Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 1, 1914, Page 1

L 1 ¥ 1 . R ') | L ) b . manufacturfers through VOLUMEY11.-NO: 286. BRYAN OUTLINES WORK OF CONSULS Shows That Duties of Officials Are Difficult and Responsibilities are Greater Than Many Imagine NEARLY 900 CONSULAR OFFICERS Reports Along Commercial Lines of Much Value—Assist in Locating Criminals and Promotes Interests By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Washington April 1.—Secretary of State Bryan has been telling Am- erican business men about the con- There are few government services which are understooq as little as is the This is largely because the average citizen has nev- sular service of this nation, consular service. er seen an American consul on duty. There is a popular impression that the consul is a sort.of second-rate diplomat and that his chief duty is to ook after the needs of Americans travelling abroad. As a matter of fact there is no government servant who has harder duties nor who works harder at his duties than a consul. -The work, in fact, is so technical and demands such expert attention thal severai year ago the service was removed from the political spoils,, and ad- vancement, and even admission, in the service is according to merit. The Wilson adminstration has not attempted to disrupt this civil ser- vice, although there were many Re- puplicans who predicteq that . this would be done. From Sweden to Australia the world is dotted with American con- sulates, each in charge of a compe- tant officer. We now have 300 con- sulates and 233 consular agencies, with nearly 900 consular officers. The scope of their duties is sur- prising in extent. The consul's chief duty is to obtain information of one sort or another, and during the course of a year consuls reply to thousands of inquiries on every con- ceivable subject from abaca to the zulla plant. These replies are for- the various interested devartments in Washington, or to private citi- zens. A large part of this informa- *ion is commercial in character, as the consul is the advance agent of American trade, among other duties, anq is continually seeking new mar- kets for American products. N His reports along commercial lines are brought to the attention of the Daily Consual Report. a printed publica- tion with a wide ecirculation. De- tailed information is sent to indivi- dual manufacturers who file their addresses with the Deartment of Commerce to receive such reports. The consul cooperates with every government departmenti For the Treasury Department he detects un- der valuations by American import- ers buying products abroad, and fre- quently, through the work of con- suls, the government has collected large sums from importers who were evading the tariff law, For the Department of Argicul- ture he assists in the introduction of foreign plants for propagation in this country. For the Department of Labor he collects statistics on im- migration, wages, labor conditions, unemployment, old age, pensions and similar subjects. To the Postoffice regulations and parcel post. For the Interior Department he takes charge of the payment of gov- ernment pensions to Americans re- siding in foreign countries. For the Navy he furnishes information about rivers and harbors, light- houses, wireless stations, and the like. In addition the consuls locate 19st relatives and escaped criminals set- tles estates of Americans abroad; in- vestigates inheritances; supervises the hiring and discharge of American sailors; and in general safeguards and promotes American interest abroad. He is a mighty busy per- son, The service is nearly self susbnln- ing. It costs $1,972,000 to pay 'sal- aries, etc., but the consulates collect annually $1,852,00 in fees, making ithe net cost of the service about $120,000 a year, - Advertised Letters List of advertised. letters. “UN- CLAIMED” for week ending March 30th 1914, Men. Bagne; Mr. Se- vert, eBrgquist; Mr. Andrew, Chris- tianson; Mr. Martin, aCrlson; Mr. H. J. Evenson; Mr. Edwin, Irish; Mr. Webster, Johnson; Mr. C. Lo- gan; Mr. James, Maure; Mr. Fur- tunaee, Swisher; Mr. Herold, Som- son Etieme, = Snider; Mr. Fred L. Thomas; - Dr. ‘Women. Daniels; Miss Helen, Quamine; Mrs. 8. P, Rayeme; Miss Elsie, Severson; Miss Jennie A is_an and of Becomes First Civil Gov- ernor of the Canal Zone. @ 1914, by American Press Association. The Panama caiial zone has enter ed upon another phase of progress, civil government having been estab lished on Uncle Sam’s ten-mile strip from ocean to6 ocean. Colonel George W. Goethals, as chief engineer during the struction of the big ditch, has autocrat of its administration, is the first civil given the place because it has been his ambition to have some hand in the starting of commerce through the waterway. ing the administration in the zone drilling canal employes in their work will