Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 3, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 11, NO 288, PRESIDENT WILSON MAN OF OWN MIND ‘Chief Executive of the United States Guided by Keen Sense of Moral. Rectitude and Not by Influence FORMS OPINION, THEN " ACTS “If Mistakes Are Made by Him, They Will be Own, Not Those of Others,” . Says Congressman Tavenner. . - By Congressman C. H. Tavenner, Washington April 3,—A United States Senator goes to the White House. He is anxious to receive some sort of assurance from the President. He may have a candi- date who he thinks is specially quali- fied to hold some office. He may be seeking the President’s support for some legislative measure. He is a friend of the administration, "fight- ing the President’s battles on the floor of the Senate. The President receives him courte- ously with that strange combina- tion of warm heartedness and reserve which is his characteristic. The President listens attentively, asking questions freely. The Senator has ahout presented his argument, and he slows up, giving the President every opportunity to express the opinion that the Senator craves. Does the President express aay opinion? Not if he has not made up his mind on the subject. The Senator can get no more definite in- formation about the same subject. The President is the hardest man in the United States to make express any opinion about what he is going to do until he makes up his mind to do that thing. Then the intelligence is given to everybody. The Presi- dent hears all arguments on every side of a proposition. During this search for knowledge and advice he has the faculty of keeping his own mind perfectly open. He does not do as many public men do—make ap.| their minds in advance and hear the | arguments afterwards. In making up his mind Mr. Wilson is not swayed by advice to any appreciable extent. He acts almost always upon his own best judgement in the case. Woodrow Willson is President of the United States singlehanded. We have never hag a President who has played such a lone hand. John Sharp Williams, the Senator from Mississippi, in writing recently to a constituent, summed up Mr. i character exactly. “If you do not know it,” he wrote, “we people in Washington do know that he is not only nominally but really the President of the United ! States, and neither Mr. Tumulty, nor | I, nor anybody else controls him.| Wilson’s BEMIDJI MINNESOTA, FRIDAY Em@,’m 3, 1914, / 2 VSR O Look for the Farmers’ Page In it every farmer is given the privilege to list what he has to sell and fo state - what he wishes to buy, This service is free fo farmers. Look for the farmer’s page in this issue. 1 1 There are lots and lots of things many interesting features. You will find in it there you never before heard of and perhaps just the things you’ve been looking for. The Pioneer will run each week a special page for t!le farmer expressly for the purpose of giving him an opportunity to tell what he has to sell or what he wishes to buy. No, he need not even be a subscriber. absolutely free to him. This service is The only qualification is that he be a fanper. With seeding time almost here, many farmers are in the market for better seeds and many of them have some fine seed to sell. This exchange page will get you fellows together. You will also find a SEED COUPON in this paper which is a duplicate of that sent out by Mr. Gile, high school agriculturist. Send this coupon to him and he will look after your wants. Get busy and see what advertising will do for you. em—————————————————————————————————————————————————— GRADUATES SELECT CAST Work on Class Play, “At the End of the Rainbow,” to Begin Immediate- 1y Following Vacation RILEY IN LEADING ROLE Members of the 1914 graduating class of the Bemidji high school have decided upon the cast for their class piay, “At The End of the Rainbow,” and rehearsals will begin immediate- ly following the Easter vacation. The play is one of college life and football carries a strong the plot. Miss Clarice Coult, English instructor, \;vho so successfully coach- ed the cast in the “College Widow,” part in {will have charge of the staging of the school play. ¢ Earle Riley, one of the best athle- tes of the school, playing quarter on the bootball eleven, -guard on the basketball five and who pitches for the baseball team, will take the part of Duglas Brown, which is the lead- ing role. The Cast Follows Douglas Brown, a football player, Earle Riley; Dick Preston, the Bride- groom, Harolq Hayner; Stanley Pal- mer, “Hawkins, the Butler,” Fred Cutter; Ted Whitney, football cap- tain, James Sullivan; Robert Preston, lawyer, Leon Battles; Jack Austin, Preston’s secretary, not selected; Louise Ross, alias Miss Grayson, Alice Neeley; Phyllis Lane, a foo*- ball entuusiast, Mona Flesher; The The truth is. nobody influences him | much.” | Guideq as he is by as keen a sense'\ of moral redtitude as any man cn earth pos: s, President Wilson is a mighty safe man for the people of | the United States to trust. Just as he is not influenced by the politi-| cians, in the same way he is not in- fluenced by those interests who for