Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 22, 1914, Page 1

VOLUME 12, NO. 203. GERMANS COMMAND. WARSAW RAILWAYS (American Press) London, Dec. 22.—The Germans are in partial possession of both rail- ways leading to Warsaw from the west and southwest. Skierniewice, an important railroad point, hasj practically been abandoned by the Russians who today are directing a strong counter attack against the Germans between Rawa and the Pilica river. Paris, Dec. 22.—After two weeks of fighting in an effort to maintain their hold on the Belgian coast, Ger- mans are reported to have evacuated Middle Kirk, north of Ostend. The coast towns, Zeebrugge and Heyste, have been vigorously bombarded by allied ships during the past two days. COUNCIL IN SHORT SESSION Normal School Site Appraising Com- mission Named By Alderman. At the last meeting of the city council for the year, held Monday evening, five commissioners, known as the board of appraisors for the normal school site, were named. It will be the duty of the commission to appraise and assess all land which has been ordered to be vacated for the institution. The commissioners will be; Attorney Montreville J. Brown and Dr. E. H. Marcum, first ward; Attorney Thayer C. Bailey, second ward; Edward Jackson, third ward; F. S. Lycan, fourth ward. A small number of bills were allowed. AGENTS LEAVE BEMIDJL Deputies Brandt and Carson Desert Indian Treaty Territory. Bemidji is without a single Indian agent. Special Agent Carson was in Bemidji this morning, but has gone to Park Rapids where he will make investigation as to “blind-pigging.” He will then leave for the twin cities where he expects to spend Christmas. Agent Brandt, Chief Larsen's main assistant, left last night for his home in Minneapolis. They expect to re- turn to Bemidji soon after Christ- mas. MERCURY HITS 20 BELOW. Northwest Wind Causes Thermom- eter to Take Big Fall. With a northwest wind to inten- sify the cold, the thermometer reg- istered twenty below at six o’clock this morning, bringing Bemidji’s coldest weather of the winter. The weather man predicts continued cold and fair. Pedestrians on the streets last night and this morning wore their overcoats buttoned high around their necks and'saw to it that their ears were well protected. Unclaimed Letters. List of advertised letters “UN CLAIMED” for week ending Dec. 21, at the Bemidji postoffice: Men—An- derson, Wm., Bulmer, H. P., Cadron, Mr. Thomas, Griste, Harry C., Hatch, Mr. J., Kenngott, Mr. Robt., Larson, Mr. Geo., Loftfjelde, Mr. J., Lavender Mr. Benjamin, Miller, Mr. D. R., Miller, Mr. M., Montgomtry, Mr.-A. G., Park Region Land Co., Schwen- deman, Mr. Pete, Strand, Wm., Syv-| ertson, Mr. Casper, Zenith Subserip- tion Agency. Women — Anderson, Miss Hildar, Bloomquist, Mrs. Chas,, Carson, Mrs. Lillie M., Hudson, Mrs. Hattie. A government survey has resulted in ranking the Yukon river in fifth plade among the great streams of Nor*h America. EE XK XK XX KK EXKEXKEKKKE = STEWART’S TO PLACE x SEALS ON ALL PARCELS. KAk k Ak kA KRR K KRR KRk kKK P Tomorro ’/,' ill be Red Cross Christ. g, Seal day at Stewart’s groc /0, nud on ev- ery parcel, no % »r how small, a stamp w1 %_laced. The plan of Mr. Ste S is to give assistance in t. ort to raise $100 here fre e sale of seals and to aid i. wonderful fight which is * ing carried on throughout the nation to kill off that dreaded disease, tuberculosis. No matter how many parcels are contained in an order at Stewart’s tomorrow, a seal will be placed on each one. Wk kN ok ok ok ok ok ok ok Ak ok ok ok ok ok Rk APPRECIATE REFUND PLAN More Than One Hundred and Twenty- five Families Take Advantage of Railroad Fare Scheme. SOME FAIL TO REQUEST BLANKS More than 125 families have al- ready taken advantage of the rail- road fare refund offered by the mer- chants of Bemidji and have pre- sented their refund sheets at the Pio- neer office. These families represent about fifty towns and villages tributary to this city, some having come from a dis- tance of ninety miles to do their Christmas shopping here. The last two days are generally the liveliest shopping days and indications are that this number will be more than doubled before closing time, Thurs- day evening. Merchants report that many sales have been made to out of-town shop- pers where the refund sheets were not presented and in most cases the clerks were so busy that the atten- tion of these customers could not be called to the refund opportunity. Brisk bufing is anticipated by the big stores during the next two days and out of town folk are urged to railroad fares might be refunded. }praclically every customer fair has been paid being pleased. HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WINS. inary Contest, 30 to 4. of practice, the