Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 20, 1916, Page 1

) VOLUME XIV, NO .878. BEMIDJL MINNESOTA, MONDAY. EVENING. NOVEMBER 20, 1016 1 { i —— s b - 10X "'N' FORTY CENTS PER MONTK MONASTIR IS EVACUATED B HIGHWAY BOOSTERS T0 FORM A STATE ORGANIZATION AT MEET IN ST. PAUL Jefferson Highway Boosters Called to Meeting by the State Vice President. EACH COUNTY TO HAVE SEVEN VOTES Saint Paul Hotel to Be Scene of Gathering Next Friday: Local Men to Attend. J. H Beek, vice president for Min- nesota of the Jefferson Highway as- socuation, h ued a call for a meet- ing of Minnesota boosters of the high- way for the purpose of forming a state organization. The meeting will be held next Fri- day at the Saint Paul hotel and Bel- trami county is asked to send seven delegates. Local men, it is believed, will attend. The county directors of the association may attend the meet- ing. The call of Vice President Beek follows: “l am directed by the directors of the Jefferson Highway association for Minnesota to call a meeting of the county representatives of this state, at the Saint Paul hotel in this eity at 10 o'clock a. m., Friday, Nov. 24, for the purpose of organizing a Minne- sota Jefferson Highway association. ‘The state association will elect a vice president for Minnesota and three directors, in the parent organi- zation, the Jelferson Highway asso- ciation. The present vice president and directors, namely the undersign- ed, Messrs. Henry Orme of St. Paul, H»rnmn Roe of Northfield and Hon. nas K. Cashman of Owatonna, virtue of their election at the Orleans convention a year ago. “In the interest of a good attend- ance, it has been suggested that no proxies be voted--that each county cast the number of votes it has rep- resentatives in attendance, not ex- ceeding seven. If any members of the county organization is unable to attend in person, alternate to represent him merely a suggestion and the meetin 1 { can determine where proxie be allowed. ‘“We respectfully counties the in urge upon all ance of sen i to t good delegatior s first m “After making a personal insp tion of the Jefferson highway from the Minnesota-lowa state line to Win- Man., I can assert with conf- that the importance of this great thoroughfare to the state of Minnesota and 1y to the com- mun throt vhich it passes, ¢ » overestimated. se note again the date and place of meeting, Friday, Nov. 24, at the Saint Paul hotel, St. Paul, at 10 o'clock a. m. Yours 7 truly, —J. H. Beek, “Vice )'rwl:lz-m for Minnesota.” FOUR KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE RACE (By United Press) Santa Monica, Cal.,, Nov. 20.--While he ground the reel of a Keystone moving picture machine on the race Jrack Saturday afternoon, H. P. Jen- . king was crushed to death by a racing car. The car, a Marmon, driven by Lewis Jackson, plunged into a crowd of spectators, killing its driver, Har- old Edgerton and an unidentified wo- wan. Several persons were injured. MINNESOTA WILL BE DRY IN TWO YEARS Moorhead, Minn., Nov. 18.—Min- nesota will be dry in two years, ac- cording to Senator F. H. Peterson, “father of the Minnesota county op- tion law.” His sole ambition in the forthcoming session of the legisla- ture is the passage of a consititutional amendment barring the sale of liquor within the confines of the state. RELIC OF EARLY DAYS '0 BE DISMANTLED Walker, Minn.,, Nov. 20.—The “Leila D.” steamer, a rellc of the early days of Walker when the mod- ern gasoline launch and ‘side- wheeler'' steamboats were unknown to Leech Lake, is Pelng dismantled. TWO ARE KILLED IN TUG EXPLOSION (By United Press) New York, Nov. 20.—Two persons were killed and ‘four were Injured when a tug exploded off Green point this morning. Mrs. H. E. Reynolde and daughter, Alice, returned Saturday from a three weeks’ visit in Chicago, Detroit and various points in Michigan, ave served during tpe past year by g New | ¥ he may appoint an| This is| .iduring the CITIZENS DISCUSS JUDICIAL DITCH 25 Fifteen tllhulll are meeting with Judge C. W. Stanton of the district court this atternoon and are discuss- ing Judicial Diteh No. 26. vera of the citizens are urging that the contract for the ditch be held up to await action by the state legislature on the ditch law. Blackduck, Tenstrike and Bemldji men are present at the meellng. AMERICAN BIRD WOMAN SHATTERS WORLD'S RECORD | FOR LONG FLIGHT | Miss Ruth Law in Non-stop Chicago to New York Flight Goes 662 Miles. ONLY ONE STOP IN A 950-MILE FLIGHT Miss Law Flew at St. Paul Memorial Day; Has Qld Style Airship. (By United Press) New York, Nov. 20.