Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 29, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, No. 7&\ No Human Will Be Able to Measu. Happiness Which Announcement of Struggle’s End Will Create. “FIGHTING IS LIVING HELL” A Relates Sensation Which Follows Kill- | ing of Enemy, First Thought of Triumph, Then Remorse. By PHIL RADER. Copyright, 1915, by United Press. London, March 1.—How it feels to kill a man is something that I can adequately describe. There are mil- \ lions of men in Europe who have been fighting during the last year, but I venture to say that not one of them could faithfully detail his emo- tions on first killing a human life. After you see your victim drop you ]‘ feel a sense of triumph. Then the ages of training in the Ten Com- PEACE V -, RRING GREAT'JOY T0 MEN \ IN WAR ,."=~.,"%S SAYS PHIL RADER +LOMATS STRIVE 10 KEEP ITALY FROM WAR (United Press) Rome, March 29.—Conservative di- plomats are bending every energy to prevent Italy from entering into the war on the side of the allies. The Sandra cabinet is moving slowly in its decision. The demonstration in front of the Austrian embassy yes- terday was a surprise, but the gov- ernment announced this afternoon that eighteen of the leaders will be punished Officers of the Italian gov- ernment refused to comment on their action of calling out Alpine troops of the first category for forty-five days. This movement, however, is consider- ed significant by the fact that Italy is preparing against a possible Aus- trian invasion. AFRICAN LINER IS ' mandments comes to the front ‘and | you feel like a murderer. Then you want to run around your mates and tell them the circumstances of the [ killing and get them to tell you that you did the right thing. i My experiences were like that. I ‘1 was standing behind by lieutenant one day. He had fastened a small - - mirror to a twig and was looking at L] the German trench, when suddenly f he said: ‘“Get your gun. A Boche “ has come out of his trench.” I ran down the trench, got my gun back to the port hole. I was so excited I | could hardly aim. Through the hole b I saw a German standing on the i edge of the trench. He had been " carrying a huge board and had rested h it against his back when he tried to light his pipe. g “Get Him,” Said Officer. “Get him! Get him!" said the lieu- i tenant. The German struck another mateh and merely looked contempt- ously at the spot where the bullet had whistled past him He was only 45 ¢ feet away from me, but through a loophole I could see a part of his i body and I wanted to hit low, if pos- | sible. 1 aimed again. He wheeled P 7 around and backed in a circle like a { drunken man trying to keep his bal- A ance. Then he threw up both hands and fell forward on his face. I turned around to look at the d . lieutenant.” He had moved away. I i was proud. Then a wave of remorse came over me. It was the ‘“thou shalt not kill”" that is buried deep in every sane man’s mind and heart. “I got a German,” I shouted to a sol- dier nearby. I told him how the man had been standing there holding a board. “Did he have a rifle?” 1 soldier. i “Why, no,” I said. 4 “And you shot an unarmed man?” ‘ | “1 had direct orders,” I answered. i | asked he Felt Like a Dog. I left like a dog It seemed to me that I must find some human being told another soldier about it. postponed until Monday. ) 8 who would say I had done right. I |\ “Served him right,”’ said the sol- by dier. “He'd have done the ; thing to you.” * These were splendid words for me. ) I had slouched along the trench ! before I met him. After that I held 5 up my head. But the two feelings, the pride and the remorse, fought in same my mind. 1} At last I told it all to an old Leg- | ion soldier. i . { In War to Kill. 4 “My boy,” he said, ‘“it’s war. | Could you have refused to shoot un- der the eye of the lieutenant? War is killing and that’s all there is to ' it. Suppose every soldier in .the French line were to obey his own instinct about killing. None of the enemy would die. The French have brought you here to kill. You are ordered to kill and you must kill, whenever you can.” Technically I had done wrong, be- cause all war is technically wrong. 