Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 6, 1915, Page 1

i 4 VOLUME 18, NO. 57, FRENCH LINER BURNING: LIVES OF 30DINDANGER (United Press) London, March 6.—Dispatches re- ceived here today say ,that the French liner, Latouraine, is afire 700 miles west of Brest, a French port, and the steamers Rotterdam, Swan- mor, Arabic and Cornishman are rushing to her assistance. The ship was enroute from New York to Havre, has a crew of 200, carried twelve hundred tons of cargo, mostly food stuffs, which were not contraband and had 84 passengers, including flve! American doctors and ten American nurses, also Americans whose busi- ness required them in France and some French reservists. The nurses included had been sent by a French hospital in New York City. New York, March 6.—The Latour- aine carried 4,598 cases of cart- ridges, says custom house files, and it is feared that these will cause a bad explosion. Officials of the steamship company insist that the vessel was not carrying a contraband cargo. The crew of the Latouraine is the same which played the hero role when the Uranium liner, Volturno was burned at sea sixteen months ago with a loss of 232 lives. Forty of the Volturno’s passengers were saved. 3 NEW DREADNAUGHTS ADDED TO RUSSIAN FLEET (United Press) London, March 6.—Dispatches from Athens contain the information that three new Russian dreadnaughts are being rushed to completion in the Black Sea shipyards and will join the Russian fleets in its descent upon Constantinople. The British admir- alty refuses to confirm this informa- tion, however. Dispatches from Bu- charest insist that by tomorrow night a great Russian fleet will be batterin® down the defenses at Constantinople. The new dreadnaughts will have bat- teries of thirty 12-inch guns and six smaller Russian battleships will sup- port them. SAMUELSON TO HEAD DULUTH B. P. 0. E. LODGE]B John E. Samuelson, at one time court reporter for Judge C. W. Stan- ton, in this judicial district, but who during the past several years hasj practiced law at Duluth, now being one of the most prominent attorneys; of the Zenith City, has just been elec- ted exalted ruler of the Duluth lodge, No. 133, B. P. 0. BE. Mr. Samuelson suceeeds Neil B. Morrison. PRESIDENT WILSON ABANDONS TRIP TO WORLD’S FAIR (United Press) ‘Washington, March 6.—President Wilson today announced that he had found it necessary to abandon his intended trip to the San Francisco fair on account of the Mexican and international troubles. | KKK KKK H] * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES * KK EHKEHKKXKKY KKK Catholic. l.ow mass at 8 a. m. High mass at 10 a. m. Sunday school and bene- diction at 1 and 2 p. m. Vespers at 7:30 p. m. Father J. J. T. Philippe. German Lutheran. Theve will be services in the after- noor &t 2 o’clock. Rev. John Kurtz, pastor. Christian Science. Christian Science services are held at the Brinkman theater Sun- day morning at 11 o’clock. Wednes- day evening meeting at 8 o’elock at 520 Beltrami avenue. Literature can be found in the public library. Salvation Army. Sunday school at 2 o’clock. Public meeting at 3 and 8 o’clock p. m. Tues- day, Thursday and Saturday meetings at 8 p. m. Presbyterian. < Bible class and Sunday school at 10. Morning worship and sermon at 11. Rev. J. C. Strand, pastor evan- gelist of Adam’s Presbytery, will preach morning and evening. Young people’s prayer meeting at 7. Eve- ning gospel service at 8. Mid-week service for prayer and bible study on Thursday evening at 8. The public is cordially invited to all these ser- vices. S. E. P. White, pastor. Episcopal. Sunday school at 10. be no other services. Parshall. There will Archdeacon First Scandinavian Lutheran. Services in the Norwegian (Continued on lll‘l page.) lan- Our Slogan: “Bemidji 25,000 Population in 1925” BEMIDJI DEFEATS AKELEY High School Buketbal} Five Swamps Visitors, Winning by Score of 63 FARMER TEI.LS OF SUCCESS A. J. Trusty of' Port Hope Says Any- thing Will Grow on Lands of COXDEFENDSSTATE FORESTRY SYSTE Beltrami County. - GOVERNMENT TO PAY BROSE $866 BECAUSE OF mmY Attorney P. J. Russell today re- celved 1information’ in letters from Senators Neélson aiid Clapp that the seniate had passed the bill directing Fomter neyliu to Oritioikm of Pro-ine secretary of the treasury to pny GOOD MONEY IN SUGAR CANE * Also Save Stat iuome-. Thirty years ago A. J. Trusty, now one of Beltrami county’s most en- thusiastic and successful farmers, set- tled on a little farm in Hubbard county. Twenty years later he re- solved that greater ’opportunities awaited him in North Dakota and he moved to that state.