Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 27, 1916, Page 1

Y PIONEER VOLUME XIV, NO. 130. BEMIDJT, HIN'NFSOTA, SA’.I.'URDAY nvmtma HAY 27, 1916. FORTY/C] FORTY-NINE ARRESTS ARE MADE IN GITY IN PAST THREE MONTHS Chief of Police Frank Ripple Makes Quarterly Report on Work. $376 1S COLLECTED IN FINES IN COURT Twenty Arrests Made on Charges of Drunkenness; Ten Made for Speeding. Chief of Police Frank Ripple to- day made his report on the work of his department for the past three months. His report shows that there were 49 arrests made during the three months and $376 in fines col- lected. His report is as follows: Number of arrests for drunken- ness, 20; amount of fines received for drunkenness, $41; number of sen- tences suspended, 4. Two On Larceny. Number of arrests for petit lar- ceny, 2; one case given thirty days straight; one case dismissed; num- ber of arrests for grand larceny, case dismissed, no evidence. Number of arrests for assault, 1; fined twenty-five dollars and case ap- pealed. Number of arrests for disorderly conduct, fined ten dollars. Number of arrests for gambling, 1 bail of twenty-five dollars forfeited. Nine Liquor Cases. Number of arrests for selling li- quor without a license, 9; amount of fines received, $280; two cases dis- missed; number of arrests for run- ning unlicenised driking places, 2; one case received fifty days straight; one case fined fifty dollars. One arrest for vagrancy, case dis- missed. One arrest for operating jitney without a license, case dismissed. Number of foot peddlers made to secure licenses 3; thirty dollars se- cured from this source. Ten Speeders. Number of arrests for auto law violations, 10; amount of fines re- ceived, twenty dollars. The city re- ceives none of these fines. Two juvenile cases tried, one case receiving a term in the state train- ing school for boys at Red Wing, Minn. In the other case hoys were released on probation. SPOONER SETTLERS CLEAR GROUND FOR NEW TOWN HALL Spooner, Minn., May 27.—The set- tlers of the Hay Creek district met Wednesday afternoon to clear ground for their new town hall, which is to be located near the northwest cor- ner of the southwest quarter of sec- tion 28, in town 159, range 28, on an acre of land donated for the purpose by Christ Larson. The settlers of that neighborhood plan on building a hall 35 by 50 feet which will be used for dances and other public gatherings in that district. A goodly sum has already been secured by means of basket socials and dances and it is expected to have everything in readiness by mext fall. A large number were on hand to help the clearing work while the women fur- nished a bountiful lunch for the workers. Credit is given Miss Tillie Byrne, the teacher in that neigh- borhood, and Mrs. L. E. Gilbertson, both of whom have spent consider- able time and effort in making the hall project a success. HARNWELLELECTED GHAIRMAN OF THE BEMIDJI AD GLUB George W. Harnwell, Bemidji man- ager of the St. Hilaire Lumber com- pany, was elected chairman of the Bemidji Ad club, an organization formed under the auspices of the Be- midji Merchants association, at a meeting held last evening at the Com- mercial club rooms. Other officers are Charles Cominsky of the Schneid- er Bros. Clothing company, vice- chairman and E. M. Sathre, secretary and treasurer. Ten merchants joined the organi- zation last evening. They are Mayor Charles Vandersluis, C. A. Huffman, E. A. Barker, G. W. Harnwell, H. Mayne Stanton, Charles and Henry Cominsky, W. N. Bowser, F. G. Troppman and E. M. Sathre. MISS LOVERING TO WED Lourl]u'.. | bat a flood peril. FRED MEADE A wedding license 'was issued at the office of the clerk of court this morning to Fred Meade and Lucille New Design S The above is the new design s sociation for the city of Bemidji, “‘t was drawn by John Tennstrom and t prise,” was written by Mrs. J. T. T on envelopes, stationery and wrapp merchant will use the design. WATERWAY OFFICIALS AT BORDER CITY TO COMBAT FLOOD PERIL International Falls, Minn., May 27. —James