Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 18, 1916, Page 1

“SA A. M. Bagley. . y-rl"‘"the land department, will only have f‘ the Bemidji men to organize the rail- hi N s -~ bination grain and automobile cars. i parl NN @ T THE BEMIDJI DAILY PICM=R | MIKNESOTA HISTORICAL. . VOLUME XIV, NO. 122. SURVEY FOR RED LAKE RAILROAD T0 BEGIN JUNE 1 J. J. Opsahl Returns From St. Paul Where He Filed Incorporation Papers. LINE TO EXTEND FROM ST. PAUL TO BORDER Part of New Road May Be in Opera- tion in November; Bemidji is Headquarters. Bemidji will be the headquarters for a new railway. It will be the Red Lake Northern railway and it will be built from St. Paul, through Bemidji to Warroad. Opsahl President. J. J. Opsahl of Bemidji will be president of the new company. The first board of directors will be com- posed of J. J. Opsahl, Leo J. Opsahl, John Moberg, George H. French and T. B. Walker, Minne- apolis, millionaire lumberman, is in- terested in the new road. J. J. Opsahl returned this morning from St. Paul where articles of in- corporation were filed yesterday by the Red Lake Northern Railway & ‘Construction company. Capital stock is $150,000. The life of the corpora- tion is for 99 years. Take Over Lines. The new railway will take over two short lines owned by the Walker interests as a nucleous for the new road. One line runs from Akeley, Minn., to Itasca State park. The other runs from the park to Shevlin, Minn. Both are logging roads of only 20 miles each. The Red River Lumber company, of which J. J. Opsahl is manager of an interest in the new road and will not appear in its corporation. Surveying crews will start about June first. Survey Here. The first survey will open a route north of Bemidji to the Red Lake reservation. Federal laws provide that only one railroad is to have the right of way across the reservation. The new company has already re- quested that right of way and it is believed will be given in the near fu- ture. The adoption of the Nelson bill opening the Red Lake Indian terri- tory to lease and exploitation of farm products as well as lumber, decided out way. Timber Available. Mr. Opsahl stated today that 400,- 000,000 feet of timber will be avail- able under the Nelson act. Besides this, he stated that last year there were 29,000 tons of hay on the res- ervation which was wasted on ac- __count of not having a market. Mr. Opsahl yesterday withdrew as a candidate for congress in the sixth district. A part of the new railway will probably be in operation early in No- vermnber. The ultimate equipment to carry the tonnage in sight would con- sist of 4,200 cars about equally di- vided into freight, logging and com- Two passenger trains of six cars each, it is estimated, would handle the passenger business for the first two years. About six switch engines, two Mikado type engines for heavy tfreight and nearly a dozen general utility locomotives would handle the traffic after the complete line is opened. MANUAL TRAINING EXHIBIT MAY 26 A manual training exhibit will be held in the sewing rooms of the high| school of all the work done in the; manual training department May 26. The exhibit will later be placed in some display window down town. A cross section of a house showing the construction of every detailed part| will be included in the exhibit. The study class of the Methodist church,in which Mrs. J. W. Naugle has conducted a study of the history of the Bible, will organize Sunday ! into a Sunday school class and will take the name'Win-one” as their JUNE 3 TO BE 600D ROADS DAY AT HINES Saturday, June 3, will be “Good Roads Day” at Hines. This was de- cided by the Farmers’ club of Hines at its last meeting. All farmers are urged to assist in the grading and scraping the road, about two miles long, from Hines station to the cor- ner of Taylor town, along the right- of-way of the railroad to Tenstrike. This road has some bad hills and a piece of swamp. The women of the club will serve lunch to the workers. GERMANS URGED T0 OBEY LAWS INTHIS COUNTRY ‘Washington, May 18.—The first step of the new German campaign to stop the alleged German lawlessness in the United States was announced today by Ambassador Bernstorff. He sent to all consuls instructions to communicate with all Germans in their districts that they must scrup- ulously obey the laws of the states wherein they reside. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE PRACTICAL FARMERS Practical work along agricultural lines is being taken up by the classes in agriculture at the Bemidji high school. Planting and preparing the seed for planting is demanding a large part of the time of the classes. One acre at the school farm will be planted in Green Mountain or Car- men-No. 3 potatoes at the school farm by ‘the school children. On Monday the classes will visit the school farm and spend the regular daily period planting corn. One-half acre will be planted by the students, while an a,d- ditional acre will be.'planted. by the school authorities. The students of the first year agri- cultural class have been studying how to detect watered, skimmed or adulterated milk. Other practical work is being taken up by the classes under the direction of B. M. Gile, instructor in agricul- ture. Forty-eight school children have agreed to take school farms and some have begun the work of planting and raising this year’s crop. FIRST BRIGK SGHOOL T0 BE BUILT AT SPUR S. Brown of Spur was a visitor in Bemidji yesterday. He is the archi- tect for the new consolidated school which will be constructed at Spur. The new school will have four rooms, will be constructed of brick and will cost about $10,000. This will be the first brick school in the rural dis- triets in the county. will be completed about Sept. 1. The consolidated school at Spur which was constructed and opened last fall was destroyed by fire March 2. MANY NEW TELEPHONES ARE ADDED IN CITY F. P. Lister, district commercial manager of the Northwestern Tele- phone company of Duluth, is a vis- itor in Bemidji today. While here he announced that within the past 60 days, 35 stations had been added to the local exchange. The local plant facilities are being exténded so as to accommodate resi- dents in the north district of Be- midji. Many farm stations are also being added in this district. The con- struction of a line for toll facilities to Federal Dam is nearing comple- ticn. Bemidji now has about 1,000 sub- scribers. Mr. Lister while in the city several months ago agreed to give the city better rates when the subsecrip- tions reached the 1,500 mark. The Bemidji Naval Militia will give a dance at the city hall tomorrow evening which promises to surpass anything of its kind ever given in Bemidji. The hall is being especially decorated for the occasion. Drills title. They will also elect officers. The new school | BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1916. U. S. GONSUL IS WITHDRAWN FROM MEXICO MAYO SUCCEEDS FLETCHER IN ATLANTIC FLEET Fletcher and Nine Civilians Ordered | pieet j5 Reorganized; Daniels and to Leave Chihuahua BATTLE EXPECTED BY LANGHORN’S CAVALRY British Consul in Charges of U. S. City. Fletcher arrived from Chihuahua City this morning. He stated that he had been ordered to leave there by the U. S. state department. Nine civilians accompanied him. The British con- sul is caring for the U. S. consulate there. San Antonio, May 18.—Reports of a battle are expected between Lang- horn’s cavalry and the rear guard of the Glenn Springs raiders. liminary clash the Americans killed two Mexicans. Marathon, Tex., May 18.—The bod- ies of three Mexican mining pros- pectors missing since the battle of Glenn Springs have been found near San Vincento. JUNIOR COMMERGIAL GLUB TO GIVE DANGE The Junior Commercial club at a meeting last evening decided to give a dance. Arrangements were made for the dance to include novel numbers. The hall will be decorated in a unique manner. The Junior Commercial Glee club, which is being organized, will give a program. Other social and business functions were. planned by the organization;at the. meeting last. evening. ¢ It is planned to organize several baseball teams to compete for a trophy which will be provided by the organization. BRAINERD MAN HEADS SIXTH GROUP BANKERS B. B. Withington, cashier of the First National bank of Brainerd, was elected president of the sixth group of the Minnesota Bankers’ association at the annual meeting held in Be- midji yesterday. A. A. Fitch of Royalton was named vice president; D. I. Bouck of Rice, secretary, and W. W. Smith of St. Cloud, treasurer. ‘W. L. Brooks, cashier of the North- ern National bank of Bemidji, and E. E. Martin, cashier of the First State bank of Pine River, were named on the board of directors. The executive committee will de- cide on the meeting place for next year. Brainerd and Little Falls are after the meeting. The visiting bankers were taken to Itasca Park yesterday afternoon in automobiles and returned to this city at 8:30 o’clock when a banquet was given for them at the Markham hotel. J. W. Wheeler of the Capitol Bank and Trust company of St. Paul deliv- ered an address at the banquet on rural credit legislation. T. R. AND WILSON Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are tied today in the presi- dential straw vote that is being con- ducted by the Pioneer. The vote will close May 26. The vote in the Pioneer is a part of a nation-wide vote which is being conducted by the American Press As- sociation and which will be an- nounced June first. In the Pioneer contest votes have been cast for Roosevelt, Debs, Rus- sell, Cummins, Wilson and Ford. ANOTHER MEMBER ADDED TO COURT AUTO CLUB George Kreatz, through his attor- ney, A. A. Andrews, entered a plea of guilty in the municipal court this morning on a charge of speeding his automobile’ May 7. Judge A. M. El Paso, May 18.