Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 10, 1915, Page 1

“war. VOLUME 13, NO. 87. SAYS SECRETARY Business Men i~ Parts of United States Talking % Times, .. He A!serts—Mone) fi/ . ‘70/ CROPS GOOD, INDUSTRIES n = Reiterates Prediction That There Will " Be No Idle Men in Six Months— Examiners Report Boom. (United Press) ‘Washington, April 10.—Good times are not coming—they’re here—in Secretary of the Interior Lane’s opin- ion. Three weeks on the roads and three days back in Washington con- vinced him, he said, that prosperity is with us. He believed there is more yet to come. “People are not talking of hard times out in the west,” he announced today. “They are not talking of it here. Hall a dozen men in my of- fice today, from various sections of the coun: declare good times are with us. No Idle Men in Six Months. “My prediction at San Francisco that in six months there will not be an idle man in this country among those who want to work still stands. Bverything points toward proving me a good prophet. Money is plentiful and cheap—call loans at 2 per cent in New York, exports booming, erops good, many lines of industry active above normal.” Asked if he based his opinion in part of the administration’s plans for connecting the manless job and the jobless man, Secretary Lane said that while this effort of the labor de- partment is expected to help, his con- fidence is due to what he considers a general trend toward better con- ditions. War Helps Both Ways. “Many industries, of course, are benefited by the European war,” he continued. “Many more will be benefited by its end, when the end comes. Even the steel mills, working overtime on war orders, will find an increased.domestic demand—an ac- cumulated demand—because of or- ders unfilled now. “The rebuilding process in Europe is going to call on American indus- tries more extensively than has the i “One product that will feel the call is lumber. Aside from the part Europe has played in depressing busi- ness generally, while helping some lines, there cannot be any doubt that good times are here and that better times are coming.” He would not talk politics, said the secretary. “Nobody knows what the issue in the next campaign will be,” he said, “but the condition I've described wipes out the full dinner pail issue, if there was any danger that it would be raised.” PROSPERITY IS KEYNOTE OF BANK EXAMINER’S REPORTS Washington, April 9.—Treasury officials were predicting today con- tinued improvement in business con- ditions throughout the country. Their optimism was based on reports from eighty national bank examiners which the department has made pub- lic in a statement declaring the re- cent past has been marked by a steady return to conditions existing before the European war upset Amer- ican commercial relations both do- mestic and foreign. Revival of business activity in vir- tually every line was found. There was pronounced hopefulness, the re- PROSPERITY HAS ARRIVED, NOT COMING, OF INTERIOR LANE 6’3’32,,?;’.’.‘:,,,"};', m&” Mo, Scoster Wll B St Hes for port said, in agricultural, commercial and manufacturing circles. NEAR RIOT IN NEW YORK STOCK MARKET TODAY (United Press) New York, April 10.—Unpreceden- ted scenes marked a two hours’ ses- sion of the stock market this after- noon. Amid a deafening din brok- ers were fighting to execute their or- ders. The scene has not been paral- leled for years. The public caused the soaring prices and the profession- al bulls and bears lost their power to sway the market through heavy out- side buying. The market closed ir- regularly. All records for Saturday sales were smashed. ’ ~ GERMANS WOULD HAVE U. S. INVESTIGATE TREATMENT (United Press) B hool WILL GIVE AUTO AWAY |march o the stomoriat day parade this year and on each will be pinned a handsome badge commemorating |Scott Stewart to Reward Bemidji Boy [that sacred patriotic holiday, the badges to be furnished by the Bemidji Grand Army of the Republic and the Ladies of the G. A. R. To raise the i funds needed to buy the badges an & oyster supper will be given at the JONTEST' BiGAN YESTERDAY 0dd Fellows’ hall this evening, be- ginning at 5:30 and lasting until 8. A real “automobile” for Bemidji|The tickets will sell at 256 cents and boys-is the capital prize offered by |those in charge guarantee a fine sup- Scott Stewart in a Sunshine Biscuit | Per and enjoyable time. contest, which began Friday morning. The automobile will be given to the boy who sells the most Sunshine WILL OBSERVE ARBOR DAY package goods from now until May 10. Here is Mr. Stewart’s plan: To enter this contest a boy must|Bemidji Merchant Comments on Ap- bring with him enough money to make a small purchase, say from 10 proach of Ar_bor Day and sw't' Purpose be Considered. Who Can Sell the Most Sunshine Variety Package Goods. cents to 50 cents. He buys what ever packages he