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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05

The development OF the River
Rouge project IL said by many Do
troit Industrial experts to be one OF
the most important steps taken In
the work OF creating a greater In
dustrial structure for Detroit.
River Rouge and steel and basic
products are becoming more close
ly associated. There is little ques-
ton that the improvement OF River
Rouge az outlined in the plan sub
mitted 10 Washington by Maj. II.
Burgess. engineering corps. L. 8. A..
located in Detroit. constitutes the
frst big forward stride in the com,
paign TO create In Detroit a basic
products" industry.
The Ford Motor company has al
ready commenced excavation work
for the erection OF blast furnaces
on the Rouge to operate in connec-
ton with the great tractor factory
which Mr.. Ford contemplates con
structing II is said TO be Mr.
Fcrd's plan To bring the great lake
ore carriers up the river 10 his
plant. and TO likewise transport in
that manner the finished product
from the plant TO the seaboard and
to other lake ports for distribution
William Livingstone, president OF
the Lake Carriers association. de-
clares that the aggregate tonnage
which passes thru the Detroit river
at the present time. exceeds the
tonnage which enters and clears a.
the ports OF New York. London. IIv.
erpeel and Manchester. combined
In this respect. then. Detroit leads
the world
II Is planned that by developing
the River Rouge and with the add.
cd development OF the basic mater
iaI manufacturing idea. the district
VIII serve as a magnet in drawing
10 this city great portion OF the
freight which passes thru the De-
troit river. The advantages Of such
Development can hardly be estimat-
cd. II is argued. and for this reason
the Rouge project Is considered not
only desirable but positively neces-
sary to the city.
Some weeks ago MAI Burgess
filed report 10 headquarters In
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05
Development of River Rouge Would
Be First Step in Creating Basic
Material Products in Detroit

Warrington following . conference
which was attended by most Of the
parties interested In the project
The plan IL TO widen the Rouge TO
200 fest and 10 obtain an average
depth Of ri feet. The Improvement
il expected TO make the river nav.
isable by the big carriers for q dis
lance OF some four miles from the
water front.
The latest news from Washington
relating to the matter. indicates that
the prospects are good for the APP
preparation OF from 100000 TO $780,
900 for this work by the present
congress. mainly as result OF the
efforts OF Mr-1ivingstone and the
congressman from this district who
have been fghting for the measure
in the capitol.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05
AUTO PATENTS
Motors Well Protected Despite
Belief To Contrary. Says
Detroit Patent Attorney

A member of the Arm OF Barthel.
Flanders e. Bsrthel patent attor-
neys OF Detroit. WAS asked whether
or not modern motor car could b.
built without infringing on any
existing patents.
While the belief seems 10 be
prevalent among the users OF auto
mobiles that there are few existing
patents covering its construction.
which would prevent any one from
copying in general way the mod
ern automobile as manufactured to-
day, yet II any one viii take the
trouble TO look into the matter he
will Ind that he Is hedged about
with patents which are not easy TO
avoid" he said.
1T IL known that many men have
gotten into the game. and made a
success OF IL. too. who have never
taken the trouble 10 ind out just
where they stood In relation 10 the
patent situation, but have gone ON
and built mp a successful business
without knowing whether they were
Infringing upon the rights of others
have gotten away with IL simply be.
cause many OF the owners OF yalua-
bic patents were too busy and too
successful in their own manufactur-
ing enterprises 10 take the time and
attention necessary to prosecute IN
FINGERS.
However. there are a number OF
notable instances in which large
profits have been derived from pat
ents. One OF these instances is that
OF the wellknown Selden patent I'M
der which large number OF prom
inent automobile concerns operated
for a number OF years. paying trib-
ute until the patent was so narrow
ly construed by the court that II no
longer applied 70 the modern motor
car.
There are. however. other pat
ents still in force which II is
claimed cover broadly the arrange.
ment OF the mechanism OF our pres
cnt-day motor car, that Is. the cen
ter lineup OF the engine. sliding gear
transmission and propeller shaft ey-
tending 10 and driving tho rear axle.
Also. the modern type OF change
speed gearing. and other features
which are used In a majority OF
automobiles as manufactured today.
These patents are known as the
Dyer patents and some manufactur-
ers have taken out licenses under
them. Manufacturers have not. how
ever. been vigorously prosecuted IN
der these patents. and so the idea
has gradually grown that there are
no patents which cover these ideas.
There are very few manufactur-
ers today who make all Of the parts
and accessories for their cars, and.
OF course, n they buy from the parts
manufacturer who owns or controls
the patents covering his particular
product. the builder Is released from
any liability under them"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05
MANY BUILDERS
GOING SOUTH
six Coaches Will BE Used For
Trip To Atlanta Convention
and New Orleans

