Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 25, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, N0. 102. AMERICAN NURSES . AIDONBATTLE FIELD) One Hundred and Twenty of Red Cross Will Exemplify Nobility of Our Nation's Womanhood. WILL UNDERGO EQUAL PERIL Representative Bailey Suggests Sin- gletax to Restore Revenues Which the War Causes to Be Total Loss. By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. ‘Washington, August - 26. — The nobility of American womanhood will be exemplified ir the present European struggle. Within the next few days a ship will sail from New York carrying 1%0 of the best nurses in the United States. The ship will fly the flag of the Red Cross, and will bear to those dying on European battlefields the bless- ed ministrations of American hos- pital service. A higher and nobler motive ealls these women to war than that which actuates any soldier engaged in the conflict. To the soldier the appeal of war is fundamentally selfish— the emotions of heroism, patriotism, ambition for national or racial supremacy, or the more sober de- termination for the defense of home. But the American nurses, who will undergo equal peril with any soldier of Europe are drawn into the battle lines by their desire to serve suffering humanity. These women are not nurses of secondary or mediocre ability. They are the best we have. The Red Cross was smothered with applica- tions for war service from nurses holding the highest positions of re- sponsibility in their profession. It was to this type that the call for service appealed most strongly. Many of them are probably going to certain death. There will be no financial rewards for them and little glory. They are not likely to be mentioned in the dispatches or decorated for valor. But Europe will ‘see them in the clash and ex- citment of battle when men are driven mad, coolly going about their expert business, saving the wounded, soothing the last moments-of the dy- ing, taking messages for mothers Ziand . sweethearts;« coniposing. -the wad. America Will take greater pride in this liftle, bBan@~than the people of Europe can in their most heroic cohorts. Suggests Single Tax To Revenues. It permanent additional revenue measures are made necessary by’ the war to substitute for the losses' that may be expected at the. customs houses for the next ten years, Rep- resentative Warren Worth Bailey suggests that the increase be met by a land tax. Mr. Bailey, who is an ardent Singletaxer believes that the golden opportunity for the of Singletax is at hand, and he advocates a distribution of tax- ation among the states according to population. “There is this much,” said Mr. Bailey, “about a land tax. It will stay where it is put. It will not hamper or discourage industry. It will not tend to reduce wages or the profit of manufacturing. On the contrary, it will tend strongly to in- crease activity in every line of hu- man activity and thus to advance wages and to make. industry wore attractive. “In my judgment, indirect tax- ation is a cure and always makes for extravagance, for profligacy, for corruption and for the diversion of public funds for private gain. Were federal revenues raised by the direct methods prevailing we should have the same vigilence in watching public expenditures as we observe in local affairs. Most people im- agine that Uncle Sam is rich in his own right and that the treasury from which he draws is bottomless. The people, however, are the ones who are paying the freight, and the poor people at that.” Restore “MARY PICKFORD WEEK” Manager Woodmansee Arranges for Return of Feature Pictures. Because of special requests from patrons of the Grand theatre, Man- % R, @ 1912, by Amerlcan Press Associtt.v.. Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller institute, leave for the United States, but at the outbreak of the war he canceled his departure and now is in charge of & hospital where the French wound- ed are treated. Writing to a friend of the war he says: “France has been transformed in miraculous fashion. Individuals them- selves have changed. 