Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 20, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, No. 47- BOARD TO HEAR ANOTHER BIG CASE Commerce Commission to Imves” tigate How the Baltimore & Ohio | Was Made to Absorb C. H. & D. MYSTERY OF NEW HAVEN ORDER Part Played by Harriman and Mor- gan Recalled—Is Expected to Cre- ate Great Public Sensation. By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Washington, June 20.—Just as soon as the Interstate Commerce com._ mission can get through with its in- v gation of the New Haven rail- road, it will turn its attention io another chapter in high railroad fin- ance, the story of how the Baltimore & Ohio railroad was made to absorb the . H. & D. under the kindly di- rection of George H. Perkins, right hand Heutenant of J. P. Morgan. There ‘is a mystery in both cases, In the New Haven matter the mys- tery concerns the $12,000,000 which completely disappeared from the New liaven coffers, and which is shrewdly suspected to have found a safe hiding place in the vaults of J. P. Morgan & Co, But if the public gasped when Mellen told the story of the New still greater sensation is coming when the commission begins to probe into the mysterious C. H. & D, affair. For apparently the B. & O. absorbed the €. H. & D. with- out the payment of a penny—that is so far as the company's Dooks show any transaction. The compa- ny's books are absolutely innocent of any clue leading to the payment for the C. H. & D. Yet prior to this absorption the . H. & D. was owned by J. P. Mor- gan, and the late Mr. Morgan was not in the habit of handing over Haven, a valuable railroads which he owned to the first comer without money and without price. It is suspectsd that the house of Morgan cleaned up some $50,000,000 on this deal, which has been kept completely out of sight of inquisitors. The story of the (. H. & D. is this. The road faltering under the management of some Boston finan- giers, gentlemen believed they saw wrosperity ahead if they H. & D. with some north and thus form south trunk line sys- tem. Accordingly they acquired the Pere Marquette railroad and pro- ceeded with their splicing. These activities came to the at- tention of the late E. H. Harriman and the late J. P. Mogran simulta- nd Yo'h kings agreed that it was presumptuous for anybody clse to e thinking of forming a new rail- without consulting Harriman or Morgan. Accordingly the little ne was broken up. The C. H. & thrown into a receiver’s hands, and shortly afterwards was hought by Morgan an’s next move to un- operty at a good profit on some railroad with a plethoric tr He picked out the Erie railroad for the goat, but Harriman, although he was then dying, op- posed this merger and Morgan de- but these could link the ( road further a north and neously, @ road load this p Asury. sisted, fearing war with Harriman. So the B. & 0. w selected to be the victim, the transaction having the sanction of Harriman. Perkins did the financing. How the job was done it yet a mystery for the B. & 0. books do mot show the purchase price. It will be the task of the commission to unravel this skein of jugglery. The case will be heard in the fall. X KK KKK KKK KKK * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES KKK KKK KKKKK KX Salvation Army. Sunday school at 2:30. in the evenin gat 8 o'clock. * k x * kK Services Congregational (Nymore)- Sunday school at 11 a. m. Serv- 30 p. m. All are cordially in- M. Peacock, pastor. Catholic. Low mass at 7 a. m. High mass at 9 a. m. Vespers at 8 p. m. These hours will be maintained during the summer months. Father Philippe. Episcopal. Communion services at 7:30. Sun- day school at 30. Regular Sun- day services at 10:30. - This will be the last appearance of Miss Mabel Hyland as leader of the choir for some time, as she will leave soon on a vacation, and special music will be provided. Archdeacon Parshall. Presbyterian. Bible class and Sunday school at 10. Mvorning worship and sermon at 11. Junior C. E. at 3. Young people’s C. E. service at 7. Evening gospel service at 8. Mid-week serv- ice for prayer and bible study on Thursday evening at 8. *The public is cordially invited to all these serv- KK A KKK H KKK KKK *x ¥ WAS AGAIN ENDORSED FH KK KK KKK KK KKK Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith, Who Was Re-Nominated by a Large Majority Over Manahan. WILL ADD 35 AUTO CLUBS Association Day Next Thursday to Make Minnesota one of Largest Automobile Centers of the U. §- WILL DOUBLE MEMBERSHIP “Association Day,” June 25, is go- ing to be one of the biggest days of automobile history in Minnesota. Twenty-four hours of whirlwind cam- paigning by the combined forces of the automobile clubs affiliated with the Minnesota State Automobile as- sociation on that day will send the state sky-rocketing to the top of the list of automobile club centers of the United States. On June 26, Minne- sota will wake up and find herself the leading automobile state of the