Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 24, 1917, Page 1

—- “SUAFU"was made on-a fillibuster. - Up-to-the-Minute Dispatches by the United Press---Greatest Afternoon Paper Service i TaecoTA "VOLUME XV. NO. 51. RIFLE CRASH IS FINAL FAREWELL OF MILITARY ARM T0 GEN. FUNSTON Minute Guns Boom Mournfully as Body of National Hero is Borne to Grave. CLEAR THROATED BUGLE SOUNDS THE MYSTIC “TAPS” sOver 5,000 Present as Curtain Falls on Iast Act; Body Rests Beside Sons. 7 (By United” Press) San Francisco, Feb. 24.—With :simple but impressive ceremonies, the “body of the late Major General Fred- erick Funston were this morning laid ‘to rest beside those of his soms, in the presence of-aver 5,000 persons. _'The funeral services started at 10 +o’clock this forenoon, minute guns "booming their mournful farewell. As the body rested in its alloted space a -clear throated bugle rang out “taps” and as the last note faded away three Yolleys from the fliring squad belched forth in final tribute to the dead sol- dier, and the military arm of the na- tion paid homage to its distinguished -and beloved ofticer. ASSERT WILSON TRYING TO RUN THE COUNTRY; FILLIBUSTER STARTED (By United Press) ‘Washington, Feb. 24.—“Wilson is ‘trying to shove us off the doorstep and run international affairs alone,” “is the way one Republican stated the views of Republicans and Progres- -sives this morning, when all hints of . disguise_were cast off and a new The speaker stated that Wilson ‘was attempting to run international affairs while talking oleomargarine, the Vermont butter industry and -financial affairs. BARKER'S STORE FRONT WILL BE HANDSOME The improvement on the Barker ~drug and jewelry store will be com- menced just as soon as the weather will permit, and when completed the store will present an attractive ap- pearance and be a splendid ornament to the business district. The front will be what is termed the “show case” type. It will have large plate glass with the entrance et in, plate glass set in copper and -marble base. The floor of the convex -entrance will be tile. With this improvement, which will .cost in the neighborhood of $1,200, the entire of the store will be entire- 1y redecorated. RURAL MAIL CARRIER NOW USING FORD 0. S. Huset of town of Frohn, ru- ral mail carrier on Toute two, pur- chased a Ford car from C. W. Jewett Co., last evening. The car will be used in carrying his mail route. Mr. Huset has carried the route for the -past eight years, and thought it was time to substitute a Ford for horse. AMERICAN SAVED FROM SUBMARINED BARK (By United Press) San Francisco, Feb. 24.—Solomon ‘Troizhe was aboard the Norwegian -steamer bark Elenheim submarined Feb. 22, Consul Frost at Queenstown today reported. Troizhe and the rest -of the crew were saved. TOOL COMPANY ASKS ABOUT BEMIDJI SITE That Bemidji is becoming known throughout the country is evidenced by a letter received by Mayor Van- dersluis and turned over to the Com- mercial club, the letter being an in- .quiry from the manager of the Bes- solo patents, manufacturers of safety tools and wrenches, Wallace, Idaho, twelve different kinds of tools being included in the list of manufactured products. The concern is seeking a location for the establishment of a plant which they claim when completed will employ from 700 to 1,000 men. The Commercial club will look in- to the matter to ascertain just what the proposition is, the leiter contain- ing the information that the com- pany is able to finance the proposi- tion, but that a suitable location was desired. BN Sy Photo by American Press Assoclation. BEMIDJ1. MINNESOTA. SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 24, 1917. At _the first signs of renewed trouble with Germany the government mine planters recently completed were sent to various ports along the Atlantic coast. Here are four of the new vessels. Left to right: General Mills, Gea- eral Ord, General Schofield and General R. T. Frank. 2 Farmers Sign For $101,660 In Notes To Buy Autos For Non-Partisan League Heads Conway, N. D., Feb. 24.