Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 7, 1914, Page 1

N VOLUME 11. NO. 201. CONGRESS MAY “ADOPT LANE PLAN Conservation Commission Suggestion Appears to be Most Definite of Any Yet made—Comprise Experts STUDIES RAILROAD CONDITIONS President Wilson Must Decide Im- portant Question in Figuring Pro- per Route for Alaska Road By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. Wefshington, April 7.—It'is be- ginning to look as if the Wilson ad- ministration will settle for all time the question of the conservation of natural resources in this country Secretary Lane’s proposal for a Conservation ~ Commission which shall decide all questions of conversstion and settle upon all molicies of ‘the development of public resources is the most definite plan for a settled policy that has yet been made. Under the present disconnected system any question of conservation is practically a matter for the joint action of the Persident’s cab- inet. Public lands are under the jurisdiction of the Interior Depart- ment. The Department of Agmi- culture has control of the national forests. The Secretary of War is changed with responsibility for the waterpower still owned by the peo- ple. Above all of them is the At- torney-General who decides upon the legality of any executive action. Secretary Lane would centralize conservation within a commission, composeq of men expert on the sub- ject and carefully selected so as to be beyonqd the influence of those who would exploit the public resources for private gain. A subject allied with conservation, as it is popularly understood, is the control of floods in American rivers. The Newlands bill, which by means of reservoirs, forestration at head- waters of streams, dredging and dik- ing aims to keep our unruly rivers under control, has been referred by the President to a committee of cab- inet officers, who are about ready to report favorably on it. Rockerfeller Salaries for Government- Employes Senator Kenyon has called at- tention to the fact that numbers of men on the roll of the Department of Agriculture are actually paid salaries by the Rockefeller foundation. The fact is that the government for some years hags cooperated with the Gen- eral Edueation Board in various forms of agricultural education work. Employes engaged in this work are listed as government employes and are paid from the Treasury the sal- ary of $1 per year each. - The rest of their salaries comes from the Gen- eral Education Board, which in turn recelves much of its suport from the Rockefeller foundation. MRS. L. M. N. STEVENS. President of National W. C. T. U. Dead at Portiand, Me. HADBEENILLSEVERALWEEKS Noted Temperance Leader Dead at Portland, Me. Portland, Me., April 7.—Mrs. Lil- fan M. N. Stevens, national presi. dent: of the Women’s Christian Tem- perance union and .vice president of the World’s W. C. T. U., dled at her home here after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Steveris was taken ill shortly after her return from Washington in December, where she directed a strenuous ‘campaign before congress for a national prohibition law. For several days her condition has been critical. Death was due to kidney trouble. Mrs. Stevens seemed to gain strength and was greatly cheered by the news that Secretary Daniels had issued a sweeping order for prohibi- tion in the navy. “It is splendid. It is another step toward nationwide prohibition for which we are so earnestly working,” the natlonal leader declared. URGES HOME RULE BILL Redmond Ends Debate for National- ists in House of Commons—Parli- County to Hold Convention to De- ' cide Upon Candidate for House = SEVERAL 'NOW AFTER. SEAT S, ’ Agree to Abide by Decision of Meet- ing and Support Man Named— | Means Settlement of Muddle - Voters ot ‘Baudette, Spooner and the northern section of Beltrami county will on next Tuesday hold an elimination convention ffor the pur- pose of agreeing upon some one man to make the race for representative from this county. The meeting will be held at Baudette and it is expect- ed that every precinet will be rep- resented by delegates. The convention is the outgrowth of the candidacy of several men for the place and the general feeling that the undivideq support of the entire community should be given one man, whoever he might be. Citizens ‘Ask For Meet In the current issue of.the Bau- dette Region, Editor - Noonan says: “Prominent citizens from all over the district have asked that the conven- tion be held, and they are now cir- culating = petitions asking that the meeting be called. ! “Two of the candidates in the field John R. Marris of Williams and' J. U. Williams of Baudette, have ex- presseq themselves as willing ' ‘o stanq by the decision of the con- vention Helic Clementson, the other candidate, has nqt as yet been in- terviewed on the subject, but it is altogether. likely that he .too will take a similar stand.. There may be other candidates also, but it begins to look as if the north half will be able to centre on one man, and if this happens he is sure to be elecited whether he be one of the three above mentioned gentlemen or somebne else. i Public Invited “It is planned to give each pre- ment Must Now Adopt Measure. . COUNTRY TIRED OF QUESTION London, April 7.