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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-14
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TAMPICO HAS FALLEN
INTO REBEL HANDS.

4 Washington, May IA. No
( more definite word was re-
( ceiyed late last night from
Mayo, but It is believed the
( federals have evacuated {
Tampico, leaving the town to
the rebels after q warm bat
tie. Previously the two fed
eral gunboats had Withdrawn
to sea and Joined the foreign
ships there.
< That the rebels encountered
4 desperate resistance in. the
final attack (they were com
PEELED to carry their fight to
( the heart OF the town. was
4 indicated by Mayo's report. I
4 It stated at / o'clock when 1t
was reported the rebels had ]
< occupied the town, there was I.
heavy rifle firing in the plaza
= =
< and the big gun firing contin-
ued.
< Advices received by the
< constitutionalists here stated
< the federals were evacuating
X Tampico, but the details were
x lacking.
The federals were retreat
( ing by the railroads leading
I to San Luis Potosi, and it is
< assumed they hoped to reach
< Pathuca, the terminus of
x the railway line leading in
< directly to Mexico City. The
< railroad from Tampico to
< Monterey is held by the con-
< stitutionaMsts.
<
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-14
Paws Out $500.

Earl Cell. treasurer of Beltrami
county, today paid out $500 as in
terest on money borrowed on ditch
bonds and the sinking fund. The
bitches on which the bond interest
was paid were numbers 8, 4, II and
-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-14
Soldier Dies at Vera Cruz.

Washington, May 14.-General Fun
ston has reported the death Of Maui
rice Welsh, private Company A. Nine:
teenth infantry, to the war depart
ment. He met death in fall from
roof top at Vera Cruz while on duty.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-14
HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS
Floods Cause Great Property Damage
..@* at Detroit.

Detroit, Mich, May 14.-F1ood dam
age in Michigan from the continu.
GUS rainfall of the past forty-eight
hours will total millions Of dollars, it
is feared. Two persons are known to
have persisted and it is feared that
others may have died.
Hundreds of families in Detroit sub
urbs are homeless and thousands of
others are marooned in their homes.
The big Ford factory remained idle
because of its flooded condition.
The property, wage and product
loss from the Ford suspension was
estimated at more than 100000.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-14
EXPLORER AND PARTY SLAIN
Unconfirmed Report Comes From
South American Missionary. a

South American Missionary. 8
Paris, May IA special dispatch
from Stockholm says that the govern.
ment is seeking confirmation of the
report that Baron Nordenskjold, the
explorer, and the members of his ex.
petition have been murdered by saw.
ages in South America.
A missionary in the department Of
Benz, Bolivia, reports that one Of
Nordenskjold's companions reached
Santa Ana MORALLY wounded. He
was able to gasp only few words
from which it was gathered that Nor
denskjold and his companions had
been maSS1crad =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-14

Select the choicest and best ma
tured ears from the best hills. Choose
medium sized ears with straight
rows and deep grains and the ears
should not taper much from butt to
tip. This selecting should be done
in September, and the corn should
be hung from the ceiling or placed
on racks made from boards and lath
or on corn tree in 9 dry airy place.
It should not be allowed to freeze
Test the seed before planting. Take
a box and mark it OF IN squares;
number the squares; and number the
ears; take five or six kernels from
each ear, and reject all the ears that
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-14
do not send UP good strong spouts.
This way you can get good seed.
Work the ground up well in the
spring by means Of disk and a lar-
row
Planting.

Planting.
Plant the corn in hills about three
feet, six inches apart. Corn should
be planted with a two-horse check
row corn planter, ais you can plant
it all the same depth. When the
hand planter is used, it is often
planted too deep.
& Cultivation.
When the corn is coming up, drag
it with a light drag, as this forms
a blanket which helps to hold
the moisture. Cultivate the corn
four or five times. Keep the field
clear of weeds as the weeds rob the
plants Of food and moisture.
Conclusion.
An acre should contain 1856 hills,
three ears to the hill, each ear
weighing not less than eight ounces,
or a yield of So bushels to the acre,
which is nearly double the average
yield of Minnesota. We conclude
yield by careful selection of seed, by
rotation of crops, by fertilizing and
that each farmer should increase his
by careful cultivation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-14
Eek Is Lad TELLS Il
,OF CORN ObDIT'|IONS
Harry Bowers, Winner Of Free Trip
to Minnesota State Fair From this
County, Gives History. Of Grain.
lFAVoRs FLINT 10 DENT HERE


