Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 20, 1914, Page 1

NG = o VOLUME 12, NO. 177, GERMANS ADVANCE IN RUSSIAN POLAND (American Press) Petrograd, Nov. 20.—Great rasses of German troops are being poured into Russian Poland in support of General Von Hindenberg’s attempt to crush the Russian forces there, hav- ing been thrown back after their ad- vance to Thorn. It is admitted here that the German troops have now ad- vanced approximately fifty miles in- to Russian territory. The czar’s troops have fallen back, and desper- ate fighting marked their line of re- treat. London, Nov. 20.—Coming of win- ter having interrupted fighting along the North Sea coast, Germany is making ‘an effort to pierce the allies’ line at another point. The French war office announced today that in the region of Argonne forest, where severe engagements have been in progress for the past few days, three vigorous attacks have been made by German infantry. These assaults, it is said, were repulsed. London, Nov. 20.—(ermany's new attack in the center of the Eastern battle line stood out conspicuously as of chief immediate imiportance in the European war. The sudden assault of the Germans in Russian Poland, from which territory they were described recently as being driven in disorder, has lent a new aspect to this cam- paign. Russian military officials admit a reverse in this tervitory and Berlin is celebrating a victory, but the meagerness of authentic information from the front makes it impossible to determine the extent or importance of the German successes, The Russian offic ference to Lhe n troops in te there is no of a German in- which a the fron- d announces penet Ling in- to the south’ the ure closing in on . in an attempt to crush the Austri The latest ad- vices from Vienna, however, say the Austrians have moved out of Cracow, captured the first Ru n fortified line and taken 500 pristuceswud {Wo machine gun detachments. Inferno of Shot and Shell. Refugees from Belgium say that West Flanders, which virtually is an island cut off from the rest of the world, continues to be the scene of incessant military operations. - They speak of an inferno of shot and shell and devastation, with continuous can- nonading and endless processions of wounded. British troops and French sailors are reported to have captured Schoorbakke, Belgium, a town prac- tically surrounded by water from the broken dykes. Owing to the inundation of much of the country between the seacoast and the River Lys no infantry attacks occurred in this region, according to the French official statement. her to to i Ru Cracow, THREE IMPORTANT GAMES. Pioneer to Receive Scores of Tomeor- row's Gridiron Struggles. Tomorrow will practically bring the 1914 football season to a close, the three most important gridiron battles of the east and west being scheduled. In the east Yale will meet Harvard, while in the west Min- nesota will clash with its old rival, Chicago, and Illinois will go against Wisconsin. As previously, the Pio- neer will publish in its evening edi- tion tomorrow the scores of these im- portant contests and telephone calls inquiring for results will be promptly answered. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Rice, 1134 Doud avenue, a daughter. l*i**i***i#i{i SHOULD BE THANKFUL Peace and prosperity that reign in America make it spe- cially fitting that the people of Minnesota should offer up a more than'orginary ‘gr. ful prayer on Thanksg I,/ day, November 26, says l "a‘,i ernor Eberhart in his procla:- ‘¢ mation. The : proclamation says: 3 “It is especially fitting that the American nation should offer up a more than ordin- ary grateful prayer of thanks- giving and praise. While war and carnage reign in oth- er portions of the world, America is at peace. Pros- perity, which always accom- panies peace, dwells among us. The soil is producing more than usual abundance. Our people are content, and our confidence in the future un- shaken.” *i*******t*t*************i****fl * Ak k ok ok ok ok kk ok ok ok ok ok ok kK KK KKK KKKKK KK KK WILL TAKE STATE CENSUS Minnesota Will Count Noses Next June in Accordance With Ten-Year Plan—Schmahl in Charge. LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE FOR IT Minnesota will count noses next, Early in the coming sessioni of the legislature a bill will be in-} June. troduced providing for taking a state of Many Important Matters. —_— P OBJECT TO TIMBER snnx.mn‘ "Many matters of imnottl,flee to the %, ewa Indians of Minnesota are 2 “wcussed at a meeting which is . “id in Bemidji this after-|. noon ~xecufive committee of |’ the Chiyp_ _ouncil. / There ar. .1 members on the com- mittee and this