Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 27, 1916, Page 1

LQ \WAOLUME XIV. NO. 259. HAMMER BLOWS -\ OF MACKENSON M " CAUSE RETREAT OF OVER 20 MILES Petrograd Admits Retirement To- ward Harsowva Casapichof Line. ”2;; IGGEST BRITISH " LINER IS SUNK Practically All of Dobrudja Has BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, FRIDAY E VENING, OCTOBEE 27, 1916, RUSSO-RUMANIANS CONTI Million Bushels Of Argentine Corn Sold In Peoria, Illinois By George F. Authier. (Special to the Pioneer) Chicago, Oct. 27.—Just as the ad- herents of Woodrow Wilson are con- gratulating themselves that they have lulled the public into forgetfulness of the Underwood tariff law before the war intervened, to save the coun- try from the consequences of that folly, comes a report from Peoria, I1l.,, which strikingly illustrates the unprotected condition of American in- Been Evacuated by the Rumanians, (By United Press) London; Oct. 27.—Falling back be- fore femewed Mackenson hammer blows, the Russo-Rumanian troops retreated over 20 miles north of Cer- novoda-Constanza railway yesterday. Berlin reports that Mackenson is enemy north by northeast of Cerno- apporoaching Harsova, pursuing the voda, Sofia today claimed that the Ruma- nians everywhere are in flight. Petrograd admitted further re- tirement toward Harsowva Casapich- 4of line, paralleling the Constanza- ernovoda railway a distance of 25 iles. British and German destroyers clashed in a sharp naval engagement in the English Channel last night. German warships attempted a raid under the cover of darkness. Two enemy destroyers were sunk. I.t is feared that one British destroyer ‘was sunk. Another was disabled. The Johnson linér, Rowans-More, flying a British flag was sunk yes- terday. It is one of the largest Brit- igh liners sunk during the war. It is a four-master of 10,000 tons. Berlin, Oct. 27.—The Bulgarian statement says that the fleeing Russo- Rumanians have evacuated practical- iy all of Dobrudja. On_the whole enemy front the enemy is retreating, pursued by our forces, says the offi- ¢ial statement. Wednesday’s cap- ture included 15 officers, 771 men and 51 machine guns. Paris, Oct. 27.—The French have begun to close in on Fort Vaux, the last of the important German posi- tions, north of Verdun. T CLASSMATE OF WILSON T0 SPEAK AT DEM. RALLY James F. Williamson of New Jer- sey, a classmate of President Wilson, will be the principal speaker at the Democratic rally to be held in Be- midji tomorrow night at the city hall at eight o’clock. Mr. Williamson was a delegate to the Baltimore and St. Louis conventions. City Attorney P. J. Russell will preside at the rally here. Among the speakers will be Cyrus M. King of Deer River, W. F. Dono- hue of Melrose, candidate for con- gress from the Sixth distriet, and C. C. Peterson of Grand Rapids, Minn. The Bemidji band will give a con- cert before the rally. Tomorrow is Wilson’s day and rallies are being held in many places in the nation. A rally will be held at Kelliher to- night. STATE OFFICER HERE FOR MEET C. G. Schulz, state superintendent of education, is in Bemidji today with R. B. McLean and H. E. Flynn, school inspectors, to confer with the school superintendents of this dis- trict. The counties represented at the conference are Hubbard, Cass, Itasca, Koochiching, Clearwater and Beltrami. The conference will begin ‘at three o’clock this afternoon. About 25 were in attendance. GAS ESCAPES; GIRLS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Miss Ida Virginia Brown and Miss «Carrie Armstrong had a narrow es- cape Wednesday night from asphyx- ‘ation when gas escaped from a coal tove at the home of Mr. and Mrs. . C. Brown. When the young ladies awoke in the morning they were slightly overcome by the gas. They had entirely recovered from the ef- fects today. dustry and American agriculture. Ac- cording to that report, a million bushels of Argentine corn have been dumped on the Peoria market, and co-incident with that report the mar- ket price dropped. ‘While the farmers of the North- west have been reveling in $2.00 wheat there has been an under-cur- rent of realization that this was a temporary condition, and that the close of the European war would throw that section of the country wide opga to the competition of Can- ada. The competition that may come from Australia, Russia and the Ar- gentine has not been so seriously considered as that from