Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 29, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, NO. 26. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MAY}BVEHING, IAHUABY 29, 1915, fonnmwsmxnm MEXICO CITY NOW * CONTROLLED BY CARRANZA FORCES Under General Obregon’s Troops, Numbering 2,000, Enter City Fol- lowing Desperate Struggle. POLICY WILL BE UNCHANGED Secretary of State Bryan Says Plans of United States Will Not Be Altered by New Government. Washington, Jan. 29.—General Carranza is now in full control of Mexico City, the capitol of Mexico. According to Consul Silliman, Mexico City fell yesterday afternoon, the troops of General Obregon, number- ing 2,000, entering the city follow- ing a fierce and bloody battle. Secretary of State- Bryan this af- ternoon stated that the policy of the | United States will not be changed | by the placing of a new government in control of Mexico. It is expected that a manifesto con- cerning the form of government at Mexico City during the occupation of General Carranza, will be made this afternoon. MUSIC IN YOUR TOES? - CONVICTED! CALL NEXT CASE Denver, Jan. 29.—Feet talk! They are especially expressive when the average person is telling a falsehood. This is the conclusion reactied by John A. Rush, district attorney in Denver, who as prosecutor of the county, has made a study of feet. “Whenever a witness is on the stand,” said Rush today, “I watch his feet. They are an index of the mind and come pretty close to telling whether a person is telling a false- hood. The first evidence of nervous- ness appears in the feet. A witness who is lying will shift his feet and become jerky and uneasy. Such evi- dences are invariably an indication that the witness either is not sure of his testimony or is not telling the truth.” CARLSON HAS NO WATCH; cag e COUNTSTIME-BY WORK Denver, Jan. 29.—Govetnor George A. Carlson, Colorado’s new executive, has never carried a watch. His friends do not expect the mere fact that he has become governor of his state will cause Carlson to purchase a time-piece as they say his idea is that time is measured by work ac- complished and not by mere hours and minutes. Because of Governor Carlson’s lack of a watch, one of the first things his secretary did after the new executive took office was to purchase a clock which is to be put in a convenient place so that it may at least be of interest to visitors who threaten to take up too much time. BRING PHILIPPINE PRODUCT TO EXPOSITION San Francisco, Jan. 29.—Charles R. Morales, representing the prov- inces of Mindanao and Sulu of the Philippine islands, has just arrived here with 500 cases of exhibits for the Panama-Pacific International Ex- position. These include the best col- lection of pearls ever sent from the Pacific pearl fisliing regions, repre- sentations of the forestry, mining and agriculture of the islands and displays -of the arts and domestic science. They will be installed im- mediately in the Philippine pavillion and in the exhibit palaces. SUPERMEN RELENT; ADMIT MEN TO VASSAR PLAY CAST New York, Jan. 29.—Whether Vassar “‘supermen” got tired of wear- ing 'em, or have to last admitted mere man to equality, was debated today by college alumnae who plan- ned to attend this year’s play of the Associate Alumnae of Vassar college, to be given at the Century Lyceum tonight. For the first time the alumnae have admitted men to the cast and half a dozen male friends of the graduates will appear in lead- ing roles, formerly taken by be- trousered college girls. The play is “The Road To Yesterday.” Mrs. Miltenburg Buried. This afternoon at 2:30, the fu- neral of Mrs. Gertrude Miltenburg was held in the Whitney undertaking parlors. .Interment was made in Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Milten- burg died Sunday noon, after a ling- ering illness. According to French physicians the fumes from aluminum factories-are not only destructive to vegetation, but they also cause a form of dia- betes to workers in ‘them. An electric flatiron held against a frozen water pipe will thaw it in a few minutes. %, NI "e,,, \un.wn WHICH- "\ THE MOST LIVES °o Washingte “.—The winner of the medal ofte family of the late Anthony i. &+ to the electric railway which .. /done the most toward conserving the lives and safety of its passengers and employes during the year ending June 30, 1914, will be announced tonight at a ban- quet of the American Electric Rail- way association. Several hundred railway and power officials, repre- senting important companies in all parts of the country, met here today, for the annual convention of the as- sociation. Charles S. Pierce, man- ager of the railway department of the General Electric company of Boston, is president, and presided today. Pres- ident Wilson will receive the delega- tion in the East Room this afternoon and may make a brief address. COMMISSION WILL ATTEND Authors of Efficiency Measure Asked to Present Document at Mon- day’s Legislative Hearing. F. S. LYCAN WILL BE PRESENT When the public hearing on the