Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 25, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 11, NO. 180. STOCK WATERING RECEIVES BLOW Comgressman Sim Draws up Bill Dealing With False Railroad Stock —Bill Guaranteed Consideration MEMBER COMMERCE COMMITTEE «New Measure Will Require Rail- roads To Make Application Before Issuing New Stocks or Bonds By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner, Washington, November 25—The first legislative blow struck at stock watering by railroads is a bill which is being drawn by Congressman Thetus W. Sims, of Tennessee. Mr. Sims is ranking member of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and the impor- tance of his measure gains from that fact, since the bill is thus guaranteed congideration by the Committee. In brie’t. the Sims bill will require ail railroads to make application to the Interstate Commerce Commission before it can legally Issue new stocks or bonds. The Commission will in- quire carefully into the necessity of such issue. If the issue is allowed, then the bill prescribes certain regu- lations governing the sale of the se- cyrities, and directs that the Com- tmission shall have power to see to it that the money from the sale of the socurities be devoted to the better- ments and extensions for which the isgue was permitted. | 1 | i MRS. FRANCIS B. SAYRE. Daughter of President Thir- teenth White House Bride. @ 1913. by Marceau. SEASON OPENS MONDAY Law Relative to the Hunting of Muskrats Interesting to Hunters Of Beltrami County ‘This bill seems to strike directly MAY COMPLAIN IF DAMAGE DONE at the root of many railroad abuses. It has been clearly shown that the fundamental cause of the New Haven wrecks is the overcapitalization of the road. Moreover, all rate making s based on the railroad costs and the necessity of paying dividends. If stock is badly watered, then the rali- road will attempt to maintain rates which are unreasonably high. “1f Congress has the right to regu- late everytb.;ing on which the:. rates are based,’ said Mr. Sims. Then he turned to the paragraph in the Balti- riore platform which reads: “We fa- vOr. legislation preventing the overissue of stocks and bonds by in- terestate railroads,” etc., quoting that as authority for such legislation ag he proposes. Various prominent financial stu- dents and authorities are responsible for the statement, and their conclu- sions are wholly sustained by reports of the United States Commission and the published figures of the National Corporation Tax Returns, that about $30,000,000,000 of the stocks of our industrial or tariff trusts, represent only water. On this stock, dividends of about $1,500,000,000 are being paid yearly, amounting to approximately $18 a person or nearly $100 an American family. There is not a dollar of “water” or inflation in the capitalization of corporations which deal in commodi- ttes, or in railroad or other public service corporations, that does not tmpose burdens upon the consumers and producers of this country. Watered stock is not only of the prime causes for increased prices of commodities, but it is also an impor- tant cause of the present unsatisfac- tory condition of labor. To pay these dividends on watered stock, the trust magnates must either hold dowa wages abnormally low, or raise prices artificially high. Over-capitalization, therefore, is obviously one of the most important problems confronting the American poople today. Politicians, for some reason, refer to it less than they should, The subject ought to be one of the foremost political issues. ‘The people are not going to forever purmit the Perkins’ and other fin- anciers to strap upon their backs the burdens of these enormous over-cap- italizations, which constitute one of the principal causes of the increase an the cost of living.