Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 12, 1915, Page 1

S THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 13, NO. 141. BEMIDJI, MINN'ESOTA, BATUEDAY EVEIHNG; JUNE 12, 1915. FORTY CENTS m uo!'m ANOTHER CABINET CRISIS IN ENGLAND Trouble May Lead to Retirement of Asquith and Elevation of Lloyd “eorge to the Premiership. , UNDOU:. %, WEAKNESS SHOWN l,’) Present Official ‘a to Handle Situation—Minister Tunitions Is Well Qualified for .{ace. By J. W. T. MASON. New York, June 12.—Another cab- inet crisis is threatening in England which may lead to the retirement of Mr. Asquith, and the elevation of Lloyd George to the premiership. The present ministry is showing undoubted weakness in dealing with the British labor situation and Lloyd George, who, as minister of muni- tions, is responsible for the output of war supplies, evidently intends to try to overthrow the government if that is the only way of wakening England up to a realization of the seriousness of the situation. The undoubted fact is that the Al- lies up to the present have lost the war on land. The theory that Ger- many can be brought to terms by be- ing economically crushed is not as confidently maintained by statesmen among the Allies now as it was last summer. The crushing process gives evidence not only of taking too long, but also of involving the Allies them- selves in financial difficulties. Vitality Demonstrated. The wonderful vitality of the Ger- mans, and the remarkable recovery of the Austrians are being demon- strated simultaneously with the col- lapse of Russia in the east and the failure of Kitchener’s army to help the French move forward in the west. At this moment, when the fortunes of the Allies are at the lowest point they have yet reached, the British workingmen have compelled the gov- ernment to make a formal announcs- ment that the authority of the new minister of munitions is limited. This declaration is for all practical pur- poses a public humiliation deliberate- ly inflicted on Lloyd George by Brit- ish labor. The trade unionists have demanded that the minister of muni- tions be brought up sharply, because in a speech a few weeks ago he sug- gested military discipline might I:e applied to war faectories. To Accept Challenge. It seems as if Lloyd George in- tends to accept the challenge thus thrown at his feet. England is woe- fully lacking in strong men at this crisis in the history of the British em- pire. ILloyd George is the only man the nation has who is capable of en- gaging in a campaign against the dilatory tactics of labor with any chance of success. But he cannot do this if he remains minister of muni- tions, with the strictly limited au- thority attached to his position. He must become prime minister if he is to put forth all his energy and exer- cise his abilities untrammeled by subordination of ;authority. Not Ideal Man. Mr. Asquith has not proven him- self the ideal man for the premier- ship under present conditions. He is a drifter and dislikes working, ex- cept by spurts. When a crisis comes, Mr. Asquith brings his mental quali- ties to bear upon it, but he never will exert himself to prevent a crisis arising. He allowed Lord Kitchener to hold absolute authority at the war office until public criticism develop- ed; and he likewire permitted affairs at the admiralty to become a scandal before he intervened. Lloyd George is the opposite type of statesman. He is constantly ac- tive. He must keep busy at all times or be in distress. Mr. Asquith’s character is admirably - fitted for guiding a political party in which many divergent beliefs prevail; but it is not the kind of temperameut that makes a great war leader. Lloyd George possesses the energy and directness of purpose which Mr. Asquith lacks. England’s sole re- maining possibility of rolling back the German line in France and Flan- ders probably depends on making Lloyd George premier. SUPREME COURT ASKED TO REVIEW DECISION Attorneys for the railroad and warehouse commission today asked the state supreme court to review its decision of yesterday in which it ruled that the Great Northern need not operate a train on Sundays be- tween Duluth and Grand Forks be- cause of the compulsory Sunday labor law. Attorney Carl Heffron left yester- day afternoon for Duluth and Vir- ginia on business. In proportion to