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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18
AMERICAN CITIZEN
! IN IRISH REVOLT

Washington, May 18.-The United
States consul at Dublin today report
ed that jeremiah Lynch of New York,
an American citizen, had been arrest
ed for participation in the recent
Irish rebellion
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18
may II CELEBRATION IL.
IN FRoAM SUNDAY

"Syttende Mai' fest will be held
at Aardahls Congregational church
in FROM Sunday. Judge G. w. STAN
ton, Attorney E. E. Mcdonald and b.
J. Bjornoraa will deliver addresses.
Dinner will be served at noon.
"Syttende Mai'' was observed in
Bemidji last evening at the First
Scandinavian Lutheran church Of
which Rev. Osmund Johnson is pas
tor. A special program was given.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18
PACKERS RED|CuLE
REPORTS THAT MEAT
TO ALLIES POISONED

Chicago, ILL.,, Ma y1S.-Packers to-
day ridiculed reports from Rome that
metal hooks had been found in ship
ments of canned meats to the Allies.
They stated that it was possible for
small metal bits to get into the meat
on rare occasions. They stated that
careful inspection prevented German
plots. --.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18

The Bemidji Naval Militia will give
a dance at the city hall tomorrow
evening which promises to surpass
Ianything of it's kind ever given in
Bemidji. The hall is being especially
decorated for the occasion. Drills
by the militia will feature the dance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18

The study class of the Methodist
church, in which Mrs. J. w. Naugle
has conducted a study of the history
of the Bible, will organize Sunday
into a Sunday school class and will
take the name"Win-one" as their
title. They will also elect officers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18
CONTRACT FOR BIG
DITCH up TOMORROW

Contracts will be let for the con-
struction of Ditch rs at the court
house tomorrow afternoon at two
O'Clock. The ditch is to be located
north of the North Red Lake and will
be about 239 miles in length. It is
estimated that it will cost $780,
76979.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18
ST. PAUL WOMAN SAVES
CHILDREN WHEN HOME BURNS

st. Paul, Mimi, May 18.-Fight-
ing like tigress, Mrs. Paul Tesche
saved six children when fire Destroy
ed their home today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18
JOSEPH JEROME FOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER

Joseph Jerome filed for the office
of county commissioner in the fourth
district yesterday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18
Timber Available.

Mr.. Opsahl stated today that 4OO,-
100000 feet of timber will be avail
able under the Nelson act. Besides
this, he stated that last year there
were $4,000 tons Of hay on the res
ervation which was wasted on ac-
count of not having market.
Mr.. Opsahl yesterday withdrew as
a candidate for congress in the sixth
district.
A part of the new railway will
probably be in operation early in NO.
vember. The ultimate equipment to
carry the tonnage in sight would con-
sist of 4,2OO cars about equally di-
vided into freight, logging and COM
- bination grain and automobile cars.
Two passenger trains of six cars
each, it is estimated, would handle
the passenger business for the first
two years. About six switch engines,
two Mikado type engines for heavy
freight and nearly dozen general
utility locomotives would handle the
traffic after the complete line is
opened.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18
JESTER FARM RESORT
TO OPEN MAY 25

The Jester Farm Resort on Lake
Plantaganet will be opened about
May 25. Many reservations have
been made for the summer months.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-18
= J. J. 0psahl Returns From St. Paul
Where He Filed Incorporation
Papers.
LINE TO EXTEND FROM
ST. PAUL TO BORDER
Part of New Road May Be in Opera
ton in November; Bemidji is
Headquarters.

Bemidji will be the headquarters
for a new railway. It will be the
Red Lake Northern railway and it
will be built from St. Paul, through
Bemidji to Warroad.
Opsahl President.
J. J. Opsahl of Bemidji will be
president of the new company. The
first board of directors will be COM
posed of j. ]. Opsahl, Leo J. Opsahl,
John Moberg, George H. French and
\, A. NJ. Bagley. T. B. Walker, Mime
apclis, millionaire lumberman, is in
terested in the new road.
]. J. Opsahl returned this morning
from st. Paul where articles OF in
corporation were filed yesterday by
the Red Lake Northern Railway 6
Construction company. Capital stock
is S15O,OOO. The life of the corpora
tion is for 80 years.
Take Over Lines.
The new railway will take over
two short lines owned by the Walker
interests as a nucleous for the new
road. One line runs from Akeley,
Minn., to Itasca State park. The
other runs from the park to Shevlin,
MINI. Both are logging roads of
only 20 miles each. ..x
The Red River Lumber company,
of which J. j. Opsahl is manager of
the land department, will only have
an interest in the new road and will
not appear in it's corporation.
Surveying crews will start -. out
about June first.
Survey Here.
The first survey will open route
north of Bemidji to the Red Lake
reservation. Federal laws provide
that only one railroad is to have the
right Of way across the reservation.
The new company has already re-
quested that right of way and it is
believed will be given in the near fu-
ture
The adoption of the Nelson bill
opening the Red Lake Indian terri
tory to lease and exploitation of farm
products as we'll as lumber, decided
the Bemidji men to organize the rail-
WAY
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
Immes and Wife
May Face Court
Here IN 10 Days

