Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 6, 1914, Page 1

. Many Who Do Mach Mm Travelling Considering ‘Forma- tion Of “Safety At Sea Society” POSSIBLE RAILROAD ECONOMICS Point Brought Out During Recent Debate Which Shows Iliteracy Can Be Eliminated In Mountains From Congressman C. H. Tavenner. ‘Washington, March 6.—Curiouely. enough, it was a_Republican who raised the point of interference with States’ rights that defeated the bill in the House providing for a federal investigation of illiteracy in the Uniteq States and methods by which it can be eliminated. Many Repub- licans voted against the measure, and thelr votes, combined with those of Democrats who feared an invasion of States’ rights, defeated the bill. There seemed to be nothing in the bill but what any Democrat might subseribe to. The prime purpose of the bill was to put the Bureau of| gy rriends in New York city, claim- Education in an advisory capacity t0|ed he was not acquainted with Pedro the school system-of the country|del Vilar partment of Agriculture occupies to- | committee, sought the moral support ward farming. by the United States of a movement The decisive vote against the mea- | 0 Pring about peace in Mexico by an- % by Diaz. treatment that will meet the grow-| “up yyow nothing of any sueh move- for the common schools of States. The debate, however, served to[Ocon. bring out the very interesting edu- superintendent of the schools of that county. mountains, and there was a high pre. centage of illiteracy among adults until Mrs. Stewart took hold of the work. She has practically elim- inated dlliteracy from Rowan Coun- posing of St. Cloud Quint And Pile Up Total of 49 Points « y » |[SAME TEAMS PLAY THIS EVENING | McGuire, superintendent of the State ty by a system of “moonlight schools S EVENING Bxperimeéntal Tarm st Geaind Rapils, Professor F. R. Grane of the Great Playing its best basketball of the|Northern railroad extension depart- season, the Athletic Club basketball|ment and Professor Erickson of the same department. conducted for mountaineers after their daily toil is dome. It omly took her a few. months to do it. The jstory of Rowan County was told by Congressman Fields, of Kentucky,|!eam last evening defeated the St. who gave as his opinion that what|Cloud C. A. C. by a score of 49 to 7. Mrs. Stewart has done can be dupli- cated in every mountain district 1 whgl sssterh. Uniteq. Biated, Cloud would repeatedly take the ball To Boycott Unsafe Steamboats: |down the field where Bemidji would Word comes to Washington that|break up the play. The visitors also there ig in process of formation a|were oullucked in basket shooting, “Safety at Sea Society” whose mem-|while it seemed that the Bemidji ‘bers will be those who do a great|boys could not miss the net. deal of trans-Atlantic travelling. The Brandon of Bemidji played in his members of this organization will |best form of the year, and his aggres. take a pledge not to travel on boats |Bive work soon wore out his guard which do not provide life boats for|and the fast little captain had 27 all aboard, and which do not furnish | points chalked up to his credit when two able seamon for each life boat.|the last whistle was blown. Neuman Such an organization, if. it Mat-|at centre, although {ll, played a tains strength, will probably have a|strong game. He retired during the big effect on the shape in which the |second half in favor of Peck, who LaFollette seamen’s bill gets through [ more than held his own with his Congress, since that. measure re-|much taller opponent. Peck’s work quires precisely the kind of life pro-|was a feature of the contest. Howe tection for which the new society[and Bestul followed the ball well stands. .Let any number of travel-|and their assistance has much to do lers join this society, and the op-|with the high score. Jacobson played position to the LaFollette will melt|a strong defensive game while in the away. contest. Already, it is said one of the big The St. Cloud boys displayed bril- trans Atlantic lines is equipping its|liant form at times and the game vessels as would be required by the|this evening is expected to be more LaFollette law, and a coast wise line | exciting than that of last night. The game was much faster than the &core ‘would “indicate, for St. of steamships is following the ex- The Lineup ample. Bemidji St. Cloud. Possible Railroad Economies fi’;‘(’:on ; M‘;fihy Additional methods by which the| o> g Rt railroads can save $60,000,000 per Peck B Smith year, instead of raising the freight R Bestul g MecGinley rates to gain that amount, are be- Jacobson for Peck, Peck for N ing brought out before the Inter-| .