1 sat behind a machine gun one day soon after that and killed eleven Germans who had built a barricade (Continued on last page.) CONGER MADE VISITOR TO STATE INSTITUTIONS Governor Hammond has appointed Charles L. Conger of McIntosh to succeed J. T. Schain of Minneapolis as a member of the board of visitors to state institutions. Mr. Conger is a brother of J. J. Conger of Bemidji and is well known as one of north- ern Minnesota’s most urgent boosters. Have Wedding Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Michael-Fuesner were pleasantly surprised by a number of friends who gathered at the home of their daughter, Mrs August Goltz, yesterday afternoon, the occasion be- ing- their thirty-fifth wedding anni- versary. The self - invited guests were Messis. and Mesdames Otto Schwandt, J. Kutz, Carl Goltz, Ed Luedke, Adolph Klein, Fred Brink- man, H. Schmidt, Will Krause, Ma- TORPEDOED BY GERMANS (Unitea Press) London, March 29.—The African liner Falba, carrying 140 passengers, was torpedoed off Milford Haven yes- terday afternoon, the admiralty an- nounced here this afternoon. This was the first big passenger liner {o fall a victim of the German subma- rine attacks. Eight passengers drowned, others being saved by the Drifter, being landed at Cardiff this afternoon. Reports from Cardiff state that the passengers and crew of the Falba reached there. The bodies of the eight victims were also landed. A report from Liverpool says that the White Star liner Adriatic arrived safely this morning from New York, nothing unusual happening. The lights were darkened in passing through British waters. the Steamer JOHNSON-WILLARD FIGHT POSTPONED FOR DAY Announcement was made yester- day that the Johnson-Willard fight which was scheduled to tike place at Havana next Sunday, has been Barry Fer- ris, staff correspondent of the Pioneer and the United Press and known through the United States as an ex- pert on prizefighting, sailed for Ha- vana today to cover the Johnson- Willard fight for the United Press. He will arrive in Havana this week. Prior to the fight, scheduled for April 5, Ferris will give United Press papers an analysis of the condition of the two men, who battle for the championship. Arrangements have been made for direct wires to the Pioneer to handle the fight. RUSSIAN SHELLS FALL WITHIN 12 MILES OF CONSTANTINOPLE (United Press) London, March 29.—Russian shells are falling within twelve miles of the Sultan’s palace in Constantinople, and Russian airmen are assisting in the bombardment. Hostile guns are also shaking the rear of Constanti- nople and part of the population fled in panic into the interior when the Slavs began the bombardment of Perea, the residential section of the Turkish capitol’ TROOPS REACH CARPATHIANS Petrograd, March 29.—Official dis- patches give out the information that the first reinforcements from the Rus- sian force that beseiged Przemysl have arrived and are being sent into action at Lupkow. Two army corps which are attempting to force a pas- cage through Lupkow and Vidrony, are pressing the retreating Austrians back upon the railway leading south through Mezoladore. Yesterday was “Decision Day” in the Sunday school of the Methodist church and 80 children enrolled. Much interest has been taken by the teachers and pupils of the Sunday chool during the past few weeks and the meeting yesterday was a most en- thusisastic one. The Sunday school westerday 220 were in attendance. SCOOP [HE,Sus REPORTER "B O'D 0D ADVERTISE. lowski, Frank Grimm, Herman Eick- stadt and Miss Krause. T|P> TONOUNG— is growing at a remarkable rate and | * GOUNCIIrHEEl‘S TOIIGEI» Clean-up Ordmame Will Be Brought Up by Committee. One of the matters which will be ular meeting this evening will be the request of the Clean-up committee that an ordinance be passed regulat- ing the disposal of garbage. A com- mittee will wait upon the aldermen and suggest that such an ordinance be passed. There is but little other business of importance to come before the council. - TANNER TO_LEAD 1916 FIVE Brilliant Forward Elected. Captain of Next High School Basketball Quint at Saturday’s Banquet. ROOTER CLUB GIRLS ENTERTAIN Lloyd Tanner, selected as one of the All-State forwards at the Carle- ton tournament and who for three years has starred as a member of the Bemidji high school basketball five, will lead the 1916 team, his selection as captain having been made at the banquet