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

. meeting in 1913. TR istorlal Soctety, ~ T & BEMIDJI D, ILY PIONEE VOLUME 10.. NUMBER 190 B BEMIDJI GETS THE WINTER NEETING Annual Convention of Northern Minnesota Development Associa- tion Here In 1913. WEDGE IS MADE TREASURER Formerly Handled Money of Immi- gration Commission But Now | -Has Charge of All Finances, MANY COMMITTEES ARE NAMED' Preparations Made For Active Work At Coming Session of State Legislature. DEVELOPMENTS AT CROOKSTON. Bemidji selected for the annual; meeting in 1913, which is to be held| the first Thursday in December. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7: 1912. KING PETER. Ruler of In Uprising a, Who Joins gainst Turkey. | Bemidji made the oficial place of | business. i Hinckley selected for the summer | outlined in the; Pioneer Friday adopted at the after-! noon session. Resolutions as Executive committee of the presi-i dent, vice-president and a member| each from the Sixth, Eighth and Ninth districts formed. 1 Secretary taken from the executive | committee because he works for and| is paid by that committee, } Committees for the coming year| appointed. | Crookston, Dec. 7.—Adopting sev- eral changes in the by-laws of the| organization, the Northern Minneso-| ta Development association-closed its | annual meeting here- yesterday af- ternoon at 5 p. m: The convention | also adopted "a .series of resolutions| calling for reapportionment. good roads, better state land sales, and | other things dear to the heart of | Northern Minnesota. i At a smoker given in the Elks'| club, Fred B. Snyder of Minneapolis, | sald that there was too much multi- plication of state boards and com- missions and that more simplicity would result in better action. He advocated the separation of the lands | of the state from the auditor’s de-| partment and placing them and min- eral and forestry, etc., bureaus under | one separate head. He claimed that | the education system was faulty in that it educated the boys and girls| away from the farm. Mr. Snyder| scored the national conscience which | tolerated loose divorce laws, disre-| gard for law, corruption in high places, and self aggrandzement. The following officers were elected | for the ‘eoming year. President—C. M. King, Deer River. Vice-president — C. A. Allbright, Brainerd. Secretary—W. R. Mackenzie, Be- midji. ! Treasurer—A. G. Wedge, Bemidji. Members of executive committee— | M. N. Koll, Cass Lake, from Sixth district; Major Eva, Duluth, Eighth district; C. L. Conger, Mclntosh, Ninth distriet. The above officers were elected without material opposition, after the adoption of the new constitution. A. G. Wedge, treasurer of the asso- ciation’s immigrant commission, and who was made treasurer of the entire association. presented his report as follows: Total Receipts and Disbursements for 1912. Receipts— — Cash as per monthly state- ment Treasury accounts over- drawn .. ............ 61.73 TOtal ... sowmmiis cmwn - $7.767.78 Disbursements— POStABE . .........i... $445.00 Advertising and printing .. 678.61 1913 work 260.99 Office expenses .... .. 1,836.52 Commissioner's salary . 1,950.00 Reat .. ...covcvcnee 1,250.00 Traveling expenses 586.65 Exhibit room, Minneapolis. 620.06 Office furniture .......... 140.00 Total s eraiaiaiaiie $7,767.73 Other committees were appointed as follows: Conservation and development — G. E. Marshall, Cass Lake; Paul Mar- shalk, -Warroad; J. A. Van Dyke, Coleraine; Thomas Owens, Two Har- bors; J. U. Williams, Baudette, Special reapportionment — F. J. McPartlin, International Falls; B. C. 16:30. Kiley, Grand Rapids; Archie Vernon, | Little Falls. Joint legislative committee—A. G. Wedge, Bemidji; M. N. Koll, Cass Lake; L. B. Arnold, Duluth. Good roads—C. M. King, Deer Riv- er; W. R. Mackenzie, Bemidji; Christ Berg, Cass Lake; F. A. Green, Stevens; D. P. O'Neill, Thief River Falls; L. A. Ogaard, International Falls; L. H. Rice, Park Rapids. Agrieulture and state fair—A. J. McGuire, Grand Rapids; Mike Holm, Roseau; C. F. Manke, Moose Lake. Finance—J. H. Hearding, Duluth; H. C. Misner, Crookston; C. Serline, Mora; Harold Knutson. St. Cloud; M. T. Dunn, Brainerd. e VQP S OO D OO @ _® & % 'SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES POP9P0OOOOOO OO First Baptist Church— Morning services — Sermon at 11 o’clock; Bible school at 1 5. Even- services—Young Peoples’ Meeting at 6:50; sermon 7:30. Midweek serv- ice for prayer and Bible study Thurs- day evening 7:30 p. m. Every one hearuly invited to attend the devo- . & @ rtional and social gatherings of this church. Strangers welcomed and made to feel at home. C. G. Chandler, pastor. First Methodist Episcopal— Preaching 10:45 and 7:30. Sunday day school at 12. Epworth League at The orchestra will play at the evening service. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. Rev. Charles H. Flesher, pas- tor. First Scandinavian Lutheran— There will be no services Sunday. Suday school at 12 o’clock. Rev. T. S. Kolste, pastor. Swedish Lutheran— Sunday school at 12. Services in the evening at 8 o’clock. Rev. J. H. Randahl, pastor. | . Presbyterian— Services tomorrow at the usual hours. Bible class and Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning sermon at 11. Junior Christian Endeavor 4 p. m. Young Peoples’ meeting at 7. Evening gospel service at 8. Mid- week prayer service Thursday even- ing at 8 o'clock. All are welcome. S. E. P. White, pastor. German Lutheran— Services at 3 o'clock Sunday in the Baptist church. Hope is a pneumatic tire that is frequently punctured. STONE SAYS TARIFF WILL BE GRADUALLY REDUCED ON NECESSITIES OF LIFE =y United Press. ‘Washington, Dec. think the Democratic party is going to jump from the high protective point on the tariff to a revenue tar- iff basis in one day,” said Senator Stone of Missouri. “The Democratic -|theory is to put the adequate neces- sities of life on the free list or to put them as low as the revenue demands permit. But our platform provides for a gradual reduction only to be made so as not to disturb the -busi- ness interests of the country.” AMERICANS ON TRAIN THAT 1S STRANDED IN MEXICO By United Press. El Paso, Tex., Dec."'7.—A number of passengers who were on the Mex- ican Central train which was at- tacked by General Ororzoco’s rebels are stranded in the desert below La- guana without food or water. They include several Americans. Because of the activity of the rebels in wreck- ing the railway south of Juarez it is impossible to send relief. General Trucy Adelbert, command- ing the Mexican federal garrison at ‘Juarez, has been advised that 3,000 federal troops have been ordered from Southern Mexico against Or- ozco’s rejuvenated froces in the north SOCIETY BELLES ASSIST AT WOMAN’S TITANIC BENEFIT By United Press. New York, Dec. 7.—Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the president, and Miss Esther Cleveland, debutante daughter of the late ex-president were among the bevy of beauties who sold programs at the Women’s Ti- tanic gemeral benefit. So successful were they in attracting customers that a large part of the audience seemed to prefer the foyer to the or- chestra chairs. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs. George J. Gould were in charge of the bevy of society buds, who acted as ushers, program and water girls, and_the benefit was under the- gen- eral supervision of ‘Mrs. John Hays Hammond. AUSTRIA AND ITALY PROTEST BOMBARDMENT BY GREEKS By United Press. Vienna, Dec. 7.—Austria and Italy today protested through their minis- ters at Athens at the Greek bom- bardment of the Albanian town of Avalona, on the Adriatic, and the seizure of the island of Sasene. FIVE T0 HANG IN OREGON. By United Press. Salem, Ore., Dec. 7.— Invitations to the quintuple hanging to take place in the state prison here on Fri- day, December 13, have been issued, the cards stating that Noble Fauder and John Taylor will die at 7:30 a. m., on that date, and that Mike Mor- gan, H. E. Roberts and Frank Gar- rison will die at 11:30. Many still believe the governor will be induced to interfere and com- mute the sentence of the men. SLOAN LOSES THREE FINGERS. Tom Sloan lost three fingers in a gasoline engine propelled wood saw this morning. The team had been left attached to the wagon and when it backed up Sloan's fingers were caught by the saw and the three outside ones on the right hand were taken off. TURKEY TOOK A FLIER. Graham and Doran were unloading Hve turkeys early this morning and one succeeded in getting loose. It flew to the top of a telegraph pole where a bystander with a .22 blazed away several times but only damaged the atmosphere. The turkey finally flew down to the street where it was captured after a foot race by a crowd of some twenty men and boys. THE CUB REPORTER SCOOP 7.—“I do not ANTICIPATION (Copyright) ! OR GOODNESS SARE HENRY, WHAT o\ée SMORING — ”%AG- WEED !