be greater. who, con: been governor. Goethals was The task of rearrang: enormous one, but that of making the canal a success ..To DATE during be had. joyable mated Morley of his oftice. Coal run of work, BAND TO GIVE DANCE Music 'Will be Provided by Entire Organization—Committees Named Members of the Bemidji band at a meeting held last evening “wartled=by the-State Depatiment to rdeumvd togive “a”dance sometifne of securing money for the purchas- ing of more equipment. the affair will be provided by the en- tire band and special features will The following named to have charge of the affair: Arrangements, Clyde Petrie, Oscar Nelson and Alden Remfrey director. Floor Tom Newton and Delbert Elletson. Advertising, Herbert Wood. Music, H. E. Anderson, Remfrey and Oscar Nelson. New music will be everything possible will be done to make the dance one of the most en- MORLEY TO RETAIN- OFFICE Lord President of Council London, April 1.—Viscount Morley of Blackburn, lord president of the council, resigning from the cabinet as cabinet met and the strongest pres- sure was brought to bear on Lord 6,000 MINERS QUIT WORK Operators'in Ohio District Re- fuse to Sign Agreement. Martins Ferry, O., cause coal operators of this section refused to sign a new scale on the erative May 20, Record” “Money Raiser” Dead. Chicago, April 1.- ‘who is said to have raised more money to pay the Methodist Episcopal churches thaa any other man, died suddenly at his home here. corresponding secretary of the Chi- cago Home Missionary and Church Extension society of the Methodist church. SCOO Complet® Arrangements NOT YET = SELECTED concert the month for the purpose Music for committees were committee, Axel Kittleson, Alden played and of the season. Will Not Quit Cabinet. abandoned his intention of inti- in the house of lords. The not to add to the difficulties colleagues by giving up his April 1—Be mine- law, which becomes op- 6,000 miners quit Rev. James Rowe, indebtedness of small For six years he had been THE CUB REPORTER GEE-MISTER. COME QUICIC SUMPIN' TURRIBLE. 15 HAPPENIN® n.‘;fiiv- TOLI) 0F A LAWS Classified Assessment and Money. and Credits Measures Quotes Figures Showing $23,6567 Were Paid to State Treasury Last Year—Doubly Returned Facts concerning the “classified assessment and the “money- and credits” laws of the state were ex- plained to the assessors of the coun- ty yesterday by Sam Lord, a mem- ber of the state tax commission. Nearly every assessor of the county Wwas present at the meeting held in the court house and which was for the purpose of giving the tax adjust- ers an opportunity to become better acquainted with their duties. Com- missioner Lord reminded them that they had taken an oath to perforn their duties in conformity with the laws of the state and that the people who had elected them had a right to expect that they would be mindful of this obligation and enforce the law. He said that “tax paying would - probably never become a pleasant duty, but if taxpayers could always feel that their monay was wisely expended and that the propenty of their neighbors was as- sesseq the same as their own, there would be much less murmuring and fewer complaints:” “Assessors,” he continued, “should read and re-read the laws of the state governing their duties and as fast as possible master the funda- mental principles of taxation so that ‘tlley coulq explain to taxpayers who are nog well informed just why taxes are levied and why it is necessary, in order to give everybody a square deal, that all property should be on the assessment books and all of 1t valued and assessed in strict con: fority with the law. “It would make the assessor’s job much easier and he would be a much more useful officer to the community: he serves if he could explain to tax payers in a general way by whom ana for - Witat -purposes etk mons is spent. Where Money Went ' “Of each $100 paid in taxes in Bel- trami county last year, $3.84 was for state revenue, $1.59 for princi- pal and interest on state loans, $34.83 went to the county, $13.63 went to the cities. and villages, $15.93 to the townships, and $30.18 was devoted to education. Taking the state as a whole, of every dollar paiq in taxes in 1912 the state re- ceived approximately 8 1-2 cents and the counties and their minor sub- divisions 91 1-2 cents. Much Paid Back “There is another phase of the state tax that is quite generally ov- erlooked. Nearly the entire amount paid into the state treasury in di- rect taxes each year is paid back to the local distriets in appropriations for schools anq other public purposes. In 1913, 80 counties of the 85 coun- from the state than they paid into the state treasury. In 1913 Bel- trami county paid into the state dollar the taxpayers of Beltrami state paid hack to the county $2.02. ‘The excess came from the iron mines ‘of northern Minnesota, from the