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

i ! ' | | S | 3 " INTO AN ANARCHY BY THE MEDDLING POLICY OF WILSON ‘Government of Mexico Restored; Carranza Can Never Restore Order. CONTINUING DANGER THRUST UPON AMERICAN PEOPLE ‘Monroe Doctrine Makes It Necessary for United States to Pay for Destroyed Property. By George F. Authier. (Special to the Pioneer) Chicago, Oct. 21.—Mexico cannot “be erased from the issues of this cam- paign. It is theone outstanding blot in the recent history of the country, and must remain an element of dan- ger to the American people for many years to come. It is the most elo- quent commentary on the absurd claim that “Wilson kept us out of war.”” We have engaged in three ‘wars with Mexico as a result of the a.'pplicafion of the policy for which is claimed the credit of ‘“keeping the country out of war.” By the appli- cation of this policy Mexico has been turned into anarchy, and for the very reason that the same policy nearly precipitated us into the European war. It has been a policy of med- dling interference, of shuffling exe- cution, completely vitiated by the fact clearly understood by the Mexi- cans, that the policy would not be backed with firmness. Germans Withdraw. In the European situation the same policy resulted in the violation of ineutral rights by the allied powers, #nd in the inauguration of the sub- ‘marine campaign by Germany. That policy invited a situation from which we were saved only by good judg- ment of the German government ‘which withdrew from a critical posi- tion when public opinion in this country demanded a show of firmness on the part of the American govern- ment. In Germany there was a strong and powerful government ‘which could silence the resentment «f a people finding their government 311 a position from which it was hu- miliating to withdraw, and into ’ which it would never have entered had it been confronted with the same policy of firmness which it eventually ‘met. In Mexico there is no government. ‘What government there was the med- 'dling policy of the administration ut- terly destroyed. In the minds of the ‘Mexican peons who followed the lead- ership of Carranza and Villa, and whom Secretary of War Baker has so unblushingly compared with the pa- triots of Washington's army, there is no conception of the power of the TUnited States; they fear, Texas, but imagine if they could once get be- yond Texas they could destroy the hated gringoes. Firmness and pres- tige are the elements they respect. They sense the absence of firmness and rejoice in the loss of American prestige. Ousts Huerta. Although declaring the Mexicans would not be interfered with the executive at Washington determined to get rid of Huerta. No one has ever entered a brief defense of Hu- . g erta, but with other Mexican leaders, uerta’s record compares favorably. It is not the custom of governments to go behind the record, and to do so necessarily consists of direct inter- ference. It was the business of Mex- icans to decide whether or not Huerta should remain in power. It was not our business, unless the American government had decided upon posi- tive interference. John Lind was sent to Mexico with a mission of eliminating Huerta. The president’s policy was described as one aimed to prevent the assumption of power in Latin republics by viol- ence. This appeared to be sound policy in itself, even though it did not square with the policy of non- ._interference, but the administration Biraightway contradicted itself again in the case of Benevides in Peru, and of Zamor in Haiti. Death and viol- ence attended the accession to power of Benevides. It occurred while the negotiations with Huerta were pend- ing, but the recognition of Bene- vides came so swiftly that diplomats who were watching the situation from Mexico were dazed by its cel- erity. The elimination of Huerta was attended with the attack and oc- cupation of Vera Cruz—the first war the administration kept us out of. j Anarchy Reigns, ‘" Whatever may have been the char- -acter of Huerta, he was the one sal- vation of the Mexican situation. With Huerta gone anarchy reigned. "Phen followed more meddling in- terference in the face of the declared policy of non-interference. Villa was first iexalted, only to find himself be- { ont; d on Page Six HEKHK KKK KKK KKK x HALIFAX PREPARES o FOR ZEPP ATTACK Halifax, N. S.,, Oct. 21.