Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 23, 1913, Page 1

e » PUBLIC UTILITY BILLS . DEFEATED Necessary Two-Tihrds Senate Vote On Minnette and Nolan Measures _ Not Obtained. SPECIAL SESSION IN PROSPECT Eberhart Wants Law Passed to Cover All Corporations and Will Call Legislators Back. - $4,000 FOR BELTRAMI COUNTY Appropriation Up on Special Order In Both Houses Today—Four Year County Office Terms. BY United Press. St. Paul, April 23—Neither the Minnette or Nolan bills secured- the necessary two-thirds votes in the sen- ate last night to pass over the gover- nor’s veto and as it is too late to get a general public utility bill through a special session of the legis- lature is now in prospect. The failure of.the Minnette and Nolan bills in the senate is a victory for the governor as both bills were passed over his veto by the house. Since the passage by the house, the governor, E. E. Smith and George Authier have been busy with the senators lobbying against the bills so that they would not go through. Speaker Rines held the bills in the house until yesterday morning in order to give the house organization time to line up the senate against the bills. As soon as the bills had gone to the senate, Senator Rockne asked for a call of the senate and it was granted. Three senators were found to be absent. The call was continued until the absentees -were brought in and the vote was then taken. On both bills, the vote was less than the required two-thirds. Three Big Bills Passed. Three bills of state-wide impor- tance were passed by the senate un- der suspension of the rules. One was Senator. H. N. Benson’s bill allowing the state board of con- trol to collect not to exceed $10 a month from the estates of insane patients at state hospitals or asy- lumns, when they are able to pay, or from parents or children of patients, where they are able to bear the ex- pense. Another bill allows the state to car- ry its risks on state buildings. , Th third measure requires the state railroad and warehouse com- mission to send out cards giving the closing market prices on grains at terminal points to all who will pay for the service. With the big measures out of the way, the house had before it a day of fighting over temperance measur- es. A number of them were on the calendar and notices of motions to make special orders of them, the only way they could be reached had been made. A. C. Johnson at 11:15 moved to make a special order at 11:30 of his bill limiting the number of saloons to one for each 500 people but his otion was voted down 60 to 50. Rep- resentative Finke secured a special order by a vote of 63 to 38 on the Wiallace-Fosseen senate red- light bill, a drastic attempt to wipe out immorality by making general repu- tation evidence against a building claimed to be used for immoral pur- poses and permitting the court to close the building and sell its con- tents. The purpose of the bill is to prevent segregation of prostitution. The house was battling over this bill and proposed amendments early this afternoon. Dumas Money Appropriated. The miscellaneous appropriation bill, the last of the omnibus appropri- tion bills, came into both houses Monday afternoon and was made a special order for today. Appropria- tion items of interest carried by the bill are as follows: For state aid in the .building of county tuberculosis sanitoria, $250,- 000 yearly for the next two years. Additional for the state immigra- tion commission, $10,000 yearly. To relmburse Beltrami county for the expense of conducting the Dumas arson trals, $4,000. VOLUME 10. 'NUMBER 304. KRR KKK KKK KR KK *VETEBANGOI.FEE - * WHO “CAME BACK * Ci;iiiiiliii!*fi{ “Walter Travis, the veteran golfer, and one time national champion ‘who is competing in the Lakewood Tour- nament, and showing wonderful form. signature was the R. C. Dunn house bill providing four-year terms for county officers. With it went the bill by Representative Burchard pro- posing a constitutional amendment giving probate judges _four-year terms. _ There has been a démand among county officers, if not elsewhere, for longer terms of office for many years, but hereto every measure proposing it has been defeated. This was very largely because the bills proposed to give incumbents the benefit of the in- crease, and lawmakers would not agree to lengthen the ferms of men who had been elected for a specified period. The present bill takes effect after the next election. A constitutional amendment is necessary in the case. of probate judges because the constitution now fixes their terms at two years. The conference report