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CHASEA HERE TOMORROW. [W. s. A Champions, Fresh’ From Red Wing o] Viotory, ul.:;?iz&mids-“ lNAUfiUlA? ” AS oIl el bes veores ove s - QTATE: G(I;VERNOR» Wing, the Chaska championship bas- 'ketbell aggregation will play “Big Bemidg” here tomorrow night. The Chaska team has the same lineup as that which won world-wide fame a year ago and plan on taking all games of the series to be played here. The team will play at St. Cloud this evening. Bemidji will be handi- capped by injuries, but will enter the games with a determination to win. «&“a««at&a«iy*&;a«;«gug x ««Hgiflg | % “LUMBERJACKS' SKY-PILOT,” F m?uu, DXAD «i*ii*i#iiiki*ii#{il&’t R KR EA Secret Plans for War - Are ' Stored: Away in Vaults of Army and Navy * Department at Washington. MEETIhf “:@mfi »CLOS,E‘ Commissioners &M/eot to This Eveningh—)onih -of County Offisials Are Approved. ‘W. 8.- l-hmmon ltnow the gover- nor of Minnuotlflhifins ‘been-inaug: urated this atterndon. With the clos- ing of the ceremonies, former gover- nor Eberhart ret to public life, ‘becoming a meniper of the Fiddel Construction company, of Mgrkato, his headquarters {6 be in St.. Paul. Senate Mogus Business. That the ‘state sémate expects to GERM A S DENV make a business ‘compact, was shown y this afternoon ‘when the number of EVERY APPROACH CONSIDERED . Fact Not Known:Until Recenf Azlh i\ tion: ‘Over - National Security— J Disclosed by Secretary. TREASURER'S CASH 18 CHECKED Unless unexpestéd: delay 1s' éncoun- tered this. afterneon,. it "is probable (By Burton K. Standish) - fthat the meetlng of the county board ‘Washington, Jan. 6.—Stored away | which has been in session since Tnu- La : ’Pho man who; twenty Yeqrs: sgo, 1 in the. vaults.of the army and navy|day morning, will b -brought_ o standing mmmit;m were reduced E ’ started” out, pack on his back to teil [ departments today are secret plans|close today. 3 v FRENCH CLAIMS from forty-thresi$o fwenty-seven. Tie| : ] % the story of “The Friend 9t Sin~ ‘ for war. These show just what| At Tuesday. anenmons seuion “the s T i fwa new so will' be knowii : : : moves this country would make in event of hostilities against our|oia e were o - ¢ ved, including t shores. Every possible plan of ap- e < thi of Garfield Akerber; roner, proach of an enemy has been consid- 8. coroner, fihie 2 i 5 only new officer.: - County - wmmlr ered, and with it has been evolved by sioners are not nq» r«l % lurmsh the military strategists a method. for bonds. meeting such an attack. i On a motiof made by om lsslone it ' Not until the recent agitation over > C 2 as_the Emplo : Liability, . v £ - ners,” in every lumbeér camp in north- seven members ' ern. Milllm reashed - “the- 'dhm. trail’s end” Monday at his nld luma bonds of all of the new, euun;y offi- Berlin, Jan. 6.—Official state ents made here this afternoon French claims of successes a L ln::‘e iburi; 0 lo‘“- and Alsace. ''Although fierce fighting; 5 = H g " ithi 2.ewe:will atie Heget it continues at Alsace, the Geriiaiis are Peterson | : 6 P Within men and: women flm retaining ground previously - ceded. I" Peterson, of ) s, ws e 2 . fo California. It will.be pasticularly- d interesting: to - thousands of - men Clementson and ided b, = % b national security was it known that [ piiioner Hayes th. ;l“yy h:“;':e i thons. at] freruoon Sug : throughout the North Woods of Mis- % ':18 nat{oxfu;shpyjpx?red i:)r “)ra;, 1:" county commissi and his nslnt- “fre 1 n . Lo Dosgrs; the senge- aving such carefully |, g wag raiged from fourto five dol- |edstern theater of war-are expected. | Beltrami count¥ Hembers of the Produst of -Lamber Glisps. < g laid schemés”of ‘defense and offense. lars a day, and all expenses; The > o ’ The capture of - Borjimow is much legislature have af salary of Graham