which was given in honor of the members of the quint in the Odd Fellows hall Saturday night by the Girls’ Rooters club. Captain Johnson of this year’s championship team nominated Tan- ner and his election was unanimous- ly. The new leader is a brilliant basketball performer, understands every point of the game and should make a most successful captain. Following the banquet a dance was enjoyed. Edwin Simons presided ut the dinner and as toastmaster he call- ed upon Julius Bestul, coach of the champions, Student Manager James Malone, Harold' Hayner, Alvin Olson, Fred Graham, Ray Johnson, George Graham, Herbert Warfield, Lloyd Tanner and Earle Riley for im- promptu speeches on the basketball season just ended. The invited guests were: Coach Julius Bestul, Howard Palmer, Rus- sell Brooks, Glen Conger, John Stech- man, Harold Hayner, Alvin Olson, William Ward, Maurice Witting, J. D. Winter, Edwin Simgons, Fred Gra- ham, Fred (Cutter, Ray Johnson, George Graham, Harold White, Her- bert Warfield, Earl Bailey, Lloyd | Tanner; C. Bailéy; Tesite STater, Barle’ Riley, William Walker, Dan Gainey, Elbridge Lord, James Malone and Alec Cameron. These were the hostesses: Edna Anderson, Luecile Moritz, Lucile Young, Corinne Carlson, Jane Hayn- er, Louise McCready, Lucy Brooks, Marion Segal, Claire Nangle, Mar- garet Anderson, Ella Anderson, Mar- garet McGhee, Emma Klein, Edna Buckland and Jeanette Stechman. CASE IS POSTPONED. Littlefork Saloon Matter Will Not Be Heard Until Wednesday. Postponement until Wednesday has been taken in the Littlefork sa- loon case which had been set for hearing before Judge C. W. Stanton this morning. The case was brought by several citizens of Littlefork who seek to enjoin the village council from publishing notices of liquor li- cense applications, it being pointed out that the Town of Jameson in voting “dry” legally closed the sa- loons of Littlefork, even though the village voted “wet.” The action cf the citizens is taken nothwithstand- ing the opinion of Lyndon A. Smith, attorney general, who ruled that the township election had no juriediction over the license question-in Little- fork. George French, cashier of the First State bank of Littlefork, village recorder, is now in Bemidji and will represent the village in the action. The postponement of the -case was made necessary by the illness ' of Franz Jevne, attorney for the Little- fork citizens. | Mrs. Arthur Gould and infant son of Virginia arrived in Bemidiji Sat- urday afternoon and are guests. at the home of Mrs. Gould’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Wilcox. Mr. Gould fs make this city their home, Mr. Gould here. R, FOR scoovs ARTICLES ON su$lNE$s discussed by the council at its re-) €AMPAIGN C0 Have Been Canvass for LAST SERMON THIS EVENING One of the most successful evan- listic -campaigns evqr held in Be- midji will be bmllsht’r}o & close at the Baptist church- this || evening. The meeting this evening ;flll be especial- ly for converts. In lmlins of the campaign Rev. Ira D. Alvord says: “Yesterday was a t day at the Baptist church. -M: surrendered themselves to Chrld. Last night every available snlfi ‘was occupied and the service Wad omé which will be.remembered by’ everyone present. Evangelist Chapman rmushed an il- lustrated sermon g -a chart, which traced four young men from infancy to the Judgment Bar of God. He spoke on ‘The Wfiy of Salvation Made Plain.’ Surely; no one could misunderstand or- fail to see the meaning of his message. “He swayed his #udience from seriousness to laughter and again to serious thought many times during]| the evening. He proyed himself not only a pulpit orator but a man of God and a preacher of grent spiritual power. “Nearly three score of people have decided to live for Christ and a large number of those who have been church members- and professing Christians have been’ awakened to duty and responsibility. “The meetings have been of great help spiritually to the churches of our city. The Methodist and Pres- byterian churches have united in the campaign the last two weeks which has been appreciated by the evange- list and Baptist church. About $150.00 was raised for the evangelist and expenses.” , Tomorrow night the Evangelistic party will begin a campaign of two weeks in the Presbyterian church at Nymore. FARMERS