Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 19, 1913, Page 1

THE VOLUME 10. NUMBER 301. v ! " BEMIDJI T0 HA POWER IF | - BEMIDJI, mNNEsorA,.sm EXTRA SESSION MAY BE FORCED Eberhart Says One Will Follow in May Unless Legislature Passes Public Utility Bill. GOVERNOR'S VETO0O WAS GOOD Attorne General Smith Rules Nolan Measure Was Not in His Hands Until April 11, | TO ELECT SENATORS DIRECTLY Differs From the Keefe Law Only in . That Election is Final and Need Not Be Ratified. MINNETTE BILL VETOED. Special to The Pioneer. St. Paul, April 19.—Governor Eberhart this afternoon vetoed the Minnette public utilities bill which attempted to place the telephone companys under the jurisdiction of the state railroad and warehouse commission. ‘The house adopted “all appropria- tion bills which carried a total of | approximately $21,000,000 for the next two years. Beltrami county was granted $4,- 000 refund in the Dumas case. St. Paul, April 19.—Governor Eberhart said Friday that he is con- sidering calling the legislature in special session to consider the public utilities commission measures imme- diately after the adjournment of the regular session April 24. He said that some of the legislators had sug- gested this be done and that unless a satisfactory bill is passed.in the near future, at the regular session, a spec- ial session in May will follow. Attorney General Smith in a ruling upheld the governor’s veto of the municipal public utilities bill. He said that while the bill may have been sent to the governor’s office April 10, it did not reach Eberhart’s hands until April 11, when he re- turned from Duluth. clared that the veto period begins from-the time'the bill reaches the governor’s hands. The measure, to become a law, must now be re-intro- duced in both houses and receive a two-thirds vote in each house. “Future’”trading in wheat was up- held in the house, A. F. Telgen’s bill to prohibit it gained much favor. but failed of passage by ten votes. An effort will be made to reconsider the vote, but the measure is believed to hav no chance in the senate. By the terms of the measure, Telgen wished to prevent “Gambling” in wheat nev- er- planted, to say nothing of being harvested or shipped. Three measures of state-wide im- portance were passed by-the senate,| one providing for direct election of United States senators, another creat- ing a commission to investigate the question of minimum wages for wo- men and minors, and a third allowing the reinstatement in the state of -the Creamery = Packing Manufacturing company of Chicago, ousted by the court for violation of the state anti- trust law. The direct election of senators bill is made possible by the recent amend- ment of the United States constitu- tion. It has not yet passed ‘the house. The bill differs from the Keefe bill, passed in 1911, only in that the-election is final and does not have to be ratified by the legisla- ture. The minimum wage bill has al-| ready passed the house. It-provides for a’commission consisting of the state commissioner of labor and two |POLICE ‘FOLLOW RED LIGHTS The ruling de-|- It goekback to. the house for concur- rence in minor amendments. Sy The Creamery Package bill amend: the present anti-trust law so as ot substitute a fine for ouster for the first offense, and leave the question of ouster or fine for subseduent of- fenses to the discretion of the court. It provvides that a company hereto- fore found guilty may be allowed to resume business upon paying a fine. The Creamery Packing company, which had a branch factory at Man- kato for the manufacture of butter tubs, was excluded from doing busi- ness in the state a little over two years ago. DRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY FEAR OF LYNCHING By United Press. Mankato, April 19.—Driven mad by fear of lynching by his neighbors who had been greatly wrought up over the death of his wife last week during child birth, Fred Huebsch today committed suicide. He had re- fused to stand the expense of a doc- tor. ) Huebsch killed himself by leaping into a well. He had buried the child in the barn yard. The coronér was notified and swore out a warrant for the arrest of Huebsch for bury- ing a child without apermit. Huebsch was fifty-nine years of age and in good circumstances. Thé death of the father and mother leaves eight children unprotected. ~° A red light signal system has been installed on several corners in the business section of the city whereby the police may be summoned on the shortest possible notice. In case a call is received at the city hall by the night -man, he turns the switch and immediately the red lights flash the signal. Any police noticing the signal steps to the nearest telephone and is given the necessary instruc- tions. This plan is being worked success- fully. in many of the medium ‘sized cities throughout the country. “In less than two minutes, the first®night the lights were put into operation, we received a police call,” said Chief Lane today. “The system is working out fine and I think it a big help to the service.” BURY RUUD IN MONTEVIDEO Andrew Ruud, who has been en- gineer at the Crookston mill for the past three years, passed away on Wednesday morning at the St. “An- thony’s hospital. Mr. Ruud was taken sick February 19 and had been at the hospital since that time. He was