Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 30, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, NO. 27. BEMIDJT, MINRESOTA, SATURDAY ENING, Jmn’zi 30, 1915; WILSONCANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION Washington, Jan. 30.—Following a conference with President Wilson this morning, Chairman McCombs of the Democratic National committee, announced that the 1916 campaign is now on, which in political circles is taken to mean that the president will be a candidate for re-election. Burton is Mentioned. Senator Burton, of Ohio, was to- day suggested as being the proper person for the Republican presiden- tial nomination, by an Ohio State society. YOUTHS TO LEARN HOW TO PROSPECT FOR GOLD Golden, Colo., Jan. 30.—A school for the -education of prospectors in primary lessons in geology, mineral- ogy and tests for minerals in the field and the promotion of intelli- gent prospecting will be opened in February at the Colorado School of Mines here. Old mining men of the state believe the school will revive interest in prospecting and some ex- press the hope that the instruction and stimulus imparted by the school may lead to the discovery of another Cripple Creek and another mining boom in this state. The school is the first of the kind to be established in connection with an institution like the School of Mines. In addition to the lectures, laboratory instruction will be given. HAS EVERY AILMENT; LIVES THROUGH IT ALL Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 30.—‘“Miss Sabina,” beautiful eyes, pinky com- plexion and about five feet, eight in- ches tall, is Cincinnati city hospital’s most patient ‘patient.” She lies perfectly quiet in a snowy white bed in a private ward“and is always calm and serene. She has sixty nurses and despite this never utters a word. For “Miss Sabina” is the city hospital’s experimental patient whom student nurses are treating for almost every known disease. She’s constructed entirely of wood, hence the patience. It’s the city hos- pital’s idea that human patients are; not for experimentation. The nurses become thoroughly efficient on Miss | Sabina first.. All she lacks is nerves. VERMONT TO BE WITHOUT _ A SUPREME COURT MONDAY Montpelier, Vt.,, Jan. 30.—Five justices appointed by Governor Flet- cher in the last hours of his admin- istration were to be ousted from of- fice this afternoon as a result of ac- tion by the legislature which passed a bill vacating the supreme bench on January 31. It was contended that the justices’ terms expired Oc- tober 31, as Governor TFletcher, his political enemies said, could not make permanent appointments to continue after the convening of the new legislature. WHAT DID THEY EAT? Ostend, Jan. 30.—There is one characteristic of the British soldier that ‘has not yet ceased to astonish the good peasant folk of France and At one British camp an' Belgium. old Flemish woman, after watching a number of the soldiers brushing their teeth, exclaimed: My good- ness, what have they eaten that they are obliged to scour their mouths in this fashion.” TO AUCTION HISTORIC BASEBALL New York, Jan. 30.—Brooklyn Elks will bid high fonight for pos- session of ‘the first ball that was put into play in the opening game of the world’s series between Boston and Philadelphia. The ball will be sold at the opening of the new club house of Lodge No. 22, to which President John K. Tener, of the National league, himself an Eik, has given the historic ball. FORDHAM HOLDS GAMES. New York, Jan. 30.—Fordham uni- versity was to hold its annual indoor games at the armory of the Twenty- second regiment this afternoon, with a special relay race at a mile between the New York A. C., Irish-American A. C., and Boston A. A, as thé feat- ure event. The games are the most pretentious yet undertaken by the Fordham boys. Efforts are now being made by the management of the Bemidji High school basketball team to schedule a game with North Dakota Univer- sity. Little Falls and Brainerd have promised to meet the Bemidji tearx and as these two -quints .are the strongest in the sixth district it will be necessary to obtain victories over both before the championship can be claimed. 