—The mass' meeting which was held here by the Non-Partisan league was a hot one. No one but members of the league were allowed to be present, and J. ‘W. Brinton was the chief speaker. Mr. Brinton stated that if the farm- ers would sign notes for a deal be- tween A. C. Townley and the B. H. Stary Automobile agency for 200 new automobiles, the league would ‘“make it alright.” There were 69 farmers present and all were willing to sign the notes, but a banker who was present pointed out that 11 of them were merely renters, and that the signatures of only 58 out of the 69 would make the notes is to be cash to B. H. Stary, and the cars sold are to be the property of the farmers until set- hat isto say, they will have L for..T! |bill’ of sale for these machines, but the Non-partisan league will use the same as soon as the snow goes off the ground and will use the same to or- ganize North Dakoia, South Dakota, Minnesota and Moutana, and by that time J. W. Brinton promised that ev- ery farmer’s note would be cleared up. The Machines. The notes were as follows: One hundred notes for Ford cars at $395, F. 0. B. Conway, making a total of $39,500. Seventy-five Chevrolets, model 490, at $600, F. 0. B. Conway, total, $45,- 000. Twenty-four Model 90 Overlands at $715, total $17,610. Total, $101,660. The Farmers Balk. The best thing of the evening oc- curred when Mr. Brinton announced the intended purchase of one eight- cylinder Willys-Knight for A. C. Townley, at a cost of $2,025, F. O. B. Conway. The farmers refused to sign this note and it nearly queered the whole INSTITUTE REOPENS The Woman’s Institute, which has been closed for the past few days on account of the illness of Mrs. W. N. ‘Weber, proprietor of the institution, will reopen h;londay morning. BEMIDJI IS FEELING PINCH IN HARD COAL Not only are Virginia and Hibbing feeling the pinch of the coal shortage but Bemidji is “‘running close up to the wind’ in the matter of lack of coal. Hard coal in stove and nut sizes is exceedingly scarce in this city, caused by the shortage at the Duluth and Superior docks, from whence Bemidji obtains its supply. Dealers in Bemidji are announc- ing in today’s Pioneer the situation and presenting their means of con- serving the supply and taking care of coal users. ATTENDS FUNERAL George Slater went to Remer, Minn., Thursday morning to attend the funeral of his niece, Mrs. Harry Slater, who died Tuesday from blood poison, having been ill since Sunday. He was accompanied by Alex McNeil, his brother-in-law, of Dayton, Minn. PLANS BEING DRAWN T0 DOUBLE GARAGE Architect Thomas Johmson will draw the plans for the big addition to John Moberg’s garage. The plans will be ready about March 20, and as soon as the contract is let the con- struction of the building will com- mence. o affair. Then Mr. Brinton stated that Mrs. A. C. Townley would settle for this car with Mr. Stary by check. It was a lucky thing for the league leaders that all of those 58 farmers had already signed the notes, as this big car deal made them stop and think, and some of them felt. rather foolish. Notes were signed by A. C.- Town- ley and J. W. Brinton, and the signa- tures of the 58 farmers made them bankable paper drawing interest at 10 per cent. Those Who Signed. The names of the farmers who sign- ed the larger notes are as follows: William Maxwell . .....$10,000 Dan Sutherland . . 12,000 Anton Sobolek . . 12,000 John V. Stary......... 20,000 The balance of the notes were signed in varying amounts by the other 54 farmers. =5 . The “Security.” All the security the farmers have is “dollar for dollar” post dated checks, and ‘“‘dollar for dollar’” league ex- change notes, endorsed by F. B. ‘Wood, president of the League Ex- change. CHICAGO POLICE START - TAKING INVOICES OF COLD STORAGE HOUSES (By United Press) Chicago, Feb. 24.—Police today started taking the census of 21 of the largest cold siorage houses in the city. They were instructed to se- cure exact detailed information and an invoice of all kinds and classes of food in storage. Health Commissioner Robinson is also taking an independent census of the cold storage warehouses. Wa.shingon May Act. Washington, Feb. 24.--Government officials intimated today that definite steps may be expected within the next few days on the food situation. RIVER FALLS EDITOR STRICKEN IN CHICAGO HOTEL Thief River Falls, Minn., Feb. 24. —M. C. Cutter, editor of the Thief River Falls News-Press, died sud- denly in the La Salle hotel lobby in Chicago from an attack of heart trouble. He was 48 years of age and in survived by his wife and a baby daughter, both of Thief River Falls, a mother and brother, Ned, both of Anoka, Minn. In 1901 Mr. Cutter was appointed purchasing agent of the state board of control. Later he served the board as secretary. He entered the St. Paul College of Law while with the state board and was graduated in 1906. He purchased the Thief River Falls News and Thief River Falls Press and consolidated the two papers. TEXAN IS CURIOUS ABOUT JEWETT'S FORD “Chad” Jewett, Ford enthusiast, has brought fame to Bemidji from far off Texas, judging from a post- card he received yesterday from a small town in the Lone Star state. Everybody in Bemidji and in many parts of the state remembers Jewett's “mystery car” that had the so-called crack racing cars looking like a plugged half dollar at the Twin City Speedway, Memorial day, in the speed races, the Bemidji streak turning out to be a Ford in disguise. Letters afterward poured in upon Mr. Jewett asking about what had happened to that Ford of his and the card received yesterday contained a long list of technieal questions which, AUTO WORKERS BATTLE IN LOCKED CAR WHEN SPEEDER JUMPS TRACK (By United Press) Toledo, O., Feb. 24.