The Builders and Traders trip TO
Atlanta. Ca, and New Orleans, Feb.
10 will require special train OF six
coaches. IL the additional reserva-
tons that are coming in can be
taken care OF at the southern hotels,
there may be one or even two more
coaches added TO the train.
There has been some difficulty
in getting hotel reservations at At
lanta. as the convention OF the Ma
tional Association OF Builders Ex-
changes will be In session. and there
will be visitors from all parts OF
the country there. At New Orleans.
The Detroit party will simply park
their train and sleep in the berths
and parlors, instead OF going 10 ho-
tells
This viii be- one OF the longest
trips the builders exchange mem.
bers have ever taken. IL viii cover
all OF the famous scenic points en-
route
The cost OF The trip has been esti-
mated at sls5.0p per person and IL
will consume about II days Many
Of the tourists will not return with
the train. but will go to points in
Florida. Cuba. Panama and other re-
sorts
The list OF those who have made
reservations TO date is rs follows
George n Maui. George Num-. r. H..
Wolf. Thos G. Whitaker. r. NJ.
De Bruyn and wife: VIM. c. Brumm-
Ter and wife; r r. Golden and wife;
John Boiler and wife. j. a. Schluch-
ter and wife, JOS Maieska and wife.
George 4 Vivier and wife Robert
" Gambler. Robert q Mcdonnell.
W. j. Breen. w. n Battles. A. y.
Rose, Daniel Wolf. Daniel Brill and
wife. 4 H. Cooper ana wife Gust
J. Albrccht and Wife. Or VIM a Repp
and wife. ". = Vivier and wife. r.
VI. PAUL. and wife. Mira Theodore
knight Frank Knight " " Steger
and wife, W a Dow and wife: Otto
Misch and wife, a r. Felske and
wife. w. A. Seidel l.. Leder. Julius
Lesinski. Leonard Leszczynski. j. A.
Corrick and wife. John Krause and
wife. Albert Ternes. NJ j. Theisen.
Harry Clippert. Walter Nehls. Chas
Pohlman and wife. VIM Heimbach
and wife. Miss NJ. f. Berns, c. w.
Formell, F. A. Chapper. NJ. j. Elem
haus. Gust Sylvester, Ernest Nc
Cleary. Chas II. Bryan. wife and
daughter, A Lonyo and wife. Chas.
A. Bowen and wife. Thomas NJ TEN
pleton and wife. George Moore and
wife, Mrs. John Davidson. Mrs. Rob
ort Davidson, J. w. Cullen and wife,
A. w Backus and wife. L. wasmund
and wife. Mrs. Davis. Edward VI.
Harrigsn and wife. w. II. Moss and
wife, Otto Schmidt and wife and
two children. Miss Gusta Conklin.
Chas Scholl and wife. John Scholl
and wife. @. ] Netting and wife,
Mar Stock and wife, Or. Rothacher
and wife. Miss Rothacher, Mrs. Fen
der. A Rothacher and grandson. c.
p. TietEe and wife, Miss Tietze.
After the convention al Atlanta,
the party will Journey 10 New Or.
leans, where II will enjoy the Mardi
Gras festival.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05
Richard Schroeder Improving.

Richard Schroeder. OF Brede a
Schroeder. active in affairs OF the
Builders & Traders exchange. who
has been seriously Ill. is now i'm
proving
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05

Printina-the plain neat ktnd--thnt
II vtRh'-Tfmcs job Depf.--Nain f52O.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05

The fourteenth annual convention
OF the American Road Builders as
ISOLATION and the Seventh American
Good Roads congress. which as
semble in Boston today. promise 20
be the largest gathering in the in.
terest OF good roads IN the history
OF the world
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05

The case OF Lube Martin. the Ne
gro who was saved from 'lynching
several weeks ago by the timely
arrival OF Gov Stanley OF Ken
lucky. is 10 come up for trial today
at Murray. Ky
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05
THE WAR-DETROIT
~ .. 4. vHLOpgR

