Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 4, 1909, Page 1

o, VOLUME 6. NUMBER 271. EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE - IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL Live Correspondent Tells of the Central Building.—Will Contribute Regularly to the Pioneer, Each Week. [By “BoosTER.”] Kappa Gamma Chi Society Organized. On Tuesday evening the girls of the High School formed a literary society which will be known as the Kappa Gamme Chi society. A con- stitution was submitted and accept- ed and the following officers chosen: Ethel Knox, president; Rachel Rachard, vice president; Mary Klein, secretary; Bessie Cochran, treasurer; Nell Shannon, sergeant-at-arms. The society will meet every other afternoon and a program will be rendered at each meeting. Entertained Boys’ Glee Ciub. Miss Hanson entertained the members of the Boys’ Glee Club, at her home, last evening, and all the fellows were today talking about the good time they had, and the very able manner in which their instruct- ress is “‘beating harmony” into their voices and correct time into their minds. The hospitable hostess served dainty refreshments to her guests and greatly endeared herself to the “bunch” that forms the male glee club, “The Classmate” Is Launched. “The Classmate,” a new school paper, has been issued, and the first number appeared today. Bertram I. Williams is editor-in-chief and R. Guy Moore is business manager. The boys announce that “The Class- mate” is “An up-to-date high school newspaper, published at Bemidji, Miun., every Wednesday, and devot- ed tothe interests of the high schoot students of Beltrami County.” The boys have gotten out a very creditable little , publication, and they deserve success. Football Team Loses Two Stars. The High School football team will lose two of its star players, in the graduation of Kruse and Hum- drum. Kruse was captain and right end last season and his leadership and rare ability as a player led his team to many a hard-fought victory, while Humdrum at right end always played a heady and fast game. In addition to being splendid athletes, Kruse and Humdrum are both very popular students, and their departure from the school and entry into the serious fight of every-day life will be sincerely regretted. Baseball Team Probable. There is some talk at the High School of organizing avlg'lshall team for this coming season. 'There is no end to the amount of good material on hand, and no doubt a winning team could be put in the field. Such a step should be en- couraged, as a baseball team always adds to the interest of the school work and better results follow. If such aclub is started we will no doubt have the best battery in the northern part of the state, -with Lycan in the box and Knox behind the bat. © The ability of either of these two stars can not be ques- tioned. . SCHOOL NOTES. Paul Shannon was a welcome High School visitor last week. Ethel Getchell did not attend] Life in the High School, at school last week, on account of ill- ness. The state examinations in higher algebra will be held in about two weeks. The Tunior English class is read- ing Addison’s “Sir Roger De Cov- erley Papers.” The class in physics are studying “heat.” They find it difficult, but very interesting. Professor Biddinger taught civics during the absence of Professor Ritchie, last week. Nell Shannon was absent several days last week on account of the illness of her mother. Miss Ione Higgins of Thief River Falls made our High School a visit Thursday of last week. Miss Hanson has organized a Boys’ Glee Club, and their chief aim is to outclass the girls. On account of being so large, the plain geometry class has been di- vided into two divisions. Tests in shorthand are being held daily by Professor Biddinger and the results are very pleasing to him, The class in civics are studying how the government of the United States is carried on, and are much interested in it. Leora Hedglin of the Eighth grade attended the Washington birthday program at Buena Vista and reports that it was fine. ~-A-namber of -High-Scheel-stud-| ents enjoyed a sleigh ride last Thursday evening, which was fol- lowed by an oyster supper. A little visitor entered the room of the Eighth grade one day last week and caused quite a disturb- ance in the waste paper basket. Mr. Mouse. Too much credit cannot be given the teachers for the splendid man- ner in which school has been carried on during the absence of Professor Ritchie; The boys of the basketball team are greatly disappointed at the closing of the Coliseum rink, as they had hoped to play ‘“Big Bemidg” again. Each team has won a game this seasom. Professor Biddinger instructs a class in bookkeeping from 8:30 to 9:00 