Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 2, 1914, Page 1

& VOLUME 12, NO. 31. BEMIDJI, MINRESOTA, TUESDAY. EVENING, JUNE 2, 1014, FORTY PER BOARD PROPOSES STANDARD BUREAU Efficiency Commission Would Have One Man in Charge of Food, 0il and Weights and Measures Inspection MEANS GREATER ECONOMY Scale Inspectors are an Aggravation and a Nuisance is Conclusion of Dealers—Should Abolish Fees. St. Paul, June 2.—(Special to The| Pioneer-—In the department of la- bor and commerce, as proposed by the efficiency commission, there will he The head of that bureau will look after a lot of and drink and spices, such as the grocers’ scales and the berry box, and the Which in- cludes the food inspection, now car: ried on by the food and dairy depart- ment, and oil inspection, and the weights and measures department, | and a few other things. [Beconomy can be accomplished in various ways by bringing these in- | spections together. While some of the duties require experts, and it would not be profitable to have all the inspection done by the same set of men, there is a great deal of room for team play and for interchange of duties. a bureau of standards. inspection work such as food milkman’s pint cup. Putting them together in one de- partment is distinetly in the inter- ests of efficiency and economy. The food inspection has been very well handled by the food and dairy de- partment; it is exactly twelve years since there has been any complaint there. The weights and measures department has been admirably con- ducted under the railroad and ware- house commission. The members of the commission admit that in C. C. Neale they have the best weights and measures man in the United! States and that the department is organized as well as it can be. is all granted. Well Known Author Seri- ously 11l at Vera Cruz. Jack London, the author, who has been in Vera Crlz as a war corre spondent, is very ill of intestinal trouble. Dr. A. R. Goodman of Mex- ico City, attending London, said the writer’'s condition was serious. Lon- don’s wife is with him 'STUDENT INCREASE SHOW Report of Supt. Dyer to W. B. Stew- | art Shows 1,140 Entitled to Appor- tionment for School Use. 1,285 ENROLLED DURING YEAR That sixty-one more pupils tended the Bemidji public schools during the term just closed, than a That | year ago, is shown in a report sub- But it is not a snf.;mitled ‘to W. B. Stewart, county su- |has conducted similar campaigns the at- | IRVING PLAN T0 BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT Commercial Club Members Will De- cide Whether to Have Chicago Man Conduct Membership Campaign. LARGE ATTENDANCE IS URGED Proposition Will be Thomngmy Re- viewed and Officers Request Every One Interested to Attend. Every member of the Bemidji Commercial club and all.others in- terested are urged to be present at the regular monthly meeting of the organization which is to be held this evening in the club rooms at which the Irving membership campaign proposition will be entirely reviewed and action either rejecting or accept- ing the offer taken. At a citizens’ meeting held last week Mr. Irving was present and out- lined his methods and the conditions under which he would accept to man-] age a campaign, in an endeavor to secure five hundred new members for the club. Would Cancel Initiation Fee. Since the organization of the club an initiation fee of ten dollars has been charged, while dués are twelve dollars a year. Mr. Irving requests ithat this initiation fee be entirely done away with. Should this be done the constitution will have to be changed. Tor this reason the offi- |cers of the club urge every member |to be present in order that the va- rious views on the matter may be ex- plained and the entire plan discussed before final action is taken, not wish- ing to bind the entire club by the action of a few members. Would Come Next Week. W. B. Lakin, president, and H. H. Mayer, secretary of the Commercial {club, have received announcement 'from Mr. Irving that he would like to serve Bemidji next week. In other cities where Mr. Irving ficient reason for separating allied:perintendent, by