All-Star basketball quint which played the high school Ifive last evening as a preliminary to |the “Big Bemidg” game, put up a |snappy fight for victory and at times ‘outplayed the students, losing by a |score of 30 to 4. Ripple at guard, iwas the star for the pick-ups, while ‘;Bailey. played a superior game for ;the school five. Johnson and Tanner, |forwards on the high school team, |played well. The lineup was as fol- Elows: High school—Tanner, R. F., | Johnson, L. F., Camercn, C., F. Gra- |ham, L. G., C. Bailey, R. G., G. Gra- |F., E. Riley, L. F., I | Warfield, L. G., E. Ripple, R. G., M. Plummer, sub. TRAINS RUNNING LATE Nearly all trains running into Be- imidji during the past several days have been from five to ten minutes late, several being as late ‘as forty minutes, the snow and wind being rthe cause. R. E. Fisher, | Station agent, and Agent Lloyd of the Great Northern, announce that Christmas travel is as large as in former years. present their refund sheets or ask for! them at any of the stores so that their! Expressions of appreciation of the] |railroad fare refund are numerous, whose | - - g ose;o' M. Terry, of Ch.icago. Falls on G\m‘was increased to 21 to 9 before the‘plan will bring about even Although handicapped by the lack| BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, 22, 1914 SEAL CODE AIDS LOVERS All Forms of Sentiment Expressed in in Red Cross Stamp Arrange- ment—Many Forms Used. SALE PROVING DISAPPOINTMENT Love and kisses as well as various messages can be sent through the mails through the medium of the Red Cross Christmas seals, which are now on sale throughout the city to raise funds for fighting tuberculosis. The arrangement of the seals om the reverse side of letters, post cards is a new development and may sup- plant the more formal letter or the post cards for Christmas greetings. The seals are arranged in different designs to convey the sentiments of the senders. The state association has sent out a sheet showing twenty- eight different designs, as two on a horizontal line mean “Wishing you a Merry Christmas” and three indi- cate “Wishing you a happy New Year.” Two below and one above say, “I love you,” while four in an- other arrangement send kisses. Other designs indicate “All’'s well,” or “Thanks for the beautiful present.” Various arrangements have been outlined for gifts intended for differ- ent members of the family and for various families. The code helps solve the perplex- ing problem of satisfactorily. labeling Christmas presents. For instance, ‘‘peace, prosperity and prevention,” are emphasized in the big “P” for farmers and business men. The use ’ot this code will be appreciated by )many and will stimulate the seal seal. ‘The seals are not selling as well a3 had been hoped by the committee in charge and there is considerable doubt as to whether the necessary $100 will be secured for the bring- ing of a visiting nurse. The fund raised in that manner is devoted ex- clusively to assisting tuberculosis sufferers and in futhering the cam- |paign against the disease. Heavier demands are being made upon it ievery year.and the officials are hope- fund will have been fully renewed or |larger than it was a year ago. |ACCIDENT KILLS INVENTOR | Causing It to Discharge, Sending a ‘ Bullet Through Forehead. Defeat Bemidji All-Stars in Prelim- | {WAS VISITING AT BAGLEY Another hunting fatality has been added to the list of this fall and ed to be at the right place whenevev& needed and at all times kept the' winter, O. M. Terry, 38, of Chicago, being accidentally killed yesterday while hunting wolves with his two half-brothers, the Gundersons, Bagley. Terry, who was unmarried, observ- ed 2 wolf and in following it tripped lon the branch of a tree, falling in ‘BIG BEMIDG' WINS ‘THRILLING CONTEST Defeats Speedy Little Falls Quint in Spectacular Game by Secore of 21 t0 9. Visitors Determined to Secure Even Bal] is Predicted. It had been predicted that the real strength of Bemidji’s backetball team would be tested whem It met the speedy Little Falls aggregation on the basketball floor, and it was. The locals never played harder or were more deserving of 'victory than last evening, the visitors, a collection of varsity and college stars, going down to a 21 to 9 defeat. A Team of Cracks. Little Falls came to Bemidji con- fident of whipping the team which is after the national championship and fought with a determination which winis games. With Diedrich, the gritty and sensational Minnesota quarter; Swanson, the Hamline erack; Branmen, a high school star; Ritter, a Varsity basketball player; Longley, a former Minnesota athlete, {and E. Dunphy, also of the Univer- sity, the visitors presented a for- [mihble aggregation. Although with “this arrsy of in- dividual