Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 28, 1914, Page 4

BODIES FILL SCORES DIE = YSER CANAL Water Is Red From' Blood 0f Slain, BATTLE 1§ DESPEHATE;FORTY BODIES - FOUND Five invusand Germans Give Lives in Night Battle. London, Oct. 28.—The correspond- ent of the Daily Mail in Northern|forty miners lost their lives when France, telegraphing under date of | Sunday night regarding the fighting on thz River Yser, says: “There were 2,500 German bodies in the Yser canal this morning after the fighting in the night. Many of them were drowned and others were bayo- netted. The very water itself was bloody, while Dixmude’s streets were strewn thick with the dead. “These ghoulish facts alone give some idea of the savageness of the fighting, the desperation of the Ger- man attacks and the stubborness of the allies’ resistance. “The night was a hell from dark to dawn. At almost every point of the line man was opposed by man, some- times at a few hundred yards dis- tance, but more often in close grips. Face to face men even wrestled and died by drowning each other in the canal’s waters. The (fermans had had orders to get through that night, cest what it might. “Probably 5,000 of them gave thei lives last night. They could not giv: more yet they failed, but not because the Germans did not literally obey their orders. They crossed the water- way all right as they were bid, but once through they could not make good. They were mowed down with rifle shot, torn into human fragments by shells and bayonetted back yard by yard over their own dead into the waters of the canal. Into the very gray of the morning this bloody work went on so fiercely that there was hardly a trench or bridge guard in the whole line that did not imagine that he had been singled out for special attack. Hardly One Got Back. “It is believed that some 5,000 Ger- mans crossed the River Yser, but hardly one of them got back. Those to the north and northeast of Dix- mude, probably 2,000, were met by a fine rally of the Belgian infantry and of the cavairy, who had tetered their horses, and were driven by main force, at the bayonet's point, to the river canal and into it. There must have been frantic scenes and the bodies seen in the water on the next day gave grim testimony of this. “About 3,000 German infantrymen got into Dixmude. They held it for a time, but with shell fire and rifie fire the place was riddled through and through. The Germans dashed ont of the crumbling houses only to be wiped out by a cirocco of shrap- nel and shot in the streets. “When Sunday morning broke the dead and wounded were everywhere. Dixmude was a cemetery, but in the woods not far away the Germans still lingered. They held a position under a desperate fire and eventually were reinforced. The allies could not oust them and the Germans are still across the Yser. “Their presence may not be perma- nent and they may suffer the same fate as has overcome hundreds of their fellows during the week, who got over only to meet their death, but the Belgian and French lines, for the time being at least, have been drawn back about this point.” NEW ZEPPELIN IS LAUNCHED Said to Be the Most Powerful Constructed. London, Oct. 28.—A dispatch from Geneva, Switzerland, to the Express gives this account of the launching of a Zeppelin: “The most powerful Zeppelin yet made has been launched at Fried- richshafen, on Lake Constance. With- out preliminary trials it flew north- ward at great speed, cheered by the soldiers, who shouted ‘To London!’ Count Zeppelin was present at the launching. “The airship has a. special armored compartment for bombs near the pro- pellers and a big gun is mounted in front to destroy aeroplanes. A second airship of a similar type will be ready by the end of October. “As soon as this new airship—the thirty-first of its kind—is finished work will be begun on another. More Zeppelins are being built at Dussel- dorf, Colmar and Berlin, the German staff deciding that the number be quickly brought to 100.” Yet Many Fleeing From Calais. London, Oct. 28.—Two thousand refugees from Calais, fearing a Ger- man advance, have arrived at Havre, says a Reuter's Telegram company dispatch from that place. Most of them bave been distributed in towns in the center and north of France. Ten Thousand Casualties Daily. Rome, Oct. 28.