Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 17, 1916, Page 1

el i B o VOLUME XIV. NO. 250, | NYMORE CITIZENS ‘REQUEST THAT TWO WARDS BE NAMED BY CITY COUNCIL Protest Against Being Placed in One Ward; Residents Want More ™, Representation. b 7 # r | —\ given an increase in salary. Stated that the city physician-could | DEMOCRATIC. CANDIDATE. /. ',/ FOURTH POLICE OFFICER IS NAMED BY MAYOR Committee Named to Secure Property to Be Used for New Armory Site. At a meeting of the city council last evening, Nymore residents who circulated the petition for annexa- tion protested against being placed in one ward and requested that two wards be named. It was stated that the city council approved the petition which was cir- culated among the Nymore residents and which stated that Nymore would be a part of the Fifth and Sixth .. wards. Former officials of Nymore stated that the village ‘was annexed der the opinion that it would have four members o- the city coun- ¢il and would be placed in two wards. Two Ward Plan. J. Smith, former head of the Ny- more board of education, told of how the attack would be made on the for- mer officials of the village if only one ward was named. “We have all felt that Nymore ought to have two wards,” he said. “All the work of annexation was car- ried on with the idea that we would have two wards and a representation of four men. The petition which we circulated, approved by the city coun- cil, stated that the district was to fifi!qbe the fifth and sixth-wards. We have hased our work of annex_ation on the two-ward plan.” Citizens Protest. Many Bemidji citizens have en- tered a protest against giving Ny- more two wards and a representation ot four men on the council, stating that the new district is getting more than it is entitled to. They point out that Nymore has not as many yoters as has any other ward in Be- idji. Nymore cast 141 votes at the %unty option election ,while the first ward cast 187, the second cast 177, the third cast 178 and the fourth 1%ty Clerk Stein pointed out that citizens had protested to him agagnst two wards because of the valuation. He stated that the approximate valua- tion of the Nymore district was only $80,000, while the approximate valu- ation of Bemidji was $1,700,00. It was pointed out by a Nymore resident that because they were of the opinion that two wards »wo_uld be named they had held a meeting and decided on the men that they would recommend to be named as members of the council. Committee Named. City Attorney Russell was x_mt present at the meeting so no ordin- ance was introduced relative to the ward lines. It was suggested that perhaps the fourth ward could be extended so as to take in xgart of Ny- more, part of the fourth given to the ' third, and a fifth ward established. Mayor Vandersluis, Alderman L_y- can, Alderman Smart, Aldermnn Phil- lippi and Alderman Ervin were named _ a committee to confer with former . ‘\\\Iymore officials in regard to the di- vision of wards. In the absence of Alderman Lycan at the meeting last night, Alderman Moberg presided. . It was decided to hold a special election on Nov. 7 to vote on the park establishing ordinance. If thg or- dinance is passed a park commission will be elected at the regular city election in the spring. Alderman Lahr, who represented the council at a meeting with the state tax commissioners in St. l?aul, relative to the increase of valuations, made a report, stating that the tax commission had “‘its eye on Beltra_ml county’” because of reports of in- creasing valuations for more diteh “honding. New Police Officer. Mayor Vandersluis announced the appointment of I T. Smith of Ny- more as the fourth police officer to patrol the Nymore district. Alderman Miller advised the coun- cil that the water pump. was in poor condition and that a new pump would be necessary in the near future. No action was taken. A foundation and new chimney will be constructed. A chemical fire department, an auxiliary to the Bemidji department, will be organized in Nymore. Four beds will be placed in the fire hall there for the men. A petition was submitted to the