Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 6, 1916, Page 1

e SR oy e~ T ——— . e — THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE *> VOLUME XIV, NO. 138. [ paworiest \ W“““ 2 =UKTY CENTS PER MONTH BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1916. PROGRESSIVESARE DETERMINED ON T.RI IS REPORT VICTOR MURDOCK SAYS THAT PROGRESSIVES WILLNAME ROOSEVELT FRIDAY; HUGHES MEN VERY ACTIVE Chicago, T}, June 6.—Determined upon a program of Roosevelt or not}mi.ng, the radical Bull Moose today squarely challenged the conser- vative Progressives. to-do-their worst. Victor Murdock heads the delegates from 18 southern and western states with a program to nominate Roose- velt Friday or to run a third party if the Republicans refuse to accept him, Murdock today said: nominate Roosevelt.” Favors Wood. New York, June 6.—Two Roose- velt visitors returned from Oyster Bay today and reported that Colonel Roosevelt will support General Leon- ard Wood for president if the latter’s name comes seriously before the con- vention. Patriotic Talk, Chicago, June 6.—What Hughes said last night at the graduation ex- ercises in Washington overshadowed all interest here today. His volun- teer workers said that is the plainest definition where Hughes stands. Pro- gressives consider the talk incapable of application. Favorite sons state that it is merely patriotic talk. Hughes Gives Address. ‘Washington, June 6.—In the se- clusion of the National Cathedral school lawn, where he was presenting an American flag to the honor gradu- ates, Justice Charles E. Hughes yes- terday made his first public address since the opening of the pre-conven- tion campaign. He told the young women graduates that the flag meant America first, an undivided allegiance and a nation united and equal to its task. “This flag means more than asso- ciation and reward,” said the justice. “It is the symbol of our national unity, our national endeavor, of our national aspiration. It tells you of the struggle for independence, of union preserved for liberty and union, one and inseparable, of the sacrifices of brave men and women, to whom the ideals and honor of this nation have heen dearer than life.” Open Door Plank. Chicago, June 6.—Tomorrow the doors of the big Republican conven- tion will be opened. Today much talk cenerted on the planks of the platform. There is a possibility that Japan’s demand upon China, declared to be endangering the open-door and Amer- ican prestige in the Orient, will be given a plank in the platform. Delegates Present. Delegates to the Republican na- tional convention poured into Chi- cago all day and it is believed that practically all delegates are here. Many delegations came quietly and sought their hotels without display, but the few that brought bands and banners, and wore badges of favorite sons, gave a touch of color and some- thing of a holiday air to preconven- tion day. For Cummins. Minnesota and South Dakota dele- gates drifted into the Cummins head- quarters yesterday and were informed that Cummins stock is “looking up.” All the Minnesota delegates were on hand for the organization meeting but A. O. Eberhart, who was rep- resented by E. E. Smith, his alternate. North Dakota delegates gathered at the Majestic hotel. Minnesota’s two dozen will present a solid front’ against missionary ef- forts for Theodore Roosevelt, Charles E. Hughes or any other candidate until they have discharged their obli- gations by voting for Cummins on one ballot at least. Sons’ Strength. The maximum favorite strength follows: Delaware, 6 for Du Pont; Idaho, 8 for Borah; Illinois, 58 for Sherman; Iowa, 26 for Cummins; Massachus- etts, 36 for Weeks; Ohio, 48 for Bur- ton; Wisconsin, 15 for La Follette; total 227. In the remaining states delegates are instructed for the favorite sons’ candidates, as follows: Kentucky, 8 for Fairbanks; Mich- igan, 30 for Ford; Minnesota, 24 for Cummins; Montana, 8 for Cummins; Nebraska, 16 for Cummins; North Dakota, 10 for La Follette; South Da- kota, 10 for Cummins; total 106. Scattering, 122. This makes a total of 345 sons’ It will require 493 to nominate. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid so- ciety will meet at the home of Mrs. A. Lord Thursday afternoon at two- thirty o’clock. in- "~ " structed for favorite sons’ candidates. “You can quote me as saying that we will IMINNESOTAINDIANS WIN $711,000 SUIT AGAINST THE U, S, St. Paul, Ming., June 6.