—Miss Ruth Law, American, in attempting a non- stop record from Chicago to New York in an old style airship, shattered | the all-American long distance rec- ord Sunday when she flew from Chi- cago to Hornell, N. Y., a railroad dis- tance of 662 miles. This was a hun- dred miles better than made recently by Victor Carlstrom. Professionals before the flight laughed and considered it a joke. Miss Law landed in New York at o'clock this morning and equaled the American cross country flying record. She went 950 miles with only one stop. Miss Law flew at St. on Memorial day. "TWENTY-ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR SCHOOLS St. Paul, \lmn \m 20.—Almost 1821,784,421.82 was provided for the . |support of Minnesota public schools | last year, according to a Paul, Minn., | compilation Christo- 1 },:hcr Lind utant in the state department of ¢ tion The state supplied $ 3 of the total, having granted aid of $1,- [942,214.57 in addition to apportion- of $2,388,218.70. That the respective school districts d in tax and bond revenue $17,- 52.988.45 or an average of $4.03 for every dollar provided by the state is shown further in the statement. MOTHER KILLED BY 19 YEAR OLD SON (By United Press) Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 20.—As Mrs. Anna Larson, aged 60, was sit- ting down to supper last night, her son, Fred, aged 19, entered from be- hind and hit her over the head with a hammer. He crushed her skull. He escaped to the Minnehaha Falls park and escaped from police officers. He is still at large, Neighbors said that the son had ‘- heen acting queer for the past year. He suffered delusions that his mother was attempting him harm. In- stead, his mother was doing the ut- most for him. She constantly re- fused to permit him to be taken to an asylum. CAPITAL AND LABOR TO CLASH AT HEARINGS (By ' United Press) Washington, Nov. 20.—Capital and labor will clash at hearings to be conducted by the Interstate Com- merce commission in regard to the Adamson law. The rallway execu- tive commfttee with Frank Thumbull as chairman, will direct the railways’ arguments, The four brotherhood heads will argue for labor. KELLY I8 SENTENCED TO CANADIAN PRISON Winnipeg, Nov. 20.—Thomas Kelly is to spend two and one-half years in Stony Mountain penitentiary. He was found gufity of theft, receiving under false pretenses in the construc- tion of the Manitoba nnrllmmt buildings. % ONE AMERICAN KILLED; FOUR CAPTURED BY VILLA AT PARRAL Aged Yankee is Murdered at Hotel and Body Burned, Federal Offi- cers Hear. GERMAN AND FRENCH CITIZENS MURDERED District is Cleared of Chinese; Fear is Felt for Six Americans in District. El Paso, Nov. 20.---An aged Yankee was killed by Villista bandits taking Jiminez and four Americans were seen under bandit guard at Parral, Federal agents learned today. Villa's followers have cleared the district between Jiminez and Parrral of 200 Chinese. At Jiminez, the Yankee was mur- dered in a hotel. The bandits robbed his clothing ol valuables and then laid the body in front of the hotel. The body remained there for several hours and was then placed on a bon- fire. Chinese refugees reaching Juarez from Jiminez state that all the Am- ericans, Chinese, Arabs, Germans and other foreigners who remained in Parral when Villa took possession of the city were massacred by the ban- dits. This report has not been veri- fied by United States government of- ficials who have been exerting every energy to obtain information from the foreign colonies of Parral. Of the foreigners believed to have been at Parral when Villa entered, American mining company officials here say there were at least five, probably six Americans. Five of the 11 Americans left two days before the town was evacuated and reached Culiacon, a message received by the Alvaredo Mining & Milling company here states. Nine