Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 18, 1914, Page 1

K » e, SHOULD BE 0MITTEI) Congressman Suyl New Trust Legis- lation Must Not Contain Phrase— Would Exempt Unions FRAMED THEIR OWN BILIS Stanley Tells 0f How Same Lawyers That Drew Steel Corporation Char- ter Wrote Bills Defeated From Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Washington February 18—How the great trusts once came to Con- gress and offered to trade thelr op- position to exempting labor unions and farmers’ organizations from the antidtrust law, for an amendment permittiug “‘reasonabdle” restraint of trade, was the interesting story told by Congressman A. O. Stanley, the steel investizator, to the House jud- iciary committee which is drafing part of the new trust legistation, There is no greater enemy of or- sanised labor than the steel trust. From the time of the Homestead sirike the steel trust kept at war with organized labor until it finally crushed it so far as the steel indus- itry was considered. In all that time —20 years—there were continual ef- forts made to exempt labor unions from the Sherman law, and the steel trust was the great antagonist fight- ing.that legislation. “And yet,” Stanley told the com- mittee, “companies engaged in trans- portation and production alike came before the House and Senate and of- fered to surrender to organized la- bor, and to take specifically from under the operation of the Sherman Act every laboring organization and all farmers’ organizations not in- corporated, if you would only permit them to write the words’ reasonable or unreasonable’ into the organic law. They made concessions that they had refused in national con- ventions.” “The act has been used with tre- mendous effect 'against labor organ- izations. Today the most earnest plea labor organizations are making fbefore this committee is that they shall not be included in the terms of the Sherman Anti-trust Act.” Mr. “Stanley then told about the Hepburn bill which wrote “unrea- sonable” into the anti-trust law and at the same time exempted labor unions. “That bill, which came into Con- gress heralded by organized labor, backed by millions of money, speci- fically supported by the President of the United States, slunk away in the darkness, and it has been a phantom ever since,” declared Stanley, “and 1 will tell you why.” Stanley then gquoted from the hearings on the Hepburn bill to show that E. H. Gary, president of the steel trust; and Francis Lynde Stetson, chief attorney for the trust, drew the Hepburn bill. “This bill,” said Stanley, “which came very near getting through the House and Senate—this bill that ac- tually elimated organized labor from the operation of the act—was drawn by the same men, by the same pens, that drew the charter of the United States Steel Corporation, and the charter of the Northern Securi- ties Co., and who are the attorneys for the Steel Corporation now. “In spite of the intense opposition of great manufacturing concerns to excluding labor organizations from the operation of this act, they came and offered that as a precious in- ducement to Congress and to organ- ized labor, as the ‘King’s ranson’ they were wifling to pay for this pmendment. The purpose of Mr. ‘Steteon and Mr. Gary in eliminating organised labor, was to secure its in- fluence, to popularize this thing which was meant to emasoulate the Sherman 'Act.” Stanley told this story in support of his argument that the new trust legislation must not contain the word “rdasonable.” He expressed support for the proposition to exempt unions from the trust law. CAPITAL STOCK INCREASED Great Northern Adds $19,000,000 to Capitalization. St. Paul, Feb. 18.—The Great North- ern Railroad company has filed with the secretary of state an amendment to its articles of incorporation where- by the capital stock is increased from $231,000,000 to $250,000,000, an ad- vance of $16,000,000. This is, in effect, 190,000 additional shares of stock. Aoquirement of new lines and the building of new roads, but particular- ly the acquiring of the stocks and bonds of the Montana and Eastern esmpany, comprise the object of the —Investigating Sentiment Surrounding Counties May Be To Places—Take Patients Free tion is expected at the next me: the last meeting of the board and City Clerk Who Was Re-elected By A larger Majority than Any Other Candidate For Office CAUSES STIR AT TRIAL hospital. expense of building. How To Obtain It Companion Of Accused Men In St. Paul Police Graft Case on Witness Stand—Tells of Leaving City of the county. TELLS CONTRADICTING STORY St. Paul, Feb. 18.