— Hailfax fears a Zeppelin at- tack. Last night all lights except a few shaded ones in the west and north ends were turnéd off. All blinds had been ordered drawn. “The lights will be turned out be- cause naval and military au- thorities feel that it is neces- sary,” is a statement made by headquarters. HHH KKK KKK KKK KK MANY FILINGS REPORTED IN BAUDETTE DISTRICT Baudette, Minn., Oct. 21.—Fred- erick John, Mary Valentine, James Burns, Elmer Olson and A. B. Thur- ston made final proof on their claims this week. Rena Howe of Wiscon- sin, Francis Kautz of Iowa, N. H. Clemens, H. N. Nielson and Pete Nielson made filing applications on Volstead land, and Frank Smith, H. A. Biesoit, James Opsal and Dorothy Smith filed on straight homestead land this week before United States Land Commissioner W. F. Steffes. CASS COUNTY FUND PROBE T0 BEGIN MONDAY Investigation of alleged irreg- ularities in connection with road contracts and other transactions by the county commissioners in Cass county will begin Monday. The date was announced by Louis Headley, a St. Paul attor- ney, whom Governor Burnquist recently appointed commissioner to conduct hearings in the mat- ‘ter. The governor suspended none .. of the county officials during: the hearing, and announced that any action in that direction will await results of the inquiry. The matter was precipitated by charges filed by citizens which were latter borne out by a special audit made by State Pub- lic Examiner Andrew E. Fritz. HYDRANTS TO BE FLUSHED SUNDAY George Kirk, water clerk, today notified water users that hydrants would be flushed tomorrow. STEAMER SEWARD REPORTED AGROUND (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 21.— Admiral Pond is proceeding full speed aboard the gunboat Swanee to the aid of the steamer Seward. No word has been received by the naval department ex- cept that the Seward is aground near Cape Hayti. MEXICAN ATTACKS NOT IMPORTANT (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 21.—Army men today held that the Mexican attacks upon American troops in the Big Bend country of Texas yesterday were isolated and unimportant. San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 21.—Amer- ican troops and Mexicans clashed near San Jose in the Big Bend coun- try, yesterday afternoon, according to a report received by General Fun- ston early last night from Colonel Joseph Gaston, commander of the dis- trict. The fight lasted for 45 min- utes. No losses were suffered by the Americans, and information is lack- ing regarding the loss among the Mexicans. FUNERAL OF HUNT VICTIM IS HELD Rev. M. A. Soper returned last eve- ning from Fern township, Hubbard county, where he officiated at the fu- neral of Eugene Preston, who was ac- cidentally killed while hunting. The funeral was held in the Fern town hall and interment was made in the Fern cemetery. W. B, STEWART NOT CAMPAIGNING FOR “PENDY” ‘W. B. Stewart, county superintend- ent of schools, denies that he is cam- paigning for L. G. Pendergast as a candidate for member of the legisla- ture. The Pioneer wishes to apolo- gize to Mr. Stewart for printing the reported rumor that he was cam- paigning, in its issue of Oct. 19. Mr. Stewart says that he is in no way connected with the Pendergast cam- paign. 2 x * x * *x *x * * * * x x x *x x * x x x e J J ok Kk Kk k ok ko k ok ko kok GIRL'S SUPPOSED |GIFFORD PINCHOT ASSAILANT HELD | ATTACKS WILSON'S INDULUTH; FORMER | POLICY INADDRESS RESIDENT OF RAY Henry Johnson, Who Says He Has Been Around Round Lake, Taken in Olga Dshl Case. SERVED TEN MONTHS IN CANADIAN PRISON Was Eormerly an Inmate of the Fer- gus Falls Asylum for the Insane. Henry Johnson, aged 36, formerly of Ray, Minn., was arrested Thursday night in a Duluth saloon as a suspect in the criminal shooting of Miss Olga Dahl, Itasca county school teacher. Questioned by Chief of Police Mec- Kercher of Duluth, Johiison said he went to Duluth from Skibo, and that he had been in the Round Lake dis- trict “a long time ago.” Johnson served a 10 months’ term in a Canadian