Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 17, 1916, Page 1

5, ! | [ THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER 3 : 1 VOLUME XIV, NO. 17. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1916. =HSFORICAL FORTY CENTS PER MONTH BEMIDu. .. \GH 1§ DEFEAY.", TWO s, STARSOL,” °AME -+ Fosston High School in Fas. Game Defeats Local Quint; Score is Disputed. JOHNSON AND TANNER ARE INELIGIBLE Not in Sixth District; Rgsult Does Not Affect State High School Championship. (By Special Correspondent.) Fosston, Minn., Jan. 17.—Fosston 26, Bemidji 19. This was the result according to some scorers of the first game of the season played by the Bemidji high school basket ball team Saturday night. The game was played here and much closer resembled football than basket ball. At a Disadvantage. The Bemidji boys appeared to be at a disadvantage on account of the small floor, but regardless of this fact, both teams did excellent work and until the last minute of play neither side was sure of victory. Stars Out of Game. The ineligibility of Johnson and Tanner on account of class work was probably the chief cause of the de- feat for Bemidji. Around these two stars the Bemidji machine has been built and without these players the other players appear at loss. Tan- ner may be able to play next week but Johnson will probably be unable to play for several weeks. Not in Distriet. The result of the game Saturday evening will not affect Bemidji’s chances for the state title as Fosston is not in the Sixth district. Be- midji's chances for the title with Johnson and Tanner in the game have been much improved by the withdrawing from the race of the Red Wing high school quint. Red Wing won the championship last year. Tense With Excitement. The game_Saturday night was tense with excitement. TFosston se- cured the jump when Bakkum shot a short basket during the first min- ute of play. The Bemidji boys tight- ened their defensive, but not until after Wynne of Fosston had thrown a marker. A spurt of fast playing put a credit of one basket to Be- midji. This was soon followed by a free throw made by plummer. The ball zig-zagged back and forth, each team making baskets. The first half ended with the score 13 to 10. Many Fouls Called. The second half was very thrilling despite the fact that numerous fouls halted the play. Fogelberg was re- placed by Lade at guard. Bemidji on the opening of the half crept up within one point of the Fosston score when Warfield made a sensational shot. Cameron after a short dispute was barred from the game through personal fouls. Gainey took Bail- ey's place at guard, Bailey went to Warfield’s position at forward and Warfield took Camerons’ place at center. Bailey is Barred. Bemidji resumed the aggressive after the change and succeeded in getting another basket when Bailey was barred for committing personal fouls. Tanner being the only Be- midji substitute threatened to go in when the scorekeeper discovered his mistake and Bailey was allowed to continue. The balance of the game was brilliantly played by both teams but Bemidji was unable to raise the score on account of Fosston’s de- fensive. The second half ended in favor of Fosston, the finaly score be- ing 26 to 19. The Bemidji boys played an ex- cellent game and the new men fill- ing the positions of Tanner and John- son played with accuracy. Fosston Plays Good. Fosston deserves much credit for the game. They had good teamwork and were accurate in passing. Their floorwork at times was excellent. The defensive playing of the Foss- ton team saved many baskets from the Bemidji score. Score Disputed. A dispute in the score divided the opinion. One score was Fosston 28 instead of 26, the extra basket being thrown after the whistle had blown. Another score awarded Plummer three baskets in place of two, mak- ing the Bemidji score 21. All in all it was a good, fast game but with Johnson and Tanner in the game the score would have been altogether different. The summary: Bemidji Fosston Plummer .......rf. . Wynne Warfleld . Bakkum (Continued on Page 4) COUNTY OPTION Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Whether Home Rule Super- sedes County Rule. (By Special Correspondent.) St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 17.