—U. 8. Consul|. In a pre-| President Wilson Hold a Conference. HOUSE KNOCKS 0UT 5-YEAR BUILDING PLAN Crisis in Minnesota National Guard; Four Companies Mustered Out. Washington, May 18.—The Atlan- tic fleet has been reorganized. Ad- miral Mayo succeeds Admiral Fletch- er, it was learned today, following a conference between Secretary Dan- iels and President Wilson. ‘Washington, May 18.—The house naval committee today knocked out the Daniels’ five-year building pro- gram. Five battle cruisers will be constructed. The committee . voted for 20 submarines. St. Paul, Minn., May 18.—Minne- sota National Guard affairs reached a crisis with an order from the war department to disband four compa- nies on account of inefficiency. Local authorities blame lack of interest due to employers’ discouraging the em- ployes from joining the guard. There has also been some labor union op- position. ROADCONTRAGTS UPIN GOMMISSIONER MEET The board of county commissioners in session today at the court house took up the matter of road contracts. Several contracts were let. At the meeting yesterday a hear- ‘ing on the petition of Henry Lutz:for the building of a county road in 147- 31, 147-32 was set for July 11, The petition of Charles Smerud, T. J. Laurence, J. A. Hallen, D. J. Powers and B. E. Tweeton to be set off from Dist. 123 to Dist. 126 were granted. The petition of S. O. Refsdal and others for the survey of 6 and 7-148- 35 and the petition of John J. Moore and others for the survey of 21-146- 35 were granted. NAVAL MILITIA " BOYS ON GRUISE At least twelve members of the Be- midji division of the Minnesota Naval Militia will take advantage of the first short cruise of the season which will be given at Duluth Saturday and Sunday. Four other short week-end cruises will be held during the month of June. This work is taken up to prepare the naval recruits for their regular work during the long cruise which will take place in July. Among those who will take the first cruise are Lieutenant R. B. Lycan, Ed. Ripple, A. Naugle, Warren Ed- wards, Earl Riley, John Hedges, Max Bell, Howard Palmer, Russell Brooks, Earl Thurber, Hovey Lord and Edwin Simons. JESTER FARM RESORT TO OPEN MAY 25 The Jester Farm Resort on Lake Plantaganet Wm be opened about May 25. Many reservations have TIED l" sTRAw vnTE been made for the summer months. BAND FINANCES ARE IN BETTER CONDITION The financial condition of the Be- midji band has been made better as a result of collections made by C. W. Brandborg. He secured about $140 in cash and $900 in pledges for the band. ORPET DEFENSE TO BRING UP POISON STUDY ‘Waukegan, Ill.,, May 18.—It was learned today that Will Orpet who is being tried for the murder of Marion Lambert, will contend that Marion followed closely in the high school the subject of potassium cyanide and re- solved to end her life unless Orpet returned to her. The defense will contend that the unusual interest in poison imbedded the thought of sui- by the militia will feature the dance. Crowell imposed a fine of two dollars. cide in her mind very deeply. . “ Dafactive | Paae l l MAY IT GELEBRATION N FROHN SUNDAY “Syttende Mai” fest will be held at Aardahl’s Congregational church in Frohn Sunday. Judge C. W. Stan- ton, Attorney E. E. McDonald and B. J. Bjornoraa will deliver addresses. Dinner will be served at noon. “Syttende Mai” was observed in Bemidji last evening at the First Scandinavian Lutheran church of which Rev. Osmund Johnson is pas- tor. A special program was given. PACKERS REDIGULE REPORTS THAT MEAT T0 ALLIES POISONED Chicago, Ill.,, Ma yl&—Packen to- day ridiculed reports from Rome that metal hooks had been foupd .in ship- ments of canned meats to the Allies. They stated that it was possible for small metal bits to get into the meat on rare occasions. They stated that careful inspection prevented German plots. SENIOR GLASS DAY ; T0 BE HELD MAY 24 W. P. Dyer, superintendent of schools, has named May 24 as Senior Class Day. On that day parents and friends of the students will be invited to attend ‘a program to be given by the Seniors. The committee in charge of the program is composed of the Misses Lucile Moritz, Jeanette Stech- man and William Ward. o HUNDREDS TO VISIT IN GITY NEXT WEEK Indications ‘are that hundreds of people will visit in Bemidji next week to attend the exhibitions of “The Birth of a Nation,” at the Grand theater, and to take advantage of the special bargains offered by the Be- midji merchants. Special trains will be run into this city. The seat sale for “The Birth of a Nation” is moving rapidly and it is believed that the theater will be crowded at each performance. A large number of mail orders for seats have been received. AMERIGAN GITIZEN IN IRISH REVOLT Washington, May 18.