Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 14, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 93. WANT GOVERNMENT POSITION QUERY Chippewas in Congress Here Feel That Sinecure Appointments are Too Numerous--Ask Investigation ATTACK BEAULIEU INTENTIONS Is Accused of Allowing Personal ‘Mat- ters to Influence His Conference Actions—Election Today. Claiming that an concerning investigation sinecure positions with government on the Chippewa res- ations of Minnesota should be de, Gus Beaulieu, of the White rth delegation to the Indian Con- ference here, this morning caused a wlution to be passed which pro- i for the naming of a committee h will ascertain the number of s and report their findings such ca: tall. next Resolution Passes. 1 nearly every case the employes of he government on the reservations are paid by money taken from the general fund kept in the! treasury of the United States. This being the case the Chippewas object to the needless expenditure of the money in paying the wages of men who are net necewsary in carrying on of the work. A committee of five members will be named. Indian Delegates Personal. Personalities entered into the Con- gress last evening, when Henry War- ren of Bena, remarked that he be- lieved personal motives and desires made the presence of Gus Beaulieu as a delegate undesirable. Mr. Warren stated that he could show where Mr. Beaulieu has used his influence in waysi not for the good of the Indian cense. At this point Mr. Beaulieu jumped to his feet and demanded that any chargés against his work be made immediately. Chairman Rogers rap- ped for order and the resglution over which the trouble had taken place, was again discussed. This Caused Trouble. The resolution which caused the; trouble was the one providing for the sending of a legislative committee to Washington to assist in the drafting ana passage of bills requested by the Chippewas. Mr. Beaulieu had amend- ed the resolution causing it to give right to any delegation from any res- ervation to visit Washington, there- by taking from the legislative com- practically all power. After a4 he.ted discussion another resolu- ti1 was drawn up and passed, pro- v ng that a committee of five should be named, through which all legis- lative requests should be passed. City Officials Talk. .t the mceting held last evening J mirtee Mavor William MeceCuaig and P. ¥t Russell, city attorney, addressed the Indians. Their talks were interpre- iv:l. Both speakers assured the In- ans that their requests were to be lled and complimented them on w1 progressiveness. Election Today. i is expected that the Congress i1l adjourn tonight, the election of officers taking place this afternoon. Hot fights are being made for all offices. { Redby Woman Dead. | M. E. Ibertson returned to Bemidji , this morning from Redby where he| prepared the body of Mrs. Resella Biue, who died yesterday from penu- monia, for burial. Interment will be made at Peever, North Dakota. SCOOP THE CUB PEFORTER imorning to hold the body until the (' } © 'RDERED MAN'S CLOTHES Vest » “t of G W. St. Clair aid by Police. That the clothes make{ from the body of G. W. St. Clair, following his- murder some time last Wednes- day morning, are being worn by the murderer, has been made evident by the finding of a pair of old worn-out overalls, the dead man’s vést and his coat within twenty rods of the spot where the crime took place. Chief Lane, Patrolman Zacharias, William Peckles, Thomas Swinson and George Baker visited the scene of the crime this morning and after wading in the swamp between the M, & I. tracks at mile post 96 and the lake for some time, the garments were discovered. The shirt had been torn from the dead body. Although St. Clair’s watch had been taken, his print- er’s tools were left untouched, a com- posing rule, a make-up rule and other! articles being found in the pockets. A broken walking stick, covered with ‘blood stains, has also been found. The police have no clue to the murderer. Coroner Ibertson was notified t‘uisl arrival of relatives from Huntsville, Missouri, the home of St. Clair. NEW DESTINY MAY RESULT Tavenner Reviews Effect European War Likely to Have on United States—To Advance Progress. NEXT FEW YEARS T0 BE VITAL By Congressman C. H. Tavenner Washington, August 14.