Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 14, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 11. NO. 247. FORTY ; MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY FORMED With Adkistanoe of+ Commissioner Preul'llutuul Fire Protection Com- pany Organized This Afternoon ARE TOLD OF ADVANTAGES Directors Elected And Company Will Be Placed In Operation As Soon As Possible—Smoker This Evening More than fifty of the most prom- inent farmers of southern Beltrami, northern Hubbard and eastern Clear- water counties were in attendance at ameeting held in the agricultural de- partment of the high school building today for the purpose of organizing a mutual insurance company. -~ The farmers were addressed by J. A. O. Preus, state insurance commissioner the enthusiasm shown assures the success of the undertaking. The company will be known as the Bemidji Mutual Fire Insurance com- pany. Articles of incorporation were drawn up and submitted to the farm- ers. They were approved by the men present and Mr. Preus. The main purpose of the organization 1s to in- sure farm property. Preus Talks Mr. Preus in a short address told the farmers of the success of the mutual insurance companies in this state since they were first brought into existance 34 years ago. He sald that at the present time more than $320,000,000 worth of farm property was now insured by the 157 compan- ies now in operation. He told that no mutual farmers company had ever failed in this state; that approximat- 1y $6,500,000 had been paid into the companies for insurance fees; that the cost was so small that about $21,- 000,000 had been saved the farmers of the state since the method was first introduced. Directors Named In order that the company might be formed 25 farmers were required to sign the articles of incorporation. Of these nine were elected as direc- tors. The oficers will be named by the directors. Each company repres- ents at least $50,000. The farmers who signed the ar- ticles with the exception of those who signed late this afternoon, were: * A. P. Ritchie, J. C. McGhee, D. A. Whiting, E. E. Schulke, H. E. Baw- ers, T. J. Brennan, August Jarchow, A. E. Rako, E. C. Bergh, Nels H. Wil- lett, George W. Day, Pter Larson, G. G. Moie, Herman Fenske, Hugo Hen- sel, E. W. Hall, E. M. Sathre, John Utech, Andrew Larson, Alfred Moen, John Dahl, Alfred Dahl, Alfred Graf, George Walker and L. A. Gould. Informal Smoker This evening an informal smoker will be held in honor of Mr. Preus, who is now regarded as Minnesota's next, auditor at the Commercial club Mr. Preus congratulated the farm- ers on the interest taken _in the company and assured them that they would be assisted as much as possible HARD TO GET GAMES ~ JUDGE A. G. DAYTON. - To schedule games for the Bemidjl high school basketball team-ds & dif- fioult proposition according to Julius Bestul who is at the head this season. So far the team has had a poor sea- gon and unless games can be schedul- ed for every week until the close of the season the year will be the poor- est for a basketball team for Bemidji during the past several years. TELLS OFNEW HAVEN DEAL Tavenner Relates History of Railroad Affair And Says All Connected With It Are Guilty Of Crime NEW LAWS ARE FAVORED Miners Ask President Wilson to Investigate His Conduct. _— From Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Washington February 14— When the president of a bank defaults and the authorities come in and close the 'bank, often bringing about the ruin of the innocent depositors in the in- stitution, no one attempts to create public opinion against the author- ities for enforcing the law. But when there is a agitation against financial malpractice in railroad af- fairs, at once there are sleek coated gentlemen to rise up and denounce as demagogue those who demand the punishment of the rich malefactors. No such outery, however can save the financial pirates who looted the New Haven Railroad from a full ex- posure of their misdeeds-and from probable punishment. » The Bible puts in a special class those who rob widows and orphans. Those who lost through J. P. Mor- gan’s jugglery of the New Haven's finances were the railroad’s stock- holders, ~ They have lost heavily. Senator Lippitt, of Rhode Island, told the Senate that 22,000 of the New Haven's stockholders are either widows or estates belonging to or- phans and fatherless children. The firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. stands