council signed by many Bemidji au- tomobile owners protesting against ordering the removal of curb gasoline pumps and filling stations. At the meeting of the city council several weeks ago all the pumps were ordered out. Protests were made and the action halted. At the meeting last night the aldermen appeared to favor rescinding their former action, but no further action was taken. It is understood that the pumps will be allowed to remain until some action is taken at the next meeting. The Northern Grocery company was granted a cigarette license. Report is Filed, The report of Commissioners War- field, Kroon and Reynolds on the pro- posed site of the armory on Fourth street was filed. Efforts will be made to secure the armory site south of the east end of Third street. The Bemidji Town- site & Improvement company owns a piece of land there and has offered to sell the same to the city. A com- mittee comprising Mayor Vanders- luis, City Attorney Russell, Alder- man Lycan, Alderman Lahr and Lieut. E. A. Barker of the Bemidji Naval Militia was named to take the matter up with the townsite com- pany. The committee ‘was given power to act for the securing of an armory site. ; Prod HUBBARD COUNTY MANACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY NEIGHBOR ON HUNTING TRIP Euéene Preston of the Town of Fern Dies of Wounds Hour After Shooting. ACCIDENT 0CCURS NEAR HOME OF VICTIM Shooting Done by Richard Martin Who Mistook Preston for Animal. Eugene Preston, living on a farm in the town of Fern, Hubbard coun- ty, was accidentally shot and killed yesterday afternoon by a neighbor while on a hunting trip. The shooting was done by Richard Martin who mistook Preston for game. Preston wore a duck coat and in moving through the bushes was easily mistaken for game, it is said. The shooting was done with a 30- calibre rifle. The bullet entered his right shoulder. The accident occurred near the home of Preston. He, with Martin and several others left yesterday on a hunting trip. a short distance when the accident occurred. Preston lived for an hour after the accident. His wife was called and he died in her arms after he had ex- plained the affair. Dr. Marcum was called but the man died before he arrived. Preston and Martin were consid- ered the best of friends. Preston is survived by a wife and five children. ; The coroner of Hubbard county is investigating the affair. 124 ENROLLED IN CITY NIGHT SCHOOL Twenty-four men, foreigners, none of whom had been in the United States oniy for a month or two, while others have been in this country for ten or fifteen years, enrolled in the night school which organized at the high school last night. The majority of the men were of Scandinavian descent. The school will hold classes every Monday, . Wednesday and Friday nights from 7:30 to 9:30 o’clock. Reading, spelling, writing and civics will be among the ‘subjects taken up under the direction of Miss Hall, in- structor. A bookkeeping class may be begun under the direction of Miss ‘Alderman Lahr suggested that in-| Wager. asmuch as Nymore had been an- nexed the city physician should b It was < submit bills for any work that was * necessary in Nymore each month. New Fire Company, It is believed that the c/iiss will be e | increased to'40 in a shor time. FOR_CONGRESS IN CITY . William F. Dgi nohiie, Democratic The building committee was named | candidate for ‘congressman from' the to order the repairing of the auxiliary | Sixth district, 1s!visiting friends sa fire station in th\e Nymore district. | Bemidji today. . They had gone but~ BENIDJI JACKIES RUSSIANS DRIVEN COURT-MARTIALED | BACK BY TEUTONS FOR FAILURE 70 | INGREAT OFFENSIVE ATTEND DRILLS| ON RUNANIAFRONT Papers are Served on Thirteen Men; Imprisonment or Fine May Follow. NO EXCUSES TO BE ALLOWED FOR DISMISSAL Naval Militia Men to Get Paid for Drills; Ordinary Seamen Get $5 Monthly. Members of the Bemidji naval mili- tia must attend drill or they will be court-martialed. Papers were served on thirteen of the members today for failure to at- tend drill regularly. Only a handful of men responded to the regular drill order last night