Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 2, 1915, Page 1

L VOLUME 13, NO. 237. i ' BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY. EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1915. ToRrY mmlufi. STATE TAX BOARD INCREASES VALUE OF PROPER =" IN BELTRAMI Gb,Y %, S County Auditor is Advised of . eral Changes as Applied to Assessors’ Reports. SHEEP VALUATION IS INCREASED 33 1-3 PER CENT Cattle, Horses, Machinery, Automo- biles and Motorcycles Show Increases. County Auditor James L. George was today advised by the Minnesota State Tax commission of increases in the valuation of personal property in Beltrami county. The increase is in the valuation as applied to the re- ports of the assessors and equalized by the county board of equalization. Engine Values Increase. Among the increases are: Steam engines, boilers, gasoline engines, dynamos and electric motors, 20 per cent increase; brick, cement, lime, cement blocks and quarried stone in the hands of dealers and of manufac- turers, ten per cent; all manufactur- ers’ materials and manufactured ar- ticles not listed in a report in the hands of manufacturers, ten per cent; goods and merchandise of re- tail merchants, ten per cent. Sheep Big Increase. Stallions, fine bred mares and race horses, ten per cent; cattle one year old and under two years, ten per cent; cattle two years old and under: three years, ten per cent; bulls, ten per cent; sheep, all ages, thirty-three and one-third per cent; hogs, all ages, 25 per cent; automobiles and auto trucks, fifteen per cent; motorcycles and bicycles, twenty per cent. Presses, typesetting machines, type cases and furniture, equipment, fix- tures and stock on hand of newspaper and printing offices, ten per cent. Machinery, furniture and equip- ment of laundries, ten per cent. Stock ,furnitufe, fixtures and equip- ment of restaurants, eating houses Cong. C. A.Lindbergh To Announce Candidacy For Governor Sixth District Representative Tells Pioneer Correspondent of Plans for Constructive State Government. « INDUSTRIAL FORCES ARE VITAL TO STATE Has No Feeling Against Present Governor of State But is Opposed to Present System. Declaring that he had a plan for constructive state government, and not a personal feeling against the present governor of the present sys- tem of state polities, C. A. Lindbergh, congressman from the Sixth district of Minnesota, today announced at Little Falls that he would in time Lecome a candidate for governor of Minnesota. His interview with a representative of the Pioneer fol- lows: Elected on Principles. “I never have been a candidate for cfice in a personal sense, but I am interested in plans that would, if put in operation, enable men and women generally to get better results from their industry. Whenever I was a candidate I have been elected to office upon the principles which T presented and I did not conmsider it my election, but rather the election cf these principles. “Thus far I have worked in congress but because of certain reactionary practices in corigress, the work of construction is slower there than it would be in a progressive state like Minnesota. If Minnesota sets the example for the practical working out of the best political and indus- trial plans, the other states will fol- low and all of us will be benefited. 1 have worked out plans by which the people of the state can accom- plish much better results than they have heretofore. Industrial Force Vital. Has Platform lii*f**if*l#iilif WORLD'S SERIES BEGIN OCT. 8 AT PHILADELPHIA New York, Oct. first baseball game in the world’s series between the Philadelphia Nationals and the Boston Americans will be at Philadelphia Oct. 8. The National commission made this decision this afternoon by ° tossing a coin. 2.—The *hk Kok ko kok ok okk kK ok d* %k kk kok ok ko ok ok ok KKK KUK KKK KKK KK KH —_—— tioned is implied. This is not a per- sonal matter. “It is a matter of business for the people and their state. I have plans for a constructive state administra- tion and for proper encouragement to the industrial forces. I believe that when the time comes for action, I can present it best through my own candidacy. I have no other reason for becoming a candidate, but if I am correct in' my views, it is amply sufficient.”_ £ BISHOP MORRISON TO BE HERE SUNDAY Confirmation will be held at the Episcopal church tomorrow evening at eight o’clock. Bishop Morrison will deliver the confirmation sermon. In the morning at the church at ten o’clock will be held Sunday school at which the bishop will be present. A special musical program has been arranged for the evening service. €RIPPLED, AGED FATHER AIDS SON’S FREEDOM St. Paul, Minn., ©ct. 2.