Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 25, 1916, Page 1

h ) VOLUME XIV, NO. 179. BEMIDJI MILITIA BOARDS TRAIN FOR WASHINGTON, D. C. “Jackies” Return From Atlantic Cruise and Disembark From U. S. S. Rhode Island. . WILL HAVE PICTURES TAKEN UNDER DOME OF CAPITOL| |GONTRACTS TO BE LET FOR INSTALLING BEMIDJI WHITE WAY City Council Orders City Clerk to Advertise for Bils, to Be Re- turned in Two Weeks, TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR NYMORE HIGHWAY BRIDGE Fleet Has Sea Maneuvers in Stormy | Judges for County Option Election Weather; Newport Paper Praises Reserves. The Bemidji naval militia on the flagship U. S. S. Rhode Island ar- rived at Philadelphia today and dis- embarked from the ship and en- trained on a special train for home. They will go to Washington, D. C., and visit for eight hours before re- turning to Bemidji. By Edwin J. Simons (Pioneer Staff Correspondent) Newport, R. L—(Saturday)—Led by the flagship Rhode Island, the Atlantic reserve fleet weighed an- chor at Block Island Friday-afternoon and steamed through a small gale to Narragansett Bay, a short distance from Newport, R. L. During its s.ay at Block Island the fleet accomplished many maneu- vers, although stormy weather and fogs delayed action the first few days. ‘While maneuvering, the crews, reg- ulars and reserves, were taken through a strenuous program of drills, Many Men Sick. During the storms many of the men were taken sick. The men were given shore leave at Newport on Friday. Leave con- tinued until Sunday morning. Head- quarters for the Bemidji militia men was established at a hotel in the business section of Newport and de- spite the fact that Bemidji was 1,500 miles away, its name was left in the minds of Newport residents. Anchors will again be weighed Monday and the reservists will be taken to Philadelphia. Tuesday will mark the embarking of the militia on their special trains for home. Minnesota's seven divisions, along with some of the Michigan reserves, will stop over at Washington, D. C,, where they will spend eight hours ‘“‘seeing the sights.” Have Pictures Taken. They will have their pictures taken under the dome of the national cap- itol. The following is from the Newport Herald, (Saturday), in regard to the naval cruise: “With the arrival of the Atlantic recerve fleet, Rear Admiral J. M. Helm commanding, numbering nine battleships, the Rhode Island as flag- ship, with Captain William B. Fletch- er, U. 8. N, of the Naval War College staff, as temporary chief of staff to Admiral Helm, Narragansett Bay held the greatest number of warships last night in the history of the bay, 61 ships, 33 of which are battleships, with the Pennsylvania and North Car- olina expected. Led by Rhode Island. The reserve fleet led by flagship Rhode Island, followed by the Ken- tucky, Kearsage, Maine, New Jersey, Iillinois, Lousiana and Virginia, came through in a rough sea and stiff gale to their anchorages up the bay. Soon afterwards the Rhode Island fired a salute of 17 guns for Admiral Henry T. Mayo, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet, which the flagship Wyoming returned with 13 guns for Rear Admiral Helm. Week of Hard Work. Crews from the reserve fleet, with the naval reserves, which have had a week of hard work and a little storm work as well, will go to sea again on Monday. Some of the officers now flying flags in the Atlantic fleet and some retired, residing in Newport and Jamestown, formerly commanded some of the re- serve fleet ships. The New Jersey was the last ship to pass from the active to the reserve fleet. * The tonnage of the warships in the bay last night was: Battleships, active fleet..... 293,150 Battleships, reserve fleet....119,228 Destroyers, flagship, tender. . Mine layers Auxiliari Tenders . Submarine Named; First Ward Polling Place at City Library. The city council at a meeting last night ordered the city clerk to ad- vertise for bids, returnable in two weeks, for the installation of a “white way,” and to advertise for bids for the construction of the new Nymore highway bridge, the bids to be returned in four weeks. Five-Cluster Light. A resolution was passed by the council for the establishing of a five- cluster light “white way,” four in a block, on Second, Third and Fourth streets from Bemidji to Minnesota av- enues, on Bemidji avenue on the west side from Third to Fourth streets on Beltrami avenue from the Union de- pot to Seventh street and