wishes and then sells'them to anyone. For each five cent sale made the boy is given one ALL SHOULD =PLANT TREES vote. The boy who secures the most i votes by Monday evening May 10 receives the automobile; the second highest will obtain the mask and mitt and the third highest gets the ball and bat. Boys who are interested in secur- ing one of ihese prizes should report at the Stewart Grocery store for business. The sooner, the better his chances are for winning a prize. The prizes are all on display in the store With the approach of Arbor:day, which comes April 23 by proclama- tion .of the governor, warning is given that the tree planting season has arrived. That the day will be observed in Bemidji, in connection with the campaign to clean up and beautify the eity, is certain. “If the nation and state has thought it worth while to set aside _ a day for this purpose ,surely it de- window. serves some consideration,” said a well known merchant of Bemidji this morning. “The planting of trees by FRENC“ BOAT TORPEDOED; schf)ol childr:en will do much tf’ tul.'n NO ASSISTANCE OFFERED [areer ste " 7 Proneins 2 “Every citizen should be interested and the burden of providing trees (United Press) should not be thrown wholly upon London,” April 10.—The French |the teacher. These trees are just as bark, Chateau Briand, bound from |much a part of the school’s equipment London to New York, was torpedoed |as the ink or the stove wood and and sunk off the Isle of Wight Thurs- [should be as regularly provided. day noon. Its crew of twenty-four| “Bemidji school yards still have men landed after having been on the [room for more trees and there is water for more than twenty-four |many a school in Minnesota today hours in the severest kind of |without a tree in the yard. And it weather. The bark was drifting [should be remembered that Arbor day along in a perfect calm when the|is for the planting of submarine approached and gave the |gooseberries, crew ten minutes in which to get off | bushes.” the vessel. The submarine then shot Nor should the celebration of the a torpedo and left without offering |day be confined to the public schools. any assistance. There is many a man who could. well N afford to celebrate it om.-his--own: XK & X % %K%K K¥%%KKX ¥+ |[home grounds and many a town * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES *|Wwhich would be greatly improved if K K K KK K K&K KKK KK ¥ K|its citizens celebrated the day in it§ Presbyterian. strests; The bible class and Sunday school will meet tomorrow at 10. Morning worship and sermon at 11. Rev. J. C. Strand, pastor-evangelist o the | Leon Jewett Promoted—Ray Spencer Presbytery of Adams, will preach tie To Have Charge of Wagon. sermon. There will be no services in the evening, but we will join with | Leon Jewett, who for some time thie Methodist church in a union ser- | 1as been driving the Great Northern vice. S. E. P. White, pastor. and Northern Pacific express wagon, has been promoted and in the future he will hold a position in’ the local office. He will succeed G. S. Hulett, who has accepted a messenger run on the Great Northern between Be- midji and Sauk Center, taking the place left vacant by A. J. Loyear who has gone to the Duluth division. Ray Spencer, a local boy, will have charge of the express wagon in the future, assuming his new duties Mon- day morning. trees, mot currants or rose CHANGE AT EXPRESS OFFICE Episcopal. Sunday school at 10; Easter com- munion and sermon, 11; processional, “The Resurrection,” (Kyrie Eleison in E-flat) Reade; Gloria Tibi in E- flat, Sursum Corda in E-flat, Sanctus, Reade; solo, “Agnus Dei,” Miss Doro- thy Torrance, and choir; Gloria in Excelsis in E-flat; offertory; “Christ is Risen; recessional, ‘“Allelula.” Archdeacon Parshall, rector. LEGISLATURE QUITS; Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Men! EVERYBODY HAPPY Remember the Men’s bible class.| Denver, Colo, April 10.—The Colo- Morning worship and sermon at 11 |rado legislature will adjourn at mid- o'clock. B. Y. P. U. service at 6:30, | night tonight. When this date was The churches unite with the Metho-|decided on by joint resolution, one dist church in the evening evangel- | Denver afternoon paper cartooned istic service. We extend a cordial |the Public dancing for joy and shout- welcome to all the services in our|ing: “Three Rousing Cheers.” All church. L D. Alvord, pastor. this was under the heading, ‘“Oh i Glory, Legislature ends April 10 and Methodist. Let Us All Arise and Rejoice.” An- Morning worship at. 10:45. Rev, |Other afternoon paper's head was: F. E. Reynolds, the “Busi;les; Man'; ‘““Cheer, Brother, Cheer.” The cause evangelist, will preach, There will |f this hilarity was the legislature's be special music. Sunday school at |?l1¢8ed “do-nothing” record. Up to 12. Men’s mass meeting at 3: ad- the eleventh hour of this session it Ao by ‘Rév, Reynolds Sub];ct— had passed .only one important bill, = ¢ i, the measure carrying out the peo- & 2" Thi 2 Nuprofitable dnvestmen 7€ | ple’s referendum mandate that Colo- will be plenty of music. All the men are invited. Epworth league at 6:30. ! TAlostslniagloonioes atter Jannary Evening service, 7:30. Rev. Reynolds will preach. George Chapman, sing- ing evangelist, will havé charge of the music. This is a union service of all the churches. There will be Baptist. Miss Bartlett, a teacher in the (Continued on last page). guest ‘or a few days. D THE CUB SCOOP rerorter 2 Berlin, April 10.