o’clock in the morning which shows the interest and willingness, he always puts into his work, “Bidd” certainly is a bard worker. The Eighth grade has received a set of books which give the ques- tions that have been asked in the state examinations of the last fifteen years. These books come handy, in helping the students prepare for the state examinations which are to be held in about two weeks. Clara Fisk entertained ten of her school friends at her home last Fri- day evening, and those who were present report a very enjoyable time. The guests were: Sal Witting, Gladys Kreatz, Lillian Cochran, Olive Cunningham, Bessie Cochran, Olive Miller, Ralph Lycan, Clarence Shannon, Hallan Huffman and Mayne Stanton. e Special Notice. Suit, coat aud dress sale at Ber- man’s all day Saturday, March 6. The largest eastern line of suits, coats and dresses on sale all day Saturday at the Berman Emporium, The suit, coat and dress sale lasts all day Saturday, March 6, at the Berman Emporium. The opportunity to get your new Easter suit, coat or dress, lasts all day Saturday at the Berman Empor- ium, District Court. A motion for a new trial was chambers, in the case of Bernard Gibbony vs. Naish McKinnon, involving the conversion of some horses. The case was tried on the 17th of last October and judgment entered for the plaintiff, in the sum of $400 at that time, A. A. Andrews appeared last night for the plaintiff and Chester Mc- Kusick for the defendant. The matter was taken under ad- visement by the court. M. C. Berry of Mizpah returned home last evening on the north- bound M. & I. passenger train after argued last evening before Judge Stanton, in the district court spending the day on business in local banks. DEFECTIVE PAGE Historical Soc wase Y PIONEE F Record-Breaking Crowd Filled Washington Today to Witness| I’.m.,,‘Ma,c,, s the Beginning of William IL Taft’s Administration as President of thé\g JUnited States. ‘Washington, March 4—In the pres- ce of a mighty concourse of people lliam Howard Taft of Ohio swore today to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” and by so doing became the twenty- seventh president of the United States. Immediately after the administra- tion of the oath to Mr. Taft by Chiet Justice Fuller the new president de- livered his inaugural address to the crowds that filled the plaza in front of the east portico of the Capitol. He spoke for -nearly an hour and then, turning to his escort, signified his readiness to leave the scene of the inauguration for the White House, his ofliciai residence during the coming four years. A way was cleared for the new president and, entering his carriage and escorted by his cavalry guard, he was driven down Pennsylvania avenue to the executive mansion. From the curbs to the house fronts and on the face of the buildings nothing could be seen of the avenue for the mile that les between the Capitol and the White House but a mass of jammed humanity. The new president’s prog- ress was marked by a continuous ‘wave of cheering. At the White House President Taft and his escort partook of luncheon be- fore proceeding to the grand stand, at the court of honor, to review the in- augural parade. . With the passing of the marching thousands before the new president, the display of fire- mkl in the rear.of.the White House e VICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN. and the imaugural “ball this evening Inaugural day will close. Beginning of the.Ceremonies. Z As far as President Taft and his Dpredecessor, Mr. Rqosevelt, were con- cerned the day began with breakfast at the White House, where Mr. and Mrs. Taft havebeen the guests of Mr. and Mrs, Roosevelt., By 10 o’clock all was. made ready for the procession from the White House to the Capitol. President Roosevelt Oath of Office Administered at Capitol in Presence of As.|senstor Gunn was somewhat chary sembled Thousands.---Sherman Sworn, in Senate Cham- ber.---Inaugural Parade Was Big. = PRESIDENT “-TAFT. : L B e e s #nd escorted by a Veteran guard com- manded by General O. O. Howard Mr. Taft was driven up gayly bedecked Pennsylvania avenue, which was al- ready crowded. On their arrival at the Capito! Mr. Taft and Mr. Roose- velt proceeded at once to the senate chamber to witness the inauguration of Vice President Sherman. Before the entry of the president- elect, who preceded the retiring pres- idert into the senate chamber, the room was filled to overflowing with government -dignitaries assembled to witness the administration of the oath of office to Mr. Sherman. Crowded ‘within its doors were the members of the senate, both new and old; the members of the house of representa- tives, the justices of the United States supreme court, the members of the