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

N et ————— T~ VOLUME XIV, NO. 285. INDIAN VOTE TO DECIDE COUNTY OPTION ELECTION IN THIS COUNTY| s oo airtotnn s BUCHARESTINPERIL Cases to Be Taken Up in the Dis- trict Court Before Judge Stan- ton Tomorrow. RED LAKE AGENCY VOTE QUESTIONED Attorneys H. J. Loud, John Brown _ and M. J. Brown to Submit / Case for "Drys.” Have the Red Lake Indians a right to vote? This question will be taken up in the district court tomorrow before | Judge C. W. Stanton and may decide the county option election. The option election was held Aug 14 and the canvassing board reported a victory The and for the “wets” by 14 votes. vote was 1,533 for the ‘‘drys” 1,569 “wet.” However, at this e Indians at the Red Lake electic agency cast 92 votes. Of these votes 79 were “wet” and 13 “dry." “Dry” supporters hold that the In-| dians had no right to vote and have| »{curm! Attorneys H. J. Loud, Juhn;‘ Brown and M. J. Brown to submit] the case for the “drys” before Judg:| rrow morni ¢ ten | court house ¢! I upporters ha E. K. McDonald [hayer ( and At-| to take Bailey up | e of the case CLAN FISHERNEN T0 OPERATE NEAR HERE Al e number of tishermen will be ¢ yed rar B 1ji next spring aud summer to fish clams. ‘ R wr of Stillwater, )lmu.‘ head of a pearl button factory, lett| Saturday for his home after| comp! here for fishing op- “ erations in spring. Mr. Ka located several good ed clam ')(‘d\! nrar Bemidji and has made arran aients to begin fishing operations t spring. ('lam shells are at present being sold for $25 per ton. HOME ARTISTS GIVE CONCERT TOMORROW A concert of unusual interest will be given at the Methodist church to- morrow evening under the auspices of the Associated Charities, by Miss Beth Evans of Bemidji and Miss Florence Levins of Crookston. The program will consist of solos, readings (both classical and humer- ous), pianologues and old songs in old fashioned costumes. Miss Evans is a graduate of the Minneapolis School of Music and has soprano voice of rare quality. Miss Levins is a graduate of the Northwestern School of Oratory at Chicago and possesses unusual dram- atic ability. GUARDSMEN NOT CHARGED FOR THEIR TRAINING (By United Press) Missoula, Mont., Nov. 27.—Univer- sity of Montana students who served on the Mexican border with the na- tional guard are enjoying their gchooling free. As an evidence of state's gratitude, all the usual fees were eliminated. LR 3R 2 Ok 3k R 2 Jh J% I IR 2% % 4 CANT, MY HUBBY WON'T LET ME (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Nov, 27.— Whether a wife has the right to attend wakes and church permission, will legally be gettled for in a divorce case | Captain Eaton. | seney FORMER BEMIDJI Hibbing Tribune, | newspaper publisher, | obtaining lently. of Mrs. W. A. Finnegan, against her husband, trial today. get for T R R T * x * X * * * x socials, without husband’'s % * * * * * * * KKK KKK KKK NAVAL MILITIA TRAINING SHIP which will replace the naval train- ing ship Gopher, now detailed for use of the Head of the Lakes division ot the naval wilitia, has been docked in the Portsmouth naval yards, where refitting will be started at once, ac- cording to a telegram received by Captain Guy A. Eaton of Duluth Sat- urday. Measuring 250 feet at the water line ,with a 35-foot beam, the To- peka draws about 17 feet 9 inches ol water. She will have sleeping ac- commodations for a crew of about 400 men. It will thus be posslblu‘ to carry more than half of the vuliru; division on a cruise which is impos- sible on the Gopher. It is planned to spend about $125,- 000 in refitting the cruiser. New turbine engines ot 2,000 horsapuwer' will be installed. The new engines will give the Topeka a speed of about 16.2 Kknots, or slightly more than ! 18 miles per hour. In addition to the regular mobiliza- tion of the Great Lakes tleet to be held sometime during the summer, | an emergency mobilization at Phila- delphia is =cheduled. This will be| purely a practice and will be called entirely without warning. It will be necessary to reach ! Philadelphia within two days from ! the time the call goes forth,” stated “We will attempt to in the shortest pos- There will be special cars and equipment, but not available un- til after the call comes. Arrange- ments will be as much like an emer- summons to man the resor\'cfi »hips in time of war as possible. The | mobilization will be entirely in addi- | tion to the regular summer cruises. | A salt water cruise \nll probably fol- low the trip ea ’ get under way sible time EDITOR INDICTED ONGRAFTCHARGE R. W. Hitchcock, publisher