Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 20, 1916, Page 1

S Y PIc ”\T"I"‘ Historiul Soetety- o ot i VOLUME XIV, NO. 124. BEMIDJT, mnsom urmn nmnm MAY 20, 1916. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH T0 BUILD NEW GRAND STAND AT FAIR GROUNDS County Commissioners Ask Architect to Draw Plans and Make Estimate. 0LD STAND BLOWN DOWN IN STORM Commissioncrs Adjowrn to June 14; Many Reoad Matters Ave Considered. At the meeting of the hoard of county commizsioners yesterday, Tom Johnson, architect, was requested to draw plans for a new grandstand at the county fair grounds and to sub- mit estimates at the next meeting of the commissioners. The old stand at the fair grounds was blown down in the recent big wind storm. Other improvements are being planned for the fair grounds. The eommissioners adjourned last evening to June 14. Contracts Let. Road and bridge matters took up the bigger part of the sessions of the commissioners yesterday. The fol- lowing contracts were let: Bridge 14 to A. D. Brown, $245; state road 2, to August Jarchow, $470; county road 77, to F. B. Cook, $989.40; county bridge 19, bids rejected: state road 13 to Albert Johnson, $700; bridge 11 to Sjolund & Lar- son, $208; bridge 12 to 0. 0. Myron, $375; county road 60 to Hartman & Beck, $1,745; county road 68, to Hartman & Beck, $1,618.07; county road 30 to F. B. Cook, $119.83; county road 34, all bids rejected; county road 93 to Charles 8. Carter, $3,734.34; county road 64 to R. E. Krahn, $1,446.76. Money Appropriated. The following appropriations were granted for roads: Town of Ren- ville, $175; 146-31, $200; Town of Big Grass, $175; Town of Lee, $175; Town of Chilgren, $200; Village of Tenstrike fof road to connect with state rural highway No. 12, $350. GLEARBROOK BUDSTERS 4 T0 INVADE BEMIDJI Bemidji to Be Host to Thousands Next Week SIBLEY'S TAOOPS T0 RETURN FROM LANGUAGE OF THE STREET |GERMAN SEA-PLANES URGED IN CHURGH SERMONS Many Are Expected in City to Atte Take Adventage of Big Bemidji will be host to thousands of persons living in this district next week, who will be in the city to at- tend the performances of the famous photo-drama, “The Birth of a Na- tion,” and take advantage of the many bargains that will be offered by Bemidji merchants. Already a number of people have arrived in the city and are visiting with friends. Special trains will be run next week to accommodate the crowds. Seat Sale Heavy. The seat sale for “The Birth: of a ADDED INTEREST IN YELLOWSTONE AUTOMOBILE TOUR St. Paul, Minn,, May 20.—Added interest in the sociability automo- bile tour to start from the Twin Cities for Yellowstone park July 20 was injected yesterday by a letter from Gen. Coleman du Pont, good roads booster of New York, that he expects to participate. This message was conveyed to J. P. Hardy, secre- tary of the National Parks Highway association. That enthusiasm along the route is rapidly taking definite form was made clear by the route-marking party now wending its way to Gar- diner, Mont. In cities passed through where they have been feted they were told that more than $100,000 will be expended in highway = betterment work along the route during the next two months. . After waddling around in rain- soaked roads for several days the route-markers, in a Chalmers-six car, last night arrived at Glendive, a few miles over the Montana line. There they were taken in tow by members of the Dawson County club headed by President C. A. Thurston and Frank Hughes, also a member of the tour committee. With the party the last two days were F. J. Toste- vin, publisher of a Mandan newspa- per, and W. W. Smith, of the Na- tional Highways association. The trail-blazers caught their first glimpse of the picturesque Yellow- stone valley as they entered Glen- dive and will follow it much of the way to Gardiner. The last 54 miles of the trip will be down the rock- ribbed canyon roads bordering this stream, where the best scenery will be found. B. O. Johnson and a party representing the Commercial club of Livingston will accompany the route- making crew into Gardiner. It is expected that the pathfinding jour- ney will end Tuesday when the car will be immediately returned to be made ready for the trip over the same route in July. KELLOGG RETURNS TO ST. PAUL AFTER TOUR St. Paul, Minn., May 20.