Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 20, 1916, Page 1

%, oy, oy, THE BEMIDJ T BEMIDJI, mrson, mu EVENING, MARCH 20, 1916. AMENOMENT SOUGHT [LITTLEFALLSQUINT [KAPLAN TO BUILD [PARDON ASKED FOR VOLUME XIV, NO. 71. JUDGES FOR BIG FORTY CENTS PER xolu : VILLA ESGAPES IN FIRE DESTROYS Tll BE NAMED e AND WINS TITLE| ON REX HOTEL SITE| KEHRING OF BENA OF GHIEF 1S LOST & Minnesota House Members Desire Early Mornmg Blaze Caused by Over- * Swamp Land Bonuses to ¢ 5 heated Stove Does $1,500 Mercham. "t .eet Tomorrow to De- Go to Counties, Local Quintet Goes Down to Defeat |Second Street Grooer Buys 014 Site; |William E. Codington in Stillwater Damage. Persistent Rumors Say That Despite cide on Men to Decide Slogan at St. Cloud by a Soore Plans to Construct a Glass Prison to Make New Effort for Fact That Mexican is Surrounded Contest. Washington, March 20.—At a of 30 to 25. Block. Liberty. cflfl:: iie‘rh';efs% gl(;ck ttmst:mnmg He Has Escaped. e oss to meeting of the Minnesota house mem- — ' AR of E. F. Judkins, Twenty-flrstes?r::e EDITOR SWAMPED bers the delegation has agreed to sup- | LITTLE FALLS TO BUILDING TO BE SELF DEFENSE WILL Mr. and Mrs. Judkins were awak-|SUNDAY REPORT STATED WITH ENTRIES |port an amendment to the Volstead CARLETON MEET CONSTRUCTED S00N BE PLEA AT HEARING |ened by the smoke and escaped from| THAT HE HAD BEEN TRAPPED —— drainage law, whereby various Min- —_— —_— —_— the house. They were unable to save ——— ) ] i . o s n any furniture or personal belongings. n @ i 1 Contest Winners Will Be Announced r::z::edc":';:“t:m f“ :he bonus (Game is Hard Fought; Bemidji[Store to Be On First Floor; Hall or |Neighbors Who Heard Kehring| Tne fire department was called, but | Reports Say Plot of Carranzaistas to in Pioneer, Monday, April SrE8 0 0L mwamD Ahead at End of First Offices to Be on Second Threaten Life of Convict Will ~ |as there were no water hydrants in| Join Villa and Crush Punitive Third, lands under the Volstead act instead Half, Floor. Destif: this district, was unable to do any i ) Liss of the bonus being paid to the gov- v * Y. effective work. Nearby buildings Expedition. % ernment. iT were saved from fire. KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK Termed Injustice to Counties. The Little Falls high school basket| Morris Kaplan, the Second street| A famous tragedy, a homicide at| The fire is believed to have been (By United Press) [ 8| st fof thie: lesislati ball team defeated the Bemidji high |grocer, has purchased the old Rex |Bena, for which William E. Codding- [¢2Usd by an overheated stove. The| pouglas, Ariz, M —Per- * WANTED x y s legislation was loss was partially covered by i 8% o Marehi (20 = Rer * A SLOGAN FOE B oo emphasized by J. L. George, county |School basket ball team at the St.[hotel site on the. corner of Second [ton has been locked up in the Still-| .. "y InSUF- | istent rumors are that Villa has es- * EMID. & |2uditor of Beltrami county, and A. A. [Cloud Catholic armory Saturday eve- |street and Minnesota avenue and will | Water prison for the last 12 years, caped pursuit of the American and i Andrews of Bemidji, who were pres- ha ds -5t x All 1 , ning and thereby won the title of |have a modern two-story building|will be rehearsed before the state i ive, growing, buzzlng, ¥|on¢ 4t tpe meeting of the delegation, " S constructed on it this spring. ASSESSORS TO MEET partana fofee and 1s mtd ol the * hustling cities have slogans. * and called attention to the injustice the Sixth district and a place at the 4 board of pardons at that body’s April HERE NEXT TUESDAY |Sierra Madres, east of Madiera. Car- : 5 You haveiseent them on sta- K pooq by Beltrami and other