Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 16, 1915, Page 1

Board of Control Follows Merit Sys- tem in @iving Employment to 2,- 000 Persons in State Institutions RETAIN THOSE WHO MAKE GOOD Purpose Has'Been to Eliminate Poli- | tics to as Great a Degree as Possi- ble—Some Have Served Years. In no department of the state gov- ernment has the principle of civil service been more scrupulously ob-| served than by the state board of con- trol. Of the 2,000 or more persons employed in the sixteen state institu- tions over which the board has su- pervision, hundreds have been years in the service, and there is a large number who date their connection from the establishment of the insti- tution in which they are mployed. This same condition also obtains’ in the board’s offices located in the| state capitol, where a large majority of the employes who came into offi- cial life with the creation of the de- partment fifteen years ago, are still on the payrolls. Many of these have been promoted to positions of greater trust and remuneration. | Eliminate Politics. Unhampered by any inelastic civil service requirements, the board of control early in its official life de- cided on the elimination of politics us far as positions at its disposal were concerned. It was made plain to all employes that their tenure of office depended solely upon their official conduct and that merit would be re- warded. All the board asked for was results. This policy in a day when the popular slogan was, “to the vic- tors belong the spoils,” was one not easily maintained, but that the board has lived up to it faithfully with great benefit to the state as a result, is shown perhaps in one uf the most efficient and capable group of institution staffs in the United States. The state board of control was a creation of the legislature of 1901, and early in that year assumed charge of the various state institutions. Its first important task was to assemble an office force, and this force has been practically kept intact. Have Been Promoted. Of thirty-seven different employes, since the force was organized, ihree have been promoted to higher posi- tions, ten resigned to enter other lines of endeavor, two were dis- charged for cause, and twenty-two are still in the employ of the board. As to the present office force, two employes have served more than thir- teen years, five more than twelve years, nine more than eleven years, ten more than ten years, eleven more than seven years, thirteen more than six years, fourteen more than five years, fifteen more than four years, eighteen more than three years, and on'y four less than three years. The present secretary of the board entered its employ as a bookkeeper and was successively promoted to the positions of assistant accountant, chief accountant, purchasing agent and secretary. The present assistant purchasing agent first served as a stenographer. Same Men in Charge. The chief accountant first entered the employ of the board thirteen years ago as a messenger. Two additional former office mes- sengers are now employed in the ac- counting department. At the Anoka and Hastings asy- ‘lums for the insane and at the Fer- gus Falls and Rochester hospitals, the same superintendents that were in charge when the board was crea- ted nearly fourteen years ago, are still employed. The same is the case with the superintendent of the school for feeble-minded at Faribault. The superintendent of the St. Peter hospital, who was in charge when the board assumed control, re- signed to assume the superintendency of the hospital for inebriates at Will- mar. He was succeeded at St. Peter by the assistant superintendent at Ro- chester. Two Changes at Walker. The superintendent of the state reformatory at St. Cloud continued in charge until 1913, when he re- signed ‘to accept an institution posi- tion in the east. His successor was, in July, 1914, advanced to the re- sponsible position of warden of thé|: Stillwater prison, and another well known prison expert succeeded him at St. Cloud. X At the Stillwater prison the ward- en at the time the board took charge remained in office until last October ‘when he voluntarily retired. He was succeeded