—Crippled, but making his way to the state capitol, from Grafton, N. D., Chris- topher Curris, aged father, made such an impression upon the state pardon board that they have placed the name “In connection with any govern- ment we must recognize that the in- gnd cafes, ten per cent. ¥ Furniture, tocls and eqtipmient of barber shops, ten per cent. LAST JURY CASE IS GOMPLETED The last jury case on the fall term of the district court was presented to dustrial forces are vital to every one of us. By industrial’#orces*¥ mean the work of all who serve in any ca- pacity necessary to the general wel- fare. These forces are entitled to first place in our economic considera- tions, as well as to stand first in the benefit of social results. They have not, however, received any such benefit nor even equal benefits with a majority .of, those who render no service to mankind. the jury late this morning. It was the case of Ed Open against George Fuller, a suit relative to a contract for the leasing of a water dam. The balance of the court calendar is made up of court cases and the fall term may be completed by mnext Thursday. The case if 1. Remke against O. J. Tagley and Peter Wold, in which the ownership of a piano was contested, was decided in favor of the plaintiff. The case of the City of Bemidji against Hans Hagen has been con- tinued over to the next term of court. BULGARIA AND GERMANY TO CRUSH SERBIA ’ London, Oct. 2.—Within a fort- night Bulgaria will join the Austro- Germans in a combined attempt to cut a path from the Balkans to Con- stantinople, says a reliable dispatch received here this afternoon. The plan is to crush Serbia by squeezing her between two hostile nations. The Germans will attack the western and northern frontiers simultaneously and Bulgaria will attack the eastern frontier. EARTHQUAKE IN SOLWAY DISTRICT London, Oct. 2.—An -earthquake shook the Solway district this morn- ing. No damage was done. The tremors which extended over a wide area caused several panics. DRAW FOR SOCCER PLACES New York, Oct. 2.—Drawing for the qualifying and first rounds in this year’s national soccer champion- . ship competition will be held here today, it has been announced by offi- cials of the United States Football association. DR. JOHNSON RETURNS Dr. E. W. Johnson returned this morning from Chicago where he has taken a post-graduate course in sur- gery at the Illinois Post Graduate Medical school. While away he at- tended the medical meetings at St. “On the contrary the industrial for- ces have always been the prey of un- economic practices and subject to speculative despoil. False dealing has gone to suech lengths that to state what it now costs us would seem like an exaggeration to those who have not taken time to examine and analyze the facts. Our economic forces in their yield to human wel- fare are greatly under what they would be in a well-regulated sys- tem.” Prosperity to Increase. “Considering that this state is al- ready one of the most prosperous and possibly the most prosperous, it will be no idle program that will increase prosperity. Greater success of the average individual would also mean greater aggregate success. “Taxes have been far too high for the benefit received. That may be materially reduced and at the same time the benefit increased by greater efficiency, but it is not the question of taxes that most concern us. “Important as that is, it is small when compared with what men and women should get from' their well directed daily energy. Upon both problems, the one to reduce the taxes and increase the efficiency in the ap- plication of the money when expend- ed and the other to give men and women the best results for their in- dustry. “I expect to present a plan and in due time make it the real candidate for governor of Minnesota. - No per- sonal objection to the present gov- ernor nor to any of the several con- templated candidates thus far men- SCOOP [HE Suk REPORTER OH BOS5-YOUR GLASSES Paul and Rochester. New York, Oct. 2.—The big fel- lows in the intercollegiate football ‘world will grapple with their smaller brothers on gridirons from coast to coast today. : 3 of the aged cripples’ son, Charles, on the lstsfor consideration for a par- don, at Stillwater penitentiary for burg- lary in Marshall county. MANITOBA PHOHIBITION FIGHT IS BEING SHAPED TODAY ‘Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 2.