Union. On “Association Day” every auto- mobile club in the state, including that of Bemidji, will start on a so- ciability tour to some one of its neighboring towns. Whole families will join in the festivities and take along with them their picnic baskets, fishing tackle and other paraphern- nalia incidental to a day's outing. But Dbefore the tourists start for home on the evening of June 25 they will have organized a new automo- bile club in each of the towns vis ed; or, if any of the towns already have clubs, the memberc will have been induced to affiliate with the state association. Minnesota alrealy has 40 clubs which belong to the state associa- tion and unless the plans and expec- tations go entirely amiss, there will be at least 75 clubs on” the roster when the campaign is ended. This will place the North Star state far ahead of New York and Pennsylva- nia, the only two states in the coun- try which exceed Minnesota in num- ber of automobile clubs. With a membership of more than 4,000, the officers of the state asso- ciation believe that an increase of at least 50 per cent can easily be ac- complished. The officers of the va- rious clubs have been notified of the plans for “Association Day” and let- ters are being received daily assur- ing that every effort will be put forth to make the membership cam- paign a big success. Here are three things which it will mean for the automobile owners of the state: Greater progress for the good roads movement. Protection against “wild-cat” leg- '| Fergus Falls this evening, where she pearance of the islation. A reasonable license tax. ices. S, E. P. White, pastor. Methodist. Morning worship at 10:45. Sub- ject, “The Well by the Gate.” Sun- day school at 12. Jr. League at 3:30. Epworth League at 7 p. m. Evening service at 8. Subject, “En- vironment and Charalter.” Quar- terly conference Tuesday at 8 p. m. District Superintendent S. L: Parish will preach. Prayer meeting Thurs- day at 8 p. m. All are cordially in- vited to the services. C. W. Gilman, pastor. Baptist church announcement may be found on page four. q | CONCEBT CROWDS DOCK Band Entertainment. Attended by Yarge Audience. Last evening’s vfiand concert giv- en at the city dock was attended by a large audience, the dock and approaches being completely filled with listeners. The band is fast becoming one of the leading musical organizations in northern Minnesota and that it is appriciated by the citizens of Bemidji last evening. Mrs. B. C. Stiles will return from has been visiting relatives for a month, FAIR. STORE ENLARGED Five and Ten- Cent Establishment Ready for Grand Opening After Being Entirely Remodeled. MAIL ORDER COMPETITION MET Contractors have completed the work on the 60-foot addition to the Fair store building on Third street and everything is now ready for the | grand opening of the modern five and ten cent emporium. . W. A. Elliott, proprietor of the { store states that he will give o ! this section of the country a service that will be second to none in a city the size of Bemidji. | Thirty-seven counters, three new show cases, am immense gold fish ' fountain, new shelving and new dis- i i play .windows _are among the fea- was evidenced RUSH WfllTB‘ EARTH INDIAN LAND CASES % Jab A G:e;.'ment ‘Attomey, Sa.yfi 1,300 Smtn will be Taken Up at Fergus ngt Noveml;er. INVOLVES - $100,000,000 TIMBER Denies that United States Supreme Court Decisions Settled 800 Ac- tions—Obtain Depositions. i C. C. Daniels, attorney in charge of the White Earth Indian reserva- |- tion matters for the department of justice, in a statement of importance to all the country contiguous to the reservation announced . at Minne- apolis yesterday that the government would be prepared’to take ‘up the first of the 1,300 ‘case inyolving title to Indian lands at the November term: of the Fedcral district court at Fergus Falls. “Every effort will be made to ex- pedite these cases,” Mr. Daniels said, “and the department is in full sym- pathy with the desires of the busi- Iness interests of Detroit and other towns near the reservétions-that the entire matter be cleared up as ra- pidly as possible.” As to Court’s Decision Mr. Daniels said that although there is an impredsion that the re- cent supreme court degision defining the status of Indian mixed bloods under the Clapp act has cleared up 800 of the pending cases this is not the situation. tures adder. The sales room is now | 130 feet long by 25 feet wide, with | a new steel ceiling complete and! walls newly finished. The store pre- | sents a modern appearance, having | two wide aisles running the com- | plete length of the building. Seven new cash registers have been | added and the trade will be served by eight clerks. Th office is now ! on an elevated balcony at the rear, of the store. Over the center of the room is a large skylight and to- gether with two sidewindows and 2 glass background-in the show dows, the room is one of the best lighted in the. city. Hundreds