Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 23, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 127. BEMIDJT, MINNESOTA, BURTON VICTOR IN SENATE FIGHT Rivers and Harbors Bill Cut to $20,- 000,000—Ten Democrats Voted With Republicans on Measure. WAS INCREASED BY COMMITTEE Was Originally $53,000,00 and Me- jority Members Assist in Reducing Appropriation More Than Half, ‘Washington, Sept. 23.—Opposition in the house to the drastic reduction of the rivers and harbors “pork bar- rel” appropriation bill from $53,000,- 000 to $20,000,000, ordered by the sen- ate, looms up formidably. Senator Burton of Ohio, leader of the filibuster against the “pork bar- rel” bill, was given credit for forcing the reduction ordered by the senate. Burton won his filibuster fight. The Democratic leaders in charge of the bill were unable to hold all Demo- crats solidly behind the measure. Ten Democrats voted with the Repub- licans to refer the bill to the com- merce committee with instruction to reduce the bill to $20,000,000. Wishes of the president for great economy are reported to have influ- enced the split in the Democratic ranks. Increased by Senate Committee. The bill carried $43,000,000 as it passed the house and the senate com- mittee added $10,000,000. The commerce committee is work- ing to spread out the $20,000,000 di- rected by the senate over the great- est number of projects. Continuing work on the Mississippi and Ohio riv- ers will be amply provided for, it was stated. ‘Whether to make the $20,000,000 a lump appropriation or divide it among numerous projects specifically was the question facing the committee. The reduced total meant that no mnew projects will be authorized. The fight in the house against ac- cepting the senate cut to $20,000,000 was certain. The now redueed bill will probably be reported out by the senate commit- tee Thursday. KOOCHICHING FAIR IS SUCCESS Many Farmers Have Exhibits at Northome Exposition: With a large number .of exhibits the two-day Koochiching county fair at Northome began Tuesday. Much interest is being shown by farmers and business men of the county, a special train from International Falls taking a large number of the border city boosters to Northome yesterday. There are fine exhibits of agricultural products and the live- stock entries are of high grade, and! the entire fair demonstrates a spirit of progressiveness. MEETING WELL ATTENDED More Than Forty Persons Present at First Bemidji School Faculty Visit of Year at Frohn. MARKET CONDITIONS DISCUSSED That there is money to be made farming and that any farmer can gain success as rapidly as merchants or professional men, if they will but apply themselves to their tasks every day of the year, as do the merchants, was told those who were in attend- ance at the first school visit of the year held at Frohn last evening. The meeting, which was one of a series to be held during the fall by members of the Bemidji high school faculty, was attended by mere than forty persons. B. M. Gile, Bemidji school agriculturist, spoke on “Farm Management,” while W. P. Dyer, su- perintendent of schools, told of ““Co- operation Between Parents and Teacher.” Remarks of Mr. Gile called forth e spirited discussion in connection with the advisability of farming in Beltrami county and the agriculturist explained that hard work is neces- sary for success, but that prosperity awaits the man who devotes energy and interest to his farm labors. Market conditions were also dis- cussed. Miss Margaret Newton, supervisor of music in the Bemidji schools, sang several selections. She was accom- panied by Miss Aune Johnson, art in- struetor. The trip was made to the! school of Dist. No. 8 in the A. B. 1 Palmer and A. G. Wedge cars. Fol- lowing the meeting a lunch was served at the home of Stanley Smith. ! To Give Elks Memorial Address. Judge C. W. Stanton of this city, has accepted an invitation to deliver the Elks memorial address at St. Cloud on the first Sunday in Decem- ber. Last year Judge Stanton spoke at Thief River Falls. Ploneer wanws—oge 9alf cent 1 - GENERAL CHAPHAN. & "’”"lg‘l e S With Al Ar_Serving “ance. OF GREAT STRATEGIC VALUE Military Experts Believe Will Raze Rheims. London, Sept. 23.