Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 7, 1916, Page 1

| I ~ w o - N— [ N, (By i * X KK KX \. The 6th, Tth, A 2 7 Friday afternoon, 'VOLUME XIV. NO. 268. FIRST TOWN REPORTS LEAD FGi= BEMIDJ1. MINNESOTA, TUESDAY E VENING. NOVEMBER 7, 1916. HEAVY VOTE IS BEING CAST IN BEMIDJL, RURAL VOTE LARGE ALSO Reports at Neon Indicate That Much Interest is Being Taken in * Contests. TYPIOCAL NOVEMBER DAY GREETS VOTERS Polls to Remain Open Until Nine o'Clock Tonight; First Returns at Five o'Clock. Today is general election day and there is every indication that a very large vote will be cast in Bemidji and the rural districts. The number of votes cast during this morning in Bemidji is one of the largest that has been cast at past elections rur several years At noon 327 votes had been cast in the city. At the first ward 88 votes were cast, second ward 78, third ward 42, fourth ward 69 and Nymore ward 50. Clear autumn weather greeted the voters today. It is a typical Novem- ber day with enough cold to give the air zest. The polls opened at six o'clock and at several precincts voters were wait- ing to cast their ballot. Much interest was shown in elec- tion on down town streets. At near- ly every street corner citizens were congregated, discussing the issues of the campaign and the outcome. There was much money wagered on both the Democratic and Republican presiden- tial candidates. When the Pioneer bulletined that Hughes had voted on ballot thirteen --. in New York, Republican leaders pre- dicted that he would be a sure win- ner, thirteen being a ‘“master num- ber.” Republicans had their inning again this morning when it was reported that the national guardsmen favored | Hughes and that one North Dakota company gave Hughes 20 votes and Wilson 8. Keen interest was shown in the legislative race. The bulletin board has been con- structed in front of the Pioneer of- fice, an arc light has been installed, the leased wire is ready for opera- ion and at five o’clock this afternoon “Your Big Election Party” will be- gin. Returns will be received at five o'clock from scattering precincts in New York. The Pioneer will issue an extra about nine o'clock which will be dis tributed in the resident district. Other extras will be published during the evening. .\ final extra will be publisied and distributed at six o'clock in the morning. The morn- ing extra will carry as complete a| result as possible. The Pioneer will receive its elec- tion returns through the United Press association. The Pioneer has con- tracted for a leased wire of the press association and the wire has been in- stalled in the office of the Pioneer. This is the first time in the history of Northern Minnesota that a com- plete press a:ssociation wire will be in operation outside the city of Du- luth. IFLE ROUGH ON e THE HOME FOLKS United Press) St. Paul, Nov. 7.—"And so you are going to have a new union depot in 8t. Paul to replace the one con- demned by the state fire marshal; well, when will it be completed?” asked Matt O'Callaghan of Objimway, Mich., of a yawning hotel porter here. “In Octembre,” wag the sighed | reply. “You mean October; there fsn't any such month as Octembre.” “I know, that's when the building will be ready,” said the yawner. flilifl’!fllill#l’i * ,KELLIHER SCHOOL NOTES * * X X KKK KK ‘\Ih .\ml high school grades gave a Halloween party in the asgembly room Friday evening. A large crowd cid muci fun is reported, yridget Fuiey and Lawrence Kvan- gon were absent o part of last week Mesdames Miller, Pfund, Barry, Hoh, Lingre!l, Mcteon and Thompson visited school Jduring the week Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and daugh- 1 ter, Alma, Miss Pennle, Bridget Ha- ley, Mildred Brendox, Paul Wagner and Blanche Wagner attended the school entertainment at Saum Satur- day evening. The Kelllher clety gave an School Literary so- interesting program The debate and question box were particularly good. The Kelliher and S8aum schools will play a game of xolley ball on the Kelliher school grounds Saturday af- ternoon, provided the weather g good. l i | | }Thursdny. | being Union. The Pioneer has secured a leased wire of the United Press This is the first time in the history of Northern Minnesota that a