Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 10, 1914, Page 1

LA i v VOLUME 11. NO. 294. AMERICA BEST PLACE FOR NEGROES W. J. Yerby, American Consul to Africa, Says Black Men Who Re- turn Suffer Untold Misery “CHIEF SAM” CLOSELY WATCHED Graft Belived to be Motive in Creat- ing Desire to Make Homes Along Rich Coast of Gold By Congressman C. H. Tavenfier Washington, April 10,—One oc- | casionally hears some gushing soul express the sentimental wish that all retarned to opinion of the negroes might be Africa. This, in the these well meaning persons, would settle the mnegro problem of the South, would undo the wrong 'done to the megroes +when the slavers brought them ito this country, and would restore to'their native land the American black men, where they, fhaving profited by their experience in government in this country, could build up & new republic and gain political soversignty. It ds a very beautiful thought, but Uncle Sam, in dealing with a recent possible violation of the mails, Wwas SENATOR LODGE. Massachusetts Solon With Pres- on Canal ident Tolls Repeal. MAY PROVIDE NEW PARK .| Heffron Makes Tempting Offer to Athletic Club ang Two Acre Plot MID BEMIDJ] MINNESOTA, FRIDAY FIRST TRIP APRIL 25 Coptain MacLachlan Predicts: Lake| be Free of Ice on That Date (Captain W. B. MacLachlan of the City of Bemidji, :-predicts that the lake will be clear of ice by April 26 and already is adverntising that his big passenger boat will make the trip to the Bemidji mill and Riverside on that ~date. The boat dis now ready to be launcheq and has been entirely overhauled for ithe season. will 'be made 5:30 on the morning of the 25th. He had made arrangements whereby he will ‘be able to burn kerosine instead of gasoline in the engines of the boat. This will de- crease his cost of operation. AUTO DRIVERS WARNED Chief of Police Lane Announces That Rules of Last Summer Will be Rigidly Enforced During Summer MUST TURN SQUARE CORNERS George Lane, chief of police, to- day announced that the same rules lgoverning the driving of automobiles in the Bemidji business district last year will 'be rigidly enforced-during ithe coming summer. So far this spring ithe police have in no manner The captain says that his first trip| EVERNING, APRIL 10, 1914, FARMERS APPROVE T:lleu of Soil Appreciate Advantages Guned by Growing Certain Grades of Products—Clubs Urge Action FAVOR MARKET PLACE SCHEME Memfiants, _Housekeepers and Rest | aurant Managers Could Then Have + . Same Trading Point ly a single farmer within | rangdl of. Bemidji has not taken up and approved of the ' suggestions wihich'have been made from time to time )irelatirve to the standardization of :fq‘m_é and garden grown products, and. #s a consequence miarket con- ditions here during the ceming sum- mer and fall are expected to be much | better dn the past. Realize Advantages “Standardize,” has been the watch- worg ‘of every farmers meeting held in Bemidji during the winter, and ‘the same can be saiq of the banquets and meetings held by the merchants of this -city. ‘The advantages to be derived from the growing of cer- tain ‘grades and kinds of products have been brought to the -attention dealing with the facts and mot the- ornies. Consequently, Uncle Sam to a very different conclusion. The best place for American negroes, he |BRONDON BASEBALL MANAGER May Be Purchased enforced the rules but beginning to-'of the farmers and the merchants day careless automobile drivers will 'aljke, and they are mot going to let be arrested. the opportunities offered go by un- Two of the most important rules' heeded, decided, is in Amenica and not Aferi- ca. It is a most interesting case—still pending, by the way, in the Post Of- fice Department—and it has to do with one “chief Sam, of the Gold Coast,” a full blooded African who is endeavoring to gain negro recuits in America for a Utopian colonization scheme in Afrnica. Already he ‘has attracteq the attention of many ne- groes, esgpecially in Oklahamo and south west. “Chief -Sam,” it seems is at present cruising off the ‘Maine coast on- the ship “Curityda,” which he owns and commands. He was recently or- dered out of New York harbor. It is “Chief Sam’s”” plan to colonize the Gold Cost of West Africa with Ameri- can, negroes. In order to be eligible each recuit must have a considerable, sum of money, since the African im- migration law requires that each colonist must have ibetween $100 and $400 before hé can land. It was