on the coun- ty tuberculosis sanitoria bill reached the house, and was laid over till later in the day. The difference was the question whether the county boards should build these sanitoria-or whe- ther they must be approved byy pop- ular vote. The conferece committee compromise leaves it with the county board, but allows the people, if the board rfuses to act, to initiate and adopt the proposal to build. POTATO DISEASES SERIOUS. Potato diseases were especially ser- ious last year and the attention of every potato grower in the state is earnestly called to this question. The Minnesota potato crop is large and es- pecially valuable on account of the sale of seed potatoes. The diseases, particularly those of the soil, are commencing to gain a foothold in this state—as is bound to happen when potatoes are raised as’ exten- sively as they are here. Now is the time to combat these diseases, before the state gets a bad reputation for diseased potatoes. Do not wait until the diseases are so bad that Minnesota seed potatoes are al- ways suspected of disease. Minne- sota farmers cantot afford to delay a single season. Every effort must be made to retain the reputation which Minnesota potatoes have enjoyed. It is easier to keep a good reputation than to get rid of a bad one, as some of the old potato-growing states are learning. Let every farmer co-operate and let every potato grower see to"it that his own fields do not become infested with the diseases which are so hard to get rid of and which gradually in- crease until the land is partically worthless “for potatoes unless vigor- ous steps are taken to get rid of the disases. Unless Minnesota farmers heed the precautions and co-operate to see that Ltheir neighbors do likewise the whole state will suffer, the old diseases will increase and even more dangerous ‘NATIONAL LEAGUE. . CUW. Ll Pt Games Tuesday. =~ - - New York, 2; (game called in thirteenth innlng be- cause of darkness). Chicago, 8; Cincinnatt, 5. Pittsburgh, 1; St. Louis; 0. Brooklyn, 8; Boston, 3. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Boston, 8; Washington, 3. Philadelphia, 7; New York, 4 St. Louis, 4; Cleveland, 2. Chicago, 3; Detroit, 2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Pet. innings). Milwaukee; 10; Indianapolis, 7. Toledo, 17; St. Paul, 14, (11 in- nings). . Columbus, 4; Kansas Ony, 2 CHARTER MEETING Meeting of the charter commission in the Commercial club tonight. NEW DITCH. PETITION A. A. Andrews returned yesterday from Crookston with permission to file a Marshall-Beltrami county ditch petition in this county. The petition calls for a hearing -June 3. The ditch is to lie north of ‘Ditch 11 and will be about 200 miles long, half 1y- ing in this county. The. petition is signed by about eighty settlers, being practically the entire population along the proposed route. - The ditch will drain the Moose river: district and Thief Lake. It starts in town 157, range 37 and runs to 157-42. SO0 LINE LATE TODAY The. Soo passenger ~ west. bound was three hours late yesterday after- naon and over one hour late going east this morning. BOY DEAD OF HEART TROUBLE Rollin Kehr, son of Ed Kehr, died of heart trouble at his home on Boot Leg lake Monday: The'funeral was held from the home this morning at 10 a. m., Rev. S. W. Scott officiating. KKK KKK KK KKK KKK x ADDITIONAL LOCALS. * KRR K KKK KKK KKK KKK James Ray of Grand Forks arived Philadelphia, Z,J W. L. Pet.| Philadelphia .. .. <6 1 -.867 Washington .... 5 1 .833 Cleveland ...... 7 3 .700 St. Louis ....... .6 5 546 Chicago ............ 5 & .500 Detroit . e ) 6 .456 Boston . .3 6 .333 New York . e M S ‘Games Tuesday. Mflwaukee tee et B T 727 Kansas City .... o 4 4 v .636 Minneapolis . 6 5 .546 Indianapolis 5 5 .500 Columbus ... 5 5 .500 Louisville wew B0 41T St. Paul .. o4 7 .364 Toledo .. . .83 7T 300 Games Tuesday. 2 Minneapolis, 5; Louisyille 4, (12 Pittsburgh . ceene T2 8T6 Philadelphia 4 1.°.800 New York .. 5 2. .T14f. Chicago . 1 3 100 Brooklyn' .. 4 .4 429 St. Louis 3 6 .333 Boston . 1 6 143 Cincinnati .. 1 7 -.126 3 (Copyright.)