Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 16, 1916, Page 1

e P O——. — ~~ *VOLUME XIV, NO. 276. STATEANDCOUNTY TAX RATE 20.8 MILLS; RATE LAST YEAR 20.5 MILLS State Rate This Year is 3.7 Mills; County Rate is 17.1 Mills. COUNTY RATE SHOWS A SLIGHT INCREASE District No. 91 in W.hich Williams . is Located Has High School Levy. The state and county tax rate in Bemidji, combined, show but a small s over the rates of last year. A rding to a statement issued at the office of the the state and county tax rate in Beltrami county for this vear will be 20.8 mil The rate last year was The state rate this year is 3. the county rate is 17.1 mills. inecre auditor, and The county rate is slightly in ad-| vance of last year. The state rate is made up as fol- State revenue 2.42 mills, state teachers’ insurance .05 lows: school 1.23, mills. The county rate is made up as fol- lows: County revenue 6.8 mills, coun- Ny sinking fund 2.7, roud_ and bridge und 3 mills, state rural highway sinking fund 3.4 mils, sanatorium 1 mill, poor .2 mills. School Dist. No. 91, in which Wil- liams is located, has a school rate tax of 124.4 mills. This district is con- solidated and under the law no limit is placed on the levy or rate. Offi- cials in the auditor’s office are of the opinion that a mistake may have been made in that district and have written the officials requesting an ex- planation. The taxable valuations in the coun- ty this year amount to $7,402,714. This is about $400,000 less than the 1915 valuation. STANTON REDUCES ASSESSMENT MADE ON PROPERTY HERE ¥ A unique tax case, which may af- _ tect the assessment of other lots in " Lemidji, has been argued before Judge C. W. Stanton of the district court and has resulted in a reduction of one-half the assessment made on the K. Mclver property on Bemidji avenue. Mr. Mclver refused to pay his taxes this year, alleging that the as- sessment was exhorbitant and the case was taken up in the district court. The lots concerned were five and six and one-half of lot four in block one. The assessment wast $5,000, with an additional $2,000 for the Mc- Iver home. The assessment on the lots was re- duced by Judge Stanton to 32,500, no change being made in the assess- ment on the house. TWO_GET 30 DAYS FOR ILLEGAL HUNTING \ Sheriff . Andrew Johnson returned to Bemidji yesterday from Baudette with Harold Gerlinghouse and Otto Carson in custody who were sen- tenced to serve 30 days each in the county jail for hunting without a small game license. Judge Schmidt sentenced the men. YALE PAYS TRIBUTE T0_LATE T, SHEVLIN «__ New Haven, Conn., Nov. 16.—Two ’.;‘hmmaml five hundred Yale students at a mass meeting last night paid tribute to the memory of Thomas L. Shevlin, former Yale captain and coach, who died last winter. At the ‘mention of Shevlin’s name by one of the speakers, the students rose in a body and gave the university cheer with nine ““Shevlins’ at the end. TWO COUPLES ARE ; LICENSED TO WED ‘Two wedding licenses were issued -at the office of the clerk of court thig morning. Miss Ethel Conner and Henry Lefoe of Baudette and Erick A. Lindberg and Inga S8jolund of Quiring were licensed to wed. The latter couple was wed by \Judge M. A. Clark this afternoon. ORDERED TO HOLD UP PETTICOAT MAIL Fraud orders have been received at the Bemidji postoffice relating to letters addressed to the National Mail Order Brokerage company of Minneapolis which recently sent out word that they would supply a silk petticoat for ten cents, providing the sender of the money wrote a series ot chain letters asking their friends to do likewise. The postal authoritiess here have been requested not to forward any mail addressed to the above concern but to return such mail to the send- er, it known. MEN TO GIVE TURKEY SUPPER NEXTWEDNESDAY Somewhere on Some Farm, Nov. 16. ~0ld King Turkey has gone down to defeat and 400 pounds of turkey are being sent to Bemidji for the turkey | supper to be given by the wen of the | Presbyterian church in the church { basement next Wednesday evening. The defeat of Old King Turkey and | hiis tribe was complete. Early in the morning he, with his tribe, strutted jaround the barnyard, not knowing that enemy had advanced and that an attack would be made soon. The first warning was the shrieking of the turning