1 could never have believed it had I not seen it with my own eyes. Most perfect order pre- vails and enthusiasm grows daily. I am more and more convinced that the men are animated with that spirit that can never be vanquished.” CONTINUE SCHOOL VISITS Agricultural Department Arranging Dates for Country Lecture Tours —Appreciated by Farmers, CLUB TO HAVE FAIR DELEGATE B. M. Gile, agriculturist of the Bemidji schools,. this morngng an- nounced that the agrleultun\’da— yartment i arungm Jor a leriel of “riral” sciidol- lectures, tonowlng ‘the.plan “which proved such a Bue- cess a year ago. Mr. Gile urges that all localities desiring’ these meetings should communieate with him as soon as convenient so that the arranging of dates for places [some distance from Bemidji can be made for early during the while the roads are good.: Last fall and 'this spring meetings were attended by large gatherings and the ‘work of _the speakers was much appreciated by the farmers and their families. Not only. does the agricultural depart- ment provide speakers, but it is as- sisted by the industrial department instructors. Members of the Willlams Farmers’ club are now.recognized as being the most progressive group of set- tlers in Beltrami county and that they grasp every opportunity to fur- ther their own interests is made evident by the following paragraph from a letter received by Agricul- turist Gile from A. W. Atwater, pres- ident of the Williams club: “We contemplate sending a dele- gate from our club to the Farmers’ Club reunion at the State Fair to find out ‘what other clubs through- out the state are doing to further their work.” fall, these Miss Ida Hendrickson of Fosston, formerly of Bemidji, and ‘a sister of Mrs. Alma Smith of this city, who has been touring Europe since June, has written her sister that it is doubtful if she will be able to re- turn to the United States for some time on account of the war. Miss Hendrickson was to teach in Foss- ton this year. Among the places of interest she has visited are the Alps in Switzerland, the old castles on the river Rhine, Florence, the Grand Canal, where the trip was made in gondolas, Naples, Pompeii and Capri. THE CUB SCOOP gerorrer TM DETAILED 0 ager Woodmansee has arranged with the Famous Players Feature Film company of Minneapolis, to repeat the Mary Pickford productions that have heen shown here within the past year. They include, “The Bishop’s Carriage, *‘Caprice,” Hearts Adrift,” “The Good Little Devil” and “Tess of the Storm Country.” Mr. Woodmansee was very fortunate in securing these pictures for the week commencing August 31, owing to the great demand for them. During the: last generation the height of the women has ‘increased almost two inches. - ARSHIP SCOUT DU BUT I CANTSEE A New York, was about to |, an GIBL ROBBED. lught Enml Sleepmg Apartment : and Seoures Money. Miss Nora Anderson, the nineteen year old daughter of Mrs. P, N. An-. derson of this city, who is. visiting her aunt, Mrs, S. O. Quammen, at Thief River Falls, 'was the vietim of a thrilling experience . Sunday night, Miss Nora was sleeping: in a downstairs room and during: the| 'night she was awakened and - discov- ered a man- standing over her.-She was too frightened to-scream -and when, following a struggle, she was. able to ' reach the light, the burglnr made his escape. . Miss Anderson’s pocketbook, - containing between $50 and $100 was taken and other val able articles:” No trace of the burg lar has been found. Other crimes of the same nature have taken place lately at Thief River Falls, accord- ing to Miss Anderson, who has wi ten her mother telling of the rol bery. That the robber was acquaint- ed with conditions at the Quammen home is evident by the manner in ‘which he did his work. - BILL WILL BE COMPLEI’E. Efficiency Commission = Measure to Go Before Legislature Supplied ‘With Every Detail. BEING DRAFTED BY LAWYERS ‘Wtien the legislature sits down to consider the plans offered by the efficiency commission for organizing| t] state government on a business Dbasis, iv will have a bill to go witn it to carry out every measure pro- posed. And it won't be a rickety, ramshackly bill either, says J. S: Pardee of the efficiency commission. John Moonan of Waseca, Judge McGee of Minneapolis and C. A. Congdon- of Duluth, who happen 'to be lawyers, are members of the commission who are giving special attention to the form of ‘the draft. And if that was not enough a com- mittee has been appointed from