3 John Allen was arrainged for drunkenness in municipal court this morning, a small fine being imposed by Judge A. M. Crowell. - This was the first arrest for drunkenness made here in more than two weeks. 25 - {eommittee; - % 'GH RIDE ENJOYED. ~ Members tian Endeavor Spend Evenmg < Planta.gmb/t Homne. Last evening membefs of the Pres- byterian Christian Endeavor enjoyed a sleigh ride out to the Gray farm, near Lake Plantaganet, where the evening was spent in playing games and music, a picnic lunch being served by the women in the party. The following made the trip: Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Given, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pogue, Ida Nyhus, Gena Ny- hus, Cora Rain, Muriel McGee, Es- ther. Nixon, Rachel Gerlinger, Mar- garet McGee, Lotie Madson, Margaret Condon, Lee Given, May Condon, Edith Erwin, Florence Bell, Gertrude Huntosh, Ruth Miner, Miss Ander- son, Julia Simons, Flossie Baumgard- ner, Elsie Jennings, Grace Miner, Glen Conger, Russell Brooks, Clifford Condon, D’Arcy McGee,- Raymond Hannah, Robert Shaw, James Given, Walter Gracie, Bob Feir, Raymond Lord, G. S. Hunt, Linderberg, Doug- lass Donald, Walter Harris, John Har- ris, and Rudolph Thome. ‘WILL LACK FRIVOLITIES ‘|date does mot relate/ to men, but to Convention of Minnesota Editors to Be Held in St. Paul February 19-20 Will Cut the Amusement Stuff. OF STRICTLY BUSINESS NATURE St. Paul will be host to the country editors of the state February 19 and 20, when the forty-ninth annual con- vention of the Minnesota Editorial association will be held at The Saint Paul. A feature of the two-day program will be the address on “The World’s Journalism,” by Walter Williams, dean of the Missouri School of Jour- nalism. Prominent country editors also will speak, including H. C. Hotaling of Mapleton, president of the association; A. O. Moreaux of Luverne; F. S. Hadley of Winnebago; L. A. Rossman of Grand Rapids; Harold H. Barker of Elbow Lake; W. P. Kirkwood, head of the course in Journalism at the University of Minnesota, and others. Pleasure jaunts will be eliminated, and the editors will aftend strictly to business, according to the prelimin- ary.announcement -of -the -executive “A “nonpartisan’ Tegisla- ture, including sixteen newspaper men, is cited as being one of the ad- ded attractions for the rural seribes. Other Officers of Association. Other - officers of the association are: J. C. Morrison, Morris; H. M. Wheelock, Fergus Falls, and Farley Dare, Walker, vice presidents; Her- man Roe, Northfield, secretary and treasurer; Frank Meyst, Minneapolis; H. N. Ingersoll, Brainerd, and E. K. Whiting, Owatonna, compose the exe- cutive committee. THREE AVIATORS OF BRITISH AREDROWNED Berlin, Jan. 30.—German officials today claim that three of the seven British aviators who bombed Ostend and Zeebrigee, have been drowned in the Straits of Dover. The British squadron was engaged by German airmen and fled seaward, where one ship dropped. SIMMS TO BATTLE FRONT William Phillip Simms, staff cor- respondent of the United Press and the Daily Pioneer, left Paris this af- ternoon for the battle front, going at the invitation of the Belgiah gov- ernment, being the only American correspondent invited. He had for- merly been sent an invitation by the French government. APPEAL FOR 3,000 SHILLINGS Johannesburg, - Jan. 30. — The Leader issued on, appeal for 3,000 shillings in order to present a char- ger to General Botha. Subscriptions received within a few hours exceeded the amount required. They were re- stricted to a shilling each and con- fined to residents in the Rand. SCOOP THE CUB REPORTER 13,000,000 NEN ON BATTLEFIELD IN All Nations Now at War Feel Strain of Supplying Equipment for Vast Armies at Front. EAST TO SEE BITTER FIGHTING Germany Able to Meet Kitchener’s New Army of 1,000,000 Man for ‘Man—Fewer Men for Defense. (By J. W. T. Mason) New York, Jan. 30.