- ‘mm TIMES-'* ‘CHANGED Beginning Mondsy, " Can Get to Minneapd idji People s at 7:50. Train service whieh? wm get Be- a. m. and St. Paul at be inaugurated on: JInternational next Monday higl service will be’ available 'for those who take the sleeper and day coach passengers . who- wish to transfer. The faster time is. made possible by teh new Winnipeg flyer ‘which the Northern Pacific is putting on be- tween the twin cities and Winnipeg. The. new Winnipeg train will be put on Sunday and the Monday M. & I. south bound will be the first to con- nect.” A general order to this effect has been.received in Bemidji. Passengers taking the M. & I. sleeper together with their.baggage will be rushed from Brainerd to Little* Falls on a special train:each night to connect with the Winnipeg train at Little Falls. The flyer stops only at Little Falls, St. Cloud, and Anoka before getting into Min- neapolis. M, & I sleeper tickets will not be sold for intermediate points. This service will get people from the north into the twin cities in time to catch” the fast morning trains east and will also give them a full day in the cities for business. At the pres- ent time, ‘M. & 1. train 34 is due in Minneapolis at 8:30. Train No. 34, without the sleeper, will continue from ~Brainerd to the cities, leaving Brainerd at 5:45 a: m. and arriving in Minneapolis at 10 a. m. and St. Paul at 10:30. Coach pas- sengers wishing to take advantage of the faster time will have to transfer at Brainerd and again at Little Falls. It is believed that the better serv- ice will develop more sleeper traffic from the morth end of the state and it may mean a sleeper. for Bemidji later. - MRS, OTTO JOHNSON IS LOW Mrs. Otto Johnson, who was taken to the St. Anthony hospital Monday, gave birth to still born twins last night-and is reported ‘as critically. ill this morning, - Mrs. Johnson has been midji people in Mlnnm]is at 7:50 KERKRRRKK KK KKK KKK * MARKET LETTER. x KRR E KRR KKK KKK South St. Paul, Minnesota, April 22, 1913. 5 Receipts. Cattle ... -2,700 Hogs - . Sheep . Prices Killing Cattle NEW TARIFF IS READY Called Up in National House Today For General Debate—Drafted By & Democratic Committee. INCOME TAX MAKES REVENUE| Steers ......... ++..$5.76-8.50 Cows and heifers +.-4.60-7.00] . ... 8,00-3/65 -+ 3.5074.50| Washington, April 23.—With the ) -+- 5.00-6.60 | entire ways and means committee in Veal Calves:............ 5.00-8.25 session ‘Tuesday.for the, first time, Market: . Steag Veal calves:strong|Chairman.Oscar Underwood laid. be- at fifty cents higher. Stockers and Feeders. Feeding steers, 900-1000 8 A8 L s g Fn e o $6.00-7.75 Stock steers, 500-900 1bs.. 5.00-7.26 Stock cows and heifers. 8.75-6.50. Stock Bulls .. 4.30-6.25 Market: Steady. . Hogs. Price-Range Bulk-Price April 22.....$8.70-8.85 - $8.75 Yesterday ... 8.80-8.95 8.85 Week ago ... 8.80-9.00 ~ 8.90-8.95 Market: Five cents lower. Representative Sales Avg. Wt. Price. 99 hogs ..............185 . $8.80 56 hogs . 8.76 T8 DOEB ..\« i iaceis + o oin 8.75 31hogs .... 8.70 |/ Sheep n.nd Lambs Lambs .. ..$4.50-8.25 Yearlings .. 6.00-7.00 Bucks ... . 2.50-4.75 Wethers 4.50-6.25 Ewes ..... ... 2.25-6.00 Market: Sleady Bemidji markets will pay the fol- lowing: prices to farmers today: Dairy butter,1b ............$.32 Butter fat, 1b . .~ -33% Live chickens;'lb .... fii 21 Honey .... Gorae wharastiiey o 20 No markets for potatoes or oniohs. FLY FIGHTING MAXIMS. Be up to date, Swat the fly. Clean up and boost. Eternal vigilance should be your watchword, The fly is a home wrecker. Dostroy, it. ~When the fly comes in the door good health goes out the fore it the new Democratic-tariff re- -| vision bill. After receiving vigorous opposi- tion by the six Republican members and Victor Murdock, the new Pro- gressive member of the committee, it ‘was approved by the strict party vote of fourteen to seven and reported to the house to be called up today for general debate.. Democrats of the house planned to caucus to pass on a rule proposed to limit geeral debate on the'bill to eight legislative days and to curtml amendments when the bill is read section by section before being placed on its passage. The Democrats, outlining their policy in the preparation of the bill, announced an absolute disregard for the cost-of-production theory as reg- ulatory of tariff rates, and dedlared (that in the pending bill they had at- tempted To eliminate protection of pmflus and to cut off duties which enabled industrial managers to exact a bonus for which no equivalent is rendered. To introduce in every line of in- dustry a competitive tariff basis pro- viding for’ a substantial amount of importation to the end that no con- lcern shall be able to feel that it has a monopoly of the home market gain- ed other than through the fact that it is able to furnish better. goods at lower prices than others. The following is an outline of the revenue differences under.' the old and new tariffs: Under the Payne luw, 1912: Imports. Revenue. $759,209,915 ........$304,697,035 Under the Underwood law for a period of twelve months (estimated): $1,000,999,000 ....... 