Civic Administration Code, or the Efficiency bill, is held in the cham- ber of the lower house at St. Paul next Monday afternoon, the session will be attended by members of both senate and house, the entire economy and ecfficiency commission throng of spectators. Frank S. Lycan, of this city, a member of the Efficiency commission, today received notice from Represen- tative L. C. Spooner, chairman of the Economy and Efficiency committee, that he is expected to attend the hearing. Members of the commission will meet at the Saint Paul hotel Mon- day morning for the purpose of dis- cussing and deciding the proper method of presenting the document, and will name a a group of commit- tees for this purpose. It is hoped that many of the objections to the measure will be remedied at the hear- ing. Mr. Lycan said this afternoon that he will endeaver to attend the meet- STATE TO COLLECT $65,000 FOR TRESPASS St. Paul, Jan. 29.—The state su- preme court in a decisfon filed to- day, rules that the state of Minne- sota may collect $65,000, alleged to be due for trespass by certain lum- ber companies. Lyndon A. Smith, attorney general, started a suit against the Scanlon Lumber company for $1€,000, it being alleged that the firm unlawfully cut timber worth that amount from state property in 1905. The supreme court also today ruled that the franchise of the ~Duluth Street Railway company is legal. WHEAT AT TOP PRICE Minneapolis, Jan. 29.—Bakers here assert that with May wheat selling at $1.547% this morning, the highest price in seventeen years has been reached. The bakers are facing a heavy financial loss and they may be obliged to boost the price of bread, on account of the uncertain market conditions, although their course has not been determined. and a LUNCH PLAN APPROVED. St. Paul, Minn,, Jan. 29.—The American Medical society has , ap- proved the school lunch plan, prac- ticed throughout the northwest, ac- cording to Dr. H. M. Bracken of the Minnesota board of health, today. Arguments in favor of the school lunch, which has already become quite popular, are that the school lunch provided better food than the street vender and that it was a great factor, not only ‘in the health of the children, but in teaching them the Oa SORE DROPPING SHELLS CAUSE LITTLE FEAR Even Children of Rheims Accustomed to Constant Bombing and Firing Fails to Bring Comment. SIMMS TELLS OF EXPERIENCE Witnessed Youth Balance Can of Milk While Bullets Hissed Obstru- sively Overhead. i (By William Philip Simms) Paris.—(By Mail to New York.)—- At Rheims, while lunching, I sent the 12-year-old son of the hotel pro- prietor across the street to buy some posteard pictures of the badly dam- aged town. While he was making the selection, a German shell fell and exploded almost in the middle of the street, making an infernal racket. A few minutes later the lad returned with the postcards. Was he out of breath and all eagerness to tell the strange foreigner about the shell which had fallen near him? Not at all. “I'm sorry, sir,” he said, quite as he would have done had he merely waited for a street car to pass in- stead of the smoke of a shell to clear up, “they are out of cathedral cards. Perhaps you can find some down the street; there is another place down there.” I thought of the shells and told the boy to never mind. Think of it A boy so used to shells falling in his street that they have ceased to be a subject for comment. Later on, on that same day, a small "oy in the streets of Rheims brought me a piece of shell, still hot, which had fallen near him. - Being of. the gamin type, with wits sharpened be- yond his years, he asked if I would Large Audxenoe Band Give and appreciative audience the Bemidji band gave its January concert at the City hall last evening, a splendid program being presented. . The soloists of the even- ing were Ollie Néilson, tenor, and H, E. Anderson, clarinetist, both se- care to buy his piece of hot shell as a souvenir. Boy .Not Afraid. Then there was another boy. This youngster paraded past the cathedral at the height of the bombardment, while from various quarters near him came the s-h-e-e-e-e-e-e of big shells and the bang of their explosion loud as the keenest crack of lightning. He carried between his two hands a pan of- itk whicte herbialanced most gin* gerly, taking very short steps to keep the liquid trom jarring over the pan’s edges He was well dressed and clean-looking and his face was the rose-pink of well-cared-for-boys, boys adored by their mothers. .. S-h-h-e-e-e-e-e-e-e! A shell hissed obstrusively overhead. BANG! came the explosion not more than two squares from the boy with the milk. He stopped, and then looked around as if to see if he was being watched. Then he slowly raised the pan to his lips and took a little drink. Just as slowly, he lowered it and began his ecareful march homeward, past the statue of Jeanne d’Arc and the House of God and on down in the direction of the canals Pan Too Full Two minutes after he had passed the statue, a shell came directly be- tween