—Prepara- tions were being made today and both parties were lining up their forces for the prohibition fight to be waged in Manitoba at the polls, March 19. On that date a referendum will be taken. If the result favors prohi- bition no licenses will be issued in the entire province after May 31. WETS AND DRYS START FIGHT IN CANADA Winnipeg, Man.,, Oct. 2.—Wets and drys today began to line up their forces, preparing for an array of hot action in the referendum elec- tion vote to be taken here in March on whether or not Manitoba will be- come dry. NEW BANK OPENS. Osseo, Minn., Oct. 2.—Succeeding the Osseo State bank, which was closed by state bank examiners, the Citizens State bank of Osseo opened for business today. HIRAM SIMONS HERE Hiram Simons, formerly an em- ploye of the Pioneer office, now con- nected with the Beloit, Wis., Daily News, is visiting relatives and friends in Bemidji for a few days. ZIEGLER ESTATE “PETITION HEARD Judge M. A. Clark of the probate court this morning heard a petition of the administration in the estate of John G. Ziegler. E. Burgess of Baudette is a busi-| ness visitor in the city today. - The younger Curric-s-serving{ - Defficfive PIONEER TO FLASH HENNEPIN COUNTY OPTION ELEGTION RETURNS MONDAY Bemidji Citizens Are | Interested in Result of Big City’s Vote on Wet and Dry Problem. TO BE SHOWN AT GRAND WITH NORTHWEST WEEKLY Returns to Be Received Beginning at Nine-thirty 0’Clock; Polls Close at Nine, Believing that the cjtizens are in- terested in the results of the elec- tion on county option in Minneapolis, Monday, the -Bemidji Daily Pioneer will flasir the returns on the moving picture screen at the Grand theater Monday evening. This Will be in con- nection with the Bemidji Daily Pio- neer Northwest Weekly which will be shown the same evening. Begin at 9:30 P. M. The election returns will be re- ceived at about 9:30 p. m., the polls in Minneapolis closing at 9 o’clock. The returns will be received from the United Press association: The price at™ the theater will not be increased but will remain at five and ten cents. Fire is a Good. Picture. A remarkable motien: picture of a $100,000 fire is the news feature of this week’s release-of /the Bemidji ioneer’s Northwest Weekly which will be shown s.onday at the Grand theater. The picture was taken at the fire which destroyed the North- western elevator in the Midway Twin City district recently. The film shows the firemen fighting pillars of burning gas that made the fire one of the most difficult to extinguish of any to occur recently'in the Twin Cities. The climax comies when the red hot walls topple over, sending up a column of flame and sixowering the firemen with bits of burning wreck- age. Fleet Pictures S| wn. City Council In Special Session Accepts Levy Report ; ii*ii#iliiiil##ii WOMAN IS CHAMPION PARTRIDGE HUNTER * ok * * ¥ _ Mrs. F.-W. Rhoda, wife of % the clerk of court, is the % champion woman partridge ¥ hunter in this territory. ¥ She shot six birds yester- ¥ day, the opening day of the * - season. * * * Kk ok ko k ok ok ok ok ok KRR KRR KKK ed States Ambassador Gerard receiv- ing newspaper men in the American embassy. Views of the Atlantic fleet in war maneuvers and target prac- tice off Sandy Hook also are shown. “U” Team in_Action. The University football team at its first practice is pictured with motion portraits of Gopher stars. 'Captain Lorin Solon, Al Quist, Biernie Bier- man and other Minnesota stars are seen in action. An animated car- toon showing the amazing adventures of Old Doc Yak completes the weekly. BERNSTORFF AND LANSING HOLD SHORT CONFERENGE New York, Oct. 2.—The conference between Ambassador Bernstorff and Secretary of State Lansing at Balti- more this morning lasted ten min- utes. ‘The secrtary accompanied Bernstorff, who did not carry any papers. Both refused to talk with newspaper men. WALL STREET IS TEEMING WITH GOLD New York, Oct. 2.—Wall street is teeming with gold. During the past week seven million shares, meaning $1,700,000 in brokers’ commissions alone, have been traded. The profit for the speculators is unknown but it is believed will-probably rival any- | thing. the street-has ever-geen.