and in the future effective measures will be taken to see that all men at- tend drill. . The men upon whom papers were served today will be given an oppor- tunity to attend drill before they will be court-martialed. If court-martialed they will be fined five dollars or sen- tenced to jail for ten days.. “Bvery man who has joined ‘the militia must attend drill regularly,” Lieut. E. A. Barker of the Bemidji division said this morning. “In the future no one will be excused from drill except in case of illness.” Naval militia men now get paid for drilling. The amount of salary depends on the rating of the men. An ordinary seaman will get about five dollars a month. ATTEMPTS T0 MURDER . WOMAN NEAR ANOKA (By United Press) Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 17.— Sheriff Pratt of Anoka county is searching for the unidentified assail- ant who attempted to fire Mrs. An- drew Wright’s home in Anoka and murder her last night. A street car crew thwarted the plan of the as- sailant. RAILWAY MEN - WANT MORE PAY Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 17.—A wage increase of 3 cents an hour and a de- mand for the eight-hour day through- out the six allied crafts of railroad shopmen of seventeen western rail- roads was agreed upon at a confer- ence of the shopmen here yesterday. The craft prepared an ultimatum out- lining their demands which will be presented immediately to the rail- roads employing the craftmen. Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 17.—Fifty- two conductors and trainmen this afternoon counted the ballots cast by employes of the Canadian Pacific railway from ocean to ocean on the question of a strike and found that ninety per cent favored the proposal. Final efforts will be made Tuesday with the management.to get the de- mands granted before taking drastic steps. Eight thousand conductors, brakemen, baggagemen and switch- men Yre involved in the new demand for pay for time spent on duty before leaving on their runs. FARM MEETING AT General Hindenberg - Begins - Long Heralded Campaign to Crush. Rumanians, BRITISH TROOPS MOWED DOWN BY MACHINE GUNS British Extend Offensive North of Ancrebrook and Enter the '.I'.’renehe:. (By United Press) London, Oct.'17.—Aiming to drive a wedge between the Russian and Ru- manian armies, the ' Teutons have launched a' powerful offensive near tl;e northwestern frontier of Ruma- nia. Petrograd says that strong Teu- tonic forces are attacking the Rus- sian front, south of Bukowina near ‘'where the Russians and Rumanians have joined, The Teutons assert that the Rus- sians have been driven back and ‘ev- ery inc\cation points to the fact that General Hindenberg’s long heralded campaign to crush Rumania has be- gun. The British last night extended their offensive north of Ancrebrook and entered many trenches west of Seres. g } Berlin, Oct. 17.—The tragedy on the Somme seems to be near a cli-| max because of the frightful allied losses 'in recent allied attempts to bredk the German lines north of the river. Last night the ‘British rushed the 'attack ‘on”Fuedecourt’ and - six @eérman infantry divisions 'mowed them down with Fifles. 20t i i gmit Paris, Oct. 17.—The-French have conguered a.number:of-houses in-the village -of: Sailly, ‘Safilsel near Com- bles. : i WANT WORD “OBEY” CUT FROM CEREMONY| St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 17.—Elimina- tion of the word “obey” in the prom- ise of women in the marriage service was recommended in a minority re- port of the joint commission on com- mon prayer submitted to the house of deputies of the Protestant Episcopal general convention here late yester- day. The majority report recommended that the present injunction beginning “wilt thou obey him and serve him,” be changed to ‘“wilt thou love him, g!llne,. guns; ujd, SIX INJURED IN | OIL STRIKE RIOT (By United: Press) Bayonne, N. J,, Oct.'17.