—The German government has asked the United States to investigate the treatment given the crews of German subma- rines held in England, and to ascer- tain whether they are being treated dishonorably or as prisoners of war. ‘The government is dissatisfied with Sir Edward Grey’s recent statement of the treatment of captured subma- rine crews. Frozen beets have been found to contain a poison deadly to live stock, even when thawed and cooked. Month’s Stay—Will Work' in - Public Sehools. SECURED THROUGE STUDY CLUB Bemidji’s public schools- ‘are to have the gervices of a visiting nurse for at ieast ome month, beginning; next Wednesday. Mra. Schroeder, an'} experienced and highly recommended. school nurse, ‘has been secured and she is expected to arrive Tuesday eve~ ning. 1 The bringing of & sechool nqm to Bemidji was made possible by the enterprlne of the Woman’s Study. club which . by selling Red Cross Christ- mas seals to the amount of $115 se- cured themrflces of a visiting nurse for one’month, free of charge. Sev- eral other cities accepted the propo- sition of the Minnesota Health asso- ciation and while each sold more than $100 worth of stamps only Brainerd, besides Bemidji, 18 to have a nurse, the others accepting half of the amount raised to be used in trentlng tuberculosis patients. Mrs, Harvey Wilcox and Mrs. W. Z. Robinson, who had charge of the stamp sales; have turn- ed the matter over to Dr. E. H. Mar- cum and Br. G. M. Palmer of the school board and these gentlemen will direct theiwork of the. nurse while she is in the city. The pupils of the schools will be examined and given instruction in proper sanitatior. Lectures will al- so be given on the same subject. It is possible that the nurse will be kept here until the close of the school vear, the Study club and other local organizations assisting in financing the additional stay. EXHAUSTION CAUSES HALT IN CARPATHIANS BATTLE (United Press) Petrograd, April 10.—The Russian war department announced this af- ternoon that through sheer exhaus- tion the opposing armies in the Car- pathians have halted operations after a fortnight’s most desperate mountain fighting in .the world’s history. All fighting:is lulled except in the San valley where the Russian left wing ‘has plashed “with the Austro- Germans fifteen miles from the rail- way leading through Uszok Pass. War officials here predict that within ten days the Slavs will hold every gateway through the Carpa- thian mountains leading into Hun- gary for 80 miles. The Germans are active again ~through the Pilica- Rawka region in Poland. SEVERE FIGHTING AT - ST. MIHIEL CONTINUES (United Press) Berlin, April 10.—The German war department givés out information to the effect that the great battle be- tween the Meuse and Moselle rivers is being waged with undiminished violence. The French are attacking viciously at St. Mihiel to retain their battle line but have met with severe defeats. Near Ponte Mousson, where the enemy has suffered tremendous losses, their attacks are diminishing. EXAMINATIONS HELD TODAY. Several Candidates Would Have Post- office at Tenstrike. ‘With Samuel Cutter in charge, ex- aminations were conducted here today for those who are candidates for post- master at Tenstrike. All of the can- didates come from the territory serv- ed through the Tenstrike office. Mr. Cutter, who is in charge of the postal savings department of the Bemidji postoffice, has charge of nearlyy all civil service examinations conducted here. = After the Easter vacation of a resume work Monday morning. Many of the teachers who visited at their +Puposky schools, was in Bemidji to- respective homes have returned ' to tday to meet Miss Mae McCarthy of Bemidji, as have students who spent The purpose of the Union is to organ- lived in Bemidji, but now owns a MecIntosh, Minnesota, who will be her ,the vacation as the guests of relatives "and friends in other cities. week the Bemidji public schools will | The New Police Reporter's First Deduction PLANTED-NOURE. BUILDING- WHEN \T BLOWS UP—\F A BLACK HAND 308 15 O -0V HANG;S_ THE\R HAUN 'Dossession of St. Mihiel. Offense of Allies Troops Between Meuse and Moselle Rivers Has Wide Significance. _ MEANS MORE THAN ST. MIHIEL i Attempts are Successful Belgium Cleared of Kaiser's Soldiers. By J. W. T. MASON. New York, April'10.