- -~ Mr. and Mrs. Bemidji Complete PlansForCity’s Dancing on Pavement, vi-iting- of Theaters, Fireworks, Ringing of Bells to Open Festivities. MILITIA AND BAND TO PARADE STREETS TONIGHT Celebration to Open at 8 P. M. Today; Pioneer to Have Three Judges to Pick Best Dress Man and Woman With Bemidji in a prosperous con- dition, with much self-respect, with its citizens con ifident of its’ future, with the fact that it is served by so competent a collection of retail shops, with citizens buying the latest fash- ions, and Wwith the merchants pre- paring special bargains, special win- dows, etc., Dress Up week will open tonight at eight o’clock. E hing Ready. Everything is in readiness for the occasion. The Bemidji band - will give a concert, Lieutenant Barker has issued orders that all members of the militia report at 7:30 o’clock in white dress uniforms for parading, down town arc lights will be flashed, fire- works will' be set off and Mr. and Mrs. Bemidji, clad in “glad . rags” will dance on the pavement. Fireworks to Begin “Doings.” A signal from the Pioneer office will automatically set off fireworks at four important street corners. This will be a signal for the activi- First D{ess Up Week ties to begin and Bemidji's Dress Up week will be on. There never was a time in the his- tory when a week could be better. Bank deposits have increased, record crops have been grown and all busi- ness houses report an increase in business. Bemidji First City. The idea originated in the East and is rapidly increasing in the West. Duluth will open up with a Dress Up week- Monday. It is believed that Bemidji is the first city in Minnesota to have such a week. To Wear Evening Clothes. Tonight, young and old, will be dressed up in their dress suits or eve- ning clothes and they will visit the theaters and participate in the danc- ing on the pavement. Women. not to be outdone by the men, will be robed in their ball gowns. Pioneer Names Judges. The Pioneer has named its three judges to pick the best and most fash- ionably dressed man and woman be- tween the hours of eight and nine o’clock tonight. The judges, as well as the prize winners and prizes, will be announced Monday. Special @ifts. Several of the merchants are plan- ning special gifts for those who visit their places of business. At -~ the Schneider Bros. store flowers will be distributed. The Dress Up week has created several new ideas in window displays. The Netzer drug store has one of the best ideas, displaying Red Cross sur- gical dressings for Dressing Up the sick and wounded. first If The Boss Is -- He Wnn’t Admlt It 6 Mllls Lower Report of Board Places Levy at 29 Mills; State Levy to Bring Amount to 30 Mills. DECREASE IS DUE TO ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION City Last Year Received 16 Mills on Liquor Licenses; Total Levy in 1914 Was 20 Mills. At a special meeting of the city council last evening the report of the city tax levy board ‘was accepted. The report of the board showed that a 29-mill levy would have to be made for city expenses. This does not include the school lévy. A levy which must be made for the interest on state loans will bring this year’s levy to about 30 mills. The levy last year, including the levy for interest on state loans, was about 20 mills. This levy, however, included 16 mills on saloon licenses. The council figured that the saloon licenses would amount to $25,000. Levy is Lower. As compared to last year, on the face of the mill levy, this year’s levy is ten mills above the last year levy. However, on taking the liquor levy into consideration, this year’s levy will be six mills lower than last year. _This is due to the fact that the council and city authorities have out- lined a plan to run the city affairs on an economical basis. To Levy $47,530. . The report of ‘the tax levy board is as follows: General fund, $26,450; general re- fund (refund liquor licenses) $3, 820; municipal entertainments’ fund, $500; firemen’s pension fund, $160; library fund, $1,500; poor fund, $3,- 000; interest fund, $3,500; perma- nent improvement fund, $5,600; sink- ing fund, $3,000; total to levy, $47, 530. The assessed valuation is approxi- mately $1,640,000, making the mill levy about 29 mills. The board of tax levy made the re- port.on the.hudget: for the mailiten- ance of the city for next year as fol- lows: Total Budget $51,530. General Fund-—Police department, $3,800; fire department, $4,000; municipal court, $2,000; city hall maintenance, $2,500; general light- ing, $6,500; health board, $700; prisoners and -jail, $100; city engi- nieer, street commissioner and gen- eral street labor, $2,500; .scavenger work, :general, $150; miscellaneous salaries, attorney, clerk, treasurer, as- sessor