That flint corn Is best grown in
northern Minnesota; that It should
be grown on rich, sandy and well
manured soil; that ground should be
plowed from five to six Inches deep
and that the seed should he selected
from the choicest and most matured
ears from the best hills, are q few of
the suggestions to be found in the
essay Of Harry Bowers, the Eckles
township boy. who is to be a guest
Of the Minnesota State Agricultural
society at theaState Fair this fall.
Is County Winner.
Out Of a list Of many contestants,
the Bowers lad was selected as being
entitled to the reward, by the three
judges, w. B. Stewart, county super
intendent OF schools, A. E. Rako,
chairman of the board of county
commissioners, and E. H. Denu.
Much difficulty was encountered by
the judges in naming the winner, so
close were the marks given the boys.
Among So Boys.
Harry is a pupil Of ]. G. McGhee,
who teaches the Eckles school, and
will be among Sc boys Of the state,
one from each county, who will be
the guests of the fair association at
the exhibition This is because of
the essay contest which has been
carried on during the past month.
The winning essay follows:
History Of Corn.
Corn in. native Of Central Am
erica or Mexico. It is large coarse
grass that sends UP one stalk from
each seed. often suckers shoot UP
but they do not generally bear corn.
Europeans call corn maize, and
other grains are known by them as
corn. 1t is the only cereal that is
a native OF America, The United
States produces three-fourths of the
corn of the world.
The chief kinds OF corn are dent,
flint, sweet aid pop corn. OF these
dent is the iincipal crop Of the
corn belt, or the central section of
the country.
In our country, the flint is better
than the dent, as ff matures quicker
but is not liked so we'll because 1t il
smaller and harder.
Soil.
: Although corn will grow in almost
any soil. The corn ground should be
a rich, sandy soil, we'll MANFRED:
Manure.
Manure, the ground evenly in the
fall with a manure spreader or by
hand. The manure spreader is the
handiest and also the best as you
Is 3 > O. = 20.
can spread it more evenly than by
hand.
Flowing.
Plow the manure under in the fall
as fall blowing kills the bugs and
worms, and 1t also preserves mois.
ture. Plow the ground from five to
six inches deep. Fall blowing is bet.
ter than spring blowing, because i,
catches the rain and snow and thus
holds the moisture. It dries of
quicker in the spring and the croI
can be put in earlier. The coil /.
exposed to freezing and thawing
which helps to break up the soil par
ticles which makes more food fol
the plant.
SeAd
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-05-14
Games

A larger tournament Is planned
for next winter.
w. r. Dickens Of the Red Lake
agency has challenged the Bemtdji
players, and a contest is likely to
result. rs
Bavaria plans system Of unem-
IployAd insurance.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
800 More Insane.

The annual report of the State Lunacy
Commission, by DR.. A. P. Herring, the
secretary, shows an increased insane
population of nearly 300 in four State
hospitals in two years.
The total number of insane in Mary
land on September 80 last was 4,754, or
to 287 of population. In 1912 the num-
Der was to 80 of population. The num-
Der in State hospitals is 2'873 and there
are !, 2O6 under care in other than State
hospitals.
The Supervisors of City Charities of
Baltimore have waiting list of 81, and
there is similar list of 200 for Rosewood
Training School. Accommodations for
1000 additional patients will be provided
out of the bond issue of this year.
For State maintenance of insane and
feeble minded during 1915 and 1916 $3.50 =
600 is asked. For new buildings $40,
900 is needed at Springfield, $4,000 at
Spring Grove, $4,000 at Brownsville,
$l4O, 900 for the Eastern Shore hospita
and $40, 600 for Rosewood.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
Cripple Would BE Engineer.