—The new of- fensive which ‘the French Eastern army is - developing between the Meuse and Moselle rivers has a significance far more important than the immediate objective ‘of regaining The opera- tions:are, in fact, the third effort of the year to force the Germans out of their trenches. If success ensues, the Allies will be encouraged to be- lieve France and Belgium can wholly be cleared of the enemy. If failure re- sults, the task of winning the Ger- man trenches must become remote and beyond the present ability of the Allied Armies. Both Attempts Failed. The two preceding attempts to dis- lodge the Germans were made by the French in Champagne, and by the English at Neuve Chapelle. Both failed, except in minor degree. In each case’the Germans were driven back a few hundred yards, but this effort- was so exhausting that the Allies were unable to follow up their offensives. They were compelled to rest, content with purely local gains, when their real object was to obtain success of dominant magnitude. Now comes the third frontal attack on the German trenches. If it, too, fails to do more than secure slight advantages at isolated points along the battle iront, the impression must be streng- thened that the land campaign in the west has reached a deadlock. Mistakes Were Made. Mistakes were made in the Cham- pagne and Neuve Chapelle engage- ments. It is understood vaguely that they concerned chiefly the hanqflng of ‘the Allfes"artillery, but the detalls have not become known. It is cer- tain- that ammunition shortage pre- vailed, reducing, after the first ef- forts, the intensity of the fire directed against the German trenches. There is no reason to believe the ammuni- tion supply has been sufficiently in- creased, since then, to give any con- siderable advantage to the French in their recent St. Mihiel operations. But tactical mistakes committed in the two previous assaults have undoubt-. edly been corrected and for that rea- | son the new offensive has a better chance of succeeding than had its two predecessors. Is Main Object. The St. Mihiel fighting, in fact, may be said, without too much li- cense, to be the main objective of which the Champagne and Neuve Chapelle engagements were prelimin- ary experiments. More important re- sults will follow a successful offen- sive between the Meuse and Moselle than anywhere else along the battle- front. If the Germans are driven back, their flank and rear will begin to be in danger and they must rush on the entrenched camp at Metz. Here the French will be encour- aged by the possibility of recaptur- ing the fortress, whose downfall in the Franco-Prussian war was so dis- astrous to France’s cause. At the same time, the German line of com- munications, through the Luxemberg district will be threatened and hope will be revived that the Allies may reach the Rhine through Lorraine. But, if the Germans hold fast to St. Mihiel, and bend their line only slightly elsewhere, little hope re- mains that the Allies can succeed in breaking the existing deadlock. In Charge of District. Edward Page, who represents the American. Sunday School Union in this district, has arrived in Bemidii and will make his headquarters here. ize and maintain Sunday schools in the rural districts. FROM ,Tmcnss and France Can Be Entirely | Singing Evangelist Who Will Direct Music During Methedist Church Revival Campaign. MRS. . E. P. WHITF DEAV Wife of Bemidji Minister Succumbs to Tuberculosis After Illness of Many Years. MADE BRAVE FIGHT FOR LIFE Mrs. S. E. P. White, wife of the CAMPAIGN OF 1916 “United B.epnblim Party Will Glrry Next Election,” Says Northern Minnesota Congréssman. CALLS REACTION INEVITABLE Likely Candidates— Democrats to Lose House. . That the republican party will elect the next president of the United States, whether the nominee {s Mann of Illinois, Willis of Ohio, or Whit- man of New York, is the prediction which has just been made by" Con- gressman Halver Steenerson. “The reunited and rejuvenated re- publican party: is going to carry the next election,” said Congressman Steenerson, “and it does not matter ;S0 much who is the standard bearer. Calls Reaction Inevitable. “The inevitable reaction from a democratic administration will ¢ome. The hull moose party is a thing of the past and the votes that were cast for Theodore Roosevelt in the last elec- tion will. go next time to the repub- lican candidate for president. Presbyterian minister, died at her home on Fifth street at 4:30 o’clock ! this morning, death having been caused by tuberculosis, a disease from which she had suffered for more than ten years. Mrs. White made a; gallant fight to regain her goodl health and not until recently did she give up hope. For several years Mrs. White’s con- i dition has been critical, but her won- derful courage and determination withstood