Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 6, 1914, Page 1

4 /afa,' < > VOLUME 12, ‘NO. 138. GERMANS ADVANCE | IS BERLIN REPORT| (American Press.) Berlin, via the Hague, Oct. 6.—A , war office bulletin today says: “The German offensive on both sides of battle line in France continues. We are pushing forward slowly and in perfect order. We now occupy for- mer position of the allies on the western front, but fighting contin- ues without a let-up. In the eastern war theatre we continue on the of- - fensive. Roumanian Ruler's Desire to Aid Germany Opposed.” London, Oct. 6.—Official silence maintained for twelve hours over the operations of allies in northeastera France, was broken today by an of- ficial statement from Paris. This sets forth that the left wing of the allied army is exténding more and more widely, and that strong forces of German cavalry have appeared in the valley of Lille. The department said that between Somme and Oise there have been alternate advances and withdrawals and that the Ger- man attack near Lassigny has failed. Jerlin brings a statement in there is no reference MUCH BUSINESS TO BE DISCUSSED For the first time in three months anxio Crookston Paper Praises Work of High School Eleven End. FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT. BEGAN GRADING NO. 9. All Clearing Completed Along Section 2 of Division B. London, Oct. 6.—The allies have ment issued by the ¢h war office. | mania, announces that the president lence to the norih of the Oise with.|t0 hold the council meeting fixed for front. Charles, because of a promise he had to the great engagement in which thef: The German war office declares that| Commercial Organization Will Hold attack on the inmer circles of fortifi- forts had fallen came from Antwerp 8 as1-doclates Ll situation of die fortt at Third street and wnmeqom ayenué that a large number of club members sion. by the Times of that city. Special|the board of directors, should the res- which in part says: In a good game |ber of the board of directors because by a 40 to 0 score. The Bemidji boys) lowa, president of the Redpath Vaw- the other hand could not work their |attendance at the meeting. ing the first quarter, except for the|ywin Gather at Battle's Block to Cow- tage. However, Bemidji began with | - There is every indication that the overwhelmingly one-sided. The star |the largest attended affair of its kind . was also the support in the defenss.|ing sold at a fast rate and many have which to purchase needed fire fight- George Cochran and Harry Thurs-|pattle’s block this evening at which have completed the work of clearing will be completed within the next|qrawings. ‘Woman’s Study Club to Make Red- pathSeriEl Here a Sucoeas—Cham- ben to Appear November 3. - COMPRISES 4 ERTERTAINMERTS but one dollar and fifty cents each, the purpose of promoting the series and it is hoped that -enough ot the the financial success of the enter- tainments before the appearance here of John F. Chambers, who will give the first program, on Tuesday even- ing, November 3. 7 Mr. Chambers will give interpre- tations of great masterpieces, among his ‘subjects’ being “A Grand Old Man,” and “Our New Minister.”” He has had exceptional advantages for studying plots and characters, aside from his own versatility in interpret- ing many well known dramatic char- acters. k On January 15 the Cavaliers will entertain, This is a company of seven artists and present something new in the entertainment line in the United States. This is the com- pany’s first season on this side of the Atlantic and it is one of the highest priced attractions on the plattom today. Thomas Brooks Fletcher, the man who is the general choice of lyceum bureau critics as being the most suc- cessful speaker before lecture course patrons, will appear here Feh- ruary 2. He deals with live topics and he is a favorite with every audi- emce before which he has ever ap- peared. , The Dollie McDonnell company will provide the closing entertainment of the series on March 15. This com- pany is comprised of four artists, a reader and pianist, @ violinist, a flut- ist, and a vocalist and celloist. An effort is beiug made to hold ail of the entertainments