Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 5, 1915, Page 1

i VOLUME 13, NO. 5. GERMANS UNABLy".. WITHSTAND KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK “‘ FRENCH SOLDIERS - FIERCE DRlVE) \ "RENCfl SOLDIERS|= =+ »E5 % AP (By William Philip Simms) (United Press) London, Jan. 1.—So intense have been the drives of the French sol- diers on the upper Alsace that the progress is resulting seriously for the Germans, and Berlin indicates their movements serious on account of the renewed pressure of the allies left and center. # The French are planning to carry Cernay and thus open a way to Eul- aruren, which General Pau has prom- ised that the French will again hold by the middle of the montn. French troops are pouring down the eastern slope of the Voges, driving the Germans before them. Outsige of Alsace, interest here centers upon Caucusus, where the Turkish forces are constantly augmented. The Rus- sian army is hard pressed despite the optimistic reports from Petrograd. MISERY PREVAILS ATLODZ (By Karl Von Weigand) United Press Staff Correspondent Lodz, Dec. 31.—Delayed by Cen- sor.—Dated at New York, Jan. 5.— Misery and suffering and want pre- vail here. The situation is acute. Despite the best efforts of the Ger- mans, the inhabitants are suffering WIFEOW (S KRUPP WORKS Count voii Bohlen und Halbach Is . Fighting at the Front. call Count von Bohlen und Halbach is the husband of the former Miss Ber- acutely. There are more than 200,- | thg Krupp, owner of the famous 000 out of work. The city is with-| Krupp works in Germany. He is at out coal. The weather has turned [the front, supposedly attached to one bitterly cold. Al industry is at a standstill. The workers, especially, the Jewish population are as usual suffering the most. With the fae- tories shut down they are without work. Municipal soup kitchens, where 5,000 can be fed at a time, have been established and under the direction of the German quartermas- ters, every effort has been made to alleviate the suffering. The great problem, however, is milk for the ba- bies. This is almost impossible to procure, and the infant mortality is appalling. BRITISH VESSELS SUNK of the army corps general staffs. HUFFMAN JOINS LAW FIRM |° Well Known Bemidji Young Man, Minnesota Graduate, Enters Part- nership With Andrews & Gibbons OFFICES ENTIRELY REMODELED Hallan L. Huffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Huffman, of this city, who in taking his oath before Judge C. W. Stanton last week became a mem- ber of the Beltrami county bar, is now a partner in the law firm of London, Jan. 5.—An official dis-|Andrews & Gibbons, thie new company pateh from Laspalmas, Canary Isl-|having been brought into exlstance ands, says that the German cruiser, | yesterday, and will L 1 OW Iheosifi Karlsruhe, Las sunk four merchant | Andréws; Gibbons & M ¢ vessels owned by the British, French sending crews into port on German convey steamer. CERTATANArEWS and 10H'DGM the senior members of the firm are widely known and old practitioners of northern Minnesota while Mr. Huffman is a graduate of the Univer- sity of Minnesota, class of 1914, later passing the state bar examina- tion with a grade of 84, a high average and one very complimentary to the young lawyer in view of the NOTABLES ADVOCATE NEED OF FEDERAL CHILD LABOR LAW Washington, Jan. 5.—Need for a federal child labor law was the theme of a conference here today of prominent persons interested in child {fact that the highest mark welfare. Among the speakers |ever reported by the board scheduled were Jane Addams, Julia | of examiners was 86. He C. Lathrop, head of the children's|scored 98 in real property and bureau of the Department of Labor; |conveyancing, a subject in which he Felix Adler, Florence Kelly, Bdward |is particularly familiar, = having T. Devine, John Mitchell, Secretary |gained considerable experience in the of Labor Wilson, Rep. Mann of Illi-|abstract business before entering up- nois, Rep.. Murdock of Kansas, Rep.|on his college course. Palmer of Pennsylvania, author of a With the expanding of the firm, child labor bill in the house, and Sen- |its offiices in the postoffice block ator Owen, who sponsored it in the|have been entirely remodeled and re- senate. decorated, now constituting a most —_— desirable suite. New furniture and BIGGEST RAILROAD book cases have also been provided. FERRY RUNS TODAY Hold Joint Installation. Last evening the Degree of Honor and the Ancient Order of United ‘Workmen held a joint installation in the Odd Fellows hall. After the busi- ness session, an oysfer supper was given and dancing enjoyed. The fol- lowing officers were installed in the Degree of Honor: Past C. H., Mrs. Bertha Smith; C. H.,, Mrs. Mabel Young; L. H., Clara Webster; C. 8., Rose Coleman; Rec. F.,, Dr. C. A. Shannon; Recorder, Clara Opsahl; 1. W., Mrs. Benson; O. W, S. A. Cutter. A. 0. U. W.