GROW SORGHUM Members of Better Farming Club In- terested in Raising &oduet—lfill to Be Purchased: by Rice. INTERESTING MEETING IS HELD Nearly every member of the Bet- ter Farming club will plant from a quarter of an acre to half an acre of sorghum this spring. This fact became known Saturday afternoon at the regular meeting of the club which was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Ritchie in the town of Bemidji. The announcement that W. H. Rice is to install a sorghum mill this year and that he will grind the product for 20 cents a gallon or for a per- centage of the syrup aroused much interest. Underground silos were discussed during the business session which followed the dinner. The tables were attractively decorated with potted plants. The Farm Home club elected the following officers: President, Mrs. John Patterson; vice-president, Mrs. August Jarchow; secretary and treas- urer, Miss Anna Larson. Superintendent W. P. Dyer and wife and daughter, Alice, and Agri~ culturist Gile of Bemidji attended the meeting. Following the business session several readings and musical numbers were given by members of the club. ~ FIFTY BILLS INTRODUCED (United Press) St. Paul, March 29.—Fifty bills were introduced in the house of rep- resentatives today. A resolution was introduced by-Representatives Scott and Bendixon, calling for the ap- pointment of a committee of five members to investigate the charges of extravagance of some of the muni- cipalities of the Iron Range and to' report at the next session of the leg- expected to reach Bemidji within: the| next two weeks and they will again having decided to re-enter business’ islature The resolution states that: the compliants are backed by owners of the iron mines. Need.any help? Try a want ad. mmMmmmmw- 70 END REVOLTOFENGLISH WORKMEN MAY PLAY PARTIN PEACE PLAN Lord Kitchener and British Govern- ment Unable to Placate f‘bmrq; ‘Who Demand Higher Wages. - —_— TAKE DRASTIC ACTION, THREAT To Grant Demands Seems Impossible in View of the Country’s Financial Stress—French Appealed To. By J. W. T. MASON. New York, March 29.— Lord Kitchener and the British govern- ment have been unable to placate England’s workingmen who are de- manding higher wages in return for the extra labor which the urgent necessity for war supplies requires. Trade union officials, too, seem un- able to accept a conciliatory effect over all the men. Threats are now being made in the name of the government that unless the workingmen change their atti- tude, drastic action will be taken. But it is difficult to see what redress lies in the hands of the government. 'The men cannot be imprisoned for that would eliminate them as labor- ‘ers, while the problem is to encourage the men to work more efficiently. It would be impossible, likewise, to se- sure the desired results by declaring a condition of martial law. Soldiers cannot enforce a speeding up of fac- tory output. The military authori- ties would be practically helpless in the United Kingdoni, where labor unions have taught their members to work slowly so as to have more work for all. What is known as ‘“ca’- canny” exists as a highly developed system under which the men linger at their jobs, while seemingly work- ing at top speed. Appears Impossible. To grant the men all their wage demands appears to be impossible un- der England’s present financial cir- cumstances. Otherwise it might be possible for the government to ad- just matters temporarily by offering bonuses to satisfy the workers’ griev- ances. But the money sirain is being felt throughout the United Kingdom, ~ |despite the celerity with which par- liament votes the ever increasing millions demanded by the govern- ment. While the workingmen feel the pinch, the rest of the community also suffers. To select one class in the nation—the working class manu- facturing war munitions for full re- lief from the financial strain under which the entire country is suffering would mean to increase taxes and loans still further. Deadlock Reached. This is objected to by the classes that would not be benefited and_this deadlock seemingly has been reached. Lloyd George and Lord Kitchener having failed to secure the desired response from all the workingmen, Sir John French has been influenced to lend his aid. Twice within the last-few days the British field mar- shal has broken his rule of secrecy and has issued newspaper statements. Both times he has declared the para- mount need of the allies is more am- munition. Consequently this confession of the immediate need of supplies would not be made unless under emergency conditions. These conditions are the refusal of the workingmen of the country to turn out war munitions unless they are paid higher wages. The revolt of British labor may play a large part in bringing about peace. GERMANS CAPTURE TAUROGGEN. (United Press) Berlin, March 29.