in the large auditorium of the Methodist church, as last year, with the exception of the Cavaliers, who will appear at the Athletic club hall- . * TO STUDY. UNITED STATES. . Woman’s Club Holds First Session of Winter's Program. Yesterday afternoon the Woman’s Study club held a very successful meeting i1 the library, the program being in charge of Mrs. H. A. Scharf. “United States” is the study taken up by the club this year, the: meet- ings to be held each alternate Mon- day, in the club room of the library. This is Lhe second year the club je taking up the study of the United States. Roll call was answered by giving the names of men in public life and papers were given on the following topics: “President and Cabinet,” Mrs. H. L. Wilcox; ‘“Post- office,”” Mrs. E. F. Netzer; -‘“Our Flags,” Mrs. C. W. Jewett; ‘“Cus- toms,” Mrs. W. Z. Robinson; “Mint and Sub-treasuries,” = Mrs. H. .A. Scharf. Mrs. M. J. Brown was ac- cepted as a member of the club at the meeting yesterday. The follow- ing committees were elected in con- nection with the Redpath enter- tainments: Mesdames E. H. Denu and B. W. Lakin, advertising com- mittee; . Mesdames Scharf, Battles, Stanton and Netzer, general arrange- ments. Mesdames Wedge and Ar- nold were elected on the rest room committee. The next meeting will be held October 19. “American Ar- chitecture” will be the topic for the day and Mrs. Johnson will be the leader. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETS At an important meeting of the county school board held at the court house Monday- afternoon, sev-' eral applications for the establish- ment of- schools were granted and’ others discussed. All members of the board, W. B. Stewart, county su- perintendent of schools; -Earl Geil, jcounty treasurer, and A. E. Rako, of county |, chairman of the board commissioners, were in attendance. points on the western side of the bat- tle line. This is announced in a state:| A message from Bucharest, Rou- only the additional information” that|servative and Democcratic leaders the battle continues with great vio.fbave decided to ask King Charles not ~ p for Roumania to change her policy. no change on the remainder of the| Cpo o B L e sald | King long German - official the Roumanian- army to~ assist the which, however, Germans. and reach the German line of commu- nication in Belgium. Waelhem and Koningshoyski have i been taken. opening the way for an| Large Representation is Urged. Belgium Denies: Reports. Belgian denials that any of their gian announcement which passed|the Bemidji Commercial club will through the hands of the British cen-|hold a meeting in the @b rooms nining - wachan s feren ;mn evening. o % R o . Officers of the club are REFERS TO GRAHAM AS STAR. business of importance to the organi- zation to be brought up for discus- midji high school football eleven for [membership to be acted upon and its 40 to 0 victory over Crookston [the matter of filling a vacancy on. ing of George Graham, the clever end | brought up. Mr. Arnold asks that of the local organization, in the story, | he be relieved of his duties as a mem- urday -afternoon Bemidji won from |to the work. the loeal high school football team T. F. Graham, of Cedar Rapids, game and played an entirely offen-|c¢onduct a week’'s chautauqua here sive game. Th Crookston boys on|next summer, will address those in game, the Bemidji team only making a touchdown on long end runs. Dur- was generally in the center of the field, neither side having the advan- stop. During the second quarter the which is to be given in the new Bat- locals weakened and the score was [tle’s block tomorrow evening will be end man, who perfected many of the |members of the fire department tak- passes'and made excellent runs. He |ing much interest, but tickets are be- The purpose of the ball is a worthy one as it will provide money with the department. Secretary Stewart requests that all firemen meet at the the seven-mile section 2 of division |gance will be completed and final ar- B of State Rural Highway No. 9,|rangements made. are about 35 men engaged and ten|enyelope is a new folding container teams. It is expected that the road|for filing architects’ and engineers’ Bemidji city limits at the John Lunn THE CUB garden farm. REPORTER been obliged to give ground at certain The announcement is brief, containing | of the council of the crown and Con- out decisive result, and that there is|this week, saying there is no need A dispatch from made to Germany, desiréd to mobilize in the siege of Antwerp Forts Lierre,| Pirst Session in Three Months— cations and the city proper. by way of London. An official Bel- fied pouuunh nrmmd Antwe)p re- 34 be in attendance as there is much Much credit given to the Be- There are several applications for mention is made concerning the play-{ignation of F. S. Arnold be accepted, of footbajl at -the city, park on Sat-|he has not sufficient time to devote seemed to be more experienced in theqter Chautauqla System, which is to plays and played a hard defensive ~ touchdown made by Bemidji, the ball plete Dance Arrangements. her offensive plays that were hard to [grand ball of the Bemidji firemen ) player for Bemidji was Graham, the|ever held in Bemidji. Not only are announced their intention to attend. ing paraphernalia for members of dale, contractors for the building of | {jme all arrangements for the big and the grading has begun. There Something like a huge document three weeks. The road strikes the SCOQOP KKK KR KKK KR KRN * * WILL REPORT RESULTS OF WORLD'S SERIES. Because of the which is annually * x *x interest * being * taken in the baseball games * for the championship of the % world, and for the benefit of % its recaders, the Pioneer, as X last year, will give the results * * * * x* x of the contests each day dur- ing the series, both through the columns of this paper and by bulletin, ***‘**i*i***k*fi'*t* FER T RIS TN Scoop UNDER.WHO-? - \WHO-\.2EE 7 WHAT DOES HE LOOK_ LIWE_ 7 -AND WHERE (ZZEE-TLL GO REPORT T HIM-S®R - "Dehctive Page it is expected that the four-entertain-i; tiful 1akes. A‘ B. Coqg t from the munici- pal courts of - linneqolip, St. Paul and Mankato.. Several committed a erime upon the_body of little two-and & - year old Passil, daughter of A. Kron- ick, a prominent merchant.of |ston, Iate last Saturday, tion of the mntry hlul for 'h HAMM()NB ATTACI( e e v e g will 'do well to trap. them nni turn them over {o.the Sathre alive. T~ u.mi there is only fal e he will recover. pierced in two pl stabs, and his ch other jabs, while and wrists ind Reports from: Albania indicate that |temPLs to end roullesonie. little country is still arteries. the present. war. Prince : fii@fln«l T[m crime,” which time en- g.scn of the deposed tan of Turkey, was recently-chosen @ Hte of fi\‘u. Bamit &% one of the Mot flend- Where Proof of Endmu of lnw ery Orgamntmn fin Be Found. SOME THINGS TO BE mnm xR ERREEEEEXEEXE liilk‘ll&’l’*‘fi” Information has reached this . of- fice to the effect that a WILSON PE- TITION is sbout to_ be cirgulated among the business men of ch]lfi The Wilson petition, it is u-dg 1 will be used publicly for the purpo /ho has started soveral revolts fn-Al{xain for the degenerate who dared of furthering his campaign for thelbania, is dissatisdel with 1§ 8™ imake such a cowardly assault’ upon senate. ; [rangea:ént abd he s exuecfed g Jesd e ckild who Lad been lured away The anti-Wilson feeling, Wi a revolt ghat will probably. causs Haly. from her parents while down town so strong here, has been mu!ed, to nb‘ siden against Austrla tn the shopping. 3 g In his speech in Red Wing the{which will mean the elrcnhluon :f Lok Rl The child was‘first found Ssturday democratic candidate for govenor re- |a counter petition and which s evening by Earle Riley and ferred to'my statements with refer-{bound to cause turmoil and bitter MEET ING W AS ADJoukm .Yohnsnfl. ;emld]l boyu.yvho werfi: ence to the ‘‘brewery. combine” in |feeling among those signing such pe- Crookston attending the Bemidji- Minnesota, and-its activities in poli- | titions. Crookston football contest. ‘They tics, and asks: “Am‘m extrava- Some whe favor Wiison &t the Associated Charities to mm Officers | immediately notified -the wlin. resent ti chas their minds g ) gant fancies based o little fact or |present time may change their at Semion Tomorrow Evening— Gambling the Cause. are they true?” 1 before election and wish to votg other- In his bed at the hospital here wise, but the signing of such ti-1 . Held in Library. 