Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 19, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 11, NO. 251, y FEBRUARY 19, 1914. - REPORTS' ARE Tavenner illkel Comparison Of From Congressman C. H. Tavenner, Washington February 18.—One of the important progressive measures -~ advocated by President Wilson is the construction and operation. or lease;| by the government of a railroad line| Alaska. Fifteen of the 17 mem- bers of the House Committee on Ter- in it bil The govérnment owns the resour- ces of Alaska, and it is urged that the government should itself develop Alaska in the interests of the r people “instead of Guggenhelms and Morgans to ex- ploit the. country merely for their | =———————————————a——— | mises to be interesting. MAY OPERATE RAIL- ROAD IN ALASKA President Wilson Urges Government To Buy, Or Lease Lines In North- ern Owned Territory Statements Made By Men A Generation Ago ories reported in favor of the 1, only two opposing it. own enrichment. Those who oppose the construction FAVORABLE permitting the FARM SHOW DRAWS OROWD TO BEGIN CUTTING ‘SALOONS IS PLAN : . i LORD WEARDALE, Crookston Is Host 0f Hundreds honi Neighboring flute' g | The Farm crops show opened n§ Crookston Wedneeday with an af Ends 8,000-Mile Cruise at_ the Age of Eighty Va»r-. Aged British Nobleman in the larger oitles all over - the s 3 i United States is “Go To. Church tendance that passed all mocnuong Sunday” for the men. As e rule men| 1 More than fifteen counties are rep: in Bemidji are poor church goers, i i resented. = A conference -was hel(i ‘but efforts will be made to get them' S ‘ lagt: evening to effect a Permanant out to meetings Sunday. Fall in| organization and at which:some op- ling Sunday and accompany, your| ‘position developed from members of wives and family to church, It will the Northern Minnesota Developd do you no harm and the chances are’ 'ment association in‘an effort to-ef- that you will he greatly benefited. ! ieet 4 compromise. OLD TINERS T0 COMEBACK Basketball Team That Represented|io Bemidji High School In 1912 Will | Meet 1914 Five Will Be Thrown In Hat Asd De-. cide To Retain by Lottery - fh Nine To Twelve Of Theis Nimber : ] : Without Council's Assistance: . ATHLETICS AFTER RECORD Home Talent Production Prevents | Progress Of Athletics—St. Cloud | And Two Harbors After the 28th ABE AFTER CHAMPIONSHIP, —_— |mHREE 10 APPIY - MONDAY Culling-Out Prooess May lu.hwun These Come Up For Consideration At Next Meeting .. . T0 BE PLAYED FRIDAY: NIGHT list of boosters } will come here , |and as many will isve signed during Tomorrow evening . the High|the next 24 hourg Many of these school basketball team of 1912 will|young men: will efrive- tomorrow play the team ' representing thet|evening and will ogntinue to swarm school this year, and the contest pro- [to this city until: Saturday night, which will be tlie dlosing of the firet day of' the con é 3 That the saloons in Bemidji will be reduced to seventeen ‘1 number during the coming year in plgm.iel,l; ly an assured fact, according to a statement made by a member df the @10, by Amerions Pross Asociaion. |°117 Counell. _ This aleo _ ootncides = with the sentiment prevalent since FELLED BY THE FIRST BLOW the clection Tueaday. It Js under- ,One more final effort will be made to carry off the-championship jof the state and any team that would' like to contest their strength with the Bemidji aggregation will be ac- ‘commodated. Although & full sche- dule had been made out for the lo- cal five three dates were left open Photo by American Press Asseclation. SIXTH cnl"s£ SINCE 1904 Every athlete ‘who played on the team in 1912 is in the city, but does : / Ben -stood that the.saloon keepers are al- of the government railroad in Al-| Retired Banker Spends Much of His|not agtend school. p fnnounced that |by the canceling of games and a|Lord Weardale Suffers at Hands of |so of the opinion that their number aska denounce the proposition as Time on the Water, A small admieslon charge w1 be village will [fourth will be added this week by Militant Suffragette. : should be materially eut down, but “specialistic,” and describe Alaska as| New York, Feb. 19.