Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 5, 1917, Page 1

- NAKE RACE FOR ALDERMAN; CLARK OUT FOR PLACE '“h_'endant of city Council States Posi- " tively That Decision is Final; &nfl;flate Pmminent Citizen. MIDERT OF POI.E & TIE CO.; 5 n;:mo_n BEING CIRCULATED “Has Strong Endorsement; Believed “He Would Render Valuable Ser- " vice to Home Community. The political pot is commencing %0 simmer in Bemidji and within the mnext few days the municipal -campaign will be on in full swing with what promises to be an un- ysually strong array of candidates -and the race for the offices should “De interesting. The biggest piece of news to *break” in this connection is the an- nouncement of F. S. Lycan, alder- “man-at-large and president of the -city council, that he will not again ‘be a candidate. He made this state- ment positively to a representative of “the Pioneer this morning. : l'onhve Stntement I will not run again,” re- ‘plied; Mr Lycan to a query put by the Pioneer caller. “I've served one term of two years and if there is -anyone who wants the.office, so far as I am concerned am willing to pass it along. ‘' I haven’t anything against anybody nor any member of the ‘council. « Everything has been ‘har- monious and we have gotten along -all right, but I feel that I've done my-part and am willing to let some- one-elso-do a-little. “Of course there have been differ- ences ' at times, but then you know ‘there are always little things tnat arise. However, so far as I am con- <cerned have no fault to find. “Along the latter part of this month my wife and I will go to Flor- jida and spend two or three months. “No, I'm not a candidate for the -office again.” Mr. Lycan was elected two years :ago and has served his full term, or will have when the municipal year _ 1s ended which will be’'in the near ‘:tm.ure. Clark to Make’ Race. One candidate has thus l’ar an- nounced himself in the race for alder- -man-at-large, for the office now held “by Mr. Lycan. He is H..M. Clark, .president of the Clark Pole & Tie ‘company. Mr. Clark is one of Be- midji’s most prominent and substan- tial citizens and a successful business -man -and has the support of many of the leading citizens of the com- munity, who believe he would render valuable service to his city if elected to the office which he aspires. The petition of Mr. Clark is now .. being circulated. M MONROE DOCTRINE =55 ISSUE AT STAKE (By United Press) ‘Washington, Jan. 5.—The desire to avoid dumping the Monroe doc- trine overboard seemed today to be the actuating motive behind the Sen- ate fight against Senator Hitchcock’s resolution and endorsing President Wilson’s peace note to the belliger- epts in warring Europe. The Methodist church contained a large and appreciative audience last night when the Royal Gwent Male <choir appeared in concert. The com- ing of this musical aggregation had been eagerly looked forward to since it was first announced and it can truthfully be said that the appear- ance of this splendid company of vo- cal artists is decidedly unusual in @ city the size of Bemidji. However, if Bemidji lacked any- thing in size last evening it certainly made up in warmth of appreciation, and for the benefit of those who were present they will be pleased to learn that Director Johns-afterward stated that from the first number the chorus realized that its hearers were of a calibre not frequently encountered in the smaller cities. And, that be- ing so, several extra features were in- terjected into the excellent program originally arranged. If there is any criticism to be made, that is to say criticism sug- gesting improvement in any way, the writer of this doesn’t know what it could be nor has any been heard. Nothing but the highest praise has been expressed upon every hand and to attempt a long an? meaningless appreciation would simply be rehash- ing what has been said time and time gain. P The Royal Gwent choir is recog- nized as the foremost contingent of United States. What more can be said? We’d like to hear them again— and so would Bemidji. Royal Gwent Choir Finds Recognition In Bemidji o male singers before the public in the| AKX KKKEEKXKKKK “cmcms SHOULD BE SED.” SAYS EXPERT (By United Ptess) Dallas, Tex., Jan. Chickens should be amused. The feathered kind, that is. Authority for the above statement today is Mrs. T. P. Marshall, field worker for the extension service of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical college. Chickens hatched in an in- cubator find life dull and un- interesting because of the mechanical way in which they are ushered into the world, according to Mrs. Mar- shall. “One 5.— of amusing “is to pile way them,” she says, fine straw on the floor of the brooder and let them tear it down. They seem to enjoy it and it teaches them to scratch.” 1222322222222 23288ssd s s das s KAk kA ARk Ak kA hkrhkhkkhkkrhhkhhkkrkhkkhkhk DIE IN STORN; AFATALLY HURT (By United Press) MsAlester, Okla., Jan. 5.