Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 5, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 11. NUMBER 86, HEAVY SLASH IN EXPRESS RATES Bweeping Order of Interstate Com- meroe Commission—Companies May Contest. DECLARE REDUCTION TO0O BIG 8ay They Cannot Stand Cut of $26;- 000,000 Annually—Predict Death to Business. Washington, Aug. 5.—Redugctions in express rates which will cost the com- vanies fully $26,000,000 a year—ap- proximately 16 per cent of their gross revenue—were ordered by the inter- state commerce commission, to be- come. effective on or before Oct. 16, 1813.- Notable reforms in practices also were ordered. The most important change pre- scribed by the order is by way ot modification of the present gradu- ated scale of parcel rates. For pack- ®ges more than four pounds going wore than 200 miles and less than 2,000 the new express rates are gen- erally lower than the parcel post rated; for more than 3,000 miles the raten are practically the same. The report and order of the com- mission, prepared by Commissioner John H. Marble, are a virtual afirma- tion of the findings of former Com- missioner Franklin K. Lane, now sec- retaty of the futerior. ' Prescribes Block System. By prescribing a so called block system, dividing the United States into.950 blocks, averaging 2,500 square miles, 900,000,000 different rates no‘y published by the express companies will: be reduced to less than 650,000, and the interstate commerce commis- sion believes that the system points the ‘Way to a solution of the existing maze of freight rates. The general impression in official quarters is that the express com- vanfes will attempt to test by legal means the constitutionality of the commission’s order. The express companies had filed statements indicating that the losses of revenue under the proposed rates would be intolerable and argued strénuously that the estabillShment of the parcel post had deprived them of quite 30 per cent of the revenue they formerly received from parcels. of eleven pounds or less. They contend- ed that the express business could not survive the losses from both sources. “This s equivalent to saying.” com- ments Commissioner Marble in his re- port, “that the commission is called upon to take from the shippers of the country all the benefit that they re- ceive from the parcel post and give it to the express companies in the form of higher rates upon the remain- ing business.” Paper Charges Unchanged. The rate for newspapers and pe- Hodicals, as well as for bread and such articles for which specially low rates now are charged, are substan- tially the same as the present rates. In connection with the parcel post and its effect upon express companies the report says: “With regard to the small package business of the parcel post, it should be stated that it still: will be carried upon the rallroads of the country. The express companies, moreover, will not experience a gross loss of their earnings upon these small par- cels, but only of the net difference be- tween their earnings heretofore and the cost to them of furnishing termi- aal service upon these parcels. .“The commission’s conclusion fs that the establishment of the parcel post is not a justification for any higher scale of rates than the one here shown to be reasonable. “The commission’s order is for two years only. That perlod will give abundant oppertunity for a test of these rates under varying conditions amounting to a normal average. In B0 other. way can - the absolutely proper rate basis for respondents finally be determined.” FOUR MOTORISTS DROWNED — Auto Driven Upon Cable Ferryboat Goes Into River. ‘Winnipeg, Aug. 5.—Four lives were lost in the Red river opposite Joliet, N. D, when an automobile with the top up rolled off a’cable ferryboat. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart of Drayton, a Mrs. Anderson and her twelve-year- old son were those drowned. Stewart saw his wife dragged into the current and leaped after her as the auto top disappeared beneath the surface. He did not reappear. The chauffeur also weat down with the car, but managed to extricate himself and swim ashore. LAIMBEER'S INJURIES FATAL Banker and Society Leader Succumbs jowing Auto Accident. Hempstead, L. I, Aug. 5—Willlam Laimbeer, the banker and society lead- or injured in the automobile accident in which 8. Osgood Pell and his chauf- feur, Charles Gambean, were killed |° outright, succumbed to his injuries at the Mercy hospital. © ‘Mr. Laimbser; who waa Miss. Nathalie Schenck, a fa- mous beauty of Newport and New YUAN SHI KAl * Ruth Adherents ef Chinese President Ask Him to Found New Dynasty. left last Friday Lake Bemidji. as their guests, Alice Fitzgerald and F, C. Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. Thos their trip to Denver, Clure at the bay. Mrs. R. D. Mason. Mrs. Joseph Jarvis guest at the Larson, at Bemidji Beach. Judge Cooley and to spend a few weeks the Bay. Mrs. Tracy R. Bal President Yuan Shi Kai's adherents express much elation over the suc- cesses gained by the loyal armies in the present rebellion -and advocate ‘the introduction of a dictatorial form of government, It {s said that they hope for the ultimate. establishment of a Yuan dynasty, under which they would share in the spoils of office. TRey contend that any compromise at the present time would place China In a chronic condition of revolution, which, they argue, would be most dangerous owing to the territorial as- pirations of Russia and Japan. returned to her home i Sunday. wife and three Janet and Frank, arri ‘life, Mr. and Mrs. Jose; Grand Forks arrived Monday to spend a ‘their cottage. CLAPP SCORES SEGREGATION Minnesota Senator Asks Burleson to | Explain Postal Order. Washington, Atg. 5.—Opposed to segregation of races in the postoffice department, Senator Clapp of Minne- eota is prepared to insist that Pest- master General Burleson explain the grounds on which a department order providing for such & separation of the white and negro. employes was in contemplation, The senator contends that the, two races have worked together half a century and he_does not helive apy WIM ~exists for their “sepata- tio ‘now than at any timé in the past.” The proposed plun, Senator Clapp says he has been given to understand, would increase the expenses of the department by approximately $150,000 ® year. will camp for a few pike Monday evening. Bay, GOMEZ TO TAKE THE FIELD Venezuelan Preuldenl Will Personally Lead Government Troops. Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 5—Presi- dent Juan Vicente Gomez intends to take personal lead of the Venezuelan army operating against Cipriano Cas- tro, whose followers have arisen In the provinces of Kalcon and Tachira, and also in the western districts of Venezuela. The president issued the following proclammation: “Castro, the former dictator, having disturbed the peace of the country, I mysell will take the fleld and will es- tablish order. I know that every gen. eral officer and soldier will fulfill his duty.” Attorney John Gl family is expected state. Sunday and endeavo MOTHER KILLS TWO CHILDREN Badly Wounds Two Others and Takes Her Own Life. Philadelphia, Aug. 5.—Belleved - to have become mentally deranged through the serious illness of her baby Mrs. Alice Brocan cut the throats of four of her children and then slashed her own in West Philadelphia, accord- ing to the police. The mother is dead and two. of the children, Thomas, aged three, and Vic- tor, aged seven, also died. The other two children, eight and nine years old, are in a-precarious condition in a'hose pital. - The woman was about thlr!!n five years old. feat off of the map. afternocon and the ¢! ponents. Team Runs Yesterday afternoos horses hitched to a Graham and Doran’s cream tubs. against the building. done. COLLIERY SURVIVOR DYING Will Ingrease Pennsylvania Mine Ex. plosion Toll to Twenty. Infant Drinks which resulted in the death of nine- teen persons, is in a dying condition et his home in Orwin. Danlel Farley and John Fessler, fire bosses, are still-missing and the the- ory is that they were blown to pieces. 