—There were fresh disorders in the Standard Oil workers’ ‘strik) last night and six strikers were injured. i Ten' striker representatives met oil officials’'this” morning to' talk" com promise. Tt 18 sal ¥ ‘were snubbed by, officials. naua Desj)te the récord of” three 'dea and many injured as'a résult of piteh- ed battles, the oil ' workers’ ‘strike will g0 on as far as the Standard Oil ;om— rteéd. COUNTY OPTION CASE UP NOVEMBER 26TH The county option: election contest case will be taken up in the district court before' Judge 'C. W. Stanton November 28. ::/This date was decided upon | yesterday. Tod NO SUCCESS FOR POLISH RELIEF (By- United. Press) ., Shadow Lawn, Oct, 17.—President Wilson today issued a statement ad- ;niltting that he had been unsucc ul so, far,to induge the nower, conclude -definite s&tl&éftfl‘régfi ing Polish relief.: : SPECIAL PROGRAM T 1 ! T ey v The, Woodmen will hold ‘their Feg: ular _me_leting‘tog;ghf_ 8§ o’clock ‘in d Fellowshall,“41d’ ‘a ‘spécial 0 and entertainthent will be én’ tbr ' the ~ new'’‘members. All Woodmén’ and- Royal INeighbors: are invited to ‘attemd.. i v -inr - " HAVE CARNIVAL - (By United Press) Grand Forks, N; D., Oct. 17.—Now they are going to start frolicking around in Grand Forks when it’s 31 below. zero next winter. It was an- noungced today that plans are being completed for the outdoor sport car- nival similar to the St. Paul fete. Outdoor athletic events are planned. I0WA MAN BUYS POTATOES HERE comfort him, honor and obey him, in | sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him so long as he shall live.” y The minority report suggested also the omission of the words, “and with all my wordly good I thee endow,” in the service.” .An argument ad- vanced was the expression ‘‘endow” is a relic of old English law, under which the dower. rights of women were guaranteed, and that: today the question involved is a civil one to be taken for granted. It also was pro- posed to expunge the expression “as Isaac and Rebecca lived faithfully to- gether,” etc., and merely say “living faithfully together.” ETITIONS URGE PRI SPECIAL SESSION (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 17.—Petitions from Chambers of Commerce and Commercial clubs from, Brainerd, Fairmont, Owatonna, Austin and St. Paul asking Governor Burnquist to call a special session of the legisla- ture to permit militiamen to vote, SOLWAY POSTPONED The farmers’ institute meeting which was to be held tonight at Sol- way has been postponed until Thurs- day. (7 YEAR OLD BOY KILLS BLACK BEAR John Walters, 17 years of age, killed a large black bear near his home”in the Turtle Lake district Monday. This is one of the first black bears: killed in. the, Turtle Lake! dis- trict in some time. gl SNOW-SNOW.SKoW" BEAUTIFUL SNOW "B’ex_'fiidji was visited by a snow|. storm today. The weather man prom- ised colder weather tonight and ‘to- have been received. WHEAT SOARS ON EXPORT REPORTS ©' (By United Press) Chicago, I11., Oct."17.—Wheat soar- ed on reports of big export business and bad crops in Russia, England and Argentine today. December closed up five and one-fourth at one. sixty-three and one-half. There’s’ flve hundred different kinds of pen points sotd here and the Pioneer office ‘has 'over 400 of them. Come and see them: If' we haven't ‘it we'll get it quickly. KX KKK KK KRR KKS ¥ CLOSING HOURS—Want. *x Ads to be classified prop- & erly in the Pioneer want col- ¥ umn must be:in before 11 ¥ o'clock. Ads received later P ) * Rt R R Y SRR * * * * > * e EET John Lanesburg, a member of the Potato Growers’ Exchange of Sioux City, Ia., is in the city today buying potatoes and farm crops to ship to Iowa. KELLIHER COUPLE IS MARRIED HERE Lars Victor Axelson and Miss Edna Pauline Steen were married this morning by Judge M. A. Clark a. the court house. - They will reside on a homestead north of Kelliher. REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE. T0 HOLD MEET TONIGHT The Republican county committee will meet at the Commercial club rooms at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Plans will be made for the carrying on of a campaign in Beltrami county. COMMERCIAL CLUB T0 MEET TONIGHT The Bemidji Commercial club will hold a meeting .tonight at. the club rooms at 8:30 o’clock. Every mem- ber is requested to be present. SYLVIA E. LEIGHTON “DIES AT HOSPITAL AT WOODNAN LODGE| . - L AN TRAVELS ONE HUNDREDMILES 10 ol cifnwt;lem-rrm; Way nmuh vd sad ;h::::. ‘:Evmd.l With TWO0 NEW ISSUES <IN OMAHA ADDRESS Colonel Roosevelt Begins Western Tour; Thirteen Speeches iz’ Kentucky. (By United Press) Mitchell, S. ] 17.