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

2 ) DdJ o VOLUME 12, NO. 204. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1914. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. HOBSON RESQLUTION | ™o o crmce seesov=> |B1G BEMIDG” WINS AGAINFIGHT WILL CENTE FAILS TO CARRY (American Press) Washington, Dec. 23.—Hobson’s resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for national prohibition to state legislatures, was defeated in the house last night, 197 members voting for it, and 189 against it. An affirmative vote of two-thirds is re- quired to adopt resolutions. Henry Lewis Dead. (American Press) New York, Dec. 23.—Alfred Henry Lewis, the prominent newspa- per man and author, died here today after a brief illness. Have Crossed Frontier. (American Press) Constantinople, Dec. 23.— The Egyptian frontier has been crossed by Turkish troops in force, an official statement issued here asserts. London, Dec. 23.—It i3 only at the northern and southern extremities of the battle line in the eastern arena of the war that any marked change is to be noted. In the western theater siege war of a most stubborn and la- borious kind persists. This briefly sums up the situation both in the East and in the West, so far as has been disclosed by the official state- ments. The ultimate outcome of the .Ger- man advance upon Warsaw still is problematical, as a decisive conflict has yet to be fought. Although the Russian center has retired, it now has been reinforced and it is holding a line on the east bank of the Baura river from its junction with the Vis- tula. BROOKINS ANNOUNCES PLAN Private Wire to Be Used in Sending Fire Alarms to Department. Before leaving for Minneapolis last night where he will spend Christmas, H. B. Brookins, local commercial manager of the North- western Telephoné company, an- nounced that a new plan had been arranged for the sending of firp alarms to the department. Instead of simply calling central, a person giving an alarm will call 349. This will give connection with the private line to police headquarters, used on- ly in case of fire, and the desk ser- geant answering will accept the alarm and give the location to the fireman. The same alarm will ring a bell in the firemen’s dormitory and in the room of the driver of the fire team. The sergeant will then, over the office phone, notify central of where the fire is and she will provide information concerning the fire to persons requesting it. The desk ser- geant, by pulling a switch rings a bell at the elec- tric light plant which causes the electrician to blow the fire whistle. In case of fire call 349. STAMP PLAN A SUCCESS Many Red Cross Christmas Seals Placed on Parcels at Stewart’s. Every parcel that left the Stewart grocery store today was decorated with a Red Cross Christmas seal, and | the plan proved a great success and means that a neat sum will be turn- ed over to the committee which has had charge of the sales. Mr. Stew- art was anxious to assist in raising the $100 necessary to bring a Visit- ing Nurse to Bemidji for a month’s stay and believed that the parcel plan would be a suitable way to do 30. New York has a hotel owned and managed by two sisters. “4 Board of Audit Checks Up Books of County Treasurer Geil. % “acords of Earle Geil, county °l'/¢ ar, concerning the receipts a. 8 -sements of the office for the , .’v, were approved by the board o. “llowing an inspec- tion of ye. afternoon. The board compris. < .. Rako, chair- man of the boara ‘county commfs- sioners, Fred Rhoda, clerk of court, and James L. George, county auditor. DEER POT HUNTERS THRIVE Sportsman Explains Mystery of Ama- teur Nimrods’ Universal Success as Big Game Hunters. CIVIL SERVICE IS PROPOSED When a hunter is unable to obtain a deer, it is common practice to buy one from a pot hunter, declared one of Bemidji’s best known sportsmen this morning, which may explain why nearly every hunter returning from the woods during the recent hunting season brought back a deer. Without a market the poachers soon would be driven out of busi- ness, said the same man, at the same time stating that those who pur- chase venison illegally obtained should be made to suffer heavily in the hope of discouraging the of-/ fenses. ! There have been a few | convictions here during the past few months, several of the offenders being prominent busi- ness men of this section. “Minnesota will never receive the best work from its game wardens until the game protection service is taken out of politics and placed on a civil service basis,” declared E. A. Cleasby, federal ‘inspector of migra- tory birds. ‘“Game wardenship should be a profession and not a job. Under the Minnesota system a game warden likely as not may be displaced about the time he has mas- tered the dutfes of