Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 29, 1914, Page 1

« VOLUME 12, NO. 54, U.S.GOVERNMENT T0 AID CONSUMPTIVES Bill Being Urged in Congress to Have Abandoned Naval, “Military and Federal Reservations Utilized. COMMERCE ACT CONSTITUTIONAL Intermountain Territory No Longer to Be Discriminated Against Hauls<Finght Since 1906. By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Washington, June 29.—After vears of litigation and controversy the long and short haul clause of the Interstate. Commerce Act has been declared constitutional by the Su- preme Court. The inportance of this decision to the western interior, known as the intermountain terri- tory, can scarcely be estimated. 1t is declared that the progress of this great district has been visibly held back by freight rate discriminations it favor of the Pacific coast cities. The law has at last been upheld, and the discriminatory rates are no long- er legal. Under the old system of rate mak- ing it was cheaper to send freight from New York to Seattle than from Chicago to Salt Lake City. The theory of this low through rate was that the transcontinental freight carriers were subject to the competi- tion of ocean {ransportation around Cape Llorn. Therefore in assessing a rate from the east to some city like Spokane, in the interior from the Pacific coast, the entire through rate to Seattle was assessed and to this was added the high local rate for the theoretical backhaul from Seattle to Spokane. Thus Seattle shippers were able to get freight” from the east much cheaper than their competitors at Spokane could get it, and the result was much to the advantage Seattle. Congress eventually abolished this diserimination by forbidding a great- er charge for a short haul than for a longer haul, with some discretion allowed to the Interstate Commerce Commission in administering this law. Away back in 1886 Congress made a flat prohibition against this practice of the railroads, but this law was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Help for Consumptives. The famous Intermountain Cases came before the Commission under the present law, which was enacted in 1906, There was a bitter legal battle through the Commission, then the Commerce Court, and finally through the Supreme Court, which has just declared the law valid The problem of the arid region of the southwest in caring for the mui- titudes of indigent sufferers from tuberenlosis continually pouring into that country in the quest for health has at last reached Congress. The burden of taking care of these wretched refugees falls ‘upon the charitable people of the southwest, and it is a burden at times. Now the problem is being put up to Congress. The suggestion is made that the government utilize abandoned mili- tary, naval and other federal reser- vations as open-air sanatoriums ‘for consumptives. The Shafroth-Calla- way bill provides for federal hospi- tals for .indigent stranger consump- tives in the southwest, and the sug- gestion as to the use of abandone reservatio was made at the hear- ings of this bill. A committee of 99 from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Okla- homa, Texas and Utah, is pushing the bill. It is declared that half the consumptives who go west ~in search of health are too poor to se cure the proper necessaries, and who of sore, ENFORCE AUTO LAWS. Bemidii Police Instructed fo Arrest| All Violators, _COLONEL ROOSEVELT. ' Former President Told He Must Take a Long Rest. That the members of the Bemidji policé~force are going to enforce the auto -laws of ‘the state . and city was made evident . when George Kreatz, the contractor, admitted in municipal court Sat- urday afternoon that he had turn- ed around in the middle of a block. He was fined two dollars which he paid. Other drivers —have been warned and arrests are likely to fol- Tow. HONORSTO RUSSELL AGAIN .|Bemidji Attorney Secures High Score at Regular Sunday.-Morning Trap Shoot—Lycan Second. NINETEEN SHOOTERS TAKE PART Attorney P. cured high score at the regular week- ly gun shoot Sunday morning when J. Russell. again se- © 1914, by erican Press Assoctation. he broke nineteen of twenty-five pig-, eons. Ralph B. Lycan took second honors for the day, breaking eight- OPEN PROBE OF NEWS LEAK Senate May Authorize Putting Mem- bers and Writers on Grill. Washington, June 29.