Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 7, 1912, Page 1

VOLUME 9. NUMBER 239, SOLDIERS AT FORT MYER PRIDE OF U.S. Their Weekly Exhibition Drill is Wit- nessed by Hundreds, and Others Cannot be Accommodated PROMINENT STATESMEN THERE I Legislators Applaud Perfection of Drill But Refuse Adequate Emolument. | | | | ABOUT NEW CONGRESSMAN Men of Cavalry and Artillery Do Everything Which is Possible For Them To Do. i { By GEORGE CLINTON. ; Washington.—At Fort Myer, just across the Potomac from Georgetown, & troop of cavalry and a battery of fleld artillery of the regular army sive an exhibition drill in the riding hall every Friday afternoon. The de- mand for tickets each week ls thrice greaier than the hall's seating ca- pacity. Senators, representatives, non-officials and their wives, mothers, cousins, daughters and sweethearts attend to witness a performance, given without money and without price, that is better than any play. The officers at Fort Myer had the thought originally that the drill would get the civillan and the soldier into closer touch, and that by showing what the enlisted men of the army are trained to do, and ean do, the of- ficials among the spectators might be induced to see that justice is done the service in the halls of congress. Senators and representatives, and the others as well,.cheer the drilling =nd go away saying “Wonderful,” Rnd ready to admit to anyone who asks that ‘the men are a fine lot and that the country ought to be proud of them. However, when it comes to a question of voting an Increase of pay for the “fine lot” in order that it may be kept in the service of the country, 1he senators and representatives shake their heads and go on the ex- tremely doubtful list. At this Fort Myer drill a troop of cavalry does everything that it is possible for cavalry to do, and the bat- tery of fleld artillery follows suit, Fine men and fine soldlers, straight soldierly drilling, with fanciful ma- meuvers that no one would belleve possible of accomplishment, are thrown in for good measure. The men who ride the horses and bring in the fleldpleces “in battery™: and to ‘“action rear” and ‘“action front” are not picked men. The cav- alry troop and the batteries alter- nate at the work week in and week out, and never & man but can ride standlng on his head (this literally) and never a man but can pick up a handkerchief from the ground with his hand, with his horse going at charge speed. Splendld Work Poorly Rewarded. The whole thing is a seemingly im- possible thing, but yet possible to these young fellows who are being pald something less than 50 cents a day by the order of the congress of the United States. It may go almost without saying that no new representative comes to Washington without holding the hope in his heart t(hat firmly impressed upon the minds of his constituents is the feeling that he is to be as no other congressman ever was. It may be that even the older representatives never entirely banish the-dream that their fellow townsmen and fellow dis- trict men sit at home through the long winter evenings thinking only of the gallant fight that the absent one to whom they have intrusted their representation is putting up for them against the powers of darkmess. A cartoonist, who put his cartoons in a book and published them, shad- owed forth in black and white side- lights the “terrible path of tempta- tion” trodden by the new member who comes to Washington to find 1t not the City Beautiful, but the den of a devilfish with tentacles manifold. The new: congressman wants it to be understood at home that he walks un- afrald the straight path, with never @ slipping aside toward the pitfalis | where the monsters lurk in hiding. | Few Caught by Devilfish, | It ls a fine spirit of rectitude that possesses the souls of these new ones. ‘Truth is that the men of the lower house at least do not meet the devil- fish unless they seek him, and in seeking him they discover that the devilfish is exceedingly shy and that he will make no forward movement unless he sees that which may pass for a sign of welcome. Not many members of the lower house have been caught by the devilfish, and it is a fine thing for the country that this may be written. One day the devilfish will be dead, .everlastingly dead. it has been discovered that Davy Crockett, when he was a member of {duck; J/ W. Hunt of Duluth; W. G. CASS LAKE HAS FIRE Boiler Room of Northern Pine Crat- ing Company Found Burning Monday Night L0SS VALUED AT 1,000 DOLLARS Fire Monday night partially des- troyed the boiler room at the North- ern