the dreaded disease; al- though_her strength gradually grewé weaker and weaker. .She had been a sufferer from what is known as pulmonary tuberculosis for fifteen vears, all possible means being ex- hausted in an effort to restore her health. . While the death of Mrs. White is not a surprise to residents of Bemidji, | it comes as_a shock to the entire, community which had learned to love, respect and admire her. Before her marriage to Reverend White on October 22, 1900, she was Miss Ella May Williamson. She was born in Nashville, Illinois, Septem- ber 27, 1873. Mrs. White was edu-, cated in the schools of Ashland, Ohio, where she lived with an uncle, Rever- end D. B. Duncan, D. D., for thir- teen years. For two years, in 1896 and 1897 she was state secretary of the: Woman’s Relief Corps of Ohio. She is survived by her husband, two children, Eva, age 12, and John, age 7, her mother who resides at Pinckneyville, Illinois, three sisters, Mrs. John Hubler, of Pinckneyville, Mrs. J. B. Logan of Pinckneyville and Mrs. August Dodillet, of Centralia, Illinois, and two brothers, William J. Williamson of Oakdale, Illinois, and David Williamson of Pinckneyville. The funeral-will be held Monday | afternoon at 2 o’clock from the! Presbyterian church. AUSTRIA PROPOSES PEACE T0 RUSSIA; MAKES OFFER (United Press) Rome, April 10.—According to dis- patches received here-from Petro- grad Austria has proposed a separate peace with Russia and has offered to cede Herzogovina, Bosnia and Galicia to the Slavs but insists on re- taining Trentina, Istria and Transyl- vania. Oranges From California. Mr. and Mrs. James Winebrenner of Dewey avenue have received a box of oranges from their nephew, Ted ‘Winebrenner, of San Fernando, Cali- fornia, whichi was bought during or- ange day in that state. The oranges are exceptionally large, sweet and juicy. Ted Winebrenner formerly 'lemon orchard in California, where he has been for the past six years. By "HOP* public schools. “Any one of the men I have named iis competent to carry the party to jsuccess, although to my notion the individual popularity of the candidate ‘will not cut a great deal of figure. 'One democratic administration s 'enough for a time. Says @. 0. P. Will Carry House. “The men I have mentioned all have qualifications which should make them most acceptable to the voters. « Representative Mann, the republican floor leader in the house, is a strong man. So is Governor Frank B. Willis of Ohio. He is a for- mer member of the house. The New York candidate, Governor Whitman, is good. Senator Cummins has a | great many admirers in my own state, Minnesota. “The next national election will be a republican year. We are not only going to elect a republican president, but_we will elect a Tepublican house of representatives.” SCHOOL AID BILL PASSES Measure Provides New Basis for Ap- portioning of School Funds—Is According to Teachers. FATHERED BY BAGLEY MAN One of the most important of the measures passed by the house Thurs- day is that providing state aid for Representative Oscar Stenvick, who led the fight for the bill, met all opposition and the meas- ure finally passed by a big majority. Under the provisions of the bill, rural schools in session at least eight months shall receive $150 state aid a year for each teacher holding a first class certificate; rural schools in session seven months, $100 for each teacher holding second class certificates; consolidated schools holding nine months’ session, $600 and $100 additional for each teacher more than four, and $250 for each high school teacher, the total to ‘be limited to $300. High school would receive $1,800; high schools and others maintaining courses in agriculture and home training would receive $1,000 for ag- riculture and $600 for each other course. High schools training rural teachers, $1,200; consolidated schools Class A, $600; Class B, $250 in addi- tion to an amount up to $2,000 for transporting pupils and up to $2,- 000 for buildings. FIRST SHOOT TOMORROW Many Planning to Visit Traps—Much Interest Shown. Del Burgess, who at the annual meeting of the Bemidji Rod & Gun club was elected field captain, an- nounced this afternoon that the traps are in good working condition for the first shoot of the seasom, which is to be held tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock. The apparatus was made ready this morning. It is expected that a large number of shooters will visit the traps tomorrow, even more interest than last year having been aroused -among the sportsmen of the city. During the season shoots will be held every Wednesday afternoon and Sunday forenoon. Buys New Studebaker. Jas. Wamsley has purchased a four cylinder Studebaker automobile from the Garvin & Blanchard Auto com- pany of this city. The car is a five passenger of the latest type, bsh: a 1915 model. Names Mann, Willis and Whitman ss.