Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 8, 1911, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Published every afternoon except Sun- day by the Bemidji Pioneer Publishing - Company. G. E. CARSON. 3. ®. DENU. F. A. WILSON, Eaitor. In the City of Bemidji the papers are delivered by carrier. e the deliv- ery is irregular Dle*a make immediate, complaint to this of Out of town subscribers will confer a favor if they will report when they do not get their papers promptly. All papers are continued until an ex- plicit order to discontinue is received, and until arrearages-are paid. Subscription Rates One month, by carrier. One year, by carrler. . Three months, postage Six Months, postage pal One "year, postage paid. The Weekly Ploneer. Light pages, containing a summary of the news of the week. Published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for $1.00 in‘advance, ENTERED AS SECON L. . . o NDER o MARCH 3, 1879, THY ACT"OF B R R R R RO ORI ¢ THIS DAY IN HISTORY. @ September 8. @ @ 17565—Ephriam Williams, foun- @ @ @ @ @ @ der of Williams College, ® @ killed in battle witk the ® @ French and Indians. & @ Born in Newton, Mass, ¢ @ in 1715. @ 1756—Col. John Armstrong, & o with 300 volunteers, sur- & G prised and destroyed the B hostile Indians in west- © B ern Pennsylvania. ® @ 1760—General Jeffrey Am- @ herst assumed office as Governor of Canada. 1761—British seized the forts * at Mackinaw and Green ¢ & Bay. 1760—Enoch Poor, who led the American attack at the B battle of Saratoga, died ¢ - in New Jersey. Born in & B Mas usetts, June 21, @ - 1736. + 1855—The French and English o allies made the last grand assault on the for- tifications at Sebastopol. & « 1860—Steamer “Lady Elgin” o sunk in collision with the . schooner “Augustus” on Lake Michigan, with loss of 287 lives. 1879-—William M. Hunt, fam- ous painter, died at Isle of Shoals, N. H. Born at Brattleboro, Vt., on March 31, 1824. 1689—The cruiser “Philadel- phia” was launched at Phiiadelphia. » 1893—Irish Home Rule bill re- @ jected by the British House of Lords. ® 1910—Explosion on the battle- PODPPDDPDIDPVIPPORPPIPOPO®O®H® @ ship North Dakota killed “@ three and injured nine of & ® the crew. @ R R R R R R R O R O R ) ADVERTISING IS STRONG CREATIVE FORCE Advertising is today the mightiest factor in the business world. It is a business builder. It is something more than a drummer knocking at the door of the consumer, something more than mere salesmanship on pa- 1t is a positive creative: force It multiplies human per. in business. wants and intensifies human desires. It furnishes excuse for timorous ones to possess the things which under former conditions they could get along without. quired of advertising men today de- mands broad preparation and equip- ment. There is a call for men who can exploit a city or a state, men who can market the output of manu- facturers, men who can plan and con- duct a world-wide selling campaign. The man who succeeds uses every help that comes his way. He seeks the advice of experienced men. The club is to him a source of instruction That is what we are trying to make it. Co-operation is the keynote of club success. We have placed our ideals high, now let us work toward them. Advertising, as a branch of our commercial life, is new. No other group of except men, has ever developed a business Such service as is re- and inspiration. men, advertising of such magnitude in so short a per- Mistakes were inevit- Reasonable and clear-headed iod of time. able. men hastened to correct mistakes as soon as they were discovered. We built, and altered to meet conditions as we built, so that the structure we present today meets the demands of today. The Commission form of Govern- ment has yet to prove itself a fail- True, it is still new, but cities take little risk in venturing to try ure. it out. Success has met them all thus far. Bemidji had the subject up for dis- cussion several times. It had the Hon. John J. Hamilton of Des Moines here to tell what he knew about the new plan. Nothing has as yet been disproven regarding the advisability and practicability of the Commission Form of Government. . He is now publishing a series of articles on the ‘ommission Plan of City Government. We herewith reprint his article num- ber eight touching on the Commission as an executive body. ce. " Telephone 31.| Commission Mainly an Executive Body. All the powers granted by the state to the city are vested in the commis- sion; which therefore takes the place of both mayor and council." Cities have but/little purely judicial power, but such.as they have is also given to the commf‘ssioners. In Des Moines, the commission is 8 called a “council,” which would seem to imply that the new governing body more closely resembles the old coun- cil than it does the mayor or execu- tive; but one does not have to study the working of the new system long ‘before he discovers that the commis- : They latest trade to be organized | S nto aunion in Greater New York is ve-hea ayor rathe £ slon; lera e Henlgn 0L " | that ‘6t the fancy umbrella makers. than a small council. Its activities 2re mainly executive rather than leg- islative. It is true that the commissioners introduce, discuss and pass ordinanc- es in which capacity they are a council; put it is surprising how small a part of. their time is taken up in this way, and how incidental and relatively unimportant their leg- islative work is. It would naturally be supposed, from the constant