- - SoN Lo lon ot state Commerce Commission. Inspectors report that the New York Central was paying to the Na- tional Sugar Co., the expense of loading sugar at the door of the car and sweeping the floor of the sugar shed afterwards. This was regard- ed as a transportation expense, and 1000 Oranges For Sale one payment came to $6,147.16. The| To¢ & Markusen today recelved banana trust collected $7,480 for|Ohe of the largest ‘shipments of or- loading fruit. The beef trust and|30Ee8 ever brought to Bemidji. other large industries have enjoyed There were 1,000 in the bunch and similar privileges, Mr. Roe this afternoon announced that they would sell for thirty cents a dozen. The oranges are large and ARRESTED ON HONEYMOON juicy. They were placed in the show STk window, completely filing it, by Scott Stewart, head clerk. Field baskets, Brandon 12, Bestul 4, Howe 2, Peck 1, Neuman 4, Mur- phy 1, Roth 2. Fouls thrown, Bran- don 3, Roth 2. Referee, Stanton and Marphy. Bridegroom Accused of Brutal Rob- bery at Minneapolis. Minneapolis, March 6.—Lewis John- son, bridegroom of six days, who 18 5 alleged to have beaten Mrs. C. E. Mc- SCOOP .{El’lb CUB . Rae and Leslie Almquist, aged twelve, RTER - in a store cohducted by Mrs. McRae at Minneapolis, was arrested on his honeymoon at Russell, Minn., and was identified in Minneapolis by Mrs. Mec- Rae and the boy as their assailant. The Minneapolis police, who traced Johnson to Russell, say he has con- fessed to the assault. According to the police - Johnson was marrfed the day before the as- sault and admitted that he perpetrat- ed the asssult with the intention of robbing Mrs. McRae’s store so he ‘would have money with which to take & wedding trip: Mrs. McRae was slashed and beat- en and as she lay on the floor her aa- sailant thrust a stove poker down her throat. - The. boy also suffered seri- ous injuries, the: poker being v.lu-nn down his throat, | i 4 | FARMER MEET TOMORROW | Large Attendance Expeoted at Insti- FREE DINNER TQ BE SERVED have ever attended a Farmers Inst. tute In Bemidji is expected to be pre- sent at the high school building to- assembly hall. morrow morning. General Felix Diaz, who is staying |gram has been arranged for the|Uhe 800d of the state, predicted suc- meeting, which will begin at 10:30. and Cecilio Ocon, who |Several special numbers have been much in the same relation as the De- | through the senate foreign relations [arranged and the entire day will be of interest to women as well as to thé men folk. At noon a dinner will aiite, Bawever, ridleates the sort: of other revolution headed, they sald, |be served free of -charge to all at- tending the meeting. ing movement to secure federal aid|ment” General Diaz said when told |Will be served by the girls of the of the representations of Vilar and |cooking class, and will be prepared- under the supervision of Miss Helen B b faw v Hoover, head of the domestic science :;,ml](n;} ;’yr: :?v%‘:an‘? Mrs.a;t:wan, BEM")!" AGAIN WINNERS Slage: hour, Miss Mabel Olsen, of the Crooks- Rowan County is In the| Athletics Have Little Trouble In Dis- |ton Agricultural school will give a cooking demonstration for the wo-|debate. men. The women of Bemidji are in- vited to attend. .| CENSORS TO BAR SLIf SKIRT "Women's Guard “in Palace-at Vienna 'ties was brought about by the attitude ‘No ‘game will be played by the Bemid}l- high achool basketball team. this week, although a contest had Dbeen arranged with the Walker five| for Saturday evening. 'As the Be- midjl boys were notified. at a late date they were unable to arrange a game with any other team. Bf- forts are mow being made to bring the Fosston team:to this city next week, cussing agricuiture “jot general interest. John' A. Thoren, president; W. R. Heminger, vice president and Nels J. Saltnes, secretary and .treunrer [ sociation” ‘came fnfo sxistence at Mihneapolis yesterday, bringing land men of mnneiots' {together for a state-wide develum,fnt effort for the first time in the higtory of the com- monwealth. Uniike il ordinary ex- perience in meetings ot the -kina|STATUTORY. CASE ON TRIAL where the first day’s enthusiasm usu. =i One of the largest gatherings