Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 2, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, NO. 3. ANOTHER BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK (American Press) Paris, Jan. 2.—The British battle- ship Formidable, which was sunk in 3 the English Channel yesterday with a greater part of her crew, was tor- pedoed off Portsmouth, England, chief naval station, by a German sub- marine, according to reports current here. The British government is keeping the location of the disaster secret. > A : VI school. For the[biennial period- flie PERQNAL VISITS To three members of the board are cred- P o ited with nineteen personal’ visits to ALL INSTITUTIONS|®5. 5 6o ater st | stitutions, the wisits by the board North Carolinan WIII ‘Be Ma: jorl!y Leader. in: Next House. St. Cloud, '5;{$5,400 Seagrave Machine Arrives and state prison, Stifiwater, 10; ~home| Wil Be Fully Tested Before Ac: h . o ko school for girls, (Bauk = Centre, 8; by Council--7b . P. ‘Board of 'Control by Work Since Es- tablishment of System Has Evolved Method Considered Equal of Any 2|\ Big. Bemidg,” Playing w' : | Basketball, Mut.l Ct. Glold by Score of 36 to 14—A Gase Each sanatorium for consumptives, Walker, 38; hospital for inebrlates, Willmar, 6; hospital for indigent and crippled children, St. Paul, very frequent, as : the latter institution is almost in the | |Keeps in Constant Touch With All sl e te capitol and s | -~ reached by street car. ‘Individual Hospitals and Asylums Under 18 | visits by mombers of the board here Supervisiori—Parole of Boys. are quite traqnen“ but are not noted as there is little in the way of trav- eling. expenses In!olved Best in Nation. ¥ That the framers of the board of control act; l!lnpewh’s first . step in the eenfltmllslng of institution su- pervision, builded well by the incor- poration in the law of the compulsory visit provision, is shown in the many at these visits to any of the institu- |improvements made, reforms brought through whom the machine was pur- tions under its control, must inspect |about and abuses;so common under chased, is in Bemidji and will- re- every part of each institution, ex-[the old order of things, wiped out.|main here unti it has been. officially amine the general ~and special |By familiarizing themselves with the |tested and accepted by the council. dietary, ;look over ‘the- stores * and [Property in thelr charge and with| e are proud of this machine,” . Such basketball as that P"Y"“’hy method of supply, see any inmate of |the needs of the ‘wards under their said < Browning, “experience has| @ by American Pross Association, ”the emiajithors Sasty ilgnts woild the tnstitution who desires an inter- |supervision, the meimbiers of the board | aught us how ta erect thew o as. 1o A% azg ibelied; dafeqt for any besE o view, and give such as asked for it[have been enabled’to elvolve a sys- |Bring the best results and I fool con. sl e bl | the Vaitad States and was o exam- suitable opportunity to converse|tem of control supervision that|figent that every Bemidji resident leader ofa(}x s ::m.sz He wxlll au.| Do OF “thetarticle-of ballswhivgire charges against trenches, followed by [ tax was the result of miscalculations |3Part from the officers’ and attend-|is considered the best. in the United |will not only feel proud of the car, | ceed Representative Underwood, who expfflte.li his tb x;llng‘thez):itle“emblen: desperate counter attacks. in estimates on the part of the Demo-{8nts. All complaints must be in-|States. but, will be satisfled with its accom- | goes to.the caate. This mnderstana O this city, following the playing o The latest official communication | cratic party and not. because of less |vestigated. plishments. ing was reachied wher ative|the champlonship :-tournaments :in says no important fighting occurred!imports on account of thé war, as Made 170 v"m “It will be found that this machine | Finls J. Garret of Aenn:ssee,.v_v“.ulM"-“e“POHB next: month. ) during the day