Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 3, 1915, Page 1

J - VOLUME 18, NO. 54. STORY OF AIRCRAFT | o o ATTACK ONDUNKIRK | coaee e, Ve 1s. | HAS BEEN SOUNDED|l Qur Sle, IS TOLD BY WOMAN|, 2o o eiweee | /et o e eromace s Mary Rhinehart, American Writer, Has Thrilling Experience—Saw German Bombs Fall. HID IN DANGEROUS PARLOR Believed Morning Chimes Was Warn- ing of Dreaded Zeppelin Approach —Shoe Shining Brings Relief. | — Following is the fourth of a series of stories from the Bel- gian battle front, written by William Phillip Simms, who was invited by the Belgian staff to visit the Belgian lines. By WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS. Dunkirk.— (By Mail to New York.) —Mrs. Mary Robert Rhinehart, American writer of mystery stories, humerous sketches, magazine arti- cles and books, landed here one af- ternoon recently in search of war ad- ventures. A few hours later before the feeling of the ship’s motion had worn off, 14 German aeroplanes cir- cled over her hotel and dropped bombs over her. Here is her story: “I had just landed and settled my- self comfortably at the hotel when the fun started. I was finishing din- ner about 9 o’clock, I should say, when the fog siren in the lighthouse began blowing and the alarm bell in the old tower around the corner from the hotel told of the presence of the German aircraft. Whether aero- planes or Zeppelins, was not known from the alarm. Then the first bomb fell. Afterwards I discovered that of the civilians I was practically alone in the dining room. And I did not remain long. A Belgian officer recommended that I sit in the hotel second-floor lobby. Crash of a Bomb. “This part of the hotel had the virtue of being situated several floors from the roof and at least one room removed from the street.- So I got in a corner. A candle was placed on the little front table in front sf me, but the light it gave only em- phasized the gloom. Then all at once came.thie ter}flfle ciashiot a Ger- man bomb. . I Wfls not at all happy. This was my initiation of being un- der fire. I like adventure, but I would rather be eased into it. Plung- ed like this is always upsetting. “There was a handful of people where I was. I don’t know mor never have discovered where the oth- ers disappeared to. I do hear, how- ever, that the hotel cellar is a large one. 1 remember one man, a civil- ian. He came up holding candles in both hands. Approaching an officer he inquired in a shaky voice if there I (Continued on last page.) HAS EDUCATIONAL VALUE Persons Gain Much That is Practic- able by Becoming Familiar With One’s Library—Our Bible Offer. MAY BE USED FOR REFERENCE Few there are who realize the ex- tensive knowledge that can be gained through an occasional reference to what might be termed commonplace books. There is probably not a fam- ily in Bemidji that does not posscss at least one.such volume that is sel- dom referred to, or that is possibly concealed in some hiding place where it is not even seen, except at such times as there is a general house- cleaning. Run over these books in your own home. Doubtless you have a copy of the Bible. Do you ever re- fer to it as a historical work or as a work of reference? You know Abra- ham Lincoln said: ‘“No library is complete without two certain books— the Bible and Shakespeare; hardly a quotation used in literature that is not taken from one of these works,” and Lincoln was a self-educated man —a man of practical learning, whose words of wisdom will be handed down to posterity. The Bible thus becomes 2 work of more than ordinary educational value to the everyday citizen; to men and women, boys and girls, old and young alike. The. Pioneer is now offering | the New Illustrated Bible, a volume that is unique in that it completely illustrates the subject which each picture accompanies. The illustra- tions alone cost $60,000. It is possi- ble to embellish a book without ac- tually illustrating it. This Bible i§ not merely embellished; it is truly and accurately illustrated. Bibles there are containing pictures; none other in which the individual texts are actually illuminated, 'as though by the touch of inspiration. Comparison- is impossible, for " this new Bible stands alone—there is no other of its kind. Therefore, praise (Continuea on-1ast page). Other | amination here, at the. City hall, on ‘March 13, for the purpose of finding men who are qualifféd to hold posi- tions as forest rangers or patrolmen. The applicant must be 18 and not more than 40 years of age. . The po- sitions call for hard work and stren- uous life, but it will be in the woods and should appeal to every young man. He should, but it is not neces- sary, to have some knowledge of woodcraft. Lafe Johnson, the local ranger, will have charge of the ex- aminations. Those who passed the examinations a year ago need mnot take them again. 