Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 21, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, N0, 19, THE BEMIDJI BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY ‘EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1015. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. GERMANS ARRES' - AMERICANSAILORS ‘Washington, Jan. 21.—Ambassa- dor Gerard, at Berlin, this afternoon reported to the state department that several American sailors of the cotton freighters, Greenbier and Carolyn, § had been arrested by the German au- ) thorities at Bremen. They were not detained and no explanation of the affair was given. No action will be taken until further details are re- ceived. Berlin, Jan. 21.—Greatest enthu- siasm was caused here when the news arrived that the German aircraft had raided the coasts of England and the newspapers state that the attack proves the British coast is not invul- nerable and ask what value the fleet of England possesses. It is not spe- cifically stated whether the craft were Zeppelins. 2 “NEVERHAVEENGLAND'S = By P. M. Sarle. i —“Every woman in England who. 1 keeps her home together, and who keeps a smiling face, is helping in | the war,” said Mrs. Winston Church- hill, wife of the first lord of admir- ras alty in a speech, opening a social club for wives and mothers of soldiers | and sailors in Paddington. Referring to a statement made by | Arthur Straus, M. P., to the effect that her husband, by heading the ma- rine expedition to Antwerp, had real- ly saved England from invasion, she | - remarked: “That is a very great thing to say of any man, but I do not think it is true. It is your husbands and sons who are doing it. It is be- cause of their courage and their faith- fulness and endurance that we are able to stay at home, away from the| horrible sufferings of France and Belgium. ‘“‘Sometimes,” she continued, “one feels as if we cannot bear this war any longer; but we must go on, be-!| cause we are fighting so that it can| never happen again. I hope that!| sometimes, when you feel very anx- ious for your dear ones, you will| think of what they are doing day and k() night. The fleet, although it has; f never as yet been in battle with the enemy, is keeping constant watch; never for one moment has it relaxed | its vigil. We must also think of the men who spend days and nights in the g trenches. In the history of the coun- try never have our men been braver; } never have they fought better.” “England expects that every wo- man will do her duty.” This para- phrase of Nelson’s famous order is the text of an appeal by the National h Council of Public Morals to the wo- i men of Great Britian, particularly the wives and sweethearts of soldiers and sailors. Among the signers are many ‘women of social prominence, includ- ing the Duchess of Bedford and the Duchess of Marlborough. “Woman's duty and woman’s work,” says the manifesto, “consist in fighting the armies of disorder, want, impurity and vice, and it is to| this end that our spiritual forces; 1 must be directed. Lord Kitchener's h J admonition to the army on the eve "y of the war evokes a feeling of grati- ) ( tude in every mother that so high a standard of English manhood should have been set before our men.” The special aim of the manifesto, i it is stated, is to call upon the women of the empire to help British soldiers and sailors to fight the enemies of demoralization and drink at home, and to live in such a manner as to be- queath a heritage of health and hap- piness to the children born to the na- . tion. 4 Three complete hospital units, for Belgium, France and Servia, respec- tively, are being sent out by the Scot- tish branches of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage societies (non- militant) which since the beginning of the war has abandoned all suff- rage propaganda to devote itself en- tirely to the needs of thie country. So far the society has collected $30,000 which has been applied to this hos- pital work. The organization con- sists of women—doctors, surgeons, highly-trained nurses, orderlies and dressers. Mrs. Mark Morse of Dewey avenue, entertained the Catholic ladies’ band ] number three, at her home last even- ing. The hours were spent playing cards, eight tables being played. At the close of the evening a delicious lunch was sérved. Mrs. William He- Mrs. L. F. Johnson, the secretary and i treasurer. The ladies are planning on giving these card parties twice a month during the winter. Mrs. Ed- ward Jackson and Ed. Gould se- cured high scores. \) Over the surface of a new pressing iron for tailors there is a band of cloth to prevent the metal touching ? garments and making them shiny. oty - s’ Todge to Antler Several Candi- (United Press Staff Correspondent) | i London.