Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 4, 1916, Page 1

THEBEMIDJT A #0- VOLUME XIV. NO. 213. | STRIKE ORDER 1S CANGELLED; WILSON SIGNS 8-HOUR BILL Message on Encless Chain Flashes Over Nation Telling Road Employes. RAILROADS ACCEPT = UNDER PROTEST 1 Brotherhoods Say They Will Strike if Transporation Chiefs Try to Restore Ten Hours, ‘I), (By United Press) E ' Washington, Sept. 4.—The railway strike order was cancelled Saturday night. ., This action followed the passage at six p. m. by the senate of the house eight-hour bill. Signs the Bill. President Wilson signed the bill in a private car Sunday while at the union depot on his arrival from Shadow Lawn. The senate voted 42 to 28 for the bill, Senators Clapp and Nelson of Minnesota being among those voting against it. The decision to cancel the strike order which was to have been made effective this morning at seven o’clock was reached by the 13 brotherhood chief- immediately after the senate acte@ By this decision a nation- wide strike of 400,000 men that would have stopped traffic on every 4 railroad in the United States was werted. The recall of the strike or- sller was sent on an endless chain of flashes to all parts of the country. Eight-Hour Bill. The eight-hour bill provides that beginning Dec. 1 next, eight hours shall constitute in contracts for rail- way labor and service a day’s work, ‘“and the measure or standard of a day’s work for the purpose of rer;k- oning the compensation for service of all employes who are now, or may hereafter be employed by any rai}- road which is subject to the provi- ‘ sions of the act of Feb. 1, 1887, ‘an act to regulate commerce,’ as amend- ed; and who are now or may here- } after be actually engaged in any wefapacity in the operation of trains used for the transportation of per- , -sons or property on railroads, from any state or territory of the Unit_ed * States or the District of Columbia, !t any other state or territory of the » United States or the District of Co- lumbia, or from any place in a fter- ritory to another place in the same territory, or from any place in Phe United States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in !.he TUnited States through a _forelgn untry to any other place in the Tnited Spates.” P Accent Under Protest. 77/ The railroads of the country accept ' the eight-hour law under protest, ac- cording to President Holden of the . Burlington road. A lingering year of warfare may be on hand for the brotherhoods. Al- though reasonably sure that the | eight-hour bill means a year of peace for the roads, the brotherhood men 4l today frankly stated that there would " pe a strike if transportation chiefs try to restore the ten-hour system by declaring the Adamson bill un- constitutional. Senator Reed today introduced a resolution directing the interstate commerce commission to investigate the increased cost through operation of the eight-hour law. The resolu- tion was put over until tomorrow. St. Paul, Minn.,, Sept. 4.———'1‘hg Great Northern or the Santa Fe, it is reported, has been chosen to test the constitutionality of the Adam- son bill. Other roads will scruppl- ously obey the provisions of the bill. One of these roads will flagrantly violate the provisions of the law and fien- let the government sue. This éll bring the test. These railways -were. chosen on account of the strong legal departments. VILLA'S STRENGTH REPORTED GROWING Bl Paso, Tex., Sept. 4.—Brigadier General George Bell announced today that Francisco Villa's strength was growing more rapidly than he had {4 supposed. He said that his agents #/ obtained information that Villa had 1,000 men and had captured a train 1 the vicinity of Santa Ysabel ax_xd ' # was moving west from Chihuahua in the direction of places evacuated by the Ameérican troops. ' WORKINGMEN'S LAW | PASSED BY GONGRESS i (By United Press) { ‘Washington, Sept. 4.—The senate | @d house today celebrated Labor Day / v passing the workingmen’s compen- { sation law affecting 500,000 govern- ment employes. The president will ¥ sign it tomorrow. i A glance at thé want column may help you sell it. JEFFERSON HIGHWAY IS BEING POSTED Work is Begun in Beltrami County; Route is Being Marked; Road to Be Repaired. ‘Work was begun today on marking the Jefferson highway route through Beltrami county. The delay in the marking of the route was on account of failure to receive stencils. The board of directors for the highway in Beltrami county will hold a meeting tomorrow to consider plans for the improving of the road through this county. GEORGE HERBERT WAS PROMINENT AD MAN J. M. Herbert, assistant lumber manager of the Crookston Lumber company, returned to Bemidji this morning from Chicago where he was called by the sudden death of his father, George Wright Herbert. Mr. Herbert was one of the most prominent men in the advertising field in Chicago. He had wide ex- perience in newspaper advertising and sixteen years ago entered