Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 4, 1913, Page 1

o e e VOLUME 11. NUMBER TARIFF BILL NOW LAW OF THE LAND Measure Receives Approval Of Presi- dent - Wilson—Was Hurried Through House. BILL SIGNED LAST EVENING Speaker Clark Overrules All Points Of Order Against Methods Of Proceedure. ‘Washington, Oct. 4.—President ‘Wilson’s signing of the Underwood- Stmmons bill at 9 o'clock last night brought into effect one of the most farreaching revisions of tarift rates and revenue laws enacted for many years. A new income tax, applying di- rectly to the incomes of citizens, the abolition of all tarift on scores of items of immense importance to American industry and American con- sumers and a heavy reduction of tar- 1ff rates on most of the articles in gen- eral use in this country are its ch!el features. While certain portions of the u\’w law do not take effect at once, moSt of its provisions and almost all the direct tariff reductions do. The federal government has been spending nearly a billion dollars a year and the new tariff law will raise less than one-third of that sum. Recent estimates by tariff experts in congress predict that the rates will raise $249,000,000 a year; and that the income tax will raise $122,000,000. The remainder of the government’s great income is made up principally of internal revenue taxes and postal receipts. May Reduce Cost of Living. The income tax probably will bring the new tariff law most “foreibly to the attention of the citizens. President Wilson and Democratic leaders in congress believe, however, that the reduction of duties on cloth- ing, foodstuffs and other necessaries of life, and the complete removal of the duty from many like articles, will eventually bring a reduction in_the “cost of living” without materially at- fecting business prosperity. A brief summary of the new tariff law as Drepared for lhe senate fol- lows: Aase Average percentage of tariff rates as compared to the value of all imported merchandise, old law, 37 per cent; new law, 27 per cent. Value of annual imports added to the free list, $147,000,000. Estimated revenues from all import rates, old law, $305,000,000; new law, $249,000,000. Estimated revenue from corporation and income taxes, old law, $37,000,000; new law, $122,000,000. Much Merchandise Free. Altogether consumers in the United Btates probably will receive from abroad, free of all tariff, more than $1,000,000,000 worth of merchandise during the next year. During 1912 the amount of “free im- ports” was more than $880,000,000, and when the tariff is entirely removed from wool, sugar, iron ore and cheap iron and other impertant items the total is expected to increase notably. Under the old law more than 53 per cent of all goods brought to the Unit- ed States from all parts of the world paid no tariff and that proportion will be increased by the new law. The free wool provision of the new law takes effect Dec. 1, 1913; the free sugar provision May 1, 1916. The new tariff law, passed four years after President Taft signed the existing Payne-Aldrich law, is the re- sult of more than nine months of work in congress. Food Stuffs Lower. In the opinion of its makers, the Democratic leaders of congress, the | most important features of the mew tarift bill are: A reduction of nearly one-half in the average tarift on foodstuffs and farm products. The placing of raw wool on the | free list and a reduction of nearly two-thirds in the tariff on woolen clothing, especially of the cheaper grades. A reduction of one-third (average) on cotton clothing. Reduction of the sugar tariff and its ultimate abolishment in 1916. A reduction of one-third (average) in the tariff on earthenware and glassware. Abolishment of_all tariff on meats, fish, dairy products, flour, potatoes, coal, iron ore, lumber and many classes of farm and office machinery. General tariff reduction on all im- portant articles in general use. Foulke Brandt Returns Foulke E. Brandt, who during the past eight weeks has been confined in a St. Paul hospital , where he under- went several serious operations, has returned to Ben;ldjl and will again enter the employment of the Crooks- ton lumber company. Mr. Bradt says that because of his health he will likely be given a position in one <.xt the logging camps during the win- ‘ger, Says Congressman Will Not Feel Loss Of Beltrami County litical situation of the state, is of the opinion that the taking out of Bel- trami county from Congressman Steenerson’s district will in no way effect the possibility- of his reelec- tion. * Several years ago, it will be re- membered, Beltrami county practi- cally saved Steenerson from defeat, in his race with Sageng. Mr. Cheney