as above stated, by the su-, perintendent of the St. Cloud reform- atory. There have been only two changes at the Walker sanatorium for con- sumptives since its establishment. The first superintendent resigned in 1911 and was succeeded by the as- a year later. - The new ]uperlntend- ent was appointed; in D‘gny, 19 2. *At.the home school for girs at SE RVICE 0BSE RV "',, 1k Center there,has been no,change L N management since the instita- *"A;ed a + / superintendent of the jhospit, dr inehriates, who was for- merly sunerlntendent of‘the St. Peter hospital, died in June, 1913, and was {succeeded by. the, assistant superin:, tendent of the imstitution, who had been'on the staff’ at'St. Peter. As shown, the chief feature of the board’s policy in the manning of the various institutions has been to re- tain men tried in the service, and to |advance them whenever possible. This policy is not confined to .the heads of the institutions or the main -|office forces alone, but extends clear idown the line. In a number of the |institutions are men and women who |began official life twenty and thirty jyears ago and are still listed among the departmnt’s employes.” Many of these began in minor relations and are now ‘enjoying positions of trust. DULUTH WANTS MEETING Zenith City Would Entertain North- ern Minnesota Editors at Next Summer’s Outing Session. INTEREST IN THIEF RIVER MEET Duluth wants the summer outing of the Northern Minnesota Editorial association, and at the business meet- ing of the association which will be held at Thief River Falls next Fri- day and Saturday, a formal invita- tion will be extended to the editors and their ladies to go to Duluth next July and enjoy the beauties that abound at the head of the big lakes. Charles D. McCarthy, assistant secretary of the Duluth Commercial club, and recently elected secretary of the Northern Minnesota Develop- ment association, writes A. G. Rut- ledge, secretary of the editorial asso- ciation, saying he will be at Thief River Falls, and will extend the in- vitation on behalf of the “Zenith City.” The outing of the associa- tion held last summer was partici- pated in by 120 editors, publishers and others, and included trips on Rainy river, Lake of the Woods and visits to International Falls, Spooner, Baudette and Kenora, Canada. The success of that outing has incited Du- luthians with a desire to have the editors as their guests next summer. At the Thief River Falls meeting, Asa Wallace, owner of the Sauk Cen- tre Herald, will urge the members of the association to hold their 1915 business meeting at Sauk Centre, ac- cording to an announcement made by Mr. Wallace. Much interest is being taken in the business meeting at Thief River Falls. The program is an exception- ally strong one, and included among those who will read papers are a number of men who have made sig- nal success of the printing and pub- lishing business, notably J. C. Mor- rison, of the Morris Tribune, editor of the newspaper department of the Inland Printer; E. F. Whiting, gen- eral manager of the Owatonna Jour- nal; Norman D. Black, general man- ager of the Grand Forks, N. D., Times-Herald; Fred C. Schilpin, gen- eral manager of the St. Cloud Daily Times, and others. , Thief River Falls will give a smoker and banquet in honor of the visiting editors, and it is expected that the meeting will be one of the very best in the hisory of the asso- ciation. The Minnesota Public Health asso- ciation concludes, in reviewing the recent Red Cross Seal campaign, that the greatest factor of its unprecedent- ed success this year was the invalu- abl help of the newspapers. This editorial support, the association says, was the largest single contribu- tion made by any one class of citi- zens to the educational publicity so necessary in public health matters; and as an acknowledgement of the aid thus given, the Honorary Sus- taining Membership of the Associa- tion will be offered to all the three hundred editors who have co-operat- ed in the work of . the association during the year just closed, on -the same_basis as it is extended to the ‘campaign managers whose immense wcrmsm: QUAKE TNEANS nm scnen*uw Wfl_ T FACE STARVATION Thousands’ ui Ttalian Pumm Left | Without Clothing 'and = Fuel, Forced to Cniip in Snow. MANY. KILLED' m cmmcln:s' Total Dead Enunnted at 30,000— Family of Count Sestes Found After Search in Castle’s Ruins. (United Press) Rome, Jan. 16.