Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 10, 1914, Page 1

7 VOLUME 12, NO. 89, FRENCH AND GER oc.’ 8; MAI \3 EETINV SENATE MAY RATIFY BRYAN PEACE PLAN European War Stimulates Interest in Secretary of War Program—Means Great Personal Triumph. BUT ONE BINDING CLAUSE Commission Appointed Cannot be Pre- vented From Action in Any Dispute —Japan Only Nation Opposed. (By Congressman C. H. Tavenner.) Washington, August 10.— The European war has stimulated inter- ost in Secretary of State * peace program and will undoubtedly Bl-ynfi's result in the ratification by the sen- ate of the twenty peace treaties which have been sent to the Foreign Relations committee by Mr. Brfan. The consummation of these treaties and 14 others with countries which have already indicated their accept- ance of the principle involved will make the United States the foremost advocate of peace among the great nations of the earth. Tt will be a pefsonal triumph for Mr. Bryan and will write his name foremost among those who have striven to bring about the universal brotherhood cf man. The principle of all the treaties is the submission of all- international disputes to permanent commissions _FRED A, DELANo.. Confirmed : as Federal Reserve Member of Board. After five hours of heated debate This completes the the senate confirmed the nomination of Paul M. Warburg of New York and F. A. Delano of Chicago as mem- bers of the federal reserve board. board. NAMES ‘DRY’ CGMMHfi of inquiry for a findings of fact. .1t|Vietor L. Power of Hibbing An- is not arbitration in any sense. It is merely a jury arriving at a verdict. No nation a party to one of these treaties is bound in any way to abide by the decision of the permanent commission. There is only one binding clause in the entire treaty and that is that no nation can prevent the commis- sion acting on the dispute. Once the commission is appointed by two na- tions, its control is out of the hands of either of the nations or both of them for all time to come, since the commission is controlled by a ma- Jjority_ ot of either nation. And the solemn duty of this mafority; accept- ed when they accepted their ap- pointmentsi to the commission, is to intervene voluntarily whenever the nations come to a dispute. As these treaties—and the whole 20 of them are virtually identical—- are read and better understood, there will come through the entire civiliz- ed world an admiration for the author of them and the brain and purpose that inspired them. The people of the world, the common peo- ple, 3o not want wars; they are peace lovers, and these treaties are the best guaranties of peace that have cver been drawn in human ments. These treatiesi are almost uncanny in their intelligence and in their ex- pression of broad appreciation of the causes of actions by men and by nations. If they were not drawn in such a good cause they could be said to have written with cunning. A short analysis will show this to be true. Nations are like men—they are swayed by public opinion. There probably does not exist the nation that will deliberately brave adverse public opinion. Therefore, although these treaties do not bind nations to the findings of the commisgion their hold and grip is stronger than any binding promise. They threaten to and will turn public opinion against the nation which is wrong in any dispute, and thus possibly do by indirection what no treaty could do by direction. The belligerent nation cannot pre- vent action by the commission. The commission will report its verdict, and that verdict will mold the public opinion of the earth. And the nation adjudged to be wrong, which, still insists upon fighting, will find itself entirely without moral support. The failure of the treaties to bind nations to the findings of the inter- national commissionst of inquiry in - another way added final touch to this masterpiece of diplomacy. It is so much easier with nations as with men to do a thing voluntarily rather than under compulsion. Thus any nation in dispute and found by the commiss- ino commisision to be in the wrong by yielding can make a show of magnaninity that would be lacking if the ruling were compulsory. The rulers of that nation, though losing in the dispute, can still hear the applause of the world when they yield. It is objected that in the present European conflict peace treaties have been found to have very slight hold upon the nations signatory to them, but the answer id that no