work done quickly and jat lowest possible cost. THE CUB REPORTER SCOO LETS See MNMow ~ T WANT") Yo SEN SOME . TR N MEANS - 04 MeTionary - There Are Senoritas And Senorifas Hoia SENORITA - MIS aMiGo - BEE-NOT(FUL DoLLA - OH Yoo ! CHICKENEETA PEACHA- Akeley, Minn., Ap£l 7 -the -Alksley Com: club held &-Coplwatuted for- his home Saturday DROWNS IN SMALL POOL Peter Ostgaarden meets death On being thrown from sleigh -~ into water. - ACCIDENT OCCURS NEAR BAGLEY | | i Bagley, Minn. April 7.—Peter Ost- gnarden a resldent of the town_ of night with his team and when about two miles out of the city he was thrown from his sled into a. pool of | water and was drowned. He was| found with his toward thej ground and dead. | ‘Ostgaarden was a man about fifty| |years old and married. The widow ! lost her former husband, Johr Sand- vick last fall in somewhat the same manner. He was thrown from-a load of wood last December and crushed between the gleigh and a large stump near the road side.: Reports, from Bagley indlcate that Ostgaarden was undei the influence| of liquor when he left for home Sat- urday night. face FOSSTON WINS THE TITLE Mountain Lake Loses State Basket- . béll Champsionship, 29 to 27. Fosston high school won the state basketball ‘championship in Sayles- Hill gymnasium at Carlton College Saturday by defeating Mountain Lake high school in tne fastest game of the whole tourney. The score of the final game was 29 to 27. The Bemidji High team played two games with the Fosston team and { met defeat at their hands both games. | The games were close and the local team believes that _they are a close second. The Fosston quint the only team that claimed a victory over Be- midji game that the ' Fosston team was clearly the strongest team of the two but he ‘believed that the local team was the strongest team they would meet during their entire sea- son. CLEANING STREET PAVEMENT Bemidji street pavements are being cleaned as rapidly as the weather iconditions permit. Street.superinten- dent Carter has a force of men busy hauling away the shrface gatherings: which adds much to the present ap- pearances. |posed of $7.00 and costs." CROWELL GIVES WARNING Says “Ganmbling will not be tolerated in Bemidji saloons.” Fine . is light. OTHERS WILL GET MAXIMUM. With a watning to the saloon- HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BEGIN SPRING WORK Track Team Will Be Organized To Compete at the Carlton Meeting. P2 ELECT BASKET BALL CAPTAIN Meeting Will Be Called This After- noon for Purpose of Making Sélection. {|{JUNIORS HUSTLE BANQUET FUND |Base Ball Team Ready to Begin Spring Training.—Captain to - be Elected. During a recent visit of Prof. Headley of Carlton college in Bemidji an Interseholastic track meet was dis- cussed. The Bemidji High school will Drobably receive an invitation to the meet which will be held at Carlton some time this summer. Prof. Car- son stated this morning that he would call a meeting of the boys and call for candidates and a team will be organized. If there is any good material Coach Carson will take a team to the meet. All expenses are |paid to these meets and it is consid- ered an honor to have a Bemidji team represented. . Last year several boys practiced for a team and during the season some good work was done. Prof. Carson will have charge ot the team. He was formerly a run- keepers that those who nermit gam ner at Carlton college and there are bling in their places of business w be dealt with more severly in the fu- ture municipal judge A. M. Crowell 'imposed a fine of $22 and costs upon |H. Gunsalus for the permitting of a game of “Rummy” in his place of business last Saturday. The com- plaint was made by George Harkey, apparently a stranger in -the city. Harkey also made "complaint to an assault and battery charge against Gunsalus for which a fine was im- :Gust Mack was up for merely be- ing drunk. As this was the third time he has honored the court with his presence the judge gave him his choice of paying a fine of $10. and costs or ten days in the city bastile at hard labor. He chose the latter be- cause he-had to. Jack Daugherty was given one of three things to do for saying things | to a friend. What he said was not re- peated in court and the semtence he drew was to leave town before one o’clock. Albert Gum‘ud fell in with some “good fellows” Saturday and became loaded with such a jovial disposition that it was necessary for him to ex- plain to his honor just what happen- midji. year’s team but as he school this year a new man will be elected. bly fall on Ray Johnson, Elletson or Claude Bailey who played on team last winter. ers and either would make good as captain, opes of ‘a first class. team for Be- Among the best material for a team who will probably appear are Delbert Elletson, Leslie Slater, Earl Bailey, Claude Bailey, Lester Achen- bach, Newall Johnson and others. To Elect Captain, A meeting of the Bemidji High school basket ball team will be held immediately after school this after- _ noon to elect a captain for next year. Earl Bailey was Captain of will this leave The captaincy will proba- the All are fast play- Juniors are Busy. Next Saturday afternoon and eve- ning the proceeds of the matinee and evening pe:lormance at ths Majestic theatre will be turned over to the Junior that will be incurred in the annual Senior entertainment this year. parations are being made by that class to give a banquet in honor of class to defray the expenses Pre- D h the Seniors some time during the ed. This priveledge cost him Just|g ot of May. A special film has been $5.00. He found also that during his|ontained for the Juniors benefit. short stay that he had been releaved of' a pocket book containing about The name of it is Shylock and is tak- The $15.00 WHEN WILL THE ICE GO OUT . Boatmen on Lake Bemidji are mak- ing guesses as to when the ice will leave the lake. Last.year a number guessed-and made a few small bets on the side. A. A. Warfield won by one day he having guessed the twen- en from a Shakspearian play. Juniors are boosting for this enter- tainment as the banquet expenses will be large and uie class expects to ‘receive enough from the Majestic to pay the larger part of the expens- es. A cafidy sale was held a few month ago and sixteen dollars was netted. It has been the custom for the past tieth and the ice disappeared the twenty first of April. W. B. MacLach- lan stated this morning that he be- leived. that the ice would not leave before May first this year unless the weather became considerably warmer before that date. W. S. Chapman be- liéves. that the ice will leave about. the 25th of this month. Other boat several years to entertain the Sen- iors at a Junior ball but the 1914 class believes that the present class will appreciate a big banquet more. Class To Present Farce. Practice on a farce that will be presented by the Public Speaking class next week has been started and TEN CENTS PER WEEK} men will probablyturn in guesses in will probably be ready for presenta- tion the latter part of the week. A program was given by the same class a few weeks ago and a large crowd of Bemidji folk attended. The farce will probably be presented during the afternoon before the High Scheol as- sembly and no admission charge will be made. Special music will probably be prepared for this occasion. Baseball team to practice. The High school baseball teant will start practice the latter part of this ‘week at-the Fair Grounds. Coach Car- son_ will keep the team in Thursday or Friday. A Captain and. Manager will probably be elected at ‘the first meeting. There will be only a few new players.this year as near- * |1y all of last year’s players will ap- "Ipear for. practice. The battery this year wiu probably be between Bailey and Rfley for ~ pitch wil BEG- PARDON - I DIDNT-KNOW T was N an A2TEC CHICKEN until |