5,000 Copyright 1915, United Press. Copyrighted in Great Britian. Paris, March 3.—“Germany’s doom has been sounded. The allies have = . answered to inhuman warfare with a m death stroke,” declared Victor Aug- nauger, French minister, in an exclu- sive interview to the United Press to- day. “Not another ship will' reach Germany-if we can help it, and I think we can.” STADSVOLD TO REFEREE. S 5 Woman’s Study Club Arranges for Former University Star to Officiate at| Series of Redpath: um Enter- Bemidji-Aitkin Game. tainments—Fletohet. to_Return, ONE- MORE BREWERY LEFT Perham Beer Manufacturing Estab- lishment May Suspend Business Following Action of Yesterday. CLOSED TERRITORY EXTENDED At Perham, in Ottertail county, a brewery is being operated. Perham is within the territory known as the Indian treaty zone, coming under the provisions of the now famous treaty of 1855. This brewery is the only one in the territory now doing business and it seems probable that the manufacture of the amber fluid will be suspended following the action by officers of the government here yesterday when 720 barrels of beer, valued at $4,500, were destroyed. It seems that the Perham brewery has received no order to discontinue business from the government. In this city the brewery management was directed to stop selling at the same time the saloons were ordered closed. Protected by a restraining order, issued preliminary to an anticipated injunction, sev- eral carloads of beer were shipped outside the district. The company found it impossible to dis- pose of the remaining stock on hand, and the injunction suit was dropped, letting down the bars for the agents. It grows more evident that the loon in the territory, for orders .are ‘being served in various parts of the zone from time to time. TURKS REPULSE ATTACKS OF ALLIES AT BULAIR (United Press) Berlin, March 3.—Dispatches re- ceived here from Constantinople tell of a repulse of allies’ attempt to take a Turkish island near Bulair. A British battleship and several small- er vessels shelled the island of Caros for several hours, but the Turks re- plied effectively and prevented an at- tempt to send a lang party ashore. Warships were strongly opposed up- on the European side of the Dardan- elles. The admiralty denies that an Austrian fleet movement is being made toward the Dardenelles to as- sist the Turkish fleet. GIVEN SIXTY DAYS. Nymore Lad is Sentenced to County Jail by His Father. Irving Nye, son of Justice of the Peace Willis Nye, of Nymore, was brought to Bemidji yesterday after- noon from Grand Rapids by Deputy Sheriff George Denley and arraigned before his father on a charge of sell- ing a borrowed' gun. He was sen- tenced to sixty days in the county jail. The boy, who is twenty years old, was recently released from the Itasca county jail, where he had been held thirty days on a charge of using drugs. HEAR TAP LINE CASE. ‘Washington, March 3.—The Inter- state Commerce commission today re- opened hearings on the ‘“tap line cases.” These involve charges allow- ed to short railroad lines, connecting industrial plants with main line rail- government intends to close svery sa- {3 toiwhich will have thelargest dele- Fancis “Doby” Stadsvold of Foss- ton, former Minnesota university |3 OTHER FEATU!.I Aflmmonfl basketball star, will referee the Be- midji-Aitkin game in this city Sat- urday evening. Aitkin defeated Wa- dena last Saturday evening and has gained a position among the best quints in the district. On. Friday evening Aitkin will play at Little Falls and on Saturday the trip to Be- midji will be made. Should Aitkin be defeated at Little Falls and Be- midji it is probable that a contest will be played on a neutral floor be- tween these two teams. As the tour- nament at Carleton will be held on March 19 and 20, only a short time remains to decide as to the cham- s So successful and appreciated have{ been the Redpath Lycelim Bureau en- tertainments in Bemid)i during the past two years that fhe Woman's Study club has afrapged another series for the winter-of 1915-16, the contract being sighed: yesterday. The course will be iopened by the Weatherwax Brothers with an instru- mental and song qfil tte, which is considered one of !he,most popular numbers on the Rq,dpgl:h bill today. Following this will ‘be ‘a dramatic lecture by -Adrian Newens, “The | Messags From Mars Succeeds Mrs. l(ccm as Head of Public Libnry Board. | Mrs. A. A. Warfleld was elected president of the Bemidji Public Li- brary board at the annual meeting held yesterday, succeeding Mrs. T. A. McCann. "Mrs. L. H. Bailey, wio succeeds Mrs. McCann as a member of the board, was named secretary. Miss Beatrice Mills, the efficient li- brarian, was reappointed. The com- mittees named at the meeting are the following: Book purchasing, Mrs. A. A. Warfield, W.