Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 3, 1916, Page 1

Fy e VOLUME XIV, NO. 109. BEMIDJ], MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1916. Pittsburgh St Two A%, Killed; Scores ln;urc\ ., lilitia Called MORE LABORERS OF MUNITION FACTORIES STRIKE Several Thousand Employes of the McKee Rock Plant Walk Out. STRIKERS STORM FOUR BIG STEEL COMPANIES Many Injured Are Spirited Away by Strikers; Women Join in Mad Fight. Pittsburgh, Pa., May 3.—Several companies of the Eighteenth Infantry of Pittsburgh were called out today to guard the property of companies affected by a general strike of labor- ers. Several thousand laborers of the McKee Rock Plant joined the hun- dred thousand munition workers striking. Two Are Killed, Two men are known to have been killed, four probably fatally wounded, and a score of other seriously hurt yesterday afternoon when a mob, said by the authorities to have been composed principally of foreigners, attacked the Edgar Thompson works of the Carnegie Steel company in Braddock. A pitched battle lasting an hour followed, during which four hundred shots were fired, but the rioters were finally forced to retreat in the face of a deadly fire from the rifles and revolvers of deputy sheriffs and plant guards. To Be Deported. District Attorney R. H. Jackson announced that he would take steps at once for the deportation of all for- eigners connected with the trouble. The riot was the climax of a day of disorder in the burroughs of Ran- kin and Braddock, during which mobs stormed the plant. of four big steel companies, drove the workmen out and then partly wrecked the interior of the plant. Take Wounded Away. Many of those injured in the fight- ing at the Edgar Thompson works were spirited away by the rioters and for hours after quiet had been re- stored, the injured continued to be brought to hospitals for treatment. * Snipers, hidden in doorways and win- dows near the Thirteenth street en- trance tried to pick off deputies who were fighting to hold back the mob, and two deputies were said to have been hit. Women also joined in the mad fight to gain entry to the works and two of these were wounded. The two men killed were foreigners. SANATORIUM BOARD INSPECTS HOSPITAL The commissioners of the Lake Julia sanatorium are holding a meet- ing at the sanatorium today. The board is inspecting the sanatorium to make final preparations for the open- ing. Dr. Robinson Bosworth, secretary of the state advisory board, and E. H. Sand of Minneapolis, architect of the sanatorium buildings, are attend- ing the meeting today. The Beltrami county commissioners at the meeting are A. G. Wedge, Jr., Charles War- field and Dr. E. W. Johnson; Koochi- ching county commissioners are Aad A. Tone and William Durrin of Northome; Hubbard county commis- sioners are Dr. W. W. Diggs and J. T. Delaney of Park Rapids. - CONGRESS ASKS FOR REPORT ON INCOMES ‘Washington, May 3.—Representa- tive Keating today introduced a reso- lution directng Secretary of the Treasury, McAdoo to furnish congress with a statement as to whether or not there has been $320,000,000 annu- ally withheld from the treasury by income tax frauds and evasions. It also asks why McAdoo did not recom- mend to the present that all income tax returns be.made public. REV. ALVORD NAMES ALTERNATE T0 MEET Rev. L. D. Alvord of Bemidji today appointed T. F. Wells of St. Paul as his alternate as a’ delegate to the na- tional Prohibition convention. SHERIFF JOHNSON GOES T0 BAUDETTE AND SPOONER' Sheriff Andrew Johnson went to Baudette and Spooner last night on business. in a few days. {day evening at eight o’clock. He will return to Bemidji rikers Riot; G JESTO GIVE CONGERT Proceeds of Entertainment by Protes- tant Churches for County Sunday School Work. All the Protestant churches of Be- midji will unite in giving a benefit concert at the Methodist church Fri- The proceeds of the entertainment will be used to further the county Sunday school work. The following program will be given: “On to Vietory,” (from the Easter Allelulia), Presbyterian church choir. Piano solo—(a) “Tarantilla,” (J. P. Lauderbuehl), (b) “The Flower Girl,” (Wilmot Lemont), Thelma Bowers. Vocal solo—‘“There, Little Girl, Don’t Cry,” Lucy Brooks. Piano solo—Barcarolli in F, (H. Engelman), Borgild Johnson. Reading—(a) “Patsy’s First Ap- pearance at the Kindergarten,” (b) “Patsy Finds His Three Lost Years,” Mable Johnson. Allelulia chorus—'‘The Easter Al- lelulia,” Presbyterian church choir. Piano