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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-03
GRAFT IN PENSION
CLAIMS IS SMALL
Guarding of Veteran Rolls Not Task
1t Once Was--Claimant Must Prove
Age and Length of Service. =.
DIFFICULT TO TRACE SOME CASES
Old Soldiers Fast Going and Amount
Appropriated Next Year Will Be
Much Smaller Than This.

BY Congressman C. H. Tavenner.
Washington, June 3.-Guardine
the pensions rolls from fraud is not
the task it once was. Formerly when
the Grand Army men were of mid
die age the possibility of fraud was
great, and there is no doubt that pen
sions were frequently paid to impost-
ers. Today it is very seldom that
any fraudulent claim is every pre-
scented.
Under the Sherwood law it is ne
cessary for the claimant to present
proof of age and length of war serv-
ice only, and the procedure within
the pension office has been greatly
simplified
But the bureau is very careful to
have these two points proven. In
the case of the soldier, even though
he may not possess the documents
proving his claim, the proof is usual
ly easy to obtain, since the boys of
neighborhoods usually enlisted at
the same time, served together dur
ing the war, and kept track of each
other afterwards
But with the sailor who relies up
on his memory many difficulties
arise. He cannot locate his former
ship mates. The bureau aids in COL
Letting proof, and some clever detec-
tive work is frequently done. The
chief sleuth in this work is Miss
Mary Rice, daughter of the late Gen.
eral Americas V. Rice, of Ohio.
Said Miss Rice: Here is a poor,
uneducated old man, who is vague
about his dates-he knows only that
he served during tn war'-and
states that he was on the U. S. s.
Letter P. This is a long call to the
'Lenapee' and yet this is the service
that must be picked up from the
meager data given.
''Another man says that his YES
sci was the New Ocean. There never
was such ship in the navy, but
when a call is made for his service
on the u S. S. Neosho, it is found
Immediately, and all the facts fur
nished dovetail to nicely.
The attempts of those preparing
declarations to spell the names of
vessels phonetically the way they are
pronounced by the old sailors often
complicate matters. But everything
possible is done to smooth matters
out
Pension High Water Mark.
The high-water mark for pensions
has been reached and passed No
matter how satisfactory it may be
from the standpoint of economy,
there was feeling of sadness in the
house when the Pension Appropria-
ton bill for next year was brought
out from committee and was seen to
have fallen off $11 100000 from the
amount appropriated for pensions
this year.
The old soldiers are fast going.
The largest amount ever appropriated
for their pensions was this year when
the sum of $1SO,3OO,OOO was taken
from the treasury for PENSIONS. Next
year it will be $165,15O,OOO and the
amount will decline rapidly every
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-03
SENT HER CHILDREN ASHORE
Houston (Minn.) Woman Lost on Lin
err Granted Husbands Wish.

Houston, Mimi, June 3.-Deferring
to the wish of her husband that their
four children should not sail for Nor
way with her because of the POSSIBLE
ity of accident on the voyage, Mrs.
Alvin Carlson of this village, it is
before the steamship Empress of Ire
land, sank in collision Friday, cleared
port.
Mrs. Carlson is reported among the
missing.
The father of the children has left
for Quebec to get the children and to
search for the body of his wife.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-03
Cameron Burned.

Alex Cameron arrived in Bemidji
| this morning from Farley where he
has been cooking in the camp of W.
T. Blakeley. MIR. Cameron was Sc
verely scalded recently, his right
hand being burned F.. ..,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-03

Bessie Knox, Agnes McNulty, Cora
Watson and Dorothy Watson. Most
of the above brought families which
included children down to the little
wee tots
1t was decided to hol dthe next reg
ular meeting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Stout on the first Wednes
day in July, and the Bemidji Bust
ness Mems club was extended an in
vitation to be present.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-03

Discoveries of an Egyptian worm
that will eat the cotton boil weevil
have been discouraged by learning
that it is canabalistic IL its tenden-s
cies, and will eat it's companions ass
ready as weeVils.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-03
Women's Auxiliary.