of the grindstone and the sharpening of the axes. When the grindstone was stopped, the enemy advanced and the *“‘Battle of Feath- ers” was in progress. Old King Tur- key did not show a white feather, having none. His last words were, “To gobble and to be gobbled.” Four hundred pounds of turkey will be sent to Bemidji to feed the regiment of Bemidji citizens who will attend the turkey supper. The supper is an annual affair and possible. And they do give the best The menu next Wednesday evening will be as follows: Turkey, Dressing, tabaga, Giblet Gravy, Cabbage Salad, Rolls, Apple Pie, Cheese and Coffee. Preparations have been completed( and the waiters have been carefully dgilled by their wives and sweet- hearts. The Dr. E. field. The treasurer and head ticket sell- carvers will be G. E. Carson, H. Marcum and E. E. Ken- THE BEMIDJI DAILY P BEMIII, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1916, . COMPANY FORMED (FOOD CONTROLLER TO MANUFACTURE | FOR BRITISH IS “MIDJI”; PLANT | FORECASTMADEBY T0 BE IN BEMIDJI ENGLISHTRADE HEAD A. N. Gould and A. J. and A. W.[Walter Runciman Says Question of Naugle Form Company to Food Supplies is a War Make “Midji.” Problem. GERMANS OCCUPY PART OF SALLISEL PRODUCT TO BE SOLD TO MARKETS NEAR HERE “Midji” Formerly Made in Bemidji|Germans Who Occupied Village of and Known as “Methodist Pressoire Dislodged by the Cracker-Jack.” French. | | | Bemidji has a new industry. It is | the manufacturing of “Midji,” a can- died popceorn. | A. N. Gould, A. J. Naugle and A. | W. Naugle have formed a company (By United Press) London, Nov. 16.Walter Runciman, president of the board of trade, has forecasted the appointment of a focd controller by the British govcnh! o manutacture and put on the local |ment. He admitted that the time had| las well as nearby markets, the fa- arrived when the government musl' mous “‘Methodist Cracker-Jack,” a regun{ the quufdion of food gu oo | delicious confection which has been |88 & war probltm: d'ecllurlng th l“_:‘ "made from an old recipe in the pos-|Strain the country would have to bear I session of Mrs. J. W. Naugle. The next year would be mainly in conncc- confection wus successfully sold on |tion with the food supply. Evz\riuus occasions by the ladies of { the Methodlst church to obtain y church funds. | The new company has chosien for Berlin, Nov. 16.—The Germans stormed and occupied the eastern portion of the village of Sallisel last the name of its product “Midji.” The temporary factory in which ““Midji” is to be made is located on Third street, adjoining Gould’s con- fectionery store. night. London, Nov. 16.—An official dis- patch from Sofia admits retreat southward through Macedonia in face of violent French-Serbian attacks. “Midji” will be sold in paper bags retailing at five and ten cents each. The new company has adopted the Paris, Nov. 16.—Franco-Russian idea of putting its product on the|troops hurled back German defend- market in paper bag containers in |€rs south of Monastir yesterday. preference to a sealed package or box T for the reason that in this form the| Paris, Nov. 16.—After a violent purchaser will be assured of its fresh- | battle the French dislodged the Ger- ness and lack of preservation (an|Mans who succeeded in occupying supper possible. ‘ recommend the product very strongly. s e stews ke breses: | JUDGE STANTON. TO ADDRESS RANGE ELKS Judge C. W. Stanton will deliver the memorial address at the memorial services which will be held Sunday Dec. 3, by the Virginia and Eve- leth Elk lodges at Virginia. The Bemidji lodge will hold its ler is C. W. Warfield. | The cashier is C. A. Huffman. | Judge Marshall A. Spooner will be | the head waiter and Attorney Gra-' ham M. Torrance will be manager. J The waiters will be W. E. Dean, | | Whitney Brown, C. M. Grover, F. G. | !Trnppmnn, J. E. Meilicke, Scott T. Stewart, W. L. Brooks, George W. Rhea, R. H. Schumaker, Attorney | | Thayer C. Bailey, A. G. Wedge, H.