Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 10, 1913, Page 1

2 VOLUME 11. NUMBER 64 SERVIANS CLAIM GREAT VICTORY Drive Bulgars From Kotchana and Ishtip—Casualties Extremely Heavy 35,000 MEN SAID TO BE SLAIN More Than Two Hundred Thousand Engage In Battle With Losses Heavy Belgrade, July 10.—Losses to the Bulgarian and Servian armies, en- gaged for days about Kotchana and Ishtip, will reach 35,000. This was the word, reaching here from the front and with tne report of the termination of the battles the Ser- vian government claimed a great vie- tory for its troops. More than 200, 000 men were engaged in the conflict, but the Servian troops now occupy Kotchana and Ishtip, according to the claims of the war office. This asser- tion is borne out, too, by reports from Sofla, which declare that it is admitted that the Bulgarian troops have evac- uated the cities. For days practically no news of the war was given out in Belgrade. This was while the reverses to the Serb troops were being reported and it was then believed the government was pre- paring the people for a disaster. With the announcement of victory, however, there was the greatest rejoicing here. The fighting about Ishtip had been in progress for days and according to reports received here it had been oc cupled by the Servians before, only to have the Bulgarians rally and retake the city. The war office believes that the Bulgers have been completely driven off now, however, and that the Servian victory is complete. Degpite the news of the victory there is some concern expressed as to the condition of the army in the field. It is feared the cholera is ap- pearing. The disease has broken out in two military hospitals here, where men wounded during the most recent fighting are being cared for. CAN CONTROL ITS POLITICS Women Have Majority in a chlcagn Suburb. Chicago, July 10.—The.female ma- Jority of the population of Evanston, the north shore suburb, continues to grow, according to the school cen- sue. The figures show that the wom- en outnumber the men by 3,484 in a population of 21,487. There was an increase in the pop- ulation in 1912 of 741, and almost all MERRY-GO-ROUND TO GO New Swing Operated in Bemidji For Two Weeks to Leave For Grand Forks Sunday PROPRIETORS KNOWN HERE, Saturday evening will be the last time for Bemidji people to ride the Damschen Brother’s merry-go-around as they will move the big swing to Grand Forks next Sunday, where they expect to run during the fair. The machine was set up for the first time in Bemidji and was shipped here di- rect from the factory. The proprietors are well known in Bemidji having lived in Long Prairie for several years and making many trips to this city. Their outfit is un-. doubtedly the best ever brought to this city and the music is furnished by an organ which costs 1,000 dol- lars, and the latest popular pieces. Since their stay in Bemidji the en- tertainers have been well patronized and they seem to feel that they made no mistake when looking for a live city to get a good start in, by sel- ecting Bemidji. BAD STORM HITS ILLINOIS the newcomers are women, there be- ing a decrease in the male popula- tion of 159. The women, who recently were granted the right to vote, can con- trol the politics of the suburb. Ac- cording to the statistics there are 10,381 of them who are of voting age, while there are only 7,233 men who are over twenty-one years old. CLERK SUES YOUNG BANKER Allenation of Affections Charged In Action for $10,000 Damages. Chicago, July 10.—Shelburn M. Earling, banker, living with his father, E. J. Earling, who is president of the St. Paul road, has been made defendant in a suit for allenation of affections. A $12 a week clerk, Peter Malzen, brought the suit through his attor- ney, Fred Loomis. The amount asked is $10,000. The lawyer says that efforts have been made to settle the suit before it is brought to trial. Malzen, according to his attorney, secured a divorce last autumn and Earling was named in the suit. Fre- quent meetings between Mrs. Malzen and the young banker are charged by Loomls LITIGATION IS " EXPENSIVE Costs In Scott Will Suit-May Reach $125,000. i London, July 10.—The costs in the Scott will suit are likely to reach $126,000, to be paid out of the residu- ary estate. Lady Sackville declares she will keep intact the pictures, furniture and other art objects, valued at $1,750, 000, and bequeathed to her by Sir John Scott, and will apply the interest of $750,000 cash she also receives to their upkeep at Knole. The Knole collection is worth $10, 000,000 and she claims to have refused princely offers from the late J. P. Morgan and others for individual pic: tures. ELKS ELECT CHARLES WHITE He Is Chosen as Grand Treasurer of B.P.O. E. Rochester, N. Y., July 10.