Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 5, 1916, Page 1

* VOLUME XIV, NO. 291. PRESIDENT WILSON DELIVERS MESSAGE TO JOINT SESSION OF 64TH CONGRESS fPutlines Legislation He Hopes to En- acted by That Body This Session, ‘SUFFRAGETTES HECKLE WILSON DURING TALK ‘Large Yellow Flag With Inscription is Dropped From Balcony by the Women. By ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Staff Correspondent) ‘Washington, Dec. B5.—Declaring the country cannot and should not consent to remain further exposed to profound industrial disturbance, President Wilson today appeared be- fore a joint session of congress and ~._ appealed for immediate action upon ““the settlement and regulation of dif- « aulties between railways and em- ployes. Following the precedent he estab- lished when he first assumed his ex- ecutive duties in the White House, President Wilson today appeared be- fore congress and personally outlined legislation he hopes to have enacted by that body. It was the third time ‘he has addressed the sixty-fourth eongress. Because the makeup of the next housle may result in hard sledding for Democratic measures, the presi- dent hoped, by his appeal today, to convince this congress of the impert- ance of immediate action on legisla- tion he particularly desires. ~The executive box in the house gal- ~ lery was reserved for Mrs. Wilson and other members of the president’s family. Members of the cabinet also were there. While congress is working on his recommendations the president will 'be away from Washington but little. Should it be necessary he may recom- mend that the customary Christmas recessi be dispensed with. This sug- gestion has been made already by Speaker Clark and Chairman Fitzger- ayl' of the house appropriations com- ittee. ” There is much to do before March /3, the date of adjournment, if the president’s wishes are to be carried out in full at this time and not en- trusted to the sixty-fifth congress. The first demonstration by the suf- fragists, such as heckled the British house of commons, occurred in con- gress while the president was read- ing his annual message. Soon after he started to read hid address a big yellow banner was dropped by the suffragists from the gallery with the inseription, “President, what will you do for woman suffrage?”’ President Wilson’s address is as -follows: Gentlemen of the Congress: In fulfilling at this time the duty laid upon me by the Constitution of communicating to you from time to time information of the state of the Union and recommending to your consideration such legislative meas- ures as may be judged necessary and expedient I shall continue the prac- . tice, which I hope has been accept- ““ple to you, of leaving to the reports _++ghe several heads of the executive “/Jepsktments the elaboration of the detailed needs of the public dervice and confine myself to those matters . of more general public policy with which it seems necessary and feas- ible to deal at the present session -of the congress. I realize the limitations of time under which you will necessarily act at this session and shall make my suggestions as few as possible; - but there were some things left undone -at the last session which there will now be time to complete and which it seems necessary in the interest of the public to do at once. In the first place, it seems to me seratively necessary that the earli- possible consideration and action slould be accorded to the remaining | measures of the program of settle- ment and regulation which I had oc- casion to recommend to you at the close of your last gession in view of the public dangers disclosed by !:he unaccommodated difficulties which then existed, and which still unhap- pily continue to exist, between th'e‘ railroads of the country and their | | Jocomotive engineers, conductors and rainmen. o, then recommended: wst, immediate provision for the ,;gement and administrative re-: anization of the Interstate Com- perce commission along the lines| embodied in the bill recently passed | by the house of representatives and ‘now awaiting action by the senate; {in order that the commission may be N, ‘enabled to deal with the many great angd various duties now devolving up- it with a promptness and thor- ghness which are, with its present nstitution and means of ‘-action, ctically fmpossible. Second, the establishment of an eight-hour day as the legal basis alike of work and of wages in the employment of all railway employes who are actually engaged in the work of operating trains in inter- state transportation. Third, the authorization of the ap- pointment by the president of a small body of men to observe the actual re- sults in experience of the adoption of the eight-hour day in railway transportation alike for the men and for the railroads. Fourth, explicit approval by the congress of the consideration by the Interstate Commerce commission of an increase of freight rates to meet such additional expenditures by the railroads as may have been rendered necessary by the adoption of the eight-hour day and which have not been offset by administrative read- justments and economies, should the facts discloged justify the increase. Fifth, an amendment of the ex- isting federal statute which provides for the mediation, conciliation and arbitration of such controversies as the present by adding, to it a provi- sion that, in case the methods of ac- commodation now provided for should fail, a full public investigation of the merits of every such dispute shall be instituted and completed be- fore a strike or lockout may law- fully be attempted. And, sixth, the lodgement in the hands of the executive of the power, in case of military necessity, to take control of such portions and such rolling stock of the railways of the country as may be required for mili- tary use and to operate them for military purposes, with authority to draft into the military service of the United States such train crews and administrative officials as the cir- cumstances require for their safe and efficient use. The second and third of these recommendations the congress imme- diately acted on; it established the eight-hour day as the legal basig of work and wages in train service and it authorized the appointment of a commission to observe and report up- on the practical results, deeming these the measures most immediately needed; but it postponed action up- on the other suggestions until an opportunity should be offered for a more deliberate consideration of them. The fourth recommendation I do not deem it necessary to renew. The power of the Interstate Com- merce commission to grant an in- crease of ratés on the ground re- ferred to is indisputably clear and a recommendation by the congress with regard to such a matter might! seem to draw in question the scope of the commission’s authority or itg inclination to do justice when there is no reason to doubt either. The other suggestions—the in- crease in the interstate Commerce commission’s membership and in its facilities for performing its mani- fold duties, the provision fer full public investigaticn and assessment of industrial disputes, and the grant to the executive of the power to con- trol and operate the railways when necessary in time of war or other like public necessity I now very earnestly renew. I The necessity for such legislation io manifest and pressing. Those who have entrusted us with the re- sponsibility and duty of serving and safeguarding them in such matters would find it hard, I believe, to ex- cuse a failure to aet upon these grave matters or any unnecessary postponement of action upon them. Not only does the Interstate Com- merce commission now find it prac- tically impossible, with its present membership and organization, to per- form its great functions promptly and thoroughly but it is not un- likely that it may presently be found advisable to add to its duties still others equally heavy and.exact- ing. It must first be perfected as an administrative instrument. The country cannot and should not consent to remain any longer exposed to profound industrial dis- turbances for lack of additional means of arbitration and concilia- tion which the congress cah easily and promptly supply. And all will agree that there must be no doubt as to the power of the executive to make immediate and uninterrupted use of the railroads for the concen- tration of the military forces of -the (Continued on Page Twelve) ATTENPTS T0 KILL DEER AND IS FINED J. Locke, a homesteader living near Turtle River, paid a fine of $10 in the municipal court this morning on a charge of attempting to kill a deer out of season. The arrest was made by Sherm Bailey, game warden. THEATER ATTENDANCE RECORDS ARE BROKEN All attendance records of the Grand theater were broken last eve- ning at the moving picture drama, “Is Any Girl Safe?”’ Crowds attempt- ing to get admission to the theater crowded into the street and ‘two shows were shown to packed houses. i lin‘.cfiv. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 5, LLOYD GEORGE RESIGNS FROM CABINET, SAYS Resignation Sent to Asquith After Word Was Received That Pre- mier Opposed Plans. RUMANIANS NEAR BUCHAREST RETIRE Serbians Make Advances Around Monastir; Bulgars Retreat Northward. (By TUnited Press) London, Dec. 5.—Upon the highest authority it was made known today that David Lloyd George had re- signed from the cabinet. . His resignation was drafted and sent to Premier Asquith after he had received intimation that Asquith was not willing to agree to a plan of war council of which the premier was a member. Petrograd, Dec. 5.—Constant at- tacks of superior Teutonic forces compelled the Rumanians around Bu- charest to retire. Rumanian attempts to check the Teutons in their ad- vance upon Bucharest were unsuc- cessful. - Salonika, Dec. 5.—The Serbian statement today says that fresh ad- vances have been made by the Serb- iang around Monastir. Berlin, Dec. 5.—British attacks on the line from Warlencourt have been repulsed. ‘Washington, Deec. vestigation has been started of the facts surrounding the torpedoing of the steamer Chemung. Paris, Dec. 5.—Sub-Lieutenant Nungeser, one of the crack men of the French aviation corps, downed two German aeroplanes last night, making a total of 20 in air battles in the Somme district. SCHOOL BOARD TO INSPECT BUILDINGS At a special meeting of the Be- midji school board held last evening at the high school to discuss plans for a grade school building in the Nymore district, a committee was ap- pointed to inspect various new school buildings constructed in this dis- trict and to investigate the qualifi- cations of architects. The commit- tee is composed of W. P. Dyer, super- intendent of schools, and J. P. Lahr and Dr. G. M. Palmer, members of the board. They will probably re- port az the next meeting of the board. A number of the Nymore ward resi- dents attended the school board meeting last night. COMMERCIAL AND AUTO CLUBS MEET The Bemidji Commercial club and the Bemidji Automobile club will hold meetings tonight at the Commer- cial club rooms. The Commercial club will meet at 8:30 o’clock and the Automobile club will meet at 7:30 o’clock. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET AT COURT HOUSE The board of county commissioners is meeting in regular session at the court house today. Commissioners Rako, Lennon, Hayes and Thompson were present at the meeting this morning. PUPOSKY AND NEBISH MEN ON LIQUOR CHARGE The much gpoken of clubs at Pu- posky and Nebish have been closed. Fred Hall of Nebish and Roy Wil- son of Puposky have been arrested on charges of selling liquor without a license. Complaints were made several weeks ago by a Mr. Jorstad and the arrests were made this morning. The men appeared before Judge D. H. Fisk and were held to the grand jury under bonds of $500 each. - - Page ~—Official im- |- 1916. - WILSON URGES LABOR LEGIS GERMAN CONSUL VICE CONSUL AND AMERICAN KILLED State Department Messages Show That German Officials Were Killed by Bandits. PRESUMED THAT VILLA’S FOLLOWERS MURDERED MEN News From Americans in Chihuahua City Says All Other Americans are Alive, (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 5.—The state department has received messages which show that German Consul Vo- gel and his vice consul and one Am- erican have been killed by bandits, presumably Villistas, in Chihuahua City. El Paso, Dec. 5.