A. Tawney, American, and Charles McGrath, Canadian member of the International Joint Boundary Waterways commission, were here to- day to help local authorities to com- Hundreds of logs jammed in Rainy lake were all that today saved a flood washing away the power plant and paper mills here. The log jam momentarily threatens to give way, imperilling many lives. It will probably be necessary to dynamite the dam in the Lake of the Woods region on account of the floods. This would open an interna- tional problem. Washington’s’ per- mission has been demanded. JUDGE STANTON RETURNS FROM GRAND RAPIDS COURT Judge C. W. Stanton of the dis- trict court with Lee A. LaBaw, court reporter, returned today from Grand Rapids where he has been holding a term of court. DR. ARTHUR WAITE MURDER CASE IS GIVEN TO JURY New York, May 27.—Waite was found guilty this afternoon. New York. May 27.—Alienists sworn in by the defense on behalf of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite testified yesterday at the trial for the murder of John E. Peck, his father-in-law, that the young dentist was a moral imbecile “and an immoral monster” who had only an insane knowledge of right and wrong. The case went to the jury this af- ternoon. The experts, Doctors Karpas and Leifendorf, testified yesterday that Waite was a moral imbecile and de- clared they had arrived at their con- clusions without consultation to- gether. TO INSPECT HIGH WATER PROBLEM Baudette, Minn,, May 27.—Messrs. Landsby of Swift, Spreiter of War- road, Robinson of Rainy River and E. C. Middleton, S. W. Koefed and W. F. Steffes of this place left Tuesday on the Cruiser for Kenora, where they will meet with a committee from both the governments to decide what is to be done with the present high water caused by the dam at C. B. BUCKMAN TO electedfib'y Merchants For Bemidji elected by the Bemidji Merchants as- he City of Enterprise.” The design he slogan, “the City of of Enter- uomy. The design will be printed ing paper. It is expected that every WILLIAMS EDITOR VISITS IN BEMIDJI Sam S. Sherman, editor of the Northern Light at Williams and a candidate for representative from this district, was a visitor in Bemidji to- day. While here Mr. Sherman ex- pressed himself as favoring a liberal appropriation for a state normal school in Bemidji, the lifting of the “Indian Lid” and giving all parts of the state and county an equal chance, the adoption of ‘*Amendment No. 1" and also a measure to assist settlers now here in their problem of land clearing. VISIT IN BEMIDM DURING NEXT WEEK (By a Special Correspondent.) Little Falls, Minn., May 27.—C. B. Buckman, Republican candidate for congress from the Sixth distriet, has the “‘constructive” idea so firmly fixed in his mind that up to this time he has found little time to get over the district in the interests of his own candidacy. Only recently Mr. Buckman con- structed one of the largest and most up-to-date garages in the northwest and two modern homes. This spring he purchased property which has been idle for years and is now build- ing three modern cottages. This lat- ter work has so taken his time that he has been unable to meet the vo- ters of the district. He plans, however, on leaving some time-next week for a trip over the M. & I, visiting Bemidji, Bau- dette and other points in the north- ern section of the district. KKK KKK KKK KKK * NYMORE NEWS * ¥ (By Special Correspondent.) & KK KKK KK I KK KKK KK KE Miss Dorothy Johnson and Miss Mickleson, who have been visiting in Nymore as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gust Johnson, returned Wednesday evening to Brainerd, Minn., where they are employed as nurses in the Northwestern hospital. The funeral of Albert Brewer, who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon, was held this afternoon. Rev. J. B. Cadwell officiated. _— \ The supper at the Swedish Luth- eran church Thursday night was very well attended. The ladies feel that their efforts were rewarded, for the proceeds amounted to over $60. Miss Gertrude Huntosh left today for a week’s visit with friends at Kenora. SCOO THE CUB REPORTER Buena Vista and Island Lake. Defactive ALL AGTION ON NORMAL SCHOOL 70 BE HELD UP State Officials Believe That Nothing Will Be Done Until After the 1917 Legislature. A $20,000 AVAILABLE NOT TO BE USED NOW GIWEHNIJR BURNQUIST PROCLAIMS JUNE20AS “600D ROADS DAY” People of State Requested to Make a Special Effort for Better Roads. PUBLIC IS AWAKENING TO NECESSITY OF IMPROVEMENTS Work May Be B:'cnn in 1918; Be.