Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 30, 1914, Page 1

— 3. d | l I | 'Y VOLUME 11. NO. 234, 70 TEST WOMENS WORKING HOURLAW Boston Lawyer Will Be Retained By Ohio State In Case Before Supreme Court—Files Remarkable Case COAL MINE 1S A SUCCESS Williston Mine Operated By Govern- ment On Modern Lines—No Omne Fataly Injured—Receive Good Pay From Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Washington January 30—Attor- ney Louis D. Brandeis, of Boston, has been retained by the State of Ohio to defend .its women’s 54-hours-per- week labor law, and the Boston law- yer has just filed a remarkable brief in the Supreme Court upholding the contention of the state that the law is constitutional. In the Oregon case, which was al- g0 -defended by Mr. Brandeis, the court held that while “the general right to contract in relation to one's business is part of the liberty of the individual,” nevertheless, since the health of future generations hinges upon the health of women today, it is within the police power of the state to protect women from exces- sive hours of labor. Fatigue, A Poison The brief submitted by Brandeis includes an elaborate study of the toxins of fatigue and sets forth the latest scientific theories that fatigue is a poison generated during activity and removed during rest. The brief quotes the figures of foreign insur- ance societies showing the increase in nervous disorders among wage earners due to the speed and strain of industry. ‘The Ohio law, which was passed two years ago, prevents women from ‘being employed in certain industries for more than 10 hours in one day or for more than 54 hours in any one week. The test case was taken to ithe Supreme Court by Anna Hawley, a Columbus, Ohio, milliner, who was arrested for violation of the law. It will be argued during the present weelk. National Vpters’ League, The National Voters' League has issued the first number of its Bulle- tin which it calls the Searchlight on Congress. The League expects to in- terest itself in reforming the in- strument of legislation and to im- proving the personnel of Congress. In this work it will pay attention not to measures and Issues but to legis- lative methods. One of its crusades is directed against the secret caucus of the Democratic majority. The executive secretary in charge of the League’s work In Washington is Lynn Haines, 829 Woodward Build- ing, Wasaington, D. C. Operation of Government Coal Mine. A recent bulletin issued by the Reclamation service tells about the operation of the government coal mine run in connection with the re- clamation project at Williston, North Dakota. This project required the pumping of water by steam power, and the engineers discovered valu- able beds of lignite coal in the vic- inity. The mine began as a small venture, but now it Is operated the year round, employing from 12 to 16 miners and turning out 5,000 tons of coal annually at a cost of $1.78 per ton. Uncle Sam has taken to heart the preachments of his own Bureau of Mines, and consequently in the gov- ernment mine great care is taken of the lives of the workers. In the six years of operation of this mine no " fatal accident has occurred. One miner was injured by @ premature explosion which caused coal to fall upon him. This miner had been earning $4.72 a day, and under the terms of the compensation act for government employes, he was paid this wage during the time he was laid up with a broken leg. The quarters for the miners are fitted up with every sanitary conven- ience. The bath room has individual lockers and hot and cold shower baths. At the mess the miner can get wholesome food at 25 cents per meal, and free sleeping quarters are provided. The men earn from $3.50 to $6.00 per day for eight hours work. » GOETHALS ACCEPTS PLACE Will Become First Civil Governor of the Camal Zone. ‘Washington, Jan. 30.—Colonel George ‘W. Goethals has accepted by wire President Wilson's offer of the gov- ernorship of the canal zone. Secrotary of War Garrison refused to give out the text of the telegram until Goethals’ nomination is sent to the senate. He said, however, that the canal builder had accepted the offerunconditionally and for not any specific term, apparently disposing of the report that he would serve for a year as governor of the canal zone and then accept the offer of Mayor mmhdo!NnYmtommpo- - Uoe commissioner. CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR.- Colorado’ Member to Head Michigan Strike Inquiry. MISHAP TURNS BACK LINER Passengers Will Come to America on Another Vessel. Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan.80.— The bursting of a low pressure cylin- der on board the Scandinavian-Amer- ican liner United States while on her voyage to New York forced the cap- tain to turn back to Glasgow for re- pairs. The vessel left here on Jan. 26 and has 234 passengers on board. She broke down 200 miles to the west of Scotland. The passengers are to be transfer- red to another steamer at Glasgow whence they will proceed to New York. GIVES DETAILS OF GRAFT May Burke, Co-Defendant In St. Paul Police Deals On Stand—Tells 0f Hatching Plot Third Annual Short Course to be Held [has ever_attended’s concert in Be- At Crookston Next Month Expected To Attract Large Gathering. second entertainment of the season. Special numbers, including a clari- net solo by H. B. Anderson were the $2,000 T0 BE GIVEN IN PREMIUMS features of the eveéning. Folowing the musicial program a dance was Commercial Club And Business Men |51Ven and a large number remained. i % 2 No admission charge was made for Active In Arranging Affair And i the concert but a Imll fee to cover Show Co-operation Spirit the expenses of 'hho evening was One of the largest nudlenm that} Says "Twas She Who Was Involved In 1901 Breach of Promise Caso— Many farmers from Kittson, Mar- shall, Roseau, Red Lake, Polk, Clear- water, Beltrami, Norman, Mahno- ‘| men, Clay, Becker and Hubbard coun- ties have signified their intention of entering the third annual crop show and fourth annual short course which is to be held at the Crookston Agricultural school from ~ February tenth -to twentieth, and indications point towards the biggest gathering for better and scientific agriculture ever scheduled in the Nothwest. Large Premium List. Premium lists valued at $2,000.00 have been provided for and Louis W. Hill has offered a silver cup for the best peck (15 pounds) of potatoes. Arrangements are now being made to stop the Great Northern trains at the Argicultural School, four miles from Crookston. This year the Ag- ricultural School anticipate between 1,000 and 2,000 entries. President Vincent and Dean Wood of the Uni- versity of Minnesota, and other prominent speakers will deliver ad- dresses at the show. The Crookston Commercial club very active in this undertaking and are co-operating with the Agricul- tural School in every way. Indications point to one of the largest and most successful agricul- tural and better farming short courses ever held in Northern Minne-| sota. SWEARS SHE PARTICIPATED St. Paul, Jan. 30.—May Burke, the third witness to be called by the state in the Flanagan and Turner trial for alleged bribery, created a sensation in court by declaring she had received $260 as her share of the $1,000 ‘al leged to have been collected from Dorothy Hazzard for police protec- tion. The Burke woman testified she, Wolff, Flanagan and Turner had en- tered into an agreement to pick up some of the “easy money” to be found in St. Paul. She said Flanagan, then acting chief of police, approved the alleged plan. The Burke woman testified she was to care for Turner in distributing the “graft money” and Willle Wolft was to care for Flanagan. She said she personally had paid Turner his share of some of the deals and had been told. by Wolff that Flanagan had been given his share. The witness testified Flanagan had talked with her about the alleged Dorsey deal, telling her it was a “big one.” The witness surpassed Wolff's story by telling of alleged deals with CONTEST NEARING CLOSE But Two Weeks Remain In Schroe- der Free Piano Race And Candi- dates Showing Much Interest OTHERS GAINING EACH DAY With only two weeks left for the Schroeder free -piano contest, the candidates are each day growing more enthusiastic and the winner of the race is by no manner of means certain, Although 151 still leads the race, a large number of girls are holding votes for the last moment and the contest is liable to be decided on the last day which comes on February 14. Interesting developments may be looked for during the closing days of 'the contest. ; The contestants now rank as fol- Margaret Lloyd, lda Dorsey and Ma- mie Lacey, involving amounts from $600 to $3,000, some of which she testified was shared equally