—According to official reports received here the German cas- ualties daily average 10,000 men in killed and wounded. All of those slightly or not gravely wounded, an average of 70 to 80 per cent, retvrn to the ranks after a relatively short time. Artificial flowers for millinery are being made to enclose tiny incandes- cent lamps, which can be supplied with current from storage batteries hidden inside their wearers' hats. | 1 Taped, thirty or forty bodies had been llinois Ming Scene of E@siun. Hunidred Men Entombed, With Little Hope of Rescue. Royalten, MM, Oct..28—At least 300 men were caught in the Mitchell mine near here by a gas explosion soon after the day shift entered the workings. One hundred men es- found by rescuers and 100 were known to be imprisoned in a lower level, which was burning. The mine is a mwile from this town. The explosion was distinetly heard here. Every cne in town, except the telephorie operator, hurried to the mine and aid was summoned from Duquoin and Murphysboro. A rescue car also was sent from Benton. The work of rescue began immedi- ately and thin two hours several bodies had been taken from the work- ing. No hope is held out for the 190 men known to have been working on the lower level. The flames make it im- possible for rescuers to reach them and it is believed here that all are dead. Warned by Accumulation. "lhl-' hundred miners who escaped 5 of the mine not touch- the flames. Warned by the of accumulated gas they scurried to the surface and told of the spreading flames, which had en- tombed more than one-third cf their number farther below. The explosion occurred ia the north- west corner of the mine, where from 150 to 300 men were working. Men in the southern part of the mine heard the explosion and hurried to the cages that took them to the sur-| face. This part of the mine was sepa- rated from the section wicie the ex- plosion occurred by thick walls of coal. Three hundred men were emplo: ed by explosion and seventy-two od in the mine, but as the disaster occurred about five minutes before work was to begin about fitty had not entered the shaft. General Superintendent Mitchell said he could not account for the explosion ! as the mine had been in continuous operation and no gases had been de- tected. FOODSTUFFS ARE IN DEMAND Large Increase in Exports of Grain and Meats. Washington, Oct, —War's contin- ued effect on American commerce—a tremendous increase in the sale of foodstuffs to foreign armies and a marked slump in exportation of cot- ten, machinery and materials for use in manufacturing—was shown in de tail by statistics compiled by the de partment of comme; Exports of grain and meats to practicilly unpiecedented quanti- ties in September, resulting in a great improvement over August's trade and a substantial export balance, but the decrease in the sale abroad of cotton and manufactures resulted in a loss, compared with September, 1913, of $61,902,668. The gain for September’s exports over those for the first month of the war was $45,968,219, which represent- ed in part the vast demand imposed on American granaries and packing houses to feed some of the armies and live stock in !I\e war zone. MR. BRYAN 1S OPTIMISTIC Conditions Recoverlng From Shock of European War. St. Paul, Oct. 28.—Optimism with regard to business and financial con- ditions of the United States was one of the notes struck by W. J. Bryan, secretary of “state, who spent the day in the Twin Cities in the inter- est of the Democratic candidates at the Minnesota election next Tues- day. Mr. Bryan especially advocated the election of Winfield Scott Hammond as governor, declaring that a vote for Mr. Hammond would be a vote for the policy of President Wilson. “Conditions are improving rapid- ly Mr. Bryan said. “The war was a shock and for a while business hesitated, not knowing what to ex- pect. Now, however, confi¢ance is increasing every day and we are ap- proaching normal. I think we may expect a further improvement after election.” Jjumped Friend of Jefferson Dead. St. Louis, Oct. 28.—Thomas J. Fagg, former judge of the Missouri supreme court, and who knew Thomas Jefferson, is dead at the :iSssouri Baptist Sanatorium here. He was born ninety-three years ago on a plar- Santa Fe Head Favors Radical Change in Railroad Regulation. The suggestion that all railways in the United States be placed under governmental control under a system similar to that governing action of banks, made by President E. P. Rip- ley of the Santa Fe, brought surprise and amazement in Chicago railway circles. Y _ Ripley said his experience as head of the Santa Fe system for fourteen years has convinced him that there must be a radical change in the rela- tions between the railways and the government. “The present system of regulation is failing,” declared President Ripley. “Some system of economy must be worked out to increase. the earnings and restore confidence.” t PEOPLE ARE PANIC STRICKEN| Frequent Earth Shocks in Northern, italy. Turin, Oct. ‘28.