Germans are believed to have been killed. A French citizen is also thought to have been at Parral. Villa was reported to be in pos- on of the home of Santiago Ham- ! ‘ulomn the British vice consul at Par- ral, who left there at the time of the general exodus of foreigners and closed the consulate. They also brought the report to the border that Villa had ordered the natives to work ir the silver mines of the foreign mining companies in the Parral dis- 1tricv. and to sell the silver. cording to code ed by 7. S. government agents \xlla trapped General Jacinto Tre- vino, Carranza commander of the army of the north, in the Bachimba canyon and inflicted a decisive defeat to the de facto government forces late Saturday. The Villa forces al- lowed three troop trains carrying Carranza soldiers to enter the can- von and then cut the line both north and south. General Trevino was traveling on the rear military train and succeeded in escaping the slaughter and return to the capitol. LAKE OF THE W00DS HEARING IS CLOSED Crookston, Minn., Nov. 20.—Hear- ings and arguments concerning the level of the Lake of the Woods have now been closed, according to the in- dustrial joint commission. The final report is being tentatively prepared by a committee of the commission, consisting of Hon. James A, Tawney of Minnesota and Charles A. Mec- Grath of Ontario. Compensation to the siettlers for the losses-as a result of high waters is one of the import- ant things to be determined and the report of the commission i{s anxiously looked for in the near future. BRYAN WILL NOT LEAVE NEBRASKA (By United Press) Chieago, Ill, Nov. 20.—William Jennings Bryan today denied any in- tention of leaving Nebraska. MANY ENJOY SKATING ON LAKE IRVING N o . Many persons enjoyed the skating on Lake Irving Sunday afternoon. The weather was ideal and the ice was in good condition. RED LAKE INDIAN ¢ TO CARLISLE COLLEGE John Summer, an Indian of the Red Lake agency, left today for Carl- isle, Pa., where he will enter the Carlisle university. ROYAL ARCH MASONS TO HOLD MEET TONIGHT The Bemld]l Royal Arch Masons wll )r‘neet at the Masonic hall tonlght. ork. dispatches re- A. A. Warfleld went to Minneapolis last evening on business. SPIDER DRAWS SIX MONTHS AT GRAND RAPIDS ON LIQUOR BILL Frank Gagnon of Bemidji Pleads Guilty on Introduction of Liquor Charge. KELLIHER CASES ARE TRANSFERRED TO DULUTH Bight Men Guilty of Introduction to Serve Time in County Jail Here. Frank *“Spider” Gagnon plead guilty to a charge of introducing li- quor into Indian *‘lid"” territory be- fore Judge Page Morris of the Fed- eral court at Fergus Falls and was sentenced to serve six months in the Itasca county jail at Grand Rapids and pay $100 fine. ‘‘Spider” will begin his term tomorrow. Federal agents have been on the trail of Gagnon for some time. Fre- quent raids were made on his soft drink parlor in this city and on his farms near this city. The cases of Fred Biehling and A. J. Waller, who were arrested on in- troduction charges on farms of Gag- non, were dismissed. The indictment of Gagnon on the introduction charge was returned by the grand jury Friday. * He immedi- ately entered a plea of guilty and did not attempt to fight the casge. The case against J. O. Harris, for- mer register of deeds of Beltrami county, now operating a hotel at Kel- liher, was transferred to the Duluth term of court. The cases against Messrs. Stone, Begsley and Mathews of Kelliher were also transferred to the Duluth term which begins Jan- uary 9. + The case against Claude Rali who was arrested at Kelliher is ready for trial. Federal agents allege that they arrested Raines while he was bringing a load of 23 barrels of beer to Kelliher. They confiscated two teams. The case of H. Jacobson, al- so of Kelliher, is ready for trial. Eight men who have entered a plea of guilty to introduction charges will serve their sentences in the Beltrami county jail here. They will serve 60 days and will pay fines of $100 each. If the fines are not paid they will serve an additional thirty days. MINNEAPOLIS HAS AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES (By United Press) Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. Minneapolis did