among Flanagan, Turner, Willle Wolff and herself. She recounted in detail the inci- dents of the meeting at the home of Anna Wolff, wife of Willie Wollt, where the alleged agreement to “get some money” was made, and told of the alleged plans for the division of the money. Baseball Park Agitated Bemidji athletes who will try for the baseball team next spring are agitating a downtown baseball park and if the interest continues to grow some plan may be devised to materi- alize one of the many plans offered. One of the best suggestions now be- ing discussed is the idea of obtain- ing the grounds near the Warfield electric light plant which is an ex- cellent location for this sport. Mrs. C. E. Battles went to Ten- strike today, where she will be pre- siding officer at a meeting of the Minnesota Sunday school association of Beltrami county. SCOO HOUSEKEEP (NG EDITAH ! - I THE CUB lows: 4—240,980 9—206,955 21—3,238,180 27—611,237 30—305,029 31—666,379 38—1,153,074 65—795,824 68—145,815 70—56,137,908 82—857,780 83—1,132,683 84—428,341 101—206,305 108—750,070 109—371,701 117—177,575 120—169,955 121—153,405 151—7,883,409 154—230,417. NO GAME THIS WEEK Virginia Disappoints Local Five And Other Teams Refuse to Come No basketball game will be play- ed this week by the Bemidji Athle- tic club as had been expected and the local supporters will be forced to wait another week for a game. No game has been announced for next ‘week but it is probable that a contest will be scheduled. Letters have ‘been written to the strongest teams in the state of Wisconsin for a series of games. It is probable that the lat- ter part of the season will be featur- ed with exciting contests. An effort is also being made to bring the Red Wing team to this city. and business men of Crookston are|’ charged for the dqee b 47 LOSE LIVES Norfolk, V2., Jan. 30.—(Special to the Daily -Pioneer).—Forty-seven lives were-lost when the old Dominion liner, Norfolk, was struck by the Merchants and Mifters liner Nan- tucket, just off ‘the winter guarter light ships, early-today. The Nor- folk sunk in ten minutes, so sudden was the shock. Many of the dead are believed to hn.ve gone down in their berths. o WEBER PR!)TESTS ACTION Clerk of Municipal Court Will Bring Mandamus Suit ‘Ag'aimt Council If Salary Is Not Changed St WILL NOT ACCEPT SMALL CHECK W. N. Weber, a member of the Be- midji Socialist local, and clerk of the muncipal court, will bring & man- damus action against the city coun- cil, should his salary be cut to $35 a month, from $75 a month, as was _|recommended by the salary commit~ tee.and approved:hi the aldermen at the last meeting. Mr, Weber’s contention is that the council had no authority to reduce the salary during his term in office, and will refuse to accept a check for less than the amount under which he first accepted the office. ‘Should the council refuse to pay the $75 salary, it will be forced to explain on what grounds it has right to reduce the pay and why it was ‘done. Council members maintain that they are within their rights in the matter. LET CULVERT CONTRACTS James L. George, County Auditor And Engineers Bliler And Everett Meet Firms Representatives DEALS- WITH DITCH ROADS Ten representatives of various firms are in Bemidji today for the purpose of bidding on culverts which will be placed on ditches 8, 10, 14 and 15, in the vicinity of Kelliher and Red Lake. . The bids were opened this afternoon and the awarded by James L. George and engineers Roy Bliler and W. M. Mverett, who contracts will be have had charge of the work. The culverts will in many places be used for bridges.. Kiley Visits Bemidji E. C. Kiley, editor of the Grand Rapids Herald-Review, and former president of the northern Minneso- association, is - a Be- midji visitor, having been brought here on business matters. The Herald Review is one of the leading weekly newspapers of this section of the Mrs. Kiley accompanied her ta Editorial state. fiusband to Bemidji. Allls Not Hygienic That Ghtters \ ~|Donald versus MacMillan trial'in dis- _ Does Not Know Witness Sumner This is the tenth day of the Mc- trict court before Judge Stanton, and Mrs. MacMillan, the defendant, is still under cross examination by Mr. Zane. 3 ‘The case is strongly tinctured with the melo-dramatic, and is attracting considerable local attention.’ ' Mrs, MacMillan has related the detalls of)| her marriage and life for ‘a few months with Mr. McDonald, and then of her discovery that he was a mar- ried man, and of her suit for $250,- 000 damages and the resulting settle- ‘ment, whereby.she was given the iron ore royalty, which is the subject of this action. Was Twin Sister She denies that she is the woman who in 1901 brought suit against the wealthy man at Jopplin. Mo., to re- cover damages of $35,000 for breach of promise, though she admits some of the letters pertaining to the affair were written by her. Her claim is that the woman in that case was her ‘|twin sister, and that the letters were written at her request. She testifies that she mever saw this twin sister but twice after they were four years of age and does not know whether she is still alive. These questions of identity seem to be important in the case, at least as affecting the veracity of the witnesses. Does Not Know Sumner Mrs, MacMillan declares that she never has known Mr, cfimmcey Sum- ner, of Galena, Kan., and never saw him until this trial. This is contradic- tory to the testimony given by Mr. Sumner. NEW FIRE- SLEDS - ARRIV Will Replace Heavy Wagons Which Have Caused Considerable Trouble In the Deep Snow, MADE BY 0. VIAU OF CROOKSTON Garry Brannon, driver of the Be- midji Fire Department team, ex- pressed a sigh of rellef when the new sleds with a handsomely decorated box, arrived this morning to'take the place of the heavy wagons. The sleds are neatly made and were found upon inspection to comply with the contract, which was awarded ta 0Ol2 Viau of Crookston. Alderman Miller and Mr. Brannon put the outfit' together this morn- ing and loaded the box with hose and the rig will now be used at every fire during the remainder of the win- ter. Much difticulty has been emncoun- tered since the snow came in making the run to fires, it being almost'im- possible to make the trips with the heavy wagon. HEFFRON MOVES OFFICES Young Bemidji - Attorney TLeases Rooms in Bank Building Carl L. Heffron of this city who for the past féew years has had a suite of offices over the Edward Sister’s millinery store on Beltrami avenue has moved his fixtures to rooms over the First National Bank. The new apartments have recently been re- mogeled and are considered among the most up to date in the city. Wolgast Wins Fon Du Lae, Wis,, Jan 30—Ad ‘Wolgast knocked out Unholz in the second round of a 10 round bout last night. 2 Photo by American Press Assoclation. GREAT BATTLE IMPENDING Rebel Forces Hastening Preparations for Attack on Torreon, Chihuahua, Jan. 30.—General Pan- cho Villa, recovered from his recent illness, gave orders to his subordi- nates to rush to completion the move- ment of Constitutionalists toward Tor- Teon. General Ortega already has 10,000 soldiers north of Torreon and is only awaiting the reinforcement of his army and the arrival of Villa himself to begin the attack. Villa declared the battle there would not be long delayed now. It is expected to prove even more momentous than.the two recent battles of Ojinaga. Villa. scouted rumors that he had revolted against General Carranza, the rebel president, saying he and Carranza had always been in com- plete accord. FLAMES SWEEP BUILDING Davis And Eickstadt Pocket Billiard Hall And Barber Shop Gutted By Early Morning Blaze. - OWNED BY M. PHIBBS Between four and five o’clock this morning fire broke out in the Davis and Eickstadt Pocket Billiard hall on Beltrami avenue, as the result of an over heated stove and totally de- stroyed the building and all of the contents. Three pool. tables, two barber chairs and barber fixtures to- gether with a large stock of candy, cigars and tobacco comprised the contents which were totally de- stroyed but were partially covered by insurance. The building was owned by Matt Phibbs of this city who stated this morning that he had the bullding well insured. Mr. Phibbs did not #ay wheather he would rebuild agaln or not but as the walls and roof are still intact it is probable that the building will undergo a ser- les of repairs. The Bemidji Fire squad deserve credit for the able manner in which they extinguished the fire -which was not discovered until the interior of the building was one mass of flames. ¢ A quick Tun saved the frame of the structure and prevented the fire from spreading to the ad- Joining bullding. vleoeive Carload of Horses farm and draft horses from Iowa. The horses will be