Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 27, 1915, Page 1

= | | L VOLUME 13, NO. 127. LACK OF CARE BRINGS DEATH. 10 7, "USANDS Eada /‘39/ X Typhus Victims and ‘¢ , diers Lie in Camps of Se. & out Proper Medical Atte.. ~d Sol- ‘th- HUNDREDS ARE DYING DAL :f‘the presentation of diplomas. Situation Without Parallel—Physic- ians Die While @iving Aid—Ap- peal is Made for Material, By HENRY WOOD. Nish, Serbia, April 24.—(By mail to New York.)—Fifty thousand ty- phus victims and wounded soldiers lie in hospitals and isolation camps in Serbia today without even a bed or cheap mattress to ease their suf- fering, stretching out on the ground or the hard floor. Their condition is shocking. Thousands of thpse diseased sufferers are still clothed in the same germ-infested garments they wore when they were first brought in. There is nothing here to replace them. Hundreds of fever patients are dying daily from lack of thermom- eters to ascertain the seriousness of their condition. There is a crying need for gauze for the wounded, for clean clothing for the typhus vie- tims, for beds, for mattresses, for blankets, for all sorts of medical supplies and surgical instruments— for the simplest thing that will give the heroic little band of physicians and Red Cross nurses an even chance in the fight against death. Lieut. Col. V. M. Scubotich, head of the Serbian Red Cross, detailed these conditions to me today. He asked the United Press to make an appeal both to the American govern- ment and the American people for additional aid for the disease raided kingdom. “The situation in Serbia is with- out a parallel,” said the Red Cross leader. ‘“We had in our hospitals a few days ago 46,902 patients and the number was steadily increasing. Of these 7,704 are soldiers recovering from battle wounds. Nearly all the remainder are typhus victims. And these figures do not take into account the sweep of the epidemic through the civiliap population wkere there must be at least 100,000 cases. With our independence at stake we must look first to our army. *“‘Serbia does not lack food. But she does lack the most elementary medical, surgical and hospital sup- plies needed to fight a tremendous plague. We have 113 hospitals where victims are under treatment. Not one of them has a complete set of instruments “For both the military and civil population we have had since the beginning of the. war just 400 doc- tors. This number includes all the Serbian physicians and those sent to us by other nations. Of this little band, 105 have died of the typhus. The others are risking their lives every day in an unequal fight lack- ing medical and surgical equipment. ‘“We have urgent need right.now of 3,000,000 yards of gauze. We need 1,500,000 pairs of white shirts and drawers so that when typhus vie- tims are brought to us we can burn their infected clothing and give them other clothing, clean and fresh. We need 50,000 beds, the same num- ber of mattresses and pillows, 15,000 blankets and 50,000 sacks that we can fill with straw and use as beds. Then, too, there is a pressing need for artificial limbs and artificial eyes for the soldiers wounded in battle. “Contributions of all kinds, both in money and supplies can be made to Prof. Pupinm, the Serbian consul general at New York, who will ar- range for their forwarding. We need money, need it badly.” CASE INVOLVES MILLIONS Testimony Being Taken at Walker Today in White Earth Indian Con- troversy—Concerns 1,000 Tracts U. 8. CLAIMS TITLES ILLEGAL Testimony -is. being taken at ‘Walker today in the cases brought by the United States government against the present holders of titles to certain Indian lands on the White Earth reservation, 1,000 tracts (Continued on last page). GOVERNMENT INTERVENES (Unitea Press) ‘Washington, May 27.—The state department this afternoon interven- ed in the case of five Mexicans who were sentenced to be executed Fri- day in Arizona. The intervention was made at the request of General Villa. He alleges that the accused men did not have a fair trial and suggested a postponement of execu- tion to permit further investigation. NO SCHOOL MONDAY. Pupils Will Be Given Opportunity to Observe Memorial Day. ‘W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji schools, announced this morning that no classes will be held next Monday, Decoration day. The children of the grades will take part in the ceremonies of the day. Su- perintendent Dyer also stated that there will be no eighth"grade gradua- tion exercises with the exception of Re- hearsals are being held daily for the senior class play which is to be pre- sented next Wednesday evening. MAY BECOME LIQUOR ‘HUB’ Red Lake Falls Only Town in Valley Disclined to Put “Lid” in Opera- tion Under County Option SENTIMENT FAVORS SALOONS As a result of county option elec- tions it now seems that Red Lake Falls will soon become the liquor “hub” off all Northwestern Minne- sota and North Dakota. Every other