Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 1, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 11. PLAN IS PLACED BEFORE 3 JUDGES But One Point Remains in Dispute On Railroad Disso- lution, HEARING ON AT ST. PAUL Messrs. Sanborn, Hook and Smith Sitting as the District Court of Utah. METHOD OF BREAKING SCHEME Agreed Upon By Railroad Officials and Aftorney General With Ap- proval of President. 8t. Paul, July 1.—The plan for dis- _solving the Union Pacific-Southern Pa- cific merger, which Attorney General McReynolds, with the approval of President Wilson, has agreed upon with officials of the railways, was pre- sented here to Judges W. H. Sanborn, Willlam C. Hook and Walter I. Smith, sitting as the district court of the United States for the district of Utah. G. Carroll Todd, special assistant to the attorney general, represented the government at the hearing and N. H. Loomis and H. W. Clarke the road. The court took the plan suggestions made 8t the hearing under advise ment. On one point only were the attor- neys unable to agree. This was the length of time to elapse before the court accepted the plan. G. Carroll Todd, on behal? of Attorney General McReynolds, asked that public notice of the plan be given and a brief time allowed Interested parties to object. Attorneys Loomis and Clark, for the Union Pacific, insisted that sufficient time had already been given and asked that the dissolution be allowed to com- mence at once. The court asked the attorneys to remain in the city for at least a day so that this point might be passed upon. Court to Direct Stock Sale. The railroad attorneys asked that the Central Trust ¢ompany of New York be named as trustee of the stock which is to be sold under direc- tion of the court. No objection was made by the government to this por- tion of the plan. Attorney Loomis handed the court coples of the decree as agreed upon and at once began his address. “This is the third and amended plan for dissolution,” he said, “and 1s offered as a substitute for previous plans. It differs from the others in the provision for the sale of $88,000,- 000 worth of stock through a trustee under direction of the court. It also provides a speedier method of secur- Ing the certificates for stock. The previous plans contemplated the com- pletion of the dissolution in five years. By throwing restrictions about the use of the stock certificates this plan will make it possible to com- plete the dissolution by Jan. 1, 1916.” Attorney Loomis then stated that he believed any delay in the decision by the court would be unfair to his clients. He contended that all parties interested had had sufficient notice. Counsel for the government con- tended that this notice did not apply to the particular plan before the court and that the government had found that a little delay in the Ameri- can Tobacco case had caused inter- ested partles to be heard who were not at the time known to be inter- ested. KEKAK KKK KKK KKK KK * CUPID’S COURT. * EEKD XX HHKK KKK I KK At nine o’clock this morning at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Mc- Donald on Fourth street, the mar- riage of Miss Lucile Clark to James H. Murphy, both of this city was sol- emnized, Rev. S. E. P. White officiat- ing. The ceremony took place in the presence of a few immediate friends and relatives. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy will leave for Duluth and other points on a wedding trip. Endeavorers Give Picnic. The Christian Endeavor Society will have a picnic at Diamond Point this evening at six o’clock. They will meet at the Presbyterian church at #ix o'clock and then walk up to the point for supper and the evening’s en- tertainment. This picnic will be in honor of Kathryn, Lillian, Beth, and Mamie McGregor who leave the city soon, and who have been members of. the society for several years. The McGregor_ family will make their home in Baudette in the future, NUMBER 5 Torommmunqmmecm tery on Irvine Avente at 9:30 July Pourth, NEARLY 100 CARS TO TAKE PART It you have an automobile, by ‘all means get into the parade on the Fourth of July. It does not make any difference whether you decorate ar not, get into the game-anyway and help make this big feature & howling success. The parade will form on Irvine ave- nie a short distance eyond the ceme- tery. The cars will be lined up in the order they arrive and when they pass by the Markham hotel the judges will award the prizes. The route has been outlined as fol- lows: Drive from the cemetery south on Irvine avenue to Third street, on Third street to Bemidji avenue, on Bemidji avenue to Second street, on second street to Beltrami avenue, on Beltrami_avenue to the Union depot turning on First street to Minnesota avenue, on Minnesota avenue north to Fourteenth street, on Fourteenth street to Beltrami avenue, south. on Beltrami avenue to Second street, on Second street to Bemidji- avenue, north on Bemidji avenue to Twelfth street, east on Twelfth street to Lake Boulevard, south on Lake Boulevard to Fourth street and west on Fourth street to the end of the pavement, where the parade will disband. T0 CONSOLIDATE DISTRICT Town of Roosevelt Voted to Combine Two Schools Under One Roof ~—Will Build. 