—Eleven school children are dead, four fatally injured and eight are suffering from -broken bones and internal injuries as the ‘result of the tornado which swept this vicinity yesterday. People of Pittsburg county have rallied to the support of the stricken district swept by the tornado. BULLETINS (By United Press) St.. Paul, Jan. 5.—Senator D. P. O'Neill of Thief River Falls today presented a drainage pro- ject involving an expenditure of $40,000 by the statedrainage commission. The bill provides for drainage surrounding Red Lake basin, Red Lake, Clearwater, Penning- ton, Polk and Beltrami counties. Senator 0’Neill, it is said, will urge the United States govern- ment to appropriate $200,000 and he will ask the Minnesota legislature to appropriate $100,- 000 and assess the property owners benefitted $100,000. GRAND TONIGHT. Dainty, fascinating Peggy Hyland wears most of the charming frocks in “The Chattel,” the Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature which stars the world’s most famous actor, E. H. Southern. This picture is the head- liner at the Grand theater tonight. SALARIES RAISED. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 5.—Increases of approximately ten per cent in the salaries of all teachers and all other employes of the Pittsburgh schools receiving $75 a month or less have been approved by the city board of education. The increases will affect more than 500 teachers. KINNEY RAISES WAGES Kinney, Jan. 5.—At a regular monthly meeting of the village coun- cil action was favorably taken upon to increase the wages of all municip- al employes 10 per cent to mect the increased cost of living. FATHER SEEKING TO CLEAR SON'S NAME (By United Press) Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 5.—The name of Bernard Wesley Lewis will be cleared from connection with the death of pretty Mazie Colbert, the corset and stogking model, found murdered in her apartments in Phila- delphia. i Wenman A. Lewis, father of the suspected young broker, has planned an investigation with the hope of learning if the death of the model was suicide, denoting guilt, or ome Iof hysteria. [t SCHOOL PUPILS STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF BELTRAMI. tion, canvass and declared result of tion whether the sale of intoxicating The above entitled matter having been brought on for hearing at the regular September, 1916, term of said court, and set down for trial, at court chambers, in the City of Bemidji, in said county, on the 28th day of No- vember, 1916, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, upon the issues framed by the notice of appeal and specification of points of the appelant afid the an- swer interposed by Graham M. Tor- rance, Esq,. county attorney, and the answer interposed by Frank John- son, intervenor and contestee; and said trial having been held on said designated day, Messrs. H. J. Loud M. J. Brown and John L. Brown ap: pearing as attorneys for appelant, Mr. Graham M. Torrance appearing as county attorney, and Messrs. T. C. Bailey and E. E. McDonald appearing as attorneys for the intervenor and contestee, and testimony having then been offered and received relat- ing to the matters at issue, and the court being fully advised, finds the following Facts. 1. That the above named appelant, Jens J. Opsahl and Frank E. John- son, contestee, were, during all the times herein involved, qualified elect- ors of said Beltrami County, Minne- sota. 2 That on the 14th day of August, 1916, a special election was held in and for said county to determine whether the sale of intoxicating li- quor should be prohibited in said county. That the canvassing board of said county thereafter made and canvassed the official returns made by the respective officers of the respec- tive voting precincts in said county, and determined the result of sald election, and declared such result and certified such determination and declared result in writing, and made and filed their certificate thereof with the county auditor of said coun- ty on or about the 25th day of Au- gust, 1916, and that said finding, determination, canvass and return declared that the result of said elec- tion was that 1,555 ballots were cast by the voters of said county in favor of said proposition and 1,669 ballots were cast against said proposition REASONABLE BILL FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS FAVORED | Washington, Jan. 5.—Presldent' Wilson favors a ‘reasonable’” rivers and harbors Lill during the present| session of congress. He told Chair- man Sparkman of the house rivers| and harbors committee today that in a general way he approved of the measure framed by Mr. Sparkman providing for appropriations of about | $29,000,000 for continuing existing projects. Mr. Sparkman also took up with the president proposed appropriations aggregating $10,000,000 for new pro- jects. Mr. Wilson did not pass on the items. INSTALL TONIGHT. The Odd Fellows will hold instal- lation of officers tvaight. RSSO e -= <z l I p— srva Paae =~ INDIANS HAVE RIGHT TO VOTE, RULING OF COURT; LOCAL OPTION DECISION RENDERED: Ruling Affects Issue of Legality of *‘Wet” and: “Dry’’ Election Held August 14, 19:6; Canvassing Board Is Upheld FOUND WET MAJORITY TO BE 19 In the matter of the appeal of Jens J. Opsahl from finding, determina- County of the election held on the 14th day of August, 1916, on the ques- and whereby said canvassing board declared that there were 1,656 ballots cast at said election in favor of prohibiting the sale of liquor and 1,569 ballots so cast in favor of the sale of liquor. Frank Johnson, Intervenor and Contestee. [e} 4 ““Thatin:the election preeinct “of |1-15 ”. 