on Minne- sota avenue from the Great Northern depot to Fifth street. Bids for the construction of the “white way” will be opened at the next meeting of the council. The style of pole will be similar to what is known as 5 Min- neapolis No. 1. Resslution for Bridge, The city council also passed a reso- lution for the construction of a steel and cement or a cement bridge over the inlet of the mississippi on the new Nymore highway and the city clerk was ordered to advertise for bids to be returned in four weeks. It is ex- pected that a number of out-of-the- state contractors will submit bids. The bridge will be completed this year. The council was advised that the M. & I railway had begun hauling| dirt for the fill at the proposed bridge. City Engineer Swinson was ordered to prepare a plat for the proposed junction road between Doud avenue and the Elwell road. Ordinance is Read. Ordinance 83 providing for a park (Continued on Fage 4) TEACHERS' EXAMS ARE BEING HELD Teachers’ examinations for Bel- trami county under the direction of 'W. B. Stewart, county superintendent of schools, are being held in Bemidji. They began yesterday and will con- tinue tomorrow. Many teachers are in the city taking the examinations. Examinations are also being given at Blackduck and Baudette. SENATE GALLS HALT ON BILL REDUGTION ‘Washington, July 256.—The senate yesterday called a halt on the whole- sale reduction begun Saturday in the army appropriation bill, voting down retrenchment proposals and approv- ing increases totaling more than $30,- 000,000 when sections were reached carrying provisions for ordinance and equipment for the regular army and national guard. Details of the ordinance section de- veloped a predominating section that it would be unwise to limit expendi- tures for ammunition and guns too closely, despite the lessening of ten- sion in the Mexican situation. De- creases of $36,000,000 ordered Satur- day related to transportations, sub- sistence, foreign service pay, and emergency estimate put into the bill by the house when the Mexican situa- tion was critical. v i e\ A OO e e TEN ARE KILLED SEVERAL INJURED IN ERIE DISASTER Sudden Rush of Gas in Cleveland Water Works Tunnel is Fatal to Workers, SEVERAL STILL IN TUNNEL BELIEVED DEAD (By United Press) Cleveland, O., July 25.—Ten men were killed and their bodies recovered, eight men are known to be missing and there may be three more missing, as a result of a sudden rush of nat- ural gas at the Cleveland water works tunnel beneath Lake Erie last night. All except one body has been iden- tified. It is believed certain now that none of those still in the tunnel are alive. The workmen hit the gas pocket while digging the tunnel. The water works tunnel is 120 feet below the surface of Lake Erile. Twenty-three men were trapped by the gas exnlqsion and imprisoned all night. Fifteen workmen were first trapped and eight rescuers were trapped later. ‘The disaster occurred in the tun- nel five miles from shore. JUNIOR GOMMERGIAL CLUB TO GIVE DANGE The Junior Commercial club will give a dance at the city hall tomor- row evening. The proceeds of the dance will be used to aid in Junior Commercial club work. An excellent, program has been prepared for the dance and a good time is assured every one attending. TEH KKK KKK KKK ATTENTION, AUTO CLUB MEMBERS! * * * * * You are requested to park * your “cars Homewhere on K Fourth street or Beltrami av- ¥ enue between America avenue ¥ and Second strédt on or before = ¥ Wednesday evening at 7:30 ¥ to greet the Jefferson High- * way committee, who have es- tablished the route through this city. * You are urged to accom- pany this committee out of & the city to Bagley Thursday _morning at 8 o'clock with X your car. x Two prizes are being offered * to the cities along the route * who accompany the committee out of the city with the *x largest number of cars, ac- X cording to the population of % the town. Bemidji wants to ¥ win one of these prizes. * ‘Will you help? * A. M. BAGLEY, * Pres. Bemidji Auto Club. * * * Ak A KAk Kk A A A AR AI kA XA KR KA K AKA KK AKX Ak * k& KK KKKKKKK KKK KK INSURANGE AGENTS CALLED OUT ON STRIKE New York, July 25.