—A Paris dispatch to the Express says: “Military experts here believe that the Germans intend to raze the entire city of Rheims. While the city itself is immaterial from a military stand- point it is the center of a district of the highest strategical value. The CGerman forces in great strength are close to the city on the north side while the French batteries occupy the heights to the south. “While the German main attack is developing at Rheims the French at- tack is centering toward Noyon. The plateau of Cronne is held by 100,600 Germans, while the village is occu- pied by the French. Blucher, who was defeated by Napoleon on this same ground, decl Germans RECEIVE MANY NEW |2 cerning - Political and Economic Problems of European Nations, TELL OF COUNTRIES NOW AT WAR Lectures of William H. Taft on “United States and Peace” Secured —Stories for Children. ‘Works telling of the political and economic problems of Europe, with interesting pictures and detailed ac- counts concerning the countries now at war, are included in the books which have just been received at the ’ BGflKS AT LIBRARY Work- Include Interesting flnh Con- -I- PI.ANS‘ FOR E%’ Washington, s-nt- have been complete evacuation Ve arising over the ‘co money at the custo ‘and for refugees date for evacuation W +++++++++,+++-'x-+-g+++ public library, according to announce- ment made by Miss Beatrice Mills, librarian. # The librarian’s report follows: Three Weeks in Holland. “Three Weeks in characteristies of the dents in their histories. book of delightful reading. The Taft Lectures. “The United States and Peace,” by William H. Taft, consists of four lectures that were given by him last the has started many movements to further winter under the auspices of New York Peace society that international progress and comity. “The Trades of the World,” by James Davenport Wholplen, discuss- es the commercial conditions and policies of the leading countries of Burope and the foreign trade of the United States. The work is pro- fueely illustrated with commercial scenes in the various countries and with news of the great financial in- troops could hold th any odds.” T ENTERTAIN VISITORS Commissioner Rako Appears Before Ierchants Association in Behalf of Chdrities and Cerreetion Meet. WILL DO BEMIDJI MUCH GOOD County Commissioner A. E. Rako appeared before the merchants at their regular meeting Tuesday after- noon with a view of getting a line on the entertainment and program for the Charities and Correction con- ventfon as arranged by the associa- tion and assisting them in every way possible. “If we give these strangers, many of whom will be - county commis- sioners from other counties and who have never before visited this sec- tion of the country, a good time and show them what we have here in the way of farming opportunities, it will do this country no end of good,” said Mr. Rako. The highway commission will have representatives here and it is poss- ible that a smoker will be held for the county commissioners and citi- zens and these honored guests. The road grading demonstration which will be held next Tuesday afternoon on the road south of the city near the brick yards will be given by Aultman & Taylor com- pany, the J. D. Adams company and the Holt Mfg. company, all having outfits to sell. Manufacturing concerns have ask- ed that they might be allowed to dis- play or exhibit various lines of busi- nesses. Some culverts, graders and the Northfield Block company will exhibit creosote blocks, etc. They will be shown near the Union Depot. G. D. Bakus who recently purchas- ed the Bazaar store of this city was admitted into membership. Auto to Cities R. C. Hayner and wife and C. J. ing for the twin cities where they will spend several days. The trip is being made by automobile. Woodmansee and wife left this morn-' stitutions, such as the New York Stock exchange, the Royal Exchange of London, the Bourse of Berlin, the Vienna exchange and the Dublin customs house. Other Books Received. Social Progress in Contemporary Europe, by Frederic 0. Ogg. Irdustrial Studies of Europe, hy Nellie -B.Allen. - i Underwood Stenscopic Tours of Russia, 100 pictures; Austria, 100 pictures; France, 100 pictures, Ger- many, 100 pictures; Belgium, 25 pic- tures. The Underwood Tours are put up in real cases and the stereo- graphs are arranged in the order a tourist would visit the actual places. Hungarian Life. Austro-Hungarian Life in Town and country, by Francis H. Palmer; Flying U Ranch, B. M. Bower; Anne Acliers, Juliet Sager; When Thoughts Will Soar, Baroness Von Sulten; Down Among Men, Will Comport; Miss Billy’s Decision, El- eanor Porter; Income Tax Law cf 1913, Tucker; Tariff History of'the United States, Taussing; A Score of Famous Men, Topper, Youth and Op- portunity, Topper; Moths and But- terflies, Dickenson; News of Spring and Nature Studies, Maeterlinck; Old Virginia and Her Neighbors, Fisk; Boy Training, Alexander; Smith’s Bible Dictionary. For the. Children. . Fairy tales a child