Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 19, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 97. U B &l MAYOR ASKED T0 NAME DELEGATES William McCuaig May Appoint Three to Attend American Road Con- gress at Atlanta, Georgia. DISCUSS FEDERAL -AID PLAN Important Move Bearing on State Legislation Will be Made—Spe- cialists to Lecture, "’s PGPEPIIJ» Bemidji is likely to be’ represented at the fourth American Road Con- gress which is to be held at Atlanta, Georgia, during the week of Novem- ber 9, and William McCuaig, mayor, has been requested by A. B. Fletcher, prdsident, to name three delegates, under the leadership of the American Highway association and the Amer- ican Automobile association, In his letter to Mayor McCuaig, President Fletcher calls attention to the fact that practically every state highway commissioner will be pres- ent and take part in discussing the important problems of road construc- ‘tion and maintenance, and that some of the foremost men in public life will devote their attention to the great question of federal aid to road improvement, in an endeavor to work out a policy which may be sub- mitted to the congress of the United States with the support of the or- ganized road movment of America. The Merit System. An important move bearing upon state legislation will be made at the session to be held under the auspices of the American Bar association, at which a joint committee, appointed at the 1913 congress, will report progress in compilation and suggest- ed revision of state roal laws. creation of a commission participa- ted in by each state to work out a revision o fthe road laws will be urged. The National Civil Service Reform league will hold an exceed- ingly importont session on the merit system in road administration. Attention to Exhibits. President Pletcher calls attention to the exhibits to be made by the! United States government, the states and moré *han a hundred of the lead- ing manufacturers at the congress, whilch will illuitrate every -known | methol, material and equipfiént for road construction and maintenance. He urges that the city and county be officially represented, as the con- is in reality a training school where a very great amount of useful infor-. mation can be obtained through at- tenance at lectures with leading spe- cialists in road anl street work. and the collecting of the many instruc- ‘tive bulletins which will be available for disgtribution. The headquarters of the congress are in the Colorado building, Wash-| ington, D. C., in charge of 1. S. Pen- ! nybacker, cxecutive secretary, andl the exposition is'in eharge of Charles P. Light. business manager. PUSHING FORWARD TOWARD STRASSBURG! Paris, Aug. 19.—Pressing rapldly forward in Alsace-Lorraine in the gen- eral direction of Strassburg the French advance is reported as over- coming a determined German re- sistance. French cavalry, supported strongly by artillery and motorcycle detach- ments, are forcing the Germans back to the north and east toward the Rhine valley, it is said. The bulletin issued by the war of- fice says: “The French advance continues, forcing the enemy back in the gen: eral direction of Strassburg. The Ger- mans are abandoning huge quantities of war material, including artillery ammunition and commissary supplies, which are being taken possession of by the French forces. “Many prisoners are being taken.” The official report makes no men- tion of the French losses, which are said to be very heavy. URGES WILSON TO ASK JAPAN TO KEEP PEACGE Washington, Aug. The ; 19.—An appeal| and the realization that there is general European war in progre greatly depressed him. can Trouble Now Shown to Have Been Correot, Washington, August situation was at its most point. Mexican policy. He did. he made the utterance that our ne ing-stock of Europe. L4 plunged all Europe into find themselves out of jobs. diplomacy. on this side of the ocean. is no laughter. peace. The President is Right. heading of a newspaper ‘Congress. aroused the President to i Prasident Wilsen has ultimate consumer. The should ‘prepare itself for publ the ing business.” That is true. It attacking dishonorable business. has been