THE BE ‘VOLUME 11. NO. 211. PUBLIC SENTIMENT CAUSES BIG CHANGE Morgan T'And Company Quits Big Corporations—Action Is Hastened By Many Recent Rumors WAS IN NO WAY FORCED Move Follows Reports That Govern- ment Would Go After Interlocking . Directorates—Step Voluntary L] New, York, Jan. 3.—I. P. Morgan & Co. has announced that it has sev- ered its conncctions with some of the greatest corporations in the coun- try with which it has long been con- nected. This step, the firm announced, was taken voluntarily in response to “an apparent change in public sentiment” on account of “some of the problems and criticisms having to do with 30 called interlocking directorat Among the companies from which the firm retired are the New Yorlk Central and New Haven reilroads. 5 J. P. Morgan, Jr., remains a director of the Northern Pacific, as do Charles Henry Porter, Steele and Willi members of the Thomas La- mont of (ho also remains a Northern Pacilic director, The nee ity of Toard meetines a burde o g recte suys a Morgan. attencing many Leen so serious tiime that we have draw trom the di corporati ssued by J. P nient > Task Reluctantiy Accepted. ost of these directorships we g accepted reluctance and 4 only because we felt constrained to keep in touch with properties which we had reorganized cr whose securi- . ties we had recommended to the pub- lic both here and abroad. “An apparent change in public sen- timent in regard to the directorships seems now to warrant us in ng to resign from some of these connec- tions. “Indeed it may be, in view of the i change in sentiment upon the sub- Ject, that we shall be in a better posi- tion to rve such properties and their security holders if we are not ., directors. [ “We have already resigned from i the companies mentioned, and we ex pect from time to time to withdraw from other boards upon which we N feel. there is no special obligation to i remain.” 2 By withdrawing from. these corpo- o - ratons 1. P. Morgan & Co. have cut the strings that have held together many of the country’s most impor- tant corporations in a community of i interests which has been assailed ¢l within and without congre: { % Action Was Not Forced. The house of Morgan fecls that it has kept within the law in all of its y complex operations and that no legal g necessity or threatened complications ] with the authorities at Washington ! had made it necessary to adopt the . sweeping change in policy announced. f The chief consideration, it was ! said, which has prevented the firm | from taking some such action before this time was the possible complica- i tions which might follow such action. t Investors throughout the world have I purchased securities marketed by the house of Morgan and it was felt that the firm had assumed a responsibility i in this connection which could not be | lightly laid aside. I The recent trend of political events, such as the “money trust” investiga- tion by the Pujo committee, and re- | ports from Washington that the ad- ministration is considering legisla | tion against interlocking directorates, i has created a situation which made it possible to enter upon this change in policy. | LOWER COURT IS OVERRULED Minnesota Law Regulating Cream Shipments Upheld, St. Paul, Jan. 3.—An ianjuncti e granted by Judge Catlin of the Ram. sey district court restraining the rail- N roads from enfor the si § mile cream law was dissolved by the supreme court with the comment that i the action was not the proper onc tc bring. The law, passed by the last le; lature, prohibited' railroads carrying ) cream more than sixty-five miles un- i less it had been pasteurized or car- ried in a refrigerator car. The Mil- ton Dairy company led the fight in ( the district court. i The supreme court decision, given on appeal by the state, means that the law now is in force. Fatal Automobile Accident Occurs , Near Wells, Minn. % Wells, Minn., Jan. 3—Dr. Ralph E. McBroom, aged thirty-five years, was killed, Earl Babcock perhaps fatally wounded and Charles Boetcher had several ribs broken when their auto- [ mobile left the road and crashed into a barbed wire fence near here. [ The men were returning from a fi - trip to Walters. All are residents of Wells. North End Lawyers Here C. R. Midleton, mayor of Baudette, and George Ericson, editor of the 0! Northern News, Dboth attorneys, g | were Bemidji visitors today, having been brought here on legal matters. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gill, and in- fant child, returned to Bemidji this morning from St. Paul. Mrs. Gill has > been in the cities for some time, and > was met there by Mr, Gill Christmas. | ONE DEAD; ANOTHER DYING|: Dafarcrtiva DR. KATHERINE DAVIS. First Woman to New York, Jan. 3. pointees of Mayor head of a New York Dr. Davis after he: cial can her refrain plans. Howeve: nothing inhuman in prisoners and that any proper inquiry of city prisons. Next Monday January ing “Paid in Full.” to give Bemidji going" desirous of company for only recently theatre managers in Fourteen persons company and actr for themselves on ed as being one of The engagement Omaha, Jan, that continued sued through parents of years old, daughter Sacramento (Cal.) okl - “# WORKMEN DiG <+ 3.