clamor, under the old system, for the passage of this or that reform ordinance, that a truly reform government ‘would spend a great deal of time in enacting reform legislation; but, aside from passing a few necessary measures to start the first commission administration, the commission usually devotes but little | time to passing ordinances. Its meet- ings are practically all devoted to business. Why, then, are not the initiative | and referendum invoked? How is it that the supposedly insatiable appe- tite of an American constituency for more laws disappears under the new regime? . It is evidently because the trouble with our cities has been that the laws they had were not efficiently carried out, not that they did not have enough of them. The disease was ad- ministrative, hence good administra- tion cured it. This does not imply that there is nothing to do in our cities in the way of giving them better ordinanc- es; but that a truly representative democratic government speedily find the legislative remedies, and then devote its energies to quiet, and can honest execution of these remedial measures. d , Municipal administration is not wholly business, but it is mainly so; hence the substitution of a small exe- cutive body for both mayor and coun- cil works admirably. Five men are not so many as not to be able to dis- patch business rapidly; and their ac- tion has a saneness and a representa- tive quality often lacking in the work of one man as mayor, when his intentions are the best. The concentration of the entire city government incdne body, without the old checks and balances, is not dangerous. The commissioners are a check on one another, and the peo- ple hold the reins over them all. It has also proven a good thing to have the men who are doing the city work make the rules for its conduct. even POPOOOPOOOPOOOOOQ © Qutside News Condensed.” ¢ R R R R R R R RO R R In Italian workshops and factories more than three-fourths of the em- ployes work ten to eleven hours a day. The total number of old age pen- sioners in the United Kingdom at the end of March was: men, 533,000; women, 547,411, The twelfth annual convention.of the California State Federation of Labor will be held in Bakersfield, commencing October 2. A movement is under way in Mon- treal, Canada, to establish a subur- ban model Italian colony to accommo- date about fifteen thousand. The Piano, Organ and Musical In- strument Workers’ International Un- ion has paid in sick and death bene- fits during the last seven years a to- tal of $238,095. Seventy per cent of the children employed in the cotton industries of Virginia are illiterate. In Alabama the percentage is lower by 5 per cent. Insurance against sickness is com- pulsory in Hungary for all persons employed in industrial undertakings and whose earnings do not exceed $500 a year. Labor Unions of Stockton, Calit., are planning to hold a “tag-day” in the interest of the Labor Temple As- sociation which proposes to erect a labor temple. The general convention of the Am- algamated Sheet Metal Workers’ In- ternational Alliance opened its six- teenth annual session m Chicago on Monday last. Altogether several thousand un- skilled migratory laborers have been organized through the efforts of the California State Federation of Labor within the last few months. At the International Metal Work- ers” convention held recently in Bos- ton a speaker advocated a five hour day and five day week, at $1 per hour, to safeguard workers’ lives. . W. D. Mahon, “president of the Amalgamated ' Association of Street, and Electric Railway Employes, in his, ual report, shows that $60,- was paid during the year for sick, disability and death benefits. More than $200,000 deposited in Denver banks by various unions has been withdrawn because it was be- banks were interested in mines where union men are being boycotted. The ‘members expect to be able through' their organization to bring about an increase of wages and bet- ter conditions. William Johnston, of Washington, D. C., was recently elected president of the International Association of Machinists over James O’Connell, who ‘held that. position for many years.:-Johnston was the candidate of the;progressives. Stereotypers’ and Electrotypers’ Union of San Francisco is planning to raise a fund of $6,000 to be used for the entertainment of delegates and visitors to the annual convention of the International Union which will conyene in San Francisco in the fall of fiext year. Millinery openiug at The Henrion- net Millinery Pa-'ors Saturday, Sept. 9. 309 Minnesota Ave. PEEVISH : Don't ‘cross and slap or scold them. Cive them Kickapco Worm Killer | (It tastes like candy) and se hov | | quickly they change to -happy,| goodnatured children that play ali day, sleep well at night, and loox rugged and well nourisued. Price, 25c., sold by druggists everywher> | children are sick children. Have you tried having your films finished at Barker’s Kodak Shgp. | Stop in at the City Drug Store and get a free sample of ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP. : The surest and most economical treatment for eczema, pimples, dan- druff and all diseases of the skin and scalp. Do not neglect this. They will give you prompt relief and put you on a road to a cure. Good for infants as well as grown persons. | FRAUD CASES BEFORE SUPREME | | Prominent and Influential Political| Workers Before Bar of Justice. May’s Landing, N. J., Sept. 8.