county in the Red River valley is going dry as fast as elections are being held, but no peti- tions have even been started in Red Lake county. A good part of its rural population is Canadian-French, and the sentiment of the county is against saloon closing. So Red Lake Falls bids fair to keep saloons ror some time to come. The Bemidji brewery was closed by operation of the Indian treaty but those of Crookston and East Grand Forks do not have to shut down as a result of the county option law, but they are not allowed to sell or ship to “dry” territory. They can continue to operate, however, and ship their product to Red Lake Falls, which is only 32 miles north- east of Crookston. From there it can be reshipped back into “dry” ter- ritory. So Red Lake Falls can be used as a shipping depot for North Dakota, while the validity of the Webb-Kenyon law remains in ques- tion. Moorhead and East Grand Forks have already been put out of busi- ness as distributing points. Breck- enridge will be - eliminated - when Wilkins county goes dry, and the little town of Oslo, in Marshall _eoun-.{. ty, will be out of business as a border liquor depot after June 14. This will leave Red Lake Falls the near- est “wet” town to North Dakota. BAND CONCERT TONIGHT First Entertainment Under New Di- rector Will Be Given This Evening —Excellent Program Arranged. GIVEN WEEKLY HEREAFTER There is to be a street band con- cert this evening, the first out door entertainment of the year. The concert will be the first under the leadership of H. Vieson, the new director, and an excellent program has been announced. It is expected that much improvement will be no- ticed in the playing of the organiza- tion. . This evening’s program follows: 1. March“National Emblem”. .. P NS Bagley 2. Overture— ‘Orpheus” ...... +++..... Offenbach 3. Waltz — “Wedding of the Winds” .......... John T. Hall 4. (a)—Serenade — ‘“Love in Idleness” .......... A. Macbeth (b)—Intermezzo—"“What D’ye Mean, Lost Yer Dog”..J. M. Daly 5. Selection — “Adele,” comic opera ......... «+...J. Briquet 4. (a)—Intermezzo — “Humor- eske” .......s........ Dvorick (b)—Caprice—'“When It’s Ap- ple Blossom Time in Norman- ay” ...oeeen veeesn.. .M. Gifford 7. Waltz—*"'Nights of Gladness” ceeetesessassanen Chas. Aucliffe 8. March—“Guvercargm For illuminated road signs in Ger- many an acetylene generator has been developed that does not require attention oftener than once a month. FIRST MOVES SHOW ITALY'S OBJECTIVE Indicate, as Did Operations of Last August, in What Direction Chief Offensives Are to Be Developed. SEND TROOPS IN 2 DIRECTIONS One Section Invades Northeast Aus- trian Territory and Other South- east--Main Clash May Be Delayed By J. W. T. MASON. New York, May 27.—The first pre- liminary movements of the various belligerents revealed last August in what directions the main offensives were to be developed. Similarly, Italy’s initial advanceayesterdayjindi- cate the objectives selected by the Italian general staff. Incursions into Austrian territory have been made during the last 24 hours in two directions. One is to- ward the northeast, the other toward the southeast. The two movements are separated by about 25 miles. They have no inter-relationship. The northeastern advance carries the Italians into difficult mountain ranges and cannot long he pursued without risking disaster. Price of Neutrality. There is little possibility that the northeastern adventure will prove to have been an objective necessitating operations far from the Italian bor- derland. The occupation of important towns, several miles inside the Austrian boundary, which were demanded by Italy at the price of her neutrality, is probably the principal task set be- fore the northeastern army. These towns are Tolmino and Plezzo, which are connected by the main mountain highway on the Austrian side of the boundary. The highway has been seized by the Italians at a point mid- way between Tolmino and Plezzo and about eight miles from either of them. With the capture of these (Continued on last page). ITALY'S FIRST BIG FIGHT MAY COME IN TRENTINO By WILLIAM SHEPHERD Liasso, Switzerland, May 27.— The first great battle of the Austro- Italian war may be fought in Tren- tino. The Italian army is pushing steadily to the Tyrolean Alps and is advancing over snomy passes and peaks a mile high. ¥ In almost every instance Austrian barracks have fled without offering every serious resistance. The Aus- trians are massed in great strength in the Adige River section and strong Italian forces are being brought up to support the advance guard raiding the frontier district. Swiss military authorties believe that the Austrian and Italian armies will clash within a few days. NEW MEMBERS ARE URGED Gun Club Hopes to Enlarge Enroll- ment—Good -Scores Made. Charles Vandersluis, secretary of the Bemidji Rod & Gun club, has issued an appeal to sportsmen of the city to join that organization. There are a large number who are eligible to membership who are urged to join, placing the club upon a sound financial basis. With a larger enrollment the receipts would increase making it possible to ar- range for added contests. The ini- tiation fee is but three dollars and the dues are one dollar a year. Several good scores were made at the Wednesday shoot. The score: Shot at Broke George Kreatz 26 22 B. Erickson 25 20 W. A. Gray 256 19 H. Mayer 25 16 J. Given 25 15 A. E. Stallings 25 13 A bad wind interfered with the shooters. The next shoot will he held Sunday morning. Three-fourths of the divorces in OFFICER; OUT, ON $5,000 BAIL #(United Press) - Berlin, May » 27.