5 Professes Not to Know. ? AEMBE, Ll eld in Nesty refuses to talk and insists that tion will make them feel mos The democratic candidate for. gov- the reason of his attempted luleh{o % ligated when they cast their!ballot, ernor professes not taknow that there can be laid to drink and heavy is a brewery organization in Minne- This is unfair to the:business men sota or that it has been exerting a of Bemtdil dnd: they. shenld ot fhe subjected to the possible. embarrasy most powerful infidence n wuuu‘ SRt ot apanly exp g for many years; : jtselt into-every 3 e this afternodn that the will be made public, it ml‘m tend |nounced this afte t the the state and has maintained lobby | " quonce voters becausi-of the [Journed- meeting: of: the-organtzation| 1€ Whether Nesty can be gulity gt in the state capitol durfng every the erime=to: which=le-cofitexses: . stand certain voters have taken. - |yi11'be held in"the club rooms at the legislature; that it is, and has been, By using such methods the purpose Dr. C. R. Sanborn, together wuh a most potent factor in Minnesota | . g‘e ‘Australian ballot is entirely | PLC LAbrary tomorrow evening at|pr. House-of. Cass Lake, attended to politics, If he is ignorant of all lost. Let each man go—to. the- polls 8 o’clock. the wounds of Nesty today and an- It {8 important that a large num- this, it is evident that his stand in and vote as his conscfence:dictates: nounced this-ufternoon that he may the city of Washington for the past Bemidji men have minds of their [ber of the association’s members be:be able.to withatand the-1oss of blood in attendance as this is the annual eight years has put him entirély out own and should be permitted- to use and shock, his youth-and- robust con- of touch with what has been golng|, = meeting and election of officers is to [dition giving him an advantage over on in Minnesota, and that he is as 5. be held. death.. He 1is about 26._years:old. cnrg’né o innocent concerning niatters politi- Tells of Crime. midji and assistance to the poor will cal as he is of the number of acres In'telling of the-fearful crime, the. of wast land that there'is in our o 1 Grookston Times ssys: state, or with the kind’of timber [Superintendent of Water Board Kept |ie-discussed. - WS was discovared thet the that should be used in reforesting Busy During Past Few Days. child had disappeared, immediate theeetlandsitoecurs waspld Erov i search was instituted, scores joining and quick return of investment. in the effort to locate her. Fipally, The Book of Haines. just before midnight, the little girl If he will read the little booklets ‘was found unconscious, lying on some published by' Lynn Haines and C. boards in the city park close to the J. Buell on the"sessions of the legis- river/ Had she moved, perhaps only lature for the years of 1909, 1911 and 1913, he will get an idea of this slightly, she would have fallen into powerful brewery organization and the: river and probably been what it stands for and against in drowned. “After attempting a most revolting legislation, and something of a mno- tion of who has been serving it. crime the fiend, whoever he was, left the child-to her own fate, barring The history writen by these men, so the possibility of, some one finding far as it refers to the influence of her before exposure in the night air the brewery organization on legis- and the effects of the...assault had lation, has never been questioned; done its deadly work. 2 in:fact, it circulates ag acceptel his- «The child, however, 18 recovering tory. Mr. Haines says, “The brew- ers exert anm immeasurably evil in- gradually and will be all right. Mean- while the officers are searching high fluence in Minnesota pelitics. Their profligacy and unscrupulous prac- and low for the guilty culprit.” tices in campaigns make the better class of citizens hesitate to become candidates for the legislature, and results directly .in the election of law makers lacking both in patriotic conception of their duties and in the character which should accompany such. responsibility,” and he recites