—Next week will seé the first units of the new army that have completed their six months’ training. move to the front in preparation for the second defense phase of the war. How the propor- tion of fighting strength will result when both sides have ccmpleted their reinforcing movement, can only be roughly approximated. The basic munitions. All three nations at war are feeling the strain of supplying the enormous quantities of war sup- plies that the armies demand and all have more men than equipment. The problem of estimating what the new fighting strength of the rival forces -will be in the spring is there- fore complicated by the inability of the world’s war factories to keep up the killing pace of the battle field. Issued Last Month. The only official figures of present combatants are those issued by the French war office last month, which gave - 2,236,000 as the German strength in the west, and 924,000 as the German strength in the east. Both English and French official reports have confessed that the German west- ern armies are numerically stronger than the allies, but not how much stronger. The London war offices, however, have announced there are now four English armies in France. The strength of the British army| probably .is two army corps of 35,000 men each. This would mdke the British strength on the continent 280,000. It is possible that Belgium has been able to replace casualties to the. extent. _of. keeping:...up--their strength ~to 000:< The ~French strength cannot be greater than 1,- 000,000 because of the equipment problem and may not be as much as this. Is 200,000 Less. Therefore, the western armies have now ' 2,033,000 troops,. or fully equipped 200,000 less than the Ger- man strength in the west. Kitchener’s new army of 1,000,000 men ought to be fully equipped by spring, but it is impossible that the French will be.able to add greatly to their own forces. Filling the de- pleted French ranks have undoubted- 1y made heavy demands upon France’s trained men. The French forces probably cannot be increased more than 200,000 by spring, making the total number of the alhes in the west, 3,300,000. Man for Man. It is reasonable to assume that Germany can meet this new force man for man. But it will not be necessary for her to do this, if a pure- ly defensive campaign is decided up- on, since the allied forces have been able to hold their own with numer- ical inferiority. Germany will prob- ably consider her capable of meeting the allies’ 3,300,000 with no more than 3,000,000. The spring campaign in the west may see practically 6,000,000 men pitted against each other. The eastern situation may develop so as to compell Germany to deplete still further her - western fighting force, and this is the unknown part of the problem. To Total 13,000,000. To Germany’s eastern strength, 924,000 must be added, probably 1,- 500,000 Austrians, making a total of 2,424,000. Russia has approximately the same. Germany and Austria may be able to raise their strength by spring. Whether this can be sur- passed by Russia is improbable, but the matter is uncertain. If the Slavs *sibly 500,000 mo; SPRINGCAMPAIGN Ibe a total ot 5,6,?00 men on the /| eastera’ bndt}v lln(; £ axcluding tha ‘Turkish and Servi wm he under omplete total of Ting may see all | ximately 13,000,~ arms there. Thi | fighting men this at the front, app: 000. Commmm Club Will Have Session On Wednudly, Evening. e Beoguee of the }‘l‘homn Brooks Fletcher lecture Which takes place in the auditorium the Methodist church Tuesday ev? g, the meeting Lof the Commercial ¢lub which was to take place at that time has been post- poned until Wedne: night. Much interest is being taken in'the Fletcher lecture and it is ‘eXpected that the church will be crowded. WILL PRINT GREAT SERIAL At Considerable Expense Pioneer Se- cures Permission t??ublnh Flem- ing Wilson’s “Master Key.” PICTURE SHQWN: AT GRAND “The Master Key.” A great story and:a wonderful mo- tion picture. Bemidji is to have’both in the near future. At a largeigxpense the Pio- neer has secured permission to print John Fleming Wilson’s famous story in serial form, the/first installment appearing next Fflday, and others following each Friday, until - the book has been completed. It is one of the most: thrillilg and realistic stories ever written.:” > On each Monday the/Grand theater will produce in motion pictures, two- reel episodes, “The Master Key,” the same portion of tle: story being thrown on the screen.as told in the Pioneer story.of the: previous Friday. C. J. Woodmansee, ‘manager of the Grand, has endeavored to secure the film for some time and finally was able to «close a contract, at a big ex- pense. 