and believes that because of the so- cialists the taking out of this coun- ty has little effect on the congress- man, Mr. Cheney says: Since congressional districts were ‘reapportioned, it has often been re- marked that detaching Beltrami tounty from the ninth district weak- ens the hold of Congressman Halvor Steenerson. This is questioned by man of the. congressional committee, who points out that in the last elec- tion Mr. Steenerson had a majority of 11,062 in the district, but only 229 in Beltrami county. In the ‘Sageng champaign of 1908, the Stee- nerson majority in the district was '2,947, and of this 1,342 was furnish- ed by Beltrami county. The differ- ence is due mainly to the growth of the socialists in Beltrami, to a point where now they elect part of .the county officers. In the orginal pri- mary fight of 1902, when Steenerson was first nominated for congress, most of his plurality was obtained in Beltrami. Since that time, however, Clearwater county has been -detach- ed from Beltrami, and it still re- mains in the' ninth district, while wihat remains of Beltrami is shifted -to -the sixth. ~Now-that the soctal- ists have become the chief rivals of the republican party in the ninth, it is evident that the detachment of Beltrami s o great ™ .Joss‘ to ‘Mr. Steenerson. FRHKKKKKKK KKK KKK * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES * KRR KK KKK IR KKK KK Episcopal : There will be no services Sunday. Sunday school at 9:30. Archdeacon Parshall, pastor. Swedish Lutheran: Sunday school at 12 o’clock. Ser- vices in the evening at 8. J. H. Randahl, pastor. First Scandinavian Lutheran: Sunday school at 12 o’clock. Ser- vices in the evening at 8. Rev. T. S. Kolste, pastor. First Methodist: There will be no services Sunday. Sunday school at 12. Epworth lea- gue at 7 p.m. Dr. M. D. Fuller, pas- tor. aptist: - Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preach- ing at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Young People’s meeting at 7 p. m. Prayer meetings Thursday and Saturday evenings'at 7:30. C. G. Chandler, pastor. . Presbyterian: Tomorrow will be “Rally Day” in the Sunday school. We want to see |new and old all back at 10. We will observe communion service in connec- tion with the morning service at 11. Jr. C. E. 4. Young People’s méeting at 7. Evening service at 8. Hon. ‘A. C. Rankin, one of the sanest and greatest temperance advocates in this country will speak at the evening service. Let every body come to this service. §. E. P. White, pastor. SCOOP irorren Minneapolis Jonrml Political Writer Charles B. Cheney, political writ- er on the Minneapolis Journal, and who for several years has been con- sidered quite an authority on the po- ‘compares the vote of former years) Martin Widsten of Warroad, chair-| Kk kh ok kok ok ko k ok dok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ko ok ok STEENERSON LOSS SMALI. CONTESTANTS QUT [Foor nm.- - FOR SPECIAL PRIZEcrut nests mitin onsen - To One Turning Most Votes During Week ; This Week In Free Piano Con- " test With 120,165 Votes Out of the 160 contestants in the Schroeder-Ploneer free plano contest there have developed about forty who appear in real earnest in landing one of the four::beautiful Lcanltal prizes which are first prize the $400 Claxton piano, second prize ladies fifteen year guaranteed gold watch, Elgin movement, third prize ladies ten year guaranteed gold watch, Elgin movement and fourtk prize a beautiful silver back toilet set. Makes Special Offer To the contestant who turns in the most votes for the week ending next Wednesday, October 8th, Mr. Schroeder has decided to give a beautiful Rigers silver set of orange spoons. This offer will give every contestant an equal opportunity. Next week the coupon vote in this issue the coupon is good for 100 votes. Get your friends to cut them out and save them for you. The votes may amount to more mnext week and then they may be cut down. Watch for them. The complete list of contestants will not be published regulanly but only the number of those who are showing an interest. The following is the standing of the thirty three highest. 