Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 16, 1914, Page 1

4 VOLUME 12, NO. 43, CORN BROKERS PLAN EXPOSED BY RAINEY Congressman Tells House of Repre- sentatives of His Investigation of Demand for Argentine Product. PLAN TO MISGUIDE FARMERS Transactions Found to be Fictitious —DNo Orders Placed for Delivery to Chicago Grain Brokers. By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Washington, June 16.—A trick of corn gamblers in the Chicago corn exchange in attempting to depress the price of May corn by announcing large Chicago orders for the impor- tation of Argentine corn, has been exposed in the house by Representa- tive Rainey of Illinois, himself a corn grower and cattle feeder. The newspapers “fell” for the trick, and announced in black head- lines that Argentine corn was about to invade the Chicago market. Re- publican politicians took it up, and endeavored to frighten the corn be't farmers by telling them that the Underwood tariff bill them to the competition of America. By a piece of clever detective work Mr. Rainey was able to show that the alleged transaction was fictitious —that no orders for Argentine corn had been placed by Chicago brokers. Instead of wholesale §mpprtations, only one car of Argentine corn ar- rived in Chicago, and that was im- ported as an experiment to see if the corn was good for chicken feed and the car contained only 60,000 pounds. According to Mr. Rainey the scare was organized either to influence the price of May corn or else to provide some campaign material for the Re- publican protection argument. X By correspondence Mr. Rainey was told by the secretary of the Chicago board of trade that 500,000 bushels of Argentine corn had been purchas- ed in Chicago for May delivery. It was the assumption that this corn was to be brought from South Am- erica in light-draft vessels which could reach Chicago by way of the Great Lakes and the Welland canal. Later the trade board wired Mr. Rainey that this corn had-been stop- ped at the Atlantic seaboard for de- livery in New England. ~ Further investigation led Mr. Rainey to boldly charge that no such orderg for corn had ever been placed in Chicago. From the cus- toms service he learned that Argen- tine corn came to the United States in May through the ports of New Orleans, Galveston, Mobile and New York. The New York importation was 402,401 bushels. ' But of this importation a corn products concern in New York re- ceived 120,000 bushels, its regular order from Argentine, as Mr. Rainey learned by telegraphing to that firm. This left only 282,401 bushels which might possibly be the Chicago shipment stopped in New York to supply New England. Further investigation showed Mr. Rainey that this amount was about the usual quantity imported each month for the past several years by New York traders. The mythical Chicago shipment disappeared alto- gether. Moreover, Mr. Rainey looked up the facts about the the five ships which brought this corn to New York, and found that not ome of them could get through the Welland South canal on account of their dimea- . sions. “These corn transactions, appar- ently made of record on the Chicago Board of Trade, was absolutely fraudulent,” said Rainey. “There was never any intention to deliver Argentine corn in Chicago in May. It was never delivered theme. Tt was never deflected. It was never even purchased in the Argentine Re- public.” LI T I T A S O BANANA LEADS TO KILL- ING OF TWO MEN. Milnor, Ga., June 16.—A quarrel here over a banana led to a revolver battle in which two men were Killed. Dr. Homer Maddox and Har- ry Barry, a merchant, quar- reled,. it is said, when the physician took a banana from Barry's store. Barry was shot, dying later. His brother, Rob- ert Barry, approached and ask- ed the physician to care for the wounded man. Dr. Maddox, it is said, refused and was. shot and killed. s £ * 3 * £ + + - - * - * * + & o+ = ot - R F TR R Lk 0 A - +* & G DANISH HOUSE DISSOLVED King Acts in Case of Elected Mem- bers in Upper Body. Copenhagen, June 16.—The upper bouse ‘of the Danish parliament was dissolved by order of King Christian. The. twelve life members appointed by the king were not memdeq in the decree. had exjposed | GOVERNOR STEWART. Montana Executive Believes Disorder at Butte is Over. QUIET RESUMED_ AT BUTTE Governor Stewart Reaches Scene- of Mine Trouble. Butte, Mont, June 16.