morning six of them had reached the city, being, John Morrison, of Red Lake, president of the Conference and chief of the bhlp< pewas; Nat Head, of Red Lake, for- Fairbanks, of White Earth; Dave Smith of Bena; Charles Wakefield of ‘White Oak Point, arid one other. There is one proposition which will receive special consideration by the committee this ‘afternoon, being that of the Mille Lacs timber deal, in which an endeavor is' being made to-arrive at some settlement between the Indians and_the government. This case involves the cutting of timber from Indian land about forty years ago, and for which the Chippewu have never been paid. T’l\e matter was taken up with the court of claims and it was decided that the Indians were entitled to $850,000 for the tim- ber. Then came an order calling for a readjustment. ment it was shown that the Indians were entitled.to money on but 35,- the figures should be 350,000,000. census, according to the custom of counting the state’s population mid- y way between the federal census. Ev- 1 ery ten years since 1865 the state| census has been taken, and it is prac- |, tically certain that an act authoriz- ing the 1915 census will be passed. According-to custom it probably will be placed in the hands of the secre-! tary of state, Julius A. Schmahl. The 1905 state census cost $65,- I 000. It was handled by Péter E.| Hanson, secretary of state, George F. Wright of Princeton having direct, charge of the bureau. The enumera- tion started June 1, 1905, and was finished in one month, but the ¢om- pilation took some three months longer. No account was taken of anything but population, sex, age, color, nativity, occupation, parentage and period of residence in the state and district. The census showed a population of 1,979,912, which was an increase of 228,518 in the five years ‘following the federal census of 1900, or 13 per cent. The federal census of 1910 showed a population of 2,075,708, an increase of 95,796 in the five years following the state census. STEWART TO TALK. Will Deliver Principal Address at Merchants’ Banquet. ‘W. B. Stewart, county superintend- ent of schools, has accepted an invita- tion to address the Bemidji merchants at their banquet which is to be served at the Markham hotel on the evening of December 9. Mr. Stewart is a pleasing speaker and the announce- ment that he is to talk has already aroused much interest. He will have much of importance to say and his speech should be heard by every mer- chant. Tickets for the banquet, which will be sold for one dollar each, are ready for sale and can be obtain- ed from the committee. There will be about 125 seated at the banquet table. The matching of colors has been The Chippewas are going to fight for cept the $120,000 which the new set- ! tlement might bring. ing of the council committee a board | |of land examiners will be named and ! they will work with officials of the! government when a new scale, which has been ordered, is taken. ARE READY FOR CHICAGO. Scene of Tomorrow’s Battle. Yesterday atternnon the Gophers took their last practice before the Chicago game of tomorrow, the team leaving late last evening for the scene of the conflict. The regulars were lined up against the freshmen for the final practice scrimmage of the season with the youngsters using Chicago plays. The men were sent through their paces yesterday in spite of the stiff, cold wind which whirled around Northrop field. Practically all of the members of the squad are in first class condition for the clash with the Maroons, and it is probable that the lineup will be the same as in the Badger game, unless Coach Williams makes an eleventh hour decision to send Erdahl into the fray at quarter- back. TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING. Secretary Mayer Announces Commer- cial Club Session for Tonight. H. H. Mayer, secretary of the Be- midji Commercial club, announced special meeting of that organization this evening in the club rooms, Third street and Minnesota avenue. As there are several matters of much importance to residents of the city in general to be discussed, it is urged that a large number be in attendance at the meeting: Iver Myhre, manager of the Scrib- brought down to an exact science by the invention of a ‘machine for the purpose. ner Trading company, town of Lib- erty, transacted business in the city today. INDIAN COMMITTEE MEETS Dy WAR X |Exeotive Board of Chlmfl‘ Confer QN WH"E PLAfiUE *| ence Gather Here for Consideration mer secretary of the association; Ben | At the completion of the readjust-| 000,000 feet, while the Indians claim | the $600,000 which they believe to! be rightfully theirs and will not ac-| At