population Austria- Hungary has the least telephone ser- vice of any European nation. Nineteen women are now serving as members of councils in England and Wales.' * . OFFERED AT COUNTY FAIR * KRR KRR KKK KKK This $50 silver trophy is offered to the Beltrami county farmer ex- hibiting thie best three Holstein, Guernsey or Jersey heifer calves at the county fair of mext September. The farmer winning it three times becomes the permanent owner. A. P. Ritchie won the cup in 1913 and KRR KKK KKK R KKK N K] HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMS Children’s Day to Be Observed in Churches of Bemidji—Methodists to Present Cantata. RECITATIONS TO BE FEATURE Children’s Day is to be observed in the various churches of Bemidji to- morrow and many interesting pro- grams have been arranged, including a cantata to be presented by the Methodist church. Church programs for tomorrow fol- low: Methodist. Children’s Day exercises will be held at 10:45 and will take the place of the regular morning sermon. The program will be as follows: Under the direction of Mrs. E. R. Evans and her .Sunday school class a contata has been prepared in which nearly seventy-five children will par- ticipate. The following is the cast of characters: Angel of Flowers, Carrie Brown; Mother Earth, Doro- thy Carson; Sunbeam, Salvances Cobb; Rain in Dew, Ruth Guenther and Edith Herlocker; Dandeliou, Harold Herlocker; Apple Blossom, Azorah Scott; Johnny-Jumps-Ups, Junior boys; For-Get-Me-Nots, pri- mary department; ‘“Heart’s Rase,” soprano and alto duet by Jane Hay- ner and Mona Flesher; Water Lily, Catherine Bagley; daisies, twelve lit- 1914. It is offered by the Northern Pacific railway. STUDY PROBLEMS OF HOME Economic Department of Bemidji Schools of Much Benefit—Cooking and Sewing Are Taught. PREPARED MEALS FOR FARMERS One of the most interesting courses is that of the home economics or do- mestic science department. The aim of this course is to give a thorough knowledge of foods, cooking and the general problems of household man- agement; in other words to develop intelligent and eflicient home-makers and to instill a love for home and an appreciation of its importance. It also gives a course, the prac- tical purpose of which is to give skill in clothing processes, knowledge. [6f materials, intelligence in economic and artistic use of clothing and an appreciation of the mechanical and artistic results of textile workers in particular and all workers in gen- eral. During the term of school just closed this work consisted of design- ing, drafting, cutting, fitting and making a set of undergarments and sewing apron. Fine handsewing and the use of the machine and attach- ments were used in their construc- tion and a study of the raw materials was made in connection. The last half of the year was de- votéd to elementary dressmaking and art needlework, each girl making a kimona, school dress and a simple afternoon dress. Several did extra work. The use and alteration of coinmercial patterns was taught in making dresses. In the cooking classes carbohy- drates, protien foods were studied and lessons given in nuts and candy, bev- ters and doughs, beverages, pastry and desserts, invalid cooking and planning meals. At Christmas time several weeks were devoted to sewing for children of Bemidji whose Santa Claus letters might not otherwise have been an- swered. Old and broken dolls were brought by school children in all parts of the city. These were wash- ed, painted, broken parts mended and new parts made. Each doll was clothed in a set of undergarments, dress and for most of them little hats or caps and shoes were made. Crocheting, embroidering and feather-stitching were taught to each girl. During. the year nine trips were made by the department supervisor, Miss Agnes Halland, to rural schools and small towns where short talks were given. offered in the Bemidji public schools | tle girls; ‘“Rose,” solo by Edna An- derson. The program will start at 10:45 a. m,, and will be as follows: Processional march; opening chorus, “Onward We Are Marching”; respon- sive seriptural reading by superin- tendent; prayer by pastor; chorus, “Ifail the Day;” recitation by Angel of the Flowers; recitations by Mother Karth, Sunbeam, Rain and Dew; song, of Glory,” by four girls; duet and chorus, Muriel McGee and Flossie Baumgardner; recitation, Mary War- field; duet, “He Cares for Me,” Tillie Johnson and Dorothy Virt, with chorus; recitation by Clifford Klein; solo, “Doing His Will,” Eva Whit:; (Continued on last page). PROTECT MEN FROM GAS Apparatus Provided French and Eng- lish Soldiers to Cover Faces—-As Necessary as Typhoid Prevention Pt MEDIGAL CORPS IS’ IN CHARGE By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD. (Copyright, 1915, by United Press.) (Copyright in Great Britian.) Headquarters of the British Army, Northern France, April 29.