diplomatic corps, the heads of the ex: ecutive departments, high officers of the army aad navy and others. ‘When all the witnesses to the cere mony. were assembled Vice President Fairbanks Yose and called the session cf the senate to order. After a brief valedictory address, in .which he thanked the senators for the courtesy and respect shown to him during his term of office, Mr. Fairbanks called to hie rostrum the vice president-elect, James Schoclcraft Sherman of New York, and, the crowd standing, admin- istered to him the oath and turned over to him the gavel that is the out- ward symhol of the authorify attach- ing to his'new office.” The first official act of the new vice president as pre- siding officer of the senate was to call the senate tc order and direct the recently elected members to come for- [Chle( Justice Fuller, who, with Bible " far as they can be antlclpated I have | had the honor to be one of the: mi— (Special to Pioneer.)—The senate adjourned today without -taking up the matter of the establishment and location of the proposed sixth state normal school, it being evident that yesterday and today of bringing up the Cass Lake bill, after the skirm- ish earlier in the week, when the Grand Rapids member attempted to push his pet measure through and failed. The house has rested “easy” since the battle of Tuesday, when MINNESOTA | SOCIETY, ORTY CENTS PER MONTH “NOTHING DOING” TODAY IN NORMAL SCHOOL FIGHT Senator Gunn Resting on His Oars Since the Recent “Skir- mish” in the Senate.—House Hasn’t Done Any- thing Since Tuesday. Representative Opsahl'foughta draw with Representative McGarry and his supporters who were pushing the Cass Lake bill. No further action was taken yes- terday. The house is still in session at this hour (4 p. m.) and has taken no action today; and it is believed that thete will be nothing doing be fore the house adjourns for the day. It is believed that since the fight of Tuesday the Hinds “general bill” has gained friends, and that the outlook for the passage of that meas- ure is brighter than ever. —_— e Two Camps Broken Up. Kenneth Kelley of this city, who has been clerking in one of the Crookston Lumber company’s camps near Blackduck, returned to Bemidji this morning after completing his work. “Ken” reports that Mitch- ell’s camps, Number 2 and 3, have finished the season’s work and been broken up, There were 180 men employed in the two camps. J. T. Dolan was in the city today, interviewing local merchants rel- ative to the brands of goods he sells. —_— e plished Vice President Sherman <le- clared the senate adjourned for the time being. Members of Congress in Line. Led by the sergeants-at-arms of the senate and house the members of the two houses and the other officials marched through the corridors of the Capitol to the inaugural stand that had been erected at the east portico. As the retiring chief executive and his successor appeared .at the main door of the-Capitol and proceeded to walk to the front of the stand‘toward in hand, awaited Mr. Taft, the troops massed in front o( the “drawn up on es 8 and a cheer rose trom the crowd t.hat -extended as far as one-could see'from the stand. ‘The crowd was very quiet a8 Mr. Taft repeated the words of the oath after Justice Fuller and their voices were plainly heard. ——— President Taft then delivered his] inaugural speech, as follows:. SR My Fellow Citizens—Any one who takes the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibflity. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office ‘upon which he is about to enter or_he is lacking in a proper sense of the obliga- tlon which the oath imposes. The office of an inangural addvess is to give-a summary outline of the main Dolicies” of the new-administration so visers of my dlstlngnlshed predecessor ‘and- as such' to hold' up his hands in the reforms he has'initiated. I should be witrue to myself,. to_ romises and to the deelnmdons_ of ‘the party platform upon: which I-was. elected to office if' 1 did not make the mainte: ‘nance ‘' and - enforcement: of . those re- forms a most important feature of my adminfstration. They were directéd to the suppression of the lawlessness and abuses of power of the great combina- tions of capital invested in railroads and in Industrial enterprises carrylng on Interstate commerce. The steps ‘which my ptedecessnr took. and the legislation passed on his'recommenda tion have accomp]ished much, have caused a general halt in the viclous policies which created popular alarm and have brought about in the busi ness affected a much higher regard for existing law. Further. Action Needed. To render the reforms lasting, how- ever,’and to secure at the same time freedom from alarm on the part. of those