and board of equalization, $3,- 200; printing. and stationery, $900; insurance, $200; contingent and em- ergency, $1,000; election, $400; mis- cellaneous, $500; total general fund, $28,450. Refund liquor licenses (general fund) $3,820; municipal intertain- ments’ fund, $500; firemens’ pension fund, $160; library fund, $1,500; poor and paupers, $3,000; interests, $3,500. Permanent Improvement Fund— Refund liquor licenses, $600; other purposes, $5,000; total $5,600. Sinking Fund—Refund liquor li- censes, $1,600; other purposes, $3,- 500; total $5,000; total budget, $51,- 530. The anticipated revenue from municipal court, miscellaneous, 1li- censes and receipts and interests from sources other than taxation is $4,- 000, making the total tax to be lev- ied $47,530. The tax levy board is composed of City Clerk Stein, Mayor McCuaig and F. 8. Lycan, president of the city council. EMPLOYEES OF ELEGTRIC GOMPANY OPPOSE STRIKE Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 2.—The em- ployes of the Westinghouse Electric company today voted against a strike and agreed to accept the company’s concessions. By "HOP’ ‘Se - WHEREDYUH GEY THAT SQU\NW MILLION MEN LOGKED IN DEATH FIGHT IN ALLIED GREAT OFFENSIVE Sharp, Sudden Strokes Replacing Bat- tering Ram Activities in Artols and Champagne Distriets: FIRST WEEK OF BIG DRIVE COMPLETED—FRENCH GAIN French Loss of Men is Surprisingly - Small; Expected to Lose Ore- Third of Men. London, Oct. 2.—The Allies’ great offensive completed its first week to- day with a million men locked in a death struggle in the Artois and Champagne districts. The fury of the battle has not diminished. Allies Win Points. Sharp sudden strokes have replaced the -battering ram tactics that were used the first two days marking the beginning of the great offensive and the Allies are constantly improving their positions. It is believed by critics that the Allies will make an- other heavy smash in a few days. Artillery Active. 2 All along the battle front the al- lied artillery has become increasingly active. The French losses, says the war de- partment at Paris this afternoon, are surprisingly small. The French commanders expected to lose a third* of their men and instead only lost. eleven per cent of .their men. This is due to magnificent artillery pre- parations and head helmets. < The German trenches have often caved in with the men in them buried alive, says the war office. 400 MAY BE DEAD New Orleans, Oct. ‘1.—Indications here this morning are that there are over 400 people dead as a result of the hurricane in this territory Wed- nesday night. Two hundred others are reported dead. Over 125 people are also reported missing. Hundreds Are Marooned. Hurmdreds of people are marooned in flooded districts. % The property damage was roughly estimated this morning to be at $100,- 000,000. Couriers Bring News. Couriers by boat and train as well as mail advices brought in reports of tremendous property loss and rumors of many drowned aloong hoth sides of the Mississippi river south of here. Boat passengers arriving today from Empire, near the Doulloth canal about 50 miles down the Mississippi, reported that only four large houses still stood at Empire and that about 200 persons were marooned in them. The state conservation commission here started a rescue vessel for that point. Many inhabitants of the filooded section on both sides of the river were reported marooned - and some were said to be clinging to tree tops. Relief vessels were sent to rescue them. More Details. Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on the Mississippi gulf coast, reported one death and property loss heavy. Bur- wood, the most southerly point on the gulf coast, was reported to have weathered the storm without loss ot life. Five of the crew and a white wo- man aboard the steamer Owens, which sank near Lockport, were re- ported missing. The town of Dunbar, La., near the Mississippl state line, virtually was swept away, according to a survivor from that section who arrived hare today. He could give no estimate of - the number of dead at Dunbar. WASHINGTON REPORTS DIFFER FROM OTHERS % ‘Washington, Oct. 2.—Telegraphic information to the weather bureau. this morning from New Orleans was that 150 lives had been lost in the country near New.-Orleans and 12 killed in the city. The property damage is over n, 000,000 and the shipping loss is $1,- 500,000. Eric Rylander of Bagley. arrived 1n Bemidjl thln -tum on. to spend RESULT OF STORM -