Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 26, 1916, Page 1

- Brainerd. THE BEMIDJI ILY PIo> VOLUME XIV, NO. 129. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1916. = VANDERSLUIS RETURNS SECONDSTREETROAD RESOLUTIONUNSIGNED Mayor Does Not Approve Action of City Council in New Road Project. PROVIDES FOR ROUTING OF HIGHWAY ON LAKE SHORE Lycan Votes Against Resolution; M. & 1. Promises Big Legal Battle. Mayor Charles Vandersluis has re- turned the resolution passed by the eity council for the establishment of the Nymore highway across Second street and along the lake shore, unap- proved. The resolution, however, be- comes effective on account of lapse of time. Not Right Step. Mayor Vandersluis stated today that he did not approve the project because he did not believe that it was the right step to take. He be- lieves that the present Nymore high- way can be made safe. The construction of the new high- way along the present route, it”is pointed out, may also save the city much expense as the Minnesota & In- ternational railway promises a big legal battle if efforts are made to open up Second street. The railway claims that the opening of Second street will make the present railway yards valueless. Lycan Opposed. At the meeting of the council all the aldermen with the exception of Aldermen Lycan and Phillippi voted for the resolution. Alderman Lycan voted against the resolution and Al- derman Phillippi was absent. At the meeting of the council next Monday evening appraisers may be appointed for the Second street pro- ject. The resolution which the mayor returned’ unapproved is as follows: RESOLUTION NO. 94. At a regular meeting of the City Coun- cil of the City of Bemidji, held in the City Hall in_said city on Monday, the 15th day of May, 1916, at eight o'clock P. M., a majority of the said City Coun- cil being present and voting, the fol- lowing resolution was offered by Alder- man Smart, who inoved its adoption: Whereas the said City Council of the City of Bemidji at a regular meeting thereof held on the 31st day of January, 1916, by resolution duly offered, ap- proved and published, petitioned by the Board of County Commissioners of said Beltrami County for aid in the construc- tion of a new passenger bridge across the Mississippi River near the inlet at the south side of Lake Bemidji; And whe! the location of said bridge and the highway and approaches thereto has been finally determined by the City Council and a survey and plat thereof has been prepared by the City Engineer showing the location of said bridge and the approaches and highway thereto which are shown upon said plat anu colored red thereon, which said plat has been by direction of the City Council of said city filed in the office of the City Clerk; And whereas it appears to the satis- faction of the City Council that in order to acquire suitable approaches to said bridge and a highway leading thereto it will be necessary to take and acquire private propert Now therefore be it resolved that the following private prop- erty be taken and opened as a public highway and approaches leading to said bridge to be built across the Mississippi River as aforesaid, to-wit: Commencing at a point on the east edge of the pav- ing on Bemidji Avenue in said city where the same would be intersected by the CLAPP FOR SENATOR. United States Senator Moses E. Clapp for re-election. We are for Senator Clapp because we like him and we believe that he is the best fitted for the office. That Senator Moses E. Clapp has always been in accord with public sentiment, and that his votes in the U. S. senate have been recorded as a majority ‘of the people of the state would have registered their own opinions, is a fact clearly borne out by the official records. In the broad struggle which always has existed, and exists today, be- tween the efforts of the few to con- trol the government in their interest, and the welfare of the many for whom government was really insti- tuted, a struggle which formed an im- portant part of those great policies which came to be known as “The Roosevelt Principles,” the senator took an active part, and was an advo- cate of those measures which became laws, and which were approved by the majority of the voters. The first thing of importance taken up by Senator Clapp, when he en- tered the senate, was the effort to amend the Constitution so that U. S. senators should be elected by a di- rect vote of the people. He was an uncompromising champion of this amendment and the first U. S. sena- tor from Minnesota to make speeches in favor of popular election of sena- tors. During his present term, on July 31, 1913, Senator Clapp made this statement on the floor of the senate: “During my comparatively short service in this body, I recall the plea I made for the right of the American people to elect