nations have yet signed such treaties as Mr. Bryan has drawn and which 34 nations, -including all of the great powers .except Japan, hmka signified their w:mingnesa to accept. docu- granted, are: Bemidji treaty. ing at 5. of tuberculosis. days. tomorrow. nounces Names of Five Men Who Will Journey to Washington. Viector L. Power, | BEMIDJI MAN AMONG SELECTED mayor of Hib- has nounced the names of the five men who will go to Washington to pro- bing, and chairman of the Business Men's Treaty committee, test before the interior department against the enforcement of the “dry” Drovisions_of the now famous Indian treaty of 1855. The five men who will go to Wash- ington, where they will also ask that a public hearing on the situation be E. E. McDonald of Victor L. Power of Hib- bing; M. N. Koll of Cass Lake; Jo- seph Auston of Chisholm, and F. X. Brown of Crosby. This committee is named in con- sequence of the meeting held here last Tuesday, when it was that a delegation should be sent to Washington to ask a hearing and protest against the enforcing of the At that time it was decided that the committee should comprise one member from each of the three districts of the treaty territory, and two members at large. decided The committee will meet soon .0 decide upon the trip probably be made next month, which will J. T. BRENNAN DEAD. Father of Mrs. M. A. Clark Dies Following Paralytic Stroke, J. T. Brennan, aged 53 years, fa- ither of Mrs. M. A. Clark of this city, suffered a paralytic stroke last even- ing at 10 o’clock and died this morn- Judge and Mrs. Clark are at Northome and will return home Jn the 11:30 train this evening. Mr. Brennan has made his home with his daughter in this city for some time. He walked down town The funeral arrangements have not as yet been made. yesterday. CLAUDE BLAKESLEE DEAD. After a long illness, Blakeslee, son of Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Blakeslee, died at the Blakeslee farm, near Bemidji, this morning, a victim Death was not un- expected as the young man had been in a serious condition for The funeral will take place Claude several an-. ‘| ized, will preside tomorrow. The pur- pose of the Conference is to assist in ms MEET TONIGHT. Will Make Final Decision On New Building Plans, James L. George, exalted ruler of the Bemidji Elks lodge, 1052, called a special meeting for this ev- ing, the chief purpose for which is to receive the Teport of the building committee which met this atternoon| and reviewed the architect’s pln.gm It is expected that final action will be taken this evening and that | work on the structure, which will be a three-story affair, will start at once. All Elks are urged to attend the meet- ing. MUCH INTEREST SHOWN | Missing Word Contest Taken Part in By Many—Edith Ryan Winner of City Prize andMrs. Bahr Country WILL CONTINUE THREE WEEKS Much interest is being taken in the “Missing Word” contest which-is being run in connection with the Daily and Weekly Pioneer, and many answersi ‘have been received from ithose who are endeavoring to secure the prize. The contest will continue for three weeks. Miss Edith Ryan was the winner of the city contest last week, while V[rs Joe Bahr, Bemidji, R. F. D. Vo , won the weekly contest. The missing words were in the fol- lowing advertisementsi: First Na- tional bank, second line, public;” | Reynolds & Winter ad, fifth line “buying;” = Akerberg & Kittleson, sixth line, “to;” City Drug Store, tenth line, “the;” Phibbs & Cross, twelfth line, “fire.”” In several of the contest page ads each week a word will bé missing. Read the ads carefully and size if you can supply the words intentionally left out. Only contestants 12 years or over can enter the contest. The answers should be sent in as early as possible after the ads appear. The answers musit-be written and handed in or sent by “mail.