it today. While the city slept, the Tri-State Telephone company cut over its en- tire* Minneapolis local exchange to the automatic connection system. The “hello girl” of the manual system passed into history in the Tri-State's office. St. Paul telephones had been cut over to the automatic system several weeks ago. Northwe phiones in both cities retained the girlies. “Every girl we employ can stay with the company if they want to,” Manager A, T. Brokshaw of the Tri- State Co., said today. *“But most of them don't want to stay with us anyhow. They want to get married. Some of them will. The average length of service of a telephone girl is only 13 months, anyhow.” SAVING BABY'S EYES UP TO STATE ATTORNEY (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn,, Nov. 20.—Saving baby’s eyes was the topic of a con- ference and hearing in the office of Attorney General L. A. Smith at the state capitol today. Rerently the state board of health adopted an order commanding at- tendants at childbirth to bathe the infant's eyes with silver nitrate solu- tion to prevent blindness. Protests against the order were filed. The objectors alleged that in the hands of ignorant persons this solution might be dangerous. It was these objectors that the at- torney general heard today. PBEPA(?E TO RECEIVE B0 (By Unlted Press) St. Paul, Minn.,, Nov. 20.—Ener- getic preparations for the teception of the Third Minnesota regiment, na- tional guard, now at the border, was being made today. Adj. Gen. F. B. Woods this afternoon admitted he did not know when the guardsmen would arrive. Each soldier will be given a physical examination at Fort Snell- ing before being mustered out. This technicality, Wood said, would not take long. 20.— Mrs. M. Bush and daughter, Mrs. Mary Busli Brown, and her little son, Bush Brown, will leave tomorrow for Red..Lan y spend the winter. ds, -Cal,, where they willl. FORMER BEMID.II BoY DIES IN JOWA CITY (8pecial to Ploneer) Charles City, Ia., Nov. 20.—Eldon William Guenther, aged 15, the only son of Mr. and Mrs, E. L, Guenther, formerly of Bemidji, Minn., was sud- denly called by death Thursday as the result of pneumonja. The funeral was held Friday afternoon. AGED FARMER IS HELD UP BY TWO MEN; ROBBERS GET $2.85 AND ESCAPE C. E. Boylan, Aged 63 Years, Sells Farm and Robbers Attempt to Get Cash. LEAVES FARM MONEY IN BEMIDJI BANK Robbers Choke Farmer and Look in Vain for Large Amount of Money. C. E. Boyland, aged 63 years, who lived on a farm four miles south of Bemidji, was held up by Jtwo men at his farm last night and Tobbed of $2.85. He was alone on the farm and as he stepped from the barn where he was working two men attacked him. They choked him, threw him to the ground and searched his clothes. Boyland sold his farm Saturday for $860 and it is believed that the rob- bers. had heard of the sale and were after this money. Boylan left the money in a Bemidji bank. The robbery occurred about nine o'clock. < Mrs. Boylan was taken to St. An- thony's hospital for treatment Sat- urday afternoon and Mr. Boylan was alone on the farm. The sheriff’s office is working on several clues. $51,341 NETTED BY INQUIRY ON TIMBER Investigations following reports of alleged timber frauds on state land will bring the state more than $50,- 000, according to a statement issued by Oscar Arneson, chief of the state timber department. The report showed a total $51,- 341.93 collected after investigations. One law should be passed by the next legislature, according to J. A. 0. Preus, state auditor, which would require timber purchasers to make true returns, under oath, of the amount of timber removed under per- mits from state-owned lands, as do the mining and lumber companies in Canada. WARFIELD AT PLAY; FORD CAR IS STOLEN While Charles W, Warfield was at the Swiss” Bell Ringers’ entertain- ment at the Methodist church Satur- day evening, his Ford automobile was stolen from in front of the church. Police were notified but no trace of the car has been found. It is believed that the car was taken between eight and nine o'clock Saturday night. A reward of $25 is offered for its return or information leading to the location of the car. The car is a 1916 model with the license number 6266. The factory number {is. 740,950 and the engine number is 678,287. SUPREME;COURT ADVANCES CASES (By United Press) Washington, Nov. 20.