the towers of the cathedral, barely cleared the head of the Maid of Orlean’s horse and tore a great hole in the Belgian blocks, 30 feet in front. At the moment the boy was having further refreshments from his pan. “You're going to lose that milk if you don’t mind,” I said to the lad from my position in a doorway. He had not seen me before and he looked up sheepishly, realizing he had been caught cheating his mother. Then he grinned a perfectly honest, whole- some grin and replied with a good little devil look out of the corner of his blue eyes: ““The pan’s too full!” The last I saw of him was taking gingerly steps homeward with a pan less full, but fuller stomach, utterly unafraid. Case Progressing Fast Fast progress is being made at the Simmons trial for arson in the Crookston district court and it is pos- sible that.the evidence will all have been submitted by tomorrow night. 'Judge C. W. Stanton, of Bemidji, is proper way to eat. presiding. SCOOP rerorter 3 REPORTER GOSR BSSDS LES? N lections being given in a most pleas- ing manner, the strenuous applause making encores néoeseary. The cor- | net duet, played by Axel Kittléson and Delbert Elletsgn, was thoroughly enjoyed. The band played delight- fully and marked improvement was noticeable, the low pitch being used for the first time. ' The large at- tendance wag appreciated by - the: band members and every effort will be made to make fiiture programs of equal merit Following the concert a dance, for which the band orchestra provided music, was much enjoyed. WOLF STORIES NOT TRUE Farmers in Vicinity. of Bemidji Say Animals Are Not Plentiful and No Danger Exists, HUNTERS FAIL' IN . SEARCHES Many residents of Bemidji and the surrounding country have voiced dis- satisfaction over stories of the re- ported ferociousness of wolves in Bel- trami and adjoining counties, and “|feel that the community has been unjustly advertised in this connec- tion. P Reports of peoplé being attacked and the unflafenesk .of traveling in the woods after dark and similar stories have been ;circulated broad- cast, and the fact that they are with- out foundation is fannoying. Trappers who have each winter soromr wis o \GON DISCUSSES | ™= EGYPT INVASION Says: That Report of Turks Have As- sembled Troops of 120,000 for Such Purpose Probably Untrue. WOULD ALTER THEIR STRATEGY ‘| Real Battle Will Come When Attempt is Made to Cross Suez Canal With Its Strong Defense. (By J. W. T. Mason) New York, Jan. 29.—Reports that 120,000 Turkish troops are on their way for ah invasion of Egypt, are probably exaggerations. The Turks have not that number to spare, for a southwestern campaign unless they have radically altered their strategy, or unless untrained- men are being used for the Egyptian expidition. There are 500,000 trained troops in the Turkish army in and about Con- stantinople and assigned to the Dar- danelles and Bosphorus defenses are some 200,000 men, while approxi- mately 100,000 are in FEuropean Turkey. These troops are in reality held for operations if the Balkan states enter the war with the allies. There are 125,000 troops assigned to the Caucasian and Persian campaigns, and about 25,000 more are concen- trated about Smyrna and are gar- risoning Palestine and the districts south of Bagdad. This leaves at most, 50,000 trained men for the Egyptian campaign, and it is prob- able that the number is considerably {less. Of Little Consequence. ‘There may be additions of wun- made a good incofe at their busi- trained levies o the trained fighting ngss, and who tl:.{is winter trapping to be urnprofitable on ac-|rious account. tuund(torce, but their value is not of se- To oppose 'the Turk- count of the poor fnarket, have been ish armies, Great Britian is under- trying their luck at’ he wolves, trust- ;stood to have 70,000 Indian troops ing that the bounty would aid them in Egpyt, besides the Egyptian home in making up the deficiency to some army of 17,000 native troops and a extent, have found the wolves verylstiflening force of white. The num- scarce, and with the exception of a ber of whites is a closely guarded very few which they ‘have captured secret, but there are probably be- after a considerabf® hunt, only one {tween 15,000 or 30,000 of them, com- or two have been sighted. posed of Australian and New Zea- Homesteaders and larmers for sev- |land troops and English forces avajl- eral miles in each recflon Trom Be- migjadEthelra hers; and not | Turks: > =t one has.been known to complain of any danger from the wolves. Very few of them are able to relate of hav- | ing seen one for over a year. FRENCH GUNS BRING AVIATORS TO GROUND Paris, Jan. 28.—At war headquar- ters this afternoon it is reported that the Allies have made slight gains along the. seacoast near Nieuport, where an infantry battle is progress- ing. The French also took German positions. between St. George and Lombartzyde, while elsewhere around Nieuport and the region south toward Ypres the Germans are apparently awaiting arrival of reinforcements. Near the seacoast the Fremch were able to bring dow,n a German avia- tor, capturing him. Artillery fight- ing is taking place near Ypres, Arras, Lys and Graonne, and the French artillery has been able to silence Ger- man guns directed at northwest Pon- tamousson, in the Lépetre forest. EARTHQUAKE COSTLIVES OF 9,238 PEOPLE Rome, Jan. 29.