Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 16, 1917, Page 1

Up-to-the-Mindte Dispatches by the United Press---Greatest Afternoon Paper Service THE BEMIDJ1 DAILILY P} VOLUME XV. NO. 121. BEMIDJI GREETS Barker nmcer RIGHT AND WRONG wn(" T? NOTABLE PARTY ENROUTE FROM BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. WEDNESD AY EVENING. MAY 16, 1917, Of Battleship PINE T0 PALM Massagljuselts Manitoba’s Premier, Winnipeg’s Mayor and Cabinet Among Distinguished Visitors. MANAGER CLARKSON OF THE HIGHWAY IN CHARGE OF RUN British and American Flags Float From Bemidji Car Ecort to State Park. The Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes fluttered from many autos in Bemidji yesterday afternoon as they wended their way over the Jefferson Highway to State Park as escort to the official cars of the Highway as- sociation, which have started on the annual Socialibility Run from Win- nipeg to New Orleans, for in the cars were T. C. Norris, premier of the Province of Manitoba, Mayor Fred- erick Davidson of Winnipeg and Commissioners W. F. Tallman and J. Macdonald, members of the may- or’s cabinet. Clarkson in Party. J. D. Clarkson of Des Moines, Iowa, general manager of the highway, was also among the notables in the trip- pers, accompanied by Mrs. Clarkson, and these comprised the official party. J.' S. Joseph of Mellville, La., a stu- dent in the Louisiana University, was at the wheel of one of the offi- -cial cars, he. having been given per- mission by the. schieel-.faculty to make the trip and allowed full school ctedits. W. B. Clarkson, brother of J. D. Clarkson, was also a member of the contingent, but he will not complete the journey to New Orleans. The party drew up a’ the Mark- ham hotel where the members were met by several B2midji citizens in autos and who made the streteh to State Park in company. Premier With Lvcar. Premier Norrts occupied the car of F. S. Lycan on the trip, Mr. Ly- can being president of the Beltrami county Jefferson Highway associa- tion and in fact the first to take the initiative to secure the ronting of the highway through Bemidji, and he made good by hard work At the Markham there were gree:- ings of an informal nature and the visitors were greatly pleased at the combination of the National colors and British flag which decorated the cars. That the Sociability Run has be- come widely known was evidenced along the route. The highway at in- tervals was flanked by groups, wait- ing to catch a glimpse of the dis- tinguished Canadian officials. School schildren, attired in their prettiest, were interested to a marked degree —and farm houses along the road flaunted the Stars and Stripes. Greeted by Band. As the Jefferson Highway trippers and their Bemidii escort pulled in- to the park at Lake Ttasca and up to Douglas Lodge they were greeted by the Park Rapids high school band of 19 pieces. under the leadership of Professor Erickson. Three of the band members are girls, one which played a cornet, another a French horn, while a trim miss wielded a slide trombone like a veteran. Park Rapids was the next stop on the journey after leaving State Park this morning and the city was (Continued on Page Four) Minneapolis, May 16.—Earle A. Barker, formerly of Minneapolis, who raised and drilled the Bemidji com- pany of naval militia, has been made a lieutenant and is assigned to the battleship Massachusetts, according to word received by his father, A. E. Barker, 2131 Irving avenue N. Earle Barker received the commis- sion after an examination in Phila- delphia. Lieutenant Barker was raised in Minneapolis, having come here when he was 4 years old. He entered the drug and jewelry business in Be- midji and became well known in the state and national organizations of both the druggists and jewelers. He obtained his military experi- ence in the Spanish-American war in the Philippines, where he served with the Thirteenth Minnesota. He organized the naval militia company and drilled the men. The organiza- tion was the state’s first unit to be called into service outside of the state in the present war. The com- pany is assigned to the Kansas. FOUR KILLED WHEN BLAST WRECKS PIER (By United Press) Saut Ste. Marie, May 16.—The ex- plosion on the government pier was an accident and not the work of plotters. Sault Ste. Marie, May 16.—Four men.were killed-today and three fat- ally injured when an explosion oc- curred and damaged the government pier near the Soo locks. BRITISH REGAIN GROUND (By United Press) With the British armies, May 16. —Despite a determined resistance, the British today regained nearly all ground lost yesterday in Bulle- court. STUDENTS WILL HOLD ELECTION OF OFFICERS A special council meeting of the Student Body Organization was call- ed yesterday afternoon for the pur- pose of providing for an election of officers for the coming year. Tues- day, May 22, was the date set for the election. MASONS MEET TONIGHT The Blue Lodge Masons will meet this evening and supper will be served at 6 o'clock. All members are requested to be present. HORRORS! MAN HIT INEYE WITH EGG; SIGHT IS DESTROYED Burnstad, N. D.. May 16.