® Failing to realize his ambitions Mr. Trusty came to Beltrami county, purchasing a farm of 91 acres in the Town of Port Hope, his postoffice ad- DISASTROUS FIRES ARE AVERTED Calls Attention tn\ Dnngen Flames Bring to Settlers of Northern Min-- nesota—Refers to Bandette Fire. Maintaining that fhe state of Min- nesota has derived. much greater to 10—Aitkin Tonight. CONTEST FOR DISTRICT TITLE Bewildered by the speed and team- play of the Bemidji high school bas- ketball team, the Akeley quint was last night defeated by the overwhelm- ing score of 63 to 10. The second team of the Bemidji school started the game and after a few minutes of play and while lead- ing by a good margin, the regulars were sent in by Coach Bestul. From then on the contest proved a walk- away and points were rolled up by Bemidji in a most rapid manner. Captain Johnson and Tanner, Be- midji’s sensational forwards, thrilled the crowd time after time by their marvelous play and their basket shooting was a revelation, each se- curing eleven counters. The guard- ing of Bailey and Fred Graham feat- ured and only two baskets were se- cured by the visitors, coming in the last half on long shots. Cameron played a strong game as usual. For Akeley, Woock, center, starred. He was the wholg strength of ‘the Akeley defense and his dribbling was good. He scored six of the ten points registered by his team-mates on foul throws. The second team, R. Brooks, Walker, Warfield, George Graham and D. Gainey, played good basket- ball while in the game, and would have won by a substantial score if allowed to finish the game. w. The score: Bemidji Akeley Tanner .. Fcoansllii Foloy Johnson.(C).....F,..... Nordquist Cameron . ., . Woock ailey . Merrill Graham ........ . McBride and Rice Summary: Field baskets, B. Rus- sell 1, Warfield 1, Tanner 11, John- son 11, Cameron 2, Bailey 2, Fred Graham 3, Foley 1, Nordquist 1. Fouls thrown, R. Brooks, 1, Woock 6. Re- feree, Nelson; umpire, Stanton; scor- er, Brandon; timekeeper, Bell. Tonight Bemidji will play Aitkin, one of the strongest teams of the dis- trict and a fast game is certain. In speaking of the championship race the Little Falls Herald says: “Aitkin and Bemidji are the only teams which now stand between the local team and the district champion- ship. If Little Falls wins from Aitkin it must play Bemidji for the cham- pionship.” | MADE IN AMERICA PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN New York, March 6.—The first in- dustrial exposition of the “Made in America” type was to begin today at the Grand Central Palace. The expo- sition is the direct result of the re- commendation of Mayor Mitchell and Commissioner Hartigan for the in- stignation of a plan to get the people of the country better acquainted with American goods. The only require- ment governing the. allotment of space was that the goods must have been made or grown in the United States. LUSITANIA SAILS WITHOUT USE OF AMERICAN FLAG (United Press) Liverpool, March 6.—The White Star Liner Lusitiana arrived safely here this afternoon without flying the American flag. Regarding the trip Captain Dow says: ‘“We had a locker full of flags, and if necessary would have run up anything from dress being Spur, six years ago. Since that time he cleared more than thirty- acres of land and has grown all kinds of garden produce, wheat, corn, oats, alfalfa, tobacco and sugar cane, the latter being of the Minnesota Early Amber variety. “I am here today to attend the Farmers’ Institute, and if I were ask- ed to tell what I think of Betlrami county lands I would have to say that I have found them capable of grow- ing anything,” said