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

VOLUME XV. NO. 58. Up-to-the;Minute Dispatches by the United Press-..Createst Afterno THE BEMIDJI DAILY BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 5. 1917. MINNESOTA STORICAL Hi Pl ety fesl 80° | pstor 45 CENTS PER MONTH WILSON AGAIN SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT GERMANY TAKES - OVER CONTROL OF RAILWAYS, KAISER ANNOUNCES TODAY All Railroads Are Placed ~ Under . the Military Authorities, Proc- . lamation States. VIOLENT GERMAN ATTACK = REPULSED; L0SS IS HEAVY English Public Unshle to Under- stand America’s Complex Po- litical System. (By United Press) Copenhagen, March 5.—Kaiser “Wilhelm today issued a proclamation announcing to the German empire that the military authorities =have taken over all railroads and that the Toads are now under military con- trol. England Nonplussed. London, March b:--Newspapers and the public are unable to fathom the complex American political syestem of fillibuster, preventing the Senate endorsing President Wilson’s inter- national stand. . Says “Wilson Theorist.” Berlin, March 5.—*President Wil- ‘son ds a theorist remote from the world. He looks upon the world as a chemist does a retort. He is un- known to Europe, but considers him- self her teacher,” asserted National Party Leader Strassman in the Reich- stag this afternoon. 5 " $14,20f0rHogs Is Price Today (By United Press) Chicago, March 5.—The price of thogs continued to soar today. The market was 15 to 20 cents higher, the top being $14.20 per hundred while pigs sold for $12.60 per hundred. IMPORTANT CASE IS BEFORE HIGH COURT An important case which will be watched intently by Minnesota is be- fore the United States Supreme court and among those attending to argue the case is Judge Spooner of Bemidji. The title of the case is United States vs. Waller, in which the gov- ernment holds that mixed blood In- dians have not the right to convey land. It is said that if the conten- tion_holds the White Earth Indian transactions will become greatly in- volved and that all who have pur- .chased lands from the mixed bloods will lose their holdings. Judge Spooner represents Waller and his kindred interests. Senator O’Neil Dies, Home . CassLake; Well Known Here Photos by American Press Association. Count von Bernstorff, the recalled warine warfare was announced FARM HOUSE FIRE | SWEPT; MEMBERS OF FAMILY ARE BURNED Report reached Bemidji early this morning that a most disastrous fire occurred at 2 o’clock on the McKay place near Farris, the house being totally destroyed. Albert Darson, age 56 years, was burned severely and his condition is critical. Martha Darson, daughter, jumped from the second story of the murning house and one leg was broken. The feet of Henry Darson were badly burned and another son, Fred, had both hands severely burned and feet frozen. All the clothing, money and other contents of the dwelling were con- sumed but the stock and barn were saved. NEW COUNCIL TAKES REINS THIS EVENING The new city council will be seat- ed this evening at the regular meet- ing of the council. When the or- der of “New Business” comes before the council the change will be made. It is expected a large number of citi- zens will be present. Appointments of officials is also an important matter to claim attention of the new council. o~ In " Word reached here late Saturday afternoon that Senator = William O’Neil, superintendent of logging for the Indian department at Cass Lake, had died at 2 o’clock, at the age of 69 years. He had been ailing for the past six months from kidney and stomach troubles. The funeral took place today, in- terment at Sharon, Wis., the services at Cass Lake being under the aus- pices of the Masonic fraternity, the request having been made by the senator before he passed away. Sev- eral Bemidji members of the craft attended. The wife of Senator O'Neil died two years ago. Mrs. John Richards of Minneapolis is a neice and Mrs. E. C. McGregor of Bemidji is a rela- tive. In later years the strain of an unusually active life commenced to ‘have its effect upon his Tngged con- stitution. Semator O’Neil was born Sept. 20, 1848, in Columbus county, ‘Wiscon- sin, of Scotch-Irish ptrne:ttage. ation’s es. n$$h§n§ Olgil war he served with the Thirteenth United States regulars six months and with the “Twentieth Wisconsin volunteers three years and participated in sev- eral of the most important engage- ments of the war, such as the seige of Vicksburg, Prairie Grove, Yazoo City, “invasion” of Mexico at Mata- Brownsville, Tex., to aid the Amer- ican consul, Fort Morgan, Spanish Fort, siege of Mobile with Farragut’s expedition and many others. He was mustered out of service at Galveston, July 4, 1865, and the com- pany disbanded at Camp Randall, Madison, Wis., August 9, 1865. Married in 1880. - After leaving the service, Mr. O’Neil drifted east and west and final- 1y took up the life of a woodsman in northern Wisconsin. In 1880 married Miss Mary Judge of Sharon, Wis., at Chippewa Falls, Wis., and later engaged in the mercantile busi- ness in Washburn, Wis., in 1865, be- coming identified with the early prog- ress of the city which he served sev- eral times as mayor and was sent to the Wisconsin legislature two terms, elected in 1893 and again in 1895. Imoras, across the Rio Grande from | Again Answered Call. ] When the Spanish-American war broke out he assisted in organizing Company K, Fourth Wisconsin vol- unteers and served as a captain in station at Anniston, Ala. During 1901 to 1903 he served in the Wisconsin senate. He did good work on the Odanah Indian resefvation and was appoint- ed superintendent of logging of the ceded Chippewa Indian lands in Min F:okota in 1903 and settled at Cass e. German ambassador, and Count Tar. nowski, the Austrian envoy, who arrived here the duy after ruthless;uub Wilson Warns- 0f War Crisis; Asks for Unity (By United Press) Washington, March 5.