| 1 C. Baer, Alex Doran, A. II. Feir, N. E. Given, T. S. Ervin, M. S. Gillette, | A. L. Collard, A. A. Lord, A. A. War- | field, E. A. Barker, A. L. Barker, | Theodore Virtz, E. H. Jerrard, C. E. | Battles, L. A. LaBaw, Quincy Brooks, C. M. Jacobson, Dr. E. W. Johnson, C. A. Knapp, R. E. Fisher, F. G. Neumeier, F. B. Lamson, George Kirk, Earl Geil, Carroll Hill, A. Ol- son, A. Flatner, S. C. Brown, Attor- ney M. J. Brown, Attorney H. L. Huffman, J. J. Conger, William Kline, Dan Gracie, Ralph Lycan, Fred A. Hanson, Joe Anderson, G. S. Harding, Remson Bell, Raymond Hitchcock, B. Naylor, Oscar Nelson, Paul Howe, H. N. McKee, F. J. Koors, Harry Stark, Ed Currie, Anderson, H. Berg, John Essler, Raymond Han- nah, Walter F. Marcum, H. Mayne Stanton, Harry Koors, Harry Reyn- olds, Barney Erickson, M. E. Ibert- son, A. B. Palmer, L. Wilson, Tom Johnson, George Armstrong, Ray Spencer, W. A. McLauchlan and Joe McTaggart. The price of the supper will be 60 cents. Everybody is going. Getcher ticket. EXAMINING ROAD AND DITCH WORK R. K. Bliler, county surveyor, O. L. Dent, ditch referee, J. C. Thomp- son and H. Clementson, county com- memorial services Sunday, Dec. 3. EDWARDS NAMED OF DAKOTA EDUCATORS Fargo, N. D., Nov. 16.—E. R. Ed- wards of Jamestown was elected president of the North Dakota Edu- cational association here yesterday. 0DD FELLOWS TO IIEET FRIDAY NIGHT The Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows of Bemidji will held a meeting Friday night. Degree work will be conferred upon several candidates. CHARGED WITH THREAT TO KILL Hiram H. Schufelt of the town of Northern was arrested today on a charge of threatening to kill Sylves- ter Dennis. In the municipal court the case was continued for ten days. It is alleged by Dennis that Schu- felt drew a revolver on him and threatened to kill him. ELECTRIC WIRE CAUSES SMALL BLAZE The fire department was called to the basement of the First National bank building at eight o’clock this morning when a small blaze was dis- covered. No damage was done. The blaze was caused by an electric wire. REPURTICANS TO . CONTROL CONGRESS ‘Washington, Nov. 16.—Incomplet- ed canvasses of the vote in several close congressional districts today brought no changes in the unofficial election results which indicate that 217 Republicansi, 212 Democrats and six of other parties have been elected to the Sixty-fifth congress. miesioners, are examining Ditches No. 26 and 27 and state rural high- way No. 32 in the northern part of the county today. COMMERCIAL AND AUTO CLUBS TO HOLD MEET The Bemidjf Commercial club will hold a regular meeting at the club rooms next Tuesday evening at 8:30 o’clock. The Bemidji Automobile club will also hold a meeting at the Commer- clal club rooms Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Judge C. W. Stanton of the dis- trict court has gone to the Twin Cities where he will remain for sev- eral days. MINNEAPOLIS MAN KILLED IN DUEL Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 16.—Ed- ward Baker was instantly killed and, James) Gardell was perhaps mortally wounded in a revolver duel at the latter’s home last night. The trou- ble, the police say, grew out of at- tentions paid to Mrs. Lucretia Gray, at whose home Gardell roomed. CARRANZISTAS AND VILLISTAS IN BATTLE * (By United Press) El Paso, Nov. 16.—Heavy fighting between Carranzistas and Villistas, 160 miles south of the border on the hMexlun National railway, is reported ere, o 4 idea which undoubtedly should ap-|the village of Pressoire yesterday. every effort is made by the men of | peal to people with a ‘“‘sweet tooth™), the church to give the best supper |8 combination which in itself should CITY BASKET BALL TEAM T0 ORGANIZE SOON The “Big Bemidg’ basket ball team will be organized soon, probably the latter part of next week, and a quint which will compare favorably with the famous fives of 1913 and 1914 will seen in action. The armory will be secured for practicing and for games. Plans are already being made to arrange a strong schedule for this season. The first game will be play- ed the latter part of this month. The Bemidji team will be strong and among the players who will try out for positions are Paul Howe, captain of the 1914 quint, Glen Peck and C. M. Jacobson, guards on the 1913-14 quints, William Berrigan, Remson Bell, Dr. J. W. Diedrich and ““Fuzz’ Johnson. Several outside players may be secured for the team. Very few rules of basketball have been changed for the 1916-17 season, according to the official guides which have just been issued. Probably the most important change is in the ground rules, which provides that a 6 by 4 backboard