—Running at a high speed and crowded to standing room capacity, a street car carrying workmen to the Willys Overland auto plant this morning turned over and the workmen were trapped in the car when the doors became jammed and blocked escape. Several were in- jured in a frenzied fight to get out of the derailed car. SIX SPEEDY LINERS TO BREAK BLOCKADE (By United Press) New York, Feb. 24.—Shipping cir- cles today heard that six of the larg- est and fastest liners afloat will be used as freighters between New York and Liverpool to smash the submar- ine blockade. ENROUTE TO RED LAKE Walter F. Dickens, superintendent of the Red Lake Agency, was in Be- midji yesterday, enroute to his home. He has spent the past several days in Minneapolis and St. Paul on busi- ness. HOME FROM CONVENTION Robert L. Given, of the Given Hardware company, returned this morning from Minneapolis where he attended the hardware men's sonven- tion. TO SISTER’S BEDSIDE W. A. Dehart, 1014 America av- enue, left yesterday for Baylie, Ill, having received a telegram stating his sister, Mary Leeper, had suffered a stroke of apoplexy and was not ex- pected to recover. BRITISH TAKE TRENCH ABANDONED BY TEUTONS (By United Press) Berlin, Feb. 24.—An official an- nouncement today states that in the Simme sector the English occupied parts of an advanced position which was filled with mud and abandoned by the Teutons. HAVE NEW DAUGHTER Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Alex De- chaineau, Thursday, Feb. 22, a daughter. They reside on Park av- enue. M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS HEAR PAPERS Last evening, twenty Methodist Sunday school workers met at the home of A. T. Carlson where a very interesting meeting was held. Open discussion followed the pre- sentation of the subjects, which lengthened the program to more than two hours. After a short business meeting, Mrs. Carlson served the guests with a substantial luncheon and a social hour was enjoyed by all. FOOD SALE TODAY Ladies of the Methodist church held @ food sale at the Carlson Va- riety store today. NINE ARE BAPTIZED IN BAPTIST CHURCH Seven candidates from Laporte and two from Bemidji were baptized in the Baptist church last evening, Rev. Ira D. Alvord, pastor of the church, officiating. Rev. R. B. Mahoney of when boiled down, asked “How did|Laporte gave a short sermon before you do it?” — the baptismal services. e TAD FLOUR TRUST 10 BOOST BREAD IN 10-CENT CAMPAIGN Congressman Asserts Head of Na- tional Bakers Announced Start -Had Been Made. CITES STRANGE TACTICS OF BAKERS IN WASHINGTON Declares Bread From Minneapolis Flour is Selling Cheaper in Ireland Than U. 8. (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 24.—Congress- man Henry Rainey of Illinois today charged the existence of a trust to curtail the flour supply and boost the price of bread. Congressman Rainey eaid that at the annual convention of Master Bak- ers at Salt Lake City, Presideat Mc- Donald of the Bakers asserted a cam- paign was started to educate the peo- ple to 10-cent loaves of bread and that when this was done the people would be charged ten cents. “One of the biggest Washington bakeries advertises bréad one day old two loaves for five cents. Why do the bakers want 10 cents for a loaf ‘of bread today and five cents for two loaves of the same bread tomorrow? I have submitted the facts to the Fed- era] Trade commission and as ready to testify at any time. “Bread from Minneapolis flour is selling cheaper in Ireland than it is in the United States.” “BONE DRY” MEASURE IS PASSED IN 8. D. Pierre, 8. D., Feb. 24.—The prohi- bition measure making South Dakota “bone dry”’ was passed by the senate with only four negative votes. The bill goes to Governor Norbeck for his signature. If the measure is signed the manu- facture, sale and use of intoxicants in this state will be prohibited after July T, 1917, The proposal is framed to meet the provisions of the Webb- Kenyon law, stopping the shipment of liquor into ‘“‘dry” territory. HOGS $13 HUNDRED IN CHICAGO; HIGHEST PRICE IN CITY’SANNALS (By United Press) Chicago, Feb. 24.