3 % John Fleming Wilson is one of the best writers of ‘fiction of our present day and that Robert Leonard and Ella Hall, the. Universal Film ivho company stars, Jleading roles. are.twonof ihe. stars in screendo Mr. Wilson is ‘too well known for comment on his work. He is noted as a writer of fiction which is un- surpassed for realism. Some of lusx better known works are: “The Land | Claimers Across the Latitude,” “The Man. Who Came Back,” and “Princess of Sorry Valley.” 'In the ‘“Master Key,” however, he claims he has ac- complished the height of his ambi- tion. -~ PLAYTWU GAMES TONIGHT Pine River Will Meet “Big Bemidg” On Basketball Floor and Camp- Fire Girls Oppose All-Stars. play the INTERESTING: CONTESTS ASSURED Much interest has been aroused. among Bemidji basketball fans over the game which is to be played be- tween “Big Bemidg” and Pine River at the Armory this evening. Pine River comes'to Bemidji con- fident of taking the measure of “Big Bemidg,” having challenged the lo- cals following the game of two weeks ago, when the Cass county ag- gregation was defeated in a nip-and- tuck game by but ome point, the score being 18 to 19. Bemidji’s strongest line-up will be in the game this evening and with the teamplay of the last few games showing marked improvement the contest should be a hummer. But the Pine River game will not be the only drawing feature of the evening for there is to be a game between two girl teams, the Camp- Fire and All- Stars. Both teams have geveral excellent players and the con- test is expected to be close. iprohibitionist, and that ENTIRE TREATY [ONETOBECLOSED IS NOW CLAIMED _|Action of Government Authorities In- dicates All Saloons in Territory ¥ Will Be Included. MORE ORDERS TO COME SO000N Believed That Cato Sells, With Power to Do So, Will Eventually Order “Lid” for Hibbingand Chisholr. As the attitude of the Indian de- partment in regard to the enforce- ment of the provisions of the 185% treaty is scrutinized, it becomes more and more apparent that it is the in- tention of the government to close every saloon in the territory in- cluded, say those who ¢laim to know. ‘With the return of Henry A. Lar- son, chief special agent, to Bemidji, orders were at once served on'all sa- loons in three places to close, fol- lowing closely upon the establish- ment of the “lid” at Remer and Shov- el Lake. Three More to Go. That the saloons at Big Falls, Gemmell and Mizpah - are doomed seems certain now that Northome has been ordered to close. With the ex- ception of these three places no sa- loons are pow in operation in the treaty territory north of Bemidji. Has the Authority. In addition to the fact that the agents are continually extending the dry zone of the territory, comes the knowledge that Cato Sells, Commis- sioner of Indian Affairs, is a strict with the power to close all of fhe more than 250 saloons of the territory, it*is not probable that he will allow the op- portunity to pass unheeded. It is understood that more closing orders will be served in various parts of the treaty zone within the next week, and Grand Rapids, the town which has caused the agents more or less trouble by the careless selling of intoxicants, is atmost certain to be included, while Hibbing and Chisholm have no reason to believe that fl:ey will-not receive the “}id."” Gagnon Once More. Frank Gagnon, known as “Spider,” who two weeks ago promised the In- dian officers that his soft drink “par- lor” would be entirely free from li- quor in the future, was “caught with the goods” again last evening. Chief Larson and Special Officers Brandt and Carson visited Gagnon’s place early last evening and in a thorough search found more than four gallons of whisky, most of it being discovered in secluded places. The officers call- ed at Gagnon’s place Thursday night, but made no investigation. This is the third time during the past few weeks that whisky has been found at Gagnon’s. May Again Be Stayed. The restraining order of the Be- midji Brewing company, which was to have been argued before Judge Stanton on January 11, but was stay- ed until February 1, is likely to again be continued. Judge Marshall A. Spooner, attorney for the Brewery company, today said thiat another stipulation will probably be agreed to. The restraining order prevents the government from in any manner interfering with property of the Brewery company. ROBBERS ESCAPE WITH $50,000 AS PRIZE New York, Jan. 30.