Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 14, 1916, Page 1

THE BE VOLUME XIV, NO. 15. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, J’mAEY 14, 1915. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH B "% KRR KRR XK RKE KX KA AUDETTE MAN = | . g * “SOMEBODY SWITCHED * OUT FOR OFFIGS |7 **ntaee e \ < : EVIDENCE IS VINEGAR * + UF BDMMIssmh \[* Dulutn, Jan. 13—wiliam * Harris, Proctor baker, ar- % b - ¥ rested a week ago for “blind * B o 2 o1: - ¥ Digging,” was released yes- * % Albert Johnson Makes First Filing|x tergay shortly after his trial % for the County * had begun, when the “evi- * 4 ¥ dence” turned out to be vine- * Eleotions. % * gar instead of “booze.” When % * the exhibit was tasted the % PRIMARIES TO BE * case was dismissed. The chief % HELD JUNE 19|%* of police declares that some- * % body switched the jugs on * him. x Dr. C. J. Larson Withdraws From | ¥ Race for Office of City AR R R R R R R R R RS Clerk. County elections today sprang in- to the limelight by the filing of Al- bert Johnson of Baudette for county commissioner for the second district. The present county commissioner Helic Clementson. This is the first filing to be made " in either the county and city elec- tions. The county primaries will be held June 19. gw.» Other offices which will come up e for election in June are county com- b missioners for the fourth and fifth i districts and the judge of probate. To Be Candidates. i The present county commissioners for the fourth and fifth districts are Willian Lennon and J. C. Thomp- son, respectively. It is believed that they will be candidates to suec- ceed themselves. The term of office for county commissioner 1is four years. Judge M. A. Clark is the present judge of probate. He will undoubt- edly be a candidate for re-election. ? A report has been circulated that he will be opposed by Judge Hiram A. Simons, present United States com- missioner for this district. The term of probate judge is two years. - Four Elections. Four elections will be held in Be- midji this year and three will be held in the county this year. The Bemidji city election will be held Feb. 15, the presidential primaries will be March 14, the primary elec- tion will be June 19 and the gen- eral election will be Nov. 7. There is a possibility of another election if it is decided to vote on county option this year. No filings-have been made any city office. Not a Candidate. Dr. C. J. Larson this morning ad- J vised the Pioneer that he would not be a candidate for city clerk on the Socialist ticket. “Under no conditions,” said Dr. ¥ Larson, “will I be a candidate for that office.” This will leave a vacancy on the Socialist ticket for that office which is at present held by George Stein. is “for KRHHHK KK KK KKK KKK * TODAY’S MARKET REPORT * R KKK KK KK KK KKK < South St. Paul Markets. v.....$8.00@8.75 .$7.00@6.80 .$8.60@5.25 (The following markets are fur- M. B. A. LODGE ; INSTALLS OFFIGERS The M. B. A. lodge last evening at its hall installed officers. William McCuaig, past president, was charge of the installing. J. J. Opsahl was the Supreme Conductor. The officers installed were C. M. Hammond, president; E. E. Leighton vice-president; C. A. Parker, secre- tary and ‘treasurer; I. E. Leighton, chaplain; Martin Jongballa, con- ductor and trustee for three years; D. H. Miller, inside guard, and Wil- liam Larson, sentry. After the installation session was held. GREAMERY 1S BEING REMODELED The Beltrami County Farmers’ Co- operative Creamery association’s plant in this city, located in the Major building on Minnesota av- enue, is being remodeled. The whole interior is being lined with steel sheeting which is repainted in white enamel. The contract was let to the M. F. Cunningham firm of this city and the work will be completed in a week. TELEPHONE COMPANIES T0 GONNEGT LINES in a social At the meeting of the Pinewood Telephone company and the Liberty Telephone company held yesterday afternoon at Pinewood the former company and the Aure Farmers’ Co- operative companies decided to con- nect with the Bemidji Telephone exchange through the Liberty com- pany’s line. HERMAN KLOPRIES TO WED AGNES BROWDEN A wedding license was issued to- day at the office of the clerk of court to Herman Klopries and Miss Agnes Browden. nished the Daily Pioneer by William L. Henderson & Co., Germania Lire » Building, St. Paul, Minn.) \ S Minneapolis Markets. b Wheat ....vvviviiinens. $1.26% 1 Rye .. .951% @96%¢c Corn .. .. 16@76%c Chicago Markets. It Wheat ..