1—50,000 19—44,100 21—45,300° 27—44,848 28—46,265 31—75,685 38—102,133 42—43,775 49—-41,230 < 54—41,305 56—43,600 63—98,060 65—81,095 68—47,900 70—69,639 82—112,652- --83—62,771 84—45,395 101—45,700 106—120,165 108—71,100 109—99,730 112—50,100 115—43,800 117—53,610 133—17,6014 136—48,600 143—94,586 151—112,868 154—94,222 166—41,100 166—56,737 166—53,800 KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK That Double Vote Contest. * Here's a chance for you to win % a fine $400 Claxton Plano and % it won’t take much work to do % it either. Get the ‘customers of % the Schroeder store to cast their votes for your number, because ¥ for every cents worth they buy % at this store they are given a % vote, ] Then get all the subscribers old and new ones of the Bemidji & Ploneer Daily or Weekly to cast & their votes for your number when they pay their subscrip- & tions or wlien they subscribe. % For every three months in ad- % vance on the Daily you get 3000 % votes and for every year on the % weekly you get 5000 votes, and % they all count toward that fine % Plano. * % % Get Into The Game, There is a nomination blank % In this issue of the Pioneer. ¥ * Fill it out for yourself or for a % * friend and secure a number at ¥ % the Schroeder store. Then watch & % that number from day to day. % % keep boosting for it. See that it & 4 {8 near the top of the list. Then * % get your friends to boost and % +* have them get their friends to * % do the same and the first thing & % you know you’ll be the owner of % +* that eplendid New _Claxton % * Piano, KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KK How to Get Votes. “This question,’ says Mr. Schroed- [Schroeder Offers Set Of Silver Wase| ALL GIVEN AN EQUAL CHANCE Contestant Number 106 Takes Lead Not- Play Ulllus 'I'wo Reguhn MAY NOT FIAY IN ‘BEMIDN Members of. the Bemidji high school foot ball team are worried be- cause of the prospect that there may be no game wjth Grand Rapids this year. s Two of the Grand Rapids school stars, Will Whaling and Ed Farrel, .played with the eity team in . their game against 'Bemidji last Sunday. The fact wu brought to the at- tention of superintendent Freeman who issued the notice that meither of the players could lake part in any of the remainflxg man on the’ high school schedulb. - Immediately after receiving thq announcement the ‘members of the regular team refusad to take part in any more games or to even practice until Q:e Dplayers were reinstated. This thé superintendent refuses to. do. | As'a ‘consequence the game with Cdleraine which was played this afternoon' was taken part in only by a Eam of - substitutes. Coach Carson says t{mt no other games will be playedias it would be an injustice to-“fhe high school to place a losing team int the field when material for a:strong team was on hand. Both of the Boys who are blacklisted are|stars,: and without them the: Grand Rapids eleven s greatly handicapped. Whaling is a wonder at carrying. ba]-l and his punting and ' drop {* kicking .. has brought many & victorg: to the orange and black. Farrell, ofi‘end or in the backfield is a terror to opposing lins men and is of, the aggressive type which will some day sfamp him as a star on the gridiron. 1 It has been stated aff«l.od author- ity during the week that the father of one of the boys has announced that he will take the|case to . the courts if necessary, to, decide wheth- er not his son /s under the govern- ance of the s@qol aiithorities . on Sunday. - PLAYING FOSSTOR TODAY 2 High School Eleven Line Up Against a DAY PROCLAMATIQN | Sets October 9 As SWM by State Fire Prevention Association and Asks its Observance. TO BE GENERAL CLEAR UP DAY All_Citizens of Asked to Inspect Chimneys with View of General Protection. ‘Clamation sued by Governor Bemidji. Fire prevention ln Minesota is a much discussed subject and since it was earnestly taken hold of a year ago, has shown splendid results, follows: To the People of the City of Bemidji ‘Thursday, October 9th,. has been suggested by the Minnesota State Fire Prevention association. It is a day which will be generally ob- served by every municipality in' the State. It is for the purpose of calling the attention of every property owner and every tenant to the fact that at- tention should be given to a general inspection of chimneys,’ heating plants, etc., with a view'to lessening the number of fires during the winter months. Now therefore I, William McQuaig, mayor of the City of Bemidji, do hers- by proclaim Thursday, October 9th, as “Fire Prevention and Clean - Up Day” and respectfuly ask' the co- operation of all citizens in a general movement towards the cleaning up of our alleys and back yards and the inspection of chimneys with a view to the general protection of the prop- erty and lives of our citidens from thie fire fiend. Done at the City of Bemidji ‘this 3rd day of October- 1913. 