—With the resumption of work in various mines involved in the temsion here between the two factions of the -Western Fed- eration of Miners and because of Lhe quiet that continied -throughout the night the belief of Governor 8. V. Stewart is that the industral turmoil here is over. Governor Stewart, who is accompa- nied by Attorney Ciene Kelly, said there did not appear to be any neces- sity for his presence or any likeli- hool of further outbreaks. iovernor Stewart denied that or- ders had been issucd as reportel from varigus Montana cities for the mobili- zation of the national guard. PRODUCTION IS CLEVER “The Court of King Cole,” Cast Gives Assurance of First Class Enter- tainment—100 Take Part. IS FULL OF PLEASING COMEDY .That “The Court of King Cole,” by local talent, under the auspices of the Womans Guild of the Episcopal] Church, and under the direction of Mrs. Harriet Purdy Smith, Wil'l be a magnificent success, full cast has is assured. A been recruited and tal- brought out The play is a spectacular musical extravaganza. Its choruses run the entire gamut from the popular to the classic, from the pleasing comedy to the more serious situations. Re- hearsals for this popular play pro- mise a brilliant amateur perform- ance which will have none of the tiresome features, and all the evid- ence of perfect training of the pro- fessional stage. The- cast will number over one hundred and will be a brilliant array of clever young people, withplenty of pretty songs and choruses, enliven- ed by gorgeous costumes designed especially for not only the leading characters, but the chorus as well. Afternioon and evening rehearsals are being held in the hall and the tuneful choruses have already® ac- quired the proper vim, and the solos the required individuality. Incidental to the performance, a number of clever specialties are in- troduced, which are mirth-pro- voking, as well as a picturesque part of the program. The company is under the best possible training, and the public can anticipate a very clever production. The play will be presented at the Brinkman Theater ', June 22, 23, and 24. ent is being rapidly. Three Children Drowned. Savannah, . Mo.,, June 16.—Ludwig and Sarah Martin, twins, aged four- teen, and their sister Anna, aged twelve, children of Jacob Martin, were drowned while trying to wade across the river. They stepped in a deep hole. Judge Stanton has filed papers in the office of Fred Rhoda, clerk f court, granting a divorce to. Carl Heffron from Florence Heffron. SCOO SCOOP-TVE ALETTER. HERE WHICH SQ(ST THE. northwest, | flowers, THE CUB REPORTER FORm ms'mumn EETUEIIE H E. B:dmngerwmhel)neotm mer School Faculty - H. E. Biddinger; six years ago a member of the Bemidij high school faculty, but who now teaches in the schools of Faribault, will be one of. the instructors at the State Training School for Teachers ‘whict begins here next Monday and continues for five weeks. He will teach geometry, physics and algebra, taking the place which was to have been filled by John E. Palmer, superintendent of the Wheaton schools. Mr. Bid- dinger was a member of the cham- pionship “Big Bemidg” - basketball team, which won fame over the PLAN 0 DECORATE PARK Street Commissioner Carter Has Un- ique Prize Scheme’ to Beautify Lake Shore Near City Dock. ONE IS TRIP TO ITASCA PARK A. A. Carter, street commission‘er,. ‘has hit upon a unique plan_fer the beautifying of the lake shors’ -be- tween the City dock and the: City boat house, which during the past two years has been given no care. This tract is so arranged that it can easily be converted into one of the city’s chief beauty spots and it is Mr. Carter’s plan to offer three rewards to children of the city for planting flowers and in other ways assisting in the work. The street commissioner plans on giving three prizes, first, second and third, for the best work done in decorating the park. When the Bemidji avenue abut- ment was constructed two years ago, between Third and Fourth streets, the street commissioner was allowed an appropriation for the planting of but since the first year nothing has been done. ~ Mr. Carter urges that all children who wish to take part in the con- test call ‘him by phone, 447, any evening this week. The ground will be spaded and prepared for planting the flowers by members of the street gang. The first prize for the contest will be a trip to the state park at Lake Ttasca and the other puzei w111 be cqually.. desirable. 2 SCENIC RAILWAY’ ACCIDENT Seventeen Persons Injured at Onta- rio Beach Park. Rochester, N. Y., June 16.—Seven- teen were injured on the scenic rail- way at Ontario Beach Park when a two-car train turned on its side and “|the provisions of the 1855 treaty *|it could not be used in th@ filling of- ‘juow on their way fs fo M was rammed by another car. All are reported on the road to recovery. The derailment, it is said, was caused, when a coat, dropped by one of the occupants of the train, wound about one of the wheels. FIVE HUNDRED CASES HEARD Supreme Court of United States Ends 3 Busy Session. ‘Washington, June 16.