—A new era for the United Statep, almost a new destiny, seems to be the certain | result of the European war. Unless something unforseen. . halts the struggle it is bound to continue to the bitter end. There is no promise that the copflict will’be a short one On the one side Germany and on the other England, and neither natlgn will accept defeat until hnpoverishedl of men' and money. It would not! surprise military men of Washing- ton .if the struggle were to continue for years. -A war to the death means the death of millionst of subjects of the European powers. The effect upon ! the United States would be most pro-; feund. The very economic texture! of our nation would be changed.! From a nation which is an exporter of raw materials, we would suddenly, become the great supplier of finish-! (Continued on CONCERT THIS EVENING. Program Announced for Regular Weekly Band Entertzinment. An interesting entertainment has been arranged for the band concert which will be given at the city dock! this evening. The program as an-' nounced by Alden Remfrey, director: 1. March—“The White Tops”..... i .................... Minnelh’ H I'Z. Waltz—*“In a Rose Garden”. i Crusm 3. fexican Kiscizs”. .. Roberts 4. Caprice—*Basking in the Sun~ shine” .Cameron | 5. Medley— Don”t Stop VDn Tilzer 6. Morceau Charactertistic—“Forest | Sunday afternoon when the Brother-|to accept the office, but after conkig- WhiSpers” ... ceus ciie o Losey | 7. Waltz—“When 1 Waltz Wxth| Fou" s v wisie wiors sisie soid Schmid | 8. Overture—‘{Mignonnette” ...... ................... Baumann 9. March—"“The Eastern Wheel”. .................... Boehnlem |charge of the management of“the ex- ! hibition, is planning on making Be- ‘department of the fair will be equal - promulgation .of industrial activities PLAN BIG FEATURES. FOR BEMIDJI DAY Strong Program Planned for Friday, Sept. 4, at Second Annual Red Lake Indian Fair. GROUNDS ARE MUCH IMPROVED Agricultural and Domestic Exhibits|== to Excell Former Displays—Object is to Promofe Better Farming. | Bemidji Day, Friday, September 4, is to be the banner day at the second annual Red Lake Indian Fair which will be held at Red Lake Reervation: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sep- tember 3, 4 and 5. Superintendent Dickens, who has midji Day the “Big day” of the fair and it is his intention to bring about even a more successful day than a year ago. Grounds Improved. The fair grounds are being exten- sively improved and will be much more attractive and convenient than before. Many of the Indians arel showing much interest in the fair and exhibits of premium winning merit will be placed on exhibition. The exhibits, agricultural, domestic, school boot, Indian bead work and others, will excell former displays. _ Live Stock a Feature. What is expected to be one of the largest drawing cards to the Indian fair is the live stock -exhibit. This to that of any county fair in the state: next fall, Object of Fair. “The object of the association,” says_ Superintendent Dickens, “is the, among our vpeople, the educaflnn of Lour. ne)ghhors, ~aswwell as. ourselves Our aim ‘s also to promote ‘Detter farming and_ more farming and to agssist and urge the Indians in get- ting more cattle.” | Interesting Programs. Strong programs will be given every afternoon and evenlng of the ‘fair, Indians only particxpatmg Among the leading features will be an Indian LaCrosse game, each day of the fair, a tug of war.and foot races of all kinds. t ! Only for Indians. Conly India will be allowed to compete for | or rremiums, al- tthough persons living on c¢r near the reservation are invihed to displav! their agricultural products, as well as their live