Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 26, 1917, Page 1

e’fi' S \VOLUME XV, §0. 26. = STRANGERS BURIED 'IN CEMETERY LOT BESIDE HIS WIFE smflmg Discovery Claimed by E. J. ! Willits, Formerly of Bemidji; In- tends to Probe Matter. OTHER BODIES INTERRED IN PLOT DEEDED T0 HIM | “Purchased Plot Eighteen Years Ago and Holds Deed; Portions Sold Unbeknown to Him. To have been absent from his for- ner home city eleven years, to re- turn with the intention of again tak: g up his residence and invest ai ‘again become identified with the cltys activities, and discover that rin the interim the resting place of ‘his wife in his cemetery plot held | the bodies of three strangers, such is'the experience of E. J. Willits, re- i «cently of Motley, Minn, who is in ‘Bemidji, having just arrived Others Puried There. Unable, as he claims, to make “head or tail” out of the adminis- trative affairs of the - cemetery— «Greenwood cemetery—Mr. Willits in- -tends to call a meeting of the offi- cials to determine what has been <done, what is being done and how it ,-comes to pass on the lot' to which he holds the deed and wherein rests his wife, who passed on eighteen years ago, contains the bodies of -three other persons. Indignation is no name for the i feeling of Mr. Willits in his dis- ; -covery. Lots Are Resold. He even asserts that his cemetery Jot to which he holds a deed, made out to him eighteen years ago, has since been sold twice, and three other lots forming a portion of the one lot have been sold once since he took title to them. To Probe the Past. The plot wherein lies the wife of Mr. Willits, according to him, con- sists of four small lots, making up the one lot, and he possesses a deed to the lot, made out to him and: paid for. And how it comes to pass that D );gr persons are buried in his ceme- lits intends to disocever, no maitter what it takes to do so, according to his own statement. CARNIVAL CLUB MEETS TONIGHT; IMPORTANT The Carnival association- will meet this evening in the Commercial club rooms and a large attendance is desired. Specially should all who ~' contemplate going to the St. Paul carnival be present as there are mat- ters of import to be broached. KISS CALLED ANTIDOTE FOR ROWS WITH WIFE San Francisco, Jan. 26.—"Kiss her,” is the subject of a poem of two stanzas, written by Judge Thomas F. Graham of the superior court and mailed by him to John Schuler, who is being sued for divorce and who asked the court how he could keep out of rows with his wife. The text conforms to the title and answers the question. FORMER OFFICIAL DIES Excelsior Springs,” Mo., Jan. 26.— ‘W. A. Northcott, former lieutenant governor of Illinois, died suddenly here. His death is believed due to heart disease. TOWNSITE C0. GIVES $25.00 10 CARNIVAL . ASSN. MARCHING CLUB T. C. Bailey, agent for the Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co., today received the following letter from Miss C. L. Calihan, secretary-treas- uarer of the company, the letter being dated at St. Paul: “We believe that the Bemidji Marching club which is to be brought to this city on the 31st, will be an excellent . advertisement for your town. To help boost this form of advertising we are inclosing here- ‘with our check in favor of the treas- urer of the Bemidji Carnival associa- tion for $25, with the request that the proceeds be used in whatever method the committee having the matter in charge deem most effec- tive. “We will be glad to be notified where the headquarters of the mem- bers who contemplate coming to the carnival next week will be while in this city. Our secretary will be glad to render all the assistance possible in putting Bemidji at the head of the " procession of clubs. “Thanking you for handing the enclosed check to the proper person, with the compliments and best wish- es of the Townsite company.” ry 1ot iS a matterwhich -Mr.-Wil- | BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY E VENING. JANUARY 28, 1917. FIND NO BASIS FOR PEACE IN ALLIES' TERMS Olmncel!or von Scthmann-Hollweg and Dr. Alfred Zimmermann, the German' foreign - minister, whd’thfik entente has barred peace for present. American Ambassador Gerard in his now famous speech ir . Berlin said the: -two men are such good friends of the United States that there will be o trouble between the two nations as long as _thev remain in power (Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg on left.) BIG BEMIDG WINS OVER SHERMANS OF ST. PAUL 24-19: Visitors Are Gentlemen and Good Sportsmen ; Contest Free From Objectional Features. STANTON REFEREEING GOOD; NOT A “KICK” ON RULINGS Howe Shoots Six Baskets, Owing to Clever -Guarding';- Hot Battle Certain Tonight. midg basKetanmsm cleaned up on ‘the Shermans of St. Paul last evening by a score of 24 to 19 in one of the best played games ever staged in Bemidji, and a