Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 11, 1916, Page 1

VOLUME XIV, NO. 116. OPENING OF NEW SANATORIUM IS POSTPONED TO JUNE Mrs. Neal, Private Nurse of Minne- apolis, is Selected as Superintendent. TEN APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRANCE RECEIVED Trees on Site Are Blown Over During Recent Big Wind Storm. The opening of the new tubercu- losis sanatorium on Lake Julia has ! been postponed until June first, ac- 1 cording to an announcement made today by a member of the sanatorium {3 board. Failure of certain equipment to arrive is the cause of the opening being postponed. Miss Bell Resigns. Miss Mary Bell of Battle Lake, who was offered the position of superin- tendent, has advised the board that she will be unable to accept. Mrs. Neal of Minneapolis, a private nurse, has been secured for superintendent. She will appoint her assistant nurses. Ten applications from consumptive patients have already been received by Dr. E. W. Johnson, who is in charge of the applications. 1 Officials to Meet. xv Invitations have been issued to i every county offieial in Beltrami, Hubbard and Koochiching counties to attend a meeting at the sanatorium June 15. The officials will meet in Bemidji and will be taken to the sanatorium in automobiles. Several trees were blown over on Senior Class to Present “Comedy of Errors” Tomorrow ¥ CAST OF ' CHARACTERS. Top row from left to right—Del bert Woods, Dromio of Syracuse; John Stechman, Antipholus of Eph esus; Alex Cameron, Antipholus of Syracuse; Edna Backlund, Second M erchant; Leroy Matson, Solinus, Duke of Ephesus; Ralph Johnson, Angelo,' a goldsmith; Charles White, Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse. ¥ H Bottom Row—Edna Anderson, .Phryne; Corrine Carlson, Adriana, wife of Antipholus of Ephesus; Jean ette Stechman, Pinch; Miss Laura Michener, director; Dolly Koors, Ae milia, wife of Aegeon; Lucile Moritz, Luciana. | In addition to the above, Willi"‘am ‘Ward will take the part of Dro- mio of Ephesus; Marjorie Shannon, 'Luce, servant to Adriiana, and Earl Mclver, Balthazar. i i —— The dress rehearsal of the Senior class play, “The Comedy of Er- - rors,” which will be given by the S enior class of the Bemidji high school at the Grand theater tomorrow afternoon and evening, was held this af- ternoon. B Tickets have been placed on siile at Netzer’s Drug Store. There will be no reserved seats. The matinee will be given in the afternoon at 3:45 o’clock. DENIES KOOCHIGHING COUNTY IS _BANKRUPT St. Paul, Minn.,, May 11.—To in- vestigate charges that faulty —————————— MILLE LAGS-LEEGH LAKE HIGHWAY GLUB Brainerd, Minn., May 11.—Dele- gates {rom Cass, Mille Lacs and Crow con- the grounds surrounding the sana- torium during the wind storm Mon- day. ¢ ' THREE JOIN GOURT AUTOMOBILE CLU 4 Pay Fines of Two Dollars mh Two Cases Are Continued to Next Week. 5 Three Bemidji men were udmitted to the municipal ¢ourt dutomobile club this morning by pleading guilty to charges of speeding and paying fines of two dollars each. They were Frank Pogue, Rude B Thome and Attorney A.-A. Andrews £ who were arrested by the Bemidji po- lice Saturday on charges of speed- ing. The cases of George Kreatz and. James Black on charges of speeding were continued this morning for one week. Bemidji police are making strin- gent efforts to enforce the traffic laws in the city. The most speeding by automobiles is done on Beltrami avenue near the | Central school house, according to Mayor Vandersluis. Speeding at this point endangers the lives of school children and must be stopped, say city officials. TAMS BIXBY, HEAD OF 3 TOWNSITE GOMPANY, HERE Tams Bixby, president of the Be- midji Townsite & Improvement com- pany, is a visitor in Bemidji today. His home is in Oklahoma City, Okla. Miss E. L. Callahan of Minneapolis, secretary of the company, was a vis- itor in Bemidji yesterday. e CHINA JOINS WITH JAPAN IN PROTEST Washington, May 11.