coun- | C2rleton college meet for the state Two sm Building, meeting in support of Coddington’s ranza’s scouts have lost Villa’s trail, d act was being construed b: . ; otel for the |, jife sentence for murder in the first et at the court house Tuesday in Hi X energetic towns. | eior do artnf anit y'the 1o 2 Third Defeat of Season. new building, 50 feet, facing on Min- | gegree. to receive instructions from the tax May Escape in Hills, * We believe that now is the * L i i This is the third defeat for the lo- |pesota avenue and 140 feet on Sec- i < 5 commission as to the proper method El Paso, March 20.—Despite the % time to boost for a greater ¥ Volstead Tells Intent of Bill. cal team this year, twice by Little |ond street. The basement and the Killed in 1903. of listing and assessing different fat that Y‘"a 18 being surrounded X Bemidji. We should have a +%| Representative Volstead believes|palls and once by the Brainerd |first floor of the new building will be Coddington killed Henry Kehring [kinds and classes of property, in ac-|°0 three sides by the Carranzaistas * slogan. Something that will |that the clear intent of the act has| ... used for his grocery store and the |1¢AT Bena, August 4, 1903. Nobody | cordance with the laws of the state, |08 the Americans pressing down up- X become as catchy and famous % |not been carried out by the secretary 1 : second floor will be used for a hall | Witnessed the tragedy. Coddington’s |The legislature of 1913 amended the |°% DM on the fourth side, there are X as “Minneapolls Makes +|of the interior, and says that when| The game Saturday night was hard |, s,; ofrice rooms. plea was self defense and neighbors |law so that it is at present very hard [S. Miles and miles of hil's, moun- X Good.” x|he put the measure through it was |fought, Bemidji playing a strong of- Pl Not Completed of the men testified to specific threats | to understand. Each assessor will be | 20 @nd deserts that he may escape % The Bemidji Merchants as- & intended that whatever bonus might |fensive game against its heavier op-| %8 "¢ mem . to kill Coddington that had been |allowed five cents a mile for his trip |2t x sociation will ofter a prize of |eXist from the sale of the swamp |ponents. i i not been completed for mage by Kehring. to the meeting here and three dollars Expect Bloody Fighting. $5.00 to the author of the +|lands should go to the respective| The local boys retained a margin he building. - Estimates under con-| Ang Kehring was killed while he |, day salary. Columbus, N. M., March 20.—Two X best solgan. The contest is % |counties where the lands are situated |of & few points until the last few sideration at present include large|peiq a loaded pistol in his hand. Up- score of military ambulances have % open to all citizens. Send in |to reimburse them for the drainage |minutes of play. display 1w indows for the first floor. fon this evidence Coddington’s friends been concentrated here and rushed to fecar X as many as you want to. x|bonds issued. He is to introduce the Bemidji Leads. i‘;ulr(la:na?hzxfi:!bfi]:ze t'heaw:::v{ rest their plea for a pardon. “ussl ANS BEG'N completion. It appears that the puni- mn * Address your slogans to the + |Proposed amendment. Little Falls started the SCoring |y eeks. 8 Spooner is Judge. tive expedition contemplates bloody * Sl.ogan Editor of the Daily * with two free throws within a few| mqpe site is one of the best in the| This feud of the north woods start- fighting. One of the officers is re- % Pioneer. *x minutes after the game began. A |gown town seetion of Bemidji, Fire|¢d it & quarrel over $10. Accord- HEAVY ATTAGKS ported to have said that he expected o * cuMMEHG'Al cluB