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

VOLUME XIV, NO. 150. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1916. - FORTY CENTS PER MONTH UMITED STATES THREATENS CARRANZA IN NOTE REPLYING TO DEMANDS Rogers Making Sensational Race Against Buckmanfor Congress; Kell_ogg Nom_inated for Senate BURNQUIST, RINES AND SCHMAHL LEAD BY LARGE MAJORITIES Race for Legislature and Judge of Probate are Close; Dwyer Nominated. COUNTY COMMISSIONER VOTES ARE INCOMPLETE Cass County Attorney Leading in Race for Eixth District Office. IR EE R R S EEEEEEE S S CHARTER AMENDMENT CARRIES IN CITY elec- Bemidji also amendment Besides the primar; tion terday, charter hrad election. The amendment™ provided for the installation of a “white " oand it was adopted by a good vote. The complete vote was 351 for the amendment and against the amendment. The vote by wards was follows: First Ward—Yes 107; 2 113 as no Second Ward—Yes 107; no Third Ward—Yes 55; no Fourth Ward—Yes 82; 15. no T E ok ok ok ok kA A Kk k ok ARk ARk ok ok kK ko KK Ak kkhk kA A kA A ARk Ak Ak kkkkkkk %k & X E KK KKK KKK KKK KX ‘The results of the primary election in the state of Minnesota yesterday KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK * LEADS FOR RACE FOR * x CONGRESS IN SIXTH * KRR K KKK KKK KKK K EDWARD L. ROGERS County Attorney of Cass County. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT | T0 MAKE A SURVEY The river and harbor l:ll before congress provides for the examina- tion and survey by Federal authori- ties of the Red Lake river, according | to information received in from Senator Knute Nelson This action Bemidji today. is the result of action assist in curbing floods of the Red Lake river. Mr. Opsahl wrote Senator Nelson today urging that he make proper | recommendations to congress for im- were as follows: Kellogg leading for Republican U. S. senalor. Lawler is nominated Democratic U. 8. senator. Burnquist, Republican, and Dwyer, Democrat, were nominated governor. Frankson, Republican, and Thor- son, Democrat, were nominated lieu- tenant governor. Schmahl, Republican, was renom- inated secretary of state. Rines, Republican, was nominated state treasurer. Smith, Republican, was renominat- ed attorney general. Mills, Republican, was renomin- ated railroad and warehouse commis- sioner. Schaller is leading Quinn for as- sociate justice of the supreme court. Sensationsl Race. Rogers, Chippewa Indian, is mak- ing sensational race for congressman in the Sixth district. Reports avail- able indicate that he has been nom- inated. In the race for state legislature in this district, Pendergast, Clementson and Carter are running close. “Pendy” and Carter lead in early re- turns. Clark will be renominated probate judge. His running mate will prob- ably be Harris. The commissioners’ races cannot be determined on account of incomplete votes. . A report from Baudette this after- noon says that Clementson leads Pendergast for the state legislature in that territory by 250 votes. Has Good Lead. Five hundred and ten precinets out of 3,020 in the state give Kellogg in the race for U. S. senator 23,200; Eberhart 14,441; Clapp 7,007, and Lindbergh 5,440. Governor Burnquist was renomin- ated by a big margin. Rines has a good plurality. Schmahl is running two to one against his opponent, Sampson. In the congressional race Brainerd and the range with a total of 12 pre- cincts report Rogers 652, Knutson 446, Buckman 300. Buckman cecured a lead of several hundred in Little Falls. Walker gave Rogers 156, Buckman £, Knutson 17. Twenty-six Precinets. The following is the. vote from 26 precinets in Beltrami county, includ- the city of Bemidji, Kelliher, Nymore, Tenstrike, Turtle River and the Red Lake Agency and the towns of Blackduck, Buzzle, Liberty, Frohn, Hagali, Kelliher, Maple Ridge, Neb- (Contjnued on Page 4) mediate action. He urged that the senator keep after the measure until its passage. NORTH DAKOTA SUES STATE OF MINNESOTA FORDAMAGETOLAND (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., June 20.—North Dakota, in the U. S. supreme court at Washington is suing the state of Min- nesota for $1,500,000 damages for damages alleged done to North Da- kota farm lands by the overflow of the Mustinka state ditch which the Minnesota legislature in 1911 order- ed constructed. It is an action in equity and was filed by the attorney general of North Dakota. He asks that the ditch be permanently abandoned. The papers allege that 12,000 acres of fertile land, comprising 80 farms, has been rendered valueless. It is alleged that the lands were never overflowed until 1911. The losses are reported to bhe over $100,000 an- nually. On account of it being an action between states it was filed in the U. 8. supreme court. Return Attack. Paris, June 20.