Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 31, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 106. NATION NOT T0 BE INVOLVED IN WAR Congress Using Every Effort to Avoid World-Wide Trouble--Precautions 4 Taken Not to Enter Quarrel. GOVERNMENT STEAMSHIP LINE South America Neglected by United States as a Market—May Organize Citizens’ Stock Company. By Congressman C. H. Tavenner. . Washington, August 31.—“Keep the United States from being in- volved in the terrible world-wide war!"” . This is the appeal that is being made to the members of Congress from every part of the United States. I have personally received no less than one hundred letters to this effect from citizens of the Four- teenth Illinois district. Practically every member of Congress reports the same experience. Men who sel- dom, if ever, write to their repre- sentatives at Washington are so anxious that this government take every precaution to avoid entangle- . ment in the war whirlpool that they are breaking their custom and ep- pealing to their representatives to use the utmost vigilance to the end that this nation remain at peace | with the world. This is because the reports of the awful massacres in Europe have stirred the people to a realization of the horrors of war; the people do not want war, they not only re- but they demand of their . representatives. in *Washington that this nation shall not become in- volved in war. Membets of Congress feel the same way the people feel on this subject, unless it be that they are even more resolvedthat war shall not come to us. Only conditions over which the| United States has no control what- ever could draw us into a quarrel. The peéple can trust Congress on this question, and they can trust the man in the White House. Lest we forget, it was to preserve our honor—and peace-—with the nations of the world that Woodrow Wilson requested (ongress to pass a bill re- healing.the free tolls clause of f Panama Canal Aet. Government Steamship Line That South American business is of sufficient importance to justify a government owned line of steamers is self-evident. During the year ending June 30, 1914, the commerce of the United States with South America amounted to $347,000,000. Imports from South America amounted to $223,000,000, of which nearly half were from Brazil, a fifth from Argentine Republic and the rest from Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Peru. That the United States has neg- lected South America as a market is shown by the fact that only about 14 per cent of the South American import trade come from the United ‘States. There is a trade of $965,- 000,000, mostly manufaecturers, which this country may just as well have without any danger of violat- ing neutrality laws. All that s needed is a quickly-organized gov- ernment-owned fleet of ships. Those who are particularly inter- ested in South America as a field for American exports will find valuable information in a recent publication of the Bureau-of Foreign and Do- mestic Commerce, department of Commerce, special agents series, No. 81, to be had from the public print- er for twenty-five cents. Anybody with a hundred dollars to spare may become a stockholder in Uncle Sam’s steamship company. . Assuming that congress passes this bill in the form submitted, there are to be hundred-dollar shares offered to the general public. The gm;enp ment is to retain control of the cor- poration by retaining 51 per cent of the corporation stock. quest, - FORMER BASEBALL STAR HERE \ C. L. Hansell, who two years ago, with Dick Rudolph, was dropped . from the pitching staff of the New York Giants after a brief tryout, is the guest of Bemidji friends. Ru- dolph is the man who has just com- pleted a string of eleven straight vie- tories for the Boston Braves and is largely responsible for the great fight which is being waged by Stal- ling’s men for the National league championship. Hansell was for three years manager of the Duluth league team, and was for a time with Fargo and has brilliant records as a twirler in the Three I and other minor league organizations. He was the first to recognize baseball ability in Roy