Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 30, 1914, Page 4

i ‘§_ i+ FALL OF TORREON 1S NEAR AT HAND Large Part of City Already Occupied by Rebels. T0 FIGHT TO THE END Federal Commander Declares He Will Not Surrender Until His Army and Himself Have Been Wiped Out. Villa the Popular Hero of Northern Mexico. Gomez Palaclo, Durango, March 30. —Although fully three-quarters of the city is already in control of General Francisco Villa’s Constitutionalist army and the outcome is no longer in doubt Torreon has not yet surren- dered. Hand to hand fig}ltlng of the most desperate character has been in prog- ress in the streets ag night, but Gen eral Refugio Velasco, the gallant commander of the federal forces, has not abandoned hope and has not ceased to fight. He has told his men that he will never abandon the strong- hold entrusted to his care until the last man of his garrison is gone and his own life is forfeited. Despite this display of spirit the Constitutional- ist forces are so overwhelming in numbers and equipment that it is believed the final blow of General Villa’s_Torreon campaign cannot long be delayed. Villa delayed his final assault from the north after receiving a report from General Herrera, commanding the troops to the eastward, that he had beaten down the federal defense at that point, pierced their lines and fought .his way into the big bull ring in South Torreon. This was the sig- nal for Villa and he immediately or- dered his troops, who had been rest- ing all day, to attack. No military official in Juarez doubts that the battle General Villa has waged against Gomez Palacio, now his, and Torreon, has been the most desperate of any engagement of this or any other revolutionary movement in Mexico. Villa himself has become a hero. Everywhere in Juarez his praises are being sung. By Maderists and Con- stitutionalists he is looked upon as the greatest military genius in the Southern republic and great con- fidence is expressed that he will push his way with his rebel army to the very doors of the national palace in Mexico City. Huerta Rushes Aid to Torreon. Mexico City, March 30.—General Huerta took desperate means in his endeavor to save Torreon from the rebels when he started 2,500 con- scription soldiers for the besieged city. The men were picked up on the streets of the capital, pressed into service, fitted with arms and uni- forms and hurriedly placed aboard trains. RESTING SOMEWHAT EASIER Condition of Frederick Weyerhaeuser Not Without Hope. Pasadena, Cal, March 30.—Fred- erick Weyerhaeuser, St. Paul lumber king, reputed the world’s richest man, suffering from pneumonia at his win- ter home in this city, is resting easi- 1y, according to physicians. So far no extreme measures to ob- tain relief, such as the administration of oxygen or .saline injections, have been resorted to, although it is feared his extreme age—seventy-nine years —may work against his rapid recov- ery. Rudolph Weyerhaeuser, a son, an- nouncd that his father is resting some- what easier, but that he is a “very sick man.” He admitted the family’s anxiety over the outcome. SCORES PARASITIC WOMAN Educator Blames Rich Man's Wife for Many Troubles. Kansas City, March 30.—Develop- ment of the “parasitic woman” was traced by Professor H. J. Davenport of the University of Missouri at a meeting of the Kansas City Credit Men's association here. “She is the woman of the wealthy home,” Professor Davenport said, “who bears no children and does no work except to demonstrate to the world the financial success of her husband. “This woman is the center of all modern evils. However, it is not her fault and, after all, she is the chief sufferer.” COAL STRIKERS ARE QUIET Arrival of Governor’s Envoy Brings Calm in Disturbed District. Colliers, W. Va., March 30.—Arrival here of Major J. H. Sharnock of Gov- ernor Hatfield’s staff to .investigate conditions in the.camp of the strik- ing miners and to hear the complaints of the strikers of their treatment by county authorities, had a quieting in- fluence in this entire section. The strikers hold that since they leased the ground on which their tents have been erected they are with. in the law. JUDGE IS FOUND BURNED Jurist Rescued From Blazing Office May Dies of Injurles. Larimore, N.