—Four auto- mobile bandits this afternoon entered the pawnshop of Adolph Stans, bound and gagged the three office clerks and escaped with $50,000, E. W. Russell of Duluth transacted business in Bemidji today. Mr. Rus- sell expects to spend part of the sum- mer at Lake Bemidji, and stated to- day that if summer cottage accommo- dations were good, a large number of Mold can be removed from wall families from that vicinity ~would do not more than equal the strength | paper with one part of salicylic acid spemi at least a part of the summer Iof the Teutonic alliance, there will to four of alcohol. N x \\W\\ here‘ BN TH DICKENS DIDNT. 57 HOWM T GONNG T NUH KEEP A LOOK OUT £ L 00KOUT 14 BAGK wii: BACK-BosS ? Star Center Will mengthen Bemdji Five i i Oswego Games. Al Von, of Minneapolis, undoubt- edly the best basketball center in the northwest and who in the series just completed ‘between the Oswego, New York, team, and the Minneapolis As- censions, completely outplayed . the famous Grimstad, will wear a “Big Bemidg” uniform in the Oswego series of next week. Von while in Bemidji - | several weeks ago expressed himseif as desiring an opportunity to play in Bemidji and the fans here are anx- ious that he come. The addition of Von will greatly strengthen the Be- midji quint and should make the Os- wego series of much interest. In or- der that the heavy guarantee of the Oswego series may be met, tickets admitting a person to all three games will be sold at one dollar each and they have already been placed on sale at Netzer’s, Barker’s, Gust Brown’s, City Drug Store and the Pioneer. PROGRAM MUCH ENJOYED High School Literary Society Enter— tained I.lrge Number Yelter(hy Afterncon—Farce Was Good. CANDY SALE WAS BIG SUCCESS With a large number of visitors present and a splendid program ar- ranged, the High school literary so- ciety gave a most successful enter- tainment in the large assembly hall yesterday afternoon. The feature of the program was a farce, “An Obstinate Family,” in which six students took part. The other numbers were unusually good. The following program was given: Piano solo. .Miss Margaret. Anderson Current events—Carrie Brown, Har- old Swisher and Ardythe Schroeder Story—“A Shaker Romance”—Told by -Miss Mildred Achenbach Vocal solo——: . .Miss Jane Hayner Farce....... “An Obstinate Family” Cast of Characters. James, the Butler. Lloyd Tanner Lucy, the Maid. .Ella Anderson Mrs. Harford ......Dolly Koors Mr. Harford Herbert Warfield | Mrs. Harwood: Mr. Harwood. -Harold White Following the program, the girls}' of the junior class held a candy sale and secured over twenty dollars which will be used to entertain the seniors at the close of the school term. BRITISH CRUISER SHELLS TURKS AT SUEZ CANAL Athens, Jan. 30.—A British cruiser today shelled a force of Turks work- ing along the Suez canal, the losses being large. The Turks attempted an attack at Birhelfi, but were forced to retire. RUSSIANS NEAR TABRIZ Petrograd, Jan. 30.—It is stated at ‘war headquarters here today that the Russians have routed the Turks sixty miles from Tabriz and that their tréops are now within eighteen miles of that place. Some claim that Ta- briz, capital of the Persian province of Aserbijan, is already occupied by the Russians. HOLLAND SHIPS GARDENS HERE San Francisco, Jan. 30.