Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 13, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 11. NO. 270. DIFFICULT TASK BEFORE CONGRESS Unlinking of Railroad System, Work of Years, No Child’s Task, Says Congressman Tavenner CONTROLED BY THIRTEEN MEN Judieiary Committee Unable To Per- fect Bill Which Will Meet The Situation—Dr. Warne Talks Prom Congressman C. H. Tavenner. ‘Washington March 13—Whether Congress, in spite of the sincere de- sireg of its leaders, will be able to enact an adequate bill prohibiting in- terlocking directorates, after weeks of study and hearings is still a dis- puted question. The very magnitude of the task may defeat the Democratic purpose. On the face of it it seems simple to enact such a prohibition. But .the consequences run through such @& tangle of intricate lines that it is & monumental problem to know just where the prohibition should stop in order to save the American business system. from complete demoraliza~ tion. J. Pierpont Morgan uttered an apt simile when he likened the dissolu- tion of intercorporate ties to un- scrambling eggs. It the Judiciary Committee is un- able to perfect a bill which will meet the situation, then it is likely that the proposed trade commission will be granted greater powers than was expected when the matter was first broached. If the interdependence of corporations cannot be destroyed, then the government must regulate Some idea of the magnitude of ‘the, task confronting the Judiciary Com-' mittee may be gained from. the re- cent testimony of Dr. Frank J. Warne, an expert statistician, who appeared before the Interstate Com- ‘merce ICommission. in the advanced | rate case. - Dr. Warne undentook to show how the railroads of the east- ern half of the United States are interlocked in ownership and direc- ‘tiion. Dr. Warne showed that there are approximately today 897 separate ang distinct railroad companies in the eastern United States. But 606 of them, or 68 per cent, are in actual fact controlled by twelve great rail- road systems—the New York Cen- tral; the Pennsylvania; the Reading the Baltimore & Ohio; the New Hav- en; the Erie; the Delaware, Lack- awanna & Western; the Grand Trunk, the Wabish; the Delaware & Hudson; the Lehigh Valley; and the Western Maryland. “This intercorporate relationship among the railroads,” said Dr. ‘Warne, “is a very important factor affecting nearly all the issues involv- ed in the relation of these instru- ‘ments of commerce ito the federal and state governments and to the public. it dominates and determines nearly every important question affecting interstate Commerce and its regula- tion. Ome of the results is that al- though the requests for an .increase in rates have come from many hun- dreds of rallroad corporations, they are actually requests from a few great systems, Many railroad cor- porations that legally are indepen- dent, economically are dependent and are mere parts of a larger whole.” Dr. Warne presented many. dia- grams to show interlocking of rail- road systems. The New York Cen- tral is interlocked by stock owner- ship and directors with 118 roads. Pennsylvania controls 112 roads, the eRading 80 roads, and so on. Thirteen men are named as having SCOO! [/NOLUR DOING FINE- MISTER SCOOP-NOW i © 94~ wiSwp - BaL1o Mo - all factions, 80, @Get together. VYE CASE GOES T0 JURY |INDIAN SHOT AT lEI) LAKE}e= -‘:w during ¢he _sommer Arguments In Alienation Case M Suicide is Given as Bxflnn‘hn But| gardens, each pupil being required Today Judge Stanton Delivering Charge This Afternoon 21, TESTIIONY ENDED YESTERDAY |ARE CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION |to obtain a garden have until that With .Judge Stanton’s charge, which was given this afternoon, the alienation of affections casg which has been in progress in district court here during the last few days, in which W. H. Vye seeks to recovor $25,000 from W. A. G—ould went to the jury. The testimony in the action was completed late yesterday afternoon and when court convened this morn- ing George Spear, attorney for the defendant made his closing plea. Mr. Spear was followed by R. B. Brower, who represents Mr. Vye, his closing argument being. completed shortly before the noon recess. Since the opening of the case Tues- day mir¢h’ local interest has been shown in the case, all the parties con- nected with it being well known in Bemidji, and the court room has been ‘well filleq at each session of court. The defendant’s case was begun yesterday morning and Mr. Gould was on the stand in his own be- half for some time. A datghter of Mr. Gould, Miss Jessamine also ttesti- fied. Ritchie Gets Shade Milwaukee, March 13—Willie Ritehie, the lightweight champion of the world, earned a shade over Ad Wolgast, former champion in a ten round bout last night. The cham- pion outboxed the Michigan boy in five rounds and in the seventh round had Wolgast backing away from his punches. 