Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 7, 1915, Page 1

THE B DJT VOLUME 13, NO. 293. BEMIDJ], mnaom, Tm! me DECEMBER 7, 1915. Important Subjects Before North.+,> I)evelopment Meeting ""/ Amendment No. 1, hwm%ele, “~h Waters and Soil Survey to . # Discussed. 300 EXPECT TO BE HERE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Commercial Club to Meet Tonight to Complete Plans for Entertain- ment of Delegates. o Amendment No. 1, the lowering of high waters in the reservoir listrict and the presenting of-a bill to the state legisiature asking for a soil survey are some of the important sub- Jjects that will be considered by the Northern Minnesota Development as- sociation which will meet here Thurs- day and Friday. 300 to Attend. More than 300 delegates represent- ing not less than thirty counties of this section of the state and a number from other sections of the state are expected to be present at the meet- ing. The most important question to be considered by the meeting is Amend- ment No. 1 providing that the legis- lature set aside $260,000 from the state school funds for the purpose of improving state lands. Need State Aid. It was comparatively easy years ago for a farmer who had his filing fee to get a start when he home- steaded the prairie lands of western Minnesota and northwestern Minne- sota. It vost him but a few dollars to turn the sod. But to clear North- ern Minnesota stump lands it costs, according to estimates, from $10 to $50 per acre. High Water Legislation. The lowering of the high waters in the vicinity of Leech Lake and the reservoir district will affect more than 500,000 acres. Representatives from all towns and villages along the Mississippi river valley district af- fected by the six Federal reservoirs located at Leech, Winnibigoshish, Pokegama, Sand and Gull lakes and at Pine River, are expected to be present at the meeting. Represen- tatives of all water power companies that may be affected by the lower- ing of the levels between St. Paul and Grand Rapids, also will be on guard to protect their interests. Soil Surveys Asked. The association will be presented with a resolution 'to present a bill to the legislature to establish soil surveys in Minnesota. A bill will be drawn, making it optional on the part of the county, whether the sur- vey be at the order of the county commissioners or a referendum vote. May Talk Politics. Politics will also occupy a part of the time of the association, it is expected. Several of the state’s most E Brown of Thief River Falls, Otto I Bergh of Grand Rapids and B. H “inter of Bemidji. “cers of the development associa- < /e: Charley T. Kelley, Menah- ga, gresident; F. 8. Lycan, Bemidji, vice president; George D. McCarthy, Duluth, secretary; George Munford, Two Harbors, treasurer; executive committee, Charles T. Kelley, Men- ahga, F. S. Lycan, Bemidji, C. R. Middleton, Baudette, Hubert Eva, Du- luth, George P. Jones, Bagley, and J. C. King, Mora. MUGH READY MONEY IN WEST, SAYS ATTORNEY There is a great abundance of ready money in the west, according to Attorney E. E. McDonald, who re- turned Sunday from a trip to the San Francisco exposition. He added, however, that he would not trade one acre of land in Minnesota for all the land on the other side of the Rockies. ‘““There were 19,000,000 people who attended the exposition,” said Mr. McDonald. “I judge that 17,000,000 of these came from points outside of California. If each man spent only $25 while in California that would mean $470,000,000. California has three things of which it can boast, delightful climate, the ocean and beautiful flowers.” Mrs. McDonald and Mrs. H. Jenks of Minneapolis, who accompanied Mr. McDonald on his trip west, will re- main in the west to visit for some time. They expect to leave Dec. 17 for a trip to Honolulu. LAND FIRM BUYS 22,000 ACRES NEAR BAGLEY Bagley, Minn., Dec. 7.—The Great Northern Land & Stock company of St. Paul has bought a 22,000-acre tract of land in southern Clearwater county from the Nichols-Chisholm Lumber company for the purpose of improving and reselling to settlers. After the drainage and road building improvements have been made the land will be an ideal place for cattle and sheep raising. FOUR RECEWE WOLF BOUNTIES Wolf bounties were paid Monday to Hugh Maluta and Richard Anderson of Pitt, Lester Muller of Aspla and Lars Parson of Cedar Spur. Each brought a holf hide to the court house and secured $7.50 bounty. NEUMAN BUYS GROOKSTON THEATRE prominent political leaders will be present. It is expected that repre- sentatives of presidential timber will be present and there will be dozens of aspirants for congressional honors in attendance. Resolutions may be passed in re- gard to preparedness and peace. The organization has several men who are prominent advocates of peace, among whom is Cyrus Northrop, president emeritus of the state university. Club to Meet Tonight. Everything will be in readiness for the meeting tomorrow. A