—“Copilovich has been pinched and he's s the question must be submitted to inspector, calied by the state ih re-|yote of the people, buttal in the seccnd graft trial, creat- ed a stir in the courtroom when he said this remark, in substance, had been made to him by Fred Turner, one of the defendants, when he was urged by Turner to accompany him and Flanagan on their trip to Mil- waukee on the night of Nov. 21, 1913. Miller recited the alleged conversa- tions he had with both defendants that day and testified he was urged to.leave town -“because.there is -go- ing to be h— around here.” On the] train, he testified, Flanagan had told him and Turner “the Hazzard woman has coughed up.” He also testified Turner told him Flanagan had talked with May Burke and the latter had told Flanagan to ‘“get out.” Flanagan Suggested Trip. Miller denied he had suggested the Milwaukee trip and testified Flana- gan first suggested going to Milwau- kee. -He testified Flanagan made all arrangements for the trip. The witness said Turner mentioned something about their going away for “a couple of days” and made some remark about “the thing blowing over.” Miller said Flanagan appeared to be “all right” and was not drink- ing heavily when they left for Mil- waukee. He admitted on cross-ex- amination that Flanagan and Turner had talked with him about a hunting trip some three or four days before they left for Milwaukee, but he said he did not suggest going to Milwau- kee and knew nothing about the Mil- waukee trip until the morning of Nov. 21. Emma Brown, indicted by the grand jury on a perjury charge and who has entered a plea of not guilty, was per- mitted by Judge Morrison to correct her testimony. The woman said Flan- agan had been at her house several times. She recalled two vistis there in company with Willie Wolff. In her previous testimony she stated Flan- agan had never visited her house. the freeholder of the county. taxable property for the cided to erect fa sanatorium, sation. ory commission. Make A Deposit the county sanatorium other county. among the different counties. ed. Editor Frozen in Snow, Garden City, L. I, Feb. 18.—Edward M. Townsend, editor of the Nassau County Republican, was found dead in a snowdrift in front of his home here. He had apparently become ex- hausted while struggling through the snowdrifts and had fallen just as he reached his gate. kbbb e bbb bbbl PLEADS FOR GIRL WHO0 BLINDED HIM. East Liverpool, O., Feb, 18. —Martha Sainor of Wellaville was placed on parole by Judge J. G. Moore when Edward Gar-~ vey, partly blinded as the re- sult of acid, said to have been thrown by the girl, asked the court to show leniency to her. The girl had pleaded guilty to the acid throwing charge and had been sentenced to life im- priscnment in the state peni- tentiary. She was paroled for ten years. Biggest Ship Sails May 30. London, Feb. 18*—May 30 is an- nounced for the maiden trip of the Cunarder Aquitania, the largest steam- ship afloat, outstripping the Imepra- tor in length, beam and tonnage. Oscar Stenvick, county attorney of Clearwater county, was in Bemidji today. He returned to his home in Bagley this afternoon. oo ofe B oo ole B ol ol ol obe ol dfo ol ofe ol ofe ole obe oo ol L TR TR T K R THE CUB OFFICER THERE S ASP increase. it is said. Flies Forty-seven Hours. Feb. 17.—The German bal- loon pilot, Hans Berliner, carrying two passengers in his spherical bal- loon, telegraphed from Kirgischan, in the Ural mountains, Russia, that he bad landed there after a forty-seven- howr #fi from mmmw. Germany. marks a new distance rec- Dafactive Consumptive Hospital Proposition | STATE TO PAY HALF OF 00!1" Assist—Snuccesful In Other Members of the Beltrami county ‘board of commissioners are consider- ing the establishment of a county- sanatorium for consumptives and ac- The broposition was brought up at’ was decided to investigate as to the sentiment of the citizens. It has been suggested that the commissioners of surrounding counties be requested to assist in the establishment of the The state pays one half the The board of county commissioners of any county or group of counties may establish a sanatorium for con- sumptives by a majority vote of the board when the appropriation to be made does not exceed the sum that can be raised by a tax levy of one mill on the dollar of taxable property But when bonds have to be issued or when the appropria- tion to be made by the county ex- ceeds one mill on the dollar of tax- able property then the subjects of establishing a sanatorium and of is- suing bonds therefore shall be sub- everybody. He has something on you, | mitted