Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 1, 1912, Page 1

THE Bl MINNESOTA SOCIETY. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS COMING Will Hold Annual Convention in First Methodist Church Monday and Tuesday. LOCKER PRINCIPAL SPEAKER St. Paul Man, Prominent in State- wide Work, to Speak on “Har- nessing Power.” REPORTS AND ELECTIONS Officers to Submit Usual Statements and New Ones to Be Chosen Dur- ing Last Session. Members of the Beltrami County Sunday School association will con- vene in Bemidji Monday morning for the annual convention which will be held in the First Methodist church. Sessions will be held Monday after- noon and Tuesday morning and af- ternoon with a special address Mon- day evening. A. M. Locker, of St. Paul, will be the principal speaker. He is well known throughout the state for his Sunday school work. He will give an address at 8:15 Monday evening, following the devotional service, on Mr. Locker is said to have considerable power him- self and to have the ability of trans- ferring it to others. Reports of the county president, county secretary, county treasurer and department superintendents will Officers for the new year will be elected at the meetinz Tuesday afternoon. Those in charge of the convention ex- pect a large attendance and have ar- ranged the following program: “Harnessing Power.” be read Monday afternoon. Monday Afternoon. 2:00—Praise Service-—Rev. P. White. 2:15—Our Text Book the Bible— Rev. C. W. Foley. 2:45—Christ Our Master Teacher —Miss Anna Mills, 3:15—DMusic. 3:20—Our County as Measured by County Standard—County President. 3:30—Report of County Secretary. 3:45—Report of County Treasurer and Department Superintendents. S. E. 4:15—“Kingdom Calls to King- dom Builders”—A. M. Locker. 4:45—Appointment of Commit- tees, Evening Session, 7:45—Devotional Service. 8:45—Address—"Harnessing Pow- er”—A. M. Locker. Tuesday Morning. 9:30—Devotional Service. 10:30—The New Sunday School Standard—A. M. Locker. 11:30—Department Conferences. (a) Elementary Division Mrs. Phibbs. (b) Secondary Division G. W. Campbell. (¢) Adult Division A, M. Locker. Afternoon Session. 1:30—Devotional Service. 1:45—-Reports of Committees and Election of Officers. 23 2:00—Our Stewardship—A. M. Locker, 2:15—The Missionary Standard of Service—Mrs. C. W. Foley. 2:30-—House Visitation and Home Department. Practical Plans—Mrs. J. M. Freeburg. 3:00—Teacher Training — Miss Anna Head. 3:15—The Teacher Teaching—A. M. Locker. 3:50—Music. 4:00—Conference on School Problem. (2) How to Interest Men in the Sunday School Work. (b) Necessity for Home Co-op- eration. 2 (¢) Necessity for Class Organi- zation. —What it has done. —How to do it and get re- sults. Sunday Special Meeting. The directors of the Beltrami coun-| . ty creamer yassociation will hold a VOLUME 10. NUMBER 30. LATE NEWS. SWANLAND IS CAPTURED Charles Swanland, accused slayer of Arvid Vidstrom, was captured this morning by Deputy Sheriff Dundas of Baudette. ' Sheriff Hazen will leave for International Falls and Baudette tonight to bring the man to Bemidji. Swanland is accused of murdering Arvid Vidstrom about eighteen miles from Kelliher Mon- day, May 13. After the shooting, Swanland took to the woods but un- til today, efforts made toward his capture were unavailing. . AGRICULTURAL SPECIAL. The agricultural special of the Northern Pacific and M. and . is due in Bemidji at 9 p. m. tonight and will stay here over Sunday. It will be open to the public from 9 a. m. until noon of Monday. The cars con- tain exhibits of livestock, poultry and farm machinery. Nothing is for sale, nor advertised and everything is free. During their stay in Bemidji, the men in charge of the train will be enter- several will take Sunday dinners at nearby farms, MACCABEES IN SESSION. Ladies of Secret Order Holding a Ral- ly With Many Towns Rep- resented. A rally of the Maccabee lodge is being held in the city this aftérnoon —eight towns being represented here. State Commander Mrs. May F. Jones of Minneapolis, is conduct- ing the meeting. Mrs. Alice M. Dud- ley of Moorhead, state diseriet dep- uty, is attending. Miss Rina M. West, who was to have been guest of hon- or at the meeting here was unable to be present owing to an engagement in Omaha, Neb. Miss West was su- preme record keeper since the begin- ning of the lodge, twenty years ago, until last year when she was elected to- her present position of supreme commander. This evening a meeting will be -{held for the delegates from Deer Riv- er who were unable to be here for morning and afternoon. The Maccabee lodge, with its head- quarters at Port Huron, Mich., is the largest fraternal beneficiary order of the world for women alone, having 165,000 members. It has a reserve fund of $6,000,000,000. On October 1st, 1912, the order will celebrate its twentieth year of existence. Ral- lies of the lodge have been held this week at Minneapolis, St. Cloud and Duluth with Mrs. Jones and Miss West present. The delegates attend- ing the rally here today represent Kelliher, Gonvick, Blackduck, Inter- national Falls, Park Rapids, Deer River, Cass Lake, and Crookston. Kelliher will be awarded a prize the largest number of delegates pres- ent, while Blackduck will come “in second. * DEEP MYSTERIES OF LIFE It We Could Fathnm Thsm Little Would Be Left for Us to Do Here. If we could fathom life's mysteries there would be little left for us to do on earth. If we could understand Why the sun shines for some and the ghadows deepen for others there would be nd use to try to work out the