—How such complete reports of the proceedings of the senate foreign relations com- mittee, supposed to be secret, on the pending Nicaraguan and Colombian tredties got into the newspapers is about to be investigated. At a meeting Chairman Stone was een, iwhile Attorney Thayer C. Bailey and W. L. Griffith held third and fourth positions. Much interest was taken in the shoot and the scores of the nineteen shooters, as announced by T. C. Bailey, secretary, were as follows: Shot at Broke authorized to ask the senate to au-|p. J. Russell 19 thorize examination of senators and|Tycan 18 newspaper correspondents to find i 1 where the information for the pub- |, _g'nfi“"ey ]Z lic came from. i : R, Young 16 ELKS NINE COMPLETE | Getchel i Murphy 14 . v | Symons 14 Manager Herbert Decides on Men to stafora . 11 Meet Thief River. Larson 11 —_— C. Bailey il b g 10 9 After several weeks of hot compe- | Vanderluis tition for positions on the Elks base- Burgess . ball team, which is to meet the Thief | Calfield River Falls lodge team next Satur- B. Russell . day, as one of the July Fourth fea-|Day ture attractions, Jack Herbert, man-, ODpie ager of the Bemidji organization,|Given vesterday definitely decided upon the Warner lineup of the locals, which will be as follows: Herbert, catcher (for- o o1 0000 “THE THIRD DEGREE.” twirler of the Minnesota unive To Be Shown at Grand. team); Lycan, first base, (a former | star of the Markham Mermaids); Day, second base (has no past rec- ord); Buteh Finnigan, short stop; Barker, third base, (wanted by the Federals); Hillaby, left field (who| won distinction by batting .113 while a member of the Nymore club of 1907); Smith, center field, (admits that he is good enough for any team); Slim Manaugh, right field. Manager Herbert reserves the right to change this lineup. .tV‘ “The Third Degree,” one of the ‘leading motion pictures of the day, a melodrama which has drawn pack- ted houses wherever shown, will be the attraction at the Grand theatre tomorrow. The quality of the story, written by Charles Klein, author of the “Lion and the Mouse,” must be taken into account as a valuable as- set. The staging is as natural as life and the acting brilliant. The play is in five reels. - Louis W. Hill Offers Handsome Silver Cup at Northwest- ern Minnesota Agricultural Meeting---Sixth Annual ir-=Crookston, Mimn., July 14 to 18,1914. therefore either starve or accept meager charity. . IEEE T RS ax Attention, Please. If you intend to enter any the races in Bemidji on July Fourth, please enter your name at once, and to the following persons:, Automobile, Motoreyele or of Horse Races, E. H. Denu, Phone 31. Motor Boat Races, C. <W. Warfield, Phone 98 or 26. Foot Races, Dog and Cart Races and Potato Race, J. K. Given, Phone 57. Auto Parade, E. A. Barker, Phone 34. 1t is very important that these names be secured early and your co-operation with the chairman of these various departments will be” appreci- ated. KK K KKK EKK A KAk hkhk kX hhkhkhkhkhkhkhkkkkxhkkkk *k * * * * * * * +* * X X * * * * * x * * * * * * * * Miss Maude Buckland of Minnea- polis is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wilcox, 1201, Dewey avenue. Miss Buckland will remain for some time. by offering a handsome silver cup as a special prize for the best (ndlvldual agricultural exhibit. ~ - Louis W. Hill, president ofthe Great Northern Railway, has signal- 1zed his interest-in the Northwestern | Nortn.” |bound- Minnesota & ot the state ENJOYABLE 'AFFAIR Baudette, Spoonéryhlmy “River and Lake of the Woods Trip of North- " ern Editors Plans Complete. SOUTHERN SCRIBES AS GUESTS Intinerary IndicatesiThat Three-Day Session Will ‘Be er Pledsure Excursion of Any Ever Held. With the big sté&mer ‘‘Kenora” to convey them among the 10,000 isl- ands in Lake of the Woods; two spe- cial trains on the Cahadian Northern railway to haul them from Interna- tional Falls to Spmmer and Baudette and return; splendid” transportation ! ‘arrangements to take the party to “The Falls,” and with the citizens of all the border towns awaiting to en- thusiastically -extend “the “glad hand,” the members of the Northern Minnesota Elitorial dssociation, some southern editors who «will be guests and others are anticipating a very enjoyable time July |17, 18 and 19, when the annual outing of the Northern scribes will be held, ac- cording to announcement made today by A. R. Rutledge, gecretary of the association, Special Train Service. Those \living to the south will journey north on the Northern Pa- cific train, leaving St. Paul at 7:05 Thursday morning, July 16, and members of the association will be taken aboard along'the line to In- ternational Falls. BExtra sleepers are being provided for this train, and G. F. MeNeill, Minneapolis ci ticket agent for the Northern Pa- cific, is handling the'applications- for transportation, berths, ete. It is 2x- pected that A. M. Qleland, general passenger agent of the Northern Pa- cific, will accompany the train, and will be joined by W.'H. Gemmell of Brainerd, general