—The sum of $711,000 will be distributed among Minnesota Indians as the result of a decision given yesterday in the Unit- ed States court of claims at Wash- ington, according to reports received in St. Paul. The case has been pending for seven years, based on alleged viola-'} tion by the government of the Nel- son act, passed in 1889. The act provided for the pooling of all reservational lands in the state, } with removal of the Indians thereon to the White Earth reservation, the Red Lake band being the only excep- tion. The lands thus relinquished, } coming under the head of agricul- tural and pine lands, were to be held in trust by the federal government, revenue from them to go into the United States treasury, with the in-3 terest reverting to the Indians. The act further provided that after a period of 50 years the money was to be divided, pro rata, among the surviving Indians. i Claiming that in the case of the Mille Lacs band of Chippewas, the government had not kept faith with the Indians, but had made unauthor- ized disposal of the reservation under the public lands law, Senator M. E. Clapp, then chairman of the commit- tee on Indian affairs, obtained a juris- dictional act, by means of which the Indians were enabled to sue the gov- ernment. Last December a judgment was en- tered against the government in favor of the Indians. The government moved a new trial, and this motion was denied yesterday. FIREMAN TO HOLD MEETING TONIGHT A special meeting of the Bemidji Fire department will be held tonight. All members are urged to be present. Business of importance will be con- sidered. NEW TELEPHONE BOOK CLOSES JUNE FIFTEENTH The list of subscribers for the new telephone directory of the Northwest- ern Telephone company in Bemidji will be closed June 15. The new di- rectory will be published shori.ly after June 15. » [ PUPOSKY DEFEATS LIBERTY—SCORE £'6 TO 4 The Puposky baseball team de- feated the Liberty team at Puposky by a score of 26 to 4, Sunday after- noon. Charles Carter of Hines, a candi- date for representative from. this dis- trict, is a visitor in Bemidji today. NYMORE HIGHWAY T0 BE BUILT ON PRESENT ROUTE City Council at Special Meeting Ac- cepts Proposition of Minnesota & International Railway. RAILWAY COMPANY AGREES TO MOVE SEVERAL TRACKS Project Has Been Pending for Many Months; County Aid is Applied For. The new Nymore highway will be constructed on the present route on Bemidji avenue. This was decided at a special meeting of the city ccun- cil held last evening. The council accepted the plans pre- sented by the Minnesota & Interna- tional railway and ordered a prelim- inary survey of the road and bridge. The city engineer was instructed to secure plans for both a concrete and a steel bridge. Application for Funds. Application has already been made for $3,760 from the county for the construction of the bridge. Appraisers appointed at a recent meeting of the Second street-Lake shore route of the highway will be requested not to aet. The letter of W. H. Gemmell, gen- eral manager of the Minnesota & In- ternational railway, in whieh he out- lined the new plan for the highway, is as follows: 40-Foot Road. “To the Honorable City Council, Bemidji, Minn. “Gentlemen: Confirming the verb- al understanding had with your spe- cial committee, with which I had a meeting this afternoon on road mat- ter, I beg to say: “1. If your decision is to retain the crossing at about its present lo- cation, we will arrange for a crossing on our property up to 40 feet in width, changing several of our tracks so that there will be only one railroad track located on the cross- ing. “In order to enable you to get a road in of that width, it will be KEKEKKKXKKKK KKK KKK *x * * RED LAKE INDIANS ARE MARRIED HERE Mr. Kay-duge-benas and Miss Oke-mah-be-maueke, Chippewa Indians from the Red Lake reservation were married by Judge M. A. Clark at the court house Monday af- ternoon. The American names are Albert Stately and Emma Bongo. Mr. and Mrs. Stately will reside at the Red Lake reservation. * ok ok ok k ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok kK * ok k ok kkkhkkkhkkk ok Kk R KRR KKK KKK KK is raised to the height required by the government. Abandon Second Street, - “The above offers are made in con- sideration of the abandonment by the city of the proposition to put the road along the lake front and the opening of Second street across our yard. “Our engineer will be glad to ren- der any assistance he can at any time to your