Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 8, 1918, Page 1

A, i BEMIDJI DAIL | CITY CLERK FAIL TO REVEAL WHEREABOUTS OF MONEY, | ACCORDING To STATEMENT (07 Pl NICIPA HERE'S WOMAN PROSECUTOR UTON LIBERALS RE INSPIRED BY RUSSIAN REBELS o Whether They Will Go Further Then Criticise is Being Eagerly ~ Awaited. : Water Clerk Suspended For Two Weeks; Will Be Asked To Answer Charges; City Clerk Called Upon By City Coun- cil To Also Answer Questions As To Irregularities .+ In Books; Lack Of Attention Shows Glaringly « The city council at its meeting, last evening, devoted considerable ttime to the report of the public ex- aminer, who recently. completed an examination of the:city’s books, the first examination for over seven years and, as a result, George Kirk, clerk ‘of the .water board, was sus- pended for two weeks, pending a set- tlement of a shortage in the depart- ment as shown on the report. clerk’s report on the water depart- ADDI‘"oN 0FNYMORE ?:;:Itlf was naturally accepted as cor- £ \ There was-also a matter of a CAUSES coUNcm ’I‘o check for $94.88 that F. G. Bchadegg had paid the city clerk on a special a : assessment, and for which he held R AISE SOME SAI‘ ARIES a receipt.” He is not credited with : having paid anyshing and Mr. Schad- egg, who was ‘present,-produced the 3 George Stein, city clerk, was or- ;l"xecelpt of mmfi. mlere 1: ':‘; reecu}. MI:l;sl }llolm; D, fl\h:%lm'lnllck, who dered to explain at the next meeting| There were some changes made in owever, thig item 18 no e Seri=. poseq: I her fonle tok 'Q_" 10¥0. Dok of the council discrepancies in his|the salaries of city ofllcglals by the gltmt!]’ % i.tny t}ld;ot:’u:y op tlhe p‘;t trait, has entered upon her duties us beoks which show laxity and ‘do not | council last night. lm city f" ‘; me;e y ‘:‘t" ro|an assistant district attorney in New account for hundreds of dollars due| The clty assessor has been gotting |cageray - keeping the ¢ity’s| yor city. Her excellent work as state the city. - - $500 per year and the salary of this Fo0orCs. 4 . . factory inspector brought her to the Alderman Lahr, chairman of the|office was placed at $75 per month, The flsnnnc a%m&?un'nt the| attention of District Attorney Lewls finance committee, presented the re-|or $800 per year. This was done on|.quncil consists 'of Alderman Lahr,| of Kings county. Miss McCormick Is port of the committee to which had | account of the addition-of Nymore | hairman; Alderman Backus and | thirty years old und iy u graduate of been referred the report of the ex-| to the city, making the work of the| preident’ Clark. In presenting the| the Brooklyn law school. She was ad- aminer. The committee made a par- | assessor heavier. report Aldermt;h thl:' stated the itted “' i 'fl\,. “ = “' 0. She tial report and will continue later. , | The salary of the city physician |committee was ready to make a par- IUAEC t0 e Mure N o Taking up the report in its rela-| was also increased from $800 to|(ia] report on the city clerk, all the has always been an uctive worker fol tion to the city clerk, Alderman Lahr | $900, on account of the addition of CDmmigtee -cared to make at thig| Woman suffrage, ]N‘lllf,' chalrman of cal:}eg att-ttention to that paragraph }iymore to the city, also increasing | time, and. as to the water clerk the Tenth assembly distriet. which states: the scope of his territory. o) 1 9 “There is a shortage of $521.13 be-| . The municipal court clerk’s salary Kflfl‘{,;g‘ uc:{;'.tomflk:“:c{fp::tdfi RAKO AGAIN HEADS 5 3 : 1 tween the warrants issued on this|has been $25 per month and it was R d I ON " THE COUNTY BOARD 5 ot et S T S W R i PEACE NEGOTWION 55 i H : vt B i ~aif to seCuUre| " . ~mMha Renowt ! 7 = B . o amount accounted for by assdss:| a person to-act In that capacity, be | ~ Aldermint Senert SHOWS. to the A G A IN R E SUM ED :":‘ ;;“”e‘" to call at any hour of | gheck:of Mr. Schadegg and expressed : e C8Y.. himeelf as believing it a minor mat- were this morning again' named| Mr Lahr also called attention to| The question of salary for the % (By United Press) & ‘chiairman and vice chairman, respec- | another paragraph, where the report|clerk of the water department was ,‘,,f;;,;:ée{h.