Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 21, 1916, Page 1

4 | o ey HE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE VOLUME XIV, NO. 151, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESD AY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1916. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH CARRANZA GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS $4,000,000 BANKED IN COMMUNITYISM IS FEATURE AT ANNUAL FARMERS' PIGNIC Bemidji Merchants are Guests of of Farmers at County Fair Grounds. ATTRACTS NATION- WIDE ATTENTION Excsllent Program is Given; Farmers and Merchants Get Acquainted. About 1,000 men, women and chil- dren raised the standard of ‘“Com- munityism™ and rallied to the colors today at the county fair grounds at the annual picnic given by the farm- ers for the Bemidji merchants. “Communityism” was the slogan KKK KK KKK KKK KKK ol THE EUROPEAN WAR & KKK KK KKK KKK KKK (By United Press) London, June 21.—Unofficial dis- patches from Athens state that the Greek cabinet has resigned under al- lied pressure. Paris, June 21.—(Official)—The Germans last night exploded mines and then attacked the French tren- ches on Hill 108, south of Berryau- bac in the region of Rheims. Screen fire checked the attack. NEW SANATORIUM T0 BE EXAMINED NEXT THURSDAY Final inspection of the Lake Julia tuberculosis sanatorium will take place Thursday next, after which, if the building is satisfactory, pa- tients will be received. Following the meeting of the tri- of everyone present. Farmers, bankers, lawyers, mer- chants and their wives rubbed shoul- ders today, sat side by side at dinner and discussed farm and city prob- The the primary election and every other sub- lems Mexican situation, ject was forgotten while the farmers and the merchants and their families became better acquainted. Attracts Attention. The picnic today attracted nation- wide attention. It is not an unusual thing for merchants to entertain farmers at a picnic but it is an un- usual thing for farmers to entertain merchants, for farmers to take the leading step to become better ac- quainted with the merchants. Rep- resentatives from metropolitan news- papers and from trade journals were present to attend the picnic. Mr. McCabe, representing the Mer- chants Trade Journal of Des Moines, Ta., stated that this was the first time that he had heard of farmers enter- taining merchants. He is preparing an article on the picnic for his magazine. “It is a big movement,” he said to a Pioneer representative. “It is one of the best movements I have ever heard of.” Gather Early. Farmers left their work early this morning and long before ten o’clock gathered at the fair grounds to pre- pare for the picnic. Representatives from the Beltrami County Breeders’ tion, the Big Lake, Northern Bemidji, Grant Valley, Mississippi, Kckles, Long Lake, Nary and Lam- mers Farmers clubs were present. Six hundred feet of banquet.tables were constructed and farm women pre- pared the excellent lunch. Merchants and their wives went to the fair grounds shortly after ten o'clock and with the farmers went to the school farm and inspected th2 cerops. associa Blows Out Stumps. August Jarchow gave a blowing demonstration. Shortly before noon, the presidents of the various farmers’ clubs held a meeting at the ticket office of the fair grounds and discussed the work of their clubs. Nearly 500 merchants, their wives and families attended the dinner at noon. “Community Singing” was the feature of the picnic this afternoon. Under the direction of Miss Margaret Newton, instructor of music at the Teachers’ Training school, the farm- ers and the merchants sang national and “old time” community songs. The Bemidji band gave an excel- lent program. Addresses Given. T. A. Erickson of the department of agriculture, state leader of boys’ and girls’ clubs in the state, gave an address on rural contests. He ex- plained the different contests, includ- ing the potato contest that is being conducted by the Minnesota Devel- opment association. W. H. Schilling of Northfield, Minn., one of the largest pure bred cattle raisers in the state, gave an address on “Community Live Stock Improvement.” Prof. A. J. McGuire of the