—Frank B. Kellogg, candidate for United States senator, returned to St. Paul today from a Minnesota tour and stated that he had received fine re- ception. * The Pioneer 18 tie place to buy your rolls of adding machine paper for Burroughs adding machines. One voll, & dosen rolls or s hundred rolls. ‘commences until after one-half of Nation” has been heavy, but thereja are still good seats left for the Sun- day- performange and- for- every: per:i= Many mail orders have been._received. “The Birth of a Nation” wiil be in Bemid)i Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with mat- inees daily at 2:15 o’clock and night performances at 8:15 o'clock. Seats are on sale at the Netzer Pharmacy. Prices for the matinee are 50 cents, 76 cents and $1, and for the night performances 50 cents, $1 and $1.50. Patrons are requested to be in their seats promptly on time as no one will be seated after the action of the play the performance is over. Here Tomorrow. “phe Birth of a Nation” company, including its wonderful symphony orchestra of 30 high class artists, will arrive in Bemidji tomorrow morning. Three special cars, a sleeper and two baggage cars, are needed to bring the company to this city from Brainerd. “Violent” is the adjective that best describes “The Birth of a Nation,” according to the critic in the Duluth Herald. His criticism in part is as follows: “For three hours it violently as- saults the emotions. Through the —————————————————————————————————————————— the Merchants. LILLIAN GISH WHO TAKES A PROMINENT PART IN PHOTO DRAMA Clearbrogk, Minn., May 20.— (Spe- cial to the Plunm )—kApout 50 loyal men and women booqtsrs of Clear- brook wili ‘go to Bemidjf next Tues- day to witness ‘“The Birth of a Na- tion.” The Soo reilway has agreed to hold the train gne hour in order to accommodate them 8o that they can return to Clegrbrook the same evening. Gonvick, Gully, Trail, Ok- lee and Leonard will also send large delegations on this day. TRIP THROUGH MINES PLANNED FORFIREMEN AT CHISHOLM MEET Chisholm, Minn., May 20.—A trip through the largest open pit iron mine in the world on a special sight- seeing train, where gigantic steam shovels are producing (;on ore at the rate of 75,000 tons every 24 hours, or greater operations than were car- ried on in building the Panama canal, is a feature planned for;the delegates and visitors to the forty-fourth an- nual state convention of Minnesota state fire departments, to be held here on June 13, 14 and 15.( All visitors will be taken more than 100 feet under ground, where they will see the miners-taking thé ore in anothér method. More than 3,000 delegates and vis- itors are expected te attend. The principal address will be given by Governor J. A. A. Burnquist. State Fire Marshal R. C. Hagardine will talk on “Fire Prevention,” and refer especially to conditions in Northern Minnesota. Congress Clarence Mil- ler of Duluth and Dan W. Lawler of St. Paul will also give addresses. Leading manufacturers of fire ap- paratus have secured quarters for showing their wares. Expert dem- onstrators will be present. MEXICO IS REPORT Stated That Colonel Believes That Mission of Troops Has Been Accomplished. nd “The Birth of a Nation” and to Bargains Offered by WITHDRAWAL 70 BE Patrols to Cover 2,200 Miles Along the United-States Border;-. ;. San Antonio, May. 20.—The with- drawal of the second American ex- pedition to Mexico to . Bouquillas, Tex., will be accomplished within a few days. Colonel Sibley, it is stated, believes that the mission of his troops has been accomplished. Reported at Capitol. ‘Washington, May 20.—Official re- ports of Colonel Sibley’s intention to return from Mexico reached the war department today. Border Patrol. Columbus, N. M., May 20.