Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 30, 1913, Page 1

JEWELRY FRAUDS T0 BE CONSIDERED ; Representative Tsvemm Says “Pure Watch Case” Bill Has Been In- troduced Before Congress. T0 COME UP IN DEGEMBER Interesting Analysis of Several Guar- anteed Cases Made and-Surpris- ing Results Were Obtained. By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner. ‘Washington, September 30—Prob- ably the next great fraud that Con- gress will attack 1s the jewelry fraud. For years the country has been flooded with spurious jewelry, especially watches, and through the sale of these articles the credulous public has been swindled out of mil- lons of dollars. Some months ago Representative J. Henry Goeke, of Ohio, introduced a “pure watch case” |- bill, prohibiting the shipment of watch cases when fraudulently stam- ped as to their gold content, and pro- viding for a watch labeling law. Mr. Goeke has assurances that the Com- mittee on Interstate Commerce will give hearings on the bill in Decem- ber. In all probability the measure will become law during the next ses- slon of Congress. The hoary old frauds that still ex- ist in the patent medicine trade and flourish in the manufacture of cloth- ing and shoes, are also doing much business in the jewelry lines. Al- most everyone is familiar with the mail order advertisement which reads in smudgy type: “SOLID GOLD FINISHED WATCH, Guaranteed 25 Years, $3.65.” _If-anyone has been toolish enough to waste money on such an advertisement, he has found to his sorrow that even at $3.65 the dealer has made a big profit on the watch. An official analysis of many of these sheap mail order ‘watch cases has shown that often they con-, e have only a thin wash.of gold Jover tha brass. But ‘these are pnlpable frauds., A much more insidious sort is the spurious gold watch sold by un- scrupulous retail jewelers, or by Jewelry auctioneers. For these watches when new have the appear- ance of gold, and they are accom- panied by strong guarantees of their wearing qualities. The hoodwinked purchaser, when the gold begins to wear off and expose the brass, us- ually finds that the “company ‘which guaranteed the case does not exist nor never did exist. An interesting analysis of several of such watch cases has been sub- mitted to the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce by an association of honest jewelers anxious to drive unserupulous manu- facturers and dealers out of business. A number of beautifu 1 appearing watch cases were submitted last spring to the assayers’ department of the Philadelphia mint, with the following results: Watch No. 1, stamped on the case, “SPRINGFIELD, Warranted 20 years,” was found on analysis to con- tain just four and seven-tenths cents worth of gold. Another case was stamped, “NEW YORK, War- ranted 20 years,” and it contained 14.2 cents worth of gold by analysis. On the six ‘watches analyzed, the best one contained but 26.6 cents worth of gold. All were thinly washed with gold over brass or some other infer- lor metal. which sold for good prices in retal | stores. There are also extensive frauds practiced in the marking of the number of jewels in watch move- ments. ‘While most jewelry is a luxury, the use of watches is so wide-spread as to take them out of that class, and in a number of trades the working- men are_compelled by their work to own watches. The public ought to have protection from frauds in this trade. The Goeke bill is designed to give that protection, and it has the sup- port of those fighting the frauds. Young Funeral Tomorrow. The remains of George S. Young; formerly a Bemidji man, who died Friday from pneumonia at Water- ess, New Mexico will arrive at Eagle Bend today instead of tomorrow, ‘as formerly announced. A telegram was received this morning stating the change and that. the funeral would be held tomorrow at 1 p. m., under; the auspices of the Masons. The services will be held . between |* traing in order to give out of town i VOLUME 11. NUMBER 133 These were all watches|. TRE KKK KKK KK KKK KR * FACTS ABOUT mwonm's * * BEB.IESBABEBALL & i x : Dum. x * Oct. T—Athletics at Polo % * Grounds. x ¥ Oc. 8—Giants at Shibe Park. % * Oct, . 