Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 9, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 141. GERMANS STILL SHELL ANTWERP; CITY IN FLAMES (American Press.) The Hague, Oct. 9.—The bombard- ment of Antwerp’s inner forts and outlying parts of city continues. The city is on fire at several points. Ex- odus of panic-stricken people con- tinues. Berlin, via the Hague, Oct. 9.— A complete investment of Antwerp, forecasting an early fall and over- whelming repulse of French attacks on left wing in France, was the di- gest of war operations given out by the war office today. WOULD SOLVE MYSTERY. Many Bemidji Persons Working On “Million Dollar” Film. That the “Million Dollar Mystery” which is being shown at the Rex theatre every Saturday night, has attracted much attention, is shown by the large number of people who go to see this production every time it is put on in this city. Than- hauser’s Million Dollar motion pic- ture production by Harold Maec- Grath, has had a long run in larger cities and Bemidji is fortunate in securing this much noted film. A number of local people are trying to solve the mystery in connection with the story, and are anxious to see every film. MAY HAVE RINGS. Seniors Likely to Change From Pins as Class Insignia. At a meeting of the senior class of the Bemidji high sehool held yes- terday, the matter of the insignia pins for the graduates of next spring was discussed. In previous years pins have been selected, but there are Several mewbers of the-class whe favor the adoption of rings. “"No de- cision was made. A class party which was to have been held at the outlet pavilion this evening, has been abandoned because of weather conditions. NO HIGH SCHOOL GAME. International Falls Eleven Not to Play Here Tomorrow. Until this afternoon it had been expected that the International Falls high school football team would play here tomorrow afternoon, but the game was cancelled by the bor- der city management shortly after noon. This means that the high school will have no game Saturday. A week from tomorrow the team will 20 to Thief River Falls and a week later to Grand Rapids. MEETING THIS EVENING. Athletic Club to Hold Important Ses- sion—Large Attendance Urged. Every member of the Bemidji Ath- letic club is urged to be in attend- ance at a meeting which is to be held in the club rooms this evening. There is business of much importance to be discussed. Frank B. Cook of Nebish, Minne- sota, has decided to close out his household goods, farm implements and stock at an auction sale to be held at his place Saturday, October 17. The sale will be given at 10:30 Saturday morning and will wind up with a dance in the evening. L. M. Moon will be the auctioneer. THE CUB REPORTER g\fl* WILL PLAY AT THIEF RIVER. , 2, Atw ’% Club Football Team to Make kD '6,‘;;v for Sunday Contest. \ Late thix \rnoon arrangementu. were complet. v a game of foot- ball to be play ° with the .Thief River Falls eleven in that c.uy’ Sun= day afternoon. Thief River Falls is reported as possessing-a strong team this fall and a fast game is expected. The Bemidji eleven will leave here tomorrow afternoon at 4:37 o’clock and will return early Monday morn- ing, via Erskine. Practice will' be held at Ninth and America avenue this evening. ADOPTED BY CHIPPEWAS Mrs. George E. Vincent, Wife of State University Head, Made Member of Tribe by Walker Chiefs. IS GIVEN NAME OF “MOONLIGHT” Mrs. George Vincent, wife of Pres- ident Vincent of the University of Minnesota, was adopted as a member of the Chippewa tribe of Minnesota last evening by chiefs of the reservation at Walker. The Indians appeared at the G. H. Nelson home in full regalia and and braves when Mrs. Vincent assented on be- ing asked by Chief Goose of Chip- pewas if she desired to be adopted as a sister of the Chippewas, she was taken formally into the tribe. Mrs. Vincent was given the name of ‘“Moonlight,” and at the conclu- sion of the speeches a beaded buck- skin hunting bag was presented to her. B. F. Nelson, president of the Uni- versity Board of Regents, made a speech. Mrs. Vincent is the first white woman to be adopted by the Minne- sota Chippewas. TELLS OF VISIT HERE. Editot of “The First Methodist” Com- ments on Bemidji Church. In the current issue of the “First Methodist,” a St. Paul church paper, edited by Olin D. Wheeler, the latter prints the following story of his