must be used. It is not sufficient to paint a rectangle on the wall as the new rules place the boundary line of the court three feet from any portion of a building .or spectators’ stand. “Running up the wall,”- which has been popular with many basketball players, is forbidden and the new ruling is adopted especially to pre- vent this practice. The athletic laws governing the of- ficial of the games and the duties of captains have also been changed to some extent but these are classed as unimportant. Another rule of last season has been discarded and on a “jump ball” the players may now tap the ball and turn and catch it if they 80 desire, doing away with the neces- sity of another man entering the play before the jumper may again get into action, The wording of each rule has been changed to some extent in order that there will be less danger of misinter- pretation. A few light restrictions have been defined but no radical changes made. NEW OFFICIALS MUST WAIT UNTIL DECEMBER 1 (By United Press) Chicago, Ill, Nov. 16.—Pending the outcome of the state and federal invesitigations of election irregulari- tles, Cook county ofticials elected will not be allowed to take their jobs until December 1, Judge Scullly today announced. COUNTY RECEIVES . STATE AID CHECK Beltram! county today recelved $39,902 ao part of its share of state aid for schools. Of this amount $6,- 426 will go to the Bemidjl district, The total amount of state aid re- celved by the Bemidji district this year is $11,846.64. § INTRODUCING LIQUOR . POPULAR DIVERS Hseoriest octet?. Fergus Falls, Minn,, Nov. 16,—The grand jury in the United States dis- trict court here has more business on hand than any jury of recent years, It id stated that the jury has a total of 60 cases to consider. There are a few postoffice cases and some other matters, but the great majority are liquor cases—Ilarge cases against parties accused of introducing liquor into Indian territory. RAILWAYS. INTEND T0 FILE SUITS IN EVERY DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY RUN Northern Pacific Files Suits Restrain- ing Operations of Law in Sev- eral Courts. ADMINISTRATION TO FIGHT FOR LAW Brotherhood Men to Confer With the American Federation of ° Labor. (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., Nov. 16.—The North- ern Pacific and other railways intend to file suit9 restraining the operation of the Adamson law in every dis- trict court through which they op- erate, That the Northern Pacific has de- cided to do this was evidenced this morning when a suit was introduced in the federal district court here. A similar suit was started in the federal district court in Minneapolis yesterday. The Great Northern and Milwau- kee lines will follow shortly. Washington, Nov. 16.—The admin- istration is ready to start an aggres- sive fight in behalf of the Adamson law. It is hinted that the govern- ment will not confine itself to a de- fensive tactic. Baltimore, Nov. 16.Leaders of the four great railway brotherhoods will appear before the American Federa- tion of labor next week on the eight- hour principle. At the same time they will confer to hasten the coali- tion of the brotherhoods and thé Am- erican Federation of Labor. S BANK ROBBER IS KILLED IN ST. PAUL (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 16.—William Sandell, 22, was killed today while attempting to rob the Security State bank in the residence district. He entered the bank this afternoon, put a revolver in the cashier’s face and got $670. Then William Olivy, a detective, who had been staying at the bank since it was held up sad robbed last April, opened fire. San- dell was killed as he was leaving the bank. . CAPITAL'PREPARES T0 WATCH LEGISLATION (By United Press) New York, Nov. 16.—The Nation- al Industrial Conference board, rep- resenting $8,000,000,000 capital, an employes’ organization of employers who employ 7,000,000 men, has been formed. It is proposed to watch in- dustrial legislation closely to elimin- ate favoritism to labor. SWEET_NOMINATED AGAIN BY WILSON (By United Press) Washington, Nov. 16.—President Wilson today nominated Edward Sweet as assistant secretary of com- merce. Sweet resigned his position to become a candidate for governor of Michigan. He was defeated. Sec- retary Redfield personally appealed that he be given back his position. SPRING VALLEY MAN IS CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER 8t. Paul, Minn.,, Nov. 16.