Canada, but the Wilson managers had hoped that the great corn belt section would be undisturbed. Apparently there was no danger of competition in the field occupied by King Corn. Just at this moment comes the burst of the bomb in connection with the Peoria corn shipment. Peoria is the center of the corn section of the United States. It senses corn values and knows where the cheapest product may be ob- tained. Can Ship Cheaver. The report that a million bushels of the Argentine product was dump- ed {n one shipment on the market is given additional force by the fact that a million bushels had already! been used in the manufacture of glu- cose. The fact that it is cheaper to ship Argentine corn to Peoria at this time than it is to buy American corn is made the more remarkable on ac- count of ' war conditions. . Ocean freight rates have gome sky-rocket- ing, and the shipment of ' products from foreign countries is almost pro- hibitive, except in case of actual necessity. ‘When the war closes these condi- tions will not prevail. Freight ship- ments will be reduced to a normal level, and if it is possible to ship Argentine corn into the United States at a time when freight charges dre almost prohibitive it can easily be seen there will be a tremendous in- flux of the same product when the war ceases. The Underwood tariff law calmly places corn on the free list. Just as President Wilson, with literary em- phasis, proposed that American busi- ness men shall compete with their wits with the rest of the world, so American farmers are told they can compete in the same manner. Just as industrial conditions in America are different from those of Europe and the Orient, so farming conditions are different in the Argentine. In- stead of the,small farm there are large estates operated with cheap la- bor imported from Southern Europe. American farmers cannot compete with these conditions. This new situation is recognized in the South. Municipal docks are being prepared in New Orleans to handle this im- mense traffic. Elevators with capa- city of 60,000 bushels a day are al- ready constructed, and it is an- nounced that the city of New Orleans is prepared to build additional eleva- tors if they are required. Invasion a Fact. The invasion of Argentine corn is an accomplished fact, and the raiser of American corn, and the grower of American wheat must make up their minds to face this competition when the war closes without the aid of any protection in the way of tariff du- ties. This invasion by Argentine corn is not the only evidence that America is wholly unprotected against the war that will come after the war. Europe and Asia are pre- paring for this struggle. Economical alliances will follow the alliances for war. Tariff unions and customs re- prisals will be adopted. The govern- ments of Europe and that of Japan will use their power over natural re- sources, industrial capacity, financial ability, merchandising genius and shipping tonnage to subdue the neut- ral markets of the world. The prosperity that exists in Am- erica today is not entirely due to the manufacture of munitions. has built an automatic tariff wall which holds the immense market of America to a large. degree for itself. ‘When ‘the war ¢loses ‘our foreign markets will be-cut off and our dom- estic ' markets will be captured by a competing world. In the long run it is probably more important that the American people should recover from the spiritual debauchery of the last four years and learn once more to wear their souls on straight, but self interest necessarily merges into pat- riotism, and self interest prompts a realization of the disaster that is im- pending if the authors of the present tariff law remain in power. CROOKSTON MAN JAILED FOR MURDER Crookston, Minn., Oct. ' 27.