the State Bar association to co-operate with the commission as to the legal forms. That committee includes Jdahn G. Williams, president of the association last year, H. V. Mercer, ring president, and E. ' M, rgan of the University law school. Apd_as if that wasn't: enough, $he| zuorney general’e oftice is giving its counsel. ‘Attorney- General Smith ‘was ‘present in person at the first gession of this conference commit- tee. With all this technical study the legislature will have reason to sup- pose that the bill does what it pur- ports to do. It is not for this con- ference to pass on the contents of the measure. The efficiency com- mission through its group organiza- tion will do that. The lawyers are to say whether the language em- ployed is effective for the purpose intended and whether it leaves any possibility of misunderstanding. Furthermore the bill will be framed like 8 modern machine with interchangeable parts. If it has to be shifted round in the wisdom of the legislature, it will not be neces—' sary to hack and chisel the sec- tions. Any section can be lifted bodily from its setting and put some- where else. Any clause can be taken bodily out of a section. In fact the whole thing will be written in intelligible English. There won’t be any mass of verbiage as it| used to be. So far as possible every provision will be a straight, direct statement. It is the model of legislative en- actment toward which all the states are turning in recent years. If this practice had been adopted .earlier the courts would have had less to do. 4 The old idea was apparently that unless laws were mysterious they lacked essential virtue. The 1915 model has no unnecessary complica- tions and no elaborate circumlocu- tions. Before the legislature meets it is the intention to have it ready for study and criticism of the members elect. The plan which it embodies 'is already before the public. Pioneer want ads bring resulta. "[SEES GRE That " Belt cousty and this i h;nmu will within flle l;e:t te‘gmrs develop into’ one of ‘the greatest dairying i8 - the “Alden, end. Mr. Mool week ago the 'fi\l:clmsga east of Sol- Not Asked té Buy. Thls w which Mr: Moore has just made to Missouri, - Arkansas; "exas, ' Indian Territory and other ‘sfates. - He was not lmerv}ewed at duny time while considerjiig ‘the advigability of - lo- cating héreand-it wakonly after he had mad¢;a thorough investigation and ‘had arrived at the conclusion that there ‘is great posllblmles here, aid he declde to invest. Wilf Conduot Dairy Farm. E..H. Moore, the son, will remain here during the fallj and with a crew of men will do- considerable j clearing, and the family will move here inj February. Buildings suit- able fog modern dairying will be built afad while Mr. Moore has not dédlflgiust what kifid of stock he will sécure, he favors the dual pur- pose animal. ““The prospects here are wonder- ful,” §d the newcomer, ‘“‘and with higay - land; faverable n@tdl ions and other. possibultlea. T %41 ¥66" only Siitcesd Tor the pro- gressive man who selects this coun- try.” Ninety acres of the Moore farm is meadow. Ten New Settlers. During ‘the past two weeks, Mr. Bye has closed deals with ten Ber- tha, Minnesota, men, whereby they have each purchased 80-acre farms. They are all experienced farmers and will take up residence ° here within a short time. These are examples of the man- ner in which Beltrami countyis be- ing settled ‘and within a shorttime the country which a few years;ago contained practically no settlers, will be as thickly populated as any farming district in the northwest. T0 RETURN WITH TAYLOR Man Who Escaped From Asylum Will Be Taken Back Tomorrow. Officer Stein, of the state hospital for the insane at Fergus Falls, ar- rived in Bemidji this morning for the purpose of returning George Taylor, the man who was arrested here last Saturday, to that institu-|' Mr. Stein went to Neely Sid- ] Dr. ing where he placed William Kling, | tion. a former inmate of the asylum under arrest. Kling was released some time ago, but his condition neces- sitates that he be returned. - | Representatives. From Three Coun- \'l'uzy Dmflu ‘l'hlt llmnn Wlnhwy I net Dufl: Awmmly £ I, ~'mm Normln Whitney, 'the Kan- |, sas: City man, who was found dead| on the tracks of the Minnesota & In- ternational railroad at East Bemidji Saturday night, was killed accident- flll; by an unknown train, was the idecision of the coromer's jury yes- [terday afternoon. The jury com- 'prljwd I E. Leighton, Edmond-Je: ett, Albert W. Savage, C. 8. Dally; 'A. R. Erickson and Frank Miller. An autopsy was conducted by Dr. A. E. Henderson. According to the testimony ' at the inquest Whitney was_seen in Bemidji at 8 o’clock Saturday night and inquired the way to East' Bemidji. Police ~ of Kansas City have given Ibertson ‘the addresses of Whitney’'s mother in Kansas City and his sis- ter . in Indianapolis, Missouri, and he is hnlding the body llllt.ll they are: heard from. 10'%.-Hukk¥ ’SANATomuM ‘Méet and Plan Construction ‘of ‘Tuberculosis Hospital. 3 PROPOSITIONS SUBMITTED ‘Wnn each of the three counties interested ‘in the construction of a tuberculosis sanatorium reépresented, a meeting of the board was held at the court house today. An organi- zation was completed, this being the first. meeting since the directors were named, and it is the intention of the board to construct tle hos- pital in as short a time as possible. A. E. Rako, chairman of the Bel- trami county board of commission- ers, Dr. E. W. Johnson and Rev. 8. E. P. White, the Beltrami members of the board, R. 8. MeDonald and William Durrin, Koochinching county commissioners and members of the board, and Dr. W. W.' Hicks and Commissioner S. H. Lake .of Hubbard county, were present at the meeting, the entire bourd being in attendance. Commissioner Rako was the un- animous g¢hoice for chairman, it be- ing pointed out that he was the lo- gical man for the position, and Dr. +W..Johnson..of . this- Gity, - was named as secretary. : f ““Bach of-tHe Counties hike>muds the one-mill”tax levy, Drovlded for by law, and with-the state-aid, an institution. costing $50,000 will be built. “I am in favor of building as soon as possible,” said Commissioner Me- Donald. “The sooner we have the sanatorium -in operation, the better. The question of tuberculosis is a se- rious one and we should not waste any time in giving our residents the protection which- this state law pro- vides.” Bufldlng'proposltions ‘were sub- mitted to the board this afternoon by several architects, and while work on the hospital may not be started this fall, it is.planned to have it ready for use nearly next summer. It will provide for about fifty patients and the capacity will be increased as rapidly as necessary. . | Architects who offered propositions are F. H. Ellerbee of St. Paul, Sund and Johnson of St. Paul, and Thomas Johnson of Bemidji. i ‘The board is inspecting the pro- posed site for the institution at Bass lake: this afternoon. ‘HAS EVEN CHANCE. A. Kahala May Recover -From Wounds Inflicted Last Thursday. Reports from the Crookston hos- pital indicate that Dr. A. Kahala of Erskine, was greatly improved over | his condition of Sunday from the : Returns From Trip. Clerk of Court Fred Rhoda-and wife have returned from a 600-mile auto trip, during -which they visited at Mr. Rhoda’s home in:Long-Prairie and Winston, in McLeod county. They were accompanied from Long Prairie to Winston by Mr. B,hodns mother. and sister. The estimated population -of -Aus- “tria this vear is almost 29,000,000. il wounds inflicted by Hallace Bails, who struck the physician over the head with a stone jug at Erskine on Thursday evening. Sunday Dr. Ka- hala was in bad condition, but yes- terday he seemed some better. /Mrs. John Tennstrom will enter- tain the Swedish Lutheran Ladies’ ] Aid Thursday afternoon at 2:30, at her home, 409 America avenue. All are cordially invited to attend. Scoop Is Certainly There Wlth A Gun Coroner {- C_HA_UTAUOUA_FOR BEMIDJI Bemidji Business Men Close, Con- tract for Week of Redpath Lyceum Bureau Entertainments. - WILL BE GIVEN NEXT SUMMER Bemidji is to have a week of chau- tauqua next summer in June or July, the preliminary arrangements hav- ing been completed with the Red- path Lycéum Bureau for a series of entertainments. A representative of the lyceum bureau, which conducted such suc- cessful chautauquas at Brainerd and Crookston during the summer, spent yesterday in Bemidji‘and as a con- senuence mny ‘of the business men of sthe sty wo. ‘interested: in ‘the project. . ‘The Redpath- !;ureau is