—(By Mail to New York.) lin is the president of the band, and| TO INITIATE EJGHT . “,~tes This Evening. With e jidates waiting to take the des. Ae Bemidji Elks lodge, 1052, wil fiold a big initia- tion at its Third street quarters this evening. At the close of the reg- ular meeting an entertainment, pure- ly impromptu, will be provided by the newly antlered brothers. During the evening announcements will be made telling of the progress of the Clabby-Gibbons fight which takes iplace at Milwaukee. IMEETING WELL ATTENDED Convention of West District of Bel- trami County Sunday School Asso- ciation is Big Success. MRS. BROWNLEE IS PRESIDENT Many delegates from the various MEN BEEN BRAVER”wna a targe mumber of viestors were present at the Beltrami County Sun- day School convention held in the Presbyterian church of this city yes- terday. The program, both afternoon and evening, was interesting and in- structive and was carried out as planned. ! Reports from eight schools . were read, as follows: Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal and Secandi- navian of Bemidji, Congregational and Norwegian Lutheran of Nymore and Pinewood. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Brownlee, of Mill Park, pres- ident; Miss Frazelle, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Edward - Anderson, superintendent of the Elementary di- vision; Nat Given, superintendent of the Secondary division; Mrs. J. J. Conger, superintendent of the Adult division; Rev. I. D. Alvord, of the Baptist church, supt. Teachers’ train- ing division; Mrs. K. H. Olson, super- intendent of the Home department. ONE MAN FOR BOTH JOBS Representative Pendergast Suggests Duties of Game Wardens and For- est Rangers Be Combined. IS A PART OF ECONOMY PLAN During a discussion which took place on the floor of the house at St. Paul yesterday, Representative L. G. Pendergast, of Bemidji, who has al- ready won a prominent position among the legislators, made the fol- towing comment: “If they want economy, and I presume that is what we are here for, T think I can suggest one im- portant reform. “This is that the work of the same wardens and the forest rangers be combined, so far as practical, so that one man will do the work of two. “Take an example, which I have no doubt can be found actually to ex- ist in many northern Minnesota sec- tions, through I have no locality in mind. “Bill is a forest ranger at $125 a month. His duties are to cover a certain territory and safeguard it against fires. “Sam is a game warden at $100 a month. His duties are to cover a certain territory and safeguard it against violations of the game laws. “Now both Sam and Bill are good fellows and good men. Everybody is glad they have good jobs, and satis- fied- that they are doing them well. “But consider the state’s interest. Why couldn’t the work that Bill does and the work that Sam does be han- dled by the same man? One man, one salary; one organization, one set of overhead expenses. That’s the way a corporation or a business man would do it; why shouldn’t the state do it that way?” E. H. Rice, camp auditor of the Crookston Lumber company, who has spent the past few days.in the twin cities on business, returned to Be- midji this morning. Widows in Kansas number STARVING WOLVES ENDANGER SETTLERS Plague Among Rabbits Robs Prowlers in This Section of Food—Become Bold and Frighten Many. PR WOODSMAN TREED ALL NIGHT Representative Dare and Senator Nord Tell Minneapolis Tribune Re- porter of Conditions Here. Plague among the rabbits has robbed wolves of northern Minnesota of their accustomed food and as a consequence the lives of settlers and even townspeople are threatened. Many are sateguarding themselves and the Minneapolis Tribune has the following to say in this connection: Farley Dare of Walker, represen- tative from Cass county, says that last week wolves drove an .experi- enced trapper and guide of the Leech Lake territory up a tree and held him there all night. Robert Ross is the name of this trapper. He lives in Walker, but spends much of his time in the woods. When rescued, Mr. Dare says, the trapper’s hands and feet were frozen and it was necessary for his rescuers to carry him to the nearest house. Big Wolf Hunt Conducted. Senator Leonard H. Nord of Inter- national Falls, and Senator Patrick McGarry of Walker, bear out the re- ports brought back by Mr. Dare. Senator McGarry says that hundreds or residents of Cass county were par- ticipants in a wolf hunt last week. Mr. Dare says that, notwithstand- ing many stories of danger from wolves which have come out of northern Minnesota from time to time these last twenty years, there never has been any wolf danger un- til now. He says that the plague which has killed almost all of the northern Minnesota rabbits this year is not the regular seven-year plague which nature utilizes to keep down the number of these rapidly multi- plying animals. On the contrary the oldest woods- men say they have never witnessed anything like it before. The snow- shoe or timber rabbit and the cotton- tail are victims. Mr. Dare says the Tabbits of both varieties in northern Minnesota lave died by the millions: He does not know whether it would be dangerous to eat a rabbit infect- ed with this disease, whatever it is, but there are not enough left to make hunting them worth while. Wolves Cheated of Food. “This unprecedented slaughter of rabbits has robbed the wolves of their natural food,” said Mr. Dare. “This became noticeable with the first snow. But as the rabbits have died off in ever increasing numbers the wolves have been hard pressed for “eats.” ‘“We people at Walker and in the (Continued on last page.) ON TO BERLIN IN SPRING Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 21.