—Ed. Thompson, a former well known resi- dent of this city, has been arrested and is now in jail in Tearkana, Tex., charged with the murder of Albert Schraeder, another Crookston man, who was shot to death at his home at Schraeder, Ark., last December. The arrest of Thompson has caused a sensation in this city as he was an employe of N. P. Stone for a long period of time. CEMENT ASSN. REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTING STREETS K. R. Wyllie, a member of the highway engineering staff of the Portland Cement association, is in Bemidji today for the purpose of making an examination of our streets and roads. WALKER WHITESIDE IN “THE MELTING POT” Walker Whiteside will be seen to- night at the Grand theater in “The Melting Pot,” Israel Zangwill’s fa- mous drama which enjoyed such a protracted run in legitimate theaters a number of years ago. The play re- volves around one unfortunate suf- ferer, a talented young Russian Jew, who saw his parents killed in a mas- sacre and who escaped from the bloodthirsty mob and came to Am- erica. In this country he earns a liveli- hood by playing a violin at a cafe, where he attracts the attention of a young Russian girl, the daughter of an official of the czar. On account of sympathizing with the persecuted Jews, she was exiled to America by her father, and in this country she busied herself with settlement work. The young couple are stfangely drawn together by their mutual love for music, and, despite their differen- ces in religion, find themselves fall- ing desperate in love with each other. But objection arises from various sources to their marriage. The young man’s aunt, with. whom he lives, ob- Jjects to a Gentile entering her home, while the girl’s father, who had been summoned to this country by a jeal- ous suitor, is equally opposed to a Jewish son-in-law. . Other complications develop, but in the end, after both the hero and heroine suffer tortures of mind and heart and enjoy the success which the violinist attains with his own .composition, they find happiness in each other’s love. Dat One of the most extensive and sci- entific studies ever made of any type of road is being conducted by this as- sociation of all the concrete roads in the United States. The reports are made on specially prepared blanks so that they will all be of uniform character and will present the information in the most concise form. This information will be tab- ulated and studied so that all of the various methods that have been used, those that have been given the best results can be noted. The Portland Cement association, with offices and engineers scattered throughout the country, will then be in a position to advise officials and communities building concrete roads as to those methods which have proved most successful. The significance of this undertak- ing can be partially appreciated when it is realized that it includes a criti- cal examination of upwards of sev- enty million square yards of concrete pavement, or nearly 7,000 miles of 18-foot road. The Portland Cement association in undertaking this work exhibits a broad minded policy, which will re- sult in not only good to itself but be of value to every taxpayer inter- ested in having the most reliable methods of construction used in the streets and roads for which he is taxed. g SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS DECISIONS (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 27.—The su- preme court today affirmed the Mag- nes vs. Olson-case in Crow Wing county and the Sanberg vs. Clausen case in Pork county. T. M. Madden of Virginia, Minn., is in°the city ‘today ‘on business. artive Paae The war|. MEXICANS PLOT TO ATTACK U.S. BORDER; TROOPS READY TO MOVE Secretary Baker Announces Plot|l Nelson. Bared by American Government Agents. WARNING SENT TO 3 CARRANZA GOVERNMENT Carranza Expects to Announce His Candidacy for Election to Presidency. City Cut Off. El Paso, Oct. 27.—Chihuahua City has been cut off from the south. Wire and railway com- munications have been severed. ~ Army Warned. San Antonio, Oct. 27.—The southern - department today warned all the big army corps along the border to be on the alert for Mexican attacks. Mexicans Blamed. Washington, Oct. 27.—Secre- tary Baker and Secretary Lan- sing today stated that Mexicans and not Americans were respon- sible for border plots. . On Secret Mission. ‘El Paso, Oct. 27.—Andres \@pnois; Inspeotor general : of » -councils for Mexico, started for ""New York:on an urgent diplo- matic mission for Carranza to- day. He says that it concerns United States and Mexican peace. (By: Pnited Press) El Paso, Oct. 27.—State - depart- ment agents here claim that there is a plot 'among Meéxican revolution- ists to raid the American expedition- ary force in Mexico. Militia officers say that they have prepared for such an eventuality for months. ‘Washington, Oct... 27.