citi- zens of St. Paul, Duluth and the counties of earnings, inheritance and other spec- fal taxes. It is evident from these figurgs that the very prevalent be- state expenditures are large is not borne out by the facts. “I quote these figures, not to jus- tify extravagance on the part of the state if extravagance exists—because | I feel that taxpayers have a right to-expect a dollar’s worth of service | for every dollar spent in taxes—but for the purpose of bringing out im-i portant facts; first, that practically Not Only An Apnl Fool, But Every Other Month Of The Year Imm Tegner Won * Seat on Couw 'ox the nomina- tion ‘of. county from the third dlstrlct, after having heen urged to do go by fi\any of the vot- ers in the district. farmers of this cou ity and consider- ed a leader in his district, He has | resided here for e past sixteen | years and is in a position to know the needs of the inty thoroughly. His home is in the'town of Buzzle and his post office afidrexs Pinewood. He will make a gogd commissioner and the voters may be assured of live representation on board should purpose of escaping state taxeé';* and, second, for tthe purpose of p’lowing that if taxes are ever to materially re- duced it will be negessary ta begin right at home;“in"thé school district, the township, “the ,village and the city. ¥ “Two laws have ben passed in the last three years to imake it possible for every taxpayer rto become a law- abiding citizen withut. running any serious risk ‘of being punished for be- ing honest. Classified Agéssment “The most important of tiese laws is what is known ias ‘the classified assessment ‘law.” Briefly stated, this law provides that i:pn ore shall ve assessed at 50 per egnt of full value; household .goods at;i25 per cent Of full value;- mercha’xdise, farm pro- duce, live ‘stock, topls of all kinds, manufacturers’ materials and the like,. and farm lflna, shall be as- sessed at®33 1-3 per cent of full value; ' and'all othe¥ property at-40 per-cent of full value: “This law does not in all respects taxation, but it’ was passed by the legislature in good%faith to relieve intoleralble conditions, and we fell sute that if strigffysenforced it will ésult in the fafresy assessment the state has ever had Money- and Credits meet thie commission’s ideal of just | Consent of Congressman to be Guber- .natorial Candidate Results in His' Endonement at Conference TELLS WHEB.E MONEY GOES| Mr. Tegner is on§ of the popular [LAWLER TO REMZAIN IN RACE C. M. Anderson of Minneapolis Se- lected as Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Nomination Democrats of Minnesota at their conference held in St. Paul’ yester- day-endorsed Congressman W. S, Hammond of St. James as the pro- per man to e the state’s candidate for governor at the primary election to be held in June. The endorsement came after the meeting had develop- ed into a bitter contest over the seating of rival delegations Hennepin: county. Until recently Congressman Ham- mand had steadfastly refused to_al- low his name to be used and when cept the endorsement.and endeavor to wrest the nomiation from Dan Lawler, his choice was conceded. Anderson Endorsed Supporters of Lawler, who re- cently announced his candidacy for the gubernatorial nomination at the coming primary election were out- numbereq and outvoted on every mo- tion. ‘When the credentials cqmmittee recommended seating rival Hennepin delegations, Lawler delegates left the hall, holding a separate meeting and endorsing -Lawler’s candidacy. LUMBER KING NEAR DEATH Weyerhaeuser’s Life Being Prolonged By Use of Oxygen Los Angeles, April 1.—Frederick Weyerhacuser -of St. Paul, who has been ill at his winter: home near]| Pasadena for a week, is in a critical condition. His condition grew worse during the night and it.is feared he “Another law thit was passed to ‘elieve honest taxpayers is what i known as the ’B;bnef, and credits’ tax AJas. . Under, this. faw the tax on o rfia‘m money and credits y $3 on $1,- 000. Tt is less than one-tenth what olher property bears. It is so low anq so manifestly fair that no honest man and no good citizen will seek to evade it. Unfortunately thiere are in every community men who by one dishonest device or another -evade every tax that they can. It is this class of citizens who make the burden of taxation harder than it should be: for honest taxpayers be- cause all taxes which by trickery and dishonest 'methods the itax dodger gets out of paying must be made up by the less favored -and more honest taxpayers of the community. “On May last, the bank deposits in Beltrami county amounted to, all told, $1,%48,322.79. The “total as- sessment for money and credits in 1913 amounted to but $490,364 only one-third of the bank deposits. No Friends or Enemies “The assessor in doing his work or friends to reward,’ but should per- form every duty in strict accordance ‘with the law. If he does this he will but even so, he will finish his job county paid to the state in 19183, the f With a clear conscience and with’ the | Quite a litle testimony was taken. ipleasant assurance that every tax- payer in his district has received = ‘ance of every good citizen.” WOULD NOT LlE' IS NOT: PERMITTED TO LAND. New York, April 1.