W. P. Dyer, city results have been successful. branches of the servi . or for placing 'school superintendent, giving figures | executive duties under a judicial arm | as to the number of students entitled of the goverument—and when you| come down to it the railroad and wareliouse commi a judicial body. be obtained in the proposed depart- to apportionment. This apportion- ment amounts to six dollars a year for Better resnlts and ;that 1,140 are entitled to it, an in- closer team play can unquestionably crease of 40 over last year. The lmoney comes from the permanent ment. ter service depends, of course, on the ' selection of the head of the depart- ment, antees infallibility. Incidentally everybody finds that | Whether the state gets be:- school fund. According to the report 1,285 stu- dents have enrolled in the Bemidji No plan yet proposed guar- schools during the past year, an in- crease of 61 over the term of 1912- 13. Of this number 137 were not the fees charged by the scale inspect- | entitled to the apportionment because ors are an aggravation and a nuis- of not having attended school forty ance. dollar fee for having somebody tell them that a seventy-five cent balance Grocers object to paying one days. t'here are 180 days in the school year and the average number of days is correct. Although the inspectors‘unended by each student is 144, to neitlier fix the fees nor profit by them | they continually accused of wor the trade. The accusation are ore remely irritating to the pub- lic. The railroad and warehouse ¢ anmission ¥s they ought to he abolished. The retail trade won't be hard to convince that they should be abolished. And if the ef- ficiency commission makes any r>-| commendations as to fees, it will ra- commend that this fec shall pe ahol ishell The service costs about itwo ts per capita for the state. It is for the benefit of the putlic and net speciaily for the advantage of the tr It would be only faic that the iuhiic should pay for it. “BREWSTER’S MILLIONS” COMING Tells Story of Young Man Spending Huge Sum in Year. “Brewster’s Millions,” well known as one of the tremendous hits of five years ago, and to the present day in book form, one of the best sellers, is now a motion picture comedy- drama, product of the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play company, and comes (o the Rex on Junme 4. The story of “‘Brewster’s Millions” in brief tells of Monte Brewster who is bequeathed a million dollars by an uncle. An- other uncle in the west, who dislikes the first uncle, wills young Brewster seven million dollars upon condition that he spend the first uncle’s mil- lions within a year. He is not to squander the money, is to show re- ceipts at the end of the year for the entire million, yet he must possess| nothing of” value at the end of the; Young Brewster accepts the year. conditions and the troubles = and: tribulations attended upon his en- deavor to spend the million dollars; makes one of the most fascinating stories ever concocted. The motion pioture of this famous stage play is in five parts and composed of over two hundred scenes, and was produc- | ed at an expense exceeding fifty | thousand dollars. 7 2 The ladies of the M. E. church will ; 141 a year ago. Two hundred and sixty-two pupils attend the Bemidji schools who are ing to the inspectors. Fees|between the ages of 5 and 8 years; 826 between the ages of 8 and 16; 161, between the ages of 16 and 21 and two more than 21 years old. Last year these figures were 262 be- tween ages of 5 and 8; 803 between 8 and 16; 158 between 16 and 21 and one over 21. ROBBERS TRAVEL BY WAGCN Chicago Band of Nine Cags Six Work- men and Secures $3,000, + Chicago, June 2.—Nine robbers drove in a wagon to the plant of the St. Lawrence Ice Cream company and bound and gagged six employes. They then blew open the safe and escaped with its contents, said to be nearly $3,000. Joseph Caillaux Is Injured. Faris, June 2.