prison for an unnat- ural crime and has also been an in- mate of the Fergus Falls asylum for the insane. i Sheriff Gunderson of Itasca county is investigating. Miss Dahl has recovered from her injuries sufficiently to travel by auto- mobile and has returned to her home at Warba. ELECTION BALLOTS ARE SENT TO JUDGES Officials in the office of the county . auditor ~are today sending election supplies to election judges. will be three ballots. The state bal- 1ot, which is printed on white paper and contains the names of all candi- dates to be voted for over the entire state, is 183 inches long, instead of 45 inches as was the case in 1912, and 35 inches, in 1908. .The names of the presidential electors are bunched this year instead of being strung out in a long column. The county ballot is about 10 inches long or two inches shorter than was the case two years ago. The ballots on which the constitutional amendments are printed, will be about the same size as the county .ballots, but are printed on pink paper. MISS WINEBRENNER TO WED D. B. W'FADDEN — A wedding license was issued at the office of the clerk of the court today to Douglas Bertram McFadden and Miss Ruth Martha Winebrenner. Mr. McFadden lives near Cass Lake. “BIRTH OF A NATION”T0 RETURN TO BEMIDJI «“The Birth of a Nation,” the fa- mous photodrama which played to crowded houses here last spring, will return to Bemidji for a two-day en- gagement at the Grand theater, Nov. 10 and 11. ST. PAUL MAN HEADS THE STATE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE Red Wing, Minn.,, Oct. 21.—St. Cloud was chosen at the 1917 meet- ing place of the League of Minnesota Municipalities at the closing session of the fourth annual convention here. The delegates voted the convention to St. Cloud over Winona, the rival claimant, by thirteen votes. Corporation Counsel 0. H. O’Neill of St. Paul was elected president. Other officers are: Vice president, Dr. G. W. Moore of Minneapolis; sec-|. retary-treasurer, Prof. R. Price of Minneapolis; executive secretary, Prof. G. L. Bennett of Minneapolis; executive committee, Dr. Rupert Swinnerton of Hibbing, Oscar See- bach of Red Wing and Dr. L. A. Fritsche of New Ulm. NORTH DAKOTA HAS MOST CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS (By United Press) Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 21.—North Dakota has more consolidated schools per capita than any state in the union. This is shown today in a report comparing the number of consoli- dated schools with the state popula-] tion. The number of consolidated schools is the state is ahown to be second in the mation. ~ ** - oy There| Hugh D.!Aciv- Paae AT FARGO, N. D. Conservation Leader Says President is Not Fighting for Retention of Resources. —_— HUGHES RESTING BEFORE NEXT TOUR Roosevelt at Phoenix, Arizano, Meet- ing 01d Acquaintances; Wilson at Long Branch. Fargo, N. D., Oct. 21.—@Gifford Pin- chot, conservation leader, charged in an address here last night, that Presi- dent Wilson has proposed to the con- servation forces of the United States that they make composition with-the opposition forces that-are attempting to grab American resources for their own benefit. Against Compromise, . ‘Wilson, Mr. Pinchot charged, made sucn a proposal in. his speech ac- cepting the presidential nomination, when he called on ‘“conservation forces and private interests to'.reach an agreement for the advancement of the cause of conservation.” “There can be no agreement or compromise so far as I am concerned. My fight is for the retention to the people of their natural resources,” said Mr. Pinchot. Taking up the progress through the legislature of the Shields water power measure, Mr. Pinchot insisted that it was legislation designed at giving away outright valuable water power rights; it had the approval of the administration. A Ne 'Yd_rk_,wOeL ‘21.—Charles B, es, Republiean’ ninee; ing here before resuming his mid- western campaigning. : Phoenix, Ariz;, ‘Oct. 21.—Colonel Roosevelt is here today visiting old scenes and old acquaintances. Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 21.