sold at private sales, John Hedeen, compositor linotype operator for the Pioneer will as the guest of friends. iwas formerly connected with Bueford M. Gile will leave tomor- row morning for Tenstrike. A Farm- ers’ e]:zb will be organized. By "HOP” HEALYH BoaRD DON'T Have You QUARANT INED — I BIDYOU Goop DAY | Posue and son, the Bemidji horse dealers, have received a carload of and leave tonight for Carlton, Minnesota where he will remain over Sunday Mr Hedeen the Carlton County Vidette of that city. Bemidji Quint Alhd To Try For _Place at State Tommt To Be Held at Carlton Gollege in Iln!l —_— FOSSTON WON TITLE LAST YEAR Locals Wounld Play Other Teams Of This Section For Privilege Of Go- ing—Play Walker Tomorrow Added enthusiagim has been in- stilled in the members of the high school basketball squad by-the: pos- sibility of a trip to Carlton college, Northfield, next March when the state tournament will be held. In an address to the boys Superinten- dent Dyer told them of the tourna- ment and of their chance to gain a place at the meet. Prof. Hill, of Carlton college, is now arranging for the tournament, and in a letter to George Franklin, superintendent of the Fergus Falls high school, told of the plans. Sup- erintendent Franklin in turn has de- vised a plan for the schools of nor- thern Minnesota, which he has sug- gested to Superintendent Dyer and to which the Bemidji school head has given his approval. Make Two Divisions. Mr. Franklin’s idea is to divide the northern schools into two divisions, the Fergus Falls, Moorhead, Brecken- ridge, Detroit, Barnsville and Ada institutions, which will comprise the first division. The second divisiton will be made up of Bemidji, Foss- ton, Thief River Falls, McIntosh, Red Lake Falls, Warren, East Grand Forks, Bagley and Crookston. The teams winning the majority of the games in each division will be given an opportunity of taking part in the tournament. Still Have Chance While the Bemidji boys have met defeat this year it was at the start of the season and by their playing since Christmas have shown that they are still in the race. Last year the Grand Rapids and Fosston teams took part in the tournament, the lat- ter five winning the the state title, [+ =+ ~Walker Tomorrow The Bemidji team will journey to Walker tomorrow where the high school team of that city will be met. The locals are hoping for a victory, though the absence of ‘Tanner, one of the most reliable men on the team, will be keenly felt. Tanner is suffering from an injury received in practice, and the faculty think best that he not participate in the con- itest. BOYS CAN TAKE SIX DAY TRIP Opportunity To Invade Cities May Be Cast Aside Bemidji’s strong basketball team has been given the opportunity to meke a six day trip to cities in southern Minnesota with all expen- ses paid but owing to the fact that the boys are all employed in local of- fices the trip appears {impossible. ‘Three games in Minneapolis, one in St. Cloud and one in Red Wing with several other opportunities to play teams in other cities would be the outline of the trip. Julius Bestul who 1 an instructor in the Ilocal school and is considered the best all around man on the quiat would be unable to make the trip while the other members would be caused con- | siderable inconvenience. If the inva- sion should be made it will be the first time that a Bemidji five has ever competed with teams form Minnea- polis and strived for the state’s champlonship. WILL DANCE POR LAST TIME U. C. T. Orgenization To Close Win- The last of the U. C. T. Gances which will be given this evening in the city hall. Remfrey’s orchestra will furnish the music for the occa- sion again this evening and .have \prepared special numbers to aid with the efforts of the U. C. T's to make the event a success. Refreshments will be served during the evening by two local young ladies. Whether a similar ‘series will De given mext winter has not béen announced but owing to the success during the past season the members will again, un- doubtedly, plan a similar course of entertainments. Cold Weather May Prevent Game Supporters of the Bemidji Hockey | team now fear that it will be impos- sible to bring the Crookston team .|here Sunday afternoon for a game on acoount of the cold weather. The ~“|ice is now covered with smow and seyeral hours work will be necessary before it is again put di playing,