« TO GIVE SILVER WARE “Sehroeder Store Will Award Special . Prize to Contestants. The contest week ending Wednes- % Kirke, Iowa. day evening will prove an interdst- | - Ixg one among the contestants of the | Solon, Minesota. Because of the many trappers.in Beltrami county and as the muskrat seasong opens on next Monday, De- cember 1, the law on the subject may prove of interest to many. The law is as follows. “No perspr shall take, catch or kill any beaver at any time, or'any mink or muskrat between the fifteenth day of April and the first day of Decera- ber following, and no person shall molest, injure or desrtoy any musk- rat, mink or beaver house, den or dam at any time, or hurt or pursue any animal 'with dog or dogs, except that in the open season herein pro- vided for the catching or killing of muskrats, muskrat houses may, for the purpose of placing traps therein, be opened in such manner as will not destroy, damage or injure the same, as a place of habitation for the muskrats. Provided, that when any of the animals mentioned in this section are doing damage to or des- troying the property the person whose property is being damaged or des- troyed may make complaint and re- port the facts to the executive agents of the Game and Fish Commission, who shall either in person or by a deputy game warden, investigate the conditions complained of, and if it appears that the complaint is well founded, and the property of such complainant is being or is likely to be damaged by any such animal, the executive agent of the Game and Fish Commission, may grant permission, properly safeguarded, to the com- plaint to kill such animals, or des- troy the houses, dams or other struc- tures erected by them.” HHK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK X Following are some of the * “all-conference” elevens picked ¥ by Chicago sporting editors. ¥ ° (Chicago Record-Herald: Center—Des Jardien, Chicago. ¥ Guards—Keeler, Wisconsin; * Kirke, Iowa. * Tackles—Butler, % Shull, Chicago. ¥ Ends—Solon, % Gunderson, Iowa. ¥ . Halfbacks—Norgren, Chica-; % go; Oliphant, Purdue. Fullback—Shaughnessy, Minne- ¥ sota. % Quarterback—Russell, Chica- ¥« go.. B ¥ Walter Eckersall (in Chica- * go Tribune); % Center—Des ‘Jardien, Chica- * go. ‘Guards—Routh, \k Keeler, Wisconsin. * Tackles—Butler, ‘Wisconsin; Minnesota; Purdue; Wisconsin; Ends—Huntington, Chicago; 8ehroeder Free piano contest. To the | Quarterback—Russell, Chica- young lady securing the largest num-|+% go. *t*******************_****‘k* (% Alma Christenson, BEMIDJI MINNESOTA TD'ESDAY NOVEMBER 25, 1918 IOB.TY CENTS PER MONTH RAY- HUNTER IS KILLED|NAME ASS(]C]A’]‘ED FOUR RECEIVE SENTENCES SMALL VOTE GREETS Dick Kin.ney Shoots Al Trembley, His Close Companion, While Out Hunting—Gives Himself Up. HEART BROKEN OVER ACCIDENT What is the first accident to have the country, during the present hunting season took place last Sunday at Ray, Koochiching county, when Dick taken place in this section of his close companion. county attorney of Koochiching coun- ty, and who was in Bemidji today, is to the effect that the two men had come upon fresh deer tracks and they seperated with the in on the prize. idea of closing In a few minutes Kinney saw something which he thought was a deer.” Trembly wore a brown coat and had a pair of white working gloves in his hip pocket. Kinney, being an experienced hunt- er, and an expert shot, did not fire until he made sure that the object was a deer. 'When he saw the gloves, he mistook them for the tail of the deer and fired. The bullet went true to its point and his companion drupped dying a few minutes later. Kinney is heart broken over the accident. He went immediately to the county attorney and gave him- self up. Tt is not known just what will be done with the matter. Both men have wives. BELIEVED TO BE INSANE Woodsman Tells Groundless Stories Axnd is Becoming Public Nuisance future by local authorities to commit Patrick Landy of this city to the State hospital for the Insane. Landy has shown symptoms of mental trou- ble for some time past and appears to be gradually growing worse. The liquor as Landy is an habitual drunk- ard and has been a prominent figure in municipal court during the past summer. Saturday he complained to the police of several prominent busi- ness men who are now holding large sums of money belonging to him and who refuses to give it to him. He al- so states that he is waiting for con- siderable money which he has in the post office at Duluth and every day he visits various business places ask- ing if any mail was left for him. Saturday he visited the St. Anthony’s hospital but was turned away. He