of the| formerly a Bemidji| was indicted | Saturday by the St. Louis county grand jury for alleged complicity in public moneys fraudul- Thirteen Hibbing officials and cit- ! izens were indicted on variouy charges.. Among those indicted were Victor Power, mayor of Hibbing; H. D. McEachin, former village treas- urer; Rupert Swinnerton, B. J. Bur- rows and H. P. Curran, members cf the Hibbing village council, and Al- bert Dixon and Jacob Messner, offi- cials of the township of Stuntz, for alleged malfeasance in office and al- leged misappropriation of public moneys. C. M. Atkinson, publishar, was also named for alleged complicity in obtaining public moneys fraudul- ently. All those indicted entered a plea of not guilty when arraigned before Judge Martin Hughes in the district BEMIDJT, MINNESOTA, MONDAY E VENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1916, FATE OF BELGIUM |CHIHUAHUA CITY ANDSERBIASTARES | TAKEN BY VILLA; BEING REFITTED) RUMANIA IN FACE; | GONZALESRUSHING Teutonic Armies Advancing Toward Capitol From the West and Southwest. RESIGNATION OF ITALY’S CABINET IS IMMINENT Socialist Leader to Demand That Italy Make for an Immediate Peace. (By United Press) London, Nov. 27.—The fate of Im-h.:lnm and Serbia is staring Ru- mania in the face. With Teutonic armies advancing toward it from the west and south- west, Bucharest, the capitol of Ruma- nia, is in imminent peril. General Mackensoz has crossed the Danube from Bulgarian territory to Zeihnitza and has joined at Alexandria with General Falkenhayn's forces from Craiova. All along the Wallachian front Rumanians are fleeing after applying torches to property. Artillerying was reported today in the vicinity of Labasse, otherwise all the fronts were quiet. Berlin, Nov. 27.—~The Germans have recaptured Alexandria in Wal- lachia. German and Austro-Hungarian troops under Lieutenant General Krafft von Delmensignen are advanc- ing down both sides of the Alt valley from the north. They have thrown the enemy behind Topolgue Sector. German machine gun fire has re- pulsed French attempts to cross the entrance in the south part of the St. Pierre works. Bucharest, Nov. 27.—The Ruma- nians have retreated from Alt and Topolis a little eastward. Rome, Nov. 27.—Indications are that the entire cabinet will resign. Discussion of Italy's participation in the war is likely to resule at the convening of the chamber of depu- Socialist Leader Turati says hat he will demand that Italy make immediate peace. ties. ALLINOIS MEN T0 ATTEMPT T0 BREAK SHORTAGE (By United Press) Chicago, Ill, Nov. 27.—William O'Connell, chairman of the state utilities commission, has called a meeting of that body to attempt to break the coal shortage. The com- mission will try to force the release of immense quantities of coal now being held. It is probable that an effort will be made to abolish the re- consignment privilege or attach a penalty to it. Dealers are able to hold court at Hibbing this morning. ELKS' MEMORIAL | SERVICE SUNDAY The Bemidji Lodge of Elks wil hold its annual memorial exercises M the Grand theater next Sunday after- noon. The memorial address will be de- livered by Adolph O. Eberhart, for- mer governor of Minnesota, He-is an eloquent and an entertaining speaker. A musical program will be given. The public is cordially invited. WARD LINES UP TO CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT An ordinance providing for new ward lines will be given {ts second reading at the meeting of the city council tonight. Several other im- portant matters will be taken up at the meeting, It is expected that a number of citizens will attend the meeting, Judge Marshall A. Spooner went to Walker today on business. coal in railway cars indefinitely by the subterfuge of reconsigning the shipment to dummy firms each day to avoid the payment of demurrage. |CARNIVAL CLUB T0 BE FORMED HERE A St. Paul Winter Sports Carnival Marching club is to be organized in Bemidji, according to a report from St. Paul. Charles Marks and R. W, Bradfield, representing the St. Paul Outdoor Sports Carnival association, will ar- rive in Bemid)i in a few days to bring the carnival spirit. Both Mr. Marks and Mr. Bradfield will wear carnival costumes. They will tell the people just what the carnival is and instruct them in or- ganizing marching clubs. They will also tell how tn elect a queen, Miss Dana Rodman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Rodman of Akeley, spent several days in Bemidji last week at the home of Mr, and Mrs, I W. French. Forty Thousand Refugees at Meroy of Bandits; Refugee Arrive at El Paso. REPORTED THAT VILLISTAS ARE HEADED FOR BORDER All Available Carranzista Soldiers in Northern Mexico are Rushed to Battle Viila. (By United Press) El Paso, Nov. 27.