M. Torrance; coun- | discussed. By taking. this point it ty attorney, will remain the same as | is believed that Von Hindenberg has during the past, $2,000 a year. opened a way for driving a wedge Commissioners’ Rako, Clemeéntson, |into the Russian contingents, forcing Asst. Secretary of Navy Roesevelt himself disclosed one of the secrets when he indicated that fully 50,000 more men would have to be‘:added to the navy, if a foreign power were to make war on this nation: But for the most part, the views of and the strategy of the military planners is guarded with jealous care. For Prank Higgins was-essentfally prominence at- theisession, Repre- i a_product of the lumber camps of sentative Pendérgat having seconded . 3 3 this-state. -His most pregnant mes- the nomination of B H. Flowers, who e #age was to the men who made up was yesterday ‘elecfed speaker of the | A “{those camps. - He went inte chiwrches Thompson and Hayes were in attend-|the Russians to retire to their second | house, and SenatorgNord being made ¥ and auditoriums threughaut the Da- ance at the meeting, the only absent |line. Dispatches from Constantin-|a member of the: Jority of the sen- - : tion and told of his-work: te petsons. ; member of the board being Lennon. |ople say that the allies fleet has with-| a1e. Representgixe Miner of In: in all'stations of Hite. But invariably : The cash in the treasurer’s office |{drawn from that city, ternational Falls voted for Flow- he retufned to the lumber camps.ami ¥ was checked today and found satis: erz. 5 the .uign whose rugged = exterizs Two Great Organizations. factory. . Man Who Spent Nearly Twenty-one Yeers Preaching Gospel to clpimed: the most misture- love. — N " o pe! g (rospe! 5 ) y B“ki"‘ all. these “""fld‘f““‘;l WAL 0 0NEC‘“0NS T0 RflAfi SEMESTER NEARING CLOSE and Former Bemidji Pastor, Succumbs to Severe and Iagatud atensely masculin” fiflier: of ¢ :l;":":r::; m g:::; 0;5::"“:;;;::; DEAN SUMMER BECOMES 2 3 ing Attack of Trachoma. ’[Mmed Twenty-esie Years An. co] 3 e k: - B it was twenty-one years ago thim. 3 Thale “game bo:rds.” in coni:nc:lion BISHOP OF OREGON | .. Highway, No. 32, Extending|Slight Changes ms?}l:mfr and Senior | winter that Frank Higgins o e ; ! with the fleet.have developed these| ..o s High Schools. z . g0, Jan. 6.—Dean Walter| From Koochiching to Roseau, 1g] ! J start.. He had thrast himself -imio. = ! war deas to.a nicgtly, which officlals | ryior Summer, long prominent in : v i WILL 0Fflik BIG BARGAINS BARKER AGAIN w&l the ‘ministry—first orgapizilg - the- - Y believe would, stand, the matfon ‘il .01 Geltare work in Chicago ana| Through Beltrami, To Be Built., But two more weeks remain of the z i good stead in in gase of nctual Prac- loyairman of the vice commission, _ first semester of the Bemidji Public - : = : f tice instead of theory, Th: relation | oy oce work attracted national at. CONNECTS DULUTH - WINNIPEG |5¢hools. But slight changes will be [Bemidji Clearance Sales to Bring|Successful I.egderollnvhn& Asso-. 3 between the “game boards” and the | ., iy foy years ago, was today made in the courses which are now | Record Reductions in Prices— ciation to Remain in. Chair— L actual fleet operation] in' the navy for consecrated bishop of Oregon wiih — in progress in the junior and senior e P Yol < Chas. Gomi Vice R 5 :“m"cel nas L‘;‘ee“ ;"‘t‘“:"e‘"" "";““ impressive ceremonies, at the Catho-| There being no objection made at|high schools, several half-year sub- e Lotipany. Joing. - Cominsky Vioe-President. |, m-‘ city. - cent months. But the nayy de-| 4 % - 3 ] n"“'l; i m‘;ned A nttent}gn to|lic of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. |the final hearing on State Rural |Jects being finished and others sub- : ] Saw Lumbexjoaky’s Life. : making these problems of attack and |, Mo d1ENitaries of the