—Another slight sarthquake shock occurred here and at Avigiliana, fourteen miles west of | Turin. The population-is panic strick- en and is camping in the open air, notwithstanding the fact that it is in- Florence, ltaly, earthquake inhabitants were thrown into a con- dition of panic, but the shock did lit tle damage. The addition of almost any dry, soap powder to stove polish will add to its lustre and lessen the labor of polish a stove. | Goblins, witches, fortune-tellers in their natural haunts will be founad at the Hallowe'en social in the base- ment- of the Catholic church Thurs- day, Oct. 29.—Adv. 2 KAISER IN GOCD HEALTH AND SPIRITS. London, Oct. hagen cc Times learns from Ber! under the new milita; ment belween German Austria Emperor ? dertakes the leadership of united armies. According to the latest ac- counts received in Copenhagen the German emperor is in good heaith and spir and un- the Don’t forget the Hallowe'en Social and Card party in the basement of the Catholic church Thursday even- ing, Oct. 29, 1914.—Adv. FLUSH KIDNEYS Eat less meat if you feel Backachy or Bladder troubles you—Salts is fino for Kidneys. Meat forms uric acid which excites andgoveryorks the kidneys in their efforts to filter it from the s»stemA Regular ecat- ers of meat must flush the kidneys occa- sionally. You must relicve them like you relieve your bowels; removing all. the acids, waste ‘and poison, else you feel a dull misery in the lency region, sharp pains in the back or gick headache, diz- | ziness, your stomach sours, longue is coated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges, The urine is | cloudy, full of sedim the channels | often gt irritated. obliging you to-get up two or three times-during the night. | To neutralize these 1rntntmfl acids and-flush off the body’s urinous waste get about/ four ounces of Jad Salts: from any pharmacy; take a table- spoonful in a glass of water before break- fast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine and bladder disorders dis- appear. - This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com- bined with lithia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate slug- gish kidneys and stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts is inexpensive; harmless and water drink which millions of men and tation adjoining that of Thomas Jef ferson. women take now and then, thus avoiding serious kidney and bladder d: This space reserved by the Bemidji Townsite & Improvemsat £ For Price of Lots, Terms, Ete., INQUIRE OF Bemidji, BErUIDJI TOWNSITE & IMPROVEFENT CO s i i T. C. BAILEY, or write ‘|up the .operations on the Russian :| Stry valley southward from the river, iney, Liver and Bladder Remedy will | trict court, on November 3, 1914. If | with your vote, I am FIllEB WITH B{lRPSES laondfln, Oct. 28 —A Petrograd dis- patch to Reuter’s Telegmm company says: i “The Army Messenger, in summing front, -says that the German forces in the region of Elawa and Vltzlavsk, disquieted by the situation on the front at Thorn and Cracow, have re- treated in the direction of East Prus- sia, where the population has been ordered to retire into the interior.” On the @alician front the entire and the railyay tracks from the Stry to Drohobkez, are congested with Austrian corpses. Between last Thursday and Sunday, during the pursuit of the enemy, the Russians captured seventeen — officers, 4,000 men, eleven ' '‘machine guns, twenty- two guns. twenty-three caissons and masses of qther war nlaterial.” Important to: all Women Readers of this Pnper Thousand@ upon thousands of wo- men have kidney or bladder trouble and never suspect it." Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trou- ble, or -the RESULT of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. You may saffer a great deal with pain in the back, bearing-down feel- ings, headache and loss of ambition. Poor health makes your nervous, irritable and’ maybe despondent; it makes any ome so. But hundreds of women claim that Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Rott, by restor- ing health ta the kidneys, proved to be just the remedy needed to over- come such conditions. A good kidney medicine, possess- iing real healing and curative value, should be a blessing to thousands of nervous, over-worked women. Many send for a sample bottle to see what Swamp-Root, the great Kid- do for them. Every reader of this paper, who has not already tried it, by enclosing ten cents to Dr. Kilmch & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., may re- ceive sample size bottle by Parcel Post. You can purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at all drug stores. Pionecer Want Ads Pay. 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 o the office of clerk of dis- T am re-elected, will promise you the same service ‘you have always re- ived during'my term in office. Trusting that I may be favored Respectfully yours, ] FRED W, RHODA. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. ($15.00 Paid for Daily and Weekly {Series.) Prepared by B. 