to a vote of the people. too. Martin wants ycu to come When the commissioners have de- along.” cided not to establish a sanatorium William B. Miller, former license if a petition for such action is signed by 5 per cent of The commissioners may levy a tax not to exceed one mill on the dollar of county’; part for the erection and equipment of a sanatorium. When they have de- the ‘board must appoint a county sana- torium commission of three members, one of whom maust be a physician en- dorsed by the state board of health. This commission receives no compen- The county sanatorium com- mission has charge of the funds for the spnatorium and of its manage- ment in consulation with the advis- Where there is a group of counties commission consists of thres members from the county in which the sanatorium is located and two members from each The county or counties shall de- posit with the state treasurer one- half of the cost of construction jand equipment. The state treasurer shall add the other half of the cost from the money appropriated for that pur- pose and the state board of comtrol shall erect and equip the sanatorium. The county sanatorium commission shall each year make an estimate of the cost of maintenance and the Board of County Commissioners shall levy a tax not to exceed one mill on the dollar therefore, which in case of a group of counties shall be &p- portioned on the basis of population The state treasurer reimburses the countiies at the rate of five dollars per week for each charity patient treat- Wi T dn their praise the rseem m«i them by Be- it Wil Be Given Af Wethodist Church Auditorium This Evening John - B. Ratto,”-‘@ntertainer in character studies life, will ap- Dear in_Bemidji thi nvenlng at_the Methodist church umder the -auspices of the Woman’s. Study club.. Mr. Ratto .is one of. the Redphth Lyceum bureau entertaimess who have -becn 50. successfulin"Hemidji ‘during the winter. The p this evening will'be the last of #he series. laneous; each number naturally and logically follows. the preceding one, and combines ~in mpaking a grand Panorama - of assocfated characters. He presénts his dmracters in “make ap’, penefling in - full view of “the ‘audience,’ telling an_ appropriate story the while. -Penciling finished, he .turns to the table mirror, adjusts his wig and. faces about to surprise you with the accuracy of a character different in appearance, speech and actions, with & perfonality all its own. 3 ¥ So successful have been the Red- path series that the. Woman's club has closed a contract for four enter- tainments next winter instead of nzree. a3 was me ca.le this ye-r a SHIFT IN WIND SAVE&LINEB Pulled Off Rocks When She Appeared Doomed. . Providence, R: 1., Feb. 18.—The Fa- bre liner- Roma, which was aground off No Man’s Land for six hours in a seventy-mile gale, stands off Breton’s reef with her 427 passengers and crew of 100 safe, evidently wntlng for a pilot. The Roma, bound from Marseilles, Naples and Lisbon to Providence and New York, was battling terrific seas, which had driven her nearly twenty miles off her course, when she was thrown on the Rocky shoals, ten miles south of Martha's Vineyard. She was aground for six hours and seemed doomed by pounding to pieces when a_ fortunate shift in-the- win# enabled her to free herself. $50,000 FOR COLD SLEEPER May Irwin, Actress, Asks This Amount From South San Francisco, Fel. 18.—Legal rep- resentatives here of May Irwin, the actress, are preparing to bring suit for $50,000 against the Southern Pa- cific. This amount, it was claimed, is due the actress because of illness suffered while ' traveling over the company’s lines and which, it was alleged, forced her to cancel a number of Pacific coast engagements. ' While traveling from California over the Southern Pa- olfie Miss Irwin’s train was held up by a washout near- Dunsmuir, Cal It is charged-that the sleeper in ‘which Migs Irwin was required to re- main twelve hours carried no heat and as a result she was seized with an attack of neuritis. Repeated Clashes Between Police and Troops at Capital.:~ Port - au- ‘Prince, ‘Hayti, Feb, 18.— Sharp fighting occurred between the police stationed at headquarters and the soldiers in the capital. The re- peated glashes caused a panic among the inhabitants. : The authorities: made strong efforts to restore order; but the d!uturbance still mnflnul.. 2 L o b e i o i o o SHARP FIGHTING IN HAYTI LICENSE . - ¥ FOR AGAINST ....... ubliean | pop MAYOR McCUAIG , HANNAH °roncmnx PE’DERSON onaivsiees esn’ 84 FOR TREASURER RHEA ..ocovvonneannes 167 SCROEDER ............ 