Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 20, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 98. BERGH HAS NARROW ESCAPE IN EUROPE Former Bemidji Man Returned Just Before Beginning of War— Was On Honeymoon Trip. STUDIED FOREIGN AGRICULTURE ongucted at establishment which will B until next. Mundny and not. duwsed of by Obtained Much Valuable Information Concerning Practical and Scientific Mr. and Mrs. Megmth 'plan on lsav-. Methods—Visited Many Places. ing for their new hama in ‘about {wo] b . When' the. Bemléfi Dublic schools open “for the .new éhn onTuesday Seplsmber 8, the n lld Wwill be met Otto Bergh, formerly in charge of the agricultural department of the Bemidji schools, but who during the past few years has been an agroni- mist at the Nerthwestern Experi- ment station, was one of the fortu- nate [uropean tourists this summer who returned before war actually broke out., Mr, Bergh, who has been assigned to the Experiment Station at Grand Rapids, Minn., as agronomist, combined his honey- moon trip with business and visited over two scores of experiment sta- tions in the European countries. In an account of his trip, the Crook- ston Times says: Just before he sailed for America, he visited Liege, Belgium, and sur- rounding country, where a few days later there was such desperate fight- ing and bloodshed. At the time he passed through the valley the harvest was on, and Mr. Bergh states that the fieldy were alive with men and women gathering the crops, which a few days later were trampled by the toldiers of Germany. At that time Mr. Bergh states that he had heard ol no serious thought of war, and that the actual warfare must have come upon the people like a streak of lightning out of a clear sky. Tkip to Study. Mr. Bergh made the trip in order to study the work being done by the experiment stations in the more pro- and their decision 'to leave is much regretted. The store now occupied now . conducting a’ g uceri ‘store on the same strest, near necond. 10 BE HELD RESI’()N IBlE Department Says That ?ouhiastén Will Be Made to Answer for Par- cels Which Spoil Easily. Austin, Mathemati wood, Latin and Coult, English; A: ual .training; sciences and B. M. all instructors who- for one or more Yy their duties here. RURAL CARRIERS GIVEN RAISE Albert Worth, assistant post- master at the Bemidji postoffice, an- nounced this morning that ‘according to an order which has just been re- ceived from Washington, the posit- master will be held responsible for the acceptance at any postoffice of parcels that cannot be reasonably ex- pected to arrive at their destination and be delivered without spoiling or otherwise depreciating in value, ac- cording to a circular letter issued by the postoffice department under date of Aug. 7. The postmaster, on receiving a parcel in damaged or spoiled condi- tion, should, report the facty to the department and he-is also instructed to bring to the attention of persons Until recently it that Miss Heléen 1 seience supervisor, W. P. Dyer, sup announced that he resignation and that over, domestic uld return, but tendent, today received her gnes Halland, est last . year, ~the normal POPE PIUS X. ON THE THRONB. Because he was helpless in his de- sire to restrain the ropean crisis, the pope addressed an exhortation to all the Catholics in the world, asking them to life their souls toward Christ, who alone was| able to ald, and called upon the cler- gy to offer public prayer. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, known to the world as Pope Pius X., was war movement in Europe, isi believed to have hast- ened the death of Pope Pius X, which ‘ook place at Rome yesterday. SNl has had sent for ‘several years, in fact since #f was first plac- 2d among the cou: taught here. | She is an instructoriof great ability and under her super ision the nor- mal department hasibeen a The pope’s last illness began al- most co-incidentally with the great el : war in Europe. hose close to him |elected to the Ponticfiate on August Ch are ssive Europea»n countries. He DElteve: glef over thS Eltuation |t 1605 aid duclap hls oot des ob| TCCoRE: % mailing parcels of perishable matter sailed on the Corsican from Montreal d : ” , 3 g pancy the desirability of securing