—Mrs. Harriet Boyce and daughter of San Fran- cisco, have been sentenced to three weeks’ imprisonment in the little Ba- varian town of Lindau, charged with insulting a German officer. The American consul gave £5,000 bail and secured the liberty of the women. German officers’ allege that the wo- men used insulting: language while they were examining their baggage. The women explained they-had not intended to use jinsulting language, if so construed, on account of their not being familiar | with German tongue. Ambassador Gerard has sent a memorandum to the German foreign office. ? LIENS WITH STATE LANDS Attorney General Smith Rules Future Purchasers Must Assume Drainage Encumbrances With Acres. BUYERS WILL BE NOTIFIED Purchasers of state land in Bel- trami county, or any county in the state, must in the future take their acres subject to all drainage liens, according to an opinfon submitted to State Auditor J. A. O. Preus by At- torney General Smith. Mr. Smith ‘says that when lands have been improved by drainage at public expense they should be re-ap- praised before sale. When such re- appraisement is made, there-should be deducted from the value of the land itself the amount of the osten- sible lien for the building of the diteh, which benefits the land and en- hances its value. The attorney general adds that no lands against which such a lien is recorded should be sold without no- tice to the purchaser, publicly given. of the existence of such a lien. “The appraiser,” says the opinion. “after finding the value of the land as it would be unencumbered. but enhanced by draina’ge, should deduct therefrom the amount of the encum- brance which the' recorded lien shows. This would give the mini- mum price for which the land can be sold.” ! The attorney. genmeral says that this is_not #nidea¥ plan, nor one fully supported by’ the statutes, but it seems to be the only practical so- lution of the problem. There are about 50,000 acres of state land so encumbered, with liens aggregating $423,000. The legisla- ture has failed to provide for paying off the liens, but at the last session provided $22,600 for paying the in- terest. Owners of other land in the districts affected are anxious that the state take care of its obligations and that the lands be placed on the mar- ket and on the tax rolls. WAIT FOR LAND OPENING. Line Forming Before U. S. Land Office at Cass Lake, — Cass Lake residents are wondering what is to become of the line of land seekers which has formed in front of the United States land office there during the past few days. There are now 26 men in line and they keep their places by sleeping in chairs and tents nearby. The first to take positions were Fran Suitor and Bernie Rafferty. They display- ed numbers on caps—Rafferty No. 1, Suitor No. 2. Within half an hour the news spread; before two hours 20 were in line. Some months ago the opening of several thousand acres of valuable land in Cass Lake and Duluth land office districts was announced, the opening to take place in May, but thus far nothing more has been heard. The date has not been announced and the Cass Lake land officials are ignorant of any- thing pertaining to the opening. The lands to be opened are scattered mostly in Cass Lake district and comprise some of the most valuable Isites remaining for homesteads. Tt is expected that within a day or two| there will be several hundred in line. King George dispatched a personal letter of appreciation to Mrs. Jane 100 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SEEK TRIP T0 STATE FAIR Bread Contest Closes With Selection of Winners' Tomorrow—Sewing Class Has Fine Exhibit. ASK PUBLIC TO INSPECT WORK Manual Training Department and Drawing Classes Have Interesting Display—Open Tomorrow P. M. There are 100 girls in the schools of Bemidji who will enter loaves of bread in the contest which comes to a close tomorrow morning and each one is confident that the desired prize, a free trip to the state fair of next September, will be won by her. During the year the girls have been baking bread with a view of en- tering this final contest. The flour used has been furnished by the Bel- trami Elevator & Milling company and the Crookston Milling eompany. Prizes in the contest, other than the one which will take the winner to the state fair, where