—Huddled ‘without food. or fuel and lacking' adequate clothing, thousands of Italian peas- ants are facing death as the conse- quence of the earthquake. “With on- ly the outer rim of the quake zone reached, the government officials have placed. their figures-at 30,000 dead, 100,000 injured and 1, 000,000 left destitute. At Caatereri 100 persons were kill- ed when the church in which they were -attending a funeral’ was de- stroyed and at another place 200 peo- ple attending early mass lost their “{lives. Count Saves Family. Count Restes, whose castle at Avez- zano was destroyed, worked for hours in an effort to rescue his family, fin- ally being successful. With his fam- ily missing the count asked for as- sistance in searching the ruins, but on account of the many needing aid the authorities refused. He then worked alone for™Mthirty-six hours, then being given help. The family was found in the dining room of the castle, none being injured. LR RS S R S S R R S S * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES * KKK KKK KKK KKK Episcopal. There will be no sermon. The Sun- day school hour has been changed and the classes will convene at 10 o’clock hereafter. Archdeacon Parshall. - Catholic. Low mass at 8 a. m. High mass at 10 a. m. Sunday school and bene- diction at 1 and 2 p. m. Vespers at 7:30 p. m. Father J. J. T. Philippe. Swedish Lutheran. Services in the morning at 10:30. Sunday school at 12. Services in the evening at 8 o’clock. The choir will sing at this service. .J. H. Randahl, pastor: Y Christian Science. Christian Science services will be held at the Brinkman theater Sun- day morning at 11 o’elock. Wednes- day evening testimonial meeting will be held at 8 o’clock at 520 Beltrami avenue, - Baptist. Services. in -the morning at the usual hour.. Subject, “The Kingdom of God, the Return, the Resurrection and the Rapture.” Evening services at 7:30 p. m. Sunday school ‘at the usual hour. Rev. I D. Alvord, pas- tor. Presbyterian. The Sunday school will meet at 10. Morning worship‘and sermon at 11.-Young people’s service at 7. Evening gospel service-at 8. Mid- week service for prayer and bible study on Thursday evening at 8. The public is cordially invited to all these services. Strangers to our city are cordially welcomed. §. E. P. White, pastor. First Scandinavian Lutheran. Norwegian services in the morning at 10:30. Rev. T. S. Kolste, a for- mer pastor of the church, will preach the sermon. - English song service in the evening at' 8 o’clock. Sunday school between the hours of 12 and 1. Confirmation class meets next Fri- day at 4 p. m. Osmund Johnson, pas- tor. First Methodist. Morning worship at 10:45. Sub- ject, “The Art of Happihess.” There will be special music at this service. Sunday school at 12. Jr league at services accomplished work. of the sales. the acmal|3:30. Epworth league at 6:30. | In order that:the Bemidji ‘high school _haaketbnll{@&m may gain an opportunity to fliht he ‘,stnte basketball champhwue- ton tournament, many of the ".best teams in- this part of the state’ will be encountered :‘Which.means an ex-' tremely difficult schedule for the: 1ocal | aggregation, E % Coach Bestul,jof the Bemidii mm. g has been informed by the direetor of athletics at Carleton that ‘this'city has been placed in a new distriét: Last year the enflre territory. cov- ered only the smaller places, includ® ing Fosston, McIntosh, Bagley, Thief: River Falls, Croulkpton and citiestothe west, while the new district-includes all of the cities hetween St. Cloud and Bemidji. Among the téams to be ‘met. will be Cass Lake, Walker, Akeley, Park Rapids, Menagha, Wadena, Staples, Little :Falls, Long Prairle, Eagle Bend, Sauk Center, Princeton and St. =— Head of Women's League Creates Sen- timent’ Which' Made Lead o Un: | co.vering of Illegal Snnn‘ng. 7 (Unltll!. Press) % Washinglon Jan: '16.