‘,‘{"cf:fl“ggf: “,1:‘:,“:;:‘:3. ?:‘“erdam' é’““' ds'TB"l‘;““ dis- tively, of the county board of com-|of the examiner says in reference to|aleo touched upon briefly but no|eq, charges filed and a hearing held g‘a c|es, Nlllin(;o:l rmTre 3 ;a( se‘w ere.lsga’ missioners for the year 1918. the city clerk’s office that approxi-|definite action was taken. The &al-) the charges to be that there is a lose ;”; 5“t Li‘: & "l:' l:iafl}' t‘“ ”'"‘I'l 5 the Pioneer Publishing” com-|mately $5,527.63 “is a clear loss to|ary is $70 per month. of money to the city as shown on b th; lfis el d“ u})eacefl o as awarded “the -printing of | the city caused by the failure of the| ~The city clerk’s salary of $100 per; the clerk’s books. Smart also said gotiations were resumed this after elinquent tax list, they to sup-| ity clerk and council to include in|month was left the same and the sal-| ho thought the fnance committee| "™ “~ply supplements to all other legal|the assessment rolls and certificates aries of the fire truck drivers and|yas to blame. f"l‘l of ‘the county. The Sentinel| to_the auditor enough interest char-|members of the police department| " Backus—*Y-e-s, that report shows BLACKDUCK TURNS OUT r “gsl. ,gcmtrnyt wil‘: pulzgsll;ng: fes to pmv:d?l fg{ e&ne payment of alll we'i'.clal sls& unto;xch‘ed. : it d TO HEAR COL. FUNKLEY ancial statement, -commis nterest on indel ness. e other salaries of employes will| 3 procsedings and other legal notices,| The portion of the * examiner's|remain at the present figure, includ- Stes,‘,',“‘c’;uf‘;“:n;““b‘,,‘:{ "t‘},, :‘::umM :( B:T"kd'fi’k t’]““l e '°'1‘51"g gztrlot‘:: “and will ‘also supply supplements to| report referred to are as follows: |ing the ealary of the municipal|the missing check. ',’,“;"C;'lg 2y e‘:",‘_ya{‘,“‘:;fi';y“g'fi‘ ppleate ted Prfi) 8.—It is admitted ed ‘their peace propagands, and that is inspiring the German Liberals to a re fearless opposition of the Ger- msn ‘government. ~ & “‘Whether: Germany’s Liberals, for ‘the: first time reported as opposing ‘government, will do more than merely criticise the Russo-German peace negotiations is a matter of the st speculatio 5 Germanv i! “Indisposed.” ashington, Jan. 8.—Preliminary ports ‘indicate that Germany is in- disposed to accept Premier George’s peace terms as a basis for negotia- However, Germany’s Liberals ‘areexerting themselves more. * : ments.”’ % A. E, Rako and William Lennon Taxpavers Lose Heavily. ~ (By United Press)’ Amsterdam, Jan. 8.—Dispatches today say that King Leopold of Ba- varia in a speech on the occasion of his birth anniversary said: “We must fight the enemy until they ac- 7; all papers of the county. ~With this ERMANENT judge, $1,300 per year. 7 s % S nerthe taupayers In every sec.| PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT | ™ffigit or two were ordered taken Whole Thing Farce. ing was held fn the cily hall and it on ‘will-receive all the official news| VING FUND 4| from the old bridge and a light was Lahr—“There’s that $521, too.| was packed. I. W.Langard preside of the county without:having to sub- his fund, provided for by the| rjereq hung at the foot of the, Better give another indemnity bond.|and Attorney Pegelow sang. be for one.certain’ paper. city charter, seems to have been cre- toboggan. The whole thing is a farce. The Colonel Funkley will speak at 3 ated in the year 1906, when a bond city clerk should have made his an-| Clearwater tomorrow night and 8 i isst:fit (:ltt’sst,h otot w:lsi crec:lted - m:ld nual rep?ir% tps nrstlof lultl l{:bru:‘:'ly {)repnratlonds are being made for a - credited to that fund in order to ad-|clear loss to the city, caused by the| and we idn't get it unt e mid-| large crowd. 