manager of the Minnesota ‘& Interndtional railway, which latter road .carries the party from Brainerd-te International Falls. Inspect Paper Mill. The party will rendezvous at In- ternational Falls Friday morning, July 17, and after breakfast will be merly of the Winton nine of the S guests of the citizens and will enjoy Tron Range Garlic league); Brown, | the privilege granted by E. W. ' % T ber 4 A pitcher (former captain - and - s ‘s""m of Modern Torture Chamber| pyops, -prosident-ot#:the Ontario- Minnesota Power company of look- ing over the immense paper mill and power plants and the Koochiching farm with its modern equipment and well-stocked herds of dairy cattle, hogs, ete. George P. Watson, owner of the International Falls Press, as- sisted by President Nord of the Com- mercial club, Mr. Backus and others, will do all in their power to make the visit at “The Falls” pleasant. A “Dutch lunch” wilt be served “at noon, and at 3:30 p. m. a Canadian Northern special train, in personal charge of A. L. Johnston of Minnea- polis, general agent of the Canadian Northern, will leave Fort Frances, Can., (across the Rainy River from International Falls) for Spooner, and Baudette, the “Twin Cities of the The equipment furnished by the Canadian Northern will be such as to afford the visiting editors a rare opportunity to view the coun- try along the Rainy river, and the party will arrive in Spooner-Bau- dette at about-6 o’clock. = The “out- ers” will board the “Kenora” Friday night, and when n.wake'ned Saturday morning they will be traveling .the deep- of the Rainy towards Lake cf the Woods, as the big boat will pull out at four in the morning. The trip across the lake will afford a fine op- portunity to view the many beau- tiful islands and scenery of the northernmost lakes in the United States. The boat will return (o Spooner in time- for the crowd to [ board the Canadian Northern special returning to-Fort Frances at 3:30 Sunday afternoon,_and arriving at International Falls in ample time tc make conections with - the . south- Internationai- Northern Pacific train for the twin Cities ‘and_points intervening, arriv- ing in -Minneapolis at 8:05 Monday morning. To Entertain Women. At Spooner-Baudette, George E. Erickson, owner ;of ' the Spooner News, is chairman of a committee which includes W. T. Noonan, owner of the Baudette Region, J. U. Wil- liams, John A. Kennedy, Mr. Hanson and others who have completed all arrangements for caring for “men forks” of the party. " Special | arrangements have been made to care for the.women, by a committee of prominent Spooner-Baudette women, Mesdames G. E. Erickson, J. E. Cor- | rigan; L. McNurlen, F. W: Koefod, J. A. Kennedy and J. L. Williams. A delegation-of southern members editorial associguon, the | *x x * ARCHDUKE FERDINAND 2 : ASSASSINATED YESTEB.ADY “ * Sera]evo, Bosnia, June * * 29— (Special to the Pioneer) % —Archduke Francis Ferdin-- :)l ¥ and; heir to the Austrian ¥ * throne, and- his morganatic * * wife, Duchess of Hohenberg, * 4 were assassinated yesterday ¥ % ‘while driving through the % & streets of Serajevo, the Bos- ¥ ¥ nian capital. The shots were % ¥ fired by a youthful Servian * ¥ student, which adds another ¥ - tragedy to the long list ¥ * which-has darkened the reign % ¥ of Emperor Francis Joseph. ¥ x * KKK KKK KK KKK KKK :AT_HLETICS BEAT BAGLEY i Bemidji’s Baseball Team Finally Wins From Clearwater Aggregation, Taking Sunday Game 13 to 3. PAUL ALLOWS BUT THREE HITS ‘With Charlie Paul pitching good ball, allowing only three hits, and these *well _scattered, the Bemidji Athletics yesterday won from their old rivals by a score of 13 to 3. "It has been several years since a Be- midji team has been ‘able to defeat the Clearwater county boys and the victory was a welcome one to fol- lowers of the game here. Bemidji was able to score in every inning but two, errors by Carl, Courtney and Wilson and the hit- ting of Brandon, Howe, Hill and Ber- rigan assisting the Athletics to in- crease its score. The locals secured three scores in the first inning when with one down Brandon singled but was caught at-second on a fielders choice, Hill taking first; Rice took first when Courtney failed to- get Hill at second, Murphy singled and with the bases full Berrigan slam- med the pill for two. sacks, sending in three counts. Bailey hit to Erickson. - The locals scored two in the sec- ond, one in the fourth, and four in the fifth on four hits, an error, a putout and a fielders choice. They scored one in the seventh and two in the eighth. Bagley Scores. Bagley scored in the third when Carl was safe on Tanner’s. error and Hill hit for three bases. Another score was secured in the seventh