—Joseph Caillaux, the ex-premier, was injured in an auto- muobile collision here. He had pass- ed thé afternoon with his wife, who is in prison for the killing of Gaston Calmette, editor of the Figaro, and was returning home when the car was struck by another machine. The ex-premier was cut by glass. Rehearsal This Evening. - All members of the “In-the Court of King Cole” cast are requested to be.at the rehearsal .this evening which will be held in the basemeat of the Episcopal church at 7:30. SCOO meet in the church basement tomor-; row afternoon Lunch will be served.’ THE CUB REPORTER If you are interested in Bemidji’s future, you will be present at the meeting this evening, for the Irving plan is one in which every citizen ion is distinctly each student and the report shows 'should assist. | \JUMPS FROM TRAIN; DIES ‘Inju'ries Received by Frank Coblisch When He Jumped From North Bound Passenger Prove Fatal. TAKE BODY TO REDWOOD FALLS Frank Coblisch, 27, died last even- {ing five minutes after he arrived at the hospital, from injuries received when he jumped from the. north- bound Minnesota & International passenger near East Bemidji. Coblisch boarded the 6 o’clock train for the purpose of going to the home of a sister, Mrs. Martineau, who resides near East Bemidji, but when the train pulled out at the round- house he decided to ride as far as] possible. A companion jumped from the train without injury but when Coblisch did so the speed had in- creased and he was thrown to the ground, badly crushing his right shoulder. b Aid soon reached him and the yard men provided an engine and coach in which he was rushed to the Union depot. Doctors were called and Cob- lisch taken ‘to the hospital, where he died of a hemorrhage of the lungs. The body was removed to the Mec- Iver-O’Leary undertaking parlors and will be shipped to North Redwood this evening, where his father re- sides. The funeral will be held on Thursday. having worked around here for threé -|years ' .He had intended to go to work today, driving team at the Crookston lumber yards. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Fenton and baby left on the afternoon train for Crookston where they will spend ten as days the guests of relatives. Gk R b * Dy L3 GAYNOR 'LOST MONEY A8 NEW YORK MAYOR, % New York, June 2.—That + the late William J. Gaynor lost money while mayor of New sk York city his friends declared < is shown in reports that execu- tors of his will have arranged i+ to pay a state inheritance tax < on only about $750,000, when <+ it was generally thonght the - estate would total a million <+ dollars or more. Mayor Gay- + nor was a liberal entertainer and while acting as the city’s <+ chief executive gave costly < functions in honor of guests to the city. ¥ + * - o o oo oo vle ole oo oo e b oo ofe oo ofe ol o fe ot o ook R SPECIALTOSTART MONDAY Minnesota and Inteinational—North- ern Pacific Dairy, Poultry and Po- tato Car Plans Complete. WILL REACH BEMIDJI JUNE 11 Cc-operating with the: Northern Pacific and Minnesota & Interna- tional railroads, #he state agricultu- ral college will q.ondu_ct a two.weeks’ icampaign looking toward the devel- opment of better agriculture, better neighborly co-operation, better qua- lity of products and better markot- ing in the territory served by the M. & 1., beginning next Monday and con- cluding Saturday, June 20. A series of meetings has been planned to be held in farming com- munities along the. line, at which prominent speakers will discuss the important subjectsi of the care and feeding of live stock, dairying, poul- try and potato raising, the care of cream, the building of silos, the plan- ning and construction of farm build- ings and other practical problems. Meetings will be held in the af- ternoon of each day, beginning im- mediately after lunch. Opportunity will be given for discussion of prac- tical farm :questiéns in which any ‘one is interested, while the forenoon will be devoted to yisiting the farms in the localities where the meetings are to be held. | TFarmers are urged to bring dairy cows or other live stock to the place of meeting for judging and demon- stration purposes. 