the meet-: Minnesota Football Team Leaves for | this afternoon that there will be a| kimmu Has Acoomplnhed Mauch in “Effort for Prevention and Control - "~ _of Dreaded Dueue. bmcm.s ALIVE T0 DANGERS Femhng Out of Tnbmnhnly Af- feated Persons No Easy Matter— Nearly 10,000 Wards Cared For. Minnesota probably has done more toward the prevention and control of the Union. at ‘Walker for the study and cure of this disease, aids financially in the erection of sanatoriz by counties or groups of counties, and maintains in connection with the various insane hespitals: and asylums and the school for the feeble minded, as well as other state institutions, special buildings and sick wards, the popu- lation of which is tubercularily af- fected. There is special diet, spe- cial treatment and special nursing for such and the cost runs-into hun- dreds of thousands of dollars an- nually. * A Communicable Disease. Of all the ills that man is heir to none Of them' has' received greater attention from the medical profes- sion and the laymen interested in its | suppression and control than tuber- culosis.. Naturally in the arguments |2dvanced and the many papers writ- iten on the subject there has been much difference of opinion. Prac- tically every sfate has listed tuber- |culosis as a communicable disease and out of this theory has grown sev- eral quarantine precautions, and yet rone eminent Eastern authority char- acterizes the contagious idea as with- jout foundation. Others, while fa- | voring quarantine, however, insist that the grouping of all persons af- | fiicted aggravates rather, than helps, WThey hold that it is an individual !rather than a collective problem. An Injustice. Quoting oné of the medical heads {of: thz oldest insane hospital in. the Istate: It is- slmpllcity to say;.place in a tubercular :ward all tubércular patients, but’ in practice the: matter is greatly complicated with modifi- cations and exceptions. We always have inmates with large cervical glands existing for years and in fair health. It seems to us an injustice to place people among the tubercu- lar, for if there is anything in com- municability they are liable to re- ceive lung infection if so placed. The very logic that quarantines the open cases argues against the quarantin- ing of the others with them. It is the same with the others who have 4 suspicion of the disease.” The medical head of this partic- ular insane hospital has decided views concerning a too strict quaran- tine for those with a suspicion of tuberculosis or even patients known to be slightly affected, and these views are shared in to a considerable extent by the medical staffs of the other state hospitals and institu- tions. As to communicability a ma- jority of them are in a measure agreed that it is to a large extent ex- aggerated as to (incipient ecases. Aloofness and -quarantine the? say suffering and consequently aggra- 'vate instead of helping. Alive to Danger. While all these views as advanced are interesting and enlightening, both the board of control and the several medical staffs are alive to the danger of this dread disease and the necessity for its control. A con- (Continuea on last page). tuberculosis than any other state in|’ It conducts a hospital often cause the most intense mental] KKK KKK x W. B. STEWART KRR KRR KRR KR K KKK Prominent Benudp Educator Who Will Address Merchants at Ban- quet to Be Held December 9. T0 SHOW CLUB PROGRESS Brainerd Program Will Be Featured by Exhibit Concerning ' Dfierent I.mes of Work by Boys and Gn-]@ UNI_O.UE PLANS CAUSE INTEREST At the convention of the Northern Minnesota Development association at Brainerd, December 1, 2, 3 and 4, in addition to the published program, there will be an exhibit showing the different lines taken up by the Boys” and Girls* club work of the state. One feature will be the exhibit by the girls who have taken part in the state bread-making contest. There will also be a public bread- making demonstration, a, garden and canning demonstration, showing the method of carrying on the work and will include a public demonstratjon in canning each day. Also a clags| of girls in sewing showing the pldn of work in that department in 1915. The work will be undet the direction’ of (he instructors of the College of Agriéulture, assisted by the teachers of the Brainerd schools. | One of the most interesting parts, of this-exhibit will show what is be- ing.done along the lines of communi- ty centerwork in Minnesota. Another interesting feature will be the Camp Fire. Girls’ exhibit. A group of camp fire girls from the St. Anthony Park Camp Fire, under the direction of Miss Ford, of the College of Agriculture, will