Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 18, 1913, Page 1

Bl VOLUME 11. NO. 199. COMPARES ROOT TALK WITH ‘MOVIES Tavenner Says That His Speech Ap- peared To Throw Flame Of Attack On Currency Bill only to Outsiders “THOSE INSIDE FELT NO HEAT” “An Ilusion Produced By Big Busi- ness, As a Final Effort to Keep Bank Reserves in Wall Street” —— From Congressman C. H. Tavenner. + Washington, December“ 18.—The “movies” are showing the way to cer- tain politicians now in the public eye. When the producer of a moving picture film wants to create the il. lusion of a fierce fire he uses what is known in the profession as a smoke bomb. The smoke bomb produces a vast volume of vapor which gives the effect of the the real thing to the moving picture audiences. But the smoke bomb is perfectly safe. "There is very little fire or heat about it. It could be used in a powder ma- gazine without damage to the scen- ery. . Consequently when a dense volume o! smoke was seen issuing from the Senate chamber the other day some amateur firemen traced it to its source. Senator Elihu Root was making his recent, memorable at- tack on the administration’s cur- tency bill. The illusion was perfect to those not behind the scenes. The flame of his attack seemed hot and withering. But those on the inside saw no fire nor felt the heat of any. Mr. Root viewed with alarm the “Bryanism’ in the measure. He showed the certainty of currency in- flation to come from the operation of the law, the inevitable ruin and destruction to follow the enactment of the measure. The currency debate is dry. The telegraph carries but a smattering of it each day. And so to those viewing the picture from “in front” the illusion of a confla- gration was perfect. But those in ‘Washington have heard Mr. Root’s arguments a score of times during the present debate:. In fact, it is the stock argument of the bill'’s Re- publican opponents who know more politics than currency. The moving picture comedian can always get a laugh by “pulling” a tumble, and the average Republican orator’s stock in trade nowadays is to point to the “Bryanism” in the administra- tion’s, législation. This same attack and argument about currency inflation was heard more than once in the House debate on the bill. It was threshed out in the hearings before both the House and the Senate committees which act- ed on the currancy bill. And a great many wise and patriotic men agreed that the danger of currency inflation has been safeguarded in the pending measure as well as it is pos- sible to safeguard it in any bill de- signed to make currency elastic. There was a concert and smooth- ness of operation about the circum- stances of Root’s speech that suggest- ed the hidden hand of a stage mana- ger pulling the proper strings. Bet- ter and more thoughtful speeches than Senator Root’s have been de- livered in opposition to the bill, yet very little has been printed about them. Senator Burton’s speech wag far superior, yet the news distribut- ing services gave it but perfunctory notice. Yet, suddenly appears the Senator from New York and emits some pe- litical smoke, and suddenly the hea- vens are split., - The telegraph news associations boom great guns about it, the echoes reverberating from the Atlantic surf to the Pacific billows. Simultaneously there is given [pen than the nomination of Root for|was unknown but an _investigation tell the younger students in the Cen- The next contest will be played out a typewritten “interview,” | President on the Republican ticket. will probably be made. tral building tomorrow. Monday evening.v ;i SCOOP ierorier As For The' Wagon--“ISH-KA-BIBBLE" REPORTER § ror 1he agOIl ‘AA- WILL REDUCE RATES. New Prices of Warfield Electric Light Company Effective Soon. Definite announcement of the low- ering of the electric light rates for Bemidji was announced by the War- fleld Electric Light company today. After the first of the year the maxi- mum rate will be ten cents. instead of twelve cents as is now the case. The balance of the rates wiil remain the same. It was also announced at the plant today that all bills, begin- ning in February, but effecting Jan- uary, will be given a discount of ten per cent if paid before the tenth day of the month, The new rates will fixtures or other material. 