business. It thas ity and declaring that Wilson shou withdraw his anti-trust scare as a bapis for the boost. that the government of the United! States plead with Japan to refrain! from carrying the European war into the Far East was received by Presi- dent Wilsen from the National Ger- man-Amcrican alliznce. The presi-' dent wazs thanked for his offer of mediation to the warring nations of Europe. “We now appeal to the president and to congrees,” the petition says, “to plead with the government of Ja- pan, through her ambassador at ‘Washington, in the name of humanity, civilization and universal peace, to refrain from carrying the war into the Far East by demanding that Germnany abandon all ber political and commer- clal interests in China.” Women work as coal reavers in Africa. SCOO Pope Pius died shortly after one o'clock this afternoon, the cause of death being an attack of bronchial catarrh, coupled with a high fever. The Pope’s condition has caused grave concern in his household for some time. Ever since the outbreak of the war his holiness has been un- der a severe mental strain. He made a serious effort to prevent hostilities METHOD NOW APPROVED Policy of President Wilson in Mexi- PROTECT ULTIMATE CUSTOMERS By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. 19.—Theo- dore Rodsevelt returned from South America just at the time the Mexican critical It was expected that Theo- dore Roosevelt. would have someth- ing to say about President Wilson’s He did not even wait until his ship landed in New York; but in South America American diplomacy wasg, the laugh- Things have happened since ther: The American _diplomacy. of moral- ity- and righteousness “inauguarated | by President Wilson prevented’ war between the United States and Mex- ico, although war seemed inevitable. The refined European diplomacy, the sort admired by Col. Roosevelt, has war. ‘Thrones will totter, and some of the diplomatists who Col. Roogevelt said were laughing at our diplomacy, will But the European diplomatists by this time have probably ceased to {laugh at President Wilson’s kind of The laugh seems to be But there ‘The same doctrine of morality and righteousness which Presilent Wilson applied to the Mexi- can problem will later be offeréd to Europe in an effort to bring about Price of cattle going down, price _of beef going up.” This Was the dispateh printed in a Washington Newspaper last week and which was read by President Wilson and members of Th fact that other commodities controlled by combinations and trusts are also mounting skyward in price action. made a ten strike by calling the attention of the Department of Justice to the present situation and demanding that every legal means be used to protect the ery that the administration is “attack- attacking dishonorable been attacking dishonest business for some time and ‘the men who have been grying ealam- THE CUB REPORTER TwoXear-0ld Animal Tomn fo. Bits Near Pendergast Cottage. < | Its back torn to shreds and one side caved in, the body of a two-year- old’ deer waa found by. W. P. Gray, just & _quarter of & mile fromithe L. G. Pendergast cottage at Balsam Beach last evening. The deer be- Heved to-have been a victim of .rlynx which duriig the past -few weeks has caused much annoyance to the farmers of that community, eeveral highly valued sheep = having = been killed and ‘a dog narrowly escaped death in an encounter with the ani- mal. Mr. Gray was attracted by the barking of a dog and in going to'in- ‘estigate the trouble heard such fear- ful” snarlg and howls that he re- turned for his gun. When he again reached the spot he found thq deer, still warm, but badly:lacerated A search for the animal will be'm Just what kind of am- 0 killed the deer i9 a matter of conjec: ture, that it was either a lynx or a pan- dead body of ‘the deer are” certain that the killing was done by some powerful member of the cat family. IS EXPERT GARDENER John Lunn Gaining Fame as Success- ful Grower of Onions. Cabbage and Other Produce. a 88 EXPECTS UNUSUAL MARKET) Few market gardeners in the ‘tate of Minnesota are more success- ful than John Lunn. who operates a large onion and cabbage farm at the north limits of