solo—selected, Miss Blanche Dodge. Vocal solo—*"“A Thot Like Music,” (Johannes Brahms) Edith Mills. Vocal solo—(a) “Time to Rise,” (L. H. Cowen), (b) “The Dunce,” (c) “How Do We Go to Slumber- land?” Irene Powell. Reading—*Lasca,” Mable John- son. Vocal solo—*Lullaby from Joce- yn,” (Godard), Carrie Armstrong. Violin solo — selected, Blanche Dodge. Vocal solo—“An Endless Mrs. George Berglund. Vocal solo—‘“The Awakening,” (C. G, Spross), Ida Virginia Brown. “Lift Up Your Heads,” (Easter Al- lelulia), Presbyterian church choir. GLEAN-UP DAY TO BE NEXT FRIDAY Friday has been officially set aside as clean-up day in the state of Min- nesota by Governor J. A. A. Burn- quist. Day,” 1 CORN, POTATO AND POULTRY: SHOW T0 BE BIG | Bueford M. Gile, Agriculturist of the Bemidji Schools, Writes for the Pioneer. N. M. D. A. AND BEMIDJI OFFER EXCELLENT PRIZES Entries to Date in the Corn and Po- tato Contests Announced; Booklet Issued. (By Bueford M. Gile) Bemidji School Agriculturist. The Corn, Potato and Poultry Show to be held in Bemidji next De- cember will be a big one. The greatest single feature of this Po- tatoes will be on exhibit from all over Northern Minnesota. The Northern Minnesota Development association has again appropriated $300 in prizes to encourage and teach the young people better agriculture and to show them that all good citizens in North- show will be the potato exhibits. ern Minnesota are interested in them. Each one of these young people who enter the potato contest will exhibit one peck at Bemidji next December. Fifty Enter Contest. As a further inducement to the young people in the vicinity of Be- midji, additional prizes are offered by the business men of Bemidji. There are fifty entries in this contest up to date. This contest is a small com- munity contest within a big contest and embraces territory within ap- proximately twenty-five miles of Be- midji. Information concerning this contest may be obtained by address- ing the writer. - Corn Contest. Up to date there are thirteen con- testants who have joined the Acre Yield Corn Contest., Last year was a very poor year for corn and very few have seed corn. However, we hope this will be a good year for corn and i*i*iiii*f#fi**i#i VE DAY 5 TAGS NOT HERE The dogs in Bemidji .are having their day. Monday was the day that all dogs in the city were ordered to be taxed and tagged. The tags have not arrived'in the city and City Olerk Stein doesn’t know when they will be here, so dog owners will be given several weeks after the tags arrive for the securing of tags for their dées. t*****t**********t KKK K I KX XD Ames, Guthrie; Theodore Fenske, Be- midji. Corn. Contest. Archie Bowers, ‘Hekles; Walter Danlicker, Eckles; Bert Brennan, Eckles; Magdalen Sadek, Turtle River; Ruth Boobar, Helga; Clayton Coyle, Grant Valley; Joe Morain, Grant Valley; Laurence Knox Alaska; Alois Schmidt, Grant Valley; Dave Vincent, Northern; Egner Willet, Frohn; Walter Miller,;“Grant Valley; Selma Burr, Frohn. COMMERGIAL CLUB RETAINS SATHRE Temporary Secretary of Club is Named Official for Year; Ju- niors to Organize. -At a meeting of the directors of the Bemidji Commercial club last eve- ning, E. M. Sathre, who has been act- ing as temperary secretary of the or- ganization, was elected secretary for the balance of the fiscal year. His salary was increased from $25 to $50 a month and he will be allowed a commission of five' per cent on all dues and fees collected. The directors endorsed the organi- zation of a Junior Commercial club to be conducted under the supervision of the Commercial club. A meeting of the jurior members will be held tonighLfit the club rooms for the purpose of organizing. The juniors will also take up the matter of having charge of the elean-up work will furnish twenty young people in this contest their seed corn. We de- sire to-have-about this.numberin.the. corn contest and would like to hear from seven more boys who will join this contest. Those joining the lo- cal contests will alse use the same plats in the state contests. The con- testants may also use the same plat of potatoes and corn to compete for prizes offered by the county fair in their respective counties. Bemidji will participate in the movement and efforts will be made to clean up the entire city on that day. The Junior Commercial club organization which will be formed at the Commercial club rooms tonight will probably have charge of the clean-up campaign. ‘W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji schools, today stated that he would close the schools a half day to aid in the clean-up campaign if the business men will take an interest equally with the school in the mat- ter of a clean-up campaign. RED LAKE FALLS BASE BALL TEAM WANTS GAMES A fast baseball team has been or- ganized at Red Laks Falls. W. J. Quesnell, secretary and treasurer of the Red Laks Falls Baseball club, in a letter to the editor of the Pioneer writes that his team is open for games with any fast team in this dis- trict. W. G. CALDERW00D FILES FOR SENATE St. Paul, Minn,, May 3—W. G. Calderwood of Minneapolis today filed on the Prohibition ticket as a candi- date for United States senator. FOREST FIRE NEAR DEER RIVER BURNS 95 ACRES St. Paul, Minn., May 3.—State For- ester Cox today got the first reports of the season of forest fires. reported near Deer River. acres were burned. SCOOP [d& sue Names Annouiiced. The following are the names of those who have joined the corn and potato contests to date. Any one wishing to join who does not find his or her name in the list, should communicate with the writer. A booklet, descriptive of the contests, will be sent upon request. Potato Contest. Bessie Knox, Alaska; Archie Bow- s, Eckles; Walter Danlicker, Eckles; Lloyd Danlicker, Eckles; Bert Bren- nan, Eckles; Celia Brennan, Eckles; Bennie Grow, Eckles; Stanley Coe Be- midji; Ruth Boobar, Helga; Clayton Coyle, Grant Valley; Elsie Jennings, Blackduck; Claire Vincent, Bemidji; Mae Fuller, Maple Ridge; Joe Mor- ain, Grant Valley; Lawrence Knox, Alaska; Dave Vincent, Northern; Omer Long, Maple Ridge; Donald Knox, Alaska; Victor Miller, Grant Valley; Josephine Miller, Grant Val- ley; Arthur Miller, Grant Valley; Ella Luadtke, Grant Valley; Dona Willett, Grant Valley; -Charles Schmitt, Grant Valley; Egner Wil- let, Frohn; Walter Frost, Grant Val- ley; Ruth Stoy, Eckles; Chas. Hall, Nebish; Rena Bidoeau, Nebish; Bel- ma Ware, Nebish; Harold Bradshaw, Nebish; Cecil E. Koch, Shevlin; Ida Sunde, Helga; Carl Snustad, Helga; Necolous J. Snustad, Helga; Edmund Dybvig, Helga; Leonard Alton, Frohn; Gladys Miller, Jones; Gustave Burr, Bemidji; Andrew Becker, Jones; Percy Koch, Shevlin; Harry Cluft, Port Hope; Clifford Travis, Port Hope; John Pemble, Port Hope; Stu- for next Friday and will probably complete plans for: the holding of a Commercial clulr dgaee- R BAPTIST CHURGH T0 HOLD BANQUET TONIGHT The annual church banquet and roll call of the Baptist church will be held at the church tonight begin- ning at 7:30 o’clock. The Pioneer, in error, announced in yesterday’s is- sue that the banquet would be given last night. An excellent program has been prepared for the occasion. OUT-OF-DOOR EXERGISES FOR THE GRADED SGHOOLS Out-of-door exercises will be held at the North and Central schools, the closing day of the present school term, according to an announcement made today by W. P. Dyer, superintendent of schools. This will be the first year that such exercises have been held. The program will include songs, drills and exercises of all kinds. All the grades will participate in the program. GEORGE H. WETSEL OF TENSTRIKE IS DEAD George H. Wetsel, a pioneer of Bel- trami county, died at his home in Tenstrike yesterday. He was 90 years of age. His body will be ship- ped to New York State for burial. IRVIN IS LEADING IN ST. PAUL ELECTION St. Paul, Minn., May 3.—V. R. Ir- A fire was |art Rice, Port Hope; Gladys Millbock, | vin is leading W. C. Handy for mayor Ninety Jones; Sarah Stienbrenner, Guthrie, iof St. Paul. i****_******** Eighty-four precinets |industrial committee reported The fire is out. John Stienbrenner, Guthrie; Freddie give Irvin 11,274 and Handy 6,009. !funds were being solicited for the ex- - TAXES ARE AGAINST *| CONSERVINGFORESTS SAYS TIMBER BARON|Resigns; Conscrlptlon Asked Charles Ruggles Gives Interesting Talk at Meeting of the Com- mercial Club. T0 CONSIDER PROJECTS FOR PLATTING SITES Committee Reports Accepted; New Members Admitted; Many Attend Meet. “The method of taxing timbered property in the United States is wrong. Conservation of forests is not encouraged by the method.” These statements .awere made by Charles Ruggles, the timber baron, in a talk at the meeting of the Commer- cial club last evening. Upon the suggestion of the indus- trial committee of the club, Mr. Rug- gles.was asked whether or not he ‘would consider propositions for- the platting of a three-quarter mile piece of lake shore property north of the Birchmont Beach hotel to attract