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

' VOLUME 12. NO. 12. WOULD GIVE TOWNS MAIL DELIVERY Senator Bailey of Pennsylvania In- troduces Bill Before Congress Prov- ing Service for All Places of 1,060 . TO APPROPRIATE $10,000,000 Says That 1,709 Cities Are Now Taken Care of While Residents of 8,000 Communities are Ignored By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Washington, May 11.—Represen- tative Warren Worth Bailey of Pen- nsylvania has introduced a bill pro- viding for the extension of the free delivery mail service to all towns in the United States with a population exceeding 1,000 which are not en- titled under existing laws to such de- lvery. The bill carries with it an appropriation of ten millions of dol- lars, to become immediately avail- able on the passage of the act. ‘Mr. Bailey takes the ground, that the present postal service is anomal- ous, in that while residents of the cities and of the rural districts are given free delivery service. residents of something over 6,000 communities with an average population of 3,000 are compelled to visit the post of- fices to deposit or to receive mail. H: believes that this is an injustice to th residents of towns and villages and he proposes by his bill to cure this. City delivery service is now in op- eration in 1,709 towns and ecities, serving approximately a.population of 47 millions at a cost of thirty- eight millions. Experimental vil- lage delivery is in operation in 114 communities at a cost of ninety thousand. fice department estimate that there are 6,604 communities with an av- erage population of 2,000, where there is no carrier delivery service. Estimating that it would require an average of two carriers at $600 per annum to serve of each of these com- h munities, should delivery service be established, the cost would be $7.- 924,800 per annum. “I do not mind admitting that I have a double motive in proposing this bill,”” said Mr. Bailey. “Primar- ily of course T want to equalize the f benefits of the mail service. I.be- lieve that patrons of thé post offices in town and villages are as fully en- titled to the best facilities which the service can afford as patrons of the post offices in the cities and the ru- ral districts. -There is no: function of the government more important to o the welfare of the people than that of the post office, facilitating com- munication and making for freedom of exchange. This is the first con- sideration, but there is a second con- i sideration, hardly less important. If { ten millions of the available rev- enue be appropriated for bringing | the postal servire close to some mil- lr lions of our people, that amount will 8 not be available for wasteful expen- - Officials of the post of-|_ SEVERAL HUNDRED | ATTEND LAND SALE Indications Are That all Property to be Sold for Delinquent Taxes in . County Will be Disposed. of MANY REPRESENTED BY PROXY COUNTESS OF ABERDEEN. Again Heads the interna- tlonal Counoll of Women. ~—Thomas A. murdered preside “The whole trou] people of Mexico, was told by his Bids Made on Nearly Every Tract as Read From Records by Auditor George—Will Take Several Days L +* o * * +- + + + bl + + +* + + * + * + | With several hundred bidders in attendance, and at least a thousand othiers represented by proxy, the sale of government land, on which the taxes and ditch lien interest has be- come delinquent, - was fbegun by James L. George, county auditor, this morning. ¥ Auditor George began the sale at prompt 10 o’clock this morning and as the description of the first land to be sold was read, the large court room was nearly full. ~ As thé au- ditor continued with the reading much interest was shown and but a few tracts were left without having ‘been bid upon. ° To Take Several Days ' Most of today was taken up in the disposing of privately owred land on which the taxes have become delin- quent and it is not likely that the sale of the government ditch land will be completed before tomorrow or Wednesday. o ‘Auditor George is pushing the sale as rapidly as possible, and no time will be :wasted in disposing of the land listed for sale. FT" To Sell All Land Listed Indications are that after the com- pletion of the sale that only a small amount, if any at all, of delinquent tax land will remain unsold. Real estate men of the city are assisting the purchasers in locating the land to be sold. ball Weather iR The Countess of Aberdeen has been re-elected president of the Interna- tional Council of Women. Her re-elec- tior. at the convention at Rome was | almost unanimous. The countess will hold office for five years. Mrs. May Wright Sewall of Eliot, Me., was re- elected hororary president. “HELD UP” FOR 10 DAYS Dollar “Bill” is Gi Rest On Account of Bad Weather, But is Again On His Way ed up. i should be a winner. 