Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 4, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 111. FORECASTS EXPRESS | COMPANIES’ DEATH Davy Lewis Says That Passing of Railway Pay Laws Will So Result —Parcel Post to Be Broadened. SCHEME HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL Figures Quoted Which Prove Adop- tion of New Service Was Profitable re—Entitled to Business. ssman C. H. Tavenner. Sept. 4.—When the father of pareel By Cong W Davy ington, Lewis, post, first came to Congress from his coal mining district of Maryland, he told Congress that the American post efficient big sportation organization in the world, and that it could transport packages at less cost than the ex- companies. office was the most press The standpat leaders in the House| and ex- his statements attitude that no pooh-poohed adopted the coal miner could come to Washing- ton and tell them anything about business They repeated the old nent of those opposed to gov- ernment ownership that private enterprise is always more efficient than government operation. An Opportunity. There was given to Davy Lewis the other day the opportunity to stand up in the house and produce the figures which completely sub- stantiated his first utterances on the subject of parcel post. After nearly two years of operation the parcel now has its own statistics on handling of express packages. Reprezentative Lewis had the con- crete evidence; he was no longer gi ing his own deductions, splendidly logical though they always were. He had the figures. He said: ‘““We are handling the parcel post today, barring the cost of railway pay, at a cost of cbout 5 cents a piece from 3 pounds upf The 1 and 2- pound parcels cost less, because they do not have to go on the delivery wagon. The parcel averaging about 4 pounds and up we are handling for less than 5 cents. Companies Experience. “What is the express company’s experience? Its experience is that its parcel is 33 pounds in average weight, and that it costs about 24 cents to handle it, barring the cost of railway pay. “Now, that means if we add the collection service to our delivery ser- vice and such other facilities as the express companies give, we can han- dle the express parcel at less than 15 cents per parcel, while the ex- press compapies pay some 24 cents, or half their receipts. Revenue $78,000,000. “The express revenues, after they pay the railway this year, are about $78,000,000. There can be no ques- tion, I can say with the confidence of a student on this subject, that this mammoth postal establishment, as the greatest express agency on earth, can take the whole express business at rates that now obtain and clear from thirty to forty million dollars as an annual surplus by its superior economic efficiency in handling the parcels.” He then continued with the follow- ing ringing sentences: Morally Entitled. “We are entitled morally, as wcll as on economic grounds, to the whole express business. We have more than a million miles of rural routes, and can thus give a service that the express companies can never give. " “We can handle the shipments for post the (Continued on last page.) SCOO THE CUB REPORTER WHAT BrAE ¢ MAN WL LL QUNTEER.'. Locating Ger., \nvaders for Benefit o, TArtillery. | 1914, by American Press Association. ISSUES PROCLAMATION Governor Eberhart Recommends All Places of Business Should Be Closed Next Monday, Labor Day. PROPERLY HONOR FACTORY MEN Recommending that all places nf | business be closed, Adolph Eber- hart, governor of Minnesota, has is- sued the following proclamation con- cerning Labor Day, next Monday. “It is fitting and proper to recog- nize the vital forces of society. As the years go by and we obtain a bet- ter perspective on = history, there comes a keener realization of ‘the dignity ‘and importance of labor. To those who toil, to those who keep the weels of industry moving, to those who perform the tasks that a complex social organization and hu- man existence demand, an exalted tribute is due. ‘“Monday, September 7, is the day that has been fixed upon as the occa- sion for this tribute. Accordingly, 1, Adolph O. Eberhart, governor of Minnesota, do hereby proclaim Mon- day, Septeber 7, 1914, as Labor Day, and recommend that on that day all places of business in this state he closed, and that the.day be observed by all citizens in a manner that will properly honor the men in the fac- tory, the workshop, the mines and| all engaged in any form of industry. “In observing Labor Day it would be well to bear in mind the inter- dependence of all social organizations with a view of eliminating clashes between these different forms of so- ciety that should work in friendly harmony and not in the spirit of i hostility. 