summer resorters, .and for the plat- ting of a piece of property on the lake north of Crookston mill number two for industrial sites. Considers Proposition. Mr, Ruggles in a talk stated that he would be willing to consider any proposition in regard to the sites. He stated that he favored the in- dustrial site propositipn more than the summer resort proposition, stating that an industrial city was more in demand than a summer resort city. ° In his talk Mr. Ruggles outlined the amount of taxes that he has had to pay on lumber tracts in this dis- triet. tries in order to urge the conserva- tion of forests, timber on lands is tax- ed only when it is cut. In this coun- try the timber is taxed each year. Taxes Are High. Mr. Ruggles picked out several pieces of land owned by him in this vicinity and outlined the taxes that he has had to pay. One “forty,” he purchased in 18§2 at a government land sale at t. Cloud. The first year that the Tand: was taxed was in 1885 and the taxes amounted to 61 cents. From that time on the taxes increased until in 1914 he had to pay a tax of $182.30. The total amount of tax on this “forty’” which was purchased for $72, according to Mr. Ruggles, was $1,- 726.32. Interest is Large. Another “forty” picked out by Mr. Ruggles, purchased at the same land sale and costing $72, was taxed to 1916 at $1,813. Mr. Ruggles figured that six per cent compound interest on the tax would amount to $1,138. 50, making the total tax §$3,023.50. “If you ask me to carry a piece of land until you are ready to buy it, and to leave the timber standing, you see you are asking me to carry quite a burden,” said Mr. Ruggles. Mr. Ruggles told of his early ex- periences in Bemidji and this dis- triet. Self Made Man. “I am a self-made man,” said Mr. Ruggles. “I have followed the ad- vice of the people who have furnish- ed me money. I started in the tim- ber business at the age of 17. When 15 years old I managed a match tao- tory at Oshkosh, Wis.” Good lawyers and good bankers are the making of a city, according to Mr. Ruggles, who in several stories brought out this point in a very good manner. “Capital is accumulated labor,” said Mr. Ruggles. ““The more capital the better off the labor. The less unions the better it is for the labor- ers.” He urged a court for settling dif- ferences and stated that litigation is a big injury to a city. For every dollar that a lawyer gets, it costs the government ten, according to Mr. Ruggles. Committee Reports. At the meeting last evening, the that Too Late For The Best Trick To Be Useful |/ S\T UP THERE. TIL T COME- BACK WITH SOME- CHEESE-AN THEN TLL TEACH NV — WHY DEPICT THE 54D DETAILS P — He stated that in other coun- |’ Leaders of Irish Revolt are Shot; Cabinet Officer tending of the Nary telephone line to this city. The report of the com- mittee was accepted in regard to its proposals in regard to securing sites for industries. 5 The band committee reported that funds were being solicited for the band. L. Burchard, director of the band, submitted a report showing that the financlal condition of the band was very poor. The furnishing of a water trough for horses was referred to the civie improvement committee. The summer railway train service was referred to the traffic committee. George Rutley, a member of the Du- luth Commercial club, gave a short talk in regard to the work of the Du- luth organization. HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SERVE DINNER . Domestic Science Class Under the Di- rection of Miss Vermilye, Pre- pare Dinner at Schoel. Several girls of the cooking class |of the Bemidji high school, compos- ing one division, served the girls of the other division of the class at a dinner party at the cooking rooms in the high school this noon. The girls had entire charge of the dinner, from the choosing of the bill- of-fare, the shopping, cooking planning to the serving this noon. The cost per plate was estimated at eighteen cents. The table was prettily decorated and the color scheme was cleverly worked out. A May pole was set in the middle of the table, wound in yellow crepe paper. Strands of the yellow paper were draped to the dif- ferent places at which place cards of a Japanese design were set. Min- iaturé yellow candles were set at each place. The menu was as follows: Noodle soup, pork roast, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, tuna fish _ salad, hot rolls and butter, olives, coffee and cream and date fluff. The young ladies who prepared the