— No-amswers~will“be- accepted over the telephone. INDIANS MEET TOMORROW One Hundred Delegates Representing Twelve Thousand Chippewas to Gather Here for Conference. ‘ has TO URGE CERTAIN LEGISLATION More than one hundred Chippewa Indians are expected to be in attend- ance at the Conference which is to be held here tomorrow at the City hall. Egch one hundred Chippewas of the twelve thousand in'the state are entitled to one delegate. There are ten reservations of the tribe in Min- nesota and the chief delegations to the meeting here tomorrow will be from White Eanth, Red Lake and Cass Lake, while several are -expected from Leech Lake, Nett La.l(e and White Oak Point. The Conference was scheduled to have been held here last month, but’ owing to the lack of funds; the gov- ernment appropriation of $1,500 not having been made, it was postponed. until tomorrow. The White Earth Indian band will accompany the White Earth delegation. ! Edward Rogers, of Walker, cnunty attorney of Cass county, who was elected chief of the Chippewas at the meeting held in Cass Lake last sum- mer when the Conférence was organ- the securing of legislation which' will give the Indian greater personal rights and more power in their gov- ernment. John Morrison of \ Red Lake is treasurer and official’ inter- preter and Natt Head of Red Lake is secretary. India has over 800,000 widows under the age of 20. SCOOP THE (‘UB = REPORTER LO B0SS5 ~THI5 15 SCOOP- WE &RE. JUST START NG ON A PRACTICE. FLIGHT TO TRYOUT OUR TRANS - ATLANTIC ARSHIP- KEEP YOUR EYE, PEELEDFORUSASWEGOBY ! The Joke Is ON The Boss : 'START WORK ON WABEBQUSE Onion Browers’ Associstion Building to Be Remodeled. St Work. was begun this morning on the enlarging and remodeling. of the Bemidji Onion Growers’ association \fwarehouse. Every effort ~will be made to have the work finighed as soon as possible in order tha!. it will be-in readiness for the shipping sea- son.. While the work is in progress the office of the association will be in the V. M. Owen land office, 120 (Beltrami-avenue, near the Union Sta- tion. The p‘hnne number- is 252. . | This ofllce will, of course, be only Fd ~lem'pornry BEMIDJI TRIMS WINTOSH Paul Pitches Masterly Ball Allowing but Four Hits and Striking Out Sixteen of Opposing Batsmen. vaidmg ‘the government would purchase -and’ park Iy ntire’ block | between Second and fThird streets, and Beltrami and Mix Bota, avenues, | €. F. Scheel president of the Northern Min: sta’ Editorial association, and a candidate for the state senate from. the district com- prising Becker ‘and ‘Hubbard coun- ties, is of the opirnionithat this” loda- | tion would be ideal for the ‘placing of Bemidji’s $84,000 ;Federal build- ing. 5 & LOCALS HIT WELL—SCORE 4 TO 5 With- Paul pitching unbeatable ball, Bemidji yesterday afternoon deféated ‘the fast McIntosh'team im that city by a score of 5 to 4. As- sisted by faultless support the little Bemidji twirler struck out sixteen Show Pictured Here. Mr. Scheers was i Bemidji to- day arranging for tig presentation here of the motion pictures taken on month. The picturesdwhich will be only‘ four hits. MecIntosh earned one shown at the Brinkmal run: ture, iead .one: through @ country| The Bemidii players hit Jensen, which cause the grand our of the St.|the McIntosh twirler, hard, thirteen Lawrence river,. 0¥ the Hudson |times landing on ‘his curves for safe river. and. the. pean beauty drives, five hits being for extra bases. Twice was Brandon able to connect ots to sink into insighificance. when gexe o for doubles, while Paul and Tanner compared with the lale on the north ‘border of anesnm, With its 14,000 islands. 4 also hit for two bases. McIntosh has one of -the hest Secured Local éxme" teams in its history, having won The picture will be'ghown in many | py rieen straight this year, losing Minnesota towns and in neighboring |,y ¢5 the All Nations, and the Be- states, and it.is expéeted . that it}niqy; victory is very gratifying to will prove a great gréat advertising fans of this city. ~ stunt. While here Mry Scheers, With| pojjowing are the Bemidji players the assistance of H. Hf Mayer, €2¢re- | yyn, participated in the victory: tary of the-Commercial club and Nels Brandon, Tanner, Paul, Auger, Ber- Hakkerup, the photogrpher, secured | .joan Cords, Klein, Bailey and a number of ‘Bemidg eenic pictures | yonnqgon. which ‘will be used as:slides in con- n:::iz"with the @ n pic—tmjs-li ‘,.Em TOTS LOST B Speaks of Bemidji, Mr. SchI:aers, in speaki‘ng of Be- | Children of Jolm Bye Wander From midji, said:’ Home—Citizens Aid in Search “There is 1o doubt but what Be- midji, the well‘named ‘Magic City| Seyeral hundred residents of Be- of the North,’” by virtue of its won-|midji were aroused yesterday after- derful natural advantages, will rap-|noon when it became known that the idly develop beyond all imagination|two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John of the most optimistic of your. hust-|Bye were lost. The fire bell was rung ling citizens. and searching parties were quickly “Bemidji is the keystone of the|organized