—Back from what he characterizes the most successful speech of the campaign, President Wilson today prepared to jaunch vigorous efforts during the two weeks before election. This af- ternoon he addressed a delegation of farmers from the veranda of his sum- mer home. : ALLEGED. LAND FRAUDS NOW BEING PROBED ‘Warroad, Minn., Oct. 21.—A spe- cial agent of the department of in- terior spent a couple of days in this vicinity looking over some home- steads recently proved up on. It is said that theye may be some trouble in sight for some parties who proved up-in Cedar River on false statements as to the extent of improvements. . 'GRAND. RAPIDS MAN ON LIQUOR CHARGE Deputy United States Marshal A. H. Jester yesterday arrested Paul Mandoff on a charge of introducing eight gallons of whiskey into Indian treaty territory at Grand Rapids. The complaint was made by J. P. Brandt, special Federal officer. When ar- raigned before Judge Hiram A. Si- mons, United States commissioner, Mandoff entered a plea of not guilty and demanded a hearing which was set for Oct. 27. LIGHTS ON IN BRAINERD; BURNQUIST TO TALK (By United Press) Brainerd, Minn., Oct.-21.—This is Burnquist day in ‘Braiperd and they are going to have lights for the occa- sion. ) For several weeks Brainerd hasn’t had lights. Lights were shut off for the lack of revenue. But there gvill be lighting by a novel method tonight.. The Young Men’s Republican club will arrange it. Torches are,the means. Two hundred young Republicans will emulcte the statue of liberty and stand about with flaming torches to give light to the way of the gover- nor. - i Following the.parade the crowd ‘is expected to go to the Gardner audi- torium where Governor: Burnquist is Atin, TEHK KK HKK KKK KK RUSSIA AND G T0 SUE FOR PEACE Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 21. —Hugo. Muensterberg, pro- fessor of physiology at Har- vard university, in an address last night before the Interna- tional. Politics club of the university, asserted that he had ‘been informed that Rus- sia.and Germany. would sign terms of separate peace before spring and ‘after this peace there would. be an alliance be- tween Germany, Russia and Japan: b Y x x * *x * * * * * * * * * x * X x * * x * e J Yo Fe ded A e vk dedk sk ok sk ok ek R kA ok KKK KKK KKK KK CARTER TO SPEAK AT BLACKDUCK MONDAY Charles S. Carter, candidate for rep- resentative of the 62nd district, will speak at a political rally at Black- duck next Monday evening. He will speak at Baudette and Spooner Tuesday and at Williams on Wednesday. 2 Mr. Carter addressed a meeting st Kelliher last evening.. & The Kelliher hall was crowded and the crowd was much interested in Mr. Carter’s address. He attacked the present method of ditching and re- newed the pledges made in his key- note address at Tenstrike, - COLLEGESTUDENTS T0STUDY NORTHERN MINNESOTASWAMPS An inspection trip through northern Minnesota agricultural districts, for University ‘of Min- nesota, students, is the .plan of Prof. Dana .D. Durand, head of the agricultural economics de- ;gqr_gmqn of ‘the university and « - former . director ‘of ‘the - United: States census. '’ Seminar students of the agri- cultural college, studying as ag- ricultural -economists, will leave Oct. 27 with Professor Durand. They will study samples of co- operative marketing, rural cred- its, drainage and community settlement. Prof. Durand is an enthusiast over agricultural possibilities of waste swamp land in Northeast- ern Minnesota, and plans to conduct the student economists through detailed investigation of the district’s possibilities during several future trips. SIX MEN LOST ON FOUNDERING BARGE (By United Press) Detrolt, Mich., Oct. 21.—Six men are reported lost on the foundering of an unidentified barge. which is be- lieved to be the B.-L. Flier of Chi- cago, off Bar Point, at the Detroit river entrance to Lake Erie. ARREDONDO T0 BE SECRETARY IN CABINET . (By United Press) Meico City, Oct. 21.—It was auth- oritatively learned today that Elizo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador to ‘Washington, will return here to be- come Secretary Gobernacion in the Carranza cabinet. IOWA CITY IS . COLDEST POINT| . (By United Press) .Chlcago, I, Oct. 21.