—In his in- augural address today, President Wi son sounded a new doctrine of inter- nationalism and world peace, but in the same breath warned that the United States may require ‘“More im- mediate association with war” than mere armed neutrality, and asked unity of American thought, spirit and action, saying that the action of America be steeped in world spirit instead of isolated national views of the past. The president called for limitations of world armaments, equal interests and responsibilities of all nations in maintaining peace and the equality of nations. He held that the armed balance of power of the world should support no power with other than the view that governments derive all just power from the consent of the governed. Wilson also held for freedom of the seas to all, crushing all attempts within one nation to organize or as- gist in a revolution against another nation. A hush in the crowd followed the statement that armed neutrality might not suffice and assurance that he| —d any step taken would be without any selfish purpose. In the parade the president was heavily guarded. Marshall’s Naw Creed. Washington, 2fzrch 5. — “The world 'is moving toward that far off divine event, wherein tongues will be blended in a language of a com- mon brotherhood,” Vice President Marshall said in outlining his creed, following his induction into office to- day. GRAND RAPIDS BANKS MERGE; SHELDON HEAD Grand Rapids, March 5.—The First National bank and the First State bank have been merged. The mer- ger was put through by F: P. Sheldon, president of the former, and L. M. Bolter, holder of the controlling in- terest in the latter. It is considered as the most important business deal negotiated here in a year. The First National bank will in- crease its capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000. The extra capitalization will be distributed among stockhold- ers of the bank which has lost its geparate identity. The State bank closed its doors af- ter operating five years. In Octo- ber, 1914, the Security bank entered the local field and there was not enough business for three banks. Mr. Sheldon is president of the First National bank of Bemidji. His home is in Minmeapolis. ROUTE TO CAPITOL MASSED CONGRESS BEGINS NOON; MONTANA WOMANIS SEATED Senate Loses Some of Its Leading Spirits, But Gains Other ' Shining Lights. JOHNSON OF CALIFORNIAIS ‘ INCLUDED; KELLOGG, ALSO Minnesota “Trust Buster” Successor of Clapp; House Lineup Meets Next December. (By United Press) ‘Washington, March 5.—The Sixty- fifth American Congress begain its two-year life at noon today. It will number among its members the first woman admitted to the halls of Congress, Miss Jeanette Rankin of Montana. Somewhat overshagowed by the brighter lustre of the Presidential in- auguration, the upper half of the Congress—the Senate—took its re- spective oaths of office, seventeen al- together, and attended the taking of the- oath by -the -President on the capitol steps. ¢ While it lost some of its leading spirits, the Senate today gained sev- eral who, having shone elsewhere, may shine in Congress, and, as in some former’ cases, may not. Hiram Johnson of California, Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, Phil- ander C. Knox of Pennsylvania and Peter Gerry Goelet of Rhode Island attracted much of the interest that attached to the new Senate. Johnson is Problem. Johnson, the center of fire in the California fight in November, suc- ceeds Works, another Republican, whose last days in Congress were liv- ened up by caustic comments from home about his peace speeches. The Pregressive nominee for Vice Presi- dent in 1912 and one of the last to leave the Progressive ship when it ran aground on Lake Michigan last summer, Johnson's arrival was await- efl with interest and some trepida- tion by conservatives, who however, he will be as others have been—quiet at first, anyway. Kellogg is the ‘‘trust buster” of some fame a few years back. He suc- ceeds Clapp of Minnesota, also a Re- publican, and is ranked with John- son as-an addition to the thin line of Progressives in the Senate. Knox of Pennsylvania, succeeding (Continued on Page 8ix) POLICE PROBE REFUTES DEALERS’ CONTENTION (By United Press) Chicago, March 5.—Official police reports of cold storage house investi- gations do not support the conten- tion of dealers that there is a food shortage, it was given out today. CASE IS DISMISSED No evidence was produced in mu- nicipal court this forenoon to con- nect Leo Simonson with the theft of a punch board and City Attorney Russell ordered the case dismissed. The youth had been held in jail a week, pending investigation and trial. T. C. Bailey represented the accused young man. A. 0. U. W. MEETING Paul Winklesky, recorder, re- quests all members of the A. 0. U. W. to be at lodge tonight as there is business of importance to transact. CAVALRY CALLED TO CHECK SURGING MASS (By United Press) Washington, March 5.