Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 11, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 194, KAISER'S CONDITION MUCH IMPROVED Emperor Able to Receive Reports of Battle From His Staff—Russians Lose Heavily. GERMANS EVACUATE ROULERS May Also Abandon Thielt, Says Dis- ‘yatch—French and British Lines Advancing Slowly. (American Press) Constantinople, Dec. 11.—Official statement issued here says: ‘‘Under cover of warships the Russians at- tempted to disembark near Gounieh, south of Batum, Transcaucasia, in order to outflank our troops. They were compelled to retreat with heavy losses.” Paris, Dec. 11.—Fighting over roads heavy with mud and through bushes turned into swamps through the heavy rains, French and British lines are advancing yard by yanrd. Germans are reported to have evacu- ated Roulers and Thielt may also be abandoned, Berlin, Dec. 11.—Emperor William rcontinues to improve. His tempera- iture is normal today and he was able to receive reports from the chief of staff. SHOW INTEREST IN DEBATE. Boys Confident of Winning Decision On Suffrage Question. One more week remains before the debate on woman suffrage will be held at the high school, being one of the chief features of the final lit- erary program before Christmas. The boys are taking much interest in the debate and under the able direction of Bueford M. Gile, are gathering a large number of facts with which they will attempt to show why wo- men ‘should -not be given the ballot. But the girls are entering into the spirit of the contest and so many reasons have been found which ap- pear to prove the mecessily and ab- solute need of women securing vo- ting power that they are confident of being able to qualify as real suffra- gists. Miss Clarice Coult, English instructor, is superintending the girls’ preparation work. PLAY BASKETBALL TONIGHT Park Rapids Team to Meet Cham- pionship Bemidji Aggregation. Two teams, rated as the leading basketball organizations of northern Minnesota, will meet on the Armory floor here this evening. The local players have devoted the past week to strenuous practice and the slump of last Friday has been comrpletely overcome, Park Rapids has not me? defeat this season and every endeavor to win from Bemidji. Howe, captain, Trafton, Bestul, Bran- | Peck and Miller | don, Jacob: n, Bell, will play for Bemidji. Better seat- ing arrangements have been made, it being the plan to make the ac- commodations as convenient as pos- sible. The game will begin at 8:15. Railroad Officers Here. Traveling passenger agents of three railroads were visitors in Bemidji yvesterday, being E. A. Whitaker of the Northwestern, F. D. Lyon of the Rock Island and W. G. Mitsch of the Great Western. Eleven women are out for offices in Troutdal«,, Ore. SCOO THE CUB REPORTER | will make |fving, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY x * * NETZER IN ON : RAILROAD REFUND x another page of this * issu Opo\pears a full page dis- * play . I.rtlsemeut in which % is inser. he names of the ¥ Bemidji n. %ants who will * refund your %lroad fare. * Through an . ~ the name" * of * - * E. F. NETZEh L x * X X L4 * was omitted and in order that shoppers will jnot over- look this fact, we give this front page prominence. * ok ok ok ok ok ok ko ok x ok ok ok ok ok ok ko KRR KKK KKK K KN MORE JOIN GOOD FELLOWS Bemidjians Assist Associated Chari- ties in Providing Joyous Christ- mas for City’s Poor. ONE WANTS “KIDDIES” ON LIST ‘While Bemidji has many Good Fel- lows, as is shown by the membership in the Pioneer Good Fellows’ club, there is still room, and plenty of it, for others. The movement is meet- ing with much favor and means that not one single unfortunate in Be- midji will be left without having felt the joys of Christmas time. Every person who desires to give, thereby bringing happiness to some little girl or boy, should fill out the blank, found on another page, and send it to the Good Fellow editor, Pioneer. The name will be given to the poor committee of the Asso- ciated Charities, and the Good Fel- low will be called upon and directed as to the best manner in which he can accomplish his purpose. The following letter shows the spirit of Good Fellow club members: t' “Good Fellow Editor.