'SCOOP % REPORTER York, 18 in a critical condition, but #¢ in belleved she will recover. o e e = . e e L KRR R KRR R RN RS GRAND FORKS BAY. Lambe, Correspon KRR K EAR KRR AR E KR | Dr. and Mrs, G. F. Ruediger children .Gretchen and Gustave, ‘Jr., for after spending a month outing on Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Paul and Miss Helen 'O’Conner of Monday for Grand Forks where they will spend a week before continuing they will attend a Masonic conven- ! 1ed tion which will be held in that city. orll Grant McClure of Bemidfi, spent Sunday with his brother Bruce Mc- Miss Theresa Sheridan of Mason City, Iowa, is the guest of her sister nedy of Grand Forks came up Sunday Forks, who has been spending -the week end at the Woodworth cottage, Frank L. McVey of the University of North Dakota, accompanied by his children, Virginia, Sunday and will spend the month of August in their cottage enjoying lake J. P. Read and family of Grand Forks came up Saturday from Grand iForks and have taken the Wolff cot- tage for the month of August. A. W. Buckman, A. W. Westeen and Earl McKenzie left this morning for Lake Plantaganet Everet Lake and Francis caught a large number of perch and Merle Spencer spent Mundly eve- ning with friends at Grand Forks ATTORNEY GIBBONS RETURNS Spends Several Weeks With Family Visiting Relatives in Twin Cities. Saturday from a several weeks visit in the southern part of the state. His to return home this evening. They have been visit- ing with relatives and friends in the Twin Cities and other parts of the Clerks to Play Again. Local postoffice clerks declare that they will play the farmers ‘baseball team from Grant Valley again next disgrace of “their last Sunday’s de- given as their excuse for losing the hard fought game played Sunday they completely outclassed their op- trightened and ran up the alley: past colliding with the Model Bakery ice] A man attempted to capture the runaway but was thrown —_— Monday evening the infant son of ed and rushed to Nymore in his car. Immediate medical attention pfobably saved the child’s’ life. is in a critical condition it is prob- able that he will recover. * dent. ¥ 0F L(]BBY AGENT Will * Present Four "Act Comedy Dnmn at City Hall—Tickets 25 Cents. Grand Forks tor Townsend q.u xnnun af Corruptionist—Identifies S : Accepted—Bryan _Makes & Counn.y have “ Check. F BENEFIT PETERSON .FAMILY et Sendner, Lucile g i gy Devlin of; 8t Final preparations to present the HOUSE: TO QUESTION gxor.om four act comedy drama wWhich the ifornia utimpn . gua are policing tlie!‘hop -fields: of Wireat: e Resignation of Ambassador, Wilson DIFFICULT T0 EXPLAIN WHY ; : | Bemidji Dramatic club has been pre- 5 N o mas Nisbet left [Star Witness in Present Probe Makes |paring for. the past - month were | Part Taken in Earlier Stages of Mex- \ eight were. badly . ; . 5 * 2 : S h"‘beg"w__ ‘striking |- His Last ‘Appearance Before ' |made last evening at'the final dress| ican Revolution Brings in Colorado where shertf’s ‘posse. by Industrial Work- organdzers, still are t Adjutant. Gen. rehearsal. The play promises to be one_of the most successful and best comedies ever staged by local talent Sonqfig Committee, wasuiugLon, Aug. ».—sSenator Town eral B. A, Forbies expressed the be- [Send of Michigan was the first wit- |in’ thecity. Among the cast. are: Al a0, hias anadunced. ths a ltef that if he Gould prevent a meet :‘e‘:- before. ‘the flznnte lobby' com- | Ngwman, who carries” .the leading | tne restgnation of Henry '8 and some_ of -the: tee. . Testimony of Martin M. Mul- 2 - fagoe inb tizens who:were in- (hall had been finished ‘and that wit. | 21° Tole. Mr. Newman has an'ex-| as ambassador to Mexico. ce_thers. -was.not tary made. the- following* Hkely to be fi r demonstration. The news of fhe death of District Attornéy E. T. Manwell and Deputy Sheriff B. Reardon and -the wounding of Sherift Georg Voss and-others of his posse spread:r cellent ‘voice and has won an_excel-| lent reputation for dramatic talent during his High school career and.in