Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 23, 1916, Page 1

) (il o Bociety THE BEMIDJI DATL " PIONEE VOLUME XIV, NO. 126. - atorict! BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1916. : FORTY CENTS PER MONTH 30,000 MEXICAN TROOPS MOVING TOWARD BORDER State Department Informed That 20,000 More Than Promised Are Sent. TROOPER STARVING, MURDERS COMPANION New Mexico Guardsmen Are Re- jected as Physically Unfit. Washington, May 23. — Thirty thousand Mxecina troopers are mov- ing north, the state department was informed today. This is 20,000 more than was promised to be distributed by General Obregon. Had No Food. El Paso, May 23.—Trooper Dyer is in the guard house today charged with murdering Trooper Hanamy. Hanarmy was killed enroute from Dublan to Columbus. Both of the men were suffering from lack of food and water. They were good friends. In a quarrel Dyer shot Hanamy. Then he fell asleep and when he awoke he forgot the shooting and his first re- quest was for some pie. He ate a whole pie. ) 40 Per Cent Rejected. Columbus, N. M., May 23.—Not a single member of the New Mexico Na- tional Guard has thus far been must- ered into service although the presi- dent issued the call two weeks ago. Forty per cent of the men have been rejected as physically unfit. Dispose of Troops. Columbus, May 23.—General Fun- ston and Washington may know thé disposition of the punitive expedition but it’s a cinch that the border does not. Supplies have been joy-riding up and down the line of communica- tion for weeks. Officials do not deny that a trainload went in, came out and went back again to the base. It is again enroute to the border now. DEMOCRATIS BIG FOUR TO BE NAMED TODAY Trenton, N. J.,, May 23.—Interest in the New Jersey presidential pri- mary today centers about the elec- tion of the democratic Big Four to the St. Louis convention. Although there is nothing definite about it, the places are expected to g0 to Governor Fielder, United States Senators Hughes and Martine and DEVELOPMENT MEN Fred D. Sherman, state immigra- tion commissioner, Professor C. P. | Bull of the school of agriculture, University of Minnesota, and Prof. D. E. Willard, development agent of the Northern Pacific railroad, were visitors in Bemidji this morning en- route to Backus where the Cass County Development association will hold a meeting today. LOOKS LIKE T. R, FORPRESIDENT SAYS TOWNSITE GO, HEAD Tams Bixby at Red Wing Enroute to Twin Cities and Bemidji. BELIEVES TEDDY WOULD SETTLE ALL DIFFICULTIES Red Wing, Minn., May 23.—Tams Bixby of Muskogee, Okla., president of the Bemidji Townsite company, thinks that Theodore Roosevelt will be nominated for president. He said so before leaving for the Twin Cities and Bemidji this afternoon. Best Chances. He stated that he believed that Roosevelt and Hughes have the like- liest chances for nomination and it looked to him like Roosevelt would get the nomination, There are others in the race like Root, he stated, but Root, although probably one of the biggest men in America today, did not seem to have the support of the country. Needs Teddy. The country needs Teddy, accord- ing to Mr. Bixby. ‘“Roosevelt would settle the Euro- pean difficulties,” he said. FEDERAL OFFIGERS RAID AT KELLIHER AND FIND LIQUOR Federal officers under H. A. Larson, chief of the Federal officers in charge of the enforcement of the Indian treaty of 1855, raided several places at Kelliher Monday - morning and found and destroyed some liquor. No arrests were made. State Treasurer Grosscup. Congress- man Scully is ambitious to be in the uartct also. BROOKLYN BRIDGE IS 33 YEARS OLD TODAY New York, May 23.—Brooklyn bridge is 33 years old today. It has brought the city about $25,000,000 worth of revenue in nickels in that time. Since other bridges like ‘it have been opened, the revenue has not been so great. There are now so many bridges like Brooklyn bridge that it has to be singled out for the curious strangers in New York. WILSON COMPLETES PROTEST TO ENGLAND ‘Washington, May 23.—President Wilson today completed his note to England, protesting mail seizures. He sent the note to Lan- sing for signature. The note, it is believed, will be dispatched immedi- ately. against SENATE PASSES RIVER AND HARBOR AMENDMENT Washington, May 23.