leased press association wire has been in operation outside the city of Duluth. IT'S GOING TO BE SOME NIGHT, BELIEVE US! Come and bring the folks and watch who'll win. The first returns will be received at five o’clock this after- Asscciation for the occasion. noon. TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT OF YOUR ELECTION PARTY The party will be held in front of the Pioneer office where will be bulletined the election returns from every state in the GRAND RAPIDS CITY ELEVEN HERE SUNDAY The Bemidji city football team has been organized with John O’Connor as captain and ‘“Fuzz" Johnson as manager. A game will be played Sunday af- ternoon at the new athletic park with the fast Grand Rapids city eleven. A fast game is expected as the Grand Rapids eleven is coming to Be- midjl seeking revenge for the defeat handed the Grand Rapids high school team by the Bemidji school team last Saturday. The Grand Rapids city team is a fast aggregation, having played the Hibbing city team to a tie score, 0 to 0. The game Sunday will begin at 3:15 o'clock. Admission will be 35 cents. The management of the Bemidji city team has gone to considerable ex- pensie to secure Sunday’s game and every football fan 1s urged to attend the game. VOTE ON $10.000.000 PARK BOND ISSUE (By Unlted Press) Albany, N. Y., Nov. 7.—Electors of New York will decide today wheth- er the state shall issue $10,000,000 in bonds, the proceeds to be used in enlarging and beautifying state parks. The great objects, according to a booklet issued by the State Parks committee, are: Increase of rainfall and equalization of tempera- ture; conservation of water supply; preservation of timber and the main- tenance of recreatith grounds for the | citizens of the state The parks specified are the Adir- ondacks, Catskill and Interstate. \DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY |, TO OPEN CONVENTION (By United Press) Dallas, Tex., Nov. 7.—When the United Danghters of the Confederacy open their general convention tonight President-General Mrs. Frank G. Od- enheimer will deliver the chief ad- dress. Business sessions will start to- morrow. Officers will be elected on No opposition has devel- oped against Mrs. Odenheimer or any other of the chief officers. Chief of the social events is a ball to be held tomorrow night, at which pages, appointed by the president of the Daughters to represent every state, will be honored. The conven- tion adjourns Saturday. WOULD RUN TO FIRE. NOT TO CHURCH (Fv United Press) Fargo, N. D., Nov. 7.—Prohibition North Dakota is on record today as naughty North Dakota, It | doesn’t seemx to be worrying Dakot- ans either. Judge J. A. Coffey, Jamestown, at the state Preshyterian synod openiy asserted that if the church bell and fire bell rang at the same time, North Dakotans would go to the fire. Movie shows are not equipped with bells in Dakota, either. LR R EEEE R E RS TR R R | ® SAUM SCHOOL NOTES * X XK LR & & 3 Sr\lur«lny |.Izl|t Hu- gchool had an entertainme.it which proved a very delightful ¢ fair. The program was excellent. Glenn Squires, Della An- derson and Jeanette Gilga captured the andience in the delightful com- edy, “The Suffragette.’ The fairy song and march by the seventh grade was a charming performance, Readings by Miss Anvid and duets by Misseq Anvid and Simons deserve mention as entertaining features of the program. Lunch was served in the domestic sclence room and later a few hours were spent by the schonl children in playing games in the pri- mary ror~,. Most of the young folks crossed the street and made good use of thelr time in the town hall. The proceeds of the evening, about 356, Defective Page went to paying for a sewing machina and manual training tools. The school wishes to thank the publie for the generous support of the school, | the FOUR AMERICANS IN CHIHUAHUA CITY El Paso, Nov. 7.—There are only four Americans in Chihuahua City. The others have gone to the border following the Villa atrocities. BATTLE IS BLAMED ON 1. W. W. WORKERS Everett, Wash., Nov. 7.