—"I think there it nothing for the house of commons tc do but proceed with the home rule for Ireland bill as it stands.” This was the closing sentence of a speech delivered in the house by John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nation- alists. Redmond made the final argument for the Nationalist party on the sec: ond reading of the home rule bill. The day’s proceedings were opened by Mr. Redmond, who pleaded that the present stage of the controversy ‘was so critical that all energies must Washington May Get Government Street Cars There is good reason to believe that the Crosser bill, providing for government ownership of the trav- tion lines of the city of Washington, will be reported favorably by the committee. If this bill comes be- fore the House it is almost certain of passage, since -the members of Congress are disgusted with’the sort of public service rendered by the pri- vately owned trolley companies, while the financial records of these corporations are none too savory. Senator Norris believes that the sentiment in the Senate will favor the passage of the bill, anq there is no question that if the bill comes to President Wilson from Congress he will sign it. Municipally owned street cars in Washington would be an experiment which would attract the attention of the whole country. President Studying Alaska Railroad Routes President ‘Wilson has literally ta- ken the Alaska railroad problem to bed with him. One of the great questions which his administration must decide is that of routs to be fol- loweq by the 1,000 miles of rails au- thorized by the bill which recently passed Congress. ~Mr. Wilson has hung in his bedroom a big map of Alaska and he studies it continually On this map are drawn the various routes which have been proposed. T KK KKK KKK KKK * * Want Ad Turns Trick * The following for sale was % ordered to run four times. Af- ¥ ter one insertion the garage ¥ was sold. “Take out that ad ¥ the garage is sold,” said Mr * Lakin. * “FOR SALE—One ponta- * " ble iiron. garage, 14x22. Cost ¥« $150. Will sell for $50.00~ % B, W. Lakin, 1011 Lake + Boulevard.”” * The garage sold for $60. be devoted to finding a settlement. He continued: “The country as a while is sick and tired of the Irish question and it must be settled here and now.” Cannot Give Up Principle. Emphasizing that it was impossible for the Irish Nationalists, by agree- ing to permanent exclusion of Ulster from operation of the bill, to abandon the principle of “Ireland a nation,” Mr. Redmond added “The real question is how far each side is prepared to-advance toward an agreement.” The Nationalists, Mr. Redmond said, would have been glad to accept the scheme proposed by Sir Horace Plunk- ett in February, by which a plebiscite would be taken after a certain number of years on the question whether any section of Ulster desired to continue subject to the Irish parliament. Mr. Redmond said he was in sym- rathy with the general proposal of a scheme of federation, but vague talk on the subject, he declared, was mis- chievous and could not solve the vresent difficulty. GOMPERS BACK FROM TRIP Labor Leader Concludes Investigation of Porto Rican Conditions. New York, April 7.—Samuel Gom. pers has arrived from San Juan, Porto Rico, where he made a study of labor conditions. On the evening of ‘April 3, at an entertainment on board ship, cinct one delegate for every twenty votes or fraction thereof cast at he last election, and also one delegmte at large. In the- cdses-of new town- ships that have not held elections ‘heretofore two delegates will be al- lowed. The general public will al- 80 be invited to the convention, as pectators. i Settle Political Muddle “If the convention is fairly .con- ducted, and there is no reason why it dhould not e, it will settle a splendid way out of a political mumd- dle that otherwise might deprive us of our just representation.” HANNA ASKS RENOMINATHON North Dakota Governor Wants An- other Term. Fargo, N. D., April 7.