accused of looting this road to the tune of millions. No such scaly financing has been brought to light since the insurance investiga- tions, The firm has not yet ‘denied the accusations, or:has it taken le- gal steps against the New York newspaper . which printed these charges. Now Senator Norris of Ne- braska, has repeated the charges in the Senate, “which has adopted the" Norris resolution instructing the In- terstate Commerce Commission to continue its investigation into these financal transactons. The commission made an incom- plete investigation and an incom- plete report. It reported that some $12,000,000, belonging to the stock- holders of the railroad and used in the acquiring of the Westchester ‘branch apparently “vanished into thin air.” The Commission is now instructed to go ahead into this “thin air” and find the thieves. Senator Norris has repeated in the Senate ‘the charges that this $12,- 000,000 vanished into the coffers of J. P. Morgan & Co., and that the’| job was done by lending money of the New Haven, almost without se- curity, to a dummy corporation or- ganized for the purpose, and by tak- ing out extravagant “commissions.” More than 3,000 miners, their wives and _sympathizers attended a mass meeting in Wheeling, W. Va.,, and adopted a resolution calling upon President Wilson to institute a con- gressional investigation into the offi- cial conduct of Federal Judge A. G. Dayton with the object of having him removed. Judge Dayton’s recent de- cisions with reference to the coal mine strike, the most objectionable of which was that enjoining the miners’ officials for even speaking to other men employed there, suggested the meeting. I EEE SRR R R R R R * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES, * KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK Salvation Army Sunday school at 2:30. Services at 8 p. m. Episcopal Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Morn- ing prayer and sermon at 10:30 ‘special music. Archdeacon Parshall, First Scandinavian Lutheran Sunday school at 12. There will be no preaching services, T. C. Kolste, pastor. Congregational (Nymare) Sunday school at 11 4. m. Preach- ing at 7:30 p. m. Special music. All are cordially invited to theseserv- ices. G. M. Peacock, pastor. German Lutheran There will be German Lutheran services in the Swedish Lutheran church at 10 o’clock. Rev. Kurz of Brainerd will preach the sermon. Temperance Meeting Union temperence meeting in the city hall Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Attorney W. I Norton of Minneapolis will give the address. Miss Hyland will sing at this meet- ing. Everybody welcome. Baptist Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Preaching at 11 a. m, Jr. and Sr. by his office. FIVE TESIIFY FOR STATE New Witnesses Heard In St. Paul Police Graft Trial—Tends To Up- hold Testimony of Willie Wolfe CORROBORATES STORY IN PART 8t. Paul, Feb. 14.—Testimony ot five witnesses in the Flanagan-Turner graft trial corroborated in part the story told by Willie Wolff as to his meetings with Flanagan, which Wolft testified were incident to the Dorsey deal in which $3,000 was paid for al- leged police protection. C. B. Boucher, proprietor of the sa- loon where Willle Wolff testified he paid Flanagan his $760 from the $3,000 collected by Ida Dorsey, testi- fied as to seeing Flanagan and Wolff in his place in 1913. Edward Reichow, bartender for Boucher, corroborated the latter’s story. Woodie Burke and Anna Clark tes- tified as to meeting Wolft and Flan- agan at Emma Brown’s resort in Jan- uary, 1913. Wolff on direct examina- tion said he and Flanagan “met a couple of girls and had some drinks at the Brown woman'’s place following the payment of the $750 of Dorsey money to Flanagan. The Burke wom- an said she had been threatened by Wolft several timea prior to the re- turning of the graft indictments. She insisted, however, she was not tes- tifying for the state because she fear- ed Wolff. The Clark woman said she had been threatened by Wolff, but was telling the truth about the alleged Flanagan-Wolff episode at the Brown woman’s resort. ' She identifled Flanagan in court as the man she had met there. The assistant cashier of the Mer- chants National bank corroborated ‘Wolft’s story as to his depositing $700 in that bank in January, 1913. Wolft on direct examination had tes- tified he deposited $700 of his $760 share iy the Dorsey deal in this bank, Young Peoples’ meeting at 3 