officials in working out what- ever plan you may decide to adopt. “I desire to take this opportunity of thanking your committee for the painstaking and considerate way in which théy discussed the various suggestions that were offered as a solution of the crossing matter, and trust when a decision as to what shall be done is reached, it will' be found to be entirely satisfactory to all in- terests. “Very truly yours, “W. H. GEMMELL."” Begin at Once. Work will be begun on the new bridge and highway as soon as pos- sible. The acedpting of the present loca- tion of the Nymore highway ends a controversy of many months. When the matter first came up propositions submitted by the railway company to the city were not agreeable to the city and propositions from the city to the railway company were not agree- able to the railway company. ‘When the lake shore project was planned a number of citizens peti- tioned to have the road constructed to Third street. The council two weeks ago decided to construct the road to Second street. Officials of the railway company stated that the company would fight the Second street project, so citizens urged the council and the railway company to agree on a route. A special commit- tee of the council conferred with Mr. Gemmell last Friday and the present necessitate your using a-smell-por- tion of our property on the far side of the river now leased to the Crook- ston Lumber Co. for lumber yard pur- poses, but not at present actually used by them. We will endeavor to secure the release of the strip of land required and give the city an ease- ment for same, for roadway pur- poses. Cut Off Elevator. “2. If roadway and crossing is constructed full 40 feet in width, it will require the cutting off of a por- tion of the Beltrami Elevator Co.’s building and other changes in their layout. We will adjust with that company direct such changes in a manner that will be satisfactory to them. “3. Following your committee’s suggestion we will ask Armour & Co. to load and unload their cars from the railroad yard side of their build- ing so that their car will not stand where it now does, causing an ob- struction to the view, in approach- ing the crossing. We further agree that when another location can be found for the Armour people, we will arrange for the removal of their building, and will not permit the con- struction of any other building on that location, as we agree with your committee’s opinion that a building there is a serious obstruction of the view of the crossing. In dealing with Armour & Co. in this matter we must, of course, treat them in a fair and equitable manner. Will Give Material. “We understand the material re- quired to fill the approaches to your proposed new bridge on or near the present location will amount to three or four thousand cubic yards. We agree to haul the necessary sand in for this purpose and plow it off in the vicinity of the work free of charge to the city, at the time we raise our tracks when your bridge location wa : secided upon. WOMAN'S PARTY T0 DECIDE WHO GETS THEIR VOTES Chicago, June 6.—What political party will officially be handed the support of 4,000,000 women’s votes in the eleven “free” states at the November national election? This question, the most important in the Woman’s party convention meeting here this week, was to be decided today by suffrage delegates when they assemble this afternoon at the Blackstone theater. The Woman’s party expects to place this vote where it will do the most good in helping to bring about national equal suffrage. Political parties are to be given to understand that “Suffrage First” is the Woman’s party motto and that party platforms expecting to catch woman votes must be built accord- ingly. A mass meeting will be held to- night at which prominent political leaders will speak. Tomorrow, 40,000 women will par- ade to impress the men politicians with the strength of suffrage. The New York state banner to be carried in the parade was hand wrought by women artists in New York. It was designed by Miss Anne Gold- thwaite, artist, and among the wo- men working on it were Miss Alice Morgan Wright, sculptor. Mrs. Norman de R. Whitehouse will carry the banner at the head of the New York state contingent. lhaul in material we will need to’ E. W. Anderson of Detroit, Minn., visited over Sunday in Bemidji. 