Pine Crating companys factory, the boilers anq brick werk not being damaged. It is not known how the fire started, the engincer and night watchman being in the engine room | adjoining repairing a piece of ma- chinery when the flames suddenly burst forth. Not much steam was| carried at night and the pumps soon refused to. work longer but the fire- men arrived in time to do effective work and confined the flames to the boiler room. After the pumps played out, water was secured from the switch engine and a line of hose was also laid from the Great Northern pump house over one thousand feet away, the firemen being compelled to wade through threz feet of snow in places to make the connection. H The loss is estimated at about $1,- 000. It is understood that prepara- tions will be made immediately for| rebuilding the burned structure and operations resumed in several weeks.l since have been made against other presidents, which goes to show that there is nothing new under the sun. Davy charged Andrew with seeking to perpetuate his own influence in the administraifon through a man favered for the ‘“succession, The coon-skin-capped Tennesseean was known in his day as sometuing of a humorist when he talked, but the element of humor s sadly lack- ing In his book, a fact that has brought deep disappointment to the men who thought that they had made a literary discovery worth while, and that Davy's characterisiics were to live again in its pages. In truth the ook isx preity poor stuff, useful only sssghowing that, pe- litical kistory, like other history, has ® bhabit .f repeating Iitself. COURT BEING HELD IN KOOCHICHING COUNTY Opened at International Falls Yester- day with Judge Stanton on the Bench BEMIDJI LAWYERS ARE THERE The February term of the district | court opened yesterday at Interna- tional Falls in Koochiching county with Judge Stanton presiding. The grand jury was at once impan- elled with John Cowan as foreman and George Millard as clerk, and af- ter instructions from che judge as to the scope of their duties, and parti- cular emphasis upon the matter of taking action that wouid put a stop to tresspass upon state lands, the jury retired to begin their delibera- tions. Eddie Todd is the bailiff in charge of the jury. The remainder of the day was de- voteq to the checking up of the cal- endar and the hearing of naturaliza- tion matters. The calendar contains four erimin- al cases, to which the grand jury will no deubt add several others, as there are a large number of men either in jail or out on bonds who have been guilty of criminal infractions of the law. The civil calendar contains one hundred and fourteen cases, many of which are tax and lan1 title matters and the greater part of which will be cleaned up at this term of court. The attorneys from outside points who were in attendance at the open- ing of court were: Harris Richardson of Minneapolis; E. E. MecDonald, Chas. Serutchins and ‘. A. Andrews of Bemidji; Bunn T. Wilson of Black- McCready of Winnebago City, and Franz Jevne of Big Falls. Ty Senator Culberson says it cost cor- porations 11 milliong 1o elect Teddy in 1904. Teddy and Harriman both “practical men,” too. | A Los Angeles man left an estate of $1,000,000 with the proviso that it should be used for only as many of his relatives and friends as need- ed assistance. Some sense to that. English language contains about 600,000 words, but half of these are scientific, or obsolete and we don't have to get acquainted with them. For ordinary polite conyersation you congress, wrote a book making all the charges agalnst Andrew Jackson that i committee was-adopted and it -was voted to have a committee of the will find that a vocabulary of 300, 000 words is about sufficient.- COMMERCIAL CLUB FAVORS COMMISSION Accept Report of Committee Which Has Investigated Advisability of Adopting New Government TO MEET WITH CHARTER MEN For Purpose of Drafting Articles Embodying the Plan for the Adopting by Voters CASS LAKE CLUB COMING Members of That Omnnfitinn In- vited to Attend Social Smoker. | Here Tuesday Next Business, including a discussion with the local creamery directors, opting the report of the Commission | form of government committee, hear- ing the report of the young men’s| gymnasium committee, arranging to send delegates to the state federa- tion meeting and exterding the Cass Lake Commercial club an invitation to join with the local club in a so- cial . smoker next .Tuesday night, were the important things discussed at the Commercial club’s regular monthly meeting last evening. A committee consisting of F. S. Arnold, J. J. Opsahl, R. L. Given, A, G. Wedge and A. A. Warfleld met with the directors of the local cream- ery, N. Willett, L. Petrie, 8. A, Smith and ver Ungsteadt and discussed the local creamery conditions. 