—Commodore E. a th i a land which will always be wild and | C. Benedict is back in New York, hay- |Made and the money turned over i glacler bound most of the year, It |INg completed another cruise to South |to . the high ‘school to cover the de- is interesting in this connection to America and the West Indies on |fielts incurred during the past fow récall, that in the early days of this board his yacht, the Oneida. This |years in athletics. The line up for |have delegates -will be, Bagley, <ontinent. natlon equally dire prophecies were|and is the sixth Commodore Bene- ;I;el;wo Sl vliree e tom)w;;“ made concerning what are now some | dict has undertaken since 1904, Com- of the garden spots of the American | modore Benedict, who celebrated his | B2r! Balley R.F. Lloyd Tanner In the debate in 1803 on | élghtieth birthday at sea in West In-[Alec Ripple L. F. Rudy Thome the Louislana purchase, for instance|dian waters, is a retired New York |Maurice Ryan C. Harold Haymer Jostah Quincy, onme of the great banker and spends most of his time | L, Achenbach - R. G. Fred Graham v statesmen of his day, uttered the fol- lowing: the rights and properties of i people into hotchpot with the wild men on the Missouri nor with the|mells How he Did It During Just mixed, though more respectable, g HOTEL CLERK IS HELD UP race of the Anglo-Hispano-Gallo- Twenty Years Of Married Life T Americans who bask on the sands in Better Methods Now You tars no suthoity 1o arow || ABORER SAVES $2,000|'c5m e o2 member ot e 1012 the south of the Mississippi.” It seems hard in this day and - generation to realize that such |BOUGHT HOME ON SAVINGS ‘words were spoken by a man of dis- tinction concerning such states as Louisfana, Missouri, Kansas, Nebras- ka lowing definition of Oregon waste where agricultural and Iowa. 4 In anotier ‘Gébate Sematof McDut-|and now naturally feels pretty proud fle, of South-Carolina; aired the fol-[of the fact. The men who worked and | With him are living in rented houses Washington: “a vast and treeless|and have not a dollar ahead for a develop- [rainy day. He says any man can ment Is impossible.” What would the |40 as he has done. When he got his ancient senator say today it he could |$12 & week he and his wife saved see a train-load shipment of Ore-|two of it and sometimes they saved gon apples? In his opposition northwestern purchase, this to the great|lald aside as much as three dollars. MecDuffie | He says the first $100 was the hard- waxed eloquent in describing the de-|€St to earn. After that it came solute future to which Oregon was|€asier. In 20 years he saved over ‘the cancelation of the Two Harbors the largest number so far announc- game which was necessary to mnka’i ed to represent any onme’ district. [the home. talent play to be' given; Among the other: gities that will | Monday a success. This event has also prevented the bringing of the world’s champions to Bemidji, and the local rooters will be forced to be content. with watching the - local team battle for state honors. Either the fast Two Harbors quint or the St. Cloud five will be brought here next week and- the following weeks teams from Minneapolis, Du- luth and Chicago and other ' large cities will be brought here for series So far Bemidji has been su cessful financially and materially and the season promises to be the ‘best a local five has ever experienced.] MASK DANCE A BIG SUCCESS be on hand: the fiswt day which is London, Feb. 19.—A militant suf-|as to who should be the ones asked fragette, armed with a whip, savage-|to discontinue business is the quest- Iy attacked Baron Weardale while he | tion, ? was waiting with 200 other wedding| 1, ¢ L peaking of the existing condi- guests for a train to Althorp Park,|,. . Northampton. The party was golng tions and future plans, this council to attend the wedding of Hon. Sydney | 2D said,” The cutting down of the Peel, son of Viscount Peel, and Lady |S2loons is easier said than: dome. I Delia Spencer, daughter of Earl Spen-|8m heartily in favor of reducing the cer. 5 number to at least seventeen, but hiow The suffragette apparently mistook |to go about it is another question. the elderly peer for one of the cabi-| what appears to me.to be a hap- net ministers. Lord Weardale was i 3 H walking with his wife along the plat.