meeting will be held at the Commercial club rooms tonight for the purpose of com- pleting arrangements for the smoker to be held at the club rooms Thurs- day night for the delegates and visit- ors. Five delegates and alternates will also be chosen to represent Be- midji at the meeting. Efforts are being made to begin the sessions of the association at ten o’clock Thursday morning and it 1s expected that a large delegation from Bemidji and Beltrami county will be present. Besides the program that has al- ready been announced in the Pioneer a special meeting of the executive committee will be held Thursday eve- ning at the Hotel Markham. - Shows to Be Held. The first annual potato and poul- try show will be held in connection with the development meeting. Show rooms are on the second floor of the Battles hardware building and the shows will be open to the public. Prizes from a necktie to a ton of coal are being offered by Bemidji mer- chants. Already several hundred ex- hibits have been received for the po- tato show, besides many exhibits for the poultry show. The Northern Minnesota Develop- ment association offered $300 in cash prizes for a boys’ and girls’ eighth of an acre potato contest in Northern Minnesota and the prizes will be awarded at the development meeting. The Minnesota Potato Growers’ asso- ciation has offered valuable premiums as sweepstakes in this contest. Judges Niémed. The judges at the shows will be C. J. C. Neumann, chief engineer of the Crookston Lumber company of this city, has purchased the Royal theater at Crookston from W. Zack- eral of that city. Mr. Neumann took possession of the theater several days ago and has placed his son, E. L. Neumann, in charge. HOMESTEADER ATTACKED BY LYNX NEAR BAUDEITE Baudette, Minn., Dec. 7.—William Blake, a homesteader, while walking through the river meadows near here, was attacked by a lynx, a very unusual occurrence in this section. The animal jumped at Blake and fast- ened its teeth in his pants. After a battle Blake freed himself and ran to S. Stanton’s home. The lynx be- came frightened and disappeared. COLORADO PROHIBITION LAW IS UPHELD BY COURT Denver, Colo., Dec. 7.—Colorado can enact state-wide prohibition and cities with special charters must stop their traffic in liquers on Jan. 1, 1916, when the stote-wide act goes into effect, was the unanimous decision of the Colorado state su- preme court, written by Justice W.|{O0." E. F. will meet tonight at the, H. Gabbert. SCOOP REMEMBER HOW HUGK FINN KILLED AWILD PIG- AN’ THREW \T IN TH'RIVER. AND EVERNE THE CUB REPORTER DQ‘.Qrfiv. Prarma U. S, NEAR BREAK WITH GERMANY Teutons Characterize Action of Wil- son in Boy-ed Matter as Unfriendly. ‘Washington, Dec. 7.—Secretary Lansing in his decision to refuse Ger- many this government’s reasons for requesting the recall of Representa- tives Boy-ed and Von Papen has the backing of President Wilson. A se- rious diplomatic clash is imminent. The relations between the ' United States and Germany are nearer breaking down than at any- other time since the war began. A breach of relations with the possible recall of Ambassador Bernstorff by his own government is seriously discussed. The United States’ attitude has been interpreted at the German embassy to be “very unfriendly.” WAGES OF CROOKSTON COMPANY NEVER GUT Because of the increase in wages made by the International Falls Lumber company to its woodsmen, the Crookston Lumber company in this city has been asked if an increase would be made here. “We have never cut the wages of our men,” said B. W. Lakin, super- intendent of the logging department. ‘“We have paid common labor $26 a month all summer long and seamsters $35.” LUTEFISH SUPPER AT SWEDISH GHURGH Over 200 pounds of Lutefish will be served at the dinner and supper to be given by the ladies of the Swed- ish Lutheran church at the church, Fifth street and America avenue, Thursday. The dinner will be served commencing at eleven o’clock and the supper will be served com- mencing at five-thirty o’clock. Dele- gates to the Northern Minnesota De- velopment association and everyone attending .the potato and poultry shows are invited to attend. A sale of ‘tanty -articles will also be held. The proceeds will be used to pay the indebtedness of the church. POULTRY ASSN. T0 BE FORMED TONIGHT A meeting of those interested in poultry raising in Beltrami county will be held at the high school to- night for the purpose of organizing the Beltrami County Poultry associa- tion. Officers will be elected and everyone is urged to be present. KKK KRR KKK KR * CITY BOWLING LEAGUE * KR KKK KK KK KKK KKK Standing of the Teams. ‘Won Lost Pect. Barbers .4 0 1.000 Crookston Lbr. Co. 3 0 1.000 Schneider .... .4 1 .800 B. Popp .3 1 .750 Quality Grocers. 2 2 .500 Beltrami County -. 2 3 .400 Koors Bros. 1 3 .250 Pioneer ... 