—This little vil <+ earthing of mastodon. ribs six inches ] & - 4 with a jaw four £ +4 five inches in £ L SCOO Beginning next Monday 5, the Harr, several was he the necessary arrangements. The company comes to highly recommended by the various in recovering their gypsy camp at Florence, Neb. ol X to be the skeleton of a huge The measured thirty feet in length, tusks five feet long. Become Head of New York City Department. Woman Becomes New Vork’; Commis- sioner of Corrections. .—Among the ap- John Purroy Mit- chell was Miss Katherine E. Bement Davis, the first woman to become the city department. r induction into the office of comniissioner of correc- tions was the guest at luncheon of the Woman’s Suffrage party where she showed that a woman public offi- trom talking about r, she let it be known that she proposed to tolerate the treatment of she should help into the conduct STOCK COMPANY COMING Harry St. Clair Troupe Will Open Week's Engagement At Brinkman Evening NEW PERFORMANCE EACH NIGHT evening, y St. Clair Stock company will open a week’s engage- ment at the Brinkman each night a new show will be given, the attraction of the first day pe- theatre. On Manager Brinkman in his anxiety the “best there is in the theatrical line has been obtaining the St. Clair but to make months able Bemidji whose houses it has played, by the press and publie. complete the and all are talented actors s who have made names the stage. Beaton, the leading lady, is recogniz- Miss the most pleas- ing stage performers of today and her services are much sought. * of the company in Bemidji begins on next Monday and will continue for one week, with a matinee next Saturday afternoon. Find Daughter in Gypsy Camp. 3.—After seventeen months and which took pursuers and pur- fourteen Lynka Thomas, a search states, the thirteen of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas, wealthy farmers of the valley, succeeded daughter in a g ok e o UP REMAINS L3 B OF MASTODON. £ # Blueridge Springs, Va, Jan. <+ thrown into a fever of excite- < ment as the result of the un- what o+ lage has been < g% is declared = skeleton < feet in width, = wide, teeth - width, and <+ +* - el ded fe ook THE CUB REPORTER emplifies Reckless Manner In ‘Which Animals Were Disposed Of FEDERAL = RULES PROPOSED Would Place Catohing of Fish Under Ban—Many Kinds Becoming Lux- ury—Shads Becoming Scarce By Robert F. Wilson Washington, Jan 3,—The reckless and improvident manner with which Americans have dealth with exhaus- tible natural resources with which this continent was endowed is exem- plified in a report of the Bureau of Fisheries on a bill introduced by Congressman Linthicum, of Mary- land, for the conservation of the filsh supply. The wild pigeon has been exterm- inated by the greedy hunters The buffalo was killed out within a com- paratively short space of time. Sev- cral valuable species of fur bearing animals are almost extinet. The rap- id destruction of the great numbers of wild ducks, geese and other game birds finally resulted in the ‘pass- age of the McLean law, the first sta- tute which aims at federal control of the game supply. Federal Action And now Congressman Linthicum proposes federal regulation of the catching of fish, on the ground that they, too, are migratory, and hence are not within the exclusive jurdis- tion of any one state. The report of the Bureau of Fisheries demonstrates that some of the commonest varieties of edible fish are going the way of the wild pigeon and the beaver under the present reckless custom of per- mitting catches to be unlimited, and the failure to provide safety zones where the fish can breed without molestation. The sturgeon was once an import- ant American food fish. Now it has almost completely disappeared. Am- erican caviar will soon become an unknown fish, and the price of this delicacy is now so high as to exclude it from thie tables of all but the rich, Case Of The Sturgeon Yet not so many years ago stur- geon were so plentiful as to be al- most a nuisance. For many years they were not known to be edible, and the preparation of their roe as caviar was an unknown culinary process in this country. The big, powerful sturgeon made trouble for the fishermen, tangling and tearing their nets. Consequently, whenever they were captured they were promptly killed and thrown back in- to the water. Then the edibility of the sturgeon and its roe was discovered. Fisher- men began taking them in great numbers for the market. There was no reckoning for the future, no