Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 11, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 11, R0. 944 OPPOSES FREIGHT RATE INCREASE Special Counsel Brandies Will Show How Railroads Can Economize And -New Prices Will Not Be Necessary- of Parllamunt WOULD PAY FOR SPOTTING Says Companies Would Save Millions If Patrons Were Required To Settle For Free Service From Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Washington February 11—The answer of Mr, Brandeis, special coun- sel for the Interstate Commerce, to the appeal of the ratlroads for per- mission to raise their rates five per cent will be: Save the money you need by cutting down needless and profligate expenses of which you are now guilty. Two years ago the railroads were thwarted by the Boston lawyer when they came to the Commission with an appeal for increased rates. Then Brandels’ reply was: economize. This year his angwer will be the same, JURY TO BE SEGREGATED but it will go into great detail along new lines of economy to be pointed out. The rallroads have come before the Commission with the claim that show this month when the hearings start that this sum can be realized ty Attorney O'F tices. The changes can be easily put! into effect. shawn 1o tho rairouds onegest| RED WING TEAM COMING economy they can practice. This is in the matter of paying exorbitant “proportionals”’, or shares of a|Fast @uint From Southern Border To through freight rate, to the so-call-| Meet Bemidji Athletics Thursday ed tap-line or short-line railroads. Friday And Saturday Nights ‘These are usually private industrial roads built by concerns to connect their plants with the regular rail-| AFTER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP roads. By reducing the freight al- lowances to these roads, the Com- mission has shown that the rallroads| Tomorraw evening can save to themeslves from $15,- Athleties will line up against the 000,000 to $20,000,000.a year. Red Wing basketball team after sev- Of course, the railroads do not like |*ral Weeks ol 1dleness. 5 to practice this economy. Theso tap-| %'l e onc of the hardest fought, line allowances amount to rebates|CYe? booked for a Bemidji floor, as glven to the larger industrial cor-|Oth teams have gone through the porations, which are usually pretty | °°750n Without defeat. The Red Wing closely linked by ties of stock owner-| 0¥ played the World's Champions ship and business association to the |25t evening rallroads themselves, Tt is only a cor- Paul Howe, forward of the Bemidji poration of the larger sort which can | 62 Was formerly a member of the afford to build its own railroad to|OT&3nization that will play here to- connect its mine or will with the|MOrrow and assures his trunkline railroad. Therefore, since | that contest will be fast. The same a too- great payment for the propor- lineup that represented Bemidjl in tlon of hauling done by this tap-line | the Superior games will play tomor- is the same @s a freight rebate, it|'OV Bestul and Peck at guards, Neu- i8 only the larger corporations which | a0 Center, Howe, Brandon and Bell can recelve such favors. at forwards have been selected as Here then is a saving of approxi- | !¢ most capable men to make things mately $20,000,000 a year which, |Interesting for the visitors. by the Commission’s order, the rail.| An offer has been made to the Os- roads will be compelled to save,|V¢80 New York, basketball team, leaving $50,000,000 still to be made|®"d If accepted three games will be ap. played here on Monday, Tuesday and By an Increased rate? No. Bran-|'vednesday of next week. This team deis will Teply, but by practicing|Das won the world championship and other economies which can be point-|'S MOV touring the o out Since October this team has won 130 games and has played For instance. A vast volume of a rallroad’s alerical work (conslsts|S!TORE teams in the east. in “spotting” or tracing shipments and cars which have gone astray or| ~CHARITY BALL TOMORROW which are delayed in reaching their destinations. Tt develops that most |City Hall Beautifully Decorated For Annual Event of this service is-rendered by the rallroads free to the shippers who make complaint. It will be proposed by Brandeis that the railroads exact ’[‘omorro\\( Syonlag® -y a stated charge for this service, |LiK3 Will give their annual charity