Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 5, 1916, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME XIV, NO. 85. BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1916, FORTY CENTS PER MONTH SUPERIOR, WIS., VOTED %, N BIG LN Drys Victorious in Pipestone Coun. Illinois Saloons Voted Out. MILWAUKEE ELECTS SOCIALIST MAYOR Wisconsin Turns Down Bob LaFol- lette in Favorite Son Presiden- “Drys” won big victories in the Northwest in Tuesday’s elections. In Wisconsin, according to a re- port from Milwaukee, 45 cities abol- ished saloons. Thirty-eight cities voted wet. Superior was the great- est dry victory. Dry by 79 Votes. Pipestone county, Minnesota, was voted dry under the county option law by 79 votes. Sleepy Eye, Minn., and Waterville, Minn., were won by the “wets.” Chicago reports that 400 Illinois saloons were voted out and 250 sa- loons voted in. For the second time in its history Milwaukee has elected a Socialist mayor. Daniel Hoan, present city attorney, won by 1,600 votes over C. A. Bading, non-partisan. Phillips Leading. Milwaukee reports that Wiscon- sin turned down its favorite son, Senator Robert LaFollette for Re- publican presidential candidate. Con- servatives with Phillips leading, will control the delegation by a large ma- jority. A report from Lincoln, Neb., says that 12 cities went from wet to dry and three from dry to wet. The drys carried every city in Nebraska where Bryan spoke. The Democrats scored . heavily in the Chicago city election. The Demo- crats carried 21 wards, the Socialists one and the Republicans 13. T. R, SYMONS DIES AT LOGAL HOSPITAL Well Known Bemidji Business Man Succumbs to Attack; Here Seven Years, T. R. Symons, proprietor of the: Dairy Lunch restaurant, died this morning at St. Anthony’s hospital from an attack of appendicitis. He had been sick a week. Mr. Symons was born at Devon- shire, England, in 1862 and at the age of thirteen years moved with his parents to Southaven, Mich. At the age of eighteen years, Mr. Symons accepted a position as traveling sales- man for a Michigan machinery com- pany. After eleven years’ experience along these lines, Mr. Symons trans- ferred his headquarters to Minneap- olis, where three years later he mar- ried Miss Amanda Johnson of Aus- tin. In 1909 Mr. Symons moved with his wife and daughter, Margaret, to this city. The year following his ar- rival in this city he accepted a posi- tion as traveling salesman for a Min- neapolis concern until March 21 last, when he purchased the Dairy Lunch restaurant. Mr. Symons is survived by his wife and daughter, Margaret, of this city, his mother, Mrs. J. Symons of Fen- ville, Mich., two brothers, Louis of Elgin, 11, and Charles, also of Fen- ville, and two sisters, Mrs. C. Rus- sell and Miss Mary Symons, both of Fenville, Mich. Funeral services will be held from the residence, 714 Minnesota avenue, tomorrow afternoon at three o’clock, Rev. B. D. Hanscom officiating. The body will be taken tomorrow night to Austin where services will be held and interment made Saturday. Mr. Symons is a member of the U. C. T., Elks and Woodmen lodges. 'Y RECEIVES o LARGEST SETTLEMENT George Rhea, city treasurer, has re- ceived a check for the city from the county for $16,965.21. This is the March settlement and is the largest to have been received. With this, amount it is believed that with the exception of the general fund, all outstanding warrants will be taken up. Barl Geil, treasurer of Beltrami county, after a few days’ visit with friends and relatives in the Twin Cities, returned Monday to Bemidji. - The Ladies’ Aid society of the Con- gregational church of Nymore will meet with Mrs. J. T. Kutchera to- morrow afternoon. | f 1 W. H. GISH TO FILE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER W. H. Gish of Turtle River will file for county commissioner in the Fifth district. The present commis- sioner in this district is J. C. Thomp- son of Blackduck. GES FARMERS - T0 TREAT GRAIN GROPS FOR SMUT Bueford M. Gile, Agriculturist of Be- midji Schools, Writes Article, YIELD OF GRAIN WAS . REDUCED LAST YEAR Calls Attention to Source of Waste Which May Be Prevented for One Cent a Bushel. (By Bueford M. Gile) Agriculturist of Bemidji High School. Farmers in this vicinity will re- member that last season nearly