1t was decided to have the creamery chms make all oustanding collections and report to the club. Commission Form Adopted The report of the commission form club meet with a committee from the charter commission for the purpose of drafting articles embodying the commission plan for adoption of the voters of. the city. A splendid report by the appraisal committee was read and accepted, which showed that the assets of the club aggregated about $6,000. The committee on the young men’s gym- nasium reported that the cost of equipment would be about $400 and the rent for the room $41 per-month. The report was referred back to the committee, asking them to submit a feasible plan whereby the new fea- ture could be made self supporting. Casg Lake Club Coming. The members of the Cass Lake club were invited to attend a sbeial smoker at the local club rooms next Tuesday evening, and-it is expected that a large number from our neigh- boring city will attend. ‘The club decided to send two del- egates to the state federation meet- ing at Minneapolis in March. It was also decided that steps should be taken for the purpose of swelling the receipts of the Bemidji post office so as to placz them above the $20,000 a year mark. This ef- fort, if successful will be a great aid in securing a federal building for Bemidji. Rules for Talking Weather. The English are as insensible to their weather as they are to a vast number of qther things. They talk of nothing else; but there is yet an arti- ficiality about the conversation that denotes it to be a standardized topic. If genuine feeling and emotion are ex- pressed regarding it by an outsider they become suddenly touchy, and ‘what seemed neutral ground on which differing temperaments could meet with perfect amiability is seen to be no better than a bank of bristling thistles. It is here that the rules of the weather game are seen more cleurly. You may talk of it to the exclusion of everything else; you are regarded as difficult if you have an aversion to a certain amount of speech about it, and yet there are cer- tain things you must never say ahout it, or, if you do, you must say them (Copyright, 1812) FORESTRY MENIIN SESSION i Canadian Association Members Will .Gather for What Promises to Be Interesting keefing. PINSHOT WILL_ GIVE ADDRESS Ottawa, Ont.,: Feb:. 7.—Of more than usual interest, hecause of its representative character, is the thir- teenth.annual @nerdgs of the Cand- dian Forestry Association; which op- ened in the committee room of the Parliament Buildings this morning under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Governor-General. The ‘sessions will last two days, Numerous papers and addresses will be presented with a view to establish- ing a broader understanding of the forest and its relation to the great industries depending ont it, to ad- vancing the conservative use of the forest resources for both the present and future need of these industries, and to stimulateing and uniting all efforts to perpetuate the forest as a permanent resource of Canada. The representation at the congress includes cabinet officers and members of parliament, forestry experts and practical lumbermen. Gifforq Pinchot, former chief for- ester of the United States, will de- liver one of the principal addresses. Brown Takes Charge of Rio Grande Denver, Colo., Feb, 7.—Edward L. Brown' today entered upon the du- ties of his new position as vice presi- dent and general manager of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. Mr. Brown, though not yet 50 years old, is a veteran in the railroad service, having started his career at the age of 11 as a messenger on the Rock Is- land road. He left that road to en~ ter the employ of the Northern Pa- cific, of which system he became gen~ eral superintendent of the western division, which positioun he filled un- til his recent change 10 the Benver and Rio Grande. Dickens Memory is Honored - London, Feb. 7.—All England joined today in a suitable observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. In London the most notable feature of the celebration was the annual din- ner of the “Boz” club, at which Lord Rosebery presided. Many magnifi- cent floral offerings, some of them from distant parts of the world, were | deposited at the grave of the famous nbvelist in Westminster Abbey. -Farmers in England are trying to as though in spite of everything you|fatten their hogs on sawdust and ‘would not exchange it for any other ‘weather in the world, and you would defend it with your last breath.