Episcopal| gignygay No. 33, when the matter |Stituted. W. P. Dyer,. superintend-|yyaNy QUISIDERS ATTRACTED |SATHRE RE-NAMED SECBETARY| A¢ Bermum too youns. mes had & these p! i church asisted in the services, which | o yor up before the board of|€ht» announced this mornirg that| 4 eome into contact with. m» defense as practical as possible. To| . o'y orarge of the Rev. C. H. county commissioners yesterday, the | Petter results than ever-before are be- : Jack.. - At Bemidji, he saw, f i end, Work is now under way | Young of Chicago. The new Bishop road will be built, bids for the con. |IP8 attained in all departments.of the | The big clearancé sales to be con-| By a’unanimous vote, Barle A. ; make the ~relations be‘w”’; thewill leave in a few WRRBSCIOR POFE- | meraotion work. 1 b advertised for |10¢81 schools and ducted by séveral merchants of this|Barker was again chosen theorists and the admirals and cap- land, Ore. Améng th E i plishments are ver o ‘en Satfird& ot th Bfimlqil m"‘ "fi‘" o tains closer and more practical. o 2 mediately. Ml exiend e chitsej2919. that sl rodimmiare % Rl "N el % tiop: 35 5 y game - board”.:is Just Uwhat oo 4 /he.-road -will-extend the chtire capacity. the Commereial.elub. fooma. Tuesday,|, ; its name. signifies—a huge board on 4 length of the north end of Beltrami tion and many out of town people are 1“' o e Leonard, ,bishop of Ohio; Rt. Dr. J. county, from Clementson to Roose- E afternoon. ~ His name. was_placed in | H!lflm% . Wwhich the game of destruction sy gy bo” N0 Tl S i g making plans to bé liere on the open- |nomination by J. K. Given, who ask- o played by men trained to the rts of t L i ) |velt, connecting with the state roads THOUSAN FL : d that the vote be made unanimo = Ciosned vy Bemidi. death: T. 'N. Morrison, bishop of Koochiching and Roseau counties, l)s 0 L VES ing day. el at the vote be made um us. Rt. Dr. T. I. Reese, bishop . goadjitor Of southern Ohio; the Very Hev.'T. M. Ramsey, Portland Ore. and being a link of the highway, 1A much of which has already been ARE ENBANfiERED built, between Duluth, Two Harbors, International Falls, Spooner, Bau- dette and Winnipeg. New York, Jan. 6‘.—Thouennds_ of No. 24, the Koochiching county |lives are endangered, one death hav- portion of the road, has already been | ing already resulted and others are designated by another color. 'They TURKIS“ ARMY IN built, but owing to certain defaults|feared, in the worst disaster in the In the work of construction, the state | history of New York, in a subway are moved around like chess men, but 'DISGRACEFUL RETREAT highway tommission has refused to|fire this morning. The entire sys- the elements of mathematical calcu- lation, or unerring accuracy of naval strategy enter into every movement. One tactical mistake may destroy the | peirograd, Jan. 6.—In a statement |accept it. tem is out of commission and the miniature United States fleet. To eIT |;age at war headquanters here to-| . J. Bourgeois, of Bemidji, is the [long crowded trains are stalled in to- day, a positive declaration has been project’s engineer. | tal darkness. Passengers are uncon- made that the entire Turkish cam- scious from the smoke and the situa- paign in Caucasus has failed. The Htion in the ‘tubes is desperate, the - on the game board is serious busi- entire Turkish army is in disgraceful To DISCONTINUE SLEEPER firemen beifig able to work only in Some of the stores, which as yet| Charles Cominsky, of the Schuei:| The:reaction: of these. men: om.the. - have not completed their inventory, |9er Bros. stofes, was chosem: vice-{Young minisier had twe. reswhm will make plain fact announcements, |President; J. K. Given, tresguser, and | There; was ‘a_clepn-up in- Bumsidih-— stating just what they will do in |8t the meeting of the board et di- the. fiak of many. The First Pras- the way of placing on the market ex- rectors, E. M. Sathre was M tra special bargains. The public|its secretary. i 4 may be assured of the truth in ey-| A board of nine m ery statement made by these reliable | €lected, -they comprising the- el merchants. ““ The latest to join the big co-opera- |Sky and J. 