Victor Innes and his wife may be tried
within the next ten days in Fulton su-
perior court for alleged larceny after
trust of $4,000 from the missing Nelms
sisters
Solicitor Dorsey's Office Tuesday was
notified by wire from Austin, Tex, that
the mandate of the United States SUI
preme court upholding the decision of
the Texas district federal courts, which
ruled that the Illnesses were subject to
eXtIadition, had been received at Aus
tin.
This mandate will be sent at once
from Austin to San Antonio, where the
ILLNESSES are jailed. and there appears
to be no reason why Innes and his
wife will not be brought back at once
to face trial i'm Atlanta.
Upon receipt of the wire from Texas,
Solicitor Dorsey made arrangements to
send County Policeman c. c. Heard and
City Detective John Starnes to San An
tonic for the Illnesses. These officers
will leave Atlanta Wednesday after
noon.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
Villa Pressing Unwilling
Poems Into His Service

CASAS GRANDES, Mexico, March -.
jBy wireless to Columbus, \. NJ, March
27O-F'rancisco Villa, outlawed Mexican
bandit, fleeing before American caval-
rvmen somewhere between Namiquipa
and the Sierra Tarahumares, is increas
ing his band by force, according to army
reports today.
The bandit chieftain seized thirty-five
men and boys in FL Vale, sixty-five
miles south of here, and forced them
10 accompany mis- column. Half of the
constitutionalist garrison at Namiquipa
has disappeared and it is expected that
some of them also have joined Villa.
Utmost haste is being made in the
flight toward the mountains, which Villa
is nearing rapidly, neither men nor
horses being spared. 1t is known that ne
is practically without supplies and am
munition and it is reported that he is
attempting to reach the neighborhood
where he has ammunition cached.
Poems in the district through which
Villa has passed recently say that his
men are virtually in a state of starva-
ton Dead and dying horses discarded
in the flight are found almost daily
by American troops, eight being dis
covered today.
The bandits haste would indicate that
the American forces are close on his
heels. but General Pershing, expedition
airy commander. who returned TO-DAY
from a two days inspection of troops in
the field. says reports that Villa is sur.
rounded are premature.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
PASSAGES THROUGH
MOUNTAINS BEING
CLOSELY GUARDED
Pershing'S Forces Closing En-
frances to All Mountains
Trails Through Which Ban
dit Hopes to Escape !.
(Ry Associated Prssa.l

Ell PASO, Tex, March 2T.-Flying
columns of American cavalry today are
seeking to enIrap Francisco Villa and
his band by sealing UP all the trails and
passes in the mountainous district
south of Ell Vale.
With the outlets barred, squadrons OF
cavalry and detachments of infantry,
operating from the base near Casas
Grandes, will comb the country to drive
the bandit in the open.
This is the plan military authorities
are following to capture Villa
Villa and his band are moving rapid
" among the foothills of Sierra Tara
humares. holly pursued by three coli
umns of American cavalry. Colonel
George A. Dodd is directing the move
ment
This information confirms reports
brought here by American travellers
from Casas Grandes district Saturday
that Villa had escaped from the Car
rama troops. Mexican Consul Garcia
does not credit the reports that the Car
rama forces furnished no real OPPOSE
tion to Villa.
Villa scattered his command in his
flight southwark and at one time IL
was learned today, led only a small
force of fifteen or twenty men. The
army censor at Columbus has permits
ted the information to pass that Villa
increased his command at FL Vale by
forcing thirty-five young men and boys
to accompany him.
Military men here say this indicates
that Villa now believes that he has
eluded his pursuers and is in position
to move a large body of men without
fear of capture.
Brigadier General Pershing expects 1t
will take months to capture Villa.
Returning American refugees and cat
tlemen are unanimous in their expression
that Villa never will be taken. The ma
ture of the country and the fact thaq
Villa is among his own people, make
the bandits capture unlikely, they as
Sert.
The Mexican country where Villa is
fleeing is a land peculiar TO itself.I "A
sergeant, an old campaigner in the infan
try, now in that region, speaking to
Casas Grandes rancher, puts IL thus:
II have been in nearly every land. But
in this part of Mexico there are more
rivers and less water; more cows and
less milk, and further to look and less
to see than any country l have ever
known"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
Finds 1t Not So
Easy After All
To Get a Wife
His Brother Says Joe TrimbIe
Is Only Man Who Has Ever
PerSiStentIy Tried to Get
Married, but Can't