|Farmers of State Are Losing Much midji Man to Confer With State Money on Account of Poor Board of Control. Roads. St. Paul, Minn,, May 27.—Gover- nor J." A. A. Burnquist today pro- claimed June 20 as Good Roads Day.” His proclamation in part is as fol- lows: “The legislature of the state has wisely requested the designation by public proclamation of the third St. Paul, Minn., May 27.—Defer- ring all action on the proposed erec- tion of a normal school at Bemidji, until after the 1917 legislature, seem- ed probable today, because of the small appropriation available. The plan is to hold the $25,000 available August 1, for the school, and. see what can be secured from the next legislature. :l:uesday of June in ’e’ach year as “There’s very little we can do with GOOD ROADS DAY $25,000,” said an official at the capi- Roads Cause Loss. tol today. “The chances are that “More and more is the public awakening to the necessity of road improvement and the great value and importance of permanent road con- struction which will lessen the cost of the marketing of products and con- tinually increase the volume of traf- fic. It is a well-known fact that the farmers of our state on account of bad roads are losing millions of dol- lars annually in the moving of their crops, aside from the loss occasioned through the lower value of their lands by reason of their inaccessi- bility to market. To Make Special Effort. “‘Good roads, however, influence not only the economic but the, social conditions of a community by elim- inating the loneliness and isolation of rural districts and by creating bet- ter opportunities for school attend- ance and social life. “Therefore, the people of the state are hereby requested to make spe- cial effort on Tuesday, the 20th day of June, to secure contributions of labor, material and money toward the improvement of public highways in their respective communities.” THIEF RIVER FALLS MENTOINSPECTRED LAKE RIVER FLOODS Senator D. P. O'Neil, M. C. Cutter, editor of the Thief River Falls Press and Attorney G. Halvorson, all of Thief River Falls, are in the city today enroute to Red Lake where they will meet with W. F. Dickens, super- intendent of the Red Lake I\ndian reservation, and inspect the floods of the Red Lake River. - It is reported that the floods are doing much dam- age to the lands. The party will go down the Red Lake river to Thief River Falls. J. J. HILL PASSES A PERFECT NIGHT St. Paul, Minn., May 27.—Dr. Wil- liam Mayo, noted Rochester surgeon, may operate upon James J. Hill, em- pire builder, the family physician ad- mitted this morning. Hill passed a perfect night. Every possible precaution was tak- en at the residence to insure ‘the maximum of quiet and privacy for the sick man. Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, who per- sonally brought Dr. Mayo from Roch- ester for consultation, was with his father today. the money. we have, on interest until 1918, and what we could get from the 1917 legislature, then available, would permit work to start then.” A. P. White, Bemidji, J. C. Wise, Mankato, and E. J. Jones, Morris, forming a special dommittee appoint- ed by the state normal school board, may meet to discuss the matter with the state board of control,, MANUAL TRAINING WORK ON EXHIBIT IN STORE The manual training work of the students of the Bemidji high school was placed on exhibition in the dis- play windows of the Battles Hard- ware store today. : The work of the students this year jhas been good, MORE WITNESSES IN NEW YORK CASE New York, May 27.