Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 9, 1915, Page 1

A VOLUME 13, NO. 163 THE BEMIDJI - BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1915. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH, Discussed at Conferences Attended by 15,000 Delegates at Fifth &y, - CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOkERS AT CHICAGO CONVENTION: PLAN FOR WORLD PEACE T0 WORK FOR AMENDMENT tional Meeting—Seek Membe. 0”'7-9/ “enator McGarry Elected Chairman of Ry EVERY ONE URGED TO AID Fourteen Million Killed on Battle- fields During Last Century—Work of Organization is Praised. (United Press) Chicago, July 9.—International peace was considered in six great conferences attended by over fifteen the Fifth World’s Christian Endeavor conven- thousand delegates at tion this morning. Plans were made for securing 1,000,000 new members of the Christian Endeavor Peace Union, suggested in the message from President Francis E. Clark last night. World peace was the subject of the address by Rev. John W. Day of Col- umbus, Ohio, in the Coliseum this morning. A Message of Peace. “The message of Jesus Christ to the world was a message of peace,” said Rev. Day. “A few years ago I stood on Michigan avenue in Chicago as thousands of the members of the Grand Army of the Republic marched by. The empty sleeves—the missing limbs—the scars and marks all told their silent stories of the fearful havoc of war. Then I thought of the fourteen millions of lives lost in the last century upon the battlefield, of the billions of dollars that were wasted, of the thousands of mothers mourning for sons offered upon the altars of national hatred, of wives left to toil in earth’s field alone, cf fatherless children and broken homes, of men taken from professional, busi- ness and social walks of life—I won- dered if the song of the angels in the night of the nativity had been forgotten and if the message of peace proclaimed by Jesus Christ was myth- ical. “Turning from that scene and the more modern battlefields of carnage, to the God of Peace whom we know is building a kingdom of peace, I o"'e,;nign Committee to Urge Pas- * Revolving Fund Law. p—— ST. PAU. 'MEETING HELD Senator P. H. McGarry of Walker, one of the most active legislators in behalf of the Bemidji normal school appropriation, and author of the re- volving fund. amendment which is to be No. 1 on the ballot at the 1916 general election, was named chair- man of the amendment campaign committee at a meeting held in St. Paul Thursday. George D. McCarthy, of Duluth, secretary of the Minnesota Develop- ment association, was elected treas- urer. He was in Bemidji this morning. Besides Senator McGarry and Charles T. Kelley, of Menahga, pres- ident of the Northern Minnesota De- velopment association, who named the committee, other members are: L. N. Nord, senator of the Bemidji district; L. B. Arnold, Duluth; J. A. O. Preus, state auditor; John Moonan of Waseca and A. A. D. Rahn of Min- neapolis. Plans were made to call for the appointment by the chairman of one man in each county of the state 1o act on a committee, the explanation of the amendment at county fairs next year, the organization of speak- requesting the governor that one day of the proposed development confer- ence be set aside for a discussion of the amendment. The committee hopes to raise at least $5,000 to finance the campaign. To Improve Much Land. Amendment No. 1 to the state Con- stitution, if adopted, will set aside the sum of $250,000 out of the school funds to improve cut-over lands for settlement. As figured by those interested in Amendment No. 1, there are more than 2,000,000 acres of cut-over land in Northern Minnesota which the committee contends can be made pro- ductive and necessarily profitable to take courage and am more firmly fixed in the belief that it is the duty the state if opened and prepared for settlement., If Amendment No. 1 of every young man and woman at|preyajls, the $250,000 to be set aside this crucial period of the World’s|from state school funds will be used life to pledge their powers to the God | in improving five acres of each 40- of Peace to do everything one life,cre tract, which will be sold to set- can for the establishment of peace in | {jorg on long time and easy payments. the world.” Clark Makes Plea. At last night’s meeting, Francis E. Clark, president of the World’s Fifth and-the International Twenty- seventh convention, pleaded for mis- sionary work among Christian na- tions for increased millions as mem- bers of the United Society of Endeav- orers. He traced the growth of the organization and went into consid- erable detail, especially regarding the growth since the last convention five years ago at Agra, India. He emphasized the purpose of the Endeavorer—to evangelize the world. He called upon all Endeavorers as “millionaires, not of money, but of numbers,” to “thing millions, and achieve millions in a continual eru- sade for more members.” A Million Converts. “The state officers, county officers and local union officers are the gen- erals, colonels and captains who must conduct the mobilizing and standard- izing of this great peaceful army These five acres, it is figured, will sustain the settler while he is im- proving and preparing the remainder for farming purposes. - “This is one of the most important matters that has come up in recent years,” said Senator McGarry ad- dressing the meeting. “It means ‘moomorsum et waes (GERMANEMPIRETO Red River Exhibit Will Be Intere;fing ' —Stock on Display. 