—Dear Sir— 1 shall flnq‘great pleasure in looking after the Christmas cheer of some worthy family. - I should like to see a bunch of kiddies on my list and will endeavor to see that ‘Santa’ gets busy at any place you may suggest. You are boosting a mighty good pro- position. Don’t let us forget that while Belgium iy sorely in need and unfortunate, we still have our own unfortunates right at our door. Very truly, E. H. J.” The Good Fellow’s duty is—to in- blindly. The best plan is to try to find some permanent solution of the problem. Perhaps you can find work for a man or a woman. Perhaps, af- ter learning the circumstances, and by exercising the superior knowledge of business affairs which your more fortunate circumstances have given you, you can permanently solve their difficulties, and place them on the road to independence. That is the ideal course for the Good Fellow to take, and it may be done without the expenditure of a dollar. So much the better if it can. Dance This Evening. hall this evening. The affairs con- ducted by the orchestra have been largely attended and much enjoyed, the music being exceptionally good. Assists in Dedication. W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji schools, left this morning for LaPorte where he assisted in the dedication of the new consolidated school there. Mr. Dyer was one of the speakers. He will return to Be- midji this evening. /STA RIGHT WHERE NOU ARE. AND KEEP FIRNG-TLusiGNaL. | THE RETREAT WHEN \TS UPTO OUR SHOULDERS— vestigate and help intelligently, not | | i | The response has been most zraLiAElhe past two vears 310 girls received | but there is always room for | | more “Good Fellows.” ipopulation during this period One of the series of dances which | is being given by the Long Brothers|ing, which is the feature of the Sauk | orchestra will be held in the City; |staff exercised jurisdiction. INTERESTING PLACE State’s Only Institution Where Wo- man’s Influence is Supreme—Has Made Remarkable Record. HONOR SYSTEM PROVES SUCCESS Every Phase of Community Life is Reached—At One Time Connected With Red Wing School, The one state institution where woman’s influence is supreme is the Minnesota Home Schbool for Girls, located near Sauk Centre. Though under the charge of the Board of Control, women are largely in com- mand, and the work of the resident staff is supplemented by a woman’s) board of visitors, who act in an ad- visory capacity. While the school is among the| oldest of the state’s correctional in-| stitutions, the location of the home| at Sauk Centre is comparatively new, laving been authorized by the leg- islarure in 1907. Prior to that the iastitution was conducted in connec- tion with the Boys’ Training school at Red Wing. Wanted Segregation. The change of location from Red Wing to Sauk Centrée was due to the activities of the club women of the state, and those interested in correc- tional work, They believed that complete segregation and a location free from the contaminating influ- ences of the population centers would afford the best method of handling those committed to the school, and the legislature answered their demands by the selection of the site at Sauk Centre. Though custodial in character the Minnesota Home School for Girls is a home in every sense of the word. In this institution are confined the delinquent girls of the state, com- mitted by the juvenile and district courts, and as the majority of tHem are the product of homes lacking every element of uplift, the duties of the home staff aré naturally ex- acting. The home consists of an ad- ministration.building, a hospital and nine cottages, and is admirably 167 cated on a tract of wooded land, 160 acres in extent, with Sauk lake, a beautiful body of water, in _ close proximity. A farm, much of it cul- tivated by the girls, is in connec- tion. Population Changing One. Between paroles and discharges the population of the home is an ever changing one, yet one of the problems of the institution staff is the proper housing of the growing additions. The cities are the prin-| cipal contributors. At the close of the 1914 biennial period, the num-; ber of girls in the school was 172. In addition there were 139 girls out | on probation over whom the school During | training in the school. The Remarkable Record | As showing the movement of the| and the excellent results from the train- Centre school, sixty-seven girls placed in homes not their own are now self-supporting, forty-eight were returned to the homes of their par- ents and are now making good, six were discharged because of the age limit, the same number left to be married and now have homes of their own, and two were transferred to other institutions. Of 133 girls placed during the two years, only twenty-six girls were returned to the school and only thirteen of this num- (Continued on Page 8) EVENING, DECEMEER 11, 1914, INDIAN AGENTS LEAVE. Chief Iarson and -Deputies Desert Bemidjifl‘nnhex Action EXpected For the flrst time during the past HISTOR!CAL ORTY CENTS PER MONTH. BEMII)JI MERCERREFLAN BIG SAVING SCHEME FOR OUT OF TOWN BUYERS week Bemidji 1s