re- cent visit to Bemidji: “The editor spent a Sunday in Bemidji lately and attended a morning service at the First Methodist—what a lot of First Methodist churches there are— church. We dre well fixed there, having by far the most attractive Protestant church in the town. it is new, of modern, unconventional design, planned much like our own churel, is of brick, and is on the cor- ner of a prominent business street. The pastor, Mr. Gilman, preached a good Labor Day sermon from “He went about doing good.” It was full of excellent ideas well expressed, and its brevity was a commendable fea- ture of it. When he was through the preacher stopped—didn’t hang on and | kill the effect of what had gone be- fore. And there was more—the music was good. The pianist was a fine soloist and choir accompanist, and there was a tenor solo that would have done credit to our own choir. The congregation was a fair sized one.” lcured at least three credits the pre- A. 0. Wistie Dead. Mrs. P. N. Anderson, of Bemidji, was this afternoon informed of the death of her brother, A. 0. Wistie, at his Boise City, Idaho, home. She will not attend the funeral, which will be held at Boise City, but an- other brother, Christ, of Thief River Falls, has left for Idaho. Mr. Wistie was well known in northern Minne- sota, and at one time conducted a store at Fosston. ~ What Dyuh Mean-Have A Heart = WHILE I WAS BATHING— IN TH RIVER , A SHELLH\T MY CLOTHES AND BLEW EM ALLTD SMITHEREENS - i | | BOSTON inNS,FIRST Weather conditions did not mnke it necessary to postpone the opening game of the world’s series, as: had been predicted, and when the Braves and Athletics took the field, the large baseball park was crowded to more than its seating capacity. Rudolpk, one of the season’s pitching sensa- tions, was the selection of Stallings, while the Brainerd Indian, Bender, was relied upon for a victory by Con-| nie Mack. Gowdy and Schang were the opposing catchers. Neither side scored in the first, but in the second Boston' twice was able to cross the pan. The Athletics tried hard to tie the score in their half, but one tally was the best they could accomplish. No scores were made in the third or fourth, but the fifth Boston added one, three in the sixth and one in the eighth. Score by innings: H Boston ----020013010—7 11 P}u']ad’phm 010000000—1 5 qw E 2 0 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY E VENING, OCTOBER 9, 1914, ATHLETES MUST QUALIFY Bemidji High School to Enforce Strict Set of Eligibility Rules in Future Says Superintendent. MUST BE UP IN SCHOOL STUDIES Even more strict than in former years will be the faculty of the Be- midji high school in dealing with candidates of the various athletic or- ganizations. Until now a student if up to grade in at least three subjects has been permitted to play. In a talk to football candidates to- day, W. P. Dyer, superintendent of schools, informed them that in the future tLey will be required to abide by much more strenuous el!glbfluy -rules; ¥ Candidates must from' now on have passing marks in all but one study in order to receive the faculty o. k., no matter how many subjects the student may be carrying. In addition to this a player will not be allowed to play in any athletic contest one year if he had not se- vious term. A slip is passed to each member of the faculty preceeding games and only boys approved as be- ing up in their work are permitted to play in any contest. Bemidji has always had the honor | of playing only qualified athletes in high school contests. BOARD FINISHES WORK. | Efficiency Commission Holds Last Meeting Before Final Report. What probably will be the last| meeting of the state efficiency andfl economy commission before its final report is presented, took place yes- terday at the state capitol. The pur- pose of the meeting was to put the finishing touches on the report, the details of which have already been agreed to. The meeting was well attended. The executive committee will look after any further, details that need attention and the reports will soon be issued in printed form. Copies will be supplied to members- elect of the legislature. MINNESOTA GAINS ‘Corn and - Chedp, - Productive tiral Exhibit, ne Said—Dem- strates Achievements. Oné of the greatest achievements in the exploitation of Minnesota’s natural resourees in the - Gopher state’s history was achieved during the week