Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 22, 1916, Page 1

VOLUME XIV, NO. 152. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TEUBSDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1916, FORTY AMERICANS REPORTED KILLED IN BATTLE WITH HIGH WIND PLAYS HAYOC IN BEMIDJI; LOG BOOM BROKEN| Sixty Mile Gale Does Much Damage in This District; Wires are Down, L0GS BLOWN UP ON 3 WEST SHORE OF LAKE N Boat Houses in Danger; Telephone Poles, Signs and Trees are Blown Down. A 60-mile gale, with a heavy rain and electrical storm did much dam- age in the vicinity of Bemidji today. No Wire Service. Up to 2:30 o’clock this afternoon no telegraph service or telephone ser- vice could be received from Duluth, Grand Forks, Fargo or the Twin Cities. Many of the telephone lines are down and several farmer tele- phone lines are reported to be com- pletely destroyed. Telephone poles were blown down. The log bcoms at the Crookston mill were destroyed this morning and the wind which was from the east blew the logs up against the west shore of the lake around the boat houses. Small damage was done to several of the boat houses. Logs have been blown to different parts of the lake. Trees were blown down in the Ruggles Pines and other districts. Damage in West. In Bemidji signs were blown down, awnings were destroyed, plate glass windows were blown in. No win- dows were broken. ‘The storm began at nine o’clock this morning and up to a late hour this afternoon had not subsided. It is reported that considerable damage was done to various places west of Bemidji. LATE RETURNS SHOW NO GHANGE IN ELECTION Unofficial returns of the primary election in Beltrami county, with re- turns from the village of Wilton, town of Big Grass, town of Brook Lake, town of Pioneer and town of Potamio s%ill missing, are as follows: Democratie. U. S. Senator—Alfred J. Davis 142, Daniel William Lawler 240. Governor—S. D. Works 85, Thomas P. Dwyer 121, Cyrus M. King 164. Lieutenant Governor—Severin N. Sorenson 142, Julius Thorson 190. Republican. U. S. Senator—Charles A. Lind- bergh 541, Moses E. Clapp 342, A. 0. Eberhart 706, Frank B. Kellogg 447. Governor—Samuel G. Iverson 578, J. A. A. Burnquist 1,336. Lieutenant Governor—James A. Peterson 790, Thomas Frankson 585, Dr. J. A. Gates 450. Secretary of State—Julius _A. Schmahl 1,386, E. K. Sampson 622. State Treasurer—Peter J. Schwarg 252, R. L. Johnson 747, Henry Rines 906. Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sioner—Elias Steenerson 685, Ira B. Mills 999. Representative in Congress, Sixth District—Edward L. Rogers 550, C. B. Buckman 651, Harold Knutson 874. Prohibition. Governor—Charles W. Dorsett 20, Thomas J. Anderson 41. Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sioner—Lou W. Martin 9, John Lind 58. Non-Partisan. Associate Justice of Supreme Court—Albert Schaller 410, W. B. Anderson 851, Thomas Kneeland 391, James H. Quinn 610. Representative in Legislature— Sam S. Sherman 336, Charles S. Car- ter 640, Helic Clementson 573, E. W. Hannah 396, L. G. Pendergast 684. Judge of Probate—M. G. Slocum 566, M. A. Clark 845, Joseph E. Har- ris 771, H. A. Simons 354. County Commissioner, Second Dis- trict—V. E. Lindholm 70, B. A. Ar- neson 103, A. J. Hilden 287, Hans B. Imsdahl 220, Albert Johnson 27. County Commissioner, Fourth Dis- trict—B. M. Armstrong 50, C. O. Espe 63, William Lennon 211, Gus- tave Sandell 42, E. E. Schulke 56, Joseph Jerome 71. County Commissioner, Fifth Dis- trict—Sam Ellis 110, W. H. Gish 46, Paul Haluptzok 82, Nils A. Otter- | stade §0, Otto Simon 32, J C. Thomp- w 156, H. Wesley Wright 63 (LA S EE RS S SRR RS R w NO WIRE SERVICE * * x * * * On account of the storm, * ¥ there was no telegraph service ¥ * between Bemidji and the * * Twin Cities this afternoon. * Consequently the Pioneer was & ¥ unable to receive its tele- * * graph news from the United * Press association, X * * x * THEH KKK KKK KK KKK FORMER BEMIDJI BOY IS WOUNDED ‘Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson of Nymore that their son, Thomas, has been mortally wounded in a battle in France. He has been taken to a French hospital. Thomas Wilson, Jr., went to Can- ada a year ago and joined the Cana- dian army. Soon after his enlist- ment the regiment to which he be- longed was transported to England and from England later to the battle fields of France. Until the telegram from the Cana- dian authorities was received by Mr. Wilson, no word as to where his son was or with what company he had been fighting with had reached his parents. The telegram did not contain any details of the conflict or the place. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are waiting for definite information regarding their son. Thomas Wilson, Jr., was well known in Bemidji, having made this city his home for a number of years. He was at one time employed as waiter in the Symons Dairy Lunch when the establishment was owned by William Abel. POSTERS GALLING MEN TO ENLIST IN GITIES ‘“Large posters calling upon the young men of the state to enlist for the expected war with Mexico have been posted out of the Twin Cities as far north as Wadena,” said F. A. Wilson, who with his wife arrived in the city yesterday afternoon, cam- ing from Minneapolis by automobile. “As we were leaving the city,” said Mr. Wilson, “we saw the militia boys boarding the street cars for St. Paul where they marched in a great military display to arouse interest in enlistments. Although the present call is for the infantry, the feeling among the officers in St. Paul is that the Bemidji naval militia will see ac- tive service in the near future as a result of the present trouble with Mexico.” Mr. Wilson says the state highway between the cities and Bemidji to be in first class condition. 4 BIRGHMONT BEAGH HOTEL TO OPEN SOON The Birchmont Beach hotel will be opened some time next week, accord- ing to William Chichester, manager of the hotel. Guests from outside points are expected to arrive in the city Saturday, as reservations have been made. . Nearly $10,000 improvements have been made at the hotel during the past few months. A new $5,000 din- ing hall has been constructed. New tennis courts, dock and additional cottages have also been comstructed. B THREE MEN ARE FINED ON DRUNK CHARGES Three men were fined $2 each this morning in the municipal court on charges of drunkenness. The men were Frank Safford, Barney O’Brien and Chet Crook. SCOQOP THE CUB REPORTER i i | j IN EUROPEAN WAR| MEAT ON TABLE IS GREAT EVENT - IN GERMANY NOW Many Families are Forced to Go Meat- less for Days and Weeks at . a Time, INJUSTICES GALORE ABOUT TEUTON FOOD DISTRIBUTION Maids are Hired to Go Through the Meat Raid Daily; Must Be in Lineat4 A M. Note—The following is _the third of a series of articles on the food supply in Germany. The United Press sent W. G. Shep- herd to Rotterdam to.learn at first hand what experience Ger- many was having as a result of the food stringency.—Editor. By William G. Shepherd. (United Press Staff Correspondent) Rotterdam, May 27.—(By mail)— Many families in Germany go meat- less for days and weeks at a time. This 1 have learned from a neutral business man of Dresden. “It's as bad as housecleaning to get meat. It upsets our wholé house- hold economy as well as our finan- cial economy. It's a dreadful opera- tion and we don’t go through it often- er than we have to. In the last six- teen days we have had meat twice. Fish Main Food. “Fish, new asparagus just in the market, potatoes, spinach and dry, crumbling war bread made largely of potato flour, make up our list of edi- bles. We get so tired of it we hate to go to the table. Sometimes we even get so tired of it we decide we’ll have meat. Then there’s trouble.” He was requested to go into the details of a meat purchase in a Ger- .| the food distribution in Berlin. That was only Blizabeth and her fel- low maid fighting to keep their places in the line. “But about supper time Hlizabeth wakes up, cooks the meat and brings it in with smiles all over her face. She knows she’ll get here share. But if we asked her' to go out for meat every meat day, she wouldn’t stay with us. 2 5 “That's where the rich folks come in. They can hire maids who have no other work to do but to go through the meat raid daily. “There are injustices galore about That is why they have had food riots in man town. “Well, it’s like this,” he said, lighting a good cigar; (in some mys- 'terfous way a huge shipment of Ha- vana cigars reached Berlin the other day); “when we decide to have meat my wife and I talk it over the night before. 1If the next day is Tuesday or Friday we can’t buy anything but fish, for those are meatless days. “My wife calls our maid and says: “ ‘Blizabeth, we want you to buy a beefsteak for us tomorrow.’ Eliza- beth frowns and goes out. “This means that Elizabeth must get up at four o’clock the next morn- ing and go to the nearest -butcher shop and stand in line until her turn comes to buy meat or until the butch- er comes to the door and says to the waiting line: ‘I'm all sold out of meat.” “It is always a four or five-hour job for her, unless she wants to get into the quene at 1 o’clock in the morning, as some maids do. “When my wife and I get up BElizabeth is down at the butcher shop and so I have to make the fires while my wife gets breakfast. I go off to the office and Elizabeth comes home at 8 or 9 o’clock, sore on the ‘whole world. ‘“‘Sometimes she has been able to get meat but more often than not she comes back empty handed. “Officially there are only two meatless days a week but in reality you find the butcher shops meatless day after day. Meat Makes Difference. “I call up my wife sometime dur- ing the morning to find out whether we are going to have meat for supper. If she says we are, I'm happy all day. You'’d be surprised to know how much difference a little meat makes.” “How much would Elizabeth pay for a beefsteak " “Five marks and a half a pound. “How we linger over supper when we have meat! Elizabeth hasn’t done any work all day. She has been upset by her morning experi- ‘ence. “You read of food riots in Berlin. front of the Reichstag and in front of butcher shops.” (The ‘next article will tell of the injustices in the distribution of food fn Germany which give the rich man the best of it.) STAR ISLAND IN. CASS LAKE TO BE STATEGAMEREFUGE Star Island, in' Cass Lake, known for its virgin pine forests, will bhe made a game refuge soon. The major portion of the island is part of the Cass Lake national for- est, but the few private owners of land on the island have joined with G. E. Marshall, supervisor of the na- tional forests, Carl E. Meyer the In- dian agent, and the Cass Lake Rod and Gun club in petitioning the game and fish commission for the establish- ment of the gdme refuge on the island. Star Island, as its name implies, is shaped like a star and contains more than one thousand acres. It is part- ly in Beltrami county and partly in Cass county. i T0 NAME ROUTE - FOR JEFFERSON HIGHWAY SOON St. Paul, Minn4-June 22.—J. -S. Clarkson of Des Moines, Iowa, gen- eral manager of .the Jefferson High- way association, will arrive in St. Paul Sunday to meet the representa- tives of the three competing routes in Minnesota that extend from St. Paul to the Canadian border. The meeting of the highway asso- ciation will be held at the Saint Paul hotel Sunday afternoon. Bach route will be inspected by Mr. Clarkson and the four Minnesota members of the association. - These members are: J. H. Beek and Henry Orme of St. Paul; Herman Roe, Northfield, and-J. H. Cashman -of Owatonna. Because of the rivalry between the competing routes, all three highways are in excellent shape, George W. Cooley, state highvgay engineer, re- ports. The Western route passes through Anoka, St. Cloud, Alexandria, Detroit, and Crookston. The Central route embraces Elk River, Wadena, Be- midji, Thief River Falls. The East- ern route extends through Anoka, Princeton, Brainerd, Walker, Cass Lake and Bemidji. Each route will be scored on a number of definite points, among which will be: Wealth, population, hotels, garages, mileage, soil condi- itions as affecting road construction and scenic advantages. KKK KKK K KKK KKK KKK NO VOTES CAST * * In two precincets of Beltrami ¥ county no votes were cast at. ¥ the primary election Monday, * according to information re- * ceived at the court house to- * The precincts are the * the *x * * * day. village of Funkley and town of Eugene. Ak kA KkKAAK A k% KEEKKEKEKKKKKK KKK KK DOCTORS ANDMAYOR T0 GENSOR MOVING PICTURE AT GRAND Special Exhibition to Be Run To- morrow Morning of “Damaged Goods.” REMARKABLE PICTURE TO BE SHOWN TOMORROW NIGHT Officials to Be Given Chance to As- sure Themselves of Unusual Qualities. (By F. A. Wilson) Mayor Vandersluis and the phys- icians of Bemidji will witness a pri- vate exhibition of the film, “Dam- aged Goods,” at the Grand theater tor morrow morning at 9:30. This remarkable moving picture is to be shown to the public, matinee and evening, tomorrow and Satur- day. A Censor Board. The purpose of giving the film a preliminary showing is to permit the mayor and members of the medical profession to assure themselves of the unusual qualities of this peculiarly powerful production. Bemidji is one of the first cities ontside of