the ag- ricultural field. His business at that time grew from one publication to 14 of the leading agricultural papers of the country, known as the Standard Farm Paper association. He is survived by his mother and son. . He was a member of the Austin lodge No. 850 A. F. & A. M. Oriental consistory .and Medianah temple, Ad- vertising Association of Chicago, Chi- cago Automobile club, Detroit Ath- letic club and Westward Ho Golf club. BOOSTING AMENDMENT NO. 1 AT STATE FAIR Minnesota State Fair visitors are having their attention called to Amendment No. 1, the proposed amendment to the state constitution that will create a revolving fund of $250,000 to be used in improving state lands to make them more sale- able. The committee in charge of the campaign has secured a booth in the agricultural building for an exhibit. Mrs. Katherine Hensler is in charge and has several assistants distribut- ing matter explaining the purpose of ‘the amendment.” “The booth has been arranged as a rest room for visitors. 'SHACKLETON RETURNS A FROM ANARCTIC TRIP (By United Press) Puntaarenas, Chile, Sept. 4.— Lieutenant Shackelton has returned here safe and well with members of his Anarctic expedition. He was marooned on Elephant island. widow, BUSHMAN AND BAYNE AT GRAND TONIGHT Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne will be shown tonight at the Grand theater in ‘““The Private Of- fice.” These pictures were shown at the Rex theater last evening on ac- count of the non-arrival of the Rex films. MOTHER OF BEMIDJI TEAGHER DIES SUDDENLY When Miss Laura Michener, in- structor in the English department of the Bemidji high school, arrived in Bemidji Sunday to take up her du- ties she received word of the sud- den death of her mother at Preston, Minn. Miss Michener returned to that place last night. MORE THAN 25.000 WAR VETERANS AT ENCAMPMENT (By United Press) Chicago, Sept. 4.—From 25,000 to 30,000 Spanish war veterans gath- ered here today for the annual en- campment of the Spanish War Veter- ans. PLEASURE _LAUNCH FOR INSANE PERSONS (By United Press) Yankston, S. D., Sept. 4.—A pleas- ure yacht has been launched for the use of patients of the insane hospital here. Dr. Wilhite is the father of the idea. It will be used in connec- tion with a luxurious motor car to give patients outdoor life. TURTLE RIVER FARM GLUB NAME CHANGED The name of the Turtle River farmers’ club was changed to the Turtle River Working club at a meeting held Saturday at the farm home of Mrs. Gutgrue. There were about 25 persons present. County Commissioner Thompson of Black- duck joined the club and gave an ex- cellent talk on affairs in Beltrami county. Miss Bessie Knox of Nebish ar- rived in Bemidji today. 'She will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Evan Carson during the ‘school term. BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. MONDAY E VENING. SEPTEMBER 4, 1916. UNGLE SAM GETS LINCOLN FARM; PLEAS MADE FOR HIS AMERICANISM Former Governor Folk Presents Cabin and Farm for Lincoln Farm Association. LARGE CROWD ATTENDS PRESENTATION CELEBRATION President Wilson in Able Address Ac- cepts Gift to Nation; Gift by Common People. (By United Press) Hodgensville, Ky., Sept. 4.—Presi- dent Lincoln’s home farm and the log cabin that he was born in were formally presented to Uncle Sam by the Lincoln Farm association, an or- ganization which rescued the place from obscurity and neglect, here to- day. Most of the contributions for the purchase came from the common people Lincoln loved-so well. Former Governor Joseph W. Polk of Missouri, president of the associa- tion, in presenting the farm and cabin to the government, emphasized the need for Americanism in the every- day life of the individual American, in the government and particularly in the foreign relations of the United States. Mr. Folk said in part:: “The spirit of Lincoln is more alive today than he lived in the flesh. His ideals live in millions of American freemen. ' ‘“He founded an Americanism that is not a matter of creed or national descent, but an ideal of the soul and of the mind; an Americanism that is not merely a union of political enti- ties, but of a common aspiration and a common destiny. “Lincoln’s Americanism was so vir- ile that there need be no nation so strong we should fear it, or so power- ful we should cower at its feet; an Americanism so just that the Golden Rule may be the supreme law guiding us in our diplomatic relations with other nations; an Americanism ready to defend against the aggression of all nations, but intentionally offending none in puholding the principles of the rights of man throughout the world; an Americanism that gives hope to those who would preserve the sacred fire of brotherhood now - ‘in danger of being extinguished in the sanguinary floods across the sea; an Americanism based upon service for the common good and equality of op- portunity for all.” A large crowd was present for the presentation