on the left bank of|stated by President Wilson in his ® will travel through snow, sand, mud | V28 00t fgr» U wood's Lsition, Miller & Sensation. the Vistula river, but between this|message. In compliance with the above re- B srcd formally withdrew. Mr. Kitchin is a stream and the Pllica river the Rus- quirement thp individual members sad. sverywherentiish ia teamsoula of the board make an aggregate of » laces that ot €0uld | native of North Carolina. having L <u Every member of the local aggre- sians repulsed day and night attacks g0, and many places that a team coul made by the Germans to the south ot SEVERAL TOTAL 3%,000 170 official visits to the various state born near Scotland Neck on March |8ation went into the'game deter not go, but I am here to demonstrate | 24, 1869. He was ad dmitted to the bar|ed to avenge themselves for the’ the road from Bolimow to Mednevice, institutions during the two years end- To the north of the River Rawka a its good qualities and would rather {in 1890. He never held public office | feat of the night before, and 74 MILLER AND PECK ARE STARS' KNOWS ALL CONDITIONS Wm.comwmnsu_xon. Provided With Fifty Gallons of Ghemical and Carries All Necessary. Equipment for Fire Fighting. Thursday Eveningomanl‘w‘: is- : | ~itors - After Strenmons Battle, Count Being-2@:t0 23. London, Jan. 2.—After five months of hostility in the great war the land fighting both in the eastern and the western arenas is going on without decisive result for either side. There has been no material letup with the advent of severe winter weather in the determination and severity of en- counters. In Poland there are today active hostilities between Germans and Rus- sians on fne front from the Lower | Vistula to the Pilica river, and be- Rem’zeunmi,,e Steenerson of Min- tween German-Austria and Russian|pesota, on the floor of the house, vir- troops from the Pilica river to the|tually accused President Wilson of Upper Vistula river. In the western | uttering false statements in regard theater from the sea to the Swiss|to the decrease in revenues comhlc frontier there are almost continuous|from imports. ‘ exchanges. of artillery fire or infantry| He declared that the present war One of the requirements of the law creating the state board of control and defining its duties is that the members of the board shall visit each hospital or asylum for the insane jonce each month. Futher, any member of the board, Bemidji’s $5,400 Seagrave auto fire truck has arrived. The machine is a beauty in appearance and is: pro- nounced by firemen who have seen it as being one-of the best equipped fire fighting appartuses obtainable. Robert .Browning, the representa- (. tive of - the Seagrave - company, With each teanr having .won a game, St. Cloud taking the Phyrsday contest after one of the mest exefting 8 ‘ever played here; and! “Big securing “ a’ victory last folowing a demonstration: of nasketbnll seldom ‘witnessed -on “any floor, all ‘Bemidji is waiting/for the biu ¥ of the whistle which: will start the.two fives on the deciding: eomhct tonight. GRAY RETURNS T0 BEMIDJI Again Becomes Owner of Home Bak- ery, Purchasing Infemm of George ” til elected to the Fifty-seventh con-|Miller, a substitute, leading me"‘fia- b ing July last, and of this number 129 g do that than tell about them.’ uni co 2 g:\:::::‘l ;‘:::kslve Was repulsed by & Huffman & 0’Leary Contest Interest|were to ‘the hospitals and asylums Mdemn--h,Men Possession Has 75 Horsepower. 