99, [t IN DISTRICT COURT, FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. the canvassing board of Beltrami liquor should be prohibited, wherein That there were cast at said elec- tion upon said question, in all, 3,129 ballots. That of said ballots 1,655 were cast in favor of said question, 1,669 against said proposition, and five were cast in blank on said\ques- tion. Red Lake there were cast at said election upon said question 92 bal- lots, of which 20 were cast by per- sons of white blood and 70 were cast by persons of mixed white and Indian blood, of whom 12 were for- merly of the White Earth Reserva- tion, and 58 were of the Red Lake Reservation. That of these 58 there were six who possibly might be full blooded Indians, but it is probable that they were also mixed white and Indian blood. That all of said per- sons of mixed white and Indian blood had, prior to said election, adopted the habits and customs of civilization. That of said 58 per- sons, six had received allotments, and that the others had filed appli- cation for allotments, but no allot- ments had been made to them. That all of said 58 persons were members of what is known as the Red Lake tribe of Indians. That there was at Red Lake an Indian Agency in charge of an acting Indian Agent and dishursing officer, and that the names of said 58 persons were upon a payment roll and that they re- ceived payments from the United States government as interest upon moneys belonging to them and others held by the United States govern- ment. From the facts as hereinbefore re- cited, the court finds as Conclusions of Law. That judgment should be entered herein adjudging and decreeing that said question of whether the sale of intoxicating liquor should be pro- hibited in said county was by the voters of said county determined in the negative by a majority of 19 votes. Let judgment be entered herein accordingly. Dated January 4, 1917. By the Court, C. W. STANTON, District Judge. fi OFFICERS TO TAKE CHARGE OF CHICAGO SCHOOLS DETAILED Chicago, Jan. 5.—John D. Shoop, superintendent of the Chicago public schools, announced today that he had received a letter from the department of war announcing definitely that Captain E. Z. Steever an eleven ser- geants have beén detailed from the regular army for the supervision of military training to be established in the 21 high schools of the city. NOTICE. The annual stockholders meeting of the Bemidji Exploitation Co. wil be held at the office of D. H. Fisk in the O’Leary-Bowser building on January Sth at 8 P. M. for election of Board of Directors and the trans- action of such other business as may come before it. C. W. BRANDBORG. | — #iifiiixiiilii#i Fifty=-Eight Ballots at Issue In Red Lake Precinct|x Held To ‘Be Legal; Ruling Of the Court In Detail DECISION IN COUNTY OPTION CASE il DES * * GIRL CHAMPION HIGH BROW " PIG ' RAISER - OF MINNESOTA TODAY (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 4.— Because . .she . stayed = home from parties and cared for her pigs, Ruth Cunningham, 16, is champion pig raiser of Minnesota today. The award was made by the University of Minnesota agricultural school here. Ruth raised high brow pigs. Each day she scrubbed her pigs by hand, and followed that by giving them a shower bath. Then she massaged each pig with oil daily. Comfort- able couches were arranged for the pigs in the shade of trees on her father’s farm. Her pig menu consisted of milk, timothy, clover, salt, lime, coal, green vegetables— and all were served in indi- vidual troughs. KHKKRK AR AR L2 222388222 81 * KRR KRR KKK KKK BlG BATTLE NEAR IN MEXICO; VILLA NEAR CHIHUAHUA (By United Press) El Paso, Tex., 'Jan. 5.—General Francisco Murguia, Carranza com- mander of the north of Mexico, has staked the fate of the whole army in an attempt to halt Villa’s north- ward drive to Chihuahua City taking his soldiers out to meet the Villistas south of the city. Two trains carrying government forces have captured some of Villa’s followers and scattered bandit bands. A small garrison of 1,000 men un- der General Gonzales has been left to guard the northern capital. For- eigners are leaving for fear the ban- dits will slip around the government forces and assault the -city. ALL MINNESOTA DEVELOPMENT ASS'N, PROGRAM JAN. 1819 AR AR IA R AR AA R A AARA R AAAKR AR AR A KK Thursday, uary 10:00—Cal: to J0‘1%.&1' - 10:15—Address by His Excellency, Governor J. A. A. Burnquist. 11:00—“The Junior College,” by President George E. Vincent, Uni- versity of Minnesota. 