one of the leading institutions, of.its kind and the entertainments furnished by it are instructive and entertaining. ~Bemidji will be in circuit with Brainerd, Crookston, Detroit "~ and Wadena. In all places where the chautauqua has been given during the.past years, contracts have been renewed. In orpder to provide a chautaqua for sHemidji fifty residents of the city-were required to sign contracts obligating them to sell $1,600 worth of season tickets, and in case of a deficit the shortage will be paid by the subscribers, the amount not to exceed ten dollars each. The persons who have made the bringing of the chautauqua to Be- midji possible, are: B. W. Lakin, C. L. Isted, A. L. Mo- lander, -Carl A. Johnson and Gregg Malone, J. A. Younggren and J. P. Hennessy, H. L. Wilcox and E. 8. Larson, Alex Langlois and G. D. Donald, Thos. J. Burke, W. J. Me- Donald and J. W. Christie, William McCuaig, Mayor; A. P. White, George W. Rhea, E. H. Denu, G. E. Carson, Charles W. Gilman, H. M. Stanton, George T. Baker, by H. H. M., W. P. Dyer, G. D. Backus, Ed- uard F. Netzer, F. A. Wilson, Mark- ham Hotel, E. A. Barker, Hillaby & Doran, H. H. Mayer, W. N. Bowser, T. A. McCann, T. 8. Irvin, A. G. Wedge, jr., J. M. Richards, L. G. Crothers, Charles Nangle, F. G. Troppman, Gill Brothers, R. L. Given, K. B. McCready, C. A. Huff- man, L. G. Pendergast, P. J. O'Leary, J. J. Opsahl” E. W, John- son, T. C. Bailey, H. C. Baer, C. E. Battles, George C. Berglund, K. K. Roe, A. Lord, E. N..French & Co., G. M. Palmer, C. W. Stanton. England now has 17 schools where womeH are taught agriculture, poul- try raising and domestic science, BY ”HOP ' (AMERICAN rnu1 . PARIS, AUG. 25.- 'SOUTHEAST OF BRUSSELLS AND \STRONGLY ~ FORTIFIED, HAS /BEEN CAPTURED. BY THE GER- 'MANS. IN COMMENTING UPON L0SS OF THE BELGIAN STRONG- 'HOLD, THE CHRONICLE SAYS: “NEWS ‘TODAY IS DECIDEDLY BAD. WE MAY SEE BEFORE 1ONG THE GERMANS MARCH IN EARNEST UPON PARIS.” PARIS, AUG. 25.—DRIVEN TO THEIR OWN FORTIFICATIONS, THE FRENCH AND BRITISH LINES ARE TODAY STRICTLY ON THE DEFENSIVE. FRESH FORCES OF GERMANS HAVE BEEN RUSH-* ED THROUGH .TO REPLACE THE COLUMNS WHICH WERE SHA’ TERED IN -MONDAY’S VICTOR<. 10US ADVANCEMERT. THE GREAT FORTRESS OF NAMUR, COUNTED ON TO HOLD OUT FOR WEEKS, COLLAPSED IN THREE DAYS, . ANTWERP, AUG. 25 —GERMAN ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP WAS BROUGHT DOWN BY BELGIAW: ARTILLERY HERE AFTER STROYING A NUMBER OF BY DROPPING BOMBS-FROK - THE'AIR. . THE CREW OF FIF- TEEN WERE TAKEN PRISONERS. WASHINGTON, D. C. AUG. 25.— WIRELESS DISPATCH FROM THE FOREIGN OFFICE IN BERLIN TO THE GERMAN. EMBASSY AT WASHINGTON, RECORDS A SE- VERE DEFEAT POR THE FRENCH TROOPS IN THE BATTLE WHICH HAS RAGED FROM AUG. 17 TO 21, AND IN THE COURSE OF WHICH MORE THAN ONE HUN- DRED AND FIFTY FIELD GUNS AND TEN THOUSAND PRISONERS WERE CAPTURED. ST. PETERSBURG, AUG. 25— ATTACKED IN THE REAR BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY FROM WARSAW, THREE GERMAN CORPS WERE DEFEATED AND TURNED INTO A ROUT IN NORTHEASTERN PRUSSIA, ACCORDING TO AD- VICES RECEIVED HERE. RUTH GETCHELL BURIED. Services Held from Methodist Church This Afternoon. Funeral services for Ruth Get- chell; the eighteen year old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Getchell, were held from the Methodist " |chureh, Rev. Charles Giiman offici- ating, this afternoon. interment be- ing made in Greenwood cemetery. E. | The body of Miss Getchell arrived in Bemidji last evening.from Califor- nia, where she died a week ago, and was taken to the home of her par- ents, Tenth and Bemidji, this morn- ing. She is survived by her mother, who was with her at the time of her death, her father, six sisters and two - brothers. The pall bearers were, Edwin Simons, Julus Miller, D’Arcy McGhee, Austin Mclver, Les- lie Slater and Hovey Lord, all schoolmates of Miss -Getchell, who was to have been a member of the 1915 high_school graduating class. M. E. IberfSon had charge of the fu- neral arrangements. Lewis-Brennan, Dr, Charles E. Lewis of Baudette and Miss Essie- Brennan, also of Baudette, a former ~Bemidji girl,. were< married at the Presbyterian imanse yesterday aftermoon at 4:30 1in the presence of witnessés, Rev. 8. {E. P.. White ofticiating. Dr. and jMrs. Lewis will make_their home in Baudette.