celebration. Wilson Accepts. President Wilson accepted the gift of the nation in an able address. He arrived here with Mrs. Wilson at 9:40 o’clock this morning and en- route to the Lincoln farm stopped at the court house and placed a wreath on Lincoln’s statue. “No more significant memorial could have been presented to this na- tion than this.” said the president in his address. ‘It expresses so much of what is singular and noteworthy in the history of the country; it sug- gests so many of the things that we prize most highly in our life and in our system of government.” Needs No Eulogy. He concluded his address as fol- lows: " “I have come here today, not to utter a eulogy on Lincoln; he stands in need of none, but to endeavor to interpret the meaning of this gift to the nation of the place of his birth and origin. Is not this an altar upon which we may forever keep alive the vestal fire of democracy as upon a shrine at which some of the deepest and most sacred hopes of man- kind may from age to age be rekin- dled? For these hopes must con- stantly be rekindled, and only those who live can rekindle them. The only stuff that can retain the life- giving heat is the stuff of living hearts. And the hopes of mankind cannot be kept alive by words merely, by constitutions and doctrines of right and codes of liberty. The ob- ject of democracy is to transmute these into the life and action of so- ciety, the self-denial and self-sacri- fice of heroic men and women willing to make their lives an embodiment of right and service and enlightened purpose. The commands of demo- cracy are as imperative as its privil- eges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us. It will be great and lift a great light for the guidance of the nations only if we are great and carry that light high for the guidance of our own feet. - We are not worthy to stand here -unless we ourselves be in deed and in truth real democrats and ser- vants of mankind, ready to give our very lives for the freedom and justice and spiritual exaltation of the great nation which shelters and nurtures us.” SIX CENT BREAD IN ST. PAUL TODAY (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4.—Six cent bread became effective in St. Paul to- day. The loaf that formerly sold for, five cents, now coSts six. The price of the ten cent loaf is not af- fected. Paper wrappings will be el- iminated to further-save profit: The regular. meeting -of the East- ern Star will be held tomorrow eve- ning at 8 o’clock at the Masonic hall. Ella Rasmussen, W. M. o GREEGE AGGEPTS ‘ALLIES DEMANDS; I3 TEPPELINS IN - BIG LONDON RAID Allies Demand That Greece Permit Them to Take Over Mail and Telegraph Service. BELIEVED THAT GREEKS WILL DECLARE WAR SOON Chief Town in German East Africa is Taken bv British. Revorts London. ¢ (By United Press) Paris, Sept. 4—Greece has cepted all the allies’ demands. London, Sept. 4.—It is reported that the Allies have demanded that Greece permit them to take over all the telegraph and mail service and that all Teutonic agents be deported. Change in Policy. Berlin, Sept. 4.—A great change in policy is occurring in Greece. When the Greek army is mobilfzed in four weeks it is expected that they will declare war upon the Teutons. ‘A majority of the Greek soldiers, it is believed, are opposed to declaring war on the Germans. Hence it is thought that they will equalize the demoralized Serbs as fighters. London, Sept. 4.—A dispatch from Athens says that King Constantine has informed the entente allies that on account of Roumania’s entry in the war, he wants to reconsider the Greek policy recently declaring neut- rality. ac- Town Surrenders. London, Sept. 4.—Daressalaam, the chief town of German East Africa, has been surrendered to the British. London, Sept. 4.—Combined Brit- ish and French attacks between the villages of Clert and Forrest occurred Sunday. The French captured these villages. The British got a portion of the village of Gineay and gained complete possession of Guillemont: In Sunday attacks the allies took 3,- 000 prisoners. . ¢ Paris, Sept. 4.—(Official)—Bad Nalactiva weather is halting the new French -offertsive onthe Somme: - : Bucharest, Sept. 4. (Official)--All the Transylvanian territory of Har- omshek and the inhabited region of Sekeli has been entered by the Ruma- nians. Lively fighting on the north- ern and northwestern fronts is re- ported. The Rumanians have occu- pied the region near Barzook heights and the territory west of the heights. London, Sept. 4.—The British steamships Duart, Kelviania and Mas- cotte have been torpedoed. 13 Zeppelins in Raid. London, Sept. 4.