1 3 .260 Barker’s 0 3 .000 Sentinel 0 3 .000 The Barbers defeated the Quality Grocers last evening by a total of 51 pins. Schneider Bros. team defeated the Beltrami county quint last evening by 218 pins. During the past week the B. Popp team defeated Koors Bros. by 323 pins; the Crookston Lumber company defeated the Sentinel by 489 pins; the Beltrami county team defeated the Pioneer by 100 pins, and the Quality Grocers defeated the Barker team by 237 pins. 0. E. F. TO MEET. The Bemidji Chapter No. 171 of the Masonic hall. Officers will be elected. ~AND AFTER PUTTING— TH'DEAD PORK N A Bac— AN DROPPING \T'IN TH’ RIWER- THEX StoT— NEW ARMORY TO BE BUILT FOR © NAVAL MILITIA Application is Made to State Board; Building is' to 'Cost $17,000. CITY TO DONATE SITE; CITIZENS TO. RAISE $2,000 Council Meets and Considers Routine Meeting; New Market is Established. Bemidji will have a new armory for the naval militia. Application has been made to the state armory board for state aid, the city council at its meeting last eve- ning made plans for the donating of a site and efforts are being made to raise by popular subscription the bal- ance of the funds that are necessary to secure the armory.’ The state, legislature #nnually ap- propriates $30,000 for the building of armories. This money has been expended this year and applications are now being received for the appro- priation for the next - fiscal year which ‘begins in August, 1916. The state donates $15,000 toward the con- struction of the armory on the con- dition that the city furnish a site and §1,000. An effort' will be made to secure $2,000 instead of $1,000 as the armory that is desired will cost $17,000. The proposed site for the new ar- mory is at the end of Fonrth street on Lake Bemidji. At the meeting of the city council last evening Lieutenant E. A. Barker of the naval militia told the ecity council of the action that is being taken by the militia. 'According to Lieut. Barker, the armory will be 125 feet deep and in front will have two floors. ~ The drill hall ‘will be but one floor and will be 90 by 62 feet. The city council appointed the city attorney and the city engineer to in- vestigate the site and to call a special meeting of the council tor immediate action. The council refused the request of Conrad Lajambe to cut the trees on 13th" street”betwest Triite and- Am- erica avenue. The council granted the city engineer the right to allow anyone who is in need to cut the trees on certain streets. Trees will probably be but on Doud avenue and 15th street. A wood, hay and produce market was_established on Second street be- tween America and Minnesota av- enues. The market formerly was on Fourth street between Minnesota and Beltrami avenues. The city clerk was authorized to advertise for 125 cords of three-foot green wood. Aldermen Lycan, Ervin, Miller, Bailey, Lahr, Phillippi and Foucault were present at.the session of the council last evening. BIG BUSINESS ASKS STRONG TARIFF AGAIN Chicago, Dec. 7.—Big business men here today from all parts of the country will confer on a tariff pro- gram representing their views. Wholesale changes in the present tariff will be asked, it is said. The conference was under the auspices of the Illinois Manufacturers’ asso- ciation. “The tariff is not producing suf- ficient revenue to meet the increas- ing expense of our national admin- istration which undoubtedly will be added to it when we increase our army and navy,” said B. A. Eckhart, head of a milling’ company here. “When the war is over the United States will be the one cash market in the world. European manufac- turers will try to unload here to make up for lost profits. The tariff should be reconmstructed to protect the welfare of our workers, skilled and unskilled, ‘and solely with the object. of protecting and stimulating the trade upon which general pros- perity depends.” It Was Not Like This In The llays 0f Old DEM. mflom COMMITTEE MEETS Launched; Convention to Be Held in June. ‘Washington; - Dec: -7.—The 1916 presidential campaign was launched here today with the Democratic na- tional committee selecting a place and time for the Democratic national convention. The Republican com- mittee meets here a week from today to do the same. The Democratic committeemen favor June. President. Wilson’s renomination was not questioned by the Democratic chieftains. . Other features of the campaign, including renomination of Vice President Marshall, were much discussed, informally. Democratic leaders, warhorses and politicians, the usual entourage of the national committee’s annual meeting and the committees from cities seeking the convention, were here as usual. President Receives Delegates. President Wilson received the com- mittee in a body at the White House. His address was regarded as the Democratic keynote for the forth- coming contest. That the president had no preference regarding the time or place for holding the convention was officially announced. The White House reception preceded the president’s appearance before the joint session of the senate and the house to deliver his annual messages to