1 “Adolph O. Eberhart, ‘‘Governor.” “Happy” to State Fair. H. E. (Happy) Anderson of this city, considered as one of the state’s leading clarinet players, and the clarinet soloist of the Bemidji con- cert band, will leave tomorrow after- noon for Thief River Falls, where he will join the band of that ¢ity, which plays at the Minnesota state fair next week. | There will be a private dance in | fifteen will take the degree. America to Address Convention of |PICNIC TOMORROW AFTERNOON | "worth League Union, will convene ut | the City hall this evening. AWHO WILL e e L\ T cause! (D <X BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY E ELKS TO INITIATE Large Class to Join Antlered Tribe First Thursday in October Another large class of candidates is to be initiated into the Bemidji lodge of Elks, 1052, on the evening of the first Thursday in October. This will be the next regular meet- ing night and as a large number of applications have been acted upon it is expected that between ten and REV. WENIGER To LECTURE Returned Missionary From South Epworth League Union Tonight. With a large number of delegates in attendance, the third annual con- vention of the Beltrami County Ep- the Presbyterian church, where all meetings of the three-day will be held, this evening. Tonight Rev. F. W. Weniger, re- turned missionary from South Amer- ica, will give the opening lecture of the conference, when he will take asl his subject, “Qualifications of a Mis- sionary,” a topic which he is well fitted to discuss. He may also touch upon the Mexican situation. His ad- dress will be preceded by a praise, prayer and song service, led hy" Charles Gerlinger, president of the| Union, which will begin at 7:45, and | it will be followed by a registration of delegates. Rev. F. McMartin, a student of a| Louigville seminary, will havei charge of the Quiet. Hour, which will | take place at 8:30: tomorrow morn- ing. This part of 'the program.willi be followed by 4n - address, “ThLe| Present Crisis in Missions,” to be! given by Rev. E. E. Test of Mizpah. Then will come the business session, at which the minutes of the 1913 Blackduck convention will be read | and the various reports given. After the dinner hour there will be a study, “Home and Missions,” | led by Mrs. J. Essler of Bemidji, and an address by Rev. J. H. Frarey of | Blackduck on “The Missionary Com- mittee, Its Work and Organization.”" At 3:15 the election of officers will | be held, followed by a picnic at Dia- mond Point. session | AN ATTRACTIVE BOOKLET Jester Describes. “Outers’ Paradise” | in Farm Resort Announcement. “The Outers’ Paradise,” is the! term applied to the Jester Farm Re- | sort at Plantagenet, in an attractive | little booklet which has just been | placed in circulation by the owner, Al. H. Jester, president of the Be-! midji Onion Growers’ association, and one of Bemidji’s most energetic and progressive business men. The | booklet tells of the beautiful location of ‘“The Jester Farm Resort,” and of its centering in a territory un-| equaled for. its big and small game, fishing and boating. In speaking of Bemidji, the booklet says: “You will find in Bemidji all that it’s appella- tien, ‘The Magic City of the North,’ might imply. It'is a city comprised of progressive citizens—a good place to visit and a good place to estab- lish a business and a home. This ‘Magic City of the North’ has been built on the shores of two beautiful lzkes during the past sixteen years and has forged ahead of cities which have been centuries in building. It possesses all the advantages‘of older communities without the defacing scars of old age.” A want ad wiil sell it for you. Nobody Home VENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914, ARCHBISHOP URGES CLERGY TO AID CAUSE hS Most Reverend John Ireland Says Clergymen Should Co-operate in Making Corn Week of Value. YEARLY GAINS IN IMPORTANCE ‘Need of Well-Chosen Seed Admirably Set. Forth in Bulletin Which All Farmers Shoud Secure and Read Clérgy of Minnesota are urged to co-operate with the Extension Di- vision of the College of Agriculture of Week, September 14-19, by the Most Reverend "John Ireland, Archbishop of St. Paul. Archbishop