—The senate by a vote of 48 to 15 passed the com- mittee amendment to the river and harbor bill this afternoon. The amendment increases the appropria- tion for improving the Mississippi river from the mouth of the Missouri to St. Paul from $1,300,0000 to $1,- 500,000. MURDERER OF AVERY’S FATHER TO BE HANGED St. Paul, Minn.,, May 23.—Carlos Avery, state game and fish commis- sioner, received word yesterday that William Turner, a negro who murder- ed his father, F. C. Avery, at Gales- burg, Fla., last winter, has been sen- tenced to hang. Mr. Avery’s father was a former resident of Hutchinson, Minn. ‘When the tragedy occurred, he was the owner of a number of race horses, and Turner was in his employ as hostler. Turner conceived the idea of murdering Avery and getting possession of ‘the stock. SEETEN G 0. R. Tingley went to Foulton, S. Chief Larson is a visitor in Be- midji today. LUMBER FIRM LOSES $25,000 BY BIG WIND The big wind of 10 days ago caused $25,000 damage to timber on land in Beltrami, Koochiching and Itasca counties owned by one lum- ber company, not to reckon the total timber damage to that of the state and other owners, says a report made vesterday by H. H. Winslow, state forest ranger, at Blackduck. The company estimated 15,000,000 feet of timber down after the wind. RUMORED CLARK WILL BE NAMED PRESIDENT St. Paul, Minn.,, May 23.—Rumor persisted here early today that J. T. Clark, vice president in charge of thé Omaha lines, would be elected president to succeed William A. Gard- ner, deceased, at the board of direct- ors meeting in New York this after- noon. Formerly, one president di- rected the Omaha and Northwestern lines. B. F. Case of St. Paul is a visitor in Bemidji today. KKK KKK KK KKK KK KT * He who forgets to adver- % % tise should not complain when % the buyer forgets that he is * ¥ 1in business. It is just a case X * of “forget” all around. * KKK KKK KKK RKK KR THE CUB SCOOP REPORTER LOCATE THE EISHYOU_~ IN ONTOP OF (T - D., yesterday. 3 PREFER AND BACZZ =2 |OPENING OF NEW - T0 BAGKUS MEETING SUMMER HOTEL IS POSTPONED 10 DAYS Weather Holds Up Work of Com- pleting New Dining Hall. ALL BANQUETS PLANNED WILL BE POSTPONED Hotel May Open June 10; Many Re- sorters Inquire of Bemidji. The opening of the new Birchmont Beach summer hotel has been post- poned from June first to June 10 on account of delay in completing the " new dining -hall and other improve- ments. The weather during the past week has severely hampered the work on the improvements. The Woman’s Study club banquet, the Saturday Night club banquet, the Junior-Senior banquet and the open- ing banquet have been postponed. Prospects for the summer businéss for the hotel are very good. Many inquiries are being being received from summer resorters in regard to the Bemidji hotel. M. & I RAILWAY SUNDAY TRAINS T0 OPERATE SUNDAY Beginning next Sunday the Minne- sota & International railway will op- erate a Sunday night train to St. Paul and a Monday morning train north. This announcement was made this morning at the local offices upon re- ceipt of information from W. H. Gem- mell, general manager. There will be no change in time and the trains will be operated through the summer months. The Sunday trains were taken off last fall. ..The new service will mean a train leaving Bemidji Sunday night for the Twin Cities and a train leaving the Twin Cities Sunday night for Be- midji. . The M. & I. will place a buffet and observation car in operation on the day train from St. Paul to Bemidji, beginning May 27. The buffet-ob- servation car service from Bemidji to St. Paul will begin May 29. The ser- vice will continue through the sum- mer months. HE K KR KK KRR KR KKK * NYMORE NEWS * % (By Special Correspondent.) ¥ KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KF Mrs. Flannigan of Kelliher arrived here Monday morning to visit for a few days as the guest of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Peter Wold. Miss Olga Tagley of Erskine ar- rived in Nymore Monday morning. She will visit as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Tagley