the Twin Cities and Duluth to see this picture. Other places yet to see the film are such towns as Crookston, Winona, Red Wing, Northfield, Faribault, Albert Lea and while Duluth saw “Damaged Goods” for a week at the big Orpheum théa- ter, the crowds in that city could not be taken care of during the one- week engagement, so the film is to be taken back for another run. In New York city when the pic- ture was first introduced to the pub- lic, a special detail of police was necessary to keep the streets cleared of traffic because the jam of people seeking admission, and the same in- tense interest has characterized the presentation of “Damaged Goods” wherever it has been shown. Subject Delicate. It is true that in some cities be- fore the film has an opportunity to preach its never-to-be-forgotten ser- mon, well meaning, but misguided persons have endeavored to prevent the showing of the film, on what grounds has never been clearly made known. That the subject handled in this film drama is a delicate one, nobody will deny. That this subject - is handled in such a way as not only to conform with every rule of pro- priety but at the same time strike him with sledge hammer force the tragedy of a “wild oats” program for any young man, will not be denied by the hundreds of persons who are going* to see this picture during its short stay in Bemidji. Support Film. When “Damaged Goods” was first shown in Minneapolis it was reviewed by the municipal board of censors and received unqualified endorsement. It was shown in 11 days to 110,000 paid admissions at the Strand theater on Seventh street, across from the Or- pheum. In St. Paul, the ministers were inclined to object to the film. They were shown the film and some of the men of the cloth who are frankly opposed to moving pictures as a general proposition, at once be- came strong supporters of this film which teaches in an interesting and thrilling way a tragic lesson and sol- emn warning against unclean moral existence. In Milwaukee the commis- sioner of public health saw the film and straightway gave his public en- dorsement and that endorsement is being used by owners of the film for advertising purposes throughout the country, with the written permission of the commissioner, who urges all young persons and parents-to see the film, Lesson Brought Home. Incidentally, today the recruiting All Things Come To Him Who Waits. rles ') ‘Historical AR offices in the cities are seeking men to quiet the trouble with Mexico. The officers in charge report many young men who are willing to take their place under the Stars and Stripes, but who are physically un- fit to do so. A large percentage of these failures can be traced to the things which “Damaged Goods” teaches them to avoid. A lesson brought home with graphic force. Some are to blame themselves; others are the victims like unto the vietim shown in “Damaged Goods.” The blight of the plague lasts unto the third and the fourth generation. FARMERS DEFEAT 'MERGHANTS INBALL GAMEBY SCORE18-2 Farmers’ Picnic is One of Most Suc- cessful Ever Held in This District. NORTH END FARMERS DEFEAT SOUTH END IN TUG OF WAR Field and Track Events Attract Many; Nearly 1,000 Attend Picnie. ‘The pienic given by the farmers of this district for the Bemidji mer- chants at the county fair grounds yes- terday was the most successful pic- nic ever given in this district. Nearly 1,000 people were present. ’ The picnic came to a close yes- terday afternoon with a program of sport events. Farmers Win. The farmers defeated the Bemidji merchants at a ball game by a score of 18 to 2. lows: Farmers—Christ Larson, L. King, Ed Berg p., Englebretson, Charles Trafton, Grover, Zellman, Pete Edd and Arnold. Merchants — Clyde Petrie, Bert Carver, p., Torgerson, DeRushia, N. B."Given;-Paul-Foucault, A.”B. Pal- mer, David Gill and Scott Stewart. North End Victorious. North end farmers defeated the south end farmers in a tug of war. The north end team was composed of Martin Sandy, E. O. Cronemiller, Wil- liam Spencer, Martin Anderson, S. F. Torenson, Martin Berg, George Worth Art Braatan and Ed Juskovski. The south end team was composed of Gil- lette, Ed Luedke, C. Strowbridge, Frank Silversack, August Jarchow, Matt Mayer, John Patterson, Loren Coyle and Henry Miller. Races are Good. The following are the winners of the track events: Boys’ race, under eight years— Harold Ritchie, first; Guy Paddock, second, and William