'K:;Glven, and six addt- Sa iate the wende. b wenty mgmle. tive clearance project is the Given |tional members, who are: C. E. Bas-}, Hatdware store. “No, not . every-|tles, E. F. Netzer, George T. Baker, bin *“‘-w thing will be offered at clearance pri-|C- A- Huffman, S. T. Stewart and —&'mw ces,” said R. L. Given today in speak- | H. Denu. ing of the sale, “but we will haye| Discussion of plans for 1SaE| some very interesting bargains. to|Prought out some interesting ‘ place before the buying public.” from the various merchants, amd The sales will open Saturday, Jan-|Was decided to again hoid a: Jointiyn thi men an they suwed and hewed: uary 9, and will be continued, for a |Mmeeting with the farmers in-the bigklas the tneas aa they manched thelr— week or ten days in order to give|School building at which alk wilt Meiegarse food on the felled: forest all an opportunity to take advantage |banqueted. The same committes: of-the special prices. Upon compar- | Which so successfully arranged. ing some of the prices quoted with those of ads in the large city pa- pers it was learned that bigger and |ker and Charles Comimaligs: better bargains can be had right here|the committee. in Bemidji. As soon as the Farmers® ¢ The citizens of Bemidji should |OTds can be secured, flie croam sepas keep this trading festival in mind as|ator Will be awarded to the organisa- it is being held for them as well as |tion having the hest attesdamee. for out-of-town people. The earlier you buy the better will be . your h-‘* choice and the more complete will be the stocks from which to choese. Work Like Chess Men. ' The United Staies navy is reprev sented by miniature ships of a cer- tain color. The ships of an enemy are RB. B. McLean, State Grade Inspector, Pleased With Situation Here. —_— CONQUERED BY GERMANS ‘Washington, Jan. 6.—It is esti- meeting to _be held within: the: mest & x? ness, for it means that the man in f charge might do the same were he engaged in a life and death struggle. A Then' make the board play more|reireat, abandoing equipment, guns relays. Reports say that many have | realistic, the intricate problem sug-|gnq ammunition, also leaving the been smothered to dedth, but this 4 gested by the board are transferred | egimental colors behind. All re- Bemidji is to lose" its twin city [Fumor Fire Commissioner Adams and to commanders of the big dread-|poryg have emphasized the extent of sleeper. R. E. Fisher, Union Station | Fire Chief Kenlon are unable to sub- i noughts. There, these ideas are put |ne Ruggian victory. Fifty thousand agent, was this morning informed |Stantiate. Short circuiting is . be- ] to actual practice when maneuvers|pqn are surrounded and iust either |that the sleeper which has been op- |lieved to have started the fire. are possible. surrender or be annihiliated. Iskana |erated by the Minnesota & Interna- v Problems suggosted by the. naval|pasha, leader of the Ninth Turkish |tional between Bemidii and St Paul, | yu: - (Continuea on last page). corps, and his subordinates, have|will be discontinued after next Sat- IN“IAN AGENTS RETURN e, T, been imprisoned. The Russian ad-|urday night. It is probable that it - N. Y. LEGISLATURE vance into Hungaria is also ¢on-|will again be placed in service when i CONVENES TODAY |tinuing unchecked. On account of |summer travel starts. The change Refreshed by a vacation of two i the Carpathian being blocked, the|will be regretted in Bemidji as the |Weeks, during which time they made il Albany, Jan.®6.