later visited the priest’s home but the priest was not in so he tried the church. Here he claims he met a protestant minister who was saying mass during the absence of the priest. Other stories which are ground- less and are always found wuntrue have been related by the man who is now being watched carefully and may soon be tried. before Judge Clark. KK KR KKK KKK KK KK * CUPID’S COURT * KEKNKKK KK E KKK KK KK Felt-Anderson. The Swedish Lutheran thurch was the scene of a pretty ‘wedding Sun- day afternoon at 3:30 when Miss An- na E. Anderson became the bride of Henry Felt of Alida, Rev. J. H. Ran- dah] officiating. Miss Emma Ander- son, sister of the bride, and Miss Tillie Felt, sister.of.the groom, acted as bridesmaids, and the groom was attended by Axel -Felt and John Bergquist. ‘The ring ceremony was used, Myrtle Moberg, a niece of the groom, acting as ring bearer.” The jbride wore a gown of white silk and carried Red Ameriean beauty roses. After the wedding ceremony, a four- course wedding dinner was served at the John. Moberg home. Mrs. T. T. Thompson assisted in the servico. Those present were Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Randahl, Messrs. and Mesdames ,George C. Berglund, Ole Larson, K, Mclver, O. Christenson, T. Thompson, Miss Bertha Berg, Richard Bodeen, Miss Esther Bodeen, Hulda Eckvall; Elles Gorens, Thora Lundquist, Eftie Anderson, Ldia Loff, of Grand Forks, Andrew Linden of Pine River, Miss Inga Brevig, Roy and Ralph Moberg, Miss :Mildred ‘her of ‘votes will be given a set of [« Halfbacks—Norgren, Chicago & Berglund, Axel Felt, John Bergquist, Rogers- Queen' Estlier Oysters forks.|% Oliphant, Purdue. * Many of the contestants are anxious % Fullback—Shaughnessy, Min- % tle Mobers. Mr. and Mrs. Fett will to win this prize, which is one of the' , ¥ nesota. x many specials to be given. *i*ii*‘ki*i**i*i# Emma Anderson, Tillie Felt and Myr- make their future home at Mallard, where Mr. Felt has a farm. Kinney shot and killed Al Trembly, | | The story as told by Franz Jevne, | Action may be taken in the near! trouble, it is believed, is caused by | CHARITIES OFFICERS Trustees Select G D. Backus To Suc- ceed Mrs. MecCann as Ptendent— Mrs. Scharf Vice President— MRS, T. C. BAILEY RE-ELECTED Will AgaEin Have Charge of Work as g Secretary of Organization—Homer i C. Bacr Named as Treasurer. Officers. who will have charge of {the work which is to be, carried on during the next year by the: As- sociated '‘Charities, were named at a irecent meeting of the trustees, Mrs. A. BE. Witting, secretary of the boaifls of trustees anmounced this morning that the names of the var- ious committees will be made public as soon as the appointments are com- p.etefl by the president. Th_e officers named by the board of trustees are as follows: President—G. D. Backus. Vice-president—Mrs, Hugo Scharf. Secretary—Mrs. Thayer Bailey.' Tréasurer—Homer C. Baer. Of ‘these Mr. Backus succeeds Mrs. Thomas A. McCann as president, Mrs. 'J‘x“xayer Bailev ig re-elected und Mrs. Scharf and Mr. Baer ! officials. The association was organized one year ago and its promoters feel much encouraged because of the interest shown ‘in the work by all officers, committees and members. A report of work aceomplished by the association was published in the Pioneer several week ago. The board of trustees is comprised of the folowing, E. E. McDonald, Thomas A. McCann and Thayer C. Bailey, new members, and Mrs. R. F. (Murphy, Mrs. A. E. Witting and Mrs. A. P, White. s are l'leW tar 3 'WHY BARKER SUCCEEDS. . - Grand Rapids Ihdependent Comments On Ad As Being Clever That the advertisement of the Bar- ker Drug and Jewelry store recently printed in the Pioneer, attracted ai- tention, is evidenced in a comment made in the editorial columns of the Grand Rapids Independent: “Many of our exchanges contain-catchy ads, but one of the most clever we have noticed in a long time is the ad run by Earle Barker, a Bemidji jeweler and druggist. Mr. Barker’s ad con- tains cuts of his salesforce and in-| teresting “writeups” of each man. It ‘Wwas intensely interesting, and there is no doubt that the ad was eagerly read by all receiving the paper in which it was published. Mr. Bar- ker, by the way, is a persistent and consistent