-P. Dyer and Mrs. L. H. Bailey; house and grounds, W. N. Bowser and Willlam McCuaig. The members -of the library -board are, Mesdames A. A. Warfield, L. H. Bailey and Messrs. W. P. Dyer, W. N. ‘Bowser and Mayor William McCuaig. Offers to Bufld Summer Hostelry for /Tourists Costing Ten Thousand Dollars on Loan Proposition. WILL PERSONALLY EXPERD $2000 Notes in Denomination of $250 Each Will: Be Sold—Located on Beau- tiful Birchmont Beach. Business men of Bemidji are en- thusisastic over a summer hotel plan as outlined by George Cochran in a proposition which he submitted at the meeting of the Merchants’ asso- ciation Tuesday afternoon. The plan, the second of Mr. Cochran, provides for the building of the hotel on a subscription loan basis, notes in de- nominations of $250 each, up to $10,- 000, being sold. Already more than one-third of the amount has been sub- scribed and the success of the plan is practically assured. Much Interest Shown. No sooner had the proposition of Mr. Cochran become known than a large number of the business men urged that immediate action be takerf | Frank Bertram against the Northern and before leaving the Commercia! | Pacific railroad company. The twelve club rooms $3,500 had been sub-|men had been in deliberation for scribed. = more than sixteen hours and had The plan is to secure in these| ailed to arrive at a verdiet. JUDGE DISCHARGES JURY After Deliberation of 16 Hours Judge Wright Believed No Verdict Could Be Reached in Bertram Case. MAISH SUIT NOW ON TRIAL Judge B. F. Wright this morning pions. The local five may be weak- ened in this week’s games by the loss ‘of Cameron, who may be -unable to enter the contests. Captain John- son, forward, will also be handicap- ped by an injury received in prac- tice. Nnmher thzee wilk-be the popular Thomas - Brooks El;fibar in “Trage- dies of the Unprepnfed It was Mr. Fletcher who made #uch a big hit in . Bemidjt last month pnfl he will un-| doubtedIy prove thm drawing card of the course. &t The final entert;lnment will be MUCH INTEREST IS SHOWN |51 o e A oach company ot six people, persenting _“In the Hearts of the Immigrant,” depicting the na- tions in costumes. | The musfc: with Expected That Record Attendance|inis fenture entertain; Will Be Had at Farmers’ Institute |to be of the best. 7 Many . of the members of the club of Next Saturday. dislike the idea of selling tickets and it has been snggeated that slips be ! CLUB COMPETITION .IS KEEN |passed out at the last entertainment of this season whie swill be given March 15, and thosé Who desire tick- With competition keen between the |ets for the coming eow-gg “80 ‘éxpress varioys Farmers’ clubs of the county |themselves. 1t is the sentlmem o! the mnjomy gation at the. Farmers’ Institute of of our c'ltizgng that it Jaf. th next-Saturday; T8 expectst THAL fpm e S s meeting Will be the largest ever held. | cess and most of them are of the Several of the clubs are urging |opinion that Thomas Brooks Fletch- their members to attend and already |er’s lecture.is worth more than the the prize of $5 which is being of-|price asked for the entire series. fered for the largest delegation is|With -Mr.. Fletcher on the bill the claimed by two organizations. coming year, there can be little doubt An excellent program has been ar-as to the outcome ot the ticket sale. AUSTRIAN LOSSES TOTAL The meetmg wm be called to order at 11 o’clock Saturday morning in the assembly room of the high school building. A count of the people from each township will be taken and W. A. McKerrow will talk on “Dairy and Live Stock Associations.” There will be music at both morn-| Petrograd, ~March 3.—Austrian ing and afternoon sessions. At noon [losses of killed, wounded and made a free dinner will be served by the|prisoners, totaling :more than 10,- girls of the domestic science class, |000, is the result of flerce fighting financed by the Bemidji Merchants’|in the Carpathians and Eastern Ga- association. licia,’say official dispatches this after- In the afternoon another count will {noon. The Austrians brought their be taken and E. A. Barker, president | heavy artillery into play by shelling of the Merchants” association, will|the Bukowina capitol at long range. talk. “How Can We Help Make Be- |Combined Austro-German forces were midji a Town of 25,000 in 1925?” |routed at three distinct points in the will be the topic of an address to|Carpathians and Galician fighting. be given by Dan Gray, a farmer re-|South of Ducla Pass nearly an entire siding south of this city. This will |army corps delivered a massed at- be followed by an address by H. E.|tack upon several regiments south of Reynolds, on “Does the City of Be-|Messonlo.. The. Russians shelled the midji Effect Land Values?” E: C.