—(Official)—The Germans returned to attacking Ver- dun today with three attacks against the French positions on Hill 321. Minneapolis, Minn., June 20.—Al- leging that he was forced to spend $13,000 to get evidence that convict- ed Frederick T. Price of uxorcide, William M. Dyke today sued the county for the return of the money. Dyke was Mrs. Price’s brether-in-law. OF RED LAKE RIVER) taken by J. J. Opsahl for the Bemidji | Commercial club to get congress to SEVEN MONTHS OLD GERMAN BABIES EAT CARROTS AND SPINAGH W. G. Shepherd Ascertains First Hand Facts on Teutons’ Food Stringency. PEOPLE HUNGRY FOR MEAT, WHEAT AND MILK Food Stories Secured From Travelers Leaving Germany Detailing Experiences. Note—To ascertain at first hand what effect the food strin- gency in Germany was having on the lives of the civil popula- tion, W. G. Shepherd, former Minnesota newspaperman, now staff correspondent of the United Press associatipn, went to Rot- terdam and secured a set of food stories from travelers leaving Germany, detailing their experiences.—Editor. By William G. Shepherd. (United Press Staff Correspondent) Rotterdam, Holland, May 25.—— (By mail)—Babies seven months to a year old are eating carrots, apples and spinach in Germany. Othier folks hesides babies are hav- ing food troubles. These food stor- ies we'll tell about them all. If you watch the consulates here and keep your eyes on the incoming trains you can meet, every day, a scent for persons who have just come from Germany and who will gladly tell you what experiences they have had in their kitchens, dining rooms and stomachs since the food stringen- cy in Germany became noticeable. These travelers feel themselves heroes, as, indeed, you come to regard them, in a manner of speaking, when you see them abandon to a full, man’s sized meal here. Travelers to Berlin, especially the American writing kind, live at the best hotels. They return with stor- ies of plentiful and excellent food. Berlin is the wartime show place of Germany and the hotels where writers go are the wartime show places of Berlin. What the Amer- ican writers have said of the plenti- fulness and the excellence of the food is not necessarily true. Here in Rotterdam you get the truth, straight from the dining rooms and kitchens of civilians in every part of Germany. It indicates that life in Germany is uncomfortable, highly so, for a civilian who is keep- ing house. Here’s a Swedish mechanic from Germany, running around Rotterdam filling his arms with packages of ba- con, bottles of olive oil and rice. Per- haps the Hollanders will refuse him permission to take these across the border but “I'm going to make a try of it,” he says. Here’s a pretty American girl din- ing alone in a Rotterdam restaurant. She’s studying music in Berlin. “I've just run over to Holland to spend a week eating,” she says. Here’s a Spanish woman with three little children. “I brought the baby down to get him some milk. He is tired of carrots, spinach and apples. No wonder; he is only seven months.” And here are Germans—rich, eld- erly, retired Germans—who haunt the doorways of the hotel restaur- ants, waiting for the American plan dinner bell to ring and who seem to be always eating, even at the hated English tea hour. They are here a week. Then they go back to Ger- many. Germany, civilian Germany is hungry. Not hungry for victuals, because victuals are anything a hu- man being can eat and digest, but for decent food like meat and wheat and milk and animals and vegetable fats. (How and why tiny, toothless Ger- man babies eat apples, carrots, spin- ach and oatmeal, instead of gurgling milk, will be the subject of Shep- herd’s next food story). KKK KKK KK KEKE KK KKK * * * DULUTH VOTES DRY * ke BY OVER 500 VOTES : * (By United Press) * * Duluth, Minn., June 20.— % * Duluth voted “dry” at the % * election yesterday by 505 ¥ votes. * * X * * KKK KKK KKK KKK KK MANY WILL ATTEND JUNIOR GLUB'S BIG ANNUAL BALL FRIDAY Invitations Have Been Extended to Neighboring Commercial Clubs. TICKETS REPORTED TO BE SELLING RAPIDLY Decorations Being Prepared and Will Be Arranged in Form of Vineyard. One of the largest crowds that has ever attended a dance in Bemidji is expected at the Junior Commercial club’s first annual ball which will be given at the Armory next Friday evening. Members Invited. Invitations have been extended to the Commercial clubs of Fosston, Crookston, Grand Forks, Bagley, Cass Lake, Kelliher, Blackduck, Interna- tional Falls, Walker and Akeley, in addition to the regular invitations extended to dancers in the city. Mem- bers of either the senior or junior organizations are not included in the list of invitations but are expected to be in attendance. Canvassing District. Tickets have been placed in the hands of a ticket selling committee which is actively canvassing the en- tire business district. It is expected that two hundred “ticiets