2 Wdu@m McC\lnig e DECTECTIVE VISITS BEMIDJI 01d Opponents This Afternoon In their first game of the 1913 season the boys of the high school foot ball eleven are this afternoon playing the strong Fosston aggrega- tion on the grounds of the latter. Fosston has always been able to give the Bemidji eleven a good game, but ‘have not beaten the locals since 1908 when the score resulted 5 to 0. Coach Bestul was confident when he left Bemidji this morning that the boys would give a good account of themselves and that a victory would be marked up for the locals. er,” cannot be too strongly impressed There are several ways to get votes and all should be familiar to the con- testants. Here are the ways. With every cent purchase at the Schroeder store one vote will be given and the customer will be permitted to cast tire vote for whnevar contestant he chooses. Vx| ‘With every three months subscrip- tion to the Dally Pioneer at the regu- lar rate of $1.00 three thousand votes will be issued and with every upon the customers and contestants.” | years subscription to —the Weekly Ploneer at the regular price of $1.50 This contest will close February 14th; 1914 and in case of a tle vote, both winners will be awarded a Plano. Get busy and- urge your friends to do the same. There will be no publicity of con- testants during the contest, each contestant being given a number and each endeavoring to secure votes from patrons.of the Schroeder store and subscribers of-the Ploneer. known. E Rules of Contest. 1. Name of Contestant will not be five thousand votes will be issued. (Continued on last page). ~Scoop Is Some Butter Artlst Superintendent Of St. Paul Pinker- ton Agency Here Yesterday 0. 0. Ringdal, superintendent of the St. Paul Pinkerton agency was in Bemidji yesterday. Mr. Ringdal was here in connection with the Thief River Falls robbery, and was of the opinion that the men wanted might! ‘ben in Bemidji. When here:Mr. Ring~ dal did not know that three men be- lieved to be the ones wanted for the robbery were captured on the Cana- dian line late Thursday afternoon. DANCE WAS SUCCESSFUL T. C. T. Members Again Show Them- selves Good Entertainers Once again the Bemidji lodge of the U. C. T. has proven themselves to be good entertainers and the dance last evening was one of the most successful ever given by them. The hall was well decorated, - the work having been done by - William Finnegan, Edward Taber . and Ed. Ebert. Seven more dances will be given during the winter' by the lodge. 2 Many To Hear Singers Tickets for the Williams colored singers concert which will be given next wednesday evening at the city ‘hall under the auspices of the Pres- byterian church are going at a fast rate, and it is expected that a “full house” will welcome them. Spooner Editor Hfl!e Spooner News, is in Bemidji. Mr. Engler case. Bemidji Will Be In accordance with the recent pro- Eber- hart dealing with fire prevention in the state, Willlam ‘McCuaig yester- day issued a similar proclamation for ‘| Senator Rieke Interested In Behalf The proclamation of the mayor Eri¢kson is a member of the Beltrami county bar and is assisting E. E: Mc- Donald’ in the trial of lhB Parker- St, Paul Oct. 4. (Special ter of a million. sheds of the depot remain felt.. Of Negro Now. In Murderers E Cell. AT ONE 'TIME RESIDED HERE " Efforts now ade may re- sult in an ati glve freedom: to James A. éostf"tts, a negro, now confined in the state prison at Still- water where he was . sent from Koochiching in 1908 for the murder of Charles H. William, also colored, committed on a homestead near Big Falls, State Senator A. V. Rieke, a Minneapolis attorney, was in Bem- idji investigating the case and be- lieves the outcome of the trial to be one of unusuall severity. At the time of the trial C. W. 'Stanton, of this city, now judge, was county = attorney of Koochiching county and conducted the trial which resulted in the conviction of the negro. Charles Scrutchon of this city had charge of the case for the defendant. < Public sentiment at that time was almost entirely with the defendant and ‘much trouble was encountered in selection of a jury. The case was tried before Judge Marshall A. cticing in Bemidji. “penalty for murder e "t __ |in_the first-degree, ‘the. charge -on which Godetts* was either death or life imprisonment. Upon the recommendation of the county attorney the latter was given. The conditions on which Godettes convicted was was convicted were purely circum- |’ stantial. He claimed seif defense, but pictures which were allowed to be shown in evidence showing the dead man -on the ground, showed the gun with which Godettes claimed he -would have been 'killed if:he had not shot first, resting agalmst the right arm of the murdered man. The state proved that Williams was a left handed man and this fact had much to do with the verdict of the jury, causing the members to believe that it had been placed there after the shooting. Investigation showed that after Willlams hdd fallen to the ground, his murderer had steod over ‘him and poured shot after