5525’;1,13? has served in congress ::ck .it‘tst;on becam; nppndrentu ::;:: g i [|for the insame. Of the latter class 5 er e visitors “were doomed. ! g German Column Dispersed. Continues and Many Contestants The machine has 7 orsepower of state institutions there are five in all, while the others over which the board has supervision number eleven. The visits named were sup- plémented by many calls on the part of members of the official staft in the office of the board, where minor mat- ters were involved. In Daily Gommunication. The board is composed of three members and as a visit of all three to the sixteen state institutions inonthly would not permit of any. at- tention whatever to the immense amount of office and other detail en- t;‘psted to it, the monthly visits to Near Jesergatz, east of the Pilica Record Substantial Gains. t . river, a German column attempting 2 a night attack was dispersed. To the east of Tomaszow the German offen-(SURPRISES ARE NUMEROUS sive has shifted in the direction of Opoczno, where the Russians say Ger- 7 man attacks were repulsed. Opoczno| With many. contestants making is several miles east of points men-|large gains and the leaders working tloned in Russian statements as the|overtime in an effort to retain their scene of fighting last week, indicating | positions, interest in the Huffman & the German center in Poland has|('Leary piano contest continues made some gains. | The French official statement, refer- Boosts in the counts of several have ring to the situation in the western|3used much surprise during the past theater of the war, says from the sea |Several weeks. to Rheims there was hardly anything| The three leaders are now closely more thax artillery engagements. The |bunched, their totals being as fol- IS CONSIDERED Ex (PERT BAKER |and is capable of traveling ~forty more than won his spurs in the oon- ) 7 3 miles an hour.: It has three spsedls MORE STGCK hECESSARV test and his wonderful basket throw- o ing, perfect handling of the ball and 3 forward and one back; is air cooled; d i fast floor work was no less than sensa- 18 equipbeod. with 4,200 feet. of hipsd, tional. It was Miller who tossed the fifty gallons of chemical; 200 feet of |Facts Concerning Needs for Proper . B hemical hose; two three-gallon indi- : i 3 basket which ‘tied St. Cloud’s first cme‘“ l':; B W"i!hen_ g:m“ i Advancement of This Section Out- |score and it was Miller who took the Tidualgre catinigh K lined at Booster Meetin; count to four, then fo six and the pliment of axes, crow-bars and door g ] . thirty-eight feet of ladders: player, who. while playing a running a fourteen-foot roof ladder; has solid ALL SHOULD HELP ADVERTISE | ball in a game whick will long be re- rubber cushion tires and is: fully o gl o wnedy ":’2 equipped with lanterns, side lights,| - Many facts concerning needs for|®Ve'Y l“ “;e °t 2 “? on; ip head lights, search light.and other|the proper advancement of this sec- ketball stood out prominen ’; paraphernalia which is necessary for |tion of the state were outlined at Not the Only Star. ! - After an abseneé of three years, W. A. Gray has returned to Bemidji and yesterday completed a transac- tion whereby he becmnes the.propri- etor of the Home Bakery, owned and operated by him'for three years be- fore his departure :for Wheaton where he has sinc been engnged in a similar business. Three years ago lg[r‘ Gray sold the bakery to. George lerson, who has been in charge sinca that time, at all times equaling the Bigh' standard es- the successful and convenient fight-[the booster. banquet held at the| But while Miller must be ji 8 Germalns bombarded, without result,|of special interest to eve hristia, five institutions for the fnsane tablished by Mr: @ It i8 the in-|ing of fires. : Markham hotel Thursday evening, [much credit for his remarkable wark. | the village of St. George, recently oc- 3 X = : g x ; o i i cupled by the allies. French aviators (Continued on last Page.) are made by ingividual _ members. | > Mr. fl”‘k“:’%;"‘:‘:';: : . Trial Next Week. the Bemidji land men .and:the Red |there are four other playefs whn‘o!’ 4 have made night. attacks on the rati- NG G P thé case of “the other institutions, St = 2 2 River Lumber “company being hosts |in the game every minute, Ksfill‘ " ,“Whi ad he;hiv:-“t‘:enesw Licnhe v:::g“::s:“ to about forty prominent -business|to gain an opportunity to face St. trom fhe.dab this anern‘oon and win [men of this ecity and surrounding|Cloud in a third and deeiding con- be put to every test before final ac- towns. : AR test. - Peck, Bemidji’s gritty center, way stations at Metz and at Arnavitie.