—The withdrawal of the sixth cavalry from the interior of Mexico is part of the new patrol plan. Heavy patrols will cover 2,200 miles of border. This is the principal feature of the new po- lice policy. Military posts will be established and equipped with suffi- cient forces to repulse any attack. TEN DOGS T0 BE SHOT AT SUNRISE UNLESS TAGGED Chief of Police Ripple today order- ed the ten dogs held in the city cye and the ear the producor and the exhibitor play upon the passions of the spectators, and so terrific is the action, so intense the emotions aroused that it is almost exhausting. Swirl of Emotions. ““The spectator is swept along in a swirl of emotions, and finds his muscles tense, his nerves drawn. “Viewed purely as a spectacle it is stupendous-stunning in its magni- tude. Nothing approaching it has pound to be shot at sunrise Monday yet been seen in motion pictures. unless called for by owners and ALL BIDS FOR JUDIGIAL DITGH All bids for.the construction of Judicial Ditch No. 25 were rejected yesterday afternoon at the county auditor’s office. The bids were high. New bids will be advertised for im- ‘mediately. Ditch No. 25 is north of the North Red Lake and is to be 239 miles long. Engineers have estimated that the diteh will cost $406,769.79. LEONARD GOUPLE MARRIED IN BEMIDJI Arthur B. Reed and Miss Carrie Smith of Leonard were united in marriage by Rev. B. D. Hanscom at the Methodist parsonage this morn- ing at eleven o’clock. Their attend- ants were Miss Ada Smith, a sister of the bride, and Clyde Hagadone. The young couple left this afternoon for Nebish where they will make their home. There is nothing yet presented here that even bears a comparison. For once mob scenes are convineing. As a-handler of men in the mass, Mr. Griffith- has proven himself an artist -genius. - He .has ungertaken -to reproduce a battle of the Civil war. Instead of it being ridiculous in its ineffectiveness as might be expected, it is most thrillingly realistic. It amazes and awes. It is se over- whelming that the spectator even for- gets to wonder at the mechanism of the picture, and feels the thrill of the scene. tagged. The dogs were picked up by the city dog catcher on account of not being tagged. There are several good dogs and owners whose dogs are ‘missing may -find their dog in the und. The dogs will-be -released from the pound if tagged. MORE UNITED STATES MARINES ORDERED TO G0 TO SANTO DOMINGO Washington, May 20.—Three hun- dred marines at Norfolk and be- tween 400 and 500 in Haiti were or- dered last night to Santo Domingo. Those at Norfolk will go on the cruiser Tennessee now at New York. The cruiser Salem at Boston also was ordered to Santo Domingo and will take about 25 marines from the Boston station. Music Excellent. “The spectacle is accompanied by music from an orchestra of almost symphony dimensions. The music was composed with the one idea in view, of accentuating the pictures, and the timing is remarkable. “The music and the spectacle com- bne to play upon the human passions of love, hate and anger, and the re- sponse that they get is startling, when the spectator has time to calmly review his emotions. ‘“‘As photodrama it is gripping. If a photodrama can be defined as ‘a story presented by a motion picture camera for the entertainment of an audience,’ then ‘The Birth of a Na- tion’ fulfills that requirement wholly and completely. Throughout the tremendous spectacle the thread of the story is never lost, and three hours slip by like thirty minutes.” BEMIDJI PEOPLE ATTEND CASS LAKE FIELD MEET Several Bemidji people attended the Cass Lake school field meet at Cass Lake yesterday afternoon. Trophies were offered to the classes making the best record, ‘Besides the field meet the first, second, third and fourth grades gave exhibition dances. The dances in- cluded Shoemaker’s dance, German Klopp dance, I-see-you "dance, Nor- wegian mountain dances and a May pole dance. N. D. EMPLOYMENT AGENCY SENDS TWENTY MEN HERE PRESIDENT TALKS ON FULL DINNER PAIL Salisbury, N. C., May 20.