Ireland is a believer in the planting of good seed if one would grow good crops. In response to'a letter from the College of Agri- culture, outlining the plans for Seed Corn Week, the Archbishop sent the following: “Permit me, as a citizen of Min- nesota deeply interested in the in- telligent development of its agri- in “the promotion {cultural resources, to thank you for your plans for ‘Seed Corn Week,’ Sep- tember 14-19, 1914. ~ An Important Crop. ‘“More and more, each year, corn is beccming the important crop of Mirnesota. To all labor -connected with it, farmers of the state should give most serious and careful atten- tion—being especially vigilant as to thé proper selection of the grain to be used for seed. The importance of well-chosen seed is admirably set forth in your Extension Bulletin No. 9, copies of which, I understand, will ibe at once mailed to all who call for them. I have read this bulletin with very much interest, and cn turning over to its last page, I said —*‘What a blessing, if every farmer in ‘Minnesota—without exception-— were to read this paper, and scrupul- ously-follow out its counsels:- Count On Co-operation. “Yau ask me “whether "in“my opin- ionyou ‘may count on the co-opera- tion of clergymen in making effic- ient distribution of Extension Bulle- tin No. 9, and in securing a wide- spread observance of Week. I should be cery much sur- prised if this co‘-operation were not readily granted. “To clergymen, who may hearken to words of mine, I say: “Put your- selves immediately in communication with the office of publications at the College of Agriculture, asking for copies of Bulletin No. 9, and put withcut delay a copy into hands of every farmer in your district.” 1MISS HENRIONNET AN ARTIST Bemidji Girl Startles Large Audience | By Unusual Talent. That in Miss Rubie Henrionnet, Bemidji possesses an elocu- tionist of unusual ability and talent, ‘was the con- clusion ef all who attended the re- cital given by her for the benefit of the Methodist church last evening. Even' these, who had known of her many honors attained while a stu- dent at Pillsbury and Northwestern university, were surprised and de- lighted by her accomplishments. As- sisting Miss Henrionnet were Miss Dorothy Torrance and Miss Hazel Southworth, and their selections were much appreciated, both receiv- ing repeated acclamations. The church was attractively decorated with garden flowers and asparagus. London’s largest electric sign, re- Icently erected, contains 1,000 lamps. ey | cations offered. Seed Corn. Seed Corn | FAVOR PUPOSKY SITE. Sanatorium Board Mfikes\Recommen- dation to State Commission. If the advisory board of’ the State Tuberculosis commission acts fayor- ably on the recommendation of JShe site’ committee of the Beltrami-Koo- qhichiug-Hubbard counties Sanator- ium board, the $50,000 hospital, which is soon to be built, will be lo- cated at Lake Julia, near Puposky. This conclusion was reached last ev- ening following inspections made hy Commissioner Lake of Hubbard county, Commissioner Durrin of Koo- chiching county and Rev. S. E. P, ‘White of Bemidji, members of .the site board, after they had made a close investigation of the various lo- Several miembers of the advisory = board” will - visit Bemidji tomorrow and definite ac- tion will then be taken. GW_EN CORDIAL WELCOME Two Hundred Bemidji Visitors Enjoy Visit at Red Lake Indian Fair— Special Train Well Filled. GRAIN = EXHIBITS' EXCELLENT It was with much cordiality that the 200 Bemidji visitors to the Red Lake Indian fair were received at the reservation this morning, the well filled special train of the-Red Lake line reaching Redby on schedule time. The band, representatives of the Merchants’ association, and others, were made to feel welcome immediately upon their arrival and festivities of the day were at once begun. Before the special pulled out from the Red Lake depot, the band, led by Alden Remfrey, director, and twenty strong, paraded the business district of the city and also played several selections at the station. The or- ganization attracted much attention at the fair grounds where they pro- vided music during the entire day. It'was with much interest that the various exhibits were -inspected by ‘| the Bemidji folk, the display of bead and other industrial work, corn, al- falfa, clover, and especially the stock being excellent. -~ The women paid much’ attention to the fancy work, which was thoroughly appreciated. ‘While only