—(By mail to New York.)—*“How shall we distribute them to the soldiers, sir?” asked an officer who came up during my conversation with the director of medical services. “It doesn’t make any difference what channel we turn them into just so the soldiers get them,” an- swered the director. “We've just found a simple ap- paratus for our soldiers to wear that will save them from the German gases,” said he. “The point is to get them distributed as quickly as possible.” The health of Gen. French’s great army in France and Flanders is in the hands of the head of the Royal Army Medical corps, and it is as much the duty of the R. A. M. C. to save soldiers from ‘“German pneumonia’ as the gas person is being called by the British soldiers, as it is to save them from typhoid fever. Within only a few hours’ time that the first word came that the Germans were using gas, the R. A. M. C. had taken up the task of meeting the new situation. Its doctors were sent out on the firing line, studying the symp- toms of the poisoning; its motor laboratories were experimented with gases and antidotes. The R. M. A. C. duty is not only to keep sick sol- diers healthy, but to take care of them when they are sick or wounded. Every town in the British zone in France was made scientifically sani- tary. In many towns street cleaning forces made thoroughfares and yards, The girls of the high school euok' ing class served three football sup- pers last fall; served a dinner at the Farmers’ Institute of last November; houses and-even ancient castles and ! chateaus as germless as possible. The R. M. A. C. forces pursued germs as if they were the Ka.lsers (Continued on last page). (Continuea on 1nat page). ACTIVE: CAMPAIGN TOAIDAMENDMENT Delegates at Development Association Conference Indor"e Revolving Fund and Will Work for Adoption. $250,000 FOR 'IMPROVEMENTS Schmahl to Place Proposed New Law at Head of Ballot—Good Roads Topic for Discussion at Meeting. Good roads and state aid in devel- oping Northern Minnesota were the chief topics of dis¢ussion at the con- ference of the Né)rthern Minnesota Development ussnr.liaflan which clos- ed at Coleraine yeéterdny. sequence of the fieeting an active As a con- campaign will be:conducted in be- half of the revolving fund amend- ment, and a committee will be named to have charge of the work. This committee ‘will be instructed to use every effort to insure the pass- age at the next legislature of the re- volving fund amendment proposed by the legislature of fi913 and again by the legislature of 1815, The amend- ment proposes a $250,000 revolving fund to be used in constructing roads, ditches, fire breaks and clearing land. The aim is to encourage the settler who has not enough money to conduct clearing operations’ on a large scale. Julius Schmahl announced that the amendment would be given first place on the ballot. Similar to Volstead Law. Just as the Volstead law is permit- ting the construction of ditches and the drainage of lands in the northern parts of Beltrami and Koochiching counties, the cost of such drainage being assessed against the lands as a lein which can be paid on long terms, so would the proposed amend- ment permit the state to advance aid to settlers in northern Minnesota, the state to be repaid as the settlers reap the harvest from the land. “I feel certain that the meeting will result in many benefits for Northern Minnesota,” said Harry Reynolds, who was ‘one of Bemidji's delegates to the conference. ‘“Much enthusiasm was shuxvn and the pres- ence of the leglslators there yesterday afternoon aroused much..interest in the work which is:} 1g done to de-| velop this section. ~ Coleraine enter- tained us in fine style and the pro- gram was one of excellence.” Opsahl on Committee. President Kelley named the re- solutions committee, which