on a hit, an error and two bases on balls. ‘Bagley’s. last score came in the ninth on another error by Tan- ner, giving Wilson life, a stolen base and a long fly to Brandon. “Red” Hill, who caught for Be- midji, and Howe played strong ball. Bell umpired in good style, his de- cisions being prompt and rarely dis- puted. The Score, . (=] nhoHowo o ®E Bemidji Tanner 3b xBrandon cf . Hill ¢ " Rice 2b .. Murphy rf Berrigan 1b Bailey If .... Paul p Howe ss ... o T ) .4 e ®owmon D comocorocoad Bagley— Peterson p Carl 3b Hill 1f ... Dexter ¢ . . Courtney ss ... Erigkson 1b .. Larson 2b . Hain'. rf Wilson ef Horomoowole 3 .23 18 (x) Brandon out batter on base- line. Double. plays, K] Howe to R‘ce to Berrigan. Two-base hits, Brandon, Hill, Berrigan, Bailey, Howe, Carl 2. Three-base hits, Hill Tanner. Bases on balls, off Paul 5; off Peterson 4. Struck out, by Paul 7; by Peterson 5. Stolen bases, Carl, Dexter, Bran-~ don 2, Rice, Murphy 2. Wild pitches, Paul 3. “The next game will be” played Saturday with Thief River Falls. _|OPPIE SPRAINS ANKLE Hotel Man Injured in Baseball Game Played Yesterday Afternoon. John Oppie; of the Pilsener Hotel, is suffering from a sprained : ankle "sustained in a baseball game played.| yesterday afternoon at the ' Larson “farm between the Bemidji Barten- ‘ders and a nine calling themselves ‘the Farmers. The game was a nip fand. tuck affair and resulted in a 11 to 12 score-in favor of the Bar- tenders. The lineup, Bartenders—— ‘| the leading and made many friends. headed by H C. Hotaling f Maple- | Bunker, <¢; Ferguson, p; McClernan, ton, president, will ‘participate’ u%hell Opple, ss; Freeman, rf; Young, outing, as guests of the Northern as- 2b; Millette, 3b; Heffner, cf; Sulli- MISS HELEN M. ANGLE. . ‘Wealthy Widow Held as Witnoss In Connecticut Mgrdar Case. KEPT UNDER SURVEILLANCE Police Have Clue to““Other Man” in Stamford (Conn.) Murder Casé. Stamford,~Conn., June29.—Murder, not . accident theories, grew in favor here as an ‘explanation of the mys- terious death of Waldo R. Ballou at’ the home of Mrs. Helen M. Angle, who is held as a material witness,| through declaration of police that a second man was at the Angle apart- { second man enter the Angle flat, but is not sure whether it was before or after the tragedy. The mysterious man, it is claimed, was a friend of both, and is under surveillance. The police decline to give his name until it is decided whether an arrest can be made. | The spectacles of Ballou, uniroken but apparently stained with blood, ! were found in Mrs. Angle’s apartment in a box y-hich the police declare Llld‘ not contain them when the fir: search was made. BOARDS MEET TOMORROW Koochiching, Beltrami and Hubbard County Commissioners to Discuss Ditch and Hospital Plans. REFEREE DENT TO ATTEND! County commissioners of Beltrami, Hubbard and Koochiching counties, | Judge C. W. Stanton, Ditch Referce; 0. L. Dent and County Auditor| James L. George will attend an im- portant meeting which is to be held at International Falls tomorrow, at which questions and plans of the various judicial ditch projects will be discussed and decided upon. The Hubbard officials will be in attend- ance in order that the tuberculosis sanatorium plan of the three counties may be made clear and some action taken. The ditch work of Koochiching and Beltrami counties calls for a vast ex- Denditure of money and at the meet- ing tomorrow opinions will be ex- changed and the officials given op- portunity to form plans for the fin- ancing of the projects and road building, thereby enabling: both counties to have the same points in view and creating a greater benefit to. the communities affected. While much study has been given to the advisability of the erection of a tuberculosis sanatorium, it is doubtful whether the proposition is strongly enough urged by the citi- zens of the three counties to cause the commissioners to place the one- mill tax for its comstruction. The matter will be thoroughly reviewed at the meeting tomorrow and de- finite action taken, the commission- ers wishing to dispose of the propo- sition €ither one way or the other immediately. JOHNSON WINS EASILY. Negro Has Moran at His Mercy Dur- ing Entire Paris Contest. . Jack Johnson still holds the heavy- weight championship of the world. In a’hard-fought battle at the Velo- drome d’Hiver, Paris, Saturday night, he easily defeated Frank Moran of Pittsburgh on points in a twenty-round contest. Moran was game and stubborn. He did most of Johnson’s superior skill and his ef- fective nppercutting wore down his opponent and won the fight, which at ‘times seemed rather amateurish. Teriftic uppercuts, on which Johi- son ‘had relied in many of his pre- to play on his young adversary, who ‘was unable to block them-effectively. They were sent to Moran’s jaw.re- peatedly when he least expected them and several .times with such force that the Pittsburger was sent wabbhns, but there was not a single sgociation, the state assncintlng hold- |van, 1b. = Farmers, Dud, ss; . .7. ing no'outing this year. Pogue, D; Auger, c; Clunglis, Every farmer is urged to enter tha Minnesota Agricultural Meeting, Sixth Annual Faii, to be held at Crookston, Jnly 14. 