which searched the woods natural arch through which hundreds | for the gifls; Selme, age three and one' of thousands will pass to the mag-|half, and Irene, aged five. The nificent agricultural “territory tribu-|little tots wandered from their father tary. One is favorably - impressed |about 10:30 Sunday mjorning and with the sanitary conditions of your|their disappearance was soon dis- beautifully paved streets upon | covered. When they could not be alighting from the trains at thefound the.police were notified and Great Northern and Union stations,|the search began. Nearby both of which are a credit to the|were asked to assist and automobiles railroads and a just .recognition Of |were sent in'all directions. At six the future of your city: o’clock last evening the police here Refers to Postoffice. were notified by John- Smith, coaler “The next great movement for your |at’ the Soo station at Scribner that city’s welfare should be'the erection |his son Chester had found the girls, of the new Federal building in’ the [tired, hungry and crying from their | block immediately adjoining the rail- venture. The little tots were given road stations to the north, giving due | food at the Smith home and Ole Ong- attention to beautifying the grounds, |stad, of the Bemidji Garage, went “With a building and grounds-that |tO Scribner and brought them back would be commensurate ~with the|to Bemidji, where they were restored present and future of' Bemidji, a most [to their moher who had been made profound impression would be made|frantic by their long absence. upon the visitor the minute he alights|“I surely appreciate the ‘efforts of from the train. Having spent eight |Mayor McCuaig and the police force years in a postoftice and observing in assisting me in the search,” said ‘that your present office is absurdly Mr. Bye this morning. "I am also Ln&dequa'_e, this question ‘egpecially | grateful to the many residents of Be- appeals to me. midji, who helped.” Would Be Mistake. “Dhe government, as well as the citizens- of Bemidji, will make a se- rious mistake if this opportunity is overlooked. From the government standpoint, if efficiency and economy aTe essential in'the construction and operation of - the postoffice, the site mentioned should be selected. “The saving of the cost of .trans- pormtlon in malis alone will pay for {the site in a-decade; it is most con- Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mattson ar- rived in Bemidji yesterday morning and are the guests of friends in the cl@. Mr. Mattson was foreman in the Pioneer job office last year. He is now foreman in the Warren Sheaf office, which paper id owned by his father.. Mr. Mattson will return to Warren this evening and Mrs. Matt- son will remain for a few days long- er. Mr. Mattson’s father, John P. Mattson, is touring Europe this sum- ;mer, (Continued on last mg;\ [ of the opposing hatsmen and allowed | jeach secured three-base hits. Auger: 2 towns |- fiERMANYMOBILIZINGANORHERMILLWK MEN FOR INVASION OF FRANCE; LIEGE OCCUPIED BUT FORTS fl0L|) out PARIS, AUG, lO.—-A STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT WHICH SAYS THAT NUMEROUS SKIRMISHES HAVE TAKEN PLACE ALONG THE EN- TIRE FRONT OF THE, FRENCH ARMY, ONE CLASH WITH GER- MANS BEING VIOLENT AND LOSS- ES TO BOTH SIDES BEING SE- RIOUS. STATEMENT ALSO ADDS THAT GERMAN TROOPS ARE RE- CEIVING REINFORCEMENTS AND FRENCH ARE AISO BEING STRENGTHENED. . LONDON, AUG. 10.—THAT LIEGE 'HAS BEEN CAPTURED - BY THE GERMANS IS RE-AFFIRMED IN DISPATCHES RECEIVED THIS ¥ORNING. ADMIT THAT GER- MANS HAVE OCCUPIED TOWN AND THE BELGIANS HAVE AP- PARENTLY WITHDRAWN TO THE OUTER OFFENSE AND RETIRED TO FORTS WHICH THEY STILL HOLD. y LONDON, AUG. 10.—DISPATCH RECEIVED TODAY FROM BRUS- SELLS SAYS GERMANY MORBILIZ- mied : INVASION 3 - | erecute the.oner“Gaptre” or-do.| EY NOT LOCATING SCENE OF EN- { stroy the ememy.” Admna! Jellicoe | COUNTER, ADMIRALTY TODAY s 1 1 of ali tae ves: | CONFIRMED SINKING OF GERMAN a2 sea. ig%MARINE BY ENGLISH SQUAD- \FLOUR AN!) QUGAR HIGHER| zw oz, ava, 10—sesoma CONSULATE IN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON SAID THAT ACCORD- Bemidji Merchants Announce Increase |ING TO HIS ADVICES ONLY TWO in Prices on Several Items— | FORTS AT LIEGE REMAIN STAND- £ ING AGAINST GERMAN INVASION. Big Leaps Are Taken. THESE, HE SAYS, WILL BE ABAN- DONED ANDE&BELGIAH SOLDIEE%’S WILL RETREAT IN GOOD ORD:! COFFEE - AND MEATS ADVANCE THEY WILL PROCEED TO NAMUR AND JOIN 100,000 FRENCH ADMIRAL JELLICO - Directing Movements of Brit- ish Fleet in the North Sea. Admiral Jellicoe is in command of Sulted” fn“price “increases on many | grocery items, the most noticeable + o ofe b ofeols oo oo oo ol oo s oo oo ofos -y having been made on Saturday when sugar, which has been selling for + $5.75 per hundred pounds, advanced to $6.25. * Another big increase was that of | ¥ flour for which the grocers are now | o asking $3.50 per hundred WheTe Bre~| . u s, o go o oo e ok o ob o ob o ob o ¥ viously it has been selling for $3.00. This is caused by the. advance in London, Aug.10.