—The Elka flocked to the shores of Ontario, where they will be given all the privileges of Ontario Beach park. Denver was named as the next meeting place. Charles A. White of Chicago, who lacked a majority vote for the office Number of Lives Are Lost And Con- siderable Damage Done To Property. LOSS ESTIMATED AT $125,000 Aurora, 11, July 10,—Several lives were lost, houses were set alire, cities were left in darkness and hundreds of farm buildings were flattened by a gale which swept Northern llinois. News of the havoc left in the wake of the storm began to creep into Au- rora over crippled telephone wires. The dead are: David B. Frazier, traveling salesman, Geneva, touched live power wire, blown over house: Richard Wallenburg, farmer, killed at Bristol, crushed by wagon. The city of Batavia was in darkness working in Cieneva and St. Charles. Street car service is still crippled in Elgin and the .city is practically cut off from the world. One man was killed at Elgin during the storm and $100,000 damage done to buildings. The damage here is not over $10, 000. The loss in the surrounding country is put at $125,000. ook ol ok ol ok b EE LN L3 4 TELEPHONE SERVICE IS + PARALYZED. * o+ = + * St. Louis, July 10.—Tele- < * phone traffic to East St. Louis 4 was almost completely cut off + following the cutting of ninety < < trunk lines by strike sym- < < pathizers. Only six trunk lines < 4 are working. For the second < 4 time 120 lines of the 350 to < # the tri-cities were also cut. * K o oo ol o ol ol ole ol e ok oo o ok ol b ol Well Known Mining Man Dead. Roslyn, Wash., July 10.—Robert Pet: tigrew, one of the best known mining men of this region, was found dead of apoplexy .in the garden back of his home. Mr. Pettigrew came to Roslyn twenty-five years ago with B. F. Bush, now president of the Missouri Pacific Rallroad company. At one time he had charge of the Missouri Pacific’s coal properties in Missouri. TRAIN ENCOUNTERS TORNADO Storm at Guttenberg, la., Drops Fac- tory Roof on Rails. Elkader, Ta, July 10.—A tornado that visited the eastern part of this county unroofed the canning factory at Guttenberg and dropped the roof in front of an incoming passenger train, disabling the engine. A man, whose.identity has not been learned, was carried over the factory. Other buildings were damaged. Havana Police Chief Dead.. Havana, July 10.—General Arman- da Rivas, chief of the municipal po- lice, who was shot during a revolver duel with Governor Asbert and Con- gressman Arias, is dead. PAID FOR WORK WITH MEMBERS Cleveland Attorney Talked Sugar To Congressmen—Cotton Grow- ers Testify SAYS “RECEVED $30 PER DAY Officials Declare Meeting Of Farm- er’s Union Attracted Many Persons ‘Washington, July 10.—A sensation- al denouement in . connection with the appointment. of Frederick C. Pen- fleld of Pennsylvania as ambassador of the United States to Austria-Hun- gary will take place at the meeting. of the senate foreign relations com- mittee. Republican members of the com- mittee have announced their purpose to iustitute- an investigation to de- termine:’ First—Is Mr. Penfield’s appoint- ment by President Wilson a reward for his campaign contributions? Second—Was Mr. Penfleld promised his appointment by any representa- tive of President Wilson before. he made such contributions? zThird—How much’' did Mr. Penfield contribute? According to the way in which these questions are decided will depend the confirmation or rejection of Mr. Pen- field’s nomination. When Mr. Penfield was examined by the Clapp campaign investigating committee he admitted a contribution of $12,000 to the Wilson pre-nomina- tion fund. Tn the list of contributors to the election campaign fund Mr. Penfield is included as contributing $10,000. Thus the total contributions The ambassadorship to Austria-Hun- gary carries with it a salary of $17, 500 per annum. In spite of these modest statements of Mr. Penfield’s contributions it is claimed by senators that he is the man whom Henry Watterson was asked by Josiah Quincy and others to put on friendly terms with Wood- row Wilson, then governor of New _and only part of the.citcuits werei-Jersey, .in,.order that Mr, Penfield| . might make a generous contribution to aid the governor in his fight for the Democratic nomination. o oo ol e ofe oo b ok ol ol ol ofe ol b b o WOMAN LEAPS FROM LAKE STEAMER. Chicago, July 10.