|PY S0Intion and which appears to be form when he was approached from |2 MOt Probable one can be effected behind by the woman. by the co-operation of the brewers. I At the first blow from her powerful |m informed that the brewers have dog whip he fell in a heap to-the|agreed to cull out from nine . to ground. twelve of their “parlors.” This, I The anxiety of his friends was re- understand, will be done without lieved -when it was found that Lord aski Weardale hod not suffered_any seri-[o " & "heua:filsum: u"' :::t d;l’l ous fnjury The woman was arrested. | OUnell 4 :a:60ntioh ! releave the city council of consider! cruise covered more than 8,000 miles 4; Backus, 3; Bl erd, 14; Detroit, Hibbing, 4; Hines, 4; Nary, ‘Wadena, 6; Crookston, 10; Wagren, 2; making a total of 93. . Must Have Mére Rooms Unless more residents of the city offer to aselst in.earing for the visitors the accommodations offered will not be entirely satisfactory to many of the delegdtes, who would prefer staying in the ‘homes of pri- ‘vate' families than in a hotel. The reception - commf{ttee have obtained rooms for nearly half the number now promised and have ‘doubled their ef- forts today to obtain accommodations for the other half. Banquet mmm Busy luck, 16; Braia- aboard the Oneida. James Malone L. G. Alec Cameron Glen Peck, guard on- the Athleti¢ will not participate in the game. Automobile Bandits Again Active In Chicago. Chicago, Feb, 19.—The “auto ban- dit” scare of a year ago was again renewed when two men entered the: 8t. James hotel on the South Side A laborer in our city fecently | here, held up the clerk ‘and two uests and escaped in a big black made the last payment on his home lllmnusine with :150‘“1 c“hg At L the expeses 100 diamiond pin_belonglng to_John ] 9uet 40" be" given i haRor | Btokel, one ‘of the guests. | visitors “and" efforts” are now | Later a' limousine answering the{made to raise the sumto-200. Profes- description of the one the bandits{sional men Havenot been msked to aid used - stopped before a Thompson|put donations will be welcome and dairy lunch and two men alighted. i They held up the night counter man, ';hde assistance 0f these ‘mort 1o -need- WHITE SLAVE FILMS HERE cash register and escaped. Mayor MoCuaig, “Pastors- And- Rep- able responsibility, but”if this sr- JOHN B.‘ R A"O SCORES rangement ¢an mnot be successfully put into operation, I'can seano other Fifteenth - Annual - Event Becord Breaker—100 Couple Attend & i = way than to take the - entire 29 Pleased Large Audience In Methodist ““:“‘;‘sr d":g "h"ah"“‘":'“t:‘.‘” a hat 2 A 3 b g 20d.draw 17 and grant the licenses -Chuzelr:-Auditoriuz. Last BVERNg (o tiioqe 17 and-refase the reirainiag With Impersonations 12. In-fact I believe that this can and will be done by the counefl. un- = less a better solution can be sug- LAUDS .NEXT LYCEUM SERIES gested. I know that this plan will 7 not meet with the approval of the In last of the Redpath entertain-|DPrewers a“dd “‘:“’“ J:“W. lt" "’:‘ = cause some do not consider it a fair ment series given yund‘er the aus- way of determining those Wwho are G: MoKim In . pennant. sult. was pices of the Women's Study club|io romain in business. 1 agree with picked s the best dressed lady and, in the Methodist church auditorium, them, yet I feel that the council does George Armstrong as a knight was|lest evening John B. Rat-|not care to pick out the individuals d Last evening ‘W. . B., MacLachlan] entertainéd: ov ¢ - his; fiftedii'the anhusl mask dand - tumes of every description made tho,| work of the judges in picking the prize winners difficult. H, W. Stich took first ‘prize as the most comic dressed gentlemen, while Mrs, Rube Miller dressed as a squaw With a pa- | poose carried away first honors as| the most comic costumed lady. Mrs. an extra quarter and sometimes they Wisconsin Trapper Mortally Wounds Stranger in Gun Fight. Eau Claire, Wis., Feb. 19.—George Stockman, forty years old, of Trego, Wis., was shot and killéd by John ) ... |the best gentleman. This dance was|to, @ character study artist, pre-|W¥ho should have thelr licenses re- 4 condemned for all time. $2,000 besides interest. Bernner, who, with Ed Martines, was| resentative Citizens Pass Criticism [ihe most successtul of its kind ever. e e ers fo “make up, |50 Senator Dickerson, of New Jersey,| The man mentioned it because of | trapping in the woods. The shooting This Morning given in this city eccording to Mr. i It is .also understood that the was just as insistent that Oregon|the advertisement now running in| took place in the trapper's cabin near £ MacLachlan, who has given & similar | " [ott0 benciled his faco, adjust- y ovorg interests Lave 'gotten to- i would never amount to anything. |the Ploneer which tells of the sav-| Lakeside. Stockman had entered the TR oo ever' season he has been in|®0 DS Wigs, caps, hats, ties, vests,|gether and agreed mpon a plan of 1 These men and thelr predictions|ings banks that are being put out|cabin and occupied a bunk during FILMS REPRODUCED AT THEATRE | Bemiasi, ete. necessary to represent his varl- |elimination. Thé plan is partially have fallen into dust. But even the|Dby the Northern jNatkmal bank, He f:e&?:;o?::?;;tsl;m;:inA:p:::: —_— <[ous characters, in-full view of~the [outlined by the alderman above re- great Daniel Webster was one of |Says he and his wife would have sav- g ; T : ferred to. It is understood too that ) those Wwho belleved that because a ed the amount cooner if they had had | Ang 0% Prenter the latter charges | o ; woodmanses of the Grana| WILL ORGANIZE BIBLE CLUB ;‘::::f:d hpae o Sharacters | ihis plan is to be put into eftect at | country was new and unsettled jt[one of the little banks into which | yyng Stockman. Brenner gave him.