|STOLE PORK; PURSUIT TOO HOT with the exception of the State | Further progress, marked by fecet, is Training School where parole and reported in Steinbach, Upper Alsace. g — |other duties require a monthly call, French artillery fire, according to Car of Armour Company Opened 1s constdered an expert: by one who' thoroughly understands the business, it is believed that he- will be successful. 3. J. Opsahl presided at the dinner playing with a hudly»_spnineii ankle, 4 Police Give Chase. the. visits are less frequent and the _ | ceptance next week. g = :l:vee ;‘tatf:neg;,ssizin:gdadé;:et;fi- g: board generally makes its visits in & to:n tx:]]:ea(l;i:ffi:tnl?u Ienvl:agysWhea The Seagrave company has 'ms- and after explaining its purpose, to|and" euflerln; pain from every step, s 3 3 -] H tween Albert and Roye, in the region body. The board, however, is in lay plans for the working out of de- [starred. He covered the floor well ;g::;s é:p:‘::: n;&“n:::;(e;pzlil‘:, g:: velopment problems, said that the ne-|and seenfed at the right place when- g0 ¢ 1t has no‘ apparatus in Duluth, | CéS8ity of more stock for the farmers|ever néeded, continually taking part 3 2 + is becoming more and more promin- |in fl:e fast teamwork .and dropping s ent each day. -He said that the mree neat. baskets, two of which DANCE WAS BIG SUCCESS. |bankers shoyld take added interest|were difficult. ~He played equally Two thieves, two policemen and a g: gf;:zegi'b‘a;ld in theneighborhood hundred pounds of pork featured in a & bit of excitement late last night fol- % % X K % K % K % % K Kk & % K & &|lowing the report at police headquar- * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES *|ters that a car of the Armour Pack- * K KK K& K&K¥KKKK KKK K| ing company had been robbed. Offi- “Mr. Gray has been proprietor of the Home Bakery:of- this _city during, his ‘residence here ind hé has’ con- ducted a first class’ ery and one that would_haye been a_credit to a much larger city, and as.a result ‘he daily communication with all insti- tutions, and special. visits when the occasion demands it are not uncom- mon. Did So Personally. A thavd 4 in’this matter, ‘not for the con}r,en- well in both contests. Lo f cers Brown and Zacharias raced to the law reads, the board may|enjoyed a steadily increasing patron- 300 Couples Attended Trainmen Af-|ience of the. farmers only, but’ for ; tter Sl i S scli]:l“gnl'g.s 0. There|the tracks and were soon in pur-|direct its secretary to make the re-|age. We believe we voicé the senti- fzir of Last Evening, the reason that the faster, Béltrami, B:fi':;; ?:BT::? :;l‘xn::'w :M T ’ 11 bo fcos. Arehien. |SUlt OF the robbers. Part of the loot |qulred visits, but it has always been [ment of the poople I general when " |Cass, Clearwater and Hubffard coun. ; wil I')”—‘ "]" l‘:““"' services. Archdea-| asleft ander the platform of the |the Policy of the board members since con arshall. we say his departure is regretted, but our loss will be Bemidji’s-gain and Howe and Brandon against-any for- = ties. advance, ° greater,wnl be the in- 3 wards in the country fer comparison. creases in”their business, Given storage and the remainder was | its creation to do this work personal- A larger -or more enjoyable dance ly, and to so arrange the visits to - It lation t th twe = A dropped on the tracks between the they will find Mr. Gray-a pleasant [than that given by fhe B“’"‘"h“": With much-&tress he referred. to litt]:ea;:r‘:e;o:: OB::I:&:“ u: : ‘: Catholic. Union depot and the bridge, the po-|the insane hospitals and. asylums|and accommodating, gentleman = and |Of Railroad Trainmen was never held |, " of co-operatian on the Dart| sy’ poeciats tud Lor s h“ai‘ryd { Low mass at 8 a. m. High mass|}jce making the race too hot. The |®8Pecially as not to interfere with (g capable .baker.” 