Mr. Trusty. “I would not change my location for any consideration for I am here to stay. I like the spirit of such meets as this one today and I only hope that the slogan of your city, ‘25,000 popu- lation in 1925’ will be made a reality.” Three years ago Mr. Trusty plant- ed a plot of sugar cane. A year later he planted another and last year two acres of land were devoted to the crop. Each crop was a success and he averaged 202 gallons of excellent molasses to the acre, valued at 75 cents per gallon. “I wish that more farmers would take an interest in the growing of sugar cane,” said Mr. Trusty. ‘“There is good money in it and an appar- atus, consisting of a press and evap- orator, can be pur‘chased at a low cost. With my machine I can turn out 50 to 60 gallons of molasses a day. With a little larger machine and a man to assist 100 gallons could be made in a day.” At the state fair of last year Mr. Trusty’s carrots and tobacco took sev- eral premiums.. Next spring he will “The awful catastrophe “‘ Bau- set ont 1,500 tame strawberry plants, dette and Spooner surrounding deyoting half an acre to their growth. country in:¥T0; 1 > He. prefers the Dunlay variety; and lives were lost and millions of dollars brought 45 plants. from Iowa a year of property were destroyed, occurred 8%0. = nowhere near any state lands, yet no Mr. Trusty’s plan, which he always | ;0o i) contend that the state ‘of fcllow‘s, is to grow produce for which Minnesota had no duty to prevent| there is a ready market, and reasons any such disaster or repetition. that' his success shows the worthiness. “The public has a much greater in- ofihisimethoa, terest in standing timber, especially young timber, than the owner - of such property. Aside from all in- direct benefits from the forests, such as conservation of water supply, game supply and recreation grounds, every $5 worth of standing timber, when marketed, represents $15 in wages to the community and the state. Fire Hazard Diminished. “The forest service at the present tion would indicate and arguing that the entire purpose iof "the forestry: movement, not only by the state and federal government, but foreign coun- tries, is to. concern jtself in protect- ing not only state 1&nd but also that of private owners, 1liam T. Cox, slate forester, eonflrlts the position taken by Senator lfi J. Rockne. It was Senator Rocknd{who stated that the forestry approptiation would he cut and that only S‘tlte timber and property should be Yatected by its service. Protects Shte urces. “It has been the fipliey of the state in the creation of the forest service to protect the forestiresources of the state, regardless of bwnership,” said Mr. Gox, “but if the only duty of | the service is to gfird state lands the problem is an entirely different | one. It is mnot telfible to protent state lands alone al_\d more than' it | would be to have sepdrate fire depart- ments for each city block or even each city ward. The city/fire department watches over the entire city and the forest service covers the entire wood- ed section of the state for the same ; teason—that is thatj fires must be fought wherever th appear. Set- tlers are widely scaftered .in the woods of northern Minnesota, their homes and families are in danger and it is manifestly uuts’t to place upon them the burden of protecting them- selves any more than‘h' o0 require each householder in the igity to provide | his own fire apparatus. Prevents Digasters. LR R R R R Y * THERMOMETER SHOWING * * AMOUNT OF THE SUMMER * * HOTEL SUBSCRIPTIONS * LR R R S R R P R R T The subscriptions for the erection of Bemidji’s summer hotel, under the plan of George Cochran, now total $6,000, the committee having added $1,600 since yesterday. The new . A signers are, Huffman & O'Leary, W. time is compelling the timber owners G. Schroeder, Otto Schwandt, Thomas to-expend; between 7 $300,000 . “and S. Ervin, James L. George and Fred | $300,000 a year for the disposal of Rhoda, each taking motes for $250. [ '5l2sh’ Which is a great element in The Summer Hotel Thermometer. (Cohlinus ou Jast paEe): Held Meeting Yesterday. Yesterday the