put on a demon- stration of the work of the Camp Fire organization. During the afternoon there will be various pantomimes, typical of camp fire activities and in the evening the ceremonial council meetings with camp fire songs ‘and folk dances will be held. | IBERTSON STORE ROBBED. Thieves Secure $17 From Safe Which Had Been Left Unlocked. Thieves secured about $17 in cash last night when they robbed the furniture store of Coroner Ibertson on Beltrami avenue. Entrance was gained through a window in the rear. The large door of the safe was found unlocked and the robbers easily op- ened the cash box. The police were notified this morning immediately up- on the discovery of the crime and are working on the case. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rasmusson and Mr. and Mrs.' Andy Larson have re- turned from Kelliher where they spent a week hunting big game. Mr. and Mrs. Rasmusson and Mr. Larson each secured a deer. Mrs. Rasmus- son was also successful in getting one last year. SCOO THE CUB REPORTER A Bird In The War Zone Is Worth Two In The U. S. " Defectiv e Page By "HOP' OH BOSS ~LOOK WHUT T GOT-6N'A WEEK FROM YESTIDAY 1S THANGEAVING- CANVASSINGBOARD COMPLETES WORK Offivial Returns as Sent to State Au- ditor Show Lee to Have Carried County by But 120 Votes. JOHNSON SECURES HIGH TOTAL ore Ballots Cast Than in 1912—All County Officers Returned by Substantial Margins. After several adjournments the Beltrami county canvassing board has completed its work, the last to- tal having been added just before five o’clock Thursday evening. But few corrections were made to the un- official returns and the vote in the :fonly races which were at jall close, for coroner and commissioner in the Third district, was not altered in the least. Lee Plurality Small. The official returns, as sent to the stdte auditor by James L. George, count‘y auditor, last night, show"that Lee carried Beltrami county by only 120 votes, the figures showing the republican candidate for governor to have polled’ 1,186, while Hammond secured 1,066. Johnson Prize Vote Getter. Andrew Johnson, the county’s po- pular sheriff, was not only, re-elected by an overwhelming majority, but he received the highest vote of any candidate rfinning in the county by over two hundred. Rhoda came next with a vote of 2,027 and George next with*4,990. Johnson’s majority was also the largest, being- 1,474, then came George with a majority of 1,101, and Rhoda with 1,045. Nord Majority Big. ' ‘With the official count of both Koochiching and Beltrami complete, the Nord imajority for state senator is found to 'be 1,415 over his oppon- ent, F.‘,A",: Wilson. Nord secured a total of 25027 and Wilson 1,612. This was _the vote: -Koochiching, Nord, 1,419; Wilson, 564. Beltrami, Nord, 1,608; Wilson, 1,048; Webber, 266. ‘Webber, who ran on stickers, secured only 320 votes in both counties. The Official Figures. Official figures of the board follow: For congress— '‘v~dbergh, 1,344; DuBois, 773,.7 n, 799, Shar- ley, 99. Lindbergh s plurality, 545. For auditor—George 1,990, Ta- nem 889. George’s majority, 1,101. For treasurer—Geil 1,903, Alsop 1,145. Geil’s majority, 758. What Johnson Did. For sheriff—Johnson 2,292, Peter- sen 818. Johnson’s majority, 1,474. For register of deeds—Moon 1,972, Harris 1,169. Moon’s majority, 803. For judge of probate—Clark 1,- 651, Harris 1,346. Clark’s majority, 305. Torrance Downs Funkley. For attorney — Torrance Funkley 1,447. 260. For superintendent of schoolg— Stewart 1,938, Heffron 1,225. Stew- art’s majority, 713. For clerk of court—Rhoda '2,027, Schroeder 982. Rhoda’s majority, 1,045. For coroner—Akerberg 1,418, Mc- Kee 1,392. Akerberg’s majority, 26. For commissioner, ‘First district— Rako 516, Lahr 327. Rako’s ma- jority, 189. Morrison Defeated. For co}nmlssloner, Third district— 1,701, Torrance'’s majority, Hayes 332, Morrison 311. Hayes’ majority, 21. These comprised the canvassing board: A. E. Rako, chairman board of county commissioners; Auditor George; E. L. Oberg, of Blackduek, and George Severens, of Grant Val- ley. The Vote Larger. One of the surprising features of. the election is the fact that a larger vote was cast in the county this year than two years ago! The vote in 1912 totaled 3,019, and this year, 3,380, an increase of 361 votes. It had been expected that the vote this year would be smaller because of un- fayorable weather conditions. Sells Liberty Farm. Michael Djonne of the town of Lib- erty was in the city today to close a land deal. He has’sold his farm in Liberty to John Ness of Canby, Min- nesota, and Mr. Djonne will move onto his farm near Deer Lake next spring. b New York has women fire inspec~ tors. :