basket by Tanner tied the score, after | jostroyed the Rex hotel four years ing to the testimony taken at the to be chasing Villa around the moun- KKK K KKK K KKK KK The Bemidji Merchants association members will decide tomorrow upon the men who will judge the big slo- gan contest being conducted by the Bemidji Merchants association. which Bemidji gained a lead which it kept until near the end of the game. The first half ended with the score 14 to 12 in favor of Bemidji. Bailey Injured. Belanger, the Little Falls right guard, was disqualified during the T0 HOLD IMPORTANT MEET TOMORROW ago. DEMOCRAT VOTE HEAVIEST KNOWN ing suddenly appeared among them trial of Coddington before District Judge Marshall A. Spooner of Be- midji at Grand Rapids in. December, 1903, Coddington was with several other settlers, raising a cabin for a neighbor on Aug. 3, 1903 when Kehr- AGAINSTTEUTONS Vienna Officially Admitted That Aus- trians Have Been Forced to Give Ground. tain peaks next Christmas. Officials Hear of Plot. Washington, March 20.—Disturb- ing reports were received from the Mexican border yesterday stating that a well defined plot had been hatched for the Carranza garrisons The judges will meet immediately with a rifle in his arm and a pistol 3 ithi: ¢ Bemidii 0 ization to Admit Qver [second half for personal fouls. He | to join Villa within a few days. The —_— a\ful review the slogans. They will .Jl rgan dmit 0 was replaced by Elvig. on his hip. He called Coddington a idea, stated the reports, was to pro- discuss the slogans with citizens of Fifty New Members; Plans to - - Bailey, Bemidji’s left guard, thief, the witness said, cursed him GERMAN ATTACKS AT long activities and force the United Bemidji so as to secure the slogan that is favorable to the majority of the citizens. Names of submitors of slogans will not be made known to the judges. To Give Decision. The contest will close April first and the winners will be made known April 3. The judges will give a writ- ten decision on their choice of slo- gan. The Slogan Editor is swamped with entries. Over 250 entries have been received. The slogans received up to six o’clock Saturday night are as fol- lows: strained his ankle in the second half. His place was taken by Myron Plum- mer. Seven baskets were made by the Bemidji team which were not count- ed on account of fouls. Seventeen fouls were made during the game by both teams. Over 30 fouls were call- ed. Four personal fouls were called on the local boys. Graham was given two, and Bailey and Cameron, one. Ten were called on the Little Falls boys. Sims and Belanger re- ceived three during th first half and four others were called during the second half. Be Discussed. YOUNG MEN TO JOIN CIVIC ORGANIZATION Committee of Committees to Report; Secretary and Officers Are Busy. The Bemidji Commercial club will hold an important meeting at the Commercial club rooms tomorrow eve- ning. The meeting will be called to Less Than Half of Minnesota Repub- licans Cast Ballots at Primaries. While less than -oieé-haif of -the Minnesota Republicans voted in the primary election held last Tuesday, the Democrat vote in the presidential primary was the largest vote ever cast by that party in a nominating contest. Indications are that more than 50,000 voted Democratic tickets while the Republican vote is not like- ly to show over 75,000, less than one-half of the usual turnout. and said he would kill him. As Cod- dington backed away, Kehring fol- lowed, drew his revolver and pressed it against Coddington’s body. finally said, according to the wit- nesses, as he walked away. Myers drove in a buckboard past Keh- ring’s place. both, rushed out waving a pistol. They whipped up their horse and left him far behind. Too surprised to move, the other ‘members-of the party stood~ spell-|~ bound while all this place. was taking “I will kill you tonight,” Kehring That night Coddington and James Kehring, according to Next day Codding- VERDUN REPULSED British, “Nitwegien and_ Russisn * Steamers-Are Sunk ; Several Are Missing. (By United Press) London, March 20.