|enemy, driving them back. Stiles will read a report on the con- ditions of the Bemidji creamery. One of the interesting features of the meeting will be the organization of a Dairy Breeders’ association. (United Press) HOLD FUNERAL TOMORROW. Prominent Ohio l’odge Man Dies Fol- - -lowing Long Ilness. OPPOSE COUNTY DIVISION. The funeral of J. H. Miller, 60, (United Press} who died at his home, 1201. Park . St. Paul, March 3.—Two hundred |avenue, yesterday, will be held from business men from Virginia, Hibbing | the First Methodist church tomorrow and other range towns and Duluth, |afternoon at:2 o’clock, Rev. Charles arrived here this morning. They |Gilman officiating. will appear at the hearing this after-|to Bemidji last fall tl"am Ohio, in noon to protest against the proposed | which state he was supreme director division of St. Louis county. Eighteen |of the M. B. A. lodge, for his health, attorneys of range towns favoring|being a victim of tuberculosis, In- the division, are also in attendance. |terment will be made in Greenwood i 10,000 AT CARPATHIANS |, Mr. Miller came Those present here today attended a|cemetery. The ‘Masonic nn_d M. B. meeting of the Commercial club m‘.'A lodges will be in charge of the fu- roads. SCOO THE CUB REPORTER WHILE T GOT TH LIL LAD OUT FOR, SOME. FRESH AIR-TM GOING TO Duluth last evening at which the 'neral. Mr. Miller is survived by his matter was discussed pro and con. . wife and several children. It's Hard To Hold Down Two ,of 39 to 25 voted to repeal the Elwell ; loans $10,000, the entire amount to| Bertram asked damages to.the ex- be used in the erection of a summer |tent of $3,600 for injuries alleged to ‘hotel and cottages with accommoda- |be permanent and claimed to have tions for 100 guests at Birchmont | been received in a freight car when Beach, Mr. Cochran’s beautiful head |a horse was thrown on him: jof the lake property.. Mr. Cochran ‘The attention of the court is now further agrees to spend $2,000 cash |taken up in the trial of the case of in the proposition during the pres- | Martha Mafsh against George New- ent year. The notes will draw six |ton. Mrs. Maish asks $2,000 dam- per cent interest, payable semi-an-|ages because of injuries received by nually, and will mature $2,500 an-|her husband in the saloon of Newton nually, beginning Sepembter 1, 1916. |at Funkley, it being alleged that Should sufficient subscribers be se- Newton, on October 23, 1914, gold ii- rured to cover the $10,000, and it |quor to one Ed Smith, knowing the now seems that this will be done|latter to be intoxicated. In a row within the next several days, the|that followed Smith is claimed to money must be available not later |have struck Sherman Maish, the hus- than the first of next month. band of the plaintiff in the case now These Have Subscribed. on trial, breaking his jaw. Those who subscribed Tuesday The plaintiff claims that the in- Were: jury brought about permanent in- Northern National Bank injuries and prevented Maish from White and' Brooks . . ... qontribufing to }he support of his st National Bank ... $250 250 . 250 Plummer,. e 250 bondsmen for Newton, ‘are aliso”de- E. -A. Barkers ...... 250 | fendants in the case. The Newton BE. F. Netzer .. 2 250 | saloon is now closed. F. 8 Lycan . 250 F. G. T B ~ Koors Bros. Co. . az0|LOWER HOUSE PASSES J. K. Given . . 260 atn Bros. .. 0| REFERENDUM BILL B. M. Gile 250 C. M. Bacon ................ 260 (Unitea Press) St. Paul, March 3.—By a vote of 100 to. 12:the house of representa- tives passed the bill makipg the ini- tiative and referendum operative in the state of Minnesota. If the sen- ate passes the bill it will go before the voters again at the next general election. The present measure pro- vides that amendments to the con- stitition may be made on introduc- tion of petmonu signed by ten per The Need of a Hotel. Bemidji's greatest need for a sum- mer hotel grows more evident each year and hundreds of letters like the following are.received. The ‘letter was written by a young woman in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was addressed to the Markham Summer resort, Be- midji: ‘“What would be your -price for room and board for four young ladies, discharged the jury. in the case of | BONI) ISSUE BOARD. EETS TOMORROW Seven Men Named to Investigate Ad- visability of Plasing Proposition Before Voters of Bemid, lji OFFICERS TO ASGIST Object Will Be to Bring About Special Election for Purpose of Retiring Outstanding Warrants. CITY Seven residents and taxpayers of Bemidji have been selected by Frank- -|S. Lycan, president of the council, as members of the Bond -Issue com- mittee, and it will be their duty to investigate the condition of the city’s finances and report at the next meet- ing of the council as to the advisa- bility of holding a special election for the purpose of voting on a bond issue. On the. committee a taxpayer of each ward is given a place, one mem- ber of the Commercial club, one mem- ber of the Merchants’ association and cne member of the council. These comprise the committee: Kenneth McIver—First Ward. David Gill—Second Ward. Edward Jackson—Third Ward. Fred Brinkman—Fourth Ward. B. W. Lakin—Commercial club. E. A. Barker—Merchants’ associa- tion. ¥. 