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I 1 STATE COMMITTEES MAY BE ABOLISHED Senate Passed Election Bill Friday Placing Candidates for Legisla ture on Non-partisan Basis. COUNTY OFFICERS INCLUDED Provisions Said to Have Been Added in Order to Have Measure Killed in the House. APPEAL COURT NOT FAVORED Sullivan's Plan to Have Tribunal to Try Judges Previous to Recall is Defeated. By United Press. St. Paul, Minn., March 1Members of the legislature and county officers will be elected on a non-partisan basis in 1914, if the house passes the bill which the senate passed yes terday. The vote of 43 to 8, which result ed in the passage of the composite senate election committee's bill, was a surprise to many after the strenu ous opposition which it had encoun tered in the past. The big majority seems to bear out the statement made by one of the members Thursday who said that the amendment to extend the non-parti san feature to members of the legis lature was added for the pupose of killing the measure in the house. That amendment was offered by sen ator Clague immediately after the senate had killed Senator Stebbins' amendment to elimate the second second choice clause from the bill. Progressives in the house are in clined to reserve their attitude on the provision of the bill placing legislative candidates on a non-parti san basis. This very fact, however, is an indication that they are not over the proposition. When the county officers were in cluded in the non-partisan feature of the bill, the cry went up that it would do away with county com mittees With legislators elected on a non-partisan ticket there is doubt whether there will be even a sem blance of a state organization as as state officers and congressional candidates are now the only officials remaining in the partison class. Another surprise the senate sprung yesterday was the defeat of Sen. H. Sullivan's bill to create a court to determine the charges brought against the judges previous to a popular recall. The vote of 36 to 23 was not as close as the vote early in session, when the senate included the recall of judges in the Moonan popu lar recall bill. The next big matter to come before the senate will be reapportionment and distance tariff. The latter is set for a special order for next Wednes day. Representative H. A. Putman in troduced in the house a bill calilng for the submission of a constitution al amendment prohibiting the sale, manufacture or transportation of li quor in the state. L. A. Lydiard of Minneapolis intro duced a bill providing for retirement of district judges physically incapaci tated from work and for the payment of their salaries for the term for which they were elected. The bill is in the interests of Judge John Day Smith of Minneapolis. F. A. Nimocks introduced a bill pro hibiting judges of municipal, district or supreme court seeking other offices unless they resign. M. J. Sullivan proposed to place en forcement of the antl-cigaret law in the hands of the state dairy and food commission and make possession of cigarets or cigaret material prima facia evidence of law violation. A bill by H. H. Dunn compels all dealers to "candle" eggs and sell only eggs which are wholesome. Senator C. P. Cook of Austin in troduced a bill providing for a closed season on quail for three years. Un der terms of the bill shooting quail will be prohibited until Sept. 7, 1916. A fine of from $10 to $50 is fixed as penalty for violation. ajrtotte^'5 X1^V A FRANK MORRISON. 8eoretary et A. F. ot L., Who Ordered Pittsburgh Steel 8trike. by American Press Association E.D.HOWARD REARRESTED Was Taken to Duluth Early This Mor ning for Violation of Parole on Old Conviction. HAS A RECORD AS FORGER E. D. Howard, who was sentenced to sixty days in the county jail last December upon conviction of a charge of petit larceny, was released at mid night last night and at once rearrest ed on a bench warrant of a St. Louis county judge. He was taken to Du luth on the morning train by Deputy Sheriff John Movern. Howard came to Bemidji last fall and was received by the young peo ple as he came with an apparently clear record and was a native of Grand Forks. He worked for dif ferent firms until the latter part of December when he suddenly left town. The next day it was discover ed that he had cashed a check for $25 to which he had signed the Marcum Printing company. He was caught in Thief River Falls and