—All eyes are tura- wheat prices. ed toward Belgium, where the heroic Coffee is now selling for one cent | Stand made by the Belglan army more per,.pound than before, and | 2g3inst the German. advance has this price will in all likelihood meet | Caused surprise in all quarters. ~ Au- with another increase, because of the | thorities have taken the greatest pre- difficulty in importing. Bacon and| 3ution to prevent- the leakage of ham has also advanced one cent per tews of military movements, but re- pound. ports received here Indicate that The price of eggs, while not af-| French and British troops are hurry- fected by the war, is also much high. | 0E to the assistance of the Belgians, or thian, & Waek a’go TPhey e HoW who, it is reported, have not reached selling for thirty .cents a dosen | ® decision on the question of the ar- where formerly but twenty-five cents | Mistice asked by Germany and are re- was. asked. _This is caused by the newing the conflict around Liege. One iv- large demand and their scarcity. tepattjcredltasthio. Delslans with & Paris, Aug. 10.—French troops, entered Alsace and cap- tured the village of Altkirch, near the Swiss frontier, seven- ~teen miles west of Basel. LR R K K ing an armistice of only two hours. Notification of Portugal’s determi- nation to act’asan ally of Great Brit- ain in the European conflict under Manager Woodmansee Arranges for the terms of an old treaty by which Fil that country must supply 10,000 men Weekly of Current Events. was one of the important develop- ments of the day’s news from war- Manager Woodmansee of the Grand | yorn Europe. theatre has returned from the twin| The fighting around Liege, although cities where he completed arrange-| regarded as important by military ments for the showing of a Pathe| men, is considered as merely an open- Weekly feature here. The pictures, | ing move in the campaign, the plan of which has been kept well hidden which shows current e;'enl;ts a: all by German and’ French -com: ders. ‘parts of the world, and which will in- It is pointed out by military men clude late war scenes, will be shown | 54 any gecisive offensive movement at the Grand every Wednes-| by the German or French army will day. and Thursday. Tom or-|involve several hundred thousands of row afternoon and evening “The| men on each side whose contact will Brute,” ‘a four-part Famous Player | throw into a shadow the fight at feature, will be produced . at the | Liege. Grand. This is a story filled with numan tonches and the film is con- sidered as one of the best. WILL SHOW PATHE FEATURE German Vessels Taken. Reports from many" quarters record- turther captures of merchant vessels sailing under the German flag. The. presence of contact mines in neutral waters was shown-in the wreck of a Norweglan steamer in the Zuyder Zee in The Netherlands. A report from Brussels declares the minister of war has received word ‘that fighting .has occurred betwaesn French and Germans in Bel;imlfl Luxemburg. Official announcement was M in Paris that English troops, under the direction of French officers, are dis- embarking on French soil at & peint not revealed. It is believed this English | detachment is to support the French in giving assistance to Belgium along the Belgo-German frontler. . A Brussels report says a force of French cavalry arrived in Belgium, James L. George, county auditor, left Saturday night for Chicago where “he will spend several days on | matters pertaining to ditch bonds. By "HOP' i ment that the Erench froops are:ad- Officfal - annoncement in Paris de- clares the forts about Liege continue holding out and that the Germans who entered the city evacuated on receipt: of news that Belgium had sent a com: - plete division of its army to ltnc} the German position in Liege. to the east, of Liege, with announce- - vancing to the assistance of the Bel-