—A coron- er's jury last night placed the re- sponsibility of the pitched battle be- tween 250 members of the Industrial Workers of the World and a posse of 250 Everett citizens at the city dock yesterday in which seven men lost their lives and 50 were injured, upen the men on the boat. The jury, after brief deliberation, returned a verdict that Charles O. Curtis, a posseman, who was instant- ly killed, Deputy Sheriff Jefferson Beard, who died of wounds early yes- terday, met death from ‘‘gunshot wounds inflicted by a riotous mob on steamer Venora at the city docks.” DEMOCRATS ARE PEEVED AT FIRSE: PIONEER BULLETINS Democrats this afternoon became “peeved’” at the Pioneer bulletins when it was announced that the nrst town in the United States reported a lead for Charles E. Hughes, Repub- tlican candidate. The Democrats claimed that the posting of bulletins is illegal and threatened to attempt to restrain the Pioneer from bulletining any returns until the polls in Bemidji are closed. They permitted the publishing of the Pioneer, however FLOOD CONTROL MEET AT CROOKSTON Control of the flo.d waters of the Red Lake river and of Red Lake will be taken up at a special meeting at Crookston on Thursday morning, No- vember 23, as a part of the govern- ment survey which is now being made under the act of congress of July 27, 1916. The object of this meeting is to hear all sides of the question from all parties interested that the govern- ment specialists may know what to do for the best interests of everybody. Bemidji will send representatives to the meeting at the request of the government agents. It is proposed to place a dam at the point where the lake empties into the ‘Red Lake river. and thus be able to hold back the waters of the lake during the spring. DOCTOR WOULD ¥OULD ABOLISH LASS MILK BOTTLE (By United Press) Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 7.—The death knell of the glass milk bottle in Pennsylvauia has been sounded. Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the state commissioner of health, says that “it will have to give way in the near future to the destructible bottle that will never be used a second time.” This s taken to mean that within a few weeks the health department advisory board will rule that the glass milk bottle must go. Such rulings have all the effects of statute law, Commissioner Dixon doesn't like the danger of infection through the promigeuous distribution and gath- ering of bottles, no matter how clean- ly the dairy or creamery may be. b, Pin tickets, 1abels, string tags and red and gold seals are things sold by the Ploneer store. They have them there in all sizes and colors. A tele- phone call, number 922, will bring what you want while you wait. AUSTRALIAN SUB. SUNK IN BATTLE WITH ITALIAN TORPEDO BOAT Undersea Craft Attacks Italian Trans- port Laden With Troops. GERMAN LOSSES IN RUMANIA ARE LARGE Poland is Made Independent by Ger- mans; Formal Manifesto Issued by Kaiser. (By United Press) Rome, Nov. 7.—An Austrian sub- marlne attacking a troop laden Ital- ian transpurt was sunk in an engage- ment with a torpedo boat today. The torpedo boat was badly damaged and also sank. The transport escaped. London, Nov. 7.—A dispatch from Bucharest says that the German loss- es on the Rumanian front in the Jiul valley exceeded a division and a half. This consists of 20,000 officers and men. London, Nov. 7.—British positions near Buttedéwarnlecourt, south of Bapume, were improved last night. Berlin, Nov. 7.—The Germans sank a small British cruiser off the Eng- lish coast last night. Berlin, Nov. 7.—Rormal announce- ment of the re-establishment of the Polish kingdom as an independent na- tion was made by the reading of the manifestos of the German kaiser and the Austrian emperor at Warsaw and Lublin, Sunday. At Warsaw, volunteers by the hun- dreds expressed their willingness to join the new Polish army which is be- ing formed. CHIEF RIPPLE MAKES™ QUARTERLY REPORT Frank B. Ripple, chief of police, to- day made his quarterly report to the city council. The total number of arrests made during the months of August, Sep- tember and October were 12, of which seven were for drunkenness, two for assault and three for vagrancy. The total amount of fines collected was $14. Three cases were suspended and one case was dismissed. A MARGUERITE CLARK AT GRAND THEATER If you were taken out of a found- "' U JGHES ling home by a man of culture and, through his untiring