—Agents and collectors employed by the Pruden- tial Insurance company were called out on strike yesterday by a union re- cently organized among them, known as the Internatianal Insurance Agents Protective Association, with a mem- bership. or 6,000. It appeared today that at least 500 men in this district have quit. The men demand better pay, recognition of the union and ‘“more reasonable working hours.” Leaders: here declare that unless the demands of the men are met 6,- 000 will follow the lead of those al- ready out. About 13,000 agents and collectors are employed by the com- pany throughout the country. ITALIANS IN ASSAULT TAKE MOUNT GIMONE NORTHERNAPPENINES Loftiest Peak, 7,000 Feet High, Near Austrian Border, is Taken by by Terrific Assault, RUSSIANS CAPTURE ENEMY TRENCHES (By United Press) Rome. July 25.—Mount Cimone, the loftiest peak in the Northern Ap- penines, 7,000 feet high, near the Austrian border, has been captured in a terrific assault by the Italians. Petrograd, July 25.—Sarkahoff’s Russian troops have captured enemy entanglements along the river Slone at Veko, Berlin, July 25.—French assaults south of Estrees temporarily gained ground, according to the official Ber- lin statement today. London, July 25.—The greatest ar- tillery duel of the war is in progress along the five-mile front from Thieval and Longueval. Both British "and Germans are occupying Popieres. British troops claim gains. ST. PAUL WOMAN DIES IN BEMIDJI Mrs. Elizabeth Davidson, who has been spending the summer at the cot- tage of her son, J. H. Davidson, civil engineer of the M. & I. railway, at Lavinia, died yesterday at St. An- thony’s hospital. She had been ill for a few days. Mrs. Davidson was a resident of St. Paul. She was 60 years of age. Surviving are two sons, J. H. Dav- idson and a son living in St. Paul. The body was shipped to St. Paul last evening where funeral services will. be held. [PLAN EXISTS 10 PROVE MILITIA PLAN A FAILURE Newspaper Campaign Against System May Be Begun in a Short Time, SUPPORTERS OF BIG ARMY FINDING FAULT WITH MILITIA Regular Army Men in Favor of Gen- eral Conscription to Go Into Effect Immediately. - By William G. Shepherd (United Press Staff Correspondent) San Antonio, Tex., July 25.—A ‘well defined scheme exists in the Unit- ed States to prove the militia scheme a failure. Americans may expect shortly a subtle newspaper campaign against the militia system. Defects in the militia will be pointed out and every little hitch will be magnified. The American mind will be slowly poison- ed, if possible, against the entire fed- eralized militia plan. Action of the Merchants’ association in New York to recall the New York militia on the basis that mobilization of the national guard as part of the regular army has been a failure, has been received in certain circles here with utmost approval. Big Army Finds Faults. All supporters of a huge federal army find hundreds of faults with the militia encamped here. Before the militia was called out these fed- eral army supporters were able to de- liver only theories in support of their arguments, but now that the militia lies stretched out along the border for them to examine they discover many facts and incidents which are being used in certain portions of the press, perhaps unwittingly in an ef- fort to persuade Americans to the belief that the militia is an absolute failure. While I find the personnel of our regular army equal to anything in Europe and ready for any trouble, nevertheless-Idiscovér they naturally enough_want everybody else.in the United States.to be a soldier and are in aggressive favor of general con- . (Continued on Page 4) WORK BEGUN ON BEMIDJI PAVING Work was begun today by Good- man & Leéitved, contractors, on the paving of Bemidji avenue. One-half of the paving on Beltrami avenue has been completed and time will be given for the pavement to set before the other half is laid. Preparations will also be made inside the next few days to pave Fifth street between Bel- trami and Bemidji avenues. AUTOISTS WARNED ABOUT USING OPEN MUFFLERS Chief of Police Frank Ripple, as per the orders of the city council is- sued last evening, today advised every autoist against the using of an open muffler in the city limits. Every of- fender will be arrested. The city attorney was instruected by the city council to draw up an or- dinance of auto laws for the city. The ordinance will be presented at the next meeting of the council. Rev. Paul Haugan of Grand Forks, district superintendent of the Red River Valley district of the Norweg- ian and Danish conference, is a vis- itor in Bemidji today. He. delivered a sermon at a meeting in Nymore last evening. Mrs. Leigh Hendrickson and Miss Marion Burnham are guests at the