Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 17, 1913, Page 1

m——— VOLUME 10. NUMBER 299. SOCIALISTS ARE AGAINST WAR TAX Germans Protest on the. Raising of $262,000,000 to Increase the Standing Army. SOLDIERS LIMITED BY SYSTEM Is Described as “Semi-Fendal” and Gives Common Man Practically No Opportunity. MAY CAUSE SERIOUS TROUBLE Race For Lead In Armament Sensed As Present Danger—XKaiser is Feared. By Karl H. Von Wiegand (Berlin Correspondent United Press) Berlin, April 17—“More than 4, 000,000 Social-Democrats Ger- many are against the government’s $262,000,000 emergency tax for in- creasing the army and for other mil- itary preparations. We are against it in principle and in fact,” declared Edward Bernstein, the famous lead- er of the “Revisionist” wing of the Socialist party. Bernstein is a mem- ber of the Reichstag. It was in the lobby of the Reichstag that he dis- cussed the proposed extraordinary military preparations Germany is making. He is the chief of the pro- gressive and liberal movement in his party, which includes the brainiest men and foremost thinkers among the Socialists. “It is true that the proposed one time emergency tax will not touch the masses,” said Bernstein, “but we are against it none the less—against it in principle and in fact—against the entire military system.” “It has often been said both here and in the United States that Social- ists lack patriotism. Would you leave Germany defenseless,” was asked. “No, the Socialists would not leave the Fatherland defenseless,” re- plied Bernstein. “We are against the military system as it exists. We are against it because it is a ‘semi-feud- al’ system, a military system in which the common man, the man of people, has little chance to rise, in fact, none at all. French Soldiers Can Rise “In France, as Napoleon said, ‘every soldier has the marshal’s ba- ton in his knapsack.’ In theory, at least, a soldier in the French army may rise to the highest rank. How it works out practically, I do not know. We stand for a system of na- tional defense in which the people have a part in the organization and in the responsibility—something in the nature of a militia or citizens army, but we are against war.” Pressed upon the point of “patriot- ism,” Herr Bernstein said: “The word ‘patriotism’ is a dan- gerous one. It can be made to cover a multitude of things.” He was dis- inclined to define “patriosm” from the Socialist standpoint. “It has been frequently stated that in event of war, the Socialists in the army and in civil employment, will strike. Is there any truth in this?” was interposed. The Revisionist leader, who speaks good English as a result of long exile in England years ago, moved about uneasily. It was plain that it was a subject upon which he disliked to touch. A party of alleged freedom of thought, speech and action, there is no political party in Germany which disciplines its members so severely for talking to non-socialists a8 the Social-Democratic organiza- tion. The party conventions practi- cally prohibit its leaders to give opinions or to talk for publication to represenatives of the non-social- istic press. 1t is well known that the Revision- ists do not agree with the radical anti-militarists among the Socialist movement in Germany, and that this progressive and more practical wing of Socialism, has a strong national- istic undertone, which, however, the leaders are very chary about voicing. Socialists Might Strike. ““There are wars and wars,” Bern- stein finally said. “I cannot, say whether the Socialists would strike or not strike. It probably would de- pend upon the war. Many things “would have to be taken into consid- eration. - It is a big subject. If Ger- many were invaded, the Socialists would do their duty to the Father- Jand. But” headded with a smile, “I i (Continued on last pege). in and to Sixth Street Here. MANY DUCKS HAVE ARRIVED With a big channel cut through Lake Irving by the Mississippi river, the ice is rapidly. disappearing and what is left is full of cracks. 'luis morning, fully one-half of the lake was opened. The river has also cut a channel into Lake Bemidji and there is open water to Sixth street from the railroad bridges. Ducks have begun to come north and the flock in the open water of Lake Bemidji is increasing daily. As this is probably the only open water for some distance, the ducks are rest- ing here before going. farther north, The ice in Bemidji is going rapidly and the stiff southern and western winds which have been blowing the past three days will aid the break up materially. Boatmen believe this end of the lake will be open by April 25 and that all of the ice will be gone a week later. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. .20 1000 1.000 .667 .600 .500 .250 .250 Philadelphia .. Washington . Chicago Cleveland . St. Leuis Boston New York B @ w w0 S Dgtroit e .000 _. RHE, St. Louis .. .2 ¢ 1 Chicago .3 9 2 Batterles—Baumg&rmer and new; Cicotte and Schalk. Ag- R.H.E. Cleveland . 2 6 1 Detroit .. 