senators of the United States, by direct vote, and I was met with much scorn and derision by members of this body at that time, that one distinguished senator could show his contempt in no other way than by arising in his place and leaving this chamber.” In 1903, Senator Clapp, as a mem- ber of the great committee on inter- state commerce, had charge of the anti-rebate and anti-discrimination bills, and on February 3 of that year he called up and put through the anti-rebate bill. This law was at- tacked and had to run the gauntlet of the courts, but was sustained at every point. Subsequently ‘nearly all the suits brought against com- binations were brought under this law. In 1906, when there was such a protracted struggle in the senate over the Hepburn bill, which finally gave the Interstate Commerce com- mission the right to fix rates, Clapp and Dolliver were the leading advo- cates of this legislation and its pas- sage was largely due to the efforts of Senator Clapp. Again in 1910, when a great ef- fort was made to repeal railroad leg- islation, Senators Clapp and Cummins brought in the minority report con- demning the action of the majority of the committee, and pointed out the reactionary features of the proposed legislation. In the end, every item they opposed was stricken out, ex- cepting the one providing for a com- merce court, and that was repealed at the following session. When the attempt was made in 1911 to subject the farmers of Min- nesota to free trade with Canada, Clapp was a vigorous opponent of the south line of Second Street, if extended, thence running east one hundred six (106) feet, thence due south one hun- dred_thirty-four feet feet (134), thence south thirteen (13) degrees east six hundred seventy feet (670 f£.), thence easterly sixty (60) feet, thence mnorth- erly and at all places distant sixty feet (60 f.) from the line above designated to a point in Lake Bemidji, where the North line of Second street would, if extended easterly intersect the same, and distant one hundred sixty-six (166) feet_east of the east line of the paving on Bemidji Avenue, thence west one hundred sixty-six (166) feet to the pave- ment on Bemidji Avenue, thence South to place of beginning, particular refer- ence being had to said plat and the desig- nation thereon in red of the land sought to be opened up and acquired. Also, commencing at a pqint in Government lot two (2) section sixteen (16) Town- ship One hundred forty-six (146) North of Range thirty-three (33) on the mean- dered line of Lake Bemidji, two hundred six (206) feet easterly from the center of the main track of the Minnesota & International Railway, at the southerly end of the said Railroad Company bridge where it crosses the Mississippi River, thence southerly three hundred twenty (320) feet to a point where the same in- tersects the easterly line of the paving on Nymore Road, thence northerly, fol- lowing_the easterly line of the paving on said road, to the north end of said road, thence northerly one hundred feet, thence easterly sixty feet more or less to the point of beginning, as indicated in red on said plat, and that the City Council appoint five'freeholders as com- missioners to view the premises to be acquired and opened up as a public highway and approaches to said bridge, to ascertain the amount of damage and compensation, if any, to be paid to the owner or owners of said property to be so taken and opened up as & public highway and approaches to said bridge. Said resolution having been duly sec- onded by Alderman Moberg it was put upon its passage and was upon the fol- lowing aye and no vote duly adopted and so declared: “Ayes,” Moberg, Lahr, Bailey, Smart, Foucault, Ervin, Miller. “Nays,” Lycan. Absent Phillippi. FUNERAL OF MRS. DORA MEILICKE HELD The funeral services for Mrs. Dora Meilicke was held at the home of her son, Julius Meilicke, 615 Minnesota avenue, this afternoon at three o'clock, Rev. L. P. Warford officiat- ing. The body will be taken to Lake Park this evening where services will be held tomorrow. Mrs. C. R. Sanborn, 717 Lake Boulevard, has as her guest for a few days, Mrs. Walter Weiland of Mrs. Sanborn will enter- tain a few friends at dinner this eve- ning in Mrs, Weiland’s honor. | bill, speaking several times in oppo- sition. Meanwhile he had risen to the po- sition of chairman of the committee on interstate commerce, and about the first thing he did was to offer and pass a resolution providing for an investigation into trusts and cor- porations engaged in interstate com- merce. This was followed by a far- reaching and exhaustive series of hearings and investigations lasting more than a year, and which finally resulted in the passage of the Federal trade commission bill and the Clay- ton anti-trust act. All through the summer months of 1912, when congress was in