—Past M. W, E. A. Shan- non; M. W., P. Barnell; F., C. J. Winter; O., Gust Larson; F., S. A. Cutter; Receiver, Andy Larson; Re- corder, J. P. Lahr; Guide, H. Tandie; I W., Paul Winklesky; 0. W., W. H. Elletson. San Francisco, Jan. 5.—The South- 1y used. ern Pacific’s new train ferry, Contra Costa, the largest railway ferry boat in the world, is now in operation in the Carquinez straits between Port Costa and Benecia, California. The Contra Costa’s length over guards is 433 feet, the width over guards, 116 feet. Four tracks with twelve-foot centers, will accommodate two loco- motives and either 36 freight cars or 24 passenger cars. things. THREE TRAINMEN INJURED. Dallas, Texas, Jan. b5.—Three trainmen were injured this morning when the Katy Limited was wrecked near Dennison. shelter CHASKA COMING TO WIN. Mr. and Mrs. John Hakkerup and baby of Crookston, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Hak- kerup of this city since New Year's day, will return to their home to- morrow. Professional Champions Not to Take Any Chances in Games Here. It will be with its strongest line- up that the Chaska team will play “Big Bemidg” in the games which are to be staged at the Armory on Thursday, Friday and Saturday even- ings of this week. Tle Chaska man- agement plans to take no chances in losing a game to the local aggregation and will play to secure three more victories for its long list. The Be- | midji players are working hard in preparation for the games and ex- pect to give a good account of them- selves. The home of Henry Pfund, the Kelliher surveyor, was destroyed by fire several days ago. *Mrs. Pfund narrowly escoped from the burning building. India has trained runners who can cover more than 300 miles a day. was_ typical. wheatfield and French wheatfields:in (21, May with 1 this region have a habit, when wct |October with 22,;November with 16, by rain or snow, of trying to escape|2nd December with 21. by clinging to one’s feet. soldiers have occupied their leisure [SOnS Were “‘“"“9‘1 by the darts of hours in hauling sand and building sidewalks throughout which was, In consequence, a sort|Lucy LaFontisee, of ‘“spotless town.” The houses are built of saplings and tatched with straw, not helter skelter and any old way, but neatly and in patterns, so that the finished structure resembles a very pretty, if tiny, French villa, with dormers and gables and turrets and spires. Many of the little houses have windows of glass though where these came from goodness only knows—probably from the ruins of neighboring villages. In front of most of the villas are |Price in sixteen years. The account French gardens. trees, or rather small growth of ever- green variety, have been transplanted and the walks of these gardens. are laid out in patterns and bordered just as walks in city parks are, only ‘xere pieces of tree branches take the lace of the interlacing iron borders ot more eonventimml parks Show Hut Ingenuity. But it is inside that the inhabit- ants show the most ingenuity. Beds|board of directors was elected for the are of all varieties, but I am sureensuing year.and the following named that the worst was more comfortable persons “duly qualified as such: than those one usually finds in an|p, Ritchie, E. E. McDonald, American small-town hotel. ciple most of them were alike. Four D, H. Fisk. posts driven into the ground with|were elected: saplings to represent the sides of thelident; E. E. McDonald, vice-presi- bed. Across these, one against an- other, smaller saplings are laid, these | Charles W. Brandborg, secretary, and chosen for their springiness. these, is soft hay, of a thickness to insure as much comfort as an ordin- ary mattress affords, and lastly the regulation blankets, and such other covering as the sol dier may be able to procure. In the middle of the room there|Weather conditions are much is unusually fund a table made of | proved, there is only minor fightirg saplings and such plans as builder have found; upon this they |front, the Germans preparing an at- eat and do Over one such table I found a hang- ing lamp, though lanterns are usual- | tinues. About the walls are shelves | Positions have been taken and re- braries.” in together and build a three cooking on a fireplace, inside: is a great “Tavern d’Olympia” Unlted Press Staff Correspondent With the French Army at the Front, Nov. 28.