Patterson,-now a veteran with | Minneapolis. . of H. G. Hansell of Bagley, known in Bemidji. -He travels for the Cary Safe company, having given up baseball. —w Hansell Is, a brother well | Phara by Y One of the Prominent Of- ficers of Japanese ‘Navy. : “encu Vesnclation One bundred cans of. e and: brook trout fry: will' be' brought to Bemidji for distribution’ next Thurs- dny evening,” arriving_ here on the Minnesote & mtemlfloml passe] ger train from the twin cities. announcement was mlda by Bailey, chlef game warden, morning. Anyone wishing to se- cure any of the fry may do so by notifying Chief Bailey. Many of the cans have already been spoken for and will be planted in brooks and lakes in the vicinity. END SUCCESSFUL SEASO Twenty Take Part in Final Trap Shoot of Bemidji Gun Club—Much Interest Has Been Maintained. PREPARE FOR HUNTING SEASON . With the opening of the duck and | Minnesota exhibits interested other states. past,” writes Fred commissioner of location._ or rentals are lower. lot of new farmers.” county. six. of twelve games. tus, Ingersoll, and Coffield. SCOOP Read Pioneer Want Ads. ATTRACT MUCH ATTENTION Minnesota Exhibits at Galesburg and LaPorte Visited by Hundreds of Interested Farmers. SEEK LOWER PRICED LAND trict fairs of Galesburg, Ill., Porte, Ind., are attracting a great deal of attention and are daily by hundreds of people who are in seeing the produced on the cheaper lands of “I have made and land. shows with a Minnesota exhibit a number of times in the D. immigration, has charge of the exhibit, have never seen so much interest dis- played as at this show. has hit this country hard the last two years and many renters who are paying $8 to $10 per acre cash rent, or giving half of the crop, are dis- couraged and ready to hunt a new Many of them ccme_‘tuflthe nesota_exhibit_and_tell me they and seek a new location where lands “It is hard for people who have never been out of the state to be- lieve that the four-foot clover, P thirty-inch alfalfa, corn, potatoes, |Guesses Correct Answers in Missing fruit, etc., in the Minnesota booth Word Contest. are products of Minnesota, but = when I have a chance to talk with them, and show them our literature all bearing the names of the mem- bers of the State Board of Immigra- tion, which is the governor, secre- tary of state, state auditor and two others, I can usually convince them that this is not a *“‘fake” exhibit, “There are a lot of good prospects here, and I believe that if Minnesota Commercial clubs or private parties who have lands to sell would can- vass the territory tributary to Gales- burg and LaPorte, they would get a H. V. Eastman of Aitkin county, representing the Hill City Commer- cial elub, is attending the Galesburg fair and boosting hard for PITCHES ONE-HIT GAME. Paul Twirls “Little Bemidg” to Vic- tory Over Round House Boys. Allowing but one hit and.given strong support, Charlie Paul added another victory to the “Little Be- midg” string, when the M. & I Round House boys were yesterday by a score of 13 to 1. Paul struck out nine while Dunlap fanned The M. & I. team prised of only players who work at the round house and has won seven They will a team in the field again next year. The Bemidji players were, Tanner, Howe, Brandon, Berrigan, Johnson, Cords, E. Ripple, Auger and Paul. M. & I, DeRusia, Smith, Renkie, Ti- Clark, Dunlap, Wick chicken season next Monday, trap| shooters are losing Interest in that] sport and as a consequence the shoot of the Bemidji Gun club held yes- terday morning was the last of the. season. The traps this year have been visited by a larger number than ever before and much enthusi- asm has at all times been evident. Many high scores have been se- cured and a large number of new trap shooters, capable of competing| with the more experienced followers of the game, have been developed. Even a more successful season is an- ticipated for next summer. bl The scores of -Sunday’s shoot were: i at the dis- and La- visited products Shot at Broke; 19 T. C. Bailey . L. Lind ... D. Burgess . F. Halgreen Dick Mar . Jasperson . H. H. Mayer M. Hazen . Colfield B. Stafford . John Larson R. B. Lycan ... Roy