of palms and ferns are placed about the room, which adds greatly to the ap- interior. ‘I expect to turn this stock from eight to ten times yearly,” said Mr. Elliott, in speaking of the business he plans on doing. “Bemidji is en- titled to much more outside business that it now gets and I plan on mak- ing my store one of the city’s best drawing cards. I have inaugurated a new system, having department- ized every one of the lines carried.” The store announces in today’s is- sue a grand opening for Monday and according to the proprietor, expects to draw a large number of visitors from out of the city. Mr. Elliott is making every effort to meet mail order competition in this section of the country and is of the opinion that his efforts in this respect, in co-operation with other merchants of the city, will bring this about. Since the merchants organized here, much has been accomplished toward gatning the confidence of the biyers, both in the city and country, as well as the surrounding villages and towns. win- DISPLAY TO BE ELABORATE Briton Promises Representaive Show: ing at San Francisco. San Francisco, June 20.—“The Pan- ama-Pacific exposition has treated the British interests with the great- est fairness and Great Britain’s indus- trial exhibit probably will be more representative than if it had been un- dertaken by goveriment officials,” de- clared W. A. M. Goode, secretary of the British committee of the exposi- tion, in a statement just made. “My negotiations with the authori- ties here have reached a satisfactory conclusion.~ The site originally re- served for the British government has been allotted to the British commit- tee who will be asked to co-operate with a widespread movement in this country towards the erection of a pavilion by Briti Amen(zm organi-i zations and individuals. ! - Rock suitable for lithograph stonles has been found in the Philippines. “All cases that ‘the' government rought were, started on” the theory hat full blood Indians: made the sales, and on information to that ef- fect obtained by the department,” he said. K “While the United. States supreme court decision was vitally important, and indeed no further progress to- wards clearing up the matter could be made ‘until it was handed down, it does not dispose of the cases. The |situation as to trial of the cases re- mains the same, and the government is entitled to win all cases where it can prove its conlemwn that full blood Indians made the transfers.” Involves $1,000,000 Timber. r. Daniels said that the 1,300 cases involved about 1,600 allotments and about $1,090,000.3rorth of tim- ber. “We are entitled to win all cases and recover for the timber value where our contention is prov- ed,” he said. Mr. Daniels said that the express- ed sentiments of the business inter- ests of Detroit that the land titles be .cleared so that the country ‘may be settled by farmers and legitimate development be longer retarded, is no stronger than is the desire of the government to clear away th whole matter. _“It can only be cleared by trial of the cases,” he added. “We now have men in the field taking depo- sitions and have notified the other side of what we are doing, that they may likewise prepare for the open- ing of the court term in November at Fergus Falls.” “COUNTRY CLU'h” TO OPEN. MacLachlan Pavilion Completed— ‘Dance Next Friday. Captain - W. B. MacLachlan’s “Country Club” pavilion at the out- let iS now practically completed and invitations will be issued soon for-| the grand opening which will be held a week from last night. The pavil- ion provides a large dance hall and ‘refreshment parlor and will be used for invitation parties only. Captain MacLachlan says that he will rent the building at any time for party use and already many dates have been reserved. The Tefreshment parlor will be open the entire day and evening. The City of Bemidji will make hourly trips to the outlet on the evening of the opening dance: The clubhouse is. located so that it is passed by automobiles going around the lake, and. is within easy access from the boat landing. Reg- ular trips are mow bheing made by ‘the City of Bemidji-around the lake. Read Pioneer want aas *t****t******tt,***** i *i*{*‘iii**i**% NINE ‘ARE KILI.ED IN MIMIC BATTLE: Vienna, Juhe 20.—(Spe- cial to ‘the Pioneer.)