advertiser, and it is need- less to say that he is making a huge success of his business.” Basket Social Tonight. Preparations have been completed for the basket social which will be ‘held this evening in the City Hall by the young women of St. Phillip’s Catholic church. Every young woman present will bring a basket contain- ing a lunch which will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. The pro- ceeds of 'the evening will be turned ‘over to the church to apply on the church debt. Feature Bill At Brinkman New music by the Hope Jones- Mitt orchestra, and two weil balanced acts filled the Brinkman at both perfor- amances last evening. Delicia and Pol- 1y, billed as comedy creators, lived up to their names, while Unholts Broth- ers in a musical and singing act did well. Manager Brinkman - has been fortunate in his billings of late and acts secured by him are the best ob- tainable, A special ‘attraction has been secured for this evening, a col- ored musical comedy company: No Game This Week Plans for a basket ball game to be played in this city this week have | been dropped and the manager of the Bemidji ‘Athletic Club basket ball team is now endeavoring to arrange for a game for December fifth. As far as can be learned Bemidji is the only city in the north part of the state that has a basket ball team in the field and it is a difficult ml.tter to carry on correlpondoneo with any, of the managers. o l udge Stanton Sends Archie Hayes To : Stillwater, Two To Reformatory And One To Jail KOOCHICHING - OFFICIALS HERE Judge Stanton and Franz Jevne, county attorney, James A Drummond, clerk of court, Hugh Van Etten, deputy sheriff, Tom White, sheriff and James Curran, guard, all of- ficials of Koochiching ' county, " car- ried on a short fall session of court al]l thier own at the court house this morning when four men, all of whom pleaded guilty, when sentenced. Only one of the four was sentenced to the state prison at Stillwater, this being Archie Hayes, who confessed to having received and accepted support from a prostitute. 1% Two Austrian boys, Mike Roswock 16, and George Doflinger, 17, were ordered to be taken to the state re- formatory at St. Cloud. The boys ad- mitted that they had taken part in a robbery committed at International Falls a few days ago. The charge against them was assault in the first degree, and attempt to rob. Neither of the lads has ever paid a head tax| to enter the nited States and have been in this country” ‘only & short time. Demurie Frye was given a term of six months in the Koochiching coun- ty jail for having passed fraudulent checks. All of the men were from Kooch- iching county. Judge Stanton ap- pointed F. J. McPartlin, of Interna- tional Falls, to respresent the de- fendants, while Franz Jevne, county attorney prosecuted the cases. GAIN IN WHEAT VIELD Figures of Immigration Commissioner Show Increase—Falling Off In Acres Planted ' Figures showing Minnesota’s 1913 wheat crop have just been compiled by Fred D. Sherman, Commissioner of Immigration. According to reports received from every county in ‘the state, Minnesota has produced 56,-| 150,635 bushels of wheat. There were 3,136,907 acres planted, which averaged 17.9 bushels per acre. Ac- cording to the Government crop re- ‘ports for 1912, there were 4,325,000 acres planted, which shows a falling off of 1,188,093 acres in 1913. Tn 1912 Minnesota produced 67,038,000 bushels, which represents a falling off of 10,887,365 bushels this year. In 1912 Government figures show the wheat average for Minnesota to be 15.5. This shows a gain in the yield this year of 2.4 bushels. The following table shows -Minnesota’s wheat figures for the past five years: Year Acre- Average Produc- age Yield tion 1913 3,136,907 17.9 56,150,635 1912 4,325,000 15.5 67,038,000 1911 4,350,000 10.1. 