9:SU p.5 n
Music.
''The New Rural Schools" Miss Marie
Lovsness, superintendent Norman coun-
.The County Agent and County Wis
itor." Miss Shetland, superintendent
Koochiching county schools.
APPOINTMENT of committees.
'The Community Club" Mrs. c. q.
Selvig, Crookston. :.
',rhe Evolution of the County Fair,
Mrs ID. K. Bryant, Thief River Falls
ssOur State Fair" DR.. Clara M. Lu-
Their, Minneapolis assistant superlnten-
dent woman's department state fair.
The Thief River Falls special will
leave at Z O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25
MONEY IS ASKED FOR
NEW DISTRICT ARMORY
Board of Trade Committee Begins
Work to Be Discussed at Meeting
Tomorrow Night.

A movement to get an appropriation
from Congress at this session for a
new National Guard armorY here was
launched yesterday afternoon at the first
meeting Of the public buildings commit
tee Of the Board Of Trade.
Tomorrow evening the whole member.
ship will meet at the New Willard, and
Representative Julius Kahn, of Cali
fornia, will speak on state and Dis
trict National Guards" This afternoon
at l o'clock the membership COMMITTEES
VIII meet; the committee on streets and
avenues, at 3:45 o'clock, and the executive
committee at Ais, o'clock.
The new public buildings committee
consists Of E. s. Arnold, F. L. AverilI
John Barrett. s. i. Besselievre, Henry
Brewood, Arthur Cowsill, Issac Cans 8
b. Hege, William E. Harvey, Charles
E. Langley. Gustav Loehler. N. s. Min
nix. H. T. offterdinger. Frederick B.
Pyle, A. F. Smith, E. Dwight Ryerson
and Frank Van SAINT.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25
Iowa Day" at Congressional Club

The wives of the Iowa Congressmen
were hostesses yesterday afternoon at a
delightful tea at tie Congressional Club,
which was charmingly decorated for the
occasion
Mrs. Cummins, Mrs. Kenyon, Mrs.
Towner, Mrs. Prouty, Mrs. Goode. Mrs.
Greene, Mrs. Scott and Miss Eleanor
Connolly received the many guests.
Tea was served at a handsomely ap-
pointed table. and among those who
helped dispense the hospitalities in the
dining-room were Mrs. Thomas Connolly,
Miss Anna Connolly, the Misses Cum
minis, the Misses Prouty. the Misses
Scott, Mrs. John Snure, Mrs. Judson c.
welliver, Mrs. Thomas c. Dawson and
Mrs. Reisinger. An orchestra played
throughout the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Burgess, Of Burl-
ington, arrived in Washington last even
ing and are visiting Col. and Mrs. d. l..
Tate at Stoneleigh court
There will be a tea and reception in
cunnsctiop with the regular monthly
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25
SENATORS SAY CAPITAL
COMPANY MAY CONTROL
Subcommittee Adopts Measure Allow
ing Washington Gas to Buy
GEORGETOWN Stock.

substitute amendment to the House
District bill, authorizing the acquisition
" controlling interest in the Georgetown
Gas Light Company by the Washington
Gas Light Company, was adopted by the
Senate subcommittee on District appro-
prlations IN executive session yesterday.
The subcommittee had before il an
amendment offered by Senator GaIIingcr.
o. New Hampshire Tho substitute takes
care OF the minority stockholders OF the
Georgetown company and provides that
the Washington company shall purchase
the stock of the Georgetown company
~ the rate OF s1J5 per share of $50 par
value.
The amendment is advocated as a
means Of procuring for Georgetown the
S'-cent rate per 1.oc0 cubic feet now
charged by the Washington COMPANY
The Georgetown company now has a rate
OF 81 per 100 cubic feet.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25

Mrs. John W. Weeks and Miss Rather
inc Weeks, wife and daughter of the
Senator from Massachusetts, are sailing
for Italy on the FTanconia today. They
will return to Washington about April 10.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25
auxiliary branch. succeeding Gen. William

auxiliary branch, succeeding Gen. William
P. Biddle, who retired at his own re-
qrest on account of ill health.
Gen. Barnett, whose title is purely
gratuituous in as much as it goes with
the office of commandant, and will have
to be surrendered at the expiration Of
lis four-year term, was named for the
present post by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels after one of the hardest fights
in the history OF the Marine Corps.
Gen. Barnett's record is said to be one
of the best in the Marine Corps He
saw service in the Chinese, Philippine,
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Field McLallen,
of Indiana, who have been spending
February with the Vice President and
Mrs. Marshall at the Shoreham. will re-
turn to their home Friday.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25
SOCIETY Y
BY NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN.
Misses Wilson in Masque