4. . The Roster of Speakers. Professor- W. A. McKerrow, State Agricultural College. Live Stock and Dairying. . Professor F. W. Mer- nill, Educational Expert, De Laval Cream separator company. Hand- ling of Dairy Products; Construction and Use of Silos. Professor Charles E. Brown, State Agricultural College. Potato Growing and Potato Diseases; Farm Crops. Professor C. E. Brown, Northwestern Experiment Station, Crookston. Raising and Marketing of Poultry and Poultry Products. Professor A. D. Wilson, Superintend- ent Extension Division, State Agri- cultural College. Farm Manage- ment. Professor H. R. Smith, State Coblisch is well known in Bemidji | Agricultural Colege. Profitable Farm Cattle Feeding. Professor A. J. Mc- Guire, Superintendent Northeast Hx- periment Station, Grand Rapids. from Dairying oz £mall Farms. A. B. Hostetter, Supervisor County Ag- riculturists, ~Duluth. ,Local Farm Problems. D. B. Jewell, County Ag- riculturist,” Koochiching County. Lo- ical Farm Problems. D. E. Willard, Development Agent, Northern Pa- cific Railway, St. Paul. Marketing Farm Products. Meetings will be held mostly at country points away from the rail- road stations. Announcement of lo- cal meeting places will be made later. < Following is the schedule of rail- road stations at which the party will stop: Monday, June 8~—Pequot, Jenkins. Tuesday, June 9—Pine River. Wednesday, June 10—LaPorte, Guthrie. 3 Thursday, June 11—Nary, Be- midji, Turtle River. : Friday, June 12—Kelliher. Saturday, June 13—Blackduck. Monday, June 15—Tenstrike, Hines. Tuesday, June 16—No awvill be held. ‘Wednesday, June 17—Northome. Thursday, June 18—Mizpah, Gein- mell. Friday, " Falls. meetings June 19—Margie, Big NUH DONT THINK FOR. A MINUTE THAT & L PEST LkE A RAT. vD GET MY GOAT D'YUH? ‘Those Mexican Prisoners Are The Limit BEMIDJI TO HAVE BiG CELEBRATION Eugene Berman and Canvassing Com- mittee Report Nearly $800 Sub- scribed—Will Total $1,000. BUSINESS-MEN T0 HAVE CHARGE Large Number Attend Meeting at Nebish Today—Clerks’ _ Petition for Shorter Hours is Returned. At the Merchants’ meeting Mon- day afternoon the petition presented them by the clerks for early closing was returned and each merchant was left to close at 6 o’clock during the summer months if arrangements could be made with his competitors. Twenty-nine merchants signed the petition to close their places of busi- ness at 6 o’clock during the summer months with the exception of Satur- days. Every line of business agreed with the exception of the grocers, some of whom preferred to keep open evenings until eight o’clock. The committee on the Fourth of July celebration reported nearly $600 subscribed, which with the $137 now in the treasury of the old commit- tee, reaches far over the $700 mark. The subscription list was circulated among those present, about 16 mem- bers, and an additional $100 was added. It will now be circulated among the rest of the members and when it has completed its circuit, Mr. Berman, chairman of the committee, believes it will reach the $1,000 mark. Need $1,000. “We need $1,000 in order to give a first class celebration,” said Mr. Berman, “and I believe that with the support of ‘the merchants we can reach . this amount.” The saloons, breweries, restaurants, hotels, banks and moving picture houses were the only ones solicited by the committee. The other members of the commit- tee were George T. Baker and Frank Koors, who were assisted by Peter Nelson. The Merchants’ association will ask the city council to turn the en- tive affair over to-them, which priv- ilege it is believed will be granted. Anderson and Gile Join. Joe Anderson of Mill Park was elected into membership and Bue- ford E. Gile, high school agricultur- ist, was elected honorary: member. This makes the membership with“the honorary members number over sixty. The invitation extended the asso- ciation by the Nebish Farmers’ club to attend the blowout at the M. W. Knox farm ‘was heartily accepted and several automobiles left this morning for Nebish. These to Nebish. Those who made the trip include Robert Given, J. J. Opsahl, J. P. Rid- dell, Phil Gill, E. H. Denu, E. A. Barker, William McCuaig, Bugene Berman, B. M. Gile, A. D. Bailey, W. P. Dyer, G. D. Backus, J. U. Wil- liams, Charles