Bemidji. Mr. unn is fast bocoming recog- nized as an expert gardener and dur- ing the past four years his progress in the business has been watched, with much interest. The growing of} onions is Mr, Lunn’s specialty. This | year he has a much larger crop than ever before, nearly four acres of the Yellow Globe variety, and one acre of the Red Globe, now being practic- ally ready for harvesting, To look over his perfectly fielded crop one is made to realize why his efforts are guccessful. - Two acres of Mr. Lunn’s farm js pianted to cabbage, the Iate ‘Hn}hnd varlety, and some to the early Chareston. The cabbage are in ex- cellent conlition. Besides these chief producte, Mr. Lunn has spended plots of Golden self-blanching celery; lettuce; to- matoes; Osage melons, grown from acclimated seed, and transplanted; Hubbard squash; cucumbers; Green Bell peppers; raspberries and rhu- barb, Fourteen pounds of W onion :seed ‘his crop. The farm ds located on the banks of lake Bemidji and is equipped with a' gasoline engine pump, with a capacity of 300 gal- long per'minute. The fields are: pro- vided with a sprinkling system and in case of dry weather the crops are watered at Tegular intervais. The|. last rain brought sufficient moisture to prepare the onions for the harvest ] which will begin about the first of September. “I anticipate a Tecord breaker this; year,” said Mr. Lunn, who is' sec- retary of the Bemidji Onion Growers ic is It 1d measures and that congress should adjourn are the men who are today forcing prices upward and using a fake War iy America will take part in the Some of the best harness horses horse races at the Minuesota State Mr. Gray is of the ‘opinion}: ther, and others who have seen the|’ ‘ging operations. jsame condition os originally, be dismissed without costs or dis- were used by Mr. Lunn in planting|* fof the board. /aseoclathn, “the demand will = be —_———————————————— $26,000 IN PURSES WF!RED'HOR&E!EN- i br‘lnmnr 3 Beltrami county pners are desirous I the state. iConventions of @e kind are usual- 1y attended by tWo. delegates from each county, but the plan is to have as large a meeting u.mm. The con- vention was brought to Bemidji through the eflg of A. E. Rako, chairman of the Beltrami - county board, at the M Aneapolis meeting last spring, and .fhe commissioner feels certain that this section of the state will profit f.mx great extent by the visit of the cials. The state association of Charities and Correc- tions ‘will hold it8- meeting here at the same time: W. R. Mackenzie. secretary of the:NSnthern Minnesota Development assogiation -and vice- president of the @haritics and Cor- rections society. tfi;wmd before the commissioners ang: with ‘Mr. Rako, requested that th@ invitation be is- sued. e nifof yerierday was taken up in the. dificussion of school matters, and sevepal new districts were formed. -A mew.common school district at Shooks’i was organized. Shooks was formefly comprised in districts 67 and 82, but with its cighteon puplls Wi now have an organization of jts own. C. G. Johnson, H. Dmhlijed and F. Heibel appeared herore Ilpe ‘board on this matter. Bridge Case Settled. A resolution mgved by - Commis- sioner Clementsong-and seconded by Commissioner- Mypwe - was - passed- -which settles the law suit of the county against the Engler ' Lumber company of Baudette, in which the latter’ was sued for $750.00 damages done to Winter-Road river bridges at Walhalla and’ Wabanica by log- B. A. Engler of- fered to replace the structures in the pro- viding that the action now pending bursements. Auditor George-is.out of the city and_Deputy Alsop is acting as.clerk Russian Royalty at Front. London, Aug. 19—The Russian em: bassy here is in receipt of a commu- mication from the:general staff at St. i Petersburg saying: that the Russian ‘mobilization ‘18 completed and that leven members of the Russian im- $amily flg are at the front. jereater than ever before, providing ‘excellent market conditions and the prices will be good.” *| Germans in the London newspapers say it is persistently been wounded in the fighting in Bel- “him. who is the from this, the sixth congressional dis- trict, opposing the Charles A, Lindbergh, wasg