—Flor- ida Pler in Harper's Weekly. In Sox Signo Vinces. i Judge—Jones answered an adver- tisement and sent a dollar for four pairs of socks. When they arrived, Jones 1ooked them over and ther wrote the advertiser: > “Socks received. The patterns are vile. I wouldn’t be seen on the street with them on.” Back came the answer: : “What are you kicking about? Didn’t we guarantee that yon wouldn't wear them out?” S treacle. “The Fatted Calf,” by Arthur Hop- kins, is to be revived with Cyril Scott as the star. A Detroit mans’ poodle dog was taken to the laundry and narrowly escaped going through the washing machine. That's the first dog we ever heard of so anxious to take a bath a8 all that. £ Dr. Dr. Conradi, at Clark Univer- sity, has trained young sparrows to sing like canaries just by . putting them' with songsters. Pretty \“good company’’ HOLD UP ROCK ~ISLAND FLYER Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 7.—! | (Pioneer Special Wira service) ! Five masked men held up the Rock | Tsland passenger train near Hubert, Ark., at an early hour this morning, | blew up the express safe, looted the imail car and escaped with all their | plunder, | The flyer was flagged about thige| miles out of Hulbert and as the train came tp @ lalt the engheerand fire- man were ordered to Gisconnect the engine, and pulled down the track accompanied by one of the high way men. " The Wells-Fargo exvress safe was hlown up and it’s contents taken by two of the men while the other: two went through the mail car, securing practically everything of value. The amount stolen is as yet undertermin- ed. ' The robbers made their getaway, entering the thick woods along the right-of-way. The passengers were unmolested. About three months ago the same train was held up by masked men at the same place. ‘ FROZEN HYDRANT THAWED OUT Eckstrum Uses Small Steam Heater To Cut Ice From Pipe L. P. Eckstrum has been busy all day thawing out the hydrant at ourth street and Beltrami Favenue in order to secure water for the Armory heating plant. The hydranthad been leaking at the shutoff and! the up- right pipe became filled with water and froze solid. Mr. Eckstrum used & small steam heater for the purposé and then laid a pipe from this corn- er to the armory where several tanks were filled to supply water for the heating of the buflding. : Freshmen to Have Party. * Last evening after school, = the Freshman Class of the Bemidji high school met in the Science Recitation room to discuss giving another party lin the near future. It was finally de- cided to:give & Leap Year Party a week from next Friday evening in the high school gymnasjium.: The en- tertainment committee was instruet-| ed to see Superintendent Dyer, and obtain -his sanction to this action. Hiram A. Simons, Jr., talked to-the class in regard to the Freshman de- partment of the high school annual, and urged that the students make theirs the best of all departments. - | Some people are 8o anxious to see the sun come up that they stay out all night. 1 s Six out of every 100,000 persons in’ the U. 8. were murderel in1910. Be- sides, railroads murdered 7877 oth- ers. Z R i Any time a dog bites. you it's a cinch that dog is mad. Don’t sup- pose he does it because he is sweet tempered. i ° e Professor Bell, inventorof the fel- ephone, told me that when driy in the provinces in extremel; weather, 8ays a writer in & lus, when he was in greal | | RECEPTIONAT CLUB ROOMS| Bemidji Residents Will be Allowed To Meet Minnesota University Head Tomorrow Evening INSTEAD OF AT HIGH SCHOOL Tmmediately following Presiderit| George B. Vincent’s lecture at the| Armory tomorrow evening, there will | be’d*public reception held in his hon- | or at the Commereial Club rooms, Minnesota avenue and Third street. It has been previously announced that this reception wounld be held in; the high school building, because oty the change of the lecthre from the high school building t» the Armory, it was decided it would be only prop-| er to have it in the club rooms, Every resident of Bemidji is earn- estly invited to be present at this re- ception and meet the head of Minne- sotas great university. Dr. Vincent will arrive in Bemidji at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon over the Great Northern railroad. LECTURE TICKETS NOW ON SALE No Charge for General Admission And Reserved Seats Only a Quarter Those who wish to purchase re- served seat tickets for