will = be’ sold in Bemidji. Proceeds from the dance are to be used as _expense money on an extensive chautauqua booster trip which will include the towns and cities near Bemidji. To Decorate Hall. Decorations are already being pre- pared and will be arranged in the form of a huge vineyard. The hall will be decorated by W. A. Elliot. At a meeting of the Junior club ‘Wednesday evening the final plans will be made. A newly organized glee club will give several selections during the dance program. Mrs. E. W. Johnson has charge of the train- ing of the glee club. GRAND RAPIDS HERE FORGAME WITHLOCAL NINE NEXT SUNDAY The fast Grand Rapids baseball team will come to Bemidji next Sun- day for a game with the Bemidji nine at the new athletic park. Plans are being made for the run- ning of a special train from Grand Rapids to Bemidji Sunday to accom- modate several hundred Grand Rap- ids baseball fans. The Bemidji team is practicing hard this week and several changes may be made in the lineup. ROOSEVELT MAY AID IN HUGHES CAMPAIGN Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 20.—After a conference last night with Theo- dore Roosevelt, United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts declared he believed that the former president would support Charles FE. Hughes in the forthcoming cam- | paign. FARMERS TO GIVE PIGNIG FOR LOCAL MERGHANTSTOMORROW Annual Affair to Be Held at County Fair Grounds; Excellent Program. NELS WILLET TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE DAY Many People Are Expected to Attend; Banquet Admissicn by Ticket. Farmers in the vicinity of Bemidji will leave their plows and other farm implements and turn out the county fair grounds for the annual at farmers’ picnic tomorrow. Members of the Bemidji Commercial club will be guests of the farmers. . Banquet at Noon. A program of events have been ar- ranged for the day, which includes a | banquet at noon. BEach member of the Commercial club has been given a ticket, necessary for admittance at the banguet, That the banquet will be a well at- tended alfair is evident from the fact that six hundred feet of tables have been constructed and a thirty-gallon kettle placed on the scene for the preparation of coffee. Willet President. Nels Willet, president of the Bel- trami County Dairy Breeders’ asso- ciation, will be president of the day. The day’s program will be: 10 to 12 A. M.—Gathering of peo- ple and inspection of crops on school farm and fair grounds. 11 A. M.—Stump blowing demon- stration by August Jarchow. Meet at high school pump. 11:30—Meeting of Farmers’ club presidents at the ticket office at en- trance of fair grounds. 12 M.—Dinner. 1 P. M. — Music: “Community Singing,” led by the Teachers’ Sum- mer School chorus in charge of Miss Margaret Newton. To Give Addresses. 1:15—Talks on rural contests by state leader, T. A. Erickson, to the boys and girls. The boys and girls are requested to congregate at the east ernd of the old grandstand at 1:15. 1:15—Address: “Community Live Stock Improvement,” W. H. Schilling, Northfield, Minn. 2 P. M.—Address, “The Dairy Cow,” Prof. A. J. McGuire, Univer- sity Extension division, St. Paul, Minn. 2 P. M.—Athletic contests for farm boys and girls in charge of C. F. Schroeder. 2:45—Tug-of-war, farmers living north of Bemidji vs. those living south of Bemidji. The captains are George Miller for those south of town and J. H. Skrivseth for those north of town. 3 P. M.—Baseball game, Farmers vs. Merchants; Ed. Bergh, captain. 3 P. M.—Folk Dances, Bemidji Teachers’ Training School chorus in charge of Miss Emma Hoglund. —_— T0 OPEN LANDSCAPE ’ OFFIGE IN BEMIDJI F..M. Dolan, landscape architect and nurseryman of St. Paul, was in Bemidji yesterday planning on open- ting office here for his firm. “Bemidji is centrally located and 1 believe it will be an excellent dis- tributing point for me,” said Mr. Dolan. *“I will employ three or four salesmen and have them operate from the Bemidji office.” Mr. Dolan, with his sons, makes a ° = President Wilson Refuses To ing a Northern Minnesota distribu-; Order Withdrawal of Troops; State Militias To see Service KKK KKK KK XE KKK KKK * “TRUST BUSTER” SWEEPS % * STATE FOR U. §. SENATE * R R R S SRR R ] FRANK B. KELLOGG. GREAT NORTHERN SUNDAY TRAINS T0 BE RESUMED Passenger trains No. 33 and 34 on the Great Northern railway will be re-established commencing June 25, according to an announcement made by railway officials yesterday. The train will rin from Grand Forks, N. D, to Cass Lake. Over one year ago the Sunday ser- vice was discontinued, thereby cut- ting off the opportunity of Grand Forks, Crookston and other cities’ residents from spending Sunday at the lakes in this district. Every city along the entire route took the matter up and after much discussion the matter was taken up before the courts which held that