80 ronnsmson HARRIIS Teeee eee..134 Alderman Alderman ». 1st Ward .. 2nd Ward Lahr ...... 92 | Smart .... 143 Getehell 77 | Bell ...:.. 94 Zeigler .....32 Plurality 15 Smart Ma'ty 49 x GEORGE RHEA (SRS RS REE RS SRS T 2 Whose Work As City Treasurer Was Approved By The Voters ‘At The Polls Yesterday APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT Sullivan Wants Middies to Observe Athletic Rules. New York, Feb. 18.—James E. Sul- livan, secretary of the Amateur Ath- letic union, has announced that he intends to ask President Wilson to re- quest the athletic authorities at the naval academy at Annapolis to com- pel the midshipmen to observe the rules of the academy and the Amateur Athletic union. The naval academy men are not reg- istered athletes and according to academy rules are not permitted to compete against athletes belonging to clubs Despite this they competed against the New York Athletic club swimming team last Saturday night. Mr. Sullivan has also demanded the names of the New York Athletic club men who competed at Annapolis. If they are refused Mr. Sullivan says he will suggest that the union disqualify the entire athletic team. APPROVED BY M'REYNOLDS Plan of issolution Proposed by Wire “Trust.” ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—Attorney General McReynolds said that he had been apprised in advance of the in- tention of a financial syndicate to underwrite $29,000,000 Western Union stock mow owned by the American Telephone and Telegraph company. He said he saw no objection to the plan as outlined to him and under- stood it was intended to carry out the recent agreement with the depart- ment of justice. Sand Pit Cavein Fatal. Valley Junction, Wis., Feb. 18.—In a cavein at a sand pit at Tomah Lake Sidney Jones, thirty-two years old, was suffocated, and Mahlon Afm- strong was seriously injured. Other members of the crew were dug out alive and uninjured. B T L T T ) JUDGE'S SON IN CELL AS AUTO MURDERER. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 18.—Dan- iel A. Dugan, Jr., of Orange en- tered the state prison to serve a sentence of from five to ten years for running down and killing with his motor car Leo F. McDermott, & fourteen-year- old boy of Newark. Dugan is a son of District Court Judge Daniel A. Dugan +~F++++‘++++++++++ ++++++++++++++*+ -l--l“r'l' ++++++"<+-X~++ Scoop Is A Natural Bom Sleuth- And Thea Some- Pame KKK KKK KKK KKK 144 107 114 49 384 - 143 120 86 95 136 106 484 406 175 168 135 57 9 43 647 218 i77, 165 121 55 79 35 630 199 143 1560 . 100 90 92 74 Alderman Alderman 3rd Ward 4th Ward Foucault ...109 | Miller ......112 Omich ..... 83 | Knopke ... 64 Guenther .. 46 Plurality 26 Miller M’ty 58 RECEIVES 51 BOUNTIES Auditor George Psm‘ Record Set By Hubbard Officials Not to be outdone by Hubbard county, James L. George, county au- ditor, this morning announced that he has paid out $382.50 for 51 wolt bounties since January 5. The Hub- ibard record was 25. BIDS OPENED YESTERDAY Engineer Bliler To Take Offers To State Engineer For Approval—Con- siders Estimates Close ROAD ‘NUMBER 20 CONSIDERED Roy K. Bliler, county surveyor, will leave tonight for St. Paul where he will take several road bids before the state engineer for approval. The bids-were presented yesterday in con- nection with the state road to Kelli- her which is to be constructed in the near future. Several bids were pre- sented and the contractors who will probably be favored for this work are: The Road Construction Company of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, who bid on Division A. which- covers a dis- tance of 12 miles and the work to be done is for the greater part dred- ging; Tom Smart of Bemidji who bid on division B. which is a portion of the road coverng about three miles and Nels John of Cormant who bid on division D. Bids were also opened yesterday in conection with the road and ditch number 20. George Brown of Litch- field was thé successful bidder on the construction work which will consist of digging and leveling. Koenig and Kemberg, two homesteaders residing in the town of Washkish were award- ded the contract for clearing grubbing the tract at 135 dollars a mile. The clearing in this contract will be.66 feet wide and the grub- bing 45 feet. Three other bids were opened for these contracts and all were a close estimate upon the work to be done. By awarding the con- tracts in this manner a saving of Fabout $700 is made. WILL PLAY CASS LAKE TEAM Brotherhood Of David Aggregation To Meet Neighboring Village Next Saturday evening in the high school gymmasium the Brotherhood of David basketball quint will play their first