15 CALLS SINCGE APRIL 13 “Dollar Bill” the money wonb go out of Bemidji has that again been resurrected, making its appear- ance at the Schneider Brothers Ready to wear store for women. It has been in the possession of Aber- srombie & McCready since May 1st. batsmen well scattered. win. wear store last Saturday night where she exchanged him for. sum- mer merchandise. “Bill”. ‘would have lost his happy home sooner had the weataer demanded the summer merchandise. P s ) Since April 13 “Bill” has made 15 calls and bought and paid for hard- ware, groceries, gasoline, advertis- ing, more gasoline, drugs, drygoods, postage, stamps, used as. change, After the formal reception by the theatre tickets, meal tickets, fruit| Mritish naval and military comman- and ready to wear garments. ders, the royal party traveled by spe- Mr. Cominsky stated this morning | (i1 {rain to London, where, at Vie- toria station they were welcomed by that “Bill” would remain in Bemid)l | King George, Queen Mary, Queen as far as he had anything to say| Alexandra, the Prince of Wales and about it and that he would get busy | other royalties. on an errand sometime today. Keep ¥our;¥e Opon.6r. “BiILY MAAS NOTHELD RESPONSIBLE PUT TO DEATH FOR MUTINY | Execution of Private Parks Probably Act of .Subordinate, Peruvian Soldiers Had| Vera Cruz, May 11.—Even if the re- queen of Denmark arrived in London on a’ four days' state visit to King George. The royal visitors, who were accom- panied by Foreign Minister Scanenius, | crossed the- North sea on the Danish roval yacht Dannebrog, escorted by Danish -and British warships, and lgnded at Queensboro amid the thun- der of salutes from the warships and forts. lieved. Gallinger, one. * Brandon and Rice ly_extra base hits of Eetting doubles. The lineups: third base; phy, right = field. Wil mmpired. Forty-five & diture on warships and fortifications, i on big guns and militaristic exploita- | tion. I have called frequent atten- . tlon to the pledge of economy which . the Democrats made in their Balti- more platform and I am not forget- o ting that pledge now. I am not an g advocate of parsimony, do not believe in cheeseparing, as far as the next from wishing to impair any of the servicable activities of the govern- ment, except as they may trench up- on the rights and duties of the states. 1 am therefore quite consistent in the proposition to increase the effi- . ciency of the postal service, especial- : ly as I believe that this increased ef- ficiency will result ultimately, if not at once, in a corresponding increase in the postal revenue. Certainly the extension of free delivery to the country districts has greatly aug- mented the postal revenue from ‘. those districts; and no one will ques- tion ithat free delivery service has gnormously stimulated the use of the mails by the residents of our cities. That the same facilities ex- tended to the towns and villages of ‘the country will have a like effect is hardly to be doubted.” 1t is the intention of Mr. Bailey to f make every effort to have this bill favorably reported and he believes that the residents of towns and vil- lages all over the United States will . take an interest in -his proposition and lend him their support. CONTINUE THEIR SESSIONS Confident . That Will Take Part. Washington, May 11.—The South American mediators continued their sessions. They were confident, from telegrams received from Mexico City, that the Huerta delegates would sail shortly from Vera Cruz to Galveston, and proceed direct to Niagara Falls for the conference opening on May 18. e Medlators Huerta former solicitor general, mentioned as & possible American delegate in & the mediation conferred with the president. S AR Two thirds of the world’s beet crop is_ used in sugar making. # Frederick H. Lehman of St. Louis, |- Killed Officers. ported execution by General Maas’ New York, May 11.—Captain W. P.| men of Private Samuel Parks, the or- Aspinall of the steamer Gregory,| derly missing since Wednesday, proves which arrived from Iquitos, 2,500 | true, army officers are inclined not to miles up the Amazon, brought a story | regard one such incident as apt to of a massacre of forty-five Peruvian | Precipitate a clash. soldiers, all Indians, who had mu- They believe such an act would tinied and killed their officers. “The | probably be that of a subordinate of- story is almost unbelievable, but Cap- | ficer without authority and that Gen- taln Aspinall gives it on the authority | eral Maas would be wholly ignorant of the man who carried out the exe-| of the matter until the Mexico City cutions, Captain Fernando Cassabal, | government asked for an explanation. who was a passenger on his ship as| It is assumed here that the matter far as Barbadoes. will be taken up by the authorities The forty-five mutineers when cap-| at Washington through the Brazilian tured were shackled together and | minister at Mexico City and that the taken out on the Napo river on a| Huerta officials will make a prompt lighter in tow of a gunboat. Then, the | Investigation. | story goes, a machine gun on the gunboat was turned on the prisoners and all wers killed. Their bodies were thrown into the river. Now TICKETS midji for two played recently. Complete Basement Lauritzen & Benson, contractors, have the basement of the Hoganson Bros. building on-Third street about El Paso Tex, May 11.