9—Athletics at Polo * Grounds. *x % Oct. 10—Giants at Shibe * Park, x ¥ Oct. 11—Athletics at Polo % * Grounds. * *® Oct. 13—Giants at Shibe % * Park. ¥ Oct. 14—Athletics at Polo * Grounds. * ey * Players Eligible. ¥ New York—Burns, Cooper, * Crandall, Doyle, Demaree, * Fletcher, Fromme, Grant, Her- ¥ zog, Hartley, Marquard, Wiltse, * Mathewson, Murray, Meyers, * McLean, McCormick, Merkle, * Robinson, Shafer, Snodgrass, * Thrope, Tesreau, Wilson, % Schupp. ¥ Philadelphia—Schang, Lapp, * Thomas, Bender, Plank, * Coombs, Houck, Brown, Shaw- * key, Pennock, Bush, Meclnnis, * Collins, Barry, Baker, Orr, * Wyckoff, Davis, Laven, Oldring, ¥ Strunk, E. Murphy, D. Murphy, * Walsh, Daley. x L * Admission, * At Polo Grounds—Boxes for * four, $25; upper grand stand, % $3; general admission, $2; % bleachers, $1. « At Philadelphia—Box . seats, ¥ $5; main grand stand (reserv- * ed), $3; pavilions, $2; bleach- % ¥ers, $1. x ii***i**iifli’(*‘l*l ATHLETES TO GIVE DANCE President of Association Announces Committees Who Will Have Charge of, Initial Affair. WILL BE HELD LAST OF MONTH Ralph Lycan, praslden-t of‘ the 'E'\,» midji Athletic association today an- nounced a list of committes which will "have charge’ of the initial dance of the organization some time during the last of the month. The club plans * on making its soclal events leading affairs in Be- midji and nothing will be left un- done which might go toward making the ‘event a success. - The commjttees which will have charge of the dance are: i Executive—Edward Gould, chair- man, Scott Stewart and C. M. Jacob- son, . Invitation—Jack Herbert, chair- man, Joe Christy and E. H. Denu. Decoration — Ralph Brandon, chairman, James Malone and A. E. Fier. Music—Frank J. Koors, chairman, Nat Given and Oscar Nelson. Floor—C. A. Shannon, chairman, H. M. Stanton and R. M. Bell. Mr. Gould, chairman of the exe- cutive committee today said that no date has been definitely decided upon as yet. MANY APPLICANTS TO ENTER Athletic Club Meets Tonight In New Quarters . —_— Many new applicants to the Be- midji Athletic Club' will be voted upon this evening when the club will hold it’s first meeting in the new athletic home- which was formerly the Bemidji Armory. The meeting will be called .at eight o’clock sharp and all members are requested to be present. The - committees which have been working upon the purchasing of athletic - praphanalia and the other work which must necessarily be. done pefore the large hdll can be turned over to the club members will report. - friends a chance to attend. . Mr. Young was a member of the Masons, | Elks, 0dd Fellows, and Workmen, hkhkhkkk khkhkhk kA hkhkhkhkhhkhkhkhhkhkkhkhkkhkkhk Pters!to be discussed. WILL ATTEND NEW YORK CONVENT10N Archdeacon To have in Dn.y or 59 and Will Be Present at Meeting of Episcopal. Church. ey Matters of Importance to Be Brought Before Church Legislators.— Would Change Name. Archdeacon H. F. Parghall will leave soon for New York where he will be a delegate at the national convention of the Episcopalian church. This body convenes on October 8, and lasts three weeks, It will be held in the great Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Morningside Heights, close by Columbia College, St. Luke’s hospital, Grant’s tomb and other notable places. This convention is- held every three years and is the grand legis- lative body of the church. There is an upper and lower house, the same system as we have in national af- fairs. The upper house belng» the Bishop’s and the lower house the clergy and laiety—an equal number of both. The body is conservative in its action for any changes in the constitution or prayer book requires a period of six years before. flnally adopted. At this convention many lmnort- ant matters will ‘be brought consideration.: Many want & ion.of:the prayer . boo] a new/hymn_be sion’ System of taken up. Social services anfl“tbe labor «question. Proportional repre- sentation as to communicants in op- position to diacean representation as now obtains; a change in the man- |ner of selecting missionary bishops., | These are some of the | prmcipa! mat Many want the name of “the church changed, claiming that the ittle “protestant” does not represent the true position of the church in history, but the-present status of this movement looks lige a great de- feat. It will take six years to bring about changes if adopted at this con- vention for the Episcopal church is .conservative to a fault when it comes to dealing with the mass of her peo- ple. During the archdeacons -absence there will be no church