for some time. The “Pathfinders” will hold a meeting at the home of Mrs. Harry Bridgeman tonight. Miss Izetta Fisher of Frohn spent Saturday and Sunday in Nmore vis- iting with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Fisher. Miss Dorothy Johnson of Brainerd arrived here Sunday morning, being called by the death of her brother, Carl. Miss Myrtle Smidtke returned Sat- urday from Rosby after spending a short time there as a guest of Misses Leola and Leila Lish. MANY PAYING TAXES AT COURT HOUSE Many people are paying taxes at the court house. Unless the taxes are paid by May 31, a ten per cent penalty will be added. The receipts at the court house yesterday totalled $6,729.26. FRANK B, KELLOGG T0 SPEAK IN CITY THURSDAY, JUNE 8 HON. FRANK B. KELLOGG Hon. Frank B. Kellogg, candidate for the Republican nomination for United States senator, will be a vis- itor in Bemidji, Thursday, June 8. He will deliver an address in the eve- ning. Mankato, Minn.,, May 23.—F. B. Kellogg came this afternoon to con- quer. He is campaigning for United States senator. He talks at Benson Thursday, at Moorhead Friday and at Anoka Saturday. BELIEVED T. R. HAS TOSSED SOMBRERO IN RING New York, May 23.—Politicians view Roosevelt’s acceptance of the self-named Republican committee to smoke Hughes out, means that Roose- velt has actually tossed his sombrero into the ring. MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD TO GO TO SPARTA St. Paul, Minn., May 23.—Official information was received today that the three machine gun companies of the Minnesota National Guard would go into camp at Sparta, Wis., July 5- 19. HUNDREDS IN CITY T0 ATTEND “THE BIRTHOF ANATION” Hundreds of people from surround- ing towns are in Bemidji today to at- tend “The Birth of a Nation.” Fifty ‘“Clearbrook Boosters,” all labeled invaded Bemidji this morning with boosters all along the Soo Line. The Red Lake & Manitoba railroad brought in a good crowd. The Min- nesota & International train from Kelliher brought a good crowd. HUGHES IS ENDORSED AT BAPTIST CONVENTION Minneapolis, Minn., May 23.—No debt is chalked up against the Wo- man’s American Baptists’ Home Mis- sionary soclety, according to a report the society made at the annual Northern Baptist convention in se sion here today. Other routine re- ports were heard. That there will be a bitter fight on nominations when they reach the convention floor developed today. Justice Charles E. Hughes was in- dorsed by the convention today for president. The spirited fight over the election of the next convention city continued today. Eastern dele- gates are unanimous for Atlantic City, which westerners declare is too “wordly.” Cleveland is proposed for the compromise. . Dr. Clarence A. Barbour, president of the Rochester Theological Semin- ary, Rochester, N. Y., yesterday was elected president of the Northern Baptist convention to succeed Dr. Shailer Mathews of Chicago. There was no opposition. TWO MAKE FILINGS UNDER VOLSTEAD ACT Hans C. Peterson and Reurel P. Lee today made filings on land at the court house under the Volstead act. The Advantage Of A Car On —THE GAS FROM | They purchased land at the recent " government sale. NOUR EXHAUST Baseball Season to Oben in Bemidji Memorial Day Fosston Nine to Be Here for Opening Game; Mayor Vandersluis to Pitch First Ball; Lineup to Be Announced This Week; Grounds in Good Condition. The 1916 baseball season will open in Bemidji next Tuesday, Mem- orial Day, when the fast Fosston nine will be here for a game. ‘The game will be played at the new Bemfdji athletic park which has been constructed on Fourth street, east of the Minnesota Electric Light company plant. The grandstands are being completed and the grounds are already in good shdpe. The park will cost about $2,000. Mayor Charles W. Vandersluis will pitch the first ball, the Bemidji band will be present and it is expected that hundreds of fans will attend. The game will begin at 3:30 o’clock. The lineup of the Bemidji team will be made public this week. Dr. J. W. Diedrich is captain of the Bemidji team. 20,000 CLUBWOMEN INVADE NEW YORK FOR GLUB MEETING New York, May 23.