—Charles City, Ia.,, with a temperature of 18 degrees, is the coldest point in the United States today. The storm is moving northeastward into Ontario. The highest temperature reported to- day is 86 degrees at Yuma, Ariz. SERBIANS MAKE PROGRESS ALONG ENTIRE FRONT NEAR NONASTIR pespmw'righfing Continues South- east of Monastir; Serbs Cross River. KAISER SAYS FIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO END Teutons Regain Initiative in Battle Along the Somme District; Attacks Shattered, Russians Captured. Berlin,--Qct. :21. —-General " Mackenson’s armies have broken .through . the Russo-Rumanian line in Dobrudja ' at several voints. The enemy’s main po- sitions on Tuesla Heights, Northwest of Toh Raiser, north of Cocargea and northwest of Mulli Ova, have been taken. Three thousand Russians, hun- d.reds of Rumanians and 23 ma- chine guns were captured. (By United Press) Paris, Oct. 21.—The Serbians are pushing nearer Monastir in the new offensive, making progress on the Bend Gernia river, north of Velki. The allies reached Akirk Valdek. Vio- lent action is reported on the allies’ left wings. Athens, Oct. 21.—Desperate fight- ing continues southeast of Monastir. The Serbs with the French are at- tacking the entire front. The ‘Serbs have advanced across the Bend Cernia ‘river and are mensclig ‘the utronk, Dositions'or the Bulgartans at Kenali; barring the road ‘to Monastir. ‘- Paris, Oct, 21.—The Germans liave apparently regained the initiative on the Somme. French officials claim that one German attack after another have been shattered. Amsterdam, Oct. 21.—Addressing the troops on the western front, com- memorating the dead Germans, the kaiser wead, 'We 'who survive ‘will fight until none ever dares again gs- sail the country and liberty of the German people.” Petrograd, Oct. 21.—A great bat- tle is raging all along the Dobrundjs where General Mackensen 'is taking the offensive against the Russo-Ru- manian troops in an effort to hal! ) Rumanian counter offensive in Tran- sylvania, London, Oct. 21.--Vice Admiral Du- fournot, commanding the allied fleet in Greek waters, has assumed com- plete control of the situation in Athens. He has taken drastic steps to prevent rioting. .. Berlin,0 ct. 21.—A new systeni has been inaugurated here in which all must buy underclothing, men’s and women’s suits and coats through spe- cial magistrate’s cards. The object is to prevent clothing speculators from securing the entire supply and holding for higher prices. London, Oct. 21.—E. R. Sloan, Am- erican horse dealer, was lost when the Alaunia was sunk, Charles Brody, a resident of Washington, reported to the American embassy this afternoon. TABLET DEDICATED TO PIONEERS IS UNVEILED (By United Press) “Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 21.—Na- tive Sons of Minnesota today unveiled a tablet, placed on a large boulder near an ancient elm tree in Richard Chute square. The tablet was re- cently dedicated to territorial pio- neers of Hennepin county. Governor Burnquist, Mayor Nye, members of SUFFRAGISTS CELEBRATE SUSAN ANTHONY DAY (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 21.—North- west women' suffragists are today celebrating “‘Susan B.-Anthony Day.” Meetings to -discuss boosting the cause were held at various points. the city council and park board, spoke at the open air exercises while October breezes brought chills. Then the party retired to the Godfrey house, where it was warmer, and took tea. Governor Burnquist went from here to Brainerd where he speaks to- night. JUNIOE ELEVENS In' St. Paul a meeting' was held on the court house steps, headed by the Women’s Welfare league.. A reso- lution urging the passage of the Su- san B._Anthony amendment was passed and ‘a protest read scoring the lack of action.._ i In Minneapolis much the same pro- gram was carried out. i < AT 3 o Father Thomas of Red Lake i ‘Father-John J.T. P! (f s X , Tec- ’s Catholli ’éhu!rch. : 'son: was formerly Miss Ditty PLAY TIE GAME The Phibbs football eleven held the fast eleven managed by Gordon Jones to a score of 12 to 12 yester- day afternoon. 5 Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Neil- son of Minneapolis, Thursday, a son. . Mr. ‘Neilson . was formerly - clerk of the Markham hotel, and Mrs. Neil- of this city. i