—Mexican refu- gees arriving here state that General Trevino has evacuated Chihuahua City. Forty thousand residents of the city are at Villa’s mercy. Murder, pillaging and raping is reported. Parts of the city are on fire. Villistas control the entire city, it is reported. General Gonzales, de facto com- mander, is hurrying all available sol- diers north of Chihuahua City to the relief of Trevino. A garrison of 150 Carranzistas has been withdrawn from San Juan Buen Ventura, Also garrisons at Namiquippa, Casa Grandes and Guzman of 100 each are rushing to Juarez to be transferred to the Mexican Central railway. General Macotts with 3,500 de facto troops is marching north of Santa Rosada to aid the beleaguered garrison. Bridges south of Chihuahua City have been burned. It will take sev- eral days for Macott's troops to reach the city. A band of Villistas under Murga at Bach Ineva, two days ago, is headed for the border, according to a report received by Gonzales. CORONER OF TODD COUNTY MISSING ; NOTE ONLY CLUE Long Prairie, Minn., Nov. 2 Mystery surrounds the absence of Coroner John Markuson of Todd county. Markuson, who is a busi- ness man of Grey Eagle, left several days ago, traveling as far as Melrose in an automobile. At Melrose he stopped to write a letter of farewell to his wife, in which he said he never would return. He took all the cash on hand in hie store, it is said. GERMAN SUBMARINE IS NEAR NEW YORK (By United Press) New York, Nov. 27.—The British cruiser Lancaster has wirelessed all the allied vessels in this vicinity to beware of a German submarine that is in this vicinity. BILLIARD TOURNAMENT WILL BEGIN TONIGHT The billiard tournament to be staged at the Ideal Billiard Parlor will begin tonight. C. A. Plummer and Ray Torgerson will be the con- testants tonight. Ten men have en- tered the tournament. A complete schedule will be published as soon as it is completed. s BOWLING LEAGUE [ T0 OPEN SEASON The Bemidji Bowling league will open {ts season tonight at the Gould alleys when the Given and Erickson teams clash. The Given team is com- posed of Ed. Ebert, A. L. Barker, J. J. Pfeifter, C. C. Hill and N. BE. Given, The Erickson team is composed of Charles Trafton, A. N. Gould, F. W, Rhoda, J. C. Burke and B. R. Erick- son. M. LaFontisee left this morning for Bergville where he will visit at the J. M. Price home. SIXTH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES L H’°OR:CM. THE BEMIDJI DAILY P10ONEER ~valY CENTS PER MONTH CONTRACT LET T0 DULUTH FIRM INDORSE SE WARNER FOR $413,051 10 AID TREVINO| s c 1. warnr s kin, was indorsed for speaker of the house in the next legislature at o meeting Saturday of house members in the Sixth congressional district Mr. Warner was a county option leader in the last legislature. Those present at the meeting were: Representatives J. N. Nett, stich- mond; E. E. Orr, Wadena; G. W. Bouck, Royalton; H. A. Swanson, Brainerd; L. D. Brown, Little Falls; C. H. Warner, Aitkin; E. R. Rines, Hubbard. 5 Those absent from the meeting were: Edward Indrehus of Benton; John B. Pattison of Stearns, John J. Winter of Stearns, Fred T. Mossman of Todd, Farley A. Dare of Cass and L. G. Pendergast of Beltrami. Representative L. G. Pendergast stated this morning that he did not know who he would support for speaker. “Nearly all the representatives are running for that office except my- self,” he said. “I am looking up the men and probably will not pledge my- self until the session opens.” Mr. Warner issued the following statement relative to the speaker- ship: “l stand for the election of the speaker of the next house of repre- sentatives without the outside inter- ference of any interests. “I wish to see the house organized without the wet and dry question be- ing made the paramount issue, with the view of securing some construc- tive legislation for the benefit of the whole state. ““I pledge myself to give every mem- ber of the house and every citizen of the state and every interest in the state an absolutely square deal and that is the only pledge I have to make."” . TEACHERS VISIT LUMBER CAMPS AT NEELY’S SIDING The teachers of the Bemidji schools, chaperoned by Mrs. A. A. Lord, spent a very enjoyable day, Saturday, visiting the Crookston Lumber company camp at Neely’s Sid- ing. The party consisting of some forty people, left Bemidji in a special car on the Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba railway at 1:30 o’clock Sat- urday afternoon. After several hours spent in the woods witnessing the working of the steam skidder, the vis- itors were entertained at an elaborate supper prepared for them by the camp cook. They returned to Bemidji about nine o'clock. The trip to the camp was made possible by B. W. Lakin, A. L. Mo- lander and Robert Mitchell. Those in attendance were Mrs. A. A. Lord, Mrs. Robert Mitchell, Mrs. W. P. Dyer, Alice Dyer, Mrs. Harry Koors, Mrs. A. Hoganson and the Misses Mable Wager, Alice Austin, Etta Lunstrom, Estelle Elke, Lola Brodtkorf, Antoinette Olson, Inez Foster, Rose Kierland, Emma Hog- lund, Kathryn Budleman, Ethelyn Hall, Marie Hoerner, Anna Benda, Vera Backus, Abbie Murphy, Ella Parker, Grace Gray, Emma Fors- berg, Clara Folkestad, Ruth Jones, Mabel Oakey, Margaret McDonald, Esther Kyllo, Edith Tilseth, Ade- laide Gallegher, Ida Bakke, Hazel Brockway, Madeline Johnson, Susan Peckham, Ella Idste, Mable Mueller, Anna Idste, Blanche Door, and B. M. Gile, Hovey Lord and Herbert Raco. NEW OFFICER OF EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Mrs. C. F. Moeller, who lives at Pinewood, has been appointed con- gressional chairman for the Minne- sota Equal Suffrage association. POLK COUNTY DAIRYMEN ORGANIZE; PRICES BOOSTED Crookston, Minn., Nov. 27.—Imme- diately after perfecting a permanent organization of milk producers in this section of Polk county increased the price of milk to distributors Satur- day from 6 to 7 cents a quart and cream from 11 to 13 cents a pint. JUDICIAL DITCH County Auditor George Lets Contract for Ditch No. 25 to E. A. Dahl & Company. COST IS SEVEN PER CENT ABOVE ESTIMATE Protests Made But Ditch Had Been Properly Established and Bonds Sold. Contracts for the construction of Judicial Ditch No. 25 were let at two o'clock this afternoon to E. A. Dahl & Company of Duluth, by J. L. George, county auditor. The ditch is to be constructed north of the Red Lake and is to be 324 miles in length. The estimated cost was $404,565.29. E. A. Dahl & Company ,in competition with a dozen other ditch contractors, bid $433,051.66, or seven per cent above the engineer’'s estimate. Former Bids Rejected. Bids for the ditch were rejected at the former lettings because the bids were considered too high by County Auditor George. When the bids for the construction of the ditch were opened several weeks ago a number of Bemidji, Ten- strike and Blackduck citizens pro- tested against the letting, stating that the county was already bonded to too great an extent and requested that the ditch be held up until some rem- edly could be found for the *‘ditch evil.” Protest is Late. No protest was made, however, when the ditch was established. The ditch had been advertised, bonds had been authorized and sold but not de- livered and bids had been received before the protest was made. In or- der that those who protested could take any legal steps possible, County Auditor George held up the letting until today. Several days ago citi- zens met with Judge C. W. Stanton to secure relief ,if possible. Several homesteaders who live near the pro- posed ditch pointed out the need of a ditch in that territory and stated that there were a large number of homesteaders in the district. It was shown that certain portions of the ditch were necessary. Judge Stan- ton was urged to divide the ditch, but on account of the advanced stage of the project was unable to do so. “The ditch has been properly es- tablished,” said County Auditor George today, “‘and I cannot see why it should not be let. The bids are low, lower than at three previous let- tings. The land will be sold at the tax sale of 1919 and I am of the opinion that every vacant acre of government land will be sold and filed on.” FIRE DESTROYS RURAL SCHOOL NEAR WILTON The Ernst-Smith school, three- quarters of a mile northwest of Wil- ton, was destroyed by fire early Sun- day morning. The cause of the fire is not known. The school was a one-room, wood- en structure. Miss Mae Simonson was instructor at the school. There were about 20 students. The school was closed last week on account of diphtheria. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire. FARMERS COMPLETE TURTLE RIVER ROAD The farmers in Turtle River and Sugar Bush townships have com- pleted a fine streteh of road between Turtle River and Sugar Bush. All the work was done free. The road was turnpiked for a mile and a half. Teams were furnished by J. H. Skriv- seth and G. I. Goodmansee. The road was completed so as to secure a mail route. 1 2 ] i i ] N