—Presi- dent Wilson today addressed a great crowd of railway shopmen on “A Full Dinner Pail” this He boosted Federal Trade Commissioner morning. Rublee, whose confirmation faces senate defeat. Answers T. R. Charlotte, N. C., May 20.—Un- tainted Americanism was President Wilson’s answering cry late this af- ternoon to Theodore Roosevelt’s in- ALTHOUGH SUED FOR LIBEL WILL SUPPORT ROOSEVELT 'W. B. Sherman of the Western Em- ployment Agency of Fargo brought 20 men to Bemidji this morning to work in the woods of the Crookston Lumber company. The Crookston Lumber company is in need of 500 men. Laborers are very scarce, accord- ing to Mr. Sherman. FOUR JURORS SELEGTED FOR WILL ORPET GASE Court Room Waukegan, Ill., May 20.—On the first panel today, four jurors were selected in the Will Or- psi case. Orpei, a Wisconsin uni- versity student, is accused of murder- ing Marion Lambert. Judge Don- nelly, a kind old judge with two daughters, and who knows how girls in love act, today ruled that Celestia Yoker’s love letters to Orpet be not read unless absolutely needed by the state. He stated that the letters were full of endearment and that it Detroit, Mich., May 20.—George Newett, editor of the Ishpeming (Mich.) Iron Ore, defendant in the Roosevelt libel suit following the 1912 campaign, today declared that he will support Roosevelt if nomin- ated. HUGHES IS CHOICE IN OREGON VOTE Portland, Ore., May 20.—Charles Hughes of New York was the over- whelming choice of the Republicans in Oregon over Senator Burton of Ohio and Senator Cummins of Iowa. Hughes received more votes than the AMERICAN MAY BE FREED IN LONDON Washington, May 20.—Ambassa- dor Page of London today cabled the state department that John Kilgel- len, a New York boy, held in connec- stand ‘demand for Americanism. SCOOP THE CUB REPORTER Nafarcrtivae latter two combined. probably be freed. A Good Place To Stick Amund would be improper to publish them. MADE IN FEW DAYS, tion with the Dublin rebellion, will \ Minneapolis, Minn., May 20.—Wo- men had an innning today at the an- nual Northern Baptist convention in session here. Reports of various wo- men’s societies showed excellent pro- gress being made. The Women'’s Foreign Missionary society reported being entirely out of debt. That up and at ’em style of evan- gelism was endorsed today by the Baptists, Dr. Samuel Zane Batten, Philadelphia, argued to “tell the facts of evangelism in the language of the street, |INDIAN TREATY WILL GO TO THE SUPREME GOURT Validity of the Indian treaty of February 22, 1855, under which a large portion of Minnesota was ceded to the government by the Mississippi and other bands of Chippewa Indians again will go before the United States supreme court with special attention called to the question as to whether liquor may be shippéd in interstate commerce into Indian territory for the private consumption of whites. A suit in equity was brought by the John Gund Brewing company of La Crosse, Wis,, in United States district *court asking for an injunc- tion against the Great Northern Rail- way company to restrain it from re- fusing to accept shipments of beer into Indian territory. ‘When the ‘case was called yester- day before Judge Page Morris in St. Paul, M. L. Countryman, appearing for the Great Northern Railway com- pany, made a motion to dismiss the case for want of euity and Judge Morris ordered a decree to that effect. Fred W. Zollman, attorney for the Gund Brewing company, at once gave notice of his intention to appeal the case direct to the United States su- preme court. «MILITIA- BOYS .TO * DULUTHFORCRUISE Thirteen mempers of the Bemidji Naval Militia in charge of Lieut. R. B. Lycan left for Dulutk'v this noon where they will take a short cruise over Sunday. Plans have been made by the state militia for four more short week-end cruises before the long cruise which will begin July 12. Those who went on the cruise to- day were: Arc;x_ie Naugle William La- liberte, Ed Ripple, Earl Thurber, Howard Palmer, Hovey Lord, Russell Brooks, Max Bell, John Hedges, Earl Riley, Warren Edwards and Edwin Simons. HOUSE PASSES ARMY BILL BY 600D YOTE ‘Washington, May 20.