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

= VOLUME 11. NUMBER 61 TAVENNER OFFERS PROBE RESOLUTION Empowers Committee To Invistigate Fully All Lobbies Brought to Its Attention, BELIEVES PEOPLE DEMAND IT Says, Such An Investigation Will Illumine Scheme of Invisible Government By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner. Washington, July 7.—The expect- ed happened as the aftermath of the Mulhall expose of the nefarious leg- islative methods of the National As- sociation of Manufactures. A num- ber of resolutions demanding an in- vestigation were promply introduced in the House. Most of the resolu- tions placed chief emphasis on the investigation of the Mulhall charges. Somé members saw in the charges only a reflection on the honor and integrity of the House of Representa- tives, and nothing more than that. Let in the light, expose the guilty, exonerate the innocent, and then close the incident—that was the substance of their position. They failed to see in this particu- lar expose the fundamental thing- the fact that such a revelation is only a surface out cropping, indicat- ing that this vicious, silent, insidi- ous thing called invisible govern- ment probably lies below the surface Wwhich has rotted itself like a can- cerous growth upon our political in- stitutions, influencing the course of legislation and thwarting the rule of the people. They fail to see that these Mulhall charges, the Lovett charges, the in- vestigation of the tariff lobby only have served to arouse in the public mind the ulgy suspicion _that this crafty, hidden influence is at work upon all important government' ae- tivities. The people want the Mulhall:case investigated to the bottom. But-they want - thut ffivestigation to- Continue until the full story of invisible gov- ernment is at last told. Among the resolutions offered was one framed by the writer consider- ably broader than the one introduced May 27. There is not space here to give its entire substance, but it de- manded the investigation the Mul- hall case, the charge that wall Street has raised an immense slush fund for use in molding the coming: cur-|®® rency bill to its wishes the charge that the New York Stock Exchange and other Wall Street institutions are now maintaining high paid lob- bies to defeat legislation seeking to crub the infamous Money Trust. It also specifies an investigation ot the notorious Alaska lobby main- tained in the Interest of the Guggen- heim interests, the lobby of the great water power trust which is seeking to rest from the people the owner- ship of the priceless resources of wa- ter power, the notorious Indian lob- by about which many government scandals have arisen, the railroad lobbies which are numerous and very insidious, the armor plate powder and submarine boat lobbies (which are largely responsible for the fre- quent fake war scares), the ship sub- #idy lobby, and several others which are specified in the resolution. In addition, the resolution empowers the committee to investigate fully any other lobbies which may be brought to its attention. Such an investigation will illum- ine the entire scheme of invisible government, and the high paid agents of the interests will scurry from Washington like rats when strong sunlight is let into a dark un- used cellar. A new party has come into power fresh from the people, glowing with its ideals. It is due to it and to the American people that it have a clean slate to begin with. NEW ROAD TO CASS LAKE Committee From That City To Change Route on Better Highway Cass Lake, Minn., July 7—A new | road is being planned—at least part of it—Dbetween Cass Lake and Bemidji to make better traveling for automo- biles which make frequent trips be- tween the two towns. A committee from Cass Lake consisting of Fred Lilly, M. N. Knoll and H. Mullen have made several trips over the pro- posed change of route and ~have re- ported that a much' better highway can be obtained by making a-slight change from the several routes now taken by teams and autos. They found that with the expenditure of about $60 on one mile in Hubbard county in addition to what the township of * SUFFRAGIST WEARS TROUSERS tro Corporation, New York. July, 7—They’re here at last. Fa- ther Knickbocker will rub his eyes eyes this morning when he observes one of his prettiest young suffragists walking to campaign headquarters in trousers. Mrs. John Boldt, who was called the mascot of General Jones’ suffrage army on its 250-mile hike to the in- R KKK KKK KK KRR KKK KKK KX KK KK KK AND THEY LOOK GOOD TO0O, * KRR KKK KKK KR IR KRR KKK K KKK Copyright by International News Service; supplied by New Process Elec- auguration last February, - has de- signed several pairs of trouser cos- tumes, and will wear them hereafter. At "her apartments in the Hotel Marseilles yesterday, Mrs. Boldt criticized the women who are always talking dress reform, she said, but lacked the course to wear “the sen- sible clothing they advocated.” KKK KKK