40 SCHOOL CHILDREN CAPACITY At a recent meeting of the voters of the town of Roosevelt it was de- cided by a vote of ‘22 to 11 to con- solidate district’ number - 132~ and build 4 new two room school build- ing for the housing of the children attending school in the two buildings now in that town. For the present they will continue attending school in .the old buildings. The district will be known as district number 132. About forty school children are at the present time at- tending school and from indications it will grow close to the 100 mark within the next few years. Settlers are flocking into this sec- tion of the county at a fast rate and it is expected that the increase will be rapid. LIGHTNING STRIKES CASS LAKE Renders Mrs. Surface Unconscious for Period of Twenty Minutes, Cass Lake, Minn., July 1.—The residence occupied by Martin Surface, south of the viaduect, was struck by lightning last night, the bolt tearing off some plaster in one of the rooms in which Mrs. Surface was sitting Wwho received a shock which rendered her unconscious for nearly twent minutes. One of the freaks of the Bolt was the demolishing of one of the rafters which was splintered into very small pieces without catching afire. The bolt also seemed to encircle one of the windows before finally go- ing out of the house through a front degr.leading onto a porch. The Sur- tace"mfly seem to have had more than théirighiare of visits from “the elements,” “thelr Liome on two prev- ious occasions within the last four years having been almost entirely de- stroyed by fire, Mayer Buys Buick. Harry Mayer has purchased a new Buick runabout and has been serving many of his patrons at the Dairy Lunch with a long ride for an appe- tizer. SCOO -;:Peu Miss Beth has been teaching|, 1 for the past year.- Miss Mami cGe will leave for Roche '3 llfl:h of Jnly ‘where sh THE CUB REPORTER N GREAT REUNION Nunu Join in Big Fourth of July Celebration to Be Held on Old Battle Field. BLUE AND GRAY JOIN FORCES New Yorker Pitches Tent On Site Where He Lost His Leg Fifty Years Ago. GENERAL SICKLES IN CAMP Somé: Have Already Arrived While Thousands are Now on Their Way to Participate. Gettysburg, Pa., July 1.—While thousands of veterans of both sides are here and other thousands are on their way to participate in the great anniversary encampment commemo- rating the battle of Gettysburg there are gathering upon a quiet little street of the town seven gray haired women who, fifty years ago, acted as volunteer nurses for Union and Con- federate veterans alike. Perhaps to no one of the seven are the recollecttons of that time more vivid than they are to Mrs. Salome M. Stewart, a native of Gettysburg, who, except for an interval of a few years, has lived in the same house that was used as an emergency hos- pital during the famous battle. At Mrs. Stewart’s home has been established the headquarters for the surviving nurses of the war between the states. Onme arrival was Mrs. Clarissa F. Dye of Philadelphia, who ‘was among the first to respond when the news of Gettysburg - filtered in over the wires. The other aged nurses to participate in the anniversary are Mrs. Cornella Hancock, Philadelphia; Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, Wakefleld, Mass.;. Mrs. Mary Stevens, Peabody, Mass.; Miss Annie Irving, Newburgh, N..Y.; and Miss Helen Cole, Sheboy- gan Falls, Wis, Sickles Pitches Hls Tent. Among the notable arrivals at the Veterans’ camp . was General Danial E. Sickles, who declined hotel quar- ters in favor of a tent pitched upon the site where he lost his leg during the battle, General Sickles was es- corted by a cavalry detall and was cheered lustily by both the wearers of the blue and gray. A plcturesque personage who at- tracted much attention was General Felix 'H. Robertson of Texas, who came to town clad in the full uniform of a Confederate general. General Robertson, who is proud of the fact that he was at Fort Sumter when