p. m. respectively. Union temperence meeting at the city hall at 8 p. m. Meeting for prayer Thursday even- ing at 7:30. Everbody welcome. C. E. Chandler pastor. On June 30, 1910, the New Haven (through Morgan, its fiscal agent) had paid over $21,000,000 for the Westchester property, which was then worth slightly over $12,000,- 000. . The Morgans know ‘exactly what they ‘were doing. They had the best of corporation lawyers to advise them. It now develops that in loot- ing the widows and orphans they vi- olated not a single federal law. Un- der state laws they might fbe prose- cuted, but state administrationg, only too liable to be controlled by such a corporation as the New Ha- ven, have taken no steps. A poor man, guilty of thievery not half so reprehensible as those fin- ancial transactions, would have been sent over the road for a long stretch. The Morgans eluded the criminal statutes. Ts there any additional argument needed to suport Woodrow First Methodist. Morning worship 10:45. Subject “Bemidji and the Saloon Question.” Sunday school at 12, Epworth League at 6:30. Evening service, Temperance Mass “meeting at the city hall 8 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 p. m. All are cordially invited to these services. G. W. Gilman pastor. Preshyterian Bible class and Sunday school at 10> Morning ‘worship and sermon at 11. Jr. C. E. at 3. Young peoples meetings at. 7. Mid-week ser- vice for prayer and bible study on ‘Thursday evening at 8. Tomorrow Wilson’s plan for federal regulation of railroad finances? If the law which the President advocates were on the statute books today, every evening there will be no service at the church. We will join the churches of the city in a union tem- perance meeting at the City Hall |living man connected with this New When we will be addressed by At- ,Haven affair would go to the peni- torney W. I. Norton, of Minneapolis. tentiary. [RED WING: WINS FROM. ATHLETICS Bemidji Boys Unable To Keep Pace With Visitors In Seoond Game 0f Series And Lose By 20.to 16 Soore FAST CONTEST A THROUGHOUT —_— Basket Shooting of, Hanson -Played Large Part In Vietory—Teams Evenly Matched—Battle Tonight ~ In one of the clogest and most in- teresting.basketball .games ever play- ed in Bemidji the M]hNefl five of Red Wing defeated the Athletics of this city by a 20 to 16 score, last evening. The Red Wing boys went into the game.confident of victory and started off with a rush which soon netted them a basket. Bemidji did not seem to play basketball to the extent of which they are capable until near the close of the game when a five minute spurt made a victory seem posaible, At this stage Hanson,. Red Wing for- 'ward, one of the surest basket shoot- ers to ever play here connected with two difficult ringers and . the game was neatly tucked away. Visitors Fast Red Wing is without = doubt the best team met by the Athletics this year. Every one af the visitors is 'a fast aggressive ball player and to lose to such an aggregation is by no means a reflection upon the ability of the Bemidji men. That Bemidji did not play the game as in previous games of the year was noticable, and the three weeks of no practice was telling. For “Blud” Tonight The game to be played this even- tain its wonderful record established during the last two. years. Vollners, captain of the Red Wing quint, was able to secure but one has- ket off of Peck last evening, So close was the guarding of ‘the Bemidji guard. Peck, aside from a téndency to rough it, played a great game. Neumann at centre played one of the best games of his career and ‘had he not been into every scrimmage the larger. Howe, Bemidji’s clever little forward was held scoreless last even- ing, while Brandon was able to con- nect but once. Even on Fouls Each team was able 'to secure six counts b yfree throws. Inability to throw fouls cost Bemidji the game. The playing of Hanson, Vollners and Conlin for Red Wing starred as did Bestul, Neumann and Peck for Be- midji. The Score Bemidjl Red Wing Bestul G Conlin Peck G Peterson Neumann C Rehder Howe F Vollners Brandon F Hanson Field Baskets, Vollners 1, Hanson 5, Peterson 1. Bestul 2. Peck 1, Brandon 1, Neumann 1. Fouls, Bran- don 6, Vollners 6, Referee, Stanton and Oftedahl. Homesteader Loses Life L. C. Markland, 65, a homestead- er of Gryla, lost his life when his home burned Thursday. His family escaped uninjured, but were badly frost bitten. The Marklands had mov- ed to this county from North Dakota but recently. Bryan Assails Roger Sullivan. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 14—Under the caption, “Sullivan Senator? No,” W. J. Bryan ascails in the latest issue of his Commoner the candidacy of Roger C. Sullivan for the senate. Mrs. George Baker, Mrs. W. Z. Robinson and Mrs. Walter Marcum, will entertain the Eastern Star at a thimble bee in the Magonic hall Tuesday afternoon. Supper will be served from 5:30 to 7 to which the members and their families are in- vited. Walter F. Marcum returned today from Thief River Falls where he has been on Business during the last several days. ing will be for “blud,” and ‘Bemidji | will enter the game determined to re- PRESIDENT MENOCAL. Cuban Executive Remembers Victims of Maine Disaster. A special message from President Menocal of Cuba to be read at the memorial services to be held at Ar- lington National cemetery next Mon- day in honor of those who perished when the battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, has been re- ceived by the Cuban legation at Washington. It~ expresses eloquent memorial sentiments befitting the oc- casion. MANY.HEAR RACHIE TALK Former Member Of The Legislature Addresses Large Audience At City Hall Temperance Mass Meeting GRAHAM SPEAKS THIS EVENING The city hall was completely filled last evening when Hon. Elias Rachie of Minneapolis, a former member of the Minnesota legislature, the first score.of the winnerimight hake Beer: - speaker of four who are being brought here:by the anti-saloon ele- ment Bemidji, spoke on “The Li- quor Problem.” .. Mr. Rachie brought out the point that on an average, $10,000 ‘passes over the bar of every Minnesota sa- loon annually, which. would mean that in this city $280,000 is spent for liquor is one year. He drew at- tention to the fact that liguor is de- trimental to a persons thinking cap- acity, and that “booze” tends to bring about an unfitted community. The speakers referred to the finan- cial end of the liquor question by saying that the life of just one boy, worth more to his family than the entire $28,000 brouglhit in by the saloons, can easily be crowded out of honor and righteousness by drink. This evening Thomas W. Graham will speak on “Booze and Business.” Sunday evening there will be a union meeting at 8 o’clock at the city “hall and Attorney W. I. Norton will speak on “Booze and Economics,” and Monday evening in the same hall he will speak on the same subject. These meetings are free and those in charge extend an invitation to all persons to- attend. At Piney Ridge The offering at the Brinkman dur- ing the past several days has been Piney Ridge, and the play has given ‘general satisfaction. Miss Beaton as Zoila Daring and Irvan Hamby as Jack Rose ¢arried their roles well. Mr. Hambly took the part of Jack Rose in true southern style. The St. Clair company is still drawing large crowds. By special request the Per- ish Priest will be played fomorrow night. ; Prominent Masons Here N. C. Pike, of Lake City, Eminent Grand Commander, Jesse Norton cf Duluth, Eminent Grand Captain Gen- eral, George M. Stowe of Wadena, Past Eminent Grand Commander and Thomas Morris maypr of Crookston and Past Eminent Grand Comman- der, of the Knights Templar lodge, were in Bemidji yesterday and at- tended a meeting which was held in the Masonic hall last evening. guest of relatives and friends. OFFICIAL FIGURES OF CITY CLERK ~ SHOW ‘WEP Records in the office of George “tihie (conditions of Bemidji's finances as they will be one year from now ‘should the'vote of next Tuesday res it show @ desire.to continue the sale of liquor in this city for at least another year. The figures follow. Running Expenses of the City for 1912 and 1913. Police Dept . City Bldgs. . Tire Dept. . Prisoners & Jail Miss. Con. Exp.. City Engineer, Gen,Lighting: .5 Print & Sta. Elections , Tools & Equip, Scavenger . Fur: & Supplies Munfe. Court ... Tnsurance . Miss. Salaries Health Dept The budget or 1913 to cover the In addition to this amount thereis a Libray Fund . Poor Fund . Int. Fund .. Per, Imp. . MENRLNE 2 No levy was-made for the sinkin, credit of this fund would be amply without license we muct raise by di: General Fund ...7...... . Sinking Fund Road and Bridge will be as follows at the end of the cent of the liquor licenses required by the charter to.be placed to the a basis on twenty-nine saloons we would have to raise only $20,000. The funds affected in case of mo license are: AND ‘DRY’ FINANCES Stein, city clerk, given ,belov‘v, show ult in favor of “no-license” or should™ 1912 1913 $3978.70 $3926.45 2454.69 2361.50 6066.49 6688.16 806.19 231.48 1242.93 966.34 . 