of the Tllinois State fair, as the result of the co-operation-of Fred ; D. Sherman, state immigration com- missioner and the immigration de- partment of the Great Northern rail- ‘way company. was concentrated on the renters of Illinois farms and many of them DROP TWO BOMBS ON c"-Y were brought to a realization’ that they can establish farms’ ‘own -6n cheaper Minnesota land which will produce just as much as fi the high priced land of Illinois for | Aubervilliers and Sant Denis drojmed which they are paying fancy rentals. The Minnesota state exhibit was in- stalled in the main exposition build- reached the horde of fair" on the‘imaln grounds. Fred D. Sher- man, Minnesota’s state immigration commissioner, and W. C. King, state’s ex.hibit expert, were in charge of the Minnesota exhibit, while E. Great Northern railroad com was in charge of the novel exhlbit great gtretch: of canvas. Both these .were the center of attrac- ci;lly to.ithe ‘Tillinejs farm, th& great majority ot whom werc.heeking to establish- themselves on ‘farms of their own. man declares that Minnesota will get “the call” when the prospective home seekers pack up their movables and strike out for themselves. Funk a Visitor. Among prominent visitors at the Minnesota booth was President Funk of the National Corn show, who re- sides at Bloomington, Illinois. Mr. Funk complimented Commissioner Sherman very highly upon the Min- nesota exhibit and said: A Corn State. “This is truly a remarkable agri- cultural exhibit and I beliéve that it will be very illuminating to the Illinois people, many of whom believe that corn can not be grown in Minne- sota successfully. I notice that you have here on exhibition a great many varieties of some of the finest corn {that T have ever seen. Your yellow BY FAIR DISPLAYS Ilingis Farmers Are Shown That The missionary work of their | German Awatpn Again Pay Visit te ing of the Illinois State fair grounds;| eq Paris and vicinity early in the"day, while the Great Northern railway| because of the dangerous atmospheric visitors | currents then present. through -an exhibit in a circus tent| troops stationed in the city and sub- the | ots. C. Leedy, immigration agent for the NESTY IN w‘EAK CoNDr"oN which L. W. Hill placed under the|Man Believed to be Connected With Mr. Sher-|HL - FROM" SU'ICIDE ATTEMPT ADMIRAL VAN BAUDISSIN Has His Fleet s:iféiy out of Danger in Kiel Canal, Paris. Paris, Oct. 9—A German aeroplane ying over Paris and the suburbs, of two bombs, one of which woupded three persons. The other did no Honule aircraft usually have avoid- The French urbs have been commanded not to fire on the aeroplanes, because of the danger to the public from falling Assult Upon Little Crookston ' Child Must Answer chnrgel/ TN e Although too weak from loss of bh‘)od following his attempe to com- mit suicide, Andrew Nesty, the man brought here frmo Cass Lake early in the weak, to be taken to Crookston where he will be requested to answer as to a charge of criminal assult up- on a child of two years and a half, he will be taken there soon. Sheriff Kelley was in Bemidji vesterday and investigated the al- leged confession of Nesty, intending to return with the accused man. - He found Nesty’s condition such that he decided it would be unwise to take him from the hospital. There is much feeling agdinst Nesty in Crookston and a large num- ber of persons met the train on which Sheriff Kelly returned, expecting to catch a glimpse of the alleged offen- and white dent corn compares very |ger. favorably with the best varities of corn grown in Illinois. The fact that Minnesota led every state in the union in the point of yield per acre in the vear 1913 proves to me con- clusively that Minnesota is a corn state.” R. V. Eastman, representing the Mill City Commercial club, is on the job here and is convincing the Hli- nois farmers that his section of the state is a country particularly adapt- It is thought that Nesty made his confession of the Crookston assault while believing that his attempt to suicide would prove successful. At the hospital it is claimed Nesty wil] recover from his lung, wrist and neck cuts. Should he be found guilty of the charge against him it will mean life imprisonment. Columbus Day Supper. The ladies of the St. Philips’ Ca- * l Bailey. TELLSHOW T0 MAKE SMALL FARM PAY Agriculturist Gile at Enthusiastie Eekles Meeting Shows Farmers What