} GAYNOR DEFENDS POLICEi Says New York Has Two-Thirds ofi Proportionate Force and That | They Are Effective. ! SAYS WALDO WAS BETRAYED| Gaynor On Graft. Of the twelve that dipped the sop with Jesus one betrayed him. It is| not -at all astonishing ~then that Becker betrayed Wald It would not only be weak but con- temptible in a mayor to sacrifice his heads of departments when some | clamor arises. | I will never set a crook to catch a crook. My police head must be an | honest man. The great sources of graft are en- forcement of the excise law, the law against gambling and the law against prostitution. There are grafters still left in the police of the old regime and I would not be surprised if an old time in- spector should yet be caught. Becker is not a type. If all the evidence against him is true he is the most remarkable criminal of a generation. In enforcement of the excise law we have cut off graft of $3,900,000 a year alone. To eliminate graft we must reduce the contact of the force with the sources of graft; name an honest and incorruptible commissioner, and let him enforce the laws. The social evil can never be cnrez‘ All that can be dome, is to insist on outward order and decency. A sensational clergyman scattered the social evil all over New York with resultant scandal to our wives and children. \ If Jesus were here do you think he would print his picture at the head of a newspaper column and then print uncharitable things about others? Some people think the mayor should stop every vice and crime at once. Why all the preachers in the world have not yet brought about the observance of the tem command- ments. By United Press. New York, Dec. 7. — The great Becker-Rosenthal gambling graft case was analyzed today by Mayor William J. Gaynor in a special in- terview with the United Press, in which he pointed out lessons that may be drawn from it by the execu- Scoop Didu’t Figure On A Woman’s Curio EIGHTEEN DAYS | TO CHR ISTMAS As the Time Decreases the Crowd Increases. Do Your Shopping Now and Escape the Crowd. _— tives and people of other American cities. Sitting at his desk in the city hall, in the country’s largest, city, the white haired, gray bearded executive frankly admitted there had been plenty of graft here and that some still remains. He insisted how- ever, that it was being gradually stamped out and defended the rank and file of the New York police at the best in the world. Gaynor insisted that he knew cer- tain old-time police inspectors were grafters. He would not have been surprised, he said, if one or more had been caught in the recent upheaval, and hopes rather expects some will vet be landed in the net. Instead of considering Becker a type of grafter the mayor declared! the lieutenant was the most remark- | able criminal of his day if all that is charged against him s true but with characteristic forbearance re- fused to deal with this subject at length because Becker’s appeal from his conviction is still undecided by the highest court. The mayor insisted that three| things contributed to graft—the en-| forcement of the liquor regulation, anti-gambling and anti-prostitution laws. But taking the enforcement of these out of the hands of the gen- eral run of police and making a squad under the immediate direction of the commissioner responsible, the graft question is solved, he said. The mayor minced nothing, evaded noth- ing, and made it very plain that, so far as he is concerned, he believes that he has solved the problem of | how a city should be run. | BEALIZATIONNY FEWER FOREST FIRES W. T. Cox, In “The North Woods,” Says That Acreage Burned Over Is Smallest In Many Years. RAILROAD ENGINES PERILOUS St. Paul, Dec. 6. — According to “The North Woods,” a monthly pub- lished by ‘(,hp'!ute forestry bureau, a total of 334 fires occurred in Min- Tesota-forests between<January 1 October 31, 1912. The damage is estimated at $23,346.51. 17,479 acres were burned over. The acre- age burned over is the smallest of any since 1908 when 405,748 acres of timber were destroyed. “The greatest danger,” as statis- ties show, “says W. T. Cox, head for- ester, is the railroad locomotive. Of the 334 fires started this year, over 100 we¥e started by railroads. Brush burning #s the second most peril- ous.” The causes of fires, as reported to the state forester, are shown in the following table: Railroads .. . . oe. ..148 Unknown .. ce ee ee o. .. 