—(By Mail to New ‘York)—The French soldier yond doubt the most gay and at the same time inherantly artistic creature in the world. Even here, under the snow and the rain,|ourbed the am in the slush and mud with Death stalking only one lap behind with occasional overtakings, he refuses toiD the face of it have either his gaity or his love of |Pearer has sho the beautiful quenched. Today I visited several camps of | Ye&r: Train Regiments—revitualing and|COreases for ‘the yekr ammunition supply corps—just b [license business, hind the firing line. It was located But the the village Little fir and cedar In prin-, Over sleeping bags the their correspondence. and pegs for placing and hanging Pictures brighten the rooms and some of these homes possess “li- Sometimes several groups|and “Ma Chaumiere.” of two or three soldiers each, such |conventional, “The Pines,” “Chateaa as occupy ordinarily one house, go|d'Espagne” and the whole gamut. or The horses, too, are well protected four-room affair and do their own |against the weather, they being un- arranging | der long sheds roo!_ed with straw. And their rooms with curtained doorways |they are well fed. between. Reflect State of Mind. The names given fhe villas reflect |and making light of their hardships the state of mind of those who find{—for only part of their time is spent Innoéents," probably held'a bunch of rollickers; “Felix Potin’s” surely held soldiers|them impressed me as being fatalists. - |recruited from Paris where Potin’s grocery establishment; “The “Villa Celasuffit”— Defccfive is - be- persistently Evidently the |c1ings to its dlsthe soldiers believe they are there for|Gretns Green of hsuplrts the war the w inter for they have built them- selves ‘“‘permanent” houses and have set up housekeeping in the most com- | BUmbered those of fortable of ways. these settlements, negres,” or “negro villages,” on ac- count of their resemblings, at first|VOY38¢ as com| glance, ‘the “native sees at. world fairs. villages are more cleaner and more attractive. Is “Spotless Town.” One 1 visited near Saint-Minehould |record breaker," ; in a|With 16, Mareh With 20, April with French officers “villages villages” one But the soldiers | June 80 oft associated . with artistie,. mucn |Prides, orange flmmms. trosseaus stoekholders of: 1he Bemldfi Explors- held another{can’t dodge it. batch of Parisians, the Olympia being i you can do is to-meet it a music hall in the capital; the in- mates, I was told, are more or less musical. suffices”) shows. a serious, if patriot- ie, turn of mind, as does “Pro Patris” (“This + DARTS PIERCE 424 HEARTS War Tax and High' Cost of Loving May. Affect cnifl’l\ANhery Else- where, nug;.t ~Bemidji: ; e WEDDING -INCREASED ‘War and th \ rlxh Gost ol loving ms of Dan Cupid, er, but little. And the litle quiver- ood form in his a‘net gain for the clties report-de- n ‘the marriage but Bemidsi st don of being the mythical matchndi markmanship Many _la; tax not withstarding. Bemidji mrmeu for 1914 out- 13. by eight, a small increase. Puring the twelve months the 1ittl§’ love god started 12 couples on Their _matrtmonial ‘ with 204 sail- ings for 1913:" and honeymoons;| ing the past yea marriages bein August with 17, . In Febru- ary the hearts u{ only twe!ve per- cupid, six hcen!e's being issued by Fred Rhoda; ¢l of court, and Miss his deputy. Sep- teraber brought fifteen- licenses. FLOUR MGHEST IN SIXTEEN YEARS Mianeapolis, Jan. 5.—Flour sold this “morning for $6.60 a barrel in carload lots, bringing the highest for the increase :is charged. to the bullish. wheat market. RFTCHIE IS PRESIDENT. —o Will Head Bemidji Exploration Com- tion company held-last evening,. the John Goodman, Charles-W. Brandborg and The following officers A. P. Ritchie, pres- dent; John Goodman, treasurer; D. H. Fisk, manager. PLAN TO ATTACK YPRES Paris, France, Jan. 5.—Although im- now -in progress on the northern tack in the vicinity of Labassee and Ypres. The fighting of Alsace con- In the vicinity of Steimback, itaken six times, with gains for the French. substantial Then there is In all these villages, as elsewhere +]along the front, I found the soldiers taking things as ‘they come, singing in the cosy self-built villages. They make a jest of death and most of “Why worry?” they ask. “If a bullet has been made for you, you So the best thing with & smile.” Regular meeting of the Order of Eastern Star, Bemidji Chapter No. 171, this evening at 8 o’clock. Hoot Mon-Tis A Bonnie Day ###iiii*i##*i*#i# W. N. BOWSER ilk*%##*k#i##i#c MASON TELLS WIIAT WAR MOVES MEAN| Says in Daily Analysis of European Struggle That Von Hindenberg ' Finds Warsaw Attack Difficult. * * PLANS CHANGE IN DIRECTION \ Will Have Earned Princedom Should He Be Able to Put Maneuver. Through, Believes Berlin. (By J. W. T. Mason) New York, Jan. - 5.