Schroeder, third. Boys’ race, under twelve years— William Wrege, first; William Sheets, second, and Tommy Meglund, third. Boys’ race, under 16 years—Leonel Alton, first; Edward Paulson, sec- ond, and George Kvale, third. The lineups were as fol- Ak hkkhkkkwhh Girls’ race, under eight years of age—Martha Ungstad, first; Hazel Jarchow, second, and Florence Bren- nan, third. Girls’ race under 12 years of age —Minnie Rabe, first; Agnes Larson, second, and Agnes McGee, third. Girls’ race under 16 years of age —Dorothy Jarchow, first; Gelena Heglund, second, and Ella Luedke, third. IS ESES SRS S S S b CLOSING HOURS—Want. * * Ads to be classified prop- * erly in the Ploneer want col- % umn must be in before 11 * o’clock. Ads received later * will appear on another page ¥ that day. * * * KKK KKK KKK KK KKK K By "HOP” * e Boolety = I RANLISTAS AMERICAN TROOPS BELIEVED TRAPPRD BYMEXICANFORGES Situation Very Serious ; Declaration of War is Believed to Be Certain, EXCITEMENT ON : BORDER IS INTENSE Bemidji Naval Militia is Ordered to Recruit to Full Strength Immediately. Lieut. E. A. Barker of the Be- midji Naval Militia received or- ders this afternoon from Duluth to recruit the Bemidji division up to full strength preparatory for a call to service. Late de- velopments in the Mexican sit- uation may mean the calling of the Bemidji division. Any per- son intending to join the militia should join now as no new re- cruits will be taken when or- ders are received to go to Mexico, El Paso, June 22.—A detachment of American cavalry clashed with Car- ranza soldiers at Carrizeal, about 90 miles south of El Paso yesterday, both sides suffering heavy casualties, according to unofficiai reports re- ceived by Mexican military authori- ties in Juarez. ) The American command is said to have ‘been part of a scouting patrol from Guzeman, returning to General Pershing’s line of communication. Carrizeal, named as the place of the encounter, is about nine miles south- west of Villa Thumada, the Mexican field base in Northern Chihuahua. All the prisoners admitted that the blame should be put on the Amer- ican commander for having ordered the attack. The prisoners were sent to Chihuahua City, with the custom- ary protection. According to the re- : port, which the Mexican authorities 2 are investigating, 40 Americans were killed by machine gun fire in a sur- prise attack. The Mexican casualties “were sald to have not been heavy but General Felix Gomez is named as being among the Mexican dead. - Up to Funston. = General George Bell, Jr., who was first informed of the fight by Mexi- can Consul Garcia, said that no mili- tary action would be taken in El Paso while orders were awaiting from Gen- eral Funston.” In the meantime, he said his forces were ready for any demonstration from the other side of the Rio Grande. General Bell said there was no question but that a fight had taken place, but was inclined to disbelieve the report that any Americans had been taken prisoners. The news was spread throughout the Juarez, but the Mexican city remained calm. Take 17 Prisoners. Later General Francisco Gonzales, the Mexican commander at Juarez, gave out a statement in which he an- nounced officially that the Mexican command had taken seventeen Amer- ican prisoners.. He also said that General Gomez's death had been con- firmed, but said he had no official report as to the number of casualties (Continued oa Page 4) FAST MOTOR BOAT T0 BE PLAGED ON LAKE BEMIDJI SOON A motor boat, capable of making a speed of 22 miles an hour, will be placed in operation on Lake Bemidji for passenger and mail service in the nedr future, according to R. E. Mil- ler. Mr. Miller will purchase the boat if it is satisfactory. Mr. Miller is endeavoring to get the boat to Bemidji by July 4. The boat is at present on White Bear lake. According to specifications received by C. A. Bush, who is transacting the deal, the boat is thirty-two feet long with a six-foot beam. The boat has a 40-horsepower hydroplane engine. The interior of the craft is finished in mahogany. Twenty people is the capacity. Although it developes a speed of twenty miles an hour, it only draws eighteen inches of water. This is a fine feature of the boat as it will be possible to make excursion -trips to the Mississippi river dam. = 3 Mr. Millér has arranged for an en. gineer and as soon after the boat’s arrival as is possible will arrange a | definite schedule for passenger bt