—The Germans have stormed and captured the Rus- sian town ‘of Tauroggen, five miles ocross the border of northeastern Prussia, is contained in a dispatch from the war department this after- noon. Three hundred Russians were itaken as prisoners. The Slavs are {again threatening’an invasion of East Prussia, over a railway running from Kovno to Interburg. A German de- tachment defeated these Russians at. { Pilviseki, twenty miles from the bor- der. DD N0V ADVERTSE FOR A STENOG-2-TCANT WEEP BO0KS BUT TM SOME BEAR ON A CONTEST TOMORROW NIGHT. nghflohnol()ntonto'l‘de?utm thmnfioryConM Tomorrow evening the students of the Bemidji high school will hold their first inter-class declamatory contest in the high school assembly room. Cash prizes amounting to fifteen dollars will be awarded to the winners. Tickets have been placed on sale and the proceeds will be used to defray the debt contracted by the basketball team for playing quarters during the past season. School. chil- dren will be charged an admission of ten cents while fifteen cents will be asked from adults. MRS. DANIEL GRACIE DEAD Death Comes To Well Known Be: riidji Woman Following Illness of Many Months—Caused By Cancer TO HOLD FUNERAL TOMORROW Mrs. Daniel Gracie, wife of the Be- midji crusier, died Sunday morning at 10:30, following an illness of many months, cancer béing the cause. Mrs. Gracie’s condition has been serious since last September and the approach of death was brought near- er several months ago ‘when her leg was broken, it being found that a cancer, from which she had long been a sufferer, had -affected the bone. She was 58 years of age. Mrs. Gracie came to Bemidji thir- teen years ago and was one of the city’s ‘best known and most highly respected women. She leaves her husband and four sons, Lester of Be- midji, Arden of Virginia, Walter of Bemidji, and Ralph, who is a student at Macalester college, St. Paul, and a daughter, Mrs. Frank Pogue, of Bemidji, to mourn her death. Mrs. Firth of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, a sister of Mrs. Gracie, and her husband, arrived in Bemidji Saturday. The funeral will be held from the Presbyterian church tomorrow after- noon at 2:30 o’clock. ALL HOPE FOR SAVING CREW OF F-4 LOST (United Press) Honolulu, March 29.—Although all hope of réscuing any of the members of the crew of the United States Sub- marine F-4 was abandoned Saturday night when a chain loop attached to the disabled craft slipped and the F-4 settled back again on the bed of the ocean, work on the part of the res- cuers has not stopped and will be con- tinued until the vessel has been raised. i The ‘most optimistic of the naval officials here concedé that there is no reasonable chance of any of the submarine’s crew of 21 men being taken out alive. Immediately, however, fresh ef- forts were begun to secure another grip on-the hulk. B Owing to the great depth—50 fath- oms, 300 feet—of the submarine’s resting place and the peculiar forma- tion of the ocean’s floor at that point outside Honolulu’s harbor, the task of passing chains under the vessel is extremely difficult. Diveérs cannot work effectively at that depth and the casting about for a hold is necessarily more or less haphazard. As soon as the F-4 is elevated to & point where the divers can operate, lifting chains will be made fast to the hulk’s bow and stern and then it will be comparatively easy for the COSTOREDUCATING | SHOWN BY PUBLIC EXAMINER FRITZ Expense of “Finished Product” at University of Minnesota is Figured Out—Physicians Head List. MANAGEMENT IS PRAISED Report Submitted to Governor and Legislature Shows Nearly 9,000 Persons Shared in Advantages. That it costs nearly $6,959 to turn out a physician from the University of Minnesota, but