—Charles E. Hughes, Rep nominee for president, is begin to realize that It 15°a pretty severe contract 1o ad- dress all the people.-of the United States, as-he-puts-it: -+ Starting:his ‘hurried sweep across South-Dakota: this® morning;' Hugheés found that his voice was st d. ‘He started” his’ campaign August b’ and was a little shy and backward in pub- li¢ speaking. ' Today his' dppearance is'‘changed. ' His 'famous ~whiskers are trimmed ‘closé.” 'His. cheeks ‘are almost clean shaven. © Déép wrinkles are’visible ‘because of ‘exertions.” ‘He is healthily’ sunburned: ~ ‘77 i Hughes was amused and interested on lqnving, the train here this morn- ing when an' insistent old gentleman pushed through the guards and 1c protesting, ' “Don’t’ hol 3 have traveled one Hundred ‘mils shake this'man’s handi™ > "% . Hughes' Heard 'the minptlon and stopped the entire procession while he shook hands and thanked his ad; for the compliment. 108e in~ ch any he has yet delivered: I+ .- Now Three Houses. ? ' 'Hughes seemed to be greatly tickled when - his. audience caught. the point of his pun, on there being three houses now, two houses of congress and Colonel House, Wilson’s ad- visor. Hughes brought out two new is- sues at Omaha, one, Wilson’s claim of unshackling business and two, the denunciation of the Wilsonian ref- erence that the Republican govern- ment stood for an invisible govern- ment. - Speaking before a farmer audience of 2,000 here, Hughes analyzed in sharp terms, criticizing the Demo- cratic platform pledge as to the tar- iff. . He solemnly warned his. audi- tors that under the present plan great appropriations and decreased revenue though import duties ‘“‘couldn’t go. on forever,” as though there was an inexhaustible supply of money.” Nothing Invisible. Omaha, Neb., Oet. 17.—Charles E. Hughes, replying to the charge that his election might mean that “invisi- ble government” would be installed in the United States, last night told an audience that crowded the auditor- jum here, that as there had been no invisible government in New York while he was governor, there would be no invisible government in the United States if he were president. “I think indeed it might be said,” Mr. Hughes asserted, “‘that the pres- ent administration has been in large measure an administration of unoffi- cial spokesmen, of mysterious influ- ence. “And I can say, in entire good hu- mor that I desire government through two houses and not three.” Scores Administration. Mr. Hughes assailed the adminis- tration more vigorously than he has before for the enactment of the Ad- amson law, declaring that it was un- American and absolutely without jus- tification ever to surrender legislative or executive power to the demand of force, either by capital or labor, and declared that the “plain people of this country should rebuke the adminis- tration for its surrender to force.” President Wilson's reference to “un- shackled business,” made in the same hall on the president’s recent visit here, was answered with the declara- tion that there had been no clarifica- tion of the anti-trust act, and by the nominee’s assertion that he was “amazed at any such claims as there had been put forward.” " New York, Aug. 17.—Colonel Roosevelt left here at 10:30 o’clock this morning for his big western trip. He will visit Kentucky, Ari- Sylvia'E.i Leighton, the eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett E. Leighton, died this morning at St. Anthony’s hospital of typhoid- fever. She 'had' been' ill two! weeks. The funeral, will be held from.the family home in, Nymore tomorrow afternoon zona, New Mexico, Colorado and Illi- nois. The major portion of his tour\ will be in Kentucky where he makes 13 addresses. ,.The Norwegiah Lutheran aid of Nymore will be entertained at the (home of Mrs. O. P. Grambo, Thurs- day: afternoon at 2 o'clock. All are - cordially inyited to attend.