twenty-nine years of age Feb. 15 and was in America for twelve years. He was born in Rans- fjord, Norway, and lived in Rich- mond, Wisconsin for several years. Mr. Ruud leaves a brother, Iver Ruud at Elgin, Illinois, and two sis- ters, Mrs. Joseph ‘Nokleby at Monte- vedio, Minnesota, and Mrs.. Helen iGjelseth. Nelson, Wis. Both his bro- jther and sister, Mrs. Nokleby visited him-a few weeks ago and it was thought at that time.that he was on jthe road to recovery but he. suffered. {a relapse after that. The body lay-in state at Lahr’s undertaking parlors Thursday afternoon and evening un- {til.10:30, where friends and fellow workmen could view the remains. Many beautiful floral offerings were made by friends and fellow employes of the Crookston Lumber company. Plttsburgh . NATIONAL I.EA%UE St. Louis .......... Chicago .:.......4L. Philadelphia Pittsburgh New York Brooklyn Boston Cincinnati .= 00 10 80 10 M 09 bt % 3 b ol Cincinnatf .. (12 innings.) St. Louis Chicago ... Brooklyn Philadelphia .. Boston New York .. AMERICAN I.EA#UE. L. Pet. Washington ...’ 30 1.000 Philadelphia . 3 1 750 Chicago ... 5 3 .625 Cleveland ..... RS | 3 571 St. Louis . 4 4 50O Boston .. 2. 4 .333 Detroit 2. 6 .260 New-York .1 B .167 New York . Y Washington _...........¢ 710 6 R.H.E. Philadelphia L5122 Boston .... . 814 2 ! R.H.E. 2 6 4 312 1 R.HE. Chicago 1 Cleveland ..... seviiene 4 7871 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Pet. Kansas City: . .6 1 .857 Milwaukee .. .61 .857 Minneapolis . .3 3. 5T St. Paul . .43 .67T1 Indianapolis .. 3 3. .500 Columbus :.... 2. 4\ .333 Louisville . 2 6 250 Toledo .. .. .0 6 .000 Minneapolis . . 810 1 Louisyille 310 4 Milwaukee ............. 3 9 1 Columbus: ....... il 0 6 3 “R.H.E. St. Paul ............... 912 0 Toledo .......... vavasse 717 0 = R.H.E. Kansas City .6 10 7 Indianapolis .. . 810 4 WANTED—A DOG CATCHER Chief Lane wants a dog - catcher. He had one yesterday but had none today. William Sullivan was dog catcher for two days and caught four dogs. One was released when the owned called for it but the three oth- ers are being held. Sullivan - was found in a wine room with two wom- en at 5:40 yesterday afternoon and the three were sent out of town on the M. & I. north. 2 The dog catcher gets one dollar for every dog caught whether or ot the owner calls for it. Any one wanting The remains were shipped to Monte- i vedio, where interment will be made. THE CUB REPORTER others to be appointed by the gover- nor, one of whom shall be a woman and the other an employer of women. This commission is to investigate the question of wages paid women and ‘minors, and if it finds that one-sixth of the women and minors in a certain is empowered to. fix & for that employment, employment are paid less than a Mv-| . ’ the .position should apply ' to the chief. 3 4 - DECISION Supreme Court Sayw Brainerd Charter Imposes' No Obligation on Coun- cil to Hear Petitions. S SCHWARTZKOPF CENTER OF IT, St. ~ Paul, - April- 19.—Hugh Schwartzkopt, president of the Brain- erd water and light board, will not have to stand trial by the council of that city on charges preferred by citi- zens, according to a decision by the suprme gourt Friday. The court holds, in an opinion by Justice Philip E. Brown, that the city charter imposes no duty on the coun- cil to-entertain. and hear ‘petitions filed * by citizens, preferring ‘charges against city officials. Here an aiter- native writ of mandamus to:eompel the council to fix a time and place for. a hearing on the charges 8o preferred ‘was demurrable. The petition filed by the citizens’ committee- ' charged - Schwartzkopf with being -president of a bank that had established relations with: cer- tain members of the city council and had loaned money to certain members of the council and entered into finan- cial transactions with the intent to inflience the members of said coun- cil to vote favorably:on propositions involving the bank and the president of the water and light board. It also was asserted’in the petition that Schwartzkopf -paid one- of the members of the council $6 “with in- tent to bribe, influence and corrupt,” and procure ‘the vote-of the alderman on a matter in which the president of the bank’was interested.. He also is accused of extravagance and neg- lect of duty. The court, however, refuses to assume jurisdiction, . and ‘the syllabus folows: °: : Section 12 of thelcity charter of Brainerd: imposes no duty upon the city council to entertain and hear g 00K ON T0 CR STON U. C. T. Boys Raising' Money to De- fray Expenses to Conclave in June—Band to Go. Owing to the many urgent requests the committee in.charge of the Unit- ed Commercial Travelers’ dancing parties has decided to announce an- other party for Friday evening, April 26. The last dance given by this club was largely attended. The fact that the local council will attend the state convention of the United Commercial Travelers to be held in Crookston in June. has arous- ed the interest of the general public and a desire to assist the traveling boys to go with flying colors has been manifested. The Bemidji band will accompany them. This is considered an advertising proposition by many of the business men and they are ex- tending their_support in-a loyal man- ner. As yet the boys have asked by ‘way of subscription from the citizens but are making every effort to raise the necessary funds so that Bemidji will be represented equally with the best councils of this order in - the state. Some of the automobile owners in the city have sugegsted the idea of taking the members to Crookston by auto, - This plan has, met with thor- ough approval and may not be aban- doned. The committee has several other plans in mind whereby funds may be raised and which will be taken up at a_later date. The U. C. T. boys of Bemidji and surrounding community are organiz- ing a base ball team and are plan- ning fo play’ a series of games “be- tween two teams of the season.. Last year these games proved popular and interesting. Nothing was netted from the games as the admission-was fre { N . 