KKK KKK KRR HORNET. KKK KKK KR KKK KRS Rev. R. 8. Pryor preached at the Murray school on .Monday night Charles Gerlinger, of Spur, was around getting subscriptions to the Bemidji Pioneer, on Monday. A meeting of the Literary. society was held at the: Winan school on Tuesday-evening. et Oanke; coffee-and - ice-cream ~was served early in the evening, then the following program was given: Song, “America, audience. Recita- tion, “Johnie’s History Lesson.” Louis Inesnell. “Golden Rule,” Percy Thom. violin music, Myron Shoop. Reading, “Tommie’s Prayer.” Ruth Green. Song “All Hail Fair Ameri- *’ Mrs. J. D. Bogart. Debate, Resolv- ed: That the raising of root crops is more profitable in this vicinity, than the raising of grain.” Those on the affirmative side were Herman Thom and B. J. Randolph, on the negative side were, Floyd Gor- don and R. C. Shaw. The judges were Miss Randolph, Myron Shoop and Henry Plummer, They decided in fav- or of the negative side. Song, “The Battle-cry of Freedom.” audience. Recitation, “The Boy and Sheep,” Matailda Qunesnell, violin mu sic, Myron Shoop. Recitation, “Ad- vice.” Lucile Thom. Song Battle Hymn of the Republic,” audience. Negro songs, R. C. Shaw. J. D. Bogart went to Shooks on Wednesday. George Horton drove out from Blackduck on Thursday to estimate the cost of putting a concrete founda- tion under the Winan school-house. His wife and daughter accompanied him, Mrs. Frank Cossentine is the guest Of her sister, Mrs. Herman Thom. John Winan returned from Black- duck to his home for a few days. R. C. Shaw went to Kelliher on Fri- day. > b Warning! Parents must warn their children to keep away from the school build- ing while playing ball or throwing stones. Complaints have reached me from various parts of the city and nany windows have beem broken. Any further trouble from this source will result with a few arrests. committee of %qyggg and slonal men will take charge BOARD HERE TOMORROW Will Come From Theif River Falls | To Inspect Site In Bemdji The normal School commission a body of five men who are to select the site for the sixth normal school for the state will arrive in the city over the Soo road from Thief River Falls to-morrow morning at 9:54. A ;ofe,s- f this honorable body and conduct “:them about the city and country in order that they might learn to know the advantages this city has to offer. Drunk Fined Five Dollars. One man was picked up yesterday for celebrating to freely Saturday He was tried in Municipal court th®§ morning on a charge of intoxication and fined five dollars. He rustled the fine and was allowed his freedom. No Meat at Noon. There was a conference in London recently under the auspices of the Incorperated Institute of Hygiene, to discuss the health of business men. Many of the greatest physiclans in England spoke, especially about the dlet of the ordinary man of business. The New York Medical Record sums ap their conclusions thus: “Most ot the speakers expressed the opinion that but little should be eaten in the middle of the day and some seemed to think that two good meals in the day were quite sufficient. A man who does not take enough exercise or who does not perform enough manual la- bor to.enable him to digest and as- similate a large quantity of food, and particularly flesh food, should be very careful as to the quality and quantity of food he ingests. Such a man does not require much meat.” Kllled by Light. Those who have studied the strange inhabitants of the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky say that the cele- brated blind fish from that cavern, when placed in flluminated aquaria, seek out the darkest places, and it is believed that light is directly fatal to them, for they soon die if kept in a brightly lighted tank. The avoidance of light seems to be a general char- acteristic of the sightless creatures dwelling in the great cave. An au- thority tells of seeing an eyeless spi- der trying to avold the light and ani- malcules from the water of the cav- ern hiding under a grain of sand on the stage of a microscope. It fs thought that the light in these cases Cheif of Police Geo. Lane. SCOOP BE.% REPOR’I‘ER Farden is doing there will be.a splen- dj@ road without the usual muddy. " places. is in some manner perceived through the sense of touch.