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I 5 1 n,-\ 4.* VOLUME 10. NUMBER 201. "THERE COULD BE NO MONEY TRUST J. P. Morg-an, Before Pujo Committee, Declares That The Question of Control is Personal. E BELIEVES IN COMBINATION Famous ^Financier, .Now Bowing With Age, Prefers it to Competition Does Not Feel "Vast Powers. WAS ON THE STAND ALL DAY Was Excused at 3:42 Thursday and Investigation Adjourned to January 6. Washington, Dec. 20.The Pujoj money trust investigating commit tee adjourned late yesterday after-,i -han .,-ii ilowing is the Christendom coul no control mon ney The question of control is per sonal as to money and credits," de clareu Mr. Morgan yesterday, to tne-T committee. The financier was led up to his an swer by the questioning of Samuel TJntermeyer, counsel for the commit tee, who asked Mr. Morgan if "he did i not admit he had vast power and did not feel it Once, when the lawyer i and the witness got into a discussion of competition and combination, Mr.' Morgan said: "I'd rather have com bmation than competition I like a little competition but I like combina- tion better. Control is the important, there "couldbybe prices at which the subsidiaries of the United States Steel corporation were taken into the big corporation. Mr. TJntermeyer asked if he ha* not named the board of directors of the Lmted States Steel corporation, but' Mr Morgan only said he might have| -decided who should not go on." His holdings of certain bank stocks he characterized as "not very much-about a million dollars." ctr^ne^t Tea tny noon until January 6 when it will j^ r^^n^^\ resume its investigations. The com mittee kept J. P. Morgan on the stand until 3:42 in the afternoon. 'There could be no money trust. All the banks and alltthe money i i 1 thing without it you can't do a, .____ thing, but no one man could mono-! polize money. One man might get| Mr Morgans declaration thaJ i a dozen of his partners and attcii^L w" nevs answered all Questions with TW, i whTh ?T* whKh exited his company, a few, trusses could name the directors,, who in turn would name the officers i of the great interstate industrial orj railroad corporations. Mr. Morgan denied, however, that he believed interlocking directorates where two or three men held direc torships in several banks, trust com panies or corporations, could bring about control and a unity of action. He declared that without a majority on the boards such men could not dictate affairs or control the cor porations. The financier took issue with Mr. TJntermeyer as to the opportunity of fered a few men to control general banking conditions, through such participation as Morgan & Co. have on the boards of directors of the leading banks of New York. Morgan showed little-of the testFt tart disposition so generally attrib uted to him. Almost extravagant politeness marked his examination. tell you frankly enough if I objected to your questions," Morgan retorted to Unterm^yer at one time. (Continued on last pace). Historial Societ7 (TRANSFER FREIGHT HERE Beginning next Monday, or as soon after as is practicable, the Minnesota and International road will transfer all of its freight for points north and south on the road in the Bemidji warehouse. Heretofore this work has been done in the twin cities, at the Minnesota transfer, in Duluth and Brainerd. The new arrangement wiil allow for the sending of freight in bulk to Bemidji and then it will be broken up into small package lots for local freight. The work will be handled here under the supervision of George Walker and will take several extra warehousemen. CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS GIVEN IN THE SCHOOLS THIS AFTERNOON Each of the two rooms of the same grade in the Central building com bined this afternoon for a Christmas (program The first, second, third and fourth grades eaeh had a Christ mas tree and the children were al lowed to give each other presents. In the High school, the high school and grade students assembled for a i program prepared under the supervis ion of Miss Knapnett^-and Miss Mc Donald. The new boys' glee club was introduced for the first time. Fol HigGrammalr schoo program:bi Song, "Nazareth," High School Girls' Glee club Christmas Really Means" Wha 'Readings from Dicken's "Christmas I Carol:" I A"Two Views of Christmas" Earle Riley I i BThe Christmas Party at Scrooge's Nephew.Mona Flesher CChristmas at BOD Cratch I its Dorothy Torrance i Somg. "Anchored," High School Boys' Glee club CLE VER HAIR DRESSER CAUGHT AFTE Trnite i no money trust," emphasized a -vigorous bang with hxs fist on the arrn of his chair, came toward the end of the committee's morning session at which the finan cier testified as to the relations of The house of Morgan with several great corporations. Mr Morgan testified that he had approved the po a lie ope tna arcMtec brea Song Gle clu "Joe's Search for Santa Claus". Jane Hayner Debate"Have we good reasons for __,____^________^__^_, believing the reign of universal peace and good wil lis at hand FORETOLD THE ELECTION WORKIN. FOREIGNERS pre,.. control of railroads or merchandise, r*.!, or. -n Berlin, Dec. 20.Posing as a rich but never money and credit. o,- A. x, Rumanian countess condemneServiaa inquire ha cu of i orde 0 marr Mr Morgan, surrounded by nearly' ^kTorTlr ^*to The candidate was tired. 