100 MASONS AT BANQUET Representatives of Cass Lake, Bagley, not effect Brainerd and Other Neighboring | Lodges Present Last Evening. FOUR TAKE THE THIRD DEGREE One of the most enthusiastic meet- ings evér held by the Bemidji lodge of Masons took place last evening when a banquet was served and the Master Mason degree conferred upon four candidates. About one hundred were seated at the banquet table, and included re- presentatives of the (Cass Lake, Brainerd, Bagley and other neighbor- ing city lodges. Lester Bartlett, master of the Cass Lake lodge assist- ed Dr. D. L. Stanton, master of the Bemidji lodge.in the ceremonies. Following the close of lodge a so- cial smoker was held. The credit for the success of the banquet was given to the committee in charge, comprising George Kirk, A. B. Palmer and G. D. Backus. Several automobiles brining repre- sentatives from Cass Lake arrived in Bemidji yesterday, returning after lodge. SENIORS TO GIVE PARTY Will Drive To F. M. Freeze Farm Fri- day Evening To Skate . Miss Florence Freeze will entertain the Senior class of the Bemidji High school Friday evening at her home three miles south of the city. The party will drive out in a hay rack and after arriving at the farm will take advantage of the excellent ice on Carr Lake. Refreshments will be served at the Freeze home. INSTALLATION TOMORROW Eastern Star Officers for Coming Year To Be Installed. Eastern Star officers for the ensu- ing year will be installed at a meet- ing which is to be held tomorrow evening in the Masonic hall. The meeting will be called to order at 8 o’clock. Following the installation a banquet will be served. —_— carefully phrased, solemnly rominat- ing Root for President. Anu no men- tien is made of the fact that Senator Pouleiene on that same 2fternoon zrvse and answered, thoughtfully and conclusively, the entire Rooi aruption. No, good people, what ynu saw was an illusion produced by Big Business as ¢ final éffort to keep the precious hanking reserves in Wall Street in- stead of scattering them for the use of the people. Fortunately, Damo- ciatic economic principles are to be tricd now not by oratory but by au- tual_ practice. And no more forta- nate thing for Democracy could hap- HERE, SON-TLL GWEYou & DIME. YO WOLD . Postman Smile Because of Pa.rcel Post and at Deliverance Bundle Avalanches of Past. STRAINED LOOK NOW A SMILE The big, cumbersome mail sack, which weighed five founds empty and nearly five times that amount when filled, and which heretofore has adorned every Bemidji mail- carrier during the few weeks proceeding Christmas, has met its doom, for the parcel post deliveryman has stepped to the postmens assistance. The par- cel post has relieved almost euti,rely the Christmas rush of the mail car- riers and now the sacks are much more heavy than at any other period of the year. The ‘postman who usually at this time of the year spent the daytime in trying to deliver the Christmas mails and nights in rubbing himself down with liniments as the result of the strain from carrying the big weighed down mail sacks, is today lightefoot- not ‘BEMIDIT MINNESOTA THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 18, 1913, CARRIERS SHUNT LOADS|BEMIDJI IS HOME OF AUTO MAGAZIN “Inland Motorist,” Official Orgnh of Minnesota Retail Automobile Deal- ers. Association Being Printed {18 PUBLISHED BY C. W. JEWETT Ig Considered As Medium by Dealers In Reaching Customers Of Five States Bemidji is-to be the home of a monthly magazine known as the “In- land Motorist,” the first issue of which is now on the press. The new magazine is “published by C. W. Jewett, of Bemidji, president of the Minnesota Retail Dealers’ Associa- tion, of which it will be the official rgan, The Automobile Retail Dealers’ As- sociation was effectively. organized last ngruary and during the past year has grown so rapidly that it has {ton Athletes will be the guests of the Fsut Five From l’olk County to Meet Athletic Club Quint Arrangements were completed this morning between Manager Young- quist of the Crookston basketball team and the local manager for a game to be played in this city on New Year's evening. This game will be the second of the season and promises to be classed among ‘the fastest to be booked for the. five re- presenting the Athletic Club and who are working for the champion- ship. While in the city the Crooks- club and efforts wil be made to royally entertain them. Similar to the five playing here the Crookston team is picked from young men em- ployed in-offices and are of the clean cut type capable of playing a fast and snappy -game. S LLOYD FOUND NOT GUILTY Man Accused of The Murder of Dan Lilly During Cass Lake Saloon Quarrel is Given Release by Jury ed as in midsummer, and his former|hecome necessary to publish a maga- VERDICT ENTERED AT MIDNIGHT strained look at this time of the year has changed to one of a more smiling nature. A week from today brings Christ- mas and. as the time of the giving of presents approaches the mail steadily growns heavier, and will continue to do so for another week, the heavy mail probably