to|aMly fails to repeat on the second day, |- That the facts disclosed by the tes- the land men’s convention brought|timony did not warrant & recovery hundreds df @dditional visitors 10 |¢or the plaintift was the decision af. the city and crowded the court house | nived at by Judge C. W. Stanton yes- James J. Hill ad-|terday afterncon when he dismissed dressed the meeting and compliment-fthe action of Orville Titus against ed the land men on their efforts for |the Crookston Lumber comany. Titus sued to ‘recover $2,999 for injuries alleged to have been received ‘when he fell from a car of logs while un- loading them. The decision of Judge Stanton was given at the close of the plaintift’s Jndge Stanton Deeulel M Diwlnl- ed Did Not Warrant Eeoom-y By The Defendant tute—Several Prominent Agrionl- turists Of The State Talk An exceedingly interesting pro- cess, told them how best to go about it to get people on the land, and was_ enthusiastically. received, The committee on perpmanent or- ganization, comprising E. F. Farm- er, C. J. Kelley, B."P. Christ, R. G.|testimony, after a motion for dismis- ‘Tweeton, Charles.A, Lammers, A. R.|sal had been made by the'defendants Burr, E. W. Remer, George W. Dodge attorney. /.T. B."Eudlow and. A D. O’Brien pre- George Simpson of Minneapolis, stened a draft farian organization,|formerly attorney general, and E. E. to be called the “Minnesota Land |McDonald of this city, appeared for Advancement league;”. Promptly {the Crookston Lumber Co. in the this was amended from the floor tocase, while Titus was represented by “Minnesota Land~Resources aasocia-{Carl L. Heffron. tion,” and again amended to “Min- ¢ nesota Farm Lands: association,” the This mg:&:“?jg:“ Up AT latter name being adopted after some in the.cass of :he stn::a Zt“Mlnnea:d versus Frank Nolan, who is held on a statutory charge. Graham M. Tor- rance {8 prosecuting —while Henry Funckly represents the defenant. $12,100 MARK REACHED This meal Immediately following. the dinner Program Outlined The resolutions committee pre- sented a draft that committed the new organization to. these proposl- tions: Indorsement of nhn for M!n- nesota land products show for Minneapolis in 1915. Co-operation without refer- ence to locality with all or- ganization, cmvorm bodies or dndividu: rease: “the-weal i ‘Minnesota, Recommendation that state legislature -appropriate $100,. 000 for publicity purpose of immigration department. Committe to be named to con- fer with state immigration com- migsioner ‘to, get lists of lands for members of new organiza- tion, Recommending a real estate brokers’ license laws. Recemmending a state goil survey. Recommending highway im- Among the speakers will be A. J. Building Fund Totals Amount Re-, qmd—Ade for B:d.l e to"Pass on All Gowns Worn, Vienna, March 6.—The master of ceremonies at the Vienna court has been commanded to -appoint a wom- en’s guard at the entrance to the re- ception rooms of the palace to exer- cise the strictest censorship on wom- en’s dresses 50 as to prevent wearers of slit skirts from attending court functions. The censors are ordered to display the greatest possible tact, but to be firm, START BUILDING THIS smnmn H. H. Mayer, secretary of the Elks ew home building fund committee, today announced that the amount now subscribed totals $12,700. means that a committee will soon be named which will take active charge of the preliminary plans for will now be asked for giving pro- AUSTRIAN SESSION HALTED e ar it s Violent Czech Deputies Again R be known @s the Lammers Farmers - ~|elub and plang to hold mestings once. - feach month for the purpose of dis- |- nd other topics Otficers of ‘the Subscription Committee Reports that | This erection of the new home and bids o e i TIIUS CASE DISMISSED Elected Exalted Ruler Of The Be- midji Lodge 0f Elks tion—County Auditor James L. George Elected Exalted Ruler home, belongs to him. hose who were initlated follow: l{. I ] uar, Frank Keyes, Ralph BE. Buw Williae Meare, John | Eawless;J. J. Markowitz, Judge B 8. A. Stearns and C. C. Cross. of the evening. by these ispeakers. "|Watched Night Man Twice Make County Auditor, Who Was Last Night ELKS HOLD BIG MEETING Sixteen Condidates Receive Initia- BUILDING FUND NOW COMPLETE Sixteen new Elks exist today as a consequence of the get-to-gether meeting held last evening, and mem- ‘bers of the order say that a more en- thuslastic meeting was never held. Thayer C. Bailey completed his term aa exalted ruler, and his last ap- ‘pearance-as the head of the Bemidji lodge was an occasion which will long be remembered by Bemidji Elks. Mr. Bailey has made one the most successful rulers the lodge has ever had, and much credit for the fact that, the order is soon to have a new ¥, Wright, W. L. Wyman, W. W. Ta- Ber, L. H: Rice, A. M. Banks, O. N.