special and met the Norwegian steamer|PTOUght on the final crisis, which so [his exalted office ag head of the Ro- Of Much Importance delivery treatment by affixing the necessary additional postage. overwhelmed him that he was un- able in his eightieth year to withstand man Catholic church, he was con- fronted with some of the-most mo- Even more.importdnt than in the vast will be:the: nommal department Storstadt after its. collision with the Empress of Ireland, many of the sur- i i 1st i 0 vivors being brought aboard the Cor-|3nother attack of his old enemy,|mentous problems, religious and gov- |thid year. Beginning in 1915 new. efli&smfiifi;?d:;ieva: ‘hnfn:rfln;:f{s;. sican. As a result of the sinking of | $0Uty catarrh. ernmental, with which the Holy See|regulations. concern: teachers will \able reals arrlvin’é on Saturday the Empress of Ireland,. over one| Ill-health has been the' poftiff's|has had to deal in modern times. be in forée which will provide that e night and Sundays and it is especial- ‘y desirable that these should. bear al delivery stamps. the state university, mormal schools| . DeEARINE -wltb-flo'(kytolAag\m or in normal departments. Another the pay of the rural mail carriers) £ from the Bemidji postoffice was in- feature connected with this depart- creased in sums ranging from $40 ment this year is the fact that be- to $76 annuall “Phis-vean-fii:: o= ginning ‘in 1915 a'pupil ‘must have 0 4 had twossearsshigh sehool training pliance with the law recently adopt- ed by congress under which a new lot for many years, intermittently; and by attacks so serious that ‘the world ‘was prepared several times to hear of his passing. At the commencement of the Eu- ELECT OFFICERS TONIGHT 'ope Pius was born on June 2, 1835, at Riese, in the Venenpn Dro- ‘vinces, the first child of Gian: ams— ta Sarto, a postman, and his wife Margherita. COUNTY BOARD ADJOURNé hundred passengers who were book- m‘ léast ‘ed’ on the Corsican cancelled their trip. On the voyage over the wea-. ther was very foggy and the Corsic- an passed by the Teutonie, which a day later wirelessed back that she was in the midst of an ice floe, and warned the Corsican to take the northern course, which resulted in 2 teacher must ha i g ice 3 e e to gualify, while this term one year her passing Abetv\veen two big ice Important Meeting of Bemidji Ath- |Commissioners Complete Work Dur- is : i _y t 1:, th :’t i schedule of salaries for rural carriers floes, necessitating very moderate . p . 19 sulficient. - Iror these reasons it I8 | o) i5to effect in the Unitel States, speed. Mr. Bergh secured many pic-| letic Club to Be Held—New Board | ing Two Day Session—Yesterday |believed that the normal department * ‘whereby some get substantial in- creases, while the salary of others remains the same. Under the new schedules the maximum wsalary is $1,200 per annum, instead of $1,100 as before. 5 Out of 1,622 rural carriers in Min- nesota only 257 will get the maxi- mum salary. The others will get small increases. The postmaster general is given ‘the power to regulate the salary of carriers whose routes are less than 25 miles in length. tures of 'floating icebergs during ‘the this next two days. will have a large attendance year. of Control Also to Be Named. Largely Spent in Road Matters. Visits Burns’ Home. Mr. Bergh visited first the experi- ment station and dairy school at Kil- marnock, Ayershyre, the home coun- ty of Bobby Burns, where he says some splendid work has been done along dairy lines. This is the home of the famous Ayershyre breed of cattle, which is popular in many sectionsi of the Northwest. He next proceeded to Edinburg, Scotland, where he visited tlie famous Fast- Barnes Botanical gardens, located near Dunbar, and managed by Harry fope, member of the British par- liament. The experimental work done here has been of the greatest Miss Newton to Return, ‘Mattie Olsen will gucceed Aunie Johnson as drawing-supervisor and Margaret Newton, music supervisor, will resume her work here. Add Another: Teacher. Superintendent Dyer has found the work of the grammar department to be of sufficient magnitude to war- rant the adding of another teacher, and Catherine Hannon has been se- lected. But one other new instructor will be found