50 PERSONS DEAD AND MANY INJURED IN BIG TORNADD Arkansas is Swept by High Wind; Communication Crippled; Loss is Great. NORTH ARKANSAS APPEARS T0 HAVE BEEN STRUCK HARD One-third of Judsonia Reported Swept Away; Many Houses Are Demolished. Little Rock, Ark., June 6.—Fifty- nine persons have been reported dead and more than a hundred injured in a series of tornadoes that swept Ar- kansas yesterday afternoon. All means of communication are crippled and it is feared the list of dead and injured will be greatly increased by later reports. The Little Rock dispatch office of the Iron Mountain railroad received a report that 18 persons had been kill- ed at Judsonia, White county, and that there are eleven dead at Herber Spring. Near Morrillton a negro was killed and a negress blown away in the storm. She has not been found. A white woman and several children also were hurt. Child is Missing. Near Fayetteville, Mrs. Edward Wilson was killed and her child is missing. A dozen persons were in- jured. A score or more of persons, mostly negroes, were injured on the out- ckirts of Little Rock and towns close to the city. Reports indicate that hundreds of buildings have been blown down throughout the state. The electric light and power plant is incapacitated and last night the city was without car service or light. Many houses were demolished. North Section Hit Worst. North Arkansas appears to have suffered most severely, although the storm was general throughout the state. At Judsonia one-third of the town was said to have been swept away. The tornado swept clean an area four blocks wide and twelve blocks long. Twenty-five bodies and fifty injured already have been taken from the ruins this morning, reports said. The dead thus far reported are 32. MERCHANTS HOLDING . MEETING THIS AFTERNOON The Bemidji Merchants association is holding a meeting this afternoon at the Commercial club rooms. Several impértant matters are being taken up. MISS BOEHMER WEDS ALEXANDER BREYETTE St. Philip’s Catholic church was the scene of a pretty wedding this morning when Miss Cecelia Boehmer of Glenwood, Minn., was married to Alexander Breyette. Rev. Fr. J. J. T. Philippe pronounced the marriage vows. Frank Breyette, a brother of the groom, and Miss Anna Mae Schrest attended the couple. A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the groom’s parents on Mississippi avenue, following the wedding ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Breyette will leave to- night for points in the west where they will visit for relatives for two weeks. They will make their home in Be- midji. Mr. Breyette is an intern at St. Anthony’s hospital. NEW SIDEWALK MAY BE BUILT TO PARK A new cement sidewalk may be constructed to the new athletic park. | At a meeting of the city council last evening the committee in charge of ! the construction of sidewalks was re- quested to report at the next meeting of the council on the sidewalks that should be constructed in the ecity. SCOOP zerorter TH COMVENT 10N BATTLE WiLi BE.STAGED-, SEATS FOR 12000 —, SOME LIL' GLE. COUSEUM- (&2 Scoop Prefers His Planks From The Front BYGOLLY \F THEY LORD KITCHENER LOST WHEN SHIP IS SUNK BY MINE BRITISH MINISTER OF WAR ON LINER HAMPSHIRE NORTH OF SCOTLAND FOR CONFERENCE; ENROUTE TO RUSSIA bodies of drowned men. may have been saved. conferences. result of Kitchener's death. had 655 officers and men. mentioned. PRESIDENT YUAM SHI KA OF CHINA REPORTED DEAD Tokio, June 6.—An unofficial but apparently authenical report is that Yuam Shi Kai, president of China, It has been admitted that he was seriously sick. ‘Washington, June 6.—The state de- partment was today officially notified that the president of China is dead. London, June 6.—Reuters reported the death of the president of China yesterday. SUFFRAGE LEADS IN IOWA STATE ELEGTION * Des Moines, Ia., June 6.—Six hun- dred and seventy-one out of 2,197 precinets today reported 60,777 for women’s suffrage and 50,700 against. 1t is believed that the suffrage amend- ment will carry. COMMERCIAL CLUB T0 HOLD MEETING The Bemidji Commercial club will hold a meeting tonight at the club rooms. Every member is urged to be present as several very important matters will be taken up. BOAT HOUSE OWNERS MAY GLEAN UP LAKE Owners of boat houses along the lake shore may clean up the shore, it was said today. At a recent meeting of the council the board of health was authorized to investigate complaints that rubbish had accumulated along the shore as a result of the boat houses forming pockets. It was stated then that the boat houses would probably be con- demned. At a special meeting of the council last evening, Tom Johnson, archi- tect, advocated the cleaning of the lake shore. The matter may be taken up at the next regular meeting of the council. is dead. TWO GIRLS TAKEN TO OWATONNA STATE SCHOOL Two girls were taken to the Owa- tonna state school for girls today. The father of the girls died several years ago and the mother is ill in a hospital. By "HOP" S8(-\F THATS ONE. OF TH' PLANKS FOR NOUR G.0.P PLATFORM: M NOT STUPID —LET ME QET T THRUO MY HEAD W4 TH REG LR ® Horation London, June 6.