home 3 }lieqt .productions. Richard Fenton, as usual handles the comed- ian’s role as only a ‘natural comed- fan can act. Those attending the Miastrel show recently given will not question’Mr. Fenton’s ablility to carry a comedian role. “Among the other members of tne cast are Merrill Flesher, A. Remh‘ey, Rube Ripple, Curtis Remfrey, Mrs. A. Remfrey, Myrtle Newman and Olive Miller. ness was waiting ‘to be questioned by the house’ committee about his’ lobby- ing activities for the National Asso clation of “Manufacturers. Senator Townsend flatly denied Mul hall’s teStimony that he had talked with ‘him "and characterized ‘lfllflhfl" a8 a “gelt-acknowledged cofruption- ist.” Emery and Mulhall, whon‘ Town- send was a- member of the, house, came together to his office, and Mulball made an'argument about la- bor_legislation. “When he paused, I asked him it he was through, and when he said ‘Yes’ T #aid, ‘Well, this is my busy day, yow'll have to excuse me.’ Therefore, ungualified falsehood when he talked with me confiden- was a Sunday Orbeck cottage 14. The part which he fel cent revolution in Mexico Lawrence Ken- with friends.at ireach the Bcens i reak and ‘in the meantime : sevelg}, bundred armed civiliang had poirgd in from every di- rection. Applications - fi%mtmutenhp at Pin e “Quiz.”.. Suturdli, som 13th, an ex- amination will held in this city for a postmastef ! to-fill a contem- plated vacancy. at{Plnewood, former- ly filled by Mr. k»who left Pine- wood six month - for the west |. and who was sucgseded by Carl Bye, 8. Al Cutter of charge of the examinations. Applications for the position must be ‘properly execufed .and flled. with the commission ‘at! Washington seven days before the d’to of the examina- tion. School Children Who: Have. Gardens " to Sit for Photo. ngs of Grand neither a probability nor tor a'pedcetul solution of’ is becoming more practic: This is the view taken Wilson. in Grand Forks EXAMS ADDITIONAL SOCIETY A. Johnson, the log contractor, is in the city today. 0. G. Hanson of Akeley is visiting friends in the city, Thomas Peet ‘of Grand Forks is visiting friends in Bemidji. R. S” Griggs of Grand Forks was a caller in Bemidji yesterday, Mrs, G. C. Marshall of Cass Lake spent yésterday in the city. Z."Nelso) ived at the Bay gt The Benator went through the rec- ofd and picked out letters in which his name appeared, denied in detail Mulhall's testimony that he had con- ferred With him. “This man. was personally offensive to me,” said the senator in conclusion, “therefore, I could not fail to-remem- “ber if he had talked to me confiden- tially. Mulball took the !mnd to identify 8 $500 check he said he drew April 7, 1909, to be turned over to A. H. Miles of Racine, Wis., for a retainer for for mer Congressman James E. Watson, when'the manufacturers wanted Wat- son to work for a tariff commission bill Chairman Overman announced nounce his. decision .not the Huerta:government. Bacor Confers With Shortly after ph Kennedy of at the Bay on few weeks in conference with. the pres two congressional commif ‘where days. they express a determination Lambe n of Clearbrook trafiualted “Ben eqlnmy with ‘respect. to- 3 sherwood ~of Sturlln. is trannctlng business in the city. TO POPULARIZE PARGEL POST |/ Mr. and M. R. M. MoCallin of] Deer River spent Monday in Bemidji. Weight F. E. Kiley and family of Grand Rapids are in Bemidji on a pleasure trip. Mrs. J. H. Fallon left today for Chicago and Milwaukee to buy her fall millinery. ernret O'Brien of Mclntosh and Harriet slllller of Erskine are in the cify ‘on’'a pleasure trip. Gena and Christine Bergebakken of Fosston are spending a short time in the city visiting friends. Roy K. Bliler' returned from the north this morning where he -has spent the.last few days on business. R. A. Wolfe of Grand Forks is spending a short time in the city on a combined business and pleasure trip. Hazel Severson and Ethel Smiley |. left for East Bralnérd this morning where they will be the znes'.s of friends. J. C. Mommet, Eugene Mommet and Claude Mommet of Norman, Oklahoma, are spending a vacation in this city. Rev. C. H.. Cjelseth of Nelson, Wis., has been the guest of Rev. Kolste of this city. He left for his home this morning. ; Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Freeman left this morning-for a visit at Pine Island in Goodhue county. They will £0 by the way of St. Paul. Mrs. M. Madson and danghter Myrtle .returned from Spur this 1aorning where they have been the ! HE approving ‘of his course Limit Will Be Raised to Twenty Pounds Aug. 5. Washington, Aug. 5.