—Divers were sent out to search for the body of Miss Helen Beck- er, who leaped from the deck of the passenger steamer City of Benton Harbor. Passengers saw the woman bow her head in prayer and then leap over- board. The body has not yet been recovered. o ole e ol ol e e ol o ol b b b R b o bk ok b b ok b ke ok kol o o R L LY TROOPS IN RAILWAY WRECK 8ix Men Killed and Thirty Injured on Philippine Road. Manila, July 10.—Six men were killed and thirty injured when a flat car crowded with members of the coast artillery was wrecked between hare and Corregidor, about thirty miles southwest of the city. The soldiers were proceeding to the drill grounds at Corregidor when the flat car jumped the track and overturned. . FIGHT EXPRESS ‘RA'I;E ORDER Companles in.Wisconsin Serve Notice of Appeal. Madison, Wis., July 10.—Notice of an appeal to the Dane county circuit court to attempt to overturn the re- cent decision of the state railroad com- mission in the reduction of express rates cases was served upon Attorney General Owen. “The notice asks for the setting aside of the order, on the ground that the decision is confiscatory, and a tempo- rary restraining order is asked in or- der to deter the railroad commission from putting the decree into effect. Two weeks ago the express com: panies asked for additional time to prepare their tariffs under the new de cision. It was then thought there would be no contest. of Mr. Penfield amounted to $22,000. i GAME POMISES g’«, BE CLOSE ; ; Wiring to the mnn"ag’ar of the “Big Bemidg” base ball - jteam late last evening the mangevl‘ of the Walker city team stated that, that team could not play with,"}le: Bemidji team in this city next Sinday, but would plan for a game at a future date. The game between the Gmo’kston Lumber Company team and’! ‘Bagley was also cancelled and the two. local ~teams have again made ar{nguments to clash on the local diamond Sunday. The game promises to be the closet and snappiest exhibition: of base ball played in Bemidji for some time, as both teams have proved themselves winners and have “gble batteries to add interest to the game. Smiley and Herbert will act for the “‘Sawdust Leaguers” and Mci(eig and Boscoe for the Bemidijl team. Many side bets afe being made by the staunch supportérs of each team, Who appear to numjber about egitally and who are now_jusy boosting for their favorite ten% The crews of both- lumber millsare planning to attend the game i a body and do some rooting for thefr team that will aid them in carrying &ff the honor of city champions. Fans who witness- ed the game on the Fourth in Be- midji do not appedr to be satisfied with the out come/ Those support- ing the Lumbermen ‘declare that they would have trlmmed the Bemidji team had nine im)\ngs been played while the boostert r Bemidji have !decided that the ‘Lumbermen are .their victims and will. push them off ithe local base ball map. An admis- sion charge of twenty five cents will {be made for the gamé and the win- ning team will receive two thirds of the preceeds. LAY DOWN R. R. RULES Washington, July 10.—Emphatical: ly disclaiming any investigation of safety of operation the interstate commerce commission, in an exhaus- tive report ‘on the New Haven and Boston and Maine railroads, severely condemns the freight service of both roads and lays down rules which, if eventually adopted, will revolutionize raflway operations throughout the country. “In the opinion of the commission,” the report says, “the following propo- sitions lie at the foundation of al adequate regulation of interstate rail ways: Every interstate railroad should be prohibited from expending money or incurring liability or ac quiring preperty not in the operation of its railroad, or in the legitimate im- provement, extension or development of that railroad; no interstate rail road should be permitted to lease or purchase any other railroad, mor to acquire the stocks of any other rail- roads, nor to guarantee the same, di- rectly or indirectly, without the ap- proval of the federal government; no stocks or bonds should be issued by an interstate railroad except for the purchases sanctioned in the two pre- ceding paragraphs, and none should be issued without the approval of the federal government.” Sullivan After Car J. C. Sullivan came down from Blackduct