not showing any great decrease until two or three days after Chnistmus.. ADD 18 TO MOOSE ROLL New Members Initiated Into Bemidji’s Infant Lodge—Brings Membership Total To One Hundred. CHARTER TO REMAIN OPEN Eighteen new members were initi- ated into the Moose lodge, Bemidji’s ‘infant order;.at.the second meeting of the order held since its establish- ment here, last evening. The new members are the follow- ing: A. VanPrague, Omar Graville, John Morrison, J. C. Ford, F. E. Finn, Pzaul Foucault, R. O. Dennis, J. A. Fenton, J. T. Roe,. V. Kammermyer, E. «C. Stiles, D. R Burgess, R. F. Spencer, E. L. Gunther, T. E. Phibbs, W. H. Hatch, T. Symons, J. M. Lar- son. This brings the total membership of the lodge to more than 100. ‘While it had been expected that the charter would not be closed at the meeting last night, a change in plans was made which %ill cause it to be kept open for six months, the initiation fee being raised from five to ten dollars. It will later be raised to $25. FORMER BEMIDJI MAN KILLED Adolph Streetmatter Found Dead At Brainerd Yesterday. Adolph Streetmatter, well known by many Bemidji people as “Dutch,” was killed near Brainerd yesterday when he fell from a load of cement. When in Bemidji Streetmatter was considered a faithful employe and for six years worked for Nels Loitved and the Warfield Electric Company. He left Bemidji two years ago for Brainerd to work for M. D. Stoner and since that time has remained in his amploye. The cause of his death zine, the purpose of which is to as- sist the association in standardising the automobile business, making it a business' not a game. bile distributor in the Twin Cities. | The aim of the association is.to fin- ally eliminate the so-called “Curb- stone” agent. The magazine is being published in this city, by the Bem- idji Pioneer Publishing Co., It is being printed on fine enamel book paper and the first. issue will con- tain from 64 to 72 pages. Hundreds . of retail automoble dealers in the state have already jointed the association and subscrib- ed for the magazine. Applieations from North and South Dakota, Mon- tana and Iowa, are being received by P. C. Frazee of Pelican Rapids, sec- retary of the Minnesota association, for membership in the association. The fact that practically every re- tail automobile dealer in the above mentioned states is now or will be- come a subscriber to this dealers’ maghzine, is meeting with favor among the big advertisers, as it gives them a medium which they can reach just the men they desire. For the automobile business and the acces- sory lines, it is considered as near to a 100 per cent quality circulation as any medium now on the market. Plans are already under way for the secorrd number, which goes to press about January 20. This will be called the automobile show edition and advertisers are engaging space for this issue. The size of the maga- zine will be 9x12 inches. ROLLET TO LECTURE TONIGHT Will Take As His Subject, Japan— Public Is Invited To Attend. This evening at the Episcopalian .church, Rev. C. C. Rollet, department secretary of the church, will lecture on Japan. His lecture will be ac- companied by -stereopticon pictures, The lecture is to be entirely free and the public is invited to be present The lecture will begin at 8 o’clock. Tell Christmas Stories Misses Ruth Winebrener, Gertrude Grotte, Alice Neeley and ‘Esther Fleishman entertained the High school students this morning during Chapel period by telling Christmas stories which they have prepared to INSIDE,, THES The work of the association ig re-|hind prison bars in answer to the ceiving the endorsement and hearty|killing of Dan Lilly last September support of many of the manufactur-|during a saloon quarrel, ers in the automobile and accessory|having brought in a verdict of not lines and practically every automo-|guilty at midnight last night. John' Lloyd will not be-made to spend the remainder of his life be- the jury This was the second trial of the case, the first having resulted in a disagreement. It had been expected that the trial of the case would take up several days, but the testimony was completed yesterday afternoon and the “closing arguments to the jury were in before 6 o’clock. Judge Stanton charged the jury immediate- ly after supper and the twelve men retired at 9 in the evening. They were out-only 3 hours when. Judge Stanton was informed that a verdict had been arrived at. ; Daniel DeLury, of Walker defend- ed Lloyd. At the time the crime was com- mitted there was much. hard feeling in Casg Lake and for a tim® talk of lynching was heard, the crowd even going so far as to go to the jail door. Lloyd’s defense was made on the ground that he was