large crowd witnessed the contest. It seemed like old times in basketball annals to see the game with such a large crowd as a setting, and Man- ager Jacobson says there will be ad- ditional seating capacity provided for the second contest of the series this evening. There will also be a black- board sét up and a scorer to chalk up the scores so all may know the progress of the game. Surprising Form. The visitors came with a long string of victories and the locals showed surprising form in their play. Team work was not lacking in any manner and the guarding was perfect, allowing Paul Howe to shoot six baskets. For the visitors, McLellan, center, was the individual star and shot five baskets. At the outset the Shermans start- ed with a rush and in the first five minutes of play the score stood 5 to 1 in favor of the St. Paul aggre- gation, but the locals rallied and played a whirlwind game and at the end of the first score was 13 to 9 in favor of the Big Bemidgites. And the locals kept going, finishing strong. Refereeing is Perfect. H. Mayne Stanton refereed the game and there was not a peep in any instance over his rulings. The game was remarkably clean and the visitors demonstrated their gentle- manly qualities and sportsmanship to a marked degree. They say they intend to even it up this evening and the locals are equally determined to make it one more and there is cer- tain to be a warm battle for the honors. Game will be called at 8:45 o’clock. The score: BEMIDJI SHERMANS Johnson . Devine Howe ... . Estand Berrigan . . McLellan Cameron . .-Anderson Graham Granville Summary: 1eld goals—Bemidji, Johnson 1, Howe 6, Berrigan 1, Cam- eron 2, Graham 1; Shermans, Estand 3, McLellon 5, Anderson 1. Free throws, Johnson 2 out of 6, Devine 1 out of 3. Referee, Stanton; scorer, Tanner; timekeeper, Nye of St. Paul. BRITISH LABOR FAVORS WILSON'S PEACE PLAN {By United Press) Manchester, Eng., Jan. 26.—The British Labor party adopted resolu- tions at its conference today approv- ing President Wilson’s plan of an international league for the enforce- ment of peace at the close of the war. GAME CLEAN CUT EEKEKK K KKK KK R KK WE LIKE 20 TELL IT .A§ WE GO ALONG * x *x * * * * * * T * x On Januagy 11 we told you % how pleased we were to know & ¥ that the Pioneer is growing < ¥ daily in strength, influence <« ¥ and circulation. * x Our subscribers will be in- ¥ % terested in the latter. We % reported 30 new daily sub- <« ¥ scribers and 32 new weekly ¥ subscribers during that week. ¥ x Still They Come, ® * The past week the indica- * ¥ tor registered an average of ¥ ¥ six new daily and eighteen % weekly subscribers. Oh, yes, * % we had one stop. But this % fellow was slightly peeved < % about something, we don’t * % know what, but we notice « % he’s buying the paper at one * of the stands. * x “They cost more that way, * brother.” * * Street sales are climbing, % * too, by the way. +* * * x * KEKEKK KKK KKK R KK N THREE DOG TEAMS LEADING IN RACE; [5 MILES AHEAD (BULLETIN) Glaston, N. D,, Jan. 26— Hanson, Tommason and Kelley, Lake Winnipeg fishermen, are leading the dog race from Win- nipeg to St. Paul. They left here at 6:15 o’clock this morning with a lead of fif- teen miles over their nearest competitors. The dogs of these three teams were all in good condition and so were the drivers. KAISERWILL BE 58 YEARS OLD TOMORROW (By United Press) London, Jan. 26.—Kaiser William will be 68 years old tomorrow and he plans to make the anniversary the occasion of another peace move with more acceptable terms to the entente, is it reported from several different sources today. SNOW STORM STALLS TRAINS IN WEST; WORST FOR YEARS (By United Press) Laramie, Wyo., Jan. 26.—East and west bound passenger trains, twelve east bound, are stalled here today as the result of the worst snow storm in recent years. LEAVE FOR CARNIVAL Miss Ella LaFontisee, of the La- Fontisee millinery parlors, left this morning for 8t. Paul where she will attend the carnival. Miss Lucy La- Fontisee, deputy clerk of court, will meet her there next week and they will join the Bemidji delegation. Miss Lucy LaFontisee will remain for a few days only, but her sister will remain for a longer time and will be joined later by Miss Kate La- Fontisee, and together they will pur- chase the spring millinery stock for their store. REDBY POSTMASTER ARRESTED; PAPERS MADE OUT TODAY; TILTED THE “LID"? Alleged John B. Hanson Introduced Liquor Into Territory Banned by the Government. WARRANT ISSUED BY SIMONS; M’GINTY ‘LANDED’ AT KELLIHER Man Who Claimed He, Not Harris, Was Guilty of Violating Law, is Brought to County Jail, It isn’t very often the federal au- | thorities have occasion to arrest a postmastéer on a charge of alleged violation of the government liquor laws, but that is just what is going to happen, or has happened, to John B. Hanson, postmaster