0 MORE HALLOCK BOYS vance money for local improvements. | fajlure of the city c¥erk and co"'mm dle of May. And then we recom- 'JOIN THE COAST ARTILLERY | The purpose of this fund is-to pro-|to include in the assessment rolls|mended that a public examiner be % vide money by issuing bonds or cer-|and certificates to the auditor enough { Put on the books. It was done and KING LEOP“LD S AYS " 'R.-F. Swanson' and Alegander | tificates of indebtedness for the|interest charges to provide for the|here is the report. We won't feel o Swanston, both of Hallock, left for|financing of such local improvements | payment of all interest on the in-|badly if it ie laid on the table.” Duluth this noon, enroute to Jeffer-|as are to be repaid by the property|debtedness. - ; Phillippi—*“The report ought to FIG“T T0 VICT()RY . pon ‘Barracks, having enlisted in the|holders. -The fund is a trust fund| “Besides this there is some inter-|be threshed out and not laid on the ‘coast artillery. and in handling the same the city|est paid on outstanding warrants|table. Let's find out who 1is to . Grover C. Messonger and James P.|council is acting as agent for the|and the two first paving honds of | blame. If the clerk 18 cleared, so Davis, both married, will leave to-|property holders concérned. Conse-|$1,000 are also paid by the city|much the better.” morrow for Duluth, having enlisted. | quently, this fund cannot be de-|through general taxation. No. 1 Over ‘#3000 Somewhere. ‘Mr. Davis has had twelve years’ pre-|pleted and no part of same can be|due in 1916, and No. 2, due in 1917.| Lahr—"We won't }201 hurt. You - - vious service, nine years in the cav-| used for any other purpose than for|The sinking fund should be reim-|can receive the report and do as you alry and three years in the infantry.|advancing money for local improve-|pursed for these payments. please. The city clerk is supposed : ments to be repaid by the property No Records Kent. to go over the report of the water|cept our conditions. The enemy's clerk and report to the council. We|l terms are exorbitant. We will not naturally accepted the report of the| give up an inch of our ground.” city clerk as correct. His report would come out to a cent with that of the water clerk and now we find holders and for the redemption of | .y most regrettable feature in 4 3 ” © * ANNUAL MEETING P R . T . regard to this fund is the lack of y % records in e city clerk’s ules given (in exhibit J) it is dem-| 4150~ Tne records of council pro- o onstrated that the revolving fund has The Ladies’ Ald soclety of the BoC] depleted to the amount of $5,- fg:di:g:“::tn:,"‘“l:::::mgzgoia::‘&w BRITISH FORCE TURKS (By United Press) London, Jan. 8.—(Official)—The third offensive against the Turks has started. In Arabia, in the region of Shahin, the British captured 62 Turks and several guns. GIGANTIC GERMAN THRUST ON WEST FRONT IS EXPECTED (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 8.—A gigantic German thrust is looked for on the western front, probably, the great- est of the war. This is contained in Secretary Baker's weekly war review today. He exhibits confidence in the outcome. COMMERCIAL CLUB TOMORROW The Commercial club will have its regular luncheon tomorrow and ft may be that oysters will be served. The membership is urged to be pres- ent. First Scandinavian Lutheran church it shy over $3,000. There's $3,000 will meet in the church basement to- :l};'fiiywm,‘l’}l‘l:“;ul:“ :g gglridvg,y there are no original assesement|in the water clerk's safe. At least 2 ~|rolls and the assessments levied are ection of officers for the ensuing not recorded in the book provided for | City clerk has a bond and if the F will be held. A plenic lunch gta:.helsixggstu%q {;e:fi:!tud ‘to Eeh: that purpose. Conuqugntly, it {is|mMmoney is not in the bank it's not ‘will_be served and all members are uary 1, . Up Y, War-|, ot possible to ascertain which as-| there and the books show & short- asked to bring something for lunch. exciig for $11,166.76, but only $4,494.43 paid and the city will undoubtedl ing company.” °"et‘li]“°d {’t’}‘; "°“°°“a’1”' Wlt“‘g" ‘"" lose &onsiderable sums of money on Examiner on the Job. gether wi tax settlement during|:) ¢ account. President Clark — “The finance « ting and decided to ask the clerk : credit was given to different assess-| ‘‘The city clerk is collecting the mee 0F MAC“INISTS UNION ment fands during the years 1909.