stock. There will be auto service betwe: Redby and the Fair grounds, and tie Red Lake boats will be at the service’ of the public. The Red Lake tiain’ will leave early Friday morning and a large delegation of Bemidji folks ave expected to make the trip. i WALKER TO PLAY HERE. i ’i‘la nmen Schedule Game With Fast: Cass County Nine. Cne of the best baseball games of the geason will be played here next hood of Trainmen will meet the Walker nine. Graves, the well known Indian twirler, will pitch for Walker. | . The Trainmen will place their strong- | 'est lineup of hhe year in the game. Pioneer ‘wam ads bring results. Yes Boss Don't Wait T00_ Long :Tetters from abroad have -been ceived several days late. bof@,ctive Page -ls'l"|-+-l'+-l-++-l-+++'l-+-l-'l~ JAUSTRIAN FLEET READY * FOR ACTION. S ' “Rome, = Aug. 14—Steamers }‘eaching *Venice reported the ‘Austrian fleet cleared for ac- tion lying off the naval base at: Pola. . The French fleet, wlth some ¥nglish -cruigers, ‘were reported near the -entrance to the:Adriatic and a naval battle of some magnitude is looked for. +++++ FEEE R +++++++++++++ b3 R R FOREIGN MAIL SMALL Postoffice Business Falls Off in Let- ters and Money Orders to 01d Coun- ‘try, Report Bemidji Officials. FEW RECEIVED FROM EUROPE Since the beginning of the Euro- pean struggle all lines of business handled by the Bemidji postoffice have fallen off from 25 to 75 per cent,. The tieing up of ships of countries ‘acutally engaged in - the war-and the scarcity of American shipstavailable-for transporting- mail have greatly delayed mails, and the uncertainty felt by .the public as to the safety of mail got the foreign | landei+has greatly’ curtailed all class- | o3, ‘Albert Worth, assistant post-! master-of the -Bemidji office, how- ever, believes that the conditions will adjust themselves soon, and that the! mail ‘'will assume normal proportlons - The assistant postmasiter went ¢ thrapgh the foreign mail department witht a representative of the mail de- 'partment this morning, and it was found that only.a few lettérs-are be- ing mailed out, the sale of foreign stamps, except Canadian, being very small while the incoming ma.ils-brlng but a small number of letters. ..A look at the rack containing for- | eig;u mail showed * but three letteys practieally 'no letters Mve ceived from Europe. ~%8#ael Catter,«who has. cln.rge of.} the money order department,-. Teports that foreign registry and ‘money .or- der bueiness is at a very low ebb. “If the war continues for any length of time,” said Mr. Worth, |“the United States will make provi-. (sions for handling foreign mails ade- quately, and secure a sufficient num- ber of steamers for mail purposes to .take the place of foreign vesseld thdt 1 formerly carried | United States is now to withdraw the ' the mails. The vessels at Vera Cruz, and these will "help fill in the gap.” r. Worth expressed surprise that the public is not sending more let- ters abrcad, as postage is ‘the only thing at stake. Quite a number of re- D it | HAYDEN NEW MAYOR. Suceeeds Eugene N. Smith as Official Head at Blackduck. Charles Haydén, who was a candi- date for the senatorial nomination at ! the recent primaries, has been named !mayor of Blackduck by the council of that village. ‘He succeeds Eugene N. Smith, who has resigned. Mr. Hayden is one of Blackduck’s pio- neers, and is highly respected by his fellow citizens.- He at first refused ergble urging on the part of his’ friends, did so. Other members of the Blackduck council are, H. M. Lat- terrell, recorder; F, C. Alsop, John Cann and C. ‘W. Dudley, trustees. Let a want ad help you. een re- | KING CONSTANTINE. Greek Ruler Desires to Keep Out of Trouble. King Constantine of Greece has called a council of the cabinet and all the living former ministers to de- cide upon the future of Greece. pressure to participate in the present war_is very great, but it is under- stood that the-king desires to remain neutrnl at lea.st for the present; .’ — CHANGE IN N MANAGEMENT i@. D. Bukus Takes Over’ BuaarStore lnteum of E. E Ivu.—elmd forlnthory Nut Week To" "ANNOUNCE OPENING SOON G. D: Backusi, who during the past ‘three years has been a: resident of Bemidji, coming here from Holgate, Ohio, has purchased the :holdings of E. H. Ives in the Bazaar store, the' transaction having been completed to- | “day. Mr. Backus is of much experiencei in the mercantile business, being the | iproprietor of one of the leading establishments in Holgate for more than twenty-one years. His knowl- edge of the business is complete. The store will be ¢losed next Mon day for inventory and will not be re: opened until after the work has been co'mmeted It is planned to,hold a sale following 'the inventory, an- nouncements for which will be made later, Mr. Ives has been in business here for nearly twelve years, and has al- ::ways been regarded als one of the city’s most successful merchants. During his residence in Bemidji, Mr. Backus, who will assume the management of the Bazaar store, has taken an active interest in the civic ‘welfare of the city, and his decision to enter permanently into businéss here will be welcomed by our citizens. Direotors to, Meet. There will be a directorg’ meeting of the Associated Charities in the Li- brary building this evening at 8 o’clock. Matters pertaining to the convention of the Board of Charities Correction which is to be held here September 26-29, will be discussed. By "HOP’ ¥ YOU UP AFTER ‘(OUVE DROPPED ® i n«smn-.vam .~ The | “IN0 SERIOUS FIGHTING IN BELGIUM; ™ TW NILLION RUSSIANS ON ERONTIER; FRENCH WIN IN. VOSGES MOUNTAINS (BY AMERICAN PRESS.) - . PARIS, AUG. 14—FRENCH ARMY HAS WON SWEEPING VICTORY IN VOSGES MOUNTAINS, ACCORDING TO . OFFICIAL -GOVERNMENT AN- NOUNCEMENTS. GERMAN COLUMN FROM MOLSHEIM ATTEMPTED TO RETAKE ST. MARIS AND LEBON LE BON HOMME PASSES, WHICH WERE TAKEN -BY FRENCH LAST WEEK, ' BUT . WERE REPULSED AND SURRENDERED. BERLIN, AUG. 14._GERMAN AD- VANCE PROCEEDING AS PLAN- NED. WHATEVER LOSSES THE ARMY HAS SUSTAINED WERE AN- TICIPATED. GERMAN FORWARD MOVEMENT CONTINUES ' ALONG THE VERY LINES SELECTED BY THE GENERAL STAFF. ; .LONDON, _AUG. 14.—DISPATGH 40 CHRONICLE FROM WEST HAR- TLE POOL SAYS CAPTAIN OF DAN- ISH STEAMER DECLARES HE HAS PASSED SEVEN §UNKEN GERMAN SHIPS FIFTEEN MILES OFF SPURN HEAD, AT NORTHEAST EN- TRANCE OF THE HUMBER. SHANGHAI, AUG. - 14—TWO wusgnas BAD‘I.Y pm«mn{m rmn THE HARBOR AT, HONG- KONG YESTERDAY. . IDENTITY - |NOT LEARNED HERE, BUT BE- LIEVED T0 BE BRITISH o» FRENCH "“BRUSSELES, AUG. 14 OFFICIAL" -~ - ANNOUNCEMENT- ISSUED* "HERE ~ FROM WAR “OFFICE-TODAY. SAYS' “SITUATION THROUGHOUT BEL- GIUM SATISFACTORY.” THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPORTANT - DE- VELOPMENTS TODAY, 'GERMAN 'COLUMNS CONTENTING ~THEM- SELVES WITH MARKED MOVE- MENTS DESIGNED T0 ASCERTAIN STRENGTH OF BELGIAN FORCES {AND THERE HAS BEEN NO SE- RIOUS FIGHTING. PARIS, AUG. 14.—WAR OFFICE TATES THAT IN OPERATIONS AT 'LIEGE BELGIANS CAPTURED TWO ‘THOUSAND PRISQNERS, WHILE FRENCH ON FRONTIER TQOK {MORE THAN FIFTEEN HUNDRED PRISONERS. STOCKHOLM, AUG. 8. —BECAUSE OF MENACE OF GERMAN WAR- SHIPS IN BALTIC, AN APPROPRIA- TION OF 50,000,000 KRONER HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE MOBILIZA- TION OF ARMY. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, AUG. 14.—ITALY HAS MOBILIZED OVER 200,000 TROOPS ON SWISS AND AUST,mN FRONTIERS AS PRE-% CAUTIONARY MEASURE. LONDON, AUG. 14—TWO MIL- LION RUSSIAN SOLDIERS REPORT- ED MASSING ON. GERMAN 'AND AUSTRIAN FRONTIERS. HALF A MILLION RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE SAID TO BE STATIONED ON ROU- MANIAN FRONTIER AND THREE MILLION MEN BEING HELD IN RE- SERVE. & BRUSSELLS, AUG. 14 —GERMAN LOSSES AT HAELEN, TIRLEMONT, NAVILLE-TAVEIRS AND EGHEZEE DECLARED BY WAR OFFICIALS {T0 HAVE EXCEEDED TEN THOUS- AND IN KILLED AND WOUNDED; |WITH MORE THAN FIVE THOUS-. |AND TAKEN rmsom A clip to hold a pen or pencil in a pocket «has been combined with an eraser in a recent invention. *. }