—Adjournment of the supreme court until Oct. 12 left some new records for expedition of work established. Court officials say that maye cases have been decided-since last October than ever before, at least within for- | Arguments were heard in About, sixty were on the the ty years. 500 cases. docket -when the court met for last time. Unclaimed Letters, List of advertised letters “UN- CLAIMED” for week: ending June 15, 1914, at Bemidji postoffice. Men—Bjerke, Mr. Martin, Cox, Mr. E. B, Collison, Wm., Carlson, Mr. REQUEST CATI_) ELLS Telegnm Sent Government I.ndnn .Depa.mnent Head That Congress Be GiveniTime to Act. QUESTION OF VAST MB?ANOE Carrying Out of Proymm of 1855 Treaty Would Prevzyt Shipping of Medicines and Aloohol Here, Feeling that the enforcement of would create -a severe | situation in the territory included in - it agreement,“a large humber of Be- midji citizens met )feetsrday after- noon and passed a resolution, which was signed and ‘teleqrni)hed to Cato Sells, commissioner of the govern- ment Indian department, in which it was urged that hisidepartment de- fer all action in the matter either until congress had been given an op- portunity to act or a committee al- lowed to present facts. - - Personal Messages Sent. Aside from the resolution many Dersonal messages have &lso been wired to Commissioner™ Sells asking that time be taken before provisions of the treaty are carried out. An Important Question. Should Cato Sells ‘order that the saloons of the territory be closed,'| it will mean that not even a’patent medicine, a ccpking extract, con- taining alcohol, or ‘alcohol in any form can be shipped in. When it is considered that™this would prohibit the use of aleohol as a me@cine, that prescriptions and that even for hos- pital use it could not be Qécured, the | seriousness of the| sitdation is brought to light. % i May Grant chnelt There is a general feeling of con- fidence that the request; made of | Cato Sells will be tempq;rarily ob- served, and that the:saloons will be allowed to continue business until further action on the part of the government, niamely congress, has been taken. 8 Rumor Believed Untrue. While the rumor has been making the rounds that Indian agents were fresota enforce the treaty provisions, 1i truth is given to the reports. COMPLETING FAIR PLANS Secretary Schroeder of Assqeiation Announces Special Entertainment Features for Fall Exhibition. TO BE BIGGER AND BETITER Charles F. Schroeder, secretary of the Beltrami County Fair associa- tion, announces that arrangements are being rapidly completed for a splendid program for the courty fair to be held in September. He has closed a contract with the L. B. Savage company of Minnea- polis for one of the:special enter- tainment features. This company ‘puts’ on sensational comedy aerial stunts, doing a revolving ladder trapeze act and a high wire per- formance. Mr. Schroeder states that he-plans on another special feature, but has not decided as to what it will be. The exhibits and other plans of en- tertainment will be bigger and bet- ter than ever before. Walter, Donaldson, Mr. and. MIS. s & o bbb o o o8 5 5 oo o b b b Adam, Gordhamer, J. M., Gillingham, |+ ) John, Hubacher, Mr. Frank, Hogan, [+ COLLINS ADMITS HE HAS -+ Mr. Ed., Hansen, Mr. William, "Kalt- : $100,000 OFFER. : , Mr.. Herbert, M: y ¢ toe Veune, Toeeoh, Packols, e, Joak,| T o Chicako, Jume 16—nidle 2 g gr ’ |4 Collins, the keystone of Con- < Stanley, Mr. R. B., Strader, Mr. Roy, 4 nie Mack’s $100,000 infield, Smith, Mr. Tom, Snyder, Mr. George .. was the recipient, according to A., Sanders, Willle, Whitman, Mr. |4 his own admission, of the <+ Avery. Women—Jones, Mrs. A. F. |4 largest offer ever made a ma- < Johnson, Miss Esther, Johnson, Mrs. |4 Jjor league ball player, and it < 'B., McDougal, Miss Mary, Williams, | came from the Brooklyn team Miss Emma, {* of the Federal league. Collins + | |# says the offer is for more than + % $25,600 a year. He will con- Girls are employed to knock out 4 sider it. * asbestos from the rock in the niines W% * of Cyprus. bt S P R S R R R o) A NIX ON—THE CHWN GOO0DS T0 BE CANNED, Scoop Will Have T0_Leam Englis[l,AIl Over Again [‘[J\ KNGS mfum cmecms d Hoefsmma GODDNES Ve Il « It PAI.ENTS SEEK mfl' BOY - Fonrteen Year 0ld Son of 0. E. Jen- sen of Thief River Dmppem. Ernie Jensen, 14, son of’ Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Jensen of Thief River Falls, is lost, and a search of the entire country is being made in an effort to locate him., The lad left home on June 7, and since that time no = information concerning his whereabouts has been