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R AR il THE BEMIDJI D - BLOETY VOLUME XIV, NO. 79. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY m, MARCH 29, 1016. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH PERSHING USING MEXICAN RAILROAD; CONGRESS PROVIDES $8,000,000 o, < LARGEST Mn<., SETTLEMENY . HISTORY 1S MAv. County Officials Complete Distribu- tion of Tax Moneys. TOTALS $161,463.62; $35,606.37 DELINQUENT State, County, City, Village and Town Distributions Made. The March settlement or distribu- tion of tax receipts has been made for Beltrami county by the county officials. The settlement this quarter is one of the largest in years, totaling $161,463.62, of which $125,857.25 is current taxes and $35,606.37 delin- quent taxes. State Funds. The distribution of the taxes is as tollows: State revenue, $6,178.04; school, $2,459.07; assessing, $7.18; money and credits, $365.04; teachers’ insur- ance and retirement fund, $63.90. County—Money and credits, $365. 58: revenue, $1,794.03; road and bridge, $6,280.20; poor, $3.13; bonds and interest on the sinking fund, $7,072.29; building, 39¢c; state rural highway sinking fund, $2,876.02; county state loan, $1,454.76; sana- torium, $1,780.57. City and Village—Permanent im- provement, $1,923.86; revenue, $11,- 804.18; road and bridge, $222.17; poor, $1,576.47; bonds and interest, $3,858.24; local assessments, $41,- 833.35; special taxes, $1,524.86; moneys and credits, $656.22. Town Funds. Towns— Revenue, $2,654.67; road and bridge, $8,988.78; special road, $2,016.12; dragging, $1,022.92; poor $1,128.47; bonds and interest, $458. 16; delinquent road tax, $124.49; special taxes, $560.99; moneys and credits, $73.57; unorganized road and bridge, $427.67. Schools—One-mill tax, $1,999.40; bonds and interest, $5,713.88; spe- cial school, $40,390.04; moneys and credit, $730.30; penalty taxes amount to, including both current school and revenue, $6,942.79. State Loans—Town, $402.49; vil- lage, $4,168.39; school, $4,115.04. State rural highway numbers 9-a, $48.82; 9-b, $76.29; 9-c, $22.91; 12, $403.73; 32, $184.59; 62, $62.86. Ditch Funds. Ditches—Judicial numbers, two, $33.14; three, $323.19; four, $268. 07; five, $250.33; six, $190.43; even, $50.97; eight, $330.61; ten, 1.07; eleven, $4,833.66; twelve, $ 1.18; thirteen, $258.46; four- teen, $1,007.71; fifteen, $596.75; six- teen $510.45; seventeen, $719.23; eighteen, $436.99; twenty, $67.56; twenfy-one, $1,868.79; twenty-two, $35.52; twenty-three, $168.72; twenty-four, $150.61; twenty-six, $149.31; twenty-seven, $181.12; twenty-eight, $118.62; thirty-ome, $5.53; thirty-two, $32.95; county ditches numbers two, $129.74; four, $35.27; state ditch number fifty-two, $1.72. FLOODS DO BIG DAMAGE TO MICHIGAN DISTRICTS P Detroit, Mich., March 29.—Reas- suring reports that cities and towns in the flood district of lower Mich- igan were no longer seriously threat- ened by high waters, continued to reach Detroit late today. These re- ports, however, increased the toll of damage. Telegraph, telephone and railroad companies sustained heavy losses. Bridges in the Saginaw, Bay City and Flint districts were swept away. One death, seven injuries and many narrow escapes due to flood condi- tions have been reported. FAVORABLE REPORT ON THE REPEAL SUBSTITUTE Washignton, March 29.—The sen- ate finance committee has ordered a favorable report on the proposed sub- stitute for the house sugar repeal resolution. This substitute which would extend the present tax of a cent a pound on sugar until May 1, 1920, was agreed upon at a Demo- cratic caucus. Attempts Escape. ‘Washington, March 29.