8. Lycan—Council. Will Meet Tomorrow. The first meeting of the commit- tee, the formation of which was au- therized by the couneil, will be held hall at 8 o’clock tomorrow evening; One of the chief reasons for the voting on a bond issue is to secure money with which to retire be- tween $40,000 and $50,000 in war- rants which have been issued, caus- ing several funds to be considerably overdrawn. - As the “condition now exists a discount of ten per cent is charged for every warrant issued by the city. Officers to Assist.. Rhea, treasurer, and George Stein, clerk, will act as members ex-oficia tl}e gatherjng of facts’ ,'flmen which-will ‘be-necessary {n-sscertain: ing the true. condition of the cflyl finances. TOWN MOVES ON ELECTION DAY Bokoshe, Okla., March 3.—The town of Milton, Okla., a Socialist col- ony a few miles from here, today was virtually moved to Bokoshe in: order that the paid-up stockholders of the Socialist colony might vote in their city election to the exclusion of the non-paid-up stockholders. Voters are given their - ballots after having shown their credentials, nroving their assessments paid. JOHNSON IS BOUND OVER two months, July and August, next summer? We could occupy two rooms. “Will you please tell about your summer resort, what its attractions and advantages are and if it is good for hay fever? ? “If you have a picture of the place and any advertising matter, please send it to us. Have you a piano, a good bathing beach, good fishing and are’ boats furnished or charged for| - extra?” . s The subscription committee, which is now at work, comprises A. A. War- field, E. A. Barker and Harry Reyn- olds. cent of the voters of the state scat- tered throughout ten counties. Rep- resentative Pendergast voted for the measure. GIBBONS BEATS M'GOORTY. St. Paul Phantom is Too Clever for Oshkosh Fighter. Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul phan- tom, last niglit demonstrated his su- periority over Eddie McGoorty, the pride of Oshkosh, in a ten-round bout before' the Hudson,’ Wisconsin, Ath- letic club. At no time was the Wis- consin man dangerous and. from the tap of the gong there was action un- til the end of the tenth round. Eddie was a willing mixer and when they came together it a was slash, slam and bang, so that it was impossible to distinguish the blows, so fast were they landed. Excepting for the ninth, the rest of the rounds went to Gib- bons.. In the fifth, the speed of the St. Paul “Phantom” seemed to trouble McGoorty, who missed repeatedly in his efforts to land a telling blow. Gibbons shone éven brighter in the (Continued on last page). By “HOP" STATEMENT OF FLOUR ASKED. (United Press) Berlin, March 3.—Householders of Berlin were this afternoon ordered by the government to furnish state- ments of amount of flour they had on hand. The order says that ' a statement must be made immediately. VOTE TO REPEAL LAW." * The senate this afternoon by a vote road law. Jobs At Once HAVE (T DONE N AB AN HOR, : Bagley Hotel Man, Accused of Intro- .ducing Liquor Into Indian Terri- tory, Waives Examination. J. GARRITY ARRAIGNED TODAY J. E. Johnson, proprietor of the Clearwater hotel at Bagley, who was arrested a week ago on a charge of introducing intoxicating liquors into Indian territory, contrary to the pro- visions of the Indian treaty of 1865, was arraigned before Judge H. A. Simons, United States commissioner, yesterday afternoon and waived pre- liminary hearing. His bonds were fixed at $1,600 and he will appear at the term of the Federal court which convenes &t Fergus Falls on May- 4. His bonds- men were G. P. Jones of Bagley and Erik E. Lindom of Neving. Johnson ig accused of shipping M- quor into the territory. He has been reported on several occasions as being the operator of a “blind pig,” but the authorities have had trouble in se- curing necessary evidence to convict. This afternoon, a man giving his name as John Garrity, will be ar- raigned before Judge Simons. He was arrested ‘at Deer River yester- day on a charge of introducing M- quor into Indian territory. Decorate Council Chambers. Garry Brennan, who was Monday night elected as janitor and driver of the auto fire truck, has already assumed his new duties in earnest and today the police headquarters- and council chambers are undergoing a thorough cleaning. The woodwork ‘will be repnimed and the rooms re- No Game Tor 5 There will be no _game here this evcnmx, the onnt&! in the council chambers of the City. #i wmlum McCuaig, - mayor, Gaor(g.. of the committee and will sasist 4o . b :