—According to offi- cial reports made here today the casualties of the Avezzano earth- quake total 9,238, while of the 2,814 survivors, the majority are injured. Reports from other cities have not been received. WILL REJECT VETO ‘Washington, Jan. 29.—The house immigration committee this after- noon voted to- reject President Wil- son’s veto of the immigration bill and an attempt will be made.to have the house pass the bill over his veto. able to protect Egypt against lfie An Exhaustive Campaign. There is every probability that this number will be sufficient to safe- guard the territory of Egpyt proper. No effort, however, has been made to defend the Sinai peninsula, which connects Egpyt with Asia Minor, and which is under the Egyptian admin- istration. The peninsula is a, wild mountainous region in the south and is a desert in the north. The north- ern part_contains the only road of approach to the Egyptian border, which is represented by the 100-mile stretch of the Suez Canal. The Turk- ish army must make its way across 125 miles of sand before it reaches the main Egyptian defense and for a large force equipment with modern weapons, this must be an exhaustive campaign in itself. Afterwards will'come the real bat- tle, which will resolve itself into an attempt to cross the Suez Canal, de- fended by warships and by 100,000 troops, with an efficient railroad ser- vice at its' disposal. The effect of the British warship fire is alone suf- ficlent to suggest the immense diffi- culties that will confront the Turk- ish operations before the Suez water- way. SAILS OF WINDMILL BEHAVE STRANGELY Antwerp.— (By Mail to New York) —During the fighting around Aer- schot the Belgians noticed that the sails of a neighboring windmill were behaving erratically. Occasionally the sails turned then stopped, and then turned again. - Suspecting that they were being used to convey sig- nals to the enemy, the Belgians at- tacked the mill and under a hail of bullets took it by storm. In it they found a German officer and a private soldier with a mitrailleuse. The two Germans were taken prisoners, and the miller, on whom was found $1,- 250 in German money, was éxecuted. Need any neip? Try a want ad. Scoop Ought To Be Quarantmed i “|Benator Nopd: =it = 2 BOARD OF REGENTS MEMBERS REAPPOINTED Governor Hammond yesterday re- appointed A. E. Rice of Willmar, Charles L. Sommers of St. Paul, and John G. Williams of Duluth as mem- bers of the Board of Regents of the state university. Their term of of- fice is for six years each. Mr. Wil- liams was appointed. a member of the board last ‘year by Governor Eb- erhart, but for some reason no record was -made. _Governor Hammond, af- ter investigation, re-appointed him yesterday, and so a year. is added to his term of office. Under the ap- pointment made by Mr. Eberhart his term of office would have expired in 1920. The .terms of office. of Mr. Rice and Mr. Sommers do not ex- pire until March. Mr. Sommers’ appointment was at the request of commercial organizations and friends in St. Paul. WILL PROVIDE FOR REFUND Bill Introduced by Representative Will Give Council Power to Return Unearned License Money. WILL AMOUNT TO ABOUT $5,000 Although the councils of several places within the®territory of the 1855 Indian treaty, in which the sa- loons have been closed by orders of the government, have refunded un- earned license money, such action has not been taken in Bemidji, P. J. Rus- sell, city attorney, ruling that under the existing law to do so would be unlawful. But, as suggested by Attorney Rus- sell, a bill has now been introduced in the house of representatives which, if passed, will permit the Bemidji council to refund about $5,000. Representative Boyd of Crookston is the author of the bill which will make the refund possible. The law will amend section two of paragraph 3150, of the 1913 statutes, which reads the money may be returned when a license has been annulled, “By the sale of liquor becoming un- lawful in the place for which the license is granted,” to include, “or by reason of the operation of any In- dian treaty.” The same bill will' be introduced, it is underatood, in the senate by GERMANS AND AMERICANS UNITE IN CELEBRATION Berlin, Jan. 29.