administrative and home missions committee of Adams Presbytery were in session in this city. Among the out-of-town pas- tors in attendance were Rev. Dr. R. Cooper Bailey of Crookston; J. C. Strand of East Grand Forks; Rev. J. H. Frarey n‘t Blackduck, and Rev. J. T. L. Coates of Kelliher. The meet- ing was held in the Presbyterian church. — $10,600 $ 6,000 Fire at Dalton’s, A fire alarm at 5-o’clock last eve- ning called the fire department to the Dalton hotel and restaurant, Third street and Beltrami avenue, where a chimney fire had been discov- ered. But slight damage was done. The Dalton hotel was visited by a $4,000 fire several weeks ago, and workmen are now repairing the dam- Mrs. Frank Gagnon was pleasantly age done. surprised yesterday afternoon by - twenty-five of her friends, the ocea- | Mrs. Sandy McDonlld of .Blue benefits from the forestry service than | the amount of the annusl-appropria- |. isky clear today. city, $866.58 on account of injurles received while in the discharge of his “|{duties in the postoffice here on July 9, 1912. The bill had previously passed the house. Brose was first appointed carrier in February, 1911. His injury was received - while on duty when he fell through an open cellar door. He was glven a leave of ‘absence but because of inability to perform his work he tendered his resignation to the gov- ernment in July, 1918, being rein- stated in November of the same year. The postoffice appropriation bill of 1915 provides that leave of absence with full pay may be granted em- ployes injured while on duty during the period of disability, but not ex- ceeding one year. Mr. Brose has never recovered from his injury and only recently returned from the Uni-’ versity hospital where he received treatment. He has been able to work but little since the accident and has ibeen forced to spend considerable time in bed. Mr. Russell has represented Brose’s claim before congress. POSTPONED AUTO CLASSIC AT FRISCO FAIR TODAY (United Pross) Exposmon Grounds, San Francisco, March 6.—The one hundred thousand spectators who gathered about the exposition auto race track this morn- ing hoped for fair skies when. the starter’s pistol sent ~f the classy field of drivers entered in the Vanderbilt cuprace. The track was dry and the Originally scheduled for February 22, the race was postponed until -to- day because the track was not shape on the former date. The distance to be covered today was 294.062 miles, there being 76 laps to the race. If De Palma, the early favorite to- day, won the race, he would attain permanent possession of the trophy and the race would be removed from America’s list of speed classics. Drivers entered and their -cars Ljwere;. o 7 < Stutz, " Gil Andersnn' Stutz, Enrl Cooper; Stutz, Howard ‘Wileox; Peu- geot (two) drivers not named; Mer- cer, Eddie Pullen; Mercer, Eddie Ruckstaller; Mercer, Louis Nikrent; Marmon, De Alene; Simplex, Louis Disbrow; Chevrolet, Lecaine; Max- well, Barney Oldfield; Maxwell, Billy Garrison; Maxwell, Eddie Ricken- backer; Duesenberg, O'Donnéll; Due- senberg, Allay; Delage, Newhouse; Thais, Fabie; Edwards’ Special, L. C. Gendy; Edwards’ Special, Capt. Kennedy; Californian, Caleb Bragg; Bruggatti, Marquis; Parsons’ Spe- cial, Parsons, Chevrolet, R. C. Dur- rant; Mercedes, Ralph De 'Palma; King, E. C. Klein; Erwin Special, Bergdoll; Overland, McKalvery; Case, Eddie Herne; Case; Hercules, Harold Hall; Tomasini, Thomas Tomasini; Gordon Special, Huntley Gordon; Alco, W. E. Taylor. EXPERT TO BE IN CHARGE. Bemidji Garage to Install Complete ¢ Vulcanizing Outfit. Olaf Ongstad, proprietor of the Be- midji Automobile company, returned this morning from the twin cities where he purchased a complete vul- canizing outfit, which will be install- ed in his garage. M. Britton of Min- neapolis, an expert vuleanizer, ac- cording to Mr. Ongstad, will tae charge of this department. “Pros- pects for a big year are the brightest ever,”” said Mr. Ongstad when speak- ing of the present conditions, and added, “we are making every possible preparation to accommodate the re- pair trade in all its details.’ Miss Edna Schmitt, of Thief River Falls, will arrive in Bemidji this eve- ning and will be the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Schmitt, of Dewey avenue, over Sunday. Miss sion being her birthday. She was Earth, Minnesota, 18 the guest of her SHES SIMPLY (MPOSSIBLE. AS A MAID -JOHN - XOU WIWLL HAVE TD G0 OUT presented with a sewing table as a danghter, Mrs. Carl Jacobson, of Be- SOUNDS LIE. THE BEST LWL MAD IN TH BIZNUSS WAS TO BE BOUNCED S.VE &OT: ENOUGH LOCAL COLOR FOR MY SERVANT STORIES ANNWAY - Schmitt has been visiting friends in Marshall, Minnesota, and in the twin a harp to_the stars and stripes.” remembrance. nidji avenue. ~ cities for the past two weeks. Anna F'elke.l SCOOP zirorter Blaze Of Glory Is Right By "HOP" 500 - BELTRAMI-COUNTY FARMERS HEAR PREDICTION THAT WILL SOON BE ONE OF NATION'S GREATEST DAIRY CENTEIS FALSE ARREST IS. CHARGE| Benville Township Woman Asks $3,- 000 Damages for Alleged False Ar- rest on Insanity Charge. OFFICER HAD NO AUTHORITY Claiming that she was illegally ar- rested by a deputy sheriff, on a war- rant sworn out by a justice of the peace, and brought to Bemidji and arraigned before Judge of Probate Clark for examination as to her san- ity, Mrs. Margrethe Johnsrud, of the ‘Tcwn of Benville, asks damages from six defendants in a case which is now on trial before Judge Wright in dis- trict court. It appears that the justice had no authority "to order the woman ar- rested, even though requested to do so by neighbors who had introduced a series of complaitns. Mrs. Johns- rud was arrested on August 18, of last year, brought to Bemidji and on August 19 the examination took place, the result being that she was granted her freedom, the charge of false. arrest being the result. The defendants include the deputy sheriff, who made the arrest, the jus- tice of the peace, who swore out the warrant and witnesses in the insani- ty case. These are the defendants, Martin Sandmerk, Martin Teigland, Gedeon Olson, Ole Hanson, Martin Johnson and Phillip Hawkinson. At- torney Ira M. Richardson of Thief River Falls, appears for the plaintiff in the case, and the defendants are represented by Attorney Henry Funk- ley of this city. The case was be- sun late yesterday afternoon and may take several days for trial. The jury in the case of Mr. and Mrs.” William Pelkey against I ». Batchelder, a breach of contract be- tng claimed, retudned a verdict of $50 for the plaintiffs. FARMERS ENJOY MEAL PREPARED BY STUDENTS e high Members. of _the ‘Bemidji school domestic science class, and Miss Agnes Halland, the depart- ment’s able supervisor, won a place in the hearts of 600 farmers and busi- ness men of the city this noon when they served an élaborate luncheon to those in attendance at the Farm- ers’ Institute. The girls, under the direction of Miss Halland, had planned to care for 400 guests, but when 600 rushed into the dining hall one could not have told by their expressions that they were in the least surprised or worried. This was the menu: Esealloped potatoes, spaghetti with tomato sauce, dill pickles, Parker House rolls, doughnuts, Brookfield sausage and coffee. The hungry guests did away with 65 dozen fresh doughnuts and buns; two bushel of potatoes, the supply running short; 800 pieces of domino sugar; 65 packages of spag- hetti; 75 cans of tomatoes; nine pounds of coffee; 26 quarts of milk; 1,500 sausages and a large quantity of cream. Every girl who assisted in the work cannot be given too much credit and a vote of thanks and apprecia- tion was extended to the class. Ella Anderson and Lottie McDon- ald were the head waitresses, and the following, assisted by Harold White and Herbert Warfield, served: Potatoes—Elaine Boyd, Ella Ot- terstad, Alice Minpick, Viola Guen- ther; meat—Olga Skinveg, Dorothy Carson, Florence Thatcher, Dorothy Clark; spaghetti—Margaret Brandt, Ethel Roe, Edith Mills, Myrtle Schmidt, Mabel Johnson; buns— Florence LaCombe, Elge Ditty, Ella Anderson, Lottie McDonald; dough- nuts—Marion Segal, Myrtle Madson, Emma Gultz; coffee—Martha Larson, Mildred Richardson, Margaret Rip- ple, Ruth Bently; waitresses—Lottie McDonald, Ella