—General |COmPleted. A The upper —-structure Carranza has ordered Rafael Musquiz, | Will be rushed to completion in the Sr., who has been appointed to estab- [$hortest possible time. lish civil government in the towns o throughout Coahuila, to make prepara- Populist Founder It Dead. ; tions to open the coal mines of the Dallas, Tex., May 11.—Colonel Mil- state, in teveral of which Americans ton T. Park, one of the founders of are interested. the Popylist party and a leading fig- ure in the Farmers’ Alliance, died at his home here, aged sixty-eight. Fergus Falls, Carranza to Reopen Mines. performance of Mrs. -P. J. Russell left this morn- ing for Brainerd where she will spend several days on business mat- ters. R. A. Mar spent Sunday in Kelli- § her visited friends. zer’s drug store. i Bavaria plans a system of unem- ployed insurance. Rhode Island gained 2,685 wage earners in 1913. ‘Diles are electric cars. SCOOP itrorrer © [/cre Mo nEe whiz! TED BUT I GOT A TOUCH LV SPRING FEVER. SUMPIN :‘ERCE_ + "ALCOHOL AND CIGAR % UNDO MEXICO. among his - visitors Evaristo Madero, & brother:of Mexico's le with the West Orange, N. J, May 11, “Edison has e sclentist Cords, pitchers; Herbert, Jacobson, first base; Brandon, sec- ond ibase; Tanner, third base; Howe, short; Bell, left leld; Smith, center field; Trafton and Klien, right leld. Bid Bemidg—@Gallinger, Paul, pitch- ers; Auger, catcher; Emickson, first base; Finn, second base; E. Bailey, Rice, short; C. Bailey, left fleld; Tailor, centre field; Mur- McDonald, 1 ON The day eat, 18 too * much aicohol and clgarette ‘What the people; of C need is an iron hand controlled by a man of intelligence and sense of justice and one who will act for the best interests Mexico + +++_+++'4-'++) FER ATHLETICS LOSE FIRST Big Bemidg Victors in First Game of Season, Score Being @ to 5—Foot- MEET BORDER CITY SUNDAY = 7z e i Bemidji’s baseball season was op- ened yesterday afternoon when the Big Bemidg nine won a’6 to 6 vie- tory from the Athletics. was cold, ideal for fottball, and this fact caused a small attendance, but the players put up a snappy article of ball and but few errots were chalk- . The game was the first played by the Athletics this year ‘and Dects for a winning team were never brighter. As the gamp. was one of practice, the Athletics" were divided between the two teams, but when International Falls is met next Sunday, the players will be formed into one nine and the organization Smiley pitched for the Athletics durng the first part ‘of yesterday's ‘contest and had Httle difficulty in keeping the bingles o! the opposing He showed old time form, and not until relieved by Cords, who twirled the last two innings, were the Big Bemidg play- ers able to gather enough runs to Gallinger for Big i Bemidg also Thunder of Salutes Greets Royal| Mrs. McCready took “Bill” with Visitors, pitched good ball, striking out seven her to Schneider Brothers Ready to i Tondon, May 1 The king and | €% Smiley sent six men to the bench via the strikeout route, while Cords fanned two, and: Paul, who re- Athletics—Smiley, catcher; MAY STEWART MAKES HIT Places in Which Actress Has Ap- peared Strong’ in Recommending Performance—Here Wednesda; ~ SALE May Stewart, who comes to Be- performances ‘Wednesday, and her company is be- ing highly . recommended by man- agers of theatres in which they have Ralph B. Lycan, president of the Bemidjfi Athletic club, today received a telegram from Beaum & Langben, managers of the Lyceum theatre at in which they say: “May Stewart company.:gave a fine “Lucrecia Borgia” and “Romeo & Juliet” here, and we can most highly recommend them. You cannot boost them too -much.” L. M. Curly, of the Wilmar dpera house says: “Miss Stewart has an ex- ceptionally strong and well balanced company and a large amount of spec- ial scenery and her plays are put on in a very artistic manner.” Tickets are now. on sale at Net- About 6 per cent of Ohdo s automo- The Boss Is Strong For Scoop’s Spring Speed ‘pros- only next " CUT WUST STAND Alliltlng Attorney General Neth- ‘away, In Opinion Just Made Pub- lic Sustains Action of Council MUST ACCEPT $36 EACH MONTH As Clerk of Municipal Court Had Been Receiving Salary of $75 Un- til Alderman Changed Amount ‘W. N. Weber, who for the past year has acted . in the. capacity of content with a sal'm'y of $35° each month. Such is a ruling which away, assistant attorney general of the state of Mimmesota, following re- quests for information: concerning the.matter made by, both-Mr. Weber and P.