dinner are the Misses Beatrice Kirk, Mable Nyhus, Edythe Schmidt, Ar- dyth Schroeder, May Ripple and Mu- riel Rice. The guests at the dinner party were the Misses Mabel Aubolee, Lucy Brooks, Pearl Brownlee, Mildred Dickenson, Dora Evenson, Inez Foster and Elizabeth Vermilye. "Miss Elizabeth Vermilye is instrue- tor in the domestic science depart- ment. HENION OPENS FOUNDRY AND MAGHINE SHOP H. D. Henion has opened a foundry and machine shop at 418 Eighth street. He will specialize in brass and aluminum. MERCHANTS ATTENDING FARM CLUB MEETING Several Bemidji merchants are at- tending the meeting of the Eckles Farmers club at the farm of Tom Brennan this afternoon. MUCH INTEREST SHOWN IN MAY LAND SALE Much interest is being shown in the tax judgment land sale which will be held at the court house com- ‘mencing Monday. Inquiries as to the conditions of the sale have been re- ceived from all parts of the state and many parts of the Northwest. It is expected that the sale will continue for several weeks. Government lands and will be sold under the Volstead Act. \E TDONWN TAUGHT \T How . @ge: ey BALTa~ M1 BIRREL RESIGNS FROM CABINET ON AGCOUNT OF REVOLT Asquith Tells Commons That Three - Leaders of Rebellion Are Killed. _|NO REPLY RECEIVED IN SUBMARINE CRISIS Anniversary of the Sinking of the Lusitania, Sunday; Con- scription Urged. London, May 3.—Premier Asquith today told the House of Commons that three- leaders of the Irish rebellion had been shot to death. ‘Augustme Birrel, cabinet officer, chief secretary for Ireland and gen- eral friend of the commander forces of Ireland, resigned as a resull of the Irish rebellion. Loss is Large. May 3.—One hundred and seventy-nine buildings were destroy- ed in the seven days’ rebellion in Ire- land. The loss of Sackville street district in Dublin alone was $8,000,~ 000. 2 ‘Washington, May 3.—The hope of definitely disposing of the submarine issue before Sunday, the anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania, waned today on account of the delay of dis- patches from Berlin. Immediate Enlistment. ‘London, May 3.—The recruiting problem in Dublif is to be dealt with by the British parliament in a bill to be introduced by the governmgnt, calling for general and immediate compulsory enlistment. All told since the commencement of the war, the naval and military en- listments have exceeded 5,000,000 men, Premier Asquith told the house of commons, that the existing ma- chinery for recruiting was not suffi- cient to gét more men to the colors, and that it was the purpose of the government to ask for legislation which would compel so-called ‘“‘slack- ers” to answer to their country’s call. SGOTT AND OBREGON AGREE ON SITUATION El Paso, Berling, May 3.—The American expedition will remain in Mexico without interference under an agreement between General Scott and General Obregon, following a 12 hours’ conference. Obregon granted the full use of the Mexican North- western railway for the transporting of supplies. In return Scott promised to set a 60-day limit for the presence of Americans in Chihuahua. SOPHOMORE BASEBALL TEAM DEFEATS FRESHIES The Sophomore baseball team de- feated the Freshman team in the Be- midji high school league last evening at the county fair grounds by a score of 16 to 1. The Juniors and the Sophomores will clash at the fair grounds at four o’clock this afternoon. KRR KRR KR KKK KRS STATE GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND THEIR HIS- TORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Prepared by the Minne- sota Historical Soclety for the United Press.) HENNEPIN COUNTY The fame of Father Henne- pin, the Franciscan, is an ex- cellent illustration of the might of the pen. In 1680 La Selle, who was endeavoring to establish himself in the Illi- nois country, sent one’ Mich- eal Accuault with two com- panions, one of whom was Hennepin, to explore the up- per Mississippi and these were the first white men, so far as known,. to see the falls of Stfi Anthony. Although Ac- though Accuault appears to have been the responsible leader of the expedition, Hen- nepin in his narrative pub- lished in 1683, took most of the credit unto himself. An- other book published under Hennepin’s name some years later contains a palpably ficti- tious account of a voyage down the Mississippi to its mouth. Hennepin county was established in 1852. XA KA XKk KXk A Ak A A A Ak A KA A A XA A KA A Ak kA Ak Ak kkhhkkk ki R R E S SRR RS S SR (EASSE RS RRSR SRR RSttt Rt Rt AN