This event ds of the Boston & Maine Railroad. The looked upon as the feature affair of charge for spotting assessed by the nvx_e social season and the attendance raflroad was fixed at 50 cents per ;:'xll undoubtedly be t?ne largest that car, and the resulting revenue to the | %S attended.a dance in Bemidji this road amounted to $350,000 a year. 22:‘ t::elh“" ‘.hals 'b“: b”;‘m“"" Suppose a similar charge were exact- || - ":M r;‘ If‘"’;’ arand ulite paud ed by the other railroads of the coun- % s Dave boen: meatly arrans: Such a thing was done In the case | 2! in the city hall. try. The total revenue would amount ed sbout’the’room. to millions of dollars, and would cut another large slice out of the amount the railroads glaim they must have to exist. If necessary, tha charge could be made $1 per car. § Another service now rendered free to large shippers is ferry . service. The extent of this will be brought out by witnesses. Am inquiry into the amount of free service 1n the Scoo way_of lighterage in New York and ¥ in passage of the Chicago freight tunnel will be conducted to see how much free service the railroads are rendering there. Then it is ques- tionable if railroads should give free ;smervice in shunting cars on: indus-| In fact there are many ways in which: the railroads might economize and save their $70,000,000. It is by nolimeans certain that ‘the five per| = cent increase in freight rntee will be granted. . ¥ ~«~Meadames D. L. Burgess and M. A. Clark have issued invitations for a 500 party to be: given atthannl- Ress home Friday. i3 CMEEWHEWWWfl DECREASESALGGNS Bemidji Business Man Says “No Li- cense” at. Present Time Would “Prove Damiaging—Vote Dry Later British Ruler. Openl hulon " Salvation Army Com in Person, - | “ Improved In Hi Ole 'l\horlon, vrM cense revoked by 4 ENDEAVOR 70 'RAIE sm,ooo WOULD VACATE 30 BUILDINGS DISCHARGED ~IAST EVENING Believes Council Will Make Cut Inf’ Saloon Number If Ballots Next Tuesday Show Disapproval Tssied In’ Amounts ‘of $100—Will the judgement an: Muflm were Bear Interest at. Six. Per.Cent made ' without any nu.hoflty of law and are void; he petitioner was re- Dresented by Judge M. A. Spooner of edge this was the"“first case of its | kind ever tried in this secton. of the Ole is-again selling drinks over his bar at Little Fork and all rights existing under his license have been completely: and fully restored. CHARLES ALLEN- DFAD Was Former Baidélt of Blackduok And Well Known h This City— , Los Angeles l’npel! Tells of Death- | After. 3 “careful *“examination - of and | suggestion! “Should the city of Bemidji be- come ‘dry’ it would Jimmediately be- come “the dumping_.ground for the diaposal— of ' lbankrui) stocks, which during the past have been unable to fimi suitable sales,” said a leading business man today. “Bemidji merchants haye been fortunate in this respect,”” he con- 40 his- kmowl- communications - from various Elk lodges located at 4different places in ‘the United States, | the committee in charge of the ar- rangements for the building of the Blks home for Bemidji, recommend that the plan as followed by Crookston lodge be adopted. _Issue Certificates Between $12,000 and $15,000 will ‘be raised by subscription. Certificates | of indebtedness, will be amounts of $100 to members of the Elk lodge and to such business men as deaire to aid in; establishing the This subscription is pay- able one quarter when site is selected and the balance in three equal parts, dating 90 days apart, providing that at least $12,000 had been subsecribed. No certificate will "be “issued until the full amount hés been paid, and shall bear interest at 6 per‘cent from All certificates shall be payable on or before ten yeard from date of issue amd shall 'bear interest until retired. No Site Selected There are now five or six sites being considered as suitable locations for the new building, which is to cost buildings vacant suitable for. such purposes. To tolerate @ move of this [ kind weuld fleece the consumers and do a great injustice to the . mer- chants, who are mow paying high rent and - carryiug long leases.” Vacate 30 Buildings The above statements should mnot be entirely disregarded by even the most radical “dry” advocates, which is also a phase the license advocates have not taken into consideration. The vacating of thirty buildings in Bemidji