services other than regular Sunday school. BOYS BOTHER AUTOISTS Fear For Youngsters Who - Make Practice Of Catching Cars . Bemidji automobilists are experi- encing considerable trouble from. young boys between the age of 7 and, 15 years who persist in catching on to their cars while traveling at a rapid rate. One young lad returning from school last Friday sustained a bruised knee when he was thrown from his feet by the speed of the car. Usually there are about six or eight lads after each, car and as a result the driver is unable to keep them from catching on the rear of the ma- chine and drive the car. Just how to prevent these boys from continuing the practice is an important question now being discussed by the automo- bile owners. An appeal is made to the parents of boys of the age men- tioned to warn them that the prac- tice will not be tolerated in the fu-| ture. d Stein Delivers Deeds City Clerk George Stein left last night for St.- Paul where he will present the State - Normal * School Board the deeds: to the Normal the’city. BODY CONVENES OCTOBER 8 De'|'the death of Mrs. school site, which was purchased by "Defective Paae |NEED Ten ] oolio! turnity to secure &1 ing at least ten va al schools thron superintendent of #hools. and include and second gra: teacher. 5 Besides these schools instructors. been' superintendent of bureau of wom her in Beltrami |- It 50 there 15 at this time an oppor- tion, there be- necles in the rur- ut the county, according to ‘W. Bj Stewart, county Of this numhar_%hm are five schools ‘which are bf “the first class, of both first . Gracetowd has- ‘o teacher, has the district ne r Nebish. second grade at Zipple .is lacking a there are; several short termi districts which haye as yet been ‘mnh]a to secure Applications sent: to Mr. Stewart Mlss.Agneg Pe;k on, - who since Htarkweather, has the . ind children, ar- her trip ers ‘violations of the_laws of P mémn»fi’“tm‘g | section have been brought to her at- tention and she eame here to. invest- gate. % Since receiving her appointment as superintendent of the bureau of women and children Miss Peterson has done much good work in putting an end fo unlawtul child labor and various employment law violations. Miss Peterson will leave this af- ternoon for Thief River Falls. CORBETT ' CONSIDERED LUCKY pl— Gets Suspended Sentence Providing He Leave Town Neal Corbet was hailed: before Judge Crowell this morning: on a ‘charge of intoxication and diserderly. conduct; He was fined ten dollars and costs and in default of payment sentenced to 16 days in the county jail. At the suggestion of P. J. Rus- sell, City attorney tho sentemce was suspended providing he leave town ‘immediately. Neal is an old offend- 'er and has been up in court op sev- eral occasions. After obtaining a “Jag” last evening Corbett decided to spend the evening at the George Chochran home on Minnesota avenue. making himself comfortable on the £front porch he refused to leave after being ordered away. Sergeant Burs- 'ley was called and landed the unruly man in the city lockup, To Organize Band Tomorrow evening at seven thirty the young men of the city and the Athletic the starting of. a juvenile band ‘in this: city will meet in the Bemidji Athle- tic quarters -where ‘Alden Remfrey, director of the Bemidji dand - will ‘outline the work to be domne. Many young men have expressed their “in- tentions “of entering the organiza- tion and about 30 are expected to be members of the ‘club who_ :are Bemidji interested present tomorrow night. in INDIANS BEWM]NG mx.. zat] 0 MEET FARMERS S00 AGENT TAKING |BIG AGRICULTURISTS Supeflnmdent Dyer And Eigll Schoo Instructors To_ Visit Dis- {1 500 IN CASH seme e L ¢ns, Take Interest in Farming and Show Results. Shortly - atter flm 3 o'clock traln left Thief River Falls this morning three masked men entered the Soo depot in that city and ordered Ed- VLLUATIONB OF RESERVATION ward Tellenude, ticket agent and chulu Johnson, a baggageman, to throw up their hands. Both men promptly obeyed and. were then or- 1 dered to face the wall and to keep their hands suspended in the air. The +| men wore colored handkerchiefs over heir faces and performed their | Until this year the progressive work 1ike experts. Express packages, [spirit which has been installed In the letters and baggage were ritled and | 1ndjang of the Red Lake rescrvation strewed about the floor, One package under charge of Walter Dick: % contained $7,500 in -currency and 8 e Dinxens aag never been appreciated, and the trip silver and had been sent by the St. Paul Wheat line to warren and vi- of the Northern Minnesota editors to cinity. Red Lake and the success of the re-_ A detailed description can not be|cent fair, have only added to rea- obtained at present of any other ar- ticles which may have been stolen.