Rice .... Dr. D. L. Stanton W, kycan ..... C. Vandersluis . Dr. Dennison fairs Sherman, who “and ¥ Drought MISS NEWTON WINNER. Miss Bessie Newton, 510 Beltrami avenue, was the winner in the Miss- ing Word contest, published in the Bemidji Daily Pioneer, Friday, Au- gust 28. The correct answers given by Miss Newton were as follows: The word “Theatre” was missing in the Brinkman ad, third line. In the Northern Auto company ad, third line, the word “time” was left out, and in the Otto G. Schwandt ad “costs” was left out in the third line. Other contestants gave the correct answers, but in addition to the three correct answers also sub- mitted a number of others which were complete ads. Miss Newton was the only one who submitted the correct solution of the three ads only. Aitkin MARY PICKFORD AT GRAND Famous Movie Actress to Appear in Week's Series, Beginning Tonight. Beginning . this evening, Mary Pickford, the popular actress of the Famous Players star feature film ser- vice, will appear in a week’s series at the Grand theatre. All ‘of the defeated sented to patrons of the'Grand pre- viously and are returned because of | special reguests. Tonight and to- morrow ‘“The Bishop’s Carriage”, will be shown, with matinee tomor-} row afternoon; Wednesday, ‘“Tess of the Storm Country,” matinee 3 o’clock; Thursday, “Caprice,” ma- tinee 3; Friday, ‘““Hearts ‘Adrift,” matinee 3, and Saturday, “A Good Little Devil,” matinee at 2:30. An- other feature, “Message ' From Mars,” will be shown. Sunday night. is com- have THE CUB REPORTER | plaiining on’ 'Being present at - |mobile which will be wused in bus plays to be shown .have been pre-; nedhke.l'.uu Semogon far ‘has been u [guilty parties. | several occasion: “| ware, towels an ‘worn by the ‘choir, stolen. lice are working on the case and af- rests are. expected soon. hm 1 running from this’ eity. to' RedBy-next Friday, Be- midjf Day at the Lidian Fair,! a iarge number are v&muns on being in atténdance on tw day.- The spe- cial will leave Bemiljl at 9 o'clock Friday morning apdsen the return will- leave Redby “bi 5 and G o’clock. o Last. year more th’! ‘three hundred Bemidji residents ded the In- dian fafr and werb4bf great assist- ance in making it #lie success that it was.' This year the ‘exhibition is to be larger and better than previ- ously and Bemidji Rhionld take an increased Interest 1i'it as Red Lake is ome of Bem(djlrbut ‘business The closing up tpres Friday will be discussed meeting tomorrow. feeders. INFERESTING clearly apparent ness section of Saturday. natives! they devoured before them. During all . mree Thursday, Frld_ay side. them and for 12 shoes. Mr. the ‘Beltrnmi county fair. which is to be |their “engines” Ritchie called n apenking Schroeder, secretar. isit of Charles f the Beltrami society, w the previous m the club, report of late years ccessful as it arlie assures ‘county has secured the- greuliduy .the:: old “eX-- hibit buildings " which were. wholly inadequate, have’ been -torn down and replacéd by suitable buildings. “The barns have been remodeled and’ everything possible is being done to make the fair an:exhibition of -the products of the county. A good county fair does .as.much as anything else in developing the ru- ral district of the county and we would be more than pleased to make this: fair the best in northern Min- nesota. We will be able to help out a good deal, as soon as the Kelliher line’ is built, which will be in the near future, if the editors have their say ‘about it.” musie and recitations. olds and E. H. ‘W. S. Duffy, BUS LINE T0 NYMORE. Garicr ‘Brothers to Operate Sixteen -Passenger Locomobile for Public. has accepted a at the North station, Grand ’ Because of the heavy ‘travel be- tween Nymore sud Bemidji, Roy, James and Lawrance Carter have purchased a 60 herse-power Loco- Grand Rapids farm and it wa lations at’that the - Bemidji service. . The ‘machine arrived. in Bemidji today, has a sight-seeing top and a carrying capacity of 16 persons. Roy Carter is & brakeman on the M. & I, while James is a conductor. Lawrance - attends the public schools. All three are .sons of A. A. Carter, streét commissioner. Beginning ‘Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock, Tegular fifteen-nfinute ser- vice ‘between Bemidji and Nymore will begin. The busdine will opet ate between the hours.of 6 Bom. and midnjghL knowledge of plete and he¢s] will be next to Rapids. Duffy dislike- leaving ‘was such that down. I have years and have ed its [Sméll éity in't Heapoli, Leit] Among Stolen Articles. . Petit robberies continue in Be- mid:u and the police department so |weeks the St. Batholomew’s Episco-. palan ‘church: has been entered on Merry Time Had at Session of Better Farming Club Held at George Walker Home Saturday. That the “Better Farming Club” tries, to hold o better farmers’ meet- ing every time they meet, was made “would be” farmers from the busi- to the George Walker farm in cars and ate him out of house and home, Talk about your starved looking One would have thought that some of them never saw good chicken. pie before, from the way For ker and Halgreen were sitting side by They began throwing chicken into themselves at the first signal |Athletic Club Eleven to Hold First from the hostess. minutes the seat gave way could be seen but two pair of number placed éxtra heavy props under their seats, with instructions to readjust their “carburetors” and again throw After the dinner, President A. P.|eleven tomorrow evening, the grid- | business session. the club’s secretary, Don Shannon. Charles Schroeder, also a member of | pionship team. Practice gathering products for the state fair | Righth and Minnesota, and will be- and discussed the gathering of the|gzin prompt at 7 o’clock. club’s exhibit for the county fair. A program was given by the wo- mienof - the club- which of‘the meeting had been arranged by of the Red Wing high school, Mrs. A. P. Ritchie. Those attending the meeting rrom ed fullback and coached last year, Bemidji were, George T. Baker, War: ner Brandborg, Fcrrest Halgreen, Eugene Berman, H, B. Brookins, Earle A. Barker, E. M. Sathre, A. B. Plamer, H. E. Reyn-|thoroughly and will be of much aid TO EXPERIMENT FARM. W. 8. Duffy Accepts Foremanship at | e several of his best men, he will Grand Rapids Institution. dent of Bemidji and for three years|day. in charge of the high school farm, sume his new duties at once. Bergh, now superintendent of the teaching agriculture in the Bemidji schools had much respect for Duffy’s |comedy in three acts, will be the op- ability in connection with the school |ening bill of the Margot Duffy was born on a farm and his|which she carries cleverly; | Duffy, “but Mr. Bergh’'s propusitlon and brick building come and watch- great progress. ways_regard it as being the nable to locate the |~ During the past few | "= s and dishes, silver- d “even the surplices The po- PROGRAM GIVEN t to the group of Bemidji, who drove Phota hv Amariean Prace Association FO0TBALL SEASON BEGINS the splendid dishes instance: Bar- In less than three under nothing Practice Tomorrow Evening at Central School Grounds. a minute Walker immediately | JIGH SCHOOL PROSPECT BRIGHT With the first practice of candi- into high. dates for -the Athletic club football the men to a short|iron season in Bemidji will begin. The minutes of It is expected that thirty men will eeting were' read by |report for initial practice, eight be: ing veterans of last year's cham- will be .ed on the progress of | held at the Central, school grounds, Carl Jacobson, who starred in all branches of athletics while a student incladed {at. Carleton; -and for one year suc: THi3 feature; ceflsl‘u’fly"c'fi?éetedfle “‘football eleven coach the Athletics. Jacobson play- but will not get back into the game this fall, although he has consented to give the.players what assistance he can. He understands football Andrew Johnson, Denu. in rounding together another cham- pionship aggregation. Prospects for a winning high school team are also bright this year, and while Coach Bestul will have material for a fast team. Prac- tice will start soon after the begin- ning of the fall term, next Tues- for ten years a resi- position as foreman Central Experiment Rapids, and will as- Otto STOCK OPENS TONIGHT. Margot Beaton Company Will Pre- sent “Kitty’s Romance.” |EFFORT TO HALT THE GERMAN |FLANKING MOVEMENT ON THE | NORTHWEST I8 BEING MADE To- : [ARMY Was MaSSED ON' TE MEETING MUCH ENJOYED| ™ : e e ) |AND BATTLE WAS SIMULTA- .