would cut down the rents materially, and those who have long leases on buildings would be placed at a great disad- competing in lines of business. A man who is absolutely in fa- vor of no license under practically every known condition had this to say regarding Bemidji. “I don’t believe it wise judgement to vote Bemidji ‘dry’ this year. I hope it will go dry sometime, but the jolt it will receive will be too hard on the business man and the tax payer at this stage of the game. in my opinion mean $50,000 the first Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army, who has been ill in New York city for several weeks with peritonitis, is much improved. According to- her physicians she will be able to leave her room in a few Court 8o Decides in Second St. Paul RATED AS m OF WEALTH Graft Trial. St. Paul, Feb. 11.—Jurors hearing testimony in the trial of Martin J. Flanagan, former chief of police, and they need an additional $70,000,000 | Fred Turner, former city detective, @ year because of wage advances and | charged in a grand jury indictment increased cost of living to rail-| With sharing with Willie Wolff and roads. Brandels will attempt to| M8y Burke a $3,000 bribe paid by lda Dorsey, former resortkeeper, for pro- tection for her place, will be segre- gated until their verdict is announced. by the railroads without any In- This was the order of Judge Morrl- creases in their freight rates. They | son after the completion of the jury need only change a few of their prac- | and the opening statement of Coun- —_—_— PARCEL POST IN CANADA Bemidji friends of Cnarles H. Al- ilen, who at one tlnie conducted a 8 in Blacduck, were yesterday notitied of his death ‘ME; Allen was well known - in this cit¥ and his many friends will be interésted in the fol- lowing item clipped from the Los Angeles Times; “A trip to -the ‘desert proved a long, tortuous ride to death Charles H. ‘Allen, ‘well-known club and business man, 'who passed away. in the Pacifie Hospital last Sunday night, after having ‘been unconscious Allen; who made his home at the Los ‘Angeles Athletic Club, went to the Coachella Valley the first of the year for the benefit of his health. January 16 he left for the Carriso Valley, an overland trip of eighty-five miles, with his friend, D.C. McLarty of Thermal, who drove two teams to do assessment work on lands located by himself and sev- eral. Los Angelos.a#gns A third_man accompanied them. ‘‘In.the Carriso Allen became January 23, but declined an jnvita- tion of the Los Angeles men to go with them by automobile to Imperial that he might be brought quickly to the city, electing to ride back with McLarty, who arranged a comforta- ‘ble bed for'him on a hay rack. With- 'in a few hours his condifion became sufferings intense. Finally he lost consciousness and in that condition was carried miles over the waste under a burn- It was a terrible drive for all concerned. - On arrival at the Mc- Larty ranch physicians were called but could not rally patient. Friday it was deemed best to bring him to the city, but his life could not System in Operation T Throughout the Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 11.—The Cana- dian parcel post system went into operation at midnight. The first mail bag to be dispatched contained a package_for local deliv- ory addressed to the Duke of Con- naught by Postmaster General L. P, MUST INSPECT 300 SITES Postmaster Erickson Receives Infor- mation Concerning Location Of Bemidji’s Federal Building in Los Angeles. date of issue. The subscription committee, which is made up of A. P. White, chainman, H. H. Mayer, Bailey and Charles Cominsky, report that much jnterest is being shown in the proposition and that already a large portion of the amount needed ) NO DEFINITE DATE IS GIVEN ““How do you make that out,” he Without naming any definite date, but with the ‘promise that every- thing possible is being done to ar- range for an inspection of suitable sites for Bemidji’s Federal buildng, Anton FKrickson, ipostmaster, received. a letter from B. R. New- ton, assistant secretary of the treas- It is expected that the work on the building will be well started before and an architect will drawlnrg the plans in the near future SHOW HOUSES INSPECTED Deputy Fire Marshall Finds Bemidji Theatres In Satisfactory Condition —Hotels Well Protected Increases