the first gun was fired, also declined to accept the hospitality of the Pennsyl- vania‘ commission, which had provid- ed a comfortable room for him, saying he preferred to share camp life with his men. This attitude was also as- sumed by General A. J. West of At- lanta, Ga. Among those registered at the head. quarters of commission on campus of Pennsylvania college are Governor Clarke of Towa, General Tilletson and Colonel Heanan W. Allen of Vermont, Judge E. M. Gibson, Oakland, Cal.; E. L. Hawk of Sacramento, Cal; F. W. Castle, New Orleans; J. W. Patter- son, New Hampshire. United States Senator Penrose has arrived from Philadelphia. Colonel Charles H. McConnell of Chicago brought a tent which will serve as headquarters for the Iron brigade, and Pettigrew’s North Carolina brigade. These bri- gades fought each other in the first day’s battle and their reunions are ex- pected to be particularly interesting for this reason. Drunk Gets Light Sentence. One drunk was a victim of Judge Crowell’s wrath this morning and Wwas sentenced to thirty minutes in the city lockup at hard labor. The sentence is probably the lightest jail sentence ever imposed upon any de- fendant in Bemidji in municipal court but as there were no serious charges connected with the arrest the man was allowed plenty of time to clean up his own hed chamber beforé de- parting for Remer, ’| counts. .'hremen Save Propoky of Clar] de Tie cmpny{ From Sundy’ ' Blaze: CLARK SHOWS | ABPRECIATION —_— Sunday afternoox the Bemidi fire department ‘res n 4 to' &n alarm sent In from the vicinity of the north east shore of Lake Trving where sev- eral piles of slabs and sawdust be- came ignited from 'a bonfire which was built by several'hobos, who were frying fish, : The- blaze spread. tapidly and the firemen fought it -fer three hours be- fore it was under eoi\zrol Over $3,- 000 worth of cedar Which was piled within a few hundmd feet of the blaze was saved-thraugh efforts of the firemen. The cedar was ofi‘ed hy the Clark Pole & Tie company|and because ot the firemen’s efforts {n protecting the poles Mr. Clark “entértained the en- tire department nt \dinner -atthe (By Union W:shlngton, July al Morse Wireless® wmle simplifying sea communicatiol ”'bpeq.me effective| today. g The Hague, July l.—International Opium Congress reassembled here. to- day. All nations interested in opium trafic were remenqxl}sd except Tur- key, which thinks “‘the - restrictions prescribed by conzrkn tends to crip- ple one of its mest {mportant indus- tries. s Washington, July 1.—Government today began issuing -‘postal savings bonds in place of postal savings ac- Interest: to. be paid. at rate] 2% per cent per. _l'l‘num bonds re- deemable at pleasure;of government year after issuancej: Ottawa;” Ont., July’ 1.—Canads is celebrating the foriymlxgh anni- 'versary. of - consolidation of < British Provinces in North America today. ‘Washington, July 1.—Collect-on- delivery feature added to parcel MEMBERS OF HOUSE St it 2ot ot es| SECOND i Senate cmmittee Announces That It Will Press Inquiry on Tobby. SPEAKER ISSUES STATEMENT That National Association of Manu- facturers Had Worked For “Show me” State Defeat. REPRESENTATIVES MAY PROBE Chairman Overman Says His Servers lel Secure Evidence Covering Past Ten Years. ‘Washington July 1.—A searching investigation of the so called “under- ground system” at the Capitol, not only by the sepate lobby committee but by a select committee of the “|'house- also, promises to be the first result of the sensational charge by Martin M. Mulhall, who claimed to have been the general field “lobby- ist” for the National Assoctation of Manufacturers. - Mulhall’s” startling allegations that Tepresentatives, senators and high of- ficlals .of the government had been i reached” or “influenced” and that lobby” conducted its operations a room: in the Capitol have ' thrown.con: ressional chc!es into an uproar, Congresamen n'\mwl in the Mulhall charves are isrinz stitements; some of them dennunitnz the allegations as “meli-iovs ‘i3’ Speaker- Clark fs: sued -a_s’a‘ement confirming the char=e: th* ‘he “lobhy”" had worked for his defezt.. Many- congressmen mentioned. however. declare they will not be satisfied with the senate lob- by committee’s_investigation alone; but will insist on a select committee of the house to sift the charges. Senators Will Lose No Time. The senate committee, however, in- 2] tends to. lose.no time. A subpoena. al ready served upon Mulhall s to be “followed by otliers ‘or” the men named in the published statements: Chair- man Overman believes that when his process servers get through they- will have spread a dragnet to bring in material for an investigation covering the last ten years. If there is any doubt of the author- post department of the postal service today. Indianapolis, Ind., July 1.