—China has joined with Japan in protesting against the proposed immigration law. The Chinese minister, Welling- ton Koo, told Secretary Lansing to- day that Chinese in America have protested and demand equal recogni- tion and the elimination of specific | exclusion acts naming Chinese. HOPE SANATORIUM DESTROYED BY FIRE Hastings, Minn., May 11.—F'ire de- stroyed the Hope sanatorium, a four- story brick building, today. The or- igin is not known. The building was valued at $25,000. Eight pa- tients escaped. 7 BANK OFFICERS CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT Oconomowoe, Wis,, May 11.— Charles Probert, cashier, and Ernest Theobald, assistant' cashier, of the First National bank here, were. ar- rested today on.a charge of misap- propriating between ‘ten and eleven thousand -dollars. underneath protriided “thretugh- the { 7 ZFthdt'he believed the complaining fax- MONDAY IS THE LAST struction of the highway known as “Elwell road No. 24” for 12 miles across a bog in Koochiching county has caused the county a loss of $16,- 000, Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith and Public Examiner Andrew Fritz left for the north woods coun- try last night. The road was built at a cost of $112,000. Three taxpayers, Rev. T. W. How- ard, D. J. Kennedy and A. .Swanson, charge that it settled so that stumps Wing counties met at the Brainerd Chamber of Commerce and organized the Mille Lacs-Leech Lake Jefferson Highway association. Men promin- ent in the development of the north sion being presided over by Dr. J. A. Thabes of Brainerd. The officers elected were: 'Presl- dent, Dr. F. L. Wilcox, Walker; three| 'vice presidents, Crow Wing county, R. R. Wise of Brainerd; Mille Lacs ‘county, H. F. Mann of ‘Waukon; Cass licounty, John Bailey of Backus; sec- rétary, C. &: Hansing, Brarnerd; reasurer, Judge C. A. Allbnght, Brainerd. The execitive ‘committee includes the officers named and Hon.. P. H. McGarry and A.'McBride of Walker, representing Cass county; Dr. J. A. Thabes and N. H. Ingersoll, Brain- erd, representing Crow Wing county; F. R. Burrell and J. F. Warren of Onamia, representing Mille Lacs county. A committee to draft a briat, make a map of the route and gather photo- graphs and statistics to present to the state highway commission in- cluges J. S. Scribner, Walker, chair- man; James M. Elder, Brainerd; H. F. Mann, Waukon; Judge Bert Jami- son, Walker, and Judge C. A. All- bright, Brainerd. RED LAKE TO RUN SPECGIAL TRAIN highway. Mr. Smith said he e_xpect— ed to find everything regular and payers had been'led to believé a' bet- ter road-than the contract called for. : He said stories that Koochiching ¢ounty was virtually bankrupt were without foundation. DAY TO PAY DOG TAXES Monday is the last day to pay dog taxes in Bemidji. If dogs are not taxed by that time they will be—— Only 18 dogs have been taxed up to noon today. Dog owners are ad- vised to pay their dog’s tax immedi- ately. NEW FOUNDRY TO OPEN IN BEMIDJI MONDAY A foundry will be opened Monday in connection with the present Be- midji Welding & Machine company. C. F. Olson will manage the plant. Rudolph Orth of Bertha, Minn,, is a partner of Mr. Olson’s in the new foundry. Brass, iron and aluminum will be cast. The new concern will cater trade in this section of the state. 