—More wit- nesses were called before Chief Mag- istrate McAdoo yesterday in the John Doe inquiry to find out whether a crime was committed in tapping the telephone wires ip the law offices of Seymour & Seymour. They included five persons in the employ of William J. Burns, the detective employed by J. P. Morgan & Co., to locate a leak of information regarding war muni- tion contracts handled by the Morgan firm. All the reports made by Burns to his clients were asked for and a rep- resentative of the firm was summoned as a witness. ‘The Thompson legislative commit- tee continued its investigation of telephone wire tapping by the police by hearing more representatives of Catholic charitable institutions who are engaged in a violent controversy with the mayor over the right of the police to “listen in” on their wires. The mayor charges that leaders of these institutions conspired to frus- trate the state investigation of chari- ties. Witnesses examined yesterday absolutely denied these charges. They admitted the truth of certain tele- ‘phone conversations overheard by the police wire tappers, but asserted that some of these conversations were framed to “trap” the eavesdroppers. U. 8. HAS DIFFIGULTY WITH RUSSIAN TREATY ‘(Copyrighted 1916 by United Press.) Petrograd, May 27.—The United States faces great difficulty in at- tempts to negotiate a mew commer- cial treaty with Russia to replace the one abrogated during the Taft admin- istration on account of Jewish ques- tions, the United Press learned today on unimpeachable authority. HEAD OF TOWNSITE COMPANY IN BEMIDJI Tams Bixby, president of the Be- midji Townsite & Improvement com- pany, is a visitor in Bemidji today. TODAY IS STRAW HAT DAY; MANY ARE SOLD Today a straw hat can be legally i worn in the city of Bemidji. Mer- J. J. Opsahl left today for Akeley ‘of the parents were present also. The TWO ARE KILLED WHEN FIRE DESTROYS GOLLEGE Ottumka, Ia., May 27.—R. M. Wil- liams, business manager, and Wil- liam Oakley, foreman, were killed and George Miner and Kelly Davis, stu- dents of engineering, were injured this morning when a fire destroyed all of the Pennsylvania college build- ings at Oskaloosa. The loss will be $100,000. The explosion of a 30-gallon tank of gasoline started the fire. SEVENTH GRADERS WIN FIRST FIELD MEET OF SCHOOLS Eight Graders Are Second and Sixth Graders Are Third. MEET IS SUCCESSFUL; STUDENTS MAKE RECORDS Clemons Chase is Best Boy Athlete; Pearl Phibbs Takes Honors for Girls. Yesterday was a “big” day for the in Bemidji. Yesterday afternoon the first track and field meet was held and the stu- dents displayed much interest and class spirit. Today Clemons Chase and Pearl Phibbs are the heroes of the graders. Clemons proved to be the best boy athlete at the meet, securing 14 points, while Pearl was the best girl athlete. She secured six points. Secure 51 Points. The Seventh graders won the meet, securing a total of 51 points. The Eighth graders were second with 23 points and the Sixth graders third with 20 points. The meet was conducted under the direction of Miss Helen Shannon, an instructor in the Bemidji schools, and to her is due much credit for ‘the success of the meet. Over 100 students attended. Many grade school students meet was staged on the high school grounds. Prizes Awarded. W. P. Dyer, superintendent of schools, presented . Clemons Chase, the boy winner, with a baseball bat, and Pearl Phibbs, the girl winner, a bathing cap. Points spcure'd were signified by ribbons, a green ribbon for three points, a yellow ribbon for two points and a blue ribbon for one point. The three highest vaulters were Clemons Chase, John Harris and Les- lie Raco. Little Leland Trafton of the Sixth grade was the highest jumper, jump- ing higher than eighth grade con- testants The three-legged race resulted as follows: Clemons Chase and Rupert Stechman, first; Robert Nailer and Leslie Raco, second; Bert Najler and Ernest Rodideo, third. The results of the ball throwing contest were as follows: Raymond Johnson, first; Richard Cota, second, and Clemons