$1.271% RY€: ostinssiin . ...96% @97c WP 5 oosagioismsmansns IR IR 100 Duluth Markets. Wheat ........00000000..81.26% Rye ..ocvven AR —— L Bemidji Markets. Turkey, live, per 1b. .. ce..$ .20 o Turkey, dressed, per lb....... .24 Geese, live, per 1b... T { Geese, dressed, per lb......... .20 i Ducks, live, per 1b........... .18 ¥ Ducks, dressed, per lb. cece 28 Heng, large and fat, live, per 1Ib. .16 Hens, large and fat, dressed, per 1. ‘Veal,; fancy, dressed, per lb.... .20 14 Veal, fancy, oversize, per Ib. 12 Veal, poor, oversize, per 1b. .10 5 Fall lambs, per lb........... .16 ) Spring lambs, per Ib......... .18 ! Mutton, fancy, dressed, per lb. .14 Large hogs, dressed, per Ib..... .9% Iy Medium hogs, dressed, per 1b... .10 i Small hogs, dressed, per 1b. . .10 ; Beans, per Ib. .............. .08 Butter— Dairy, per 1b. .......ce00vee. .30 A Creamery, per 1b. ....... .40 N Carrots, per bu. .......... .60 o Eggs— Storage, per doz. ......... .30 Strictly. fresh, per doz. .40 Potatoes, fancy, clean and free from rot and frost, per bu. .76 Bloomington, Ind., Jan. 14.—The 96th ‘anniversary of the founding of i Indiana university will be observed GHARLES NOLAN GETS WOLF BOUNTY Charles Nolan of the town of Northern was this morning given a $7.50 wolf bounty for the killing of a wolf. THIRD DEGREE METHOD USED FOR GONFESSION Providence, R. I, Jan. 14.—In the Mohr murder trial today Police Com- missioner Moulten practically ad- ‘mitted that the negroes’ confessions were secured through third degree methods. Mrs. Elizabeth Mohr who is charged with the murder of her husband, was much pleased with this admission by the state. Credit, big thing in business, help- ed by Pay-Up Week. In Bemidji Feb. 21-26. Take advantage of a want ad. SCOOP rerorter REPORTER THAT LEAP YEAR BLONDE- 13 FOLLOWING- ME AGAIN - TVE GOT T MAKE HER CUT, \T OUT BEFORE TH' 4 \JFE SEES =7 HER ! by alumni and former students here today. January 20 is cele- brated as Foundation Day. [FEDERALGRANDJURY [FORD PEAGE COMPLETES SESSIONS; 43 ARE INDICTED Thirty-six Indictments Returned To- day; Three Are Made Public. JUDGE PAGE MORRIS COMPLIMENTS BODY Joe La Valley and Milo Sipoe In- dicted for Introducing Liquor. (By Special Correspondent.) Duluth, Minn,, Jan. 14.—Thirty- six additional indictments were re- turned today by the Federal grand jury which was dismissed shortly before two o’clock this afternoon. This makes 43 indictments for this session. Only three of today’s indictments were made public. They are as follows: John E. Welsh, accused of postoffice robbery at Scanlon; Joe La Valley and Milo Sipoe ac- cused of introducing liquor into In- dian “lid” territory. Judge Page Morris complimented the jury on the thoroughness and expedition of its work. FAIR ALL STATE “ OFFICERS ELECTED St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 14.—All the Minnesota State Agricultural So- ciety officers were elected this after- noon. The officers and the governing boatd will meet Tuesday to appoint a secretary and treasurer of the or- ganization. It is expected that at that time J. C. Simpson will be ap- pointed secretary and A. G. Wedge of Bemidji will be appointed treas- urer. SAFE CRACKED; $25,000 TAKEN Clayton, Ala., Jan. 14.—The safe in a bank was cracked here today and $25,000 was taken. NATURAL. GAS FOR_._.. ... ke GLENDIVE, MONT. Glendive, Mont., Jan. 14.—That Glendive will be supplied with nat- ural gas within the next six months was assured by John Johns, expert in charge of drilling which has been done in the Cedar Creek country near here. A second strike was se- cured at a depth of 755 feet, and the flow has a head pressure of 300 pounds to the square inch. 583,000 ACRES WITHDRAWN IN S. D. Washington, Jan. 14.—Secretary Lane announced today the withdraw- al of five hundred and eighty-three thousand acres of land from entry in Montana and South Dakota. Of this about 100,000 acres is open to entry. The remainder has been pat- ented or is included in existing en- tries. MEXICANS’ VICTIM BROTHER OF NORTH DAKOTA WOMAN Grand Forks, N. D, Jan. 14— Bart Cramer, slain by Mexican ban- dits, was a brother of Mrs. J. G. Haney of Grand Forks. David Kra- mer, father; Roy Kramer, another son, and Mrs. Kramer and a 11-year- old daughter are still on the ranch and fears are entertained for their safety. NEW TRIAL IS EXPECTED FOR NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS Washington, Jan. 14—Formal an- nouncement that the department of justice will ask for new trials of the five former directors of the New Haven railroad charged with viola- tion of the Sherman anti-trust act, in whose cases a federal jury in New York disagreed last Sunday, will be