—No . woman ever was permitted to more than step in, peek around and hurry out of the mammoth Seventh Regiment armory in this city until 20,000 of them from all over the United States trooped gayly in and took possession of it this morning for the biennial con- vention of the Federal Women’s Clubs of America. And they certainly shooed away that black, somber bareness that pervades bachelor, club and business guarters where women never go. From today to the second day in June the armory is given up to the biennial, which means thdt the colonel’s room this morning is in the possession of Mrs. Pennypacker, na- tional president, and that the mess- room is not nearly large enough for the luncheon which will be served at noon and every day, but had to have joined with it the band room and the library. A pitched battle between the Far West and the Middle West, for the presidency of the Federated Women's Clubs of America, was under way even before President Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker of Texas whacked the gavel that brought more or less si- lence to the ranks of club women gathered. : y Even at this early date the con~ test has simmered down to two can- didates who would succeed Mrs. Pen- nypacker. They are Mrs. Samuel B. Sneath of Tiffin, Ohio, now first vice president, and Mrs. Joseph Evans Cowles of Los Angeles, Cal. Both Mrs. Cowles and Mrs. Sneath have mobilized their campaign forces with the shrewdness of a Tammany politician, and both the floor and gal- leries of the convention at the open- ing hour were the scenes of as fren- zied electioneering, jockeying for po- sition, trading between delegations and the like as ever characterized a buzzfest of the grand old party or apostles of the sign of the donkey. This election will be one of the most important pieces of business and there is no subject being discussed more earnestly than the relative FUNERAL OF DROWNED BOY IN NYMORE TOMORROW The funeral of Carl Johnson, the sixteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gust Johnson of Nymore, who was drowned in Lake Bemidji Saturday, will be held tomorrow tafernoon at two o’'clock from the Nymore Con- gregational church. Rev. J. E. Cad- well and Rev. J. H. Randall will of- ficiate. BEMIDJI MERGHANTS MEET TO FORM AN ADVERTISING GLUB The Bemidji Merchants association is meeting this afternoon at the Com- mercial club rooms and plans are be- ing made for the formation of an Ad FRENGH FORGES ATTAGK GERMANS AND RE-ENTER FORT DOUAUMONT Paris Has Big Celebration of Largest Victory in Verdun Battle, TEUTONIC ATTACKS REPORTED REPULSED Austrian Troops Pressing Steadily Toward the Italian Verdun, Paris, May 23.—French forces have re-entered Fort Douaumont af- ter storming German positions for a mile and a quarter. Further gains along the west bank of the Meuse has convinced the French people that the Dead Man's Hill positions are al- most impregnable. Big Celebration. There is much celebration here as a result of the most striking French victory since the battle of Verdun started. The official report says that in all- night fighting of the fiercest charac- ter the French expelled the Germans from all but the northeastern corner near the fort. Heavy German at- tacks were entirely repulsed. Praises Troops. Copenhagen, May 23.—Emperor Franz Josef today praised his troops for the successes on the Italian front. He said that it would be a great mis- take to underrate the prowess of the Italians. The emperor is confident club. The purpose of the club will be to study different methods of ad- vertising and advertising writing. HUBBARD COUNTY MAN DIES AT HOM Nicholas Heim died at “his home in Lake Alice township in Hubbard county, Friday. He was 74 years of age.. The body will be shipped to Chilton, Wis., tomorrow for burial: BELTRAMI GOUNTY Another cow in Beltrami county brought over $90 in Bemidji market. ‘W. G. Schroeder killed a cow yester- day which brought $95.02. The four quarters of the animal weighed 664 pounds, the hide was valued at $9.52 and the tongue, liver and heart at $2.50. Mr. Schroeder purchased the cow five years ago for $45. COW BRINGS $95) of the ultimate triumph of the cen- tral powers. Pressing On. Geneva, May 23.