7 a Ie iCoorriMb* Mcr to marriage with a nvp swindling wealthy and amorous Ber liners Attracted by her beauty, al leged title and wealth, a prominent governmetn official was easily per suaded to take the "Countess Der musie" out to dinner of evenings, and |tur hom 0 as princeM Lydia Mehle, hairdresser's as sistant, has been sent to prison for 'the election and it is to the ofd negro 1 to lend her SI00 to enable her to re- wieh or so. The old negro, whose name could not be recalled but which papa 0 ca of S permigsio Srvia tc he wroth hiem lovinmga Rumania Du letters from d6T6] gQne a her a governes tQ Mr a a als $1 0 a wee prove a ha ft th tHa tol a ancthe &he wealth BerUn tna sh ha( bee th & gerviai en agemen he elab costly tione ne adm i festiv- oLr was a Wlt eAustria furmsh e!r neys, answered all questions with trousseaue, and when she remarked "Mister Sulzer don't vou so and apparent freedom. He agreed that that t^o ero tf th sho Qtll ^r itat c, a C6Pte he estatS Me maid an a lace Th polic ^k ,^i Governor-Elect Sulzer, of New York, Won Many Votes By Open Door Policy. COLORED PORTER WAS WISE By United Press. Washington, Dec. 20.There is an interesting tale in the origin of the "open door policy" which Governor elect Sulzer has announced will mark his administration at Albany. Ac cording to Sulzer the idea was origi nated by an old colored porter who had charge of the ear in which be canvassed the Empire state prior to that he gives credit for the idea. During the strenuous campaign days it was the habit of the candi date to return to his car in the eve nings and, before retiring, to partake of a late supper consisting of a sand- the governor-elect says is positively the longest of any except possibly the titled heads of Europe, was known as "'Uncle" to all. It was near the end of the cam paign when the candidate returned to the car late one evening for the customary refreshment. The day had been especially strenuous. Three ha been" deriver"ed~and~an- scheduleddfor noticed this an remarkednight. had ac- worry about dat selection eanse yoa i i. iviihier auizer, aon you go ana & of prei sh gwind others similarly before being caught, but that they refrained from making complaint for fear of public ridicule. SERVIANS HUNG MURDERER AFTER TRACKING HTM ALL DAY By TTnitd Press. Belgrade, Dec. 20. Marching against the Turks a company of Ser vian troops found an opportunity of avenging a two-year-old crime, by hanging Abdul Shalan, a notorious frontier brigand. Two years ago Abdul treacherously decoyed a Ser vian schoolmaster to his home near Guillam and shot him, afterwards boasting of the deed and defying the Servians to capture him. The school master was a popular writer of na tional songs, and finding themselves in the neighborhood of Guillam, a company of infantry obtained' leave to hunt the murderer. They traeked him to his lair, and a gypsy was found to act tts hangmafc. THE BEMIDJ I DAILY PIONEER^ p&&$> "Uncle,"" 0bSerVa POWW on one i^ gwine t^ win most sartinly. I'm the candidate resumed" hiThereupoonition.", campaign tactics asking "Uncle for whom he intended to cast Ms ballot. "I'se gwin to vote for you boss. We niggers know dat de man up at Al bany has done pulled his latch string inside and dey say you is going to put it out agin. I suspec though dat it is going to be too high for most of poor coons to reach." The following day the gubernator ial candidate made use of the "open door policy" for the first time in the campaign. He has since promised to put the string out again, low enough for anyone that wishes to reach. Sizing Him Up. When you call the average young man honest he is likely to feel a mild sort of gratification. Wihen you call him competent bis chest begins to bulge. When you call him a heart breaker he slaps you on the shoulder and gives you to understand that he considers you a person of remark able preeeption and unerring judg ment. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1912. TEN CENTS PER WEEK Five Days to Christmas */*$/* '-^^^.-.K^^^^^^^ Bee. 20 Did You Ever Get Left? Well, You Will if You Don't Do That Christmas Shopping at Once That Means Right Off This MinuteNOW THE LEOPARDS COMING Brinkman Theater First Secured Po lar Bears and Now Present a Second Animal Show. TO BE HERE OVER CHRISTMAS Commencing with a matinee Sun day afternoon and ending with a per formance Christmas night, the Brinkman theater will stage an ani mal act of trained leopards as its special holiday attraction. The ar rangements were completed over long distance with Fargo yesterday and the act comes as an extra Christmas booking. The act is said to be one of the best trained animal performances on the smaller vaudeville circuits. It will 'be the second animal show to be seen in Bemidji this winter as the Brinkman staged Adler's polar bears several weeks ago. Following the leopard act, the Brinkman will pre sent a mTisical comedy company Dec. 26, 27, 28 and 29. PREPARED FOR MONTHS TO SEE TOTAL ECLIPSE OP SUN BUT IT RAINED ALL DAY By TTalted London, Dec. 20.The official re port of the British Scientific expedi tion's fruitless journey to the moun tains of Brazil to observe the total eclipse of he sun on October 10it rained all dayis thus summarized: Duration of eclipse, 112 seconds preparation of charts and instru ments at Greenwich Observatory, three months length of journey oat and back, 12,'0OO miles absence from England, ten weeks equipment car ried, three tons net results, nil*. S^gm^gssit^S^rj.^^^j .y.