—Affidavits received by the state department to- day from American survivors state that the liner Englishman was shell- ed and torpedoed after attempting to escape. ROYAL NEIGHBORS INITIATE GLASS ass Lake and Other Camps Attend Big Meeting Held in Bemidji. Fifty members of the Cass Lake lodge of Royal Neighbors and a few scattered delegations from other towns in this section of the state were guests of the Bemidji camp at an initiation of ten candidates last evening. Ten new members were taken into the camp of the local lodge in one of the finest initiation ceremonies ever held here. The Cass Lake officers and lodgemen administered the ini- tiatory ceremonies. Following a clever drill by the Cass Lake camp team, the following program was given: Piano solo, Florence Ripple; reading, Milre Ach- church; solo, Myrtle Neumann; reading, Avis Cameron; solo, Kern Olson; duet, Ella and Hazel Laqua; reading, Daniel Gainey; solo, Arthur Gratton; reading, Kern Olson. A dinner was served after the pro- gram. FATHER OF C. W. BRANDBORG DEAD Parent of Local Man Succumbs at Henning, Minn.; Aged 69 Years. C. W. Brandborg, father of C. W. Brandborg of this city, died Tuesday afternoon at his home at Henning, Minn. He was 69 years of age. Mr. Brandborg, Jr., left for Hen- ning this afternoon. Mr. Brandborg, Sr., came to Min- nesota in 1863 and was at one time a nominee for governor on the so- cialist labor ticket. He is survived by a wife and ten children. Funeral arrangements have been made. WOLF BOUNTY GLAIMS AMOUNT T0 $75,000 Legislature Will Be Con- fronted With a Large Deficit. not Next When the next legislature meets the members will be confronted with claims totaling nearly $75,000 for unpaid wolf bounties now being pre- pared by the various counties of the state. There is already on file in the office of the state auditor claims amounting to more than $35,000. Bounties of $7.50 are paid for grown wolves and $3 for cubs. The last legisatlure appropriated only $10,000 for 1915 and this amount was in a short time exhaust- ed. When the money became avail- able claims entailing over $21,000 had piled up, but Attorney General Smith, in a ruling, held that the money could not be used to clean up a deficiency. Since then no money has been paid out. In Beltrami county alone the wolf claims amount to $4,868 today. These are being held by the county auditor pending the meeting of the legislature and the appropriation of sufficient money to meet the de- mand. For Final Settlement. Washington, March 29.—It was conceded here that the present Sussex and Englishman negotiations are to force a final settlement of the entire submarine question, including the Lusitania and all other cases. SCOO WELL WELL FRANK-SO N0U BROKEYOUR COLLAR. BONE.-STURE LLCK— WHUTLLNOUR NINE DO THE CUB REPORTER EPWORTH LEAGUE IS BANQUETED AT METHODIST CHURCH Over Seventy-five Attend ‘“Prige” Banquet Held Last Evening. REV. B. D. HANSCOM TOASTMASTER OF OCCASION Many Give Toasts; Membership Con- test Seoures Many New Members. Seventy-five members of the Hp- worth League attended a banquet in the parlors of the Methodist church last evening. The Conqueror party in the Epworth League membership contest served the banquet to the Derigo party which secured the most new members, thereby winning the bhanquet. Parlors Decorated. The parlors were decorated in red and white crepe paper streamers which were hung attractively from the ceilings. The color scheme of red and white, they being the Ep- worth League colors, was also car- ried out in decorating the tables. Vases of red and white cut carna- tions were used for table decora- tions. - A four-course dinner was served by the young ladies of the church. The dinner was prepared by the ladies of the church, Mesdames A. T. Carl- son, P. L. Brown, G. Hicks and A. M. Bagley being in charge. The following menu was served: Fruit cocktail, mashed potatoes, beef loaf, rolls, dill pickles, cranberry jelly, Pimento salad, wafers, sherbet, assorted cakes and coffee. Hanscom Toastmaster. Rev. B. D. Hanscom acted as toast- master. The following toasts were given: ‘“Welcome to the new members,” by Hector Brown; a response on behalf of the new members by C. B. Peel; “Keeping Out of Ruts,” by Dr. E. H. Smith; “Bringing the Epworth Out From Under the Influence of an An- aesthetic,” by Dr, E. A. Shannon; “The Joy of Defeat,” by Miss Corrine Carlson; “The Sorrow of Victory,” by Jack Williams; “What a Little Boy Should Know,” by Haven Hans- com; “The Troubles of a Mail Man,” by S. E. Herlocker; “Short Circuits »f What to Do When Your Lights Go Out,” by A. W. Johnson; “What Do They Use Boxes For?” by George Hieb; “What Would I Do If Called on to Answer to a Toast?” by Miss May Bruner; “My First Experience at a Banquet,” by Ellwood Isted; “The Fun of Making Programs,” by Miss Anna Brown; “Nothing Mueh,” by P. L. Brown. A. T. Carlson, super- intendent of the Methodist Sunday school, gave a short talk. SIVERT STEEN MISSING; POLICE ASKED T0 LOCATE SLOGAN CONTEST - T0 END AT NOON NEXT SATURDAY Only Two and One-half Days Left for Merchants Big Contest. THREE HUNDRED TWENTY- EIGHT SLOGANS ENTERED Results of Contest to Be Made Known as Soom = Possible.’ KK E XXX KKK KD . 4 WANTED A SLOGAN FOR BEMIDJI All live, growing, buszzing, hustling cities have slogans. You have seen them on sta- tionery coming from live, en- ergetic business men in live, energetic towns, * ‘We believe that now is the time to boost for a greater Bemidji. We should have a slogan. Something that will become as catchy and famous as “Minneapolis ¢ Makes Good.” The Bemidji Merchants as- sociation will offer a prize of $5.00 to the author of the best solgan. The contest is open to all citizens. Send in as many as you want to. Address your slogans to the Slogan Editor of the Daily Pioneer. KAk hkKAkK* khkhkhkkkkkkxrksk Ak Ak hkhk kA hk Ak khkhkhkhkhkhhkhdhkka xk kKX KK KEK KKK KKK KKKKKK KK The slogan contest being conducted by the Bemidji Merchants association will come to a close at noon next Sat- urday. At that time judges will meet and | pick out the winners of the design and che slogan contest. A five dol- lar prize has been offered for. the best slogan and -another stmdtar prize for the best design. ‘The slogans received yesterday are as follows: 314. Get in on the ground floor, progress with us. 315. Nobody knocks; nobody has a reason to. 316. Bemidji, always pushing. 317. Bemidji, the city that won't wait. 318. Go to Bemidji, young man, go to Bemidji. 319. If you will stop here and look, you will settle. 320. Watch Bemidji get there. 321. Bemidji, pride of the North. 322. Bemidji, the gateway of suc- cess. 323. Bemidji, a hustler. 324. The champion of the North. 325. The city where nature rules. 326. Bemidji Triumphs in Enter- prise. (Design) 327. There is no better place. 328. Bemidji, wonderful to see. The Bemidji police were today re- quested to locate Sivert Engbretson Steen, a Norwegian, about 44 years of age, who is missing. He was last seen in Duluth. His father recently died and it will be for Steen’s own benefit if he would make his where- abouts known. The Salvation Army asked the police for co-operation in the search. EMIL ORBERG, AGED 186, DIES AT HOSPITAL HERE Emnil Orberg, the sixteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Orberg of Frohn, after an illness of but two weeks, succumbed from an attack of pneumonia at St. Anthony’s hospital Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held from the farm home in the town of Frohn Sunday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Frohn cemetery. Take advantage of a want ad. OPENS SECOND HAND STORE ON MINN. AVE Edward Anderson, formerly oper- ator of a dray and transfer line in this city, has opened a second hand store at 320 Minnesota avenue. The building was vacated some time ago by the Marin Grocery store. Although Mr. Anderson intends to specialize in second hand goods, ne will also carry a small line of first class furniture goods. Second hand goods of all descriptions will be han- dled by the new concern. v ——— i‘_‘-CHOOL CLASSES MAY HAVE BASEBALL TEAMS Plans are being made to have cach class in the Bemidji high school represented by a baseball team this |spring. A schedule will be arranged and a cup or pennant will be pro- vided for the- winning team. CONGRESS PROVIDES FUNDS FOR AMERICAN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION House and -Senate Vote $8,611,502 as An Emergency Appropriation. CLAIMED MEXICANS HOLDING UP SUPPLIES Senator Says Gasoline Shipments are Stopped; Order Not Understood. ‘Washington, March 28.