problem of existence. It would be solved for us beforehand” and the great questions which now quicken our souls into being would never rise to the surface. It is the mystery of it all, the uncertainty of everything #aye the existence of God, which makes life such a wonder puzzle, a puzzle to be picked out piece by piece and fitted together in his own good time. It is true that sometimes we grow weary of our work. We find the processes too slow to suit our im- patient desires and the resulis not al- for all that we never lose our ambition to correctly solve the problem as ft is presented to us for solution. We a within our reach from the very out- set, but it so happens that our very humanity binds us at times to our best interests, and we carelessly and even wilfully pass by the very things ‘which would prove of most service to us. Because our inclinations lie in othier directions than those for which by nature we seem best fitted we oft- en make the mistake of beginning ‘Wrong, a condition which naturally forestalls ' any hope of success.— Charleston News and Courler. . Treatment for Burns, meeting in the Commercial club rooms Monday evening. A full re- port of the operations of the cream- ry since its start will be read. Bweet oil and limewater ‘spread op: & -plece of cotton and applied to a burn 48’ very soothing. Every m closet should ‘contain & the meetings which were held this| tained by the Commercial club and |- from the supreme order for having| | together equal to our expectations, but | in this world to work out our destinyf and the means to this end are placed | DOUBLE HEADER SUNDAY Thief River City and U. C. T. Teams To Play in Bemidji—First 5 Game at 2 P, M. EXCURSION OVER THE S00 LINE Several hundred people are expect- ed in Bemidji on the special train which will be run from Thief River Falls to Bemidji tomorrow. The train is scheduled to leave Thief River about 8 a. m., and will prob- ably reach Bemidji about 11 a. m. It will make stops at all the towns en route and the rate for the round trip will be fare and a third. Returning, the special will leave about 7 p. m. As attractions for the day, two ball games have been scheduled, The first will be between the U. C. T.’s of Thief River and Bemidji afd will run five or seven innings. The sec- ond will be between the regular city teams and will go the full nine in- nings. The first game will start promptly at 2 p. m., in order to give plenty of time for the others before dark, It is reported from several of the Soo towns that their ball teams will come to Bemidji to see the game and that other parties have been formed to take lake trips and to go to lake points for picnic dinners. The base- ball games will be played at the fair grounds and if the * attendance at these games proves that Bemidji is interested in baseball, efforts will be made to run other excursions to the city. American Association. .- Games Yesterday. Columbus 6, Louisville 2. Kansas City 5, Milwaukee 4. Toledo 8, Indianapolis 5. St. Paul-Minneapolis postponed. American League, Games Yesterday. St. Louis 9, Detroit 1. Only one game scheduled, National League. Games Yesterday. Brooklyn 9, 8, Boston 3, 3. Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 2. St. Louis 5, New York 1. ATHLETICS ACCEATI\/C-Brne "!l!fl‘,,‘.‘ (Copyright) DUMAS NOT WORRIED. Says Right Will Prevail in the End ——May Appeal A‘ga.ul { Cass Lake, June 1.—(Special)— Dr. Dumas was attending to his pro- fessional duties this morning as us- ual and when asked as to what he had to say regarding the outcome of the. supreme court’s decision stated that he was disappointed over the decision as he confidently expected expected it would be in his favor. He had been trying to get in-com- munication with his attorney but as Mr. Lane was not in Minneapolis he was not able to reach Lini, but will rely entirely upon advicg.:from him in the matter. Further Dr. Dumas said, “I feel that I have been greatly injured the same as any innocent man would feel but have every confidence that right will prevail in the end. I am not at all worried over the decision of the supreme court. The press at times has criticized me very severely but I feel that they have been influ- enced by different officials who op- posed me. “My reputation as a lawabiding citizen in Cass Lake has never been questioned by the ‘people here, which Wilbur Wright‘and Two Wright Inventions - That Stand Out In the Science of Aviation. is a gratification to me. I under- stand that the supreme court will hold the papers in the case for ten days pending the motion for a re- hearing. 1 will not decide definitely as to whether I will apply for a re- hearing until I interview Mr. Lane.” —_— The Saltest Ocean. The origin of the salt in the sea is usually attributed to the comstant washing of salts from the land by rain and rivers, and the gradual de- positing of them in the sea, through evaporation. In every 100 parts of sea-water there are about two and one- half parts of salt. It has been com- puted that there are 4,500,000 cubic miles of rock salt in the oceans, 141 tines the bulk of the continent of Europe above high-water' mark. The Atlantic is much salter than the oth- er oceans. Prof. Alexander Woeikow of St. Petersburg believes that this is due to the large amount of water va- por that is carried on to the continents bordering this ocean, which are com- paratively low where they front the sea.—Youth’s Companion. Feminine Trick. . The girl who tells you she thinks no man is good enough for any woman Is merely trylng to goad vou into an attempt to convince her that she is wrong.