|assessments pald before making ou for his report. We waited two weeks % it was that we suggested a public in 1910 the balapce in these funds,|2nd reporting his collections to the | SECURED$|05 FORR.C.|$5.4340s, vus ace In these funds, | Cly ‘treasurer, but mo. records the| examiner be called. The clerk then . : Evidently there aref kept of those collections and no caf-| \njergtood and we asked for the ex- still some uncollected ~assessments : aminer. The clerk was absent from due' from this county for the years And Aeain, No Records. the city three months the first part of -the International Association offin the balance sheet. dividual assessments. Filing enve- " chinists did at their dance New “Can’t Find $521 12 lopes should be in the clerk’s file pm;m::l ‘:,’,:{,e":d'.,,o“on to give the sar’s eve was given the Ploneer yes-| “As shown (by schedule J) there|for each assessment. In this enve-| ity clerk two weeks (until mext and the point is too good to keep|warrants issued on this fund for the( cerning that particular improvement, < - covered. period under examination and the|for instance, all resolutions, adver- Georxglerka %‘}“‘ég},‘- water " 'The local consists of only 12 men,| amount accounted for by assess-|tising for bids, contracts, estimates,|poard, then addressed the council. at the North Bemidji macbine shops,|on file in-the city clerk’s office, it|thereby establishing a correct record d it was this small bunch of Jive| cannot be ascertained whether this(in each case, easy to consult.” BHiort e Al e O o ones that turned over to the Red|ghortage is caused by under-assess- allowed . to attend to the outside BIG REDUCTION COMING war work fund. counted for. Another feature in re-|task for not examining the accounts (By United Press The finance committee of the ma-|gard to this fund which is not treat-| of the water clerk when the city m::( h:"’,‘:fit Z’;J;’;’{'L'{Eigfi{l‘.’,’;““’fig Washlngt}:m, Jan. 8,-—’1"0 effect chinists’ local is H. A. Mc(tuire, R.|ed in schedule “J” is the question|clerk made his annual report, as pro-| cited a family of seven and said he | McAdoo's plan of saving $400,000,- #um was paid to Mrs. C. W. Jewett,| ness. No interest has ®been paid|done so, it was argued, the shortages ased economies are to be madé. The , treasurer of the Red Cross chapter. { from this fund from the time of its|in the water department would have salary of $70 lnc;-e he clilmlflg plans cut huge salaries of evecutives 3 0 that not sufficient for the work. He = The results of the efforts of this m-ea'.iosn‘lj to ;r;tse. been discovered long ago. It was al-|algo mentioned that he could set|and the elimination of unnegessary stration of what can be accomplish- Then follows a rough estimate in|checked up the report of the water advertising and publicity agents and “ed by energy expended in the right|tabular form which shows $5,627.53,| clerk given him and did not go over| . —— | conservation of dos1 by cuftailing . direction/ “which,” continues the report,” is «lths books as he shonid, snd that the (Conitinued on Page Four) traftic. - n :30- 0" it fsn't in the city treasury. The orrow afternoon at 2:30-o'clock.