in-the.makeup of the department, Christine Lofstedt. Ethelyn Hall, principal, will return, and Vera Backus. Ellen Quinn and Edith Erwin have again acceptel DISCUSS BUILDING PROPOSITION |HOLD NEXT MEETING SEPT. 30 Officers of the Bemilji club for the ensuing year Athletie will be named at a-meeting which is to be held in the club rooms this evening, and it is unged that every member of the organization be present. Much other business of importance will be discussed, including the proposition of renting the club building for an- other year. Ralph B. Lycan, president of the club, will in all probability, be re- elected. It was practically through his efforts that the club was organ- After a two-day session the board of county commissioners last evening adjourned. Yesterday spent largely in disposing of road matters and several reports of completed con- ‘tracts were accepted and final pay- ment ordered. Several applications for tax abatement were granted, and a few were rejected. The engineer’s report on judicial ditch ten wag accepted and the audi- tor instructed to draw a warrant in favor of G. E. Brown, the contractor, was Contractors have completed the ‘work of painting and decorating the George T. Baker & Co. jewelry store on Third street. The interior of the salesroom has been entirely refin- beneflt not only to that section, but | L% P 5 A e of the first year|for $6,428, payment in full. Con. |their positions. txhed. . e 18 due largely o hisWork, tracts were awarded for the building | There are five changos Smong the| T ew O Potato-Experiments. Other officers of the club are, Carl |0f division A of state rural highway | teachers of the Central building. The helmemher:‘ of the l‘lfl- ‘: c ‘;:ci Mr. Bergh was very highly im- No, 9; county road No. 56; county |instructors will be: will give a public reception for thelr Jacobson, vice-president; Carl John- son, secretary; C. S. Randall, treas- urer, while the board of control com- priges, R. B. Lycan, E. H. Denu, Nat to George Cochran of this city. Given, R. H. Schumaker and T. A.| - The auditor was instructed to ad- MecCann. vertise for bids for the clearing and Football will be discussed and a |ETUbbing of a road in the town of manager for the season elected. The|Eckles, to be one mile in length, and captain will be named at a later date. |COmPrising a part of road No. 8. Every member of the club should be| The bonds of A. E. Rako, Dr. E. at the meeting. W. Johnson and Rev. 8. E. P. White as trustees of the Tuberculosis sana- torium board, for $5,000 each, were approved. The next meeting of the board will be held September 30. new pastor, Rev. 1. D. Alvord, and family, on Friday evening in the church parlors. All are cordially in- vited to attend. - pressed with the potato experiment of which he learned at this point. The potatoes were raised on the sandy soild of the Irish Sea. They were sprouted two weeks before be- ing planted in March, and they were ready June 10. The farmers were paid $200 an acre in the field, the buyers paid for the digging and the farmers were only asked to haul the potatoes to the market. This gave them a splendil profit. Mr. Bergh' next visited Newcastle, England, where he visited Cockle Park Experiment farm, where a spe- cialty is made of grading and fertil- izers for pastures. At thid place he secured a great deal of valuable in- formation regarding work along that line. He next visited New Hamburg, where he inspected the Botanical gardens, and the Botanical Exposi- tion at Altorna, where.a specialty was made of raising economic crops and fruits in parks for exhibit pur- poses. He states that some wonder- ful work has been done there along this line. He next visited Denmark and spent some time at the experi- ° ment station at Lynjley, which is the home of the king. Near this! place is the famous dairy farm at, Kolo-Kolo, which is operated by . Gruth Hansen. Mr. Hansen *has a| herd of 160 Red Danigh cows, which are noted all over Europe. While| Mr. Bergh was there he met a num- Ler of Russian envoys who were in: Denmark for the purpose of lbuymg dairy cattle. He next visited Sweden, where he visited the plnnt breeding mtlon at - Josephine Ostrem, sixth grade; Dagny Grimsgard, sixth grade; Mag- dalen Peifer, fifth