7 in Bemidji. More than three hun- of the bankers; and-urged them to » 34 at 10 a. m. Sunday school and bene- |robbers were chased through the|°ffice-work. As good an exemple as| Mr. Anderson will continue to|dred couples crowded the City hall, Y of the word quit. When playing_tlrr gether thede_ players are at their best and in the two games with. St. diction at 1 and 2 p. m. Vespers at 7:30 p. m. Father J. J. T. Philippe. institute some method whereby they may. buy stock, cattle'and.sheep, and any is the list of visits credited to the] state hospital for insane at Fergus yards of the Crookston Lumber com- make his residence in this city. He pany, almost to the mill, where they has béen* a resident~of ‘Bemidji for |which had been elaborately de_ooz'- ated for the occasion, red, white and 3 resell them to the farmers at a low % 7 B Cloud they were afforded excellent of . were able to make good their escape. |Falls. = As required 24 visits in all|about .twelve years, (during which [8reen, the trainmen colors being used, | o " ‘0o toract Several bankers por‘t‘umtyyto show their real won:- . First Scandinavian Lutheran. |All of the stolen meat was recovered. | Were:made, one each month for the |time he spent several years with the |Electric bells were placed at various were present at; the basquet tavle (" 0 ¢ BOW BT TE O T Services in the morning at 10:30. o two years. The notation in thefCrookston Lumber company, direct-|Places throughout the hall and were g : and all agreed that they would do all star, who. returned to the game this in their power to assist such a move- oty year after an absence of one seasom, Lon; 2 can justly be given the most credit The music, furnished by g Broth- Harry. Reynolds,. of the firm of g tjh ly [1 frds Do s ers Union orchestra, was fine. Light |- or the low score. of e visitors 3 Reynolds & Winter, speaking for the last ing’ His refreshments were served during the ast evening’s game. defensive land men, asked for the support of| - brilliant. and. bia - evening. Similar affairs are given playing was brilliant an loor leveryone in securing for northern k difficult t el. Trafton’s by the local order every year, and are Minnesota the publicity that is dus. ‘wor] cul 0~ excel. ; five times a year. proving most enjoyable social func- work in the Thursday game was good In the case for the school for the; tions. J. Carter, Roy Ricé and Dan 5 s ondidany now are” he 58l lana twico he wasiablo to acord. Belk ¢ \ e - an pap blind and also the school for the|PAY COND CTORS -M O RE|0'Conner piannet the dance, and are|; ;A1 el STC e They are|2PPe3red out of fo deaf, both located at Faribault, the 7 % "|1argely responsible for its success. official records show that two of the members each made eight visits to the institutions and the third, nine visits. ~ All visits were so arranged that each member was enabled to inspect and examine all five of the institutions for the insane four to i Sunday school at 12. Services in STADSVOLD TO OFFICIATE the evening at 8 o’clock in the Eng- lish language. Osmund Johnson, . 3 . pastor. Former Minnesota University Star to Referee Game Tonight. ing the ‘placing of 650,000,000 feet of lumber while doing the yard piling: under contract. He also owned the| Bemidji Ice company until selling to Smart &' Getchell. Mr. Anderson will devote his time to the lumber business eatirely in the future. played during several of the dances by Robert Larson, the trap-drummer. Swedish Lutheran. : Sunday school at 12. There will Francis Stadsvold, of Fosston, cap- » 0 3y tain and center of last year's Univer- qy be no other services-as the pastor| " = will be at Heart Lake. Annual meet- |SitY Of Minnesota basketball five, will ing of the official board of the Heart |Téferee the St. Clond-Big Bemidg Lake church Monday. J. H. Randahl, |520¢ the deciding contest of the deserving of more support from the Score "Hfllfld'mt_‘ t ; series, this evening. Stadsvold was|D08rd of control has only financial : merchants and business men in| - The'large score, 38:t0 14; of