—Whether cities under home rule charters may issue liquor licenses within counties which have voted dry under the county option law was argued today before the Minnesota supreme court. The case is from Koochiching county where the International Falls council was restrained by a tempor- ary injunction from issuing saloon licenses. Koochiching county voted dry under the county option law last August. The city council attempted to issue licenses, the drys asked for a re- straining order and it was granted by Judge W. S. McClenahan of Brainerd. The city appealed the case to the supreme court. It was argued that the state con- stitution gives home rule governed cities and villages the same privil- cges as counties. Judge Marshall A. Spooner of Be- midji is representing International Falls. BELTRAMI LIFER ASKS FOR PARDON Meeting of State Board at Capitol Next Wednesday to Consider Applications. Merton S. Munn, who was tenced in Beltrami county in Sep- tember, 1907, to death for murder in the first degree and whose sen- tence was commuted in January, 1908, to life imprisonment, has made an application for pardon. His case will be considered next Wednesday by the state pardon board. Munn was sentenced to hang by Judge McClenahan for the murder of August Franklin in the Home res- taurant in Spooner in May, 1907. At the time of the murder Munn was a partner in the restaurant business with the wife of Franklin with whom the husband accused Munn of being intimate. In his application for pardon Munn sets up the claim of self-defense. The state board will consider 105 applications Wednesday. PLAN GONFERENGES TO BETTER RURAL SCHOOLS C. G. Schulz, state superintendent of education, will hold a conference of the county school superintendents n this district Feb. 17 in this city o discuss conditions in the schools in each county and to bring about some uniform system for advancing the efficiency of the institutions es- pecially the rural schools. MARTIN GOUNTY BOY GHAMP CORN GROWER Vernon Adams of Winnebago, Mar- tin county, aged 16, is the champion boy corn grower of Minnesota for 1915. He made a record of 88.6 bushels of dry shelled corn on one acre of land and wins the gold medal offered by the agricultural extension division of the University of Minne- sota. Leroy Peterson of Warren, aged 16, yield 59.8 bushels, won first prize in this district. The cham- pion for Beltrami county is Robbie Swenson of this city. He will get a trip to the state fair next fall. sen- RED LAKE COUNTY TO HAVE OPTION VOTE Red Lake Falls, Minn., Jan. 17.— Red Lake county will vote Feb. 21 or 28 on the question of abolishing saloons. Petitions asking for an op- TEST CASE UP| AS tion election were filed with the county auditor. [SWEDBACK RESIGNS PRESIDENT OF SECURITY BANK Bemidji Man, Who Has Headed In- stitution Since Founding, Retires. GEORGE E. STUBBINS, MINNEAPOLIS, NEW HEAD Annual Meeting is Held; Officers and Directors Are Elected. E. J. Swedback, who has been president of the Security State bank since its founding in 1910, resigned that office Saturday afternoon at the annual meeting of the bank. Mr. Swedback retired from the bank af- fairs so as to be relieved of the re- sponsibilities of the office. One of Founders. Mr. Swedback was one of the founders of the state bank and dur- ing the time he has been at the head of the institution, it has had much prosperity and growth. He made many friends while at the head of the bank. He will continue to keep his office in the bank. Stubbins New Head. George E. Stubbins of Minneapolis was elected to succeed Mr. Swedback at the annual meeting Saturday. Mr. Stubbins has been connected with the institution as a director for some time. Other officers elected Saturday were I. S. Baer, vice-president; H. C. Baer, cashier and A. E. Feir, as- sistant cashier. The directors elect- ed were George E. Stubbins, C. A. Stubbins, E. W. Stubbins, I. S. Baer and H. C. Baer. Has Good Growth. The bank reported an excellent growth during the past year in amount and number of depositors. Prospects for 1916 are very good. STATE TO ASK U. S. FOR ITASCA PARK LAND ERREKKRRKK KKK KKK * ‘Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 17.