Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 21, 1917, Page 1

5 Up-to-the-Minute Dispatches by the ‘United Press---Greatest Afternoon Paper Service THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIGCxER VOLUME XV. NO. 72. ’ ) b BEMIDJ1. MINNESOTA., WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 21, 1017, | _ | srnGe coneLee |G all fo N ABOUT A VEAR; | TAX PAYERS MUST } “DIG UP” THE COIN i @ity to Pay in Warrants Bearing ["@2~ S8ix Per cent Interest; No Date ) to Complete the Work. MONEY COMES OUT OF FUNDS FOR IMPROVING THE CITY City Must Also Pay for Approaches, Walks and Paving to Bridge; To * Cost Taxpayers $30,000. ‘Work on the new bridge is pro- gressing as rapidly as ever, concrete new being poured for the footings, and is the belief of those interested ia the progress of the work that the bridge will be completed by next Au- gust, a year from the time the con- tract was let, which was last August. The contract price for the bridge s $22,772 which does not include the approaches, sidewalks nor paving Photo by American Press Association. For the first time since the outbreak of the war women of England, as drivers of auto trucks, are actually in and it is believed the job will cost| tha thick of the fizhting in northern France - the city approximately $30,000 when finished. The bridge is 150 feet long, and it is estimated the work is about 26 per cent completed. r “ vn The contract called for comple- tion last January 1, but contained the usual provisions of delay owing | s H“ m nrl N 0 GConfirmation to strikes, weather, etc., etc., not am unusual provision ,and there is » 3 ‘gBy Uqltgd Press) -, . Amsterdam, March 21.—Rumors nothing by which it can be deter- mined when the work on the bridge reached here today of a German revo- lution but the report was uncon- will be finished. firmed. In 1:‘1: nfim!tht{o&eyméouncil TWO HARBORS QUINT COMES TOMORROW FOR LASTBASKETBALL SERIES ment was created when E. E. Mc- Donald, attorney for the bridge com- Basketball fans will have the last opportunity of seeing the Big Be- = *=~spany, ‘which is building the bridge, midg team in a series the last three informed the council and the large nights of this week, when the crack crowd present that the contractors of the bridge had done extra work, that additional pilings had been driven Two Harbors team comes tomorrow for the first game of a series to be played Thursday, Friday and Satur- for the. two center piers, as the weight was too heavy for what had been called for in the plans. Swinson Refutes Assertion. City Engineer Swinson took issue in this and stated to the council that no such thing had been done to the cgnter piers, that the piles driven at hose points were specified in the contract and that the contractors had dome only what the contract had called for in the instance mentioned, and not a stitch more. There is a provision in the laws, it is said, that provides that the oounty may refund to the city all money paid into the road and bridge day nights at the armory. The open- bridges or approaches, either wholly m; gfme omoLiow n{ght wlllp o or in part within the city. But this|cajled at 8 o’clock. provision, it is said, includes such|pw, Harbors has a fast team, in monies as provided for only tWO|gact have not met defeat and claims )} . years on any °“°,j°h' the championship of Northern Min- y City Pays in Warrants. nesota. In their lineup is Wood- : Thus far, it is asserted, the city|ward, a former Lawrence university of Bemidji has secured about $3,700 |star and “Bunk” Harris, the crack from the county for the new bridge|Syracuse player, who will play this and perhaps a like sum or there-|geries with Two Harbors. Harris abouts may be available this year.|{played here with the Duluth Rotary There has been paid on the bridge|club team. A contract thus far $6,100 and out-| The teams cleaned up by the Two side of what has been paid by the|Harbors quint include Ashland county in cash has been paid out by|Union club, Duluth All Stars, Gil- \\::G city of Bemidji in warrants draw- | pert, Duluth Y. M. C. A, Cloquet and assessed valuation of the city, to be used upon dams, retaining walls, funds .levied by the county on the ing 6 per cent interest. And the end|]ast week defeated the Stillwater not yet by a long ways, it is said. |teamn, which played here, on the Tax Payers to “Dig.” Stillwater floor. The money the taxpayers of Be- Big Bemidg will have Johnson, midji will have to dig up is to come | Tanner and Howe at forwards, Ber- out of their permanent improvement |rigan at center, Cameron, Graham fund which is supposed to be used |and Peck at guard and Two Harbors for permanent improvements within|will know they have been in a bas- the city, such as road work, paving!ketball game when the final whistle and such items along that line, and|blows. in the meantime the thousands of dol- The last game of the season will lars in city warrants to be paid out|be played next week with the Stephen for the bridge work will merrily draw |team. This is the team scheduled to 6 per cent interest until they are paid out of the city’s yearly improve- ment fund, which, it has never been charged, was ever overly burdened with cash. ° _f. _TELEPHONE C0. MEN DISCUSSING SERVICE 2 Fully 100 attended the luncheon 5 of the Commercial club this noon, the chief feature being the session, after the spread, of representatives of the | this - Northwestern Telephone company | | and the rural lines out of Bemidji | reltive fo tmproved service . RUSS TROOPS ACCLAIM e ana w1 Dean, dietrict wrar-| THE NEW GOVERNMENT chief of the Northwestern com-| | by come to Bemidji a few days ago and was snowbound in the blizzard. | PRESRYTERIAN MISSI | ON BOARD ANNOUNCES GIFTS Mankato, Minn., March 21.