shot into his lifeless body. Norman Helmer, now dead, was called as a witness for the state, but never testified in the case. Helmer was a member of the police force at the time Godettes made this city his home. Sherm Bailey was chief of police and at that time Godetts was alwgys know as a trouble maker, and was somewhat of a pugilist, claim- ing oh the witness stand that he never had been beaten. The matter over which the trouble is supposed to have started was in a misunderstanding dealing with a log- ging contract made between the two, and which Godettes claimed Wil- Hams refused to live up to. Senator Rieke will attempt to gather his data in time to present them at the next meeting of the state board of pardons which meets October. 13. George ‘E. Erickson, editor of the|- = Dr. M. D. Fuller of the Methodist church, returned this morning from | where he has Detroit, Minnesota, DEPOT RUINED BY | FIRE LAST NIGHT| to the Pioneer) Fire starting at 11 o’clock last evening practically ~ destroyed the St.-Paul union depot the estimat- ed loss amounting to about.a quar- Only the train intact. The loss of the depot will mean that St. Paul will now get a new depot, a demand for which had long been WOULD FREE JIM GODETTE l GUEST OF BEMIDJ Here Last Evening on Way to Ada County Fair Where He Speaks Todoy—Boosts Alfalfa TELLS OF POTATO CONDITIONS Says Bemidji Looks Better Than Eyer to Him—Advises Bringing in of More Cattle. James J. Hill, empire builder of the ‘west, was the guest of the Be- midji Commereial club for more than an hour last evening, Mr. Hill spoke at the Nevis yesterday afternoon; - ard passed - through Bemidji - enroute to Ada Where today he will address the ci- tizens of Norman county. o While in Bemidji Mr. Hill was taken on an automobile tour through the city and surrounding country, the trip being made in the J. 0. Har- ris car. Those who comprised the ‘party were Mr. Hill, J. O. Harris, H. C. Baer and T. J. Burke. _Alfalfa was one of the chief sub- Jjects discussed by the railroad build- er. “Grow alfalfa,” he said, “for alfalfa means cattle, and cattle mean success.” Mr. Hill is much interested in the ‘Potato crop and told of the conditions in Chicago now. He told of how several days ago potatoes were sel- ling there at 85 cents a bushel, and that today so many had been rushed there that if loaded in one train it would be a mile and a half in length. He also told that his railroad this year had already shipped enough po- tatoes to form a train fifty miles in length, while during last year the length of a train would have been more than 125 miles long. The railroad magnat said that Be- midji improves more and more every day and the _brogress of the city has been remarkable since his last visit here. The new Great Northern de- ‘Dot fs‘a proud spot of MF! Hill and he inspected it with much pride. His special left about 10 o’clock for Ada. Mr. Hill was accompanied. by Prof. Crane, the Great Northern soil ex- pert. fair LIEUT. NORDWALL, GLOBE TROTTER, VISITS BEMIDJI Accompanied by his manager, Nor- man Grantham, Lieut.Herbert P. Nordwell of Amsterdam, Holland, arrived in Bemidji this morning. Nordwell is enroute around the world and his costume 8 that of a Dutch fisherman, and he wears wooden shoes. Formerly he was a profes- _ sional walker, and claims the ability to cover fifty to seventy miles a day. On Monday the Pioneer will print a complete story of what Lieut. Nord- well is doing, and has done. $5,000 FIRE AT BLACKDUCK The dry kiln of the Blackduck Cooperage company, at Blackduck, which is operated in connection with the box factory there was totally destroyed by fire this morning, caus- ing a loss of approximately $5,000. Heroic efforts on the part of the fire- men was all that saved the box foc- tory and the electric light plant from destruction. ; GIVES POLICEMEN TROUBLE Squaw- Arrested and Officers Have Trouble in Landing Her in Lock Up. Because she had been able to beg rested this morning by Officer John Zacharias, with the aid of Fred 'Bursley, desk sergeant.’ All mora- ing the woman had been causing much disorder on the down town streets and finally went t3 her room Burrexz, FOR. a in- the Dickenson rooming house on HICE HOT DINNER, 'Second street, where she was ar- rested. She refused to allow the ‘officers to enter the room and when deavored to gain freedom by jump» ing from the second story - window, ‘In this she was nearly successful, but Zacharias grabbed her by one ’.Dafeciiva ) Paae {foot, 4n which position ‘she was held amntil aid came. The squaw caused the officers much trouble, repeatedly biting and kicking them. She was i AL ‘entrance was finally gained she en- . Toaded Into a cart and hur: "