grade; Margaret McDonald, fifth grade; Clara Folke- istad, fourth grade; Winifred McDer- mott, fourth smdeg Elsie Schmitt, thirl grade; Katherine Chance, third grade; Laura’ Welcli, second grade; Florence Wright, ‘~ second grade; Kathryn Budelman, first grade; Ab- bie Murphy, -first'; grade; Esther Nixon, ldndergarten, But One Vacancy. ‘There_is but one vacancy among the entire thirty-eight instructors of the Bemidji schools, this being in the east side school, where two teachers are to be located. - Sadie Hill will road No. 26, and section B of state rural highway No. 9, the latter going fifth and sixth grades. At ‘the North Building. At the North Side building will be found May Brunner, principal, fifth and sixth grades; Margaret Lowham, ithird and fourth’ grades; Agnes Hol- lander, second grade;Eilen Boylen, first grade. Attend First Day. The superintendent desires that the first day’s attendance be as large Goodman & Loitved, the Bemidji contractors, yesterday afternoon be- gan paving the Nymore road, and will rush the work to completion. A delay of several days was caused by the failure of the steel reinforcements to reach Bemidji. Just as soon as the work is finished the crew will start paving Beltrami avenue, be- Will Attend Convention. 0. L. Dent, district ditch referee, left this noon for Duluth where he will attend the annual convention of |teach the first, gecond - and - third the National Peat society. He ex-' grades, while no one has as yet been Dects to be gone several days. their enrollment. Late not only cause a handicap to the in- structors but themselves lose time secured to have charge of the fourth, ' which would prove beneficial to them. "ted States are women. tween Seventh and Tenth streets. THE CUB REPORTER SCOO A Bird In The lland Is Worth A Sneeze In The Bush (Continued on last page.) | ,,bef'ccrtivo Page B«imldjl they haue made many lnends by Mr. Megroth on Mlnneflota ‘avenue : will b used by John ‘Marin, who is{ as possible and that no pupils delay {ening.- The Moose orchestra students | provide music. 'REYNOLDS S IS NOMINATED ‘Attorney General to Be Member, of Supreme Bench. ‘Washingten, Aug. 20.—The presi-! dent- signed the follow ‘n,, nomina. " tions: Attorney General James C. McRey- nolds to be a member of the United! States supreme court. Thomas Watt Gregory of Texas to be . attorney general of the United! States. Frederick C. Howe of New York to’ be immigration commissioner, port of :New York. i DEFIES OFFICER'S RIFLE, George Taylor, Belicved to Be Much ‘Wanted Gun Man, Arrested Here Today "After Fight With Police. FORCED RIDE ON M. R. L. & M. Following a chase of several min- utes during which he refused to halt at the command of Patrolman Brown to do so, and after he had given a| hand-to-hand battle to Jack Hillaby, a anan, claiming his name to be George Taylor, was arrested and placed in the city jail early this af- ternoon. Taylor is believed to be & much- wanted-gun man.and his, record. will be thoroughly investigated while he is being held here, for having forced his way to.Bemidji from Spur 28, near Nebigh, on the Crookston Lum- ber company logging train of the Red Lake line. He compelled Conductor Andrew Nurquist to let him ride, telling him that he “had something in his hip pocket” that would fix him if he didn’t. Birquist notified the the Bemidji police and they were waiting for the train when it arrived. Hillaby, who has seen active service in the regular army, offered his services, and Desk Sengeant Harrington, Chief Lane and Officer Brown prepared to arrest Tay- lor. = ‘When ordered to halt by Brown, who held a gun, Taylor dared him to shoot and ran the tracks to Mill Park. Here he was met by Hillaby, who with a rifle again ordered the man to give himself-up. Taylor re- fused to do so and instead approach- ed Hillaby and attempted a hand-to- hand battle. Hillaby, not wishing to fire, more than held his own, and in several minutes Brown reached the spot of the struggle and with his club stunned Taylor, who' then sub- mitted to arrest. No gun was found on Taylor. Conduct Private Horse Sale. S. A. Friel and R. L. Fithian, who arrived here from the state.of Kan- sas, have thirty-nine farm horses on show at the Pogue & Son livery barns and are disposing of them at private sale. They. expect to be in the city for the next ten days. Moose to Dance. All ‘arrangements have been com- pletel for the Grand Ball of the Be- midji lodge of Moose, 1452, which will be held in the city hall this ev. will One-third of the clerks in the Uni- By . uOP'v |NANT AND Py GERMANS REACH BRUSSELS SUBURBS; BELGIANS RETIRE TOWARD ANTWERP (nmmcmrxm.) N LONDON, AUG. ‘20.