Miss Wilson and Miss Eleanor Wilson,
daughters OF the President and Mrs
Woodrow Wilson. took prominent parts
In the bird masque. Sanctuary" which
was given last night in the ballroom OF
the Hotel Astor I'm New York. Miss
Margaret Wilson sang the prelude, and
her sister appeared as the bird Spirit"
The masque was given last summer In
Cornish, N. H., when the Presidents
daughters were cast In the same parts.
The Japanese Ambassador and Wis.,
countess Chinda were the guests Of honor
at q dinner last night given by the
Brazilian Ambassador and Mime. da
Cana at the embassy in the Avenue Of
the Presidents.
The guests invited to meet them in
ciuded the Turkish Ambassador, the
Minister of Belgium and Mime. Havenith,
the Minister of Peru and Nine. Pezet,
the Minister of Sweden and Nine. Eken-
grcn. the Charge d'Affajres OF Persia and
Nine Ali Kuli Khan, Col and Mrs.
Thomas Symons. Representative Henry
Flood. the Solicitor of the State Depart
ment and Mrs. Joseph W. Folk. Mrs.
Elmer Black. Of New; Mrs. John Rod
gers, Mrs. Lloyd Bowers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarke waggaman, and Mr. A. ]. re
Ipanema Morcira, second secretary OF
the Brazilian Embassy.
Mrs. Henry +. Dimock was hostess at
4 dinner last night at her residence In
Scott Circle in honor of the Ambassador
Of Austria Hungary and Nine. Dumba.
The other guests included the Spanish
Ambassador and Nine. de Riano. the
Minister of Switzerland. DIR. Ritter; Sem
ator Henry A. du Pont. Senator and
Mrs. George Mclean. Senator and Mrs.
Willard Salisbury, Representative Fred
erick Gillett. Representative and Mrs.
Robert L. Henry. Brig. Gen. James
buchanan. Z. S. A, retired: the Assist
ant Secretary o State and Mrs. John
L Osborne, the Commissioner OF Pat
ents and Mrs. Thomas Ewing. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles {. Glover, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Borden Hartman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Cleveland Perkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Allerton Cushman, Mrs. Stephen B. FL
kins, Mrs Norman Williams. Mrs. Rob-
ert Mccormick. Miss Mabel Boardman.
and Mr.. c. Medzikhovsky, Of the Rus
sian Embassy.
Mrs John W. Weeks and Miss Rather
inc Weeks. wife and daughter of the
Senator from Massachusetts,, are sailing
for Italy on the Franconia today. They
will rott,rp to Washinpton about ADril IN
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25

With the boxes all taken by prominent
members Of the Diplomatic Corps, the
presentation at the Belasco Theater to-
morrow afternoon OF lie Mari Amoureux
de Sa Femme" translated by the Italian
Ambassador. bids fair to be a great sue
cess 1t is expected that President Will
son and his family will attend the per-
formance tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25

exhibit of works Of the pupils OF the
Handicraft School, 1S22 II street, to-
morrow afternoon and evening. Miss
Schroeder is general manager OF the
school and she will be assisted by the
teachers of the various departments,
Miss Dawson. Miss Maxwell Mrs. Wood
ward. Miss Lane and Miss Crawford.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25
Senator Hoke smith III.

Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, today
is confined to his home, suffering from
what his physicians believe to be an
attack OF la grippe, according to an an
nounccrncnt by his secretary. He spent
a bad night and expects TO be absent
trVu the Senate FOR several days.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25

Mrs. Francis Nash. Miss Carolyn Nash,
Miss Mildred Greblc. and Mrs. Merryman
are among the Washingtonians who at
tended the annual bal masque at Horti-
cultural Hall in Philadelphia last night.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25

Cuban, and Nicaraguan campaigns, and
will have charge OF the reorganization Of
the Marine Corps, which Secretary
Daniels has in mind for the coming
The Washington herald., 1914-02-25

Mary Antin will he the guest Of h1noI
at the Friday reception OF the Congress
sional Club this week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-13
GRACE BROTHERHOOD
HONORS ANNIVERSARY
.OF PASTORS WEDDING
Methodist Men Present Rev.
MIR. Bridge With Silver
ware After Banquet and
Rev. G.. H. Smiths Talk.