—Soaked in the eve with an egg upon which his brother placed too much English during a haymow game of catch, Clarence McGilvray will go through life with the sight of one optic im- paired. And it wasn’t a good egg at that. Training School for Teachers Opens in Bemidji June 18 Nine Counties are Included A State Training School for Teachers will be held in Bemidji June 18 to July 27 and the faculty this year is unusually strong, in- cluding R. E. Denfeld of Duluth, con- ductor; and the following instruc- tional corps: Supt. W. P. Dyer of Bemidji, Supt. A. M. Bank, Park Rapids: Miss Cordelia Essling, St. Cloud: Miss Ida N. Chambers. Du- luth., and Mrs. Mary Coffin Ford, Minneapolis. The school will be under the di- rection of the state superintendent of education and will embrace the counties of Beltrami, Itasca, Cass, Koochiching. Hubbard, Clearwater, Red Lake, Pennington and Roseau. Courses Offered. The courses offered will give am- ple opportunity for studying ad- vanced branches, as well as for care- ful reviews in the common branches. Close attention will also be given to methods and preparation for actual school room work. Opportunity will also be given for study of the spe- cial subjects, manual training, dom- estic economy, etc. The regular ses- sion will be in the forenoon. The afternoon will be devoted to study or assistance by the instructors to those requesting it. Subiects. Geopraphy, Physiography, Civics, U. S. History, Reading, Spelling, Lan- | guage, Grammar, (Literature), Arithmetic. Algebra. Plane Geom- etry, Physiology, Physics, Drawing,| Industrial work, Model school work, Sewing. Manual Training, Agricul- ture, Domestic Economy, School Economy. These subjects will be based as to number of weeks, on the group idea (Continued on Page Four) X e ¥ X ¥ X% » 5 02 PR There are two ways to hang the Stars and Stripes. Ak ke o owowo ok w4 v oo LI S S ErE e ox oA A Ak ow oo IR R WRONG One I8 right and the other is wrong. You do it the right way, as shown above, and tell your neigh- bor to do likewise. o~ President in CONGRESSMAN QUITS AND OFFERS SERVICES Letter Urges | s sk mous - Woman Vote (By United Press) Washington, May 16.—President Wilson today urged the appointment of a house committee on woman suf- frage in a letter to Congressman Pou. BEMIDJI FORD AGENCY UNDER PARENT OFFICE C. W. Jewett, who recently re- turned from a business trip to Min- neapolis, announces that the Bemidji district headquarters of the Ford au- tomobile will hereafter operate di- rect from the Minneapolis headquar- ters of the entire district of this part of the country, instead of from the Duluth headquarters. The change means that the Be- midji distriet will hereafter do busi- ness direct with its parent headquar- ters, which, Mr. Jewett states, will enable him to handle his large and rapidly increasing business with much more satisfaction in every phase. 1 NEW NAVAL RECRUIT Miss Mabel Kittleson, recruiting officer, reports O. L. Lee of Clear- brook has enlisted in the navy and will leave this evening for Minne- apolis. HELLO BILL! SECOND CLASS INITIATION Tomorrow night there will be an- other large class to be fitted with Elk antlers and it is urged that a large attendance be present to conduct the candidates safe through the forest. This will be the second class of the large number of candidates to join Elkdom, there having been about 85 applications as the result of the re- cent team contest. i DUMA REJECTS PLANS OFFERED IN COALITION (By United Press) Petrograd, May 16.—The provi- sional government has rejected the terms under which the soldiers- workmen’s council preferred a coali- tion with the new government. The| council’s insistence on certain mat- | ters of foreign policy caused the du-; ma leaders to refuse approval and the whole matter is still wide open. (By United Press) Washington, May 16.—(ongress- man Gardner of Massachusetts today resigned his seat to offer his services as a soldier to the government. FRENCH REPULSE FOE (By United Press) Paris, May 16.—A tremendous German attack on a three-mile front near Moulin was repulsed by the (Ii‘rench, says an announcement to- ay. HUNDRED MILLION IS LOANED TO RUSSIA (By United Press) Washington, May 16.—The United States government today loaned Rus- sia $100,000,000. Record Grop StateForecast (By United Press) St. Paul, May 16.—With a warm sun beating down upon a record acreage in Minnesota, Immigration Commissioner Sherman today said the crop outlook for the state is the best for several years. LEAVES HOSPITAL Mrs. Lewis Lauritzen, who has been at St. Anthony’s hospital for the past four months and a half, suf- fering with a complication of dis- eases, had recovered sufficiently to be taken to her home Monday night. CLASS DAY IS NEXT ON SENIOR PROGRAM The program for the commence- ment exercises for the Senior class of the Bemidji high school is as fol- lows: Class Day—May 22. Junior-Senior reception—May 25. Baccalaureate—May 27. Commencement—June 1. The class motto is “Only a Com- mencement.”” The class colors are green and white and the class flower iz pink rose. STATE'S ATTORNEY MOVES County Attorney and Mrs. G: M. Torrance have moved from the Hotel Markham, where they have had apartments this winter, to their home, 421 Bemidji avenue. B v A\l EER 45 CENTS PER MONTN 4 REDENBAUGH WAS DOUBLE MURDERER KID' CONFESSES 10 FRISCO OFFICIALS AND SOLVES CRIME EXTRA 300 Battling ToSaveWalker From Flames (Special to Pioneer) 2:30 P. M. ‘Walker, May 16.