the railroad had the legal right to discontinue the service if so desired. Efforts for the continuance of the service were continued this spring, resulting in the decision made yesterday. ALUMNI ASSOGIATION TO HAVE MEETING As the repairs and new dining room at Birchmont Beach hotel will not be completed for a week, a meeting of the alumni association of the Be- midji high school has been set for Thursday night in the Bemidji pub- lic library. The business meeting will replace the banquet which was supposed to have been given Thursday evening. At the meeting & date will probahly be set during the early part of July for the banquet. NAVAL MILITIA GETS COMPLETE EQUIPMENT Members of the Bemidji division of the Minnesota Naval Militia who in- tend to take the long cruise from Philadelphia during July, were given complete equipment at the regular drill last evening. ‘With the exception of sea bags, hammocks and blankets, which will be issued at Duluth before leaving for Philadelphia, the local militia men are ready for the trip. Equipment which will be taken during the cruise is watch cap, cloth cap, two white hats, two pair blue trousers, one dress blue middy, one blue working middy, one white dress middy and three white working mid- dies, three white trousers, one pair leggings, one jersey and one neck- erchief. Small toilet articles are specialty of landscaping public and private grounds. . furnished by each individual sailor. THE CUB REPORTER SCOO And He Took Her Out To “See” BETTER NOT Ga QUT MuCH FARTHER. LADY- WERE. LIAB GENERAL W0O0D T0 ORDER MINNESOTA GUARDTOSNELLING Reported That Mexicans are Ready to Make an Attack on Del Rio. U. S. SOLDIERS DEFY CARRANZA ; ENTER MEXICO Believed That Call of Militias Will Not Quiet Border Situation. KK KKK KK KKK KK KK WHAT MEXICO IS COSTING UNCLE SAM It is costing a little over $100,000 daily to keep the regulars under General Per- ' shing in Mexico, or a total of $10,000,000 so far. When the militia is mobil- ized it will cost an additional $250,000 daily to support them. The American soldier is the best fed soldier in the world. Food costs the government 30 cents per day per man. LR R R R R R R R R ek kA Ak ok kkkkok ok ok ok k& KR KKK KKK KKK KKK (By United Press) ‘Washington, June 20.—The United States today threatemed Carranza with grave consequences if he at- tacked the American troops in Mex- ico. This threat was incorporated in a long note replying to his latest ‘withdrawal demand. The note was filled with short arm diplomatic jabs. It absolutely de- clines to take the U. S. forces from Mexico. It excoriates Carranza for his failure to co-operate and resents his bruskiness and intimations as bad faith. It.charges that bandits are permitted to go unhampered and un- punished. The state department made public the text of the note today. The communication is an unusually long one and is one of the curtest that the U. S. has sent Mexico. Fails to Aid. The note charges that Carranza has been indifferent to atrocities and even encourages and aids some of the lead- ers of them. It charges that Carran- za failed to take the proper steps to apprehend Villa. There is a strong feeling here to- day that America will attempt to bot- tle up the Mexican forts immediately. Officials admitted that this was pos- sible but declined to state that this move was anticipated. Pessimism predominated in the offi- cial quarters today. Those who thought that a show of strength would quiet Mexico are less confi- dent. It is also considered certain that the U. S. militia forces will see Mexican service. President Wilson today urged members of the senate naval commit- tee to specify at least one and pos- sibly two dreadnaughts in the navy bill. At Fort Snelling. St. Paul, Minn., June 20.—General ‘Wood today ordered the quartermas- ter staff to get Fort Snelling ready. It is presumed that he intends to im- mediately start the mobilization of the Minnesota national.guard here. The guard is now being held in ar- mories through the state. Defy Mexicans. El Paso, June 20.—U. S. soldiers defy Carranza. It was learned that the bandits are operating south and west of Namiquipa. General Persh- ing has sent detachments after them. This is in direct opposition to Car- ranza’s order. If Carranza carries out his threat it is considered certain that U. S. and Carranza soldiers will | clash. Interest on Del Rio. - San Antonio, June 20.—Interest on the border today centered upon Del Rio where it is reported that 1,- 500 Mexicans and Yaqui Indians are spproaching the city. Del Rio is just west of here on the Rio Grande. ' A battalicn has been sent there om i motor trucks to defend the ecity. | C-lonel Sibley is in command. Tumults in Capitol. Mexico City, June 20.—The streets and public squares of the capitol were thronged all day with patriotic (Cnntlnl}e‘d on Page 4)