received. He. answers the following' deseriptfon: 14 years of age; height about five feet and five inches; weight about 125 pounds. Light hair and s blind in ‘one eye. Information re- garding his whereabouts - will be gladly received by his parents. MANY AT SUMMER SESSION Large Number of Pupils Take Advan- tage of Six Weeks’ Manual Train- ing and Domestic Science Course 19 WILL TRY TO MAKE UP WORK With nineteen in the conditioned students class,- twenty-nine register- ed for manual training, five in the high school sewing class, twelve in the seventh grade sewing class and sixteen in the cooking class, the six weeks’ summer session of the Be- midji public schools course began this morning. Yesterday was taken up in en- (rollment and the work .outlined. During the course classes will Le held ‘on five days of the week from 8.until 12 a. m. - “I am very much pleased with the attendance,” said W. P. Dyer, super- intendent, “especially that .of the manual training department in which only boys are ‘enrolled. It shows that the boys wish to devote {a portion of their vacation profit- ably. We are able to accommodate a few more girls in the domestic sei- ence classes.” Mr. Dyer said that membership to the classes will soon be closed and urges that all who desire to take ad- vantage of the course, regular school credits are to be given, join at once. TILLMAN AGAIN VICTOR. Minneapolis Pug Trims -~ Range Fighter for Second Time. £ Johnny Tillman of aneapohs clearly outpointed and outfought Pal Brown, the Hibbing fighter, in their éncounter at Hudson last night. Tillman was awarded - the decision by. the fans in eight of the ten rounds, the first being even and the second being Brown’s by a slight margin. Tillman fought a clever battle, covering well and using his left to good advantage in nearly ev- ery round. Both men were '‘cau- tious throughout the mill, leaving the impression that each had a large amount of respect for the other. The fight was well received by the fans who were confident that the fight- ers were giving.their best. Tillman beat Brown last February. BOYS ARE WARNED. Those Killing Birds With Sling Shots . To Be Prosecuted. Boys in the north end of the city are being reported to the police for killing harmless birds. Residents in that section declare that they will not permit it any longer. Bird kill- ing is against the laws and boys who carry sling shots are also violating the law. The police will welcome any information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of law viola- tors. Peacock to” Europe. Rev. G. M. Peacock of Cass Lake ‘has completed plans for a trip which he will take to Europe this summer. He will leave June 30 for Duluth from where he will go to Buffalo via the Great Lakes. He will sail-July 11 for Gasgow and from there will g0 to his old home at New Castule jon the Tyne. Mrs. Katherine Clayton has ap- Llied for a position as policewoman in Philadelphi: GUESS T BETTER G0 WAY OFF BY MNSELF aN'GET AT ALL OUT OF MY SYSTEM —_ AT ONCE ! * Naval Officer Is Rewarded for Service at Vera Cruz. TO.COMMAND ATLANTIC FLEET Rear Admiral Fletcher’'s Work at Vera Cruz Commended. ‘Washington, June 16:—Officers and bluejackets of the United States navy who distinguished themselves at the occupation of Vera Cruz have been commended and rewarded by .the navy department. Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher will be given command of the great Atlantic fleet at the expiration of Rear Admiral Badger’s term. ment commends Fletcher as “not only a great admiral, bu® a statesman and diplomat as well.” Every one of the 108 men singled out in Rear Admiral Fletcher's report were given official commendation, at least. THIEVES STILL AT WORK Several Churches of City Robbed and Daring Thief Enters Hotel Chicken House Stealing 55 Chicks. ALL CITIZENS ARE WARNED With the arrest and consegent sen- tence of Archie Wintersteen to the state boys’ training school at Red Wing and the suspended sentence of Neil Marin, it was believed that the petit stealing which has been going on in Bemidji during the past few months would be ended, but devel- opments, of the past few days proves that such is not to be the case. Last night the chicken coop of the Lakeshore hotel, owned by Ole Anderson, was entered and 55 little chicks, just one week old, stolen. No trace of the guilty party has been discovered, although a reward of five dollars has been offered by Mr. Anderson. Several churches, _usually left with doors unlocked, have been forced to lock the entrances because of the frequent visits of thieves, but during the past week they have been ' broken into. Other minor robberies have been frequent. The police department