this morning to hold an automobile, which he sold some time ago but for, which he claims he was not paid. Mr. Smith, the man in whose possession the car now is scented Mr. Sullivan’s plans-and took the car from the Ongstad garage at midnight and headed for Minneapo- lis, forgetting to pay for garage serv- ce. SCOOP ierorre REPORTER of grand treasurer, was declared elect- @4 when bis two opponents withdrew. Jigeers For The ‘Mother Bear, Boss Plan Of Commissioners Would | Revolutionize The Railroad Industry T0 BE APPROVED BY GOV. | tro Corporation, New York. Presldent Wilson shaking hands with veterans of the North and South on the battlefield at Gettysburg on the occasion of the reunion in cele- bration of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. The President spent the KKK KKK KK KKK KRR IR KKK KKK KKK KKK KK *‘ PRESIDENT WILSON GIVING THE “ BIG HAND” T0 VETERANS AT REUNION. ‘«cfi‘t IR KKK KKK KRR KRR KRR R KKK KK KKK K| Copyright by International ivews service; supplied by New Process miéc- “Let Us Be Comrades And Friends, “Keynote Of President’s Speech, Ex- . .emplified in Remarkable Photogra ph Above, day at Gettysburg, and after shak- ing hands with scores of the veterans, he addressed a huge meeting in a tent. Later he left for New York and then proceeded to Cornish, H. H. for a briet vacation. «ii**i!iiikiiillp« % CUPID’S COURT. x KRR KRR KRR KH KK Robertson-Stahl. A quiet wedding occurred at the Presbyterian parsonage this morning at 9:30, when Miss Bessie Stahl be- came the bride of B. F. Robertson, both of Hines, Minnesota, Rev. S. E. P. White officiating. E Bete-Shipman. - Leo J. Betz and Miss Mildred Ship- man, both of Grand Rapids, Minne- sota, were united in marriage af the Presbyterian manse yesterday after- noon at 3 o’clock, Rev. S. E. P. White officiating. The bride was attended by May Sprague, and the bride’s brother, Allard Shipman, at- tended the groom. Mr. and Mrs. Betz will make their future home at Grand Rapids. NEBISH HAS BUILDING BOOM Town Hall Nearly Completed and Other Construction Work Begun Nebish, Minn., July 10—The vil- lage of Nebish or White fiish is tak- ing on a big building boom just at this time and reports from there in- dicate that it has just begun. Lum- ber is being shipped to that point by the car load daily. The town hall is almost finished and residences are rapidly being constructed. Frank Cook is receiving shipments of lum- ber. for his new dwelling and Gust. ‘Wehner will commence work on his home soon. Lumber for the con- struction of a land office of a local company has arrived and work will begin at once. VISIT HEADQUARTERS IN CITY Two Bemidji Men Among Callers at Immigration Rooms The Northern Minnesota Develop- ment association immigration rooms were visited by nine from this sec- tion of the state during the past week, two of who were from Bemidji, The following is a complete list. Dick Walker, Funkley, Judge C. W. Stanton and Eugene Berman of Be- midji, C. F. Mahnke of Moose Lake, F. J. McPartlin of International Falls, Doctor S. S. Shannon of Banum 8. H. Oversea of Dalton and 8. S. Shaw and C. Hill of Princeton. AUDITOR ~ SELLS LAND Disposes of Thirteen Forty Acre Tracts of State Property Wednes- day Morning CAPITOL MEN DID NOT ARRIVE < 0wnlng ‘to the non.appearance of staté” Auditor Iverson and deputy S. A. Nelson, county auditor J. L. George acted for the state at the land sale Wednesday morning and dispos- ed of thirteen, 40 acre tracts of state land. The average price paid per acre was about six dollars, besides the tim- ber values. Mr. George stated that the ditch lands were also being constantly tak- en up and said that hardly a day passes by, but what several assign- ment certificates are issued for ditch lands. “Judging from the way Beltrami county lands are being taken up these days it will double its popula- tion within the next few years,” said a county official the other day. Band Concert Tomorrow Night. Tomorrow evening the Bemidji Band will give its third out-of-door concert of the season on the city dock for which a program has been prepared and will be -printed tomor- row night. The attendence at the last concert was much larger than at the first and if the weather is favorable tomorrow the band master expects to have all records broken. Abe Wyler Dead Fred Brinkman of this city receiv- ed word from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that Abe Wyler, formerly of this city and well known here, passed away June 28 at Milwaukee. The funeral was lield from the chapel of F. S. Peacock & Son, 450 Broadway, Mon- day afternoon at 2 o’clock. Depositors May Not Lose. ‘Washington, July 10.