follows, names of counties being mentioned first: Aitkin, Thomas Brussegard, Hill City; Beltrami, J. J. Opsahl, Bemidji; Carlton, C. L. Goodell, Barnum; Cass, M. N. Koll, Cass Lake; Clear- water; George P. Jones, Bagley; Crow Wing, A. J. Gafke, Brainerd; Hubh- bard, C. F. Scheers, Akeley; Isanti, A. H. Sutherland, Cambridge; Itasca, BE. C. Kiley, Grand Rapids; Kanabec, J. C. King, Mora; Koochiching, D. B: Jewell, International Falls; Lake, George Mumford, Two Harbors; Pine, George W. Empey, Hinckley; Penn- ington, Dan Shaw, Thief River Falls; Red Lake, V. L. Higinbotham, Red Lake Falls; Wadena, John Anderson, Sebeka; St. Louis, Bentley P. Neff, Duluth, A. P. Silliman, Hibbing and M. A. Murphy, Virginia. i Endorse Revolving Fund. The resolutions, aside from recom- mending an amendment to the orig- inal certificate of incorporation, sug- gested 'a change in the road laws pro- viding for larger petitions before im- provement is made. Recommended the passage of the revolving fund amendment and pro- vided for a campaign committee to work for the passage of that amend- ment. < Indorsed the national corn show to be held in St. Paul in December and urged every county of Northern Min- nesota to have an exhibit there. Recommended an amendment to; the Volstead Act of 1908 providing; for a limit of $1.25 an acre to be paid to the government for land, any | sum in excess of that to be held in the county treasuries to be used as part. of the money to be expended on ditches for draining government lands. Went on’record in favor of a BQ“ survey by mien of practical agricul: tural experierce. Indorsed loans made for dairy cat- tle and clearing land in Northern Minnesota. Recommended that in future the state do not clear up more than five acres of land for the plow on any forty, and that ten acres be cleared except stumps and seeded to grass. Recommended the standardization of types and varieties of potatoes as outlined by the Minnesota Potato Growers’ association and the Minne- sota Crop Improvement association. Manufacture of Dynamite. Favored the manufacture of dyna- mite by the state, but is against hav- ing the hazardous work done by con- vict labor. & Recommended that taxes shall not be increased on land being put under cultivation until at least 25 per cent of each parcel, not to exceed forty acres, shall be so cultivated. Indorsed the work of the state ag- ricultural extension department and of county agricultural agents and recommended an increase of appro- priations by the next legislature. Indorsed the state immigration de- partment and its work and urged co- operation with it. Urged that the state investment board use its best efforts to convert the $5,500,000 foreign state bonds in- to cash and reloan these funds for reclamation ‘of unsold state swamp lands under the, provisions of the Fed- (Continued on last puge.) VILLA WARNS WILSON NOT TO INVADE MEXICO (United Press) El Paso, Tex., June 12.—Villa’s reply to President Wilson’s message of a week ago, was published this af- ternoon and warns the United States from interfering in Mexico. The Mexican war leader denies that an- archy and starvation exists in the southern republie, which is alleged in the presidents’s note. Villa blames Carranza for the civil warfare in Mexico and has ordered Enrique Lorente, his personal repre- sentative at Washington, to present a note to Wilson this afternoon. False ideas and the desire for mercenary gains, he added, caused a split after Carranza and Villa had overthrown the Huerta government and that Car- ranza sought to restrain command ot Mexico without laws, without courts, without justige. Villa also made the announceéfint that he-had made a proposal” of Peace to Carranza which time a thorough settlement of the Mexican differences would be ad- Jjusted. Carranza’s Reply Received. Carranza’s reply to Wilson’s Mexi- can declaration was delivered this afternoon. The note contains 3,000 words. It bids for recognition of Mexico by the United States and as- serts that the Constitutionalists are practically in control of Mexico City. The note also contains an assurance that Carranza will issue a call for regular election and will then turn over the authority of government to the president chosen. RETURNS FROM MEETING Number of Presbyterian District Su- perintendents Reduced to