ses- sion, and when it was in recess, Clapp, as chairman of a special com- mittee to inquire into the campaign methods, and the contributions em- ployed in the presidential and con- gressional elections of 1904-1908, and the primaries of 1912, conducted one of the most sweeping inquisitions in the history of congress. He sent subpoenas to men who have played big politics in a big way during the past decade, including a former presi-| enroute to Bemidji where they will spend the balance of the week on a mer candidate for that office; United | fishing and outing dent of the United States, and a for- (Continued on last page.) THE CUB REPORTER ININETOWNS ARE HIT BY STORM; $400,000 L0SS Six Persons Are Injured, One May Die, at Wimbledon, North Dakota. | TERRITORY NEAR FARGO DAMAGED Tornado Sweeps Over Wide Section in North Dakota and Minnesota. . Fargo, N. D.,, May 26.—Six people were seriously injured and property damaged estimated at $300,000 was done in and around Wimbledon, in a terrific tornado that his the district yesterday, while an added $100,000 damage was done by the storm in other sections. The wire connection with Wimble- don, restored last night, brought the story of the terrific tornado. Opera House Destroyed. The complete destruction of the Wimbledon opera house and the par- tial destruction of other business buildings, coupled with the razing of about forty big barns in the district surrounding the city, indicated the fierceness of the tornado. Other Towns Hit. Storm damage also is reported at Page, Amenia, Ayr, Erie, Argusville, Hunter, Rogers, Leal and several in- termediate points, the storm crossing the Red river at Georgetown and spending itself on the Minnesota side with little additional damage. In the North Dakota district several hun- dred barns were razed and other dam- age done. . The storm district seems to rum from a point northwest of Wimble- don and thence in an easterly direc- tion to the Red river, the storm spending its force in Clay county. WCANN TO MANAGE MINNESOTAOFFIGE OF SHEVLIN COMPANY T. A. McCann, former manager of the Crookston Lumber company of Bemidji, who with his family moved last year to Bend, Ore., where he has been in charge of the Shevlin lum- ber interests at that place, will re- turn to Minnesota and conduct the offices of the company in Minneap- olis. James Hennessey, at present lo- cated at Libby, Mont., will succeed Mr. McCann at Bend. BEMIDJI AD CLUB - T0 BE FORMED BY . MERGHANTS TONIGHT An ad club will be formed by Be- midji merchants at a meeting to be held tonight at 8:30 o’clock in the Commercial club rooms. The local club will become a. part of the National Ad Club. The purpose of the organization will be to study the various methods of advertising and the writing of ad- vertisements. REV. ALVORD RETURNS FROM MINNEAPOLIS MEET Rev. 1. D. Alvord returned from Minneapolis today where he has been attending the meeting of the North- Mrs. Al- ern Baptists’ association. JUNIOR COMMERGIAL GLUB ENTERTAINS The Junior Commereial club enter- tained twenty couples at the eclub rooms last evening. This was the first of a series of social events plan- ned by the organization. Cards, pool, billiards and dancing were the entertaining features last evening. Lunch was served. DULUTH FIRM IS AWARDED GONTRACT FOR BAGLEY SGHOOL ‘The Johnson Contracting company of Duluth has been awarded the con- tract for the construction of a new high school at Bagley. The school will have twelve rooms and without the heating plant will cost about $23,000. N. Y. PRIESTS DENY ALL TAPPING GHARGES New York, May 26.—Roman Cath- olic clergymen whose telephone wires -'were tapped during the investigation of charitable institutions, took the witness stand yesterday before the executive committee headed by Etate Senator George F. Thompson and de- nied the charges of Mayor Mitchell that they were involved in a conspir- acy to discredit the eity administra- tion through an attack upon the de- partment of charities. They made a counter allegation that the mayor played a prominent part in a conspiracy designed to dis- credit’ the administration of Catholic orphanages. The priests asserted that after discovering their tele- phones had been tapped they deliber- ately prearranged the conversation and that they were successful in their purpose. While admitting certain parts of the overheard conversation, which were read to the committee yester-, day by Mr. Mitchell, the witnesses protested that his account of these talks were in the main, inaceurate. They contended that the language used was not theirs. MANY ARE PAYING TAXES NOW TO AVOID PENALTY Many people are paying their cur- rent taxes at the court house today. After next Tuesday a ten per cent penalty will be added. The receipts at the office of the county treasurer yesterday were $3,601.64. MISS KNOERR TO BE