Indians were allowed to participate in the premium con- entertainment program was the best shown. Being Bemidji Day at the fair, the entertainment program was tht best of the entire three days. Superin- tendent Dickens is deserving of much credit for the success of the fair and the great showing made, and the fair amply demonstrates the manner in which the Indians of the reservation are taking advantage of their oppor- tunities. “HEARTS” ADRIFT TONIGHT Mary Pickford Week Closes At Grand Tomorrow Night Mary Pickford the star of Famous Player movies, will appear at the Grand this evening in “Hearts ‘Adrift,” a picture in which the clever little actress is at her best. Tomorrow night Mary Pickford week will come to a close. had record attendances during the week. Another Assistant for Chief. A boy, weighing eight - pounds, was born. to Chief and Mrs. George Lane this morning. The new arriv- al gives the Lane family four boys and an equal number of girls. Heretofore an importer of metal in all its forms, Japan has become an exporter of refined zinc. The Grand has | ALLIED FORCES FAIL 70 STOP ~ GERMAN ONRUSH ° NEARING PARIS (American Press.) London, Sept. 4—A correspond- ent of the Times at Dippe, under Thursday’s ' date, “indicates that the Germans are less than twenty-five miles from Paris.’ He says: “All day yesterday the head of the wedge which now forms the German right, is furiously forcing its way to Paris, battering rear of the_ retiring French ~ through Creil, Senlis ‘and’ Crepyen- valois. The cannonading broke win- jdows in Chantilly, seventeen miles north of Paris.” St. Petersburg, Sept. 4.—An offi- cial statement says: _Austrians in {Galicia, are retreating before Rus- isians‘ after desperate fighting, leav- |ing four thousand dead on the field. In Russian Poland the Austrian at- Itack was repulsed and the offensive jwas taken by the Russians. London, Sept. 4.—The German ad- vance has reached Senlis, thirty-two miles northeast of Paris. The French Eare rushing preparations for a | threatened investment of the capital city. Vienna, via Rome, Sept. 4.—Ger- iman artillery is being sent to aid the {hard-pressed Austrians now operat- ing in'Gali¢ia, and are now nearing ithe front. The approach of these reinforcements is greatly encourag- ing the Austrians. ‘Washington, Sept. 4.—President Wilson 'today in a special address to the joint session of congress, asked the imposition of an international |revenue'-tax, sufficient to raise one hundred million dollars annually be- cause of the dwinqling customs rev- enues as a result of the European war, Y |CLUB VTEAM T0 BE WINNER Large Number of Candidates Try for Positions—Organization Will Be Fast and Heavy. DIFFICULTY fORMING SCHEDULE With a large number of candidates trying for positions on the Bemidji Athletic club football eleven, pros- pects for a championship team could not be better. Several practices have been held and much interest is being shown. Coach Jacobson has been shifting the men, playing them at various po- sitions in an effort to discover just where they are most' valuable and it his intention to form two complete isets of backs, a heavy and a light. With this plan he expects to be able to use a speedy backfield when ne- |cessary and also have a heavy line bucking trio. ! The line is sure to be heavy -and ifast and among those who are try- ing for positions are Bell, Brandon, Brinkman, Stanton, Peck, Ted Get- chell, Cords, Rube Ripple, Alec Rip- ple, McDonald, Lycan and Naugle. For the backfield the coach will be able to pick from Lycan, Huffman, - Peck, Brandon, Hendrickson, Naugle, !McDonald, Traffton and several others of promising ability. Because of the many teams of this section which have not organized for the season, some difficulty is being met in the arranging of games, but an interesting schedule is assured as soon as other elevens begin practice. “KINDLING” MAKES HIT Second Play of Margot Beaton Com- ; pany Produced at Brinkman Well. staged and every character of the cast taken in professional style;- “Kindling,” - the gamous emo- tional ‘drama, was presented by the Margot Beaton players at the Brink- man theater last evening. = Special scenery was used:for the production. | That the Beaton company will have: a successful engagement here is how certain and the seating capacity of the Brinkman is packed: to its limit at each performance. The same ‘, play will be presented:this evening. e : iJe_t a want ad help you. Bamr s