31766 280.90 2093.32 2450.90 3 . 6519.84 6332.25 5 . 468.61 738.83 k 831.38 452.82 209.90 222.78 162:50 268.50 174.60 186.68 5 2593.37 2346.70 e 567.30 173.30 : 2812.33 2908.00 841.05 664.07 g $32.719.75 ~ $31.744.53 foregoing items. of expence is $30.325. tax levy to cover the following items:- seeene.$ 1500.00 . . 2500.00 ~ . 3000.00 12.500.00 2 $19500.00 g fund for the reason that, the 25 per sufficient. It necessarily follows that rect taxation $49.725, wth license, on +$18,270.00 7,250.00 2,900.00 The effect of license and no license on the General and Sinking funds 1914 fiscal year: General Fund, License, Overdrawn Feb. 1st, 1914......., Budget for 1914 ............ 63 Per cent of 29 Licenses . Mis., License, etc. ...... Tax levy for fund ..... Over drafts 2-1-1915 .. General Funii, Overdrawn February 1, 1914 .. Budget for 1914 63 Per cent liguor licenee refund . . Mis., Licenses, and Col ......: Tax Levy .o..oivaeiin Overdrawn 2-1-1915, Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1913 (exclusi Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1914 (exclusi 25 per cent of liquor licenses 25 per cent of Municipal Court fines, etc... Interest on Investments ... .$28,168.68 3 . 30,125.00 $58,493.68 ceveea....$18,270.00 3,000.00 cereeenaaa.. 20,000.00 ceeiieaeaa.. 17,223.68 $58,493.68 $58,493.68 Without License oot e s . .$28,168.68 . 30,326.00 .. 10,000.00 ceeereeee e 0220,;000.00 ceveenaan.. 45,493.68 $68,493.68 $68,493.68 Sinking Fund, With License. % ve of bonds, etc) ~$ 8,176.47 ve of bonds, ete.) . . 17,785.15 s . 7,250.00 . 400.00 . 2,000.00 Cash on hand in this fund 2-1-1916 ......... Amply sufficient without any tax levy to pay $25,000 bond issue matur- ing in 1915. Without License, Approximate refund license money .. Loss Liquor License (25 per cent). . Cash in Fund ..... 2-1-1915 .... s ...$27,436.15 seeseenan.$ 4,000,00 . . 17,250.00 Ceeee ...$11,250.00 Vevseneeisdds 16,185.16 $27,486.16 $27,435.15 In ghort, the sinking fund at the end of the fiscal year, Feb. 1st, 1915, would be insufficient by nearly $10, 000 to pay the bond issue maturng in 1915, and would as there is no tax levy for this fund in 1914, necessitate enother band issue. _— NO HOCKEY GAME TOMORROW Bemidji Aggregation Disbands Be- cause of Lack of Interest. ‘Bemidji’s hockey seven which or- ganized several weeks ago and play- ed one game with the Crookstofi team, has disbanded. In the game with Crookston the deficit amounted to nearly half the total expense and with the prospects for paying ex- Penses in future games, poor the play- ers agreed to drop the sport. rink near the dock is still in good condition and- a few minutes work cleaning off the snow would make an excellent rink. William Shannon of the Bemidji postoffice force left this morning for Sauk Centre on g short business ‘trip: While in that city he will be the SCOOP R When This You See, Remember Me By "HOP” i “|to be present this evening o as to The SECURES FEATURE FILM Manager Woodmansee Closes Con- 3 tréct For Production Of Cleopatra 1 C. J. Woodmansee, manager of the Grand and Majestic theatres has closed a contract whereby “Anthony and Cleopatra,” one of the largest 2 moving picture films ever produced 4 will be shown at the Grand in near future. This is an eight reel film and includes 4,000 persons. It is one of the George Klein pictures. *‘Checkers” which was shown at the Grand last night and Thursday night ‘was one of the best films ever‘shown here and again. proves that Manager Woodmansee efforts to bring only the A best to Bemidji are not unavailing. A marine dectective story, “Port of Doom,” will be shown next Tuesday and Wednesday. Large Class To Take Exams Several young men of this city and surrounding villages™ have made in- quiry at the Bemid}i postoffice re- garding the civil service examina- tions for railway mail clerk February 21. 8. A. Cutter will have charge of the class which will probably be the largest to taie the test in this section of the state. : { Will Rehearse At 6:45 / -~ . Members of the ‘cast selected to Dpresent “The college Widow” wil meet at the library at 6:45 this even- ing to practice before the basketball :;game. Every character is requested | cause no delay. 58 The Salvation Army will hiold their second meeting at Nymore Monday night in the Congregatic