clos- ed season, no protection for the fish at all. Soon the supply began dim- inishing. Then it was discovered that the Sturgeon was a variety of fish easily killed off. The scientists began studying its habits of life, and t» this day they have failed to find out how to increase the sturgeon supply by artificial propagation. The roe of other fish can be hatched in tanks, and the small fish can be dis- tributed in the waters of the country but artificial propagation of stur- geon has not yet been discovered. The Cause of High Prices But that made no difference to the fisherman. The price of sturgeon and caviar mounted, stimulating the catchers to more diligence. Fifteen years ago the catch of sturgeon on the Atlantic coast was 7,000,000 pounds. Last year, with even great- er efforts on the part of fishermen, it was less than 1,000,000. In 18 years the sturgeon catch in the Great Lakes declined 90 per cent. The fish is becoming extinct. Even the more prolific varities of fish are suffering the same fate. Shad is becoming a luxury. A few years ago more shad were taken in a day’s fishing than are now caught in an entire season. KILLED 0FF GAME Report of Bureau of Fisheries Ex- Ever,ytlung In neadmeu For Feature Games of ‘Beuon Final arrangements = have been completed for 'the #eries of basket ball games to be. played in Bemidji next week between: the Bemidji Ath- letic Club basket ball team and the Superior Y. M. E. A five on January 8th, 9th and 10th. resented by one of supporters of the Bemidji team who are anxious to have the local five carry off the state - championship. When refering to .the game to be played, Art Olson, manager of the Superior team- said,’ “You can plan on being satisfied with the lighest portion of the poifts tallied as we have never before been represented by a stronger team and are coming to your city to make up .for our last season’s defeaf KKK K KRR KK R KK * SUNDAY IN CHURCHES, * KK KKK KK KKK KKK Swedish Lutheran, Sunday school at 12 o’clock. Even- ing service at 8. J.'H. Randahl, pas- tor. ' German Lutheran There will be German Lutheran church, at the Swpdish Lutheran church tomorrow. - \, Epuoq?al Sunday school 4t 9:30 a. m. Evening prayer and! sermon at 7:30 p. m..” Archeacon Barshall, pastor. Swedish Lathern Rev. George Larson, of Nymore, will preach at the Swedjsh Lutheran church Sunday at 3;30. All are wel- come, First Methodist - Morning worship .and communion 10:45. Sunday school 12:00. Ep- worth league 6:30. Mrs. Gilman leader. Evening service '7:30. Sub- Ject “Song In The Night.” Official board Tuesday night at 0. p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8:00 p. m. C. W. Gilman, pastor. Presbyterian Bible class and Sunday school at 10. At 11, there Wlll be the regular quarterly communion service, Junior C; E. at 3. Young peoples meeting at 7. Evening gospet] service .at Mid-week service for prayer ~and bible study on Thursday éve. at 8. The public is cordially welcomed to all our services.S. E. P. White, pas- tor. First Baptist Church Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning worship and sermon on “The Value of Faith to Human Life” at 11 a. m. Jr. and Sr. Young people’s meeting at 3 p. m. and 7. p. m. Gos- pel service at 8. Thursday evening prayer service in charge of the teacher’s and officers of the Sun- day school. The public cordially in- vited to all the social and devotional gatherings of the church. Chas. G. Chandler, pastor. MARCH TO GOVERCR'S HOME Frisco's Unemployed Fail to See Cali- fornia Executive. San Francisco, Jan. 3.—In front of the residence here of Governor Hiram W. Johnson more than 1,000 unem- ployed men gathered after a march from the downtown section, for the purpose of asking the chief executive what he intended doing for those without work. ‘The governor was not at home, it was said. The men waited more than three hours and then left a note re- questing him to come before them at anether time to answer their ques- tloms about work. osdesle el liche olesle el clo el b fe b B b b ONE KILLING EVERY DAY IN CHICAGO. - - k4 Chicago, Jan. 3.—Records of <& the police department show < there were thirty-one homi- cides, or an average of one a < day in Chicago in December. < This is the largest toll of < murders and killings for a < similar period in the history < of the city. Two of the mur- <+ ders are listed in police records oo ofe oo ol ofe b oo ole oo ol b o oo obe ol e ok as “Blackhand cases.” One < case was a patricide. * oo oo ofe oo ole ofe ofo ol ol ofe ofe oo oo oo oo o Oh For Some Place Where They Don’t Let Smoke : “|BEING HELD ON $300 BOUND AGAIN l TROUBLE George Wood, St. Louis County De- puty Sheriff, Bound Over To Itasca County Grand Jury For Burglary New York Prelate Starts Active Fight on Tango. [BEMIDJIMERCHANTS VICTIMS OF FORGERS Men Believed To Have Been Em- ployes of Internations] Lumber