WONDERING well they Whist snect ne prsssn
conditions
BY leading manufactures and industrial
Detroit positive III effects such
n said
OF win Be
their produ what
automobile Manufactured Quantities for
munitions win the Of opinion
that whatever labor be released from certain Industries ssosd
viii quickly employed the Of industry sho md
scheduled continue short Of labor for Tina
should interesting Detroiters
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05

Two hundred and seventeen
claims hled against the estate OF
the hate James J. Hill. the railroad
magnate. are 10 come up for hear
ing today In the probate court at
ST. Paul
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-03

CONGRESS STANDS SoUARELY
BEHIND THE PRESIDENT
Washington, April 3.-Congress
started today to make war with Ger
many a success.
Foreign committees of both house
and senate met this forenoon to con-
slider the war resolution" Other
committees tentatively considered
what shall be done with apprOpria-
tons, raising men, providing means
of prosecuting war with VigOr, check
ing German espionage and intrigue
within this nation and of so censor
ing news Of struggle that this ma
tons enemy may not be informed in
advance Of United States moves.
Congress may debate considerably
some phases of Pres. Wilson's recon-
mendatiOns. But it will be united on
central theme that war is here and
that it must be waged to last man
and last dollar in order that demOc-
raCy shall not perish from the earth.
Matter of extending credit to the
allies will probably cause extensive
discussion. But if loan is not char
ity, then congress will doubtless ap-
prove it.
Feature that shows greatest sign
of temporary trouble is matter of
raising revenue. Pres. Wilson urged
that nation insofar as possible pay
for it now in the present generation.
On whole, the spirit of congress is
unanimous behind the president.
What he asks will be granted, leaders
say.
In any event, pacifsts are expected
to offer little objections Sen. LaFOl-
Iette heard Pres. Wilson's speech
without any outward evidence Of its
impression on him.
Sen. Stone, who opposes war, has
not decided fully whether to speak
against war resolution, but after it is
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-03
me. He had saved my life twice
did that life belong to him?
Don't you love me?" he repeated.
I looked up into his face suddenly
and seemingly without vOlitiOn, the
words came: 81 don't know"
ITO Be Continueo)
TO BUILD EMERGENCY NAVY
YARDS AT ONCE.


Washington, April 3.-The navy
dept will Immediately spend the
$4,000, 900 emergency appropriation
for increased navy yard facilities as
follows:
At Portsmouth, N. H., facilities for
the immediate construction of ten
submarines.
New York, one slip for the con-
struction of capital battleship and
additional machine shops, 100000.
Philadelphia, two slips and shops,
about $6,OOO,OOO.
Norfolk, one slip and shops, about
$5,OOO,OOO.
Puget Sound and Mare Island ship
ways Cnumber and amount not
stated.
Nothing was given out as to a sta
ton on the Great Lakes.
MOVIE BAR ON KIDS REMOVED
Judge David made a decision yes
terday that is causing the movie pro-
ducers and the movie refOrmers to
do considerable thinking. In grant
ing the Birth of a Nation" writ of
mandamus against the city, by which
the film can be shown to persons Of
any age, he decided that a film that
was not good for children to see was
not good for adults, either. If Da-
Vid's decision is allowed to stand it
will do away with the pink permit
films.
-O-CE
In the United Kingdom there are
almost 1925, 900 men and women en-
gagged in making cannon and pro-
jectiles.
The word amen" literally means
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-03

During the last ten years the gross
revenue Of the Bell telephone system
has increased from $128,5OO,OOO to
$27O,OOO,0O0.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-26

been destroyed, another added to the
list. And there was Joy in the
hearts Of the Industrial Wreckers Of
the World and their sordid sympa-
thizers as they watched the torrents
OF flame leap to their deadly work Of
destruction.
1t was like hard blow in the face
of every business man in the city:
it was hard blow to the good men
who, stripped to the last notch or
that hot night, performed their du-
ties faithfully and Loyalty to their
employers. 1t was hard blow to
their wives, children, mothers, sis
ters, their all and what they had
hoped for.
Stunned, on Tuesday afternoon the
business men Of Bemidji wended their
way to the Commercial club rooms.
The quarters were packed. Every
branch Of commercial life was rep
resented. The time had come to act,
and when it comes to the defense CT
their homes no city boasts more
red blooded class of citizenship.
Hasty action?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-26
Wall FROM CROOKSTON
e. ON |. W. W. SHlPMENT

