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| - RUSSIANS REPULSED Austria Glaims Vic- tory on @ San, FIGHTING IS SEVERE Vienna Asserfs Many Museo- vites Have Been Gapfured. London,. Oct. 2{.—Referring to the Eastern theater of war the French of- ficial statement that in East Prussia and along -the Vistula river there has been no change in the sit- uation, and adds that the efforts of the Austrians to cross the San river havé been repulsed. The battle south of Przemysl, in Galicia, according to the French report, is continuing under conditions favorable to the Russians. Official Austrian advices contend several Russian attacks on both sides of the San river ] that the Russians where before the A The Austrian ¢ the Carpathians from driven the Russians north to Orow and Uroz, due south of Lemberg, the capital of Galicia. The Austrian state: ment admits that fighting is severe and at some points the conditions re- semble slege wurfare by trenches. The Austrian heavy artillery has gone into action and a Russian column near Wyszkow has been repulsed. ng over Hungary has Many Russians Priscners. The Austrians the operations Dniester river, a report pr in towa (l the lare they have n pris ¢ along line. The attack on Prae mysl d to have cost U 40,000 in Killed and wounded. ondent at Petro- inues In cn the line of Sandomir. The Russian war ofiice reports the capture of many G i cluding many E the Germans in R are exhausted and starving. A Rome dispatch to the D: the situation in Cons ug and that the Russ d the sicrnewice, Kielee and ASKED TO A!E NEUTRALITY President Wilson Uries Co-operation of Lawyers. Washington, Oct. 21 rectly referring to the E President Wi in welcoming dele- gates to the annuy mnmmnn of the American ed the co-cperat ation in maintaining in the international law the bar organization. White, all supreme court j members of the cabinet, diplo corps and state department of- fizials w present. Establ of the character and purpos United States in the war situation was the theme of President Wilson. “You can establish the case of your client by ‘the character, conduct and appearances of your witnesses,” said the president, “so you establish the purposes and character of a nation.” Former President t, in intro- ducing the pro A(lé‘nL pledzed the as- sociation to ident Wilson in every way ent serious hour.” EVIDENCE IN CARMAN CASE Murdered Woman Declared to Be Near Motherhood. Mineola, L. I, Oc that Mrs. Louise Baile a pros- pective mother when she was shot and killed in Dr. arman’s ofiice was revealed when Dr. Howard M. Phipps testified regarding the autopsy on Mrs. Bailey’s body. He stated this condition existed and there was evidence an attempt had been made to prevent its develop- ient. Dr. Roy Goiner ‘The fact corroborated the ‘testimony of Dr. Phipps. Both doc- tors testifed there was no evidence of medical instruments having been used. HUERTA GE NERAL AR P.ESTED Is Charged With Smuggling Diamonds. San Antonio, T Oct. 21.—Emilio Quirol Gomez al in the Mexican army during the Huerta regime and for whose extracition e Carranza government has made requisition, is under arrest h on charges of smug- try from He also is cherged with at- temptmg to bribe United States ofii- cers. It is alleged Gomez offered Immi- gration Inspector Reynolds and Deputy United States Marshal Dibell a $500 diamond ring and $1,000 if they \\'auld release him. Gomez Japs Occupy More Islands. Tokio, Oct. 21.—The navy depart- ‘ment has announced the occupation, for military purposes, of strategically important islands jn the Marianue (or Ladrone), Marshall, East Caroline and West Caroline archlpslagm HAS BIG FORCE IN THE VICINITY Villa Threatens Convehfion at Aguas Calientes. DELEGATES IN A PANIC Rebel Chief Said to Have = Moved Eighteen Thousand Men to Within an Hour's March of Conference Called to Settle Factional Dispute. San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 21—The Mexican consulate here received a re- port from Mexico City stating that General- Francisco Villa - created a panic among the delegates to the con- vention of military chiefs in Aguas Calientes by moving an army of 18,000 men into position where he can en- velop the city and imprison the en- tire conference. Villa’s army is reported to be with- in an hour's march of Aguas Calientes. To oppose him there are Carranza’s troops at Monterey and Saltillo, but it would take several days to get them to Aguas Calientes. The sessions of the joint conference of military chiefs have been more stormy than has been reported in cen- sored newspaper dispatches or official reports, according to apparently relia- ble -information. According to the message from Mex- ico City to the consulate here the del- egates at Aguas Calientes, who in- clude many chiefs of the Constitution- alist army, have made an appeal to Carranza to guarantee their freedom during the convention. They asserted that Villa's soldiers, who are in Aguas Calientes as escorts to the chiefs of Villa's army, robbed and insulted them in the streets. They ask that Aguas Calientes and surrounding ter- ritory be declared neutral during the convention or that the convention be removed to SURVEY MEAT PRODUCTION Equalization Would Restore Frices to Former Level. Chicago, Oct. 2L.