Twenty-four Acres Will Do IS’ PROGRESSIVE VICINITY | Talks Also Given by Supt. Dyer, A. B. Bailey and Others—Many' me Bemidji in Attendance. Packed to its utmost capacity was the Sheep Farm school in the town qof Eckles Thursday evening, the oc- casion being one of the extemsiop work series of the Bemidji High school faculty. The meeting was at- tended by a large number -of farm- ers. This community is one of the best and most wide-awake in this sec- tion of the country and a great many of the children attended the meet- ing. J. C. McGhee, who is -the Eckles schoolmaster, has been ex- tremel_y successful in interesting the boys in"‘the agricultural, and the. girls in the domestic science courses. Dyer Presides. W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji schools, presided at the meet- ing. He opened the session by out- lining the work of the extension de- partment and impressed the country folk with the idea that the conven- iences of the city schools were their's as much as our’s. Bueford M. Gile, high school ag- riculturist, gave a splendid talk on the wenty-four acre farm, showing '| the'crop rotation necessary, the kind of crops to raise, the number of cows to keep, 'chickens, horses, etc. Dy figuring on the blackboard, - he brought out the fact that if a man . would follow his plan he could have in cash at the close of _the . year, $1.000. "Shows ‘Sample of Work." ‘A. D. Builey, head ot~ ’ttm-mmxfi training course in the city schools, ‘presented some interesting facts and figures in this-branch of school work. He had with him samples of stained and varnished woods and gave a dem- onstration of the use of staing, fill- ers and varnishes. Many of the farmers who have not painted the ' interior -of their homes, expressed themselves as willing to try the ways and methods suggested by Mr. Miss Vera Backus, who is always 'good when it comes to entertaining, gave a recitation which was enjoyed land well received. i The Misses Newton and Erwin {sang two selections, both of which were pleasing. Bemidji Persons Attend. After the program the gathering [was treated to fine home made cake and coffee by the wives of the farm- ers. The reputation these women have acquired along cooking lines is astonishing, especially among the business, men of Bemidji. Seven auto loads from the city attended. PLAY ANNUAL STUNT. Grand Rapids Refuses to Meet Athletics on Gridiron. Annually Bemidji is challenged te meet the Grand Rapids city team on Mrs. I. C. Stuart and son Erick of Williston, North Dakota, are guests at the home of Mrs. Stuart’s parents, Senator and Mrs. E. J. Swedback. They will remain a month. Electric fog horns have been in- vented that can be heard-l14 miles. ’yDefic;ive ed to farmers who are seeking homes tholic church will give a Columbus the gridiron, annually Bemidji ac- where land is cheap in a prosperous day supper in the church basement |CePts and annually Grand Rapids at~ ate Monday evening, October 12. The!tempts to cancel the game. This proceeds will be used for the benefit | Year is no exception and Joe O’Dey, While the attention of the vast|of the Catholic church. manager of the Itasca county eleven, throng of fair visitors was focused = has calded off the contest scheduled upon Minnesota, to give it greater im- [and manufacturing industries thrown |for next Sunday. The Rapids has petus, Commissioner Sherman ar- |nightly on a screen in full view of |21ways been Bemidji’s bitterest ath- ranged to have moving pictures show- [the public that thronged Main street |letic foe and games between the two’ ing Minnesota’s agricultural, mining!on Capitol Square. have always been hard fought and decisive in the placing of northern. By "HOP"’ Minnesota - championships. Bemidji ‘_(Anv’flai SOME Shows Pictures. had worked hard at practice in order that the splendid victory .of last year might be repeated, but the Grand Rapids players evidently saw another humiliating defeat before them and in their customary manner waited un- til the eleventh hour to cancel. Last year a game was urranged after much trouble, but this ‘Season Jdt ap- pears no game can possibly- be ar- ranged., Returns From Pumky W. B. Stewart, county - superin-- itendent of the county. schools, re- turned to Bemidji today from Pua- posky and the central part of the county where he has yisited several -| schools .whieh- ebme Iulder Ms iurh. | ! dietion.