23 T0 TAKE RURAL MAIL GARRIER EXAM Twenty-three men will take a civil service examination Saturday for rural mail carrier in Bemidji. There is at present one vacancy to be filled. The examination will be held in the Crookston Lumber company reading For the accommodation of the peo- ple along the Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba railway who wish' to wit- ness the production of “The Birth of a Nation” in Bemidji May 23, and to take advantage of the many bar- gains to be offered by the Bemidji merchants on that day, a special train .will be run from Bemidji to Redby. The train will leave Bemidji at 11:30 p. m. A to IMSDAHL FILES FOR GCOUNTY COMMISSIONER H. E. Imsdahl of Pitt today filed for county commissioner in the sec- ond district. Other filings'for that office are V. E. Lindholm," Albert John of Baudette, B. A. Arneson of country were at Brainerd, the ses-| UVER § - Gob Only 850 Signers Needed to Call Elec- tion; 2,000 to Be Being Constructed on All 3 Challenging for World’s Seoured. : Sides. Judge Hiram A. Simons today an- Championship. nounced his candidacy for nomina- i ELECTION WILL BE ATTACK FROM CARRANZA tlon s judgo of probate in Beltrami| ) yorHER LEADER OF “Drys”. Are Confident of Victory; : in regard. to his candidacy: Northern Part of County Sen- to Quit Mexican To'the voters of Beltrami county: pulsed in District Near timent Changing. Territory. At'the request of many business Verdun. % 3 men and friends Over 1,000 citizens have signed the petitions for a county option election in Beltrami county, according to an announcement made this afternoon | by a tnember of the League of Bemidji. ers are necessary for the calling of 000 SIGN NTY. OPTION 10 GERMAN LEADER Drops Manifesto Behind Second Lines 1 | Announces His Candidacy for County Office; Issues & Statement. Trenches and Defensive Works Are county at the primary election to ve held June 19. He issued the following statement IRISH REVOLT EXECUTED —— French and German Troops Are Be- HELD AUGUST 14 FORCES BELIEVED FEARED New Warning is Issued to Americans throughout the county, I hereby announce myself as a ¢andidate for the nomination as judge of probate of this county, to be voted for at the primary election to be held on the 18th day of June, 1916. H 1 was born and raised in the state of Minnesota, and was admitted to| the bar of California in 1888, and in Paris, May 11.—Lieut. Navarre, 21 year old French air hero, dropped his second manifesto behind German lines challenging Lieut. Limmelman, German air hero, for a battle for the champlonship of the work. Limmel- man {is credited with bringing down Columbus, New Mexico, May 11.— Infantrymen under Major Sample are constructing trenches and defensive works on all sides of Columbus. Resi- dents here are alarmed, and several have left the city. They refused Major Sample’s assurances. An at- Men’s Civie Only 850 sign- an election.. tack from Carranza troops is feared. | Minnesota in 1897, and with the ex-)15 enemy aeroplanes. Hé ignored The election will probably be held| ~Washington, May 11.—It was ad- | CePtion of several years have prac-| (s firgt callenge. it - Hignst i mitted officially here today that a |ticed ;nw in this state eontlnuomly French Repulsed * $ix hundred and ninety-six signers | new warning had been fo C Y Phdanel - X, BUBAESe ) ¥ . ghibnkl I came to Beltrami county in A\l- Berlin, May 11. — (Official)--- were secured for the petition, so far, in Bemidji Spooner “drys” report that they have 178 signers, Blackduck has about 90 signers and Other parts tions in circulation but made reports to the Civic League here. “Dry’’ leaders are confident of vic- tory at ‘th various parts of the county indicate that there is much “dry” sentiment and that a Reports of the county: are that the sentiment there is changing to the “drys.” PLENTY OF GARNATIONS FOR MOTHERS' DAY \thé carnations, most popular of all flowers: for ‘‘Mothers’ Day,” next -Sunday, are $1.50 a dozen. no shortage midji florists. popular and spring sweet- peas demand. A large number of orders are al- ready being -placed: for Day"” gifts of flofers and dealers look for a very general o_bservanee of the occasion. THREE FORMER STATE GLERKS MEET HERE through consuls: advising Americans -to -quit Mexican territory. DOOLEY, N, D., IS NEARLY WIPED 0UT Plentywood, Mont., May 11.