—The crush of the crowds was so great on the grounds surrounding the inaugural scene today cavalrymen from Fort Meyer were called to quell the surg- ing of the mass of humanity. 65TH SESSION AT - | hope, | fY en Prepident Wilson. WILSON ASKS IF 5 HE HAS POWER TO ARM MERCHANTMEN (By United Press) Washington, March 5.—President Wilson today asked the government legal authorities if he has the power to furnish naval armament to mer- chant vessels without special con- gressional authority. Upon the de- cision rests whether President Wil- son goes ahead despite the Senate’s failure. If he has, the failure of the Senate may delay the calling of an extra session. CONGRESS ADJOURNS SINE DIE SUNDAY (By United Press) Washington, March 5.—Congress adjourned yesterday without the Sen- ate passing the armed neutrality bill. A fillibuster prevented. Duluth’s Rotary Club’s Five WITH CHEERING HUMANITY SKIES ARE BRIGHT AS PRESIDENT IS_ ESCORTED FROM THE WHITE HOUSE Trip is Made in Open Curriage; Drawn by Four Horses in Colonial Fashion. PERSONAL ESCORT SECOND UNITED STATES CAVALRY United States Naval Cadets Salute as They Pass President; West Pointers in Line. (By United Press) Washington, March 5.—Reversing the usual decision of the Weather Man the skies were clear, there was no rain nor snow today for the in- auguration of Woodrow Wilson for his second term as President of the United States. Washington, March 5.—In an open carriage drawn by four horses, in true colonial fashion, President Wil- the great iron gates of the White House, down Pennsylvania avenue, between massed. lanes of frantic Am- ericans, to the Capitol, where, after witnessing the swearing-in of his second-in-command, Vice President Marshall, he was to take his formal oath of office. Mrs.’ Wilson followed a precedent set by Mrs. Taft, rode to the Capitol with her husband. Cavalry Escort. The Pragsident’s carriage was sur- rounded by a personal escort of the Second cavalry, and was followed by the Vice President’s carriage, also drawn by four horses, escorted by ° the famous black horse troop of the Culver Military Institute of Indiana, Marshall’'s home state. A third carriage contained the President’s military aides and inaug- ural officials. As the small party clattered down Ithe flag decked way, storms of cheers followed him along the historic way. The President frequently arose, hat (Continued on Page Six) Will Be Here;Duby Regretful At the time the Duluth Rotary club’s basketball team flunked out of its scheduléd games with the Big Bemidg team the Pioneer stated that the manager of the Duluthian’s had left the city on a business trip leav- ing the management of fi,‘le team in]| the hands of another and stating that they appeared to be * pretty poor hands ac that.” And Manager Duby of the Rotarians is also of the same belief, judging from the letter he sent Manager Jacobson of the locals upon his return after a three weeks| business trip. In the communication, Manager Duby reveals that he is a sportsman of the right sort and keenly regrets the happening. He wants to make good in the matter and will person- ally bring his team to Bemidji this week for a series Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and the series promises to be ome of the features of the basketball season, as the Du- luth quintet is considered of stellar calibre. The letter of Manager Duby is as follows: Mr. C. M. Jacobson, Mgr., Dear Sit: Bemidji, Minn. Have just this day returned from my three weeks business trip in the East and although I tried to keep posted as to what was taking place was a slip somewhere as 1 was not in Bemidji until I opened your letter this morning. It is needless to say that I am sur- prised in every sense of the word to learn of it as in my estimation a team that will back out of a game or series of games after having agreed to play has something pretty darn rotten the matter with them. I want to say also that I have always stood for clean sport and always will do so and a blow like this is no small matter to me. 1 left instructions when I left for the team to be sure to be in Bemidji the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of February and certainly expected them to be there. I placed every confidence in my assistant manager that he would bring the team to Bemidji as instruct- ed him but he surely fell down. I am not going into any long dis- cussion of the matter but want to make good on our agreement to come down and therefore I accept your of- fer to taxe us down to Bemidji this week, Thursday, Friday and Satur- day, March 8, 9 and 10 and you can count on us being there this time without fail for I shall look after the matter in person. Trust our future relations will be more pleasant, I am Yours truly, LAWRENCE K. DUBY, Manager. P S—If you had played such a trick on me as my bunch did on you, unless some suitable agreement was in Duluth during my absence therell would have started suit against you, informed that the team did not play reached. L. K. D. son at 11 o’clock today drove through-.. -