—Secretary of War Baker today announced that he would have another statement to make later on a charge of a plot which: exists to produce an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico. Administration officials say that Baker’'s statement made last night was intended as a warning to the Mexican government. In his statement last night Baker said that the war department had re- ceived definite information that the enemies of the government’s policy toward Mexico, in connection with Villa or other bandits, had arranged for a spectacular attack on American troops on the border. Full particulars of the plans, the secretary said, had been forwarded to Generals Funston and Pershing, and all the American forces are in readi- ness for the attack. Mr. Baker issued this statement: “The war department has received definite information, confirmed from other sources, that enemies of the ad- ministration’s policy toward Mexico, in co-operation with Villa or other bandits in Mexico, had arranged a spectacular attack to be made either upon some part of the Aemican forces or upon some American community on the border between now and the date of the election for the purpose of turning the tide of sentiment against the policy which the admin- istration has adopted for the protec- tion of the border. “It is significant in this connection that both the state and war depart- ments were advised that the bandit forces operating at the present time lni Mexico are being paid -in silver coin. Generals Warned. “Full particulars have been trans- mitted to General Funston and Gen- eral Pershing. All American forces are therefore forewarned and in readiness for such an attack.” Mexico City, Oct. 27.—Carranza is expected hourly to announce his can- didacy for election of the presidency. He ‘received a great demonstration last night, which lasted until early this mornix Miss Ethel Palmgren, grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bren- nan, is recovering from the measles and bronchitis. She is six years of age. - Miss Lena Anderson of Blackduck was a Bemidji visitor yesterday. NUE RETREAT —_— ——— BLACKDUCK MAY HAVE SECOND BANK Plans are being made by St. Paul parties for the opening of a second bank at Blackduck. The proposed financial institution will be a state bank and will have a capital of $10,000. The St. Paul men who are said to be interested in the new in- stitution are F. J. Haggerty and H. BENSON MAKES PUBLIC LETTER FROM TUMULTY ONDRAFT CLAUSE President’s Secretary Admits Such a Clause in Hay-Chamberlain Army Law. HUNDREDS CHEER COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN CHICAGO Hughes to Make Four Addresses in New York State Today. (By United Press) Hobert, Okla., Oct. 27.—Allen Ben- son, Socialist presidential candidate, here today made public a letter from Secretary Tumulty, President Wil- son’s secretary, in which Benson claimed that Tumulty admitted his repeated charges that the Hay-Cham- berlain army reorganization law con- tains a draft clause. ~ Chicago, Oct. 27.—Colonel Roose- velt today announced that he would make five more addresses for Hughes. Colonel Roosevelt was given a hearty welcome here last night. In an ad- dress he denounced the Wilson Mex- ican policy as cowardly, scouted the .{claim that the .country has kept.out of war and declared a policy that re- fused to protect a nation’s citizens was base and sordid. The colonel was interrupted one time, a voice from the rear of the hall calling “How about Germany?” as he was discussing the Mexican sit- uation. “That’s a fair question,” he an- swered, ‘““and I'll tell you immedi- ately. “If I had been president I would have carried on the government on such a different basis from the too proud to fight standard that there would have been no trouble.” He repeated that he would have seized every interned German ship immedi- ately after the Flaba and Gulflight incidents and then let the Germans bargain with them how much he should concede them instead of bar- gaining with them. “In Mexico I would have put Leon- ard Wood in there and told him to do just as we did in Cuba, to avoid trouble if he could, but if he couldn’t not to slap anybody’s wrist. And if there was war, when it was over it would be over. As it is, peace still rages in Mexico.” . Albany, Oct. 27.