—Nine ‘aviators lost their lives today ‘when a mimic war in: the air ‘was turend into a tragic re- - ality by the accidental rip- ping of a dirigible airship by biplane, while both were fly- ing at a great height, during army maneuvers. Both crafts: were destroyed and their oc- cupants, nine military and- “naval officers, burnied and mutilated beyond recngniiion. kkiii**i*i#i‘ki* HAMM(}ND Complete Retums From Blue Earth County Gives Cdngtessman Nom- ination Over Lawler by Even 200 RINES AND PREUS STILL CLOSE At 3:15 this afternoon Preus is leading Rines by 417 first choice votes. This does not in- clude 277 for Preus in Beltrami county. Complete returns from Blfie Earth - county this morning put Congress- man Hammond ahead of Daniel W. Lawler in the race for the Demo- cratic nomination for governor -by an even two hundred. Hammond is gaining slowly but surely in the country precincts as they are heard from and his nomination is consid- cred as a certainty. i Henry Rines is now ahead of Preus for the state auditor nomina- tion and the speaker of .the house is confident that he has woi.. A con- test of the votes of the entire state is likely to be instituted by Preus should’the final totals place him sec- ond to Rines. Rines is just as cer- tain to contest should the last re- turns change the standing. It is apparent that Lee's majority will be more than 12,000 votes. It was/ first claimed at 25,000. All other contests have been settled and - it is now only questions of ma- Jjorities for Irving A. Caswell, clerk’ of the supreme court; J. A. A. Burn- quist, lieutenant governor; Walter J. Smith, state treasurer; lyndon A. Smith, attorney general; O. P. B. Ja- cobson, railroad and warehouse com- missioner, and Justice George IL. Bunn and Albert Johnson of Red Wing for the two nominations for the vacancy on the supreme court bench. Country for Johnson. Although Justice Bunn was early in the‘lead the country vote is going to Johnson, and-he leads on the lat- est figures. Charles B. Elliott of Min- neapolis, -former justice, and-Judge P. W. Morrison of Norwood are in third and fourth places, respectively, with Judge William 'Watts of Crooks- ton and Hunt of Litchfield trailing. In the 1 p. m. figures of the press bureau 2,392 precincts gave Eberhart 89,686, Raab, 5,296. Burnquist in 2,362 precincts had 69,414 to 56,899 for Steenerson. For state freasurer Johnson in 1,981 precincts had 53,344 to 81,669 for Smith. For attorney general in_ 2,111 pre- cincts Manahan had. 61,148 to 82,630 for Smith. For clerk of the supreme court in 2,100 precincts Caswell had 82,818 to 382,334 for McCubrey. For railroad commissioner in 1,796 precincts Arneson had 21,593, Jacob- son 55,247, Rosenwald 29,120, ‘White 20,730. For justice of the supreme court in ,870 precincts Bunn had 42,480, El- liott 26,209, Hunt 16,602, Johnson 44, 682, Morrison 22,837, Watts 16,122. ESCAPES PRGCESS SERVER Aviator Hides in Clouds to Dodge _Lien on_Biplane. Los Angeles, June 20.—T. Kashiara, said to have been formerly a star aviator in the Japanese army, hid in the clouds when Deputy Constable Myers tried to attach his biplane for a $125 lien, according to Myers. With the aid of a field glass Myers finally located a rapidly vanishing speck in the heavens, which he’ de- cided must be Kashiara and his bi- plane. After waiting several hours he gave up. Princess Xenia, the eldest daugh- ter of King Nicholas of Montenegro, practically rules that country, as her father never makes a decision without first consulting-her. **’********'tt* * K ok kk ok k Is WINNER_ In Neck and Neck Race for State Auditor of Minnesota. ANXIOUS TO USE THE CANAL Steamship I;lnes Serve Management. Washington, June 20.—Six estab- lished steamship lines already have served notice upon the Panama canal management of their intention to malke regular Use of the waterway. One of the west coast port steam- ers of South "America will be at the Pacific gates of the canal July 3, seeking to make her way fo Liver- Notice on a fortnightly service bétween pool and the west coast of America. An American steAmship line now operating four steamers on the Pa- cific_side and six on the Atlantic is | awaiting the opening of the canal to merge all ten into a regular line be- tween San Francisco and New York The most ancient of British colonizl Liver- South bodies, the West -fidlan Company "of London, which was established in 1750, has expressed a desire to be represented at the official opening of the Panama canal! and its request is under consideration by the ci nit- tee in charge of the ceremonies. Bemidji Farmers Fail to Take .Ad-| vantage of Parcel Post Service Offered on Heavier Produce. CAN SHIP IN. ORDINARY CRATES While it was at first believed that the new regulation, intended to fur- ther the efforts to reduce the cost of living by means of the advantages of the parcel post, would increase the business, - the farmers of this vicinity have not been using the new rules as much as had been ex- pected, says Assistant Postmaster Albert Worth. According to the new regulations which were issued by Postmaster General Burleson recently farm and garden products weighing between 20 and 50 pounds may be shipped 150 miles in tane ordinary crates and boxes employed in shipment by ex- press. It will not be necessary to pack such articles so as to permit their handling in mail bags. Produce may be sent out ed .more cheaply and and at lower rates by post generally than by express. The action of the postmaster general obviates the necessity of experimenting further to produce a container for eggs suitable for handling in mail bags. A statment issued by