—Heavy Rus- sian attacks along both the Austrian and German fronts have shifted. the interest of the European war from the waning German offensive near Verdun. Vienna officially admitted today that the Austrians have been States to send a larger force and ac- tually intervene. Officials have for a long time realized that Villa is merely a tool in the hands of the in- :ervenuon element. - - - - Driven-Into-a Tnp. El Paso, March 20.—Villa has been driven into a trap by the rapid advance of the American troops. It is reported that Villa was in the Bab- ricora lake region last night. This is 55 miles south of the American ex- pedition. BRYAN BIRTHDAY BANQUET TONIGET 192. Buy It in Bemidji. i N i . 195, Big Bemidji, the Best Ever.|order promptly at elght o'clock as Lynch is Referee. Larson is Fourth, ton, while at Vance’s postoffice in|foreed to give ground near Vocieczke B Utted B s g b . | By teamwork and accurate shoot-| it only 130 small precinets to |Ttasca county, was advised to have|bridge head. The Slavs attacked (By United Press) — 194. Beautiful Bemidji Bigger [there is much business to be consid- |, ittle Falls t ained the Lincoln, Neb., March 20.—The &an- Every Day. ered. ing the Ldttle Fally feam gaine report the Republican vote is as fol- | Kehring placed under bonds to keep |violently with grenades, following ) - & 1 5 : lead during the last few minutes of |;5yg. the peace. The advice seemed good |artillery bombardment. nual Bryan birthday banquet, given 195. All Roads Lead to Bemidji. ; imath 1 The final socre was 30 to 25 . each year in honor of the former sec- . Form Junior Organization. play. e Cummins, 50,357; Estabrook, 9,-[and he started home to dress for the A = ks, 196. Boost Bemidji, the One Best % in £ Little Falls eroplanes in Attacks. retary of state by his friends and ad- S5 Applications of over 50 new mem- |in favor of e Falls, i 844, journey to the county seat. London, March 20.—Fifty allied|. : i1 held tonight and ar- 197, All Bemidjites are Born|bers will be submitted. The new | LyDeh of theSt. Cloud normal, WhO| Eberhart, 47,760; Jacobson, 85, Claims Attack. Mo e hatee LT :e ela tonlght and ar- Boosters. members include a number of the referesd aththe ;tla tettourntn;;:tst::e 867; M. Johnson, 19,734; Larson, As Coddington drove along the|marine base at Zeebrugge and did rzfi:r?:: Z :'_v:efl::l 1: was fifty- 198. Bemidji Delivers the Goods.|younger men of the city who have year-adn who will zeferco 8) 24,840; Manahan, 23,916; Rahn, 18,- his knee. Ac- |considerable da: terd u ge & . s e 3 emidji Vel 3 E y tournament this year, refereed the 127: Stevens, 18,461; Van Sant, 36,- road his rifie lay across his 3 co! eral mage yesterday. six years ago yesterday in Illinois, 199. Bemid;i.—Can You Beat It. be;n h;lvneit;w j:i’;i thedorganizanon game 979: , 18,461; + 35,7 | cording to Coddingten’s story, he was Russian Steamer Sauk. that Bryan was born, but because the 200. To Bemidji I Came, I Saw|an “; om s s believed, will in the | ™'y ¢ yipeup and summary: halt way across the Kehring clearing | po;,ora3 March 20.—The Rus-|anniversary came this year on Sun- an(ZIO} R;n:nni];eire;:st et ?;:r 'uture form a junior organiza- Bemidji Little Falls # L?Yht:mmt o emtics when ‘;;eltl:“: Ke:rl:ig t;::n:u::;:g sian steamer Neora Jaslabda has been |day the celebration was postponed : i ; o7 o s#liawssvey Dobbyn | DEMOGIabie £ol 9 A through the brush, his rpedoed in the North Atlantic. Mem- [until today. 