—Hogs reached the highest price ever paid in the history of Chicago today. Heavies and mixed hogs brought $13 per hun- dred pounds. RAISE POTATOES—PAYS What is probably the highest price paid for potatoes here this season was received last week by A. Gustaf- son, a prominent Blackduck farmer, who sold an extra fancy lot of pota- toes for $2 per bushel to a buyer who has been spending several days in this vicinity. Moral: Raise potatoes. —Blackduck American. BERLIN PAPER SAYS BRITISi SPEECH FALSE (By United Press) Berlin, Feb. 24.—No submarines have been lost since Feb. 1, a news- paper stated today quoting from a “reliable source,” in giving a eriti- cal analysis of the speech of Sir Ed- ward Carson before the British House of Commons. TO HOLD SERVICES Rev. J. H. Randahl, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church, went to Kelliher yesterday where he will hold services. He will also preach in Shotley and Quiring, returning to Bemidji Thursday evening. DITTY IS APPRECIATIVE; TELLS HIS FRIENDS SO Archie Ditty wants his many friends to know that he is appreci- ative of their support in the recent municipal election and has asked the Pioneer to express his sentiments. The campaign conducted by Mr. Ditty for the office of city assessor was one of the least conspicuous on his part of any of the major offices in the election. He had never be- fore participated in politics and laid no claims to being a ‘“‘professional” in the gamme, but he went to the voters and told them frankly that he was a candidate for office and assured them his best efforts if elect- ed to give everybody a square deal to the best of his ability. And that’s all anyone expects. \ PANTERS STATIONED ALONG OUR COAST|RAINEY ‘GHARRERETY DUTCH VESSELS NK BY TEUTON - SUBSEA RAIDERS; BRITISH REPORT Crews All Safe, Adds Aznouncement; Captain and Six of Another Crew Killed. GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK; BATTLE OFF SPANISH COAST' Two Merchantmen Lost in Naval Fight; Seven Subs and Nine Merchantmen Engaged. (By United Press) London, Feb. 24—S8even Dutch steamers were sunk Thursday, it was announced today. The vessels sunk are the. Zsandyk, Moorderdyk, Gas- rerland, Jacatra, Menado and the Bandoeng. The crews of all the ves- sels are safe, according to the an- nouncement. Captain and 6 Killed London, Feb. 24—The captain and six of the crew of the British steam- er Grenedier were killed when the ship was sunk. The remainder of the crew was safely landed. The crew of the British steamer Trojan Prince was also safely landed. One Sub Sunk New York, Feb. 24—The New York Herald today states that -one German submarine was sunk and two merchantmen sunk destroyed in a battle off the coast of Spain between s;ren submarines and nine merchant ships. REPUBLICANS RESENT ATTEMPTS TO CLOTHE WILSON WITH POWER 45 CENTS PER MONTH w. . -(By Uni Press) i Washington, Fi‘fig.g?l.—’——“'l"hé Repub- ~ "7 "¢ lican forces are being marshaled for an uncompromising fiilibuster against the passage of all administration leg- islation in a direct attempt to frus- trate attempts to clothe Wilson with individual authority to handle in- ternational affairs, Senator Reed Smoot told the United Press this af- ternoon. CANVASS CITY VLECTION RETURNS NEXT MONDAY The vote cast at the municipal election Tuesday will be canvassed next Monday evening at the city hall and then the ofricial figures will be available. WELL KNOWN WOMAN DIES IN GRAND FORKS Mrs. M. F. Murphy, wife of M. F. Murphy, prominent Grand Forks real estate and insurance man and former mayor Grand Forks, died this morn- ing at 4 o’clock. Mrs. Murphy had been in poor health for some time and hope for her recovery was abandoned several days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are well known in Bemidji, and own a sum- mer home at Lavinia where they have spent several summers. On account of Mrs. Murphy's ill health they have been unable to spend the past two summers here. Mrs. Murphy was the mother-in-law of Mrs. L. F. Murphy, formerly Miss Clara Dicaire of Bemidji. AMERICAN STEAMER SAILS “BARRED ZONE” (By United Press) Bordeau, France, Feb. 24.—The American steamer Rochester is ex- pected to dock here this evening, hav- ing passed safely through the “barred zone' created by Germany. EIGHTH GRADE DEFEA The eighth grade basketball boys of this city were defeated by the eighth grade boys of Cass Lake last evening at the latter place by a score of 33 to 19. The Bemidji players were John Henry, Philip Denu, Leslie Raco, “Buck” Stechman and Willard McGregor. ENGLAND IS A UNIT BEHIND HER PREMIER (By United Press) London, Feb. 24.—England is a unit behind Premier Lloyd George, newspapers and all expressing whole hearted approval of his sternly re- strict measures. The only fault found is, perhaps, his overly pessi- mistic view of the present situation. However, it is added there has been too much complacent optimism and that a corrective is necessary. : S e AR — {