34 connections with transportation, 31 conmections with financial com- panies, and 116 with industrial cor- porations, while they have 97 com- system. These men (and they come pretty nearly to consisting the money trust are: W. K. Vanderbilt, James Stillman, George F. Baker, L. C. Led- yard, W. C. Brown, Marvin ‘Highitt, W. H. Newman, J. P. Morgan, Wil- liam Rockefeller, C. M. Depew, and F. W. Vanderbilt. railroads as the New York Central, the Union Pacific, the Southern Paci- fic, such transportation lines as the International Mercantile Marine, Adams, Express, and the American ‘Telephone and Telegraph Co., such industrials as the U. S. Steel conpora- tion and Amalgamated Cooper, and such financial institution as Nation- al City Bank, to say mothing of the insurance companigs they control. It is the problem of Congress to unlink a system that has been linked ‘up for several years. It is no THE CUB REPORTER child’s task. If You're Gonna Tango, Scoop, Develop Your “Physeek” Defective It’s Up To Bemidji . As far as we know it is still up to Bemidji to unite upon & man for the state senate from this district. off much longer, there’ll be enough men in the field for this office, 8o that a Socialist will walk away with the prize. ‘We ought to pick a man who is morally, mentally, physically and politically able to fill the bill and at the same time be the choice of Such & man should have a clean record, be free from petty jealousy, factional feeling and suspicion. ) We do not mean to convey the idea that the men wno have al- ready made their announcements lack these qualifications, but it. is' ' apparent that they ‘cannot be united upon. suaded to withdraw in favor of a compromise candidate, . nouncements are to be made from Bemidji, as well as from m mnorth end of this county and Koochiching county. compromise. They know it is for the best interedts of Bemidji to do 'Some mermber of the family toda) nections wiith the New York Central | These 13 men link together such |’ Ve If this important duty is put - If they cannot be per- mmore an- The people’ want to Authorities Doubt Veracity ot ‘Statements-Made byhnu!y “ Red- Lake, Minn., March 13— (Special to Pioneer)—Patrice Jour- dain, a full blood Chippewa Indian, 56, died at midnight as the result of a wound received from a 12 gauge| shot gun. The full charge struck him in the face and death wap al- most instantaneous. Relatives de- clare that he committed suicide but raservation authorities are making a thorough investigation as they doubt the veracity of these state- ments owing to the fact that it would have been difficult to shoot himself in the face with a long barreled shot gun and inflict the wound that caus- ed death. Jourdains’ hut is located about one ‘half mile from Red Lake on the res- ‘ervation where he has resided with his wife and seven children for sev- eral years. Authorities believe that a_confession will ‘be obtained ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY F. A. Wilson, Editor Bemidji Sentinel Enters Race for State Senate— Speaks of His Platform IS SECOND TO SEEK OFFICE F. A, Wilson, editor of the Be- midji Sentinel, today announced that he will be a candidate for the state senate from this district, the sixty- second, which includes Beltrami and Koochiching counties. In his announcement Mr. Wilson says: “My platform is to work for my district’s development on two main things, to-wit: “FIRST: To obtain stateaid for the building of a Sixth Normal school for the benefit of the northwestern part of the state. ; SECOND: To do my utmost to bring about the best methods of reclaiming and developing the vacant lands in our dis- trict, state gnd government as well as private, “These are two important and vi- tal matters bearing on the future welfare of our district and for sue- cess I ask the loyal support and co- operation ©of ‘all parties. If we can jointly obtain these two things, we can well afford to leave other mat- ters ito the other members.” BASKETBALL TONIGHT--8:45 Bolster, Ralph Markham, Harypy, Barnest Olsen, Donald Rid- § : . PORTY CENTS PER MONTH MARCH 13 1914. AR IR K& ¥ “Our Friends The Enemy” * REST SHOWN INI ¥ For sheer glitter of unquali- & SUMMER GARDENS isnog i e s % public for business so as to ¥ “cut out the middleman.’” x| ; That is the coolest thing we +|Fond du Lac World’s Champions Win Mhmhdhemdpmolike- qqst to- Join Class—Instructor 'h;: “::‘:; el : Over Bemidji Basket Tossers In -, Gilla Tells of Conditions Cllttmsidlgrtaivendipl Best Game of Season ' icebergs and « have = read = something about « glaciers, but this artic circle of % coagulation stuns us. R The city of Chicago with her & thousands of emall retail stores % |Were Forced To Extend Themselves. T0 nmnm‘. OBEDIT FOR WORK Under Certain Conditions Btndenh TITLE HOLDERS PUSHED HARD —_— *‘fi'*i—i**‘*t* Will be Given Point in Argionlture |% % 0n S%ever. Do the véonle ¥ 1y muying Long End 0f 32 t0 95 i ~Prises for Little Tots. .