—Gen. Von'l Hindenberg apparently has found too many difficulties in the ,way of a frontal attack on Warsaw, from the west and is attempting to ‘make a flanking movement from the north- west. This intimation from Petro- grad credits Von -Hindenberg with even greater daring than he hereto has shown: General Francois, ‘who has been trying for several weeks to lead the Germans from East Prussia, southward on Warsaw, has been un- able to accomplish the work assign-| ed to him. Resolved 'to use the part of Gen. Mackensen’s force, along the Bzura river for a sweep on Warsaw from the northwest, which Francois was directed to undertake. Macken-| sen’s force, therefore, is now being New Member of ‘Library Board ' “Who Took Part in Today’s ; - Mesting. _ FLOWERS NAMED SPEAKEROF HOUSE : H. H. Flowers, of Cleveland, was this afternoon elected speaker of the Samuel Y. Gordon, of Browns Val- ley, By the narrow margin of 65 to holding the ground recently gained |l Progress for several months. to the east of Warsaw, while at the [ The:second ballot was taken just same time, developing a new, attack efore 2 o’clock this afternoon and from beyond the Vistula, to take War- | two Socialist members refused 10 saw in the flank. ThHe war has 1w"“vm.e, the vote being the same as on seen any such development such as the first ballot, with the exception this, comparable in daring and au-| dacity. neapolis, and. Woodfill, bors, Socialists, voted for Wocdsil, thereby preventing a majority for either candidate. To Gain Princedom. Probably it would not have -ou- curred to any great commander oth- | er than Von Hindenberg, because cf its great difficulties and dangers. If Von Hindenberg is able to put the maneuver through he will have earn- ed the princedom which Berlin be- lieves eventually will be conferred upon him. To accomplish this task Von Hindenberg must move his army across the Vistula, from the southern to the northern banks. The Vistula is about half a mile wide, the only bridges available are the ones pro- tected by the Novegeorgeivsk, al_:))’ut ruled that a majority of the votes cast would elect, not majority of mar- hers elected. ists then refused to vote. those pledged for Gordon; Among who flop-! tionist. 'On second ‘ballot ‘Thompson Seott from Flowers to-Gordon. Have Highway’ March. This entrenched camp was especial- ly designed to block just such. a movement on Warsaw as Von Hin- denberg is attempting now. About 20 miles to the north of Novogeorgevsk, the Bzura flows into the Vistula. The river here makes this the most con- venient spot for the Germans to at- tempt a crossing. On the south bank of the Vistula, where Von Hinden- berg’s army now has Tts position, is the village of Ksmionum. On the north bank, directly opposite, is Vysgorod. These two places are de- signed for a secure place in history if Von Hindenberg pushes his way With complete returns from the over the Vistula between them. Once |Sale of Red Cross. Christmas seals in across, Von Hindenberg will have to | Bemidji obtainable, it is found that march by highway to the environ of |$117.60 was secured, according to Novogeorgievsk, before he strikes a|an announcement by Mrs. Harvey railway. His line of communication | Wil¢ox, chairman of the committee will thus be difficult to maintain un- |in charge, this morning. This is sev- less he is in communication with Gen. |enteen dollars more than necessary to Francois' army. If fe can pull a|secure a Visiting Nurse for one sufficient number of Russians away |month and the members of the Study rfom the East Russian border, skill-|club, under whose control the stamps fully crossing the border, Von Hin-|Were sold here, are much pleased, and denberg may culminate his strategy {Tightfully so. It is the desire of the by relieving the pressure of Gen.|cClub to bring the nurse to Bemidji Francois. Thé movement on Warsaw |in April at which time she will be would then eventually become irre-|able to direct and suggest a plan for sistible. a “general clean-up campaign.” She { will also work with the school chil- APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT _ |dren. Washington,"D. C. Jan. 2.—Tre comptroller of currency today issued a call upon all National banks, re- questing that they file a_statement of the condition of their business at closing on the last day of December, 1914. SEALS BROUGHT $117.60. Study Club Asks That Visiting Nurse Be Sent Here in April. ‘Washington, D. C., Jan. 5.—Pres- ident Wilson this afternoon appointed Daniel Kieffe and former commission- Amsterdam, Jan. 5.—Local news- er of immigration, Hywalt Davies, as | papers this afternoon printed that the Federal Conciliators to intervene in|Germans have arrested Cardinal Mer- the Ohio-West Virginia coal strikes.|cier on account of his having issued a pastoral letter telling that the Bel- gians were unobliged to obey the Germans. CARDINAL IS ARRESTED UP TO LEGISLATURE. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 5.