To Joe ]. Trimble, of East Point, be-
longs the distinction of being the only
man on record who wanted to get mar
ried. tried persistently to get married
and couldn't get married, according to
his brother Lee. The latter was VIII
ness at the trial of Joe in the federal
court Monday on charge of sending an
improper letter to Miss Leila Allen,
young lady of East Point.
You say Joe was fond of the ladies.
What kind of ladies did he like?" At
torney ]. F. Goligntly, who defended
Tribe. asked Lee Trimble, who took
the stand.
Il don't know as know exactly
how to put 1t, but Joe never went after
the oId-like girls Lee declared. THE
kind he liked was mostly from twelve
to eighteen. And he'd follow 'em-fol-
low 'em to the river and then beyond.
Did he want to marry them?
marry 'em?" Here the witness lean
ed toward the jury. Joe was the only
man I ever knew who wanted to marry,
tried to get married, but couldn't get
married" he added.
Trimble went on to tell of his broth
er's queer disposition. One of his il
lusions was that he could, through his
own system of wireless communication,
hear the guns on the battlefields of Eu-
rope and could distinguish their nation
ality by their sound.
How often did he hear these guns?'
Assistant District Attorney Henley ask
ed on cross-examination.
"I'll be fair with you, brother, don't
know" the witness replied. An appar-
ent attempt of Mr.. Henley to show,
through questions, that ole Trimble was
not as much of a nut as his brother
cracked him up to be, was abandoned on
Trimble's admission that he was bum
puzzled"
Joe Trimble himself took the stand.
and declared that he had intended his
letter to Miss Allen as a proposal of
marriage, although lie admitted that
Miss Allen has spurned him and told
him to take his junk back to him
SELF
He also admitted that he had made a
study of electricity, and could hear the
European war guns, and could distin-
guish them by sound
THE Rooshian guns" he said. Sound
loud and deep, but the French are more
keen. l should say that the sound was
the difference between muzzle load
ing gun and rifle
Trimble is an iron worker and is 40
years old.
The jury before whom Tribe was
tried in the federal court, at AS o'clock
Monday afternoon brought in a verdict
acquitting him.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
Contesses Part
In Robbing Safe
OfHsEmpLoyer
Frank 7. DoWney, General Fire
ExtinguiSher Co.'s Stenog-
rapher, Puts Blame on Ver-
non Floyd

Frank Il. Downey. young man salo
10 be of prominent Birmingham tamil
ly, confessed Monday morning that he
helped to rob the safe of the General
Fire Extinguisher company, 276-27S Ma
rietta street, in the office of which he
was employed as stenographer.
IL was talked into it by another man;
was broke, L needed the money; he
persuaded me TO do it," said Downey
20 newspaper men. as he sat in the office
Of city detectives who arrested him
Sunday night
The other man" was named by
powney as Vernon H. Floyd, also of
Birmingham. Floyd is said to have
skipped town with 1852 of the 1892
which was taken from the safe.
The robbery was discovered Sunday
morning by Patrolman Linan. He found
the door on Marietta street open. He
went upstairs. The safe door was also
open. He called detectives.
Detectives Sturdivant and Holdings
worth investigated. They found that
the door of the safe had been soaped
all over In the small door inside the
safe was a key All the cash was gone,
but three diamond rings valued at $500
had not been touched.
DOWNEY is ARRESTED.
The detectives sent for p. P. Hanley,
cashier of the General Fire EXtinSulsh-
er company. Mr.. Hanley identified the
key as the desk key of his personal
stenographer, Downey. Sturdivant and
Hollingsworth went to the Aragon hotel,
where Downey rooms. and at o'clock
Sunday afternoon arrested him as he
entered the lobby, }
Downey made a full confession Mon
DAY morning.
He said Floyd was the man who sug-
gested the robbery and talked him into
it," He said he and Floyd went to the
office Saturday night and opened the
safe with his Downey's, key. Floyd took
the money. S192, out of the safe, said
Downey He kept $3.50, Downey said.
There was only SIS in Downey's pos
session when he was arrested.
Downey was reluctant to tell just how
the outer door to the safe was opened
but detectives say he knew the COM
b.nation.
A charge of suspicion has been
docketed against the young man.
Neatly dressed and self-possessed
DCwney appeared to be little concerned
over the robbery.
THE company will fix it," he said.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
MAY ENTANGLE OTHERS
IN PECK MURDER PLOT
(By Associated Press.N