—Ten car- loads of rhododendrens, clipped coni- fers and bulbs for the Panama-Pa- cific International exposition have just arrived here from Holland. This is the third large shipment from the, Netherlands, and will complete ;he beautiful Holland gardems. It in- cludes cone-bearing trees of more than a dozen species, 700 rhododend- rons of different varieties and many rare sorts of mangolia, holly, acubus, and smaller shrubs. Many of the conifers have been clipped and train- ed into fantastic shapes, ‘monuments, globes, corkscrews, birds and pagodas. By “HOP" Jeanette Stechman |’ SPEND’$549 162 FOR NEW I)ITCHB% g Contracts Wm Be Let Next w&h for Construction of More Than Two Hundred l(ilu of Drains, TO BENEFIT 261,384 ACRES Representative Béasette Proposes Plan Which Would Solve the State Drainage Problem. Contracts calling for the expend- iture of more than half a million dollars will be let in Koochiching county next week for judicial diteh construction. The contracts will in- clude ditches No. 14, No. 17, No. 18 and No. 20. According to O. L. Dent, referee in ditch matters, a large number of contractors will bid for the jobs and the competition will be keen. Es- timates on the’cost of the gomstruec- tion of the four projecis total $549,- 762 and the drains, in all, will be about 211 miles long. One 100 Miles Long. One of Yhe ditches, No. 18, will be built at a cost of approximately $280,484 and will be 101 miles long; No. 14 will be-53.6 miles long, the estimated cost being $135,929; No. 17 will be 37.5 miles long, the esti- mated cost being $86,908, while No. 20 will be twenty miles ‘long and will’cost about $46,369. The total number of acres to be benefited by the completion’ of the ditches will number 261,384, while the cost of construction will total $549,762. A. A. Andrews of Bemidji, repre- sents the petitions in all four in- stances, and E. W. Kibbey is the en- gineer. Funds for Drainage. Representative Fred Bessette of Orr, St. Louis county, as a result of close study of the drainage problem, has evolved a plan, which took the form of a biH introduced in the house recently, under which a tevolving fund for drainage of state lands can be created without any expense to the’state funds whatever. ; In:the-past all state drainage haa been provided for by appropriations out.of the general revenue fund; and it has been a hard fight every time to induce the legislature to appro- priate the money needed to carry on drainage work. Despite the argument that drain- age appropriations are not expenses but investments returning a profit, it has always been uphill work get- ting the necessary drainage appro- priations from the legislature. Under the plan proposed by Mr. Bessette, it will be possible to pro- vide ample funds for drainage pur- poses-without making any appropria- * tions whatever. Revolving Fund Planned. The plan to provide, by an amend- ment to existing laws proposed in the bill which Mr. Bessette has = pre- pared, that the cost of draining state lands already drained and now on the market, when the lands are sold, shall be urned into a drainage re- volving fund. ‘While it is impossible to figure precisely what the fund thus .pro- such as vided for will amount to, from the state records now available, it is es- timated that fully $150,000 can be secured for this purpose from the lands the state proposes to sell dur- ing the present year. The state will offer for sale during 1915 about 185,000 acres of land. About 75,000 acres of this land have been drained by direct appropria- tions. The state auditor’s report shows that, while drainage costs on an average about $2 per acre, lands appraised at $5 to $7 per acre have, after being drained, been sold at $9.50 to $29 per acre. Allowing only an increase of $2 per acre on the 75,000 acres of drain- ed land to be sold this year, the drainage revolving fund would- be started with $160,000; and subse- fund. Would Benefit Largely. As drainage not only benefits the submerged land that is drained, but also by opening up the submerged lands makes it possible to reach the higher land beyond it, this plan will ‘work out incalculable benefits in' the development of the sfate’s idle acres. NOT NEGOTIABLE SECURITY Amsterdam, Jan. 30.—The much advertised German war loan appar- ently is not looked upon as a nego- tiable security by the German gov- ernment. According to the Frank: furter Zeitung, a Berlin judge in t! Landed Estate Court refused to #c- cept. bail offered in five per cent bonds of the war loan, on'the ground that the Prussian High court has de- cided that such war loan bonds were not permissable as bail, as those se- curities were not included in ' th atock exchange quotations. . quent years’ sales would increase the .