-D., March 30.—Judge 0. A. Wilcox of Larimore, pioneer at- torney of North Dakota and formerly a prominent politician, may die from burns sustained -in a fire. He was found lying on the floor of his office in which a blaze had been started by an overturned lamp. His lower limbs were seriously burned and in addition ‘Wilcox is threatened with pneumonia. He has been here since 1882, CAUSE LOSSES New York . State Rivers Overflow Their Banks. MANY TOWNS FLOODED Blanket of Snow and This Has Been Augmented by Steady Rains—Water Already Above Usual Spring Stage. New York, March 29.—Spring floods have set in through the valleys of the state and already much property dam- age is reported. The warm weather of the last few days has melted much of the heavy snow which fell earlier in the month, and this, with a steady fall of rain through the night, has swollen all the streams, many of which are out of their banks, flooding the towns. At Troy the Hudson river has as- sumed flood proportions, and with the water rising rapidly merchants along the river front are removing goods to safer places. Amsterdam reports part of the bridge which spans the Mohawk river there carried away by high water and ice, cutting off the southern section of the city from the main'part::of. th.e town. The ' Chenango and Susquehanna rivers are overflowing into the low- lands about Binghamton. At Syracuse Onondaga creek is leaving its banks and flooding miles of territory. Ithaca and Schenectady also report flood conditions beyond usual spring freshet marks. At Schenectady the Mohawk river is over the Scotia dike and the lower streets of the city are flooded. Ice is jammed against the bridge connecting Schenectady and Scotia and it may go out. There is also a heavy ice pack against the Erie canal aqueduct, four miles east of the city.. The Rexford bridge already has been carried away. The river is. rising rapidly. NEW YORK ASSEMBLY QUITS Unable to Agree on Annual Supply Measure. Albany, N. Y., March 30.—The New York state legislature has adjourned sine die, leaving unfinished business that will necessitate its return in ex- traordinary session. The assembly had received from the senate the annual supply bill, coupled with another appropriation measure known as “the construction bill,” and had rejected both for the reason that they contained changes from the bills which the assembly had originated in accordance with the provision of the constitution. Senators regardless of party affilia- tion expressed resentment when they learned unofficially that their co- ordinate branch had terminated its existence without notice. SOLVES THE RENT PROBLEM Servia to Levy Double Tax on Unoc- cupied Houses. Belgrade, Servia, March 30.—Servia is confident it has successfully solved the problem of soaring rents. Follow- ing the two recent Balkan wars, in which Servia doubled it territory at the expense of Turkey and Bulgaria, there was an influex of population in- to Belgrade that caused rents to go up to an all but prohibitive point. A new law by parliament has just gone into effect doubling the taxes on all un- occupied houses and apartments, which it is confidently believed will cause landlords at least to think twice before refusing a tenant who cannot pay as much as the landlord would like. INDIANS TO SEE PRESIDENT Start From Montana on Horseback Ride to Washington. Billings, Mont., March 30.—Bearing a letter from Governor':Stewart of Montana to President Wilson, Red Fox, Sitting Eagle and Three Irons, Indians of the Crow reservation, have started on a horseback trip to Wash- ington, D. C. They will seek to interview Pres\- dent Wilson for the purpose of urg- ing the passage of ‘a bill setting aside one day annually to be known as “In- dian day.” The Indians are well educated and are members of the Kansas City (Mo.) Y. M. C. A, WHITE HOUSE PLEA FAILS Postmistress of Courtland, Va., Ig Ousted. ‘Washington, March 30.—Miss Mat- tie R. Tyler, granddaughter of former President Tyler, who appealed to White House officials to continue her as postmistress at Courtland, Va., will be succeeded by B. A. Williams, it was (announced by First Assistant Post- master General Roper. Failure on the part of Miss Tyler to °| take the recently ordered civil service examination, rather than alleged ef- forts of a “clique of Virginia politi- clans,” was the department’s explana- tion of its action. — :+++++++++++++++¥ TELLS CHAMPION FATHER TO KEEP IT UP. March 30.