NEW YORK, March 27-The finding
of new clues which may lead to the dis
cOvery of accomplices of DR.. Arthur
Warren Waite, accused of the murder of
his father-in-law, John E. Peck, Grand
Rapids. millionaire, caused District Al
torney Swami today to delay asking for
an indictment before the grand jury IN
til tomorrow.
1--WE will have sufficient evidence be-
fore the jury today to warrant an in
dictment for murder in the first degree.
said the district attorney, but in order
to follow out certain important new
leads we will hold the grand jury until
tomorrow"
The district attorney declined to re-
veal the nature of the new clues, but
intimated that others might be involved
in the allege murder plot and further in
vestigation might disclose that there
was TO have been more than one victim.
Mr.. Swami admitted he mad evidence
that DR.. Waite had a laboratory in
which he made a study of deadly germs.
Assistant District Attorney Man
cuso, Dr. Harry Schurz the Peck family
physician and Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Peck,
son and daughter-in-law of the victim
of the alleged murder, arrived today
from Grand Rapids and were expected
to go before the grand jury. Mr.. Man
cuso brought a large number OF, exhibits
and 500 pages of stenographfc notes,
detailing among other things the cir
cumstances of the cremation OF Mrs.
Peck, wife of the victim, who preceded
him six weeks in death.
orders were given by the district at
torney today that DR.. Waite, who is not
yet recovered at Bellevue hospital from
the effects of the drug he took several
days ago, should be placed in a private
room at the hospital under constant
guard of three detectives, VINO were in
structed not TO relax vigilance and to
report everything the prisoner said
1t was later made known at the dis
trict attorneys office that detectives had
obtained evidence of the purchase oy DR..
Waite of quantities of germs of infec-
tious diseases. They have records show
ing the times and places the germs were
obtained, it was said.
DR.. Waite has given to his brother
authority to restore to Miss Catherine
A. Peck, sister of John Z. Peck, the
funds remaining from the $4,000 she
entrusted to DIR. Waite for investment.
II is reported Miss Peck has promised
to supply funds for the dentists de-
Tense under certain conditions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
B0RGLUM ESTABLISHES
STONE MOUNTAIN STUDIO

Gutzon BOrglum, the noted sculptor
in charge Of the erection of the pro-
posed Confederate memorial on the side
Of Stone mountain. will deliver an adj
dress in the Stone Mountain schoolhouse
at S o'clock Thursday night. He will
tell the people of tho community of
his plans for the memorial. There will
he a barbecue i'm the afternoon in his
honor.
Ir. Borglum has taken apartments in
Atlanta at the Morningside and estab-
Iished his studio at Stone Mountain. Mrs.
EcTglum recently Joined him here and
the family was increased Saturday by
the birth Of a daughter. Mrs Borglum
is now at Davis-Fischer sanitarium.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
BRITISH BLOW UP
OVER 100 YARDS OF
GERMAN TRENCHES
Loss of Long Line of Fortifi-
cations Near St, EIoi OFF,
CiaIIy Announced by the
Berlin War Office
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, March 27.-Contirua -
ton of a violent bombardment east of
the Mouse, and north of Verdun indi-
Gates the probabilities of new attacks
there by the Germans The front be-
tween Dauaumont and VoiX is bearing
the brunt of the attack. The infantry
has not been employed anywhere along
the Franco-Belgian front so far as the
official reports show.
The Balkan theater or war is attract
ing renewed attention by reason of the
increasing activities north of Salonil1i,
where the skirmishing between Teutonic
allies and entente forces is now appar-
emily taking the form of a general at
tack against the Franco-British lines.
1t is not believed in entente circles in
Athens however, that a serious attempt
at the capture of Saloniki is intended.
The German official statement today
announces that more than 100 yards of
German trenches near 81. Floi have been
blown up by the British.
Berlin declares that Saturdays Brit
ish air raid on a German aviation base
on the north Tristan coast was COM
plete failure. The British have admit
ted the loss of three seaplanes and a
torpedo boat destroyer, the latter
through a collision in the naval en-
counter that followed. Two German
armed trawlers were sunk and the Ger
man admiralty reports that one German
torpedo boat is missing.
Sinking of several additional vessels,
presumably by submarines, is reported
today-the craft sunk include the Brit
ish steamer Cerne and the French
steamer Hebe. A British fish carrier,
the Khartoum, also was sunk and it is
feared several of her crew were
drowned.
In Paris today was begun the war
conference of the entente allies, con-
sidered the most important Since the
outbreak of hostilities.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
No Infantry Action
In the Verdun Region
(BY Assooiated Pros