—Despite the most stubborn resistance, the army of the crown prince is pressing forward to- ward Vicenze which is the Italian Verdun. Taft or Wilson. Berlin, May 23.—President Wilson or William Howard Taft, ex-presi- dent, is acceptable to the German so- cialists as peace-maker, Phillip ‘Scheidemann, German socialist lead- er, told the United Press today. He said that the appointment of a new food distributor with the government in absolute control of the food distri- bution, would destroy the Allies’ hope of victory through a blockade. Eng- land will be compelled to make peace, he stated. Reply at Vatican. * Rome, May 23.—President Wilson’s reply to the Pope’s recent message reached the Vatican today. For More Credit. % Londen, May 23.—Premier Asquith today moved for a credit of three hun- dred million pounds in the House of Commons. BRAGDON GASE JURY DISAGREES; NEW TRIAL qualifications of the two women for|. the position. VOTERS NOT INTERESTED IN 8. D. PRIMARIES Pierre, S. D.,, May 23.—Although South Dakota was voting in a presi- dential preference primary today, there were many voters that didn’t know it. Senator Cummins, Iowa, Republi- can, and Woodrow Wilson, Democrat, were the only candidates. This of course eliminated competition. Less than half the voters of the state are registered and only regis- tered voterd can vote. B Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Harding and Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Kenfield of Cass Lake made up an automobile party which motored to Bemidji this morning to witness “The Birth of a Nation” this afternoon. This eve- ning they will be dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Kenfield at their home on Lake Boulevard. Miss Donna Lycan has returned from a several days’ visit with Mrs. Angst at Chisholm. Fishing Trips — PULL BACKC OOT AGAN - = IENOUR (A_‘?r WONT-KEEP 4 ING--TIL [ e AP e THAT 4 U 4 Minneapolis, Minn., May 23.—The jury in the case of Joseph W. Brag- don on the second indictment charg- ing him with a crime against a young girl, reported disagreement yesterday and was dismissed. They stood eleven to one for conviction. A new trial will be begun June 6. CANADIAN TOWN WIPED OUT BY A BIG FIRE Winnipeg, Man., May 23.—Fire yesterday wiped out the town of Steelman, Sask., located on the Grand Trunk Pacific railway branch run- ning from Regina, Sask., to the United States boundary, 15 miles northwest of Alameda, Sask. The whole business portion and govern-| ment offices were consumed and the place is now a mass of ashes, little of the store stock being saved. Three large elevators out of reach of the flames were saved. Miss Leojan Boyack of Oklahoma City, Okla., arrived in Bemidji last evening to spend the summer with her aunt, Mrs. A. B. Palmer, and family. By "HOP”" NOW IF T CouLD> ONIN HIT ON SOME— SNSTEM Yo CLEAN AND FRY (T Capture Block House. Berlin, May 23.—(Official)—Ger- man troops captured the French blockhouse south of the Camard for- * est near Verdun during violent fight- ing last night. INSANE PATIENT STILL AT LIBERTY St. Paul, Minn., May 23.—Patrick Gibbons who escaped from the St. Peter insane hospital is still free. He is thought to be headed for the Pa- cific coast. UNCLAIMED LETTERS AT BEMIDJI POSTOFFICE List of advertised letters “Un- claimed at Bemidji, Minn., postoffice for week ending May 21, 1916: Men—Mr. E. L. Carpenter, J. F. Gordy, Mr. L. Haine, Mr. Leslie Har- ding, J. LaRose, Mr. D. C. McDongue, Henry Nolan, Mr. R. W. Pond, Mr. Pitcher, Rev. Rupert Simmerton, Mr. Frank Watson. Women—MTrs. Stella Michaud, Mrs. R. A. McCan, Bertha Moore, Miss Ermina Pelland, Mrs. Wm. Saxton, Miss Mary Saba (2). TO TRANSPLANT PRAIRIE CHICKENS TO EAST St. Paul, Minn., May 23.—In or- der to talk transplanting some of Minnesota’s famous prairie chickens to Massachusetts, Dr. G. W. Field, Boston, was due in St. Paul today. Field will talk with Carlos Avery, state game and fish commissioner, about taking some of Minnesota’s feathered chickens to the eastern state, to put a little pep in the east- ern breed. FALK MAKES FINAL PROOF ON A FORTY John Henry Falk today made final proof on forty acres of land in 152- 31 this morning at the court house.