congress. There was much verbal speculation regarding the alleged movement to oust William F. Mec- Coombs of New York as chairman. Friends of Fred B. Lynch of Minne- sota were said to be active in trying to have him succeed McCoombs. Party leaders insisted thé rumors were without foundation. Among the cities bidding for the convention were Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, San Fran- cisco and Omaha. Lengthy argu- ments and pyrotechnics were sched- uled. Called to order at 11 o’clock at the New Willard hotel by Chairman Mc- Coombs, the morning session was largely routine. Eight Vacancies, There were eight vacancies on the committee. In two of these there were_contests, from Oregon and Ke tucky. Urey Woodson and Gen. W. B. Haldeman were the contestants for Kentucky's seat and Will R. King and H. M. Easterly for Oregon’s. Both contests presented novel tangles. ‘Woolson was chosen by the Kentucky state committee. At last summer’s state convention Gen, Haldeman was named national committeeman. A similar family quarrel was the Ore- gon contest. King was selected by the Oregon state committee and in last year’s primary election Easterly was chosen by the Democratic voters. Democratic precedent provides full four-year terms for each committee- man. The national committee was presented with the problem of over- throwing choices of state commit- tees, according to established prece- dent, by recognizing the choice of a party convention and the rank and file in a primary contest. Full auth- ority and discretion was vested in the committees to decide the con- tests. Other new members seated today were: Vincent Miles of Little Rock, Ark., to succeed W. H. Kavanaugh, former president of the Southern Baseball league, deceased; John T. Barnett of Denver, Colo., succeeding Thomas J. McCue, deceased; W. W. Marsh, of Waterloo, Ia., succeeding Martin J. Wade, appointed a federal judge; Charles E. Johnson of Water- ville, Me., succeeding E. L. Jones, resigned, Representative Cordell Hull of Carthage, Tenn., succeeding R. E. L. Mountcastle, deceased, and Z. R. (Continued on Fage 4) VERNON CASTLE JOINS ' BRITISH AVIATION CORPS Boston, Dec. 7.—Vernon Castle has resigned his position with the “Watch Your Step” company and has an- nounced that he will join the Brit- ish aviation corps at the front. Judge C. W. Stanton is at Inter- national Falls today where he iscon- ducting a ditch hearing. =~ AN HUOK ALLTH® TIME. ALVE AN’ WELL- CAMPING-, President Wllson In Message DenouncesHyphenatedPubllc 1016 Preitestinl Gempaign in|FORMER “U” GAPTAIN T0 GOAGH GIRLS' QUINT The girls’ basket ball team of the Bemidji high school has been given Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for practice at the armory. Active work will begin this afternoon. The team will be coached by Miss Elizabeth Vermilya, domestic science instructor, who was formerly captain of the Washington State university girls’ basket ball quint. The Bemidji school has some good material for the team. Among those who will be out for the team.this afternoon are Lucile Moritz, Lucile Young, Corinne Carlson, Louise Mc- Cready, Emma Klein, Edna Anderson, Edith Mills and Carrie Brown. TWO GALLED TO WAR FROM BAUDETTE Baudette, Minn., Dec. 7.--Leo Ryan, formerly of Baudette, has enlisted at Rainy River in the 94th regiment for service in the European war. Nick Staniff of Baldus, a reservist in the Bulgarian army, has received orders to leave immediately for Eur- ope. He is completing his business affairs here and will leave this week. FARMERS ORGANIZE T0 GUT OUT MIDDLEMAN St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 7.—Six thou- sand farmers gathered here today for the annual convention of the Equity Co-operative Exchange, designed to market their wheat and other prod- ucts, lowering the price to the con- sumer and increasing the farmer's profits. Originated by a group of farmers who believed they could market their own grain without the aid of brokers, the equity movement has spread un- til it embraces Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. A central market has been- established .in St. Paul, to be the shipping point for all grain pro- ‘direed in-this part of the~=United States. A half-million bushel eleva- tor is to be built at once. The farm- ers plan to ship grain by barge to New Orleans and thence by steamer to Europe. PETITION FILED FOR JUDIGIAL DITGH A petition has been filed with the clerk of. court asking that a judicial diteh be established in Beltrami and Marshall counties. In Beltrami county the ditch is to be located.in 155-38-39 and will be twelve miles long. There are 33 petitioners. This ditch will join Ditch No. 20, one of the largest in this county. UNITED. CHARITIES ORGANIZED AT BAUDETTE Baudette, Minn., Dec. 7.