the lecture; which will be given by President George E, Vincent, at the Armory tomorrow evening, should do so soon as they were about sold out late this afternoon. Those in .charge of the arrange- ments for the lecture have decided that there will be no charge made for. general admission but that a small amount will be asked for the reserved seats, in order that the ex- pense may be reduced as much as possible. Y. The tickets are on sale at the Net- zer drug store, Fourih street and Beltrami avenue. No School on Lincoln’s Birthday. Lincoln’s birthday <will be observ- ed in the public schools. Superin- tendent Dyer today apnounced that! there would be no sessions of the city | schools on that day, No programs will be given this year by the pupils, since all of the teachers are busy! preparing for the convention of the Northern Minnesota Teachers’ - Asso- | ciation. Friday will also be a holi- | day, on account of (he meeting of| the association. Fights Scheduled for Tonight. Packey McFarland vs. Young Erne, | 6 rounds, at Philadelphia. = Leach Cross vs. Johnny Dohan, 10 rounds, .at Brooklyn, N' Y. " William H. Crane is to take his ‘new play, “The Senator Keeps House, on tour, Every man who cannot have soft- ening of the heart must at least have softening of the brain — Chesterton. Maybe the “peanut butter crank’ isn’t so far off after all There were 300,000 acres planted with the fruit- ful goober in Louisiana, in 1911. The | CANDIDATES MUST FILE BY SATURDAY City Clerk Stein Will Then Close His Office to Office Seekers Who Have Not Filed Petitions MANY HAVE ALREADY DONE SO Although Only One Socislist is Among List Others Will Be Added Be- fore Time Limit Expires ALDERMEN WANT RE-ELECTION And With Exception of Roe Have No Opposition Other Than From® Public Ownership Party. Candidates take notice: Next Saturday is tha last day for filing. Those candidates for the various city offices who have not yet filed have until next Saturday to do so, "for according fo law, the city clerk must on that day close his office to those who wish to fil2 in order that he may have ample timo in which to prepare the ballots. During the past week there have been no new candidates announced, and because of this fact and that there is only three days more for | filing in which the required number of signers could be secured for a pe- tition, it looks as though the entire | list has been announced. Those who have filed are: Mayor— ‘William McCuaig. George Kreatz. 3 L. F. Johngo: = F. M. MalzaBn.” "o - City-Clerk— - » George Stein. City Treasurer— George Rhea. Assessor— James Cahill. Alderman First Ward— W. E. Klein. | Alderman Second Ward— Tom Smart. Alderman Third Ward— K. K. Roe. C. A. Parker. Alderman ourth Ward— N. W. Brown. It will be noticed that only one Socialist candidate has as yet filed, this being, F. M. Malzhan, the candi- date for the office of mayor, but as the other petitions are complete or nearly so, it seems likely that they will be taken to the clerk’s’ office before Saturday, probably Friday. Two Big ‘Scraps. At present it appears that the chief fights of the election will be between the candidates for mayor and city treasurer. The Socialists claim that their candidate for treasurer, Earl Geil, the present holder of that of- fice, will win over George Rhea the independent candidate. Rhea lost to Geil last year by a very small vote and his supporters feel that he will land a victory this year. For mayor, Malzhan, the socialist, and the three independent candidates are fighting hard, and the public_ownership men practically concede that McQuaig will | win over their man. Registration Day Tuesday Four of the present council seek re-election, these being, Klein in the first ward, Smart in the second, Roe in the third and Brown in the third. With the exception of Roe, in the third ward, who is opposed by Park- er, none of the candidate for alder- man have opposition other than from the Socialists. Next Tuesday is registration day. HOT COFFEE FOR LOGGERS Crookston Lumber Company Furnish- es Hot Coffee to 120 men at Noon Houi._ Each day at the new dock on Lake Bemidji near the Croskston Lumber companys mill the men who do the unloading of logs are supplied with steaming hot coffee every noon dur- ing the cold ‘weather. >~ - About seventy five cars of logs are being unloaded daily from the dock and dumped on the ice of Lake Bem- idji for the Crookston Lumber com- pany. They are being hauled from’ Kelliher and Blackduck camps for ‘the.local mills seasons sawing. - Last year’s eawing wis one of 'tife banner years of the local plan