she will enter the stateswide high school girls’ break baking. contest to be held by the State Agricultural college, amount to '$25, being donated as follows, Beltrami Milling & Elevator company, $10; Crookston Milling company, $10, and John Falls of Be- midji, $5. The prizes will be dis- tributed as follows: For the best loaf, $5.00; second best, $4.00; third, $3.00; fourth, $2.00 and the .next eleven best, one dollar each. Trip to Washington. The winner. of the bread contest at the fair will be given a free trip to Washington where the president of the United States will be visited. Tomorrow afternoon all work which has been done in the various industrial departments of the Be- midji schools will be exhibited and the public is earnestly invited to in- (Continued on last page). NO WARNING GIVEN CREW OF STEAMER NEBRASKAN (Unitea Pr ‘Washington, May. 27.—State de- partment officials have received a ro- port from Captain Green, of the American’ steamer Nebraskan, which was torpedoed off the Irish coast yes- terday in which he says that it was slightly dusk when attacked and the flag had been hauled down only five minutes before. The steamer’s name was painted on both sides in letters six feet high. The captain - added that no warning was given and noth- ing was seen of the attacking subma- rine. The crew got into boats and returned to the vessel an hour later. A naval attache of the London em- bassy has been sent to Liverpool to examine the Nebraskan when she ar- rives in port. Administration officials believe that the most significant sentence is that the vessel had no warning and saw nothing. This discloses an un- certainty which will probably make the mystery unsolvable. ‘If the Nebraskan was struck by a spbma- rine it is admittedly an act of war. The officials stated that if the vessel was struck by a torpedo, following the recent note of President Wilson against submarine warfare the act is one of belligerency and is a direct assault to the honor of the United States. ! GERMAN AMMUNITION PLANTS FIRED BY FRENCH AIRMEN . (United Press) Paris, May 27.—Eighteen French aviators bombarded the .Bavarian town of Ludwigshaven on the Rhine river, and fired German ammunition factories. Sells Nymore Theater. J. F. Kolonial, proprietor of the Kolonial theater of Nymore, has sold ‘his business to Edward U!lmnn, the deal being closed yesterday. Mr. Kolonial will leave Nymore in three Bemidji Baseball Team~Will Play First Game of Year on Home Field Arrangements have been completed by Charles Dailey, manager of the Bemidji baseball club, for a series of two games to be played with the fast Fosston team, Sunday and Monday. The Fosston team has been playing good ball and as the Bemidji nine will be strengthened, fast games may |. be expected. . Several switches will be made in the Bemidji lineup, says Manager Dailey; it being believed that a formidable aggregation may be secured. BIPLANE FOR COUNTY FAIR Charles Schroeder, Agricultural As- sociation Secretary, Completes Con- tracts for Feature Attractions. SEVERAL FLIGHTS EACH DAY Thrills are in store for thost who attend the annual fair of the Bel- trami. County Agricultural associa- tion next fall, for Charles Schroeder, secretary, has signed a contract with the Young Aeroplane company of Kansas City whereby a biplane with an expert and daring operator will be sent here for three of the four days of the exhibition. There are to be at flights each day. company assures that one of ‘its best and most famous airmen will ‘have charge of the biplane during its Be- midji flights and guarantees that the exhibition will be successful. But the biplane is not the only feature attraction of the 1915 fair least two for the management has completed | arrangements for the appearance of the Nelson Comeques, a company of four clever entertainers. They have two distinct and clever acts. This troupe is billed through the Robbin- son Amusement association of Chi- cago. Then there will be Huddleston's trained animals, one of the best at- tractions of its kind appearing be- fore the American people at the pres- ent time. ; Secretary Schroeder gives assur- ance that there will be many other splendid amusements and says that every effort will ‘be extended to make thig:portion of the fair successful. The first. day of -the. fair, Septem-’ ber 15, will be entry day and the program will be so arranged that there will not be a‘dull ‘moment dur- ing the entire four days. Farmers appear to be taking more interest than ever before in the fair and the exhibits will be larger and better than ever, tending to place Beltrami among the leaders, 4s has been the case for several years, in the matter of county fairs. DEMAND FOR COTTAGES Wa-Ville Structures Being Rushed and Active Summer is Made Cer- tain—Working on Hotel. BUY BY MONTHLY PAYMENTS Summer~ cottages at Wa-Ville are being completed as quickly as pos- sible and work on the construction of the hotel is well under