—The dip- lomatic and domestic aspect of the Mexican problem overshadowed the military side here yesterday. Official reports from General Funston cluded no change in the situation on the border or in Mexico. Congress went through an emergency appro- priation of $8,611,502 to pay for the pursuit of the bandits and the state department prepared to press General Carranza for permission to use the Mexican railroads to solve the troop supply problem. Border rumors contained in such reports that failure to obtain use of the railroad might seriously hamper the pursuit of Villa, were not re- flected at either the state or war de- ;partment. in- Gasoline Held Up. Senator Gallinger, the republican leader in the senate, presented to Secretary Baker a telegram from Senator Fall of El Paso, dealing with the railway and border question. He declared shipments of gasoline in- tended for the American forces in Mexico were being held up by Car- ranza officials. Communication Sent. The communication to General Car- ranza will be made through Special Representative Rogers at Aquera- tero,°to whom instruction went for- ward today. State department offi- ¢ials ‘said that it was deemed meces- sary to impress upon the de facto government the need for special con- gideration of the request to use the line south from the border without awaiting the perfecting of the pro- tocol under negotiation. d While there was no question but that the expedition after Villa would press on, and it was stated that a sufficient amount of supplies could be supplied to the troops by motor truck trains, general use of the lines would greatly simplify matters. KINDERGARTEN T0 OPEN IN BEMIDJI Board of Education Authorizes Super- intendent Dyer to Secure Instructor. At a meeting of the board of edu- cation last evening it was decided to open a kindergartern in Bemidji and Superintendent Dyer was auth- orized to secure an imstructor. The kindergarten will open the week after the school vacation and will remain open for three months, running during the month of June. Prof. B. M. Gile submitted a re- port at the meeting, showing that $38.03 profit had been made at the school farm in chicken raising. The board discussed the plan of having an instructor next year who is competent in both drawing and music. The schools have no drawing teacher this year but have.a music teacher. Two years ago the schools had both a drawing and music teach- er. It is believed by the board that one instructor, can handle both sub- jects. The Star Pitcher Is Not Laid Up By A Long Shot LEET-WANTUH see? T GOTJEST BOUT TH' SAME SPEED - AND AM AJORKIN' ON MY CONTROL - NEP-PLENTY OF SPEED —1n FACT ALL KINDS OF STEAM - BUT ASNOV SAY - & BT TWENTIETH GENTURY LIMITED WRECKED Crashes With Two Passenger Trains; Twenty-seven Are Killed. GENERAL PERSHING USING RAILROADS, ' SAYS FUNSTON \United States Expedition Leader Takes Over Northwestern Railway. Cleveland, March 29.—The Twen- tieth Century Limited, westhound, and two east bound Lake Shore pas-| senger trains were wrecked 37 miles east of here at Amherst this morn- ing. New York Central officials do not know what caused the wreck. A dense fog was hinted as responsible. sible. i Twenty-seven persons were killed and 43 were injured. The first section of passenger train 86, east bound, stopped at Am- herst and the second section, disre- Ji i shrdlie siduals. wiashed dnto ihe Press exclusive dispatches of a week rear of the first section. The wreck- |280 stating that General Pershing is age fell on the tracks of the Twen- [using a portion of the Mexico North- tieth Century Limited whieh plough- | western line. ed along two minutes later. It was not believed at headquarters that General Pershing’s use of the MERGHANTS Tn railroad prior to receipt of permis- sion from the Carranza government would endanger the negotiations now Plans to Be Made to Entertain Clerks; Banquet Matter being conducted by the state depart- Dropped. CARRANZA HAS NOT GIVEN PERMISSION Note is Sent to De Facto Government Explaining Need of Roads. San Antonio, March 29.—General Funston today confirmed the United ment, because it was assumed he had gained permission of those in charge of operations of that section of the line. Advices from Washington that the state department had prepared a memorandum urging Carranza to de- cide the question of using the rail- road without waiting for the ratifi- Because there are no accommo- |cation of the protocol, revived the dations in Bemidji to banquet the|hope that perhaps by Thursday the 400 clerks, the Bemidji merchants at |store held at El Paso may be forward- a meeting yesterday decided to drop led to some field depot accessible to the matter of a banquet for the |the troops now operating almost 300 c'erks and instead give