vears have got everything they want- ed in Washington by the use of in-; Tluence. Whatever Woddrow Wil- | son does will be the result of his own | Jjudgement. | Had President Taft been a man ofK the same characteristics, there might | not now be any Woodrow Wilson in | the White House. Taft was notori- | ously easily influenced. Sometimes his eagerness to (please those who ! asked favors of him made him ap- pear vacilating in character. He' woulq change his mind over and over : again, depending upon the sort of | influence brought to bear upon him. } Personally, Mr. Taft probably dis-; approved the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. But tremendous influence was ‘brought to bear on him to make him | sign this bill, and he yielded. Then he further yielded and made a speech at Winona, Minn., praising the law he did not approve. It was his po- litical undoing. President Wilson will never e brought to grief by yielding to influ-| ence, Any mistakes he may make Wwill be his own and not those of any other man. Mr. and dMrs. Bert Barker arrived from Minot, North Dakota, today. They will remain in the city during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Barker. Mr. Barker was formerly in business here, and his wife, who was Miss Nora Pfiel, taught in the Ba- midji schools. !Prosmn. the bride, Imp, a freshman, Ruth Minor; Kath- leen Knox, chairman of the rooting committee, Mae Simonson; Nellie Hazel Hulett; Marion Dayton a ward of Preston’s, Florence Freeze; Molly, Ina Robert- ston; Polly, Helen Minick, Elsa, Jes- sie Dodge; Majorie, Alma Loitved; i Marie, Verna Pugh and Mrs. Brown, Ruth Wentworth. The date for the staging of the play has not yet been decided upon. FIRST OF SERIES TONIGHT |“Dolly of the Dailies” at Grand To- night—“Lion and the Mouse,” * Tomorrow Mary Fuller will be seen at the {Grand this evening in the first of the twelve picture newspaper series of “Dolly of the Dailies.” ‘This series iwas written by Action Davis, the ‘well known dramatic critic of the New York Sun. Tomorrow after- .non and evening “The Lion and the ;Mouse,” will be shown at the Grand. The picture is even greater than the play which, brought packeq houses where staged. It carries with it a . strong picture of politics. WEYERHAEUSER NO BETTER Halt in Progress in Fight Against Pneumonia. Pasadena, Cal, April 3—Frederick W. Weyerhasuser, the wealthy St. Paul lumberman, ill for the past ten days of pneumonia, is no better. The progress he seemed to be making to- ward reccovery at his winter home here has ceased. His doctors admit they have reached the end of their re- sources and all they can do'is to maintain a condition most producive to the aiding of the patient’s own physical resources. NEW CHURCH FOR BEMIDI German Lutheran’s to Build $4,000 Structure on America Avenue— Public to Assist WORK WILL BEGIN SOON The German Lutheran church cf this city will commence the construc- tion of a new church biulding, cor- ner Sixth and America avenue at a cost of approximately $4,000. Work on the basement will begin as soon as weather will permit. The present congregation. com- Drises thirty me members, who have i been holdmg regular meetings for the past eight years. The pastor at the present time is Reverend Kurz| who has supervision of the charge at Brainerd and Bemidji. Plans call for a building abdut 36| by 50 feet dimensions to be con- structeq of frame or brick venire, with a concrete foundation. -If the proposed plans carry the basement ‘will be completed by June 1st. Enough funds are ' already avail- able to pay for the cost of the lots and complete the foundation. After this work is finished, or duriug the time of construction the church mem- bers will make plafis to raise by sub- seription additional money to com- plete the work as soon as possible. The general public it is understood will be given an opportunity to assist in the fund raising plan. BAR CLOSES--STORE OPENS O’Leary-Bowser Company to Estab- lish Clothing Store in Building Oc- cupied By McKim & Son BARNEY ERICKSON IN CHARGE Out going saloons on Third strect have made it possible for the open- ing of another clothing store for Be- midji. The O’Leary Bowser-company has leased the McKim . building four doors west of the Ppresent quarters ang will move the mens clothing and furnishing departments to this build- ing. Work of preparing the store for the stock has already been begun and plans are to open with a saie about April 15th with a view of dis- posing of the entire present- stock before May 1st. After the close of the sale the store front will be remodeled and a mens clothing and tailoring establishment will be conducted under the manage- ment of Barney Erickson mow in charge of the clothing department of the O'Leary-Bowser store. They will carry in stock full suit lengths. The Toom now occupied by the cloth- ing department will be devoted to women’s goods. VACATION FOR | ]OHN LIND President w.lsons Envoy to Return to United State: for Rest. Washington, Apnl 3.—President ‘Wilson announced that John Lind, his personal representative in Mex- ‘ico, would sail for the United States from Vera Cruz at once on a vaca' tion, but would return later’after he had a rest. 1 have never _knowxi a man of real ability_to be ungrateful.