3 The ‘Northwestern Minnesota fair will be held in Crookston next week; July 13 to 17 inclusive: The stock show will include twelve prize-win-] ning herds,- including = twenty-five head from the Jean Du Luth herds| from Duluth, and twenty Aberdeen | Angus and. Shorthorns from the J. J. Hill farm at Northcote, and scores of local entries, making it the great- est exhibit of its kind ever held ia the state outside of the Minnesota State Fair. . At Floral hall, the wo- man’s department will have plain and fancy sewing exhibits and sam- ples of the culinary art. Another feature will be the school children’s exhibits. Eighty horses are en- tered in the races, for which purses aggregating $3,500 have been hung up. Each evening motorcyclists will compete for a $50 purse, and Wednes- day and Friday evenings there will be $1,200 burned up in fireworks. SAYS LITTLEFORK IS ‘WET State Supreme Court in Decision Filed Today Rules That Village May Have Saloons---Town Voted ‘Dry’ VICTORY IS BUT TEMPORARY Even though the Town of Jameson, in Koochiching county, voted ‘“‘dry” at an election held on March 9 of this year, the saloons of Littlefork, ers’ bureau, press bureau work, and | 2 village confined within its limits, must not close, according to a de- cision of the state supreme court filed at St. Paul this morning, thus end- ing a controversy which has attracted statewide attention. ° The ruling of the high tribunal re- verses the decision of Judge Stanton, of the Fifteenth judicial distriet, made several weeks ago when he ruled that even though the village voted “wet” at the same election in ‘which the town voted ‘“dry,” the sa- loons must close. Littlefork votes in all township elections. On April 16 the village council granted a liquor license to L. J. La- londe. On May third Lalonde was arrested for selling liquor without legal authority. He applied to the court for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he was illegally re- strained of his liberty. The writ 'was granted and the matter came bey fore Judge Stanton May 13 for de- termination, Judge M. A. Spooner ap- and Franz Jevne, Koochiching county attorney, appearing for the state. Judge Stanton ruled that the vil- lage should be ‘“dry” and the appeal followed. Koochiching county is to vote on county option August 2 and as the temperance advocates are practically pearing for Lalonde much, not only to Northern Minne- sota, but to the entire state. It will help every population center in Minnesota as it will bring to them additional markets for their products. At the same time, it will mean an in- crease in the school fund, as it will add hundreds of thousands to our population.” The committee discussed at length methods of bringing the amendment before the people and decided on a vigorous campaign of publicity. A similar amendment was submit- ted at the general election last year but failed on account of apathy. This year campaign matter will be sent broadcast and the voters informed of ] it. . g of evangelization,” said President Clark. “I would not take your breath away. I am speaking words of truth and soberness. Here is what 1 ask you to achieve, in the name of the Master, and trusting in Him for strength for the next two years: “A million converts; a million new Endeavorers; a million new church SECOND ROUND BEGINS Elimination Series in Tennis Tourna- ment Causes Interest Among Players Games of last evening completed the preliminary series of the Bemidji Tennis club tournament and now assured of victory it appears that the ruling of the supreme court will af- ford but trivial advantage to Little- fork saloon men. ) . IS GIVEN NEW TRIAL Supreme Court Holds Titus Case Should Not Have Been Dismissed. That Judge C. W. Stanton of Be- midji erred in dismissing the action of Orville Titus versus the Crookston Lumber company at the close of the plaintifi’s case when it was tried at the February term of district court in 1914, is the ruling of the state su- preme .court in a decision filed to- day. Titus claiméd he was injured when ‘he fell from a load of logs on which he was working at the dock of Plant No. 1, being in the employ of the lumber company. He at once brought suit for $2,999 for personal injuries, Carl Heffron of this city be- ing his attorney. Powell & Simpson of Minneapolis and E. E. McDonald ' ANNEXLUXEMBERG for Restoration of s e to France is Now Being Discussed for War’s End.