all the oat, barley and wheat fields were infested with covered smut. In reply to the question as to how much’ the yield of grain was reduced by the smut, the answers have been from 5 to 25 per cent. Smut is caused by fungus para- sites which steal their food from the plant and in the place where the kernel should be, a smut ball is form- ed instead. In handling the grain, these smut balls are broken up into dustlike particles known as spore and get on the outside of the kernels. Unless the grain is treated with formaldehyde they will develop in the plant the following year and smut will be produced instead of grain. Prevention Costs Little. ‘The purpose of this article is to call attention to this source of waste which may be prevented at a cost of one cent per bushel of seed grain. One pint of Formalin and 40 gal- lons of water treats 40 bushels and costs but 40 cents. o Care should be taken to get a guar- anteed formalin (a 40 per cent solu- tion of formaldehyde.) Pour this pint into 40 or 50 gallons of water in a tub or barrel. The seed grain should now he submerged in this solution. A wire basket or gunny sack should be used to hold the seed. Do not fill the sack more than half full so that the seed may be agitated and all of the kernels surrounded with a coat of the solution. Dip the grain for about two minutes, then lift it out and let the solution run back into the barrel. Do this three times and agitate the grain in the meantime. Now put the sacks in a clean place where the rest of the solution may drain off or dump in a clean place and cover the pile with the sacks for fifteen hours, when the grain will be ready to sow. If the grain cannot be sown within a short time, it must be dried to pre- vent sprouting. Wash Seeder. After the grain is treated, it should not be allowed to come in contact with anything that has not been scrubbed with a strong solution of formalin (1 1b. to ten gallons of wa- ter.) The seeder should be washed the same way. There is another smut called loose smut which requires a more com- plicated treatment. This smut eats the coverings as well as the kernel itself and is blown away by the wind so that all that is left is the bare stalk with a little smut sticking to it. Very little of this kind of smut is found in this section so the treat- ment will not be given. Informa- tion regarding this smut to parties interested will be cheerfully given. NOTICE B. P. 0. E. AND U. C. T. LODGES All members of these lodges are requested to meet at the Elks hall tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock to attend the funeral of Brother T. R. ARNESON GHARGES IRREGULAR SCALING Says Lumber Company Profited. STATE TIMBER SCALER DISCHARGED FROM OFFICE Timber is County; Timber Unmarked as Legally Required. .St. Paul, Minn., April 5.—Oscar BEMIDJI MERCHANTS T0 HOLD A FARM OF STATE TIMBER|IMPROVEMENTGONTEST Chief Land Clerk of Auditor’s Office|One Hundred Dollars in Prizes to|Meetings to Be Held Next Friday; Be Offered for Most Improvements. COMMITTEES IN CHARGE ARE NAMED AT MEETING Cut in Koochiching |Conditions of Contest Announced; - Farmers Invited to Meet Next Tuesday. The Bemidji Merchants associa- Arneson, chief land clerk of the state |tion has begun a farm improvement auditor’s office, charges that the Rat River Lumber company of Ericks- burg, Minn., profited by the irregular scaling of state timber. The charges were made at the state timber board’s meeting in Gov- ernor Burnquist’s office Tuesday. John Cashin, state timber scaler, under S. C. Gribner, state surveyor general of logs and lumber at Duluth, has been discharged. Legal action is probable. The lumber company had a permit to cut timber on Sections 19 and 30, Township 154, in Koochiching coun- ty. Arneson said that Cashin, who was supposed to protect the state’s interest, allowed the lumber company to cut more timber than reporte In some instances Arneson alleges that 50,000 posts were cut when 15,000 were supposed to be cut. Ar- neson said that much of the timber was unmarked as legally required. The lumber company denied collu- sion with the state official. CATTLE MARKET DAY PROPOSED Move on Among Farmers to Exchange Stock and Sell Surplus for Slaughter. contest and about $100 in prizes has been secured. The plan of the con- test