89 Burning brush .. .. .. .. .. ..67 Hunters and campers . Dynamite, ete. .. SMORErB s & e 5 i wiw Wi 6 INAMBE oo s oo s sw v v s B River drivers .. .. .. o wen B Tramps . . - s Lightning iy wen AL Totlly i oz i ..334 “Only three fires of any conse- quence occurred during 1912,” the forester notes.. “The worst of these was in Koochiching county, where timber .was burned entailing a loss estimated at $2,500. The second big fire also was in Koochiching county. This fire was in the vicinity of Mar- gie, where 200 acres were burned over. The loss was estimated at $2,- 301. The third fire was in the same section of the state June 27. It burned over eighty acres. “During the past ten years forest fires have cost Mifdnesota $3,968,- 418.51, according to statistics. The fires burned over 1,682,669 acres. “The forest area of Minnesota is more than” 300 miles wide along the Northern boundary, and extends 364 miles north and south. There are approximately 75,000,000,000 feet of merchantable timber standing. “The mature timber now standing in this state has an estimated value Obscurity lives much longer than fame. sity of $975,000,000. This does not take page By "HOP” [[~ou see 3 MaBE Twe MisTAKE OF MY LFE -I TID THE Wie THE PRESS WAS' FOR HER AND OF COURSE.,® WOMANMLACE. , SWE WNSISTED ON SEE! FIND HAPPINESS AND HEALTH HERE Came to the Woods With Her Hus- band, Roughing it For a Year, and is Now Well Aguin. W. T. Cox Estimates Annual Surplus as 5,000 but Says Moose are Barely Holding Their Own. St. Paul, Dec. 7.—If women who are ill will just put on men’s khaki trousers, purchase regulation lum- ber-jack shirts, trade the chorus girls’ high-heeled shoes for woolen socks and boots, then hunt the woods and avoid some of the discomforts of civilization, they will find health, strength and happiness. This is the formula presented by . Mrs. Anderson Gillman of Minneapo- lis, wife of Charley Gilman, well known newspaper man and Boy Scout worker, at the annual meeting of the Minnesota State Forestry as- sociation. Mrs. Gillman appeared herself, as an example of what life in the big woods will do for women who have become “run down” from life in the city. Her husband last year picked out 2 homestead on Elbow river, mear Elbow lake, in Northern Mian 2 place, she said that they “hope is 80 worthless it will never be improv- ed.”” 'There they built a log hompe, with just as few furnishings. apé fittings _as posaible,. substituted ail vack to nature. season, they suffered colds and aches of many sorts. There they lived however. Last summer they covered a 100 mile trip in a canoe in six deys. Mr. Gilman carried a pack that weighed fifty pounds. Mrs. Gilman carried a pack that weighed thirty pounds. In the two bags was sufficient food and camping outfit to last for two weeks. Neither was wearied, she said, by the journey. Makes Good Summer Home. “Northern Minnesota”, Mrs. Gill- man declared, “should be the summer home for city folks. They do mot realize the chances that are slipping through their -fingers for having beauty spots amid some of the most wonderful scenery of America. Wo- men of this state should go there to avoid the discomforts of civiliza- tion. - “The great trouble with women to- day who attempt to have such sum- mer homes is that they do mot try to avoid just as much housework as possible. 1If they will go prepared to enjoy the big outdoors, live with nature, sleep in the woods, learn the use of the compass and, greatest of all, learn how to dress, they will re- gain lost health and find happiness.” Elk Will Live Here. s W. T. Cox, state forester, talked on “Forests and Big Game.” . The state forester said that in Min- nesota now the 28,000,000 acres of land in forests. Of this amount, 15,- 000,000 will never be cleared because it is too rough for agricultural pur- poses. There are approximately lg.- 000,000 acres, which sooner or later will give way to the plow. The time will come, he added, when Minnesota will _reforest its non-agricultural areas and the sooner this is done the more revenue will accrue to the state. Then turning to the subject of his address, Mr. Cox said: R “The fur catch in Minnesota annu- ally nets about $1,000,000. There are approximately 60,000 deer in . the state, 8,000 moose, 200 caribou and 10 elk. The annual increase of deer is about 40,000 and of moose 4,080. Of the 40,000 deer born each year, wolves kill approximately 20,000 and hunters and poachers 15,000. Of the ‘moose, wolves kill approximately grie- half of the increase and hunters the other half. " So deer are increasing while the moose are just about hold- ing their own. The:caribou are found north of Red Lake, a few in the op- posite corner of the state, and it is noticed by settlers that they are be- coming more frequent. Most of them, however, are coming in from Canada where they: were driven some forty. years ago by fire. “The only elk in the state sre (Continued on 1ast page). 7 There, the first sty w