Taxes “Just this way,” was his quick re- ply. “The amount we may have to pay back to the city from the money already collécted —and - the amount we will not recelve at all case the town' goes “dry’ will run close to $50,000 in my opinion and the tax payers will have to make up the deficit. make any difference into what funds the present license moneys go, the difference will have to come out of the tax payers. Cut Saloons Down “I hope the fight will be close so that our city council will see that we ‘“drys” are not asleep, and that they will see the importance and necessity of cutting down the number. when the number is once cut down we can wipe them out entirely and the jolt will not be severely felt.”” next year in . Newton explained that there are 300 sites which must be inspected as soon as possible and that consider- able time must be taken in covering He added that it is the department’s wish to have an agent detailed within a reasonable the entire field. HEIMBACH RETURNS TO ST. PAUL serlous and HBis That Bemidji theatres and hotels are well protected against fire is the opinion of State Hotel Inspector A. W. Crozier and E. J. Heimbach, de- puty state fire marshall, who yester- day conducted an insptetion here. Mr. Crozier inspected the Mark- ham, Brinkman and Pilsener hotels, Fire chemicals, as required by law were found in each place, supply was ordered enlarged, while ropes were ordered to be placed in all rooms iwhich aré not now equipped with them. The hotel inspector sald® that all of the hotels inspected were provided with sufficient fire escapes. That the theatres are well protect- ed was the report of Mr. Heimbach, He was much pleased with conditions as he found them. Both Mr. Helmbach and Mr. Crozl- er returned to Kelliher last evening where they further investigated the burning of the Grace hotel, They are convinced that only ‘five men went to their death in the fire, these being, Charles Larson, homesteade Charles Larson, laborer; homsteader, Gabriel borer and O. P. Mecalson, clerk. Heimbach went to Brainerd today and will go from- there to St. Paul, Mr. Crozier spent today. at Kelll- He also informed Mr. Erickson that notice of the agent’s visit would be given previous to hia coming. COUNTY BUYS FAIR SITE Board of Commissioners Purchase Exhibition Grounds for $4,800— Lease to Agricultural Society TO CANVASS BEMIDJI "Allan, a man wp:o ‘handled exten- sive investments 1!!“1 _was Northern National Bank Starts Sav- was. interested Coachella Valley, where he had help- ed many ranchmen financially at times when help was needed most, ‘and there he leaves many friends, as well as in this city and elsewhere. He ‘was born in Princeton, Minn., and was 42 years old. In Northern Minnesota he ‘was engaged in mer- He had come here four He leaves two sisters— Mrs. Nella Allen Beill, No 1216 South New Hampshire street and Mrs. L. J. Dobner of St. Paul. The latter is expected ll\ete tomorrow.: The funer- OFFICERS ATTEND THE MEETING Schwartz, A. H. Schultz and E. J. Toppins are making a canvass of the city, representing the Northern Na- The representatives are individual banks about the oity which will probably occupy a month’s time. During past years these men have represented somp of the most prominent banks in the states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, and come to this city highly recommended by the banks by which they have .been »| They are urging that all, by using the individual saving bank, start a savings account. Beltrami county will ture own its Agricultural association grounds, action having been taken this morning whereby the property on which the annual fair has been held was purchased by the oounty commissioners. The property was purchased lrom A. A. White for $4,800, and the plan is that it will be leased to the Agri- distributing the cantile lines. rent has been paid to Mr. White. A. P. White, president of the fair association, A. P. Ritchie, vice presi- dent, and Charles Schroeder, secre- tary, were in attendance at the meet- ing and urged that the purchase be ‘They explained the advan- tages to be derived and the great . Carmic] after which the remains will be cre- Laursen-Eisenmann Last evening -at 8 o'clock at the Presbyterian manse, Lillian 1. Eisen- menn and Julius 'B. Laursen were united in marriage, White officiating. Lanrsen left