| Lindh, J. M. Kelly, Fred Brinkman, Judge B. F. Wright of Park Rap- ids, Mark Wooley of Akeley, F. A. Willson, Bemidjf, W. W. Taber, Park Rapids, L, H. Rice of Park Rapids and E. H. Jerrard of International the | Falls, were ithe principle speakers The new members ag 'well as the old were represented James- L, George was chosen as Rounds And Then Crept To Sec- Prisoner Expresses Wish To Be Sen- tenced as Soon As Possible And “Hl.ve Thing Over With”_ Frank erner, 52 years of age, who' hag served two terms in the ;|state penitentiary, and who less than 8'year ago was examined es to his sanity before Judge Clark, late last evening admitted that it was he who set the fire which destroyed the Be. midji Lumber mill .early yesterdsy morning at, & loes of approximately $100,000. He was arreated soon after by Sherit¢ Johnson, ' A crack in the heel of his shoes, and a telephone message are the clues which led to his arrest and confession. Warner is the man who was sent to prison from here follow- ing the shooting of a man at Turtle River. He was justice of the peace at the time, and the crime was com- miitee following a row of long standing. His other term follow- ed hig conviction for burglary. Last July he was tried in Judge Clark’s court as to his sanity, where the ex- amining board, found him to be suf- fering from alcoholism and he was released, The testimony offered showed that Warner has threatened the lves of several persons and with- out any cause whatever. Shoe Proves Clue While telephoning to Sherm Bailey yesterday Warner told of hav- ing seen the fire and made state- mentg which ceused guspicion.,To- gether E, E. McDonald and Balley. to have lighted the fire. Warner knew that he was under suspicion but willingly eccompanied McDon- ald and Balley to the mill, believ- ing that the snow had covered up all tracks. When he found that the tracks had been covered by Sheriff [Johnson and the imprint was per- fect, there bedng a crack in the heel., he admitted having set the fire. This all took place yesterday afternoon. Refuses to Confess : X . Warner steadily refused to make Disturbance. provement. lexalted “ruler and will succeed Vienna, March 6—The lower house Récommending reclamation WHITEMAN GIVEN F{fiE.DOM Thayer C.:Bailey, who has held this :.1 ;0::::“::»:: i::‘tm ';::l m:ln:::: of the Austrian parliament, whose ses- of state lands. Promises to Repay Money”Entrusted oftice for the past year. Harry H. . lon he sions were suspended on 'Jan. 30 ow- ing to the violent obstruction of the | Czech deputies, has reassembled, but again was brought to an abrupt stop by the tumult raised by the opposition merubers. The obstruction of the Czech depu Favoring - & constitutfonal amendment making possible a revolving fund of $250,000 to develop state lands, to be voted at the mext general election. Recommending that the legis- lature investigate the present immigration to the state with & view to” determining how best to settle Minnesota. An laid owner or reputable land to His Care. - arrested at Hot Springs, adopted by the government in the settlement of German-and.Czech dif- ferences in Bohemia, which the Czechs regard as unduly favoring the Ger- mans, TO HEAR MILITIA’S STORY Soene of Colorado Mine -Strike Prebe Is Shifted. to Denver. Denver, March 6.—The house sub- committee investigating the Colorado ‘which Mrs, Sara Conger had entrt ship. The most notable featuro in the bylaws ig a provision that no officer of the association shall take part n coal strike controversy has arrived|POlitics. The moment any ofticer from” Walsenburg. ibecomes a candidate for:political of- Testimony of General-John Chase|fice he ie to be forced.to ‘quit the of the militia regarding military ac- | association. 3 tivity in the strike zone is expected to be the burden of testimony &t the After 300,000 Settlers - hearings here, which will be conclud.| The association Wil undertake to} . 