- NOT ADVANTAGEOUS TO KAISER Annexation: Would Cause, Little Change in Status of Luxemberg— Has Been Used as Military Basis. By J.‘W. T. MASON. New -York, July 9.—The annexa- tion of Luiemberg to the Germgn em- pire in exchange for the restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France is be- ing discussed among the Allies as a possible means of satisfying French aspirations at the end of the war. Not Advantageous. The exchange would not be advan- tageous territorially * to Germany, since Alsace-Lorraine has six times the area of Luxemberg and seven times the population, but there are histori¢ and racial reasons why LuX-] emberg would fit better into the Ger- man empire than Alsace-Lorraine has done. The reigning house of Lux- emberg is now a member of the Ger- man customs union. Under the Zoll- verein agreement the grand duchy possesses all the commercial advan- tages of being an actual part of the kaiser’s empire. The annexation of the grand duchy would cause very little change in Luxemberg’s status. The present grand duchess would retain her dig- nities and the people would lose noth- ing of the individual freedom they now possess. A Military Base. Luxemberg has been used as a military base by the German army since last August, with only a verbal protest on the part of the grand duchy. The Luxembergers have grown rich catering to the invaders. It is improbable much pressure, tf any, would have to be exerted to cause them to pass from a temporary to a permanent part of the German empire. % FRANK-HIOLT'S FRIENDS - THREATEN OTT'S LIFE (United Pre Mineola, N. Y., July 9.—Lewis Ott, who rented Frank Holt, the man who attempted to destroy the United States capitol, later firing on J. P. Morgan and who then ended his own life, a cottage where he made bombs, today rushed into the district attor- ney’s office with a letter written on wrapping paper, threatening Ott’s life for telling the officials. The note said: “Beware; you are going too far. Holt owed you nothing, you sucker. We will get you. You can’t be much of a German or anything else. If this is published you will be among the missing. The war must be stopped.” The district at- torney insured Ott protection. NAMES VISITING DAY All Interested Are Invited to Inspect State Farm at “Rapids.” Otto I. Bergh, former agriculturist in the Bemidji schools, but now su- perintendent of the state farm at Grand Rapids, has designated July 24 as the midsummer visiting day, and all farmers and other business people who are interested are invited to look over the farm and enjoy a general reunion. Aside from the get-together feature of the day, it is the idea that the report which will - BY WARTRANSFER| Carthy, secretary of the members; a million new dollars for [ players will devote their attention to missions; a million new members of [the elimination contests. When the peace union; ten thousand new these are completed arrangements societies of Christian Endeavor; [Will be made for handicap matches. twenty thousand new comrades of the {In the last games played Dr. D. L, quiet hour; ten thousand new legion- Stanton won from Carl Johnson, 6-3, ten thousand new Christian |thereby winning two of the three Endeavor experts and five thousand [sets, and Dr. Mayers defeated Dr. E. new life-work recruits. H. Marcum, 6-1 and 6-2. The new «This is not too large a task for |court has been planed in use, provid- aries; of Bemidji represented the company. The case was dismissed on the ground of contributory negligence. As a re- sult of the ruling the case will be tried at the next term of court here. be published at the end of the year “will be better appreciated and under- stood if the farmers visit the farm during the' growing season and see _— first-hand what is being done. Attorney A. A. Andrews returned to Bemidji last evening from Minne- Miss Clara Collins, one of the apolis where he has spent two weeks. | Crookston camp-fire girls, who is He made the trip by automobile andlspending several weeks at Lavinia earnest Endeavorers of the | ing sufficient playing room for the|was joined at Brainerd by Mrs. An- the eager, World. We once before added a mil- | club members. drews. lion new members and ten thousand new societies in two years’ time. COO THE .CUB With all the world enlisted in this S REPORTER world’s convention we can undertake this larger program in the two years to come and with God’s help accom- plish it.” Sheriff in St. Paul. Andrew Johnson, sheriff of Bel- trami county, is in St. Paul today on official business. During his absence James Cahill, deputy sheriff, is in charge of the office. —— To Visit Captain Pendray. Mr. and Mrs. James Pendray, par- ents of Captain Elizabeth Pendray of the Salvation Army Bemidji batracks, SCO0P DEAR - T HAVE. SIMPLY GoT TO BUN ME A NEW DRESS - LOOK TH'ADS OVER. AND FINDME A Faay will arrive in Bemidji this evening | for a week’s visit with their daughter. "GEE MV LOVE ERE, 15 JUST 1A NERY THING -~ STOUT WOMENS | SALE -EYTRA SIZES~44 TOSY at the Rosaan cottage, is the guest of Mrs. E. R. Evans for a short time. Scoop Wil Eventually Acquire Diplomacy KR KRR KRR KRR KKK AR KKK KKK KK RKK KK KA x TO ENTERTAIN AT CHA UTAUQUA NEXT MONTH * KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK R R KKK KK KK THE AVON SKETCH CLUB. to regale the people with delightful scenes from plays and to do T'i IS is a rollicking entertainment company coming to Chautauqua some short snappy sketches that have the real “punch” to them. for each number and have arranged They carry special costumes every detail of their work to get the best effects. There is an abundance of humor in what they do, and they propose to set a lively pace for the balance of the entertainers appearing on the program. PLAN FARM CROP SHOW Excellent Exhibit to Feature Decem- ber Convention of Northern Minne- sota Development Association. MEETING HELD HERE TODAY One of the chief features of the winter convention of the Minnesota Development agsociation which is to be 'held in Bemidji next December will be a Farm Crop show. Plans for the exhibits, which will be open to every county which is an Northern active member of the booster organi- zation, were discussed at a meeting held in Bemidji this morning and which was attended by George D. Mc- Northern Minnesota. Development association. Mr. McCarthy was elected sec'retary of the revolving fund campaign com- mittee at a meeting held in St. Paul yesterday. “I am confident that the Bemidji meeting this year will be just as im- portant and will result in just as many:-tenefits‘for - Northern-Minne- sota as former conventions held here,” said Mr. McCarthy. ‘The suc- cess of the Coleraine meeting was 'gratifying to me and officers of the association are anxious that a splen- did program be offered here.” A committee comprising Harry Reynolds, C. E. Battles, Charles Schroeder and Bueford M. Gile, who .will act as secretary, was appointed to prepare a premium list for the crop show. Premiums will be offered for potatoes, grasses, corn, grain and vegetables. Awards will also be given to par- ticipants in the eighth of an acre po- tato contest, each contestant to have a peck of potatoes taken from his plot on display. The association will give '$300 in prizes for this feature, and much interest is being shown. A finance committee for the show will be appointed later by R. H. Schu- maker, president of the Commercial club. SHIP REACHES QUARANTINE (Unitea Press) Halifax, July 9.—The steamer Minnehaha, with her fire out, ar- rived at quarantine here this morn- ing at 11 o’clock. The vessel was not allowed to dock and none from shore were permitted aboard the'ves~ sel. BEMIDJI GIRL SENT TO SAUK CENTER HOME SCHOOL Emma Safford, 15 years old, of Bemidji, was taken to the State Girls’ Home school at Sauk Center this morning by George Denley, deputy sheriff. The girl was ordered to be committed to the school by Judge M. A. Clark, of the probate court, for delinquency. A petition that she be sent to the school had been presented IMPROVE RED LAKE DEPOT Is Being Entirely Remodeled and When Completed Will Provide City With Another Modern Station. ROAD VALUABLE TO BEMIDJI ‘Work on remodeling of the Minne- apolis, Red Lake & Manitoba railway depot is now well under way and when completed Bemidji will have another modern and up-to-date rail- way station. At one time this was Bemidji’s best station, the Union and Great Northern depots having been built during the past few years. The present building will be moved several feet west and mnorth, a base- ment constructed, a new modern heating plant installed, equipped with water, toilet rooms and a new landing platform constructed. The new platform will be built of con- crete, covering practically the same area as the old one. , This railread “{s- proving to be a good feeder for Bemidji as it pene- trates a-section-of the county that is becoming “rapidly settled and land men predict a bright future for home seekers who are buying farms tribu- tary to it. THAW TELLS OFKILLING STANFORD WHITE (United Press) New York, July 9.