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 parentage and emigrated to this country and settled in Minnesota in 1885. After many years residence in Minnea- polis he moved iuto this district, 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 thnro(lghly 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 eléeted to represent it in the state senate he iwill be able to fully inform the law 520 Capital Bank Bullding 8T. PAUL MISNEIOTS _personal experience as makers of thnf body, of the pressing -needs of this district from his own to roads, state furnishing dynamite to settlers at cost, schools, |a 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. Nord is alive to the necessity 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 district, the site for which had already been selected in Bemidji~ o 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 Commissioner for the Third District at the last pri-| mary election and I express my ap- preciation herewith. Being a business man, I believe that the affairs of the county should be run as economiically as is con- sistent with the development of the l county. And should you bestow this confidence in me by electing me as your representative, I pledge you my every effort 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. (Inserted for and by Henry W. Alsop of Bemidji, Minn—Price of series, $15.00. HENRY W. ALSOP Candidate for County Treasurer PAID ADVERTISEMENT. Inserted by and for J. U. Williams. (Price for series—$15.00.) YOUR SUPPORT Is Asked For J. U. WILLIAM Candidate for REPRESENTATIVE of the 62nd District S 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 revolying fund amendment. He will work for all legislation of benefit to Northern Minnesota. 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 seyéeral who inder the impression that I am the one that started the contest for the Reglster 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. Moor is the one that started the contest. 1 simply de- fended my rights. For after the Canvassing 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. | Anyone doubting this statement um‘ satisfy themselves by. consulting the! Tecords in the Clerk of Court’s office. Very Respectfully Yours, i J. 0. HARRIS. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. ($15.00 paid for ‘Daily and Weekly Series.) PAID ADVERTISEMENT, (Inserted for and by J, L. George of Bemidji, Minn.—price for series $15.00.) As a candidate for re-election to the office of county auditor I merely wish to suggest to the voters that by 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. T wish at this.time to thank 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 ta 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 not as a political office. My policy will be in the future as county’s business, common-sense busi- ness management, economy, and an honest endeavor to perform my du- ties impartially as the attorney for the county. 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. (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. 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. Thn matters-handled by this office are too vitally impdrtant to the tax payers of this county to be placed ia inex- perienced and incompetent hands and for these reasons I do not hesitate to again ask for your votes and support at the coming election. M. A CLARK. PAID ADVERTISEMENT. (Price 1or 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 votere 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 upon it I seek your endorse- 'E. RAKO, employment and as a public trust—| in the past—strict attention to the| 1 solicit not only your vote, but ! !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- eived from me in the past. J. L. GEORGE, County Auditor. 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 lonest, and during the thirteen years' residence in this {county he has held many positions {of trust, and has been on the side of | every measurc that Las been of bene- {fit to the people. Mr. McKee spent several years in hospital work at Kel- liher and Farley; served as Post- master, 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 Furniture Co. for seven years in that capacity, lience is very familiar and well versed in 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 {in every way to serve the peope, as { Coroner in an intelligent and efficient | manner. | Your support is colicited for H. N. McKee, Candidate for Coroner of Bel- trami County. 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 scicol work. 2. Intimate knowledge of every part of the county. 4 3. Wide and ¢ordial personal re- lations With parents, pupils and teachers. 4. Thorough acquaintance .with school conditions and school needs. 5. Sl.g_pervis'ing, 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. STHWART.