stars, Little Falls was un- able to stap the Bemidji players when once they became acquainted with the visitors’ style of play. 4 Little Falls was the first to score, secaring ome-point on a goal thrown from a foul, Swanson netting the ball. opponents epuld not follow and on two fouls thrown by Brandon and a thrilling basket by Howe the locals took the score to four. Two more 3Trafton, playing guard for Bemidiji, shot a difficult basket. Little Falls. |did not ‘segure a_basket during the {first half, gaining five points on fouls. The first half ended with a score of |8 to 5 in favor of Bemidji, and this | whistle ended the game. Little | Falls made but one field backet dur- fing the game, this being thrown by |E. Dunphy, the clever guard. Howe a Star. One of the bright spots of Be- midji's playing was the werk of Cap- tain Howe. This little athlete seem- famed Dierick guessing. His floor work, as was that of Brandon and .two baskets while closely Brandon secured four baskets. guarded. pretty | Brandon and Swanson did the foulfauthorizes the secretary of the in-| Bemidji them set a pace which its! XK XK XXX XXEXEXKKX PLEASE HURRY > G00D FELLOWS last don’t x = * x x x In the rush of your % Christmas shopping, * forget there are several fam- % ilies in Bemidji who are not % able to go out and buy pres- % ents for each other. Not only % that, but they are unable to ¥ buy presents for themselves, ¥ even if they were to consist ¥ of the bare necessities of life. * Be a Good Fellow. Take % care of one of these families % and enlist in the. campaign & agminst the empty stocking ¥« which is being waged by all % real Good Fellows of Bemidji. % If you will call Mrs. E. H. % Smith, Phone 60, or Mrs. A. X % P. White, Phone 54, they +* will tell you how to find a de- % . serving family and what you % will be expected to do for * them. e x x Kk k ko kk ko k ko kW h * Ak kk kK XXX EXXXKREKKSE IMPROVE ALARM SYSTEM Phone Company Co-operates With De- Which Will Hasten Responses. NOTIFY CENTRAL OF FLAMES Bemidji's fire alarm system, through the co-operation of the {Northwestern Telephone company and the Volunteer Fire department, has| been much improved by a plan which has just been placed in service. In the future, in notifying the de- partment of a fire, all residents of the city should remember that all that is necessary is to call central, inform her of the fire and its loea- tion and she will do the rest. The central has a private wire which connects with an extra phone at police headquarters and when she calls a bell also rings in the dormi- tory of the firemen, and another in |ful that when the sale is over the| fopj*made Bemidji’s score six, when| the house of Garry Bremnnan, the driver of the fire team. . Upon receiving the information of gggm the fire is, the desk sergeant at the station pulls a-switeh nearby {and a signal is thus givén at the ‘\electric light plant to sound the fire iwhistle. It is believed’ that this more ‘hasty responses to alarms than has | heretofore been possible. ! In case of fire simply call central {and tell here where it is. | i { TO AID HELPLESS INDIANS | Appropriation Bill Allows Part of Funds for Blind Members. ; Helpless Chippewas of Minnesota |in the treasury if a provision in the fieldilndian appropriation bill is accepted | |by the house and senate. The bill such a manner that his rifie was dis- shooting and seldom did they miss,iterior to “use or to advance to any charged, the bullet entering his fore-| The guarding of Jacobson was of a|individual Chippewa Indian entitled ‘head just above the left eve. He was on his | way to Chicago from Edmonton, high order and he followed the ball (well. Peck at center, outjumped his {to participate in the funds of the %Chippewa Indians of Minnesota, who Alberta, | taller opponent and although he was | is blind, crippled, decrepit or help- Canada, where he had successfully inelined to rough it at times, played | less from old age, disease or accident, ;‘rangement patented. Terry was a | thirty-second degree Mason. He was {in the railroad fuel business. ;’ The unfortunate man had planned {on remaining at Bagley with his fa- !ther until after Christmas, when he {intended to go to Chicago. Ralph D. Barlow and Lillian Bal-' Union {lance, both of this county, were mar- | Trafton }ried at noon by Judge D. H. Fisk, court commissioner. They will make their home in this city for the pres— ent. igame. i The lineup: | B2midji Little Falls jHowe (O)....... rf...(C) Swanson |Brandon ........ 1f...Brannen and | ; Longley fPeck... v..ivini €. oo Ritter |Ja¢obson ....... rg... Longley and ' Dunphy ......... If. ... ..Diedrich | Baskets, Brandon, 4; Howe, 2; {Trafton, 2, Dunphy, 1. Golls from fouls, Brandon, 5; Swanson, 7. Time- keepers, Christie and Smith. Seor-: iham, sub. All-Stars—E. Bailey, R.