cages of trade and log rolling for the advancement‘or defeat, as the brew- ery combination may.’wish; of im- portant legislation thrynghout both of the sessions concerning which he writes. Says Democratic (hlfluhu During Absence Has Lost Enowledge of Minnesota’s Condition. by the Albiml'h senate ad Prince ol 8 cominission:was pa ntinople and -ask hii accept the throne. Kessad Pafi“g In a hot reply to Hammond’s Red Wing attack, Willijsm E. Lee, Re- publican nominee !u':; the governor- ship of Minnesots, st Buffalo 1last evening, said: N Y LARGE ATTENDANCE NECESSARY 7 tters pertaining to- the of charity work-in Be- PACKINGS BLOW OUT. . SPUD MARKET DROPS. George Kirk, superintendent of the water board, has been kept on the:so during the past several days by water main leaks, caused by the blowing out of pipe packings. One-blow-gut took place at Sixth and Minnesata Sunday and another at Seventh and Minnesota today. Both haye been repaired and the water is now turp ed on. The work of painting and re- pairing the city water ‘tank has prac- tically been completed and the leak which has caused considersble an- noyance for several months has-been stopped. The interior of the tank has been repainted and repaired and again filled with water. 2,000 Cars of Potatoes Standing On Twin City Tracks. During. the past week the bottom has eompletely dropped out of the po- tato market and as a consequence the prices ‘have-lowered to a marked de- gree. Spuds are being bought on cars at Nevis, Wadena and Park Bap- ids for but 26 cents per bushel, while at Long Prairfe and Broweryille only 23 cents.is being paid,. Information received from Minneapolis Sy that 2,000 cars of potatoes are standing on the tracks of 8t. Paul and Minnea- polis, there being practically no de- mand: Just- how long this condi- tion will exist, is of course, up- known, but dealegg predict that the market will return to normel within the next ten days or two weeks, MEETING AGAIN POSTPONED. Athletic Club Will Hold Important HALLOWELL MUSICIANS PLEASE Concert and Dance Attended by Fairly Large Number. Occasions are few when citizens of 3 city the size of Bemidji are given opportunity to attend such entertain- ments as that given by the Hallo- well Concert company, and yet the audience to which this noted troupe of musicians played last evening was small. Those who attended - were pleased with the concert and appre- clated the efforts which are being made by the Athletic club to bring a series of high class entertainments to the city. Each member of the Hallowell company is an artist and John Wentzel, soloist, possesses & ‘wonderful baritone voice, -his _sing- ing of last evening causing repeat- ed aeclamations to ring out from the small but appreciative audience. The dance following the concert was well attended and much enjoyed. As the company was here under a heavy Imuuncee the club lost money on the entertainment and because of the Because of the Commercial club meeting which will be held this ev- ening, it has been decided to post- pone the meeting of the “Athletic club until Friday evening.” It 'is hoped to then have a rousing meet- ing and to adopt the articles of in- corporation and by-laws which have been drawn up by the committee. REV. GILMAN TO REMAIN, Rev. Charles Gilman, pastor of the Methodist church here, is to remain in Bemidji, according to the appoint- ments announced by Bishop Sherpard at the closing session of the North- ern Minnesota Methodist conféerencs. Members of the Methodist church congregation will be pleased to learn Mrs. Earl Geil returned this morn- |that Rev. Gilman will retain his ing-from a two weeks' visit with her Iclur;e here. The conference mnext sister, Miss Florence Grimo!:lby at year will be held at Wesley church, IVirginh, Minnesota. 2 ‘Minneapolis. The report of the Sénate commit- (Continued on last page.) iIsn’'t Exactly Under Arrest---BUT of the organization’s officials, it is probable that an attempt will be 'made to cancel other attractions “{ which have been booked for the win- Born—To Mr. and Mrs, H. 0. Hovey of Fourteanth M. 2. ten- while gambling at Cass Lake . them N M}emo‘cmw—j , of Crookston hav) ik lack of patronage given the efforts -