Says s~the Crookston Times of yes
terday: II am informed by the mayor
of Bemidji that it is the intention of
the city authorities to round up a
number of 1. w. w. agitators in this
city and ship them out on west bound
passenger train No. 36. He has re-
quested that you authorize train crew
to carry men free as they will not
have tickets.
The above is the substance of a
telegram received this afternoon by
Thos. B. Degnan, superintendent of
this division of the Great Northern
railway, from the Great Northern
agent at Bemidji.
Mr.. Degnan promptly wired the
agent that the Great Northern rail-
way would not carry I. w. WIS or
anyone else on it's passenger trains
without tickets and suggested that
the mayor of Bemidji should be no.
titled that Bemidji should take care
of it's own labor. troubles and not
drive these lawless characters out
into the smaller towns where there
was inadequate police protection as
they contemplated doing.
In commenting upon the incident
today, Supt. Degnan said that if
these men were forced upon the Great
Northern trains without the neces-
sary transportation, he would in
struct his train crews to refuse to
move the trains until they were
elected.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-26
SUCCESSFUL Term
OF SUMNER SCHOOL :
WILL CLOSE FRIDAY

One of the most successful terms
of summer school ever held in this
city will close tomorrow. Although
the attendance has not been as large
as usual, owing to war conditions,
the term has been one of unusual in
terest and benefit. Ninety-eight stu
dents enrolled this year. The school
has been in session since June 18,
and has been conducted in the high
school building. Nine counties were
represented as follows: Hubbard,
Cass, Itascaj Koochiching, Clearwa-
ter, Red Lake, Pennington, Roseau
and Beltrami
Bemidji was especially fortunate
this year in securing one of the most
prominent educators of the state as
conductor, r. E. Denfeld of Duluth.
He has been, supported by an able
and strong faculty, as follows: A.
M Bank, Park Rapids; w. P. Dyer,
Bemidji; Mrs. K NJ Jones, Litch-
field; Miss Emma K Hoglund, st.
Croix, Falls, Wis; Cordelia Essling,
st. Peter; Ida N. Chambers, Mil
ledgeville, Mimi, and Anna J. Pet
erson, Berlin, Wis
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-26
DeDOrted I.W.W. Scatter
On Trip Out OF City, Report
: Received By Chief Ripple

Messages to Chief of Police Ripple
today stated that Jess Dunning, Sec
retary of the Bemidji branch of the
l. w. w, who was one of those de-
ported yesterday to Ebro, had left
for Duluth in company with another
Of his fraternity.
1t was also stated twelve of the
Wreckers went to Crookston, two
left the train at Lengby, some got Off
at Bagley while others scattered in
various directionsr = 81 sA
Sunday. when The police arrested
four of the ndustrial Wreckers at
headquarters in Bemidj III. three were
released and one Secretary Dunning,
was released in bonds of $1,000. held
to the grand jury.
On one 1. W. W. arrested last night
Chief Ripple found the following
scribbled on a piece of paper, being
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-26
AND IT CAME TO PASS
(By Daniel r. Gainey, reporter. }

At about 2:4O o'clock yesterday
afternoon a small knot Of Bemidjis
most respected and level headed citi-
zens gathered in the street block
above the I. w. w. headquarters
with a definite purpose in view.
Headed by Mayor Vandersluis the
group marched to the headquarters
of the International Workers of the
World and there commenced doing
things.
The now enraged COMMITTEE
surrounded the building and almost
before the L. w. w. knew that they
had "company' each one was in the
custody of an able-bodied citizen who
carried ominous looking riot sticks.
Twenty-one of the worst I. w. w.
that Bemidji has had to contend
with, one of them a woman who a
short time ago secured divorce
from her husband, were marched up
to the city hall and behind them fol-
lowed a dray load of their furniture,
signs and germ-breeding literature.
Big Sign Posted.
The undesirables were all assem-
bled in front of the city hall and
then ordered to march in body to
the, Great Northern depot where
they were stored in the baggage
room for about ten minutes to wait
for the train, and a sign bearing the
warning in red letters:
II. w. w. ATTENTION-THIS IS
AN UNHEALTHY TOWN." was
nailed to the depot wall
While waiting, the Industrious
citizens rounded up four more "One
Great Unionists" and added them to
the bunch. The mayor stepped to
the ticket office and purchased
twenty-four tickets to Ebro, a flag
station about thirty miles west Of
the city.
BY the time the big steam locomo
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-26