Univer- tension division gave an ad- ress on “The Dairy Cow.” of field and track sports and, girls took part waz given t ftern-cen. Farmers had a tug-of-v.ar cintest and lote tl afternoon the Farmers and the Mer- chants played a game of baseball. The program was ended by a pro- gram of folk dances under the direc- tion of Miss Emma Hoglund of the 'Peachers’ Training school. stumy A progra in which 'be Miss Lillian North, who has been visiting several months with her par- | ents at Kelliher, arrived in the city, today and is the guest of her friend, Mrs. Alex Pilotas. county board of directors in this city Thursday, a trip will be made to the A definite date for the opening will be decided at the meet- ing of the board. E. H. Sund, architect, will meet with the board and will accept the building, atter the inspection is com- pleted. The building will then be} turned over to the board and released from the hands of the state board. With the exception of the laundry apparatus, the place is ready for oc- cupancy. This material has been delayed indefinitely. BEMIDJI AUTO CLUB OPENS BIGCAMPAIGN FOR NEW MEMBERS The Bemidji Auto club has inaug- urated a big campaign for new mem- berships for the club. Efforts are being made to secure 100 new mem- bers. The proceeds from the mem- berships will be used for repairing the road around Lake Bemidji. C. W. Brandborg is in charge of the campaign for the new members. The ofticers of the club are A. M. Bagley, president, Dr. E. H. Marcum, treasurer, and E. H. Denu, secre- tary. UNION RESTAURART T0 BE REMODELED Thirty feet of brick frontage and a twenty-foot brick addition will be added to the Union restaurant on Second street, according to A. L. Dickenson, proprietor. Mr. Dickenson has arranged for the frontage on Minnesota avenue, which will fill the vacant lot between the Kaplan store and the Major building. Both the twenty-foot addition and the frontage will be used for hotel and restaurant purposes, the ground floor being restaurant quarters and the second story for hotel rooms. Mr. Dickenson will leave for Min- neapolis next week to complete his plans. MINNEAPOLIS GONTRAGTORS TOCONSTRUGT SPUR SCHOOL Johnson Bros. of Minneapolis have been awarded the contract for the construction of the new two-story brick consolidated school house at Spur. Work will be begun immediately. The school will be constructed on the same site as the old school which was destroyed by fire next fall. The new school will be one of the first brick consolidated schools in sanatorium. HAND OF GERMAN GOVERNMENT REACHES T0 BABY’S GRADLE Snatches Milk Bottle From Infants and Gives Spinach and Carrots Instead. NURSES ARE UNDER CONTROL OF OFFICIALS W. G. Shepherd, United Press Staff Correspondent, Writes on Food Situation. Note—The following is the second of a series of articles on the food situation in Germany. The United Press association sent W. G. Shepherd, a former Minnesota newspaperman, to Rotterdam to learn at first hand what experience civilians in Ger- many were having as a result of the food stringency. Shep- herd went to Rotterdam and got a set of food stories from trav- elers from Germany.—Editor. By W. G. Shepherd. (United Press Staff Correspondent) ,Rotterdam, Holland, May 26.—(By mail)—Right into the baby’s cradle, ! at his five daily meal times, reaches the hand of the great German gov- ernment in wartime. It snatches his milk bottle from him, empties out half his milk and fills up the bottle with breakfast food. Twice a day, when bottle time comes, this great hand keeps his bot- tle away from him, and with a spoon feeds him apple sauce, crushed car- rots and seived spinach. Babies Won’t Talk. You can’t get the babies to talk about it, though their mothers have a great deal to say on the subject. But the fact remains that the babies thrive on their new menus and that perhaps the baby experts of Germany have found a new and better way to fill baby stomachs. ““Here’s my little muchacho,” sald a Spanish lady from Germany who had, as she said, “brought him out to get him some milk.” She displayed a little fellow of eight months. “In our town in Germany, if the doctor gives you a certificate you may have a pint of milk a day for your baby. “The