game of the season when they meet the Cass Lake high school second team. These two quints are about evenly matched and the game promises to be exciting. The Bem- idji team is picked from among the best junior tossers in the city and the supporters believe that little trouble will be experienced in de- feating the visitors. Miss Kate La Fontisee returned last evening from the twin cities where she hes spent the past three weeks . purchasing spring millinery for the La Fontisee hat shop. x Sheriff Andrew Johnson spent last night in Blackduck on civil work. He returned to Bemidji this morning. By “HOP" No-License !lfll‘l'orcuryfly 132 an—vmlhml)iunrnfld cmnulummnmgrut‘l’ur % McCUAIG'S MARGIN 19 NARROW Wins Over Hannahin Neok and Neck Scrap—Carries First And — Second Wards—Loses In Two : ALL OFFICIALS ARE RE-ELBCTED Rhea, Stein, Lloyd, Miller and Smart 5 Returned to Office by Compliment- ) “We are entirely satisfied with the e result of the vote on the liquor ques- - tion,” said Rev. S. E. P. White, who g had been one of the leaders 'in the = anti-saloon @ampaign, “we are not =4 at all discouraged. I am in & po- A sition to say that had the council kept faith with the promise made to the citizens of Bemidji a year ago that there would have been no vote on the dry question yesterday.” This statement was made by Rev. White after the votes had been counted last evening, following what has been a clean and fair campaign for and against the continuance of saloons in Bemidji. The “drys” car- ried the first ward, and 1lost- the third and second only by close mar- gins. The “drys” lost by 122 votes. 5 The comment shows that if the city 3 council had carried out its promise to cut the saloons to 17, that there would have been no vote on the pro- position yesterday. The vote clearly showed that the citizens of this city are opposed to the number of drink- ing establishments now doing busi- ness here, and should the total mot - be reduced during the next year, the probabilities are that Bemidji will at next election time go dry. To Reduce Saloons. While it will be the duty of the council to cut down the number of saloons, it will be assisted by the li- quor dealers: of the city who jre agreed that conditions which ‘now exist will not be. further tolerated, = Already plans are under way where . nine saloons will not ask for a re- newal of license' when their permita expire. McCuaig In Close Fight, . While it had been expected that Mayor McCuaig would meet with no slight opposition, the vote polled by Hannah yesterday was surprising. McCugig carried the first and sec- ond wards, but lost the other two. The fourth ward, in which the sa- loons are located, went to Hannah, This is taken to mean that the may- a or’s close law enforcement adminis- tration was not approved by a ma- jority of the liquor dealers. Socialists “Skinned.” Yesterday’s election w'l a very sad affair from a Socialistic stand- point. Hennah was the only candi- date running in all four wards who ‘made any kind of creditable show- ing, being defeated by only 79 votes, while Omich, a candidate in the strongest Socialist ward in the city, was humbled by Paul Foucault. The : ] day of Socialism in Bemidji bas gone, - and further evidence of the fact than that shown at the election is hardly necessary. After March =: first not a single Socialist will oc-~ cupy a seat in the council chamber, and leaves only Judge Crowell of the municipal court, in elective office. Stein Majority Large. As was the case & year ago, George Stein, city clerk, ran like & house-a- = fire. His strength was shown in every ward, and his total majority “ was greater than that of any other candidate, it being 434. City Treas- = urer Rhea was another official whose conduct in office was to the general satisfaction of the voters, and in his majority total was only three be- hind the city clerk. ‘Thomas Lloyd, assessor, defeated J. E: Harris by & hansome majority. Al- derman Smart was returned to office over Thomas Bell by 49 votes, while Miller had little trouble with Knopke . Two new members will take their . . place on the city council when the officers elected yesterday begin tireir. duties, these being Lahr in the first ward and Foucault in the third. Both elected in three cornerd fights. TRUTH ABOUT WHITE SLAVES — lnfiu‘efing'_ Picture To Be Ml_» At Grand Theatre Tomorrow Night Coming direct from Brainend, ‘where ‘the clergy recommended it as being an interesting and educational film, “The Truth About White Slav- ery”, will be produced at the Grand theatre tomorrow-and Friday nigits. ‘The-film shows 4,000 feet of motion