- fjWIS^'a*,r**^f V^ s- $iw? ^JHfytttj? ARE TAKING TESTIMONY District Court Now id Hearing Evi dence in the Moon-Harris Elec tion Contest Case. PUT BJELLA O N THE WANS L. T. Bjella, judge of elections in the towns of Frohn, was placed on the witnes stand in the district court, this morning and he testified as to the regularity of the Frohn election and the count of the ballots. Mr. Bjella had not finished his testimony at noon and was again placed on the stand this afternoon. C. O. Moon, one of the principals in the case, was put on the stand by his counsel yesterday afternoon and wasare subjected to a severe cross-examina tion. He was asked to tell of his duties as deputy county auditor, and was quizzed as to his part in the checking in of the election ballots. Mr. Moon testified that as far ash knew, Mr. George, Mr. Alsop and himself were the only persons who knew the combination of the auditor's vault. James L. George, the county audi tor, was placed on the stand this morning and he also was asked to tell of the work of the office. He was subjected to a cross-examination by the defense. GOOD MEETING AT BECIDA Miss .tul and Messrs. McLaren, Nelson and FlesheT drove to Becida yesterday for the farmers meeting held there and found an audience of about forty persons. The addresses were made in the afternoon and the four returned to Bemidji about seven o'clock. This morning they went to La Porte and will be in Guthrie this evening. The meeting in Walker to morrow will finish the run of two weeks. Mr. Nelson will return to Be midji and Miss Bull and Mr. McLaren will go to Minneapolis from Walker. TAFT ACCEPTS CHAIR AT YALE Washington, Dec. 19.Taft has de cided to accept the proffer of the Kent professorship of law at Yale, and probably will take up his duties at New Haven early in the spring. Taft gave several reasons for the de cision. He said that owing to the fact that he had appointed most of the members of the United States su preme court ne felt he couldn't ap pear in cases before that tribunal and that he had named many federal judges in Ohio and didn't desire to oractiee law In that state. According to the Yale contract he can engage in any other occupation he desires, not being restricted merely to lecture to Yale students. R~- 'jii 'U": "'JL'JI *W THE POLITICAL POT IS BOILING AGAIN After Short Rest of a Month Local Politicians Liufng up For An- other Struggle. MUNICIPAL ELECTION SOON Four Aldermen, a Mayor and a Police Judge to Be Elected in February. DEMOCRATS AFTER THE OFFICES Two Have Eyes on Postmastership Russell Wants Cass Lake Land Office. .After a rest from polities at about one month, Bemidji will soon be in the throes of another campaign the pot for city officers ha? already started to boil. In addition to this* the few De-mocratt of which the eit can boast are liniag up far federal appointments. In Fthxa^^ tfl cit wfl It is said that Charles Hoyt, an in surance solicitor, is slated by Mayor Malzahn to succeed Chief Geil as head of the Bemidji poliee. This ap pointment will have to go to the council for ratification hut the mayor is usualy allowed to have his own way with the police. John Moberg from the First ward, Sherm Bailey from the Second, Joe Bisiar from the Third, and C. C. Crip pen from the Fourth will be up for re-election. As far as can be learned at this time no opposition has yet come out in the open. Three or four different dark horses being groomed for mayor as all factions seem to wish to unite to beat Mayor Malzahn. It is recognized that in a split field his chances for re-elec tion will be first-class and harmony will be the key note of the opposition, Anton Erickson's term as postmas ter will not be finished until 191$ and the only way to get the office open for appointment is to have him removed by petition. It is understood that L. F. Johnson has his eye on th* job but unless some such petition is circulated, he will have to wait thre* years for his chance at the appoint ment. Other Democrats who are said tft be lining up for federal appointments? are A. P. Ritchie who would be a can didate for the postmastership in case there is a vacancy P. J. Russell, whet. is said to have his eye on the office of receiver of the land office at Cass Lake L. G. Pendergast who has been. been groomed for municipal judge and William Russell, son of P. J. who is being groomed for clerk of th% municipal court to replace D. Smyth. It is believed that the municipal campaign this winter will be fought out on clean cut lines and that party politics will be forgotten as far a* possible. There is a decided move ment in the city for the commission form of government and some effort will be made during the year to hav% a charter drawn up and a special election held. CHANGE IN LUMBER FIRM The M. E. Smith Lumber company has been dissolved and the Smith Robinson Lumber company is now conducting the business. The new firm is composed of M. E. Smith, Anna. B. Smith and William Z. Robinson. Incorporation papers for the n* company were filed Deecmiber 10 and the capital stock is given as $50,000. Mr. Robinson, who by the incorpora tion takes an interest in the firm, was formerly instructor in sciences in the Bemidji High school. '^'^Ll p^^^l^r^^^^^jy^^i^t,^ i ele I^rman from each ward, a mayor,t^c and a judge of the municipal court. The first of January the mayor will be forced to appoint a aew chief of police when Chief Geil assumes tha duties of county treasurer. Certain., federal appointments are to be mafo soon and the Democrats are lining np already.