—Harper's Week- Y. ING.; JULY 7, 1913. EAM WINS Game: endi Witi:;‘ Soore 6 to 4 In cal Diamond Chatlfe Paul, pitcher for the “Little Bemidg” base ball team held the “Big Bemidg” team made the four basbg ball. Klein on many spectacular ‘blays and was not credited with an erfr, He scored one eam mates and his base running § the game. Murph; caught three lon the “Big Bemidg” ing in:scores. Of team: won credit’ spectacular plays } both teams was g I ed the first two rnnlnxa for “Big Bemidg” but was Skbocked . out of ln right field the only four de during the cetl by McKeig| f_any more runs although he was ?l} credited with four strike outs. The line up: for tI as follows.: “Little Bemidg” Auger Paul Berrign Cords | Johnson Klein two teams was Boscoe McKeig Jacobson Howe Brandon Tanner | Achenbach 2 C. Bailey Sullivan and Ripple C. F. Riley Final score 5 to: 4 favcr of “Big Bemidji. Umpires Brown nud Baer. 5 1st. Invitations Regeived Here Invitations hayetbeen received son on July 15. Mr. Robinson left for Fargo July third and will re- main there until after the wedding. They will leave for an ertended wed- ding trip and will be at home to their friends in Bemidji after Au- gust First. “Big Bemidg” Losés to .Bagley. Playing their third game in" three days the “Big Bemidg” base ball team met defeat yesterday afternoon at the hands of the Bagley City team in their city by a score 16-to 9. Value of Child. The case of Jones va. Central of Georgia rallroad company before the Bupreme court of Georgla was brought by a parent. for damages for the death of a child two years ten months and twenty days old, alleged to be a “precocious child, capable of and did run errands for ths petitioner, ‘was strong and robust, with unusual physical powers for a child of his age, and did render service to peti- tioner worth $5 & month.”- The court holds as a mptter of law that the child thus described was not soincapable of performing such’ valuable services that a defendant - corporation would not be liable in damages for the homo- cide. of such child it it be shown on the trial that the killing was through negligence and not justified. One On the Teacher. Teachers in & New York public are discussing with some merriment & recent school incident. One of the boys.in Miss Jones' class “got on the nerves” of the teacher by continually grinning and laughing, and - finally Miss Jones, her patience exhausted, appealed to the principal. “Send him to me,’ sald the principal. When the boy was ushered before the principal the latter, with all the sternness at his command, lectured him,-bringing the discourse to a close with: “Now, there are only two classes which are in M Paralditcamwosdiny SWemRGadnE ot rflgh % Miss Katherine Gresttd W. Z. Robin- £he o ware. & BIe . biodds] l**iii*#i**i*ii#iiilikiiiiiik%iii* ¥ CONFEDERATE AND UNION GENERALS GETTYSBURG BA’ TBALLOON GOES UP ««at«nr««n:nwnwfta:a«tia«;;;««oxv ’I‘WICE ON SUND Copyright by International News Service; supplied by New Process Electro (‘orporannn, New York. Left to nght Gen. West, Lieutenant Rankin, of the Confederate Army; Gettysburg; Gen. Bxcholtz and Gen. Gettysburg, July 7—The scences at- tending the re-union are very touch- ing. Men who were dlvided fighting for the principles they belived were Robmson, Rebale. right are united in brotherly love and stand ready to fight again, if nec- essary, for their common cause, the Union ti**i*iifili‘lifi(*i’ CUPID’S COURT, x KRR R R XK KRR KKK KR A quite wedding was solemnized at the parsonage of the Catholic church Saturday evening at 9:30, when Miss Ada Mayer of this city became the bride of George W. Lucas of Brain- erd, Rev. Father Philippe officiating. Mrs. J. K. Stangland of Regina, Can- ada, a sister of the bride was brids- maid and the groom Was g x;t 1ded by brido| traveling suit“and a large picture hat and carried American Beauty roses. The bridesmaid also wore a blue traveling suit and picture ‘hat and carrfed pink carnations. Mr. an. Mrs. Lucas left on the 11:35 train for Minneapolis. They will be at home in Brainerd after August 1. BIG ATHLETIC MEET AUG. 2 Minneapolis Club Plan Big Event On Arrival of Weston. .Minneapolis, July 7 (Special)— Hundreds of athletes and thousands of athletic enthusiasts are watching the progress of Edward Payson Wes- ton daily on his walk from New York to this city to lay the corner stone of the 14 story building of the Minne- apolis Athletic Club, Aug. 2. On that day to celebrate the finish of his walk there will be held in Min- neapolis the largest field meet ever staged in the middle west, at Nor- throp field under the auspicies and management of the club. Athletes from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic are watching the progress of Weston as on the success of his walk, depends in a measure the success of the meet, and the success of the meet, according to them marks a turning point in the history of athletics in the United States. Never before has a western city attempted such a meet and on its success hangs the supremacy of the East as the only part of the coun- try where athletics can be supported, popularly, in a large way. Men behind the meet already see that the meet will mark an era in the East’s losing of its unwritten title. Weston left New York city June 2 to make the 1500 'mile hike to this city in two months. He is now in Ohio, half the distance he is to walk and is keeping strictly on continually - grinning—monkeys and idiots. Which class are you in?