W. L. Brooks residence. THE CUB SCOO REPORTER The First Thing To Do On Your Vacation Total . ’ anes*ta. on Flagship. The militia of the several ships fol- lows: New England crganization on the Virginia and Kearsage, 2nd Bat- talion of New York and 2d Battalion of New Jersey on the Maine, 1st Bat- talion of New Jersey and 3d Battalion of New York on the New Jersey, 1st Battalion of New York on the Ken- (Continued on Page 4) — GENTHAI.LUUP PIGKED FORNORTHERNLAPOF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY J. D. Clarkson Decides on Route Through Itasca Park and Bemidji. OFFICIALS SPEND NOON CONTROL TODAY AT ST. CLOUD Tourists Traveling in Four Cars, Ten Minutes Apart; Talk on Good Roads. J. D. Clarkson, manager of the Jef- ferson Highway association, Monday famed the Central route as the north- ern lap through Minnesota for the Jefferson highway from New Orleans to Winnipeg. The cities and towns on the route are St. Paul, Minneapolis, Elk River, St. Cloud, Little Falls, Staples, Wa- dena, Park Rapids, Itasca Lake Park, Bemidji, Bagley, Red Lake Falls, Thief River Falls, Hallock and St. Vincent. Must Keep Up Road. Although the route has been des- ignated, the communities touched must fulfill certain obligations to re- tain the highway. County committees, consisting of seven men, must be organized, an as- sessment of $9 a mile is to be met, a campaign for membership in the Jef- ferson Highway association must be inaugurated at a time to be desig- nated and a road constructed without undue delay, which may be used 365 days in the year. May Change Route. Towns along the way stand or fall as a unit; should one fail to meet its obligations, notice was served at the meeting of the directors and members of the official party making the St. Joseph to Winnipeg tour, that a dif- ferent route will be selected. In that event one-half of the mile- age assessment will be refunded if the way is changed within two years. Officials of the highway commis- sion accompanied by a large crowd of enthusiastic autosists left St. Paul this morning at eight o’clock for a trip over the Central route and to officially dedicate the new route. Talk Good Roads. The tourists traveled in four cars, ten minutes apart. There was a speaker in each car, who, upon reaching a town, talked to the crowds on good roads until the second car arrived. Then the speaker in that car spoke until the third car came up. Members of Party. Highway officials and good roads boosters from other states in the party are J. D. Clarkson, general manager, St. Joseph, Mo.; Walter Parker, secretary general of the high- way and general secretary of the New Orleans Association of Commerce; Paul Russell, Paola, Kan.; Paul Nes- bitt, president of the Oklahoma High- way association, Macalester, Okla.; 0. England, Bethany, Mo.; Edward Anderson, Nevada, Mo., and S. Wol- stencroft, Des Moines, Iowa. Brief Stops Made. Brief stops were made at Minne- apolis, Osseo, Anoka, Elk River, Big Lake, Becker, Clear Lake and St. - Cloud. The party arrived in 8t. Cloud shortly before two o’clock where dinner was served. They will leave St. Cloud this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock and after brief stops at Sauk Rapids, Rice and Royalton will ar- rive at Little Falls shortly before six o’clock. They will remain in Little Falls for the night. Arrive Here at Eight. The party will leave Little Falls at- eight o’clock tomorrow morning and will arrive at Staples at 10:19 and will have noon control at Wadena. They will leave Wadena at 1:16, will arrive at Park Rapids at 3:39 and at Itasca park at 4:48. The party will take supper at the state park and will leave there for Bemidji at 6:20, arriving in this city about eight o’clock. They will spend the night in Bemidji. Leave Thursday. At eight o’clock Thursday morning the party will leave Bemidji for Sol- way, arriving there at nine o’clock, will arrive at Shevlin at 9:34, Bag- ley at 10:12 and will haye noon con- trol at Oklee. They will spend the night at Thief River Falls. Prizes are Offered. Manager Clarkson has requested 2]l automobiles in each town lined up to await the arrival of the tour- ists, and to accompany them to the next town. They are requested not to meet them on the road, but to hold the cars in their own town, and then to fall in behind the pilot car to the next town, and then to drop out. Two prizes are offered: One is the big American flag carried by the pilot (Continued on Page 4) v