is to give prizes to the farmers showing the most improvements in their farm during the coming year. Committees have been named by the association who will secure con- testants in the contest and a big meeting is planned for next Tuesday afternoon at which all farmers are invited to attend. The meeting will be held at the Commercial club rooms. Records will be kept at the farm of each contestant and the contest will be judged on the following points: The house, appearance and size; suit- ability to family needs; suitability d. of house to demands of hired help; la- bor saving equipment; reading and (Continued on Page 4) SMITH GETS A STAY OF WEEK Former Minnesota Treasurer is Given Time to Wind Up Business. - St. Paul, April 5.—A stay of one week before being committed to the state penitentiary at Stillwater was granted Walter J. Smith, former state treasurer, who yesterday pleaded Farmers are making plans to hold [guilty to grand larceny in the second a cattle market day in Bemidji once |degree in connection with irregulari- a month- for ‘the purpose of giving |ties With the state funds.” 5 the farmers a cash market to dispose of surplus stock. Smith was indicted on a charge of grand larceny in the first degree. A similar plan has proven a big|When he appeared in court his coun- success in other cities. The farm- |sel advised that Smith was willing to ers can exchange or buy from each |plead guilty to a charge of grand lar- other and such stock that is not de-|ceny in the second degree. An in- sirable is shipped to the stock yards. |determinate sentence was at once im- W. G. Schroeder of Bemidji is in-|posed by the court. terested in the plan and has agreed The stay was granted in order to to pay cash for the undesirable cat-|allow Smith to close up his business tle and ship same to the stock yards |interests in Minneapolis. for the farmers. POOL HALL IS ORDERED GLOSED Mayor Vandersluis Revokes License of George Sterling for Dewey Pool Hall. Mayor C. W. Vandersluis today or- dered the pool hall license held by George Sterling for the Dewey pool hall on Minnesota avenue, revoked. Chief of Police Ripple ordered that the hall be closed within 48 hours. A hearing on the revocation was held this morning but Sterling failed to put in appearance. The license of the pool hall was formerly held by Frank Dewey but when his license was revoked last year, a license was taken out by Ster- ling. Dewey was found guilty of oper- ating an unlicensed drinking place yesterday.. He appealed the case. JUDGE A. M. CROWELL BACK ON THE BENCH Judge A. M. Crowell has fully re- covered from his recent illness and has again taken his position as muni- Symons. Take advantage of a want ad. cipal judge. He presided at the case Robert C. Pickit, former invest- ment clerk in the state auditor’s of- fice, pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery in the third degree. He was sentenced to an indeterminate term and will begin serving his sentence immediately unless some action is taken by the court. CHURCH HOLDS ANNUAL MEET Presbyterian Church Elects Trustees and Elder; Annual Reports . Made. At the annual meeting of the Pres- byterian church held in the church auditorium Monday evening, reports were read and approved and new members elected to the board of trus- tees and elders. Reports from the following depart- ments were read and approved: Mis- sionary, benevolences, Sunday school and ladies’ aid society. The church, which had two mort- gages on hand and other debts a year ago, reported a balance this year of $620. Attorney G. M. Torrance was elect- ed a trustee in the office formerly held by J. K. Given. Quincy Brooks was chosen to fill the position as elder in place of F. of Frank Dewey in the municipal THE CUB REPORTER SCOO ,7.