doctor works with the gov- ernment, you understand, and he makes every effort “to persuade mothers to nurse their children at the breast. “If he considers that a mother is able to do this, he will not issue a milk certificate and the mother will not be able to purchase milk. Under Government Control. “Nurses also are under government control and when they discover that a mother is able to nurse her baby it is her duty to notify the doctor to that effect and it them becomes his duty to cancel the milk ticket. “The milk that is issued is not enough for a baby, of course, but the scientists have worked out a way of mixing it with an oatmeal or wheat broth. This is fed from the bottle three times a day. But he must ‘have food two other times every day and the scientists are busily instruet- ing physicians and nurses, who in turn instruct mothers how to cook apples, carrots and spinach for the babies. “We cook the apples or carrots un- til soft as porridge and serve it to the baby with a spoon. He hasn’t a tooth in his head yet, but he has learned to eat from a spoon. We put the boiled spinach. through a sieve.” Likes Apples Best. “What does he like best of the three?” “Apples, because we always put a little sugar into the apple sauce. the county. SCOQOI THE CUB REPORTER (Continued on Page 4) PENDERGAST AND CARTER LEAD N LEGISLATIVE RACE Clark and Harris Lead in Race for Nomination for Judge of Probate. NO RETURNS AVAILABLE FROM SECOND DISTRICT Schulke and Lennon Lead in Fourth; Ellis and Thompson in Fifth, L. G. Pendergast of Bemidji and Charles 8. Carter of Hines will prob- ably be the candidates for state leg- islature at the general election in November. Incomplete returns of the primary election indicate that they have a safe lead. Forty-four precincts out of 84 in Beltrami county give Pendergast 545, Carter 468, Hannah 257, Clementson 200 and Sherman 118. No reports are available from the Second commissioner distriet. A re- port from Baudette yesterday stated that Clementson was running strong in that district. The following precinets have not reported: Villages—Baudette, Funk- ley, Spooner, Wilton and the Red Lake Agency. Towns—Alaska, Bat- tle, Baudette, Big-Grass, Birch Island, Brook Lake, Chilgren, Eugene, Gud- rid, Hamre, Keil, Konig, Lakewood, Lee, Liberty, McDonald, Minnie, Moose Lake, Myhre, Pioneer, Potamo, Prosper, Rapid River, Shotley, Spooner, Spruce Grove, Swiftwater, Wabanica, Walhalla, Wheeler, Wood- row and Zipple. Have Good Lead. Judge M. A. Clark and Joseph ¥. Harris, both of Bemidji, have se- cured a good lead over their oppon- ents for nomination for judge of the probate court. Forty-four precincts in the county out of 84 give the following vote for probate -judge: - Clark 589, Harris 496, Simons 256 and Slocum 246. It is reported that A. J. Hilden is leading for the office of county com- missioner in the Second district. As no returns have been received in Be- midji, it is not known who his run- ning mate will be. Vote Incomplete. In the Fourth distriet for county commissioner William Lennon and E. E. Schulke are leading. The fol- lowing precincts have reported: Vil- lage of Kelliher and the towns of Redby, Cormant, Chilgren, Eland, Hagali, Kelliher, Nebish, O'Brien, Quiring, Shooks and Waskish. The vote is as follows: B. M. Armstrong 43, C. 0. Espe 33, Willlam Lennon 182, Gustave Sandell 17, E. E. Schul- ke 55, Joseph Jerome 41. Thompson in Lead. In the Fifth distriet for county commissioner, J. C. Thompson and Sam Ellis are in the lead with the following precincts reporting: Vil- lage of Blackduck, village of Ten- strike, towns of Turtle River, Birch, Blackduck, Frohn, Hornet, Langor, Northern, Port Hope, Sugar Bush, Summit, Taylor, Turtle Lake and Turtle River. The vote is as fol- lows: Sam Ellis 94, W. H. Gish 46, Paul Haluptzok 81, Nils A. Otter- stadt 50, Otto Simon 28, J. C. Thomp- son 150 and H. Wesley Wright 63. TWO HUNDRED ATTEND PICNIC AT KELLIHER Over 200 people attended the farm- ers’ picnic given at Kelliher Tues: day. The Kelliher merchants were the guests of the farmers. A ' pro- gram of field and track events was given in the Kelliher park. The Kelliher band gave a concert. 