can read and act: The Boy Craftsman, Nixon Hall; Select Poems, Lanier; When Max Came, Brown; Jane Stewart Twin, Remick; Secret of the Clan, Brown; Camp Brave Pine, Comstock; Willie Pickpole and Péavey, Bur- leigh; All Among the Loggers, Bur- leigh; Boy Scouts of Bob’s Hill; Ben- ton; Twilight Town, Blaisdell; Ben- jamin Bunny, Potter; Tailor of Glouchester, Potter; Squirrel Nitkin, Potter; Pelie Rabbit, Potter; Fugi- tive Freshman, Paine; Boy Emi- grants, Brooks; Child’s Garden of (Verses, Stevenson; Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do; Jack, the Young Canoeman, Grinnell; Jack, the Young Ranchman, Grin- nell; Jack Among the Indians, Grin- nell; Jack, the ' Young Explorer, Grinnell; Jack, the Young Cowboy, Grinnell; Jack, the Young Trapper, Grinnell; Jack in the Rockies, Grin- nell. Holland and Belgium,” by John U. Higinbotham, shows in a brisk humorous way the Dpeople, touches upon their art and archi- tectural treasures and mentions inci- A little NOVEMBER ROUND-UP MEETING Eighteen farmers’ meetings are to be held during the fall by indus- trial department lnstrm}tbrs ~of. the Bemidji high school, according to announcement made this morning by B. M. Gile, agriculturist, who has just completed the schedule. The first visit was made last even- ing, the trip being to the town of Frohn. One or two of these meet- ings will be held each ‘week, the schedule being completed on' Novem- ber 21, when a big rennflup insti- tute will be held at the Bemidji high school. Following is the schedule, giving the date of each -meeting; district number, name of teacher-and school address: = Sept. 24, Dist. No. 123, Josie Han- son, Solway, Lammers township: Sept. 29, Dist. No. 21, Ruth Went- worth, ‘Buena Vista, Turtle Lake township; Oct. 1, Dist. No. 32, Myr- tle Methven, Pinewood, Buzale town- ship;Oct. 6, Dist. No. 15, Edna Wright, Maltby, Grant Valley town- ship; Oct. 8, J. C. McGhee, |Bemidii, Liberty township; Oect. 10, Dist. No. 46, Tenstrike, Port Hope township; Sept. 13, Dist. No. 10, Harriett Fra- zelle, Bemidji, Grant Valléy town- ship; Oct. 15, Dist. No. 9; Bertella Gustafsen, Bemidji, Liberty! town- ship; Oct. 20, Mary Jamhann, Nary, Helga . township;- Dist. -Nogdl, Ba- ‘ther Campbell, Village of Solway; Oct. 27, Dist. No. 71, Helma John- son (Swensen school) Frohn town- ship; Oct. 29, Dist. No. 17, Anna Klein, (Bass Lake school) Turtle River township; Nov. 3, Dist. No. 15, Vesta Hawarth (Severence school) Grant Valley township; Nov. 5, town hall in town of Northern; Nov. 10, Dist. No. 10, Mavis Phillippi, Be- midji, Grant Valley township; Nov. 12, Opsata school; Nov. 21, round-up institute at Bemidji high school. SOLWAY FARMERS MEET. Picnic Enjoyed by Many—Bemidji Persons Present. ‘With a large attendance and an enjoyable program the picnic held by the Solway Farmers’ club Sunday was a great success. Interesting speeches were given by Nels Bye, president of the club, L. G. Pender- gast, Mr. Sprague, Mr. Rush, Sheriff Andrew Johnson, Nels Sorenson and Col. Henry Funkley. - The picnic was held at the A. Frederickson place. ““Co-operation and Better Farming” is the motto of the organization which is now two months old. There are seventeen families who are members of the organization. The next meet- ing will be held at Nels: Sorenson’s on October 11, when another outing picnic’ will be held, according to B. E. Tweten, secretary. - Get Nearly 100 Ducks. “It just fairly rained ducks,” is the way an eye witness put it when describing the hunting trip recently made by Messrs. B. W. Lakin, E. E. Kenfield, H. C. Baer, T. A. McCann and T. J. Burke. This party of Be- midji “sharpshooters” returned from Third river Monday with nearly 100 mallards and bluebills in its pos- session. Pioneer want ads bring results. SCOQP L o GEE \T.S' FIERCE TO ~ |GETTH Base, BALL NEWS A Momfl ‘B “: DUTIES OF AUDITOR :| ARE T00 DIVERSE Efficiency Commission Sqorehry Re- fers to Board of Control Bulletin in Speaking of Official Duties. ASSIGNMENTS RECOMMENDED Départments of Government Should he..m Individual Supervision For Proper Business Method. (By J. S. Pardee.) Pioneer.)—“Unless it be the staté auditor’s department, no board” or commission- has a greater trust or a more diversified line of supervl- sion.”