—The house passed the Hay-Chamberlain army bill by a vote of 349 to 25 this after- noon. Representative Mann and other Republicans, demanding a quarter of a million army, voted against the bill. Schall of Minne- sota voted against the bill. INSANE PATIENT IS INJURED IN FRACAS St. Paul, Minn., May 20.—One in- mate of the Rochester insane asylum struck and seriously injured Miss Marthia Clark, 79, another inmate, according to a report given out at the capitol today. TWO0 WOLF BOUNTIES ISSUED AT COURT HOUSE Two wolf bounties were issued at the court house yesterday. James Sobotha of Spooner and Andrew Dex- ter of Blackduck each brought a full grown wolf to the court house. By "HOP” -| jured. RAID ENGLISH EAST COAST; ONE KILLED Two Injured in Early Morning At- tack, say London Reports. THRILLING PURSUIT IN DARKNESS OVER CANAL Germans Prepare for Big Offensive on the Belgian Front. London, May 20.—(Official) —Ger- man sea-planes raided the east coast at two o’clock this morning. One person was killed and two were in- One raiding plane was brought down near the Belgian coast, indicating a thrilling pursuit in the darkness over the canal. Aerial Activity. Paris, May 20.—(Official)—Great aerial activity is reported on all fronts. The Germans were unsuc- cessful in an attack on the Belgian front and in Champagne. Big Offensive. London, - May 20.—The Germans are preparing for a big offensive on the Belgian front. Follows Example, B Rome, May 20.—Emulating the ex- % ample of the German heir was ap- parent today when the Austrian Crown Prince arrived in the Tren- tino district to direct the campaign against Vicenza, which is the Verdun of the Northern Italian front. Field Marshal Conrad Holtzenburg, chief of the Austrian general staff, joined the array of generals on the Tyrolese front. It is reported that Gemeral Cadorna, Italian commander, will move his headquarters to the Tren- tino front. SEVEN NEW BISHOPS ON ROLL OF M. E. CHURCH THIS YEAR Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 20.— Seven new names appear on the roll of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church today. Four, Matts 8. ~ a, Oal:; Wfllhln P chell of Cll&vf :;% elected. by the. gonsrnl conferance yesterday. > ————— TURTLE RIVER MAN ELEGTEDTOHONORARY AGRICULTURE SOCIETY Clarence J. Skrivseth, of Turtle River, Beltrami county, a senior in the College of #griculture of the University of Minnesota, is one of the ten students elected to membership in the Honorary Society of Agricul- ture of America last week. The Hon- orary Society of Agriculture of Am- erica has for its members the leading students and faculty men in the ag- ricultural college. The first chapter was established at the Minnesota College of Agriculture last week. Membership in the society is based on scholastic records and ability to do unusually good work in scientific agriculture. Only 25 per cent of the member of the graduating class each year are eligible to election in the society, the Phi Beta Kappa of agri- culture.. No more than ten stu- dents may be chosen any one year. Elections are made at some time near the close of the senior year. Twelve faculty men, including Dean A. W. Woods, Assistant Dean E. M. Freeman and the heads of divi- sions of the Minnesota college, are members of the honorary society to which Mr. Skrivseth has been elected. ALEXANDER SHIP PURCHASE. BILL PASSED BY HOUSE ‘Washington, May 20.—The house passed the Alexander ship purchase bill this afternon by a vote of 211 to 166. The bill establishes a shipping board and a $50,000,000 government 8 corporation to operate ships under the American - flag. Republicans | were for the bill. ] OHIO POLITICAL BOSS DIES AT CINCINNAT: ¢ Cincinnati, 0;, May 20.—George Cox, political boss and Republican leader in Ohio, died this morning of pneumonta, following a stroke . .of paralysis. - Cox was formerly &% black. PREDICTED THAT WILSON ' WILL WRITE PLATFORM Washington; May 20.—Party lead- ers today predicted that President Wilson will wrlte the Demnentlc