202 Bemidjl—Nuf fed. Bageball, haskee; ball, . clean-up, ;:}?:::n 3 .rl!. .Levin |show the Democratic race as follows: |at his heels. h:e:)s o‘f) the crew are believed to have —_— 203. Bemidji Beats the Best. civic improvement, improvement of Cameron e . Simms Lawler, 33,889; King, 24,392; «T'ye got you now,” Kehring shout- Seandavad NYMORE RESIDENTS TO ) 204. Bemidji’s Pine Scenery Un-|club rooms, annual dues, advertising Graham .. rg. . Belanger | Nelson, 23,486; Austin, 20,992; Rel-|ed, according to Coddington. Cod- DISCUSS ANNEXATION surpassed. ' the city and other matters will be|p goo® "7 “Graham |ter, 20,427; Wessel, 20,477; Just,|dington’s horse, frightened, bolted ~ Attacks Bepulsed. b 205. Bemidji, Home of the Saw-|taken up at the meeting. Substitutes—l’lummer tor Bemidji [19,470; Weiss, 20,898. and collided with a stump. Codding-| Paris, March 20.—(Offietal)—Ths The residents of Nymore will meet mill industry. A “Live Wire.” and Elvig for Little Falls. The Democratic vote totals 184,- ton was thrown to the ground, still German infantry attacks on Pepper Heights, four miles north of Verdun, with the Nymore village council and 206. Bemidji, I Pine for Thee. The officers of the organization| Baskets: Bemidji—Tanner 5, John-|031. Allowing that each Democratic | grasping his rifle, he said. school board tonight at the Nymore 207. Bemidji Won Its Favor by have been busy investigating matters [son 4; Little Falls—Dobbyn 2, Levin voter marked four ballots, this would Reports Tta.gedy. have been repulsed. . school house to discuss the annexa- Its Scenery. during the past few days and efforts |5, Sims 2, Belanger 1. Fouls—John- |mean 46,008 Democratic votes cast.| . . 3o jooked up, he said, he Threaten Premier’s Life. tion of Nymore to Bemidji. The meet- zgg g::;g;i ::::: t‘;‘:‘ i will me made to make the Commer- [son 7, Dobbyn 10. Undoubtedls.' m:y :"';‘:d l:u tl:;n saw Kehring, who was only 50 feet| Paris, March 20.—It is d""ip"ned ing tonight has been called as the ini- 210, Beriidll Mesds Your - cial club more of a “live wire” in the four names; and allowing for More |, ... "o ving rapidly toward him [here that a Bulgarian named Ivanoff| tiatory step towards annexatfon. An- 3 Rkt affairs of the city than it has been in | & & & & % 4 4 & % % & ¥ & X & & 4 [than 100 precincts yet to report, it =o' ins 5 pistol at him. Codding- unsuccessfully attempted to assassin- |other meeting will be held March 27. 211. Buy in Bemlidjl. the past. x x|is evident that over 50,000 Demo-| . .qye moved rapidly away from |ate Premier Redeslavoff in Sofla yes-|1¢ sentiment favors the annexation at 212. Bemidjl, the Paradise of| " p). 15 for the securing of vacation- | % TODAY’S NORTHWEST ODDITY * |cratic votes were cast. his approaching foeman, firing his|terday. He fired twice at the pre-|poth meetings an election will be M‘;f;sm:emid'i st e Sasite ists for Bemidji will also be takem|% x Donohue Chosen. rifie as_he retreated, and that at the mierbwll;otwss ridh;lg in ahcarrla:e. called. A e.cmefl j up. ¥ (By United Press) | The results in the Sixth district|third shot Kehring dropped. One bu e struck the coachman but ] ppr L il ity ot Go6a Every member of the organization | St. Paul, Minn., March 20. X|are as follows: Coddington himself reported the [the premier escaped. SHORTAGE IS FOUND m:hl‘:g Bemidji, the City is urged to be present at the meeting. [X —Farmers in this vicinity *| Sixth district, 261 precincts. Re-|tragedy to the sheriff of the county Several Lives Lost. IN ELK RIVER BANK 215. Bemidji, Gateway Park to T X have about completed one of *|publicans: C. A. Allbright, 3,262; |and that official led a party that| London, March 20.