* “Miss Jones’ class, air,” whimpered the oy. schedule time. He is 76 years old, and the pace that he has set for himself has astonished all who know what long distance walking means to the feet and the comstitution. o Scoop Is Having His Usual Vacation Datactive Prda | JOHN ARMSTRONG IS DEAD End Came at 10:45 Last Night at Fargo Where he Operated Two Restaurants. Heart Failure. WAS IN BEMIDJI RECENTLY. \strong~a “former- Demtdi— businebs man but, who for the past two years has been proprietor of two restaurants in Fargo. Mr. Armstrong formerly operated the Mayer Dairy lunch and was in Bemidji two weeks ago during the Editor’s convention renewing old acquaintances, He was on his way home to Fargo at the time after an extended visit to Panama and other southern points of 10:456 Sunday evening from heart failure after short illness. Wells Wins Motor Cycle Race Four enteries were made in the motor cycle race in Bemidji Saturday David Helmer with his M & M., Bill Grover with a Wagner Harry Erick- son with a Sears and Claude Wells witha Harley Davidson. Helmer was unable to keep pace with Grover and Wells while ‘Erickson’s machine broke down at the start and he lost two laps. After his machine was started he gained the two laps on Grover and was about to overtake Wells at the finish of the race. His daring riding proved a sensation for the crowd -and many were expecting to see him fall from his machine when making the turns at a teriffic speed. Wells won by several yards and Erickson second with Grover third. Officers Have Hard Time. Many accidents were narrowly av- erted Saturday during the auto and motor cycle races. One small girl ran across the track in front of the Erickson machine and was missed by only a few inches. Officers were un- able to keep the crowd back who con- tinually crowded on to the track be- fore the machines which were ap- proaching at full speed. Officials-feel fortunate that no serious accidents resulted from the foolhardiness of many of the people. 3 *'land Mrs. J. B. interest. Death came at Lucile Belmont Makes A‘oeniio,n At Two o'clogk In Afterncon and - Again At Five, COMES DOWN IN MIDDLE OF LAKE Was Not Obliged To-Go.Up ‘Sunday: But Did 8o To Satisfy And Give People Money’s Worth Although not obliged to make'the ascension on Sunday, Miss Lucile Bel- mont made two flights, one at 2 o’clock and another at 6 because she Wished to give the people of Bemidji their money’s worth and because the : weather did not permit her to make the flights on July 4 and 4 as sche- duled. - The first flight was made shortly betore two o’clock, the baloon aris- ing about 4000 feet in the air before sheé received the signal to cut loose with the parachute. The-signal was given by Mr. Belmont by firing three pistol shots, which were distinctly heard by the aeronaut and upon whose judgement she entirely depends. Im- mediately upon hearing the signal she reached forthe trip rope which unfastens to parachute from the bal- oon and.dropped for a distance of about 500 feet before the chute was entirely opened. The parachute and ‘woman were tossed about in-the air like a kite with a tail, and to the spectators it seemed a long time ba fore she finally ‘reached the ground, alighting "among the trees in front of the M. J. Brown residence on Lake Boulevard. MISS LUCILE BELMONT The wind came up before the sec- ond flight was begun and carried balloon, parachute and woman out in the center of Lake Bemidji. The flight did not appear so high as the first one, which was due to the wind. With a splash she struck the wa- ter going way out of sight, the para- cute almost falling over her. The bal- loon fell some distance away from her. Launches were in readiness to pick up Miss Belmont, which immediately rescued the woman and all her para- phnaelia. “Can you swin?” was asked Miss Belmont after she had reached: the shore. “No, but I carry a life pre- server along with me so I am not afraid of the water,” was the an- swer. Other questions that were asked her before she made - the flights. “Do you feel afraid? - “Do you like the work? “How much do you get for it? “Did you ever get hurt?” “When is the sensation: the greatest or funniest, when you go up or come down?” To this query she replied, “It is practically the same going up as coming down. The only - time, or rather the time it is most peculiar is when I reach up to cut loose. You know you cannot ‘help but wonder if the parachute will really open. After it is opened I en- joy looking over the country. It is simply beautiful. You have some of the finest scenery here I ever saw anywhere on earth. Your country is simply dotted with lakes and -rivers and your farms are looming. up among the trees. I never realized that so much is being done up fn this section of the country in the agricultural line. It is surely. won- derful.” < The Belmonts leave tonight for Chicago, from which place they go to other engagements. Attention Creditors, All bills against Fourth of :July -committee must be filed with the sec- retary, H. C. Baer,” on or before ‘Wednesday July 9. s Mrs. M. E. Gillis of King, Ontario, Faltz of - Croswe Michigan returned to their mpocfi homes this morning aft