WED TO MR. HUBBARD A wedding license was issued at the office of the clerk of court this morning to John H. Hubbard and Miss Anna May Knoerr. WETSEL WILL IS UP IN PROBATE COURT A hearing was held in the probate court before Judge M. A. Clark this morning on a petition for the pro- bate of the will of the late George H. Wetsel of Tenstrike. new “DAMAGED 60ODS” AT - THE GRAND SOON vord, who has been in Minneapolis for the past few months, returned with Rev. Alvord. - Joe Barlow and Pat Sullivan East Grand Forks were visitors in “Damaged Goods,” the much talked of photo-drama, will be shown at the of | Grand theater, June 21, according to an announcement made today by the city this morning between trains | Manager G. S. Harding. Times. Miss Elsie Wolf of Grand Forks is trip.—Crookston { a house guest of Miss Dona Lycan for a few days. ©-HvmcBUMMED A PINTOF &A4S OFF OF AN IDLE RICH — Dafactive Paae CHAS. CARTERURGES PETITION FORCHANNEL FOR RED LAKE RIVER Hines Resident, Candidate for Legis- lature, Writes Letter to Editor. FLOODS DOING MUCH DAMAGE TO LANDS Says Settlers Are Entitled to Action On Part of the State Legislators. Charles S. Carter of Hines, a can- didate for representative from this distriet, in a letter to the editor of the Pioneer urges a petition of the people to the state legislature asking for a channel in the Red Lake river so that floods in the Red Lake river can be avoided. His-letter is as follows: “One of the great and difficult problems confronting the people of Minnesota and our section in partic- ular is the proper control of the wa- ters of the streams running into the Great Red Lake, the lake itself and its outlet, Red Lake river. Two Million Acres. “The country drained by the afore- said waters comprises about two mil- lion acres of some of the most fertile land in the state of Minnesota. “The conditions of the water this spring are such that it places in jeopardy the property and in some instances almost the-lives of settlers in our county adjacent to said wa- ters. “The people of the country affected are entitled to action on the part of our state legislature, which, work- ing in connection with the township and county affected and the Federal government, ought to work out some plan whereby the channel of the Red Lake river could be deepened and widened with perhaps some building of dykes along in Clearwater county and other points where necessary. Channel is Necessary. “The draining of a large area of swamp land adjacent to Red Lake and the emptying of the water quick- ly in the spring into Red Lake has made it absolutely necessary that work on the deepening and widening of the channel of the Red Lake river can be taken up in the near future. “The result of the quickly empty- ing of the water from the drainage ditches into Red Lake is that, the outlet, not being of sufficient capa- city to carry away the additional burden of water caused by the drain- age ditches. There is immediately a backing up of the waters of the lake into all of the rivers such as the Batter river, Blackduck river, Tam- arack and Shotly rivers and there is as a result a large area of land owned by the citizens of the state and the state itself which is overflowed and causes a serious loss to the hay crop and to transportation until the flood tide recedes. A Definite Program. “Let us start with a definite pro- gram, and petition of the people ask- ing for a channel in the Red Lake river starting from the lake and go- ing 25 miles west which could be made at a cost of approximately $6,- 000 per mile under the twenty-year state drainage law. This would mean $7,5600 per year. The $2,500 per year would be paid by the state dt large under the established rule of the state drainage department, as well as the law. $2,600 per year from the Federal government from its river and harbor fund and $2,500 from land owners from both sides of the river, whether they be red or white. In the latter case this would average about 32 cents per 40-acre tract per year against the lands of the whites or the reds.” 0DD FELLOWS TO ¥ INITIATE TONIGHT The Bemidji lodge of 0dd Fellows will initiate a class at the lodge rooms tonight. A social session will be held after the imitiatory ceremo- nies. Lunch will be served. All members are urged to attend. ~ How To Cut Down Your Gasoline Expense -OPEN HERWIDE. AND BREE2E |NTO NEAREST Lawe - (DOING SAFETY BRODIE PER DIAGRAM) ERERKRK KKK KKK KKK : CLAPP IS CHOICE OF * PIONEER FOR SENATOR * S R R R R RS MOSES E. CLAPP, U. S. Senator. RAINY LAKE JAM IMPERILS LIVES AND BIG PLANTS International Falls, May 26.