—That the march on Berlin will be resum- ed by the allies as soon as good roads come in the spring, was the state- ment that Maj. Gen. Sam Hughes re- iterated today. He is Canadian min- ister of nmilitia. He continued: “There is many a stream to be cross- ed, even to the Rhine itself; there is many a plain to traverse, many a fort to be razed and many a trench to be taken.” Coffey-Iverson. Tuesday evening, at the Swedish Lutheran parsonage, James C. Cof- fey, postmaster of Coffey postoffice, Itasca county, and Miss Ida I. Iver- son, of Beltrami county, were united in marriage, Rev. J. H. Randahl of- ficiating. They will make their home at Coffey, Minnesota. Miss Thelma Johnson of Bemidji 1has received a telegram, announcing the death of Miss Esther Peterson, of St. Hilaire, formerly of this city. Miss Peterson has been in poor health for some time and died Tuesday morning. The funeral was held in St. Hilaire today. While in, Bemidji she was employed as stenographer, {KELLEY WOULD HAVE BIG LODGING HOUSE Cleveland, Ohio, Ja; lal.—To build @ 2,5600-room lodging house at 15 cents per room, is the ambition of John Kelley, a wealthy. restaurant owner and student of sociology, who today, aided by others, is conducting a subscription campaign for the pro- ject. i USE TREATY AiS DEFENS Liquor Bill Claimed to Be Void Be- cause Purchased Within Indian Terfltory—Guodn!hn Sued. MAY GO TO SUPBREME COURT Another Indian treaty tangle is ushered forth in a legal action which has been begun in municipal court by Attorney Hal Huffmgn, of the firm of Andrews, Gibbons &:Huffman, in which he desires to collect an $80 li- quor bill for the William S. Turner Distilling company, -of Cincinnati, Ohio. § Through Huffman the Distilling company has entered :suit against John Goodman, of this city, for the amount of the bill, stating in the complaint that Goodman, who guar- anteed payment for.a bill of liquor sold to Thomas McCarthy, formerly in the saloon business here, is re- sponsible and liable for the purchase price. In answer to the complaint, Carl Heffron, attorney for Goodman, states that the bill is hot collectable because of the liquor having been un- lawfully sold within Indian treaty territory, causing the contract to be- come void. Whether the setting up the treaty as a defense for the non- payment of a valid bill' is sufficient to cancel it, is a feature which has al- ready brought forth. much attention from the legal fraternity and the prog- ress of this case will.be closely fol- lowed. } . The case will be brought for trial before Judge Crowell, in municipal court, next Monday morning, and it is probable that it will reach the su- preme court for review, no matter which way the lower court may rule. LONDON BELIEVES CRAFT . WERE NOT. ZEPPFLINS London, Jan. 21.—Despite the statements of German officials, the feeling is general in London that the‘ aireraft which crossed the North Sea in the attack upon the coast were not Zeppelins although it is admitted that one of the dirigibles may have been of the Zeppelin or Parseval type. Military men believe that the craft were armored aeroplanes, carrying three or four men, and cannot under- stand why, if the craft were Zeppe- lins, more damage was not done. The Zeppelins carry large stores of de- structive materials. TO CONTINUE STRUGGLE Washington, Jan. 21.—General Villa this afternoon notified the state department that he will continue his fight for Mexico’s liberty and prom- ised full protection for Americans, despite the chaotic conditions. TAFT TALKS TODAY TO HOOSIER COLLEGIANS Bloomington, Ind., Jan. 21.—For- mer President William H. Taft will be the principal speaker today at the Foundation Day exercises of Indiana university. Will Give Fight Reports. In order that Bemidji boxing fol- lowers who are interested in the Clabby-Gibbons fight of this evening may secure the earliest possible re- ports of the outcome, the Pioneer and the Markham. hotel have ar- ranged for a wire service. The re- port will be filed at the Markham and phone calls to 920 inquiring about the fight, will be promptly answered. B. W. Lakin, superintendent of the logging department of the Crookston d Defective AS AGENRAL IT5 UP YO ME. TO TEAH MEN BRAVER &‘rsmaem ST TRENCH ERECT AN INTREPID - over Iand is well known among the young ,Lumber company, returned from Min- 15,000. people of this city. neapolis this morning. SCOOP zrorrer REPORTER If You Can’t Be Brave, Be Careful FRENCH DESTROY AMMUNITIONDEPOT Paris, Jan. 21.