—The United States consul at Dublin today report- ed that Jeremiah Lynch of New York, an American citizen, had been arrest- ed for participation in the recent Irish rebellion. SCHOOL FESTAL DAY T0 BE JUNE 2 To replace commencement exer- cises, which until a few years ago were held by the Junior high school, ‘a festal day will be held Friday, June 2, at the Normal school site on the lake shore. Girls of the eighth grade gradu- ating class will take part in the cele- bration, the feature event being a May Pole dance. About twenty of the young ladies will take part in this affair. A baseball game between two eighth grade teams has been ar- ranged as an attraction for the boys of the class. In addition to these sports, an ex- cellent music program has been ar- ranged, in which the Glee club of the Junior high school and an orchestra composed of students from this de- partment, will give several selec- tions. Diplomas will be presented to the graduates at the close of the festivi- ties. BICYCLE RIDERS ARE WARNED OF TRAFFIC RULES Chief of Police Ripple today warn- ed bicycle riders to obey traffic rules and to keep to the right side of the street. Riders not obeying the traf- fic rules will be arrested. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH QUEEN HELENA NEAR DEATH WHEN BOMBS EXPLODE NEAR TRAIN Princesses Joland and Mafalda With Queen When Attack is Made. FRENCH BUDGET REPORTED TO BE $1,600,000,000 Berlin Reports That French Attacks Near Hill 304 Are Repulsed. Rome, May 18.—Queen Helena and Princesses Jolanda and Mafalda nar- rowly escaped death when Austrian aviators attacked two trains on which they were passengers near Venice, Monday. The bombs burst all about the train. The queen and her party were returning from visiting the king at headquarters. The queen was not injured. i Berlin, May 18.—(Official)—Three French attacks in the region of Hill 304 have been repulsed. Paris, May 18.—The French bud- get for the third quarter of 1916 is $1,6000,000,000, it was reported to- day. The minister of finance will ask for an increase. ) Amsterdam, May 18.—Three hun- dred thousand Austrians are concen- trated on a 35-mile front striking against Italians in the Tyrolse Alps in the most determined Austrian of- fensive since the war began. T0°INSTALL PASTOR - AT GHURGH TONIGHT The installation service of Lester P. Warford will be held in the First Presbyterian church of Bemidji this evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. R. Cooper Bailey, D. D., of Crookston, will moderate the meeting and preach the sermon. Rev. J. H. Frarey of Blackduck will give the charge to the people. Rev. J. T. L. Coates of Kel- liher will give the charge to the pas- tor. This will be a most inspiring service and all friends of the Pres- byterian church are most cordially invited to attend. GONTRAGT FOR BI6 DITGH UP TOMORROW Contracts will be let for the con- struction of Diteh 25 at the court house tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock. The ditéh is to be located north of the North Red Lake and will be about 239 miles in length. It is estimated that it will cost $406,- 769.79. PRAGTIGE GAME TO BE PLAYED MAY 28 The Bemidji baseball team will pe organized next week and a practice game will probably be played May 28. Fosston will be in Bemidji for a game on Memorial day. The baseball grounds are nearing completion and will be in good shape for the opening game. Arrangements are being made by the officers of the Bemidji Athletic association for the securing of a bat- tery and other players. JOSEPH JEROME FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER Joseph Jerome filed for the office of county commissioner in the fourth district yesterday. BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT A REPRESENTATIVE The Bemidji high school will be without a representative at the dis- trict field meet which will be held at Akeley Saturday. This is the first meet of its kind given in this dis- trict. ST. PAUL WOMAN SAVES CHILDREN WHEN HOME BURNS . St. Paul, Minn., May 18.—Fight- ing like a tigress, Mrs. Paul Tesche saved six children when fire destroy- ed their home today. Rev.' SO A TN ;.Nw_h;._.r.___m,fl_..,.T‘..___.__Tm Bt _._T__fi