4 ed by the end of the week. locate 300,000 bona fide settlers on | gmiq” prolonged cheers. It is probable that “Mother” Mary | Minnesota lands within the next five Jones, now held incommunicado as & military prisoner in Trinidad, also will testify here. ber. of the church. .of Comihions. in Minnesota and its future. Harold Morris leff this noon for| Several of the Bemidji - men who Grand Rapids where he will be the | ttended the meetingwill ret/urn this guest of his parents over Sunday. evening. He will return to Bemidji Monday] o morning to resume his school duties B ASKBTB ALL TONlfiflT The Time ‘And The Place But Not The Rnght Gnrl |/ How SMOKE up for second reading. his brother. here. GOSH*H'( FEAET' THIS (S THE STUM S0UNDS L\\éfi":& 3 RACING CAR Chicago, March.-6.—~On fhe.promise that he would repay $800 of the money at once and the rast in two weeks, Alonzo J. Whiteman, former Minnesota state legislator, who was ed to him, was released at Zion City. ‘Whiteman made the promise to Mrs, Conger and officials of the Zion City F. Wilson as tyler and W, N. Bowser, church, in which he had been a work- er under Alexander Dowie and Wilbur dealer will ‘be eligible for member-| Gien Voliva. Mrs. Conger is. & mem- HOME RULE BILL CHEERED Mn-un Inlruaucod gain In House London, March 6.—The home rule for Ireland bill was introduced again into the house of commons by Au- ing steps will be given by -Miss Capi- sgustine Birrell, chiet secretary for Ire- Toli e art 1o the ety hall this At 7 o'clock, and until 8, lessons will be. given children ‘and years. -The convention was attended | keeping secret the nature of the con-|from 8 until 10 the young people of by several hundred men who believe { cessions to be offered by Premier ‘As- quith Monday, when "the bill comes nd was given its first reading - The government has succeeded in Security State Bank, returned this knight to succeed Ray Murphy, 1y ‘held by Scott Stewart. elected as treasurer: and secretary. Charles S. Dailey will succeed M. T. J. Burke as trustee, DANCING THIS EVENING To Children ‘And Young People evening. Miss, Stewart announced this after- school conducted by Miss Stewart. By "HOP* Mayer was elected esteemed leading while ‘Scott Stewart will succeed T. R. Symons as esteemed loyal knight. F. A. Wilson was eleoted as esteemed lecturing knight, a position former- I L » charge of keeping a check for $2,518 | yohnson and Oliver Neilson were re. A emoker foljowed the meeting at which refreshments were Served. Miss Stewart Will Give Instruotion Instruction dn all the latest danc- the city will be given instruction. noon that married people who wish at-the firet lesson are invited to be [Dresent at the city hall this evening. gone to be present at the wedding of | Much interest is being shown in the of having come to Bemidji Monday from the farm of Pete Recker, seven miles east of here, and that-he had $1.25, which he soon spent for board, g T Assists in Putting Out Fire At the fire of the Bemidji Brew- ling company barn Wednesday after- noon Warner gave much aid to the Tiremen. ~ After this fire he obtain- ed a quarter from Sherm Bailey, wiith which he secured supper. Spend Evening In Saloon The evening was spent shaking dice, and Warner confesses that he remained in & saloon until 11 o'clock when the place was closed. At 2:30, he claims to have gone to the mill where he hid and twice saw the watchman on his hourly rounds., At 4:30 after seeing the watchman he crept to the - second story of the miM where he - poured thalf a pint of kerosene on some shavings and lit & match with ‘Which the fire was started. He walted until the fire had obtained a start and then ran to ¢the Bemidji road. and re-entered thia city by way of Nymore. s to take the course but who were not Waives Hearing ‘Early this afternoon Warner was taken before D. H. ¥isk, court com- migsioner, where he 'walved prelim- inary hearing, the charge of arson in the third degree having been filed against him. . Avson in the first degree constitutes the burning of & building: which is used for living ipurposes, in the night time, while ar- son in the second degres is the burn- ing of a bullding used for living pur- poses, in the day time. Arson in the third-degree is the burning of a ibuilding not used for living purposes. Wishes To Plead Guilty At thé county jail this morning Warner, expressed a desire “to have the whole thing over with as soon poll'lfle 45 At the preliminary hearing he requested . Graham M. Torrance, county sttorney, to:notify