—R. J. Parker, Spring Valley, representative at large from the first legislative dis- trict, today announced himself as a candidate for speaker of the house. He claims he made no pre-election pledges. C. H. Warngr, Aitkin, mentioned as a candidate for speaker of the house, today announced he will not be a candidate. He claims the mem- bers of the house are able to make their own seléctions when the house convenes, and that he seeks to avoid friction before the session. | “:“iNESOTi‘ e INNII! Al cnu;OL BUAKD 10 ASK. FOR $350,000 FOR BEMIDJI Budget, Almost Double of Last One, Asks $1,413,000 for All State Normals, BUILDING PROGRAM IS A LARGE ONE $579,344 to Be Used for New Build- ings; Bemidji Appropriation Largest. The state normal school board will ask the next legislature for $350,000 for the construction of the Bemidji normal school. The 1916-17 legis- lature appropriated $25,000 for the school. The total budget of the state board amounts to $1,413,000 for normal schools. Of this amount $579,344 will be used for new buildings. The normal schools, outside of the Bemidji school, have asked for the following amounts for new buildings: Winona normal school, $85,000 for a girls' dormitory; Mankato, $85,000 for a girls’ dormitory; St. Cloud, $48, 500 for a boys’ dormitory; Moorhead, $10,000 for repairs; Duluth, $3,500 for grounds. Two years ago the appropriation for these schools was $787,310, so that the amount asked for from the coming legislature is almost double that for the present biennial period, which ends July 31, 1917. The summary of the current ap- propriations and new budget total contains these figures: Appropriated Requested School— 1916-17 1918-19 Winona .....$162,900 $ 261,285 Mankato 169,900 254,985 St. Cloud . 167,200 240,676 Moorhead . 162,560 188,655 Duluth 103,750 117,500 Bemidji ..... 25,000 350,000 Totals ....$787,310 $1,413,100 OFFICIAL RECOUNT OFHENNEPIN COUNTY BALLOTS IS BEGUN (By United Press) Minneapolis, Minn.,, Nov. 16.— With Charles Evan Hughes and Woodrow Wilson running a neck and neck race upon unofficial returns for Minnesota twelve electoral votes, the official post-mortem and inquest over Hennepin county’s popular votes began today. The official recount of the votes of this county, the largest in the state, was begun at the county audit- or’s office. Great importance being attached to the figures from this county, both parties had men pres- ent when the recount was made. The great element of doubt is the recount of this county. This county has the largest vote of any in the state and it is remembered that when Ramsey (St. Paul) county, the sec- ond largest in the state, and St. Louis (Duluth) the third largest county in the state, were officially canvassed, it resulted in a change in the figures that netted Wilson 349 in Ramsey and 62 in St. Louis. In Red Lake county, the official count helped Wilson a net of 38. Leaders of both parties hope some mistake can be found in Hennepin figures, to help their candidates. Owing to the fact that there was not only the national and state election, but also a city election, the count will proceed slowly, and probably take four days. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 16.— Fifty out of 58 counties show a net gain for Wilson of 502 in the offi- cial recount. Figures appear to in- dicate - that Wilson's lead over Hughes will be 3,700 to 8,800. TWO BEARS KILLED Nine hundred and forty big game licenses have been issued in Beltrami county. A number of hunters are returning with their allotment of game. Two large black bears were killed near Island Lake yesterday by Wil- liam Hill of Maple Ridge and Mr. gtout. The bears were found in their en. WOULD TAX BRAZIL'S GREAT GAMBLING GAME (By United Press) Y Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 16.—'That 2,600,000 contos or reir or about $800,000,000 change hands aunually in Brazil in the game of bicho, a gambling game similar to ‘‘policy” as formerly played in the United States, was the startling utatement made by Senator Rrico Coehlo who has presented a bill in congress con- templating a 6 per cont government tax on the bicho game. . v