<‘Y.. ages - [, TS SR ey M. Freese, whose term has recently |COMMERCIAL CLUB T0 HOLD MEET T0 DISCUSS TAXATION Citizens Are Urgéd to Attend and State Grievances. EFFORTS TO BE MADE TO EQUALIZE TAXES Organization May Secure New Quar- ters Over Battles Hardware; New Members Admitted. The Bemidji Commercial club will hold a mass meeting at the Commer- cial club rooms Friday evening to discuss the equalization of real es- | tate taxes in Bemidji. are interested in the urged to attend. City Assessor T. J. Lloyd will be present and several matters relative to the equalization of the taxes will be taken up. The Commercial club will appoint a committee to assist Assessor Lloyd in his assessments. At the meeting of the Commercial club last evening, the armory, base- ball, rest room and new club quar- ters were considered. $1,300 Collected. The armory committee reported that $1,300 of the required $2,000 has been collected. The question of building a city hall and armory to- gether was discussed. It was point- ed out that this action would be against the rules of the state unless the state was given the clear deed to the property. The publicity committee reported that the downtown baseball park plan was not feasible at this time. Outgrows Quarters. On account of many new members, the club has outgrown its present quarters and new quarters were con- sidered at the meeting last evening. The second floor of the Battles block was discussed. The Battles rooms are twice the size of the present quar- ters. Mr. Battles stated 'that he would have the rooms completed to meet the desires of the club. The house committee will investigate the plans for new q ers. = The Commercial club decided to pay $35 a month for the upkeep of the Rest Room. Ten dollars of this amount will be given by the ecity. Formerly $40 was paid for the rooms for six months of the year and $36 for the balance. The following new members were admitted to the club: George Klung- ness, Hovey Lord, Elbridge Lord, A. N. Gould, Myron Plummer, Maurice Witting, Dudley Lane, Carroll C. Hill, Lester Knapp, Ray Johnson, Leslie Slater, Archie Ditty and A. H. Jester. CASS COUNTY MEN T0 HOLD MEETING Campaign to Advertise County Op- portunities Will Be Launched April 14, Citizens who matter are The Cass County Development as- sociation is planning the largest meeting in its history at Walker, April 14. President M. N. Koll of Cass Lake today announced the program, which includes addresses by Fred D. Sher- man, commissioner of immigration; Senator P. H. McGarry, Carlos Avery, state game and fish commissioner, and others. Arrangements are being made for running a special train from the| south end of Cass county to Walker. Cass county last year took first prize for its agricultural exhibit at the state fair and a determined effort is being made to advertise the oppor- tunities in the county. A number of Bemidji people are planning to attend the meeting. Arnold Johnson arrived in the city last night to visit for a few days with PUBLIC AUCTION AT HINES APRIL 29 A public auction will be held at the Hines consolidated school April 29. Anyone having articles to be auctioned is requested to enter them at the auction. LIBRARIAN LIST" BOOKS OF GARDENS AND IMPROVEMENTS Beatrice Mills of Bemidji Library Submits List of Books. Miss BIRD, FLOWER AND TREE BOOKS ALSO LISTED Citizens Urged to Read Articles at the Local Intsitution _on Subjects. Miss Beatrice Mills, librarian of the Bemidji library, today compiled a list of the books at the library on subjects in regard to gardening, civic improvement, birds, flowers and trees. Citizens of Bemidji are urged to read these books. The list of books for those inter- ested in civic improvement and gar- dening is as follows: Addams—Spirit of Youth and the City Streets. Baker--Municipal Engineering and Sanitation. Deming—Government of American Cities. Ely—The Coming City. Fairlie — Local Government in Counties. \ Counties, Towns and Villages. Hutchinson—Prevention of Con- sumption. Hillier—Preventable Diseases. McCullough—Engineering ~ Work in Towns and Villages. Mero—American Playgrounds. Perry—Wider Use of the School Plant. Robinson—Improvement of Cities and Towns; Modern Civic Art. Whitelegge—Hygiene and Public Health. Bailey—Garden Making. Rockwell—Home Vegetable dening. Ely—A Woman’s Hardy Garden. Hall—Three Acres and Liberty. Henderson—Gardening for Profit. Fraser—The Potato. Beattie—Celery Culture. Grenier—Onion Culture. Hexamer—Asparagus. Hemenway—How to Make School Gardens. The list of books in regard to birds,"flowers and trees is as follows: How to Know the Wild' Birds of Minnesota—Lang. Merriam—Birds of Field. Eckstom—The Bird Book. Chapman—Bird Life. Burroughs—Wake Robin and Bird Stories. Mathews—Field Book of American ‘Wild Flowers. Dana—How to Know Flowers. Fernou—Care