is confident that the guilty persons are known and arrests are expected at any mo- ment. Citizens of the city have been warned of the robberies and that the culprits will be apprehended during the near future is almost certain. Get Big Catch. George T. Baker, L. W. Griffith and L. G. Crothers returned from Bass lake shortly before noon today with one of the best catches of black bass brought to Bemidji this season. The catch included twenty-five large sized bass. Play Blackduck Sunday Charles Daly, manager of the Bemidji A*hletic club baseball team, announced this morning that Black- duck will be played here next Sun- day. T. S. Erwin is attending to busi- ness matters in St. Cloud, By "HOP’ The depart- 1 Four Bemiflj Polln thetl by Less l Than 150 Voters Early This After- noon—Night May Bring Change PIONEER T0 ISSUE AN EXTRA Will Place Eleotion Edition Showing Results of Primaries on Each Doorstep Early Tomorrow A. M. ’l‘h-t the primary vote ln midji today will be much lighter ‘than usual is indicated by the small number of ballots cast in the four wards of the city at an early honr this afternoon. A canvas of the four wards showed. that less than one hundred and fifty voters had visited the polls, which means that during the afternoon and evening more than seven hundred :ballots must be cast in order to bring the number up to the total voting istrength of the city. * Laws Observed. It has been noticeable in Bemidji today that the provisions of the cor- rupt practices law have been ob- served, and this fact has much to do with the seemingly lact of in- terest in the election. Judges Make Mistakes. While almost all the judges of the polling places are men familiar with the work, several mistakes were made this morning and in wards the first voters were handed all four tickets, the .non-partisan, Republican, Democrat and Progres- sive. The trouble was soon reme- idied and it is believed that no one was permitted to vote more than the non-partisan and one of the party tickets. Only one vote had been cast in Nymore at 11 o’clock this morning. These ‘Are In Charge. First ward, Miller’s grocery store —Judges, Bert Getchell, Ted Gefch- ell and J. J. Conger. Clerks, Sam Paquin and R. C. Hayner Second ward, Firé hall, City hall building—Judges, William Tazen, E. J. Gould and J. G. Johnson. Clerks, Thayer C. Bailey and C. S. Randall. Third ward, building in rear of Decaire grocery store—Judges, P. M. Decaire, J. M. Philippi:and Chas. Wintersteen. Clerks, G. A. Malone and J. A. Breen. Fourth ward, Daly Employment office—Judges, H. E. Anderson, John Croon and H. J. McClernan. Clerks, Charles Daly and John Wilcox. Polls Close at 9 o’Clock. The polls will close at 9 o’clock and the election officials will begin the count of the votes as soon aftar that hour as possible. Will Issue Election Extra. In order that news of the primary results may be received by residents os Bemidji as quickly as possible, the Pioneer 'will issue an election extra early tomorrow morning and copies will be distributed through the en- tire business and residence districts «f the city. COMPLIMENTS J. P. RIDDELL Large Attendance at Smoker in His Honor Held Last Evening. Nearly one hundred Masons of Be- midji attended the smoker held last evening in homor of J. P. Riddell, who left this morning for Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to make his fu- ture home. Mr. Riddell was pre- sented with a past master’s jewel, the presentation speech being made by Dr. D. L. Stanton, also a past master. Short talks were given by W. A. Gould, L. G. Pendergast, the latter a Mason of fifty years, and A. P. Ritchie. Mr. Riddell, who has been prominent in Masonic work here for many years, was compli- . |mented because of the interest he has shown in the welfare of the lodge, and also for his assistance in the progress of Bemidji and citizen- ship. Following the smoker those in atendance were the guests of R. Will Visit Europe. " Dr. and Mrs. R. Gilmore and chil- dren left yesterday noon for Duluth from which city they will take a will visit the doctor’s sister and mother. From that place Dr. and Mrs. Gilmore will go to Europe ‘where they will visit the British Isles, Denmark, Norway and France. {The children will stay with relatives in' Duluth during their absence. 3 May Save {midji yesterday from a cedar camp “near Kelliher, suffering from blood ‘poisoning, is much improved today, and thé prospects are that it" will not be necessary to amputate hha leg, a3 was first believed. 2 T - A. L. Molander and family two - chumaker, master, at the Grand. - boat to Farnia, Canada, where they - M. Berg, who was brought to Be- tert last evening for the twin ‘cities. -