lett without an In-|Five Per Cent to the Amonnt of Fare Wlll be Refunded All Parchasers; Farmers Get Benefit; Piomeer Advertisements Will Show Many Bargaias. dian agent, Chief Special agent Lar- son and Deputies Brandt and Carson having left the city last last night, their destination being unknown. No new developments took place yester- day, but it is expected here that many other places are to feel the conse- quences of the treaty order within th next few days. Larson, before leaving Bemidji, intimated that the agents would return to Bemidji soon. e SLAYING OF FAWN WRONG Bemidji Sportsmen Favor Drastic Changes in Game Laws of State— Claim Protection Inadequate. EXPECT LEGISLATURE TO ACT Bemidji much ‘interested in propeosed game law cl_mnges, and owing to the fact that the legislature is soon to be in session, and that solons are expected to revise the protection clauses, plans are being discussed here with an idea of proposing legislation which would, if adopted, cause northern Minnesota to continue as the hunt- ers’ paradise of America. Suggestions are made that moré rigid statutes should be passed for- bidding the killing of fawns and does and that the lakes of the north be planted with wild rice, which would attract more water fowl. One Bemidji man, who each year is not content until he has bagged a share of mallard and a buck, and is considered one of the genuine sportsmen of this section, today said: “The killing of fawns and does is one of the worest evils perpetrated by hunters of |big game. Real sports- men prefer not to shoot either, but again there are other hunters who will kifl them apd thus-reduce ‘the number of deer during the years to come.- The fawns are virtually worthless for food when very young, but if allowed to mature keep up “'émne supply. ' " “The killing of does is even worse than killlpg fawn as it greatly re- duces the‘ossbil!ty of reproduction of the fast diminishing deer. “The tendency to kill fawn and doe is great augmented by the fact that they are much easier to shoot than a buck. The fawns are not so wild as the older deer, and are easy victims to the hunter’s rifle. The does are perhaps the easiest of all to shoot because they will protect their young even at the cost of their ives.” . Closed seasons for deer, partridge and prairie chicken are also urged by many Bemidji nimrods. sportsmen are becoming STUDENTS’ SHORT COURSE Crookston Agricultural School to Conduct Three Months’ Session. There have been many inquiries at the Agricultural school, Crooks- ton, for a students’ short term of three months’ work that will include subjects of immediate interest to young men who feel they cannot at- tend the full three years’ course. Such a course has been organized to begin January 5, next. It includes as thorough work with gas engines, in agriculture, animal husbandry, blacksmithing, carpentry, practical English and farm bookeeping as three months of good hard work will allow. A circular giving informa- tion regarding this work may be se- cured upon addressing the school. He Was Some Tall Bugler Beginning Monday, December 14 and until and including Thursday, December 24, out of town people can come to Bemidji to do their shopping and without costing them one cent for railroad fare. Some twenty mer- chants have united in a plan to stand for this expense and announce that during this time they will allow five percent on every purchase to the amount of the railroad fare of the purchaser and his entire family. . Special Inducements. Every merchant who has co- _|operated in this movement will of- fer inducements in the way of goods and prices that cannot be surpassed or duplicated in any city of northern Minnesota. These stores will give better merchandise for the money, and to extend the buying power of the family pocket book, and will al- so allow a refund of five percent to the amount of the railroad fare so that the trip to Bemidji and return | will_be made at their expense. . Trading Center. The stores are combining in this movement in order to advertise Be- midji as a trading center. Advertise- ments, which will state what they have to offer, are printed in the Pio- neer today and will follow with more suprises next week. In order that the entire families will come, the re- fund offer includes all members of the buyers’ families. Farmers Welcome. B8 -- For farmers who will drive to Be- midji next week to shop, a refund will be made at two cents for each companies him. All mileage and re- funds are to be computed in the Pio- neer. office. Refunds will be made only by the merchants whose names appear at the end of this article. No refund will be made for more than the amount