Three. Rev. J. C. Strand, pastor-evangel- ist, returned to Bemidji yesterday from Minneapolis, where he has been attending the Presbyterian Synod's Home Mission committee meeting. An important action was taken at this meeting, which reduced the num- ber of district superintendents from eight to three, who are as follows: Rev. J. C. Strand, Northwest section of the state; Rev. F. J. Barrackman, Northeast section of the state, and Rev. W. R. Harshaw, Southern por- tion of the state. Following are the ‘members of the Synod’s Home Mission committee: Rev. H. C. Swearinger, D. D., St. Paul, chairman; Rev. S. E. P. White, D. D., Bemidji; Rev. Wil- liam W. Lawrence, D. D., Duluth; Rev. T. Ross Paden, Mankato; Rev. Thomas W. Graham, Minneapolis; Rev. W. J. Lowrie, Brainerd; Rev. G. A. Holzinger, Kerkhoven; and Rev. Robert Brown, L. L. D., Winona. Owing to the stringency of money matters in the east, the Home Mission board has found it necessary to cur- tail its appropriations to the various Synods within its denomination. SCOO THE CUB REPORTER SCO0P-I HAVE A LETTER. HERE FRIM AN INVENTIR \WHO WISHES A REPORTER. 1O INTERUIEW HIMON A& NEW HIGHLY EXPLOSVE. //%fi;% Explosive Inventors Should Be On- The Firing Line ; SS S/ I7 CARRIES AHUNDRED MILES AND ‘'pany wareh KILLS A WHOLE. ARMY ATONE. BLAST= T8 A WONDER-TH GAS IN T 5 S0 STRON WHEN 1T \ & G- OV NEVERKNOW A WILL EXPLODE-THATS IT5 0N INDICATIONS ARE THAT GERMANY WILL 'AGREE T0_ ,PROTECI BEMIDJI WINS DIVISION Sufficient Young Men of City Enlist for Naval Militia and Muster in Will Take Place Monday. 'HOLD EXAMINATIONS TOMORROW Bemidji’s division of the Minnesota Naval Militia will be mustered in Monday night at 8 o’clock, sufficient enlistments having been secured. The division will be known as No. 5. Dr. Patten of Duluth will arrive in Bemidji tomorrow morning and he will spend the day in examining those who desire to join the company. He will be assisted by Dr. E. W. John- son and the examinations will be held in the latter’s office in the Security bank building. All enlisted men are ordered to meet Dr. Patten as early as possible tomorrow. On Monday afternoon Guy A. Eaton, commander, and Clyde Kelley, lieutenant commander, will reach Be- midji and at 8 o’clock that evening will have charge of the muster-in. The band and militiamen will assem- ble at the city hall at 7:30 and will march to the Hotel Markham where the officers will be met and escorted to the hall for the muster-in. There is still opportunity to join the division and enlistment papers may be secured at the Markham hotel. BEMIDJI BOY MUST ANSWER MINNEAPOLIS ROBBERY CHARGE Willam Harris, 14-year-old boy of Bemidji, will be taken to Minne- apolis tonight where with seven other lads of about his own age he ‘will be tried on a charge of breaking in- to a store and stealing merchandise valued at about $700. Deputy Sher- iff Ball of Hennepin county reached Bemidji today and took charge of the boy who had been placed un- der arrest by George Denley, deputy sheriff, yesterday. According to Ball, twelve boys were implicated in the robbery and Harris is the eighth one found. The robbery took place several weeks ago. Harris has con- fessed to the crime and also admits that he took part in the robbery of the Gamble-Robinson-Bemidji _com- ‘some time ago, a Targe amount of cracker-jack, grape juice and peanuts being taken. The stolen articles were later found on a hill a short distance from the ware- house. NEW YORK CITY’S NEW FLAG IS CHRISTENED TODAY New York, June 12.—The new flag of the City of New York, designed after the original Dutch standard which Peter Minuit carried when he landed at Manhattan Island 289 years ago, was unfurled from the flag staff of the City hall today. The color scheme of the flag is a combination of orange, blue and white. The aldermen of the city attended in a body as today is the 250th an- niversary of the formation of the first board- of aldermen by Sir Richard Nicoll. HAS LOST 29 VESSELS (Unitea Press) Christiania, June 12.