266,701,000 Loss in revenue . under - new law (estimated) $37,896,035 General revenue from ones, such as potato wart,. are\llkely in Bemidji today and will be employ- |in a serious condition for some time window: p- Expenditures, 1912 ... 901,297,979 to gain a foothold.—Dr .E. M. Free-|ed by Nelson and Thorson, tailor.|and it is feared that the shock of the Vo ot ok Ahat Mille mea & a man, Plant Pathologist, University | Mr. Ray is said to l_le an -expert coat{births will .be more thm she can| @ but worry. Swat the fiy. i Surplus ... . ou ,837,224,503 Farm, St. Paul. maker. - overcome.’ (Continuea on 1ast page). REPORTER ok d tly Not Th M N tional Song, S By "HOP" SCOOP rerorrer Vidently Not The exican-Na lona ong, Scoop y S For firebreaks and: trials through state timbered lands in Koochiching| county, $25,000 yearly. Four Year County '.l‘ernn./ The- third measure of public in- terest which was put in shape for presentation to the governor.for his all sources, 1912 . . . .$938,522,482 .{drawn ‘to the black fighter. “|after she became his traveling com- TEN CENTS’ PER wm-:x. | JACK JOHNSON ON -~ Found Guilty and Fined $1,000 On One Charge While Four are : Dissmissed. WHITE SLAVE CASE MAY 5 T3 S Is Alleged to Have Violated Mann . ,Lo,w in Taking Eighteen Year. 0ld Girl .on Trips. = SMUGGLING CONVICTED = OF ; Brought Pearl” Necklace Into This Country For First White Wife —Broken in Health. JACK JOHNSON GUILTY : By United Press. “Chicago, April 23—Imk J'ohmon, the negro puglist and conqueror of = James J. Jeffries, was today fined $1,000 on two indictments charging him with smuggling into this country = a pear] necklace as a present for his first white wife, Etta Duryea, who committed suicide. In imposing the sentemce, Judge Carpenter said that the imposition of a fine and confiscation of the pro- perty were the usual punishments and that Johnson’s case did not differ materially from others brought be- s fore the court. Four other indictments charging 5 Johnson with lmugglmg were dis- . missed. i Chicugo, April 23-—John Arthm‘ (Jack) Johnson, negro pugilist, who reached the zenith of his fame when . he humbled James J. Jeffries-at Reno; s Nev., on July 4, 1910, went on trial before Federal Judge Carpenter to- day facing the possibility of = fifty years imprisonment and fines total- ing $50,000. Johnson, under indictment for. ten separate offenses, went to trial first on the charge that he smuggled e a $5,00 diamond necklace into Amer- " ica\to please his suicide wife, Etta - Duryea, a white woman. At the con- clusion-of this trial, he will on May 5th answer to nine charges of vio- lating the Mann white slave act by transporting an eighteen-year-old whité girl through several states on the vaudeville tours that netted him thousands of dollars. Johnson’s first white wife - was Etta Duryea, the divorced wife of a wealthy Long Island clubman and horseman. For her, it is alleged, he smuggled the necklace from Paris. Though she was showered with wealth, the unhappy woman found herself completely ostracized by her own race and by that of her black husband. There were charges by the white girl’s mother that ~Johnson’s kinfiness at first turned to brutality. ‘And then one night the woman mur- mured a little prayer of forgiveness and shot herself through the braim. Johnson professed to be greatly saddened by the death—and within a week he was paying such attentions to Lucille Cameron, the eighteen- year-old daughter of Mrs. Cameron Falconette, of Minneapolis, that the mother appealed to the federal offi- cials to save this young white girl from the “hypnotic influence” of the black pugilist. The mother’s effort and ‘the efforts of the - entire legal machinery of the state of Illinois bore no fruit, however, and Jack Johnson, laughing at the girl’s mother, made her his second wife. Inquiry into Johnson’s relations with the Cameron girl, following a marriage attended by characteristic showiness, revealed the fact that goores ‘of pretty white girls, hardly out of their teens, had been habitues of the negros training quarters, and that Lucille Cameron was only one of many of her race who had been’ The case ‘of Belle Schreiber was selected by the government on which to base its indictments. Belle Schreiber was . but ‘eighteen years old when she first took the. negro’s fancy. There- panion, the governmet charges. His ‘treatment of her the government will . charge, graded from generosity to ‘brutality and the most revolting forms of depravity: The girl left Johnson after making trips between Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, New York, mebuxzh and Atlantic City. in 1910. :