|« matl-order houses? - %| Sore—Locals Out To Win fe — K ' They go o the legitimate re- & — * tail dealers, whio with less than | ol i i Dalt the overhend expense of | ... over played in this city the % their nelghbors, the mail-order & ; ’ i can ey da" Dly the & Fond du Lac world’s champions last o w“""‘“""md e ey slirng | piEnt defeated the Bemidjt Athietics, H et o than " | hotders of the Minnesota title, by the TSI cAp. «close score of 32 to 26. i h"":;:'; ‘:he"'w':o"r' dtem %| oo atowing made by the Bemtdst ; i ; ) boys against the chmpim was en- * tail mail-order house stands no ¥ couraging to the supparters of the lo- M. Gile, agriculturist in the Bemidst schools, today ‘announced a cotitplete list of the children who need & desire 10 de glv- Tn order that all mfght e gl nowormmcr-flomforehe % show. For be it known, the % * e bR S ot st Gt 14 Gt bE Settine goois, fraas na 4| cals. In order to win ithe Fond du Lac § (men had ‘to extend themselvés, and cedaand plants-are purdiased, Gile|* mMaker.to.the. user.through the ¥ loily'a few minutes during the enti * mall-order system exceeds forty x| =g oy SELLE S oare ‘has extended the time 1imit to March e x gamne did they travel at a pace which' This means that all who wish e e Wi in st 'the Athletics could not follow. A Ao ta: % our machine of commerce ex- | PM Brilliant ! | All‘children above the sfxth grade[¥ 3ct8 . such a toll. Baskers, &| During the first part of the contest who have gardens will compete in|* manufacturers and merchants # |Bemidji played the champlons off the ‘numerous prizes:for vegetables|¥ everywhere know that there % |their feet, scoring twice before the at the county fair, while lpecial|® Dever has been devised a more 'visitors were able to find the net. orizes will be provided those of the|* economical method of dis- %|Then Fogarty, who is without an lower grades, * tribution than that afforded by #|equal as a forward, began, and be- Evory pupll 1n the sixth grade or|¥ the local retail store. *|fore his onslaught could be stopped above who completes one &pring and |* +’A CONSUMER. +|had chalked up 12 points. Fogarty’s summer’s garden work with a grade|® ® % % % % % % ¥ & & & % & % | work, together with that of Bestul, Bemidji’s star guard, were easily the features of the evening’s play. Time after time the Fond du Lac captain’ ‘would dribble the ball the entiré SHOOTS NIGHT PROWLER “College Widow” Town Constable|ing was clever and hls floor work brilliant. But Fogarty is by mno . Uses Duck Shot On Man Who manner of means the entire team. Entered His Home His teammates are all basket tossers of much gbility. Each man has his & erform in each play, and POLICE ARRIVE IN QUICK TIME: !garely Was an opportunity to score by a. fast piece of floor work passed up Lapine Injured Lapine, until taken from the game in the last half, played, strong bas- kethall, and ‘three times was he able to connect. . Sheppard, who took La- pine’s place, displayed good form during his short stay in the contest. Longdon and Young, play- ing the guard positions for the champions, were in the game every minute. - Both are close followers of their man and not once during the forty minutes of play was Brandon or Howe, Bemidji’s clever midget for- ‘wards, given an opportunity to seore ungarded. Hawkins at centre for the visitors | found in Neuman a worthy opponent. Neuman kept the big fellow on the jump’ from’ the first whistle, and his playing was one of the bright spots of the game, from a Bemidji point of view. of eighty or above, will receive one- half year’s credit in Agriculture. Those who take two years of this ‘work will receive full credit for Ag- riculture in ithe grades. Applied text book work and attendance at special meetings both before and during the ‘progress of garden work will be re- quired for this credit. Those who have signed aup for gar- dens are: = Margaret Titus, Elwin Lawrence —— laude