43,935,000 1910 4,000,000 16.0 64,000,000 1909 3,277,000 17.4 57,094,000 In the table shown above the fiz- ures for the years of 1909-10-11 and 12 were taken from the Government Crop Report, and the figures for 1913 were gathered by the Immigra- tion Department. Lake Freezes Three Times Old “timers” liviag in Bemidji-de- clare that this fall is the first time in fifteen years that Lake Irving has frozen over, solid enough 'to walk and skate upon and then completely break up. The lake t}'oze over later this fall than for several years past and it is believed that it will now re- main solid for the winter. The ice has melted three times. JOHNSON RETURNS Contractor Has Had Charge of Erec- tion of Calgary Hotel Thomas Johnson, formerly a'con- tractor and architect of this city, has tractor and archietct of this city, has returned from Calgary where he has spent some time as'superintendent of the constmction work on one of the new hotels there, the Cosmopolitan, which has just been completed at a| cost of $25,000. Mr. Johnson will in the future devote all his time'to ar- chitecture. He will soon begin form- ing the plans for a livery barn which | ened to dmlxe the building. is to. be built on the site now .oc- eupied by the | Foley- bu'na, ¥ vhleh “will be built by George Coehun. 4 | Dayiz pngd Gilbert Sandland. .CHARTER ELECTION Probable That Not More Than Five Hundred Ballots Will Be Cast By Bemidji Voters Today SOCIALISTS FAVOR IT, IS RUMOR Aftemoon Canvass of Wards Shmr First Ward To Have Received Heaviest Vote - Indications, this afterncon point to the fact that-the -special election held today for ‘the purpose of voting on the_propoaegi new charter for the .|city -of Bemidji will bring out the smallest number of voters then at any previous election in several years. ; While nearly nine hundred votes were cast at the spring election, it is probable that the total will not reach the: five hundred mark today. A canvass of the wards this after- noon showed-the vote in the first to be the largest, eighty having ecast their ballots, while 68 had voted in the second, 60 in the third and 42 in the fourth. 2 "The men who are in charge of the election . today ‘are the following: First Ward—Miller’s store. Judgea J. P. Riddell, "George Kirk and B. R. Getchell. Clerks, J. J. Conger and M. G. Slocum. < Seeond: -ward=—Fire Hall. Judges, R. J. Fenton, D. C. Smyth and Tho~ | mas Maley: Gléi’ls Joe Christy ‘and F. A, Wison. . Thind' ward—DeCairg’s store. Jud- M. Phillippe, John Marion and P. M. DeCaire. Clerks, John A. Breen and G. A. ‘Malone, Fourth ward—Dailey Emplommt office. Judges Louis Blopston, Jokn Croon ang B. L. Wrignt. Clerks, J 3 “The_polls: 'will- “be_open until. o'clock this evening. - = ,. A rumor hasg psen in circulation ‘on the Streets today to’the effect tHat the Socialist vote of the city-is be~ ing cast almost unanimously in faver of the charter and the eommiule‘l form ot government. MUNCH ARRESTS “SOONER” plaint Against Roosevelt Man. Charged with having deer meat im his possession out of season Charles Thulin of Roosevelt Township was brought before Judge A. M. Crowell on a warrant sworn . out by Game Warden Munch of Crookston. - The 1defendent was found guilty and fined $50 and costs or $62.00 Thulin is a Scandinavian and resides on a home- stead in that township. Neighbors re- siding in that township loaned him the money to pay the fine. According to Game Warden Munch several of the home steaders in that vicinity were implicated but all were enter- ed on-the one charge. Sheriff Andrew Johnson served the papers on the accused man and to do so drove out in his Ford automobile when within 40 miles of Bemidji he was forced to . walk to Pinewood where he telephoned to the city for a car. i ; When speaking of the case Mr. Munch said, “I have been watching these parties for some time anad searched the premises October 10th and found the deer. I have been busy since that time and neglected to pre- secute. TWO PURCHASE MACHINES George Cochran and K. Mclver Com- plete Deals With Chad Jewett During the past week two automo- bile deals have been closed by Chad Jewett, whereby George Cochran and Kenneth Mclver will become owners of 1914 Cadillac cars. Mr. Cochram had ordered a seven passenger ma- chine. Both:automobiles will be de- livered in the spring.. i Fire at Tibbets Home Late yesterday afternoon the Be- midji Fire Department responded to an alarm gent in from 406 Raflroad street. vhere a chimney fire threat- With the aid of the chemicals the. blaze. was quickly oxflhsnhhed and wr.r - muedmmwudonc. Seh sy S R 5 . S Crookston Game Warden Makes Com- stripped the gears on-his car and ' 1 i { i | )