Cominsky, M. G. Slo- cum, Dr. A. E. Henderson, H. C. Baer and W. Z. Robinson. President E. A. Barker, who will act as head 'of the Fourth of July committee, has appointed the fol- lowing committee to assist him in making all arrangements for the big Fourth of July celebration and the carrying out of a successful program, Peter Nelson, J. K. Given, BE. H. Denu, Charles Cominsky and Eugene Berman., Sub-committees will be appointed to assist these men in the details of the work, and indications are that Bemidji will have a celebration that will go down in history as one of its best and biggest advertising events. . To Give Dance. Several young men of the city have arranged -for a dance which will be given this evening in the city hall. Although no invitations have been issued the dance will be private. Miss Olive Miller, formerly of Be- midji, but now of Duluth, who has ,been a guest at the home of -her . brother, D. D. Miller, during the past week, left this noon for the Zenith City. - Officer In Command of 1Il ‘Fated Empress of lieland. Photo by American Press Association. 2 GIRLS ADJUDGED INSANE Teckla and Mary Nordin Committed 1o Fergus Falls Asylum by Judge M. A. Clark—Entirely Helpless. REFUSE TO TALK ; FORCEDTO EAT One of the most pathetic cases ever heard in the probate court of Beltra- mi county was concluded yesterday when M. A. Clark, judge, adjudged Teckla “Nordin, 27 years old, and Mary Nordin, 23 years old, to be in- sane and ordered them to be commit- ted to the.insane asylum at Fergus Falls. The girls have resided with their parents in the town of Steenerson, and so serious has been their condi- tion that neighbors brought the mat- ter to the attention of the authori- ties. - Teckla has been insane for six years, the evidence showing her trouble to have begun just following an accident when she was badly frightened, while Mary lost her mind because of worry over the belief that she was to lose her homestead. They are helpless. . Both girls refuse to eat except when forced, will not talk and ap- pear unconcerned as to their sur- roundings. The girls were brought to Bemidji by Deputy Sheriffs Den- ley and Bertheaume, the same offi- clals taking the unfortunate girls to Fergus Falls this morning. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Nordin, the father and mother, accompanied the deputies as guards. CASSLAKE DEPOT BURNING Announcement was made by the Great Northern Railroad officials here at 3:30 this afternoon that the depot at Cass Lake is burning. NEW BOAT SERVICE Cook Brothers Establish Regular Schedule at Redby. Cook Brothers at Redby have es- tablished a boat service at that place which will carry bnassengers and freight to-all points both on the Up- per and Lower Red Lake. The boat service will be cared for regularly by a large steamboat, wnich carries 150 | ! passengers, and a gasoline launch which carries about 20 people. They will make a specialty of handling freight of every description and will make special trips whenever called upon. “Our schedule will be regul- ar, regardless of whether we have one passenger or 100, said Mr. Cook. With the new pier and canal at Red Lake Agency and improved boat ser- vice at Redby, passengers can- be quickly and'safely brought to and from shore. At the Agency, the big boats are now going right up to the dock.” This has been a long felt want on Red Lake and the inaugura- tion of this service will meet with ‘popular approval in-Beltrami county. By "HOP' 1l IN.M.D. A. MEETING TOMORROW BEGINS Hundreds Plan to Attend Thief River Falls Session of the Development League—Special to Leave Late. WILL AWAIT NORTH-LINE TRAIN Speakers Will Tell of Needs of This Section—Ultimate Object is Farm- ing Prosperity—Hill to Talk. With the operating of _ special trains from all parts of northern Minnesota to the session of the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation at Thief River Falls tomor- row, Thursday and Friday of this week, and with hotel reservations already ordered by delegations from cities and villages throughout the territory covered, - indications are that the convention will be one of the most successful