—The village of Dooley, fourteen miles east of Plentywood, was nearly completely wiped out by fire yesterday, pngq‘- ing a loss of over $100,000 to buli' ness buildings and 'stocks of merchan- dise. The fire started ‘early in the fore- noon ‘in. Clark's .department store, which is a total loss, as well as the other business buildings on that side of the street, including the Citizens’ State bank. WORK AT SCHOOL FARM T0 GOMMENGE SATURDAY French troops were repulsed in two attacks near Verdun. Rome, May 11.—(Official) —A French submarine sank an Austrian transport off the Albanian coast in the lower Adriatic yesterday. The crew of the transport is believed to have perished. Irish Leader Executed. London, May 11.—Thomas Kent, ‘| the thirteenth Irish leader, was exe- cuted today. He is probably the last to pay the death penalty for the Dub- lin revolt unless Sir Roger Casement is convicted of treason. There is much speculation as to the probable successor to Lord Lieu- tenant Wimborne of Ireland, who re- signed on account of the Dublin out- breaks. Under Secretary of War Tennant and Winston Churchill are mentioned. - Salonika, May 11.—Brisk artillery fighting was reported today along the Anglo-French front in Greece. Germans Repulsed. Paris, May 11.—(Official)—With bayonets and grenades, the French /| repulsed the Germans near Vaux 7 4 Poud &Wnom Only artilery . 1 fifln. is” taking _place on the west Fbank-of the Meuse. gust, 1902, and to Bemidji in Decem- ber, 1904, and have, ever since resid-' ed here. In the course of nearly thisty years in the practice of the law, I have had considerable experience in probate matters, and I feel myself qualified to give the office a prompt, efficient and business like administration. Soliefting your votes at the com- ing primary election, I remain, Yours very sincerely, HIRAM A. SIMONS. THREE MEN LODGED IN GOUNTY JAIL HERE Three men who were each given 60 days in jail and $100 fine by Judge Page Morris of the Federal district- ¢ourt at the Fergus Fallg iterm of ‘court have been lodged in the coypty jail here. They are John ‘Mitchell, Charles Swanberg and M. Balmigo. They were acoused of in~ itroducing liquor into Indian “N&™ and Nymore districts. Hines about 38 signers. of the county have peti- have not eelection. Reports from large vote will be cast. from the northern part There is of these blossoms, say Be- Roses are almost as flowers, - (like and ¢ulips, are in much “MotHers" tivities thi_s week. Evéry student| farmer will be expected to be at the school farm every Saturday morn-|" ing at tem o’clock: beginning: with next Saturday:and until the. present:} term of school closes. After school closes they will-be: expected to work on Monday snd Friday. - The st : al hoolrbonntwngl NGGEST Fm"“fl ¢ srme s v EVER IS PLANNED meet in Bemidji in August to dis- cuss plans for the - construction of 3 lw new state normal school liere. . At the meeting pf the imerd held -t Committees Are Named; Funds to Be “No wonder we-are having such Mw;bflq! mli 0 eonmit Solicited; Program Being cold, windy weather said A. M. Hayes, St. Paul land man, who is attending the Volstead Act land sale, today. meeting of three of the former execu- tive clerks to governors at the Hotel Markham (yesterday.” Mr. Hayes was formerly- executive clerk under Governor A. O. Eberhart, J. A. O. Preus, now state auditor, was formerly executive clerk under Gov- ernor Eberhart, and Harvey Grimmer of St. Cloud was formerly executive clerk under Governor John A. John- son. The meeting was accidental, all coming to Bemidji‘on different mis- sions. ‘What they discussed is not known. To add Bixby, head of the Bemidji . Town-|. site company, dropped in at the meet- ing. Mr. Bixby was private eeere- tary to Governor Nelson and Gover- nor Clough. CHARTER COMMISSION PREPARING AMENDNENT The Bemidji charter commission is preparing an charter to of the cost of the installation of a “white way.” be voted on at the primary election June 19. drawing up the amendment for the ppofuted, with