—Seriously, but unfalteringly, Harry K. Thaw this afternoon told the court in his sanity trial how he killed Stanford White. With two associates and Evelyn ahead, he stopped to speak with his companions, and then followed his wife. White was sitting with his head in his hands and raised his head and stared at Thaw. ‘“Then I shot him,” said, Thaw. Cooke attempted to get him to talk further but the ob- jections of the defendant’s attorneys were sustained. Witnesses listened breathlessly while Thaw was talking. Cooke was perfectly silent, awaiting Thaw’s testimony to be given in his own way._ “I would not have killed White had Evelyn escaped his girl-ruining ‘campaign,” Thaw added. GRAND OPENING TOMORROW Olympia Candy Company Invites Public to Visit Store. It was anonunced by the manage- ment of the Olympia Canday company this morning that the grand opening of the new store which has been es- tablished here will take place tomor- row. Free flowers will be given to all and the public is invited to in- spect the store and candy manufac- turing plant. A full line of cut flow- ers, ice cream, home made candies, fruits ‘and cigars are carried at the to’ Judge Clark. By "HOP" oL KNOW I USED TO BUHLEEVE IN SHORT™ ENGAGEMENTS-BUT A MAN SHOLD GO W(THA ANDREWS URGES MINNESOTA TO CONSERVEFORESTS Secretary of Forestry Board, in fi< midji Last Evening, Asks State to Protect Woods for the Future. WOULD ADOPT EUROPEAN PLAN Praises “Magic City of North” and Says That Its New Title Has Been Correctly Given. “It has been eight years since I last visited Bemidji, and I am sur- o prised to find such a fine city here,” said General C. C. Andrews, secre- tary of the state board of forestry, who was in Bemidji last evening en- route to the State Park where he will attend a meeting of the forestry board. General Andrews dislikes automo- biles and he is making the trip from here to the park today by horse and carriage. He was told of the plan to make the Ruggles timber on the east shores of Lake Bemidji a state park and he expressed the hope that such a con- dition may be brought about. Gen- eral Andrews advocates the European system of establishing forest reserves and protecting timber, for use by Minnesota. Mr. Andrews said that Minnesota is far behind some of the American states in caring for its timber lands and making preparation to conserve them. “The forest is the mother of ‘wages,” said he. “It gives employ- ment to thousands of workmen in the winter months, ‘and to more thpu- sands of skilled workmen after its products reach -the mills and shops. The 6,000,000 acres of state forest of Prussia in recent years yielded a net annual revenue of $2.70 per acre; the 2,200,000 acres of state forest of France, $2. per acre; and the 448,900 acres of state forest of Saxony, $5.32 per acre. Planted Many Trees. '“Up to the last year, the various German states planted in the aggre- gate, 100,000 acres with principally pine seedling and transplant trees from three to six feet apart to re- new ‘and maintain their state forests. In Europe, a state forest sometimes adjoins a city. That forest may ex- ist with farms and population in the vicinity is seen in the fact that in the Black forest in Baden and Wur- temburg, 90 miles long by an aver- age width of 30 miles, are farms, vil- lages, cities and a million people. Tells of Itasca Park. “Comprising as’ it does the head- waters of the Mississippi river, beau- tiful primeval forests are handsome lakes, Itasca park is becoming an im- portant summer resort,” said the Gen- eral. “The state has erected there several large buildings which it rents at $500 a year as a hotel, and about 70 guests can be accommodated at the same time. The area of the park, ineluding water, is a little more than 22,000 acres. Of the land, 7,000 acres were granted to the state by congress on condition that the state would protect the timber; and 2,452 acres were purchased by the state of the Northern Pacific Railroad com- pany at 50 cents per acre. The state forestry board was given manage- mént of the park in 1907, and the state now owns therein 17,296 acres being all the land within the park boundaries except 822 acres, and this the board is authorized to purchase by the issue of certificates of indebt- edness as soon as it can do so at & fair price. «“The last legislature appropriated $12,500 for each of the next two fis- cal years for care and improvement of the park. . “The state of New York, which is only about half as large in area as Minnesota, has 1,600,000 acres- of state forest and is gaining more about every year. Minnesota has only 21,- 000 acres of state forest for revenue purposes. The average Minnesota farmer spends $900 for lumber for his necessary buildings. Urges Co-operation. “In developing northern Mifinesota, the need of timber cannot be ignored. I personally know that there is a large amount of good agricultural land in northern Minnesota that is yet undeveloped and no sensible friend of forestry wishes it used for any .other purpose than agriculture. I also know that there is considerable’ land in northern Minnesota that is chiefly valuable for the production of timber. The best interests of the state requires that all vacant land ba | used for the purpose for which it is best adapted. Let us all pull togeth- er, therefore, in harmony in develop- ing our agricultural and forest Tre- sources.” 3 Mrs. B. Bateman, 86., of Aylesburg, Eng., has eighteen grandsons- and two sons serving with the British -