of the railroad fares. Pioneer to Pay. ¢ The system of making the refunds is best explained by taking an ac- tual example. John Brown lives at Clearbrook and will come to Bemidji next week to buy Christmas goods. Mr. Brown will be accompanied by his wife and son. They will arrive in Bemidji about 9:54 a. m., and will leave at 4:37 p. m. They will first FIND INQUEST NOT NECESSARY County Officials Find That John Spot Came to Death by Suicide. Three Beltrami county officials, Graham M. Torrance, county attor- ney, M. E. Ibertson, coroner, Andrew Johnson, sheriff, returned to Bemidji today from Cass Lake, near where they investigated the death tof John Spot, an Indian. Evidence pointed to suicide and the body was buried. It was then decided that an inquest should be held as there might have been murder. The body was ,disinterred yvesterday and an autopsy |held by Dr. Z. E. House of Cass Lake, it being concluded no inquest neces- sary. Sheriff Johnson and Deputy Sheriff Dederick, of Cass county, went to the scene Tuesday and there learned from witnesses that Spot had killed himself by fastening a slip- noose on the trigger of a shotgun and pulling the string while the muzzle was placed to his chest. Women suffrage was defeated by 140,205 votes in Missouri. By "HOP" mile to and from the farm, and for} each member of the family who ac-| and | g0 to one of the stores on the list with this refund sheet. After the purchase is made the amount will be endorsed on the slip. This will be done at each of the stores on the list, as each purchase is completed. When he is through shopping, Mr. Brown will call at the Pioneer of- fice, where his total purchases will be added. It is thirty-one miles to Clearbrook and the round-trip fare for himself and family will be $1.24. If he has bought $80 worth of goods during the day, he has paid his traveling expenses., If he buys less, or ‘$25 worth, he will be re- funded $1.25 to apply on his ex- penses. Should Mr. Brown happen to be a farmer in the town of Frohn, who drives in eight miles, and buys $40 worth of goods on his trip, he will receive: a refund of $1.44 for himself, wife and child, or $2.00 if he brings in three or more children. List of Stores. The stores which have combined in making next week a big shopping week and whose advertisements will appear in the Ploneer, are as fol- lows: vy E. F. Netzer—Drugs and Sundries. E A, Barker—Drugs and Jewelry. Schneider Bros Co. —Clothlng and Women'’s, Ready-to-wear. O'Leary-Bowaer Co.—Dry Goods and Ready:to-wear apparel. C. E. Battles—Hardware. - | Given Hardware Co.—Hardware. S. T. Stewart—Groceries. W. G. Schroeder—General chandise. . Huffman & O'Leary—Furniture. AT Carlson—Variety Store. F. G Troppman——Dept Store. Geo. T. Baker & Co.—Jewelry. The Bazaar Store—Dry Goods and Ready-fo-wear. - The Fair Stote-—Variety Goofl.s The Leader—Clothing. L. Blooston—Clothing. The. City Drug Store—Drugs md Sundries. The Bargain Store—Clothing and Shoes. Segal Emporium—Dry Goods and Ready-to-wear. Mer- Bemidji Pioneer—Office Supplies and School Supplies. Gill Bros.—Clothing. Abercrombie’s—Cigars, Novelties, Books, Candies, etec. MUST HAVE PERMITS. Hides of Deer Cannot Be Shipped Unless Properly Tagged. There appears to be much misun- derstanding concerning the privilege of hunters to ship hides after the closing of a big game hunting season. Chief Game Warden Bailey today an- nounced that he daily receives many inquiries and in answer to one letter he wrote: ‘“No head or hide may be shipped from one point to another unless a permit, costing 50 cents and issued by the State Game and Fish commission, is attached. If both head and hide are shipped at one time two permits are necessary. It is not necessary to obtain permits to ship hides during the open season.” The warden called attention to the fact that the spearing season, during which all rough fish may be speared, opens Tuesday and that the netting season will close on January 10. Per- mits may be secured through the warden. Taken to Fergus Falls. Frank Tufts, deputy United States marshal, left this morning for Fer- gus Falls, having in custody H. A. Grenier, who was yesterday bound ovér to await action of the Federal grand jury, by Judge H. A. Simons, United States commissioner, the charge being that he furnished li- quor to a person of Indian blood. It is understood that Grenier will make application to have his case trans- ferred from’the Fergus Falls to the Duluth district, thereby -gaining an opportunity to have it reach the jury in January instead of May. Rev. Parish of Fergus Falls will preach in the Methodist church Sat-" urday night. Need any neip? Try a want ad. e b . v SH—