at Redby, complaint having been made against him for introducing booze into the territory under such ban by the fed- eral authorities. The papers were to be served on the postmaster today, having been issued by Judge Simons. McGinty Lands in Jail. Beltrami county's jail today re- ceived another distinguished guest in the person of Pete McGinty, who was arrested in Kelliher last night by Edward Fields, Indian agent, the charge being that McGinty intro- duced booze into Indian “lid” terri- tory in July, 1916. McGinty is the individual who tes- tified at Duluth in the case where J. 0. Harris, Kelliher hotel keeper, was on trial on a charge of selling booze in “lid” tesritory. Admits Offense. McGinty testified that it was he who introduced the liquor into the forbidden territory and not Harris, but the court held that Harris sold liquor in “lid”’ territory and that was sufficient to convict him of a viola- tion of the federal laws. After testifying, McGinty, so it is asserted, made himself scarce and was not seen again until Agent Fields “lamped him’ last evening and turned him over to Sheriff John- son for keeping until the law was set in motjon on his case. |EGGS DOLLAR DOZEN, BELIEF NEXT WINTER; BUTTER DOLLAR POUND (By United Press) Chicago, Jan. 26.—Foreign buyers for more than a week have been placing orders with local traders for butter and eggs, confining their pur- chases for delivery between next April and December. It is stated the groundwork is be- ing laid for another corner which may send the price of eggs to a dol- lar a dozen and butter to a dollar a pound mnext winter. It is also stated that Wisconsin and Illinois contraéts have been made for the entire output during the sum- mer and fall months. . DRAWS SCHOOL PLANS architect, Thomas Johnson, the will leave tomorrow for Pine River, Minn., where he will present a sketch to the board of education for a mew school building to be erected there. JUDGE HARRIS-TIES .Bruce Billings of Lakota, N. D., and Bertha Christofferson of Bemidji were married this morning by Judge J. E. Harris. They left this after- noon for Lakota, where they will make their home. GERMAN PEACE TALK FORCES WHEAT DOWN (By United Press) Minneapolis, Jan. 26.—The report that Germany is preparing another peace proposal caused a four-cent drop in wheat here today. RECORD_HIGH PRICE IS PAID FOR INDIANA HOGS Indinnapolls, Jan. 26.—The high- est price ever paid for hogs in the Indianapolis market and probably the highest ever paid in America, was obtained for 33 head of thor- oughbred Poland-China swine, aver~ aging 251 pounls. that sold to the of this city at' $12 a hundred. They were fed and shipped by A. G. Burk- hart of Tipton. A little later in the day, another lot of 56 hogs. that av- eraged 248 pounds, owned by I E. Rivietzer of Otterbein, sold to the same buyer at the same price of $12. STATE OFFICE HOLDER AMONG THE INDICTED (By United Press) Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 26.—A state office holder was said today to be included in the arrests to be made in connection with the 99 indict- ments retarned yesterday by the federal ‘grand jury for alleged vote frauds. ON BUYING Henry Cominsky, of Schneider Bros. ladies’ ready-to-wear store, left Wednesday night for New York and other points in the East, where he will purchase spring stock for his stqre. ALLEGED HORSE THIEF =~ TAKEN TO CROOKSTON George Burchardt, arrested in Be- midji, was taken to Crookston by Sheriff E. F. Kelley. ~ Burchardt was indicted by the Polk county grand jury charged with stealing horses from Joha Forsythe of Dugdale. His father is also implicated in the tlreft and is being held for trial. CARE OF CANARIES IS SUBJECT TO BULLETIN Washington, Jan. 26.—*Canaries: Their Care and Management,” is one of the recent bulletins issued by the Department of Agriculture and sent free to anyone applying. Instruc- tions in detail are given as to the proper care, food and management of canaries and special attention is devoted to the control of parasites and the treatment of diseases. STATE FIRE MARSHAL MAKES SUGGESTIONS Many of the smaller towns and villages of Minnesota are in need of a reorganization of their fire- fighting systems. “Recent reports received by this department,” says Robert W. Harga- dine, state fire marshal, ‘‘show that it is practically impossible for some of the fire departments in those towns to prevent a serious fire loss, especially in the winter time. “Although the communities are improving in this respect there is still much to be done to make the service adequate. The water supply should be inspected daily, if possible, and all hydrants kept clear of snow and ice. “Another subject that should be considered by thoose in charge of municipal affairs should be the exer- cising of the departments more fre- quently. Just because there happens to be no serious fires in a village or town is no reason to suppose that the department will not be called out at any time; therefore, we would suggest that fire chiefs and others in charge of the fire departments in all of the smaller towns try to keep their men and apparatus up to the highest point of efficiency during these winter months and thereby not only reducing the possibility of se- rious fire loss but actually be of ser- vice when the sudden call comes for unusual effort to save life.” BIRTH CONTROL LEADER STILL BATTLES HUNGER (By United Press) New York, Jan. 26.