—Indi- ana automobile tour to the Pacific coast leaves here tonight to find path for a road from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Wilmington, Del., July 1.—A new law limiting the hours of employ- ment for women to ten hours daily, for which Miss Jessie Woodrow Wil- son fought, becomes: effective today. London, July 1.—Potato shortage has caused advance price of $2.60 per ton. Seven Make Long Canoe Trip. Starting at eight o’clock Saturday morning and paddling eight hours a day, Paul Armstrong and sons, Len- nox, Horace and Paul L. Armstrong and John Armstrong and son, John O. Armstrong and Richard = Patterson paddled from Lake Itasca to Bemidji in just 24 hours in three canoes. The young men-had no trouble because of low water and no time was lost on the entire trip.. They had planned fo travel to Grand Rapids, but as they are forced toreturn to Chicago where they make their home they will end their trip at Bemidjl. Tarantula Caught on Bananas Making a total of six tarantulas caught in the W. G. Schroeder groc- ery store during the past year, Miss Cora Raines discovered the ingect last Saturday afternoon when cutting bananas. The insect is the- largest caught in Bemidji for some time and is being displayed at the Sehroeder store. ity of the senate committee to investi- gate that far Chairman Overman in: tends to have the senate extend its powers. : President Wilson discussed the Mul- hall charges briefly and sald he be. lleved the lobby on tarift legislation had ceased to “embarrass anybody but itselt.” ‘When the president made his first declaration that “a numerous and in- sldious lobby” was operating in Wash- ington he had no idea that such charges as made by Mulhall would be brought out. Chairman Overman called his com- mittee together for a short executive conference and at its conclusion an- nounced that a full investigation of the Mulhall charges had been agreed on. It was decided that no meeting of the committee will' be held until July 28. Charges by Chairman Lovett of Prizes for Best Calves, Clover and Corn. TQ GIVE 850 SILVER CUP That the Beltrami County Fair which will be held at the Fair grounds in.Bemidji September 10, 11 and 12 will far eclipse anything ever before exhibited in. this sectlon of the state i3 now a foregone con- clusion, According to reports from Secre- tary C. F. Schroeder, the farmers are already planning for this big feature occasion. Interest among them is waxing warm and hundreds have ex- pressed their intention of bringing ex- hibits -to this fall festival. Stock, vegetables, grains and other farm produce promises to be doubled in quantity and quality and with the present crop prospects, indications point to a bumper harvest in every department. $50 silver trophy to be given by the Northern Paoific Railway for the ‘thres Best Holatein, “Gurnsey or Jemey -heifer: calves bred and: éx: hibited by owner. Prizes by N. P. Railroad. In a letter to Mr. Schroeedr, A. M. Cleland, general passenger agent of the Northern “Pacific offers three prizes for calves, clover and corn. The letter is as follows: “Mr, C. F. Schroeder, Sec’y., “Beltrami County Agricultural So- clety, “Bemidjf, Minnesota. “Dear Sir: “I take pleasure in advising that the Northern Pacific Railway Com- pany will offer at the Beltrami County Fair, September 10-12, a $50 prize trophy cup for the best 3 Hol- stein, Guernsey or Jersey heifer calyes, bred and exhibited by owner, and we will also offer a cash prize|a] of $5 for the best 10 bundles of clov-|1 er, any variety grown in Beltrami County, and a similar cash prize of $5 for the best bushel of Dent corn grown in Beltrami County. “The silver cup for the best calves, is to be competed for each the Union Pacific board will be first taken up and the Mulhall charges will follow. Baker Gets Results From Pioneer Ad. Proving that Pioneer want ads bring results, Geo. T. Baker and Com- pany are in receipt of a letter from a Pioneer subscriber in western North Dakota in reply for that com- pany’s ad for old gold and silver. Over a cigar box full of gold and sil- ver nuggets was sent to this firm. Mr. Baker appears to be well satisfied with his investment in the ad. May Organize City League. Local baseball enthusiasts have been discussing the formation of a city league for this city which would include the five teams now organized