—Official announce- ments given out at war headquarters this afternoon tell of the destruction of a large German ammunition depot near Rheims, by the French. The Germans had been securing supplies from this point for some time. . Aeroplanes of the French army se- cured the proper range and the gun- ners dropped bombs into the powder, this action being followed by a great charge of the French soldiers, all of the German trenches being taken. Before the depot exploded the French artillery demolished all of the field works in the vicinity. Follow- ing an artillery duel, the French sud- denly sallied from the Apremont for- est, dashed across stretches of clear ground and ‘drove the Germans back for a distance of 150 yards, where a counter attack of the Kaiser’s sol- diers was repulsed. ] The French are advancing in the man attack at Soissons renewed. WOULD ABOLISH LAW Senator Rustad this afternoon in- troduced a bill which will abolish the non-partisan election of members of the state legislature, if passed. It also provides for party conventions. No action was taken on woman suf- frage. FORM PHONE ASSOCIATION Farmers of Three Townships Elect Officers and Complete Organization Farmers of three townships, Buz- zle, Roosevelt and Alaska have organ- ized what will be known as the Aure Farmers Co-operative Telephone as- sociation. The first officers are: President, A. G. Gilbertson, of Pine- wood; vice-president, George W. Cur- tis, of Aure; secretary, Charles Mol- ler, of Pinewood; treasurer, A. A. Haarklan, of Pinewood. The trus- tees will be as follows: For one year,: K. K. _Meland, of Aure, and Carl Winger, of Island Lake. For two years, H. A. Hanson, of Pine- wood, and Olaf Gelen, of Aure. For -three-years; Sam-Jallen; of Aure,-and; Anton Helgeson, of Aure. This will be a truly co-operative association. Twenty-seven farmers were present at the meeting and signed the con- stitution, and it is expected that this number will be more than doubled by will be held February 20. GEMMELL TELLS OF SLEEPER Says Service Will Be Replaced As Soon As Business Warrants. Harry H. Mayer, secretary of the Bemidji Commercial club, has re- ceived a communication from W. H. Gemmell, general manager of the Minnesota & International railroad, in which it is stated that the Bemidji- St. Paul sleeper will be again placed in service as soon as business war- rants. He says that to operate it now would mean a large loss to the company. Mr. Gemmell suggests that when eight or ten Bemidji people plan on going to the cities the same night that the agent be so informed and a special sleeper could be pro- vided. The same service would be given out of the twin cities. He in- formed Mr. Mayer that he regretted to withdraw. the service but was pleased to know that it had been ap- preciated by patrons liere. The an- nouncement that the sleeper will be replaced will be received with pleas- ure here as the present service is very inconvenient for travelers coming to Bemidji. Case Again Postponed. When the case of Government against Al Smith, was called for pre- liminary hearing before Judge H. A. Simons, United States commissioner, this morning, it was , immediately postponed until January 29. It was impossible for a representative of the district attorney’s office to be in at- tendance at the hearing today. Smith is charged with having brought in- toxicating liquors into the Indian territory. vicinity of Mulhausen and the Ger-|. ANDERSON NOT TO RUN Mill Park Grocer Will Not Be Candi- date for Alderman in Fourth. Although his petition for nomina- tion for alderman in the fourth ward had been placed in circulation, Joe Anderson, the Mill Park grocer, is not to be a candidate. Mr. Anderson notified George Stein, city clerk, last night that he wished to withdraw the petition. There are no other candi- dates for the position as yet, al- though several names are being men- tioned. Petitions for- nominations 'must be filed with the city clerk on.or before February 6, ten days before the date of election. SERIES BEGINS TONIGHT Grand Forks Independents Come for Three Games With “Bjg Bemidg” —Fast Contests Certain. HAVE NORTH DAKOTA TITLE Claiming the championship of North Dakota and coming here with the expectation of winning at least two of the three-game series, the fast Grand Forks Independents basketball aggregation will clash with “Big Be- milg” on the Armory floor this even- ing. The visitors have an exceedingly clever quint and not only do they ex- pect to avenge the defeat of last year, when they were forced to bow to the local athletes in a hard fought con- test, but as onc of the Forks players said, “We are going to play rings around this Bemidji bunch.” But Bemidji, since its close win over Pine River, and the Chaska series, has regained the speed formerly possessed | and a fast article of ball may be ex- pected. Brandon has entirely recov- ered from his injury, as has Peck, and with the other players anxious to win all three games, the series should be interesting. REMER ORDERED CLOSED All Towns of Soo Line Between Plum- mer and Duluth Now “Dry,” Cover- ing a Distance of 232 Miles. NORTHOME ~MAY - COME ~NEXT Not a single saloon remains in towns along the route of the Soo Line between Plummer and Duluth, a dis- tance of 232 miles, Remer and Shovel Lake having been ordered closed by Special Officers Brandt and Carson of the Indian department, yesterday. The saloons at Remer have been doing a land-sale business since the closing order became effective in other cities-of the treaty terirotry and 150 men were counted in one refreshment parlor there last Saturday. The sa- loons will close Feb. 1. The agents have been able to keep their tracks covered during the past several days and with the exception of the closing orders yesterday, little information concerning their actions have been obtainable. It is rumored that Northome will be the next village to be closed and this: will clasp the “lid” on the en- tire treaty territory north of this city. EVEN LADYBUGS CAN'T ESCAPE DEADLY PROBE Brawley, Cal., Jan. 21.