—*Just good work up,” Emperor William told Ferdi- nand Eglinski, aged fifty-three Berlin, keep the pion father of Germany. Eg- linski is the father of thirty- five children. Six of his sons _are in the army.. Sr (oS < < < + * + years, a tailor and the cham- * G * * * +- S e e e i ol e o SRR S S SPRING FLOODS | SCOOT Warm Weather Melted the Heavy| BRITISH SITUATION IS STILL UNSOLVED Officers Refuse to Recede From Determination fo Resign. London, March 30.—No solution has' been found of the situation caused by the resignations of Field Marshal Sir John French and Adju- tant General Sir John Ewart from their positions at the head of the British army. The cabinet, however, still was hopeful that its difficulties would be overcome before it again meets the house of commons. Should the chief of the general staff and ‘the adjutant general persist in their attitude it is generally thought that Colonel John Seely, secretary of state for war, will leave the cabinet. In case the government should be able to placate the fleld marshal and the adjutant general the transfer of Colonel Seely to some other field of activity probably will satisfy the Lib- eral and Labor malcontents. FORMER OFFICIAL ARRESTED Accused of Embezziement by State of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, March 30.—William L. Essman, former state superintendent of public property, was arrested in In- diana, where he was traveling for a Chicago commercial house, charged with the embezzlement of $7,000 worth of state property. He was arrested by the understood approval of Gov- ernor - McGovern, whose campaign manager he was in two election bat- tles. The arrest follows the discovery that a secret report was being pre- pared for Governor McGovern by two officials- of the state banking depart- ment, which had disclosed an alleged misappropriation of between $5,000 and $7,000. of state property. The exami- nation is said to have shown that $7,000 more of state property was not accounted for. It was determined that the state should prosecute, although the amount of the alleged shortage was covered under Essman’s bonds and by the val- ue of personal property turned over covered. BODY OF TEACHER FOUND Poland (N. Y.) Young Woman Murder- ed and Corpse Concealed. Little Falls, N. Y., March 30.—The body of Miss Lydia Beecher, a high school teacher of Poland, N. Y., was found in a clump of bushes on the out- skirts of that town. She had been murdered with a knife, apparently after having been attacked. Cambridge Defeats Oxford. London, March 30.—The Cambridge university crew won easily from Ox- ford in the annual eight-oared race from Putney to Mortlake on the Thames. The distance, four and one- half miles, was covered in fast time of 20 minutes, 23 seconds. Cambridge crossed the line four and’ one-half lengths in the lead. Jap Dreadnought Launched. Tokio, March 30.—The superdread- nought Fuso was launched at Kure. The vessel is of 31,000 tons displace- ment and 45,000 horsepower. She will carry twelve 14-inch and sixteen 6 inch guns and will have four sub- merged torpedo tubes. Her estimated speed istwenty-two knots an hour ol o R TR R X R GREEKS WIN WIVES IN LAND OF THE ENEMY, New York, March 30.—Forty Greek soldiers arrived here on the steamship -Belvidere from Trieste and Patras. Thirty who ‘had married after the war brought back their wives. Fourteen of the thirty had mar- ried Turkish girls, whom they met in the enemy’s country. One Greek married the widow of a Turkish officer, oo STe ol ofo ol ol oo oo oo ol b ol e ol b b oo oo ofs oo oo oo ole oo oo b ofe ele ofo ofe oo ol LR R R T R R Noblewoman Dead in Chicago. Chicago, March 30.—Mrs.. Marie Charlotte de Lang, descendant of Swedish nobility, who was a resident of. Chicago for fifty-six years, is dead here. -She was born in Stockholm in 1826 and was the grand-daughter of Princess Sophia Albertine of Sweden, the youngest child of King Adolphus Frederick: She married Anon Lang, son of a-French army. omeer. Twenty Men Routed: by Fire. St. ‘Louis, March 30.?