. This statement, in’a bulletin is- sued by the:board of control, is ox= actly tnsg > clency commission holds, are. too'di- verse to be required of any one man. The duties of ‘the auditor, as the commission also holds, are too di- verse to be laid upon any one man. The board of control is not com- plaining. TIts statement is in good temper all the way through and is a conservative recital of the board's multifarious duties. In fact the courage and fidelity with which the board stands to its impossible bur- dens of duties is one of its admirable traits. So far from complaining, the members of the board insist that these "duties should be retained -as they have been assigned and argue only that it would be disastrous to put them into the hands of a single executive. Poor Arrangement,. The efficiency commission on the other hand takes the view that if is a poor arrangement that puts so much diverisity of duty in one place, whether it is a single executive or a board of three members. It is not the multitude of items that makes a burden too heavy. It is as easy to sell ten thousand papers of piuns as a dozen. It is the diversity of duties that creates. an impossible situation. Work For One Executive. The efficiency commission recom- mends that the duties should be so assigned that every. man will have a full load of naturally related fasks but none that are incongruous. Then it will be found that a single execu- tive with sufficient help can attend to them. all. . Even with three members there is some reason to believe that the board is now overburdened. Exactly the same thing is true of the auditor’s office to which the board’s bulletin refers. The duties are not so many that they could not be handled by one man. They are too diverse. Not a Fair Chance. The state has not given the auditor a fair chance to be auditor because it has laid so many diverse duties on him. It has found it necessary, in fact, to assign a large part of the duty of auditing to other officers. On the other hand the auditor has not had a fair chance to develop a land policy or a drainage policy or a program for the other executive du- ties in which he has had a large and often a preponderating part because he could rot give his whole attention to that side of his job. The state has made the situation an impossibili- ty and has then resorted to make- shifts to take care of duties that could not be fully discharged by any one man. And if we had three au- ditors acting as a board instead of one, it would not have made it much better. According to the efficiency com- mission’s plan there should be one man acting as auditor who should have charge of all the auditing and should be spared all conflicting du- ties. There shoulé be ome man in charge of development policies and he should be responsible for them all. There should be one man in charge of the institutions and he should ‘be relieved of every inconsistent bur- den. That is the business method of or- ganization. | Tead the Pioneer want ads; it Wou't Be Scoop’s Fault If He Misses The World's Series St. Paul, Sept. 23.—(Special to the The duties, as the effi-: .winter by the Bemidji Athletic club, DEAD BODIES FILL NNE MILES OF BATILE TRENCHES American Press.) London, Sept. 23.—Nine miles of -|trenches filled with unburied dead is the fruit of the fighting British troops now making up the allies left wing. They were taken in a turn- ing movement in the district just south of St. Quentin and Peronne. For hours before the British charged their artillery shelled the German Dposition, _KING ALBERT. * Belglan - Ruler Narrowly Escapes Being Kidnapped. Antwerp, Sept. 23.—Britsh avia- tors have dropped shells on the Bick- ensdorf aviation grounds at Cologne, setting fire to one of the sheds used to house Zeppelin airships. 3 : London, Sept. 23.—Momentous ev- ents that may decide the battle: of. Aisne, are happening near St. Queht- na, where the allies began the elev- enth day battle with a furious at- tempt to turn German right wing. A vague but persistent report, ‘wholly unofficial, but coming from several points, suggest that the Franco-British turning movement is slowly developing. SHOOTSTHECHAUFFECRDEAD King Albert Frustrates Attempt to Kidnap Him. Paris, Sept. 23.—King Albert of the Belgians escaped capture by the Ger- mans recently only by shooting the chaufleur who was driving him rapid- ly toward the German lines, accord- ing to statements published in Liile. Describing the narrow escape of the king the paper declares the inci- dent accurred while his majesty was making a tour of inspection of the Belgian' forts. He noticed that his chauffeur was taking him near the German lines and ordered him to stop. Instead the chauffeur put on full speed and head- ed straight for the Germans. King Albert drew his revolver and shot the chauffeur: dead. Papers were found on his body showing the Germeans had promiscd him $200,000 jf-he was succe: 1 In delivering dhe king iuto