devotion and personal efforts, were developed into a highly educated, charming society belle, and if, when you had attained this enviable position you were forced to choosie between this man to whom you owed everything in the world ex- cept life itself and a dashing young army officer, which would you choose. That is the dilemma which Mar- gucrite Clark faces as Peggy in the Frmous Players Film company's adaptation of Madeline Lucette Ry- ley's celebrated theatrical success, “Mice and Men,” which is the Para- mount feature at the Grand theater tonight. HOME-COMING DAY AT U. OF MINNESOTA (By United Press) Minneapolis, Minn,, Nov. 7.— Home-Coming Day, Nov. 18, the date set for the annual football game be- tween Minnesota and Wisiconsin uni- vorsities, will be a great day on the campus of the University of Minne- sota. The prospects of a great foot- ball battle with the odds somewhat in favor of Minnesota, is proving a strong second to the invitations that are being sent out by Twin City alumnl and students to alumni throughout the Northwest to come back and have a good old-fashioned student-day time. An attractive program is being ar- ranged. It will include a ‘*‘pep” meeting and bonfire, followed by a mass meeting in (he Armory with addresses by former football players. Friday evening and a day full of in- teresting events on Saturday. The Saturday program will include visits by alumni to familiar scenes, an all- university convocation at 11:30 a. m., with members of past clasees grouped, a big football game, class banquet, 6 to 8, a joint glee elub con- cert by the Wisconsin and Minne- sota glee clubs at 8:16 and then the home-coming dance. SIXTY ATTEND FARM CLUB MEET Sixty people were present at the meeting of the Turtle River Work- ing club Saturday at the home of Frank Latimer. The men worked in the forenoon and dinner was served at 12 o'clock. Seven new members were admittyl into the club, Mr, and Mrs, J. Wold, Mr, and Mrs. Tom Johnson, Mr, Minty and mother and sister. Miss Cathryn McGregor, who was present at the meeting, gave a recitation. J. C. Thompson of Black- duck was a club visitor. The next meeting will be held Dec. 2 at the home of Hendy Sanders. 165 APPLY FOR HUNT LICENSES One hundred apd sixty-five hunt- ers have secured big game licenses in Beltrami county at the office of the county auditor. Deer are plentiful in this county this year. The season opens Friday and it is expected that hundreds of hunters will invade the woods. The law provides that only one deer or one male moose may be kill- ed by a resident of the state. A non- resident has the privilege of killing both a deer and a moose. PREVENT LAND PATENTS IN ITASCA PARK The United States supreme court yesterday granted permission to the attorney general of Minnesota to fille an original complaint on behalf of the state against Secretary of TIn- terior Lane to prevent the issuance of land patents in the Itasca state park region to the Immigration Land Co. At the attorney general's office it was said $75,000 worth of land is in- volved. The case arose over the issuance of land patents by Secretary Lame to the Immigration Land Co. Minnesota claims the right to these lands for state park purposes. The supreme court's action re- strains the land company temporarily from disposing of the property. The Immigration Land Co., Little Falls, Minn., includes some of the| Weyerhaeuser interests. 1 ST. PAUL MEN ARE IN NEW BLACKDUCK BANK Blackduck is to have a new bank. Ben Baer, president, and L. H. Ickler and C. H. F. Smith, vice presi- dents of the American National bank of St. Paul, are backing the new in- stitution. The bank will be known as the Farmers' State Bank. Articles of incorporation were filed in St. Paul Monday. The bank will have a capital $10,000. MURPHY SLATED T0 HEAD FARR of (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn.,, No 7.—George Atchinson, Mankato, will likely be appointed a member of the state fair board as the result of the resigna- tion of J. C. Simpson, secretary. F. W. Murphy, Wheaton, is slated as next president of the board, to suc- ceed C. P. Craig, Duluth, resigned. These were the rumors in circula- tion today. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Keihl and daughter, Gertie, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. E. Alton and two sons, Lionel and Lyle, motored to Wadena Sunday morning to visit for a short time with relatives and friends. Misizes Dorothy and Esther John- son are visiting as guests of Miss Hilma Johnson of Frohn for a few days. Mrs.. Willlam Blackburn and dav, /@r Charlotte, of Big Lake are visiting relatives and friends in this city for a short time. Robert Davis returned yesterday after spending the past four months in naval training at Duluth. Andy Edd and family moved their household goods into their new home at Swenson Lake. A dance wns_given at the Andy Edd home Saturday evening. Re- freghments,were served. FIRST TOWN IN UNITED STATES GIVES HUGHES 16, WILSON 7 New Ashford, Massachusetts, Small- est Town in State, Reports Vote. HUGHES VOTES ON Wisconsin Vote Predicted at 450,- 000, or 50,000 Over the 1912 Vote. (By United Press) New Ashford, Mass., Nov. 7.—This, the smallest town in Massachusetts, having 26 voters, reported 23 votes were cast. The result was Hughes 16 and Wilson 7. In 1912 this town gave Roosevelt 6, Taft 7, Wilson 4. This is the first town in the United States to announce returns. Chicago, Nov. 7.—Voters are using 150 tons of ballots here. Milwaukee, Nov. 7.—The Wiscon- sin vote wijl be 450,000, it is pre- dicted today. This is 50,000 over 1912. Fargo, N. D, Nov. 7.—An abnorm- ally high vote is expected through North Dakota. The weather is ideal. New York, Nov. 7.—The national vote is the heaviest in the history at noon today. Then half the registra- tion was pojed. The vote in Minne- sota was reported as normal. New York, Indiana, Idaho and Ili- nois are voting heavy. Princeton, N. J., Nov. 7.—It re- quired 16 men, three automobiles, four hours and 54 gallons of gaso- line to deliver President Wilson's vote for himself as president. Body guards and newspaper correspondents motored here. He was the 50th voter. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 7.—The Republicans declare that Pennsyl- vania will go back to the Republican presidential column with at least 200,- 000 plurality for Hughes. The Demo- cratic leaders say they expect a greatly increased vote for President Wilson over 1912, The Democrats have been making an exceptional effort to increase their representation in congress and are predicting success. Brownsville, Tex., Nov. tional guardsmen apparently favor Hughes. The Fourth Scuth Dakota infantry today mailed its ballots, fa- voring Hughes six to one. One North Dakota company gave Hughes votes and Wilson 8. This became known despite the fact that North Dakota ballots were mailed under seal. 7.—Na- New York, Nov. 7.—Charles ‘E. Hughes voted on ballot number thir- teen at seven o’clock this morning in the Victoria laundry, Eighth avenue. He arose at 5:40 c'rlock. He took an hour to dress and left with his publicity agent and two detectives at 6:50 o'clock. He walked to the polls and returned. Shadow Lawn, N. J, Nov. 7.— Woodrow Wilson was up at five o'clock this morning. He breakfast- ed at 7:15 o'clock and started for Princeten with his wife in an auto- mobile. He returned at noon and this afternoon played golf. He will receive returns at his home this eve- ning. The betting here is even. New York, Nov. 7.—Clear autumn weather was reported in every sec- tion of the country today. It is be- i lieved that a large vote will be cast. Chicago, Nov. 7.—Election day was warm and clear here. San Francisco, Nov. 7.—It is clear and snappy here today. The tem- perature is 55. Chicago, Il, Nov. 7.—It is esti- mated that but 90 per cent of the 808,000 registered voters will cast their ballots. The voting is slow on account of extra ballots. Seattle, Wash,, Nov. 7.—The vote today, regardless of weather, will be larger than ever before, it is believed. The increase of registration of wo- men is nole\vor(hy. St. Louis, Nov, 7.—A heavy vote is expected throughout Missouri today. The registration in St. Louis is more than 173,000, the highest in the his- tory of the city. Both Democratic and Republican leaders claim the state. Portland, Ore., Nov. 7.—A heavy vote will be cast throughout Oregon today. The Demoerats elaim the tate by 10,000 votes, and the Repub- licans by 26,000,