|tested a spark arrester on the Cana»;a fine game. For the visitors, Ritter, ‘ in the aggregate not exceeding one- . Thome, C.. H.}diaa Pacific railroad, to have the ar- Dunphy and Longley played a strong |fourth of the amount which.would Ebe coming to said Indian under a pro irata distribution of said permanent fund.” ers, R. Dunphy and Feir. -Referee, Stanton. - For “Blud” Tonight. The game was indeed a thriller and Little Falls will make every effort to win tonight, assuring fans of Be- midji that the contest will be a sen- salional one and well worth seeing. The game tonight will start at The Boss Pronounces It “Pub-shem-i-sul " Defective Page By uHo'v . | will get a share of tribal funds now | near Trafton. was brilliant and he netted | FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. =BEMIDJI TO AGAIN . HAVESUNDAYTRAIN Railroad Commission Decides That Great Northern Must Replace Duluth-Grand Forks Passenger. WAS TAKEN OFF NOVEMBER 22 Had Been in Operation for Sixteem Years and Considered Public Ne- cessity—To Start Next Sunday. Bemidji is to again have Sunday trains on the Great Northern, and what is more the service will be re- placed immediately, beginning next Sunday, December 27. This has been decided by the rail- road and warehouse comission which had ordered the railroad to restore service of trains No. 33 and No. 34 on the Duluth, Grand Rapids, Be- midji,Fosston, and Grand Forks line. Trains have not been operated since November 22. No sooner had the trains been dis- continued when a series of protests were- made by the Commercial clubs of Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Duluth, Crookston and many other places, the reault being that a hearing was heid in Duluth on December 5, con- cerning these trains and consequengly this order has been issued. The order to resume, together with a review of the case reads as follows: “That the Great Northern Railway fcompany is a corporation orgamized under the laws of the state of Min- nesota, and operates a line of rail- ‘Way as a commen carrier from Du- luth, Minn., and through the north- ern part of the state, to East Grand Forks, Minn.: and that under the laws of this state it is the duty of said company to give reasonable passenger -service to the people and communities: gerved by it. Operated Sixteen Years. “That trains No. 33 and No. 34 have been operating daily, including Sundays, between ~Duluth, Minn:, " and East Grand Forks, Minn., dur- ing all of the past sixteen years, and 'that durimg said period of time the communities albng said railway have enjoyed substantial growth; large tracts of land have been cleared and reduced to cultivation; population has largely increased; freight and passenger business has shown a marked improvement, and the pub- lic as well -as- business institutions have come to depend upon the pas- senger service which has been given it by these trains upon Sunday, as well as upon.the other days of the week. “That the removal of the said trains Nos. 33 and 34 leaves the com- {munities along said line, except the- | terminals, without necessary Sunday jservice. | Costs $1.19 a Mile. { “That the earnings per train mile |of passenger trains Nos. 33 and 34, including the revenue from passen- ger business, excess baggage, parlor and chair car, mail and express rev- {enue, is approximately $1.19, and {that this exceeds the operating ex- penses of said trains. While figures were introduced which attempted to show that the operating cost of pas- senger trains was about $3.50 per train mile, it is clear that they were based up on ‘a wrong assumption; they evidently include the operation of freight and passenger trains, in- cluding the heavy ore equipment used on the Missabe division. No testimony was offered to show the earnings of these particular Sunday trains, but the evidence indicated- that they were as largely patronized up(m that day as upon week days. “That the distance between Duluth and East Grand Forks is 296 miles, and that said trains move a distance of nineteen miles through the state of Wisconsin, and stop regularly at - Superior, Wis.; that Duluth and Su- perior are adjoining cities located Iupon the shores of Lake Superior; ;and that the Commerecial elub of Su- 'beflor protested against the removal lof said passenger trains; that the |(rpention through Wisconsin is but +an incident to the handling of the !trains between Duluth and East :Grand Forks. Public Necessity. : “That the public necessity requires 'the Great Northern Railway company ito maintain and operate Sunday jtrains Nos. 33 and 34 between - {Duluth and East Grand Forks. I “That the reason given for the re- lnwvll of said trains is the serious (Continued on last page.)