16 1 Batteries—Gregg and Land Mul- lin and Stanage. Washington - Philadelphia postponed—wet grounds. Boston-New York game postponed —rain. game NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. sl 0 1.000 .1 1 .667 Brooklyn .2 1 .667 Pittsburgh .2 2 .500 Chicago : 3 2 .500 Cincinnati . a 2 -.333 Philadelphia ... . 0 1 .000 New York ... .0 2 000 New York-Brooklyn game postpon- ed—rain. Cincinnati . St. Louis .. 0 3 4 Batteries—Johnson and Clark; Peritt, Hunt and Wingo. Called at the end of the seventh to allow St. Louis to catch a train. Philadelphia—Boston game post- poned—rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Pet. Kansas City 5 0 1.000 Milwaukee Sa 1 .800 Minneapolis . .3 2 .600 Columbus .. .2 .2 .500 Indianapolis . 8 2 .500 St. Paul .. .2 3 .400 Louisville . = 1 5 .167 Toledo ..... .0 4 °.000 Milwaukee .............. 2.7 0 Toledo ..... taeeiaenses .13 0 Batteries—Braun, = Hovlik and Hughes; George, Walker ahd Living- stone. Ten innings. Minneapolis %, BE1L T4 St. Paul v 2 8 0 Batteries—Burns and Owens; Karger and James. AGRICULTURE MEN HERE. A. L. Ingebretson; of Fosston, and B. M. Giles, of Madison, Wis., came to Bemidji last night and are spend- ing the day looking over the High ceed him, school agricultural plant. Mr. Kuhl- (man, the’present agriculturist, will not stay in Bemidji after the first of July and one of the visitors may suc- do. you not? w If we started to prove than you can at home, you Mind you, now, this is Recently one big Mail ness as they did in theirs. And if not, why not? was 60 cents. nurses or your lawyers your heart’s content. HEN you buy goods from a Mail O Let us look at this view, and not from a sentimental one We know that it 4s true, but for the sak ‘We will assume that you do save fifty c your money away to Chicago or New York. sGve that fifty cents directly, let us see how clared 10% regular dividends on that stock. from $133.00 to $200.00 a share. ‘Which-means in simple words that t.he creased over 100% in a few years. These things are worth considering, so le lars that you sent away to Chicago or New -York. For that two dollars we will say that youbought an axe-whose cost of manufacture Now what became of that other $1. 407 That Mail Order House employs ten thopsand a part of that $1.40. The owner of-the busmefls got the greater part. their stock increased 70 per cent. But let usisee -what they got from you. " They didn’t buy their clothes : pleasure from you; any entertainment: ThMM By LR H Of course, every time you patronize soméidistant concern, you have a feeling that you are not doing right by your local stores. Order House without a certain sense of unfai But let us now forget the sentimental si ; and see if it actually pwys ot buy goods cheaper at a dlstance are that this is not true. to you that you ¢8 would probably deg only for the sake-6f-argument. Order House ‘decly e of that Now it is fair to assume that if you and flle Mail Order Business are working to gether and sharmg alike, you ought to havsraceived as great an increase in. your busi- Has your farm increased 100% in value during the. last few years? property increased 100% in value? Have your profits increased that much? Is your city twice as large as it was a few years ago; 8 see first Nor* their They lived, they were married, bore their children and died in another commun- ity. All the expenses of that livelihood-went to the upkeep of another community. In short, the only part of that $1.40 which came back to you was about ten per cent for that particular kind of food which you raise. In other words you sent away two dollars and you got bau:k an axe worth sizty cents and fourteen cents for food. If you care to-question the exact figures of your returns you can multiply them to The fact remains that aside from the bare cost of an axe which ‘House do tion entirely from a business point of No man buys goods through a Mail 8 to his home town. argument we will take your side. on a two dollar purchase by sending greater your loss is indirectly. a 88% stock dividend. Then it de- on to,p of all this, its stock increased d twice as valuable? w much of it did you get back? _ people.. Of those these people got you actually save money, or- But, assuming that you do one Mail Order Business in- Has your what became of the two dol- That is why “They didi’t—buyany y--yonr- doctors ‘or: your:. || Lee Measure o Prohibit Use |exiten; 18 in your possession, you have been supporting hundreds of miles of fine boulevards in Ohlicago and New York, dozens of big clothing factories in the same places, hundreds of big shoe factories in the centers of Massachusetts, all the big theaters of the country, the knitting mills, the woolen- mills of New England; the automobile factories of De- troit—in fact you have been supporting every kind of industry designed both._ for profit. and pleasure IN A FEW BIG. CENTERS of the United States, and you have been getting out of these centers the profit from a certain amount of corn, and wheat, and beef and so on. Briefly then you supply one necegm‘y of life which is food and i they supply. all the others. own community