Malzahn, Margaret Pet- . Roy Webster, Alice -Dyer,, Raymond Dell, Kenneth, rthur Hovey, Roy Jack- son, Larraine Kreatz, Claire Vincent, Otto Erickson, Annie Peterson, Edla Rudy, Thomas W, Simons, Earl Dell, Ruth Baumgartner, Claire Miller, Grace Thome, Ruth: Anderson, John Henry, Wm. Bolster, Clinton Diity, 'Earl Block, Francis Rhea, Orville Willson, June Vincent, George Dyer, Leonard Rafferty, Flavian Gile, Bes- sie Malone, Russell Clark, Lily Hovey and Minnie Anderson. Frank Koors manager of the Model Manufacturing company, who Won' renown as an actor and towm “in"the “College . Widow,” hhad an experience with a would-be burglar last might, during which two charges of duck shot were fired, and in the opinion of the “Constable” said bad man is now picking particles of lead from his person. I Mr. Koors tells .the following story: “My mother was awakened last night about 1 o’clock by a moise down stairs. She called to me and I bounded out of -bed and took my old trusty shot gun from the wall in my room. The noise I made must ‘hase frightened the burglar and he ‘beat {t’ out of the front door. “I saw him circle the house, cut between the Lahr and Swedback resi- dences and head down Bemidji av- enue. I called the police and they were on the scene in fifteen minutes, but the burglar could not be found. Just after the police left the house I looked out of the upstairs window and.saw my man trying the windows on the house next to the Vanderleius residence. “Well, sir, I put my gun to my shoulder, took careful aim and fired. The shot must have gome wild. As e turned his back toward me again I fired a second shot right at 'him and he left the ground with a bound. He was last seen going in a southeast- erly direction in the vicinity of the little red school house, with the high speed clutch working like my Ford ‘motor car. I am sure that the training I received in the ‘“College ‘Widow” play was of great assistance to me.” BOYS BREAK WINDOWS Youngsters Crowd in Front of B. A. C. Hall Despite Protests of Officials Despite the fact that officers at- tempted to keep boys, young and old from gathering in the corridor of the B. A. C. hall last evening, about 20 could not be induced to leave and continually begged from spectators and blocked the passageway. When the game commenced, little atten-, ‘tion was paid to them and following this they broke windows at the rear ‘of the building and smashed the big ‘banner which was recently made for the club . A reward of five dollars has been offered and if the party or arties are caught they wiill be pro- secuted to the full extent of the law. Bestul Features For Bemidji Bestul and Peck played wonderful basketball. Peck put up one of the best defensive games of his career and was a source of much worry to his more experienced oppon- ent. But it was Bestul who made the champions sit up and take notice. The" former St. Olaf and Columbia star covered the floor well and dur- ing the last half scored six field bas- kets on Fogarty, who was unable to repeat 'his performance of the first part of the game. Compliments Bemidji Manager Sheppard of ithe visitors - complimented the Bemidji players af- ‘ter the contest when he said: “We had expected to find an or- dinary quint here, but after first five minutes of play we knew we would have to work in order to win. Bem- idji has a team of which the city may well feel proud. Ithink I can truth- fully say that there is no independent five im the northwest capable of trimming them.” Out To Win This evening’s game will be well worth seeing. Bemidji will play its hardest in an. endeavor to win: from the champions, while the Fond ‘du Lac boys will have their wonderful record to defend. ‘The score Was a Joke F. -G. Jasperson, of the Bemidji cigar firm of Jasperson & Brannon, today requested the Pioneer to say that his reported arrest at Kelliher last Saturday, when he i8'alleged to have been mistaken for a noted| “crook,” was nothing more than a ‘joke played on him by some of his Bemidji friends who were in Kelliher at the time, Visits Puposky W. B. Stewart, superintendent of schools, returned today from a sev- eral days’ trip vismng schools near Puposky. By “HO’ -| Bemidji “Fonds” Brandon (c¢) rf (¢) Fogarty Howe St | Lapine Neuman c Hawkins Peck 1g ' Young Bestul T8 Longdon Substitutes, Sheppa.rd for Longdon. Goals from field, Fogarty 6, La- pine 3, Hawking 2, , Longdon ~ 3, Young 1. j man 2, Bestul 6. Goals from fouls, Brandon 1, Howe 1, Neu- . Brandon 5, Young 2. Referee, Stan- - ton, Unrpire, Sheppard. Timer, Tan- ner. Scorer, Bell. CHAMPS TAKEFIRST - FROM ATHLETICS -