brought here for trial. At the trial the charge was chang ed from forgery to petit larcency in order to save him from the reform school or state prison and he was sentenced to sixty days in the county jail. When he did not report to the Duluth judge according to the pro visions of his parole, his case was in vestigated with the result that he was taken back to Duluth this morn ing for contempt of court. Deputy Sheriff Movern stated that Howard had been convicted of forgery in Duluth in March 1912 and that the judge had allowed him to go on probation instead of sending him to the St. Cloud reformatory. Since he has violated his parole, the judge may send him to either St. Cloud or the state's prison at Stillwater THIRD MADERO KILLED. Washington, March, 1 Official an_ nouncement of the kiling of Emilo Madero, brother of the former presi dent of Mexico, reported several times recently, was contained Friday in a dispatch from Ambassador Wilson, who reported Madero shot while lead ing a rebel force in the northern states. This brings the death list of the Maderos in the recent Mexican troubles up to three. SCOO THE CUB REPORTER VOLUME 10. NUMBER 259. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1913. POSTOFFICE VOTE CLOSESWEDNESDAY Because of the interest shown in the Pioneer straw vote on the propos ed sites for the new postoffice, the polls will be open until twelve o'clock next Wednesday.. The Pioneer has no more loose ballots and future votes must be 09 ballots clipped from the Pioneer. The count of the ballots in the post office site contest at noon today re vealed that a war is being waged be tween the supporters of the Fenton corner and those of the Hakkerup corner. The vote on the Fenton cor ner fell today from forty-eight to forty-one percent while the vote on the Hakkerup corner increased from twenty-eight to thirty-eight per cent. The Odd Fellows' corner is running a bad third having dropped from tighteen to fifteen per cent. The percentages at noon were: Per cent. Fenton corner 412 Hakkerup 383 Odd Fellows' corner 152 Court house 021 Second street 014 Third and America 009 Opposite Cochran's 009 Total 1.000 POLICE NAMED "William McCuaig, mayor-elect who will assume his office Monday, this morning named the following men as police for Bemidji under his ad ministration: George Lane, chief Jacob L. Brown, Charles Johnson and John Ross. MADE I MATTER OF RECORD Mark Twain Bound to Satisfy Hi! Better Half That He Had Obeyed Her Injunction. "Samuel L. Clemens immensely ad mired Grover Cleveland, also hie young wife, and his visits to Wash ington were not infrequent. Mrs. Clemens was not always able to ac company him, and he has told us how once (it was his first visit after the president's marriage) she put a little note in the pocket of his evening waistcoat, which he would be sure to find when dressing, warning him about his deportment. Being present ed to Mrs. Cleveland, he handed her a card on which he had written, "He didn't," and asked her to sign her name below those words. Mrs. Cleve land protested that she couldn't sign it unless she knew what it was he hadn't done but he Insisted, and she promised to sign it if he would tell her immediately afterward all about It. She signed, and he handed her Mrs. Clemens' note, which was very brief. It said: "Don't wear your arctics in the White House." Mrs. Cleveland summoned a mes senger and had the card she had signed mailed at once to Mrs. Clem ens at Hartford.Albert Blgelow Paine, in Harper's Magazine. You Don't Yawn When Sleepy. A good, wide, open-mouthed yawn is a splendid thing for the whole body, says a hygienist. A yawn is nature's demand for rest. Some people think they yawn only because they are sleepy. But this is not so. Tou yawn because you are tired. Tou may be sleepy also-, but that is not the real cause of your yawning. You are sleepy because you are tired, and you yawn because you are tired. When ever you feel like yawning, just yawn. Don't try to suppress it. And, if you aie where you can stretch at the same time that you yawn, just stretch and yawn. This is nature's way of stretching and relaxing the muscles. Indeed, if you are very tired but do not feel like yawning, there is noth ing else that will rest you so quickly as to sit on a straight-backed chair, and, lifting the feet from the floor, push them out in front of you as far as possible, stretching the arms, put ting the head