a picniec. miles from the boundary line. The picnic will be held in July or s August and committees have been % Cazllal\‘y hPosl'go:l Ul OW{I. named to arrange plans. B SLVINASIS S0 080 Doda'scay- alry is now, or into how many de- At the meeting yesterday the fol- i lowing committee was named to have partments It hes been Mivided, wag unknown at General Funston’s head- charge of a contest to be held for the bettering of farm life and con- [durters today. dition: E. B. Berman, H. E. Reyn-| The exact whereabouts of General olds, E. H. Winter and B. M. Gile, |[Pershing also remained unreported, but this lack of information created no uneasiness, for General Pershing:’ * » still has -orders.to.werk out his own GHUST wALKs AT problems. Full realization of the danger into which some of the ad- FlREMEN’S MEET vance departments must be moving, was acknowledged. Villa’s known ability as’a director of ambuscade has aroused a frank expression of fear Quarterly Salaries Are Paid; to Ask |among army officers that he may trap Legislature to Appropriate some of the American troops in & Funds. mountain trap. ) Holding Up. 4 The shifting line of the trail Villa The “ghost walked” at the reg-|is jeading ‘the pursuing Americans ular meeting of the Bemidji F“’: has made more apparent the ability men’s association last evening and| of getting permission to use the $423 was paid in salaries. This 18)yy,res-Chihuahua line of the Nation- one of the largest salaries issued|s) a5 well as the Northwestern rail- to the company for some time. way, but General Funston has re- Letters were read at the meeting Era?ned from making any represen- last evening urging all the volunteer [ ,+ion on the subject, preferring not companies in the state to comsolidate |, present a possible embarrassing to secure an ‘:fit f“;m the Blti::et::ngx; feature in the negotiations already islature ‘providing. for a re under way for the other line. for fifeme“t who ""';’ ln:;x;ed a,w::l: It was pointed out that sunpll:: going to, at or coming from “ Irouted through Chihuahua would Action will be taken by the Bemidji |qq)ivered to the advance troops now department at another meeting. |gith less loss of time and that a line of communication established along GREAT BRITAIN HAS that would be guarded with fewer BIGGEST HURRICANE |{ro0ps than one along the more eir- cuitous route of the Northwestern. London, March 29.—Great Britain during the past 48 hours has ex- perienced the worst hurricane and blizzard in the recollection of the present generation. Reports of de- The funeral of John Roe, who died vastation and disaster are coming in- Sunday, was held this afternoon from to London from various regions but |, . pyiccopal church. The services communication - is too disorganized | . i\ charge of the 0dd Fellows for any complete summary. Rivers lodge of which he was a member. are at flood stage, railroad trains are Delegations of the Bemidji Fire- held up, trees and telephone poles men’s association and the Maccabees, have been blown down and houses| . ... he was a member, also at- destroyed. tended the funeral. The pallbearers were E. R. Jahr, 10,000 LIVERPOOL R. L. Given, Dr. A. V. Garlock, George DOCK HANDS STRIKE |y, Ruea, Dr. C. J. Larson and M. Liverpool, March 29.—Ten thou- (g, Ipertson. Interment was made in sand Mesey dock hands struck this |Greenwood cemetery. afternoon over a dispute on overtime FUNERAL OF JOHEN S ROE HELD TODAY work. The strike will interfere se- |pfyE CHILDREN ARE TAKEN riously with Atlantic shipping. HOME UNDER CURFEW LAW BY ”H OP" Bemidji police took five children home last evening after eight o’clock charged with violating the curfew law. The next time these same chil- dren are seen by the police after eight o’clock in the evening umac- companied,. their parents will be no- SHY 0N CONTROL: tified and arrests will follow. CUTS OFF TWO FINGERS WHILE SAWING LUMBER Ed Hewitt accidentally cut off two fingers yesterday afternoon at the 8t. Hilaire Lumber company Wwhen & piece of lumber he was sawing was knocked to one side. The Schneider Bros. Clothing store has completed arrangements for the using of the show windows in the Bacon building. WiNNESOTA TORICAL

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