—In accordance |bringing in of supplies is difficult. service has been used considerably |a trip to Washington; where they lis- with state law, the legislature will and much appreciated. tened to instructions from Cato Sells, ¥ ne here ‘today, the first Wedngs=f: Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Spe- 1 ;:‘i"v?n January. With its meeting, l cial Agents J. P. Brandt and L. W. 1 the wheels of the new state govern- MAKE ANor“ER A“EMPT VISITED BEMIDJI SCHOOLS CGarson returned to Bemidji this morn- L4 ment, begun today, will be started on ing. As before leaving, the agents ' their revolutions. The make-up of| Paris, Jan. 6.—French forces in would not divulge any of the gov- the senate will be: . Republicans, |the east are endeavoring to retake po- ernment’s plans in connection with 33; Democrats, 17, and Republican- |sitions at St. Mihiel, the only point ithe enforcement of the provisions of 3 Progressive, 1. The assembly will|wlere the Germans are able to cross| R. B, MecLean, state graded school [the 1855 treaty, although it was in-|mated that sipce the war started, |few days will he made, and that there 2 be composed of 99 Republicans, 49 |the Meuse river. Rains have been inspector, visited the Bemidji schools [timated that steps will be immedi-|Germany has conquered territory | will also be.a session of the-haswd of : Democrats and 2 Progressives. The|renewed and the trenches are like yesterday, being accompanied by W.|ately taken which will eradicate cer- | which includes fifteen million inhab-|directors. presiding officer of tlie senate will |miniature rivers. Hundreds of men|p, Dyer, city superintendent. The {tain blindpigging and other infringe- |itants. be the lieutenant-governor, Edward |are suffering with rheumatism and inspector expressed himself as being|ments of the law. Chief Special Schoeneck. The re-election of Thad- | pneumonia. Six trains have arrived deus C. Sweet, Phoenix, as speaker |at Dunkirk loaded with wounded. of the assembly, is practically as- ¢ Veliman-Tosshs: GE!I’M HAZUAN EXECUTED Charles. Vellman: of: this eity;: 't : married to Miss Violetts Jaaohs; of| Vera Cruz, ‘Jan. 6.—General An-|South Dakota, Monday. Mr. and mmm_-_' much pleased with conditions as he|Agent Larson is expected to arrive in found them here .and complimented | Bemidjl within the next few days. the superintendent, teachers and sured. Oscar” L. Dent, ditch referee, left|board on the work being accom- " There will be a reguln;' meeting | drado. Hazuan, of the Huerta forces, | Mrs. Vellman arrived in Bemidji yes-|PoBY Illmhullhun mak e : = this noon for Baudette, via’ Hibhing, | plished. ‘lof the A. F. and A. M. at the Ma-|taken by Carranza yesterday, was|terday morning and will make their |tE® comrt: h"'t'.,"“ .n,.! ¥ Herrell Has Assistant. Where he will' investigate “"fil\ Ju- sonic hall this evening. executed by a firing squad this morn-[home on Mr. Vellman's. farm in [WrisY sftermeam et I o’elock,. - dicial ditch matters. § N de C. Walker, of International { Falls, has moved to Bemidji and will make this city his home in the fu- ture. Mr. Walker will be an assist- L ! ant to- A. B. Herrell;, one of the ju- dicial ditch engineers. Until coming to i Bemidji he was an engineer in the i) service of the power company at.In- 4 ternational Falls. Need any help? Try a want ag.. ‘W. Z. ROBINSON, W. M. ing. Grant Valley: 11 Bemidjl friends have been notified | ! ‘\ of the birth of a daughter.to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Parker of Brainerd. Mes. o Parker was formerly Miss -Bérbthy:| ' A Humes of Cass Lake, and wn wetl il known fn Bemidji. The Swedish Lutheran Ladies’ Aid o " soclety will be entertained by- Mrs. o Alma Smith; at-the Challenge hotel, k % tomorrow afterncon at 2:30. All are cordially invited to attend. ed Defective Page