—ADVANCE OF GERMAN TROOPS AROUND AND ABOUT BRUSSELLS, AND EVEN WHAT ARE PRACTICALLY |SUBURBS OF THE BELGIAN CAP- ITAL, IS INDICATED BY DIS- |PATCHES FROM ANTWERP RE- {PORTING PRESENCE OF GERMAN CAVALRY ONLY FIFTEER MILES EAST OF ANTWERP. PARIS, AUG. 20.—PORTION OF {BEIGIAN ARMY HAS BEGUN TO RETIRE N DIRECTION OF ANT- WERP, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL 'ANNOUNCEMENT ~ CONCERNING 'THE SITUATION IN BELGIUM. IEAST OF NAMUR GERMANS HAVE ATTACKED LINE BETWEEN DI- NEUF-CHATEAU. LARGE GERMAN FORCES CON- TINUE 10 CROSS RIVER MEUSE \BETWEEN LIEGE AND NAMUR. {GERMAN OUTPOSTS HAVE 0CCU- 'PIED DYIE. PARIS, AUG. 20—THE GER- MANS ARE MAKING A DETERM- INED RESISTANCE T0 FRENCH OPERATIONS IN ALSACE-LOR- DAINE, IS INDICATED BY WAR OF- FICE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT FERMANS HAVE RETAKEN VILLE LONDON, AUG. 20.—BRUSSELLS CORRESPONDENT CHRONICLE REPORTS LOUVAIN NOW O0CCU- PIED BY GERMANS, AND BEL- SIANS NOW FACED. Il R WAR NEWS IN BRIEF, Cannonading heard in Brus- sels, indicating Germans are near capital. Battle along entire north and south front is in progrees. Refugees.. from : Diest, Tirler mont -and ~othe¥- fowns_ reagh -Brussels. «-Bolgiim APy of north: yetir. ing to Antwerp;; last Belgium defense. Paris reports confirmation of big Servian victory at Shabats, with 30,000 Austrians killed. French forward movement in South Alsace continues. Skirmishes reported on Rus- so-German and Russo-Austrian frontiers. Exchange of” shots between English destroyer fleet and German cruiser in North sea reported. No damage done. ke e e sb e b e ol +++++-l-+++*+++'+§'4‘+'++€-¢***-*-l- ook b ok ok ol b ke el b b ok b +++++++++++++++++ London, Aug. 20.—Northern and Eastern Belgium are a solid battle line. ¥ The first real struggle for posses- sion of the gateway through Belgium toward the French frontier is in prog- ress. Fighting has been continuous for nearly forty-eight hours. Despite.the strictest censorship in the history of the world it is evident that the allled armies are belng hard pressed be- tween Waterloo and Brussels. Ger- many’s great fighting machine, her wonderfully trained infantry, is be- ing pushed forward all along the line. The army of the Meuge and the first army of the Moselle have com- Dbined. Their lines stretch far from the. Dutch boundary south into Bel- gium and Luxemburg. One section is attacking the Namur fortifications. The -fate of Liege is unknown. It is cut off from the Belgian lines. No word can be gotten through regard- ing the fate of the forts. The Belgian war office says they still remain in- tact. Unconfirmed reports from Brus- sels-and from Dutch sources state that finding it {mpossible to with- stand the fire of the heavy siege guns the Belgien defenders dynamited and destroyed the forts. Brussels Will Fall. That Brussels will be taken is ac- | cepted here as practically certain. All of the London papers say it will be asking too much to expect the al- lied armies to keep the Germans owt of Brussels. They point out that the German forces engaged total more than 400,000 and that with reserves packed in the rear the kaiser has a total of close to 760,000 men avallable for the first offensive operation. But they insist that it will be im- possible for the Germans to reach the Belgian-French boundary. x That the British troops are engag- ed in the present fighting is believed likely. The censor refuses to permit any word of their position to be sent. But Earl Kitchener's great in- terest in the Belgian fighting is con- sidered sufticient proof that they are engaged. Many Tumors were circulated of the capture of Brussels. They were met with persistent denlnl from. the Bel- gian legation. “Thére is no truth in these reports,” said the legation. “Brussels is still in the possession of the Belgians. A very severe battle is in progress east