—The first auth- entic news from Americans in Chi- huanua City was received today in a telegram from Charles Elmendorf in which he stated that one American had been killed, but other Americans were alive. NEW BOOKS ARE RECEIVED AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Many new “books have béshi~ re« ceived at the public library. Miss Beatrice Mills, librarian, today an- nounced a new list of books for chil- dren and for adults. The library board purchases only the_ hest of books and it is doing all that it cah to encourage the reading of good litepature among growing girls and boys. Miss Mills is urging the children to read only the best books. She is willing to aid parents in the selec- tion of books for Christmas gifts for children. The list of children’s books an- nounced today is as follows: (Orton) Bob Hunt at Camp Pontiac; (Sing- master) Emmeline; (De Segur) So- phie’s Troubles; (Williams) Young People’s History of Massachusetts; (Gates) Story of Mince Pie; (Gil- christ) Helen on the Wall; (Sing- master) When Sarah Saved the Day; (Coolidge) A New Year’s Bargain; (Stockton) Captain Chap; (Catrevas) That Freshman; (Kennedy) Surprise Island; (Remick) Glenlock Girls; (Miller) What Happened to Bar- bara; (Collins) Book of Magic; (El- liott) S. W. F. Club; (Munroe) Fur- Seals; (Ogden) Little Pierre and Big Peter; (Blanchard) The Little Prin- cess of Tonopali; (Haskell) Kat- rinka; (Madison) A Maid of Salem Town; (Paine) The Head Coacle; (Hyrst) Storied of Polar Adventure; (Pendleton) In the Camp of the Creeks; (Foulke) Braided Straws; (Burnett) - The Little Princess; (Wickes) Stories to Act; (Jamison) Lady Jane; (Fletcher) Indian Games and Dances; biographies—Robert Fulton, David Livingstone, Nathan Hale, William Penn, Robert E Lee, Christopher Columbus. Among the new books for adults are: Non-fiction—(Stock) The Che- quered Cruise; (McSpagdlen) Famous Painters of America; (Muis) Story of My Boyhood and Youth; (Hueff- er) A Crucial Study of Henry James; (Miller) Songs of the Sierras; (Elia- son) First Aid in Emergencies; (Morse) Benjamin Franklin; (Von Holst) John C. Calhoun. Fiction— (Richmond) Under the Country Sky; (McCutchoen). The Light That Lies; (Dana) Two Years Before the Mast; (Mikels) Short Stories for High Schools; (Davis) Vera, the Medium; (Chase) The Girl From the Big Horn Country; (Bingham) Heart of Thunder Mountain; (Brebner) The Master' Delistine. MWDANIELS CASE ~ TO JURY TONIGHT St. Josepn, Mo., Dee. 5.—It is ex- pected that the McDaniels murder case will be given to the jury to- night. DOMINICANS KILLED ) IN_STREET BATTLE ‘Washington, Dec. 5.—The estab- lishment of the American military government in Santo Domingo was attended by fightin, which sev- ‘eral marines were T L S i R HistoriesT ocIewY MAYOR AND CHIEF |MERCHANTS T0 OF POLICE ORDER | REFUND RAILWAY PUNCH BOARDS OUT| FARES T0 OUT- HIGH AUTHORITY| IN CHIHUAHUA CITY| OF OPERATION HERE| OF-TOWN BUYERS Call a Halt to. Gambling Device; Minors Have Been Permitted to Play Boards. ORDER IN EFFECT AFTER TW0 WEEKS Citizens Urge That Card Gambling Games and Dice Games Also Be Halted. Mayor Charles W. Vandersluis and Frank Ripple, chief of police, punch- ed the punch out of punch boards late yesterday afternoon when the opera- tion of punch boards in Bemidji was banned. Punch boards have been operated in the city during the past months without any restrictions and as a re- sult minors and others were permit- ted to gamble on the boards. ‘It is said that in many cases large amounts of money were gambled on the boards. Chief Ripple served orders on all dealers that punch board operations must be halted within two weeks of the filing of the order. The order was brought under Sec- tion 8727, General Statutes of Min- nesota, which provides against gamb- ling devices. Several citizens met with Chief Ripple this morning and requested that he also call a halt to the numer- ous card gambling games and dice games in the city. BEMIDJI CLUB T0 ELECT OFFICERS Officers will be elected at the Be- midji Township Farmers’ club meet- ing which will be held in the new consolidated school Jan. 13. At a meeting of the club Saturday Cowan Gray, secretary, was appoint- ed a delegate to the meeting to be held in Bemidji next Saturday for the formation of a county federation of farmers’ clubs. LYCEUM: AT GRAND THEATER WEDNESDAY The second entertainment of the Minnesota University Lyceum course under the auspices of the Woman’s Study club will be given tomorrow evening at the Grand theater. The entertainment will be given by the International Operatic company. The company includes five mem- bers, and is an organization composed of professional performers, each a musician of wide experience and reputation. The program will in- clude vocal solos, duets, quartets, piano solos and an operatic produc- tion. Each member of the company is costumed appropriately for the character songs and selections from grand opera. EMBARGO ON SPUDS IS ORDERED LIFTED ‘Washington, Dec. 5.