Company Pass Worthless Checks SHERIFF WORKING ON CASE Evidence. To Effect That Gun Club Warden Broke in House Of Home-steader—Conimings Free George Wood, of Hibbing, who last summer was given his release as a deputy game warden of the State Game and Fish Commission, follow- ing an investigation as to his con- duct in office, made by S. C. Bailey, warden inspector of this city, is |again in hot water. This time he is charged with bur- glary, and has been bound over to the Itasca county grand jury. claimed in the complaint that Wood, acting as a deputy sheriff of St. Louis, and a representative of the Hibbing and Virginia clubs broke open a door to the home of home-steader and took some hides. After his release from the commis- It was Gun sion, he was made deputy sheriff, up- on the request of a petition signed by a hundred members of the gun clubs of the range. It was under- stood that he was only to act as war- den. He has a record of securing more convictions than any other warden of the state, during his term in office. Was Bound Over He was held to the grand jury by Justice of the Peace Platt after a pre- liminary hearing on charges prefer- red by D. A. Cameron of Carpenter township that he had committed an act of burglary on Carpenter’s pro- perty. Game Warden Joe Cummings also accused with Wood was re- leased. The testimony of John Lanhousen and John Cameron, the latter a son of the complaining witness, D. A. Cameron, was to the effect that they had seen the defendant officials take down a door that had been nailed up and enter a building at the rear ‘of the-Yiving apartments of the Cam= eron family, where the contraband skins had been found. Denies Door Was Nailed Deputy Sheriff Wood claimed that the door was not nailed up and that he simply pushed it aside with his hand and entered, finding the musk- rat and mink skins cased and stretch- ed on sticks. The Camerons admit that the hides were in the place, but claim to have trapped the animals during the legal season. The visit of the officials took place on Nov. 18, and excerpts of the game laws of the state, such as are given out by the officials issuing licenses state that these animals may be trapped from Nov. 15 to April 15, whereas the law itself states that the season opens Dec. 11. Cameron Finds Note David A. Cameron, the complain- ant, was not at home when the of- ficers arrived, but found upon his re- turn a note stating that the furs had been taken by the searchers, and to appear at Hibbing on the following Saturday to answer to a charge of illegal trapping. Instead of doing so Mr. Cameron at once swore out a warrant for the arrest of the two men. In his findings Justice Platt said that while the law gave wardens power to search without a warrant certain premises, it was very explicit in specifying nature of those pre- mises such as boats, boxes, tents and receptacles, but that in this enum- eration houses and dwellings had ap- parfently purposely been omitted. The court therefore considered that the law had been overstepped and held Wood in $300 hond, allowing Cummings to go, as it apepared that he had not actually had a hand in the removal of the door to the place in which the skins were found. C. A. Peterson of International Falls, was a Bemidji business visitor & yesterday. DiS - DIVE WID A SNIPE. AN YOUR MUSH AN’ CuM [E— Golden Rule And Maloy Saloon Ac- cept Paper Which is Found To Be Valueless by Banks of City PRESENT DANCES IMMODEST Cardinal Farley Declares War on the Tango. New York, Jan. 3—Cardinal Farley staried an active fight on the tqngo when he announced through his isec- Tetary that he deplored the trend of the present vogue as immodest |and had determined to do all in his pow- er to prevent it. Invitations already out for a dance to be given by the Junior Auxiliary of the Catholic' In- stitute for the Blind at Delmonico’s Tuesday night were immediately re- called and the affair abandoned. A monsignor close to the cardinal also stated that no priest will permit the societies connected with his par- ish to hold dances while the present vogue of dancing exists, nor will par- ish charities, schools or other paro- chial institutions accept funds rajsed In such a way. CONFESSES TO THEFT Borrows Knife From Pal And Then Clips His Leather Watch Chain— Hides It Under Platform TRIED BY COMMISSIONER FISK 5 George Lane chief of police and officer Zacharias arrested Willlam Olson last evening upon a complaint by James Dwyer on a charge of steal- ing a watch. According to the story told py Dwyer, Olson had horrowed his knife and then cut his leather chain, to which the watch was at- tached. Dwyer felt the jerk at his watch pocket but thought nothing of it until he discovered that his watch was gone. He immediately accused Olson who declared he did not have the time piece but that he had seen a fellow take it and would