—Charles E. Hughes today began his tour into the Empire state today. He will give four speeches in,New York today. He was in unusually high spirits fol- lowing his rousing reception in Bos- ton. COLERAINE ELEVEN T0 PLAY BEMIDAI TEAM TOMORROW The Coleraine high school foot- ball team will come to Bemidji for a game with the Bemidji high school eleven tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the new athletic park. It is expected that the game will be one of the fastest ever seen in this city as both teams are in excellent condition. The lineups will be as follows: Coleraine Bemidji A. Pellesier....R.E...... F. Phibbs I Oliver. .. .R. ....P. Grey R. Trescott. ..D. Gainey H. Enlind...... .L. Opsahl G. Jasper......L.G......H. Palmer G. Jodrin. ..... «.....H Lord D. Donaldson.. .L. E.. .C. Tennstrum] A. Pellesier. . M. Plummer ‘W. Nester .F. Madson ....C. Bailey .H. Warfield Olaf Ongstad, of the Bemidji Auto company, spent the day in Walker on business. The Phibbs eleven defeated the Carpenter football team Wednesday afternoon by a score of 18 to 6. — e e e e e s L SR AR O My ol o L COUNTY AUDITOR HOLDS UP DITCH CONTRACTAWARDS FOR TEN DAYS FOR “ INVESTIGATION J. L. George Postpones Action on. Ditch Number 25; Questions Brought Up. RESIDENTS PROTEST AGAINST BIG DITCH Many Contractors Submit Bids; Charges Made That Diteh is Too Wide and Deep. J. L. George, county auditor, today opened bids for the construction of Judicial Ditch No. 25, and although the bids submitted were a reason- able charge, he decided to postpone the awarding of the contracts until he had investigated several questions that arose at the contract letting. It was brought out at the contract letting by a prominent citizen that the ditch was to be constructed too wide and too’deep in several cases. Other charges were also made. Mr. George will carefully investigate the charges before he decides on a con- tract award. The ditch is to be constructed north of:Red Lake. It will be 324 miles in length. The cost was esti- mated at $406,769. Protest is Made. When County Auditor George open- ed the bids this morning a protest was made by a committee of citizens of the-county. .-E. L. Oberg, editor~ of the Blackduck American, repre- sented the committee. 'He read a resolution urging that the letting of the ditch be postponed until after: the legislature meets when it is ex- pected the ditch law will be amend- ed. The following ¢composed the com- mittee: E. L. Oberg, S. W. Ellis, J. C. Thompson, county commissioner, James M. Reed, I. W. Langaard of Blackduck, L. Latteral of Kelliher and William Fellows of Tenstrike. The resolution presented to the auditor this morning was unanimous- ly passed at a mass meeting held at Blackduck recently. It follows: ‘Whereas, the obnded indebted- ness of Beltrami county, in our opinion, has already exceeded the safety limit and can only be increased by placing an exces- dive valuation on property; Whereas, grave doubt exists as to whether the drained lands will be taken up by actual set- tlers to insure the maintainance of the ditches without taxing the whole county for such main- tainance, and ‘Whereas, the outlet is insuffi- cient to carry off the water from the ditches already built, and lastly, . ‘Whereas the tax rate of this county is already the highest of any in the state, ‘We respectfully request the County Auditor and County En- gineer to postpone the letting of said Ditch No. 25 wuntil the drainage problem shall have come before the State Legisla- ture. Facing Litigation. Mr. Oberg expiained that the citi- zens were not blaming anyone for the condition of affairs but that they be- lieved that the present ditch should be halted until the present legisla~ ture convenes. He stated that the county faces litigation as a result of several ditches and that it had beem reported that damage suits were be- ing started. Mr. George explained that he had already opened and rejected bids on the same ditch two times. He stated that the bonds for the construction of the ditch had been sold, but that they had not been issued. About 30 men, contractors and men interested in the ditching, were })resent at the bid opening this morn- ng. The companies who submitted bids were The American Drainage com- pany, Northwestern Drainage com- pany, Lawrence Construction com- pany, J. C. Parker & company, O. H. Dierks, W. J. Gleason Company, Koh- ler Construction company, Thomas & Jones of Warroad and E. A. Dahl & company of Duluth. Just the other day we received some of those handy bill file books collectors use. They just fit in your pocket. Get one at the Pioneer of- fice. _ INTS PER MONTE SR | Bk sl Mo Sichll il