— Several of the so-called election fraud cases which have stirred Atlantic County from center to circumference were called for trial here today be- | fore Supreme Court Justice Samuel Kalisch. As the defendants number nearly a score and include many prominent and influential political workers who are expected to make a vigorous defense, the probability is that the court will be kept busy for the next month or two in disposing of the cases. The charges include conspiracy to bribe, the purchase of votes, assaults on election ofiicers and various other violations of the law al- | leged to have been committed in con- nection with the elections in Atlan- tic City last November. Mrs. Conger is displaying.a full line of Gage pattern hats. Think of how many sickly children might be restored to health with the money spent on “spite walls”! Are Americans indifferent to pub- lic safety because they go to thea- ters with inadequate exits, or do they go because they are indifferent? High prices of food products ought to impel Dr. Wiley to answer soon the question “What is beer?” The deep water way convention is coming to Chicago, but it isn’t going to take any rides on deep-draft lake ships that navigate the drainage can- al. Why should Professor Merriam seek to reform Illinois or the world when he has acquired true greatness by having a cigar named after him? “Old maids” indeed have a useful and honorable place in the world, but it will not be made more useful or more honorable through the mere for- mation. of a society. Some things have to be done without the aid of a committee and by-laws in a complex civilization. % Merry-go-round. Coming across the Revere Beach fer- ry were two men whose anticg at- tracted considerable attention. The younger would step around to the right side of his companion, and with- In a minute the elder would make a corresponding shift. At last the elder became frritated. “Say, what are you trying to do, shifting around like this?” he demand- “I'm,_deaf in my left ear and was trying to get where 1'd hear well,” the younger replied. “And I'm blind in my left eye and wanted to see what was doing," said the other.—Boston Journal. Settled. 0ld Gentleman (at his daughter's | wedding)—My dear, I don't see how I am to get along without you. Bride— Oh, that's all right. pa.. Since the cere- mony was performed my husband has confessed that he hasn’t enough saved to start housekeeping. so you won't | T. BEAUDETTE Merchant Tailor Ladies’ and Gents' Suite to Order. French Dry Cleaning, l;nuhu and - Repairing a2 pecialty, 315 Beltrami Avenue , T Huffman, Harris lieved that some of the officials of the || * & Hfly"nlds Buccessors to The T. J. Miller Ceo. - Fire Insurance Real Estate Bonds & Loans 209 Beltrami Ave. Bemidji Minn. SsT. To the Investor and in the residence district of Bemidji—which we are selling on the EASY PAYMENT PLAN—smal} cash payment—balance, weekly or monthly at 8 per cent. and other lots in Bemidji, write us or call on H. A, Simons onr local representative. Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, i'u: Home-Builder We have selected a number of lots—some of the most desirable For description of lots and full information regarding these % 520 Capital Bank Building PAUL WINNESOTA COPENWAGEN ' We guarantee that Copenhagen Snuff “is now and always has been absolutely pure snuff, that it complies with the laws of every State and all federal laws. American Snuff Company, 111 Fifth Ave., New York. 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J 7 \’F' LADIES OF THE ILIAC- e 9 CABEES. Regular mecting night Inst Wednesday evening in each month. MASONIC. . & A. M., Bemidji, meeting first and third o7 ays, 8 o'clock—at 4 Masonic . Beltrami Ave, and Fifth St Chanter No. Bemidji 70, R. A. M. Stated convocations —nrst and third Mondays, § o'clock p. m—at Masonic” Hall Beltrami Ave., and Pifth St. S K."T. Stated conclave—second E € aind fourth Frida; 8 o'clock €§ p. m.—at Masonic Temple, Bel- S trami Ave., and St. O. E. S. Chapter No. 171, Regular_meeting nights— first and third Fridays, 8 o'clock — at Masonic Hall, Beltrami Ave. and Fifth M. B. A. Roosevelt, = No. 1523. Regular meeting nights every second and fourth Thursday evenings at 8 giclock in ~0dd “Fellows all. M. W. A. Bemidji Camp No. 5012. Regular meeting nights . — urst_and third Tuesdays at o'clock _at 0dd _Fellows Hall, 102 Beltrami Ave. MODERN SAMARITANS. Regular meeting nights on the first and third Thursdays in the L O. O. I Hall at 8 p. m. SONS OF HERMAN. Meetings held second and fourth Sunday after- noon of each month at 205 Beltrami Ave. lose me after all. We have begun a campaign of practical suggestions for a larger use cf the Bell long distance and toll line service. Let us help you. Business HOW to get more business? A larger use of the long distance and toll line service.of your Bell Telephone will bringit. : The two essentials-—-business enterprise and appreciation of the service possibilities of the Universal Bell Telephone System. Speed up your business by reaching out for trade over the Bell long distance and toll lines. _ Widen your business field; expand your business. Let us show you how to do it. TOM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER SAFE AND PIANO MOVING Offcs Phone 12 R. F. MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Office’313 Beltraml! Ave, Phone 319-2. First Mortgage LOANS ON CITY AND FARM PROPERTY Real Estate, Rentals Insurance William C. Klein O’Leary-Bowser Bldg. Phone 19. Bemidji, gclock in basement of