—(Official.)—Lord Kitchener, British minister of wer, with his entire staff was lost when the cruiser Hampshire was sunk off the Orkney Islands, north of Scotland. Searching parties sent for Kitchener report that they found only There i3 the faintest hope that some of the men The Hampshire was enroute to Russia where Kitchener was to hold London, June 6.—There is public consteration and amazement as a The main base of the British fleet, supposedly, is off the islands north of Scotland. Hence it considered likely that Kitchener.and his staff went there for a conference with high officials and an inspection of the fleet following the Jutland fight of last Wednesday. The Hampshire was a British battle cruiser of the Argyle type and The Hampshire’s participation in Wednesday’s naval battle was not Robert Kitchener was born at Crotter House, Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland, June 24, 1850, a son of Lieut. Col. Kitchener of the English army. Is Promoted. In 1884 he served on the staff of the British expeditionary force on the Nile, which vainly attempted to res- cue Gen. Gordon at Khartoum, and was promoted successively major and lieutenant colonel by brevet for his services. In 1885 he was commis- sioner in the delimination of anzi- bar and returning to Egypt in the following year he was made com- mandant at Suakin, which post he held until 1888. In the following vear he was given the Cross of the Bath for his part in the action at Toski under General Grenfell. For four years he was adjutant general, and in 1892 he succeeded Sir Fran- cis, afterwards Lord, Grenfell as sir- dar of the Egyptian army, and com- pleted his task of reorganizing the forces of the Khedive. Made Major General. Advanced to the rank of major general, he completed the defeat of the dervishes at the battle of Om- durman and captured Khartoum. After the victory of Omdurman in 1898 Kitchener was raised to the peerage as Baron Kitchener of Khar- toum, and received the thanks of par- lament and a grant of $150,000. Early in 1899 he was appointed gov- ernor-general of the Sudan. In Boer War. In the autumn of that year the Boer war broke out, and after the “Black Week,” with its disastrous defeat of the British troops under General Buller, Lord Roberts was ap- pointed commander-in-chief in South Africa, with Lord Kitchener as chief of staff. When in December, 1900, Lord Roberts returned to England, Kitchener succeeded to the position of commander-in-chief. In the nego- tiations culminating in the peace of Vereeniging he again gave proof of his diplomatic ability. He was ad- vanced to the dignity of viscount, pro- moted to the substantive rank of gen- eral “for distinguished service,” and recejved the thanks of parliament and a grant of $250,000. Field Marshal. In 1902 he was appointed com- mander-in-chief of India and during the seven years in that capacity he proved himself thoroughly efficient in reforming and reorganizing the British and native forces. In 1909 he was promoted field marshal and succeeded the Duke of Connaught as commander-in-chief and high com- missioner in the Mediterranean. Lord Kitchener was unmarried and had the reputation of being a confirmed woman-hater. He was a rather stern, hard-working man and a strict disciplinarian, standing high in the esteem but not in the love of his sol- diers. TEN BOYS IN GOURT; STEAL FROM BOAT Ten boys were taken into the muni- cipal court before Judge A. M. Crow- ell this afternoon on charges of steal- ing brass fixtures and machinery from the burned hull of the boat “The City of Bemidji.” Their cases had “{not been disposed of at a late hour this afternoon. It is reported that about $50 worth of equipment was taken from the boat. Miss Mae McGregor of Bemidji has graduated from a three-year course at the Mayo Bros. hospital at Roches- ter, Minn. Miss McGregor will re- main in Rochester for sever;:l‘waeks. =