—Entomolo- gists from the University of Califor- nia are making investigations today in the Imperial Valley canteloupe zone, seeking to determine what has become of 300,000,000 ladybugs that ‘were brought here several months ago to chase the aphis, arch insect enemy of the canteloupes. It is a NORMAL SCHOOL BILL REPORTED - ON FAVORABLY House Committee Unanimously in Fa- vor of Erecting Educational In- stitution in This City. NOW TO APPROPRIATION BOARD Representative Pendergast is Much Pleased With Progress and Feels Confident Measure Will Pass. Prospects for the providing of an appropriation of $150,000 for the es- tablishment of a normal school in Be- midji were made encouraging yester- day afternoon when -the house com- mittee on normal schools unanimous- ly voted in favor of the bill for its erection, introduced several days ago by Representative L. G. Pendergast and several others, . It is understood that Representa- tive Pendergast made a brilliant talk in behalf of the measure, outlining the needs of a sixth normal school; the growth of northern Minnesota: the advantages gained by placing such an educational institution at Bemidji with its fine railroad facili- ties and central location, and ete. Mr. Pendergast’s talk held the atten- tion of his fellow-committeemen, twelve being present, and the vote was taken without a least expression of opposition. To Be Different Here. The bill will now be taken ‘to the appropriation committee and it is here that trouble is expected to be encountered. On this committee are several legislators who are opposed to the establishment of a new nor- mal. Friends of the measure, how- ever, are confident that it will be treated favorably and feel certain that an appropriation will be recom- mended Means Much for Bill. Should the appropriation committee act favorably it will mean much to- ward bringing about its passage. {In speaking of the normal school committee report, Mr. Pendergast said: 3 “A majority of the members of the normal.-schoo}- commitiee are-+men from the southern part of the state and we cannot give them too much credit for the justice they have shown by the action. I think that the bill will be reported.out of the house com- mittee on appropriations favorably and without amendment of any kind. “The situation here seems very en- couraging for the passage of the bill and members of both the senate and house are active in its support.” TURKS DISORGANIZED IN THER RETREAT Petrograd, Jan. 21.—War head- quarters today give out an account of the Turkish retreat, in which the rear of their army is entirély disor- ganized, many of the soldiers fall- ing into the hands of the Russians, who have also taken Ardanutsch. In the Black Sea a Russian torpedo.boat has sunk twelve Turkish cargo ves- sels. NO DEMOCRAT IN SIGHT Mandan, N. D., Jan. 21.-—Although she followed what was apparently the instructions of some joker and adver- tised for a good Democrat to take the office of postmaster at Janes- burg, Morton county, is today with- out a-person to fill the job. Mrs. fact well known to the erudite bug expert of the university that a well- known conditioned ladybug loves to browse on the aphis. Therefore, the experts were startled to learn that soon after the ladybugs were let loose in the valley, they disappeared. Ex- planations that they probably had flown away home failed to satisfy the professors and the investigation was ordered. If the ladybugs will per- form true to form, entomologists be- ,lieve they will save many thousand dollars a year to melon growers. By "HOP' Clark, asserting there is not a Demo- crat within twenty miles, has wired the postoffice department at Washing- ton: “Tell Mr. Wilson to come and get his postoffice. I don’t want it, and can’t find a Democrat to take it.” CLABBY vs. GIBBONS TONIGHT Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 21.—Jimmy Clabby and Mike Gibbons are sched- uled to meet tonight in a ten-round bout. A decisive decision by either men will do much to ¢lear up the question of supremacy in the middle- weight division. Sunday School Has Team. Boys of the Presbyterian Sunday school have ‘organized a basketball team and the first contest was played last evening, ‘‘Butch” Klein’s five be- ing defeated. Harold Hayner is ceptain of the quint and Raymond Hannah, manager. Games will be arranged with outside teams. These comprise the team: Harold Hayner, Raymond Hannah, Herbert Warfield, Russell Brooks, Howard Palmer, D’Arcy McGhee and Robert Shaw. PANAMA IS 243 YEARS OLD ' Panama, C. Z., Jan. 21.—This city celebrated today its two hundred and forty-third birthday.