escort him to the place where he thought the theif would be. The two walked to the Northern Grocery shipping platform where Olson suddenly dived under but soon came out but did not give any excuse -for his actions. Working upon this clue Chief Lane traced the incidents of the rob- bery from the time the two men got up from the supper table at the Lakeshore hotel until the robbery was reported. The evidence seemed to point toward Olson, and his arrest followed. The chief pictured to Olson the long imprisonment in the County jail before action by the grand jury if he was convicted at the preliminary hearing and then left him alone for several hours to “think it over.” This morning Coun- ty Attorney Torrance accompanied the chief to the cell where he was questioned closely and finally admit- ted that he had taken the watch. He was ordered brought before Court Commissioner Fisk at two o’clock this afternoon for preliminary hear- ing. Judge C. W. Stanton has returned from International Falls and Walker, where he had attended to judicial matters. The judge will leave Mon- day morning for Park Rapids where he will hear the second trial of the Rima vs Rima case. Julius Bestul a member of the high school faculty will return to Be- midji tomorrow. Two Bemidji business men were “trimmed” to the extent of approxi- mately $100 by two men claiming to be employes of the International |Lumber: company, New Year's day, the Golden Rule store and the Ma- loy salobn being the vietims. A oheck of $15.85 was aocepted at the saloon, the balance being paid out in clothing and cash at the Golden Rule. Not until late yesterday were the police notified of the crime, and the checks had been deposited at the banks by the victims. Investiga- tion soon proved that the men who passed the checks, being drawn on the International Lumber company, has preciously been employed by the firm agd had come to Bemidji to spend the holidays. Buy Clothes At the Golden rule, each of the forgers bought a suit of clothes and other articlés, and presented the worthless checks in payment, receiv- ing the balance in cash. “I have dealt with men of the lumberjack class to a large extent during the past eleven years, said the manager of the Golden Rule, “and this is the first time that I have cver been beaten out of any money. I have found them:usually to be straight in their business deal- ings. This is one reason why I am of the opinion that the men who turned the trick here were not woodsmen, but more likely office help.” Mr, Maloy said that he felt soon after the checks had been accepted at his saloon that they were worth- less. Sheriff Johnson went to work on the case soon after being informed of the forgery and with the assist- ance of his deputies gathered as much information as possible, with the result that evidence was un- carthed which will be of much- as- sistance in bringing the guilty per- son to justice. Another Forgery has been pulled off in Bemidji dur- ing the last two weeks, the McKim saloon having accepted a worth- less $38.20 check, Christmas. The check which was forged at that time being on the Crookston Lumber com- pany and was identical with those passed several years ago for various amounts. While the police are work- ing on this case also, no arrests have as yet been made. WILL GIVE DANCE FRIDAY To Entertain Superior Quint After Basketball Game Arrangements have been complet- ed and invitations will be issued the first of the week for a dance which will be given by the Bemidji basket ball team in honor of the Superior Y. M. E. A. five which will play three games in this city next week. Refreshments will be served during the eving and good music will be ar- ranged for. ORGANIZE TEAM SOON Young Men of City To Try Newv Sport For Bemidji Several members of the Bemidji Athletic Club have started a move- ment to organize an indoor base- ball team to contest ~for the city’s championship. This will be the first time this sport has ever been con- sidered in Bemidji and it is probable that it will prove popular. Marries Two Couple Olaf Nelson and Jessie Ball, both of Nary, were married by Rev. Lar- son of Nymore, Wednesday after- noon. The wedding was performed in the presence of Oscar Nelson and Marie Severson. Rev. Larson also married Alven Moe and Loive Mil- bus, both of Bemidji, the ceremony being performed New Year’s - day. The ceremony was performed in the presence of friends at the home of the groom. A wedding breakfast was served. Practice Tonight Candidates for the Bemidji Athle- tic Club bagketball team will not be allowed a rest because of the fact that they defated Grand Forks but have been ordered to report for prac- tice every night until the Superior games which promise to be even clo- ser than the Grand Forks contest. This is the second forgery which -

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