|Theater invited pulpit, public and To Meet At M. E. Parsonage Tomor- | Dutch, Irish, Swede, the ex-convict, |*0¢e : J . could- have no future development. |they would have dropped extra dimes | gelt up. press into his theatre this morning Ev o '1? First Tim Greek, English “Costermonger,” an| Next Monday night there are three N Similar things are now being said |2nd nickles. The little banks he re- oW ening For e » 3 of Klaska. It is probable that the|ferred to are those being distributed oredictions today are just as wide of |by Messrs. H. E. Frase, A, H. Schultz | the mark as were those of 'Webster, |E. J. Toppins, Arthur Gute and McDuffie and Dickerson, Representative Trinidad, Colo., Feb. 19.—Represen-|little banks and tell you a story tative John M. Evans of Montana is|worthy of your attentiom. the possessor of a pass signed by a acptads o ER 4 lleutenant of the Colorado national ~ suard certifying that he 1 tree to| NEW PRIMARY LAW VALID ‘leave the Berwind mining camp. He = was there incognito as & member - Colorado Strikers. 1be subcommittee of the house mi committee investigating the - co strike. While the committee was making| viding for nonpaftisan nominations of . teméative plans to visit the camps in the Trinidad vicinity Congressmen “Evans visited the Ludlow tent colony of strikers and the Hastings and Ber- wind mining camps and talked with|held valid by District Judge C. S. participants of various armed clashes ‘who thought him a casual stranger. Ex-Queen Visits Old Home, 2y t| court rule of construing reasomgble 11,.,.,':?;:2"],::’:;,,;3;",::: ::: .e::. doubts in favor of the law's consfitu. thrown twenty .years ago former | tlonality. An appeal will be taken to Queen Liliuokalani entered the old[the supreme court at once. palace,” her former home. Twelve " thousand persons participated in dance to celebrate the opening of a|polis last evening on business, = week's carnival, il BEFEEEEEEA R George W. Nevllle Dead. THE CUB New _York, Feb. 19.—George W. Ne- SCOO REPORTER one of the most prominent mem- of the New York Cotton Ex- .change, and its president during 1911 and 1912, died in a hospital in Eliza- both‘. N. J., after an operation for ap- i peadicitis. ~- LR XK R R R R R L WOMAN FIGHTS FOR MAR. RIAGE CERTIFICATE. Kansas City, Feb, 19.—Mrs. ¥ A. Reimer, aged nineteen * years, newly wed, watched two burglars take $4.86 from her parse, ‘also her wedding and engagement rings, but fought them furiously when they grab- Bed her marriage certificate. e L R LA R R Evans Talks With|Will visit every house in this city for the purpose of passing judgement, upon & four reel film. “The Truth About White Slave Traffic” which Will be shown to the public tomight and tomorrow, - nights One cannot get away from the fact that jt is a master moral lesson to the young girls of our-country. It is intensely exciting and thrilling- ly dramatic. It is not for a ourlous, amusement seeking Dublie, but en- New York, Feb. 19.—All the thirty-|tirely for the purpose of teaching a Minneapolis Jurist Passes on Minne. | ive national banks in this city have|lesson, which sheuld-impress the fa- sota Statute. signified their intention of working|ther and mother as well as the under the new federal reserve sys- daughter. s Minneapolis, Feb. 19.—~The neW| e The National Park and Fifth 3 Minnesota primary election 1aw, Pro-| Noyional banks, the last to reach a|. 2e¥- S B. P. White, Rev Father decision, have signified their inten-[JOhD Phillipe and Rev: T. 8. Koltse tion to join. saw the films this morning and at its ————— conclusion ‘commiented on the strong Advertised Letters - < | moral lesson they conveyed. List of advertised letters: “UN-| WNothing immoral, vulgar or sug- CLAIMED” for week ending Febru-|gestive is shown throughout, in | with public approval and a great ary 16th 1914, Men. Adams, Mr.|Which @ single white slavery.case is|deal of comment has been made on Ralph E.; Allen, Mr. Charles; Bir-|traced from beginning to end, the idea. -« nes, Mr. Ben; Henson, Mr. Tobi;| The-fact that this picture closes Lofgreen, Mr. E.; Long, Stacy; Le-|With the saving of a young-woman’s’ hntarcher, Johann; McFarland, Mr.