—Having se- &d thié' nedéssary sanction; the de- ‘partment - of ice this afternoon started:a:probe:in whieh ‘the illegal boosting of -wheat and flour -prices is to- be-investigated, the persons re- sponsible to be severely punished. It is believed that the message sent to, President Wilson yesterday by Mrs. Julian Heath, president of the Housewiyes’ League, has created the sentiment which has brought: about the probe. The telegram was sent to the department of justice this af- ternoon by the president, an investi- Cloud. The expenses of teams -in making a trip to. this eity are large as Bemidji is in the motthern section of the district and the traveling con- nections poor. v Bemidji has a wondeflul high school team this year and everything possible will be done: to bring the title here. Ada plays here tonight and next week the team will probably journey to another city, “Big Bemidg” having, a game with Grand Forks. GERMANSFURTHER RECENT SUCCESSES Berlin, headquarters in Jan. '16.—German war official statments made here today, give account of fur- ther successes in Arras, . following general assault by the French, the German counter attack being con- ducted with great vigor, two trenches of the first ‘line being retaken. .A. lull in the operations at Soissons is in progress andithe.Germans.._have gatned” corisidera#te* ground in “the vicinity of Consemeyo. Snow is in- terfering with progress in many lo- calities. o Paris reports say -the French ar- tillery is being: pushed forward and/ is holding the Germans.along the route from Soissons to Rhéims; The | French are making slow-but steady progress toward Gla_gny‘ 2 i WESTERN GOLFERS HOLD AN IMPORTANT MEETING Chicago, Jan. 16.—Golfe; from leading clubs of the middle west ar- rived here today to participate in the annual meeting tonight of the West- ern Golf association. Election of of- ficers and assignments of tourna- ments for the coming season were to follow the annual banquet. George R. Balch, of the Cincinnati | Golf club, is the only nominee for | pres- ident and will be elected. * Other of- ficers named by the nomination com- mittee and whose election is practic- ally certain, follow: Vice-p’resme}lc, Bruce D. Smith, Onwentsia club;’ sec- retary, George F. Henneberry, Glen- view club; treasurer, C. C. Paddle- ford, Flossmoor Country club direct* ors, Horace F. Smith, Nashville Goif and < Country club; William . F. Brooks, Minikahda club; E.:S. Arm- strong, Los Angeles Country cluls; William J. Foyes, Omaha; Country club; T. E. Boyd, Glen Echo Conntfy club. i e ————————— 7:30. Prayer meeting | Thursday night ,at the usual hour. The ladies who earned or pledged $5.00 on the building fund, will meet ‘with Mrs. R. H. Muncy, Wednesday afternoon. Please bring the money to this meet- ing. Awrangements will : also be made at this meeting tor a ‘banquet to be given to the hushands; on the night of January 23. C..W.;Gilman, pastor. gation being suggested. - Will'Be Difficult. The department of justice has.ad- mitted that it will be difficult:to.ob- tain evidence of illegal methods used in’ bringing about the soaring. of prices. Secretary Houston is preparing data which will be used by congress in making the investigation. In. Chicago ‘today wheat 'is' down, to -$1.415%. SALESMEN WANT . FAT $5,000 JOB Des Moines, Ta., Jan. 16.—Traval- ing men of the middle west are here today attending the annual meeting of the Towa State Traveling Men’s as- sociation, and taking part in the elec~ tion'of new officers and directors. The principal fight centers in the contest for secretary for which there are the following candidates in the field: L. C. Deets, Harry Rex, James Bowie, Robert “Barrowman, T. B. Cockerly and W. B.'Emerson. The position pays $5,000 a year. TURKS AGAIN DEFFATED WARSAW TROOPS MOVED ‘Petrograd, Jan: 16.