the possession of this money by those who have joined the colonfization movement that attract—‘ ed the suspicion wof ithe United., States authorities. The government agents have been unable to find that ' the “Chief” has defrauded any of his followers, but he is looked upon with suspicion, mainly because of the fact that it is palpably not a practi- cal scheme to colonize the fever- rid-‘ den Gold Coast with American ne-)| sroes. The government got first hand in- | formation on this head from Amer- ican Consul W. J, Yerby, of Free-| town, Sierra Leone, Africa, whose re- pori knocks in the head the preval- ent opinion that American uegrunsl coulq return to Africa and live hap-| pil there if the means of u'anspor-j tation were provided. Said Consul Yerby: { “Those negroes who have come to West Africa suffer untold misery |s and are for the most part illite.rateE farmers who thave, through a long;| struggle, managed to save enough to pay passage for themselves and: family, with barely enough to live: on through their first certain attflckz of African malaria. Many have ex- pressed the choice of prison life in American to freedom here. In ad- dition to the above, now and then a While no definite action was taken at the meeting of the Athletie club held last evening for the purpose of considering ‘the establishment of a down-town baseball park, a proposi- ition was made by Attorney Carl Hef- fron, yhich .is being much favored and may he a.ccapted x George Rhea, Carl Jacobson and M. S. Gillette form @ committee ap- pointed by Ralph B. Lycan, pres- ident of the club, to investigate. the ‘advisibility of the establishment. -of {Which have no license - numbers. the park and to secure information as to how one could be obtained, re- ponted at the meeting and told of several propositions which Heffron had to offer. . The one which met with the must approval of the club members was the offer to sell all of block two, comprising two acres, in Hetfron’s second addition for $600 providing the club would do certain grading and make other improve- ments. The committee is now at work on the proposition and will re- port at a meeting which is to be ‘held next Thursday when final ac- tion will be taken. The placing of a down-town park would give the Athletic club an ideal location for ithe staging of baseball and football games, and during the winter could be convertede into a skating rink. Ralph Brandon was elected man- jager of the baseball team following ithe resignation of Carl:Johnson. f———— . comes. suffers, and dies. Of the few American negroes who ‘have found their way to West Africa to settle in Liberia, 99 ‘per cent are uuprepared to meet the ‘economic conditions and express regret at hav- ing left America. a few who cannot secure passage ;money, return to the United' States, |some have been assisted by the con- sul in securing passage on sailing vessels returning to America. = Few, !other than well-educated American negroes, can accomodate themselves to the existing racial, religious, and economic conditions, the natives al- yways considering them foreigners.” Thirty-six per cent of the stock- holders in the Northern Pacific rail- I'I‘Dad are 'women. These, excepting | are the turning of square corners and | tae driving of machines on the right hand side of the streets. . Drivers ‘will not’be permitted to turn around : unless at the cross sections. Chief Lane also said that more care must be taken in regard to ligltts on’machines. Every car must ‘have a red tail light and the state law will-be enforceq which requires . lights to 'be-1it one hour following sun set. There. are many cars. in Bemidji iThese are mécessary a:nd must be provided by the owners FRENCH AUTHOR Pierre Sales, Romance Writer, Suc-| cumbs at Paris. - Paris, April 10.—Pierre Sales, one of the most popular French authors of stories of romance and adventure, ' died here, aged sixty. Originally he' was a bank clerk, then a journalist ! and afterward a writer of novels =af . peculiarly Parisian s«fting. Fatal Fight Over Suffrage. Chicago, April 10.