—An- nouncement that Mrs. Anna M. Wil- curred two weeks ago, lefi $5,000 to the woman’s board of the Northwest, and $5,000 to the woman’s board of home missions, was one of the feat- ures of the annual meeting of the Presbyterian home and missionary societies of Mankato just closed in cit; any. » H (By United Press) : FRENCH TAKE VILLAGES | Petrograd, March 21.—The Rus- 4 {sian troops received the news of the ] (By United Press) {overthrow of the Romanhoff reign Paris, March 21.—Ten additionallwith loud acclaim. Troops were have been occupied by the imustered in the square carrying red French forces north of Soissens. {flags and singing the Marsellaise ment of the committee, responsible lard of this city, whose death oc-!~ {this car. . \ ‘.;' : % CENTS PER MONTH DENT Congress to Meet April 2nd WOMEN DRIVE AUTOS ON FIRING LINE Creation of State Fund Is Advocated By Committee To Enforce Minnesota Law St. Paul, March 21.—The creation of a state fund from which money may be drawn to permit counties of slender means to fight the I. W.. W. is advocated in a report of the'sub- committee of the labor committee of the house which “investigated’ the I. W. W. outrages in the counties of that the present legislature take steps St. Louis, Koochiching, Beltrami, toward the enactment of legislation Itasca and Lake counties. providing for the appropriation of a This subcommittee, of which Rep- certain sum of money to be known as resentative Swanson of Crow Wing is|the state law enforcement fund, to be flame the passions of men toward acts which undermine the very founda- tions of order and government, since said organization does not believe that it can attain the desired ¥esults by the ballot and legislative action. “Enforcement Fund.” “Your subcommittee recommends chairman, sent its recommendations|used in giving counties of this state to the full committee. Whether they |sufficient financial assistance with will be adopted by the committee which to procure enforcement of the and then by the house as a whole re- laws of this state in the various EXTRA BULLETIN (By United Press) Washington, March 21.—The pos- sibility of averting open hostilities with Germany appear to have been killed. War seems just ahead. President Wilson is determined to eet Germany’s affronts with deci- ive action. It is believed the call for the naval militia is not far off. This might be followed by a call for the state and land troops. The American consul at Plymouth today reports that five Americans died in the Viligancia sinking. President Wilson has restored na- tional guardsmen' to their former civil service status. They had lost their rating because of border ser- vice. . The United States is to negotiate a commercial treaty with the new Russian government. mains to be seen. counties in the apprehension, prose- The subcommittee says it is of the|cution and conviction of the violators opinion that the *“doctrine of crim-|thereof and providing for the method inal syndicalism” as preached by the|of distributing said fund, permitting 1. W. W agitators “tended to inflame|the use of such fund by only such the passions of men toward acts counties as are not able to defray which undermine the very founda-|such expense. tions of order and government.” ] t“We recc;l‘;xmfendt }:hnt it l:;utm le{ls; ature provide for the appointment of ..me?emn‘lfl:“"fl’i?::'fime ¢he|deputy sheriffs that it be further Washburn resolution granted the provided that such deputy sheriffs committee, it was impossible for the shall not be under the control or su- committee on labor and trade legisla- | Pervision of any person or corpora- tion to take deliberate action in se-|tion for private purposes, and such deputy sheriffs shall be bona fide resi- ;:?;‘tim‘;llfi:g:s?un:f Bcgo::::)zel:;:z dents of the county wherein they are vantage in trying to get at the real|appointed.” e i atgnton” WHITNEY BROWN GETS BANK PROMOTION; CHANGES ARE MADE principle of collective bargaining Homer Cardel]l of Grand Rapids has should not be discouraged by em- ployers of labor since the denial of accepted a position as bookkeeper with the First National bank, suc- this right will eventually lead to ceeding Whitney Brown who has been misunderstanding, suspicion and con- sequent disorder and violence. The promoted to draft clerk. Harry Hen- derson has been transferred to re- failure to recognize this right of col- ceiving teller, filling the vacancy lective bargaining was, in the judg- caused by the resignation of Wallace Aikin, who has accepted a position as assistant cashier in a Park Rapids bank. for the labor disturbances in north-| ern Minnesota to a great extent. Aritators Active. “Your committee is of the opinion, however, that these disturbances were advocated to an alarming de- gree by activities of the organizers and members of the Industrial Work- ers of the World, whose doctrines of criminal syndicalism, advocating vio- lence, sabotage and various unlawful methods of terrorism, tended to in- MAXWELL AUTO HAS AGENCY - IN BEMIDJI Olson & Wold of the Fifth ward have secured 'the Maxwell auto agency for this section and will open show rooms and a garage in the building owned by them. The agency was placed by G. R. Knudsen of the Knudsen Auto company of Duluth, who are Northwest distributors for CATHOLIC PRIEST TO GIVE $3./0 TO HELP CITY Imogene, Iowa, March 21.