Chase, third. The three girls winning the relay race were Pearl Phibbs, Lucile Foya and Eunice Titus. Bertha Traickal won the peanut race, having 26 peanuts when reach- ing the goal. The Sixth grade won the ball” contest. SUNDAY TRAIN SERVIGE IS EFFECTIVE TOMORROW Sunday trains to the Twin Cities and from the Twin Cities will be placed in operation tomorrow on the Minnesota & International railway. The Sunday train to the Twin Cities will leave Bemidji at 11:25'p. m., and from the Twin Cities will arrive in Bemidji at 4:25 a. m. Monday. S —— Mrs. A. W. Saddler of Puposky was a business visitor in Bemidji yester- ‘“pass X where he will attend to business mat- ters. chants report that many straw hats were sold. How To Avoid A Gollision (®)-ALLOW ALL CHICKEN PEEDERS THE_ RIGHT OF WAY AND ~ By "HOP" GENERAL GALLIENI, FORMER MINISTER OF WAR, DIESIN PARIS Was Known as Savior of Paris; Hero of Franco-Prussian War, FRENCH CAPTURE PART OF CUMIERES Heavy Fighting in Verdun District; Germans Claim Small Gains, Paris, May 27.—General Gallieni, former French minister war, known as the savior of Paris, died this morning following an operation for kidney trouble. He was a hero in the Franco-Prus- sian war also. Turns Tide of War. He became known as the savior of Paris after a master stroke when the Germans were advancing quickly on Paris. They had reached the northern outskirts of Paris. Gal- lieni was then military governor of Paris. General Manoury attacked the advancing Germans, seeking to halt them before reaching Paris. He then appealed to Gillieni who re- quistioned every taxicab. in Paris and rushed reinforcements to Manoury, thereby saving the day. Gillieni's action turned the tide of the Euro- pean conflict. French Claim Victory. Paris, May 27.—(Official)—The French captured a large part of the village of Cumieres yesterday, nine miles from Verdun, after heavy fight- ing. Despite terrific counter attacks the French retained possession. Washington, May 27.—The U. S. confidently expects an early favorable response to the U. S. mail seizure pro- test sent to England and France. In- dications are that England will com- ply. ) Copenhagen, May 27.—Ambassador ‘Gerard believes that peace proposals will assume a definite form within a few months. OLD SOLDIERS AND SCHOOL GHILDRENTO PARADE TUESDAY Memorial Day to Be Observed in Be- midji; Naval Militia to Take Part, of PROGRAM AT CITY HALL IN AFTERNOON More Automobiles Are Needed; Autoists Requested to Donate Cars, More automobiles are needed for the old soldiers who will take part in the exercises next Tuesday. Auto owners are. ye- quested to dopate the use of their cars for this purpose, Telephone Mayor Vandersluis if you will donate the use of your automobile. Old soldiers, school children, the Bemidji naval militia, representa- tives from the city’s fraternal organi- zations and many citizens will take part in the parade next Tuesday, Memorial day. Plans are being com- pleted today for the parade. Mayor Vandersluis will be marshal of the day. Parade in ‘Morning. The parade will be started at the city hall at ten o’clock and will pro- ceed to Greenwood cemetery where graves will be decorated and appro- priate exercises will be given. Mrs. L. G. Pendergast, a member of the G. A. R. circle, will give a reading. At noon a dinner will be served to the G. A. R. members and the cir- cle in the 0dd Fellows hall. Program in Afternoon. In the afternoon at two o'clock a program will be given at the city hall, consisting of several addresses and a music program. Dr. D. M. Ful- ler, prominent evangelist, will de- liver the main address. James Fuller is the only soldier who has died in Bemidji during the past year, GISH FILES FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN FIFTH W. H. Gish of Turtle River today filed for county commissioner in the fifth district. Monday is the last day for filing for county offices at the June primaries. Attorney and Mrs. A. A. Andrews and family left-this morning on an automobile trip to the Twin Cities. Paage