—The su- preme court today granted the motion to advance the case of Warner Horn, alleged dynamiter and German offi- cer. Horn is accused of attempting to blow up the Canadian bridge at the Maine boundary, Horn had ask- ed for a writ of habeas corpus alleg- ing that the offense charged is one of military nature and therefore tannot be tried‘in civil courts. James Reid, BE. L. Oberg, editor of the Blackduck American and Sam Rl- 1les, county commissioner-elect to succeed J. C. Thompson, all of Blackduck, are visitors in Bemidji today. . A glance at the want cotuma may -lpmnfllt. us GERMANS ISERBIANS REJOICE OVER THE CAPTURE OF CAPITOL CITY BY ALLIED TROOPS German Statement Says That Evaca- ation Was in Progress for Sev- eral Days. DOUBTED IF TEUTONS CAN ESCAPE ENCIRCLING VISR Dutch Protest to Germany Against the Deportation of Belgian Laborers. (By United Press) Berlin, Nov. 20.—The official statement today says that Monastir has been evacuated by the Germans. The evacuation was & measure pre- pared for several days. The action is without military importance. New positions north of Monastir were oc- cupied by the Germans without being disturbed by the enemy. New Ger- man forces have arrived in the fight- ing zone. Along the Mongolia front, the statement said that the Serbian advances have been repulsed. British troops in the western part of the village of Grand Court have been ejected. The German public is skeptic so far as the immediate future is con- cerned regarding the Washington re- ports that Wilson may take some steps for peace. London, Nov. 20.—The entente armies have reoccupied Monastir af- ter a protracted assault. The Ger- mans evacuated it during the night. Thus the Serbians have been enabled to re-establish a capitol on their na- tive soil. A dispatch from Athens says that the pursuit of the Teutons retreat- ing from Monastir is continuing. The Serbians are enthusiastically de- lighted. With rain and sleet interfering on the Somme front, the Balkans have taken the center at attention. It is doubted if the Teutons can escape the encircling vise of the allied flanking. A news agency dispatch from Ath- ens says that ministers from Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Turkey have been ordered to leave Greece before Wednesday. Sofia, Nov. 20.—The official state- ment says rengwed allied attacks in the Cernabend region near Monastir have been sanguinarily repulsed. Amsterdam, Nov. 20.—The Dutch minister in Berlin has been instruct- ed to notify the German government of the painful impression that Hol- land has received as a result of the deportation of Belgian workingmen to Germany. PROPOSE TQ CHANGE MISQISS!PPI CHANNEL Grand Rnplds, Minn., Nov. 20.—A public hearing will be held Dec. 4 at the government dock at Deer River in connection with the preliminary examination ordered by congress with a view to the construction of a new channel. It is the idea to con- struct a ‘“‘cut-off” channel for the waters of the Mississippi near Deer River to save the necessity of send- ing the water around about eight miles or more by the natural chan- nel and sending it through the pro- posed channel a distance of less than two miles. 159 PERSONS KILLED IN MEXICAN WRECK (By United Press) Laredo, Tex., Nov. 20.—One hun- dred and fifty-nine persons were kill- ed and many were injured in a wreck on the Inter Oceanic line to Vera Cruz between Dehesa and San Miguel vesterday. The engineer ran too fast over dangerous track. DEER RIVER DEPOT AGENT IS ROBBED Deer River, Minn.,, Nov. 20.—A lone unmasked bandit held up the night agent of the Great Northern early Saturday morning, taking the cash, about $81. Officers have a good description of him. He used a small revolver. Herbert Warfield, Harold White, Claude Bailey, Myron Plummer, Leo Opsahl and Dr. J. W. Diedrich of Be- midji, and John Stechman of Ten- strike returned from Minneapolis this morning where they attended the Minnesota-Wisconsin . football game Saturday. Judge C. W. Stanton of the dis- trict court has returned from a visit to the Twin Citles. 3