made by Attorney .General Gregory within the next few days. Pay-Up Week, Feb. 21-26, means much to you. A Bald Head Is A Sure Gure For A Young Love ==— LISTEN-MISSWHAT-EVER [ J NOUR NAME 1S-NOUVE GOT Y0 GETOFF MY ’%& TRAIL-IM NOT LEAP| NEAR MATERIAL- TM 5 - L2y Nalasdtice BOARD NAMED The Hague, via London, Jan. 14. —The Fdrd peace expedition has elected thé following American mem- bers of t!m permanent peace board to sit in} Europe indefinitely, with the purpoge of using all efforts to settle the' war: William Jennings Bryan, Henry Ford, Miss Jane Ad- dams, Rev. Charles' F. Aked and Mrs. Joseph Fels of Philadelphia. Five other members will be chosen as alternates. The board will be composed of an equal number of members from the various neutral countries and will remain in The Hague or Stockholm on the finkncial backing of Mr. Ford. Each member will receive a salary and the entire expenses of the board probably will amount to $500,- 000 yearly, : Dr. Aked announced that he would offer his resignation from his San Francisco -church. TEST CASE TO. ~ SUPREME COURT ‘| was his last wish. The International Falls county op- tion test case will be argued before the Minnesota supreme court next Monday. Judge W. 8. McClenahan at Brainerd recently returned a ver- dict in favor of the “drys.” His de- cision was that despit the fact that International Falls is a home rule charter city it cannot grant liquor licenses. Judge Marshall A. Spooner who is attormey for the International Falls men interested in the case will leave for St. Paul tomorrow evening. - He will argue the case Monday, maintaining that Interna- tional Falls has the right to grant the licenses as that under its homa rule charter it is given the exclusive right of granting licenses. MERGURY DOWN T0 30 BELOW AT SIX A, W, No relief from the cold wave which is swéeping this section of 4 the state is inj sight tng;,if- The government :feport s~ ‘that cold weather will continue. The tem- perature in Bemidji at six o’clock this morning was 30 degrees below zero. At two o’clock this afternoon the temperature was two degrees above zero. K. C. HAVE GARD PARTY About 100 members of the Knights of Columbus with their wives and friends enjoyed a progressive card party and lunch in the basement and hell of the Catholic church last evening. Lunch was served by the members of the lodge. SAVE INDIAN BABIES, GATO SELLS PLEADS —t Washington, Jan. 14.—In an ap- peal entitled, “Save the Indian Ba- bies,” sent out today to every em.- ploye of the United States Indian service, Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian affairs, cites statistics show- ing that approximately three-fifths of the Indian infants die before they are five years old. “Of what use to this mournful mortality are our splendidly equipped Indian schools?” he asks. Pointing that the re-establishment of the health and constitution of the Indian children is the basic condi- tion which makes for the perpetua- tion of the once sturdy race, Com- missioner” Sells declares the cam- paign for better babies calls for re- doubled energy and zeal throughout the service. In outlining his plan, the com- missioner urges the elimination of what he terms ‘“intolerable” condi- tions that infest some Indian homes and extension of the educational pro- paganda against disease. LOOK AT Y BALDHEAD- IM OLD ENOUCHTOBE. NOUR GRANMOTHER. - I HAVE (9 CHILDREN IN ADDITION TO 47 LGIAN ORPHANS HUERTA DIES IN EL PASO; WAS INDICTED Famous Mexican Leader Succumbs After Being Indicted for Conspiracy. ONLY WISH IS BODY BE RETURNED TO MEXICO Riotings at El Paso; No Armed Troops to Be Sent Across Border. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 14.—General Victoriano Huerta, former provi- sional president, dictator and Mexican leader who was indicted several days ago for conspiracy, died last evening. He was 59 years of age. He died of sclerosis of the liver. He was surrounded by his family It is believed that an effort will be made to ar- range his burial in Mexico, which when the end came. Huerta’s corpse is today virtually held a prisoner of the United States government which charged him with conspiracy and violation of neutrality. El Paso Quiet Today. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 14.—The city is quiet this morning following a riot last night which filled the hos- pitals with wounded Americans. Mexicans are being jailed or deport- ed by the wholesale, to prevent a massacre by angered cowboys. Twenty thousand Mexican residents are today remaining in their houses while United States troops with load- ed and bayoneted guns kept the city still under martial law. It is re- ported that Americans are secretly organizing a regiment to invade Mexico if Wilson fails to satisfactor- ily punish the Sanysabel bandits. Murder Not Confirmed. Washington, Jan. 14.