—Mrs. Elsie Brynema entered the fifth day of her hunger strike today in Blackwell’s Island prison. It is apparent the pale little advocate of birth control propaganda is rapidly drawing to a climax her struggle against im- prisonment. MARITAL KNOT TODAT o Sty Hilgemeir Brothers Packing company, TUER HALF MILLION - IMPRv BEMIDJI IN SlfiflT HURRIED SURVEY Armory Proposition Brings to Mind What Coming Year Has in Store for This City. NEW BUSINESS HOUSES TO FIGURE DURING SUMMER New Odd. Fellows Temple Contem- plated; Normal School, Postoffice and Hotel Are Proposed. —— KK KKK KKK KK . BRIEF SURVEY ..$300,000 State normal. .. Fifth ward school.. 35,000 Elks temple........ 40,000 0Odd Fellows temple 30,000 Dalton building. . 25,000 Postoffice ...... 25,000 John Moberg garage addition ..... 10,000 Armory hullding 22,000 M. E. Ibertson. . 10,000 Markham hotel. 10,000 John Gibbonms...... 8,000 Total ........$515,000 Figures estimated. t**it*********k****t L2 8228283323222t 80 28 TR KKK KK RK K KKK With the launching of the new ar-' mory project, to be decided by the voters of Bemidji at the coming elec- tion, the proposition being the voting of bouds of $8,000 to extend over 20 years, a hurried survey of what the coming year has in store for Bemidji is decidedly interesting. No attempt is herein made to scrutinize the pro- jects under way nor in contempla- tion but merely given as a look ahead and to emphasize the statement that Bemidji is standing upon the thresh- old of a new era. Casual Survey. In a conversation with a progres- sive citizen of Bemidji, the drift was toward a look ahead and the above figures were casually men- tioned and are herewith presented as an indication of what is in store for Bemidji. There are many other projects of importance brewing and many, many of lesser magnitude but which all tend to the upbuilding and progress of a community, and they are for Bemidji. Normal Big Project. The project of the state normal school is a big one and one which moves slowly. What it méans aud what it embodies have already been presented to the people of Bemidji. It involves approximately $300,000. The Elks are completing a hand- some temple which calls for $40,000, including the site. The new federal building will be another permanent improvement. Others will include the new school in the Fifth ward, and the already announced im- provement of the Markham hotel. New L 0. 0. F. Temple. The Odd Fellows have in mind the erection of a new temple on the cor- ner now occupied by the Odd Fellows building and it seems certain this project will start this spring. Jack Dalton, whose valuable cor- ner at Third street and Beltrami av- enue was destroyed by fire, is said to contemplate the erection of a handsome and modern brick business block. Back of the Dalton property and facing toward the Markham ho- tel, John Gibbons has in mind the erection of a modern business house to cost perhaps $8,000 or more. More Notable Projects. John Moberg intends to build an addition to his garage to cost in the neighborhood of $10,000. M. E. Ibertson is figuring on replacing his place of business with a building to cost around $10,000, and in totaling these unofficial figures there is over a half million dollars, not consider- ing the new industry to be created by the Clark Pole & Tie company and many others. These merely to show the people of Bemidji the possibilities of the fu- ture here at home. SIMONS HAS PLAN TO SIMPLIFY RACE FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE Judge Simons, one of the seven candidates for the office of municipal judge at the coming election, has of- fered a solution of the problem which confronts the candidates in narrow- ing the field down to two. In substance, Judge Simons pro- poses that all candidates who are out for Judge Crowell’s seat hold a meeting and draw lots to select the one to make the race. He says he is willing to abide by the result of such procedure. Or, Judge Simons proposes that the Bar association, not including the attorneys who are candidates, select the candidate, such vote to be unanimous on the part of the bar members, and that he is willing to abide by such decision. Judge Simons believes that either of the two suggestions would clarify the situation.