—(Official)—Thir- teen Zeppelins participated in a raid here Saturday night. Only three of the Zeppelins were able to approach the outskirts of London. The cas- ualties have been officially withheld, but General French of the home forces says that two were killed and thirteen injured. One of the raiding Zeppelins, hit squarely by a shell from a British gun, plunged to the earth from a great height in a burst of flames. Eighteen charred corpses of the Ger- mans killed were found and buried today. They are the first to be killed in action on English soil. One of the men wore an iron cross. MINNESOTA STATE FAIR IS OPENED Threatening Weather on First Day of Exposition; Crowds Not Very Large. (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4.—Despite transportation conditions, the Min- nesota State Fair was opened today with. a chance that the attendance would be mnormal. Transportation conditions of the past 15 days will have a psycological effect upon at- tendance, state fair attaches said to- day. Crowds were slow in coming to the fair today as the weather was threat- ening and there was a slight rain during the early morning. The attendance at noon was 49,- 225. Last year the attendance at noon was 51,518. BAILEY SHOOTS PERFEGT SCOREAT GUN GLUB SHOOT Attorney Thayer C. Bailey shot a perfect score at the Bemidji Rod and Gun club shoot held Sunday morn- ing. It was the last meet of the year and the members are now ready for:live game. The scores out of 25 shots are as follows: Heffron 12, Smith 14, Rus- sell 10, Gray 23, Halgren 20, Kreatz 22, Bailey 21, Vandersluis 18, I nenberg 16; Heffron' 11,” Russell 15; Gray 19, Smith 11, Halgren 17, Heff- ron 10, Kreatz 18, Bailey 25, Dan- nenberg 21, Vandersluis 12. . Ploneer want ads are read. Dan- e e e e e e s e | Flake. = j‘PA" MA \t§ls't'ofll‘]‘4:9°eiety " DEMANDS OF CHINA Asks That Chinese Troops Be With- drawn; That Right Be Given to Police Territory. ? (By. United Press) Peking, China, Sept. 4.—Japan has made four demands on China:. They are that the Chinese officers in com- mand of 'thg troops, that attacked the Japanese recently, be punished; that Chinese troops be withdrawn from the district where the trouble arose; that families of Japanese killed by in- demnified; 'that Japan be .given the right to police lower Mpugolla. BEMIDJI SCHOOLS TO - OPEN TOMORROW Teachers Arrive and Everything is in Reéadiness for the School Year. : The Bemidji and Nymore public schools will re open tomorrow morn- ing at nine o’clock after a three months’ vacation. Teachers have arrived in the city and everything is ready for the school year. The Nymore school will be under the direction of W. P. Dyer, super- intendent of schools, until Nymore votes on annexation to Bemidji. BIG COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT The first Commercial club meeting held in two months will be called next Tuesday -evening. Much * important work will come up for consideration. Membership campaigns will be out- lined and active work for the winter morths begun. The club’s co-operation in connec- tion with the Jefferson highway, con- struction of flat buildings and improv- ing road around the lake will be dis- cussed. EIGHTH MINNESOTA 5 TO HOLD REUNION (By United Press) Stillwater, Minn., Sept. 4.—The ‘Bighth Minnesota regiment will held its annual reunion in"Stillwater to- “morrow: At the invitation-of “Wars den Reed the survivors of that regi- ment with their wives and familiés will go to the state prison for din- ner and afterwards there will be a program of speeches and music in the prison auditorium. SECRECY MARKS MEET OF GERMAN SOCIETY (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4.—Secrecy today marked the calling to order of the annual session of the German- American alliance of Minnesota. Several hundred delegates were here from various parts of the state. GITY GOUNGIL TO HOLD MEET TONIGHT The Bemidji city council will hold a regular meeting tonight at the city hall. Routine matters will come be- fore the council. BANKS ARE GLOSED; TODAY A HOLIDAY Bemidji did not generally observe Labor Day today. Public offiices were kept open. Only the banks closed to observe the day. “Bay Breezes.” Misses Esther and Iva Westeen en- tertained at a roast and dancing party in honor of their guest, Miss Esther Sanford of Grand Forks, Sat- urday evening. Ferris Knapp has returned from a two weeks’ visit with relatives at Du- luth. Dr. J. D. Taylor, Mrs. Van Syckle and Leete Van Syckle, after an en- joyable summer’s outing at their home at Lakeside, left for their home in Grand Forks Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Buckman and daughter, Dorothy, and Miss Mabel Hagen left for their homes Saturday. Mrs. Ira J. Cool’s mother, Mrs. Ferris, and daughter, Katherine, of Chicago and Mrs. Ferris’ sister, Mrs. AUDI Louice L. Lake and son, Raymond, left for their homes in that city Sat- urday after a two weeks’ visit at the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ira J. Cool. Miss Alice Smith, accompanied by John, William and Fred Corrigan, left for their homes in Grand Forks after a short visit with Mrs. Herman Wolft, Miss Esther Sanford left for her home in Grand Forks Sunday after a two weeks’ visit as the guest of Miss Iva Westeen. Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Hansoh and children closed their summer home at Lakeside and “or their hbme in Grand Porks after a'summer’s outing at the Mr. and ‘Mrs. Hakkerup- and child have moved from the Bay to town, where they expect to locate for some time before leaving for their home in ‘Crookston. _FORTY CENTS PER MONTHE (R 15 ORDERED OUT; HEARINGS T0 BEGIN TUESDAY L. H. Slocum of Koochiching Oom.xty is Suspended by Governor .'Bnmquiit. INQUIRY TO BE MADE OF ALLEGED ILLEGAL DEALS Attorney M. J, Brown of Bemidji is Named Commissioner; Private Citizens Protest. Charges of illegal expenditures ag- gregating more than $200,000 by Koochiching county officials resulted’ Saturday in orders by Governor Burnquist suspending County Audi- tor L. H. Slocum and placing L. W. . ‘Wilson of Virginia in charge of the auditor’s office and appointing At- torney M. J. Brown of Bemidji as commissioner to take evidence in. an official investigation. p L The action of Governor Burnquist is the culmination of an investigation of the affairs of the county coverin several months. ’ Attorney General L. A. Smith and Andrew Fritz, state public examiner, made -a personal ‘investigation = of Koochiching -county two months ago. County Near Bankruptcy. It was reported then that the coun- ty was almost on the verge of bank- ruptey ‘because bond issues had been made for more than the aassessed valuation and it was evident some-' thing was wrong. The grand jury found no criminal negligence on the part of any of the county officers. Nothing more was done until the governor ¥riday re- ceived the complaint signed by D. J. Kennedy, O. P. Swanson, T. M. How- ard and H. W. Keyes, taxpayers, of International Falls, charging the county auditor with. misuse of coun- ty funds in the payment of road con- tracts to the Northwestern Con- struction company. Work Not Approved. K This company, according to the al- legations filed with the governor, re- ceived from the county auditor from April, 1914, to June, 1916, $76,650 as-payment . for- work: done-on state-" road No. 24. This work had not been approved by the state highway en- gineer nor was the contract com- pleted when the company was paid, according to the allegations. Auditor Slocum also issued war- rants to the construction company for $46,462 for work done on state road No. 5. This work had not been com- pleted, it is alleged, nor had the en- gineer certified the amount that should be paid to the auditor before payment was made by him. Charge Secret Agreement. It is further alleged that Slocum had entered into a secret agreement with the contractors whereby bids could not be received from - other companies for the highway work. It was also alleged that some other county officials were implicated, but no specific charges were made. A further allegation was that the auditor had arranged with G. A. El- der, Duluth, to negotiate the sale of $1,660,000 in county bonds for which the county paid Mr. Elder $95,715. This amount could have been saved the county, it was allezed, by having it sell the bonds itseif. Five major charges on which the governor acted are as follows: First—An allegation that Auditor Slocum issued warrants for $76,~ 650.23 in favor of the Northwestern Construction company, as county pay- ment on a road contract of which no part was completed. Second—A further allegation that the auditor issued other warrants in favor of the same contracting com- pany that were $14,348.14 in excess of authority. Agreement Alleged. Third—That Auditor Slocum en- tered a secret agreement with the Northwestern company, prior to the letting of road construction contracts, against permitting competitice bid- ding so that the contracts ‘“would be let to the Northwestern company at prices to net handsome profits to_be . divided between the company and Auditor Slocum and other county of- ficials,” and that through inexperi- ence and incompetence of an engineer the first estimates were so low that original plans could not be worked out; and that “to secure ‘funds to build the road and provide spoils for himself and other county officials,” it is further alleged that Slocum is- sued warrants to the Northwestern company in excess of the 85 per cent provided in the contract, and, in fact, for more than $50,000 in excess of all contracts.” . Fourth—Auditor Slocum is charged with failure to resell a road con- struction contract as provided by law. County Bonds Sold. Fifth—That Koochiching county bonds have been sold in the sums of $1,368,000 for ditches and $300,000 for roads, all through G. A. Elder of Duluth, and that the county paid $95,715 commissions on such sales; also, it is alleged, Auditor Slocum in this connection entered into another agreement refusing information. to prevent competitive bidding to make . it appear to the county' commission- ers that payment of commissions was necessary when the bonds, it is:as-: serted, could have been sold at par, (Continued on Page 4) .