—Further - to popularize the parcel post ' system Postmaster General Burleson has an- nounced that after Aug. 5 the weight limit on packages would be placed at twenty pounds (it . now is eleven pounds) and that a sharp reduction in charges for the transportation of packages would be made. . He an- nounced algo that on the same date the “banking by malil” feature would be introduced into the postal savings system. The reduction in charges on parcel post matter for local delivery is from the present ‘rate of 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each addi- tional pound to 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional two pounds or fraction thereof. For the first zone the rate will be reduced from 5 cents for ‘the first and. 3’ cents for each additional pound to 5 cents and 1 cent; for the second zone the rate will be cut from € cents and 4 cents to 5 cents and 1 cent for each additional pound. STRIKERS WILL ASK FOR AID Appeal Will Be Made to American Fed- eration of Labor. - Calumet, Mich,, Aug. 5—C. E. Ma honey, acting ‘president of the West: ern - Federation of Miners,' has left here for Denver, where he will issue & call for-an immediate conference ot the heads of all unions affiliated with the . American - Federation of ‘Labor. From them he will ask moral and financial aid for the 15,000 copper mine strikers in Upper Michigan. Before his departure Mahoney bit- terly assailed the “kept press” of the state for their mlnrep_renngauon re- garding riots and disorder which re- N. L. Hakkerup will: take a photo- graph of the school children: who have gardens at the school farm on Thursday afternoon at three oclock on the farm grounds. “My Dear Mr. Wilson Mexico ‘during the most that the people of Mexico bbons returned the relations between us Auto Hits Tandem Sunday. Recently two.local gentlemen were struck by an automobile while rid- ing on the cement: driveway leading to Nymore. From their story it ap- pears that while the two-young men were peddling' the double cycle they noticed an automobile ‘approaching in a zig-zag manner along the stretch of paving. They claim that they turned off of the paving to allow the car to pass but it also tarned off of the paving with:the result there was a light collisionwhich" slightly in- Jured both young men and slightly scratched the machine, serlous strain. \ in expressing my high ‘Washington, r to wipe the commerce. Hard luck is most 12 per cent in the lerks feel that 'The increagse ‘amounted 000 and the total expor year were $2,466,000,000, SUPPORTS THE TARIFF BILL/ Myers of Montana Addresses the Senate. ~ Washington, Aug. 5.—Senator My- ers (Dem., Mont.) told the senate that the West did not fear the -tariff' bill. “Amidst the hue and cry ‘about dis- crimination-dn this bill against the West I wish to have heard one-West- ern state which feels self-relfant and s not complaining about -dtscrimina- tion. This .discrimination -..against home. Interests when translated ‘into English, in .my. opinion, .often means: ‘We are not getting our.share of- the | graft; we are being: overlooked n the distribution of-the plunder.’”... ‘The woel growing business, he-said, Away. n a team, of wagon became ing $1,813,000,000. meat market No damage: was received here state thaf sel, manager of the:Mines sger ‘of the San Franc Poison. conipany, and Ray ‘Harell, guests of Elmer Madson while ‘pick- Pottsville, Pa, Aug. 5.