presumably copy of telegram. It
was addressed to Duluth and read I:
"Watson, Mcdonald, Sinclair ar
rested. Send help"
The message was signed Warning,
whose wife conducted the l. w. w.
restaurant next to headquarters She
was arrested in yesterdays cleanup
and ordered out Of the city. She left
for Duluth and asserted she would
not return until the I. w. W. had
taken Bemidji. She wore two /. W.
W. buttons.
Chief Ripple has appointed. Officer
Jack Esslers as night captain and
Essler will be. head, of. the depart
ment at night.
Armed guards are patrolling the
manufacturing district and have been
instructed not to take any chances
with any one.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-26
NO LIQUOR SALES TO
DRY COUNTIES, ORDER

st. Paul, July 26.-Secretary
Thomas H. Girling of the Minnesota
Brokers bureau has notified all men,
bers not to sell their product in any
wav direct or indirect in Beltrami
or Koochiching, dry counties, or for
shipment to those counties. Mr.. Cir
ling said that it is the intention of
the bureau to watch for cases of law
violation in these counties and in
form the Minnesota Public Safety
commission immediately if any were
found.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-26
Editors Note)

llreu OIL waiting, patience eA,
hausted to the limit, their home city
# Nfeccts forSthe lawiess Kordes II
Industrial Workers of the World
aliens and others who know no law,
who refuse to work. whose only mis-
sion is to destroy property and wreck
the industrial activities of a beau
tiful enterprlslng city, boastful CT
their power to ruin everything and
everybody, Haunting their vaunted
strength in the face of every decent
citizen, aided and abetted by many
of superior attainments who stopped
to wallow with the scum from Eur
ope who laid no claim to citizen
ship, criminals who have done their
stretch" in jails and penitentiaries,
a crowd Of fully 200 Of the leading
citizens of the city of Bemidji rose
enmasse yesterday afternoon and led
by mayor Charles w. Vanderslu:s IS
cleaned the city of that lawless ele-
ment, styling the Industrial Work.
ers Of the World, and this morning a
summer day beamed over a city of
rest and quietness, interrupted only
by the sound of industry, but in
it's beauty marred by the majestic
burner of Mill No. l Of the Crook
ston Lumber company on the east
ern shore of Lake Bemidji, rising
like a spector from a charred and
blackened mass, monument to the
nest of snakes Bemidji has harbored,
helpless under laws that afforded no
protection.
1t is simple story, free from pyro-
tenics, the story of what Bemidji did.
Her citizens did their work in q
tice to all whom it may concern that
she stands ready to defend herself,
her industries, her business, her
public institutions and their homes
at any cost, and If it be the primitive
law of self-preservation she is ready
to enforce it to the very end.
1t was not spontaneous uprising
on the part of the citizenry of Be-
midji. They had been patient to a
remarkable degree No charge can
be made against them that they act
ed hastily. 1t is truly remarkable
that they waited as they did. They
watched their home city become a
center of lawless activity, the center
of north Minnesota lawlesness on
the part Of the I. w. w. where plots
of destructiveness were hatched, the
haven of hordes of the foes of the
state and the laws of the land Be-
midji was the spot of refuge for the
enemies of all that is holy and right.
Bemidji has lived over volcano for
the past 1S months, and the past
six months ready to burst forth at
any moment. The people of Bemidji
did not realize their predicament. It.
was all being quietly combatted with
every ounce of watchful waiting
among those Gin the know It
would require several columns to tell
what Bemidji has gone through, yet
keeping her place untarnished in the
sun.
Whether or no, the gutteral-
throated whistle of the Crookston
company's mill No. l sound
ed late Saturday night and sent 4
thrill of horror throughout the city.
1t sounded a note of which no one
knew. That the sturdy night shift
Of that thriving industry escaped to1
a man with their lives is cause for
general thanksgiving to God. One
of the biggest saw mills in the coun-
try, a hated place of industry, had
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-26
STATEMENT OF MAYOR

"You can say that Bemidji
IS clean of the I. w. w. and
30 long as I am mayor of this
city, Bemidji will have no more
I. W. W. headquarters and no
more I. w. W.'s will be allowed
in the city if I know it. Be-
midi has reached its limit and
al it is going to stand from
the I. w. w. and I want every
citizen of Bemidji to be with
me in this. You can make it
just as strong as you want to
and that's all l have to say
Interview with Mayor Charles
W. Vandersluis this morning
anent the I. w. w. situation
todav in Bemidji.