—In war reports filed at headquarters here today, an- other swéeping victory over the Turks by ‘the Russian Black sea fleet, in whicheight Turkish :transports con- ‘veying troops from Anatoin were de- "|stroyed, were told of. The seventh and tenth Turkish corps were defeated at Kara Urgan. The casualties of the Turks lave been‘enormous, and the enemy has taken 5,000 prisoners, | fourteen guns-and 10,000 head of cat- tle . .The Russians are now within forty. miles of Thorn and expect to form junction with -the main army, the plan being to force General Von Hindenberg to withdraw more men from Warsaw. Parts Are Given Out. Parts are now being assigned to the members of the Boys’ and Girls’ glee ‘clubs of -the high school who will .participate in the musical oper- etta to be given the first part. of April: Miss Myrtle Neumann ~will take ‘the leading lady’s role, while George Graham will assume the lead- ing male part. Miss Margaret An- derson will be the accompanist, and Miss Margaret Newton will = have Charge of the production. “~Army-Teader to Leave. Captain ' Lidick’ of the Salvation Army will give her farewell address tomorrow evening, ifi‘the. Salvation Army hall at 8:o'clock. . From here she will go to Minneapolis. - Captain Tendry: and Lieutenant -Lane of the Salvation Army Training college at Chicago, will come to!Bemidji Thurs- day and will give their welcome ad- dress:at the Salvation-Army hall that evening at 8 o élock. ‘ About 35 per_cent of the electorate™ u‘mtuukiug’utemfl will. make them Young People’s musical program -at in Sweden at present are yvprgen. SCOO [/ Now T knacke THAT LEANER THE CUB REPORTER Dafaciiua bright. 3 > wws N A MNGE%US 5560 FlG\-fl' w2y — SED -5 THNC B0 g" & 5€N WMS R\)NN\NG -|the Grand Forks Herald says: “Grand ;| Forks,;residents who that, city to hl“ke Bemidji the lead- ing summer resort of northern Mix: in, the garly spring, hy whlch beauties of, L 3 the good, fishing and natural advan- tages be made more public and given wider advertising. A large number of local peaple, go to Bemjdji. during the summer and, there is a colony' >f Grand Forks people there, number- ing about twenty families, who'an- nually, spend most of the summer at the lakes, CAYALIEkS"MUCI_l’ENJOYED Fmest Entermnmenh Ever Pre- sented in Bemidji. PROGRAM OF MUCH EXCELLENCE Giving'a program, rarely-equalled in excellence, ““The-Cavaliers,” a pro- duction of the ‘Redpath Lyceum bu- reau, and presented here under the auspices. of the ‘Woman’s Study club, entertained a large and very appre- ciative 'audience at -the Armory last] evening. Thee artists, seven, every one an ac- complished musician, whether in solo, duet, trio, sextette or chorus, eluci- dated why they have become known as-the leading attraction of the Red- path bureau, one of the: world’s most tathous lyceum institutions. Songs, readings; characters; cos- tumes, music and' ‘manners- of the Elizabethian age, a period of history that saw the dawn of ‘the Renais- sance, the-discovery of America, the invention of the printing' press, and the defeat of the Spanish Armada, were reproduced, giving an epic of the past, glowing in romance and ad- venture. Comedy was also intro- duced- in ‘portions of the program. Walter Legn; one’ of 'the _tenors, known by many in the audience, be- ing a former Virginia and Duluth resident, was one of the most bril- liant performers of the evening. Mr. Leon' scored best in'the duet, “San- tuzza ~and’ Turridu,” from - “Cava- leria.” The next entertainment of the Redpath 'series will be presented on February 2, when Thomas Brooks TFletcher, “the lecturer, will " appear here. 8 WARDENS DISMISSED :itaught by Julius Bestul; Reflpafh Co;xpany Provides . Oite” of | '|algebra, T0HOLD DECLAMATORY CONTEST Superinténdent, Dyer. Tells of Plan— - Each Class of High School to Have Two Representatives. When the Bemidji schools close next . Friday afternoon the students who -enrolled last September will have completed one-half of the year's work,. or the_ first semester. The state examinations then come. Five half-year subjects will be_ dropped, including arithmetic, taught by Miss Mable Wager;, physical gepgraphy, 5, higher al- gebra, by Miss Alice Austip;, United States history, hy Miss Mahle Wager, and American mswry in the Junior high school. Examinations Go’ming. State board examinations will be held ‘in physical geography, higher English - history, United States history, ¢ivics and solid geom- etry, and local tests in the remaining subjects.” Many of the studies men- tioned have not been scheduled the first portion of this year, but will oe ogered ' the ‘latter half. Examina- tions "will be held, however; for the benefit of the rural studepnts who have