A. . Whité s man to meet-with the state board. o! kcontrol to discuss: the building of the school- here. An appropriation of ~$26,000 - for the construc- tion: of - the- school. is available An- gust firat ‘of this year. in Bemidji,” T. B. WGANN-OF ; P “There 'was & The biggest and best Fourth of July celebration ever held in Bemidji will .be held this year, according to E. B. :| Berman, chairman of the committee appointed by the Bemidji Merchants association to plan a program. Other meinbers of the committee are George T. Baker and Frank J. Koors. The program will include two flights by a hydroplane, boat races by naval militia teams, field meet and & ball game between Bemidji and 8t. Cloud or Brainerd. The following committee have been named to sollcit funds: W. Z. Rob- inson, D. Gill and R. L. Given; H. C. T. H. McCann; formeérly- ot Be- midit, now: of Bend; Ore;; was: & vis= itor in Bemidji todéy. He: was: : route: to his- home-from: the: . Twint, Cities: where: he- hias been- on. busi-H ness: Mr. McCann is superintendentF of the Shevlin-Hixon company= atf Bend: MEETING ON ROAD PROJEGT TONIGHT A meeting. will:-be held atthe Com- .mercial club raoms:tonight to:discuss| the improvement of.thé Nymore-high~ .way. The council at the meeting Monday decided to construct a high- way along the lake shore to Second | street. Since that time several. citi-| zens have opposed their action and CONFER-IN-BEMIDI - Chippews:. Indians of Minnesota ‘will hold their general council in Be- fmidji July 11. Several important matters: will: be teken up and it is believed that a large number will be present at the conference as con- 4 | gress has appropriated funds to pay Baer, S. T. Stewart and C. C. cron‘,l ‘the expenses of holding the meeting, | F- J- Koors, F. G. Halgren an SGHOOLS. OBSERVE STATE' |womaN's STUDY GLUB NATAL ANNIVERSARY T0 BANQUET MAY 29 Today is Minnesota’s Natal day. On May 11, 1858, territorial hab- The Bemidji Woman’s Study club {liments were 1aid aside and the gar-| Wil &ive its annual banquet at the ments of statehood were donned. | Birchmont botel May 25, The Bemidji schools observed the The Junior class v;;ll b;:quet the Seniors at the hotel May 26. day by short programs. Attorney E. McDonald gave a short address on| The hotel will be opened May 31 “Minnesota” during chapel exercises and a banquet will be held the open- at the high school this morning. ing night. Minnesota, its history, etc., has CREW DISCHARGED BECAUSE been studied by all classes in the OF FOREIGN BIRTH to the - occasion, Tams ~ SEED BIOWX FROM GMU’II’D SLY REPORTS —— St. Paul, 'Minn,, May 11.—State Thainage Engineer - Willard today stated that he had received many re- por!s stating that the {fl;h winds of this\week had-blown much seed from the mmd It.will’ be necessary to amendment to the provide for the assessing The amendment will Judge M. A. Spooner is room. Arneson and.A. J. Liden of Baudette. commission. repeati the seeding. 3 schools during the past week. = May 11.—A protest THE CUB M I s M t M s Washington, SCOOP REP against the discharge of five natural- ORVER Is er cunp ee ISl Gu‘nn ized Americans. from the crew of the SCOOP-T MET. A LADY ADMIRER OF NOUR. )| WIFES FROM MESABA-MINN. YO DAN-AND, SHE WANTED TD KNOW. @ OAK: MYSON @) 4 AWHY YOU T WERE, NEVER. NDafarcrtiva Pame DONT LET YOUR WORK MAKE. NOU NEGLECT TH VINE.OF YOUR — (TS 4 NICES DAY-CALL HER UPAND GO army mine planter Ringgold, because they were not native born Americans, was lodged with Secretary Baker to- day by Representative Johnson of ‘Washington. The men dismissed, who were constituents of Johnson, appeal- ed to him by telegram from Lacon- ner, GOVERNOR ASKS ACTION ON RIVER WIDENING PLAN St. Paul, Minn,, May 11.—Gover- nor J. A: A. Burnquist has written " | Prestdent Wilson asking for favorable action on the deepening and widening of the Mississippl river for.the benefit of commereial interests,