0. L. Dent, ditch referee, left to- Knutson Secures Heavy Vote in Southern Part of District; Nominated L2 BELTRAMI GOUNTY CONGEDED TO ST. GLOUD CANDIDATE C. B. Buckman of Little Falls Con- cedes Nomination to Harold Knutson. ROGERS MAKES A SENSATIONAL RACE No Change in Nomination of State Officials; Kellogg Has Big Lead. BELTRAMI COUNTY RETURNS. Forty-four out of 84 precincts in Beltrami county give the following vote: Democratic. U. 8. Senator—Alfred J. Davis 67, Daniel William Lawler 135. Governor—S, D. Works 39, Thos. P. Dwyer 64, Cyrus M. King 99. Lieutenant Governor—Severin N. Sorenson 76, Julius Thorson 105. Republican. U. S. Senator—Charles A. Lind- bergh 298, Moses E. Clapp 173, A. 0. Eberhart 461, Frank B. Kellogg 309. Governor — Samuel G. 345, J. A. A. Burnquist 913. Lieutenant Governor—James A. Peterson 450, Thomas Frankson 331, Dr. J. A. Gates 292. Secretary of State—Julius Schmahl 878, E. K. Sampson 386. State Treasurer — Peter J. Schwarg 159, R. L. Johnson 429, Henry Rines 565. Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sioner—Elias Steenerson 282, Ira B. Mills 665. Representative in Congress, Sixth District—Edward L. Rogers 353, C. B. Buckman 420, Harold Knutson 488. Iverson A. Prohibition. Governor—Charles W. Dorsett 13, Thomas J. Anderson 18. Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sioner—Lou W. Martin 6, John Lind 31, Non-Partisan. Associate Justice of Supreme Court—Albert Schaller 221, W. B. Anderson 471, Thomas Kneeland 248, James H. Quinn 389. Harold Knutson of St. Cloud has secured the Republican nomination for congress in the Sixth distriet. His opponent at the general election in November will be W. F. Donohue, Democrat, of Melrose. Vote Not Complete. The vote in the district is not com- plete and smaller precincts are slow to report. Knutson made a strong race and his nomination was certain yester- day afternoon when reports were re- ceived from the southern part of the district. From reports available in Bemidji yesterday noon, Rogers was in the lead. The returns from the southern part of the district soon overcame Rogers’ lead and he will be third man in the race, it is ex- pected. Knutson, it is believed, will carry Beltrami county by several hundred votes, despite the fact that Rogers was given over 100 votes to Knut- son’s one at the Red Lake Agency. Concedes Election. C. B. Buckman of Little Falls, for- mer congressman, who made a good race against Knutson for congress, concedes his defeat. In a statement issued last night he said: “In the face of the returns I con- day on a business trip to Thief River | Falls. cede the nomination of Harold Knut- 1 %/d| son as the Republican candidate for KRR IR KRR KKK KKK * NOMINATED REPUBLICAN % * CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS * KREKKK KK KR KKK KKK X HAROLD KNUTSON congress from the Sixth district and wish to congratulate the young man on the excellent run he made. I en- tered the campaign many months ago and the work of the campaign I found to be too strenuous for me and I have been confined to my home for the past several weeks, precluding any personal campaigning on my part. I naturally hesitated with- drawing from the race and now that the fight is over I am really thankful that the result is as it is. Iam stilla Republican and will support the nominee.” Stearns Vote Large. Stearns county complete gave Knutson 1,704, Buckman 722 and Rogers 514. Thirteen precincts in Wadena county, with four to hear from, gave Buckman 166, Knutson 339 and Rogers 266. Twenty-five out of 38 precincts in Todd county gave Buckman 400, Knutson 549 and Rogers 323. ~ Reports from Morrison county in- dicate that Buckman’s lead there will only be about 300. Little Falls, Buckman’s home town, gave Buck- man 321, Knutson 67 and Rogers 56. Gets Socialist Vote. In Brainerd, Rogers secured 512 votes, Knutson 285 and Buckman (Centinued oa Page 4) GASS LAKE MAN IS HELD ON LIQUOR GHARGE Christ Melsness was arrested Tues- day by Special Indian Officer Adolph Reed, charged with selling intoxi- cating liquor to Indians at Cass Lake. Upon arraignment before Judge H. A. Simons, U. S. commissioner, Mels- ness entered a plea of not guilty, waived examination and gave bonds to the sum of $200 for his appear- ance