back, opening the mouth wide, and making yourself yawn. Those tense nerves wilf relax, the .contracted muscles will stretch vnd the whole body will be rested. THE BEMIDJI PIONEE (Copyright.) MclNTOSH PROVES EASY A Visitors Downed by Big Bemidg Team Last Night in Fast Game by Score of 35 to 12. VICTOR WAS CLEAN CUT ONE In one of the cleanest, yet one of the fastest, basketball games ever played on a Bemid^T* floor, the Mcin tosh etty team we&fc down to dejfat before the Bemidji city team by a score of 35 to 12 last night. From the first whistle to the last every man on each team was in the game and the contest did not lag for a mom ent. Both teams played in hard luck at times as they shot try after try for baskets and could not connect. It was a noticeable feature that most of the fighting was under the Mcin tosh basket. The few times Mcin tosh connected with the Bemidji bask ets were marked by the fact that the Bemidji guards had been drawn for ward into the scrimmage and a long throw to a Mcintosh forward result ed in a basket. Bemidji started the game with a rush and had the ball under the Mc intosh basket at once. Time and again the forwards tried for goals only to miss by the smallest of mar gins. Finally Neumann connected and a great shout went up. Brandon and Peck followed him in short order. Mc intosh had a basket thrower who sel dom missed in practice but was un able to deliver the goods in the heat of a scrimmage. The victory last night puts the city team in a class as one of the fastest in the state. The attendance was close to the 300 mark and the boys clear ed about $20. Efforts are now being made to bring the Superior team here, other strong teams and is considered well able to give the local team a bat tle royal. The box score: Bemidji 35. Mcintosh 12. Bemidji Baskets Brandon, 5 Peck, 2 Bell, 1 Neumann, 5 and Jacobson, 2. FoulsBrandon, 2 and Neumann, 3. Mcintosh basketsSimonson, 1 Narveson, 1 Stoben, 2 Lee, 1. Fouls Narveson, 1 Stoben, 1. Quick Work, Scoop, Quick Work *v RIGHT ON TIME Showing by Conlmissioners, STATEMENT OF MONEYS EXPENDED FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE PURPOSES Districts the Amount of Tax Levy for 1910,1911 and 1912 and the Amount Expended for The Tears Following Each Levy. Ed. NoteThe money levied in 1910 was expended in 1911 and the 1911 money was expended in 1912. The 1912 levy will be spent in 1913 and no figures will be available until the end of this year. This table was prepared by County Auditor George. DISTRICT Tax Levy Money Spent Tax Levy Money Spent Tax Levy 1910 1911 1911 1912 1912 No. 1 $ 3,501.76 $ 833.49 $ 3,779.42 $ 602.40 $ 4,076.36 No. 2 942.21 ~5,0ST.&fr 1,8S.'48~ 3 35.37 1,996.03 No. 3 M87.22 -M71.30 1,776.98 2,870.34. 2,014.67 No. 4....\. 2/566.51 6,547.26 2,547.40 7,140.69 2,430.07 No. 5 2,695.98 7,536.68 2,626.82 5,104.85 2,699.62 Totals ...$12,393.78 $23,866.53 $,12,387.10 $19,086.65 $13,216.75 State aid 1,654.57 5,122.61 Liqoior licenses 960.00 1,440.00 Refunds 27.13 Donations 700.00 1,000.00 Total to spend ..$15,735.48 $19,949.71 $13,21*6.75 Total expended $23,866.53 $19,086.65 District No. 1 is the town of Bemidji, including the city of Bemidji. District No. 2 includes several unorganized towns and the towns of Baudette, Chilgren, Eugene, Gudrid, Lakewood, McDougal, Myhre, Spoon- er, Rapid River, Walahlla, Wabanica,, Wheeler and Zipple. District No. 3 includes unorganized territory and the towns of Alaska, Buzzle, Benville, Eckles, Grant Valley, Hamre, Jones, Liberty, Lee, Lammers, Maple Ridge, Minnie, Northwood, Roosevelt, Spruce Grove and Steenerson. District No. 4 includes some unorganized territory and the towns of Battle, Cormant, Durand, Eland, Hagali, Kelliher, Nebish, Obrien, Quir- ing and Shotley. District No. 5 includes unorganized territory and the towns of Birch., Blackduck, Frohn Hornet, Langor, Northern, Moose Lake, Port Hope, Summit, Taylor, Turtle Lake and Turtle River. FIFTEEN DEAD IN OMAHA Omaha, March 1.Fire, believed to have been caused by a gas explosion cost fifteen or more lives here Fri day. The Dewey hotel, a second-class hostelry at Thirteenth and Farnam streets, was destroyed by flames which swept the three-story building with a speed that precluded attempts at re scue. Some of the guests had time to reach the stairways, but others were caught by the collapsing roof before they Could be rescued from window sills on which they had taken refuge. Several of the victims jumped or fell from windows, and met either in stant death or mortal injury Accounts of the number of the per sons in the building differed to such an extent that accurate estimates of the death were impossible today. (l SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES St. Bartholomew's Episcopal There will be no services on Sun day. Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Swedish Lutheran Morning service at 10:30. Sunday school at 12 o'clock. Evening ser vice at 8. J. H. Randahl, pastor. First Scandinavian Lutheran Services in the morning at 10:30 and in the evening at 8 o'clock, con ducted by Rev. Hegerberg, Sunday school at 12. T. S. Kolste, pastor. First Methodist Episcopal Preaching 10:45 and 7:30. Sun day school at 12. Epworth League at 6:30. Topic, "The Labor of Jesus." Mrs. Head will lead this meeting. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Everybody welcome. ChaB. H. Flesher, pastor. "HOP MINNESOTA HtSTOftfCAL society. -41 TEN CENTS PER WEEK, NO INDICTMENT ON H. A. RYDBERG Grand Jury Completed Work Last Night After Returning "No Bill" for Spooner Marshall TORRANCE IS COMMENDED Thanked for the Efficient Manner in Which He Conducted the Nec essary Proceedings MOON-HARRIS APPEAL IS IN Was Filed Thursday and Carries Case To Supreme Court.Two Guilty and Sentenced. Recommending that new mattresses be bought to replace the old ones in the county jail and thanking County Attorney Torrance for the "efficient manner in which he had conducted the business before it, the grand jury adjourned last night after making its final report to Judge Stanton. The report stated that the jury had found the jail in good shape and sani tary. Indictments were returned yester day against Ferdinand Busick for rob bery in the first degree and for Busick and Steve Rogers for grand larceny in the second degree. The case of H. A. Rydberg, marshall of Spooner, was considered but no indictment was found. Rydberg shot and killed a man in Spooner last fall. Since the shot ing and his subsequent arrest, Ryd berg has been out on baitr v** On Thursday, attorneys for J. O. Harris served a notice of appeal ot the Moon-Harris case to the supreme court on Mr. Moon, his attorneys, and Clerk of Court Rhoda. Mr. Harris had been given an extra ten days in which to perfect the appeal. The case now goes to the state supreme court where it is expected that it will be argued sometime within the next ten days. Following the argument, it will be some time before a deci sion is handed down. Ben Overby today changed his plea of not guilty of forgery in the second degree to guilty and was given an in determinate sentence in the St. Cloud reformatory. He gave his age as twenty-one. Overby raised a check for $3.60 to $30.60 and passed it on J. M. Reed of Blackduck. Barney Lynch pleaded guilty to day of grand larceny in the second de gree and was also given an indeter minate sentence in the St. Cloud re formatory. Lynch confessed that he took $40 from the person of D. H. Mackaman of Puposky while he was in a Bemidji hotel. C. 0. D. ON PARCELS POST Washington, March 1.On July 1 next, the collect- on delivery feature will be added to the parcel post de partment of the postal service of the country. An order putting this into effect was yesterday signed by Post master Hitchcock. Under the approved regulations a parcel bearing the required amount of parcel post stamps may be sent any where in the country and the amount due from the purchaser collected and remitted by the postoffice department. The regulation provides that the par cel must bear the amount due from the addresses and the collection will be made provided the amount is not in excess of $100. The fee will be ten cents to be af fixed by the sender in parcel post stamps. This also will insure the parcel to an amount not to exceed $50. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. Miss Servia McKusick was taken ot the hospital yesterday. Mrs. C. C. Sheppard entertained yes terday in honor of Lillian Flatner, who celebrated her third birthday. English Pronunciation. When Mrs. Newlywed had com pleted her marketing in the Ridge ave nue market the other day the butter and-egg man said to her: "But you have forgotten your razor." "Razor," said Mrs. Newlywed, won dering if the man was trying to makt fun of her. "What do you meanr "Why, your bread raiser ye* iyesst eake," was the rettar. -as i. a