—Goethe. MOBERG T0 BUILD FARMERS’ LINE Bemi(lji Builder Awardg'd Contract for Construction of Twenty Miles o Pennington County Railroad ¥ - & T0/COST APPROXIMATELY $60,000 4 | X 5 To, Start'Work as Soon as Weather Permits; Ready in August—System ! to Eventually Reach Border With ten contractors offering bids, John Moberg, of Bemidji, ‘one of the best known loggers and builders in the section of the state, was yester- day awarded the contract for the construction of twenty miles of road- bed for the newly organized Thief Rlyer Falls railroad company, which is ;o build a line through the farm- ing pommumty of Pennington cdun- ¥ Mr. Moberg, who returned from Thief River Falls this morning says th«t;work will begin on the building of |the roadbed just as soon as. the ‘weather will permit, and that it will be neady for use about the middle of August. . | To Cost $60,000 . The cost of the road, which runs east from the Pennington county seat, will amount to aapproxlmately $60,000, not including the cars and other necessary equipment. The trains of the road will be operated by gasoline, ‘“When eompleted and ready for use, the new system will carry both pas-' sengers and freight and will give the farmers of the Thief River Falls vi- cinity -excellent accommodations for getting their produce “to market. Strike International Falls. It is ithe plan to eventually extend the line to International Falls there- by taking within its reach every por- tion of the farming district between the ‘two cities. The proposition is being financed company, comprising to ‘a Targe e)'aten‘t, prominent business ' men of Thief River Falls, o PAST RULERS ON COMMITTEE Will Advertise for Bids For Elks New Home Site Installation of officers was held at the meeting of the Elks lodge last evening, James L. George, county au- ditor assuming the duties of exalted ruler, succeeding Attorney Thayer C. Bailey. The other elective and ap- ipointive officers were also installed. A report of the Elks new home build- ing fund committee showed that ap- proximately. $15,000 has been sub- scribed. Bids for the site for the new home will be advertised for im- mediately, a committee comprising each of the past exalted rulers, and ithe present ruler as ex officio, was named to have charge of this work. After the bids have been secured the lodge will vote on the property to be selected. Past rulers of the lodge are, C. L. Decker, now of Minneapo- lis, E. H. Jerrard, now of Interna- tional Falls, F. 8. Lycan, J. O. Harris, A. H. Jester, W. N. Bowser and T. C, Bailey. Mr. Bailey, the retiring ex- alted ruler was elected -delegate to ‘the grand lodge meeting, with W. N. Bowser as alternate, and A. H. Jes- ter was named to attend the state cconvention. - Seventeen applications for membership were received. QUINT GIVES DANCE Affair This Evening for Benefit of High School Basketball Boys Members of the high school basket- ball quint are to give a dance in the city hall this evening. The “affair is for the benefit of the five, and the proceeds will be for the purnpose of purchasing sweaters for the boys ‘who took part in one or more of the championship contests. Bemidji has one of the few /high schools in the state W‘\hi()‘il does not award members. of its athletic teams sweaters, having ‘formerly presented them 'with only letters, Dances = given by the high school’ have proven to be among the v MISS LYDIA BEECHER. * Schoolteacher Who Was Killed - by Youth She Tried to Reform. =TMILL CITY SECURES Six Northwestern States to Be Served by Minneapolis Institution—United States Divided Into 12 Districts BRANCHES NOT DESIGNATED The. murder of pretty Lydia Beech- er, the young schoolteacher whose body. was found in the woods near Little Falls, N. Y., has thrown the whole town into a state of excitement and sorrow. John Gianini, a sixteen-year-old schoolboy, is mnow under arrest, charged with the murder of the girl. The rural population has become so incensed against the accused boy that extra guards have been placed about the jail in which he is held at Utica, in fear that the farmers may take the law into their own hands. STATE DOCKET HEAVY Minnesota éupreme Court Calendar Shows 237 Original Cases Up for Argument—Taws Involved GRAFT CASES GO ON IATER SRR 1. A. Caswell, clerk, has completed the April calendar of the state su- preme court and it is one of, ‘the containing 266 cases. Last April there were 276 cases on the printed calendar but 73 of these were con- tinued from the previous October term, This year the court has completed the October calendar, with the ex- ception of 29 cases continueq at the request of litigants.. This means that there are 237 orginal cases for argument, while last April there werely 203. Many interesting wcases will be ‘heard. There are two cases from St. Paul and one from Minneapolis in- volving the constitutionality of the abatement law; one from Minnea- polis involving the workmen’s com- (pensation act; a suit to test the new Duluth commission charter; another to determine the result of the