—The firgt steps of the department of agricul- ture toward a policy which is ex- pected to reduce the price of food staples were made today when the embargo on Canadian potatoes was ordered lifted. Shipments of pota- toes must be certified by shippers as sound. The first congressional action to relieve the h. c¢. 1. wag begun today when the house concurred in Rep- resentative Keating’s motion to amend his bill to provide for an in- vestigation of the h. c¢. 1 among wage earners in the District of Columbia. TRAPPING MUSKRATS * IN REFUGE ALLOWED Because of the damage that musk- rats do to birds, trappers will be per- mitted to trap the rats inside game refuge limits, according to Sherm Bailey, game warden. However, no permits will be issued for trapping. Trappers are urged to. use care ]!rhil trapping inside the re: Co-operative Trading Festival to Be Be Held in This City December 11 to 20. TO ADVERTISE BEMIDJI i AS A TRADING CENTER Stores to Offer Inducements and Prices That Cannot Be . Surpassed. Bemidji will hold a ‘“‘Co-operative Trading Festival” Dec. 11 to 20. Bemidji merchants have been pre- paring for weeks for this festival and they will offer inducements in the way of goods and prices that cannot be surpassed or even duplicated in any city or town in the state. They also will refund railway fares to out- of-town buyers. The reason for the festival is to advertise Bemidji as a trading cen- ter. . Under the plan the shoppers from out of town will be offered refunding sheets to five per cent of every pur- chase, which will be paid in cash to the amount of the railway fare when presented at the office of the Bemidji Pioneer. The Pioneer will act as a clearing house in refunding fares for all stores. The only condition to receiving railway fares is that the aggregate purchases reach a certain small total, which will, of course, vary for the various number of miles traveled. ~ Fares will also be refunded to all persons who, from a distance equal to any of the surrounding towns, drive to Bemidji to trade during the festival. For instance, a person re- siding in Solway, who would drive or motor to Bemidji to attend the fes- tival will get the price of -a railroad ticket provided that his purchases amount to the required sum. Refund sheets can be secured at refund stores or at the Pioneer office. The refund stores are Abercrombie & McCready, George T. Baker & Co., Barker’s Drug and Jewelry Store, C. E. Battles’ Hardware store, Bazaar store, Huffman & O’Leary, Bemidji ' Pioneer, Carlson’s Variety Store, City Drug Store, The Fair Store, Gill Bros., Given Hardware Co., Hub Clothing Store, Knapp’s Shoe Store, 0. J. Laqua, Netzer's Pharmacy, O’Leary-Bowsler Co., A. B. Palmer Hardware store, Schavitch ‘Bros., Schneider Bros., Otto G. Schwandt; paper. Hodady Do your Christinas shopping¥n-Be- midji, Dec. 11-20. & SPOONER MUNICIPAL TREE NOW PLANNED Spooner, Minn., Dec. 5.—The Civic club is planning to have a municipal - Chrigtmas tree in the Auditorium here Friday, Dec. 22. The following committees will have the affair in charge: Finance—George E. Ericson and F. F. Perry; purchas- ing—Mrs,. Edward Daoust and Gus- taf Erickson; entertainment—Mes- dames 'E. E. Thompson, Julian M. Peterson, W. A. Buggs, Iver Lund- strom, Albert Francis and C. W. Meyers, and Rev. E. E. Thompson; decorations—1J. H. English, Axel Rod, F. 0. Nelson, Odelion Darval and E. Stone; preparing gifts—Mrs. J. W. Myers and Julian M. Peterson. $78.000 TAX IS PAID ON SHEVLIN ESTATE In heritance taxes of $78,717.80 were paid the state by the estate of the late Thomas L. Shevlin. The value of the estate as returned by appraisers was $3,189,965.10. The will bequeathed to Elizabeth Shevlin, the widow, $1,081,430.60, and to a daughter, Elizabeth B. Shevlin, and a son, Thomas Henry Shevlin, $824,- 996.42, each to be held in trust. JOHN D. ARCHBOLD, OIL MAGNATE, DEAD Tarrytown, N. Y., Dec. 5.—John D. Archbold, Standard Oil magnate, died at 5:30 o’clock this morning at his home on South Broadway. Death re- sulted from complications following an operation for appendicitis per- formed Nov. 21. Erlandson & Tepper of this city have purchased the ‘Salyation Army P oY