Carroll Wisong, l6-year-old patient
at the William Painter Memorial Hospt-
al, on Park Heights avenue, is making
baskets of willow wood to show his
friends that he is Industrious and deserv-
ing of help in his ambition to become a
civil or electrical engineer.
If he can get financial assistance, Car.
roll, who is just now able to walk after
severe operations on his spine to cure a
long standing illness, wants to enter the
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute next fall.
For months he has been lying on his back
in the hospital strapped to board.
His case attracted the attention Of AS
sistant Superintendent Rowland c. Watts
who visits the hospital occasionally to SEES
how the patients are getting on who are
receiving instruction from public school
teacher. Carroll is well advanced in his
studies and Mr.. Watts believes he pos
sesses a mind capable of receiving the
higher education.
One of CAROLS willow baskets, neatly
made and useful, was given Mr.. Watts
at Christmas. Mr.. Watts gave him a
dollar. 1t is Mr.. Watts intention to
place the basket on exhibition at the City
Club, with simple note attached, ex-
planning the makers plight and his wish
to become "a big man in the world" If
Carroll can get money enough to help
him through the "Poly," he believes he
will realize his ambition. Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
FORD'S GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

Week February l6, just to make you
laugh Conan and Harris present the fam
Gus farce,
STOP THIEF.
Original company One year at the Gaiety
Theatre, New York; six months at Cob
ans Theatre, Chicago.
"Stop Thief" is coming, week Feb'y
10th, under the Cohan and Harris man
agement The farce is by Carlyle Moore
and has record of one year at the Gale
ty Theatre, New York, and six months
at the Grand Opera House, Chicago. 1t
is said to be funnier than "Charley's
Aunt" and more mysterious than Sher-
lock Holmes.
The author has chosen kleptomania for
his subject. A prospective benedict and
his father-in-law are afflicted with a
mania for stealing, though neither is
aware of the communicated influence.
The bride-to-be has received valuable
gifts and the inclination to steal comes
over the groom, who engages detective
to curb his impulse.
A real thief is Struggled into the house
by the house maid, mistaken for the de-
tective, and introduced to the family as
such. The astonished craftsman pro-
ceeds to execute his calling, while the
responsibility for the disappearance of
one valuable after the other is accepted
by the kleptomaniacs.
The crook BATTLES police and plain
clothes men. The complications are
many and cause incessant merriment.
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Admission rs and so cents.
Evenings Soc, 75c, and ST. co.
Week February 23rd, farewell engage
ment of the distinguished English actor
Forbes Robertson.
Advertisement
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
Bills In The Legislature.
Mothers Pension Bill.

Delegate Hall introduced in the Hous'
Tuesday, the Mothers Pension bill. |
provides for State appropriation o
5000, 900, out of which fund the State il
to pay dependent mothers certain amount
for support. A mother with one chit
would receive $l2 per month; with TIVE
children. $40; with three children, S24
and 81 month for each additional child
A bill has been introduced by Delegate
Harvey of Carrot county, which prohib
it's ministers or any person authorized tt
perform marriage ceremonies, giving
any fee or reward to hotel porters OF
other persons who may direct couples
wishing to be married to them.
The Frederick city bills relating to the
Board of Aldermen; the Taxing of Cor
porations; Streets and street improve
ments; and the Frederick county bills re-
lating to taking of bait from the county,
and repeating the act encouraging the
killing of certain birds and animals ir
the county, have been favorably report
ed in the Senate and ordered printed for
third reading.
A bill to elect the State Treasurer by
direct vote of the people has been intro
duced by Delegate Waters, of Montgom-
cry county.
Senator Matthias bill providing for the
consolidation of the Frederick and Hag-
erstown Electric Railways was favorably
reported and passed to third reading.
A resolution adopted by the Frederick
county farmers indorsing the legislation
to modernize the Maryland Agricultural
College has been il. troduced in the House.
Delegates Nelson and Bussard of Fred
erick county have been won over by the
suffragists, while Mr.. Wachter sits on
the fence. Messrs BruSt and Belt won't
even get close to the fence.
Senator Matthias is in possession of the
resolution of the Frederick County Farm
ers' Association which opposes any move
ment to repeal the present hunting law
of the county.
Senator Matthias has introduced bill
providing for an appropriation of $50, 600
for repairs and improvements on the
Maryland School for the Deaf at Freder-
lex. 1t is stated that improvements are
much needed at this institution.
On Friday the committee on Public
Buildings will visit the State institution
near Sykesville. and on Saturday will go
the State sanitarium at Sabillasville.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
Mask Rail a Success.