—A Unit- ed Charity association has been or- ganized in Baudette. Rev. F. D. White is chairman, N. E. Schwartz, secretary ‘and treasurer, and Rev. C. ‘W. Anastad, Mayor J. U. Williams and- E. C. Middleton are directors of the new organization. ° BOY SCOUT CHIEF RESIGNS HIS OFFICE New York, Deec. Thompson Seton, author and natur- alist, has resigned his position of chief scout of the Boys Scouts of Am- erica, as a result of the change in policies of the organization. Mili- tarism, since the gradual change, is now the foremost purpose of the scouts, while the purpose for which it was organized was to make outdoor children of the scouts. Mr. Seton is strongly opposed to the change. Attorney P. W. Mebey of Thief IRlver Falls is a visitor in the city "~ By "HOP" -BUT SHUCKS® HANNIBAL \SNT LIKE' AT USED YO, BE N .“DCK FINNS DAY - ™ PGS AINT NEAR, N\ As NMMDATIN 7. — Earnest | Annual Addreu Shocks Congress; Most Far-Reaching Ever Given. — 'WORDS SNAP WITH VIGOR ; BURN WITH STRENGTH Asks That Law Be Passed at- Once Against Disloyalty in Na- tional Life, Washington, Dec. 7.—In words fairly snapping with vigor and burn- ing with vitrillic strength, President Wilson at noon today hurled to con- gress in his annual message i de- nunciation of hyphenated American- ism. His annual message was a shock to congress. The bitter words with which he embellished his de- termination that congress take cog- nizance of corrupted mind and heart of those who had poured disloyalty into the national life, rang out in the house of representatives. Over 2,000 people were jammed in the hall to hear the message which was prob- ably the most far-reaching in effect of any in the history of the country. Must Save Honor. In regard to hyphenated Americans President Wilson said: “I am sorry to say that the gravest threats against our national peace and safety have been uttered within our own borders. These are citizens of the United States, I blush to ad- mit, born under other flags but wel- comed under our own generous natur- alization laws to the full freedom and opportunity of America, who have poured the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life; who have sought to bring the auth- ority of our good name of our gov- ernment into contempt, to destroy our industries wherever they thought it effective for their vindictive pur- poses to strike at them and debase our politics to the uses of foreign intrigue. America never witnessed anything like this before. I urge you to enact such laws at the earliest possible moment to deal with this movement. I am urging this to save the honor and-self respect of the na- tion.” President ‘Wilson’s a.ddrena in part 15 a8 follows: - “We have stood apart, studiously neutral. It was our manifest duty to do so. Not only did we have no part or interest in the policies which seem to have brought the European conflict on; it was necessary, if a universal catastrophe was to be avoid- ed, that a limit should be set to the sweep of destructive war and ihat some part of the great family of na- tions should keep the processes of peace alive, if only to prevent col- lective econemic ruin and the break- down throughout the world of the industries by which its populations are fed and sustained. The states cf America have become conscious of a new and more vital community of interest and moral partnership in af- fairs, more clearly conscious of the many common sympathies and inter- ests and duties which bid them stand together. Have Stood Test. “We have been put to the test in the case of Mexico, and we have stood the test. Whether we have benefited Mexico by the course we have pursued remains to be seen. Her fortunes are in her own hands. But we have at least proved that we will not take advantage of her in her distress and ‘undertake to impose up- on her an order and government of our own choosing. “We will aid and befriend Mexico, but we will not coerce her; and our course with regard to her ought to be sufficient proof to all America that we seek no political suzerainty or selfish control. “The moral is, that the states of America are not hostile rivals but co- operating friends, and that their growing sense of community, of in- terest, alike in matters political and in matters economie, is likely to give them a new significance as factors in international affairs and in the polit- ical history of the world. “This is Pan-Americanism. It has none of the spirit of empire in it. It is the embodiment, the effectual em- bodiment, of the spirit of law and in- hependence and liberty and mutual service. War Disciplined Might. “But war has never been a mere matter of men and guns. It is & thing of disciplined might.. If our citizens are ever to fight effectively upon a sudden summons, they must know how modern fighting is done, and what to do when the summons comes to render themselves immedi- ately -available and immediately ef- fective. And the government must be their servant in this matter, must supply them with the training they need to take care of themselves and of it. The military arm of their: gov- ernment, which they will not allow to direct them, they may properly (Continued on Pl;e 4) :