—Harry |Mr. and Mrs. Hans E. Rosdahl of {after nearly a hundred years of- pro- ted in mobilization of 250@ state ing raspberries, P! .in Chihuahua. Bchoeffstall, the only survivor of the |Nymore, drank a quantity of bed bug |tection, “nearly-a century-of coddling’|troops in the copper couritry. & The ‘three mén were arrested two East Brookside colliery accident, [poison. Dr. E. H. Marcum was call-|and nursing, is decadent business. | --.Comparative ‘ quiet reigns mrmh- Twenty-five friends .of Mr. and Not only. does: it not hold. its -owm,-but 1t positively is:-on the decline.- ‘Are we to longer stimulate it at .the -ex- pense of rifling the packets of all" the hard working masses to keep it up?” he asked. oyt the strike district. ‘Guards at Red Jacket fll'ed upon thiee foreigners, who, the soldiers as- serted, attempted to force the lin One of the foreigners was llllllfiy ‘wounded in the arm. Certamly, Scoop, A Photo Is Out 0F The Questmn hua, Orozco. that Orozco demanded a .on the value of certain Mrs. T. J. Burke .gathered Aat the Burke home on Beltrami avenue last | _|evening where: the evening was spent in a real old fashioned barn| a 3 Although he border from the Parral trict. -May Go Out. Superior, Wis., Aug. “Ambassador Wison’s’ ‘has been accepted”to také eéffect Oct. He let it be known, too, that he would make a brief announcement of the first step in the pollcy of the United States toward Mexlco ‘While no inkling of what it would be came from the White House it was gxpected that the president formally. wounld an- Ambassador Wilson - called Senator Bacon, chairmén of the foreign relations committee; went into eign affairs before taking ‘any- action. It also was suggested that the presf: dent’s announcement might formally The letter, in part, follows ambassador of the United” States to through, and during a_perlod when were constantly being subjecmd to a I have gre: your zealous and courageous efforts in the protection of American interests.” EXPORTS GAIN 5262 000,000 Increase Reflects Advande In Nlupn Industrial Actlv:ty» Aug. G—Inef‘une In the industrial and commercialactivity- of the United States during the past fiscal yedr, as compared. with 1912; is: disclosed by figures ‘made public: by : .the bureau of foreign and domestic These show there was a gain of al- ports of manufactures, manufacturers’ materials’ and . agricultural prodiicts. :The imports increased almost 10 per cent, ‘the gaini being, $160,000,000, thie grand total during the year' -uresn.i Were" Arrested Two Weeks-Ago by . Orders of Pascual Arozco. ¥ Bl :Paso, Tex. Aug. 5.—Telegrams weeks-ago ‘at ‘Santa Rosalia,” Chthua- by orders of' General Pascual’ 1t is stated by.-thelr tiends ° they: were ' seeking to: move 'to’ the Al Dbok Worker- at He Complications. Washington, Aug. 5,~+Secretary Bfy- cceptance of Lane Wiison *The secre- statement: résignation 1t it his duty to take in the earlier stages of the re- would make it.difficult for him to repregent the views of the present administration in view of the situation whlch‘ now ex- Armed intervention 1n’ ‘Mexico 18 A poselblllw. ‘the’ problem able. by President to recogmize * Wilson, sldent. -The president gave him to understand-that - he would consult the chalrman of the ttees on- for- to ‘treat the Constitutionalists and the unrecog- nized Huerta administration’ on an the axmm- 'ms:.from When “Ambassador Wilson was. !nv- -Ing the White House he gqve out:a copy of a letter he récéived. from ‘for- i mer President.Taft on'June %7, 1913, in Moxlco. u were * tl'Yhix times haVé passed and, Mexico Dleasure approval, of value of ex- " “to '$262,000,- 'ty ulll past Charles Bfe- €ompany o America; Bernard J. MacDonald, mgn- 18co:. Mining a local avto- mobile driver, were released from jajl commission bumon' that ‘miniig " dis- 5,—TFhe ore dock employes, who walked ‘out jime- diately after the loeldm not only have not. returned to ‘work:! but. mars. over they have voted to make :an ef- fort to induce every dock worker on the - Superior-Dulth " water, tront_to. walk out and tie’ up shipping from the twoports completely’ until -their. a F. H. Lluh, an ornnlur !nrx m‘ W. W, 8 directing the strike.