—An official dispatch from El Paso says that all the Americans at Medera, Chihua- hua, are safe. The dispatch stated that the report that twelce Amer- icans had-been~murdered has not been “confirmed. No Troops Sent. Washington, Jan. 14.—No armed troops will be sent across the Mex- ican border at this time, it was plainly indicated this morning fol- lowing a half-hour conference be- tween President Wilson and Senator Stone, chairman of the senate for- eign relations committee. i Up to Congress. Washington, Jan. 14— Senator ‘Works today introduced a resolution in which he stated that the respon- sibility in regard to Mexico rests with congress and is not executive. He declared that congress should in- tervene. Bandits Pursued. Washington, Jan. 14.—Carranza today wired his ambassadors here that the bandits who killed the Am- ericans near Chihuahua are being pursued and are certain to meet with punishment. PRIGE JURY TO GET GASE THIS AFTERNOON Minneapolis, Jan. 14.—The Fred- erick J. Price jury is expected to get the case this afternoon at o’clock. Attorney Brady is plead- ing this afternoon. Prosecuting At- torney Armstrong pleaded this morning. He called attention to Mrs. Price’s glove which he said was cut to get a diamond. He attacked the testimony of Dr. Cowles. He said Cowles went to school to such men as Dr. Robertson who testified for the state. four Among the guests at the Dode Fisk concert and dance last evening from Cass Lake were: Mr. and Mrs. John Oman, Mr. and Mrs. James Phelps, Mrs. Raymond Phelps and Messrs. Arthur Auringer, Rod John- son and James Lydick. (-AND- GOOD NIGHT ! MLEEEEEEESESELE R 3 WHEN IS.AN‘ A!!ERICAN 2 Ed. L. Keen, United Press Staff . Correspondent, says question is a hard nut to crack in American em- bassy _in London; scores “without a country.” * ok ok ok ok k ok ok k k KKK KKK KKK K KKK By Ed. L. Keen. (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Jan. 14—When is an American not an American? That is a hard nut to crack, according to the American .embassy in Lon- don. Rather, it is a whole bushel of hard nuts to crack. But some of the nuts have been cracked, it was learned today, with the results that scores of “‘Americans” in England are now without a country. The issuance of passports is one of the embassy’s ‘most troublesome du- ties. Numerous Americans who have resided in England for ten, fifteen or twenty years decided af- ter the war began, and more par- ticularly after the Zeppelins put London on their -calling list, that they had better inquire into their citizenship. All wanted American passports. Some wanted to go back to America. Others were bound for France or other comparatively Zep- pelin-less climes. There was the rub. Passport officials at Uncle Sam’s London address struggled with the problem. The applicants, many of them with English accent, so long had they been out of touech with the Statue of Liberty, were forced to answer imposing lists of ques- tions, which were forwarded to the state department at Washington. The department of state, acting on a musty and long unused law, de- creed that to be recognized as an American in a foreign country, a person must report to the proper American authorities at various times, duly pay taxes in America if he or she has enough property to be taxed, or make a visit home once in a while. A great many Anglicized Americans had failed in this, in whole or in part. They are now persons without a country. A pass- port is required to go ’most any- where at present. So America’s lost citizens are marooned—in Eng- land. CUMMINS AND ESTABROOK FILE Minneapolis, Jan. 14.—That B. Cummins and H. D. Estrabrook will be the only republican presi- dential candidates filing in Minne- sota and that men favoring Hughes, Root, Roosevelt, Burton and other candidates will file for delegate pla- ces under the Cummins label, is the outlook today as a result of the col- lapse of the “favorite son” plans and the withdrawal of Elihu Root’s name. Harmony conferences are on in efforts to agree on -the personnel of the Cummins delegation, giving all factions a share. Roosevelt peti- tions are being put out by A. D. Rahn, but may not be filed on ac- count of Colonel Roosevelt’s atti- tude. Estabrook petitions were out today. Responding to a personal telegram from Mr. Rott, Guy V. Howard has called in the Root peti- tions