In honor of the twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary of Rev. U. S A. Bridge.
pastor of the Grace NJ E. church, the
Brotherhood presented him last night
with "a set of silver spoons at a meet
ing attended by seventy-five members
or the organization.
Following a banquet which was
served by young men of the church.
during which the Grace Sunday school
orchestra assisted by Philip Paul
Gates, played several selections, talks
were given by officers of the brother
hood. S. c. Wiltrout, president, miss
ed a train in Greenville and his place
as chairman was Rlled by the second
vice president, o. F. Ward.
Short talks were made by Harry
Stillinger first vice president, and ].
w. Rethmeyer. fourth vice president.
S,-Ilinger declared many persons be-
lieved one day spent in church or
brotherhood was sufficient and called
upon the members to keep up the
brotherhood work the other six days
of the week. Rethmeyer called atten-
ton to the spiritual value of brother
hood work
Rev. G. H. Smith of the Eaton First
Methodist church, the speaker of the
evening WdOe an Impressive ADDRESS
on The Part of the Mind That Never
Speaks"
Hard to Know Man.
ut is not difficult to become ac-
quainted with the average man." Rev.
Smith said. The average man is So
ciable enough and will advance half
way to become acquainted. But it is
an entirely different thing to know a
man.
Man has learned we'll the art of
concealment The higher the culture
his art. The fellow who speaks out of
his heart is the fellow from the woods
A man does not like to tell every
thing about himself. He can conceal
much of his life, his morals, his in
stinctS and his inner beliefs He will
tell you his name. his address. his So
cial life and some things about him
self but there are private things
which only he himself knows
But there are things which we can
tell. But we will not tell what we
might tell if we would. That is our
subliminal selves. The worst part of
us and the best part of us, we most
naturally will not tell by word or ac-
tion.
Weak at Times.
There are men among you to
whom you look. You say that their
Sturdiness of character is ever pres
ent. You would never suspect them of
Continued Cn Page Five)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-13
OPPOSES SENDING
NEGRO TO MEXICO
Bethel NJ. E. Young Woman
Wins OratOrical With
Speech Opposing Colonial
ton.

Taking the negative side of the
question, Shall the negro of America
be colonized in Mexico?" Miss Irene
Butler won first place in an Oratorical
contest at Bethel A. NJ. +. church
Thursday night Miss Butler took the
stand that the negro cOnstitutionally
can not be cOlOniZed or segregated in
the United States unless he asks it.
She pointed out that Germans French,
Italians, Japanese and Chinese and
other natiOnalities can move among
the best people Of the community in
which they live, and reside in the best
are financially able. but the negro,
even though highly cultured and veal
thy, is restricted to certain districts
because his color is not light
Miss Butler also showed that while
foreigners SEMI their money out of
America to other countries in mil
lions of dollars each year, the negro
makes and spends his money at home
she showed that by permitting the ne
gro to work at wages uniform with
the wages paid white men doing SINH
lar work, dissracefui negro colonies
with broken down shacks would not ex-
list She also declared that conditions
now existing make it almost impossi-
bic for the negro to enter into the com
mercial world.
Three things which she said negroes
can not attain under segregation are:
The adjustment to conditions Of hous-
ing. employment and dress. The ad-
justment from servitude to citizen
ship. The adjustment to the culture
OF the white race.
Miss Butler declared that the white
race must be educated to the fact that
there are negroes and negroes, and
there are also white folks and white
folks" in order to bring about the con-
stitutional rights of the race.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-13
TRAFFIC POLICEMAN
INVESTS IN STRAW
Staubach Claims Excessive
Heat at Eighth and Main
Fades Stripes on Trousers.

Traffic Patrolman Staubaugh is
wearing a straw hat on duty.
Anyone believing the traffic officer
at Eighth and Main street these hot
days has a soft job should consult
George Staubaugh, manager of that
that the sun does it real business.
Seeing that the pedestrians "cut the
corners straight and trying to for
get the heat are Georges summer
worries, but according to the big blue
coat they are entirely sufficient.
A reporter seeking for a story was
waved aside and reminded to take
EN- square," but on explanation was
welcomed to the center Of the street
where George generally takes up his
position in directing the throng.
In reply to the question of how hot
it was today. he was quickly informed
that the relative humidity was quite
In excess OF that generally accredited
to the place that bad people go to.
Trouser Stripes Change.
In fact said George. as he mop
ped the beads Of perspiration from his
tanned face, 1T is SO hot here that |
have Just discovered the fact that the
stripes in my trousers have changed
their hue since yesterday. But then
you know that is all in the business.
Other days it is as fine here as at
any summer resort, and we have got
to take things just as they come.
You see, these bricks act as sort Of
reflector for the heat and by late after
noon have become so hot that it is
just about all one can do to stand
on them without getting your feet
scOrched.'
But then one is SO busy keeping
things moving along that he forgets
little trifes like temperature at the
100 mark. You see there are always
new people coming across the street
that have to be told the regulation
not to cut corners, and this, with keep
ing the vehicles on the move, just
about takes up all the time that
have
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-13
STOVALL TO ADVISE
R|CHMONO'S LOVERS
Baptist Pastor Announces
Series of Sermons Dealing
With MatrimOny.