The mask ball given in this place last
Friday evening was one of the delightful
events of the season. Considerable at
tention was given to the decorations in
the Hall, and it presented a very pretty
appearance. Many of our home people
went to considerable trouble preparing
costumes and masks and many were
puzzled to know who was who. About
thirty young people came from Frederick,
most of them being in full evening dress.
Forty-fve couples participated in the
grand march, Mr.. Chas. C. Waters and
Miss Daisy Waesche leading the march.
Dainty refreshments were served at IL
O'Clock. Music was furnished by the
Braddock Heights orchestra. There were
twenty numbers on the program, one
being the grand march, one the lancers,
seven waltzes and eleven tango two-steps.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
STATE OF MARYLAND
STATE ROADS COMMISSION
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed Proposals for building One sec
ton of State Highway. AS follows:
Frederick County: One section of road
along the Emmitsburg Pike, from
near Harmony Grove five miles north,
about miles in length. Resurfacing.
will be received by the State Roads Com
mission, at its offices, COL Garrett Bldg,
Baltimore, Maryland, until IL M. on the
oath day of February, 1914, at which time
and place they will be publicly opened and
read
Bids must be made upon the blank
forms contained in the book of specifica-
tons. Specifications and plans will be
furnished by the Commission upon appli-
cation and cash payment of $1.00, as
hereafter no charges will be permitted.
No bids will be received unless accom-
panied by certified check for the sum
of Five Hundred (50O Dollars, payable
to the State Roads Commission.
The successful bidder will be required
to give bond, and comply with the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland,
respecting contracts.
The Commission reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
BY order of the State Roads Com mis-
sion this Ord day of February 1914.
O. E. WELLER, Chairman.
VIM. l.. Marcy, Secretary. a.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
Local Items.
SabiIIasvi|Ie News.

Mr.. John Henderson of Philadelphia,
a magician of considerable reputation,
visited here last week. The three en-
tertainments were we'll attended. Sew
eral of the magic tricks of the famous
Kellar were shown and with many other
tricks and the ever bright and snappy
Punch and Judy show delighted the audi
ence. The exhibitions were given in the
Red Mems hall.
Little Helen Williar and Ethel Craw-
ford, who have been sick for the past
week, are improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fleet Harbaugh are Wis
iting in Waynesboro.
Mrs. Steele of Baltimore is visiting
Mrs. Roscoe Brown.
At St. Johns Reformed parsonage by
Rev. M. L. Firor, on Thursday, Feb'y 5,
Mr.. Shreeve Zentz, of Thurmont, and
Miss Flora Fisher, of Eyler's Valley,
were united in marriage.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
A Most Delightful Dance.
ICON INUNDATED.

One of the most delightful dances given
in recent years was held in Town Hall
Friday night, Feb'y 6. The affair was a
most successful one in every particular,
the costuming being especially note
worthy. Some very fine representations
were given and showed off to fine ad-
vantage in the grand march which open
ed the affair." and which was led by Mr..
C. C. Waters and Miss Daisy Waesche
There were 50 couples dancing and
many interested in looking on, making
in all 1875 present.
Many out of town people attended,
among whom were the following:
From Frederick - Misses Isabel Zim-
norman, Harriette Ramsburg, Mabel
Kindley, Miss Whitney, Helen Hersh-
berger, Miss Schley, Pauline McCardell,
Margaret Ford, Julia Rodock, Katherine
Cramer, Ruth Kelley, Irene Motter,
Adelaide Beeson, Lucy Thomas, Lillian
Motter, Margaret Dill. Messrs. Monroe
Zentz, Guy X. Motter, W. c. James,
Harry Newcomer, G. Frank Heck, N.
Wilson Schley, George LeGore, Thomas
Zimmerman, Jas. Diffendal, Raymond S.
Tompkins, c. c. Dean, James d. En-
right, John Ed. Schell Jr., Frank B.
Sappington Jr., Edward Shriner and d.
M. Gilbert Jr.
Emmitsburg Misses Estelle Cadori,
Grace Rowe, Madeline Frailey, Miss
Sebold, Ruth Chilean. Messrs. William
Rowe, Herbert Gingle, Clarence Frailey,
George Robertson.
Liberty-Mr. Gordon Morris.
The music was furnished by the Brad
dock Heights Orchestra and was one of
the enjoyable features of the dance.
1t seems a most fitting and opportune
time to mention here that in the future
it would be wise for the Mayor and City
Fathers to see that the Hall is properly
heated, and that suitable dressing rooms
provided for the disposition of wraps, etc.
1t was very embarrassing to the COM
mittee not to be able to provide better
accommodations for out of town visitors
and certainly does not reflect much credit
on the town. When paying big price
for the Hall the public has right to ex-
pect the Hall to be well heated, and to
cleaned, not by the ones renting the Hall
as happened in this case, but by the ones
who do the renting.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
Defends Tango Steps.