he has placed in circulation. Ten petitions had accumulated 600 names in less than two days. WILLIAM FOLEY WINS LAKE LAND ‘William P. Foley of the Foley liv- ery barn was winner of the five-acre tract of land which was given by the Knights of Columbus. The contest has been carried on for the last two months and was concluded on Wednesday night at the Grand theater. The proceeds, which will be turn- ed over to the Catholic church to be applied to the new debt contract- ed by the remodeling of the church, amounted to $400. The land is situ- ated across the lake. Judge L. G. Pendergast returned this morning from St. Paul where he has been on business for some MIGHT SUSTAS WELLTHRIW MY LID AWAY-IF I WEAR\T-SOME LEAP ©-{EAR DOLL WILL KKIDNAP ME -AN"TH' WIFE WALL KILL ME AN' [ T DONT | AJEAR [T-T CATCH NEW-MOAN-EE &N MONTENEGRO 1S ELIMINATED FROM EUROPEAN WAR King Nicholas Signs Armistioe; Struggle is Given Up. LITTLE COUNTRY NOW -UNDER AUSTRIAN CONTROL Big Decision in Balkan Situation; Italy Situation Critical, e, Rome, Jan. l4r—Austrian artil- lery was trained on Gettinje and Austrian gunners were awaiting a signal to lay Gettinji in ruins when g1 A King Nicholas of Montenegro sign- 5 ‘ ¢ ed an armistice that practically el- e iminated Montenegro from the Euro- - 5 pean war. Decisive Stage. This is another decisive stage in the Balkan situation and the little e country of Montenegro followed Ser- : bia in virtual absorption by invad- 2 ing forces. The armistice is being construed as the last act of the little country. Under Austrian Control, Whether King Nicholas will con- tinue the unusual struggle is con- sidered doubtful here, but the ac- cepted view among the best posted men in Rome is that Montenegro has virtually passed under Austrian control. The chief significance of this does not lie in the small territorial ac- quisition which is less than Serbia, but in Montenegro’s Adriatic fromt, lying alongside the Austrian main offensive naval station at Cattaro, where today’s dispatches announce the entire Austrian fleet, ingluding three dreadnoughts, is assembled and from which recent nayvsl raid was made against Italian troqps go- icg to the relief of Serbia, - Extends Front.. 7 This further extension of Aus- tria’s Adriatic front, with the dom- irating center of Cattaro, is viewed as further lending towérd the reali zation of Austria’s object of mak- 4 ing the Adriatic an Austrian sea and '] thus checking Italy’s ambition to make it an Italian sea. Italy has so much at stake that officials and diplomats had been waiting anxiously for the steps Italy would take to relieve Montenegro and at the same time avert another it Austrian extension on the Adriatic. | No Help Arrived. ? i It was believed that dynastic rea- sons would play a part in Italy’s assistance of Montenegro, as King Nicholas’s daughter is the wife of the king of Italy, but help from that quarter did not arrive as the Italian expedition was landed further south, in Albania, and has not been heard from since. The Austrians this afternoon oc- cupied Gettinje and are pursuing the enemy. The population of Gettinje is calm. Escaped Germans Arrested. Wilmington, Jan. 14—The four escaped German sailors from the in- terned liner Kronprinz Wilhelm at Newport News were arrested here today. - Kaiser Not Il New York, Jan. 14.—The Imperial German Chancellor Bethmann Holl- weg today personally cabled to the - United Press in New York that the o kaiser is not ill and is not confined to his bed. Wires for Instructions. ‘Washington, Jan. 14.—Austrian Charge Zwiedinek today cabled his government for instructions how to proceed on this government for al- lowing the Italian steamer Verdi to leave New York with two three- inch guns. It is believed that rep- resentations to the United States will follow. Turks Take City. Constantinople, Jan. 14.—It was officially annuonced here that the Turks have entered the Persian city of Kermanshah. 3 Union Defies Conseription. London, Jan. 14.—The National Railway Men’s union, one of the strongest labor organizations, today defied the government to enact the conscription bill. The executive .committee declared that that body * should resist conscription to the ut-’ most. It is hinted that there would - be an immediate strike of all rail: way workers in England if the bill is passed. HIGHER WOOL PRICES _ s PREDICTED IN MONTANA Butte, Mont., Jan.. 14.—Higher prices for wool are predicted by Mon- tana men, in consequence of the early arrival of representatives of Boston houses, who are in the fleld weeks before the usual time in fe mer years,