poorer. For goodness’ ‘sake, wake up to the fact of what you are domg and keep as much m of your money as possible AT HOME: Year by year the rural populatwn of the United States has been decreasing and the City population has been increasing, and people make values. Chicago has two million people;. therefore land values around Chicago are tre- mendously high. Your city has so many thousand people, therefore property values in your city are comparatlvely low. EBvery time you send money away to enrich a/nother commumty you make your This certainty ought to be plain to oyu. population because you decrease the opportunities for population. So, even admitting that you save fifty cents on that two dollars, it 18 the costliest fifty cents you ever saved i all your life. You decrease your Schools for Parties Voted Down . - in the House, 53 to 48, SOCIALISTS WANT A CHANGE St. Paul, April 17.—The house, 48 for and 63 against, killed the Lee bill prohibiting dancing in; public school buildings. ' This, the last of a series of fights on the.bill, is probably the end of ‘it. There was a debate over it, Wwhich Representative Robert.C. Dunn ended by a motion for the previous |Question, just as several = members ‘Were preparing Emendments to the bill, including one prohibiting danc- ing anywhere -in the state. Before that the house had voted down an amendment, ‘offered by Representa- tive 8. R. Child, an opponent of the bill, extending the prohibition to ap- |ply to town, village and ecity halls and to the state university. ‘This amendment was lost only by a -tie vote, 42 for and 42 against. The bill was condemned as an at- tempt at the old blue law regime; and defended in the name of the consciences of those ‘who do-not be- Heve in dancing, and do not want to let others dance who do believe in it. Socialists Want a Change. Representative N. S. Hillman had the house advances the calendar und- er suspension of the rules the Cheadle house bill, substituted for Mr. Hill- man’s house bill, allowing the Pub- lic Ownership part to adopt a new name in a state convention called for that purpose. The party wishes to adopt its rightful name of Socialist, of which it was deprived when it be- gan business in this state - because there was a Soclalist Labor party in liFIi “has now vanished.” Want Pay Day More Often. The senate has been holding for several weeks a bill providing for semi-monthly pay day for all cor- porations. The bill passed the house three weeks ago. Thousands of rail- road employes through Minnesota are back of the bill but for unknown rea- son the senate has delayed action. The bill now is on general orders in the senate and unless some friend of th measure gets” busy pretty soon it will Hot have much chance for pas- sage dnring ‘this sesslon of the legis- lature. It is said that the railroad corpora- tions are opposing the bill because it would entail extra work to pay the employes twice a month. The bill was introduced in the legislature by the committee on labor and labor leg- islation. It was pointed out that employes when first taking their job have to wait in many cases forty-five days before they can get any salary under the present system. They must work a month and then wait fifteen days for the regular payday. Iverson Sells Land. State 'Auditor 8. G. Iverson sold at International Falls this week 5,050 acres of state land for $36,790 at an average -price of $7.30 an acre. He also collected $7,176 "for timber. There were fifty-four buyers at the sale, thirty-eight of whom lived in Koochiching county. They bought 3,031 acres. LATEST IN SPORTS|GILL PETERS()N’S SHEEP Des Moines, Ia., April 17.—Henry Ordeman and Jess Westergaard made short work of their wrestling match last night, Westergaard winning the first fall in thirteen minutes and Ordeman the second and- third in seventeen and eight minutes. McCarthy Wins, Philadelphia, April 17.—Luther McCarthy, claimant of the white heavyweight championship, - was awarded the popular decision by a wide margin at the end of a fast six round bout with Jim Flynn of Colo- rado, at the Olympia Athleuc club here last night. McCarty led throughout the fight, and frequently compelled his oppon- ent’to clinch to avoid. his vicions straigth left jabs. “FOLEY AND HYATT DISSOLVE Foley and Hyatt have dissolved their partnership in the lvery busi- ness and it has been taken over by W. B. Foley. The business was start- ed by Kenneth Meclver sevsrnl years ago, Says That He Would -Not Be With-| out Them But Advises Starting in Small With Good Fences. Gilbert Peterson, a -farmer school -agriculturist: “Dear Sir: I have about 100 ewes. raised “from - Preston- I, ‘They are well bred Saropshires.. “If 1 have any Inek will have about 100 head of e son. - I have raised sheej years and there is nothin bettet n. the farm. I would not be: withon them at any price. They should build good fences th will keep the sh near Turtle Lake, has written the follow- ing letter to A. E. Kuhlman, High I have a registered ram, sired by Laddie, 185,~ 937. Most of the evgés T have were 127,343 