—Governor L. B. Hanna dispelled all reports that he was to enter the race for the United States senatorship by announcing his candidacy for renomination as a Re-| publican candidate. He reviews briefly some of the work done in the past year looking to the procuring of more economy in the state government as far as is con- sistent with the highest efficiency. He reiterated his advocacy of a four- year term for the governor, with the provision that the incumbent shall be ineligible for re-election. He urges more uniformity in all departments of state work and the employing of a state business agent to develop the resources of the state and commer- clal possibilities of the state. Good roads, improved rural schools, @ state farm credits system and greater effort to procure immigration to North Dakota are also favored. COMPLETE TAKING INVENTORY New Firm to Open Latter Part of Week with Big Easter Sale Stock taking at the Berman Em- porium has been completed and work of re-arrangement and remodeling is now under way. The store under the ownership of Mr. Segal of Sup- erior will be opened ready for busi- Mr. Gompers delivered an address on the labor situation in general nnl Porto Rico in particular SCOO THBCUB ¥ For results use Pioneer want % ads. Cost 1-2 cent word with ¥ copy. ik * LR R ER TS E SRS SR kKA Kk Ak khkhkhkkhkkk kkk ko ness the latter part of the present ‘week. You Sand APRIL 7, 1914, ity loml s..m Jallen, of the tawn of Roose- trami county for ndro than fifteen years, has Annoum “his intention tobe & candidate for commissioner in the third district. He i8 the third man to enter the race, Louis Te;nerr of Buszle ‘ndxcbulu Moller of Roosevelt luudy having filed. Jallen has held various town offices and in considered an: . efficlent of- ficfal. He filed foi i today. ‘Commissioner Myhro will election. “BILL” TO TRAVEL BEMIDJ Basaar Store Hua Unique Plan— Course ,nl Dollar;’ ’.nmugh Vari- ous Purchases Wlll le Followedr . Beek-re~ The Bazaar swrp has displayed in is windows a dolfar bill on a piece] of cardboard, under which:{s the fol- lowing; “My name i Bill,-anq I ‘am a worker from the word “go.” I-pos- sess the power of comforting the sick, smiles back to the wan faces of the poor. . I can procure food, mlnment. shelter. ~ Yes; even: luxury for those who use me well. Ask of me and 1| will perform, but' my power ‘be-| comes of no value to you or Bemidji the moment I a !ellt a:way— for I will never returm.. BILL.” When Mr. Ives was asked what he intended to do, what he meant to convey oy this window display. he said, “I got my ddea from a little booklet 1 receive . monthly, which contained the story of “Bill”—the dollar that stayed at home. After a few days I intended to spend this dollar with someone who will agree [JUDICIAL DITCHES 1t is not known whether | WHAT IT DID ‘AT ROYCEVILLE relieving the needy, I can oring the : BRlNfiING RESULTS)| Voters of Northern Half of Beltrami | veit, who has been airesident of Bel- Appmxumuly 100,000 Acres of Land |' Added to County Tax Lists by Sale of Delinquent Interest Property 80,193 FROM CROOKSTON OFFICE Auditor George Preparing for May Purchasers to be: in-Attendance Mure than 100,000 acres “of 1and have -been placed on' the, assessment- *hoohv of ‘Beltrami county Tecently by. James' L. George county auditor; as a result of filings made on property purchiased through ' delinquent in- terest on lands effected by judicial drains. List From Crookston ; Aunditor -George this morning re- ce!ved a.list of 80,193 acres from the Crookston land office showing that land to that amount haq been. filed upon, while recently he received 1| 1list from the Cass Lake Land office shuwing approximately 20,000 acres. Another list from the Crookston of« fice is expected to arrive before the first of May. _ Ditches Good Investment This would appear to indicate that the-judicial ditches in the county are assisting in settlement and proving to ‘be worthy of establishment. W. R. Mackenzie, secreta?y of“the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation, and Fred Sherman, state immigration commissioner, have ‘been taking much interest in the next sale of federal land on which the ditch construction interest is de- linquent, and it is expected that sev- eral thousanq. prospective purchasers of ;Beltrami county land will be in attendance. -The sale 'will be con- ducted by gAuditor George, who is prepared to furnigh information con- cerning the necessary procedure in order to obtain title to the property satisfied When the company changed to spend it in Bemidji‘and he in turn{on May 11. secure the same agreement from the person with whom he spends it, thus forming an -endless chain for.: the circulation of a dollar bill in Bemidji. . “I expect to past a sheet of paper on the back of tie bill, on which these words of instruction will be printed, “Help ueikeep Bill in Be- ‘midji—Hie is a good citizen and we need him, so don’t start him on any Journey that will take him-out of Be- midji. Buy someting with Bill, then report to the Ploneer just what W28 ccepted, and Matt Phibbe, Bill @id for you. The Ploneer winl[%f the Phibbs & Cross real Have the story of “Bill” every night. estate company, named - as his ceesso! The office, of the . Thie following is the history of |*™ I “BiIl” in