| g e "3y, pe found in the handling g 4 v rants were drawn against this fund| o.omonts are paid and which are un-| 286 We can recover from the bond- g " | the year 1909, $1,787.76, amounts 5 B ONLYTWELVEMEMBERS [t0%¢/55%.70. *as'sows by exnibits, Again. No Records. committee of the souncil held a 1910, amounting to $3,213.79, and|the certificates to the county auditor more and there was no report. Then general fand. made out a report which couldn’t be : bon copy receipts preserved. When the report of what the local|1906-1908, which are not inciuded| “No accounts are kept of the in-|of the year and this is the only re- ' terday, one big bet was overlooked|is a shortage of $521.13 between the|lope should be filed all matters con-| meeting) to square up. Carrfed. all employes of the M. & I raiiroad|ments. From the incomplete records|settlements, correspondence, etc.,|He admitted that his accounts were More Gross Neelect. Cross chapter $105 for the Red Cross| ments or by collections made not ac-| The city cler waseglggt taken to|work for the water system and pay E. Cota and Claude L. Titus and theof interest on bonds and indebted-|vided by the city charter. Had he|poped he would be retained and the| 000 annually on railroads, sweeping “handful of patriots is a good demon- [ Loss.” so stated that the city clerk merely|agide a certain portion of his salary | eXecutives. Compgiitiver solicitors, 'GAN'T GET TODAY'S NEWS OUT OF YESTERDAY'S PAPERS-READ THE PIONEER m 3 17 _ BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. TUESDAY EVENING. JANUARY §. 1918, N Miit,' " & War Aims PROBE EXTRA! [ Are Stated By Wilson To Solons (By United Press). : Washington, Jan. 8.—President Wilson unexpectedly went before a joint session of congress this after- noon to outline America's war aims, and his appearance was highly im- portant. What he had to state was specific and unquestioned as to the war 4fins of the nation. The address dealt mainly with Russia and did not mention the elimination of Hohenzollerism, but mentioned numerous treaties. These are the aims of America as outlined: FIRST—Open covenants without secret treaties. SECOND—TFTreedom of the seas in times of peace and wars except:whén closed by international action for the enforcement of international action for the enforcement of iniernational covenant. THIRD—Trade equality among ‘nations consenting to peace. FOURTH—Reduction of arma- ments. FIFTH—Impartial adjustment of colonial claims with regard for the volce of the inhabitants. SIXTH—Evacuation, of all Rus- sian territory and assuérances of her unhampered opportuntgr for political and economic development. SEVENTH—Evacuatfon and re- storation of Belgium. i EIGHTH—Evacuation of French territory and the righting of the wrongs done France by Prussia in 1871, NINTH — Readjustmen{ of the Italian frontier along the lines of na- tionality. TENTH — Autonomous develop- ment for Austria-Hungary. ELEVENTH—Evacuation and re- storation of Roumania, Serbia and Montenegro with access to the seas by Serbia and the relations of sev- eral Balkan states determined by friendly counsel. TWELFTH — Soverneignity for the Turkish portions of the Ottoman empire with autonomy for other na- tionalities not under Turkish rule and permanent freedom of the Dar- danelles. THIRTEENTH—Independent Po- land with access to the seas. FOURTEENTH—League of na- tions to enforce Specific covenants. WOOL UNIFORNS FOR HOME GUARD ORDERED The Home Guards are to have suitable uniforms for winter, the regulation uniform, instead of the blue now being worn as protection from the cold. The khaki {8 too cold and a movement has been start- ed to secure the regulation olive drab wool uniforms, such as many other companies in the state are equipped with. At a meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Commercial club yes- terday afternoon the directors auth- orized the order to be placed for the uniforms, the same to be guaranteed and paid for. It was also decided that the club could not dispense with the services of a paid secretary. AUSTRALIAN CABINET Tg WHEN CONSCRIPTI lg 'AIL8 (By United Press) Melhourn);, Australia, Jan. 7.—The entire cabinet has resigned as the re- sult of the recent vote against con- scription. Former Minister of Trade Tubet has been asked to form a mew ministry. oot