-J. Russell, city attorney. Until March, of this year, Weber Teceived a salary of $75 each month, but when the salary committee made its rocommendations to the council for 1914, it reported that the city clerk should receive only $35, claim- ing that the time required for the Wwork was not deserving of a larger -amount. ¢ Weber Makes Objection At the time of the salary cut only Alderman Hannah, objected. Han- nah, since retired, his term of office having expired March 1, was the one socialist one of the council, and in be- thalf of Weber, who is also a member tested the cut. The recommenda- ‘theless carried. Weber at once made an objection, and. hls salary checks for two months have been left unclaimed at ‘Appeals to State The court clerk then asked the ad- vice of the attorney general’s office in the matter, and Mr. Russell did the same. Now follows the opin- ion of Mr. Nethaway, and in writ- ing to Mr. Weber in part says: Nethaway’s Opinion “So then applying the above rule to your inquiry, I cannot see where- in the power of the council to re- duce the salary of the:clerk of the municipal~court can be successfully’ denied, and you are advised that it is the opinion of this. department that the city council possesses the right to fix your salary in January, 1914, and also in the amount by them determined.. We do not con- sider that the 'clerk of the munici- pal court is one of the city officers intended to be covered by Section 2 of Chapter 10 of that charter. That section, in our mind, applies to the elective officers only, and it can- not be contended - or held that the framers of that section had in mind the clerk of the municipal court, as it can” be very readily seen that no such officer then existed, as justices of the peace are provided for.in Sec- tion 1, Chapter 2 of the charter and the municipal court is no ~ where mentioned in the charter.” Editor Peterson Here H. 1. Peterson, editor of the Litch- feld Independent, is in Bemidji for the purpose of attending the land sale Mr. Peterson has not been in Be- midji for some time and was surpris- ed at the growth of the city. “Be- midji is a great little city and a vigit here explains why it is consid- ered as being one of the state’s most progressive cities,” known editor. Is Held for Hearing. Because of the illness of state’s chief witness,'the case again: this morning, until next Friday. maine, ed home last night. opérator in ‘that city. clerk of the municipal court, must be | thas just been made by John C. Neth- |- of the Bemidji socialist council, pro-| tion of the salary committee never-|. the office of George Stein, city clerk.’ “Seeks Democratic Nomination for Governor of California. Anthony Caminetti; commissioner general of immigration at Washing- ton, has decided to be a candiddte for governor of California in the pres- ent campaign, according to a state- ment made by a Democrat who has been intimately associated with Cami- netti and stands in the foremost rank of party counciis. SMITH WAIVES HEARING Man Accused of Hgving Entered Sime Store at Solway and Taking Several Articles Bound Over “CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS” " William “Smith, alias John Daly, who according to Sheriff Johnson was “caught with the goods,” waivad preliminary hearing before Court Commissioner D. H. Fisk this morn- ing when arraigned to answer the charge of burglary n the third -de- gree. Smith was arrested ‘at Shevlin Sat- urday by the police officials of that village,, }.gl!ovylng notice given them from the office of Sheriff Johnson, that - the-Sime store-at-Solway had | been visited by a burglar. The suspected man walked to Shevlin where he -was searched and the stolen articles, which included a 'hat, coat, pants and shoes, found. It is also claimed that some mail in the postoftice was destroyed, but if such is the case the government will have jurisdiction. Deputy Sheriff Denley made the trip to Shevlin and returned with Smith yesterday morning. He ad- mits his g\lilt and will be given an opportunity to plead guilty on the return to the city of Judge Stanton. County Attorney Torrance appeared for the state before Judge Fisk this morning. ELECT CAPTAIN TONIGHT said the well|7:30 and all members of the Ath- the but only with the united support of st [€Very member of the club can suc- John McCarthy, charged” with hav- ing stolen a valuable ring owned by Mrs. Kate O’Donnell, was continued by Judge