|TIRE VOSGES REGION. || FORCED THE FIBST LINE, WHICH {|FICE, HAS DRIVEN BACK THE ||GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN COL- /|UMNS, WHICH HAVE BEEN Co- S |oF GALICIA ‘AND EASTERN will | (AMERICAN PRESS.) ‘PARIS, AUG. 31.—A SUPREME DAY. AT DAYLIGHT THE FRENCH THE TACKED THE GERMAN LEFT, NEOUSLY RENEWED IN THE EN- ST. PETERSBURG, AUG.. 3l— 'THE SECOND RUSSIAN OFFENSE, NOW ENGAGED, HAVING REIN- ACCORDING TO THE WAR OF- OPERATING FOR THE DEFENSE PRUSSIA. LONDON, AUG. 31.—AN OFFI- CIAL TELEGRAM DECLARES THAT FRESH FORCES OF GER- MANS HAVE MADE THEIR AP- PEARANCE ON PRUSSIAN FRON- TIER AND THAT AT SOME POINTS THEY ARE TAKING THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE RUS- SIANS. ~ BERLIN, AUG. 31.—IT WAS OF- FICIALLY ANNOUNCED HERE TO- DAY THAT ABOUT THIRTY THOUSAND RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN TAKEN PRISONERS BY GERMANS DURING THE FIGHT- ING IN EAST PRUSSIA, THEY IN- CLUDE MANY OFFICIALS OF HIGH RANK. PARIS, AUG. 31.—A GERMAN AERCPLAKE ;.epmnnn OVER PARIS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON |AND DROTTED s‘"sm 'BOMBS VIO THE - CITY, "G5T N0~ DAM- AGE WiS DOUE. BERLIN, AUG. 51.—IN AN UN- OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE GERMAN WAR OFFICE, DE- CLARED THAT GERMAN ARMS WERE VICTORIOUS IN THE WEST AND EAST IN FRANCE. IT IS STATED THAT THE GERMAN AD- VANCE CONTINUES AND THAT THE FRENCH ARE NOW CUT OFF FROM THEIR BASE THRUGHOUT BY FLANK MOVEMENTS OF THE GERMANS IN NORTHWESTERN FRANCE. A STRONG GERMAN COLUMN IS SAID T0 BE INTER- POSED BETWEEN THE BRITISH ARMY OPERATING IN FIELD AND SEA COAST CITIES UP TO WHERE REINFORCEMENTS HAVE BEEN institution, while “Kitty's Romance,” a society Beaton s because of their re- |Stock company at the Brinkman the- time that he offered |atre this evening. Miss Beaton will man a proposition. |appear in the role of Kitty, a part Boris Karloff, the difficult role of Sir Reg- Sadie Creagan, as the business is com- hould prove of much |inald Belsize; assistance to Supt. Bergh. His rank | Madame De Semiano; Mr. Kemp as Supt. Bergh at Grand |Jack Travers, and the other mem- started for Grand |bers of the company will be seen in Rapids today, driving his team, and [roles for which they are well suited. Mrs. Duffy will leave tomorrow. e “p Bemidji,” said Mr. Council ‘Meets Tonight. Little businesa of importance will I could not turn it|be brought before the council this lived in Bemidji ten |evening. One liquor license appli- seen the paved streets | cation will be acted upon and sev- eral contracts for rnad building will be let. I shall al- best he state.” J. E. Dade, Blackduck postmaster, was a Bemidji visitor today. Mr. hibits. By "HOP LANDED. WASHINGTON, AUG. 31.—SEV- ENTY THOUSAND BRITISH TROOPS FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS HAVE HELD IN CHECK TWO0 HUNDRED THOUSAND GER- MAN TROOPS, UNRELIEVED BY FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS, AC- CORDING TO INFORMATION . RE- CEIVED HERE TODAY THROUGH NEUTRAL DIPLOMATS. THE AD- VICES DID NOT GIVE THE PLACE OF THE BATTLE. WASHINGTON, AUG. 31.— FRANCE IS CONSIDERING THE ADVISABILITY OF MOVING THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT FROM PARIS TO BORDEAUX,/AS A PRE- CAUTIONARY MEASURE, AC- CORDING TO OFFICIAL ADVICES RECEIVED HERE TODAY. Annual Meeting. The next annual meeting of the Minnesota Crop Improvement asso- ciation will be at Brainerd, Decem- ber 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1914. Affiliated ° at this meeting will be the Northern Minnesota - Development assocfation and the Crow Wing County Pure ,Seed association. A large list of {prizes will be offered for all sorts of seeds of farm crops. Mrs. D."Berthiaume and daughters | Misses Frances and Bernice of Black- duck, who have been the guests of i Mrs. Berthiaume’s daughters, Mes- !dnmes M. J. and F. M. Lindholm_for 'some time, réturned to their home Saturday. M. J. Kolb of Bagley was a Be- midji’ business visitor Saturday.