hands. CONCERT FRIDAY EVENING Famous Troubadour Orchestral Trou, 1vevEngrjgmment Un- thietic Club. Will @ive Address Tonight When — -| -~ Adams Preshytery Gomenn " ACCOMPANIED BY MISS PANCOST London, Sept. —"Perceptible progress” is all the lisht the official chronicler permits to be thrown on the great siege of the fortified posi- tions along the battle line in Western France, which now has lasted ten days. Along this section of the battie line the allied army is expected to descend on the German right wiag, which already is bending backward under the persistent pressure to the northward of the River Aisne. If these German positions are once car- = ried it is the belief of English strat- e egists that the whole German front will be in danger. Berlin reports indicate German re- inforcements have beaten the allies in the race to the fighting zone and the result is seen in the rapid series of Hussar strokes which General von Kluck has been able to deliver in an effort to stem the allied enveloping movement around St. Quentin. REV. C. E. BOYDEN TO TALK. Rev. C. E. Boyden of Thief’ Blver = Falls, retiring moterator, will preach this evening at the Presbyterian church, when the Presbytery of Adams convenes for its annual meet- ing. There will be special music at the service and the public is invited. A very interesting program was given o today at the Sunday School institute A of .the Presbytery of Adams. The i speakers and topics discussed were: Devotional, Rev. B. E. Stevenson; “The Boy’s Problem,” Rev. J. H. 1 Frarey; “The Girl's Problem,” Rev. $3id R. S. Pryor; Elementary Work, Rev. Thomas Scotton; The Adult Bible Class, Rev. J. T. L. Coates; The Sun- day School Standard of Excellence, R. F. Sulzer; Missions and the Sun- day School, Dr. C. E. Coles; Why the Shorter Catechism should be taught On next Friday evening the first of a series of concerts and entertain- ments to be given throughout the will be presented at the City hall when the famous Troubadour or- chestral troupe will appear. This orchestra is considered as be- ing one of the best. Following the concert a damce will be given, the Troubadours providing the music. The orchestra is accompanied by Miss Ruth Pancost, a talented reader and she will give several impersona- tions and readings during the con- cert. Following is the program. 1. March—Selected. Orchestra. « i in Sunday Schools, (Doctrinal) Rev. & % "Poet and Peasant’—OVerTe|;. G. Strand; Methods that need em- """ % ‘O;éhta's.t;l;. tecc SUPPE| ohasizing, Rev. Thomas Scotton; i H ture, Rev. Mr. 3. Impersonation—*“Mrs. Harrigan Fhe 1big boy; Hig nature, Rev. I Scotton; The best things I have found in Sunday School work, R. F. Sulzer; The Trials and Triumphs of Sunday School work, R. F. Sulzer. Borrows a Pie” ..... Miss Ruth Pancos! 4. Sextette from “Lucia”.Donizetti Orchestra. 6. Solo—“My Old Kentucky Home" |with variations) Edward Beyer 6. Reading—*“Sally Ann’s Experi- ‘ence” ..... . .Elizabeth C. Hall Miss Pancost. 7. Solo—“The Last Rose of Sum- mer” ...........0 .B. Dussek 8. Violin Solo—“No. 5, Hungarian Dance” .........s John Brahms Michael Briglia. 9. Reading—*“The Messenger” Miss Pancost. 10. “Eureka Overture’”..E. Baettger g Orchestra. CHURCH WALL CAVES IN i) $200 Damage Done to Swedish Luth- eran Church This Morning. The north concrete basement wall 3 of the new Swedish Lutheran church caved in this morning. Men are at work digging out the dirt and broken parts of the wall and work of re- building will begin at once. The church building proper was allowed Z to sag slightly on account of the To Resume Practice. break and workmen state that the bout $200. There will be football practice of |28 done is about $200 candidates for the Athletic club team at the Central school building this More Rooms Needed. evening at 7 o'clock. Coach Jacob-| More rooms are needed for nse son urges that all candidates be|during the Charities and Correction v present. convention which begins here Sat- By "HOP’ urday. . More than five hundred vis- * itors are expected to attend. Those having rooms to rent during the four day session are urged to so advise F. 8. Lycan, Hotel Markham, chair- man of the hotel and hall committee. Kills 250 Pound Bear. Carl Gladen, of LaPorte, brought a 250-pound bear to Bemidji today ®'which he had shot near LaPorte. Gladen discovered the animal while out motoreycle riding.” The bear 'was purchased by the City Meat ‘Market. Mrs. R. L. Muney will go to Kelli- her tonight where she will join Mr." Muncy, who is estimating timber in < that part of the country. She will remain in Kelliher for a week or t Jmore. o