his office and come to be of real-value to the state. “Six states already have civil ser-} vice for state employes and in the departments with which I am famil- iar, as in the game protection and forest service, I know that better re- sults are obtainable than under the old system.” Mr. Cleasby is inspector in charge of the lake district, comprising the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Min- nesota and Iowa, and devotes most of his time to supplementing the work of state authorities, by in- struction and device. MISS LOGAN HONORED Court House Officials Give Dinner For | Retiring Deputy. i Mi§s Irene Logan, who recently! resigned as deputy county auditor, and who leaves this evening for her home at Grand Rapids, was the guest of honor at a dinner served in the| abstract office at the court house| last evening. It was a most en joyable affair and was given by the county officials, who were assisted by the girls' employed in the various offices. The room was prettily| decorated for the occasion. Miss Logan has been one of Bemidji’s most popular girls since her resi- dence here, and as an official is highly regarded because of her ef- ficient, accommodating and faith- ful service. Her marriage to Clar- ence Jackson, one of this city’s most prominent young men, will take place at Grand Rapids next week, this an- nouncement having been made at the party of last evening. {to save a few household goods. About Little Falls Basketball Five Unable to Fathom Style of Locals’ Play and Accept 18 to 8 Defeat. GAME WAS FAST THROUGHOUT In one of the hardest fought and most interesting games ever played in Bemidji, Little Falls was again defeated by “Big Bemidg” last night, the score being 18 to 8, and allowing the locals to slip another notch to- ward the world’s title. Little Falls, with its aggregation of university and college stars, could not fathom the style of Bemidji's play and although the visitors fought gamely they could not stave off the second defeat. Bemidji was the first to score, Peck getting a basket, but the count was made even a moment later when Swanson successfully placed his sec- ond throw from a foul. From then on ‘Bemidji went into the contest with that same old spirit which car- ried them through the championship series of last year, Peck, Brandon and Jacobson soon netting the ball, which with Brandon’s two free throws, soon made the score 10. The first half ended with Bemidji leading by a score of 10 to 3. Little Falls, as the night before, did not score a field basket during the first half, but Longley and Swan- son each counted in the second half, and a foul gave them eight. An in-' jury forced Diedrich, the gridiron star, to retire during the second half. For Bemidji, Jacobson’s defensive! work stood out prominently, while Trafton Howe and Brandon played sensational ball, more than holding their own at all times during the game, The Bittle Falls boys appeared be- wildered by the speed and accuracy of the Bemidji play, but with the game hopelessly lost, battled game]y3 to the end, taking the defeat in a sportsmanlike manner. H The lineup: Bemidji - Little Falls HOWe: . . .y cixe s by £ . Swansén Brandon ........ 1f. . . ‘Longley Peck Brannen Jacobsen _Diedrich .Ritter and Trafton ..... e [ Dunphy | Field goals, Brandon, 2, Jacobson, Peck, 3, Howe, 2, Swanson, Long»; ley. Free throws, Swanson, 4, Bran- don, 2. Timekeepers, Smith and Bob Given. Scorers, Bob Feir, Ross Dun- phy and Ray Hannah. Referee, Stanton. CHILDREN START FIRE| Fire destroyed a small house con Twelfth street and Dalton avenue, this noon. owned by Mr. Coultis. The fire started, it is reported, by children playing with matches. There were| three small children and the mother in the house at the time, the mother being in the room adjoining the one the children were in. The first she knew about the fire was when her little daughter came running to her and called to her to save the baby. Mrs. Coultis’ hands were badly cut, as she broke a window in an effort the only things saved were a stove, a couple of rockers and a trunk. The house is badly gutted and will have to be rebuilt. There was no in- surance. Several machines have been in- vented in England for exercising the fingers of persons other than pianists to make them supple. American girls spend $134,000,000 a year for candy. England and Wales have 117,5071 women clerks. - ONCONTROL BOARD Efficiency Committee Secretary Sees Where Chief Opposition to Reor- organization Plan Will Be Met. OTHERS DO NOT MEAN MUCH Says Report Does Not Fail to Care for Humanities and Will in No Way Impair Good Business Conduct. (By J. S. Pardee) St. Paul, Dec. 23.