— The almost extinet buffalo may be revived. ‘The Cana- dian government is today conducting experiments look- ing forward to that. Four bulls and sixteen females of the species catalo, which is the hybrid buffalo,; have been placed in Buffalo park, Wainwright, Alta., in an at- tempt to breed the animal. It is claimed the catalo is hardier than the buffalo and lives like that animal. PR EEEEEIEEEEE S SR & & KKK KK KKK KKK KK DEMOCRATS OF COUNTY TO MEET HERE JAN. 26 Call is Issued Today by Secretary R. E. Fisher of County Committee. TO SEND DELEGATES TO STATE MEETING To Elect Chairman and Organize “Woodrow Wilson” Club; Many to Be Present. R. E. Fisher, secretary of the Bel- trami county committee of Demo- crats today issued a call for a meet- ing to be held in this city Jan. 26 to select delegates to the state con- vention in St. Paul. A chairman will also be selected to succeed A. P. Ritchie. It is planned to form a “Woodrow ‘Wilson” club. The call is as follows: A Call to All Loyal Democrats of Beltrami County: Pursuant to a call issued by the Democratic state central committee for a state confer- ence to be held 10 a. m., Feb. 3, 1916, in the Auditorium at St. Paul, Minn. There will be a meeting in Be- midji, Minn., 11 a. m., Zan. 26, 1916, C. L. Hilton, aSsistant attorney general, has gone to Washington, ac- cording to word received here to- day from St. Paul, to present a claim to the United States land commis- sioner for 1,600 acres of land in the Itasca State park. Congress in 1892 granted all lands within the park limits to the state of Minnesota, but the Immigration Land company claims title to this land from the Northern Pacific road which selected it as indemnity under its land grant. Mr. Hilton’s claim is that the land had been included in a list, but the list had not been approved by the government before the act of 1892 was passed and therefore the title should go to the state. h DYER TO SPEAK AT BORDER GITY MEET ‘W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji schools, will deliver an ad- dress at the meeting of the teachers of the Koochiching county schools Feb. 25 and 26. STUDY GLUB MEETS; SEAL SALE REPORTED The Woman’s Study club in a meeting this afternoon received the report of the Red Cross Seal cam- paign held in Bemidji. Over $170.85 worth of seals were sold during the campaign. The full report of the campaign will be published tdmor- row in the Pioneer. CAN TAX BOARD OF TRADE MEMBERSHIP Washington, Jan. 17.—The su- at the county court house for the purpose of electing, chgirman to! succeed A. P. Ritchie ahd organizing a “Woodrow Wilson” club. All vo- ters subscribing to Democratic prin- ciples are cordially invited to attend. R. E. Fisher, secretary, Beltrami county committee. FIRST SEMESTER T0 END THIS WEEK The first semester in the Bemidji schools will end this week Wwhen final and regular six-week examia- tions will be given. State board ex- aminations will also begin. New subjects which will be sub- stituted for the ones completed will be added to the program a week from today when the second sem- ester will begin. The program for the finals will be given Friday and will be as follows: 9 to 11 o’clock, commercial gebra; 1:30 to 3 o’clock, phy. Commencing January 29, States history will be cial geography. LGITY COUNGIL IN ! The Bemidji city council hall tonight. be designated and judges will named. ness trip to Fergus Falls. Kk ok hkhkhkhkkkkkhkk kkkk Kk arith- metic; 10 to 12 o’clock, higher al- United States history and physical geogra- United replaced by civics, physical geography by botany, higher algebra by solid geometry and commercial arithmetic by commer- SESSION TONIGHT will mieet in regular session at the city Polling places for the city election to be held Feb. 15 will be George W. Rhea, assistant cashier preme court today ruled that the?lof the Northern National bank, has Saturday membership in the Minneapolis or‘jreturned from a several days’ busi- * Duluth Board of Trade is taxable. = B0DY SHOWN TO x v * TODAY’S NORTHWEST ODDITY * PROVE CARRANZA AFTER MURDERERS Gruesome Show is Held for Public in Yards of Juarez Customs House. BERT KRAMER, BELIEVED KILLED, REPORTED ALIVE Mexican Chief is Asked for Protec- tion for Americans in Mine Territory. El Paso, Jan. 17.—The corpse of General Roderiguez, Villa’s cavalry leader, has been placed on public ex- hibition in the yards of the Juarez customs house. It is a gruesome show to prove that Carranza is de- termined to punish the Santa Ysable murderers. A placard over the body says this is what will happen to all the defacto government’s enemies. May Be Alive. Washington, Jan. 17.—It is offi- cially reported that Bert Kramer who was believed to have been killed in Mexico may be alive. ) Lansing Issues Denial. ‘Washington, Jan. 17.