15, 16, 17 and 18, 1914, hu‘g success. Rendy, 1b; C. Larg n, 2b; Carich, I kn(xekdown or anything that looked like adhushing blow. At the close 'Monn ce was 'hleeding from cuts. on the 1 nm and under the left eve: ymiles was the big anchor !during the night and' not until 11 | members of the tourists. vious battles, again were ‘brought in-§ jmake regular trips. {Wwill be in charge of the hall and me SPEND THRILLING DAY ON RED LAKE “See Minnesota First” Tourists Brave Storm of Friday Night -Without _Giving Up—Women are Praised SLEPT "ON FLOOR - OF CABIN Anchor of Mud Hen Dragged Several Miles—Twenty-Four Hours With- out Food—Would Repeat Trip. Tired from their Red Lake experi- ~ ence of Friday afternoon, Friday ev- ening and Saturday morning, but en- thusiastic over their episode, ~the- nineteen members of Prof. E. M. Lehnerts ‘“See Minnesota First” party arrived in Bemidji at 9 o’clock Saturday evening, being brought from Redby by a special train of the Red Lake line, and left early yester- * day morning for International Falls. The party reached Redby late Sat- urday afternoon from Ponemah In- dian school, where food had been se- {cured, the first in twenty-four hours. jAfter leaving Waskish where field studies. had been made,.on- the re- turn trip to the reservation, Friday at- terndon, the wind increased to such an extent that Captain William Cook of the Mud Hen thought best to an- ments when Ballow’s head was crush- chor, the boat being able to make ed. ibut little headway against the A witness is sald to have seen a waves, claimed to have been the largest in the history of Redby. Two dragged o'clock Saturday morning did the wind subside enough to allow the continuance of. the journey. Slept On Floor. E. L. Benner of Bemidji, chiet Clerk of the Red Lake road, was 2 member of the party, and in telling of the peril)ous trip, he laid special stress on the bravery of the women While the danger of the boat’s swamping was japparent at various times, never onze did the they complain. Several slept in chairs while others endeav- ored to gain rest on the floor of the cabin, Go To' Ponemah, Arriving at Ponemah the party was " given food and wood secured, and immediately following the re- turn trip to Redby was made. The Red Lake experience was not at all regretted by the party and all plan on returning mnext summer. Only the Cass Lake visit had to be abandoned. It is probable that the 1916 head- quarters of ‘the field course will be in Bemidji, it being planned to build a large lodge on the banks of Lake Bemidji. DECORATEFOR THE FOURTH Bemidji ‘Merchants Already Prepar- ing Business Establishments for Celebration--Association Meeting T0 DISCUSS IMPORTANT MATTERS Merchants of Bemidji are begin- ning to decorate their display win- dows for the Fourth of July, and by next Saturday it is expected = that every window in the city will take on the red, white and blue. Tomorrow afternoon the mer- chants will hold their regular busi- ness meeting at which time the prob- lem of more elaborate decorations will be discussed. Some of the res- taurants and saloons, it is under- stood, will use the evergreen trees to a great extent, and this mingled with bunting of bright colors will give the streets a pleasing effect. - E. M. Sathre, secretary of the Merchants’ association, has returned from his vacation trip and will be back in action at the club meetings. As thig is the last regular meeting to be 'held before the Fourth of July celebration, the officérs of the asso- ciation urge that all members attend the meeting. There are many im- portant things to be discussed, which ‘will be of vital iuterest to each and every one. “COUNTRY CLUB” TO OPEN. Initial Affair at Outlet Pavilion to Be Held Tonight. “The Country Club,” Captain W. B. MacLachlan’s private dancing pa- vilion at the outlet will be opened this evening, the affair being for in- vited guests only. The ‘‘Country Club” was to have opened last Fri- 'day evening, but weather conditions necessitated a delay. | The dance this evening will be attended-by a large number of Bemidji and Lavinia ygung' folks and the “City of Béhlldjl" will Edwin Simons “International Baggers" S will vide music. prod