11:30—Discussion. 12:00—Appointment of commit- tees. 12-1:30—Recess. 1:30—Drainage and flood control reports by A. B. Kaercher and A. L. Crocker. 2:30—Discussion. 3-3:30—Soil survey report, F. J. Alway, chairman. 4:00—Discussion. 4:30—Meeting of committees. Friday, Janu 10:00—'‘Good Roam' lhsy Rev. J. Lawrence O'Conror, Winona. 10:45—"Revision of Tax Laws to Reduce Rate of Taxation on Improve- ment,” President F. L. McVey, Uni- versity of North Dakota. 11:30—Discussion. 12-2:00—Noon recess and mittee meetings. 2:00—*“Rural Credits Progress,” Dean A. F. Woods, College of Agri- culture, University of Minnesota. 2:30—Discussion . 2:45—"“Community Purchase of Livestock” (The Ashland Plan) Burt Williams, Madison, Wis. 3:30—Discussion. 3:45—Report of resolutions com- mittee. 4:00—Discussion. 4:30—Election of officers. com- 5:00—Adjournment. MINNESO1 HISTORICAL - N0 CflANfiE IIERE IN SITUATION S0. FAR AS STRIKE, IS REPORT TODAY Five More Men Arrive From Gem- mell Camps Last Evening; Are Being Cared For. HAYWOQ0D WIRES SHIPPING " AGENCIES BEING WATCHED “Pioneer Press” of St. Paul Seeks “Straight” of the Conditions”; Writers Look Over Situation. The situation so far as the I. W. W. strike at Gemmell concerns Be- midji is as quite as usual today and there is little to report. If one was not a resident of Bemidji and not informed as to what was “in the air” there would be nothing to indi- cate anything untoward in either Be- midji or vieinity. Secretary Madison of the Bemidji branch, I, W. W,, stated today that five more of the strikers came in last night from Gemmell and that about 50 were today being taken care of at I. W. W. headquarters in Bemidji. Watching 3 A telegram recelv roex'n William Haywood, head of the I. W. W., with headquarters in Chicago, contains the information that all shipping points in Chicago are being watched with reference to sending out men to man the camps of the Backus- Brooks company which are “out” at Gemmell. 'I‘odayuR C. B?Bld * editorial writer on the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and Mr. Schroeder of the special staff arrived in Bemidji to ascertain the true status of the strike and the situation as its exists, and under the chaperonage of a Bemidji Pioneer representative were introduced to Secretary Madison at I. W. W. branch headquarters and to others familiar with the situation. These gentle- men left this forenoon for the camps to personally inspect conditions. So many “wild eyed’ stories have been sent out concerning the strike the Pioneer Press is determined to get the “straight” of it all. HUGE OFFENSIVE BY TEUTONS IS BEING PREPARED (By United Press) London, Jan. 5.—Germany is pre- paring a great offensive on the west front, is the view of the entente. Desperate need of peace, which the entente believes inspired the German proposals of peace, is thought to be prompting the gigantic thrust on the west as Germany’s supreme effort. French dispatches indicate the move- ment is to start in February. German public opinion is believed to be dangerously near the breaking point under suffering and from food privation. FRENCHCONSUL NOT SLAIN BY VILLISTAS (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 5.—The 5 state department today received word de- nying that Villistas had killed French Counsel Bernadine and son at Torreon. A previous report to the state department was to the effect they had been slain. VILLA MAKES PROGRESS. (By United Press) El Paso, Jan. 5.—Villa is forcing his way through General Murguias’ army of government troops and is nearing Chihuahua City, according to advices reaching the border today. Carranza is granting refugees free train transportation to the border. Crookston’s Farm Crops Show?Will Be Feb. 5-9 TEUTONS WIN STRUGGLE. (Rv Tinited Press) Berlin, Jan. 5.—The capture of Slobozia and Roestia in Roumania is officially announced today. Crookston, Minn., Jan. 5.—A ten- tative program for the sixth annual | Farm Crops show to be held in Crook- ston February 5 to 9, has been pre- pared, and from present indications, After a|the show will be one of the most suc- hand to hand battle Curgurti, a Rou-| cesstul ever held in the history of manian town, was captured. Germans, it is said, took 1,400 pris- oners and six machine guns. GERMANY REQUESTS VOPICKA'S REMOVAL (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 5.—Germany has requested the United States to remove Minister Vopicka from Bu- charest. The request will in all probability be granted. The | the Red River Valley Development association. The premium list which has been prepared is full of awards which rep- resent every farm activity. On Mon- day, February' 5, the opening day of the show, the high schools of the county will hold their annual judg- ing contests, closing in the evening with the high school declamatory contest. Speakers of prominence will be secured for the evening meetings as well as specialists for the general programs, and ideal quarters have !been secured to house the live stock exhibit.