—A law to prohibit eyeglasses being sold as general merchandise, will be urged at this session of the legislature, by the ‘Washington, D. C., Jan. 5.—It be- state board of optometry, it became|came known here today that the known today. American shipping protest is proh- ably double edged, including both INCLUDES TWO NATIONS, account of coal. By "HOP’ - United States wear eye glasses. house of representatives, defeating! called upon to do the double duty of {3 2{ler a contest which has been | that Representatives Devold, of Min- | of Two Har-!| Julius Schmahl, secretary of state, |08 tcday, and this fact may On the second ballot, the Sacial-: " |the war is costing Unanimous ehaioe‘og"l'ell:w"\m- ; cials for Impnrrh.nt1 Posjtion. HAYES DOWNS APPROPRIATION Northern Minnesota Development As- sociation to Receive No Asgistance From Beltrami County. For the first time since its organi- zation in Bemidji, nearly five years ago, the Northern- Minnesota Devel- opment association is to.receive no financial assistance from. 'the board of county .commissioners this year. This became known at the meeting today when the matter of an appro- priation of $250 was brought up, and James F. Hayes, the only new'mem- ber of the board, taking the seat for- merly occupied by Commissioner Myhre in the third district, voted ne. The new member said that “he wanted to go on record as-opposing the appropriation, the money to be used for financing -the association, an organization which has done more to promote development in morthern | Minnesota than any other. The jcommissioners were 'unan their desire to allow - the’ 'money, which is $75 less than that given the boosting league a year ago. ' i Vote Must Be Unanimous. As the vote of the board must be 'unanimous in propositions of the - kind, the action of Hayes means, un- less it is reconsidered, that the asso- ciation will receive no aid from Bel- {trami unless by private dona- tions. William Lennon, the Kelliher commissioner, was not at'the meet- have }bearing in causing a reconsideration. Meeting to Be Held Here. Nearly every progressive man in the county is interested in the wel- fare of the Development asspciation, {and when it is remembered that the ped to Flowers, was Reprefie'}tatnelbig December meeting is to:be held C. L. Sawyer, Minneapolis county op- Illere Wwith its memmoth crop.dnd win- Rako Again Chairman, A. E. Rako, commissloner of -the first, dlstrict was re-elwteduhgl while 3. member of the board, was named vico- jchairman, succceding Myhre, who re- (tired the first of -the «-year, M. Rako’s selection had been expected, {as he has made a most efficient offi- cial, devoting a great deal of his time to the interests of the county, not having missed a single meeting since becoming a member of the:board. Bids on county printing,.::several petitions and salary matters ocen- Dpied the attention of the commission- ers this afternoon. WHEAT TAKES BIG JUMP; WILD EXCITEMENT IN PIT Chicago, IIl., Jan. 5.—Wheat took another big jump here this morning, going up to two and one-half cents. ‘The sensational rise of . 'Liverpool wheat and the deplorable conditions of European markets, are the cause. The wildest excitement ran through- out the pit and brokers dashed about yelling orders, their coats off and their hair disheveled. U. 5. EMBASSY BECOMES ALL ROUND ART GALLERY (By Henry Wood) United Press Staff Correspondent Constantinople, Dec. 10.— (By Mail to New York.)—The United States embassy here has become one of the greatest of all round art gal- leries and museums in existence. When Turkey declared war, the in- terests of seven nations were turned over to Ambassador Morganthau. They were England, France, Belgium, Servia, Russia, Switzerland ‘and the Argentine Republic. The répresen- tatives of the warring powers, fear- ing confiscation of their property, simply moved all of their effects to the American embassy. The example More than 300,000 persons in the |England and Germany, the latter on was followed by leading citizens, be- fore they left the place for safety. And all, excepting those who wanted to turn over their money in fear that the local banks would be looted, were accompanied by Ambassador Morgan- thau. No Council Meeting Held. Because only three members of the council, less than a quorum, were present at the City hall chambers last evening, no meeting. was heid. Only Aldermen Miller, Foucault and Phillippi were present. Beaides the usual number of bills there was no other business of importance :to be brought up. The next meeting wfll be held Jlmnuy 1 e I‘m'ty-nve dolhl‘s an ‘hour t Britian, ac- cording to Sidney Webb, anatomy at | jter grain show, it. places them. flopped from Gordon to Flowers, m'lhmher embarrassing posmonh\\\%/;\\‘ N