|life, should however not leave this k Henry; Rund, Mr. Andrew; Siegar, |imDression with those wishing to see|from Clerk: of Coust, Fred Rhoda Mr. Harry; Balyard, Mrs. Julla; (2) |it, as 60,000 young girls of our|to wed Miss Vesta L. Joyce also of Clark, Mrs. Vivian; Lenmon, Miss |[country are snared into-this life of |Bemidji. Both young people . are Terance; McKinney, Miss Florence. !shame, who do not escape. well known here. Good Idee, Scoo | /WELL T CanT Episcopalian minister and several Spplisations-tar lissasen.to.be contid- others. Tt Is hard to say which|ored bY the council. They are the character afforded the audience the MCKim. Gennes & Layon and Hyatt most amusemert. ~The ex-convict|5210008. If the above plan referred and the English “Costermonger,” to is to go into effect at once, it ds seven’ thirty at the M. E. parsonage | however, were among the best, aot likely that all three will be where & club will be formed. The| Nearly every seat was taken -in |5TaDted licenses. " idea Which is being agitated is to or- [the _auditorium and this serles| ¢ 8 believed that this plan will ganize a Bible Study. club and to|of entertainments has been meet with popular sporoval ead the hold regular weekly meetings. Many [so successful that the Woman’s pentiient provatls -chioughtut | the have aporved of this suggestion and |Study club have contracted to put busiiess section’ Jf the elty e:: Lol a large number ‘are exppcted to be |on another series next winter, which ::;km‘;t ;Ll;nlnn.uon L) e resent. will consist of four instead of three X 3 r numbers, the contract for which has Accordfig 40 a7 Member 06/ the 21zt oer, snade. councll -the three namies coming be- Mr. Ratta stated last evening that |{0® them Monday -night will “be the numbers put on for the ~mext|Pl2ced in the hat and two drawn out series are of the very best of the|®"d the ome remaining - will :not-bé Redpath _entertainments. He algo|ST21ted"a license, unless the brewers stated that he would like to see the |{nterested decide beforehand wiich word “Redpath” ' chenged ¢o “@o-|!® to be discontinued. At least one operative.” of .the applicants 'owns hls ‘owa building and saloon. It is - under- “Exams Next Week stood that the brewers will take in- Bxaminations will be held mext week in the Bemidji school on jthe. studies covered during the past six ‘weeks. * Students are now preparing for these teats which count a great deal in the report issued every sem- oster.., Attention of all persons-in” the city interested in bible @tudy, has been called to the meeting which will be held tomerrow evening at To Open River With Dynamite. New York, Feb. 19.—To avold- a ghut down of the big sugar refineries’ and other industries at Yonkers, a few miles north on the Hudson riter, the government has ordered the rev- enue cutter service to open the river with dynamite. Ice conditions in the Hudson are worse than they have been in twenty-five years. O'Schwartz, all of Milwjgulkee. for the Northern National Bank. They and county and leave one of these All Gotham Barks In Line. Arch Attracts Attention Property owners on America av- enue who believe in a well lighted city have had an electric arch placed across that evenue on the corner of 10th street. This method of making the avenue attractive = is meeting county and legislative . eandidates, changing the primary date to June, recognizing the Bull Moose party and otherwise amending the old law, was Jelley. Judge Jelley, in his memoran- dum, - declares that he has grave doubts as to the validity of the law, but that he had followed the usual termining who is to continue busi- Warren C. Paulson of this city ob- tained a marriage ‘license yesterday | One thing is certain and that is that the public’s wishes in .saloon control will not in the future §9 - itirely disregarded. . TO VOTE ON DRY ISSUE BY ”HOP' . vni;ge of mm io Put No Li- OH-THERE YO cense Up E'lh' People The village of Blackduck will hold its annual election March:10. A: pe- tition ‘was filed to put the:license and no license .question up to a vote of the people at that time. Blackduck has. always been. “wet”. but sccord- to reports from that city “wise ones” say the vote ‘will be close.. a|] B . McGregor went to Minnea- 4 Mr. and A. T.Carlson have return- ed from a four weeks' visit ' at Stromburg and Polk, where they have visited relatives and Onelion R o ol o e e e 'to consideration this.fact when de- _ -