on the night train for California, where they will spend their honeymloon. |- The. coldest .weather of the year struck Bemidji last night and today when: the mercury registered 41 be- Yesterday was the last day to file as’an examinee for the railway mail clerk service which will be held the latter part of this month. S. A, Gut- ter: will have charge of the examina- tions. Rey. Father Noeson, pastor of the Catholic church at gpent yesterday in Bemidji as the guest of his sister, Miss Emma Noe- He returned to his home ' at Park Rapids this morning. There is now approximately $2,000 in the association treasury end this will be used in constructing perman- ent buildings. The fair has mnever been as successful as present management, By "HOP” Park Rapids, Rev. S. E. P. E. M. Tschoepe, Henry Allen and S. J. Deitel of Nebish were in Be- THE CUB REPORTER OH Yoo SCOoOP- BEAT TO THE— FOLCS THAT OwN ¥ frfal ‘spur tracks. ‘EM AN ALL THE Return But One" Indmfinmt, Bemg - Against Paul Kanoda ' Charged ~ With Assult in Seoond Degree Petit Jury Reports for Duty Tomor- Tow- Morning * When - Torgerson Damage Smwfllnegm But one’ indlotment was rdurned by, the grand. jury. whioh. completed :|its work last evening, ‘after having been’in session little more than half ‘a2’ day, Paul Kanoda being Iindicted .|for assult in the second degree. The evidence against Theodore: Jopprud, held for forgery was found to be {|insufficient and he was ‘given his freedom. A Short Session The members of the jury were dis- charged by Judge Stanton at 5 p. m. last, night. ‘It is believed that this is the first time in the history of the county that only one indictment has been returned by @ grand jury and that it is also the shortest - session every held. 3 According to Graham'M. Torrance, county attorney, but four criminal cases will be brought up for trial, and it seems probable that only one of these will be taken before a jury, several of them being appeals from the municipal count wmlch are likely to be setitled. Report Tomorrow Today was devoted almost entirely to the granting of naturalization pa- pers, and the petit jury will report for duty tomorrow morning when the Theodor Torgerson overflow damage case will be tried. It is ex- pected that this case will take up the rest of the week. The term will take. up several weeks, there being a few cases which will take some time in trying. HOME TALENT DRAWS CROWD Nearly One Hundred Dollars Cleared By Bemidji Dramatic Club, Bemidji residents packed the city hall last evening to witness “Widow McGinty,” which was given by the Bemidji Dramatic Club. 'Richard Fenton, Al Newman, Alden Remfrey and Miss Emma Noeson took the leading parts. The cast of char- acters was as follows: Patrick O'Hooligan ..Alden Remfrey ‘Barney Muldoon ......Al Newman Barnstorm Walker .Rube Ripple Mikey Scotcheimer. ..Archie Fenton Snowball Wihite, . ..Curtis , Remfrey Bridget McGinty ..Richard Fenton Rosie ...............Marie Cahill Mary Ellen........Myrtle Newman Katie .. .Emma Noeson “CHECKERS” AT GRAND Five-Reel Feature Film To Be Shown Tomorrow and Friday Niglits. “Checkers” will be shown at the .|Grand theatre tomorrow and Fry day evenings, with a matinee Fri- day afternoon. This play is one of the most popular of Tecent years, and is entirely successful as & mo- tion picture feature. The admirable selection of types and their sympa- thetic handling contributes so heav- ily to the success of the piece that two of the minor roles shine out ii- lustrious and steal homor from the leads. It is sure to Dlease, WILL PLAY TONIGHT Two Roller Hockey Aggregations To Line Up At Athletic Club Hall —_— Fourteen of the best roller skaters in the city, comprising two_roller hockey teams will jine up in the Ath- letic club hall for & game tomight. These young men have been practic- ing for the past several weeks. An admission charge of ten cents will be made, REPAIRING GARAGE BUILDING Northern Auto cvmpmy Undergoing Contractors have commenced ‘work remodeling the Northernn Auto Com-~ pany garage on Beltrami avenue, This building will be completely over- hauled and made one of the most up to date in the northern part of the state. Steel beams will be placed and the posts supporting the ceiling will be rem ved. New heating fixtures and machinery dor making quick re- pairs will -be‘instailed, "Dafactive Paae