agricultural gatherings ever held in this part of the state. That all the boosters of Beltrami county might be.given an opportu- nity to attend the convention, the Soo Line will hold the Thief River special which was to leave here at 7 a. m., until after the arrival of the Kelliher train at 8:15. Object Farming Prosperity. The ultimate purpose.of this meet- ing as of all other agricultural dem- onstrations held in this section of the country is the development of the |agricultural resources® of mnorthern Minnesota. Speakers have been en- {gaged to talk particularly on the needs of the ‘section and to suggest methods for accomplishing the de- sired result. Among those who are billed as speakers during the thrae days’ session are; Dean A. F. Woods cultural college, James J. Hill, St. Paul, Charles P. Craig, Duluth, and W. P. Dyer, Bemidji. Tomorrow’s Program. Meeting called to order by C. A. Allbright, president Northern Min- nesota Development - association, Brainerd. Prayer—Rev. J. B. Smith, pastor M. E. Church, Thief River_ Falls. Address of Welcome—J. H, Hay, presi- dent Commercial- Club, " Thief-' River alls. Response—C. A. Allbright, Brainerd. Appointment of committee on cre- dentials and resolutions. 1 s m A. J. McGuire, Grand Rapids, chaip- man committee on agriculture, Northern Minnesota Development association, pre- siding, Report of County agent work. A. D. Wilson, St. Anthony Park, su- perintendent agricultural extension di- vision, University of Minnesota. A. B. Hostetter, Duluth, Minn. D. "'B. Jewell, ' International ~Falls, Minn,, county agent Koochichink coun” Y. 1:30 p. m— Address—A. F. Woods, dean and di- dector, -depariment of agriculture, Uni. versity of Minnesota. Report of agricultural work in high ) d Val £ “Needs and Values of Agricultural Baycation,” o reter Olson, principal high school, Cloquet, Mipg: Principal hisl Addréss—W. P. Dyer, superintendent of_schools, Bemidsi, Minn. Report_on rural_consolidated schools, E. M. Phillips, St. Paul, rural schooi commissioner. Annie M. Shelland, International Falls, county superintendent, Koochiching county. Address—“A Better Minnesota,” Clif- ford Mills, Minneapolis, editor North- west Farmstead. P m.— \ The delegates will be entertained by the citizens of Thief River Falls at the Auditorfum. Vaudeville and music. Auxiliary Program Woman's auxiliary to the Northern Minesota Development assoclation at high school auditorium. President, Miss Annie E. Shelland, International Falls; secretary, Mrs.. F. C. Corell, Big Fails; treasurer, Mrs. Charles A. Pitkin, Thief River Falls: executive board, Mrs, C. A. Allibright, Brainerd; Mrs, C. L._ Conger, McIn® tosh; Mrs. C. M. King, Deer River; Mrs. G. G. Hartley, Duluth; Mrsfl J. A. D Red Lake Falls; Mrs. C. F. Mahnke, Moose Lake; Mrs. Israel Sjoberg, Rose- at June 3. :30 p. m.— Music, Mrs. O. F. Mellby; invocation, ev. C. E. Boyden, pastor Twentieth Century Presbyterian ‘Thief River falls. Greetings, Mrs. Emil Zeh; response, Miss Shelland; address, “Conservation of Youth.” Mrs. Peter Oleson, Clo- quet. k Musie. p. m. Mee ting of officers and executive ‘board. church, Letters Come in By Hundreds. Letters by the hundreds have been arriving at the office of Earl Geil, county treasurer, during the past few days containing the late tax pay- ments.. About 1,600 have been re- ceived. Last week the paid taxes amounted to between $6,000 .and $10,000 each day and the total was more” than $60,000 one day when several of the large company taxes ‘were paid. Sheriff Candidate Here. Denton Patten of Akeley, for sev- eral years policeman at that place, and who is & candidate for sheniff in Hubbard county, was in Bemidii to- day and left this afternoon for Be- cida which is in the northern part campaign and is confident of elec- tion. Catches Big Fish. One of the biggest fish ever caught in Lake Bemidji was hooked by Mrs. H. A. Scharf near the boom of the Crookston Lumber ‘company early ‘this morning. The fish, a pickerel, | weighed more than fourteen pounds and -measured forty-one inches from of the University of Minnesota agri-- of his district. He is making a strong’