—“A Rus-: < sian noble never- lies,” said Count Braetsen at Elljs island. “The beautiful lady with me is not my wife.” The count will "= return to that dear Russia e ~X‘+++-X<++—!<7l-++ +++++>r+++++-x-+|+-'-l-‘- cannot recover. Oxygen _is belng used to prolong life. ‘Weyerhaeuser was prostrated wnh a severe cold last Wednesday. Signs of pneumonia were noted. At that ‘time physicians ‘said theré Wasno’ cause for alarm. The aged lumberman talked with his sons, Charles and Frederick, who arrived from St. Paul. Mrs. S. S. Davies and Mrs. K. J. Hill, daughters of the stricken -man, are hurrying to the bedside from the East. L HOLD DITCH HEARINGS Strenuous Opposition to No. 29 While Many Farmers Are Here in Be- Half of No. 21—250 Miles Long IN BELTRAMI AND MARSHALL Strenuous opposition to ditch num- ber 29 which petitioners wish to have built at the head of Lake Be- midji, was heard by Judge Stanton ties in the state received more money |Should havé ‘no enemies to punish When the hearing was held today. Many property owners in the vic- inty of the proposed new ditch ap- peared against the building of the treasury $23,657.77, and during the | Of course offend a good many influen- [drain. The petitioners were repre- same year received from the state}tial tax dodgers and is sure to re-|sented by A. A. Andrews while $47,702.44. In‘other words, for every | ceive a good deal of unmerited abuse, | E. E. McDonald appeared for those who are now fin fayor of the'ditch. Number 21 This afterncon the hearing on square deal. Every assessor who per-|gitch number 21 was heard. This Minneapolis .ang | forms ‘his duty as he has sworn tolis a qitch in morthwesten Beltrami Rock, [ do it, in strict accordance with the county and Marshall county. Cook and Itasca, and from gross |1aw, s entitled not only to the com- |jong ditch being 250 miles in length. ‘mendation, but to the active assist-|Many farmers and others interested in its construction are here for the purpose of testifying as’ to its build- lief that taxes are high because’ ++-X-+++—'~+-r++++++l++ ing. More Trouble for Siegel. New York, April 1.—A divorce suit against Henry Siegel, who is awaiting | trial on three indictments growing out - .| of the failure of the Siegél enterprises | last December, was filed in the su- preme . court. by attorneys for Mrs. 4| Marie Vaughn Siegel, who recently + | came to New York from Paris to bring the action against her husband. OEs’ GET UP o '“-\(\T' BOX AN WaTtH): " N R S (S () (e SRR R M, . it became known that he would ac-| Itisa . Controls Minnesota Democratic Conference Held at 8t. Pau from | The F. B, Lynch faction had every thing its own way at the Minnesota Democratic state conference at St. Paul. The supporters of D. W. Lawler ‘were outnumbered and outvoted ,on every motion and were compelled to sit silent and see the Lynch support- ers elect their candidate for tem- porary chairman by an unanimous | vote. The Lynch faction is expected to carry the motion to endorse W. S. Hammond for governor by a large vote. Senator J. D. Sullivan.of St. Cloud was chosen temporary chairman after several men named by the Lawler fac- tion had withdrawn and one of their candidates had seconded Sullivan’s nominaticn. STAPLES LEAVES BOARD Railroad and Warehouse Commission- er Will Become Member of Inter- state Commerce Commission SUCCEEDED BY 0. P. D. JACOBSON Charles F, Staples of West St. Paul, Dakota county, state railroad and warehouse commissioner, has re- signed to take effect May 1, and will be succeedeq by O. P. D. Jacobson of Fergus Falls, under appointment of Governop. . Eberhast, The term:will expire Dec. 31 this year and Jacob- son will probably enter the June primaries for the nomination for a full term of six years. J. F. Rosen- wald of Lac Qui Parle county is al- ready in the field for the nomination. The office pays $4,5600 a year. Staples has been' on the commis- sion for more than a dozen years. He will become a member of the advis- ory committee division of valuation, of the interstate commerce commis- sion ‘at compensation understood ‘to be as large or ldarger than he has been receiving from the state. Jacobson has been on the board of grain appeals for two and a half years. He was editor of the Ge- blad, a leading Norse paper publsh- ed at Fergus Falls and is one of the best known HKepublicans in his- sec- tios of the state. He was born in Norway 56 years ago. HANNA IS ELECTED MAYOR Waterworks. 