—The British s yatted Prese) Northern Minnesota. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH X the largest harvests since +%|George E. Hanscom, 3,448; Charles|found the body, the pistol the cart-|steamer Portdalhousie and the Nor- (By n‘ e S 216. Bemidji Once Seen, Never TO SELL MANSE TONIGHT |% 1888 harvest in winter, with * |Hayden, 2,400; Peter O. SCOW, 2 |ridges as Coddington has described |wegian steamer Langeli have been| FElk River, Minn, ;mmm' i Furgoétem X temperatures sub-zero. Sure, %|717; A. W. Corwin (Estabrook) 358; |them and even found a wheel mnr,k sunk. Several lives were lost. A. Calif, cashier of the el e midii’s Beauty Attracts| The Presbyterian church of Be-|x ivs ice they have harvested. ¥ |E. H. Jerrard (Estabrook) ~360.|on a stump to veriy Coddington’s i tional bank of Elk mvel‘;l 1 bank i Everyim ay: midji will sell the church manse to- | The crop was excellent. Mil- % |Democrats: H. C. Baer, 1,880; W.|story of the frightened horse. «SMOKY” SHAY PAYS missing. J. H. Smith, ffm eral rnted g Bemidi, the Heart of North- [LiERt at & meeting to be held at the | lions of tons were stored. The | F. Donohue, 2,673; J. B. Galarneualt, $2 ON DRUNK CHARGE |cxaminer, investigated and repo i 3 church. The sale is in charge of the |% crop was better .than any +*|2,083; Fred Schilplin, 2,400. Miss Hanna Hoffman, teacher of that there is a shortage in his ac- SR R i gneata it board of directors of the church, who [ year since 1888, because of % Red Lake school, after spending 8| “Smoky” Shay, a transsient, paid |counts of $8,000. Calit has been #17. ;Bemidj!, the Foo ¥ |are A. A. Lord and J. K. Given, trus- [ the intense cold. x| 15 M. Stanton, of the Grand Rapids |tew days visiting with friends in Be-|a fine of two dollars in the municipal |With the bank six years. e is mar- tees, W. A. Curry, N. E. Given, Dr. | X |Herald-Review, visited in Bemidji|midji, returned Saturday afternoon to |court this morning on a charge of ried. BANK ROBBER SUSPECT E. H. Marcum and F. Hitchcock. ' % % % % % % % & % X % % % % % % over Sunday. |Red Lake. drunkenness. o 1S HELD BY POLICE (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., March 20.—Joe Miller is being held by the St. Paul police today as a suspect in connec- tion with the robbery of Minneap- olis and St. Paul banks. BEMIDJI NAVAL MILITIA TO BE INSPECTED TONIGHT The Bemidji Naval Militia will be inspected by federal officers tonight Every member of the militia is ordered to report at the at the city hall. city hall at 7:30 o’clock. The Bemidji city council will meet in regular session at the city hall to- be night. Routine will matters taken up, 2 THE CUB SCOOP geporrer HEN WAIT A MINUTE.- STOP-HALT— QUIT — DONT YOU KNOW THAT— THEY ARE USING ALCOHOLTO Ml B0OMB EXPLOSIVES NOW— GOSH - MOMNG— YOO FAST == FOR.\NL PEN — GAT THAT MaTCH NEAR NOUR. BREATH AND — Bombs and Bums Again £ sad THATART Naw - \T MADE. ONE OVY 0~ ME NEARS AGO-RIN By "HOP" ESCAPED PRISONER CUTS EYES WITH RAZOR (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., March 20.—' never look upon these prison walls again,” smiled Oscar Berglund in the Central police station to Attendant Cole from the Wisconsin penitentiary whence Berglund escaped. Berglund was_ arrested here. A few minutes after he made the remark he slashed his eyeballs with a razor. He may live but his eyesight is gone. FALSE ALARM CALLS 0UT FIRE DEPARTMENT The Bemidji fire department was called to the Nangle grocery store at 6:30 o’clock Sunday morning. There wag no fire,