—As the result of a shooting, which was caused by an argument - over women's suffrage, a i well dressed man belleved to be Will- iam Woods of San Frencisco is dead ! and James Franche, alias “Duffy the : Goat,” said to be a v of a respect- : able Chicago family. being sought by the police on a murder charge. A ! nection with the murder. Deer River Couple Wed Here Miss Myrtle H. Peterson and Erick 1S. Dahlberg, both of Deer River, this morning at 11 o’clock at the Me- thodist parsonage, Rev. Charles Gil- man officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Dahlberg will live at Lake Jessie, Itasca county. Father Noeson Here Rev. Pather M. Noeson of Park church this evening. Rev. Father Philippe having unexpectedly been calleq to Crookston. The services will-be at 8 o’clock instead of 7:30 as formerly announced. Nearly 10,000 women are ear- ning their own living in the U. S. IS DEAD| young woman also is wanted in con- | Minnesota were united in marriage Rapids ‘will preach -at the Catholic | | ' Farmer Clubs Act Rarely is a meeting of any of the inumerous farmers clubs in the vicin- {ity of Bemidji held but what the!consistent boosters within the botr-|ed the recommendation XXX K KKK * . 'J U. WILLIAMS SRR TRTEL & & * | Mayor of Baudette, Who is° Making Clean and Progressive ' Campaign for Representative From Bel- trami ‘County URGE KELLY FOR OFFICE Friends Press Menagha Man to Run .for Lieutenant Go_verndr—WeIl Known in Bemidji BOOM LAUNCHED IN ms FAVOR Ohlarles T. Kelley, ex-editor, real estate dealer and one of the most maitter of standardization is brought ders of the state of Minnesota, is be- up, and only last week several men ‘of the Turtle River Township i Farmers’ clubs pledged = themselves to raise and wrap more than three ‘hundred bushels of & certain. grade ,of potato. ;on doing the same - ‘thing and as a consequence large markelt a)urchasing “agent¥are in- the tutire going to look up the Bemidji farmers in ithefr tion. buying. In other words, Bemid# is| going to be on the map as a city in a territory which has “Standardize” as its mot(,o " Favor Mnrket Place - Farmers have taken klndly to the {and all the time and has been affili- suggestxon magde in the Pioneer of a few days ago in which a market place for Bemidji was urged. Sen- itiment favors the establishment. of ithe market "place but does believe {the time to be ripe for the erection of la builaéing. John Lunn, the hust- ‘ng manager of the Bemidji Onion i Growers assoiation, is of the opinion ;that a certain lot should be set aside | Editorial association. xfm the farmers to regard as their vmarket place. Here they could bake -theu‘ prfoduce and soon merchants, +housekeepers, restaurant and hotel |mana’ers would learn where to 20 iin order to secure desired articles di- rect for the farmers wagon. Remodéling Variety Store Contractors are at work x’epainhina ;and decorating the -~Carlson variety store. The ceiling and wood work will be finished in white and the display windows, to which has been tadded a glass back ground will also ibe redecorated. The new coats add jmuch to the general a.ppearance of ithe store. Services Tonight Thiere will be Good Friday services {in the Episcopal dhurch this evening at 8 o'clock. . Archdeacon H. F. Parshafll of Cass Lake :will officiate. Miss Nora Linderson of Pelican Rapids is spendinig her HBaster vaca- tion at ithe home of Mrs. P. A. An- derson. ing urged to enter the race for lieu- tenant governor. When seen at his Home in Menagha, yesterday, Mr. Kslly stated ‘that while he had re- over the state, to hle for the Repub- lica.n numinntion. ‘he ‘had not a8 yet glv-an the mntter eerlous confil-dera‘ MY, Kelly’s friends, however, refuse to treat the matter so lightly, and have launched 'a boom: which bids fair to develop into' a most em- phatic demand that he reconsider. Mr. Kellp is a booster first last ated with the Northern Minnesota Development association since its in- ceptiion, and ranks among the fore- most of its coterie of workers. Mr. " Kelly is well known in Be- midji having been here on numerous occasions. His last visits here were to the - Developments association meeting anq to tne oliting of the Should he decide to become, a candidate his friends there will be pleased at be- ing given an opportunity to support him. “Kentucky Sue” At Grand “Kentucky Sue” will be the attrac- tion at the Grand theatre this even- |ing.. It is a story that will appeal to every man woman and child. The actors are all clever -and the com- ipany carries high grade scenery and effects. The show will be begin at 7:30, an entire change of pictures being shown and the first curtain will igo up at 8:15. “Kentucky Sue,” is a four act play. Displays Six Story Building . Passers by the Roe and Markusen Grocery store Thursday afternoon were attracted by a sign which read, “Here is the new federal building, show us the site.”” = There was the building sure enought, six stories high with fifty seven rooms. It was later discovered that the structure was taken out of a case of Heinz pickle goods. 