20,000 votes cast, 4,000 more than ever before, Mayor James R. Hanna and Councilmen Joseph I. Myrly were re-elected for two years more Moines plan of city government. The business men's elected one candidate, W. F. Mitchell, and the labor unions one man, J. M. Leonard. Fred German, a Bull . Mooser, is the fourth man. A proposition to buy the water. works for $2,300,000 carried, but be- cause of a confusing ticket the bond issue for the purchase failed and the question will have to be .voted on again at'a special election. William,. Kaiser, the 16 year old son: of Mr. and Mrs. A. Kaiser of appendicitis at the St. Anthony’s hospital this morning. He was ac- companied to Bemidji by his parents to Bagley this afternoon but Mrs. Kaiser will remain for a few days. By "HOP’ association Bagley, underwent an operation for last evening. Mr. Kaiser returned:| Contractor, ‘Would Donate Site and Purchase $1,000 in Stock PLANS ERECTION OF COTTAGES Believes Establishment Would Pay. For Itself in Short Time—To Bring Thousands to Bemidji That he Is willing to donate a site and $1,000 toward the erection of summer hotel on the shores of Lake Bemidji is ' the proposition which George Cochran, a contractor of this city and one of the best known and successful loggers in the northwest, will make to the Commercial club. Mr. Cochran realizes the extent of good which ‘will be brought to Be- midji if a tourist hotel be establish- ed and ijs of the opinion that a stock company should be organized at once- and the building be immediately constructed and ready for use this Season. Would Pay For Itself “Why, such an institution would pay for itself in one or two seasons.” said Mr. Cochran, “I believe that the proper manner in which to build is to form a stock company for-in this way more people are interested and that much more a certainty. Stock amounting to $10,000 would be read- ily disposed of. Thousands of peo- ple will be brought to Bemidji if proper accomodations can be given ‘them, and I think it a shame that we able arrangements in the past. One hotel will not be sufficient to care for ithe tourists that will visit our city when the fact becomes advertis- ed that we have summer hotels for their special use. The people of Be- midji alone would give a hotel of this kind enough business to bring re- turns on the investment.” Obtain Capable Menager Mr. Cochran believes that much of the success of the proposition would depend upon the capability of a man- ager and recommends that much ‘care be taken’in the selection’ of one. "~ Logs-For aCottaged - - .~ During the- winter Mr. Cochran has had men at work preparing logs to be used in the construction of from twelve to fifteen cottages to be placed on his property at the head of the lake. Whether the hotel pro- position is put through this year, the cottages will be erected. The build- ings will be of various sizes and will be provided with large screen porch- es, the front, facing the lake, being entirely screened while a portion of the east side of each cottage will have a porch. Fire places will al- 80 be built in each cottage. Already Mr. Cochran has received many applications for the use of cottages and he is of the opinion that no matter how many he would con- truct the demand would keep them occupied during the entire outing season. Commercial Club to Act The Commercial club is much in- terested in the propostion offered by Des Moines Also Decides to Buy City|Mr-Cochran and at the meeting next week will in all probability make Des Molues, April 1.—With nearly|definite arrangements. ELKS TO INSTALL at the city election under the Des|New Officers to Assume Duties To- morrow Evening Installation of the newly elected officers of the Bemidji lodge of Elks will take place tomorrow evening, when James L. George will assume alted ruler. There will be several applications brought up for consid- eration and other business of impor- tance will be discussed. The retir- ing officers urge a large attendance. o aoh o HOLD BUSINESS MEETING Congregation and Aid of Presbyter- ian Church Meet Tomorrow Tomorrow afternoon the Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church will hold their annual business meeting in the church basement. At 6:30 sup- per- will be seryed immediately fol- \lowing which the business session of ‘the congregation of the ehm'ch will e held. : Not Motion Pictures Many are of the opinion that the appearance of Sanford Dodge at the Grand tomorrow evening will be in motion pictures. This is not the case. Sanford Dodge is recognized as" “|one of the strongest actors on the American stage today and he will appear ~tomorrow in three short shows, dintroducing both comedy and trag;dy Mr. Bodge will address “|the pupils of —th'e ‘high school di SUMMER HOTEL George Cochran, Prominent Bemidji the success of the enterprise is just have not been able to provide suit- - the duties of Thayer C. Bailey as ex- .