a town we will call Royce- seeretary will in the future be in the Phibbs & Cross office, located in the vill: - Bill's first act was to buy a 4 pair of shoes for a meedy = child Markham hotel building. C. C. Cross whont' the sécretary had found—and has been named deputy secretary. the story began in the papers. The shoe dealer bought groceries with |dollar that stayed at home and hang- Bill and the grocery man paid the|ing beside him is a long list of the doctor and doctor paid his office [things he did and the things he rent, and the landlord bought hosi- [bought and the total runs up into the ery ifor his wife, and each night the | hundreds. story of Bill's good deeds was chron-| Keep your eyes- open for “ Bill's icled lin the papers. trip through Bemidji.' The Pioneer : Three months went by. Bill was |will announce the day “Bill” begins ‘becoming tattered, but the merchants | his work and keep you posted as to ‘were adding more clerks and the|what he does for our citizens. > ‘trolly traffic had fallen off. . i Six - months passed and the busi- Dr. J. F. Peterson of International ness ;was booming—men were pre-|Falls is the guest of his parents, Mr. paring Main street for the brick and|and Mrs. J. Peterson, jr., today. The the architect were drawing the plans | doctor is enroute from the twin cities for the highschool. Royceville bas|to his home eity. He was until re- come into her own. cently located at Baudette, but mov- Up in the director’s reom of the |ed to International Falls having pur- Merchant’s Association, in a glass |[chased the dental business of Dr. wall case you will find “Bill,” the |Heieie. ' PHIBBS NAMED SECRETARY Succeeds W. L. Brooks as Building And Loan Official ‘At the regular meeting of the Be- midji Buiiding and Loan association held yesterday afternoon, the resig- nation of W, L. Brooks, cashier of the Northern National bank, as secretary _—_— . . Swat The Fly The ‘fo"fl'flnfs bundle of accurate statistics, showing the possible wprogeny of a single fly in one breeding season, should serve to awaken <at leapt @ few thoughtful readers to the need for prompt and persistent ‘vaction. fMhis table shows the total progeny of one fly who lays 120 eggs on May 1. P FLIES BGGS | MAY 1—1 fily lays. e Leee= 120 MAY 10—60 flies lay. i ... 7,200 MAY 20—3,600 flies lay..... ceeees . 432,000 MAY 30—216,000 flies: lay ....... Lie.. 25,920,000 AJune 10—12,960,000 flies lay... . 1,665,200,000 . 93,312,000,000 5,589,720,000,000 June -20—777,600,000 fles lay .... June 30—46,656,000,000° flies day..... : July. 9—2,799,360,000,000 flies lay........... 335,923,200,000,000 July 19—167,961,600,000,000 flies lay......., 20,155,392,000,000,000 July ©29—10,077,696,000,000,000 flies lay ...1,200,323,620,000,000,000 Aug.. 8—604,661,760,000,000,000 flies lay 72.55‘@,4115200,000,000,000 Aug. 18-—72,669,411,200,000,000,000 fll\es 1. D. ROCKEFELLER, IR, 'Wltynq’n Before House Commit- tee Probing Colorado Strike. POSSE PROTECTS IRON MINE Walkout at Bangor Property at. Vir- ginia, Minn. Virginia, Minn., April 7.—A posse in charge of Sheriff John Meining of Duluth are ~protecting the. Bangor mine, the property of the Pickands Mather company, as the result of a walkout of 100 men on Saturday. The miners, it is said, became dis- FAVOR NEETING TO. URGE NIGHT SERVICE ‘Towns of Great Rol;thm«_-men X Bemidji and Sauk Centre Want - - Better Train Accommodations DELEGATES TO MEET HERE Summer Hotel Pfipuibion to be Brought up flqr,])ilmnion at Com- mercial Club Session Tonight~ Residents of towns through which the iBemidji-Sauk Centre line of the Great Northern passes, are taking an_ active interest in the establish- ment of a night service to the twin cities, and not only are petitions re- questing the new train being circu- lated in each place, but the propo- sition of holding ‘a meeting here is being discupsed. The Commercial club of Park Rap- |ids urges that a meeting be held in Bemidji at as an early a date as will be convenient, at ‘which every town along the line have a delegate and to which officials of the Great Northern will be invited. The plan is that in this manner the users of the road will have an opportunity to fully explain the reasons why the request is made anq the probable résults from the account system to the con- tract system, under which the men are paid according to the amount of work they ‘do. No acts of violence have been reported. WEALTHY BROKER A SUICIDE Fort William Millionaire Uses Shot- gun to Kill Self. Fort William, Ont., April 7.—Arthur A. Vickers, a millionaire real estate broker, killed himself at his home here with a shotgun.- Vickers, who was married recently, was forty-one years old. OFFICERS DISLIKE ORDER| “Wine Mess” on Warships Abolished by Secretary Daniels—Not Likely to be Rescinded in Future HOLD CAPTAIN' RESPONSIBLE Washington, April 7.»