— Many lives will be imperiled and thousands of dollars property dam- age will be done if water being held by huge jams on Rainy Lake, give way. The Backus power plants, owned by Minneapolis capital, here and at Fort Francis, Ont., are threat- ened. The large paper mills here are also threatened. BEMIDJ! INSURANGE MEN TO ORGANIZE AT MEETING JUNE 3 Bemidji insurance men will be or- ganized into an organization to be part of the Insurance Federation of Minnesota at a meeting to be held at the Commercial clib rooms June 3. ‘W. A. Sherman, - exetutive “sevie tary of the Insurance Federation of Minnesota, is organizing the local men. - WAITE WOULD PROVE INSANITY TO AVOID THEELEGTRIC CHAIR New York, May 26.—Dr. Arthur Warren Waite calmly recounted on the witness stand last night, in an effort to save himself from conviction of the murder of his father-in-law, John E. Peck, by showing that he was of unsound mind, how he attempted to cause the death of Miss Katherine Peck, the wealthy aunt of his wife, and his own benefactor, by feeding her disease germs. He told also of trying to kill his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Peck, in the same way, before resorting to poinson as a more effective means. He testified in addition regarding his relations with Mrs. Margaret Horton, his “studio” companion. He finished his morning. STATE SUPREME GOURT HANDS DOWN DEGISIONS St. Paul, Minn., May 26.—The su- preme court today decided that the moratorium of Canada does not af- fect the right of a citizen of Minne- sota to collect a debt in that country. Harry Hewitt of Minneapolis sued George Bridge to collect on a prom- missory note for $500. The court also decided that money set aside for road work in Martin testimony this county must not be used for other purposes. By "HOP’ ~TRADEOUR AUTD LICENSE FOR A PAIR OF ONE SEATED ROLLER SKATES-ANDYOUR GAS PROBLEMAS™ = AUSTRIANS TAKE ITALIAN POSITIONS IN CHIESA DISTRICT After Three Days Struggle Wedges Are Driven in Italian Front. FRENCH REPULSE GERMAN FORCES Lieut. Thaw Brings Down German Aeroplane in Vicinity - of Verdun. Vienna, May 26.— (Official)—Aus- trians stormed and captured the forti- fied positions at Chiesa, 21 miles from Vicenza yesterday, after a three days battle.- This drives a wedge in the Galian front. The forces of the Ital- ian left wing in the Adige valley fell back over five miles upon the town of Ala. General Relieved. London, May 26.—A dispatch from Rome says that General Brustata, commanding the Italian forces which have been compelled to retreat before the Austrian offensive, has been re- lieved on half pay. French Win Drive. Paris, May 26.—(Official)—The French repulsed violent German at- tacks west of the Meuse last night. Paris, May 26.—Lieut. William Thaw of New York, attached with the Franco-American flying corps, brought down a German aeroplane in the vicinity of Verdun a few days ago. Against Peace. Berlin, May 26.—Two well in- formed neutral diplomats claim that President Wilson should not attempt peace now but wait until fall. All the belligerents are planning offen- sives in the fall. It was stated that peace discussions would probably - take a year. VILLA GENERAL 13 REPORTED KILLED ————— Field Headquarters of ‘American Army in Mexico, May 26.—An Am- erican this morning killed Cambierio Ceryantes, a Villista general, south of Cruces. To Hold Court. Washington, May 26.—General Funston today recommended Hous- ton as a place for the holding of court martial for the 116 militia men of Texas who have refused to go on border duty. He submitted a list of army officers which will constitute the court. RESIGNATION OF LANSING IS DENIED IN WASHINGTON ‘Washington, May 26.—It was de- ": nied unqualifiedly today that Secre- tary Lansing was planning to resign from the state department. There is a broad intimation that German sources fostered the rumor. ATTORNEY GENERAL BEGINS ACTION IN TIMBER FRAUD CASES St. Paul, Minn., May 26.—Attor- ney General Lyndon A. Smith today started action to recover some money lost by the state through alleged il- legal timber sales. LIEUTEANT PICKS UP TWO HIGH POWER WIRES AND IS KILLED San Harbor, N. Y., May 26.—Lieu- tenant Commander Darding Richards of the U. S. Destroyer, Fanning was instantly killed at the power house here this morning. The night watchman says that Richards delib- erately picked up two high power wires. BRANDEIS CONFIRMATION NOW BELIEVED CERTAIN Washington, May 26.—At a meet- ing of the Republican members of the senate judiciary committee today it was almost insured that there would be a speedy confirmation of the ap- pointment of Louis Brandeis to the supreme court. An agreement will be reached if the Democrats allow the Brandeis opposition to be made public on the floor of the senate. GRADE CLASSES ARE HOLDING ° FIELD MEET THIS AFTERNOON The grade classes of the Bemidji schools are holging a field meet this afternoon on the high school grounds. The meet is under the direction of Miss Helen Shannon, an instructor in the Junior high school. Take advantage of a want ad. INNESOTA TORICA!. . 3 @ 1 t _—