—According| to an official announcement, Norway has lost twenty-nine vessels of all classes since the war started, the ag- gregate value being $8.500,000. Many Are Disappointed. Several hundred residents of Be- midji were disappointed last evening when weather conditions made it necessary that the band concert be postponed. Even after the rain early in the evening and with dark clouds hanging low many persons visited the park in the hope that the concert ‘would be given. Deushane-Gerlinger. Edward Deushane and Nettie Ger- linger, both of this county, were united in marriage by Rev. I. D. Al- vord, Thursday. They will make their home at Tenstrike. Subscribe for the Floreer. By "HOP’ \TS A GREAT SHELL- B05S-YOU CANT TELL. WHEN \T WILL EXPLODE | AMERICANS ON SEAS Belief General at Washington That Wilson’s Note May Lead to Peace Conference—Officials Optimigtio. RESIGNATION GIVES INFLUENCE Bryan’s Action May Oyer; Way to Ne- goiations Between Nations—Kaiser Can Accept With Dignity. (United Press) Washington, June 12.—That Ger- many will accept the demands of the United States note delivered to the Berlin foreign office yesterday by Am- bassador Gerard and to the kaiser to- day, thereby giving a guarantee that the lives of Americans at sea will be protected, is the widespread belief of officials here. Optimism, more pro- nounced than at any time since the war began, is manifested here over the prospects of a peaceful outcome ot the pending controversy. Lead to Peace Parley. . The president’s suggestion of medi- ation is cited and it is believed that a peace parley will result. May Retain Dignity. The note has been interpreted on all sides as being decidedly friendly and leaving the way open to a satis- factory solution with both sides. Of- ficials made it clear that the note had purposely been phrased so as to reiterate the earnestness of the Unit- ed States with respect to the princi- ples of humanity, and international law, and at the same time afford Ger- many an opportunity with dignity to make her practice square with the principles expressed. Much importance is attached to the statement of the willingness of the United States to exercise its good offices as between the billigerents in any attempt to arrive at an under- standing “by which the character and conditions of the war upon the sea may be changed.” This, it was be- ilieved, might result in correspondence leading ultimately in peace negotia- tions. Important Influence. The resignation of Bryan, because his belief that the note to Germany might lead to hostilities is a fagtor which high officials here regard likely to have an important influence on the- situation: in Berlin, because he revealed in advance that Wilson would reject any protracted parley and would not surrender the right of Americans to travel.on unarmed and - unresisting ships of any nationality. Inasmuch as Bryan interpreted the note as likely to lead to war, much more strength of purpose, it was ad- mitted in official quarters, would be attached to the note on its receipt in in Berlin, while the German' public would not find in the text itself any provocation for a rupture in rela- tions. UNITED STATES NOTE DELIVERED TO KAISER (United Press) Berlin, June 12.—Kaiser Willlam has received the United States note. It was given wire preference over all other dispatches and was forwarded to him at the Galician front where he is at present with his soldiers. No comment accompanied the note, merely the text being telegraphed to him. The friendly phrasing of thg document has removed the American apprehension here of a break between Germany and the United States. DEBS TO TALK IN BEMIDJI Well Known Socialist Leader Will Speak Here June 18. Eugene V. Debs, the well known socialist leader and an orator of ex- ceptional ability, will visit ‘Bemidji June 18, at which time he will speak in the Armory. His topic has not been announced. Mr. Debs has been a candidate for president of the Unit- ed States on the socialist ticket three times. It is expected that a large audience will greet Mr. Debs and delegations will come from many sur- rounding towns. Music during the evening will be furnished by the Sol- way band and the Solway double male quartette. S BRAINERD TO HAVE LOWER TELEPHONE RATES SOON Mayor Heise of Brainerd 'today signed an ordinance which permits the Tri-State Telephone company to do business in that city. It is ex- pected that the establishment of the new company in Brainerd will bring about a substantial reduction in rates.» Mrs. J. C. Strand and little daugh- ter, Cornelia, of East Grand Forks ar- rived in the city at noon today. Rev. Strand and family will occupy the S. E. P. White cottage. | !