forced to shoot Lilly in order to save his own life. Judge Stanton and Lee LaBaw, court reporter, will return from Walker this evening. BOWLING MATCH TONIGHT Spillers flay Bingers At Gillette Alley This Evening—Are Considered Evenly Matched Fives WILL GIVE LINEUP ON LEAGUE At the conclusion of the game be- tween the Bingers and Spillers, of the City Bowling league at the Gil- Iette this evening, a lineup of the teams comprising the league can be formed. There are six teams com- prising the league, four of them hav- ing already taken part in one con- test. This evening’s contest will bring together several of the best bowlers in.the city in Gillette, Britten, Ber- rigan and Hubert. The other players {will be Bell, Ripple, Stanton, Fenton, Willey and Hanson. Gillette has the distinction of hav- ing the highest score ever bowled on a.Bemidji alley, 189, he also toppled 188 in cne contest. Britten is also a high schoe bowler and 200 counts are frequent with him. cnosrn e camss[CTUDENTS ) GIVE XMAS PROGRAMS to FOR’I.‘Y GERTB PER HOR’I’.I Grammer Grades To Furnish Enter- tainment for High School Classes— Dramatize Dickens Carol i —_— LOWER GRADES TO HAVE TB.EES. Smaller Children to Unite In Effort To Make Holiday Performance In- teresting To Pupils'and Guests HoHMday spirit - reigns among the students of the Bemidji schools who for the past week have been busily engaged in preparing ap- propriate Christmas Programs which will be given tomorrow afternoon. The students of the seventh and eighth grades have invited the en- tire High school to ¢ their program. Parents and friends have also beem invited and in order to care for the large number that is expected to at- tend special seating arrangements will be made. Misses Ethlyn Hall and Margaret Newton have been in charge of the boys and girls participating, number- ing nearly 35, and who have been practicing regularly for the past few weeks. A feature will be the dramati« zation of Dickens Christmas Carol in which about 20 boys and girls take part. The entertalnment will last about one hour and will commence prompt- 1y at 1:30. Miss Esther Kolste will give 'a piano solo for the opening number after which the boys’ and girls’ Glee club will sing “Holy Night.” “Muf- fin Man” a musical farce is another number. that has been selected as a suitable feature. The Girl’s Glee club are prepared sing a German song entitled “Stille Macht” and will also sing for the cloging number, “It Came Upon The Midnight Clear.” . In the Grades.” In the Central builing the younger students have been equally as busy and are preparing programs that pro= mise to closely rival that of the Grammar grades. Christmas = trees and exercises appropriate for the oc- casion have been prépared and will be given under the supervision of the instructors.- In the sixth grade Josephine Os- trem and Miss Winnefred McDer- mitt, instructors of the two class rooms have,arranged a program for the two student bodies. Musical numbers will feature in this program and the sixth” grade Girls Glee club will sing several numbers. Rgcita- tions by members of both classes, Christmas reading, fareial comedies and a duet will comprise the enter- tainment of this grade. The Fifth Grade In the fifth grade a play will fea~ ture entitled “Revolt of The Holi~ days.” Musicial numbers and recita~ tions have also been prepared and a large Christmas tree and - a Santa Claus will prove the source of enter~ tainment for those attending. . In the Fourth grade Miss Elva George and Miss Ivy Brant have pre~ pared a dialogue in which 45 students: will participate. Other numbers equally as entertaining and a Christ- mas tree will be the attractions. At the close of the entertainment the articles made by the students during the school year will be returned. Miss Josephine Brady and Miss Schmidt have charge of the Third grade classes and have arranged a program. : In the second grades Miss Lois Obert and Miss Grace Sargeant have prepared the programs. The num- bers on this program will be similar to those of the older students. “Kids” To Entertain Although the programs to be giv- en by the first grade students will not be as long &s those.given by the older students, the youngsters will undoubtedly have as large an atten- dance as the other grades and the programs prepared under the instruc- tions of Miss Baudelman and Abbie Murphy will-prove as entertaining.. Miss Margaret Newton, supervisor of music, has had charge of ali rhe musical numbers and has alded each teacher in preparing the programs. In the North School the studeuts have also prepared programs and in- vitations have been sent to the rela~ tives nnd friends of each pupil to at- tend. - supreme -