a Bemidji ary campaign and will begin an ac- tive fight for. the month, when it is his intention to carry on a throughout the entire district. here several weeks before the prima- ries, gelection .as the proper democrat to make the race. in politics, and several years ago won prominence when Congressman Buckman. nearly lost his seat to the Sauk Centre man. . HOUSING PRISONERS problem of the war is likely to be the housing and guarding ‘of prison- ers. battles have really begun. Reports Say Kaiser's Eldest 8on Is Seriously Wounded. Reports from The Hague printed rumored . there - that Crown Prince Frederick Willlam has glum and has been taken to Alxla- Chapelle, where the kaiser will join D'BOIS VISITS BEMIDJI Congressman Lindbergh’s Opponent Spends Day Here—Is on Prelim- inary Campaign Tour. WILL MAKE ACTIVE FIGHT Dr. J. A. DuBois, of Sauk Centre, demderatic candidate re-election- of r today. ‘Dr. DuBois is making a prelimin- position next systematic campaign He ave nhla evening for Walker. no opposition being made to his DuBois is not new IS HUGE PROBLEM ~—A troublesome London, Aug. Already more than 5,000 Ger- mans have been captured before the The Bel- gians are sending 'a large proportion of these prisoners into France. : When the big fighting with at least- 2,000,000 men engaded begins the number of prisoners probably will run.into vast and embagrassing totals on both sides. There will be exchanges of prison- ers, but these are not always easy to arrange. Another difficulty is antici- pated. in. the matter. of commissaries for unprecedently large armies. The are . even now conl’ronted _zizantic tas * Fishing Good. c Good.manson of Marshalltown, has _been visiting his |~ A gin invented iy aNéw Yorker Fair, Sept. 7 to ll. ‘according te.She entry list. . The sum. ef $26,000 lukot- fered to h mmel. & for shooting life lines from ship to ship or ship to shore’ utilizes' the 'power” of what ordinarily would be the ‘recoil to add to its effectiveness. ENGAGEMENT . WHICH 0OM- MENCED LAST NIGHT INCREAS- ED IN SEVERITY TODAY AND HAS ASSUMED PROPORTIONS OF bmt- ERAL BATTLE. PARIS, AUG. 19.—FRENCH AD- VANCE INTO ALSACE-LORRAINE, CONTINUES ' BRIEF OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED TODAY. CON- FIRMED REPORT SAYS GERMANS ARE ' FALLING BACK UPON STRASSBURG AND FRENCH ARM- IES ARE OPERATING NORTH FROM SWISS FRONTIER. ! LONDON;, AUG. 19.—0FFICIAL COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM PARIS DECLARES CONFIRMATION AT HAND OF PREVIOUS REPORTS OF SERVIAN VICTORY AT SHA- BATS OVER EIGHTY THOUSAND AUSTRIANS. LATTER SUFFERED SEVERE DEFEAT WITH VERY HEAVY LOSSES TO MEN ‘AND AM- MUNITION. LONDON, AUG. 19.—DISPATCH FROM ST. PETERSBURG SAYS RUSSIAN' OFFICIAL COMMUNICA- TION REPORTS REPULSE OF AUS- TRIAN ATTACKS ON TOWN OF VLADIMIR IN GOVERNMENT OF VOLHYNIA WITH HEAVY AUS- TRIAN CASUALTIES. LONDON, AUG. DISPATCH ‘TO FRENCH EMBASSY SAYS GERMANS HAVE ABAND-| ONED THEY WERE STRONGLY ESTAB- LISHED WITH HEAVY ARTIL- LERY. ToNDox, _Avc. NOUNGES ~ SOME FIGHTING BETWEEN BRITISH PATROLLING -SQUADRONS AND FLOTILLA AND GERMAN CRUIS- ERS. WHICH WERE RECONNOIT- ! ERING. tery. LONDON, AUG. TO REUTERS =TELEGRAM COM- PANY FROM BRUSSELLS SAYS: “FIERCE BATTLE IN PROGRESS BETWEEN BELGIANS AND GER-| MANS ALONG EXTENDED FRONT. LARGE NUMBER OF REFUGEES ARRIVING FROM HIRLEMONT.” Miss Ruth Getchell, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Getchell of this city, died yesterday at Oakland, Cali- fornia, where she and her have been for the past two months and a half. ill for the past seven months and, went to California, change of climate would be ibene- ficial: and was to graduate from the body Will be brought to Sunday or Monday and dnterment will ‘be made in Greenwood ceme- 19.—OFFICIAL SAAREBIURG, WHERE 19.—BRITISH DFSULTORY PARIS, AUG, 19.—DISPATCH T0, MIDI FROM BRUSSELLS DATED, TODAY, SAYS CANNODADING WAS' DISTINCTLY HEARD IN BRUS- SELLS AT SIX THIS MORNING. CORRESPONDENT ADDS, IT IS UN- DERSTO00D, THAT GERMAN ARMY IS MARCHING UPON BRUSSELLS BY WAY OF HUY AND JOROIGNE. 19.