| BRloh have. brought about, . true knowledge of the advancement being made by the Redmen. The men made a hurried departure Tn a way the Red Lake agency re- in an automobile and no clue can be found as to their whereabouts. sembles a large experimental farm and the results obtained by the In- Police officers in' every section of ‘the state have been notified of the robbery and are on the watch for the | 11218 have shown that the country surrounding Red Lake is one of as great agricultural - possibilities nen. The agent was unable to give had long been imagined. 'a clear description of the men fur- Agent Dickens is a favorite of the ther than that two of them wore dark clothes and a dark slouch hat. A : Indians and his suggestions dre us- ually conisdered as being for the One man appeared to be about five feet nine inches in height and to Redmen’s own good. In order to more fully show just weight abount 150 pounds. The sec- ond was about five feet six inches what is being done by the Red Lake Indians the Pioneer has secured and ‘weighted about 160 pounds. from Agent Dickens estimated valu- The robbery is claimed to be the most daring of any ever attempted in ations for property belong to the in- dividual Indians of the reservation. Thief River Falls. Individual Indian moneys ’I‘o FoRM RooTER SQU AD “In banks and in hands of disbursing officérs, etc.,$19,878.55 Estimated 'value of Indian Casl Johnson Beging ization of ‘homes, barn, ‘corrals, etc.90,000.00 Giant Noise Making Aggrega- tion for Foot, Ball Contests, OTHER TRIPS TO FOLLOW ~ Boys And Girls Will Bo Encouraged| To Attend Three Months Winter Course Here ; shm That Warroad = Extension ‘Would Run Through Well De- veloped Farming Country. Superintendent W. P. Dyer, B\le— ford M. Gllu. A. D. Bailey nud Miss] Helen Hoover of the Bemidji HLg’n schol faculty will drive to ichoo) dlq- trict number 61 tonight where! they will meet with the farmers and stu- dents of that vicinity. These instruc- tors have prepared interesting talks which they will be given. 5 Mr, Gile will speak upon ‘More | and better feed for the live stock,” und will present facts and figures ‘which will prove of great benefit to the farmers who are interested in developing their farms and stock. Superintendent ‘W. P. Dyer will lecture upon co-operation and devel- opment and will also give a detailed description of . the ‘advantages that <an be gained by attending the short course which' commences in the Be- midji High School the first week in December” and - which lasts for three months. An outline of the studies re- quired in this course with the acs commodations afforded to their duties on the farm, will be given. Mr. Dyer will-urge the farmers to send their children to Bemidji for this course. Mr. Bailey will lecture upon in- dustrial work in the rural schools and will give the farmers a definite idea of what can be done along thig| line where the tools and supplies arél Ansufticlent. to instTuct. the students in cabinet making. : Miss Helen Hoover, instructor of domestic science in the Bemidji nor The state Bstimated value of furni- 7 ture in Indian homeo'..lo,ooo.oo Estimated value of tools, agricultural lmplements. G it is IAPHONES WILL BE USED ons, vehicles, ete. Estimated value of live- ‘On: next Sunday afternoon. ‘when schiools will lecture on this course.fthe gridiron warrtors of the Bemidii| oo PO €t a8 Miss Hoover has prepared a talk|Athletic club line up for their second Boars, 10, . .$ 100.00 which will undoubtedly prove of in-|contest of the 1914 season, they will Bulls, 25, ...... 600.00 terest to the farmer’s wives and to|be encouraged by cheers of a giant Cows and heifers the school girls as well as to the|rooter squad which already is prac- 300, ......... 