—Chicago Record-Herald. |Falls. RESOLUTIONS ARE STRONG Committees of N. M. D. A. Go On Record for Complete Justice on Reapportionment. . To BOOST GOOD ROADS Cass Lake, June 1.-—Special.— Twenty members of the Development association met in Cass Lake yester- WELL ATTENDED —_— Annual Commencement of High School and Eighth Grade Draws a Capacity House, SAYS THAT CHARACTER COUNTS Dr. Gillies Says it is Most Important and That Reputation is & Seo- ondary Matter. TEACHING ; NOW SIMPLE As Compared With That of Genera- tion Ago When Parents Went to School. : With the Armory crowded with relatives and friends of the gradu- ates, the commencement exercises of the High school and eighth grade were held last evening. Sixty-eight students were given diplomas and over eighty were given certificates of - perfect attendance. Forming a line in front of the li- brary, the graduates marched to the Armory where the seniors were seat- ed on the platform with the faculty, board of education and speakers while the students graduating from the eighth gradeé were given seats in the house. Leopoldine Rauscher gave the val- edictory and Dorothy Torrance the salutatory. Charles Gerlinger had the highest average of the class and won the scholarship but because he had not attended the Bemidji High school for the full four years, could not be made valedictorian. . Andrew Gillies, pastor of the day " 4fternoon™to—discuss the sima_.l{euepin svenue . Methodist, chureh tion brought abo leg of the special session of the legislature and to arrange a program for the In- ternational Falls meeting of the as- sociation on June 20th dnd 21st. They were in session for seven hours and passed the following resolution unanimously: “Resolution, that just reapportion- ment is the paramount duty of the state legislature; “That this association stands back of every effort of every members to enact a fair measure and that no law will ‘be accepted until complete justice is dome. Printed copies of the above were immediately mailed to all members of legislature. The following resolutions were al- so- adopted: “Resolved, That this association renews its recommenda- tion to-the state board of investment to exercise its lawful authority to dispose of its holdings of bonds of other states for reinvestment of these tunds in local securities.” “Resolved, That the executive com- mittee be instructed to prepare and Dresent to the association at its meet- ing in’ June a plan of campaign in favor of the R, C. Dunn one mill tax road constitutional amendment, heretofore endorsed by the associa- tion.” Much of the time was taken up in discussing the Elwell road proposi- tions now under way and commit- teemen were given instructions as to further procedure regarding those. It was also decided that there be no speakers on the program at Inter- national Falls, except committeemen in. making reports for their various committees. It was found that there| will. be so much work befors the meeting that no time can be spared in the two days’ program for speech- es. 7 : The secretary was instructed to prepare a program showing the order in’ which the different committees are to be - Keard at Internationl 5 Challenge Changed. Mrs,. A, L. Smith, proprietor of the Challenge hotel; has construeted 4 mew roof over the building and placed fire empen from the u)rpér of Minneapolis, was the spe-ker of the evening and gave an address which was listened to with interested attention, not only by the graduates, but by the audience as well. Dr. Gillies, always at home when talk ing to a student -audience, warmed to his subject and gave ome of the best addresses ever delivered in Be- midji. In his address Dr. Gillies contrast- ed his schooling with that of the present day. He told of how the mind was trained to remember things, how the pupils were taught to memorize their lessons and then were made to recite, toeing a mark before the teacher who always held a rod in his hand in order that the child might be impressed with the rod if not with the lesson. He explained how today methods are becoming more gimple, more na- tural, and less artificial. He told of how- the children are being taught as individuals and not as a class. He spoke of the crude methods of teach- ing used several years ago, saying that educating the memory did not cover the needs of the situation. “The child must also be taught to use judgment and reason and above all he must.be taught to know what is truth.” Dr. Gillles then explained the difference between character and reputation, saying that what a boy was when his teacher was in the room watching over him was reputa- tion but what a boy was when out at night,, when no one knew just where he was, that was character. «And this quality of ' character must be drilled into the boy so that he may rely upon himself at all times. It matters not what ome’s reputation might be so long as he knows what his character is. Three things a person must be taught dur- ing his school life—to know ome’s self, to know the laws of the universe and to know the law of the thlngu that are.” Dr. Gillies told of t.he modern methods of training bnyl and girls to be better fitted for the new life that opened to them upon their com- pletion of school life. He spoke with favor of the new studies that were being Introduced into-the schools. ‘Tollowing are the - students pre- | sented last night with certificates of perfect attendance: - " First grade—Hazel Barnes, Charles- MeTaggert, Fred mmeun Edward HISTORICAL |