—All Walker fis this afternoon battling desperately to save the city from threatened de- struction, g fierce fire raging at the southern end of the city and being swept toward the residence and busi- ness districts. Fully 300 men are hard at work to stem the oncoming flames which are seriously menacing the school house, a large lumber yard and sev- eral residences. Calls have heen sent to nearby places for help, as a high wind is blowing straight for the city sweeping the flames directly in path. and its Flames Are Spreadine. Duluth, May 16.-— With the wind shifting to the southeast, forest fires have been turned back. Over char- red wastes in the range country fizhters are getting the best of the flames. Fires are spreading into northern Michigan and Wisconsin. Heroic ef- forts are being employed to save the Atlas powder mills at Point Mills, Mich., from the flames. YOUNG SOLDIER ENJOYS ACCOUNTS OF FIRING OFF ATLANTIC COAST The men at Fort Standish, near, Boston, e evidently having u good langh over the report sent out of heavy firing heard at sea off the coast a few days ago and which w considerable of a mystery. Belief | was expressed that the shots were) fired by an American ship at a sup- posedly German submarine or other enemy craft, and the newspapers were filled with startling reports. Arthur Anderberg of Bemidji to-] day received » letter from his brother, Andrew, a soldier of Uncle Sam and in station at Fort Standish, | in which the young defender of the flag explains that the reports in ques-| tion were caused by ‘‘proof firing.” He receives the Pioneer regularly and heartily enjoyed the wire report sent broadcast out of Boston and vicinity. (By Unfted Press) St. Paul, May 16.—Joe Reden- baugh and wife will not fight ex- tradition and will be brought back to St. Paul Sunday or Monday. Death Revolver Found. San Francisco, May 16.—The re- volver with which the Dunn murder was committed was found today in a Portland pawnshop. Minneapolis, May 16. — Joseph Redenbaugh, e “the toughest kid in the world,” killed both Patrolman George Connery in Minneapolis, April 24, and Mrs. Alice McQuillan Dunn in St. Paul, April 26. Both murders were seemingly cleared up when Frank McCool made his third confession. Both Reden- baugh and McCool now have con- fessed that Redenbaugh was the ac- tual slayer in both tragedies. Wife Also Talks. . Redenbaugh has confessed in San Francisco. The confession followed the admission by McCool, that both men had participated in the Dunn murder. This was McCool’s first admission he knew anything of the St. Paul tragedy. When Pear] Redenbaugh, the prisoner's wife, was confronted with it she broke down and made dam- aging admissions as to her husband’s whereabouts and activities at the time of the Dunn murder. Redenbaugh *Comes Through.” Redenbaugn was then taken from his cell and *‘came through,” ac- cording to an official telegram re- eccived from Chief D. A. White of San Francisco by Chief of Police John J. O'Connor of St. Paul. This is what he told, the telegram to Chief O'Connor said: Frank J. Dunn, the slain woman's husband, arranged with Mike Moore, St. Paul bartender, for his wife's murder. Moore contracted with Reden- baugh to put the woman to death. Dunn paid Moore $4,000 for the work. Moore paid Redenbaugh only $1,500. Dunn took his wife to a drug store for soda water April 19 so that Moore could be there with Reden- baugh and have his prospective vic- tim pointed out to him. Redenbaugh was cautioned that it he made a mistake and killed Mrs. Dunn’s sister, Katherine McQnuillan, instead of Mrs. Dunn, he would not be paid anything for his work. ITALY'S OFFENSIVE IS GAINING GROUND (By United Press) Rome, Mav 16— Ital great of- fensive is gaining ground. Guns are roaring over g front of 25 miles. In- fantry is advancing and several thousand Austrians have been cap- tured. THAW TO ASYLUM (By TUnited Press) Philadelphia, May 16. — Harry Thaw was today removed to a state asylum from a hospital. Famous “Willard Service’ is Latest Adjunct to Bemidji The latest addition to automo- bile circles in Bemidji is the Bemidji Storage Battery company, Willard gservice, which will on June 1 open for business in the Malzahn build- ing, 405 Minnesota avenue, just north of the City building, half of the lower floor having been rented today for the conduct of the busi- ! ness. The newcomer to the business en- terprises of the city is ome of the famous Willard Service concerns,! | universal throughout the United{ States and known to every auto own-| er and the public in general. i A complete line of storage bat- teries will be carried and only stor- age batt~y work will be done, and | the celebrated “Free Willard Ser- | ies while batteries are being vice,” such as in vogue and a feature of all Willard stations. The Bemidji station will be un- der the direction of George John- son of Brainerd, who is also in charge of the station at Ironton, an expert of years’ experience in bat- tery work and who heads the list of battery experts for the Willard com- pany in the northwest. In personal charge of the local business will be Lawrence Spillman. also an expert on batteries, and every conceivable detail of battery work for any make of battery will be in the hands of an expert. Another feature of the Willard serwice is the free rental of batter- Te- paired for patrons, and the Willard people are preparing for a vigorous promotion campaign for this part of Minnesota.