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—Opposition to the effi- ciehcy commission’s plan will appar- ently center in the board of control and its friends. There will be peo- ple-who will nibble at the plan, peo- ple who will whittle away a little here and there and people who will chafe a little at losing their fine, free independence in the govern- ment. But none of that may be call- ed serious opposition. The objections of the board of health, for example, to being made part of the civil administration is not likely to delay matters seriously. ! A Debatable Question. The board of control is industri- ous, efficient ‘and conscientious and cannot see why its status should be; | changed. The efficiency commis- <ior’s plan contemplates making the conduct. of the institutions a part {of thre civil administration and adapt- {ing it to a business form of organi- zatign. . This is, of course, a deba- table question which the legislature will no doubt carefully consider. In the meantime, the argument that the board of control has been goed, hard working and economical has nothing to do with the proposed change. Under a business form of organization, in place of this trium- virate, there will be just as much hard work, just as much economy, equal industry and equally good judg-l ment. If-fthe care of the institutions is to be part of the civil administration, brought' into a business form of or- ganization, fhe recomimendations of the efficiency commission can hardly be avoided. A Humanitarian Also. ° But the board of control is not FIRE DESTEOYS HOME; IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE Fire yesterday afternoon complete- ly destroyed the home of the Charles Coppers family, six miles southwest of Turtle River, nothing being saved ‘but the clothing which was worn by Mr. and Mrs. Cop- pers and four small chil- dren. An over-heated stove is be- lieved to have been the cause of the fire, three of the children, the small- est two years old, being home alonc when it began. The little tots, rang- ing in age from 2 to 8, ran to the home of G. I. Goodmanson, notifying them of the fire, but before anything could be done the entire house was covered with flames, which burned to the ground. The family is left without funds, clothing or furniture, everything they owned being swept away by the fire. Any assistance which can be given by Bemidji per- sons will be greatly appreciated by the unfortunate family. The house will be rebuilt. Mr. Coppers has been employed as a cedar cutter. ENGLAND ASKS DAMAGES Collect $3,480 From Former Saloon Owner and Bondsmen. RESULT OF BEER GLASS ASSAULT On motion of Col. Henry Funkley, attorney for the plaintiff, Call Eng- land, an insurance man of this city, Judge Stanton has just made an or- der giving the plaintiff authority to sue the bondsmen of J. R. Pacha, who {in January, 1914, operated a saloon tat Blackduck. The motion was made in connec- tion with a damage suit which has just been brought by England against Pacha, and his bondsmen, Edward Boyle and J. N. Schjei, both of Blackduck, in which he seeks $3,480 damages for injuries sustained by an assault in the defendant’s saloon on January 21, last. In the complaint it is charged that Pacha sold Paul Konada intoxi- cating liquors while intoxicated, Ko- nada becoming a menace and in thig Lcondition: striking.-plaintiff in. . the face with a beer glass, causing se- rious and permanent physical in- jury, and maiming and disfiguring him for life. The complaint includes a charge of loss of time and medical only a business manager but also aigattention. humanitarian body. The fact is, however, any administrator of these institutions is going to be a humani- tarian. The present board of con- trol was established to introduce economies and to be as humane as it could under the circumstances. What was the result? Every mem-| ber appointed by the successive gov- ernors -has been a kindly, large ‘hearted, large minded man and no other kind of men could have been appointed. The same will be true under the business form of organi- zation. At a time when corporations are beginning to grow souls, do not wor- ry about the state going backward in consideration for the humanities. More than that, the board of public welfare will be the humanities board. It should be—there is no reason to doubt it will be—as help- ful and efficient as the board of wo- men visitors has been for the insti- tution in Sauk Centre. The efficiency commission’s plans do not fail in care for the humani- ties. They will in no way impair the good business conduct of the in- stitutions and they will make the civil administration everywhere co- herent. E. E. Schulke, Henry Krahn and R. E. Schumacher of Tenstrike were Bemidji visitors today. Noed anv netp? 7Trv a want ad {teen miles north of The case will be tried at the Feb- ruary term of court here. FARLEY HOTEL BURNS The