Anderson, Mpyrtle Madson, Ethel Roe, Cecilla Olson and W. A ](oxcnov Enthuses Those in Attendance at Monster Institute by Convincing Remarks. SCIENCE GIRLS FEED 600 PEOPLE Tillers of Soil Told Under What Coa- ditions They May Expeefimmu to Crown Their Efforts. With Bemidji’s magnificent high school building filled to its utmost ca- pacity, 800 persons, including farm- ers, business men and others inter- ested, the most enthusiastic and suc- cessful Farmers’ meeting ever held in this city is in progress today. Farmers from every section of the territory surrounding Bemidji were in attendance when the institute was czlled to order this morning and sev- eral clubs had large delegations pres- ent in the hope that they might be declared the winners in the attendy ance contest. McKerrow Talks. Following the count of township delegations, W. A. McKerrow, in charge of the animal husbandry ex- tension department at the state ag- ricultural school, St. Paul, spoke. Mr. McKerrow is an excellent speaker and by his convincing manner and evident earnestness he immediately became a favorite with the farmers and others. Vi The speaker urged the organization of a Cattle Breeders’ assocjation; the test of grains fed to cattle; cow test- ing associaticn, in order that the pay- ing qualitiés of a cow might be ascer- tained and advised farmers to rid themselves of dual purpose cows and to deyote their time to the mislng f. pure bred stock. He Makes a Prediction. Mr. McKerrow ‘predicted that in far less than 100 years the farms of Minnesota will possess only. pure bred cattle and that in the near future Beltrami county will be considered as one of the nation’s leading dairying sectiong and said that if the present interest and progress continued-that this _eounty will be the ¢ center of the-Gopher state: '{ “For the promoting of better dairy- ing there is no better method-to pur- sue than to organize Cow Testing 1s- sociations. Denmark has 720 of these organizations and the United States is wisely following its example. Are Not Profitable. “I believe that farmers are begin- ning to see where and why the dual purpose animal is not profitable in comparison with the thoroughbred,” said Mr. McKerrow. “There is no questioning the fact that cows which are permitted to browse in the field during cold weather cannot he ex- pected to bring good results. The belief that money is needed im order to make a herd produce is pow a for- gotten idea. Make the sheds com- fortable with plenty of light, improv- ed stalls and etc., and your success in dairying is pssnred.” Quotes From Records. Mr. McKerrow quoted from rec- ords showing what other counties have done and suggested that for proof the farmers write the agricul- tural department at Washington. The Largest Meeting. According to Mr. McKerrqw, the Bemidji meeting is the largest he has ever attended and he has made ad- dresses and traveled in all parts of the state in connection with institute work. He said that although Min- nesota is making progress along dairying lines, it has not been near as rapid as the opportunities permit. Many farmers complimented and thanked Mr. McKerrow for his splen- did talk and expressed the belief that they had been benefited greatly by its instructive message. Barker in Charge. E. A. Barker, president of the Merchants’ association, was in charge of this afternoon’s session of the in- stitute. The program was given as planned by Bueford M. Gile, agri- culturist, to whose efforts the success of the meeting is largely due. Several duets by Misses Margarét Newton and Edith Erwin, supervisor of music and eighth grade instructor, respectively, were much enjoyed and appreciated. HOLD FUNERAL TOMORROW Mrs. McAndrews, Former Bemidji Resident, to Be Buried Here. Funeral services for Mrs. James McAndrews, of Fort Frances, for- merly of this city, wha died Thurs- day at the International Hospital, will be held here tomorrow. afternoon at one o’clock. - The body was taken to Big Falls yesterday, where services * were held and will be brought to Be- midji tonight, ‘being placed in the Huffman & O'Leary undertaking par- Tors. s ; pi