Young couples of the city with mat
rimOnial intentions and inClinationS
may learn reasons they should take
into consideration in. selecting a life
long companion by attending the ser
les of sermons on marriage and the
home which Rev. w. O. StOvall has
announced as beginning at the First
Baptist church Sunday evening. Be
lieving that marriage is a sacred in,
stitution from God and should be dis
Cussed more in the church. Rev. StO-
vail has arranged four talks They
evenings.
The services will be short, being
adapted to the warm weather. The
series follows: The Marriage" Sun
day evening; The Husband" June
21; The Wife" June 2S; The Home,
July 5.
Rev. Mr. Stovall promises to dis
cuSS some of the sane and insane rea
sons which are given by persons in
their selection of husband or wife
Many considerations are Inadequate,
the true reasons not being thought of.
Consequently divorces follow, said
Rev. Mr.. Stovall AS an example of
the kind Of courtship and wedding
which he would not advise he cited
the case of a young man and woman
who were married one hour after they
met each other for the first time
Conditions which should enter into
consideration and exist before happy
marriage is possible will be consid-
cred in the first sermon tomorrow
evening"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-13
LUNGMOTOR TRIED
OUT ON F|REMEN n
DR.. l.. F. Ross Demonstrates
Use of Life Saving Device
on City Employees.

DR.. L. +. Ross of this city last night
gave a demonstration to Interested
firemen and several police officers of
the lungOmotOr, purchased with The
PalladiumS fund, raised by popular
subscription. and presented to the city
yesterday.
Dr. Ross showed the firemen and
policemen just how the machine
could be quickly assembled and put
in use for life saving purposes and
then told them that he had requested
the company which sold the machine
to send one OF its demonstrators here
to remain long enough so that the ma
jority of policemen and firemen could
become thoroughly familiar with the
operations of the lungmotor.
Chief Goodwin of the police depart
ment and Chief Miller of the fire de
partment agreed today that every
time a call was made for the lungmo-
tor the person receiving the call at po-
lice headquarters should at once noti-
fy some physician closest TO the place
where the machine was wanted and
then hurry it to that place either in
the police automobile or in the Are
chiefs automobile
Test Its Use.
Several hremen and polcemen last
night had the lungmotOr attached TO
them so that they could understand
how it brought about artificial respira
ton and they all agreed that it de
livcred the goods"
II think physician should always
be available when the lungmotor is
used because. | understand, it is fire.
Quently necessary to use the device
which pierces the tongue with a nee
die so that it can be pulled out" said
Chief Goodwin The policemen and
firemen can of course become thor
oughly familiar with the operating of
the machine, but if the tongue of the
patient is to be pulled out that work
had better be done by physician"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-13
FRIENDS TO CHANGE
MEETING PROGRAM
President Kelly, Clerk of Ses-
sion, Makes Official An
nOuncement.

Robert L. Kelly, clerk Of the Indiana
Yearly Meeting, has issued the follow
ing announcement relative TO changes
in the schedule of holding the meet
ing
The plan proposed in Minute SS of
the Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes
for 1913 of holding the Yearly Meeting
on Ministry and Oversight on second
day afternoon and second day evening,
and allowing the Yearly Meeting at
large to begin at 10 o'clock on third
day morning and finish its business on
seventh day evening, has been ap-
proved by practically all of the Quar-
terlE Meetings. | make the Official an
nounc"mcnt therefore that this plan
will be followed for Yearly Meeting
this year
| should also like for the announce
ment to be made that the detailed pro-
gram for the Yearly Meeting will be
published in due time. Meantime, if
heads of departments have requests to
make regarding the revised program.
they are asked to make them at once
to the undersigned that the matter
may come before the committee on
program.
Robert l.. Kelly, Clerk.