PARIS, March 27.-There were no in
fantry actions in the Verdun region last
night, this afternoons official state
ment says East of the Mouse the ar
tillery action was violent along the
Douaumont-Vaux line. To the west of
the river the night was relatively calm
The text of the statement follows.
I'm the Argonne district there had
been fighting with mines which resulted
to our advantage at La File Morte.
There have also been some agements
with bombs in the sector of Courtes
ChauSSees.
West of the river Mouse the night
was relatively calm. East of the river
there has been uninterrupted artillery
firing along the Douaumont-VauX front.
I'm the Woevre district there has been
a fairly spirited bombardment particu-
larly in the region of Moulainville and
Chatillon but no infantry actions.
ION the remainder of the front the
night was quiet"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
Crackers Skull Fractured
By Falling Mast on SUISSE,
tBv Associated Prsss.l

By AssocIated RreSs-1
LONDON. March 35.-Of the thret
American survivors OF the Sussex who
are i'm n hospital at Dover, only one
scorge Croker. of Fitchburg, Mass. Is
m a serious condition. His skull was
fractured by a falling mast. lie regain
81 consciousness this morning and hts
1nysicians believe he viii recover
Joshua D. Armitage, of New York
and Wilder Pcnfield, Of Hudson, Wis,
are suffering from shock and bruises,
Out are not seriously injured.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
COUNTY PHYSICIANS CAR
OVERTURNED BY MULE

When mule hitched to a wagon was
hurled against the car in which he was
riding at Marietta and Means street Sat
urday afternoon, Dr. w. J. Auten, county
physician, was painfully injured and
was suffering Monday from his bruises.
DR.. Auten was trying to dodge anoth-
er automobile when the mule fell against
his car, turning it over. The physician
declared Monday that he thought he
was lucky not to have broken any
bones
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
Villa Prepares to Make One
More Stand Before Hiding

FIELD HEADQUARTERS, AMERI-
CAN FORCES, COLONIA DUBLAN,
CHIHUAHUA, Mex, March 26.-(By
aeroplane to Columbus, n. NJ, March
27D-Evidence that Villa is preparing
to resist the American pursuing columns
and that the Mexican people are not as
yet rallying to him, has been collected
by the officers and the scouts of the
American troops.
General ]. j. Pershing announced last
night the establishment of a new base
IN the pursuit of Villa. The second base
is much nearer the location where the
bandit is reported in retreat than the
old base at field HEADQUARTERS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
American Supplies Running.
0W, Saws San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 27.--Un-
less permission is granted soon for the
shipment of supplies over one of the
railroads to the American troops in
Mexico, the pursuit of Villa may be Sc
riously retarded. 1t was explained at
department headquarters today that the
frightening lines of communication
along heavy trails had made it practi
cally impossible to deliver supplies by
automobile trucks and that already 4
serious shortage of grain for horses
and mules had been experienced.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
Another Child for
1IsOn s Daughter
nv Associated Press. !

PHILADELPHIA, March 27.-Many
congratulatory messages were received
today AT the Jefferson hospital, where
Mrs. Frances s. Sayre and her daugh-
ter, Eleanor Axon Sayre, born yester-
day, were reported TO be doing we'll
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-28
| abor Dispute Settled

(By Associated Press.l
PATERSON, y. j., March 2I.-Fofmal
announcement was made here today that
the Silk Manufacturers association
will grant the demand of the work
ers for a nine-hour day effective April