—A message from Consul Edwards in Juarez say- ing that he had asked Carranza offi- cials for the protection of Americans in the Cuai mining territory as di- rected by the state department. Sec- retary Lansing denied that he had directed such a request. GOUNTY AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES GLASH Crookston, Minn., Jan. 17.—Frie- tion between United States immigra- tion authorities and officials of Polk county may result from the release by Deputy Sheriff Casey of John Ko- lotelo, an Austrian traveling sales- man of Rainy River, Canada, who was arrested in Warroad in October by Immigration Inspector Quibble. Kolotelo had been forbidden to cross the border by Dominion authorities. After waiting several days, hé was given hie liberty when-he offered to pay his own way home. Inspector Quibble reached here today and was indignant at the action of the local authorities in freeing the man. He took up Kolotelo’s trail immediately. SPOONER BANK ELECTS OFFICERS Spooner, Minn.,, Jan. 17.—The first annual meeting of the State Bank of Spooner was held last week and the following were elected di- rectors: Gust Erickson, Joseph Mel- eney, Otto Jahnke, J. Peterson, Jr., and J. M. Peterson. Gust Erickson was re-elected president; Joseph Mel- oney, vice-president and J. M. Pet- erson, cashier. CUMMINS NAME ON NEBRASKA BALLOT . Omaha, Neb., Jan. 17.—The name of Senator Cummins of Jowa was placed today on the presidential pri- mary ballot. FIRE CAUSES $50 DAMAGE SUNDAY Fire, Sunday afternoon, caused $50 loss when a smoke house in the rear of Jacob Goldberg’s shoe store and Great Northern Express com- pany was destroyed. Mr. Goldberg had been smoking some meat and while eating dinner noticed smoke coming from the smoke house. He called the fire department. NEW DOMESTIC SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR AT SPOONER Spooner, Minn., Jan. 17.—Miss Anna Friday of New Baltimore, Mich., has been engaged as instrue- tor of home economics at the local schools to succeed Miss Mary Dun- phy who tendered her resignation during the holidays. THE CUB REPORTER COMEIN - SCOOP Some Leap Year Leaps May Land In Heaps e —T7/“OURE TH LEAP NEAR| U EDITOR, ANCHUH ? WELL T CAME UP TONOUR PAPER, T GIVE NV A LEAP NEAR 508 STORYY NoU MAY SAY FIRME THAT TH' FIRST DAYOF 'Y LEAP NEAR TGOT UP \T BEING S0 NEAR. XMAS WHEN T LANDED EARLY (N TH' MORNIM PRIMARY LAW ON TRIAL FOR LIFE Secretary of State Julius A. Schmahl Introduces Litigation Against Act. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 17.—Minne- sota’s presidential preference primary law went on trial for its life before the state supreme court today. Secretary of State Julius A. Schmahl introduced the first of a threatened line of litigation against the law, passed one year ago, when he filed papers to show cause why he did not issue an affidavit to S. S. Hall of Olivia, Minn.,, who wanted to be a delegate to the national Re- publican convention in Chicago, June 7. Hall refused to state his presi- dential preference. “The right of a state to enact leg- islation that attempts to regulate a national convention, conducted un- der Federal laws, will be decided,” Schmahl said today. The request from Le Sueur to hold town elections the same day the presidential preference primary is held, March 14, may also precipitate another fight, it is said. PIGTURE EXHIBIT FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS Elson Art Publishing Company to Show Exhibit Here; to Buy Pictures, ‘W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji public schools, has completed plans for an exhibit of about 200 pictures to be shown in Bemidji Feb. 9, 10 and 11. " .e pictures are owned by the Elson Art Publishing company. The proceeds of the ex- hibit will be devoted to the purchase of pictures for the Bemidji schools. Each picture of the exhibit to be shown here will be an exact repro- duction of some masterpiece, cover- ing ancient, medieval and modern times. A small entrance fee will be charged. ETGHISON T0 BE TRIED FOR MURDER Minneapolis, Minn,. Jan. 17.—C. D. Etchison, whose testimony result- ed Saturday in the conviction of Frederick Price on the charge of murdering his wife, said Saturday night in the county jail that he would stand trial on the indictment which charged him with murder. Price has apparently recovered from the nervous strain which resulted from the hearing of the jury’'s ver- dict and joked with other prisoners in“the county jail today. FOUR KILLED WHEN SUBMARINE EXPLODES New York, Jan. 17.