—DISPATCH MISS RUBH GETCHELL DEAD Bemidji Girl Dies at Oakland, Cali- fornia—Buried Here. daughter 2 of mother ‘Miss Getchell had been thinking the She was eighteen years old next spring schools. The | Bemidji Bemidji WAR NEWS IN BRIEF. ok German army reported to be -1- marching ‘on Brussels. German cavalry rwf = north of Antwerp=great Bet- &lan seaport. London annouri¢ds full Beit- ish expeditionary. féres safely landed on French: #efl. Parls reports” Fhfich push: ing Germans Latk h both Al- sace and Lcerraine, s - St. Petersburg annotnces completion of mobilization and beginning of forward move- ment in German frontier terri- tory. Two Cerman warshins, dis- abled in encounter, arrive at Eonzteng. Serviau premier reporis “an- nihilation” of large force of Avstrians. K . German Crewn Prince re- cried wournced clziom. b Sopd bbbk kb kbbbt +++'++++++++-’-%++~|fl~+}+ + B o ok el oo ok ol b e RIS e e ol Brussels, Aug. 19.—Slowly but sure- ly the German attacking celumnps are rolling the Belgian-French detenders back on Brussels. Despite a rigid censorship it is known that skirmishing, which began at daylight at a number of points along the line, but with most strensth displayed west of south of Huy, stead- ily increased. The German advance line of caval- ry skirmishers is strongly supported by rapid-firers, mounted on motor trucks. 3 All national records have been transferred from Brussels to Antwerp and officials of the war office are em- phasizing the lack of strategic im- portance of Brussels. The capture of the capital is be- { Hleved certain. It is believed the allies will sacrifice many men for the sentimental pur- pose of holding the capital against the German combined armies, now known to number not less than 500, 000 men. Would Divide Defending Army. * The main German army will sweep south of the.capital, but it is believed the north army will be depended up- 0 to. take the capltal ‘and divide, It Anj possible; the Belgian Toll . - part of them; if-pogstble, . - ing, 2 good back on Antwerp. The cénsorship is becoming more pronounced. All correspondents have been ordered to withdraw from the front and the war office is no longer issuing any bulletins of the fighting. ] All of the governmental-heads, the cabinet and royal family-have gone to Antwerp and the funds:in the gov- ernment banks have also_been trans- ferred to that city. - The sound of heavy artillery can be faintly heard in the city. It is sup- posed the German advance is follow- ing the roads leading from Huy, ‘Whether Namur has been besieged 18 not yet known, -but rumors are in cir- culaticn to that effact, {INSTALL MODERN SWITCHBOARD Private Markham Exchange Will Ac-. commodate Three Hundred Phones. One of the most modern private telephone exchanges Inow in use -anywhere is being in- istalled by the Northweatern Tele- phone company at the Markham hotel. The placing of the exchange is made possible by the new central station and phones will be placed in each room of the hotel: These will connect with the private exchange, located in the lobby. Enough trunk Lnes will connect with the main ex- change to care for the number of calls to outside points. The beard of the exchange wlil accommodate three hundred phones, but only one hun- dred will be installed at this time. “The new board is finished in oak,” said H. B, Brookins, local commer- cial manager of the Northwestern, complete and “and the instruments in - each room will' be. finished in imahogany. The system, when 1ready for operation, will be complete in every detail. The office arrange- ment of the hotel is also being changed and' made more convenient. To Hold Picnic. At the last Solway Farm- ers’ club meeting, the following members were present, Nels Bye, Nels Sorenson, A. Frederilkson, Nar- tin Dillie, Charles Lindgrin, P. T. Peterson B. T. Tweten and Martin Sorenson. All members present paid their annual dues of 50 lents and the secretary was directed to buy sta- Defective tionery for the use of the club. Sev- eral topics of interest were discussed and it was also decided to hold a pic-* nic 'September 1, at the -Anton Fred- erickson home, American music is popular in Rou- ibaix,” northern France, where the ‘windows in:: several stores handling sheet music are devoted to the dis- play of popular dances; - including glides and one-steps. =