with: them, T and young rams for sale later in the sea: Otherwise CHEAP DYNAMITE Du-Pont Powder Company Has Man- ufactured a Special Grade for Blasting Stumps. ¥ Dynamite for blasting stumps will be_cheaper. in- Bemid}i this spring than it has ever been before, the Du Pont. Powder company has manufac- tured a new stump blower which is being retailed at ten and a half cents a pound: ~ Forty per cent dynamite will be retailed at eleven and a half ‘| cents a pound. Given Brothers are [hlndling the dynamite in Bemidji. The Du Pont people have also-ar- ranged for. their local Houses to carry farmers until fall. By this plan, a farmer can break _hnd this pp;lng and will not have to pay for the dyna- mite until the crop is/ harvested in the fall. The notes will not carry in- terest. There has been a feeling among some of the farmers that the use.of dynamite injured ths land but the crops ralsed last fall on land ‘near Nebish stul M with dynamite t “Seven bidders from other states than Minnesota took 990 acres while one Canadian purchased 200 acres. The lowest price paid was $5 an acre for 1,250 acres. The highest price was $25 for forty acres. BROKE JAIL—RECAPTURED One Albert Olson, a prisoner in the county jail from Blackduck, has found that it does mot pay-to “get funny” with the sheriff. Olson was put to work yesterday morning clean- ing up the court house yard and when] the guard turned his back for a mo- ment, Olson took French’leaye. He was captured yesterday afternoon at ‘Wilton by Deputy Cahfll. Olson en- Joyed freedom for five hours, His sentence was ninety days and for the rest of the time he will not, be allow- ed the privilege of outside work. THOUGHT INSANE_WAS SIGK Joseph Toombs was brought to B midji ~ from -~ Blackduck yesterday morning for trial before the proba court on an insanity charge. Black- duck people said that he was insane and wanted him committed to Fergus| Falls. An examination by doctors showed that he had been il with the | a; measles lm' some. time and was out. of CONl)lTl0N KNOWN? Dean of the Sacred couége aid Other Cardinals Protest Over Censor- ship of Physicians, WISH TO ATTEND HOLY FATHER Claim They Have Right to Be With the-Pontiff at His Death Bed For the Last Rites. LATEST BULLETIN IS - SERIOUS States Head of Catholic Church is Greatly Weakened But May Live For a Week. BULLETIN AT 10 A, M. By United Press. Rome, April 17.—Cardinal Oreglia, the aged dean of the Sacred College, this afternoon (4:45 Rome time) re- belled. at the alleged censorship of the papal physicians and Cardinal Merry Del Val, Angered, he said, because it was impossible for the church heads to learn the true condition of Pope Pius, Cardinal Oreglia formally invoked all the cardinals in Rome to join him in asserting their rights to assist at the death bed of the holy father. Dysentery caused the crisis last night and it continued today. Dr. Andrew Amici said the physicians fear the exhaustion will kill the pope but added that he might powbly hve . a week. Bad Coughing Spell. - Rome, April 17.—The pope had an alarming coughing spell Wednesday afternoon, almost causing suffoca- tion. The attack was followed by such exhaustion that those attending the pontiff feared the worst. Subsequent to the excess of cough- ing the pope had a period of depress- ion, but after a rest he appeared re- lieved. Rome, April 17.—Bulletins issued by the physicians indicatedtthe con- dition of Pope Pius as stationary yes- terday. The evening bulletin, of a more . optimistic tone, indicated his temperature as normal and that there had been no recurrence of the usual night fever. The fact that the bronchial affec- tion is not tending to abatement de- tracts somewhat from the hopeful character of the report as occasional paroxisms of coughing are taxing the strength of the patient, who already is under a great strain. A condition of albuminuria reappeared and to re- lieve the kidneys hot baths were ord- ered. Dr. Amici paid his visit to the vati- can at eleven o’clock and according to announcement found only slight elevation in temperature and other conditions satisfactory. A further improvement in the pope’s condition is shown by the fact that he is able to retain a’quantity of chicken jelly and slept peacefully for a considerable time: Ed. note—The time difference bs- tween New York and Rome is six - hours and forty-five minutes. Be- midji is one hour later than New York, making the difference here ‘nearly seven hours. RUNAWAY SPILLS FLOUR About six” o’clock last evening a team belonging to John Mickleson of - Becida became frightened at a train near First street and dashed up'Min- nesota avenue. ~ Mr. Micklson could not control the team which turned - the corner at Fourth street and over _ to Beltrami avenue. As they were turning on Fourth.and Beltrami:the neck yoke broke, letting the tongue drop to the ground. ~In: some man- ner they became U wagon and galloped up ‘Beltr.nfl ave- - nue until they were stopped by Sher- iff Andrew Johnson. The only dam- age done was/to the neck yoke and w ‘hospital and ‘which Trlg bu: el