—The Rev. Father Hays, a Catholic priest, told the city council here that he would donate $3,000 toward con- struction of a city waterworks and $2,000 more for a woman's rest room and public library. Both proposi- tions were accepted. Father Hays previously contributed Iiberally to the building of the electric lighting plant and to a $50,000 church that is being completed. POLAK MURDER TRAIL IS PROVING MAGNET The trial of Billy Polak of Spooner for a murder committed Christmas eve is attracting a large number from the north part of the county. The trial is dragging slowly owing to the services of interpreters being re- quired. A WORD OF CHEER. When we are weary or discour- aged, how a cheering word will brighten the day and lighten the load for us! Knowing this, why are we so forgetful of the help we might give to others? TEUTON RETREAT 1S VICTORY, SAYS BERLIN EXPLANATION TODAY (By United Press) Berlin, March 21.—Germany is re- treating to victory. Another master stroke has been achieved by Von Hindenberg. The entente plans for a huge spring offensive have been destroyed. This is the official explanation is- sued today as to the reason for the German retreat on the western front. JUDGE UPHOLDS ACT OF HUSBAND WHO SPANKED CIGARET-SMOKING WIFE + Elizabeth, N. J.,, March 21.—Cig- aret smoking fraus may be soundly and artistically spanked, according to a decision of Police Judge Mahon here. The jurist reached the decision af- ter Elizabeth Durka, 23, charged her 56-year-old husband with causing her “mental anguish and physical dis- comfiture by administering a spank- ing.” “She smokes four packages of cig- arets a day,” Durka defended him- self. “She deserved a spanking,” quoted Judge Mahon. Durka went home to his pipe. FIRST DAY OF SPRING ARRIVES ON SCHEDULE “Spring has come.” Yep, arrived this morning as per the official schedule and many seemed to feel the relaxation of the advent of the season. Today is the first day of spring and it is sincerely hoped Winter will not linger longer in her lap as he is reputed to have done on various occasions. DECLAIM TONIGHT The annual inter-class declama- tory contest of the Bemidji high | school will take place at the high |school auditorium tonight at 8 o’clock. The contestants will be judged by three impartial judges and prizes awarded. A small admission price of fifteen cents will be charged. o] WARIS JUST AHEAD, WASHINGTON VIEW: NAVALMILITIACALL IS EXPEC | TED SOON (By United Press) Washington, March 21.—Congress was today called by President Wil- : son to meet April 2. This decision was reached after he was convinced the sinking of the three American freighters had brought about a demand for more aggressive action. Wilson is expected to demand dras- tic measures to protect American commerce on the seas. i The president is expected to an- nounce that a state of war has ex- | — isted between the United States and Germany since March 14 when the Algonquin was sunk, It is also expected the president will ask for universal service. Action is Urged. i Washington, March 21.—The cab- inet, close friends, congressmen and the people are urging President Wil- 5 son to act against Germany. FORMER CZAR IS ORDERED TAKEN / INTO CUSTODY (By United Press) London, March 21.—A dispatch today states the former czar and czarina of Russia have been ordered deprived of their liberty by the new provisional government and brought to Tsarko Selo. —— TO ATTEND FUNERAL The members of the Modern Broth- erhood of America are requested to meet at their hall tomorrow after- noon at 1:15 o'clock to march in a body to the Baptist church to at- [— tend the funeral of William A. Carter. WOULD SEIZE FOOD Milwaukee, March 21.—Mayor D. W. Hoan and food commissioners re- cently appointed will leave tomor- — row for Madison to introduce in the legislature a bill empowering city executives to seize foodsuffs in emer- gency for public distribution. POLITICAL AMNESTY IS GRANTED RUSSIANS (By United Press) Petrograd, March 21.—General political amnesty is declared in a ukase issued today by the provisional — government. The ukase also an- nounces a new constitution for Fin- land and calling a meeting of the Finnish diet. SNAKE BOUNTIES PAID Le Mars, Iowa, March 21.—Bounty for 20 rattlesnakes at 50 cents a head was paid by the Plymouth county auditor in the last year. The boun- ties on gophers amounted to $1,106, and on wolves to $78. CITY FATHERS LOOKING “ AFTER STREET DRATNS Various members of the new city council were much in evidence to- day looking after the surplus water about the city caused by the thaw and melting snow. The interest of the council members was a source of much favorable comment. \ Wi s susdititric