at the Duluth term of court on July 11. UNKNOWN MAN IS ADJUDGED INSANE An unknown man who was taken into custody at Neeley’s Siding has been adjudged insane and was taken to the Fergus Falls hospital Tues- day. He has lost_his memory and does not know his name or his resi- dence. He continually says Dick and it is believed that Dick is his first name. There were no means of iden- tification on his clothes. The man is described as about 26 years of age, smooth shaven, light hair, blue eyes, weight about 160 pounds and height about 5 feet, eight | inches. When taken into custody he wore a brown sweater and blue We Have Bird Dogs--Then Why Not--- By “HOP" BY GOLLY-HE GOTAWAY | &/ e NEW YORK STATEAUDITORMAY BEFORCEDTORESIGN FORMILITIASERVICE Preus is Captain of Quartermaster’s Corps; Feared Resignation is Necessary. LATIN-AMERICAN PEOPLE PROTEST AGAINST ACTION National Guard Not Ordered to Bor- der as Mobilization is Not Completed. (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., June 21.—State Auditor J. A. O. Preus may be forced to resign. He is captain of the quar- termaster’s corps in the Minnesota National Guard and it is feared that his resignation will be necessary. At- torney General Smith today advised him not to resign until the guard is actually called to service. Leave Mexico. ‘Washington, June 21.—(Official) —TFour hundred American refugees have left Sonora in the past three days. Thirty Americans quit Mexico City yesterday. — No Second Request. San Antonio, June 21.—General Funston today denied that he was making a second request for the mili- tia to be moved to the border. No Orders Issued. Washington, June 21.—On ac- count of the incomplete mobilization of militias, orders to move the guard to Mexico were not issued today. Withdraws Funds. New York, June 21.—The Car- ranza government has withdrawn $4,000,000 deposited in banks here. Increase Premiums. New York, June 21.—Life insur- ance companies have issued an in- crease in premium rates for militia- men. To Move Troops. St. Paul, Minn., June 21.—Officials of the Northern Pacific railroad to- day admitted that trains had been ordered for the movement of state militias to concentration camps for North Dakota tonight, Idaho today, ‘Washington, Sunday, and Montana,- Thursday. America First. Chicago, June 21.—Thousands of horses for the European powers have been offered to the United States. Illinois national guard optioned 1,- 000. Dealers say “America First.” Call Mass Meeting. Buenos Ayres, June 21.—The La- tin-American association has called a mass meeting to protest against the American occupation of Mexican ter- ritory. The association intimates that the safety of further south is threatened. Battle is Reported, El Paso, June 21.—The United States troops and Carranzistas have fought, according to unconfirmed-re- ports here. It is stated that the ad- vance column of General Pershing’s army sent south from Namiquips, contrary to Carranza’s orders, has been attacked. To Prevent Raids. Laredo, Tex., June 21.—Carran- zista General Garza at Neuvo Laredo says that Carranza ordered him to do all that was possible to prevent border raids. To Move in 48 Hours. San Antonio, June 21.—It is re- ported that a majority of the 100,- 000 national guardsmen have been mobilized throughout the country and can begin moving south within 48 hours if thefe are railways to transport them. All branches of the service will move. It is thought that Illinois and New York will be the first to move to the border be- cause they have a good supply of horses and mules. Nearing End. Washington, June 21.—Officials privately stated today that they think the Carranza government is nearing the end. May Face Treason. St. Paul, Minn., June 21.—Harry Rice, a Socialist, has been arrested for distributing anti-recruiting lit- erature. He may face a charge of treason. No Clash, Says Officer. =1 Paso, June 21.—General Bell, { ccmmanding the U. 8. forces here, { today denied that there had been a ! clash south of Namiquipa. “If it ! was true,” he said, “I would have had official confirmation.” — = Washington, June 21.—It is offi- cially admitted that there are only 53 machine guns in ‘the ' national guard. Minnesota has three,