Farley Hotel, of Farley, thir- Bemidji, was burned to the ground this morning. The large structure was the pro- perty of W. T. Blaksley, who resides there and was built ten years ago when extensive logging was being done there. The Blaksleys saved only a small portion of their clothing, all of the furniture being destroyed. INDEPENDENT IS DEAD. One of Bemidji’s Weekly Newspapers Succeeded by Tribune. Volume 3, No. 1, of the Beltrami County Tribune, appeared in Be- midji today. . This paper is the suc- cessor of the Bemidji Independent, and is published from the same of- fice, being edited and published by A 0. Hesselberg, who has been a resi- dent of the city a short time. Mr. Hesselberg in his first issue says that thé Tribune will be independent in politics and will at all times boost for the best interests of the county. He isan experienced newspaper man, having been in the business 23 years. SCOOQP iirorter REPORTER HEY SCOOP— LORD HOWEYE LUVYUH; GAVE A MILLION PAIRS OF SHOES TO TH' FOR XMAs ARMY . ‘\ Bv “HOP* @ - invi- Svin -BaLye . 'Jlr)efective Page Bemidji Insurance Man Begins Suit to} |CHURCH PROGRAMS T0 BE EXCELLENT Various Bemidji Houses of Worship Prepare Splendid Christmas Enter. tainments—All to Have Trees. CHILDREN TO TAKE PART Baptist Church Starts Tonight, Pres- byterian Tomorrow and Episcopa-~ lians and Methodists Friday. Bemidji houses of worship, as in; the past, have prepared splendid Christmas programs, the first to be given this evening and the last next Monday. The children are to play a prominent part in each of the en-. tertainments, and there will be pop corn balls, oranges, stockings full of candy, recitations, cantatas, appro- priate Christmas plays and other ex- cellent features, including old Santa himself. The Baptist church will stage its program this evening, the Presby- terian, Christmas evening, the Epis- copal, Christmas afternoon and the Methodist, Christmas night. The programs in séveral of the churches follow: To Give Cantata. Santa. Claus’ Mistake, or the Bun- dle of Sticks, will be presented at the Methodist church by the Sun- day school children Friday night. Masdames J. W. Naugle, E. H. Denu and Charles W. Gilman have been drilling the children for the past several weeks, and the cantata prom- ises to be one of the hest ever given in the city. The characters are as follows: Aunt Rachel ........ Alice Minnick Mable. ... e Alice Witting Molly: ....oooonnn. Florence Bagley . - Santa Claus These Are Fairies. Fairies—Flora Sheppard, Vera Cutter, Jordice Wallace, Edith Hor- locker, Ruth ' Guenther, Dorothy Seidle, Bertha Phibbs, Virginia Wit- ting, Floy. Palmer, Alvera Larson, Luella “Backus; Bessie Malone, Irene |'Powell, Bdna Holden and Verona Achenbach. a Icicle Boys — Harvey Williams, Jack McGregor, Dan McGregor, Gor- don Smith, John Smith, Merton Den- ley, Donald Stevens, Foster Vincent, Luverne Holden and George Dyer. Dolly Girls—Ruth Hayner, Mary Maude McConnell, Eltha Whitney, Fern Guenther, Beulah Gilman, Mar- garet McGregor, Vera Holden, Doro- thy Rhea, Sadie Williams, Vera Op- sahl, Evaline Getchell and Fern Scar- rot. Boys and Girls—Roy Webster, Willard McGregor, Edward Shep- pard, Milton Schaddeg, Lorraine Kreatz, ‘Elsie Shannon, June Wil- liams, Margaret Symons, Edith An- derson and Martin Hammond. Synopsis. The scene takes place in Mable's home, where she and her mother are ready to welcome a crowd of sisters, cousins, aunts and other relatives and friends. The Christmas tree has been decorated with candles, festoons and pretty toys and every- thing is ready for Santa Claus. Ma- ble, in going to.the window discov- ers a poor child, with a basket on her arm and takes her into the house, inviting her to remain for the fes- tivities. Three Cheers for Santa. Molly, the little match seller, has never had a visit from Santa Claus, and listens earnestly to Mable while she explains that he is the ‘“‘kindest man in the world.” Mable falls asleep while she and Molly are wait- ing for Santa Claus to appear. He comes in singing* Merry Christmas, the Blue Aarch.” Molly makes friends with him and he explains that he is very, very sad on account of having to bring Mable, whom he loves, a bundle of sticks, as she has been Inaughty. Molly intercedes for her ]and asks him to give.Mable the pres- ents she expects and she, Molly, will take the bundle of sticks. Mable ing, ‘“Three Cheers for Our Santa Claus.” Santa tries to escape but the chil- dren. surround him and keep -him from getting away. Santa asks if Mable has been naughty and the children answer by singing, ‘“Mable, Why She’s the Best of All” Santa _ iClaus discovers that this is not the - “naughty Mable” and that he has made a mistake, and makes all the i (Continued on last page.) * awakens, the chorus comez in sing-'