—Four men were killed and 10 were seriously in- jured Saturday afternoon when a mysterious internal explosion dam- aged the United States submarine E- 2 at the Brooklyn navy yard. The accident occurred while the submar- ine was in a dry dock where work- men were installing Edison batteries specially designed to prevent such under-sea disasters as the loss of the United States submarine F-4 in Hono- lulu harbor. BRYAN WILL NOT JOIN WILSON RANKS Washington, Jan. 17.—It is stated here today that William Jennings Bryan will not join the Wilson fac- tion. He is bitterly opposed to Wil- son for re-election. He will probably join the Champ Clark faction. The opposition became 7nown for the first time that Wilson’s second marriage is the cause of the trouble. Bryan and his wife simply won’t en- HIM-HE CALLS HIMSELF dorse any second wooings. OII_!OP‘I ~AND A5 MY M e, MEANS JUST ONE \WORD Yo ME_ ANDTHAT 3 | EXCHANGE ITALY ABANDONS PLANS FOR BIG BALKAN CAMPAIGN Serbian Forces in Albania to Be Withdrawn, Says Official Dispatches. MONTENEGRINS WILL BE LEFT TO FATE Preparation Made for the Evacuation of Albania, Despite King’s Opposition. Vienna, Jan. 17.—Italy has aban- doned plans for participating in the Balkan campaign. Preparations are being made for the evacuation of Al- bania. All Serbian forces will be with- drawn in Albania, leaving the Mon- tenegrins to be crushed between the Austrians on the north and the Bul- gars on the south. The Italian king opposed the abandoning of the Montenegrins but his generals argued that if Italy is successful they can regain Monten- egro in a peace pact. Italian forces are needed elsewhere. Plan to Starve Teutons. Bucharest, Jan. 17.—The British syndicate bought 80,000 bushels of Rumanian grain, contracting for all the products in a plan to starve out Germany. Spanish Steamer is Sunk. London, Jan. 17.—The Spanish steamer Belgiga, 2,068, has been sub- marined and sunk. Austrians Protest. Vienna, Jan. 17.—The Austrian government has protested against the allied occupation of the Greek island of Corfu in a note transmitted through the American ambassadors. Asks for Peace. Berlin, Jan. 17.—Montenegro has asked Austria for peace, Count Tisza today told the Hungarian parlia- ment. JAMES PETERSON FILES FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR St. Paul, Minn.,, Jan. 17.—James Peterson of Minneapolis this after- noon filed as a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. GOVERNOR CANCELS PLANS FOR TOUR OF NORTH STATE St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 17.—Gover- nor J. A. A, Burnquist this afternoon canceled his trip to Bemidji and Northern Minnesota with State For- ester Cox. THIEF RIVER GETS REGULAR MAIL SERVICE Thief River Falls, Minn., Jan. 17. —Effective today, regular mail ser- vice was put into effect to the vil- lage of Goodridge, terminal of the Minnesota Northwestern Electric Co. lines. KKK KK KKK KKK KKK * TODAY’S MARKET REPORT * KRR KKK KKK KK KKK K South St. Paul Markets. Beef ... .....$8.00@8.76 Hogs . ...$7.00@6.76 Sheep . ...$7.76@9.76 (The following markets are fur- nished the Daily Pioneer by William L.. Henderson & Co., Germania Life Building, St. Paul, Minn.) Minneapolis Markets. Wheat ............ e $1.27Y% Rye ..... ..96@97c Corn .....ciieiinne....76% @76C Chicago Markets. Wheat ....... .$1.285 Rye .. 113 Corn . cereeeen T4% @76c Duluth Markets. Wheat .... .$1.27% Rye ..... ceeeeeee.94c Bemidji Markets. Turkey, live, per 1b. .........$ .20 Turkey, dressed, per 1b....... .24 Geese, live, per 1b.. cee W14 Geese, dressed, per 1b. .20 Ducks, live, per 1b.... 18 Ducks, dressed, per 1b. vee .23 Hens, large and fat, live, per 1b. .16 Hens, largé and fat, dressed, per Veal, fancy, dressed, per 1b. 14 Veal, fancy, oversize, per 1b... .12 Veal, poor, oversize, per Ib.. . 10 Fall lambs, per lb........... .16 Spring lambs, per Ib......... .16 Mutton, fancy, dressed, per 1b. .14 Large hogs, dressed, per Ib... 9% Medium hogs, dressed, per 1b. .10 Small hogs, dressed, per Ib..... .10 Beans, per 1b. .............. .08 Butter— Dairy, per Ib. ...... .36 Creamery, per Ib. .. -40 Carrots, per bu. .... . .60 Eggs— Storage, per doz. .....vv0v... .30 Strictly fresh, per doz. ...... .36 Potatoes, fancy, clean and free _ from rot and frost, per bu.... 1.00