only $349 to make a dentist is the finding of the public examiner as shown in a report desig- nating a graduate of the university as a ‘“finished product,” and dividing the total expenditures plus the over- head charges by the number of gradu- ates in 1914, A table on the cost of producing graduates in the ‘academic depart- ment of the university and seven pro- fessional colleges is embodied in the report of Andrew E. Fritz, state pub- lic examiner, - submitted today to Governor W. S. Hammond and the state legislature, which is based on an examination by his deputy, 0. H. Havill, who spent four months at the university and for several weeks had an assistant. University Finance Commended. Mr. Fritz said today that the ex- amination was the most thorough his office ever had given the university and he was pleased to state that the accounting system is well handled, the help efficient and that from a business standpoint the institution is well managed. It is expected tha.t Mr. Havill’s conclusions on the per capita cost of graduates and particularly the great variance in the different colleges will attract mueh attention. . “Finished Product” Calculated. “Considering the graduates of the university and the finished product dredger to bring the submarine to the surface. % Air bubbles Tising to the surface Sunday were taken .to indicate that at least one of the F-4’s three com- partments had burst. It is believed that the bodies of most of the crew will be found in the forward compartment, the smallest and strongest of the three. Relatives'of the crew residing here refused to abandon hope and plead with naval officers to hasen the work of raising the craft. Pneumatic rezuiation of the tem- ,perature of residences is provided by a new thermostat that switches elec- of the schools and colleges,” says Mr. Havill in the report, “the per-, percentage of pupils receiving degrees to the number registered will give a basis for arriving. at -economic op- erations. The percentage of grad- uates from one academic and seven professional colleges for the last four years was 17.3. The percentage for the year ending July 31, 1914, was 17.6. The highest percentage grad- uating for the year was from the col- lege of dentistry, 30.9, and the lowest from the school of mines, 6.9. $1,645 Per Graduate. “The average net expenditure for operation and maintenance for the year was $1,645.61. The medical school (including Elliot hospital) was the highest, showing an expend- iture of $6,959.95 per graduate; the college of dentistry the lowest, $348. 88.” g 8 Schools Compared. Following is a summary of the en- rollment and the per capita cost of graduates: College— Enrolled Expense per 1913-14 graduate Academic .....1,692 $1,275.24 Engineering ... 438 1,429.03 Law. . 176 1,314.94 Medicine . 183 6,969.95 Dentistry . . 275 349.00 Pharmacy ..... 98 982.67. Mines ......... 130 5,480.04 Chemistry ..... 82 3,800.53 Agriculture .... 557 1,480.26 Total Registration, 8,992. " The total registration at the uni- versity and its branches in 1913-14, including these in the summer schools and various extension courses was 8,992, an increase of 788 over the preceding school year. The enroll- ment in the academic, law, medicine" and chemistry colleges fell off some- what, but showed ‘an-increase in the mines, nurses’, dentistry, pharmacy and engineering and agricultural col- leges and in the schools of agricul- ture. - The enrollment in the university proper, not including the embalmers’ classes and the extension - classes, was 3,826 with 35 in the embalming class and 1,628 in the extension di- - tricity to a motor to open or close drafts in the heating apparatus By "HOP'.'“ vision; 3,160 at St. Anthony Park, including all the short @ourses, 437 at Crookston and 278 at Morris. WILL RETURN TO BEMIDJ Arthur Gould Decides to Re-enter Arthur Gould for several years in business here and who for some time has been connected. with the Fay Hotel at Virginia, has decided to re- turn to Bemidji and will establish another cigar store. He has rented the building adjoining the Hakkerup . Studio on Third street and expects . to open for business by the tenth of April. While in Bemidji Mr. Gould was one of the city’s most success- ful young: business men and his Te-. fturn will be welcoms friends here.