pursuing proper and progressive business methods further legislative and executive action are needed. Re- lief of the railroads from certain re- strictions of the anti-trust law have been urged by my predecessor and will be urged by me: On the other hand, the administration is pledged to legis- lation looking to a proper' federal su- pervision and restriction to prevent ex- cessive 1ssues of bonds and stocks by companies owning and operating inter- state commerce railroads. Then, too, a reorganization of the de- partment of justice, of the bureau of corporations in the department of com- merce and labor and of the interstate commerce commission looking to effec- tive co-operation of these agencles is needed to secure a more rapid and cer- tain enforcement of the laws affect: fng interstate rallroads -nd industrial rombinations. . I hope to be able to submlil nt the first regular session of the congress in. December next: ‘definite: suggestions in respect ‘to the needed to meet on the 15th day of March, in order that consideration may be at once given to a bill revising the Ding- ley act. This should secure an ade- quate revenue and adjust the dutles in such a manmner as to afford to labor and to all industries in this country, whether of the farm, mine or factory, protection ‘by tariff equal to the differ- ence between the cost of production &nd have a provision.which shall ‘put into. force, upon executive determina- tion of certain facts, a higher or maxi- mum tariff against 'those countries ‘whose trade policy toward us eqnltnbly | requlres such d(semm.n.ntion. It 18 chnnge in cond.itions since the enact- ment of the Dingley act, drafted on'a similarly protective principle, that the -measyre of the tariff above stated will permit the reduction of rates in certain schedules and will ‘require the: ad- vancement of few, if any. The proposal “to revise the ‘tarift made in such an authoritative way as to lead the business community ta count upon it 'necessarily halts all those branches of business directly affected, and as these are most im- portant it disturbs the whole businesa of thé country. It is imperatively nec: essary, therefore, that a tariff bill be drawn in good faith in accordance ‘with promises made before the elec- ~tlon by the party in power and as promptly passed as due consldundou “will permit. Yy . Inheritance Tlx Advocated. " In the making of a tariff bill the prime motive is taxation and the se: curing thereby of a revenue. - Due largely to the business depression ‘which followed the findncial panic of 1907, the revenue from customs and other sources has decreased to such an extent that the expenditures for the current fiscal year will exceed the réceipts by $100,000,000. It is impera- tive that such.a deficit shall not con- tinue, and the framers of the. tariff bill must of course have in mind the total revenues likely to be produced by 1t and so arrange the dutles as to se- cure an adequate income. Should it be impossible to do so by import duties new kinds of taxation must be adopt ed, and among these I recommend a graduated inheritance tax as correc’ in principle and as certain and easy of collection. Government Economy Urged. The obligation on the part of-those responsible for the expenditures made to carry on the government to be as economical as_possible and_to_make t6~ be recommended ‘American busl- ess can be assured of that measure of ability and certainty in respect to those things that may be done and those that are prohibited, which is essentlal to the life and growth of all business. Such a plan must inclode the right of the people to avail them- selves of those methods of combining capital and effort deemed necessary to reach the highest degree of -economic, efficiency, at the same time differenti- ating between combinations based upon legitimate economic reasons and those formed with the intent of ereat- ing monopolies and artificially eontm\ ling prices. > The work of formulating into prec- tical shape such changes is creative ‘work of the highest order and requires all the deliberation possibie-in the in- terval. T believe that the amendments xo be proposed are just as necessary in_ he protection of legitimate business a8 . the clinching of the reforms which ‘| properly. bear the name of my prede- - cessor. Revision af the’ Tarlft. * A mntter of most pressing m amendments to the antl-trust and the. changes required in the executive de- partments concerned' in “thelr entom& man 2 i . “Good ind Bad ‘l'fluti.’ s tarice is the revision of the tariff. In Accordance with the promises of the platform upon which I was' elected, I |l:_nll call_congress h':to extra: gesaton, HISTORICAL wabroad and thecost of production here . ... :-