here and the Nymore city team. No plans have been made as yet and whether or not the matter will be carried out can not as yet:be deter- mined. Antlupatlon ls Befler Tllan Reahzatmn---Eh Scoop? Defective Page year and to become the permanent property of the person winning it three times. The winner’s name will be engraved upon the cup. each year. “We will be very glad to have these prizes: enumerated in your premium list and I am writing you at this time to ask if you will not please 8o arrange in the preparation of your list. “Will you kindly advise me if yuu can do this? ‘“Yours truly, “A. M. CLELAND, “Q. P, A ‘Word has been recelved that L. J. Bricker, general immiyration agent of the road plans on coming to Bem- idji during fair week, and if it fs| impossible for him to be here, ‘he Wwill make every effort to have a rep- resentative at the local fair. The fact that the state at large is taking a particular interest in the Beltrami county fair is evidence that much is expected of this county’s expositio - | sented. Tape” Which Makes if of Little Falls F GAS COMMITTEE RE-APPOX Representative Gives His For Not Appearing at. Secor and Third Committee Meetings OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED Diamond -Roint Bath' Houses to- Be Rebuilt—Were - Torn Down b Commissioner Last Fall, Clearing himse made after he ha; franchise several . ure to show up at theé: commiites: meetings, E. E. Collins appeared be- . fore the City Council 1ast night pre-: senting a second franchise which he: claims is much shorter and more ef- = fective than the-one * formerly pre- ~ Mr. Collins told the couneil why he had failed to put in an ap- - pearance at the meetings in Bemld}l and how he had confided in P. W. Rathbun a former resident of this city with: the result that they were not informed of his illness which pre- vented him from attending. Before the gas question was dis- cussed Alderman Bailey asked Mr. Collins if it was through any fault of the gas committee that he was not present at the meetings. In answer Mr. Collins took all the'blame. and said ‘he had mo complaint to make against the committee or any mem- er of the council. In reply Mr. Bailey stated that he only wished to clear the committee of charges of certain parties which thought they were ‘well posted on. all:ithat had-taken place between the committee and the ‘£as Tepreseatative.— - . Alderman’ Murphy then- asked ‘Mr, Collins What firm he represented, Mr. Collins did not appear to be anxious to disclose the names of the members of the firm, as many of them were private stockholders, but he stated™ - that they had been in busfness for fifteen years ‘and if the council doubted the reliability of.his firm he would only ask them to. investigate the plants he had installed in several cities, the names of which ho wonl be willing to give. Alderman Bisiar then asked if thay Tormed a local company and'in an- swering Mr. Collins stated that they did it enough appeared interested, and that the officers of the local com Dany would be president, vice presi- dent, sec\’etary. neuuret ':n board. “stated t-hnt they ha difterent members’ ‘ot the em!qcll in regard to his absence in Bei he stated that he had received ‘}I%‘ ter from a firm in regard to |ay1n:1np (%14 gas pipe and stated that the fir representative, P. W. Rathbun of thh city would call upon him. Thinking - that Mr. Rathbun. would notify the | council of his illness after he left the city Mr. Collins did not notify any member of the committee and as a result the gas question was dropped for“the time being. i3 Alderman Miller asked the repre- sentative what were the reasons: he- had for not wishing to place a $5,000 forfeiture bond with the city fo which Mr. Collins stated that his:firm had never done it before, and they did mot : wish totie up a great deal of their capital by placing a large check with : each city in which they wished fto: build a plant. He further stated that the city had nothing to Ioose as the franchise required him to commence operations within one . year of the . 'time of the third reading and if h failed to_ do go. all contracts and agreements ‘would be declared vofs without taking the matter into court. - Acting-upon- a motion of Smart it ‘was decided to appoint a gas commit cial club during the next | which will be'the lengtir of ‘time:: -{ter ‘meet ‘with the city attorney. {firm ‘and_ Bemidji Collins will be in Bemidji and i ing the next few weeks another ufix chise will be presented by will hay choice of the two franchises be able to compare as to Wi - | better-for the’eity.