taken these subjects and wish to try for state certificates. Bot- any, soli¢d geometry, civics and Eng- {Hish grammar will be offered the stu- dents who wish ‘to try for :another half-credit during the second semes- ter and it is probable that a large number will enroll for these sub- jects. - May Stop Promotion. The examinations will commence next Wednesday and will continue throughout Friday. A local test will be given in every subject taught and the results will mean a great deal towards the promotion of stu- dents.at_the close of the term. Much interest has been . aroused among high school students as the result of an announcement mde by Supt. Dyer yesterday when' he told of a plan to hold another dec- of two years ago. FEach class will select two of its best speakers and the eight will compete for a prize of ten dollars which has been offered by A. P. White, president of the North- ern National bank. To Have Two .Speakers. From each class will be. selected one humorous and one serious speak- er and the prize will be divided into four parts. A first and second cash prize will be made to the two best speakers of each division. No spe- cial date has been sef for the contest, further than that it will be shortly before the Easter vacation. Miss Clarice Coult, of the English Game ‘and Fish Commi;sion Drops Several From Pay Roll and Others to Go March 1—No Funds. Thirty staté game wardens, or the entire remaining force, may be dis- missed March 1, it was stated at the game and fish' commission’s office to- day, because of lack of funds. Eight were released to reduce expenses at a meeting of .the board yesterday. The board will take up the question department, will have charge of all preparations and will coach the con- testants. Miss Coult has had much experience in this work and her as- sistance in the selecting of proper readings will be valuable. TURKS LEARN OF DEFEAT; FEELING IS INTENSE at its, February meeting of asking a deficiency appropriation from the leg- islature. The eight game wardens ‘'dismissed on account of shortage of funds are A.. Spletstoesser, Norwood; = J. Boyd, Willmar; ‘W. C. Keefe, Morton‘ Herman Anderson,” Buffalo; W. H. Onstine, Brainerd; Joseph Kolontor- sky, Minneapolis; .0O. S. Briggs, Beardsley, and ‘A.- A. Norman, Clo- quet. Carlos’ Avery.of Hutchinson, the new member of the state game and fish commission, has been selected as executive agent’'by Governor W. S. Hammond. , Eben W, Cobb was re- elected, superintendent of fisheries. George -J. Bradley,: Norwood, was re- @elected ‘presidetit; H. 'A. Rider, Little Falls, and D, L. Durkin, Frazee, vice JARMY-YOU ORT? LEAD | o Tflm—mams SToLD You(' (8 presidents, and.T. O. Ofsthun, Glen-' ‘wood, secretary. By HOP" L -|die1” is her constant wish. ‘ |ment. Constantinople, Jan. 16.—People of Turkey today learned for the first time of the defeats of Turkish troops and an intense feeling has been aroused against the young Turkish policy, especially Enver Pasha. The situation is regarded as serious and many arrests have been caused by the authorities because of the anti-gov- ernment plots. GIRL WHO KILLED BREWER KOEHLER LOSING HER MIND San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 16.—Al- though her ‘case is sef for trial Feb- fuary 1, it is probable that Miss Hed- da Burgemeister will not be‘able to appear in court on that date and an- swer to the charge of killing Otto Koehler, millionaire brewer, last No- vember. She had been brooding over the crime and'it is feared that she may lose her mind. ' “If T could only “Death to 'me would ‘be’ the greatest relief for this world holds' nothing more for' me,” ‘she said in a'recent state- Immediately after’the killing of ' Koehler, Miss Burgemeister at- tempted her own life by ‘cutting her wrigts ‘'with a sharp 'case-knife, but the' timely arrival of a'’doctor saved her.' Koehler’s body. ‘The tragedy occur- # % *|red in“her bedroom: It:is said that Koeliler's) invalid 'wife 18] stil unac- | quainted jwith | the,,hets of her hus- band's ‘death.« The, Brafili n. Metnmg’gt has pro- et hlhned the use of preservst ve- in al- . oofll most every king lamatory_-contest, .similar to: those - Sheé was ‘found 'kneeling over