'operating within nine months if the TEN CENTS PER WEEK} AGREE EASTER N CAPITAL HAS PROPOSITION If Terms Can Be Made, Will Build Plant to Operate Within Nine Months. SUBMIT MAXIMUM RATE OF $1.60. Reduction to $1.35 if Bills are Paid By the Tenth of the Month—City Can Buy Property at Any Time. WILL PAY GROSS EARNINGS TAX Two Per Cent Offered Until Output Reaches 12,000,000 Feet Then is Raised to :l‘hree Bemidji will have a gas plant council and E. E. Collins, representa- tive of eastern capitalists, can agree on the terms of a franchise. ~The | plant will make a gas which can be X ] used for cooking, heating, light and ‘Lake Irving Entirely Free and Be- midji Breaking up Rapidly—One _Hard Wind Needed. GOING FAST GO TO THE DAM APRIL 27 ‘Lake Irving is entirely free from ice!and Lake Bemidji will break up with the first ‘strong wind is the pre- diction of men who have watched the weather for the past two weeks. The heavy booms of the Crookston Lumber company dropped through the ice Thursday. The northwest wind yesterday pil- ed the ice on the north side of Dia- mond Point and the north end of the lake is clear for several hundred feet out from the shore. The wind piled the broken cakes in this ‘end of the lake and for a time boat houses. were threatened but the cakes melted| over night and this morning there was no ice in the lake -except the main body. W. B. MacLachlan has been work- ing on the City of Bemidji for some time and the boat will take to the water Monday resplendent in a fresh coat of paint and varnish. The en- gines have been overhauled and one new shaft and gearing. installed. Captain MacLachlan bent one shaft while taking two men off a boom in a storm last summer. - Captain -MacLachlan ~ said this morning that he expectéd to make his first trip to the Bemidji mill on Tuesday morning and would make the first run to the dam on Sunday April 27. The ice has been out of the river for some time and at the rate it'is going, should be out of Bemidji by the middle of next week. 5 Thousands of ducks are stopping in Lake Irving for spring feeding and but for the state law which pro- hibits spring shooting, hunters would power. Mr. Collins is in Bemidji to- da and will submit his proposition to the council at a meeting Monday night. : ] The franchise Which wiil be offer=" : ed to the council contains the follow- ing terms: i 1. The franchise is twenty-five years. 2. The gas is to be not less than eighteen candle power and to test 600 British thermal units for heat. Gross Income Tax. 3. The company is to pay its gen- eral taxes and in addition two per cent per year on its gross income un- til-it produces 12,000,000 feet of gas per year and three per cent after that output. is reached. 4. Price is fixed at $1.50 per thousand feet maximum with a re- duction to-$1.35 if hills are paid be- foré the tenth of the month. The council is given the right to regulate the price at the end of each five eyars. If the company is dissatisfied with the new rate, the company agrees to arbitrate instead of taking the mat- ter into the courts. At no time can the rate be made more than $1.50. 5. No: charge will be made for meters but fifty cents per month will be charged where the gas consumed does not cost that much. City Can Buy Any Time. 6. The city will have the right to buy the plant any time it decides on municipal ownership. In fixing the price, the gas company and city each select one arbitrator and the two a third. The city need not buy at the arbitrated price if it does-not so wish. 7. A tester wi]ll be maintained in the city hall so that the city can test the gas at any time. 8. The company offers nothing for the franchise but in case the city buys the plant, the franchise is not to be considered an asset of itself. Two Miles of Mains. 9. The company agrees to have the plant in operation within nine months and will lay not less than two miles of mains the first year. Mains will be laid in alleys and streets tunnelled. Additional mains can be ordered by the council upon petition of property owners and if the com-. pany refuses to install; them the council can do the building and the cost becomes a charge against the company. i = In addition, Mr. Collins says that the company will be organized locak ly with local men on its directorate and as officers although' the controll- ing interest will'remain with the men to run for ~ Bratnerd’s council s debating- a franchise which calls for & maximum ‘|of $1.35 for gas with $1.25 if paid by the. tenth. The difference in the e, Mr. Collins’ says, {8 caused by he difference in the size of the cities.