4,500.00 men. She has chosen for her subject|tically a certainty. Hogs and pigs 160 750.00 the detection of adulteration in fab- Carl Johnson has been delegated Horses, 200, ....10,000.00 rics, but will also present a few|to have charge of the formation of Meres, 200 .... .10:000.00 facts and figures on other topics. the d and enthusiasm ,which he Stallions (pony) Throughout the winter months the | has , 18 beginning to show re-| =~ o)~ Cen.. 1,500.00 members of the High achool faculty |sults: Steers, 160 .. ... 2.250.00 will make similar trips to the var-| No better incentive can be given chlck;nu 400, .. '100.00 lous school districts where they will | eleven. men fighting for all 'there is 4 29,700.00 meet with the farmers at special ga-|in them on the foot ball battle|y.i o oo oo property. . .10,000.00 therings and aid them in their work in improving the possibilities of de- veloping the educational opportuni- ties of the farm boys and girls. The next trip will be taken on Saturday when a drive will be made to Bass Lake where they will meet with the Bass Lake Farmer's Club, A similar trip has been arranged for October 9 when the Smith School, southeast of Bemidji will be visited. On October 16 a visit will be made to the Bowser school where J. B. Mc- Gee, the present imstructor, will prepare an interesting program in an effort to attract the farmers. A visit will also be made to the town of Eckles for a similar purpose, ground than to know that they have friends on the side lines who are watching their every move and every play, and to hear cheer after cheer ring forth from the throats of their followers when a fast and clever play is pulled off. Rooter squads have won more than one hard fought foot ball game, and If the eleven of the Athletic club ts] " " mi08 land. not victorious in games played in Be- midji this year it will not be the fault of its followers, Megaphones have beeh secured for the members of the club, Later 225 sheep ......... 1,350.00 $183928.58 During the summer the possibility of an extension of the railroad from Red Lake to Warroad has been con- sldered and such & line would opér-. FORESTRY MAKES LOW RECORD Smaller Attendance at University Than Ever Before.—No Positions. After Forestry has lost its charm for young men of Minnesota, al- HAYNER BOOSTS BEMIDII ate through some of the state’s most . Other trips are now being planned and a definite date set for each. Af- ter the majority of school districts have been visited and the enthusi- asm of the farmers clubs has been aroused a final meeting will be held in Bemidji and all the fanmers of the county -invited to attend. This meet- ing. will last two days and will be at- tended by able speakers from various parts of the state. Smart Buys Three Lots - Tom Smart the drayman recently. nue between Seventh: and Eighth streets. from W. H. Newton, paying $1,400 for the property. | purchased three lots on America ave-|' Visit From New Mexico ‘“This is one of the finest sections of the country I have ever been in,” saild F. M. Hayner this morning, who is here with his wite visiting at the thome of R.-C. Hayner. “I am ‘ex- tremely sunprised at the decided pro- gress made in this sectlon. It is far beyond anything I had hoped to see, in spite of the fact that we have ‘been told 60 many times by my bro- ther.” - ing’ business, - Brother Of Realestate Man Here On Mr. and Mrs, Hayner leave tonight for their home in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where hé s in the lumber- By "HOP“ though @ few years ago the forestry school at the State College of Agri- culture promised to become one of the most popular departments of the University. Only thirty-seven stu- dents registered for the course. this year. This is the smallest class on record, ten less than last year's class, which also was regarded as a smal one. z “Inability to find employment af- ter completing the forestry- course may be one explanation for the fall- ing oft this year,” said J. M. Drew, register of the College of Agricul- ture. "The Federal forestry service is filled, with many on the waiting Hst.” In its other departments the Col- lege of Agriculture is highly pros- perous, Mr. Drew said. In the home econotics ‘department there has been an increase of 11 per cent, ‘while in agriculture proper there are 44 per cent more students than last year and last year's figures were record- breaking. (Clifford Ebner, the 15 year old 1ad” who confessed to entering the Baker Jewelry store was taken to the State’ Training school at Red wm: yh'.enhy Ebner was lormarly the mm but was out