Declares Position Makes Them Vulgar
And Urges "Three-Inches Apart Rule
cts not the step that makes dancing
vulgar" declared James w. Bangert,
president of the National Association OF
Masters of Dancing cts the position
If the partners stand three inches apart
and extend the arms in their dancing,
no one-step turkey trot or hesitation
waltz would be vulgar. But the slowest
waltz or the seemingly most harmless
two-step can be made disagreeably sug'
gestive by the position that the couples
assume"
Mr.. Bangert was discussing the reso-
lutions drawn up by the Dancing Teach
ers' Association of Baltimore on Sunday
morning in which it was decided to stop
vulgar dancing.
GAN the dancing masters in the world
cannot stem the tide of present day dane
ing" he said. 1.-THE craze is an intangi-
BILE and as unstable as the wind-no one
can tell whence it cometh nor whittier it
goethv Dancing masters cannot make
up new dances nor change old ones. 1t
rests entirely with the dancers them
selves.
eff the wave of popularity of GER
tain dance reac hes town everybody dances
it. When the wave of popularity re-
cedes they stop dancing it. But what
the masters say have nothing whatever
to do with it. All we can do is to learn
the new dances and teach them in answer
to the demand The popularity generally
springs from some special dance seen on
the stage or affected by some fashionable
society leader.
"For ID years | was secretary of the
National Association of Masters of Dane
ing, and the last three years have been
president of it. We meet every year and
exchange ideas on dancing. We make
resolutions to try to make a certain dance
the thing. We go back to our homes de-
termined to carry out the resolution But
the dance decid ID upon by US last June
is still unadopted by the dancing public.
They didn't like it and it didn't take.
"Personallv, can find no objection to
the dancing of today. 1t has toned down
considerably in the last months. The
positions are far more conservative and
dignifed and find decided Inclination
back to the old-fashioned waltz The
present popularity of the hesitation waltz
shows this trend. If one might dare
prophecy on such unstable things, |
should say that by this time next year
the waltz will be back among US in all its
old enthusiasm.
"There is one dance that has been ut
terly misrepresented by current talk and
ignorance. 1t is the tango. No one in
his senses could object to the tango. 1t
is one of the most graceful and most dig
nifed dances ever danced. 1t is a COM
bination of one-step and turkey trot that
unknowing people put together and call
by the name tango. 1t is a horrid mis-
representation of beautiful dance,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
K. of P. Celebration.

The Golden Jubilee, fiftieth anniver.
sary of the founding of the order Knights
of Pythias, will be one of the most elab-
crate ceremonies ever held by the order.
Every state of the union, including the
foreign possessions of the United States
and Canada, will send representatives to
the convention which will be held Feb'y
10, 20 and 81, at Washington, D. c.
William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of
State, will deliver an address on ezra
ternalism." President Woodrow Wilson
will receive the supreme officers and del
egates of the convention on Friday even
ing. On Thursday and Friday afternoons
at l O'Clock the Degree Team of Noun
tain City Lodge No. 20, of Frederick,
will confer the rank of Page on a large
class of candidates in Convention Hall,
the capacity of which is given as 10000.
This degree team has the distinction of
being the best in the order. The team
is in charge of DR.. Thomas Eader. was
organized in 1902, and has initiated 5000
candidates, about seventy-five of this
number now being members of Chancel-
lor Lodge of Thurmont.
An interesting program is being pre-
pared by Chancellor Lodge, X. of P, of
this place for the celebration of the Gold
en- Jubilee The meeting will be held in
Town Hall Tuesday evening of next week,
Reno Harp, of the Frederick bar, has
been secured to make an address on this
occasion. The meeting is open to the
public, and everybody is welcome.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-02-12
Cold Wave Arrived.

The cold wave predicted arrived in this
section of the country Saturday night
and sent the mercury to the 16 mark in
the tube. Sunday strong breeze made
the cold appear much greater than it
really was.
On Sunday Chicago and the Middle
West suffered from the cold, the tenn
perature being below zero-the coolest
for two years. The cold caused two
deaths, and 103 fires resulted from over.
heated stoves. Many fremen were in.
jured and frost bitten while attending
these fires.