0 . misguided findependent imissionary SCOOP irorien REPORTER SCO0P-THERES 4 BiG BOHUNK OF A LUMBER JA(K: RUNNIMNG— WILD DOWN AT THE SILVER. DOLLAR. -JUST BOUNCED THE. SAFE ON THE BAR TENDER'S BEAN AND HAS THE WHOLE POLICE _ Looks Like Snoop Is Going to Make Good SUPPOSE. THE B0SS - FIGURES A4S LONG-AS HE. HAs A NEWMAN FOR. " ° Y J0B-HE MIGHT JUsT as WELL Wily ME oFg! FORCED BLUFFED-YOU RUNDOWN JHERE AND GET WIS SASNOOP-TO SHOW N0 MY HEART 1S IN THE RIGHTPLACE. TLLTPNOL OFF T0 A PEACH OF & STORY- BEAT T Dowl W10 YHE ETC-ETC- By "HOP” HE CANT Tauc NEW RULE GOVERNS VARSITY ENTRANCE Faculty Senate Favors Abolishing ‘Scholarship Requirements for Pri- vilege of Attending Minneseta “U” —_— 'FAVORED BY SUPT. W. P, DYER Believes Students Desirous of Making ' “Good” Should be Given Every Op- portunity—Have Doubtful List ~ W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji public schaols, and one of t?he state’s most prominent educators, favors the recommendation' which ' ‘has just been made by the university A Senate of the University of Minneso- ta, doing away: with the scholarship requirements. for- entrance to the state institution. '~ " -Give Students Chance “While I have always felt that the old rule,” saiq Mr. Dyer, “was a good one because of it tendancy to urge high school - students to do better! work, I can see mo reason for criti- cising the recommendation. I feel "|that as long as & student can go to the university classes ‘that and keep up in his he ought to be given -levery oppontunity to do so, but then thoge ~of the mere passing grade . |should be kept watch of and mot ‘al- lowed ito remain din school if not . mak’lng ‘good’ and show no desire to o s0. It would be a worthless ex- ,pepdinmre of the peoples money.” Report Acoepted The committee of nine which form- have been working upon it for several months, - many . schools of the state objecting" to the mule restraining graduates from entering the “U” if mot passed by grades of 80 or more. The Te- port of the committee was accepted, Other clubs are planning ceived _humerous requests. from al] and if the varlous colleges of .the university concur the recommen.du— ition will rbecome the rule. + ... Have Three: Grades, High schiool { “at g'radua ition are unarked bassed “passed with credit” or “passeq with honor.” At Present only students receiving the two latter grades have been admitted to the uniyersity. Many- students ‘have entered smaller colleges or uni- versities of other states with lower requirements, and after successfully 'passing their = freshman year work have transferred to the university. This led to the consideration of the entrance requirements, -resulting in ‘the present proposed change. Issue Warning to Students. The university will maintain its preferential position among institu- tions of Minnesota by issuing a warn- ing to all students admitted under the “passed”’ grade hitherto forbid- den admission. The warning will lay before them. the difficulty which they are likely to experience in keep- ing up with their associates of higher grade, and will advise against en- trance. Shoulq they desire to enter in the face of this warning they will be received equally with others and given every opporh'mity to mmake good. T0 BRING BACK SETTLERS Railroad Man, Neving Homsteader, Interests Friends Who ‘Will Come Here With View of Locating BOUGHT L'AN'DIFOR $4, WORTH $15 R. A. Smith, of St. Paul but who spends much of his time in develop— ing his farm located mear Neving, engineer on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, and who was recently appointed postmaster < at Dunowen, has such' confldeme in the future of this country that the isurg- ing ‘his friends to locate ‘here. ' Smith. leaves this -evening for St. . Paul where he will spend several Weeks in connection with his rail- road duties. He will then return there brining with him about twenty- five of his railroad companions who have expressed a desire to investigate conditions here with @& view of pur- chasing farms. Two. years ago Smith .bought his. Neving ‘property for four dollars per . acre, now he is offered $15. He says that since first coming here the {land in the vicinity of the Beltraml | Clearwater county lines has vbeemnb well seftled-and that