—The cqualization of the production of meat in the Unit- ed Stat to restore come through a scie the production and consurption of animals, according to the first report of the committee appointed a year ago. Announcement of the committee’s program was sent to the American Meat Packers' association by Beverly T. Calloway of Cornell university, chairman. A careful study of the subject is to be undertaken under two heads: First, a general investigation of the methods of producing, slaughtering and distributing meat products to de- termine what is to be done to increase production in the United States. Second, a general inve ion of the production and consumption of meat animals in the United States and the principal foreign countries. CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH Three Perish During Absence of Parents. Marshfield, Wi Oct. children of Mr. and Mr all under four years, of burned to death in their home while their parents were in the barn on their farm three miles west of Spen- cer, milking cows. The father and mother, emerging from the barn a half hour later, found the house completely burned. Neighbors with rakes and shovels searched the ashes and. found the charred remains of the children. A fire had been started in the kitch- en stove by the parents before they left the house and it is believed the children’s clothing became ignited while they were playing in the room. GIRLS OVERCOME BY GAS One Dead and Another in Precarious Condition. St. Paul, Oct. 21.—Viola Johnson, aged twenty-three, student at Bethel academy, St. Anthony Park, is dead, and Hilda Lund, also a student at the academy, is in a precarious condition at the city hospital as the result of having been overcome by gas at the home of E. M. Freeman. Mrs. Freeman found the girls in the gas filled room when she went to call them and summoned the police am- bulance. The gas jet in the rnom was part- ly open. It is bel'eved one of the girls accidentally turned it' on while turning on the electric light, which is attached to the gas fixture. The elec- tric light was burning. % * b TRIES TO FLIRT WITH WILSON’S NIECE. New York, Oct. 21.—Mrs. George Howe, niece of Presi- dent Wilson, was a complain- ant in the night court against Dr. Ernest C. White, late of the faculty of the American School of Osteopathy, whom she accused of having followed her for twenty blocks along Broadway and’ attempting to flirt with her. Dr. White was sentenced to ten days in-.thd workhouse, despite the fact that Mrs. Howe pleaded for leniency. oo oo oo o oo o0 oo o e o oo G ol o e e o o oo oo o el e o o e e o o e o o g 5 e 2 & W : e ‘Without an arched support or cen- 64 feet long, strong enough for the heaviest vehicle traffic, has been built in Illinois. > - ter pier, a single span concrete bridge : More Than qu Score -Persons Killed and Many Injured. ~London, Oct. 21.—A dispatch to the Chronicle * from Pas-de-Calais says that between forty and fifty passen- gers were killed and eighty. were in- jured in a train wreck at Maraniz, be- tween Calais ‘and Boulogne. - Two trains ‘carrying soldiers and refugees collided owing to the fact that a bro- ken signal wire released the danger signal. Many carriages were wrecked. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. (Price for Series—$15.00.) Notice to the Voters of Beltrami County. I want to make it plain to the vo- ters of Beltrami County so there will be no- misunderstanding. For in making my canvass of the voters of the county I have found several who are under the impression that I am the one that started the contest for the Register of Deeds office after the last General Election held in 1912. Now these are the true conditions (as they existed) and the records in the Clerk of Courts’ office will show that Mr. C. O. Moon is the one that started the contest. T simply de- fended my rights. For after . the Cunvassing Board had canvassed the votes of the county they found that I was elected Register of Deeds of Beltrami County by a majority of dve votes, and the County Auditor issued me my certificate of election. Anypne doubting this statement can satisfy themselves by consulting the reeords in the Clerk of Court’s office. Very Respectfully Yours, J. 0. HARRIS. Subseribe for the Piorveer. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. (Price for series $15.) JOHN G. MORRISON, JR. To the Voters of the THIRD District: You have honored me with the nomination of County Commissione: for the Third District at the last pri- mary electiéon and I express my ap- preciation herewith. Being a business man, I believe that the affairs of the county should He run as economically as is con- sistent with the development of the county. And should you hestow this confidence in me by electing me as vour representative, 1 pledge you my every efforf for a clean, conscien- tious and economical administration with a purpose of serving the district and county to the satisfaction of all. JOHN G. MORRISON, JR. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. (Price for Series—$15.00.) H. N. McKEE Canidate for Coroner of Beltrami County, is a man whom the voters can trust to serve their best interests economically. He is 'a successful business man, absolutely honest, and during the thirteen years’ residence in this county he has held many positions of trust, and has been on the side of every measure that has been of bene- fit to the people. Mr. McKee spent several years in hospital work at Kel- liher and Farley; served as Post- km:&ster, Chairman of the Board of Health, and Village. Clerk of the Vil- {lage of Solway. He is a licensed undertaker, and worked with the J. P. Lahr Furnitiire Co. for seven years in that capacity, ihence is very familiar and well versed n the duties of the office of Coroner. Mr. McKee is now the efficient clerk of the Woodman Camp”of Be- midji. He is the proper man for the _place, and is a man that is qualified jin every way to serve the peope, as TRAIN WRECK IN WAR- ZflNE_ Was$4.50 15 $3.95 - 'The Famous “RED CROSS” Shoe, all new leathers, new fall style at this reduc- ed value. all SEGAI. EMPORIUM Ufl Successors to L. L. Berman The Place Where Style and Economy Go Hand In Hand Was 84,5015 $3.95 The Famous SELBY SHOE All new leathers, all new fall styles at this reduced value. ~GRE‘AT SALE OF WINTER | GOATS, SUITS, DRESSES & SKIRTS for the Balance of our Great American Made Merchandise Sale Stunning New Suits $25, $27.50, $29.50, NOwW $19.50 and slzgs, worth $ Guaranteee Kid Cloves in all colors 1.75, now. New Winter Coats $25, $27.50, $29.50, NOW $19.50 All new coats worth up 1o $16.50 now $11.95 A great money-saving opportunity which no one can afford to miss during this American Made Merchan- dlse Sale at our store. manner. Your support is solicited far H. N. McKee, Candidate for Coroner of Bel- : trami County. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. (Price for series $10.) Ordered for and by A. E. Rako. Having been chosen at the pri- maries as a’'candidate for re-election to the office of county commissioner from the First District, I take this | opportunity of asking the voters of | my district for their support at the coming election, November 3. In return for the confidence be- | stowed in me, I pledge you the same | kind of service as in the past. My record for the past term is an open book and upen it I seek your endorse- ment. v A. E. RAKO. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. Inserted by and for J. U. Williams. (Price for series—$15:00.) YOUR SUPPORT Is Asked For J. U. WILLIAMS Candidate for REPRESENTATIVE of the 62nd District He stands for an economical and efficient administration of the State's affairs. He stands for the loaning of state funds within the state. He will work for appropriations for roads and bridges. He will work for'an appropriation for a Normal School at Bemidji. He will work for the revolving fund amendment. He will work for all legislation of benefit to Northern Minnesota. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. (Inserted for and by Henry W. Alsop of Bemidji, Minn—Price of series, $15.00. .Coroner in an intelligent and efficient ' _ PAID ADVERTISEMENT. (Prepared by and for M. A. Clark, Bemidji, Minn.—Price for series, $10.00) FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE I again come before the voters of Beltrami County as a candidate for re-election to the above office. I wish to thank my many friends for their support in the past which I as- sure you is appreciated, and would add that if re-elected, I promise you that the office will be conducted in the same efficient, economical and painstaking manner as heretofore, and the same 'kind and courteous treatment will be extended to all. The matters handled by this office are too {vitally important to the tax payers of this county to be placed in inex- perienced and incompetent hands and for these reasons I do not hesitate to lflgain ask for your votes and support {at the coming election. M. A. CLARK. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. ($15.00 paid for Daily and Weekly Series.) Prepared by and for GRAHAM M. TORRANCE, Bemidji, Minn. Candidate for Re-election as COUNTY ATTORNEY for BELTRAMI COUNTY To the Voters of Beltrami County: I am a candidate for re-election to the office of County Attorney for Bel- trami County. I appreciate the con- fidence the people of this county placed in me in electing me to this office, and if ‘re-elected I will con- tinue to regard the office as a public employment and as a public trust— not as a political office. My policy will be in the future as in the past—strict attention to the cou.nty’s humus. mmon-senu busi- ness management, economy, and an honest endeavor to perform my du- ties impartially as the>attorney for the county. I solicit ‘not only your vote, but your open and active support. In return I promise you the best efforts of which I am capable. GRAHAM M. TORRANCE, Bemidji, Minn. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. (Inserted for and by Fred W. Rhoda of Bemidji Minn. Series $10.00.) FOR CLERK OF COURT. I have again placed myself before the voters of Beltrami county for election to the office of clerk of dis- trict ceurt, on November 3, 1914. If I am re-elected, will promise you the same service you have always re- ceived durihg my term in office. Trusting that I may be favored with your vote, I am Respectfully yours, : FRED W. RHODA. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. ($15.00 Paid for Daily and Weekly Series.) Prepared by E. K. Walby, of Nord Committee. LEONARD H. NORD Candidate for Election as STATE SENATOR Etoile du Nord. LEONARD "H. NORD who was nominated by the largest vote at the recent primaries for state senator of this 62 nd district, com- posing Beltrami and Koochiching counties, is of Norwegian parentaje and emigrated to this country and settled in Minnesota in 1885. After many years residence in° Minnea- polis he moved into this distriet, where he became intimately ac- quainted with its pioneer life, as a homesteader and colonizer. During these years he cruised over this dis- trict so thoroughly that there are very few townships in either Bel- trami or Koochiching counties that he did not cover. This valuable ex- perience has given to Mr. Nord first hand knowledge of the needs of this district, so that if he is elected to represent it in the sjate senate he will be able to fully inform the law makers of that body, of the pressing needs of this district from his own personal experience as to roads, drainage, clearing, state furnishing dynamite to settlers at cost, schools, ete. ~ Mr. Nord will also strongly advo- cate some feasible plan whereby long time state loans can be made to set- tlers for improvement “purposes, at a low rate of interest.. Mr.,Nurd is nlive to tbe necesauy of thoroughly trained teachers for our rural as well as our city schools, and will pledge himself to work ear- nestly for an adequate appropriation for the normal school of this distriet, the site for which had already been selected in Bemidji. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. (Inserted for and by J. L. George of Bemidji, Minn.—price for series $15.00.) As a candidate for re-clection to the office of county auditor I merely wish to suggest to the voters that iby reason of my experience in this office I feel that I can be of added value to the county should you de- cide to continue me in my present work. I wish at this time to thank my friends for the support they have given me in the past and to assure the public in general that if I am continued in office you may expect the same service that you have re- ceived from me in the past. " J. L. GEORGE, County Auditor. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. .Inserted for and by W. B. Stewart of Bemidji Minn.—Price for series $10.) W. B. Stewart. County Superintendent of Schools Because of his: 1. Education and years of prac- tical experience in school work. 2. Intimate knowledge of every part of the county. 3. Wide and cordial personal re- lations with parents, pupils and teachers. 4. Thorough acquaintance with sehool conditions and school needs. 5. Supervising, efficiency. 6. Sympathy, encouragement, help— fulness and counsel. 1f re-elected I will give the same un- divided attention to the duties of this office as in the past. W. B. STEWART.