Crowell in municipal court Misses Pear]l and Gertrude Ger- |where they will be in attendance at maine of Brainerd, - who have been |the meeting of the Grand Chapter of visiting their brother, Charles Ger- [the Order of Easter Star. operator at the Brinkman theatre, for a couple of days, return- Miss Pearl is toed to Cass Lake employed in_a photograph gallery, !snen'. a couple of days visiting rela- while Miss Gertrude is a telephone tives and friends. Athletic Club Baseball Candidates Notified to Meet at Manager’s Office Charles Daly, manager of the Be- midji Athletic club baseball team, has notified candidates for the team ithat there will be a meeting in the Daly employment office this evening for the purpose of electing a cap- tain. The meeting (will start at letic club who seek position on the nine are asked to attend. Pros- i from . the ~ HONORS VERA - - CRUZ DEAD President, -lém—b:rl_ot canmu and Great Crowds Pay Tribute, Seven- teen Coffins Removed From Ship WILSON TALES AT SERVICE fiédintion Plans Go On Althongh Sun- day Does Not Damper War Activi- ties of Navy Department New York, May 11.—State, city and: nation paid their tribute today as the dead from the battle at Vera Crud were landed on American soil. Early in the day seventeen flag draped ~ coffins were ' removed Cruiser Montana, and placed on caissons in Battery Park, Two hours later an im- posing procession accompanied the bodies to the City Hall, where final services were held. Secretary of the navy, senators, congressman, state and city officials were in line and the crowds in the streets were the greatest since Dewey parade fifteen years ago. President Wilson spoke at the City Hall Ambassador Received Washington , D. C., May 11.— President Wilson' received the Bra- dilian“Ambassador, Da Gama, rank- ing member of the South American mediators who are seeking to com- pose the Mexico trouble, at the White - House yesterday. Neither would discuss the visit, but it is be- lieved “tne call, following a confer- ence of the three mediators at Argen- tine legation, dealt with the general question of Mexico, and an outline for mediation. ° Making Progress It was miade plain after the White House conference that nothing has occurred which will act as an obsta- cle to continued progress of - the negotiations. Associate Justice Jogseph Lamar of the United States supreme court and Frederick ‘Lehman -of St. Loufs, Yor- mer solicitor general, will be repre- sentatives of the United States to confer with the mediators. This became known from authoritative source last night. Newspaper Men Released News was received of the release of four newspaper correspondents, arrested at, Mexico City yesterday. Walter Whiffen of the Assoclated Press; Richard Harding Davis of the New York Tribune; Medill MeCor- mick of Chicago, and A. J. Sutton of the Washington Post. The releases were brought about through the ef- forts of the Brazilian, British and Spanish ambassadors. It is sald the correspondents had asked for permits to enter the Mexi- can Federal lines, but without wait- ing to receive permits had taken a chance, going to Mexico City. The dispatch to the state depart- ment added: “Nothing extraordin- ary in the American colony.” Much Activity All war and navy departments showed more than wonted Sunday activity yesterday. Secretary Gar- rison and. Major General Wither- spoon chief of the staff, were at their desks several hours, conferring over precautionary military move- ments now being matured. BExcept [to say no additional orders had been pects are bright for a Winning team, cess be obtained. Will Attend Meeting Mesdames. George Kreatz, G. B. Carson, Rasmussen and W. P. Dyer, will.leave .this evening for St. Paul Jim Gould and David Helmer au- last week and ” They returned ‘to Bemidji Sunday evening. By sent. for troops -movement, the of- €icials weré silent on their delibera- tlins. Arrangements to secure trans- ports continue: T0 OPEN CAR\ LINE SOON New System Between International Falls and Ranier to Start Run- ning by First of June GRADING PRACTICALLY DONE Under the supervieion of Supt. Hetting, the American Traction Com- pany of International Falls is load- [ing rails here which will be used to complete the street car line now un- der construction in the border eity. The rails were purchesed from the M. & I. ratlway company. 4 According to L. H. Nord, who is aleo here in the interest of Americ- an Traction company, street cars will be in operation by the first of June. “The line has already been graded,” said Mr. Nord, “ and it will take but a few weeks to complete all construction work.” along’ the line as soon as the prelm- inary work is finished, the 1i ing from International Falls to Ra- It s the plan according to re- ports, to begin operating three cars -