recent election at Eveleth and test the vali- dity of the corrupt practices act; the St. Paul graft cases will be placed on the calendar later, as will the suit to'test the constitutionality of the reapportionment law which was recently started in Fillmore county. il The case of the state against Sugarman, appealed from Minnea- polis, will test the right of public assemblage on the streets, another from that city will settle the right of a municipal judge to punish an attorney for contempt of court. SANFORD DODGE PLEASES - Well Known Actor Entertained Large Audiencé Last Night As has been the case in each of his former appearances in Bemidji, San- ford Dodge pleased-the large audi- ence which was present at the Grand last evening. Three plays were giv- en, a symposium of Othello, which Mr. Dodge, in the title role, carried as oanly actors of exceptional ability can, “The Governor's Lady,” and “The Gun Fighter,”” Thus those who attended the performance - were treateq to comedy, tragedy, drama and melodrama. During the even- ing Mr. Dodge was' givenopportunities ito display his talent which has made ‘most enjoyable social affairs of the him one of the most prominent actors Winlel‘ on the American stage. Miss Adelle Nickerson, leading dady, is one of the Miss Lflllan Cochran, who is at-[best emotional actresses -to ever tending\schbol in Minneapolis, arriv- visif. this city. eq home this morning and will spend |- Easter. vacation with her parents,; Our “duty is to be useful, not af;- Mr. and Mrs. George Cochran, 500 |cording to our desires, but according Mumesma avenue T lto our powers.—Henri Frederic Ameil, heaviest in the history of the state; i ‘mal certification tomorrow of Minnesota City Bank to Have Capital :$4,702,864,886. With 687 National Banks In Territory After three months of considera- tion, the peserve.‘hank organization committee announced at. Washing- ton last night that‘it-had divided the continental United States into twelve banking ' districts,” and selected twelve cities where federal reserve banks would be located under the new currency law., The northwest was given a re- gional ‘bank and Minneapolis was selected as, reserve city for district nine, which includes six states. The Minneapolis bank will have a capital of $4,702,864,886., with 687 Nation- al banks in the territory. The 12 Districts * The cities and districts are as 'fol- lows: District - One—Boston; New 'England states. Two—New York; | York state. Three — Philadelphia; territory, New. Jersey, Delaware and the ma- jority of Pennsylvania, Four—Cleveland; territory, Ohio, the balance of Pennsylvania, part of West Virginia, and the majority of Kentucky. Five—Richmond; territory, trict of Columbia, Maryland, Vir- ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina ang the majority of West Virginia. Six—Atlanta; territory, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, the majority of Tennessee and Mississippi, and the southeastern part of Louisiana. Seven——Chicago; territory, Iowa, southern ‘Wiseonsin, majority of Mi- chigan, majority of Illinois and In- diana. i 5 Eight—St. Louis; territory, kansas, the balance of Illinois and Indiana, Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi. 2 territory, territory, New Minneapolis Territory. i Nine—Minneapolis; territory Mon- tana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, balance of Wisconsin and Michigan. Ten—Kansas City; territory, Kan- sas, Nebraska, Colorado, ‘Wyoming, balance of Missouri, majority of Ok- lahoma and part of New Mexico. Eleven—Dallas; territory, Texas, balance of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana and part of Arizona. Twelve—San Francisco; territory, California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and balance of Arizona. No Branches Named The organization committee was not authorized by law to provide for branch banks of the federal reserve banks, but the act specifically states such banks may be established. This, task will be left to the supervision of the federal reserve board, yet to be appointed by the president. The next step by the organization committee will be the notification to banks entering the system of plans for districts. This will follow a for- the committee’s action to the comptrol- ler of the currency. Within thirty days after such a notice fs received by the banks each must begin pay- ment for its stock in the reserve bank in its district. THOMAS MALOY DEAD Thomas Maloy, 79 years of age, one 'of Bemidji’s oldest and most respecteq citizens, died at his home on Beltrami avenue this afternoon, following a week’s illness ‘caused by Pneumonia. His condition was re- garded as serious last Saturday and Sunday, but on. Monday he was be- lieved to be improving. He gradual- ly grew worse, death resulting today. For four terms he was city clerk of Bemrld.]i (previous to which time he was in the mercantile business in southern Towa. Further particulars will fbe pubhshed in the~ Saturday Ploneer E. A. Whitaker of St. Paul, travel- ing passenger agent for the A North- western road, was'a business visitor in Bemidji yesterday. 5 t TY 'cm'm MONTH RESERVE BANK Dis- Ar-’