the Bactens the unanimous choice for all-Western | Fesponsibility, yet six visits of the| . [ (By United Press) Play at Cass Lake, bringing In new settlers ‘and adding |Friday game, is rathier misleading, PR 2 center last year and was regarded as|full board are credited to these two|: g Presbyterian. St.: Paul, Jan. 2. he 'Nérthern Howard Palmer, Fred Phibbs,{to the population Pacific this afternoon announced that. it will pay conductors for switching for the contest was much ‘closerths | Frank Phibbs; Russell Brooks, Harry. the count:-would ifidicate, each point ‘Wolf, Arlo Achenbach-and-Aloy Lep: g Sheets-Buckser: _: | being Hotly contested for. institutions in the two-year period, and the same number is noted for the state public school at Owatonna. being one of the most valuable Con- ference basket tossers, being a star in every contest in which he took Bible class and Sunday school at 10. Morning worship and com- § trains at terminals, previously —un-|pen wWent to Cass Lake this noom,| Migs Mamie Bucksen of Hubbard Hard Game to Lose, o 7 munion at 11. Evening gospel ser-|part.- He has one more year of Var- Paroling of Boys. paid: | This will give the conductors |where they will play basketball this. county, and_Lanford, M. Sheets of h tn, 4 vice at 8. Mid-week service. forlsity basketball and may return to Approximately monthly visits. are|about fifty cents an hour. evening. A number of rooters ac-|Beltrami county, were united in mar- |lose. “After leading most of the way, } prayer and bible study on Thursday | college next fall. Stadsvold is well |the features at the state training - companiéd them. =Y evening at 8. The public is cor-|known in Bemidji, having played dially invited to all these services.|pasketball and football here several S. BE. P. White, pastor. times. { - Bemidji appeared’ to stow-up, allow- school for boys at Red Wing. It is| . Mrs. L. E. Taber has as her guest ing8t..Cloud to throw two,easy one of the state’s correctional insti- | her sister,' Miss Edla Nelson of Fargo.| G. W. Wareham of St. Paul, arriv- kets, tieing the score. tutions'and much in the way of per- | Miss Nelson reached Bemidji yester-|ed in Bemidji this- morning: . from | will reside six nflu' south achmlflJl was called, a foul 1 m sonal supervision is required., The)day and wilk'Teturn to her home Mon- Crookston, where he had .beén the onanrm midji; allowing St paroling of boys who have reached. TR 2 guest of relatives, and will remain —— slE \tym'\nfifib-hm)fiu. the period of probation, as well as here several days, visiting at _the 'ggjfinb‘dn of (the ‘chatice - ‘taken Lh) their final discharge, necessitates the, New Jersey has nnfly 100 000 ,homes of his nephews, Dr. E. H. Mar-| Mi i ¢ 1 ] - this) Had the free throw been mfit : frequent gathering of thie board at the' widows. 3 cum and Walter Marcum. Methodist. The Woman’s Study.‘club will meet Sermon and communion in the|Monday in the Library. morning at 10:45. Sunday school at 12. Jr. league at 3:30- Ep-| Veed any nelp? Try a.want ad. worth league at 6:30. Evening ser- vices at 7:30. Miss Elizabeth Evans i g will sing at the morning service. Spe- R 3 cial music by the young people’s|. & chorus in the evening. Epworth }\ league business and social meeting Monday evening at 7:30, Official Spoden played best for the visitors, \ board meeting Tuesday night at : ks b while the work of Murphy, A 7:30, in the parsonage. Prayer meet?’ 4 > ; B> £ ; - .w‘u_”, . o< ing Thursday night at 8 o’clock. All : 4 [ - - = = - ‘ Roth was excellen are cordially inyited to these serv- ices, C. W. Gilman, paqt?r. 7 Have Fast Aqnnfin. “'8t.’Cloud undoubtedly ~ has th fastest team to phy in Bemidji this year. The men are fast, clever and gritty and play the game ta 'ln; 7 ¥ Baptist. e Sunday school, 10 a. m.' Morning worship, 11 a. m.* Subject—‘'The - Kingdom of God, Its Location.” This 18 the first of a series of addresses on the Kingdom of God, which will be delvered during January, | (Continuea on 1ast