of Trees. Keeler—Our Native Trees. Mathews—Familiar Trees. Hodge—Nature Study and Life. Gar- Village and the Wild RICH MUSICAL COMEDY AT GRAND TONIGHT The Rich Musical Comedy company will present the musical comedy, “Johnny Wise,” at the Grand thea- ter tonight. The company last night presented the comedy, “The Suffragettes,” be- fore a crowded house. “The Country Girl” will be pre- sented tomorrow evening. J. C. HINTON GETS WHITE EARTH POST J. H. Hinton has succeeded Major John R. Howard as superintendent of the White Earth Indian reserva- tion. Major Howard has been pro- moted and transferred to another branch of the Indian service. Mr. Hinton went to the reservation as an inspector for the government |euurt yesterday. expired. his sister, Mrs. T. R. Symons. in 1910. i : " " Gosh! Doesn’t An April Shower Feel Good? By "HOP APRILS E [(More PrEcioLs|| ALL wiwER f K Stou NuTs Has, ] smwsg" B! D'TNEG-NG mflsktgwrs 4 ! fi%;_&l} § 11_ 1 a1 i i‘i i - l d i k = o’f < \ ;o= 2 b, ! > z FUNSTON ADMITS THAT VILLA HAS ESCAPED SOUTH Probably Headed Toward Parrel Dis- trict With Few Troops Pursuing. GROUP OF VILLA TROOPS DEFEATED BY AMERICANS Account of Transportation Troubles, Auto Trucks Ordered Used. San Antonio, April 5.—Admitting that Gen. Villa has escaped south. General Funston today stated that Villa is probably headed toward the Parral district with but a few Amer- ican troops pursuing. He said he sently only a few on account of it being impossible to send a consid- erable body with the present force and still guard the lines of communi- cation. Group Defeated. Surprised during their siesta, one of the groups of Villa's force driven from Guerrero was defeated Saturday by a squadron of the Tenth cavalry under Colonel W. C. Brown. In this second engagement the American troops have had with Villa’s men, the bandits’ loss was estimated at from 30 to 40 killed. No mention of the American loss was made in the reports received here. Villa is Wounded. El Paso, April 5.—In a positive statement, General Guiterrez, Car- ranza commandant of Chihuahua City says that Villa was so badly wounded that he was unable to ride a horse. ‘Washington, April 5.—On account of transportations troubles, Secretary Baker has ordered 100 automobile trucks for Mexican service. FOUR MORE LINERS ARE SUNK; THREE One Ll!e is Lost When British Liner Bender is Sunk; Dutch Ship Sunk. . FOUR AID RAIDS MADE IN PAST FOUR DAYS French Gain Trenches South of Doua- mount; Rome War Minister Resigns. London, April 5.—Four more ves- sels, three neutrals, have been sunk. There was one loss of life when the British steamer Bender was sunk. The neutrals sunk are the Spanish Vigo, the Norwegian Arena and the Dutch Elsina. By land, sea and air, the Germans are attempting to offset the effect of the Paris conference. Four Zeppe- lin attacks have been made in the past four days. The torpedoings are averaging four datly. Orders Inquiry. The Hague, April 5.—The tor- pedoing of the Elsina Helena while Holland is in the grip of a war scare has caused intense excitement. The government has ordered an official in- quiry. 3 ‘Washington, April 5.—Official con- firmation has been received that four Americans were aboard the torpedoed British steamer Berwynd. Paris, April 6.—(Official)—The French have made further gains in trench fighting in the Caillette woods south of Douamount. Refuses U. 8. Request. Rome, April 5.—Minister of War General Zupeli and Under Secretary of War Elia have resigned. General Monroe has succeeded Supeli and General Alfrieri has succeeded Elia. Washington, April 5.—Great Brit- ain has refused in a long note to com- ply with the American demand for the release of 30 Germans taken from the trans-Pacific liner China. " Berlin, April 6.—The Dutch gov- ernment, it was reported here today, has refused to comply with the in- formal request from the allies that she close her frontier to Germany. BELTRAMI COUNTY MEN ADD STOCK TO FARMS W. G. Schroeder, who operates the Alfalfa Dairy farm near this city, has purchased eighteen head of young stock from Charles Barclay and has added to the herd at the Schroeder farm. . Andrew Holbecker of Laporte has purchased from Mr. Schroeder a blooded Holstein bull. The animal will be added to Mr. stoek at Laporte. A NEUTRALS Holbecker's