-T'enty men ~were_routed. from their beds and had narrow escapes when fire destroyed the Young Men’s Christian association | here: The building was a four-story structure. With half the fire depart- ment- fighting another blaze in the| north end of town the fire soon get | beyond control, : et = “"V‘“m DOO-BEEKYEW| oo aSUTTERED s S ILLINOIS WETS IN BATTLE IN CITIES Anti-Saloon % Almost Un- opposed in Small Towms. Chicago, March 30.—Reports from the many Illinois townships in which the local option question will be vot- ed on at the spring elections indicat- ed that the most strenuous contests were being waged in the cities. g Nearly 300 townships will vote wet or dry April 7, and a review from different counties discloses that the anti-saloon forces were having little organized opposition in rural and vil- lage communities, but that spirited contests were being waged on the dry progrgm in the larger communi- ties. Repeated assertions of anti-salocon leaders that the votes of women would be strongly against the liquor business -were disputed in at least one city. Champions of the license forces in Aurora declared that they expect to defeat the dry petition through the aid of women voters. Vigorous campaigns are being con: ducted in Quiney, Decatur; Elgin, Au- rora, Rock Island, Rockford, Canton, Bloomingten and Galesburg, as well as a host of smaller cities and vil- lages. NO ARRESTS MADE Muncipal Court Has Had Little Work During Last Four Days Not a single arraignment has been made before Judge Crowell of the Municipal court during the last four days. This is considered quite a record in view of the fact that woods- ‘men are coming to the city with their winter’s money and are willing to spend it in celebrating. Fifty-Pound Weight Missing A fifty-pound weight was taken from the Roe & Markuson scale in front of their store recently. In Sat- urday’s Pioneér the Scoop cartoon when the alleged shortage was dis-* hrought to light the fact that a fifty- pound weight fell on his head through the carelessness of the “Boss.” Mr. Roe is of the opinion that this was the missing welght. Born to Mr. and Mrs, Homer Baltzell this morning a daughter. ONION GROWERS EXPAND TRl (Continued from Page 1) tables and bring them into bhe cash market, the Bemidji Onion Growers Association. There commission house is on the Great ' Northern tracks: Plans are underway to enlarge the building, with a view of expending about $2,000 for this purpose. The merchants have pledged them- 1selves, regardless of What line of business ithey are in, to assist” the farmer in securing cash for his pro- duce and to do all in their power for ‘the upbuilding of the Bemidji Onion Growers association.. Shares in the association are selling fast at $10. The benefits of share holders are mutual. -Any farmer holding stock in the association can have all his vegetables disposed of on a 10 per cent basis, while others will be paid the market price. Card of Thanks To the many kind friends and neighbors who assisted in lightening our burdens during our recent be- reavement we wish to express our heartfelt thanks. Especially do we wish to thank ‘the members of the Nymore fire department for their as- sistance, finaneially, and floral of- ferings. Wreaths and boquets from. Mr. and Mrs. Al. Potvin, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tttner and the Misses Carrie and Selma Simonson of Cass Lake; Bthel Krog of Nymore and Waltz, Hilma ang Dorothy Johnson® of Nymore are also appreciated. MR. AND MRS OLE LOE, MISS . JOSIE, LOE, MRS. SIMONSON, CHAS. LINDAHL. ADDITIONAL WANTS T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY AN A A S AN A~~~ FOR SALE—Four city lots cheap if - taken at once.. . Geo. T. Elletson. FOR SALE—Cash register, practic- ally new, to_.r $50.00. Inquire Ex- Dpress office, Union Depot. - FOR REN'!'—-‘Rooms for light house- — keeping 320. s ,Mlnnesom Ave. Above. MoGroth’s o Phsme, EN-OOEE? ~ “SENGBUSCH” SELF-CLOSING INK STANDS and SETS The “Sengbusch’ Inkstand is more than a mere ink receptacle. It Automatically closes air-tight éfter every dip, thus keeping the ink clean and fresh. whether in the well a day or a year. no thick, linty, corroded ink that has to be thrown away. “You save 75 per cent on your ink bills. 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