—That depos- itors in the Pirst and Second National bank of Pittsburg, closed by order of the comptroller of currency, will prob- ably be paid in full, or nearly in full, was the opinion expressed by Assist. ant Secretary of the Treasury John ‘Williams on his return from Pittsburg. He also hinted at possible Invastiga: tion by the department of justice. By hHO ] +NAMES 0.P.NEWMAN AND F, . L. SIDDONS To Fill Vnmciel On Gity ot Washington Board of Commis- sioners PRESIDENT MAKES SELECTIONS Aims To Conduct City Govern- ment To Correspond With Its Beauties By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner. Washington, July 10—Some time 2go in a news article I made the as- sertion that the city of Washington is the worst governed city in the United States, not because there is graft or inefficiency in the adminis~ tration of the city’s affairs, but be- cause the government, which is pre- scribed ready-made by Congress and in which the people of Washington' have no voice, is completely out of .[touch with. the needs of the people it serves. President Wilson in naming the new board of commissioner for the District of Columbia, has evidently recognized this fact. Unable to change the reactionary and unAmeri- can form of Washington’s munici- pal government, he has done the next best thing. He has appointed as com- missioners the most progressive men he could find. Had the President searthed the whole country over, he could not have selected two men better fitted for the work than Oliver P. New- man and F. L. Siddons, the men he " |named for the two vacancies on the board of commissioners. About two years ago there appear- ed-in the Saturday Evening Post an anonymous narrative called “The For- tunes of the Sun.” This series of ar- ticles was an amazing expose of the throtling hold of public service cor- porations and licensed evil upon a middle western municipality. It is re- vealing no secret 1now to state that the experiences related in that story were actual ones and that the author was Oliver P. Newman. Although the name of the city was disguised in the story, the experiences related were those in connection with the unsue- cessful attempt to operate a Scripps newspaper in St. Joseph, Mo., with- out regard to the feelings of adver- tisers and the public service corpora- tions. Anyone who read and pondered over that story cannot fail now to ington, under Newman’s direction will be progressive in the extreme. As much, too, can be said of Siddons, who was the attorney whodefended Samuel Gompers and the other Amer- ican Federation of Labor officers in the contempt cases. Siddons is a be- leading member of the Monday Even- ing Club, a local organization which has fought the real estate and bank- ing ring which has contorlled Wash-~ ington affairs for so long. No other public service corpora- tions in the country are as insolent-~ 1y indifferent of the people as those in Washington, and none stand in such need of rebuke and discipline, Architectuarlly, Washington is the most beautiful city on the continent. It is President Wilson’s ambition to give the city a government to cor- respond to its visible beauties, a mu- nicipal government which can be & model for other American cities to follow. He has made a great start in selecting Newman and Siddons as the head of the new government. SCHOOL ELECTION JULY 19 Three Directors' To Be Chosen For School District 0f Bemidji Notices have been placed about the city in = conspicous places by J. P. Lahr, Clerk of the Independent ing an election which will be held at the Central School Building Satur- day, July 19th, to elect one director of this district for a term of one year, and two directors whose terms shall expire in three years. The present directors whose terms will expire are M. J. Brown, Ed- ward Jackson and K. K. Roe, who will in all probability be the only ones up for election. Marcum May Stay Here. Walter Marcum, formerly proprie- tor of the Marcum Printing Com- A. Wilson, has made no definite plans for the future and stated this morn- ing that he would probably remain in Bemidji for some time. Mr. Mar- cum_is now installing L3 prm 1n the ' |sentinel print shop. believe that the government of Wash- ~ liever in the Single Tax, and is a School District of Bemidji, announc- pany but who recently sold out to F.