-Secretary o! the Navy Danlels’ order ab: iing the wine mess on all warships is ex pected to stand for all time. It is the general belief at the capi- tal that- no subsequent administra- tion would dare to rescind the order in the face of the storm of protest that would arise from temperance or- ganizations throughout the United States. Just how strict the enforcement nr the order will be is the question being raiged and navy officers are wonder- ing if the service really will go dry after July 1, the date on ‘which Sec- retary Daniels’ order goes into ef- fect. A liberal construction of the Daniels’ order means that not alone is the mess abolished, but that any officer, outside of the surgeon and his assist- ant, who introduces even for medicin- al purposes a bottle of any intoxicant aboard a warship, faces ‘courtmartial and dismissal from the service. The order is unpopular among the officers, who assert that it was issued under a misapprehension. They claim that no distilled spirits have ever been sold in the mess, that only beer with a minute percentage of alcohol and the lightest of wines have been disposed. of. P. Hobson, who has recently demand- ed that the army and navy be official- 1y made dry. MAJESTIC TO CLOSB Manager Woodmansee to Operate Only Grang in Future has fiad charge of the moving pic- ture house. ‘had been his intention not to renew ture conduct the theatre. Somethmg When You Said “0u|t” Scoop T |- \EYOU - < N AWNT (T YT WOULDNT “{meighborhood of $1,000. "| store. should it be granted, while the rail- road officials will also tell of their position in the matter. Discuss Summer Hotel Besides the question of a better train service on the Great Northern, many other matters of importance will be brought ap for consideration at the meeting of the Commercial club this evening. The summer ho- tel proposition will be thoroughly discussed and a decision of a definite nature is expected to be made, George Cochran, the Bemidji logger, has been invited to attend the meeting and he will be asked to tell of the 'plan he has offered, which was ex- plained in the Pineer of a week ago. 'Other propositions will also be talked over. To Advertise State H. C. Baer secretary of the Com- mercial club, and who is also a mem- ‘ber of the State Wide Volunteer Com- mittee, organizeq several weeks ago in Minneapolis for the purpose of securing of funds for. the construc- tion of a Minnesota building at the Panama-Pacific exposition in 1915, and the advertising of the state in the east so as to cause people enroute to the fair to visit here will*bring the matter ap for consideration to- night. Endeavor is being made to raise $60,000 in the state, of which $500 would come from this county. Minne- apolis has already guaranteed $10,- 000. The plan is to secure the money by notes, subscribeq by busi- ness men, and to request the next legislature to reimburse them. At the last session the law makers de- cided that no appropriation should ‘be made, although nearly every etate in the Union will have a represen- tation. NEW CHURCH FOR NEBISH Citizens to_ Unite in Construction of Place of Worship in Fast Grow- in Community They place responsibil-| BUILDING LOTS WERE DONATED ity for the order on Captain Richmond | Citizens of Nebish have appointed a committee consisting of Mrs. Ho- ward Lamb and Mrs. C. F. Stevenson to solicit funds for the construction ‘of a church building for their vil- lage, to be erected sometime this summer. The building lots are located across the street from the new town hall Next Sunday evening’s show at the|and were donated to the church by Majestic thedtre will be the last un-|the Nebish Wilmar Colonization com- der the management of C. J. Wood-|pany on condition thdt work of erec- mansee who for the last several years |tion begin not later than June 1914. At the present time the combined ‘The lease of Mr. Wood- |iprotestant church members are hold- mansee expires on May first, and it|ing meetings in the town hall and a place of worship suitable for the it The building has been leased to|Sunday school has been a crying need Fred Brinkman, who will in the fu-|of this fast growing, community for sometime. A ibasket social will'be held in the town hall Friday of this week. “The social will be held in the evening and Nebish citizens extend a cordial invitation to the citizens of Bemidji and vicinity. The proceeds will go toward the church building fund. iBoth Mirs. Stevenson and Mrs, Mrs. Lamb spent the day in Bemidji so- liciting funds and met with encour- agement at every hand. ‘The pro- perty when completed will cost in the @ills To Build Addition ‘Gill Brothers are now advertising for ibids for the building of an addi- tion to their Thirq street clothing it is the plan to extend the building to Minnesota avenue, there- |by giving two entrances to the es- — thhhlnenL :