way. Con- tractors are instructed to push all work with the greatest -possible speed as inquiries are coming in from renters and owners every day. Indications are that a dozen or| more cottages will be completed with- in the next six weeks and many of those who own lots at the popular The Kansas City' JAMES A. PETERSON TO DELIVER BEMIDJI MEMORIALADDRESS Prominent Minneapolis Attorney Ac- cepts Invitation to Speak Here Monday — Excellent Program. SCHOOL CHILDREN TAKE PART Dinner to Be Served for Veteraus and Their Wives at Noon—Short Cere- monies at Cemetery in Morning. Arrangements have been completed for Bemidji’s Memorial day progiam, which is to be held Monday, the com- mittee in charge having received an acceptance to the invitation sent to James A. Peterson of Minneapolis to deliver the principal address. Mr. Peterson is one of Minnesata’s most prominent and brilliant men. Several vears ago he was a candi- date for the nomination for United |States senator in opposition to Knute Nelson and last year was one ‘of the candidates for the gubernator- ial nomination who withdrew at the Lee elimination meeting. During sev- {eral campaigns he has been much mentioned for important political offices. Dinner for Veterans. At 12:30 Monday the veterans and their wives will be the guests of Frank 8. Lycan at a dinner to be served at the Hotel Markham. Fol- lowing the dinner a series of short responses will be given. The invita- tion has been accepted, said William [Schroeder. commander of the post, Ilhis afternoon. Many in Procession. At a meeting held last evening by the committees in charge final plans for the procession were made. 8. C. Bailey, chairman of the council com- mittee, and J. M. Phillippi, chairman of the veterans’ committee, today an- nounced that William McCuaig, mayor, has been named marshal of the day. The procession will be one of length and will incude the band,.old soldjers and members of ‘the L Relief corps, ‘in’ automobiles €0’ he firemen, school children and cn.y; citizens. The procession will form:at. the city hall and the march to the cemetery will start at 10 - o'clock sharp. Short ‘Services. Short services will be held at the cemetery by the G. A. R., following which the graves will be decorated. A chorus of school children will sing several patriotic songs, Miss Margaret Newton, supervisor of musle, being in charge. A salute will be fired by a squad of old sol- diers over the graves of their dead comrades. Program Starts at Two. The afternoon program will start at 2 o’clock and will be as follows: Invocation—Rev. S. E. P. White. Song—Choir. Reading of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address—Supt. W. B. Stewart. Exercises—Salute to Flag and Flag Song—Second Grade Children. Song—*“Flag of the Free and Hur- rah for the Flag,” Fourth Grade Girls. Address—Charles W. Scrutchin. Exercises—Gun Drill, Second Grade Boys. .Address—Hon. James A. Peter- son. Song—Choir. W. P. Dyer, superintendent of schools, has arnnounced that there resort and who intended to hold them for speculation purposes, are planning to build cottages. The de- mand for cottages is continually on the increase and such owners have concluded that the revenue from cot- tage rentals will make it a paying investment to build. J. J. Opsahl has made cottage building in ‘Wa-Ville a simple matter as he will erect any size or style cot- tage desired on the easy monthly pay- ment plan. T. J. Tupper, special gent, reports that the entire lake- shore in this section will be dotted with cozy cottages during the present the United States are at the demand | { Nelson, an Exmouth widow, who has or four weeks for Chicago, where he summer ménths as well as a lively of women. seven sons in the army. will go into the same business. patronage at the éining hall. SCOO THE. CUB REPORTER The Boss Is Hot On Scoop’s Trail T FOUND SCO0PS | (TAKE AGWW“\;'F‘HMD \Ts HEADED RIGHT FOR YOWN-5000P caunisvm will be no school Monday. Business houses of the city will be closed be- tween 12 m. and 3 p. m. T0 ARRANGE EXHIBIT Arrangements have been com- pleted whereby exhibits of school in- dustrial work will be arranged in dis- play windows of down town stores Saturday and Sunday. Work of the manual training department will be exhibited in the windows of the Bat- tles hardware store; drawing and industrial work in Gill - Brothers” of the Bazaar store. ZEPPELINS ATTACK TOWN 40 MILES FROM LONDON (United Press) London, May 27.—A German Zep- pelin attacked Southendensea, forty miiles east of London ‘last night at 11 o’clock and dropped a score of bombs. pleces and five buildings were fired. British ' airmen pursued the raiders but did little damage. ohine Gwiiers sl ithe- windows and sewing in .the window - One woman was blown to bt 2% 2 Will Meet Tomorrow. The Woman’s Home Missionary so- ciety will meet with Mrs. R. H. Muncy, 1015 America avenue, to- morrow afternoon at three o’clock. All women are cordially invited,