—Despite the re- ported irritation - among Germans dgainst the Americans on account of the selling of arms by the United States to the enemy, the Germans and Americans joined in a belated Christmas celebration here today, songs of both nations being sung. Five hundred children took part in the belated celebration and received their gifts at the ice palace. Jack Mayer, of New York, who managed the celebration, gave each child a bright silver American dollar with its gift. MRS. J. M. PHILLIPPI DEAD ~ Mrs. Emma V. Phillippi, wife of Alderman J. M. Phillippi, of Irvine avenue, died at noon today, after an illness of two years. She was born October 5, 1855, being fifty-nine years old at the time of her death. She has been a resident of Bemidji for the past fifteen years, and was a member of the Ladies of the local G. A. R. and Rebekahs. Mrs. Phil- lippi is survived by her husband, James A. Phillippi, daughters May- vis A. Phillippi and Mrs. Hazelle E. ‘Whitney, and by a brother, Melvin H. Slossen, all of Bemidji. A sister, Mrs, J. C. English, lives at Ana- conda, Canada, and another sister, Mrs. W. B. Kellett, lives at Zumbrota, Minnesota. The funeral arrange- ments have not been completed. A food and apron sale will be held in the basement of the Catholic church tomorrow. g Russian women are now employed as road repairers. B’Y nHoP" LEADMETO A DISINFEC TIONERY ovs -paTy -m4 @1 v “|at an earlier-date. CLEE NEW POINTBROUGHT UP IN TREATY CASE Al Smith, Accused of Introducipg Li- quor Into Indian Territory, Has 0dd Defense. BOUGHT WHISKY WITHIN LIMITS Three .More Towns Ordered Closed, Northome, Cohasset and Sebeka —Added Country Included. A new phase in the enforcement of _ provisions of the Indian treaty of 1855 'was brought up before Judge H. A. Simons, United States commis- sioner, when the preliminary hear- ing in ‘the case of . Government against Al Smith was held this morn- ing. Smith was arrested at Ball Club several weeks ago by Special Officers Carson and Brandt on a charge of having introduced intoxi-- cants into treaty territory, three quarts of whisky and one quart of beer being found in a grip which he carried. Not Guilty of Charge. When arraigned, Smith was repre- sented by Henry Funkley, while E. $. Oakley, of Duluth, assistant dis- trict United States attorney, appear- ed for the government. Henry A. Larson, chief special officer, and Spe- cial Officers Brandt and Carson were present at the hearing. As a defense to the charge Funk- ley claimed that Smith, in carrying the liquor to Ball Club from Grand Rapids, where it had been purchased, was not acting in violation of ‘the treaty, Grand Rapids being within the limits of the restricted territory. The identical point was brought up in another state at one time, the case being taken.to the United States su- preme court, but the matter was not touched upon in its decision. Was Bound Over. Judge Simons ruled that the evi- dence was sufficient to hold Smith and consequently he was bound over to await action of the Federal grand jury, and he will be taken to Duluth where he will be held in the St. Louis county jail. Attorney Funkley may ask that the case be changed to either the Fergus Falls or Minnespolis terms, in order that it be NM 3 Territory is Extended. Slowly but surely the territory of the treaty is being closed and orders have been served in several towns during the past few days. At North- ome, according to reports, orders were given yesterday to close saloons on the first of February and a tele- phone message to Cohasset brought the information that Officer Brandt had visited the saloons of that place on Wednesday, notice being served to close on February 5. Sebeka, a town in Wadena county on Great Northgrn, has been ordered to close its saloons on February 5. Officer Carson served the notice. Extending east, Grand Rapids will be the next town to feel the “lid,” it being believed here that action is al- most certain to be extended there, while Mizpah and Gemmell, on the Minnesota & International, will un- doubtedly be closed soon. CAFE LIFE MADE EASY FOR FREMONT YOUTH _Fremont, Jan. 29.—“Table d’Hote, a la Carte” and various other forms of captions that decorate the mysti- fying menu card in high school res- taurants and dining cars henceforth will fail to mystify graduates of Fre- mont’s high school. They're taking a course in the art of ordering and the bashful young man who finds himself stumped and furns red when confronted by a pestiferous menu while taking dinner with his best girl will now be enabled to order the “Anchovies” and ‘“au gratin” with impunity of the habitus. The course is ‘“‘etiquette’” 'and the pupils will be taught how to manipulate a menu from soup to nuts. How to secure hotel service without embar- rassment and how to properly enter and leave a Pullman car are other features of the unique course. Will Operate 30 Years. Henry McClearnan, a timber crui- ser of this city, returned to Bemidji yesterday from the Menominee In- dian reservation of Wisconsin where he has been estimating timber during the past four months, the heavy snow fall preventing further work this winter. . Mr. McClernan says that already enough timber has been estimated to operate the Neopit mill for at-least thirty years. Small Damage Done. & Fire, of unknown origin, partially destroyed a matress in a third-floor storage room of the main building at the Markham hotel last evening. The flames had made but little headway when discovered and were easily ex- tinguished. Tlinols pays out $112,000 a year in mothers’ pensions.