the depart- ment says: - “Butter, eggs, fruit, berries, vege- tables, dressed poultry and other articles ‘in parcels ~ weighing over 20 pounds and up to 50 pounds.for shipment within the first -and sec- ond zones—approximately 150 miles —ecan now be packed in boxes and crates similar to those generally used when shiping by express, as these large parcels will now be handled outside of mail bags. “‘Packages of these articles weigh- ing 20 pounds or less are required as heretofore to be securely packed in such manner as to be safely handled in ibags with other mail matter.” pack- A ~wire - wheel has been de- signed for automobiles which-the hub is merely a shell to be slipped over the hub of an old wheel after the spokes have been removed. SCOOP zrorter REPORTER / LETTERNOU WROTE Thé Boss Is A Hard Party To Get By AND SIGNED “OLD SUBSCRIBER'~ B0OSTING NOUR: [OWN STORY- HE LOOKED PRETTY " 0L BETTER THINK UP & GOOD COME BAK SORE SCOOP-T GOTTHIS LETTER W= AR THIS CETTER) 15 PROBABIN FROMA FORTUNE TELLER TRV ALWASREAD 4 PAPER. A WEEK BEFORE (T5 TOKEEPIN By "HOP" CGET YOUR EREND X0 TEXLNOUR ¢1° \F T GET ANY OTHER \ LETTERSIN ADVANCE. \_\\<\-= THAT: o LITTLE USE OF NEW RULES| conveniently - i Dool by that route, and thus to initiate| <°U1d do Was to total 110. I HAYES WINS 0VER' STOKKE BY 3 VOTES Only Elghteen Votea Difference Be- ‘tween Four Gmd.lflam for Nomin- ation in Third D_utflct- PETERSEN DEFEATS M. H. HAZEN But Six Precincts Yet to Hear From - —Williams Has Lead of 62 Over Erickson. With" John Morrison with 197 votes, certain of receiving one of the nominations for commissioner in the’ third commissioner district of Bel- trami county much interest was centered as-to just what one’ of the other five candidates would receive the other, and while Tegner led Mol- ler for thie place last evening by only four votes, both Stokke and Hayes made gains placing them in the lead and not until the vote of Minnie was counted was it known which was ro be. the lucky man. Hayes Gets Fourteen. With the vote all in but-six pre- cinets of the county, Stokke had-105 and Hayes 99, but when Minnie re- turns were added Hayes' vote crept up to 113; while the best Stokke There is eighteen votese difference between four of the candidates for the sec- ond commissioner nomination. The vote, Hayes 113, Stokke 110, Tegner 99, and Moller 95. Pendergast Has Safe Lead. L. G. Pendergast has a lead of 220 over Williams for first place among |the representative candidates, and the latter -with a lead of 62 votes over Erickson, the socialist candi- date, is assured of the nomination. There are still six precincts to be heard from in the county. The Representative Vote. Pendergast Williams . . Erickson Norris Clementson Zipple is the largest uf the six precincts yet to be ‘heard from, but (The returns will not. be sufficient to in any way change the position of any of the candidates. Nord Leads Wilson by 150. With all but two precinets of Koo- chiching county heard from, L. H. Nord of International Falls leads F. A. Wilson of Bemidji for fhe sena- torial nomination by just 150 votes, in Dboth Beltrami and Koochiching county- Wilson carried Beltrami county over Nord by 327 votes, while Nord had the advantage in Koochi- ching by. 477. Hayden is third high with 869, to 746 for ApRoberts, the Socialist candidate. The Senatorial Vote. Petersen Trims anen. Another change which the late re- turns have made is in the sheriff nomination. Johnson, the ppesent official, has increased his lead to 1,719, but Petersen has overcome the advantage of nine votes held by Haze, yesterday, and today the vote stands, Petersen 492, Hazen 463, which gives the nomination to the Socialist candida te. Preus Gets Good Vote: Tor state auditor, the position over which Rines and Preus are having a probable result that one or the other will institute a contest, the present insurance commissioner was given a majority of 277 in the county, the vote being, 'Preus 818, Rines 541, and Block 424. Eberhart Also Favorite. Goternor Eberhart, who has al- ways been interested in Beltrami county, goes out of the county with a, majority of 206. The vote, Eber- hart 1,073, Lee 867. TO LECTURE TONIGHT- Pictures of Yellowstone Park to Be ‘Shown This Evening. Much interest is being shown in {the illustrated lecture.which is to be given on Yellowstone park by Don i D. Delany in the public library. build- ling this evening. The lecture, which tis accompanied by the finest collec- tion of colored pictures of scenes in Yellowstone - pat i free and Mr. Delany understands his ;subject perfectly. The éntertain- ment will be given under the a Kooch. Beit. Wilson .304 898 Nord 571 Hayden ... 594 ApRoberts 401 Andrews .. 213 These figures lotal as follows and the remaining eight precincts of the two counties cannot materially change the result: WAISOD e sore e Vv e aaine o a0 1,202 Nord 1,352 Hayden 2 869 ApRoberts voeis 46 Andrews 278 neck and neck scramble with the’ in existence, is